commit 2f017e933d35598e7d69b067145dd618cb77f5c3 Author: aboelhamd Date: Fri May 17 00:33:43 2019 +0200 evaluation data diff --git a/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-reference.txt b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-reference.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cda188d --- /dev/null +++ b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-reference.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10000 @@ +A4-0149/99 by Mr Donner, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, on the regular report from the Commission on Estonia's progress towards accession (COM(98)0705 - C4-0110/99); -A4-0154/99 by Mr von Habsburg, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, on the regular report from the Commission on Hungary's progress towards accession (COM(98)0700 - C4-0113/99); -A4-0151/99 by Mr Speciale, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, on the regular report from the Commission on Slovenia's progress towards accession (COM(98)0709 - C4-0112/99); -A4-0157/99 by Mr Carnero González, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, on the regular report from the Commission on the Czech Republic's progress towards accession (COM(98)0708 - C4-0111/99); -A4-0148/99 by Mrs Hoff, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, on the regular report from the Commission on Poland's progress towards accession (COM(98)0701 - C4-0109/99); -A4-0159/99 by Mr Bertens, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, on the regular report from the Commission on Cyprus's progress towards accession (COM(98)0710 - C4-0108/99); -A4-0165/99 by Mrs Malone, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, on the report updating the Commission's opinion on Malta's application for membership (COM(99)0069 - C4-0163/99); -A4-0123/99 by Mrs Myller, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the Candidate Countries in Central and Eastern Europe on Accession Strategies for Environment: Meeting the Challenge of Englargement with the Candidate Countries in Central and Eastern Europe (COM(98)0294 - C4-0380/98). +I did not vote in favour of the final resolutions on the reform of the CAP for the following reasons: 1. it does not guarantee restoration of the internal balance between the different components of the CAP or greater fairness between farmers, types of production and regions; 2. it does not help to further economic and social cohesion in European rural areas; mechanisms for weighting productivity in such a way as to benefit farmers with lower yields have not been created, despite the European Parliament's approval of such mechanisms; 3. there are no special support measures for small farmers, who are most vulnerable and run the greatest risk of abandonment; 4. it does not adequately reinforce rural development policy, as it does not ensure practical application of the European agricultural model and the multifunctionality associated with it; 5. it does not defend European agriculture in the face of the negotiations in the new round of the World Trade Organisation; 6. it does not take into account solutions for the main problems faced by Portuguese farmers: strategic quotas such as irrigation or beef cattle and sheep have not been increased; it has not achieved an increase in productivity in relation to cereals and oilseed; it has not secured Community financing for restructuring the dairy sector; 7. lastly, because this has been a reform of the status quo, lacking in political courage and quite incapable of preparing European farming for the increased challenges of globalisation, and geared chiefly towards more efficient farmers and agricultural sectors. +Parliament actually: - opposed the conditionality of the Cohesion Fund vis-à-vis the stability pact, because it believes that the Cohesion Fund must be considered in full terms a structural instrument; - considered that the Cohesion Fund should be subject to the same partnership rules applying for the Structural Funds, and that its operations are planned within an integrated framework together with the structural operations, involving regional and local authorities; Parliament also wished that mainstreaming horizontal themes such as employment and equal opportunities should be taken into account in the Cohesion Fund in the same way as in the Structural Funds; - asked that Cohesion Fund resources in the fields of transport and mobility are used to fund projects which improve regional and interregional cohesion, interoperability and intermodality, and in the field of the environment are also used to fund projects to maintain and restore biodiversity and preserve natural reserves; - stressed the importance of being able to group together small projects into a bigger entity and demanded therefore that some 5 % of the total fund endowment be made available for projects of this kind. +We can be proud of the results in four particular areas: the universal agreement on the overarching priority of employment and the Social Fund's mission to underpin the European employment strategy; secondly, the confirmation of the thematic structure of the funds regulation and the scope of the five policy fields, extending from active labour market policies, through social inclusion, lifelong learning and adaptability, to positive action for women; thirdly, we have maintained and strengthened the commitment to support non-governmental organisations and the combating of social exclusion - we share the view that the regulation must oblige Member States to provide for small grants with special access arrangements for non-governmental organisations and local partnerships: fourthly, again with the support of Parliament, we have strengthened the equal opportunities provisions and the mainstreaming principle of the regulation. +Few changes have been made in relation to the producer organisations, apart from an agreement allowing us to do away with the measures on the extension of their powers and to preserve, for their members alone, the tasks they are entrusted with. In terms of the recognition of interbranch organisations, these organisations have been granted a specific legal status in Community law in order to prevent them from being challenged by non-producing Member States. +So much as we welcome the fact that the European Union is preparing to create the conditions for a European 'polder' model in economic and employment policy, we must nevertheless warn against it if the structure is not also linked to the content. The aim must be to change the direction of economic policy and move to a policy that actually gives priority to long-term, sustainable employment, a policy that returns to the idea of the redistribution of labour, a policy that places the need to develop sustainability, meet the Rio commitments and achieve solidarity in dealing with and stabilising the European environment back at the forefront of European economic policy instead of regarding it as a type of aggregate micro-policy imposed by the large companies. +I will list the points very briefly: the reform of the budgetary procedure, involving its updating; the extension of budgetary codecision; the integration of the peripheral institutions into the Community system; the consolidation of the financial perspective in the form of a genuine medium-term financial programme; the reform of the own resources system with a view to ensuring the financial autonomy and efficiency of the Union, on the one hand, and the transparency of the Community budget on the other, which means that there will be codecision in the determining of the overall level of own resources; the introduction of the possibility of creating fiscal instruments at a European level; the possibility that the budgetary authority may intervene every year in relation to the mix of different categories of sources of revenue; and the extension of legislative codecision and decision making by qualified majority for financial regulations in all programmes or instruments which involve Community expenditure, the CAP regulations and any act which creates an executive agency. +The objectives of this proposal are the following: to ensure that the right to regular information and consultation of employees on economic and strategic developments in the firm and on the decisions which affect them exists in all Member States of the European Community; to consolidate social dialogue and relations of trust within the firm in order to assist risk anticipation, develop the flexibility of work organisation within a framework of security and enhance employees' awareness of the need to adapt, encouraging this; to include the situation and anticipated development of employment within the firm among the subjects of information and consultation; to ensure that workers are informed and consulted prior to decisions which are likely to lead to substantial changes in work organisation or in contractual relations; ensure the effectiveness of these procedures by introducing specific penalties for those who seriously violate their obligations in this field. +As for the further political process, we are actively pursuing the strategy of maintaining pressure on Belgrade, pressure that should ensure the implementation of the five point plan which the European Union was the first international organisation to agree, and which was subsequently adopted by NATO and also by the UN Secretary-General as a basis for his own position. These points are: the return of all displaced persons, the return of all refugees, acceptance of an international peace-keeping force to ensure a secure environment for the return of refugees, on the basis of a UN Chapter VII resolution with a NATO core and a high level of NATO participation, but also with the participation of Russia, Ukraine and neutral countries, and the simultaneous withdrawal of military and paramilitary forces and of the special police force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia. +What splendid challenges you could devote yourself to accepting on behalf of the Fifteen: establishing yourself as a protagonist in your own right in the Near East in order to contribute towards establishing a just and lasting peace, as now seems possible; launching the Lomé negotiations once again on new bases, integrating the concerns of our 71 partners in the south, in order to safeguard the spirit of this Convention which is unique in the world; addressing international financial institutions with an alternative opinion, for example, in favour of cancelling the debt of those countries which are today arrested in their development because of this infernal mechanism; starting a real international crusade in favour of disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, at this time when there is great danger once again of proliferation; establishing yourself as the spokesperson, the standard-bearer for the enhancement of the United Nations' system again, ensuring that the UN Charter is respected, promoting a form of civilised international relations, forever doing away with war as the means of settling disputes, and, in the short term, if you please, putting an end to the intolerable inertia of the Union as regards the savage war in Chechnya by some means other than a few purely formal communiqués. +5.The Garot report, in which the skill and determination of the rapporteur meant that the beef sector could be partly protected, particularly suckler herds, which maintain the countryside, give structure to rural production, guarantee income for quality production without hormones, and safeguard the environment.6.The Martin report, the text of which my colleagues and I have altered considerably in a manner that favours all of the wine-producing industry - some parts of the industry have already said so - particularly with regard to the definition of wine, the ban on producing European wines with must imported from third countries and the preservation of traditional oenological practices and therefore of the quality that underlies our European cultural identity.7.The Fantuzzi report on COPs, even though the treatment of oil proteins is still far from satisfactory.I am convinced that European farmers and consumers will therefore understand the way in which I have voted and will be aware of the battles that still have to be fought in order that European construction may have a future in this field. +Measures include promoting cross-border innovation, promoting the mobility of wage-earners by transferring their rights and pensions, special training programmes and, of course, the exceptionally high amount, in the order of EUR 24 billion over the next 7 years, to be channelled to Objective 3 via the Structural Funds, to which all the countries belong. Objective 3, the Structural Funds programmes and, of course the employment strategy can be used to structure national and associated policies at European level on employability, entrepreneurship and the adaptability of firms and workers. +1.The Görlach report as it stands, with a budgetary allocation that is far too small, does not allow the implementation of a real policy of rural development, which is more necessary than ever in order to guarantee a worthy and lasting future for the rural areas of the EU (80 % of EU territory).2.The Mulder report mentions in a recital the possibility of cofinancing, which we opposed because in the long term it would mean the destruction of the CAP and of the objectives of the Treaty.3.The Graefe zu Baringdorf report did not allow for a coherent mechanism to reorganise and limit agricultural aid according to social and environmental criteria, and following the amendments adopted in committee, the rapporteur himself will probably not recognise an amended text which is too far removed from his original text.4.With regard to the Goepel report on milk, it did ensure the maintenance of some sort of status quo, but it envisaged the possibility of abolishing milk quotas.However, I voted for the reports in which Parliament's firm position had significantly altered the uncompromising or inadequate nature of the Commission's proposals: +Meanwhile, as the House will know, the main features of the common position reached on the current directive are the setting of minimum vehicle tax rates at the levels of the existing directive and without differentiation according to Euroclass, the maintenance of certain transitional measures on vehicle taxes, the establishment of maximum rates of user charges with a differentiated structure as proposed by the Council, the provision for an enabling power so that toll rates can be differentiated according to the emission class of the vehicle and the time of day when the road is used, provision for Austria to apply an infrastructure cost-related toll on the motorway section between Kufstein and Brenner, and provision for a 50 % reduction in user charges for vehicles registered in Greece. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the conclusions reached in Tampere combine a strong political message on the priority given to the construction of an area of freedom, security and justice with the concern to define priorities which concentrate on those issues which directly affect the daily lives of Europe' s citizens. +Another report is about the plan for a comprehensive French draft law concerning the information society which is to govern, among other things, questions about the free use of codings, about confidentiality in data transfers, about copyright protection and about necessary regulatory authorities. A third report concerns the latest judgements of the European Court of Human Rights through which 13 complaints against Turkey were heard and in eleven of which the Court agreed with the appellants and recognised violations of the law concerning free expression. +Having made one concession after another, we are now back at square one and, in the name of the cast iron logic of the budgetary stability pact, we now have the following situation: firstly, estimates and financial requirements for the reconstruction of Kosovo which have mysteriously dropped from EUR 500 million - the figure put forward by the Commission, the World Bank, the Member States and the media - to 420 and then to some 300 million; secondly, a reduction in the appropriations which we voted for East Timor and for the victims of the earthquakes in Turkey; thirdly, cuts in appropriations for cooperation, food aid and aid to Palestine and the countries of the southern Mediterranean, the TACIS programme for eastern Europe and support for human rights and, lastly, cuts totalling some EUR 2 billion in payment appropriations. +Fourthly: the aggregate figures are, of course, also an indication of the work which has been carried out by the committees, in particular by the rapporteurs, and, on behalf of the Commission, I would therefore like to thank Mr Virrankoski for his report on the individual plans of Parliament, the Council, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Mr Pittella for his report on the operating budget of the European Coal and Steel Community and particularly Mr Bourlanges for his report, which again shows him to be an excellent rapporteur and a master of highly sophisticated proposals. +On the other hand though, the proposal to produce annual reports on the European Union' s relations with Macao, which has been put forward by the Commission and which should also be welcomed, should not preclude the European Parliament itself from paying the closest attention to the matter, particularly by following its development from 20 December. It could do this by broadening the exchange of information and interinstitutional cooperation in this area, by creating its own interconnecting contact group, by analysing and debating the periodical reports that are presented to it, in short, by studying the development of all aspects of Macao' s overall situation. +Firstly, the Commission itself mended its own ways: it amended its initial draft and even changed the title of the regulation as we had requested. Moreover, between the two readings, we held a series of meetings with the Council presidency which, in my view, were quite positive and enabled us to develop the criteria relating to the implementation of the PHARE programme, which is vitally important for organising and strengthening the institutions in these countries and including political criteria relating to democracy and strengthening civil society. +B4-0461/99 by Mr Swoboda and others, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0473/99 by Mr Dupuis and others, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Alliance-B4-0475/99 by Mr Manisco, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0480/99 by Mr Cars, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0496/99 by Mrs Lenz, Mr Soulier and Mrs Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0502/99 by Mrs Aglietta and Mr Orlando, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the issue of the death penalty and a universal moratorium on capital punishment; +The second is the more vigorous action to reduce working and driving time for HGV drivers. Thirdly, we must give priority to freight transport by rail in mountain areas and high-risk areas, and fourthly, we need determined action for cooperation between rail companies to harmonise standards, materials and staff training. +In the joint action plan for the EU and the United States, signed in Madrid on 3 December 1995, the following are prescribed under the heading "Reaction to Global Challenges" : increased cooperation in the fight against illegal drug trading, measures of cooperation between competent American authorities and Europol, cooperation in supporting the UN' s drugs monitoring programme, coordination of alternative development programmes designed to counteract drug manufacture, and the setting up of channels of cooperation between appropriate bodies, for example the EU' s European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and the Inter-American Monitoring Commission for Drug Addiction. +In conclusion, Mr President, Commissioner, if the European Commission really wishes to make a contribution to the expansion of the shipbuilding sector in Europe, it is enough for it to clearly defend the principle of fair trade at the WTO talks, to leave Member States the freedom to intervene directly in this strategic sector in order to convert shipyards, by means of technological modifications, for activity in profitable market sectors, to promote cooperation between businesses in order to contribute towards improving the overall efficiency of each type of shipyard and, finally, in the context of the common fisheries policy, to take the necessary decisions to enable the controlled renewal of our fishing fleet, the continuation of the expertise of our shipyards and the vitality, Mr President, of our coastal regions which are dependent on fishing. +We said that in some cases travel allowances should be used to compensate for other expenses and that only journeys actually made should be reimbursed, with an amount corresponding to what these really cost. The distance and time of journeys were to be taken into account using a scale for the subsistence allowance applied through a new and appropriate instrument. +we have improved our standards and financial organisation; -we have completely changed the top levels of Parliament's administration and introduced new systems of promotion and mobility at all levels; -we have increased the number of women in senior posts, although we have not yet reached the levels I would have liked; -we have regulated the transparency of administrative decisions, at the request of the Ombudsman; -we have brought together and clarified the existing rules so that, from now on, both Members and officials will be aware of their rights and obligations, according to clear rules that prevent arbitrary behaviour or favouritism.We also managed to find a satisfactory solution to the technical and financial problems surrounding our buildings in Brussels, thereby completing the efforts of my predecessors to provide Members with more functional and compact facilities. +Mr President, I heed and I fully understand the view of the committee in its final remarks that no single measure can deal with the problem of mentality, but I do believe that a clear and comprehensive reform strategy, effective mechanisms for vigorously assessing and insisting upon the achievement of objectives, quality of public service and value for money, vocational training in the techniques and ethics of management, strictly meritocratic promotion, fair, firm and trustworthy disciplinary procedures, continual emphasis on professionalism and probity in the college and in the services can mould mentality. +It has voiced the hope that some major institutional reforms will be unalterably implemented before enlargement takes place if we do not want Europe to turn into a large area of free trade and nothing more, where regulations and internal rules that are now obsolete leave it distinctly incapable of making decisions; it has also stated that decisions on majority voting and membership of the committees are not sufficient to give fresh impetus and new strength to Europe, but that some other avenues should be taken, such as the Charter of Fundamental Rights and certain other elements that should have united the whole of the great European movement: all this, of course, must be in full respect for the nations, their feelings, their history and their traditions, which I consider to be extremely important. +What new solutions do you offer in response to this thirst for resistance to the frantic rush for profits which is being expressed throughout Europe, for example, at this very moment, in my own country, in the form of the immense movement of sympathy towards the workers of the Michelin group which has just announced 7 500 layoffs in Europe despite seeing its profits climb by 20%. What new solutions do you offer the men and women who expect Europe to give the impetus for a real dynamic of alternatives to the globalisation of exclusion that is today at work, whether it is a matter of employees, rural workers, or cultured people opposing the regulations of world trade, or two young men from Guinea, victims of the flight from poverty, in default of an international order recognising the right of each and every human being to life, employment and dignity? +Therefore I believe - and this should include the strict current mandate for the Conference with regard to the revision of the institutions in accordance with the Treaty of Amsterdam - that we have to deal with the necessary and thorough reform of our Court of Justice and our Court of First Instance and the reform of the appointment of judges - in which the Parliament should have a significant involvement - as well as the reform of the distribution of competences between the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance, so that citizens may have an accurate and clear idea of what this European justice, which is their direct form of justice, really is, and the reform, finally - and this is another chapter - of the actionability of the acts. +What other purpose can there be to all these proposals which we hear and which, generally speaking, are incorporated into the report, on voting changes in the Council, on changes to the number or responsibilities of Commissioners, on reduced grass roots representation in the EC following the increase in the number of Member States, other than to strengthen the position of the rich countries of the EU, to strengthen the position of monopoly undertakings, the majority of which are established in those countries and to play down grass roots or national opposition to EU decisions which adversely affect the grass roots and which might even affect national interests? +No, this majority prefers to justify NATO's intervention, the subservience of the EU and its Member States in the face of American strategic interests and a lack of respect for order, for international rights and for the United Nations Charter. These Members prefer to defend the escalation of the war and the approval of a political approach which is bound to jeopardise negotiated solutions and the resolution of key issues concerning autonomous regions and their ethnic minorities. +As far as you yourself are concerned, it is a matter of political leadership to make the Commission a strong partner in dialogue on the major unanswered questions determining the EU's development and identity. These political matters are also of great institutional relevance, as was stressed for example by Mr Martens, who pointed out that the reform of the relationship between the institutions will be a key theme in the years ahead. +It is only the beginning of a process. The Commission believes, however, that Tampere sent out the right message to many different audiences: to our citizens, first of all, that a subject high on their personal agenda is also rising quickly to the top of the Union' s political agenda; to national administrations that there is no turning back and that their own heads of government are committed to making the improvements, including the institutional improvements of the Amsterdam Treaty, work properly; to the criminal world, that the Union is mobilising all its potential to counter their activities which threaten our freedom and our well-being, if not our own democratic regimes; finally, to the outside world, that an internally secure Union does not mean a fortress Union and that our commitments to those in need of protection are sacred. +Does the Council consider that statements of this kind reflect the position of the European Union and the so-called international community as regards respect for fundamental democratic freedoms and values? Does it consider further that the blackmailing decision of Luxembourg is a message which promotes democracy, in view of the fact that it seeks to bludgeon a people and its political representatives into adopting anti-democratic practices in order to survive, instead of ensuring that the institutions function in a smooth and democratic manner in the forthcoming elections? +The policy of the European Union needs to be fully reviewed so that it comprises and includes: the democratisation of the World Trade Organisation, support for the family farming model, mechanisms for improving the lot of workers in the Third World without damaging their productivity or trading status, environmental protection, the dissemination of technology to poorer countries, action on the international debts of weaker countries and finally, protection of the multi-cultural identity of the world from the American superpower of entertainment. +While this morning a Member pointed out the fact that the three institutions of the European Union responsible for signing the budget were presided over by women and saw this as an illustration of what the third millennium may represent for the consolidation of equality of rights and opportunities for men and women, in Afghanistan we see how the Taliban regime not only denies women - millions of women - their most basic rights - such as rights to education, healthcare and a profession, not only does it commit violence against them for the mere fact of being women but, through the denial of these rights, it is also denying them the freedom to live their own lives, it is denying them their status as human beings. +B4-0466/99 by Mr Swoboda and others, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0469/99 by Mr Dupuis and others, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Alliance-B4-0476/99 by Mrs Sierra González, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0483/99 by Mr Cars, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0492/99 by Mr Pasty and Mrs van Bladel, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0498/99 by Mr Oostlander and others, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0501/99 by Mrs Aglietta and others, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. +The conflict has been extensively discussed in recent weeks by Parliament and the Council but there are certain essential aspects which we must not forget. With regard to the aid granted to Kosovo, it is surprising that this is not conditional on the definitive restoration of peace which has unfortunately not yet been achieved, as indicated by a recent OSCE report. +B4-0380/99 by Mr Pasty, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0381/99 by Mr Wijsenbeek and Mr Fassa, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0396/99 by Mr Florio and others, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0401/99 by Mr Simpson, Mr Cot and Mr Bontempi, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0406/99 by Mrs Moreau and others, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0414/99 by Mrs Leperre-Verrier and Mr Dell'Alba, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Alliance-B4-0417/99 by Mr Cohn-Bendit and others, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the Mont Blanc tunnel accident. +1.Unequivocally denounces and condemns the destructive bombardment of Belgrade Television (22 April 1999).2.Expresses its shock and sadness at the heavy human casualties (ten dead and dozens wounded) among the workers in the News department.3.Regards this as a barbaric attack against fundamental human rights, freedom of speech and expression, and freedom of the press.4.Believes that, in this light, any appeal to 'military' or 'humanitarian' expediency is unacceptable.5.Calls on the President to forward this resolution to the Council, the governments of the Member States, the Yugoslavian Government, the International Reporters' Union and NATO.- Resolution on the European Council meeting in Cologne +Indeed, with the Presidency of a country which is not even a NATO member and which is renowned for its pacifist stance, we will also witness the continuation of the European Union's participation in the escapades of new NATO on a similar or even a much worse scale, as in the imperialist attack against Yugoslavia. We can also expect to see a lot more of the flagrant attacks on workers, in addition to an increase in unemployment and poverty, heightened levels of social and marginal inequality, continuation by the Turkish regime, with the support of the European Union, of the 25 year occupation of 40 % of Cyprus and the genocide of the Kurdish people, regarded by some as terrorists. +We must continue with a policy on the Mediterranean which is supported by the revitalised peace process. Then there is the dramatic crisis in Russia, and matters concerning human rights and the rights of the world' s minorities. +Mr President, the contentious decision of the Turkish Government is yet another example of Turkey' s total disregard for and blatant violation of maritime law following the Turkish Grand National Assembly authorising the Turkish Government to claim casus belli and to declare war on Greece should Greece exercise its rights to extend its territorial waters in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea which only Turkey has refused to sign. In light of this, I would like to ask the Council if it intends to address this particular issue in its remonstrations to Ankara as well as at the forthcoming European Council in Helsinki in the discussions on EU-Turkey relations and the criteria which, as the Minister said, must be fulfilled. +Although the Commission' s proposed regulation began to be negotiated before the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, in the Committee on Legal Affairs - which in general approves the proposed regulation, since it is aimed at delaying the removal of the Canary Islands' taxes and therefore plays a protective role - we believe that, after the entry into force of article 299.2, rather than a simple easing of the limits of the special treatment, we need to paralyse the removal of this special treatment because it is possible that, in the measures which the Commission must propose for the outermost regions in accordance with the said article 299.9, which provides for special measures in the field of fiscal policy, the Commission may allow a limited reinstatement so that the relevant small local industries do not suffer. +We have been considering, over the course of recent months and years, Article 6 of the Treaty of Amsterdam, the reaffirmation of the importance and role in the European Union of the principles of freedom, democracy and respect for human rights, and also the creation of the International Criminal Court and the need we all feel to give greater authority to Article 7 of the UN Charter in order to guarantee respect for human rights, eliminating any humanitarian intervention from rationales which are not based purely and simply on respect for these rights: all of this tells us that a great deal of progress has been made. +The first is greater focus on the transition from training to work, the second is in the area of information technology where strenuous efforts are already being made, including the forthcoming Commission initiative on the information society, to coordinate the issue of employment with information technology; the third is active involvement at local level, where the Member States should pursue and work towards increasing the role of local authorities and, of course, the role of the social partners. +Report (A5-0103/1999) by Mr Colom i Naval, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the revision of the financial perspective annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (SEC(1999)1647 - C5-0322/1999) and on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (paragraph 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure) (SEC(1999)1647 - C5-0314/1999) +Subject: Rio Summit Taking advantage of its institutional position, Parliament has been encouraging relations between the Union and the countries of Latin America. Over the past few years it has approved increases under the principal budget headings used to finance cooperation with the latter region. +For example, Spain still holds back from the all-important creation of the European limited company, the United Kingdom safeguards City jobs by refusing to accept the harmonisation of taxation even as regards the taxation of capital, France would rather go to the Community court than liberalise its electricity market as required by Union legislation, the German Chancellor breaks all the rules of the market economy and rescues a construction company on the brink of bankruptcy in order to gain political kudos in his home country, and the beef war against England continues far beyond the requirements of health. +The most significant innovations we wish to introduce are the following: careful consideration of the consequences of late payment for perishable foods; recognition of the right to demand compensation for costs incurred from debt collection too; retention of title clauses by the vendor; to ensure that an enforceable title can be obtained normally within 60 days of the lodging of the creditor' s action; and finally, greater transparency in the relationship between the contracting authority and the contractor, and also in a subcontractual relationship. +B4-0459/99 by Mr Newens and others, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0467/99 by Mrs Maes and Mr Dupuis, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Alliance-B4-0470/99 by Mr Pasty and others, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0474/99 by Mr Miranda and others, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0478/99 by Mr Bertens, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0494/99 by Mr Cunha and others, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0510/99 by Mrs Hautala and others, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the situation in East Timor. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0023/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision amending the basic Decision relating to the Socrates programme to include Turkey among the beneficiary countries [8076/1/1999 - C5-0024/1999 - 1996/0130(COD)] and the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision amending the basic Decision relating to the Youth for Europe III programme to include Turkey among the beneficiary countries [8077/1/1999 - C5-0025/1999 - 1996/0131(COD)] (rapporteur: Mr Gargani) +Just as a quick reminder, the batch that was brought forward last year by the Commission included first of all an overall amendment of the 1993 directive, that is the subject of Mrs Smet' s report; a directive on road transport, sadly that one is totally blocked in the Transport Council at the moment I understand it; the third, a directive implementing the agreement between the social partners on seafarers, was adopted in the form of a directive in June this year so that element is taken care of, and then finally the proposal that I am speaking on today, a directive on the enforcement of working hours on board ships using Community ports. +More particularly, as far as French legislation is concerned - which Mr Rothley has mentioned - and as it was drafted at the time, in the judgement of 10 January 1995 on the Leclerc case, no. 229/83 "Au blé vert" , the Court of Justice decreed that, in the sphere of national legislation establishing a fixed book price system, rules which establish that the publisher' s fixed price must be observed, as regards the sale of books published in the Member State itself, and which are reimported prior to export to another Member State, constitute measures with an effect equivalent to import restrictions, which are prohibited under Article 28 (ex Article 30) of the Treaty, unless there are well-grounded reasons to believe that the aforementioned books have been exported with the sole aim of reimporting them with the intention of evading the aforementioned law. +B4-0463/99 by Mrs Berès and Mr Vecchi, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0468/99 by Mr Pradier and Mr Hory, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Alliance-B4-0477/99 by Mr Wurtz, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0482/99 by Mr Fassa, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0497/99 by Mr Lehideux, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0504/99 by Mr Telkämper and Mrs Aelvoet, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the human rights situation in Djibouti; +What is required is the abolition of internal borders, care for citizens' security, harmonisation in terms of allowing into the European Union nationals of third countries, and allowing them freedom of movement once inside the Union, thereby creating an immigration and asylum policy which will be more coherent and unified. We also need to co-ordinate action on the prevention of crime and in the fight against it, particularly against organised crime (especially terrorism, trade in human beings, crimes against children, drug and weapons smuggling, corruption and fraud) and finally, we need laws and fundamental freedoms to be guaranteed at a European level. +The Commission would be very happy to recommend the compromise amendments put forward by the rapporteur, Mrs Jöns, covering: the addition of social integration into the labour market to Article 1, namely Amendment No 1; the new wording on the social economy third system in Article 2, namely Amendment No 8; the importance which both the Commission and Parliament feel needs to be attached to the principles of equal opportunity and adaptability, namely Amendment No 9; and the better arrangements that you are proposing for the operation of small grants with special access arrangements for non-governmental organisations, namely Amendment No 10. +B4-0460/99 by Mr Colajanni and Mr Swoboda, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0479/99 by Mr Bertens, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0486/99 by Mr Pasty, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0488/99 by Mr Wurtz and others, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0495/99 by Mr von Habsburg and others, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0503/99 by Mr Gahrton and others, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the Middle East peace process and the 4 May 1999 deadline. +I am, however, also convinced that it was an event in Europe which was the final impetus for the De Klerk Government, which took office at the end of 1989, to summon up the courage to implement fundamental change in the system and thereby to abolish itself: the fall of the Berlin Wall as the last visible expression of the end of a system, in whose name even in South Africa freedom and democracy had not exactly been defended, took away from white South Africans the subjective impression that, if there were to be democratic elections in South Africa on the principle of "one man, one vote, once a vote" , they would find themselves in a one-party system and, once their property had been expropriated, in an economy under State control. +For example, the enlargement of the General Affairs Council to include Defence Ministers, a formula which was already tested last Monday; setting up a permanent political body, "COPS" , responsible for monitoring all matters relating to common foreign and security policy, including defence; setting up a Military Committee; creating a rapid deployment task force of approximately 50,000 men, and so on and so forth. And I should take care not to forget the task which the Finnish Presidency, quite rightly, considered to be of great significance: improving our non-military security resources, particularly for preventive purposes. +The rules for appointing higher civil servants will be more stringent and transparent, and mobility within the Commission of higher civil servants will increase. The Directorates of the Commission will be identified by short, clear names instead of by numbers, and a larger department will be established in the mass media and communications sector to ensure that the Commission's policies are communicated professionally and that they reach all the citizens of Europe. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0033/1999) by Mr Harbour, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers [8697/1/1999 - C5-0031/1999 - 1998/0071 (COD)]. +Secondly, the voluntary participation of employees in the production capital of their firm is also desirable and urgently needed, as the rapporteur writes in Amendment No 12 to the employment guidelines, for two reasons: firstly, for financial reasons, involving the need to improve businesses' allocation of equity capital, in order to withstand the dictates of the major investment funds and to safeguard employment, but also for a human reason connected with the evolution of jobs in the future, requiring an ever higher level of training and a personal commitment which is only given true worth and encouraged intelligently by profit sharing. +Most importantly, we have the concept of public health, to which we have given a broad interpretation in line with the World Health Organisation - health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being - and in accordance also with the case-law of the Court of Justice. And then we have the actual concept of violence, which specifically covers the elements cited: violence is not only violence against the mental and physical integrity of those on whom it is inflicted, it is also a serious social ill that is damaging to all - the victim, the aggressor and the public. +In more general terms, does the Commission not think - in the light of the various crises and the growing threats posed by the many anti-democratic regimes in the region - that the development of a strategic, political, economic and cultural relationship between the EU and India (the world' s largest democracy) would make it possible, within a single policy, for the wish to establish special political and economic relations with countries governed by the principles and rules of democracy and constitutional government to be combined, in a significant and exemplary fashion, with clearly conceived trade and economic interests? +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is reassuring to know that in negotiations as important as those with the World Trade Organisation, the Fifteen Member States have adopted a common position in order to establish, in the area of agriculture, stable ground rules which will allow fair trading on the world scene and to face the challenges of the new Millennium with a clear purpose. We can do this because we have based our position on those adopted at the time from the agenda of the agriculture agreement of the Uruguay Round and at Agenda 2000 in Berlin, as well as on maintaining the multifunctional nature of agriculture +On the question of libraries and the promotion of democracy and culture, the Council would remind you that, in Article 151 of the EC Treaty, it is specified that the Community' s efforts to contribute to the development of culture in the Member States, at the same time as respecting the latter' s national and regional diversity, should be aimed at promoting cooperation between the Member States. If need be, the Community' s efforts should also support and augment the Member States' activities in a number of areas: firstly, improving people' s knowledge of, and disseminating information about, the European peoples' culture and history; secondly, preserving and protecting such cultural heritage as is of significance to Europe as a whole; thirdly, promoting cultural exchange of a non-commercial nature; and fourthly, supporting artistic and literary creation, including within the audiovisual sector. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0023/1999), drawn up by Mr Gargani, on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council decision amending the basic Decision relating to the Socrates programme to include Turkey among the beneficiary countries (8076/1/1999 - C5-0024/1999 - 1996/0130(COD)), and the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council decision amending the basic Decision relating to the third phase of the Youth for Europe programme to include Turkey among the beneficiary countries (8077/1/1999 - C5-0025/1999 - 1996/0131(COD)). +It is significant because, despite Turkey being a country which has had some difficulties in this area - I confess, Mr President, that in the committee we heard about this problem, this difficulty in getting the idea accepted within Europe, the Europe which is so open to culture, as the various speakers have been saying all afternoon in their speeches on the four somewhat interconnected measures. I think that this decision means we can describe Europe in its entirety, as a body of States which regards new countries with an open mentality and great dignity, and offers them wide possibilities to develop in the areas of freedom and culture. +Indeed, in 1994 the report commissioned by the European Commission which looked at this whole area of junior doctors in training highlighted seven points which need immediate action: the excessive hours of work in some countries; the question of on-call duties; unrealistic rostering periods; protracted periods of continuous duty; the distribution of duties between junior doctors and senior doctors; informal pressures on doctors in training; the vulnerability of breaks and time off in the face of the pressure of service needed. +Mrs Eriksson, let me first emphasise that the Council attaches very great importance to measures to promote equal opportunities for men and women and to the practical implementation of the appropriate provisions of the Amsterdam Treaty, which applies to all the bodies, organs and institutions we have in Europe, from the European Parliament to the Commission and to the Council itself. But I am sorry to have to point out that the Member States are solely responsible for proposing the members of the European Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Treaties and that the distribution of tasks within the Commission is in fact an internal Commission matter. +Thirdly, there are the chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs which are now only contained in refrigeration systems but which were originally used in the production of plastic foam, solvents and aerosol propellants. Lastly, there are the halons which are used in fire extinguishing systems, especially in critical applications, such as aircraft, where there are now harmless alternatives. +Subject: Subject-matter of informal Council meeting of EU Internal Affairs Ministers According to journalist sources, immediately after the secret service abduction of Öcalan, an informal extraordinary meeting of EU Internal Affairs Ministers was held in unprecedented secrecy close to the German capital, with the participation of the Swiss Internal Affairs Minister, the aim of which was to coordinate action to break up the PKK's logistical set-up, to establish codes for cooperation and the reciprocal provision of information between the secret services and to 'combat' the Kurds' communications network in Europe, mainly through the MED-TV television channel and the newspaper 'Özgür Politika'. +B4-0383/99 by Mr Bertens, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0395/99 by Mrs Maij-Weggen and Mrs Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0397/99 by Mr Barros Moura and Mr Marinho, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0405/99 by Mr Miranda and others, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0413/99 by Mr Dupuis and Mrs Maes, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Alliance-B4-0415/99 by Mrs Hautala, Mr Telkämper and Mrs McKenna, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the situation in Indonesia and East Timor. +Considering that the Adam report on nuclear safety, which was approved by this House last March, called among other things for restrictions on the use of RBMK reactors and also VVER Soviet-built models, which the Czech authorities are now planning to use in Temelin, let us reaffirm the conclusions submitted by Alleanza Nazionale's head of delegation and the draftsman of the opinion on the Adam report: first, safety is the key element of the pre-accession strategy; secondly, international legislation on safety systems must be strengthened; and thirdly, the application of such legislation should be supervised by an independent body. +Member States agree that it is desirable to avoid inconsistencies between the proposed Convention and the instruments drafted in the European Union, which include, for example, joint action, as agreed on 3 December 1998, on money laundering, recognition of the means of committing an offence and benefits associated with it, tracking down criminals, freezing assets, seizure of goods and successful conviction, and joint action, as agreed on 21 December 1998, on involvement in organised criminal activity. +We should show more concern over the attempts both to divert from and replace the Geneva Convention, which is the main source of international law governing refugees, and to implement a "temporary protection regime" . We should also be particularly concerned about deliberations to amend the Dublin Asylum Convention, to enforce stricter legislation on the procedure for processing asylum applications and to implement "effectively" the removal procedures for those whose residency applications have been rejected. +This is the reason why the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs has proposed that, henceforth, in the area of asylum and immigration policy, there should be two budgetary instruments: firstly, a European Refugee Fund intended to finance by structural means the necessary measures relating to the reception, integration and voluntary repatriation of refugees in the event of a normal flow of refugees, and secondly, a second budget line with the objective of making it possible to take emergency measures in the event of a mass influx of refugees. +Mr President, the commitment of the European Union, repeated in the Schwaiger report, to the creation of a permanent labour forum between the International Labour Organisation and the World Trade Organisation on issues related to trade, globalisation and labour is the only way to accompany the liberalisation of commerce and trade in general with respect for fundamental labour rights, without slipping into egotistical, hypocritical protectionism or unfair, self-destructive competition. +Before the Council decides on the nature of the body responsible for drawing up the draft Charter, Parliament must state today that we cannot accept fewer representatives of the European Parliament than representatives of the Heads of State and Government. Parliament should also state that we are pressing for in-depth talks before deciding if the essential contribution of the national parliaments should be ensured through the participation of a certain number of their representatives at the appointed body or through other, more efficient channels. +The same happened in the village adjacent to Hebron. In East Jerusalem, men and women' s identity cards are confiscated to reduce their numbers in an operation that the centre for Israeli human rights has called 'silent deportation' . +Will the Council undertake to keep the decision on the review and request the Commission to ensure that airports in Objective I areas and Objective I areas in transition are not penalised by the loss of revenue resulting from the ending of duty-free, which inevitably leads to higher prices for consumers, loss of earnings for airlines, shipping companies, ports and airports, and threatens employment for the industries and small firms which have supplied a range of goods to duty-free shops? +On the following points, however, we do not feel able to go along with Parliament: merging humanitarian aid and assistance for reconstruction within a single body, separation of Agency revenue from appropriations allocated to programmes, exclusion from the agency' s budget of contributions from other sources, approval of the staffing plan by the budgetary authority and a report on the possible winding up of the agency after 24 months. +To ensure that the aspirations of the peace movement are respected all over the world, we are calling for immediate and specific initiatives to be introduced to abolish all nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. We are also calling for a general and definitive end to nuclear tests, a ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons outside the boundaries of the countries that own them, in accordance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the withdrawal of all atomic weapons which are either deployed or stored in other countries and a ban on the export of all nuclear waste. +This is also why it makes perfect sense and presents a major political opportunity for us to adopt a clear position, one which will express the well-founded expectations and the commitment of the Union' s citizens concerning the future of the special administrative region of Macao in the political context of China and concerning Europe' s relations with both, with regard to defence and the promotion of human rights, of other constitutional values and those of the specific legal framework which applies to the region by means of its new statute and of the principle of "one country, two systems" . +As respect for human rights constitutes an essential element of the cooperation and development between the European Union and the Republic of Djibouti, we demand, in accordance with these principles, the release of all political prisoners and access to medical care for all detainees. We particularly want emergency medical care to be given to Mohamed Kadamiousouf to prevent him losing his sight. +A4-0119/99 by Mrs De Esteban Martín, on behalf of the Committee on Petitions, on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman in 1998 (C4-0138/99); -A4-0117/99 by Mr Newman, on behalf of the Committee on Petitions, on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the parliamentary year 1998-1999.Before we embark on this joint debate, the European Ombudsman - whom I once again welcome to the House - will present his annual activity report and also his special report. +My position, however, is that the system on own resources needs to be changed, which will inevitably lead to an increase in the Community budget so that needs can be met and the ambitious aims of the European Union can be fulfilled.-Finally, I would like to congratulate all those who contributed to this historic Berlin agreement, especially Commissioner Wulf-Mathies for her tireless effort and my colleagues for the quality of their opinions. +Regions in industrial or rural decline (former Objectives 2 and 5b) will have their share of funding reduced compared to the previous programming period, with a guaranteed maximum reduction of 33 % of the population concerned; to this percentage, however, would be added the figure accounted for by the inclusion of former Objective 1 regions, causing these regions to be doubly penalised; and this is leaving aside the case of Abruzzi - the only region removed from Objective 1 before the end of the current programming period - which, hovering somewhere between transitional support and inclusion in Objective 2, runs the risk of not being fairly included in this reform framework. +This is what the European Parliament called for in its resolution of 11 March, in which, while recognising the fundamental right of the Palestinian people to found their own State, it considered it essential for the international guarantors of the Oslo agreements solemnly to reaffirm their commitment to achieving all the objectives of the peace process, thereby giving the Palestinian National Authority the support required to justify an extension of the period of application of the provisional agreement beyond the date of 4 May 1999. +In the Council' s conclusions regarding nuclear safety in connection with EU enlargement, it was emphasised that the countries in question use reactors that are impossible to modernise at reasonable expense to comply with internationally approved standards of safety, and that strategies for the energy industry should include preparations to decommission these reactors as quickly as possible, in accordance with an agreed timetable for our accession partners, and in compliance with the agreements relating to nuclear safety bookkeeping. +This does not, I feel, merit extensive comment, as we are in agreement on this point. What I wish to bring up is a specific point which was mentioned in the course of the discussion, i.e. the matter of the draft resolution on capital punishment which the Union proposed to the Third Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations. +the report (A4-0242/99) by Mr Spencer, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, on the role of the Union in the world: implementation of the common foreign and security policy for 1998; -the report (A4-0219/99) by Mr Spencer, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, containing a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the common strategy towards the Russian Federation; -the statement by the Council on the appointment of the High Representative for the common foreign and security policy. +We were also motivated by the importance of reaffirming, within the international debate, that it is possible to conclude bilateral trade agreements that are compatible with the World Trade Organisation. Finally, we were motivated by the importance of giving a boost to our economies, thus promoting the growth of world trade, and by the importance of consolidating our respective presence in interdependent geographical areas. +In the light of this situation, is the Commission prepared to consider measures in essential areas to assist the Serbian civilian population? Consideration should be given primarily to the growing environmental threats posed by destroyed sewage plants, oil refineries and chemical factories in Novi Sad and Pancevo, for example, and to exempting young students from the academic embargo which is cutting them off from foreign educational institutions and other contacts, making their future bleak and encouraging a brain-drain so damaging to the country. +Mr President, as stated in the introduction to the Commission' s report on the draft communication to the Council and the European Parliament, in public opinion today, there is, fortunately, growing concern, engendering much debate, about the impact of the liberalisation of trade on employment, on the distribution of wealth, on the environment, on health, consumer protection and cultural diversity, as well as the increased marginalisation of poor countries. +Mr President, I would first like to congratulate the rapporteur on his report and also to thank the members of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, who were really working in less than ideal conditions. And by the same token I would like to thank the administration for their support, as this is an important subject, because despite the continuing high level of unemployment, unemployment and employment policy is generally not accorded the position it deserves here in the European Parliament and at European level. +These amendments primarily concern the necessary reference to the concept of the physical and emotional integrity of the individual and thus to the concept of dignity, such that inflicting physical, sexual or psychological violence is tantamount to depriving that person of their human rights. Secondly, the definition of "public health" , as defined by the WHO, i.e. not only the absence of disease or infirmity, but a state of physical, mental and social well being is taken up in the report. +However, I should like to know if the German Presidency supports the idea of Parliament attending the summit since its feelings on the role Parliament should play in the process of European integration appear to differ from those expressed by Chancellor Schröder this morning. Parliament has already attended the Rio and San José Group Conferences and I should like to know if the Council believes that Parliament should have an active role, as is only natural. +Mr Carnero Gonzalez's report lists a number of priority areas in which the Czech Republic must step up its pre-accession measures, such as adapting its legislation to the acquis communautaire in general, as well as reforming the apparatus of government and the judicial system, privatising state banks, policy on state support, protecting the environment and the further integration of the gypsy minority, the latter a point raised by Mr Gonzalez. +Trade talks will soon begin within the framework of the Millennium Round, and we ask the Commission to take a firm and determined stance so that within the World Trade Organisation, it can defend the supreme importance of social rights, safeguard the environment and protect the European agricultural model and the consumer with regard to world trade. It must also find the courage to propose again a triangular nature for aid for developing countries. +On the contrary, they aim to create a new institutional framework which will not only guarantee freedom, security and justice within the European Union, but also put forward recommendations for specific policies on a range of sensitive issues, such as the key issues of immigration, asylum - since, judging by recent events, it is clear that unfortunately we need a new approach to the matter - and crime. I believe, as I am sure we all do, that the list is a long one. +If in a public debate concerning budgetary reorganisation and savings measures we advocate a limited revision of the Financial Perspective, we are doing this as a Parliament with a clear conscience because in the past, we have always maintained that Parliament was able to responsibly set the necessary European political priorities whilst striving for greater efficiency and transparency in the budgetary procedure. +With regard to this report, I would like to point out that the fisheries agreement with Angola means a continuation of the common fisheries policy of the European Union with regard to international fisheries agreements, which contribute to the consolidation of one of the fundamental pillars of said policy. This was pointed out by Mr Crampton' s report to this Parliament in the previous legislature, this report stating that these agreements were a fundamental condition in the effort to reduce the commercial deficit in the European Union in the field of fishing, in fish supply and in order to protect direct and indirect employment in the fishing sector and in the industries related to fishing in the European regions which are heavily dependent on it. +This regulation is a sign of the creative development of the Community legal system and represents the introduction of a new series of common rules. Rules which are able to protect European citizens' civil relationships, turning a European area which is fragmented in terms of the protection of rights and the enforcement of obligations into a more organised and structured area in which all citizens will be able to avail themselves, not only of their own national laws, but also now of a common European law which will apply to families in all areas of the Union, unless that area has asked that an exception be made in this matter. +It should look at the impact of liberalisation on investments, competition rules, unfair subsidies, poor labour standards, environmental protection, intellectual property rights, trade facilitation, government procurement, improved access to agricultural markets, improved access to commercial markets including services, consumer protection and capacity building. +Madam President, it is now 18 weeks since the European Commission ordered the lifting of the ban on British beef; 18 weeks during which time France and Germany have prevaricated while blatantly defying the law; 18 weeks during which naive attempts at appeasement by the Commission and the hapless UK government have been rebuffed in circumstances which have caused deep humiliation to both; 18 weeks during which British beef farmers have continued to suffer catastrophic losses, exacerbated by the titanic efforts of the French government to blacken the good name of British beef internationally. +If we in the European Parliament have helped to broaden awareness of that, not only through Mr Dupuis reminding us to include the death penalty on every agenda but also simply by highlighting a number of facts time and again in the name of our Parliament, then perhaps we have contributed in some small way to the protection of human rights. +In order to restore peace, a clear, long-term strategy is needed, based on reconstruction, reconciliation and rapprochement : construction to repair the damage done by the war, reconciliation between all the parties involved, including the Serbian people, and the rapprochement of this region to the European Union, including the prospect of future accession to the European Union for all the countries of the region, if and when they show themselves to be politically and economically ready. +The publication of the forecasts, the possibility of having access to the minutes of meetings and a global report on the economic progress of the Member States are elements which will contribute - as the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, by means of the intervention of its President, Mrs Randzio-Plath, has demonstrated, and as mentioned in Mr Huhne' s report - to the consolidation of the level of internal and international acceptance and, of course, transparency, not only with regard to public opinion but also with regard to the experts in monetary affairs. +Does the Finnish Presidency consider that the basic conditions for recognising Turkey as eligible for membership of the European Union should at least comprise dropping the demand for international recognition of a >Turkish-Cypriot state= in the occupied territories of the Republic of Cyprus in order to launch intercommunal talks, Turkey=s agreement to seek settlements of the differences between Greece and Turkey on the basis of international law and its institutions, and the opening of talks on the democratic and cultural rights of the Kurds? +It is no longer possible for this dossier to be placed in the hands of presidencies which, as we know, change over every six months; we need a permanent spokesman who can, on his own authority, organise the work of the various Member State delegations in New York so that, next year, we have a position which is consistent from beginning to end, thus avoiding this truly tragic situation, one that has made things difficult for a number of third countries friendly to the European Union, starting with Mexico, which had made a very firm commitment to defending our perfectly acceptable compromise position. +We are doing this on the eve of the Helsinki European Council, where Turkey' s possible application to join the European Union will be decided, and we are doing this in a context in which we have seen Mr Abdullah Öçalan' s death sentence confirmed by the Turkish Supreme Court, followed by a request for a stay of execution from the European Court of Human Rights and a declaration by the Turkish authorities, delivered by Prime Minister Ecevit, that they would prefer the legal process to be completed, including the appeal by the defence lawyers, before making the government' s position known and before putting the issue before parliament. +The removal of Article 5, which was the Commission' s attempt to create new tariff suspensions on products as sensitive as tuna fillets, the request to create reference laboratories, the inclusion of aquaculture, the improvement of the regulation of consumer information on the labels of fishery products, the percentages of the compensatory allowances for tuna and the increased flexibility of withdrawals are, to mention just a few examples, very important improvements introduced in this report. I must therefore congratulate the rapporteur once again. +Therefore, it is with regret that we must tailor our former hopes to current requirements, and the only solution seems to be to undertake a new type of agreement, within the Union and before it accepts new members, countries which have the same interest in a Common Foreign and Defence Policy, in common laws that will guarantee the fight against crime, drugs, uncontrolled immigration, countries that want to regain their common right to campaign against violations of human rights by taking active steps to combat cruelty and genocide. +That is precisely what we are attempting to do and I call on the European Parliament, where we have the honour of sitting, to vote by a large majority in favour of the text tomorrow, I call on the Commission to do justice to the text which we give it during its evaluation and, above all, I call on the Council to understand that we cannot proclaim left, right and centre that we are above the law, that we cannot proclaim left, right and centre that we are sensitive to the issue of job creation, that we cannot proclaim left, right and centre that small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of the economy and, at the same time, refuse to vote in favour of and adopt the positions of this European Parliament. +The practice of smooth and efficient dealings with the Ombudsman's reports in the European Parliament has now been properly and formally established by bringing Parliament's Rules of Procedure in line with the Statute of the Ombudsman and by expressly providing for the competent committee - the Committee on Petitions - to deal with both the Ombudsman's annual and possible special reports. +A4-0222/99 by Mr Fourçans, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, on the Commission recommendation for the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and the Community (drawn up pursuant to Article 103(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community) (COM(99)0143 - C4-0208/99); -A4-0239/99 by Mr Menrad, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the European Parliament's contribution on the European Employment Pact and on the Commission's communication on Community policies in support of employment. +It should be an independent body whose task is to find the largest common denominator - and not the smallest - to ensure that European unification advances only in those areas where it is necessary and essential. In this respect, the institutional balance must be preserved: decision-making powers must remain with the Council and Parliament, which alone are politically responsible to the people. +As the elections set for 7 June draw nearer, and as we move towards a critical stage in the negotiations on the future of East Timor being held between the governments of Indonesia and Portugal under the aegis of the United Nations, we are seeing attacks on supporters of the Nobel Peace Prize winner D. Ximenes Belo, and on civilians praying in a church. We are witnessing attacks on the entire population, which is experiencing an enormous wave of panic because of a proliferation of military brigades doing nothing to defend them and instead attacking them. +The Daphne programme combats violence against women, minors and children; it is a programme which has combated violence within the family, through ill-treatment and sexual abuse of children and partners, and the kind of violence we see in daily life, in the form of rape, sexual violence and molestation, harassment at the workplace and so on, a true battle of values and civilisation. This programme does not shy away from the truth, does not provide simple solutions, but incorporates a number of interacting factors: education, custom, issues of economic independence and employment, legal and jurisdictional issues, services to help victims, and health matters. +We do not want a Commission where the Commissioners are transformed into shepherds that follow their flocks. We do not want a Commission where some officials, who perhaps head an agency with a particular status, turn out to be true petty tyrants of the organisation, imposing their wishes and desires on their Commissioner, who then admits his ignorance of and lack of interest in the issue even when it concerns an amendment to the Community budget adopted by the European Parliament whose implementation does not present any budgetary difficulties or problems relating to the legal basis. +Not only to continue with the deregulation of world trade, but also to provide instruments with which to fight fraud and dishonest commercial practices and to guarantee reciprocal compliance with the regulations governing international trade to achieve the simplification and generalisation of customs procedures under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation, in order, in a word, that the opening up of markets may constitute a genuine opportunity which will create jobs and contribute to the well-being of the citizens of the European Union. +In Seattle, at the same time as the governmental meeting, thousands of NGOs will meet, thousands of men and women from civil society who are calling urgently for the WTO not to become one of the seats of that global government, based on the growth and supremacy of the most unbridled free trade, which does not take into account the growing poverty of the population of the least industrialised and weakest countries, the destruction of the environment, the protection of natural and human resources or the differences and diversities within each country, all in the name of globalisation, which is continuing to create wealth for a few and poverty for many. +I can see, including from the speeches this week, that there is obviously a rapprochement here, on the basis of the recognition of the national book price fixing system and a regulation based on French law, which demonstrates, Commissioner Monti, that you are prepared to weigh the cultural aspect, which has formed part of the EC Treaty since Maastricht, against Article 85 of the EC Treaty, which requires you, as Commissioner for competition, to ensure that there are equal conditions of competition, thereby helping to ensure that consumers do not lose out in this respect. +It is extremely serious that this Parliament's final act should be to vote on a text which says something erroneous, or rather states - and in a forum which one might expect to respect the rule of law - that after referring back to committee, in other words rejecting, the proposal by Mr Elles, the rapporteur on the 1996 discharge procedure, that discharge should be granted to the Commission - actually meaning that the European Parliament would not grant discharge - we are today voting on a text which says something entirely wrong. +We would also like the area of freedom, security and justice to aim to increase the guarantees for everyone - be they citizens of the Union or people from other countries - and that it does not stop at declaring formal guarantees but also aims to put substantial guarantees into practice, such as those concerning work, social security, personal freedom, equality between men and women and many others which nowadays are being sacrificed on the altar of competition - global competition - so close to the heart of the Commission and its President. +This occurred firstly in the delegations for example, where one sometimes had the impression that the European Commission did the actual negotiating there, and that the Members of Parliament who were also present, were just there to make up the numbers. It also occurred in the drafting of the mandate or, to give a particularly negative example, in the issue of individual obligations to reduce CO2 and their negotiation by the Commission with the relevant partners, especially recently with the Japanese and Korean car manufacturers. +According to information received from the services of the sitting of Tuesday 26 October, an unidentified person approached those services to withdraw a motion for a resolution which had been presented by the PPE, PSE and UEN groups, as well as the motion for a resolution presented by the ELDR group, without the consent nor the agreement of any of the signatories and, what is more serious, these motions for resolutions were replaced with a supposed joint motion for a resolution, without signatures, which contained, in addition to a whole series of names of MEPs which had been added, those of some of the signatories of the first motion for a resolution. +I must tell you all that in my own area of action, more specifically, police and judicial cooperation, that the fight against the trade in children, the fight against the abuse of children and other crimes against them, as well as the prevention of juvenile crime are just as much priorities for action by the Commission which we will be developing within the framework of programmes for police and judicial cooperation that I shall inform you of when I give the presentation of the scoreboard system requested by the Heads of State and Government. +At a time when we are trying to popularise the Euro and gain greater support for the Union, and when the Council - and I welcome this initiative - is embarking on the task of writing up and debating a Charter of Fundamental Rights with the participation of the European Parliament and the national parliaments, it seems rather shocking that a closed door procedure is being considered in which the Council has still not said whether the European Parliament will be represented. +I was particularly pleased to see that the report has dealt not only with the reform of the treaties and of procedures, and therefore was not just worded in general terms, but has in the last analysis declared itself in favour of setting and specifying priorities to the effect, for example, that progress must be achieved in the interests of the security of Europe and its citizens in connection with the further development of the area of freedom, security and justice, and that relevant procedures must be established so that this becomes a reality. +The main general targets for the European Union's strategy against drugs for the next five years can be summarised as follows: to reduce significantly the prevalence of illicit drug use among young people under 18 years of age; to reduce substantially the number of drug-related deaths; to increase considerably the number of successfully treated addicts and to reduce substantially the number of serious drug-related crimes, including money laundering and illicit traffic in precursors. +We were aware of the problems of the Canary Islands when we negotiated the accession of our country to the European Community and the successive Treaties, up until Amsterdam, and the constant concern to always take that special situation into account was reflected in the special Protocol 2 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, back in 1985, in Council Regulation (EEC) 1911/91, which approved the said Protocol, and in section 2 of article 299 of the EC Treaty, which describes the outermost regions of the Union, with special mention of the Canary Islands and lays down the very flexibility in the application of general rules in certain vulnerable cases which we are discussing today. +These amendments refer, for example, to the Kyoto protocol, the importance of collecting data so that the voluntary agreement to reduce CO2 emissions from cars by 2003 can be properly monitored, the European Commission' s undertaking to report on the monitoring data forwarded by Member States to the European Parliament and, finally, some additions to the information to be forwarded. +The ECB, the Commission and the national authorities will therefore have to adopt a series of measures, some of which have already been mentioned. For example, they will have to provide consumers, traders and banks with the necessary quantity of coins and notes before 1 January 2002. +Subject: Opening up the Council of Ministers to transparency What is the latest situation with the case taken by Swedish journalists to the European Court of Justice regarding the conflict between the undemocratic secrecy of documents of the Council of Ministers and the open transparency of all documents as required by the excellent two-hundred-year-old Freedom-of-Information law in Sweden? +Mr President-in-Office, this morning I heard Chancellor Schröder say that NATO's attacks were being carried out in the name of human rights and on behalf of the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia. You cannot allow human rights to be served up on an ad hoc basis or 'à la carte '. +It also worth pointing out that the resolution further calls for closer cross-border cooperation between the civil protection units; points to cooperation with the Swiss authorities as the best way of tackling, in the short term, the problems caused by the closure of the Mont Blanc tunnel; and calls upon all the Member States to assess the need to equip with a safety tunnel, allowing rapid evacuation in the event of an accident, those tunnels which currently do not have one, as was tragically the case in this incident. +Against this background it has been possible to present a united front to China and the Near East in terms of human rights policy and many other difficult foreign policy issues, and ultimately to reach a number of important decisions in Cologne, which included adopting the first common strategy towards Russia and a timetable for achieving a European security and defence policy, as well as nominating Javier Solana as the best possible candidate for the post of Mr CFSP. +The proposal to have a mini-mini-session in Brussels on a Wednesday - when, of course, MEPs are already in Brussels for Group and committee meetings - would have allowed the President of the Commission to come to Parliament and report on the outcome of the Commission' s weekly meeting, and thus demonstrate to the citizens that the Commission is responsible to Parliament and raise our profile by getting major Commission initiatives announced inside this institution. +The same applies to Olivetti which, having found the capital necessary for its lucrative take-over bid for Telecom Italia, arranged to shed 13,000 jobs. The same applies to Alcatel which, in order to regain the confidence of its financial shareholders, at the same time announced a net profit of FRF 15 billion, that is EUR 2.3 billion, and 12,000 job losses. +To answer Mrs Ries, regarding the Rwandan national system of justice, the Commission targeted its interventions at institutional support to the government departments in the area of reinforcement of defence rights and civil cases, in the area of improving living standards in prisons and in the area of support for the survivors of genocide, as well as in the area of respect for human rights. +Whilst the European policy mix has hitherto consisted of recommendations for national budgetary policy, the monetary policy of central banks and the wage policy operated by the social partners, the birth of the euro has evidently prompted the Commission to stop giving monetary policy any active role in the overall European policy mix. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honour for me to appear before you, the representatives of a Europe which promotes optimism, which is the most successful example of a genuine political integration this century and which demonstrates that it is indeed possible to return from death to life, from disrespect for human beings to the veneration of their rights, from pessimism to hope: which also demonstrates that peace is possible wherever development, social justice, the defence of the weakest, solidarity and coexistence are established. These are the things that determine culture, give meaning to liberty and open up the path leading to the achievement of shared goals. +The main objective of the Tampere European Council was to provide continuity and to plan the establishment of the "area of freedom, security and justice" which was laid down in the Treaty of Amsterdam, with the intention of seeking greater coordination or even common policies in the areas of immigration, asylum and visa policy. In our opinion, this, and taking into account the importance of the area of public freedoms, justice and security, demands that the Council' s unanimous decision-making procedure be assured, with respect to the sovereignty of Member States. +It would be important, and this was the amendment we would have liked to have tabled, for there to be, for example, among the Observatory' s duties, with a view to European integration, which must increasingly become political integration, integration of societies and political behaviour and integration of information at European level, monitoring of the various television channels across Europe for the appearance of parliamentary political activity of national political groups and European politics, which could thus take the observatory as a reference point. +If, instead of abstaining at the Council, it had, like Germany, voted in favour of maintaining the ban in the absence of elements which are essential for traceability, the ban would now be in force, consumers would be safe, the tests would be able to clarify things for us, the great British people would have been spared the blast of nationalism from across the channel and our Conservative friends would not have had to disown the principle of sovereignty for which they feel legitimate affection. +I believe that it is insufficient because we are still treating the problem as if it were a current problem when, in reality, Europe is suffering from a structural problem of an historic nature, born of a change in production methods, born of an increase in productivity in work which leads to increases in production and wealth which do not result in increases in employment and that this increase in wealth is distributed amongst companies and the workers who are in work, leaving those in a worse situation out of the picture: women, unqualified young people and the long-term unemployed. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0043/1999), on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, concerning the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 88/77/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles, and the emission of gaseous pollutants from positive ignition engines fuelled with natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas for use in vehicles (5734/1/1999 - C5-0028/1999 - 1997/0350(COD)) (Rapporteur: Mr Lange). +A Europe led by a board of directors would be a negation of the stimulating process of European integration that we have had - it is true that it has its imperfections, but all countries have taken part in it - and, in our opinion, strengthened cooperation must be the exception and not the rule in the European Union. This is because often, the political will to cooperate exists, but the conditions are not right from the economic point of view or from some other point of view, in order to achieve this very will for strengthened cooperation. +The outcome of the informal meeting of foreign ministers at Saariselkä, which was set forth on 13 September in the conclusions of the General Affairs Council, and Foreign Minister Cem' s presence at the General Affairs Council' s lunch are, in the opinion of the country to hold the Presidency, signs of a constructive new beginning in relations between the Union and Turkey. +Hand on our heart then, if we glance through the newspapers, we realise that even within the European Union our concerns - whether related to environmental policy, social policy or the core labour standards - were portrayed as protectionist; even at home in the European Union we were not able to communicate our concerns, let alone within the group of States of the World Trade Organisation. +Mr President, while it is positive that the European Union wants other countries to accede so that it can consolidate the growth of democracy there and reinforce their economic capabilities on the world market - where, let me say yet again, we must defend the distinctive character of national products, by combating type-approval and standardisation, which undoubtedly lead to the decline of individual cultures and product quality - it is just as necessary that Parliament clearly reasserts that a new country' s membership is dependent on the requirements laid down in Amsterdam actually having been implemented in that country. +We must exercise our responsibility towards the people preserving the powers granted to Parliament under the Treaty, and we must guard these powers, just as we should when they are granted to other institutions. The new consultations relating to the Committee of the Regions or the Economic and Social Committee are good examples of this. +All these cases, these trade disputes, in which we are at present engaged with the United States or with Canada, are in principle test cases, in which the boundaries set by the World Trade Organisation are being scrutinised to see how much independence and autonomy countries actually have to determine their own policies in particular fields, whether it is consumer protection, whether it is health care, whether it is a question of how policies with respect to developing countries can be implemented - as in the banana case - or whether it is about standards. +On a social and economic level, there are various areas of action: restructuring businesses, public finances, the banking system or access to international financial markets, standards and certification, competition policy, access to the market, cooperation on technology and the development of agricultural reform and social dialogue. +After listening to Mr Prodi's speech before Parliament, we cannot have any doubts as to his desire to clean up and improve the functioning of the Commission, but equally, we do not have any doubts as to his desire to continue to build a liberal Europe where no consideration is given to the role of workers. He did not say a word about social dialogue, about public services or about the need to establish the core of fundamental social rights we require to prevent relocations through fiscal dumping. +B4-0465/99 by Mr Swoboda, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0481/99 by Mr Bertens, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0490/99 by Mr Vinci and others, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0493/99 by Mr Pasty and Mrs van Bladel, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0509/99 by Mrs Aelvoet, Mr Tamino and Mr Ceyhun, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the trial of Mr Öcalan and the future of the Kurdish question in Turkey; +Our draft resolution will predominantly include the dynamic elements which the President of the Council and also Commissioner Lamy have already mentioned and which will include our ideas on the improved incorporation of financial services, on investment and competition policy within the framework of the WTO, on the further reduction of duties on industrial products and on the improved integration, indeed the "mainstreaming" , of environmental and consumer protection in the body of regulations of the World Trade Organisation and vice versa. +I hope, therefore, that after this first Commission communication, the Commission will present Parliament with a strategic programme, with the necessary legislative package, with more time for the Commission and more time for Parliament, but I also hope that, during this legislature, the internal market will become a reality and that, in becoming a reality, it will do so to the benefit of the citizens and the workers and that it will allow for the continued consolidation of this European social model, which I would say at the moment is the envy of those countries which do not belong to the European Union. +Mr Lamy, I therefore now ask you and the Commission to take up these points which I have mentioned here, and also more comprehensive points, to cement these basic points in the opening round and to ensure that in the Millennium Round in the coming years we can further develop them so that the World Trade Organisation is what we would like it to be - a social, just, environmentally-friendly trade organisation which allows us to conduct trade whilst allowing our people and our environment to exist. +I personally have come across a Nigerian asylum seeker being granted asylum on the strength of a false Liberian passport, an Albanian family who passed themselves off as Kosovans, another Nigerian who had loaned his British passport to his cousin who was able to enter the United Kingdom under the identity of his cousin and then commit a crime, and an Algerian who was living under the identity of a French citizen and who had bought his ID card on the Parisian black market. +Therefore, on behalf of the Spaniards who at the moment are enormously worried about this issue, I hope that the Commission will communicate our concern to the Council, our disagreement with the latest resolutions of the Council of Ministers for Industry - which seems prepared to adopt a meekly laissez faire approach and abandon the little which remains of the European shipbuilding sector - and our hope that either measures will be taken to prevent the unfair competition which is occurring or, if not, that steps will be taken to restore Community aid to compensate for the cases of inequality, incompetence and bad practice which are occurring today in all shipbuilding centres. +May I take this opportunity to point out that the Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control, Mrs Theato and myself addressed jointly a contact committee of all the presidents of Member States' national audit offices and the Court of Auditors, just to point out to these key people that fighting fraud in European funds is also a national task. +At European Council level, what was decided was that the Heads of State and Government will once again go into issues of Justice and Home Affairs at the European Council meeting in June 2000, the Santa Maria da Feira Council, in order to study the so-called external dimension of Justice and Home Affairs in greater detail. These are the implications for the European Union' s external policy of the new priorities adopted by Tampere for the area of freedom, security and justice. +Mr President, this report demonstrates that it is possible, if the political will exists, and without modifying the existing Treaty, to reform the way the Commission functions so as to make it a genuine vehicle for political impetus in building Europe and an institution independent of governments and vested interests. We can also change the way the European Parliament operates so as to make it the centre of political life in the European Union, in its role as a body directly elected by the public. +B4-0374/99 by Mr Bertens, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, and Mr Bourlanges and others, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0390/99 by Mr Pasty and Mrs van Bladel, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0400/99 by Mr Harrison, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0407/99 by Mr Vinci and others, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0422/99 by Mr Telkämper and Mrs McKenna, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton Cambodia; +At any rate the Commission believes that it is very much thanks to the European Parliament that the necessary budgetary discipline will not create a burden for the poorest members of the Community, that at the same time this expenditure discipline enables us to tie up an important enlargement package and that we have achieved additional margins for manoeuvre in internal policy areas and in regard to administrative tasks, which will enable us on the one hand to underpin the emerging economic and employment upswing and on the other to put the administration in a position really to shoulder the additional new tasks. +Faced with the criteria for shaping an agricultural policy that focuses more on the structural nature of certain problems through a rural development policy that is capable of resolving some of the problems facing the countryside - the need for diversification, the need to provide the people with new opportunities and the need to prevent the constant depopulation - a minimal rural development policy has instead been chosen that lacks any real weight. +We need to prevent any legislative act being adopted by the Commission and the committees assisting it outside the regular codecision procedure, and to guarantee the European Parliament the right to intervene within a limited time-frame to challenge the legitimacy and content of an implementing measure, a point on which the negotiations produced partial satisfaction. And we need genuine simplification which goes further than merely abolishing the committee variants arising from the 1987 decision. +The damage caused by incidents such as dioxin in poultry or mad cow disease to the overall credibility of the Community institutions is huge and cannot be repaired by words. Unfortunately, these situations often take a great deal of time to remedy, and time is not always available in the institutions. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0033/1999) by Mr Harbour, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the common position of the Council with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and the Council amending Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers (8697/1999 - C5-0031/1999 - 1998/0071 (COD)) +As a single financing and programming instrument for cooperation, CULTURE 2000 declares a range of objectives which aim to provide a response, more of a response and a better one, to such needs, and this, then, is able to represent a decisive step in the direction of a European cultural policy that is worthy of this name. By this I mean an instrument which will permit repeated, interactive and fruitful contact between the cultures of the various Member countries in such a way that the variety of areas looked at and the multidisciplinary nature of the events become an ever more vitalising element in the very soil of European identity without threatening pluralism and the essential diversity of these cultures. +Goodyear, Renault and now Michelin, having adapted themselves to the growth models created by the single market and integrated into the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties and EMU, have turned the climate of unaccountability to their advantage by gradually annihilating every form of social responsibility and protection of workers. This has created more unemployment and increased levels of social exclusion. +The President of the Government of the Canary Islands has also expressed his desire to visit Morocco in order to hold a dialogue and often a direct channel of communication with the Moroccan Government, along the lines of the good neighbourliness which should characterise the relations between two neighbouring and civilised peoples, since frequently the viscosity of reality - as Mr Obiols said so well the other day during the debate in Brussels in relation to the common destiny of Europe and Morocco - does not always permit the most appropriate type of action. +The report of the European Central Bank explains that there are certain problems in achieving greater levels of growth - or greater stability in the European Union or greater competitiveness in a process of open economy, needs which are even more accentuated bearing in mind the coming Millennium Round - specifically because certain structural aspects still need to be dealt with in more depth: from the labour markets to, as has been said, the training system, or other equally important aspects such as, for example, an improvement in the levels of research and development. +And we are providing a balanced boost, because, on the one hand, we are favouring the internal market and economic integration with the directive on judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil and commercial matters, but, on the other hand, we are also attempting to give primacy to people' s rights, to the rights of human beings and to the rights of children, because, in addition to having to suffer the trauma that a divorce always causes, they should not have to suffer the trauma of the bureaucratic nightmare that the recognition of judgements involves. +Essentially it provides for the following: a lowering of current tar content in cigarettes; the introduction for the first time of a limit on nicotine content in cigarettes; the introduction of limits on carbon monoxide; improved and bigger labels on cigarette packs on the dangers of smoking and on the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide content of cigarettes; controls on the misleading use of descriptions such as 'mild' and 'low tar' etc.; and new safeguards on additives to tobacco. +Mr President, it is an insult to our conscience and political ethics that, after the military intervention by NATO and the European Union against Yugoslavia, under a humanitarian flag, as a result of the unforgivable ethnic cleansing by Yugoslavia against the Albanians, we are now remaining calm and accepting the violence against the Serbs, gypsies and other minorities, this time on the part of the Albanians, which, furthermore, is of an even higher proportion. +I said that the report is excellent, not just because it rightly puts the two elements of the matter back into the spotlight - a combined action to reduce demand and to reduce supply - but also, may I say, because of the frankness with which Mrs Giannakou-Koutsikou criticises what is still insufficient in the Commission proposal, both from a financial and economic point of view - we cannot state the importance of a battle and then not follow through in financial terms - and from the point of view, shall we say, of the political half-heartedness regarding the initiatives that the States still have not made. +With regard to parliamentary activity, the TDI Group shall immediately enjoy all rights accorded by the Rules of Procedure to duly constituted political groups. With regard to finance and administration, this group has the right to sufficient staffing to enable it to function and to the appropriations allocated to political groups according to the current scale. +The next item is the report (A5-0074/1999) by Mr Pronk, on behalf of the European Parliament delegation to the Conciliation Committee, on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council Directive on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (Fifteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) [C5-0221/1999 - 1995/0235(COD)]. +Subject: Earmarking 1 % of the ESF for a social capital fund In the context of the reform of the Structural Funds, will the Council give assurances that the Commission's proposal to earmark 1 % of the ESF for a social capital fund will be maintained given its importance in providing fast-track access to ESF support for NGOs and taking into account also the positive experience of this type of scheme under the 'Peace and Reconciliation Programme' in Northern Ireland? +These observations match what my group has long been denouncing, and also, indeed, the technical solutions suggested, i.e. reinforcement of internal auditing, of anti-fraud action, of transparency, and the requirement for the Commission to be accountable. +Turning now to the measures in the rural development sector, I had pointed out that I also considered this second pillar of agricultural policy to be an absolutely essential addition. Accordingly, the Commission will propose a limited increase for agricultural development measures so that the Member States are also given the incentive to step up their efforts as far as environmental protection in the agricultural sector is concerned and as regards establishing structures to ensure safety in the food chain. +These are, of course, the budgetary question, the question of a supposedly excessive fragmentation or disintegration of the Union' s actions, which is considered likely to reduce its visibility and, as a result, the question of an option in the sense of there being privileged lines which would support initiatives of a greater scale and of a more spectacular kind. The participation of agents and operators had been foreseen for this, which would involve a greater number of countries as a minimum which, as we see it, would carry a serious risk of hypertrophy in some networks of cultural operators. +At present, popular movements are fighting for the total abolition of nuclear weapons and, with the threat looming of a resurgence of nuclear rivalry, the general public is calling for a reduction in military defence expenditure to avert the danger of a nuclear disaster. Nevertheless, the USA is not only adopting an extremely defiant stance by blocking efforts to stabilise international relations but it is deliberately undermining endeavours to build a climate of international peace and security. +It would mean questioning the validity of excessive taxation and bureaucracy but that will not come into the discussion because that would mean opposing the doctrines of socialism. It would mean questioning the validity of our immigration policy which takes a heavy toll of employment not to mention the costs that it incurs, but that will not come into the discussion either because it would mean opposing the orthodoxy of the single-system Europe. +This includes achieving distribution and greater flexibility in the management of airspace in its civil and military uses - and in certain countries this can be achieved with a certain speed, we have to promote it and we are working on it - and, also in the short term, intervening in the management by airports and air companies of their flight forecasts and the organisation of their flights, in order to improve the use and efficiency of airport slots. +Since I am confident that you will make every effort to ensure that our foreign policy will respond to balanced criteria, which will, without doubt, confirm that you give priority to the political and economic convergence of all those countries which, like Spain, almost 25 years ago, are moving from an autocratic regime to a liberal regime and that you will ensure that peace will always reign on European soil. I am also sure that you will guarantee our prominent role throughout the Mediterranean region, another priority both in economic and in security terms, and that we will effectively safeguard our interests in Latin America, for example by ensuring compliance with the commitment made with the United States Government with regard to the application of the Helms-Burton law. +I can bear witness to this because yesterday, I chaired a meeting of all the groups of this Parliament where a draft joint resolution was finalised which, unlike others, will not be a compromise text and will in no way be a compromise between divergent positions, but will indeed be a synthesis enriched by the proposals of each of the political families united in a common desire to offer Parliament' s contribution to a political solution of the tragic situation currently causing bloodshed in Chechnya. +As regards fundamental issues such as the Greek-Turkish dispute over the Aegean Sea, should the criteria not be for Turkey to recognise the opinions of other countries, but for it to respect international law, to refrain from using violence or threatening to use violence and to refer any disputes it may have to the International Court in The Hague. +- (PT) The importance of the negotiations about to take place under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation, which will open in Seattle on 30 November, is of course due to an agenda that covers huge areas of human activity: from agriculture to cultural activities, transport to education and health, copyright and designations of origin to foreign investment, and all of this combined in a global perspective as if these were all nothing more than simple "saleable" goods. +In conclusion, I would just like to emphasise two points that, in our experience as Italians, are particularly important and significant: firstly, the importance of supporting basic scientific research as well so that we gain a greater understanding of the phenomenon, and, if possible, receive early warning of what the alleged drugs of the future will be, especially finding out the devastating effects of synthetic drugs; secondly, the importance of involving in these actions those principally concerned, those who are in the front line every day, who help drug addicts, that is, the experiences of treatment centres. +What is important as far as the practical implementation is concerned, is that both the EU Commission and the Member States have the political will in this particular instance not only to identify violations of human rights and hence of a fundamental part of the treaty, but also to apply the legal consequences provided for, which generally start with consultation and may lead to the suspension of parts or even the cancellation of the entire treaty. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, my reports follow on from the report published last year on Turkey by Mr McMillan-Scott and Mr Swoboda and from the resolution of this House of 6 October which concluded on the importance of expanding the European strategy for Turkey. This House should therefore be able tomorrow to adopt these two proposals for European Parliament and Council regulations on the implementation of measures, on one hand, to promote economic and social development in Turkey and, on the other, to intensify the EC-Turkey Customs Union. +These new and necessary institutional developments or completely new institutions, such as the particularly important military corps that has just been decided on, could lead to dilemmas as to how to divide power between national and Community authorities. But let us not forget the message of EMU: Community institutions are only successful when the principle of subsidiarity is applied and when the power of the larger partners is counterbalanced by protecting the rights of the smaller partners. +The intervention of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission will not only contribute to providing a more substantial safeguard for a combination of interests that were stated in good time, but will also reaffirm a genuine leading role for the European Union, which will ensure that China continues to see it as a favoured partner in discussions on a global strategy for peace, to the building of democracy, to the safeguard of human rights, to development, to dialogue and to modernisation on a worldwide scale. +Madam President, this report contains a number of interesting admissions, for example, recital F states that there is a constant growth differential with the United States and in recital J, I read that fiscal pressure is generally high in the Member States, which is scarcely favourable to consumption, growth or employment. In paragraph 4, the rapporteur rightly acknowledges the modest performance of the European Union in terms of growth and employment and in paragraph 16 he notes that public investment is not always given the priority it should enjoy compared to operation expenditure. +Since 1998, the Commission has financed humanitarian aid programmes to the order of EUR 1 million to improve the situation of the people of Anjouan in terms of nutrition and health care, and the Commission has just approved a new programme to the value of EUR 730 000 which is aimed at providing primary health care. It is also examining whether or not it would be appropriate to approve an additional humanitarian aid programme in view of the requirements on the three islands as a result of the political instability. +May we suggest that in order to avoid future surprises, the Council and Parliament monitor very closely the peacekeeping mission of the United Nations, the humanitarian aid plan by Europe, the integrity of any present or future programme designed to put an end to the suffering of the Timorese to guarantee their full independence and sovereignty free of any threat, interference or pressure by the Indonesian military and their American mentors. +The revival of the peace process after the fall of Mr Netanyahu' s government, the election of Mr Barak and the new Accord signed in Sharm el-Sheikh undoubtedly mark a step forwards in respect to a dark past, after the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin. But there are still difficulties to overcome before stable and lasting peace can be achieved and before the Palestinians can live in a Palestinian State, as sanctioned in the UN Resolutions, that I hope will be democratic and will peacefully co-exist with the Israeli State. +The reconstruction and development support of the Commission should then focus on the following areas: firstly establishment of the rule of law and the democratisation of national institutions; secondly, demobilisation and socio-economic reintegration of the belligerents; thirdly, restoration of the environment, especially in the Kivu and Orientale provinces; fourthly, reconstruction of transport infrastructure; and finally improvement of health and sanitation facilities. +I am also delighted that, on Monday in the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, Mr Vitorino gave notice that the Commission would soon be submitting a study concerning the way in which this project might be specifically put into practice, for I believe in fact that, when our police are trained together in the European spirit and when, as specified in the order, the police in the candidate countries are involved right from the beginning - and this idea too is traceable back to the proposal by this House - then we shall be taking an important, concrete step towards a Europe of justice and internal security. +Through our amendments, we wanted to help simplify the structures, improve communication with the target group, make the implementation procedures transparent, increase the participation of disadvantaged groups, spread information about the programme more broadly in order to improve access to it and, finally, make the age limits for participants more flexible in order, through the commitology, to find horizontal solutions. +If, in the end, I have agreed to associate myself to the resolution to be put to the vote in this House, it is because I have been able to gauge the real feeling of some part of public opinion world-wide. These concerns, combined with the statements of our fellow Member on the subject of the reaction of the Japanese Government, and of other international bodies, inviting people to take precautions and to lay in stocks in expectation of the anticipated end of the world, have convinced me that the precautions advocated by this Parliament are, in their wisdom, likely to soothe fears and may therefore prove useful. +It is working on defining a system of courts of arbitration along the lines of traditional practice, where the courts are made up of citizens elected to the various levels of local administration, and they would be established to judge three categories of defendant: firstly, ordinary murderers, secondly, those who assaulted but did not kill, and thirdly, finally, the looters, leaving the instigators and ideologists of the genocide and massacres to be judged effectively by ordinary courts, which must be organised in some way to be able to take on this task. +In this way, young people, above all, those least well-off and most disadvantaged will be able to consider Socrates as a chance for integration, for cultural enrichment and professional training, but above all, as a chance to have personal experiences and life experiences, in order to gain the flexibility and open-mindedness necessary to address, in the best way, employment challenges in the world of work: this is why SOCRATES is an important investment for the young people of Europe. +The text of the amendment which we are proposing would be as follows: "In accordance with the European Parliament resolution of 18 November 1999, the conclusions of new contracts covering measures for the benefit of Russia to be funded in the context of the budget for the 2000 financial year shall be suspended, with the exception of the TACIS line for democracy, until a satisfactory solution has been found in Chechnya, in accordance with the European Union' s recommendations and on the basis of the procedure established in Article 13 of the present Regulation" . +One concrete move in this direction was made when the Finnish Presidency at the fifty-fourth sitting of the UN General Assembly called on the international community to make a real effort to find the right solutions and responses to the new and unforeseeable challenges of humanitarian law, and it is the EU' s intention to raise this issue in different international contexts. +These include the rate of statutory interest to be charged when a late payment occurs; the length of the trigger period for interest if no contract has actually stipulated a payment period; retention of title in the course of late payment; the role of the public sector and the treatment of public procurement; and compensation claims arising from late payment. +Bearing in mind that the additional costs involved in transporting people, goods and energy constitute one of the basic reasons for which island regions are unable to compete on the single market on an equal footing, and that Article 154 (ex Article 129B) refers explicitly to the need to link island regions with the central regions of the Community, what specific measures does the Council intend to take in order to ensure that island regions are properly integrated into the internal market on an equal footing? +B4-0375/99 by Mr Bertens, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0384/99 by Mrs Maij-Weggen, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0389/99 by Mr Pasty and Mrs van Bladel, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0399/99 by Mr Colajanni, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0410/99 by Mr Dupuis and others, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Alliance-B4-0416/99 by Mr Telkämper and Mrs McKenna, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton Burma; +You mentioned employment but you did not talk much about the need for the fight against social exclusion, the struggle for a fair and just Europe for all our citizens, the need to support Member States in the eradication of poverty, in particular amongst the young and the old in our societies, the need for equal opportunities for men and women, for black and white citizens of the European Union. +Firstly, we did not manage to get speaking time from our group to present the question during yesterday's debate.-Secondly, as you will see from the Minutes, the issues we were asking about were not covered during yesterday's debate either by the Foreign Minister, Mr Fischer, or by Commissioner van den Broek.Our question concerned the environmental impact, and the impact on public health, of the bombardments taking place in Kosovo. I would be very grateful if my question and the questions of my colleagues, which are of course related, could be discussed this afternoon in the Council, as originally planned. +Since the European Court of Auditors and Parliament's Committee on Budgets have taken a very positive view of these aspects of the Commission's proposal, I am confident that this has created the conditions for better control in future than in the past by the Commission, the European Parliament and the Court of Auditors of the financial settlement and efficiency of the resources allocated. +In my view the winners are: the Member States in the Cohesion Fund, in particular the three which we believe should in fact no longer have been eligible; the Objective 1 regions that receive an even greater amount of funds than has so far been the case in the urban areas covered by the new Objective 2, which still even receive funds from the Community initiative URBAN; and the applicant countries which I only hope will not become a market economy, as Mr Schröder said, but a social market economy. +Professor Prodi, the trust of the PPE Group in you is based on the civic spirit and the political orientation you have expressed: a policy of renewal for Europe, the ability to compete, liberalisation and free trade, co-operation and peace, an open and trustworthy administration and an EU which devotes itself to matters of common relevance in order to gain the trust of the citizens of the EU during the next century. +On the basis of current information, we assume this to be sufficient, but we are, of course, ready to debate this issue in the light of better information because, as we all know, acceptance of the budget requires that both official bodies with budgetary control come to a consensus on the issues. As I stated at the outset, if we go down the path of effective co-operation and trust as well as a desire to seek mutual solutions, we will surely be able to reach the end of this process, or the year 2000 budget, together. +Given that the KLA is pursuing its illegal activities without hindrance and, according to reports in the international press, organising arms and drugs trafficking and murdering innocent Serbs with impunity, what steps will the Council take to call an immediate meeting of the United Nations Security Council so as to shed light on the circumstances surrounding the massacre at Gnijlane, launch an overall review of the human rights situation, assess the role of KFOR in Kosovo and take firm and immediate decisions regarding the KLA as well as measures to ensure that Serbs, gypsies and other ethnic groups can remain in Kosovo? +The Commission, as the House will know, strongly deplores the continued violation of human rights by the military authorities in Burma: in particular, the oppressive treatment of ethnic minorities, the persecution of Aung San Suu Kyi and other NLD members, the denial of basic trade union rights and the use of forced labour, the prohibition of freely functioning parties, the countless arbitrary arrests and the continuing state violence. +The objectives of establishing political dialogue are to explain the European Union common position on the human rights situation and on the absence of the rule of law and democracy in Burma and to assist in creating conditions that would be conducive to political dialogue between the governing SPDC military junta and the democratic opposition and representatives of the ethnic minorities. +In addition, I would like to draw the attention of my fellow Members to some amendments proposed by my group in favour of a study on the application of the Tobin tax in support of the world cultural heritage classified by UNESCO within the countries of the Union, in favour of a freeze on aid to Turkey, excluding, of course, aid to the earthquake victims, until the Turkish authorities change their attitude to the Kurdish people, on the question of Cyprus and on the subject of human rights in general. +(Parliament approved the Commission proposal)- Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the approval, on behalf of the Community, of the new Annex to the Convention for the protection of the marine environment of the north-east Atlantic on the protection and conservation of the ecosystems and biological diversity of the maritime area, the corresponding Appendix 3 and the Agreement of the meaning of certain concepts in the new Annex (COM(1999) 190 - C5-0013/1999 - 1999/0095(CNS)) (Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy) +In spite of the concern to establish principles relating to respect for rights, freedoms and guarantees in this particularly sensitive area, and that measures leading to cooperation are necessary, for example in the fight against organised crime and money-laundering, the traffic in drugs and weapons and the trade in human beings, it is worth highlighting the fact that we will have to be particularly attentive to the coherence and the implications of the policies and measures that are actually adopted. +Since employee protection is being violated and disregarded altogether and since employees' rights are being flagrantly trampled underfoot, the only way open to employees is to protest, fight, challenge the choices made by the monopolies and EMU and fight for full employment, improved living conditions, real social development and prosperity. +The next item is the report (A5-0022/1999) by Mr Cunha, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period from 3 May 1999 to 2 May 2000, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola (COM(1999)389 - C5-0170/1999/0169(CNS)). +At any rate, all mobile workers in the transport sectors are guided by four basic principles which are embodied in the common position on the draft directive and which, in fact, also apply to seafarers and junior doctors; namely four weeks' annual paid leave, restricted annual working hours, appropriate breaks and medical examination in the case of night work. +On this morning, when welfare benefits for disabled people are causing great public debate in my own country, the United Kingdom, I welcome our example of the new deal for disabled people which has sought to break down the barriers by providing personal advisers at the local level through what is known as a single gateway to use flexibly both employment and social security budgets with unemployed disabled people to genuinely find the measures which will assist them into work. +This time, instead of culture, the nature of the European intervention is intended to support the social and economic development of the Mediterranean country and, for the umpteenth time, the question that we are all silently asking ourselves remains: can, and indeed should, the European Union in any way support a State that is geographically close, if not contiguous, surrounded by the same sea that washes upon the coasts of Southern Europe, even if that State appears extremely distant as regards respect for human rights? +Subject: Implementation of ECHR judgement against Turkey Last month the Council of Europe's Committee of Permanent Representatives condemned Turkey for failing to comply with a judgement handed down by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Mrs Titina Loizidou, thereby breaching its fundamental contractual obligation under Article 46 of the European Convention of Human Rights which specifically enjoins the implementation of judgments by the Court. +However, I have to say, Commissioner, that the change in the legal basis made by the Council working party, which we have been forced to accept rather reluctantly and with a great deal of scepticism, has dampened much of our enthusiasm and threatens to undermine Daphne's chances of success, because as Mrs Colombo Svevo just said, violence against children and women is not just a health risk, it is an out-and-out violation of their basic human rights. +That is why we have put in Annex V of our Rules that we needed not just a simple majority but also a special majority of Members of the House - an absolute majority - to refuse discharge, because otherwise the refusal of discharge could have been a backdoor way to censure the Commission by a smaller majority than that normally required under the Treaty. +In addition, we call for intelligent working models and the reduction of overtime, for flexibility instead of a unilateral reduction in working time with full pay, an easing of the tax burden on labour, the convergence of corporate taxes to prevent the relocation of undertakings solely on tax grounds, and finally regular meetings of the political decision-makers with the two sides of industry and the European Central Bank so that common strategies can be agreed. +We have seen the EU dealing in areas and working on issues which now affect the lives of the citizens of the European Union in a very direct way: the launching of the euro, soon not to be just a tool for banks and institutions but also the coins and notes in the pockets of our citizens and, this week, the coming into being of the Amsterdam Treaty with its changing emphasis towards policies that affect people and in particular job creation. +The next item is the report (A4-0225/99) by Mrs Sandbæk, on behalf of the Parliament Delegation to the Conciliation Committee, on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (3607/99 - C4-0154/99-94/0076(COD)). +The fact that you have at the heart of the decision-taking system a body of full-time representatives in that full diversity that they represent, knocking on doors, making phone calls, asking awkward questions, probing, questioning, going through matters in detail and going back to their regions to talk about it with interest groups, trade unions, employers, consumer groups and local governments in their regions. +It failed to restore a proper balance to the CAP in terms of fairness and cohesion, and the less-favoured and peripheral regions are still threatened by depopulation and desertification. It also failed to create practical conditions for applying the European farming model and to establish the prerequisites for the European Union to go on the offensive in the forthcoming WTO negotiations. +The unfair competition faced by this sector - a sector that includes the production of fibres, threads and cloth and also the finished products - is getting worse. And it is getting worse because of the tariff and non-tariff barriers, as all the rules established within the World Trade Organisation prevent the sector from having access to the markets of countries such as India, the United States or even Turkey. +Allowing Member States to reduce VAT on labour-intensive services where there are no cross-border implications; a renewed emphasis on research and development and a more imaginative use of European Investment Bank money such as in the creation of the European technology facility; changes in work organisation and working time to share out better the work available. +Since the Amsterdam Treaty came into force on 1 May, the codecision procedure, which involves a very close relationship between Parliament, the Commission and the Council, now covers a wide range of policies including those in the transport sector, regional affairs, social matters, employment initiatives, structural funding, consumer protection, public health and environmental concerns. +This is because Indonesia carried out a plan for genocide which can leave no doubt as to its true nature: demographic genocide, because it caused hundreds of thousands of Timorese to flee; and cultural genocide, because from the first day of the terror, the main target in terms of institutions, was the Catholic Church. Churches, bishops' residences, priests, nuns and churchgoers, were all targeted. +I want to use the opportunity of the Commissioner' s presence here today to propose - in the light of the exemptions we already have in the European Union for the audiovisual industries, which give us room for manoeuvre, which give us also the ability to evolve with the industry and to make a gesture in the direction of an even playing field vis-à-vis the US - that, in constructing the infrastructure for the negotiations, we should be flexible enough to accommodate our needs here in Europe. +There is a French saying "A la Sainte-Catherine, tout arbre prend racine" (on Saint Catherine' s Day, every tree takes root), so I hope that the budget tree will take root. As for the choice of means, Madam President, you and your colleagues have to choose, for I know that you cannot do everything, and I am sorry for this, between two avenues. +In the sitting of the Budget Committee on 16 July, the reallocation of appropriations for Kosovo was discussed, and it was stated that the Commission should not burden the least developed countries and poorest groups. Furthermore, we were reminded of the Commission' s commitment to an international development strategy, whose purpose it is to halve world poverty by the year 2015. +On the other hand, I would like to refer to the participants who must be taken into account in the macroeconomic dialogue and I would dare to suggest that three more should be added: the representatives of two institutions of the European Union itself, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - two institutions which represent an extremely important economic and social dimension and, in the case of the regions, clearly, some of them have an absolutely essential role in guaranteeing these objectives - and finally the organisations of small and medium-sized enterprises. +In this regard the technology feasibility review is necessary, since the emission control devices to meet the ambitious NOx limits are still under development. While they have demonstrated great promise in laboratory trials, there is no certainty yet as to the long-term operational efficiency of such devices which will make them a viable and durable technical solution to achieve emissions controls in the longer term. +Two further points belong on the agenda in Seattle: firstly, investment agreements on the basis of the ILO declaration on multinational companies and the corresponding OECD guidelines in which workers' rights are taken into account; secondly, the setting up of a permanent forum between the WTO and the ILO to consider the acceptance of basic workers' rights, i.e. the abolition of forced and slave labour, the outlawing of child labour and prohibition of discrimination. +The Schwaiger report understandably puts more emphasis on safeguards, but I think that it is generally in harmony with the Commission proposal and therefore expresses full confidence in Commissioner Lamy' s work with regard to this sensitive topic as well, in full awareness that the liberalisation of international trade, even in new fields - as with investments - is an important concern for the countries of the European Union and all the countries which have an interest in lasting and sustainable development of the global economy. +Although the British Conservative Party is formally opposed in principle to commissioning under Article 63 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to the first pillar of policies on visas, immigration and asylum - and I therefore have to disagree with our rapporteur on this issue - nevertheless we welcome intergovernmental cooperation under the third pillar through Council joint action on the exchange of such information, including that relating to forged travel documents in order to crack-down on crime, particularly international crime which respects no national boundaries. +Because we are arguing here about the legal bases, we are conducting some stupid debates about illegal immigration - that is something for the Tory Party conference, but ineffective for Europe - and we are completely neglecting what we should do, that is, create effective legislation to restrict the counterfeiting of documents, both by those who illegally provide access to Europe and those who, as Mrs Gebhardt rightly said, travel thorough Europe with a suitcase full of heroin but with counterfeit documents too. +Also, if the incorporation of Turkey into the European Union meets the requirements of the large industrial and commercial groups, which are European primarily and Turkish only as a secondary consideration, it will in no way improve the fate of the working classes in this country, any more than the European Union has protected workers in the countries already integrated from unemployment and the deterioration of their living conditions. +In the light of this opinion of the Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare, the Commission - moved by me at its meeting of 28 October - adopted a decision proposing a permanent ban on the marketing and use of BST in the Community as from 1 January 2000 in accordance with the provisions laid down in Council Decision 98/58/EC on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes. +We repeat that safety in the transport sector has to be a priority of European transport policy and we are therefore asking, as in a question put to the Commission, that the Commission itself should soon - indeed as a matter of urgency - provide for a directive on compulsory safety systems for road tunnels. We would further stress that it is similarly important to have a directive laying down roadside procedures and inspections of roadworthiness for commercial vehicles circulating on Europe's roads. +All this is happening at a time when Xanana Gusmão has still not been given complete freedom, which this House has repeatedly demanded. For all these reasons, we urge the European Parliament to approve a resolution drawing the attention of the Indonesian authorities to the need to restore legality, to the need to halt these massacres, to the need for the armed forces to defend rather than attack the public, to the need to free Xanana Gusmão, and to the need for the United Nations to continue to support Portugal's efforts to restore peace in East Timor and throughout Indonesia. +Mr President, anyone who has read a book on the recent history of Cambodia or who has had the good fortune, in inverted commas, to travel round the country must find it incredible that there is still no sign whatsoever of an international tribunal to try the perpetrators of the 'killing fields' and the slaughter that Mr Bourlanges rightly called one of the worst crimes since the Second World War. +This is very much a question of the simplest jobs having disappeared in our society, with differences in pay growing so enormous that some people are paid huge amounts of money for what they do, while others would in fact be more productive, in the traditional sense of the word, if they were not in the labour market at all. But that is in no way an acceptable state of affairs, either for society or from the human dignity point of view. +Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, at a time of great agitation, whether the source of this is the Kosovo conflict or a different conflict altogether, we are again obliged to debate a subject in the European Parliament which has already occupied all of us for too long, the trade dispute with the USA. The United States is insisting on one point of view, firstly with bananas - an issue which has most likely been resolved in its favour - and now with hormones, where it is extremely difficult to draw the picture in such a way that it will attract the sympathy of those outside the European Union, because the trade disputes we are talking about here only involve 2 % of our joint trade. +Many of us had therefore been hoping that - not least to dispel the dark and unjust initial coincidence affecting your new term of office - after 40 days of war in Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Voivodina, you would have found the right words today to appeal for an immediate cease-fire and some words of solidarity for all the innocent victims, on all sides, and then made some practical proposals for the reconstruction of the areas destroyed and for an early return of the refugees: the search for a European soul, Mr Prodi, as you once put it in this House. +Formal convergence, on the other hand, results in conflicting policy outcomes.2.A common economic policy, controlled by the Union, constitutes a serious breach of national independence and encroaches on the role of national parliaments, whose prerogative in terms of economic policy is an essential part of democracy.3.In the report and the accompanying statement, the policy which is advocated represents biased theoretical ideas and a particular brand of political theory. +Added to this is the fact that the Council has doubly violated the spirit and meaning of the Treaty because it has violated the Treaty's intention to establish equal treatment of MEPs by introducing a special tax to align MEPs' incomes with the national parliaments, and it restores this inequality by the back door, as it were. +The explanation given by some administrative services to the effect that we knew this last week and anticipated it, and that we considered last week what we wished to do, may be all very interesting from a legal theory point of view, but it is not acceptable for us to have a first reading today, for a report to be referred to the Committee on Transport when it is not meeting, and for the administration to amend my report from last week and to say that it is a second reading report. +We have jointly agreed with the Council in the text that before the European Union's budget is adopted, an additional trialogue meeting will always be held at which the Council, the Commission and Parliament will agree on how possible additional requirements - last year there was the matter of aid for Russia - can be covered by the appropriations not utilised in the current financial year, or how new requirements in the next financial year should be dealt with and how full agreement can be reached on this before the budget is adopted. +Mr President, in two years of negotiation for seven years of European regional aid, of course there are areas where we would have wished to go further: clearer commitments, the partnership by local and regional authorities, even further guarantees that payments will be made on time to those delivering projects, a specific figure for social risk capital for the smaller voluntary organisations to benefit. +The adoption of concrete measures aimed at respecting multi-national agreements on the environment - in particular on climate and biodiversity - and the implementation of the decisions of the Copenhagen Summit with regard to the fight against poverty, have been put on hold. Meanwhile, the Committees of the WTO are imposing their law on democracies - in particular the European Union - and are giving priority to free trade over all other issues, whether they concern public health, the environment, human rights or social rights. +The plan of action accepted for the Council and the Commission in the Council of Justice and Home Affairs on 3 December 1998, which concerns the most suitable ways of implementing the provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam on the realisation of an area of freedom, security and justice, puts forward a proposal, one of a group of measures to be implemented within a two-year period, for a regulation for countries whose citizens do not need visas for Member States of the Union, and for countries whose citizens do. +In reaction to that situation, not only has the North Korean regime not shown the slightest inclination to initiate political and economic reforms but, on the contrary, it has imposed even harsher measures on the people of North Korea, maintaining total control on missions by expert advisers and on the food aid provided by the international community to the people of North Korea (600,000 tonnes of cereals in 1998, and 530,000 tonnes in 1999) and refusing to allow the international organisations involved to monitor the use and effectiveness of the aid. +It would have been unforgivable if, when South Africa has dismantled that odious regime, when the South Africans have made history and shown an example by bringing about an admirable reconciliation, successfully overcoming the always difficult transition from a civil war and a dictatorship, the transition from having the profile of a freedom movement to the establishment of a pluralist, democratic and constitutional State, it would have been scandalous if, when the South Africans have not betrayed our trust in their conduct, we Europeans were not able to rise to the occasion and were to betray the trust which South Africa has put in us. +Subject: Possible abolition of the Directorate-General for Fisheries Can the Commission state whether it is the case that, as has been reported in the media and in contradiction to the undertaking given by Mr Franz Fischler, the Commissioner for Agriculture, at his hearing before Parliament' s Committee on Fisheries, the Commission has decided to abolish its Directorate-General for Fisheries (DG XIV) - a measure which would clearly be contrary to the interests of the Community' s fisheries industries and, in particular, the interests of fisheries-dependent regions such as Galicia? +To take the policy against capital punishment one step further, to consolidate the achievements of the Human Rights Committee and to establish the question of the death penalty on the agenda of the UN General Assembly, the EU Member States have decided to introduce a resolution in the Third Committee during the 54th session of the General Assembly. +It would be naïve of us to expect a different approach from the bodies of the EU, when both the community budget and national budgets have to operate within the unpopular and austere framework of the Maastricht criteria with tight cutbacks in public finances. It would be naïve to expect a different approach when the external policy of the EU is marked by crass hypocrisy, oppressive controls and the ever-increasing subjugation of countries, not to mention open and multiple intervention in their own internal affairs, as is the case with the enlargement process and the Stability Pact for south-eastern Europe. +This form would, because the Commission seems unable to act in any other way, immediately prioritise the free movement of goods over consumers' health, as we have just seen in the business of the ban on British beef and veal where, Madam President, we should really wait until the tests are available. Furthermore, this leads us to the following extraordinary conclusion that the precautionary principle is not being applied within the European Union, when we are trying to make it prevail in relations with third countries, particularly with the United States. +The Commission can also support the amendments relating to the expansion of the directive to include other alternative fuels, in this case ethanol, the amendment relating to tax incentives applied to the re-equipment of old vehicles, the amendment to include heavy-duty vehicles in the overall Community CO2 strategy and the amendment relating to the market quality of liquefied petroleum gas. +Is it aware of moves by the US State Department to open an investigation or to seek information or recommendations with a view to reaching agreements involving the Sol-Meliá Group prior to applying the Act to the said group and other European undertakings, including Club Med and LTU, thus blatantly violating the agreements reached between the European Commission and the Clinton administration within the Transatlantic Summit framework granting European undertakings exemption from the scope of the Helms-Burton Act? +If we assume that fair and free world trading has been the basis for the increase in prosperity of many countries and their people, and particularly developing countries, then we must also realise that, as the largest trading power in the world, the European Union has a basic interest in building on this success story and involving more and more peoples and countries globally. +Even in the rich countries, in particular the United States, which have profited most from open markets, the increasing number of international competitors within the framework of the World Trade Organisation has lead, ironically I might add, to growing scepticism and concern that globalisation is also bringing with it impoverishment, destruction of the environment and the loss of national sovereignty. +By means of the opinion it has delivered, the Committee on Budgetary Control wishes to answer the question of whether a further development of supervision, together with effective protection of Community finances, should be approached through the creation of a European public prosecution service, established on the basis of corpus juris but according to the spirit of subsidiarity, as also explained and clarified for us last week by Commissioner Barnier at the part-session in Brussels. +They succeed in presenting the political requirements of cooperation with Turkey clearly and consistently, especially the need for compliance with, and development of, human rights, including the rights of the Kurdish people, the demand for the abolition of capital punishment, the strengthening of the civil society, greater involvement by non-governmental organisations and the abolition of social deprivation and regional under-development. +To this effect, tomorrow I shall propose - contrary to what others here appear to think should be done - that we postpone voting on the two reports until a later sitting, and I would therefore ask the President of the European Parliament on behalf of the institution over which she presides, to formulate a clear request to the Helsinki European Council that if the decision by the Turkish authorities stands, the Council should adopt a firm position with regard to Turkey' s application to join the European Union. +Without wishing to betray confidentiality, I can go so far as to say here that my impression is that, while the proceedings in Strasbourg are under way, the Turkish Government does not want, under any circumstances, to take a decision on the execution; their strategy is rather to use the time gained by the proceedings in Strasbourg to abolish capital punishment in Turkey. +But it surely cannot be denied that the Presidency-in-Office of the Council has made significant advances in the field of common foreign and security policy by reorganising the duties of the Council, by clearly promoting non-military crisis management, by adopting a common strategy with regard to Ukraine and also by approving a statement on Chechnya, although we would have liked it to have been a little more forceful and I believe that in time we will be proved right. +It is also advisable to remember that in the Court of Auditors' report, which has just come out and which was debated this week, we did not find in the whole agricultural sector any indication of massive racketeering or fraud on a large scale but we notice that there seem to be an awful lot of little problems with the number of livestock and the amount of hectarage for area aid and so on. There are small errors over a very wide area and that is a serious problem that we have to address. +I have to say again that the political intention of the Treaty was to integrate the existing Schengen Secretariat - without any new appointments being made or any selection procedures being initiated - into the existing General Secretariat because surely there would be no point in the integration of one secretariat with another secretariat meaning that we appointed 80 new staff according to the rules that apply to the General Secretariat and kicked out the 80 people who used to work for the Schengen Secretariat. +In the European Union today, for better or for worse and despite national cultural traditions, the basic principles, the principles of law and order and the principles of the protection of morals, rights and minors still apply. I therefore believe that, at the moment, a directive such as this will make it easier to integrate our national legislations through the defence of certain principles that are common to all the Member States. +Madam Minister, since 11 February, when our Parliament reacted to the first news of the massacres in Kosovo, it has ceaselessly denounced the atrocities committed in that province, caught up again in that hellish spiral of violence and fear which has caused so much suffering through the systematic violation of a human being's most basic rights, one of the first of which is that of being able to stay in the place where one was born, and to retain the culture one has grown up with. +This exposition of the internal workings of the crisis which the Commission is going through, and with which all the European institutions are faced, would contribute towards usefully placing the analyses of the Independent Experts in their global political context, which is characterised, in the terms of the Forward Studies Unit document in question, by the exhaustion of a certain manner of organising public action, by a crisis in governance which is clashing head-on with the European Union. +In Category 4 on external action - I shall return to this point - the Category is literally at bursting point. In Category 5, we do not know what the administrative reform of the Commission will cost, but it is with great concern that we see the problem of pensions taking shape before suitable expenditure has been envisaged; and in Category 7, intended for pre-accession preparations, the movement developing in favour of faster and wider enlargement, if I may say, is not supported by suitable appropriations. +The scientific committee has clearly demonstrated its belief that British beef is as safe as any other beef anywhere in the European Union and under those circumstances I am sure that the Commissioner would agree with me that a delay of perhaps another few days only is better than two or three years going through courts which ultimately frustrates everybody, satisfies nobody and in particular does not satisfy British farmers who have followed the rule of law, have done what has been asked of them and are now in a position to sell an excellent product throughout the whole of the European Union. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0056/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities, on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme (the Daphne Programme 2000-2003) concerning measures to prevent violence against children, young people and women [9150/1/1999-C5-0181/1999 - 1998/0192(COD)] (Rapporteur: Mrs Avilés Perea). +I think it is fair to say that there is general consensus in the European Union - the Council, the Parliament and the Commission - on the following two propositions: firstly, whatever the understandable outrage about the appalling acts of terrorism in Moscow, in the northern Caucasus and elsewhere - which, as someone whose country has had all too much experience of terrorism, I totally condemn - Russian action over recent weeks has involved repeated disproportionate military force, repeated disregard for the need to seek a political solution and repeated disregard for the tragic human consequences. +Nevertheless, fifty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we know that no rights are won all in one go and once and for all: I am thinking of Tibet, Burma, Timor and Asian countries where child and women workers are exploited; I am thinking of Kosovo, Chechnya and Africa, a continent that is too often far away and forgotten; I am thinking of the 790 million people in the world who are suffering from hunger or the 300 million children who have to work; I am thinking of the 1625 executions carried out last year in the 72 countries whose legal systems still provide for capital punishment. Finally, I am also thinking of the fate of the Kurdish leader, Mr Öçalan, whose life has to be saved, I truly believe, through all of our efforts. +This House has made an inescapable commitment to a moratorium on the death penalty, as we did in the debate in the last plenary part-session, on which I understand the President has written to the Turkish authorities. I therefore feel that the European Union must honour its commitments and, at the same time, recognise that nobody has been executed in Turkey for fifteen years. +It is not only the Öçalan case which leads me say that Turkey is not yet ready to apply: Mr Öçalan, among other things, was practically handed over by the D' Alema Government - a black mark against Italy' s name - but on the other hand, it was precisely from the Italian Penal Code that Turkey borrowed article 155 of its own Penal Code, which permitted Mr Öçalan to be condemned - article 155 of the Turkish Penal Code was copied from article 241 of the Italian Penal Code - and therefore I was not in the least surprised by the position of the Italian Government on this case either. +Report (A5-0074/1999) by Mr Pronk, on behalf of Parliament' s Delegation to the Conciliation Committee, on the joint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, for a European Parliament and Council directive on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (Fifteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC (C5-0221/1999 - 1995/0235(COD)) +I would comment that there has been a de facto moratorium on the death penalty in Turkey for fifteen years and that the aim of the report we are voting on is precisely to urge the Turkish Government to change this de facto moratorium into a de jure moratorium and that, in any case, I wonder what our colleagues' reaction would be if, in their own country of origin, there was, as they desire, interference by the political power in the judiciary, since Mr Öçalan' s case is currently before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. +The technical obstacles that would present the greatest difficulties in reducing the transitional period are, in particular: the time limits for manufacturing the notes and coins in euros; the considerable scale of the changes to be made to computer systems and also the fact that the change to the euro for public administrations was planned for 2002 in order to take account of the complexity of the changes to be made in this sector. +Pursuant to Article 245 of the Treaty establishing the European Communities, Article 45 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and Article 160 of the Euratom Treaty, the Council can amend the rules on secrecy only at the request of the European Court of Justice. +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0101/1999) by Mr Papayannakis, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products [COM(1999) 487 - C5-0241/1999 - 1999/0205(COD)]. +For obvious reasons, which concern history as well as geography, Europeans felt it necessary to embark, throughout the 1970s, on a major course of cooperation with the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific in a way which is, moreover, highly original, known as the Lomé Agreements, which enable us to offer our Southern partners the benefits of stable prices for the produce which constitute their essential resources, protecting them from all-out free trade. Today we see only too well how this ruins the weakest economies. +You must remember the quotation - ' a date which will live in infamy' - and all because the American Secretary of State, who knew perfectly well what was happening, hung about for a few hours in the anteroom of the Japanese Ambassador who had just informed him of the declaration of war. His sole purpose in doing this, in American and international public opinion, was to profit from the resulting indignation. +Secondly, the reduction in public participation in private revenue-generating projects, which, as it penalises companies, will also have an adverse effect on jobs. And thirdly, the concentration of funding under the next Community support framework in the earlier years, which, taken together with the normal flow of funds, will make accessing the Structural Funds a complex business, whilst funds that are not taken up will be lost. +Allow me to voice the view of the absolute majority of the committee by saying that this is not only a matter of the rights of Parliament, important though they may be; one of the roles in which this Parliament has always seen itself is as the advocate of fundamental rights, of civil liberties, of personal rights in the European Union, and it is difficult to serve as the advocate of the European people if we are excluded in this way from Council projects, an exclusion which we believe is contrary to the letter of the Treaty; no doubt we shall have to agree to differ once again on that point, but in any event our exclusion is entirely contrary to the spirit of the Treaties. +However, this question remains unanswered and it is: -Is the Council aware of the allegations and reports in the international media that NATO bombing and the war in Yugoslavia have destroyed or irreparably damaged monuments forming part of the European cultural heritage, including Christian Orthodox monasteries and churches?-If these reports prove to be true: a)what does the Council propose to do to stop this irredeemable loss andb)what does it propose to do to repair the damage, as far as that is possible?This question relates in particular to a 'cultural war crime' which is being committed in Europe, in Yugoslavia, where an 'environmental war crime' is also being committed. +The Chancellor's order to drop the Directive on end-of-life cars from the Council of Ministers sitting is something unknown and unheard of hitherto in the European Union, and the order given by the Chancellor that the German Minister of Trade and Commerce should not attend the Council of Ministers sitting in Finland is also without precedent in the recent history of the European Union. +We hope that, like the European Parliament, the Council will send a clear signal to the citizens of Europe, reassuring them that the European Union is indeed interested in and seeks to promote their vital interests, such as heightened internal security, freedom of movement, free access to justice, the fight against international organised crime, cross-border controls and respect for fundamental freedoms and rights. +The Commission' s proposal to set up a European Agency for reconstruction is largely based on Parliament' s recommendations on reconstruction in Bosnia - recommendations which rightly underline the need to decentralise the management of aid by increasing local staff numbers and to provide for mechanisms that are better adapted to the urgency of the reconstruction requirements. +Madam President, under Rule 111 of the European Parliament' s Rules of Procedure, I propose an amendment to the agenda of this part-session to include a statement by the Commission about the French Government' s refusal to lift the beef ban and its decision to stop UK beef crossing its territory, which is a vital route into Spain and Italy. +Subject: Adoption of a decision regarding the reconstruction of areas hit by earthquakes in Greece. Following the powerful earthquakes which occurred in Attiki in Greece, causing dozens of deaths and incalculable damage, will the Council adopt an immediate decision concerning a subsidised loan to restore economic and social infrastructures, including housing, and restore production capacity, following the example of previous decisions in respect of Portugal in 1993 and in respect of Greece in March 1981 and September 1986 (Decision 81/1013/EEC of 14 December 1981 and 88/561/EEC of 7 November 1988)? +Having said this, and considering that we are now at a historic moment in European construction, with the creation of an area of freedom, security and justice, with a debate on a Charter of Fundamental Rights about to take place, and considering also the powers conferred on the Council by the Treaties in order that it carries out action which guarantees these rights of European citizens, I would like to know what the Council' s attitude is on the contents of this Charter of Fundamental Rights concerning the protection of sexual freedom and sexual choice rather than sexual guidelines. +The report must, however, be actively extended to also include instruments of torture and other inhumane and debasing treatment so that information is available to national parliaments and this House as soon as possible, and before it is more widely disseminated. In this way, the monitoring of arms exports can be made more effective and we have sufficient political and legal means to intervene when the regulations of the monitoring system are contravened. +These broad guidelines and the funding of many of these policies include a lot of the proposals we have heard here, such as special tax relief for workers and for small and medium-sized businesses, financial assistance for the education or further education of those workers facing either redundancy or restructuring, social packages to support the social network in cases of major restructuring, continuing training and providing workers with new skills and qualifications so that they can respond to restructuring. +Amendment 7, on integrated action within the transnational cultural cooperation agreements, consists of two parts. The first concerns the role of the committee and, more specifically, the obligation of the managers of projects that we have financed, to submit a report of the action it has undertaken directly to the committee, because supervision is the task of the Commission, which must also take responsibility for the management of the programme. +When the European Central Bank considers a growth rate of over 2.5% dangerous, whilst the Commission is calling for a growth rate of over 3% in order to reduce unemployment to 7% within 6-7 years, then this can only lead to greater pressure on the labour market which in turn will upset working relations. It will also lead to part-time employment, fewer jobs and reduced salaries, and it will cripple the social security system. +I would like to thank the rapporteurs and my colleagues in the Industry Committee, and this does not go without saying and is not always the case, for incorporating many of the points which were determined in the Environment Committee in the final report, for including them in the amendments of the rapporteur and in the compromise amendments so that much of what the Environment Committee considers important for Seattle has been taken up in the report of Mr Schwaiger. +It is an exceptional fact of democracy that thousands of men and women have debated together and demonstrated in favour of a different kind of economy, directly linked to daily life and democracy, because the fact that 134 governments are members of the WTO does not in itself guarantee transparency or democracy in decision-making processes because, over and above formal statutes, what really exists is the contractual power exercised by the strongest governments and multinationals. +The Treaties should also include that Charter of Fundamental Rights which is to be drawn up in the coming months; lay down majority decision making - as a general rule - and, logically, and simultaneously, the codecision procedure. It should also increase the powers of the European Parliament, for example granting it the power to ratify all the international treaties, whatever their type or nature may be, and, of course, ensure that the coming reforms are carried out according to a method which is much more open, transparent, democratic and participatory than the current one. +Mr President, I must take the opportunity afforded by the presentation of this lengthy report on human rights to highlight the constant violations of these rights which are being committed, on the basis of Stalinist-style legislation, against intellectuals in all fields who dare to give critical or simply independent opinions of the history of the Second World War. The media and the educational world are increasingly obsessed with the tragedy of the concentration camps in the name of interests that have nothing to do with the defence of the victims' memory. +Aside from their strictly economic significance, which is huge, these institutions are positive proof to the people that the creation of new Community institutions, entrusted with exercising integrated policies in place of the governments or the national bodies of the Member States, is not a betrayal but a more efficient way of jointly exercising national sovereignty. +We consider it vital that there should be two representatives of the European Parliament in the preparatory group but we feel that it is less fitting for the European Parliament that the President of the European Parliament, instead of dealing directly with Heads of State and Governments, should be put into a situation in which she is heard before the meetings of the General Affairs Council Ministers. This is not treatment befitting the European Parliament. +We have seen that the Court has confirmed the Member States' power to decide in this field, and I must add, as regards the point you stressed on the distribution within a State' s territory, that competition rules and the principle of non-discrimination do not require Member States to take into account regional considerations when awarding licenses for gaming houses or other permits for the organisation of games of chance. +Its purpose is to encourage high-quality, general education by supporting cooperation, strengthening mobility and developing the European dimension in all spheres of education. This will supplement the actions of the Member States in this area. +In Kuwait, at the end of November, the parliament rejected the proposal to recognise a woman' s right to vote or to stand for election with 32 votes against and 30 votes in favour. This is not only a violation of human rights for women and an abhorrent political act but, paradoxically enough, it is an infringement of the Constitution of Kuwait, Article 29 of which stipulates that "all citizens are equal before the law, regardless of gender, religion, race or ethnic background" . +I have to say that, if we talk of defence and promotion of human rights as a fundamental element in the European identity and its international image, then Burma today is certainly one of the key litmus tests, and I believe that one of the best ways in which we can extend our sincere condolences to Aung San Suu Kyi is principally by adding to the initiatives we are taking against the Burmese regime, increasing its international isolation at both a political and diplomatic and an economic and commercial level. +On the other hand, greater cooperation when formulating national policies - through rigorous application of the employment policy guidelines and action plans and improved monitoring - means European added value, which, together with the stabilising effect of a hard common currency in the European internal market, will in the medium term also contribute to there being more jobs and less jobless, which is an important precondition for the social dimension of the European Union. +Finally there are several points which, although they are also to be decided by the newly elected Parliament, are matters on which we ought to make progress in the high-level group over the next few weeks, and if possible by the ECOFIN Council on 25 May. We need a proposal for the five members of the supervisory committee to which everyone can agree; we need a job description for the Director of OLAF so that the job advertisement can be published; and, as our colleagues in the Committee on Budgets have already recommended in their opinion, we need an establishment plan for OLAF so that a supplementary budget can be agreed on that basis. +The report is right to emphasise the need to establish closer coordination between broad economic policy guidelines and the employment policy guidelines, taking into account the need for a coherent strategy for employment, growth, stability and economic reforms and for improved procedure with regard to their content, their timing and the relationship between the Council committees involved. +The UN Secretary-General was invited to the special summit of Heads of State and Government, and he too has become increasingly involved, which we also welcome emphatically, and I am delighted to be able to give you the latest news that following yesterday's meeting of the Political Directors of the G8 in Bonn, who were able to agree on a common basis, we will now be holding a G8 ministerial meeting on Kosovo in Bonn on Thursday. +The Commission feels that this directive as it now exists represents a useful first move towards fair and efficient pricing in road truck haulage, and we welcome the willingness of Parliament and the Council to make that advance while, at the same time, we continue to emphasise the need for further work on quantifying external costs for all modes. +We propose to replace the stability pact with a genuine growth pact. Its main priorities would be to relaunch profitable investment, to continue lowering interest rates selectively to promote employment, to work to reduce working hours without cutting wages, to put a stop to the process of liberalisation and deregulation, and to establish a minimum wage in every Member State. +In the meantime, it was decided following the Berlin summit to set up a separate budget category for accession, Category 7, which will also cover the SAPARD support and under which stricter financial rules will apply for prefinancing and financial management and responsibility than would have been the case if Category 1, in other words agriculture, measures continued to apply as the Commission had proposed, or with Category 2, which would have applied if these countries had actually become members. +Nevertheless, you know that the Commission has maintained some reserves as regards the common position, for example on appropriate supervision and on the deletion of items in Annex 2 covering additional risks resulting from power failure and the need to provide for manual override where automatic processes deviate from intended operating conditions and the need to be able quickly to dissipate or isolate accumulated energy in the event of an emergency shutdown. +If I were to seek a leitmotiv running through my modest yet steadfast and devoted work over the fifteen years I have been here, I think I would find it in my determination to help provide Europe, our beloved Europe, with effective instruments to guarantee pluralism of information, protection of creativity, support for the dissemination of European works and new momentum in audiovisual production, making the most out of irrevocable differences between cultures and transforming an apparent weakness into a strength. +Our group fully supports it in any case. We therefore want to send a clear message to the Cologne Council: the German Presidency should ask for this issue to be put on the agenda for the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly and the Finnish Presidency should be given the task of following this decision through so that, by August, this item is on the United Nations' agenda and can actually be discussed at the next General Assembly. +My group is not only anxious to voice our concerns about public safety in the European Union and in the Czech Republic and neighbouring countries; it also wishes to see aid being offered to promote change, to promote another form of energy production, another source of energy, a different type of energy efficiency to that which can be achieved with a nuclear power station, with the accompanying wastage of electrical energy. +This is an opportunity to explore their commitment to working in partnership with Parliament and embracing positively our concerns to scrutinise the implementation of the reform process and also their constructive engagement with our concerns as Members for a European economy based on knowledge, skills and creativity and a European society based on inclusion, diversity and cultural wealth. +Both in your speech today, Madam President of the Council, and two weeks ago, during the hearings of Commissioner Vitorino, we MEPs, used to the waffle of the Council and the Commission, found some philosophically rigorous elements concerning the fundamental assumptions about this real internal market of freedom and justice; that is, the market of values, no longer the market of goods and services - which have caused us to be quietly optimistic about Tampere and its consequences. Why should this be? +Subject: WTO Millennium Round At the European Council held in Cologne in June 1999, EU Heads of State agreed that the forthcoming "Millennium Round" WTO trade negotiations should include workers' rights. "Negotiations covering a broad spectrum of topics, including labour standards, environment, development and transparency" , they argued, "are the most appropriate approach for achieving substantial and balanced results for the benefit of all WTO members" . +Subject: Stopping the construction of a nuclear power plant in the highly earthquake-prone region of Akkuyu, Turkey The scale and intensity of the recent earthquake in Turkey and the incalculable damage it has caused have focused attention even more sharply on the plans to build a massive nuclear power plant in the region of Akkuyu in south-west Turkey, a project with which the Turkish Government is nevertheless persevering. All expert reports confirm that the region is highly earthquake-prone. +The members of the Union for a Europe of Nations Group have voted against all the amendments adopted by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, which aim to turn the Commission' s recommendation into a directive, for three basic reasons: because of the bureaucracy, because of the legal basis and because of the structure of the inspection bodies in the European Union' s Member States. +When the underlying philosophy of the proposals in question centres around the meaning of "law-abiding citizens" and the need to "make those who 'threaten the freedom and security of the individual and of society' accountable for their actions" , we cannot but detect a certain re-emergence of those principles which, in countries like ours, once formed the basis of anti-democratic laws and restrictions and the basis for the penalisation of all political and trade unionist activities. +On the one hand, farmers, who have for some time firmly followed the set of rigid production rules, have been guaranteeing and giving their full backing to - as history and current events show - the maturity of consumers. On the other hand, a possible way to resolve the problem is linked to consumers themselves, who by now well understand the European policy on brands and typical products which aims to strengthen local European products that are perfectly able to avoid being crushed by international competition that favours standardised food products instead. +However, I would urge the Commissioner to go the extra mile: if he and his colleagues are determined to regain the confidence of consumers and the food industry in the EU' s food safety structures, then he should establish a European food agency along similar lines to the US Food and Drug Administration. Such a body could take responsibility for the Commission' s present inspection and enforcement functions in relation to the food hygiene, veterinary and plant health legislation. +Mr President, before coming to the point and discussing the adoption of the European Parliament and Council Decision on the application of the ALTENER programme in accordance with the codecision procedure, once the Treaty of Amsterdam is approved, I would like firstly to express my satisfaction, acknowledgement and gratitude for the support that the Commission has received at all times from the European Parliament specifically in the field of renewable energy. +Mr President, as regards flax cultivation and the problems in Spain in connection with this, the Commission has already, within the framework of the prices package for the year 1996, proposed to the Council that a guaranteed ceiling be established for flax cultivation and, over and above that, that flax - with the exception of flax pulled in the traditional way - be assigned a lower level of support. +To these basic principles, I think that we should add the strategic value of agriculture in some regions of the European Union with strong exports, which furthermore were given particular recognition in the Amsterdam Treaty, such as the so-called outlying regions. These should be given special consideration in the Millennium Round negotiations so that the decisions taken in Seattle safeguard their agricultural interests and guarantee their cultural, economic and environmental survival, particularly after the Cologne Summit. +The European Parliament too, has worked hard in implementing legislation which reduces the use of CO2 gases. For example, the EU' s new directive on regulating pollutants obliges oil companies to sign up to ensuring that the sulphur content in cars is cut three-fold and that the sulphur content in diesel is cut seven-fold by the year 2005. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0029/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on speedometers for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 92/61/EEC on the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (COM(98) 285 - C5-0029/1999 - 1998/0163(COD)) (rapporteur: Mr Ferri). +In view of the forthcoming negotiations with the World Trade Organisation, during which the audiovisual sector will also be discussed, it is becoming ever clearer how important it is for reliable information about markets in Europe to be available not only to political decision-makers such as the Community bodies, the governments of the Member States and the social and economic decision-makers of the Member States and regions, but also to researchers, universities and the media. +If the Commission decides to revise the entire directive on the organisation of working hours and, from the outset, to put forward the issues of Sunday rest, which is now a major topic of discussion and one which the European Court of Justice has already delivered judgments on, then there is the danger that this issue may never actually be resolved and that we will again reach a deadlock in our search for the perfect solution. +One of the main political conclusions of the Extraordinary meeting of the Heads of State and Government targets the need, in aiming for a genuine migration policy, to move beyond the traditional limits of justice and internal affairs and to have recourse to a series of instruments within the scope of other Union policies, an idea that has been promoted by the Commission since 1994 and which has always merited the support of the European Parliament. +Mr President, the Dehaene report contains a proposal of historic importance, namely the division of the Treaties into two parts: a part concerned with fundamental rights and the institutions which, as hitherto, can only be changed through the unanimous decision of the Intergovernmental Conference and through a procedure of ratification by the Member States; and a special part for specific policy areas which, instead of ratification, would require the agreement of the European Parliament. +Over the last fifteen years, Mr President, drugs have not just been a vague threat: the number of synthetic drugs has increased, as has the quantity of cocaine imported into Europe, while heroin is still the main problem. They have become a deliberate threat derived from the relationship between organised crime and drug trafficking, the trade in arms and nuclear materials and the emergence of new criminal organisations from Central and Eastern Europe. +These countries have been supported in their work by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which reviewed their analyses of the extent of the problem in the cases of a considerable number of power plants. Mrs Plooij-van Gorsel referred to the operations carried out to date, and my answer to her is this: the operations of the Agency and of countries using nuclear power plants did not reveal any "bug" problems in the essential safety systems. +We also request that this customs approach be applied to a new tax with a structure similar to the old APIM, with the aim of incorporating it into a package of specific measures of a fiscal nature which the Council, on the proposal of the Commission, must implement next year - as Mr Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya and Mr Medina Ortega have just said - by means of the proposed permanent statute for the outermost regions - which include the Canary Islands - in implementation of article 299.2, which provides for differentiated treatment, as you know, with regard to the application of the provisions of the Treaty. +As several Members have pointed out, the Korean problem has occurred as a result of a combination of situations and factors, some within our control and others outside it: there was the Asian crisis, hyper-devaluation by more than 30% of the national currency - the won - and there was the concomitant support from the IMF which led to this unique - I would call it bizarre - situation in which Korea finds itself, not to mention the unfair way it has competed with us in recent times. +The next item is the Commission communication on preserving current sports structures and the social function of sports in a Community framework, the Community support scheme for the campaign against drugs in sport and Commission participation in the World Anti-Doping Agency. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0086/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the common position established by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and amending Directives 73/239/EEC and 88/357/EEC (Fourth Motor Insurance Directive) (rapporteur: Mr Rothley). +Proposal for a Council and Commission decision relating to the conclusion of a protocol on the adaptation of the institutional aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and the Member States, on the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, of the Republic of Finland and of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union (9726/1999 - C5-0191/1999 - 1997/0273(AVC)) (Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy) +- Proposal for a Council and Commission decision relating to the conclusion of a protocol on the adaptation of the institutional aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Slovakia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, of the Republic of Finland and of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union (9727/1999 - C5-0192/1999 - 1997/0274(AVC)) (Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy) +Let me just say finally that I believe it will be necessary to have an interaction and a relationship between the scientists and the law-makers and between the risk assessment and the risk management so as to make absolutely certain that those drafting the laws understand what the scientists are saying, and that the scientists are satisfied that the law-makers are drafting the laws in such a way as to deal with the concerns expressed by them in their opinion in the area of risk assessment. +The basic principles of the economic policy of the Member States and the Community for 1998/99 underline in a similar manner that the Member States' economic policies, especially their financial and their monetary policy which now comes under the sole responsibility of the Community, together with the structural reforms, should be consistent with each other and mutually supportive. The aim here is to achieve low inflation, accompanied by sustainable and employment-promoting growth. +As these are very high for road transport, including noise, atmospheric pollution and accidents, as demonstrated in the diagrams presented by the rapporteur, there is every justification for making users pay more. In fact this amounts to extending existing practice, whereby road users - via fuel and vehicle taxes and tolls - pay twice the amount spent on roads, whereas railway users pay 56 % and users of inland waterways pay 18 % of the relevant expenditure. +While the BSE crisis has certainly made it possible to change decision-making procedures within the Commission, my group wants those procedures to go further than the mad cow affair, so that the precautionary principle is managed as well as possible and so that the scientific committees cannot be subjected to political or economic pressure through the Commission's experts. +We should also like to thank Mr Fayot for his work in the committee as a whole, and the fact that this committee will cease to exist in its current form - and this is the final point on which I agree with Mr Corbett - should not be seen as reflecting an unfavourable assessment of the work of the committee and especially not the work of its chairman; this is actually happening because in future we want important matters which relate to each other to be dealt with together. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Fourçans report is important not only because it fully endorses the Commission's recommendations, but also because it plays a clear part in the political debate that has caused a great stir among European circles, including within this Parliament. The debate focuses on whether or not the introduction of the euro has given rise to the need to relax the budgetary and monetary discipline that led to the historic decision of May 1998, with a view to promoting a more tentative form of economic activity. +The next item is the report (A4-0255/99) by Mrs Palacio Vallelersundi, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights, on the implications of the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam (list of legislative proposals pending as at 1 May 1999, indicating new legal bases and any changes in legislative procedure following the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam) (C4-0134/99 - SEC(99)0581 - C4-0219/99). +In substance, the main amendments tabled aim to do the following: stress the directive's favourable effect on the employment of unskilled or semi-skilled workers, the environment and also the reduction of undeclared work; stipulate that the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may decide whether to authorise the application of a reduced rate; and require the Commission to draw up an overall evaluation report, accompanied if necessary by appropriate proposals. +Mr President-in-Office, I address you in the light of the Council summit meeting in Cologne, and I say to you that, in Cologne, you will have in your hands a historic opportunity to establish the conditions and the prerequisites to enable the new Intergovernmental Conference to do for foreign policy what the Treaties of Maastricht and Amsterdam did for the economy; a European foreign policy which, as you more than anyone else are aware of because of your background, cannot stop at diplomatic processes, but must contain answers to challenges such as the economy, the environment and culture. +However, the article contains a somewhat bland, if not dangerous, reference to minors. This is because minors are obviously protected by civil law not only in the part of the transaction based on honesty and good faith, but also because in civil law any transaction will be declared null and void if minors are not old enough according to the category of goods and transactions in question. +I cannot forget some of the environmental emergencies experienced in my country and also throughout the rest of Europe.e)We would stress the need to step up efforts at national, supra-regional, regional and local level in the area of prevention, cooperation and the exchange of experiences.f)We also propose that we should detect and analyse the causes behind these disasters and publish these findings so that they can be used as the basis for prevention.We have adopted the amendment tabled by the Committee on Budgets and are thus ratifying the European Parliament's position on the committee needed to implement the programme, which should be a consultative body. This amendment proposes that the committee should be more transparent and participative. +The next item is the recommendation (A4-0220/99) by Mrs Miranda de Lage, on behalf of the Committee on External Economic Relations, on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (COM(97)527-11618/97 + 11620/97 + COR 1 - C4-0023/98-97/0289(AVC)). +I might remind you that Mr Schily addressed the House on 14 January and that he spoke to the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs on 19 November and again on 30 March; I myself was at the meeting of the Internal Affairs Committee on 23 November, and Mr Eisel, who heads the other competent directorate in our department, has also briefed the committee twice during the past week. +To this end it is necessary at all levels to enhance cooperation between regional and local authorities and socio-economic operators, those closest to the changing world of the regions; it is also necessary, however, to take account of the competitive differences between regions because of the different levels of employment, quality of infrastructures, the natural environment and development, in particular during the sensitive stage that is just starting with the selection of regions which are eligible under Objective 2. +I have here the press release of the public prosecutor's office of the Ankara State Security Court, signed by the public prosecutor, Tjerdet Volkan, which rules out the participation in the trial of 'observers from any institution or organisation whatsoever'. It provides for the participation of the general public, insofar as the capacity of the court room allows, with the authorisation of the special office of the Court and then not for all the days of the trial. +Despite this, at first reading we tabled amendments to limit the tax return burden, to remove non-relevant information, for example means of transport and optional information, in order to limit the number of SMEs obliged to provided detailed statistical information. Their aim was also to simplify the use of combined nomenclature, while preserving a single nomenclature for intra-Community trade and trade with third countries. +I should also like to thank the President of the European Parliament, Mr Gil-Robles, for taking my initiatives to eliminate crime in and around the European institutions very seriously; our group chairman Mr Martens for promising not to forget this issue in future in Belgium and to continue to support us; the President-in-Office for promising to devote his efforts to this; and finally the Quaestors and the Conference of Presidents, for whom this issue has now become genuinely topical. +Madam President-in-Office of the Council, as others have said previously, your Presidency has come at an exceptional time, just when the crisis has erupted in Kosovo and the European Union has made its contribution to dealing with it, after an institutional crisis which we have still not dealt with, after the election of a new Parliament in very unusual circumstances with voters taking less and less interest in an institution which has more and more powers and, finally, after the Cologne European Council meeting which launched important projects for the future. +Those elected from the Bonino list tried to explain in an open letter to all their colleagues the reason for the setting up of this group, the reasons for the discrimination against the Non-attached Members in this Parliament and therefore the reasons for our initiative - as well as for the motion for an amendment to the Rules of Procedure which I hope will be announced soon - and to invite them to vote with us against this interpretation. +I thank you for your interest in this matter, and I call on the Commission to understand clearly that the issue of Timor will, unfortunately, remain open for some time, and to demand that urgent action be taken, both in terms of humanitarian aid and in political and security terms, because the announcement of intervention by an international force does not per se guarantee security conditions in the region, as it must intervene without any kind of condition imposed by the Indonesian authorities, and the urgency of providing humanitarian aid is URGENT in the true sense of the word. +I do not have enough time now to expand upon the subject, but I would like to draw the Commission' s attention to the need not just for preventive action but also for increasing the accountability of all the official inspectors, all the experts, so that the precautionary principle does not become a principle of refusing to accept responsibility on the part of those in charge of monitoring food safety and consumer health. +With regard to the possibility of developing countries gaining access to the techniques of commercial liberalisation, to the WTO and its panels etc, it is true, as has been said, that this poses a problem, that this objective is not yet within the range of many of them and that the use of these complex mechanisms is reserved for those who have the means, hence our proposal of technical assistance (which is furthermore mentioned in the Commission' s document), so that these countries may themselves possess and use the necessary legal technology. +The Council recognises, as does the European Parliament, first of all that the policy of equality is still extremely important; secondly, that the action programme comprises the EU' s most important instrument for implementing the obligations accepted as a result of the action programme arising out of the Peking Conference; and, finally, that successful implementation can best be achieved by integrating a perspective of equality into all policies. +Given the blatant non-compliance with this regulation, the delays in communicating lists, the increase in the number of vessels using these nets, the harm to the tuna fishing industry and the marine ecosystem, the serious economic repercussions for fishermen in the north-west Bay of Biscay and the total lack of response from the EU to the recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in relation to the overfishing of this species, what measures will the Council take to ensure strict compliance with Community legislation in this area? +Nevertheless, while we consider that the joint motion for a resolution leans too far towards the air missile hypothesis rather than towards an internal bomb, and above all, while we believe this motion to be far too kind and diplomatic towards the Italian political authorities, we agree on the need to request the cooperation of all the Member States of the European Union in finally providing everything necessary for an appropriate and adequate detailed examination of the inquiries, so that those who did this, the instigators and the motives behind this absurd massacre can be identified. +Mr President, on behalf of myself and several other MEPs, while I fully respect the solemn nature of today' s formal sitting, I wish to make a point of order under Rule 19 out of concern for human rights given that the Colombian President' s visit today is restricted to his parliamentary address until a formal dinner with heads of political groups. +Tampere proved that the Union has the political will to carve out joint policies on issues which indirectly affect our daily lives, policies which will, for example, make citizens feel more secure through effectively stepping up the fight against organised crime, particularly in the area of drug trafficking, money laundering and the trafficking of human beings through judicial cooperation and mutual recognition of judgements. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0029/1999) by Mr Ferri, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of the European Parliament and Council Directive on speedometers for two- and three-wheel motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 92/61/EEC on the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (6884/171999 - C5-0029/1999 - 1998/0163(COD)) +Moreover, we must stress the requirement for the Union to subject its interventions in this area to more stringent control and some checking mechanisms, both as regards the involvement with - and in any case, the information given to - trade union representatives, and also as regards the actual positive results - not just economic but also social results - of the interventions themselves. Union aid to firms has not always resulted in stable growth in the firms or protection of their employment levels. +I believe that the reasonable thing to do, bearing in mind, furthermore, that the report of the Court of Auditors has a series of consequences for Parliament' s activities - and I am thinking particularly of the approval of its management - is to present what has happened to the President of the Court of Auditors and get him to commit himself publicly, apart from giving the relevant explanations, to an investigation to try to control this issue, and to improve the system of distribution and provision of information to Parliament. However, in any case, I think that in the end it we will be the ones who are penalised through this behaviour. +It is therefore our duty, at the end of the century to ask ourselves why there are millions of children who are forced into prostitution, who kill themselves, who take drugs, and as our continent is only just beginning to discover the terrible effects of paedophilia, to which we have closed our eyes for such a long time, we must ask ourselves why, in our countries which are developed in terms of democracy and economics, which proudly celebrate the Declaration on Human Rights every year, these rights are flouted when the most vulnerable in our society, that is children, are concerned. +In addition to the three subject areas mentioned in the conclusions reached at Cologne, various parties have raised the following issues for debate, among others: the European Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the distribution of seats in the European Parliament, flexibility and the division of the Treaties into parts. We will present our own views in our report, after we have had discussions and listened to all points of view, on what we consider to be possible and desirable. +Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, let me give you an example of this: if there were a change to the weighting of votes within the Council, which would mean that the countries with a higher population as well as the larger countries would in fact have more power, and if the extension of qualified majority voting, extended to the codecision procedure, meant that this tendency in the European Parliament also became more marked, my question is: what role will the European Union' s small or weak countries have in Europe? +- In the weeks leading up to the agreement of this resolution, many MEPs have sought to ensure Europe's stance is one which genuinely makes this a "Development Round" in the WTO, that developing countries are enabled to be full partners in the negotiating process, and to underline that the benefits of trade must be focused to combat increasing poverty in our world. +With the argument for enlargement, the realisation of which does not present us with any fundamental problems, but which we do not envisage being achieved without consequences at various levels - and in the name of efficiency and democratic behaviour, an amendment to the Treaties, particularly in the institutional domain, is being aimed for. This means giving up unanimity and extending decision making by qualified majority to new areas; it means a new weighting of votes in Council decision making by qualified majority; and it means changing the composition and functioning of the institutions in terms of the number of Commissioners, the Council Presidency, the composition of the EP or even the choice of working languages. +The industry, Member States and the Commission should collect all the necessary information that could form a basis for the preparation and lodging of a trade barrier regulation complaint and assess the appropriateness of resorting to a WTO action, the Commission should continue its market monitoring efforts in cooperation with the industry and, finally, all parties concerned should make an effort to establish a level playing field for the sector. +In my view, it is for this reason that the intergovernmental conference stands at the apex of the enlargement, intergovernmental conference, foreign and security policy triangle, whereby it must be made perfectly clear that at no stage, be it with 12 or with 13 candidate States, can the Copenhagen criteria be watered down and that this Parliament will not permit any such watering down and will not ratify any such treaties. +Most importantly, it has been agreed - and this was particularly important to Parliament, quite rightly, in my view - that an important political statement is being made, namely that the tasks of the European Union in Kosovo and in the Balkans are tasks which extend over several years and that, in order to honour these tasks financially, we may need to increase expenditure on foreign policy in comparison with the expenditure forecast at the beginning of this year, when we based our assessment on a somewhat different political situation. +First, the European Parliament, of course, then the non-governmental organisations and, as the question was asked, allow me to say here that the women' s movement and non-governmental organisations have played, and continue to play, an exceptionally important role and have acted as a real driving force behind the policies formulated at European level, together of course with various services from the Commission, the Member States and the Presidency. +I am challenging the Scottish Minister for Agriculture to bypass London and support the SNP's request, which I delivered yesterday to the French Government, that the French authorities study in detail and with urgency the scientific evidence, the traceability and labelling situation in Scotland; and I call upon French colleagues in this House to advocate that line with their government. +An important part of EU enlargement is the various current programmes of cooperation with those countries seeking membership of the European Union, and the basic principle is the improvement of the state of the economy in those very countries, leading to the creation of employment opportunities there, so that people would not need to move for economic reasons. +The French regulation which, in addition to the national price fixing system, also includes regulations on imports, exports and re-imports, offers a way forward which is compatible with the EU and which has proven its worth in practice, which is why, Commissioner, the European Parliament is waiting, across the group divide as you will no doubt have seen, for the go-ahead for a similar legal or contractual regulation for Germany and Austria, in order to bring this endless saga to a happy ending at last. +I think that if we can find an economically reasonable solution which the publishing houses agree with, if we can find a solution which recognises cultural language areas, if we can find a solution which does not incorporate the maximum limitation on competition within the level playing field required under Article 85, then we are on the right track towards a reasonable regulation. +The question is whether the Commission will give an undertaking that its services responsible for competition policy will come to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy before the general block exemption regulation is finally adopted and before the guidelines are decided, and whether the Commission is ready to present the proposals to Parliament and we will have the chance to draw up another report on this. +Mr President, since I am no longer the youngest of 626 Members, as I was when I first entered the House in October 1965, this report on the outlook for senior citizens in the 21st century is of particular interest to me, not least in my capacity as president of a national and a major European women's organisation in which the older members are the most active and which, like many other organisations, would no longer be viable without the voluntary work of their older members, since the younger ones are so overburdened with professional and family commitments that it is well-nigh impossible to recruit them for voluntary activities. +In this connection, I must say that we have regressed somewhat in comparison with ancient societies. Ancient Greece, to which we owe the best part of our civilisation, rightly valued the experience and wisdom of the elderly. +This was taken into consideration in the resolution by the Committee on the Rules of Procedure. The committee voted unanimously for immunity to be waived, not because Mr Moniz wished to appear before the judicial authorities, but because all the necessary conditions had been met. +Happily, however, ECB President Duisenberg made it clear at last Monday's latest parliamentary hearing that the interest cut of 8 April was precisely an attempt to help kick-start the Union economy, in other words he acknowledged in so many words that monetary policy too has an economic function. +If it does not, there is a risk that we shall find ourselves in a two-speed Europe with regard to economic and social conditions. As Professor Prodi is well aware, the more developed countries and regions seem to be consolidating their economic progress whereas the less developed areas seem destined to remain firmly fixed in their disadvantaged position. +The main provisions of this directive include the following: the consumer will have a 14-day period before concluding a contract which will give that person time to compare various proposals and study the contract in detail before giving a final agreement; the consumer will have a 14-day withdrawal period, 30 days for mortgage loans, life insurance and pensions, to renounce the contract without penalties and without giving reasons. +To the extent that it is possible to envisage appointing existing Schengen Secretariat staff to the EU institutions, the provision in Article 7 of the Schengen Protocol in no way prevents the Council from appointing any staff interested in conformity with the existing rules of the Staff Regulations or from resorting to the alternative appointment procedure based on Article 24 of the Merger Treaty. +Subject: Backing a new LEADER III programme Will the Council outline its present policy with regard to the development of a fully integrated rural policy at EU level and will it give assurances that, as a part of such a policy, it will continue to support a new LEADER programme (III) and the retention of its name which is synonymous with empowerment and self-help and a positive image of the European Union? +I warn the Council that although it has made progress on transparency, if the working group continues to be so restrictive on Parliament's rights to intervene, then there will be no agreement and we will continue in legislative procedure after legislative procedure to block the comitology measures and resist the adoption of such restrictive measures and we will be very restrictive on voting the budgets and the credits to allow comitology-type committees to continue to meet. +When we start to take up this challenge, we find before us a paradox. The European Union may be first in line with its contribution, but the risk is that the impact of its aid will be lost in a complicated network of competing structures: the United Nations Mission to Kosovo, the Stability Pact, the G-7 High Level Group for economic relations, the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia, the special envoy for the Republic of Yugoslavia, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. +It has been damaged, to our way of thinking, not only by the events which caused the resignation of the last Commission but also, and I would say above all, because of the fact that too often the citizens of Europe see the Commission as a source of bureaucratic obligations which are sometimes costly, sometimes neither indispensable nor urgent, sometimes stupid and even dangerous. These obligations seem to have nothing to do with the process of building a united Europe and, unfortunately, in many circumstances, undermine European ideals. +Furthermore, although the direct dumping of industrial materials, including military dumps of redundant munitions, is largely a practice which has been abandoned by Member States, the sites of such dumps continue to present a real threat to fisheries and in some cases, for example not far from my own coast, the Beaufort Dyke, a threat to human safety. Often fishermen' s lives are at risk, as are the health and welfare of the public who either visit the coast or live by the sea. +Finally, I believe that the time has come to adopt the relevant proposals put forward by Greece, which include the introduction of speedy access to justice for citizens, using alternative means such as arbitration and pre-trial conciliation, and also by creating a harmonised system of public order and a way of resolving differences, based on the principles of freedom, democracy, respect for fundamental freedoms and rule of law. +The answer which Commissioner Nielson gave me was couched in the vaguest possible terms and I am personally very surprised to observe that Parliament has been able today to give the go-ahead to the signature of this free trade agreement, even though the principle of protection of trade names and designations of origin has not been clearly acknowledged in the Annex to the Agreement and that no guarantee has been offered regarding the evolution of zero-rated imports and the consequences of this for the whole of the wine-growing sector in Europe. +To postpone it further or, even worse, to fail to approve this interinstitutional agreement and to fail to apply it internally would be a severe embarrassment to the European Parliament and one that would undermine the good work that this Parliament has done in rebuilding the credibility of the European Union in matters relating to fraud and financial mismanagement. +For other budget headings that concern external action under Category 4 of the Financial Perspective, fixed-rate reductions for appropriations granted are a means of preventing hurried decisions to amend the excessiveness threshold of this Category. The reason, as I said, is that there do not yet exist any assessments of the genuine reconstruction requirements. +We certainly plan to begin by working on how to create the scoreboard requested of us as a way of keeping up the pressure on ourselves, in the first instance, but also on others, as well as ensuring that everything takes place with the fullest possible transparency in the very near future. +We wish to denounce the efforts to activate the appropriations allocated to Turkey within the framework of the Customs Union and for the promotion of Euro-Turkish relations. We are equally against the tabling of proposals to approve the necessary appropriate legal bases, when it is a well-known fact that the human rights situation in Turkey has showed no signs of improvement, that the same policy is still being pursued on the Kurdish question and that Turkey is still occupying a large part of Cyprus. +The report also calls on the Commission to support the process of integrating these environmental objectives in energy policy through research into the impact of climate change, through research into all possible technologies, through research into identifying the best indicators to measure achievements in reducing emissions and through regular reports to Parliament. +This proposal is the first, and only the first of these measures, because it provides standardised rules on the jurisdiction of courts in the Member States in matters of divorce and separation as well as in the matter of processes relating to the enforcement of parental responsibility, and even provides a clear and coherent framework for rapid, practically automatic recognition in every Member State of judgements made in another Member State within the scope of the regulation. +In this respect, the bilateral agreement that the United States has signed with China to prepare the way for China to join the World Trade Organisation must be regarded by the European Union, aside from as an important contribution to the multilateral process, also, and above all, as a fundamental opportunity to monitor the substantial importance that human rights have and will have regarding the opportunities afforded by a market that enjoys such enormous potential as the Chinese market. +We are driving ourselves into a dead end by flouting MEPs' prerogatives, by flouting the European Union' s history of parliamentarianism and that of all its Member States. And because we do not want to rectify mistakes that we made six months ago, we are prepared to institutionalise informing within our Parliament, which allows any assistant or official in Parliament to inform on someone because he suspects that so and so' s brother-in-law' s cousin may have committed fraud! +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0063/1999) by Mrs Giannakou-Koutsikou, on behalf of the Committee on Citizen' s Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Internal Affairs, on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions concerning a European Union action plan to combat drugs (2000-2004) [COM(1999) 239 - C5-0093/1999 - 1999/2095(COS)] +The Commission therefore prefers, whether its representative is called Mr Brittan or Mr Lamy, to undermine our positions in advance regarding the precautionary principle, health safety and environmental protection, as well as economic interests in rural areas and, in the case of bananas, to make light of the special historic relations which our countries maintain in the form of international agreements with the ACP countries. +As far as we were concerned, the inclusion in the resolution of a reference specific to the principle of sovereignty of states would have entailed a risk of challenging the body of legislation in the system of the United Nations, and, in particular, of the World Conference of 1993, which said that the promotion and protection of human rights was a "legitimate concern" of the international community. +But think it through: if we vote on the text, the report stipulates that financial cooperation can be suspended in the event that the democratic principles of the constitutional State, human rights or fundamental liberties are violated. Does this not imply that, if we grant financial benefits today, the goalposts for human rights, etc. have already been set and that, consequently, only a deterioration of the current situation could lead to suspension? +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, although the two regulations being debated here today have in fact nothing to do with the debates which will be held in the General Council next Monday and in the European Council in Helsinki a few days later, I am of course aware of the fact that the political context and timing cannot be ignored here and that we must naturally discuss the overall problem of relations between the European Union and Turkey in conjunction with these two regulations and that is what most speakers have done here this evening. +With regard to Amendment No 9 concerning the content of the annual report, the rapporteur wants to add a new Article to clarify what the annual report is to contain. The report is to include an analysis of the extent to which changes in carbon dioxide emissions depend upon manufacturers' initiatives or upon factors which have to do with the strategy concerning carbon dioxide and cars. +I can only confirm that this is a positive response to the challenge of Member States' willingness to fight fraud, to put their house in order, to enhance control systems, a challenge that we have pointed out in the annual report may be even greater this year, while not for one minute diminishing the role and the responsibility of the Commission in this context. +However, the World Bank and the Commission have produced a very accurate study of reconstruction in Kosovo, which shows that a total of 2.3 billion dollars or euros will be needed in external aid over the next few years to repair not only war damage but the cumulative damage which has arisen as a result of the fact that the political situation in Kosovo over recent years has led to a disaster in human terms. +Proposal for a Council and Commission decision relating to the conclusion of a protocol on the adaptation of the institutional aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, of the Republic of Finland and of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union (9725/1999 - C5-0190/1999 - 1997/0272(AVC)) (Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy) +- Proposal for a Council and Commission decision relating to the conclusion of a protocol on the adaptation of the institutional aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, of the Republic of Finland and of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union (9728/1999 - C5-0193/1999 - 1997/0275(AVC)) (Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy) +- Proposal for a Council and Commission decision relating to the conclusion of a protocol on the adaptation of the institutional aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, of the Republic of Finland and of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union (9729/1999 - C5-0194/1999 - 1997/0276(AVC)) (Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy) +My thanks also go to the Commission, in particular to the present Commissioners, who have tirelessly focused on the lack of dynamism, the need for change and, in particular, on the role of national governments and parliaments in undertaking measures to reduce fiscal pressure, stabilise public finances and improve the labour market and training methods in the different Member States. +I was also thinking that few parliamentarians can have been lucky enough to cut their political teeth on the directive on voting rights for citizens of the Union resident in a Member State other than their own, and to draw their career to a close with this report on the implications of the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam for legislative proposals pending. Indeed, the start of my parliamentary career was also the first time I appeared in an institutionalised political forum. +The European Union is currently facing some enormous challenges: the implementation of the Treaty of Amsterdam, enlargement negotiations, the expansion of the euro zone, the WTO round of negotiations, improvement of common policy in the field of justice and home affairs, and in particular strengthening the Union's profile in foreign affairs. +I would remind you that clarity depends on a definition of responsibilities, and I undertake to work hard in this area, which was one of the main causes of the recent crisis: clarity concerning the Commission's collective political responsibility, but also that of the individual Commissioners who are in charge of portfolios and responsible for managing them, as well as the key administrative responsibility for running the Directorates-General. +In Amendment No 3 we asked the Secretary-General to provide the Committee on Budgetary Control with a report on the reasons and circumstances which led to the decision to divide up the Directorate-General for Personnel, the Budget and Finance, on the effects of this decision and on the efficiency of the budget management and staff policy. +Together with the rapporteur, we welcome the progress made in setting up new budgetary and accounting tools which will ensure greater transparency within the Dublin Foundation. We also welcome the signature of a cooperation agreement between this Foundation and the European Agency for Health and Safety in Bilbao in order to prevent needless waste and overlap while developing all possible cooperation. +Last but not least, in trying to prepare for the upgrading of the EU's political and economic relations with all the countries in the western Balkans via stabilisation and association agreements, as an important element and pillar of the stability pact of which the presidency has spoken, aiming at security, democracy and economic development, with, at the same time, the further perspective of joining the European and Euro-Atlantic structures. +Secondly, the Scottish Highlands are only granted special funding in the form of compensation. Finally - and this is the third way in which depopulation is tackled - other regions that suffer from the same problem, such as Aragon, are excluded from this aid altogether. +At the 55th meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva from 22 to 30 April this year the European Union took the initiative in drafting a resolution on the human rights situation; this calls inter alia on the Iraqi leadership to cooperate further in carrying out the 'oil for food' programme and to ensure the fair distribution of the humanitarian imports. +Greater competitiveness between regions must take account of the risks of imbalance caused by the differences in levels of employment and human resources, in infrastructure quality, in the natural environment and in development, especially in the delicate phase we are now entering with the identification of regions eligible for Objective 2. +This is not the time to analyse them in detail, but I would like to highlight the fact that the problems relating to the distribution of budgetary resources, the protection of the Union' s financial interests, the fight against fraud, the management of contracts and decentralisation are matters which require solutions and responses which will demand the active cooperation of the European Parliament and also, and above all, of the Member States that make up the Council of Ministers. +We want you to consider that if the right of nations to self-determination is to be taken seriously, then that will also mean the constitutional parliaments of federal states, regions and of cultural communities being taken seriously and being given a place in the subsidiarity-based Europe of the future, for the right of nations to self-determination is a sacred principle for all the nations of the world and that does not always mean for the states alone, for those concepts do not always coincide. +To this will be added, over the next three years, a further EUR 45 million in the context of a special budget strand for developing countries in regions around the world, together with EUR 20 million for a regional 5-year programme for the ACP countries and additional funds in the context of specific programmes such as those for the ACP countries. These figures do not include, for example, research programmes or co-financing by non-governmental organisations. +But, as Mr Patten put it so well, we must not underestimate the difficulties lurking on the horizon, which will certainly trip us up in critical situations - hopefully these will only be fleeting - during which we should all bear two things particularly in mind: firstly, that the way forward must always be dialogue between all those involved, which is genuine, open and direct. Secondly: that it must be seen that both Israelis and Palestinians have a common enemy - terrorism - in all its forms, whose only aim is to destroy peace, freedom and respect for human rights. +A malicious mind may point out to the Commission that this phrase destroys our illusions since we thought - and God knows we have heard it enough times - that it was to the construction of Europe that we owe these fifty years of stability, economic growth and the peaceful settlement of disputes etc.. However, a purely curious mind may ask the Commission what it thinks of the continuous decline, decade after decade, of the average annual rate of growth in developed countries. +Because when I hear the Council, Commission and Members of Parliament talk in this way it really does put me in mind of courting hedgehogs: afraid of needling each other and knowing that when it comes down to it we appear to agree on all the important issues, that is to say the social issues that Mr Hansenne talked about before and which I shall enumerate again: sustainable development, culture, the precautionary principle in food safety, agricultural affairs, development-related matters and animal welfare. +To give some examples, a six-month delay for any restructuring plan should be imposed on businesses in order to allow an independent assessment by the unions. If the company has received public funds, as has already been said, including European funds, non-compliance with the rules as laid down should entail the funds being paid back. +As for the more specific question on nuclear power and Mr Lamy, you know, as Mrs Maes alluded to it, that Mr Lamy has today sent a letter to the Chairman of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, Mr Westendorp, in which he sums up the situation and in which he says quite clearly, and I am answering Mrs Maes at the same time, that we do not yet have the official confirmation from Russia which we need in order to proceed to the signing of the decision of 12 December 1994. +I am very upset, as a member of the academic profession, to see yet again the issue of foreign language lecturers in Italian universities coming forward without yet a resolution after eleven years, after three judgments in favour of the rights of these ordinary citizens seeking to exercise freedom of movement, seeking to take advantage of that fundamental principle of the Union and the internal market of no discrimination on nationality grounds. +It is true that, not just at the national level but also at the Community level, the main strategy that can be developed is that of reporting incidents, alerting people and providing information, all of which must be done by non-governmental organisations; we feel that the aim to which we have dedicated ourselves is to raise the awareness of public authorities, the police, to whom complaints are made or not made, and the judges, who have to judge each specific case, so that they all understand the criminal significance of violence against women, even when it is perpetrated within the family. +I believe that he is the person who has shown himself, in this historic process, to be the most capable of seeing through the complex evolution which involves the development of a European identity in terms of defence, in which NATO itself and our North American partners are coming to accept the need for a strong European pillar, not only in the field of defence, but also in terms of the industrial dimension which must support it and also in the role of stabilising and consolidating democracy in Europe and the Mediterranean. +Indeed, it is used with excessive discretionary power, often owing to specific political or economic interests. The principle of humanitarian intervention has, until now, failed miserably because Milosevic' s regime is still firmly in power in a country that has gone backwards in time and economics by at least thirty years, while the majority of the Albanian people have returned to their land and 10% of Kosovar Serbs and all the gypsy peoples have been forced into exile. +In recent years we have regularly taken into consideration the fact that the European Union' s neighbouring countries, whether they be the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe or the countries in the European Free Trade Association, and those belonging to the European Economic Area, participate in important Community action concerning the development of the use of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. +Mr President, the Council has expressed in many connections its concern to the Burmese authorities regarding the situation in the country, and most recently at the plenary part-session on 11 and 12 October, when it extended the period its common position was to remain in force by six months, once more appealing to the Burmese government to embark on swift and concrete action for the promotion of respect for human rights and democratic and national harmony. +The European Council furthermore reminded everyone that, in order to strengthen relations between Turkey and the EU, there would be a need for political and social reforms, such as respect and protection for minorities, the creation of satisfactory and stable relations between Greece and Turkey and support for the talks being conducted under UN protection on a political solution in Cyprus. +The three main conflicts concerning the banana sector, the production and the incorporation of genetically modified organisms, and the importation of American beef, have all been negotiated by the Commission itself, against the interests of European and ACP banana growers, against the interests of European consumers and, of course, against the interests of our farmers and producers. +The bases for the security of people in a democratic Union that is committed to a market economy and respect for the principle of the rule of law are economic growth, increased employment, internal security to combat crime, and a common foreign, political and military security system. +To be specific, these people suffered merciless bombing by NATO for 78 days, with the active participation of the European Union; today they are subject to inhumane blackmail on the pretext of the democratisation of the Federal Democracy of Yugoslavia, in other words, they must overthrow their legitimate government in order for the fuel embargo to be lifted and they are to be given the funds to reconstruct what was flattened by NATO and European Union bombs. +At the twenty-seventh international conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent held between 30 October and 16 November, the EU for the first time adopted a resolution which stressed that recent and current conflicts have shown that war is ever more making victims of civilians, especially women and children, or that they have been used as pawns in war situations. +I should therefore like to urge you, Commissioner, to put the interests of large undertakings after culture, cultural diversity and the specialist trade. Make your decision in the case of books in accordance with the principles of French law and allow the German and Austrian book trade sufficient time to adapt fixed book prices to these principles. +Mr Herman will also approve when I take this opportunity today to wish the incoming president and his new team every success in reinvigorating the European Commission and restoring it to the sort of role that the people of the European Union also expect it to have. I would also add that even the present Commission clearly realises that the current crisis may also have its positive side in terms of strengthening the quality and substance of democracy in our institutions. +I recall vividly the impact on myself of learning, during a floating symposium on the Black Sea last year, that a very high percentage of the pollution which is killing the Black Sea stems not from the riparian states but from run-off from Austria and Germany of nitrogen and agricultural chemicals, pushed on to the land in the heart of Europe as a consequence of some of our malfunctioning environmental policies in the common agricultural policy and having a consequence hundreds and hundreds of miles away across the continent. +We should be clear that if the challenge of the 1980s for the European Union was the creation of a single market, and the challenge of the 1990s was the creation of a single currency, the challenge for the opening years of the next millennium will be to enlarge the European Union so as to deepen it and also to create a zone of stability throughout the continent. +For all these reasons, I voted against the compromise resolution adopted on Kosovo, and in particular against the immensely hypocritical recital H - which blames the UN for the fact that NATO violated the United Nations Charter - and against paragraph 2, which tries to legitimise the bombing by pretending that it has nothing to do with us. I did this although I approve of the specific points condemning the Milosevic regime and those on aid for refugees and measures designed to stabilise the region. +With regard to the situation in Albania and Macedonia, it is quite obvious that the expulsion of the Kosovar Albanian population by means of the most brutal violence in order to dictate the ethnic and demographic composition of the population of Kosovo is not only a criminal war objective but also pursues a second criminal aim: that of destabilising the neighbouring countries and thus the entire region. +So could I say very gently to Mr Truscott and other colleagues that if they had listened to my speech at the beginning, by accepting Amendment No 2 on the Russian recommendation - which is a Socialist Group amendment - it deletes the reference to 'delay' in the adoption of the common strategy with Russia and replaces it with what I feel is a very valid statement of what that recommendation should contain. +The Berlin agreement, following the Agriculture Council's compromise, provides for a reduction of only 15 % in cereal prices and the approximation of oilseed aid to the reduced cereal aid, and provides that the reform of the milk sector will not begin until the year 2000. Nevertheless this remains without doubt the most far-reaching reform the Union has ever undertaken in the agriculture sector. +After repeated misunderstandings with the Commission on the progress of the work, which threatened to discredit the efforts being made, we are finally together not only on the texts of the new regulations but on a starting point for active collaboration in the management of the Funds through the code of conduct between the Commission and Parliament on the implementation of the structural policies. +NATO has won the war and Europe must build the peace: this is the challenge which we must take up immediately, in the loud and clear definition of the role that Europe will assume in the construction of the peace process, in political wisdom, in the quality of the steps that it will take in order to prevent the migration flows which it is currently suffering and will continue to do so in the years to come, from causing religious, economic and social conflict, especially in areas in which unemployment is increasing at an alarming rate. Of course, the establishment of an agency will not in itself solve the problem. +The Tampere Council meeting can and must take advantage of possibilities provided by the Treaty of Amsterdam. It must make substantial progress on vital issues such as, firstly, the harmonisation of immigration and asylum policy, with a view both to securing better protection for immigrants and granting them rights; secondly, the issue of equitable burden sharing amongst Member States in hosting displaced persons, particularly from crisis areas, a very recent example being the Balkans; and thirdly, the issue of reinforcing internal security for EU citizens not only by police measures. +In unison with what is happening in our country, where the people have taken to the streets en masse, in order to demonstrate and to show their complete repudiation of what could be called Indonesia' s betrayal and of the atrocities experienced by the long-suffering people of Timor, (there has been a unanimous reaction in my country, and fortunately in many other countries too), we are working here, in our various political groups in order to draft a document which this Parliament can approve with a huge majority, if not unanimously. What we are doing follows on from this expression of popular feeling. +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0010/99) by Mrs Morgantini, on behalf of the Committee on Development and Co-operation, on the proposal for a Council decision approving the text of a 10th EC-UNRWA Convention covering the years 1999-2001, prior to the signature of the Convention by the Commission and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [COM(1999)0334 - C5-0059/1999 - 1999/0143(CNS)] +European Union policy is therefore based on the view that the results of the Great Lakes conflict must be dealt with in their three main dimensions: regional, bearing in mind the interests of the neighbouring countries; national, taking account of the interests of the government, rebel groups and democratic opposition; and local, concerning community clashes due to ethnic rivalries and severe social pressures. +There is consequently very real concern that the pace and extent of the elimination of tariffs on imports from the EU will exceed the ability of industries in the region to improve their efficiency. This points to the importance of getting the timing and the phasing of free-trade arrangements right, in order to avoid negative repercussions on other countries in the region. +So naturally, while I join the invitation extended to those countries which were involved to cooperate in establishing the truth, I would also ask the European Parliament not to forget this event at this most delicate time of public debate in order to ascertain the truth. Therefore, I ask Parliament to use its representatives and bodies to continue to monitor events so that this tragedy will finally reach a just and honest conclusion, as requested by the Italian and European communities in their entirety. +It is often felt that these technical directives may not mean a great deal to consumers, but I must point out from my experience as an engineer in the car industry that if we allow engineers to concentrate on making safer and cleaner vehicles instead of having to meet a whole series of different regulations, that in the end will be very beneficial for customers and users. +The Group of the European People' s Party/European Democrats sees itself as the political group which says yes to the independence of the ECB, to reinforcement of the stability policy, regarding both price stability and currency stability, and which also says yes to further reduction of the public debt, to new growth and employment and to the credibility of monetary policy. +For this reason, Colombia is presenting the international community with an alternative policy for the eradication of illegal crops based on an alternative development which offers the rural population, which is currently involved in illegal cultivation, a permanent escape from their economic and social problems, replacing illegal crops with commercial, mining, agricultural, agro-industrial and service companies, and with the necessary infrastructure so that they may compete adequately in the world' s globalised economy. +the recommendation for second reading (A5-0042/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive concerning the enforcement of seafarers' hours of work on board ships using Community ports (8639/2/1999 - C5-0035/1999 - 1998/0321(COD)) (rapporteur: Mr S. Hughes); +Parliament, and in particular of course the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, which was responsible for this, was not exactly pleased that it was not involved in the work on the negotiations and the agreement between the European Union and Japanese and Korean manufacturers.I think, Commissioner, that once again you clearly need to find a modus vivendi to make sure that the legislature - Parliament - is in future properly involved in the voluntary commitments. +Once it has been said that European economic policy should have employment as its goal, once this is laid down in law and is proclaimed loud and clear, without ever checking the validity of the affirmation in a realistic and pragmatic way, then the subordination of the social to the economic is being written in the stone of the Treaties, finally reducing the social aspect to the task of managing each and every one of us in our competition for a place in a labour market which is getting tighter and tighter. +With regard to this opportunity for a horizontal communication by the Commission, I think that we can envisage therefore, its organisational consequences put forward in your suggestions: the creation of a unit within the Commission and the definition of budgets dedicated to the protection of children in order to improve public supervision of the Union' s participation as well as over policies of child protection. +The intention is to obtain support firstly for the proposal which I am going to make - both to the Commission and in time, if the Commission accepts it, to the Council of Ministers and Parliament - so that we will not only proceed with the incorporation of the Commission into Eurocontrol, but will also forward in the area of the fifteen countries to try to achieve a single airspace and, therefore, common management of that single space by those fifteen countries. +This means that Mr Solana will not only have to deal with the more immediate question of crisis prevention, but also - and he has some experience in this - that of our role in the world, that is to say, the United Nations, the Millennium Round and the future of the IMF and the FAO; it is also important in the sense that Europeans, in constructing Europe, are also doing something important for the future and stability of humanity. +Thus, we have further strengthened the guarantee, which was already present in several parts of the text, of full compliance with the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities - and, in particular, I want to mention Article 10 of the Protocol, which is very precise and exhaustive - and full compliance with the related Rules, in particular, Rule 6 of the Rules of Procedure, which, in implementation of the provisions of article 10 of the Protocol to the Article I have just mentioned, regulates Members' immunities even more closely. +On the minimum age-limit my approach is to stick to the compromise minimum age-limit of 14 years which was agreed in previous negotiations, but to accept your amendment which makes it clear that fingerprinting must be carried out in compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. +What purpose can there be to the attempt to generalise the voting rule and the substantive, perhaps even formal repeal of the veto, despite deceptive grievances deliberately expounded to the contrary, other than to restrict the potential for grass roots intervention, at least where it opposes the choices made by the forces of capitalism in "smaller" countries? +3 - Consequently, it accepts, by giving the Commission carte blanche to propose it, a redistribution of the weighting that each State holds in the wake of what can already be seen in the administrative and operational organisation of the Community executive, which threatens the historical and constituent principle of the European project which has always successfully stood firm on there not being proportionality between population and the weighting of votes. +In fact, we felt that some of the many amendments submitted by the countries for whom our position is a problem are, in our view, unacceptable, particularly the amendment to introduce into the resolution a reference to article 2, paragraph 7 of the United Nations Charter, in the terms of which, "Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorise the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state." +I would nevertheless like to draw your attention to the fact that it would be a good idea for all the expenditure, all the personnel and all the means used in the past to supervise the borders within the European Union - for example, between Italy and France, France and Germany etc., that is, between the European States which now have a common border - to be relocated to the external borders of the European Union in order to combat this phenomenon of crime and illegal immigration more effectively. +I therefore extend an invitation to all those who believe in these goals, in these objectives, to be firm and determined, and we have here with us President Prodi who has declared this several times, and I know he believes it. I also invite the European Parliament to meet immediately after Helsinki - if, as I fear, the conclusion will be progress, but too limited - and with a very open mind and great courage to take responsibility for all of its decisions, saying and thinking, as at other times in European history, that Parliament has great possibilities and a significant role to play. +Yet these are both subsectors which, like fishing, must be fully included in a system whose aim is to match supply to demand. They are also developing sectors in which production must be well planned so that crises, such as those which are periodically suffered by salmon producers, can, as far as possible, be avoided from the outset. +Even the much-publicised complete abolition of tariffs on products from poorer countries will precipitate the pillaging of wealth of those countries, while on the other hand it will deluge the market with cheap products replacing corresponding products from countries such as mine. +The Commission will adopt the approach which has long since been advocated by Parliament, which Mr Karlsson has also outlined once again just now and which I also announced in my written answers to parliamentary questions in August. This consists of devolving responsibility for financial control to the departments in charge of the spending programmes, thus decentralising and at the same time increasing the level of financial responsibility in the administrative departments which effect the expenditure. +I will do my utmost to implement this kind of systematic follow-up and I am very pleased that the Commission has decided - as part of its reform package on financial management - to formalise the structure of this systematic follow-up, so that in the future the observations of the Court of Auditors really can be used to improve financial management, and I would ask the European Parliament to support this comprehensive project of reform. +I should like to call on all those who have the opportunity to take advantage of the Socrates programme, who are able to use educational opportunities, who are going to be able to continue their education in the future, who contribute to Europe growing together, also to recognise in the course of their education that we are setting a fast pace at the moment in our process of development and in all our programmes, that there are those who cannot match this pace, and that we should take them by the hand and take them with us because quality, standards and education also require us not to sideline those who are weaker than ourselves. +We consider that a major opportunity to discuss the concrete contribution of the Union to the creation of new jobs in Europe will be provided by the coming Lisbon Summit in March, which will be the time and the place to make an evaluation of the three processes I have just mentioned, Cologne, Luxembourg and Cardiff on one hand; and on the other to define the strategy, the synthesis of macro-economic policies, micro-economic entrepreneurial innovation and the challenge of the new information society. +This plan also proposes measures targeted at various consumer sectors which are designed to enhance energy awareness, expertise and practice in such areas as appliance purchasing, use of energy in the home, building installations, heating systems and energy management in industry, the services sector and also the public sector. +Mr President, on a point of order, although we are not joined by the Council representative tonight, could I ask whether the Commission or a representative of Parliament's secretariat are aware of press agency reports I have seen which state that the decision to extend the voluntary scheme for 12 months was actually made in the Council yesterday, circumventing the codecision procedure and making this debate and the vote tomorrow irrelevant? +Mr President, in our opinion the most striking feature of the Helsinki European Council was the absence of any long-term political vision among the Heads of State and Government. They decided to enlarge the Union to a previously unimagined extent, possibly adding thirteen new members, without giving any consideration to the conceptual tools which would make it possible to envisage the institutional structures capable of coping with this enlargement. +So we are asking Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the United Nations not to recognise the Taliban regime and to promote an action plan on behalf of the NGOs working in Afghanistan for the fundamental rights of Afghan women and their economic and social emancipation, and on behalf of the NGOs which help female Afghan refugees. +Mr President, as you mentioned, I am deputising for Mrs Aglietta who cannot be with us tonight, and the first thing I want to do in starting my report on comitology is thank Adelaide Aglietta and acknowledge the serious and important nature of her work. She has produced a very competent, subtle, acute and effective report, ably assisted by the entire secretariat of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, in particular Patrizia Prode, and with constant back-up from Monica Frassoni. +But although we cannot go into a schematic analysis here, I must make a comment in this context: the Common Agricultural Policy and the World Trade Organisation are increasingly promoting the search for aggressive competitiveness as a fundamental principle, which worries me greatly because this type of official approval of competitiveness, above all else, will surely lead to practices presenting risks, such as the use of hormones or antibiotics for example, amongst the raw materials used in animal feedingstuffs. +As an immediate development, the control of technical assistance organisations is being made more rigorous and specific, and radical reform will ensure clear definition of the core public service functions of Commission officials and effectively supervised and accountable management of executive agencies. +In this connection, I would like to make it clear that my group is very concerned particularly if, in Tampere, the areas of collaboration between police forces, the fight against drugs, data protection and the democratic control of Europol and the Schengen information system are discussed, because we are again afraid, that it is exactly these important points, which have really great significance for European democracy, which will come off badly and that the citizens in general will find in the end that, as far as their rights are concerned, they are the real losers. +It is not simply a matter of ensuring, within the framework of economic globalisation, a degree of growth which is capable of creating lasting and sustainable employment, or proposing profound institutional reform at the next Intergovernmental Conference. Nor is it just a matter of going forward with the issue of enlargement of the Union in order to contribute to the well-being of Europe as a whole, despite the undeniable importance of these challenges. +The European Council at Cologne discussed Europe' s capacity for attending to the so-called Petersberg Tasks, which are in accordance with Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union, and which are humanitarian and rescue actions, peacekeeping and action by combat forces to restore peace in crisis situations, including when there is a credible military capacity. +These include the suffering and death of productive members of their societies and, very importantly, the diversion of women away from employment towards the role as carers, and the diversion of resources in families and communities from savings to care, and indeed, as I am sure you are aware, to the endless funerals that you can witness in countries like Zimbabwe if you stand on a street corner. +Mr President, Commissioner Lamy, Mr Sasi, the Millennium Round will, out of necessity, have to promote forms of cooperation and integration between the World Trade Organisation, the International Labour Office, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. This is so that the liberalisation of trade will be accompanied by renewed stability in the money market, by wide-ranging policies on human resources, by social protection networks and by widespread compliance with the fundamental regulations on work. +Madam President, a lot of fine words have been written following the summit in Tampere, but the prerequisites of these fine words' becoming a reality and of our living up to the humanitarian principles behind them are that people must actually be able to get into Fortress Europe; that we must seriously begin to pursue a political strategy where policy on asylum can be distinguished from policy on immigration; and that we should begin to pursue a serious policy involving cooperation with UNHCR in solving Europe' s and the world' s refugee problems. +On the matter of fundamental rights, the establishment of a forum for Parliament to make its contribution to drawing up a charter is one element, but we shall be debating the basis of this for, as far as we are concerned, this charter must have a direct application, i.e. citizens must be able to appeal to the Court of Justice, and this charter must include the new rights for Europeans in the 21st century. +And so it is also my hope, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, that the Council will assign the European Commission the task of establishing what the rights of citizens from third countries are, and that the Commission will interpret these in the broadest sense, respecting the non-discriminatory principle, also when it comes to voting rights, to the right to live as part of a family and to the right to freedom of movement, notwithstanding the fact that nothing was said on this at the summit. +(IT) The fact that the Commission has waited until the last minute to ask for negotiations is certainly regrettable, especially considering the overall course of the whole affair, which already, in recent years, has experienced a conflict created in the institutional consultation framework, with regard to Parliament' s role in an agreement which has significant budgetary implications. +In particular, the lack of consensus on the content of macroeconomic policies in the period prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Maastricht and of the initial guidelines on economic policy played a fundamental role in the increase in negative effects, external impacts and the development of greater obstacles to growth and employment. +But today, reminding you of something I said here during the last part-session - after Tampere the European citizens have received the message that Europe is no longer just a market - I would like to say loud and clear that, with this strategic document on the internal market which has been presented to this Parliament and which I am speaking about today, the citizen is going to have a clear idea of the coherence of that market and the fact that the ultimate and main protagonist of that market is the citizen. +We find the involvement of the European Parliament a matter of the greatest importance. This is not only because in the European constitution, Council, European Parliament and the Commission form the three corners of the triangle which is to decide on all of this in a balanced way, but also because the representative body of the people that is gathered here is clearly best suited to interpret the opinions of Europe' s citizens, which is what it is all about, thus enabling the Commission to draw the right conclusions. +In one case there is a lack of macroeconomic thinking, in another a failure to implement structural reforms, and in the third a lack of coordination between economic and employment policy.There has obviously been an increase in preventive measures such as integrating the long-term unemployed into the labour market, and in active measures such as incentives to seek work or create jobs. +In the meantime, will the Commission ensure in negotiations and in any compromise decisions that what you announced during the hearings at your installation, by which I mean testing, will be applied and that beef labelling, which will become obligatory on 1 January 2000 unless other regulations are passed, will take effect in connection with the lifting of the import ban and its enforcement in the States which have adopted import bans? +Subject: Helms­Burton Act Is the Commission aware of the comments made by the US Secretary of State, Mrs Albright, ruling out any possibility that the US Congress might amend Title IV of the Helms-Burton Act, thereby failing to comply with one of the core aspects of the agreement between the European Commission and the Clinton administration, part of the new arrangements provided for by the Transatlantic Summit between the US and the European Union in May 1998? +Mr President, I have asked for the floor to remind you once more that, since the start of this parliamentary term, the Radical Members have not been taking part either in the votes in the House or in the committees: this is to draw the attention of the Presidency and the Members to the fact that some of the Members are denied the chance to contribute to parliamentary life on the same grounds and by the same means as the other Members. +Subject: Restrictions imposed by Turkey on freedom of navigation On 27 May 1997 the Turkish authorities issued Decision No 2646, signed by Mr Nazmi Kumral (Minister of State of the Marine) prohibiting merchant vessels flying the Cypriot flag or belonging to citizens of Cyprus or of other countries, including the 15 Member States of the European Union, from entering Turkey if they are proceeding from or to any port in the unoccupied area of the Republic of Cyprus. +That discussion which we held in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on the means by which any possible illegal activity could be brought to the knowledge of OLAF, I believe has led us to a suitable means, because a political body must have a filter which can examine whether this information is well-founded or not and whether or not it contravenes the immunity and inviolability of Members. +This will provide financial assistance from the Community budget for the reception, the integration and the voluntary return of refugees, displaced persons and asylum-seekers which is a relevant instrument to give a human dimension to the asylum policy of the Union, as one Member of the House requested just a few moments ago. +Mr President, we would have liked the debate and the vote on this report not to have to take place today because - and I should like to say this right at the beginning - owing to the circumstances that led to the agenda being amended today and because of the fact that the voting time took so long because of the long Napolitano, Leinen, Dimitrakopoulos and Schwaiger reports, we will be voting on Mrs Giannakou-Koutsikou' s report tomorrow morning. +In accordance with the thinking behind the new status for the outermost regions - which was also confirmed by the Cologne European Council which asked the Commission to present measures for the outermost regions before 31 December - at the moment the incorporation of these regions into the European Union does not necessarily require tax and customs harmonisation, but rather allows differentiated treatment, for example the maintenance of the port charges in the French overseas departments and the special rules for the Azores and Madeira. +Another issue that has to be looked at in the building of new vessels is the whole issue of waste and waste facilities - and not just the waste derived from the operating vessels but also the waste produced during the trip, because marine pollution is a very important issue and a lot of marine pollution is caused by ships. +I completely agree with Mrs Halonen' s assessment that it is absolutely essential to reaffirm the international presence of the European Union. This is particularly true in the fields of security and defence to which the Finnish Presidency - and this can be said with legitimate pride - has given a decisive boost with this historic meeting of Defence and Foreign Ministers. +I repeat, Turkey would be a lot further down the road to Europe if it had applied fundamentally different measures in the field of human rights and minority rights in good time, at the right time, especially with regard to the Kurdish question, democracy in relation to Greece and a contribution towards solving the problem in Cyprus. +Obviously, with time, anyone who makes the request and meets the requirements will be able to take their place at the political level, but today, if we do not proceed quickly in this direction and consider enlarging by almost doubling the number of Member States without well thought out and tested institutional reforms - there is no time left to test them out - we are sounding the death knoll for the dream of a political Union which is able to respect identities, cultures and traditions, but nevertheless contributes to the creation of a new model of European citizen. +Even the improvements within Turkey noted by the Commission and the Council presidency must be subject to cautious appraisal when you think about the death penalty being upheld for Mr Öçalan, the fact that the Sakharov prize-winner Leyla Zana is still in prison because she stood up for her right to freedom of speech, the fact that the Kurdish question has not been resolved and all the other aspects of this document in connection with progress in Turkey. +- Proposal for a Council and Commission decision relating to the conclusion of a protocol on the adaptation of the institutional aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, on the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, of the Republic of Finland and of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union (9730/1999 - C5-0195/1999 - 1997/0277(AVC)) (Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy) +We support the idea that taxes on heavy goods vehicles should be applied in accordance with the real level of contamination and that this revenue should be invested in the railways and combined rail/road transport and, finally, we agree with the idea of distributing the 91% of the permits which are not distributed according to an equal quota amongst all the Member States, not only in accordance with actual transport needs, but also taking into account the origin and destination, for example, of goods which are passing through Switzerland originating from airports and ports such as Hamburg, Rotterdam, Genoa or Marseilles. +Mr President, last Monday the Socialist Group tried to include a motion for a resolution in the agenda of this plenary sitting which would have highlighted the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, demonstrated the commitment of the European Parliament to the principles of international humanitarian law and expressed our support for the International Committee of the Red Cross. +The Council, after having examined the Commission proposal aiming at postponing for one year (from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000) the introduction of a compulsory beef labelling system and maintaining during this period the voluntary labelling scheme provided for in Regulation (EC) No 820/97, has adopted the following conclusions: +Mr President, the greatest problem I have with the text on which we are going to vote tomorrow - I have just acquired a copy - lies in article 3 of the Commission proposal, according to which we would ban these substances in the European Union. I ask the Commission to listen because I am going to ask for clarification; according to this article we would vote for a ban on these substances within the European Union, but this ban would not affect their manufacture or marketing within the European Union, since we could send them to another Member State with a view to their export to third countries. +The Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare adopted on 10 March 1999 its report on animal welfare aspects of the use of bovine somatotrophin and stated that BST increases the risk of clinical mastitis as well as the duration of treatment of mastitis, it increases the incidence of foot and leg disorders and it can affect adversely reproduction and induce several severe reactions at the injection site. +Whilst we regret the fact that the Council decided to accept Turkey as a candidate for accession, we hope that at least no new steps are taken until its government takes the necessary measures in the area of human rights, international law on the fixing of borders, the application of the UN resolutions on Cyprus and a political solution to the Kurdish question. +Nevertheless, we must guard against being over-zealous by questioning something that has been shown to work effectively, especially if this review of competition policy on vertical restrictions threatens to jeopardise a whole sector which, thanks to its exclusive distribution contracts, and beer contracts in particular, has functioned perfectly well thus far, to the satisfaction of the breweries on the one hand and the cafés, restaurants and hotels on the other. +Mr President, I wish to address just one issue. It is an important matter from the point of view of Parliament that you, Mr President-designate of the Commission, should, in the performance of your duties, make a credible commitment to the reforms that Parliament has called for from the next Commission, and that when you are involved in the selection process with governments, you insist on commitment to those reforms on the part of every Member of the Commission, both separately and jointly. +Involving Russia means above all that Russia will stop blocking decisions in the Security Council so that we can arrive at a Chapter VII resolution clearly based on international law and a decision of the Security Council as the sole holder of power in the international political system. +The next item is the report (A4-0224/99) by Mrs Kuhn, on behalf of the Parliament Delegation to the Conciliation Committee, on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Comittee for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees (C4-0042/99 - C4-0171/99-96/0161(COD)). +Let me quote what we say in the resolution, that Parliament 'welcomes the statement issued by the Berlin European Council on the peace process, particularly the Palestinians' unconditional right to self-determination, including the right to create a State, which the European Union is prepared to consider recognising in due course, and the undertakings given by the European Union concerning the future settlement of the conflict.' +B4-0457/99 by Mrs Stenzel and others-B4-0458/99 by Mr Pompidou, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0464/99 by Mr Swoboda and others, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0484/99 by Mr Frischenschlager and Mr Eisma, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0489/99 by Mr Manisco and Mr Marset Campos, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0499/99 by Mr Chichester and others, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0500/99 by Mr Weber and Mr Hudghton, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Alliance-B4-0505/99 by Mr Voggenhuber and others, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the nuclear power plant in Temelin. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for this debate, which has been in-depth, clear and in many cases, extremely comprehensive and which has mostly demonstrated open confidence in our future work. I say open confidence because all those who spoke, even those who criticised the composition of the Commission, acknowledged the need to work closely together in a major, intense undertaking and recognised the fact that the future of the European Union lies in collaboration between the Parliament and the Commission. +The guns may well have fallen silent, Mr President, but the anti-personnel mines continue their butchery; the horror of war is over but not the horror of the discovery of mass graves day after day, a tragic, heart-rending testimony to a contempt for the right to live of individuals and populations, a right which is no less than respect for the diversity and identity of a people for whose affirmation we will fight both here and in our national parliaments. +Whilst I obviously cannot commit my colleague, Mrs Loyola de Palacio, who is happily a Member of this House at the present time, to the development of her policy and approach in this House, there are several who feel that the time is right for further discussion between the Commission and Parliament on some of the procedures and conventions of this House, which obviously meets in more than one place, as well as the conventions and procedures of the College. +In these circumstances, I would like to emphasise once again that the refugee question is not only still unresolved but is now becoming worse, as I learnt from my recent visit to the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, from the various UNRWA reports and also from our colleague, Mr Menéndez del Valle, the European Union' s representative for humanitarian aid in Jordan. +However, I would simply like to say that I am extremely pleased with the interventions that my colleagues have made because something has emerged very clearly. Despite the need to carry out this programme quickly, the important point is for the European Union and the European Parliament to play a stronger, more active role so that in the Middle East, stable and lasting peace will come about, especially between Palestine and Israel. +On the one hand, the prevention of discrimination between products for which the production processes are different, that is to say in particular the environmental or social conditions under which the product is produced. On the other hand, the fact that it is necessary to reduce to a minimum the negative effects on free trade of any political measure aimed at public health, the protection of the environment or social protection. +But the Council later opened up a Pandora' s box by introducing two supposedly technical amendments: one, to Article 3, which provides for a sort of legislative delegation with continuous reference to the Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; and another, to Article 6, extending the time limit for the entry into force of the directive owing to the need for an adaptation period for the industry. +The Commission can accept the spirit, provided changes can be made in certain cases to the wording of the amendments relating to accompanying measures, participation of local communities in reconstruction, coordination with non-governmental organisations, consultation of Parliament before the Agency extends its activities to other areas of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and, of course, budgetary transparency. +(Parliament adopted the legislative resolution)- Report (A5-0037/1999) by Mr Vallelersundi, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the Commission communication to the European Parliament and the Council on the effects of the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty on current legislative procedures in the field of legal affairs and the internal market (SEC(1999) 581 - C4-0219/1999) +Although decisions on Turkey' s eligibility under current proposals do not allow that country to actually participate immediately in the programmes, they will allow the European Union to send a positive signal to Turkish society at large and to express once again its desire to develop cooperation in different areas with Turkey. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0040/1999), on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars [C5-0037/1999 - 98/0272(COD)] (rapporteur: Mr Sterckx). +In any case, I believe that it was a mistake that at the beginning of the last parliamentary term the old Commission did not continue with the work on a European Contract Law - which Mr Lando and his commission had begun - despite the fact that Parliament had made funds available for this. +It must not become a substitute at European level, but obviously it must not become a substitute at national level either, because when we have social dialogue - which, in reality consists of dialogue between the large workers' unions, often in the more traditional sectors of the economy, and big business - it is often dialogue, cooperation and conciliation which result in the exclusion of those who today remain on the fringes of European economic systems, meaning the unemployed, immigrants and prisoners, and keep all those who are outside the system of guaranteed work outside the insiders' system. +Mr President, in its document on the guidelines on employment policies in the Member States for 2000, the Commission takes as its starting point a basic consideration: that after its launch at the extraordinary summit, the progress made in the development of the process towards employment has been considerable. It states that 1.8 million additional jobs have been created in Europe, and therefore confirms the four pillar structure and the main points of the guidelines. +We do not agree with the document on employment policy guidelines as it draws on the ideas and principles of economic free trade. Nevertheless, the European Parliament is proposing some guidelines to bring about equal job opportunities for men and women, on the constant search for dialogue between the social partners and the necessary consultation of and provision of information for workers by firms. +However, I believe that for such a demanding directive - and Parliament is quite aware that it is not a straightforward one - we must take the current state of affairs of each country, the various aspects of social dialogue, the positions of the social partners and the various discrepancies in all the points I mentioned before, piece them all together and thereby find a very fine balance between them all, so that we can be as successful as we possibly can. +Of course because on this important subject of family law, the very broad area not regulated by the law due to the way judgements cease to be effective across borders has had a legal and moral effect on thousands of our citizens, damaging families' social and psychological stability and particularly affecting the weakest members, that is, women and children. +Improved relations between Greece and Turkey, not just as a result of the earthquakes, but as an issue in itself, and a discernible change in attitude in Turkey with regard to legal and constitutional reform, human rights and the Turkish Kurds are very welcome steps forward, as are also the commitments and recognition of realities contained in Bülent Ecevit' s letter to Chancellor Gerhard Schröder last May. +This motion for a resolution is a clear signal to the international community that, in spite of the fact that news about Timor has disappeared from the major European newspapers and that it is no longer the leading item on the most important European television news broadcasts, the international community and the European Union must continue to be attentive to this problem. +There is absolutely no doubt that the seventeen years that Mumia Abu-Jamal has just spent rotting on death row following a travesty of justice are linked to the fact that he is black, to his fight against institutional racism, to the freedom of thought which this journalist practised by having the courage to denounce the corruption prevailing in the ranks of the Philadelphia police. +The next item is the report (A5-0050/1999) by Mr Newton Dunn on behalf of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs on the initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany with a view to adopting a Council Decision on the improved exchange of information to combat counterfeit travel documents (8457/1999 - C5-0011/1999 - 1999/0804(SNS)). +The fact that the German Government has sought to avoid parliamentary scrutiny altogether by keeping this under the third pillar and the fact that the Finnish Presidency has not even turned up to answer our questions either in committee or in plenary is, I am sorry to say, a great stain on the reputation of the Finns, who previously had a wonderful reputation for openness and democracy. +In this period of time before Helsinki, it is vital that we look too at the rule of law, human rights, respect for minorities, protection and recognition of their cultural identity and support for measures seeking to abolish capital punishment, one of the amendments that came before our committee to the Morillon report this week. +The Commission proposal does not specifically address the problems of air pollution in applicant countries; and I think it is irresponsible, given the eminent enlargement, for Parliament not to be given any information regarding pollution levels in countries like Poland and the Czech Republic; and the likely cost and time scale involved in bringing them up to exacting new standards. +Mr President, although I welcome the Court of Auditors' report, which is extremely useful and which this Chamber should support, because in so doing, we will be supporting Europe as a whole, I cannot avoid mentioning the unease caused by the fact that some of the media have recently leaked partial and biased versions of the report. Mr Karlsson, this is something that apart from causing our citizens, officials and institutions unnecessary harm, gives the impression that the Court of Auditors is a political body that is accountable to the electors through public opinion. +I really believe that this Parliament, with the assistance of a slightly bolder and more ambitious Commission and, (to be frank), one which is a little more committed to reforming the institutions, could ensure that the misunderstandings of the past give way to more harmonious relations in the future and that we will all be able to promote the reform of the European Union, knowing, as we do, that if we ignore the concerns of the general public, these reforms will never come about and will never be a success. +. This is just to confirm to Mrs Riis-Jørgensen, whose continuing and deep interest in state aid matters is well-known to and appreciated by the Commission, that the investigation is going to continue; that the effective applicability of the provisions concerning SMEs is one of our concerns; and that in all state aid investigations the question of the effects on trade between Member States is at the forefront of the analysis. +I want to be perfectly clear on this: with the relevant declarations by the institutions, including on the question of the limited review of the financial perspective which we expect from the Commission by April, and the corresponding statements from the Council, you are all, to borrow an expression from the money markets, accepting a bill of exchange and anyone who fails to honour the bill will lose their credit rating. +The next item is the recommendation (A5-0079/1999) by Mr Bodrato on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy on the proposal for a Council decision [10167/1999 - COM(1999) 27 - C5-0073/1999 - 1999/0011(AVC)] concerning the conclusion of the agreement concerning the establishing of global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or used on wheeled vehicles ( "Parallel Agreement" ). +I should like to refer to some of the action taken by the Commission; however, I would stress that there is, I believe, a great deal of room for further mobilisation by both the Commission and the Member States and, of course, a special policy to support these issues is needed, both in the run up to the conference and afterwards, within the fifth women' s action plan. +Following the new form of cooperation between the EU and central America decided at the San José Conference in Florence in 1996, and the strategy paper for cooperation between the EU and Nicaragua adopted in 1999, I must point out that the European Union in particular has been concentrating mainly in development cooperation with Nicaragua on strengthening the rule of law and supporting a fair social policy. +The fact is that the only person who really understands the finances of the European Union, the President of the Court of Auditors, Mr Friedmann, recently attended a meeting of our pan-European working party here in the European Parliament, and during his presentation he told us that the cost of enlargement is greatly overestimated, because no one ever takes account of the cost of non-enlargement. +Equally, we need to ensure continuation of the good cooperation observed in the past between the Committee on Petitions and the Ombudsman. The latter will need to forge cooperation with ombudsmen or equivalent bodies in the Member States, in this way facilitating the fight against breaches of civil liberties in the actual application of Community law. +Mr President, speaking here today, just 58 days away from the elections, and in the dying days of this European Parliament, I feel that the joint debate on the Committee on Petitions and on the European Ombudsman is of special significance and, as a review of the entire five-year term, will serve as a de facto pointer towards the coming elections. +Mr President, I would like to table a minor oral amendment. Overall responsibility for the new anti-discrimination Article 13 is to remain with the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, but as the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs also has jurisdiction here, I wish to table an oral amendment stating that, from the point of view of the Committee on Women's Rights, a small change of focus, in other words an addition, is required: measures etc other than those mentioned in VIII and XVI. +Whilst some Community legislation applies to private car users - such as fuel duties, excise duties, VAT - our current approach to charging is focused on commercial traffic, because that is a problem which can be addressed successfully only by a Community regulatory framework, safeguarding the functioning of the internal transport market while, at the same time, fully integrating environmental objectives. +Mergers and economies of scale in this sector, the trend for the creation of mega banks and conglomerates, technological developments that lead to improved productivity, and the consequent pressures on employment or on the actors working at a regional level all have their own particular logic which is not necessarily akin to the general interest or the employment objectives. +In point of fact, this Community of ours is committed to combating violence, by stressing the principle of the right to life, to security, to freedom and to physical and mental integrity through a whole array of programmes, not least those which we are today trying to bring to completion. +In the vote held yesterday morning on the proposal for a decision on the number, powers and responsibilities of parliamentary committees, Parliament adopted two contradictory amendments relating to the responsibility for the legal protection of consumers, namely Amendment No 31 by the Group of the Party of European Socialists and Amendment No 60 by the Group of the European People's Party. +The first is that the production refunds should be calculated on the basis of world maize prices, and not wheat prices, since the starch industry is based on the maize industry. Secondly, as our colleagues Mr Sonneveld and Mr Mulder just mentioned, we must also ensure that we maintain a certain balance between potato starch and the starch produced from cereals. +The first is the need to foster dialogue with the Americans, as well as with other regions of the world, because we need now, and will need in the future, to form new alliances. The second is the need for greater vigilance on the part of the European Union in the WTO negotiations, bearing in mind their growing importance. +Therefore, all that remains for me to say here and now is that I am, quite frankly, very aware of how difficult a time this is and how great your confidence in me is, but also of the fact that I am being put to the test by you and will be even more so by the next Parliament, before which I shall have to return with the full Commission team. On behalf of the Commission team, I shall have to give a hard and fast guarantee of the promises and commitments which I have made during the debates on 13 April and today. +We expressed solidarity with the refugees and confirmed their right to return to their country and the need to ensure that this right was respected through the presence of an international force in a truly autonomous Kosovo. Finally, there was also broad agreement on the idea of a conference on the Balkans. +On the other proposal which the Council has been asking for, namely the audits of our general office allowances, there is no reason why on 20 July, if we do not have an agreement on the Members' Statute we should not say there will be an annual audit of the general office allowance which must be submitted to Parliament, carried out by bona fide auditors and must be submitted to Parliament for Members to receive their annual allowance. +The Commission approved the text of the joint declaration in its meeting of 9 March and the Council approved it last week. It is now Parliament's turn to add its support so as to enable the three Presidents to confirm the agreement of their institutions in a joint declaration at a signing ceremony this week. +On the basis of this strategy, at first reading Parliament brought together in a single regulation both the proposal for a Council Regulation on structural measures in the fisheries sector, which is included in Agenda 2000, and the proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector. +It is true that both countries have been granted an extension of one year for the fourth financial protocol, but the structures are not in place for a pre-accession phase. If we are thinking of a kind of mini PHARE, then I would urge the Commission at some point in the near future to demonstrate to the applicant countries the perspectives under which they can approach their pre-accession phase, so that they obtain the same degree of specific planning criteria as the others, since those of us from the large EU Member States in particular should feel responsible for the small applicant countries. +I consider that this case once again confirms the diplomatic force of an argument which has recently arisen on the international political scene, namely that the international community cannot apply double standards. If the international community demands that human rights should be respected in Kosovo, then it has to be consistent and demand that they should also be respected in other parts of the world. +As regards the death penalty and the establishment of a universal moratorium on capital punishment, as you are all aware, on 28 April, the European Union did in fact take the initiative of submitting a draft resolution on the death penalty to the Commission on Human Rights. +The next item is the report by Mrs Gebhardt (A4-0253/99) for the Parliament Delegation to the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council Directive establishing a mechanism for the recognition of qualifications in respect of the professional activities covered by the Directives on liberalisation and transitional measures and supplementing the general systems for the recognition of qualifications (3612/99 - C4-0209/99-96/0031(COD)). +As a general indication of the view of the Commission on the issues posed by the motion before the House, I refer Honourable Members to the concluding paragraph of the Commission's statement of 1 July 1999 which expressed the view 'that it would be advisable for the future to clarify the implementation of Article 213 regarding Commission members' activities after they have ceased to hold office'. +As I have previously stated, I have been the rapporteur on a number of matters, but if I can just give you a thumbnail sketch of just how extensive this review will be and what it will cover - universal service, frequencies, satellite, regulation, licences, interconnections, numbering, mobile telephones, convergence of broadcasting, data transmission and telecommunications - an explosion of legislation and an enormous segment of the European Union's manufacturing, industrial and commercial base in its own right, but also as an adjunct to so many other industries. +It is indeed the case that enormous problems have arisen in Belgium and, of course, the European Commission was right to state that serious mistakes have been made as regards the Belgian situation. However, those of my colleagues who have got to know a little bit about the case in the meantime, are aware that the Belgian government has taken very drastic measures and can now give guarantees to all consumers throughout the European Union. +On the issues which the President-designate has raised of reform, which should be brought forward by Commissioner Kinnock next February with due consultation, the policy programme of next January, the moral and political imperative of addressing the enlargement challenge and preparation for the Intergovernmental Conference, I pledge my group to a positive and constructive engagement with the Commission in this regard. +In my frank opinion, it lies in some people' s attempts to transfer their domestic debates to the Community institutions, in those governments which juggle European postings in order to satisfy the demands of pacts in their countries, and also in some opposition parties who wish to achieve on a higher level what they cannot achieve at home, like Mr Barón, in Spain, who has been ordered to prolong the internal domestic debate by attacking the Vice-President-designate of the European Commission in, as he well knows, an unjust and dishonest way. +Tomorrow, a group of MEPs will begin work on the creation of an Intergroup to work in this area, with the intention of creating a spirit of co-operation with the Commission and the institutions of the Union so that collective rights and their recognition should become an extension of the recognition of individual rights. +Resulting from undercover bargains between governments, its role is to contribute towards creating the most favourable conditions for the multinationals in their constant efforts to increase their profits on the back of their own employees, the most recent example being that of Michelin, and, more than this, to the detriment of the majority of the population of the European Union and the peoples of poor countries. +Because we cannot vote for individual commissioners tomorrow and because I cannot individually record my vote in this Chamber that my colleague Mr Patten would make a fine Commissioner for External Affairs, I am left with simply no choice but to vote against this whole Commission in order to send a message to Mr Prodi and his colleagues that if and when they are elected they will respond to this Parliament; they will accept that it can no longer be business as usual and that we have to change our ways if we are to give the people of Europe the confidence they must have in this Parliament and its institutions. +According to humanitarian workers from the international community, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and human rights organisations were forced to leave areas so that crimes could be committed in the absence of foreign witnesses. +The Council also expressed serious concern that Serbs and non-Albanians have left Kosovo in large numbers, and it reminded everyone that Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council states that all refugees and those forced to move out of their home regions have the right to return. +Can it be acceptable then, given that the European Union body responsible judged it the right time to lift the ban, that individual states, without producing and publishing a clear justification in terms of food safety, should maintain the beef ban This decision by the French government last week comes as a particularly bitter further blow to Scotland' s beef farmers, whose herds are predominantly grass-fed and did not have a BSE problem in the first place. +As has been stated here, however, this programme alone is by no means sufficient. An increase in the long-term use of renewable energy sources still requires a lot of research, pilot studies, an exchange of results, the harmonisation of legislation, a change in attitudes, information campaigns and also private and public investment which will pay for itself, but only in the long term. +It is a modern agreement which is adapted to the times and is all about the liberalisation of tariffs, the setting up of a free trade area, agreements on economic and development cooperation and agreements on science and technology and on a political dialogue. +Subject: Commission action to restrict arms transfers and promote disarmament Bearing in mind the forthcoming first annual report on the operation of the European Code of Conduct on arms transfers of 1998, would the Commissioner for External Relations indicate whether he would support an extension of Commission competence to include arms trade issues at the next intergovernmental conference? +So in my opinion, we need to press both the President of the Commission and the President-in-Office of the Council, as well as ourselves in this Parliament, to make sure that all the agreements made with the Turkish State are upheld and complied with. And also that the competent Community bodies continue the timely and very thorough task of checking that the democratisation process and the peaceful resolution of the differences with other States are actually going ahead and are not mere words spoken by the Turkish State. +Let us look at three more subjects, protection of the environment, consumer health and the audio-visual sector which, beyond the tensions between technical progress and cultural traditions, refer back to the features of civilisation which characterise Europe - the demand for quality, food quality, for example, cultural identity in an open world, the preference for the non-commercial in a number of areas. +Subject: Duty free Will the Council outline its strategy aimed at assisting Irish airports, ports, airlines and passenger shipping companies in their efforts to overcome the loss of income resulting from the ending of duty-free and how does it intend to safeguard consumers against higher fares, protect and enhance employment and support vital infrastructure developments which, in the past, were made possible by sales of duty-free goods? +I say "another" building block, because since last year this Parliament has had the toughest provisions of almost any parliament in Europe as regards the declaration of the financial interests of its Members and it already has, in the Rules of Procedure, one of the toughest provisions as regards the behaviour of lobbyists within the institution. +Mr President, with growth rates below 2%, with a new rise in interest rates, with deflation and the rigorous implementation of the Stability Pact, growing pressure is being brought to bear on the security and social rights of workers, and this will indirectly bring about a dramatic deterioration in their living standards and working conditions. +Although transparency has undeniably increased and, for example, press conferences with the President, held after board meetings, have meant a clear improvement in the bank' s approach, the aim must be to increase transparency further, once the work of the bank becomes established and the teething problems disappear. +As far as transparency is concerned, which I define as giving to the public or Parliament as much information as possible about developments in the economy, about monetary developments, about the outcome of the deliberations of the Governing Council, I believe - and I said so in my introductory statement - that the European Central Bank can look squarely in the eyes of any central bank in the world. +In many Member States - as recent history reminds us - there have been cases of restructuring: indeed, history is full of cases of restructuring, relocations and firm closures - Mr Wurtz reminded us of some - which not only reduce employment, but jeopardise the economic and social cohesion of affected areas, create a climate of social insecurity among workers and create a climate which certainly does not encourage development and growth. +Again in the area of institutional and legislative intervention, interesting proposals have been made to shift the tax burden away from labour costs, away from the taxation of workers, and on to environmental factors and the directives on employment have provided an initial incentive to move in this direction. +When it comes to nuclear weapons, there are two central treaties: on the one hand, the Non-Proliferation Treaty in which the nuclear powers have undertaken to reduce the size of their nuclear arsenals in return for other countries' not acquiring nuclear weapons; and, on the other hand, the Test Ban Treaty which is incredibly important because the purpose of the tests is to develop nuclear weapons. +Mr President, agreeing with the words of the previous speakers, I would like to say, on behalf of the Union for a Europe of Nations Group that it gives me enormous joy that in a world which is often driven by a hierarchy of interests and not by a hierarchy of principles, Parliament is recognising a man of great principle who fought for a principle, that of his people' s freedom, and is awarding him the Sakharov Prize. +Secondly, I must add, however, as an Austrian, that this dialogue between social partners, between political institutions, between fiscal policy and those with a political mandate has been going on in a similar way for years in my homeland, Austria, and has made an important contribution to Austria' s present position as an economically successful and socially secure country with a high employment rate and lower jobless figures than others can boast. +At a time when economic recovery might permit both a reduction of public deficits and a policy of maintaining growth, effective coordination of budgetary policies focusing mainly on infrastructural investments, research, education and training could achieve a sustainable economic revival. +These proposals require the Member States to undertake to achieve a balance between women and men in any decision making, to ensure that there are as many female as male candidates for committees and working parties within the EU, to improve labour market legislation so that it reflects women' s needs and problems, and to ensure - not least - that those who draw up the guidelines for national employment policies are trained in such a way that they might more effectively integrate a concern with equality into their work. Finally, annual quantifiable objectives are to be introduced in the Member States. +It does not make sense that we should now be negotiating with the European Commission, following all the events of the past several months, a new code of conduct which, inter alia, insists that where there are issues of importance the Commission first comes here to tell this House what they are and then to take a procedure, such as the annual Report of the Court of Auditors, and say: there was a leak, it is a bit unfortunate, but let us get on with business as if nothing happened. +It has already been mentioned in other interventions that, a few years ago, the European Parliament promoted pilot projects supporting non-governmental organisations and local authorities that, for some time, have been endeavouring to use actions to fight violence against women and children. This phenomenon of violence against women and children is, unfortunately, not only very widespread but is increasing, and is gradually taking on new, even more sophisticated forms, which are therefore more difficult to combat. +To insist on the current logic of expenditure in which the consequences of the common agricultural policy are increased, which, apart from jeopardising any aim for fairness which has been accepted as a principle of the Treaties, is political in name only. To insist on the system of revenues currently in force, the product of different, contradicting interests, is irreparably incompatible with the desire to develop the project of enlargement of our geographical area. +Just think of India, whose legislation does not provide for copyright on medicines or foodstuffs; yet India produces herbs that are used by multinationals and ourselves to treat illnesses; or Mandela' s South Africa, where, in retaliation for his attempt to make treatment for AIDS victims more accessible, the WTO imposed a withdrawal of cheaper medicines. +I would just like to emphasise one area which can serve as a justification for our joint resolution on Chechnya: the suffering of the civilian population; the hundreds of fatalities; the 200,000 refugees and their plight given the onset of winter; the overreaction of the Russian government and the indiscriminate bombing of the civilian population. +At the risk of denting our clear conscience, I would at this point like to mention the example of the banana dispute, or the multinationals (Del Monte, Dole and Chiquita) which, with the support of the United States, are flooding the European market with bananas which are the product of slavery, produced, what is more, in conditions of the most dubious food safety and have managed to force us to our knees; a matter in which we are on the verge of unconditional surrender, abandoning hundreds of thousands of growers, not only in ACP countries, but also the farmers of our own Community in Guadeloupe and Martinique, to bankruptcy! +The Commission refers again and again in its status reports on the level of adaptation to the acquis communautaire to the fact that candidate countries, and this includes both the first wave and the second wave, are very slow in transposing and adapting to the acquis in numerous areas, such as social affairs, the environment and energy, as well as in human rights and living democracy. +In the light of the extraordinary event and unilateral actions for peace, whereby the PKK chose to abandon the armed struggle and implement a ceasefire, and in the light of numerous leaders of the PKK choosing to turn themselves in to the Turkish authorities in order to reaffirm their choice of wishing to negotiate for peace, the Turkish Government gave only negative and scornful responses. +I must highlight the consideration and receptiveness of our rapporteur with regard to the request to the Commission for further information. The delay in this vote on his report was caused by the Commission not having dealt with his request for the most recent scientific reports to assess the coverage of the geographical area delimited in the Douglas Bank Box and the redefinition of the conditions and their scope. +I do not propose to rule out Turkey' s application to join the European Union for good, but we must first require of Turkey firm and definitive commitments and check that they are observed: the recognition of the rights of the Kurdish people, the abolition of the death penalty and a new judgement for Öçalan, the release of Leyla Zana and of all political prisoners and the application of United Nations resolutions to resolve the Cyprus problem. +Lest the wrong impression be given here this morning in relation to the peace process and the international fund for Ireland, as a Member of Parliament for the border counties I want to put on record here - and I think I speak for all Irish people - that they fully appreciate the important, positive and practical role that the European Parliament and the European institutions have played in the peace process; and I think that to claim otherwise does not reflect the view of the Irish people. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0086/1999) by Mr Rothley, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and amending Directives 73/239/EEC and 88/357/EEC (Fourth Motor Insurance Directive) (14247/1/1999 - C5-0027/1999 - 1997/0264(COD)) +Report (A5-0101/1999) by Mr Papayannakis, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products (COM(1999) 487 - C5-0241/1999 - 1999/0205(COD)) +This gives us an idea of the restraint which he is ready to show in pushing open the door to the European Union. Yet it is clear to all freethinking observers that the arrival of Turkey will profoundly alter the nature of the Union. +Many Member States of the European Union have a lot to answer for as regards their own support in the past for the Indonesian authority while it was oppressing the people of East Timor, and also for the fact that these countries and their arms manufacturing firms have made huge profits at the expense of innocent lives and the wellbeing of people and the right of people to live freely without oppression and human rights abuses. +On the whole, however, it has to be said that eastward enlargement will have a positive impact on the environment of Europe, when accession results in the tightening up of environmental standards in the applicant countries, economic growth is placed on a sustainable footing, and the countries concerned are able to comply with international agreements on environmental issues. +The next item is the report (A4-0136/99) by Mrs Peijs, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending the Decision of 19 December 1996 adopting an action programme for customs in the Community (Customs 2000) (COM(98)0644 - C4-0639/98-98/0314(COD)). +This majority seems to be blind to the fact that NATO's military aggression is the cause of the dramatic deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Balkans, that it is putting the political future of that region at risk and seriously endangering world peace. They prefer to insist on agreements which have never been accepted by the negotiators, but have simply been imposed by NATO and are jeopardising sovereignty, borders and ancestral facts. +I wish to stress the urgent need for NATO intervention in the region, to safeguard the fundamental rights of the people of Kosovo, and to point out that this tragedy could have been avoided had the European Union long since been a genuine united political entity as well as an economic and monetary union. +The next item is the second report (A4-0114/99) by Mr van Dam, on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 96/53/EC, laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (COM(98)0414 - C4-0486/98-98/0227(SYN)). +Thirdly, I would point out that, in addition to the fact that the Council regularly devotes attention to the Burma problem, the EU-ASEAN conference in Berlin which was scheduled for a month or six weeks ago had to be cancelled, because agreement could not be reached on whether Burma should participate and because ASEAN rejected the special arrangement proposed by the Council in order to be able to discuss the human rights issue with the Burmese. +The main elements here are tax incentives for housing restoration, with special conditions for highly sensitive locations such as Venice, of course; tax incentives for small and medium-sized firms providing employment without polluting the environment; sustainable tourism models, perhaps with rules on limiting access in certain peak periods; and measures to support the local economy based on the sustainable use of natural resources and the city's historic heritage. +Under Commissioner Flynn's initiatives, the Commission has looked into the problem of the future of social security and, I am glad to say that, at the further and recent instigation of both the German presidency and the European Parliament, we will come forward very soon with a communication on pension funds, drawing the conclusions from the Green Paper exercise. +The proposal we would therefore make, and I know that this is being studied by DG I, is to set up a compensation fund, to propose to the budget authority that in order to give you and our common trade policy some weapons with which to fight, it should put into the budget a fund, a reserve which could provide compensation for European businesses that are the innocent victims of this fair and necessary common trade policy. +These proposals aim to modernise administration and personnel policy, solve the problems in the area of the budget, financial control and fraud prevention, and also to reform financial management by means of more efficient financial control. +This offensive is also clearly contrary to the United Nations Charter which explicitly states that the use of force, except in the case of legitimate defence, is subject to the authorisation of the Security Council. This requirement was cast aside with incredible cynicism and in defiance of this basic international law. +Mr President, anyone who visits Belgrade is overcome by feelings of rage and indignation at the destruction and death caused by NATO bombardments. Yet at the same time they are filled with wonder at the strength and courage of the Serbian people and they are moved by the form and content of the demonstrations carried out by the people, who have turned themselves into a human shield in order to protect the bridges of Belgrade. +However, the Americans and the subordinate European governments are talking about ground offensives and responding with the so-called 'total war' in which everything is regarded as a strategic target. They are also supporting and rearming a movement which everyone regarded as a terrorist and fundamentalist organisation until recently. +Fortunately, however, the European Council in Berlin reached a compromise, which was followed by negotiations between Parliament, the Council and, of course, the Commission. This brought about three constructive changes: the first change concerned the Community initiative, URBAN; the second was the European Regional Development Fund relating to actions for culture and tourism, and the third concerned the special emphasis given, again under the European Regional Development Fund, to islands. +These funds are not a pot of money that people can freely dip into if they need more money for something; they are the means to a quite specific end, namely to promote the economic and social cohesion of this Union and to give practical application to the principle that solidarity is one of the vital foundations of the continued existence of the European Union. +At its meeting of 26 April 1999 the General Affairs Council emphasised that the European Union intends fully to respect the latest WTO ruling in the banana dispute and to amend the EU banana regime accordingly and without further ado. +Subject: Appointment of officials without holding a competition In its answer to my question about the plans to appoint staff from the Schengen Secretariat, the Council stated that, under Article 7 of the Schengen Protocol annexed to the Amsterdam Treaty, it is obliged to take on the staff of the Schengen Secretariat since the Protocol has to be regarded as part of the Treaty and hence as part of primary Community law. +Mr President, my colleague Mr Hoppenstedt has already done a very good job of explaining my group's position on Mrs Oddy's report. I thank Mrs Oddy for her report, but in the very heated debate that has developed on the subject of electronic commerce in Europe and the thorny issue of on-line content, its origin, its destination and its legality, I think I am justified in stressing that there must be room for freedom of expression on public networks such as the Internet. +In conclusion, Mr President, let me say that I fervently wish - and you will see whether this happens - that the next Parliament will continue this discussion, that it will not allow human rights to be squeezed out by economic issues, by the issues relating to enlargement, important though they may be, but that it will regard human rights as a political priority that must be pursued through the policies of the European Union, through its foreign policy and its enlargement policy. +Can you confirm that the Bureau agreed yesterday to send a delegation to meet Mr Rugova and, if that is the case, can you draw the attention of political groups to Rule 91 of the code of conduct, Annex 1, Articles 1 and 2, which says that before a Member may be validly nominated as an office-holder, or participate in an official delegation, he must have duly completed the declaration provided for in Article 2. +I declare resumed the session of the European Parliament adjourned on 7 May 1999, and I declare open the sitting provided for in Article 10(3) of the Act concerning the election of the representatives to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and Rule 10(3) of the Parliament's Rules of Procedure. +It is certainly a good thing that you set the reform process in motion in Cologne, but, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, we have an answer to the questions you raised here regarding the future prospects for enlargement of the European Union and the shape of our European Union in institutional terms, and our answer to these questions is clear: we want major institutional reform to be undertaken prior to enlargement. +The Commissioner's offices, that is, their private offices, will be in the same building as their respective Directorates-General. Both offices and Commissioners will be more streamlined and more multinational - I have tried to ensure that each head or second in command of an office is the citizen of a different country from that of the Commissioner, and each office contains people from at least three different Member States. +I know, as rapporteur on the recent directive on landfill, that what is happening is that the European Commission is proposing legislation on the basis that it will be adopted and properly implemented in all the Member States while at the same time the same directorate-general of the European Union knows full well that in some areas of policy no inspectorates at all exist able to see that that legislation is implemented in some Member States of the European Union. +Thus, against this dangerous backdrop not only are we refusing to remain blasé, not only are we rejecting and voting against the new Commission, but we are also calling on all working people and the people of Europe, to step up their fight, to thwart those plans which are disastrous for their future and to revolt against the current situation, for the sake of another Europe, a Europe of the People, of peace and solidarity, of mutual and beneficial co-operation. +Therefore, I also believe that the most pressing task consists of achieving the prerequisites for an area of freedom, security and justice, specifically a Charter of Fundamental Rights in Europe, because the important thing is not only to centralise the sensitive application of State and police authority, but also to europeanise the rights of citizens. +It was all the easier for me since the procedure selected for these hearings provided an opportunity to remind the Commission of its undertaking to present, by the end of 1999, a raft of proposals intended to finally give substance to Article 299(2) of the Treaty of Amsterdam which establishes the specificity of the most remote regions, and their right to specific conditions of exemption, to enable them to deal with their structural problems. +In addition, with regard to the OCT associated to the European Union, Commissioner Nielson acknowledged the need to present as quickly as possible a wide range of proposals intended to give these countries a status appropriate to their current situation, with a view to the forthcoming Association Agreement and, in particular, the consequent renewal of the financial instrument allocated to their development. +This is a political decision which the committee and the Budget Control Committee have to make and the message that therefore needs to be taken to Mrs Schreyer, if not from you, Commissioner, then at least from the Commission services, is that we would want an early meeting with Mrs Schreyer to talk about the contents of an SAB5 to be placed before Parliament as soon as possible and, more importantly, to include the extra staff for OLAF. +The aim of the convention referred to, which came into force on 24 October 1996, is to achieve and maintain high standards of nuclear safety world-wide by developing action at national level and international co-operation, and organise and maintain effective protection in nuclear plants against possible dangers of radiation, for the protection of society and the environment from the possibly harmful effects of ionising radiation issuing from these plants. +I support what Mr Swoboda said just now, but given the situation we currently have in Turkey, i.e. the willingness to use its relationships with European partners, we should first - in today' s motion for a resolution - speak about aid for Turkey in a much more concrete manner, and show our Turkish friends that we are there for them if they need our assistance, and also convey the impression to them that, they will not be seen by us in a sweeping way as adversaries, as was so often the case before the earthquake in Turkey. +The main aim is to take the burden off amending and supplementary budget 4/99, adopted on 16 September, by proposing the financing of more appropriations in line with the Commission' s proposal made at that time. These are: EUR 98 million for PHARE, EUR 68 million for TACIS, EUR 15 million for humanitarian aid to Turkey, EUR 21 million for Kosovo, EUR 20 million for cooperation with South Africa and EUR 10 million for the environment and tropical rainforests. +Next week, if I understand correctly, you will also be available to discuss the enlargement questions, but as a general principle what you have started here today is important and the opportunity to continue this dialogue between our two institutions by appropriate and formalised mechanisms would be appreciated, either through you personally or through other members of the College of Commissioners as appropriate in other part-session weeks, depending on the agenda. +We can give them equal importance if you like, but certainly the human resources issue is, in my opinion, of huge importance for our continent. If we do not take urgent measures using a very broad programme in this sector, I believe that not even reducing taxes, which would represent substantial action and can make a strong contribution, will be sufficient to bring about growth in European industry. +My second question, which is the main point of the question, is whether or not the Commission thinks - since we have the Seveso Directive which provides for the protection of workers and citizens around factories from accidents within industrial installations - that it should take some measures to protect all industrial installations from natural disasters such as earthquakes. +What would then happen is that the European Union would claim to have reduced its pollution, reduced its emissions, but at a cost: firstly European jobs would be lost and secondly the world would not have reduced its pollution levels by one iota: the pollution would simply have been exported. +This plan also proposes measures targeted at various consumer sectors which are designed to enhance energy awareness expertise and practice in areas such as appliance purchasing, use of energy in the home, building installations, heating systems, energy management in industry, the services sector and the public sector. +I would like to add that because concern had been expressed about Article 2 in particular, during the debate of 14 October in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, all of us in the committee agreed on an amendment which now appears as the last paragraph of Article 2 and says: 'This article applies without prejudice to confidentiality requirements laid down in law or in the European Parliament' s Rule of Procedure." +For the European Union, it represents the opportunity to reassert its firm moral duty to extend a helping hand to the developing world; the opportunity to show how much we wish to combat poverty, injustice, discrimination of all kinds, the lack of democracy, violation of human rights and attacks on freedom. +Confronted with this - I do not know how to describe it exactly - this "Bank State" or this "Holy Bank" , the Vice-President of which, Mr Noyer, recently explained to us ingratiatingly, but in English, how responsible it felt for the long term whilst governments, on the other hand, gave in to short term whims because they were subject to the vagaries of universal suffrage. Confronted, then, with the omnipotence of this Bank, the excellent report by our fellow Member, Mr Huhne, calls for greater transparency, without however daring to go as far as demanding of you what might pass for exhibitionism, that is to say, ceasing to maintain anonymity regarding decisions. +Mr President, European citizens are, first and foremost, interested in and, at the same time, concerned by the content of the policies of the European Central Bank, the European Union and the Member States - policies which give absolute priority to so-called monetary stability and the interests of major credit capital, at the cost of dramatic job losses and the total disintegration of the so-called European social model. +By taking the fulfilment of the Stability Pact and of the respective criteria for nominal convergence as a basis, and making price stability the main priority, the ECB' s monetary guidelines come to be crucial for national and European policies in a huge variety of economic and social areas, including in the Financial Perspective of the European Union and of the Member States. +As Parliament would expect, the summit was inevitably dominated by straight talking on Chechnya with the European Union, as the presidency indicated, pressing for de-escalation, for a return to political dialogue, for proportionality in the use of force to deal with terrorism and a solution to the humanitarian crisis. +To this end, I would like to express my agreement with Mr Hatzidakis and with certain other speakers and to express my regret that the European Committee for Standardisation has still not reached an agreement which would allow Member States to legislate in accordance with what will be the final regulation, and not to find themselves in a position, if today and in the weeks to come we are not capable of amending the current directive, where they have to legislate to amend the legislation once again within a short space of time, with all the problems which that would entail. +In the case of Morocco and this particular fisheries agreement, it is no longer possible to once again ignore the rights of the Western Saharan people, starting with their right to self-determination, their right to establish an independent state, if they so wish, and to protect the natural wealth of their territory, whether it be phosphate deposits or the specific resources of its shoreline which are threatened by this agreement. +Food safety has become something that society places great value on, something that I would say our fellow citizens are even demanding. This is why I feel that we should now ask the Scientific Committee to conduct more detailed scientific studies, taking the most recent data into account, whilst at the same time waiting for the screening tests which could be applied to live animals, and stepping up monitoring at all levels. +First there are those like the social partners or the central bank who have a direct influence on facets of the equation such as wage formation or the level of interest rates and then secondly, in a class of their own, are the European Commission and the Commission advisers on the direction, for example, of the policy mix. +the recommendation for second reading (A5-0041/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time to cover sectors and activities excluded from that directive (8642/1/1999 - C5-0036/1999 - 1998/0318(COD)) (rapporteur: Mrs M. Smet). +And among the socialist amendments, there is one, which Mrs Wallis highlighted, which points out the special position of the outermost regions, which are totally separated from Community territory, a long way from it and which therefore, in the application of Community law, in accordance with the new article 299.2 of the Treaty, cannot be subject to the same regulations which are in force in the internal market in continental Europe. +In reality we, like the European Union and the Member States, should find the courage to request and promote the entry of hundreds of thousands of people from outside the European Union, as this is the only way that we can fill the jobs with the highest staff turnover rates, because training the manpower, the current workforce in the European Union, is not enough. +Mr President, the Commission is delighted to take part in what is now the final step in the adoption of the Daphne Programme 2000-2003, a four-year Community action programme based upon the experience of the Daphne initiative established when the European Parliament included for the first time funds in the 1997 budget to combat violence against children, young persons and women. +In recent years the Commission has also spent money on ensuring the operational safety of the nuclear power stations under consideration until such time as they are shut down, basically concentrating measures on the improvement of the safety culture in these countries, the creation of independent supervisory authorities and the training of the personnel who carry out this supervisory work. +. (PT) It is well known that in the European Union, there are still high levels of violence against children, young people and women, which is a violation of their rights to life, to security, to freedom, to dignity and to physical and mental well-being, as well as a serious threat to the physical and mental health of the victims of violence. +The main aims for Afghanistan are inter alia to achieve a lasting peace and promote an internal dialogue for Afghanistan by offering specific support for the key role played by the UN; in addition, to promote stability and development for the whole region through peace in the country, and to make the prevention of illegal drugs production and terrorism more effective. +But in reply I would say that, at present, circumstances in Yugoslavia, taking into consideration, for example police action and the aggressive attitude towards demonstrations, as well as the Milosevic administration' s attitude towards the press and freedom of information, are such that the conditions for holding free democratic elections in Yugoslavia do no exist right at present. +The report does, however, include some fundamental principles which we consider essential such as the precautionary principle, regulations on production methods and procedures. It stresses in particular the labelling of foodstuffs in order to ensure the implementation of food safety, and the necessity of adopting a stance that is more favourable to developing countries. +The people themselves will oppose, intervene and change the power ratios in order to bring down this anti-grass roots, anti-democratic, autocratic structure which exists to serve big business and create a Europe of peace and collaboration, friendship and equality between peoples, real democracy and freedom and economic prosperity for the benefit of the workers. +It is important that in this legislative agenda we include the special treatments laid down in article 299.2 of the EC Treaty for the French overseas departments, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, because, otherwise, we would reach a situation or position in which these European regions, which are vital to each of the Member States and to the European Union, are put at an absolute disadvantage in relation to the European Union as a whole. +Curiously, this removal of the APIM has not had the desired effect amongst the sensitive industries in the Canary Islands and therefore the Spanish authorities, the Canarian authorities and the economic operators affected have requested that the Community authorities amend Regulation 1911/91 in order to stop the removal of the APIM until June 2000, which the European Commission appreciates. +This is an issue on which the line taken in Luxembourg, and then in Cardiff, Cologne and Helsinki, must be consolidated at the next Summit under the Portuguese Presidency. We realise that, to have a prosperous future in the Union, we must be capable of being more competitive and generating more economic growth, but with the emphasis on employment and social cohesion which are, and must be, our first priorities. +I think we all agree that the people of Europe should be able to breathe cleaner air and indeed the latest publication by the European Environment Agency states that the level of air pollution in most cities poses a threat to health and that almost 40 million people in the 115 largest European cities are exposed to at least one pollutant which exceeds the WHO air quality guidelines. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5­0064/1999) by Mrs González Álvarez, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of carbon dioxide from new passenger cars [COM(1998) 348 - C5­0041/1999 - 1998/0202(COD)]. +The next item is the report (A5-0044/1999) by Mr Sjöstedt, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a Council decision on the approval, on behalf of the Community, of the amendments to the Annexes to the Convention on the protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention) [COM(1999) 128 - C4-0218/1999 - 1999/0077(CNS)]. +To ensure that adequate consideration is given to this unresolved problem in the text of the proposal, the Council is trying to reach agreement on the incorporation of a new point 7. This will contain the external characteristics which must be satisfied, for their marketing in the Mediterranean areas of the Community, by the forest species best adapted to the difficult soil and climate conditions of these areas. +Mr President, Commissioner, we are all agreed that the single currency is a prerequisite for a functioning internal market, that the stable currency also contributes to social and economic security within Europe and that the euro is a success story, due not least to the fact that it has led to a reduction of deficits in our Member States and to low inflation. +Although the compromise reached by our committee on this issue was particularly difficult to achieve, the facts seem to justify this. Following the political agreement achieved in the last Council of Ministers, both tuna fillets and herring now fall outside the tariff suspension system, in addition to another set of corrections affecting other products contained in Annex V. +As far as producers' organisations are concerned, it is true that we need to make them more responsible, as regards both the organisation of the market and the efficient management of resources; however, it would be appropriate - and in this respect I stress the relevance of Amendment No 67, tabled by my political group - for the Member States to be able to grant additional aid to producers' organisations that develop measures which valorise the species caught and measures to adapt supply to demand through structural actions of the FIFG. +Mr President, Commissioner Lamy and others have spoken of the Seattle meeting as a failure but I still believe that, if the EU and the US in particular learn the lessons of the past few weeks, the meeting in Seattle could still go down in history not as a failure but as the moment when world leaders finally realised that they need a radically different approach to international trade. +In general, it is a question of an approach, or rather, a commendable intention consistent with the Montreal Protocol which, however, at the same time, does not take some facts into account: firstly, the fact that the other countries that are signatories of the Protocol, including the United States, anticipate longer time periods for ending the production of hydrochlorofluorocarbons; secondly, hydrochlorofluorocarbons are, given the current state of knowledge, the only real alternative in the field of fire-fighting, to halogens, the main destroyers of the ozone layer, which are still widely used in developing countries. +Mr President, the TACIS programme has dedicated its greatest efforts to supporting Mongolia, Russia and the other New Independent States in the carrying out of reforms and the political and administrative restructuring of their social and economic institutions in order to facilitate the construction of a democratic society which is based on a free market economy. +In conclusion, I should like once again to thank my colleagues in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy for taking account of the amendment proposed by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; I think it is important, here and now, for the European Parliament to speak with one voice and to send out a clear signal on this matter of fundamental importance to consumers. +We criticise the decision to develop the European Union' s resources for military crisis management, in the framework of a strengthened European common policy on security and defence, conceived as the development and strengthening of NATO' s European pillar, as we also reject the militarist vision of resorting to warfare in order to resolve international conflicts. +For our part, the best solution we can see would be to restore a new world trade order, which respects the sovereignty of States, their pace and their modes of development, and which also respects their traditions, traditions which we will not be able to make vanish with a wave of a magic wand just by imposing an election, human rights and what we quite hastily call democracy. +Nonetheless, we have been informed that Mr Charles Dunbar, Mr Baker's special representative, has thrown in the towel. He has stated that he cannot tolerate the fact that Morocco constantly opposes the United Nation's proposals to speed up the referendum on Western Sahara's autonomy and to guarantee a fair referendum. +The resolution adopted by Parliament today will go down in the political history of this House as the centrepiece of a total failure of political memory, typical of the political hysteria now being generated by media manipulation in the interests of those who gain from war and aggression, and ignoring the values of peace, justice and the sovereignty of nations. +Firstly, yes, the timetable for implementation is ambitious but we are well on the way, with the Eurovignette agreement near conclusion, railway directives before the Council, the port-cost survey with Member States, airport-charging proposals, aviation charges under review, the Committee of Government Experts having met and commissioned the high-level group to report on cost-estimation methods. +In our view we need at this stage, as someone said earlier, to consider more restrictive weight rules for island Member States than those originally proposed by the Commission, for the obvious reason that their links with the rest of the market are not just by road. +The framework for action is addressed to the European Parliament, which will have a key role in the process of modernising the financial services sector, on the basis of the results obtained by the group in which the representatives of the finance ministries are taking part and Parliament's own report. +We take some comfort from the fact that the programme will come into being under the auspices of the Treaty of Amsterdam, and that the new Article 152 on public health will enable the European Community to take wider-ranging and more dynamic action and, we hope, action that has greater synergy in preventing and combating disease, but also in preventing violence. +Since the Luxembourg breweries can quickly reach that sort of threshold in our small market, such a rule would lead to the crazy situation in which a major German brewery, such as Bitburger, which produces vastly greater quantities of beer than the largest brewery in Luxembourg, could still conclude contracts for the supply of beer to public houses in Luxembourg, because the total amount it supplied would be well within the limit of 40 % of the huge German beer market to which Bitburger would be subject. +There is a history to this debate, and I put it to you that the Commission is setting itself up here as a kind of secretariat for conservative forces within the ECB which argue that the ECB's second duty under Article 105 of the Treaty, namely to support economic policy - without prejudice to the maintenance of price stability - can be discharged simply by maintaining a sufficient degree of price stability. +When I put forward the proposal for a 'social' rate of VAT, as part of preparations for the Luxembourg summit - and I was not the first to do so, because an option had already been put to Members of the House previously - I believed that I was acting in the spirit of the Delors White Paper, which had already pointed out that we in Europe had saddled ourselves with a system which made labour extremely expensive, very expensive in connection with our profligate use of energy, raw materials and the totally free movement of capital. +You focused on the market and said that its opportunities must be used to the full because this is the best way to achieve growth and employment. However, you also talked about the fair framework conditions and rules that are necessary because the market cannot achieve this itself. +The next item is the report (A4-0128/99) by Mr Fitzsimons, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on action to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines intended to power agricultural or forestry tractors and amending Council Directive 74/150/EEC (COM(98)0472 - C4-0512/98-98/0247(COD)). +Like the interim agreement, this new agreement puts special emphasis on what has been one of the main demands of the European Parliament, to which the Commission and the Council have given maximum priority: the clause on respect for democratic principles and fundamental human rights, an essential element and foundation of this relationship. +The German Presidency has always regarded it as one of our foremost tasks to brief the European Parliament on the progress of the preparations for the integration of the Schengen cooperation arrangements, and I am pleased to have another opportunity to do so today, since the question of information and the form in which it is imparted has been such a crucial issue. +We suggested this morning that the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Vice-President Renzo Imbeni and the head of the Delegation for relations with south-east Europe should travel to see him in order to find out from him how the situation looks in Kosovo, what has been done to him, and where things should go from here. +I hope that Parliament's requests will lead both the Council and the Commission to quantify the funding and/or population size allowed and clarify the possibility of granting state aid by way of exception to the competition rules under the terms of Article 92(3)(c) of the Treaty, as has been done in other so-called 'special cases'. +The Green Group votes against the recommendation on the Cohesion Fund Regulation because most of the innovative requests expressed by the European Parliament in the first reading aiming to strengthen and integrate the role of the Cohesion Fund within the European structural policy have not been taken into serious consideration in the new regulation. +This being the case, I suppose I shall have to bring myself to give my approval in the end to the reports on the reform of the common agricultural policy in the framework of Agenda 2000, and thereby to give the green light for the political decision of the agriculture ministers and the Berlin summit to be adopted in legislative form by the Council. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as you mentioned, the Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform party had in fact tabled a motion for a resolution but, in the light of those tabled by both the Group of the European People's Party and the Group of the Party of European Socialists, there is no reason why we should not support these resolutions. That is why we have withdrawn our motion. +The negotiations on the WTO and world trade will be the testing ground for Europe, to see whether it will be able to temper the first principle of the free trading of goods, which dominates today, with the need to protect working conditions throughout the world, environmental conditions and the health of the world's populations and Europeans in particular. +Finally, since I am running out of time, I would simply like to make an appeal by saying that the Commission is not only an executor for the decisions of the Council and the European Parliament, and that we have now perhaps lost the taste for the discreet charm of standards for lift springs and we would prefer more initiatives from the Commission in the area of social problems. +Indeed, if it manages to bring to a successful conclusion the Tampere Extraordinary Summit, which concerns the security of Europe's citizens, the preparation of a European defence system, through the integration of the WEU with the European Union, the launch of a new round of enlargement in December, and finally, the implementation of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, the Finnish Presidency will have been a great Presidency of transition for the 21st century. +I think that, given the seriousness of the subject, it would have been preferable if the President of the Commission had made a statement on the document which we are expecting from Mr Kinnock, on institutional reform, and to wait for a report compiled by the competent body of this House, and then formulate Parliament' s position on the future functioning of the Commission. +This confidence obviously depends on each individual Commissioner' s ability to sustain high moral and professional standards. We shall keep a close watch on the Commissioners in many different ways, which includes the improved methods of transparency that you have promised us. +It is not just a question of general matters which may crop up in future, instead I would like to expressly challenge the Council, because of current developments to do with refugees and asylum, to introduce majority decision on these matters of the scheduled period of five years, by simple resolution of the Council, and with the automatic consequence also envisaged there, i.e. the co-decision rights of the European Parliament. +While highlighting the interesting "shift" in the relationship between this institution and Parliament, as well as our desire to work towards the success of the administrative reform announced, I expressed the conviction that in order to respond to the urgent expectations of our fellow citizens it would have been necessary to take the initiative on significant changes affecting not only the operation of the Commission but also on its political orientations. +The proposals regarding the widening of police and judicial powers of intervention in criminal cases, as well as the various proposals concerning the creation of a special European judicial area, constitute the cloak under which Europol can strengthen and widen its operational powers and under which repressive national principles can be formulated, thereby seriously jeopardising fundamental democratic rights and freedoms. +However, with those feelings of solidarity towards the Turkish people, we demand that the earthquake disaster is not looked upon as just an excuse to get financial assistance. We ask that this aid be blocked if the Turkish regime does not fulfil its promises to respect human rights, as in the case of Cyprus and the Kurdish issue, or at least show that it has some intentions of taking specific steps. +Thirdly and finally, from a scientific perspective, we should widen and further the scientific knowledge and methods we have for the production of safe food and animal feedingstuffs. We should introduce methods of detection and restrictions on various substances which contaminate food, and examine the suitability of various animal and plant-based foodstuffs and foodstuffs based on recycled products such as oil. +This is also linked directly to an examination of the Financial Perspective, which must be carried out on account of the aid to Kosovo, the funds to rebuild areas of Turkey devastated by the recent earthquakes and on account of the agreement on fishing with Morocco. Neither is it unconnected with the fact that at this moment in time there are not sufficient funds available to realise all those projects in Category 4 which the Council and the Commission want to realise and which they have proposed. +The evaluation highlighted SAVE as a valuable policy instrument to promote energy efficiency but stressed that a clear and consistent strategy for pilot actions was required; that dissemination of results is the key to long-term success; and that long-term effectiveness requires better on-going monitoring and impact analysis. +We naturally need to work together with other organisations, and I was therefore careful to report on what we are doing together with the Red Cross, the World Food Programme, UNHCR and others who are involved, including the World Health Organisation. This is precisely for the purpose of making it clear that this is a humanitarian operation, but I also think it is a good thing that the population and political circles in Serbia see that the world outside is also prepared to help in this way. +Candidate status and the cooperation signals are fine as long as we have the courage to repeat first to ourselves that it will be difficult to welcome Turkey into the European Union while the Turkish Government continues to ignore the Security Council' s resolutions on the invasion of Cyprus, while it continues to deny the existence of a Kurdish minority by referring to them generically as terrorists and until the threat of the death sentence no longer hangs over Öçalan. +I would ask the representative of the Council this: if he has no information on reductions in tuna catches, has he any information on the natural salmon spawn last year in the Tornio river that separates Finland from Sweden, and will the representative bring it to the attention of the representative of the Commission that drift net fishing should also be restricted in the Baltic, and not just in the tuna fishing waters now being talked about? +The labour market, education and training are key areas for the active promotion of women and accompanying measures, e.g. support for dependants, play a major role for women in particular and help to make access to the labour market easier. +We also have problems with other categories, e.g. Category 3, which contains the traditional focal points of our policy: environmental policy, youth training programmes, research and trans-European networks with their possibilities for creating jobs and improving our competitiveness in global dealings. +Madam President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, first of all I would like to congratulate the Finnish Presidency on the success of Tampere with regard to the opening up of a new stage in the development of European citizenship, dealing with the always difficult balance between liberty and security. This demonstrates that we are not only building a Union based on freedom for goods, services and capital, but also one which will respond to the question of the freedom of settlement and movement of European citizens. +This reform, which is necessary, as we must all realise deep down, is not only and not primarily a matter of time, it is primarily a matter of political will, of clear-sightedness regarding our own way of operating at the moment and its inadequacies; it is a matter of courage, the collective courage that we may or may not have to give priority, this time, to the Union, to give priority to a long-term vision which, as we know, even if it is difficult, goes beyond short-term caution and short-term interests. +This is because, despite the good will of numerous, individual Members - whom I thank - this institution has not found a solution regarding the non-attached Members, a situation which is intolerable from an administrative and financial point of view, but even more so from the point of view of Parliamentary privileges - we have no powers of amendment or resolution. +Before I set out the Commission' s position regarding the amendments voted through by Parliament on 16 September, I hope you will allow me to stress that the Commission has tried to examine Parliament' s suggestions in the same spirit that I am sure Parliament made them: how we can best deliver our collective European effort on the ground in Kosovo and in the region as a whole. +To some extent, the cynicism of the "Michelin" method has had the effect of increasing tenfold the phenomenon of rejection which this modern capitalist strategy is itself bringing about, the strategy known as "share-holder value" , the creation of value for the shareholder which consists of subordinating everything, especially employment costs which in their eyes are intolerable, to the bulimic demands of the shareholders who finance business. +The next item is the report (A5-0027/1999) by Mr Hatzidakis, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail [COM(1999)0157 - C5-0005/1999 - 1999/0087(COD)]. +But it must help in the best way possible for both parties: Angola, on the one hand, and the Member States of the European Union and the regions involved in fishing, on the other, with the control of this Parliament and in accordance with the amendments which the Committee on Fisheries has presented with regard to this important Agreement which has, as has just been pointed out here, a considerable political dimension, as well as economic and financial dimensions. +I believe that unless we deal with production in an integrated way, that is, from the moment that the car' s raw materials are selected, through its manufacture, the production process, the use and finally the recycling and final disposal of the car when the buyer is no longer using it, we will never really manage to introduce measures which are genuinely significant in the field of reducing green-house gases. +I totally agree with Mr MacCormick' s observations on the situation of artists, which would have to extend to the whole field of intellectual creation, which suffers from a deficit within the European Community, especially in the field of external competition, and I also agree with his observation concerning the need to guarantee the free movement and free practice of the intellectual profession within the European Community. +Where nuclear energy helps us achieve our CO2 objectives, it also adds to the environmental problems of nuclear waste, which is completely opposed to the objectives of the communication of the Committee before us, namely a more powerful integration of the environment into the energy policy. +However, I also believe that I am forced to protest, and perhaps this has something to do with the undecidedness of energy policy within the European Union, if in the cases in question you ultimately see safety in terms of shutdown, with which I agree, yet when it comes to comparable power stations in the CIS States you want to ensure safety by upgrading and by the European Union promoting safety measures. +Does it intend to stand by the undertaking given by Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan to Parliament=s Foreign Affairs Committee, whereby, in the event of a failure to honour the terms of the agreement in full, the European Union would once again ask the World Trade Organisation authorities to convene a panel? +As was clearly apparent at the historic meeting - it is the High Representative' s adjective and the correct one - at the beginning of this week of the General Affairs Council attended by defence ministers, Member States believe that enhanced cooperation in the security and defence area in the European Union will bring two major benefits. +Under Article 18 of the EU Treaty, the European Commission must participate fully in the Common Foreign and Security Policy and for this reason our Group will always defend the interests of the Commission, which are also the interests of the European Union, and will always require that you work together prominently in the interest of Europe, as I think is wonderfully ensured by both individuals in question. +And with regard to the role of this Parliament, I believe that in recent years we have shown our capacity to help and collaborate and I understand that, from the point of view of the form that the dimension and development of the Union' s defence and security policy can and must take, we can play an important role in relation to the rest of the world. I believe that, on this occasion, we must offer our cooperation and show the most positive of attitudes. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0056/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision adopting a programme of Community action (the Daphne Programme) (2000-2003) on preventive measures to fight violence against children, young persons and women (9150/1/1999 - C5-0181/1999 - 1998/0192(COD)) (rapporteur: Mrs Avilés Perea) +The second aspect relates to agriculture, for which, along with greater liberalisation of the market in favour of developing countries, there is the request not only for the Community principles to be upheld - support for environmental policy and the drawing up of a food policy for consumer protection - but also for typical national agricultural characteristics and products to be protected. +Under Article 18 of the decision taken by the European Parliament and the Council on the Trans-European Network, the Member States regularly provide the Commission with national plans and programmes drawn up to develop the Trans-European Network, particularly regarding projects concerning the common interest, as identified in this decision. +The very fact that capital punishment is so widespread is one of the most intolerable breaches of each individual' s dignity and right to life: a breach which we feel deeply and which we want to fight, for example, by pointing out that the actual enlargement process of the Union is proving to be not just a factor of peace and security for the continent, but also the way to make applicant states overcome such barbarity. +I would like to more or less keep to my allotted time, but we should bear in mind during the overall debate that we must not only take account of the Nordic point of view and we must not only consider the enthusiasm of mountain lovers in Austria; we in the middle of the EU, and this includes Germany, set great store by open clauses, so that the whole system can remain truly practicable. +Without considering any comparative information, the Commission was therefore recklessly prepared to stifle a Community sector which provides thousands of jobs. This would also have blocked its own systems of aid for the development of GSP-Drug and ACP countries just because of an actual import requirement of less than 3 000 tonnes which can be completely covered by the current system of tariff quotas. +The Rules of Procedure also lay down that, should an elected Member resign from Parliament before this report has been adopted in plenary, the vacancy and the name of the new Member shall be verified, pursuant to Rule 8 of the Rules of Procedure in conjunction with the relevant provisions of the Act of 20 September 1976, in a separate procedure independent of this report and which will take place at a convenient time. +We hope, because we regard Turkey as a friend, that it will succeed in building up a real civil society, that it will succeed in giving the ethnic Kurds a real identity, as part of the Turkish federation and the Turkish nation, and we hope that the Turkish military, which is allied with the west - and that is the real tragedy, will moderate its action in relation to the Kurdish question and stop using military intervention rather than dialogue in order to overcome problems which arise with the Kurds. +The Cologne European Council decided that a Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union should be drawn up in advance of the European Council in December 2000 and that such a charter should be drafted by a body composed of 15 representatives of the Heads of State and Government, 16 Members of the European Parliament including the honourable Member, 30 Members of national parliaments and myself representing the President of the Commission. +Mr President, the budgetary discussion this year has been so strange that, even during the time which has passed between the speech by the general rapporteur, at the beginning of the debate, and my own intervention, the following have taken place, in chronological order: an informal meeting of the Committee on Budgets, a meeting of the budgetary Council and a meeting of the political groups. +Fifteen members is five fewer than the Commission but, in the case of a relatively small institution such as the Court of Auditors, any further increase will make the Court much too top-heavy and unwieldy. That the Court is already unwieldy is clear from the overly prolonged procedure preceding the publication of its report. +The scheme was not devoid of this requirement and therefore to approach this debate on the basis that the DBES did not require these issues to be put in place would be misleading, because it would be unfair both to the scientists who determined what was necessary to make sure that the exportation of UK beef was sound and safe and it would also be unfair to the Commission in the approach that has been adopted so far. +I do not think, at least from the discussions held so far - I am a new MEP - that the economic and social repercussions of illegal immigration or the de facto immigration of the present influx of illegal immigrants and the imminent influx from countries which will join the Community when the European Union enlarges are fully appreciated or taken into serious account, even in a legal procedure. +Thirdly, I would like to express my concern regarding these detours because do you not think that because of these detours, it is easy to undermine the fixed book price from other Member States in the same linguistic region and that it is not a very effective means of safeguarding the special value of the book as a cultural object and the special significance of the book market for culture? +What has been preserved over a hundred years in the German-speaking area between Austria, Germany and Switzerland, what has permitted a large diversity of titles and has ensured that competition is not excluded and that there is a comprehensive supply of large and small bookshops in both town and country, should not be sacrificed to the unbridled and extortionate pressure of the market leaders, not in book shops, not in the mail order business and not in e-commerce. +This Parliament, the European Parliament, has the moral obligation to express its solidarity with the Afghan women, to request that the UN intervene more actively, to ask the Member States to continue to refuse to recognise the Taliban regime until it respects human rights and puts an end to its discrimination against women. +Subject: The euro and Mr Joschka Fischer's remarks of 12 January 1999 The President of the Council told Parliament that the introduction of the euro entailed great opportunities and equally great risks. The risk would arise if this bold step were not followed up by the EU, as a logical consequence, with further equally bold steps towards complete integration. +Secondly, an own-initiative inquiry into public access to documents, supported by the committee through the report by Mrs Thors and by the European Parliament, has led all the Community institutions and bodies concerned to adopt rules on public access to documents, except for the Court of Justice. +As for Member State governments - who do not seem to be represented today - through their representations to the European Union or collectively as the Council, their cooperation with the committee is usually only the minimum level possible and they are not prepared to send officials to the committee to argue the merits of petitions with committee members. +Mr President, Ombudsman, as is the case every year, the debate on the reports concerning the work of the Committee on Petitions and of the Ombudsman is an opportunity to remind people of how important these two bodies are in terms of establishing trust between the Community institutions and the people of the Member States. +I would further ask for the European Parliament to sponsor an initiative to show solidarity, including financial solidarity, with the people of Apulia, who have not only generously taken in and continue taking in tens of thousands of Albanian and Kosovar refugees, but are paying the high price of the war given the logistical difficulties they face as a result of the closure of the region's airports and the impact on the whole of Apulia's tourist industry as tourists cancel their reservations and decide not to visit the region. +As an important element of these joint efforts, the Commission is proposing to enable transport operators in the Community to use a maximum lorry weight of 44 tonnes, but only for road transport which forms part of a combined transport operation and only for the relatively short road legs of the combined transport journey. +We ought - and here I fully agree with Mr Corbett - to thank very much the chairman of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, Mr Fayot, for dealing with the matter brought to his committee by the Committee on Budgetary Control very swiftly and for being so willing to cooperate. +And quite frankly, the economic guidelines now before us simply continue to swear by an increasingly tight policy of cutbacks for many Member States, and the belief that flexible wage structures, a deregulated labour market and reductions in social protection will create jobs is definitely not my idea of what a European Employment Pact ought to be. +In this vote, Members will vote as representatives of the people of Europe, free from any pressure from national governments. The Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left will make its decision on the basis of the commitments made by the candidate regarding his general political outlook and a clear programme of reform for the Commission itself. +Mr President, I welcome Mr Prodi's commitment, in his speeches both last month and today, to carrying out the necessary reforms so as to renew and strengthen the European institutions, in particular his commitment to an increasingly transparent, collegial and efficient Commission, as well as to a greater role for Parliament and to an extension of majority voting in the Council. +In this proposal, the Commission is seeking to add a new paragraph 6 to Article 28 of the directive. This paragraph provides for a procedure enabling the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, to authorise any Member State to apply a reduced rate for the period from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2002 to certain local labour-intensive services that meet specific requirements. +Mr President, a shadow not predicted by the official experts is being cast over the broad economic policy guidelines for the coming year: a slow-down in European growth of approximately 2 % combined with a continued high level of unemployment of approximately 10 % on average throughout Europe. By contrast, the United States of America is growing twice as fast and its unemployment rate is half the European level. +While the Environment Committee has approved a number of proposals aimed at significantly tightening up consumer protection, I do not believe that this goal will be achieved with a minimum directive, a 30-day cancellation period and the exchange at the time of negotiation of a full and legally complex contract plus a summary. +In the great debate that occupies us tonight between minimum and maximum harmonisation, those who are arguing, as the Environment Committee did, for minimum harmonisation, are doing so not because they wish to stall the proceedings of the Internet but because they do not want to see in individual Member States consumer protection significantly diminished, as it might be, by the levels of information provided in the directive as it stands. +It certainly amounts to a success that we are discussing this today, as this regime will make an important contribution to environmental protection, and will also facilitate trade in tractors between the EU Member States, as well as making it easier for European manufacturers to access third country markets because of the equivalence that will be achieved between Community legislation and the technical requirements of UN/ECE Regulation No 96. +We really have been most impressed by your composure, your ability to handle differences and opposed views, and I personally have learnt to value not just your sense of fairness but also your awareness of the growing tasks facing this House, for during this legislative term this House has grown at least a head taller. +This will allow us to maintain the current levels of support in terms of per capita aid and to maintain the Cohesion Fund. Together, these elements will help us to speed up the structural recovery of the less prosperous countries. +Suffice it to say that as a result of the discussions under the Austrian presidency and the German presidency which has made strong and commendable efforts to get an agreement in the Council before the end of June, and with significant parliamentary input in last September's resolution and now in the Aglietta report, we have reached a stage of negotiations which is likely, hopefully, to be conclusive. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A4-0155/99), on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the common position adopted by the Council (13836/4/98 - C4-0003/99-95/0235(COD)) with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (Rapporteur: Mr Pronk). +Once again, the Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations would like to reiterate its desire to see the European Union concentrate its efforts on the existing common policies (the CAP, the CFP, etcetera) rather than spreading itself across an ever greater number of sectors, with a danger of worsening the inevitably inefficient scattering of public funds and encouraging an increase in public spending, which is always harmful. +In this respect, the European Union has expressed its belief that the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state that is democratic, viable and peaceful, created on the basis of the existing agreements and through negotiation would be the best guarantee of security for Israel and the best guarantee of success in the region. The European Union has stated that, in due course, it is prepared to recognise a Palestinian state established in this way. +Failure to enforce the principle of non-discrimination, the application of laws to a highly restricted circle of persons and activities and a lack of binding obligations are reasons enough to question whether the European Parliament can serve employees and employers as a guarantor of minimum standards and minimum obligations when negotiations between their representatives break down. +Mr President, I am very pleased that my last speech in this parliamentary term relates to an important sector, the European clothing and textile industry, which has a predominantly female workforce, a large number of SMEs, often in rural areas, and a future which is largely dependent on the application of fair trading rules. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, ladies and gentlemen, the German Presidency has, of course, been overshadowed by the war in Kosovo, but that is all the more reason for keeping in mind that the Presidency of the Council, for which the German Federal Government was answerable, was only able to maintain its position in this matter because it had the unqualified support of the Parties of the Union, whilst your own supporters, Mr Fischer, would have taken pleasure in knocking your trainers from under you, had you still been wearing them of course. +However, we will only succeed if we confront the issues which have genuine importance in the daily life of the citizens, such as unemployment, economic growth and the challenge represented by sustainable development to ensure a balance between the creation of riches, social justice and quality of life. +Maybe it should be suspended, but in any case, growth investments need to be considered outside of this context and a qualified enlargement policy put forward. Without these, there will be no possibility of either making good the democratic deficit or reducing the lack of confidence of the people of Europe in their current institutions. +So if you consider that, under these circumstances, Pristina is an ideal place to establish an international centre, a central administration covering not only Kosovo but also all of the Balkans, then I regret to say that your comments are not only insincere but are also politically motivated. It makes me wonder how a Commission which no longer has any political authority and whose ethical reputation has been largely discredited, particularly following the Bangemann case, dares to adopt such a stance and campaign against the decisions of the Council of Ministers. +Mr President, it is a shame that in my maiden speech as a new MEP, I should have to speak of serious mistakes that have been made in my country, firstly by companies that supply raw materials for cattle feed, and secondly by the control agencies whose responsibility it is to ensure that when a mistake is made, it is discovered immediately and the consequences limited. Particular mention should also be made of the government then in office which wasted weeks and caused us a great deal of harm by not giving the European Commission and the Member States adequate warning that something was wrong. +Secondly, I would ask this Parliament to strongly urge ETA to abandon violence for good. Thirdly, and lastly, we should agree on programmes to aid victims, the rehabilitation of prisoners and education aimed at peace in the Basque Country and Northern Ireland. +They have underestimated this Parliament' s ability to implement independently the competences conferred on it by the Treaties, and this has brought about the present situation: the public has the impression that we are unable to comment on the future Commission since this report, as important as it is, and as knowledgeable as its authors may be, does not really determine our political standpoint. +A structure as complex as the European Union cannot do without a stable relationship with its inhabitants, those on the receiving end of all its decisions and policies, but the unification process cannot proceed without the conscious support of citizens, without combating unemployment and creating new economic growth. +Mr Prodi, the ecologist group suggested that you amend the distribution of portfolios among your team because, in addition to the integrity and competence of each Commissioner, we consider that their personal commitment and their determination to defend the matters entrusted to them from the perspective of a federal Europe are a further important element in our assessment of them. +Firstly, a commitment to sit down at the earliest opportunity with members of the committee to devise a new social action programme to cover the term of office of the new Commission, which will recognise the realities of the new world brought by the euro and the new possibilities arising from Amsterdam to promote employment and opportunity and to combat insecurity and exclusion. +Mr Prodi, Commissioners-designate, when it comes to enlargement of the Union, foreign and security policy, strengthening free trade in the world, opening up markets, maintaining a vigorous policy on the environment and continuing to pursue economic liberalisation in Europe and with a common currency that is more competitive, Europe is going to need, for all these things, a very strong and functioning Commission in which you, Professor Prodi, will have our confidence and approval of your legislative arrangements. +The European Parliament, for its part, seems happy to play along since the text on which we are voting is entitled "Draft Decision on the Election of the Commission-designate." Whereas, obviously, there is no election involved either at the level of our House, where in legal terms it is a matter of the approval of the appointment of the Commissioners, or, to an even greater extent, at the level of the voters who, in France at least and no doubt in many other countries, have never even heard of Mr Prodi. +In anticipation of the essential reorientation of the political paths of the Commission and of the debate on the action to be taken, a vote in favour today must be interpreted as a choice not to multiply crises, blockages, in our institutions, and as a refusal to look for individual scapegoats when it is the orientation of Europe in terms of politics and civilisation which is in question. +This is why there must be strong political will to support the international community' s next moves to ensure that Indonesia does not impose any conditions on the intervention by these forces and that, however serious the conflict in the region may be, the peace and security of the Timorese should be guaranteed, as well as the humanitarian aid and the development that Timor so desperately needs. +It also wants to participate actively in talks on them and ensure there is consistency between the future Convention and the EU instruments in this area For this, the EU countries holding the Presidency, after a call to do so expressed in the Council in October 1998, reconciled the positions of the Member States and put them to a multi-sector working party and the K.4 Committee, which is now a committee within the meaning of Article 36, at meetings in Brussels and also during talks held at Vienna. +Something must have gone amiss between the text leaving my office and it arriving at the services department, and I would like to clarify the matter for the President. The question is this: although the citizens of the United States can enter all the countries of the European Union freely, there are some countries within the European Union whose citizens require a visa from the American embassy in order to enter the United States. +Subject: Construction of a nuclear power station in southern Morocco Is the Council aware of the fact that a nuclear power station is due to be built in southern Morocco for the purpose of desalinating sea water? If so, could it consider discussing alternatives to the project with the Moroccan Government, in view of the effect which the project may have on the environment and the threat it represents to security in the area? +Can I begin by expressing the Commission' s gratitude for the thorough report by the Committee on Development and Cooperation and for the support given throughout the consultation procedure for the Commission' s efforts to conclude the Tenth Convention between the Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East. +For these reasons, I welcome both Commissioner Byrne' s commitment to make food safety his number one priority and also the statement by the Commission President, Romano Prodi, in this House on 23 July, when he said that one of the first tasks of his Commission would be to restore consumer confidence in the safety of food products. +Given this context, I think that this House should have two immediate objectives: to set in action the parliamentary structures of the Euro-Mediterranean Forum, bearing in mind that this could be a very useful instrument for securing peace. It should also put into practise the initiative of Parliament' s President, Mrs Fontaine, who is to make a tour of the region. +The United States is a signatory to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Racial Discrimination, as well as the Convention against Torture, which is applicable in Moumia' s case since the racial factor weighed heavily in his trial and he has spent seventeen years on death row which constitutes, according to those Treaties, an unjust form of punishment which is equivalent to torture. +Mr President, it is a remarkable thing that we are coming to the end of a period of about 500 years when the main way of authenticating documents and transactions has been the written signature and the witnessed signature and so on. Now, within half a lifetime, we are entering a world which is going to be dominated by e-commerce, by new technologies and by signatures which do not exist in the old sense of the term and which therefore have to be authenticated in a new way. +Most importantly, this year we have had to experience a war on European soil necessitated by the most atrocious violations of human rights and by a policy of expulsion and ethnic cleansing on the part of the Milosevic regime; a policy which could not be tolerated by a democratic Europe and by a democratic international community committed to human rights. +In this regard, I would also like to make clear that it is not just a matter of setting in motion the necessary priorities for external action, such as the reconstruction of Kosovo, but, so that it is reasonably organised and initiated, the Council must also meet Parliament halfway in the matter of how we should organise this aid and how the future reconstruction agency for Kosovo should really operate? +However, I am disappointed that reductions are being made in the overall budgetary allocation but I hope that the European Council, when it comes to reviewing the second reading of the EU budget for the year 2000, will take on board the recommendation of this Parliament that it should increase the funding for the programme to EUR 67 million or IEP 53 million in next year' s allocation. +Given the commitment in the Treaty of Amsterdam to incorporating the interests of consumers into all other policy areas of the EU and the derisory level of the consumer budget, which stands at a quarter of one percent of total EU spending, there is a need to begin by making sure that valuable programmes such as the school milk scheme are safeguarded. +That must be a misunderstanding because what the Federal Reserve system publishes twice a year in its Humphrey-Hawkins testimony for the Senate is a range of figures for a few indicators, the range being the range of the individual forecasts of members of the Federal Open Market Committee coming from the regional Federal Reserve banks. +It is a comprehensive and unified plan aimed at strengthening such basic issues for our country as the search for peace, the reactivation of our economy and the generation of employment, the protection of human rights, the strengthening of justice and the increase in social participation. +Having a wider package might make it easier to reach agreement and easier to ratify in our Member States but I can say, on behalf of my group, that we are willing to have Parliament work closely with the Commission in the spirit that Mr Barnier has just indicated, so that together we can put a balanced package of proposals on the table of the IGC that he, and our representatives to all the meetings of the IGC, can defend: a package that will make the Union fit to work when it has more than 20 Member States. +(Parliament approved the Commission proposal)- Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the approval, on behalf of the Community, of OSPAR Decision 98/4 on emission and discharge limit values for the manufacture of vinyl chloride monomer, and OSPAR Decision 98/5 on emission and discharge limits in the vinyl chloride sector (COM(1999) 190 - C5-0016/1999 - 1999/0098(CNS)) (Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy) +By the way, this new and serious scandal which shook the media and the political milieu in France, demonstrates, if proof were needed, the urgent need for strong and appropriate action in Europe to finally reconcile economic performance and social guarantees, growth and employment, freedom to do business and the defence of wages. +If the Commission does not now devote all the energy needed to preserve this fundamental pillar of the common fisheries policy which the fisheries agreements represent, then there will be great and justified pressure from those working in the fishing sector to demand that the common fisheries policy is challenged and a bilateral framework reintroduced enabling fisheries agreements to be signed directly between Member States and third countries, agreements which would better respect and defend the vital interests of our nations. +There is the agreement reached between the two sides of industry in the maritime sector, there is the specific proposal relating to seafarers having recourse to Community ports, but also there is ILO Convention 180 and in fact the agreement between the two sides of industry in the maritime sector was very closely based on ILO Convention 180. +Of course, this is not totally satisfactory for working doctors, but for this particularly complex problem we must take into consideration the policies of Member States on local national health systems and the different practices as regards the training period for doctors and the required transition period in each country. Then we must endeavour in realistic terms, to find a half-way house solution which will finally allow us to make headway. +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0048/1999) by Mrs Quisthoudt-Rowohl, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and Russia [COM(1999)0324 - C5-0083/1999 - 1999/0133(CNS)] +The wide-ranging debate and the many suggestions raised in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on employment policy in general encouraged me to divide my draft report in two, with conclusions and a legislative part concentrating on the proposals for guidelines for the year 2000, which the Council of Ministers must adopt in December 1999. +I think there is insufficient coordination between the policies on labour, employment, and managing the job market and the policies which affect structural factors and in the macro-economic framework. There is an insufficient level of structuring and investment in efficient Community institutions capable of managing these processes where it is not enough just to respect the competences and the prerogatives of the national States. +I would like to stress, since we have heard many opinions and proposals from various MEPs on the role of the Commission as regards setting targets for effective action, that the European employment strategy will support and encourage national policies and, in this regard, we are trying to cooperate as closely as possible with Member States. +Mr President, I have to say that what Mr Vattimo said is not a true representation of the facts. The President of this Parliament only stated the outcome of a vote in this House on a European Parliament resolution which called on all the Member States to respect the commitment to equality of school qualifications, i.e. to facilitate scholastic equality. +Regarding the matter of interchangeability between these two categories, I might point out that in the course of the debate on the next report we will discuss how those funds that were not required in the agricultural sector - i.e. in the 1A categories, in respect of market regulation measures - on account of price and market trends, can be re-allocated and made available for other measures. +On the one hand, it must emphasise efforts on the home front and active cooperation with, above all, the developing countries, as well as aid to these countries to enable them to adjust their methods of obtaining energy to environmental requirements. On the other hand, it must show that it is in fact possible to change course without incurring large costs because we obtain so many other environmental benefits when we limit our dependence upon fossil fuels. +The Commission remains very concerned that no tangible progress has so far been made on the US side on their commitment to seek Congressional amendment to Title 4 of Helms-Burton, not least since the US Administration has regularly recalled that the President is obliged in the absence of such an amendment to enforce Title 4. +They include compensation, psychological and medical treatment, assistance to victims in debt collection, the transmission of decisions from one Member State to another in order to improve the protection of victims, or asking courts to accept the written testimonies of victims who cannot attend court cases against their aggressors because they now live in another Member State. +In addition, the Council has said it is ready to support the development of alternative energy sources with the means the EU and the Member States have at their disposal in order to replace the more unreliable nuclear power plants, at the same time taking account of the situation as a whole as well as each country' s special situation and needs. +My question to the Council is, given this awful background, is it willing to consider putting pressure upon Burma to declare a total amnesty for such political prisoners and, very much to the point, has the Council ever discussed the possibility of economic sanctions against Burma until it adopts a more humane policy? +- (FR) The Millennium Round, which is due to start shortly within the World Trade Organisation, the WTO, must provide an opportunity for Europe, since we are bound by the condition of speaking with a single voice, not only to present itself as unified for the duration of the negotiations, but also to demonstrate the utmost firmness with regard to the outcome, particularly as regards agriculture and the cultural exception. +This type of objective is cropping up in such topical matters as food safety, public services and "intellectual property" , always in favour of a blind liberalisation of capital and in disregard of ILO working standards and of environmental rules that have been accepted throughout the world. This objective has dangerous implications for people' s cultural identity and for the actual development of dozens of countries, particularly the poorest. +There is no doubt at all that there are still many problems, both in the area of humanitarian aid and in that of support for reconstruction, and also because we are still seeing serious violations of human rights, particularly in West Timor, with the activity of the militias which have prevented the refugees from East Timor regrouping and returning to their homes and to their land. +The next item is the continuation of the debate on the report (A5-0063/1999) by Ms Giannakou-Koutsikou, on behalf of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on a European Union Action Plan to Combat Drugs (2000-2004) (COM(1999)239). +I will say on behalf of my absent colleague Jan Andersson, who as a Swedish Member of Parliament - I shall speak about that again in a minute - was in a very difficult position, because Sweden is one of the Member States that has a very special approach to drugs policy, owing to its national experience and national tradition and which despite this I believe, as you do, Mrs Giannakou, with the compromise amendments have ensured that this report is actually structured in such a way that it will receive broad approval. +I believe that the words of Mr Medina Ortega have clarified the approach and position which the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market has agreed unanimously, on this essential issue, an issue which is important for the Canary Islands, but which affects all the other outermost regions of the European Union. +We know that this country has been concluding contracts at prices that are below the real costs of production, by benefiting from international subsidies via the International Monetary Fund, after the Asian crisis, which is destroying the order books of countries in the European Union, as the industry' s employers' organisations have stated. +Finally, since I am also from a peripheral region, I would like to mention the enormous impact on regional development which the shipbuilding industry has, since that industry is based in many of these regions, many of them also included in Objective 1 of the European Regional Policy, with very significant shipyards which generate much direct and indirect employment, a social equilibrium which the countries undergoing cohesion need so much, which demands European solidarity. +Then there is the work begun at Tampere on drafting a Charter of Fundamental Rights and the possible restructuring of the Treaty, separating its basic, essential texts from its implementing provisions. This would make the essential texts simpler to read and allow the less essential ones to be amended via a less cumbersome procedure. +I believe that Parliament should not be satisfied with just asking to participate in proceedings at the conference, such as the work on drafting a Charter of Fundamental Rights, but that it should demand the right to be able to act as a real parliament and it should demand that its right to decide independently on its own seat be restored at the Intergovernmental Conference so that it is not forced to work with its secretariat spread between three different locations. +Finally, as a reminder, although the provisions establishing all this aid involve financing over three years of EUR 150 million, the European Union' s trade surplus with Turkey has doubled since the entry into force on 1 January 1996 of the Customs Union agreement, thereby increasing in four years from EUR 4 billion to EUR 8 billion. +Monetary policy will not be in a position to enhance the credibility of European integration for the benefit of growth, employment and also investment, if the Member States of the European Union do not, coincidentally with the harmonisation and centralisation of monetary policy, join forces more resolutely in giving out signals against tax dumping and social dumping, and in favour of increased employment. +- (FR) Despite its very limited nature and the fact that it is clearly inadequate with regard to the problem, we shall vote in favour of the directive on "minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres" , inasmuch as it could represent progress in countries where workers are least protected. +Still relating to Monday, i.e. today, regarding the recommendation for the second reading on substances depleting the ozone layer and the motion for a resolution on the labelling of foodstuffs produced using genetically modified organisms, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy has requested that these two items be tabled at a different time on the grounds that their examination in plenary session would coincide with the committee meeting, which would not be very practical. +Talks within the World Trade Organisation have to start up again, and Europe has to be very aware of its role, a role of balance and responsibility, with a view to globalisation with a human aspect that is open and welcomes changes and acceleration in the economy but is also able to safeguard equal employment opportunities, the environment and health. +I believe that you made it clear that the European Union is in a position not only to take on a leading role in this and the forthcoming world trade round - and that we do not come here as poker players to secure our own interests - but also that we are prepared to bring the other countries, in particular the developing and least developed countries, on board with us. +Parliament wanted to achieve more in the fight against unemployment among the young and long-term unemployment than the Council was proposing; above all, we wanted to achieve permanent integration into the job market by reinforcing the ratio of active to passive measures, in other words, by increasing the proportion of the unemployed in training, further training or retraining, because a lack of jobs is only one side of the coin. +At the same time multilateral deliberations on this matter and agreements on the monitoring of NBC materials are proving inadequate. According to many rumours and reports, these networks are situated mainly in the Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Russia and the illegal trading activities are centred mainly in Constantinople and Budapest, while much of the trafficking is carried out through channels in the Balkans many of which go through Kosovo. +In view of the links between the ECOFIN Council and the EIB Board of Governors, could the Council state whether it intends to take measures to make information relating to decisions by the EIB more transparent and accessible, particularly where such decisions have major repercussions on a region's development? Does it not also consider that the effectiveness of the EIB's activities needs to be improved by introducing financial accounting and management procedures which will take environmental costs fully into account? +Subject: Fiftieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions In the light of the fiftieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, and in view of the armed conflicts that have taken place in the world over the past few years, particularly in continental Europe, what opinion does the Council hold on the level of compliance with the International Humanitarian Law laid down by these Conventions? +Mr President, the Council would remind the honourable Member that it issued Directive 91/628/EEC on the protection of animals during transportation, and its amended version, 95/29/EC, which established rules for the transportation of animals within the territory of the EU, including maximum time limits for the transport of different types of animal. +At the same time, multilateral deliberations on this matter and agreements on the monitoring of NBC materials are proving inadequate. According to many rumours and reports, these networks are situated mainly in the Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Russia and the illegal trading activities are centred mainly in Constantinople and Budapest, while much of the trafficking is carried out through channels in the Balkans, many of which go through Kosovo. +The Council did not decide to postpone for a year, but a conclusion was accepted whereby if Parliament accepts a proposed amendment in this report on labelling and does not pass the Commission proposal without proposed amendments, then the Council will not accept any such amendments and will not proceed under the simplified procedure. +Subject: Island regions in the new context of the Amsterdam Treaty Article 158 of the Amsterdam Treaty sets out the Community's aim of reducing the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands, and Declaration 30 annexed to the said Treaty recognises that 'island regions suffer from structural handicaps linked to their island status, the permanence of which impairs their economic and social development'. +It is important to emphasise the fact that Prague has accepted the principles on which the common foreign and security policy is based. In fact, it was the Czech Government that took the initiative of strengthening political cooperation between all the applicant countries. +In its current proposal, the Commission is proposing the following: to bring all customs operations, staff training and informatics projects under one budget heading; to set up another committee of representatives of the Member States to get the Member States more involved in the programme; and thirdly, to open the programme up to associated countries. +Mistakes have been made, not least in terms of industrial development, partly by the Italian Government: the Porto Marghera petrochemical plant has almost certainly destabilised the delicate equilibrium of the lagoon. But as the Commission President-designate, Mr Prodi, said here, we want Europe to be at the leading edge of business development. +We all know that Parliament has frequently indicated its backing for the introduction of a European tax. In this case, with its shrewd support for a text allowing Member States to reduce VAT, it is trying to alter the legal basis of the Treaties by changing the procedure in the Council for adopting the Commission's tax proposals. +A decision must be taken to make a start on political union. Our determination to take that route must be made clear, and it must be made clear that the European Union is going to be an active player in international relations and in dealing with crises, because it intends to equip itself with all the instruments it needs to guarantee its sovereignty and autonomy. +On the financing system: the European Council has recognised that there are still budgetary imbalances in the financing of the Union and has provided for changes to the existing own resources system in order to take more account of the Member States' ability to pay and thus make their contributions fairer. +In this context, although we are happy to unconditionally support and encourage the new interinstitutional agreement as a matter of principle and in order to guarantee stability and allow planning, the resulting compromise of the financial framework adopted with these characteristics gives us cause for concern. This will increase even more due to the absence of an in-depth reform of the CAP, which we recommend, and due to the undeniably restrictive content of the rules which will govern some of the cohesion-related instruments. +I have nearly finished, Mr President, but I do not want to end without mentioning an important fact: modernising the fishing fleet is certainly important, structural intervention is very important, but the future of fishing, for our fleet, depends largely on the existence of international agreements with third countries to provide fishing grounds for that fleet. +Above all, it did not modify Article 4 of the Treaty on European Union, which gives the European Council (and thus the hierarchy of the different Councils) the role of instigating EU policies, nor did it modify Article 202 of the EC Treaty, which gives the Council the sole responsibility for determining the implementing powers that will be conferred on the Commission. +Having shouted from the roof-tops during the German election campaign that with the socialist rise to power everything would change and a shining path would be embarked on leading to the creation of large numbers of jobs and thereby reversing the negative trend evident in Europe for over ten years, no initiative was taken in this direction and no proposal was discussed with regard to the development of the European economy. +Firstly, I would like to say to my colleagues who, in January and February, protested against the motion which established the Committee of Wise Men, thinking that it was a kind of manoeuvring to stifle everything through the creation of a committee, that I think they realise they were very wrong in their viewpoint and reasoning, and they should at least withdraw all the criticisms they made at that time of the European Parliament' s initiative, which I believe was a positive move, on the part of those Members who voted to establish the Group of the Wise Men. +The Tampere meeting is also being called upon to address the issues of freedom, security and justice for citizens in relation to the new conditions created by the new challenges involved in crossing the threshold from the 20th to the 21st century. +Parliament, understandably, given past experiences as well, is always very quick to suspect that conscious redistribution from sections of the budget where funds are still available is actually practised since the budget undoubtedly contains unpopular priorities on the part of Parliament which other institutions do not necessarily remember to transpose. +The European Charter of Fundamental Rights which the Tampere Summit is supposed to work on will be nothing more than a collection of empty words if it does not at least contain complete freedom of movement, and the individual' s freedom to settle where he wants for all those living and working in the European Union, whatever their original nationality, as well as complete equality of rights, including the right to vote. +In my view, therefore, it is quite right to propose the establishment of an organisation but this organisation should not just restrict its activities to the study of seismic phenomena or to earthquake forecasts which, according to seismologists, is scientifically impossible - something that those colleagues who are proposing an institution for earthquake forecasts should be mindful of. This organisation should also define regulations and specifications for earthquake-proof construction, appropriate building materials, etc., and should also contribute towards providing informed advice to European citizens on any imminent Acts of God and the best ways to deal with them. +But, I think we all have to acknowledge, Mr President, that we have had five years of protracted and tortuous negotiations on everything from apples, pears and asparagus to cut flowers, fish, wine, port and sherry, but eventually now we see an agreement and hopefully, a signing on Monday in South Africa. +This is why I approve the amendments laid down by Mr Langen demanding a more active role for the Commission in encouraging a coordinated promotion strategy within Member States and in developing the potential of Europe in the exporting of technologies related to renewable energy. +One alternative is to review the Financial Perspective of Category 4 which will make it possible for us to vote in this budget by facing up to the new priorities in accordance with the commitments undertaken at the time of negotiating this agreement. If you do not want to go down this road, Parliament shall then be forced to resort to the strict application of Article 272 of the Treaty, and to assume the powers, which it is entitled to do, regarding both commitments and payments, and to vote for appropriations which match up to the level of the commitments which are the political commitments of the European Union and in strict observance of the Treaty. +ECON also believes that funding measures in the field of taxation should be an absolute priority as it is still an area which displays some irregularities in the internal market, and as a consequence, budget line B5-3001 for the completion and development of the internal market should be kept at the level proposed by the Commission in its draft budget. +I think that the drop in oil prices, together with the fall in consumer prices which has already been experienced and which is expected to continue in the telecommunications, electricity and financial service sectors as a result of competition and the liberalisation of the market also certainly played a part in the decisions of last Thursday. +Apart from the fact - and this may be somewhat embarrassing - that we virtually never vote in the Governing Council, so there is nothing to be published, I will not repeat all the arguments against this which I have brought before this Parliament on earlier occasions, but one has to remember that the decisions of the Governing Council of the Eurosystem are made in a collegial way and there is one decision only which emerges. +To this end, I have implemented a broad State policy to combat, within the framework of the law, those armed groups which operate outside that law, to guarantee security, protection, support and freedom of action for the defenders of human rights; to assist people who have been displaced by violence; to adopt legal instruments which protect human rights and strengthen our judicial apparatus. +A further point concerned the taking of concrete measures in connection with combating organised crime. These included more operational powers for Europol, a European police college or more stringent measures to combat money laundering, and cooperation with the candidate countries, for these are very often the countries where organised crime originates. +The second contradiction: the Tampere Council propounds its purely formal intention to control the flows of migrants and to combat illegal immigration at source, but, at the same time, staunchly proclaims, on several occasions, that legal immigrants must be given, I quote, "a set of uniform rights which are as near as possible to those enjoyed by EU citizens" , and that as a priority a policy of integration must be set up to enable them to stay. +It is more than time for action at Council and Commission level, and I would even go so far as to say, in conclusion, that this is of course a matter on which the consistency of our societies, industrial peace, the very survival of the European ideal, but also, of course, the interests of enterprise as a whole and thus of the soundness of the European economy, depend. +In recent years, including Spain' s time as a democracy, we have experienced various situations where fishing has always been an unresolved issue between the parties because of the contentious issue of defining our territorial waters in relation to the neighbouring continent of Africa. +I would like to remind you that, during the negotiation of the fisheries agreement which is about to expire, the Group of the European United Left opposed the signing of a fisheries agreement through the concession of additional quotas for the importation of fruit and vegetables within the framework of the parallel negotiation of the Association Agreement. +On the one hand, there is the need to give substance to the very existence of the European Union by implementing in all the Member States the decisions made by the competent bodies on matters relevant to the Community, particularly in cases like the one we are addressing today which are liable to invalidate one of the fundamental premises of the Union itself - the free circulation of goods. +In accordance with the broad guidelines of economic policy, these objectives simply consist of achieving stability in monetary policy through budgetary measures and wage trends which are appropriate and more favourable to growth and employment, including exchange rates and interest rates in the long term. +And tomorrow' s agenda includes a debate on Mrs Palacio Vallelersundi' s question about the strategy for the European internal market, while last week in Strasbourg, in connection with the ECB report, there was a debate about how the macroeconomic dialogue with Parliament could be deepened and reinforced. That request has been taken on board in our report. +From this viewpoint, the only success that can come of macroeconomic dialogue with the participation of employer and employee representatives is to enforce collective bargaining and readjust salaries to suit the demands of credit capital, the euro and the ruling economic policy which is guided by EMU and the Stability Pact. +Mr President, many things have already been said which I think can be summarised in this way: either the macroeconomic dialogue is sheer hypocrisy, hiding the lack of a real economic policy for the Union, and so it is completely useless, a mere imitation and a waste of time, as other Members have already said, or the macroeconomic dialogue is something real and substantial, and so there is hypocrisy on the other side and they are trying to use flimsy words to hide the danger, to my mind, of a trend towards State intervention in the European economy. +Certainly, it is good that schools are recognised as having a fundamental role in combating unemployment, but there is no reference to the need for schools to operate in the field of planning within Europe as a whole, encompassing the participation of social partners, local organisations and the business world. +I wish particularly to make some remarks about my reasons for voting on the strategy for the internal market but before I do that could I also say that I voted against the procedural motion to defer voting on the fishing matter because I shall be absolutely unable to visit Strasbourg in two weeks time and would very much have wished to express my solidarity with the share fishermen in Scotland, particularly in the islands and remote parts. +The European Parliament and the Council are easing their conscience on the cheap because, besides domestic violence and violence connected to sexual exploitation, we should also acknowledge the growth of social violence which results from the increase in poverty and from the growing destitution amongst the working classes. +The insistence on the need to influence the instincts of the people and the habits of the consumer and to establish channels of communication with the citizens and small and medium-sized businesses confirms the importance which political leadership will have with regard to changing our consumer habits and promoting sustainable development. +The resolution of Parliament reminds all of us of the external dimension, that is to say, the process of enlargement and relations with non-EU countries, especially the developing countries; it requires that we adopt a realistic, balanced and flexible approach to the development of policies, which is especially important when it comes to examining the combination of energy sources and its evolution over time. +And finally, in relation to Amendment No 19, I understand the meaning of the proposal, but I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the rule concerning the translation of decisions does not fall within the scope of a regulation on the competence, recognition and implementation of judgements; the proper place for the rule on translations is the directive on the transmission of documents, the other instrument that we are debating today, which lays down precisely this possibility of translation. +As draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Humans Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy on the report on nuclear sector related activities for the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States, unanimously adopted on 27 October last year, I stressed the crucial importance of safety, defining it as a requirement for accession for new Member States of the Union. +The Council of the Union, in its joint action of 24 February 1997 relating to action against the trade in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children requests Member States to revise the legislation and the practices in force in these areas in order to guarantee that the kinds of behaviour I have just referred to are subject to effective criminal punishment. +Mr President, this is a question which I will pose under Rule 112(2) in relation to a request for the declaration of an urgent procedure which I tabled three hours ago with regard to the Napolitano report in accordance with Rule 115, in order that the presentation of this request for an urgent debate may be announced to the House and should go ahead accordingly, so that we may respect the timetable for debate and voting which is laid down in the agenda. +In order, therefore, to safeguard the Rules of this House and the Rules governing every Member, to ensure that Members have the rights they enjoy under these Rules, the Socialist Group and the Liberal Group, with the support, as was announced earlier, of the EPP Group, requested that to make sure we were in conformity with our Rules, Rule 112 on urgent procedure should be applied. +Would the Finnish Presidency not agree that there are still a number of Council meetings to be held before the end of its Presidency and that it could use them as a very useful precedent for establishing its credentials in terms of openness - which at the moment, I am afraid, do not exist - by making sure at the very least that when press releases are published at the end of Council meetings, those press releases list exactly how each country voted on each issue on which there was a vote? +The next item is the report (A5-0059/1999) by Mr Pirker, on behalf of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, on the proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the establishment of "Eurodac" for the comparison of the fingerprints of applicants for asylum and certain other aliens (COM(1999) 260 - C5­0082/1999 - 1999/0116(CNS)). +On the extension of the WTO too include investment, I welcome the fact that the European Parliament has reiterated it strongly held position that the mistakes of the MAI must not be repeated, that investor responsibilities according to ILO and OECD guidelines must be dealt with alongside investor rights, and - by a clear majority - a European Code of Conduct for multinationals (amendment 15) be established. +4 - Consistent with the positions that I have always maintained in Parliament, regarding a revision of Maastricht and Amsterdam, with the aim of keeping sacrosanct the founding historical balance between large and small countries, I cannot approve this resolution which will open up a "Pandora' s box" for a Treaty that accepts as fair the supremacy of some States over others in breach of the principle of the equality of all European citizens. +I am well aware that you can become dependent upon alcohol, and I also know that there are people who lose their lives through alcohol abuse. However, there is a crucial difference in the case of tobacco and alcohol because, in the vast majority of cases, it is possible for people to control their use of these substances to a different degree than young people who have got mixed up in drug abuse are able to control their use of drugs. +Moreover, there is a generally favourable opinion of the European Union' s rapid intervention force, even if there were some who disagreed over this. It has always been the tradition to disagree, not only in the European Parliament but also in many national parliaments, when it comes to issues relating in some way to military matters, and the possibility of having a European army. +The Court recently confirmed that, even if a Member State authorises games of chance, it still has the power to impose limits on the availability of these games and this is in consideration of public interest objectives, such as controlling the desire to play games of chance, the prevention of fraud or crimes occurring and using the profits thus obtained in the public interest. +I wonder whether the Commissioner would agree that the last two questioners who were asking the Commission for action would do better to ask their own party leader, Mr Blair, to get the over-high level of the pound - which has been kept too high by high interest rates in the UK - down to a realistic level; and also try to get Mr Blair to start campaigning to join the euro, when there would be extra transparency. +Hence, in view of past experience and in view of today' s discussion, a very clear warning to the Council: if we fail in the spring to reach an adequate solution for the multiannual programme for Kosovo and the western Balkans, combined with a corresponding commitment by the Council, you will end up in extremely dangerous waters as far as the budgetary procedure for the year 2001 is concerned. +It is true that, as far as the European budget is concerned, the worst offences are committed when we pour money outside the continent of Europe: EUR 10 million for Central Asia, EUR 14.5 million for the displaced people of Latin America, EUR 4 million for human rights in South Africa and Timor etc., etc. That would be all well and good if, at the same time, we were not planning to cut EUR 5 million from appropriations for our beekeepers who face competition from adulterated honey from abroad. +One step in the right direction is that achieved on Monday in the Environment Council, which is for a Council common position on a 'strategic directive to assess environmental effects' , which will be a good tool to evaluate the impact on the environment, including the effect of emissions on the climate, of different programmes and action. +The Conciliation Committee has also achieved a compromise on how the Socrates programme will contribute to the development of a "European dimension in education" rather than a "European educational area" , as Parliament had requested or "educational cooperation" , which was the weaker wording favoured from the start by the Council. +The challenge was not against the existence of rules aimed at organising world trade or the existence of a world trade organisation as such. It was against the fact that the WTO claims to be the source of all rules, the arbitrator of all disputes and the supreme judge of tomorrow' s world. +Under the rules of the Common Foreign and Security Policy, under which, indeed, the Member States coordinate their action in international organisations, initiative and power of decision lie entirely with the Council, in practice a small group of specialist officials who have the natural tendency to focus on their own mutual problems. +For all these reasons, on the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, at a time when we must all commit ourselves - Parliament, Commission and Council - to promoting awareness of international humanitarian law and supporting the organisations responsible for its protection, does the Council propose any specific initiative to promote the knowledge of international humanitarian law amongst the citizens of the Union? +If the honourable Member would like to know more about the actual conditions relating to the transport of animals or bring the matter to the attention of the Commission it would perhaps be better if he put his questions directly to the Commission, as the express job of the Commission is both to monitor compliance with the provisions of directives in force and act if compliance is not taking place. +(ES) Strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises and favouring measures which will contribute to improving their competitiveness has been one of the objectives of this Parliament, because of the fundamental role they play in the creation of jobs and because any actions aimed at small and medium-sized economic operators promote European economic growth in general and provide a safe path towards achieving economic and social cohesion in the Community. +Even if current legislation within the framework of the European Union does not yet allow for cross-border regulations in this area, I hope that we shall arrive at this form of regulation in the future, especially since the German and Austrian Ministers for Culture defined and documented this issue as such for cross-border action in February last year. +I think it is very important that we make it clear that the horrific human rights violations such as those which we have seen and which we are seeing in Sierra Leone are a matter of concern to all Europeans because it is our understanding that human rights and human dignity are indivisible throughout the world and we will not tolerate a selective perception which results in our taking a closer interest in acts of violence in our own region than in the eruptions of violence which we have witnessed in Sierra Leone for several years now. +So although I am disappointed that the President-in-Office of the Council looks for agreement between the two Member States, surely this is an area where the Council, out of concern for human rights and following the ruling of an institution not in the EU, but one which it respects and is included in part of the Amsterdam Treaty, should take positive steps? +In any event I should like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Parliament, and in particular the rapporteurs and all those who showed great interest in or were involved in the debate on the enlargement process, for the encouragement they have always given the Commission to take new initiatives in order to maintain the tempo of the enlargement process. +Mr President, Commissioner, I would first like to say that the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy is pleased with the two directives that have been presented to us, as we believe that extending the provisions to non-bank issuers of electronic money is a good way of stimulating competition in this area whilst improving the quality of service offered and the prices charged to consumers. +By this I mean the problem - and it alone is the problem - of the minimum prudential rules which, by ensuring that electronic currency institutions are stable and sound, will open the way to mutual recognition of authorisations and controls, and hence genuine free movement of operators and services. +We are therefore particularly pleased with the request put forward in this respect since we have here in the House a Commissioner who has shown himself to be an expert in these matters and who has demonstrated his ability to listen to Parliament's requests. Moreover, he is someone who holds considerable sway with the governments and with the ECOFIN Council in particular. +The Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations has tabled six amendments relating specifically to the precautionary principle, extending the principle of food safety to genetically modified organisms, phytosanitary products and growth hormones, and banning the use of meat taken from abattoirs or cattle carcasses for the manufacture of animal meal. +In this respect, this crisis, which began with the discharge or refusal of discharge for 1996 and the continuation for 1997 - for which we are not recommending discharge either this week, but postponement of discharge - was a necessary crisis, if we think of the positive lessons which we have learnt from it, and which we would have liked to pass on to this Commission, Mr Liikanen. +Our group has been consistent in its position; it is also thanks to the stubborn and tough stance deliberately adopted by our rapporteur, Mr Elles, that ultimately the whole House has gone along with this approach, and today we have a success for which we in principle have only one person to thank, the rapporteur, Mr Elles, with his report on the 1996 budget discharge. +The nomination of Romano Prodi at the extraordinary European Council in Berlin was the first step, and in doing so the Heads of State and Government showed the European Union's ability to act and its determination to resolve the crisis quickly and convincingly. +In your statement you mentioned almost all the key words for the next five years: agriculture and towns, competition and social affairs, youth, the elderly, public limited companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, consumer protection and liberalisation, enlargement and relations with the USA. +If we nonetheless feel able to vote for the Council's proposal, it is because in practice a majority of those here in Parliament want to continue claiming EUR 1 000 for a journey costing EUR 400, for example, and we give higher priority to cleaning up travel payments than to our objection in principle to common salaries and conditions of employment, and here we would particularly emphasise the fact there will be the possibility of taxing EU salaries nationally. +Quite contrary to some fears expressed here, it would seem that Europe is coming closer together in face of the crisis and that the processes of integration are acquiring a new dynamic, both internally and in terms of the area covered, quite simply because, as I have said once before in this Parliament, the European alternatives are becoming clearer than ever before in this time of crisis, namely the alternative represented by this Parliament, which is an integrated Europe, a Europe based on peace, stability and prosperity, and on the other side the old picture of Europe that we see in the Balkan wars: nationalism resulting in war, expulsion and misery. +As far as Amendments 3 and 4 are concerned, the Commission has accepted a joint declaration in the regulation according to which the Commission will give all oral information to the Council and Parliament on the economic situation of the beneficiary countries which are receiving loans and on the risks which I have explained when the annual report is presented. +That is the particular protest, the vehement protest, of the committee that I bring to your attention today, and it is not only on behalf of our committee that I call on the presidency of the Council to develop an entirely new culture of cooperation with Parliament in this extremely sensitive area of government authority and power in the domain of civil liberties and fundamental rights. +On 1 May 1999 the Council, acting in accordance with the written consultation procedure, decided to integrate the staff of the Schengen Secretariat into the Secretariat-General of the Council, and I hope that a line can now be drawn under the recent debates on this subject and that the presidency, the Member States and the staff of the Council Secretariat can turn their full attention once again to the substantive work that confronts us in the remaining two months of the German Presidency. +We have to get a balance here between civil liberties, freedom of expression, people's freedom to put on the Internet what they want, no more official snooping on the Internet than there would be on the post or telephone, and balance the other argument that companies should not have people infringing copyright, infringing their logo, and pretending to be a company that they are not. +Although there were high hopes in the aftermath of the resignation of President Suharto that the way would at last be open to a peaceful resolution of the problems of East Timor, after a quarter of a century of bloodshed in which a third of the population has died as a consequence of the Indonesian invasion of 1975, those hopes have not been fulfilled. +Mr President, the safety of existing nuclear plants and those under construction, as accession approaches, is a primordial objective, as has been underlined on many occasions by Parliament, by the Commission with regard to the Agenda 2000 package, and by the Council in the context of nuclear safety in connection with the future enlargement of the European Union. +The European Union should be firm in calling for strict compliance with the rules of the World Trade Organisation and the Textile Agreement, in particular the timetable for liberalisation, controls on dumping and fraudulent practices, access to third country markets and restrictions on bilateral agreements. +It is not for me to remind you that there are twenty million unemployed in Europe at the moment - and unemployment is a problem which undermines Europe's social cohesion - and that the achievements of this Europe in areas such as the welfare state are being undermined by neo-free trade policies, which are those same neo-free trade policies in which you exalted the need for flexibility in previous speeches and which, however, brought a reduction in the quality of work and life, in contrast to your proposals for the future. +Mr Bangemann's offence is that he has made this fundamentally corrupt system visible, so that any European voter could see it and therefore choose to stay at home on voting day, as most people did between 10 and 13 June, thus depriving this assembly of any form of democratic legitimacy. +Obviously, this is by no means the opinion of my group, nor is it the opinion of the Committee of Independent Experts who, in Chapter 7, rightly state that the distinction within the Commission between laying down policy and implementing policy is tenable, I quote, "neither in law nor in fact" . It makes it possible to evade political responsibility, and it should logically be eliminated in favour of accountability to the Commissioners who have political responsibility. +In the person of Mrs Schreyer you have introduced us to an experienced politician who still has to find her way around one or two corridors here and go through one or two new experiences at a European level but who is also, however, someone who has become quickly and comprehensively acquainted with the very complicated material of budget policy and who is very aware of the forthcoming challenges of budget policy. +Mr President of the Commission, I would like to begin from where Mr Donnelly left off, the second stage of your mission - the work programme - because I believe that, aside from the collective and individual responsibilities, which I certainly believe are of the utmost importance, the work in the restoration of the Commission' s credibility and its productiveness will be judged by this work programme. +I must say that I and the pensioners who sent me here to seat 270 of the European Parliament were pleased by the comment made by Mrs Anna Diamantopoulou. When she replied to one of my questions during the hearings - and we should point out what did not go well but also what did - she said that she is fully aware of the issue concerning the elderly who expect a pension which the fifteen Member States are no longer able to pay because the pension funds are weak and are in deficit. +In turn, no progress has been made on the need to assess the movement of capital, in terms of national social programmes having to adapt to current demographic trends, which proves that, in fact, their objective is not greater social justice, but quite the opposite: greater social inequality. +I request that the institutions of the European Union support the extremely urgent dispatch of a civilian mission and a UN security force, of a size which reflects the gravity of the situation, to ensure that Timor is established as an independent state, which will require a great deal of time. During this time, the UN must maintain its unequivocal support, and the European Union its vital political and economic assistance. +My second comment is as follows: it is my fervent wish that when this House discusses the question of Indonesia, it draws a clear distinction between the military regime of Indonesia, the referendum that has taken place and which reflects a longstanding and deep transformation process that has only just begun in an enormous empire, of which East Timor is only a very small part, and the enormous suffering endured by the Indonesian people. +The silence maintained over the discovery of a mass grave containing the bodies of 15 Serbs murdered in mid-July in the vicinity of Gnijlane, a zone under the responsibility of American troops, raises serious questions about the role of the so-called peacekeeping force in that it has tolerated or even supported an extensive campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Serbian population of Kosovo, revealing the partiality of the international community with regard to the protection of the human rights it is supposed to uphold. +Nevertheless, regarding the composition of the Agency' s board, I do not understand the reasons that should lead Parliament to envisage the nomination of the seven independent experts by the Commission only. This is in direct contrast to the proposals put forward by the Commission itself which, in conjunction with the committee responsible, has instead envisaged the presence of a representative of each Member State. +In paragraph 3, the European Parliament calls for an "open and innovative approach to the Charter' s character, the type of rights it should contain as well as its role and status in the development of the Union' s constitution" , which clearly demonstrates the desire for it to be more than just a collection of existing laws, as the Council wanted it to be. +The fraudulent draining away of financial assistance provided by foreign countries, a Russian capital flight over the last ten years amounting to an estimated USD 150 to 300 billion, and a Russian economy which has largely slid back into a barter economy all make it difficult for us to gain a proper idea of the scale of the financial crisis in the Russian Federation. +Madam President, in my opinion, Parliament should not waste this opportunity of issuing a statement on the mandate for the round of talks with the World Trade Organisation, because the Council of Ministers will give this mandate to the Commission on 13 October, and it would be completely wrong if this mandate were given without knowing the European Parliament' s opinion. +It is, of course, ironic, as we mentioned in the Development Committee yesterday, that the Budget Committee voted last week to cut the budget line on reproductive health care and HIV/AIDS work by half from EUR 25 million to 12 million, and that we are now discussing the need for investment in this area. +So, I welcome the awareness campaigns on subjects linked to saving energy, but I do not see how adopting excessively prescriptive legislation could be the most efficient way of improving the energy intensity of final demand. +It is acting coherently with regard to its duty to defend the interests of its Member States, coherently with regard to the principles of social equality and progress which we claim as our own, coherently with regard to the type of world which we wish to build together, with more balance and more solidarity, but also coherently with regard to the actions which many of us and many of our co-Europeans, for four decades, have maintained in the effort to put an end to apartheid while dreaming of the establishment of a South Africa with a regime which provides liberty and dignity for all South Africans. +Our new Parliament is today sending out a new and clear signal of vigorous and sustained support for the peace process which must open the way to progress, democracy, respect for human rights and hope for the future for all people in the region without exception. And, not least, it will open the way to peaceful co-existence between Israel and the independent State of Palestine. +More attention must be given to these measures, otherwise we will be giving de facto encouragement to those pursuing a policy of colonisation, and that when the European Community together with the rest of the international community, the United States included, has constantly condemned this policy and we are all aware that Israeli settlement policy is a major obstacle on the long road to freedom and a true Palestinian state. +In order to ensure that, this time, the way forward for hope which has opened up after the signing of the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum is not closed in the future, the political sensitivity and intelligence of the new Government of the State of Israel, whose security we want to see guaranteed, must come up with measures which are capable of creating a lasting confidence on the Palestinian side, so that the peaceful way forward, recently reopened, reaches its final goal as soon as possible. +As for foreign policy, I think we should insist on the fact that we do not only have commercial commitments, but we are also bound by multilateral agreements on the environment and international conventions on respect for human rights and that these commitments, in my opinion, an opinion which I believe is shared by many colleagues, have a value on both an ethical and a political level which is more important than free trade. +In any case, I want to say that the Millennium Round negotiations must not harm the basic elements of the European Agricultural Model. Neither must they harm the reforms which in addition to Agenda 2000, are necessary for protecting the development within each State of the number one objective which is local, family-based farming in the face of the interests of big industrial companies which have huge powers of distribution. +I would like to ask the Council, and the Commission, how it feels, in general terms, that this campaign is developing; if it is true that this has been a good year for tuna and that this is why disputes between the different fleets that work the Bay of Biscay have been avoided. I would like to know by how many boats each country has reduced its fleets as a result of the moratorium and if this method is proving useful in reducing the pressure on tuna populations. +In matters of appropriations relating to structural operations, the difference between the Council and Parliament concentrate on two areas: firstly, the size of the advance payment in respect of new structural operation payments, and, secondly, the timetable for attending to old, unpaid, committed funds. +Since a major part of the Community budget is handled by the Member States, I would recommend that, in the interests of good housekeeping, the Council pay attention in this matter to efficiency, transparency and tidy implementation so that the Commission is not forced in future to repeatedly resort to the funds of the charging procedure. +At this point, therefore, I would like above all to offer congratulations and thanks. Congratulations and thanks to the European Monetary Institute, the national banks, the European Central Bank, represented here today by President Duisenberg, but also to all the Member States who, by means of many politically necessary reforms, drove forward further structural and institutional reforms and fulfilled the convergence criteria, and not forgetting the citizens who support this necessary step towards European integration with increasing approval. +Our group welcomes with satisfaction the composition of the institutional assembly that will work on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, believing that the strong parliamentarian dimension contained within it reflects the democratic implementation of EU development better than a conventional Intergovernmental Conference. +There are still two stumbling blocks: firstly, the matter of abandoning community preference in the field of agriculture, and we already know the problems affecting the sectors of tomatoes, early fruit and vegetables or horticulture, and secondly, another point, on which we cannot yield involves trading the Spanish fleet' s fishing rights for an increase in immigration in a Europe which already has 18 million unemployed. +In relation to the Cunha report on the conclusion of a new Protocol which defines the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the agreement with the Republic of Angola for the period from 3 May 1999 to 2 May 2000, I would like to point out that this is a classic Protocol, which allows for access to fishing resources during a certain period and sets a financial contribution. +In my innocence and naivety I thought that when the scientific steering committee met last week and made their announcement, indeed the announcement was made by Mr Pascale, himself a Frenchman as President of that committee, indicating the unanimous approval of that committee that British beef is as safe as any other beef in the EU or possibly safer than any beef worldwide, that was the top of the pyramid. +Mr President, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Hughes, on the report on the organisation of seafarer' s working time and for his proposal to Parliament to approve, without amendments, the Council' s common position on the enforcement of seafarers' hours of work on board ships using Community ports. +I also hope that the procedure under which we have had to consider this particular communication here in Parliament is not to be a model for future procedure. I say that, Mr Lehne, because it is precisely on account of this procedure that we have not had an opportunity to discuss amendments in committee, and that we have had to follow a procedure not at all typical of this House. +But real social support for the objectives to be set with regard to disadvantaged individuals in the context of the contract-based procedures is the only way for support and incentives for job-seeking to be effective, not only for access to work itself but also for the issue intimately associated with this, to wit, the lasting reintegration of individuals who have been totally undermined by the destructive processes of unemployment. +We believe, however, that it is important for this to be carried out during the planning stage so as to allow employees to anticipate change, extending the Directive' s field of application and ensuring that it contains minimum provisions at Community level, derogations from which may be allowed only if they are more favourable to employees, as well as extending the content to the areas which directly affect the workers and their future. +This strategy envisaged the first ballot on the European company statute directive to be followed by the ballot on the directive on consultation and information. Reasoning that if the directive we are discussing today were to come first, then the ballot on the employment directive, which as you all know has been on the table for discussion for more than 14 years now, would become extremely complicated. +Mr President, Commissioner, would you support me in my observation that the proposal you are making means that the Council' s commitments will actually be eliminated from the compulsory funds but the Council' s rights, in particular those pertaining to the re-routing of surplus funds, will be preserved, which means in effect that there will be a switch from compulsory funds to non-compulsory funds without Parliament retaining its sovereign rights over this sector of the budget? +Within the Western European Union the issue of the mutual defence guarantee is even stronger than within NATO; within the neutral countries the general opinion at the moment is that the mutual defence commitment does not apply. +And since I heard it said in the debate, by Mr Bourlanges, that the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference was to decide upon the creation of a European tax, I would say, on the other hand, on behalf of the Union for a Europe of Nations Group, that if the IGC is to discuss this matter, it must decide upon the creation of a system that is clear, transparent, fair and, above all, closely supervised by national democracies, by which I mean an annual contribution from Member States based on a percentage of their GNP, which is identical for all Member States. +On the basis of the guidelines from the European Council, the work carried out by the previous country to hold the Presidency, the communication from the Commission and the contributions which the Member States and different working parties within the Commission have made to the Commission's communication, we have drafted a proposal for the EU's drugs strategy for the period 2000-2004. +In view of the fact that the general principles and limits relating to the public' s right of access, in accordance with Article 255, to the above-mentioned institutions' documents are to be established with the European Parliament in accordance with the relevant decision-making procedure by no later than 30 April 2001, the Council will begin discussing any proposal for an Act as soon as it has received this. +Madam President, to save time, now that Amendment No 70 from the Europe of Nations Group has been rejected by an overwhelming majority, could you apply the provisions of Rule 130(7), which states that the President may decide, following the adoption or rejection of a particular amendment, that several other amendments of similar content or with similar objectives be put to the vote collectively. +The European Union' s starting negotiating position, which is ambitious in its objectives, is bound not to emerge stronger from a round of negotiations which is in danger of dragging on and on and getting bogged down, particularly given the foreseeable attitude of the United States, which will not rest from attempting to progressively undermine the mandate which has been given to Mr Lamy and which merely constitutes a unified façade that does not successfully conceal the differences in the interests of the Fifteen. +The only solution is to re-establish checks at the internal frontiers of the Community; to give the Member State police services adequate human, financial and material resources to fulfil their role of protecting honest citizens, and to cease giving the irresponsible parties of Brussels any sort of jurisdiction over matters of the police, justice, immigration and residence of aliens. +The situation of delay, made worse by the vindictive destruction perpetrated by the Indonesian armed forces, the small size of the territory together with the fact that there is another half to the island, the coexistence with neighbours and powerful interests and the lack of an administration are all factors that contribute to the complexity of the task and show the need for the involvement of the Timorese and the importance of international solidarity. +We would assure the UN representative, Mr Kouchner, and his former colleagues, of our full support, if he would finally begin to set up an administration in Kosovo and not leave that to the bogus and illegitimate government of the KLA, even if the local authorities and the city and local councils were not formed by the KLA, but actually - if not other Kosovans - other UN officials could complete this work and the various different tasks that need to be performed in Kosovo. +The next item is the report (A5-0051/1999) by Mrs Rühle on behalf of the Committee on Budgets on the Proposal for a Council Decision granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans for projects outside the Community (Central and Eastern Europe and Western Balkans, Mediterranean countries, Latin America and Asia and the Republic of South Africa) (COM(1999)142 - C5-0039/1999 - 1999/0080(CNS). +Mr President, I am taking the floor at this point to express my support, and that of the Socialist Group, for the work and the conclusions regarding the proposals presented today to this Parliament, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, by my good friend and colleague Professor Manuel Medina, in the well-founded hope that this Assembly will fully approve the proposals in question. +Mr President, I have taken the floor to express, first of all, my surprise at what the President-in-Office of the Council said about the Intergovernmental Conference: Mrs Halonen did not even mention the European Parliament' s resolution of 18 November and the proposals it contains on the agenda of the Conference. +In short, it has created problems of security and stability in south-east Europe by basing its foreign policy either on open violence, as in Cyprus where it continues to occupy the northern part of the island, or on the threat of violence, as when the Turkish parliament officially stated that if Greece exercised its sovereign rights in territorial waters in the Aegean this would be a casus belli. +Indeed, trade liberalisation, the abolishment of subsidies, free investments, the commercialisation of services, even education, health and cultural services, serve the major interests of the monopolies to increase their profit margins. However, it is not at all appealing for the workers or the people. +In the future, it will be much more important for us to adopt a more sophisticated approach with greater emphasis on preparation, so as to make it clear which interests we actually stand for together in these world trade rounds and why we need them: namely to bring globalisation under control, taming the rank growth which would otherwise proliferate without a world trade round, in order to implement a sound strategy to overcome global problems. +I have already underlined that it is important that the Commission should also shoulder its responsibility concerning the Member States; but when it comes to internal policies, external aid and personnel administration, we can put clearer demands on the Commission and we can also deal with it differently when it comes to the statement of assurance, something which we have started to do and will continue to do. +The next item is the report (A5-0097/1999) by Mrs Pack, on behalf of the European Parliament delegation to the Conciliation Committee, on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European and Council decision establishing the second phase of the Community action programme in the field of education, 'Socrates' (C5-0267/1999 - 1998/0195(COD)). +After our consultations with the Joint Research Centre and Member States in particular we concluded that a value of 1% is a compromise that best serves two things: firstly, the purpose of establishing a very low tolerance level which implies an effort for operators; secondly, that it takes into account the necessary feasibility along the production chain. +Firstly, I would like to say that your slight delay is quite justified by the importance of your communication. I would also like to say that Parliament is delighted that this almost immediate and instantaneous form of debate between this House and the executive is possible and hopes that this new practice will really create a space for topical political debate, which can only enhance this House and its relationship with the Commission. +Firstly, Mr Rübig, I would like to say that I share the concern you have just expressed about whether the European Institutions as a whole, are able to draft a policy on information and communication which will enable us to provide all European citizens with not just the contents of our debates but also with the added value that the decisions of Parliament, the Commission and the Council itself have for their daily life. +It will be necessary, as anticipated, to carefully consider interventions in the civil, economic and social areas of the various New Independent States and Mongolia using two parameters: the solution of the issue of humanitarian intervention and social and economic marginalisation, without privileges and ranking, and the assessment of strategic civil, economic and social value with the aim of bringing the peoples of the new Independent States and Mongolia closer to the European Union. +Next year, the EU must do all it can to find solutions that are as effective as possible for the environment and the reduction in emissions and which can be widely adopted so that an agreement on the rules for the Kyoto mechanisms and the rules on compliance with that agreement can be reached. +This is what I would have said to Mr Martin if he had not immediately decided, without even listening to me, that the comment which I wanted to make under Rules 180 and 181 was not a point of order. I must say that he acted in a manner rather lacking in courtesy and which ignored the requirements of democracy, respect for the rights of minorities and parliamentary practice. +We have been involved in a procedure since the 1997 decision and we shall most probably find ourselves involved in a procedure again after this decision, which means, furthermore that it would be in the consumers' interest to draw up an urgently needed timetable with us in order to ensure the reasonable and timely application of this compulsory labelling system. +Despite the previous resolutions of this House, reinforced by the International Federation of Human Rights League' s report confirming the precarious conditions of detention of the political prisoners, acts of violence, humiliation and attacks on the physical integrity of individuals are still standard practice in the prisons of Djibouti, particularly in Gabode Prison. +Regarding the exclusion of the Kurdish Democratic Party from the elections, I am sure the honourable Member is aware that on 8 March 1999 the Turkish Constitutional Court unanimously rejected the public prosecutor's application for a temporary injunction to ban this party from participating. +To date, and in spite of the explicit call by the EP, the plans concerned have not found practical expression in an integrated programme to aid the EU's island regions, home to 14 million citizens of 12 Member States, to enable them to compete on equal terms with mainland regions, which do not start out with the same intrinsic geographical handicap. +However, I am afraid that given the financial outlook and the fact that these countries are less wealthy than the existing members of the Union, there is a danger that certain regions, such as Galicia and Portugal, will become even more peripheral and marginalised because of reductions in the Structural Funds. This will make it difficult to achieve the economic and social cohesion Europe needs. +We also hope, and I make no secret of the fact that I have some concerns about this, that Estonia will reexamine the language law and the law on parliamentary and local council elections which were passed following the publication of our last report. Our first impressions are that these laws could be at odds with international standards in this area. +Article 255 requires the Commission to draft a legislative proposal on the general principles and the limits governing the exercise of that right, so we shall soon be tabling the relevant proposal and the House will then have the opportunity to state its view through the codecision process. +The position adopted by the Commission and by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy in this connection is qualified: while price stability is guaranteed and maintained, we can be more flexible as regards monetary policy, provided of course that budgetary discipline is maintained and continued. In fact, productive private investment has deliberately had to slow down for years precisely because of the enormous debt accumulated and the substantial sums given to finance both this debt and our deficits. +As far as the more specific proposal, dear to many of you, about the reduced VAT rate on labour-intensive services is concerned, I am glad to note that today under the German presidency the first meeting of a Council working group on this subject took place, and later this evening we shall be debating the Thyssen report on this very topic. +The next item is the report (A4-0207/99) by Mrs Thyssen, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards the possibility of applying on an experimental basis a reduced VAT rate on labour-intensive services (COM(99)0062 - C4-0169/99-99/0056(CNS)). +Admittedly, you have today called for an ecological tax to confront challenges such as climate change - and I am very glad - and you have spoken of sustainable growth, but is there not an obvious contradiction between these assertions and your excessive confidence in the results to be achieved from complete trade liberalisation under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation? +The 112 or 115 Members who voted in favour of these amendments are a credit to this House because they were expressing the belief that Parliament is entitled to scrutinise both the Commission and its implementation of the Community budget. They were also stating that the Commission must respect the Treaties by submitting the necessary information to Parliament. +I see this as an important step towards drafting a Chapter VII resolution in the Security Council, and I would like to take this opportunity to call upon the permanent members of the Security Council to take on an active role in drafting such a resolution. +The European Union's policy towards the Russian Federation has not always been exemplary to date, but I would hope that the combination of a comprehensive strategy and the new TACIS regulation that is due to enter into force in the year 2000 will lead to a significant improvement in decision-making and implementation in the European Union's policy on Russia. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A4-0245/99), on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, on the common position adopted by the Council (13651/3/98 - C4-0037/99-96/0182(COD)) with a view to adopting a Council Directive on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (Rapporteur: Mr Jarzembowski). +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office, Mr President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, first, as chairman of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, starting my last public speech, I too would like to thank the President of our Parliament very much for the work we have been able to do together. I sincerely want to pay tribute to him for that, and now I will go straight on to the issue of institutional reform. +The resolution adopted on 3 December stated that thanks to the Treaty of Amsterdam, for the first time in its history the European Parliament was in a position to adopt itself a single statute for Members, and that this statute should enter into force as soon as the ratification of the Treaty of Amsterdam provided a legal basis for its adoption. This gave the impression that we were prepared to adopt a statute. +We have reintroduced it into the second Martin report, because we cannot give up our hope of contributing to public health in the European Union by extolling the benefits of moderate wine consumption to the peoples of our countries who are unaware that wine is actually the best and most pleasant preventive medicine for Alzheimer's, cancer and senility, to name but a few malignant and debilitating diseases. +Knowingly violating the Wye Plantation agreement of October 1998, which forbids any unilateral measures that could complicate negotiations on the final status of the territories, the Israeli Government is pursuing a deliberate strategy of draining the future negotiations of all substance and removing any possibility of the West Bank continuing as a territory, with the aim of preventing a future Palestinian state from being viable. +I believe that two things need to be done: the first is surely to re-establish constitutional and civil order and put an end to the coup d'état, which - as colleagues have pointed out - is the eighteenth one since the mid-seventies; and secondly, and at the same time, the process of seeking a national agreement needs to continue and should also deal with those forces, not just military forces, wishing to maintain the supremacy of the people in one island over the others. +It remains for me to address a final word to Mr Poettering, without wishing to make reference to decisions on domestic policy, for I feel that as this is a European Parliament, there are other matters besides Germany that we should be discussing But I can assure you of one thing, Mr Poettering, which is that the Green Party did learn from Bosnia, and has now learnt from Kosovo, and we would have taken account of this responsibility today, even had we been at a different Assembly. +To my colleague in the PDS who, on the one hand, criticised us for ignoring French sensibilities and also the aims of French politics and yet, at the same time, heavily criticised the inadequacy of the compromise on the agricultural commodities market that was worked out at the Berlin Summit, I can only say that these things go hand in hand, and you should look more closely at whether you have not, as it were, ended up getting yourself entangled in a knot of contradictions. +Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, repairing the dramatic material and, above all, moral consequences of the Kosovo drama, collaborating with the International Criminal Court so that the crimes committed do not go unpunished, laying down the foundations for the economic development of the area so as to promote reconciliation between the Kosovan Albanian and Serbian populations, must be matters of the utmost priority for the European Union. +You would, in effect, be allowing the majority of the House, the way it currently stands, to make decisions on political allegiances which might exist between any MEPs who may nevertheless have signed the constitution of a Group, and we know very well that there are, even within Groups with a majority, factions which are certainly in agreement with one other on a common political programme. +I should therefore like to repeat my comments. I indicated last plenary week that, according to our Rules of Procedure, the plenum decides about the Bureaux of the delegations but that, again, according to our Rules of Procedure, the joint parliamentary committees, just like the parliamentary committees (that is to say, the normal specialised committees of Parliament) have to hold elections to their Bureaux, just as we have done in the internal committee in all committees. +It will not be possible to stop organised crime, the trade in human beings, money laundering and terrorism just through co-operation between police forces if, at the same time, the doors to the free movement of people between EU countries are opened, both for EU citizens and everyone else, and certainly not if controls on the EU' s external borders are weakened, as will inevitably happen when the EU is enlarged. +In this crucial area of the law, involving not only the protection of citizens with regard to the outside world, but also the protection of citizens against state institutions, a situation whereby protection from incorrect executive measures and corresponding control in the interest of the citizens is not provided must not be allowed. +Furthermore, he accepted without reservation the proposal from the French government to nominate Pascal Lamy as Commissioner responsible for foreign trade, even though he is the architect of the "Jacques Delors System" , and therefore responsible for the emergence of a completely confusing financial structure within the Commission. +I have always believed that foreign military intervention should only take place in the national interests of the nation-states concerned, yet the serious deterioration and spiralling violence in the region demand action and meet the test of the new ethical foreign policy of which Portugal is a full Member State. +The Council, in its resolutions of June 1999 on preparatory work in respect of the WTO' s third ministerial meeting, clearly made reference to the President' s conclusions at the European Council at Cologne on 3 and 4 June 1999, which stated that talks on various subjects, including rulings on employment, are the most appropriate way to approach the achievement of significant and fair results for the benefit of all WTO members. +The Commission has already sent a document to the Council presidency and to Parliament in which it proposes a clear functional division of the agency services and staff between Pristina and Thessaloniki, with all the operational services concentrated in Pristina and the agency' s director based there at its centre of operations. +Report (A5-0010/1999) by Mrs Morgantini, on behalf of the Committee on Development and Co-operation on the proposal for a Council decision (COM(1999) 334 - C5-0059/1999 - 1999/0143(CNS)) approving the text of a 10th EC-UNRWA Convention covering the years 1999-2000, prior to the signature of the Convention by the Commission and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East +The services of the Commission, which oversaw the aid to Russia, are drawing up a report on the way the funds were used. In short, they are requesting a committee of inquiry, made up of the Council, the Commission, the European Parliament, the EIB and the EBRD which will verify how much aid was sent to Russia, which funds were used and if it was spent in the planned way. +I myself have visited the region. It has instilled a sense of deep anguish for the future among the population, mainly precipitated by our discovery that profitability tends to have transcended safety when it comes to property acquisition. +My expert advisers are telling me that, according to the Rules of Procedure, the action of Parliament and the session president, my predecessor, was correct, as the Agenda stated that the Commission statement on the financial crisis in Russia would take place from 3 to 4 p.m., and the topical and urgent debate would begin immediately after the Commission statement or by 4 p.m. at the latest. +The second will be how much power you will devolve from the Commission to this new agency, and perhaps to some of the existing agencies, so that they can do their job better and assist the food agency in solving the problems regarding food in Europe? How will you ensure the accountability of these new agencies? +Unfortunately, all too often, citizens have been informed about everyday issues which concern them when it is too late. For such sensitive matters, preventative action should be taken so that the food chain can ensure the physical and psychological well-being of all consumers and not be an object of exploitation for purely financial interests. +The resolution is at least a statement of our position on our relations with our great neighbour, and for Parliament not to have expressed itself upon this important subject would have been to have failed to shoulder its responsibility as an international parliament, and a sad sign that the policy of Fortress Europe is alive and carries more support than it deserves to inside this Assembly. +The Kyoto Protocol and the climate agreement also states that if a combined body of economic cooperation such as the EU cannot achieve the targets as a whole, responsibility for the targets set for it falls to all its Member States, in other words, if some Member States cannot meet their commitments, the Union will suffer as a whole. +In this way, it would be in a position to ascertain whether all the safety conditions are being respected and to know whether further urgency procedures can be added in the case of regrettable human negligence, which are ultimately much worse or at least they have been in the last few years, than the unforeseeable accident which, by definition, can spread terror. +In presenting that to you, I would like to say that this is not the only solution to the problem and our committee wishes to draw attention to the need for other committees to address this safety hazard through the forthcoming emission directive for heavy commercial vehicles and also through vehicle test standards, to make sure that faulty fuel filler caps are picked up, either in roadside or annual testing of commercial vehicles. +With regard to the concern expressed by Parliament regarding the possible consequences that might result from the reallocation of appropriations under Category 4 regarding Union aid for the least developed countries, we should not forget that, by virtue of the Lomé Convention, the European Development Fund channels EU aid to many of the countries in question. +These fundamental positions of ours, in addition to the tension between autonomy, confidence, a transparent public record and the essential intensification of monetary dialogue with the European Parliament, are crucial for us to be able to assess the work of the ECB, but also for the preparation of our own report and the operating methods of Parliament. +I regret, therefore, that attempts to require the Bank to publish the names of those present, the voting on monetary actions, after a grace period of some two years and the publication of the ECB' s econometric models were defeated at committee stage and have not been put before this House today. +The Commission will also launch a debate about other important policy areas: conflict prevention, preparedness in advance of crises and catastrophes, and humanitarian aid which is based upon upholding human rights, that is to say which focuses to a greater degree upon the victims' rights as human beings. +The new comprehensive approach that has been established for issues of immigration and asylum, the European Council' s commitment to the full application of the Geneva Convention as it relates to refugees, and the decision to aspire towards a European asylum system, are steps in the right direction. +Madame President, the Tampere Council which has just taken place, dedicated to the so-called European area "of freedom, security and justice" , did make a few good technical decisions to strengthen cooperation in the fight against crime and in favour of judicial coordination, for example by means of the wider use of mutual recognition of legal judgements in civil and criminal law, as you yourself, Madam President, indeed recommended in your introductory speech. +My Group had expressed its desire to do so at the time of the "Michelin" affair. In other words, and this has just been reiterated, the simultaneous announcement made by the management of this huge company to financial analysts of achieving substantial profits on the one hand, and the decision to shed 7,500 jobs in Europe on the other. +The one that I find quite positive would consist of creating an authority formed by a group of European experts without detracting from the decision-making power of national states on the fundamental issues which are the closest to citizens' concerns. There is quite another concept which I feel is much more negative and this consists of establishing an additional feature which would take away a nation' s right to safeguard themselves, a right which is nevertheless inalienable. +The transparency of the process for developing the general guidelines for economic policy and employment policy would benefit more from an official and public recommendation by the Economic and Social Committee than from tripartite-flavoured consultation, the outcome of which has, at best, the quality of obligatory effort. Could the Commission explain how it views the relationship between the proposed macroeconomic dialogue and the existing Economic and Social Committee? +And I wonder why, on the other hand, we must not say that if - thanks to liberalisation and thanks to being able to accept the challenges of the new economy openly - we manage to reverse the downward trend in economic growth, there will be wealth and there will also be the prospect of salary increases. Instead of having collective national or European contracts, maybe these salary increases can be linked to productivity and the profits of firms. +This is why I regret that at the start of the process, parties are threatening to hide behind the interests of their own autonomy on their own patch of authority: the government with respect to their budgetary policy, the two sides of industry with regard to wage negotiations and the European Central Bank with regard to monetary policy. +Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this directive forms part of the EU' s overall strategy for reducing CO2 emissions from transport, which is based on four pillars: consumer information, covered by this directive, tax incentives at Member State level, monitoring CO2 emissions from cars and the agreement between the Commission and the car industry. +Two circumstances have shown us that this is a difficult matter: an almost unanimous joint agreement on the urgency and importance of adopting efficient policies to combat unemployment and for this to happen within a framework where the necessary support for a positive economic process will safeguard social cohesion and the European social model. +There are several indicators of structural unemployment: excessively high labour costs, lack of flexibility in working hours and general employment profile, an underdeveloped services sector, an over-heavy state and bureaucratic regulatory burden, slow rates of innovation and long lead times between scientific findings and implementation in production. +To this end, I intend to deal with this issue at the next Ministerial meeting of the European Civil Aviation Authority Conference, which will take place on 28 January, and, as I mentioned before, the Commission' s communication on this subject will be presented to Parliament at the end of this year and to the Council of Transport Ministers, specifically at the meeting of 6 December. +You have a fundamental role to play in reflecting those points of view and contributing to the creation of a common foreign and security policy which is more efficient, cohesive and closer to the citizen' s concerns and which reflects the values and principles which have forged our identity as Europeans. +I should have liked to hear you give a more explicit account, Mr Solana, of the heart of this key matter, telling us how, within the CFSP, you intend to contribute to correcting, inasmuch as it is still possible, the most disastrous consequences for this continent of the actions which you at least paid for in Yugoslavia, if you did not order them, in your capacity as Secretary-General of NATO, and which we must confront today. +These decisions also include the Member States' undertakings to establish a specific military capacity in such a way that the EU' s ability to take credible initiatives in accordance with the principles of the UN' s Charter is reinforced, and this without any Member State' s interests being compromised and without the EU' s taking on NATO' s basic tasks. +Should the expansion of the world trade system and the opening up of markets be the main focus or should the defence of our European economic and social model, of the social and ecological market economy and of the Community policies developed in the interest of citizens and consumers take a prominent position? +Mr President, what should be welcomed in the Schwaiger report is the attempt to reconcile what up until now has been irreconcilable, and the obvious efforts of the rapporteur can be seen right from the first recital, where recognition of the significant increase in world trade thanks to multilateral relations can only stand in contrast to the lack of any substantial reduction in the world' s economic inequalities. +On the other hand, if we take a coherent view of the link between intellectual property and development, we must, at the same time as extending its guarantees, ensure that we encourage direct investment as the principle means of transferring technology to these countries, as well as developing agreements with them for technological cooperation and perhaps, and this is just a suggestion, thinking about strengthening European investment in fundamental research on living things, in order to share the profits with them. +In view of the fact that the Commission - and I am very grateful to Mr Barnier for this - has accepted in its proposals a division of this kind for the Amendment procedures too, it would appear faint-hearted if now Parliament' s Committee on Constitutional Affairs were to accept the two-fold division but not the distinction between the procedures. +I would like to say, however, that a constructive attitude to Turkey is likely to be a much better policy for the Union than would be the case if Turkey turned its back on the Union entirely and did not even try to embrace those principles that we have incorporated as conditions of membership in the Copenhagen criteria or in other decisions we have taken. +For example, the final mandate granted by the Council on 22 October, makes no mention of defending the principle of Community preference, a principle which had however been adopted by the Agriculture Council of the 27 September, which was itself only partly satisfactory since it omitted the principle of Europe' s autonomy in terms of foodstuffs. +How can the people of Europe call for the international role of the EU to be reinforced in the form of a new political and monetary union and a common defence and security policy when the EU is responsible, together with NATO, for the first act of war since the Second World War, i.e. the attack on Yugoslavia, in violation of every concept of international law? +But this has caused difficulties, because the problem with the Canary Islands, as with the other outermost regions - the Azores, Madeira and the French overseas departments - is that they are a long way from European territory, divided into small island areas, with very small markets, with enormous transport problems and, furthermore, with problems due, for example, to over-population, very irregular rain patterns and poor soil, which hinder the development of normal activities. +As I was preparing my proposal on the Morillon reports yesterday, I was amazed to find in a Parliament document by the Secretariat of the Working Party on Enlargement, from the international and institutional affairs section of DG IV headed by Martine Chariot, the following totally unacceptable reference under point 6 concerning relations between Turkey and the European Union: +However, a political agreement is now absolutely essential in the Basque Country, as it was in Ireland, and the narrow-mindedness and reactionary attitude of the Spanish Government in refusing to accept a political agreement with the Basque national parties within the peace process is totally unacceptable. +Mrs Britt Theorin, chairman of the Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities, has taken an initiative with which I personally fully agree. She has sent all male MEPs a letter encouraging them to wear a white ribbon as a sign of their public commitment not to perpetrate violence or to excuse or remain silent about violence against women. +Given the equal representation of the worlds of sport and government in the World Anti-Doping Agency and given all those who will sit on the board of this agency - all the federations and all the National Olympic Committees - who have all undertaken to implement, in their own area, the decisions taken by the agency, there is real hope. +In the future, beginning with the 2001 budget, it is intended that when the EU budget is drawn up, it should more closely reflect political priorities than has been the case in the past, and that the decisions on priorities should not only affect operating appropriations but also the required staff appropriations, so that more staff are deployed in the areas of political priority. +However, I have to say that I would have been glad if, given the narrow majority - of one vote - which we had in the committee, the rapporteur and his group had shown a little more willingness to compromise because - and I am saying this quite clearly today - if, when we vote on Wednesday, our Amendment No 7 to reduce the basic allocations to 500 is not passed, we will vote against the whole report. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0077/1999), on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the Council common position with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation on substances that deplete the ozone layer (5748/3/1999 - C5-0034/1999 - 1998/0228) (Rapporteur: Mrs Hulthén). +Following the Helsinki European Council meeting, on which a debate was held here this morning in plenary sitting, in the presence of the President of the Commission, the Commission approved a proposal for a decision by the Council which seeks the formal adoption of the guidelines on the Member States' employment policies for 2000. +In purely financial terms, in addition to technical assistance under PHARE - EUR 22 million - and the financial protocol, an interest subsidy for EIB loans representing EUR 20 million, we have devoted EUR 143 million of exceptional assistance to help the country to cope with the consequences of the Kosovo crisis. +The role of the European Union, the Commission and the European Parliament is crucial in this regard, given that, as has already been emphasised, many conventions between the European Union and Macao have been signed, and it is right that over the next fifty years, the European Parliament and our European Institutions should be able to follow Macao' s development, which I think will be a happy one. +As regards decisions on loans made by the EIB, the Gardaland project affair has already been dealt with in the Commission' s Oral Question Time in Parliament and it was at that time, according to the Council' s information, that the justification for the project and its benefits were explained in great detail, and I shall therefore not return to the matter. +In addition, the Council noted the Commission' s approach to the structural reform of air traffic, which was broader in scope and which set out to create a single European airspace. At the same time, it noted with satisfaction the Commission' s intention to set up a high level Working Group to look into the matter and report back to the Council next June on the issues involved. +The Council is aware that, in the case of Titina Loizidou, the European Court of Human Rights considered that Turkey was in violation of the European Convention of Human Rights when that country was found guilty of depriving a person of the rights to property in Northern Cyprus. Turkey was ordered to pay compensation. +The Council wishes to point out that all EU Member States voted in favour of a provisional resolution on the issue, which the Committee of Ministers in the Council of Europe adopted on 6 October 1999, and which stated that the terms of payment proposed by the Turkish government could not be considered to be in compliance with the obligations in respect of the court decision taken, and forcefully urged Turkey to re-examine her position. +Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes states that no other substance, with the exception of those given for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, shall be administered to an animal unless it has been demonstrated by scientific studies of animal welfare or of established experience that the effect of the substance is not detrimental to the health or welfare of the animal. +You can be sure that this House is proud of having helped, by participating in the pressure exerted by the international community, to prompt the Indonesian President, Mr Habibi, to release you on 7 September. This came just after the referendum of 30 August in which 70.5% of the population of East Timor voted in favour of independence. +Therefore, the compromise which we have reached with the Committee on Budgets consists effectively of only keeping the loan of EUR 75 million whilst agreeing - a position of the Committee on Industry which I think has been understood by the Committee on Budgets - that Tajikistan should also be able to benefit from supplementary aid in order to reduce the monthly debt repayment of EUR 200 000 which it cannot afford. +The discussions that have taken place with the rapporteur and other Members since the debate on the van Dam report, previously the Wijsenbeek report, at the February part-session have convinced me, or rather Mr Kinnock, that we all agree on the need to make combined transport more attractive and competitive. +We see discrimination against senior citizens; older people have problems with their sight and hearing; they can find themselves more affected by unemployment than other groups; and they run the risk of social exclusion. All this illustrates the need to work ceaselessly to mobilise public awareness in a bid to prevent certain groups in society from being marginalised. +In the case of the Court of Justice, it is important to mention the advantages resulting from the leasing arrangements concerning the annexes to the Palais. As regards the earlier payments of ECU 50 million, I would like to remind you of a concern we had at the time in relation to the commitments made to Parliament by the Luxembourg Government. +We do not agree with the wording in paragraph 1, and we wish to delete the word 'definitive' from that paragraph because no vote was ever taken in Parliament on the question of the 1996 discharge, which was recommended by the Committee on Budgetary Control to this House. +In both reports, Mr Elles's report, and here I am also bringing in our rapporteur for 1997, Mr Brinkhorst, two points really do need to be emphasised: we have not voted on conditions for giving discharge; we have annexed working documents. This is an unusual procedure, but I believe that it was the right approach to take, and these documents contain the suggestions - and indeed the demands - which we are passing on to the future Commission. +Although the process has led to many improvements and positive settlements and solutions, there is a danger that the assessment and discharge process will become inappropriately broad in scope, since the EU's instruments state that Parliament must give a discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget. +Above all, Commissioner, bearing in mind the problems posed by the old WTO agreements on these types of products, I should like to know if you would consider reopening the WTO file on two counts. First, we need a better definition of the precautionary principle with, in particular, a reversal of the need to furnish proof where doubts arise. +Cotton bed linen and cashmere goods are particularly badly hit, as are other sectors, specifically those on the list that accompanies the World Trade Organisations's ruling. For the companies involved, the consequences will be very serious indeed. +In this connection, the Commission and its President must, with Parliament's support, boost the Council's scant political will to define a common foreign and security policy for Europe which is not subservient to the United States. It must serve to guarantee human rights in the Balkans and the world over, and ensure that international law is adhered to. +This is not an abstract issue; it relates to the way in which we tackle the main items on our agenda, such as enlargement, institutional reform as such, and the creation of a common foreign policy and defence structure which - as shown by the events in Kosovo - Europe desperately needs, since it is proving incapable of tackling independently crises such as the one under way in that region. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Prodi, yours is a difficult task, but at the same time you have it easy: it is difficult because of the challenges with which the European Union will be faced in the next five years, and easy because Parliament, the Council and the European public have never before shown such strong support for a new beginning in the Commission. +Our long-term objective must be - through the rapid development of cooperation with the Balkan countries and an open door to the EU - to achieve in the Balkans what we have achieved in the European Union, namely to safeguard democracy, to build an economy which gives the people prosperity, and to bridge the borders between the countries in a way that diminishes the significance of national identity, so that when it comes to our opportunities in life, it is not so important whether we are German, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch or Swedish. +The stronger, the more reasonable party must act to suspend the air attacks to let us see what cards each side holds, to get negotiation back on track and to reach a solution to the problem, naturally taking account of the rights of the refugees, guaranteed by a military force, to return to Kosovo. +The Commission has proposed continuing the efforts of recent years to focus the internal policies on growth and employment-related expenditure, in particular research and technical development, trans-European networks, education and training, and on the small- and medium-sized enterprises, which has been a parliamentary initiative. +a)Greater and more effective cooperation between the Member States is needed as there is insufficient cooperation at present.b)The Community must help ensure that there is a better and more intelligent relationship between the protection of persons and goods and nature, which in the future may make it possible to prevent disasters that can be prevented, as many of them can.c)Special mention must be made of the isolated and outermost regions and the difficulties they experience because of their geographical situation, terrain and social conditions. +Finally, but above all, right the way through the text it recognises the equality of Parliament and the Council: the committee is to be chaired jointly; it will meet alternately on Council premises and on Parliament premises; texts have to be signed jointly by the two chairmen; letters have to be signed by the two chairmen; even the juridical linguistic review by the staff will now be jointly between Parliament and the Council. +Ladies and gentlemen, I began with a personal assessment and have ended up with a collective assessment of achievements that have come about as a result of your work, your determination and your sound judgement, as well as the active and loyal cooperation of all the staff of the Secretariat who provide the House with their services, the freelance workers, the parliamentary assistants and everyone else involved. +I suppose that I can now be counted as one of the veterans of the House, and I can recall how at one time the political group chairmen would lead the way when it came to wasting expenses and being driven around in limousines with chauffeurs paid for by Parliament, while in the meantime travel refunds were being drawn from the Members' cash office for the same trips. +I just want to establish again that against the background of developments in the Balkans, over the past weeks the European Union has demonstrated its unity and resolve, from the joint declaration by the Heads of State and Government of 24 March to the General Affairs Council's decision last week to toughen the sanctions. +Finally, as regards the management of the market, Parliament voted to maintain public intervention and increase controls over production. This was contrary to the Commission's wishes, since it proposed to balance the markets through the reduction in production prices and the introduction of private storage in 2002. +Faced with a situation where the agricultural policy must also respond to the principles of economic and social cohesion and correct certain excesses, such as the concentration of aid in the hands of a few, the Commission's response is to say that the Member States will be responsible for reducing imports, thereby rejecting an essential Community focus and the inclusion of general principles. +Subject: Fishing fraud in southern Europe Is the Council aware of the Auditors' report criticising the Commission for failing to take adequate precautions to prevent fraud involving EU funds for modernising fishing vessels, most of which are located in southern Europe? +In devising structural measures in this sector for the new millennium the overriding objective should be to keep them as simple and as cohesive as possible, to ensure that they are flexible enough to respond to the specific regional needs of fisheries and areas dependent on fisheries or where there are significant fishing communities. +The next item is the report (A4-0248/99) by Mrs Oddy, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on certain legal aspects of electronic commerce in the internal market (COM(98)0586 - C4-0020/99-98/0325(COD)). +Following the conclusions of the Berlin European Council, our Committee on Regional Policy had to fight on an important issue for all the people of Europe: establishing a fourth Community initiative, URBAN, which is aimed at the economic and social regeneration of cities and urban neighbourhoods in crisis with a view to promoting sustainable development. +It has made a gesture of political far-sightedness and unilateral generosity towards the peace process, it has avoided a period of upheaval and a negative influence on the elections in Israel and a serious crisis in the peace process, with the danger of military conflict flaring up again. +In the case of power plants, this applies to safety standards, especially those governing the construction and operation of nuclear power stations, their fuel cycle and the disposal of their waste, and all of these things are important in the context of future accession treaties, because we cannot admit any new Member States which maintain lower safety standards than those which obtain in Western Europe by virtue of political decisions. +Mr President, the Commission welcomes the Conciliation Committee's adoption of a joint text on the recognition of qualification. And, on behalf of the Commission, I should like to thank Mrs Gebhardt in particular, as well as the chairman and members of Parliament's delegation to this Conciliation Committee, for all the work they have done over the past four months to obtain this joint text. +The Treaty of Amsterdam had not resolved the issue of the functioning of the institutions, and in the field of foreign policy the only step forward was the appointment of Mr CFSP who, however, was not yet in office during the Kosovo crisis, which, without waiting for the delays and continued absence of Europe, broke out like a scourge and set off a new spate of the crime of ethnic cleansing which had infected Bosnia. +We will attempt to make the work of the Council significantly more transparent and efficient; we consider greater transparency to be a vital precondition of the public's approval of the Union as a whole. We would also like the General Affairs Council to assume a relevant role in managing the work of the Council. +The measures to be financed under the OBNOVA programme as a matter of priority include such areas as mine clearance, obtaining materials for rebuilding houses and also public buildings, supporting public utilities and customs control, and a village employment and rehabilitation programme. +In that letter, Mr Santer stipulated that Mr Bangemann could not commence his new duties and his new activities until the procedure set out in Article 215 of the Treaty had been completed and he also said that he would submit to the College the question of the compatibility of that planned appointment with Article 213 of the Treaty. +Naturally, Mr Bangemann has to take personal responsibility for his actions, but a policy geared towards economic interests as a matter of priority and, unfortunately, towards the business management interests of large concerns, also as a matter of priority, poses the inevitable risk that their leading representatives, as those putting this policy into practise, adopt the same attitude, thereby devoting themselves to maximising their personal profit, in violation of every moral code. +At first, the government didn't know what was going on and was completely indifferent, then it wanted to sweep everything under the carpet until after the elections, and ultimately it was responsible for a panic reaction which was out of all proportion and which led to the entire world boycotting so-called Belgian products, although it was my country, Flanders that suffered most from this, since the lion's share of so-called 'Belgian' exports are, of course, Flemish exports. +Madam President, unlike the previous speakers, who were, it has to be said, all British - well, well, what a surprise! - I would like to protest against the Commission's decision, which I find quite astounding, to penalise the French Football Federation for so-called discrimination in the sale of tickets during the last football World Cup. +Although my mental hygiene rules for the weekends have stopped me from dedicating the hours to my reading of the report which it no doubt deserves, I believe that it has an additional virtue little appreciated by my predecessors, if I may use that word. In many points, it takes up positions of Parliament and proposals which were not favoured in their day. +One of the mitigating circumstances in the Commission' s shortcomings, which is clear throughout the report, is the lack of resources that the Commission' s departments have in order to carry out the policies which we MEPs agree on in the area of cooperation in development and humanitarian aid, both of which fly the flag for Community action abroad. +I take the Commissioner' s point about subsidiarity but what we are arguing for in Parliament is a minimum framework directive which does not invade subsidiarity and which solves the problem by creating an obligation on the Member States to set up an inspectorate within certain broad guidelines. +State here that the Committee of Inquiry on flax of the Congress of Deputies has already approved its conclusions. State clearly that this Committee has cleared Mrs de Palacio of any responsibility, pointing out that the responsibility for the management, control and granting of subsidies falls to the Spanish Autonomous Communities, and famously the one governed by one of your cohorts in Castilla La Mancha. +Lastly, with regard to the area of justice, our aim should be to do everything possible so that citizens have the sense of being, throughout Europe, within a framework of justice which is appropriate and within which their rights are protected in a similar way, not only with regard to criminals, but also with regard to the possible abuses of public power. +The constructive involvement of Parliament' s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, and Committee on Budgets also deserves thanks, and I will in a moment comment on the amendments proposed by the Committee on Budgets about which Mr Khanbhai spoke. +The role of the Commission and the European institutions must, in the specific case of food safety, be limited to negotiating the precautionary principle within the framework of international agreements and to coordinating the policies of Member States and the European Union. +The next item is the debate on the recommendation for second reading (A5-0016/99) by Mr Langen, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adoption of the Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council adopting a multiannual programme for the promotion of renewable energy sources in the Community (ALTENER) (1998-2002) (7122/1/99 - C5-0032/99 - 97/0370(COD)). +What is more, Parliament wants to include in Article 1, paragraph 1 implementation of the campaign to promote renewable sources of energy already called for by the 1997 White Paper. It also wants to create new instruments and mechanisms to promote rapid and coordinated penetration of the market by all sustainable energy technologies. +The next item is the debate on the recommendation (A5-0020/1999) of Mrs Kinnock, on behalf of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, on the proposal for a Council and Commission Decision concerning the conclusion of the trade, development and cooperation agreement between the European Community, on the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, on the other part (8731/1999 COM(1999) 245 - C5-0154/1999 - 1999/0112(AVC)). +And finally, I would like to ask a question regarding the budget: bearing in mind that almost all transferrals involve Category 4, that is, the external activities of the Union, and that is one of the points that produces most dissatisfaction in my group and, in general, in the Committee on Budgets. Does the President not think that it would be appropriate to revise the Financial Perspective with regard to the Union' s external policy? +Will the Commission look into the use of more modern means of communication for this purpose? For example, it could purchase between three and five minutes of advertising time daily between the news bulletin and the sports part of peak-time news on the TV channel with the largest viewing figures in each Member State, so as to put across in simple form the achievements and aspirations of the EU, thereby targeting the broad sections of the population who do not normally read anything, least of all our publications? +I fully support the point made by my EPP colleague, Mr Bowis, that under no circumstances can we export our problem from the developed world by slapping taxes on our older plants with problematic emission standards and just driving those jobs and those particular production units to the less developed regions where they are less able to cope with environmental degradation. +There are, of course, limits to our realism and that is why we want to take the opportunity today to register our protest about the situation in Belarus. We also want to make an urgent appeal to its government to do something about those who have disappeared and to ensure that they reappear so that that in itself may lead to really getting a dialogue going which will move towards free and fair elections, hopefully next year. +Among these, human rights have a significant weight alongside free access to the media, an end to harassment of the opposition, constructive dialogue between opposition and government and endorsement of the TACIS civil society development programme. +Some of you may be aware that plastic material is increasingly being used across the motor industry and this uniform test standard will allow designers to concentrate on meeting one single standard, instead of having to divert their efforts to meet a whole range of different standards. +In this regard, we have voted on an amendment which corresponds to a serious political commitment from this Parliament, even if we vote it before Category 4, which means that it does not to date have the status of an amendment, but it does constitute a commitment on the part of this House to vote in these appropriations at second reading, especially regarding the Morocco agreement which is one of Parliament' s political priorities. +Are you aware that tackling anti-personnel mines, which is also in our budget lines, will have to be cut by 10%, or that we must cut by 10% measures by non-governmental organisations in developing countries, e.g. for street children in Guatemala or in other regions of the world because we do not want to have any vision, because we do not want to take a close look at where these funds ought to come from? +Firstly: I do not consider it credible that, as the European Parliament, we should, on the one hand, require the most stringent tests from all other institutions, in particular the Commission, that we should expect the staffing structure to be adapted to new challenges and that we should want to accomplish this through the European budget, when, on the other hand, we are not prepared, here in our own domain, in the parliamentary budget and in the parliamentary administration, to take the necessary action. +We have already heard briefly today that the main theme of the report is the year 1998, a year in which it was announced which countries had met the convergence criteria - eleven of them, the location of the ECB was decided, the EMI was taken on, the third phase of economic and monetary union was introduced and the ECB Governing Council decided on the stability strategy, based on the two recognised pillars. +As far as his former life in the Netherlands is concerned; the Central Bank of the Netherlands, of which he was President for many years, was at the centre of the field of influence in society in which socio-economic policy was developed, and I believe that we should take our example from this and involve the European Central Bank in a European macroeconomic dialogue. +Were there any proposals in the expert report as to the form this involvement of development aid would take or even of other development instruments such as PHARE or TACIS, for example, and has it been ascertained whether the problems are in the area of ecological aid and the programme there or in the area of other forms of aid? +Without these minimum measures and some others, accompanied by concrete measures against the relocation of firms within the European Union and other measures against social dumping outside the Union, the European social model, so dear to some of our politicians, including those on the right wing, will never be anything but empty words, and this will contribute to exacerbating the anti-European feeling pervading our countries and many employees. +Therefore, when one side of industry - the side faced with global competition and which, we all agree, should be supported and protected since we have a strong interest in European companies being able to compete at a global level - begins to voice its concerns over society and maintaining social equilibrium, we have a very strong argument for developing and supporting social dialogue. +Indeed, at this delicate stage for the European Union, while we begin to enlarge eastwards, while all the economic and financial changes linked to the creation of the single currency are already underway, we must not forget the value of culture, the specificity and diversity of European culture, its enhancement and its diffusion. +Mr President, on the initiative of the Socialist Group and with the support of other groups, the Committee on Fisheries has formulated this oral question to the European Commission and the, once again, absent Council of Ministers, so that European citizens may learn of the current situation with regard to the contacts with the Moroccan authorities, with a view to the negotiation of a future fisheries agreement between the European Union and Morocco. +After the expiry of the previous agreement, Commissioner, there was a halt which lasted seven months, to which we have to add the natural biological stoppages and other bans which were not so much biological as arbitrary, imposed by the Moroccan Administration on a European Commission which was not able to defend the interests of its people, which was illustrated by the numerous unjustified seizures including some which were outside the Moroccan exclusive economic zone. +The EU and China need to conclude a separate scientific and technological agreement in order to improve and extend cooperation in fields such as energy, the environment, life sciences, abiotic sciences, transport, telematics, information technology and communications. +If you extrapolate that, European industry as a whole may be investing DM 20 billion or EUR 10 billion in research activities outside the European Union, and if the funds the European Union is making available here could be used to attract private research funding also, that would be a benefit, and would mean that countries like Argentina would not be just tantamount to extensions of Europe' s workshops, but could also participate in research and development themselves. +I had already raised this point and the President has kindly sent me a reply which, however, I do not believe conforms to the Rules of Procedure because, if the Rules of Procedure says one week, then one week cannot be understood to mean seven working days. Seven days can mean seven calendar days or seven working days, but a week cannot mean this, just as a month, or a year, for example, cannot be considered to mean 365 working days. +Also, we give our full backing to the rapporteur' s proposals to cut CO2 emissions so that we can achieve the Kyoto objectives, but also to the tax incentives for adapting older vehicles and the adjustment of test conditions, so that actual emissions of vehicles in use can be measured, albeit in the longer term. +The great car culture has been referred to before in European Parliament reports as the main culprit of air pollution in Europe and Parliament is now playing an active role in establishing limit values for various pollutants so as to bring this environmental problem under control. +I believe and I hope, therefore, that Parliament may, on the basis of this report, be supported with revenue by this reference in particular as well as by others, and by the elements contained in it, and that Parliament will associate itself to a formal demand, according to which the Intergovernmental Conference will be authorised to tackle both the proposed reforms and also this fundamental aspect of the full participation of Parliament not only as regards the "expenditure" but also as regards the "revenue" of the Union budget. +It is essential, therefore, to unify the energy debate in order to determine exactly what our investment choices are, and to put an end to the contradictory situation whereby at least five members of the European Union, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Portugal and Greece, who do not actually use nuclear power, are obliged to finance a nuclear policy which is still subsidised, by more than 50%, by the European Union. +- I respect the reasons for which the British delegation has abstained on Amendments Nos 5 and 8 - junior doctors - but I have not followed this line since firstly, this is a negotiating position and secondly, my close family experience of a highly stressed and overworked NHS midwife do not allow me to impose long working hours on vital medical staff for any longer than is absolutely necessary. +They have led to the current Greek authorities taking a very important decision, specifically the appointment of a new board of directors, turning to experts from other companies - that is, Speedway, a subsidiary of British Airways - which must update the company' s recovery plan and which, I am sure, will be able to offer us over the next month, sufficient information and the necessary guarantees so that, once and for all, we can authorise the last batch of aid to Olympic Airways and ensure that it takes off correctly and takes to the air without any great problems. +He has shown great openness which has, in turn, lead to us putting forward compromises which are not really compromises in the sense that they do not negate positions defended by individual groups; rather, we have genuinely fought and wrestled to find a European compromise, a European formulation which fully supports the position of the Council and of the Commission. +To this end it is essential that the Commission achieves the harmonisation of tariffs and the elimination of tariff peaks and tariff progression, as well as the removal of all technical barriers to trade, on the understanding that the less developed countries should be guaranteed free access to the international market for all their products so that they can also benefit from trade liberalisation. +Finally, I would also like to congratulate the rapporteur on his excellent report and his desire to reach the widest possible consensus on a subject as important as the coming Millennium Round, which we depend on to consolidate a balanced trading system which will ensure, on a global level, an economic order based on social justice. +Those in favour of the liberalisation of trade as the driving force for prosperity are all the less willing to undertake such a report, since there can be no real denial that the situation has become worse in recent years, and inequalities between underdeveloped countries and advanced countries, as well as the development of inequalities even within developed countries, have intensified. +At present, despite the good work of the rapporteurs, Parliament' s draft position is in danger of being more conservative than the Commission' s, and the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party has tabled various amendments to seek to sharpen the focus of the report and to speed up the development of a parliamentary Europe. +However, the construction of Europe does not mean taking away from peoples and nations the scope for autonomy that enables them to control their own destiny. By this I mean that we can only undertake this construction if we support respect for national sovereignty, if we support approval by the people, social and political consensus, the openness and transparency of the processes and respect for all the constituent countries. +Subject: Ban on fuel supplies and looming humanitarian disaster in Yugoslavia The European Union=s opposition, expressed notably at the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg, to providing fuel and emergency aid for the inhabitants of Yugoslavia to enable them to face the coming winter and the final decision to export heating oil B a plan called Energy for Democracy B to two Serb cities, Nis and Pirot, which are under opposition control, has provoked strong reactions. +But what of the protection of workers, particularly against the tragedy of unemployment, even in the richest countries of the European Union, precisely those which would easily have adequate means to eradicate unemployment if their governments were not concerned primarily by the profits of big business and by making owners and shareholders wealthy? +Public and social services such as education or health, but also those where consumer safety and collective interests are involved, such as public transport or air traffic control, culture and artistic creation, may not be taken into account as part of trade negotiations. +In the light of the international agreement concluded by the Special Session of the United Nations Organisation in June 1998 for a balanced approach to the problem which aims to reduce both supply and demand, I would like to highlight the potential offered by Article 152 of the Treaty. +Mr Newton Dunn, because we are of the view that in weighing up your proposal, that is a very worthy one, and the intention that the German Council Presidency had in its time, we must decide in favour of the greater target area, we shall reject your amendment, not only because of the legal base, but as a consequence of all the others, which does not alter the fact that you have undertaken a careful piece of work. +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0054/99) by Mr Seppänen on behalf of the Committee on Budgets on the Proposal for a Council Decision granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans for projects for the reconstruction of the earthquake-stricken areas of Turkey (COM(1999) 498 - C5-0247/1999 - 1999/0212(CNS)). +Examples we could mention are the drug prevention group in Finland that operates under the supervision of the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, and the Pompidou Group, a European Council cooperation group on drugs that was established in the 1970s on an initiative by the French President and that is planning several projects to reduce the supply and demand of drugs. +We have an obligation to our fellow citizens - and note that the President-in-Office of the Council comes from a Nordic country which is always boasting about transparency - to achieve a transparent process in which this House is duly represented. I would like Mrs Halonen to reject the view expressed that the Council Presidency is opposed to full representation of the European Parliament, with two representatives, at the Intergovernmental Conference. +Mr President, the President of the Council says that she always appreciates the trips she makes to the Parliament, so it is rather extraordinary that she failed during her speech to respond to any of the proposals of Parliament for the IGC. This rather reinforces the press reports, which give cause for concern, that the European Council has chosen a narrow agenda for the IGC and a merely voluntary charter. +In 1998 and 1999, Turkey was allocated grants under the MEDA programme, the European Parliament' s having approved the Commission' s programmes following participation in an interinstitutional working party. The Committee on Budgets also decided that this working party should be maintained during the reading of the Budget for the year 2000. +I particularly believe, and I said this in the debate in October, that for the first time all the pieces of the Turkish jigsaw are on the table, namely the problems of the Aegean islands, Cyprus, human rights and ethnic minorities. +Consequently, we feel that it would now be timely to give yet another very clear signal that the preservation of human rights and the protection of minorities in Turkey are still an essential condition for the European Parliament to show its solidarity in terms of cooperation and support for that country. +Despite political initiatives aimed at reducing pollution and improving air quality, it is assumed that passenger transport needs will increase drastically over the next ten years and that the number of vehicles will increase by 25%, increasing air pollution still further. +Other elements of this strategy are an agreement with the automobile industry on reducing CO2 emissions by a certain deadline and a fuel consumption labelling system in order to make it easier for consumers to choose a new car. +Madam President, as the rapporteur, Carmen Fraga Estévez, has said, the introduction of the proposal for a new Council regulation establishing the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products is taking place at a time when the European Union countries together constitute one of the largest markets for fishery products in the world. +But that is not all: perhaps these protests served as a pretext for the official participants at Seattle - those with the right to sit round the conference table - not to have to fully assume the political responsibility to negotiate, which, although certainly very difficult is absolutely necessary, precisely as regards social rights and safeguarding our citizens' health. These are negotiations that cannot wait any longer. +That is why this year's budget really had to reflect the need to tighten up procedures for budget control; and as the rapporteur for the 2000 budget, and on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, I would like to welcome once again the establishment of the new body to fight fraud and the new OLAF posts reflected in this year's budget. +Subject: Communication pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation 19/65/EEC of the Council of 2 March 1965 Has the Commission given due thought to the peculiar nature and diversity of the catering sector in Belgium, which is renowned for its wealth of congenial cafés with countless different types of beer, and the impact which introduction of the regulation would have, in particular the fact that managers of small establishments would suffer? +There is a marked gap between the Union' s loud proclamations of its ambition to play a more active role in the settlement of major international problems and the haggling which we are forced to engage in with government representatives when it comes to finding money to fund the new priorities. +But I must say that, in contrast to national politics, what is striking in Europe is that practical politics are not party political and the European Parliament is aware of its responsibility on material matters, a responsibility which was, of course, heightened or highlighted by the poor turnout at the European elections. +As required under Article 35 of our Rules of Procedure, the Committee on Budgetary Control interviewed and questioned the proposed candidates individually on 22 and 23 November 1999 on the basis of the provisions of the Treaty which require that candidates must hold or have held or be particularly suitable for an auditing office. +Important issues for developing countries include how to create facilities to make it possible for them to report on levels of emissions, the development of their facilities in general and technology transfer. +First of all I would like to recognise, as I am sure the whole Parliament does, the role that the honourable Member Mr Soares has played, not only in the restoration of democracy, decency and human rights to one of the greatest European countries, but also the role he has played historically in the end of empire, and in the ending of empire as decently as could be managed, not least in Macao. +The second and most important shortcoming is that, although mentioned in the preamble, the text does not provide a solution for one vital problem. This involves research into diseases which are common but for which there is no market for the pharmaceutical industry, in particular diseases affecting people who cannot pay for their treatment. +Previous rounds have been conducted with the greatest discretion between well-informed negotiators taking into account only the trading interests of their countries. However, the next round, whose starting date is still unknown, must now be transparent and include in the debates all trade-related issues, namely social standards, the environment, consumer protection and culture. +Subject: Humanitarian aid for Serbia With the onset of winter, will the Council take action to ensure that humanitarian aid is sent to the Serbian people, following the reservations expressed by the Stability Pact coordinator himself, Mr Bodo Hombach, concerning the continued embargo, which is causing greater hardship to the Serbian people than to the Milosevic regime? +This is why I have a very positive view of the Murphy report and have voted in favour of it, since it reintroduces aspects which the Council had eliminated in drawing up the common position, but which are of unquestionable benefit to SMEs, in particular the obligation to legislate for the establishment of standardised payment terms in commercial transactions and for this obligation to also be incumbent upon public entities. +Given the importance of tourism for job creation and the dissemination of European culture and in view of the fact that the Council of Ministers for Tourism is constantly deferring adoption of the programme, will the Council say when the final adoption of the programme can be expected? +I also think that we need to develop and draw up a code of good administrative behaviour which would help the Committee on Petitions and the European Ombudsman in their work and thus help make European integration more meaningful for the people of Europe. +That is why, as a follow-up to the Ombudsman's own-initiative inquiry into infringement proceedings, the Commission has undertaken to provide, at the point at which it informs the complainant that it intends closing the file - if that is what it intends to do - a statement giving the reasons why it does not consider that Community law has been infringed. +I fully understand that there is a political duty and a duty on the institutions to intervene as matters now stand, and for that reason, while confirming my own position on the conflict, I now support any initiative designed to seek a positive solution from a political, moral and legal standpoint, focusing particularly on the role that the UN, the EU, NATO and Russia can and must fulfil. +The claim that this treatment of the UN occurred because two Members of the Security Council blocked NATO activities (as they have the right to do under the UN charter) is a monument to high-handedness and a dangerous example of a totalitarian notion: that the UN is useful only when it agrees with NATO. +I am especially pleased that, despite the shock waves that have reverberated through the Commission recently - even though the Commissioner himself is above suspicion in this affair - he has not stopped promoting this extremely useful work in the area of financial services. +Personally, listening to Mr Prodi, I am worried. He seems more concerned about signing up to the Commission's traditional power bulimia, than about clarifying how the Commission will apply the precautionary principle and the principle of fair trade - on which the next President of the Commission is silent - when it represent the interests of the Member States in those crucial trade negotiations. +Mr President, the title of this report sounds very promising, but I think the biggest setback for senior citizens at the moment - and I count myself as one of them - has been the resignation of the Commission, which has meant that Commissioner Monti's plans for a directive to liberalise the European market in pension funds has had to be shelved for the time being. +In our view, other key features of a progressive policy are the integration of environmental protection into all Community policies and the review of the ceiling for own resources in the Agenda 2000 financial perspective. Preservation of the Union's internal solidarity through its Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund should also be part of such a policy. +We have taken the first tentative steps towards harmonising our economic policies: Mr Monti's blueprint for fiscal policy harmonisation has yet to be approved; the subject of a European employment pact is to come up at the forthcoming European Council in Cologne. +Rather than bringing about liberalisation, these agreements have concentrated the market in the hands of a few multinationals which have imposed a system of monopolistic control; the clauses on environmental, health and ethical safeguards as well as protection for the weakest peoples in the world have not been implemented since the GATT agreements. +The rapporteur also has my support in calling for public/private investment to obtain a modern transport and communications infrastructure in the Union and I support his call to the Commission and the Council to find the appropriate financing mechanism - such as an expanded role for the EIB. +Any cease-fire solution that does not settle this beyond doubt will not in my opinion be capable of bringing about an actual cease-fire, because the return of refugees must be linked to a robust peace-keeping force with a strong NATO involvement, but also including Russia, neutral countries and others. +By encouraging the secession of the Kosovar Albanians, who have not always been innocent themselves of violent acts, we are consequently justifying just what we are condemning and in particular the actions of Milosevic's government. If the Albanian claims to Kosovo are founded on the basis of the rights of an ethnic majority, then Milosevic had good grounds in claiming for Serbia the annexation of Croatian Krajina, populated in the main by Serbs, or the annexation of part of Bosnia, also partly populated by Serbs. +I believe that the Kosovo crisis is evidence for those who refused to acknowledge it of our need for a ministry and minister for foreign affairs and a ministry and minister for defence and security. It is high time for Europe to equip itself with the necessary tools to achieve this objective within ten or fifteen years, as it was able to do ten or fifteen years ago with economic and monetary union. +However, it will be necessary to improve the judicial system, the public administration, the police forces and the regional authorities through training, support for reforms, the reinforcement of relations between the European and Russian political systems and support for the NGOs and for an independent press. +There are some in the Socialist Group who think it is, and that we should negotiate on that basis: not just because of the media, not just because of public opinion, not just because of the voters, but because we need to set things to rights in our own House and to prove, when we speak for the peoples of Europe, for our democratic voters, that we do have some small degree of affinity with ordinary people and that we are putting a stop to a number of practices as quickly as possible. +Whatever happens, we ought to have it before the European Parliament's first reading, as otherwise we will be at the mercy of the Council when it comes to making additional appropriations available in Category 5, because if the letter is not submitted until after Parliament's first reading, an amendment will only be permissible if both parts of the budget authority, that is the Council and the Parliament, agree to it. +Secondly, in the procedural page of a report that I have never signed, it says that today, during the sitting on 4 May, the President of the European Parliament has confirmed the common position and has referred the common position to the Committee on Transport and Tourism as the committee responsible. +In 1998, the so-called 'natural' disasters that occurred - although I do not believe that they are always natural - caused 50 000 deaths and losses amounting to ESP 12.4 billion as a result of floods, fires, hurricanes, such as hurricane Mitch, and environmental disasters, such as the problem in Doñana, which has yet to be resolved and which is still causing difficulties. In all of these disasters, civil protection organisations play a vital role, especially if these organisations operate well, if their members are highly trained and if they also form part of a Community cooperation network. +It seeks to offer a compromise between having uniform requirements on the one hand and facilitating European Union access to world markets by aligning European Union industrial specifications to the broader requirements set out in the 1995 United Nations Regulation of the Economic Committee for Europe. +You have presided over one of the most extraordinary periods in the history of the European Union and the life of this Parliament, as you yourself said in your speech: going from the intergovernmental conference, through the introduction of the euro and indeed through the unexpected ratification process of the new Commission - that though we had not quite timetabled or expected it - has also been dealt with. +Madam President, Mr President-in-Office, Mr President of the Commission, during the 1998 congress in The Hague, the European Movement expressed its regret that the Union now seems condemned to progress in a vast conceptual vacuum and appears to lack any political perspective at a time when it is setting off on the two greatest adventures of its history: the launch of the single currency and enlargement. +In this context I think it is important to point out that the Structural Funds, with their declining expenditure profile, make an important contribution to consolidating the budget, although Community solidarity with the structurally weakest regions remains fixed at the highest level of the last funding period, namely at the level of 1999. +At the time, I voted in favour of the appointment of Jacques Santer as President of the Commission, in the knowledge that he had been prime minister of a small country, like my own, but one that had been much less affected by extra-European immigration, by unemployment and by taxation. I warned him about accepting the best and the worst in terms of the heads of the various departments; unfortunately, the worst prevailed. +We would also highlight the importance which Mr Prodi has placed on Mediterranean policies, which he regards as being just as important as enlargement to include the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, his will to help make the European economy more dynamic and reduce unemployment and, essentially for us, the defence of economic and social cohesion. +Most importantly, for me personally, the jewel in the crown achieved as a result of informal post-Berlin negotiations in Strasbourg was that the Council agreed to the European Parliament's request to modify the Berlin Summit decision to add a new URBAN initiative with 0.35 % of funds added to the Community pot. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office, Commissioners, the effects of the basic agreement on the Agenda 2000 agricultural reform on agriculture in the European Union and on farm incomes are less negative than the original Commission proposals since the price reductions are lower for cereals, beef and veal. You know that. +Subject: Free movement of persons in the EU To prevent them from taking part in an (authorised) demonstration in Paris on Saturday, 27 March 1999, the French authorities closed the border to 3 000 Italians on the evening of 26 March, committing a serious abuse that infringed the right to demonstrate and freedom of movement within the Union. +For example, a proposal for the same measure to be financed from the FIFG for Objective 1 and 2 regions but from the EAGGF Guarantee Section for other regions could only encourage 'fund chasing', whereby fishing enterprises might relocate within the Community just simply to avail of funds for their particular project. +The bad news is that the way in which these decisions and stipulations were made has drawn heavy criticism and even protests from the overwhelming majority of our committee, and I hope that the House will share our indignation, because this is a very important matter in terms of parliamentary control and codetermination in the field of internal security. +Perhaps I should also point out that the Council's approach once more raises the question of whether the theory of the Council's indirect legitimacy as a legislative authority stands up to scrutiny in the light of such occurrences, because the European Parliament is not the only legitimate representative body discussing these matters without the aid of documentation and being excluded from the Council's decisions and preparations; as we know, our national parliaments have been informed inadequately and at the last possible moment. +It is wrong, firstly because there is not an absolute majority, something which you yourself insisted on for the interinstitutional agreement of 17 July 1998 on the common foreign and security policy, an agreement that I fought along with my group. Secondly, it is wrong because the national parliaments have not ratified texts which add to, alter and refine the Treaties, sometimes to a considerable degree. +The amendments made to the Commission proposal that the Council is prepared to accept considerably improve access to information on the Community decision procedures; these procedures are too secretive, whether they concern the work of the committees, the documents submitted, the agendas, the list of participants or the committees' work schedule. +On this false basis, the European Parliament's resolution, which is concerned above all with the preparatory work for future reform, proposes that the Commission should launch, and then steer, the process, and that, without relinquishing its supposed political responsibility, it should entrust the task of drawing up an initial document to a group of experts, a formula that was previously used in preparing for Maastricht. +But I wish to emphasise that placing the entire referendum process under the aegis of the United Nations Security Council will inevitably make it necessary for the appropriate security forces to intervene if Indonesia does not comply with its duty to disarm the militias and to ensure this process takes place without interference from armed terrorist groups. +This week - in the course of my three final speeches in the European Parliament - it has given me great satisfaction to be able to speak out in favour of peace and freedom in Kosovo, to support the EU's fight for the abolition of the death penalty, and to argue for an international tribunal to judge war crimes. +In line with this view, and given that Mr Anwar Ibrahim has already spent almost seven months in prison without bail being set, the Commission considers that the trial and the appeal the defence lawyers have already announced, must be concluded in accordance with the internationally accepted criteria on guaranteeing a fair trial. +A high level of nuclear safety is a priority in the accession process and the Commission is prepared to cooperate with all the applicant countries to help improve nuclear safety. The Commission is also prepared to help guarantee that the levels of technological and operational safety are brought into line with the safety practices currently in force in the Union. +The next item is the report by Mrs Lulling (A4-0226/99) to the Parliament Delegation to the Conciliation Committee on a European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States with a view to reducing the data to be provided (3608/99 - C4-0172/99-97/0155(COD)). +Can I invite you therefore under Rule 38 (Statements explaining Commission decisions) to ask the Commission at the end of today's agenda to come to this House and explain the decision that was taken yesterday to fine the French football authorities a derisory £650.00 for a clear breach of Community rules. +I have a message for all those who speak in favour of a preventative peace policy, and there is a broad consensus in the national parliaments as well as in the European Parliament, in spite of all the things Dayton failed to deliver, and that is not a criticism of Dayton as presumably it couldn't have been any other way at the time, and that message is that a strategy which will be effective in the long-term for bringing South-Eastern Europe up to the level of an integrated Europe and then bringing it into an integrated Europe, has now become a functioning policy. +As for partisan considerations, it is clear that your Commission must represent the great political forces of the European Union, and on a Parliamentary level we must continue to work with all the large groups - and that does not mean just two groups - according to a policy of co-operation necessary for the success of our legislative work. +We simply have to remember the role played by Mr Bangemann in the Commission's revised proposal on royalties and the information society, the pressure applied by Telefónica to introduce changes to the proposed Directive previously rejected by Parliament, Telefónica 's active policy with regard to penetrating the media, and also in relation to charges. +I would also say that Mr Kreissl-Dörfler was right to emphasise, together with Mr Duff - in a very interesting maiden speech - that if all institutions do not demonstrate the highest standards of rectitude for themselves, by themselves, then those standards will be imposed externally, either in the form of punishment by the general public, initially through its apathy and detachment but maybe in other ways more directly, politically too, or by the Council taking a responsibility which others appear to be unwilling to demonstrate. +I, therefore, think that the Commission was wrong to apply Article 82 of the Treaty because there was no real abusive exploitation of power, only a quite legitimate and understandable use of a set of circumstances which were highly unusual from a financial point of view. +Firstly, the Committee of Independent Experts recognises that, in spite of the fact that ultimate responsibility for management falls to the Commission, we should not forget that Member State administrations handle more than 80% of the Community budget and that their attitude towards fraud is not always diligent, although their Ministers do protest about Community management. +Here too, in my opinion, we are dealing with genuine fraud as it certainly is not a good example of democracy and freedom to have the authority to overrule the free will of people who unite on the basis of one of the Rules of Procedure. On the contrary, if a Member of Parliament was to think that this act came about simply because of the economic budget of the groups and the assistants, then we are dealing with an out and out case of fraud. +But the question we should ask is, is it not time, if the European Union wants to protect its financial interests effectively, for a Community Criminal Law which would allow us to establish fraud against the Community' s financial interests as a Community-wide crime, and to have a competent criminal legal system? +Thirdly: if, in the next legislature, the Commissioner-designate for Agriculture succeeds in listening more to the draft amendments introduced by Parliament and to parliamentarians themselves (as long as, it is only fair to say, the latter do not exceed the budgetary limits and do not put existing legislation out of force), then a majority of my group is of the opinion that the Candidate' s experience, skills and commitment suggest that he will do some good work as a Member of the Commission. +Some of us, however, have said that they do not expect very much in the way of green policies from the new Commission, and our whole group will, in future, also see to it that the Commission gives sufficient weight to the principles of the creation of a social Europe and sustainable development, so that they have a serious part to play in all decision-making. +In fact, the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Home Affairs have to prepare work on matters relating to their own areas in an unofficial meeting to be held in Turku on 16 - 17 September, and the General Affairs Council began its preparatory work on the European Council meeting at a meeting last Monday, and will continue with the task at a meeting to take place 11 - 12 October. +Report (A5-0013/99) by Mrs Pack, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation 1628/96, relating to aid for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in particular through the setting-up of the European Reconstruction Agency (COM599)312 - C5-0062/1999 - 1999/0132(CNS)); +Report (A5-0013/99) by Mrs Pack, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, on the proposal for a Council Regulation (COM(1999) 312 - C5-0062/1999 - 1999/0132(CNS)) amending Regulation (EC) No 1628/1996 relating to aid for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in particular through the setting-up of the European Agency for Reconstruction +Thirdly, in terms of economic and development support, the commitment of the Commission in the Lomé Convention framework could and should be reactivated under two conditions: Firstly, improvement in the security situation in the DRC and secondly, an outcome of the national debate which provides a stable political disposition in the DRC in which the essential elements of the Lomé Convention are respected. +From the recent past and its frenzied emphasis on high productivity, we have inherited a situation which, in the agricultural sector just as - too often - elsewhere, has subordinated policy to the major food-processing groups and major distributors resulting in mad cows, dioxin-contaminated chickens, motor oil in cooking oil, sewage sludge in cattle meal, and who knows what else? +This is not the case in Great Britain: the disease has not been eradicated and the numbers of diseased animals there is still too high to prevent all risks of contamination and to guarantee consumers a healthy product. +We should therefore organise a large conference on AIDS, but not leave it only to those countries that must then deal with such terrible consequences in practice, but a conference that we have wanted for years, since 1993, on pandemics and AIDS. With us there to oversee things, we could meet this situation head on and finally agree on measures that are appropriate for an international authority, given that in this regard the WHO is completely incapable of offering specific responses. +The response of Parliament to the form proposed by the Committee on Budgets is that it is important in connection with this issue to examine the Financial Perspective and in this way also to ensure that general aid from Parliament and from the European Union really does reach its destination and also to safeguard the possibility of bringing these matters to a favourable conclusion. +Balance of payments aid is aimed at boosting a country' s reserves in such a way that it can confront its external payments problems, which always have a compensation: it is always either the provision of services or the supply of goods which is being paid for. +This is, of course, why I approve of the amendments tabled by Mr Langen which demand that the Commission plays a more active role in encouraging a strategy of coordinated promotion within the Member States as well as developing Europe' s potential for exporting technologies connected with renewable energy. +Technical progress in recent years has markedly improved the efficiency of renewable energy sources and, instead of giving so many resources to the nuclear industry in Europe as the Community is notorious for doing, efforts to promote renewable energy sources should be strengthened. +The first high point in this process of democratisation were the first democratic elections for all South Africans in 1994, the visible expression of emancipation not only for the previously suppressed majority of the population but also, I believe, really for the classes privileged under the old system; a liberation from the self-imposed pressure to justify a system which they themselves knew, at least in their innermost selves, could not be justified and which also isolated them increasingly from people in Europe and North America whom they felt culturally and ethnically akin to. +There are other items, such as value added tax, which call for a certain amount of harmonisation, because otherwise, there would be problems with competition. There are still more items, on company taxation and taxation on financial revenue which instead must be harmonised where the lack of harmonisation leads to a distortion of competition. +Anyone who does not now recognise that this is the hour of truth and that we must now provide Turkey with a clear and honest answer, may have to face the possibility that none of the things we are asking of Turkey will be attainable. Rather, a quite different development will set in for which responsibility will also have to be taken in any case; that is to say, responsibility will have to be taken for the fact that Turkey will no longer be seeking to join the Community of democratic values in Europe but will be following its own path in a quite different direction. +Finally, it is doubtless not without interest to note that the partnership thus cemented with this great nation of the south may contribute to the creation of synergy useful to the European Union within the framework of the delicate negotiations which are about to be opened within the WTO at the Seattle Conference in November. +Indeed, failure on our part to remain vigilant could have dramatic consequences for the society of Réunion, which is already seriously affected by unemployment (40% of the active population) and would be in total contradiction to the efforts of the European Union for many years, through the Structural Fund, to promote the economic and social development of the island. +But you did not even have the courage of Emma Tuahepa who herself dared to ask the African Governments what they had done and what they were still doing with the money of the Africans. No more did you report that none of the eleven African Heads of State invited to the Conference either deigned to turn up or pointed out the importance of cultural and religious factors in the spread of this scourge. +I am thinking, for example, of the excessive emphasis on the social protection clauses and social dumping when we know full well that these will be mere words which nothing can come of. They will not lead to effective checks and for developing countries and recently industrialised countries, this can only represent the protectionist sword of Damocles which can be used when the old Europe, the old Europe of bureaucracies, of union bureaucracies and industrial decline is in a fix. +On 25 May 1999, the agreement was signed by the President of the European Parliament - Mr Gil-Robles, the President of the Council and the President of the Commission. The Council and the Commission adopted, on 25 May and 2 June respectively, the necessary decisions under their competence concerning the implementation of the agreement within those institutions. +It would be suicide, as today others have repeatedly advocated, to think that European leaders can put pressure on the Central Bank so that it will make up for their inability to relaunch the economy through structural reforms, liberalisation of the markets - the job market first and foremost - and tight budgetary policy which must be coupled with a reduction of the tax burden on people and firms. +Mr President, Mr President of the European Central Bank, this debate is taking place with the euro having been in place for nine months, in conditions which enables us to affirm that its introduction has been successful, even if only in the limited sense that the transition to the third phase of the Economic and Monetary Union has taken place with no great upsets. +Another large difference is that it is very easy to try to make a counterfeit banknote with modern photocopying techniques which is the reason why the precise features of the banknotes to come will be widely published but only very briefly in advance of their introduction, so as to reduce the danger of counterfeiting and confusing a public which is not yet familiar with the notes. +Our group will use its opportunities to influence the Community budget for the creation of a basis for a European refugee fund. This is a matter that was only mentioned in the Council' s decisions, in which the Commission was urged to explore the possibility of considering some sort of reserve fund for situations where large groups of refugees are applying for temporary protection. +It is a strong signal that Europe is no longer just a market and that the European citizen is no longer just a consumer or a worker; that the citizens, in all their forms, with all their worries, with all their needs, with all their demands, are at the centre of European construction. +At this time, a clear sign must be given so that the process of drawing up the Charter and the Intergovernmental Conference of the Union, which are due to take place at the same time, both express movement in the same direction, with a view to guaranteeing the conditions for enlargement and strengthening the foundations of the rule of law in our Union. +The European currency is not yet in circulation, and yet in Cologne in June there was mention of a European army, and in Tampere in September of a European criminal justice system, a Charter of fundamental rights is being prepared and finally, above all, the Commission is inviting the European Council to accept the prospect of a Europe expanding as far as Asia Minor, up to the western borders of Iraq and Iran. +Report (A5-0021/1999) by Mr Hatzidakis, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on the Commission communication to the European Parliament and the Council on the effects of the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam on current legislative procedures in the area of regional policy, transport and tourism (SEC(1999) 581 - C4-0219/1999) +I must confess - with some experience of relations between this Parliament and the Congress of the United States - that in the Congress of the United States we have many friends and connections but that we have at no time been able to timetable a positive debate with Senator Helms, who does not even seem to have an American passport and who considers, not only with regard to this issue but also with regard to many others, that it is his job to impose his laws on the world. +Mr President, I wish to support the Culture 2000 programme and congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Vasco Graça Moura, for having enriched the text as a whole with new contributions aimed, on the one hand, at achieving greater participation of countries and beneficiaries and, on the other, at emphasising the need to diversify the grants, as well as recommendations in defence of the deconcentration of activities and great cultural events. +In the agricultural section of the budget, it is evident that even before the start of the multilateral negotiations of the World Trade Organisation, the EU wishes to join forces with the Americans and reduce protection and intervention by reducing the funds allocated to individual agricultural products. In turn, this will entail further cuts in producers' income and further restrictions on farming. +The European Scientific Steering Committee must express its views on the relevance of the French arguments because, on Monday, the ad hoc group, which gathers together European prion disease specialists, was not able to reach a unanimous conclusion and passed the results of its study to the European Scientific Committee. +Would he agree with me that the situation as regards beef has now tended, in the public eye, to throw into chaos the question of the acceptability of judgments delivered at the European level on food safety and that this bodes rather ill for Mr Prodi' s plan for a European food safety agency? +Therefore, if the real cause of the problems facing seafarers is not identified or recognised, then it would be pointless to introduce measures and create control mechanisms, such as the one concerning the rest period for seafarers which will not only be ineffective but will also be hypocritical as it will only increase workloads and lead to even greater exploitation. +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0049/1999) by Mr Gahrton, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the People' s Republic of China [COM(1999)0287 - C5-0038/1999 - 1999/0123(CNS)] +The next item is the report (A5-0047/1999) by Mr Linkohr, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Argentine Republic [COM(99) 0292 - C5-0040/99 - 99/0125(CNS)]. +In the main paper we are particularly attracted - as are others - by the emphasis on the need for a coherent approach to Internet regulation and e-commerce; also, intellectual property, distance selling and data protection - taking them all together in order to protect consumer rights and ensure adequate rules of viability. +The goals are therefore to establish networks throughout the European Union and within the applicant countries between organisations active in the fight against violence against women and children that know the field and to raise awareness among the European public as a whole of the nature of this evil and of the need and the means to eradicate it. +In it I also highlighted the need to bring together, at our own behest, an extraordinary European Council on the future of policies on the family and on protecting children in the Union and to present an annual report to Parliament comparing legislation on this issue in our respective countries. +As far as the amendments are concerned, the Commission accepts nine of them, seven of them are in principle acceptable, but we did not make further progress and I would like to explain why. Under the Finnish Presidency, which as you know is responsible for pushing forward directives and planning the six-month period, a strategy was announced in the Employment and Social Affairs Committee. +If there is no result at the end of the year, I intend to propose a new strategy to the Portuguese Presidency, a different approach to the issue and a different basis for negotiations so that we can make quicker headway with the directive in question, and, as soon as we have the Council' s initial reaction, proceed with this new approach which, in my view, is quite a straightforward one. +In addition to these few words, as a witness who is unfortunately very much concerned by this, I would simply like to ask if, in addition to expressing our sympathy - and the families of victims will undoubtedly appreciate it - we might, on behalf of the European Parliament, undertake a solidarity action in the form of aid which may be allocated to this region in the south which has suffered greatly, firstly for the families who have lost everything, but also for the economic resources which have been destroyed. +I also share the view that an equitable approach to planning the budget is not something that should be reserved for the revenue side alone, and I share the view that we should not wait until the year 2006 to have a debate on reform, but rather that the debate, together with its administrative back-up, should take place in this legislative period. +It is also indicated in this resolution - and this is perhaps the most important point, section 4 - that it asks Parliament to approve the decision to increase the amount of supplementary and amending budget 5/99 by EUR 25 million in payment appropriations intended for the PHARE programme, in accordance, Mrs Schreyer, with the urgent needs of this programme which the Commission has indicated. +We, in Europe, must do our part and set a good example to the rest of the world, while recognising that the major pressure for energy consumption in future will come from countries like the United States, which is rather profligate in its consumption of energy, and also from developing countries which, as their economies grow and they raise their standard of living, will look for more energy consumption, which is likely to come from rather polluting sources of energy. +Standard treatment of all European citizens in connection with family disputes and the care and control of children in the event of divorce will spare thousands of families considerable anguish and bureaucratic obstruction, thereby bolstering the sense of security and confidence in the European Union of our citizens. +These two instruments constitute one of the foundation stones of the Community building that we are constructing, the main aim of which is to give all the Union' s citizens and legal operators easier, more rapid and more efficient access to justice with a safeguard from the rules of legal security. +Subject: Implementation of the nitrate directive Is the Commission (in particular the Commissioners for the Environment and Agriculture) aware that the European directive on nitrates (91/676/EEC) provides no conclusive guarantees with regard to the quality of ground water, as the directive concentrates exclusively on nitrates from animal dung and thus overlooks a number of other sources of nitrate? +I am not seeking to draw a veil over the military aspect of security, but the key factor, in my opinion, is that this strategy continues to be obsessed by military matters, at the expense of a major pan-European policy for the prevention of conflict capable of dealing with the tensions and splits of the post-Cold War period on this continent. +It is with relief that we heard this morning the very firm position adopted on the matter by Mr Solana and his undertaking to bring his weight to bear, as of this afternoon in Istanbul, in order to ensure that international law and human dignity is respected in this part of the world, and it is with relief that we have just heard you tell us, Mr Patten, that you are shortly to add your contribution to that of Mr Solana in this area. +We need a European Parliament that is the general legislating body of the Union - like the Council - that participates fully in appointing members of the other institutions and is able to establish a relationship of trust with the European Commission, which is no longer weakened by the double qualified majority now necessary for a motion of censure. +I demand genuine decision-making powers in connection with the basic aspects of the common fisheries policy and the regulations governing, for example, market organisation, the preservation and management of stocks, supervisory regulations and the tools of structural policy; in other words, nothing less than codecision making by Parliament. +The next item is the report (A5-0066/1999) by Mr Napolitano, on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on the amendments to the Rules of Procedure following the interinstitutional agreement of 25 May 1999 on the internal investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). +One is the President of the Committee on Budgetary Control, Mrs Theato, who is in a way the mother of OLAF and of all these regulations. The other, who I consider to be the father of the current regulation, is Mr Napolitano, who has shown great moderation, intelligence and, above all, courage, in the quest for this difficult solution. +Increased coherence between trade, labour, environmental, animal welfare and other internationally accepted regulations and principles of 'corporate governance' through improved cooperation between the WTO, the ILO, the United Nations, the Multilateral Environment Agreements and other international institutions must be mandatory. +As our chairman, Mr Pasqua, specified in the course of the general debate which took place during the part-session at the beginning of October, and as my colleague, Mr Berthu, has just mentioned, it is essential, before undertaking a new round of negotiations, to make a clear and specific assessment, one that is objective, and thus independent and takes into account the views of both sides, in order to determine the economic, social, environmental and food safety-related consequences of the previous agreements of the Uruguay Round. +With the threat of deferred enlargement or even the withdrawal of the Union behind its original borders and in a bid to win new markets and share the plunder, provided that this can be done without rules, the capitalist system of the monopolies is trying to reconcile its internal differences, which were and which still are significant, in order to serve the common interest: i.e. overexploiting workers and achieving maximum profits. +In spite of the positive measures that were taken following Parliament' s resolution on September 16 last, specifically the entry of the international peace and security force under the auspices of the UN and INTERFET, the humanitarian safety situation remains serious both in East Timor itself, which it is essential to provide with resources to support reconstruction, and for approximately 250 thousand people forcibly displaced to Indonesia and, particularly, to West Timor. +Mr President, the succession of earthquakes that have wrought destruction on north-eastern Turkey have led us to consider it crucial to increase the sums allocated to that country, and therefore, we voted, on the first reading, in favour of a revision of the financial perspectives which include emergency support for Turkey on a par with the priority that we gave to the reconstruction of East Timor. +The next item is the report (A5-0053/1999) by Mr Medina Ortega, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1911/1991 on the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands (COM(1999) 0226 - C5-0127/1999 - 19990111(CNS)) +I have learnt that an American shipyard, one which has not built any vessels for more than forty years, has received the order for two passenger boats intended to serve the islands of Hawaii, since American law reserves the construction of boats serving internal routes for American shipyards. +Although we have clearly decided to abandon shipyard aid, the recent events in South Korea cannot be allowed to lead to a situation where the Union starts to confuse the old-fashioned shipyard aid with the action based on the 1997 guidelines, which did not relate to competition policy but were purely in line with sustainable development and the 'safety of the seas' doctrine. +I have tried to convince the applicant countries of these matters by saying that although not all these points will be dealt with at the negotiations, it might just be that they will attract so much attention in the parliaments of Member States that the applicant countries would be assured of swift acceptance if they began to attend to these matters right away, matters that will, in any case, be very important when they eventually become members. +I am taking this opportunity to ask you, the President of Parliament, the President of the Council and the Commission, to take urgent action in making an appeal to the United States to suspend the execution of Derek Rocco Barnabei, because the battle against capital punishment is a battle for civilisation which must be fought every time it is necessary and in every way possible. +We have today debated with the President-in-Office of the Council and the President of the Commission the problems which have occurred, the proposals made by the European Commission in its report on the Helsinki Summit and also the position which the Council of Ministers will presumably adopt. +We do not want to hit the forces fighting for true democracy, we want to send a message of solidarity to prisoners and push for real democratisation of the regime, which is why we urge you to vote against these two reports or, at least, to refer them back to the committee until such time as Turkey shows tangible evidence of democratisation and respect for international law. +Given the change in forestry in my country towards natural regeneration, massive cutbacks in planting requirements and a lack of public funds, I feel that I really must draw the House' s attention to this. +The payment system for major transactions has worked very well but we all agree that the problem of the excessive charges currently imposed on money-changing is generating ill feeling. This is because we expected a reduction in the costs of money-changing during this period and these expectations have not been borne out. +I also welcome the fact that, in its report, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection has tightened up its demand for absolutely comprehensible and easily accessible data so that the public is kept informed at all times about air quality and any pollution problems stemming from dangerous emissions. +- (DE) The non-attached Members will endorse the joint resolution in the final vote but would like, at the same time, to point out that the position on the question of reforming the Treaties and on the preparation and holding of the Intergovernmental Conference, which your voting behaviour in respect of the Dimitrakopoulos/Leinen report gave expression to, remains unaltered. +There was also, another circumstantial reason, a manifest inability on the part of some delegations to engage in a real process of negotiation on the order of business and, in this respect, one has to wonder if the fact that the opening of the conference coincided with the launching of the election campaign in the United States was a good thing. +The fundamental objective shared by both programmes is to contribute to the gradual construction of a Europe of knowledge, capable of enabling young people and adults to gain the qualifications and skills they need to enter the labour market and, just as importantly but something which is sometimes forgotten, to be integrated into society. +The measures on the conservation of fish stocks and the monitoring of fishing activities must be dealt with in agreements signed in the framework of regional fishing organisations, and these organisations must serve as a platform for international cooperation. +And now, at a time when this step has been taken - and we must remember that relations with Turkey did not start yesterday, but in 1963 -, we hope that Turkey will also respond in a positive manner, both with regard to its internal process of democratisation as well as its relations, not only with the Community, but essentially with the country which has taken the most important step and which I think should be congratulated: Greece and its government. +It is just as obvious though, that enlargement in the envisaged timeframe does not allow either for the immediate creation of a common foreign policy or the drawing-up of an economic policy programme, even though the latter is very urgent, especially in the light of the recovery of the dollar against the euro and the disappointing results of Seattle. +This document, issued in October of this year, states that among other things, with the aim of ensuring the overall, sustainable competitiveness of the European Union forestry industry or related industries, it will be necessary to guarantee an environment that promotes fair competition and to encourage European Union industry to adapt to fiercer competition. +I am not an economist, I am a politician; however, I would just like to make mention of the exceptional work of Mr Bourlanges and the other corapporteurs which I hope will help in reviewing certain issues so that we can assess the extent to which the Commission implements those political decisions in the budget and whether their implementation does in fact achieve the desired results. +Having discussed the Budget 2000 in great detail in Parliament and paved the way so that in crisis areas, such as the Balkans, there is multiannual planning of funding, we must now gear ourselves to that perspective, instead of frittering money away on small, individual programmes and projects, which are not conducive to efficient control and where more is spent on staffing than on the objectives to be achieved. +The next item is the report (A5-0081/1999) by Mr Valdivielso de Cué on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy on the proposal for a Council regulation (Euratom, EC) [COM(1998) 753 - C4-0038/1999 - 1998/0368(CNS)] concerning the provision of assistance to economic reform and recovery in the New Independent States and Mongolia. +We heard last week that a decision from the Commission on an aid package from the British Government which responds to that need for the plant to be global has been delayed yet again, and that this delay is affecting consumer confidence and the future of the plant. +To confine ourselves to the latest development within the Council, the Finnish Presidency has prepared a questionnaire addressed to all the Member States and to all the European institutions on the subject of "Women in the Decision-making Process" . Their answer has made it possible for the Finnish Presidency to prepare a report containing nine indicators, together with recommendations. +Recommendation (A5-0079/1999) by Mr Bodrato, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the agreement concerning the establishment of global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or used on wheeled vehicles ("Parallel Agreement") (10167/1999 - COM(1999)27 - C5-0073/1999 - 1999/0011(AVC)) +Now we have even heard that the Internet connection of the European Parliament' s computer in Brussels will be down from 22 December to 4 January: this means that the Members will, in fact, be prevented from using it, so it will be completely impossible for them to work in their offices in Brussels from 22 December until 4 January. +Will the Council say whether it has raised this issue during the EU=s contacts with those countries which have expressed a desire to join the Union and what measures does it propose to implement to stem the uncontrolled flow of economic refugees into the EU, which has pronounced economic and social repercussions (e.g. an increase in crime) in its Member States? +Again, if the Community grants the EIB a security against certain loans out of the Community budget, for example, to grant loans for projects in third countries, the Council has stipulated that the EIB must, in these cases, produce an annual report to both the European Parliament and the Council on the action achieved with the help of the secured loans in question. +Under Article 255 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Council must establish in a codecision procedure with the European Parliament general principles and limitations regarding access to documents to take account of the public or private interest within two years of the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam. +Now, it is possible for the Fisheries Council, with some goodwill on their part, to take into account our amendments and to adopt the legal text with our amendments. I suggest that we vote on the Papayannakis report and then you select the most poisonous pen that you have in your armoury and you write on behalf of the Parliament to the Council with the expectation that the Fisheries Council will not simply nod through what was agreed yesterday but will take our amendments into account. +Do you not share my view that the lack of cross-border price fixing or, for example, its abolition, especially for small businesses - and with this I am back on the subject of employment - entails the risk that national regulations will be cancelled out by extensive importing? There is a risk that small bookshops will disappear, especially in the countryside and in smaller towns, and that with it, accessibility will decrease. +This is precisely our debate, which is why I appeal to you to define clearly the relevant market in this context as a language and cultural area, to clarify import clauses together with the possibility for national regulation and to apply the French law to your judgement and considerations. +As far as the Commission is concerned, it will only be possible to tackle regional tensions and demands for more autonomy or for independence if a regime, a system, is introduced in Indonesia, that truly guarantees unambiguous political accountability and transparency of statecraft, and lives up to the expectations of the large, democratically-minded majority of citizens. +The European Union expects that to mean fair and correct treatment and also a public and constitutional trial before an independent court, access to the legal adviser of his choice and admission of international observers to the trial. +The conclusions reached by the European Council in its meeting in Vienna in December 1998 emphasise, inter alia , that the euro will strengthen Europe's ability to promote employment, growth and stability and that the introduction of the single currency will increase the need for economic coordination. +Although the vast majority of the political movements in Slovenia still claim to be in favour of joining the European Union, this does not always mean that any joint momentum is achieved: the people do not seem to be fully involved in working towards this aim, as is shown by the information campaign, which gives the impression - rather significantly, I feel - that it has just got off the ground and is a touch feeble. +The areas most concerned are social security and pension problems often arising out of worker migration, free movement of persons, recognition of qualifications, taxation including VAT, environmental issues and animal welfare issues. +I should like to finish by saying that, as the only MEP with continuous full and active membership of the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions since its formation twelve-and-a-half years ago in January 1987, I hope that MEPs elected to the new Parliament will ensure that they continue to take seriously the right of European citizens and residents to petition the European Parliament. +Therefore, a more effective method of dealing with petitions perhaps needs to be found between the Committee on Petitions, the European Commission and the Member States during the next parliamentary term. Perhaps we will have to ensure that the Member States comply with the demands of Parliament and the European Commission immediately rather than confusing the issue still further by taking far too long to deal with matters since this might have negative effects. +As far as the prudential rules are concerned, and the rapporteur suggests that the Commission should submit a report on the effectiveness of those currently in force, I believe that the recent upheaval and the way in which the European Union has, on the whole, coped with it, demonstrate that the prudential rules are basically effective. +This tragedy is another illustration, if one were needed, of the vital need to control the flow of road traffic - especially heavy goods vehicles - promote rail transport and establish operating rules to ensure maximum safety within a properly diversified European transport market. +Mr Herman's report on improvements in the functioning of the institutions without modification of the Treaties complements another report we passed last year on practical action to reduce the democratic deficit in running economic and monetary union. +As for Venice's inclusion in Objective 2, it might be pointed out that a Commission proposal on the implementation of the new Structural Fund Objective 2 over the period 2000-2006 provides for shared responsibility between the Commission and the Member States in determining which areas qualify for aid. +Like the rest of us, Mr Moniz must realise that representing the people of Europe means being in the same position as any ordinary citizen as far as responsibilities are concerned. Only when the role of representative is itself at issue is there a need for certain provisions to guard against possible abuse of the legal proceedings which would be to the detriment of the institution, of Parliament and of the people. +The discharge procedure is governed by Article 206 of the Treaty and the decision to grant discharge was designed as a means of support to the initial financial nature based on the report by the Court of Auditors, despite the fact that over the years this has taken on a political dimension. +I would instead call on you to consider the problem in the following terms: if there were no coordination of fiscal policies, given the present level of market integration, the Member States would increasingly lose their sovereignty to anonymous markets and they would therefore have less and less opportunities to implement an effective fiscal policy. +We need to find a way to bring this process to an end, although I do believe that discharge was not given here, because if we look at the result of December's vote, it is clear that the points made previously in support of the decision, the positive decision put forward by the Committee on Budgetary Control, were rejected by the plenary. +In countries with an Anglo-Saxon legal system, where there is no constitution, it seems to me that the rule of law is the cardinal principle which governs these countries, and indeed governs them much better and has protected them from the type of vision which at any point allows the majority to decide whatever it likes: there are laws, there are texts but that does not matter, you can say something completely different as long as this is what the majority wants. +All in all, we need to establish clear political priorities, to bring Commission structures into line with future tasks, and we need greater decentralisation, including in terms of the administration of appropriations. We also need to rationalise and improve the efficiency of the Commission's work, and I believe that this should include adopting codes of conduct for Commissioners and officials. +Your ability to demonstrate that you have had a role that befits the President of the Commission in deciding who should be in your Commission and what their portfolios should be - all these things will give your presidency and your Commission its opening strengths and, indeed, could well give them its opening weaknesses. +You are undoubtedly in favour of that, and you will undoubtedly seek with your new Commission to further that, just as you will undoubtedly bring about political union and give Europe the means, the capacity, to play a proper role in Europe and the world through its common foreign and defence policy. +The whole process will then begin again at the end of the year as, having completed the term of office of the outgoing Commission, you will again have to ask for the confidence of the European Council and the European Parliament for a five-year term. Of course, this term may be interrupted at any time by a motion of censure vote which is clearly now no longer just a theoretical concept. +I believe that in the knowledge of what happened with the former Commission you will undertake the necessary institutional reforms; furthermore, you will tackle the issues of personal accountability, internal controls and financial control, increased efficiency and the related right of control of the European Parliament over the Commission. +In the coming weeks and months we will certainly have to devise ways to organise the interaction between the Commission and Parliament as its supervisory body, with the relevant reporting and the provision of information to Parliament's committees. +Mr President, I deeply regretted the haste with which the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection voted for compromise amendments to Mr Lannoye's report on the proposal for a directive on honey. This simply weakened the report. +As I conclude my final speech of this parliamentary term, replying to Mr Rothley on behalf of the European People's Party, I am put in mind of a splendid speech made in the Spanish constituent assembly which drafted our 1812 constitution. One member of that assembly said to another that he would defend his own arguments steadfastly and passionately whilst remaining loyal to his opponent. +The next item is the report (A4-0190/99) by Mrs Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services and amending Council Directive 90/619/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC (COM(98)0468 - C4-0647/98-98/0245(COD)). +the statements by the Council and the Commission on the preparation of the European Council meeting in Cologne on 3 and 4 June; -the oral questions to the Council (B4-0334/99) and the Commission (B4-0335/99) by Mr De Giovanni, on behalf of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, on the forthcoming institutional reform. +The EU should have a modern administration and transparent legislation along the lines of the Nordic model. This would mean open Council meetings and public access to official records, whereby everyone would be entitled to examine public documents and records in all the EU institutions and to speak out freely, in other words to be able to inform the media and those outside the EU institutions about mistakes and wrong-doing in the administration. +Mr President, Commissioner, we have come to the end of this debate on Agenda 2000, and tomorrow the House will surely approve these regulations, with which I believe we have managed to improve one of the Union's fundamental objectives: economic and social cohesion and better territorial cohesion. +Subject: A fair trial for Öcalan In their statements on the Öcalan affair, all the European Union institutions have been unanimous in calling for a fair, open trial, in line with the conception prevailing in the legal systems of modern, civilized societies. +I am absolutely astonished that Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development rejected an amendment tabled by my group to correct this situation and that the amendment was declared inadmissible in the House pursuant to Rule 60 of the Rules of Procedure. +Second, the specific nature of Portuguese agriculture was not recognised, and the various kinds of production quotas were not extended, although Portugal is the country with the greatest deficit in the European Union, nor was any consideration given to increasing irrigation quotas, which would be invaluable given that in Portugal, which has the most backward agricultural sector in the European Union, irrigation has an essential part to play in modernising agriculture. +The conclusions reflected Parliament's priorities and, as a sine qua non for adopting a future agreement with that country, the conditionality or human rights clause, political dialogue and parliamentary dialogue were priorities, as well as regional development, social development, assistance to women at risk and a long list of other points. +I would say that we are dealing with an area where Member States seem rather small. This area covers the whole electronic commerce sector, the electronic activities sector covering everything from intellectual property to digital signatures and everything related to information services in general, including intellectual property issues. +It gives the consumers the opportunity to request marketing information that they want; it gives advertisers the possibility to target their messages to those who wish to receive them; it gives the Internet providers, who provide access to the Net, the possibility to continue to provide fast, effective and safe electronic e-mail. +Even though much remains to be done in the new Community market, we have shown that it is possible to protect the interests of entrepreneurs and traders, particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises, and at the same time to defend the public in their role as consumers, who are the target and focus of the work of enterprises, both public and private. +Since we could not vote before Monday on the resulting amendments and since you had specially authorised us to meet then, because the trialogue at which we negotiated the outcome with the Council only took place last week, the committee adopted the relevant amendments immediately after voting for the agreement. +It is less than a year since Parliament ratified the Interim Agreement on the basis that the human rights clause it contained would be a test of the Mexican Government's seriousness in ensuring human rights cooperation was central to relations with the EU. +Mr President, the European Union has unequivocally supported the cause of the Timorese people and their inalienable right to self-determination and independence, and has from the outset made a significant contribution to ensuring that their struggle did not go unnoticed. We can therefore take some pleasure in the fact that we are concluding this parliamentary term by adopting positions which suggest this may actually happen. +The Commission also believes that the establishment of a trust fund for this referendum by the United Nations is a positive step. And, in relation to this, I must report that this very week, and probably tomorrow, the European Union's financial contribution to this fund will be approved. +No other parliament in the world, I think, devotes as much care and attention as ours does to basic and human rights if there is any question of interference with civil liberties in the construction of a European legal area. +The quota proposal, in conjunction with the decision on compensation for starch potato growers, has no effect whatsoever on the competitive position of the processing industry - in actual fact the production of potato starch is being slightly reduced, so the producers of other starches can hardly object to that. +I believe that our task now in the coming weeks must be to convince the people of Europe of how important their participation in the elections is to this Parliament. And I believe that at least those Members who are here today have done everything possible to ensure that our work is not trivial, but that it is important and definitive work in the process of European integration. +However, I have learnt from an extremely well-informed source that a kind of preliminary draft report is already in circulation in this House, between the Committee of Wise Men, the services of the European Parliament and the services of the European Commission. +Nevertheless, again on the address from the other side of the House as regards the inauguration of the new Commission, we refuse, and on this matter I now speak on behalf of the Group of the Social Democrats, to make the procedure and timetable of Parliament dependent on the presentation of a report by a non-parliamentary group or a non-parliamentary committee. +But if this pact is supposed to be one which is somehow intended to strike terror into the hearts of, or rather, create difficulties for, the governments led by Social Democrats, then Mr Poettering and his group should be made aware that this doesn't just create difficulties for Social Democrat-led governments, nor does it only create difficulties for governments like that of Austria, which also includes a Conservative party and a Christian People's party, but it causes difficulties for the process of European unification. +A little while ago the electoral symbol for my candidacy - a little donkey - was invoked with charming irony, and I was invited to be stubborn, an invitation which was unnecessary as I am pig-headed by nature. However, I would like remind you that I was prompted to choose the donkey while reading a passage from Leonardo da Vinci, in which, while he is describing the donkey - although I cannot vouch for the truth of the statement for lack of proof - he said that the donkey is a strange animal because rather than drink dirty water it will die of thirst. +I would like to know whether, on the initiative of the Finnish Presidency, we may finally take determined action, with the support of the Red Cross and other international organisations, to oblige the war criminal Milosevic not to do what he has done so many times before: to use blackmail, to use these people who are now in his hands and about whom nothing is known, to once again oblige the European Union to drop the evidence. +We are at risk of being ensnared in these conflicts, unless the European countries do not stand by powerless in the face of the final phase of ethnic cleansing which has not touched the universal sense of conscience to any great extent: we risk the elimination of the remaining Serb inhabitants, in that region, who have become a minority in their own country. +In years to come, our citizens' food safety will depend almost entirely on the way in which the new Commission is able, at the forthcoming Millennium round of negotiations, to defend the complete acceptability of a model for a separate European zone of high agricultural quality. +But I should also say that I find it absurd if Member States which, in the past, have not observed European safety standards for example, now wish to prohibit the use of meat and bone meal in general or, if the Commission, as regards the question of the use of oils and fats, at the same time makes a general issue in a working document of the recycling of leftovers. +The second report of the Committee of Independent Experts highlights the areas we need to deal with, many of which were already among Parliament' s suggestions and which you yourself have already given clear undertakings on. For example, the new criteria for the establishment of private offices and more transparency in relations with the European Parliament and public opinion. +Finally, Mrs De Palacio' s outburst at the press conference following the hearing does not bode well for someone whose remit includes relationships with the European Parliament and, whilst I accept that Mrs De Palacio did apologise later for her remarks, it nevertheless raises another doubt about her ability to carry out this specific role in the new Commission. +We must admit that the Commissioners under scrutiny, both as individuals and as a whole, have all the skills and determination, as was evident not only in the hearings but also in Mr Prodi' s statements today, to meet both faithfully and unswervingly the objectives of the European Union at the cost of the interests of the working people and of the European people more generally. +What cannot be ignored are the challenges of globalisation now facing our Union, the explosion of the audiovisual and information society, the need for an educational capacity of great depth and breadth and, finally, the need to establish the legitimacy of our institutions and reinvigorate their forms. +Against the background of this preparation meeting tomorrow and the day after in Turku and against the background of having to deal in Europe, unfortunately, with a rise in organised crime, drugs-related crime, the criminal trade in human beings and the like, it was incomprehensible to me that we should have to discuss in this Chamber whether we could even have this debate here in the European Parliament. +Furthermore, the participation of Member States in the governing board will make it possible to ensure that once the annual programme is decided by the Commission, all the rest of the decisions related to projects will be taken on the ground without referring back to the management committee composed of Member States in Brussels. +The absence of an independent electoral commission, the absence of fair access to the media, the absence of any guarantee of the right to campaign, have all led the opposition, which is in the majority, to boycott next spring' s legislative elections. +Wholesale liberalisation in Germany is now already putting both biomass and solar projects under pressure and, in the social sphere, it will also, of course, result in our soon finding ourselves with a lot of little Michelin-style incidents because jobs are being rationalised out of existence so that power companies' share prices rise. +I have to say, Mr President, that the first ALTENER programme and later the White Paper on Renewable Energy Sources, which has developed Community strategy and the action plan for 2010, have been possible thanks, and I repeat, to the cooperation between our two institutions, Parliament and the Commission, and that the new European Union renewable energy policy has been put together precisely as a result of a good understanding between us. +The next item is the debate on the recommendation for second reading (A5-0015/99) by Mrs Ahern, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adoption of the Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council adopting a multiannual programme for the promotion of energy efficiency (SAVE) (1998-2002) (7123/1/99 - C5-0033/99 - 97/0371(COD)). +We do not have to resort to the figures on commercial exchange, investment and cooperation in development to see how important a role the European Union plays in the region, but the European Union' s proven economic solidarity must be valued as highly as its ability to contribute efficiently to a peaceful solution to the conflict. +Why can we not make it clear to Turkey that its recognition as a candidate country is an exception to what we demanded from other countries (such as Slovakia), and that this exception is being made for special reasons (which must be clearly stipulated) so as to facilitate its progression towards the necessary reforms? It should stipulate that Turkey' s progress will be monitored by the EC and only then will it consider its actual application for accession into the EU. +On the other hand, our society has legitimate concerns about the challenges that the phenomenon of globalisation poses for us: respect for human rights and of fundamental social liberties, the protection of the environment and the preservation of nature, as well as the protection of our consumers' health. +With the solemn declaration of June 1998, the 178 Member States of the ILO undertook to promote the four fundamental rights of work: the right of association, respect for the minimum working age, the prohibition of forced labour and the suppression of discrimination. +Within the framework of the current agreement on the common position, the requirement in Amendment No 5, that is, an EU Directive with legally binding targets for renewable energies to be achieved, is the minimum condition necessary if the Paper in any form can be taken seriously to any great extent. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0028/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive relating to cableway installations designed to carry passengers (COM(93) 646 - C5-0030/1999 - 1994/0011(COD)) (rapporteur: Mr Miller). +Bearing in mind that the Colombian Government' s own public defender reports one massacre for every day this year and that the Commission of Colombian Jurists attribute 78% to paramilitaries with the knowledge of the official Colombian forces, will you, as President of this Parliament, in your private talks ensure that you discuss issues of human rights. +The first is to thank Mr Duisenberg again for his assurance to this House that the process of cooperation between the ECB and the national central banks is now adequate, even in the case of a serious crisis in which a euro area financial institution may need to be supported. +From this point of view, when Parliament considers that progress is being made because regular press conferences are held following any Governing Council meetings and because, in addition to annual reports, the ECB also publishes monthly reports, this invokes a false sense of true democracy among the peoples of Europe. +We must take note of this signal and always ensure that the focus behind major political, budgetary and monetary strategies is not the new single currency but a long-term view taking into account the need to give the euro and the Member States stability, and above all, to relaunch the Union' s economy and the employment situation which concerns each of us in this Parliament so greatly. +Thus it is vital that the ECB finds another means of intervention, that there is effective democratic control over the way it operates, that priority is given in European policies to resolving the economic and social problems of the European Union and of its Member States, giving particular prominence to the policies of growth and job creation. +Firstly, we need to encourage and stimulate the European citizens and European associations and small businesses in this sector to make as much use as possible of this programme, but avoid concentrating the meagre funds on only a few large events, to the advantage of a few privileged networks which, in the long run, as past experience has taught us, end up monopolising these funds. Secondly, in any case, we would need to make an effort to increase the funds laid down for this programme. +I think that in adopting a measure of this kind, Parliament is giving a warm welcome to Turkish young people who, by renouncing their forefathers' mistakes, can now look to Europe as a place of great freedom, as a union of States, where culture, its dissemination and solidarity among young people are important, fundamental elements. +Therefore, and in order to ensure a high level of safety for national and international transport operations and to guarantee the elimination of distortions of competition, the European Union has adopted Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail. +This is a particular source of pride as this Prize bears the name of a scientist, Andrei Sakharov who, suffering all kinds of hardship, lent his prestige to the fight for the freedom of the people of Eastern European countries against one of the most horrendous forms of totalitarianism seen this century. +But I can understand some of the rage felt by farmers and consumers in Great Britain when they hear that sewage sludge has found its way into feedingstuffs in France, when they hear that the British Government has known about that since June but has not chosen to raise the matter with the European Commission and when they know that in Britain we are still slaughtering 60,000 cattle a month because they are over 30 months of age and cannot enter the food chain. Otherwise these are perfectly healthy cattle. +Madam President, Commissioner, do you agree with me that it really is astonishing that Member States are now seeking fresh explanations and clarifications when this has been the subject of discussions with the same Member States in the Standing Veterinary Committee for over a year and a half, and do you agree that Member States still imposing a ban on imports should present fresh scientific evidence, failing which it simply gives the impression that they want to push the internal market still further into some distant future? +Madam President, I would like to point out that macroeconomic dialogue forms part of the complex process of the Employment Pact and that, as the Presidency-in-Office of the Council has explained, it is a consequence of the Cologne decisions, trying, through the establishment of this dialogue between social partners and the people responsible for economic and budgetary policy with the participation of the European Central Bank, to achieve our ultimate objectives. +Can we begin to abandon concepts like that, can we perhaps begin to take a more realistic view in the setting of interest rates, a view which would accept that conditions have changed and that we can now begin to hold back on interest rate increases as unemployment falls so as not to choke off a fragile growth? +The Council has certainly incorporated some important points in its common position, such as the two-stage stipulation of binding limit values, stricter durability provisions for emission control devices in lorries and buses, an on-board diagnostics system, and roadside testing. +My group would have liked to see certain other changes of emphasis in the Daphne programme, for example links with other Community programmes such as PHARE, TACIS and MEDA,because that is where the big money is, in order to initiate preventive measures and campaigns in the applicant countries. However, as regards reaching agreement quickly and avoiding the conciliation procedure, we agree with Mrs Avilés here, and are only recommending six amendments to the common position. +The Commission will specifically ensure that this programme is a relevant tool to channel the synergies of public authorities and NGOs in order to preserve the physical and psychological integrity and the social well-being of children, young persons and women in all areas of activity. +They put it better than I can, how children are excluded from EU policy and how laws and policies that the EU makes have a very real impact on children' s lives, an impact that is different from that on adults. +Now, at the moment this matter is the subject of a very heated political debate in my country and I think it totally inappropriate, if not intolerable, for our President to side so strongly with one party, given her institutional position, what is more, overlooking the fact that an article of the Italian Constitution talks explicitly about freedom for anybody to open a private school without putting burdens on the State. +If what I am about to say has a ring of criticism about it, then it is not directed primarily at you Mrs Schreyer, for you are not the one who has had to take responsibility for this over the past few weeks, but when we as a Parliament draw up a budget at the end of a year, i.e. in the autumn, then we take for granted the fact that we are setting priorities in this budget and that these priorities are also the ones that will actually be applied in the course of the budgetary procedure and will be put into practice. Put another way, we assume that the things we consider to be important will actually be implemented in the form of policies. +The next item is the statement on the report (A5-0039/1999) by Mr Chichester, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the communication from the Commission to the Council and European Parliament on "Strengthening environmental integration within Community energy policy" (COM(1998) 571 - C4-0040/1999). +Mr President, this proposal, which we hope will, by means of a Community regulation, resolve the difficulties experienced by our citizens and their families due to failure to recognise judgements on ending the bond of matrimony and parental responsibility, deserves our applause and our sympathy. +Concerning Amendment No 11 - and I hope that a new oral proposal will be made so that I can comment on the new version - where it states that the best interests of the child must be taken into account, we feel that this would clear the way for a judgement to be made - with regard to the costs to be borne by the State due to receive the judgement - which is not appropriate for this kind of instrument. +The Commission is also responsible for the STOP programme, the aim of which is to provide the necessary training and information for professionals, particularly judges, for police forces and for social services departments in the fight against the trade in human beings and the sexual exploitation of women. +As for the high level group, if the Commission and the Council approve it - as I have already said, the Commission will foreseeably do so on the 24th of this month, and the Council on 6 December - the intention would be that it would start its work at the beginning of February or even at the end of January. +An international competition system must create minimum norms so as to prevent anti-competitive behaviour such as the forming of price and area cartels, the misuse of a market-dominant position or vertical and horizontal competitive restrictions which distort competition. +The attacks on refugees and residential areas, the closing of the borders and the hindrance of international aid organisations providing humanitarian aid not only contravene the Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians in war zones and other international obligations but are quite simply inhuman and totally unacceptable. +Rules governing international economic relations and trade should respect fundamental social rights, serve the interests of workers, promote development in the less developed countries, respect the environment and create the conditions for the development of all peoples. +We have based these preparations on the Cologne mandate which, in practice, addresses three points in particular: the size and composition of the Commission, the re-weighting of votes in the Council and an increase in qualified majority decision making. In addition to these three areas, there are institutional matters that are closely associated with them. +My group' s Amendment No. 18 which requests that Parliament be consulted on the annual economic guidelines, the decisions involving budgetary short-falls and any other important decision which has to be taken within the framework of European Economic and Monetary Union, of course leaving to one side the independence of the European Central Bank. +I should also like, however, at the same time, to point out to Mrs Kaufmann, who has just quoted the class enemy' s newspaper, "Die Welt" , that the party to which she has belonged was the only German party following the Second World War to issue the order for a war of aggression, namely against Czechoslovakia, and so one might do well to refrain from making remarks such as she has made. +Subject: Political prisoners in Burma Could the President-in-Office report on any recent debates and decisions taken by the Council of Foreign Ministers on the subject of the EU's policy towards Burma, and in particular on the possibility of securing from the Burmese government an amnesty for political prisoners? +If we failed to approve this today, we would be in the untenable situation that only MEPs would be above the law in this respect: a text that applies within the Council to politicians and officials alike, in the Commission to politicians and officials alike, would apply in Parliament only to our officials and not to Members of the European Parliament. +The clearest proof of the type of security being promoted is provided by the Amsterdam Treaty itself, the incorporation of the Schengen acquis, the creation of a Community prosecution service and the keeping of records on citizens' political convictions, ideological stance, trade union activity and love life. +I believe that Mrs Giannakou has taken a lot of trouble to give an opinion on the action plan in a form that was geared to a consensus and was determined in such a way as to integrate the different ways of looking at the situation that not only go right through the political "families" but are also characterised by national traditions, by different factors and by partially conflicting interests. +Therefore I would hope that my explanations are satisfactory, that Parliament may reconsider its requests, that the acceptance of this decision may be dealt with as a matter of the greatest urgency with the guarantee that, if there are financial problems in the future, the Commission would bear in mind the need to go further with regard to the reserve Fund. +To end, I would like to say that our Group supports the 19 amendments and the legislative text, but asks that we do not proceed to a second reading, but that this regulation be approved within the time limits laid down. We ask the Commission to be sensitive to the rapporteur' s views, to the views of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market and that, please, the regulation be approved within the envisaged time limits because, otherwise, the situation in the Canary Islands would be of great concern. +While I welcome this Parliament' s contribution, I also want to acknowledge the contribution of the European Commission over the years, and in particular former Presidents, President Delors, our colleague and former President, Jacques Santer, and now President Prodi who, in his statement yesterday, committed himself to the continuation of funds towards the various programmes in Northern Ireland. +Of all the human rights, however, it is freedom of speech that holds a special position, as without free and independent communication the other human and fundamental rights cannot be established and even serious violations of human rights, such as crimes against humanity, cannot be effectively exposed. +Why is no attention being given to other human rights issues prevalent within the Union, such as abuse in prisons or at police stations, killings by armed political groupings and the situation of conscientious objectors, to name only the most obvious issues? +I would like to mention just one of the minor consequences of this rapprochement: when Greek and Turkish journalists work together to stop the propaganda which we have followed for years in the main media in their countries and to stop people from being wrongly informed about what is happening in their neighbouring country, then I call that very real progress indeed. +Concerning the proposals put forward in the report, we also feel that there needs to be reform, given that the current situation has harmful effects - as experience has already shown - but we must bear in mind that any reform will still have to take the results of the current year into account and the potential levels of production in Portugal under normal weather conditions. +In this respect, the recommendations on communication and information policies contained in the Torres Marques report have a vital role to play. However, we should not imagine that the euro will perfect the single market or that it will allow, for example, easier price comparison or a reduction in transaction costs. +This reflects one of the shortcomings of the Commission' s proposal which should have supplemented the COM framework with a mechanism to maintain the income of fishery workers. This would allow the effect of price falls to be limited and would therefore make recourse to the withdrawal and destruction of fishery products unnecessary. +One of the ways to obtain this support would be to maintain our offer to the least advanced countries and to examine together the coordination between the action of the WTO and that of other international institutions in order to ensure that trade liberalisation results in sustainable development for all developing countries, beginning with the very poorest peoples. +I would like the countries who bear the burden of the effort towards internal economic and social cohesion not to use this kind of argument as, of those countries, it is the countries that receive funds from the European Union that have the most to gain from the effectiveness of this effort. +But this frustration becomes deeper still, more bitter when, in the light of new scientific evidence, such as in the case of ozone-depleting substances, bureaucracy and emotion take priority over politics and science, and do not render admissible amendments that are new and sound from a scientific point of view. +If you read the conditions, which state that negotiations with Turkey will still not begin and that Turkey will just have candidate status, i.e. no separate legal instrument has been opened, then this means - as it says here - that the UNO must endeavour to settle disputes, which should be settled by 2004 on the basis of UNO resolutions. +Even though there is no excuse for Milosevic' s past and present policy with regard to the Albanians of Kosovo or with regard to his own people, the few crumbs which have been thrown to reconstruct Kosovo alone, crumbs which bear no relation to the money spent during the actual war, cannot hide the fact that, once again, western intervention in the Balkans has not only failed to solve the problems in this part of the world, but has made them worse. +Under Article 247 paragraph 3 of the Treaty founding the European Community and other similar provisions in the ECSC and EURATOM treaties, Parliament must give its opinion on the candidates before the Council unanimously appoints or reappoints the members of the Court of Auditors for a period of six years. +It was agreed to create indicators and, in April 1999, the first announcement was made of the results of these joint indicators, which take account of the place of women in the economy, in politics and in society in relation to the development programmes approved. +We from this Chamber urged the Commission at that time to give priority to overhauling all its advisory and decision-making structures, so as to obtain a proper balance between women and men, and to encourage the Member States to implement fully the Council' s recommendation of 2 December 1996 to the effect that there should be a proper balance between women and men in the decision-making process. +Following the Beijing platform and the commitment of the 189 countries to the platform, there have been three levels of action as far as our region, the European Union, is concerned: first, at Member State level, secondly, in the form of political strategy at European Union level and, thirdly, at the level of European Union policy vis-à-vis developing countries. +The issue therefore is not whether a few tonnes of oil will be given to orphanages and old peoples' homes, but whether the necessary funds will be given to Yugoslavia, to its legally elected government - let us once and for all respect international law fully, and not selectively - so that we can restore the damage and stop the political genocide of the Serbian people. +The amendments that Parliament has tabled are intended to fill this serious gap and have an ambitious objective: the creation of a legislative structure which, while careful not to create pointless bureaucratic complications, will allow the sizeable productive forces of the Union to flourish in the internal market, thereby facilitating their activities on the global market too. +In the last few days there has been a lot of talk about the role and future of the Community institutions, but I would like to remind you that the credibility of a structure such as Parliament or the Council is closely linked to its ability to resolve the problems that trouble citizens in their everyday life, or to take positive action on these matters. +I must confess that when I returned to East Timor, I was devastated by the havoc caused by the systematic destruction and I could scarcely have imagined that I would come to Strasbourg and that I would have the rare opportunity of seeing and walking through the corridors and halls of the seat of democratic power in Europe, a Europe that shared with us the pain and suffering of genocide, but also the courage and the strength to resist a campaign of destruction and murder. +It is endeavouring to resolve the aforementioned regional unrest in Aceh and Irian Jaya and the ethnic tensions in the Moluccas, by means of peaceful dialogue and constitutional reform, and I believe it is crucially important that there is a national commission on human rights that is dealing with human rights issues. +Mr President, as a member of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance and as a Member of the Basque Parliament, I must point out firstly that the European Union communicated to the Government of Nicaragua, by diplomatic means, on 18 November, the need for a rapid solution to the issue we are dealing with today and to remove the obstacles suffered by the Republic of Nicaragua' s Court of Auditors and to tell them, very categorically, that if there is no transparency, they may lose European Union funds. +There has already been mention in the Chamber of your involvement in questions concerning the role of the public in Article 169 proceedings, the drafting of a code of good behaviour for officials, and access to the documents of the institutions and the bodies which you supervise. +Even though Parliament, in the conciliation procedure, may have dropped its earlier demand for the development of a common customs administration, that nevertheless remains our goal. +Mrs Schmidbauer's report is to be welcomed because it deals with developing a phased approach towards a common transport infrastructure charging framework within the European Union, as well as a gradual harmonisation of charging principles in all major transport modes. +The fact is that the system of marginal social cost proposed by Neil Kinnock, the Socialist Commissioner for Transport, clearly emerged as an objectively unsuitable method of infrastructure charging when the Committee on Transport and Tourism consulted with scientists and transport specialists on 17 February 1999. +Rule 135 states that the powers of committees are to be recorded in an annex, but it does not in any way rule out the use of an absolute majority. What is more, as this text defines the powers of the parliamentary committees, it would be something of a paradox if, as has recently been the case, the composition of a relevant committee in a key area - in this case immunities - were to be determined by a difference of just a few votes. +' Collateral damage' - that is the language NATO uses to describe the loss of civilian life: for centuries to come, the Balkans will have to endure this so-called collateral damage, given that the depleted uranium contained in NATO weapons has already contaminated Yugoslav territory, thereby automatically preventing the Kosovars from returning to their country unless they want to risk sickness, deformity and death from radioactive contamination. +But I wish also to stress, ladies and gentlemen, that the Commission needs to make available a programme of aid for the Italian and French people who are bound to suffer greatly as a result of the closure of the Mont Blanc tunnel, both as a result of excessive traffic on other roads which are really going to be overloaded and as a result of a decline in traffic and tourism as a result of the tunnel's closure. +In its statement of 7 April on the subject, the Council added that the Indonesian Government has taken a number of clearly very welcome steps to do with the elections, new laws on the political parties and certain economic measures that have been announced to stabilise the economic situation. +The impressive number of transit operations taking place annually in the European Union and the size of the sums involved are in themselves sufficient to demonstrate the urgency of computerising the Community transit procedure and at the same time ensuring maximum transparency throughout the European customs policy. +It will be a big step forward when the area between Parliament and the station, the famous 'dalle ', is finally landscaped in a more welcoming and friendly way. That means releasing the necessary resources, which will require closer cooperation between the Espace Léopold society, Parliament - in its moral role - and the relevant Belgian authorities. +The European Union must approach these negotiations with real determination to defend the precautionary principle and the social, environmental and animal welfare standards necessary for healthy and lasting trade which respects all our economies and all our consumers. +We need comprehensive measures to prevent trafficking, to educate the public and to protect the victims, as well as cooperation and coordination with the judiciary, the police, the competent authorities and, last but not least, with the non-governmental organisations that operate in this field; this cooperation and coordination must take place within each Member State, between the Member States and with the relevant countries outside the European Union. +These amendments are based on the current Rules of Procedure, and we have now adopted a resolution that is at odds with the existing Rules of Procedure, according to which the Committee on Budgets is responsible for transfers of appropriations from the reserve, while all other carry-overs - and I am generalising somewhat here - are the responsibility of the Committee on Budgetary Control. +A number of useful points emerged from the preparatory phase before the conference when the Group of the European People's Party, the Senior Citizens' Union and numerous experts in the field shared their experiences. +I assume that the agreement reached in Berlin on this is being ratified, and I would like to ask the Commission whether the implementing regulation has been drawn up, because I think it is extremely important for the existing balance between the potato starch and cereal starch regimes to continue by maintaining the existing system of balancing premiums for the potato starch sector. +I should particularly like to thank its chairman, Mrs Theato, who unfortunately cannot be with us today. I should also of course like to thank the draftsman of the opinion of the committee, Mrs Kjer Hansen, and all the members of the committee, who did some excellent work, because this directly involved the way in which their procedures are carried out. +This is an important new element which would allow us to separate, on the one hand, the closure of accounts - a type of simple technical procedure, if you like, to check whether the accounts have been kept as they should - and on the other hand, the discussion or opinion of Parliament on the Commission's management of the budget. +The rules will now also include a very important distinction between a technical postponement and a political postponement, where the reason must be clearly stated, as well as a clear distinction between the technical closing of the accounts and a political decision on whether or not we can adopt the accounts. +Specifically, the Employment Committee's report calls for the following: an increase in the number of unemployed people to benefit from an active support measure such as vocational training or job-creation measures, compared with the proposals in the guidelines; the autonomy of the European Central Bank and the two sides of industry; and further efforts to consolidate public finances. +The very existence of economic and monetary union demonstrates that this is not just a formality. On the contrary, it addresses economic and monetary issues in a dynamic way and calls for the coordination not only of the monetary but also the economic and social policies of the Member States of the European Union. +Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is somewhat surprising that the European Union, on the one hand, is engaged in a well organised debate on the broad economic policy guidelines, with all the known constraints and a rigorous stability pact, and on the other hand, has an employment policy with only vaguely defined guidelines. And this is in spite of constant assertions that employment is the biggest issue facing Europe and Europeans. +In my brief comments I am particularly keen to highlight the important role played by Mr Bösch who - even at times when it was not all that easy to make any headway with this idea - has always been very consistent in maintaining the need for an independent body, given the serious nature of the events which have occurred and the difficulties of tackling them. +Madam President, Commissioner, the report which it is my privilege to present this evening concerns the Commission proposal to amend the sixth VAT directive in order to allow Member States, by way of an experiment, to apply a reduced rate of VAT to labour-intensive services. +Our group calls on him to play his part in the selection of Commissioners to the full so as to ensure substantial renewal of the College of Commissioners. We need men and women whose career has equipped them to cope with the major political challenges facing the Union and with reforming the Commission itself. +And although you again announced that the Commission would be developing the liberalisation of the market in goods and services, I heard nothing about public services and the services of general economic interest which now clearly appear in Article 7d of the Amsterdam Treaty. +The five points formulated by the European Union, NATO and the UN Secretary-General do not mean all-out war against Serbia; instead they allow security and stability for everyone in Kosovo while at the same time guaranteeing security and stability in the region and allowing these to blossom. +This was not the case here. From now on the United States Government will not show us the archive footage of the Roosevelt speech after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour. +Reason would have dictated, for example, that when this whole business started - and perhaps we can say this with hindsight - there would have been an assessment made of the relationship between the political objectives and the political effects of the air strikes and the entirely worthy goal we set ourselves of putting an end to ethnic cleansing. +As honourable Members will recall, that was also specified in Mrs Schmidbauer's very good report on the Commission's White Paper on fair payment for infrastructure use, and we are currently embarked on that task of quantifying the externalities with the help, obviously, of an expert group. +To help the discussions, the Commission will be sending the European Council a communication on the best way of integrating the objective of higher employment into the formulation and implementation of Community policies and measures. +If we had not had the crisis that shook the Commission, we would have found ourselves in a situation where, in spite of Parliament's requests, the European Council would have taken all the decisions without giving any consideration to the views of the voters who will be going to the polls between 10 and 13 June. +In that situation he or she still has to return them to the place where the original purchase took place in order to obtain a refund, repair etc. It would have been far better - and have brought real benefits to consumers - if the consumer had the right to negotiate such compensation/repair etc with a representative of the company - where one exists - in his country of residence. +The vote in the House entirely endorsed the positions supported by the Committee on Fisheries. Subsequently, our committee, and particularly its chairman, Carmen Fraga, contacted the Council, the national administrations and the professional organisations to organise a public hearing, which confirmed that Parliament's political position was widely supported. +As rapporteur for this issue, I must point out that in its initial proposal, the Commission had favoured a reform based on a substantial reduction in prices with the aim of increasing our share of the export market in the context of the restrictions imposed by the WTO. +A series of preexisting detailed agreements were consolidated. A permanent solution is being proposed for the dispute over the classification of compulsory and non-compulsory expenditure, which goes back to 1982. +It is about enabling individuals to progress into the new millennium; about letting people themselves make that progress through training and education, by increasing their chances of getting a job, about helping them to move forward over time to a better job and to a better standard of living. +Whilst thanking the President-in-Office for that reply, may I ask if it is envisaged that access for bananas from Lomé countries and the Canary Islands can still be adequately safeguarded, despite changes to bring the European Union's banana regime into conformity with the WTO ruling. +Nor does the presidency have any kind of complaint before it from Sweden that its language is neglected at Council meetings. May I perhaps advise you not necessarily to rely on an anonymous press agency report but to accept the official statement the Council presidency is giving you here. +The conclusion will be, as it were, a tailor-made one because by approving the Agenda 2000 proposals the European Parliament is laying the foundations, during the final part-session of both this parliamentary term and the German Presidency, for the future development of the European Union and not least the future common agricultural policy. +My group has from the outset declared itself in favour of reforming structural and regional aid, so that the financial resources available are concentrated on the regions in greatest need of development, but also so that greater individual responsibility is assigned to the Member States, particularly where entire regions are not eligible for EU structural aid. +The relations between the Committee on Fisheries and the comitology committees just mentioned have two main aspects: firstly, the reception by the Committee on Fisheries of information on the activities of the committees and, secondly, the possibility for members of the Committee on Fisheries to participate in meetings of the relevant committees as observers. +The legal aspects analysed today are a vital foundation for regulating and harmonising electronic contracts and future use and developments, on condition that the Internet is accessible to all, accessible but regulated, so as to defend the groups at greatest risk, particularly children, to protect people from unlawful electronic acts and cable intrusion, but to encourage anything which can create jobs and help our culture to grow and flourish. +EU funds also helped transform Manchester into a major cultural and tourism centre, by helping build the G Mex Exhibition Centre, the Bridgewater Concert Hall, The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry and the Imperial War Museum (North). +It is not acceptable for the report as presented by the Committee on Budgets to include an amendment that goes a great deal further than the object of the report itself. This is true to the extent that it has now been placed in an totally ambiguous situation, given that at the time when we considered the report in the Committee on Budgets on 29 April, there was no question of approving the text of the agreement. +As a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and coordinator of the Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations, I voted against all of the amendments tabled by our rapporteur, Mr Graefe zu Baringdorf, in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, as his proposals were completely incoherent with regard to the economic situation of European agriculture. +This is why it is essential - despite what some Members might say - for us to recognise the importance of the commitment entered into yesterday that the referendum on 8 August should be held under the auspices of the United Nations and its Security Council. And that is also why in addition to the police force already mentioned here it should be possible to secure the presence of a security force. +Of course, Mr President, Turkey has not been put under any serious pressure - and I do not mean the outrageous bombing that others are suffering - to comply with the standards of a modern European rule of law, for reasons which the Council, so sensitive and so rigorous in other circumstances, has not managed to explain! +Having established these responsibilities, it seems that the European Union has a duty to make up for the inability of the usual key players on the Comoran stage by mounting a political initiative for inter-island reconciliation, a considerable degree of humanitarian aid, particularly for Anjouan, and a fresh emergency economic aid programme for the Comoros. +In the case of the Czech power station, Temelín, it seems highly unlikely that the maximum safety levels for power stations which is required of applicants for accession will be achieved, particularly in the light of the Czech authorities' plan to use Soviet-type VVER 1000 reactors, which are presented as latest generation plants but have actually proved not to be very reliable at all. +The Commission understands that the Temelin reactors are, in principle, among those that can be improved to meet acceptable safety levels. And, as indicated in Agenda 2000 and in the communication of March 1998, the Commission's overall objective in relation to this type of reactor is to ensure that the improvements undertaken by the respective countries are carried out in a rapid and efficient manner and produce satisfactory results. +He said that the 1995 Convention has not been signed by all the Member States and the Commission is now considering doing something about this. Will the Commissioner promise that the Commission will come up with either a directive or a regulation here - we leave that to the Commission to decide - so that we no longer need to wait for these countries to make up their minds? +But in fact, this is not about militarisation of the European Union at all, but about developing it into an effective force for peace which has the ability to act, and which is able, as in Kosovo, to uphold the power of justice and the renunciation of violence, thus ensuring that war as a political instrument in Europe is forever a thing of the past. +The first relates to point 53 of the conclusions of the Presidency-in-Office of the Council, and I would like to ask the German Foreign minister how we should interpret the mandate of the Intergovernmental Conference and particularly - and I quote - the possible use of qualified majority voting in the Council - end of quote - in view of the declaration of Belgium, France and Italy, annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam. +The first reason is that in this age of globalisation, it will only be possible to maintain the European nation-state and that which we value and wish to preserve about the European nation-state, if Europe unites, because the magnitude of the traditional nation-state will only be able, in the conditions created by globalisation, to guarantee peace, security, prosperity and democracy for its citizens as part of an integrated Europe, in other words, if we have a European entity, a European Union which has the power to act. +The next item on the agenda is the declaration of the President-in-Office of the Council concerning the programme of activities of the Finnish Presidency, economic and social reconstruction in Kosovo as well as the draft Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe and the death sentence passed on Mr Öçalan. +The Union's northern dimension concept, about to come into the limelight, features many aspects of EU internal security, such as nuclear and environmental safety and co-operation with neighbouring regions. Furthermore, the ideas expressed concerning the Union's northern dimension need to be made into more concrete programmes of action. +As regards Öçalan, now regarded by many as a terrorist - just as Arafat and the IRA were terrorists before we accepted them as leaders of their people - the least we can do for him, since the idea of political asylum seems to have fallen by the wayside, is, as our colleague so aptly put it, to save his life if that is what it takes to rid ourselves of the stigma that, up until now, has been attached to our conduct in the matter. +The Council immediately looked into the matter, deciding on 9 July to take the case to the European Court of Justice, on the basis of Article 213 (2(3)) of the EC Treaty and the regulations contained in the ECSC Treaty and the Euratom Treaty. +Members of the Commission must also, if requested, allow an independent ethics committee to investigate any future post up to a year after they have ceased to hold office, to ensure the new job is compatible in its nature with the work of the Commission. +Madam President, I wish to refer to the comments which the President, Mrs. Fontaine, made yesterday concerning the prohibition of the use of mobile telephones inside the hemicycle. There is nothing more important in our Parliament than talking and communication, but in debates and not through external means of communication such as mobile telephones with the ringing and distortion that they cause. +The reasons we have found ourselves in this situation, a situation the Chairman of my group has been warning of since June, are to do with the fact that we have not been able to impose the limit for institutional responsibility on those groups who thought that the report' s contents could influence the investiture of the new Commission and who, for this reason, have insisted that it be debated now. +The Group of the Party of European Socialists has behaved coherently throughout the process, and this can be summed up in the affirmation of the need to positively overcome the institutional and political crisis which has paralysed the Union since December of last year. +Sadly, Mr President, even though Mrs De Palacio answered our questions on transport to our satisfaction, and as a group we will no doubt endorse the Commission tomorrow, we must enter a reservation on the candidature of Mrs De Palacio pending the findings of the OLAF and the Spanish authorities' investigations and because of the way she responded to questioning on this issue at her hearing. +The minister resigned yesterday before the vote in Parliament. I fear however that, unfortunately, it will probably be another century before the European Commission achieves the efficiency of the Bavarian state administration. +The second part refers to the interpretation to be inserted as a note in the Rules of Procedure, but the first part says: "the declaration of the creation of the Technical Group of Independent Members is not compatible with Rule 29(1) of the Rules of Procedure" and you have entrusted us with this matter and also given us the opportunity to make our own interpretation as a note in the Rules of Procedure, which will be relevant in the future too. +Here, Mrs Roth-Behrendt has drawn attention to a particularly important matter: the Commission really must bear in mind the true matters of concern for the citizens when choosing its own priorities and publicising them, such as environmental issues, an enduring development in all areas as well as the need to protect the consumer. +Well, 15 executives come to Brussels, perform the function of a legislature in Brussels, and finally travel back home to their capital cities and then implement the laws enacted by the Council alone, which is to say, the executives in this way, as the practise has been until now, increasingly exclude the national parliaments - as can be seen so clearly in the case of EUROPOL and the materialisation of the EUROPOL Convention - and do not transfer the legislative function to the European Parliament. +The truth is though, that later, both the UN, and international observers and the Indonesian authorities themselves, who thought that the elections had been held in a free and fair way, in spite of the pressure and the campaign of intimidation carried out by the pro-Djakarta militias, the truth - as I was saying - is that when the results were made public, terror was once again given free rein in East Timor. +It is quite obvious that the safety authorities must always take account of the possibility of seismic disturbances in examining the suitability of a site and that it is necessary to see to it that structural solutions help to ensure that an earthquake would not cause problems for the plant. +So I think it is important to make more of an overall assessment, especially in light of an intervention policy which, as I read in the report on next year' s Union budget, provides for a far-ranging reorganisation of the policies concerning small and medium-sized businesses located in border regions. +Indeed, since the beginning of this year, there has been some encouraging news with the recovery in industrial output, mainly as the result of import substitution, relatively tight controls on inflation and a stronger balance of payments position, produced mainly by a sharp rise in the price of Russia' s oil exports. +For some time, the Commission has recognised the link between capital flight and corruption and criminality in Russia and we also understand the cumulative threat these conditions pose to the country' s transition to a democratic system and a market economy governed by the rule of law. +Meanwhile the Commission considers that particularly in the period leading up to those elections, the policy of the cautious opening of relations with Iran through the comprehensive dialogue, should continue as a way of encouraging Mr Khatami' s government and the supporters of reform, many of whom are showing considerable courage in their efforts for change in extremely difficult and dangerous circumstances. +Our efforts to achieve support and lasting stability will continue, and naturally we will also continue to seek to keep this Parliament fully informed because we value greatly the commitment to our joint objectives in securing stability and continuing peace in this sorely troubled region. +We have prohibitive regulations in relation to hormones in meat and our own regulations as regards genetically-modified organisms, but the question is to what extent the European Union will continue to be able to choose its own policies, and how far the Commission will be able to go in demanding international recognition for the right to autonomy and the right to maintain EU authority over food safety and political choices relating to food policy. +However, it is a question of, rather than requiring a new action, considering whether point 25 does not already reflect this need to prioritise exports in order to improve the position of the European industry, which is world leader in certain renewable energy sources, which some speakers have referred to, because in this field we have clear advantages over other producers. +To conclude, in the light of these remarks, I would like to draw your attention to the need to carry out long-term cost/benefit analyses on the introduction of measures to reduce energy intensity of the final demand. These are very complex areas where the market and its regulations come into conflict with public welfare considerations. +An agreement that provides for the full liberalisation of 95% of South African exports to the EU over a ten-year period with tariffs eliminated on 86% of its industrial goods is a very long time to wait for a country facing such acute economic and social problems. +In this connection, I should like to ask if the Commission will produce the agendas for the meetings of the Commission, together with the most important working documents, in advance of the Commission' s meetings. In that way, there could be something about the documents in the newspapers before the meetings take place and there would be greater interest in the meetings on the part of the press. +I cannot as yet say anything for sure on behalf of my group on the integration of Turkey, because we are still having discussions, but for me personally, it means as Mr Verheugen has already said, that it has candidate status for accession to the European Union. Its integration is urgently necessary, not just for the democratisation of Turkey, but also for peace and stability in the Balkans and in South-Eastern Europe. +Peace between these two States, Israel and Palestine, will be a lasting one only if their economy develops within the framework of regional cooperation favouring development which is sustainable and equitable for all parties - cooperation which prioritises the most vulnerable territories. We are thinking, for example, of the problem of water. +Subject: Common policy Speaking in Strasbourg in July as a representative of the country currently holding the Presidency of the Council, Finland' s Foreign Minister stated one of Finland' s objectives as being to ensure that the Union had a common will, a common policy and a common voice. +However, there is a very firm majority in Parliament who are in favour of a European involvement, not just in the exchange of best practices or the cooperation procedures, which we agree with, but also in utilising some of the previous programmes which existed in the past; in particular the Poverty I and Poverty II programmes and the way that they dealt with the problems using a bottom-up approach. +Could I ask the President-in-Office whether he would be willing to bring forward an initiative at Council level calling on the Commission to put in place a new poverty programme that will utilise the best of the past but to make it a real programme, not just experts exchanging ideas, or meetings taking place in exotic parts of the Union. +In view of the fact that such nuclear accidents do not stop at national borders, now would be an opportune time to explain to the accession candidates to the European Union that if they choose to continue with their risky nuclear policy - I am thinking here of Temelin, Krsko, Bohunice and Mohovce - which are a threat to the entire European Union, then accession should not, and cannot, be granted under these circumstances. +Madam President, I gave you a note indicating that I intended to raise the question of the visits to France and the United Kingdom by the President of China, and the effect of this on the violations of human rights in China, and the arrests and heavy-handed behaviour by police in France and the United Kingdom. +Fourthly, following the Treaty of Amsterdam, the European Union is in a situation of facing many new challenges, for example in matters of internal policies, the area of freedom, security and justice, the employment chapter or increased opportunities in health protection and even consumer protection. +More cost-conscious administration must be implemented and the wastefulness of which we have again and again seen examples and which the Court of Auditors' reports have revealed for a number of years must be eliminated if the EU' s citizens are at all going to be able to regard the EU' s institutions as serious partners in the development of Europe. +Clearly it is still early days in terms of judgement on the results of the ECB' s mandate but here, too, we can already point to many positive signs, not least that investors are prepared to lend euro area governments their money at very low rates of interest. +Much has been said here about independence and it is true that, with the Treaty of Maastricht, those of us who believed that price stability was an essential condition for sustained development and that a Central Bank was necessary to control inflation have been vindicated, while those who believed that it was possible to implement any economic or monetary policy provided it produced short-term artificial growth, have been proved wrong. +Although I realise and I am grateful that the desire to have the votes or minutes published by the Governing Council does not appear in the motion for a resolution which will be voted on tomorrow by your Parliament, in this discussion a lot of attention, much more than I expected, was paid to the phenomenon of transparency, culminating in publishing the vote. +That broadly-based assessment is one that encompasses a wide range of indicators, of course including developments in the real economy, movements in employment and unemployment, an assessment of movement of the exchange rate in so far as it has an impact on price levels in the euro area. +Whilst on this subject, I must also express my satisfaction with the recent conclusion of the Presidency of the European Council at Tampere with regard to the laundering of capital, which mentions the Council decision to "ensure that specific steps are taken to trace, freeze, seize and confiscate the proceeds of crime" . +A realistic immigration policy ought, on the contrary, to involve making the situation of migrants in Europe more difficult by particularly eliminating any social assistance, and this indeed is the policy of the American Congress, by reducing economic aid to countries which encourage immigration, and organising systematic deportation. +We also now need a large-scale debate about the geographical enlargement of the European Union, about what it is to contain, and we urge the Council of Ministers, which is to say the ladies and gentlemen who are represented there, to have the courage to lead Europe into a worthwhile future, for we are concerned here with stability, peace and democracy on our continent in the 21st century. +I hope that in the proposal that you put to us, the Commission and yourself will have the courage to aim higher and that you will be able to justify the need to establish a constitutional section in the founding texts of the European Union with something more inspiring than the mere reorganisation of the confused texts of the Treaties. +Admittedly, for the moment no appropriations have been allocated to this item, but, even so - and this is my second point - it has set aside an enormous appropriation, of EUR 60 million, in a reserve for the Members' Statute, which is rather mysterious, since the statute does not yet exist and, in any case, even if such a Members' Statute were to be adopted, it would certainly not apply within the present term of office. +Mr President, I would nevertheless like to point out that by deciding not to lift the ban on British beef, France, in the case in point, is merely applying the Treaty which gives each State the opportunity to ban or restrict imports in order to protect the health and life of humans and animals. +The first is that we are in the European Parliament and, last Friday, we held a debate without the Commission and without the report from the experts. During this debate I believe that Parliament, and certainly my group, tried to place the issue within its corresponding framework, that is, within our competences and duties as MEPs, towards our citizens. +If we now know that cars are accountable for 12% of these CO2 emissions, if we know that people who buy cars are completely unaware of the fact that the car is a polluting tool and to what extent it does pollute, although, for example, they do know what the maximum permitted level of alcohol in the blood is or I know that if I buy a car which uses three litres per 100 km then this is quite an economical car, then it is a matter of urgency to make the consumer aware of car pollution. +It is fundamental that local employment initiatives are favoured, that the cooperative, mutual and non-profit sector is supported by being guaranteed a status, that the third sector is truly recognised, including by means of public financing, this form of economy emerging between the traditional public sector and the profit sector, based on the creation of socially useful activities. +Mr President, this is an interesting report and the proposals will no doubt be widely approved by the vote in Parliament, but going beyond the Commission proposals which simply, in my view, go over the Luxembourg process again, there is one question which arises and that is why attention is not focussed on the Monti Report even though it clearly demonstrates that it is the lack of social convergence or fiscal convergence which is costing jobs in all the countries of the Union. +The important thing is not to try to draw up a catalogue of rights, but to make everyone aware of the importance of early childhood, in order to avoid a future society where, because they were denied their rights when children, young people' s only means of expressing themselves is to rebel. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Commission, I would like firstly to express my pleasure that the opinions relating to the proposal for a directive on the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil and commercial matters have been adopted, as well as the proposal for a regulation on the competence, recognition and implementation of judgements on matrimonial matters. +Therefore the question - and I understand and am grateful for your good will, Commissioner - is as follows: is the Commission prepared, in view of the harassment and pressures which European companies are suffering, to do more than express its consternation and concern, and to take some type of measure - and your predecessor, Mr Brittan, committed himself to this before this Parliament: I am well aware of this because I asked the question at the time - in the event that this non-compliance should continue to be absolutely evident and blatant? +Subject: Commission's efforts to further the applicant countries' preparations in the enlargement process The association of the Central and Eastern European countries with the EU and, thereby, their association with the internal market will entail competitive pressure precipitating structural changes in those countries. +Concerning the issue of transitional regulations which might be applied for by the applicant countries within the framework of this Chapter of the accession negotiations, the basic negotiating stance of the European Union is that such measures are only possible in exceptional cases and only for a limited period and scope. +Now there are a significant number in my group from neutral and non-neutral countries alike who are actually very much against the whole idea of the creation of a European defence identity, and the debate within the neutral countries is being conducted in an extremely dishonest fashion. +Here, in this Parliament today, it was quite clear and most people were quite honest about it: they want a European defence identity, they want a competitive European arms industry and they want a European army; but the public in the Member States has not actually been consulted. +The Union must have one single objective: to contribute to re-establishing peace, to find a new status for Chechnya, as laid down in the agreement signed between Russia and Chechnya on 31 August 1996, and it must also remember that if Europe wants to defend human rights, it cannot continue to endorse the fact that Russia believes force and the army to be the only political tools. +The next item is the continuation of the debate on the report (A5-0062/1999) by Mr Schwaiger, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: The EU Approach to the WTO Millennium Round (COM(1999)331 - C5-0155/1999 - 1999/2149(COS)). +In fact, given the challenges before us, it is clear that the next Round cannot be limited to simply widening the regulatory framework, however important that may be, nor must it only ensure that trade liberalisation contributes to economic and social growth in the less developed countries, although I share fully in that desire. Rather, it must also establish rules which will lead to the opening up of markets and guarantee compliance with them. +And now, Commissioner, I would like to ask you firstly if you can confirm your intention not to accept, on the agenda of the negotiations, any reconsideration of the agreement on the textile sector as regards the clothing industry and, secondly, how you consider that China' s membership of the World Trade Organisation will affect the European textile industry, bearing in mind that that country is the world' s foremost exporter of textile products. +Having said that, the WTO round of negotiations is not being used to create something that is supranational, as is often feared, something that circumvents international rights or does not want to let the free market fluctuate, but it is being used to set out, in particular, specific rules for all of us, at the same time safeguarding certain fundamental rights such as the right to health, education and social duties in a framework that protects the rights of each individual citizen. +The liberalisation of world trade is a positive process that generates growth and that can be hindered, not only by the protectionist practices of the States, but also by the creation of situations where competition is distorted, such as in the event of the abuse of dominant positions, cartels and dumping - think of the example of the shipbuilding industry - which are so harmful to Europe. +In the field of structural policy, it is, for example, becoming clear that the more Member States there are, the less likely it is that we shall make sensible decisions on the basis of the principle of unanimity and so ensure that scarce funds and resources are invested in such a way that they benefit the really poor regions and poor groups of this European Union. +Nonetheless, the Council, without explicitly saying so, has just set in train a process which may lead it, if it is not stopped, to an absolute negotiating mandate being granted to the Commission and thus, in application of the new Article 133(5) of the Treaty of Amsterdam, to the ultimate power of ratification being taken away from the national parliaments, but still without clearly declaring this, obviously. +The Council is waiting to see that the assurances given by the interim administration, as it is called, relating to respect for human rights and civil liberties, are respected unconditionally, and that all charges against the deposed Prime Minister, Mr Nawaz Sharif, are heard according to proper legal form in a civilian court open to the public. +In order to reply specifically to Mr Duff' s question, following the coup d' état, the Union cancelled the signing of the new cooperation agreement between the Community and Pakistan, and we suspended our political dialogue so as to send a message, loud and clear, to the new masters in Pakistan regarding our concerns about the coup d' état and its consequences. +I believe that today at the OSCE meeting - this subject is being discussed at the same time over in Istanbul -, it is necessary for there to be a real possibility that will lead to peace negotiations, for the problem in the Caucasus cannot be resolved in the way the Russians want and I therefore feel it is very important for us not to just stand still, but that in particular the Commission also takes up this appeal and threatens to take action such as freezing new TACIS agreements so that it actually affects them and is not just something here on paper. +Similarly, we need to focus our attention on and give priority funding to programmes to evaluate practices aimed at prevention, treatment and reintegration and in connection with the consequences to society and public health, so that Member States and applicant countries can use the conclusions as a guide when deciding their national policy. +Mr President, I too would like to support the substance of the German Council initiative to improve on the exchange of information on counterfeit travel documents and to strengthen the security of the European Union's borders both for Member States such as my own, the United Kingdom, which are outside of Schengen as well as those that are at the EU perimeter. +In conclusion, I also hope that the Finnish Presidency will remind Member governments at the Helsinki Council that creating a single market requires that cross-border takeovers and the restructuring of key industries must be allowed to proceed without political interference by Member governments. +At the human rights forum this morning I spoke to one of the President-in-Office' s Finnish colleagues from the Finnish Foreign Ministry, about a particular case mentioned by the European Parliament recently, the case of Alexander Nikitin, a man who is on trial just a few miles away from Helsinki, for high treason. +This House adopted a resolution in October which clearly marks the line which should be followed by the European Parliament. However, as stated today by Mr Poettering, on behalf of my group, there are some disagreements within our group as to the importance, nature and scope to be attributed to Turkey' s application. +However, there can be no cutting back on demands for democratisation of the constitution and political realities, fundamental improvements in respect for human rights, a political solution to the Kurdish question and an end to the occupation of northern Cyprus. +It is precisely for this reason that I am unable to agree with certain proposed amendments adopted by a majority in the Committee on the Environment and tabled mainly by Mrs Breyer and her group, because some are superfluous and do not help to improve the text while others have no place in this proposal for a directive because they do not concern the scope of the proposed directive. +The public information insisted upon in the draft directive is vital and gives the opportunity to back up legal measures with the right of the public to name and shame those governments which fail to take the necessary measures to comply with this directive. +It is the Commission' s intention to take account of these factors and to reformulate the proposed text in the following way: "The Commission is to investigate the possibility of submitting appropriate proposals concerning harmonised procedures for measuring the specific carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles in category M1 in accordance with Annex No 3 to Directive 70/156." +Many questions continue to concern us. These include the cut in financing which excludes important growth sectors such as aquaculture, the lack of definition of the information to be received by the consumer, as specifically mentioned by Mrs Fraga Estévez, with regard to the distribution of areas proposed by the Commission, and the lack of other relevant data such as minimum sizes. +Madam President, the Commission' s proposal for a new COM for fishery and aquaculture products does not meet the needs and specific requirements of the sector in the various Member States. Nor does it take account of the potential that still exists, which is all the more incomprehensible, as the Commission itself admits that the European Union imports 60% of its consumption of fishery products. +The report by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy takes care to refer to the matter of human rights, but, after having amended the Commission proposal, it comes out in favour of continuing and increasing the Customs Union with Turkey. +In the Court's special report on the UCLAF activities we have pointed to a number of proposals that we think both Parliament and Member States should undertake, concerning a European prosecutor and other measures to continue the fight against fraud. +In Denmark, we have had a distinguished tradition of lifelong learning since the nineteenth century, and it is precisely the poet, priest and co-author of the Danish constitution, N.F.S. Grundtvig, who stands out as one of the founders of the entire folk high school movement in Denmark, a movement which helped educate ordinary people at a time when this was unusual. +The next item is the report (A5-0075/1999) by Mr Aparicio Sánchez, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on the distribution of permits for heavy goods vehicles travelling in Switzerland (COM(1999) 35 - C5-0054/1999 - 1999/0022). +As regards the statistical evidence on which the proposed distribution of permits for heavy goods vehicles is based, the figures to date relating to foreign trade cannot possibly be correct since with the existing 28 tonne limit in Switzerland, long haul road transport, for example from Greece, is just not profitable and is therefore not practised. +The return for reallocation of any unused permits by 15 September instead of 15 November as the Commission had proposed, will ultimately reduce the possibility of unfairness in the final distribution, which must be based solely on real needs and will help companies plan their operations better. +It is not simply - although this is important - about preventing damaging tax competition or ensuring the smooth operation of the internal market - which, I repeat are important but which to most people must seem remote, bureaucratic concepts. It is, in fact, about something extremely relevant to everyday life in Europe: creating jobs. +Confirming the principle of majority voting as a general rule in the Community, as the basis for the political functioning of the Union (which is very important for the Parliament insofar as we can make codecisions), being granted legal personality, which includes, in the Conference, decisions which the Council has taken, such as, for example, drawing up a Charter of Fundamental Rights... What is the point of all this if it is not included in the Treaties? +The European Union has also made through your presidency a wise choice in insisting that the reform process in the Treaties must be over and operational by the year 2002 so that it will facilitate early accession because it is important to ensure that the reform process should not become the enemy of the enlargement process. +The Commission covers the bulk of the costs of running the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights in Colombia and has just approved a multiannual programme to support human rights in the Andean region with funding of approximately EUR 11.5 million, the bulk of which will be dedicated to Colombia. +Mr President, whatever the budgetary sleights of hand to finance aid for the reconstruction of Kosovo, the Council, like Parliament, is refusing to address the real issue, which is that the reconstruction of Kosovo, like Serbia, which is in equal need of reconstruction, should be financed from the military budgets of the countries responsible for the bombing. +One of the most important decisions reached during the autumn was the commitment made at the Helsinki Summit by the Community and the Member States to ratify the Kyoto Protocol before the Rio+10 Conference, which is to be held in 2002, and that the Community should do everything required to make ratification possible. +Our question is: how will the Commission and the Council ensure that Parliament becomes a real partner, both in the preparatory work on the European Union input to "Beijing plus five", and in the European Union's official delegation to the New York Conference? +- Report (A5-0088/1999) by Mr Miranda, on behalf of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, on the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Effects of the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty on current legislative procedures as at 1 May 1999 in the field of development and cooperation (SEC(1999) 581 - C4-0219/1999) Confirmation of first reading: COM(1994) 289 - C4-0090/1994 - 1994/0167(COD) - former 1994/0167(SYN) +Firstly, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Aparicio Sánchez, on the work which he has done on this matter, and I would like to protest at the fact that we have not received the full text of the agreement between the European Union and Switzerland before the section on the distribution of permits, which is only one part of the whole agreement. +I believe that by June we will be able to find the final formula which, as you know, is not based on a Commission decision or even really on a Council decision, because it is a matter which comes under the auspices of the United Nations Organisation and participation is at national level. However, I repeat that there is the political will and the political conditions are in place for us to proceed jointly, given that we have totally concurring views on numerous matters. +It will obviously have a competence in the area of a risk assessment and in assessing that risk it will be necessary for the scientists employed in this agency not only to rely on their own opinions and advice, but also to liaise with the scientists in Member States, because an agency such as this - agency or authority or whatever - will have to be not only independent but will also have to liaise with scientists in Member States. +The problem is precisely the fact that illegal immigration from third countries is taking place and people are even being smuggled in from them, and we have to address these problems. But there has been no attempt whatsoever to impede legal immigration. +Mr President, pursuant to Article 321 of the basic instrument of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Article 33 of the basic instrument of Euratom, and Article 29 of the basic instrument of the ECSC, deliberations in the European Court of Justice are secret, and remain so. +Mr President, I am completely satisfied with the Council' s reply but, before this part of this sitting ends, I would like to ask the Bureau when it intends to decide on the issue, as we are having a debate on Mr von Wogau' s report on the important issue of competition policy and state aid policy, which was meant in fact for this morning, but which today was put back by several hours. +The amendments simply seek to prevent the Fund from doing something which it could not do anyway; the purpose of the proposed Regulation is to permit the continuation of the financial contribution of the EU to the Fund; it does not in any way seek to amend the substance of the existing Regulation EC 2614/97, which is why the urgency procedure was agreed in the first place. +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0089/1999) by Mrs Redondo Jiménez, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision amending Decision 96/411/EC on improving Community agricultural statistics [COM(1999) 332 - C5­0042/1999 - 1999/0137(COD)]. +Of course, as the common agricultural policy develops from a situation in which we pay subsidies at the point of export or at the point of entry into intervention into a situation where we pay subsidies for individual animals on an acreage or the hectarage of crop planted, obviously it is extremely important that we know exactly how many animals there are in the Union, how many hectares and how many olive trees and all the rest of it. All that information is extremely important. +Subject: Statements by Ecevit following the arrest of Öcalan The Turkish Prime Minister, Mr B. Ecevit (who in 1974 gave the order to attack the Republic of Cyprus, a UN Member State currently applying for membership of the EU) announced to Turkish and foreign journalists immediately after the arrest of the PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, that Turkey would not accept advice from any European country in connection with the trial of Öcalan. +What role is Europol to play and what other national, international or European enforcement agencies are involved in implementing those decisions? Do those decisions concern Kurdish organisations only or other organisations and movements operating in EU Member States? +As regards the Commission's internal structure, the number of directorates-general has been increased in order to give employment to a growing number of Commissioners. If we continue in this direction, as the number of Commissioners is to increase from 20 to 30, we will again be creating the same number of directorates-general. +An important step that needs to be taken to create harmony between the Community institutions and our citizens is to actually draw up a code of good administrative behaviour to increase the level of trust between officials and the public and to ensure that the code is accessible and easily understood by all. +Since we are now voting about the Committee on Women's Rights, let me spell out that Amendments Nos 1 and 2, which relate to the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs and to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, naturally cannot and do not in any way imply that these committees should be responsible for the forms of sex discrimination that fall within the remit of the Committee on Women's Rights. +These two proposals are designed to open up to other operators, within a neutral competitive framework, the new market for the issuance of electronic money, taking into account both the concern to see proper competition develop in the sector and the situation as it currently exists in a number of Member States. +All we as Members of the European Parliament can do is to call upon the Commission to cease cooperation under the Lomé Convention and to implore Niger's self-appointed leadership to abide by the constitution, return power to a civilian government, and respect human rights and civil liberties. +However, I should like to point out that - so as not to continue with any bad habits - the Committee on the Rules of Procedure should at least be given the opportunity to discuss the matter. In my view, it would be improper - or would at least be a biased interpretation - to allow a simple majority to amend the responsibilities of the parliamentary committees, or for that matter to remove the essence of those committees where this relative majority would not assume the Chair. +In a memorandum of 7 April, which was sent to Mr Priestley, our legal expert concluded that a motion of censure against the Commission could be declared admissible in order to clarify the Commission's legal situation and to further limit its powers, despite the fact that this would provide very little added value in legal terms. +I would like to congratulate the rapporteurs on their success in taking all the essential aspects of this matter into account: the status of older people on the labour market, their special training needs, and questions of income and services. +The disparities in glucose production costs for industry between the US and the European Union can frequently amount to between 30 % and 100 % of the cost price. It is impossible to overcome this through technological advances or greater productivity, particularly since the majority of European manufacturers are also at a disadvantage because of their size. +Recent monetary developments, Mr Metten, are boosting the confidence of economic agents and should have positive repercussions, particularly for private investment. However, as you are well aware, I never comment on the decisions taken by the European Central Bank, so as to avoid being accused of undermining the sacrosanct principle of independence. +Of course, this is still not enough and that is precisely why the broad economic policy guidelines have been presented: they enable us to put forward an economic strategy that has been pursued for several years and that has been adapted, and as your rapporteur pointed out, there is no reason why we should change the present economic strategy. Instead, we should follow the same course and step up the action taken to support growth and combat unemployment. +The Office has not only been tasked with external control - and this is undoubtedly important, because it is the Member States which administer around 80 % of Community aid - it will also be an independent guardian of Community interests within the bodies and institutions of the Community. +The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions had a memorandum of understanding with the Agency for Health and Safety to avoid overlapping, because one of the things Parliament insists upon is that the work of these agencies should not overlap. +That is the rule that Member State proposals to apply a reduced rate of VAT are required to have the unanimous assent of the Council, even though VAT is no longer the basis for Member States' contributions to the European Union, so the argument always put forward previously that that basis would be weakened is no longer valid. +Further to the Vienna European Council of 11 and 12 December 1998, the Commission has just forwarded to Parliament a proposal to amend Directive 77/388/EEC as regards the possibility of applying on an experimental basis a reduced VAT rate on labour-intensive services. +I would also like at this stage to make a preliminary remark: rather than making abstract academic decisions about where borders should be, who can and cannot live with whom, it is more important that we implement rules - under the rule of law - and reject the rule of violence and weapons. +We welcome the financial and macro-economic aid given by the World Bank and the IMF, but the EU will have to change its own economic and trade policy, because humanitarian aid can never make up for the loss of export opportunities and the blocking of transport links with the Union. +The next item is the report (A4-0267/99) by Mr Rothley, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights, on the draft European Parliament Decision regarding a Statute for Members of the European Parliament (7528/2/99 - C4-0217/99-00/0823(COS)). +As far as information in advance is concerned, the amendments concern information to consumers in advance of concluding a contract and the amendments reject the concept of a right of reflection based on a draft contract as introduced by the proposal for a directive. +It applies to all consumer goods whether new or second-hand; the legal guarantee is valid for two years, but for second-hand goods, it is up to Member States to decide whether purchasers and sellers can agree on a guarantee period of one year. +The draft Statute contains many worthwhile points: a uniform salary, but with the possibility of imposing national tax in those countries which wish to do so; clear rules governing the declaration of Members' interests; and transparency in expenses and travel allowances, on the basis of actual costs. +With such support, Parliament held various informal meetings with the Council presidency which, I am very pleased to say, has agreed to most of what we wanted, and, since the Berlin European Council, a new proposal for a regulation has even been drawn up, which is at last known as the 'Regulation on the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance'. +Faced with some initial radical proposals aimed at encouraging European agriculture to give greater consideration to market indications and international references, it was finally agreed that the terms involved should be clarified and even that some of the sectors to be reformed should be excluded, such as the milk products sector. Its reform is being postponed until 2005 and there is no doubt that in the meantime the imbalances it suffers will become more marked. +Faced with the initial proposals to strengthen the link between agriculture and the environment in order to put an end to certain problems that have emerged, such as soil and water deterioration, attacks on biodiversity and so on, the Commission is proposing in the horizontal regulation that it should be the Member States who define the compulsory and general environmental standards and determine the penalties to be applied, thereby avoiding any Community focus. +When the case came before the Court of Justice, it departed from its traditional integrationist case-law - which lasted until the number of members increased beyond nine - and kept to a strictly formal interpretation of the texts, against all logic and against the fundamental principles of consistent legal interpretation. +The first is to institutionalise political dialogue at the highest level. The second is to extend and deepen our cooperation, and here, for the first time, there is explicit provision for cooperation on human rights and democracy, and important areas such as social development, the fight against poverty, environmental protection and consumer protection are included. +On a more fundamental level, I think that the main issue in this matter is that this Parliament, on its last day, intends to bind its successor and its successor's successor to a fundamental limitation of the budgetary powers laid down in the Treaty, budgetary powers which this Parliament mainly exercises by qualified majority. +The Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations did not vote for the Aglietta report on the implementing powers conferred on the Commission, mainly because the European Parliament is seeking to distort the meaning of certain new provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam in order to alter the institutional balance to its benefit. +Mr President, in our opinion, the resolution that the European Parliament has just adopted on the method that should be used to reform the European institutions following the Treaty of Amsterdam does not make any improvements on the past and, as usual, will result in reforms from the top with no initiative or input from the people of Europe. +This is very much the culmination of a long process in which Parliament and the European Union have played their part, and in which the struggle of the people of East Timor has certainly played a key role, but at the same time we must pay tribute here to the importance of the diplomatic triumph achieved by the Portuguese Government yesterday in New York. +In any event, as far as the European Union is concerned, I have already told you that provisions have already been made and I can tell you that more are to follow. More specifically, at the request of the Portuguese Government, we have already begun work on the need to step up cooperation with the region, irrespective of the outcome, whilst naturally respecting the will of the people. +Not until the Palestinians switched to non-military methods, to civil disobedience through the intifada , to patient negotiations with an enemy perceived by them as fascist and racist - not until this happened did they begin to see signs of success. Now there is a peace process under way and, as a result, much of the world is willing to back their justified claims for an independent state. +As you are well aware, the Commission reacted immediately and stressed the European Union's disapproval to the chief of staff, Colonel Azali Assoumani, drawing his attention to the principles on which our cooperation is based, the main elements of which are the respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law. +We reached the following compromise: as there is no common position on nomenclature, we were able to obtain a declaration from the Council promising to consider the position on nomenclature, taking account of Parliament's amendments and of the results of the discussions currently taking place within the framework of a second SLIM initiative. +We should only allow into the Union products from third countries where operators comply with the ILO social rules relating to working conditions, working hours and child labour, until such time as the Union applies these rules as part of the package of international agreements it is negotiating and, in particular, the WTO negotiating rounds. +As far as the Group of the Party of European Socialists is concerned, you will have all the support necessary, not only to bring about reforms which are essential for working within this Institution, primarily the status of MEPs and their assistants, but also to open the windows of this Institution to our fellow citizens throughout the Member States and beyond, for we are building not only a House of Parliament, but also a more united Europe. +If we had failed to reach agreement there, and consider what it would have meant, if the Berlin meeting had finished with no compromise having been reached at a time when the Kosovo war was just beginning and the Commission was in a state of crisis, then Europe would have been plunged into a serious, historic crisis. +I refer, of course, to the approval of Agenda 2000, which was an enormously difficult exercise in terms of politics, diplomacy and the balance of interests within the Union, and to all the consequences resulting from perhaps the greatest contemporary problem, given its repercussions within the European Union itself, by which I mean the Kosovo conflict and all the circumstances surrounding it as well as its resultant consequences for the future. +Should the Assembly of the Western European Union ultimately disappear, then, of course, in addition to the national parliaments, there must be parliamentary accountability at the European level. For this reason, authority in foreign, security and defence policy must accrue even more to the European Parliament, so that there is no sphere within the European Union escaping the influence of parliament and democracy. +If we are to consolidate the fragile peace on the legendary killing fields of Kosovo Polje, there must be optimum co-operation between the international organisations concerned; the UN for the return of the refugees, the OSCE in terms of constructing democracy, and the EU for economic and social construction. +I know that the money he has been offered by Telefónica hardly can be justified by the description of a handful of silver and indeed it begs the question of just how seriously Members of this House will treat a company like Telefónica when it comes to lobby us as they surely will on the matter of the review and future legislation in this field. +In the last Council, which the President-in-Office of the Council has already talked about, political agreement was reached on different measures and, even prior to this in June, at the meeting of Agricultural Ministers, an agreement was reached on a Regulation concerning biological farming and its expansion to include animal products. +Perhaps we, as MEPs, must now just face the fact that years of European agricultural policy have, in fact, almost destroyed the high-quality agriculture that can invariably almost be described as small-scale, and have led to the omnipotence of industrial European agriculture and to the omnipotence of a number of agro-industrial groups which are only out to make a profit and which thumb their noses at public health and quality standards. +In fact, it is a natural disaster of sorts and we actually ought to be able to say: this is a matter for the European institutions. I should like to support MEP Thyssen's call for the Commission to be more generous in that respect and to enter into discussion with the Parliament on how matters of this kind should be dealt with in future. +It is quite clear that it should be explicit and if it is already implied then I do not see what the problem is about ensuring that it is explicit because as time goes by radioactive substances are going to pose an even greater danger and - as I have already said - we are very lucky that there has not already been a serious accident. +If, ladies and gentlemen, you choose to interpret the rule in a way which goes beyond the letter of Parliament' s law, even though it is extremely clear, perhaps out of scorn for the rights of minorities or as a way of expressing the large Parties' hegemonic desires, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that you would be creating an extremely important and damaging precedent which might rebound on any of the Groups or sub-groups of this House one day. +The European Council meeting in Tampere on 15 and 16 October will be a historic attempt to shape EU common policy in the prevention of cross-border crime, and in the creation of a European judicial area and a common policy on immigration and asylum. +At the same time, we are aware of the gap in credibility we have with the citizens of Europe which we still have to eliminate, for there would be the opportunity of also consulting, in a quite original form, non-governmental organisations and individual citizens in the process of development of the Charter. +This is why this Parliament, with the new responsibilities conferred on it by the Treaty of Amsterdam, must make its objective to move towards implementing this area of freedom, security and justice whilst respecting national differences and always attempting to bring Europe closer to its citizens, clear in the objectives it is trying to achieve and in the way they are conveyed to the general public. +This is totally justifiable, not only because it is currently a system which is not prepared for the "year 2000 effect" , but also because the new system takes into account the compatibility of systems and, what' s more, it is a complicated system which will cover the whole process from the beginning, from the conception of the text up to its publication, without any other system being involved, and I believe this will put the Court of Justice in the best possible position to carry out its work. +The reason for the current great suffering of the East Timorese people is clear: pro-Indonesian militias are endeavouring to smother in blood the desire expressed by the vast majority of people for political independence, and take careful note, this is a downright denial of the outcome of the referendum which took place on 30 August 1999. +On this, I add my voice to the request already made in this House and by the Senate of the Republic of my country, asking for European governments and the UN to recognise, as soon as possible, the sovereign state of East Timor, and the fact that it is no longer an issue dealt with exclusively in this House does credit to my Portuguese colleagues and colleagues from certain other countries. +Subject: Common EU defence policy During the European election campaign this year, the Swedish Prime Minister, Göran Persson, said that there was no possibility of a common EU defence becoming a reality as Sweden would use its veto as soon as the question came up for discussion. +Mr President, as the Honourable Member knows, Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union states that "The common foreign and security policy shall include all questions relating to the security of the Union, including the progressive framing of a common defence policy...which might lead to a common defence, should the European Council so decide." +He said that a common EU army would be unnecessary, extremely expensive and directly damaging to relations with the USA. Let me add that we who definitely do not want to see a common EU army and who are not members of NATO would nonetheless, in common with an overwhelming proportion of Sweden' s population, its government and the party I represent, like to see the EU taking more responsibility when it comes to Europe' s peace and security. +Subject: Youth crime, drugs and the Tampere European Council What assurances can the Finnish Presidency give that at the special European Council on Justice and Home Affairs to be held on 15 and 16 October next in Tampere a common strategy will be adopted aimed at tackling youth crime and delivering a clear message that the EU will not introduce a liberal policy towards drugs? +We have frequently heard about the faith the West has in the Kosovan parallel social institutions, i.e. the Albanian shadow state of the last ten years, being an ideal starting point for a new beginning for this territorial bone of contention, yet this idea merits critical comment. +Budgetary transparency is clearly necessary, as Parliament proposes to draw a clear distinction between the contribution from the Community budget and contributions from other sources and to distinguish between expenditure on physical reconstruction and on institution-building. +To come to the specific points relating to violations of human rights raised by Mr Zimeray, Mr Morillon and Miss Malmström, I would like to say that a Union troika démarche concerning the death sentences on four students, which incorporates the views expressed by this Parliament, is being prepared by the Finnish presidency. +During the BSE scandal, we ensured that the European Union' s scientific committees were restructured and that scientists are now appointed under an open appointments system, that their past careers and financial interests are known about and that the agendas, minutes and also minority opinions expressed are published on the Internet. +To do this, then, the Union must invest more in the safety of the food chain, at every stage of the process, and decide, for example - as we have discussed - whether or not it is useful to create this agency, this notorious independent food agency, supposedly inspired by an American model or some other such thing. +The role that the regions and historical nations of the EU can have in building economic and cultural links with the diverse regions of Africa is vital and should be an essential prerequisite to its future prospects, as will the elimination of its debt. +This story came to light in 1997 and it would appear that the people involved have still not received their deserved punishment and that the Commission has still not initiated a thorough investigation, nor taken the contract away from the people who have it at the moment and who are responsible for the situation which has been created there. +What information with regard to Spain and the EU can the Commission provide on developments in the cultivation of flax, the receipt of subsidies, the monitoring of requirements to guard against fraud, the resultant processing for marketing purposes, and the providential fires at some processing plants? +On the one hand, both as a Catholic first and as a politician second, I must stress the need in Turkey for more genuine respect for civil rights and fundamental values, especially as regards human rights. But on the other hand, we have to consider that all the commitments made by Turkey to the Community in recent years in terms of foreign policy, cooperation, economy and also in the cultural field, have always been honoured. +The European Union bases its own identity on the fact that it follows the principle of the rule of law, which is much more important and significant than being able to mint a common currency or have a common defence policy. +Firstly, the refusal of the Turkish Government to acknowledge the genocide previously committed against the Armenians; secondly, its reluctance to apply the standards of international law in its dispute with Greece; thirdly, the maintenance of Turkish occupation forces in Cyprus; fourthly, the denial of the Kurdish problem. +I would like to inform the House that an official delegation from the National Institute for Public and Social Administration in the People' s Republic of China, under the direction of Mr Wang Zhongyn, Member of the Council of State and Secretary General of the Council of State Affairs, is now seated in the official stand. +There is then the concern to define the rules and consolidate the institution of the WTO, so as to strengthen its multilateral nature, to improve the impact of internationalisation on sustainable development and prevent the risks to the environment and to health inherent in unrestricted competition, between different national standards and different levels of production. +I also welcome the openness with which Mr Lamy has commenced his working relationship with this new Parliament, and I also welcome his support for changes to the Treaty in the forthcoming intergovernmental conference to strengthen the role of the European Parliament in the common commercial policy. +For this reason, and before the measures are adopted as standard for energy, we would have to ensure the adoption of this strategic action, as well as the reliability of the means of production of gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect, so that we can efficiently monitor the development of the problem in all countries. +This is why I call on the House to vote not only for the resolution against the death penalty, but also for the amendment which adds that the European Parliament is appealing to the Governor of Pennsylvania to refrain from signing any new execution order against Moumia Abou Jamal and is renewing its demand for a review of his case. +It should be possible at all times for drivers of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles to comply with the speed limits in force in the Member States. They should not have the opportunity to refer to the lack of legal provisions in order to escape the consequences of breaking the speed limit. +Mr President, I would like to draw Parliament' s attention to the fact that the draft budget for 2000 did not envisage any allocation of funds to line B1-3800 concerning the promotion of agricultural products, an amount used solely to discharge the past, and I would of course like to thank the rapporteur, Jean-Louis Bourlanges, for his understanding, and Mr Böge and Mr Görlach for their support. +I am referring to point 11, which states that Parliament regards 'the reduction of 50 basis points in interest rates on 8 April 1999 as appropriate, and welcomes in particular the reasons given for it' , which tells us that the cut in rates supported the general economic policies in the Community. +In little more than a year, through dialogue, we have already agreed an agenda for negotiation which consists of twelve points and last Sunday, in a historic moment for our country, we embarked upon a negotiation process which must lead our country along the path to the construction of a lasting and genuine peace. +Furthermore there is another important dimension, Madam President, and that is that we are now on the eve of a new wave of enlargement, as the President-in-Office of the Council has said, and we are also witnessing a series of election results which are a clear warning for all of us that certain xenophobic and racist attitudes are arising within the populations of some of our countries. +The issue of women and children who are exploited and set up as prostitutes and the relationship of this world with drug trafficking, apart from being important matters affecting public safety, are, from a human point of view, tragic and distressing and require specific intervention on our part. +I must stress that the Commission could never have fulfilled its role if it had not been able to count on the support of the Finnish Presidency, particularly the Prime Minister, Mr Lipponen, whom I must thank once more for his cooperation and his work to make Tampere a success, and also on the support, critical and vigilant as always, of the European Parliament. +Between caution and recklessness, between realism and utopianism, there is, we are convinced, a place for and a path towards the real reform of our institutions, for the more efficient and more democratic operation of the Union, not to delay enlargement, but to make a success of it. +On the question of foreign and security policy, the report wastes a lot of time on developing security policy, as well as policies for governments and heads of state, and forgets in the process that security policy is a function of foreign policy. +I am, of course, aware of the special importance the European Parliament attaches to two particular questions: the first relates to the establishment of the Agency' s headquarters in Thessaloniki and its operational centre in Pristina, the extension of its mandate to the whole of the western Balkans and the bringing of its activity within the framework of the Stability Pact. +The political element of this dialogue will begin on 8 November and for the first time social partners expressing their social concerns on the issue of employment, banks outlining their monetary policy, and the Member States, which are the political forces in Europe, will sit at the same table. +Mr President, Mr Sasi, Commissioner, you have just reminded us, in great detail, of the importance of this Treaty Ban, the basic aim of which is to strengthen the measures of the non-proliferation treaty and, in conjunction with this, aims to keep the development of nuclear weapons under control, thereby limiting the proliferation of these weapons and of the technology necessary for developing them. +However, I also tried replacing the word "young" with "elderly" in the programme we are discussing today and I saw a wonderful project appearing, which would be worthwhile too, because it is true, as Mr Taylor said, that this is the first generation who have a European identity and, as Mrs Gröner said, that the future of Europe starts with the young. +. UK Liberal Democrats are voting with this budget line as proposed by the Committee on Budgets, but in anticipation that further discussion is to take place in order to meet the substantive points of Mr Jan Mulder, MEP, and to find more financial resources within the overall total without either depleting the reserves or calling upon the Council to provide new funds. +- (FR) The Union for a Europe of Nations Group co-signed the joint motion for resolution on the restructuring of firms in the face of globalisation, since it indicates the beginning of a new spirit, distancing itself from free-tradism, and encouraging one to think of international trade "in terms of the more complex objective of sustainable development" . +I would especially like to thank Mr Fischler for his punctual presence, and to thank him also for honouring the promise that he made to the Committee on Fisheries, in the hearing of 30 August, when he told us that he would give priority to the fisheries agreement with Morocco, which can be seen from the promptness with which he has drawn up a proposed mandate for negotiation. +Effective implementation of the Over Thirty Month rule, meaning that nothing over 30 months old can get into the food chain. Improved methods for removing specified risk material from bovine carcasses. +It is true that our British friends have taken precautions over traceability, that they have introduced a passport for cattle, that different types of meal have been banned since 1990, that conditions for the slaughter of animals have been changed, that lymph nodes, spinal marrow and lymphoid tissue are now removed and that only cattle less than thirty months old are exported. +Performance was lower than expected in the first part of the year but, nevertheless, the upward trend which will occur in the second part of the year will favour growth of close to 3% as an average for the last two years, thereby reaching similar and even higher figures for 2000 than those which we had forecast in the spring. +In Italy, conciliation with the social partners has blocked all the strategies and the hypotheses for reform on the crucial points - I am thinking of the labour market, public spending and social security spending in particular, a labour market act which closely follows the one adopted in the seventies. +I would like to remind Parliament that last June the Council adopted Directive 99/63, which incorporates into Community law the agreement on the organisation of seafarers' working time, signed by the social partners in the maritime transport sector. +I agree with the rapporteur that this form of cooperation must be promoted in the Latin American region as a whole and that we should provide impetus for the negotiation of the agreement with Mercosur, an agreement which - I think we have to accept - I believe has come to a bit of a halt or, to put it another way, has not proceeded at the speed which we expected in 1995 when we approved it and when the Agreement on Interregional Cooperation was signed between the European Union and Mercosur in Madrid. +I would also like to highlight the fact that we are looking at a good example of how a country which has still not achieved its maximum level of development will commit itself to a sustained form of growth which respects the environment through the use of renewable energy, by means of this agreement on scientific and technological cooperation. +The directive before us allows consumers to buy a car not only according to its horsepower, but also its CO2 emissions, by referring to a "top ten" list. +For, in fact, while we may share the idea that aid and incentives for employment cannot be totally subjected to conditions of rigid technocratic controls which are in danger of excluding one disadvantaged section of job seekers from this aid, our vision encourages us to propose positive and constructive support, rather than supervision, in the procedures which must be implemented, which are still, as we know, difficult ones. +Trucks and buses contribute to air pollution in ever greater proportions, as we have actually done a lot to reduce car emissions, for example by using better quality fuels and tax concessions, as Mrs Myller said. +It goes without saying that the European Parliament must support a whole raft of measures to control environmental pollution in order to comply with its obligations under the Kyoto Agreement to reduce the level of European Union emissions of six greenhouse gases by 8% by the years 2008-2012. +The common position expressly mentions the victims of exploitation and sexual abuse which would be covered by the programme, as well as the common establishment of priorities, promoting innovation and the exchange of experiences regarding actions taken by Member States, including the exchange of information on different legislation and the results obtained. +The suggestion that sometimes has been put forward to establish a children's unit within the Commission is one that I recognise will require study in particular to ensure that full account is taken of the human and financial resources that are at present available. +On presenting the SAB 4 and in the tripartite dialogue, on the 7th, before the adoption of that SAB 4, the Commission announced that the supplementary and necessary payment appropriations - EUR 650.5 million in particular for PHARE, TACIS, Obnova and FYROM - were covered, or were going to be covered, by means of three instruments: SAB 4, the global transfer and SAB 5, which today is the object of our debate and resolution. +It would be a mistake for this reference to nuclear energy to distract attention from the main thrust of this report, which is about improving energy efficiency, drawing more supply from renewable sources, and integrating our environmental objectives in our energy policy. +I also call on the Commission to support Commissioner Byrne as he strives to be pro-active in public healthcare by ensuring that patient care and the health and training of non-consultant hospital doctors is protected. +In my opinion, this is particularly problematic, since the fact that negative judgements are not binding in all States may ultimately mean that a State in which a negative judgement is made may not recognise a positive judgement made in another state, with the result that we are once again faced with the disintegration of what constitutes law in the European Union, which, of course, we do not want. +Many of us, the different Member States of the European Union, have already addressed the issue of using children' s guardians at a time when families are going through a particularly difficult time in their lives, such as when couples separate, with all the repercussions - especially in psychological terms - that affect the children involved. +Mr President, without doubt the directive proposed by the European Commission is an important step towards the creation of a single area of freedom, security and justice. It organises judicial cooperation at Community level and introduces uniform rules in international private law, an area in which they were sorely lacking. +I must say that the steps which the Bulgarian Government has so far taken, given the balance of power in the country and the fact that the willingness to shut down Kosloduj will be used against the government in the forthcoming elections, as will also happen in Slovakia and Lithuania, must be seen in this light as brave decisions. +The question which Mr Pohjamo has asked affords me the opportunity of reminding you, ladies and gentlemen, of the method we use to draw up the list of Objective 2 eligible regions, as well as the programming arrangements, complying with the Regulations for the Structural Funds. +The background to my question is very clear indeed: 15-25% of all women are battered during pregnancy; 50% of all women who are murdered are murdered by their husbands or partners; violence is the biggest cause of harm inflicted upon women, responsible for more deaths and injury than robberies and car accidents combined; and only 2-3% of all rapists are sent to prison. +Finally, I appreciate the fact that Mr Schwaiger stressed the precautionary principle, in order to integrate environmental policies into trade policies, and I share his concern regarding the risks of a putative eco-protectionism which has nothing to do with the protection of citizens' health. +The purport of Amendments Nos 12 and 33 is to revise the collection costs down to 10% with regard to the amounts established after 31 December 2000, which can be supplemented by a flexible premium as a function of the results achieved by the Member States when collecting the traditional own resources and fraud control measures. +Mr President, Commissioner, there is no doubt that the need to develop trade as effectively as possible and the new challenges posed by globalisation, as well as the need to consolidate a balanced commercial system which will contribute to sustainable development and whose benefits will also extend to the less developed countries, require a strengthening of the rules which govern international trade. +In this House we have prioritised consumer protection, established the family farm as the agricultural model and the basic unit of production, and made rural development and the preservation of rural communities the second pillar of CAP reform. +So, the "European Market" share will go from 5% to X%, there will only be residual internal support, export aid will have been prohibited, customs duties and tariff peaks will no longer be in place, direct investment will have been obtained thanks to Mr Lamy, and no thanks to the MAI, and the world market will have been established, a sort of commercial Fukuyama, and the GATT story will be over. +In my opinion, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs, I emphasise that the organisational and procedural framework of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance is due for an overhaul in order to digest the current backlog. This should, in my opinion, go beyond the redistribution of chambers and increasing the number of judges. +We are also opposed to the idea of the constitutionalisation of the Treaties as well as to the integration of a future Charter of Fundamental Rights in some kind of European constitutional process because we still think that European citizenship merely complements national citizenship and that therefore, the definition of the duties and fundamental rights of each nation' s citizens falls to the citizens of that nation. +In that way we would surely be in a position to deal with the circumstances, with the real demands and we would be able to respond to the challenge of restoring the citizens' interest in the European construction process, an interest which was statistically proven to be low after the poor turnout at the elections of 13 June. +Mr President, the Council, like the other institutions, exercises its powers according to those conditions and for those purposes that are defined in Article 5 of the EC Treaty and in the provisions of later agreements and documents relating to amendments and additions, on the one hand, and the provisions of the Treaty on the European Union, on the other. +Instead of proclaiming the need for European concessions from the rooftops, the Commission would do better to forcefully assert the need to set right the errors and omissions of the Marrakech Agreement with regard to fundamental social rights, the environment, public health, in the general interest, indeed. +Mr President, I would like to tell you briefly that I belong to a generation which was fortunate not to live through the massacre of Algerians in Paris in 1961, not to experience, on 9 November 1938, Kristallnacht or the start of Jewish persecution in various European countries and fortunate, above, all to see the end of apartheid in South Africa. +We, as the EU, are also bound under the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which not only commits Russia but ourselves too and it contains a human rights clause, to speak out most fervently on behalf of Mr Nikitin for an improvement in his conditions of detention on the spot, for his release and as I said, for fair and constitutional treatment. +So that reaction adds weight to our awareness of much that was wrong under the previous regime, for example the lack of protection for the rights of religious minorities and the increasing abuse of the blasphemy law which was introduced after the military take-over in 1958. +It cannot and may not suffice in the future for the Bank to restrict itself to the isolated inspection of individual projects - such as, for example a section of motorway -, it must also inspect the projects in context - for example within a transport development plan in a particular country, in order to be able to identify duplication and to develop an acceptable and financially sustainable alternative. +Mr President, I would like to make two comments, one concerning the main objective of the subject of today' s debate, the guarantee by Union budgets of the external loans of the EIB, and another on the issues which I know concern this Parliament especially, those of transparency and the efficient use of the Bank' s resources. +That amendment establishes three or four very important changes: firstly, the Canary Islands were incorporated into the Common agricultural policy and the Common fisheries policy; secondly, they were incorporated into the Community Customs Union, and are therefore subject to ordinary customs duties; and thirdly, it removed the special tax rules which they had, specifically the island taxes - the so-called special licence tax arrangements - which were designed to protect local industry. +As a consequence of that reference to article 299.2 and the thinking which I am explaining at the moment, the Committee on Legal Affairs has proposed a series of amendments to the annexes of the regulation to halt the removal of customs duties in any of the areas where they are currently in force. +After the Council of Ministers for Industry, on 9 November, and the Commission' s report to Parliament on the situation of the world market in the shipbuilding industry, today we have heard this Commission statement to Parliament, which indicates that there is generalised concern within all the European institutions. +I therefore ask this House, which represents all the peoples of the European Union, to show its solidarity with the Basque people in defence of the freedom, respect for the law and peaceful coexistence which we have all craved for so long. We have to believe that, through tolerance towards others and a love for life, we will achieve peace. +In my opinion, all Member States should make a proper and sound contribution to the public debate on the European Union and we can bring this about, for example, by ensuring that insignificant issues which take us away from the real issues dealt with by the European Union are abandoned, the type of issues raised by the entire delegation brought by Mr Van den Berg. +I again expressly offer to provide the European Parliament with comprehensive information in advance on specific action taken and on the projects which are developed and implemented jointly with Turkey on the basis of the funding regulations, thereby guaranteeing the involvement of the European Parliament in the development of relations with Turkey at all times. +I think that it is hugely important that, for the first time, we have an EU-wide limit value for a carcinogenic substance and it is precisely because of the high health risk, i.e. the cancer risk, and because of the precedent which it will set for other as yet unregulated carcinogenic substances, that it is important for the limit value set in this directive to be transposed into practice as quickly as possible. +I should like to ask the Commission whether it should not take the initiative in drawing the attention of the Central European Bank and the national central banks to this problem, that is to say, the necessary exchange of all the European currencies that will disappear in 2002 with the actual introduction of the euro. +We, too, in our capacity as European Commission, European Parliament, and governments of the Member States, must launch a new initiative in this respect, so that political discussions on the value of the euro do not cause the citizens to suddenly start thinking that, although they may inhabit a monetary union, this has lent no added value to Europe. Rather, they must be made aware of the fact that they are living in an age of new monetary reform. +In reality, the problems and contradictions of the global economy are still there, unresolved and still relevant: doubts about genetically modified organisms, child labour, the negative social effects of unbridled, unregulated globalisation. +We also need to make it clear that environmental standards and food safety are often hotly disputed here, that it is only with difficulty that we achieve this here in the European Union, that the legislation is controversial, and that if we have adopted it, it is because of our responsibility to the people of the European Union - to whom we are accountable as elected parliamentarians - and not for reasons of tactical protectionism. +It has already been said that we wanted more money because we believe that education and continuing education are particularly important for reducing unemployment, creating new jobs and making Europe more attractive to business in terms of its economy, labour market and social conditions, as well as for an effective internal market, a prerequisite for which is a European educational area. +Action to tackle ozone layer degradation is considered to be one of the very few success stories of international environmental legislation, and since the mid-1990s ozone depletion does seem to have slowed down, mainly due to efforts to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting substances. +While the Commission has sympathy for Amendment No 20 that would ban the production of HCFC-containing products for export over the three years after respective domestic use ban, we have to maintain the balance between environmental desirability and the risk that manufacturing would relocate elsewhere. +Mr President of the Council, your work and the work of your foreign secretary and your minister Kimmo Sasi demonstrate that smaller Member States are also capable of excellent work and we would like to extend our special thanks for that work, especially as this is the first time that the Republic of Finland has taken over the Council Presidency. +But in welcoming the decision as we do, we insist that those modernising forces must make determined progress towards European norms of respect for human rights and of the relationship between civil and military society; towards the abolition of the death penalty; towards a clear respect for minorities, especially the Kurdish minority in Turkey. +My question is this: if you institute Treaty infringement proceedings without waiting for the results of the tests, when the tests have not even been carried out - we are still waiting for a proposal from Commissioner Byrne - and if the logistics for labelling have still not been set up, how then can you expect France and Germany to lift their import restrictions with this state of affairs? +As always, the demand for efficiency has again been put to bad use in order to justify action by the European Union. I shall not refer to the political choices which have been made or the haggling which has formed the basis of the budgetary discussion between the Council and Parliament. +So in asking you, Mr Liikanen, if you can get that quickly resolved with your colleague Mr Monti, can I also ask the Commission to set up a fast and fair mechanism to deal with these future issues; because until we have that, Europe's global car industry's competitiveness will be affected and we will not be able to take full advantage of the regime that Mr Bodrato proposed. +Mr President, one of the greatest challenges in the fight for sustainable development is to reduce the all too high levels of CO2 emissions and, to begin with, I should like to emphasise that nuclear power is not a renewable energy source and that it ought not therefore to be included among Kyoto' s flexible mechanisms, such as the mechanism for sustainable development. +Macao is therefore a symbol of almost five centuries of peaceful coexistence and of mutual advantages in a framework of the most varied diplomatic, cultural and commercial activities. This has facilitated contact between the European and Chinese civilisations, the promotion and protection of China' s external trade and a significant assertion of European interests. +Mr President, on 17 June 1998, the Court of First Instance abrogated Council Decision 174/95 of 6 July 1995, according to which the plaintiff is not entitled to access certain documents associated with Europol concerning the public' s right to access Council documents, by virtue of Council Decision 93/731/EC. +In 1996 the Council adopted a decision on the participation by the Member States of the EU in strategic action planned by the World Customs Organisation for the Balkan channels to speed up the process of international cooperation and develop the control of illegal commerce, particularly in the Balkans. +Subject: Integrated programme for EU island regionsIn the light of Articles 154 and 158 of the EC Treaty as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam, and Declaration 30 annexed to the latter Treaty, Commission DG XVII has drawn up a communication on the use of renewable energy in the EU's island regions. +Mr President-in-Office, my question refers to a special type of island, that is, those included amongst the outermost regions covered by paragraph 2 of Article 299 of the new Amsterdam Treaty, which have been granted special status. However, it is a question that Mr Verheugen will probably not even have to consult his notes to answer as I believe that he was present at the evening session of the Berlin European Council. +But I should like to ask a very specific question that does not refer to a philosophical idea but simply to whether or not the presidency considers the European Community to be a Community of law. Are the legal rules, in this case the Treaties, only seen as valid rules because we are forced to abide by them? +The Commission should draw up an accession partnership and provide for a programme of financial assistance for the pre-accession period to help the Maltese authorities to bridge the economic gap that remains between Malta and the European Union. +As for Poland's most noted sector, namely agriculture, which Mrs Hoff also mentioned, I fully agree with her analysis that it is necessary to continue with reforms, especially in the field of rural development and improving veterinary and plant health facilities. +By acting as that link, we have been able to assist in some cases, for example in securing recognition of academic or professional qualifications and provision of welfare benefits, as well as in solving petitioners' specific problems. +Mr President, Mr Ombudsman, it is a pleasure to be able to agree with everyone today in saying that the office of the European Ombudsman has so far proved to be a very important feature of EU life. Having an Ombudsman facilitates openness and transparency in the Union. +A majority of Members of the House seem to have little interest in the fact that the NATO bombing and military offensive in Yugoslavia are continuing, causing the destruction of a country and the death of an indiscriminate number of people, both Serbs and Kosovars, men and women, young and old, as was the case when more then a hundred refugees perished. They simply express regret at the loss of human life and the 'collateral damage'. +We would seriously urge the Commission actively to monitor the situation with regard to consumer protection and to keep an eye on how the recommendations on the security and reliability of such means of payment are being followed. As soon as possible, we need to see the appropriate measures put in place to protect consumers. +Well, Commissioner, we on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs think that the various forms of electronic money are of vital importance for implementing the euro as quickly as possible before the coins and notes come into circulation. This could be either in the form of virtual money stored on computers for electronic commerce or in the form of interoperable cards. +I know that the Commission and the Council have already earmarked a great deal of money to support the elections, but I am amazed that, although Parliament has been calling year in year out for democracy in Indonesia and the opposition groups there are now asking for Parliament to send observers, the Bureau has decided against doing so. +This demonstrates the importance of making nationally based appraisals of the strength of customs authorities.3.The report is an insult to the Member States, since it seeks to establish practices which have been rejected by the Council.4.It is perfectly feasible for cooperation between customs administrations in different countries to be organised on an intergovernmental basis.- van Dam report (A4-0114/99) +Since the BSE follow-up committee was stood down, deaths from CJD have continued to accelerate alarmingly, with ten recorded in the last quarter of 1998. Deaths are still being recorded in the United Kingdom and, with an incubation period of 5 to 30 years, many cases of new variant CJD caused by BSE have still to emerge. +This paradoxical approach - drawing a positive conclusion from a decidedly negative fact - must clearly not deter us from taking an interest in the cases of maladministration condemned by the Ombudsman and his response to appeals from the European public. +The NGOs and MEPs could, indeed would, suggest a far clearer approach - a more user-friendly set of guidelines - which would therefore be far more relevant and effective in meeting the objectives. +The motion of censure is an expression of the principle of parliamentary confidence. This was strengthened in the Maastricht Treaty through rules ensuring that the parliamentary term and the Commission's period in office run in parallel, and by allowing Parliament to approve the appointment of the Commission and its President. +This report is the result of the conference which we held on the elderly in October. It put forward the views of the elderly citizens of the Community, what they might like to see for the future, and what kind of recommendations we would make for the United Nations Year of the Elderly. +In the European Union's recent study of US agricultural support policy, very little was said about this, whereas the current American farm bill has used marketing payments for almost all agricultural products as a very efficient way of increasing competitiveness. +B4-0156/99 by Mrs Estevan Bolea, Mr Malerba, Mr Ligabue, Mr Danesin and Mr Castagnetti, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0158/99 by Mr Ripa di Meana, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left-B4-0160/99 by Mr Dell'Alba, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Allianceon the crisis situation in Venice. +This is an absolutely ridiculous state of affairs, which I can only put down to huge self-interest, and I hope that the large coalitions which put protecting the Commission before Parliament's right of control have learnt from the events of the past months and will be more loyal to Parliament than their Commissioners in the future. +Changing interest rates and extending public deficits are far more popular initiatives than the unwelcome measures of restoring the balance of social security, increasing the flexibility of the labour market and reducing labour costs for the least skilled. +The rapporteur, speaking on behalf of a committee dominated by the PSE Group and the PPE Group, could not of course express any point of view other than that of those two groups, and so could not denounce the fact that the Socialist policies implemented in 13 of the 15 Member States would put Europe at a competitive disadvantage in the global market. +Mr Metten, I have already given a detailed presentation of the Commission's recommendation to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy and, bearing in mind the limited time available this evening, I should like to concentrate my speech on responding to your rapporteur's questions and comments and to the other points that have been raised this evening. +Mr President, this Parliament will go down in history not so much as the Parliament which brought about the collective resignation of the Commission, but as the Parliament which brought about structural changes, which are already underway, to the organisation and operation of the Commission, the foremost institution charged with pushing forward European integration. +It is extremely important that all of us who care about the future of the Union, care about the good execution of the Community budget, care about the value of the taxpayers' money try to utilise all this to achieve deeper reform which has clear objectives and a strong capacity of implementation which can lead to results. +For example, the Herman report on institutional reforms which can be carried out without amendment of the Treaty mentions reducing the number of portfolios and sharing them out rationally within the Commission, and striking the correct balance between the collective and individual responsibility of the Commission members. +If there is a problem now with an interim Commission that has lost its moral and political authority to act, the problem arises, in my view, because of the failure of the Council to listen to Parliament and to appoint an effective interim Commission. +The Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left urges the incoming President to set out and develop economic and social policies aimed at creating employment. We also urge him to combat social exclusion and poverty by promoting public services across the European Union. +It is not enough to mention the environmental troubles of Europe's cities, as you have done, without tackling the underlying cause: the disproportionate increase in private transport, partly fuelled by incentives to the car industry, and the simultaneous decline of public transport. +Mr President, Mr President-designate of the Commission, speaking as the chairman of Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights, I would like to remind you of the statement that was made on 23 March, in which Parliament said that there should be a considerably higher proportion of women in the Commission than is the case at present. +You also said that because of this certain basic conditions must be created in the area of environmental policy, social policy, consumer policy, and safeguarding competition through controls on competition and on financial aid, so that the single market can function as a single market for the whole of Europe and not in small sections. +The enlargement of the European Union is certainly one of the fundamental tasks that you will be faced with during your period of office, but an institutional round table is needed on this. +We have just adopted an amendment to Article 5 of Annex V to the Rules of Procedure which states, with regard to both the granting and refusal of discharge, that the proposal for a decision on granting discharge may not be the subject of amendments. You said that this would take effect immediately. +If ethnic rights are to form the basis, then clearly everyone must have their share of the cake and an international conference will be needed to redefine the borders. On the other hand, and this is my opinion, if we insist on respect for the international borders as a fundamental principle of security in international relations, then this principle cannot be just cast aside. +But it has succeeded in causing great concern by endangering the whole of the region, and in humiliating the UN and, of course, the political unity of Europe. It is clear that this was one of the intentions of American nationalism, while our leaders in Europe connive out of regional fears or aspirations, brushing aside the opportunity to proceed collectively and autonomously. +In terms of stability and security, joint initiatives must be proposed to Russia on foreign policy, through contacts made by the High Representative for the CFSP, and on increasing Russian participation when the EU uses the Western European Union for operations commonly known as 'Petersberg tasks'. Also, joint initiatives are needed to strengthen cooperation in order to prevent and resolve conflicts within the OSCE and United Nations and also in respect of disarmament control. +It is not enough therefore for us to wring our hands and regret that we have not yet consolidated our common foreign and security policy. Instead, we need to use all the means at our disposal to ensure that this foreign and security policy - and also our defence policy - is in line with our interests and responsibilities. +In the first place, it seriously prejudices and curtails Parliament's autonomy, just when the Treaty of Amsterdam accords us prime responsibility - albeit within the framework of an appropriate interinstitutional agreement in which the Commission and the Council participate in full - for drawing up our Members' Statute, along with clear rules governing their material conditions of work. +It was particularly important for Parliament's delegation that this amendment was accepted, as it will be at that point that the majority of the EU public will handling the euro as cash for the first time, and it is likely that price transparency will lead to more cross-border purchases within the internal market. +The guarantee directive will be included in the list of actions for restraint to protect the interest of the consumers, and in order to make purchases within the internal market simpler for the consumer, a recommendation will be made to manufacturers whose goods are sold in several Member States that they should provide consumers with a list including at least one contact address in each country where the goods are marketed. +Finally, I would like to thank Mr Santer and Mr Oreja, because after 20 years' work we have succeeded in getting the Commission's internal telephone directory officially issued, with a covering letter stating that within a few months everyone else will also be able to get hold of it, once the prototype has become a real telephone directory. +Two fundamental issues have been raised: the need to hold an intergovernmental conference very early in the year 2000, with a method and timetable to be discussed, and the issue of the constitution, which Mr Verheugen has taken up, as I was delighted to discover this morning. +The Portuguese Socialist Members voted against the motion for a resolution approved today in the European Parliament because this motion prevents the entry into force of the Statute for Members proposed by the Council of Ministers which represents an important reinforcement of Parliament's credibility. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the reform of the COM in beef and veal was one of the delicate aspects of the new CAP for the 2000-2006 period due to the structural imbalances of this market, the effects of the mad cow phenomenon on consumers and the role of livestock farming in land use. +First, I do agree that we should strengthen rural development policy, but to strengthen the measures for the disadvantaged regions without increasing the funding would mean having to divert these funds from other rural development measures. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the problem of comitology is literally poisoning relations between Parliament and the Council. Indeed, it goes even further: it serves as a screen against public opinion, because the complexity of this comitology mechanism has succeeded in making the opaque fog around decision-making even thicker in the eyes of the public. +It is a second reading and what we have tried to do is look at the Council's common position compared to the Commission's original proposal, and compared to its development following the amendments brought by Parliament, although not by me as rapporteur, as I took this on somewhat later. On the basis of all this we concluded, again in cooperation with the European Commission, that we had to formulate a number of amendments. +Mr President, in the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, on behalf of which I speak here, there have been serious concerns that the Council might not manage to arrive at decisions in time to incorporate the Schengen Agreement into the European Union and that the relevant legal instruments would then automatically become part of the third pillar. +I have a request, which I have made in our amendment, that Annex 2 should be put to the vote in the form adopted by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, because it is my view that the common market, the internal market, can develop better with this Annex 2 as we formulated it in the Economic Affairs Committee. +The State bears the cost of crime prevention and takes the necessary decisions where there is suspicion of serious criminal activity. Very strict regulations and technical provisions may need to be put in place. +Now, I believe that at a time when we are discussing the right to humanitarian intervention, and at a time when it is recognised that the international community requires instruments enabling it to defend fundamental human rights where they are being violated in a serious and flagrant manner, it is clearly perverse that there should be delays in creating what might be viewed as a legal forum governing the right of intervention, which is precisely what this would be. +What we are discussing here today, in the version discussed in the European Parliament, amends the 1995 requirements to include data on Internet users such as IP address, electronic address assigned to a party, account number and e-mail address (ENFOPOL 10951/98 REV2). +On the one hand, this protection should be justified and should comply with some of the provisions and requirements set out in the rules of the World Trade Organisation. On the other hand, it should come under the legislation that the European Union itself has drawn up to govern its trade with third countries and with developing countries. +What I should like to say today at this inaugural session is that we hope to be able to count on our new Commission President, on the Finnish President-in-Office of the Council and indeed on Madam Fontaine to continue that good work in supporting the peace process and making a priority of peace in her visits to Northern Ireland. +The President of the Commission has touched on some of the issues such as public health, doping in the sporting world and air traffic, to give a token semblance of adherence to the programme, but his attention seems rather to me to be focused on two other issues: the reconstruction of Kosovo and the Intergovernmental Conference in Helsinki. +Like the majority of EU Member States, the Commission believes that recent amendments to Turkish legislation have paved the way for the case against Mr Öçalan and the process of reaching a verdict, to be transferred to a civil court. +We shall treat the applicant countries as impartially as possible, on the basis of the Commission's reports, and we shall try to make our decisions wisely so that the applicant countries will feel they have made progress according to their individual merits, believing the process to be fair, efficiently undertaken and conducive to the common good. +Mr President, the Europe of Nations Group finds the attitude of Commissioner Bangemann, the Commissioner for Telecommunications in the previous Commission - or in the present one, we are not too sure of his exact position - completely unacceptable. This same Commissioner Bangemann has just accepted an extremely well-paid job on the board of a company involved in his area of responsibility. +I conclude by saying that Mrs Laguiller made an extremely valuable contribution to this debate because, like others, she dramatised the issue quite properly by drawing attention to the economic gaps in society and the way in which those divisions actually serve to emphasise the fact that it is absolutely essential for those of us who have the good fortune to hold representative and appointed positions in the public service to act with complete integrity and discretion. +On the same note, I would ask the Commissioner to actually produce a policy that is no longer concerned with imposing fines on organisations that have infringed some competition regulation or other, but is, in every sense, a policy aimed at controlling those big organisations and ensuring that European Championships and World Cups that are held in Europe really do continue to be celebrations for the people and not celebrations of business. +But this is the first time that the legal competition authority has stopped the rigging, stopped the discriminatory sales and the first time that any competition authority in the world has prevented for all future time the use of discriminatory methods in the sale of tickets. +Madam President, I believe that it would be appropriate if we now, having observed a minute' s silence for the victims of the earthquakes in Greece and Turkey - with good reason since, quite apart from the large numbers of casualties, these events have a deep political significance - observed a minute' s silence for the victims of Indonesian repression in East Timor. +I equally give the undertaking that the complete overhaul of the Commission' s financial management and control systems will be intensified, taking full account of the specific recommendations of the Committee on all matters including those raised by those who have so far spoken in the debate on subsidies and much else. +When the Wise Men' s report, which expressly does not draw a distinction between administrative and political responsibility, calls, inter alia, for the Commission President to have the authority to dismiss individual Commission members, then, to my mind this requirement does not do justice to the gentlemen' s agreement between President Prodi and the Commissioners-designate. +The next item is the report (A5-0002/99) by Mrs Jackson, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Recommendation providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States (COM(1998)0772 - C4-0073/1999 - 1998/0358(COD)(former 1998/0358(SYN)). +The reform of the common fisheries policy, envisaged for 2002, will be a great challenge and a great test which this new Commission will have to face since the fishing industry expects this reform to turn the fishing policy into a genuine common European policy and the Commission to endow it with the necessary additional Community status. +In the same way that this morning, you delayed the vote until later, and quite rightly so, because we did not have the Minutes on which the House was due to decide, it is quite obvious here that we would only be able to decide on the rule which features in the Minutes, which is a rule of general order, and not on the particular conclusions which follow on from it. +In our political opinion, the Commission' s programme is very important in that it intends to build on past triumphs and strengthen the commitment to peace, security, stability, employment and the well-being of all Europeans, but also people from other nearby countries, to the East and South. +I am afraid that Mr Busquin did not satisfy a majority of colleagues on the committee either with his answers on his part in past financial scandals or with his answers on his competence with the portfolio and whether he would have a sense of responsibility and leadership appropriate to the tasks facing this Commission. +In this connection, my group expressly welcomes Mr Fischler' s statement that basic legislation affecting the way in which the general direction of agricultural policy is conceived should be decided as part of a joint decision-making process and that he would actively put forward this view at the future Intergovernmental Conference. +Madam President, despite the splendid presentation by the President-in-Office of the Council, Mrs Halonen, I have to draw attention to the secretive way preparations have been made for the meeting at Tampere, which last week led to a grotesque incident after the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende published a story saying that a curb would be put on immigration from third countries, even with recourse to scare campaigns and threats. +Practically all the ideas you have presented, and everything my fellow Members have mentioned here in the debate - as far as the collaboration of the European Parliament, national parliaments, the Council and the Commission is concerned - is within a legal arena, which involves a great danger, the danger of alienating the legislature of the citizens, male and female, of Europe. +In conclusion, the concept of Europe as not only a single market and currency is very appealing, especially as an area of freedom, security and justice, but it is important for this challenge to become reality through progressively strengthening the Community institutions and developing the collaboration and co-operation between the Member States, rather than resorting to decisions taken by qualified majority, which in itself does not constitute the solution to the problems. +Madam President, as I am taking the floor just hours after the terrible accident, I must say just how distressed the Greek representatives are and how much they grieve the tragic loss of the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, Yannos Kranidiotis, killed while performing his duty: he was a remarkable politician and European visionary who worked hard for peace and co-operation in the Balkans and for reconciliation between Greece and Turkey and who was once himself a Member of the European Parliament. +At the same time I would like to say that I am grateful to Ireland' s Foreign Minister, Mr Andrews, who acted as the President' s personal representative in overseeing the election in East Timor, and Great Britain' s Foreign Secretary, Mr Cook, who represented the President at the APEC meeting. +If good governance is a fundamental prerequisite for development aid, why should good governance not also be a fundamental criterion for international recognition, bilateral relations and trade development? +But I also think it is important and must be stressed that we must now tackle the reconstruction of the social, economic and moral fabric in a context where a broader vision of South-East Europe surely cannot be a dividing factor with regard to locating the Agency' s headquarters in one place instead of another. +The Commission has made efforts to improve and to clarify the Convention being considered before the House today in order to make its application more transparent and also to take into account the relevant agreed provisions in the European Community-United Nations global arrangement. +On the other hand, the members of the Union for a Europe of Nations Group have voted in favour of all the other amendments, including amendment 22, which limits the Commission' s right of initiative and which allows the ad hoc committee to have control over its agenda, to produce its own minutes, as well as the declarations of interest of its own members. +Of course, Commissioner Kinnock' s report is studied and significant, but above all we need to consider the political aspect of what is happening in Russia at the moment. In the near future, all this could destabilise international politics and also the Community' s trade relations with Russia itself, not to mention the serious consequences for the Community' s entrepreneurs who have invested in this country. +I think, and the Commission is in a prime position to intervene at this level, that as the issue of the Kosovar prisoners is a humanitarian one, the European Union could be less zealous in its supply of aid to the Serbian authorities until they have released all Kosovar prisoners. +At the Conference of Presidents, between the group chairmen, we agreed by a clear majority that we did not want a resolution on the WTO at the present time because we still need to have discussions, and we should not now draw up a summary motion for a resolution just to gain popularity in certain quarters. +The recent Standing Veterinary Committee of the Union took the decision, a fortnight ago, to lift the embargo on Belgian beef exports, thus recognising the serious nature of the tests and the strictness of the standards which are now imposed by the new Belgian Government. +Mr Prodi, we are particularly concerned about the fact that, in recent years, matters of vital concern relating to the quality and safety of food and the protection of the health of European citizens are continually in the news, which does not always guarantee valid and reliable information. +The European Parliament has often underlined the importance of energy-efficient actions and the Council has also emphasised the need for energy savings and a reduction in CO2 emissions in a series of resolutions. +As the Community has so far not been able to agree on what is probably the most effective instrument for the reduction of greenhouse gases - namely, the taxation of energy consumption - the Commission and the Council regard the SAVE II programme as "an important and necessary instrument" . +I therefore hope that energy companies in EU Member States in particular, that have a great deal of experience of projects in the field of energy efficiency, can share their knowledge with these countries and, Commissioner, it is my special hope that these energy companies then have a real chance as far as projects are concerned and are not just shoved aside by American companies. +Mr President, whatever the words are that we use to express it in our national languages, the negotiations for this trade agreement were dragged out over a long period of time in an unprecedented manner, which was, as many resolutions in this House have expressed, a poor performance, particularly in view of the courageous transition to free and democratic government carried through by South Africa; a marvellous achievement in an age when there is so much violence in the world. +I want to thank Parliament and, in particular, the rapporteur of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, Mrs Kinnock, for the swift and smooth way it has prepared for the parliamentary assent to the outcome of our negotiations with the South Africans and for the very active and committed way it has assisted this process over the years. +On the part of the European Union, the anti-fraud office, OLAF, was commissioned to arrange for the Spanish judicial authorities to conduct investigations as to whether the Community aid for textile flax had been administered and monitored properly and whether incidents under assessment were to be noted as criminal offences. +I am new in this Parliament and I regret that the first question whose reply I was expecting to hear in this Parliament cannot be replied to orally due to lack of time, but I doubly regret the fact that this is due to the attitude of some people who, by raising questions in this House which, in my opinion, do not belong here, deprive us of the pleasure of hearing Mr Fischler speak today of the problem of our fishermen' s daily bread, for example. +I therefore request, President, that you write a letter on behalf of the European Parliament to the British Prime Minister expressing our shock and horror at the magnitude of this terrible disaster, asking him to and pass on our deepest sympathy to the relatives of those people who have died, and also to the relatives of those who remain seriously injured in the hope that they make a full recovery. +The ball, Commissioner, is in Turkey' s court and the next move must come from them. Europe has given it sufficient encouragement yet we have not seen, on an official level, and not from the Turkish people who are also suffering under the regime imposed on them, the response Europe needs to proceed to the next phase. +In our opinion, this once again shows that total hypocrisy is an underlying principle of the European Union, with its double standard policies of selective sensitivity towards human rights and respect for international law. +These double standard policies, based purely on the financial and political interests of the powers that be in the European Union, are making us turn a blind eye to what is happening in Turkey today; that is, Turkey' s refusal to acknowledge democratisation and respect for human rights, not to mention the violations of all the principles of international law. +It seems important to me, nonetheless, firstly to have an in-depth study made as soon as possible in order to determine as precisely as possible the possible impact of this agreement on the economy of Réunion, and secondly to establish a permanent mechanism for supervision, establishing the conditions for quick intervention. +But if our role here is to reflect the concerns, the questions and the expectations of our fellow citizens in Europe, let us keep in mind the world-wide dimension of what is at stake, those of developing countries divided today between the hope of integration into the world economy and the fear of marginalisation. +In this area, these countries face a twofold problem: their internal markets are too often cornered by monopolies or by oligopolies whose first effect is to inflict prices which are far too high on the local consumers, the mass of the very poorest in the main, and whose second effect is to prevent the arrival of newcomers and to force them to confine themselves to the informal economy. +Since Mr Sasi has kindly agreed to come to the meeting of the European Parliament' s Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy on 12 October, I suggest he presents his formal response to both these points at that meeting. +I do not want to evaluate that further now, but I think that the reduction of CO2 should not be seen merely as a burden but that it actually has an economic effect, and offers the opportunity, and the possibility, to bring the improvement of the quality of life into line with employment. That is why I feel that we should not participate in unlimited emissions trading. +Therefore, I offer you another chance to answer: will the Council undertake an audit of Member States to establish those states which have discriminatory legislation against lesbians and gay men, which fail to offer equal rights, equal civil rights to lesbians and gay men and which fail to offer equal protection under the law to lesbians and gay men? +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I do not think that I need three minutes to tell you that the resolution concerning the export of arms, which is subject to our approval, deals with a matter which is fundamental to the establishment of an area of peace and stability throughout the world, which is without doubt one of the most important mandates which our electors have given us. +(FR) To drastically reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases in the rich countries is a duty of solidarity towards future generations, but also towards the peoples of the developing countries who will suffer more and more from natural disasters caused by global warming. +The next item is the report by Mr Napolitano, on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, regarding the possible changes to the Rules of Procedure following the interinstitutional agreement of 25 May 1999, relating to internal inquiries carried out by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). +However, at this time, it is essential to draw your attention once more to the awareness this House has shown and the awareness the European Parliament has shown on the issue of fraud - an awareness which was turned into action by the internal decision of the European Parliament, and an awareness which is re-formulated in the report and the proposal of Mr Napolitano. +There was a question on this but I think we solved it satisfactorily in committee by the compromise amendment tabled by Mr Gil-Robles and myself, which specified that application of this interinstitutional agreement is without prejudice to any provisions in law or in our Rules of Procedure as regards an obligation of confidentiality upon Members. +It is quite clear from Mr Ferri' s analysis that we are talking in terms of motor vehicle legislation not just at a European level, but at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe level which has, for many years now, been accepted within the motor vehicle industry as setting a whole range of global standards. +This is the reason why we proposed, with the support of the Committee on Budgets in this matter, to gather all the policies and budget lines relating to the creation of this area of freedom, security and justice under a single title comprising five chapters corresponding to the main policies dedicated to the establishment of the area of freedom, security and justice. +The reason put forward to attempt to justify these swinging cuts is the unexpected appearance of new priorities, which are incidentally perfectly legitimate, such as aid for the reconstruction of Kosovo, our contribution to the construction of East Timor now that it has been liberated, our solidarity with the earthquake victims in Turkey and financing of a fisheries agreement with Morocco. +Mr Bourlanges stands before a double paradox - a debate on the budget which deals with expenditure but not income, and then a budget subject to the double conflicting pressure of an increase in the tasks of the European Union and an actual trend towards reduction of the European GDP rate which is reflected in the Union' s budget. +It has been said here that the priority objective is dealing with inflation, but it is not the only one: we have to think in terms of, amongst other things, an economic focus, responsibility, the international representation of the euro and the monitoring of the banking institutions at a time of significant mergers amongst the financial institutions. +This principle requires us to confront together the serious global problem of drugs, at every link in the chain; that is to say, production, distribution, consumption, money laundering, the diversion of chemical ingredients and arms sales. +Finally, the Commission would like to single out the establishment of the clear priority given to fighting racism, xenophobia, and all forms of discrimination, which are laid down in Article 13 of the Treaty, as being a very positive move. +Of course Parliament wanted more far-reaching European commitments to come out of the Tampere Summit but I have to say that since these important issues are now on the European agenda all the same, along with a scoreboard, a clearly-defined task for the European Commission and thus also a role for the European Parliament, then that is a very good thing and I would like to congratulate the Presidency on this, but also the European Commission in particular. +Finally, at a time when a European-wide Michelin works committee has just come into being, Community legislation must be amended so that employees, or their representatives, who are concerned at the plans for collective redundancy on economic grounds can take their case to the competent local court, without waiting for the redundancy to be announced, and challenge the grounds for the decision. +I consider that at this level, we can, within a general framework of either broad economic guidelines or broad employment guidelines, learn a lot at national level, i.e. we could have a form of benchmarking, an exchange of information and successful models already in place at national levels to address this major problem of restructuring which faces us on all levels. +They are based on the completely realistic assessment that, without social cohesion in Europe, which is an area of powerful social forces, social conflict will arise. In turn, this social conflict will have negative repercussions on economic stability, i.e. the environment which competition and companies need in order to develop. +An issue about which I feel passionately is the successful negotiation of the multilateral nuclear environment programme, the attempt to ensure that Western donors can provide technical and financial assistance for the storage and disposal of nuclear waste in north-west Russia, including all those terrifying, rusting nuclear submarines and the other nuclear garbage. +To conclude, I would like to emphasise that in a society which is leaning towards telematics networks and the Internet, and which increasingly invests in their use, for communication, information and services, it is almost ridiculous that the Council has not accepted the amendments on the creation of an Internet site dedicated entirely to young people. +It was a question of whether to create one line per key measure, as had been envisaged by the Committee on Budgets, or to maintain a single overall line for research, as the executive committee wished, in exchange for guarantees that information would be provided on the transfers of funds between key measures within this line. +Given that we are the institution that, quite rightly, has made great play of tackling fraud in European Community institutions, how are the citizens of Europe going to understand that the only people with whom OLAF has not reached an agreement in terms of internal investigations are Members of the European Parliament? +What mechanism is envisaged, Commissioner, if the situation becomes deadlocked, to prevent the vessels directly concerned, the fishing sector participants affected, the regions concerned and, most especially, Objective 1 and 2 areas which are dependent on fishing, as our joint resolutions specifies, bearing the brunt of the disastrous consequences in the event of non-renewal of the agreement? +The fishing industry in the Kingdom of Morocco is made up of small businesses owned by shipowners for whom it is absolutely impossible to create joint enterprises which are largely Moroccan. Therefore, the new agreement must be an agreement which extends, while amending the necessary clauses, the current agreement, bearing in mind, of course, that we respect the fact that this agreement must benefit the economic and social development of Morocco. +I am doing so for economic reasons, which have already been explained by several speakers in this Chamber but, as in yesterday' s debate on the fisheries agreement between the European Union and Morocco, also in order to help a country that is rich in natural resources, but which remains poor due to its political situation, and particularly its on-going civil war. +Despite an absolutely resounding rejection just last June in the European Parliament elections of the remoteness and secrecy of our institutions collectively, that first step next week will be adding to the democratic deficit in that Parliament will be excluded and there seems to be no good reason for this. +We have built in an addition here that will ask for a review after five years involving the two sides of industry at European level to see how the regime is functioning in this sector with particular reference to the health and safety of the workers involved. +The next item is the oral question (B5-0032/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, to the Commission, on the Commission Communication to the European Parliament and the Council on the Strategy for the European Single Market. +In my experience this has also applied, particularly so in fact, to consumer protection legislation, where there have very often indeed been discrepancies between various directives, between various pieces of legislation at European level. For instance, this applies to specific cancellation deadlines and periods of protection for consumers: these have frequently been different. +Firstly, there is the question of how we are going to create a real single market where the States are currently tending to implement protectionist measures - we have seen some cases, even recently and how the Commission intends to make the best use of the infringement procedure, speeding it up and encouraging the citizens and their associations to report the breaches of Community law which occur daily in the various Member States. +The Commission' s plans to monitor the policy efforts and policy results at national level more closely are well-intended but will probably have the opposite effect, especially if this is done by means of a quantitative approach: counting the number of measures, aid schemes and employment projects. +We cannot only deal with pay moderation and flexibility for their own sake, because this would misrepresent the nature and spirit of the national dialogues, the maintenance of social protection systems and all the planning instruments negotiated on the subject, sensitive not only to small and medium-sized businesses but also to those sectors that are more compatible with tradition and the characteristics of the territory. +Moreover, the document does not even mention the role of an active credit policy intended to support firms - the European credit system is still light-years away from the American system in this regard - and I think that the endeavours of the European Union and the Member States to redirect it have, until now, been very weak. +This has a bearing, although this has not been voiced, on the fate of our democracies because, as history has taught us, democracies are not maintained just by the production of wealth; they also presuppose distribution on a large scale to the large majority of the population which, in today' s society, presupposes guaranteeing employment. +Report (A5-0048/1999) by Mrs Quisthoudt-Rowohl, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade and Energy, on the proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Russian Federation (COM(1999) 324 - C5-0083/1999 - 1999/0133(CNS)) +Report (A5-0045/1999) by Mr Menrad, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the draft Council Decision establishing the Employment Committee (COM(1999) 440 - C5-0173/1999 - 1999/0192(CNS)), and on the Commission proposal "Guidelines for Member States' Employment Policies 2000" (COM(1999) 441 - C5-0147/1999 - 1999/0816(CNS)) +One important reason in my view is that in comparison with Americans, Europeans are risk-averse, and there is also a lack of positive motivation in the public at large, which is needed if good economic growth is to be transformed into a positive employment policy at both European and national level. +We need simpler laws and above all we should not make the mistake - and that applies to this House also - of over-regulation by means of European standards, regulations and directives, which the public see as an obstacle, and which ultimately encourage them to stop taking risks or setting up on their own, avoiding any really active business, and instead, just working in a secure area, which will ultimately lead, as far as economic recovery is concerned, to ... +The directive on improving fuel quality and the catalytic converter technology now available make it possible for the Council and Parliament to come up with a truly ambitious project, without burdening industry and the transport sector with charges. +The Daphne Programme 2000-2003 will be an instrument of vital importance in the fight against violence and will provide added value to local, regional and national actions in this field through the creation of networks, the exchange of information, better practices and cooperation and greater awareness in society in general. +On the eve of the new millennium I may say, Mr President, that strong support in the European Parliament for this programme will be the best and clearest sign that the Union attaches the utmost political priority to effectively combating violence against children, young persons and women. +Mr President, this year' s tenth anniversary of the UN Convention is a very good opportunity for both the European Parliament and the Commission not just to deliver speeches in celebration of the anniversary but above all to press for further action, to make more resources available, and to take initiatives and measures to coordinate an integrated and binding policy which will prove effective in protecting human values and the human dignity of children. +However, I would stress that budgetary discipline is not an end in itself and must not stand in the way of proper and efficient application of the basic provisions of Community law or, in this case, affect the basic principles of the common agricultural policy. +A5-0057/1999 by Mr Gebhardt, on behalf of the Committee on Citizen' s Freedoms and Rights, on the proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility of joint children [COM(99) 220 - C5­0045/1999 - 1999/0110(CNS)]. +The aims of the regulation are to ensure that judgements made in the Member States pertaining to divorce and other forms of separation are rapidly recognised by the other Member States, and also to provide up-to-date and uniform regulations governing parental responsibility for the joint offspring of spouses. +Really, we ought to be working for a global convention in this area, but the present proposal takes us some way down the road, for it is undoubtedly very important - as just about every speaker has agreed - that we recognise each other' s decisions on matrimonial issues and on matters concerning custody, especially at a time such as we are experiencing now where the structure of the family is undergoing tremendous change. +Before the presentation of any proposal for specific action in this area, on the basis of the communication I have mentioned, the Commission invited the Member States, at Council level, and the European Parliament to state their observations on the points addressed in the communication on protection for victims of crime. +I am sure that the Commission will guarantee the cohesion of the Union' s external and internal policy - of cross-border programmes and development aid programmes - and also that it is in the interest of the States benefiting from cross-border cooperation - Morocco and Spain - that proposals be put forward which will address the same concern. +I think that if, as Europeans, we do our duty in this matter, we will generally strengthen the North Atlantic alliance and if, as Mr Solana and Mr Patten have said, we carry out these duties and you, Mr Solana, as the Commission does, undertake to seek dialogue with us whenever we consider it necessary, then my group will support you. +Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the report of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy on the EU approach to the WTO Millennium Round is in line with the work of the previous Committee on External Economic Relations which adopted its position on each of the negotiating rounds in Marrakech, Singapore and Geneva with a large majority. +However, the fact that European Commission negotiating officials were reported a mere week before the US deal as discounting the likelihood of Chinese accession any time soon may suggest that the European Union has not been negotiating as convincingly as might be hoped. +Report (A5-0057/1999) by Mrs Gebhardt, on behalf of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, on the proposal for a Council Regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility for joint children (COM(1999) 220 - C5-0045/1999 - 1999/0110(CNS)) +The Parliament, which has played an important role in this process, as well as taking pleasure from the developments in Northern Ireland, should involve itself in the efforts to ensure that the other two violent conflicts in the European Union - that in Corsica and, above all, that in the Basque Country - move along the road to a definitive peace. +What we want, Commissioner, President-in-Office of the Council, is for attention not only to be given to environmental damage caused in Europe by products from other countries. We also want more thorough discussion of processes and production methods (PPM) in other countries and to talk not only about labelling but also about how, through trade sanctions, we can prevent worldwide damage to the environment from taking place. +This decision not only condemns the inhabitants of Yugoslavia to spend the winter entirely deprived of essential heating fuel, following the massive damage inflicted on state infrastructures by NATO bombing, but it is also an insult to the pride of an entire people who are the victims of extortion and who are facing annihilation because the West does not approve of their political leadership. +Just imagine, that investigations against Members of Parliament for serious incidents in the performance of their duties - a completely fabricated undefined legal concept that contradicts the constitutional tradition of each of the fifteen Member States - could be introduced, that investigations could be initiated if Members of Parliament contravene duties comparable with the disciplinary law for career public servants, a disciplinary law we do not have and comparable duties that do not exist! +Therefore this is an appeal for all Member States, the institutions of the European Union and the whole international community to keep support for the people of East Timor on the agenda and to take the first steps towards the international recognition of the State of East Timor Lorosae and the respective establishment of diplomatic relations. +Mr President, at the beginning of this year, anyone who was no longer able to stand by and watch the murders, expulsions, looting and pillaging by the Serbian army and militia in Kosovo and for that reason spoke out in favour of so-called humanitarian intervention, must now wonder whether the war - that was unfortunately not waged against those who committed the crimes, but against the Yugoslavian population, - the war that we conducted for over two and a half months and that cost several billion euros, really brought about the result that we expected. +I believe that this Charter on Fundamental Rights must be discussed carefully and that it should not detach the rights of the child from the parents' rights, the rights of the family and the parents' right to educate their children in the family. +Policy on combating drugs - I address this to the Commissioner for internal security - therefore means that by reducing the supply there will be the resulting prosecution of the drug dealer, particularly in the area of money laundering. +At the same time, we must also initiate different types of relations between the Union as a whole and the activities of the individual states, and between the principle of subsidiarity and the need - which has also, rightly, been expressed - for the Union to equip itself with a common policy on this phenomenon which is a real concern for our present, but also for our future. +It is a system for registration and comparison and thus an instrument that also helps to combat illegal entry and illegal immigration or the committing of criminal acts under a false identity. +We have a duty to remember that this constant flow of illegal immigration is posing an enormous burden, in particular in inner cities, on our national health service, social services and social security system as well as putting huge pressure on our limited housing stock. +In any event, we think that it is essential for the forthcoming revision of the Treaty to establish the European Investment Bank as an institution under the full control of the Community, under the supervision of the Court of Auditors and the European Parliament, so that it does not merely answer to a general assembly of Member States, as it seeks to do at the moment. +We have carried out a thorough and detailed analysis, and, according to the information available, on the basis of the maximum use envisaged there is still a surplus in 1999 of Euro 33 million, of 8.7 in 2000, of 7 million -approximately- in 2001 and, although it is clear that in 2002 the situation will be completely different, there will also be surpluses in 2003. +I think that if what you have said, if what you submit to the Council in Helsinki is to make sense, then we must conclude that the European Parliament is not confined to making statements on Bosman judgements or competition issues in sport, but can give sport a true value by paying more than mere lip service to it in the Treaty. +On the issue of the Intergovernmental Conference, such an optimistic situation is not appropriate in view of the tour by the Finnish Prime Minister. It would be a pity to miss this opportunity of giving a boost to the project of European integration and we will regret not having taken due advantage of this occasion. +Many of you have mentioned this, and I have already asked Parliament several times and I am repeating it again now: I think that, alongside the implementation of enlargement - which will definitely take place, since the enlargement process I hope we will decide on in Helsinki will have no room for doubts, problems or hesitation - we will have to open a debate on the nature and shape of Europe, since we are the ones who will have to shape these borders and decide on the nature of Europe. We cannot simply meet the requests of countries asking to join Europe, however legitimate. +The third point I would like to make is that the Turkish Minister responsible for European integration and human rights - an interesting remit, but one which goes well together - has officially stated, following the upholding of the death sentence by the Court of Appeal, that it is not in Turkey' s interest to carry out this death sentence. +The next item is the report (A5-0076/1999) by Mrs Torres Marques, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the report from the Commission to the Council: Duration of the transitional period related to the introduction of the euro (COM(99) 174 - C5­0108/1999). +It is still too much in view of the fact that the prices of herring in the Community at the moment are at an all-time low. This is because of the overloading of the EU market with low-price fish and frozen herring from Norway and the setting up by German companies of low-cost production units in Poland for processing duty-free Norwegian fish for export to Germany. +In addition to extending the negotiations to all the partners, including developing countries, the European Union also took the initiative to open up the conference by means of an offer to guarantee the least advanced countries broad zero-duty access to the markets of the industrialised countries. +As a relatively liberal, perhaps very liberal, European politician where agriculture is concerned, I should like to say that we ourselves within the EU ought to reflect upon how we can change the CAP, Agenda 2000 and what follows Agenda 2000 and consider how we might get rid of subsidies which drive down the level of trade. +Adult education became part of the Socrates I programme in 1995 by a circuitous route, through an amendment which I tabled. In the course of the year, this led to people throughout Europe developing a desire for adult education and lifelong learning and we believe that the response to this in the shape of the Gruntvig part of Socrates is the right response. +In terms of the ability of the programme to spearhead the values of Parliament, it is a tremendous success. Socrates is vital to the expansion of the educational capacity of our young people, not only in terms of their cultural capacity but in terms of their economic foundation as well. +The European Union has always taken the lead on phasing out the production and use of ozone-depleting substances, and in terms of environment policy Parliament has been the European Union's conscience. +Mr President, I would firstly like to say how much I admired the work of the rapporteur as regards this report; it was difficult enough bringing it through Parliament first reading. It has been even more difficult at second reading as we have had a lot of competing views, conflicting scientific opinion and lobbying from various interested parties in the industry on specific substances. +The next item is the joint debate on the meeting of the European Council held in Helsinki on 10 and 11 December, and the statement by the President-in-Office of the Council regarding the results of the six-month term of office of the Finnish Presidency, including the situation in Chechnya and the OSCE Summit. +First there was the EUR 500 million proposed by the European Union Summit conference for Kosovo. Then, later, we had the fisheries agreement with Morocco; and then Turkey and other headings totalling 190 million euros or nearly EUR 700 million altogether, which represents 15% of the financial perspectives. +In order to be able to estimate expenditure which may accrue for enlargement - the Berlin financial framework includes expenditure from 2000 onwards -, I shall suggest to the Commission that there be permanent screening of the economic situation and the enlargement expenditure needed as a result. +The new programming period for 2000 to 2006 can therefore start being funded and it is starting with a new programme which emphasises that aid from the structural funds should, at the same time, help to improve gender equality, environmental protection and the employment situation. +Closely linked to this communication, the Commission approved another one, together with a proposal for a decision by the European Parliament and the Council and a proposal for a decision by the Council relating to a programme of support for the European audiovisual industry, which is the MEDIA PLUS 2001-2005 programme. +What we need to do is to prepare Europe, both in terms of infrastructure and of the content production industry, for the challenge of the information age which means of course that we are assuming that Europe has the ambition to participate in the new digital economy and in the new society of culture and information on a global scale. +Consequently, it is better for us to continue to pursue a strategy of encouraging Member States to make full use of the opportunity of learning from and applying initiatives taken in the European countries generally rather than to set ourselves a more ambitious agenda which would probably strike difficulties of subsidiarity and maybe have the effect of reducing general enthusiasm. +In 1996 an evaluation of the impact of the two positive action programmes on achieving equal opportunities in the Commission revealed that there had been significant changes in the situation of female staff in Category A and in management posts, particularly as a result of the annual targets adopted by the Commission. +In this sense, apart from protecting expert scientists with the relevant know-how who must not be led astray due to their specialist knowledge or financial weakness, it is a sine qua non that we adopt a rationale for setting political conditions for applicant countries as to what should or should not happen in their territories. +Subject: Gaming houses The Court of Justice has ruled that the organisation of games of chance is an economic activity constituting the provision of services and falling within the scope of the EC Treaty and that the measures adopted by a Member State with regard to the award of licences to open gaming houses must be proportionate and non-discriminatory (Case C275/92, Schindler). The Italian Government requires proof of effectiveness as a tourist attraction and of the sound financial standing of applicants. +Harmonisation in the area of the application of national criminal law and of the administration of justice in the Member States presupposes, necessarily, the harmonisation of legislation on fighting fraud and any other illegal activity in the Community budget. +I remember that, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, I met my Chinese counterpart at the UN immediately following the revolution, and he expressed his feelings by saying "for us, Macao is not a colony; therefore, although you are shedding your colonies, do not touch Macao; it will sort itself out in its own time" . +Mr President, my answer has two parts: the first part concerns what has been done so far following the Beijing Conference and how the European Commission has supported the action decided on the joint platform, and the second concerns the role of the European Parliament with regard to the United Nations Conference in the summer of 2000. +Far from welcoming this effort to protect the environment, the European Union has only one objective in the bilateral negotiations with Switzerland. It wants to make Switzerland repeal its regulations on the pretext that these form an obstacle to free competition and cause European countries to be treated differently. +Yet surely we would have saved time by beginning at the beginning. We should have been slightly more modest and slightly more receptive to the opinions of the people who are not particularly convinced by the results of the WTO or by the results of its work, given the ever-widening gap in development between North and South. +These twelve individual areas of interest will be examined in the following groups under the general heading of "mainstreaming" : gender issues in development policy, in other words, how sexual equality intervenes in all cooperation agreements between the European Union and developing countries, the involvement of women and human rights. +If I can now add something to my previous replies, I might say that one reason for delayed flights is obviously that, with the present system, an aircraft is cleared for take-off only after making sure it can land at the destination airport. +The Member States of the EU are committed to an effective block on weapons policy and participation in operations relating to the control of exports, i.e. action by the nuclear exporters' group, the Zanger Committee, the Australia Group and the Wassenaar arrangements. +To conclude, I hope that the Council will show the same steadfastness as this House in protecting and promoting the fixed book price system. This system, as noted by our motion for a resolution, is better than any other at improving the production and distribution of literary works without eliminating competition. +Mr President, I echo the sentiments of the two previous speakers in wholeheartedly welcoming this motion unequivocally to condemn the appalling human rights record of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, and in particular the persecution of Afghan women in the name of religion and culture. +The motions to support farmers in the form of disaster aid can, however, be examined within the framework of Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/99 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. +One point should be made, however; the process is not ideal. Mrs Doyle and other Members are right but the problem we are faced with in the Regional and Transport Committee, which is the committee responsible, is that at the very last minute we were asked for urgency by the Council because somebody, somewhere, realised that we needed a resolution from this House to carry on the particular fund in question. +This is why I also agree that statistics on the movement, policies and trade of agricultural products must be as consistent as possible. It would be ideal if each State did not, statistically at least, paint a different picture of our agricultural economy. +On the economic front, I would also inform Mrs Hoff that Poland achieved high annual growth over the past year, coupled with falling unemployment and inflation, a strong currency and an increase in direct foreign investments. +This House has always defended the institution of the Ombudsman as guarantor of the protection of citizens' rights in cases of possible maladministration on the part of Community institutions and bodies. It has also always defended the need to enhance the relations between these institutions and the public. +This information should be provided by the Community institutions through the press and the audiovisual media. In this way, we would avoid, among other things, a situation whereby more than 69 % of the complaints submitted to the Ombudsman in recent years have been beyond his remit, for example, the many complaints every year about restrictions on the freedom of movement. +In order to overcome the general information deficit among the people of Europe as regards their rights, we call on the relevant administrative departments of Parliament and the Commission to establish telephone advice centres in the Member States, and in particular to go on developing the whole sphere of information and communication technology with all the opportunities it offers. +Indeed, after the European Council, 25 % is going back into the pockets of the Member States. But the idea of common performance criteria remains absolutely essential and it is against that background I would ask the Commissioner what impact he believes the European Council has on the attitude of the common customs authorities and whether they will now become even more relaxed than before. +We support the rights of humans against the rights of a barbaric and totalitarian state which is forcing a terrorised population into exile, destroying houses, and threatening and killing women and children. We support freedom and hope that the criminals will be punished. +By playing with international borders - Yugoslavia's since 1991, and Macedonia's and Albania's in the future - by disregarding the lessons of the past, by pretending to ignore Russia's role in the region, by seeking a military knock-out instead of a political solution, and by trying, in particular, to cut the Serbian people off from Europe, which they have done so much for, we will undoubtedly provoke the very conflagration we claim we want to avoid. +Furthermore, the motion for a resolution claims that the UN and the Security Council 'could not' (!) be involved in the NATO decision to carry out aerial sorties, whilst it is clear that this decision was taken in violation of the principles of the UN which, in this case, was irreparably shamed and humiliated. +These are the dangerous posturings of hair-brained advisors who, in drafting the motion for a resolution, have trivialised any serious effort to construct a real international order and community that is capable of implementing such principles in a credible and viable way, without selective interventions and the irrational use of violence. +The Commission is in complete agreement with the rapporteur that, despite the substantial progress which has been made towards the completion of the single market in financial services, cross-border sales of financial products on a retail basis to individual consumers remain the exception rather than the rule within the European Union, and there are still large variations in price between the Member States. +I agree with the rapporteur that, as far as the regulatory and supervisory authorities are concerned, these developments represent new challenges that can be met through effective cooperation and coordination between the regulatory and supervisory authorities, with a clear division of supervisory responsibilities and sound financial regulations to manage the global institutional and system risk. +A rapid and effective response is needed immediately to compensate the families of the victims and give them moral and material support. Moreover, the flow of traffic now converging on the Fréjus tunnel as a result of the closure of the Mont Blanc tunnel must be channelled. +Of that sum, EUR 5 million are to be spent through the NGOs on election training and information, and EUR 2 million on sending 60 observers from the Member States for two weeks as part of a broader election observation programme organised by the United Nations. +B4-0382/99 by Mr Fassa and Mrs André-Léonard, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party-B4-0394/99 by Mr Pasty, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0409/99 by Mr Hory and Mr Castagnède, on behalf of the Group of the European Radical Alliance-B4-0420/99 by Mrs Aelvoet and Mr Telkämper, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton Niger; +A group of 285 MPs has been formed which hopes to convene the Burmese Parliament itself. Would it not be a good idea for the European Union to lend its support, so that the parliament, which is currently dissolved, is able to work through different channels on a constitution that could finally bring about a fundamental change in Burma's situation? +First of all we are shocked by the cold-blooded murder of a woman who was personally and professionally devoted to the defence of human rights, and secondly we are shocked by the fact that particular elements, not in a distant part of the world but in the heart of a country of the European Union, are using terrorist violence to undermine an emergent peace process. +Direction of customs administrations by the EU would violate national sovereignty and must never be allowed to happen.2.Previous EU decisions have weakened border controls between the Member States in such a way as to encourage lawbreaking and the movement of smuggled goods. +The legal protection of consumers' rights should remain the responsibility of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights, and consumers' rights should remain the responsibility of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, as Mr Collins has just explained. +Management and labour, government bodies, the Member States and the European Union must adopt the appropriate countermeasures in their respective areas of responsibility; in other words, they must not seek to centralise their responsibilities in this sector but must pursue a coordinated and, where appropriate, a cooperative policy on senior citizens in the EU. +There is however one area where we do have considerable scope for improving the lives of senior citizens in very practical ways, and I am thinking here of how we can use the machinery of European cooperation to ensure mutual recognition of acquired social rights such as sickness pay and pensions. +Mr President, Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development intends to refer to the Commission the matter of the European Union's deficit in vegetable proteins added to animal feedingstuffs and what is at stake strategically for biotechnologies in the European Union as a result of this situation. +The fact is that, following the Maastricht Treaty and, in particular, the Treaty of Amsterdam, the people of Europe are beginning to forge a distinctive identity and to ask that their representatives be governed by common arrangements in every aspect of their work. This is particularly true of course where the waiver of parliamentary immunity is concerned. +You will be aware that it was a letter from Mrs Theato, the chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control, that prompted the committee to consider Annex V. The letter inquired as to whether Article 5 of Annex V, which states that an absolute majority must refuse discharge, complied with the provisions of the Treaty. +The national action plans were also new territory, and unlike the previous speaker, I strongly believe that the Luxembourg guidelines and the national action plans have contributed to the fall in unemployment. +Contrary to what the Council has done lightly and thoughtlessly, we will not grant discharge to the Commission today since, as Laurens Jan Brinkhorst so well explained, discharge will not be granted to a resigning Commission that can no longer advise the European Parliament on future guidelines. +Furthermore, not all the Member States of the European Union are affected by the measures mentioned. This constitutes a serious distortion of the rules of competition within the single market and it will lead to even further negative consequences for those companies affected by the high tariffs the United States is imposing in its sanctions. +We are trying to implement a political solution that uses force on the basis of respect for human rights, common security and the return of all refugees, on the basis of the international community. +We are prepared to accept these in the interests of an agreement provided that the number of exceptions is kept as low as possible and that they serve to pave the way to a single and uniform statute. Above all, they must lead to the implementation of a system of equal payment for all Members of the European Parliament as soon as possible. +The preliminary draft budget therefore had to postpone the question of possible new staff and its pre-allocation until the margins which will possibly become available under the new institutional agreement have become clear and until the new Commission has had a chance to define its requirements. +It will fulfil the Community's legal obligation to adopt a new directive to replace the annulled directive and, most important as far as I am concerned, it is a vital step towards a common framework for differentiated charging systems in the whole of the European Union. +Mr President, the aim of the proposal is to facilitate the sale by telephone, fax and Internet of financial services such as banking, insurance, investment and mortgages while at the same time protecting the consumer from fraud, high-pressure salesmanship and certain unsolicited sales communications. +So, as a member of the Consumer Protection Committee, I have at all times, along with Mrs Kuhn and Mr Whitehead, supported measures that will ensure that the needs and concerns of consumers are given real and appropriate protection by means of European legislation. +The next item is the report (A4-0124/99) by Mrs González Álvarez, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a Council Decision establishing a Community action programme in the field of civil protection (COM(98)0768 - C4-0072/99-98/0354(CNS)). +I shall never forget the time when, in the early 1970s, as the young chairman of my party, I attended a meeting with your father in a cinema in Madrid. Few people were present and the circumstances were not easy, but under your father's leadership we were even then able to clearly communicate the ideals and conviction of our beliefs, of the Christian Democratic values and principles and above all our belief in a federal Europe. +It is nonetheless clear that alongside the requisite budget consolidation, Europe will also need to speed up the structural reforms of the employment, goods, services and capital markets. It was with this in mind that the Commission recently adopted its recommendation on the broad economic policy guidelines. +Contrary to expectations it managed to conclude the Agenda 2000 package, which seemed extremely difficult, and now it has just informed us about the fairly ambitious programme for the Cologne European Council, on which I must congratulate it. +I wish to highlight a few of the most important aspects of this motion and the corresponding discussions. These relate to the idea which has prevailed and which still prevails of a European constitution, the establishment of or the desire to establish a specific constituent authority at Community level and a certain and perhaps corrective interpretation of the former Article N of the Treaty. +Instead of seeing a clear change of course in European policy in year one of the euro and a move towards a new type of economic development that can also resolve the problem of mass unemployment, we are given a European employment pact that falls far short of what the Santer initiative once contained, that falls far short of what the original proposals that came from the presidency's German Ministry of Finance contained. +If the institutions are to cooperate successfully but also if we are to secure what is eventually achieved in the intergovernmental conference for the long term and implement it successfully, then the European Parliament must be involved more closely in this conference than it was in past conferences - and I am deliberately not using the term intergovernmental conference, however much that has become common parlance - in this conference of the Member States. +What we want to do is to help make things easier for them. So, with the approval in due course of President Santer - for which I would like to pay tribute to him - we believe that one good possibility would be for the European Commission to prepare a draft, to discuss it with Parliament and to also include the national parliaments in the discussion - for a discussion is all it would be. +Mr President, Mr President-designate of the Commission, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, employment issues have been accorded the importance they deserve in European Union policy, and at the Cologne summit Germany will be making efforts to push through the European employment agreement. +Mr President, I am somewhat surprised that Members are forced to act as if they are in a fairground to be able to speak in Parliament. However, apart from that, I would simply like to say that this is the first time that I have seen in a House such as ours a situation where two opposing views are set out, one by the services responsible and the other by the chairman of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure - who is elected by his peers - and where that of the relevant services has prevailed. +After several years of work, a proposal had been drawn up that was, in general, satisfactory, and the Council had indicated that it was willing to negotiate with Parliament, following the result of today's vote, with a view to finding a compromise. +In the case of bananas, the EU is not being permitted to grant a trade concession to small countries which used to be its colonies - the ACP countries - where bananas represent the mainstay of their economies. This is particularly serious as this EU policy is included in the spirit of the Lomé Agreements which date from 1963 and which therefore significantly predate the current Multilateral Trade Agreement resulting from the Marrakesh Agreement of 1994. +I would like to conclude by taking up a point already mentioned by Mrs Jöns: the Council's unwillingness to become explicitly involved in gender mainstreaming, one of the four pillars of European employment strategy, is incomprehensible - and it is especially incomprehensible now the Treaty of Amsterdam has come into force, enshrining equal opportunities as a fundamental principle of the Union. +However, the Turkish Government has so far rejected, in both words and deeds (obstructing the defence counsel, refusing requests for observers to attend the trial, etc.), all attempts to bring about a fair and open trial. Can the Council therefore state what steps it intends to take to ensure that the Kurdish leader does not suffer mental or physical harm and is guaranteed the right to defence, to which any person facing judicial charges in civilised societies is entitled as a matter of course? +I want to refer specifically to the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund and the cohesion policies. I agree with the 'how', exactly as planned by the Commissioner, and I would also like to take this opportunity once again to congratulate the Commissioner and DG XVI. +Through negotiation the EU's northernmost farming regions, which are also the world's northernmost farming regions, gained a few important concessions to compensate for the costs incurred because of natural problems. +I must welcome the Commission's decision to reverse its proposal to require fishermen to purchase an additional 30 % tonnage, which, if it had gone ahead, could only have been described as a penal law, designed to hinder the urgent need for modernisation and renewal of the fleet. +A compromise position, which the presidency supports, proposes recourse to the third pillar as far as the establishment and operation of the Schengen information system and most of the notification categories are concerned, whereas notices of refusal of entry visas and the rules on system-related data protection would also have legal bases in the first pillar. +This involved knowing where to stop, as this directive is special in that it does not attempt to regulate everything, but what it does regulate, it regulates sensibly and with an underlying idea, one that guides and directs it. I believe that Parliament would be making a mistake if it were to alter these balances. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, several colleagues who have taken the floor before me have mentioned Article 5 of the Lomé Convention, to which Djibouti is also a signatory, which establishes a genuine interrelation and operational interplay between respect for and enjoyment of political and civil rights and fundamental human freedoms and development aid. +Furthermore, the international community, working inter alia through the Organisation of African Unity, but with the European Union playing an active role, should back this agreement and get to work preparing an economic assistance programme of both emergency and long-term aid, to allow the country to recover in economic terms as well. +Firstly, the Member States began to negotiate an agreement on the basis of ex Article 220 of the EC Treaty. This agreement aimed to regulate in a horizontal manner the intra-Community effects of bankruptcy by determining the legal competences and the law to be applied in declaring a business insolvent. +This is what is happening with the countries of South-East Asia, Central Asia, the former Soviet republics and the Baltic republics. In addition to this, there is the unprecedented increase of imports from Turkey due to the closure of the Russian market and Turkey's industrial capacity, which has expanded dramatically over the past five years. +The fact that the European institutions include a Parliament, with all its defects and all its problems, is something that the people of Europe should begin to value. The fact that this Parliament has become a fundamental element of the Community mechanism during this term must be valued. +The resignation of the Commission, the outbreak of war in Kosovo and the European Council in Berlin all coincided, putting the EU's power to act to the test in a dramatic way at a particularly critical moment in time. +If Europe were to pursue the aim indicated by Professor Prodi of providing the Balkans with a clear political and economic future, it would certainly achieve a great deal, but it would not be performing the whole of its task, which includes making a substantial contribution to building a path for democratic, and of course economic, development, but essentially social and cultural development, in the knowledge that reconciliation is all the stronger and more stable, the higher the level of tolerance and respect for diversity of the parties is concerned. +In this instance, following our unpleasant experiences with BSE, the Commission is largely blameless and the Member States have once again played their games under the guise of subsidiarity and have not been brave enough, for example, in drafting a framework Directive on foodstuffs which could be something concrete to which the Member States can adhere. +Instead of these ideological tirades from days gone by, calling for a return of the old supranational connivance between Parliament and the Commission against the Council, we would have preferred to hear from Mr Prodi, how exactly he intends, within his jurisdiction, to repair the damage done by previous Commissions at the Uruguay Round. +Madam President, as Mr Sánchez has pointed out, there are errors in the Minutes, but not only because Mr Sánchez is included in the European Radical Alliance, which does not exist - and this has also happened with MEPs Bautista, Hudghton and MacCormick - but because I, although I belong to the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, appear in the Group of Non-attached Members. +Reading the second report of the Committee of Independent Experts shows how right we were to ask these five wise men to pursue their investigations and their thinking beyond the cases of the individual Commissioners and, in particular, to draw up a more general diagnosis of the institution as a whole. +In fact, to quote the report, "to proceed with a criminal investigation, a national jurisdiction must request waivers of official immunity (for suspects), of professional secrecy (for witnesses) and of the inviolability of Commission premises (for searches and access to documents)" . +Why, if there are so many important issues at stake in our Member States, do we not ask them to initiate debate in the regions and local councils on fund spending and end-results, enabling a public debate to take place in these countries, which will feed into our work and ensure that these two issues are not separated? +Meanwhile, we have to negotiate a framework agreement which forms a solid basis for the improvement of our institutional relationships, with measures relating to transparency and information, such as obtaining the working documents of the Council, the Minutes of the meetings of the College of Commissioners, except when confidentiality has been agreed, or an information system on the work of OLAF which would take into account the necessary discretion. +Europe was made for just such a programme, and in these times of globalisation, when our citizens have the impression, the feeling that all the real decisions are made somewhere else, and particularly in the world of finance, it is important to revive the idea of a plan for Europe which is understood by the citizens and defended by the institutions. +I subscribe totally to your programme, which is dedicated to glasnost, which is not about just tinkering with the institutions but about far-reaching reform, which strives for sustainable job creation through consistent liberalisation of the economy, which attaches a high value to the principle of subsidiarity and which considers it necessary to find adequate responses to demographic developments in Europe. +I must admit that I was shocked that you were perfectly clear on the freedom of trade and on the demands of competition on businesses, but you were silent or vague on fighting unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, all veritable scourges of the European Union. +Mr President-designate, the members of the French Socialist delegation are anxious that the institutions should run efficiently, and this requires the rapid establishment of a strong Commission, strong in the sense of respecting the Treaties, which means that your mandate and ours must coincide. +If we do not want to lose in substance what we gain in size, if we want to give a soul to the Europe of the single market and currency, if we want to regain the citizens' and people' s faith, we - Commission, Parliament and Council - must work together on what only a more robust foundation and new energy can bring: European citizenship, a Charter on Rights and a real Constitution. +And, as he accused me of dishonesty, all I want to say at the moment is that, in accordance with the principles and indications of President Prodi in relation to the responsibility of Commissioners, I believe that, if today this Parliament approves the political resolution, with the consensus of all the groups, on the new Commission, Mr Galeote will find himself part of an Assembly of dishonest people. +Some common ground has come into view; for example, with regard to the importance attached to access to justice, the development of a coherent strategy in the field of immigration and asylum, the protection of the weaker groups and those suffering from discrimination, or the strengthening of the mechanisms used in the fight against organised crime. +There are undemocratic issues that are connected with the so-called Ilets police co-operation. Undemocratic too is the Echelon programme for collaboration on espionage and the bilateral agreements between the security services in the USA and the EU countries. +In this absence of referral to Parliament, the area of freedom, security and justice, which specifically represents the establishment of a structure of individual claims for protection and of possibilities of intervention in the individual sphere, cannot be established in a way that is really democratically justified. +I recognise that he has taken on board five demands from the Group of the European People' s Party, inter alia, with regard to the legislative right of nomination of the European Parliament, the conduct of the Commissioners in the case of a vote of no-confidence and the necessary permanent dialogue concerning Commission reform. +Subject: EU support for Ireland's maritime services Ireland has one of the largest maritime areas to patrol in the EU, a responsibility which is important to Ireland and the EU as a whole and extends to activities such as drugs surveillance and interception, fisheries protection and the safety of shipping. Will the Council state what initiatives should be taken at EU level to support Ireland's efforts in this sector? +To lighten the burden of these obligations, Community directives and regulations on the subject provide for closer co-operation and an exchange of information between Member States, to avoid overlapping, to make it easier to acquire information on vessels, and to standardise practices in Member States. +I regard this as being extremely problematic because it will certainly not be a question of the amalgamation of two things, rather an accession process, and I am of the opinion that there could be transitional periods with regard to accession, as there have been earlier, but that the candidate countries actually have to adopt the complete acquis communautaire on accession. +In this connection, the creation of "European Public Order" based on the Schengen principles would inevitably constitute an undemocratic arsenal which, at any given moment, could be used against political and trade unionist action, to prevent working people from reacting to any unpopular policies of the EU and of the Member States. +Despite some shifts in the political situation since then, I regret to say that the prerequisites for the resumption of development cooperation and the full normalisation of relations with Togo - respect for democratic principles, the rule of law and human rights - are still not adequately fulfilled. +The Commission considers that the European Union, together with the rest of the international community, must take decisive steps to contain the repercussions of the crisis in the Great Lakes countries which in a variety of ways, as Members have said, threaten the security and stability of the whole of Africa. +I would also like to remind you all that only a few weeks ago, when approving the Commission, the Parliament approved a declaration in which it stressed its desire to be involved in influencing the negotiation of international agreements, at the different stages of the negotiations, so it would truly be a shame if Parliament neglected to take advantage of this opportunity. +I am not sure if one is entitled to make an explanation of vote at this stage in this debate, but if so, I would like to say that I think, from the point of view of people in Scotland, it is a great pity that we will debate food safety tomorrow, without including a case where a Member State is defying the Community judgement on food safety. +As you all know, the sources of renewable energy, in the support systems - apart from hydroelectricity, which does achieve very competitive results when compared to other energy sources - cannot compete with traditional sources of energy. +I would suggest to Mr Prodi that many economists believe that the most important factors for competitiveness in industry would be, first of all, a reduction in corporate and employment taxes and secondly, a reduction in the enormous and indeed intolerable burden of regulation which puts Europe at a great disadvantage in relation to other parts of the world. +Following the adoption of the Joint Action, the Commission participated in a series of troika demarches aimed at presenting the Joint Action to all governments and major regional organisations and gaining their political support for its goals. +Mr President, I think that this debate and the motion that we are discussing today fully demonstrate Parliament' s wish to give out a clear, strong and friendly signal of cooperation, a signal which takes note of the Greek Government' s changed position with regard to the Turkish Government. +- I welcome the compromise motion on Turkey as striking the correct balance between the need to affirm Turkey as eligible for EU membership and the need for Turkey to undertake a number of economic and political reforms before their application becomes 'live' . +In order that the right compromises can be made between the different and complex issues facing the international trade system today it does indeed seem essential that the talks should cover a comprehensive agenda from traditional tariff reductions to crucial issues such as the environment and labour standards, and new topics such as competition and investment. +That is the reason why, during the Finnish Presidency, the Council is expected to take decisions with a view to achieving this and why the Council welcomes the Commission' s intention to submit a proposal as soon as possible for a new action programme designed to promote equality between women and men and to ensure that this can be implemented when the present action programme comes to an end. +We also have Article 13 of the EU Treaty to refer to in such matters, but in concrete cases it has to be realised that the Union does not have its own police forces, but national governments with their own police forces in each country, which are specifically responsible for the safety of their citizens. +Member States outside of the euro area pay, according to Article 48 of the Statute, only a minimum percentage of the share of entered capital to share in the operational costs of the ECB, if the General Council of the ECB so decides. +This is a very large sum, whether it be for Denmark or for other countries, and this maximum may, of course be established by means of a majority decision in the Council on the basis of a recommendation of the Board of Management, which also makes majority decisions, while each individual country has the voting weight to which its contribution entitles it. +It is therefore a question of a political solution - I do not believe a military one to be possible - and we now have the opportunity to help Russia, which is in a difficult political situation in any case, by offering help to find a solution and bring about negotiations on the Chechen problem. +The Russian army has entered the Republic' s territory and has invaded, according to its own sources, a third of its territory causing death, destruction and a massive exodus of more than 100,000 refugees - women, children and the elderly - who have entered neighbouring Ingushetia, whose President is now talking of humanitarian disaster and is requesting international aid which is not arriving. +In addition to the results obtained recently by the Italian magistracy, I do not know whether, in the future, there will or will not be other scenarios which, in recent years, we have unfortunately become used to owing to the legal events of Ustica. But today, we are faced with a judgement which outlines the hypothesis of the participation of aircraft from different countries during the disaster of 27 June 1980. +A few minutes after the disaster, the military and secret service machinery of the countries concerned - with the Italians leading the way - were already putting in place a huge and disgraceful operation to conceal, if not destroy, the evidence to prevent the legal authorities ascertaining what really happened in the skies over Ustica. +To conclude, I would therefore like to appeal to the Council to establish its common position on these draft directives as quickly as possible, of course as far as possible on the basis of the amendments from first reading in this Parliament, in order to submit it to Parliament for second reading. +This fuel spillage has resulted from inadequately fitted fuel filler caps, and the directive that we are now putting before you, with Parliament' s amendments at second reading designed to tighten up those provisions, addresses this question by requiring motor vehicle fuel tanks to have positive closure mechanisms so that the cap is always securely closed. +In this sense, and knowing which parameters will be examined from a purely technical point of view, I would ask whether it is possible for Parliament, and particularly the Commission, to be kept informed. Above all, I ask whether it is possible for the Commission to inform us what the result of the implementation of this directive will be, from a purely technical point of view. +The reason for this, which must be stressed, is as follows: the necessary payments, e.g. for structural operations in particular, are increasing next year due to the commitments from previous years and the Commission fully agrees with Parliament that it is not right in these instances to appropriate lower amounts than the standing commitments require. +I hope that, on the basis of preliminary work carried out by all institutions and, in particular, the reports of Parliament before us, we will reach agreement on Budget 2000 through a positive, open debating process which befits the major political responsibility we have for European policy. +We are not making policies as a game between the Commission, the Council and Parliament for our own benefit, but in order to create the best possible conditions for the development of the European Union and for the people with whom we are dealing. +Third, lasting price stability serves the interests of social justice and helps to protect the weakest members of our society, such as pensioners and the unemployed, who depend on fixed incomes and who cannot protect themselves against the costs of inflation with other assets, such as property or shares. +At this point, I would like to remind Mrs Randzio-Plath that the Treaty plainly stipulates that the prime objective of the European Central Bank is to ensure price stability and that any other objectives may be pursued only if they can be achieved without any risk to price stability, and that price stability itself, as the President has already stated, can have positive social and economic effects. +Furthermore, my government supported the approval of a new Military Penal Code which includes significant advances with regard to the competence of the civil courts to judge the military with regard to crimes such as genocide, enforced abduction and torture and we have signed up to the Statute of the International Criminal Court. +The much trumpeted area of freedom, security and justice is nothing more than the confirmation of a bureaucratic, repressive view of politics where much is said about security but little about freedom and justice, as demonstrated by the intensive series of Intergovernmental Conferences, Dublin, EUROPOL, EURODAC, EUROJUST and reciprocal assistance on legal matters, none of which are under the democratic control of Parliament, the Commission and the Court of Justice. +Contrary to the idea that our Union should be of an exclusively or mainly economic nature, the Council, following a course of action that Parliament has now been defending for a long time, turned to our citizens, to their freedom of movement, to their security and to the recognition of their right to justice, rights which must be granted not only to citizens of the Union but to all those who, for a variety of reasons find themselves in our territory on a regular basis. +I would, however, like to urge the Commission - I do not know whether Commissioner Liikanen is present, but, in any case, we have already discussed it in the general debate - to move quickly if it is to present a legislative framework covering all the subjects, so that an issue which is very sensitive from an institutional point of view can be addressed in an organised, thorough way. +The Tampere special Summit, whilst focusing on immigration and asylum policy for the first time, also seriously raised the issue of trafficking in humans which has been steadily growing over the past five years. +In January, we will have the final proposal for the Observatory, which I would like to discuss with Parliament in order to decide whether or not there should be an Observatory for small and medium-sized businesses to keep them informed of imminent changes. It will be connected at national level to the local Observatories so that firms are better equipped to deal with changing times. +This principle must also be applied in the event that aid is given to a non-Community firm, when it is considered that a cooperation agreement with the firm' s country - if one does not already exist - might not only better formulate and integrate the Union' s interventions regarding that country, but in this desirable event it could facilitate the implementation of the above-mentioned sanction. +I believe that we have a lot to learn from the United States of America on the issue of monetary policy and on the issue of the use of high technology and the fast functions at that level. However, there is, of course, a significant difference in Europe: the cultural, social and historical model of Europe is based on stringent social forces and on the balance between society and the economy. +Mr President, first of all I should like say on behalf of my group that we are very disappointed at the failure to include in the resolution a call for all European Member States and EU applicant Member States to give their full support for the new agenda coalition resolution which is now on the table of the 55th United Nations General Assembly. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0038/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council decision establishing the Youth Community action programme [13175/1/1999 - C5-0022/1999 - 1998/0197(COD)] (rapporteur: Mrs Gröner). +Throughout the process of drawing up the budget, the Group of the Party of European Socialists forcefully defended the principles of Union solidarity and political commitment with regard to the most disadvantaged in order to meet the objective of eradicating poverty. +If the funds for nuclear testing and armament were released and channelled towards more productive investments in economic and social cohesion, education, culture and the protection of the environment, then this could ensure conciliation and peaceful co-existence and enhance mutual relations and equal cooperation. +At the time we drew attention to the dangers that would ensue, and now we have new and inevitable consequences, specifically the demands for more Moroccan fishermen on Community vessels, fishing licences restricted to new, joint ventures, the obligation to unload fish in Moroccan ports, more concessions in the agricultural area etc. +And the Commissioner is not new to the Commission; he is a Commissioner who has joined us from the previous Commission. He has joined us with exactly the same portfolio and the same dossier, and therefore, he has a very specific and genuine political responsibility which is his alone, not only to resolve this problem, but also to resolve all the problems that will remain until the agreement is renegotiated. +My group wishes for a just and balanced agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco on the part of the European Union, but we also think that, in order to prevent this periodic bartering which causes our fishermen enormous anguish and places them in a difficult situation, the future agreement should be established within the framework of the Association Agreement. +But all this argument illustrates the need for an independent food standard agency at EU level. It would prevent the undue influence of national bodies who quite often have a political axe to grind. +In Italy, conciliation between social partners and the Government has become a pact between the representatives of established interests -unionist, political and those of Confindustria (the Italian Manufacturers' Association) - seeking to protect the established interests and revenues from the possibility of the unemployed and all those who are not represented by conciliation having a place in the new economy. +Firstly, to demand from these young junior doctors an average of up to 60 hours' work per week during a four-month period is ruthless exploitation of young people, because they have to do these shifts in order to pass their exams. Secondly, it is the rest of us who are going to meet these young junior doctors out in health centres and casualty departments. +In the UK, for example, proposals are in advance of this directive and have been welcomed by Andrew Hobart, chairman of the junior doctors' committee who says he is delighted that an understanding has been reached on a new contract for junior doctors which will guarantee safe working hours in advance in the United Kingdom. +More fundamentally, as far as the political issue that has been raised over Chechnya is concerned, I obviously share your questions and your distress, but the question is this: until now, the European Union has neither suspended nor curtailed its diplomatic relations with Russia, because we feel that we must always maintain channels for dialogue with Russia in order to get our messages across, including those which express our concern about what is happening in Chechnya. +Today the impression is still that the internal market is the concern of the multinationals, the major companies, the bureaucrats, Brussels, the technocrats who are far from the concerns of the ordinary people, where many initiatives pile up on top of one another without order or harmony, with no guiding ideas, which, in many cases, are perceived as one more nightmare in the onerous task of living in a developed Community or having a small or medium-sized business. +I would also like to stress that, every year at the appropriate time for this, the Commission will gladly listen to the remarks and ideas put forward by the European Parliament when, in the course of its annual cycle, it can once again examine the actual target actions close-up and substantiate them further. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0040/1999) on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of the European Parliament and Council Directive on the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars (5617/2/1999 -C5-0037/1999 - 1998/0272(COD)) (Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection) (rapporteur: Mr Sterckx) +But then, in order to be consistent, Parliament should review the decision which the majority thought proper regarding a group which permitted the independent voting of its members and enshrined this in its own rules of procedure, which does not preclude the possibility of political affinities in accordance with Rule 29. +One of the tasks between now and December, if we choose to postpone this matter - as was the view of the majority of the Conference of Presidents - would be to invite the President of the Court of Auditors to undertake an extensive investigation as to whether it was to the Court or another institution that the leak could be traced. +Madam President, the legislative project under discussion is very important for the issue of air protection. It has a direct effect on the quality of the air we breathe, that is to say the air' s nitrogen dioxide content and the amounts of ozone being formed in the atmosphere. +Mr President, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of this Convention, a text which recognises the child as an individual in its own right, by giving it its own rights (the right to life, the right to identity and to a family, the right of expression and the right to be fed and educated) it is nevertheless still true that on our continent every thirty seconds, a child is abused, raped or beaten up, is indoctrinated, and is the victim of inadequate policies, changes in family and financial circumstances, a victim too of the fact that we are not applying this international Convention. +With regards to the first angle, fundamental rights, in accordance with Article 6 of the Treaty, we in the Union are committed to respecting fundamental rights, and specifically, the freedoms and fundamental human rights, in the way they have evolved in the constitutional traditions common to our Member States. +We need not discuss the safety defects in Bohunice, although perhaps I may raise just three of the most important points: as before, there is no replacement for the missing reinforced concrete and no pressure suppression system or other safety systems; the upgrading is inadequate seismologically; and the reactor pressure container is so brittle that the possibility of bursting cannot be excluded. +Ladies and gentlemen, a series of decisions were taken in 1994 - specifically to grant aid to various European companies - with the aim of carrying out the reorganisation of those companies which would allow, on the one hand, their possible privatisation but, in any case, to put a definitive end to the State subsidies and aid which, to a certain extent, distorted the single market and free competition between the different operators in the deregulated air market. +The European Commission has also repeatedly pointed out to the applicant countries the useful role which social partners could play in the accession process and has also reminded them that greater consideration for social problems means that it is necessary to develop social dialogue in the applicant countries. +Madam President, I will end by telling you very briefly that I have had many other fruitful meetings over the last four weeks: with the President of Colombia, who was also received in this Parliament in plenary session, with the President of Latvia, with the Foreign Affairs Minister of Cyprus, to try to see how we can generate impetus for the meetings which are certain to start on 3 December in New York. +The next item is the report (A5-0062/1999) by Mr Schwaiger, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: The EU Approach to the WTO Millennium Round (COM(1999) 331 - C5-0155/1999 - 1999/2149(COS)). +In my opinion, the rapporteur has succeeded in sending out three signals in the report: to our worldwide partners, a signal of the resolve of the European Union; to our people, a signal for a human face to globalisation; and to our citizens, a signal of the parliamentary dimension of the WTO process. +President Clinton' s Trade Representative, Mrs Barshefsky, who successfully fought Washington' s battles on bananas, GMOs and American beef, has sought the help of the American business community, which has provided her with a 31-page document detailing the desiderata of their industries. +The project will focus on violence against women, a reinforcement of the attitudes towards violence, a reduction in the level of violence as well as the development and enhancement of services for victims and the perpetrators of violence. +We enter this new round of talks with the benefits of hindsight and in the knowledge that the United States, in reaching its negotiating position, will have, as in the past, researched the hidden agenda of establishing ways to deviate from that agreement to help its own producers, while at the same time demanding that Europe adhere rigidly to its requirements. +Mr President, I consider the Millennium Round to be an important opportunity to promote the opening of the international markets to competition, to extend the guarantees against anti-competition practices and to finally address the subject of investments as well. +It is important that the Schwaiger report and Parliament recognise the World Trade Organisation as the appropriate forum for serious negotiations on investments, seeking certainty and clarity of the law on the protection of investments, but also, obviously, the protection of state legislation in social, environmental and cultural fields. +If Europe and the US argue today about genetically modified organisms and the use of hormones and antibiotics in cattle breeding, then improved market access for the developing countries and their involvement in the world economy will threaten to fade into the background. +From 1950 to 1970 world economic growth and the expansion of world trade ran roughly in tandem, but since then economic growth has been increasing at only half the pace of world exports: so again there is no evidence there that increased trade leads automatically to further economic growth. +This must be clearly laid down, just as it must be made clear that, when it comes to the European Parliament' s participating in decision making on agricultural policy, not all agricultural policy really constitutes legislation in any material sense, but only a small proportion - perhaps 20 or 30 - of the 3,000 legal documents. In those areas, however, Parliament must obtain the right to participate in decision making and, in addition, the right to full decision-making powers where the agricultural budget is concerned. +The programme is based on the UNDCP' s commitment to financing development in special poppy field areas, to which the Taleban have responded by agreeing not to allow the cultivation of opium poppies in new areas, and to permit the UNDCP to control the opium poppy crop and commence action to prevent the illegal traffic of drugs and pull down illegal laboratories. +I should also extend my sincerest gratitude to Parliament, particularly to the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the rapporteur, Mrs Giannakou-Koutsikou, for the quality of their work and the speed with which they have commended the Commission's communication on combating drugs for the period 2000 to 2004. +Report (A5-0059/1999) by Mr Pirker, on behalf of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, on the Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the establishment of "Eurodac" for the comparison of fingerprints of applicants for asylum and certain other aliens (COM(1999) 260 - C5-0082/1999 - 1999/0116(CNS)) +In fact, it is merely the representative of the most powerful industrialists and financial groups in the European Union, rivals to the American or Japanese trusts in systematically bleeding the planet dry, but all concerned exclusively with increasing their profits at the expense of the workers in their own countries and peoples in poor countries. +- (NL) The Dutch delegation in the PSE would hereby declare that it is unable to agree with the Pirker report approved today, on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning the establishment of "Eurodac" for the purpose of comparing fingerprints of asylum seekers and of certain other aliens. +In Ireland successive governments have expressed their concern to UK governments concerning the accident rate at the BNFL institutions, particularly the accident rate at Sellafield on the UK's least-populated west coast, only a few miles across from our most populated east coast. +Finally, it is important to reiterate the fact that the decisions on the East Timor independence process are a matter for its people. This means respecting its sovereignty, so decisions on its present and its future must be taken in close collaboration with the National Council for Timorese Resistance, as it is not for international organisations to replace the people of East Timor but to give them all the necessary support. +While respecting the judicial procedures of a sovereign country, the European Commission will remain vigilant to ensure that Mr Nikitin is granted an impartial and public trial based on the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Russian Constitution. +We condemn most strongly the military coup in Pakistan and urge those in power to restore the rule of law and constitutional order immediately by setting up a civil transitional government in accordance with a clear timetable to restore parliamentary legitimacy by holding elections. +There is evidence that organised crime has spotted a soft and lucrative target in the illegal traffic of human beings who are often prepared to spend their life savings to gain entry to wealthy western countries in the hope of making a new life for themselves. +Mr Newton Dunn has now, on the pretext that the Parliament could not have such a strong influence under the third pillar as with his legal base, chosen the approach to amend the legal base and in doing so he has limited the target group taken into consideration to those who are affected under the first pillar within the meaning of the security policy of the European Union. +The particular "constipation" of the EIB in matters of public monitoring and transparency even led the ECOFIN Council on 8 August 1999 to state the following, and I quote: "In view of the important financial task assigned to the European Investment Bank by the Treaty and a series of Community regulations, it must take an exemplary attitude to fraud control and allow OLAF, where necessary, to undertake inspections. +The rapporteur, Manuel Medina, has explained in a rigorous and full way the legal arguments which explain how the Canaries has been defended for centuries, within a Spanish context, by means of different mechanisms which allowed those distant islands to overcome the negative circumstances which I spoke of earlier, and, with the skill, tenacity and efforts of their men and women, firstly resist and then gradually build reasonably modern and prosperous societies. +At that point a transitional period of ten years was set so that the integration of the economy of the Canary Islands into the Community would not be traumatic for some local production sectors and, de facto, amongst other things, a tax on production and imports, the APIM, was established with a view to protecting the integration of small basic Canary Island industries into the Community Customs Area. +We must be very careful to ensure that the forthcoming WTO negotiations make it possible to put an end to the unacceptable dumping practised by a number of countries and do not endanger a sector in which world competition is intense, since it is highly labour-intensive, difficult to automate, and therefore prey to strong pressure in favour of relocation to countries where labour costs are far lower than those we have in the European Union. +From this Parliament I call on the Spanish Government and the Spanish political parties to have the same tolerance as the British and Irish so that we can all find the road to peace and a solution to the Basque conflict which is as much a European matter as the Irish conflict. +On the enforcement side, the Commissioner responsible for third pillar issues, namely internal policies, will use existing plans and programmes to make the forces of law and order aware of this anti-doping campaign. +Mr Napolitano, I would also like to reassure you regarding the proposal to carry out accompanying preparatory work, and I stress the word accompanying: since the reform of the Treaties involves extremely detailed and special technical aspects, we cannot let ourselves be accused of not having carried out a thorough study and a complete analysis of these aspects. +(A5-0071/1999) by Mr Morillon, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, on the proposal for a Council regulation regarding the implementation of measures to promote economic and social development in Turkey; +The Turkish Vice-Premier Bahcelý of the MHP stated in connection with the upholding of the death sentence on Öçalan - perhaps it only appeared in the German newspapers - that Europe should not be encouraged to interfere even more boldly in Turkish affairs and President Ecevit expressed the view that a judgement by the Court of Justice in Strasbourg need not be accepted. +Quite significantly, the appeals made to Turkey by the rapporteur and other submitters of amendments, to finally walk the difficult path to becoming a democratic constitutional State, are in line with our fundamental objections to confirming Ankara' s candidate status. Why does the European Union not speak in plain terms? +We are all indignant at the confirmation of the death sentence on President Öçalan, we are all united in asking for a gesture from the Turkish Government, and then there is the moratorium on capital punishment: it is likely that the sentence will be suspended, despite the government' s grave decision not to respond to the request from the Court in Strasbourg. +The second daughter directive within the framework of improving air quality in Europe must, of course, like previous directives, meet the following objectives, namely to define and stipulate air quality objectives at European level and to create air quality assessment criteria based on standard methods. +When it comes to such agreements as have already been made, or are in the process of being made, for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from private cars, the Commission has, on a number of occasions, pointed out that legislation concerning the limits for carbon dioxide emissions will be considered if the car industry does not fulfil its commitments. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by thanking the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and of course its rapporteur, Mr Pesälä, for the very positive approach adopted towards the Commission proposal; and the Commission appreciates the broad acceptance of its proposal. +This is not just any old debate but one which affects one of the four pillars of the Community fisheries policy. It must therefore be as productive and responsible as the debate we had in the Committee on Fisheries because this report, which I ask you to approve, is the result of a hard-won compromise between the political groups and the various sectorial and national interests. +One of the extraordinary things about fish is that while fisherman have been finding it difficult and jobs have been reduced, the price of fish, almost alone as a food product, has been increasing continually over the years to the consumer in Europe. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0085/1999) drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision No 210/97/EC adopting an action programme for customs in the Community (Customs 2000) and repealing Council Decision 91/341/EEC (9601/1/1999 - C5-0183/1999 -1998/0314(COD)) +It is true, the problem remains of the accidents that occur in third countries: I hope that we can manage to find a solution that safeguards Parliament' s decision, which aims to extend the scope of the of the directive' s application to these cases but at the same time, without prejudice to the Council' s concerns regarding respect for the principles of international private law. +I just wanted to check whether there will be an opportunity to discuss this issue later in the week because one of the things that has not been discussed in this Parliament is the role the arms industries are playing in the peace process in Northern Ireland. +The Presidency is asking the legal departments of the Commission and the Council to report on the legal aspects of the issue in a Working Group this week. +In order to be able to finance these additional requirements over coming years and, above all, in order to remain within the overall framework decided in Berlin for coming years, the financial perspective may need to be changed or reviewed. It is precisely the combination of new priorities, together with budgetary discipline, which may mean that we need to change the financial perspective. +Subject: Action by the EU against illegal trafficking in nuclear, biological and chemical materials Despite serious evidence of illegal trafficking in nuclear chemical and biological (NCB) weapons-grade materials, no serious steps are being taken to combat the problem. +My group therefore supported his strategy to make the Council face up to its responsibilities: either we were to obtain the funding which would allow us to honour our political commitments or we would have recourse to Article 272 of the Treaty, which authorises us to determine non-compulsory expenditure ourselves, albeit within strict limits. +Under the climate change action programme, which I announced in this House in October, the Commission's work is currently focusing on the establishment of a list of priority measures in the area of climate change to be presented to the Environment Council in March. +In all honesty, however, although there has been progress in secondary theatres of war, as it were, for example how negotiations should be conducted, what working parties should be set up, no progress has been made on the main issue, i.e. what should be done about emission rights and emissions trading. +The resolution states a number of steps which could lead to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol if Europe were to take the lead: a reduction of emissions here at home; concrete plans to reduce emissions in the most important sectors, above all within the transport sector where emissions are increasing most quickly; the introduction of economic instruments of control; early ratification of the Kyoto Protocol; and intensified dialogue, both with Japan and with the developing countries. +The European Union regards it as being especially important that the UN Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on Civil and Political Rights, and the basic standards established in the conventions associated with the ILO are applied in all their respects in Macao. +Let the same thing also be said for the principle of autonomy and Macao' s current economic and social systems as well as, on a wider scale, for the European Union' s relations with that part of the Far East, once the experience brings to an end certain possibilities, which may be of extraordinary relevance to this part of the world. +To this end, particularly on behalf of my Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, and although we agree with the joint resolution, I would like to emphasise the need to safeguard Macao' s autonomy by consolidating its civil society and its democracy with freedom of political association, by keeping the Union open to the territory' s inhabitants and by strengthening trade relations with it. +One of the lasting symbols that should now be highlighted is the utter uniqueness of Macao, the open cultural tolerance between peoples and cultures, religious freedom, traces of unique symbiosis and a legal culture founded on the principles and values of the rule of law and human rights. +The Council has also agreed to insert a review clause on the financial consequences of the accession of new Member States. This will allow the financial effects of enlargement to be defined through the codecision procedure, with Parliament having an equal say with the Council on the matter. +Europe should have started by demanding a revision of the organisation and its operation and a clearer demarcation of its area of competence to ensure respect for other international bodies and conventions, on the environment and social rights in particular. +The Council has offered its support to Mr Igleton, who is the UN Secretary-General' s special envoy in the Western Sahara, and the Council is prepared to push for a peaceful solution, based on the thorough assessment contained in the UN' s next report. +Subject: Action by the EU against illegal trafficking in nuclear, biological and chemical materials Despite serious evidence of illegal trafficking in nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) weapons-grade materials, no serious steps are being taken to combat the problem. +In this context, when the question includes the matter of what the European Union is doing in relation to applicant countries where these materials are transported through their territory or these situations are covered up, what it means is what policy will it follow or what political commitments will it impose on these countries so that progress can be made with accession procedures. +I would be most obliged if you could tell me if you condone this approach by the Council, whereby a simplified codecision procedure can only be approved if Parliament does not exercise its right to amend the text presented by the Commission to the Council, in which case we must conclude that, if we exercise that right we are, to all intents and purposes, out of the codecision procedure! +The Commission' s contention, that the presentation of its proposal was delayed because the outcome of the case pending against the Council before the European Court of Justice on the legal basis for Regulation 820/97 has not yet been decided, is also unacceptable. +In Indonesia, our experience showed that through the regime of the Orde Baru (New Order), led by Suharto and his generals, which occupied my homeland for more than two decades, a system of repression and suppression was implemented through the imposition of a doctrine, Pancasila, which regimented thought and consequently human behaviour, in an attempt to destroy the ability to think in an individual, collective and, above all, free way. +Therefore, we Christian Democrats, who have always defended the use of dialogue and reconciliation, wish to repeat our complete condemnation of the acts of violence and violations of human rights which are still being carried out and deplore the delay in the development of the peace process. +The European Parliament, which is always sensitive to the cause of human rights, cannot remain inactive in the face of the greatest violation of these rights: the systematic discrimination and violence which women are today suffering in Afghanistan of which the public execution of Zaarmeena is just one tragic example. +The Nicaraguan people, having suffered so many natural disasters, need help urgently, but European Union cooperation with the Government of Nicaragua is only possible if basic standards in terms of human rights and democracy are respected and if the administration of funds is safeguarded in accordance with the law. +The only logical meaning of this article, thanks to the addenda introduced by the Amsterdam Council, is to consider all island regions of the Union as least favoured regions due to their geographical handicap, which is the reason for additional costs in the transport or energy sectors, for example. +Finally, Mr President, I am curious to know what the Commission's position is on Amendment No 9 relating to the professional secrecy of in-house counsel and what position it intends to take on the automobile distribution sector when the block exemption regulation for this sector expires in 2002. +Mr President, Commissioner, it is certainly laudable that the Commission, and above all the Commissioner responsible, Mr Van Miert - who is not with us today but to whom I should like to say that he for one clearly cannot be accused of having lost control of his administration - is seeking to ensure that the Treaty is properly applied in order to avoid any distortion of competition in the single market. +It might perhaps be helpful if the President were to send a note to the various national governments and parliaments, pointing out the problem that could arise, in other words a discrepancy between the decisions of the European Parliament and any decisions on incompatibility which might be different from the ones which we have taken. +I am sorry to say that I must close by asking certain bodies in this House how they feel about the rights of their constituents when they seek to diminish the status of the basic right of petition by abolishing the Committee on Petitions, or when they try to change the name of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights and call it the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumers' Rights. +The right of petition marks an important breakthrough in terms of the political rights of our citizens, and I think it useful to point out once again, as did the rapporteur, that this right is fully recognised in the Treaty on European Union. +The rapporteur's acquiescence in proposing that finalising computerisation of the Transit system should be delayed until 30 June 2003 reflects very badly on the apparent value of the results obtained up to now in this area. +These delays sit ill alongside the explosion in trade that the world will see in coming years, with a risk that the Union's resources will be badly hit because they have been robbed of a significant part of their most important own resources: customs duties and agricultural levies. +The EU's prime agenda now must be to work for a political solution; to put a end to ethnic cleansing; to support the refugees; to stop the bloodbath; and to provide realistic possibilities for the refugees to return. +In fact, consumer organisations have shown, for instance, that existing European legislation in this field concentrates on the supply side, whereas demand, which benefits consumers and small businesses, plays a minor role. +Mr President, I must first extend my condolences to the victims of the accident and express my admiration for the courage of the rescue services. I want then to make a point which complements what Mr Florio has already said, and is again at the centre of the concerns of the local institutions and economic operators in the regions of Savoie and Valle d'Aosta. +Mr President, one of the saddest things I have seen in recent times was Rosemary Nelson's children following the hearse to the graveyard last month after this human-rights lawyer was brutally murdered in Northern Ireland. +In the present context, I want to stress that, whichever way you look at it, the workforce has hardly expanded in terms of a European civil service - I am referring in particular to the Commission - and has not followed the exponential curve of the tasks that have been entrusted to it since the fall of the Berlin Wall. +On similar lines, I support the Ombudsman's suggestion that all remedies open to individuals should be clearly mentioned in the EC Treaty, including the right to complain to their national ombudsmen. +You are so right to emphasise that the older people in our countries possess a rich treasury of experience, knowledge, education and values that we cannot afford to cast aside, that a general rethinking of conventional attitudes and stereotypes is necessary, and that society must adopt a new approach with a view to combating the many different forms of discrimination and social exclusion to which older people are subjected both at work and in the social arena. +The report mentions the importance of continuing training, and greater attention must be paid to the needs of older workers in relation to the principle of lifelong training, as contained in the European Employment Strategy and set out in the Commission's proposal. +Lastly, it is unfortunate that the self-censorship that has prevailed in this report - which was unavoidable as there was undoubtedly no alternative - forced the rapporteur to limit his work to purely technical aspects, although it was often very thorough, without tackling the fundamental political issues facing our economies, which will one day have to be tackled before our people. +Abuse of the money which belongs to the people of the Union damages the Community's reputation; headlines about it weaken public support for integration and push the Union's successes into the background. +This is the suggestion which I should like the House to approve, but at the same time I would like to support the studies you are carrying out with a view to making a practical proposal, so that the new financial perspective and the new budget also contain a pm entry, a specific reference to this extra weapon for our common trade policy. +The aim here is not to finalise a project which is always evolving, but to help clarify for citizens in a meaningful way the whole complex of the documents we have produced in treaty form, the kinds of priorities that we have for the Union and the limits - because some of course also worry about the excesses of the Union. +You referred to the euro. Although you are an economist and this must sound very familiar to you, I would point out that if, before creating a common monetary policy, we had had the intelligence to create an economic policy, then perhaps the euro would not now be weaker than the dollar on markets around the world. +I particularly welcome the rapporteur's call for priority to be given to SMEs, strengthening R&D, encouraging environmental protection, the involvement of the third sector, improvements in education and training and the promotion of social inclusion. +We look forward to the discussions in the General Affairs Council, scheduled for the end of this month, to fill in certain elements of these big projects which are aimed at contributing substantially to a more durable and stable western Balkans in the next century. +We were slow to react and we failed to react in the right way, and the issue facing us today - and Mr Dupuis said as much - is that we must realise that the time has come to mount a huge information campaign directed at the Serb population, so that they too understand that right and might are on our side and not on the side of Milosevic. +The Council's members would then have the same salary, staff at the EU countries' embassies would have a uniform salary and experts would have the same, regardless of whether they represent agricultural organisations from a poor or a rich country. +I attach particularly great importance to this because we are looking at a report on road user charges, and the European Court of Justice declared the first directive to be void because of a legal error, namely inadequate consultation of Parliament, and declared that it would only remain in effect until the renewed decision-making process had been completed. +However, in this case we have managed to achieve a consensus with Switzerland which opens up that country and which fits in well with European integration, including transport policy issues, and which at the same time makes it clear that the principles of an environmentally friendly transport policy can be realised with the introduction of the Eurovignette and by diverting transport from road to rail. +I therefore welcome the fact that the committee responsible shares my view that we should not have a reflection period, which is an absurdity in legal and practical terms, but that a general right of withdrawal should be introduced instead. +Market globalisation and the spread of new communication and information technologies have undoubtedly given rise to the economic and social changes that are revolutionising the way in which markets serve consumers; they have also transformed the consumers' expectations. +For us to be able to define a food as intended for a particular nutritional use, it should fulfil particular nutritional needs for certain categories of persons who cannot eat ordinary food, either because there is something wrong with their digestion or metabolism, or because in a particular physiological condition they can derive particular benefit from the controlled intake of certain substances in their food. +Similarly, the possibility of inviting the European Parliament to hold a debate before finally rejecting a proposal is no longer essential given that the political debate among the political groups and the institutions can begin at first reading. +We participated actively and constructively in this process, ensuring that the transition to the new currency did not take place at the expense of consumers. We also wanted to guarantee that the new directives for the European Central Bank were given the necessary preparation and independence, and that this House, which represents all Europeans, received adequate information on monetary policy. +However, we will be looking very carefully at the outcome of the summit and examine the distribution of tasks in terms of the role of the national states in employment policy and the European role, so as to avoid giving the mistaken impression that Europe is responsible in the wrong area. +It includes a solid financial framework up to the year 2006, substantial reforms to the common agricultural policy and to structural policy, as well as changes to the own resources decision that take greater account of the Member States' financial situation and help distribute the burden more fairly. +I had decided to vote in favour of the appointment of Mr Prodi as President of the European Commission. I was satisfied with both the speed and efficiency with which the Council had taken its decision and with the standing in European terms of a man who, with great panache and know-how, had led a left-wing Italian Government under difficult conditions and had led Italy into EMU. +I feel that I should remind you briefly of the historical task and role of enlargement, not only in terms of Agenda 2000 but also for the European Union. The people of Central and Eastern Europe and of the Mediterranean, the majority of whom have only recently regained their freedom, want to take part in our common historic adventure. +For example, we have been able to control the unchecked increase in agricultural expenditure, consolidate and develop the cohesion policy, which is essential for economic convergence and political solidarity, integrate events such as the reunification of Germany into the Community budget, and make progress in reducing the Council's powers in the area of compulsory expenditure. +The seriousness of this de facto suspension of the agreements on free movement of persons will naturally not escape you, but your prudence in matters of institutional powers - which I can understand - does not mean you can avoid a political response. Can the European Union tolerate three thousand citizens being prevented on alleged police grounds from exercising their full rights as European citizens? +If it cannot be proved that there are grounds for the more stringent rules, then it will be regarded as a technical barrier to trade, and it is now expressly stated in the new environmental guarantee that if it can be proved that the tougher rule which is being sought at national level is actually in the consumers' interests, then the EU must adopt the regime. +Ever since the 'oil for food' programme was implemented in late 1996, the Member States of the European Union have chaired the Security Council's committee on sanctions against Iraq and always sought the flexible application and continual improvement of the programme. +By taking an active part in the election campaign, Algeria's citizens showed the store they set by a free, open, pluralist poll, as promised by the Algerian authorities. +After its last examination on the basis of the conditions set on 9 November 1998, the Council decided that Croatia should continue to be granted autonomous trade preferences but that the conditions for assistance under the PHARE programme had not been met and that it was also too soon to negotiate a trade and cooperation agreement. +Firstly, as regards agriculture, I am satisfied with the preservation of the Community nature of agricultural policy, in spite of intense pressure to establish cofinancing measures.-Secondly, in respect of structural actions, I am satisfied with the preservation of increased per capita funding of the cohesion countries from the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund, and also with the emphasis placed on combating unemployment.-Thirdly, with regard to the chapter on own resources, I am satisfied with the adoption of a more just system which favours less-developed countries. +Mr President, I would say that the great achievement of the Committee on Fisheries was that, when presented with the Agenda 2000 proposals a year ago, it very quickly recognised the serious errors in the proposals on fisheries structural policy and immediately drew up a strategy which was stoutly defended by all the draftsmen of the opinions and, of course, by Mr Arias Cañete, the rapporteur. +First, not only have we ensured that urban poverty and neglect are dealt with directly for the first time, but against all expectations we have retained an urban community initiative too, which can target the small- and medium-sized towns which currently receive less than 10 % of the funding. +Certainly, the lowering of intervention prices for beef and cereals could not have been avoided, but it is due among other things to the commitment of the European Parliament that these were not reduced on the scale originally proposed by the Commission. +The promise of full compensation for price cuts given in 1992 has not been honoured in Agenda 2000 decisions, and while farmers suffer much lower prices, the cost of the common agricultural policy continues to rise. +Mr President, I should like to add my heartfelt thanks to the rapporteur, whom we have seen on many an occasion take on the mantle of health and safety, to you, Commissioner, and your services for expediting much of the legislation which has been necessary in this field, and for your assistance both formally and informally in helping Parliament to understand what can and cannot be done. +As today is our second-last working day, I would like to ask our President, Mr Gil-Robles, together with the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, to see whether it would also be possible to send a small European Parliament delegation to meet Dr Rugova in Rome, where he is at present, because I do not know what will happen within the next month, month and a half or two months. +How are we supposed to explain that this Parliament has not even been accorded the right to deliver an opinion, that we have not even received detailed documentation and information about this scheme, and that we now have to discuss it without actually having been briefed on its details? +As most of the speakers from my group have pointed out, I do not think that in order to protect consumers - a concern which is nevertheless quite legitimate - we should at the same time deprive them of all the advantages and all the benefits that this development can bring, both in employment terms and in economic terms. +This is the case of amendments aimed at narrowing down the derogations in Annex 2 of the proposal (Amendments Nos 21, 68 and 74), and Amendment No 61 concerning court actions, although on this last issue the Commission recognises that there is a need to improve the possibilities of redress, especially in cross-border contracts. +And as you have said that this will be your last speech in this Hemicycle, allow me to wish you the very best for the future. I also hope that we will continue to have a good relationship so that, wherever we may be, we can cooperate as far as possible in the fight to complete the process of European integration and in our solidarity with all those who need our support. +In this respect, the Commission believes that the decision by President Habibie of Indonesia to approve the presence of United Nations observers is a step forward. These observers will supervise the referendum organised by the Indonesian authorities in East Timor. +That is why I believe that it is important for us to appeal to those countries, and above all our Member States and the larger countries, to ratify the Statute and to specifically reject the exclusion clause on war crimes, so as to create a genuine legal body with compulsory jurisdiction, through which we can legitimise the right of intervention. +As regards the ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, I naturally believe that you have pointed out something that is mere common sense: the sooner this Court is up and running, the easier it will be to address and begin to resolve problems such as those in the Balkans - with Kosovo as the most recent example - as well as other problems throughout the world. +We achieved this result because, in the Conciliation Committee, I was able to confront the Council delegation with the decisions of the Ecofin Council of 18 January 1999, which state, ironically, that the current Intrastat system holds more details than is necessary, that it should be simplified, that costs should be limited and that the 1991 regulations should be modified. +We should also like to thank those whom we do not see every day but whom we see traces of every day, that is, those who produce the Session News, the document that briefly tells us about the sitting. In the inscrutable jungle created by the number of issues we deal with in the House, they are able to choose the appropriate species and tree on every occasion. +The European Union's importance as an international player has also become evident at the numerous Interregional Conferences such as the Latin American Summit in Rio, the Mediterranean Conference held in Stuttgart, a platform which can now gain considerably in importance against the background of a new peace dynamic, the ASEM in Berlin and many other meetings. +However, we should detach ourselves from a strictly legal understanding of the term Constitution and instead understand it to mean a combination of values and fundamental principles, the functioning mechanisms of European co-existence, and the way in which the European Union functions as a political construct sui generis. +We now know that an individual nominated by the Federal Government did not even have the opportunity to meet up with the Chancellor before the Chancellor's discussion with Mr Prodi, which means that the Chancellor had no conversation whatsoever beforehand with the individual that he proposed. +The crass way in which the European Directive on end-of-life cars was blocked solely to serve the interests of a German car company caused dismay, as did the overdue appointment of ex-Minister to the Chancellery, Hombach, as envoy to the Balkans and the lack of understanding of the goals and nature of French politics. +Those who are now hailing the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe a great success would have done better to have refrained from squandering the money on bombs, rockets and soldiers and instead to have presented the Pact a few months earlier as part of a comprehensive political and non-military plan drawn up by the European Union for the region, and to have provided the OSCE with the necessary means. +Many matters of current interest, including Russia and the northern dimension, are thus certainly on the agenda, but I would still like to raise one question that is of topical interest: the outlook for the peace process in the middle East since Barak's government came to power is brighter than it has been for years. +Yes, it is shocking that a European Commissioner should be able to profit unduly from his position for his own benefit, but it is even more shocking that incredibly rich companies should be able to profit, quite legally, from subsidies from European institutions whilst to my knowledge, these same institutions are giving no help at all to the eighteen million unemployed workers throughout the Union, nor to the several million other people who are forced to live on salaries which barely keep them alive. +We abstained from voting on this point, since the European Parliament's proposal for a statute is unsatisfactory.3.The point concerning the next Intergovernmental Conference, since we consider that the Conference should only cover enlargement and not be hampered by extensive reforms. +More generally, the incorporation of a reliable and realistic European agenda with a view to eventual accession into the EU, which we shall oversee and support, is the only solution which, in effect, can stabilise and creatively develop relations between all the Balkan countries and their relations with the rest of Europe and the world. +The Committee on Constitutional Affairs requests that the following interpretation be inserted into Rule 29(1) of our Rules of Procedure: "The formation of a group which openly rejects any political character and all political affiliation between its Members is not acceptable within the meaning of this rule." +It is clearly a critical report and it demonstrates once again something that I have always observed as a Commissioner and that I would like to testify to before this Chamber: The human and professional quality and integrity of the men and women who make up the European civil service and who offer that service not only their labour but also their personal commitment. +After listening to the speeches that the President-designate has made to Parliament, after voting for his appointment in May, and after taking part in the hearings with the 19 Commissioners-designate with a professional and open-minded approach, our group believes that the long crisis involving the Commission must end with a clear and strong appointment: you, Mr President, and your proposed Commission, in accordance with the powers that the Treaty confers on you. +The Greens are proposing a number of measures on the active, global and massive reduction of working hours, and on support for sustainable economic activities, which are creating employment, in sectors such as the construction of accommodation, public transport, renewable energy. +It is none the less dangerous, as the Federalist lobbies will seize upon the Cologne decision in order to attempt to take the defence of citizens' rights away from national constitutions and to crown them with a superior text, a supposedly European constitution. +Madam President, Commission President, 1999 has been a difficult year for the mainstream EU institutions in that problems which surfaced over issues such as the accountability about the administration of various EU initiatives had strained relations between the European Parliament and the Commission. +Romano Prodi was nominated President of the Commission by the current government of the Italian Republic, which my party is an active member of. And I confess that his strength of character can guarantee strong leadership of the Commission, overcoming the limitations and inadequacies we have noted in the programme and the composition of the Commission. +We must also recognise that Indonesia did not fulfil the commitments it accepted in the New York Agreement, which required the intervention of the UN Security Council through the dispatch of a peacekeeping force, with a clear mandate and a defined time-scale, to guarantee security and peace in the territory and to prevent further genocide. +Mr President, it is not in a spirit of sterile recrimination but because of our concern and alarm about the way the situation is now developing that we feel compelled to recall and stress the direct and indirect responsibility of the United States of America for the massacres, the ethnic cleansing, going on unabated at this very moment in East Timor. +Over the years the United Kingdom has developed a highly effective military capability and yet the United Kingdom armed forces are now desperately overstretched and most Member States of the European Union spend a smaller proportion of their GDP on defence than the United Kingdom. +Furthermore, ECHO has all the while been involved in assessing the size of the aid package needed and co-ordinating Union aid so that it gets to where it is needed most right now. +I believe that from the moment the European Union was created, from the moment we had free movement, from the moment we had the Schengen Agreement and consensus on the issue of the movement of people between Member States, no country, such as the United States, should ever have been allowed to come along and rock the boat and impose discriminatory practices on a country like Greece. +The current priorities are putting the banking system in order, working closely with other pillars and KFOR to provide essential supplies, shelter and transport in advance of winter, preparing with the World Bank and the IMF a simplified budget and working on fiscal issues and drawing up with the World Bank a medium-term investment framework to be presented to the next pledging conference. +I am also under the impression that the 15 representatives of the Member States work on this Council on the basis of an oath of office which requires them to support and further the interests of their own country to the best of their ability. They do not work on the basis of a European oath of office, which could require them to promise to do maximum justice to European interests and visions, and not just to national interests. +The European Union and, in particular, the European Parliament have always expressed their unconditional support for the attempts to help the Middle East peace process and to assist the Middle East. +In the Resolution of March 1999 on the peace process and future aid for the Middle East, the European Parliament stressed with good reason that if the Wye Plantation Accords are confirmed - as they have been - the main problems must still be resolved, including in particular the status of the refugees. +One last matter - while underlining the need to continue providing humanitarian aid through UNRWA, I think that the European Parliament is particularly interested in finding a fair and balanced political solution to the Palestinian refugee problem. +The increase in the wave of refugees cannot be dealt with by enforcing repressive measures, but by implementing an international policy which will reduce tensions and will contribute to peaceful political settlement of all differences, and will not resort, as in Kosovo, to criminal military intervention measures. +Widening activities in the exchange of information, filing and processing this information, either within the framework of Europol or directly among Member States, will not only increase the dangers of uncontrolled use of those files but will also legitimise all activities relating to surveillance and placing on file under the pretext of crime prevention. +Quote: "As long as the generally-held view in Iran is one which defines dissidents as people of another faith and which derives the right to decide on whether people should live or die, or the right to take the fate of the country into their own hands, from religion, the country' s political climate will continue to be poisoned and politically-motivated violence is to be expected" . +The Union is consequently providing support for forensic investigations into alleged war crimes, and earlier this week the General Affairs Council' s conclusions expressed deep concern that the question of several thousand persons - overwhelmingly Kosovo Albanians - who have disappeared remains open. +The Commission welcomes the positive will for progress that was demonstrated by the government in opposition in the framework agreement, but substantial further progress - for example, properly conducted legislative elections that are anticipated in the next year - is required before we can consider resuming regular cooperation. +Anyway, I think that we should continue to work towards trying to find a way for there to be a degree of independence between the Member and the assistant, given that our work requires this independence, with regard to conversations, the issues to be dealt with and also in other areas which are beside the point. +Madam President, I submitted a question for Question Time in accordance with Rule 43 of the Rules of Procedure and I adhered to the time frame contained in Annex II A(13) which stipulates, "Questions shall be tabled to the President at least one week before Question Time begins. +Following President Prodi' s statements to the European Parliament, the Commission will be making an in-depth study of the situation brought about by the increase in cases of drug taking in sport, and it is considering concrete measures which it would be possible to take at a Community-wide level. +I suggested advertising on prime time television and, indeed, I asked if the Commission would be prepared to choose the time between the general news bulletin and the sports section of peak-time news because the public at large tend not to change channels at these times. +Commissioner, the worst possible approach would be to try to prematurely close an investigation such as this flax investigation, which involves senior members of the Spanish Government in relation to the illegal payment of subsidies and fraud in this aid for the flax processing industry. +I would also like to point out to you that at the moment a number of years are being investigated by the EAGGF, and if deficiencies in the running of the market organisation system are determined in these spot check investigations, then Spain must be prepared for the fact that a lump sum penalty may be incurred, i.e. that the support payments already paid out are reduced in retrospect by a lump sum - according to the gravity of these deficiencies. +Is the Commission going to propose more of the same to the European Council, or will the Commission, on the basis of the requirements of the Copenhagen criteria and of its own conviction about the Turks, offer the Turks the chance of not missing the boat in the future? +Nonetheless, as a Member of Parliament of Kurdish origin, I advocate financial aid and economic cooperation, and I also support Turkey in its integration into the European Union, on condition, however, that the Helsinki conditions be fulfilled, i.e. the question of Cyprus, the human rights issues and the Kurdish question must be settled politically, capital punishment must be completely abolished and all prisoners must receive a general amnesty. +I know that the European Parliament closely follows the development of the Middle East peace process and that there is a good deal of expertise here in matters relating to the region, as shown by the study published by the Parliament on the subject. +Madam President, on behalf of the radical and non-attached Members of Parliament present, I confirm that we will not be taking part in the final voting until the matters of the rights and prerogatives of all the elected Members of this Parliament have been resolved, and until all the 626 Members of Parliament are allowed to have the same rights and duties. +We also know of the problems such energies have in gaining ground on the market and the reasons for this state of affairs: traditional energy sources are available at a relatively low, stable price and there is a shortage of measures intended to promote renewable energy sources. +In my opinion though, in this context of international trade and also in the Millennium Round, there are well founded risks that Europe will hang back and will not instead take on a role as a leader of civilisation, a leader which wants to guide, within the scope of clear rules for everyone, the changes in international trade in 2000. +It is a pity that Mr Pasqua has gone. He said that there was no debate in this Chamber, but I would refer him to results of the economies run by Britain and the United States where they are achieving in a world trade system high rates of growth, low rates of unemployment, low rates of interest. +We must therefore also defend European agriculture and the traditions of those typical products which also encompass the textile sector, shoe sector and industry. We must remember that the demise of certain products also means a change in traditions or even landscapes - just think of olive oil, hops and malt. +I think our deliberations today have been very much about the key issues of environment and agriculture and also the social clause issue, but I want to bring to your attention the specific needs of the cultural industries and the audiovisual sector. +In accordance with the codecision procedure, the Council, together with the European Parliament, therefore assumed on 28 June 1999 a common position on the adoption of a decision to establish a uniform instrument for financing cultural cooperation and for planning programmes for such cooperation. +Mr President, we believe that it is particularly important that in the debate on the budget, amendments have now been approved in committee which support the Commission and ask it to back the campaigns and actions in favour of the moratorium on executions and, in the long term, the abolition of the death penalty. +On the one hand, the great world powers - USA and USSR - were at diplomatic breaking point, and on the other hand, there was a progressive deterioration in relations between the Atlantic Alliance and some Islamic countries, Libya in particular, while in Italy, the far left in particular, was continually calling into question Italy' s participation in NATO. +Consequently, Madam President, I think that Members of Parliament must, of course, be subject to a rigorous internal inspection system, and I am the first to say so, but I do not believe that the text establishing this control should be one that is simply derived from the standard decision applicable to just any individual within the administrative bodies of the Community. +Although many decisions are taken at European level which are not directly reflected in the European Union budget, nevertheless Budget 2000 is a crucial and defining basis for many areas of European policy in the coming year. +We are beginning to see the cost of the needs of Kosovo, there has been an earthquake in Turkey and a political disaster in East Timor, not to mention the need to pay for the fisheries agreement with Morocco, which the government of the principal country involved must have forgotten in the negotiations in Berlin. +At the same time, I wonder how Finland, as the country to hold the Presidency, has clung to the untenable position of the Council, according to which world events do not influence the EU budgetary framework and the final sums fixed in the budget itself. +Indeed, the transfer of a core competency of the modern state, namely monetary policy, to a truly European and independent organisation such as the ECB must be regarded as a historic event which marks an unprecedented degree of economic and political integration within the European Union. +Let me end by insisting on the specific position of the Liberal Group which calls for, after the transitional period of two years, the publication of votes, the various positions taken in the meetings of the Executive Board and the macroeconomic models, which I believe would allow more convincing and accurate forecasts to be made by those whose operations relate to the European Central Bank. +We also agree with the measures proposed with regard to the increase in transparency and the need to clarify what the European Central Bank understands monetary policy to be, beyond price stability - which is evidently its main function - because this will undoubtedly contribute to an appropriate and balanced policy mix which is aimed at promoting sustainable development and lasting employment. +But we should not be surprised at the limitations on the powers that are left to the domestic governments in Euroland because it has never been a secret of those founding fathers of the single currency that what they had in mind was the creation of political union and a united states of Europe. +It is also established practice in the Netherlands for there to be structured ways in which the Dutch Central Bank participates in the consultation system, for example there is a banking council in which advice is given to the bank and in which both sides of industry also take part. This participation in the consultation system economy is also afforded by the Dutch Central Bank having a seat on the socio-economic council, which is the most important advisory body in the socio-economic field. +If others do not participate, it will not work, so part of the answer to what we have to do now is to be more active in the discussion from case to case - within groups of friends of Sierra Leone, to take one example - trying to organise a more coordinated response to moving away from the immediate crisis demands. +The Commission is looking at its own role and proposes to act by responding to the ambitious action plan for fighting money-laundering, which involves changes both in the Union' s position towards the rest of the world, and also at the level of legislation in each Member State. +Various political priorities and guidelines were agreed on, and the Commission will have to put forward a "scoreboard" proposal, that is, a panel which will assess the progress that has been made and whether we have met the terms laid down in the Treaty of Amsterdam, by the Vienna action plan and by the conclusions of this European Council itself, a pragmatic initiative which promises good results and which relied on the commitment of Commissioner António Vitorino, whom we should congratulate for this too. +In this way, the emphasis was placed on convergence and on common rules on asylum procedure, on the creation - albeit in vague terms - of a financial instrument for situations in which the temporary protection of refugees is required, on closer judicial cooperation, on recognising judicial decisions etc. The principles have been laid down and are on the whole positive ones. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0034/1999) by Mr Lechner, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on a Community framework for electronic signatures (C5-0026/99 - 1998/0191 - (COD)) +The concomitant announcements of the axing of 7,500 jobs, the enormous increase in its profits, and the closure of the Wolbert-Michelin factory at Soissons, described as a PR mistake by the company' s directors, show to what extent cynicism and lack of respect are the driving forces behind this multinational' s industrial strategy. +Senator Jesse James pompously said that the Treaty is dead and buried. He is known for his fundamentalism, but he did not realise, or perhaps he realised full well, that the signing of the Treaty was the first step towards the concrete realisation of the hope that what the United States did with the nuclear holocausts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would never be repeated. +Mr President, the recent decision of the US Senate to reject ratification of the comprehensive nuclear test-ban treaty has set an unpleasant precedent for the efforts by the people of the world to create lasting peace and stability. +I should like to be quite clear in my opinion that the European Union must change its policy here, that it must come out unambiguously on the side of the Chechen people. For this, the OSCE, the Ceasefire Agreement of 1996 and also Russia' s membership of the Council of Europe can also offer levers, together with our Cooperation Agreement with Russia. +They are two different things. While the Community body aims for a harmonised, systematic collection of general statistics from various States, with the public and administrations as its main clients, who therefore provide it with work, the observatory has more specific and focused objectives, according to the market and the statistical requirements of firms and professionals. +We must therefore refer back to the current edition of Article 191 of the Treaty, formerly Article 138A, which only mentions, in a rather vague way, the action of political parties, I quote, "at European level" , which is a very different matter, or so the Amsterdam Council and the Treaty intended it at any rate, from the idea of a "European political party" strictly speaking. +It is also the problem of the relationship between two countries in a part of the world that needs peace and tranquillity. And this is why this Agreement is of strategic importance, not only in relation to these fishing communities, but also in relation to the balance, to the peace that can only be achieved by means of various types of cooperation, this being a case in point. +What fishermen need to know on this specific point is not that the Commission will be implementing initiatives and not that the Commission is prepared to help them. What the fisherman need to know, Commissioner, is what kind of initiatives are going to be implemented, and above all, what amount of Community subsidy is going to be provided to help these fishermen, and for how long the Commission is prepared to maintain it. +Because, as Mr Miguélez said, what the fishermen need is not to be financed to remain inactive, but to be supported by the European Union so that they can carry out their professional duty, which means being able to work and thus contribute to the wealth of their country and to the wealth of the Community. +Furthermore, the presence of the Community brings a more responsible form of fishing to the area and may be an important factor in terms of balance given the presence of other fleets, particularly the Russian fleet, not to mention the aid to scientific research programmes which is included in this Protocol. +Madam President, I would like you to inform us as to whether there is any truth in the rumour that - and if this were to happen, I believe it would be disastrous for the information policy of the European Parliament - the press reports covering the part-sessions in all languages of the European Union are to be discontinued. +I believe that Friday' s debate, without the Commission and without the report of the experts, was a positive step because we are obliged to create confidence and offer responses to the people' s problems; we should not always become embroiled in debates amongst ourselves which may be very interesting but only when a joint approach is required. +The combination of the complete realisation of the single market together with the single currency, in a context of structural reform and strong international competition, will allow for a reduction in the risk of bottlenecks that may arise in the event that wage and budgetary policies are inadequate. +I do not think that anyone would argue that comprehensive and coherent strategies are needed for growth and employment, and I am glad that the term growth and employment itself deals with the prejudice we so often hear from the left to the effect that growth can be set against employment, and that currency values and price stability can be set against employment measures. +We know a good many national governments which have seen that there is a major interdependence between monetary, financial and wages policies and which, like Austria, the Netherlands, Ireland or Denmark for example, have drawn the obvious conclusions, with positive consequences for the labour market and for budget consolidation as well. +Just as we demand it of the European Central Bank in the dialogue, we must also call for greater transparency on the part of the Council of Finance Ministers, the Jumbo Council, the Social Affairs Council and the European Council, and demand direct European Parliament participation. +It is essential that demands for a five-day, 35-hour, working week with no more that 7 - 8 hours work per day, are met, and with pay rises. We must also put an end to regulations obliging seafarers to work a 12-hour day as standard. +I recognise that Mr MacCormick has a valid point when he highlights the situation of travelling artists within a European context - i.e. those working in different countries such as, for example a concert pianist or a dance group - when he highlights the predicament of those who create and propagate the arts. +In any case, interpreting the Rules of Procedure should not be the responsibility of the Bureau - here a meeting of 22-23 November 1979 is referred to - nor of the Bureau at the suggestion of the President with the agreement of the leaders of the political groups as decided on 19 November 1992. +Each one of us has too many unemployed people amongst his or her constituents. We should have rejected that old chestnut put forward by the Commission that the unemployed ought to be encouraged, by deregulating the labour market and imposing social constraints, to look for work or seek assistance under employment policy measures. +What is needed, then, is a change in these policies, so that the priority becomes to establish clear objectives and produce efficient instruments for the creation of lasting jobs with associated rights, and to achieve a significant corresponding reduction in unemployment. +When we state that the reduction of the tax burden on the cost of labour must not involve the reorganisation of public finances nor the balance of security systems, we are proposing a squaring of the circle that only strong economic growth can resolve. +Indeed, while I am pleased to see the lowering of the unemployment rate on the European scale (9.4% of the working population in 1999 as against 10.1% in 1998), the actual gross figures must, in no way, obscure the human and social aspects of the economic situation which are extremely hard to bear in the most disadvantaged regions of the Community. +This programme, as I have said, will be an important weapon in the fight against violence towards women, young people and children in terms of improving social and media awareness of the need to help and protect the victims of violence. +During the last Parliamentary term, I tabled a report on behalf of Parliament on the protection of children and the family in which I asked for a visible budget for our children and for the creation, within the Commission, of a special unit responsible for protecting children and the family. +Nevertheless - and here is the reason for this oral question - it still has not tabled a revised proposal that clearly states its position on Parliament' s amendments, and also - and I must say this with regret, in that we had expected the Finnish Presidency to take this issue into account - the Finnish Presidency has not shown the political will to continue with this dossier. +In terms of possible legislative action, this report calls on the Commission to consider amending existing legislation or to introduce new measures which will strengthen those objectives, but it also asks the Commission to follow-up and study the effect of all legislative measures up to now and to report on their full cost and their full effectiveness to Parliament. +The recent nuclear accident in Japan has exposed once again the criminal negligence of the nuclear industry, and the recent falsifications of safety checks by BNFL at Sellafield are further evidence that we need to have great anxiety about the nuclear industry and how it operates. +There is still a lot to be done to ensure that the right to energy is a reality everywhere, both in the poorest countries and in industrialised countries, where all classes of the population do not have access on equal terms: needs are not therefore being satisfied and energy-related issues are becoming crucial. +We have all at some time been confronted with the tragedies and paradoxes that occur when there is no free movement of judgements, a situation which has resulted in justice being denied to individuals and the obvious absence and omission of obligatory and crucial European instruments, which, in terms of a common area, would eliminate the inconsistencies caused by the legal fragmentation that is the natural consequence of national legal systems. +The previous speaker, Madam Echerer, has already pointed out that there is no containment and also, according to the independent assessment of the atomic safety authority in Slovakia, no adequate operational safety of the plant. +A complete study of eutrophication and groundwater problems and vulnerable zones designation by Member States has already been achieved by the Commission. +A week ago I was convinced that, with hard bargaining, there was some hope a deal could be struck to give a fair balance between providing reasonable protection to the EU industries and agriculture on the one hand and market access for developing countries' goods on the other. +We have supported all efforts to strengthen the place of developing countries in the world trade system, not least by underlining the inescapable need for continued reform of the EU' s common agricultural policy. +It is important in the context of the next round of EU Structural Funds 2000-2006 that measures under the various EU programmes be screened so as to guarantee that they comply with all national and EU legislation in the field of equal opportunities. +Well, as soon as it is envisaged that the reduced or suspended amounts are to be paid out of the Community budget, in the next financial year at the latest, this intervention will necessarily take the form of yet stricter measures in subsequent years, with the risk of endangering the principles of the common agricultural policy. +So long as greed for these possessions and for the resources in this area remains unconquered - and this applies equally to Europe and many other states - the conflicts in this region will not be resolved and, long term, we also have to consider finding a major, comprehensive solution to this problem. +One final point: we are trying to include too many things, too many requests on different subjects in the Millennium Round talks, perhaps to ease our conscience, when - and I am referring to capital punishment - in its own forum and at the UN, Europe cannot manage to put up a united front or find the strength to impose certain things. +A lot of people are now criticising the World Trade Organisation for looking too one-sidedly at trade, for seeing trade as an end in itself and for failing to see the complex connections between trade, human rights and environmental considerations. +At the Seattle round, the scope and power of the WTO will grow significantly, and that is why the EU should ensure that the effects of the liberalisation of trade and the action of the WTO are continually appraised from the point of view of ecology and fairness. +I believe that the Council - which of all our institutions is, in a way, the one which has been most fragmented by the increase in specialised Councils and a myriad of related committees - must lead by example. But it should not only think of the future but also of the need for a democratic and effective Community. +I will end by saying, Mr President, that all of this will become all the more necessary in view of the other great mandate, the launch of which will be the finishing touch of the Finnish Presidency - the excellent Finnish Presidency, whose many successes it is a great honour to recognise in this Chamber and which has been a turning point in the behaviour of the Council. +Subject: Appropriateness of financing UNDCP programmes The UNDCP has published the results of an annual survey of opium production, which show that estimated total raw opium production in Afghanistan has more than doubled in a year, rising from 2,100 tonnes in 1998 to 4,600 tonnes in 1999. +I would like to ask the Council how, when these paths are sketched out, it intends to link, as it were, Parliament with the definition of this new financial instrument, because there is no doubt that a new financial instrument will be needed because what exists at the moment is no longer suitable for the situation of the overseas countries and territories and does not match up to these countries' requirements. +First of all, I can say that our colleague Barón Crespo, whom I would describe not as an accomplice, but in all our political differences as an esteemed colleague, has given a correct account of the situation, as I explained orally to him, that we also, the Group of the European People' s Party and the European Democrats, wish for a vote to be taken on the Napolitano report. +As far as I am concerned, I consider - and once again this is what has influenced my thinking, but I shall ask Mr Napolitano if he agrees with me - that the subject of Mr Napolitano' s report is the application of a text of a legislative nature, since it is to do with the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the inquiries carried out by OLAF. +The mandate was, and still is, simply the following - the decision to be taken is this: to include the interinstitutional agreement in the Rules of Procedure, i.e. our internal regulations, so that it can be applied within Parliament, on the basis of an opinion of the Committee on Budgetary Control; to amend the Rules of Procedure by introducing a new Rule 9b and not to amend the interinstitutional agreement. +Mr President, the overwhelming majority of my group is fully in support of this report which we consider to be one of the essential building blocks in restoring the credibility of the European Union in questions of how it investigates and deals with allegations of fraud; if it does nothing else it will perhaps prove that many such allegations are often, but not always alas, unfounded. +Secondly, we have noted that there is a lack of fundamental coordination. The Portuguese presidency therefore needs to take the initiative and create an inter-pillar council which will meet on a yearly basis in order to coordinate all the action taken within the Union and establish a climate of international coordination. +If the Summit, which we feel should deal directly with this matter, fails to understand that this is a most serious political issue, which stretches far into the future and that our inability to deal with it multilaterally, as we should, has started to become more and more apparent, creating disappointment among our citizens, then we shall be unable to stabilise the situation in due course. +It is true that the Court of Auditors does not get a good press in this House since the President refused it a press conference room, even though he happily gives one to the most eccentric associations, to individuals whose representative nature is highly dubious, or to any old watchdog in favour of the philosophy of the Single Europe on condition that he barks loud enough. +- (SV) We should like to emphasise that introducing a system for comparing asylum seekers' fingerprints is not in itself a guarantee of achieving the humane and generous asylum policy we are aiming for and which would mean that Member States showed solidarity in giving asylum seekers the right to sanctuary. +As regards the international agencies, we have to ensure that the UNHCR's repatriation programme is allowed to continue without any kind of disruption, because there have been a number of incidents in recent times which point to a deliberate attempt to try and disrupt the UNHCR's repatriation programme. +But the fight against drug trafficking and money laundering also requires action and coordination at EU level (and at UN level) in the fight that must be developed against powerful criminal organisations which, through illegal activities and money, undermine and tap into the economic and financial system. +The Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Community - in article 25 and in Protocol 2 annexed to that Act - provided the Canary Islands with a special status which was designed to reflect the fact that those islands were not integrated into the Common agricultural policy and, furthermore, because it was not subject to the Community Customs Union, the Community customs rules, nor Value Added Tax. +There has also been another issue: the Treaty of Maastricht of 1992 included a declaration recognising the special status of the outermost regions - the Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira and the French overseas departments - and section 2 of article 299 of the EC Treaty, after its amendment by means of the Treaty of Amsterdam of 1997, provides for special status for the outermost regions. +Therefore, it would seem appropriate that the Commission approve and express its agreement with Parliament' s proposals - the proposals of the Committee on Legal Affairs - which are very reasonable and are in accordance with the Commission' s thinking but reinforce it by referring to the new article 299.2, which will provide for and allow the development of a special status. +I am not going to comment on her political career for you have just done that admirably, but I must highlight, in public before this House, her human qualities, her personal values, her dignity and the fortitude and courage with which she faced her illness right to the very end. +In this ruling, the President of the court ordered that the Act of the European Parliament of 14 September 1999 adopting the interpretation proposed by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of Rule 29 of Parliament' s Rules of Procedure should be set aside. +The special theme in matters of employment during the Finnish Presidency has been, inter alia, the status of the aged. There was an informal meeting of the Employment and Social Affairs Council on this subject, and we have also had a conference at ministerial level specifically on the topic of equality. +A meeting at ministerial level was held in Helsinki on the issue of the northern dimension, as we promised. Attendance was poor on the part of the foreign ministers of the other EU Member States - I was the only one there - but certain other ministers were present as well as all those ministers who are involved in the issue of the northern dimension. +Secondly, the report does not fall into the trap of presenting human rights as a European achievement but presupposes universality and adopts a global approach with a great deal of attention being paid to the EU' s action within the scope of the United Nations. +We are disappointed to note that since 1996, the year when the Aegean Sea crisis led the European Community to block the agreement on the Customs Union with Turkey, no headway has been made towards obtaining total respect for civil rights and the protection of minorities. +I can report from my discussions with the Turkish Prime Minister and from several meetings with the Turkish Foreign Secretary over the last few days that the Turkish Government is fully aware of the need for this fundamental change in the political, economic, social and cultural areas. +The Finnish Presidency is making a serious effort to make use of the new legal possibilities afforded by the Amsterdam Treaty and to bring this proposal into force after the first reading with the amendments of the European Parliament. +No corresponding eastward growth in the amount of nutrients is discernible, but instead the areas with high levels of nutrients clearly point to local causes: agriculture, industry and the presence of summer cottages. +As far as this House is concerned, these are facts confirmed by the vote in Council and we are left to point out that this measure has caused great concern among producers in the other Member States. We must also stress that this exceptional measure is not provided for in the Regulation and that other Member States have also suffered bad weather at times but they have not had the advantage which Portugal is now enjoying. +To sum up, we Socialists want to defend European producers, consumers and importers and we believe that with the report approved by the Committee on Fisheries, with the excellent work carried out by Mrs Fraga Estévez - who I congratulate - and with the agreement reached by the Council of Ministers, we can, in the main, be satisfied. +Furthermore, this COM does not guarantee fishermen' s incomes, nor does it take into account the fact that in some countries such as Portugal, where small-scale coastal fishing, which supplies consumers with fresh fish caught in their own waters, predominates, producers' organisations are very weak, which means that they cannot be given such heavy responsibilities without considering the necessary financial resources. +We must listen to them, as Mr Somavia wisely noted, the present Director General of the International Labour Organisation, which four years ago was the moving spirit behind the International Conference in Copenhagen, where all the world' s Heads of State undertook to reduce poverty by half by 2015. +European SMEs which are leading in the development of the alternatives have proved that rapid phase-out of remaining ozone depleting substances promotes sustainable industries and additional ozone layer protection. +We would have to think long and hard before adopting the Commission' s opinion. We expect to hear from you that through the codecision procedure you will review the proposal for a regulation as soon as possible in the light of new scientific and quantitative detection techniques so as to enable us to better address issues such as compound foods containing genetically modified organisms or their products. +What plans does the Presidency have to start a dialogue with Parliament upon security and defence questions, and when will the Presidency's Minister of Defence make a statement upon the development of a common policy for European security and defence? +It also took a great deal of courage on the part of the Greek Government and of Prime Minister Costas Simitis to bet on the success of this change, to trust in the possibility of a good outcome and to put out its hand to Turkey and agree to do business with it just as it does business with its European partners, the members of the Union. +This is an instrument that aims to last for five years and which, thus, within a framework of multiannual programming, will enable us to give effective support to measures designed to improve conditions of reception, to promote integration and to make voluntary repatriation easier, as well as reintegration into refugees' and displaced persons' countries of origin. +On the legal security aspect, we must consider how the European Union Charter can contribute to improving the degree of protection of fundamental rights within the European Union and it is difficult to see how a non-binding text could contribute to clarifying and transcending the current system of protection. +The recommendation on quality evaluation and higher education adopted in September 1998 and a proposed recommendation on quality evaluation in school education give evidence of the importance of discussing quality of education at a European level. +I am pleased to see that the Commissioner has, along with my own Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Mr Byers, formed the impression that the European car industry has indeed taken UK consumers for a ride. But I have to say that I cannot agree with you that it is a simple exchange rate issue because it would not account for the fact that some cars cost around four thousand pounds more in the UK than they do, for example, in the Netherlands. +You were asked to clarify your solemn declaration at the end of this afternoon' s debate when you said, if I correctly understood the translation which I heard, that the Council opposed a permanent review. (I am not about to say what a permanent review is but as you were the one who said it, you should know what it means.) +An essential demand that the European Union must make is that the new Independent States respect human rights, so that democratic principles and cultural, religious, political and ethnic pluralism will increasingly take root, in order to improve people' s quality of life. +I am grateful for the way in which the Governor of Macao was spoken of, whom, moreover, I had the honour of appointing to this post when I was President of Portugal, and I can say that Governor Rocha Vieira is truly a man who has honoured Portugal and who has enabled Portugal to leave the territory of Macao with its head held high and with a clear conscience. +Taking advantage of this opportunity to speak and of the opportunity provided by the presence here of President Xanana Gusmão, I would like to state my belief that, taking into account its pressing needs and our common identity, the European Union must immediately establish special links with Timor in order to guarantee its economic and social development and independence. +We promised to increase women's participation in conflict resolution and protect women in armed conflicts, yet women still make up the overwhelming majority of those affected by armed conflict but are absent from peace negotiations and peace transition initiatives. +As you know, the European Commission drafted an announcement in 1995, in parallel to the Beijing Conference, in which it adopted gender mainstreaming in all development policies. +The European Community has the delicate task of deciding how best to proceed as regards making further progress on the one hand and considering the care, health and environment of our great great great grandchildren on the other. +I would call attention to this situation because women such as ourselves in the rich countries of the world, that is to say also in the EU, should always remember that those who make the decisions and so who also decide the fate of our sisters in the developing countries, in Kosovo, in the Balkans etc., continue to be men and that there is therefore a risk of the results of our work and of the programmes as a whole not representing women' s wishes and needs in a balanced way. +See it as an important task for you, as our male colleagues here in Parliament and as our male colleagues in the Commission, to accept your responsibility and ensure that these questions are raised to such a high level that they also become real issues in the national parliaments and the national governments and in the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +In the face of clear evidence that the French government has engaged in a devious game of cat-and-mouse with the Commission and the UK government and clearly never had any intention of removing the ban on British beef from the outset, they must now be held to account. +What interests me in this respect, in the short time available to me, is this: if you state in this compromise, in these two recitals, that testing will be carried out and that there will be a facility or duty to label, then we must be sure that this testing and this labelling will indeed be carried out if the import ban is lifted. +But once that consultation process has taken place and once the scientists in the Member States and in the agency have come to a conclusion on the appropriate way forward in any given situation, particularly with regard to a food scare, the opinion of the agency should stand, should be respected, should be followed and should not be challenged. +It is in those circumstances that the authority of such an agency will permeate throughout the European Union and will not only be a good authority in the area of safety and public health but will also provide a degree of consumer confidence that I believe is absolutely essential and will be a bedrock in the way forward. +Reducing the duration from 90 to 60 days, as proposed in Amendment No 23, would have the consequence of causing the Council to revert to the old version of the Commission proposal and exclude the period needed by the debtor for his defence. This would add some 30 days for most countries and the result would be similar to the one we now have. +The lack of evidence will oblige the Commission to follow very closely all scientific research into the potential adverse affects on human health of dietary exposure to products derived from BST-treated cows and, if necessary, make recommendations for further preventative measures. +Furthermore, I believe that it prejudices a proper and legitimate aspect of intra-European trade, threatening to reduce the movement of literature across Europe to the level of pornography sent through the post, so I am reliably informed, in unmarked brown manilla envelopes, and in the free world reducing the legitimate trade in books to the level of smuggling in and out of eastern Europe of so-called subversive literature. +It is not surprising with this record of achievement of highly able women in Kuwait that, on 16 May 1999, His Highness the Prince of the State of Kuwait issued an official decree giving the Kuwaiti woman the right of voting and of nomination to parliament, but it is parliament who has turned this down. +Mr President, Mr Michel Barnier explained here on 16 November that the Commission is following the problems caused by the floods in four départements in southern France very closely, that it deeply regrets the loss of life and that it will do its utmost, as and where it has the authority and means to do so, to ensure that the damaged areas obtain suitable support. +In order to bring this about, there will have to be a unanimous agreement in Council, and ratification by Member States, to amend the current law under which United Kingdom residents, but not Gibraltarians, have the right to vote in European elections. +The fifth direct elections to the European Parliament in mid-June and an information campaign planned by the Polish Government provide a good opportunity to enlighten the public about the significance and the aims of the forthcoming EU enlargement and of membership. +They certainly have an ecological head start in the agricultural sector. Their economic situation has meant that they have adopted farming practices somewhat different from those that we are used to in the EU. +Finally, last but not least, Cyprus. Let me begin by saying that we much appreciate, and in a sense were reassured by - I say this to Mr Bertens - the fact that President Clerides had the wisdom to avoid creating tension on the island by reconsidering the decision to deploy defensive missiles. +Furthermore, we have developed a fruitful dialogue through the committee's reports on the annual reports of the Ombudsman, beginning with the first report by Mrs Ahern, through the reports of Mr Papakyriazis, Mr Newman and, this year, Mrs De Esteban Martín. +The institution of the Ombudsman constitutes one of the most important elements for European citizenship. It is also important in improving the democratic control of the Community administration, democratic control that can be seen as the task of this House, as the body which directly represents the people of this Community. +I am convinced that cooperation between the Committee on Petitions, with its scope for intervention, and the Ombudsman, with his wide remit, will become an increasingly important factor in the promotion of democracy and the enforcement of citizens' rights in the European Union. +Not only does the Commission fully understand Parliament's concern about the delay in applying the computerised transit system, it has already had occasion to explain what it is doing in practical terms to bring the project rapidly to completion, and I am grateful to Mrs Peijs, Mr Kellett-Bowman and Mr Herman, who did us the honour of attending an initial practical demonstration of the system on 31 March. +Finally, the second paragraph of Amendment No 20 is not compatible with the general principles adopted by the Commission, the Council and Parliament in their declaration of 6 March 1995 on including financial provisions in legal instruments, and the paragraph cannot therefore be taken on board. +The next item is the report (A4-0111/99) by Mrs Schmidbauer, on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, on the Commission White Paper entitled 'Fair Payment for Infrastructure Use: A phased approach to a common transport infrastructure charging framework in the EU' (COM(98)0466 - C4-0514/98). +It also says in your report that, besides private cars being incorporated into the new charging system, an even heavier financial burden should be placed on motorists in sensitive areas - these include mountainous regions, but they also include all the major cities, such as Paris, Hamburg and Frankfurt. Your approach cannot work; if it were implemented, it would only induce many Member States, as Mr Ferber said, simply to fleece the motorist once again. +At the same time, the creation of a new international legal order with appropriate means for 'humanitarian intervention' is coming up against the implacable opposition of the major powers, including the United States, with regard to reforming the UN, and the opposition of the United States, Russia, France and China to the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. +I will not be voting in favour of the motion, which is being put forward as a compromise and which is essentially a one-sided and, on a good many points, an inaccurate analysis of the situation. The opinions and proposals it contains do very little to help find a peaceful, political and viable solution to the crisis or even to the particularly tragic problem of refugees. +If at the beginning of the Balkans crisis, dating back to the early 1990s, Europe had acted with common accord and with the courage to take unequivocal decisions as Yugoslavia began to break up, if even recently Europe had presented a unified and united front at the recent Rambouillet summit, we would not perhaps have witnessed the massacres and ethnic cleansing currently under way. +The next item is the continuation of the report (A4-0111/99) by Mrs Schmidbauer, on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, on the White Paper on fair payment for infrastructure use: a phased approach to a common transport infrastructure charging framework in the EU (COM(98)0466 - C4-0514/98). +The publication of an initial expert report on the tragedy of the Mont Blanc tunnel has added an element of farce to a tragedy which has cost more than 40 people their lives - and more bodies may yet be recovered - and which has inflamed the debate on the responsibilities that the French and Italian authorities are trying to offload on one another, making absurd and pretentious excuses. +Mr President, before we come to the end of the debate on human rights, allow me to express my delight at the decision taken by the British Home Secretary to go ahead with the extradition proceedings against General Pinochet, in line with the wishes of the European Parliament. +Too much power, poor levels of supervision and transparency, the absence of an inventory of documents received - these are some of the deficiencies in the EU institutions today, and this is especially true from the perspective of the general public. +The European Parliament and the Commission still differ strongly on certain points, including financial compensation and counselling for the victims and their families. +However, despite the positive economic trend and significant structural reforms - reform of the administration, the health service, the pension system - there are still backlogs to be compensated for in various areas: the internal market, the lack of a system to oversee state aid, and the privatisation of the major public companies. +In this case, a tenth of the Members of Parliament are involved, that is, 66 Members from all the political groups: 5 from the PSE Group, 8 from the PPE Group, 4 from the ELDR Group, 6 from the UPE Group, 6 from the GUE/NGL Group, 9 from the Green Group, 3 from the ARE Group, 15 from the I-EDN Group, and 10 Non-attached Members. +We did adopt a senior citizens' programme a few years ago, but it was blocked in the Council by the Conservative Governments of Britain and Germany on the flimsy grounds that there was no reliable legal basis and that it was ultimately a matter for national governments to pursue such a policy. +The Commission has started examining how social security systems can be adapted to demographic developments in European societies, and the income levels of older people are also being discussed. +Other factors, external to agriculture, are involved, such as labour and energy costs, regulations on the environment, the proximity of markets, and so on. Economy of scale can also bring comparative advantages, and this can be seen clearly in the United States, which has very large manufacturing units that are sometimes integrated into the starch industry. +Such refusal does not necessarily lead to a motion of censure, although it should logically lead Parliament to look at the need for one. What is more, we have done away with the anomaly in the Rules of Procedure whereby a refusal must be voted for by an absolute majority of the Members of Parliament. +The decision to grant discharge is a single act that cannot be divided up into a political decision on the discharge and a decision to close the accounts, which is to be taken at the same time. Such a division would change the institutional balance and require the Treaties to be revised. +The next item is the report (A4-0240/99) by Mr Bösch, on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the amended proposal for a Council Regulation concerning investigations conducted by the Fraud Prevention Office (COM(99)0140 - C4-0180/99-98/0329(COD)). +As we move into a new phase, a new situation where it is not the Commission or the Member States, but the Commission and the Member States, I would call on the President of the Council to study this particular issue of activities between the Court of Auditors and the national auditing bodies in future. +We would like to take the opportunity provided by the 1997 discharge document to draw attention to the fact that the necessary resources should be made available to the Committee on Budgetary Control to allow it to monitor the appropriations granted to the political groups and the expenses incurred by the secretarial services. +But if Yugoslavia is both the reality and the metaphor illustrating the difficulty - even now - of ensuring the coexistence of different ethnic groups, then we must acknowledge - as you have done - that true coexistence can only be achieved in the bosom of Europe, and not by creating small statelets which are increasingly inward-looking and ethnically homogeneous. +This offensive is also contrary to the NATO Charter, that is, the North Atlantic Treaty. NATO was a purely defensive alliance to begin with and has been converted for this particular conflict into an offensive alliance which is intervening outside its geographical sphere of action, since Yugoslavia has never fallen within the ambit of NATO. +We want to see a strong High Representative, a strong policy planning and early warning unit, a strong Commission structure with a coherent team of Commissioners dealing with external relations. +Mr President, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy considered two very important and closely related reports at the same time. One was by Mrs Piha, on the Union's northern dimension, and the other was Mr Spencer's report on the Union's strategy with respect to Russia. +As the Socialist coordinator let me say that the group will be supporting the report as it stands with the amendment from the Committee on Budgets which was voted on last night concerning the extra upgradings for the ad personams . +For that reason, I believe that we have to be able to correct distortions in staff promotion, especially as Mr Priestley has assured us that this will be a one-off occasion used to correct distortions and that in the future we will follow established practice and fully comply with the rules that promotion is to be based solely on qualifications and ability, rules which maintain the principle of transparency. +The basic aim of all these reforms was, and is - and the people should be aware of this - to increase the efficiency and transparency of Parliament. We hope to pass on to the incoming Members a House that is ready to face up to its institutional role and the challenge presented by greater awareness on the part of our fellow citizens. +Ladies and gentlemen, I have had the privilege of presiding over the work of this House in the firm belief that the best way of reducing the democratic deficit in the Union is by promoting this Parliament and raising awareness of it among the people of Europe. +I believe, with your help, particularly when we have dealt with many of the sensitive political controversies of recent months and the Conference of Presidents, we have been able to hold together, with the stresses and strains and points of emphasis that groups may wish to bring to debates, a coherent parliamentary view. +Institutional reform is on the table again and that is greatly to the credit of the German Presidency, I have to say, right from the President-in-Office's speech to Parliament in January. +It must certainly include qualified majority voting, which is not in fact a technical issue, as we all know, but a highly political issue calling into question the sovereignty of the nation states. And the agenda must certainly touch on the composition of the Commission and the way the votes are weighted. +Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, I have very carefully read and listened to the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr De Giovanni. I must take this opportunity to congratulate and thank him for his impartiality, conscientiousness and fairmindedness both in general and also as chairman of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, in which I have participated in recent years. +Even if the financial resources for the next funding period remain a little below what the Commission originally proposed, one major success is that the level of Community solidarity with the poorest and structurally weakest regions of the Union is being maintained without any cutbacks and that the Cohesion Fund is being continued. +I was foolish enough to believe that the future President of the Commission, Mr Romano Prodi, would send us an ambitious message to enable us to emerge from the institutional and political crisis that led to the resignation of the Commission, against the backdrop of the war in Kosovo. +To respond to these global challenges, we must inevitably 'reform the welfare model' and 'review ... the rules governing labour markets and professional markets to lower the barriers preventing access and ... make the employment situation more responsive to economic growth'. +In conjunction with the European elections on 13 June 1999, the European Union needs to confirm its unswerving dedication to the principles of democracy, solidarity, justice, transparency, stability and peace. +Does this mean that the Council and the Commission believe that the Union's island regions have experienced enough economic development to call into question the political will - set out a year and a half earlier at the Amsterdam Council - to give real consideration to the islands' problems? +After Parliament increased the rights of the people of Europe by incorporating a comprehensive principle of participation in the draft regulation - and this is the only basis for sustainable planning - the Council is now leaving this common concern to the discretion of the Member States. +The European Parliament raised the possibility of setting up a small group of experts on the acquis communautaire and the economic development problems facing the former Communist bloc countries, who would act in an advisory capacity in selecting measures and projects. +The additional expenditure for rural development measures is discretionary in terms of amount and use and is no substitute for the loss of purchasing power resulting from the price reductions. +Apart from the aspects involved in regulating the vineyards and the conditions for producing grapes, we also need to take account of all the rules on oenological practices, that is, the processing of wine, as well as the rules on labelling. +I am therefore seeking a political response from you, Mr President-in-Office, given that you are a minister. And I would like to know if, in the Council of Ministers, when discussing immigrants, you talk not only about security problems - which you naturally discuss in great detail, as demonstrated on a daily basis by the Austrian and German Presidencies - but also about the fact that people, along with capital, have the right to free movement. +In the framework of bilateral talks, the German Government as the presidency has on numerous occasions urged, in fact insistently urged the Ukrainian Government to change these rules for humanitarian reasons, but unfortunately Ukraine has not responded at all to these efforts. +Subject: The EU/US banana dispute Would the Council make a statement about the latest information from the WTO Disputes Panel investigating the EU banana regime and about the response that it will make to the Panel's conclusions? +I include in my thanks all the staff who helped us reach a compromise that includes three of Parliament's principal objectives: a horizontal legal instrument, a single financial instrument, the FIFG, and a basic regulation finally covering all the financial structural measures. +For instance, we need continuity of measures to maintain a modern, safe and competitive fleet or measures that have proved to be extremely effective instruments of fisheries policy, such as joint enterprises with third countries. These are drained of content by the Commission's proposal, when they could be an excellent formula for cooperation with third countries, as will surely be demonstrated in the future in the case of Morocco. +We must praise the Commission, the Council presidency, Mr Funke, and also Parliament for the progress made in one area; Mr Fischler, you took a long time to put forward such a good proposal, and you refused to withdraw the old one for a long time. +They have also called upon the social partners to engage in negotiation with a view to reaching agreement at every level to promote adaptability by balancing flexibility for workplaces with security for workers. +Mr President, on page 8 of the Minutes, under the heading 'Approval of the President-designate of the Commission', there is a record of Parliament's vote approving the designation of Mr Prodi by the Heads of State and Government. It says that the President congratulated the elected President. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, as chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs I am naturally pleased, along with all the other Members who have spoken, that there has been a successful outcome and that the presidency has been able to tell us that the Schengen agreement has now been integrated into the Treaty on European Union. +The second area where I agree with her is that in the issue of opting in or opting out we have to give the consumer the right to opt out, but to prescribe what may, or may not, be put on the Net is so to restrict the expansion of this traffic that we would have a harmful effect within the single market itself. +It is a strange political move to ask the Council to do something that we apparently do not wish to respect. This goes against the Treaties, our own Rules of Procedure, the case-law of the Court of Justice and even common sense, which tells us that, in legal terms, an act is an act and only has the value of that formal act. +The Cohesion Fund is a separate consideration, because it is based on funding by project and not by programme. It may be separate, but it has a determining role in that its aim is economic and social cohesion, one of the missions of the European Union. +Since we seek budgetary restraint as far as the EU is concerned and advocate a lean financial perspective with well-founded priorities, we oppose the suggested increases in the EU's budget for the coming years. We voted in favour of referral back to committee. +There are those such as Shimon Peres or some of his colleagues in the Labour Party who really do follow a clear political line in that respect, and that is why we should now express the hope that the Israeli side will declare unequivocally that it desires peace and that it will now halt the various repressive measures which have been taking place with regrettable regularity since the seizure of power and since the appointment of Mr Netanyahu as Prime Minister will now stop. +Mr President, the Palestinians have taken a courageous decision, and it is my wish that the Israeli Government - the present one and, I hope, its successor too - will take similarly courageous decisions, because we need a sovereign Palestinian State, we need the utmost respect for the sovereignty of Lebanon and Syria and, of course, for the sovereignty and security of Israel on the basis of a reconciliation process, as we heard from Otto von Habsburg, with whom I do not always entirely agree, but I am one hundred per cent behind him today. +The arrest of a number of leaders of the opposition outside the borders of Djibouti, notably in Ethiopia and Yemen, their extradition to Djibouti and their imprisonment, the conditions in which they are being detained, the absence of a trial and of lawyers, the particularly difficult and distressing conditions of their imprisonment: we are aware of all these things and it is clear that we cannot allow this to happen. +So the objective of the resolution we have submitted is to get the Statute ratified by at least 60 countries by the end of the year 2000, so that the International Criminal Court can start to function in that year. The resolution further calls upon the Council to include this objective on the agenda of the European Council in Cologne. +This is an appeal to the sense of responsibility of those able to take advantage of this freedom, but it is also a challenge to the national authorities to find intelligent ways of stopping these freedoms from being abused, which is harmful to the public interest and creates particular problems for the tax system and the collection of taxes. +I am also glad that we are resisting 'EU nationalism' by not restricting ourselves to European culture alone. Countries outside Europe will be included, so that we can draw on cultural knowledge from around the world. +The events of recent months, particularly in Asia - which Commissioner Gradin mentioned - are of great concern since the very positive effort made by the textile industry to become more modern and competitive and to have the best possible position and share of the international market may be ruined in a very short space of time. +the report of the European Council and the declaration of the Commission on the Cologne European Council meeting of 3 and 4 June, -the declaration of the Council concerning the six months of the German Presidency. +Unlike 1991/92, the EU pursued a common line in the Balkans this time, which can be explained by the fact that the European States had at last recognised that it was not just about moral duty or the future of a region on the periphery of Europe, but about their own security, indeed our collective security. +At first, the German Chancellor stirred up the question of net contributions and the overhaul of the financial framework, particularly in the German public arena, and then, when it came to solving these problems, he failed miserably. +To this end, I would like to ask Minister Fischer if he envisages, apart from the conclusions of Cologne, a short or medium-term perspective on allowing accession to those countries which have not signed up to Article 5 of the amended Treaty of Brussels, that is, the mutual assistance clause which binds countries which are currently Members of the Western European Union. +The second reason though, and this was clearly demonstrated again by the war in Kosovo, and perhaps the various lessons history has taught us also have a role to play here, particularly in central Europe, is that there can only be one form of security for this continent. We cannot permit nationalism, racism, and what amounts to a primitive and crude form of fascism, to take hold on this continent. +Furthermore, we confirmed the decision taken by the Heads of Member States and Governments in the General Affairs Council to set up an agency responsible for the rebuilding of the region, and we decided to hold a South-Eastern Europe Stability Pact Summit in Sarajevo. +It is important to point out, as the Foreign minister made clear in her speech, that together, the internal reform of the Union and the strengthening of civil societies all over Europe will form the cornerstone of EU development in the future. +I would like to end, Mr President, with a question to the President-in-Office of the Council of Foreign Ministers: If Turkey cannot give assurances for Öçalan's life and if Turkey does not take steps to ensure the political rights of the Kurds, then does the Finnish Presidency believe that Turkey should proceed to the preaccession stage in Helsinki? +Furthermore, the Council asked the Commission to monitor the effective and uniform implementation of these EU early warning systems and, if it was appropriate, to make recommendations regarding how they might be improved, and give consideration to how much the existing monitoring systems should be extended to cover all situations. +With regard to the infringement procedures, I can report to you that the Commission has introduced, on the basis of Article 226 of the EC Treaty, summary infringement proceedings against Belgium, since it failed in its obligation to inform the Commission and Member States immediately regarding the dioxin cases and did not fully transpose Decision 1999/389. +I do not want to go so far as to say that the last five years have seen an upswing in renationalisation but certainly, in that time, the Council has not become any more audacious when it has come down to, for example, in view of the obvious conclusions to be drawn from the BSE crisis, proposing real European goals which could then also be safeguarded and sanctioned. +Secondly, I wish to point out that the third Annex contains the composition of the committees of delegations, and I would like to ask whether yesterday, when we took a vote on this issue - which is what apparently happened - whether the lists with the names and the composition were available or whether we took a vote without knowledge of the composition. I consider this to be an unheard of sequence of events if no appropriate submission was forthcoming. +It will then be inserted into the Rules of Procedure, but if this interpretation is opposed tomorrow, before the Minutes of the current sitting are adopted, by a political group or by at least 32 Members, in accordance with Rule 180(4) of the Rules of Procedure, the matter will then be immediately referred to our House for a decision, as is usual, by simple majority vote, with at least one third of members in attendance. +This is why the priority of my group is to get rid of them and to subject the Commission to common law before investigating other solutions such as the institution of a European Public Prosecutor, which would satisfy the Federalist hobby horses but would not contribute a great deal more in relation to the powers of OLAF in the fight against fraud. +Do not oblige me to mention any names, but I do not have to look far to see people in these very seats who now applaud the proposal to create a European Public Prosecutor, but who had no hesitation in voting against it when Mrs Theato and myself proposed it a couple of years ago, anticipating that this would require going ahead with the creation of a European judicial area and amending the Treaties. +Twisting the arms of the European Parliament' s politicians, steamrollering through ideas such as common defence, common taxation and a common policy on social benefits (which, into the bargain, it is recommended be reduced); bulldozing policies like these through, irrespective of how the populations in Europe see things. +I again referred to this matter yesterday when the Minutes of the Friday sitting of the last part-session were adopted. Now, the Minutes state that I clarified my remarks (but do not go on to state what I actually said) and then list at the back who' s who in the Bureaux of these joint parliamentary committees. +The only means of stressing this responsibility for improving the administration as well as for improving the supervision of the financial management is to delegate this power and responsibility to lower levels. +It is a matter of the possibility and the necessity of giving a clear sign here that we take the sphere of security and justice seriously, that the point is to prepare material for the Tampere Summit in the interests of the security and freedom of the citizens of Europe. This is essential. +Madam President, Commissioner-designate Vitorino pointed out at the hearing that the purpose of preparing a Charter for human rights should not only be that of finding a common denominator between Member States. Rather, the Charter should be an independent declaration of rights. +I believe, finally, Madam President, that the objectives of the European Council meeting in Tampere are very ambitious, but I believe that by simply being ambitious in our efforts to turn this area of freedom, security and justice into reality, we will persuade the citizens of the European Union to see our work as an effective instrument with which to confront their problems. +- (ES) I have given my positive vote to the Commission presided over by Mr Prodi, firstly, because the President clearly has the characteristics required to meet the challenges which the European Union must face on the threshold of the third millennium, and because, in general, the Commissioners have given evidence of their ability to respond to those challenges in an effective way. +Mr President, this "burden of the future" which you talked about years ago in the Committee on Budgets, is now the burden of the present, because I believe that we have ignored your "warning" and we have not been sufficiently strong as a Parliament to prevent this false saving on the part of the Council, which presents a payment budget while carefully forgetting that the commitments have to be fulfilled. +But it is also in the interests of the Commission itself that the proposals, both with regard to financial responsibility and as regards the structure of the Agency for Reconstruction, are urgently revised by Parliament, for making the resources available is not in itself sufficient to make the undertaking efficient, transparent and responsible. +Our group welcomes the fact that, as Mr Wynne said, the Council has certainly been quick to take up the Committee on Budgets' idea and to look into the agricultural guarantee fund' s underspending. +The Council and the Commission must extend the suspension of support in terms of economic and military co-operation because the human rights argument makes no impression on Indonesia, Mr President. The arguments that really affect them are those of economic sanctions and military concerns. +If her strategy consists of discrediting the Spanish Government with falsities and furthermore displaying a deceitful, irrational and irresponsible sectarianism, she is showing a clear incapacity to understand her mission in this Parliament - which is not to exploit the tragic death of a child - then it is truly worrying that her job has started in this way. +In view of the fact that the Amsterdam Treaty accords the highest priority to the protection of human health and given the fact that the European Parliament now has powers of codecision under the Treaty can the Council assure the House that any proposal to be considered on the multi-use trial contact lens will be brought before the House for our consultation and approval? +Subject: Situation in Kosovo During two and a half months since the introduction of KFOR into Kosovo, not only has there been no progress in calming the situation in the region and promoting a climate of stability, security and peaceful co-existence among the populations, but the unstable situation created by the NATO bombings has been further inflamed and exacerbated. +I share the objections regarding the choice of where to base the Agency in question - Pristina in our opinion and not Thessaloniki - as well as the objections regarding the unilateral possibility, or so it seems - in the Council' s opinion - of extending the activities of the Agency itself to other regions of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia without even consulting Parliament beforehand. +As is the case with all other existing Community agencies, the Commission proposes that Member States be represented on the governing board so that their presence ensures full coordination of the European Union' s activities with those carried out in the field by Member States. +There are a lot of on-going problems. 70% of the West Bank and Gaza territory is still occupied by the army, the status of Jerusalem has not been established, there is the question of the Israeli settlements and the confiscation of land and water, more than 2,200 political prisoners are still incarcerated and there is the issue of the Palestinian refugees from the first exodus in 1948 and 1967 who amount to around four million. +In paragraph 4(1) and 4(2), Parliament requests that the number of its representatives in the "forum" who have the task of drafting the Charter, should be equal to the number of representatives of Member States; that is to say, at least fifteen. At the same time, it is doing away with the need for national parliaments by suggesting that all that is required is "the appropriate consultation of the leaders of those Parliaments" . +Let us hope that what we have seen graphically demonstrated, indeed movingly in this Chamber this afternoon, and the genuinely humane gestures undertaken by both Greeks and Turks in recent weeks, will lead to the strengthening of relations between the two neighbours and between Turkey and the European Union. +But even the extension of the mandate of the OSCE mission in terms of finance and personnel should be checked seriously, and I request Mr Kinnock to assign Mr Patten to report to us in the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the results of this verification, so that we can reach further conclusions. +The first one - and I say this as a medical historian - concerns the fact that, in a continent that has been destroyed by colonisation, which is the case with Africa, it is not an accident that the AIDS epidemic has occurred, but rather it is a consequence of the impoverishment of that continent, and therefore we are responsible, as the former colonial power, for helping Africa. +Although it is clear that the technical potential available from wind power and solar energy, from biomass, from water power and from geothermal energy could cover considerably more than 12% of energy consumption by 2010, we know that achieving just this 12% will require great efforts, judging by growth rates in the past. +My points are that firstly, as for today' s discussion on the proposal to set the improvement of energy intensity of final consumption at 1.5% a year - via an amendment to Recital 15 and to Article 1 - I think this goal is certainly ambitious but not very realistic. It is also harmful for the users who have successfully, and with notable efforts, reached the targets set out in the SAVE 1 programme (1991-1995). +Once approved, this programme will become an important component of the multiannual framework programme for energy, providing a greater degree of transparency and better coordination of our programmes in the energy industry, allowing Parliament to fulfil its monitoring role in the interests of European citizens. +And not only is bilateral support from some countries being used - since bilateral cooperation with countries of Central and Eastern Europe is also taking place - but we should take into account the support which they receive via the SAVE programme and other Community programmes, by means of which companies are contracted - which are involved in such areas as support, instruction, education and the spread of good practice - and, clearly, amongst them there are companies from the European Union. +I will certainly not join the European institutions in their displays of self-satisfaction as they have even had the effrontery to claim that they contributed significantly to the defeat of the apartheid regime in South Africa, whilst in fact, the great powers, including European ones, were overwhelmingly responsible for keeping a notorious regime in power for such a long time. +Just now, in the Commission meeting which has just finished, Commissioner Bolkenstein summarised, in a way I believe to be absolutely correct and precise, why there are some items of fiscal policy which do not need to be harmonised, which thrive on diversity, for example personal income taxes. +As you will see from the new flow chart of my Directorate-General, this a citizen' s service, which really puts itself at the service of the citizen, and which aims to answer all the questions and meet all the requests citizens may put to it. It does this by using, as Mrs Cederschiöld requested, the most up-to-date technology, but also falls back on the printed word when no other means can be used. +It is therefore important to understand the difference that exists at the moment between problems caused by applications which cannot be met because of budgetary considerations and the processing of commitments, where the situation, despite difficulties at the beginning of the year, has improved; and it is worth remembering that some of the problems at the beginning of the year had a little to do with the lateness of receipt of commitments in December. +It is truly incredible that this behaviour should reoccur and that every time there is a question from a Member, especially a Socialist, the Popular Party uses Question Time to hide the shame of its government and does not ask the corresponding Commissioner a question. +Today' s discussions are taking place at a time when relations between the European Union and Turkey have the opportunity to pursue a new course: exactly two months before the European Council meeting in Helsinki, which is expected to make important decisions with regard to the enlargement process as a whole and with regard to Turkey in particular. +Madam President, there is a rather serious problem. This motion for a resolution says in paragraph 15 in the Italian version that 'religious authorities are invited to cooperate fully in implementing prevention programmes and to participate constructively in the AIDS prevention scheme' . +I believe both the EU and Member State Governments must further tighten and control the overall operation of the genetic research area and, in particular, the implementation of programmes that do not fully conform to established ethical, environmental and consumer guidelines. +Mr President, I am very pleased that the European Parliament is working intensively on the situation of Macedonia, for we must clarify that Macedonia is the European country which is at present most endangered by the instability of its neighbours. On the other hand, it has made exceptional progress in the peaceful resolution of problems with minorities and tensions with the neighbouring countries. +We hope to convince them by means of negotiation that the most effective way for them to attract direct external investment, the special access route to technology and international markets, is first to create a safe and predictable framework for foreign investors, whether they come from industrialised countries or from other emergent nations. +Work in the area of crisis management is in total harmony with the neutrality or non-alignment policy of Member States. +During the last legislature I asked the Council to make an effort to look after the safety of Parliament' s employees and of the people of Brussels. I would also like to take this opportunity to request the Council to create a safety initiative which is for Brussels and against crime in the city. +As has happened in the past, when this House, the Council, various heads of state and world public opinion mobilised to obtain a stay of execution, we once again have to do everything in our power to save the life of this victim of racist hatred and of an egregious perversion of justice. +We appreciate the efforts of the Belarus government and opposition to initiate a constructive dialogue in order to agree on acceptable conditions for fair and free elections, and thereby restore the rule of law in the country. +Mr President, after almost twenty years and despite the commitment of the Italian magistracy and the association of the victims' families, we still do not know the truth about the Ustica tragedy, a tragedy which affected Italian public opinion and also the wider European public opinion. +Finally, two factual corrections; firstly, our Amendment No 6 makes it clear, when we are calling for the plant not to be reopened until an investigation has taken place, that we are talking about the conversion plant and not the reprocessing plant in Tokaimura, which is a separate plant on a separate site operated by a separate company... +Madam President, it was always the wish of our colleagues in the Committee on Fisheries that we should no longer only ever discuss fisheries issues on Fridays, and we have heard that there is still sufficient time on Thursday afternoon to discuss one issue. +Worldwide electronic communications and business traffic in the field of information technology services are increasingly becoming more important products, and services in the field of information technologies will increase by over 100% within the European Union between now and the year 2001. +Whilst the budget lines under the responsibility of the Committee of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy are not great in monetary terms, they play a vital role in facilitating the development of the Union' s policies, and particularly in bringing closer to the Union and realising the needs and desires of the ordinary citizens. +Yet, as a percentage of the gross domestic product of the Union, the volume of the Council' s draft budget is less than that of the Commission' s preliminary draft budget, which was already less than that of the Berlin Agreement which in turn was less than the ceiling set by the Edinburgh Agreements. +I accept totally the need to streamline and introduce efficiencies in the management of this scheme and others and to improve value for money, but a more effective way in terms of amending the budget would be to outline improvements and provide an implementation plan for the future. +Regarding the method, I wonder why on earth Parliament, in discussing the 1998 report of the European Central Bank, feels the need to include its approbation of a specific measure which the European Central Bank will give an account of in its next report - the 1999 report. +Yesterday, both the head economist of the Central Bank, Mr Issing, and Vice-President Noyer implied that a fresh increase in taxation is imminent. Does this not maybe prove that the decision taken in April was wrong, given that in the meantime there has been no unexpected shock? +Having said that, I feel bound to object in particular to the virtual declaration of war against the workers and the unemployed of the European Union in the form of the objective declared by Mr Noyer, the Vice-President of the ECB, when he speaks, and I quote, of the need to "reduce rigidities in labour markets" or even for "a break with often deeply rooted habits and allegedly acquired rights" . +First, we are not planning or expecting any change concerning distribution, as between NGOs and UN organisations and other organisations, driven by our management or policy We respond to appeals and crises and use whichever organisation is able to do a good job in the specific circumstances. +With regard to the part of the question concerned with the role to be played in what we are doing by members of the parliaments concerned - and that is another way of looking at the question - I want to say that the debate itself, the very dialogue between the Commission and Parliament about the policy we are to pursue, is for me the decisive factor, and it is from there that we get the decisive inspiration. +My country is not asking for much: simply that each member of the world community plays its part in the task, in accordance with the principle of shared responsibility, and that we can all meet the costs of lasting solutions within the bounds of the available possibilities and resources. +A step forward has been taken with regard to the fourth liberty of the Treaty of Rome: the access to justice beyond national boundaries, thanks to the mutual recognition of sentences, the possibility of fighting organised crime and money-laundering beyond national boundaries. +In the area of access to justice we need mutual recognition to be accompanied by common minimum standards and it would have been good to see something about the rights of people to get bail when they are criminal defendants in a state other than their own. +Earlier this year the European Council in Cologne decided to establish a chapter for fundamental rights which will bring together in one comprehensive document all the fundamental rights applicable at European Union level in order to make these rights more visible to its citizens. +This means that the constituent elements of particular criminal offences are to be defined, that substantive criminal law is to be harmonised, that there is to be mutual recognition of court judgements, that EUROJUST is to be set up and that there is to be protection for the victims of crime: all in all, a full range of measures signifying that the summit was a success. +In addition, the Union seems unable to formulate a strategy to combat the social causes of immigration and to provide aid to the countries of origin so as to reduce pressure on the European Union. +In the final seconds of this debate I would like to highlight judicial construction and the fact that the citizens, in addition to security, the police and the fight against crime, wish to know that justice is on their side, in any part of Europe, and that they will find justice before any judge. +The European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs eventually withdrew the relevant section of the draft resolution so as not to get into trouble with Mr Duisenberg, and the European Parliament has just backed up this withdrawal. +Contrary to the current tendency to deregulate everything, the European Union can, if it wants, provide itself with instruments which will allow it to promote just such a policy, from the taxation of speculative transactions to the establishment of selective credit which will stimulate job creation and discourage mass redundancies. +For my Group, the Union for a Europe of Nations, the context of this matter is rather delicate because there is the danger, on the one hand, of setting the premises for restricted competition and, on the other hand, limiting the actions of the Member States in this field, and this conflicts with the principle of subsidiarity. +At a particularly eventful and critical time in the international arena, rejection by the one and only de facto superpower has raised a fundamental issue; that is, the need to reaffirm the political will of the civilised world to monitor effectively the production and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. +The four-star general, Lee Butler, who was responsible for American strategic nuclear weapons and who has had his finger on the button for many years, is entirely convinced that the very existence of nuclear weapons, which can be triggered not only through political decisions but also through technical mistakes, is a very serious matter. +Mr President, unfortunately, I have to leave for a meeting with the President of the European Parliament, and, for that reason, I would like to say now that, as Mr Patten of the Commission said in his excellent speech, the Union will not accept terrorism, but neither can we in any event accept the disproportionate use of force. In no circumstances is it acceptable. +When I examine the Joint Declaration of the Summit on Chechnya - the most important matter at the moment in our cooperation with Russia - I see that it says that the European Union and the Russian Federation exchanged viewpoints about the situation in the North Caucasus. +This is not just a deserved tribute to culture, but it is also an objective political assessment which springs, in particular, from the knowledge that we have a State - Turkey - as an interlocutor, which is still a long way from fully upholding human rights and the principles of freedom and democracy which the European Unions is based on. +Mr President, Commissioner, the fisheries agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco is by far the most important ever signed by the European Union by virtue of the number of Community vessels which it affects, the fishing opportunities which it opens up and the jobs which depend directly on it, more than 8,000 fishermen and 20, 000 workers. +Parliament, this very morning, fulfilled its obligation to include in the 2000 budget an item of EUR 125 million, which had not been envisaged in the Financial Perspective negotiated in Berlin, in accordance with the interinstitutional agreement between the Council and Parliament, but which is fundamental to the starting of the negotiations. +He did not use the gimmicks that we have seen recently: the Liberal Democrat dragging a sack of British beef through the airport, hoping that some hapless customs officer would arrest her for a photo opportunity, or the Tories storming the Bastille two weeks ago in Paris, again for a photo opportunity. +My group colleague, Mr Graefe zu Baringdorf, referred once or twice in his speech to "English" beef but of course the UK consists of four distinct countries and in Scotland, where I come, from the beef farmers are rightly entitled to feel badly treated because we did not have a significant BSE problem in the first place. +From the legal point of view, it is obvious that the French act of 1 July 1998, establishing the Agency for food safety, infers that France has sovereign power to safeguard the health of its citizens. +There may be teething problems along the way but it will be the challenge of all of us involved in establishing the legislation for that agency to ensure that the competences of each of the various institutions - whether they be at Community level or at Member State level - properly interact and that each side knows exactly where their competence begins and ends. +The fact that you are now telling us that compulsory labelling going back to animals' place of birth will not be implemented until 2003 - Mr Böge has already touched on this - well, in my opinion that is partly to blame for this whole cankerous BSE crisis. +Proposals in relation to labelling are before Parliament, as you say, under Article 152 which is a co-decision procedure and you are correct to say that those labelling provisions provide for information in relation to the animal from birth so that thorough labelling arrangements are a valuable tool. +From the point of view of individual Member States, there is a risk, not of inflation, but of excessive nominal pay increases, which will lead to a sharp decline in competitiveness and profitability in business and, consequently, to job losses. +All the participants agreed on the need to maintain price stability and negotiate wage agreements which are compatible with the objective of continuing the process of consolidating the budgets - in accordance with each country' s stability programmes - and of completing the structural reforms in accordance with the Luxembourg and Cardiff processes. +In order to nullify this inadequate exemption rule, the Commission drafted a White Paper in 1997 and made an announcement in 1998 which included a draft directive reviewing the working time directive. +This is a five-year plan which aims to reduce road deaths, the amount of traffic on the roads and to ensure that the quality of vehicles on the road meet the highest possible standards to protect the environment. +What we have to guarantee is that the proper level of health care and health protection can be given to patients in the health service and also, that junior doctors are given the highest possible level of training with proper standards for their working conditions and working time - this will mean a reduction in the amount of hours that are worked - and also, the other so-called duties which they are obliged to carry out merely to deliver the service. +And to this end we need a clear legal framework, a legal framework for the internal market, with principles, which radiates into other policies and by means of which the citizens may have a clear idea of what has been done over the last 50 years and which now, through these initiatives, we believe will have an absolutely guaranteed future role. +I should also like to mention our sense - like yours - that the ordinary citizens need to see an increase in the speed and efficiency of infringement proceedings against defaulting Member States where the rights of European Union citizens exercised within the internal market are impinged upon or denied. +(A5-0045/1999) by Mr Menrad, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the proposal for a Council Decision establishing the Employment Committee [COM(1999)0440 - C5-0173/1999 - 1999/0192(CNS)] and on the proposal from the Commission: Guidelines for Member States' Employment Policies 2000 [COM(1999)0441 - C5-0147/1999 - 1999/0816(CNS)]; +Let us get back to basics and realise that it is not possible to have a better employment policy if, after the phase of economic and monetary convergence, we do not wish to establish full social and fiscal convergence, with standards common to all the States of the Union. +Thanks to the constructive proposals for employment policies of Member States for the year 2000, proposals based on a fair analysis of the joint report on employment, Mr Menrad' s report outlines the route to be taken for Europe to maximise the potential of its extraordinary human capital. +Various analyses have shown that the Member States have taken many sensible initiatives, that they are taking workers' initial and further training more seriously than before and that new jobs have been created by means of this employment policy, and above all, Mr Brie, in the services sector. +The European Commission is quite right in its report to criticise lack of progress on employment for these disadvantaged groups within the Member States and to call for greater mainstreaming in our employment programmes linked to measures to combat discrimination. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0041/1999) on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time to cover sectors and activities excluded from that Directive (8642/1/1999 - C5-0036/1999 - 1998/0318(COD) (Committee on Employment and Social Affairs) (rapporteur: Mrs Smet) +It is precisely because I agree that I believe this Parliament should use this occasion to signal to the Court of Auditors its intense disquiet at the fact that a document of substance of the sort prepared by the Court should, whether correct or incorrect in terms of its content, have found its way into Der Spiegel of 8 November. +I am referring to the fact that the common position contains references to health in terms of physical, mental and social well-being, to quality of life and to violence as a violation of human rights, and, in particular, to the fact that this programme also covers victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. +The programme rests firmly upon the recognition of the need to uphold human rights whether those of children under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 or those of women as expressed in the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action in 1995. +I consider that coupling this initiative with the perspective opened by Tampere will lead in the near future to common definitions, common penal procedures and common sanctions that will be applied by Member States to the crimes of trafficking in human beings and to crimes against children. +Mr President, Commissioner, in April 1999, the European Parliament adopted at first reading its legislative resolution on the Commission proposal establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Union. +The fundamental problem before us may be summed up simply as follows: either the system of own resources is referred to us under co-participation, as part of the package of measures which Parliament is asking the IGC to deal with so as to make it, as it were, more democratic, with greater participation, or else, unfortunately, all we can do on this point is note that the ball is in the Council' s court and will stay there for a long time if our proposals are not taken into consideration. +Reference has been made to the internal market, and this is the most important environment in which we now operate: here the large subsidies for coal and nuclear energy must be ended and support for renewables as an important aspect of environmental policy must be made realistic. +However, this generally positive assessment of the directive notwithstanding, I believe that numerous matters still remain unresolved, such as full application of the new arrangements to third country nationals resident in the European Union and to persons living together outside close, traditional family arrangements. +If there were just one thing to bear in mind, this would be the interest of the children, and I have my doubts as to whether it would be in the interest of the children if Parliament were to adopt these two amendments. Children are the ones with a lot to gain from the rapid implementation of regulations acknowledging their simple right not to have to endure the choice of their parents to live in different European countries. +We are at the stage of consulting the committees, made up particularly of the other Member States, and I shall therefore be able, by the end of the year, to propose a final, official decision for the approval of the Objective 2 zoning plan for your country, and also, probably, for the other three countries which were covered by the Commission' s initial decision on 26 October. +Subject: Violence against women Measures designed to tackle violence against women are often of a curative nature and target women and girls, e.g. support for hostels where women can seek refuge with their children, and rehabilitation of victims of violence. +And secondly: What do you think about the pressure which the United States administration is putting on some European companies - I am referring to the Spanish Sol Meliá chain and other companies such as the Club Méditérranée and the German company LTU - and what measures, in your opinion, should the European Union take? +However, the difficult opening also means, and we should not fool ourselves, that the old consensus which influenced the interplay between open world trade and binding trade rules and which always assumed that there was an essentially positive influence on national developments has since begun to crumble. +The citizens and non-governmental organisations and companies of the European Union will follow negotiations in Seattle more intently than ever before and will focus their attention on the questions of whether world trade is generally becoming fairer, more socially-conscious and more well-balanced and whether it can take into account the interests of every party. +In the agricultural sector specifically, the results of Berlin must be the absolute lower limit in the negotiations since the situation of small rural family enterprises and of farmers in difficult geographical areas should not be disregarded. +Firstly, formalise the principle whereby these negotiations must be of use to disadvantaged countries and populations, affirming the right of the European Union and the Member States to defend their development policy and specific agreements with the ACP and the refusal to let the Lomé Conventions be challenged by the WTO. +Otherwise, we might end up in an American world which only defends commerce with verve, but overlooks the other values of the European dream, namely solidarity alongside competitiveness and responsibility alongside economic growth. Surely it cannot be our intention to render everything subordinate to the one paradigm, which is to be disseminated from Seattle to the rest of the world? +As the other sides unfortunately lag far behind, the EU needs the backing of the NGOs in its work to transform the WTO into a sustainable organisation in the areas of the environment, health and social welfare. +We are agreed that, before the European Union is enlarged to include new States, there must be a basic reform to maintain the efficiency of the European Union and also, I would say, to improve the transparency of decisions on European policy and the ability to supervise these. +At the same time, there is no reason why it should not be possible to discuss the issue at the meeting of the health ministers and, in that way, then try to create some type of, not perhaps cooperation, but contacts, and perhaps exchange information from different countries in an attempt to develop the methods concerned in different EU countries. +Subject: Growing federalism in EU decision making Speaking in Strasbourg in July as a representative of the country currently holding the Presidency of the Council, Finland=s Foreign Minister stated one of Finland=s objectives as being to ensure that the Union had a common will, a common policy and a common voice. +The Committee on Constitutional Affairs has, in fact, adopted three amendments by Mr Méndez de Vigo, which, for the purposes of the implementation of the interinstitutional agreement within Parliament, give a special role to Parliament' s President herself, to whom all information regarding the Members will be sent. +We can also accept the principle of amendment No 6 which makes it clear that there is only a match if fingerprints are identical and not if they are just similar, and we accept also the principle of amendment No 12 which is intended to make it clear that data must never be sent to an asylum applicant's country of origin or used within a Member State for an unrelated purpose. +There must be full and correct application of the resolutions of the United Nations Organisation and the Special Session and, Mr President, Commissioner, a special anti-drugs clause which commands the same respect as and is on a par with the human rights clause should be included in all agreements with third countries. +In the agreements on intellectual property, Europe must resist the patenting of living organisms, it must guarantee that derogations to the general trade regulations for medicinal products used to fight AIDS and other serious diseases indicated by the WHO are maintained. +I condemn the Conservative group in this Parliament who sought to remove development considerations from the proposed Standing Forum with the ILO, and incredibly sought to remove from our objectives, achieving "fair and socially balanced" as well as free trade. +2 - The revision centres on an agenda that essentially only concerns issues of decision-making power and a corresponding new balance between Member States, which will reduce, in the name of fairness, the weight of economically less developed States in favour of the more economically powerful ones, to which it is being attempted to give the mechanisms for strengthening their influence. +I shall vote in favour of the resolution asking for a moratorium on capital punishment, since it is the best on offer, but I consider that not having the courage to take up a stance in favour of the immediate and unconditional abolition of capital punishment is an abdication of responsibility in the face of barbarism. +Secondly, it is no longer the Yugoslavian army in Kosovo, but our armies, which on the one hand are completing a fantastic undertaking in reconstruction, in protecting people, bringing law and order, in every respect and on the other hand are despairing because they are not able to really protect the people that they should protect and that they would have wanted to protect. +The report we have before us is quite excellent in what it says on a number of matters, and it points out with some clarity that, if we do not step up the war against the drug barons and financiers and their money laundering, then the constitutional states, our populations and our youth will lose out in this war. +I understand that you have today written to the Ombudsman but I wish to know when the Members of this Parliament are going to have the opportunity to respond to the Ombudsman' s request for comments in his own-initiative inquiry. +We need a material policy which Turkey can verify and which allows it to head along the right path: the path towards the rule of law, good neighbourliness and peaceful coexistence, as well as towards a withdrawal from military operations everywhere, especially in Cyprus and on the Kurdish question. +Mrs Halonen only just managed to fit in a mention of information society - I think right in the last sentence of her speech - and yet, according to a paper that I received from the Commission last week, we are to have an e-Europe initiative presented at Helsinki, a paper entitled "Information Society for All" . +People and their basic rights are therefore removed by means of a treaty from the powers of disposal of the other party to the treaty, despite the fact that we have always taken the view that insisting on human rights does not represent interference in the internal affairs of a country. +Be that as it may, Turkey still has the death penalty: well, while it is hard to change the mentality of the police and change the situation in the prisons, a law is, nevertheless, sufficient and a parliamentary vote is sufficient to abolish the death penalty, which is what many countries in the European Union have done. +I do not know this evening what the decision will be in Helsinki next week, but I am firmly convinced that the decision which the European Parliament has to take on these two regulations will impact on the outcome of future discussions and on the decision taken by the European Council in a week' s time. +As a consequence of the desire expressed by the European Parliament at the first reading, the Commission is at present taking the first steps to include light goods vehicles' fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in the legislation concerning type approval. This applies therefore to vehicles in category M1. +The first two amendments are to the recitals and state that the aid for tomato processing is important and that the quota is insufficient. The third amendment states that the Commission will submit, before the start of the next marketing year, a proposal for moving from quotas to thresholds. +With regard to the problem of dual price display, I agree with the idea that we should set a date from which the dual display of prices is absolutely compulsory. This is the only way to start making any comparison. +The House will recall the positive opinion on the substance of the measures and resolution of 25 October 1996, the Gallagher report, and its opinion of 26 April 1998 on the implementation of technical measures in the common fisheries policy. +The regulation would doubtless improve if her thoughts and criticisms concerning the limited budget allocated to the regulation and the exclusion from the common organisation of the markets of almost all of our aquaculture, amongst other things, were taken into account. It will also improve if her partial criticism of the standards relating to consumer information and to its defence of tariff suspensions when there is Community production, is heeded. +The first is that the European Union has not been recompensed for its efforts and that we certainly cannot hope for anything from the Turkish Government on account of the fact that since the implementation of the Customs Union agreements, no real progress has been made, according to some of our colleagues. +I am sorry that the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection did not want to seek a reasonable compromise based on the principle of realism. +The agenda covers the issues left unresolved at Amsterdam; that is, the size and composition of the Commission, the weighting of votes in the Council, and the possible increase in qualified majority decisions in the Council as well as other issues relating to the Union institutions in connection with these matters. +A lack of transparency has been a particular source of trouble for decision making in the Council, and Finland, as the country holding the Presidency, has initiated new practices to increase transparency, practices which we would hope will become established before proper rules are drafted. +We cannot nor must not, however, leave disciplined budgetary policy to the responsibility of the Committee on Budgets: it is naturally the Council of Presidents and the chairmen of the political groups that bear the greatest responsibility, especially where Parliament is concerned. +The Finnish Presidency dealt with a huge agenda; the Summit was a success, a good conclusion to 1999 and, with the Millennium Declaration, a good start for the future. +The objective of the Commission' s proposal is that the sum of EUR 26 million should be distributed amongst the Member States based on a criterion, on a distribution scale that, above all, takes into account the number of requests for asylum that each Member State has received in the last three years and the number of refugees that have been in each Member States over the last three years. +I think that, in the final analysis, road pricing might also reduce mobility costs, if the objectives are achieved, namely fewer traffic jams, fewer accidents, and above all, more environmental protection, not only in relation to air pollution and noise but in many other areas too. +I therefore say quite clearly to the Council: by failing to act this week, by failing to endorse the proposals tabled by Parliament under option 3, you have put us in a very difficult position and have pushed us almost to the limit of what we can do under the Rules of Procedure. +The increase in temperature by two degrees - as other Members have said - which is expected between now and 2010, if no measures are taken, the rise in sea levels, the disappearance of small islands and many of the catastrophes of the last two years which, according to the experts, are related to climate change, are facts which should oblige us to adopt immediate and concrete measures. +We promised to ensure women's equal access to, and full participation in, power structures and decision making, yet nowhere is the gap between de jure and de facto gender equality greater than in the area of decision making. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0077/1999) by Mrs Hulthén, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the Council common position with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation on substances that deplete the ozone layer (5748/1999 - C5-0034/1999 - 1998/0228(COD)) +We said that the WTO could no longer simply be followed without understanding the need to place the precautionary principle, cultural diversity, social rights, environmental protection and the reduction of gaps in development at the top of the agenda. +Europe must support this movement and this new world public opinion in order to promote a different type of world economic regulation. This should be based on the redistribution of wealth and a new balance between markets and democracy and between free trade and cooperation. +- (FR) I voted against the draft resolution on the labelling of foodstuffs containing genetically modified organisms, because its sole aim was to give a green light to the Commission to propose a regulation establishing that labelling indicating that GMOs are present would not be compulsory in the event that a food product contains less than 1% GMOs. +Madam President, Commissioner, without doubt the fifth UN Conference on women held in Beijing was an important step on the road towards equality of the sexes, culminating as it did with the surprising agreement by the representatives of all the UN countries to a joint worldwide platform for action. +Since certain parallels have been drawn with Seattle, I should like to remind the House that the institutional framework is not the same, nor does the Commission have the same institutional role in New York and at the Beijing Conference as it did in Seattle. However, provided that the political will is there, nothing prevents the Presidency, the Commission and the European Parliament from collaborating and joining forces during the six months up to June. +The implementation of the law would lead to more effective border checks and reduce illegal immigration on the part of the nationals of applicant countries and nationals of third countries coming via these countries. +We must also remember that, although the ministers appointed to the Board of Governors of the EIB are normally the same as those who attend the Ecofin Council sitting, the Ecofin Council has no authority in itself to lay down rules for the EIB with regard to its lending policy or information on it. +We did not ask for information on the reasons why the EIB granted the funding. We simply asked what the general criteria which justified it were and which assessments were used when considering and granting the funds for the project - which, moreover, affects one of the richest areas in Italy, and which has a delicate environmental balance. +In its sitting of 9 and 10 December 1999, the Council held a large-scale debate on the Commission' s new report on air traffic control, which was delivered to the Council and the European Parliament on the Single European Airspace. +Mr President, as I have already said, the Council has looked into this problem of flight delays and called on the Commission to act accordingly and, as I said in my reply, we have also already made headway this autumn in this matter. +Subject: Referendum on self­determination in Western Sahara On 3 November 1999 the Moroccan Minister for Internal Affairs, Driss Basri, said in El Aaiún that the referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara, which is due to be held on 31 July 2000, >will be postponed for two or three years= on account of the 71 420 appeals which have been lodged against the provisional list of voters which is being drawn up by the UN mission responsible for the referendum in Western Sahara. +In a meeting with the Finnish Presidency held on 14 September, Mr Igleton urged the EU to convey a message to Morocco and Algeria that the international community is aiming for a sense of equilibrium in the Maghreb, and to make it clear that it will be difficult to provide financial aid for the reconstruction of the region without this sort of stability. +The approach suggested by the honourable Member has both its advantages and drawbacks, as does that adhered to in compliance with the legislation in force that applies to the European Court of Justice. +The next item is the debate on the recommendation for second reading (A5-0099/1999) on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council directive combating late payment in commercial transactions [8790/1999 - C5-0125/1999 - 1998/0099(COD)] (rapporteur: Mr Murphy) +Mr President, today we are at last discussing the definitive ban on the administration and marketing of BST in the European Union and, hopefully, this will mark an end to the ten-year process during which the final decision has been postponed time and time again on the grounds, of course, that there was no conclusive scientific evidence which justified a definitive ban. +At the beginning of 1997, in the middle of the mad cow crisis, the Council decided to implement an identification system for bovine animals from the place of production. It also decided on the labelling of beef which would initially be optional but would become compulsory from 1 January 2000. +We must say that this development is particularly alarming in the light of the fact that it was the Emir of Kuwait, the head of state, who took the courageous decision, which the EU also welcomed, to grant women active and passive voting rights. +However, to sum up, what we are going to do here in these final debates of the year and the century is to publicly and formally recognise that this issue is still outstanding, and that we also have the commitment to persevere with our efforts to fulfil the objective which we set on approving the court' s statute, also urging the Council and the Commission to act to this end. +There is another aspect which I would like to point out to the Commission and the Council with regard to amendment 5, which I hope will be taken into account, given that the information requested in it, according to Regulation (EC) 1390/99, which entered into force on 23 November 1999, establishes in article 2 that "each Member State will provide the Commission with all the information classified by budgetary items which will be forwarded at the request of the Commission within 30 days" . +It was therefore decided to put in place two types of financial assistance. On the one hand there would be loans - at the time EUR 245 million had been earmarked for loans to these three countries - and on the other hand, a gift of EUR 130 million, whose main objective was to reduce the burden of debt and to improve the ability of these countries to repay. +What the Commission is proposing is actually to repeat what was done for Georgia and Armenia, which was to make provision for a new loan which would enable Tajikistan to repay the previous one but on much more favourable terms in order to give this country some breathing space, and to make provision for a gift of EUR 35 million for the period 2000-2004, in order to reduce the burden of debt. +Any change to the act introducing the election by direct universal suffrage of the Members of the European Parliament would mean that the Council had to decide the appropriate provisions unanimously, with the assent of the European Parliament, and recommend to the Member States that they adopt them in line with their constitutional rules. +Above all, I cannot accept the notion of creating two categories, that is senior and junior Commissioners on the model of full Ministers and Ministers of State, just when people are saying that the distribution of portfolios between Commissioners should not be a way of drawing a hierarchical distinction between small and large states. +Another important element is the rise in unemployment in the Czech Republic. According to the Commission this is due, for the most part, to a slowdown in economic activity and the effects of the process of industrial and economic restructuring in the country. +Another very favourable development is the strengthening of Hungary's government apparatus by increasing the number of staff - something the Commission is naturally very jealous of - and organising training programmes for the medium term. +Because of the limited time available, it has not been able to produce any proposals on paper, but it has become clear that the Commission is favourably disposed and appears prepared to take Parliament's objections on board and amend the current proposal accordingly. +In the high middle ages, one of the main instruments that was used to promote economic development throughout Europe and to overcome the problems connected with private money was the introduction of silver coinage, guaranteed by the monarch. +The next item is the report (A4-0175/99) by Mr Fayot, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, on the communication from the Commission 'Financial services: building a framework for action' (COM(98)0625 - C4-0688/98). +This will put it on a par with the American money market. In this way we will be able to draw from it the necessary investment to increase the activity of the European economy and to create jobs. +Union policy ought to be based on a pragmatic approach tailored to three key sectors: firstly, it is essential that those who purchase financial services are provided with clear and comprehensible information; and secondly, the appeal procedures are vital to consumer confidence. +I am sorry that Mrs Bennasar Tous is unable to be here because we should have liked - or at least I personally should have liked - to have sincerely thanked her in person for the work she has done: she has managed to win support for the programme by maintaining a balance - and this is no easy matter - between the spirit and political significance of the programme and the constraints imposed by a legal base which we, unfortunately, regard as very restrictive in terms of the objectives of the programme itself. +We all agree that we should ask Switzerland for a provisional agreement to try to resolve these problems of the Alpine passes, but we must also bear in mind the characteristics of the Swiss road system, a veritable Gruyère with the 17 kilometre long St Gotthard pass which is three metres narrower than the Mont Blanc tunnel. +But this important issue is not just about the proper functioning of the internal market or the distribution of resources between the Member States and the Community. We are concerned with combating international fraud and organised crime as effectively as possible. +It is bad first of all because, as stated in the explanatory statement, it concentrates on the aim of reinforcing the independence of the Commission, when recent experience, with the resignation of that institution for maladministration, suggests that, on the contrary, its independence should be reduced and the controls over it strengthened. +The present environmental problems in the applicant countries are a result of high emissions into the atmosphere from industrial activities, energy production and traffic as well as under-funding and neglect of water and waste management. +Madam President, when I presented the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs on behalf of my colleague Mrs Zimmermann, I said that Parliament was delighted with this initiative by the Commission, and I would ask Commissioner Liikanen to pass on our thanks to his two colleagues. +Madam President, violence is a dominant feature of contemporary society and an enigma of our open society, a society that has lost its values and is taking on new idols and new symbols, confounding those traditional values which have always formed the basis of our civil life. +The fact that the enormity of this affront to humanity is no longer a taboo subject, but is being discussed more and more openly and has even been the subject of official action programmes is to be warmly welcomed. +'It appears that a collective resignation of all the Members of the Commission because they no longer have the confidence of Parliament is best provided for in Article 144 of the Treaty, which relates to a motion of censure tabled by Parliament. +Paragraph 7 contains a series of ideas as to how our vision of the labour market and senior citizens can be rendered more flexible and up to date. There is a reference to promoting innovative forms of transition between work and retirement, for example a whole new model of part-time working for older persons. +Thirdly, in agreement with the Italian Government, a derogation should be allowed under Article 92 of the Treaty, referring to state aid, so as to grant tax concessions and incentives to all businesses which start up - or plan to do so in the future - and to keep alive initiatives liable to guarantee employment, but above all to safeguard the life and soul of Venice. +We remember that in the 1996 discharge procedure, inconsistencies and provisions which were contrary to the Treaty came to light; this was because Annex V laid down a larger majority for not granting discharge than the Treaty itself prescribes in Article 141 of the EC Treaty. +In the committee, we also discussed the issue of whether special employment programmes for specific groups - such as young people or the long-term unemployed - ought to be implemented and financed at European level, on top of the national action plans and measures carried out by the Member States under the Structural Funds. This would be wrong. +A measure of support is now developing among the Social Democrats too for implementing these kinds of structural measures, which are so important for ensuring the internal stability of the euro: low inflation, which brings lower costs and which also enables more jobs to be created through the structural measures. +As I see it - and I am not exaggerating - if the Commission had made a reasonable proposal to improve fraud prevention at the beginning of December, then it might have been spared the refusal of discharge shortly before Christmas and thus all that followed. +Mr President, I would like to begin by adding my voice in praise of the effort to establish OLAF, and I have to say that today's sitting is something of a celebration, since those of us who worked on the Committee on Budgetary Control are witnessing the accomplishment of an undertaking on which so much time and effort has been spent, and in which so many issues hung in the balance. +There are comments on what has led to the situation just described by my colleague, Mr Elles, a new staffing policy, questions on the BATs, the Committee of Experts' report and also some guidelines for the Commission reform. +Now, in our regulatory texts, leaving aside the amendment of the regulation we will be voting on tomorrow, the way in which the budget discharge procedure is regulated is set out in black and white for all to see; one may disagree with it but that is the way it is: if a text is tabled in this House and the proposal to which it refers is rejected, the proposal is referred back to the committee responsible. +All we have is a draft document for negotiation drawn up prior to the entry into force of the Treaty. It is therefore obvious that no official Council text exists, and nothing has been sent anywhere at all. +You will therefore undoubtedly have to improve the coordination of the Commissioners' responsibilities, redefine the tasks to be accomplished by eliminating some and developing others, and reform the management methods, the procedures for awarding contracts, the use of consultants and so on. +Mr President, I welcome your determination to put together rapidly the elements of an overall proposal for that region, so as to create a stable relationship offering a way out of existing and potential conflicts which - as you say - can be averted and resolved in the context of a close relationship with the European Union. +Yet when I see how the finance ministers deal with it and in particular when I look at the role of the 'Euro 11', I realise that decisions are increasingly slipping into the intergovernmental sphere and that there is little democratic legitimation there for important decisions concerning economic and monetary policy which run parallel to the independence of the European Central Bank. +For the first time, it was clear that we would refuse to grant discharge when, on 17 December, we rejected a motion in favour of granting discharge tabled by the Socialist Group which had been adopted in extremis by a very small majority in the Committee on Budgetary Control. +We are not fighting against the legitimate interests of the Serbian people. Instead, what we want, on the basis of democracy and on the basis of the legitimate rights of the Serbian people, is for Serbia to return to Europe and then to develop towards our Europe of integration. +We must not now add to the initial errors of judgement which led to the Rambouillet process being interrupted prematurely, the Security Council being bypassed, Russia being marginalised and the effect of the bombing on the Serbian people being misjudged. +Mr President, there clearly could be no question of our taking refuge behind conventions of international law or purely formal issues, faced with this terrible tragedy in which the whole population of Kosovo have literally been massacred and uprooted from their country as a result of the appalling ethnic cleansing carried out by the tyrant Milosevic, and NATO has consequently had to intervene - of necessity, though nobody likes it and nobody wanted it. +Provision would therefore be made for all the necessary arrangements relating to the implementation of this Statute in a different way from that laid down in Article 190(5). This article is cumbersome and calls for unanimity in the Council. +If we do not manage it, if we do not get a statute this week or in the very near future, I wish all Members of the House good luck as they confront a public opinion which will justifiably wonder whether there is anyone at all in the European Parliament who has the slightest sense of responsibility. +The reference to mortgage contracts must also be qualified because, here again, we must bear in mind that 11 or 12 of the Member States give better mortgage credit protection through deeds and registration at a land registry, so it must be stressed that this text refers to a precontractual phase. +Mr President, I would like to make a point regarding a letter I received from the President's office on 20 April in response to a request for information on the procedures followed in relation to the petition forwarded by the spokesman for the Areeta residents' united platform in the province of Álava. I was born there and still live there, which is why I am very interested in this matter. +In relation to our foreign policy and our policy towards the United Nations, the European Union must make progress and speak out on two key issues: the ratification of the Statute of the permanent Criminal Court and the moratorium on capital executions, which was requested through a vote by the United Nations Commission in Geneva. +Let me first take this opportunity to thank both the President-in-Office of the Council and the President of the Commission for constantly bringing up and resolutely following up the question of employment policy, even though the Santer plan was not followed up to the same extent and came to nought in the Council. +We want a Europe which not only embraces economic and monetary cooperation but which is also concerned about unemployment, combating poverty and caring for the disabled and the elderly. In short, a Europe that seeks not only to earn money but also to be of service to a society in which humane standards carry weight. +The first two steps are, therefore, as I have said: firstly, to tackle the famous leftovers of Amsterdam and examine the question whether our present situation as regards relations between the institutions will force us to make further changes to the Treaty, and secondly, the charter of basic rights, which, as I said, will have to be formulated by the parliaments. +In regard to implementation and management, we will in future look to decentralisation, a clear distribution of tasks and responsibilities, building up partnership at all levels and substantially improving monitoring, control and evaluation. +In all of that it was a genuine attempt to recognise that the Rothley report simpliciter of last December clearly will not win unanimous approval of the Council; that the Council's text of last week clearly will not win the support of this House. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, all the islanders of the European Union were pleased to see on the evening of 2 October 1997 that the Treaty of Amsterdam signed by the 15 Member States contained the first explicit references officially recognising the permanent and structural handicaps suffered by the island regions and the need to remedy this situation. +Furthermore, since I believe that it is equally vital to reach a compromise with the Council and the Commission, I simply proposed a compromise amendment to Parliament's Committee on Agriculture - which it accepted - that involved strengthening the 'security net' by increasing it from EUR 1 560 per tonne to EUR 2 000 per tonne. +At a time when Europe is looking for its soul and the President of the Commission, Mr Prodi, is telling us that we will find it in American culture, I wonder if we might not be able to generate a little enthusiasm among the people of Europe by allowing them to do something exciting that forms part of their culture, in other words, demonstrate solidarity in fighting for human rights across borders. +However, from the point of view of a Member who, although representing all of Spain, represents the interests of the outermost regions in particular, it is important that the Council should take steps to enable the new Commission to consider this issue from the beginning, since the special scheme requires further development. +If they had notified me in writing that you or another Member of the House were to act as a substitute for the questions, pursuant to the Rules of Procedure, then that would have been in order. However, in this case, the Rules limit answers in writing to those questions that we have not been able to cover during the hour and a half set aside for Question Time. +Furthermore, will it ensure a consistent approach to rural development by maintaining the same Local Action Groups, thereby helping to avoid long lead-in times which can cause serious setbacks in development momentum? +I should like to sincerely thank the rapporteur, Mr Colom i Naval, because he has incorporated the amendments proposed by the Committee on Budgetary Control in his report on the financial perspective and the interinstitutional agreement. I should like at the same time to refer to the most important, but also the most logical of these amendments. +As shadow rapporteur, I would be able to support the amendments which have arisen as a compromise from the negotiations within the Council if the Council and the Commission confirmed that the amendments in question would in fact be adopted and the danger of a third reading therefore did not arise. +But what is peculiar about the European Union's system is that during all those years when the Council alone acted as the legislative authority, it was willing to delegate implementing measures to the Commission only on condition that a committee of national civil servants would work with the Commission. +And I would like to take this opportunity - as I have mentioned Mrs Miranda - to thank her and her predecessor, Mr Newens, for their hard work, together with others who have been involved in this area and participated in the process, such as Mr Salafranca, Mrs González Álvarez and, in general, even those who have always been critical or have opted for a much more critical approach to our relations with Latin America as a whole. +In order to protect patients, who are the consumers in this case - and I am thinking especially of our young people here - we must guarantee the application of Council Directive 92/28/EEC on the advertising of medicinal products for human use to electronic commerce in medicinal products. +I should like to take this opportunity to point out that the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights has always been known for the great deal of internal work it does and for the high level of coordination within the committee. Above all, I should like to point out that our rapporteur, Mrs Christine Oddy, with her usual skill, has helped, and will always help, make our work easier within the committee. +Therefore, taking all these factors into account and to avoid making a mistake that might mean we could be brought before the Court of Justice and then lose - as has already occurred on a previous occasion - there is no other solution but to adhere to the Legal Service's criterion, which states that this vote requires a simple majority. It will therefore be decided by a simple majority only. +I think that it behoves us to remember these lessons of the past, and I hope that the liberation of small peoples will in future come about according to the Palestinian method. I trust that this will be the norm, and that the Kosovo method will remain a deplorable exception in the history of the world. +The bottom line is that Turkey and its people, of whatever national and linguistic origin, belong to the European horizon, and the 'humanitarian' and 'liberal' declarations which most governments in the European Union - also members of NATO - allegedly want to implement within a wider Europe relate to them. +I therefore consider it especially important that we in the European Union should act with the utmost vigour and tell our Member States that they should be among the first to ratify the Statute of this International Criminal Court and that they should press for the establishment of the Court and not leave it to other states, such as San Marino and Senegal, which have devoted themselves to this cause with admirable zeal. +What some of you dismissed at that time as the reaction of Luddites has long since proved to be a recognition of the insoluble nature of the problems of nuclear power, of the security issue, the waste disposal issue and the cost issue. +The Commission and Parliament must close the loopholes in basic European social legislation which allow people to be employed in atypical jobs without proper social cover and must hasten to address the democratic deficit in this area by concluding an interinstitutional agreement pending the next amendment of the Treaty. +The next item is the report by Mr Schmid (A4-0234/99) on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs for a Motion for a Resolution on the lawful interception of telecommunications in relation to new technologies (10951/2/98 - C4-0052/99-99/0906(CNS)). +The Commission proposal to reduce the production quotas and increase the compensation payments for potato starch seems like a good idea, mainly because future developments on the world market could yet take us by surprise. +The aim of Union participation at Expo 2000 is to present the crucial role the European Union is playing, through its institutions, as a forward-looking, dynamic actor on the world stage at the dawn of the 21st century. +We must not repeat the mistakes made in Bosnia, when there was so much red tape and everything took so long, but rather the European Union must take rapid action that is free of red tape. In this respect, the Council of Ministers, Commission and European Parliament are called upon to take concerted action that will give the sorely afflicted people in Kosovo, in former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, hope for the future. +Opinions on whether the war was justified, or whether it could have been prevented, vary throughout this House, but the German Presidency, and I would like to make particular mention of the Foreign Minister at this point, managed to act on the basis of a clear position with regard to the crimes of Milosevic's regime, but also on the basis of a clear position whose most ardent wish was for peace in the Balkans. +In this respect, the national governments are right, as far as the European Employment Pact is concerned, not to delegate responsibility for employment policy to the European Union. However, they are aware that in this age of globalisation a common solution must be found, and that is right. +Nothing we say about Thessaloniki, Pristina or Sarajevo will have the same meaning, because today - and this is where the danger lies - in the method of reconstruction with the UN on one side, the European Union on another and the OSCE on yet another, we are creating institutions of dependence where the reconstruction of the Balkans depends on our will but the self-determination of the Balkan peoples in terms of managing themselves is not achieved. +That is the heart of the matter and we have gained that insight particularly during the debates on and inquiry into the enlargement of the European Union, a democratic constitutional state, that is the heart of our movement, of our Union. +If we talk about a Stability Pact then it isn't about gagging those who are screaming for justice, but about a just peace, and that demands action and not keeping serious crimes under wraps. +The resignation of the Commission proves that we do not just need institutions - we also need the control mechanisms and the collective will to assign the European Commission the role it deserves. In addition, we have to fill the democratic void - not, as I see it, within the European Parliament but between the Council and the Commission. +If, for example, the man in the street were to hear that all manner of waste was being recycled for animal feed, that years after mad cow disease, herbivores are still being fed with animal bonemeal and what is more, that products of obscure provenance which have undergone no checks whatsoever, are being mixed into animal feed bases, then he may well ask himself if decades of European agricultural policy should not, in all honesty, be classified as a total failure. +What we have now seen is the same set of arguments that perhaps they were trying to avoid: a consumer panic and protection of a market - a market which is actually now much more imperilled by the way in which the crisis has unfolded. +I strongly believe that it is only by incorporating into the European agenda reliable and realistic prospects of recovery for the whole of the country that we can witness healthy developments on the political scene of Yugoslavia, including the weakening of the Milosevic and other objectionable regimes along the way. +I am sure you remember that during its meeting on 27 and 28 July, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) examined a request for interpretation of Rule 29(1) of the Rules of Procedure put forward by the Conference of Presidents during the meeting on 21 July. +The Committee on Constitutional Affairs ruled as follows: "The constitution of the Technical Group of Independent Members, a mixed group, is not in accordance with Rule 29(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament." +If we had had such inspections over the last few days in Greece, especially in Athens, even in the form recommended by Mrs Jackson, we certainly would have been able to protect, albeit indirectly, by looking after the land and the urban environment, most of the dead, the injured and the thousands of homeless which our capital is witnessing today. +This assessment was somewhat tempered subsequently by Pascal Lamy, but it was still not very clear what means he would use in order to control globalisation without demanding radical change in the rules of the game, particularly by means of the introduction of the idea of social or environmental cost into international negotiations. +We have no hesitation in endorsing you so that the Union can once more have a strong executive, where there are new people, new programme perspectives and a new way of handling important internal and international policies which call for efficient, transparent and democratic institutions that respect each other' s autonomy yet co-operate effectively. +For a European democracy, a constitutional process is needed; for a peaceful order in Europe, courage is needed to accept responsibility for our own security; and for the vision of Europe as a single social and ecological area it will be necessary for politics to be emancipated from an ever more aggressive neo-liberal ideology. +We will see fresh tensions and wars like the ones witnessed in the Balkans; a continuance of the double standards policy as regards respect for human rights and independence; we will also witness increased levels of unemployment, greater privatisation, the liquidation of all small and medium-sized agricultural and industrial enterprises, the gradual petering out of social rights, and the curtailment of democratic freedoms. +Mr President, there are, of course, many areas in which the new Commission must be assessed, but firstly, I think that it is simply the question relating to trust that must be asked, in other words, can we as Members of Parliament, as representatives of our people, reasonably assume that the new Commission is not going to go down the same road that led to the downfall of the Santer Commission? +We know and reaffirm the legitimate doubts as to the factors which led governments to the individual nomination of Members, and we see with some concern that the composition of the Commission takes into account neither the results of the recent European elections nor the old tradition of political pluralism. +Secondly, I would like to remind you that Mr Fischler granted us the written mandate for the negotiation of the crucial fishing agreement with Morocco, which is a matter of extreme urgency, so that this Parliament can continue to maintain the budgetary reserve of the item agreed by the Council and that your Commission, Mr Prodi, will not be responsible for the fact that there is no finance for this agreement in the future. +There has been not one individual vote in any committee on any Commissioner, not one Commissioner has been forced to withdraw as a result of the questions as to his suitability and not one Commissioner has accepted any sort of responsibility for the events of the past. +By strengthening the role of the Union in the creation of a European judicial area, and in the prevention of international crime, we can, at the same time, dispel suspicions that are known to exist regarding closer European co-operation. +Madam President, the Council Presidency' s tour of capitals has identified three areas about which the President-in-Office has spoken this morning: asylum and immigration, the fight against cross-border crime and the establishment of a European judicial area. +Madam President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, in fact, in these matters of European policy on rights, even with reference to the considerations for a Charter of Fundamental Rights, we have entered a decisive phase of the development of the European Union. +The European Council of Tampere, which is the result of the initiative - it must be said - and the efforts of the President of the Spanish Government, José María Aznar, must confront this issue with the same political will that it displayed at the Extraordinary Summit in Luxembourg when it confronted the serious problem of unemployment. +The gradual historical absorption and integration of the Basque Country into the Spanish State, which has always been the result of military defeats in the past, as well as the mass arrival of immigrants from other parts of the Iberian Peninsula, has resulted in the blurring and dilution of our personality and of native Basque uniqueness. +This "final examination" of the future College of the executive body before the elected representatives of the citizens of Europe is an important phase in the democratisation of the European institutions which the Socialists have made their key issue. +Secondly, it was also a bridge with regard to the political priorities which this Parliament wanted to establish with a view to the future, with a view to the new millennium, especially in category 4 - external activities - where the European Parliament made an effort to increase the commitment appropriations. +There has been an immediate and generous response from the European Union in terms of humanitarian emergency aid, but once the country has gained its independence it will be necessary to provide support for economic development and it will be at least as important to give our support to the establishment of democratic institutions. +Secondly, we must send, through the ECHO programme, humanitarian aid as soon as possible and, obviously, the aim should be in the long-term for a programme of development. Thirdly, as the paramilitaries are still terrorising the people, international human rights monitors must inevitably be sent there +Now, in the face of spiralling atrocities in that country and hard evidence that the aircraft in question have been used in attacks on the East Timorese, Mr Cook has performed an amazing U-turn: last Saturday he finally cancelled the contract and introduced a temporary arms ban. +We should also ask Mr Cook why British taxpayers' money was used to fund this scandalous episode and indeed, why the UK Ministry of Defence specifically intervened to ensure an invitation was extended to the Indonesian military to attend a major arms fair in Britain next week. +Subject: Establishment of a universal moratorium on capital punishment On a number of occasions, the European Parliament has called for the EU to promote an initiative within the UN aimed at establishing a universal moratorium on capital punishment. +) Mr President, it is important that the Union should monitor these projects and their implementation and try its best to see that the plants are as safe as possible and that their use and construction present no risks either to the citizens of the Union or to the inhabitants of the countries in question. +Later tranches will concentrate on preparing roads for winter conditions, municipal twinning in which assistance from Member States is being requested, and subsequently public utilities, public buildings, economic reconstruction and institution-building. +In other words, instead of just focussing on Thessaloniki or Pristina, we should learn lessons from the situation in Bosnia, and try to set up autonomous structures which will be able to decide - in Pristina - on the details of the heavy reconstruction, that is: bridges, housing, streets, etc. and, at the same time, to work out the details of the reconstruction of the fabric of society. +Mr President, the situation in Kosovo is characterised by the persistent attempts by the KLA to exploit the presence of NATO and KFOR forces in order to carry out complete ethnic cleansing of the Serb, Gypsy and other minorities, with the exception of the Albanians, living in Kosovo, and to construct its own state by detaching the whole region from the state of Serbia. +In paragraph 2, the European Parliament claims that responsibility for the preparation of the Charter will fall jointly to the Council and to itself, whereas all the evidence shows that fundamental rights are protected today by national constitutions, and that any activity relating to them should largely, if not exclusively, involve national parliaments. +It is indeed a rare coincidence that legal proceedings, whose fairness and rectitude I am not one hundred percent convinced of, and a conviction, of which, for fundamental reasons, I am even less convinced, specifically the death sentence against Mr Öçalan, have led to the development of an opportunity to bring a dreadful civil war in Turkey to an end. +The Group of the European People' s Party therefore welcomes the serious endeavours of practically all political forces in Togo to make the development towards democracy irrevocable and to prepare within the next few months for elections to the National Assembly which will be indisputably democratic and free of pressure from the army and the State President and his entourage. +In April this year the European Union common position strengthened the October 1998 policy decision by covering transit visas and including a ban on tourist visits by people associated with the Burmese authorities. +I feel that the great interest in the building that is very much in evidence today bears witness to the fact that, to my mind, there was too little prior consultation with the Members of Parliament, with those who were to use the building. +It is not acceptable that Directorate-General III should be responsible for processed food, drugs and genetically-modified organisms and that Directorate-General XXIV should also have a portion of responsibility for these while Directorates-General VI and XI should retain a small portion of responsibility for feedingstuffs. +I am pleased that the review will address key areas of concern to Parliament in its July resolution, such as sufficient controls in the animal feed production chain, a register of all animal feed producers, traceability of ingredients in animal feed and the setting of dioxin limits. +On 21 May 1999 - on the basis of the new legal position and directly after the Treaty of Amsterdam had come into force - the European Commission fundamentally altered and revised its proposal on the basis of Parliament' s decisions of 11 March 1999. +It is important, however, that, one day before the debate here in Parliament on the Kyoto follow-up conference in Bonn, and also a few days after the second-worst nuclear accident in history (this time in a hi-tech country), we should also place this ALTENER programme in a wider context. +Energy efficiency means lower consumption, the conservation of non-renewable energy sources and reduced dependence on energy imports, but most of all it means lower levels of environmental pollution from harmful substances such as CO2, one of the major causes of the greenhouse effect. +Depending on the course of the military operations, the refugees' situation may get much worse should a Taliban offensive force a further 180,000 to 200,000 refugees into the Panshir Valley, which, with the onset of winter, could become a valley of death. +Subject: Commission's plans for combating drug abuse and preventing the use of drugs in sport The World Championships in Seville turned the spotlight once more on the issue of drug-use among top sportsmen. +Because I think that sport has a responsibility to help prevent drug taking within sport, I wonder if plans are being made for some type of collaboration with the sports bodies in Europe with a view to tackling the problem, which has become worse in recent years. +In New York about ten days ago I had an extremely good meeting, together with the Presidency and the Portuguese Foreign Minister; with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation under their splendid Chairman, the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, who happens, incidentally to have been at my college. +In addition, in February of this year, we asked the Spanish authorities to supervise the conditions of cultivation, harvesting and processing particularly carefully in order to prevent premium hunting. Just today I learnt from the newspapers that currently only one region in Spain has acted accordingly in this area and has withdrawn support from various producers. +You will know, Commissioner, that the headlines of the entire Spanish press, and not just the largest newspapers, today feature the serious irregularities uncovered by the inspection of the Agriculture Department of the Council of Communities of Castilla la Mancha in the flax processing companies which were in dispute and have been examined and analysed by the Committee which has been mentioned. +Secondly, on the Kurdish question there was, albeit in unfortunate circumstances given the death sentence on Öçalan, still the first step towards a political solution. Also, in the field of human rights, it was not only possible to achieve the release of Akim Birdal, even if only for health reasons, but there were also some legislative changes, which will hopefully also be put in practice. +My group believes that the discipline of candidate status will involve Turkey in more serious preparation for membership, a stronger dialogue and greater exposure to European Union culture and politics. +Turkish public opinion, a progressive public opinion in terms of politics, society and business, requires that we give a clear message. But this message includes a rapprochement between the European Union and Turkey and at the same time, a push for the democratic values which today are still not being fulfilled. +International Law cannot accommodate threats of violence, political blackmail by the larger States or disputes over borders and obligations arising from involvement in the international arena. Nor can it accommodate countries adopting defiant stances in the international arena. +Turkey' s application has to be judged on the basis of the following criteria: Turkey' s strategic geographic and economic position and how this impacts on Europe; Turkey' s crucial role as a member of NATO and how this membership could be sustained if the door is permanently shut in its face; Turkey, which as a future responsible member of the EU could be the fire extinguisher for the fires of discontent that burn in the Middle East and beyond. +The Ankara Agreement is not a sufficient reason for this as, since this Agreement with the EEC, in three amendments to the Treaties, the Single European Act, the Maastricht Treaty and the Amsterdam Treaty, Europe has documented its willingness and capacity to transfer further competences from the national to the European level and thus deepen Europe. +The objective would be to look in depth into the matters which are still problematic, those involving respect for human rights and minority rights, of course, but also matters relating to economic relationships, and in this respect Europe must fulfil its commitments regarding the Customs Union and expedite the establishment of the appropriate financial protocol. +On the occasion of these technical votes on veterinary and phytosanitary matters, I would like to recall how important it is for the Member States of the European Union to retain sovereignty, at the national level, with regard to their freedom to assess and decide all food safety matters. +Our responsibility is also to separate millenarian fears and resistance to change from the opportunities to be grasped in internationalisation for growth, human development and the protection of the environment. +Mr President, agriculture will therefore still be one of the main subjects of the next round of WTO negotiations, and our European institutions all seem to agree that we should seek the recognition of our European Farm Model, protect the consumer, and treat the Berlin agreement as the framework of the Commission' s negotiating mandate. +So you will appreciate, Commissioner, our concern at the apparent absence of shared views within the Union before the beginning of the negotiation, while the United States seems very determined to oppose the European system of subsidies, while skilfully absolving themselves from flexibility payments. +When we had our debate in the hearing with the Commissioner about a month or so ago, my committee, the Committee on the Environment, was really rather in two minds as to whether it wanted to see emissions trading measures put forward, but it is worth our while to explore that line. +However, my question to the Council is: does the Council not believe that the European Institutions themselves have a duty to lead by example on the issue of equality, and is it happy about the existing staff quality of the Institutions? +These crimes are particularly serious in a region such as the European Union, where the protection of human rights is a basic issue, especially at the present time when we are drafting a European Charter of Fundamental Rights +With the Treaty of Amsterdam becoming effective on May 1 this year, the new Article 13 of the EU Treaty gives the Council the power, within the limits of power the Community is entrusted with under the Treaty, to take action to combat any form of discrimination inter alia discrimination based on sexual orientation without, however, limiting the application of other provisions in the Treaty. +Subject: Non­compliance with Regulation 1239/98 on a reduction in and ban on the use of drift­nets The Luxembourg Council of Ministers of June 1998 agreed to ban the use of drift-nets for tuna fishing from 1 January 2002. By adopting Regulation 1239/98, it also agreed on a minimum reduction of 40% in the number of vessels allowed to use them for the year 1998, and that lists of those vessels authorised to use them must be drawn up annually. +It is even stranger for the Secretary-General of the European Parliament, perhaps unwittingly in violation of the duty of confidentiality, to be providing a flattering preface to this directory, in which I can read, in particular, that the directory is a useful reference work for the business community, and even a true public service! +I believe that along with my group, I can give my full backing to President Napolitano' s report, because the amendment to the Rules of Procedure and the proposed decision are a serious response to the concern that Members might be subjected to excessive and arbitrary checks - a concern which has been voiced of late, most recently by Mr Dell' Alba. +Mr Bourlanges, you quite rightly point out that this is not just a matter of better supervision and better contracts, although these are important issues, but also of the basic questions: "what should be handled by the public administration and what can be done and under what conditions by private enterprise? +The Edinburgh perspectives set us an ever higher ceiling and the Council gives us an ever more limited budget, meaning that it will be necessary to cut back on actions in the field of development, for example, or human rights and many other actions, in order to finance the priorities which have been set, and it is not our fault if Europe is the great paymaster of foreign policy. +If there is no access to reproductive health facilities, there are consequences for the whole family, not least the children who, in the worst case, also die when the mother dies or else stop going to school and become malnourished. +This budget reflects the fundamental orientation of the European institutions, responsible for facilitating the activities of the large capitalist groups, including in the areas which are most damaging to society, such as the redundancy plans which are responsible for the gravity of the unemployment situation and the spread of poverty. +The youth programme, the SOCRATES programme, the cultural programme and issues relating to women and equality all provide us with the opportunity to make clear to the citizens what we want to achieve. +Once the conditions related to interbank processing and internal procedures have been met, it should be possible for the banking industry to decrease substantially the price of cross-border credit transfers and to reduce the execution time to that needed for domestic payments plus one day. +I therefore support the request made in the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, to wit, that the ECB should take immediate action in order in future to at least take into account fully the special relationship with the European Parliament established by the Treaty on European Union. +We believe in the independence of the Central Bank, but this Central Bank is much more independent than the Bundesbank or the United States Federal Reserve, because it was not created by an act of Parliament and cannot be modified by one, because it does not exist side by side with a government that has its own economic policy. +We hope that the Council, with its decisions to ultimately create a common asylum-seeking process and a common status for those who have received asylum throughout the Union, has opened up the way for Europe to become a united area in matters of asylum and refugees. +The second important feature - and the reason why Tampere was a success - is this: it provided for the first time clear distinctions in asylum policy, labour migration policy and the policy for dealing with temporary refugees, which is to say people driven from their homes by war. It also provided the first concrete measures for taking action in these particular areas. +Reading the report of the proceedings of this conference, the special characteristics of the peoples of Europe should actually merge together in a sort of worldwide melting-pot in which migrants have, I quote, "rights and obligations comparable to those of EU citizens" , and "the legal status of third country nationals should be approximated to that of Member States' nationals" , all this in application of an alleged principle of non-discrimination. +The invitation to the Commission to assess the possibility of a budgetary reserve for this is significant but it is still not enough - the entire European Union should take responsibility for the extraordinary influx of non-Community immigrants with a strong act of solidarity towards the most affected countries, Italy in particular. +In fact, the "scoreboard" is not just an instrument for legislative programming, it is also an instrument intended to strengthen the transparency and accountability of all European institutions with regard to the citizens, because it is the citizens who are in control in the area of freedom, security and justice. +Ladies and gentlemen, I am not talking about a definitive reform of the European institutions, but of a reform that is far-reaching enough to prevent the institutions being deadlocked or choked, a reform far-reaching enough, as a Member of Parliament said the other day, to enable further development in future. +In any case, from the European Parliament' s point of view, we must press for the text to include a systematic approach to all aspects of the European Union, so that the new Intergovernmental Conference can address in turn all the issues and problems which concern us at present using the Aristotelian logic that politics is the art of the possible. +Indeed, like the economists of the Association for the Monetary Independence of France (Association pour l'indépendance monétaire de la France), I think that this is not a desirable objective, and that on 1 January 2002 it will be necessary to retain national currencies alongside the euro which will serve as a common currency. +The deregulation of the capital markets, the abolition of economic borders, changes in various models as a result of high technology and the information society and global competition are all factors which often precipitate drastic changes and restructuring in industrial production. +This is the thinking behind the resolution that we are proposing and it is only if these conditions are met that Europe will maintain its political role whilst facilitating the truly sustainable economic development of businesses and protecting the rights of employees who are, let us never forget, the Union' s lifeblood. +In particular, the case we are discussing today should give the Commission the chance to pledge today, before the European Parliament, that it will make an assessment, a revision of the Directive on redundancies and the closure of companies to make it more effective in terms of protecting jobs. +What the European Union asserted strongly was: first of all, that whatever the concerns about Chechen terrorism - which are understandable - there is a powerful case for proportionality in dealing with that problem; secondly, we argued passionately for de-escalation and political dialogue. +We all know that our cultural coordinates are related to our sense of identity as Europeans. We also know that fundamental action linked to cultural life in its multiple forms is an indispensable factor for the strengthening of an awareness of European identity. +It will enable us to develop a common cultural area designed to encourage creativity, cooperation and exchanges, one which will safeguard the heritage and history of the European peoples, generate a greater understanding of them, and which will encourage cultures to flourish. +Clearly, we need to avoid a repeat of the debate which we had this morning, both as regards the agreement existing between the Groups on whether we should mention the firm we discussed at such length this morning and also as regards the specific question of whether the signatories of a specific compromise text were aware of the fact that a part of the text had been changed. +We have proposed to the Moroccans that we are willing, within the framework of the MEDA Programme, to contribute towards resolving these problems on the Moroccan side, but, as has been said, definitive implementation on the Moroccan side is still outstanding. +Madam President, I would like to clarify a point following my reference to last Monday' s regulation relating to the publication of a directory by the American Chamber of Commerce in Brussels which contained seriously erroneous information about me, about the MEPs in my Group and about several other MEPs. +Indeed, the crisis is fundamentally a result of the obstacles created by both the European Union and the WTO to the implementation of the precautionary principle, and we will only be able to implement the precautionary principle appropriately by regaining genuine subsidiarity, not by subverting it in the name of federalist and free trade ideologies. +The most recent developments in the BSE crisis, in the "beef war" , involving not only France and Great Britain but Germany as well, where the federal Länder are currently adopting a very negative attitude, clearly demonstrate, Mr Fischler and Mr Byrne, too, the difficult task that we are faced with and the enormous challenge we have before us of creating a responsible and transparent consumer policy. +In relation to the agency I can only refer you to the answer that I gave to Mrs Jackson that my belief is that the establishment of a centralised Commission level food safety authority will go a considerable distance to eliminating these kinds of difficulties. +This dramatic worsening of the unemployment situation is due to the initiatives being undertaken and the policy currently being pursued; that is, a policy which not only puts economic factors before social factors and price stability before social security, but also one which declares that the Stability Pact is the supreme law which must be applied at all times. +What I am afraid of is that this macroeconomic dialogue will try to export to European level the method and mechanism of the Italian conciliation process, which is the method that has given our country its lowest growth rates, its highest unemployment levels and its highest inflation rates. +These issues include transitional provisions for practising doctors, the date for implementation of the whole directive and working hours for the crew of boats working at sea. +That is why as rapporteur I would also like to recommend that we include the democratic aspect in this scientific and technological cooperation, by which I mean that Members of Parliament from Argentina and also from the European Union should discuss research and science topics and perhaps point the way to the future. +Some product components are nowadays transported thousands of kilometres across Europe, only for some of them then to be returned to their country of origin. Not only are significant transport costs incurred, but there is something wrong about this whole system, for example with the export refund system or the marking of regional origin system. +Although it is something that has to be assessed case by case, I would like to stress - the proposed resolution, in fact, deals with this in one of the sections - the great importance of the mutual recognition of standards because they work faster, are more flexible in this fast-changing world and because they make sure they meet the requirement of subsidiarity. +As for lecturers at Italian universities of non-Italian nationality, I can inform Mr MacCormick that it so happens that I signed a letter on this matter today, addressed to an MEP who had lodged the same complaint. +We welcome the comments of the EMAC committee that the need for administrative costs and taxes and charges on SMEs to be reduced should be particularly stressed as these represent one of the biggest obstacles to growth in employment. +All three committees that I belong to concur with much of his excellent work, which was produced under considerable time pressure. That certainly applies to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and, with perhaps a few reservations, to the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities, where the maxim "less would have been more" applies. +- (FR) I am pleased that the Treaty of Amsterdam accords the European Parliament the right to be more closely associated with the implementation of the European Employment Pact and that this House has, therefore, had the opportunity to express its opinion on the guidelines for Member States for the year 2000 on the subject of the fight against unemployment. +Thirdly, the Council has been rather cautious about introducing enhanced environmentally friendly vehicles - an area where we have proposed several additions - and about strict controls to prevent cycle beating, as has already happened in the USA. This means that manufacturers can simply get round limit values by electronic manipulation. +I also find it especially significant that there is recognition of the important role played by the NGOs and multidisciplinary networks as well as public bodies who are already carrying out valuable work, in particular with regard to the prevention of violence and the support and protection of victims. +In 1999 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, dramatic priority was given to children' s rights under the European initiative for democracy and human rights, Chapter B.7-7 of the European Union budget. +Therefore, we must handle this together so that the existing procedures, which the Commission regards as formal procedures; i.e. the calling-in of the nomination committee and also Parliament' s right to conduct hearings of the candidates, and the role of the monitoring committee, can be included in the process. +Mr President, Members of the Commission, although the importance of environmental considerations has grown over the years, the aim of the Union' s energy policy in the future too must be to ensure that Europe' s industrial and household energy supply is kept at a competitive price. +In light of Commissioner Byrne' s statements, let us look at the words of the Permanent Working Group of European Junior Doctors: "Research demonstrates that sustained wakefulness such as that experienced by junior doctors (working excessive hours), reduces performance to a level similar to excessive alcohol consumption." +- (FR) Despite its general title, once the gift wrapping has been removed, it readily becomes apparent that the draft resolution proposed by Mr Chichester is intended primarily to promote the nuclear industry on the pretext that it does not produce much CO2, at least as far as the power plants are concerned. +Setting another rule outside the Community, as in the cases under consideration here, I consider to be highly problematic and I believe that all in all we would be well advised to make shutting down the rule not just in Eastern Europe but for energy policy within the European Union as a whole and to not endanger the possibilities of this by carrying out further deregulation. +As I mentioned on that occasion, one of the purposes of establishing such a testing system is to ensure that there is an equal testing system throughout the European Union so as to identify the levels of infectivity throughout the EU, and in particular to identify what further measures may be necessary. +Given that EU companies are involved and that there are indications of covert support from EU representatives for these aims, what practical measures have been taken to safeguard the interests of the above companies and what guarantees will there be that they can pursue their activities without hindrance so that they are not supplanted by other companies and organised criminal interests? +Combating violence calls for a dual strategy. Violence must be combated by addressing the structural causes of violence B by focusing on men=s attitudes and behaviour B and by legislation which prohibits all violence against women, including domestic violence. +My own group, the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, is strongly committed to the general concept of developing a capacity for autonomous European action which correctly has been identified as a rapid response capability with the necessary logistical support. +Nothing demonstrates that more clearly than the case of the Caribbean banana farmers, some of the most vulnerable producers in the world, whose access to the EU markets has now been ruled against WTO rules, as a result of which they face a devastation of their livelihoods. +In my country, Finland, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has launched a project for 1998 - 2002 to prevent violence against women; the endorsement of the Daphne programme was very important also from this standpoint. +In view of the lack of confidence in the European Union, as evidenced by, among other things, the low turnout at the election, and in view of the importance of preserving the EU' s character as a union both of citizens and of Member States, we consider that it would be wrong to aim now for a financially autonomous EU or one which is totally independent of contributions from the Member States. +The Nordic Green Left (NGL), which consists of the Nordic members of the Group of the European United Left, has today voted in favour of the report concerning the recognition and enforcement of judgements in matrimonial matters and in matters concerning the custody of children born of the same parents. +Mr President, there has just been a very significant piece of news: the peace process in Northern Ireland, despite the difficulties which have surrounded it, has taken a step forward today with the decision by the IRA to hold negotiations with the Disarmament Commission. +In addition to a freer market in the production of food, we should be talking not only about the precautionary principle, but also about supporting local production and encouraging regional food chains. +In spite of the basically different methods of management, I am therefore appealing, for example, to Mr Cunha, as agricultural rapporteur, to also consider the fisheries sector, particularly since Mr Cunha is also my coordinator on the Committee on Fisheries. +As general rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection for the WTO negotiations, I should particularly like to thank Mr Schwaiger for his clear words on the subject of trade and the environment. +Firstly, this report is an attempt to condense a range of views of a large majority, not only of Parliament, but of all European citizens, and secondly, it shows how the European Parliament invariably aims to play, and does indeed play, a role in taking big decisions and in procedures to further improve the European Union. +It would be tragic if we forged ahead with developing European Union policies without giving consideration to such an important area which encompasses the bread and butter concerns of European citizens. +In the plenary part-session in October, I said that the conflict between EU expansion and deepening could only be solved by the internal reorganisation of the Union on the onion skin model, or a system of concentric circles. +Will not the Presidency take steps with a view to coordinating the positions of the French and Spanish governments so as to permanently rule out any road development project, since that option would remove the future need for the rail route, especially where freight carriage was concerned? +Subject: Nuclear power stations in territories bordering on the EU In view of the severe damage caused in the EU by the Chernobyl nuclear accident, what policy does the Council propose to follow as regards providing advice to neighbouring countries and cooperating with them in the development of alternative energy sources? +Which working party will draw up the proposal in the Council B an ad hoc working party of representatives from the Ministries of Justice, for example, or the existing information unit in the Council which currently deals with inquiries concerning documents? +Subject: Conditions for the inclusion of Turkey among countries eligible for membership of the European Union The European Union refused to embark upon pre-accession negotiations with Slovakia and the Baltic States because they did not fulfil the Copenhagen criteria concerning democratic freedoms and respect for minorities. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I would not describe the response as being schizophrenic in nature, I would just like to know, as we all would, whether the strengthening of relations between the European Union and Turkey is a high priority for the Council, and whether it is such a high priority that those conditions set by the Council to ensure this strengthening of relations are actually being brushed aside. +Therefore, the requisite 24 hours laid down in the Rules of Procedure have not passed, either for the debate or for the vote, so I would like to ask the President whether we are going to enforce an urgency that completely violates the Rules this time as well, because, in that case, we can throw the Rules of Procedure away and decide that we can do everything that is urgent as long as we establish that it is urgent. +However, what we have not fought for and are most resolutely against and where we see the position of Parliament and of the independent mandate jeopardised to a great extent, is if investigations can be initiated against freely elected Members of Parliament, not only on suspicion but on mere supposition if a system of compulsory informing is set up here, if not for fraud and corruption but for overall authorisation, and I quote, "to intervene in serious incidents in the performance of one' s duty". +If a fingerprint register is to be established, we do not under any circumstances want asylum-seekers to be mixed together with either legal or illegal immigrants, and we want to propose that, under such a system, fingerprints are taken only from people who have been sentenced for having committed criminal acts. +This new proposal says that the fingerprints of illegal immigrants - because we are talking about the extension of the existing EURODAC programme to illegal immigrants - will only be taken in application of the Dublin Asylum Convention, that is to say, only in order to find out whether these immigrants have asked for asylum in another Member State of the European Union. +Although this office has been established with the excuse of supervising the officials and elected representatives of the European institutions, the way this office has been designated and the lack of any indications as to how the Office itself will be monitored do not inspire the slightest confidence in us. +Given the non-democratic nature of the European Union' s decision-making bodies, the establishment of OLAF appears to be a derisory measure intended to provide a semblance of supervision even though there is no real, democratic supervision. +While the organisation of free and fairer world trade must be encouraged and reinforced within the framework of a multilateral commercial system, it must also ensure that all nations, rich and poor, and I am thinking in particular of the countries of Africa, are guaranteed the possibility of making the most of the advantages which this round of negotiations is supposed to be bringing. +A decision no longer to have any nuclear weapons primed for firing and to remove their warheads (that is to say, to separate the nuclear weapons from the weapon carriers) may at the same time be the beginning of serious nuclear disarmament. +We therefore have a duty to stop every expulsion, including those in Kosovo, and we have a duty to speak up so that the ban on expulsions and the right to a homeland become the foundations of international law, so that such dreadful events are not repeated. +I trust that the Portuguese Presidency will use its renowned skills and experience to develop European Union appreciation of the problems that confront Pakistan and I would welcome Mr Lamy's opinion on the current status of the Cooperation Agreement. +A hard-line approach on hard drugs, including XTC, is, at the same time, an effective way of lifting victims from the criminal circuit via a health-care approach and is also a policy which, fortunately, is attracting more and more followers elsewhere in Europe. +My predecessor from the Socialist Group, Mr Freddy Blak, Mrs Rühle, the author of the report, many Members of Parliament and the Court of Auditors have all expressed their opinion about the lack of transparency in the operations of the EIB. +With the new schemes the Commission aspires to support a more environment-friendly, safer European fleet, as was decided in 1997 in connection with the guidelines for state aid for maritime transport. +The Research Commissioner will use the basic or applied research programmes of the Fifth Framework Research programme, as well as other options, in the anti-doping campaign in order to reinforce the means available to this campaign. +In this regard, I would like to welcome the Portuguese Presidency' s willingness to grant the European Parliament' s representatives at this IGC the same status that will be given to the Commission as far as the personal representatives of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs are concerned. +When we in the European Union take a look around us, at ethnic conflicts and terrorist attacks, I think that, if the boot were on the other foot, for example, if the Czech Republic were already in the Union, then it would say to a certain Member State: friend, if you do not get your house in order, then you must wait another twenty years before you become a Member State. +One way of achieving greater balance in the future might be to take a more thematically structured approach focusing, for example, on particularly vulnerable groups, such as women and children, or specific questions, such as the monitoring of elections. +For this reason, it would be advisable to accord greater emphasis in human rights monitoring and reporting by the Union to freedom of speech and to safeguarding, improving and monitoring the rights of journalists and their ability to work, for example, by devoting a special chapter or section to this area. +I will not expand on the reasons for this blockage other than to say that the crisis in the Aegean played a major part. European concerns in the essential areas of respect for human rights and the protection of ethnic minorities were also very much taken into consideration. +However, neither the constitution nor the criminal code has been democratised. The death penalty has still not been abolished, nor has the Kurdish issue been resolved politically and, according to statements by Turkish ministers, the Cyprus question "is no longer an issue" . +The next item is the report (A5-0065/1999) by Mrs Breyer, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive relating to limit values for benzene and carbon monoxide in ambient air [COM(1998) 591 - C4-0135/1999 - 1998/0333(COD)]. +The next item is the report (A5-0068/1999) by Mrs Ayuso González, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products [COM(1999) 376 - C5-0140/1999 - 1999/0161(CNS)]. +At present, there is a dearth of direct practical benefits, since, for example, developments in the euro zone as far as cross-border purchases and currency exchange services are concerned have not been to the satisfaction of the public. +As Mrs Fraga Estévez had also asked for this information, I hope that this has allowed us to completely fulfil the role, reserved specifically for our Committee on Fisheries, of minutely scrutinising the activity of the European Commission and the application of the corresponding scientific reports by the Community institutions. +With regard to the Fraga Estévez report, this concerns a fundamental issue and a pillar of the common fisheries policy, namely the common organisation of the markets. As this clearly covers all fishing activity, this is why this magnificent report has taken some time in its progress through this House and its final adoption in our committee on the twenty-second of last month. +Beyond these technical obstacles, making the transitional period shorter would jeopardise one of the strengths of the success of the euro which is the confidence associated with the economic and social factors (whose preparation is still inadequate) around a timetable that is precise and respected. +Last week, a group of schoolchildren from a school in France was unable to pay a visit to the European Parliament in Brussels, as expected, because some of its pupils, nationals of a country outside the European Union, did not receive an entry/exit visa to the area concerned in sufficient time. +That is why the ELDR Group hopes that the Commission, the Council and this Parliament will embark on a proactive attempt to remake the political case for further trade liberalisation in general and for a new comprehensive round, rather than an intermediate round, in particular. +Only last week, in the context of the report by Carmen Fraga Estévez on the common organisation of the market in fisheries and aquaculture products, this House voted to allocate subsidies to the aquaculture industry for the first time, once again eating into the limited fisheries budget. +The next item is the report (A5-0084/1999) by Mrs Palacio Vallelersundi, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the verification of credentials of Members following the fifth direct election to the European Parliament on 10 to 13 June 1999. +These substances exhibit a very low potential for depleting the ozone - 1200 times less than halons - and they are much better tolerated by the environment than substances such as HFCs and PFCs, which are unfortunately permitted by Parliament despite the fact that they are more detrimental to the environment because they have a high potential for global warming and linger in they atmosphere, for as long as six to seven thousand years. +Madam President, I would like to ask you, today being a special day, to apologise to the President of the Republic of France for the absence of some Members since, in the case of those who come from countries a long way from the centre of the European Union, their absence is not due to a lack of will but rather the lack of the means to carry out their parliamentary duties properly. +Turkey must state clearly that it intends to abolish the death penalty next year or in two years' time and that it intends to release its political prisoners over this period and deal with the Kurdish question during this period. +Parliament demanded quite clearly two and a half months ago that the Council suspend parts of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and transfer financial aid and the TACIS programme to humanitarian assistance in order to bring home to Russia that it can no longer continue this genocide. +We have the Amsterdam leftovers, we have the Treaty' s implications for defence issues and possibly, for the Charter of Fundamental Rights, although this is an open door - or rather an open window - through which the Portuguese Presidency must perform a miracle. +From this point of view, the Commission has a crucial role in ensuring that the agenda of the IGC is not dictated by the lowest common denominator of each State' s interests, but rather that it has a global vision of the European Union project. +The Committee on Budgetary Control held hearings with the candidates and produced a shortlist of three people, and I understand that tonight there will be a meeting to try to thrash out a decision between the representatives of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. +In the framework of the internal reform of the Commission and following its statement of commitment to review the policy of outsourcing services, the Commission also approved a communication containing guidelines and the timetable for the implementation of this outsourcing policy. +In terms of the management of this fund, the Commission proposes that it should, above all, be co-financed by Member States with the specific aim of committing each State to implementing concrete actions that will lead to improving the situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in the States of our Union. +In the light of the discussions on the report, the Commission will propose how to treat indicators and benchmarks of quality of education within the framework of the rolling agenda and the yearly Conference of European Ministers of Education. +Firstly, I would like to focus on the agricultural budget itself. Category 1 A. I question the benefit of the exercise which we started three years ago, the so-called ad hoc procedure that we would refer to the most recent estimates for the following year and establish the budget for compulsory expenditure accordingly. +Madam President-in-Office of the Council, you should know that this Parliament, which was prepared to say that the intergovernmental conference should be revised and make a multitude of demands, will tomorrow probably welcome the fact that you decided at Helsinki to allow us two observers, rather than two representatives, and that you wish to confine yourselves to matters which Parliament considered were absolutely out of the question. +In addition, an action programme was agreed on, which I believe will enable us to make the necessary decisions at the sixth conference (COP 6) of the parties to the agreement on climate, which is to be held next autumn in the Hague, to make the process of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol possible. +The nuclear power industry is the only energy business sector that has incorporated the costs associated with the entire lifespan of its product in its prices, and thus takes full responsibility for the safe depositing of its waste. +Although in different circumstances, which are painful and very harsh, Timor is like Macao: it represents another promise of progress for human rights, freedom and for the rule of law in Asia, another beacon of hope with links to European culture through Portuguese culture and experience. +Report (A5-0097/1999) by Mrs Pack, on behalf of the Parliament Delegation to the Conciliation Committee, on the joint text, adopted by the Conciliation Committee, on a European Parliament and Council decision establishing the second phase of the Community action programme in the field of education "SOCRATES" (C5-0267/1999 - 1998/0195(COD)) +The European Union must sort out its own problems first. Although we have regulations on local atmospheric pollutants or even products depleting the ozone layer, there is no regulation aimed at limiting emissions of carbon dioxide. +This development is having severe effects on unemployment within the Member States and is a further burden on their already stretched social security systems, particularly in Member States (such as Greece) sharing borders with countries which have recently opted for a free market economy and which are now facing crisis on several fronts with huge numbers of unemployed. +Will she take that back to the Council of Ministers, raise it with her French colleagues in particular, and answer me, perhaps in writing later, unless she is able to do so today, about what can be done to ensure that these older pilots' jobs are made safe. +I would like to thank the Presidency of the Council for being of the same opinion as I am on this but how significant would you say the justifications for decisions are, and the fact that the individual opinions of the judges and the bases of interpretation, especially regarding the sorts of cases that have given rise to debate, will remain forever in the dark? +Our view is that, given the importance which the work of the European Union and which our relations with Member States, undertakings and workers will have in the future, all four reports should be debated in detail in plenary and substantiated vis-à-vis the public at a more convenient time. +However, it does mention the speakers on Question 9, but we must correct the fact that it passes from Question 8 to Question 10 without mention of Question 9, which I directed yesterday at the Council. The intervention which appears here by Mr Martínez Martínez is clearly not related to Question 8, but rather to Question 9, which has not been included. +For our part, we take pleasure in the fact that the European Council has maintained and seems to want to maintain the intergovernmental method at the centre of the Union' s international system; and we reject the blindness that has led many to claim all the glory for the European Parliament, scorning the role of national governments and cutting them out of the European process, which is an unacceptable mistake. +The task of competition is to combat cartels, the abuse of dominant positions and mergers, and to create more possibilities for economic freedom, and we know that economic freedom is often accompanied by civil freedom too, as shown by the past experience of countries which did not have economic freedom. +They are showing contempt for the wish and will of the international community as regards the right of people to live in peace, the right of people not to be oppressed, the right of people not to be killed with weapons made by western countries. +We have stated in this House that they is no such thing as a just death penalty, that no human being may condemn to death or execute another human being, that there is no recourse to any law, to any sovereignty, to the independence of any State, which can justify this violation of life itself. +If this cooperation is to be able to have full effect and the objectives are to be attained, we must agree to abide by democratic rules of play and common values and this necessarily includes respect for independent institutions, as provided for in the constitution. +The Commission shares the view put forward in the debate here that this criminal court will not, under any circumstances, have a purely symbolic significance but that it can have a direct, preventative effect and will help to ensure that perhaps the most horrific crimes will no longer be committed in the future. +There have been a number of changes to the main regulation relating to this particular product as a result of the market fluctuations and the changing needs of farmers, the most recent being the Council decision to set a uniform level of aid to producers for a period of five years. +Neither the urgent appeal by the IMF and World Bank to the European Union to increase aid to Tajikistan nor the argument of moral duty in the light of Tajikistan' s debts to the Union are in themselves good enough reasons to grant aid. +Mr Alavanos, I understand your disappointment, but all the presidency can tell you is what the Member States are prepared to do and in this case the situation is that a number of Member States have very fundamental reservations about this programme to promote European tourism; they do not want it at all. +Because of the incidents following the arrest of Abdullah Öcalan, the German Minister for the Interior convened a conference on 23 February 1999 in which the internal affairs ministers of several Member States of the European Union and of Switzerland as well as representatives from the Commission and the Council Secretariat took part. +It is the case in all Member States of the European Union and in all constitutional states that those responsible for internal security naturally do not hold sensitive talks, relating for instance to intelligence gathering, in public. +It confirms the importance of one of the main themes of my report, namely that environmental issues must be a priority in negotiations for membership and that environmental questions must, in accordance with the principle of transparency, be an integral part of the whole negotiations process. +The environmental problems in the applicant countries arise from long-standing shortcomings and neglect, particularly in the areas of water and waste management as well as emissions into the atmosphere from industry, energy production, and the present rapid growth in traffic. +Now for a general comment on the economic criteria. All the countries with which we are negotiating have made considerable progress in moving towards a market economy, with particularly marked economic progress in countries such as Estonia, Hungary and Poland, which have made constant efforts to implement reforms since the opinions were published. +We discussed this at length with the Slovenian Government during a visit to Ljubljana, and I am confident that efforts will be made to catch up, as I agree with those who spoke about Slovenia, Mr Tindemans among others, that this is a country that has everything it takes for rapid and smooth integration. +A number of important laws have been passed, including in the areas of VAT, excise, company law and the bank act. A government programme has also been approved for 82 priority laws in connection with the acquis communautaire which will be enacted before the end of this year by means of shortened parliamentary procedures. +Although there have been calls to broaden the mandate of the European Ombudsman to deal also with complaints against national authorities, especially in cases concerning freedom of movement, I still believe it is preferable to create an effective system of cooperation with the national ombudsmen and similar bodies. +Furthermore, the doctrine of the 'right to humanitarian intervention' - which is making headway but has not been recognised by the United Nations - cannot be imposed by force by a powerful and sophisticated military machine destroying not only military targets but also all the economic infrastructure of a country. +That is why I have to say that - as has already been demonstrated - the solution was not to enlarge NATO eastwards, but rather to enlarge the EU and adopt a policy of association and economic support which would promote economic and political integration and combat irredentist nationalism. +Instead of inventing a Europe with variable geometry that offered new opportunities to all of the continent's states to coexist through cooperation, these European leaders stubbornly pursued the Monnet method, with its established dogma, without realising that it was no longer the most appropriate way of uniting the very diverse countries of the new European continent. +The proposed charging method must produce a situation where the forms of transport that are least harmful to the environment have a greater share of the whole transport market, and it must therefore be possible to apply an amended version of the 'user pays' principle. +This is a field where there is clearly no doubt about the jurisdiction of the European Union, particularly in relation to the distortions that occur when different criteria are applied from one country to another, no matter whether this happens close to or far from borders, as in some countries users pay for infrastructure through fuel taxes and tolls, and in others it is financed from the public purse. +Mr President, let me begin by thanking the rapporteurs, Mrs Thors on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights and Mr Torres Marques on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy. They have made an extremely valuable contribution to the review of these proposals. +But this situation also shows that there has to be a qualitative improvement in the policy adopted towards the African countries, so that the promotion of human rights, democratisation and conflict prevention - the only conditions that will ensure development - become essential elements of cooperation. +On the one hand, the provisions of Agenda 2000 will probably lead farmers to reduce their production of oleaginous protein crops in favour of cereals unless, of course, wise steps are taken to promote crops in the non-food agricultural production sector. On the other hand, production capacities for amino acids, particularly synthetic lysine, are decreasing in Europe. +On the subject of the price of cereals on the world market, I would like to ask the Commission whether prices for this product do not tend to be forced up by the application of marketing payments as in the United States. +Mr President, taking up your reply to Mrs Eriksson, in which you explained the reason for not showing the exhibition Ecce homo here in Parliament, I now wonder how it came about that there was room for an exhibition by the Italian lobby group which preaches against abortion and against a woman's right to have an abortion? +If we can stabilise our financial position - which is up to the Member States, and in that regard I am extremely happy with the Commission's response here, which Mr Fourçans emphasises in his report - in such a way that more jobs can also be created in the future, then we shall amongst other things strengthen our competitive position vis-à-vis the United States. +Commission de Silguy defended monetary policy not being an element of the policy mix, while Commissioner Monti referred to monetary policy as an important element of the policy mix. +What has happened to these items now: the codes of conduct we asked for, the revision of the Statute, the nomination of A1 and A2 posts so as to make sure we have high quality at the top of the Commission and the screening report? +As a lasting memorial to his work, I should like to see the Council now, in recognition of the work he has done, agree to the changes in the statutes for the second generation agencies - changes on the own-resources question, changes on financial control and changes on discharge that will allow Parliament to carry out its responsibilities properly. +Following a philosophy which can be traced back in particular to the culture of the Communist Party and to an idea of the sociology-inspired left, it is said that, although written texts exist, they can be amended if so desired by the majority or by a dominant group in politics or public opinion. +Mr President, the 1996 and 1997 discharge procedures changed the way the institutions work together in the field of budgetary control - before, we only had cooperation of this sort with the budget. +As to the discharge reports for 1997, the Commission takes note of the fact that the Committee on Budgetary Control has proposed postponement of the discharge on institutional grounds connected with the Commission's resignation. +In particular, you must resist the pressures which may come from the Council or Parliament to extend your field of action to areas not specifically indicated by the Treaties and which, as has recently been observed, you do not have the administrative or financial resources to tackle. +The aims of the negotiation must be clearly specified in the negotiating mandate given by the Council, with the agreement of Parliament, whose representatives must be kept well informed of the progress of these negotiations, as is the case with the members of the US Congress. +I have outlined a few points here; I have referred to transparency, organisational change, changed relations between the Commission and Parliament, and a change in the structure of administrative relations. +The first follows on from the comments made earlier by Mr Herman in relation to the fact that you decided that the amendments to Annex V to the Rules of Procedure would be adopted by an absolute majority. +This is why, like the rapporteur, I wish to stress that the Court of Auditors may at any time investigate the extent to which Parliament's use of its appropriations from the budget conforms with the rules in force. +Given the seriousness of the conclusions of the Court of Auditors' annual report on the previous financial year, it is not acceptable that the Economic and Social Committee has considered it inappropriate to refer the matter to UCLAF, as demanded insistently by Parliament, in order to enable the extent of any administrative involvement or responsibility to be fully determined. +It is true that what we mostly see are the camps with their dreadful conditions, but honourable Members should realise that the great majority of the deportees have been taken in by extremely poor Albanian or Macedonian families, as we all know, and that one of the major efforts we are making is to provide aid to those families, specifically to prevent social tensions and to ensure that the refugees do not find themselves on the street after enjoying a month's generous hospitality, thereby creating social problems. +The next item is the report (A4-0227/99) by Mrs Müller, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament and the estimates of revenue and expenditure of the Ombudsman for the financial year 2000. +The Council disagreed and it added Article 99 of the Treaty as a legal base as a result of ministers' view that the provisions on annual vehicle taxes in Chapter 2 make it a substantial fiscal measure. +Formulating this kind of charter of basic rights would be a typical task for Members of Parliament - they are best able to do so and it is what they must do - and we will certainly take account of that aspect in our proposal concerning the practical form that charter of basic rights should assume. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, my feeling is that, in addition to enlargement, the European Union is now needs to give specific political responses to a series of problems on which our future really depends. These responses must be understood by the people or, to put it another way, they must be 'user-friendly' for the men and women of Europe. +The political will to use the current Treaties in this way has been lacking and I fear that when the 'cold war' ends, there are some who may lose the desire for political integration which is at the root of our achievements and of peace in Europe. +As an instrument of labour market policy and of the development of human resources, it will also form the core of the European employment strategy, an active labour market policy. +I have to say that, within this framework, the Commission proposals on Agenda 2000 were a step in the right direction. I would like, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, to congratulate Mrs Wulf-Mathies, Mr Fischler and Mr Flynn on their position throughout the negotiations. +Our Amendment No 2 sought to oblige the Commission to review the parameters of the guarantee fund in its annual reports and now, following the political decision, the Commission must review the parameters of the guarantee fund at the time of each accession. +This vital component of the Agenda 2000 package has the twin distinctions of being the first legal text arising from Agenda 2000 that achieved a common position in the Council and yet the last to be agreed by the Council and the European Parliament. +Mr President, I too am going to talk about the European Social Fund but in relation to external economic relations. This is because I was the draftsman of the opinion on this for the Committee on External Economic Relations. +Furthermore, if we are getting involved in this idea of defending territorial interests, as the Berlin European Council did, I would still not be able to vote in favour of Agenda 2000. I was elected by the people of a specific European region - the region of Aragon - and this agreement would put the people I represent at a serious disadvantage compared with their current situation. +They cannot seriously come from the CO2 tax as Mr Ripa di Meana and the Greens believe, because nobody has ever seen carbon dioxide produce taxes, otherwise Pinatubo would probably be spitting euros. So there is only one resource left: a European income tax. +Contradictions in the Commission proposals for the restructuring of the fleet which is subject to the rules of the MAGP, which require national programming, compared to Objective 2 regions, which are subject to regional programming, would only serve to confuse other matters. +The less favourable redefinition of coastal areas in Objective 2 from areas depending on fishing and in Objective 1 which would eliminate areas distant from the coast requiring structural funds to support aquaculture and processing has to be resisted and changed, as this is clearly discriminatory. +Mr President, there is no doubt that Agenda 2000 will bring tremendous change to the European Union, be it in agriculture or be it in regional policy. +The next item is the report (A4-0169/99) by Mrs Aglietta, on behalf of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, on the proposal for a Council Decision laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (COM(98)0380 - C4-0501/98-98/0219(CNS)). +It seems like a technical problem but in reality it is a profoundly political problem, because then there is the problem of responsibility for monitoring implementation. +Last, but not least, on the regulatory procedure, it is unfortunate, in our view, that the discussions within the Council have ruled out the Commission's proposal of a return to the legislature and often to the co-legislators when the committee does not give a favourable opinion. +I also want to express our satisfaction because, in my opinion, as draftsman, the explanations and clarifications Mr Marín has given tonight entirely meet the Committee on Foreign Affairs' demand that Parliament should be informed of the development of the negotiations before their conclusion. +At the moment, today's sitting has a rather nostalgic feel to it because we are reaching the end of this parliamentary term and some of our colleagues will not return. Others may perhaps return but, in short, the current Parliament is dissolving and at the moment there is a certain amount of nostalgia, a hint of twilight to this sitting. +We have here a potential springboard for European growth, but we must avoid taking the kind of political decisions that might force Internet providers to locate outside the Union. +Consequently, technical assistance has been given to the Palestinian Authority in the form of an international team that is going to work with the Palestinian authorities for two years. The aim of this is to ensure that the Palestinian Authority takes responsibility for managing the hospital. +That may be the only way to make those countries that Mr Cars has just mentioned realise that the death penalty is truly the worst means of restoring people's human dignity, for every person should have the opportunity to atone for the wrong that he or she has done. +The Commission is still concerned that if fundamental human rights continue to be restricted, such as the right to peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of expression and opinion, this may give rise to a climate of instability and social unrest in Malaysia. +In the current crisis - and this is not a fashionable thing to say either - the responsibility of the Organisation of African Unity must be underlined. It is theoretically in charge of reconciling the people of Grande Comore with those of Anjouan after the secession of the island of Anjouan. +Mr President, in 1993, the entry into force of the single market and the removal of border controls resulted in the withdrawal from VAT returns of statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States, the reliability of which was guaranteed by the customs services. +I voted against the resolution on the European textile market. The proposal is over-protectionist in its thrust and takes inadequate account of the importance of exports of textiles and ready-to-wear clothing for poor countries that are anxious to develop their economies. +I know it probably is not possible for it to go to all 626 Members, but would it not then be sensible, if such a report exists and if you can confirm this, for this preliminary draft report to be given to the President and the bureau of the Committee on Budgetary Control for example, and to the co-ordinators of all the groups that are represented in the Committee on Budgetary Control. +Furthermore, the appointment of the Secretary General of NATO as a representative of the European Common Foreign and Security Policy, appears to complete the picture, and brings to mind that phrase of a French diplomat who said that it is illusory to try to develop a European defence policy while building the European Central Bank in Fort Knox. +Obviously, Parliament must make full use of its consultative and monitoring rights in respect of the institutions, including the Commission, but it also has to be aware of its responsibility in this important situation to ensure that the new Commission may begin its work as soon as possible. +I do not wish to say any more at all on the nomination of the German candidate, which in view of the choice, was a resounding slap in the face, and so to conclude I shall express a wish. As long as the dictator Milosevic is at the helm in Serbia, neither a penny nor a euro of the European taxpayer's money should go to Serbia. +Without wishing to denigrate the efforts of Commissioner Fischler, it was almost a reform which maintained the status quo which had never secured the sought-after balance between farmers, regions and their cultures, in which farming in the Mediterranean was once again badly treated by the CAP. It did not guarantee, in any practical sense, the completion of the European Farm Model, almost nothing was done in this area to help small farmers and very little progress was made on the issue of rural development. +Madam President, President of the Commission, in January this year, Parliament adopted Mr Brok's report recommending that the majority of the new Commissioners be Members of the European Parliament, people with experience in the European institutions. It requested sufficiently equal numbers of men and women representatives and an adequate balance of political trends. +In conclusion, I believe that in circumstances such as these it is essential not only to adhere to the facts, but to do so without bringing the dynamics of national controversies into this House. Above all, there must be a closer relationship between the institution of which you are President and the Parliament. +However, all remains to be seen. How will this body, which we hope will guarantee rapid, efficient, useful, rational and fair measures, be structured and made operative, with the appropriate participation in the reconstruction, above all, of all those areas such as Italy and, in particular, Puglia, whose tourist trades have suffered extensive economic damage from the war and the effects of migration. +The issue is whether the whole Council is determined, and if we are all determined for that matter, to meet the challenges of these difficult times of heavy competition and internationalisation, and to respond to all the problems, including Third World development, where the support of Europe is vital. +Surely, however, it will be very economical for the European Union to establish the Centre in Thessaloniki. I don't know if the Commission has done its home-work and realised that the alternative would mean higher salaries, that there is no infrastructure in Pristina and that it would have to pay out a great deal to ensure the safety of its staff who would be in danger in an area where there is little safety. +We think that the Council of Ministers was right to inform the Courts of Justice, in accordance with article 213 of the Treaty, which prohibits Commissioners from accepting, even after leaving their posts, jobs which would place them in an awkward position, given their obligations to be honest and sensitive in these matters. +Finally, we want to inspect current provisions relating to the information concerning raw materials, in particular provisions concerning the labelling found on mixed animal feed products in the sense that, in future, a clear statement of quantity on all the raw materials used should be possible which will obviate the need for information on raw materials by categories. +Mr President, Mr Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, if you will allow me, I would like to address my speech to you directly, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, because I believe that the European Council in recent years has become far too an insignificant factor at the heart of European discussions and has also held back somewhat when it has come down to stepping in and taking charge. +However, Madam President, I would like to move on, because this is, when all is said and done, a relatively minor matter which is of no great consequence to life in our country. There are other more serious matters in which the Commission has been guided by the same extremist mind set which may bring about very serious imbalances in our country's economy and also in its employment figures. +If the World Cup was a success in this area too, if we had relatively few incidents, it was largely because this control over the tickets facilitated for example, Franco-British co-operation in security matters, and efficiency in handling the arrival of groups of supporters, supervising them, and following up any problems. This allowed us to escape many outbreaks of hooliganism, which we hope never to see again on our continent. +Still less does my group ignore the slight shift in the centre of gravity of the Commission towards Parliament which has just taken place, as this proves, in the eyes of the world, that it is possible to shift the position of seats of power, even those reputed to be untouchable, and this is very important. +In particular the relationship between the European Parliament and the European Commission must be hardworking and harmonious, so as to ensure that key elements of our EU legislative requirements are enacted in as an effective a manner as possible. +The UN Charter was torn up and international aid and the supremacy of the United States was the only reason behind the war. America' s geopolitical vision worried even its old friends like Helmut Schmidt. +You are proposing an ambiguous response on the UN, which is dominated by the United States from a military point of view, and you are totally uncritical with regard to the process of globalisation of the world economy which greatly reduces Europe' s autonomy. +I am struck by the Commission' s lack of useful and original discussions on culture, mass communication and artistic and cultural production, with regard to which Europe is showing a distrust and a stubborn resistance to the influence of the United States. +Without deepening the Union, which is the basis for a new institutional order to give Europe a role on the world stage, we will neither be effective promoters of peace and justice nor capable of reconciling the needs, sometimes opposing needs, of North-East Europe with South-West Europe. +Regarding fiscal policy specifically, we were particularly disappointed by the lack of conviction expressed by the Commissioner questioned on the subject of developing the co-ordination of fiscal regimes and the need to move towards qualified majority rule at the forthcoming IGC. +I have received, pursuant to Rule 180(4) of the Rules of Procedure, an opposition from the Technical Group of Independent Members, to the interpretation proposed by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to Rule 29(1) of the Rules of Procedure. +He said something which I found very convincing, namely: "Yes, we respect the principle of subsidiarity, that is to say, the Member States and the regions decide first, but, as a Commissioner, I am responsible for ensuring that the goals of regional policy are adhered to, and I shall take that responsibility seriously." +The elderly live for too long, and we and our supporters will do our best to make our lives as short as possible, but I am afraid this will not be enough. So I hope that the European Parliament and the Commission will finally speak out for the elderly so that the fifteen Member States give them the respect they deserve and, above all, establish rules that ensure that the money people have to pay every month is safe, so that they will have a pension in the future. +But I had requested the floor in accordance with Rule 122 of the Rules of Procedure to make an intervention for personal reasons, concerning the accusations made against me yesterday by Mr Galeote during the debate on the investiture of President Prodi. +The constitutions of the Member States, the ECHR and other treaties already offer adequate protection to citizens, so there is no need for there to be an accumulation of all different kinds of constitutional systems of government, as the Dutch Minister for Home Affairs said last week. +The questions which public opinion has been wondering about may be summed up as follows: where exactly does Europe offer added value and improve these decision-making systems of ours? Has Europe brought us greater economic growth, an improved standard of living in daily life or the expectation of participating in a great adventure? +In other words, the subject of the forthcoming IGC should be not to reinforce this institutional process but, on the contrary, to reduce it, that is to say, to limit the scope of activities of the Union, returning to a common market which respects the environment and public health. +Mr President, the French delegation of my group, like the Danish delegation, have already presented, in the main debate, the fundamental reasons why they could not support a Commission which believes itself to be the government of Europe even though the citizens have never expressly approved any such status. +The complete lack of confidence that our citizens have in the European institutions, which was clearly demonstrated by the low turnout in the recent elections, requires not only "a modern and efficient administration" , but new policies which will respond positively to the socio-economic problems currently experienced by the European Union' s Member States. +We can use the Council' s readiness to modify its proposals as regards the aforementioned board, to show the citizens what the Council' s true motives are and to what extent it has a horror of wastefulness. After all, it will tend to be cheaper to produce the goods needed for the reconstruction of Kosovo in the region rather than in the Member States. +I conclude by saying that until the refugee issue has found a just and comprehensive solution, the Union' s support for UNRWA, as a provider of para-governmental services in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, to alleviate the very difficult lives of 3.5 million Palestinian people in the refugee camps, is absolutely crucial. +Indeed, at a time when the international community and the world press are emphasising the importance of the scandal taking place in Russia, we must take the initiatives necessary for understanding the gravity of this scandal, the explanations of the Russian Government regarding these accusations and our position with regard to the Community' s financial aid for Russia. +One particular part of this cost, and perhaps the most tragic, concerns the number of human beings who lost their lives, the number of families who were destroyed and the psychological shock suffered by the whole of the regions' population, who are now filled with dread at the possibility of another earthquake. +Precisely in this period of peace between Greece and Turkey we have an opportunity, here in the European Parliament, to bring the people of both countries together and to finally purge what they kept trying to teach me, and probably you too, in school in our history books, i.e. that Greece and Turkey supposedly hate each other. +For the moment, therefore, the Commission, in common with others in the international community, calls on the Russian authorities to use proportionate force both in fighting on the territory of Dagestan and in hot pursuit operations across the Chechen border. +The first question is to what extent this building really was fully financed by France and really was a gift from the French government, for my voters want me to reassure them that the money they pay in taxes, in the Netherlands that is, has not been used for this. +We accept the importance of a debate in Parliament on food safety but the proposal made was for an urgent debate on the question of whether a Member State has the right to decide for itself in accordance not with Community policy but with what suits its own political aspirations at a particular time. +But since there is a free market and open borders and almost unlimited imports, including those from non-member States I might add, then effective measures must also be taken to impose common safety and environmental standards within the European Union, but also in the countries from which our food imports originate. These standards must then be supervised in earnest. +The problem is further exacerbated by both the liberalisation of trade resulting in the circulation of products which have not undergone any fundamental inspections and the severe competition which has become an excuse for monopolies to seek out more unorthodox ways of cutting costs and increasing their profits. Thus, fundamental quality control is being left to the consumers themselves. +In this connection, it is of course remarkable if, on the subject of labelling, the Member States and also the Commission consider postponing the identification of cattle and the labelling of meat until after 1 January 2000. +Therefore, I would ask you not to include this reference to the revision of the Financial Perspective bearing in mind two things: firstly, that the Commission will clearly in any event consider revising the Financial Perspective in the future, taking into account not only this question but also other matters relating to Kosovo. +We are also aware of the difficulties preventing these sources of energy from entering a free market in which more traditional energy resources are often much cheaper, not to mention the absence of measures designed to promote the taking up of new energies on a voluntarist basis. +SAVE, the joint programme for energy efficiency and energy savings, is an important and necessary part of the European Community' s strategy to promote efficient energy consumption and also to reduce CO2 emissions. +What is in question is respect for a fundamental principle of our own long-term survival, that of the designations of origin of our authentic products which are protected, by the way, by the World Trade Organisation, under whose intellectual property laws they are covered. +Through the Wye River and Sharm el-Sheikh Agreements, the new political situation in Israel, a decisive PLO leadership and, not least, a deeper insight into the Arab world, a new situation has been created which prepares the ground for a real and sustainable solution in the region' s interests. +The new Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Barak, has put in place a government with a sufficiently strong majority to allow him to resume negotiations in the peace process with adequate parliamentary support for his declared intention to get the peace process moving forward again. +The European contribution to peace in the Middle East is expressed not only by means of economic and financial aid, it is also by adhering firmly to the political principles of a fair and lasting solution that we shall ultimately leave a European imprint on the final settlement. +On the other hand, it would be an extremely serious matter if this agreement were to be separated from the overall negotiations on the general agreement, as this would cause it to be postponed, with all the damaging consequences that that would entail. This would set a dangerous precedent from the point of view of defending Community designations of origin at the WTO, particularly as far as the "Port" designation is concerned. +There is, however, one point to which I wish to draw the attention both of this Parliament and of the Council and the Commission: it is the influence which this liberalisation of trade, even over a ten year period, may have on the economic development of the outermost regions, specifically Réunion, a fully functioning European territory located in proximity to South Africa. +This infringement of international regulations, enshrined in an irresponsible fashion in an agreement which is binding upon the European Union, constitutes a dangerous precedent likely to be extended to other States, especially wine-producing countries (Latin America, Australasia, etc.) if they make such a request of the European Union. +In refusing to put an end to immigration into Europe, in refusing to control it systematically, in refusing to impose systematic AIDS screening for candidates for immigration coming from African countries, you are exposing Europeans not only to HIV, but also to a number of opportunistic illnesses, such as tuberculosis, which had nonetheless been eradicated from this continent. +This Millennium Round should not be characterised by a defensive attitude towards the American position on imports of agricultural and genetically modified products into the European Union. Instead, the European Union should be finding confederates for its dynamic global strategy. +Second, could Mr Sasi confirm that the presidency will come forward with new proposals to facilitate the fullest possible provision to the European Parliament of documents discussed in the 133 Committee in the Council, accompanied, if necessary, by special procedures to protect confidentiality? +It is, to say the least, strange that the Brussels Commission, at the point when it is inviting the Member States to give the green light to the immediate launch of the new round of multilateral trade negotiations, does not feel the need to make an appraisal of the WTO which is the least bit objective, particularly of its provisions for the settlement of disputes. +Naturally, we have to defend the values and principles which are fundamental for the countries of the Community, but we have to do it in a shrewd and flexible way. We must also keep in mind that first of all, we need to develop that strategic interest that is fundamental to the liberalisation of international trade which I spoke of a short while ago. +We want to avoid ways of looking at the situation that differentiate between traditional and new services as the way in which a transfer of goods or services is effected does not change the nature of providing a service. We also want improved access to markets in non-EU countries for goods and services, and in the telecommunications services which give the necessary support to electronic commerce. +Subject: Structural Funds The Structural Fund resources allocated to the Objective 1 Autonomous Communities are not distributed by the Spanish Government on the basis of objective criteria relating to population size and per capita income. This constitutes a policy which is not in accordance with the objectives of the various European funds. +What I mean Mr President-in-Office of the Council, is that as far as the Autonomous Regions in Objective 1 are concerned, the Spanish state, in spite of the competences held by these Regions, is reserving 55% of revenues which go to the Spanish State for centralised policies which do not apply in general to the Autonomous Regions in Objective 1. +Secondly, I just want you to confirm that the Council can, against a Member State' s will, increase this share so that the country concerned has to pay more. That is to say, it can be forced to deposit a larger proportion of its currency reserve with the Central Bank, and there is no real upper limit. +The European Union reconfirms it is prepared to support and encourage the renewal process in Algeria, especially through Euro-Mediterranean partnership, including the prompt recommencement of talks on establishing the Euro-Mediterranean Association Pact. +According to Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, the European Union is founded upon a number of principles common to the Member States, namely the principles of freedom, democracy and respect for human rights, together with the fundamental freedoms and the principle of the constitutional state. +Mr President, firstly, personally, I have noticed that most large airports are doing very well, despite the ending of duty-free, and, as I said in my reply, we consider that it is primarily a matter for each Member State to try to alleviate both economic and other problems - mainly problems of employment - that will result from the fact that duty-free sales have stopped. +Moratorium on the death penalty - B5-0144/1999 by Mr Thors and others, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on the vote on the UN General Assembly resolution on the creation of a universal moratorium on capital punishment; +I therefore ask the Council not to get bogged down in philosophical debates, but to see to it that the mechanisms allowing us to continue this battle are included in the text and that the drafting may soon be completed, so that the Council and the Commission - and we have Mr Patten' s assurance on this - may begin the work of convincing the 180 Member States of the United Nations. +As you are all aware, the European Parliament showed some awareness of this issue when, some months ago, it adopted a decision containing very specific articles - a decision which Mr Napolitano has incorporated in his report which also contains very specific articles on how we should function and what factors we must consider in order to achieve our goal of combating fraud. +At the same time, it would be an oversight on my part if I failed to mention the contribution made by the European Parliament' s Committee on Budgetary Control which has laid down the right foundations for us in one of its opinions, which can also be found in Mr Napolitano' s report. +I can assure you that the Commission is fully aware of the role that combating fraud plays in the way European politics are perceived by our citizens and therefore, on behalf of the Commission, I once again welcome the report and the work that went into it. +We are aware of the speed with which this system is growing and the fact that the world of the Internet, that is to say, the world of the users of the information society, is already well advanced as regards the validity of contracts and transactions via the electronic system. +And if, as I believe, it is the case that the erosion of the country of origin principle threatens fundamentally the single market in electronic services in Europe - and this, in turn, has a significant read-across to the operation of electronic commerce around the globe - that would be very sad and damaging for Europe' s citizens. +The draft proposal links up directly with the technical requirements of Regulation No 34 of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, relating to the prevention of fire risk and in particular to the provisions for plastic fuel tanks. +We must let the Member States and the Commission make their proposals and then look at some of the key initiatives and put forward the point of view of the citizens, the businesses, the road-users and drivers across the European Union. +We in the European Union should be concerned about all aspects of safety in all modes of transport, not just two-wheeled vehicles, four-wheeled vehicles, trains, planes, boats or whatever, but also in relation to cable cars and cable installations. +I would like to add that there are a further EUR 15 million to be financed in the budget 2000 (directly, i.e. not from the development fund) as a contribution by the European Union to debt redemption initiatives for the poorest countries. +The committee also believes that the provision of quality statistical information should be a priority for the Union, particularly now that Economic and Monetary Union has been introduced in the euro area and we have prospects for a further enlargement of the Union. +All the same, we place particular importance on not accepting the Council proposals for across-the-board cuts and, above all, on providing for a moderate increase in veterinary and plant health expenditure and in sales promotion. +Mr President, the draft budget for the year 2000, EUR 92 billion, a margin of flexibility for our Parliament of EUR 1.5 billion taking into consideration the Financial Perspective, the across-the-board reductions in all appropriations, or at least in appropriations for agriculture, the lack of ambition, and the usual thin spreading of resources and budgetary gimmickry; in other words, it is a draft budget with no great innovations. It is to Mr Bourlanges' great credit that he attempted to make the discussion more lively by introducing technical objections. +The way out of the paradox has been suggested to us and means not accepting tomorrow' s priorities being financed by the sacrifices and priorities of today and yesterday, and consequently, financing new, indispensable priorities of external actions by increasing the Financial Perspective for Category 4. +Two final observations: the first is the difficulty in understanding and then in explaining why there is a legal basis, and rightly so, for assisting victims of natural disasters anywhere in the world, as we are very rightly going to do for Turkey, but there is no such basis for doing the same at home. +The Treaty establishing the European Community contains various provisions to ensure the democratic accountability of the ECB, one of the cornerstones of which is certainly the presentation of the Annual Report to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. +The good leadership and management of the European Central Bank has undoubtedly contributed to this normality and we should congratulate it and its President since, during the early months of the establishment of the euro, when the initial approaches were adopted, they had to overcome - and they did it skilfully - certain adverse circumstances at moments which were clearly delicate at an internal as well as an international level. +In my opinion, this is in contradiction to Article 113 of the Treaty on European Union, which makes it mandatory for the ECB to present an annual report of its activities and its monetary policy to Parliament. +These gentlemen of the Central Bank act like the spokesmen for the employers who are effectively in the process of reducing "rigidities in labour markets" by axing thousands of jobs, such as Michelin, Renault-Nissan, Alsthom, Rhône-Poulenc, and Hoest Marion Roussel and many others even now, or by propagating the precariousness of jobs by means of wages which cast an increasing proportion of the population into ever greater poverty while the fortunes of major shareholders continue to grow. +It has no power to set interest rates, no power over exchange rates, little power over government spending restricted by the Stability Pact and, if many people in this Parliament had their way, it would have no power over its own tax rates. +Combining the two portfolios of development and humanitarian aid provides a better opportunity for this, not least on the basis of the fact that both ECHO' s sphere of work and the Commissioner' s responsibility for development policy are global in character. +As for the actions concerning the fight against drugs for the period 2000-2004, the Council is now urging us to rush through the adoption of this document while, as the Commission itself admits, no systematic and rigorous assessment of the presumed results of the previous plan have been carried out. +He talked of "opening up" the Council to public scrutiny and looking at other reforms. He hoped that the Finnish presidency would leave a lasting impression on the Union in this regard. +It is also the case, however, that special situations demand special contributions - and a special fund was necessary to cover the special contribution we have been discussing. It will not then be projects already up and running which will have to pay for special situations, in the way that there is now a risk of Africa' s having to pay for the EU' s contribution in Kosovo. +At the same time, I should like to ask the Presidency of the Council to abide by the bill and give the Commission the chance, however, to submit, in preparation for the Intergovernmental Conference, its own proposal for how working methods might most sensibly be put into practice. +All of these actions and others as well, which relate to the security of European Union citizens, must be carried out in full compliance with the fundamental rights of those living in the Union, because the keystone of the future area of freedom and security is in fact those indispensable fundamental rights. +Mr President, for the cool and collected, the year 2000 is of course a year like any other, but it is not only romantics who, at the beginning of a new century, cannot escape a certain magic inspiring them to rise above the daily round of business and approach their own future in a creative spirit. +The Committee of Wise Men wastes not a word of criticism on the second and third pillars of this democratic no-man' s land of intergovernmental cooperation. Nor does it hazard any proposal to include this area among those which are to be subject to democratic reform. +In my opinion, as we develop a European frame of reference for electronic signatures, the European Union must also constantly work on the international level, so that the legal framework of the system can be strengthened. +So a real principle that would justify the Union' s intervention here is the possibility of social discomfort that the restructuring of firms could cause within the Community and within the Member States as a whole. It is, moreover, a principle which is already provided for by the Treaty of Rome of 1957. +Mr President, in voting against the Test Ban Treaty the American Senate has been irresponsible, and at the same time has become responsible for putting the world at serious risk of a nuclear holocaust. +These groups are the same ones which continue to inflict the death penalty and not pay the amounts due to the United Nations, thereby contributing to the loss of legitimacy and functionality of a structure which was founded on the principle of peoples' right to be free from war. +This behaviour by the US Senate is in conflict with the final declaration of the CTBT Conference which, as the President-in-Office of the Council has mentioned, sat in Vienna from 6 to 8 October and emphasised the importance of a comprehensive, verifiable ban on nuclear testing, as well as urging all States to sign and ratify this Agreement quickly. +But perhaps I could go a stage further and say that what would be really damaging for the European Union would be if, having asserted the case for a common foreign and security policy, having argued the case for a European security and defence initiative, we were then to fall way short of our rhetoric in what we actually did. +The next item is the recommendation for second reading (A5-0026/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Decision establishing a single financing and programming instrument for cultural cooperation (Culture 2000 programme) [13328/2/1998 - C5-0023/1999 - 1998/0169(COD)] (rapporteur: Mr Graça Moura). +The next item is the report (A5-0024/1999) by Mr Gargani, on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on the proposal for a Council decision concerning Community participation in the European Audiovisual Observatory (COM(1999) 111 - C5-0019/1999 - 1999/0066(CNS)). +It was set up under the aegis of Audiovisual Eureka in October 1989 and operates within the framework of a partial agreement which was obtained in the Council of Europe. As a whole, its members include at least 34 European States and the Commission of the European Union. +On a personal note, however, I would like to say that I did not agree with the third amendment, in the sense that the decision we are about to adopt and that the Commission has already brought forward should have expired in the original text on the last day of the last month of the fifth year, while the Commission has shortened the time period to three years. +Without wanting, of course, to call into question the authority of the Committee Chairman who has just spoken, I would find it wise, in the light of a request made by the largest group, to proceed more cautiously because, clearly, the absolute majority required makes the vote at the very least difficult, as we have seen. +I hope that as a result of the ability of the Commissioner and the attitudes of the Commission, the Council and our Governments, a favourable agreement can be reached which will allow us to continue fishing, on the one hand, and, on the other, allow Morocco and the Moroccan people to profit from the privilege of administering waters which contain such an abundance of fish. +The European Parliament, in the amendments which the Committee on Fisheries has presented, asks the Commission to pursue the matter, to inform Parliament and the Council, at least three months before the expiry of the agreement, so that its continuation may be ensured. +Now that the legal basis has changed - and that is the reason why we have this new regulation now - so that this is no longer to be dealt with under Article 37, that is by means of consultation, but under Article 152, under the co-decision procedure - we in this House damned well have a duty to bring this deadline forward from 2003! +A technical analysis allows us to reach the conclusion that the deceleration of the growth tendency in the European Union can be explained by a combination of external impacts, exacerbated by divergence in national policies, in a context of structural rigidity. +Currency standardisation has resulted in the standardisation of financial policies; the standardisation of financial policies has resulted in the standardisation of economic policies and the standardisation of economic policies in the standardisation of social policies. +As the country to hold the presidency, Finland also wants to stress the importance of transparency in this matter, although the operative word here is confidentiality. This is very much due to the fact that all participants are likely to speak about their own issues and their own area and may not necessarily be seeking joint decisions, but mutual understanding. +In the offshore sector, Amendment No 6 - we have looked long and hard to try to come up with a formulation that will make sure that we get a collective agreement leading to the maximum flexibility available under the directive, that is annualisation of working time. +Parliament had also requested if it could be borne in mind that air-conditioning or other additional equipment can increase pollution levels, that the legal responsibility of manufacturers and dealers should be delineated more accurately and that, as such, managers' cars and cars registered for the day should be included. +Actions will be adapted and adjusted largely on the basis of the scoreboard of the internal market which is compiled twice-yearly by the Commission and also on the basis of the Cardiff report on the operation of product and capital markets. +Another means of combating unemployment named in the report is greater flexibility on the part of companies, which involves ensuring that they are provided with information and consulted at the appropriate time, thus enabling them to adapt to change. One way of achieving this is through minimum standards. +The EMU project creates unemployment and, where active labour market policy is concerned, it is transparently obvious that this presupposes local and national initiatives, and this on the very grounds that the labour markets in the countries of the European Union are organised on such widely different lines that it is impossible to implement anything other than the quite general and non-binding measures specified in the proposals we have before us. +I await proposals such as these from the new Commission, knowing, Mr President, that at this time we are to encounter the social objective of the Union, and that means greater social richness and employment which is not based on partial measures but on economic development and on businesses which are fully profitable and reliable. +High taxes, enormous levels of welfare contributions and an inflexible pay policy often lead to a situation where society becomes demoralised and where work no longer is a financially motivating alternative for the individual. +In any case, Europe risks in particular, in the globalisation of the markets, having to endure competition from those large economies which have invested, and continue to invest, more in technology and research, as well as in professional youth training, that is, in the future of hi-tech industries. +Report (A5-0049/1999) by Mr Gahrton, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade and Energy, on the proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the People' s Republic of China (COM(1999) 287 - C5-0038/1999 - 1999/0123(CNS)) +Report (A5-0047/1999) by Mr Linkohr, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade and Energy, on the proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Argentine Republic (COM(1999) 292 - C5-0040/1999 - 1999/0125(CNS)) +Madam President, your proposal to hold the discussion on Chechnya between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. is, in my view, the best solution. Instead of interrupting the discussion on the Intergovernmental Conference, we shall begin the afternoon sitting on that an hour later so that both issues may be discussed properly. +Now we have Mr Barón Crespo' s proposal to cancel Question Time to the Council, a proposal adapted by Mr Leinen, who proposes that this Question Time could take place during the evening sitting, at the end of the institutional debate, which I think is exactly what Mr Barón Crespo would like to see. +Madam President, Parliament has already voted for a resolution on this subject, but there is a problem today: the World Bank is due to make a statement shortly on the significance of the project and we feel that given the implications that it has for the people of Chad and Cameroon, a message from the European Parliament would be welcome today. +The Commission' s first proposal was made in May 1998 and during the last 18 months the procedure has survived not merely a change of legal base but also a change of Treaty, a change of commitology, a change of Parliament and a change of Commission. +So we have seen rackets developing in baby-selling, mothers having their babies stolen, mothers being bribed to part with their children, mothers being conned that the child is going to benefit from a good start in life and return to the family when, of course, there is no such intention. +On behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the question I would like to ask the Commissioner - who moreover, has displayed great sensitivity on these subjects in other circumstances - is the following: can you tell us what the conflicting aspects of the matter are and the reasons why a revised proposal has not yet been tabled? +Similarly, if we decided to transfer responsibility, say, for development cooperation, from the Member States to the European Union, I believe we could achieve immensely more in the world with the same amount of money and we could increase own resources while at the same time not increasing the burden of taxation on the citizens of the European Union. +What we still lack though and what the previous Commission failed to achieve, and what we hope will be achieved in the end, is a European directive which does not just provide for the regulation in technical terms of the supply of electricity from renewable energy, but which also clearly sets out, in accordance with European competition law, models that show how electricity produced by this method can be promoted in a manner which meets Community requirements. +Energy conservation, rational planning and renewable energies are agreed to be the most important way forward other than the CO2 tax, about which, as I have said, no agreement has yet been reached. +Now for something funny: in 1995 the UJD, the Slovak Nuclear Supervisory Authority, stopped issuing the standard multiannual operating licence and has been issuing provisional one-year extensions in order to compel the operators to carry out the necessary upgrading. +High Representative, the establishment of your post and, in particular, your appointment, have certainly created high expectations among those members of the public - and I think they are numerous - who think that Europe needs a Common Foreign and Security Policy if, as you said, it wants to be at all credible in areas other than trade or economic stature. +I am sure Mr Solana will agree with me when I say that the current goals of those of us who have a greater or lesser responsibility with regard to the process of European integration far outweigh the most optimistic ambitions of the European leaders at the time, for example, when you presided over the General Affairs Council of the European Community. +Today is about clarifying the comprehensive global negotiating approach from the perspective of the European Union, weighing it up and placing it in the political context of an overall strategy. +The increasing willingness for mergers between transnational companies and the impotence of the national state with regard to the formation of monopolies, oligopolies and cartels endanger the objectives of world trade to contribute to prosperity and peace worldwide. +Furthermore, it is also particularly important that we realise that the decrease in growth in the world economy is also linked to the instability of the international finance system, which is characterised by vast, rapid and worldwide financial transactions and which has detached itself from the real economy, yet still affects investments, growth and employment. +Secondly, we must establish a set of rules which are common to everyone with regard to areas currently not covered or insufficiently covered by the Marrakech Agreement, examples of which are health and hygiene standards, the effects on the environment and on health caused by certain methods of intensive production and the respect for consumers' feelings. +This is particularly important because so many issues, especially new issues, as many of my colleagues have already mentioned, are of an extremely emotive nature, for example, the issues of how we can include investments in the scope of the world trade round, new rules on competition, social and working standards and much more. +However, it is the overzealousness which is demonstrated, and which the Schwaiger report faithfully echoes, which prompts legitimate suspicions, especially if we choose to recall that these same principles have only recently been flouted in connection with bananas, GMOs and hormone-treated beef, on which the European Union, represented by the Commission, suffered a defeat which came about so quickly as to pass unnoticed. +Russia is no exception in this, which is particularly painful for the European Left; it is acting as it sees fit and no differently from NATO in Yugoslavia. I consider the applause which you gave Mr Solana this morning and now the applause for the speech made by Mr Cohn-Bendit to be opportunism of the worst kind. +In the final text of the regulations you will have achieved some mention of the precautionary principle, of health, even phyto-sanitary matters, an ILO-OMC forum and the recognition of environmental principles, insofar as they have already been recognised at Kyoto. +Over the last few decades, over the recent quinquennia, international trade - Europe is the homeland of David Ricardo - has allowed us to create wealth, thanks to a new international division of labour. It has also brought about social inclusion and has defeated poverty which, given the growth in population, would have been much worse than it actually is today without international trade. +Education, health, public and social services, public transport and culture are all examples of sectors which cannot be brought into trade negotiations and cannot be dealt with by an international trade court. +But the next round of negotiations must also address new issues, such as development, the environment, health and food safety, fundamental social standards, competition and its transparency, minimal rules in terms of investment and the promotion of cultural diversity. +The time has now come, though, to be able to send Parliamentary representatives to all the meetings and to participate in the IGC on the same basis as the Commission, as a Community institution, to make our case, to advocate our proposals and at times to argue against the proposals made by others. +The Commission, with its power to issue guidelines, the new authority conferred on its President, will have to preserve - I hope you do not mind if I say that it will not be easy, now that I am a Member of the Commission - its collegial character, its efficiency, and its decision-making process which requires a simple majority of its Members. +For example, we must integrate the functions of the Western European Union into the Union in order to prevent new Kosovos, but we must also promote the coordination of economic policies, fiscal harmonisation and the creation of employment and a genuine social Europe which will allow us to confront the concerns of the citizens. +That is particularly clear from the difficulties between economic union and monetary union and the difficulties between the political union and the economic and monetary union. +I would therefore take the liberty of again reminding you of one aspect of what Mr von Boetticher quite correctly pointed out here, namely that it is also a part of this package that a clear framework of competences of the European Union is to be laid down in the general, basic part of the Treaties. +The Council would like to remind everyone of the conclusions reached on 25 May 1994 in this matter, which concern nuclear safety in the electricity industry in Central and Eastern European countries and the newly independent states, and in which the Council defines its approach to this question. +Any citizen of the Union, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State, shall have a right of access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, subject to the principles and the conditions to be defined in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3. +General principles and limits on grounds of public or private interest governing this right of access to documents shall be determined by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 within two years of the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam. +Mr President, I would just like to say and assure the honourable Member that the Council is fully aware that it is necessary to simplify the financial instrument for Overseas Countries and Territories and make it more efficient but, as I said, at present, we only have a communication from the Commission that proposes three different possible approaches. +However, if it is not to possible to vote on it today, might we ask the services of Parliament whether it would be possible to have the debate this evening and the vote on the Wednesday of the December part-session to allow us to forward the results to the Council by the Thursday; and might we also ask for the assistance of the Commissioner in intervening with the Council on this matter? +I would have preferred to take up the original proposal by the Committee on Budgetary Control in its opinion for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, in which this whole series of questions is ignored and only the rights and obligations of the Members is covered. +There is a specific reference also in the preamble to the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities and there is a reference to the fact that the relevant article is without prejudice to the confidentiality requirements that may be laid down for Members of the European Parliament. +Indeed, although we must wait for the round of negotiations to be completed before passing judgement on the content as far as the results achieved are concerned, the fact remains that, as far as this context is concerned, the overall result could not be deemed completely negative if the nations of Europe were to manage to obtain stricter control of the international regulations regarding competition. +Where section 27 is concerned, we view as considerable progress the fact that the so-called Petersberg Tasks in the Cologne document (humanitarian and rescue tasks, peace-keeping tasks and tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peace-making) are to be incorporated into the EU' s range of tasks. +Demanding the immediate and unconditional abolition of capital punishment throughout the entire world today does not just mean promoting human dignity but also validating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. +On the contrary, the death penalty is the preferred weapon of totalitarian regimes because it is a symbol of the power of the state and of the humility of the individual in the face of the power of the state and, as we know, it is often used to annihilate opponents. +Therefore, we think that, if the European Union does not condemn and put an end to this criminal behaviour, the conclusions would be clear: firstly, the European Union would become an accomplice in the killings of Serbs and gypsies organised by the criminal and mafia groups of the KLA; and secondly, it would demonstrate that the West has two different yardsticks; and thirdly, the impression would be given that the objective of the intervention was to destroy the Serbian people. +Finally, being particularly attentive, of course, to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, so that the duty to remember this conflict which already seems far off, some people think too far off, is maintained, it is the role of the European Union, I feel, to stand by the people of Rwanda on this occasion. +Not very revolutionary and only a small step forward. But it gives cause for hope that bad practices can be compared on the basis of accurate data and that a humane and effective drugs policy will become a likelihood in an integrated European Union. +What our problem today is, is that young people, who may have good home lives, at the same time feel that their lives are so empty that they need an extra lift or trip on Saturday at the discotheque and to have their mood raised with the help of a drug they are lured into believing is harmless. +I would like to congratulate Mrs Giannakou on her highly substantive report, especially the emphasis on international collaboration and the introduction of a systematic, yearly inter-pillar Council meeting to improve the monitoring and evaluation of action intended mainly to reduce the supply of drugs. +I shall never forget, as a minister responsible for fighting drugs, going and meeting a young man who had lost his health and his friends and his relationships, his family, his jobs, his prospects and his self-respect. +Owing to the fact that its shareholders do not expect high interest rates and the thus possible low gearing rate, that is the ratio of the lending volume to equity capital, of 2.5 - market rates are usually over 10 - the Bank enjoys considerable confidence on the capital markets. +The rapporteur and the Committee on Budgets particularly point out that the Bank' s projects must support important objectives, including the European Parliament' s decisions concerning, for example, the fight against poverty, the defence of democracy and human rights and the protection of the environment. +As I said before, Mr President, the Committee on Legal Affairs unanimously approved the regulations, but proposes a series of amendments intended to indicate that article 299.2, which is already in force, establishes an additional basis for the Commission' s proposed regulation. +The concern which this amendment has caused in the Canary Islands - and which we are recognising here - has increased as a result of a certain lack of confidence in the ability of the government of my country to appreciate the true nature and gravity of this problem and in its desire to tackle that problem in the said negotiation with the Commission. +The report suggests that action should be taken by Member States and the IMF World Bank fora in order to verify whether the conditions and assumptions under which the IMF-led rescue package was given to Korea are fully respected in the case of shipyards. +In July 1999, the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications notified the Commission of the interest subsidy programme for vessel acquisitions, set up to promote the purchase and basic repair of safe and environment-friendly cargo ships which can sail easily through icy waters, these being essential in Northern Europe. +The Union cannot hide from the naked fact that the EU itself, together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will have to play a key role in terms of financial contributions and technical support to make safe all these nuclear reactors sooner rather than later. +The attempt within the EU to include self-evident human rights issues in the report is very biased to say the least. Why does discrimination on account of race or ethnic origin receive preferential treatment over, for example, discrimination against women and homosexuals, which does not feature or hardly features as an issue at all? +This, then, is the background to these proposals, on the one hand, for a three-year subsidy of EUR 15 million when a start is made on implementing the Community' s regulations and developing the Customs Union between the EC and Turkey and, on the other hand, for the subsidy of EUR 135 million for developing the economically backward regions of Turkey. +Mr President, Mr Morillon is to be congratulated for producing these reports in very difficult circumstances and with very little time. We are all in his debt and his reward has been the favourable vote in the Committee on Foreign Affairs. +As no budget cover exists for these amounts in 1999, the multiannual financial framework of the programme will have to be extended by one year to 2002, as mentioned today by the rapporteur. The appropriations for 1999 will also have to be included in the draft supplementary and amending budget. +The Union must ensure that all applicant countries, Turkey included, respect international treaties and international law and cooperate with neighbouring countries to promote peace, and that any disputes are resolved through international law and international judicial bodies, such as the International Court of Justice in The Hague. +There is no sense in saying: once Turkey has already done certain things, then maybe we will say yes, because then Turkey will give the standard response: as Europe does not keep its promises, we have no clear European prospects and we cannot therefore negotiate the risk-strewn path to reform. +The harmonisation of environmental considerations, viable agriculture, policies on livelihood, recreation and, for example, enlargement in a manner that is sustainable for the Baltic area, will naturally be a great challenge, both administratively and politically. +The accession of the Nordic and Mediterranean countries to the European Union is the main reason for updating the current directive which regulates the marketing of forest plants and seeds and which has not been substantially amended since 1975. +Although the euro has depreciated over the last few months in relation to the dollar, this is not only due to the current difference in the dynamism and the performance of the American and European economies. +In particular, it reinforced the fundamental role played by the producers' organisations in the marketing of products. It also granted them increased and improved mechanisms for ensuring correct operation and more responsible fishing and marketing. +This proposal on the common organisation of the markets in fisheries and aquaculture products is of central importance for the common fisheries policy in the European Union. +I will say to this House that in this agreement on Customs Union, it is the European Union that has been, by a long chalk, the beneficiary of the commitments entered into, since the balance of trade between the European Union and Turkey has doubled in favour of the European Union since the implementation of these agreements. +Thirdly, at the forthcoming negotiations on agriculture, emphasis should be placed on the multifunctional reasons for our European model of agriculture - the further development of rural areas, the provision of high-quality agricultural products and the environment - with reference being made also to Article 20 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. +Thus our primary task remains a political, not a technical one, namely to rehabilitate the public case for further trade liberalisation, not only for the benefit of European businesses and consumers, but most particularly because open trade offers the only viable long-term solution to poverty in a developing world. +The first was an obsessive reference to the substantial reduction of internal aid for agriculture without taking the slightest account of the diversity of different countries' structures of production and without taking account of an objective and consistent classification of the different types of subsidies allocated to agriculture. +Mr President, Mr President of the Court of Auditors, ladies and gentlemen, to use taxpayers' money in accordance with clear political priorities and in accordance with principles of economy and efficiency are objectives which all those who deal with a public budget should be determined to achieve, and these are the objectives which the new Commission is determined to achieve. +For us, the European Parliament, the creation of a European consciousness - a European identity - and respect for the diversity of cultures, languages, ideas and religions in a unified area are inextricably linked to a proactive educational policy in Europe. +Through soup and the support of Socrates the outcome of this project was more motivated pupils and staff, a greater awareness of their own environment as well as other places, and increased understanding of information communication technology. +Mr President, there was a report in the newspaper recently - and we examined it in the Fisheries Committee - about the cod catch in the North-East Atlantic and a bilateral agreement between Russia and Norway, two States which - together with other States such as Iceland, Poland and those of the European Union - are equal contracting parties in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission. +This report on the verification of credentials relates to the outcome of the fifth direct election to the European Parliament, which took place on 10 to 13 June 1999 and is based on the official notifications by all the Member States of the full election results and the names of any substitutes together with their ranking in accordance with the results of the vote. +Therefore, the Spanish delegation of the European People' s Party feels that it is necessary to uphold in the plenary sitting the amendments relating to the first paragraph of Article 3(2) and the last paragraph of Article 21 in which the exceptions and conditions for the use of methyl bromide after 2006 are specified. +The 1% limit on any ingredient - which I and others have been informed is already being exceeded by supermarkets etc. in terms of their requirements for food - is also a limit which I am told can quite easily be met by anyone wishing to avoid having to label foods containing GMs, because of adventitious contamination, whatever that means. +We are also waiting for the European Parliament to be given the right to vote on amendments to the Treaty and we agree with the proposals by Dehaene, Weizsäcker and Lord Simon that the right thing to do would be to create a basic treaty and an enlarged treaty, so that the citizens of Europe also know which level is responsible and what the European Union will look like in the 21st century. +Although I am therefore satisfied with the Finnish Government' s strong grasp of leadership and the fact that either considerable progress was made with the key issues or they were finally resolved, it is clear that the good results of the Presidency stem from the desire by the whole of the Union to develop a common European structure. +Yet another reform, yet another intergovernmental conference, with no Community approach, no role for the Commission and a meaningless role for Parliament, with no consultation with national parliaments and, finally, with no transparency and no accountability towards the civil society. +Mr President, needless to say, I am extremely pleased that the Council has confirmed the viewpoint which was also posited by the Commission, namely that the enlargement of the European Union will be a process in which all Central European countries which have applied for membership will be involved without any discrimination and on the basis of their own merits. +The honourable Member is no doubt aware that the authorities in Belgrade are attempting to put pressure on the international community to lift the sanctions against the FRY and rebuild the destroyed bridges by making the re-opening of the Serbian sections of the Danube to navigation conditional upon assistance from the international community to rebuild the bridges. +My group voted at first reading against any reduction in the appropriations allocated to old but still equally important priorities, especially appropriations allocated to cooperation with and the development of southern countries, in order to fund new expenditure. Robbing Peter to pay Paul has never been an indication of great political imagination. +Mr President, the European Parliament came out clearly in favour of a review of the interinstitutional agreement at first reading of the budget in order to be able to honour the commitments in connection with the fisheries agreement, aid to Kosovo, aid to East Timor and support for the victims of the earthquakes. +The suggestions of the Council for an action programme and the proposal under consideration to develop a system for emissions trading within the Community are steps in the right direction. +We keep having conferences on global warming and they all turn out much the same. We should ask ourselves how many more so-called natural disasters it will take before the harmful effects of global warming, and their consequences, particularly on the economic and social development of European and world society, are really taken into account. +As far as the participation of the European Parliament is concerned, we must acknowledge that, for years now, the European Parliament has been instrumental in raising public awareness both in Europe and throughout the world and in the decision-making process; i.e. it has affected the decisions taken by the Council and the Commission. +Report (A5-0081/1999) by Mr Valdivielso de Cué, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a Council regulation (EURATOM, EC) concerning the provision of assistance to economic reform and recovery in the New Independent States and Mongolia (COM(1998)753 - C5-0038/1999 - 1998/0368(CNS)) +It was very well prepared for the WTO discussions and its position remained very consistent. It therefore did not give any ground on the agenda which it wanted to see adopted, namely a broad agenda going beyond the issues of agriculture and services to which the USA wanted it to be restricted. +I am not questioning Mr Martin' s extensive ability to conduct our business swiftly but, like other Members, I am questioning a general practice which seems to completely contradict the letter of our Rules of Procedure and the spirit of the parliamentary institutions. +The German Government has been content to hide behind the French coat-tails throughout this dispute, blaming the intricacies of their federal system of government for the delays in lifting the ban in Germany. +Today, despite the fact that both the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on the Environment of this Parliament were asked to consider this extension, the Council has decided to ignore this House and change the legal basis for this decision, despite the fact that the amendments proposed were both practical and reasonable and could have been adopted under codecision. +The issue of the identification of beef products and the certainty that they can be relied upon is as much at the heart of the dispute between France and the European Union as it is at the heart of the concerns of safety which have preoccupied both the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on the Environment over the last two years. +I have rarely witnessed a budgetary procedure like this in which, until this positive statement allowing the agreement to be concluded, we were still faced with two lists of possible votes. One list would have been made in agreement with the Council and the other would have been established without agreement with the Council. +In this connection, I welcome new proposals by my Socialist Group colleagues for a European Small Claims Court to help people facing ruin due to EU disputes in future. +Mr President, every time we hear in this Parliament about the denial of basic human rights, like the right to vote or the right to stand for election, it should serve to strengthen our own resolve to promote and improve democracy in all parts of the world. +On the other hand, the deployment of resources left over in the Structural Funds from the programme planning period 1994 to 1999 is hardly worth considering as the available funds have already been allocated to specific measures, in this case in close collaboration with the relevant French authorities. +In this regard the Council recognises that the task of regional policy is to develop all the existing potential in order to make up for structural imbalances and backwardness and to speed up economic and social change in the disadvantaged regions, including the islands. +Evidently the Commission need not comment further on this report and indeed may not comment on it as this is the task of the new President of a new Commission who will undoubtedly be very pleased to draw on the wealth of experience on which it is based. I am referring here to the experience of Mr Herman, who I believe is bidding farewell to the European Parliament with this report and this political testament. +As we examine the environmental consequences and challenges of enlargement, we will not seek to enforce on those states which seek to join us in the applicant process the same kind of environmentally disastrous projects which we have often adopted in our own ignorance inside the Union over the last 40 years. +It is no coincidence that the defence of citizens' rights is the chief aim of both institutions. This collaboration should therefore continue to guarantee these rights and the democratic work carried out by the Union in order to enhance the credibility of our administration. +A short time ago, Mr Newman himself headed a delegation from the Committee on Petitions - a delegation that included our colleagues Laura de Esteban and Barbara Schmidbauer - on a visit to the Doñana park. This visit was aimed precisely at allaying the fears of the local population that had been expressed in a great many petitions submitted to the Committee on Petitions, fears relating to the Doñana national park, which is a biosphere reserve. +The Commission firmly believes that the creation of the European Ombudsman is of real benefit in terms of European citizenship and that it is a fundamental right of all Europe's citizens that the European institutions should be properly administered and operate in a manner that is both transparent and fair. +That then is why I am in agreement with the excellent report by Mrs De Esteban Martín, who calls on all of the institutions to do more to alert the European public, by all possible means, to the opportunities they have of enforcing their own rights, and in particular of course to the possibility of approaching the Ombudsman. +How can we hope to combat tax fraud and organised crime or to protect the financial and budgetary interests of the EU if there is still no link between the various customs computer systems, despite the possibilities offered by the Customs 2000 programme or the IDA programme for computerisation of customs activities? +The leading role in this effort must be assumed by the European Union which, together with the United Nations Secretary-General and the United Nations Security Council, must take the necessary actions to resolve the deadlock. +But this intervention by NATO, which was decided without full UN backing and has inadequate means to achieve the declared objectives of neutralising the Serbian military's capacity to continue with so-called 'ethnic cleansing', has not only failed to resolve the issue, it has also aggravated all the problems. +We nonetheless regret that a European presence on the ground was not planned at the same time as the air offensive and that large-scale humanitarian action was not envisaged to cope with the floods of destitute refugees thrown out onto the streets. +Indeed, by proposing in recital J to weaken and exclude the notion of national sovereignty which, however flawed it may be, still constitutes the fundamental regulatory principle of our international community, it introduces an element that would only have extremely destabilising and disturbing consequences for international life. +I must stress that the issuance of electronic money is just one element in the far broader context of electronic commerce systems and, within those systems, electronic payments themselves. +For many years now, Parliament has played a prominent role in combating violence, through the various reports it has produced and its initiative to launch a campaign to combat violence against women, as well as through special budget lines which enable us to support some very useful initiatives by the many NGOs working in this field. +Mr President, I think all of us are entirely in agreement in our analysis of the events which have just taken place in Niger and the need to restore the rule of law and a functioning democracy to that country as quickly as possible, after the coup d'état and the assassination of President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara. +The Commission therefore welcomed the recent statement by Prime Minister Hun Sen in which he agreed to allow foreign judges and prosecutors to play a central role in the trial of the imprisoned Khmer Rouge leader Ta Mok in Cambodia in order to guarantee that the trial meets international standards. +We would like to urge the government to make balanced information about both the advantages and the disadvantages of membership freely available to all Polish citizens, and we likewise hope that it will keep its promise to hold a referendum on the country's membership of the EU. +Even if every possible and impossible means is already being used to master the perennially increasing volume of traffic, care must be taken to avoid burdening users and operators of rail, road, air and water transport with a procession of new taxes, and that is the bottom line. +But the regulation, the legal definition of the means of redress, as defined in Article 52 of the Treaty of Amsterdam - which is the legal basis of the programme - is restricted to combating violence. +Or will the sector simply have to learn to live with a price difference between cereals on the world market and in the EU because the EU currently has a shortage? +Madam President, at the end of January, the Italian authorities submitted to the Commission a series of observations containing a formal position on the initiation of a procedure, under the reference C 81/97, following a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 18 February 1998. +That was contradictory, and Parliament was obliged to address the issue through a separate motion of censure on the Commission, thereby destroying the direct link between refusal of discharge and the consequence of the departure of the Commission. +As a result of this situation, the chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control, acting on the instructions of the committee, made a request in this House on 15 January 1999 for the Rules Committee to clarify precisely what the Treaty itself provides for, that is to say for the direct link between refusal of discharge and a possible censure procedure to be removed. +Let me simply say that in spite of the inevitable difficulties due to the unanimity rule, it is undeniable that now, under the strong urging of the German presidency and with the support of this Parliament, progress is being made in the implementation of the strategy against harmful tax competition and a number of objectives have been set for the Helsinki European Council. +In the same vein, I have to say that the Group of the European People's Party, as represented on the Committee on Budgetary Control, was fully behind the rapporteur, put up a good fight, and came away victorious. +Let me look also at one other substantive item in the original report of the 1996 discharge: the reform programme, which the acting President Santer took on board on 11 January in his reform programme of the Commission. +It is exactly for that reason that we have begun a new risk assessment, and we have the interim results of it, which, as I understand it, are partly derived from the re-examination of published literature on the basis of the criteria set out by the appellate body and partly derived from the interim conclusions of some of the seventeen new studies we have commissioned. +If we had created an economic policy, we would have laid down the foundations, or guidelines, for Europe's economic future and might have reduced unemployment by a few percentage points, thereby restoring the confidence which the people are beginning to lose. +The lack of a European policy for social and economic cohesion is certainly causing problems too. Furthermore, the present relationship between the more developed and the less developed countries and regions has to change. +Hegemony - in this case the hegemony of the market - disturbs me both as an economist and as a supporter of the market economy, as we in Europe have developed a model of the social market economy that is concerned particularly with reducing and preventing unemployment. +The Menrad report - and it is appropriate here that Mr Berthu has just spoken about the economic situation - is attempting to revisit the issue of European employment policy in the run-up to the European Employment Pact which is sure to be concluded in Cologne. +Having said this, I agree with the rapporteur that it is technically important for the time being to note the accounts of the EC budget for the 1996 financial year in order to proceed with work on the accounts of later years. +All neighbouring countries, all countries bordering on Kosovo, with the exception of Milosevic, want three things: they want internal democracy, and they want to secure this by means of external security within NATO and by means of economic development within the European Union. +Will we come to accept - possibly on the basis of Russian mediation - a peace which does not fulfil the stated requirements, does not guarantee Kosovo's borders and territorial integrity, does not make it possible for Kosovar refugees and displaced persons to return in safety to Kosovo, and which enables Milosevic to present himself to the Serbs as a victor? +However, we must not hide from the growing disquiet among the public about the systematic bombardment of a European country and its capital and about the growing number of civilian victims our bombs have every day. +The European Parliament must act immediately to restore the kind of democratic conditions that apply in our countries, because representatives and militants of the opposition party are still in prison and some members of the Albanian Parliament have been deprived of their parliamentary immunity. +Therefore, of all the good arguments I have heard, the only possible alternative is a political solution that renounces the use of force, respects human rights and ensures the return of refugees. +We ought to have demanded the right to give ourselves a statute - that ought to have been the strategy! - a statute with a capital 'S', covering incompatibility, Members' privileges and status, but not our financial arrangements, which are an internal matter. +Parliament approved it more than six months ago, and the criticism voiced here that Parliament has had too little time to become acquainted with the document that the Council drafted, is to some extent justified. +The burden of proof is reversed within the first six months after purchase, which means that it is assumed that a lack of conformity was already present on delivery, unless the seller can prove damage by the consumer or unless the type of product or lack of conformity rules out such an assumption. +Mr President, I agree entirely with your remarks. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection and especially its rapporteur, Mrs González Álvarez, for the work which has been done and also for the interest she has shown during the consideration of this proposal. +The changes which were made to the old procedure are threefold: the elimination of the so-called negative version of the third reading, whereby if there was no agreement in conciliation the Council could go ahead and adopt its own text and challenge Parliament to reject that by an absolute majority within six weeks. +I should also like to congratulate Mr Manzella and Mr Corbett as well as the negotiators from the three institutions on their excellent work and on having been able to strike a balance between a dynamic application of the provisions and the obligation to fully respect the Treaty. +If the Union and the presidency were to highlight these two issues in the European Council to indicate the path to be followed and the choice to be made by the Union in the months ahead, we would be making a firm commitment in two areas which, in my view, will be critical as the third millennium approaches. +All those who do not now restore the rule of law and end this war bear responsibility for the terrible violence, for the civilian victims, for the destruction of the basic means of livelihood and civilian infrastructure in Serbia, for the use of forbidden weapons. +I want to express my deep sense of disappointment that yesterday, at an early stage, when my group presented to other group presidents the possibility of trying to find a reasonable way forward, whereby the Council would meet tonight and then, tomorrow, we could decide on the issue in a more definitive way, some colleagues used procedures in this House to block that possibility. +However, given the rejection today of our Amendment No 18, which stated that we would do our utmost to ensure that this statute entered into force at the beginning of the next parliamentary term, Parliament is showing its true colours, and on the very day and in the very week when a new system for the reimbursement of travel expenses is being adopted, a system which is supposedly based on expenses actually incurred but is actually somewhat similar to a lump-sum system. +Although a solid legal basis allowed us to implement a truly integrated policy to help the island regions, particularly by means of the Structural Funds, the Council and the Commission decided otherwise, paying no heed to the European Parliament's recommendations in this matter. +Thanks to Parliament's firm stance, which has meant that the Commission has had to take up a less intransigent position, and thanks to the perseverance and persistence of certain Member States, we have a satisfactory compromise for the short-term in terms of abandoning cofinancing, in terms of a more moderate fall than expected in guaranteed agricultural prices and in terms of the status quo on quotas. +By moving away from the policy of supporting agriculture through prices, by shrinking into ourselves and encouraging nationalisation, by undermining this sector through a further increase in direct income aid, Europe is moving further and further away from its mission and the founding principles of the common agricultural market. +In this connection, I am for the most part satisfied with the Berlin agreement with respect to its aim to support, if need be, the agricultural guideline as and when the successive enlargements take place, taking into consideration an automatic annual technical adjustment in the financial perspective to account for inflation. +This will consolidate many months of dedicated effort from Parliament's side to secure the best deal possible for the balanced development of our regions and the furthering of economic and social cohesion of the European Union. +The Interinstitutional Agreements and their financial perspectives have represented an important step forward for the Community. They have enabled us to develop the European budget in a calm and organised fashion and to fulfill a broad range of political objectives. +We have intentionally defined the scope of the fund to allow it to respond to developments in the economy and the labour market over the next seven years, always with a view to encouraging and enabling more people to participate actively in the labour market. +Other important elements of the revised regulation include, first, a truly new facility for the investment of TENs money in risk capital funds with the aim of gaining access to the potentially very large resources of long-term funding available from insurance companies and pension funds for the financing of public infrastructure projects. +In my view, Commissioner, an excellent and positive reform of the Structural Funds has been concluded, with projects aimed at concentration and simplification and with an effective partnership as a result of the contribution of regional and local authorities, which may lead to increased efficiency in the actual implementation of the Structural Funds. +The Union also continues to support any initiatives to further improve the operation of the 'oil for food' programme and in this respect refers specifically to the proposals submitted by the UN Security Council panel on 30 March 1999 on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. +Nor is it acceptable that, contrary to what Parliament approved in November 1998, the conditionality of the Cohesion Fund in relation to the stability pact is to be maintained, and that, for example, the Committee on Regional Policy should now be presenting an opinion in favour of the proposal for a regulation which envisages exactly this type of conditionality. +The results are not perfect, but despite the inadequate budgets and the faint- hearted reform of the common agricultural policy, and the continuing injustices and imbalances that it preserves, we have nevertheless avoided a serious crisis in the European Union and it is fair to say that over the next few years the European Union will forge ahead with confidence and stability. +On regional policy I have to admit that I am extremely disappointed that Northern Ireland does not retain Objective I. But I want to pay tribute to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly for their support for me, and to the Council and Commission because I believe we have achieved a deal that we can live with and will be good for Northern Ireland in the long term. I am content with that. +It is a compromise - a compromise that was a good one for my region. But I feel there is a real need to refocus, to relocate and reconsider and attain objectives that we have not been able to attain before: that is to ensure that we have not only got value for money but we also leave something positive behind where European money has been concerned. +But I should like to repeat my request for the Commission finally to draw up a directive in the field of social security, so that the Council can no longer take refuge behind the excuses it has been using to date and we will have genuine Council debate on a social security directive. +As regards the amendments on the establishment of the vademecum and on the requirements for provision of information to undertakings, particularly SMEs. I share your view that a simple statement in the Council's minutes is not a sufficient guarantee of follow-up. +I also want to thank everyone who has cooperated in this endeavour throughout the years and - obviously - all the members of the secretariat of the Committee on External Economic Relations who have worked towards these objectives, as well as all those who have believed in the advantages of cooperation with Latin America. +I most certainly am not a supporter of neo-liberal policies but the removal of trade barriers is a fact of life and the coming into force of the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement has increased Mexican dependence on trade with the United States of America. +I am disturbed that there is concern in Mexico that full information has not been provided, that civil society is being excluded and that multinationals and private capital interests have carried too much sway. +Let me ask the presidency of the Council at this point how the European institutions, and particularly the elected representatives of the European people, are to explain to the public that such a project can be implemented without involving Parliament, without informing or consulting Parliament. +The Orlando report, which was hastily adopted on Tuesday without even being put to the vote, echoes President Prodi's investiture speech in calling for this European policy for cities. +This result is particularly important for cities, since it reinforces and boosts the credibility of the Action Plan for sustainable cities submitted by the Commission last November in Vienna, and because it reinforces the instruments already contained in Objectives 1 and 2 of the Structural Funds for urban areas. +For several years, the people of the European Union have been demonstrating more and more clearly their rejection of ultra-liberal policies and the damaging effects that they have on employment, incomes, social protection systems and public services, the environment and land use. +Also, the need for the President-designate to present his political plans to the European Parliament - what Mr Romano Prodi rightly called his 'programme of government' - means that he must achieve a majority in Parliament on which he will base his actions. +Mr President, like my colleagues, I would like to say that, in order to protect the peace process, the Palestinians have demonstrated their good will by agreeing to postpone the date for the declaration of the Palestinian State, which the Oslo Agreement had set for 4 May. +Mr President, I think we would all recognise that the Rome Conference on 18 July 1998 on the Statute of the permanent International Criminal Court represented a step forward in terms of international institutions and in the international legal order concerning human rights. +I think that the European Union should help the Czech Republic to equip itself with an alternative system for producing energy, that uses soft energy, but should not release funds for a Soviet-designed type VVER 1000 power station which, in my opinion, presents a great many risks. +In December 1998 we maintained our amendments against the common position, and then in January 1999, the Council discovered that there was a need to modify Regulation (EEC) No 330/91. Meanwhile, the Commission proposal had been on the table since 2 June 1997 and there had been two readings in this House. +Mr President, the Commission welcomes Parliament's initiative to support the adoption at Community level of legislation that allows us to determine the legal and economic effects of the bankruptcy of companies operating within the internal market. +Proposal for a Council Regulation (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) incorporating daily subsistence allowance rates for officials on mission within the European territory of the Member States of the European Union for Austria, Finland and Sweden into Article 13 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities (COM(99)0133 - C4-0226/99-99/0076(CNS)) +It was agreed to fix the compensation for potato growers, given solely in the form of hectare premiums, at a higher level than the Commission had proposed, provided that the number of hectares was reduced accordingly, so that the overall decision would be budget-neutral in relation to the original Commission proposal. +I think that we have also been quite successful in having a square near the European pavilion or the European exhibition named after Robert Schuman as an indication of how important Robert Schuman was for the development of Europe, and to have a square that will remain in use in the future. +The result of the combination of these negative elements is that European businessmen in the textile sector feel that there was little use in investing significantly, as they did, in high technology and ambitious restructuring to modernise their business and in specialising in quality, fashion, design and the European trade mark. +In the first ballot, when it was inconceivable that the election of President of Parliament could be resolved, we took the decision to put forward Mrs Laura González as our candidate to affirm our place at the very heart of the Left. +I congratulate you as well, not only for becoming President and a woman President, but also for having been an excellent colleague over the years. I hope that your work for the Parliament and for the internal reforms goes well, and especially your work for the Assembly and for Europe, because I know how much Europe and our common vision of it mean to you personally. +My second point is that if an enlarged Union is to retain its ability to negotiate then it is essential that the three institutional questions that remained open in Amsterdam, namely the size and composition of the Commission, vote weighting in the Council, and extending majority voting, are clarified in good time and comprehensively before enlargement takes place. +It is very important - for our group at least - that, in the course of the coming institutional reforms, a far greater importance is afforded to national democracies and national parliaments, instead of allowing Europe to sink deeper and distance itself even further from the citizens by creating the kind of democracy that I have described as virtual. +We expect Commissioners to open dialogue with the elected representatives in the European Parliament as early as possible before decisions are taken, but above all we expect them to respect the principles of transparency and subsidiarity as well as our democracies and traditions. +Recent events concerning the contamination by dioxins of certain foodstuffs in Belgium have resulted in a very serious situation, not only with regard to the risks to people's health, but also because they have weakened confidence in the animal feed and food production chain and in the ability of the authorities to monitor the situation properly. +Apart from the emergency measures which have already been adopted, the Commission is, however, now working, and this is where the general context comes in, on proposals to improve and define Community provisions relating to foodstuffs and animal feed more closely. +Concerning the Summit which closed the Council's term under the auspices of the German Presidency, I would like to insist from the very outset on the very good work achieved by this Presidency within a perilous international context and in a period of 'doubt' in European opinion. +In this case, as in many others, deeds speak louder than words. As far as I am concerned, and as far as the President and Commission-designate are concerned, that is a maxim and a reality that will shape the reforming mission of the Commission from the outset, if that is the decision of the vote in this House on Wednesday. +It greatly strengthens the Commission' s well-meaning but frankly insubstantial recommendations for inspection procedures which could not guarantee that improvements will actually take place and it provides for a detailed programme of action to make sure that existing laws are properly enforced within a realistic but tight timetable. +Preparing for enlargement is not going to be a particularly easy task and it will not be made any easier if Parliament and the Commission are not working closely together to guarantee that tough decisions must be taken on these issues or worked through in an atmosphere of understanding and equal purpose. +There is no doubt that if over the past decade, our position on the former Yugoslavia had shown more sensitivity to the different realities of peoples, instead of becoming obsessed with the idea of the State, things would have been different and, no doubt, less disastrous. +Mr President, Mr President-designate of the Commission, I shall be giving my approval to your Commission tomorrow. However, I shall be taking some aspirin beforehand, and I shall probably need a double dose after the end of the hearings and in view of the results of these. +After all, the Belgian Government has, in appointing Mr Busquin, chosen a Commissioner-designate who was the President of that den of thieves, the Walloon Socialist Party, a party truly epitomising bribery scandals, financing by arms dealers, fraud, political appointments, squandering of the authorities' money and European subsidies. +On the major issues coming up - negotiations on the World Trade Organisation, the Intergovernmental Conference, debates on the case of the Mediterranean - the President of the Commission also indicated his wish to include all the Members of this Parliament as parties involved, as decision makers. +Mr Prodi, your agreement with Mr Poettering points to a new era, the possibility of an entirely new Commission culture aimed at winning back citizens' confidence and interest in our European Union. +While Parliament must look at its own role very seriously, especially following the poor turnout in the recent elections in many Member States - evidence at best of disinterest but more likely cynicism and disdain by our citizens - our job today is to respond to the hearing of the Commissioners-elect and to the case put by the President-elect, Mr Prodi. +We demand that the College and yourself as its head become ambitious about gender mainstreaming, with measurable developments and improvements as a result. +The new Commission only takes office when we as a Parliament tomorrow approve its appointment and after the Commissioners, at 12.00 p.m. on Thursday in Luxembourg, have taken their oath of office before the European Court of Justice. +Let us not get this debate mixed up with tomorrow' s debate on the supplementary and amending budgets 1, 3 and 4 for 1999 because, when the President-in-Office says that this spirit of cooperation is based on mutual trust (that is what I wrote down) between the institutions, I only have to remind the Council of what it did with supplementary and amending budgets 1 and 3 and our reaction to it. +Clarity, transparency and ethically sustainable action must be the guiding principle behind European decision-making, whether it is a matter of the Union' s internal administrative culture or of ensuring the rights and security of our citizens. +The motion for a resolution is devoid of any reference to these central solutions, and it is aimed solely at promoting federalist development in the European Union, a form of development which a majority of the population in my country, Denmark, dissociated itself from in the 1993 referendum on the Treaty of Amsterdam. +Particularly in the areas which you have already - all too timidly, in my opinion - decided to make the European Parliament a legislative body with equal rights in the foreseeable future, if you wish to establish a democratic area of freedom, security and justice, in Tampere you must ensure that for the next Intergovernmental Conference we will be a legislative body with equal rights, otherwise you run the risk of alienating the European Union further from the citizens in general. +There is one paragraph in the motion for a resolution which I have a lot of sympathy for, and that is paragraph 7 b, in which the criticism is made that the texts to be decided upon within the context of the Schengen collaboration have still not been made public, in spite of the fact that they have been Union law since May of this year. +But the crucial issue in what has been put forward in Cologne is the method, i.e. not having national governments prepare such things any longer but having a sort of convention in which national parliaments, the European Parliament and governments are represented. +This is not just a matter of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, but rather a rehearsal in the new meeting procedures between national parliaments, national administrations and the European Parliament, which can provide the European Union with great legitimacy for these cornerstones. +Finally, this Europe of ours must ban all forms of discrimination, in recruitment, in housing and in access to leisure pursuits, and remind all those who deny the existence of the gas chambers and believe that races are not equal that racism is not an opinion, but a crime. +In my opinion, Madam President, the means which should be used are three in number: police co-operation - bearing in mind the progress that has been made through the Schengen Agreement - the prevention of crime and external relations, given that security in the Union cannot be isolated from security in the rest of Europe and throughout the world. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, since the process began the European Union has supported Portugal' s and Indonesia' s attempts to attain a lasting solution for East Timor, under the protection of the UN, one that was acceptable to the international community, and one that would be based on the right to self-determination on the part of the East Timorese nation. +The armed organisation ETA has declared a cease-fire and the majority of Basque political parties, unions and civil organisations have signed an agreement in Lizarra-Estella (Navarre) which aims at dealing with the Basque conflict through dialogue and negotiation. +The resolution includes one point (b) which, in my opinion, undermines an essential foundation block of European institutional architecture: the Commission' s right of initiative, since the Commission must act as a College and have the sole right to put forward European legislation. +The main thing is, in my view, to find once more a credible partner, putting an end to this interminable state of transition, and enabling the European executive to resume its onerous duties and finally make progress, in close consultation with the Members of the European Parliament, on the crucial matters of concern to Europe and its citizens. +The fact remains that, in his speech to the European Parliament, Romano Prodi made statements which can only disappoint and worry those who are waiting for rapid and bold responses from the European Union in order to re-align Europe to be at the service of people and humanity rather than of finance and of the great God, money, for Europe to put itself forward as an alternative to world-wide liberalisation. +We must say to all those parties who have responsibility: if Indonesia' s policy does not change, and quickly, then we, and I am addressing the Council and the Commission here, will have to seriously threaten them with all the economic means at our disposal and force those who have the power in Indonesia to co-operate. +Does the current Council Presidency believe (as the European Parliament does) that the conditions are now such that a majority of the members of the UN General Assembly will this year call for the establishment of a universal moratorium on capital punishment? +There are however, particularly in Ireland, a substantial number of borrowers on fixed rates, sometimes at interest which is three times higher than the current rates and which lending institutions are unwilling to adjust without substantial financial penalties. +We see youth crime as an enormous problem, and giving attention to this problem will have an impact on the crime rate in the future also, as someone learning antisocial patterns of behaviour when young is a danger in the longer term not only to himself but obviously to the whole of society also, in terms of criminal damage. +As regards the headquarters, I agree with the wise meeting point proposed by Mr Swoboda. I liked the image of the ray of hope suggested by Mrs Van der Laan, but I would be more realistic. +Following the request to set up an agency made by the Cologne European Council, the Commission' s proposal is largely based on the model of all other existing European agencies: a structure with its own legal personality and decision-making powers and with the Member States represented on a governing board. +Between the extreme positions, which demand the recognition of the right to return, ignoring the real problems which, in reality, would be caused by the mass return of refugees and the uncompromising positions, which do not even accept that the problem exists, there are intermediate options which should be studied, developed and implemented. +Other innovations in this convention including Article 4 on payments, Article 8 on visibility of the Community' s contribution, Article 9 on arbitration and Article 12 on entry into force, all aim at enhancing transparency and accountability. +Firstly, the purpose of the draft Council decision is not to regulate an interinstitutional information request. It is to approve the text of the EC-UNRWA Convention and to authorise the Commission to sign it on behalf of the Community. +Regarding the amendments adopted by the Committee on the Environment, we have voted against all of those which invite the European Union' s neighbouring countries to make use of the PHARE, TACIS and MEDA programmes in order to make them contribute financially to the implementation of this Community framework for co-operation. +For example, paragraph 10 states that the European Parliament "considers it to be a matter of urgency that the European Union, in order to facilitate the integration of citizens of third countries residing legally in its territory, should tackle the principles which govern the status of these people." +With regard to paragraph 19 about providing Europol with opportunities in the operational sphere, we think that this paragraph is to be interpreted as meaning that any such development of Europol co-operation should be for the purpose of promoting the fight against cross-border crime, but must in that case take place within the framework of the Member States' right to full control over police activity within their own borders. +In addition to severe structural problems like lack of investment, the public debt, particularly foreign debt, has grown rapidly and at present it is not clear how the authorities intend to service that debt burden. +In fact, the conflict in Dagestan has to do not only with the conflict between the Russian army and militant Islamicists from Chechnya but also with Russia' s weakness, with oil in the Caspian Sea and with poverty in the northern Caucasus which is being increased by the lack of economic support from Moscow. +The European Union must continue to act under the Finnish Presidency so that relations with Burma can be re-established as soon as possible, but on the basis of the respect for human rights, the results of the elections and the liberation of the British prisoners who were arrested for defending democracy. +We also call, however, upon the State President and his administration, to agree, in collaboration with all political forces in the country, upon an election procedure which gives the same chances to every political grouping which complies with democratic rules. +Before you all rush to go, the Secretary-General has agreed that, because so many of you are still on the list of speakers, we will treat any letters that come in rather like an explanation of vote which will be published in the Minutes of today, provided you get your letters in by the end of next week so that you can make your point. +I would like to begin by congratulating my colleague James Provan on his excellent chairing of the debate which was the first I attended with him presiding and which proved to be an interesting and useful exercise with the aim of improving the conditions of our working environment. +Commissioner Byrne, I may add, is to be commended for his prompt action in agreeing to produce a White Paper on EU food law later this year and also to tighten up the EU' s rapid alert system for food emergencies. +And when we talk about the broad modern concept of human rights, it is, therefore, the new-born child in Zimbabwe, infected with HIV, who is our partner in securing these and not those groups of people who deliberately close their eyes and do not share with the population their knowledge of how HIV can be treated and, especially, prevented. +I should, however, also remind you that, in implementing alternative sources of energy, we have two major examples, namely water and wind power, which are already proportionately so important that the others, such as solar energy and also utilisation of biomass, will have to be promoted extremely intensively. +The emphasis on information dissemination in ALTENER II is very important indeed, and I look forward, if it is available yet, to looking at the Agores Centre on the Worldwide Web which is clearly intended to bring together all sorts of information on renewable energy so that everyone can look it up and can be kept up-to-date. +In addition, an essential constituent part of the Agreement is also the defence by the parties to the contract of the observance of democratic principles, human rights, rule of law and responsible government. +I would never judge the matters raised by my colleagues, but I would like to say that these talks with the Commission should perhaps keep to the Commission' s discussion and their decisions, otherwise, we risk running over into another section which will soon begin - Question Time. +Personally, I am in favour of the idea of a European civil defence force, which I believe will be extremely useful with regard to the citizens and the problems that still remain. The purpose of this force would be to work better together, more quickly and more visibly, in the event of a natural disaster, both within the territory of the European Union and elsewhere, and God knows, there is no shortage of disasters as current events show. +As regards an agreement with the most representative humanitarian players in the area, the aid will be aimed in particular at consolidating the existing humanitarian structures in the area and at assisting the local population by supporting the displaced persons with medical help, food aid and shelter. +Subject: Joint service for Community aid to non-member countries There is not time to regale the Commission with the litany of problems being experienced by both North and South NGOs in receiving funding from projects already agreed by the former DG VIII. +This aspiration on the part of the country holding the Presidency has been given a good basis by an exchange of letters between Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and the Union' s previous country to hold the Presidency. Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit reconfirmed in his letter that he thought the Copenhagen criteria were a basis for Turkey' s aspirations for membership. +In this there is no doubt that we need the support of concrete action on the part of the European Parliament in matters of financing and general support to develop and consolidate relations between the European Union and Turkey. +On Amendment No 1 the Commission has always been of the opinion that renewable energy policy and policy on energy efficiency are intimately linked and must be closely coordinated, but we wonder if a charter on renewable energy is not premature. +This resolution will encourage the Turkish regime to pursue and reinforce its policy of oppression not only against the Kurds but also against the Turkish people and to continue its occupation of Cyprus and its intolerance and disdain for UN decisions. Finally, it will have a very negative effect. +And secondly, closer to home, the Commission needs to set its own affairs in order because now, the Commission services responsible for putting its claims to the dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organisation are completely toothless. +Mr President, Commissioner, I think that now, all of us in Parliament agree on the need to tackle the problem of climate change rigorously, not just in order to fulfil a commitment made by the European Parliament but also because of the undeniable world-wide importance of this issue. +Does the President-in-Office of the Council understand that the ending of duty-free contrary to the majority view of the Member States has undermined the strategy of airports, airlines and passenger shipping companies aimed at keeping fares at a low level? +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Ustica tragedy - with more than 80 dead, almost 20 years of inquiries and more than 15 victims linked to this tragedy either during or after the inquiries - brings to mind three crucial points: the transparency, accountability and arrogance of a certain type of military power, but not only military power. +Just as Cermis was not only an Italian matter and was dealt with at an international level, so Ustica deserves to be discussed here. It deserves to be clarified and it deserves our respect, as does the work of the magistracy, which must get to the heart of the matter, clarify blame and charge those responsible. +- There must be full cooperation of all the Member States within the European Union if we are to play our full part in reducing the level of greenhouse emissions which are presently playing such a destructive role within our global environment. +However, we understand now that the reason the Commission wished to make the statement on Friday was because on Thursday there is a meeting of the Veterinary Committee which will look at this matter, and so the Commission will therefore be in a position to give further information on Friday. +Does the creation of an anti-fraud office, logically designed to ensure that the Community budget is handled properly, have anything to do with the establishment of all-round supervision, exercised without discrimination, not only of basic staff but also, as someone has already mentioned, of the members of institutions? +The establishment of this office was a very significant decision because combating fraud plays a central role in the way the citizens of our Member States perceive European politics. +Finally, it is also a good example of, on the one hand, systematic action by the European Union within its borders, in the internal market, but is, at the same time, a way of opening up towards international cooperation. +We need the safety benefits of Mr Ferri' s directive but we also need to take a much broader look at how to handle the move towards global technical standards in a crucial industry for the European Union. +The European Union has assumed the responsibility for financing reconstruction in Kosovo, where it is not just a matter of reconstructing bridges, schools and the technical infrastructure, but rather the total reconstruction of a democratic and peaceful civilian society in the region. +But that must not lead to us pursuing the cheap option and imagining that we can simply free up money for other policy areas by making across-the-board cuts in the agricultural sector, which not only covers expenditure on farmers but also that on all rural matters. +It may also be possible to create some room for manoeuvre - and that is perhaps something for discussion with the Council - by taking the EUR 89 million destined for humanitarian activities in Kosovo out of the humanitarian aid pot and carry it over to the total financial package for the region. +This year, a milestone year, what with the war in Kosovo, the events in East Timor, the earthquakes in Turkey and the commitments of a Union that wishes to take on more responsibility in the international arena, the Council is proposing a budget of EUR 92 billion, that is, EUR 4 billion less than the budget for the previous year. +Also, and here I am opposing some of the previous speakers - it is a matter of developing a European Parties' Statute since I think that, in the area of party financing at European level also, we need more transparency, more efficiency. +We must not forget that these are our real competitors and that therefore, only budgetary policies aimed at protecting investments and economic growth will allow us to lay the foundations for a Union which will certainly be stronger from a structural and economic point of view. +Nevertheless, and bearing in mind that fishing policy is a Community policy whose funding is separate from the Treaties, a formula has been found between all of us that allows the Council' s amendments not to be rejected in the first reading, including those referring to fishing, but rather defers their approval until such a time as financial agreement is reached with the Council. +May I remind you that we as a parliament have supported this umbrella organisation for European women' s organisations and have entrusted it with the task of implementing the plan of action agreed in Peking at non-governmental organisation level, and I think it would be disastrous if just any women' s organisation could have a share in this budget. +Our communication policy gives clear priority to maintaining and enhancing the credibility of the Eurosystem and confidence in the euro, both of which - credibility and confidence - are crucial elements in the successful conduct of monetary policy. +The committee also rejected the Greens' view as expressed in their amendment today, that the price stability mandate should be altered to take account of the difficulties faced by manufacturers alone if their prices fall. +On the one hand, we have all noticed the greater role played recently by this institution - and indirectly, at the same time, the whole Union - in terms of economic policy and, especially, employment policy. On the other hand, this was not sufficient to ensure that the euro was not affected by speculation or weakened in the face of our competitors - which, of course, we must definitely not ignore - which are the United States and NAFTA. +It was the first such meeting since the European Parliament ratified the new College of European Commissioners and the new President, Romano Prodi, has stated many times that he is deeply committed to involving Parliament in more decision-making in the future. +Thirdly, this summit was important because, although we may so far have managed to translate economic and monetary union into reality, the special summit took the first step in the direction of a union for security and in the direction of an area of freedom, security and justice for the citizens of Europe. +Before handing over to my fellow Commissioner, Michel Barnier, who is going to present the objectives of the Intergovernmental Conference, I would once again like to thank the Parliament for the support given to the Commission in this project, the Tampere project, the spirit of Tampere, the letter of Tampere, but most of all the project of the citizens of this shared Union of ours. +It is not unnecessary to work on the reorganisation of the Treaty to make it more readable, more accessible to citizens and in order to imagine one day the simpler amendment of common policies, as opposed to the fundamental principles of the Union. +The remaining right of veto is to be taken away and the influence of small countries reduced; the President of the Commission is to become a sort of Prime Minister in an ever more powerful European Commission, and the EU is to become a military union. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0028/1999) by Mr Miller, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive relating to cableway installations designed to carry persons (14248/3/1998 - C5-COD 1994/0011) +What the Senate has done is sheer madness and, as Commissioner Patten was saying, it may not even have been done for strategic reasons but because of internal struggles, which makes the matter worse and even more shameful. Above all, as we have seen, this is encouraging other countries which already have nuclear capabilities, not to ratify the Treaty, and inciting even more countries to arm themselves with nuclear weapons. +Mr President, I do not need to go over the issues which have been very succinctly summarised by Mr Patten in particular - except I would re-emphasise the danger that this action by the Senate may give the wrong message to the hawks in the Russian Duma who have so far failed to respond to nuclear disarmament initiatives. +Mr President, I am very satisfied that the debate here in Parliament has shown complete unanimity, and it is good that the Commission, Parliament and the Council have very clearly emphasised the support of the European Union for the Test Ban Treaty. +In connection with Russia, the same themes appear over and over again on the agenda, whatever the Committee concerned and irrespective of whether it is a question of the fight against crime, economic reforms or sensible legislation in Russia concerning, for example, banking or taxes. And nowhere can any effective progress be seen. +We can accept amendment 11 relating to the role of information by means of cultural contact points on condition that their regional activities, which can be conducted as a complement to their national role, are done so on the basis of the measures in force in the various Member States and that they do not involve any increase in the Community' s overall financial contribution. +I must tell you how delighted I have been to note the enthusiasm that has been expressed here, the enthusiasm with which young and not so young Members have committed themselves to ensuring that the youth of our continent may, in future - even more so than in the past, because everyone was also in agreement in pointing out that the "Youth" programme has already given a great deal to millions of young people - build on what has already been well done. +The delay has certainly hindered and is still hindering the functioning of the institution. And I think - and moreover, this is the opinion of the entire Committee - that its functioning is important and fundamental for the European Commission and for the 34 Member States which are members and which continue to be active members in the observatory. +It has not, however, had any binding legal basis, and this is now to be created on the basis of Article 130a, paragraph 3 of the EC Treaty and with reference to the fact that, as a provider of information, it is mainly to contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of the audiovisual industry by improving the flow of information. +We have just decided, may I remind you, that the common regulation contained in the interinstitutional agreement, with the necessary measures to facilitate the trouble-free conduct of OLAF inquiries in accordance with the Parliament resolution, which is appended as an Annex to the Rules of Procedure, is applicable within Parliament. +- (EL) The arrogance of the American superpower, as demonstrated by its flagrantly murderous bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, is becoming all the more defiant and monocratic towards all the people of the world, with endless Senate decisions on the research and development of nuclear weapons. +Following the recent Senate decision to restart the famous "Star Wars" by voting for further funding, in contravention of the ABM Agreement, its refusal to ratify the Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons demonstrates out and out contempt towards worldwide demands for a general and comprehensive ban on all nuclear testing. +The main purpose of this Community legislation is to extend the above-mentioned regulations concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail (RID) to national transport, i.e., to transport operations within the national territory of each Member State. +That is why this report may be seen in isolation as dealing with a specific subject, but when it is examined in the European context, it becomes clear that this report is outlining more than the specific subject of dangerous goods on the rail network. +On the other hand, these subsidies are never going to make it to a certain proportion of the population affected by this stoppage: to Mrs Manuela, who owns a fishmongers, to Mr Antonio, who sells electrical goods, or to the traditional boat-builders who are carrying out their work in the Galician training workshop in Rianxo because there will be no boats to repair. +Mr President, I am participating in this debate in order to demonstrate my position and also to demonstrate our desire to support any positions which will contribute, both in Parliament and in the European Commission, to the achievement of the new agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco. +In our opinion, this award is a good incentive for all the men and women who, in other regions throughout the world, are fighting for the establishment of peace, and in the defence of human rights, liberty and democracy. +The second reason is that, in the past, and also very recently, this matter has lent itself to images which may have been amusing in some cases, such as the image of smuggling meat between two countries of the Community, but I do not think that we should re-awaken certain conflicts between our countries since this would seem a farce given the gravity of the issue. +They are related to five topics: traceability, further testing, issues surrounding derived products, further information relating to controls, inspection and controls by the Food and Veterinary Office on the single plant that exists in Truro, in Devon, which slaughters and exports this product, and finally, on the issue of labelling. +No final decisions of course have been taken and, as I said to you a moment ago, the constitutional structure of that authority has yet to be decided and how it would interact with the other institutions of the European Union and with the national food safety agencies of Member States. +If, in fact, the Central Bank tells the truth, it commits harikari, so to speak. If it does not tell the truth when talking to the other participants - as indeed it should not because the Central Bank should do otherwise - then it is telling lies and wasting time. +This is actually about dialogue with Parliament, because we really must ensure that we are involved here, so that in the interests of our citizens the macroeconomic dialogue truly creates really concrete guidelines that can then be taken up in the employment forum under the Portuguese Presidency. +I say to the president of the ECOFIN Council and to Commissioner Solbes Mira that what we set out in the macroeconomic dialogue in the next few days is not just for what is occurring at the present time, but to set the mood so that in the event of a problem or difficult issues we can actually sit together with the social partners and work out solutions to our problems. +All of us, the new Parliament and the new Commission alike, must act on a decision reached at the Cologne Council and it is important that we show the political will to develop, change and transform this dialogue since we are the ones who will be trying it out first, and with this first-hand experience we will be able to see where changes need to be made. +After all, it is more difficult for them than their colleagues in other industries to stand up against discrimination, especially as they are not constantly together with their colleagues at a fixed place of work which is easily accessible for the trade-union representatives. +I must stress that there is a great discrepancy between the Council' s proposal and that of the European Parliament, and the Commission has a half-way house proposal to limit the working week to 48 hours within a 7 year transition period. +This is important, not least when it is borne in mind that China produces 15 million tons of sulphur dioxide, causing acid rain, and over 13 million tons of particulate pollutants. These are some of the signs that suggest that our partnership with China is extremely important and could also lead to a better environment for ourselves and the whole world. +Finally, I believe that it is very important to establish these regular contacts between the European Parliament and Argentina, not only in this area, but also in the economic, social and cultural fields, since it is an obligation of the European Union to consolidate our presence in that country with which we Europeans have so much in common. +As the legislature of the European Union, we will in future continue to have no option but to set clear limit values and time limits for achieving significant reductions in emissions. +I hope that the strategy for the internal market will allow us the opportunity to extend this cooperation to the preliminary stage when the priorities for action will be established and to the implementing stage when it is to be ensured that rules function fully. +We have the biggest opportunity ever to make the single market a reality to many sole traders and SMEs in our Member States who may not previously have thought of selling outside their own immediate locality. +The individual countries themselves should decide upon the priorities for their employment policies and, in this context, we in the Group of the Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party feel free to take pleasure in the fact that a liberal employment policy which is particularly concerned with securing the correct incentives in taxation and social policy has been proceeded with in most Member States in recent years. +In Amendment No 1, we say that we especially urge that a strategy be created for social convergence which is analogous to the Luxembourg process regarding employment and with the help of which it can be ensured that the goal of social cohesion is given priority in the development of economic and employment policies. +It is noteworthy and thought-provoking that the countries outside the euro area have higher levels of employment and, if we look outside the European Union, we find a still higher level of employment, namely in our neighbouring country, Norway. +Therefore the Commission can accept in principle to study the possible expansion of the scope of the EEV concept to include perhaps other vehicle characteristics such as noise and fuel consumption and other propulsion technologies. +Mr President, as previous speakers have indicated, allowing this convention to become a powerful and important tool for the European Union is the best way of celebrating it, when it comes to both domestic and foreign policy. +So much of that is caused by the cruelty or neglect of adults and the least adults can do is to ensure that when a child genuinely has no family we apply the provisions of the Inter-Country Convention when giving that child another chance in life through adoption. +The next item is the report by Mrs Haug (A5-0052/1999) on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on the proposal for a Council Decision on the system of the European Union' s own resources (COM(1999)333 - C5-0092/1999 - 1999/0139(CNS)). +A great deal of water has passed under the bridge since it was first applied and numerous important changes have come to bear in the interim, the most important being the introduction of EMU on 1 January 1999, the pursuit of enlargement with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Cyprus and Malta and, finally, Agenda 2000, which sets out, inter alia, the changes needed in the agricultural sector. +I believe it has rarely been the case that a rapporteur has had to contend with in excess of 60 carry-overs and five supplementary and amending budgets in the course of one financial year. A multitude of amendments and additions to the original budget plan prompted her to say, in the course of the last discussion we had on supplementary and amending budget 4 that she no longer recognises her own baby, that is to say Budget 1999. +And I take your word so that in 2000, as part of a joint effort, which is much more intense and much more open, we may from the outset prevent priorities such as the Baltic regions or actions in favour of children from being the first to be affected, because there is a suspicion that it is perhaps not you who do not want to carry them out, but rather other powers which are behind it. +The report reminds us that in order to achieve significant improvement in global environmental protection measures and reduction of emissions, we need dialogue and consensus with both our trading competitors and developing countries alike. +A further challenge, an absolutely major one, is related to the contradiction, a particularly serious contradiction, I feel, between the liberalisation of energy networks, which, while it certainly affords a certain reduction in prices, also, by the same token, favours waste, and the promotion of rational and economic energy use. +The directive on large combustion plants with regard to the reduction of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and the Auto Oil programme to deal with the problem of air quality in cities, are good examples. +And to sum up, Mr President, several speakers have referred to a broader debate which would take into account all the issues, not only demand and environmental issues but also the question of energy sources and energy dependency based on the forecasts. +Mr President, I have learnt that the services of Parliament - I do not know whether this was under the instructions of the President - have prohibited a press conference by the President of the Court of Auditors of the European Union on this Parliament' s premises. +In this context, Parliament has already had occasion to adopt proposed amendments to a number of directives addressing the technical improvement of engines and fuel quality. +Indeed, while it remains extremely vague on most environmental matters related to the energy sector, this resolution proposes that, in future, in the countries of the EU, nuclear-based electricity production should at least retain the share which it currently has. +Today, this House has voted on Mr Chichester' s report, and in so doing has clearly indicated that it will reject any pressure or any form of indirect recommendation to change its policy on nuclear safety. +This is an important factor for the States with which we are dealing because they are well aware that at the end of the accession negotiations the European Parliament must give its consent, that nothing, therefore, is possible without the European Parliament and that the wishes of the European Parliament in this matter are consequently of prime importance. +In relation to deficiencies in stock and so on, my understanding of the operation of the DBES scheme is that it protect public health and ensures food safety in relation to the exportation of UK beef. +Mr President, the Commission recently presented a communication to the Council, to the European Parliament and to the Economic and Social Committee, on the theme "Victims of crime in the European Union - a reflection on standards and measures to be adopted" . +To achieve political and economic stability, enhance social welfare for the citizens of the applicant countries and prevent the risk of social dumping in the present Member States, the applicant countries will need to modernise their social security systems if enlargement is to be successful. +The adoption of the charter on security in Europe, if it is signed over the next few days, will no doubt reinforce the authority of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and will make a valuable contribution to the development of a Union security policy. +With you as the Secretary-General of the West European Union and the West European Union integrated into the European Union, parliamentary supervision naturally takes on a new duty and, together with the national parliaments, which will retain a supervisory function, it is the European Parliament which must carry out this supervisory function. +We are without doubt succeeding with the common currency, we have made progress in the economic field and the moment has come to make progress in the political field, and specifically in the field of foreign and security policy. +The French members of our Group are opposed to this amendment of the legal character of the legislation, insofar as a regulation makes it easier to take into account the impact of budgetary discipline on Member States and on Community institutions. +And I also think that, since the Russians have asked us to act as electoral supervisors in the elections to the Duma, we must seriously consider whether to satisfy this request from the Parliament because this might be a further contribution to dialogue and to the development of more democracy and perhaps also better politics in Russia. +It is important that we all send Russia a signal, and a clear one at that, that violence perpetrated against the civilian population must stop, that talks with legally elected representatives in Chechnya must commence, that humanitarian aid is needed, and that its access to the region must be allowed, with the OSCE having the main role to play in finding a solution to the crisis. +But what of the farmers, who will have been wiped out, the professions excluded from society, the textile industry, pharmaceuticals, shoes, heavy-duty vehicles, furniture, ships, toys, all that which will have been delivered up to competition from outside Europe, what is to become of them? +I hope I can therefore span, understand and recognise the aspirations of the developed world, and of the developing world, recognising the enormous benefits of global free trade whilst also recognising the imperative need to manage the transition, to enable and empower the developing world to be an equal partner in globalisation. +In all countries, globalisation makes its effects felt in the social sphere, but it must also be pointed out that in a number of less advanced countries, international labour standards agreed on under the International Labour Organisation are not being sufficiently respected. +From the point of view of our multilateral interests as well as of our own interests, everything depends on the contents of the agreement that has been signed, as the American Congress wanted to be the first to hear the contents of this agreement, a procedure to which your Parliament should have been more sympathetic than hostile, even if it makes my life more difficult. +We request that the Community method as per Article 48 be used; we expect a concrete proposal from the Commission which will form the basis for the negotiations; and we also expect to reach a consensus with the Council and the Commission concerning the agenda and the procedure for the next Intergovernmental Conference. +We think that account must be taken of the European Union' s double legitimacy as a Union of States, on the one hand, but also as a Union of the Peoples on the other, while Parliament obtains the right, when it comes to future negotiations for the purpose of revising the Treaties, to participate in decision making whenever it is the content of the future Treaties which is being negotiated. +The political tensions that characterised the start of this parliamentary term are therefore not obstructing the necessary agreements between various, important - the most important - parliamentary groups on the subject of consolidating the Union, its institutions and its policies. +Mr President, thank you for having given me the floor for a few moments at this point in the debate during which I have been able to listen closely to the rapporteurs whom I had already heard, but also to the representatives and the speakers of the different groups that sit in Parliament, that is to say, many of you. +I think that credit must be given to Messrs Dimitrakopoulos and Leinen for laying the first foundations of a new foedus (treaty), a kind of pact on European unity which is organised around differences and which attempts mediation and, in particular, to find basic principles and unities. +The Commission subsequently submitted to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, its communication concerning the European Union' s action plan for combating drugs during the period 2000-2004. +I think that the questions concerning drugs were dealt with at the Tampere Summit in a useful, more integrated way and with a view to developing a future strategy, especially in regard to combating the drugs trade and adjacent areas such as money laundering. +Mr President, as I said, the Commission intends to raise this matter in the bilateral discussions on reaching a preferential agreement on the liberalisation of services and public procurement between the EU and Turkey. +Report (A5-0066/1999) by Mr Napolitano, on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on the amendments to the Rules of Procedure following the Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 on the internal investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) +What I am about to say is quite important. The text, which did not obtain the required qualified majority during October' s part-session in this Chamber, has been amended on the initiative of the largest political group, which at the time expressed reservations and demanded further clarification. +In addition, the Committee has adopted an amendment by Mr Nassauer and Mr Brok, that is the new Article 4 of the model decision, and I shall quote the amendment word for word - "Rules governing Members' parliamentary immunity and the right to refuse to testify shall remain unchanged" . +My group has considered it very carefully and we conclude that it is a technical putting into effect of the agreement that the Parliament has signed on parliamentary immunity, and privileges will not be removed without due process. +Report (A5-0066/1999) by Mr Napolitano, on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on the amendments to the Rules of Procedure following the interinstitutional agreement of 25 May 1999 on the internal investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) +If this agreement is really to become the development agreement which helps reduce the gulf between the world' s rich and poor States, it is not acceptable to reject, in advance, demands from the other Member States in the World Trade Organisation for a change in our agricultural policy at the Millennium Round +Indeed, there is no doubt but that this compromise text, whose birth was so painful, will be subject to many pressures from the American side in the negotiations, even though the homogeneity of the Union is only a façade, and the Union has no legal arsenal available to it comparable with that in the hands of the United States, one that is likely, if necessary, to deter the American side. +The second principle should be that the WTO must be "confined" to a strictly defined role, and sectors which should only come under the remit of the sovereignty of states and the institutions established by citizens, because they concern the very identity of each society, should be kept out of its area of competence. +Therefore, even though the resolution put to the vote this morning is a text which is perfectly acceptable in terms of the general objective which we have set ourselves, particularly thanks to the many amendments proposed by the members of my group, I did not vote in favour of this text, so as to fulfil the commitments which I have undertaken with regard to the voters in the French Overseas Departments. +Therefore, it is crucial that the European Union, the Member States and the whole international community maintain firm pressure on the Indonesian authorities so that they disarm and control the so-called "militias" with the utmost urgency and they create the necessary conditions of safety for the refugees to return to East Timor, whose territorial integrity should be respected in its entirety. +I would also like to highlight the proposal that has been made to send a new delegation from the European Parliament to East Timor precisely to verify in loco how this process of reconstruction is taking place and being handled, and in order to have all the necessary facts to enable us to continue maintaining East Timor as an issue that deserves the unanimous attention of all European Members of Parliament. +They need to cooperate fully with the EU special envoy, the EU, the United Nations, the OAU and all humanitarian aid agencies in doing what is needed to support peace and stability in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region in general. +I should just like to say that in principle of course I was in favour of this resolution, but that I do feel that something very dangerous has been started here, that is, the systematic abuse of resolutions for an ideological debate on the Charter of Fundamental Rights. +However, I am disappointed that our amendment, which on the basis of the human rights clause in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement of this agreement will be placed on ice in the context of this war, will not be adopted by the House. +They are a vice that weakens the will, which ensnares the individual in a dependency which enslaves and depersonalises him or her, which destroys social bonds and relationships, which creates delinquency and makes society less safe, and which sustains world-wide criminal networks that defy States' power and law. +Action in the field of education and families, economic cooperation with associations and NGOs, especially in the field of leisure and sport, will complement the actions which must banish this "pressure valve" from the lives of our young people which sometimes means that they are destroyed by something which starts out as a means of escape. +Despite this direct and indirect assistance to the Bank from the European Union, the EIB is keen to appear to the public as a quite ordinary bank and in the past that was how it justified its relative inaccessibility for cooperation and monitoring to the public compared to other public institutions like the World Bank. +In the Committee on Budgetary Control, we have fought a hard struggle over six years to obtain an insight into the Bank' s affairs and, yesterday, we finally got an agreement in regard to supervision of the Bank by the fraud office, OLAF. +The issue is especially relevant, given its urgency, insofar as we do not have a lot of time to implement the new procedure, since the current system ends at the end of January and we need to reach a bilateral agreement between the Bank and the Commission. +He has also promised to submit a recommendation covering all the issues of public health, health of young sportspeople and health of sportspeople in general for wide-ranging and concerted action by the Member States in the campaign against doping. +We are about to fulfil our mandate because the Commission has decided to submit a plan concerning a communication on preserving current sports structures and the social function of sports in the Community framework. +Congratulations are also in order for your work in setting up the World Anti-Doping Agency. However, as a sportswoman, I must also ask that, as well as taking the positive step of imposing strict rules on athletes with regard to doping, we should listen to them and put their interests above economic and business interests. +Ladies and gentlemen of the Council and the Commission, today the Union is an institution which does not respect the minimum parameters of democracy and the Rule of Law, and for us Radicals, European federalists, advocates of the United States of Europe as envisaged by Altiero Spinelli, it is difficult to consider the minor - and they really are minor - reforms on the agenda as real progress. +I also regret that our joint motion for a resolution does not mention the problems linked to Eurodac, even though the Council has just announced, contrary to the Treaties, that this body should remain purely intergovernmental. This would, of course, exclude the European Parliament and the Court of Justice from any control in this area. +Take heed: if the Council, if the governments do not open up the agenda of the Helsinki Summit to essential institutional issues that are now more than ready to be addressed, the debate on enlargement will lack credibility and we will show ourselves incapable of having a far-sighted view of the development of all aspects of the Union. +This is a common problem, and, for that reason, we intend to raise the issue, not in connection with enlargement, but as a general part of the Summit conference agenda, that Member States and applicant countries must improve the implementation of the rights of minorities. +There is also a section on priorities and questions of human rights according to theme, such as the rights of women, children and minority groups, and opposition to the death penalty and racism. +The Commission feels that a stronger balance should be struck between the three pillars of the European Union in future reports, in order to give a more comprehensive overview of the human rights situation at European level. +On the basis of the right which children have to a father and mother and to secure conditions in which to grow up in a family environment, it is our common challenge, in the face of the new millennium, to allow children' s needs to be our guide in all the work that is done in society. +In the Commission' s proposals concerning resources for promoting economic and social development in Turkey and for extending the Customs Union between the European Community and Turkey, it is proposed that the period 2000-2002 should be covered, because the year is now so far advanced that it is too late to establish new budget headings for this purpose in 1999. +Financial aid for Turkey cannot be divorced from obligations in the fields of social development and democracy, rule of law and respect for human and minority rights. +Mr President, because of our feelings of solidarity and fraternity with the people of Turkey, we oppose that country' s accession into the European Union because, as the experience of the Greek people has shown, the Turkish people have nothing positive to gain from it. +As much as I welcome and am grateful for the content of the Morillon report, I think that we must send out a strong signal by postponing this decision until the Turkish Government confirms the stay of execution and begins talks to find a solution to the Kurdish question. +The Committee on the Environment would therefore like to make it clear in its proposal, which is more precise and more strict as far as derogations are concerned, that there can be no question of a twin-track environmental policy and that the aim must be to achieve a high level of protection for everyone in the EU. +There are therefore no plans at present to look into the question of whether other types of vehicle might be included, mainly because vehicles such as lorries are expected in any case to be highly fuel-efficient or because the contribution of, for example, two-wheeled vehicles to local carbon dioxide emissions is not great. +The more hearings I have attended and the more reports I have read on these matters, the more convinced I am that the general tendency is, on the one hand, towards a drastic curtailing of the transitional period for the dual circulation of national currency units and euros and, on the other, towards having a frontloading period which it is anticipated will start from 1 December 2001. +Rather, it is in the running for the title of world' s largest folly, for it is designed to give the world' s largest trading block a single currency built upon a foundation which, until the introduction of this currency, it had only been possible to hold in place for a period of five post-war years in Germany. +With these two major changes incorporated in committee, together with others such as greater precision in labelling and information to consumers, this House is helping to prevent a text which has its good points from being ineffective due to its lack of realism. I therefore ask you all to approve this report. +Report (A5-0071/1999) by Mr Morillon, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation regarding the implementation of measures to promote economic and social development in Turkey (COM(1998) 600 - C4-0670/1998 - 1998/0300(COD)) +It is my great pleasure to welcome to the official gallery, the delegation from the Moroccan Parliament led by the President of the Council of the Moroccan Parliament, Mr Jalal Essaïd. +Because this law to amend the Italian constitution has been before the Senate three or four times and the left have always obstructed it, although they have paid lip service to the idea that it is possible to make a new law to allow him back in. +It would be a disaster for the producers and the workers of the weakest countries, and not, as was said, for the multinationals, which would find, as they have always found, ways to penetrate industry and trade more deeply anywhere in the world. +The Court of Auditors has the task of checking to see whether these objectives are met; it has the task of ascertaining whether public funds are being managed in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Regulation, and it tells the Commission what changes need to be made to ensure proper financial management. +This was an idea which had always had a foothold in the northern countries - in Austria, in the Scandinavian countries, in Germany; in England too the concept of adult education has always existed - but in the southern countries it had not taken root to such an extent. +The Community must strive to ensure the success of this scheme of control, which will then serve as a model for other regional organisations, and the support which Parliament has given this proposal shows that, in this field as in others, as you know, Mr President, we share the same point of view. +These declarations - it is worth pointing out - are to the effect that the Member does not hold any of the offices listed in Article 6 which are incompatible with membership of the European Parliament. They also contain precise information on the Member' s professional activities, any other remunerated functions or activities and any support, whether financial or in terms of staff or material. +Since the licensing system contains a mechanism to distribute unused permits across the countries, I can reassure Parliament that there is no risk that permits allocated as part of the basic quota will be wasted or will go unused. +Secondly, I expect a clear statement from you this evening on how long the Commission's delaying tactics on the novel feed regulation are going to last, and whether you consider it appropriate, with a view to consumers finally having a clear picture, to support this proposal - part of which was also of course drafted by the Council of Ministers - to declare a moratorium. +The decision to promote all the possibilities of information technology to improve the Union' s competitiveness and the aim to take Europe to the number one position in the world as an information society player are both essential ingredients in the promotion of economic security. +The European Union' s policy with respect to the countries in this region is fragmented. Why does the EU not use the OSCE in order to achieve a stability pact for the Caucasus with these countries, the Russian Federation, the United States and Turkey? +When this is set against the fact that candidate status has been granted to Turkey and the simultaneous statement that there will be a conference in the spring of 2000, in which Turkey will not take part, then it is clear that this candidate status has been granted prematurely and is a blank cheque which will come bouncing back. +Does the Commission not feel that renewing the concessions is an infringement of the directives on the awarding of public supply contracts (92/50/EEC, 93/37/EEC and 89/440/EEC), given that there was no public European call for tenders and any other EU company was therefore excluded from this important market? +If plenary votes as scheduled, i.e. on Thursday, we in Parliament will have fulfilled our duty to state our opinion on time, thereby allowing a smooth changeover in the composition of the Court and ensuring that the necessary collaboration with it continues. +The new Article 280 of the Treaty also gives the Court of Auditors new responsibilities by creating a legal body which will afford effective equivalent protection against fraud and any other illegal activity in the Member States. +The court of final appeal has reversed the judgement of a lower court and convicted two young men for defacing a flag at a peaceful demonstration, despite the incorporation of the ICCPR into the territory's law. +We are already involved with the Commission in preparing the content for the conference in February but we are still waiting for a clear message from the Council, since the question of if and how many members are to represent the European Parliament in New York has not yet been clarified. +Proposal for a Council regulation (EC) apportioning the quantities of grain provided for under the Food Aid Convention 1995 for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 (COM(1999) 384 - C5-0258/1999 - 1999/0162(CNS)) (Committee on Development and Cooperation) +The European Union, shaken by the resignation of the Santer Commission during preparations, pursued a policy of seeking compromise with the other major powers which was far removed from the claims of developing countries and the concerns of civil society. +Secondly, at a time when we are making great efforts to reduce pollution from new cars, we should be developing a proactive European programme for rapidly eliminating old cars which are often major sources of pollution, but excluding vintage cars. +The next item is the continuation of the debate on the oral questions to the Commission and Council, on behalf of the Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities, on the EU follow-up to the Beijing Action Platform. +The Commission took the precaution of referring to its Scientific Steering Committee these concerns for an opinion on whether they called into question the decision to lift the ban and the terms of the date-based export scheme in particular. +Once again, however, in Europe, we live in an era in which food in Europe has probably never been safer and the consumer' s confidence in food is actually diminishing by the day, not only in France and Germany but also in other countries, because this discussion is dragging on due to a lack of political decisiveness. +My belief is that the further discussions and the protocol of understanding that was reached between all parties and experts involved give further assurance to consumers in the European Union - and they are not just French - that the beef exported under the DBES scheme is as safe as any beef in the European Union. +In addition to the regular contact made in association with enlargement, the Council is monitoring the situation in applicant countries in a Working Group on joint evaluation, which was set up by the Council on 29 June 1998. +To preserve confidentiality on all sides, the EIB cannot make public documents and information it holds on borrowers or other agencies that are involved in the formulation and implementation of those projects sponsored by the Bank without their express consent. +The fact that congestion and delays are more common in some parts of Europe than others is obviously very unfortunate, and perhaps the quickest way to deal with the problem is for the national authorities to find out what can be done to improve the situation in the individual Member States. +To make the implementation of International Humanitarian Law more effective, the EU gave a general assurance on handheld weapons, light weapons and anti-personnel land mines. +With regard to smuggling and the applicant countries, what I said in my reply is clearly the case, that the EU' s customs administration now establishes joint operations, on an annual basis, to stop illegal commerce, and, if necessary, third countries are also invited to take part in these operations. +I wonder if the Council of Ministers considers that the increased openness which is now hopefully to come within the EU ought also to embrace the Council of Ministers' addresses to the European Court of Justice. +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0098/1999) by Mrs Keppelhoff-Wiechert, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the placing on the market of bovine somatotrophin (BST) and repealing Council Decision 90/218/EEC [COM(1999) 544 - C5-0250/1999 - 1999/0219(CNS)]. +- (SV) In connection with the account of the Court of Auditors' annual report, it emerged that the Court of Auditors' current President, Jan O. Karlsson, had taken steps against the person who had supplied the mass media with information about the content of the annual report. +The most important point for me is the cultural aspect of books and society' s obligation towards literature and art; it is precisely now, in an era of new media, that books need to be specially promoted and supported. +The European Parliament reacted strongly by adopting virtually unanimously, on 20 November 1998, a resolution which defended fixed book prices and which called on the Commission to bring its Community policy on book price agreements into line with cultural requirements. +I urge the Commission and, of course, this Parliament, to do everything it can to get this death sentence commuted to life imprisonment or postponed, not just because leading American legal experts have indicated that there may be a miscarriage of justice, as is often the case, but also because he is an EU citizen. +In the meantime, we are continuing to do practical work, by backing initiatives such as the one in Tuscany which aims to raise funds to allow Rocco Barnabei to carry out DNA tests to prove his innocence, and inviting you, President, to use all the means at your disposal to ensure that the message of Parliament and the European institutions gets through to the American authorities. +Dr Rasha Al-Sabah, the long-serving Under-Secretary of Higher Education, is joined by Dr Fayezah Al-Khorafi, President of the University of Kuwait; Her Excellency Nabila Al-Mulla, who is Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Austria; Siham Ruzuqi, the Assistant Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Oil; another Assistant Under-Secretary: Sarah Duwaisan at the Ministry of Planning; and in civil society: Shaikha Hussah Al-Salim Al-Mubarek Al-Sabah, the President of Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiya, the Islamic Museum of Kuwait. +The resolution which we are debating today must be one more contribution to the ending of the situation of women in a country, Afghanistan, where the Taliban regime, through its authoritarianism, is causing terror throughout the population and international alarm. +For Afghan women freedom of expression, freedom of employment, freedom to attend health and family-planning courses, access to education, all those things as we know them simply do not exist. +In the case of Nicaragua - and here I differ with some speakers here today - it is clearly about the rule of law as such and the fact that people must be protected under the rule of law from arbitrary acts by the supreme state powers. +Mr President, Commissioner, Tajikistan is not only the poorest of all the countries formed from the Soviet Union, it has also been the one to suffer the most on account of the turmoil caused by tribal feuding, which ultimately escalated into civil war. +However, the financial aid in the form of loans should only be granted if there is a real possibility of the European Union being able to properly monitor the situation, if the process of national reconciliation continues and the elections, in particular the parliamentary elections set for March, are free and democratic. +Even though we are providing financial assistance, it would be interesting to hear whether the EU Council of Ministers is ready to lean on the Moroccan Government in an effort to prevent it from once again taking a decision on a referendum, only to postpone implementation. +Pursuant to Article 6 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union, the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway shall be associated with the implementation of the Schengen acquis and its further development on the basis of the agreement signed in Luxembourg on 19 December 1996. +Your experience as a rapporteur and your very remarkable contribution to the European Union's progress mean that this report will be an essential discussion document for the next Committee on Institutional Affairs. +For its part, Parliament has responded to Mr Herman's requests by approving the changes to the rules on voting and amendments. It will also be deciding on reducing the number of committees during this part-session. +The conclusion reached in this opinion was essentially that while there were no problems in respect to the political criteria for Malta, additional or structural economic reforms were still needed, while the two-year break in Malta's membership preparations had resulted in a delay in adopting the acquis communautaire . +If all this is to be achieved within a consistent legal framework, the scope of Regulation No 17/62 also needs to be adapted, which the Commission also proposes to do. Finally, the Commission wants it to be possible for agreements which are not individually notified, but which nevertheless qualify for exemption, to be exempt with retroactive effect from the date on which they were concluded. +Thirdly, I should like to refer to the idea of a code of good administrative behaviour, which was first mentioned in the Perry report on the Committee on Petitions' own activities for 1996-1997 and supported in the Newman report on the Ombudsman's annual report for 1997. +It is therefore not surprising that the implementation of all these absurd Community rules might generate an increasing number of difficulties that form the basis of the appeals lodged to the Committee on Petitions and the Ombudsman. +As the life of this Parliament draws to a close, the Commission therefore attaches great importance to bringing the processing of petitions up to date, so that, at the last two meetings of the Committee on Petitions, chaired by Mr Fontana, it is possible to consider the bulk of the cases still pending. +I am very dismayed to see that at a time when all political parties, with the exception of the extreme right, recognise the new virtues of international law in Pinochet's arrest, we have continued to hold talks with Milosevic, who has more blood on his hands and more 'crimes against humanity' on his conscience. +Instead of integrating the former Yugoslavia into the Union and thus promoting its process of political democratisation and economic progress, the European Union, with the European Parliament leading the way, has encouraged its break-up and created - at least indirectly - the conditions for the wars in Croatia and Bosnia in the past and in Serbia today. +Private car use raises a host of regional and local issues which, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle, call for a somewhat different type of approach, which we have been developing primarily through the action programme for the citizens' network. +Shortly afterwards there were consultations between members of the Transport Committee and representatives of the Commission, and after a subsequent discussion in the committee I concluded that the majority were still in favour of maintaining the position adopted two months ago. +Unfortunately, I believe - and I am not the first to say this - that we have the classic case here in which a principle that we welcome and support, namely combined transport, in other words the effort to shift traffic away from the roads and onto the railways and waterways, has been dealt a severe blow by a single inappropriate measure. +Instead of enabling consumers to benefit from competition, the present situation is marked by huge price differences in credit cards, mortgages and other services and the communication contains detailed information on this. +The debate on supervision in home countries as opposed to supervision in host countries has, until now, prevented any major shift towards either European supervisory systems or a European body for supervision. +That was a source of concern, because you have to bear in mind that after three years' work, on the one hand, the Daphne programme required a strong and secure legal base before 1 January 2000, but we could not let the legal base proposed to us undermine the political approach on which the programme had been based. +B4-0391/99 by Mrs Banotti and others, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party-B4-0398/99 by Mrs Malone, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0421/99 by Mrs McKenna and others, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the murder of Rosemary Nelson. +These countries undoubtedly have serious problems, since they have emerged, after all, from foreign occupation and dictatorship, which has invariably led to a certain breakdown of a nation's moral fibre; under these circumstances, I believe it is absolutely hypocritical of us to wag our finger at them. +We would like to urge the government to make balanced information about both the advantages and the disadvantages of membership freely available to all Cypriot citizens, and we likewise hope that it will hold a referendum on the country's membership of the EU. +It is certainly true that, apart from the specific questions it raises about the relationship between the elected and the electors as this century draws to a close, the right of petition is one of the best ways for Parliament to exercise control over the Commission and the Council - as well as the Member States - on behalf of the people of Europe. +To conclude, in view of the enormous volume of work involved in dealing with the petitions received, I fully support a thorough review of the Committee on Petitions' working methods, because it is easy to understand why it is puzzling over how best to fulfil its role. +We must have derived benefit from the Daphne initiative, as a new year five-year programme is being put together which will promote cooperation among voluntary organisations and the local authorities. +Madam President, Commissioner, on International Women's Day, Commissioner Gradin issued a challenge to men to do something about violence against women by saying that violence against women was a men's problem. +I believe that this particular issue could remain in the realms of wishful thinking: present growth rates will continue and the already high level of unemployment - which affects the younger generations in particular - will persist in the future. +Mr President, the Commission maintains an active policy to reduce the Community's dependence on imports of vegetable proteins and to increase the use of grain in cattle fodder. +The Community agricultural policy reform, begun in 1992, has led to a substantial annual increase in the consumption of grain in cattle fodder of around 20 million tonnes and a significant reduction in the importation of cattle fodder and, in particular, vegetable proteins. +The Commission has always been keen to ensure that the starch and starch-processing industries in Europe, and especially the biotechnology sector that uses starch and its derivatives as raw materials, remain competitive. +As a result, Mr President, in accordance with our case-law, in accordance with our fixed rule that parliamentary immunity protects not just the individual Member but the whole of this House and Parliament, we believe that the right course of action is to ask you not to waive parliamentary immunity in this case - and all the more so in that we believe, to quote my illustrious predecessors Georges Donnez and Jean Defraigne, that there may be a hint of fumus persecutionis here. +In my view, relations between Parliament and the Commission as regards budgetary management will be developed and enhanced as a consequence and I hope that the new Rules of Procedure will further enhance Parliament's work in monitoring the Commission's budgetary management. +So the European Investment Bank and the Fund must free up new resources and the Member States must also be enabled, through their own budgetary policies, to give their economies a shot in the arm, not by making the stability pact more rigorous but by interpreting it more flexibly. +Having said that, I in turn hope that this office will prosper, and for this to happen the old confrontations between the Commission, Parliament and the Council are of no import. But we must all tend this plant which is just beginning to take root, so that it can bear fruit for the good of the European Union, its economic and, above all, its fiscal policies. +As we know, the immediate cause of its resignation was the report of the Committee of Independent Experts on the responsibility of the Commission and individual members of the Commission for cases of fraud, mismanagement and nepotism which had occurred over a number of years. +As the rapporteur for the 1997 discharge procedure, Mr Brinkhorst, emphasises, administrative cooperation both between the Commission and the Member States and among the Member States themselves needs to be stepped up further, given that a large proportion of the budget is implemented by the Member States. +We must not forget that following on from this, at the beginning of December, the Group of the Party of European Socialists and the Committee on Budgetary Control decided nevertheless to recommend to the House that it grant discharge for the Commission. +We have of course also drawn up a number of special documents on this discharge, in other words on Mr Brinkhorst's report, and I have to say that I am rather irritated that we have not received any response at all from the current Commission to documents which will soon be three months old. +Secondly, the issue of decentralisation and devolution of Commission action especially in the field of external programmes is extremely important but we need very strict rules for the delegation of the management of Community policies and that must always be actively pursued. +In conclusion, what we are confronted with is a change that summarises Parliament's philosophy very well indeed. As Commissioner Oreja is on record as saying, this is a change which from 1 May will equip the European Union with a more efficient instrument, one which is more open to dialogue with the people, more democratic and more outward-looking. +There should be serious discussion amongst scientists on both sides of the Atlantic, because I do not believe that the United States is careless about the health of its citizens: it is as yet unpersuaded that there is a risk and, if we have evidence, it is right to put it to the United States as well as to everybody else. +However, it is my duty to draw your attention to the fact that authorisation to apply a reduced rate is a measure concerning harmonisation of legislation on value added tax, which is covered by Article 93 of the Amsterdam Treaty, the former Article 99. +Romano Prodi is a European of conviction, a proven and successful economic and political reformer, and an experienced politician in administrative matters. He also brings to the post the necessary close relationship with the people and, after hearing his speech, I would say that he is a candidate who combines vision, a sense of reality, pragmatism and a clear awareness of what is needed. +If you, the Members of the European Parliament, follow the proposal of the Heads of State and Government and vote in favour of Mr Prodi's appointment in Thursday's vote, the next step will be for the governments to name, in agreement with the President-designate, the people they intend to nominate as members of the Commission. +We must at last have a reform that produces openness, whereby documents in the Commission will at least also be available to Parliament as soon as the Commission has delivered them to a committee, an undertaking, a country, a journalist or another external party. +Then there is the important matter of efforts to galvanise Europe's economy - you made several references to this in your speech - and to introduce a new but vital element of balance: a social dimension. +Your words convey the idea that development amounts to continuous growth, without any attention to the natural limits of resources. Infinite growth is a dangerous utopia believed in by economists, which cannot be borne out in reality. +In the past it failed to act, but in acting now it has failed to prevent the conflict; and I cannot forget that one of the Italian Government's last decisions when you were Prime Minister, on 12 October 1998, was to make Italian airbases available to NATO in the event of a war in Kosovo. +These compromise amendments will not have the effect we are seeking, which is to limit the negative consequences on consumers and European honey producers of a directive which does not adequately protect the quality of good European honeys against imported honeys. Moreover, this situation is an open invitation to fraud. +I regret that the Commission and the Council did not follow Parliament's lead as it unanimously approved my two reports on European apiculture and the improvement of honey production and marketing. +Both the Member States and the Commission have stated clearly that any delay in adopting the strategy could be misinterpreted by the Russians, and I believe that it is in all our interests to avoid any increase in tension between the European Union and Russia in the current complicated international situation. +The new institution, 'Mr or Mrs Foreign Policy, ' should be primarily preventative and cooperate with the OSCE, the UN and so on. It may be regrettable that it did not succeed in the Balkans and that intervention was necessary, but that is something we must be prepared for when human rights are so grossly violated. +It is based on the text presented by the Council with the opposite aim in mind. In our view, the text of the amendment stands a good chance of being approved by the Council. +Mr President, it is difficult to contain certain feelings of indignation when discussing the Statute for Members and all it involves. This indignation is due to the atmosphere in which the debates have been held, under pressure from the claims made by some in the media which resulted in the debate becoming rather unbalanced. +I have never understood the Socialists, who are calling for a great hike in road user charges in principle, but whose demands fall short of the level Parliament judged to be correct by a large majority in 1997, which was higher than the Council has proposed now. +This document was included in the European Parliament's list of documents received on 12 April and I was informed that it was to be officially announced at the beginning of Parliament's sitting on 3 May, that is, the day before yesterday. +After the creation of the single market and economic and monetary union, the formulation of a European security and defence identity has now become central to the European integration process. +The Luxembourg process has taken root and is starting to produce results in terms of national employment policies that are more systematic, integrated and far-reaching. At the instigation of the German Presidency, we will be taking a further step towards the European Employment Pact which I called for back in January 1996. +The only question mark is whether or not the European Union will have sufficient resources in the years ahead to implement an employment policy of its own given that the financial perspective for the 2000-2006 period has been reduced and practically all Community policies have had to face cutbacks. +But even if all these concerns were addressed in preparation for the summit of Heads of State and Government, that would not represent an adequate response to the gravity of the Kosovo crisis and would not make up for the notable absence of Europe from that particular trouble spot in the current affairs of the continent. +Here too Cologne must give the signal in order to define an economic policy which finally sets out the objectives to be achieved, such as a different relationship with the global market organisation, the relaunch of quality as the hallmark of the European product, and lower taxes on businesses. +In agricultural policy, by placing more emphasis on the world market and the environment, we will now be giving agriculture in the accession countries a good basis for agricultural policy planning. +Following the Commission's resignation and the problems of fraud and poor financial management, how can the majority in this Parliament justify the fact that our House is incapable of reforming anything that affects our allowances and the financial management of our institution? +In this regard I call on the Commission to apply its control function really seriously and genuinely to pursue in its programmes the objectives formulated in the new regulation - sustainable development, promotion of employment, promotion of equal opportunities for women and men, environmental improvement, support for small and medium-sized undertakings - and not to shy away from them again in face of the Member States. +It is a package of funding to launch our regions into the new millennium, seven years of support for our most marginalised communities and areas who need our European commitment and solidarity, for the young, the long-term unemployed and women returners: people who want to play an active role and part in economic regeneration in Europe. +I have drawn up this report on behalf of Parliament and in close cooperation with my colleagues Mr Walter and Mr Sonneveld, and my aim has been to coordinate the aid and to also include Parliament's criteria. +Third point: we are concerned here not with money in the sense of fairness or unfairness or envy but with the fact that the price pressure exerted by holdings that continue to draw on high premium payments through over-compensation will hit the smaller farms and put their survival at risk. +With the introduction of rural development measures and the strengthening of the accompanying measures that have existed since the 1992 reform, we have taken a further step towards a global agricultural policy for rural areas. +Firstly, coming from the lips of the very author of the reform, it highlights the fact that the current measures will not be effective enough, and this is even before we apply them. Secondly, it is impossible for European farmers and stockbreeders to continue to work and plan their future without even a basic stable framework. +Once the structural funds regulations for the new period are in place the Social Fund will enjoy a new lease of life in view of the increased emphasis given to the employment dimension in all Community policies and in the Structural Funds in particular. +Will not bananas otherwise constitute a precedent for other products of other less-developed countries to lose their outlets, and will that not raise, in the long term, the issue of amendments to the world trade system to protect the poor against the multinationals? +That illustrates the point made in Mrs Karamanou's question that the Saddam Hussein regime is exploiting the distress of the population as a weapon to have sanctions lifted without fulfilling the cease-fire requirements of Resolution 687 of 1991. +Mr President, pursuant to Article 7 of the Protocol annexed to the Amsterdam Treaty which integrates the Schengen acquis into the European Union, the Council decides by a qualified majority on the detailed arrangements for the integration of the Schengen Secretariat into the General Secretariat of the Council. +Subject: Interpretation in Council The TT news agency reported on 30 March 1999 that, in three cases out of four, Swedish representatives in the Council are compelled to negotiate in a foreign language during Council meetings. +Subject: Agreement with Croatia Given that Croatia's economy and tourist industry have been substantially damaged by the military activity in the vicinity and that the country has also been militarily threatened, the conclusion of a trade and cooperation agreement with Croatia would considerably help to stabilise the entire area. +These aspects of the initial proposal were changed after Parliament voted against them a few months ago and the final proposal establishes a unitary instrument for intervention in the fisheries sector. +We also regret that with regard to the possibilities for national involvement, the Member States will not be allowed to select Objective 2 regions which do not meet the strict criteria, but will still be limited by criteria and the Commission's reserving the right to grant authorisation. +It is essential to guarantee that all regions with fishing communities continue to have improved access to fishery structural funds without any attempt to reduce the levels of funding or restrict or exclude access through increasing complexity. +The system, obviously, as has been said in the debate, facilitates an important link between the Commission and the representatives of the national authorities who sit on the committees and assist the Commission in its executive role. +Naturally the Commission will continue to contribute actively to this work in the hope that by the end of the German Presidency we can reach an agreement that will satisfy all three institutions and consequently benefit the interests of the citizens of the Union whom we exist to serve and millions of whom are doubtlessly still awake tonight, awaiting the outcome of this debate. +The next item is the report (A4-0261/99) by Mrs Jöns, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the proposal for a Council Directive concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC (COM(99)0203 - C4-0220/99). +The German Presidency recognises unreservedly that the transfer of the Schengen arrangements into the EU framework is of enormous importance to the future work of the European Parliament, and that Parliament has a legitimate interest in the various steps that have to be taken on the way to integration. +The agreement also ensures that a considerable number of the provisions of the Schengen acquis , those dealing with the free movement of persons, asylum, immigration and border controls, are now mainly Community issues, which means that Parliament and the Court of Justice will be involved in policy in these fields in future. +If, ladies and gentlemen, we wish to combat the rise in illegal activities, those offering on-line services need to be able to provide all the information required to trace and identify illegal content providers, whilst of course still complying with the provisions of Community law on the protection of personal data. +At the moment we are debating a directive on certain legal aspects of electronic commerce in the internal market. This directive attempts to harmonise certain aspects of the Member States' legislation, aspects which, in truth, are aspects of private law. +As always, when you have a heavily lobbied dossier one of the problems is that the lobbies cancel each other out, which demonstrates how Members of the European Parliament have to be able to cope with lobbyists, like they have to be able to cope with journalists. +With regard to the responsibility of the on-line network service providers, the initial proposal from the European Commission distinguishes the responsibility of the various players according to what they actually do, without denying the problems of illegal content. +Indeed, it appears from the explanatory statement to the Commission proposal that the restricted liability actually applies to all illegal on-line activities by third parties, such as unfair competition, misleading advertising and the pirating of copyright material. +It is also the case of amendments trying to modify the scope of application of the directive in a manner which is not consistent with other information society service directives (Amendments Nos 27 and 63), and of Amendment No 31 changing the proposed definition of commercial communications. +We are delighted to have established, together with the texts of the new regulations, a starting point enabling us to be actively involved in the management of the funds, which is also facilitated by the code of conduct drawn up between the Commission and Parliament on the implementation of the structural policies. +The contingent of 600 UN representatives who are to organise and observe the referendum process consists of unarmed civilians, possibly supplemented by 250 police, also unarmed, without any means of defending anyone - including themselves - in the face of the activity of the pro-integrationist militias who are spreading terror in Dili and the rest of the territory with impunity. +B4-0462/99 by Mr Harrison and others, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists-B4-0491/99 by Mr Pasty and Mrs van Bladel, on behalf of the Union for Europe Group-B4-0506/99 by Mr Telkämper, on behalf of the Green Group in the European Parliamenton the political misuse of trials in politics in Malaysia; +And, second, the Council is on the verge of agreeing a formula to provide a legal base for remote access to a satellite ground station in Italy through a new clause in the draft convention on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. +This proposal here basically ignores the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the provision on the protection of private life in Article 8. +Finally, I should also like to take the opportunity to urge the Council once again not just to be proud of our cultural achievements here, but to ensure that there is sufficient funding for the programmes, because there is absolutely no point in getting the public interested in all these wonderful programmes that the European Union organises if the level of funding is just a joke. +As the 2005 Expo is, I am delighted to say, to be held in Nagoya in Japan, I would point out that the exhibition in Osaka led to a number of scandalous bureaucratic blunders, when they built the Europe pavilion but refused to put up the Coudenhove-Kalergi statue. +In the absence of any positive measures by the Commission, whose action plan to make the sector more competitive we examined in 1998 but has not been followed up in practice, some Member States such as France, Spain and Portugal have taken steps to curb the exodus of jobs to third countries. +You have worked as Vice-President under my Presidency and under subsequent ones. You have also earned enormous respect in the House for your work, firstly as Vice-President, especially on days of difficult votes, and also for your long-standing involvement with Europe which has enabled us to work together on other projects and other platforms. +Your strong drive for a free and politically united Europe, your respect for the democratic institutions and your belief in a Parliament with, at long last, a strong, informed and transparent relationship with the Commission give us real hope that the years to come will be a time in which the consociativismo (tacit tolerance of corruption) of the past will truly be a thing of the past and real collaboration between all the groups of this Parliament will begin. +Madam President, speaking both for myself and, of course, on behalf of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, I wish to concur with your demand that the second report of the Wise Men be made available to all MEPs before 30 August, i.e. before the hearings with the new Commission begin. +Certainly, the Federal German Government would have liked to have seen more progress in many areas, for example in agricultural policy, where, following the WTO Round, it will be soon be essential to take further reform measures. But, all in all, the compromise is still an excellent foundation on which to lead the Union into the 21st century. +Agenda 2000, an ambitious reform project, was to be put into action under the German Presidency in order to deepen European integration and to make the EU fit for enlargement towards the East by means of substantial reforms. +Mr President, the Greens believe that non-violent methods of solving conflicts must play a much greater role than military intervention during the 21st century, and that any force which could , under exceptional circumstances, become necessary should only be applied following a UN mandate. +The European public has lost confidence in the national and European authorities responsible for controlling drugs and foodstuffs: it no longer has faith in this government, or any other governments, or scientists. +This objective requires close collaboration between the Commission and Parliament, whose composition democratically represents the citizens of Europe and must therefore contribute fundamentally to the reform of European Institutions. +The principle of transparency will be promoted in a very real sense with the development of open sessions of the Council, better accessibility to documents, and the general availability of Council and working party agendas and meeting schedules. +Turning to the Öçalan trial, the Commission takes the same position on this matter as that taken up by the German Presidency on 29 June, following the death sentence passed by the state security tribunal of Ankara on Abdullah Öçalan, and again expresses its absolute repudiation of the death penalty. +So my question to the President-in-Office of the Council and to the Commission is this: how far have you thought through the political steps, the economic and financial commitments that are needed to bring about a free and democratic Serbia and reintegrate a free and democratic Serbia into the European economy and body politic? +In this I agree with what has been said here regarding the safety of those who are speaking for freedom of opinion and also the proposal that we should create, through various means, a structure to support real freedom of opinion for this country. +We are not only judging a Commissioner whose behaviour has been unacceptable. We are talking about a former Member of this Parliament, a distinguished parliamentarian who was even a leader of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament, a former German Minister for the Economy and a Commissioner with a long record of service. +I consider that these persistent colleagues, who are keen to give their own ruling in the case brought before the Court, thus pre-empting the course of events by pronouncing a judgment without court proceedings, in obvious violation of Article 213, and depriving the man of his pension rights, are usurping a function which is rightly a matter for the courts. +In speaking of dioxin contamination, we have to say that the investigations carried out by the Belgian authorities and the inspections made by the Commission show contamination was due to the introduction during the manufacturing process of a raw material that should never have been used for this purpose. +Before I move on to the question of the approach agreed upon in the Council, I would like to remind everyone of the timely and effective work instigated by the Commission and given the support of the Member States' Standing Veterinary Committee to implement vital crisis measures imposed by the precautionary principle. +I hope that Belgium will also be able to count on the Union's support in this, for it is clear that whether a crisis such as this is caused by a disease or an accident, or even a crime, that is of no consequence to a consumer, a farmer or a company that falls victim to the crisis. +Member States must give or renew a clear and firm mandate to the Commission in order to make it the stimulus for a new, enlightened renegotiation of the GATT regulations which today are an obstacle to setting in action the precautionary principle in the areas of health and food safety. +We have to be able to say, as the motion of the Socialist Group does, that the rule of law must apply, that we are a Community of law, and unless we have a universal application, which never happened in the wake of BSE, of the regulations, the situation cannot improve. +In attempting to evaluate the situation, a more comprehensive assessment of the problem will be crucial, as will efforts to identify solutions which, within the flexibility of the structure, are able to highlight any aspects which may be linked to the problems of these territories of Southern Italy. +However, if you read the Rules of Procedure, you will see that Rule 170(6) states that the appointment of the joint parliamentary committees is somewhat different from the interparliamentary delegations and must therefore be carried out under the same conditions as the appointment of the committees. +In reaching its decision therefore, the Commission took account of the fact that there were no previous decisions of the Commission or case-law from the Court of Justice to guide CFO in its ticketing policy. +In these circumstances, therefore, does the Commissioner not agree that football fans will think it is absolutely ludicrous, the EUR 1000 fine - which was about the black-market price for a ticket for England-Argentina - that ticket touts will think that this is good news and that genuine football fans will be disappointed? +It seems to me that if this had been in the telecommunications sector or elsewhere, the notion that we would have come back with a symbolic fine in circumstances where people had increased their profits by £200m or £300m would have been as ludicrous as the symbolic fine appears to football fans. +In fact, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs continues, "The constitution of this group, specifically Annex 2 to the letter of constitution addressed to the President of the European Parliament, excludes any political allegiance. +It will be the task of the new Commission to carry out a more thorough evaluation of this second report and, in this regard, the Vice-President responsible for reform of the Commission, Mr Kinnock, will respond during the debate to the specific points relating to future activities. +To the great frustration of those in the Commission and those in this House who have promoted reform, and as we have just heard from Mr Dell' Alba, the advances made so far have been sporadic and not conceived and not implemented as a managed programme of change. +Whilst not wishing to anticipate Thursday' s debate, I would like to make it very clear that, for example, the discussion regarding the creation of the reconstruction agency in Kosovo, both with regard to the legal position as well as with regard to the administrative structures for which provision has been made, is heading precisely in this direction. +We must remember, for example, that only four States have ratified the European Union Agreement on cooperation in the fight against fraud in the European Union and that, at the moment, there is no legal framework for combating fraud. +The next item on the agenda is the report (A5­0003/99) by Ms McKenna, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the proposal for a Council Decision setting up a Community framework for cooperation in the field of accidental marine pollution. +After some hesitation, I have allowed myself to be convinced by Mrs Jackson' s arguments in support of establishing minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States in a directive, and not settling for the European Commission' s proposal for a non-binding recommendation. +Many colleagues have also raised questions about the desirability of separating the ex ante responsibility for budget control from the ex post responsibility for budget implementation or formulation within the Commission. +I am thinking in particular of a statement made a few days ago by the United States Ambassador to the European Union, in which he declared his delight that the biotechnological working party resulting from Transatlantic economic partnership had arrived at a draft agreement on procedures for the approval of new transgenic varieties. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the long appointment process is drawing to a close. It marks the end of a turbulent time in the life of the Union, from an institutional point of view, a time which Parliament has used to express all its capabilities and resolutely reaffirm its democratic vocation. +Mr President-designate of the Commission, we welcomed your report on the enlargement of the European Union, institutional reform, the consolidation and economic growth of the entire Union, as well as sustainable development for the creation of jobs. +If we want to win back the confidence of our citizens, we need transparency regarding the implementation of the EU budget in all its details, a sense of responsibility in handling tax revenue and efficiency in transposing Community budget policies. +Mrs Diamantopoulou, whose portfolio includes equal opportunities alongside employment and the social dimension, has in fact shown a lot of commitment but, Mr Prodi, how will she react when she has been gagged by you in advance and when the struggle against violence, as well as the issue of non-discrimination, has been placed in other hands? +Madam President, like the previous speakers, I believe that, firstly, the creation of a European judicial area and, secondly, the introduction of general regulations for the control of immigration, will not contribute in any way towards solving the problems of cross-border crime or immigration. +There is thus a direct involvement in almost all subjects, whether it is asylum, immigration, migration, EUROPOL, whether it is the Charter of Fundamental Rights, or anything else, there is a direct involvement of each individual citizen, male or female, in this matter. +Madam President, after employment, the most pressing issue that European citizens bring to the Community' s institutions is the security emergency which, because of its nature, cannot be solved by the Member States on an individual basis. +This means nothing other than that, with the transfer, for sensible reasons, of responsibilities to a given level, the legal obligations and responsibilities of parliamentary co-operation and decision-making rights on this same level must also be connected because otherwise a legal vacuum is created where Parliament is not present. +Tampere will also provide political orientation on such sensitive questions as immigration policies, which will necessitate a new look at North-South relations, and freedom of movement, which will necessitate real harmonisation of visa policies in Europe, such as the right to asylum and the right to health for all refugees. +Once a process like this, aimed at establishing minimum rules, has begun, it should be possible to combine it with time limits and, in that way, provide the impetus towards creating a reliable area of justice which is a prerequisite if citizens are to be able to move freely, safely and securely and also a prerequisite for creating guarantees of security when the European Union is enlarged. +Finally, why not make the visibility of this new European area the benchmark of citizens' trust, not by reducing the problem to the age-old argument of "freedom versus security" , but instead by taking on the whole range of new challenges and concerns for which European citizens hope Europe will actually find solutions? +The day before yesterday the Council expressed its deepest anger regarding this state of affairs and the attacks on East Timorese, humanitarian workers, church representatives and advocates of human rights. +Mr Prodi' s desire to pursue enlargement of the Community, to give job creation the highest priority and to work closely with a the Parliament on the Intergovernmental Conference are also encouraging. +I am basically an optimist and believe that it is very feasible to familiarise oneself with this subject matter, although I am conscious of the interventions of several Members, the gist of which is that in the Committee matters are handled like in a cattle market, where funds are passed back and forth, and that documents are, to some extent, prepared worse than in a good many municipal councils. +Unfortunately this government has had many friends in this Parliament over the years and many EU governments have put the profits of their arms industries above those of the basic human rights of the unfortunate people of East Timor. +It seems to me that he, as well as the spokesman of his delegation, Mr Galeote, has highjacked questions to the Council to discredit, in a personal and unacceptable way, a colleague who has expressed completely respectable political opinions. +Mr Korakas, when we reach the questions which we have decided to respond to jointly, I will give you an explanation, but we must follow an agenda, we must follow this agenda so that the sitting may be satisfactorily completed and I am not prepared to allow any more points of order or procedural motions which disrupt the normal functioning of the question time. +Because opinions within the European Union are so diverse and because interpretations of the Cologne resolutions are so totally at odds with each other in different parts of the EU, is it just not on, then, to say quite straightforwardly either "yes, we are on the way towards a common defence policy" or "no, there' s not going to be a common defence policy" ? +In October 1998, the Council called on the Presidency to submit, pursuant to Article K.3 of the TEU, proposals for joint positions concerning the draft UN Convention and protocols thereto, as it wishes to contribute to their negotiation and prevent inconsistencies between the future Convention and EU instruments. +If so, has it already moved to include such an item on the agenda for this autumn's General Assembly? If not, is it intending to do so during the next few days, by means of some other procedure? +The Council has just decided to continue with its policy to take up the subject of the death penalty in a multilateral forum, and it decided for the first time to propose a draft resolution on capital punishment during the 54th session of the UN General Assembly. +) Mr President, the Council has many times adopted a stance on trade negotiations and the forthcoming Millennium Round of talks, the last time in the resolutions issued at the meeting of the General Affairs Council on 21 and 22 June 1999. +That would enhance the role of Parliament, which already receives a quarterly report on the agency' s activities and has the important task of giving discharge to the agency' s director for the implementation of the budget. +Increasing co-operation in civil and criminal cases demands total respect for traditions of international civil and criminal law, total respect for democratic rights, and the safeguarding of traditional principles of fundamental and procedural law. +That is why the Commission has made, and will continue to make, useful efforts to assist Russia in its arduous transition by actions like targeting technical assistance at combating money-laundering and organised crime and supporting efforts to advance the rule of law in general. +Unfortunately, neither the Kumanovo Agreement between Nato and the Yugoslavian government nor the UN Resolution which gave the mandate for the international presence in Kosovo made any mention of the situation of the Albanian prisoners in Belgrade and the missing persons. +We should recognise, Mr President, that this building has a significant structural defect. In comparison with the building in Brussels the Members have much smaller offices, not in view of their smaller area in terms of square metres, but in view of the fact that Members have to share all their activities with an assistant. +Victims of a crisis which they did not cause and whose consequences they have no control of, Belgian farmers, moreover, are waiting for concrete evidence of European solidarity, so that this dioxin crisis may be recognised as epizootic, in the same way as the mad cow crisis in Great Britain. +We have a Green Paper on this issue, we will have a White Paper and 800 directives, but the root of this matter, the reality, is that it is a consequence of the economic policies and decisions which have been taken in Europe, and of globalisation. +Furthermore, inept handling of these issues by the respective governments and the EU itself has seriously undermined public confidence in the ability of politicians to deal with crises in the food chain. +I am not the first to remind you that the draft budget for the year 2000 anticipates a spectacular fall in the level of our aid, a two thirds reduction of the commitment appropriations from EUR 16.5 to 5.5 million, at the very time when, quite the opposite, it is the strengthening of international mobilisation which is needed. +Producing better statistics and providing better information to the rest of the world about just how bad the situation in fact is, could be factors in increasing understanding among our populations of the necessity of increasing our efforts on behalf of Africa, and also generally, because this particular problem is bound up with the general situation in Africa. +Examination of the Financial Perspective is, in any case, an important matter and is linked in its entirety to the question of what the financial basis is or, in other words, to the fact that the war in Kosovo has brought about a situation which is unexpected and new and which had not been catered for by the Financial Perspective. +I would also like, in my first appearance before this Parliament, to insist once again on something that I insisted on in the Commission, which is the need to establish the best possible relationship between my duties as Commissioner and the people responsible for the corresponding areas in this Parliament. +Amendment No 3, especially once the working document of the Commission services on the renewal campaign, which has been communicated to Parliament and the Council, has been adopted, is not only acceptable to the Commission but we embrace it with great satisfaction and gratitude. +Mr President, I would like once again to congratulate Mr Langen on his contribution to the continuation and consolidation of the ALTENER programme, since we must remember that this programme is our main instrument, although not from a financial point of view, in the carrying out of the European Union' s strategy on renewable energy. +This moral and political isolation, economic sanctions and the ever increasing material expense of maintaining the old order led in the end to economic stagnation and political recognition that things could not continue this way. +It is obvious, moreover, that if this agreement were ratified by national governments, whose main role, I just mention in passing, has been proven once more, any non-EU country could decide to use a European official designation of origin in order then to negotiate a financial settlement. +Following a meeting between both parties at the beginning of September, the European Union feels that the agreement lays down that South Africans cannot use the designations "Port" and "Sherry" after the specified period of twelve years, which means that they have to start thinking now about alternative names for the South African products in question. +Seen from the specific angle of development cooperation it is my sincere hope that the agreement will contribute to the eradication of poverty and the promotion of prosperity in South Africa with full respect for democratic principles and fundamental human rights. +As I have just told you though, if any government - because Greece is not the only country concerned by this: we have seen disasters or earthquakes of varying magnitude happen in other countries too, but they had a less serious effect - anyway, if any government asks us, we are able to support and finance, by means of the Structural Funds, preventive studies which would allow us to determine the risks to inhabited areas, as you mentioned in your question, but also to factories, with the secondary risks of industrial disaster that that would entail. +I am delighted by what you said. My question arose from a visit I made to Belgrade about three weeks ago and from renewed contacts I had last week with the democratic movement, all the opposition political parties, private and humanitarian organisations, etc., which had issued a message for help in combating the way in which Milosevic is now demonising other countries. +The Commission also asked its Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures relating to Public Health to deliver an opinion on the potential adverse effects to human health from the administration of the six animal growth promotion hormones. +Before the Öçalan case, nobody questioned the wisdom of the best possible relations with a State which had always declared its desire for an ever-closer cooperation with the Community, even to the point of asking to accede. +It is precisely Ankara' s unaltered, hard military line as regards the Kurdish question, notwithstanding the PKK' s request for dialogue and the fact that they gave up the armed struggle, that underlines how important it is for us to assess Turkey' s compliance with the accession criteria. +I am pleased to report, therefore, that President Arafat has endorsed the recently published report on strengthening Palestinian institutions, prepared by the independent task force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations with substantial European Union assistance. +- The political benefit to mankind of genetic research is seriously eroded by vested interests, using the technology in a manner which is not compatible with sustainable development, and every often in conflict with acceptable ethical standards. +It is particularly important, in considering these areas, that we look at the problems that challenge us in these sectors: for instance, the growth rate, presently 13% in the EU, which probes the capacity and the reach of negotiated rules; as well as their complexity. +I believe that if we develop our own production, the agricultural produce of the EU Member States will become competitive, not necessarily with regard to just price: we also have to bear in mind quality, and especially the fact that we are taking responsibility in our own area for food safety, whose importance to consumers will essentially increase in the future. +An example of this: for a leading tomato grower in Britain currently paying GBP 363 000 for its gas and GBP 60 000 for its electricity, the proposed climate change levy in Britain would increase its energy bill by GBP 149 000. +I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the risk to the credibility of this Parliament resulting from the excessive use of this urgent procedure, especially when, as in this case, we are examining a text drawn up by an external body. +As far as the role of the Commission is concerned, I would like to point out that Member States have up to now, on the basis of Article 296, exempted trade in arms from the scope of application of Treaty rules, thereby preventing Community action. +At the request of the Council, the Commission is preparing a communication on air traffic delays and congestion and will certainly address this question again and propose initiatives in the field of airspace management. +I must clarify that the reason why we decided at the Conference of Presidents to schedule this debate for Friday was, of course, to take into account the meeting of the Committee of Experts scheduled for the previous day, i.e. Thursday. I felt it necessary to clarify this point, without wanting to prejudice the decision of the House in any way. +To avoid any ambiguity regarding the respective functions and competences of an institution such as the European Parliament and a unit such as OLAF, I would like to stress, Madam President, that both Recital 5 and Article 1(2) state unequivocally that the provisions on privileges and immunity of the Treaties in general, and of the Protocol in particular, will take precedence and will be fully complied with. +We should at least have found it strange, considering that this does not exist in many parliamentary democracies, that Members of the elected House may be monitored by a body which is more or less answerable to the Executive and, as it happens, although OLAF is supervised by an independent supervisory committee, it is still run by a manager appointed by the Commission. +Another priority of this draft budget is increasing the resources of the Court of Justice of the European Union, especially their translation resources. +After this, we expect that the Court of Justice will be able to cope better with its workload, reduce the number of documents left untranslated, and serve Member States, citizens and businesses better in the interpretation and application of European law. +The Commission proposes financing the necessary funds firstly by making adjustments within the external action Category, secondly by using the smaller part of the flexibility reserve and thirdly by making adjustments between policy areas, which will entail a change in the Financial Perspective. +The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) believes that this endeavour should continue to be a vital policy priority and that a great deal of work is still required before the banknotes and coins can go into circulation throughout the European Union. +We must also remember that the Berlin Council approved the Financial Perspective by means of an extraordinarily complicated consensus, which began with some extremely divergent standpoints between the Governments and, furthermore, with a European Commission which had resigned and a European Parliament which was at the end of its mandate. +For this reason, as the Group of the European Peoples' Party, we have commissioned a study which, for our own administration, will bring about opportunities for staff development and task allocation within our departments. +It is therefore possible to continue to promote quality products without requiring additional expenditure, and I therefore ask the Commission not to stop promoting quality products, for these products are the external face of difficult regions, local products and the earnings of family farms in Europe. +Having said this, I agree completely with the rapporteur Jean-Louis Bourlanges, whom I congratulate for the quality of his work, concerning the obligation to meet, in the budget for the year 2000, major needs which have recently arisen in the area of Category 4 on external action without calling into question other needs which have been previously defined, as the Council is trying to do. +The Annual Report of the ECB gives a detailed account both of the final preparatory work conducted by the Eurosystem in the run-up to the introduction of the single currency and of the main economic and monetary developments within the European Union in 1998 and in the first few weeks of 1999. +I am particularly pleased that the President stressed again today that the European Central Bank also regards consumer protection as an important task within monetary union. +Indeed, if I am interpreting the Treaty on European Union correctly, this is an essential element in the balance designed by the people who set up Economic and Monetary Union, with the success we have seen, taking into account the conditions of the transition to the euro on 1 January this year. +As you know, this institution has clearly shown its will to exercise fully the competences accorded under the Treaty. Parliament set the condition of having a hearing with each of the members of your Executive Board; it meets you on a regular basis, and considers today' s meeting to be the high point of this approach. +Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity, given that the Commission is present in this debate, to remind you of something which has also been repeated many times by this Parliament and which, in any case, is very important to our group: economic policy does not end with currency and does not end with monetary policy. +On the other hand, insisting on these things has worked well in many cases, so I agree that we should be pressing for the outward and formal structures of democracy to be established. This is the way in which - as soon as structures of this kind have been established - parliamentarians become the decisive players, in civil society too. +We are not moving towards creating a rigid system and the special character, the ability to act and the identity of ECHO as such, are all something I find important in order to avoid ECHO, as a humanitarian relief organisation, becoming involved in the very cumbersome decision-making machinery of the Commission in general. +We look forward to the body preparing the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which it would be appropriate for a representative of this Parliament to chair, producing a document which can confer direct rights on EU citizens and enable them as individuals to enforce their rights in the European Court. +The European social model must show more solidarity and, with its help, we must be able to prevent exclusion, encourage spontaneous recovery, and support equal opportunities for all groups of citizens, including immigrants. +However, the Council remained quite diffident when it came to endorsing the common European Asylum System and Fund for immigrants proposed by the European Parliament and the Commission, as opposed to simply approximating rules and procedures. +I am worried that, along with joint legislation, there is a lack of effective solidarity measures between the Member States for times when we need to address emergency situations, as in the case of the huge influx of Albania and Balkan citizens into Italy following the political crisis in those countries. +On the subject of the timetable first of all, ladies and gentlemen, let me express this conviction of mine. This reform is the last opportunity to implement real reform before the greater enlargement of the Union, before the States and the peoples of Europe come together in a great political and economic community. +Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the front underrun protection of motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (COM(1999) 32 - C4-0094/1999 - 1999/0007(COD)) (Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market) +(Parliament approved the Commission proposal)- Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 92/61/EEC relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (COM(1999) 276 - C5-0012/1999 - 1999/0117(COD)) (Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market) +The contradiction becomes frankly laughable in the case of the French Government which, in the Amsterdam Treaty, signed in favour of the financial and physical distribution of refugees among the states of the Union, and which now recoils at the consequences of its own signature. +Finally, and again I am borrowing ideas and proposals from the Gillenhammer report, I intend to send a letter to every company in Europe with over 1,000 employees, asking them to draft a voluntary report entitled "managing change" ; this kind of benchmarking between these large companies will help us to make provision for restructuring without creating acute or major social problems. +The European Socialists are insistent, finally, that the European Directive on the establishment of a European Works Council should be reviewed, so that employees can receive proper information, in the normal course of things and at the right time, and so that there can be real consultation, which presupposes that employees are given adequate resources in terms of time and independent experts. +What is the point in saying that Michelin' s profits have increased by 17%, without saying whether that is more or less than the profits of Bridgestone, Goodyear or other competitors, and without saying that Michelin is a company with a turnover of 106 dollars per employee, as compared to Goodyear' s 141 dollars per employee. Then there is Renault, in which if I am not mistaken, the French Government is a major shareholder, that went to Japan, bought a company there - Nissan - but to keep it open found itself forced to make 21,000 workers redundant, but as they are Japanese, do we really care? +This shows that the margin was very narrow and that it may therefore be useful - and it certainly will be useful - for our Parliament to make its voice heard after those of the Heads of government who, in Tampere, lamented the attitude of the American Senate, pointing out that it represented a timely signal to those who might be tempted to equip themselves with nuclear weapons. +And in the Union, where we have all ratified the Test Ban Treaty, we have political and moral arguments to address to our American partners so that we can remind them that they have a serious responsibility to try to stabilise the world and that they can rely on our help if it is really possible to cooperate with them. +One thing we have to argue with them, and it was reflected in the article from which the honourable Member, Mr Elles, quoted, is that unilateralism today as advocated by some Republicans, but not all Republicans to be fair to Senator Logan, is a policy, to borrow from Irish history of "ourselves alone" that would be as disastrous for the world as it was after the First World War. +In these areas we need to promote the values of tolerance and respect for cultural diversity and the freedom of peoples to decide their future and promote co-existence, solidarity and a sense of justice and peace. +I echo Mr Gargani in saying that all of the issues that have been discussed around the Chamber tonight seek to ensure that culture is seen as a priority; that it is not just, for instance, the euro or jobs and employment that will bring a successful European project together. +The Commission is convinced that Turkey' s participation in programmes directed primarily at young people, such as exchange and encounter programmes, which strengthen society, democracy and respect for human rights, will foster friendship and understanding between peoples and cultures. +And that was the right thing to do, but here we are dealing with a different question, that is to say, a motion for a resolution was tabled which included, in its final point, a question almost of courtesy, and that was that the resolution was to be sent to the president of this company, and what has happened is that the transaction resolution which was presented, carried that name. +So, if this compromise is adopted, we should still have to vote on the heading for line B1­4050, amendment 507, with a favourable opinion from the Committee on Budgets and in a split vote requested by the Group of the Greens, as well as the heading for line B1­406 on Amendment No 69, this time with a vote by roll call. +In this respect, we cannot accept the Council proposal to implement a 10% reduction in the appropriations allocated for cooperation and development in order to finance the reconstruction of Kosovo and aid to Turkey following the earthquake, or support for East Timor. +Employees are expected, with a gun threatening unemployment held to their heads, to underwrite increased profits and to accept humiliating agreements on terms, conditions and salaries, as in the Michelin case, only to find that their jobs are eventually axed anyway. +Madam President, first of all I would like to thank Commissioner Fischer for his statement, and say to him that on Wednesday of next week we want either President Prodi or Commissioner Byrne to come to Parliament to make a clear statement on what measures the Commission intends to take following the publication of the scientific conclusions later today. +I would say to Commissioner Fischler that, when the College meets next Wednesday, please come forward more rapidly with a proposal to establish a European Food Agency because in my view, if that had been in place today, this dispute would never have arisen. +We would all agree that food safety and public health issues must be regarded as the highest political priorities throughout Europe, but British beef, as stated again today by Commissioner Fischler, has satisfied the public health objectives set by the European Union. +On the contrary, what seems appropriate and desirable is for us to use these opportunities as well to continue the work of bonding the Community institutions together. This is something that Parliament, under the mandate conferred on it by all the Europeans it represents, must take responsibility for, incorporating the role performed up until now by the national governments in the construction of the Community. +Not only are we concerned to identify and establish its level of competence but also it would be of considerable importance to identify clearly and mark out the jurisdiction that the food safety agency would have at Community level and how it will interact with the agencies at Member State level. +The reason being, of course, that there would still be national agencies that could, at any time, claim that there was new scientific evidence. Would you therefore agree that your hope that a European agency could avoid such a situation is quite simply an illusion? +Of course I am perfectly happy to give a clarification in relation to that but I should remind you of something that I am sure you are aware of: there is no exportation of processed beef under the DBES from the UK because it is necessary first to identify and approve a plant for that purpose and no such plant has been proposed by the UK authorities. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, on behalf of the Liberal Group we support this initiative which we consider to be very appropriate in terms of ensuring the necessary consensus in the economic and social field as well as absolutely essential in order to achieve a climate of stability, growth and greater employment in the European Union. +It is essential that we look for new ways and the best ways to meet the objective of balanced and sustainable development in a way which meets our own needs, those of the environment and which does not have a negative impact on the living standards of those in the poor parts of the world. +In other words, financiers, finance ministers and the unions of industry on the one hand, and the labour ministers and social partners in the area of trade unions on the other hand, are discussing employment and placing it at the top of the common policy agenda. +Despite this, the entire transport sector, activities at sea and junior doctors are excluded from the scope of the working time directive of 1993. +In the capacity of rapporteur, I have sought a balance, not only between the Commission' s draft directive, the first reading of the European Parliament and the Council' s common position, but especially between the safety and health of both workers and the other parties involved. +So the issue is restricting working hours to benefit the safety and health of employees at work, especially in the various transport sectors, for activities at sea and in the case of junior doctors. +As a result of the issue raised today under Amendment No 10 which is something which has only just come to our attention, I would say that from the initial recommendation of my colleagues, apparently this already exists and is covered in article 17 paragraph 2. However, to be more certain and because this is only our first assessment, I feel that we will be able to provide a concrete answer on this amendment by tomorrow. +This agreement will enable both parties to exploit all the potential for advanced research skills in countries in terms of sustainable development, as has been pointed out, but also, as you can imagine, in the area of the specific Energy-environment programme, in the area of renewable energies, bearing in mind the commitments made in Kyoto. +In my experience over the last five years in this House, the approach adopted has, unfortunately, always been a rather piecemeal one, failing to recognise links with other legislative issues. +Naturally, in our group, we want to see that the achievement of the internal market involves a balance - as you said yourself, Commissioner - between market freedom and the need to protect the environment, consumer health and consumer confidence. +Finally, as regards active policies on the job market, training and retraining, all important guidelines, I think the level of consensus is insufficient, even on credible gauges of the effectiveness of these policies within national plans on employment, with regard to which the whole range of Community Institutions is, in any case, committed to assessing the successes and results. +Mr President, Commissioner, I believe that it is intelligent and necessary to begin this brief contribution to the debate on employment guidelines by congratulating ourselves on the positive European statistics and I would like to show my appreciation for the work of all those who have worked so intelligently so that we may finally have a procedure for coordination in the field of employment, as provided for in article 128 of the Treaty of Amsterdam. +In relation to the Dimitrakopoulos-Leinen report, so that there may at least be an intervention by groups on such an important report, I would propose that in this case the Questions to the Council be cancelled, and in that way all of the groups could express their view, since this is a very important matter for Parliament. +A reporting date at the end of 2002 would enable the Commission to fully evaluate the effects of the new type-approval test cycles being introduced from next year on the regulation of in-use emissions from new European vehicles. +I would like to point out that amendments 3 and 5 will be replaced by new amendments which modify point 18 of the preamble and articles 5, 6 and 7 in order to adapt the text we are presenting to the wording drawn up by the Socrates Conciliation Committee and which will lead to a parallel solution for the committees in the majority of programmes. +But my own group only voted for it with great reservations and only because the World Heath Organisation definition, according to which health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, is now evidently recognised and taken as a basis by the Council. +The Commission will study attentively the reports of this debate and will take all appropriate action to meet the concerns of the Parliament in order not only to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Convention but also to improve concrete policies in order to achieve the goals set by this Convention. +Does the Commission believe that the Finnish Presidency and possibly also the forthcoming Portuguese Presidency should be concerned that the United Kingdom, for example, might switch back to the opposition camp in the dispute over workers' participation rights in the European Company, which has not yet been created? +But given that there is a delay, which has already been deplored, I would hope that the period of that delay will be used constructively and that the Council and the Commission and indeed Parliament will reflect on how to get things as right as possible in what is clearly a key area. +That being the case, the Council is not taking its dealings with the European Union' s revenue very seriously - and that is putting it mildly - and it may, in the forthcoming enlargement process, become a real handicap capable of obstructing our opportunities for development. +In the long-term there must be a direct link between the citizens of Europe and the European Union' s financing of its expenditure, and for the benefit of those individuals who are now calling again for there to be an increase in taxation, I would like to make quite plain that of course there must be no increase in the overall tax and contributions burden borne by the citizens, but then that was the position we took up back in March as well. +We are also of the opinion, as has been expressed by the Committee on Budgetary Control itself, that it is necessary that a reserve is built into the expenditure for the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund so as to be able to cushion unforeseen expenses. +Firstly, it is essential that the imbalances in the current budget shares due to rebates, which are perhaps justified in terms of previous history, should be gradually, progressively but persistently dismantled and that the contributions of each country are brought to what they should be in objective, accounting terms. +At the Berlin Summit, changes to the revenue side were agreed on in respect of the maximum proportion of VAT paid to the EU, the British contribution rebate and the financing thereof, and with regard to the proportion of customs duties and agricultural levies that can be retained by the Member States. +Mr President, I consider that the report under discussion and the proposals contained in it, as formulated by the Committee on Budgets, represent a strict but balanced and efficient way of strengthening budgetary discipline. Budgetary discipline affects all of us, but it can only be applied where there is basic cooperation between the institutions and with the Member States. +When it comes to the question as to whether the expenditure earmarked for agricultural policy will be sufficient, it is certainly necessary to keep a constant eye on how the situation in the applicant countries is evolving and to establish what the assumptions were that the Berlin Summit based its estimate of necessary expenditure on. +I would like to remind you though that Parliament, or rather the European Union as a whole, have, in recent years, developed the Notenboom procedure to such an extent that the carry-overs were practically indecipherable by the end of the year, and that we pressed for doing this by means of supplementary and amending budgets, in order to achieve greater transparency. +In addition to Mrs Dührkop' s report, we have already heard the debates on the issues of own resources and budgetary discipline and the truth is that none will be of any advantage to the tax-payer unless we improve the efficiency of the campaign against fraud. +Three objectives have been set out: firstly, to promote energy efficiency; second, to increase the share of production of cleaner energy sources - the target is 12% from renewables by 2010 - third, to reduce the environmental impact of the production and use of energy products. +We have invested in the increased use of renewable energy resources, and we have expressed our firm desire to take account of the requirements of a sustainable energy economy in the enlargement process. +- Commissioner Byrne, at his hearing stated that: the future of public health policies should not be linked only to the present crisis of the day; that there must be a high level of human health protection in all Community policies; that we must be proactive in public healthcare. +I am sure that the President will want to write on behalf of the European Union to congratulate all parties concerned on their actions, their courage and their determination to carry the peace process and decommissioning forward, and I am sure that you will agree that peace in Northern Ireland offers hope to everyone everywhere. +I shall not mention Switzerland' s degrading handover of an old man, 90 years old, to France, since this is a matter involving a country which is not a member of the European Union, but I shall simply mention the increasingly repressive legislation which mean to dictate political and historical attitudes, a phenomenon I would not like to see spreading from one European state to the next. +As far as the proposal for a regulation is concerned, by reducing the time it takes to transmit judicial and extrajudicial documents from one Member State to another, we are adopting an instrument which will enable the judicial processes to progress in the best conditions of speed and legal security whilst preserving the rights of all parties involved. +Not only does it seek to subjugate a proud race which insists on its right to self-determination; it also signals the wish on the part of the American imperialists, manifested on numerous occasions, to impose their will and their laws on the international economy, on international trade and on international business. +I see, incidentally, from this afternoon' s news agency reports that the World Bank has calculated after its mission that between USD 260 million and USD 300 million would be needed for medium-term reconstruction in ruined East Timor and that it will be seeking most of the funds from donors in Tokyo next month. +Most of the measures of Annex II and III are very efficient in reducing losses of, for example, phosphorus from agriculture, and the future water framework directive will complete this with a tool of management plans at watershed level. +Mrs Izquierdo Rojo, I am in complete agreement with you and I believe that the conclusions of the Tampere European Council highlight the fact that there is a horizontal approach between pillars which includes immigration and asylum policies and the other policies of the European Union, amongst which we have development aid policy. +This aid was given on the condition that the companies were managed commercially - and therefore that the administrations and authorities of those countries would not be involved - that a suitable process of reorganisation would be carried out and that, finally, we would have viable companies which could develop without the need for new public aid. +The controls on external borders and the visa policy of the EU were treated within the framework of Chapter 24 of the accession negotiations concerning cooperation in the sectors of justice and internal affairs. +I do not wish to repeat all the points which have been so well made by the High Representative, but since you have invited me to take part in this debate, something which I greatly welcome, I should like to say a few words about the Commission' s view of the building of a European security and defence policy. +But the measures we can take with the aim of preventing conflict and human suffering include many other things as well, like law enforcement, institution-building and trade policy. +And if there is another plainly left in the dictionary, it is this: so long as I have my present responsibilities, no cigarette paper, or perhaps after David Byrne' s announcement on tobacco yesterday I should say no piece of tissue paper, is going to separate the Commissioner for External Relations from the High Representative. +I understand that your answer is yes and therefore: What do you feel about the decision of the Council of Ministers which, on the first reading of next year' s budget, has reduced the amounts to a level lower than the amounts for 1996? +Secondly, you mentioned the reorganisation of funds and the making available of appropriate tools. Would you agree with me that, at present, the reorganisation of funds within the European Union is far more important than consideration being given to raising the ceiling on defence? +Since 1990 and the collapse of bloc confrontation, it has once again become possible to carry out conventional wars at regional level in Europe, which in turn facilitate the old classic struggle between ethnic groups, border disputes and the like, the old circle of violence. +The entire Millennium Round should be accompanied by recommendations of a specific nature which, formulated in accordance with Rule 97 paragraph 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament, give us the opportunity to influence the work of the Millennium Round before the new Agreement is concluded, to play our part and to bring our weight to bear accordingly. +These seven core Labour Standards are based on the four basic human rights in the workplace; the right of association and to organise freely and unhindered, the right to form trade unions, the right to freedom from forced labour and the right to a childhood. +I have only mentioned a few of the most important points which my colleagues designate time and again as being important, because everyone will keep saying that in the World Trade Organisation environmental issues and consumer protection issues must be cited as a central theme. +In the context of the proposal before us there is another aspect which also strengthens the powers given to the European Commission: the possibility of reducing the amount of direct aid or suspending the payment of monthly advances. +They asked the Department of State to draw up a strategic map of possible routes: the most important would be the section between the Caspian Sea and the Turkish port of Ceyhan, which affects the route between Baku and the Russian port of Novorossisk. +Even though we acknowledge that the debate and negotiations on Russian non-compliance with trade agreements and the steel agreement will then become extremely difficult for the European Union, terrorism cannot, and must not, be waged against an entire population using military might. +Finally, maintain the principle of cultural exception, affording the European Union and the Member States the possibility of preserving their capability of freely determining their audiovisual cultural policy in the name of development of a thriving and enriching diversity. +Finally, we hope that Parliament will be able to play an active part in the Millennium Round, starting with prior knowledge of the Commission' s study on the estimated impact of the effects of the new regulatory process. +And so that this free trade may be a just free trade, it is clear that we have to reconcile trading practices with the rules regarding the environment, workers' rights, the European agricultural model and consumer protection. +But I believe by working together openly with the common goal of raising the quality of life for the whole world, we can actually confound the critics of globalisation and show that globalisation and liberalisation can genuinely be a decisive force for good. +Not only would it strengthen the legitimacy of Union action on our own turf, but the global NGO arena itself could help our negotiators to achieve the goals of the Union. +Those who are concerned about human rights, animal welfare and the environment have a much better prospect of securing improvements in those areas within a legal framework and a World Trade Organisation than they have in a free-for-all, law of the jungle. +Mr President, in any case I would like to make it clear that I presented this request three hours ago with my signature and that of the President of the Liberal Group and with the agreement of the President of the PPE Group, although he has not signed it. +Amongst other things, this means that the Intergovernmental Conference must aim to improve the institutions, the way in which they function and the European Union' s policies, before we can allow new members in. +Therefore, that first small reform, in which we only had to consider the Commission and the weighting of votes in the Council and to which the Cologne Declaration has also added the possible extension of qualified majority voting, does not make much sense and responds to a different political logic. +As the Group of the European People' s Party and the European Democrats, we said that we could and wished to help to carry it, if the problems in the Napolitano report are resolved to a certain extent and they are indeed at the limit so that we can also vote, although in no way are we really happy with the situation. +We hope that Parliament will again dig in its heels over this frontal assault on the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as on the legal rights of third-country nationals within the borders of the European Union. +When we converted the EURODAC Convention and Protocol into a Community Regulation, we amended it to bring it fully into line with Community law on data protection including the new Treaty Article 286 on data protection arrangements for the Community Institutions. +The two issues which have been of most concern to the Parliament are the minimum age-limit for fingerprinting and the rules on erasure of data from the central database. +If we were to erase all data on asylum applicants as soon as they were granted any kind of legal status, EURODAC would no longer cover situations where an asylum applicant is granted permission to remain in some other capacity for a short time and, at the end of this period, moves to another Member State and claims asylum there. +However, the debate here today may help to raise Parliament' s awareness of the massive threat which drugs represent, on the basis of real rather than imaginary data, and help bring about both short- and long-term improvements to the current critical state of affairs. +Let me say straight away, Mr President, that we approve and endorse the Commission' s programme; however we have formulated a number of reservations, the same reservations formulated by the Commission itself, as regards the inadequate evaluation of programmes and more general shortcomings in relation to the threat which actually exists. +Following the Tampere European Council, priority has to be given to the prevention of juvenile, urban and drug-related delinquency and to the progressive harmonisation of European Union legislation on illicit drug trafficking. +Secondly, the DSB (Dispute Settlement Body), created within the WTO, has demanded that the European Union give up its own standards in fields as fundamental as health and food safety or even its policy of cooperation in the case of the bananas from ACP countries and the outermost regions. +We must reverse the unbalanced situation arising from the fact that having multilateral commercial agreements alone has led to the creation of a legal-style body, whereas this was not the case either for the conventions on the environment or the ILO conventions. +The doubt concerns our capacity, and our real determination, to make the WTO an instrument of regulation in order to make the transition from globalisation sought by the few and inflicted on all to truly regulated world trade which is of benefit to the whole planet. +. (PT) With the argument that we need to simplify the implementation of the Dublin Convention, the Council is trying to revive previous attempts to restrict the fundamental rights of citizens of non-EU countries by means of the creation of a mechanism for collecting fingerprints controlled by a central unit, which will cover not only refugees and asylum seekers but all citizens of third countries who are illegally present. +We are supporting these rehabilitation projects by contributing to the activities of two international scientific and technical centres, in Moscow and Kiev, and we are prepared, if necessary, to provide additional assistance to these programmes in consideration of the fact that, as you have said throughout this debate, we are getting extremely close to the transition to the year 2000 and the main thing has been to begin to address the problem in good time. +After all, they do not have one, not a dignified one that is, "wedged between Albanian terror in Kosovo, dislike and discrimination within other countries and dwindling humanitarian aid within the central Balkans" . +In addition, we support fully and absolutely the action undertaken by MINUK in order to set up an operational civil administration, capable of taking on the police functions which are currently handled by KFOR, and to create a peaceful multi-ethnic society, capable of taking on both the reconstruction of Kosovo and the restoration of its society. +In line with previous statements, the European Commission has made it clear that any further judicial proceedings regarding the contribution made by Mr Nikitin to the Bellona report should be in full conformity with internationally agreed principles and standards of justice and human rights. +Declaring that it is intolerable for children to be forced to go to work instead of to school, for children not to be able to eat their fill, for children to be sold as if they were marketable goods, for children to be the victims of adult physical or moral violence, already represents a great step forward, one which must of course be put into effect in our policies and our daily life! +This initiative is, therefore, in my view, a step in the right direction with the use of modern computer image digitalising technology to aid law enforcement agencies and interior ministries to cooperate throughout the Union. +The debate here shows that not all of our efforts bear fruit, because the government cooperation is not sufficient to convert the needs resulting from the internal market structure and the associated speed of integration into new legislation on security structures in Europe and it does not operate in accordance with Amsterdam. +I would like this principle of openness which has developed in relations with the Bank to move forward and that finally we may arrive at a result which is satisfactory to the Parliament and the European Investment Bank, without forgetting, as I said before, that the EIB is a financial institution which can provide information with no restriction on any kind of issue. +However, as in many other areas, the reason that contracts have been awarded to countries like Korea is surely because of the conditions that apply: for example workers in such countries get very low wages, working conditions and safety measures are very poor and unsatisfactory, because the health and safety of workers is not a priority. +Now, however, it would appear that officials in the Commission' s Directorate-General for competition have a firm intention to interpret the programme in question as aid to shipyards, although the programme does not affect the competitive position of shipyards, as a ship receiving aid can be ordered from any country whatsoever. +Finally I would ask you, Commissioner Liikanen, how it is possible for a Member State to create a policy on navigation if it cannot trust in the directions given by the Commission? How has the Commission in its recent exchange of letters with the Finnish Government taken account of the protocol on navigational policy in our negotiations for membership? +I have in fact anticipated your wish. On behalf of this House, I have already written to all the leaders of the major parties in Northern Ireland to express our admiration for what they have achieved and to send them our best and warmest wishes for the favourable continuation of the peace process. +If we fail to give our recognition, some of these countries may become disillusioned and turn their backs on us: their economies would start to diverge, progress towards democracy and respect for human rights may mark time and an historic opportunity will have been lost, perhaps forever. +However, and I am equally resolute on this point, if there is a danger that enlargement will lead to the break up or the dilution of the European Union in the sense that, in the end, we will merely be an economic and financial institution and not a political union, if this is the danger which enlargement holds, then we should say no to enlargement. +Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, President of the Commission, I hope that Mrs Halonen will have time, before the Summit, to read our motion for a resolution on this Summit, together with the report on the Intergovernmental Conference which we approved in November. I am saying this because I missed some of her thoughts on certain points which are absolutely vital in our opinion. +We understand that the Council is disgracefully preparing to exclude the European Parliament from the Intergovernmental Conference and, above all, that it is preparing to ensure that the conference will only tackle three items related to the improvement of the functioning of the institutions, thereby leaving that incomprehensible house of cards known as the Treaty of the Union entirely intact. +Finally, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to the country to hold the presidency for having succeeded, with no amendments to regulations, this has not yet been possible, in clearly increasing transparency in the decision-making process in the European Union and especially, in the European Council. +Similarly, faced with the multiplication of information systems such as Europol and Eurodac, this House should have repeated its demand for an independent commission on data processing and the protection of privacy in order to preserve our individual freedoms, in addition to democratic and judicial control. +With regard to the issues mentioned by the President-in-Office of the Council, the shape of the Union following enlargement raises no problems for this House, for the Commission proposal or for the Council of Ministers. +This communication will be adopted by the Commission in the first half of 2000 and will supplement the Council report on the human rights situation in that it will detail what specific action the Community can take in order to promote human rights in third countries, so that our declarations are backed up by serious, concrete initiatives and support. +(A5-0070/1999) by Mr Morillon, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, on the proposal for a Council regulation regarding the implementation of measures to intensify the EC-Turkey Customs Union. +However, the Committee on the Environment does not support the Commission' s intention to give carte blanche in the form of unlimited derogations by proposing that, in the event of so-called socio-economic problems, countries may apply for a transition period of five years, which can then be extended for a further five years. +I think that if we can manage to get the Commission to support the Committee' s proposals, then we will have reached a real milestone on the way to better air quality and we will have helped considerably to make it clear that carcinogenic substances have lost in the environmental stakes. +The Commission' s proposal, supported and furthered by this report, establishes the principle of ambient air quality assessment and management with regard to two major sources of pollution: benzene and carbon monoxide. These are both produced by road traffic. +The Commission can accept Amendment No 15 in part. It considers that this proposal should be brought into line with Directive 1999/30 by inserting the words 'where there is more than one measurement station within the zone or agglomeration at least one should be placed close to traffic and at least one should be oriented to the urban background'. +The Commission had proposed too tight a schedule and, for that reason, the entry into force of the directive has been postponed until 2003, so that the Member States can revise legislation as called for by this directive. +Yet this would be a good opportunity to move from the quota system to the system of thresholds for individual Member States. This is the line taken by the amendments which I have tabled on this proposal to amend the Regulation. +I should like to include a few thoughts in my contribution which, I believe, not only deal with a purely technical matter but also offer a basic starting point, in that I think we should take a much more global approach to agricultural policy from the outset. +It is a good thing that it is becoming clear, and is made transparent time and time again in the monetary dialogue between the European Parliament and the European Central Bank, how important price stability is for this independent, monetary authority; and it is a good thing that the ECB should see that this goal is accomplished in a manner accessible to ordinary citizens. +For us as Socialists, the Community preference is therefore our commitment to the Community fisheries sector, to our people, fishermen, fishing industry workers and shipowners who hope to be able to continue their activities and keep their jobs. +Report (A5-0070/1999) by Mr Morillon, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, on the proposal for a Council regulation regarding the implementation of measures to intensify the EC-Turkey Customs Union (COM(98) 600 - C4-0669/98 - 1998/0299(CNS)) +Far from identifying with the champions of their own countries in the world-wide economic war, the different people involved were together censuring the capitalism of the multinationals, the relentless quest for profits, treating the natural world as a commodity, going as far as to patent living things, the levelling of cultures, the entrenchment of inequalities practically everywhere, especially between the North and South. +Seattle did not fail, Commissioner, because of the WTO' s inadequacy or the United States' electoral campaign, although this did contribute to the failure. Seattle failed because the political desire of the main countries was to slow down, instead of accelerating international trade. +Mr President, Commissioner, I think that Europe, with its age-old tradition of the market economy, free trade and economic freedom - freedom which does not need to be qualified by adjectives - must assert that the objective of integrating the markets and of free trade is a goal in itself, which we must attain for ourselves and all the other countries. +Mr President, the Seattle negotiations enabled us to see a small political opening up of the European Union' s positions on agriculture as is the case with environmental concerns, food safety and the development of rural communities. +The next item is the report (A5-0092/1999) by Mr Busk, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down certain control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (COM(1999) 345 - C5-0201/1999 - 1999/0138(CNS)). +It is important firstly because - as the rapporteur said - it is one of these completely successful cases of taking advantage of the opportunities made possible by the former Article 138B of the Treaty of Maastricht, in other words, this Parliament is launching an initiative that will be taken up by the Commission and followed up by the Council. +Assessing the needs for transit permits is based on the current traffic flows through the Alpine Region, particularly through Austria, and takes no account of the fact that this traffic flow is largely regulated by the restrictive system of housepoints according to which other allocation quota for Member States have previously been calculated. +Many of the amendments are designed to accelerate the phase-out schedules for HCFCs and methyl bromide, an objective which the Commission certainly shares in the light of their significant and increasing contribution to ozone depletion. +However, I am pleased to say that the Commission has been successful in its efforts to ensure that the European Parliament can play its proper part in the IGC: Parliament will have full observer status in the Group of Personal Representatives. +The Charter also includes the EU proposal for a Platform for Cooperative Security between international organisations, especially in conflict prevention and crisis management, and reinforces the rapid-deployment civilian crisis management capabilities of the Organisation. +However, I would have considered it wiser for an enlargement Summit to give precedence to the matters facing the intergovernmental conference, thereby emphasising that even the tiniest enlargement will not work unless outstanding institutional questions are solved. +The door is already slightly ajar, but on no account must we lose sight of the fact that the Helsinki Summit failed to adopt the recommendations of the Committee of Wise Men under the direction of Mr Dehaene following the excellent proposals prepared by the European Commission under the direction of Commissioner Barnier. +But some progress has been made, and we can analyse it objectively: two representatives of the European Parliament will participate in all the talks and will be able to intervene at the beginning and end of each meeting at the Intergovernmental Conference; in addition, in each meeting of this type there will be talks between the President of Parliament and the Heads of State and Government. +We hope that through this programme, there will be a significant increase in the worldwide quota of audiovisual products originating in Europe by means of a policy of supporting the creation, production and distribution of authentically European audiovisual products. +Subject: EU Charter of Fundamental Rights In the Commission=s view, should the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights being drawn up on a mandate from the Tampere Summit have legal force? +The Commission initiated a series of special actions to support national authorities involved in combating illicit nuclear traffic from both EU Member States and candidate States, including seminars, training programmes and technical assistance. +I can understand what the constitutional arguments are, what the political arguments are; but try explaining them to somebody without a roof over their head in Kosovo; try explaining them to a pensioner who wants to receive welfare benefit in Montenegro; try explaining them to somebody in FYROM who thinks that the difficult steps that have been taken in that country in the last few years deserve rather more support from the European Union. +We stand today by the offer made by Parliament as a symbiosis between budgetary discipline and the readiness to consider precise reductions rather than all-inclusive reductions, as you intended and, at the same time, to enter into and finance the necessary political priorities. +The President of the Court of Auditors yesterday drew the attention of this House to the, I quote, "persistence of the 'spending culture' within the Community, more concerned with the volume of expenditure than with its quality" . +Mr President, with the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, the European Parliament' s responsibilities increased considerably, as it assumed new powers of codecision in the area of preventing and fighting the fraud which harms the Community' s financial interests. +It is therefore time to end the narrow divisions between the Common Agricultural Policy, the Structural Funds, the Community' s own resources and the Community' s internal and external policies and to guarantee that there is one weight and one measure for all of these. +The choice to undertake visible interventions complies with the condition of emphasising the positive role of the European Union with regard to the wreckage left by communism ten years ago, and puts to the test the effectiveness of the western democratic method with regard to the failed dirigisme of the past. +Secondly, I was also very concerned that you did not really propose much support for the NGOs, and this is exactly what many people working with democracy projects say, that they go to the budget line for democracy and human rights instead of being streamlined into other projects. +Mr President, this recommendation invites Parliament to express an opinion in keeping with the Council proposal on technical harmonisation in the automobile sector, by considering it to be an important factor in the development of the global market. +I do not know whether this was a fiendish attempt by my Italian friend Mr Dell'Alba to move us from Strasbourg, whether it was my UK Conservative colleagues who had mistaken the day of President Chirac's visit, or whether it was a Christmas gift of Belgian chocolates now sticking to the walls of the courtyard. +This is the people. We should not forget that, regardless of the measures which may be taken by individual Member States or the European Union as a whole, it is the people as consumers who, through their habits and behaviour, will promote change and impose this on decision makers. +Parliament must therefore repeat its formal reservations about the right to pollute system, otherwise known as the flexibility mechanism. If we really want to solve the enormous problem of the greenhouse effect, we cannot operate a system in which everything can be bought and sold, including the right to pollute. +Giving up the use of nuclear power may be a subject for populists in the developed countries of Europe, or here in Parliament, where it really is a populist subject, but the realistic alternative is nowhere else to be found, not even in those countries the Union is going to embrace in the future. +Mr President, the European People' s Party has repeatedly stated that it considers the Council and the Commission' s adoption of a public position before 20 December to be of fundamental importance. That is the date on which the transfer of sovereignty of the territory of Macao to the People' s Republic of China will take place. +The joint Sino-Portuguese Declaration - which Commissioner Patten has already referred to here - is a good declaration and contains, on the whole, the broad ideas that should guide Macao for the next fifty years as a special zone, with its own uniqueness in the overall context of China, that is, by respecting the legislation established by the Portuguese in Macao. +- Report (A5-0091/1999) by Mr Chichester, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (COM(1999) 40 - C4-0076/1999 - 1999/0014(COD)) +Report (A5-0075/1999) by Mr Aparicio Sánchez, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on a proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation (EC) on the distribution of permits for heavy goods vehicles travelling in Switzerland (COM(1999)35 - C5-0054/1999 - 1999/0022(COD)) +In other words, if enlargement works, if the Agenda 2000 programme is successful in improving the economic situation in Central and Eastern European countries, this will of itself reduce the flow of economic migrants from those countries to existing Member States of the European Union. +It evidently has to be stated again that one important precondition for the approval of project funding is that environmental considerations are taken into account in all projects assessed and formulated by the European Investment Bank. This was the case with the Gardaland project as well. +Is the Council aware that press coverage of Parliament=s part-sessions suffers as a result, in that journalists cannot be in two places at once and usually give priority to Council meetings in Brussels? +The Finnish Presidency, at the fifty-fourth sitting of the UN General Assembly, called on the international community to find the right solutions and answers to the new and unforeseeable challenges of humanitarian law. +Mr President, the prevention and control of the illegal trade in substances that can be used in the manufacture of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons is the aim behind customs, legal and police cooperation in the Union in matters of crime, an aim that we are attempting to fulfil both directly and via Europol. +I want to use this point of view to draw your attention to the fact that, when the political decision to enlarge the European Union was taken in Helsinki a few days ago, the political criteria of the Europe of the 15 were included, the Copenhagen criteria, were included, and rightly so; however, you should take account of the fact that there are problems in the new applicant countries which did not apply in the past to the fifteen. +For the public to really be able to see that the Court' s application of the law meets all the criteria of independence and objectivity traditionally associated with a court of law, the application of law must be undertaken openly. +Everyone who attended the preliminary discussions of the von Wogau, Rapkay, Jonckheer and Langen reports in committee is aware of the importance of competition policy and of future internal market policy to the future development of the economy and to growth and employment in Europe. +Mr President, I welcome this opportunity to make a brief contribution to this debate and to open with the comment that an early and satisfactory resolution of the controversy surrounding food safety is of paramount importance to consumers, to our farmers and indeed to the food industry. +The Commission cannot accept the proposed amendment to drop the requirement for real debate between Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the main proposal based on Article 152 of the Treaty. +Therefore, in the Minutes and in the verbatim report of proceedings, both concerning my intervention on Macao and also on the subject of the question to the Bureau at the time of the resolution on Chechnya, I was incorrectly identified as Luís Queiró, my colleague who sits in seat 571, and not by my own name, Ribeiro e Castro, and I sit in seat 662. +As far as I am concerned, the first point is that we need to stress the importance of the specialist book trade, we need to build on quality, not quantity, we are in immediate need of a specialist trade, a supply of specialist literature, as far as the sciences and technical books are concerned, and of personal service and advice. +If a clause is added to paragraph 4 in the resolution that a delegation is to go to Kuwait, then the issues of local government will also need to be addressed, as well as the procedural issue, because it is extremely awkward if such an important bill were not to be passed due to a procedural error. +The Fund exists to promote urban and rural development, community development, to enhance skills and to improve the environment; the justifications cited in the Green amendments are spurious. +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0083/1999) by Mr Xaver Mayer, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal for a Council regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops [COM(1999) 302 - C5­0081/1999 - 1999/0128(CNS)]. +In my view, this region represents the Balkans of the future, a Balkans in microcosm, and that is why it is in our vital interest, particularly as a number of nuclear powers are established there, to stabilise this region and prevent ethnic conflicts taking place there from having an impact on the entire world. +In any event I want to reassure all the honourable Members, as I have the applicant countries themselves, that as far as we are concerned the current so-called institutional crisis, which naturally affects the Commission's work, must not and shall not result in any delay in the enlargement process. +I should like to end by saying to the enlargement countries themselves that our philosophy was and still is that each of the enlargement countries should be considered on its own merits and progress, even if this can result in a certain differentiation. It is therefore extremely important to make it clear that the enlargement family remains a family, even if at any given moment one may have made more progress than another. +The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy is in broad agreement with the Commission when it says that the proposed amendments will bring competition policy more in line with economic reality in future. +As this is likely to be my final speech to the European Parliament meeting in plenary session, I want to thank all those people whom I have worked with over 15 years' membership of the European Parliament and, in particular, the good people of Greater Manchester Central who under the fine individual constituency system I have had the honour to represent since 1984. +The Commission also agrees with the importance that the rapporteur and the Ombudsman himself attach to increasing public confidence in the European institutions, in particular where citizens complain about situations which they do not believe to be compatible with European legislation. +When a member of the public sends a petition to the European Parliament, not only is he criticising something which he believes constitutes improper application of Community law, he is at the same time expressing his confidence in Parliament and the other institutions, relying on them to right the wrong. +As far as the first sentence of the text goes, given the wide range of issues up for discussion in the context of Customs 2000, the Commission prefers to leave it to the Member States to decide whether to take part with more than one representative, so as to be able to discuss specific issues. +This is a complex issue, especially where the subject of road pricing is concerned. But Members would do well to remember that many Member States already have road pricing schemes in place and others are looking to introduce them. +A second reason why the Commission approach should be rejected is that it is designed to be quite systematically devised and implemented in three steps, thereby deliberately preserving the distortions of competition between modes of transport and between companies in the various Member States. +NATO cannot play a leading role in the conflict and, according to Le Monde newspaper, be a partner to the KLA, which supplies it with information concerning the Serb positions to be destroyed, be a new international police force with a duty to intervene, and be a humanitarian body. +It is verging on the ridiculous for the motion for a resolution (paragraph 3) to call for the implementation of UN resolutions or (paragraph 4) to welcome the 'initiative taken by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan', without making a single reference to the content of this initiative! +In this context it is particularly shocking that as a result tolls are being scrapped in metropolitan areas populated by people with higher incomes and where it should be important to discourage the use of private vehicles, whilst they are being maintained in less privileged areas, where there are no demonstrations or electoral backlash, and are raised every year. +Formally speaking this is the correct line to take, since the Commission has not come up with any new or amended proposals since Parliament rejected its original one. +I would also like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mrs Thors, on her report and to welcome the fact that the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights has taken on board nearly all the proposals of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in its report. +In that context, the rapporteur suggests that we consider the arguments in favour of setting up an EU ombudsman for financial services; I would suggest that we go further along that path and consider more widely the forms of redress which are currently available to users of financial services throughout the Union. +The pace of change in the markets and the financial intermediaries has revealed the possible limits of a sectoral approach, and that tendency becomes more marked with the process of global financial integration. +I wish to stress that, amongst other things, the document calls on the Commission to draw up European legislation - currently sadly lacking - to guarantee high safety standards in road and rail tunnels, and on the Council to adopt without further delay a directive on the control of commercial vehicles. +As part of its programme of legislation on EU type-approval for motor vehicles, the Commission has launched extensive legislation on vehicle standards, including minimum requirements for vehicle flammability. +We call on the Commission to bring pressure to bear on Indonesia to ensure that the situation does improve, and we would strongly urge the Commission to help to ensure that the elections there run smoothly and that the minority groups on the smaller islands are also treated fairly in those elections. +Mr President, the previous speakers have already dealt in sufficient detail with the entirely unacceptable circumstances surrounding the refusal of the Burmese Government to let Dr Michael Aris enter the country before he died, and they have also spoken about China's support for that barbaric regime. +Mr President, the Commission is entirely in agreement with the House on the continuing serious human rights violations in Burma, which are to be on the agenda for the forthcoming General Affairs Council on 26 April. +To the rapporteur's credit, however, she insists that the proposed measures must not result in more expensive transport and that, if price rises are inevitable, the burden on road users should be reduced in some other way. +We who are responsible for their education and, as politicians, have to be the most reliable interpreters of what it is that our people want, are under an obligation to condemn the sources of this violence and identify the most effective ways of combating it. +Mr President, I am speaking here from a unique position as the only Member of this House who was born before the First World War and who, moreover, was elected to this Parliament long after reaching pensionable age; since then I have enjoyed 20 wonderful years of life and work here. +The next item is the oral question with debate (B4-0155/99) by Mr Colino Salamanca and Mr Garot, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, to the Commission, on vegetable protein supplies and the situation in the European starch industry. +We want Venice to become a place of innovative and sustainable urban development, and the Commission has come up with some good proposals for measures to promote sustainable urban development in the EU. +It is the ninth report of this parliamentary term, but I shall not bore you with statistics; sadly, it is not a very agreeable task, and I am concerned here not with legislation or promoting European unity, but with a question of parliamentary immunity. +The issues raised by the waiver of immunity we are concerned with today are actually only part of a more general problem: the fact that this House still does not have a single statute for its Members. +A further problem appeared in that at that time there was probably neither a majority in the House to grant discharge nor an absolute majority to refuse discharge, and Parliament was therefore a prisoner between these two differing majority requirements in its Rules of Procedure. +We obviously welcomed the stability pact, but an additional stability policy which strangles public budgets, robbing them of all political room for manoeuvre and making it impossible for them to create the necessary basic conditions in education, research and training, is no good to anyone. +I shall end by saying that, in relation to the implementation of the broad economic policy guidelines, the Commission sincerely hopes that, contrary to what happened last year, Member States are able, in this first year of the euro, to agree on a specific, limited content for these guidelines, which is operational and which is not toned down, particularly as regards the recommendations for each country in the area of employment policy. +Perhaps the central feature was the weakness in management structure which was made very clear in paragraph 19 of this attached document which says: 'Weakness in management organisation led to operational distortions in implementing policies'. +Secondly, as Mr Elles has already said, it provides an indication - though we should never seek to govern beyond our grave, certainly not a rapporteur who is leaving this Parliament - to the new Parliament about the kind of issues which can be used to judge the new Commission during the hearings. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in examining the report by our colleague Mr Brinkhorst on the postponement of discharge for the 1997 financial year, we are not aiming to dwell on the serious grievances that have swamped the Commission in recent years and forced it to resign. +I fear that her interpretation to the contrary bore a whiff of the electoral campaign rather than the exercise of pure reason, because the point I made was a very simple one: as long as the ban exists, there can be no risk to health because meat with hormones is not allowed into the European Union. +The broader the scope of the experiment, the more results it will yield and the greater the chances of sound final measures which will create more jobs on a sustainable basis. That, ultimately, was what we were after. +Our most recent experiences have shown us that the possibility of dismissing individual Commissioners - whether on the initiative of the Commission President, Parliament or the Council - should certainly now be examined in cooperation with the other institutions. +Although the confirmation of your appointment tomorrow by the European Parliament is not in question, and will doubtless be approved by a very large majority, you will have to face a much more difficult test in September. This is when, in front of a largely new Parliament, you will have to present all your Commissioners and an action plan for which not just you personally but the new Commission collectively must take responsibility. +To avoid tripping over the successive hurdles which you will have to overcome, you must bear in mind that your legitimacy as President of the Commission is delegated and will be exercised under the constant political scrutiny of the Council and Parliament, themselves directly and politically responsible to the people of Europe. +This coincidence, which was not planned, is giving this debate and the subsequent vote a rather dramatic nature as, to a certain extent, it represents the political legacy of the first European Parliament that had the ability to apply enough pressure on the outgoing Commission to force it to resign. +Let us remember that, if we are to give hope to the third world, for which we bear enormous responsibility - indeed, we cannot forget that Europe is the largest economic body in the world; I repeat, the largest economic body in the world - then clearly we must also guarantee a world economic order. +The opening-up of trade over the past few years has led to growth in certain countries which were totally outside the world economy before, and has consequently led - I understand this, and it has emerged in the debate - to serious problems in certain European sectors and certain European countries. +We have to draw up charges against Milosevic, and so great pressure must be put on Mrs Arbour to persuade her finally to explain what she intends to do at the first opportunity; there has to be a huge information campaign, and Yugoslavia must be brought into Europe, something that we have been calling for for more than 20 years, Mr Fischer, bearing in mind that in 1981 Marco Pannella called in this House for the then Yugoslavia to be integrated into the European Union. +I would ask the Commission and the Council to take note of the fact that we parliamentarians are capable of more than simply holding debates such as these, which are not always very interesting or exciting, and that the Council and the Commission should in future involve Parliament more in the drafting and also in the implementation of policy. +In view of Parliament's schedule the Council feels that consultation is not possible if the common strategy is to be decided at the June summit, as the final draft of the document will not be available until 17 May. +I would like to emphasise one point in particular: I would oppose the rapporteur's endeavours to postpone the common strategy on our relations with Russia, which is of the utmost importance at this present juncture, as the strategy goes far beyond bilateral relations with this country. +If we do not take this chance of reversing an illegal situation of discrimination on grounds of nationality, which is at odds with Article 6 of the Treaty and which we ourselves have allowed to persist here for years, we shall not get the chance again, but we can discuss it here openly and honestly with the Council. +It may be that your legal reasons and arguments are valid, but I have the feeling that some of your supporters have a hidden agenda and do not really want some of these privileges to be called into question, because so many strange arguments are being used. +I would also like to be very explicit about the buildings - these comments are addressed to you, Madam President, and to the Bureau. We have expressed our willingness to retrospectively implement the ad personam promotions resulting from Mrs Müller's amendment, on condition that the Bureau respects its undertaking to finance the buildings within a ten-year period. +We do that essentially because we accept that the Internet is an amazingly exciting form of bringing about new transactions - expanding commerce, industry and jobs within the Community - but never at the expense of individual consumers in any Member State in the Union and as far as possible protecting those not merely within the boundaries of the Union but beyond it as well. +So this proposal for a directive on action to be taken against pollutants from engines for tractors follows the lines of the 1997 directive on emissions from engines in off-road mobile machinery. +The balance between the European institutions has, in fact, changed to become what was intended in the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties: the appointment of the Commission and its political activities are no longer dependent on the confidence of the Council alone, they also depend - and this is crucial - on the confidence of Parliament. +The fact that we have now become a mature and adult Parliament is very important for democracy, as democracy cannot work on the basis of good intentions or personal contributions alone, as we all know. It requires institutions that go further than human beings, that ensure that the work of Members who are not returning will be continued by other Members. +It is, of course, a little difficult for the Council to thank the President of Parliament; for if it praises him too much, that is supposed to mean it has done something wrong, which is why I would like to say that you are the Council's partner, an uncomfortable partner, conciliating on real issues but quite unyielding when it comes to representing Parliament's rights. +Cologne will look at the following major issues: firstly, the European Employment Pact; secondly, the timetable for the forthcoming institutional reform; thirdly, the European charter of basic rights; fourthly, the common strategy towards Russia; and fifthly, the further development of the European security and defence policy. +Here it is clear that collective defence in Europe will remain the task of NATO; but the European Union must also develop its own military crisis-management capability for cases where the European Union or WEU believes there is a need for action but in which our North American partners do not wish to or cannot be involved. +We are pressing, as we did before in the November 1997 Méndez de Vigo and Tsatsos resolution, for a Commission document to underpin interinstitutional coordination involving civil society and national and regional parliaments. +In my view, if the Commission is in agreement, if the European Parliament is in agreement and if the national parliaments have been involved, this document would have tremendous legitimacy, and the governments and any President-in-Office would be able to accept a discussion paper. +At the top of the list is the need for effective coordination of economic policies and for an employment pact. This requires the political will to use the opportunities created by the euro for this purpose. +Through his speeches in Parliament, he has gradually outlined his beliefs on Europe. These contain many positive aspects, particularly the desire to guarantee the independence of the Commission and to carry out a root-and-branch reform of its administrative practices. +Of course it was also a major success on balance for our group, since the Greens' amendment was the only one to obtain an absolute majority and therefore led the Commission as also the Council to shift their position. +In recent years we have noted that the succession of World Trade Organisation positions on matters involving trade in agricultural and food products has strangely coincided with the interests and pressure of the United States. +The banana issue reveals that the interests of multinational firms are a thousand times more important than the development of nations; the market is prevailing over the solidarity that needs to be developed within a political community. +In fact, as far as the banana dispute is concerned, the Member States of the European Union are losing their ability to conduct a specific and privileged policy towards certain developing countries with which we had historical links, all in the name of liberalism and the globalisation of trade. +Precisely in the case of the Social Fund, which has repeatedly produced European added value, whether in regard to the policy for the handicapped, in regard to preventive labour market policy or, for instance, to promoting equal opportunities for women, much remained in dispute up the last minute. +Today I most particularly thank the rapporteurs Mrs McCarthy, Mr Hatzidakis, Mr Collins, Mr Walter, Mr Barón Crespo and Mr Arias Cañete, in his capacity also as Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy. +Apart from the useful increase in funding, the new financial regulation is a major step forward as an appropriate instrument for providing long-term finance for long-term projects because it includes multiannual programming, which means that project promoters will be able to plan with unprecedented certainty about the finance they can expect from the trans-European networks budget. +Yet this must be achieved if we are to maintain the European social model we can be proud of. However, we must remember that this must be a realistic model where the improvement in working conditions reflects the improvement in productivity. +It is doing so in cooperation with the appropriate international organisations and regional initiatives and in particular with the states of that region, with the initial aim of holding a conference on the stability pact for south-eastern Europe at senior official level; this will be convened by the presidency of the European Union in Bonn on 27 May 1999. +The Committee on Agriculture's position represents no progress in that direction either, and I must say once again that it is unfortunate that an amendment by my group on modifications to the aid was declared inadmissible. +I think this has been one of Parliament's major successes, but we cannot rest on our laurels because we still need to ensure the continuity of certain measures with regard to the implementing regulation, and this is dealt with in the second part of the Arias report. In my opinion, without that continuity, the fisheries structural policy loses much of its meaning. +We will use that power, Mr President - and I warn the Council that we are determined to use that power - to ensure firstly that there is openness and transparency (and I welcome the progress that has been made in that respect in the Council working group), but secondly to ensure that there is equality between Parliament and Council. +The Commission considers in fact the Council's common position as a step forward towards achieving better protection for the health and safety of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres where fatal accidents occur every day. +The agreement includes the trade objectives of the interim agreement, but also incorporates a social philosophy, a range of possibilities for cooperation in areas such as professional training, regional development or support for cultural diversity. +Finally, Mr President, for all the reasons I have mentioned, my group urges the European Parliament to give its assent as decisively and firmly as we condemned the human rights violations that had occurred in that country at a stage. +In the course of the decision-making process, it emerged that some of the Council Secretariat staff are virtually taking to the barricades in opposition to the absorption of the Schengen staff, who have not gone through the customary selection procedure. +Formally speaking you do not need to consult Parliament, but politically speaking this would not be advisable, since the choice of legal basis when incorporating Schengen into the Treaty will determine how the future acquis is to be developed and what the roles of the Commission, Parliament and the Court of Justice will be. +However, I should like to point out that, because of the automatic nature of the procedures laid down in the Schengen Protocol, the legal basis of the Schengen information system lies entirely within the third pillar. But this naturally means that the joint controlling body which has been monitoring compliance with the Schengen Agreement will continue to operate and will continue to ensure that data are being properly protected within the Schengen information system. +The Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights will miss her open-minded approach. She is very much her own person, and a creative one at that - even if we occasionally disagreed over my use of her mother tongue, English! +Mr President, it is fortunate that we have you as President of the sitting in this House at the moment because this is one of the last reports, if not the very last, by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights and you were a very efficient member of that committee for many years. +I would also like to thank the Commission, which kept its pledge to produce the Green Paper and the White Paper on commerce within the same term of office, making sure that this sector was tackled comprehensively by the institutions. +What you are doing - if you pass this law by simple majority - will mean that, tomorrow, on a misty Friday morning, with a majority of 48 votes to 47, a makeshift Parliament will be able to abolish and destroy not only the financial perspectives, but the entire structure of interinstitutional cooperation that has been put in place over the last twenty months. +However, we are talking about adopting the text of an agreement - one which considerably alters several parts of the report, albeit only a few paragraphs apart from the explanatory statement - by means of an amendment, following a report which has a different title: I do not think that this amendment is admissible. +Several factors have been instrumental in our refraining from voting in favour of Mrs Miranda de Lage's report on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the United Mexican States, on the other part. +If this decision on a moratorium were actually to be taken at the next United Nations General Assembly, I think we would have sent out a positive message to all the countries of the world and we would also have raised a problem in those countries which refuse to tackle this subject in a decisive way. +Fifthly, perhaps the most encouraging feature of the whole situation is that there is a President of the Constitutional Court who said clearly and plainly only a few days ago that many legal provisions in Turkey would have to be amended because they were contrary to human rights, because they were incompatible with the rights that should exist in a democratic state. +A new president has been elected in Djibouti, so this is a good time to point out that there must be an end to the human rights violations and the inhuman treatment of political prisoners, who are left languishing in prison untended and without rights. +And having expressed this hope, Mr President, I would like to thank you in your capacity as President for the achievements of these last five years, and I would like to thank my colleagues, particularly those taking part in meetings on human rights and matters of urgency, for all the work they have done here and for all that I have learned from them. +Mr President, I do not know procedurally what should be done, but I ask you with your superior knowledge of procedure to invent some way in which we can take account of this event and show that we do follow the live process rather than sticking to dogmatic positions that bring nothing new and contribute nothing to the solution of this tragedy. +The Commission is committed to continuing with the SLIM/Intrastat initiative and the EDICOM actions for businesses, in accordance with the Council's position on the need for information in the framework of economic and monetary union. +So I said to Commissioner Cristoffersen that the situation could not be allowed to continue, because there were so many different bankruptcy systems in the European Union, and it was high time that we had the possibility of creating European limited companies whose creation and termination would both be jointly regulated. +B4-0338/99 by Mrs Ferrer, Mrs Peijs and Mr Chanterie, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, on mass imports of low-priced textiles; -B4-0339/99 by Mr Moniz, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists, on the mass of cheap imports on the European textile market. +I am thinking specifically of the trade defence instruments available to the European Union to eliminate trade barriers affecting Community products. I am also thinking of the safeguard measures provided for in the Uruguay Round agreements, which the Commission should perhaps adopt. +However, in the resolution on the Commission's communication on the textile and clothing sector, and in the actual plan of action that the Commission then drew up, there is already a series of proposals along these lines. +Massive imports under inadequate conditions from various areas, including Asia, could ruin the industry's opportunities. These imports worry us and I welcome Mrs Gradin's specific comment on this matter. +It considered that reductions in social charges could distort competition between European producers, and it declared France's textile sector plan to be illegal, demanded impossible repayments from firms and blocked the extension of this job-saving measure to other sectors. +In conclusion, I would refer to the concern generated by Mr Prodi's first statements on this subject, which suggested that he has a very ideological notion of competition and regards any regulating or corrective measures taken by a Member State as tantamount to distorting competition. +Mr President, you know that I am usually present for the Friday sittings but that I rarely ask for the floor because we are almost always working so quickly as we have planes to catch and so on. Today, as an exception, because it is the last day of the current parliamentary term and taking into account how early it is, I should like to speak on behalf of the Socialist Group and acknowledge the work you have done as President of the sitting. +Mr President, for the first time in ten years, we shall actually be voting for the President of the European Parliament without any of those prior agreements between social-democratic and socialist groups which always seemed to represent, to my mind, a kind of condominium, stifling democratic debate. +Within the Liberal Group, we chose to support your nomination, not with a view to forming a political coalition, but as a political statement, for the duration of the opening meeting, because some form of political counterbalance is needed from time to time amongst the great European political groupings. +Moreover, when we decided in Cologne to have a new Intergovernmental Conference on institutional affairs, we seized the opportunity that will enable us to soon overcome the second large internal hurdle facing the enlargement process. +The news that Belgrade had accepted the peace terms came during your Cologne Summit in June; and the resignation of the Commission ten weeks into your Presidency cannot have made life any easier. +Our group is as emphatic in its appreciation of the Cologne Summit Decision, which it intends to actively support, so as to further strengthen the fundamental rights of the citizens in the future, as it is resolute in its criticism of the Employment Pact. +During the war in Kosovo, I experienced just how much weight Europe can bring to bear in terms of possibilities for shaping situation by political means, and in terms of possibilities for pursuing a preventative foreign policy, a preventative peace policy, and for resolving a conflict when the conflict has worsened. +It is no castle in the air, but a long overdue, concrete attempt to go beyond employment guidelines and achieve co-ordination of economic policy within the European Union, particularly with a view to promoting growth. +However, it is also essential to be aware, in addition to the damage in the Balkans, of the devastation wreaked by the war both on international order, with international legislation ripped to shreds and on the UN, which has been razed to the ground, and to bear in mind the substantial loss of autonomy for Europe with regard to the Atlantic Alliance and the United States of America. +I was then proved right as he lost the vote of confidence of the Italian Parliament. Reckoning also that a Roman idiot would still be that stupid wherever he was, which, incidently, is reflected in the symbol on the list which bears his name for the election of this Parliament, I cannot for consistency's sake express my faith in the President of the Commission. +This will be a good demonstration from the outset of your desire for independence and your desire to see to it that the Commission is what the Treaty wants it to be; that is, a Commission beyond countries, beyond national sentiments and also beyond the ideological preferences that we hold here within this Parliament. +We need to broaden our scope when it comes to the Union's external relations, we must improve our ability to foresee crises, and we must become more adept at coping with the aftermath of crises. +Europe's undertaking, then, cannot be understood as merely revolving around the reconciliation of the parties involved in the conflict, but the measure of its performance will depend upon the overall ability it displays in reconciling the Stability Pact, reconstruction and ever-increasing unemployment. +We must be conscious of the fact that, if this development is to be harmonious, we must insist on the idea of 'justice' , we must promote the European judicial network, we must be capable of making sentences effective and making the sentences immediate, both the criminal and the non-criminal ones, and we must facilitate direct relationships between judges. +Any move towards a centralised federation of states on the American model must be checked; we should be aiming for a decentralised Union, and here the Swiss federation might serve as a model in principle. +It is to us extraordinary insensitivity at this particular time, in this current climate, when you have an acting Commission, that someone can, in that particular state of office simply say two days later he wants to go and work for a private company which is one of the major operators in the field for which he is responsible in telecommunications. +I would like to take this opportunity to say that I was always unpleasantly surprised by the fact - and this observation has nothing to do with the debate now taking place - that generally, when the Conciliation Committees were held, all the Commissioners except for one, were present and on time. Commissioner Bangemann never took part. +To this end, the competent services of the Commission have been in regular contact with third countries and we used the WTO/SPS plenary session which took place on 7 and 8 July to report in detail on the current situation and the relevant legal documents. +This is my point: tell the Parliament what you expect of veterinary surgeons and inspectors, make sure that the notification procedures function more quickly and that the allocation of posts within the Commission is more flexible. In this way, we can bring about an improved system within the Commission which is also under the control of the Commission. +We shall be reopening the WTO negotiations, and like everyone else in this Parliament, I expect you, the Commission to ensure that standards for health, the environment and society are set to limit and restrict this theory, which is becoming more and more dangerous, of a free market whose prime motive is profit. +Almost nothing has been learned from the institutional point of view, from the major crisis, prompted last March by the collective resignation of the Commission, as a result of irresponsible management. +It was an open and welcoming popular celebration. It gave us a wonderful picture of sport, a picture of the diversity of our teams and of our nations, and a picture of fraternity across our continent. +I see that certain Members in the House at this time are raising banners in support of a cause. I am sure the overwhelming majority, myself included, agree with the sentiment but can you advise us on any rules, regulations or guidance that you wish to give this House in terms of manifestations in any form other than speaking under the Rules of Procedure of the House? +This Commission, the outgoing Commission, held what will probably be its last meeting last Wednesday and, therefore, has not had the opportunity, in the short time which has passed since the document was issued, to carry out a thorough analysis of its contents or to establish a final position in relation to it. +Against the background of all these considerations and the statements that we have heard from political leaders in this House today, I offer on behalf of the Commission-designate the pledge that the report will be treated as a fundamental ingredient in the Commission' s reform proposals. +I believe that this is the crucial point. We have to learn to practise successful management at a European level and this will only be achieved, and this is something that has been made clear to the Commission, if, in this regard, Parliament, the Commission and the Council can come to solutions jointly. +I say this because 15 September - Wednesday of this week when there will be a lot happening - is the deadline which has been given by the Radioactive Discharges Commission of the Ottawa Convention for the British Government to come up with proposals as to how best it is going to substantially reduce the discharge of radioactive substances into the marine environment. +My second comment - and I am, of course, stirred by my anguish and great sorrow in the wake of those earthquakes in Athens - is that our environmental legislation, which we will now have to review and enforce, still does not incorporate any, or does not incorporate enough, regulations on the use of land, the urban environment, and the degradation of the environment within towns and cities. +The President-elect of the Commission, Mr Prodi, has certainly made it clear that he intends to guarantee that the European Commission and the European Parliament will work extremely closely together on the implementation of a comprehensive work programme within the Union over the next five years. +The initiative has already been given by Mr Prodi who himself appointed a Committee of Wise Men to produce a preliminary report on behalf of the Commission even though the Council of Cologne had expressly rejected this idea of the Committee of Wise Men. +For, in spite of the recommendations of the first report of the Committee of Independent Experts backed up by the second report which has just been published, no serious action has been undertaken to modify the methods and modes of operation of the Commission. +I say this because, as well as the political balances within the various institutions, the Council' s role is to represent the national governments, and the federal and Community leaning of the Commission and Parliament means that they are the driving force behind integration. +We need a strong, responsible Commission, able to propose suitable choices and ensure that the aspirations of the European citizens will be honoured, which will work alongside a Council that expresses the will of the national governments, and a Parliament which represents the people. +During your speech, Mr President-designate, you stressed a subject that we are particularly concerned about: the need to fight for a European identity. Without this fight, we cannot achieve the ambitious goals that all the peoples of Europe, this Parliament and all the institutions wish for. +We hope that you will make transparency within the functioning of the European Commission a priority and set your initial goal as policies covering citizen protection, employment, cultural development as well as solidarity amongst those who suffer from an absence of democracy and from poverty. +Mr President-designate of the Commission, if we had to choose here and now between your opponents and the reasons they have given and you, we would find ourselves in a predicament, maybe to the point of abstaining, indeed even to voting for you, as the arguments of the last communists and allies of Milosevic against NATO and our countries and against British conservatives and others are so weak and worthless. +In insisting on the political reflection of the outcome of the recent European Parliament elections within the European Commission, how far should we go in restricting the choice of and dictating to national governments their selection of Commissioner? +A third of your candidates did not answer the question from the Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities about gender mainstreaming. +Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, I will not repeat what my colleagues in the PPE have already said and, as a member of the Belgian delegation, I will not introduce internal Belgian politics into this debate. +Mr Prodi, you have said that you want the Commission to be a genuine European government and Mr Poettering, Chairman of the main political group in this Parliament, has even spoken of this role for Parliament in relation to the Commission. +Effective crime prevention requires closer co-operation among Member States, which in practice means the co-ordination of legislation and better co-ordination with respect to co-operation with the police and the investigation of crime. +The political challenge in asylum and immigration is striking a balance between the need to safeguard asylum as an individual right and to ensure the proper protection of refugees and the desire to resist economic migration. +The Extraordinary European Council meeting in Tampere is undoubtedly particularly significant, since it aims to formulate more integrated policies on freedom, security and justice within the European Union as it is now, a European Union which is expanding and within a European Union which is developing ever closer ties with third countries - policies which, as we all understand, are perhaps more directly related to some of the issues which fall under the headings of justice, security and freedom in Europe, such as the issues of immigration and asylum. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we welcome the holding of a European Council dedicated in part to the area of freedom, security and justice, testimony to the recognition by the European institutions and States of the importance of these essential questions to the future of Europe. +In the spirit of solidarity, I am pleased to note that the Council and the Commission have taken the action necessary to assure the Turkish authorities of the aid of the European Union and to co-operate with these authorities in order to relieve the suffering of their people. +Our Committee on Constitutional Affairs demands, therefore, that the European Parliament should not collaborate as a mere accessory in such an important process, but as a generator of ideas and decision-maker on the same level as the Council. +We should also establish, as laid down in the Treaty of Amsterdam itself, a balanced effort amongst all the Member States to confront the consequences of accepting refugees, displaced persons and the powerful migratory pressure which is of an exclusively economic nature, such as that which originates from non-EU countries in the Mediterranean or the Southern flank of the Union. +Madam President-in-Office of the Council, of course, immigration policy is an integral part of external policy, but on many occasions external policy gives way on grounds of expediency, grounds which ultimately go against the humanitarian aspect related to immigration and asylum policy. +It is a product of the fifteen Prime Ministers, but it has now come into its own, freed from supervision by the Member States, removed from national parliaments, light years from ordinary voters and tax payers, but still not subject to supervision by the EU Parliament. +In these historic days when the Basques are opting for European construction as a democratic path to understanding, conciliation and peaceful co-existence with all Spaniards, as well as all the other peoples of Europe, the thing that we need least, the thing that could affect the peace which we are seeking and which we yearn for is for our remaining fiscal sovereignty, our economic harmony, not to be respected. +If we maintain the criteria of Maastricht and the Stability Pact, the European Employment Pact loses any credibility it might have had, and this, together with the insistence on the flexibility of working conditions makes it clear that what is at stake is an increasing deregulation of working conditions. +On the other side, the assessment of the Commissioners' ability to live up to the enormous expectations that now lie upon them to introduce a very different kind of behaviour and culture in the new Commission, we did expect the demonstration of an ability to introduce genuine, far-reaching, radical reform. +I would like to wish President Prodi, Vice-President Palacio, who is responsible for Parliament, and whose qualities I have every confidence in, and all the other Commissioners who will have responsibilities in my areas of activity - Mr Patten, Mr Verheugen and, above all, our long-serving colleagues Mrs Reding and Mr Vitorino - the best of luck and much success and I would like to offer them good and constructive co-operation. +Putting this fund together was a significant challenge to EU credibility and the fact that they were dealt with by the Committee on Budgets leading to amendments being made shows just how great that responsibility is. +In carrying out their tasks, the authorities in Member States must act in compliance with their own national legislation and be subject to legal and political monitoring by national bodies, and also act in compliance too with the relevant international provisions relating to the safeguarding of human rights. +But, furthermore, I believe that the Council has responded correctly and it would be a good thing if the Socialist Member, who is also spokesperson for her delegation, would do her duty and study this thing called European construction in a little more depth and not make fools of her parliamentary group with questions concerning issues which are not within Community competence and which need to be resolved on a national level. +But the required co-ordination can never allow any Member State of the European Union to shirk its responsibilities: neither the State nor any of the administrations into which that State is divided, which has happened in the case that has been mentioned in my country. +Member States continue to reconcile their positions in talks on the proposed Convention as far as possible, and on the initiative on the part of the country holding the Presidency, and are endeavouring to reach consensus on all issues that significantly affect the interests of the Union. +A decision was taken in the General Affairs Council last April in which the Commission was set the task of presenting a proposal during September that would guarantee absolutely that the Union' s new strategy in respect of the banana sector would be in compliance with WTO rulings. +As the House will know, the Commission proposal essentially concerns the setting-up of an agency to implement the Community' s reconstruction programmes, initially in Kosovo but later, when circumstances allow, in other regions of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia like Serbia and Montenegro. +In order to take into account the development of the political situation in the region, Article 6 of the Convention lays down that, at the end of 2000, developments regarding refugees will be re-examined and possible UNRWA programmes concerning the Palestinian authorities gaining more power over their own affairs will also be evaluated. +I should like to ask my colleagues to give their approval in the light of what I said just now and also in the light of what Commissioner Kinnock said this morning on behalf of the Commission and of what we yesterday learned from the Finns, as holders of the Presidency of the Council, to the effect that there is not at present any room for manoeuvre in order to comply with our amendments. +In almost every paragraph of its resolution, the European Parliament broadens the interpretation of the decision of the Cologne Council in order to boost its own sense of importance, to marginalise national Parliaments and to prepare for the transformation of the Charter into a European Constitution. +For their sake, working people should not only show opposition to the plans being advocated, but should also expose the hypocrisy of the EU and of the Member States and fight to avert such dangers to the development of their freedoms. +But repeatedly they all say the same thing: it is corruption that discourages them, investment conditions are very poor because there is no viable long-term tax system, laws are constantly changing , the infrastructure is poor and, most importantly, property rights, including intellectual property rights, are weak and confused. +Mr President, it appears that Enceladus is furious with Greece and Turkey and, being his inept self when it comes to dialogue and bargaining, he flew into a fit of catastrophic rage, scattering death, sorrow, pain, desperation and havoc around the two countries. +Mr President, the power struggle in the Islamic Republic of Iran between conservatives and those inclined towards reform continues to rage unabated until today with all the consequences you would expect for the constitutional state, in other words the non-application of the constitutional state' s basic principles. +When the sitting opened, you announced that some initiatives have already been adopted and specific responses have been given to the Parliamentary press but, I repeat, I think that much more needs to be done to facilitate journalists' work so that they can inform the entire European Union about the important work carried out in the Parliament. +Madam President, I am pleased that you have already broached the problems relating to communications. Prestigious as this building is from an architectural viewpoint (although it has a lot of space which cannot be used), there are, to my mind, communications problems in addition to what I would say are the building' s defects in terms of convenience. +The massive industrial contamination of feedingstuffs through additives introduced without regard for any maximum permitted limit leaves the consumer with the justified impression that the production of animal feed has degenerated into its mere exploitation. +I would argue that the list of possible functions is by no means exhaustive, and its accountability could also be ensured if it were required to produce an annual report and if its officers regularly appeared before the Parliament' s Environment, Public Health Consumer Policy and Committee. +In this way, we can always be ahead of the problems and not run around panic-stricken when such problems crop up, shattering the confidence of European citizens and causing serious damage to public health. +Thus, the States most affected by the disease ought to be able to benefit from compulsory licences permitting them to produce, at reduced cost, the generic anti-HIV treatments effective in preventing the development of the opportunistic infections which lead unavoidably to death. +This is far-reaching and of unprecedented seriousness owing to the way this illness is affecting, in particular, a continent which the European Union has special relations and links with. But in recent years, I think these have slackened and have completely missed the mark. +For this reason, the Committee on Budgets has proposed to the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy that it should demand a revision of the Financial Perspective in this regard, and positive reference has been made to this in the report. +I am very grateful and happy that you, Commissioner, now have responsibility for this important subject for, as a former Spanish Minister for Agriculture, you know that it is possibly much more sensible to reduce the surpluses achieved in the context of European agricultural policy than to make areas available for cultivation which could be exploited for utilising energy from biomass. +Mr President, perhaps the thing that most pleases me about this agreement is the fact we have moved from rhetoric to reality and the European Parliament, which has supported and closely monitored the negotiation process, providing impetus and acting as a stimulus, should today commit itself to applying the same energy to the monitoring of its implementation and its results. +To conclude, while I welcome the fact that South Africa has won a share of significant European markets, I hope we can also learn from the lessons of this agreement and ensure that in future the timing, phasing and scope of free-trade arrangements will reflect more closely the different needs of the participating countries. +The only thing that the European institutions are offering South Africa in terms of cooperation is a trade agreement, carefully negotiated so that it favours European business and industrial interests, an agreement which, in South Africa, will only profit the tiny minority of exporters of precious stones and agricultural produce, who were already the main beneficiaries of apartheid. +Moreover, we do not imagine, Commissioner, that you foresee increasing the current level of imports of South African wine into the European Union - I shall remind you that it currently stands at 320,000 hectolitres - without preserving minimum customs rights, if the whole European industry is not to risk being seriously damaged. +After transferring a certain number of directors-general last week, we decided today to advertise the following vacant positions: directors-general of the Directorates-General for Enterprise Policy, Agriculture and Education and Culture; vice-directors-general of the following Directorates-General: Education and Culture, Competition and Foreign Relations. These positions will be taken up in accordance with the new procedures. +The difference between the parliament of a dictatorship and a democratic parliament is that the parliament of a dictatorship is always full and the Members applaud, and a democratic parliament is not very full because the Members are working in other places. +It is clear that this is a challenge, along with what I said before in reply to Mr Cox' s question - to start creating a type of bureaucracy suited to the objectives we want to achieve and then choose the best people which will sometimes mean upsetting the balance between countries. +I can confirm to the European Parliament that within the framework of the regulations of the Structural Funds, with the appropriations currently available, we are able to offer substantial support to those parts of the Greek population which have been affected. This is around 20,000 households, not to mention several hundred victims. +Support for the displaced persons is being provided via the International Red Cross, while the Red Cross Federation and the national Red Cross societies are in the process of extending their programme to provide food stations, to which Echo will continue to provide support. +Subject: Holding of a first annual EU­India Summit In its report A4-0066/99 of 12.3.1999 on the Commission Communication on the EU-India Enhanced Partnership, Parliament 'calls on the Council and Commission to propose to the Indian Government the holding of an annual Euro-India Summit' . +Turkey still has a great deal of work to do, and considerable progress in the political and the economic field is still needed. Still, in view of the enormous strategic importance of Turkey for the future of Europe, for long-term security, stability and peace in Europe it would be a grave mistake to deny Turkey entry into the enlargement process on equal terms. +But to facilitate this process, I think that serious consideration should be given to President Poettering' s proposal to establish a timetable of regular meetings between Turkey and the European Union in order to discuss democracy, the human rights of minorities, economic and social development and foreign security policy. +It is a complex process - Commissioner Patten reminded us of this - and yet today, we have important deadlines and timescales during which things should happen which will bring us within sight of a definitive solution; that is, the recognition of two independent, sovereign states which can co-exist in a situation of mutual security. +This was in spite of the provisions in Article K6 of the Maastricht Treaty that EU ministers regularly consult Parliament on the principal developments in justice and home affairs and ensure its views are "duly taken into consideration" . +It still remains that the inconsistency between the European Decision to lift the embargo and the refusal by the French to do so creates an intolerable situation which, less than six months after the ratification of the Treaty of Amsterdam, proves the fecklessness of those very people who supported it. +Mr President, Members of Parliament, this debate on the new round which you requested leads to a question of great importance, in my view. Does the Union, by means of its own action, offer the governments and citizens of Europe any additional means to adjust successfully and gain control of internationalisation? +Finland has proposed that the Council should clarify its intention to continue, during the forthcoming presidencies, to develop indicators and benchmarking for other critical areas specified in the Peking Conference' s action programme and to undertake regularly to examine progress in the areas under discussion. +It is essential and urgent that all the institutions of the European Union make a serious plea to the Governments of Russia and Chechnya to end the escalation of war, silence their weapons and take up political dialogue, using all our resources - of whatever type - so that our voice may be heard. +B5-0171/1999 by Mr Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra and Mrs Grossetête, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the vote on the UN General Assembly resolution on the creation of a universal moratorium on capital punishment. +The urgency is because an Italian deputy Public Prosecutor has issued a judgement which identifies the high-level air force authorities as being to blame for covering things up, keeping quiet and not saying what they knew, which prevented the truth coming to light about what happened almost twenty years ago. +Madam President, I would like to raise a point of order because the Members of Parliament have just received a directory, published apparently by the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, which gives a list of the European Members of Parliament together with their details. +It is high time that through the adoption of uniform provisions, both for certification services providers and for consumers, consistency of law is achieved, so that - as is the case when credit cards are used - they will then know exactly to what extent there is a risk of them being threatened with liability. +I was the only draftsman, along with Mr Bourlanges, to meet the representatives of the agencies and I heard good arguments for increasing monies available to those agencies for the work they are doing with the applicant states of Eastern and Central Europe and for bringing on to the market orphan drugs that are so vital for a relatively small number of people with diseases difficult to treat. +Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner Schreyer, ladies and gentlemen, according to an ancient Chinese proverb 'women are half of Heaven' and it is only right that in the European Union women should also be involved in the budget in the same proportion. +Here the Council has actually come up and said: we want to finance an important future task and an important current task which must be spread over the coming years, i.e. aid for the people of Kosovo. To finance that we are carrying out a 10% cut in all lines. +That is precisely what puts a brake on initiatives from EU citizens. The reform of the Commission is therefore also going to have to play its part in improving service provision by ensuring that money is spent efficiently, in a transparent manner, and also in accordance with the political choices of the budgetary authorities. +We have tried to live up to an unwritten rule about avoiding dotting the "i" s and crossing the "t" s too much when it comes to noting specific budget appropriations. +It provides for an appropriation of EUR 50 million to be taken up in the financial reserves for financing the activities to be undertaken by those producers or Member States wishing to set up an integrated quality control system for the whole food chain. +Moreover, the European Parliament has invited members of the Executive Board of the ECB and of the staff to participate in additional hearings on a number of specific issues, including the external representation of the Eurosystem, the preparation of euro banknotes and statistical matters. +The ECB will act as a catalyst for change and will, together with the national central banks of the Eurosystem, discuss these issues with the euro area banking industry in order to play a supportive and coordinating role in this regard. +This is the first occasion on which the European Parliament has given its views on the progress of the European Central Bank and in this context it is my pleasant duty to congratulate the ECB and Mr Duisenberg, as President, on its success so far. +That is why, Mr Duisenberg, I believe that today' s meeting, and particularly the ridiculous opposition force which Parliament is attempting to exert in relation to the considerable power which has been entrusted to you, can only worry anyone who attaches importance to national sovereignty, which is just one way for nations to keep control of their own fate. +I also believe that the financial markets and the people of Europe will expect no less of this new Central Bank and that this Parliament should be relentless in the pursuit of an open and accountable European Central Bank for the near future. +But the Treaty of Maastricht did not deal with the institutional consequences of this decision, and for this reason we are talking today about the independence of the Central Bank, the relationship between the Central Bank and other institutions and the unresolved problems. +However, I ended by adopting the majority position of our group, justifying my decision by reflecting how this sort of approach might reduce rather than increase market confidence in the work of the bank in the early stages. +For example, there is our publication immediately after the meetings of the Governing Council of the considerations which have played a role in the Governing Council' s ultimate decision whether or not to change interest rates. +In contrast the wording "without prejudice" clarifies, and it is intended to do so, that the Eurosystem is under no obligation to act in this mechanical fashion if it believes that doing so might jeopardise price stability in the future. +Thirdly: can it be deduced from today' s discussion that ECHO will retain its full role of channelling European Union humanitarian aid in crisis situations, or, rather, that the activity of ECHO and humanitarian aid itself will be progressively diluted within the Union' s general policy of cooperation for development? +There were too many of these female and male politicians, journalists, defenders of human rights and citizens who paid with their lives for their fight for a more just and more humane society. +This process ought not to give rise to revised new catalogues of fundamental rights for the individual Member States but to legal entitlements in respect of action taken by the European institutions and in respect of legislation affecting our citizens. +If we consider it in its entirety, Mr Dehaene' s report intends, on the one hand, to extend qualified majority voting and, at the same time, the constitutionalisation of the Treaties and their division into two parts, one subject to a very strict procedure, which requires unanimity for reform, and the other subject to majority voting. +This latest EU initiative, complementing others at the national level, will help create the right regulatory framework enabling European businesses to be at the cutting edge in developing electronic commercial services. +So, in favouring the free circulation of capital throughout the world, in seeking to liberalise investments even further, European governments are transforming Anglo-Saxon pension funds into the real masters of the economic and financial markets. +I think that, instead, we should bring into question the European social model which is the social model of the Europe of unemployment and taxes, the Europe where trade unions have enormous power, stifle economic growth and prevent millions of unemployed Italians, French and Germans and millions of immigrants finding work, in order to protect situations which are often nothing more than situations of privilege. +This means that within the Union, we must arrive at a real coordination of fiscal policies and at a definition of comparable social norms for everyone, so that we no longer experience the distortions of competition that are still too marked today. +The fact that a simple PR exercise allows a company' s share value to rise by 12% whilst no extra value has been created, no extra tyre has been manufactured or sold, giving the impression that huge sums of money could simply appear spontaneously as a result of the financial markets alone, shows utter contempt for human labour. +In July 1999 the European Union adopted a common position, whose purpose it was to strengthen EU cooperation in international efforts to bring the CTBT into force. +The Union supports the efforts on the part of the CTBTO Preparations Commission to establish a verification system in good time and with the degree of efficiency the treaty requires. +Lesser-used languages must be granted the funding they deserve, otherwise excellent innovative projects - drama, the translating of literature following the end of the Ariane project - the teaching of languages and so on will all suffer. +I would just like to say that, in principle, the Commission accepts amendment 4 on commitology, on condition that there is a simple cross-reference in the text to the management procedure laid down by the decision of the Council on 28 June 1999, which sets out the conditions for exercising the competences for implementation granted to the Commission. +In the Council of Europe report on Coherent and Integrated Family Policies it states: "Families play a primary role in socialisation because they communicate the values, standards, customs and behaviour of the social group to which their children belong. +Mr President, I would start by saying that in a letter of 6 July 1999 the Council consulted Parliament pursuant to Article 157, on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning Community participation in the European Audiovisual Observatory. +I would like to stress that the activities of the observatory and Eurostat do not overlap in terms of period covered, geographical scope or output and could be usefully coordinated in order to achieve a clear view of the complex reality in the audiovisual sector. +By now the terrorists have been arrested and the hostages released, but of course, considering the serious nature of these events, and if you agree, I shall express our solidarity and sympathy, on your behalf, towards the people of Armenia and I shall do so by sending a letter to the President of the Republic of Armenia. +Mr President, on behalf of the Socialist Group I would like to say that we supported approval of the interinstitutional agreement as an essential building block in re-establishing the credibility of the European Union in how it relates to fraud and deals with allegations of fraud. +The simultaneous nature of the announcements, of course, blatantly exposed the scandalous and unfair aspect of current economic reasoning and this financial capitalism which has gained the upper hand in Europe and throughout the world. +The present proposal aims to extend the aforementioned transitional period until 1 July 2001, or even longer for the transportation of pressure equipment for which no detailed technical specifications or no adequate references to the relevant European standards exist. +I understand, however, the need to extend the deadlines in Directive 96/49, in order to preclude the need for Member States to amend their national legislation for a brief period, entailing extra expenditure for the Member States and industry. +Today, then, it is a matter of urgency to put an end to privatisation, to increase staff levels, and to give these people proper training, to enforce compulsory budgets reserved for the maintenance and supervision thereof, to set up user/professional committees to supervise traffic, to enforce an official right of veto with regard to goods transfers when real risks are involved. +These negotiations are going to take place in a specific context, characterised by two new elements, firstly, the death of His Majesty Hassan II, the last giant figure in the history of the twentieth century, and, secondly, the principle of Turkey' s candidacy for accession, accepted a few days ago. +However, we should regret the delay, which has created public alarm and a nervous state within the fleet which could have been avoided, and the speculation and declarations which may do more harm than good to negotiations which, given the importance of the agreement, should be held in a discreet, calm and cordial environment. +Whatever the opinion may be concerning the fisheries agreement with regard to the impact on the local population or the European fishing fleet, there will be very few people who will be prepared to put the humanitarian disasters of Kosovo, East Timor and the earthquake in Turkey on a par with this fishing deal. +We are fast approaching 30 November and the new agreement appears to be at the conclusion stage. The Commission has therefore given little attention to the economic level of the Objective 1 and 2 regions which, as they depend to a large degree on fishing, are seriously concerned about maintaining employment in the sector. +At the Florence Summit in June 1996, the heads of government agreed to take any decision on lifting the UK embargo "only and exclusively on the basis of public health and objective scientific criteria and of the judgement of the Commission, in accordance with the existing procedures, that these criteria have been satisfied." +We want common sense and we want to base our decision on science because in the disputes that occur in the future - and there will be many on food safety because consumers are so concerned now about the food that they eat - the scientists, the objectivity and the independence of the scientists is absolutely critical. +I would not say that this applies to all sectors of our relationships within Europe; nor would I say that about our relationships with third countries, but within the Union, there is undeniably a common agricultural policy and a joint responsibility with regards to this policy. +An infringement of the Treaty is an important topic for all of us involved in European politics but, as an MEP in my constituency, I cannot use this at the moment as an argument to circumvent a political discussion on this topic. +It has just been revealed that the Minister for Agriculture from his party in the United Kingdom has not even been in dialogue with his opposite number in France, which is ridiculous when you consider the way tempers are getting raised in the process of this trade war. +The Commission made a sound choice in concluding a protocol with only a one year duration because Angolan fish stocks have been exploited intensively over recent years, particularly by the Soviet fleet, which has led to a spectacular drop in catch levels. +Despite the fact that certain information and statistics must be borne in mind, and the Commission has promised to be very strict about this, and also bearing in mind the delicate situation that that country is in - it is in a state of war - we believe that the conclusion of this provisional Protocol is very positive, in the hope that it will be renewed for a year or that a new agreement will be reached. +In order for the euro to quickly acquire the weight it deserves, not only as part of the international economy but also in discussions concerning the economic policy of the Union area, the common points of view on economic policy in the euro area in particular must be explored in more depth. +Our own research also shows that economic development in the conventional sense is becoming limited in some areas due to lack of fresh water and that the European Union already produces more toxic waste than it can deal with as a by-product of economic growth. +According to the Council, mobile workers also include own-account transport operators and transport operators who work outside the transport sector, such as those involved in the transportation of concrete in the timber and construction sectors, for example. +The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of our Parliament has rejected this definition, partly because these workers would then be partially excluded from the scope of the existing working time directive. +The time which the Council gives the Member States and hence itself to transpose the directive amending the existing working time directive is, according to the common Council position, four years. +The effect of this amendment will be to try to limit to one year the reference period available for the annualisation of the calculation of working time, in other words making sure that annualisation of working time is possible but no more. +Mr President, within a free market with unrestricted competition, the business that produces the cheapest product has the best chance of survival, even if the product can only be cheap on account of bad working conditions, poor wages, environmental pollution or cruelty to animals. +I am assuming that when section 5 of the annex relating to intellectual property rights is applied, it will be ensured that it is not applied word for word but in a way that accords more with the general rules of openness which now happily apply more and more within our European Union. +Firstly, these agreements have been speedily adopted, and I would like to thank all the rapporteurs, as well as the members of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the Committee on Budgets, for having studied the proposals in a very short time. +People in the United Kingdom are particularly interested in fuel economy because of the punitive fuel tax levels set by our Labour Government, which particularly pose problems for people living in rural areas like my own where public transport is often non-existent. +For me, that is also one of the key points of this directive: raising consumers' awareness of the problem, so that they worry a little more about reducing CO2 emissions when it comes to their favourite toy, their car, and so that this becomes part of their way of thinking. +Firstly, this Parliament wishes to be closely involved with each and every step in the process which is planned for the internal market, with the selection of strategies, the selection of second level objectives and the selection of specific objectives. +And here I would like to point out to Mr Lehne that, without doubt, he has not read the Commission' s strategy if he thinks that social considerations were left out of it, because the strategic objective number 1 which the Commission has set is to improve the quality of life of our citizens. +The directive on electronic signatures will definitely be followed by directives on e-commerce and copyright in the information society and on consumer protection in distance selling of financial products and other kinds of products. +This phrase raises the question of the view of consumer protection as an inevitable requirement to impede the free movement of goods, within the meaning of the judgement on Dassonville, Cassis de Dijon etc. In other words it leads us to the principle of mutual recognition, which seems to be very dear to Mr Bolkestein. +Reforms aimed at promoting dynamic competition and flexibility need to be coordinated with the need to maintain but also modernise the social security system. +Mr President, I too would like to thank the rapporteur for his excellent work. It is imperative that we regard the irrefutable fact that unemployment has fallen by 10.1% to 9.4% as being a positive step forward and that we also regard the employment policy embarked upon by the European Union with its four fundamental pillars in the same light while adding to this linguistic training and the issue of immigration. +It is clear that from Cologne we do have specific procedures, such as the spring and autumn procedures, but of course, I am awaiting proposals and practical means of implementing closer cooperation, which should be initiated by the respective Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. +Only a Parliament which seeks to shut away political declarations and political signatures in basements, a Parliament which, in fact, is regulated by bureaucratic logic, can allow the months-old situation of discrimination against non-attached Members who have less rights than other Members to continue in this fashion. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, although we have all supported the reports on the employment situation, we believe that the unemployment rate is extremely high and that we have failed to find any really effective answers at either national or European level. +The European Union and national Member States must work closely together at all times with Europe' s motor and oil industry so as to guarantee that pollution is defeated once and for all in the near future. +This is an important programme which complies with our commitment to achieve a high level of health protection in the European Union. I say this because we unfortunately still come across the effects of violence in our society all too often, and they represent a serious health risk. +Mr President, of course I have nothing against part of the budget being dedicated to preventive measures against violence towards children, young people and women, as long as it is dedicated to providing financial help to organisations working at grassroots level. +This proposal will ensure minimum standards for information and consultation to be applied throughout the Community, by harmonising the fundamental rights of employees - these are already in place in many Member States - and helping to strengthen the European social dimension, which is what we are all aiming for. +We consider this to be especially important, and besides, it is part of a more wide-ranging issue which is concerned with preparing and accompanying the changes underway in the labour market, so that they do not produce negative results, especially as far as employees' job security is concerned. +I proposed the introduction of a waiting period of six months for any restructuring plan in order to allow an independent trade union review to take place, and I also proposed that if the company had received public subsidies but is not complying with the rules which have been laid down, it should pay back the subsidies it had received. +Mr President, in my capacity as draftsman for the interinstitutional agreement from which this decision is derived, I would like to know the Commission' s position, because no statement has been made with regard to our proposal to exclude the expenses foreseen for future accession from the guidelines. +Whatever your views on this source of power and electricity, it is a fact that it supplies a significant part of our electricity in Europe and it does so in a way which does not produce CO2 or other greenhouse gas emissions and that is why - and the only reason - it has been mentioned in this report. +Sustainable development is not just a lofty aim, it is an obligation imposed by the Treaties and must therefore form the central principle of any future European energy policy and at the same time a balance must be struck. +I support initiatives at European level which contribute to the efforts of Member States to meet their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol on limiting greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector. +The share of nuclear energy in electricity production must be kept at least at its present level, and it should perhaps even be increased, so that we can achieve the ambitious target for the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, to which all of you, my good friends, including Mrs Plooij-van Gorsel and Mrs Ahern, and everyone else in this House, are committed. +In practice, a proposal of this kind would have meant that the use of renewable energy sources would not have increased beyond 5% for there is no finance minister in any country who would want to finance the development of projects in other countries. +Mr President, firstly I would like to thank and congratulate Mr Chichester on his positive and constructive report on the communication from the Commission to the Council and European Parliament on strengthening environmental integration within Community energy policy. +This regulation certainly represents a significant step forwards - and we are grateful to the rapporteur for this - but we need to return to the issue with particular reference to nomadic children, to Roma children, and therefore to everything related to the internal problems of these families, including, precisely, with regard to mobility in Europe. +This plant is actually obsolete, according to the distinction outlined by the Executive in Agenda 2000, where nuclear plants are divided into three categories: Soviet type or obsolete plants which must be dismantled because they are dangerous, other plants that need to be repaired to allow them to reach safety levels acceptable to the Union, and a tiny number of western type plants which can remain active provided their safety level remains high in the long term. +Abandoning civil nuclear power is not on the cards, and we need to bear in mind the economic and social implications of the decisions that the Union wants to be adopted in Central and Eastern Europe. +Clearly this is one of the fields - i.e. the threat constituted by the existence of so many nuclear power plants but also all the armaments accumulated on the territory of the former Soviet Union - where none of the Member States may, individually, claim to intervene on behalf of security of the entire continent. +In relation to the situation in Germany that you asked me about, as I said earlier, my discussions with the minister responsible in Germany lead me to the conclusion that the German Federal Government wishes to move towards lifting the ban and that the discussions arising out of the dispute involving France will ease any lingering concerns that may exist in Germany. +This is my answer. The nitrates directive considers not only nitrogen from animal manure, but also from chemical fertilisers both as regards quantities supplied, see Article 5 and Annex III, and methods and periods of spreading and that is in Annexes II and III. +The Commission believes that the majority of measures that have to be taken by Member States, for example, transposition monitoring, designation and codes of good practice, action programmes and reporting are straightforward. +The reality is that - according to the information provided by the Greek authorities themselves - there has been an excessive involvement of the Greek administration in the management of the company, and the commitments of 1998 should have put an end, once and for all, to this situation. +Subject: Alignment of laws in the Czech Republic Is the Commission aware of a study concerning the slow pace at which the transposition and alignment of laws is proceeding in the Czech Republic, drawn up and addressed to it by four Czech opposition parties? If so, what conclusions does it draw from that study? +It has been said by another party which previously governed, a large opposition party, that there could be membership à la carte; there is talk of a status being accorded which is akin to that of Turkey, of a political discount, and I would like to ask you whether you consider such thinking plausible or whether you presuppose full implementation of the acquis communautaire. +On behalf of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group, I would say that the majority of our Group seem to have come to accept that the European Union could develop common crisis management strategies but we want to impose clear conditions and frameworks for this. +I would like to know, Mr Solana, what the political, economic and budgetary means are - bearing in mind the principle that "he who pays is in charge" , which you know very well from your time as Secretary-General of NATO - to create a force which can maintain peace and prevent situations as dramatic as those which we have seen recently in the Balkans. +I, too, consider Monday' s Council meeting historic, but in a negative way and for other reasons. I refer to the incomprehensible attitude taken in respect of an initiative, promoted for once by the European Union, on the moratorium on capital punishment. +It does not take much to realise, Commissioner, that what we should have done was to use serious negotiations to bring moderate countries which do not use capital punishment over to our side, countries which had taken positions and which were sensitive regarding the preamble - I repeat, the preamble - based on an article in the United Nations Charter. +I have to say that legitimate concerns about military capabilities are not resolved by the Europeanisation of defence, which responds to an essentially political agenda and is an aspect of the process of European political integration. +The world trade round is therefore exceptionally important in Europe speaking with a single voice in world trade negotiations so that social and environmentally-friendly growth can also gather pace through the contribution of world trade. +Firstly, because we have implemented two major reforms in the space of seven years - a huge effort - and secondly, because unlike the sacrifices European farmers have been forced to make, the United States of America has increased its subsidies by USD 15 billion in the last two years in blatant contradiction of the line of arrogant propaganda that they are currently taking against the CAP. +Together with you, we are requesting that the necessary humanitarian aid be deployed immediately, in order to provide assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people displaced due to this conflict, but we are requesting, Mr Patten, that provision is made for the suspension of economic aid to Russia, initially, if Russia continues with its indiscriminate attacks upon the civilian population and does not seek a negotiated settlement. +While we need, of course, to support the agricultural sector in the EU, and that is made clear in Mr Schwaiger' s report, we also have to recognise the need for developing economies beyond reaching markets to have access to food security so that people have enough to eat. +This is why I am delighted with the Schwaiger report, because this very report indicates that we should hold on to what is essential to us, whilst keeping an open mind towards the world, and because this report links political reality and the issues we can defend on behalf of Europe' s citizens in our capacity as parliamentarians. +We have had two significant disputes - over bananas and hormones - which the European Union lost, and there has been one dispute which we have not even dared to put before the settlement system: I am referring to the American Helms-Burton and d' Amato laws for extra-territorial application to European companies. +Who would want to dispute the fact? In spite of the tiny budget allocated to it, an efficient fisheries sector forms a not insignificant part of any dynamic trade and budget policy for the EU and should be seen as a sector of the economy in its own right and as a significant branch of the food industry. +And this is why we are against sectorial negotiations and are in favour of all-encompassing negotiations. This is why we are in favour of seeing the WTO and its respective negotiations as an instrument for the creation of a fairer society, of a more sustained development, in which mankind is actually the focus of all decision making. +The bigger EU States like France, Germany and the United Kingdom traded about 30% of GDP in the 1960s as against 60% today, but they enjoyed much faster economic growth at that time than they do now. +Thirdly, why should we postpone negotiation on the rules which our society is rightly calling for and that developing countries are expecting in order to integrate the liberalisation of trade and sustainable development into areas such as health, the environment and workers' fundamental rights? +As your two rapporteurs so aptly emphasised, this forthcoming Conference must concentrate on institutional issues, on all institutional issues with the notable and politically necessary exception of the discussions currently taking place on a European security and defence policy. +This can be guaranteed by means of a motion submitted by a number of colleagues and myself in which we conclude and demand that a catalogue of competences be incorporated into the basic part of the Treaty, clearly defining the competences of the European Union, clearly limiting those competences as well as encouraging application of the principle of subsidiarity. +On account of various protests and environmental considerations, the road-works were halted, and the national authorities and the Commission began discussions and to reconsider the strategies in terms of modes, the idea being to treat the rail link as a future key trans-European network. +That notwithstanding, the road-works resumed in the valley on 13 September. The Union, however, is already financing a feasibility study on the rail route, and the programme of the Presidency-in-Office states that revitalisation of European railways must be treated as a priority. +My question is therefore whether you are going to continue along this same ruinous path, that does not only affect Afghanistan: in fact, the problem is that the European Union is continuing to finance the UNDCP even on programmes such as the consolidation of penal codes in countries such as China and Burma, countries where simple drug addicts are condemned to die, and indirectly, we, through the UNDCP, are collaborating and financing this type of project. +The Republic of Cyprus, on the other hand, which is a victim of Turkish aggression, 37% of it being under illegal Turkish military occupation, has not imposed any limits on entry into its ports by vessels from Turkey. +Police attacks at peaceful demonstrations, which were carried out repeatedly in Belgrade in October, clearly show that the basic values of democracy, such as freedom of speech and opinion, will not be respected in Serbia as long as Milosevic and his government are in power there. +I would like to conclude by pointing out that, if the experience of implementing this interinstitutional agreement suggests that that some of its aspects need to be discussed with the other institutions again, this can easily be done in the future. Nevertheless, today, I think that we have the duty not to deny the signature with which we confirmed our commitment to implementing the interinstitutional agreement. +The implementation of five harmonised key indicators - demand for treatment by drug users, drug-related deaths, mortality and causes of death among drug-users, the incidence of drug-related infectious diseases, the comparability of surveys of drug use, behaviour and attitudes towards drugs in the general population and finally, the comparability of the prevalence estimates of problem drug use - plays an important role in this context. +For decades elected, but altogether corrupt governments and most recently that of Mr Nawaz Sharif, have allowed violations of human rights, slave labour, social disasters and a foreign debt that is out of control to be part of daily life in Pakistan and all this has led to the ruin of the country. +The same governments supported the fundamentalist murderous regime of the Taliban in Afghanistan and represent a constant incalculable risk to peace in the region because they support and stir up terrorist activity in the border region of Kashmir against their Indian neighbours. +As regards the specific points you have raised in the resolutions relating to the Commission' s development aid programmes and projects in Pakistan, it must be stressed that these are directed almost exclusively at the poorest and most disadvantaged levels of the population. +The state, in its attempt to provide a legal basis for the protection and treatment of children must bow to the pre-eminent right which parents have in protecting, raising and safeguarding their children. +Secondly, we must urge the Member States most emphatically that we should finally obtain a standardised system of data and method registration so that it is possible to find the best models in the battle against drugs We must encourage cooperation between the police and the judiciary in the countries of Europe in the battle against drug crime and to protect young people. +In fact, our colleague' s report is an important report and must be discussed very carefully, among other reasons because the debate on the report has once again shown that drugs policy in the European Union is one of the most controversial subjects that we have ever had to discuss. +I therefore want to say that it is important that, in the work that is being done within the EU, we give a very central place to having an information campaign for young people, who may today all too easily be enticed by friends of their own age and by others to try substances which are presented to them as being harmless and as things no worse to take than an extra glass of beer or an extra little whisky. +Mr President, the report of the rapporteur, Mrs Giannakou-Koutsikou, describing the Commission' s plan of action regarding drug control is a powerful document in which the European Parliament strongly opposes drugs. +Indeed, this is a problem of this day and age and is extremely worrying. We know that drugs affect all countries and all social classes, and we also know that Europe' s enlargement towards the East dramatically shows the urgent need for efficient measures now that monitoring, which is already difficult, is going to become even more difficult. +Recently my country, the United Kingdom, has been subject to an enormous rise in the inward flow of peoples and in my previous job as a Central London hospital doctor I witnessed a significant degree of illegal immigration and fraudulent abuse of our generous asylum policy. +I have been told by Mr Martí, one of his vice-presidents, that the EIB is owned by the Member States and, as such, according to the Treaty, it is not an EU institution obliged to respond to the European Parliament, the Court of Auditors or OLAF. +In any case, the debate has been enormously interesting and I hope that what I have heard today will not be an obstacle, however, so that we can move forward with the approval of the distribution of resources, the distribution of loans, as from next year and that Community procedures are not delayed. +Following its examination of the APIM/Arbitrio on production and imports in the Archipelago, the Commission concluded that even if the majority of economic sectors could adapt to the requirements of the single market, the disappearance of the APIM on 31 December 2000 could irremediably affect certain product sectors. +This situation and these proposals entail a worrying ageing of the European fishing fleet, discourage young people from investing their energies in it, cause a significant loss of sales for the specialist shipyard sector, making some of them dangerously vulnerable, and entail a clear risk for our seafarers as far as safety is concerned. +The current shipbuilding directive contains various obscure support schemes in respect of research and development, environment, innovation and regional support policy, which result in the "good" shipyards being punished and the "bad" ones rewarded. +Mr President, Commissioner, it is altogether excellent that the Industry Council at its meeting last week unanimously approved a list of measures to eliminate the situation of unhealthy competition caused by Korea. +It was we Europeans who opened up the world through navigation: the Scandinavians in the North, the Portuguese and Spanish towards America, Africa and Asia, the Dutch, the Danish, the English and the French have sailed all the oceans in ships built on our lands and in our shipyards. +As a matter of fact it is impossible to avoid it, but we are talking about an extremely sensitive political issue and that is why it is important that the Commission and the Council know that there is a broad consensus in Parliament on this matter and great concern to find a solution to the problem. +Could I ask you to convey to all political leaders in the North of Ireland and, as we say in Ireland, 'across the pond' , to the British Prime Minister and all his colleagues, and indeed to the Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern and to their predecessors, the predecessors on both sides, our sincere thanks for what they have helped to achieve. +This last item involves combating the gangs which sell banned products. The agency must also be responsible for prevention so that young people dissociate themselves psychologically and actively from the scourge of drugs. +My question is as follows: Does the Commission intend the policy which must be developed on sport, particularly in view of the concentration of power which is occurring in the audiovisual media, to lead to a joint action between her Directorate-General and the one responsible for defending competition? +I would like to see Parliament extend its lobbying activities on sport by helping and convincing the various governments to vote for a legal basis for sport in the Treaty similar to, and this would be most satisfactory for the purposes of subsidiarity, the legal basis for culture. +Of course, it seems difficult to talk about accession dates, even if it would be useful, very useful, in order to facilitate public opinion in the countries concerned, given that it is increasingly obvious that it is a risk: negotiations that are too lengthy may cool enthusiasm, both in Member States as well as applicant states, as shown by the recent opinion polls carried out in Poland and as I personally saw in this country from where I returned yesterday. +I believe that we have to look much more carefully at this question, to tackle those countries that behave disgracefully; the so-called fingernail-pulling governments need to be taken to task, and the European Parliament must be the institution that takes the lead in making sure that human rights are top of our agenda. +However, following on from what was said by the two speakers who came before me - and with whom I disagree - I must say that the fact that Europe, and the European Union in particular, is making human rights its banner - in fact its only banner - is a marvellous thing. +Mr President, this Council report deserves credit and there is every reason to compliment the Finnish Presidency on its commitment, although I have to add that I deplore the fact that the Finnish presidency delegation has just left the Chamber. +With the right to life as its theme, the EU should continue to maintain a consistent line on the death penalty and, especially via the United Nations, to challenge those countries which consider it to be ethically and morally acceptable to defend the State' s right to take another person' s life. +That assessment must include an analysis of the human rights situation, a decision on measures to improve that situation, a programme to monitor the impact of the measures on the situation, an evaluation of their success and a public report on the assessment and its results. +It is time we realised the European Parliament' s idea of a monitoring body to be set up within the Commission to promote an efficient human rights policy and report on questions relating to human rights. +This requires the codecision procedure to be used. The second proposal which, over the same period, provides for a commitment of EUR 15 million, may come under a simple consultation procedure. +Mr Prodi, when he was speaking to this House on 13 October, suggested that an accession partnership similar to the partnerships established with the official candidate countries would also help Turkey move steadily towards meeting the membership criteria. +The majority in this Parliament did approve following tortuous debates since approval would encourage the Turkish Government to arrive at an acceptable human rights policy, true democracy and a political solution to end the Kurdish issue. +I think the report is so important because the European Parliament subscribes in it to the view that the European strategy represents a suitable way of extending relations between the European Union and Turkey and that financial support is needed in order to implement the strategy. +The real political priority as far as I am concerned is to comply with limit values in all areas, including so-called hotspots, and we must avoid overly generous derogations which will provide a loophole for non-compliance with the limit values for benzene. +We must not make people' s fears worse but we must ourselves realise and make others realise the dangers of not adopting realistic and necessarily stringent measures. These must allow as little derogation as possible so that we can assess, control and restrict to the minimum polluting emissions of these two noxious gases. +The next item is the report (A5-0072/1999) by Mr Pesälä, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal for a Council directive on the marketing of forest reproductive material [COM(1999) 188 - C5-0128/1999 - 1999/0092(CNS)]. +I should like to remind you today of the major avalanche catastrophe a year ago in Galtür because it demonstrates how important it is for all of us to treat nature with respect; the alpine area in particular is a very sensitive zone, as people who know the area are obliged to testify time and time again. +I will not repeat what the honourable rapporteur has already stated as to how we need to tackle the changeover of national currency units to euros in practical terms, but I would like to make two observations regarding her report. +I am pleased to note that the scientific, technical and economic committee have supported the proposal, having examined the report of the advisory committee of fisheries management during its November 1999 session, in addition to the specific provisions on the use of Danish seine nets in the plaice box. +We have spent two years extensively discussing the Community fisheries market. It is now finally the turn of the whole House to adopt a stance through this report which was approved by a large majority in the Committee on Fisheries. +I should tell you that since yesterday and again today, all the fishing ports along the Mediterranean coast have been on strike because the fishermen are protesting against the price of diesel oil and the collapse in the prices of bluefish, tuna, sardines and also eels that are not sold any more. +The European Commission itself has been obliged to acknowledge that since the implementation of Customs Union, no significant progress has been made in Turkey in the field of human rights and democratic reform. +A people or nation or Europe which, out of a misguided sense of protocol, does not cherish its own culture is in danger of dying out, so I would call on my colleagues to throw away the EU' s insert and just use UNICEF' s beautiful Christmas cards. +We too have a former royal house, whose misdemeanours are a lot more recent. I should like to declare, therefore, on behalf of the PASOK representatives, that we find it totally unacceptable that these issues are being discussed as it is an intrusion into an extremely delicate matter which should be discussed in our country before being brought to bear at European level. +It is worth stating once again that where the content is concerned, we are still fighting for environmental issues, for consumer protection, for social and human rights, for cultural diversity and for the multifunctional role of agriculture. +In fact, the agreement that was envisaged was very damaging for agriculture and would have left us at the outset in a weakened negotiating position for the future whereas we are now in a stronger position than we ever have been to make an offensive stand in the new Round. +It is about a significant legal instrument which seeks to establish a coherent and permanent system of control measures involving all contracting parties in the areas mentioned. The experience of the fisheries commissions in the north-east and north-west Atlantic must be transferred into EU Community law. +This report on the verification of credentials has its roots and legal basis in Article 11 of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament annexed to the Council decision of 20 September 1976. +The artistry involved in trying to find a compromise is usually reflected in the legislation, and the principle of speaking simply and clearly becomes out of the question. +Secondly, we lack reliable and up-to-date statistics on current flows of goods transport between Switzerland and the European Union even though this study is about to be completed and the same regulation lays down that in 2000, the current allocation figures could be modified if the true figures differ significantly from those that are currently envisaged. +Yet the only job opportunity that has been provided in Derry so far on foot of the peace process has been by Raytheon, the third-biggest arms manufacturing company in the US. So I think it is a contradiction in terms to talk about a peace process and to provide jobs in the arms industry for people who have been decimated by violence. +It must be given a really democratic, human rights-orientated policy so that the European Union can be a stabilising factor, a factor for peace, development, human rights and democracy in the Europe of the 21st century. +Certainly it would be extremely difficult and impracticable to secure the support of the European public to introduce unanimity for tax harmonisation changes or for decisions concerning foreign and security matters at European Council level. +Turkey has also been designated as having candidate status for membership of the EU although it will have to meet the political criteria laid down for prospective accession, which of course will include proving that respect for human rights is an intrinsic part of Turkish life. +To be sure, it has been agreed that the EU army is not really an EU army at all because it is not on a permanent basis, but then nor are NATO armed forces or a Eurocorps on a permanent basis either. +But for me, one thing is missing; namely both the real involvement of the High Representative in the decision-making structures of the fora and the involvement of the Commission and the External Relations Commissioner in these structures. +The Council and Parliament have agreed, as Minister Siimes has just explained, that the entire flexibility reserve may be used for financing expenditure on Kosovo. +Agreement has been reached on entering EUR 300 million under the budget for the year 2000, in addition to the EUR 60 million redeployed from this year, and on considering the EUR 140 million granted at the donor conference as part of the funds promised for the year 2001. +The Commission's strategic issues paper adopted on 10 December concluded that core public service tasks should not be outsourced and that the Commission should have at its disposal a much more flexible set of arrangements for non-core public service tasks. +I actually said that at present the Council believes there is no need to amend the frameworks of the 2000 budget permanently, and we have proposed the use of the flexibility instrument with regard to category 4. +Although it is up to the Heads of State and Government to decide the definitive status of the Charter, in its proposal the body will have to consider how to combine two open questions: a legally binding text ready to be inserted into the Treaty, or a solemn political declaration. +The logical consequence would be for the barriers of ice to cause the level of the Danube to rise considerably, which could cause severe flooding, which in turn would increase reconstruction costs, and this cannot be in the Commission's interests. +In its report on the application of Regulation 1475/95 concerning car distribution, due before the end of the year 2000, the Commission will evaluate the impact of the exempted distribution system on car prices. +Divergences in the taxation of different types of cars are of course a factor but this brings us to the question of how easy or how difficult it is for the European Union to make any decision concerning tax matters. +I say this not for my benefit, I have all the time in the world, but because new members in particular are not aware of the fact that a plenary session does not only involve us here in front and the interpreters whom you see in the booths; behind the scenes there is a whole apparatus which is responsible, for example, for ensuring at the end of the day that the Minutes are ready for you early tomorrow morning. +SMEs form the backbone of the economy in a modern economic system, which is why I have tabled the idea in a proposed amendment that we gear investments to the capacity of the partner country in question, rather than capping them at 25% of the total volume. +However, I would like to say that security at the European Parliament has long been a matter of discussion and that it would perhaps be advisable to set up a working party in which Members are also informed as to what security arrangements have been put in place for them in the European Parliament. +A decision on how to ensure this environmental soundness must be taken at COP 6 as part of the overall package of decisions and the Community's position on the ceilings issue has not changed. +For although Europe is talking about this issue, are the fifteen Member States ready to make the necessary efforts and to respect and implement the numerous directives approved here in this House? +There are two main aspects to this as far as the European Union is concerned. The first is the European Union' s action to reduce emissions in its own area, which is also a key issue with respect to the EU' s international credibility. +I agree with a lot of what has been said here about the value of integrating the environmental dimension into the whole of the transport sector and transport policy We in the Commission have also taken a number of important first steps. However, there is still much to be done in this area. +It is true, as the last speaker Mr Gollnisch pointed out, that Macao represents a free society: a free city on the edge of China, on the edge of Asia, as Mr Graça Moura pointed out at the beginning of our debate; an extraordinary crossroads between east and west ever since the 16th century. +Hong Kong and Macao are both great international cities; they can play a very important part in the continuing development and successful opening of China to the rest of the world; and in playing that role Macao will have all our best wishes for the exciting period of history which I am sure lies ahead. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I appeared before the Committee on Industry on 6 December to present the results of the Research Council of 2 December. I informed the Committee that the ministers had agreed to a new supplementary research programme up to 2003, for the Petten High Flux Reactor in the Netherlands. +I am pleased to see that we have finally emerged from the impasse reached in the discussions between Parliament and the Council on the Socrates II programme. This House has managed to remain very firm on its position during this long conciliation procedure. +The Group of the Greens and the European Free Alliance has rejected the proposal to reduce the number of permits to be distributed amongst the Member States, which had been proposed by the Group of the European People' s Party. +The future enlargement of Europe, confirmed by the Helsinki conclusions, poses the problem of the applicant States respecting the requirements of developing equal opportunities and promoting women' s freedom. +They must be made to answer in the European courts and the procedure must be fast-tracked to ensure compensation is paid to the British beef industry, not only for the loss of trade to France, but also for the loss of our trade worldwide as a result of the damage done to the reputation of our high-quality products. +Mr President, I should also like to make a point of order and move that the Bureau consider calling the important debate on the four related reports on competition policy - which was originally scheduled for Wednesday morning, was then postponed to the afternoon and is now to be postponed to late evening - for the Tuesday of the January session if need be. +Member States are regularly urged to adapt their legislation and practices to the EU laws on asylum, immigration and border controls and, in addition, there is the Schengen Convention, which became a part of European Union law with the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam. +The European Investment Bank therefore publicly releases documentation and information within the framework of these rules, although the aim must in general be to maximise exchange of information and the principle of transparency as far as is possible without jeopardising business secrecy. +We have not moaned and groaned, we have sat down and got on with the work - on the subject of which, Mr Papayannakis, heartfelt thanks to you as rapporteur and to Mr Kindermann, the rapporteur for the Committee on Agriculture, and to the administration and legal service. +The second point which I would like to draw to your attention before the start of 2000 is this: let us not wait until December, as we have waited this year until November, to put a definitive regulation on the table. This will enable us to apply it as rapidly as possible, for which, moreover, Mr Papayannakis' excellent report makes provision. +The protocol on protection and welfare of animals annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community calls on the Community and Member States when formulating and implementing the Community's agricultural policy to pay full regard to the health and welfare requirements of animals. +I simply want to express my agreement with the words of previous rapporteurs and remind you of a political rule: prudence will never make us traitors, and therefore I very much appreciate the solidarity and resolution of the Committee on Budgets, which has allowed us to safeguard the interests of this Parliament as an institution. +I voted against the budget repeatedly during the last parliamentary term because, despite unanimously approved reports on the worrying situation of beekeepers in Europe, the Commission was simply not prepared to provide the appropriations for the measures which we demanded in order to preserve beekeeping. +This is why we want relations with this important partner to be based on a partnership within as close an economic framework as possible, i.e. by meeting the obligations of customs union, rather than on illusionary prospects of membership. +The most important result of the Summit was that the EU has confirmed the ambitious plans for the enlargement of the EU, meaning, among other things, that an Intergovernmental Conference is now to be called to facilitate the accession of new Member States. +It included aid for Sierra Leone - refugees in neighbouring Liberia and Guinea and, as referred to here, help for NRO, which gives psychological and social support in the refugee camps, has initiated aid programmes for demobilised child soldiers and is addressing the particularly gruelling problem of mutilated children in order to give them some prospects in life. +Mr President, it is regrettable that, at the close of the 20th century, a century symbolised so positively by the peaceful women' s revolution, there are still countries, such as Kuwait and Afghanistan, where half the population, women that is, is still denied fundamental human rights. +It would make more sense to pass this kind of resolution on a Member State of the European Union than on a third country, but even in that case, it would constitute an attack on the functioning of that state' s institutions and on the ability of its citizens to resolve the problem internally. +We cannot undertake to subsidise producers in regions of highest yield in Europe for years and years on account of price reductions that have sometimes taken place in the past. The most obvious answer would be to harmonise hectarage aid as closely as possible within the whole territory of the EU. +The background is Council Decision 96/411(EC) on improving Community agricultural statistics. It has put at the Commission's disposal a flexible tool which allows it to adapt statistical applications to changes in information needs. +Hops are not a typical enough example for us to understand the importance of the common agricultural policy for farmers in the European Union. They do, however, show the extent to which it actually helps our farmers. +Now, at the same time, so-called exceptional financial aid to the most diverse countries in the world is multiplying, without any overall plan emerging, which means that our cooperation policy is nothing but a vague, huge scratching of the surface or, to sum it up, it is no longer a policy at all. +It is my belief that Mr Herman's proposals go in the right direction, as long as our successors have the political will to put a stop to this paralysing rotation between the two main groups and are capable of holding a political debate, or in other words to give a voice to the citizens of the European Union. +Despite legislative improvements, particularly with regard to children born in and after 1992, Estonia's political 'establishment' appears to be maintaining what in my view is a conservative stance on citizenship. +Sometimes it is not easy to explain to them that to have an effective legal culture prevailing within the judicial system and in the courts is simply essential for a properly functioning internal market, just as democracy is of course a requirement for political union. +May I begin by again stressing, and this goes for all those responsible for preparing for enlargement within the Commission, that we are very much aware of the European Union's historic and unique opportunity to extend peace and stability to large areas of this continent. +The Commission will be drawing up further progress reports in the autumn, but we also intend to adapt, or rather adjust, the accession partnerships on the basis of the recorded progress and development in October this year, in other words before the Helsinki summit. +These are sectors with special rules which have shown their practical value. The beer supply contracts, for example, are currently perfectly satisfactory for the catering sector, large and small breweries, wholesalers and also the consumer. +It is probably easier to assess the internal market situation by judging the impact of vertical agreements than by applying strict formal criteria, particularly as small economic operators would then benefit from simplified formalities. +It is not possible to set thresholds in a small country such as mine where a small brewery can dominate, but in a very limited market, whereas a major brewery such as 'Bitburger', which is just next door to us and which is in a much stronger position and has a much bigger turnover, is not considered to be dominant because Germany is huge in comparison with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. +My thanks are due also to the chairman of the Committee on Petitions, Mr Fontana, and all the members of the committee for their supportive attitude in their contacts with the Ombudsman's office. +Similarly, I think that it is vital for the Ombudsman's work to ensure that his statute is amended, as I mention in the report, in order to allow him as effective access as possible to the documents related to the inquiries he is involved in. +I believe that the work carried out by the Ombudsman in the field of information and communication serves as a good example for other European institutions, especially as regards the use of new communication technologies, for example, the use of the Internet to make the institution more accessible to the public. +It is vital that the Staff Regulations are interpreted accurately, and changed so that civil servants have a real obligation to highlight any shortcomings they identify in the work of an institution or in their own department. +However, it intends making the code one of three elements of a wide-ranging reform of all its internal and external practices, which has yet to be completed for reasons of which the House is very much aware. +As to changing the rules and conditions governing the work of the Ombudsman, in relation either to that point or the taking of evidence from officials, it is clearly up to the House to take the initiative here in accordance with Article 138e. It will then be for the Commission - the next Commission, clearly - to give its opinion. +The report on the discharge for 1996 which ultimately led to the fall of the Commission highlighted the problems with the computer system, and since then the Commission has cleaned up its act. +We must not sit back and wait for the compatibility that I described in a working document for the Transport Committee to be achieved, because it would take us at least ten years and this could be used as an excuse to charge what it actually costs to use the roads. +Mr President, as a member of the Greens who supported the compromise motion today, I merely wanted to express my respect for all the members of NATO currently engaged in the fight for human rights in the states bordering on Kosovo. +As the House will be aware, in 1997 the Commission adopted a recommendation in this regard and we are now looking at its application: it would therefore be premature to undertake to adopt a proposal for a directive at this juncture, as the situation cannot be properly assessed until the current review is completed. +It is a process that was given political impetus by the Heads of State and Government at the Cardiff and Vienna summits and which should lead, at the Cologne summit, to a report detailing the measures needed to implement a single financial market. +I know that councillors in the Chamonix valley have repeatedly spoken out against the thousands of lorries that travel through that narrow valley and that tunnel, which evidently was not built for such heavy traffic. +We must learn the lessons of this avoidable tragedy and we must put pressure not only on you, Commissioner, but on the Council too, in order to ensure that a proper road-rail policy is at last developed for goods transport, for both difficult sectors and all national territory. +Having said that, Mr President, I have to announce that my group will not be voting for the four amendments to this resolution, not because we do not share their concerns or agree with the content, but because we think another time should be found to express in a general manner Parliament's feelings on the issues raised. +Regrettably, in many parts of the world, but also in Northern Ireland, the lawyers and judges have found themselves in the front line where the trouble is most intense and the murder of Rosemary Nelson brings home to us once again the danger that many of these professionals put themselves into when defending one of their clients' most basic human rights. +The call for an independent inquiry circles around the fact that there is considerable belief that an inquiry by the RUC into the death of Mrs Nelson will not be as rigorous as it should be because of the evidence that suggested that she feared very much for her life and for quite a long time believed that her life was in serious danger. +The involvement of heavy goods vehicles in the most lethal accidents is undeniable, because, in addition to excessively difficult working conditions, weight is also an aggravating factor, all the more so as it is often combined with excessive speed. +When we speak of fair competition, we cannot ignore the fact that railway wages are higher and jobs are virtually guaranteed for life - conditions that will probably never obtain in the private sector. +At one of the hearings on the White Paper, I could scarcely believe my ears when one of the invited experts said we should have to think about taxing aviation fuel at four ecus per litre for the sake of the environment: Concorde prices as the everyday norm, but who is supposed to pay them? +Madam President, first of all I would like to congratulate Mrs Bennasar Tous, albeit in her absence, and I would also like to congratulate Mrs Colombo Svevo who so capably presented the issue here this morning. Chiefly, however, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur on this extremely important contribution to the Commission proposal on the Daphne programme, and on the way she has handled such an important issue. +We support the request for the presence, on the advisory committee, of a representative of the European Parliament and a representative of the NGOs. We also support the request for the submission of an annual rather than a triennial report on the progress that has been made. +Madam President, The Commission would like to thank Mrs Bennasar Tous and the Committee on Women's Rights for the report. It gives strong support to the Commission's initiative and underlines in an admirable way the need and urgency for the Daphne programme to be adopted well before the end of the year. +In my report, which was adopted by the committee without any amendment to paragraph 1, I called for the introduction of a uniform charging system for all modes of transport, 'based inter alia on marginal social cost'. +As the Council has approved the regulation containing the general rules on Structural Funds, it is incumbent on each Member State to inform the Commission of those areas it regards as being in difficult circumstances, as long as they meet the requirements laid down in the regulations concerned. +Along with many other Members present here today, I remember his sterling work on Parliament's Committee on Social Affairs. This was just one of the ways in which he expressed his strong commitment to social and trade union affairs which led him to become a Member of this House. +The arrangements relating to privileges and immunities date from 1965 and therefore go back to a time when this Parliament was simply a parliamentary assembly. Its role as a representative of citizens of Europe was then only a dream. +Today we have the euro, and today no one is disputing the fact that their proposals are right nor that Mr Menrad's report, which covers the employment policy side, is a very good report, which can be debated here alongside the Fourçans report. +Chronic unemployment in Europe will not be eliminated by means of a European employment programme or by the Member States in the European economic and monetary union having a uniform economic policy, but by means of structural reform. +There is just one point regarding structural reform that I should like to highlight so as to demonstrate the Commission's willingness to assess the liberalisation of the telecommunications, transport and energy sectors. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as you know, I have already had the opportunity of presenting the Council's views on the 1997 discharge procedure to your Budgetary Control Committee on 19 April. +I can see that the various staffing arrangements are now properly in place and I understand that out of all the staffing of the centre only two A grades remain to be filled. I have no hesitation at all in recommending discharge also for CEDEFOP. +I am surprised to see that the Socialists are tabling an amendment which would do away with paragraph 1 of the Elles report, which is the vital one, stating that we recall our definitive decision not to grant discharge to the Commission in respect of the 1996 financial year. +But there has been a problem, I can admit that when we have taken decisions at political level which are clear and in the right direction, the ability of the Commission to implement the decisions in all its services in the same way has been weak. +Moving on from here, we are bound by another important principle which is also related to the responsibility we have to the people and which I mentioned earlier. I am referring to the principle of preserving the acts, the principle of being as effective as possible and of providing the best and fastest response to the people. +In fact, we now have exactly what you wanted: no emotion, but the scientific proof - and, as requested, this is qualitative not quantitative - that the use of hormones is harmful, that they pose a risk to health, that they are carcinogenic and that they cause puberty to begin prematurely in girls; I am just translating what it says here. +Without assistance, many of these companies will soon be in a critical situation and could even fold. The resulting job losses would be particularly unfortunate at a time when the Union is trying to promote policies designed to increase employment opportunities. +If the Commission surrenders the initiative for making new proposals, as it is doing in this proposal, it really is destroying its whole raison d'être , destroying a guiding principle in the Union, namely the right of initiative. +The spirit of Community solidarity made it possible for Europe to have states based on the rule of law, dialogue, democratic institutions and recognition for minorities, and that spirit may also put an end to a conflict which has plagued the peoples of south-eastern Europe for decades. +The Greens are confident, Mr Prodi, of receiving your pledge here that you will make every effort at the intergovernmental conference to ensure that Parliament evolves into a true parliament with full powers of legislative codecision which extend to agriculture and compulsory expenditure, and with full powers of scrutiny over the implementation of policy. +This rationalisation must be carried out before the appointment of the new Commission, so there are many general reasons for postponing the approval of Mr Prodi, but my group also has a political reason: Mr Prodi wishes to see a United States of Europe. +Attempts have sometimes been made to strike a balance between these two aspects: for example, the Delors White Paper sought to bring them together, to balance them. +Europe has still not activated the analysis unit for active conflict prevention policies - even though this House approved a proposal to that effect - and must regain its dignity, ambition and responsibility by taking an initiative. +We believe that a certain amount of currency flexibility must be restored and that the euro must be adapted to the specific situation in each country. This could be achieved by allowing the national currencies to remain, together with the euro, after 1 January 2002, with the euro then becoming a simple common currency. +Faced with the new challenges caused, in particular, by the collapse of the Berlin wall and the globalisation of the economy, neither the Council nor Parliament stopped to consider all the logical consequences, particularly in terms of hiring staff, before increasing the Commission's workload. +We are therefore hopeful that the Foundation will endeavour to respond as positively as our rapporteur seems to suggest to the remaining questions and to those which have just been raised on mission expenses and study contracts during the examination of the discharge procedure for the 1997 financial year. +Mr President, I have received a letter from your office which states that the question I addressed to the Council, which was to be discussed tomorrow, will not be discussed. The reason given was that today there would be a debate on Kosovo, during which this question, which relates to the environment in Kosovo, which has effectively been destroyed, would be brought up. +On the other hand, we should pay attention to the increasingly numerous, louder and weightier voices in Europe, ranging from Oskar Lafontaine to the 180 members of the Italian Parliament of the Democratic Left-Christian Democrat majority, whose vision of Europe means that, like us, they are also calling for the bombing to stop. +We need to be practical in the immediate future. We should support the Chernomyrdin initiative, spare Montenegro from the bombing to some extent where possible, preserve the demographic balance in Macedonia by taking in Kosovar refugees in the EU, so that the conflict cannot escalate further in the region, and block arms supplies to the KLA, as Italy has done. +We must set about explaining to Mrs Arbour - and this is something the Council should be doing - that if Hitler had not been indicted, on the grounds that it was impossible to establish who had responsibility for any given concentration camp, it would not have been possible to demonstrate the chain of command linking Berlin and Auschwitz. +It will have to be in this way, perhaps with a security pact of the kind the minister referred to, that the conditions are created throughout the Balkans for the rule of law and democracy to be established and for all sources of aggression of the kind currently embodied by the Milosevic regime to be eradicated. +The situation is extremely serious and only armed intervention - unless Milosevic gives way beforehand on the conditions laid down by NATO and the European Union - can in some way relieve the situation and create a safe area, paving the way to the zone of peace and security we have talked about. +I shall be returning to the region in the next few days, but I would ask for your help in conveying this message: the crucial element now in humanitarian aid is to set priorities and to be disciplined and coordinated; failing that, I am afraid that, despite the great generosity coming from all sides, the result will be total disarray. +I commend to this House, and to the President-in-Office, the initiative of His All Holiness the Patriarch of Constantinople in mounting the religion, science and environment symposium in September, in which representatives of all five of the great religions of the region - Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim will sail from Regensberg to the Black Sea in the interests both of environment and of reconciliation. +The stance taken by Mr Prodi this morning, and what the President-in-Office has said just now concerning the importance that the Russian Federation will have in the immediate future for the success of the major policies of the European Union, such as enlargement and the CFSP, are encouraging. +This common strategy sets out the need for democracy, the rule of law in public institutions and the integration of Russia into a European social and economic area as well as the common challenges which are facing the European continent. +It is therefore particularly important that we make it clear to the Council that the procedure of a report with recommendations to the Council on a common strategy is a one-off solution because of the elections. +Russia's efforts to solve the conflict in the Balkans serve only to further underline the importance of this country for Europe's security structure, and I very much support the President-in-Office's desire to adopt this strategy as quickly as possible. +According to Article 190(5) of the Treaty, 'the European Parliament shall, after seeking an opinion from the Commission and with the approval of the Council acting unanimously, lay down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the duties of its Members'. +I believe that the Council - and the governments - have demonstrated their goodwill towards Parliament. Firstly, they agreed to something we felt it would be difficult to achieve: the inclusion of this very article in the Treaty of Amsterdam. +I hope that there can be a systematic increase in resources made available to the European Ombudsman in the budget proper, as that is the way we can best promote the public's confidence in the work of the EU generally. +Mrs González Álvarez also mentioned the question of the comments by the Committee on Budgets on the proportion of administrative costs in relation to the total operating budget, and Mrs González Álvarez made some very sensible remarks on that. +The European Parliament, our Parliament, has developed into a political institution whose voice within the European Union cannot be ignored and which has exercised its political and budgetary control with great authority and great independence. +As far as Parliament is concerned, I think it is fair to say that the dominant feature of our term of office has been that we have left behind our short trousers. Being a man I am using the example of short trousers, though of course I do not mean to be in any way sexist. +But above and beyond that it is recognised that you are a man of strong conviction with many natural human qualities; a person of great energy and determination and a person who has always been positive and even-handed; a person who is encouraging and indeed, a person who can be very firm and authoritative when that sort of authority needs to be shown, as we have witnessed on occasion. +The pact is to become the expression of an active labour market policy that seeks more than before to avoid unemployment, in other words that looks above all at reducing youth and long-term unemployment and at ending the discrimination against women on the labour market. +The developments early this year that led to the resignation of the Commission and to a discussion about reforms certainly give reason to examine the relations between the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission in this regard. +Any delay in strengthening the institutions and the way they operate can only jeopardise the actual enlargement of the Union. The new reform must prepare the institutions for enlargement. +We do not introduce fundamental points like Article N, naturally, but we say that changes need to be made at the preparatory stage, because the intergovernmental method has proved inadequate, which is why we need to prepare differently if the intergovernmental conference is to be a success. +Allowing all the countries applying for membership of the Union to join under the present conditions would require significant changes to the structure of the EU. +In his speech yesterday, he spoke of his political responsibility, of the Commissioners' ability to provide political direction, of his role of political guidance and of the need for him to take an important political initiative. +After the European summit in Cologne we must choose once and for all to have a Europe in which the European Parliament exercises control over all legislation and the entire budget and in which the European Commission is required to guarantee maximum transparency and management which is free from fraud. +Among the key elements of the reform package are the further development of the rural development policy, including improved support for environmentally compatible farming methods. +That is why it was not really surprising to find that prior to the Cologne summit there was criticism from various sides about the presidency's strategy, about the way the negotiations were conducted; but since the Berlin summit, the situation has been assessed quite differently. +I hope that the political will indicated by Mr Prodi to reestablish the balance between the institutions will bear fruit so that the Commission can reassume its essential political driving role as a body independent of the national governments and private interests. +Madam President, as far as procedure is concerned, I would like to inform Mr Cox and Mrs Green - although they have left - that on 3 December, I had tabled an amendment similar to the global amendments, which have been the subject of long debate, and that that amendment had been declared inadmissible at the time, perhaps because I had tabled it. +But what will happen in the future? Does the reform enable us to respond to the Commission's plans for sustainable agriculture, which contradict its amended proposal on the agricultural section of Agenda 2000? +Our second compromise amendment is very closely related to land-use planning and calls on the ERDF to help establish the necessary links with regions suffering from permanent, geographical disadvantages because of their peripheral or insular status. The aim here is to promote exchanges between Europe's peripheral areas and the Community's central regions. +We have no cause to jump for joy about the Structural Funds reform. However, we have found a workable compromise here that ensures that in future too we do more than just pay lip-service to European solidarity. +Finally, the members of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development believe that it is vital to establish an action and information programme to make consumers aware, in particular, of the positive effects of vine products on their health. +In Category 4, there is only a statement in case the crisis in Kosovo calls for a review of the financial perspective. And we are told that the Council would be prepared to accept such a review before the entry into force of the financial perspective it wants us to adopt today. +But I think that islanders also agree with the broad majority of Parliament and the Commission that the principle of economic and social cohesion primarily applies to the poorest and structurally weakest regions, which is indeed why we want to allocate 70 % of all funding to these regions, regardless of whether their inhabitants live on the mainland or on an island. +If we are honest with each other we know that there is no point in making insularity as such a criterion for support, for as it says in the Treaty, structural aid is granted to compensate for the disadvantages of certain regions and social groups, and in their interests we should adhere to that principle. +This is where Agenda 2000 has to come in, by providing the resources which are essential for the continuation of this model together with the infrastructures cofinanced by the ERDF, the EAGGF Guidance Section or the Cohesion Fund. It must also provide training or reassign the workforce with the support of the Social Fund. +Under presidential decree 738/98 of 4 July 1998 on imports of humanitarian aid from abroad, since that date only legal entities whose charitable status is established by law are recognised as recipients of duty-free imports of humanitarian aid, but not private individuals. +While most of the initial administrative difficulties of the 'oil for food' programme have been ironed out, the main problem with the programme is now Iraq's poor export capacity and the distribution of the medical aid. +The European Union confirms its readiness to support the reform process in Algeria, particularly by way of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, and to continue the political dialogue entered into with the Algerian authorities. +Mr President, regarding the possible upgrading of contractual relations between the European Union and Croatia, I believe the honourable Member is aware that this comes under the EU's regional approach, as set out in the General Affairs Council's conclusions of 29 April 1997. +I believe the European Social Fund is a means of giving impetus to job creation in Europe, just as the fund for rural development is something which should facilitate the major changes which large sections of the farming sector have to make. +In any case we, too, appreciate the efforts that were made by the outgoing Commissioner. She worked extremely hard, not only in visiting the depressed areas of the Union, but particularly in relation to Northern Ireland and all the cross-border schemes. +As rapporteur for the 1997 Structural Funds discharge I should like to draw your attention to the fact that a country such as the Netherlands constantly comes out badly in the reports of the Court of Auditors, precisely because it adopts a more exact manner of reporting than all the other countries. +In order to achieve that the Commission is willing to establish the most modern means of communication so that Parliament will be able to exercise its scrutiny continually and through up-to-date facilities. +The discussions that are being held with a view to defining the substance of the Schengen cooperation arrangements and incorporating it into the legal bases of the EC Treaty and the Treaty on European Union have made good progress and are now very close to completion. +On such important political items as the incorporation of the Schengen acquis and the signing of an association agreement with two very special countries, I still believe that Council should have consulted Parliament and taken on board its views. +There are misgivings about safety, the conduct of transactions, payment, the treatment of confidential information, the possible misuse of personal data, the quality of the products and the absence of expert advice. +I support the amendments, which improve the directive, but I cannot support the text as a whole - and the June Movement cannot support the text as a whole - because it still takes the country of origin principle as its starting-point. +When it comes to electronic issues, it is true that the beginnings of legislation are beginning to take shape precisely because of the major violation of privacy bringing computers into our homes may entail. On the screen, our children, our friends and our families may be exposed to a flood of information, which may well be unsolicited. +One possibility would be to adopt the report now and postpone the vote on the communication to the Council until the Committee of the Regions decides whether or not it will give its opinion on the matter. Another possibility would be to postpone the vote until tomorrow as it seems that the Committee of the Regions may give a favourable opinion tomorrow. +Rural regions eligible for Objective 5b will be among the main victims of this situation: in France, one third of the population eligible under this Objective will no longer receive structural funding after the transition period. +The final result, although it did not include absolutely all of Parliament's requests, was very much influenced by the latter through the work of the Committee on Regional Policy, the rapporteurs and the group which conducted the negotiations. +The European Parliamentary Labour Party is in opposition to Amendment No 7 of the report because it has unnecessary repetition of existing EU legislation and lack of specific clarity on the issue of adaptation of machinery or replacement of all machinery whether or not it was practical to do so. +Our common foreign and security policy has worked properly in this instance as this declaration was important in guaranteeing the peaceful and constructive continuation of the peace process in spite of the fact that the first transitional period established by the Oslo Agreements had come to an end. +But we feel the time has now come to do something out of the ordinary: we would like to use this famous year 2000 - a year of great symbolic value for all the countries of the world, not just those with a particular tradition, history or religion - to make an exceptional gesture. +As Mr Imbeni has just said, the time has come to use the year 2000 to take that qualitative leap and to present a proposal to the United Nations General Assembly for a universal moratorium. +Indeed in the developing countries, those which have signed the Lomé Convention, we see many good examples of countries which have got under way with economic development as a consequence of the re-establishment of democratic rules, and for precisely this reason we should put more pressure on Djibouti to comply with this genuine contractual agreement it has entered into with its European partners. +Mr President, the current difficulties in punishing those who have committed crimes such as genocide, war crimes and, in general, crimes against humanity have more than demonstrated the need to establish an International Criminal Court. It must be operational as soon as possible and be able to effectively try those responsible for such crimes so that they do not go unpunished. +In the 19th century the Comoros were called the islands of the battling sultans, because Grande Comore and Anjouan were dominated by a few supposedly noble families who had been fighting for power for centuries, and who forced the vast majority of the population to bear the weight of their privileges by enforcing vast social inequalities, unjustifiable financial monopolies and a truly medieval structure of society. +Let me quote the report by the International Commission on Temelin, which said that there is currently an excess productive capacity and that power from the Temelin plant can only marginalise the use of other resources for power production. +I myself have a personal connection with this subject, since my very first report, on an amendment to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, dealt with the bankruptcy of the Ferrovie San'Anna, which was very unusual at the time, a steel company going bankrupt. +The Commission agrees with Mr Hoppenstedt that the Union pavilion must present the best possible image of the European Union in the 21st century: a European Union which is democratic, transparent, law-abiding, socially just, tolerant and culturally diverse. +In my own country, where this sector accounts for 25 % of jobs in processing industries and 30 % of exports, where there are regions that are almost entirely dependent on it, with a consequent impact on the life of most families, thousands of workers and employers are viewing the future with hope and anticipation, but also with many doubts and fears. +We have adapted our position not only on the textiles industry but also on the European system of production in general in order to respond to the need for the sector to accept the conditions of a global economy and to work to increase its productivity and competitiveness. +Thirdly, it is an absolute disgrace when so much public money has been spent on this new building that we could not give a proper example for the 21st century - for the new millennium - of what kind of an inclusive society the European Parliament wants to see in the future. +He is a model not only of a staunch fighter for democracy but also of a great man who helped in the process of decolonialisation and in creating a world which is a little more just and more open. Above all though, I would say that he personifies admirably the attitude of fair play so essential to democracy. +It is very difficult for anyone to understand what that message was from the Commission, apart from to say that it is good news for ticket touts and bad news for football fans to suggest that people can actually get away with breaking the law providing they are prepared to throw a few coppers towards the European Commission later in the process. +If we had stood idly by in the face of bloodthirsty, aggressive nationalism on our continent, then ultimately the fate of European integration itself, the greatest achievement in recent European history, would have been placed in jeopardy. +During the German Presidency, the NATO war in the Balkans, which transgressed international law and dispensed with the authority of the UN, was actively supported by the European Union and its Member States, and at the same time the Community's conversion to a so-called defence union was sealed. +On behalf of my group I would also like to make very clear at this point that we will not be judging the Commission and the new Commissioners on their party political affiliations, but on the skill, clarity and correctness of their past and present stances, and we believe that these must be the only criteria by which to judge them. +In particular, we will have to find a suitable mechanism for ensuring that the Parliament is kept constantly and exhaustively informed of the progress of the reform, while at the same time respecting the Commission's autonomy in managing its own competences. +For me, the Intergovernmental Conference will be crucial for European institutions. It is our opportunity, possibly the last opportunity, to prepare ourselves for the potential doubling of the number of the Union's Member Countries. +We suggest that you reflect on the need for a change of direction. Even this debate seems to point to two testing grounds: one concerns the relationship between Europe and the world, and the other concerns European construction and the individual situations in the different countries. +Enlargement will require the countries involved to adapt to the Union's institutional framework. We have already begun preparations for an Intergovernmental Conference, and we intend to draft a chairmans' report on it for the European Council in Helsinki. +We must expect the Tampere Council meeting, which will focus inter alia on questions relating to asylum-seekers and refugees as well as the fight against organised crime, to provide concrete proposals for action to improve internal security. +We must speed up the drawing up of the report and the proper debate on it in Parliament in every way possible, but we cannot surrender the legal rights of the Parliament to an unofficial investigative body and give in to the timetable it imposes. +The northern dimension policy, which has been approved by the Union, covers inter alia co-operation in the Baltic region, but it also supports the implementation of the approved strategy on Russia. +This goal is being undermined by the principle that the EU should have a common will, a common policy and a common voice, a goal the 70 per cent of Finns who did not vote in the European Parliamentary elections were opposed to. +Nobody has spoken about it until now, but there is a problem which has not been confronted, or has not been confronted with the determination expected by the European Union. It is that of the three thousand Kosovan prisoners who were literally kidnapped by Mr Milosevic and his henchmen during the latter days of the international intervention in Kosovo and transferred by force to Serbian prisons. +Starting with the Balkans, with the urgency and determination which today's situation demands, the Common Foreign and Security Policy will allow us to achieve the objectives of peace, economic stability and the certainty that human rights are being respected. +Let us hope that this reconstruction will be more than just material. We must rebuild roads, schools, ports and water systems, but we must also restore the faith of peoples who for years have been deprived of the right to live with their loved ones on their own land with their own jobs, and who are now hoping to enjoy the peaceful life denied to them for years. +How can we allow a situation in which the resigning Commission has continued to operate since last March and is still intervening to try to undermine the implementation of a single price for books and to define the mandate for the next WTO negotiation, the importance of which for the future is well known. +Indeed, I suspect that many of our colleagues are not as literate in technology as they should be, but that technology is going to have a huge effect on opening up the single market and we must make sure, first of all, that legislation does not restrict the ability of people to innovate and introduce changes and new forms of electronic commerce. +On 29 June 1999, the President of the Commission, Mr Santer was made aware of the decision of Mr Bangemann to depart from the Commission in order to take up a private sector appointment two days later on 1 July 1999. +I believe we must now have the courage, and we must now ask the Council and the Commission to have the courage, firstly, to learn from past mistakes and to discontinue the kind of agricultural policy we have been pursuing to date, and to opt, at last, for high-quality agriculture in Europe, which is the sensible, sober and necessary choice. +How many more times must we have the kind of accident that results from this practice before we put an end to this absurd system which leaves land fallow and farmers, who should be working in order to keep the heritage and the countryside of this Europe of ours alive, unable to work because we favour the use of recycled waste, particularly animal waste. +Its mandate has expanded beyond what was foreseen in the first Article of the Protocol on Institutions found in the Annex to the Treaty of Amsterdam, because the Cologne European Council, without consultation, added the option to extend voting to the qualified majority. +The declaration within the resolution of the need for a multi-ethnic Kosovo is all well and good, but to call on the KLA to safeguard this multi-ethnicity may be seen as rather black humour, particularly as one paragraph prescribes the disarmament of the military and paramilitary groups of the KLA itself, which I can only assume is because they are considered a threat to the progress of (multi-ethnic?) +Ladies and gentlemen, I think that the European Union's priority in sport today is not to punish a Member Nation which has managed successfully to organise an event like this, but is rather, as Romano Prodi said yesterday, to engage in a real pan-European battle against doping, and this means refusing to allow the unique power of money to kill off the beauty and the very spirit of sport. +Whilst, in recent times, the European Parliament has been attempting to strengthen its control of the Commission and the theory of its independence should logically have been retreating, it has instead re-emerged and been re-affirmed with new vigour, no longer at the level of the Commissioners but at the level of the departments. +In the same spirit, the Commission will respond to the report by setting up an internal audit service, as recommended by the committee, and we reiterate our commitment to the strengthening of financial cells in all directorates-general. +It is a great source of satisfaction for me - and I would like to make this known - to have heard the current Commissioner Manuel Marín refer today to the Commission' s future with the same honesty he displayed throughout his terms in office, and the same dignity with which he took on the problems of the previous College of Commissioners. +I would like to end my intervention by thanking Mr Marín for his hard work over all these years in his posts within the Commission, and in his final one as President-in-Office of the Commission, and by wishing Mr Kinnock good luck, a lot of tact and caution in the difficult tasks which await him in the forthcoming months and years. +We look forward to developing the action programme for reform with the Commissioner responsible and although we have not had time to look at it in detail, I believe it would be fair to ask the Commissioner for a clear discussion and justification on why steps are not taken if some recommendations are left out. +Mr President, there is, in fact, in the report presented by Mrs Jackson, one point which concerns not so much the content but the question of which legal basis we should choose in order to try to resolve the problems of the minimum environmental criteria in Member States. +It is fair to say that in the past there was a traditional view that the European Parliament and the European Commission should operate in an almost permanent state of collusion to take on the vested interests of Member States and so promote European integration. +It is a fight to give the Europeans a feeling of shared destiny, of a shared mission, a shared identity, a shared civilisation and a shared land. +I also wish to point out that competitiveness in agriculture is measured not only on the world market but also in terms of balance of the land, maintenance of the fabric of rural life and conservation of our natural heritage. +Mr President, the great challenges which await us - expansion, deepening of a European reality while respecting national identities by the new approach of subsidiarity, the safekeeping of our agricultural systems, the construction of a more humane Europe in the field of employment, a more generous Europe - are such that we must accept them together. +Taken together, the issues we have discussed allow us to express a vote of confidence in what Mr Prodi called 'a new start' : a term commonly used to refer to the Commission, but also in my opinion, that applies to this new Parliament too. +We will be voting within the Socialist Group in the European Parliament not on a party political basis but on the objective basis of the hearings and the questions that we had answered over the last couple of weeks. +Secondly, a lot of time at the hearing was devoted not only to the outstanding questions concerning enlargement of the Union but also to the question of introducing the European agricultural model to the international stage in the future WTO negotiations and, above all, safeguarding it. +As a Member for a border region between Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, I can describe for you the everyday expectations of many Europeans but, in particular, their lack of comprehension concerning the many instances of bullying which affect relations between our Member States. +Some of you will certainly recall that Yannos Kranidiotis was a Member of the European Parliament between January 1995 and February 1997, when he was appointed as a Minister in the Greek Government, and you will remember that he was, within our Parliament, a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Budgets, as well as being the Vice-President of the joint European Union/Cyprus delegation. +Finally, we need from Tampere a summit that will carry public opinion, that will tailor its ambitions to the human and financial resources available but will give us guidelines to demonstrate the relevance of the area of freedom, security and justice to ordinary people +They should seek to provide European citizens with protection from injustice so that those arrested away from home can get legal representation, interpretation and bail. Instead of trying to harmonise European legal systems, just start with getting cross-border justice for individuals caught up in expensive red tape. +The time I spent as Italian Minister for Home Affairs leads me to say that it is essential to speed up the move towards common rules and policies, which is just the opposite of the adoption of strictly national policies. As for immigration and asylum, the best basis is the document resulting from the Austrian Presidency in autumn 1998. +The European judicial network is, undoubtedly, the least developed of the three areas we are dealing with and, in this sense, I believe that the creation of a stable unit, charged with giving continuity to legal co-operation and acting as the judicial counterpart of Europol, would be appropriate. +Madam President, here we stand in Strasbourg, in the unique tradition of Robert Schuman, whose European Coal and Steel Community was not only a step towards economic integration, which has now been crowned with the euro, but also a step towards political integration. +The Council now has the opportunity, at the Tampere Summit, to achieve something like a Coal and Steel Community of freedom, security and justice within this European Union. +I therefore believe that it is essential that in Tampere decisions are taken to clarify the situation, that they be steps forward with regard to the already positive decision taken in Cologne on the character, the content, the relationship with the Intergovernmental Conference and the procedures for the drawing up and approval, of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. +Well, the Commission of the European Union has called into question and cast doubt upon certain fiscal measures which are designed to promote economic activity and reduce our high level of unemployment, measures which were adopted by the Basque institutions by virtue of their sovereignty and autonomy in this area. +At that time, I firmly supported the work of his government and I tirelessly fought to prevent his centre-left government from entering a crisis - just about a year ago - through an initiative of the political group led by Mr Bertinotti. +The European institutions, particularly the European Commission and the European Parliament, emerge with increased statures from the hearings of the Commissioners-designate, and the European citizens who followed them (in the press) may find in them, I hope, good reasons to become more interested in the building of Europe. +The next item is the report (A5-0009/99) by Mrs Dührkop Dührkop and Mr Fabra Vallés, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on the draft supplementary and amending budgets 1, 3 and 4 to the budget of the European Communities for the 1999 financial year. (C5-0021/1999, C5-0074/1999 y C5-0130/1999). +Or, and I suspect this to be the more likely scenario, does the budgetary authority fail to take adequate account of the actual appropriation requirements and absorption capacity of the various programmes when it adopts the budget? +In most of these situations it must be said that timely action by the international community based upon assessments and early warnings of situations could undoubtedly have saved many lives and greatly reduced human suffering and misery. +Subject: UN Convention on combating organised crime On the basis of Article K.1 of the TEU, the Member States have committed themselves to preventing and combating all forms of international crime and regard the fight against organised crime as a matter of common European interest. +Landmine clearance, customs and the procurement of essential supplies for rehabilitation of housing, public buildings and, in particular, Mitrovica Hospital are the main focus of attention. +The initial results of that exercise relating to damage in housing and local infrastructure were issued at the conference arranged by the Commission and World Bank donors last July. +The achievement of a just peace in the Middle East, which we advocate in the Socialist Group, is only possible if, together with the negotiations on the items on the peace agenda in this complex conflict, the problem of the refugees is resolved. +(FI) Mr President, our group is withdrawing Amendment no. 1, as it has been agreed that the need for a permanent UN force to be sent to areas of crisis world-wide should generally be discussed by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, as this issue is not directly connected with East Timor. +The Commission has always made it clear to Russia that reversing capital flight urgently and fundamentally requires a more appropriate investment environment and better protection of investor rights in Russia. +The recent death of two young Guineans in an aeroplane bound for Brussels, a tragic fate recalled by the President when she opened this part-session on Monday, is a cry of alarm which demands our attention, as European officials, and which must force us to act. +In this context the Union is undertaking significant mediation and dialogue promotion efforts at the different levels of the conflict and the Commission is ready to contribute to the success of the Lusaka ceasefire agreement in the following areas. +Madam President, this Parliament will have an increasingly important role - we said this during the discussions on our confidence in the President of the Commission, Mr Prodi - and I believe that more and more should be known about Parliament' s work in all the nations of the European Union. +Lastly, I dislike the garish design and colour scheme of some of the carpeting in the bar areas, reminiscent, as pointed out by another Member, of a cheap night-club rather than the desired dignified atmosphere of this house. +Mrs Hautala, as regards the representatives of Parliament at the WTO Conference in Seattle, we unanimously stated that the European Parliament must be represented numerically by 15 Members of Parliament just as the American Congress claims the right to do, that is to say, this position remains unaffected regardless of whether we adopt a resolution here or not. +So, in order to ensure food safety in the face of the unknown, I believe that, going beyond the practice of scientific committees which is far too widespread in the United States - and which I deplore, even here in the European Union - with decisions taken behind closed doors, we must, above all, guarantee the consumer complete and accurate information right from the original production sites. +Obviously, I share the premises of Commission Decision 640 of 23 September 1999 which highlighted that on the basis of WHO findings, dioxin is one of the most carcinogenic substances in existence. This is why the WHO recommends keeping the acceptable daily dose at 1-4 picograms per kilogram of body weight. +The problem concerns next year and, in fact, in the Commission' s decision, if the Honourable Members would like to see page 7, in section 4 which refers to this issue, it clearly states that, given the existing budgetary restrictions, there could be some difficulty and an adjustment in Category 4. +The close connection between conditions of access to the grid and growth rates in the proportion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources is something we can see from the above-average rates of increase in Denmark, Germany and also Spain. +I welcome Amendment No 6 to Article 2(e)(a) (new) about the need to encourage the export of renewable energy technologies from the European Union and to encourage the European Renewable Energies Export Council. +Firstly, an energy policy which respects the environment; an energy policy which takes into account the future of our planet. This must be a characteristic not only of our energy policy but also of any policy worthy of its name on this dawning of the 21st century. +With respect to Amendment No 6, I would like to remind you of the favourable acceptance by the Commission of the Parliament' s report on the European Union' s new perspectives in the field of the export of technology and services for the use of renewable energy when it was presented in the plenary meeting on 15 January. +According to the economic principles that normally apply, offering energy at lower prices is diametrically opposed to the call for consumption to be reduced. +I would like to make two points on the draft recommendation for second reading, keeping in mind that the SAVE programme is aimed mainly at strengthening research and the exchange of know how, as well as monitoring the results achieved in the sector (Article 2), despite the limited financial resources. +Mr President, I would like to thank Parliament once again, and especially Mrs Ahern, for the work it has carried out and the repeated support for the Commission' s policy, specifically with regard to the improvement in the use of energy and the increase in energy efficiency which the SAVE programme is aimed at. +Last week, we started to make a series of substantial changes at the highest administrative levels in the Commission, on the basis of a complete cultural change in appointment methods. +I must add that both myself and Commissioner Liikanen intend to work in such a way that, in future, the Commission can concentrate on the more horizontal issues in business policy, because we now leave discussions on individual industries to other decision-making bodies. +In this way, we can establish whether the French Government' s decision has been made because of new facts, in which case it will be valid, or whether instead it has been made in breach of the general rules and then it is clear that in some way it must be revoked in the next few hours. +In February 1998, following the criticism of the WTO appellate body, the Commission launched 17 studies with the aim of providing additional information concerning risks in areas such as toxicology, abusive use and environmental aspects. +I am convinced that this Parliament will play an essential role in the forthcoming debate, particularly when, following the decision at Helsinki to grant Turkey candidate status, the comprehensive process of alignment of legislation, of screening begins. +Finally, we all, or at least most of us, know that, in Turkey, individual freedoms, freedom of the press, the prison service and methods of police interrogation bear no correlation with democracy or with European culture. +A policy of promises is not sufficient. We need a policy of concrete facts, we need respect for human rights and we need the abolition of the death penalty. +However, the security issue cannot hide the illegality of the military occupation or bombings of civilians, which happen in southern Lebanon, or the existence of prisons like those in Qian. But the Palestinian question is still at the heart of the matter. +European Union assistance to the West Bank and Gaza Strip from 1994 to 1998 totalled EUR 1.5 billion and European Union assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency during the same period totalled approximately EUR 505m. +Madam President, I only got to see the Conference of Presidents' proposal for the European Parliament' s calendar of part-sessions for the Year 2000 once the deadline for submitting amendments had elapsed. +I then became aware of the fact that one plenary part-session in Strasbourg, namely the one due to take place on 12 June 2000, falls on Whit Sunday. This is an official Christian festival and therefore also a public holiday in some EU Member States, that is to say in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden. +Mr President, I would first like to say that I am very happy about this vote on the calendar, not because of an administrative compromise, like Mr Berthu, but because I am convinced that only by fully using the working week can our capacity for work be maintained, that means not turning Thursday in to the last day of the week. +All we have is an alternative interpretation of the principle of caution: as ever, the Commission places a high priority on the freedom of movement of products, and it is interesting to note that, for once, France is placing a higher priority on the food safety of its citizens. +I would like to see more intensive cooperation with Turkey than previously, the financial protocols being released, and a close partnership, just short of full membership, being put into effect immediately. Those who voted in favour of the resolution, are only contributing to propagating the idea of this unattainable goal of full membership, so that they can take advantage of it to discourage and oppress Turkey. +The President of the Commission made his intention clear when, in his speech during the investiture process, he said that it was necessary to continue restructuring the single market and to promote liberalisation. He specifically emphasised the continuation of the process of liberalising the goods and services sectors. +I would therefore expect from the Commission and from the Member States that in the new draft of the World Trade Organisation text, an independent and impartial system for settling disputes will be established, which will not push us into the path of an oncoming bus as has happened in the past. +Therefore, I would like to suggest two things: firstly, we should endorse Mr Lange' s call to reach agreement on the emissions trade with the close involvement of Parliament, because such a powerful intervention in trade policy would be very difficult to carry out against Parliament' s wishes. +As Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union states, the Union is based on the principles of freedom and democracy, the respect for fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law. +Does the Council intend to urge the Commission to incorporate the ICCAT=s recommendations into Community legislation? +Finally, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I would like to ask you if the fact that several European boats - and I hope you will tell me just how many - have replaced their drift-nets with other high yield methods has brought about greater protection for tuna fisheries or if, quite the opposite, we are now seeing increased pressure on tuna populations, which is the opposite effect to the one we wanted. +When it approved the new Code on Structural Funds last June, the Council defined in the basic regulation the primary objectives, general principles and programming procedures for the period 2000 - 2006. +As the Council charged the Commission with the task of applying the codes, the Council is not competent to specify sector strategies for Objectives 1 and II, based on the code in question. +At a time when an American study has revealed racial disparity in the application of the death penalty in Philadelphia, the American Government should be noble enough to make a stand against this flagrant violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. +This is why the Commission has advocated in the past, in its White Paper on freeing European airspace, that European airspace should be managed centrally by a strong international organisation for all aspects of its use. +More funding must be put aside for alternative energy resources and there is also an anticipation that there will be a switch from the use of solid fuel and oil to natural gas and renewable energy sources and power generation in the future. +Not fast enough because, as regards the officials, it seems unnecessary to me to wait until the end of October before taking an implementing decision applying to parliamentary officials. A simple Bureau decision taken under Rule 22(5) of the Rules of Procedure would have been sufficient. +My colleague, Mr Wuermeling, has already quite rightly clarified the fact that the directive leaves it to the Member States to determine when an electronic declaration of intent which is signed with a digital signature should be taken to be equal to a signed statement or to a statement for which the law stipulates, for example, that a hand-written signature is necessary. +However, in the area of safety and in the area of technology, specifications, parameters, characteristics and materials used become fundamentally important. Levels of maintenance and planning times also become vital. +What sort of budget is it which subordinates the budgetary authority to legislative texts to the extent that some figures and some amounts expressly stipulated in the legislation and in the programmes are so restrictive that they tend to reduce the budgetary procedure to a set of legislative adjustments which have already been carried out? +A reserve of EUR 7.4 million has been entered in Parliament' s expenditure for the rental of the Belliard buildings, as the rental agreement between the owner and the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions is still under discussion. +If the rental agreement is finalised before the end of the year, the amount mentioned will be deducted from Parliament' s budget, as the European Parliament budget is, at present, 20.11% of Category 5, whereas Parliament has itself declared a ceiling of 20%. +It would seem appropriate to reallocate appropriations of humanitarian aid for Kosovo, especially as a large number of refugees have now returned to Kosovo, and to a certain extent humanitarian aid in Kosovo would seem to be the first step on the road to reconstruction, offering people at least shelter for the winter. +Secondly: in all three sets of figures some of the appropriations for commitments which may be newly entered into are, conversely, far below the corresponding amounts for this year even though, for example, the appropriations for pre-accession aid, i.e. in the case of the funds which are being allocated to the applicant countries, show a large increase. +I am grateful to the commitment that they have shown in the fight against fraud in the European Union and, in particular, with the extra commitment they have made - an extra EUR 9 million has been voted by the Budget Committee for OLAF. +We cover the energy programmes, those relating to industry, including small and medium firms, the research programmes under the framework programmes which of course amount to more or less 60% of the internal policy expenditure of the European Union, and the trade and technical assistance lines. +Utilising the amounts determined last year through the conciliation on the Whitehead report, the consumer affairs budget lines will continue to build confidence amongst the public, reassuring them that we are not just a Europe open for business but are also campaigning for citizens' rights as consumers. +I will now turn briefly if I may to transport and just say to members that I hope they are able to support the Committee on Budgets' moves to restore the cuts to the transport safety line and the cuts to the line on sustainable mobility. +I share the rapporteur' s disapproval of the European Commission' s proposal to organise development cooperation under geographical headings from now on and to reduce thematic budget headings. +There are still one or two countries where the Commission and Parliament are separate in terms of structure and we need to be particularly vigilant in instances where more than 75 or 80% of the appropriations go into paying for salaries and buildings rather than adequate information policies. +Within the scope of this strategy, we are pleased to note that Timor is one of this budget' s priorities, and we particularly welcome the fact that the rapporteur has accepted the insertion of a new heading in order to deal with the reconstruction of that region, which is moreover what we on the Committee on Development and Cooperation had proposed and approved. +At the same time, however, we must endeavour to alter the content and rationale of the budget to take into account the challenges that the Union will have to face over the coming years, in particular the fact that the real enemy to be overcome within the individual States is unemployment. +One of the few and sure guarantees of stability and prosperity in Europe which cannot be ignored is Europe' s active presence on the world stage and its unequivocal, open attitude towards progressive enlargement policies, even towards south-east Europe and the Balkans in the perspective of that parallel virtual enlargement of peace and security which Mr Prodi has given us a glimpse of. +The assessment reports on the reconstruction costs for East Timor, as well as for the attendant international financial aid plan, have still not been completed which means that it is not yet possible to have an accurate estimate of the European contribution to the costs of reconstruction. +For EU membership to be a palpable and advantageous change in the eyes of ordinary citizens, the current state of affairs needs to change, and companies and employees need to be able to create a labour market which is not only dynamic but also grants rights to employees. +In the Institutional Agreement we all have an excellent legacy on which to base our handling of Budget 2000 and fruitful cooperation, and as far as that goes, I am very confident, having had this debate, that it will be possible to reach a consensual solution and make the budget for the year 2000 one in which we can have faith. +Contradictory indications about the decisions taken by the ECB and the underlying reasons might trigger unwarranted market expectations and increase uncertainty, thereby running counter to the very objective of being transparent with regard to the conduct of monetary policy. +I should like to stress that the information provided at the press conferences held after the meetings of the Governing Council, together with the analysis contained both in the ECB Monthly Bulletin and in the other channels of communication comes very close, in substance, to the publication of "summary minutes" . +Safeguarding sound government finances is a means of strengthening the conditions for price stability and achieving strong sustainable growth which is conducive to employment creation. +The ECB has a duty to remain vigilant, but as the mean rate of inflation of the euro-11 is still well under the 2% mark, I dare to hope that the Governing Council will give growth and, consequently, further reduction in unemployment, a chance. +Mr President, first of all, we must analyse the first period of the ECB' s activities which, as we know, began a year ago in the hope of becoming, in time, the main institution for intervention in the economies of the Member States of the Union. +However, at the same time, we must monitor price stability so that we can control the greater evil with which we are all familiar - inflation - and at the same time keep interest rates low to stimulate investments and relaunch the European industrial sector, making it more competitive with regard to the other States. +And this has led some people to talk of a type of platonic aristocracy composed of a series of independent experts to whom decisions regarding monetary policy are entrusted in the belief - probably correct - that money is too serious an issue for politicians to deal with. +Furthermore, the publication of abstracts of board meetings is justifiable, and the justifications for decisions taken must be clearly evident from these abstracts, so that market players can make their own decisions. +On coins - you will be aware I do not have responsibility for coins, this is a matter for the finance ministers - the big difference is that it is virtually impossible to get that same guarantee as far as coins are concerned because coins are generally put into circulation by the retail sector rather than by the banks. +Colombia hopes to finance, jointly with those countries which are in some way involved in the drug chain, the infrastructure of the project and also hopes to involve private capital, both national and foreign, in the economically productive companies so that they may incorporate advances in technology and new capital. +The Commission is pleased with the establishment of the principle of harmonising, as fully as possible, the rights of citizens originally from third countries, but who have lived for a long time in the Union, with the rights and duties granted to citizens who are nationals of the Union' s Member States. We realise that we will have to move forward with specific proposals in this area. +There is an enormous task ahead, not least for the Commission, to whom the European Council entrusted numerous tasks, thus showing a gratifying confidence in us. With the help and cooperation of Parliament and the necessary resources to do the job I am confident that we will be able to play the part that has been allocated to us by Tampere. +I believe that this is one of the basic freedoms which we have to defend, and to this end, a single system of asylum is very important, and I say this from the point of view of somebody who comes from a country in which political asylum saved the lives of many of those who fought for freedom and allowed them to continue to live in other European countries. +Not only is the Commission anxious to state that the objective is far from being achieved, but it is also saying that drug trafficking and abuse is on the up, which means that a large part of the money spent up till now has turned out to be an investment not in the fight against drugs but in the spread of drug abuse. +From my experiences there, I now believe that the uncontrolled movement of people in global terms over the next 20 to 30 years, whether it be based on economic issues or climatic issues, represents a massive challenge to good order and democracy. +The limitation, which you will all understand and respect, is that at the time of this debate neither the Commission nor the European Parliament have established in a precise and detailed fashion their position and their proposals for the next institutional talks which are due to commence at the beginning of next year. +The Commission, piqued at not having been able to control the debate completely, hastened to appoint a limited working party on its own account, which was immediately described as a Committee of Wise Men even though its members are no wiser than most people here today. +The Members of the PvdA (labour party) Euro-delegation have voted for an amendment that procedurally establishes the resolutions of the European Parliament of 3 December 1998 and 5 May 1999, the subject of which is the statute for the Members of Parliament. +I voted against the European Parliament resolution on the 1998 annual report of the European Central Bank (ECB), since it approves this report, which itself is aligned with the prospect of transition to a completely unified European monetary system. +On the eve of the opening of the WTO negotiations, we must remind everyone that any business strategy, including that of multinationals, must take the human figures into account, in the same way as the economic and financial figures, so that millions of European employees may keep their jobs and their dignity. +Michelin has, it is true, reduced the number of its jobs by 25,000 in twenty years but, I would like to remind some people, these are 25,000 job losses due to levels of productivity which are comparable in all sectors of industry, and particularly in the car and tyre industries. These are 25,000 job losses, only 186 of which have been redundancies. +The European Union considers the Non-Proliferation Treaty to be a major tool of international security that offers a set of global frameworks for the promotion of both non-proliferation and the decommissioning of weapons. +I would hope that you would use every opportunity to explain and underline to your colleagues in the Senate why they should reconsider their vote on the Treaty and how a renewed commitment to international non-proliferation and arms control will promote American security interests, as well as broader international security and stability. +American opponents of treaties like the one we are debating today neglected the fact, he pointed out, that the United States has already stopped testing and that the Treaty helped freeze the global development of nuclear weapons when America enjoys an enormous strategic advantage. +I think that most speakers have made the extremely important distinction between the United States and the United States Administration, on the one hand, and the United States Senate, and in particular its Republican majority, on the other, a point made by Mr Baron, Mr Haarder, Mr Elles and by other speakers. +Mr President, by now it is crystal clear that most colleagues in this House share my conviction that the tragedy of Chechnya could have been avoided if the European Union had shown a firm attitude towards the Russian aggression. +Although it is easier to operate through the procedures of agencies and institutions, the basic purpose of the programme will be to break this barrier and favour culture at the grassroots of society, given that their function is not to create an official culture. +On the other hand, the justified concern which was worrying Mr Perry - he is a signatory of the amendment - that over the next few years Parliament would have to control the expenditure and budget of the observatory, will still be valid when we change the five year period, that is when we give the observatory the chance to plan the valuable functions that it has in a broader and more organised way. +The transparency which is to be produced in this way is an indispensable prerequisite for political action on Europe' s road to the information society, even if this is not perhaps to the liking of those who want to throw open the doors to unbridled market forces. +For the future the Commission envisages extending the activities carried out by the observatory, notably in two specific areas: implementing a statistical information structure under Eurostat and preparing for the GATT 2000 negotiations. +Despite these difficulties, and despite the fresh wave of problems we have had recently, this idea led Parliament to extend the decision to include Turkey at its sitting of 25 February and, in the last few days, the Commission has also decided the same thing. +I simply think that the problems that have arisen on this occasion will certainly be examined by the Committee on Budgets, within the working party specifically set up by chairman Wynn to deal with the subject of this institution' s policy on subsidies as a whole. +Articles 2 and 4 of the Annex to the Rules of Procedure contain conditions which are clearly in contradiction of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities, which concern the status of elected representatives and which also, incidentally, lay down the rules governing the question of immunity aside from what is stated in the relevant regulations of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities. +If we take an impulsive, majority decision on a matter of this kind and interpret the annexes without taking into account how these agreements affect fundamental issues, we will in some way contravene the basic rationale, the objective of the legislation we are addressing. +1) We would like the importance of the problems which were not resolved by the Uruguay Round to be stressed, problems whose harmful effects we are only just starting to perceive, in the fields of social costs, as I have just mentioned, but also those of the environment, public health, food, etc. +It should be remembered, even so, that, alone against the world, or almost, we refused to approve the Uruguay Round, both in the French National Assembly and in the European Parliament, for precisely this reason, i.e. we thought it extremely dangerous to agree to significant reductions in customs tariffs without first resolving the essential collateral problems. +To this end, I support the resolution tabled by the European Popular Party, the European Socialist Party and the UEN Group, and I belong to the group of ten MEPs from the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance who have expressly supported it. +It affects the way of life of our coastal populations, in the same way that agriculture affects the populations of our inland regions and - why not say it - it affects a fundamental part of the food requirements of the entire European Union. +Mr President, Commissioner, the French study confirms the finding that as regards BSE there are no definite scientific criteria regarding the cause, transmission and the incubation period, including for the human variant of BSE. +A new Protocol was signed by both parties. This Protocol laid down the technical and financial conditions whereby Community ships are permitted to fish in Angolan waters in the period from 3 May 1999 to 2 May 2000. +This type of agreement - as long as they conserve biological resources, that is, they do not lead to over-fishing - also benefits those countries in which such activity is carried out, both through the financial contribution of the European Union, and through the aid which is provided, for example, in the field of professional training and scientific research. +The transparency which goes hand in hand with the procedures for macroeconomic dialogue and the continued absence of the European Parliament from this dialogue are giving rise to concerns that we are once again faced with attempts to overturn fundamental rights of workers and to undermine any social model still in existence in Europe. +Well, these four participants are a highly dangerous mix which, on the one hand, is trying to eliminate Europe' s real problem, which is the lack of a real economic policy and, on the other hand is doing its best to clog up the system with negotiating games of varying degrees of obscurity, and to hell with unemployment and to hell with the market. +It is a dialogue between the masterminds of monetary policy, i.e. the European Central Bank, the political powers of Europe, represented by the Council and the Presidency, and the social partners, representing workers and manufacturers. +This might be a good thing but, in any event, I share Mr MacCormick' s opinion that the tax situations of artists working in the different Member States require attention and I am quite prepared to look into any objective suggestions made. +Think, for example, of the social standards which are higher in some countries than in others. If we consider that some standards to safeguard, defend and protect the environment are higher and more stringent in some countries than in others, then surely we will not prevent these countries from exceeding the generally accepted standard. +Finally, we do not accept that it is for the EU to lay down prescriptive rules for Member States on the key issue of unemployment and we regard as very ominous some of the suggestions from Members opposite this morning that the guidelines should become reinforced or indeed binding. +However, the guidelines and recommendations at European level need to be transformed into concrete, quantifiable objectives which the Member States must aim towards with their own national plans - concrete objectives which define targets that we can gauge in the medium term, converging in terms of employment levels and the reduction of the current gap between the employment of men and women, and also through investments in infrastructure and services and the promotion of youth employment. +Members of Parliament, the proposal for closer cooperation between the Commission and the European Parliament to promote the strategy for the European policy has once again been reiterated. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0042/1999) on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive concerning the enforcement of provisions in respect of seafarers' hours of work on board ships calling at Community ports (8639/1/1999 - C5-0035/1999 - 1998/0321(COD)) (Committee on Employment and Social Affairs) (rapporteur: Mr Hughes) +Madam President, with regard to the presentation of the report of the Court of Auditors, it is clear that, at the moment, this report - which previously attracted very little attention - has become an important item in the press. +So we should not hesitate over the last component of the legislation, and we should opt for the Conciliation Committee route in this case as well, because the Council has obviously not dared to make that final leap and has been very cautious on a couple of points. +I would point out that the European Commission and the European Parliament have held extensive consultations with the European automobile industry on these various matters, and it has voluntarily agreed to accept a timetable to cut carbon dioxide emissions in new cars by 25% by the year 2008. +If our decisions lead to the simplest solution becoming general practice, which is to say that of basing exhaust purification technology on catalytic converters which require large admixtures of ammonia solution, then the distribution system alone, involving the distribution of this ammonia solution to all petrol stations throughout Europe, would mean that a not insignificant portion of the environmental benefits would be lost. +The aim of the Daphne programme is to support and recognise the work carried out by the non-governmental organisations, as well as other organisations - including the public authorities which are concerned with violence - and to ensure that they cooperate with each other, in the exchange of good practices - including pilot projects on a Community scale on the prevention of violence - and the support and protection of children, young people and women. +The real impact of the different types of violence on victims must be measured, in order to determine suitable responses, evaluate the types and the efficiency of the measures and practices in order to prevent and detect violence, support victims and prevent their future exposure to it. +The European Parliament, and, particularly, the Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities, have played a vitally important role in placing the issue of violence against women and children firmly on the European agenda. +This week the world celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world and the most comprehensive legal statement of children' s rights world-wide. +We must also start to collectively think about children' s living conditions in the various European countries particularly in urban areas, and initiate a form of collaboration as well as financial resources in order to help families in difficulty, particularly in the case of single-parent families or of vulnerable parents. +That is why the European Parliament needs to send a strong message to all the institutional bodies of the European Union, to international organisations and to governmental organisations telling them that we must put an end to this scourge. +So finally I would say that when the second reading comes up, if we are serious about creating jobs, if we are serious about keeping our industries really competitive, if we are serious about encouraging enterprise, then some of us may feel we have gone too far and that it may well be time to draw a line. +We have therefore managed to have an amendment adopted which stipulates that in the year 2003, the Committee will need to submit an extensive report to demonstrate the level of improvements achieved since the work of this Committee of Inquiry. +We believe, however, that this is neither the time nor the place to impose expiry dates on the British rebate and the reductions granted to certain countries in the funding of the said rebate, especially when these proposed decisions have still not been approved in the various national Parliaments. +I welcome the fact that Parliament has again had such an in-depth debate on the financing structure and I personally welcome still more the fact that I have been able to discern a great deal of common ground between my own basic position and the positions expressed today in the contributions to the debate. +Agricultural expenditure is a rather sensitive issue within the EU, as agricultural policy is the only area where the EU has a direct influence on citizens' livelihoods. +If we take as read that we import more than 50% of the European Union' s total energy requirement then we definitely need to ask ourselves the following question: how can we guarantee reliability of supply in the face of climate change, which in view of the worldwide CO2 problem may, indeed will affect us, not just if there is a failure to take preventive action on our part, but, above all, if there are changes in the political climate? +The aim of the European Union is to create an area of freedom, security and justice in which the free movement of people is guaranteed and in which citizens of the Union can assert their rights with the same guarantees that they could obtain from the courts in their own country. +The entry into force of this regulation will fill a loophole that has existed in the field of international private law and represents an important step towards extending the Union into an area of freedom, security and justice. +Mr President, regarding Mrs Gebhardt' s report, I have no doubts as to the good intentions of our rapporteurs and I share their concern to reinforce the legal security of people involved in matrimonial cases which are as delicate as they are painful for the parties concerned. +As for the development of enforcement procedures - the enforcement orders or "exequatur" for foreign judgements - this is no doubt useful in civil cases, such as divorce or custody cases, just as they are useful in some aspects of mutual assistance in legal matters, but care must be taken not to go too far along this route. +However, approaching the issues from a realistic point of view, we must grant countries time to adapt to the appropriate safety standards and not proceed according to a system of either closing them down immediately or allowing the reactors to run until the end of their operating life. +The sooner our neighbours recognise that nuclear safety is our common concern, the sooner it will be possible to enter into constructive and open talks with our neighbouring countries and to conclude talks on expansion. +Listening to him and to my fellow Members throughout this debate took me back to the recent election campaign and to the answers that we were required to provide at that time to the voters regarding the need to establish and to complete the construction of Europe. +I am well aware that this subject is extremely volatile in some Member States and, as the debate also has shown, particularly at this time in Austria. In reaching this solution, we must, of course, realise that this subject has to a certain extent acquired an almost theological importance in the candidate countries. +In relation to scientific information and its evaluation and so on, this is an issue I have been considering, not only because of the events of the last few weeks when the food safety agency of the Member State in question took a different view from the Scientific Steering Committee. +The aim instead is to put in place a framework, where there is full information on tobacco and its dangers. This will complement the Community ban on tobacco advertising which will combat industry-led efforts to attract new smokers, especially young people. +But I have no doubt at all that we will be expected to be sizeable contributors to the reconstruction of East Timor, though I imagine the honourable Member would agree with me that others should be contributors as well and I imagine that the honourable Member would also think it sensible for us to try to draw on the lessons of reconstruction activities elsewhere, not least in Kosovo to ensure that the money we deploy in East Timor is spent as effectively and rapidly as possible. +However, let me deal with his question and say without any hesitation that Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council has complete authority, there is no attempt to dilute it, as far as I am concerned, it is the basis of our activity in Kosovo, and I do not wish to depart from 1244 and its application by one centimetre. +Subject: 1983 Convention on Compensation to Victims of Violent Crime The Commission recently called for all Member States to ratify the 1983 Convention on Compensation to Victims of Violent Crime. +I think that the Greek taxpayer is entitled to know what difficulties the Commission has encountered with respect to Olympic Airways and what problems it has encountered, given that these problems have, at times, made it extremely hesitant with respect to the demands of the Greek authorities and, if I have understood your reply correctly, continue even now to make the Commission hesitant on the matter of the third instalment of aid for Olympic Airways. +However, everything would then fall under the umbrella of credibility and common interests and we could further develop matters on this basis such that the appointment of Mr Solana as Secretary-General of the West European Union and the involvement of that Union could be fully effected without us needing to make allowance for article 5. +Needless to say, I disagree with my Irish colleague, Mrs McKenna, because I believe that the establishment of an EU defence policy is as much an essential prerequisite of genuine European integration as the single currency. +We would like the European Parliament to adopt a clear, firm stand to the effect that the right to dignity, health, a home, freedom and the elimination of poverty is more important than free trade and profits. +This shows in fact that there is a contradiction, which is why I drew your attention to it. Given this contradiction, I feel that what you read out, which is "gross national product" must be right and not what was written in the original version which is "gross domestic product" , which is quite different. +Mr President, I also felt you might wish to know of the very welcome development in the Northern Ireland peace process today: the announcement by the IRA that it intends to appoint a representative to coordinate the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons with General John de Chastelain. +However, it is now possible to negotiate rules for the trade in goods and services, and it is possible to act in such a way that capital freedoms do not spread their exploitative power on such a broad global scale as electronic capitalism. +Let us remember, in this regard, that the 174 member countries of the ILO which, with the solemn declaration of 1998, undertook to comply with the four categories of fundamental labour rights, even where they did not ratify the conventions, are, in the main, also members of the WTO. +Finally, we want trade that benefits sustainable development, by creating a link between trade agreements and our other major international commitments on fundamental labour rights, on food safety and on environmental protection. +Where integration does not go ahead primarily because of a lack of resources or inadequate expertise, then developing countries must be given technical and financial assistance in order to increase their negotiating ability and to apply the measures decided on within the WTO. +We here in Parliament are prepared to collaborate on a comprehensive reform of the Treaties and to ensure that, even following enlargement, our European Union is still able to take necessary decisions and, at the same time, also remain transparent to our citizens so that the latter understand this Union and also accept it. +I think that Parliament, as the representative of our citizens, will continue to have some intensive work to do within the framework of the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference so that it might in actual fact do justice to the high expectations of people both in the European Union and also in the applicant States. +Amsterdam was already better than previous IGCs to a limited degree, in that it was prepared by a reflection group in which Parliament participated and which published its full report, in that every proposal tabled in that IGC was published and put into the public domain and in that Parliament was able to send two representatives to at least some of the meetings. +The European Union has condemned the many violations of human rights that have occurred in Afghanistan, especially the continual and systematic discrimination towards women and girl children, executions carried out without trial and a system based on harsh discipline and tyranny. +What you perhaps consider worrying, what you will read, is not a Parliamentary decision; it is the model decision that is part of the interinstitutional agreement, already published - with the identical wording - in the Official Journal of 31 May last year. +If governments and citizens can be confident that we have effective arrangements in place to decide which state is responsible for considering an asylum claim and to tackle the problem of multiple asylum applications, it will make easier our task of promoting high and fair standards of asylum. +I take this opportunity to assure Mrs Terrón i Cusí that illegal immigrants' fingerprints are only used for the specific purpose of the Dublin Convention - which means for analysis - if they have requested a demand for asylum in another Member State. +The question from now on is knowing if it is possible to accept a situation where, if one thing leads to another, decision after decision, ruling on everything on the pretext of settling commercial differences, the DSB may end up establishing itself as a sort of world-wide Supreme Court, imposing its views in all areas on elected governments and parliaments. +The principle of Community preference must be defended and, by the same token, the system of export refunds including for products described as "outside annex 1" , i.e. food products produced from European agricultural products whose market price is higher than the world rate. +As the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market states, in normal circumstances, fingerprints will only be allowed to be taken from criminals or from individuals suspected of having committed crimes and not from asylum seekers, refugees or citizens of third countries who are illegally present within the territory or on a Member State' s border. +On Monday, the Council decided to withdraw the motion it had proposed on the pretext that it reiterated a fundamental article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On Tuesday, it voted in the texts with the same reference to the fundamental articles of this declaration. +This is an extreme sanction and this House and the European institutions should send a very powerful message to Russia that it should re-think this issue, the charges should be dropped and it should respect our call for his immediate release. +You must not, therefore, see this decision as indicative of a lack of a foreign policy, or that we caved under pressure, but of the Union' s assessment of the risk, considering the proposed amendments, of finding ourselves, for the sake of the legitimate campaign we share, some way behind the positions we have gained earlier. +It remains an urgent requirement to promote a stability pact using all contacts we have through the European Commission' s links with the United Nations and to promote the political awareness and energy of those who work there, so as to arrive at a stability pact. +His release, indeed, is quite symptomatic of the lack of will to make an evaluation of the genocide and, more especially, of the wish to hush up the involvement of European countries, particularly France, where a recent parliamentary inquiry revealed complicity that was, at the best, passive. +This motion speaks wrongly of the need for democracy to be reinstalled or reinstated. It should be a calling for progress towards democracy and proposing a practical programme for the European Union that will facilitate that progress. +At a time when the transition to a capitalist economy is having the effect of causing a fall in production levels and the considerable impoverishment of the majority of the population, considerable sums of money are being swallowed up by the war effort, not to mention the cost of the corruption associated with it. +It is true - and some of you have said so - that, with regard to relations with the Court of Auditors, there is a problem of primary legislation which will clearly have to be amended, if the European Investment Bank is receive the same treatment as the Community institutions. +We should remember the mandate of the Cologne European Council to the Commission; we should remember that before the end of 1999 there was supposed to be specific and special treatment which has still not happened; we should remember that at the moment we are debating the Commission' s legislative agenda for 2000. +However, I can assure both you, Mr President, and the rapporteur that in future negotiations on a proposal concerning the Canary Islands on the basis of Article 299(2) of the Treaty that the Commission will take account of your comments on the matter and the comments of Parliament during the debate. +In recent years, as a result of European policies and the policies of successive governments, we have lost 6,000 direct jobs in the steel industry, 6,000 direct jobs in mining, 10,000 small agricultural businesses, we have lost jobs in the arms industry and we have lost jobs in the shipbuilding industry. +It is entitled "The Situation in the Aegean" and the draftsperson of one of our documents, of a European Parliament document, presents the Aegean islands, which are part of Greek territory under international treaties, as a region of disputed sovereignty between Greece and Turkey. +We do not have total freedom of movement to make this world agency succeed although we will do everything in our power to ensure this happens, but the other partners must be in agreement. We have therefore decided at the same time to draw up a European plan of action against doping in which we will be totally free to meet our obligations. +However, where there is an apparent conflict with the rules on competition but the sports federations undertake in their actions to use the funds raised to bring education and social action to sport, some practices are then likely to be exempted from the rules on competition. +We must tread very carefully on this issue at the Helsinki Summit, because this ties in closely with the fact that Turkey has yet to demonstrate in its policies that it has understood that close relations with Europe depend on its fulfilling certain conditions, as laid down in EU texts and decisions. +As for the Charter of Fundamental Rights, it is important that it is able not only to extend the rights that are already laid down in Charters and Treaties but also that it recognises rights in the social and economic spheres and, above all, that it is able to be innovative and creative in the area of new rights concerning environmental issues and the protection of consumer rights. +Finally, Mr President, I also support you in your intention to have the strategic lines that were laid down in the Tampere Council conclusions approved, specifically in the fight against drug trafficking, and I hope that the Portuguese Presidency will be willing to adopt its own action plan in the next six-monthly term. +I could give you a whole list of countries which, basically, would be interested and eager to join Europe, thereby changing its very nature. Europe is not a customs agreement; it is not an area of free trade. +In my home town of Lyons, a young historian with no means of support whom I did not know - Mr Plantin is his name - has been sentenced simply because in the bibliography of a scholarly review which he publishes he included works which correct historical errors which no serious historian of whatever persuasion now accepts. +He was charged under the act on publications corrupting youth, which could usefully be applied in other areas, and under the legislative act brought in by the French Communist Gayssot according to which, for example, the Germans must still be held responsible for the massacre of thousands of Polish officers at Katyn, even though the Soviets have admitted to this. +Contrary to claims by the Council and the Commission to the effect that democracy is progressing in Turkey, claims which demonstrate that the first to benefit from progress are the multinationals, it is blindingly obvious that the situation has, in fact, deteriorated. +What I wonder is: how come Akim Birdal is in favour of introducing a new strategy, how come other Kurdish representatives are in favour of our introducing a new strategy, how come the entire opposition to the government and civil society are in favour of our introducing a new strategy if all it does is support the government? +Although the initial aim was to ensure that the public has easy access to up-to-date information, the rapporteur has gone further by specifying not only the frequency with which information must be made available, but also the range of media to be used in distributing this information. This is not unimportant. +This strategy is certainly a logical one because we know that about half of all CO2 emissions are caused by traffic; however, we should also note that about 12% of all CO2 emissions are emitted in the European Union and about 88% in the rest of the world. +I myself believe that the Helsinki Commission could provide a framework, not only for the main area of focus, the protection of the marine environment, but also the implementation of the Baltic Sea Agenda 21 programme, and the possible coordination of sound regional planning. +However, this Council of Ministers' agreement has caused some concern among producers in the other Member States, particularly Spain, Italy and Greece, which are very competitive in tomato processing and production. +Supplies of the new currency delivered early on would support these aims. What is essential for the public is not how long dual circulation lasts, but how long the banks will exchange former currencies for euros without charge. +Stressing the importance of basing decisions on scientific and technical data and studies is fundamental, not just concerning the COM in fisheries, but also in general fisheries management. +We welcome the common organisation of the markets and strengthening of the producer organisations, but I have problems firstly where there is a danger that costs are being pushed up unnecessarily and while we recognise that the level of intervention age needs increasing, maybe not in the way it is actually put here. +- (DA) The Danish Social Democrats in the European Parliament have today voted in favour of the joint motion for a resolution concerning the preparations for the European Council meeting in Helsinki on 10-11 December 1999, because we are generally in agreement with the motion' s recommendations concerning the important themes relating to employment, the environment, enlargement of the European Union etc. which are on the agenda. +We remain of the view that Heads of State and Government should first and foremost be setting a realistic agenda which will make it possible to conclude the Intergovernmental Conference before the end of the year 2000 in such a way that the Treaties do not present obstacles to the forthcoming enlargement of the EU. +The text reads in terms of emphasising that further development of the CFSP ought primarily to be based upon the principle that conflicts and crises must be prevented and handled by peaceful and civil means, that there should only be recourse to military means as a last resort and that this ought to be adequately supported by a UN or OSCE mandate and not lead to increased defence expenditure. +Given that this issue is highly sensitive and that a parliamentary delegation has just returned from a short trip to Turkey, I wanted to ask you, Madam President, to clarify this matter, in particular with a view to the fact that official statements have already been made that the European Union is a Christian community. +Europe, Commissioner, added its problems, thus overburdening the agenda with subjects unrelated to the specific field of international trade and providing an excuse for those who stood to benefit from applying pressure to slow down the process of integrating world markets, but certainly these benefits - I repeat - did not extend to European consumers or Indian or Pakistani workers. +This will not only help the democratic accountability of the WTO, help to provide an on-going interface with non-governmental organisations, but also help the gradual evolution of the non-trade concerns on the agenda. +Mr President, as has already been said, unfortunately, overall, Seattle was not a great success: the only real participants were the protestors, who, while their demands were supported by many extremely valid grounds, wrongly thought that the failure of the Summit itself would constitute a victory, a solution to the serious problems in question. +In these elections, some candidates stood for the European Parliament as well as for the national parliament and some were also potential Members of the future government of Luxembourg, which is incompatible, pursuant to Article 6(1) of the Act of 20 September 1976, with Membership of the European Parliament. +We will not be able to ensure that the use of methyl bromide stops by shortening the time-scales. Instead, we run the risk of unwillingly failing to comply and the possibility of fraud which will produce the opposite result to the one we all want to see. +The European Union has to be at the cutting edge, it has even been said this evening, but, as regards restoring the ozone layers in the stratosphere, and similarly, controlling the greenhouse effect, the result cannot be measured on the basis of Europe' s speed, but only by taking an overall view. +The decision to extend candidate status to Turkey is, without a doubt, a political gesture towards the Turkish regime, despite the fact that it has made no move whatsoever towards fulfilling the conditions set by the European Union itself. +The Council is encouraging Turkey to continue with its violations of human rights, its genocide of the Kurdish people, its occupation of 38% of Cypriot territory and its territorial claims in the Aegean. +The European Union should not make the same mistake as the Council of Europe which accepted Turkey some time ago whilst Turkey blatantly contravened the criteria to become a member of the Council of Europe, such as the criteria relating to the protection of minorities and human rights. +Progress has certainly been made by comparison with the previous Intergovernmental Conference, but the most worrying aspect is that the Council had on the table a proposal which would give the European Parliament a greater role, a proposal which would grant it a role similar to the one the Commission will have in these negotiations, and it did not approve this proposal. +However, we all know that, unfortunately, the silk routes were followed by the oil route, then the cocaine route and then the heroin route and now, unfortunately, we are witnessing the emergence of a trafficking route for these materials which are a serious threat to the peace and security of all citizens. +Recently, the Italian Government denied the request made by a clearly tourist-oriented local authority, Taormina, to establish a gaming house and, at the same time, it authorised Venice casino to open a branch in Mestre. +Firstly, the proposed exemption per category of agreements exempts contracts on the supply of beer that contain a clause prohibiting competition, entered into between brewers who have a market share lower than 30% and owners of bar or commercial concerns. +As for the specific characteristics of the forestry sector, the Commission recently issued a communication on the competitiveness of forestry product industries and related industries in the European Union. +We have made it clear that only consumers are important in our Europe, which is why we have strengthened the Food Safety Agency, in order to make a gesture at this point, and we have entered relevant appropriations to make up for social weaknesses in the budget, so that progress can be made in combating unemployment. +I would like to notify you that this morning a suspect package was found near the Louise Weiss Building and that the French police, in collaboration with our security services, denied access to the building and carried out a test which, fortunately, proved to be negative. +For example, zero emissions for traffic and a ten percent reduction for households, industry and energy production itself. +In order to stabilise the climate and reassure the world' s inhabitants, without overusing the concept of environmental protection which should be left to the ecologists, the issues of the Kyoto Protocol - mad cow disease, dioxins and the debate on GMOs - are being paraded. +In order to honour its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, the EU must, however, be involved in promoting renewable energy and seeking environmentally correct solutions so that the present level of CO2 emissions is reduced. +Recently, a private commercial dispute involving the financial interests of the mainland's political leaders led to the kidnap in Macao of an innocent Australian-Chinese businessman, Mr James Pang, and his jailing on the mainland for seven years on trumped-up charges. +I was present as rapporteur for the European Parliament at both the NGO Conference in Beijing and at the Intergovernmental Conference of the 189 countries and I have, of course, followed developments over the last five years very closely, both in the European Union and in the developing countries. +The Euratom Treaty does not provide for Parliament to be consulted. However, in accordance with the interinstitutional agreement between this House and the Council, the latter undertook to formalise its agreement only after having requested Parliament' s opinion. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0080/1999) by Mrs Grossetête, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation on orphan medicinal products (9616/1999 - C5-0182/1999 - 1998/0240(COD)) +We still need a discussion about equality and change in the EU but, above all, there must be active efforts in respect of the developing countries and in connection with aid to Kosovo, the Balkans etc. to ensure that women are part of the process and are also involved in development and reconstruction. +In view of the forthcoming UN Conference in New York, we need to speed up the European Union' s preparations if we really want to make a fundamental contribution to pre-conference planning and to the conference itself which is commensurate with the prestige of the Union. +The Commissioner has emphasised Parliament' s position and Parliament' s important role and said that the action plans are inadequate, that these must be developed further and that a clear political stance is required. +Madam President, in refusing to lift the ban on British beef and veal, the French Government has decided to face a limited and short-lived crisis with its European partners rather than risk a scandal breaking in a few months or years linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. +Since the start of the beef crisis, SNP members here have consistently advocated that the situation in Scotland should be assessed separately with a view to a phased re-introduction of export trading. +To address the question of whether there was a delay or whether the proceedings will ultimately come to court later than they would otherwise have done in the formal notice proceeding, the first letter sent by the Commission normally requires a response within a period of two months. +In litigation before the European Court of Justice not only do the proceedings take place between the immediate parties - in this instance, the Commission and France - but also Member States are perfectly entitled to intervene in those proceedings: the UK or indeed any other Member State. +The Council would like to remind everyone that the partnership agreement made with every applicant country included a survey of the special needs of that country with regard to the areas of legislation and practices, as well as those targets each applicant country should achieve. +Allow me to quote an example from my own country: Greece, with a population of 10 million, already has one and a half million immigrants, economic refugees or other types of immigrant, meaning that the working population of the country has increased by 20%. +Subject: Compliance with Community policies and access to information held by the European Investment Bank (EIB) In March 1998 the European Investment Bank granted a loan of about ITL 60 billion to Gardaland S.p.A., for the purpose of enlarging the leisure park of the same name. +Mr President, as I stated in my original reply, the Commission is actually to deliver its own proposal on this matter to the Council in January 2000, and after the proposal has come from the Commission, the Council will debate it and determine its own position on the matter. +The problem was further discussed in the Council sitting of 6 October 1999, and it was decided that a thorough debate should be held on the issue in the next sitting of the Council in December, on the basis of a report currently being drafted in the Commission. +Furthermore, the Council urged the Russian Government in particular to avoid civil casualties and ensure that international humanitarian aid gets to its destinations unhindered, including the growing numbers forced to abandon their homes and cross the border into Ingushetia. +The Commission has submitted two proposals to us on beef labelling, one which makes beef labelling compulsory in Member States as of 1 January 2001 and one which is drafted as a transitional regulation up to 31 December 2000, i.e. voluntary labelling. +Madam President, by exercising our most basic right, that of determining our own future as a free and independent country, it was easy to foresee tragic consequences, but our people did not hesitate to show, once again, that it is staunchly determined to defend its freedom. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0099/1999) by Mr Murphy, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council directive on combating late payment in commercial transactions (8790/1999 - C5-0125/1999 - 1998/0099(COD)) +Finally, I would just like to express my thanks also to all the officials on the Committee on Budgets, who have had to work very long hours and, at the same time, I thank Parliament as a whole and my own group in particular for their steadfast and energetic support at every stage. +Finally, I would like to stress that, taking the modern view of studying the consequences of criminal judgements, the punishment should fulfil a rehabilitative function, enabling the citizen who has done wrong to take up his place in civil society again. +It appears that the members of the Legislative Assembly - all men of course - are not bound by the country' s Constitution or by laws or international obligations, or by the political will of the leadership of the country which submitted the relevant decree for adoption. +Mr President, I did ask for the floor before we proceeded to the vote. I wanted to say that our group tabled a specific motion for a resolution on the natural disasters in France and that we are naturally co-signatories of the joint motion. +One of the main aims of the reform of the Structural and Cohesion Funds in the framework of Agenda 2000 is to concentrate aid on the particularly needy and the poorest regions. +Although the Maltese authorities have introduced VAT, much new legislation is still required to bring Maltese law into line with the EU situation. +Under the Treaty of Amsterdam we all now have obligations, furthermore, to integrate environmental policy into all areas of EU decision-making, and Member States' compliance with these obligations is to be examined at future EU summits. +Generally speaking, the various rapporteurs from the Committee on Foreign Affairs have emphasised the difficulties that have to be overcome, have expressed their pleasure at the progress already made, and have insisted that reforms should be supported by accompanying measures designed to mitigate their consequences. +There can be no enlargement unless the applicant states are fit to join the single currency, posing no threat to its integrity and status, and are willing to join so as to avoid making the present two-tier Union even worse. +Impeding the negotiations, and linking their outcome to a resolution of the political and military issues that have afflicted the island for 25 years, as certain Member States of the European Union have unfortunately attempted to do, are diplomatic errors which go against the philosophy of the European Union and enlargement and jeopardise its successful completion. +The need for such a strategy stems directly from the Agenda 2000 proposals in which it is recognised that adopting the environmental acquis will be a huge task for the CEECs and one which can only be achieved in the longer term and at a very high cost. There was talk at the time of figures between EUR 100 and 120 billion. +The Union's financial assistance provides just a very small part of the necessary resources, which is why a targeted, effective and strategic approach to the accession process is absolutely essential. +Fourthly, I should like public confirmation of the Commission's undertaking to inform Parliament and to give it the time to draw up a report on the planned block exemption regulation and guidelines before the Commission makes any final decision. +Mirroring the trend in the United States since the end of the last century, the European Union's anti-trust authority has become the spearhead of the EU. +Yesterday, during the vote on my report and Mr Chanterie's report, Mr Collins reported to the House that there was a photographer in the balcony photographing individual Members' papers and voting lists. +A total of 1 372 complaints were lodged this year, 191 more than last year, which goes to show how important the Ombudsman is in the eyes of the public in terms of rectifying the alleged irregularities that may occur in the administration of the European Union. +The analysis of the infringement procedures since 1996 shows a minimum of 97 total cases linked to petitions out of 535 cases relating to direct complaints for which the Commission sent letters of formal notice thus initiating infringement proceedings. +The facts have borne this man out, yet the Commission still feels it necessary to continue with disciplinary proceedings against him, and he has been removed from his post in the financial control department where he had done some excellent work. +Mrs De Esteban Martín, I would like to make just one small parenthesis here and thank Mr Newman warmly for the help he has given to all of us through his example, but especially for the help he has given to ensure the smooth operation of this committee, and not just for the 15 years he has served the European Parliament. +A possible solution could be found if the Policy Committee delegated the implementation of the programme to a second committee - so there would be two levels of the same committee - but the directors-general remained responsible for it. +Before the Berlin summit, Germany and the Netherlands in particular expressed doubts about the level of funding but without really justifying their hesitation, and Germany and the Netherlands are vitally important to the running of Europe's customs services. +Let me once again thank the committees, the rapporteurs and Parliament in general for the substantial and constructive work that has been done in this very specific area, which is extremely important, both symbolically and practically, to the operation of the European Union. +Moreover, charges are seldom levied as and when they are incurred. They generally bear no relation to the environmental costs or to other external costs. +The target date of 2004 and the establishment of committees containing government experts makes the implementation of this approach appear realistic, especially since it does not involve grafting a ready-made system onto any national structure but rather the joint development of solutions with the 15 Member States. +The rapporteur has not only worked hard on this report but she has also recognised the complexity of the issue, the sensitivities that exist around this subject, and has produced a very carefully worded report that deserves the support of the whole of the House. +The recommendation of the Red and Green majority in the Committee on Transport and Tourism, Mrs Schmidbauer, is nothing short of reckless, going further than even the Commission has ever gone by calling for the inclusion of private cars in this new special system on the basis of Community law and not, as is customary in such cases, on the basis of national legislation. +Mr President, Mrs Hautala, who chairs the Committee on Women's Rights, was trying to move an oral amendment to Amendments Nos 1 and 2 in order to specify which forms of sex discrimination fell within the remit of committees I and VIII. +Concerning the Liberal amendment, which would serve to eliminate the effective subsidy that these agreements provided to fishermen, the Greens supported it as we feel that distant water fleets should not be so heavily subsidised, especially when there are so many problems with the terms of the agreements under which they operate. +At the same time, the NATO offensive, instead of isolating the dictator Milosevic and his regime, is in fact having the undesirable effect of building up nationalist unity around him against foreign intervention. +As you see, we have tried to devise a broad strategy because a Europe that is able to create a single market and a single currency must be able to find ways and means of jointly tackling a problem of this magnitude. +The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Commission of Jurists and, last night, US Congressmen have all expressed their worries over the case. +I wish to extend those congratulations to all the members of the Committee on Women's Rights and all Members who have contributed to the formulation of the programme and the plan of action to combat violence against women and children. +I respect all the signatories to the motion, as I respect all the Members of this House, but it is our responsibility to use the appropriate channels in this matter, that is the Court of Justice or the relevant resolutions, since the Rules allow us to express our wishes in many forms. +The system we use allows us to clarify the matter, with the result that the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection will continue to have the responsibilities that correspond to it, just as the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights will continue to have the responsibilities it ought to have. +She reminded me that at a preparatory conference held in Vienna in 1998, the UN Commission on the Status of Women had listened, in particular, to European women talking about the pain, suffering, abuse and coercion they were subjected to during the tragic nationalist conflict in the former Yugoslavia. +I also very much appreciated the conference held in Brussels in October and entitled 'Senior citizens in the 21st century - a new lease of life'. I personally found this one of the most rewarding events I have attended during my time as a Member of the European Parliament. +One in four of the European population is directly involved, and it is our concern to focus on the self-esteem of this section of the population, so that they can assume their role and their responsibility in society as we would wish them to do. +Now that the Berlin summit has confirmed that a non-food agricultural policy is to be pursued more energetically in future, does the Commission plan to do more to promote the use of biodiesel and biolubricants? +I admit that these products might be a little dearer than the conventional ones, but the environmental benefits are so great that I think the Commission should come up with some definite proposals to give these products greater access to the European market. +Secondly, we ask that tax concessions be granted to those companies that are brave enough to continue operating and producing in Venice at higher costs than other businesses. We also want the Commission to put an end to the sanctions it has imposed because the Italian Government has granted such concessions. +I do not think we should become involved in the experts' debate on specific ways of solving the high water problem, but I do believe that Venice should be thought of as an area with particular problems, in need of aid and assistance to preserve a viable economic existence. +Against this background, I should like to request an extremely good explanation - and I really do mean a very good explanation - from the President and the College of Quaestors as to why on Wednesday a decision was taken not to go ahead with the exhibition which I had earlier arranged to be held here, and which had previously been given the green light. +I know the Socialist Group has tabled a very brief text with just a few paragraphs and perhaps the other texts may prompt a few changes to that, but I really do not see why something we should have got done last week is now being put off all of a sudden until Tuesday. +At my instigation, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs produced a report on production levies and green taxes, and this shows that the introduction of this kind of taxation at European level could have a major impact on jobs. +If general economic policies are not coordinated, monetary policy will be ineffective and will not have the desired validity to enable the currency of the European Union to play its true role. +It is true that the Court of Auditors' report contains a whole host of negative comments on the implementation of the budget - some of which I will be addressing shortly - but it would be over-simplistic to lay the entire blame for the shortcomings which have arisen at the door of the Commission. +As a result, I hope and I believe - or rather, I am sure - that the structural changes that are currently being made to the organisation and operation of the Commission will make it easy for the next Parliament, which will have the backing of the Commission and will not have to put up with what we have had to put up with over the last three years, to provide explanations and come up with solutions. +The committee also takes the view that the response to the procedural shortcomings criticised by the Court of Auditors should be for a minimum degree of competition to be required, in particular in the tendering and award procedures. +It has been understood by the Commission that to take clear and strictly political decisions which tie the hands of the new Commission at a time when the Commission has resigned is a question which must be considered on a case-by-case basis. +In conclusion, I should like to emphasise that in view of the institutional calendar and the political circumstances which have resulted in the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam coinciding with the advent of a new Parliament and a new Commission, it will be for the incoming members of both these institutions to pursue dialogue on this issue with the Council. +Side-effects might be acceptable where medicines are concerned, Sir Leon, but with food there should be no such side-effects, and here the burden of proof needs to be reversed so that those who wish to produce and use these substances have to prove that they are harmless. +We must not be afraid of negative repercussions on the budget, because look at what a lowering of VAT did for the ornamental plant growers: in my country, sales rose, earning an extra 340 million for the Treasury. +Mrs Peijs encouraged me to be flexible. In this case in point, I take flexibility to mean achieving results as quickly as possible and therefore, paradoxically, I shall take her request to mean that I should not accept the amendments, which would just slow the procedure down. +I would point out that, for example, even the derogations under Article 27, which are basically implementing measures rather than new legislation, require unanimity; I would point out the major difficulties we are encountering with the VAT Committee, whose whole purpose is to deal with implementing provisions and yet the Member States are holding out against a rule being passed by a qualified majority. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office, Mr Prodi, ladies and gentlemen, the resignation of the outgoing Commission showed above all that a more democratic balance of power was needed between Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +We would have appreciated an equally cooperative spirit in recent months, for example when it was a matter of the Members' Statute or the technical and procedural aspects of electing the Commission President. +I would like to point out that the Member States with small populations do not have any kind of prerogative in this matter, but we must insist that small Member States, with just one Commission Member, should recognise that women too are experienced and qualified, and that there are female candidates to be found. +Finally, I must state that in order to improve honey production and marketing, as referred to in my report on an ad hoc regulation and for which we have obtained EUR 15 million per year - although I had asked for EUR 65 million - stringent requirements are needed on the quality, control and labelling of honey. +The political consequences of the debate surrounding Parliament's refusal to grant discharge to the Commission in respect of the 1996 financial year are widely known. +We welcome all UN measures and we call upon the President-in-Office, following our experiences in Bosnia and in Kosovo, to take steps to finally update the 1949 UN Charter in line with current circumstances. +I met many political representatives of the government and the opposition: the President of the Parliament, Mr Ginuisynis, the Minister for European Integration, Mr Lakori, who is calling for an association between Albania and the European Union, and the opposition leader, Mr Berisha. +For the first time a regional alliance of nations is emerging to defend these people's human rights, to restore stability to a part of Europe that has for eight years seen one set of violations lead to another, and always for the same reasons. +The UN, however, failed completely as it was not able to apply either its Charter or international law in practice; instead, a lot of what it said remained merely empty words, and it did not manage to prevent the conflicts for which it was actually created. +And finally Mr Fischer, at this point in time, can you tell us if the Council is aware of the urgent need to develop within the Alliance a capacity for analysis and defence specific to Europe? +What I can say is that, at a humanitarian level at least, the Commission, like all the humanitarian agencies, was not given information by those Member States which belong to both the European Union and the North Atlantic Council. +The President-in-Office was the first in today's debate to ask what has happened to the political solutions. I would like to ask the further question: where were the crisis prevention measures in recent years? +Reserve is a standard cutting tool used in public international law. Reserve is also the tool chosen by the Council to rush through what amounts to de-communitarisation, differentiation and discrimination between Members of the European Parliament. +If we were to approve the Council proposal and the Liberal amendment and not the paper drafted in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights under Mr Rothley, then we would be depriving ourselves of power again on a crucial issue that affects us directly. +In the expectation that a decision to this effect will be taken this year, the Budgets Committee has therefore included an amount of EUR 60 million in the reserve and has created a staff reserve to cover the additional administrative requirements expected. +Considering that the European Parliament aspires to purge the European Union of abuses as a responsible wielder of budgetary power, I personally have problems with the fact that the European Parliament is promoting 490 of its officials in the year 2000. +You have consistently tried everything to prevent a system being adopted and have done everything to prevent external costs, for example, being included in toll charges or road user charges. And now you, of all people, are suddenly pretending that this agreement would be far too low and would not help the environmental situation. +For example, the compromise does not contain an explicit provision to include external costs in existing charges, although it allows, and in some cases requires, differentiation of existing charges in order to reflect environmental and other effects. +Lastly, I welcome the reference made to credit cards, because they have certainly been the subject of widespread abuse. In my view, the amendment relating to them, Amendment No 25, should be stringently applied since they are commonly abused through the use of the card number alone without a signature. +We must remember, however, that the rules governing mortgage credit are subject to the power of the courts where the asset is located. In this connection, we must give consideration to Article 16(1) of the 1998 Brussels Convention, which Community law must clearly respect, and indeed, this is something Mr Whitehead should respect for the benefit of consumers' interests. +I would therefore like to stress that the European building is a legal structure, a structure in law, and if we do not rely on lawyers and, in general, those who work with the law to bridge the gap between the rules and social reality, European integration will fail. +So Amendment No 61, which introduces a right to waive the right to obtain information in advance means the Commission, must reject Article 11 as it establishes that consumers may not waive the rights conferred on them by the directive. +Finally, I hope that through its cooperation, Parliament will help to ensure that the proposal now before the House is adopted quickly, so as to ensure continuity between the Community's current action programme and the proposed programme, which is due to enter into force on 1 January 2000. +I must admit that at the second reading of the framework directive, I agreed with the Council that the framework directive was not the right place for the specific directive's provisions on pesticide levels in baby food, although I of course agreed entirely with Mrs Breyer that baby food should be pesticide-free. +I am very satisfied with the outcome of the conciliation procedure - as is my group - since this principle was adopted in the course of the conciliation procedure, obviously not as part of the conciliation procedure, but politically as part of the negotiations. +We can now only hope that the manufacturers of baby foods in the EU make the necessary adjustments quickly, since it is clear that baby foods must be free of all poisonous substances. +Simple rejection by Parliament when we are opposed to a text instead of a two-phased rejection is now possible under the Amsterdam Treaty - simpler, easier and puts Parliament in a stronger position. +It recognises the practice that the negotiations do not take place 15 plus 15 but in a smaller group: the committee chair and rapporteur with the Council President and the Commission, then reporting back to the full Conciliation Committee. +Some might say that this is not an important issue, but such matters are very sensitive in communities that are undergoing restructuring. The town involved has spent the last four years campaigning to have the area's sewage treatment plant moved two or three kilometres away in order to get rid of the bad smell. +The Union will then have to devote itself to defining a genuine strategy for stability in the Balkans, and Cologne will be an important step along the way. +Moreover, the European Council will discuss a report by the Ministers of Finance on the structure of international finance. The crises in Asia and Russia highlighted the need for reforms in this area. +The Council did well to appoint Romano Prodi as President so quickly, but we all know - and now President Santer has said so - there is still the problem of defining a stronger political role for the Commission. +My group feels that, given the choices set out in, for instance, the manifesto of the British and Spanish Prime Ministers, Tony Blair and José María Aznar, advocating further deregulation and greater flexibility, we would opt instead for a Franco-Italian proposal, based on relaunching active employment policies and public investment. +I believe that if we can bring to the fore the idea of a constitutional and citizenship pact, this must primarily imply a reinforced political will for political integration to overcome nationalism. Note that I am saying this at a time when war has reignited in the Balkans. +The expenditure for the EU of 15 members is to be EUR 686 billion up to 2006 and will be kept constant in real terms, which means that for the first time we will now also be achieving at European level what the Member States have already achieved, namely strict budgetary discipline, strict expenditure discipline and keeping budgetary increases in line with economic requirements. +I voted against Mr Rothley's proposal because I am sorry we did not accept the Council document, which meant that we missed a major opportunity finally to obtain a statute at the end of this legislative term. +The European Parliament has missed an unparalleled opportunity to resolve an issue which is fundamental to its good image and dignity, especially at a time when transparency and efficiency in the workings of all the Community institutions are being discussed and demanded in Europe. +For a long time, a majority in this Parliament has been hiding behind the lack of initiative from the Council in this matter in order to excuse its unwillingness to conclude a statute for Members of the European Parliament. +In fact, on the basis of national statutes, there was discrimination between the German Members, whose thriving economy allowed them to receive substantial allowances, and our Portuguese colleagues, whose moderate economy meant that they only received moderate allowances. +The Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations urges the European leaders to maintain this embargo on BST. This hormone is produced from genetically modified bacteria; it certainly has a damaging effect on the health of cattle and very probably also on the health of humans who consume the meat. +The outcome of the decision by 525 votes will impress the Council and make it now maintain this ban on hormone-treated meat and resume the discussions in the WTO panel, so as to make it clear that we are not in the mood to burden our people with this highly dangerous hormone-treated meat. +Mr Spencer's reports show that the European Union is beginning to assert itself as a political power, and they clearly express the European Parliament's desire to contribute in this area. +There is also the question of the United States Congress's decision to develop under certain conditions an anti-missile defence system that, from the Russian point of view, challenges the ABM Treaty'. +I move therefore that the regulation be adopted, especially now that most of the opinions expressed by Parliament as far back as November have been accepted, and that we achieved positive changes during the negotiations we had with the Council last month. +I would like to invite the Commission at the end of our mandate to take up the offer from Manchester City Council to come and see how European funds are making a difference to local communities there. +Mr President, as rapporteur for agricultural policy funding under Agenda 2000, I should like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the German Presidency for the opportunities granted by the German Government for a trialogue on agricultural policy. +Turning to my second reading recommendation for Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks, this work is being carried out under the old Treaty and now recognises the coming into force of the Amsterdam Treaty. +That is the only explanation for the fact that the Commission's initial proposal was further diminished through the final agreement reached at the Berlin European Council, despite the fact that it already involved reducing the Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund below their existing levels. +Mr President, I am sorry but I do not have the Rules of Procedure in front of me. However, as far as my point of order is concerned, I would simply like to know if we have abandoned the practice we were using up until now in Question Time whereby, following a Member's question and the Council's subsequent response, other Members had the right to put what is known in English as a 'follow up'. +Food and medicines are officially exempt from the sanctions imposed on Iraq after the invasion of Kuwait but the bureaucratic structure of the procurement system and the country's limited earnings from the legal sale of oil restrict imports. +Does the President-in-Office accept that the 'oil for food' programme, while commendable, has many bureaucratic shortcomings and accompanying sanctions which still stop the needs of children from being met, while their parents can do very little to get rid of the inhuman dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. +The presidency intends to take a final decision on this proposal at the Council of Fisheries Ministers in June, provided that Parliament has given its opinion by that date. +It all boils down to the fact that other than putting forward a draft resolution at the 55th human rights meeting in Geneva, where we stated our position, we have done nothing else since because we have no information whatsoever with regard to the 598 Kuwaiti men and seven women who were sent to Iraqi prisons. +Just like the Europe of free trade, the Europe of the great single market lied; it did not tell us it was the Europe of 20 million unemployed and 50 million excluded. The ultra-liberal Europe is lying now and it is not saying that in 2006 it will be the Europe of taxation and the Europe of a European income tax. +I will concede this, Mr Funke, but the fishing industry is a relatively weak sector of the European economy and requires special treatment, especially as there are mostly no alternative forms of employment in the regions dependent on fishing. +In that context it is clear that for us, as in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice, any adapting or updating of legal acts cannot entail modifications of essential elements of the original legal act. +When the history of the development of social policy and employment policy comes to be written subsequent to my leaving the Commission, the period 1993-1999 will be recorded as quite a remarkable period for change, for advanced thinking and for Treaty change support. +Approval of the report we are debating will strengthen our political position and allow us to use this instrument to follow up the negotiations on political, social and economic issues, including, most particularly, the paragraph on democracy and human rights. +I would therefore urge that a proposal be put forward on the basis of Article 286 providing for an efficient supervisory body to be set up, together with a proposal for the protection of personal data under the third pillar, where there is as yet no such guarantee. +Among the possibilities opened up by the draft directive is the purchase of medicinal products without expert advice, which, as Mrs Heinisch said, creates a potential health risk that must not be underestimated. +This means that we reach an agreement on the basis of the last sentence of Article 203(9) of the EC Treaty, which states, in connection with the maximum rate of increase, that 'another rate may be fixed by the Council, acting by a qualified majority, and the European Parliament, acting by a majority of its members and three-fifths of the votes cast'. +Mr President, a few moments ago, when I requested, as was my right under Rule 129, that the Colom i Naval report be referred back to committee, Mr Samland felt the need to criticise me for my absence from the meeting of the Committee on Budgets on Monday evening. +I would also like to add that I had attended the previous meeting on 29 April, the one that is mentioned in the report, and that I voted against the Colom i Naval report, which was not altered very much during the committee's meeting on Monday night. +The Cohesion Fund was set up in order to encourage certain Member States to join the single currency: Community funds were allocated in order to enable them to cope with the budgetary tightening that was imposed by the Maastricht criteria. +This disastrous development of events, which is contrary to all the assurances that we were given at the start of the war, and contrary to the humanitarian objectives of the war itself, can only reinforce the doubts that we had expressed from the start concerning the strategy being used. +However, although it has for the first time become clear in this agreement - and Indonesia is to be congratulated on this - that Timor's right to self-determination and independence is recognised, I would like to emphasise, and someone must stress this point because it represents an important change of policy regarding East Timor which I sincerely welcome, that we also need to bear in mind the rather hypocritical behaviour already mentioned here. +Let us make our voice heard; let us defend our position more forcefully and powerfully. Not in a spirit of moral superiority - that is not what I mean at all - but because we worry and care as fellow human beings. +I do not know whether it has ever achieved anything, but my successors - and your successor and the Commissioner's successor - should all bear in mind that this is the only channel the European Parliament has to show that we also care about people outside this House and outside Europe, and that we care about other things than just our salaries and pensions. +Firstly they continue to maintain their internal security act which, against any normal conception of human rights, allows those peacefully expressing both religious and political opinions at odds with those of the government to be arrested, denied proper legal representation or even a fair trial. +The ratification of the Statute of the Court, with no exclusions in terms of its remit, would demonstrate our commitment to complying with the law and to defending freedoms and human life. These objectives of the Union are at least as important as our commercial objectives. +The Commission's office in the Comoros is paying close attention to how the situation develops and, according to our latest information, the situation is calm and the army has established the initial contact needed to establish a transitional government in accordance with the agreement reached in Madagascar. +This draft Council Resolution on the lawful interception of telecommunications does not interfere with national law here, since whether we like it or not, resolutions under the third pillar have this somewhat circumscribed nature. +Madam President, on 15 March I submitted a written question to the President about his statement concerning the working place in Luxembourg and the seat of the European Parliament's secretariat there. +Madam President, Commissioner, the European textile and clothing sector is currently being battered by massive and abnormally cheap imports from economic areas that are either in the grip of a serious recession or whose own traditional markets have been closed to them. +I said that we considered it important to make the structural and procedural preparations needed to transform a union of Western European countries into a truly pan-European Union which would, at the same time, have power to act in matters of foreign policy and security, and which must therefore be more democratic too. +He then, as it were, imposed these two people on the President of the Commission, the President-elect of the Commission, which did Romano Prodi, the European institutions and the Federal Republic no service. +I hope, Mr Foreign Minister, that you will be able to safeguard this trust in the constancy and reliability of German European policy in the future, for it is of importance to progress within the European Union and to the future of our European continent. +Unfortunately, the Council has failed to speed the progress of the institutional decisions with the same determination, but we wish to extend our particular thanks to Foreign Minister Fischer for his important initiatives, for his important work, in precisely this area. +Mr President, the Presidency of the European Union has now passed from German into Finnish hands. It is now time to review the last six months and as well as assess the German Presidency. +For this reason, we regret that the German presidency did not follow the European Parliament's recommendation to the Council to carry out a pilot study for a European civilian peace corps. +With the approval of Agenda 2000, I believe we have produced an agreement between those people whose unfair and selfish motto is 'I want my money back' and all those who, led by the government of my country, believe that the European Union is a political project with cohesion and solidarity as its cornerstones. +Mr Fischer, if there is one thing which all this morning's speakers have agreed upon, it is the fact that the Cologne Summit does not form a basis for the reform of the Union's institutions. +In this respect, and since security policy comes up for discussion here again and again, I would like to clearly emphasise the following: security policy is not about militarisation of the European Union. +I assure you, however, that it will not be a change in the number of Directorates-General, the fact they are called by name instead of by number, the fact that the homes of the Commissioners are scattered all over Brussels or that the use of a spokesman is consolidated which will bring the institutions closer to the great European public, the objective you referred to. +To get a democratic structure we have to change over the years so that Parliament is not the servant of the Commission but the Commission is the servant of the elected representatives of the electorate of Europe. +We fully support a strategy which is motivated by the conviction that it is essential to respect the Stability Pact, and we are in agreement with the idea that today the fundamental issue is to make Europe into a more competitive unit, in order that it can resume the path of development, and also in order to combat unemployment. +The undeniable fact is that we shall be unable to restore the confidence of the people in the Union to take decisions, without reforming the way we do things and this concerns all institutions: the Commission, the Council and Parliament. +Finland has quite rightly pointed out that it is necessary to connect the enlargement process with Europe's influence on developments in the areas of environmental protection and social welfare. +The humanitarian aid committed to Kosovo and the neighbouring countries totals EUR 378 million, with the bulk going towards providing essential foods and other goods such as medicines, sanitation equipment and accommodation. +On 13 July, a meeting took place of the High Level Steering Group, the committee managed by the European Commission and the World Bank which is based on partnership and is intended to co-ordinate the Kosovo crisis aid provided by international donors. +As far as the future of the Union is concerned the most important tasks of the Council will be tied, on the one hand, to enlargement, and, on the other, to improving the Union's decision-making machinery, both of which hinge on one another. +We hope and wish to act in this Parliament so that construction takes place in such a way that human resources and the dignity of each side involved in the conflict are respected and valued during the process, and that colonisation by Europe or the United States World Bank is avoided. +This is the meaning of Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code, which, as Mr Kaleli, the Turkish ambassador, stated right here in Strasbourg, follows the example of Article 241 of the Italian Penal Code, which was issued at the time of the Fascists and is still in force. +One matter which has not been mentioned in the debate is that there is to be a major review of all of the telecommunications legislation later this year and part of this work has already been started by the Commission under Mr Bangemann's commissionership. +But if it is necessary - and I am conscious of being subject to the fact this issue is now before the court - even then to be more specific about what the implications of integrity and discretion are, then I am glad the House welcomes the developments that will take place as a consequence of the initiative taken by the President designate. +Aside from the programme of legislation, now available, as it is, to all, we are grateful to the Commission for the consistent way in which it kept third countries and the World Trade Organisation informed and for its reports on Community action to solve the dioxin crisis. +I certainly do not know, because I do not have the technical expertise, whether the range of recovered vegetable oils which are now seen to be a source of risk should be subject to an outright ban, or whether it should simply be limited to some section of kitchen waste which should never have been in any form of animal foodstuff in the first instance. +The fact that a decentralised, flexible structure for improving efficiency has been identified is very important, but this must be linked to a more comprehensive assessment. +Unlike Mr Ford, who represents the Southwest but supports Manchester City, I do not support any football club, but I do support the right of the European citizen to be protected from discriminatory practices and the abuse of a dominant market position. +That the Commission has turned to the technical assistance office in order to get around budgetary restrictions; that in shared operation expenses, the Commission and the Member States take responsibility away from each other; that a priori financial control is practically useless; that internal auditing is inadequate; that the Financial Regulation is unsuitable for the requirements of modern management and effective monitoring or that the enquiries of the anti-fraud unit have a tendency to drag on too long and offer only minimal results. +A complete overhaul of personnel policy will take place and it will focus in particular on the areas of weakness identified in the report and elsewhere including the Commission' s own stringent report, notably recruitment, discipline and career development and training. +I confess that, having seen the product issued to us by the Committee of Independent Experts, my initial doubts remain with regard to whether its appointment did not basically illustrate a certain recognition of the inability of our own systems of control and political orientation. +In fact, the statements from the Wise Men make it clear that we in Europe need a new culture of responsibility and I would like to add, Mr Kinnock, that on this very point it would be an enticing prospect to continue the hearings from the past week because many issues from the hearings which are still unclear have to be tidied up in terms of definitions and clarity since we would certainly like to know how exactly the Commission should look and function in future. +That is to say that, theoretically, somebody could take all the European Community' s money, and if that person is brought before a court, in a legal system which does not recognise the crime of fraud against the Institutions of the European Community because it is not classified as such, that person would not even be able to be tried, because there would be no legal basis to do so. +Furthermore there is a need to broaden the definition of accidental marine pollution to include operational historical and radioactive and other harmful substances, accidental and operational marine pollution. +The transboundary nature of the marine environment, which means that pollution in one area can impact on a wider region, leads to the need for a Community-wide framework for cooperation in the field of accidental marine pollution. +Sharing information regarding hydrocarbons, radioactive substances and other harmful substances carried at sea and discharges into the sea which have been dumped as part of historical dumping regimes is a vital prerequisite in facilitating the preparation and coordination of any response necessary to mitigate the environmental and human health impacts of pollution incidents. +Mr President, since your nomination to the Presidency of the Commission and the candidacy of the nineteen Commissioners-designate, you and the members of the new College of Commissioners have spared no pains to get a very clear message across to the European Parliament. +Will Mr Prodi, here in the Chamber, solemnly promise that there will no longer be documents in the Commission which can be read at COPA, within the national delegations, in the lobbying firms and by journalists but not by ourselves, who have merely been elected by the people? +Do I also have to remind you of the Copenhagen Declaration on social development with its very ambitious handling of the North-South divide and the divisions within the North between rich and poor: the European Union made a number of commitments in this regard, none of which has to date been upheld. +The second report of the Committee of Independent Experts discussed in the plenary part-session on Monday has still not been delivered, or has only just been delivered, to the majority of Members of Parliament, thus preventing us making a serious study of it. +Following the collapse of the previous Commission, a significant change is being proposed, which includes the undertaking to produce an Annual Report on the State of the Union. This is a change that we welcome. +Time and again this request was blocked. Finding ourselves unable to hold individual Commissioners to account, Conservative MEPs are left with no choice but to oppose, on the grounds of democratic principle, the incoming team of European Commissioners. +Mr Busquin himself enjoys massive protection, which is reported quite openly in my country' s press, but he was certainly personally responsible, and he has recognised and admitted this himself, for submitting party accounts which he knew had been falsified and which led to the party being financed by unlawful means. +Finally, as regards the codes of conduct, we need to know that promotion will be on merit and that promotion at the highest levels of the Commission will involve managerial competence, which has not always been the case up to now. +We note the commitment to consult us on the reform of the Staff Regulations which addresses some of Mr Elles' concerns, the new commitments given to whistleblowers and the need to develop new disciplinary procedures. +I would like to take the opportunity this debate has given to me to say that although our exchanges have sometimes been rather harsh, we have always appreciated the talent, seriousness and the extremely open and cordial nature which have characterised the way we have worked together. +The Court of Auditors received a considerable increase in resources in 1997, and it grew to have a total staff of 49 officials. The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs as well as the Committee on Regional Policy increased their staff by ten people. +The area of freedom, security and justice must be backed up by a solid guarantee of the respect for rights corresponding to the realities of contemporary society, which is in line with the open and innovative approach which this Parliament wishes to see. +Much can be done on mutual recognition too. But when the European judicial area is looked at in the criminal field we are perhaps talking about operating as though there were no legal boundaries within Europe. +Ignorance is not a virtue; sometimes it may be a questionable blessing. Ignorance due to secrecy has no place in a mature political system, such as the one we should be building for a Europe of the citizen, of the individual. +We also hope that, on this basis, in trying to create a common area of freedom, security and justice, they are inspired by the principles of solidarity and inclusion and are not thinking about creating a European Community that is peaceful and wealthy on the inside but which is impenetrable to those pushing to get in from the outside on account of hunger, war or social difficulties. +Many of them are not really concerned about the extension of qualified majority voting, important as that is, but they are anxious for progress on citizens' rights, progress on free movement, progress towards a real integrated Europe where people know and understand their rights and responsibilities. +I would therefore like to say quite clearly, please use this opportunity to make Tampere a real new departure which will bring Europe real political integration beginning with internal security and co-operation in justice, because these are the core elements of statehood and also of the Community. +The proposal, however, will very clearly interfere with the essential authority of nation-states, the right to determine the maintenance of the judicial system, and monitor compliance with the law in their areas. +The biggest problem, however, is that "dark side" - the amalgamation of organised crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, and other activities. We are reaching the point where we are simply observing from a distance the activities of these people, especially those involved in organised crime, and cannot confront them. +Commissioner, I believe that in order for us to arrive at a well-ordered and rational procedure, it is absolutely necessary that the Commission gets down to clearing-up operations by December, before the second reading, so as to avoid finding ourselves in a similar situation next year to the one we have this year, particularly as the Commission itself is saying that it can certainly not be estimated what payments will be needed for the year 2000. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, visitors, as a Member for the Basque Country I would like to believe that raising our voices and asking for intervention and aid for Timor will be one more step towards ending, not only the killing by people protected by the Indonesian military, but, above all, the hypocrisy which dominates international politics. +) Mr President, I would like to add my voice to the condemnation and the words which have already been expressed by my colleagues, but I would like to state here that death did not suddenly strike in East Timor after the referendum. Before the referendum, more than two hundred thousand Timorese were killed, whilst the international community did nothing, taking the view that the people of East Timor were expendable. +Furthermore, if the perpetrator of the violation, Members of the Council, is a democratic government, ladies and gentlemen, there is no third way or means of escape in the defence of human rights, not even by giving a reply in this Parliament. +But we cannot forget that not only in my country but also in the rest of the European Union, in the years to come, we will continue to experience migratory pressure from nomadic groups, which is the case in Spain with the group of Romanian and Gypsy origin. +In compliance with the conclusions made at Cologne, the task we have in common is to strengthen the Union' s capacity for effective crisis management, not an arrangement for regional defence. +In compliance with its guidelines, the EU proposed, as an initiative, for the first time a draft resolution on the death penalty at the 55th sitting of the Commission on Human Rights at Geneva this year. +However, could the President-in-Office of the Council tell us whether, in those countries with which we maintain political and economic relations, such as China, the Council can have an influence, maintaining a clear and specific position in favour of the abolition of the death penalty which this European Parliament supports so firmly? +Subject: Land acquisition in applicant countries What is the Council' s position on efforts being made in applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe to continue, subsequent to any EU accession, to restrict or prohibit the free acquisition of land by EU citizens, at least during a transition period? +The Commission has primarily tried to find a solution that would involve some sort of quota system, but it has been very difficult to move from any kind of banana quota system to consensus on the matter with the banana-producing countries and the United States, as the interests of the countries concerned are very different regarding quotas. +Secondly, flagrant blackmail is being carried out via the criminal bombings of NATO on the devastated people of Yugoslavia who are being called upon not only to submit ethnically, socially and politically, but also to adopt a style of leadership acceptable to the Americans and NATO in order to have any hope of reconstruction for this devastated country. +I think that the real problem is trying to create conditions which make it possible to include, in a Mediterranean context, a more complete assessment, and one which gives, above all, a broad perspective. +As regards the speed, efficiency and transparency of the activities of this Agency, it is important to try to look at its establishment as a good opportunity for reconstruction, quickly and as a priority, in the current situation in Kosovo. But we also need to create the conditions whereby migration in the Mediterranean will be examined in careful detail. +The Commission' s proposal reflects the need to set up an instrument for the rapid, decentralised and efficient management of reconstruction aid in a way that takes account of the urgency of the situation and the exceptional efforts that are required. +Before we move to the last vote I should just like to explain to colleagues who thought I may have been a little harsh about separate votes, roll-call votes and so on that the reason we take a tough line is that groups prepare their whips on the basis of information from the presidency. +In addition, at the end of July, agreement was reached with the IMF, and other financial institutions, on the resumption of direct loan assistance, and soon afterwards there was an agreement in the Paris Club on rescheduling debt service payments due on Russia' s sovereign debt. +Therefore, it is essential not only for Greece but for other seismogenic countries, to take the necessary measures to put up their anti-seismic guard so as to avert similar tragedies in the future. It is a fact that although governments and individual people cannot be blamed for earthquakes, the responsibility they bear for the extent of the disasters is huge, as has been proved by the earthquakes in Turkey and Greece. +A more precise picture of needs will result from the joint assessment mission similar to the one that has just been called for, I would presume, that is being undertaken in the disaster areas by ECHO, the Commission' s representation in Ankara, the United Nations and the World Bank acting collectively. +The treatment of members of religious minorities in Iran, particularly the Baha' is, was raised by the Union troika during the meetings with the Iranian Government last December and in May this year. +We are now at a time when we must go back to fundamental principles, to rise up and outline for our citizens the horizons of our continent' s peace-loving organisation, which respects human rights and is founded on a European model of economic and social development. +Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, agricultural production of the conventional kind uses more and more chemical substances, additives, auxiliary substances, antibiotics and hormones - I could go on - and our food processing plants resemble chemical factories rather than food production facilities. In this situation, supervision at the final stage and the setting of upper limits are no longer adequate measures. +This kind of final-stage supervision is a direct invitation to criminal wheelings and dealings. Meanwhile, opportunities are taken to blend substances, something which - we must suppose - has led to the systematic addition of toxic substances in the field of feedingstuffs. +The damage done by the dioxin scare is immeasurable, both in terms of shattering consumer confidence and the economic consequences of tarnishing the image of key industrial sectors and export generators. +Mrs Maij-Weggen, I hope that your group will help ensure that the decisions of the Committee on Budgets that I have heard about will be revoked or altered in the plenary sitting, while any watering down of the proposals tabled by the Committee on Development will be reversed. +I believe that the European Commission, the European Parliament and the national member governments should redouble their efforts to publicise the public health information campaign; this should be done either via the respective Departments of Health or through voluntary groups who play such an important role in helping those who are affected by such diseases. +And the response, as Mr Wurtz and other speakers stated, was a bureaucratic response to initially reduce the expenditure linked to the budget as regards investment in the AIDS sector. +The Council has decided on this form of financing, but it made the decision without the corresponding funds being available. The Committee on Budgets draws its attention to this fact. +Today, we can see that both the Commission and the Council have, to a large extent, accepted our proposals, and speaking here as rapporteur for the Committee on Industry, I should therefore like to say a sincere thank you for the constructive cooperation in this matter. +We in the Committee have gone along to the greatest possible degree - in fact, unanimously - with the proposal to again take up important requests for changes which arose out of the first reading and which have not been taken into account by the Council although we were very happy - and I say this here too, Mr Langen - that extensive approaches to Parliament were made. +So today, in the same annual period, we will be allocating EUR 60 million to nuclear fission as against EUR 15 million to renewable energies, and EUR 200 million to nuclear fusion. That gives us an idea of the real policies which the European Union is pursuing. +And it is clearly through the possibility of providing access to the network, through being flexible enough in the proposals that we put forward, which allow us to cover the different instruments which the different Member States have used and which are not homogenous and are different, that we will be able to guarantee that renewable energy is not only maintained but doubled in the coming years. +These analyses are possible in transparent markets where the individual end user - firm or consumer - can always assess to what point energy use is efficient thanks to gradual progress in the technological and economic spheres, sustained by sound research and as much information as possible. +Notwithstanding our criticism of the European Union' s position, we attach a great deal of importance to the fundamental objective of the agreement, that is the economic development of South Africa and integration into international trade. +Although it is a "rich country" in one of the poorest continents, relations within society there are still very unevenly balanced, to the extent that the UNDP ranks this country 93rd in its human development index. +It is essential that we know if South Africa has taken the necessary measures to ensure that certain basic designations such as Port and Sherry are not used in their imports to the European Community and that in five years time, they will not be used for any export markets. +Have you, Mr Prodi, and your colleagues, in fact taken account of the opinion held in this European Parliament and by many voters that this whistle-blower deserves the very opposite of a reprimand? +Finally, as I have been talking about the lessons to be learnt from this natural disaster, I would also like to emphasise how seriously - and I have said this within the College - I take the idea of improving the coordination of different countries' resources in terms of the civil defence of their people. +Here, I would like to stress particularly that we introduced compulsory supply contracts between the producers and the primary processors, and we then also introduced the principle that every primary processor requires a licence. +This being the case, it is clear that we cannot know as of today, when voting on the calendar for the year 2000, whether the agenda for the plenary part-session in November 2000, for example, will be overloaded and whether it will be necessary, therefore, to add a mini-session on 29 and 30 November, i.e. in more than one year' s time, in precisely fourteen month' s time. +In May 1997, EU justice ministers reached agreement on a protocol granting immunity from prosecution for Europol staff for any "words spoken or written or acts performed by them in the exercise of their official functions" and for unauthorised or incorrect processing of data. +While I welcome the recent undertaking by Monsanto not to commercialise the 'seed termination technology' , this matter is far too serious to leave to those who are directly involved and who would have acted otherwise in the absence of consumer vigilance. +The usefulness of globalisation should be measured against its usefulness to the regions and nations of the world equally, so that a better balance is achieved between the interests of the European Union, of the other European States, of the USA, of other industrial countries, and newly industrialised and developing countries. +And for this reason, the WTO cannot confine itself to commercial matters, but must also address fundamental issues such as the quality and safety of food, animal welfare, the protection of the environment, and respect for consumers and their views. +Mr President, yesterday we held a debate here on the strengthening of food safety in Europe, while conflicts on the precautionary principle are taking place within the Union and in parallel, the Americans are pursuing unjustified retaliations. +With European integration, the EU has grown into a major global influence on the economy, for which only a broad-based round of negotiations will make it possible to ensure steady economic growth. +Let us remember however, between ourselves, that, on the whole, the results of the application of the mechanisms put in place after Marrakech are absolutely correct from the Union' s point of view, with regard to the relationship between the number of cases we brought against other parties and the number of cases brought against us, between the cases won and the cases lost. +The next item is the statements by the Council and the Commission on the forthcoming global conference on climate change, from 25 October to 5 November 1999 in Bonn: implementation of the Kyoto Convention. +The cultivation of forests, as a means of dispensing with carbon dioxide, is still being discussed; this discussion must continue openly and we should also make more of the versatility of forests with regard to the environment and the prevention of climate change. +This being the case, it supports such initiatives to prevent social exclusion that attempt to improve access to information, improve information and the exchange of best practices, promote innovative approaches and evaluate experience. +Now that the fight is being carried on within the UN, we must beware of cunning counter-proposals which perhaps look innocent enough but which will come from various directions for the purpose of watering down any strong position adopted by the UN General Assembly. +Over the past 19 years, we have seen numerous dramatic turns of events regarding the investigations to establish the truth that has still not emerged which, it appears, is also down to those involved preventing this happening and riding roughshod over the legal rights of the victims' families and over our basic democratic principles. +If it was the case, it demonstrates the truth of Nietzche' s dictum that madness is rare in individuals but common in parties, groups and organisations, which is why we need individual, independent monitoring of what goes on in nuclear plants. +I want to stress that the publication of the Green Paper on sustainable energy in Ireland should be viewed as a positive contribution to the debate on how we deal with climate change threat within the energy sector. +Madam President, it should be said at this particular stage that it was the British Conservatives, the EPP, who asked for this item to be put on the agenda on Friday simply because, as Mr Watson has said, the Commission will only be ready on Friday morning. +The persons targeted are the personnel subject to the Staff Regulations and Conditions of employment of other servants as well as, I quote, 'Members, heads or members of staff of the institutions, bodies and agencies of the Communities not subject to the Staff Regulations' . +I do not want Members to be exempt from all monitoring or not to be subjected to any sort of questioning regarding their activities including their activities as a Member of Parliament in the execution of their mandate, but I am afraid that this agreement may allow some uncertainty to remain and may entail precisely this parallel nature of the roles if we proceed in an over-hasty way, just like the events of recent months, and do not take a step back. +Indeed it is such a very welcome development that we in the European Union should be setting out to create an adequate framework for this form of commerce - an adequate framework for mutual trust among citizens of the different countries because, after all, if anything acknowledges no frontier, it is the Internet. +There is no such legal basis in the budget and I believe this to be a serious oversight. As in the case of Greece, and in other cases, this shows a lack of sensitivity towards our fellow human beings who are victims of such accidents and to whom we should show at least some generosity. +In particular, the Committee on Fisheries is concerned about line B2-901 concerning supervision and monitoring measures by the Member States, line B2-903 concerning support for the common European fisheries policy and line B7-8000 concerning international fisheries agreements. +I must also thank, on behalf of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, both the general rapporteur for the budget, Mr Bourlanges, and the Committee on Budgets, as well as its chairman, Mr Wynn, for the stance they have taken on this matter. +In view of this, I therefore propose that during the next period, we no longer analyse the programmes and their related credit lines for periods of four, five or six years but for shorter periods - one or two years at most - as the rationales of the market and investment in a now global economy no longer correspond to the criterion which the budget itself was built on. +If the Council has not found any other way of financing the reconstruction of Kosovo other than an across-the-board cut in the external activities of the Union, it is logical that the European Parliament will want to defend those lines. +If all parties concerned respect the fundamental allocation of these responsibilities and act accordingly, the achievement of the objectives of all policy areas will be the natural outcome of their individual policy choices. +Finally, the debate on a "balanced and appropriate policy mix" should not be used to deflect attention from the structural reforms that are so urgently needed to address the euro area' s serious structural unemployment problem. +The irrational exuberance which characterises some stock exchanges, the excessive indebtedness of American households and of some economic sectors in important countries cause a definite threat to hang over worldwide economic stability. +Workers are concerned by the fact that the European Central Bank considers a growth rate of over 2.5% to be dangerous for the notorious monetary stability, thereby deferring indefinitely efforts to address the issue of unemployment. +We are conducting a rather shadowy debate here, and it is also interesting what the rapporteur has written in the explanatory statement, namely that the European Parliament "is responsible both for receiving and debating the annual report of the ECB and for monitoring the ECB" . +I would like to point out that Britain and the British Conservative Party - to which I belong - have never been hostile to the euro as a currency for those Member States which genuinely wish to join, as we are all bound together through our membership of the single market so that a collapse in confidence for the euro would affect us all, whether we are in or outside the EMU. +It is also vital, in my opinion, that the Bank be encouraged to follow the example of other leading central banks, such as the Federal Reserve in America, and make transparency a central feature of all its activities. +There is no lack of historical examples in this respect and the warning is worthwhile at a time when economic recuperation in Europe is far from being confirmed and when, at the same time, there is speculation about the imminence of a stricter monetary policy. +Mr President, Mr Duisenberg, we MEPs, as we have stated a number of times this evening, have a unique role to play in relation to the single currency because this Chamber here is the only place in which the people of Europe can have any democratic input into how their new currency is run. +The Eurosystem, early on, made it clear to the public at large that frontloading over a short period would not be a problem provided it could be ensured that the money frontloaded to banks, for instance, or other organisations is not brought into circulation before 1 January 2000 - into general circulation that is. +The results of the application of this policy are reflected in the notable decrease in the complaints of human rights violations emanating from the public, as recognised in the reports from the intergovernmental bodies and NGOs which operate in this field. +Without wishing to criticise the positive results which, to a large extent, have just been highlighted by the President-in-Office of the Council, I cannot help admitting that on some points, the Commission is rather disappointed. The Commission regrets that the European Council has not accepted the idea of a single asylum system which represents, as we see it, something to aim for, but also the urgent necessity of dealing with asylum issues in a collective and coherent way. +(Applause) +When the resolutions are passed back down from on high to the plain greyness of the Councils of the Ministers of the Interior and Justice, they also become run-of-the mill and nothing more happens for three or four years, Tampere will remain in history as the forum of unrealised declarations. +As the political and philosophical foundation of the area of freedom, security and justice I propose to consider all matters related not only to the fundamental rights of the citizens of the Members States of the Union, but also the rights of third country nationals legally resident on a long-term basis within the Union. +We had a debate with Jean-Luc Dehaene in our Group last week. Commissioner Michel Barnier was present - and I should like to tell you, Commissioner, that we have every confidence that you will make your contribution towards taking the European Union, aided by the work of the Commission, into a worthwhile future. +This IGC, though, will not be so much about broadening the field of responsibility or the competences of the European Union; it will be about structural reform, institutional reform, reform that will make the Union more open, more efficient, more democratic and more transparent. +There is the question of codification and simplification of the Treaties, an issue that this Parliament was first to highlight in the run-up to the Amsterdam negotiations; a task started by Amsterdam but far from complete and which, too, is a point underlined and highlighted in the Dehaene report. +(Parliament approved the Commission proposal)- Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the approval, on behalf of the Community, of OSPAR Decision 98/3 on the disposal of disused off-shore installations (COM(1999) 190 - C5-0015/1999 - 1999/0097(CNS)) (Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy) +I wholeheartedly welcome this sensible step to tackle one of the key problems hindering the potential boom in e-commerce across Europe, namely the difficulty in verifying the identity of users and consumers. +I support the proposal of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs requesting that brief reports of the meetings of the Governing Council should be made available to the EP, outlining the arguments "for" or "against" the decisions taken and the reasons for these decisions. +The EU believes that the CTBT is an important step in the promotion of non-proliferation and the decommissioning of weapons, and its entry into force will be to the benefit of all countries. +Following the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan the Commission has participated in the international taskforce set up to develop confidence and security-building measures and to engage these countries in constructive discussions on regional non-proliferation and arms control. +It is, however, important in all cases that there are clear and binding expressions of political will, both internationally and on the part of those who can guarantee world peace and stability, that the non-proliferation of nuclear arsenals is a high and non-negotiable priority. +Let me just add a word about the funding of the military campaign which, in my judgement - not a judgement which appears to be supported by the Russian Prime Minister - is bound to have an effect on the recovery over the last months of the Russian economy. +If now, with the unanimous support of Committee 13, I am bringing in further amendments, these relate first and foremost again to funding, duration and prevailing upon Member States to remove obstacles to gaining access to the programme. +It was precisely us radicals who were perhaps the first to independent create an audiovisual monitoring centre that monitors the frequency of appearances, for example political appearances, in various television programmes, news programmes and media. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0038/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council decision establishing the Youth Community action programme [13175/1/1999 - C5-0022/1999 - 1998/0197(COD)] (rapporteur: Mrs Gröner) +What is particularly worrying is the fact that, alongside the reduction in support expenditure for agricultural product markets, there is also an increase in and systemisation of expenditure under the second pillar of the CAP intended to wipe out small and medium-sized farmers. +The same goes for the exceptionally limited social expenditure which is oriented not towards reducing unemployment or improving workers' lives, but towards facilitating measures to upset working relations. +But I must stress that we are not to be fooled, for all that. The fact that Parliament wishes to substitute the term "cultural policy" for the term "cultural cooperation" shows the temptation to standardise of a "European" cultural policy intended to replace those of Member States would have. +Pretexts are hardly even needed now in the climate of rampant competition and unaccountability of big business, as is apparent from the announcements by the Michelin management of a 17% increase in profits and 7,500 redundancies, adding to the 15,000 redundancies in recent years. +It is equally vital that the necessary measures are taken to give more rights and more scope for intervention to the European Works Councils established in the 94/95 directive, particularly in terms of the right to suspend licences. +In fact, as has been correctly pointed out by Mr Hatzidakis, this directive lays down certain transitional provisions, valid until 1 January of the current year, in order to allow for the termination of certain work by the European Committee for Standardisation. +The widest possible, which must also include extractive cooperation, since if Europe is the principal market for the export of Moroccan fish, to subscribe to cooperation in terms of marketing and processing is not what is necessary, given that the market is controlled from the centres of consumption rather than from the centres of production. +Mr President, the enormous pressure which the Council, this Parliament and the fishing industry had to put on the Commission has finally led to the achievement of a mandate for negotiation, hardly a month before the termination of the fisheries agreement with Morocco. +Commissioner Fischler, I have been here for three months and I have already seen you harm Portugal' s interests three times: over mad cows where your decision defies belief, over pig-breeding, where your desire to persecute us is unacceptable, and now over fishing where your Commission' s inaction is also unforgivable. +No-one wants to call into question efficient instruments for cooperation with Morocco through negotiations, which reinforce, where possible, the interests of both the Community and Moroccan operators and emphasise the sense of solidarity which, moreover, even in sectors that are not purely economic, has been shown daily, especially between the countries of Southern Europe in the Mediterranean area. +The European fishing fleet which, I may add, is so careful to fish in accordance with specific legislation concerning the environment - closed seasons, fishing groups, bans on fishing with sweep nets and trawl nets etc. needs socio-economic compensation measures following an agreement which further limits its activity, including compensation for the processing industry. +I do not know how true they are, but I have heard of: French beef being sold in markets with the spinal tissue and brain still attached - the food agency could look at that; carcasses not inspected in France by qualified vets, unlike in the UK; pigs still fed bone marrow - the food agency could look at those cases; lower standards of farm hygiene in France; French supermarkets do not insist on seeing pesticide records. +Mr President, I understand the position of our British friends, just as I understand the position of our Portuguese friends who are also concerned, just as I understood the position of our Belgian friends in the dioxin affair and just as I understand even better the position of the French in the sewage sludge affair. +But neither must we lose sight of the fact that the catastrophe that was mad cow disease which struck our British partners could have struck in any one of our countries, as we all practise the same policy of high productivity in agriculture that goes against nature, and which is more and more subject to the worldwide doctrine of free trade. +Will he take action against France after the Commission meeting on 10 November if, by that stage, having had several days to digest the unanimous decision, the French Government has taken no action to lift this ban? +It is an advisory ad hoc group that feeds into the legally established committee, established to carry out the function of advising the Commission in relation to these matters - that is, the Scientific Steering Committee. +It is understood in advance that the aim of this two-level dialogue is not to reach agreement on common guidelines or binding commitments; this dialogue will therefore not result in an ex ante agreement for the coordination of different fiscal, budgetary, monetary or even contractual policies. +The regulatory policy necessary to supplement the European market on the road to a socially and environmentally sustainable European market economy cannot succeed in the European Union unless priority is given to community interest. +It is not a question of confidential information or of keeping state secrets - although Members of Parliament are quite capable of that - it is really all about how we shape our future in the twenty-first century, and in that respect there should be no information, no analysis, no forecast that is dealt with sub rosa, no, everything must be genuinely accessible to the public. +Can restructuring within the labour market and the restructuring and reforms which must take place pursuant to the Cardiff decisions in both the products and services markets create the preconditions for monetary policy to operate within another framework? +But I believe that politically we must look at its positive side and consider the major concern of the peoples of Europe- after all, MEPs do represent the peoples of Europe and speak on their behalf - which is why the interesting yet burning issue of employment and unemployment is at the heart of macroeconomic dialogue. +The fact that you are not physically at the dialogue table does not mean that it is out of the question that Parliament may maintain a presence, with the opportunity to communicate its ideas. +The formulation of the common position would have simply allowed the employers to walk away from attempts to reach negotiation on annualisation of working time and Member States could then have allowed annualisation. +In any case, Mr President, we support the just demands of the seafarers and we shall stand by them. And regardless of how positive those directives may be or whatever improvements may come of it, we cannot vote for them since they will eventually perpetuate the current unacceptable state of affairs. +I must stress from the outset that today we are discussing the amendment to the directive concerning the branches of workers not included in the directive on the organisation of working time, which has been under discussion for 6 years. +We do not know of any cases where a scientist has been persecuted or arrested because of his scientific work, but I do know that in recent years any number of scientists have been persecuted or arrested because of their political beliefs, and we consider that this opportunity should be taken to make it clear that such people should be released. +I think that everything that we have seen over the last few months shows that the opposite is taking place: the huge increase in the arrest of dissidents, the persecution of the so-called sect, the Falun Gong, etc. Obviously it is possible to maintain a strategic relationship with an undemocratic country, with a dictatorship. +This then begs the question as to whether in the event that this agreement is implemented effectively, European interests will be satisfactorily aligned with those of Moscow. For example, in all honesty, does the Russian government attach the same importance to ecological disasters as we do? +I have a figure in front of me which I find encouraging - and it ought to be extrapolated to the whole European Union: Germany' s chemical industry spends DM 12.3 billion a year on research and development, added to which there is DM 5 billion for research abroad, generally in the USA in practice, but also in countries in Latin America and elsewhere, and you will see that there are more and more investors in the research sector. +The European Union must provide a direct legal framework to allow the free movement and free provision of services and avoid conflicts and obstacles to free movement caused by too great a divergence in the legislation of the various countries of the Community. +So for procedural reasons it became necessary to present two reports today, one on the Guidelines for Member States' Employment Policies 2000 and on establishing an Employment Committee, and the other on the 1999 Joint Employment Report, which contains the conclusions adopted in committee. +It in turn consists of two parts, the first on the proposal for a Council decision establishing the Employment Committee, and the second on the Commission' s proposal for Guidelines for Member States' Employment Policies 2000. +These regulations in essence will ensure that Member States support programmes that take account of the changing nature of work practices, the need to promote entrepreneurship, as well as supporting local job creation programmes. +The Union should be ambitious in using money in favour of employment, monitoring public funds awarded to businesses, with a credit policy which penalises destructive practices and promotes job creation. +Moreover, I think that Mr Menrad' s report, supplemented by contributions he has had the courtesy to take into consideration, is actually the best possible within the confines of the subject, Parliament' s competences and the constructive methods of Europe. +We also welcome the general call for a tax review for reductions in fiscal and social security burdens plus red tape, all of which increase unemployment and bear down on jobs. +The report falls completely in line with the Luxembourg Process, for which, personally, I would have preferred objectives giving specific figures, and it is also in line with our desire to receive the report proposed by the Commission on the annual national employment action plans. +Social dialogue must be renewed. It is essential for workers to participate in the decisions which affect them and if, at the time, Mr Schweitzer, the chairman of Renault, had consulted the European Advisory Committee, created and proposed by this House, we would no doubt not have had the Vilvorde affair, and we would not perhaps have had the Michelin case. +However, it should be noted that, in acknowledging that unemployment is not just a quantitative but also a qualitative factor, the quantification of the qualitative aspects of employment must be more extensive in respect of levels of income, working hours and special working conditions. +For example, surveys carried out amongst school leavers and students about to start work have indicated that 60% of our young people want to become civil servants instead of embarking on an active career. +Austria has been in the vanguard with a law providing protection against violence in force since 1997. This is known as the expulsion law, and under it violent men can be expelled and women can no longer be forced to flee with their children to women' s refuges and other similar establishments. +I would therefore invite the President to take more care, at the time of a political debate in one of the countries of the Union, not to take sides and to respect, or at least take into account the existence of the constitutions in force in the various Member States of the Union. +It is an accounting system which allows for a broader base for GDP resources and, consequently, greater financial resources, without surpassing the relative index expressly laid down in the Berlin agreements and in the interinstitutional agreement. +Lastly, in relation to the increases in the management powers of the Commission, by means of which it can reduce the amount of direct aid or suspend the payment of monthly advances to the States, we consider that Parliament is not sufficiently involved in the adoption of these measures. +The background to our doing so is that this proposal removes the Member States' freedom to choose whether to regulate employees' hours on the basis either of working time or rest time, as established in ILO Convention no 180 concerning seafarers' working hours. +In this regard, account must naturally be taken of the fact that the closure of nuclear power stations in various countries also leads to economic problems, affects energy provision, energy prices and export opportunities, and can obviously also lead to environmental problems if fossil-fuel power stations that are old and in poor condition are used. +The decision in relation to hormones in beef and its importation is based on scientific evidence - that was supplied to the Commission before I came into office by the appropriate scientific committee - to the effect that one of the hormones in particular - 17 beta-estradiol - is a complete carcinogen. +I would also draw your attention to the statement contained in the communiqué from the Scientific Steering Committee that beef exported under the DBES scheme is as safe as any other beef in the European Union. +The Commission recalls that the decisions and statements made at the European Union-US Summit of 18 May 1998 regarding the Helms-Burton and Iran-Libya sanctions acts, were intended to pave the way for a definitive solution to this major bilateral disagreement. +UNMIK which is responsible for the interim civilian administration of Kosovo is devoting considerable energy and resources trying to revive the Kosovan economy. This includes the reestablishment of a legal and institutional framework as well as coordinating the very considerable amounts of donor assistance that are supporting the economy. +However, due to the extended time limits for the approval of the lists - delays, as I have said, which the Commission is not responsible for - the programmes should be adopted in the second half of the year 2000, for most of these eight Member States. +That is why we are laying great emphasis on the programmes on judicial and police cooperation to make the authorities - the policemen who deal with such cases every day - more aware of how to handle these kinds of incidents. +While I recognise that you want to use this communication and debate in Parliament as an instrument to increase pressure on the Member States, I would urge that you create that pressure now and not just wait until this document goes through all the necessary channels in the EU. +Mr President, I would just like to say on a personal note that it was the furthest thing from my mind to suggest that the Commissioner had not received the paper and had lied, although it was stated publicly in the Czech Republic that this study had been sent to you and that you had not yet responded. +The three Members of the Greek Communist Party will be leaving the Chamber in protest at the presence today of Mr Solana who, as Secretary-General of NATO, is one of those chiefly responsible for the crimes committed against Yugoslavia, and because of the fact that he has been appointed "Mr CFSP" . +For the first time, the General Affairs Council met with the additional participation of the Union' s Defence Ministers and held a debate - an important one in my opinion - on the creation of a European policy in the field of security and defence. +I believe that this consideration must inspire his activities and, at the same time, as Secretary of the Council, I hope it will allow him to help in the task of reforming and giving coherence to that institution which, at the moment, is perhaps the institution which most requires the impetus of rationalisation. +I would mention in this context that the Conflict Prevention Network (CPN), established by Michel Rocard on the initiative of the European Parliament, warned, long before the Kosovo conflict, that war was going to break out, and that a variety of visiting delegations from Parliament did the same thing. +For example, our Foreign Minister said that he was quite happy with the decisions taken: he said that the interests of neutral countries were taken on board and that they were met within the opinion which was submitted by the EU Political Committee. +Our negotiating approach must mirror our importance as the largest trading region in the world and, at the same time, meet our responsibility for worldwide economic balance of interests, above all vis-à-vis developing countries. +The European agricultural model of rural sustainable agriculture, which is based on the preservation of rural areas, the environment and our quality produce, as well as the production of foodstuffs, should be retained. +We want free world trade to be tied in with the basic questions of future policy, our future, the questions of social harmony and environmental concerns. +Mr President, I should just like to ask you to convey our thanks to the President of Parliament for receiving the representative of a government elected under the supervision of the OSCE who is also established in the area of the Council of Europe and who was elected under the Russian constitution. +Full liberalisation of the market, the abolition of subsidies and the involvement of the WTO in negotiations for uncontrolled investment will make the smaller countries hostages to the larger countries and their peoples pawns at the mercy of monopolies. +Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, I am taking the floor in order to reiterate some of the points that have already been made here by several of my colleagues from the Group of the Party of European Socialists, to the effect that we are in favour of a round of negotiations, but not just any old round of negotiations. +We think that the economy and the competitiveness of European countries can be developed in a context that favours the modernisation of social systems without giving up the fundamental requirement of solidarity. +Mr President, I should like to thank the Finnish Presidency of the Council, together with Mr Sasi, for the commitment with which they are approaching this difficult task of establishing a mandate and also say thank you to the rapporteurs for the really excellent work which is being done. +I prefer cohesion to efficiency, and as Commissioner Barnier raised the issue a while ago of there being 27 of us in Europe, I would like to say, Commissioner, that I think that in the decisions of this Europe of 27, it is more important that all countries feel involved in the decision-making process, than discussing whether, when there are 27 of us, it will take us one hour, less than two hours or three hours to take decisions. +With the commitment of the common position of January 1998, the Council said that the Union would support all the efforts of the UNDCP in Afghanistan, and you have done this with your financing. The problem is the result of that financing. +I wonder: do you consider that the Commission has a legal basis for what it has said in its progress reports about, among other things, making it a condition of membership of the European Union that the nuclear power station in Bulgaria and the Slovakian one with the difficult name beginning with a "B" , Bohunice, should be shut down? +Mr President, on the basis of a Council decision made on 19 March 1998, a Council document register was made available to the public on the Internet on 1 January 1999. +Our position as Members of the European Parliament is safeguarded in this respect, and Members who had genuine fears that this would be some sort of snoopers' charter or some sort of a new right given to officials to report confidentially on MEPs with wild allegations can rest assured that this is not the case. +Report (A5-0062/1999) by Mr Schwaiger, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the Communication to the Council and the European Parliament: The EU Approach to the WTO Millennium Round (COM(1999) 331 - C5-0155/19 - 1999/2149(COS)) +We are so concerned about the monitoring of the institutions by OLAF and so little can we identify with the "informing provisions" proposed in the inter-institutional agreement between the Commission, the Council and Parliament and moreover attacking the independent mandate of the individual Members of Parliament. +And recent statements by the Commission are not such as to allay this concern, saying, for example, that it is necessary to put an end to the banana conflict since it is poisoning transatlantic relations and because the Union would be sending an unfavourable message to the world as the new trade negotiations are dawning. +Mr President, in the first draft of the Dimitrakopoulos-Leinen report on the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference, the following preliminary clause could be read, "Considering the rate of abstention from the last European elections, testifying to the growing disaffection of the citizens with regard to the current running of the Union, etc." +I also oppose the demands for common military defence, especially in sections 26 and 27 which require a "binding timetable" for a common defence and security policy which is to guarantee the EU' s external borders. +In the changes to the Commission' s proposal, which find expression in the report, we see reasons for backing the report. These changes will mean that it will not be possible for minors to be subjected to registration and that the right to personal integrity will be strengthened. +The Member States which have nuclear power plants have been working on this question for at least two years, and the information in our possession indicates that the necessary corrective measures have by now been practically completed, as have all works to do with emergency planning. +And as approval of the budgetary line for the next few years has been positive, it is vital that the necessary sums be provided for economic and financial support for the reconstruction of East Timor and for its transition to independence. +It is quite clear that in a desperate situation, in which hundreds of thousands of people were driven out by systematic state violence - and that is the big difference with the current isolated acts of revenge that are of course despicable - Rugova lost control of the forces. +Mr President, as the rapporteur pointed out, the European Commission affirms that neither the regulatory instruments nor the programmes for the Action Plan on the fight against drugs 1995-1999 have been sufficiently assessed. +In the area of treatment, we must give support to high-quality programmes aimed at the whole community, using educational methods, including those targeting the prison population, together with initiatives designed to promote the reduction of risk, one example of which is the needle exchange programme. +Here, also, the Bank has been criticised in the past, both regarding its investments in the health sector in my own country, that particularly consolidate antiquated structures and in the transport and environment sectors in Eastern Europe. +This would require a modification of the regulations which are currently applicable, which in turn would lead to a delay in the decision-making process on humanitarian aid, one of the principal characteristics of which is urgency, so that we may quickly relieve the existing problems in Turkey. +I will read the Italian text out for the Members: "believes that rehabilitating drug addicts constitutes, in the same way as other areas, a fundamental aspect of the fight against drugs, in that action is targeted at demand; to this end, it supports and encourages the important social contribution as regards rehabilitating drug addicts on the part of the therapeutical communities, whose means should be increased" . +We have learnt or, to be more precise, we have received confirmation that the European Commission had in hand the first part of the report on the market situation drawn up in application of the Council Regulation which you mentioned. +The kind of conditions they have to endure in large vessels are not acceptable, so if new vessels are being built we should ensure that the best standards possible are complied with and that measures are taken to ensure that, where live animals must be transported by sea in large vessels, all measures are taken to optimise conditions for them. +I would also like to take the opportunity of asking the Commissioner how the Commission intends to ensure environmentally friendly developments and greater safety in maritime transport in Northern Europe, if it does not allow the implementation of the action framework it created itself. +Madam President, coming from Donegal, a border county in the historic province of Ulster, I, like my Irish colleague Mrs Doyle, have a very special appreciation for the progress that has been made in Northern Ireland in the recent past, and in particular the developments of the last few days. +On 29 July this year the Ombudsman wrote to this Parliament on an own-initiative inquiry on his part calling for a code of good administrative behaviour and asking for a response by 30 November. +We must also explain to our political forces, to our national MPs and to our people, why we are holding the IGC, why we want a Charter of Fundamental Rights, why we want enlargement and why we have the responsibility of ensuring that the Community operates as a community. +This is because the European Union' s strength is increasingly bureaucratic power, a pervasive bureaucracy that desires to take control of everything, under the ideological illusion that the law and the parliamentary process are obstacles that needlessly slow down reform. +We want you to take the decisions needed in Helsinki so that concrete initiatives can be introduced into both military and non-military aspects of the common defence policy and to stipulate the operational capacities needed and the institutions in which the decisions are to be taken. +Regarding the participation of the European Parliament, I still cannot say what the solution will be at the Helsinki Summit, but I have said it already once before, and I will say so again, that our experience of their involvement on the previous occasion was a positive one. +Mr President, the annual report in question is a welcome and important beginning, and its value is underlined by the fact that independent NGOs were equal partners at the human rights forum which has just ended and which was organised on the initiative of the country holding the presidency. +There is no doubt, Mr President, that with the tabling of this report, too, the public' s awareness of the importance of the topic of civil and human rights shows that we have taken another step forwards. +In Parliament's resolution of 6 October, we resolved to work speedily on the technical and financial assistance necessary to complete the Customs Union; and we called on the Council to support the necessary measures. +The European strategy for Turkey must make clear to the Turkish political classes and to Turkish society that there is not going to be a separate set of rules for Turkey and that Turkey must meet all the criteria set in Copenhagen and Luxembourg if its European prospects are to prosper. +Thirdly: the voluntary undertaking by the motor industry, both in Europe and in Japan and Korea, refers to technical measures to reduce CO2 through better engines, lighter vehicles etc. That also needs to be monitored. +The Commission provides in the first part of Article 5(2)b that the procedures ensuring the environmental risk assessment and other relevant elements should be equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 90/220. +It should also be noted that this additional sum does not even compensate for the whole potential production in normal weather conditions; it merely mitigates the loss that has been mentioned, which was incurred when the Member States distributed the quotas. +We would much prefer it if the European Central Bank and the European Commission, in tandem with the commercial banks, were to ensure that the general public receives sound, detailed information on the design and security features of the euro coins and banknotes, starting no later than 1 November 2001. +I would therefore ask that we organise these elements - acceptance and confidence, a smooth-running changeover and frontloading - so as to increase citizens' confidence in the euro in this phase, and this will entail frontloading and ensuring that adequate information is provided in the euro campaign. +If we take a look at the general aims in the explanatory statement of the proposal, then we will see that we can give these our full and unequivocal support. Responsible stock management, improving the competitiveness of the sector, liberalisation of the market etc. +This use of forward-looking methods of adaptation of supply and demand by producer organisations should be of great assistance to the overall competitiveness and efficiency of the fishery sector as a whole. +I would now like to express my satisfaction with it because it is obvious that the European Parliament must give a very clear signal that it will defend the values in which it believes, particularly to a country which is not just any country, but one that has embarked on the process of accession to the European Union. +We will be approving next year' s budget with considerable amounts earmarked for the plan for the reconstruction of Nicaragua after the damage caused by hurricane Mitch, and I think that our role must be to support and uphold democratic institutions, which are seeking to ensure that the rules are properly observed. +On the contrary, I would support those who have said that not only did they have a coherent delegation to lead but that the practical arrangements for us - the largest Parliamentary delegation which had ever attended international trade talks - were to our mutual benefit. +It is most revealing that the highest percentage of material incidences of error has been detected within the internal management department. After all, it is the Commission itself that has exclusive responsibility for financial management within this department. +I would underline what Mrs van der Laan pointed out concerning fraud in the Union, and would point out that, judging from press reports about fraud in general and attacks on public budgets, you would think the European budget was more vulnerable than any. +I should like very much to welcome the fact that the Council has agreed that when we award mobility grants we can at long last, consider the possibility of only giving them to those who really need them, so that those who might not otherwise be able to take part for financial reasons can perhaps also take part after all, because the money is made available to them in this way. +Secondly, although I do not intend to recommend that we vote against Mr Busk's report, I feel it is worth sounding a note of caution that the rapporteur has called for more Community financial involvement in inspection and control of fisheries. +Such involvement implies additional budget resources and, as my colleagues on the Committee on Budgets never cease to point out, the cake is limited in size so that every time we cut off another slice it means less for some other equally important sector. +On the other hand, Rule 7(2) of the Rules of Procedure lays down that it is not possible to confirm the validity of the mandate of a Member unless the written declarations required on the basis of Article 6 of the Act of 20 September 1976 and Annex 1 to the Rules of Procedure have been made. +Nor can the Commission accept Amendment No 19 banning sales of used HCFC-containing equipment within five years after the respective use ban as it would increase the probability of illegal dumping and venting of HCFCs to the atmosphere. +Istanbul also saw the signing of the revised Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, the adoption of the Vienna Document 1999 and the signing of the Charter for European Security. +It would be a sorry day for the European Union if we were to talk of European defence without giving the European Union the means to implement European defence and if we were to end up driving a wedge between us and our American partners in NATO. +The Member States committed themselves to releasing troops from their own authority to form a fifty thousand strong European army and assigned troops equivalent to a whole corps for the joint deployment of the EU. +Mr President, the Helsinki Summit of EU leaders has been quite accurately billed as the European Union's enlargement Summit, and there can be no doubt that this European Council meeting has lived up to this particular expectation. +Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council Lipponen and Commission President Romano Prodi gave us an excellent summary of the main decisions taken during the Finnish Presidency and of future tasks that lay ahead. +It also requires the European Parliament to extend its own scope to the defence field, especially when the Western European Union Assembly is closed down, so that proper democratic scrutiny of this sensitive and controversial field will be provided. +Turkish failure to recognise the rights of the Kurds is the biggest single reason for its breaches of European democratic and human rights norms and the pretext for its military-dominated state. +I would ask the Council and the Commission to ensure that TACIS aid is transferred at once, because we can no longer back a mixture of bloodthirsty election campaigning and bloodthirsty colonial war. +I am glad Mrs Schreyer mentioned earlier the additional monies for the Veterinary Office which are particularly important if we want them to deal with the problems that have arisen because of the BSE crisis, the dioxin crisis in Belgium and of course the continued work in Portugal. +The Commission took three further decisions on the application of Regulation No 4064/89 concerning merger control and on Regulation No 17/62 in application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty, imposing fines ranging from EUR 100 000 to EUR 3 000 for each company that has supplied incorrect information in response to requests for information that have been made to them. +In reality, the central aim of these programmes is to support the training of professionals in the European audiovisual industry and to promote European artistic creation and research in the audiovisual sphere. +Mr President, since we are holding a free debate, I read Mr Ecevit' s statement following Turkey' s acceptance as a candidate country of the European Union in this morning' s Libération. In it he said, "the borders of Europe will inevitably move more and more eastwards....they will encompass Central Asia and eventually the whole of the Asian continent" . +Subject: Renewal of concessions for motorway companies in Italy The Italian government intends to renew the concessions of the 20 companies which currently manage the Italian motorways. +If the Commission services responsible for transport and competition were to work together, we could take an important step forward in a policy to shift heavy traffic from the roads to the railways. +In other words, the topic is definitely on the agenda but has not yet reached the stage where decisions can be taken and as far as I know - but the honourable MEP is aware that this is not within my remit, so I am speaking with some circumlocution and caution - such a directive is not in the pipeline at the European Commission as yet. +Secondly, I have specifically said, not only in this House now, but over many years and also in the actions I have taken in the twelve weeks I have been the person responsible in the Commission, that we are definitely not satisfied with the number of women in senior posts or indeed in the "A" categories generally in the Commission. +At present, the Commission is focusing on aid for internally displaced persons, on average between EUR 7 million and EUR 8 million per annum, and financially supports a series of initiatives intended to promote human rights in the country. +The Commission will then, firstly, evaluate the actual impact of the competition agreements; if the impact is considerable, the Commission can in any case take into account the economic benefits of these non-competition agreements in its evaluation of the possible applicability of an individual exemption under Article 81(3) to the agreements. +Subject: Car distribution and competition policy The Commission will be aware that the UK remains the most expensive market for 62 out of the 75 best selling car models and that UK citizens encounter problems on purchasing cars in other Member States. +I would ask you not to make any preliminary commitments but to bear in mind that the Commission must submit a precise and specific estimate for this period and this region which can and, of course, will then be checked by the Committee on Budgets or rather the budgetary authority and Parliament. +However, the quality of a body or an institution stands or falls with the people who bear the responsibility in it, which is why it is particularly important that candidates with the right specialist skills who are strong and independent of character be elected as members of the Court of Auditors. +What I experienced, as I tried to interest everything from local transport authorities in Kishinev through to energy ministries in Uzbekistan was the following: just as in so many other EU policy areas, in TACIS projects we perhaps try to do too much across too many geographical boundaries in too many sectors. +The European Parliament should debate and approve the new instrument that is replacing the TACIS programme, even if currently Russia, the largest of the new States, is the focus of a just European Parliament initiative that has suspended the technological cooperation agreement following the war begun against Chechnya. +It is up to us to create the conditions for peace, cooperation, support, aid and partnership, and we must put the onus on the New Independent States, Mongolia, and above all, Russia, to make sure they deserve our help, by complying with the objective conditions of defending the fundamental principles of citizens and governed communities. +The Ministers for the Environment that convened at COP 5 had very strong opinions on this, but it is obviously going to be an especially challenging task to arrest the trend in the Community' s own greenhouse gas emissions, which is rising at present, when it ought to be falling. +The Irish Government has brought out a Green Paper on sustainable energy, which is to be given special status within our national development plan for the period 2000-2006. +In particular, the communication underlines the central importance we attach to the full implementation of the joint declaration. It makes clear that, as in the case of Hong Kong, the Commission will take a close interest in this matter and - again as we do for Hong Kong - we will publish an annual report on Macao. +The second coincidence is that the interparliamentary meeting with the People' s Republic of China is being held now, which gives us the opportunity to communicate the depth of our feeling and the strength of our expectations for Macao and its future. +In addition, the programme has supported hundreds of transnational projects developing the European dimension and improving the quality of school and higher education, language learning and so on. +. (PT) We must draw the right lessons from the lack of results at the Seattle Ministerial Summit, which was supposed to fix the agenda for the "Millennium Round" at the World Trade Organisation. +This decision is based on the scientific conclusions of the French Food Safety Agency which, while acknowledging that progress has been made, has identified continuing and serious potential risks, as demonstrated by the persistence of the disease. +The hierarchical system that exists in the court procedures are such that you could not imagine for a moment a court of appeal in any one of the Member States seeking the opinion of the Court of Justice in Luxembourg under an Article 177 reference and then, having got the opinion, not liking it and saying "we will not apply it". +Subject: Economic refugees in the EU In recent years the Member States have taken in thousands of economic refugees from central and eastern Europe in addition to the thousands from Turkey and other countries in the Middle East and Asia who have found sanctuary in the EU over the years. +On the other hand, applicant countries participate regularly in the workings of the CIREFI, which is a Council Working Group in which Member States exchange the latest information on illegal immigration and immigration routes, either on a routine or an ad hoc basis. +The author of this question harbours doubts about the advisability of granting the loan to a company which has substantial assets and is located in a region which is flourishing economically and which is particularly valuable and very important in ecological terms. +I do not know if Mr Dupuis is a parliamentarian or a false parliamentarian, but I would like to say that I ended with a very clear question, which asked whether the Council proposed any specific initiative for promoting awareness of international humanitarian law. +Through these operations and during the general process leading up to membership, we clearly have to tighten up cooperation and our common ability to also function in those areas that fall within the jurisdiction of the EU. +I therefore move, on the grounds of timetabling problems and the importance of these four reports to competition policy, that we deal with them during the first part-session next year, i.e. in January, preferably on Tuesday in Strasbourg and I ask you on behalf of all the rapporteurs to support this motion. +What about BST residues in the body which have not been broken down, what about the possible change in the composition of the milk, not to mention the increase in the antibiotics administered in order to treat the sick cows. +Despite the extremely difficult conditions of your imprisonment, you found the courage to take advantage of these circumstances to develop strategies for resistance, to study languages and law and also to write wonderful poems and paint pictures which you very kindly gave to me just now. +Yes, bureaucracy views elderly citizens who want their pensions as numbers - I would remind you that I am the representative of the Pensioners' Party and I have seen this many times - which is why I hope that the photographs of these citizens will be put onto documents and that our citizens will be labelled and considered to be at least equal to livestock. +If we know the provenance of bovine animals, then the lifting of the ban on British beef can be guaranteed and these animals can also be labelled. Yet, if we cannot label these animals because we do not know the origin of the meat, how can we then lift the ban? +Even the Council knows that the criteria for integration have not been met and will not be met in the foreseeable future because Turkey is not even prepared to amend fundamental clauses in its constitution, such as the influence of the military. +In terms of external policy as well, we particularly regret the lack of any mention of the very grave situation in Angola as well as the fact that no reservations have been expressed about the agreement reached with Mexico, which could give a worldwide advantage to NAFTA countries, exacerbate the disequilibrium in reciprocal access to the markets and seriously damage the interests of European industries. +It can also be a sign that what we might call, on the basis of the French law, 'European' fixed book prices also give the Nation States a clear hint that they should assume responsibility rather than giving the standard response: 'that is being decided in Brussels' . +Under pressure from the French and German Governments, the Council used Parliament' s position to adopt a resolution on 8 February 1999 demanding, in particular, the continuation of the existing fixed book price systems. +I can assure you that, without book price fixing, we could not have survived, which is why, Commissioner, your statements can only be felt as a disappointment and your presentation has made it clear that the question of cross-border book price fixing threatens to turn into an endless saga. +Competition' s main aim is to safeguard consumer interests from the point of view both of prices and quality, as well as to safeguard small and medium-sized businesses against the excesses of large businesses, in many cases. +Mr President, we are not today invoking an abstract principal but are intervening on behalf of a young Italo-American, Derek Rocco Barnabei, 33 years of age, who has been living on death row in a prison in Virginia for six years, with the daily nightmare that he may die for a crime that, in all likelihood, he did not commit. +The answer is that, although discrimination against women has become a common problem in today' s world, the discrimination being experienced by women in Afghanistan is unique and without precedent. This is the explanation given by one of the courageous women who is standing up and telling the world about this abominable situation. +I would like to mention two of these minimum standards, namely when the death penalty is imposed against people who were not even 18 years old at the time of the offence, and when the death penalty is imposed on people who are mentally handicapped. +Once the French authorities have finalised estimates of the damage, the Commission will be able to provide specific support to protect against natural dangers within the framework of the new programme planning for 2000 to 2006 in the form of cofinancing for investments. +In 1997 an amendment to this Decision was presented which extended by two years the deadline for Member States to send their reports and the deadline for the Commission to draw up a progress report for Parliament and for the Council. +Therefore, I request a specific commitment by the Commission that it will define each year, amongst the priority plans for technical action proposed to it by the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics, the things requested in our Amendments Nos 4 and 5, since otherwise, the codecision procedure would be delayed and it would become more difficult for the Member States to draw up their statistical reports. +Politically, the most important message is contained in Amendments Nos 4 and 5, which urges the practice of cross-tabulating subsidies received according to, inter alia, farm surface area. +This information will be especially important when we consider the social side of agricultural subsidies. It would be difficult to support a subsidy scheme that channelled most of the aid to the large farms in the best agricultural regions. +As a result and quite logically, we, the Committee on Industry, within whose competence this matter essentially falls, have been told by the Committee on Budgets that under no circumstances could we endorse donations which have not been budgeted for today and which have not been provided for in the financial perspective, particularly in Category 4, which, as you know, is already under pressure through trying to finance Kosovo. +Secondly, with regard to the topical issue of tourism, has the Council considered the impact the Yugoslavian crisis in Kosovo will have on tourism in many regions of the Balkans, possibly including Northern Greece, if this crisis is not resolved soon? +Subject: Interreg for islandsDoes the Council intend to support calls for a specific strand on inter-island cooperation being included in the Interreg programme as requested by Parliament amendments at first reading to the Varela Suanzes-Carpegna report on the European Regional Development Fund? +Mr President, the Council is not aware of any such case of receiving two types of income, nor has the Commission presented any proposal to the Council with a view to changing the ban on cumulating benefits as laid down in the Staff Regulations. +We have reached the end of Question Time and I have said goodbye to Mr Verheugen. Now, as you have asked for the floor on a point of order, you must address the President, since it the President who deals with such matters. +For the rest, Mr Herman - and as you yourself pointed out - your conclusions are fortunately very much in line with what Mr Prodi said yesterday about his plans for the Commission when he talked about strengthening the role of the President, efficiency, transparency and individual and collective responsibility. +I hope that the Commission's Secretariat-General and directors-general will act on the recommendations, but I am not so sure that this will be the case, as their decision not to reappoint Mr Van Buitenen to his former position makes us fear the worst. +Accelerated economic growth on the one hand creates scope for improving the environment, but, on the other, will pollute the environment at an ever greater rate unless environmental legislation is tightened up at the same time. +At this point we can already report that all 10 Europe Agreements have entered into force and that the pre-accession support agreed at the European Council in Berlin will double the financial aid granted to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. +Poland, for example, has achieved excellent results in meeting the political criteria by introducing a new Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure and by appointing a commissioner for the protection of civil rights. +The necessary progress has been made in adopting the acquis communautaire , particularly in the context of the customs union, but considerable further efforts are required in the area of the internal market and more particularly in the area of tax and finance. +I.the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation No 19/65/EEC on the application of Article 85(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements and concerted practices (COM(98)0546 - C4-0627/98-98/0287(CNS))II.the proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation No 17: First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty (COM(98)0546 - C4-0628/98-98/0288(CNS)).The first speaker is the rapporteur, Mrs Thyssen. +It is also essential that the Statute of the European Ombudsman contain a clear provision to give the Ombudsman the right to inspect all necessary files and documents, if unnecessary and time-consuming disputes with the institutions are to be avoided. +However, protecting the rights of Community citizens would not be enough if closer collaboration and cooperation were not fostered between Parliament, through the Committee on Petitions, as the committee responsible, and the Ombudsman. +The European Parliament's information brochure for the public on the right to petition states that petitions often reveal practices in a Member State which are contrary to the letter or the spirit of Community legislation. +As a result of petitions the European Parliament has had a positive effect on the daily lives of citizens and has been able to act to find a solution to actual cases involving matters within the Community remit. +This committee must be allowed to continue its work, but I hope that the Commission will be able to provide comparable assurances on the processing of petitions to those it has given with regard to complaints under Article 169 of the Treaty. +In that connection, I wish to express my thanks to the House for the support it has always given the Commission in launching the Citizens First information campaign, which has enabled the public to be informed of their rights as never before. +Here we are dealing with a horizontal policy as opposed to a sectoral policy and, what is more, one of the tasks recently assigned to this committee is 'relations with regional and local authorities and with the Committee of the Regions'. +It also accepts Amendment No 23, except for the second paragraph; this cannot technically be deleted because in the event of derogation from the first and second banking directives, neither the competent authorities nor the own funds would any longer be defined. +In its report, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs highlights the importance of liquid and efficient European venture capital markets for start-ups and innovative companies in the high-technology industries. +We must therefore think in terms of new form of international cooperation and therefore consider, for example, defining a European Union rule and making it the basis of the new rules and new prudential supervision within the Union. +Mr President, our political task is clear. The Commission must present an action plan on financial services to the ECOFIN Council, which must then submit this plan to the approval of the Cologne European Council. +Combating violence is a particularly complex issue, requiring cooperation with the police and judicial authorities, possible changes to legislation, and information and awareness-raising not just among the public, but also among the official services involved. +We had already decided to organise research into tunnel safety under the fifth framework programme of research and development, and we had specifically planned to fund improvements to the Mont Blanc tunnel as part of the trans-European networks. +We are accordingly sending a message of solidarity to Xanana Gusmão, the man who in 1992 was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. Although he is at present under house arrest, he is being threatened with a return to prison, to total incarceration, simply because he called on the people of East Timor to defend themselves. +Disregarding the principle of sovereignty, and at the risk of starting a third world war, the powers that be prefer to bomb the Serbs, who are trying to save their national and religious identity in their own province of Kosovo, the cradle of their nation. +The Commission welcomes the Indonesian Government's new policy of recognising that direct elections need to be held on Timor in order to determine how far the conditions for independence currently being discussed in New York are acceptable. +The Union has held a very clear position on Burma, with the Commission - especially Commissioner Marín - the Council, rather exceptionally, and obviously our Parliament, all in agreement. So I think what we need to discuss is the question raised by Mr Vecchi. +Mr President, this Parliament, like all democratic institutions, must send out a signal and a warning to the international community that violations of human rights are unacceptable and that history does not forget them. +These amendments are a sign of our political will to ensure that small breweries such as those in my country are not driven to the wall because they are no longer allowed to conclude the sort of supply contracts that exist at the present time. +The report urges the government to continue the regular dialogue with the opposition and the social partners in order to create a favourable political climate for Hungary's integration into the EU. +Mrs Bennasar's amendments, which were supported by the Committee on Women's Rights, give more weight to the involvement of NGOs in the execution of the Daphne programme. +This is a clear reference to human rights, which is an area where this programme could be a little broader and where it should reinstate some of its original proposals. +The main objective of the proposed five-year Daphne programme is to support and encourage NGOs and voluntary organisations to work together to protect children, young persons and women from all kinds of violence. +There is still a huge amount of discrimination everywhere, and I believe these people have no desire to be treated as basket cases; all they rightly ask of policymakers and society is a level playing field and a social safety net. +Finally, it is unfortunate that the report makes no reference to the demographic aspects, despite the fact that the rapporteurs discuss this right at the start of their report. Nothing will be possible, particularly on a financial level, if we do not correct the population pyramid in Europe, which reveals a real tragedy. +But since we are part of a world market, we also have an interest in ensuring that, at the WTO negotiations which are due to begin in Seattle on 30 November, barriers to free trade are properly removed and that the European Union obtains the same sort of level playing field on which to operate in this market as it does in the other major markets. +First of all there is the question of the competitiveness of the European starch industry, and then there are the Berlin decisions on oilseeds and protein plants, which as we now know are entirely inadequate and completely incapable of overcoming the prevailing deficit in these markets and therefore of little use to us in their present form. +I was pleased to hear that Mr Liikanen allows the Member State to have the last word, as it were, concerning this policy, but I fear the axe of DG IV - responsible for competition - which is normally reserved for state aid. +You in fact declared inadmissible a motion of censure tabled by 66 Members from all the political groups and in so doing you have called into question one of their basic rights. +Madam President, if the euro is a complete success it will improve competitiveness in the European Union, but, on the other hand, I would point out that structural unemployment threatens this competitiveness. +These grand declarations that welcome the reduction in state aid to companies still give cause for concern because there is an unwillingness to accept at the same time that the majority of these large privatised companies no longer invest in vital research or in research and development and as a consequence stunt our technological development. +Today we have 13 Socialist-led governments whose electorates, like the peoples of Europe, expect them to implement a policy that not only helps employment but also creates a social model that is not based on insecurity. +Since this is a joint debate, I do not wish to conclude without stating that my delegation - my delegation and I myself - have already made our position on the 1996 budget discharge quite clear. Further, the resignation of the Commission cannot now be used as an excuse to disregard the commitments made by Mr Santer. +Appended to the motion for a resolution which you will be invited to vote on tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen, is a working document which enumerates the points that need to be clarified by the Commission, to enable the Parliament that will be voted in following the June elections to grant the discharge for 1997. +With regard to the appropriations for cofinancing, the committee also criticises the fact that individual projects take too long to complete and that the supply of funds in particular often causes huge problems for the non-governmental organisations. +Finally, there are very significant changes concerning the policy, content, aim, inspiration and underlying political principles behind issues moving from the third to the first pillar in the area of justice and home affairs. The integration of the social protocol into the Treaty itself constitutes another important change. +In this connection, Parliament will not bow to any other institution's interpretation of procedural matters. Such matters must be considered - as the Commission's report rightly points out - on the basis that the act adopted will be adopted in accordance with the Treaty of Amsterdam, and that this is the procedure that must be followed. +Mrs Palacio's report suggests a procedure confirming the one that was chosen by the European Parliament after Maastricht. It involves Parliament's confirmation of the legislative procedures already under way whose legal bases or procedures have been amended pursuant to the Treaty of Amsterdam. +As for the two agreements on the forwarding of acts and the recognition of decisions in marital matters and parental responsibility, these will be forwarded to the Council and to Parliament immediately. They are due to be adopted by the Commission tomorrow in accordance with the Treaty. +The European Union and the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia each have one vote in the WTO, but hundreds of developing countries, who are waiting in the WTO and hoping that their interests will also be taken into consideration, must not be sidelined by ongoing disputes between the European Union and the USA, because there are other fundamental problems too. +What appointments you make to your office, the multinational nature or flavour or otherwise of your staff, the gender balance, all these will assume an importance quite disproportionate to their actual significance. +What you said about the need for the big countries to have a Commissioner from the majority as well as from the opposition is being misused in Germany, for example, in order to sideline the Green partner in the coalition. +Similarly, in view of the war in Kosovo and the fragility of Europe revealed by this war, we firmly hope that the European Union can stop considering the future of our continent - including Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Mediterranean - in such a cautious manner to the extent that this approach becomes constrained and ultimately foolhardy. +One obvious item of unfinished institutional and political business, which is a challenge for the next parliamentary term and might well be proposed to our successors, is an undertaking to complete the building of Europe. +The President of the European Central Bank, Wim Duisenberg, has said repeatedly: 'You have entrusted me with the task of safeguarding the value of the euro and guaranteeing price stability. +As to the future, you merely referred to a general and - at present - vague international conference on the Balkans, skirting the pressing and highly urgent problems, and even evoking the unfortunate image of the 'common sword of Europe', an expression loathed by Jacques Delors. +During your period of office you will have to achieve two things at the same time. You will have to ensure the consolidation of the European Union, whose tasks and size have increased dramatically in recent years and decades and, where necessary, you will have to put the Union's house in order to ensure that it is viable and able to function even if nothing new is added. +I believe that there is a lot of work yet to be done in institutional terms between Council, Commission and Parliament to prevent this from slipping out of the Community sphere, with the result that the finance ministers become the new masters of Europe. +As regards vision, you commented on the need for foreign representation and on our ability to use enlargement to extend the peace that we have achieved within the Union to the whole of Europe, including the Balkans, for example. +Finally, although I welcome your proposal for stability in south-east Europe and an international conference on the Balkans to bring about peace in Europe, I must say that armed intervention has never led to peace; at the very most, it has stopped the fighting but without removing the causes. +As I see it, the economic and technocratic considerations which dominated at the Berlin European Council must be counterbalanced by a Community economic policy which takes into account all the interests of each and every one of the regions and countries of the European Union. +However, this statement is not actually true because the bilateral parities between the European currencies were fixed just over a year ago, on 1 May 1998, and the objective of rigidly pegging the currencies to each other has prevailed for several years. +We are particularly conscious that growth is weaker in the countries at the centre of the euro system which contribute to the Structural Funds and stronger in the more peripheral countries or those which benefit from European aid. +This being the case, they will be able to hear me - because I am actually partly in agreement with my friend Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy - when I say that this has occurred previously in the House. However, the immediate entry into force in the next minute of an act which has yet to be recorded in the Minutes is something completely new and is in accordance with the spirit in which we voted on the Elles report. +If we had adopted the Socialist Group's amendment, as 212 of our colleagues unfortunately did, there would have been no mention of the refusal of discharge and these comments which, I must repeat, condemned the Commission, would have had no legal value. +It would be paradoxical for Parliament to approve this discharge before the end of its term when not all the information is available, when the second report by the Committee of Independent Experts is expected in the autumn and when the conditions for us to definitively approve this discharge are not therefore satisfied. +The war in Kosovo makes one thing clear to all of us, and I would like here to come back to François Mitterrand, but I could also quote Helmut Kohl, who said: Europe is about war and peace, it is not just about the economy, market regulations and intervention prices, important though all these may be. +Without this security guarantee the refugees and displaced persons will not return, and the result would be that Milosevic had won and that we would live in a Europe that was no longer our Europe, a Europe which this Parliament - the Parliament of a Europe of integration - really represents. +We also regret the unintended civilian casualties of the air strikes, but we feel morally obliged to continue to support the objective of stopping the greater evil, that is, the racist policy of Milosevic and those around him. +With the resurgence of nationalism in Russia and the growing social deprivation of the majority of the Russian people, it is both our duty and in our interest for Europe to work with Russia to enhance democracy, security and prosperity for all our citizens. +Parliament and the Council should therefore continue to work together to this end. We should not entertain the thought of confrontation without any compromise solution. +I do take this very seriously, Madam President, and I hope that your staff, when they examine this objectively, will come to the conclusion tomorrow that the report - whatever report that is, whatever number it has, I mean report A-0245, which is on the agenda and has a definite subject matter - well, I would consider it as highly questionable for a report to be rewritten by officials and suddenly put on the agenda. +I have no hesitation in saying that promotional campaigns by banks and other lending agencies are contributing in a major way to inflationary house prices, thus putting housing outside the affordability of young people wishing to set up their first home. +The common position allows Member States to introduce a two-month time limit for lodging a complaint, in other words the consumer must report the lack of conformity within two months of discovery. +I wish I could say that these procedures always go so swiftly but in this case we have a model where many of the reservations that were stated at the outset, many of the fears of commercial interests, many of the fears of parliamentarians, were set at rest by the way in which these procedures went. +And there is a fear that ordinary foods with special characteristics which are particularly suitable for sportsmen, such as pasta and various drinks, will be brought into the specific directive. This would create confusion for consumers and directly work against the simplification of rules which the directive is intended to encourage. +The next item is the report (A4-0206/99) by Mr Manzella, on behalf of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, on the joint declaration on practical arrangements for the new codecision procedure (Article 251 EC). +I am thinking here of the principle of fiscal equality among all Members: temporary exceptions may be permitted but never permanent ones. I am also thinking of the respect for Members' pension rights in relation to the years they have worked both within and outside Parliament and of other points of detail that I do not need to go into now. +We must now begin to pave the way for peace and to collaborate with the countries in the region to build a stable system of cooperation between them and promote development so that they can join our Union as soon as possible, a Union that is based on respect for differences and on the integration of its wealth and its cultural and human diversity. +Of course, the European Union's Achilles' heel is still the common foreign and security policy, and the German Presidency has stressed the need to develop Article 17 of the Treaty of Amsterdam. +As far as the institutional timetable is concerned, we fully agree that institutional reform is now vital and that we must define the stages leading up to an intergovernmental conference. We can also tell the Council that Parliament has worked for many years to establish a genuine inventory of fundamental rights. +The European Parliament will naturally encourage this development of government, initially through the resolution it is undoubtedly about to adopt, which hopes to make the Commission the driving force behind institutional reforms. +However, before taking any decisions, it would be wiser to wait for the second report by the Committee of Experts, which will no doubt give us an interesting insight into the workings of the institutions. The European Parliament has cautiously postponed the publication of this report until after the European elections. +It is clear that however much we appreciate the presidents and grandees who presided over the beginning of European integration and the Community treaties, today we must give priority to basic rights and declare confidently that we, the citizens of Europe, are building a Europe of freedom, peace and solidarity. +The gradual approximation of support prices to the world market price level, flanked by direct payments, prepares our undertakings for the further liberalisation of world trade that is taking place now. +On structural policy: the distinct tightening up of structural policy through internal concentration, which means fewer objectives and fewer Community initiatives, and through concentrating the range of supports will increase efficiency. +So all the Structural Funds will now concentrate on creating secure jobs for the future, which means employment-intensive growth, strengthening the competitiveness and innovative power of the regions, sustainable development and promoting skills and equal opportunities. +Mr President, yesterday the Council's representatives agreed to an effective ban across the European Union on white asbestos and yet there are some concerns that there will be unnecessary delays in the signature of this particular document, which Parliament has played a very positive role in bringing to the fore. +The issue of hormone-treated meat proves that health and consumer protection requirements are not being taken into account and that the precautionary principle holds little sway in the face of prevailing economic interests. +The three disputes the European Union is currently involved in with the United States in relation to the World Trade Organisation involve the banana sector, hormone-treated meat and aircraft noise during takeoff and landing. +This has very significant social repercussions in some of those countries: the Member States of the European Union are following the WTO and progressively losing their sphere of influence, particularly in terms of the African continent. This is to the benefit of South America, whose agricultural resources are exploited or developed mainly by companies dominated by American capital. +Those negotiating on behalf of Europe in the WTO will have to prepare for battle and put our minds at rest: the European Union must never have a political agricultural objective of bringing the Community's regulations into line with the rules of play of the global market. +How could we be pleased with an agreement that leads to a significant reduction in European farmers' incomes, through a partially compensated reduction in prices, before totally eliminating them to satisfy the requirements of the WTO? +Perhaps, against this backdrop of budgetary rigour, we can see the importance of the requirement set out in the Treaty that all Community policies - not only structural policies - must be considered from the perspective of economic and social cohesion. +We also believe it important - and this is also in line with my report - that the Berlin conclusions clearly state that Europe must pay more attention to European food quality, safety, environmental protection, animal welfare, and the rest. +Therefore, in order to stave off this threat, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development voted in favour of an amendment that excludes the possibility of extending the wine-growing zone to include any Member State other than those set out in the amendment. +We also decided in December that we wanted to withdraw the so-called 'strategic amendments' to the 1999 budget, and just before the Berlin European Council, our chairman, Mr Samland, sent a letter to the 15 Finance Ministers informing them of the figures the European Parliament considered to be the absolute minimum requirements, the so-called 'minima minimorum '. +Earlier on I set out the basic principles of the Structural Funds reform, so I will not bore you now with my specific position on each amendment, because according to my understanding of all your contributions to the discussion, you want to follow the procedure we agreed. +We regret that the Berlin European Council agreed to significantly reduce the funding to be allocated both to the Structural Funds and to the Cohesion Fund, but we understand that these will be implemented in a positive manner over the next seven years. +We also need to take account of the fact that the Structural Funds are practically the last to apply to the 15 Member States, since the prospect of enlargement to include the countries of Central and Eastern Europe will change the regional action policies for years to come. +Mr Dimitrakopoulos, it has been made clear to Turkey on many very recent occasions that its conduct in the Öcalan case, namely the guarantee of a constitutional trial, will affect the development of relations between the European Union and Turkey. +In what way will the Council intervene to ensure the effective protection of human rights in Iraq, in particular in the light of the UN Security Council's debate on the lifting of economic sanctions? +Because I believe that we are, quite rightly, in favour of protecting human rights, I would like to ask you whether the innocent population of Iraq does not come under the heading of people to whom protection of human rights applies. +Can the Council, therefore, confirm or deny these reports and say whether it will take measures to ensure that Swedish is treated in the same way as the major languages in the EU and that Swedish representatives are able to express themselves in Swedish and rely on being interpreted in the future? +I do not believe that recourse to Article 203 of the Treaty, which is what many Members of Parliament were calling for, is the right way forward, since it would result in an increase in the Union's expenditure which net contributors in particular would find unacceptable. +Mr President, before this Parliament is dissolved it will have succeeded in expressing its opinion on the launch of the Structural Funds reform. It will have succeeded in moving forward from positions which threatened to produce yet another trial of strength between the European institutions. +In any case, the common agricultural policy will of course continue to represent an uneven playing field given that, as it is based on the idea of historical productivity, richer countries come off distinctly better than poorer countries, much as I dislike distinguishing between rich and poor countries. +Without affecting the cheques distributed by the various countries, regulating the Structural Funds, especially by means of intermediate assessments of the efficiency reserve and by a general lowering of cofinancing levels, will in practice result in appropriations being 'expenditure limits', whereas they were previously 'expenditure targets'. +We have pushed through Parliament's demands in this reform of the wine market, and I can only emphasise here once again that it would be a good thing if Parliament were able to take part in the decision-making in the future, since we have mastered horse-trading in this House just as well as the Council. +For here we are at a quarter to eleven in the evening, with Parliament still in full session and even the Council still present, on which I congratulate you, Mr President-in-Office, as I have never before seen the Council remain in Parliament until a quarter to eleven in the evening. +After thorough examination and many informal contacts at all levels Parliament should now be in a position to give its opinion on the proposal so that the Council can pursue its work with a crystal clear view of the wishes of this House. +We wanted to discuss this at this final part-session and the Commission simply followed the traditional line, and if this had not been the final part-session it would have been on the agenda next month. +If the Council had wanted to play a role, it should have adopted an interinstitutional agreement which would have put an end to the unacceptable situation that the European Parliament is not, formally speaking, sufficiently involved in the results of social dialogue. +Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, the debate I am opening on the now famous global agreement with Mexico ends a five-year cycle during which Parliament has worked actively with the European Commission to renew and strengthen relations with the Latin American countries, including Mexico. +The decision is unfortunate because it accelerates the increasingly evident deterioration in trade flows. These have been affected for five years by the dynamism of NAFTA, and thus our share of the Mexican market has fallen from 11 % to a modest 6 % over that period. +Having made it clear that we do want an agreement with Mexico, we cannot ignore the many questions raised by quite a number of significant non-governmental organisations, such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International League for Human Rights and Intermón . +On the contrary, it serves to safeguard the subsistence of a group of people who have shown great commitment over the years to the Schengen cooperation process and who must not suffer from the integration of Schengen into the EU framework. +But you cannot deny that the final documents only reached Parliament on Monday, that Monday was the first chance we had to discuss the final outcome of the negotiations, and that the consultation of Parliament is really just a joke because everything has already been decided. +A great many of these are answered in the Commission proposal and in the report by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights, and I believe that both of those bodies have done an excellent job. +The Group of the European People's Party and large sections of the Legal Affairs Committee therefore support the Commission draft. But we have had to agonise over some of the amendments, including those on the liability of intermediary providers. +To sum up, Mr President, the Group of the European People's Party supports the report by the Committee on Legal Affairs to a very large degree. It also supports some of the amendments tabled by the Liberal Group and, on the whole, except for the amendments mentioned by Mr Hoppenstedt and myself, we will vote in favour of these amendments in general. +This is a historical stage in the process, one in which the global surveillance of people has become possible, and it is the first time civil rights have not been protected by international borders, as they used to be. +I remember many moments in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights and, among them, those shared with Mrs Oddy where we always reached similar conclusions on new technology issues that we began debating in the previous term with respect to their incompatibility with copyright. +Internet users are bombarded with a barrage of online information. The Member States cannot rely on their national legislation, since there are no national restrictions on electronic commerce. +In particular, I should like to tell my colleagues in the Legal Affairs Committee how much I have appreciated the work we have done over the last five years, and to wish the committee every success in the next parliamentary term. +As I discovered quite by accident this morning, the report is not to be debated until six o'clock this evening and the vote will take place tomorrow morning; this is not the sort of treatment that such a report merits, because it is about people, about young people. +One of the amendments we are to vote, Amendment No 4, is part of the compromise we reached with the Council. It involves amending the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Regulation by adding a new initiative: the URBAN Community initiative. +Not only for that reason, but also because of the political need for such a decision to be utterly binding on the Council and the Commission and on Parliament too, I would therefore ask that we proceed on the assumption that this vote requires a qualified majority. +In general terms we are in favour of reform, but we have a few reservations about aspects which have not yet been explored in sufficient detail, such as, for example, the impact on regions which, for the sake of the principle of concentration, run the risk of seeing their development process come to a standstill. +And thus, although in the last few days some opportunities for negotiation seem to be emerging, with Ibrahim Rugova travelling freely to Rome and the three American soldiers being released, this Parliament, in its last few hours of work, opts to be led down the humiliating path of NATO propaganda with this vote on Kosovo, and fails in its political role. +Mrs Danze-Serfaty is the wife of Mr Abraham Serfaty, who was imprisoned for 17 years in Tazmamart as a political prisoner, and who was received most honourably here following his release, notably thanks to Parliament's intervention and resolutions; however, Mr Serfaty can no longer return to Morocco, even though he is no longer accused of anything. +The Commission applauds the signing of the agreement in the early hours of this morning, as indeed you all do. This agreement establishes the framework for the territory's autonomy, the methods and organisation of the referendum and also security provisions. +However, over the past two years, a programme for humanitarian aid and emergency rehabilitation was established, based on the Council of Ministers' common position. It was carried out through Caritas, because of the importance of the Catholic Church in East Timor and, in particular, of the Nobel Prize winner, Archbishop Belo. +As regards the question by Mr Bertens and Mrs van Bladel concerning the hospital, the Gaza hospital is an UNRWA hospital. It is not a European Commission hospital nor is was it built by the European Commission; it is an UNRWA hospital. +Mr President, I believe it is really very significant that this Parliament, which has concerned itself so much with human rights issues, should conclude its topical and urgent debates on human rights for this term by turning its attention once again to the question of the International Criminal Court. +Under the scheme, known as 'Building with the sun in Upper Austria and Southern Bohemia', mayors, administrators, engineers and architects are invited to work together on projects in which greater use is made of solar power, for the sun, after all, is a source of energy for all of us, and it is better to harness that energy than to construct our buildings in such a way that we need a great deal of nuclear power in order to heat them. +Small companies do not generally have the means or skills to monitor currency situations to keep them completely up-to-date on how exchange rates are behaving. +The legal conditions for telephone tapping and for monitoring Internet access will still, even after this resolution, lie solely in the hands of the national legislator. +Recommendation for second reading (A4-0245/99), on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, on the common position adopted by the Council (13651/3/98 - C4-0037/99-96/0182(COD) - former 96/0182(SYN)) with a view to adopting a Council Directive on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (Rapporteur: Mr Jarzembowski) +The Commission's original proposals seriously affected the balance between potato starch and cereal starch and would have had disastrous consequences for the incomes of potato starch producers. +In parallel, however, we need a thorough evaluation of exhibitions of this kind. Lessons can then be learnt for future occasions. +The Commission looks forward to continuing cooperation with the European Parliament and its services to ensure that the Union's participation at Expo 2000 will be an important event in bringing the European Union and its institutions closer to its citizens. +Friday is usually the day when I receive groups of visitors, and I can assure you that as far as the people from my country who have visited the European Parliament are concerned, you are the most popular president of the sitting. +I believe strongly in the parliamentary institution, and I am especially convinced that the democratic legitimisation of the whole of the process of European integration rests on this Parliament, on the full recognition of its role, and also on its ability to collaborate with the national parliaments. +But the performance you give here, Mr Poettering, cannot, nor will it ever match the real-life drama facing our Foreign Minister. +I would especially like to give my personal thanks not only to the Chancellor, but also to the Foreign Minister, to the President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Fischer, who is present today, for doing everything in his power to bring us out of this difficult state of armed conflict. +That is why the money for this must quickly be made available, and the appropriate organisation must be established, so that the largest part of our work does not go on ensuring that there is co-ordination between one organisation and another, but is devoted to giving substantial help to the Balkans, so that the Balkans will finally become a peaceful region in Europe. +Mr President, the serious and negative effects of the financial crisis and the slowing down of economic growth within the European Union, at a time of Economic and Monetary Union, have clearly underlined the need for the Cologne Employment Pact. +We want to ask you about your willingness, your personal willingness, to accept that you are accountable and responsible to the public of Europe in whatever you do with your President and before this House and in clear and full public understanding that this is the public forum for European democracy to which you are accountable and have a public responsibility. +I would, however, urge that, by acting in that way, the baby is not thrown out with the bath water, and that it is well understood that one of the causes of failure on the part of the previous Commission has sometimes been the loss of the notion of public service. +Without a European strategy from this point of view, we will run the risk that an economy such as ours will tend to concentrate its resources on the strongest areas and leave the weakest by the wayside, even though some of these have recently shown signs of great progress. +Honoured President, esteemed Representative of the Council Presidency, ladies and gentlemen, it is inappropriate that the Representative for the acting Commission should make a full statement on the Finnish Presidency's programme here, for this programme will largely be implemented under the new Commission. +However, the President of your country has given a marvellous demonstration of the contribution that Europeans can make to peace on their continent and the development of a European solution to European problems. +Finally, in relation to the death penalty, please allow me to draw your attention and insist to you that your Presidency intervenes with all its powers in Istanbul as well as in Tehran, since in Tehran we know of thirteen judges who face the death penalty simply for having been accused of spying on behalf of Israel. +If we fail to recognise our past mistakes, I do not think that we will be able to proceed in the future and it must be said that, from now on, it all boils down to whether we can deal with issues relating to democratic progress without the use of weapons. +On 9 July 1999, as the House will have heard from Mr Sasi, the Council decided to refer this case to the Court of Justice under Article 213 of the Treaty and, following that decision, it is now for the Court to pronounce on the matters. +It further provides for a procedure of examination and decision-making that includes the specific power of the Commission to refer the matter to an ethics committee when a Commissioner's planned occupation is related to his or her portfolio. +The House may also wish to know that, in the course of discussions this month, Members of the existing Commission who have always fully respected their solemn undertaking to meet the obligations of integrity and discretion have readily and voluntarily reaffirmed that commitment. +What it leaves for us is a reflection of the disregard of certain members of the outgoing Commission for the need to have a rigorous approach to high standards in public life. +The indifference of Commissioner Bangemann, who has not even had the decency to wait just a few months until the Commission's agony is over, shows the extent to which there is a feeling within this institution, of being above the law and above public opinion. +It really is most reprehensible that there has been not only an apparent flouting of the formal rules for Commissioners, but also a contravention of the spirit of transparency and trust that should be the basis of the work between this Parliament and Commissioners. +At the end of a new full debate on the issue, the Council reaffirmed the conclusions drawn in June, and drew attention to the importance of unanimous political will on the part of the Member States and the Commission to act on these conclusions fully and immediately. +The Council considered the Commission's proposal for an exhaustive programme of legislation to be welcome in principle, a programme of which you are aware and whose purpose is to accommodate legislation on animal nutrition and measures relating to animal waste. +But it is clearly absurd that at the height of the crisis, the Commission and its technical services should be wasting time on discussions with the Belgian authorities and their technical services because there are no standards, because people do not know what the permitted level of dioxins is for different products. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the dioxin crisis, BSE and the pressure put on us by the Americans to ensure that we accept hormone-treated meat are just a few examples of the very serious threats overhanging the safety of our citizens' food today. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am certainly very reassured by the fact that no one in this House, nor in the European Commission or the Council, has considered the Belgian dioxin crisis to be a purely Belgian problem. +Indeed the Belgian dioxin problem also points to a European problem and as such, of course, it has to do with the European internal market, with competition policy and with flawed agricultural policy. +Let us bear in mind that the necessary liberalisation of the markets and the opening up to third countries is exposing agriculture and cattle farming to difficult levels of competition and if effective preventative measures are not taken, the race to lower production costs will sooner or later bring about another similar case. +Madam President, you say that these are just revisions or changes, but we would like the Socialist Group to tell us, concerning its amendment 1, if it is an addition or a real change, and we would like the same answer from the European Socialist Group on their amendment 4. +One point I want to focus on, in what Mr Ford said, is that the Commission, he alleges, is sending out the message to organisers of Euro 2000 and maybe future World Cup competitions in the European Union that they can ignore the rules. +I call upon the Commission to show greater courage in relation to national governments and to report to Parliament if governments, as a result of their stalling tactics, not making a decision, or their unacceptable and unreasonable influence, prevent the Commission from adopting a certain stance or making clear decisions. +The matter is in fact one, as one can read in the conclusions of the Experts' report, beyond the actual operational problems, of an attitude problem, one which implicates not the staff of the Commission, but the structural deficiencies of this institution, which are of a political rather than technical nature. +Control by the European Parliament of course; for example, our House should, following this Experts' report, request new audits on specific points or even appoint one or more committees of enquiry in order to shed light on some still obscure areas, for example, the evaluation of the actual impact of community subsidies. +It is much better, rather than going for a supranational environment inspectorate with all the difficulty about right of entry, if we have the legislation in place to make sure that the environmental inspectorates in all the Member States (a) exist and (b) are performing their tasks to more or less the same standard. +And once more we find ourselves caught between a rock and a hard place. When the European Commission proposes a recommendation, you in Parliament want a directive, and when the Commission proposes a directive, we should be making recommendations, because the principle of subsidiarity must be respected. +For the purposes of getting to know the personalities and suitability of the candidates for the fulfilment of their duties, we believe that the public hearings have been a positive exercise in democracy and transparency, and those who have tried to turn them into a witch-hunt have failed. +This would only help to erode public confidence in the institutions of the Union, which would be a very regressive step for all interested parties, particularly in the light of the key challenges that lie ahead for the Union as a political and economic entity. +Mr President, the statement of the President-designate of the Commission confirms his previous statements, particularly those given to our House on 13 April or 4 May, and the French Members in my group shall therefore be induced to vote against. +Thus our overwhelming priority should be to re-engage the disenchanted voter: a reformed European Commission, a reformed European Parliament, interacting in a robust but mature manner, is the only way in which we have any real hope of doing so. +Mr Prodi has undertaken, at the request of groups, our own in particular, some very clear commitments as regards the transparency of the actions of the Commission, consultation with Parliament, and the responsibility of Members of the Commission towards this House. +Firstly, I made no remarks at all at the beginning of the sitting and, secondly, this clarification of mine yesterday would appear to have been to no avail, since there is again no mention in the Minutes of what I actually said, and the next point in fact contradicts what I said. +Conscious of the fact that this is the Commission' s main task, we would like to assure Professor Prodi and the Members of the Commission that we wish them well in their work and to state that he can count on the votes of the Portuguese MEPs of the European People' s Party. +We were impressed by his introduction, we are expecting positive answers to the points contained in our Resolution, and we have faith in Mr Prodi' s ability to lead the Commission in a responsible and professional manner. +Performance and management of the transport directorate has been exemplary and we believe that with his experience of modernising the Labour Party in the UK, he has the relevant qualification to undertake this work. +Certain opinions which we could sum up in the following way: firstly, we know that Europe has been built on the basis of two forces for construction which are dialectically opposed: those who, aware of the weight of history, defend the survival and validity of the national State and those who, with greater courage, imagine a future with greater integration, whose political definition we still do not know, and this is perhaps one of the advantages of construction. +In order to overcome all that, Mr President, originality and dynamism are necessary of which I hope you have plenty in reserve because many of us believe that these elements appear to have been lacking, judging by your speeches so far. Likewise, there have not been sufficient signs of a new attitude of mind emerging, which would be necessary to deal with the deepening confidence crisis facing Europe as regards not only the issue of unemployment but also the issue of security +While these cuts are quite normal at this stage of the budget procedure, they are this year supplemented by a substantial redeployment of EUR 430 million in category 4 - external actions - to finance the Kosovo reconstruction of EUR 500 million. +Basically, Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, ladies and gentlemen, I have to say that the Commission' s draft budget did not really impress us, and that we are disappointed with the Council' s budget proposal. +I would like to ask the Council to review its proposal and to ensure that the European Parliament' s participation in this body is genuinely representative of the European Parliament and reflects all the political forces and all the various political tendencies and beliefs which are currently to be found in Europe. +Madam President, the European Council of Cologne had the unfortunate idea, without, as far as I know, any national Parliament ever requesting anything of the sort, of initiating the preparation of a Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. +By addressing the issue of impunity and providing a fair forum for prosecutions, the court will help ease international tensions and promote peace and security, domestically and internationally. +Madam President, I hope that, following the declaration which the President-in-Office of the Council has made, this Tampere Summit may lead to a firm commitment of political will on the part of the Union, and that we will adopt a whole series of clear and necessary positions which will allow us to move forwards. +During the previous legislature, this Parliament said "yes" to Monetary Union, "yes" to social integration, making employment the centrepiece and the motor of European social policy, and now we must also say "yes" to a European area of freedom, security and justice. +Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Mrs Halonen, I found your speech, which included specific recommendations, particularly satisfying, since it strengthens my conviction that Tampere may prove to be a key event, a landmark on the way towards European integration. +- (FR) Like my comrades in the European Socialist Party, who have been particularly attentive and assiduous on the occasion of the hearings of the candidate Commissioners, I am pleased with this procedure which has offered us a wealth of information regarding the personalities and intentions of these people we are to liase with. +This is why, even though I shall be voting at noon, with no qualms, in favour of the appointment of this Commission, wishing it every fortune and good luck, nonetheless in a few weeks I shall be paying particular attention to the programme which will be announced for the year 2000 and the legislature. +In the area of farming, there was still an insistence on the great objectives of the CAP - common agricultural policy - and on a greater liberalisation of the markets, which upholds the injustices in the distribution of aid and subsidies, with an obvious bias against family-based farming and against countries such as Portugal where small-holdings represent the most common kind of farming. +Mr Prodi' s silence on the subject of the need to defend the European Social Model, his irritating reticence, his frequent omissions on the subject of a European policy to promote employment and his tentative generalities on institutional change, give us rather more than reservations. +My reason for this: in May of this year, Commission President Prodi received a convincing vote from the European Parliament to initiate a comprehensive reform programme with a new team for a Commission in need of cleaning up. +In view of the considerable doubt expressed as to the competence of the Belgian Philippe Busquin for the research department and the plethora of accusations regarding his affairs, he should have rejected the candidates. +4, but the fact that I cannot today make any assessment whatsoever whether we are to end this year with the fifth supplementary budget or whether we will not get to no. 7 by December, for the Commission itself in its working document regarding the setting of borrowing requirements provided very different estimates. +I wish to thank the Finnish President' s team for the action it is taking at the United Nations on the matter of abolition of the death sentence, and I am delighted to know that thanks to the Finnish Presidency - not just them, of course - we will have a decision this year in New York. +One of the issues to be dealt with in relation to this problem, which is a necessary one although not the only one, is aid for the refugees, without prejudice to the achievement of a permanent solution within the framework of the peace negotiations which goes further than the therapy of aid. +The Council has proposed an inefficient procedure, and I would therefore ask it to be understood that we accept the headquarters in Thessaloniki as an operational component of the Reconstruction Agency for the whole of South-East Europe with its headquarters in Thessaloniki, but which must be closely linked with the headquarters of the Stability Pact in Thessaloniki. +The members of the Union for a Europe of Nations Group think that in this area of accidental marine pollution, the implementation of a community framework for co-operation is justified on the grounds of genuine common interest. +Indeed, these three programmes make no provision at the moment for any action in this sector, and it does not seem desirable to be encouraging the dispersion of available means at the expense of priority programmes for the economic development of the European Union' s neighbouring countries which are candidates for accession. +As far as we are concerned, the European inspection body must remain as it is, that is, a body which allows us to see if the inspection bodies of the Member States are applying the Community rules in order, of course, to prevent distortion of competition between the different Member States. +The resolution on which the European Parliament has just voted, on drafting a Charter of Fundamental Rights for the Union illustrates perfectly the abuses that, as I said in my intervention yesterday during the main debate, we would be risking. +In the meantime, the decision about a response to the speculations and the allegations about misuse of assistance funds is primarily a matter for the IMF, the World Bank and the G7 countries, since they are obviously the main suppliers of direct financial assistance. +Mr President, I do not want to interrupt the debate, but since this debate and statement by Commissioner Kinnock are due to an urgent request by a number of Groups, I should like to ask you also to pass on to the Conference of Presidents the wish that these Groups might therefore ensure that at least a minimum of Members of Parliament is present. +If we are to invest further in the Russian economy we have to find the means to support and develop local economic activity - as our colleague has just said - which meets people' s needs and provides a sense of stability and involvement. +The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe must be commissioned to prepare a report for our Parliament, the Commission and the Council, and the task which faces us generally in our various Groups must be directed particularly at obtaining such information as quickly as possible and reliably. +We were then reasonable and came to an understanding, and it is now our job to help people there in their development, which may perhaps run a similar course, but which can in any case offer them the possibility of a future, in which their existence is secure, and where they can take control of their own destiny. +The murders that took place last autumn of four independently minded souls are still fresh in the memory, and of course we must not forget the extraordinarily brutal treatment meted out by the henchmen from the conservative camp of the supreme lawyer Khamenei. +That apparent contempt for international obligations is one of the main impediments to improved relations between the former Republic of Yugoslavia and the European Union and an impediment too to the reintegration of the former Republic into the international community. +In terms of political support, the European Union intends to continue and to encourage the efforts already undertaken by our special representative for the Great Lakes to facilitate the necessary degree of dialogue between the different factions involved in the DRC conflict. +I would like to see the area outside the Chamber deemed to be part of the Chamber so that no cameras, assistants, lobbyists or members of the public block us from reaching our offices. +We are all concerned about putting the European taxpayer' s money to good use, and I was extremely sorry to hear our Dutch colleague leaping to the defence of "her" taxpayers in an outburst which she felt was appropriate, but which actually showed utter contempt for any concept of European solidarity. +I understand, Madam President, that there was one speaker in favour of the suggestion, and another speaker, who has just resumed her seat, putting forward the idea that there should be a debate on this matter at the end of this month in the second October part-session. +The Council and the Commission would like to get the measure of this concern, but at the moment, they do not seem to be particularly capable of offering solutions other than pernickety but overcautious regulations, which the sharpest and most unscrupulous people will continue to circumvent, to the detriment of food safety. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is becoming increasingly clear that problems relating to public health and to healthy food truly are European problems, world problems, and not just one Member State' s problems. +I believe that we shall then be able to say to our citizens: nothing is ever guaranteed in life, but we are providing you with the highest possible levels of safety, well-being and health that, as far as anyone can judge and on the basis of scientific advice, we can offer at present. +Indeed, we were stupefied to learn that, against the advice of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, the AIDS budget was to be halved, which would be a scandal, given the urgency of the situation, and contradictory to the comments made by Mr Nielson. +Last but not least, are you willing to seek partnership with the pharmaceutical companies, on the one hand, to speed up work to try to develop a vaccine and, secondly, to make medicines more accessible to the poor of this world? +I have also noted in the debate about condom use that there is very broad agreement as to the crucial importance of making condoms available at low cost and of providing the population with accurate and straightforward information, as has been the case in Tanzania, Uganda and Senegal. +We believe that this would cause difficulty in terms of budgetary authority and analysing the issues individually, in such a way that we are not able to have a global view of the difficulties which we may have to face. +The evaluation also showed that SAVE actions will also indirectly lead to the achievement of the objectives of the non-nuclear energy R&D programme through the creation of a positive environment for the dissemination and implementation of new technology in renewable energies. +Given the approximately 1% annual improvement in energy efficiency in final consumption achieved so far, the Commission calls for a target of reducing energy intensity in final demand by a further percentage point per year. +If the European Union is not capable of guaranteeing these principles, it will lose face completely in the negotiations which will be held shortly at the World Trade Organisation' s Millennium Round. +You see that respect for cultural values and preferences calls for strict application of the principle of subsidiarity, so we have also to respect cultural differences concerning the information system in the different Member States. +What action has the Commission taken and what does it intend to take in the future in order to implement the Joint Action and Resolution on Small Arms adopted by the Council and the subsequent EU Development Council Resolution on Small Arms? +Commissioner, this question is part of the electoral stunt organised by the Spanish Socialist Worker' s Party in relation to the recent European election campaign in order to attack the then head of the Popular Party list, Loyola de Palacio. +They then tried to accuse the then Minister of Agriculture of a supposed fraud in the award of subsidies, but responsibility for the control and payment of CAP subsidies falls to the regional governments, in accordance with the distribution of competences of the Spanish State. +In addition, we have always tried to create opportunities to generate a climate of opinion that is favourable to the peace process and we have worked to ease tension. +Economic cooperation and expert technical assistance in certain matters relating to the permanent status negotiations, and in the area of good administration, are those areas where we have been of help and where we are ready to act in the future also. +Let me also express my gratitude to the Committee on Development and Cooperation, and indeed to the whole Parliament, for the very thorough report and for your support, in the framework of the consultation procedure, for the Commission' s efforts in finalising the convention. +Mr President, we are all delighted that the peace process in the Middle East has been relaunched. Nevertheless, we know that the history and circumstances of the conflict are dramatic and that, over the years, various initiatives which seemed to open up a future of hope, have ended up being blocked as a result of intransigence, a lack of political will or the short-sightedness of one of the sides involved. +The Accords recognise the Palestinians' right to self-determination, as a State, but also guarantee the right of Israel to live in safety within secure and recognised borders. +To this end, two strategies were worked out in two complementary multiannual programmes within the framework programme of actions in the energy sector: SAVE II (promoting more efficient use of energy) and Altener II (promoting sources of renewable energy). +I did indeed, of course, note the conditions given in Article 23(2) of the agreement, providing for the possibility of making use of supervision or safety measures in the event that the economic development of the "outermost regions of the European Union" should suffer serious damage. +We have to bear in mind that the EU objective of a broad-based round must fit in with both the United States' sector-based and internally structured agenda and its policy to reduce tariffs as well as more qualified positions on the less developed countries. +The inclusion of competition on the WTO agenda is not intended to transform the WTO into a world authority on competition but simply to establish a body of principles and procedures intended to promote the implementation of internal competition policies and to make them mutually compatible. +Mr President, on behalf of the ELDR Group I would like to signal our strong support for the efforts of both the European Commission and the Council to persuade our international partners of the virtues of a broad-based new round of WTO talks, covering a wide range of issues. +This wave of liberalisation is clearly justified in the name of the general interest and employment, as you stated, Mr Lamy, in your hearing, indicating that the progressive opening up of markets, both for goods and for services, is in the interest of the Community. +It may be, Mr Commissioner, that the Commission together with the US administration could come up with some kind of Green Paper sketching out where the differences are and where the common interests are between America and Europe because as you know, in your previous role, unless America and Europe agree on the major outlines in an international round such as this, we will never conclude. +It is a question above all, of ensuring that the problems that this round poses for our citizens can reach the European Union' s negotiator at all times, as we have seen from what previous speakers have said, as well as the solutions that these citizens expect of the negotiators. +Mr President, I would like first of all, to ask a question of the Council and the Presidency which concerns transparency: when will the European Parliament receive the draft final declaration which the Finnish Presidency has tabled in the Council? +Mr President, the significance of the Millennium Round and world trade on economic and employment policies and for the European economy in general, which is now the largest trading partner in the world, cannot be emphasised enough. +Mr President, Commissioner, I support the joint resolution submitted by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, and unlike others in my Party, I also support the section which deals with an CO2 energy tax. +The CDU Party in Germany believes, and we have recently discussed this again with our Chairman, Mr Schäuble, that we should stop continuing to work towards a European solution, just because at the national level, left-wing and Green governments are abusing the issue of environmental taxes. +We have seen a large overall growth in the Structural Funds, but what is happening is that in some countries, the money coming from the Structural Funds is being used by the Member State under the pretext of putting it towards multiannual programmes, which means that the money received by the Communities and other regions is greatly reduced. +On the basis of the Article in question, central banks outside the euro area had to pay a share of the ECB' s operational costs, which was 5% of the share of the entered capital. +To this end, the Council, and the Commission, Mr President, adopted in 1998, with this aim of conserving our resources, a decision on the progressive disappearance of drift-nets also known as volantas. +Mr President, after the referendum on the Law on Civil Concord held on 16 September 1999, the country holding the Presidency of the Council issued a declaration, on behalf of the European Union, which also answers the honourable Member' s question in full. +You are aware that Moscow has reactivated the pseudo-parliamentary Council in Moscow that was established before the armistice, to which it has signed up. It recognises this Council and in so doing, has ruthlessly broken this agreement, which came about under the auspices of the OSCE. +We will have to find many different ways - perhaps unexpected ways - of solving the logistical problems of getting assistance to the people who need it, but it is difficult to promise specific action on this one. +B5-0155/1999 by Mr Schori, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the vote on the UN General Assembly resolution on the creation of a universal moratorium on capital punishment; +B5-0159/1999 by Mr Manisco and others, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the vote on the UN General Assembly resolution on the creation of a universal moratorium on capital punishment; +We risk - as is the case after debates within the Council - having a weak text, which will simply reproduce those which have been adopted over the last three years in Geneva and which will not allow us to continue this battle, set new deadlines, or create mechanisms which allow us to verify the steps taken or the progress made to date. +Serbs, Gypsies, Egyptians and Muslims are also victims of the ethnic cleansing operation which the KLA forces have been systematically carrying out for some months now, turning the presence of NATO and KFOR forces to their advantage. +Well, immediately afterwards, in the following days, weeks and years, there ensued an extraordinary criminal course of events which aimed to conceal the evidence, to silence people and to ensure that the truth did not come out. +Moreover, the Commission felt it was better to entrust this task to Eurocontrol rather than to a Community body, because national governments might find it easier to allow that organisation to play such a role in the military use of airspace. +Still on the subject of Thursday' s sitting, I have a request from the Group of the European People' s Party to bring the question for oral answer on the European Union-Morocco fisheries agreement forward to Thursday. At the moment, this point is included on the order of business for Friday. +Many Europeans have been shocked and disgusted over the last few days to discover that in a country with which we are on very friendly terms, and to which we Europeans, especially those in my own country, owe a great debt of gratitude, that is, the United States of America, it is still legally possible to put children on trial and to take them away from their homes in handcuffs and shackles. And I am not talking about seventeen or eighteen-year-old youths, but about ten and eleven-year-old children. +Well, reading my own details and those of some of the Members in the same group, It is not the name of my party or my Group, the Union for a Europe of Nations Group that I find, but instead a totally subjective assessment, "nationalist, anti European Union" . +Madam President, on the same subject of TV reception, as raised by my colleague Mrs Plooij-van Gorsel, I wish to express the hope that the technical problems currently preventing the reception of BBC1 and BBC2 can be resolved. +At present, EU subsidies mean more often than not that poor people in rich countries are taxed for the benefit of rich people in poor countries. None of us ourselves want to pursue a policy of wealth distribution of this kind, but this is happening nonetheless because of the EU' s numerous systems for granting subsidies. +I am therefore very pleased, and the preceding speaker also touched on this matter briefly, that it will not only apply to those people who are actually in the cable car, but also to those who disembark at the station or who are waiting to depart. +As was said a short while ago, the route has been opened to competition in this sector which, in the field of technology and in the field of safety, is essential because competition is exactly what it is - it makes technology advance. +Now, from my point of view, certainly the technical provisions which will follow this directive - and which will be laid down in other places and after other meetings - will form the basic element in defining the authorisation of this directive in all the Member States. +We consider it to be essential that the rapporteur and the rapporteur for the year 2001 get down some time to answering the question as to what exactly comes under part A of the budget and what comes under part B. Turning now to Category A-30 in particular: when can an aid organisation call upon EEC funding? +On this matter, I would like to express not only my strong disagreement with the indiscriminate horizontal cuts that the Council is proposing in this Category, but also to state my general agreement with the strategy that the rapporteur is proposing to us. I also agree with the fact that in essence, it is aiming for a revision of the Financial Perspective so that they will respond to new priorities without previous objectives being affected as a result. +The Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities submitted a remark and a budget for the European Women' s Lobby in line A-3037, as it did the previous year, but the remark now states that this line is to be opened to all non-governmental organisations. +That is why we should also look to encourage innovation in schools and to reinforce initiative and innovation in schools - from primary school to university level - so as to give this sector completely new impetus and also enable new opportunities to develop there. +Since the information contained in the annual report is of a self-explanatory nature, it might be more useful if I concentrate my remarks here and now on some of the issues addressed by the draft resolution prepared by your Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. +Thirdly, the ECB should discuss on a regular basis developments in each of the Member States of the euro area in order to have a positive influence on price and wage developments which must, as Mr Duisenberg rightly pointed out, differ from Member State to Member State. +Firstly, in my view, the content and the drafting of the report do not make it sufficiently clear that the European Central Bank is willing to subject itself to democratic control by the European Parliament. +We have the suspicion, actually more than a suspicion, that that decision was made following political pressure - for example, Oscar Lafontaine - and that Parliament, with today' s approval, wishes to confirm the move towards a Central Bank which is subordinate to political requirements or even electoral interests. +But, as I said a few days ago before the United Nations General Assembly, I do not want peace at any price, but rather a peace which genuinely strengthens democracy, which preserves the territory and allows all of the citizens to enjoy full rights and liberties. +The major decision in the creation of the European area of justice was to make the mutual recognition of judicial decisions and sentences the foundation stone for legal cooperation within the Union, both in matters of civil and criminal law. +The Council' s decisions contain no mention of how the financial burden caused by refugees and asylum seekers should be shared within the Union. +As far as measures regarding the right of asylum and immigration are concerned, they are still totally vague and not at all mandatory. The only good news is the commitment to the observance of the Geneva Convention and further confirmation of the fight against racism. +I fully agree with the statement issued by the EU leaders when they expressed their deep regret at the failure of the American Senate to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. +With this point of view and in the light of the decision by the European Council concerning the competence of the Agency, agreements should be reached which, in time, achieve reconciliation throughout the Balkans and tie the region into the Stability Pact. +The issue of asylum, immigration and cross-border crime and the administration of justice impact on the very fundamental issues of human rights and individual civil liberties. +Mr President, the conclusions of the Tampere Summit seem to me to be a basically positive sign for the citizens of the European Union because they address issues that affect all of us, but also, above all, because they open the door to the development of certain policies which the citizens themselves demand. +Mr President, without a shadow of a doubt, Tampere is a significant step forward on the path towards full European integration and I would like to congratulate the Finnish Presidency for its great contribution. +For one thing there are intergovernmental measures which can be implemented immediately through the action plans but which are primarily geared towards the protection of migrants, and for another there are tasks for the European Commission, common asylum policy, protection of asylum seekers. +I would like, Mr President, to express our gratitude to Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, to President von Weizsäcker and Lord Simon for the high quality of their contributions, and to thank you too, in this place, for your welcome and for your careful consideration of their report, particularly within your Committee on Constitutional Affairs, run and chaired by Mr Napolitano. +Yet if they pause to think for one minute they would soon realise that their own country, every country, probably loses more from the vetoes cast by other countries than they gain in using their own in many areas of European Union responsibility. +When it came to the whys and wherefores of reforming the European institutions, reference was made to the technocratic concepts of increased efficiency and the ability to act, but not so much as a glance was directed towards the very urgent and necessary matter of establishing a European democracy. +I am very grateful for this opportunity to comment on Parliament' s amendments and perhaps I can also take this opportunity to pay a tribute to the honourable Member and to her colleagues who have taken so much interest in this extremely important matter. +The second issue which has given rise to a number of amendments is the desire to bring the Agency under the sole and direct responsibility of the Commission which would appoint the director. +The previous legislation has been revoked and therefore we must urgently take positions on the amendment procedures of the various regulations we are adopting, especially on some important and delicate matters, that is, whether the opinion of the Commission or the Council should prevail. +Indeed I think that, while one should be delighted that trade is facilitated by developments in information technology, it is nonetheless necessary to remain as vigilant as possible and ensure that there is a fair balance between the interests of the service providers and consumer protection. +The institutional framework to date in the European Union has consisted of two directives: the Directive on collective redundancies and the European Works Council Directive. +The only possible policy for the full employment of the European workforce is to win back the internal market, to protect it against unfair competition, to reject this criminal and antisocial globalisation, and to re-establish the necessary rule of Community preference. +Allow me first of all to welcome the fact that there is virtual unanimity between the Council, the Commission and, hopefully, the Parliament, concerning such a crucial issue at a time when we have to take decisive steps in the development of the common foreign and security policy. +The courage and judicial independence of Sheriff Gimblett - the courage of Angela Zetter and her companions stand in sharp contrast with the petulant failure of the United States Senate to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. +The Russians are understandably taking a very close interest in the enlargement process and the European Union is ready to engage in a serious dialogue with them in the partnership and cooperation agreement framework. +Above all, however, it gives a human face to the distant and bureaucratic politics of Europe and puts the citizen in the centre of activity and debate, as is also happening with the "Youth" programme and with the "Socrates" education programme. +On the other hand, we agree with the Council on the need for the activities of Culture 2000 to be visible to the public, but the best way to achieve this is through small and medium scale events, in diverse locations and close to the citizens, rather than events on a grand scale. +I therefore think that it would be particularly misguided of this Parliament not to follow the rapporteur' s recommendations, for you cannot keep saying that you think it is a shame that an ever-decreasing number of people vote in European elections, or that you regret that every inquiry shows that the EU appears to be ever more distant from the people of Europe, only to go making cutbacks in projects whose precise intention it is to bring the EU closer to the people. +Mr President, Commissioner, on 28 August 1998, the Commission submitted a proposal for an order by the European Parliament and the Council to introduce the Community action programme, "Youth" for the period 2000-2004. +As regards an analysis of the factors which have promoted or hampered the social integration of young people, I believe it is essential to include an analysis of the role of the family or lack of family in the young person' s development. +As the point has been raised, I would like to inform you, on the subject of information on the "Youth" programmes, that the Eurodesk network, a combination of Internet sites and youth advisory services, is available in all the countries of the Union and in all its languages. +This compromise met with the approval not only of the Committee on Budgets, but also that of the committee responsible, with the particular support of Mrs McNally, its rapporteur, whom I must thank for her cooperation. +From the point of view, not of my political group, but of the previous Parliament, of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which unanimously approved this report, there is really no lack of clarity. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0026/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council decision on establishing a single financing and programming instrument for cultural cooperation (Culture 2000 programme) [13328/2/1998 - C5-0023/1999 - 1998/0169(COD)] (rapporteur: Mr Graça Moura) +Unfortunately, the position of the European Parliament benefits neither democratic nor human rights in Turkey, does not encourage a settlement of the Cyprus and Kurdish questions and does not support the tragic victims of the earthquakes in Turkey. +This is why, while being fully aware that the increase in Community spending is occasionally hard for the public finances of Member States to bear, I voted, in spite of everything, in favour of the resolution proposed by the general rapporteur for the budget. +- (DE) The Members of the Austrian Freedom Party will be rejecting both Mr Bourlanges' motion for a resolution (individual plan III - Commission) and Mr Virrankoski' s (further individual plans), since the principles of transparency and efficiency in the budget procedure were not respected. +As Mr Gil-Robles has said, and as I said earlier, we are now in a position where the interinstitutional agreement as regards OLAF applies to the Commission, to the Council and to the staff of this institution but it does not apply to the Members of this institution. +The institutional agreement explicitly mentions the members of institutions, true, but if you take this expression in context you see that it is more a matter of paid members, such as the members of the Commission, and that the terms established are not appropriate for elected members like those of the European Parliament. +This callousness and cynicism are not only endorsed by the EU and its various bodies; they are also being funded in the context of direct or indirect financial aid intended to safeguard competitiveness on a global scale. +That is to say, Mr Fischler, that on 1 December 7,000 European fishermen will lose their jobs, 477 Community ships will remain moored in our ports, 10,000 jobs in the preserving and processing industries will be under threat, as well as many thousands more, relating to marketing and dockyard activities, will also be at risk. +But also because, at this stage, a halt in fishing activities seems inevitable, which will necessitate, as happened at the time of the expiry of the previous agreement, a search for extraordinary Community funds to finance time when the fleet is forced to remain in port. +But I do want to insist that, for all these well-known reasons, the fleet is in suspense, and since it also has to pay for an ever increasing proportion of the fisheries agreements, it has stated that it is not prepared to not receive information regarding the progress of the negotiations. +We obtained a fisheries agreement with a time limit. This means that Morocco can place its products in European Union territory at will, but we can only fish in Moroccan water until 30 November 1999. +At the moment, we are dealing with the future of the neighbouring countries of Central and Eastern Europe by means of incorporating them into the European Union, but we also have to concern ourselves with the future of the neighbouring countries on the southern side of the Mediterranean. +Moreover, the British committee of experts does not contest these figures, which have been taken up by the director of Public Health in Scotland, who has stated, "I am aware of the fact that there is a risk to human health in this country." +Mr President, I would first like to state that I am in favour of the precautionary principle in an area where consumers' health is under direct threat, but the discussion taking place here between the supporters of the ban and their opponents is nothing but hypocrisy. +On the other hand, this Protocol provides a natural step towards the signing of the new agreement, which could be under threat given the political situation in the country and the possible presence of other fleets in the event that the European Union were absent from the area. +In the past seven years the taxpayers of the European Union have paid out EUR 1.4 billion to the governments and elsewhere and, even in the neutral words of the Commission, it is difficult to trace where the money goes. +And I absolutely and radically disagree with the position of the previous speaker who has demonstrated a policy which shows very little solidarity with the Member States of the European Union and the fishermen. This policy fortunately has minority support in this Parliament. +To begin with, I would like to update you on the opinion adopted unanimously by the Scientific Steering Committee last Friday. This opinion was on the scientific grounds of the advice of the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) regarding the measures applicable to British beef exports. +It is the DBES scheme which has been devised by the Commission with the advice of the scientists which, in my opinion and the opinion of those scientists who advise the Commission in these matters, will give that assurance to consumers. +It is worth emphasising that the change to the rules introduced on the implementation of Economic and Monetary Union has lightened the load of those responsible for national macroeconomic policy and is helping to overcome these obstacles, so that growth may become more sustainable. +With regard to the diagnosis of trends, all the participants agreed that the perspectives had improved considerably, and that the negative external impact of 1998 had already been absorbed by the internal development of the European Union itself. +In relation to economic policy - the second document provides a response to the challenge of transforming the current upturn into a sustainable process of higher growth - each participant expressed their position very frankly. +We have found all sorts of ways in the budgetary procedure to find a working arrangement for this institution together with the Commission to maintain confidentiality and that could be done in relation to this dialogue. +It is a social catastrophe even in those European countries that claim to have the fewest unemployed people, and here we have the Cologne European Council and the European Commission, which are both content to gorge themselves on words as they talk about the European Employment pact. The measures that are envisaged though are ridiculous given the extent of the problem. +Also, I would like to take part in this coming Monday' s political debate on the effects of this rise in interest rates, which will probably be implemented soon after, and by that I do not just mean the effects on the current financial rates but also on the real economy. +I would like to stress that macroeconomic dialogue, as was also stipulated in Cologne, focuses in essence on the need for both employment and growth. +The two sides of industry there agreed to be included in the general directive so long as parallel progress was made in the road sector because they quite naturally fear a competitive disadvantage if they put in place wide-ranging arrangements to cover working time but the road sector does not. +The working time for more than one quarter of a million doctors in training in the European Union is an issue of health and safety for the doctors themselves, who should have the same rights to safeguard their health and personal lives as those they treat. +I believe everybody in this House would welcome the opportunity to give a very positive and assertive vote in favour of the proposals put forward by Mrs Smith in her report with regard to reducing the transitional period to four years. +When the 1993 directive on working time was drawn up certain sectors were excluded from its remit and the reason is very clear. It is that the very specific characteristics of some of the sectors concerned required legislation that took these particular characteristics and needs into consideration. +Mr President, it is of course an incredibly important event when the EU is to enter into an agreement on scientific and technological cooperation with the People' s Republic of China, because we all know that China is the big country which will decide a large part of our common future. +Finally, you rightly spoke of the issue of private companies, and we also feel, as you do, that the presence of companies in the project for collaboration is a central element for the whole framework-programme and which is particularly important in this kind of agreement. +The European Community and the Republic of Argentina have a great interest in cooperating in terms of mutual assistance because, despite the fact that Argentina is a young country, I believe that it is very important that this Latin American area should be fully associated with the fifth framework programme for technological research and development. +And within this strategic objective, we should achieve, amongst the operational objectives, the promotion of employment and ensure the coordination of social protection and the broad protection of our citizens' rights. +The strategic document which has been submitted to us certainly represents an important change in the single market and extends and consolidates the idea of a single market which is one of the main cornerstones of the construction of Europe. +Will you allow me to impress on Mr Harbour and, in fact, all Members of this Parliament that it is the ambition of this Commission to be responsive and flexible, so that we can indeed, bearing in mind consumer interests, meet the needs at the time as flexibly as possible. +I do not want to look at the conclusions in detail now, but bearing in mind the debate at yesterday' s sitting on the macroeconomic dialogue, I would like to make one point: the European Parliament needs to be more closely involved in preparing and implementing the European Employment Pact. +Most of the proposals which I and the Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities have submitted have already been adopted by the Committee, but a small number of central proposals were not adopted, namely Amendment Nos 37, 38 and 39. +However, a committee, an apolitical committee runs the risk of being a clearing house where there is the attempt to take the drama out of debates, to find alternative policies in the name of consensus, which is, of course, neutral and non-political, and which I do not think we can find when it comes to employment. +The aim that was announced with the launch of the single currency seems to be to create confidence in the economic policies through the stability of monetary policies, prices and budgetary policies, as well as pay moderation and flexibility. +And yet, today, the national macroeconomic dialogues have been shifted to a regional level. Conciliation has affected the regions and the Union in general and their programming ability, including their use of structural instruments and when devising models of local growth. +Moreover, a fundamental role in employment strategies and social integration is reserved for these very social partners, and there is still no clear definition of the role of the social partners in their capacity as NGOs. But that is not all. +Mr President, figures for unemployment and poverty in Europe are still disastrous, with 60 million people living below the poverty line, 9% unemployment and 25% unemployment among young people. It is not what you might call a positive result, especially if you consider that the slight upturn in 1999 was due, primarily, to an improvement in the economic situation in which neither governments nor the European Union played any part. +Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as you can see from the reports on employment policies in the Member States, there is a high level of non-compliance with the guidelines on employment, and unemployment is still very high - particularly long-term unemployment - and this affects young people and women most of all. +I therefore think that both aspects covered in the Menrad report are important, because peace and security on the one hand and growth and employment on the other are key policy priorities for the European Union. +Thirdly, we need to give innovation in education policy a boost, because many young people, and also the long-term unemployed, cannot find work on the job market with their qualifications, because they are not yet adequately qualified to cope with new developments in technology. +Today, the employment guidelines have been debated in the Committee on Employment and the Economic Committee, and intense deliberations are under way to get them to the Council, where we believe that they will be adopted in full. An official debate will be held on 29 November in the Joint Council between national finance ministers and employment ministers. +If the same rule applies to the small groups in the same way as to the large ones, or to the large groups in the same way as to the small groups, then I think that the conclusion will not be that the PPE Group must be dissolved on the grounds that this or that national grouping has an autonomous vote in this Parliament. +We have noted the European Parliament' s suggestion to bind the tax incentives to firms so that they will really contribute to job creation and not to restructuring and relocation which lead to redundancies, so as to avoid a repeat of the Michelin scandal. +In this respect, the new Article 299(2) of the Treaty of Amsterdam, by making a special case of the overseas departments as belonging to the outermost regions of the Union, gives us the opportunity to implement derogations to Community law in the interests of their development. +The so-called "employment" policy will continue to be, at best, restricted to a few empty phrases, or, at worst, it will continue to serve as a pretext for subsidising the employers with non-repayable funds, while no authoritarian measures are going to be taken to prevent major European firms implementing redundancies despite, at the same time, making profits. +The fact that, in this specific area, the European States of the Union are refusing to bring in binding measures indicate that its prime concern is to sweep the obstacles from the path of big business, and that includes the social obstacles, so that they may maximise their profits and do nothing to put an end to unemployment. +I have received a request from the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance and the Group of the Party of European Socialists for the presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report to be moved from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. +Madam President, I believe that this issue is self-explanatory in the sense that we already debated in the previous part-session the importance of Parliament adopting the development and implementing regulations of an interinstitutional agreement, which was agreed during the last legislature and ratified by Parliament. +Perhaps we can state, in order to enlighten everyone on the matter, as we discussed it at the Conference of Presidents, that in the expected absence of Mr Patten, we had suggested the name of Mr Verheugen not in a personal capacity, but because he is one of the Commissioners particularly involved with international affairs. +In my opinion, the rapporteur, Mr Lange, is quite right when he proposes that heavy goods vehicles should be included in a common strategy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from road traffic as quickly as possible. +It is now the case that, regarding the strict NOx values, some car industries are aiming for 2005, first reading of the European Parliament, others for 2008, the Council' s common position, and some others still for 2006, the draft recommendation for the second reading. +On 20 December last, the Council of Environment Ministers adopted sound amendments from Mrs Hautala. These comprised strict limit values aimed at preventing air pollution and carcinogenic particulate emissions from trucks. +Finally, I would like to take advantage of the fact that Commissioner António Vitorino, who attended the Tampere Summit, is here, to ask him to tell us how the Council' s final decision, which we applaud, to criminalise violence against human beings, particularly against women and children, will be put into practice. +As we have just seen from the previous debate, the Commission is already active in several fields involving children, though competence for action in the majority of relevant areas concerning children remains with the Member States. +However, the directive we are discussing today did not make it to the negotiating table and I would like to reply to Ms Ghilardotti' s question regarding what issues are still controversial and what issues are still giving rise to disagreement among the national representatives. +The first report in March cited a whole range of positive suggestions to this effect, i.e. an eco-tax, a CO2-tax, taxation on the creaming-off of short-term speculative gains, ECB profits. +If the European Union, in a democratic process, decides that own resources are simply a straight percentage of GDP collected by the Member States and passed over in a lump sum, that is fair enough: that is what own resources are and that is democratic. +These changes and the strengthening of budgetary discipline apparent in both the conclusions of the Berlin European Council and the new interinstitutional agreement are the main reasons why this decision needs to be amended and supplemented with new mechanisms. +I say this because in the interinstitutional agreement they appear in a merely illustrative capacity and outside the Financial Perspective, in Annex II. The Financial Perspective appears only in Annex I. Instead, the Commission' s proposal includes expenses which do not form part of the Financial Perspective within the guidelines. +I would also like to say in this context that we are soon to enter into very careful deliberations with the Commission, in Committee, on what else needs to be done in regulatory terms in the field of gas and electricity, for contrary to all declarations, we still do not have a European market, to a large extent we still have 15 individual markets. +Mr President, Mr Chichester has quite rightly stated in his report that environmental considerations must be taken better account of in the Union' s energy policy, but, by virtue of the principle of subsidiarity, the Member States bear the main responsibility for energy policy. +As a lawyer in private practice in the UK, I myself, have often wrestled with a pile of books to find the right rules and the right way to go forward for my clients in these circumstances. +I hope that our colleague Mr Watson' s compromise solution does not create any additional problems, and that we are able to settle this important issue in the best interests of the child. +The construction of Europe has for too long ignored private law, and the Citizens' Europe, which we represent, must, as we said last night on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the International Convention, henceforth take into consideration the real concerns of families and the welfare of children. +If I am not mistaken, Amendment No 3 brings nothing new to the measure in question, in that the Member States which will designate a single authority and then a central authority are precisely the ones whose legislation does not allow for the direct transmission of judgements. +The Regulations stipulate a period of four months for the economic development plans to be submitted by the national authorities, and a further period of five months for these proposals to be adopted. +Firstly, there are measures under way which must be pursued and promoted, such as the European Community joining Eurocontrol, a process which will not only call for greater political responsibility on the part of the European Union but also that the last convention will be implemented and therefore measures may be adopted by majority voting, by majorities and not the systematic use of unanimous assent. +As you know, last Monday, two days ago, the Council condemned the disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force in Chechnya, which has caused great suffering within the civilian population and which has unfortunately forced many tens of thousands of people to disperse towards other parts of the country. +To this end, the Finnish Presidency has carried out an extraordinary piece of work, which will be reflected in a report to the European Council in Helsinki on the non-military instruments for the management of crises. +I hope that we can count on the continued support of Parliament in developing more flexible and more rapid procedures, and as the High Representative I am sure would readily agree, I lose no opportunity to make the same point to the Council. +So, the on-going interest in short-term results at the expense of the long term, a certain French President' s need for personal glorification, a score of zero, and all these discussions and other protocols of Nuremberg are in danger of upsetting the subtle geopolitical balance of power which has existed for decades between the United States, France, Great Britain and Germany. +I had the opportunity to question him on this subject during his appearance before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, as to what the political means would be - and I was thinking fundamentally of the Intergovernmental Conference - to make use of the next Intergovernmental Conference to the benefit of the CFSP. +Mister President, the fact that most Members of my group welcome the creation of a European defence identity has a lot - but not everything - to do with the lessons we have learnt from the Kosovo war and the insight that, unfortunately, in some cases, it is necessary to use armed force if there is a mass violation of human rights. +In the area of services, which, above all for European suppliers, is the largest growth market, market access should be improved and new areas should be included, concerning which the European Parliament should certainly be clearly heard. +Mr President, I made a point of order with regard to the Haug report because the original version is in German and, unfortunately, I do not speak German, and the English version said something quite contradictory to the Portuguese version concerning Amendment No 31. +Nevertheless, the services have informed me - and I confirm this information - that the original version, the authoritative version, is the German version, and therefore the versions in the other languages will be brought into line with the German one, with the consequences you pointed out. +The European Parliament' s policy on Chechnya is encumbered by the fact that Western countries have themselves acted in such a way that they have lost the moral authority to clearly condemn the blunders Russia is presently accused of. +And all of this while the so-called "virtuous" international community justifies the Russian intervention on the pretext of fighting terrorism, and the International Monetary Fund bankrolls unsecured funds to Yeltsin, despite the billions of dollars misappropriated by the Russian authorities. +Thus, in 1994, the Russian army intervened to show that Russia controlled the operational oil pipelines allowing the Caspian Sea production to be exported so it would not risk being excluded from the power play dominated by America. +We therefore demand political dialogue and a political solution and commit ourselves to the means of pressure we have at our disposal, even the blocking of new TACIS projects or the refusal to provide food aid to Russia. +I support the idea of a visit to Moscow in December, in connection with the elections, as I have proposed, and that we press for a pan-Caucasus peace conference to solve other problems apart from this particular one, as there are military operations going on in half a dozen states in the Caucasus, and the threat of the operations spreading is quite apparent. +The representative of the Council said this morning that the Berlin Agreement forms the starting point for these negotiations, but he also mentioned that agriculture could well prove to be a sticking point. In this respect, I feel that Europe should be more on the offensive. +I would not like to see the 21st century also characterised by a crisis of humanity on account of the all-powerful principles of money and the market taking precedence over the development of mankind and over the fundamental values that make human life what it is. +The desirable entry of China, which the European Union is also actively negotiating for, will certainly make the WTO more representative and will extend the potential ability to realise global free trade that is also regulated. +The first tier, which I shall not say anything about since, when we divided up responsibilities, Mr Leinen assumed responsibility for that, concerns how we should introduce institutional reforms, how far we need to go with the reforms and what the actual goals of these reforms are. +And the signatories of the Treaty recognised this since they added a protocol, the protocol concerning the institutions in preparation for the enlargement of the European Union, specifically to see how these questions should be resolved in the future. +Unlike the Millennium Round, we have still not managed to stimulate public opinion, non-governmental organisations or even the MEPs on this subject, which remains fairly far removed from the thoughts of all of us. +The governments must not be the European Parliament' s only partners in dialogue - as they often are for the Commission - and Parliament must therefore try to open and introduce a perspective of a, shall we say, constitutional nature, so that the instruments for an efficient democracy are clear for all and not just for a few specialists. +Mr President, in our debate on the mandate for the forthcoming IGC, I would firstly like to say a few words on an issue which is not on this Conference' s agenda but that, I think, our Chamber will have to consider, when the day comes, in order to study and evaluate the results of the whole exercise. +We must work towards a reform of this strengthened cooperation which will allow the Union to establish a real vanguard, open within the Union, in order to continue to make progress towards the security, democracy and stability of our continent. +If it is a fact of life that organised crime earns billions which, by being introduced into the legal economic cycle, damages our legitimate systems, indeed society as a whole, then we need Europol and we need European cooperation in the field of justice. +Only in this way can the European Union, without at the same time eroding the rights of the Member States, become more able to act and efficiently limit its work to specified policy areas. +On the basis of the European Union' s strategy for the period 1995-1999, the European Council urged the institutions, in Vienna in December 1998, to further develop an integrated and well-balanced anti-drugs strategy for the period after 1999, taking account of the new opportunities provided by the Amsterdam Treaty. +Does the Council not consider that the use of EU funds by the UNDCP for programmes carried out by regimes which do not respect even minimum human rights constitutes a serious infringement of the principle of conditionality which inspires EU action? +Mr President-in-Office, I am delighted to hear that you say safe nuclear energy is indeed safe to use, because it is impractical to expect countries that are currently producing 30 and 40% of their energy from nuclear power to replace this with renewable energies on any financial or economic terms or with the burning of fossil fuels without considerable further damage to the environment in these already polluted countries. +The Council has declared its full support for the UN Secretary-General' s special envoy, Alvaro De Soto, in his forthcoming duties, and decided to review its common position on the basis of the results of his work. +As the Union considers humanitarian factors to be very important, however, and does not accept that the deeds of leaders should mean that ordinary citizens have to suffer, it has embarked on a trial project, whereby heating oil will be delivered on a trial basis to Nis and Pirot, but possibly later on to other places as well. +Therefore under Eurodac, every Member State is bound to take the fingerprints of all asylum-seekers, all illegal immigrants who are picked up at the border in order to compare whether an application for asylum has already been submitted anywhere else. +I shall also be unveiling a proposal for an instrument on asylum procedures after we have received the opinion of Parliament on our working document towards common standards on asylum procedures. +As far as the rules on erasure of data are concerned, the amendments approved by the Committee on Citizens' Rights provide for the erasure of data as soon as anyone covered by the regulation has obtained legal status. +The establishment of voluntary monitoring mechanisms for new chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of synthetic drugs, as well as enhanced cooperation with trade, will constitute the major priorities in this area. +Apart from this, this regulation will always need to be guided by principles of cooperation and development; it will need to include respect for social and environmental standards adhered to throughout the world; it will need to respect the wishes, interests, specific differences and different degrees of development of the States concerned; it will need to respect and promote preferential agreements such as the Lomé Convention, and it will need to reject the treatment of some human activities such as education and culture as mere goods. +Of course I regret that people have not seized the opportunity of acquiring a wider consensus on this important issue. Because it is necessary for us to be able to take action against those who cross the borders of the European Union with criminal intentions and fingerprints may well offer a solution in this respect. +The safest approach is to turn off these plants at the millennium, but how does Lithuania turn off 75% of its generation capacity from Ignalia? +That is why we ask the Council, in section 9 of this resolution, in the negotiations with third countries, to examine the possibility of incorporating the abolition of the death penalty into the clause on human rights. +The problem clearly, therefore, lies in the lack of political will, and we can imagine the reasons for this: pressure from some major countries, such as the People' s Republic of China, the United States and Japan, who succeeded in ensuring that this policy, upon which the Union had already decided, was literally betrayed at the last moment. +It was the speaker of the delegation in Rambouillet who made a great impression on us when he said: "Ask an Albanian politician any minor date, any minor event in history and he will tell you a lot about it. +In the context of the earlier debate on ending the death penalty, it is very relevant that we should call upon the Russian authorities to respect our views, the views of Europe, as to whether he should be indicted and what the sanction should be. +It is essential today for the European Parliament to assert clearly that, in order to ensure stability in this region, the conditions must be created for a peace which is based on justice and the prosecution of those responsible for ethnic violence. +We acknowledge the need to assist the NGOs and civilian sector associations in order to strengthen the democratic institutions of the country, and you doubtless know that the capacity for absorption and the size of the many NGOs in this field in Pakistan are, unfortunately, limited. +The aims of the Convention account for the unprecedented international reaction: measures to be implemented in international law to protect the rights of the most innocent, most vulnerable of the world's citizens. +Unfortunately, there is evidence that large numbers of asylum-seekers have been waved through Continental Europe with a suggestion that they head towards our Channel ports in the knowledge that we have a permissive policy with instant rights to housing and social security benefits. +I should like once again to thank the Committee on Budgetary Control for its preparatory work in this regard, which has allowed me in the short time available to draw up this report, and I should especially like to thank Mr Blak and Mrs Theato. +In practice, changing the rate may not have an effect except as a means of regulating the overall amount of loans, as the guarantees do not often have to be paid. +Mr President, on a point of order, or a point of concern almost, a number of Members on this side of the House have noticed that you may have lost your jacket and on a snowy day can we offer you one of ours just in case you get cold. +The Industry Council discussed the Commission's report at its meeting of 9 November 1999 and issued a Council conclusion on the situation in world shipbuilding. +Following the Council meeting, bilateral discussions have been held with the Korean Government at the level of the Korean Deputy Minister for Trade Affairs and the corresponding officials in the Directorate-General for enterprise and the Directorate-General for trade. +The irony of the situation lies, above all, in the fact that the hidden subsidies were facilitated by credits from the International Monetary Fund to surmount the financial crisis in the Far East. +As regards the construction of passenger and merchant vessels, both highly competitive, labour-intensive sectors, here too the Member States' remarkable expertise and outstanding capabilities must be protected and developed and not allowed to go outside Europe. +In this respect, the example of the shipyards on France' s Atlantic coast, whose brilliant recovery following a period of crisis has been particularly spectacular, and the role the French State played in this process, should be pondered. +I must also say that Carmen Díez de Rivera was a woman with a fascinating personality. She was also an excellent MEP and played an absolutely pivotal role in the history of my country and in its transition to democracy. +Madam President, on the historic occasion of the convening of the Government of Northern Ireland, there is a certain irony in my taking the floor with good news when our colleague has such problems to report from the Basque area. +The Commission intends to commit itself to fully implementing the decisions adopted by the Heads of State and Government, particularly the decisions on procedures for providing assistance during international crises. +Maintaining unanimous voting will result either in complete paralysis or in everything being reduced to the lowest common denominator, a luxury we cannot afford in today' s world, where immediate action is called for in areas of vital importance to the European Union' s future. +I would urge the other groups, if we are to subscribe to this compromise text as a European defence policy, to accept a motion for a long-overdue debate on the geographical enlargement of the European Union. +An IGC that failed to grant the citizen improved access to the European Court means a charter will be more of a public relations exercise than a powerful re-definition of European citizenship. +I noted with satisfaction the comment made by the President of the Commission on the presence of the European Parliament at the Intergovernmental Conference, but I would like you to say this as well. +Taking criteria relating to human rights and minorities as serious conditions of membership would require that these criteria and the obligations of applicant countries towards their minorities be accorded the same status as other fundamental criteria in the negotiations on membership. +The Customs Union with Turkey has to be accompanied by special budget aid and a series of special loans from the European Investment Bank, in addition to the programmes provided for under the MEDA programme and procedure. +It was also a highly risky step which was clearly also motivated by the situation in Cyprus and the attempt to bring Cyprus closer to the European Union and find a political solution to the Cyprus question. +There are especially high levels of nutrients in the vicinity of rivers flowing into the sea, which shows that large amounts of nitric and phosphoric compounds are being carried from the land to the sea. +Mr President, the Convention that replaced the agreement on marine protection in the Baltic region in 1992 was an important step towards improving the area' s environmental state. +Farmers make a huge contribution to the cultural identity of a region or a country because the products cultivated, the primary production, colours not only the cuisine but also the customs and philosophy of life of the people down through the generations. +Traditional cuisine, which has developed from regional crops, and these crops must of course be suited to the climate, is a delight to the palate, both of the local people and of anyone who enjoys trying different foods. +This resulted in a net drop in tomato production, which in turn led to a reduction of 83,468 tonnes in the Portuguese tomato concentrate quota when the quotas were distributed for the 1999/2000 marketing year and a concomitant increase in the quotas of three other Member States. +On my proposal, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs agreed to broaden its scope as the subject that had been proposed had, in the meantime, been superseded by various events, one of which was the European Parliament' s own electoral process. +Not only did we need to have these campaigns in the years before monetary union started, we also need to pursue them now that it is in force, and this is not a task that we should just leave to the European Central Bank. +A5-0025/1999 by Mr Gallagher, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the proposal for a Council regulation amending for the third time Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (COM(99) 141 - C4-0224/1999 - 1999/0081(CNS)). +The Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance is in favour of detailed labelling on the products, from first sale to the last, so that people know where the product has been caught, how and also whether it is a product of fishing or aquaculture. +Recommendation for second reading (A5-0064/1999) by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars (5621/2/1999rev2 - C5-0041/1999 - 1998/0202(COD)) (rapporteur: Ms González Álvarez) +- (FR) We shall not vote in favour of the resolution by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy as, despite the convoluted wording, the claimed concerns about human rights ill conceal purely mercenary interests. +The reason for our refusal to vote in favour of the resolution is to protest both against the conditions that the workers of this country have to endure, against the oppression of the Kurdish people and against the failure of the Turkish State to respect basic freedoms. +This is why I am arguing, Mr President, in favour of a proper study offering a critical analysis of past experience, followed by the Union taking the offensive in favour of a more democratic organisation, open to society, which is truly universal and which steadfastly overcomes the divide between commercial considerations and the demands of sustainable and socially cohesive development. +It would be a disaster for the consumers in European countries, in particular for the weakest consumers who would be frustrated in their hope to have a wide choice of products from all over the world at lower prices than those found in the national markets. +We are certain that the grass-root reactions all over the world were probably the sole cause of the failure of these talks not just because the demonstrators thwarted the formal opening ceremony but because they created a climate which cannot be ignored even by those who think they control the world. +The audit report on the table will not only provide us with a basis for our forthcoming work on the 1998 discharge; it will also serve as an important document for reforming the administrative structures in the Commission and will be used constructively to bring about the necessary improvements. +I am convinced that it provides an opportunity for young people in Europe and that it is proof that Europe must not only be a Europe of figures and economics, but that education and culture actually form the foundation stone on the basis of which we understand each other and regions - as diverse as their cultures are - complement each other and are tolerant of any differences between them. +However, in accordance with Article 7(5) of our Rules of Procedure, any Member may attend sittings of Parliament and its bodies even if his credentials have not been verified or a ruling has not been given on a dispute. +Madam President, Members of the European Parliament, I would first like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to come and have discussions with the European Parliament on the most outstanding events of the Finnish Presidency so soon after the Helsinki European Council. +Because, with regard to enlargement, an open and political principle has been displayed by offering all countries the possibility of acceding, of competing with us, with a desire to emulate us and of participating in our adventure. +Since Helsinki, the commanders of the defence forces of the various countries have formed an EU Military Committee, which is free of any kind of democratic scrutiny. +We are on the way from a confederation to a federal State, but this is still only the last but one treaty before the drafting of a constitution for just such a federal State, for no-one is going to give up the right of veto in regard to the amendment of the Treaties, the levying of new taxes and the sending of soldiers off to war. +I have to say that the Commission is not in any way being excluded from decisions on the Intergovernmental Conference, and I also have to say that Parliament' s role has been increased, with respect to Amsterdam, even if the progress is less than stated by the Commission and the President of Parliament during the Helsinki debate. +The decisions in Helsinki illustrate quite clearly that behind the show of democracy and behind the lofty words on human rights lurk the creeping fascism of imperialist interests and violence against anybody who resists the new order of things. +I understand that you proposed a solution to the final differences between the Council and the European Parliament in the overall process, namely that payment appropriations be reduced by EUR 2 billion. +It has been a historic year in many ways, as the Commission, I am sure, would rather forget some of the more dramatic moments back in the spring, in the same way as some of us would rather forget some of the more dramatic election results of the summer! +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am speaking now as the rapporteur of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. I must say that the budget which has now been tabled is indeed a social budget because this time, with our corrections, it takes clear account of employment policy measures. +Subject: Male chauvinism in the administration Bearing in mind that the problem of women's under-representation in and exclusion from senior posts is not resolved by the presence of well-intentioned men, what measures will the Commission propose to change the present situation, where 90% of senior posts are not held by women? +In the absence of brewery contracts, firms with a large share of the market will stop investing in the cafés where they sell their products; instead they will spend the money on mass advertising to consolidate their market position. +I consider that a growing price transparency and the introduction of the euro are increasingly inducing customers from so-called high price markets to acquire their vehicles in other Member States. +While it is possible that the aid in question is compatible with the German systems and the Treaties, the Commission is very concerned by the distortion that it causes through the concentration of growing levels of production capacity in this particular industrial sector. +I have called a special Budgets Committee meeting for tomorrow at 9.15 a.m. or thereabouts when the votes are finished and we will vote on the Colom report and we will vote, if need be, on changes to Mr Bourlanges' report. +But although we were negotiating while Kosovo was being bombed, the Council refused to adapt category 4 to something so obvious as the fact that, within a few months, the Union would be involved in its reconstruction, would have to provide humanitarian aid and would certainly have to compensate Romania and other countries, as well, for the losses suffered in trade on the Danube. +An additional agreement is being concluded here merely to accommodate specific interests on the other side of the Atlantic, one which may lead, inter alia, to delays in the process of establishing common standards, for example, because unanimity is required here. +I invite you to state clearly how Parliament can be involved in the decision-making process, what can be done to ensure that we are involved in time, what can be done to ensure that there is continuity in reporting, for example by having standing rapporteurs or by having small specialist groups, and how the Commission and Parliament can jointly set themselves the objective of monitoring the 1958 agreement. +Mr President, if the overall social human and environmental benefits of clean air are to be secured, then the standards laid down by the EU's recent directive on vehicle emissions and fuel quality must be strictly adhered to. +Portugal was the first European Empire and will be the last European empire and we might say that the cycle is being closed with a "golden key" , to the extent that, on the one hand, Portugal is conducting a peaceful and friendly handover of the territory of Macao to the People' s Republic of China and, in the same sense, that Timor gained its independence in a fortunate way. +I hope the Council and Commission will assure us that they will not shrink from expressing Europe's outrage at the continued assaults on human rights and human liberties which pose a major challenge to us in the next century. +The nine indicators it is proposed should be used when next monitoring implementation of the Beijing Action Platform are included in these conclusions, and a reminder is provided of the Member States' commitment, in accordance with the Beijing Action Platform, to achieve the equal participation of women and men at all levels where power is exercised and decisions taken. +Moreover, I would also like people to take into account the fact that the behaviour of States, which depend on individuals' willingness to learn and, by extension, their culture, has shown that the more educated a population is, the fewer external wars, civil wars and injustices there are in areas where culture has made headway. +It would certainly have been preferable for all the left-wing groups to try and speak with one voice, while respecting their plurality, and I am convinced that a united European left, whose voice is needed in Europe, could have been formed on these issues. +Today, the Council is requesting that the Commission relax the rules on the pretext that, in certain cases, industries cannot prevent a minimal accidental contamination of their products by genetically modified material during transportation or processing. +These words are used in the following question: did the fact that the Wall came down, that the market took over and that we, as a result, seriously accepted the word mainstreaming in Beijing, mean that men stepped - if not a little into the background - then at least a bit to the side, so surrendering a little power and being willing to take care of the children when they have the measles? +The European Parliament' s representative group concerned with reproductive health has repeatedly called attention to the connections that exist between the fight against poverty, women' s equality and reproductive health. +Mr President, the Gardaland project, approved by the Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank in December 1997, is a subject that has already been raised in Parliament in the Commission' s Oral Question Time. +Mr President, as the Council stated in its reply, the European Investment Bank is a bank, and it therefore cannot function in accordance with the same rules on public access as the European Union institutions that enact legislation. +Subject: Overlapping of European Parliament part­sessions and meetings of the Council of Ministers Of the 41 meetings of the Council of Ministers scheduled between September and December 1999, 18 took place or will take place when Parliament is holding plenary sessions in Strasbourg or Brussels. +Subject: Practice of the European Court of Justice with regard to openness Recent events in the European Union have shown that EU decision making must be public. +This secrecy regarding deliberations which exists in the current versions of the Treaties is, in any case, justified to the extent that it is an effective means of preserving the independence of the judges, the adoption of decisions and, furthermore, the consistent interpretation of Community law. +Mr President, I believe the Council has already answered the question about the case of the journalist, and I would like to point out that the Council altered its own position in this case regarding public access to documents so that in the end there was just one document, information on which was not to be given out. +We must also understand that we cannot permit the unfair practice whereby companies or even the public sector, which is the worst payer there is in the European Union, are financed free of charge, thereby condemning thousands of enterprises to death, stagnation or entrepreneurial castration. +We will give the Member States a further eight months to catch up but the compulsory system must be definitively introduced in all Member States and for everyone marketing beef on 1 September 2000. +As already signalled, the Commission would be obliged, in order to avoid a legal void, to present a third proposal. This third proposal would be based on Article 19 of the existing Regulation (EC) No 820/97 and would prolong the existing arrangements providing for voluntary labelling. +The truth is that we ban American beef today because those hormones are there; but the truth is also that we know that, if we allowed the Americans to sell that beef into our market, at good value to our consumers, and if we were to put a label on it saying those hormones were there, they would still buy it. +You said to me just now that everything must now be built or rebuilt, in terms of logistics and training, in the health, justice and public service sectors. +The same is true of the rigorous budgetary discipline imposed on the Member States even though the EU is not so strict on itself. This budget 2000 will cost the Member States very dear and the agricultural line is once again the main reason for the increase in external actions. +The proposal for a directive combating late payments in commercial transactions is, in this sense, an effective instrument in terms of ending the excessive and often abusive time limits for payment which are used in certain fundamental sectors and which are the main cause of bankruptcy and financial and investment difficulties which SMEs have to face. +Let us hope that the Council listens to Parliament and that we can at last lay down harmonised contract rules at a European level, which will put an end to late payment and the dominant position of some creditors with regard to payment terms, and thereby improve the competitiveness of SMEs. +We thought it was far too soon, given that the Kurdish issue is nowhere near a stage where it could be resolved in the light of the right to self-determination of the Kurds and human rights are still being violated with no end in sight. +The European dimension of the promotional culture programme is embodied in books to the highest degree and it does not cost the Union a penny extra, it only costs the consumer or rather the 'dear reader' . +Through this procedure, which was based on respect for European competition rules, the Commission was actually aiming to challenge the fixed book price system. Among other benefits, this system allows literary production to be supported and the survival of small publishing houses and bookshops to be assured. +The Member States of the European Union and the European Commission have proven their commitment to furthering international criminal justice by working closely with the war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia and supporting them strongly. +The damage to public services is estimated at over FRF 1 billion because of the extensive damage to roads and railways, power and telephone lines, buildings and public facilities. +It is only fair to point out that given the time we had to do this, the committee and the Parliament have worked as effectively and as quickly as we possibly can in what proved to be difficult circumstances so that the money could be released next year for this very important fund. +Therefore, I would like both the Commission and the Council to reconsider the matter and for the next proposal submitted to this Parliament to establish the obligatory nature of its application in all Member States, with a single legal basis in the statistical field. +It is quite inconsistent to postpone the establishment of compulsory labelling of beef and veal for another year and, at the same time, to condemn France' s application of the precautionary principle, precisely because there is no such compulsory labelling. +There has been an agreement between the different parties, which has been implemented and universally respected, even if security in the country is still subject to caution due to the presence of warlords and the powerful wave of Wahabi fundamentalism in Afghanistan. +The situation has only calmed down to some extent over the last few months, once the warring parties had ceased hostilities and resolved that their next step would be to form a coalition government. +Yesterday, the Turkish newspapers wrote that international observers have not been allowed, and will not be allowed, to attend the trial of Mr Öcalan. I would therefore like you to answer the following questions. +Mr Kaklamanis, the Council is employing every political and diplomatic means to make it clear to the Turkish Government what European human rights standards mean and that it expects Turkey to observe European human rights standards in every individual case and in every situation. +We must always look at Gibraltar in terms of two different legal systems, because after all we know that Gibraltar's existing borders do not correspond to its historical borders. That is to say, there is a part of Gibraltar that is undoubtedly part of Great Britain and another part, the northern part, which is, if you like, Spanish territory under British administration. +The next item is the report (A4-0158/99) by Mr Herman, on behalf of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, on improvements in the functioning of the institutions without modification of the Treaty. +At this point, because this is Mr Herman's last report, I would like to thank him on behalf of the Socialist Group for his twenty years of work, and in particular for his commitment, for his creativity and for everything he has achieved in the institutional field. +But it has certainly tackled one issue: the serious problem facing the Commission in terms of the imbalance between, on the one hand, its responsibilities, its duties and the management of the programmes it is entrusted with, and on the other hand the resources it has available. +I should like to say to all my colleagues how much I have been moved by their expressions of esteem and appreciation for my report. I would also immediately add that the report is the result of a joint effort and does not just reflect my concerns alone. +But there are also areas where there have already been successful reforms: the reform of central, regional and local government, in which the number of voivodeships has been reduced, health care reform to introduce medical insurance, and reform of the pension system. +An enlarged unreformed community has a permanently increased exposure to disagreements which could stultify progress to our ultimate goal of a United States of Europe. +The switch-over to a market economy in these countries has created new markets and jobs for us, and a high level of stability has enabled them to weather the Russian crisis better than might otherwise have been the case. As a result, we have been spared the need to intervene with a programme of assistance. +The Commission wishes in future to introduce a single block exemption regulation for all categories of agreements on the resale of goods and services, intermediate goods and industrial property rights. +SMEs in all sectors will benefit from the deregulation while the use of market share thresholds will ensure that dominant companies are unable to block off the market to new entrants. +In order to achieve all of the aims that we have outlined, the office of the European Ombudsman must respond effectively to our citizens, which is why the report congratulates Mr Söderman on the commitment he has shown in trying to ensure that his secretariat functions properly. +I had also hoped that I would have a chance to personally thank President Gil-Robles because he has been a continual support to me in my work as mediator for abducted children, and also to thank Mr Söderman for his excellent work as European Ombudsman. +It is not a custody hearing on children. It is a piece of legislation that requires children to be returned to the country where they habitually reside, for discussions and decisions about their custody to be worked out. +The Ombudsman's prime merit is - and has always been - to promote greater openness and transparency in the Union as a whole. Let us not underestimate that. +Madam President, I completely agree with Mr Söderman that if the EU had had a culture of open administration, whereby the public could inspect the files of its officials once they have been finalised, we would be able to avoid a great deal of fraud and many irregularities. +Madam President, I am very grateful to the rapporteur, Mrs Peijs, for her contribution to and support for this Commission proposal amending the Customs 2000 programme. +Although the Commission understands the reason for the change, the first part of the text, which takes up a broader issue concerning own resources, would fit better within the framework of the legislation on own resources than in this proposal. +The specific rules governing the opening-up of the programme will be adopted within the framework of the relevant association councils, and those decisions will also cover participation in the meetings by the applicant countries. +In cases where an absolute majority suits him but a simple majority would suffice, he protests; then, where the Rules of Procedure provide for an absolute majority, as in the case of the discharge, he wants a simple majority. +Let us not forget that NATO intervened in the situation without a mandate from the United Nations Security Council, and that the French Parliament was presented with a fait accompli. These procedures may prove too tedious for some but they would undoubtedly have slowed the process down and enabled more dialogue to take place. +They would have also made people realise that in this case the bombings were a simplistic response. They were also a costly response in moral, human and financial terms as well as in terms of the collateral damage that we ourselves will suffer - on top of everything else - without even having come up with a viable solution. +Both in its consultations with Parliament's representatives and at the Transport Committee meeting, it indicated that it was prepared to re-examine those sections on which Parliament had insurmountable objections. +We also find it rather worrying that each country has its own inter-bank system so that there is no internal market in banking systems. Similarly, we are concerned that payments effected within the internal market are treated as international payments, with all the costs that implies. +Thanks to Parliament's report, together with the consultations the Commission held with experts, Mr Monti is in a position to put forward a series of measures at the Cologne summit. +This is why we are proposing to study the appointment of a European Union ombudsman for financial services provided in the retail markets, independent of any Community or national institution and of any particular interests. +I should just like to add that there is a need for legislation on financial middlemen in the area of consumer and housing credit and insurance in order to protect consumers in cross-border markets. +We feel it is too early to start predicting traffic chaos, and we would urge everyone to keep calm and to monitor the situation to see whether road and rail transport cannot solve the problems themselves. +We feel that the recent series of incidents clearly calls for a United Nations presence in the area, and we would therefore strongly urge that the International Committee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian organisations should be given free access to East Timor. +The Commission reiterates that, needless to say, it supports the current discussions on East Timor, which we also feel offer the only opportunity of finding a peaceful, just and lasting solution that takes account of the East Timorese people's right to self-determination and the interests of all the parties concerned. +The FBI Legal Attaché has said that in their professional judgment the best chance of detecting those responsible lies in RUC involvement in the investigation because of its knowledge on the ground and local intelligence. +When we condemn this particular action we should remember that there are Loyalist and Republican thugs who are deliberately attempting to undermine an agreement which was overwhelmingly endorsed by the people of Ireland, both north and south, and we will not let them do that. +Thirdly and finally, if such vehicles are authorised, emissions of pollutants will be increased because extra power will be needed to pull these trailers. That contradicts the express wishes of both our governments and Parliament in terms of environmental policy. +We are convinced that balanced information about both the advantages and the disadvantages of membership should be freely available to all Hungarian citizens, and we likewise hope that a referendum will be held to decide on the country's membership of the EU. +We are convinced that balanced information about both the advantages and the disadvantages of membership should be freely available to all the citizens of Slovenia, and we likewise hope that a referendum will be held to decide on the country's membership of the EU. +However, we believe that balanced information about both the advantages and the disadvantages of membership should be freely available to all Czech citizens, and we likewise hope that a referendum will be held to decide on the country's membership of the EU. +It is the largest and most populous of the applicant countries and expressed its legitimate wish to join the European Union in 1994, although negotiations did not really begin until four years later. +Perhaps that explains the Commission's excellent cooperation with the Committee on Petitions, and the Council's persistent reluctance to participate in the joint effort. +Now we have a legal base for the programme, a budget and a plan for a European awareness campaign against violence against women. +Modern techniques mean that planning can allow people to live in human-sized districts and villages where everyone knows each other. There would then be spontaneous social control, which is more effective than repression through the courts or administrative support to victims. +I would therefore like to appeal to the Commission and to my fellow Members to continue to urge the Council representatives to adopt a broad interpretation and a broad scope for the Daphne programme. +But there is no disputing the fact that violence against women, children and young people ultimately damages their health and - very importantly - their psychological constitution. +Let it be clearly understood that violence against women, children and young people must be outlawed and punished as serious violations of human rights, with no ifs or buts. +Article 13 of the Amsterdam Treaty outlaws discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, disability, sexual orientation, etc. It now gives the Commission a legal peg to introduce measures for the elderly and senior citizens. +I should like to thank my group, especially my colleagues Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Bartho Pronk, my assistant Mrs Stein and the staff of the group delegation in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as well as the group secretariat. +The first relates to the splitting of pension rights acquired during married life in favour of women who have given up their careers to look after their families and who, in the event of divorce after 20 or more years of marriage, are particularly liable to fall below the poverty line. +In Sweden, the Swedish Parliament sets the general parameters, but responsibility for social and health care for the elderly lies further down the line, with the regional and local bodies operating at the grass roots. +I know that our tasks at the WTO negotiations have been made far more complex and numerous by the results of the agricultural talks at the Berlin summit, some of which were far from satisfactory, but I assume that the Commission and the other representatives of the European Union are capable of robust defence of our interests in this area as well. +These converging trends demonstrate how unattractive Europe is. The main cause of this is the cost of starch raw materials and this comes on top of the other disadvantages affecting the industry, which I just mentioned. +The system of export and production refunds compensates for the difference in the price of the raw material on the world market and the EU market. +In December last year, the Italian authorities asked in a letter from the Italian Permanent Representative that the deadline stipulated for their reply should be extended to 15 January 1999. +They began by developing trade, and then they transformed the city of Venice into a major international cultural centre which saw the inception of the modern publishing industry, for example, and always enjoyed far greater civil and political liberties than the neighbouring countries. +In doing that we express our disappointment about the Belgian authorities who, after making serious allegations about one of our colleagues, and the conduct of his office and the payment of his assistant, failed, in my view at least, to supply adequate documentation. +We should like to thank Mr Fourçans for his very fine work and also for the fact that the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs has taken on board some important points made in the opinion of the Social Affairs Committee. +The BEPG constitute both a vital and key instrument for the effective coordination of economic policies in Europe. This, Mrs Lienemann, certainly puts employment at the top of the priorities of the European governments, but it is also high among the priorities of the Commission and, of course, this House. +By reiterating Parliament's support for the Luxembourg process and correctly insisting on the support which the European Social Fund must give to the European employment strategy, the report and resolution have given timely messages. +In early 1998 the Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control, Mrs Theato, and I, agreed on a procedure to inform the committee in camera on ongoing UCLAF investigations as well as internal audit reports from the financial controller. +As far as the statement of assurance is concerned, the Council is deeply concerned that the Court of Auditors still has not been able to make a statement of this kind because a large number of mistakes are still being made with the implementation of payments. +Secondly, I hope that this document will be available to the new Parliament and the acting Commission, and its new President designate, Mr Prodi, so that parliamentarians in a new Parliament have the information they need to ensure the nomination of commissioners is done effectively. +Finally, there is the Economic and Social Committee, the only area where we do have a problem. As you are aware, discharge for the Economic and Social Committee is still pending, awaiting a report by UCLAF. +On the other hand, we do want a Commission that takes full responsibility for its actions and choices, that is transparent in its institutional dialogue and that takes on the role of monitoring the operational policies that the services are responsible for implementing. +As long as the Commission still does not respect Parliament's right to have access to information, the institutions cannot trust each other, and nor will they win the increased trust of the general public. +Thank you Mr President. With all due respect, Sir Leon, we have to discuss this now, and when you say that there is no reason for consumers to panic because we have the ban, then I have to say that we are on the brink of lifting the ban and, as Mrs Mann said, this is undoubtedly about the different ways of life in America and Europe. +Sir Leon, consumer protection must take priority here, and this is not a legal issue; the legal issue should take second place to consumer protection and preventing the public from harm. +What irritates me most is that it was precisely those Member States which are always harping on about subsidiarity which placed most difficulties in the way of other Member States which said 'look here, it is not the only way, but it is one we want to try in order to create more jobs'. +Whilst the Commission is not convinced that the measure will or may create jobs, research carried out by the Netherlands Economic and Social Institute for SMEs found that it could possibly create 66 000 jobs. +Here we have a situation in which Brussels does not want to claim more powers but to restore powers to the Member States, letting them make the decisions; here we have a case in which coordination of taxation does not mean higher taxes but lower ones, and in which the primary aim is employment. +I hope that the Member States will want to use this subsidiarity we are granting them, without hiding, as Mr van Velzen fears, behind an obstacle conveniently put in their way by the European Union in order not to be exposed to the full weight of decisions made under their own responsibility. +We cannot ignore the role and responsibility which the European Union should undertake in helping to end the European tragedy going on in Kosovo, where the most basic of values are being denied - basic values, human values with which we are so quick to identify. +You touched on many important points, Mr President, but allow me to recall that - in the opinion of Alleanza Nazionale - more attention should perhaps be paid to Mediterranean policy, especially since you yourself have stated that a Europe looking to the east obviously cannot pay sufficient attention to the serious problems of the Mediterranean. That goes without saying. +We are opposed to any reduction in the Commission's political role, and we regard the political balance between Commission, Parliament and Council as a cornerstone of European democracy. Naturally, this attempt to redefine the European Union's overall prospects also affects the responsibilities of Parliament and the Council - and we shall discuss this point among others with the new Commission. +This leads me to my next point: as the internal market and EMU become established, it is imperative that the poor regions of the Union secure appropriate regional, social, agricultural, fishery and cohesion funds so as to guarantee that they can compete on a level playing field with all other Member States of the Union. +If in this discussion of the fundamental issue of values we can present the kind of Europe once called for in this House by Václav Havel, then we will once again be in a position to find favour with our citizens, who want more than just a single market. +Do you consider that the current institutional framework in which the Commission lies, formed by the principle of parity and equality between Member States, is an essential and historic principle of the Union or do you adhere to the more contemporary arguments which press for prompt and urgent reform? +Interviews with displaced persons by the OSCE's KVM representatives and the United Nations, and also national interviews such as by the German armed forces in the camps, paint a shocking picture of mass executions, rape, plundering and the systematic destruction of Kosovar Albanian houses and property. +By preparing for rehabilitation and reconstruction after a political and diplomatic situation has been achieved, which would also include participation by the EU in a temporary administration of Kosovo, pending final definition of its status. +Mr President, out of friendship for Mr Spencer I will say that Mr Fischer's speech confirms that this House is now being more cautious than the Council in its proposals to reform the common foreign and security policy. +For these reasons and also because we must continue to improve our relations with Russia in light of the serious crisis in Kosovo, we support the decision taken on 26 April by the Council to adopt a proposal for a common strategy towards Russia. +May I say at this point that the central conclusion of Mr Spencer's report on Russia, namely that we must postpone agreement on a common strategy beyond the Cologne Summit in June, is - and I think many agree here - diplomatic lunacy. +If the Liberals had not forced the pace of the discussions in the Legal Affairs Committee, there would have been no report on 3 December. +As the chairman of the Budget Committee mentioned yesterday, in the Budget Committee there is a problem with timing: how to guarantee that both arms of the budget authority can deal properly with the amending letter. +Furthermore, the list of exceptions to the right of withdrawal still needs to be added to. In particular, it should take account of mortgages and the contracts already mentioned by the rapporteur, 'contracts which have come into being with full notarial advice given to the consumer'. +In conclusion, I also welcome the fact that the Amsterdam Treaty was enacted three days ago and the European Commission has been given enhanced powers to bring forward legislation in the field of consumer affairs with particular emphasis on the protection of human health. +The right of reflection in my view should be abolished where there is sufficient information. What is more, the reference to the principle of good faith in commercial transactions is a timely one that can be related to the oldest and most unique example of good faith in civil law. +Moreover, it should be mentioned that our Member States still consider it unreasonable to subject agricultural policy to a decision by Parliament, particularly in the area of the budget, and our power of codecision is still very much underdeveloped when it comes to amending the Treaty. +Mr President, going back to the same question regarding the possible use of depleted uranium in Serbia and Kosovo, a specific question was asked to go on the agenda of Question Time, a specific question, not a general point as we had yesterday from the President-in-Office of the Council. +I must admit that I completely forgot about this formal sitting. As a result, what I am saying to the House on a personal level has not gone through any political filter, and at the moment I have to say that I would vote for both you and Mr Hänsch again. +In the debate that took place yesterday Parliament was unable to put a stop to the many war crimes and crimes against humanity that are taking place. Instead, the resolutions, the debate and the reports by the Council and the Commission turned the debate into a whitewash of these crimes! +We know that the Amsterdam Treaty only entered into force a few days ago and we must begin by gathering experience from it, because even now the comprehensive debate on the future development and form of the European Union is showing more and more clearly that in addition to the European Parliament the national parliaments and the broadest possible spectrum of social groups must also be involved. +The European Union will obviously be called upon to play a major role here. First, there will be the reconstruction phase where the Commission will have a coordinating role alongside the World Bank, for which it will need adequate support and resources. +Why should we leave it to our partners, in particular the Americans, to organise the Community's external representation for the euro, rather than acting on the decision taken at the Vienna European Council? +The principle that policy decisions are taken collectively is, it seems to me, as vital now as it ever was, for the very legitimacy of the Commission and the European institutional system. But that should not lead to a failure of individual accountability in certain situations where decisions are not and cannot be taken collectively. +Mr Prodi's ambition in relation to the political authority he plans to exercise, along with his colleagues and the European Parliament, augurs well for the future; he is a committed European and we wish him every success. We would also like to thank Mr Santer for the work he has done during his time in office. +At this point in time, it is apparent to me that the people of the European Union are concerned about war, misery, social exclusion, unemployment, drug trafficking and crime in general. +In Yugoslavia or in Serbia, there are a million innocent people, a million good people who can help us stop the bombing, the widespread destruction of infrastructure and the collateral damage, and help us find a political solution in the wake of the punishment meted out not only to the Milosevic regime, but also to the population in general. +Let me give a small example. The fact that last week the Council called on the Commission urgently to submit a proposal to conclude association negotiations with Albania and Macedonia means that we are actually 10 to 20 years ahead of time, for under normal circumstances this could not have been envisaged until at least ten years' hence. +As regards financial precautions, as I have already pointed out we are still below the own resources ceiling, which means we have a quite considerable financial margin of 0.14 % of the EU gross national product to provide for unforeseen expenditure. +With the postponement of the milk reform to the end of the 2000-2006 period, the costs of the reform were merely postponed to the next financing period, without removing the market imbalances. +By calling for an the immediate end to the ethnic massacres and the bombing, in the name of the 'European soul', President-designate Romano Prodi could have taken an influential and balanced role, decisive for the future work of the Commission. +It is therefore necessary to establish a new system of remuneration and reimbursement, whereby the reimbursement of expenses must be accompanied by a bill, and payment is dependent on the Member signing a declaration that the expenses have actually been incurred in connection with the exercise of their mandate. +Madam President, the World Trade Organisation has set 13 May as the deadline for Europeans to lift the embargo they have imposed on imports of American meat that has been treated with hormones, and particularly BST. +The rapporteur also rejects direct subsidies out of the EU budget for setting up and operating a supermarket and the catering services in the Parliament buildings. +Faced with such an inadequate outcome for the cause of the islands, there is no doubt that all efforts must now be made to ensure that the specific characteristics of the Union's island regions are considered not only in theoretical terms, but also in practical terms. +It is vitally important to economic and social cohesion and therefore to the very core of the European social model that the new regulation was adopted in good time, before the end of the European Parliament's electoral term. +Parliament, which represents the people of Europe, stated that it was in favour of the European agricultural model, greater equity, balanced rural development, improved quality and the protection of the environment. This was highlighted in the Cunha report. +So allow me to ask one question: in this context, where does the future of the countryside lie with the development of the Structural Funds to benefit urban areas, with the new WTO negotiations and with a CAP that contradicts our European identity? +Mr President, above all we need to be aware here today of our responsibilities in Parliament's final part-session, not only our legislative function but our commitment to deliver this new round of European funds for our regions and local communities in a timely manner. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as rapporteur on ISPA, the pre-accession instrument for the applicant countries, and a constant monitor of the general reform of the Structural Funds I am really glad that Parliament is bringing the negotiations on Agenda 2000 to a successful conclusion this week. +We have today come to the end of our debate on the Agenda 2000 agricultural reform, a reform which, in my view, has partially lost its common European focus and been distorted by the plans of various Member States. +Some new decisions by the Council are of great concern and, in my view, are inadmissible, particularly the desire to include in the wine-growing zone new Member States that are not traditionally wine-producing nations, that is, Ireland, Denmark and Sweden. +In view of that situation, in principle we were faced with the choice of two courses: either we could choose the increasingly rigid control of supply and make that the core of the common agricultural policy, or we could adjust our policy in such a way as to enable us to sell to new, additional markets. +In Berlin we also made significant progress towards sustainable agriculture by managing to incorporate environmental concerns more firmly than before in market policy and rural development policy. +Secondly, in the Commission's view intervention buying at higher prices in the beef and veal sector would lead to new, unmarketable surpluses and exert considerable pressure on the budget, as also on our market prices. +The financial perspectives for 2000-2006 and the interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline and improving the budgetary procedure are an integral part of the package of Agenda 2000. +With regard to administrative expenditure, the agreement would permit the financing of some 1000 new posts for the Community institutions and also finance the new Statute of the Members of the European Parliament, even though a solution on that issue is not yet clear as you know. +However, Article 7 of the Schengen Protocol stipulates only that the Council must adopt the detailed arrangements for the integration of the Schengen Secretariat into the General Secretariat of the Council, i.e. the functions of the Schengen Secretariat and not necessarily its staff. +Given this situation and in view also of press reports that have also appeared today, let me point out that it is not the Secretary-General of the Council who is responsible for the tensions we are currently seeing in the General Secretariat, but that the only reason for these tensions is a political decision by the Council that is covered by the Treaty. +I am of course assuming that the Commission will take these very serious criticisms in the Court of Auditors' report as grounds to pursue the European Union's interests as vigorously as possible. +At the 55th meeting of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva from 22 March to 30 April 1999, the European Union submitted a draft resolution calling on Iraq to cooperate with the appropriate international organisations and to provide information on the whereabouts or fate of the remaining disappeared persons. +In the light of these considerations, will the Council say how it envisages achieving an even distribution of the sexes among the future Commissioners and what its views are on appointing a Commissioner solely responsible for equality? +To my mind, the right of officials to denounce and publicly criticise irregularities is not an internal matter of staff regulations and so on, but is in fact a fundamental question of openness. +We are in favour of reform, generally speaking, but we do have certain reservations about grey areas not yet examined in depth - for example, the impact on the regions whose development process will be put on hold for the sake of the principle of concentration. +Perhaps you have a third model, which I would call the Austrian agricultural model, because, alongside the Wagnerian American production, this would be light-hearted farming, with farmers looking after the countryside, nature and the environment, so that Sissi could go for a country walk at the weekend. +In order for the single market to function, including, inter alia, a free trade policy in food, it is extremely important that applicant countries comply with the relevant health and hygiene regulations imposed by the EU. +The outcome in terms of the rules for assistance in the fisheries sector can be considered satisfactory thanks to the attitude of the Committee on Fisheries which opposed the Commission's original plan from the start. +The fact that we are projecting to spend more money on rural Europe, together with the fact that the number of people involved in agriculture is decreasing, ensures that for the next seven years there is a minimum standard of living guaranteed to people involved in agriculture. +The region to which I belong retained its Objective 1 status but nevertheless it is only really Objective 1 in transition, because the amount of money received under the new Objective 1 is actually much reduced from the amount per capita under the last programme. +I want to place on record my thanks to the outgoing Commission because in all the heated debates we have had nobody has stopped to thank those members of the Commission who have worked very hard for the people of Europe, the people we all here tried to represent. +As I have repeatedly said, without the core business of farming most rural development projects cannot be successful, because they cannot stand alone. +As consumption falls sharply and other countries rely on their own production without importing, the collapse of the Russian economy has further weakened a fragile market. +That is why the European Parliament has sometimes had to take a firm stand, even to the point of blocking the decision-making process for financing committees from the Community budget. +That safeguard is very important. It is the principle on which we will insist and unless agreement is reached in this matter I can tell Council that codecision procedure after codecision procedure will have to go all the way to conciliation and time after time there will be difficulty on this problem. +The most important is the issue of extending legislation to cover other forms of atypical work, such as homeworking and hired labour, which have become much more common of late. +The opinions by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy and the Committee on Development and Cooperation stress the need to broaden and improve the conditions for development. The Committee on External Economic Relations shares this view and emphasises it in a paragraph in this report. +Firstly, all the parliamentary committees involved, the Committee on External Economic Relations, the Committee on Development and Cooperation and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy, have clearly requested it. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement submitted today for ratification by Parliament represents an essential stage in the ambitious voyage we set out on four years ago to establish a new relationship with Mexico that would fulfill our hopes. +The Amsterdam Treaty itself dealt with the incorporation of the Schengen agreement, the institutional issues, the distribution of powers and the procedural arrangements in an extremely questionable and vague manner, namely by relegating these matters to an additional protocol. +I presume that we all more or less wholeheartedly share the objective of establishing a humane refugee policy, but I take the view that democracy is best placed, as the Danes say, 'in the pockets of the citizens'. +By ensuring that children learn how to use these new forms of technology at an early age and that training opportunities are provided for adults, we must prevent the exclusion of European citizens from the benefits of information technology. +Mr President, I am taking the floor for the last time on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party to reply to Mr Barzanti, who has just spoken on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists. I feel that I can but sum up, in one single sentence, what I believe many of us are feeling: we will miss you a great deal. +I would like to remind Mr Samland, who used a political rather than a legal argument, that this House has often called on the Council to do away with unanimous and qualified majority voting and to adopt agreements by a majority. +The commitment appropriations proposed for structural measures are in accordance with the European Council decision: EUR 32.678 billion shared between the Structural Funds (EUR 30 billion) and the Cohesion Fund (EUR 2.6 billion), which represents a 7 % decrease compared with 1999, in other words, a large decrease, and to a certain extent, one that is TOO LARGE. +What is there to say about a budgetary approach which consists of fixing a spending objective rather than a ceiling for spending, seeking out projects at all costs in order to spend all of the funds that have been approved, rather than allocating funds to existing projects? +It may also seem strange that during the negotiations Objective 2, which is dedicated to industrial and rural regions undergoing economic restructuring, should have been sacrificed, to the benefit of Objectives 1 and 3: its budgetary envelope will be ECU 22.5 billion for the 1999-2006 period, which is more or less the same figure as for the 1994-1999 period. +It is a step forward for the committees to be working in an open and transparent manner, but to cut them off from national concerns in carrying out their duties in order to put them under the power of the Commission is a mistake which I reject. +If the result of the referendum on autonomy for East Timor, planned for 8 August with United Nations backing is to be accepted, the ballot must be held in fair and free conditions which Indonesian forces cannot be relied upon to guarantee. +This agreement is the culmination of fifteen years of diplomatic efforts and comes 23 years after the forced annexation of this former Portuguese colony where hundreds of thousands of people have died as victims of the civil war and of the brutal repression of the Indonesian army. +And to all of you who will be continuing, I hope that you will be in the fortunate position next September of celebrating a great victory for the Timorese people, as a result of their freedom of expression in deciding their own future in a referendum which will take place on 8 August. +I hope that after so many years of suffering, law and order can finally be restored, that the right to self-determination will finally become a reality, and that the forthcoming referendum will give genuine democracy a chance instead of the increasing violence we are currently seeing in so many areas of Indonesia. +There is a majority of 101 countries, out of the total of 190 in the international community, who are in favour of a universal moratorium, and the Treaties that have been adopted and the constitutional changes that have been made by many countries show that it is not simply a theoretical majority. +The reason I am telling you this today is to tell you that although the tears may not return, that emotion will stay with me until we have succeeded in obtaining this moratorium, in abandoning the ways of the past, the barbarity, and moving forward on the path of the future and of civilisation. +This weakness does not simply concern Mr Öcalan, but the more important issue of the human rights of all Turks and, more especially, the large Kurdish minority in Turkey, whose identity, language, education and political expression is not recognised. +In this context, it is disappointing that no Member State of the European Union has ratified the Statute for this Court. This is all the more disappointing when we take account of the fact that the Union claims to be not only an area of pluralism and diversity but, in particular, a Community of law. +To be specific, from 1 January 2001, small and medium-sized enterprises will no longer have to provide five variables. However, the Member States will retain their option to request the 'delivery terms', 'mode of transport' and 'statistical procedure' variables for businesses that are above a certain threshold. +On the contrary, we in this House need to demonstrate that we can perform the balancing act required and contribute towards an unfettered information society, without allowing the Internet to become a vehicle for crime. Mr Schulz has warned us about that. +Madam President, I thought you showed great respect today by having the lights dimmed to say a dignified goodbye to all those colleagues who are with us this Friday and for whom today will be their last day in Parliament. +Mr Malangré's proposal is based on Article 65 of the EC Treaty, as amended by the Amsterdam Treaty, and I support it. However, I understand that this is not only a procedural issue and that with Article 65, we would find ourselves in a situation whereby unanimity is required in the Council. +The regulation of the market in potato starch is closely linked to the regulation of the market in cereals, and rightly so, since potato starch producers are largely operating in the same market as the cereal starch industry. +What is happening is that these proposals are not materialising, and if they are not urgently promoted, an large part of a sector which is firmly established in European industry and which, above all, provides many jobs, could disappear. +Some developing countries which are WTO members would indeed be interested in amending the agreement on textiles and clothing in order to speed-up the liberalisation of all quantitative restrictions, presently due to be completed on 1 January 2005. +We are calling for positive action from the Commission to ensure that international trade practices relating to products of the textile industry are dealt with appropriately. +Mr President, as this is the last sitting in the first parliamentary term in which Finland has been a fully-fledged Member of the European Union, I, as a faithful son of the Friday club, would like the Finnish language to be recorded in the verbatim report of the proceedings of this last sitting. +It was always a great pleasure to round off a long and difficult sitting - and I was often there at the end, though not always - with a joke, and I hope that the spirit which you have stood for and which several people have reflected in their speeches will continue in the next Parliament. +I have received requests from the Group of the European People's Party to appoint Members to the following committees: Mr Wieland as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights; and Mr Gahler to replace Mr Wieland as a member of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities. +Therefore, every time there is an election, irrespective of the outcome for us as individuals, it is a celebration. It is a reason to be happy because we are safe in the knowledge that nothing is above the will of the people when it comes to choosing their representatives. +We know, because we know you very well, that you are a demanding character, but we also know that you have a profound sense of balance which will no doubt help us in the future to form a new approach with regard to the relationship between the European Parliament and the Commission. +The Kosovo conflict has caused us to focus again on the point of departure for integration; the setting up of a European framework for peace. +That is why we want to say a word of thanks to our political friends in the CDU and CSU, and also to the Liberals, for showing such pronounced solidarity in their support of the Council Presidency. +The German EU Commissioner-designate Mr Verheugen said after the Cologne Summit that it would scarcely have been possible to achieve rapid agreement on the strengthening of a Common Foreign and Security Policy for the Union without the pressure of the Kosovo war. +Thus, no judgment can be made regarding the outgoing Presidency without taking into consideration the low profile of the previous one and the hopes raised by the appearance of the euro, which were then dashed and now remain on the drawing board. +With regard to the latter, the war in Kosovo reminds us of the wisdom of the Copenhagen criteria which stipulate, amongst other things, respect for human rights on the part of all applicant countries as a precondition for their accession to the European Union. +In my opinion, any European Union defence policy will overlook the basic problem for as long as the Member States do not accept the indivisible nature of security in the territory of the European Union. +The Finnish presidency has requested clarification as to whether the Cologne resolution means that the EU would only be able to intervene following a UN mandate, or whether the EU, like NATO, would be entitled to take the law into its own hands. +As time goes on, my concern grows that our capacity to make war far exceeds our ability to co-ordinate the reconstruction after the devastation suffered by the populations involved. +Although it is exacerbated by the confidence crisis produced by the défaillance of the Commission, this Parliament does have a democratic deficit. It is far removed from the everyday problems of the people of Europe. +Certain people have obviously expressed - is this not the case, Mr Cox? - a degree of regret at seeing former Commissioners present in your Commission, but this perhaps proves that Mr Cox, driven by a desire for polemic, had not properly read the report of the Experts which fully exonerated those Commissioners. +We are going to take care of your Commission and to those who doubt your independence, Mr President, because you will have too many socialist Commissioners, I will reply by saying that, while you have been nominated by a majority of socialist and social democratic governments, it is the Socialist Group which has been most surprised by your first public statements. +It is we and our collaboration which will form the basis for the way out of the current crisis, a crisis so serious as to reduce the number of voters who turned out at the last elections to among the lowest proportions in European political history. +I cannot help wondering why the right-wing group in the Parliament is attempting to postpone the appointment of the Commission using the report by the Committee of Independent Experts as an excuse. +Apart from these considerations, our candidate for the Presidency, Mr Romano Prodi, has just displayed the constructive and creative spirit with which he views the contribution of the Commission to the next Intergovernmental Conference. +Madam President, Finland is a country with great experience of surviving peacefully under difficult conditions and with difficult neighbouring countries. It is the ideal country to lead our increasingly urgent endeavours for Balkan reconstruction and already President Ahtisaari has contributed a great deal to this process. +This applies also to the question of a Code of Conduct for high level officials because in the Commission over the last few years there has indeed been lax management in internal organisation as was underlined by the Wise Men's report. +One can only speculate at just how much of a commitment Mr Bangemann had to the level playing field in this aspect of the internal market when he is willing to sell his knowledge to Telefónica , a major player in the European Union and further afield. +The Council particularly stressed that a swift, thorough and independently drafted report should be produced and, if required, that there should be changes to current legislation. +The Council made all the relevant decisions relating to procedure to ensure the speedy examination of the Commission's proposals, bearing in mind the aim the Council has to finish the job, if at all possible, before the end of the year. +Those who are pushing for complete integration to the world market in order to satisfy American demands should be aware of the heavy responsibility that they bear. +This week, the Commission issued a formal legal decision against the local organisers of last year's football World Cup tournament in France. +In addition, it is relevant to add that a more substantial fine on the organisers of the 1998 World Cup in France would have imposed an obligation on the Commission to consider action against the organisers of previous major tournaments who used exactly the same ticketing policies. +They are already obeying the rules, setting the precedent, and, at all future times in the European Union, that will be the way in which affairs are conducted. +Madam President, the second report of the Committee of Independent Experts, which has just been issued to us, is remarkable in terms of the breadth and the quality of the work achieved within a few months, and also in terms of the will to describe frankly the internal operational problems of the Commission. +We can set up all the European directives, all the recommendations, all the laws that we want. If their application is not guaranteed by inspection, I believe that the grave doubts of our fellow citizens regarding European effectiveness and the value of these standards may well increase. +I have tabled a couple and one of the delights about making a maiden speech in this House is that one has the feeling that those words might actually be studied for their merits rather than simply judged on their party political background. +We are arriving at the decisive moment in this long gestation period of the Millennium Commission: its investiture, with the democratic legitimacy which the recent elections to the European Parliament have given us. +As a conclusion to the process, we have decided to support the investiture of the new Commission despite the reservations which we have in relation to Mrs Palacio, whose innocence we accept, but whose idea of political responsibility in a matter which concerns the Community budget we do not share. +What we have heard from the Commission in Parliament has not been a useless act and a worthless spectacle at all, they have been particularly necessary and you yourself have been completely right to demonstrate to us in the last week that elsewhere in Parliament the Executive has not got around to issuing any detailed clarifications. +But while we can not give you a rubber cheque or a blank cheque, we can announce our wish to work together in order to give all the peoples of Europe, in spite of difficulties and conflicts, good reasons to believe in their own destiny and to have faith in their shared future. +Examples include clean air and drinkable water, safe food which does not poison people, the safeguarding of their personal economic interests and the development of a basic standard of health within the European Union. +Mr President, the right to approve the Commission goes, by implication, hand in hand with Parliament' s duty to determine the aptitude of future Commissioners for exercising their mandate. +A general remark, first of all. If we were to set the qualifying standard for Commissioners at the level displayed by my colleague Ingo Friedrich at the hearings and also in today' s debate, we would not have any difficulties with anyone. +They have both engaged in an excellent debate in committee and provided real proof not only of their specialist qualifications but also - and this is almost more important - of the new political culture to which you yourself have referred, Commissioner, and of the dialogue between the European Parliament and the Commission. +What is more, Mr Busquin did not show the least sensitivity towards, let alone demonstrate any commitment to, the question of defending the use of Dutch in the European institutions, which was an insult to the six million Flemish people. +We want to see these included in our operating agreement between the Commission and Parliament because the numbers abstaining or voting against the Commission tomorrow on the final vote will depend on how far those elements are in place by tomorrow. +However, the European citizens and peoples have been left with an impression of fragility, if not powerlessness and a sense of weakness in the crucial area - the area Europe was created for - of ensuring peace in our continent. +You rightly put at the top of the list enlargement of the Union to include those countries that are ready, and then you spoke of the different degrees of co-operation by drawing concentric circles of 'virtual Membership' to include nearby countries not yet ready to accede. +I wonder who can guarantee us that we will not have illicit funds in the Commission in future, in the DG XII or elsewhere, if this subject is not tackled in a better way than has so far been the case. So, Mr Prodi, you can still convince me by active intervention, but you must provide a very clear sign to Parliament and to the public. +Activity based budgeting, the division of allocations and responsibility amongst lower levels of the administrative machinery, an efficient monitoring of monetary transactions as well as emphasising personal responsibility still require a lot of work. +In accordance with this view, most of the allocations belonging to category 4 have grown in comparison to the budget of the past year, and on the other hand, there are also points under category 4 to which no cuts at all have been applied. +As regards the references made by both Mr Wynn and Mr Bourlanges concerning the agreement between official bodies and other financial means other than those newly allocated, I can state the view of the Council to be that it is possible to limit the reservation for Kosovo by means of a completely new allocation or by a transfer of allocations, but the Council is honouring the agreement between official bodies and all of its points. +Madam President, Mr Galeote made an intervention which was inappropriate on the grounds that we were not carrying out a motion of censure against myself but rather a debate on the investiture of Mr Prodi, and he criticised my comments about Mrs de Palacio. +The next item is the statements of the President of the Council - I would like to congratulate the President-in-Office of the Council, Mrs Halonen - and the Commission on the preliminary work for the meeting of the European Council on 15 and 16 October in Tampere. +Naturally, we expect judicial co-operation to guarantee legal protection for citizens while, on the other hand, enabling speedy and effective criminal prosecution across borders, and that means accelerated procedures, the direct exchange of documents, harmonisation of criminal law systems and also assistance for the victims of crime. +On the other hand, it must be seen that in the meantime a process of development has taken place in the European Union, with a European agreement on rights and with the responsibilities of the European institutions. +Other important questions include integration policies, which also affect the cultural rights of minorities, the right to family life with dignity and political rights for all citizens residing in Europe. +The Joint Supervisory Authority has been severely critical in connection with the misuse of information in cases where refugees have not been informed of their rights and where the authority itself has not had proper access to the register. +So let us stop splitting up mothers and children, withdrawing residence permits from workers who have lost their jobs and attacking the right to asylum. +We were only lucky that thanks to the Nato intervention and thanks to the return of the Kosovo Albanians prepared to rebuild their lives, the flow of refugees was soon brought to a halt again. +The General Affairs Council the day before yesterday approved the conclusions reached on Union action and took a decision on a common position to make them more effective, by imposing a comprehensive export ban on weapons, munitions and other tools of internal repression and terror to Indonesia. +At a time when the Commission is just emerging from the most serious crisis in its history and the European Union as a whole has food for thought, given the unprecedented alarm signal which millions of voters, male and female, have just given it, the time seemed ripe for strong action likely to open up new perspectives, action likely to regenerate hope. +For this reason, the Basque country maintains a political conflict with the Spanish State which has manifested itself in a violent way, a violence which the majority of us reject, but which, nevertheless, has left a trail of deaths, injuries, pain, extortion, fear and many innocent victims. +Even if the resolution required for approval is to be regarded as a task conferred upon the Prodi Commission, which we certainly reject, we cannot agree to this because in this way, the fundamental responsibilities of this Parliament are allocated to one of the EU' s administrative bodies. +Mr Prodi, both through his loyalty to the principles which brought about the current European Union and through his proven capacity for management, will, I am sure, lead the new Commission along the path and at the pace which current circumstances require. +Therefore, in spite of individual questions which concern certain Commissioners which, in any case, belong to the past, I have given my vote of confidence to the new Commission in the knowledge, furthermore, that Parliament has the necessary mechanisms in place to withdraw that confidence in the event that it is betrayed. +For these reasons, taking account of the generally acknowledged competence of the Commissioners and the intention expressed by the majority of them to work in close collaboration with Parliament, I voted in favour of the appointment of the European Commission. +Both the reconstruction of Kosovo and the provision of humanitarian aid to north-west Turkey must be undertaken without delay in view of the disasters that have taken place in those regions, and it is the European Union' s moral duty to provide the financial means for doing so. +If it were not necessary to ask the Security Council' s permission where Kosovo was concerned, nor to wait for Milosevic to allow us in, why is it that when it comes to East Timor, we have to wait for the Security Council to give their authorisation, and for Mr Habibie to give his consent? +Mr President, in view of the Dutch connection with Indonesia, I would like to start by saying that I am completely astonished by the way in which the world order has again shown such extraordinary naivety when it comes to the international rule of law and the conduct of the Security Council. +In the West we did not seek a UN resolution to bomb the former Yugoslavia over Kosovo which still remains part of Yugoslavia, and yet we have felt willing, for whatever reason, to avoid any military intervention on behalf of the Timorese in the past. +In this connection, on the initiative of the Council or of Member States, the UN Commission on Human Rights has, over the last three years, adopted resolutions calling for the universal abolition of the death penalty. +Subject: Reciprocal abolition of visa requirement between EU and other countries Some Member States of the European Union have abolished the visa requirement for US citizens travelling to EU countries. +Only when the Commission makes proposals on this regulation can the Council, by virtue of the principle of reciprocity, make a check of those countries whose citizens do not need any kind of visa to visit EU Member States. +However, I would like to point out that the US Foreign Minister has announced that the Attorney General has agreed that Greece should participate in the programme, but there is still preparatory work to be done before Greek citizens can enter the USA within the context of this programme. +The Union also stressed its common position, when the negotiations on accession started on 21 March 1998, that the requests in respect of transition measures may not involve changes to Union regulations or policy or prevent them from being properly implemented. +My specific question is whether the Council thinks that it could offer Morocco the possibility of a more rational procedure, because building a nuclear power station to produce 600 MW of electricity is "using a sledge-hammer to crack a nut" and I believe it would be preferable if our neighbours were not to do it. +Already, amendment 2 of Mrs Pack' s report which is under debate today, stipulates EU co-operation with those Albanian Kosovars who are interested in the reconstruction of their state, and that we must help them to participate and contribute to the European Union' s projects. +It is a very positive sign, Mr President, that for the first time Parliament has become involved in this affair. It has jurisdiction and, mainly through intergovernmental delegation, can monitor the functioning of this service which, in turn, should naturally organise the actual implementation of the supplementary measures to reinstate the refugees. +The proposed Convention, like the other nine signed after 1972, sets the EC' s contribution to the budget of the normal programmes of the Agency for the next three years, 1999 - 2001, and provides for annual talks on the EC' s contribution to the food aid budget. +Mrs Morgantini has produced an excellent report which I and my group support and the two amendments are very important because they ask for an annual report and for access to the sites and information on the aspects of the financing. +Indeed all members of the Union for a Europe of Nations Group are in favour of a Europe which encourages co-ordination between the different Member States, rather than a bureaucratic Europe which advocates a strict adherence to the rules and which does not adapt to geographical and cultural differences. +In terms of the law, we must point out that Parliament' s role is to conform to existing legal bases and not, by any means, to create new ones which are not in accordance with the Treaties signed by the governments of the various Member States. +The motion for a resolution includes a desire to transfer police co-operation from the third to the First Pillar, a wish to give Europol operational powers and a plea to set up a common European prosecution service (Corpus Juris). +It is no coincidence that, for matters concerning justice and home affairs, the issues of public order and security fall outside the already limited competence of the European Court of Justice. +The House will be only too aware of the sophisticated skills of international criminals in taking advantage of different legal and regulatory provisions across the globe and infiltrating economic and financial systems regardless of national frontiers. +It is unbelievable that the central bank has recycled the aid granted it by the IMF through companies that merely exist on paper on the tax evaders' isle of Jersey. +That food is being sold in Russian shops, and thus the price of Russian agricultural produce and food is being caused to tumble, and farmers' hopes of practising their own food production are being dashed. +We must do all we can to extinguish the fire that has been kindled there, so that the people in this part of the world also have the possibility of developing in peace, establishing their own autonomy, and having a future, such as we have already secured for ourselves in Europe. +I nonetheless hope that the President can draw strength from the massive support he obtained from the voters in the election and that he will act to ensure that the revolutionary court repeals the death sentences so that Iran might continue along the road to reforms and the development of a civil society. +Several Member States are contributing to the 90 United Nations military observers who are deployed in the capitals of the region and at the military headquarters of the rebel groups in order to oversee the implementation of the Lusaka agreement. +Naturally I would also have sympathy for the call made by, amongst others, Mrs Maes for a strict suspension of the gun-running and arms trafficking that are continuing to feed conflict in the region and frequently originates here in the European Union. +The Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party has requested that the Commission make a statement on the French Government' s refusal to lift the ban on British beef. +When I asked the Commission representatives in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection a couple of months ago about the reported illegal recycling of sewage sludge into animal feed in some Member States, nobody could define for me what sewage sludge was, where it was being used or why. +I believe it is Europe' s duty to share our knowledge and experience of this disease and to give financial aid to those African countries that want to participate in the process themselves, with a view to supporting them in their fight against AIDS and the consequences of AIDS. +The loss of young men and women in the prime of their lives is devastating as regards economic development and productivity, education, agriculture and a whole host of socio-economic spheres. +I think that the moral aspect of the matter and the question of where our duty lies can also move the discussion on. Also, this discussion may be seen in the light of the concept of conditionality which we do not refrain from utilising in these very poor countries, which need our partnership and our support. +Therefore, whether or not there is an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, there will be support for FYROM, although it must clearly be conditional upon the application of the necessary reform programme so that these funds will be put to specific effective use. +It is a shared goal of Parliament and the Commission to increase the proportion of renewable energy sources to 12% of gross energy consumption within the Community by the year 2010. +It is against a particular background that we are framing energy policy: we want to protect the environment and we want to cut down on CO2 emissions, so we must examine in particular whether the liberalisation of the European electricity market, as is at present being implemented in a number of Member States, is not counter-productive. +Utilising renewable sources of energy is a model example for the development and use of the most modern technologies which, at the same time, contribute to caring for the environment. However, there is also a second aspect. +This is something we clearly support in the Socialist Group, but I am not entirely sure that commitment is accompanied either by the political resources - which is one of the reasons we are asking for the campaign to encourage and foster renewable energy - or, more importantly, by the financial resources. +Just as the European Union has granted Pretoria preferential tariffs, so Pretoria could do the same with its neighbours. After all, economic development is essential if there is to be political stability and peace throughout the region. +South Africa' s preference was from the outset for an agreement close to the measures of the Lomé Convention, and Unctad predicts an unequal impact on the bilateral movements of trade to the detriment of South African products. +Mr President, as a representative of an agricultural country, France, and more importantly of a country which has linked its name and its policies with a particular concept of cooperation with Africa, we cannot go in the direction Mrs Kinnock is leading us, and as a result, we cannot approve the so-called trade and cooperation agreement with the Republic of South Africa, both because of its form and its content. +In our case, in Italy, they go via committees within the Ministry of Industry, for example. But it is difficult to have access to them, despite the work we do in the committees, in order to ensure that the funds, in ever greater measures, are transferred to the Member States. +I would only remind you that the cultural revolution needs more time. Here we have only changed some posts which it was essential to change because we had to give an example of mobility, for countries and people. +I fully agree with the points you made: the reduction in corporate taxes and their harmonisation are useful for European competition, as is employment tax. +My question concerns humanitarian aid to the Panshir valley, that is, the zone controlled by those resisting the totalitarian and criminal regime of Kabul and the Taliban, whose horrifying treatment of women we are only too aware of. +The Commission is aware of the scope and possibilities of different communication media and carries out twice - yearly public opinion surveys with two questions, on how citizens are informed about EU affairs and how they would prefer to be informed. +As to rehabilitation programmes, the Commission is in close contact with the World Bank and other leading donors to develop a coherent scheme, thus avoiding the overlapping of donor contributions. +Then they talked of an organised system for the payment of subsidies, but the family relatives of the senior members of the Agriculture Department who received subsidies already cultivated flax before those people took their senior posts, before Mrs de Palacio became Minister for Agriculture and even before Mrs de Palacio knew them. +Last year, EU exports to Turkey accounted for more than half of Turkey' s total imports, and Turkey' s exports to the Union area in the same year accounted for approximately half of its total exports. +Firstly, particularly on the initiative of the Greek Foreign Minister, to whom I should like to pay great tribute, a considerably better, though still not perfect, relationship between Turkey and our fellow Member State, Greece, has been achieved, as well as a step in the direction of finding a solution to the Cyprus issue which is so important. +Also in Athens, Chancellor Schreider, following his meeting with the Greek Prime Minister, Mr Simitis, stated that he thought it would be a mistake in a public debate and at a press conference to mention the conditions that Turkey must meet in order to be considered a candidate country. I believe, this suggests Madam President, that Turkey must meet certain conditions before it can be considered a candidate country. +The internal development of these States, and, above all, their ability to fulfil the obligations of the Union in order to acquire Union rights, may not be sufficient for such speedy accession as they themselves would hope. +In the Liberal Democrats' opinion, Europe must continue to give its firm backing to the peace process and cooperation in the Middle East. But it must make commitments, not just on an economic level, but also on a political and cultural level and acquire a stature and political weight recognised in the region and the rest of the world. +The French and English versions stipulate that religious authorities are asked to cooperate unreservedly, which already from a lexical point of view, differs from the Italian version. But above all, they are asked to participate in 'the distribution of condoms' . +The vote on these two reports constitutes a pledge to the citizens of Europe of the will of the European Union to protect the environment while reducing our dependence on energy. +For, although it seems necessary to us to associate Turkey to the Union in order to prevent an Islamist breakaway in this country, still its integration, pure and simple, into the structures of the Union in their present form, as the European Parliament has just requested, seems to us impossible. +For decades, the Turkish State has persecuted the Kurdish people and denied them their self-evident entitlement, as a minority, to political, social and cultural rights, as well as the right to their own language, their own schools and their own culture. +We regard the development of multilateral principles of competition as an important part of the liberalisation of international trade, which we believe will remain limited, unless the WTO can prevent barriers from being erected by private companies and the distortions in trade that they create. +In our position - as the Council President has just rightly mentioned - there is first and foremost the concern of the Union not to get caught up in the sectorial negotiation, enshrined in the conclusions of the Uruguay Round, concerned only with agriculture and services. +This is an appeal particularly to the Council to come up with a united European position and to the Commission to express complete confidence that a comprehensive mandate for negotiation will be granted in time, which will allow it to be submitted officially to Parliament for approval at the same time. +These statistics hardly support, and this is putting it mildly, the idea that the progressive dismantling of barriers to trade, after the eight rounds of negotiations from the early fifties until 1994, have favoured economic growth. +Hormones in veal are not a very good recipe. So removing barriers must not include removing the safety and quality of products. +The situation in the agricultural and food-processing sectors has become more serious over the last few years, although we were theoretically covered by the Uruguay Round and the Marrakech Agreements, which were supposed to guarantee and organise access to the market, support for exports and internal support. +The result of this is that now, the European Community is handing over to an international organisation its obligation to find a solution to its international disputes with no guarantee that it will be treated with sufficient impartiality. +I believe that in the case of the economy, it is not necessary, even if it is not an exact science, because the majority of economists consider, for reasons which have just been indicated, that the liberalisation of trade is the right direction to take. +It is less obvious in the case of the environment, so much so that the Commission has taken the initiative to carry out a study of the environmental impact of the round which we are about to launch. +We did not do it because at the time we had not thought about it, we did not have the means and to do it now on the basis of the Uruguay Round does not make any logical sense. +I would have been interested to hear the opinions of the Member of the Commission and the President-in-Office on how a common energy tax would evolve, as, without one, the European Union will be unable to fulfil its objectives. +According to a report by IPCC, there will need to be a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions between now and 2010 if temperatures and the rise in sea level are to be kept within the necessary limits. +Regarding the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, I would say that, as the rules for the Kyoto mechanisms and those to do with compliance with the commitments made have not yet been agreed, ratification at this stage would mean that we would not really know what we were ratifying. +The coordination of Structural Funds aid for the Objective 1 areas is laid down in the Community' s aid framework, which the Commission drafts with the Member State concerned, The implementation of Structural Funds aid does not, therefore, fall within the competence of the Council, but the Member States. +There have obviously been cases of non-compliance, there are delays of four months in communicating lists, the number of boats is increasing - between 57% and 63% more in Ireland and England - at a time when there should be fewer. Harm is being done to the ecosystem, people are suffering financially and the ICCAT recommendations are not being implemented. +Mr President, as the honourable Member knows, in granting a preferential agreement on trade and PHARE aid, as with contractual relations, a regional approach to the action is adopted by the European Union that it has applied to the countries of South-East Europe. +Regarding contractual relations, the Council stated that the commencement of talks on a Stability and Association Pact, which is a new type of bilateral agreement that the Union is offering the countries of South-East Europe, would be discussed on the basis of a report by the Commission when Croatia has met the relevant conditions. +A communication was issued to the Council on 17 February 1999 by the Commission containing Community instruments at the disposal of Member States to deal with the possible consequences of the ending of duty-free. +We are soon to receive a report from various governments and this motion for a resolution is extremely topical because it addresses the national governments yet again, via Parliament and the Council, on the fact that we as a Parliament - and I am very pleased that all groups have been able to reach agreement on the motion for a resolution - really do stress the importance of their taking active steps to produce a carefully considered report. +I think that we are very close to achieving the first great result from the UN General Assembly and that it is important that we make an effort to ensure that the final text is a genuine text, a text which allows us to continue this battle which, as other speakers have said, is particularly close to this Parliament' s heart. +Indonesia will not survive if it does not find a solution to the violence that is spreading across a number of islands, if there is no respect for minorities within a democratic structure and if there is no scope for regional autonomy. +On capital punishment: during the last three years, a resolution on the death penalty has been passed in the UN Commission on Human Rights with a growing number of co-sponsors. +The Commission continues through its assistance programmes in the field of democratisation and human rights to support confidence-building measures and dialogue between the different communities. +This Parliament must oblige all the States concerned and individual institutions to close this chapter, which is one of the many Italian mysteries where the truth is never found, and which has seen high level involvement and assistance. +Of course, what is particularly noticeable is the fact that for a country with 51 reactors and an undertaking to establish a further 20, it does not have the appropriate knowledge and experience to deal with such events. +The issues raised in the motions concerning the manufacture, transport and use of mixed oxide - the MOX fuel - are unrelated to the accident at the Tokaimura plant. +In closing, I would once again like to thank the Chairman of the Committee of Constitutional Affairs, as well as the Committee on Budgetary Control, and I would like to ask the House to vote in favour of the Napolitano report. +With this directive, which involves the first worldwide framework regulation of this kind, the European Union is making a first and crucial step towards both the regulation and the promotion of electronic commerce within the Community. +On the one hand, a small number of clearly defined regulations relating to the requirements pertaining to electronic signatures will be laid down. On the other, Member States will be able to decide in which cases to accord these signatures equal status with conventional declarations of intent such as hand-written signatures, written proof, or other documentary evidence. +As I understand the position, they may pose a serious threat to the market inasmuch as a number of the provisions look as if they will cut across the country of origin principle which, as the House knows, is the basis on which the single market is founded. +Of course, speedometers are installed in order to automatically create an inhibiting threshold to the vehicle' s speed because otherwise - unfortunately this is the case - very high speeds are attained which these vehicles cannot cope with on account of their centre of gravity being too high, for example. This has dire consequences. +Besides, the speedometer is already a standard fitting in most of the vehicles placed on the market in the European Union, without this significantly affecting the overall price of the vehicle. +It is high time the European Union switched to activity based budgeting, result-oriented management, delegated power and responsibility downwards, and clarified personal responsibilities. +The first of these objectives was to align the budgetary nomenclature with the priorities defined by the Treaty of Amsterdam and, in particular, the fact that henceforth the creation of an area of freedom, security and justice is one of the fundamental objectives of the Union. +Finally, speaking as a member of the Greek delegation, I would like to express my regret at the European institutions for not yet coming up with an appropriate legal basis to enable us to provide assistance to a particular Member State recently struck by natural disasters. +I am also sorry that the Committee on Budgets did not approve moving the training of the nuclear inspectorate in the former Soviet Union from the external policy to the energy line where that training could be done far more efficiently. +The additional monies granted for the additional posts in the Veterinary Health Office in Dublin will reassure our citizens that we are taking steps to protect the quality and safety of the food on their plates. +The Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities is asking here for a broad interpretation of the term "health" which covers not just physical but also mental and social well-being. +I therefore want to emphasise that, when a majority of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party gives its backing to the strategy which the rapporteur, Mr Bourlanges, has devised and which aims at rejecting the 10% general reduction in external expenditure, this does not reflect an unwillingness on our part to make savings. +Clearly, the circumstances of the past year - what with the Commission' s departure and the reports by the Committee of Independent Experts - provide a reminder that we need to secure for ourselves a foundation which can give us confidence that resources are being administered in a reasonable way. +And we want the Member States to confront these exceptional circumstances, and the reconstruction of Kosovo is an exceptional circumstance, with exceptional solutions which must not be sought by means of a simple across-the-board cut imposed on Parliament in their lines and programmes. +This must not lead to any increase in public spending in Europe, but requires individual countries, all the European countries, to be willing to transfer the resources corresponding to the de facto transfer of competences to the Union. +During that long and intense month of bargaining, Parliament made an effort to persuade the Council that there was more to the Union than the EAGGF and the Structural Funds, that the remaining 20% of the budget was also used to serve the Union' s objectives and that, often, it affects issues which were politically very sensitive. +Consequently, the decision to accept or reject the budget can, of course, only be bound up with how the focal points of the policy match up to one' s own ideas and whether the available financial funds are sufficient. +In a changing world, we must be in a position to make adjustments to the budget far more quickly so that, without increasing the overall budget, we might meet any new needs including, first and foremost, the development needs of the new Member States in Eastern Europe but also the need for emergency aid and reconstruction in the Balkans, which ought not to be financed through cutbacks in support to the Third World. +The new Commission will undertake and examine the award of contracts to the technical assistance offices according to the various criteria, which, again, you have discussed, in order to reach a clear decision here as to what has to be undertaken by public administration and what can be undertaken by the assistance offices. +However, since these visits to the ECB are of a more informal nature, it goes without saying that they have to be considered as an additional tool for communication between the two institutions and cannot be seen as a substitute for regular public hearings at the European Parliament. +Attempting to use monetary policy to raise real economic activity above its sustainable level will, in the long run, simply lead to ever higher inflation, but not to faster economic growth. +While the contribution it makes through maintaining price stability must not be overlooked, monetary policy clearly cannot solve the serious structural unemployment problem in the euro area. +Such coordination would tend to decrease accountability, reduce the transparency of the policy framework for the public and increase uncertainty about policy actions, potentially threatening to destabilise the economy. +At present, the performance of cross-border retail payment systems is clearly lagging behind the policy objectives of Economic and Monetary Union and, indeed, behind the expectations of many European citizens and small enterprises. +After the introduction of the euro banknotes and coins on 1 January 2002, these differences in service levels for national and cross-border payments within the single currency area will become even more apparent. +This shows that the ECB is taking its responsibility in supporting other national economic objectives, particularly employment, seriously, and we know that the economic "spring" in the European Union, in spite of the varied developments within the euro area of the 11, certainly needs even further support. +Only the most complete transparency of the relationship between the objectives set by the Treaty and the actions of the members of the Council will make it possible for Europeans to actually measure whether the members of the Council are fulfilling their mission properly, not that we doubt it. +Mr President, nine months after the euro' s launch and with enthusiasm for its future role as the major international reserve currency dimmed as the result of exchange rate weakness, it cannot be heralded as an unqualified success. +It was also confusing yesterday to hear that Mr Issing, the ECB' s chief economist, reportedly stated in London that the Bank would not publish economic forecasts for Euro-land, perpetuating a culture of secrecy. +I am very much of the view that we could re-think this machinery and that we ought to be asking ourselves how we can guarantee better parliamentary cooperation with a number of developing countries and also with the Central and East European countries we are supposed to be helping. I am saying this not because the NGOs should not continue to be involved there but because I think it is a rather false picture we are giving of the construction of democracy if we say that it is only NGOs which can be actively involved. +Mr President, your visit to the European Parliament comes at a time when the whole population of Columbia has demonstrated loud and clear its desire for an end to civil unrest, and for democracy and respect for human rights. +The next item is the report of the European Council and the Commission statement on the outcome of the European Council of 15/16 October in Tampere. +I would like to suggest that the next debate on the Intergovernmental Conference might be a good opportunity to take up this idea of ours once again. +Madam President, Prime Minister Lipponen, I agree with the view that the European Council meeting at Tampere may be considered a historic occasion for the reason that, for the first time, the Council discussed the creation of an area of freedom, security and justice in the discussion, and put it at the top of the agenda. +Our group agrees with the view of the Council that the Union and its Member States strengthen transparency of the Union through personal, cultural, political and economic relations with the rest of the world. +And to this end, we believe that this is the way to tackle the issue afresh and we also support - as the Parliament' s initiative demonstrates - the creation of a refugee fund, which we believe may be a key element. +I will give only one example out of the many I could give - the priority given to cooperation in fighting urban youth crime seems a little odd and out of place, given that, to make any real impact, the States would do better to join forces in order to defeat large-scale organised crime, which increasingly operates on an international basis. +It also seems to me that the Commission, in accordance with the new Tampere spirit and as the monitor of Community legislating, should ensure that directives to tackle money-laundering are complied with, given that non-compliance with these directives is hindering effective judicial cooperation as, for example, in the case of Gibraltar. +More generally however, particularly when it dealt with the subject of immigration, the Council became bogged down in two contradictions which indeed both suggest either its lack of political courage or the mutual paralysis of its members, it is not very clear which. +However, restructuring can either be "intelligent" , in other words, it can take account of the social and economic cost, or it can be short-sighted by taking account of the economic cost today and paying the social cost at a much later date. Any company which fails to take account of the social dimension will have to suffer the negative consequences. +In the face of new technologies and the information revolution, there is room for a new concept of productivity, based not on the rationing of social expenditure but on the promotion of human abilities. +Have the courage then, to face up to reality. The Michelin employees are not the victims of the Michelin management, they are the your victims, created by you, the merchants of globalisation, in the same way that employees in the banking sector, in the insurance sector, in the car industry and so many others whose companies merge, relocate or restructure just to survive are also your victims. +Yesterday, Parliament asked President Duisenberg to subordinate monetary policy to the need for growth in a Europe which does not know how to reform itself, how to reform its economies or to liberalise the markets, especially the job market. +In this context, we find ourselves facing the difficult problem of relocation. The problem is difficult because obviously it eliminates jobs in Europe, difficult because the people vilifying relocations today are the same people who are, at the same time, demanding that Europe should multiply its investment in developing countries and should make it as easy as possible for products made in those countries to enter European Union territory. +But, having said that, those of us who believe in the market and belong to this side of the Hemicycle, far from the autarchic temptations of some parts of this Assembly, believe that the principle of social compensation must counter-balance the principle of a functioning market. +It states that European companies regard themselves as an integral part of society which means that they operate in a socially responsible way. +Perhaps it is because they have fears of difficulties in verification and that the ban could allow countries such as North Korea and Iraq to conduct low-level tests, or perhaps they fear that by permanently halting testing the US could suffer a deterioration of its nuclear stock-pile and deterrent. +I should finally again like to support what the European Parliament decided on 18 November of last year when it supported the eight States' declarations of 9 June 1998 concerning the new agenda coalition for the rapid, definitive and complete elimination of nuclear weapons. +We would like to believe, Mr President, that the decision by the American Senate is but a temporary diversion from the moral obligation which the superpower has towards public opinion worldwide, i.e. as a country which should lead the way in its policies to reduce nuclear danger. +The major nuclear powers have scaled down their arsenals by a considerable amount, but that does not mean that we can rest content though. +I would ask Commissioner Patten, if he is still listening, whether or not he agrees with me that this reinforces the need for an effective European Foreign Security Policy and European Defence Policy where we would be capable of taking autonomous action - not to be independent, but rather to protect our security from being blown around constantly in the winds of US domestic policies and US presidential elections. +I await with interest the discussion that the budget rapporteur has announced which will take place on the way in which the financial resources in chapter A 30 of the budget for 2001 are allocated. +Now that we are talking about the Europe of the next century, a new, wider Europe, an enlarged Europe, would it not perhaps be useful to pursue a bold cultural policy at long last, for culture is not something that should be talked about in the way that all the other "important" matters are discussed. +I would also like to make an observation on amendment 12: The Commission accepts this amendment although we would like to maintain a certain degree of flexibility in order to be able, in the conciliation phase, to bring the positions of the Council and Parliament more into line on this specific point. +The Commission accepts amendment 13 which proposes criteria relating to the distribution of the budget among the main cultural fields, whilst raising from 9% to 11% the percentage in favour of activities in the books and reading sector whose annual subsidy would decrease slightly in relation to the Ariane project. +The new line concerns the preparatory measures of the audiovisual sector. It does not refer to former Article 130(3) regarding industrial development and the decisions on the basis of which a Eureka programme was founded for the audiovisual sector. +It is unfortunate that, as a result of a vote taken by the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, it is being proposed that financing for the observatory should be safeguarded for just three years, going against the position of the rapporteur, the chairman of the committee, Mr Gargani, among others. +So, in the Parliament budget, under Category 3710, we are surprised to read an entry relating to contributions to European political parties, with an explanation to the effect that the Commission is shortly to present a statute for European political parties. +As recently as last year, the Court of Justice of the European Communities severely reprimanded the Commission for making budget expenditure commitments without a legal basis, with the collusion of the European Parliament. +Industrialised countries in general and the Member States of the Union in particular must not withdraw from their development aid commitment as that would have social, economic, political and health-related repercussions on the ever fragile equilibrium of the most disadvantaged countries. +It seems to me to be a serious political error that, if the Council and the Commission have established a system through which its own members, the Commissioners, Ministers and Heads of State of the Member States, can be investigated in the event of irregularities, we MEPs cannot also be investigated. +Michelin, who have just implemented some controversial redundancies in France, are in precisely this type of situation, since its main competitor produces tyres in Eastern European countries where wage costs are five times less. +The truth is that the framework directive entered into force in January 1997 and the current Commission proposal attempts to resolve the problems of application of the transitional provisions concerning containers for the transport of gases and tanks. +Passing on to other matters, I would like to reply to Mr Pohjamo that Directive 96/35 on safety advisers, which will enter into force on 1 January 2000, will contribute to the application of the legislation on the transport of dangerous goods, and make it more transparent and more in line with our intentions. +I am sure it is not necessary, Mr Fischler, to emphasise once again the importance of this agreement with Morocco to certain Member States, such as Spain and Portugal, and to certain autonomous communities such as Galicia, Andalusia and the Canary Islands, all of which, as is well known, come within Objective 1, are very dependent on fishing and at the moment have no other fishing grounds for their fleets and have a business structure which does not allow certain types of cooperation. +You were an acting Commissioner and I would like to borrow the metaphor of Mr Varela Suanzes-Carpegna and tell you that you have a good bull, a miura, to fight; carry out good negotiations, bring them to a satisfactory conclusion, defend the interests of the European fishermen as the Moroccan Government will defend the interests of theirs. +For this reason, like the industry itself, I believe that this time - and in this case I am particularly sorry that the Council is not here, because it is to them that I mainly address my comments - we must stand firm and show that, even though we have spent years asking and begging to be able to take part, as simple observers, in the negotiations of the fisheries agreements, this participation can no longer be postponed, Mr President. +You can be certain of one thing: even though I did not in opening mention all the elements relating to the significance of this agreement, particularly for the Spanish and also the Portuguese fisheries industry, I am nonetheless perfectly aware of its significance. +I understand that my colleague, Commissioner Byrne, together with the chairman of the Scientific Steering Committee, will give a press conference in Brussels at 6 p.m. this evening on the outcome of the meeting of the scientists. +Perhaps Mr Parish could send a copy of his speech to his own party leader because sadly in Britain his own party leader has been advocating a ban on French products in the United Kingdom. +An embargo or an export ban does not fight BSE, rather it is simply a means of containing the disease and a way of implementing the European safety standards which the Commission has enacted. +In France, it was under pressure from the people, from consumers, and of course from ecologists and Greens, that this agency for food safety was established. +In the meantime, the UK authorities have in place their own beef assurance scheme labelling system and have indicated that this labelling system, on a voluntary basis, would operate in respect of exports to France and elsewhere. +It is that committee that took the vote and it is that committee that was unanimous in its view, having reviewed all of the information that was contained in the Ad Hoc Group' s report and some other documents that were supplied by the Ad Hoc Group and obviously applying their own scientific knowledge. +We have a unanimous report from the best scientists and vets in the European Union available to the Commission and they have expressed their view that the British beef exported under the DBES scheme is as safe as any other beef in Europe. +Mr President, the European Employment Pacts, the Cardiff, Luxembourg and Cologne processes and their combined effects, the macroeconomic dialogues and the technical and political bodies engaged in those dialogues are doing nothing positive to boost employment levels for the working people in Europe. +It seems that, apart from evoking the odd principle, there is nothing incisive, there are no proposals and there is no blunt analysis - and we need a blunt analysis of the state of many of the European economies, especially those of the European continent. +That is why we are asking you very directly as to when agreements will be reached in which concrete benchmarks will be negotiated on the contribution of public investment to steady growth, which is also bound to have a positive impact on the labour market? +How effective can the action plans of the Member States and the employment policy with its 22 guidelines be in addressing the problems of structural unemployment, long-term unemployment and youth unemployment? +Indeed I will go further and call for the exclusion of those workers who are involved in the processing of fresh fish - and I emphasise fresh fish - because there is no continuity of supply when we are dealing with fish. +The Commission' s study at the time of the original working time directive stated that in Ireland non-consultant hospital doctors worked well in excess of the 65 hours permitted per week and they undertake tasks indistinguishable from that of their senior colleagues. +The co-shape study also lists unrealistic rostering, protracted periods of continuous duty, the distribution of duties between junior and senior doctors, informal pressure on doctors in training, the vulnerability of breaks and time off and the pace of pressures and service needs. +Our problem with China - which has already quite rightly been pointed out and which is not limited to this one country - is human rights. With China there is also the issue of Tibet, their threatening behaviour towards Taiwan, and so on. +As far as the contribution that the Internet may make, we think that through this kind of contact, and also as you said, Mrs Plooij-van Gorsel, regarding the problem of e-commerce, a certain kind of dialogue will be possible in the future, as a result of this type of scientific agreement. +We had to work fast but I should add that I regret that my group failed to reach agreement on a number of our high-priority points within the Committee and that we have therefore decided, Mr Pronk, to resubmit these amendments as we consider them to be essential. +As is the case with European Economic and Monetary Union and, in fact, as is now the case with employment, we are of the opinion that the Member States should be guided by the three most successful Member States. +I have to say, it strikes me as almost incredible that this proposal to set up a Luxembourg process for social security has also been rejected by members of the PPE in the Committee, especially in view of the fact that it formed the very core of the Pronk report which we voted on in the previous Parliament. +We in the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party find therefore, that, with the employment package, a good solution has been found to the problem of how we combine the principle of subsidiarity with a desire to ensure that employment policy is properly coordinated. +The Member States' reports on how they are complying with the guidelines do not simply explain how the various countries are managing individually and in relation to the others but are also a source of mutual inspiration through which countries can learn about each other' s successes. +EMU has been successful in the sense that, once the various countries had established common goals concerning inflation, interest rates and budget deficits, it emerged that coordination of this kind led to the objectives also being achieved. +At a time when money should be used to meet the needs of men and women, the needs of society, the Michelin case is a symbol of the tyranny of the law of filthy lucre over the economy and over individuals. +Research just published in Wales that I represent has shown once again that women are hugely under-represented in management positions at work and do not move up the career ladder as quickly as their qualifications should allow. +At the same time, I would also like to refer to the VAT experiment in the service industries which the Member States, with a few exceptions, do not appear willing to join at present despite the fact that it was duly carried through in the Council, I wish this matter had had a different outcome, at least as far as my own country, Finland, is concerned. +Before the next series of votes on the Smet report, could Mrs Smet be given the opportunity to clarify on the record a point which she was not given the opportunity to clarify at the end of the debate yesterday in relation to share fishermen, who are self-employed fishermen. +In particular, this requires reform and modernisation of education and training which must be of benefit to everyone, without discrimination based on social environment or on the individual, and which must take technological and IT developments into account, and a ferocious fight against all forms of unemployment and job insecurity. +This is an eminently political subject where one can see the conservative right flirting with lack of job security and the forces of the left seeking to establish social convergence, stressing the link between employment, job quality and social protection. +Using tax concessions as a carrot to replace heavy old commercial vehicles is well justified, as are tax benefits for environment-friendly vehicles. All this would serve to speed up the introduction of vehicles that pollute the environment less. +Perhaps, Mr Lange, you could try again to reach some sort of compromise with the Council during an overnight meeting. In that way, we will all be relieved from having to decide on a matter of principle, that is whether to vote against your very good report - which I would dearly like to vote for - or else, I think it is fair to say, to vote against the environment, by procrastinating yet again. +The Commission believes that the state of development of the necessary technology to achieve such stringent NOx limits makes it difficult at the moment to accept a date earlier than October 2008. +Whereas in 2001 a report will be made at the UN of the first World Summit on Children, I suggest that within our own Parliament, we create a European Children' s Parliament, established together with them, to celebrate this European World Summit in 2001. +But I would also like to think that we could envisage promoting, under the auspices of the Commission, a comparative study of the transposition of the Convention on the Rights of the Child into the national laws of several Member States. +The reason for this question is, in fact, to ask the Commission not just to express its position on Parliament' s proposals clearly, but, above all, to ask it for the procedures and time periods for the tabling of its own revised version on Parliament' s position. +Even if, after the election, a new and different majority is formed here in Parliament, we support this inquiry into the issue, even if there are some amendments which we in the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party value more than others; yes, even if there are aspects of the proposal we should definitely like to have done without. +On the other hand, the second major amendment stated that any withholding of information from the employees' representatives by a company' s management should be penalised, and not only the withholding of information that the management considers important (far too vague an idea). +Thus, the most badly paid employees and even the unemployed or the homeless, when paying VAT on their food, are contributing towards financing the European institutions which, nonetheless, have not undertaken a single measure in their favour. +There is no longer transparency in the current system on account of the copious individual provisions relating to the VAT rate of collection, the British rebate and the financing thereof. +The Committee has referred to these developments and has drawn on experience to date in implementing the current decision in order to arrive at today' s proposal, which seeks to amend and strengthen the current guideline, which refers specifically to agricultural expenditure. +But with regard to the global transfer, which is one of the three instruments, and which the Commission had presented to increase the payment appropriations, part of this whole does not pass through this procedure in the Plenum. +But, as I already indicated, there are a large number of environmental aspects which have been ignored, and so there is definitely no sign yet of a more forceful integration of the environment and energy policy. +We think that sea fishermen will be able to achieve better protection if working time or rest time is regulated on a daily or weekly basis, as proposed by the Council, rather than by having a fixed limit of 48 hours in a reference period of 12 months. +There is no formal European citizenship, but there will be when in the most relevant branch of law, civil law, Europe has the legitimacy and the strength to guarantee our citizens' rights and to enforce justice. +However, it is absolutely essential - and on this point the words of the Commissioner were completely clear - that nuclear safety be pushed to the forefront, and I hope that this, as you yourself said, Commissioner, is used as the guideline and basis for the talks with our neighbours in Eastern Europe. +Although it has become somewhat dusty sitting in the drawer of the Minister for Consumer Protection, Mrs Prammer, thanks to good cooperation with the environmental non-governmental organisations we became aware of this study and since last Thursday have had the opportunity to examine its contents in detail. +In the absence of formal procedures to lift the ban within the EU, the situation is even more difficult. The British efforts to lift the ban in third countries, including the US, and in its Commonwealth partners, bear this out. +I would like to tell the Commissioner that here there have been agreements which have clearly established two obligations on the part of both sides: the United States committed themselves to amending Title 4 of the law and not to apply the law to European undertakings. +Subject: East Timor At its sitting of 5 October 1999 the European Parliament was informed by Commissioner Patten that the Commission attaches very high priority to the humanitarian aid and reconstruction support plan for East Timor. +The Commission is preparing monitoring and reporting guidelines with Member States which will allow comparisons and the aggregation of results and maps from the year 2000 when Member States report on the impact of their first action programmes. +I know what is behind it of course and the Commission is aware of the important economic and social efforts required in Member States with highly intensive production to adapt the structures and practices in agriculture to the requirements of the directive. +As far as the list of eligible regions is concerned, Mr Pohjamo, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to remind you that the Commission sent a letter to the Member States on 1 July 1999, asking them to present their proposals by 31 August 1999. +I would like to specify, if I have time, that a great deal of flexibility for every Member State is acceptable, but, in the zoning plan which will be adopted definitively under Objective 2, we must find at least half of the population which was initially identified as resident in zones eligible according to Community criteria. +I hope that by the end of the year we can get reactions from Member States and this Parliament so that we can start immediately at the beginning of the year 2000 putting forward specific European legislation on this issue as well as continuing to put pressure for the ratification of the 1993 Convention. +Secondly, in the area of Eurocontrol, and not only in that of Eurocontrol but also in other areas, we must guarantee efficiency and transparency in the operations of air service providers and furthermore clearly separate regulatory responsibilities from the provision of services. +Can the Commission provide a progress report on the applicant countries= preparations for modernising their social security systems and can it also report on present and planned measures to further the applicant countries= efforts in this respect? +We have done this in the past and we will continue to do it in the future, in which regard I would also like to point out to you that in this matter the situation is very different, that is in no way do the majority of the accession candidates fall short of the standard of the Member States. +Subject: Enlargement of the EU and the Schengen Agreement The applicant countries must adopt EU rules on visa requirements and border controls on accession to the EU, which will entail considerable changes for several of those countries, in particular the possibility of requiring visas and stricter border controls in regard to neighbouring countries. +Madam President, Secretary of the Council and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Commissioner, firstly I would like to welcome the appearance of Mr Solana, in his three-fold capacity as Secretary-General of the Council, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary-General of the WEU, currently in pectore. +In fulfilling your new role, you will find my group a demanding partner, extremely critical, if necessary, but deeply convinced that the European Union must be represented to a much greater extent, more active and more proactive, in the international arena. +So again, my heartfelt good wishes, but these in the form of a simple suggestion on the Common Foreign and Security policy: maybe using the process of economic and monetary union to reach diplomatic and military union would be a good way of transforming declarations of intent into more concrete steps. +The constant dialogue with the previous Commissioner, Sir Léon Britain, in 1998 and at the beginning of 1999 also contributed to many of the ideas of the European Parliament being incorporated in the Commission' s communication of 14.7.1999 and to these ideas being fully taken up in terms of content. +We also consider the precautionary principle and the principle of food safety fundamental, because we do not want to be overrun with genetically modified food, and we therefore think it necessary to reverse the burden of proof and we consider that the experts must really be independent of the interests of governments or multinationals. +The starting point of the Haug report was that the position of March last, namely that all exemption provisions should be dispensed with, should now be substantiated. +This is why I think, following on from what Mr Patten said during his hearing, that it is bad doing business with states which violate human rights on a massive scale - he was talking about China in response to a question raised by us - and that it is in fact beneficial to consider financial-economic measures when it comes to giving a clear message. +Our negotiators should make every effort to bring about real participation of these countries by granting institutional support, free access to our markets, observing concessions made - when it comes, for example, to textile products - and preventing so-called "green protectionism" . +Whoever is in favour of scrapping the European agricultural policy, also favours the scrapping of all we have acquired in Europe in terms of rural policy, animal welfare and welfare in general. +On the other hand, when non-integration is a result of domestic policies or of poor development, extending deadlines for implementation or providing more and more preferential measures are not ideal solutions. +In this case I am taking the floor on behalf of the Committee on Budgets in order to mention the main points which that Committee considers to be important at the Conference on the reform of the Treaties, based on the principle that, in politics, it is a mistake to ignore budgets. +As proposed in the Dehaene report, the Council of Ministers would be divided, as part of this process, into an Executive Council of Ministers, which could meet behind closed doors, and a Legislative Council of Ministers, which would have to meet in public. +The positions taken in the Dimitrakopoulos-Leinen report have been supported by those in the communications by President Prodi and Mr Barnier on behalf of the European Commission, explained to Parliament the day after the vote in our committee. +On account of the problems entailed in legitimising an area or a market without the structure of a State, the attempt does need, however, to be made to inspire such enthusiasm. This must also go hand in hand with the development of a European civil society and of a European public. +At the special meeting of the European Council in Tampere in October, on the subject of establishing an area of freedom, security and justice, the emphasis was partly upon the importance of an overarching approach to tackling the drugs problem. +My supplementary question to the Council asks whether it would consider the possibility of contacting the Moroccan Government with a view to preventing this enterprise which is dangerous for Morocco and, of course, for us, who are its closest neighbours. +Mr President, I rise not because of the topic of Mr Alavanos' question, but to comment on Minister Sasi' s answer and to put a question to him. +Passage along the Danube should be freed up as quickly as possible, but achieving cooperation in this respect has not been possible, and Yugoslavia has not embarked on any action to open up the Danube, although it has an obligation to do so under international agreements. +However, if we are not able to have this debate this morning, if there are too many speakers down for the Napolitano report and the Giannakou report, then I would support Mr Pirker's proposal that we not vote on the matter tomorrow. +Mr President, I would just like to remind you that Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure, already used for the Napolitano report, stipulates that "except in the cases of urgency referred to in Rules 50 and 112, a debate and vote shall not be opened on a text unless it was distributed at least twenty-four hours previously" . +Parliament's assent to this agreement is already five months late, and the public simply would not appreciate a further refusal to make progress and to create a strict but fair regime for the Parliament as for the other bodies. +That is an overall authorisation of an authority that not only exposes the Members of Parliament to all kinds of informing but which opens a system of informing and political agitation that makes a mockery of an independent mandate and a free Parliament. +Nonetheless, we believe that the debates in this House, in our committee, have been such that we have a good report drawn up here with the support of most political groups and I congratulate the rapporteur on it. +The Commission's communication represents, in my opinion, a good starting point for a global, multidisciplinary and integrated European strategy to fight illicit drugs on the line that was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1998. +I think that a Parliament that is not brave enough to resolve a situation where some Members and millions of European citizens are patently discriminated against, is a Parliament that cannot teach democracy, as it would like to do and should do, to many countries that, this very morning, we have condemned. +As you have pointed out, in addition to establishing the foundations of the economy, the emergence of a political power that is up to the task and the development of the necessary institutions will be key elements. +Despite what our colleague has just said, I think that on this occasion there is more than sufficient reason to congratulate ourselves on the fact that the European Union has unanimously presented a resolution to the United Nations requesting a moratorium on the death penalty. +Mr President, I am in complete agreement with Mrs Díez González on the need to seek to convince the Council to introduce a clause on capital punishment and the abolition of capital punishment into agreements with third countries. +And while all this is going on, the 54th General Assembly of the UN has rejected the motion by the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union for no more death penalties to be carried out. +We intervened immediately to provide humanitarian aid, with aid of more than EUR one million over three operations, and we are prepared to continue to intervene in order to meet the most urgent needs next year. +We are perfectly aware of the deplorable situation of a great many children in Pakistan, especially girls, but we feel that the most effective means of improving this situation is to contribute towards ensuring good quality, accessible, universal primary education. +The Convention on the Rights of the Child recognises the responsibilities of parents in providing the proper care and attention to their children, as well as the child's right to receive this care, guidance, and love. +So there cannot be an officially prescribed European drugs policy but there must be a European framework within which help can be provided to the people affected who are the focus here, on the basis of the specific experiences of the local and regional authorities. +Everywhere we succeed in preventing illegal income from drug dealing from being converted into legal income, we have made great progress, that is to say, the battle against the drug trade and money laundering are phenomena that are linked. +Finally, I would like to point out that the European monitoring centre in Lisbon is carrying out important work and I trust that the information and data collected by it will prove how efficient European and international collaboration has been in this difficult fight. +When both Parliament and public opinion were surprised at information published in the press, according to which an institution that we thought was involved entirely in structural investments had lost very considerable sums in short-term speculative operations, it became clear that there was a need to scrutinise the EIB' s investment policy thoroughly. +We are convinced that if it has adequate resources, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction based in Lisbon can make a major contribution to deepening the study and the proposals for measures to combat the scourge of drugs. +In any case, the fact remains that the debate and the vote have taken place contrary to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure, in that the last French version was distributed at 9.52 p.m. on Wednesday, and we opened the debate well before the 24 hours had passed. +Nevertheless, some of us, as Members from the Canary Islands, as well as considering it reasonable to extend the validity of this tax in accordance with the Commission' s proposal, have requested by means of amendments that it affect the most sensitive products, all the sensitive products produced in the Canary Islands. +Road to sea transport projects to relieve the traditional road networks require all types of ship, including just in time feeders and modern container ships, rapid ferry-boats and high-speed yachts, multi-purpose ships for the fishing industry and the coast guard service, large and small cruise ships and so on. +From Viana do Castelo to Margueira and Mitrena, via dockyards in the areas of Oporto, Aveiro and Figueira da Foz the workers are demanding a policy of upgrading the shipbuilding industry, of protecting jobs that are stable, worthwhile and that offer proper wages and a policy of promoting the exploitation of existing potential. +In order to understand the current situation, we must remember that the 1994 international agreement on the elimination of aid for shipbuilding in the context of the liberalisation of the industry is not being fulfilled. +It is also vital that the Commission makes this problem and its resolution a priority, that it recognises the need to review long-held positions and that it provides the European Parliament with full information on the damage that the European shipping industry has suffered. +The Council is therefore right in deciding, for the time being, not to make any changes to the agreement to end the generic support to the shipbuilding industry as of 1 January 2001. +Madam President, I too am a Basque and I am also a woman and a Socialist. I am one of the 92% of Basque people who voted in the Basque Country in favour of the Statute of Autonomy and in favour of democracy. +For example, if, during a major championship, tickets are sold only to nationals and sales to non-nationals or other European citizens are refused, this contravenes the rules on competition and positive action must be taken against this. +My life would be far easier if I were able to construct a sports policy on the basis of an article in the Treaty. +If we, as a European Union, want a place in the global economy and on the increasingly globalised political scene, then we must make up our minds to give the European Union a legal capacity so that representatives of the European Union can act on behalf of the European Union. +I also place great importance on something which has hardly been mentioned. We are carrying out a parallel exercise of constitutionalising the Treaties, by preparing a Charter of Fundamental Rights, at the same time as planning the Intergovernmental Conference. +There is one significant point I want to concentrate on in my speech, namely the Commission' s remark in its contribution for the Summit to the effect that, if the political will is sufficiently strong, it will be possible to conclude the planned Intergovernmental Conference successfully before the end of the year 2000. +For the record, I should like to make it clear that, in common with all our colleagues in the Green European Free Alliance, we in the SNP are committed to the idea of collective security in Europe and welcome developments the Council will pursue to this end. +We must take advantage of the current economic cycle and of the declaration that the Finnish Presidency will be making on the Millennium and the new information society, so that we find a creative way of recording sustained growth and so that the goal of full employment is actually achieved and does not remain a rhetorical phrase. +Indeed, the motion for a resolution I saw this morning contained no mention of any internal market or information society initiatives at all, despite the work that has been going on under your Presidency. +Firstly, as regards the question of employment, we regard this as very important, and we have made preparations, as I said in my speech, to ensure that history' s first Summit conference on employment is a real success during Portugal' s presidential term. +I will mention just one in which I think the European Union should be actively involved, namely the establishment of the International Criminal Court which would end the current situation in which the judicial instruments available to us are quite incapable of dealing with international requests for legal proceedings. +We know that it will be a long and difficult process; this was shown by the UN' s failure to debate the European Union resolution on the moratorium on capital punishment. +The present report, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, the first of its kind, deserves all credit and is a first step towards a consistent and coherent human rights policy to which the Council, Commission and Parliament, in a joint effort, should give their all. +The Committee on Budgets also wishes reference to be made to the interinstitutional agreement of 6 May of this year and for it to be stated that the recommended amounts for the period 2000-2002 should constitute a portion of the multiannual financial framework for the MEDA programme so that it is apparent that we are not concerned here with a new expenditure item. +I have just one technical remark on Amendment No 15 in the report concerning economic cooperation where it is stated that the Council (with a qualified majority) or the European Parliament can decide to suspend the partnership. +I am most grateful for the debate which has been held here because it was a highly factual debate which made very valuable and important points, especially for the attention of Turkey, because Turkey will have to gauge the political mood which prevails in Europe towards its application to join the European Union. +This is an important step, I would even go so far as to say that it is a milestone in air quality legislation now that, for the first time, a limit value has been set for benzene, a carcinogenic substance which can cause leukaemia. +We cannot accept this part of the Amendment because it ought to include a reference to the Community objective of 120 g/km. The year by which this objective is to be achieved, namely 2010, has however been left out of the European Parliament' s Amendment. +The Commission proposes another variant, worded as follows: "The Commission is investigating the possibility of introducing a frame of reference for tax measures which may encourage the use of fuel-efficient private cars." +More than just amending the Regulation, the proposal adopts a Council of Ministers' agreement. This is actually a derogation from the Regulation as Portugal did not produce the quota which it was allocated for the marketing year 1997-1998, apparently due to bad weather. +We therefore think that it is more sensible to increase and improve the current system for calculating quotas with increases in line with the total amounts of production aid and not to move towards a system of guarantee thresholds that could penalise all farmers and not just those who exceed their quotas. +A5-0067/1999 by Mrs Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (COM(99) 55 - C4-0141/1999 - 1999/0047(CNS)). +In view of the current healthy state of herring stocks, the proposal changes allow for a reduction in both the area and the time period of fishing restrictions. +A clear message must go out from this Parliament, from the Commission and from the Council to the fishing industry that honest endeavours will be respected and those fishermen who abide by technical conservation measures that are devised by accredited European scientists in partnership with fishermen will benefit most. +Madam President, I am delighted to be making my maiden speech today in this House, as I am a new Member of Parliament, and I am happy to do so with regard to fisheries and the excellent report by Mrs Fraga Estévez, because I am the mayor of Mèze, in the French department of Hérault, in the south of France, which is a small town, one of the main Mediterranean coastal fishing ports, near Sète, which is the principal fishing port. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as you can imagine, I followed the debates yesterday very attentively and the unanimous praise of the content and form of this report slightly worried me, as it is impossible, whatever the qualities of any compromise, to please everyone. +This is a point of order, specifically to protest at the President for not giving me the floor when I requested it, when I was the only Member to announce yesterday that they would be proposing this request for referral. +With the same concern for the smooth transition to the euro, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs made a proposal, one that I support, which aims to allow the consumer to start changing his national currency into coins and notes made out in euros from the beginning of December 2001. +But just to refresh the memories of colleagues, the motion which was circulated to Parliament was about restoring the rights of former royal families of Europe, in particular those of Austria and Italy, who are still denied their full civil and political rights as citizens of the European Union. +President Clinton's call for the enforcement of trade labour standards for developing countries and elsewhere in the world was the death knell of these talks. +If we acknowledge this fact, which I believe is now proven, looking back on it a week later, it is thus once the liberalisation of trade has been decided, managed and brought under control, that developing countries see the value it has for them, and no doubt they consider it better for them than the status quo with the development of bilateral relations which do not work in their favour. +Mr President, Mr President of the Court of Auditors, ladies and gentlemen, it is my intention to go through the Court of Auditors' report sector by sector with the departments, and, above all, with the Member States, and to find out why the mistakes were made in the first place. +Let me underline what the Court's role is in this context: it is to give you all the material we find it appropriate and advisable to put forward, and leave it to you to make the political decision on discharge. +I would next like to tell the PPE-DE Group that my thanks go to the chairman of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, Mr Gargani, who contributed greatly to the positive outcome of the conciliation process. +May I thank the rapporteur, Mr Niels Busk, and congratulate him on the excellent report he has presented on the Commission proposal with a view to integrating the NEAFC scheme of control into Community legislation. +So this proposal encompasses a regulation and a number of licences, the so-called permits for heavy goods vehicles, and will for the first time offer the opportunity to carry out a prescribed number of journeys on Swiss territory using EU lorries of the maximum permissible weight of 40 tonnes. +There is a real fear that some of the well-intentioned amendments which have been tabled by the rapporteur may actually make the situation worse; in particular, that it will make it difficult for us to phase out across the world, and especially in the developing nations, the harmful CFCs which are so much more detrimental to the ozone layer than the items mentioned in this report. +The next item is the motion for a resolution (B5-0313/1999), on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the follow-up to Parliament' s opinion on labelling of foodstuffs produced using genetically modified organisms. +The net result of this regulation will be, when we bring it in, that the vast majority of food in the supermarket will be exactly as it is now - unlabelled - because the vast majority of food may contain a small amount of GM, below the limit. +We want to help Turkey along the road towards full compliance with the Copenhagen criteria, and now that the European Council has given its green light, we shall be able to devise specific ways of doing so under a pre-accession strategy for Turkey. +To persuade Russia of the benefits of a political solution, the European Council issued a separate declaration on the situation in Chechnya and its effects on relations between the European Union and Russia. +The European Council underlined this by saying it was vital to continue with projects to support human rights, the rule of law and civil society as well as nuclear safety. +Madam President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, I should like first on behalf of the Group for the European People' s Party (Christian Democrats) and the European Democrats to extend my warmest thanks to the Finnish Presidency of the Council for its work and its good intentions. +Madam President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, my group would first like to acknowledge to those representing the Finnish Presidency that you, as compared with the European Parliament, have improved transparency and the flow of information. +Now we have to ensure that we also achieve a balance in the progress we make in negotiations and that candidate countries give sufficient consideration to the issues of social security, equality between men and women, employment and environmental protection. +Mr Poettering has rightly already pointed out that the three Amsterdam leftovers do in fact represent a very minimal package, and in particular, that the question of qualified majority decision making is still a major point of discussion in the Council. +There was also almost universal agreement about Chechnya and the need for us not to have double standards in our foreign policy, but to reassert the principles which are the cornerstone of the European Union. +Europe must not just be the Europe of oil multinationals; it must also become the Europe of human rights, which is why we in the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance are calling for a conference on the Caucasus in collaboration with the OSCE so that a contribution to peace in this region can finally be made. +The High Commissioner has carried out a great deal of good work for minorities, the OSCE is mediating between government and opposition in Belarus and is helping to find a solution to the problems in Moldavia. The OSCE is also encouraging further reductions in conventional weapons. +Finally, Mr President, I would like to highlight two issues concerning the forthcoming Portuguese Presidency: the Summit on employment, which I consider to be very important and which should have been studied more carefully by this House, and the fact that priority should be given to the protection of public health and food safety. +We are all aware that the percentage of audiovisual products originating in Europe and consumed in Europe is tiny, even if we take the value of the production of each of our national States together as well as those considered to be European productions because they involve the collaboration of more than one Member State. +I should like to ask the Commissioner, given that the Commission enthusiastically supported candidate status for Turkey, if these statements are in keeping with the spirit in which the Council and the Commission recommended that Turkey be granted candidate status and if this is an indication of how Turkey will conduct itself in future. +What I asked you just now though is this; is this programme positively compatible with the Commission' s other position according to which we should protect European audiovisual products from competition, especially television, which the French call a "cultural exception" ? +In order to tackle this general issue in a more structural way, the Commission has, in fact, recently launched a horizontal inquiry into the current situation within all Member States, to identify common problems and problems which are only specific to a certain Member State. +Mr President, from what I can gather from the first part of the Commissioner' s answer, the Commission is totally indifferent to the negative impact the damaged bridges over the Danube will have and is only concerned about how it can make use of this natural disaster - which it in fact helped to bring about - to overturn the legally and democratically elected leadership in Yugoslavia. +This clearly leads to discrimination against the regions coming within Objective 1. In terms of tourist revenue and economic expansion, those regions could benefit greatly from the opening of gaming houses. +The report which is due at the end of the year will not as yet contain any proposals but will analyse the impact of the exempted distribution system which is due at the end of 2000 and will contain a fully-fledged analysis of the impact of the block exemption and this should be the basis for subsequent decisions. +I refer in particular to travel costs for officials on active service, another problem which requires an urgent solution, and all the other points which, in my view, we solved at first reading and which we can now clear up once and for all. +Mr President, we endorsed the European Parliament' s strategy at first reading of the budget for 2000 and we now believe that the European Parliament cannot and must not lose face, because that would risk it losing credibility as well. +Mr Wynn asked you, Madam President-in-Office, if "at this moment" meant that the Council was opposed to a review of the financial perspectives for the year 2000, which would appear to us to be perfectly in keeping with the compromise which is being forged, or if "at this moment" meant something even vaguer? +At the OSCE Summit in Istanbul, the President of the Commission, Mr Prodi, addressed the political task in the entire region of the western Balkans for the period from 2000 to 2006, announcing that the Commission was considering a sum in the order of EUR 5.5 billion as the support needed. +In those circumstances, I would suggest that we at least make our words on the partial suspension of the TACIS programme under the budget year 2000 entirely compatible with what was decided in Helsinki, mainly and most particularly, that if we are going to save the democracy budget line we should also equally save the budget line which applies to nuclear safety projects. +The need to continuously monitor the implementation of the plans, as laid down in the document, protects the European Union from the blatant attempts at fraud noted in the past, and aims to put in place obvious and thus verifiable initiatives. +Therefore, we need to proceed with the interventions in order to create a security framework between, on the one side, the new Independent States, and on the other, the European Union, so that we can establish ever greater peace and stability. +The European Parliament is quite right when it states in its resolution that the commitments that have been made up till now are still not sufficient to limit the rise in temperature to one and a half degrees a century: we need new commitments in addition to the present ones. +I would like to reply to Mr Poettering who made a request at the beginning of the sitting: the European Councils of Cologne and Tampere established a body responsible for drawing up a Charter of Fundamental Rights. +Mr President, although I fully appreciate that we have to break off in order to award the prize to Xanana Gusmão, whom I fully and completely support, I should nonetheless like, on behalf of the Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities, to ask whether we are to see as discrimination against women the fact that we do not get to continue our debate at three o' clock on the dot, which I think would have been quite the natural thing to do. +Given that conciliation seems unavoidable, the Commission will play a full and constructive role in facilitating a compromise in order to avoid a failure of the directive which would affect all of us and be of considerable detriment to motorists visiting the EU. +In this respect, the differences of opinion which arose on the subject of biotechnologies and which formed a potential challenge to the protocol on biodiversity are even less acceptable as they in no way corresponded to the European mandate and the position adopted by this House. +I share the opinion given in this text that current legislation within the European Union on this particularly controversial subject does not meet the requirements of consumer protection and information. +This is due directly to the system chosen by Parliament' s computer service, that is, to protect the MEPs and screen their access to the Internet, with the upshot being that it has been impossible to connect for a couple of weeks. +We have three events on the agenda before the conference in June: the Economic Commission for Europe, which will meet in January, the European conference on the Beijing issues, which will be held in February, and the meeting of the Women' s Committee of the UN, which will be held in March. +As Mrs Theorin pointed out, we are not able at this stage to select four or five areas, given that we are required by the Beijing platform to give equal priority to the twelve areas but we could, of course, focus our attention on the fifth action programme when we discuss the selection of priorities at European level. +The Commission's efforts focused on establishing that the original decision to lift the ban on UK beef posed no threat to public health. +The next item is the continuation of the debate on the Commission statement on the follow-up to the French Government' s decision to uphold the ban on British beef and veal. +Part of the task has been completed but only part. I would cite as proof the rumour that parents are still being told that beef is not on the menu in British schools. +Equally it will be necessary for me and for the Legal Service to determine the appropriate response, having regard to the response of the French authorities to the reasoned opinion that was agreed to be sent yesterday because that in essence is a legal document setting out the legal position and I expect that the response will be in similar terms. +The relevant instruments, which the Council adopted before the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam within the framework of Chapter VI of the Treaty on European Union, constitute the first phase in the harmonisation of legislation and practices in respect of immigration. +Furthermore, I would remind everyone that at present the rules that apply to immigration on the part of nationals of applicant countries or third countries in the Member States of the European Union clearly fall within the competence of the officials appointed for this purpose at national level. +I wonder if the Council would agree that the best way to stem the flow of economic migrants is by improving economic conditions in the host country? +The Council expressed its concern over the problems being caused by delayed flights, which are becoming more serious, and considered that action needed to be taken to find a solution to these problems and in this way respond to the demands by the citizens of Europe for a better service. +The ultimate sanction for a state which is a signatory to the Convention but which refuses to comply with Court judgments is expulsion or the suspension of its participation in the bodies of the Council of Europe. +To bring control into more precise focus, the Member States of the European Union are working to improve the efficiency of risk assessment methods and the exchange of information process that makes prevention possible. +When it also transpired that the file of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs had been passed on to the Industry Committee, then I felt completely orphaned, but the coordinator and the new EPP shadow rapporteur have adopted me in the Industry Committee for a short while, which made up for a lot of things and for which I would like to express my thanks to both. +(1) The Council agrees on the following common orientation: the Commission proposal is acceptable without any other amendment than the addition of Article 37 to Article 152, paragraph 4(b) as a legal basis; +(6) Should the Commission submit a formal proposal for a Council regulation corresponding to the text of the working document which received the support of the Council, the Council shall adopt such proposed regulation before 31 December 1999; +This fact must be fully reflected in the trade talks still to get under way in Seattle, where our competitors in world trade will have a vested interest in frustrating our efforts to put our agriculture and food sector on a sound and competitive footing. +Apart from the material reconstruction, we are committed to promoting civil society, education about human rights, education about democracy and the precise notion of justice, and we need your support. +Report (A5-0095/1999) by Mr Bourlanges and Mr Virrankoski, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2000, as modified by the Council (all sections) (C5-0600/1999) and on Letters of Amendment Nos 1/2000 (11568/1999 - C5-0313/1999) and 2/2000 (13482/1999 - C5-0311/1999) +This is not particularly serious and would even raise a smile if, at the same time, the EU' s budget policy and the risk of a review of the financial perspective did not seem to be so contrary to national interests. +In other words, in the same week, France cannot be forced to lift its ban because the meat is traceable to a certain extent, while the request for labelling has been turned down on account of the technical impossibility of tracing the animals. +We therefore noted with satisfaction that the European Council resolved that no European army should be established but that the focus should be upon conflict prevention and civil crisis management. +I also believe that it is in the interests of the promotion of SMEs, the preservation of which is an important factor in the European Union, and which is practised in the case of the specialist book trade in a very positive and demonstrative manner. +In order to take account of technological developments, the directive on e-commerce should also include the requirements indicated by the various national laws on fixed book prices to prevent this system from being circumvented. +In terms of the relationship between the European Union and its Member States with the Republic of Indonesia at the moment, the only sensible course of action is to uphold the decisions of the Council of 16 and 17 October, when restrictions were established that included a ban on the sale of weapons. +Mr President, after eight years - as we have been reminded - of a bloody civil war, the peace agreement signed on 7 July of this year provided the opportunity to end this tragic period and resolve, in a peaceful and lasting way, a conflict which has caused immense suffering to the population. +In the case of the Spanish citizen, Nabil Nanakli, furthermore, there is no sufficient information regarding the trial, arrest and current situation of the prisoner, which has mobilised the entire Muslim community. +We also call upon the representative of the National Assembly to make all possible efforts to review the issue and to restore justice for women so that by the next elections in 2003, the women of Kuwait will have full political rights to vote and to stand for election. +As a parliamentarian, therefore, I call upon my fellow parliamentarians - here and in our national parliaments too - to urge Kuwaiti parliamentarians to give women that right to vote and stand. +This is why the MPs have voted against, often for fear of their own rank and file - there is no party structure but people are elected directly - and for fear of their own positions. +We want to demand that the international community, in particular the United Nations, but also the European Union and its Member States, intervenes with all the means available to it, to put an end to the extreme discrimination suffered by Afghan women. +The establishment of international criminal courts, the refusal to allow crimes against humanity to lapse and the refusal to submit human rights policies to a state' s commercial interests are principles and objectives that we consider to be fundamental. +We can clearly question the means which Mr Jarquín has used to an absolutely legal end, that is, investigating the rampant corruption in Nicaragua, a corruption which extends to the very highest authorities and which, for example, has multiplied the assets of the President of the Republic by a thousand. +Mr President, I want to speak about the natural disasters which hit the south of France in the night of 12 to 13 November 1999. These were totally exceptional in their violence and the extent of the damage caused and have led to 35 deaths and FRF three to four billion worth of damage. +It is extremely regrettable if we, at European level, the institutions who organise the common agricultural policy on which the farmers of the Union depend for their livelihood, cannot obtain correct information on which to base an effective policy. +This latest decision alters the obligations of the Commission arising from the previous regime, that is of having to grant annual aid, and Members States no longer need to grant aid for setting up production teams. +The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0093/1999) by Mr Savary, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a Council decision modifying Decision 97/787/EC granting exceptional financial assistance to Armenia and Georgia in order to extend it to Tajikistan [COM(1999) 391 - C5­0171/1999 - 1999/0172(CNS)]. +Firstly, amendments that endorse the donation; then amendments which point out to the Council and the Commission their contradictions by telling them that it would be desirable to grant direct aid, but by financing it under another line, and here I am thinking of TACIS; and finally, amendments concerning conditions: monitoring the way the funds are used, the political and democratic conditions and the monitoring of the Parliament. +If Tajikistan' s creditworthiness is to be restored, then the proposal in Budget 2000 is also to be welcomed. The rapporteur, Mr Bourlanges, has just confirmed to me that as far as this is concerned, a commentary is to provide for a particular form of financial aid to be made available again under the TACIS programme. +I would like, as Mr Blokland said in his statement, to say to Commissioner Wallström - who is disturbing the sleep of Italian, Greek and Spanish pensioners because of superannuated cars which have to be quickly taken off the roads - that I would appreciate verification as to how the aid is distributed once it has been granted to Tajikistan and other States. +At an earlier stage, DG XII commissioned a study on research and technological development in island regions, and DG XI drafted a code of practice for island waste management. +Negotiations are currently still underway with the European Parliament on the exact formulation of the regulation on the European Regional Fund, which is especially important here, in the framework of the informal conciliation and legislative procedure. +Let me also point out that the Commission recently stated that special attention must also be given to including the island regions in the measures under the Interreg C Community initiative. Without prejudice to the further procedure, I think that too seems useful. +It attaches the utmost importance to the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament and, in this respect, to the implementation of the principle of elections by direct universal suffrage laid down in Article 138 of the EC Treaty. +It was a judgment made, not by a small majority of judges in that body, but by a vote of 15 to 2, a very large majority, in favour of the principle that in terms of human rights, citizens of Gibraltar should be able to vote in European elections. +That, at least in my opinion, is the basic way to cure institutions which are all, without exception - and it would be laughable for Parliament now to point the finger solely at the Commission - tainted with the image of being interfering, money guzzling and unproductive institutions, and I fear to a large extent justifiably so. +I only recently found out from the newspapers that for criticising this decision in the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee a sitting MP has been the subject of a procedure which is wholly incompatible with parliamentary and democratic traditions. +In the Commission's progress report published in November 1998, Poland is described as a country that is enjoying stable social and political conditions and making progress in developing an efficient market economy. +The price of getting fit for EU accession should not be paid by the least advantaged, with increased unemployment, a growing divide between people or the marginalisation of various ethnic groups. +It seems that the system of block exemptions, which the Commission has used for more than 30 years, is no longer flexible enough to meet the needs of rapidly changing distribution structures. +The law protects the confidentiality of written communication between an independent counsel and a company, therefore rendering it impossible for the Commission to use such documents as proof in applying European rules of competition. +As Mrs Hautala pointed out, the Treaty of Amsterdam established that concept of transparency by according citizens a genuine right of access to the documents of Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +On a similar but separate issue, the Commission shares the rapporteur's view that the Ombudsman should have as wide an access as possible to the practices and documents of the institutions which he needs in order to carry out his investigations. +The point on which I wish to conclude, and to which I attach the greatest importance, is that a healthy relationship between the public and the institutions must be founded on transparency: on transparency in a very broad sense, requiring above all that the public should be well informed of their rights. +It is also against that background that the Committee on Budgets' amendments to harmonise the Common Customs Committee, to have one overall committee to operate the common customs tariff, have been adopted. +My group also welcomes the principles outlined by Mrs Schmidbauer that users of infrastructure should pay the cost, including environmental, and the cost of other external impacts imposed at the point of use. +In addition, but no less important, the decision to launch military attacks with predominantly American forces simply highlights the United States' hegemony and the subordinate role of the EU, which if it continues down this road will never have a common foreign and security policy or common defence. +I do not therefore see how it will be possible to prevent the province from being divided. After all, this will only make us resort to the oldest solution in the world for restoring peace: placing borders between peoples. +I have abstained on the joint resolution on Kosovo because I have from the outset been opposed to the decision on NATO military intervention, which I believe to be a mistake that could have been avoided. +At Rambouillet in fact, according for example to what was said by a number of influential participants, the kind of political circumstances were established that would have allowed other, in my view effective measures which could have prevented the deaths of so many innocent people and the distressing deportation of hundreds of thousands of Kosovars, the victims of Milosevic's crazed nationalism. +From that point of view, no European country is safe: if the wind gets up, the ultra-fine uranium powder will be transported to Italy, Germany, Hungary and the whole of Europe, with the same deadly effects that occurred in Saudi Arabia as a result of the pollution caused in Iraq during the Gulf War. +The promotion of this outmoded notion of Europe has discouraged, weakened and marginalised the leaders in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, who have emerged as a result of dissidence, and the reformers who now look to us for answers. It has also restored prestige in men who have emerged from totalitarian regimes, of which Milosevic is the archetype. +If it were not for the fact that there was no question at all of unanimity in the Council, not even unanimity minus one, then the Council might well have agreed with the Commission and might have accepted the decision, despite Parliament's very different views. +We want to encourage a shift from road transport to other forms of transport that are more sustainable, safer and more energy-efficient, while at the same time giving transport users more choice. +As I have said, these issues are being dealt with horizontally, within a more comprehensive framework, as part of other work in which the Commission is engaged, and we therefore cannot agree to these amendments. +Whereas trade and cross-border consumption are on the increase, the general feeling is that this increase has not been mirrored in the area of financial services. Nor have these services adapted to the new context. +My third point is that, in the context of the original decision to build the tunnel to guarantee transit through the Alps, the huge increase in the number of heavy goods vehicles using the tunnel means that the structure does not have sufficient capacity. +With regard to East Timor, the Commission shares the House's concern at the recent increase in violence and we support the statement of 12 April by the presidency. +Moving on briefly to Cambodia, the EU troika has made diplomatic approaches to the prime minister, who has said that he personally accepts the basic principle that the Khmer Rouge leaders must take genuine responsibility for the crimes they committed. +To this day, the disciplinary measures called for by the follow-up committee, that is, the administrative measures against the British Government for non-appearance, have remained without effect. +I have therefore paid tribute to the courage of the rapporteur who, despite the infrastructure costs, firmly stresses the advantages of the rail alternative in terms of safety and the environment. +Part of the Daphne report contains information about the European campaign to raise awareness of the issue of violence against women, and this was launched in Cologne under the German presidency last month. +The organisations need support to set up various networks, to improve the dissemination of information, to forge partnerships, and to promote reciprocal information exchange. +I believe it is also very important to extend this programme gradually to other countries, especially the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as violence in its various forms has a transnational dimension, for example in the sex trade and child pornography on the Internet. +However, consumer rights as such, and consumer policy in so far as it affects, for example, food safety and the like, will continue to be the responsibility of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection. +Although retirement schemes naturally differ from country to country, I believe there should be a statutory minimum income at Union level, which Member States should guarantee citizens who are unable to work or for whom there is no work available. +We also want to be protected against tax disadvantages if we continue to work after our pension has started, both in our own countries and in all the Member States of the Union. +I am not saying that this report is pointless, but it concentrates too much on the welfare side and certainly does not live up to the title of 'Senior citizens in the 21st century: a new lease of life'. +I must point out right away that it is estimated that the European Union fails to provide around 70 % of its internal consumption of these proteins. This therefore means that we are very dependent on US imports. +With the Agenda 2000 programme, the Commission will continue to use tools to control these markets as long as there remains a significant difference between the global market price and that prevailing in the Union's single market. +However, will the cure not be worse than the disease for the future of the EU oilseed sector, and will the lower hectare premium not prove a strong disincentive to grow oilseed? +It is glaringly obvious that state aid granted to Venice is unlike state aid granted to any other EU region: it serves to safeguard our heritage, which we did not create but inherited. And because we inherited it, we are duty-bound to hand it down to future generations. +But I must speak as the spokesperson for the resolution by the Committee on the Rules of Procedure and say that this is in line with the message the committee has been reiterating down through the years, namely that this Parliament is not dissolving. From the first to the last day of its term, Parliament must continue to rule on any issues that arise and to deal with any problems. +I should like to reassure him that the committee is not being taken over by the Committee on Institutional Affairs: it is merging with that committee to create a new constitutional committee, which will be a very important committee in this House. +I would therefore like to thank my colleagues, and especially Mr Fayot, for their very constructive cooperation in connection with the amendment of the Rules of Procedure, and I would especially like to express my gratitude for the understanding and sympathy shown to the views I have presented. +In other words, we need to develop our strategy along the lines of a good policy mix where salary increases correspond to productivity gains with a view to promoting growth and employment. +Lastly, ladies and gentlemen, we must continue to liberalise the telecommunications, energy and transport sectors and guarantee better financing for SMEs. We also need to reform the social welfare and tax systems as well as the education and professional training systems. +However, calls for tax coordination, which is unfortunately advocated by the rapporteur in paragraph 34, mean that this second means of adjustment would no longer be open to the Member States. So unemployment is left as a regulatory instrument or pressure on wages, and why not indeed? +Of course it is also true that if there are stable interest rates, stable prices and low interest rates, Member States will have considerably more scope to eliminate chronic unemployment than they had before. +Woe betide us if a bureaucratic mentality were to destroy what should be a fresh new development: it is a new departure in institutional terms and this should also be the case when it comes to getting results. +That is another reason why the blueprint for OLAF is a good start, because the Office is called upon to collaborate on the overall strategy for fraud prevention and will also make its experience available for preventive initiatives. +In Vienna, the European Council reaffirmed that it attaches great importance to the efficient fight against fraud, corruption and other criminal activity affecting the European Union's financial interests. +Madam President, on a point of order, I should like it to be noted that what I actually said, word for word, which provoked Mrs Roth-Behrendt's attack was: 'we should avoid having a transatlantic - or indeed a European - philosophical war about individual reports and should wait calmly for the final verdict of the scientific community before we act.' +When the WTO looked at our hormone ban - which of course existed long before the WTO came into existence - it came to the conclusion that the process by which we had arrived at that ban was not a risk assessment which met the standards that could reasonably be asked for before a ban was put in place. +I can tell you that the possibility of sanctions from the United States on this is much more serious, and therefore it is acting very much in the interests of European consumers, European individuals and European employment to say that it is sensible that these findings should be put into the public domain as fully as possible. +I can assure you that the Commission, following these reports and on the basis of available data, will make an overall assessment and if necessary submit appropriate follow-up proposals after the trial period. +By way of conclusion, for me, as a Londoner, this weekend the importance of support for a Europe of fairness and justice for all our citizens, the need for us to be committed to the fight against intolerance, racism and hatred, against those concepts, was brought very graphically and tragically to our minds. +I think the institutional dynamic also has to be revived, these clear lines have to be drawn, if an enlarged Union is to be workable. +I urge you all to take responsibility for your statements in the House today in favour of a constitution for Europe before European public opinion. The people need to be aware of their rights and responsibilities over and above the squabbling and the vested interests of the Member States. +Now they must step down, and Parliament should ensure that before they do so, they do not extend contracts with their friends or have certain people promoted or move employees from their own cabinets to the administration. +Perhaps much of this is no longer topical, but the problem of harmonising these two elements is one of the main political problems confronting not only the Commission but also Parliament and the EU in the years to come. +The Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations wants the recovery of European growth to be assisted, firstly by reducing the compulsory levies for the Structural Funds, and secondly by relaxing the rigid management of the euro. +If there had not been five independent people, appointed by Parliament, to deliver their very clear judgment on the workings of the Commission, we would still have the same Commission which would not have resigned and would not have been censured. +In this case, it seems that the combined attention of our rapporteur and the Court of Auditors is finding a real will within the Foundation to respond to the remarks made. +I was in Tirana from 21 to 23 April, and I realised there the need to make the presence of the European Parliament felt, as we do not so far appear to have arranged for an official presence in the region, although that would have been the right thing to do. +The first relates to the speech made by Mr Fischer, the President-in-Office of the Council. We are entering a new stage that will be characterised by the Council's appointment of the High Representative for the CFSP. +Given that the Treaty lays down an extremely unusual procedure insofar as it is for Parliament to devise a text and for the Council to approve it, we ought not suddenly and surreptitiously to disrupt that balance. +This is particularly unacceptable as we adopted a very even and well-balanced paper on this in the December part-session, making MEPs' parliamentary allowances in future lower than those of the Members of Parliament of the three largest EU Member States in terms of population. +With regard to promotions, and more specifically paragraph 2, which contains a reference to them, Mr Filippi and myself intend to table an amendment which, further to accepting the 490 promotions, also supports those permanent and temporary jobs that have already been accepted, as well as the three ad personam promotions. +As I indicated during the discussion with Mr Prodi this afternoon, the present timetable Parliament has set for appointing the new Commission, which involves the Commission being appointed by the earliest in mid-September, means that there are only two weeks left to submit this letter of amendment. +This morning we quite rightly resumed the procedure during first reading and we repeated Parliament's position from the previous first reading. +I should like to make one or two comments on this proposal, and I have to say that your rapporteur is not happy with the way in which the vote on the proposal went in the Legal Affairs Committee and in the Committee on Consumer Protection. +In particular, we must stress that the principle of information in advance must be applied so that information offered provides added value to the information provision already foreseen in the vertical directives. +Mr President, I would like to thank both the presidency and Mrs Bonino and her colleagues very sincerely for the fact that we reached an agreement in the trialogue that was accepted by both the Council and by Parliament's delegation. +In order to avoid difficulties of interpretation to the detriment of consumers, it was once again made clear in the result of the conciliation that if a product is restored free of charge to the contractually stipulated condition, any costs incurred, such as delivery, labour and materials costs, will be borne by the seller. +The intention of the proposal was to create minimum harmonisation of a statutory provision within individual Member States concerning the need for legal guarantees, all of which Mr Whitehead so eloquently referred to. +Furthermore, if we are to tighten up limit values, we must take account of available technology and above all of the cost/benefit principle recognised by Parliament, which forms part of all our proposals for environmental measures. +However, I believe that there are some important points which need to be addressed here. Mrs Sandbæk has already addressed the particularly contentious issue of pesticides in baby foods; this issue concerns the health of babies and small children. +Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Corbett is not only due credit for having done such an excellent job in taking over from the original rapporteur; he has also described in great detail the practical developments and progress made on the codecision procedure, which forms the basis of this report. +Mr President, I received a letter from your office which said that, as there was to be a debate on Kosovo yesterday afternoon, the questions to the Council that I and other colleagues had tabled for this afternoon would not be discussed. +Hopefully, the chairmen will get a majority behind them in the Parliament that emerges after 10 June, so that a clean-up can finally take place with regard to travel expenses, because we are certainly not there yet. +And so, after 45 years with a secret telephone directory, it will in a few months also be possible for the general public to track down the person in the Commission who, for example, is responsible for issuing telephone directories. +The European Council in Cologne must remedy these omissions and do the groundwork for the reform of the Commission, the extension of qualified majority voting and the reweighting of the votes within the Council. +When you discuss the institutional reforms do remember that it is not just a question of figures but also of ensuring that the matter of Parliament's lack of power in relation to cooperation with the Council and the Commission - here I am addressing the inadequate codecision procedures - really is included in the agenda of this conference. +The core elements of this are as follows: majority voting as the rule, a new weighting of votes in the Council, structural changes in the Commission and the European Parliament's right of assent on all treaty changes. +I have received eight motions for resolutions pursuant to Rule 37(2) and Rule 40(5) of the Rules of Procedure on the European Council meeting in Cologne and the oral questions on institutional reform. +Parliament's services have informed us that this joint debate on Agenda 2000 will begin with statements by the Council and the Commission, which will then be followed first by the speeches by the groups rather than the speeches by the rapporteurs. +By in a sense anticipating Amsterdam, if I may put it that way, the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament have proved through a process of increasingly close coordination and positive give and take that it is possible to achieve results that will help the EU as a whole to make progress. +He is not proposing any serious strategy to promote employment, preferring to suggest that we simply follow the same monetarist macro-economic policy we have been following for years, a policy that has proved ineffective in terms of establishing sustainable growth and significantly reducing unemployment. +In this draft, the Council sets out a series of proposals regarding the Statute, stating amongst other things that the payment of reimbursements will be based on vouchers, and proposals are also made regarding the establishment of conditions of employment for assistants. +The Conservative and Socialist groups in Parliament, through their action today, have jeopardised the credibility of the European Parliament by rejecting the proposal for a Members' statute put forward by the Liberal Group. +As far as the marketing of hormone-treated meat is concerned, there are undoubtedly repercussions that we can determine in terms of imbalances of production in an agricultural sector which, following the BSE crisis, has a structural surplus and has become much weaker. However, the consumption of hormone-treated meat clearly has significant effects on human health, although we are not aware of their full extent. +The World Trade Organisation, whose rules were negotiated by the Commission and imposed on the Member States, scorns the precautionary principle and the principle of health and safety that each Member State must be able to preserve in order to protect the health of its people. +Mr President, it is on the strength of our convictions rather than any desire to put up opposition that we will not vote for the legislative resolutions on Agenda 2000, with the exception of the resolution on the COM in wine, as we do not support the positions of the Commission and the Council that emerged as a result of the Berlin compromise. +I would warn any political group that is thinking of playing party politics with this vote that blocking these proposals would mean a newly elected Parliament would be unable to vote until autumn, and this would put at risk over 200 billion of resources and involve interminable delays to local communities and projects. +It was not easy to fully explain our colleagues' ideas, but through four compromise amendments we succeeded in obtaining the agreement of the majority to withdraw other amendments, while also managing to preserve the spirit of our committee's proposal. +The first was the need to guarantee sufficient resources in the Community budget to cover the sector's needs in the context of the structural policy for the fisheries sector. +One of these, which relates to the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, is my belief - which did not receive the support of the House, but now that the Treaty of Amsterdam has entered into force it is assuming great importance - that we should look at this entire process as an overall strategy for the Union that should lead to joint measures. +But in my opinion the European Parliament has better grasped what the EU conditions mean in practice for political life in these countries. +We also believe it is important that the recipient countries use this instrument as a means of becoming familiar with and learning to apply the rules and mechanisms of structural policy, which will make integration all the easier later on. +The Council also decided to depart from the Commission's original proposal by increasing the target amount to 9 % instead of 8 %, as the Commission had proposed, for the ratio of the fund to the Community's total outstanding liabilities. +Let me remind you of what Commissioner Fischler once said: this policy is so important because we always have to put the question: what will the brother and sister of a young farmer who takes over a farm do on the labour market? +This is a brief summary of the basic points that convinced the Committee on Budgets to change its mind on Monday night about rejecting the Interinstitutional Agreement and to call on the House to accept it along with the corresponding financial perspective. +We have supported Galileo, the proposed European global positioning technology, and we have supported the Committee on Transport in its wish to have 55 % of the funding ring-fenced for railways and a maximum of 25 % for roads. +I express gratitude - not just from the Commission but much more widely from the general public in the Community and from industry - for the foresight and the commitment demonstrated by Parliament on this issue. +If Parliament does not agree tomorrow to give its assent to a new interinstitutional agreement, then we will not have the financial framework which we have just discussed and on the basis of which the two agreements, on the fifth framework programme of research and on the trans-European networks, were concluded. +A final decision by the Council, at the request of Parliament, has included a fourth Community initiative which will also have very specific advantages for certain sections of the European Union's population, although it does not have the Community dimension that the other three initiatives have. +Subject: Safe food National campaigns on food safety and health are being conducted in all 15 Member States during the winter and spring. +Iraq's export capacity is now being improved under a sub-programme of the 'oil for food' programme, but it will not take full effect until spring 2000 because of the planning and delivery schedules; here, as you know, oil prices are a factor of uncertainty in both directions. +I would also like your opinion on whether, in the case of Iraq, the Vienna Convention, which prohibits the starvation of citizens as an instrument of war, is not being violated? Do you consider that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child are not being violated? +Mr Verheugen, you may have noticed that on 23 March the European Parliament indicated its desire for a substantially greater proportion of women Members of the next Commission than there is at present. +On the contrary, in what are fortunately rare cases, the Council's administration has felt obliged to take strong action against officials who have not respected the necessary professional rules of conduct in the course of their duties. +We are working exclusively from the experience which we already have from the peace and reconciliation programme in Northern Ireland, also from some of the environmental programmes which have been so successful where the NGOs have taken the lead and been given assistance from European Union funding. +It is not for the Chair to make comments on the substance of what you have said, but I believe that the Chair has a duty to thank you and your colleagues in the German Presidency. You have always shown respect and a willingness to cooperate, and your presence in this Chamber has always left a strong impression. +As a result, my political group, the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left, will not support a reform of the CAP which will actually mean that its main imbalances will become more marked. +My principal objection to the use of Article 203 is, however, that it would effectively mean making the financing of enlargement dependent upon the uncertain outcomes of the annual budgetary conflicts between the Council and European Parliament. +In view of the timetable for ratifying the Amsterdam Treaty, the Council and the Commission have already agreed that as far as possible, the European Parliament should be granted those rights to which it has only formally been entitled since 1 May this year, particularly in the area of structural reform. +We will have no credibility in the eyes of the people of Europe if on the one hand we say we want to exercise control over a number of problems and will make money available to do it, and then allow that money to disappear into the pockets of organisations and individuals who are not entitled to it. +It is obvious that if some allowance were made for the difference between richer and poorer regions in Europe, the poorer ones would certainly not need so-called 'rural development', a rather vague and underfunded concept which we all know tends to mean that you only get out what you put in in the first place. +This is unfortunate - plus the fact that the Rules of Procedure have left it impossible for us to submit this amendment again, which means that we cannot get a registered roll-call vote on the fact that Members are failing to adhere to the whole issue of transparency. +However, one point has not been made, a point that in my opinion should be made, namely that we should rediscover the market economy if we want the people and the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe to one day fulfil the criteria for EU membership. +Mr President, for five years I have listened and learned in the Committee on Budgets that the only way to prepare a good budget and take advantage of all its possibilities is to conclude an interinstitutional agreement that guarantees the financial perspective for seven years. +If ever there was a recipe for regional dislocation and discrimination against traditional local industries likely to create unnecessary unemployment in the fishing sector, this was it. +We are at a different stage now. We have before us a Commission decision and this report - hence its importance - sets out the opinion of the European Parliament after many months of negotiation with the Commission and with the Council. +The social partners are therefore to be congratulated for adding this new agreement on fixed-term contracts to their earlier agreement on part-time work and I hope they will soon pursue a fresh agreement on workers placed by temporary employment agencies. +Of course, in addition to the objective of liberalising trade, we also wanted the agreement to include guarantees for environmental protection and respect for the basic labour standards of the International Labour Organisation. +And together with the progress made, we must acknowledge and be aware of the difficulties inherent in integrating the Schengen Agreement into the framework of the European Union. It represents a closed world that is also being built beyond the limits of the European Union so that it can function. +These visions are expected to become reality in two to three years' time, which, if the figures can be believed, would mean that by the year 2001 some 110 million PCS will be used for electronic commerce, generating a trading volume of 200 billion dollars - an enormous sum. +The fact that the German federal states are pressurising the German Government to have services comparable to broadcasting, as they are called here, exempted from the rules governing electronic commerce derives from the internal situation in Germany. +However, two months ago Parliament adopted an amendment to Article 5(1) of the copyright directive specifically bringing caching within the scope of the directive, so that it would be covered by copyright protection, yet caching as such does not involve any individual use of the information supplied. +This morning, in your absence, we asked that the President and the Bureau should authorise a delegation from this Parliament to visit Dr Rugova in Rome at some time in the next few days. +We have had votes this morning, under the new Amsterdam procedure, in which we have not been able to take individual amendments like Amendment No 28 which would call for a review clause for this perspective which extends - as some speakers have already said this morning - over seven years without any review. +The launch of the single currency is in danger of worsening the imbalances between Member States and causing an increase in relocations, either towards states or regions that are more competitive than others, or away from regions that are in difficulty towards the dominant economic centres that we are already seeing emerge (north-west Germany, the Benelux countries, Ile-de-France, northern Italy). +The debate on Agenda 2000 has lasted more than a year, and has taken up the bulk of the work of Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. +Needless to say, I cannot be enthusiastic about the results of Berlin summit in terms of the common organisation of the markets in milk, beef and cereals. +The Commission, which already has a monopoly on initiative, would thus seize executive power in Europe to become the government of the European Union, with the Council being reduced to the role of a second parliamentary chamber, making decisions by majority. +Both from listening to the speeches made by Members during the debate that has taken place in this House, and from listening to the speeches made by the President of France, I am struck by the fact that analyses of the deterioration of events only implicate Slobodan Milosevic personally, his family and his inner circle. +With regard to the forthcoming institutional reform, it is highly desirable that Parliament's voice should be better heard, and that, in contrast to the former method, which was extremely inadequate, reform should be based on real interinstitutional dialogue, something which is perfectly expressed in paragraphs 8 and 12 of our resolution. +It is important that the opinions of the two legislative institutions of the Union should have equal weight, and consequently that the centre of gravity for decision making should be at an equal distance from the Council and from the European Parliament. +Mr President, as our debate on topical, urgent and highly important matters is going to be largely dealing with human rights issues, I would like to inform the House about a relatively serious event which took place in Morocco involving a French national, Mrs Danze-Serfaty. +I ask the President of Parliament to address the Moroccan authorities in order to protest against this refusal to grant entry to a French citizen and to demand that Abraham Serfaty be allowed to return. +If leaders continue to be killed, if the population has to flee to the mountains and is afraid of voting, if the thousands of pro-Indonesian people who were transferred to Timor last year are to have the right to vote, and if leaders like Xanana Gusmão are still to be kept under arrest, then I believe that it is impossible to hold a free and fair referendum for East Timor. +The United Nations, the European Union and the international community in general must maintain pressure on Indonesia so as to force it to accept a military presence to guarantee the neutrality of the referendum and to stop this turning into a sham with fairly predictable and bloody consequences. +Mr President, East Timor is a typical example of an area where human rights are under threat, and there is daily evidence that the lack of international law and of genuine recognition of the right to self-determination is producing some very dramatic situations. +I submitted a written question this week calling for an amnesty for 250 people illegally detained on Palestinian territory, but I have heard from your office that my question is not to be answered or published. +In the short term - as is also stated in the Berlin declaration - the European Union is still concerned about the stalemate in the peace process and, in this respect, it is vital that after the elections in Israel, the parties urgently turn their attention to fully applying the respective commitments made in the Wye Plantation memorandum. +On 21 April, a fortnight ago, I became the first Member of the European Parliament to ever enter death row, in order to meet Mumia Abu Jamal, a political prisoner who has been sentenced to death, and on whose behalf Parliament has passed many resolutions. +I will finish this last speech, this last cry from the voice of those who have no voice, with the rallying cry of the black people, who are campaigning in large numbers against the death penalty in the United States, along with whites, Indians, Amerindians and Latinos, saying 'On the move!' +In conclusion, we have to urge the Malaysian authorities to recognise that the development of further political and economic cooperation between the European Union and Malaysia will largely depend on the opening of a serious dialogue that will lead to moves in Malaysia for the observation of basic human rights in that country. +Thank you for those words, Mr Vecchi, and for the commitment which you have shown to the problems of the ACP countries and also demonstrated in the committee which has been responsible for all aspects of cooperation and development. +In any case, this is what we want to see. This solution must also take account of the specific and particular needs of the people of each of these islands, needs which are specific even though the various populations are not very far from each other. +The military coup d'état, which we of course condemn, followed in the wake of a number of serious incidents on Grande Comore against people from the island of Anjouan and was also due to the civil authorities' inability to uphold the process of state reunification and reconciliation. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, nuclear safety has always been a very important subject in this House, since we are all aware that an accident in a nuclear power station affects not only the people who live and work nearby but also everyone else in Europe, and that we must therefore devote very special attention to safety. +I wish we had received more decisive support in the past from some of those who have tabled this resolution today, particularly the European People's Party, and I wish that some of the signatories had been more effective advocates within their own party. +Madam President, alongside its decision on compensation for the reduction in the price of cereals, the Agriculture Council also adapted the compensation paid for the production of starch potatoes. +The euro will be featured as one of the most recent developments that is of enormous importance for the future in particular, and we have arranged with the relevant bodies, including through requests made by our committees here in the House, to be able to use the euro as an electronic currency. +This imbalance is heightened by the vast array of preferential agreements that the Union has already signed, or is about to sign, with third countries, at a time when the announcement of a new round of multilateral negotiations is casting a doubt over the advisability of these bilateral agreements. +That is to say, it was regarded as a marginal sector doomed to fade away because of an attitude of conformism and fatalist determinism which would inevitably lead to millions of workers losing their jobs, just when the European Union had chosen to give priority to the fight against unemployment. +Well, Madame la Présidente , and this is perfectly correct according to the Académie Française , I would like to congratulate you not only for just having been elected President of our Assembly for the next few years, but also for having become the first woman in twenty years, as you have pointed out, to succeed my former colleague Simone Weil, as President. +I would also like to say to our Portuguese colleague, Mario Soares, that I congratulate him because, by taking part in this election, he gave Assembly the chance to contest the seat, which is a sign of true politics and true democracy. +Madam President, I have come here today in token of my respect for the power bestowed on Parliament by the citizens of Europe and to offer my sincerest co-operation in building a better future for our citizens, bearing in mind all the while that we are part of a common world. +This insight resulted in an awareness of the degree to which the national interests of individual Member States are interconnected, and in a readiness throughout Europe to take a decisive step forward in the historic task of bringing European integration to fruition. +I see an enormous paradox in yesterday's election, on the part of the Right in this hemicycle, of a candidate who, however admirable, is a known federalist, when this does not apparently reflect the view expressed by the voters - particularly those of the Right - in the countries of Europe. +It is clear that this reform has been and still is a precondition to the negotiations to be held with the World Trade Organisation, which, as we well know, is an instrument of the dominant economy, that is, the American economy. +These are the Commissioners who have yet to be appointed in the torture chambers, and I mean this ironically and, of course, only in a rhetorical sense, of the freely-elected European Parliament. +In particular I should like to thank them on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, and indeed the Socialist Members, for the very good work that was done throughout that period on the reform of the structural fund process. +If at any point I am not satisfied with the situation, I will not hesitate to use the powers conferred on me by the Treaty and change competences and portfolios or ask individual Commissioners to resign. +I am sure that the best way of pursuing such a goal is the method already successfully employed by the Community in the past: firstly, to ask the various parties to co-operate with each other, to start to work together on issues of everyday relevance, to establish customs unions, to set up common institutions and to consolidate peace through common interests. +I believe this is the reason the Commission has refused, for example, to draw upon the budget made available by the OBNOVA reconstruction programme, approximately EUR 45 million to pay the salaries of the seven hundred people working for the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia. This is the equivalent of a sum of about EUR 17 million out of a total of forty-five. +With regard to the European Union reform process - which is absolutely necessary, not only in terms of enlargement but also in terms of making the Union more democratic and efficient - Madam President, I believe that we cannot have another Intergovernmental Conference behind closed doors. +Faith will be regained, therefore, when there is greater transparency, but especially when greater consideration is given to national and cultural differences when Directives are issued and there is greater and more frequent recourse to the principle of subsidiarity. +I can assure you that it will be very important to maintain a balance between the need for free trade, which is one of the foundation stones of Europe, and the protection of important rights, including the fundamental health rights. +People's security does not only stem from the avoidance of war, but also has to do with economic security, the realisation of human rights, and the protection afforded by a constitution. +Parliament, in its new assembly, will start newly invigorated by its recently acquired constitutional rights as bestowed on it under the Treaty of Amsterdam; in place of the former Commission that resigned before its term was over we await the appointment of the new Commission, and Council is preparing for reforms in its working practices. +Therefore, for as long as the European Parliament focuses its attention solely on whether Öçalan's death sentence will be enforced, without dealing with the question of peoples' rights to self-determination, it will scratch the surface of the problem but never manage to resolve it. +Since we hope that Turkey also will be welcomed to the European Union within the next few years, we appeal to Turkey not only to suspend Öçalan's death sentence, but also to work towards the general abolition of capital punishment in Turkey. +When there is a neighbouring country - and the same would be true, Mr President, if the situation were in Hungary, in which case the base for intervention would probably be in Austria - the question is not only whether the latter can and should benefit but also whether those neighbouring countries which border problematic areas really can share their experience about what is happening in the area. +As the House will have seen from press reports, that document specifies clear compulsory requirements for future Commissioners who intend to engage in any occupation during the year after they leave office to inform the Commission of their intentions in good time. +I have been the rapporteur on a substantial number of Directives concerning the liberalisation of the telecommunications industry and I, and my colleagues, have acted in good faith in this work and had assumed that the former Commissioner Bangemann had done the same. +I would also like to take this opportunity, however, to outline, in a somewhat broader context, some plans and projects which will help, firstly, to put this event in context and secondly, to provide us with the opportunity to give consideration as to where we must, and should, make improvements in the law concerning animal feed and foodstuffs. +This Europe of ours will not work, and there will be no confidence that Europe does work, if we are not able to move from this type of co-ordination of inspection towards a genuine Community-wide approach to at least some aspects of food inspection. +For citizens and farmers are entitled to expect the authorities to respond effectively to a crisis of this kind and although it may not be appropriate to term a natural disaster, it comes very close to one when you see what the effects are. +I do not want to insinuate anything, yet clearly precautionary measures and careful inspections in an area as sensitive as the human food chain were disregarded. +Concerning the actual decisions taken, although I welcome the efforts devoted to employment and the decision on a 'European Employment Pact' , I must state my unhappiness about the gains which were made and the concrete proposals put forward. +The vote for this resolution is a genuine sign of the will of the European Parliament to get to the very bottom of this business and to answer consumers' legitimate concerns. +Short-term solutions must be found in order to resolve problems caused by the contamination of foodstuffs in Belgium, and in the longer term, debate must be started on the many questions first thrown up by the mad cow crisis and which are again coming to the fore because of this new food crisis. +This was the first case in Community history in which Article 82 of the Treaty has been used to penalise a discriminatory practice that harms the interests of consumers without having a significant effect on the market. +The football supporters and supporters of other sports quite rightly will now know that they have the protection of the law and organisers of tournaments will know that they will be the object of real and heavy punishment if they break what are now known to be the rules. +For almost three hundred pages, the experts bash away remorselessly at the problems relating to management, supervisory mechanisms, the fight against fraud, personnel management and business organisation. +It contained, for example, fundamental criticism of the propensity of the Commission - like other administrations - to, I quote: "deal with its own area according to a logic of its own, listening to a particular type of lobbying, and taking insufficient account of the consequences outside its own field of expertise" . +But if it stands alone, European Parliament control over the Commission will be insufficient for two reasons: firstly, because the European Parliament shares the objectives of the Commission and because Parliament is not subject to the pressure of pubic opinion. +The values sustaining the institution should moreover be centred on an ethos of good management, value for money, clear communication, merit and duty to the citizens and taxpayers of the European Union. +In view of this de facto rejected responsibility, it is now difficult however to take the explanations of the Commissioners seriously, i.e. that they would in future resign if requested to do so by the Commission President. +It is quite interesting that the Committee of Experts in its concluding remarks says that Community administration is moving towards favouring the tasks of conception and negotiation to the disadvantage of management and supervision responsibilities. +Therefore, the Socialist Group is prepared to contribute - given the institutional responsibility that Parliament must hold - to an improved functioning of the Community institutions, both of Parliament and of the Commission, and to demand this of the Council. +More by good fortune than by good planning there has not yet been a major accident resulting in radioactive spillage with a ship carrying radioactive materials although there was an incident some years back where a ship carrying uranium hydrofluoride from France to Riga sank but it is recorded that the containers apparently were recovered without any spillage. +To a large extent, the world is one of poverty and AIDS, and one in which the Europe that you outlined as being an island of prosperity and peace is, as we know from experience, one which remains a distant dream for many people. +Mr President, our group' s vote, which expresses our lack of confidence in the Commission, is not down to disliking the people, the Members of the Commission, or the President, but is the result of a political assessment of their programmes. +The Commission will be strong if it can carry out its work in harmony with Parliament, which would like more involvement in drawing up legislative proposals and an enduring institutional relationship with the Commission. +The answer is "nothing" because there is nothing that can justify your agenda to control the political life of the nations of Europe by stealth, aided and abetted by the Heads of Government of Member States, not least the United Kingdom. +As for the harmonisation measures which it is responsible for, they do not improve the situation even in countries where the legislation is most unfavourable for the working classes and underprivileged sectors of the population or those discriminated against, women and immigrants in particular, as harmonisation, when it is implemented, is to the lowest common denominator. +Great stress has been laid on collective responsibility in the past, but if you read the Wise Men' s report, the last report that has just come out, then the situation has been rather different in practice, with cases being founded primarily on the principle of non-intervention. +On the hearings, I agree with Mr Corbett that it has been a good start, but there are several things that need to be improved when the issue comes up again in 2004, for example, the possibility of our voting on individual Commissioners after a committee or at least an indicative vote to see whether the committee was really in favour or not. +Because of his political experience as a national minister and also as chairman of a regional assembly, Mr Barnier is in the best position to understand, apply and transpose regional policy. +This could be the moment to introduce those measures which the Committee of Independent Experts proposes, and which on the whole are common sense measures which should have been carried out long ago. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Heads of State and Government took the initiative almost a year ago to call an Extraordinary European Council meeting which would be principally dedicated to the area of freedom, security and justice. +A certain Finnish television reporter, who had used a quite harmless memo on the Tampere meeting he had got from a Member of Parliament, received a communication from the Secretary-General and the Speaker at the Finnish Parliament banning him indefinitely from entering the Parliament building. +The Finnish President-in-Office of the Council has presented her ideas, and I would like to draw your attention, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, to one point which I consider essential in connection with the debate on the construction of the area of freedom, security and justice. +In part it is about constructing a Fortress Europe, necessitated partly by the EU' s own policy, but what we are concerned with in particular here is the fact that these parts of the legal culture represent our democracies' central nervous systems. +Madam President, in my opinion the proposed resolution contains all the assessments and proposals which it is appropriate for Parliament to approve in order to make a timely contribution that will enable the Tampere Council to start implementing the formal promises that the Treaty of Amsterdam makes to the European citizens. +And while countering illegal immigration and abuse of asylum laws is important, governments must respect their obligations under the Geneva Convention to grant asylum to genuine refugees and treat them with compassion and dignity, not demonise them. +Finally, I would like to express the hope that the debate which you will be having today and tomorrow with the members of the European Parliament delegation will be productive and that dialogue between our two Parliaments will continue in the near future within the framework of the joint parliamentary delegation. +This is unacceptable, given that the European Parliament has the role of representing the peoples of Europe and is thus the original authority for such a Charter of Fundamental Rights. +The modest will say, "well, at least we are creating a model" . However, we in the European Parliament should not be modest and we should maintain that a Charter opens up the opportunity of forming part of the Treaties, of becoming part of an all-European constitution and even possibly becoming the forerunner to it. +As a result of a decision taken in the General Affairs Council in April 1999 we have asked the Commission to draft economic and social programmes to improve facilities for the establishment of institutions for East Timor. +The Union has the whole time stressed and demanded that Indonesia take responsibility for order and security, but as we have seen, the Indonesian authorities have unfortunately ignored the obligations they have agreed to in this respect. +The resolution would have been approved with an even greater majority if the translation had been available in a certain language for one of the groups. +My conviction is that Europe will win back credibility in the eyes of many of the peoples of the world, and their sympathy, by clearly stating, in the face of the advancing tide of neo-liberalism, its own values and plan. +That judgement will be based on whether this Commission brings Europe closer to the people, tackles fraud and inefficiency within its own service and above all equips Europe for tackling crime, unemployment and social exclusion. +Mr President, once we have looked at the fact that all the contents of SAB 4 were to be reallocated within category 4, in view of the fact that Parliament and the Council have decided to finance these within title B-1 Agriculture, I will change the subject a little because my problem is not with the SABs. +Because here the Commission tells us literally that, despite the fact that we have made this financing effort through reallocation, a further sum of 570.5 million is required, which the Commission intends to reallocate in the global transferral or in a supplementary transferral during this financial year. +Anybody in this House who is not familiar with Washington' s role in the tragedies in Indonesia and Timor, from 1966 to the latest genocide unleashed by the military on 30 August, should read the analysis published today by the Washington Post and the Herald Tribune under the banner headline 'Pentagon defends Indonesian military contacts as useful' . +Quite clearly international pressure had to be put on Indonesia and many of us have called for the early suspension of World Bank and IMF financial assistance and the suspension of arms exports and military cooperation. +I do not necessarily think it is appropriate for the Europeans to react militarily to crises in areas far from their borders. But the crisis in East Timor has highlighted the difficulties for Europeans in responding to yet another peacekeeping task. +As we speak, the UN Security Council has passed a resolution under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter to allow a peacekeeping force under Australian command into East Timor. +Perhaps we should now reconsider this definition and encourage an international debate on whether democracy such as ours should give equal recognition, treatment and respectability to regimes throughout the world which refute democracy and the rule of law, human rights and good governance. +Pierre Schori, then Minister for Co-operation, claimed that there was a crucial difference between what the EU meant by effective crisis management and a common defence. +The conclusions of the European Council at Cologne stress that the creation of a successful European security and defence policy will require, inter alia, that all Member States of the Union, including non-aligned Members, may participate fully and on an equal footing in EU operations. +Although there are some requests for the floor, I have to apply the rules, and point 4 of Annex II of the Rules of Procedure says that each Member may ask only one supplementary question during questions to the Council. +Subject: Stopping the practice of multi-use trial contact lenses Media reports in June stated that in Britain 'opticians have been advised to stop using multi-use trial contact lenses because of fears they could transmit new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease'. +) Mr President, I believe that ophthalmologists and opticians are aware of the risks which contact lenses carry with them, but, as we know, as far as division of responsibility is concerned, it is the job of the Commission to monitor how the situation is progressing in practice. +More and more rumours are being circulated these days that a deal could be struck: transitional periods, as far as the free labour market and similar are concerned in the EU, could be combined with transitional periods in the candidate countries. +Obviously it is a distant country, but nonetheless the regime in power there is literally a criminal one; the Union ought to make efforts to overturn this regime, before we are obliged, as in the case of Kosovo or other regions, to adopt drastic means. +But, obviously, in the case of North Korea, the problem is that the country is so tightly shut off from the outside world it would be tremendously difficult to broadcast information there, although that would be desirable. +Mr President, following the Council' s recent decision on the easing of sanctions relating to the Kosovo crisis the Commission is putting forward a proposal for the exemption of Kosovo and Montenegro from particular EC sanctions against the former Republic of Yugoslavia. +It is perfectly understandable that today we are debating the economic reconstruction of Kosovo, which, however, is directly related not only to expediency policies of the Member States, but also to their efforts to distribute those funds set aside for the rebuilding of Kosovo to the various associations within the Member States. +This means that it is not a question of pursuing preventative checks as regards the overall aid proposed, even if the amount, EUR 1,900 million over the next five years, would suggest that this is appropriate. +The European Union, which, without a doubt, plays a pivotal role in dealing with the problems, rightly decided to widen the scope of the regulation, particularly as regards the Reconstruction Agency in the area. +Clearly the agency' s mandate does not cover assistance in the other countries of former Yugoslavia or other Balkan countries because this structure is the specific European Union instrument for the reconstruction of Kosovo. +Disputation which causes delay is obviously not acceptable in view of the need to find a rapid solution to the problem and the Commission is therefore open to a compromise which maintains those objectives of speed and effectiveness. +I would therefore like to ask you the following question: could you please convey my wish to the Conference of Presidents that in future, when debates take place on subjects where there is conflict with the Council, the debate is organised in such a way that the Council attends so that we can enter into direct confrontation. +In order to give both of them the opportunity to consider matters, to acquire greater insight and then to join ourselves in ensuring greater efficiency, I would ask that the final vote be referred back to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. +The most astonishing aspect of this manipulation is the attitude of the Council: throughout the negotiations on the Treaty of Amsterdam, it had staunchly resisted the grouping together of all the citizens rights scattered throughout the text in any form distinct from the Treaty itself. +In addition the Community food supply programme for Russia, that was launched earlier this year, is subject to very close monitoring which involves, amongst other things, checks on the use of the funds generated by the sale of relevant food products on local markets. +I was in Moscow last November with a group from this Parliament which had gone there to evaluate the need for humanitarian aid, and it became obvious that the country is just not able to put itself in order. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we perhaps have to remind ourselves that much has happened in Russia: over 5 000 nuclear warheads have been withdrawn from use, democratic institutions have been created, and the media there may criticise the government, and, in fact, dare to. +However, in closing, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to return once again to a suggestion which was also put forward by other speakers, that is the need to create a European research centre for the systematic study, research and implementation of new preventative methods for earthquakes. +Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the news last Sunday about the death sentences issued against the four people involved in the student disturbances over the summer in Iran sent a wave of disgust and indignation among the Iranian people and throughout other countries. +We already know how limited the achievements have been here up until now; there is the necessary preparation and implementation to be undertaken by a united military committee that must precede the establishment of a peacekeeping force. In its turn, this force must undertake the disarmament of all armed militias and prepare for national reconciliation. +Journalists still do not work under optimum conditions, and so I think it is appropriate, for example, to move the pressroom to the area beneath the Chamber. Their current room is still too far away and it is not often easy for the journalists to come and talk to the Members, especially during important sittings. +This morning I promise you - you understand I cannot achieve the impossible: I cannot promise you daily flights to your own capitals and vice versa - that I will do all I can, with the co-operation of the Mayor and the competent authorities, to appreciably improve the situation in this area too. +Mr President, in my first speech in this Chamber, I had hoped to speak about linking the banks of lifts electronically to make them more efficient, about ventilation in the bathrooms, about the air conditioning and about the dog-sick carpets in the bar areas. +I also regret the lack of TV monitor screens in the bar and restaurant areas which should be available to members having a coffee break to follow the debates in progress and, if due to speak, to time their entries back into the chamber appropriately. +I shall give you an example, Mr Prodi, which you will certainly understand. This principle must be as important for us in the European Union and have as high a priority as, for example, the criterion of price stability for the European Central Bank. +Nevertheless, we have had to contend with what have proved to be particularly severe forms of food poisoning in various Member States in recent years and there is little or no supervision in the agro-industry, which incorporates all manner of filth and rubbish into the food chain. +I believe that some responsibility for the problems we are facing should also be taken at European level, and that the EU should step in with financial aid when large numbers of small-scale farmers and agricultural enterprises in my country fall victim to what in many cases amounts to nothing less than the derailment of European agricultural policy. +Well, the debate is being held today after all, and as we are here and we have heard President Prodi' s statement, we have been able to take into consideration the things he has announced, i.e. the creation of an independent European food agency, prioritisation of food safety, strengthening of controls, etc. +Sewage sludge contains heavy metals, including considerable quantities of cadmium and because of this, in my own home country, and in the Nordic countries generally, this sludge may not be spread on the fields at all, because cadmium gets into the food chain and thereby enters the human body. +Mr President, the Green Paper on food was discussed two years ago, and we are still waiting for the White Paper which I hope will outline specific initiatives and the responsibilities of the European policy on food issues. +In our opinion, the main cause is that the social system puts profit before human health, especially when it comes to the profits of large corporations and the health of their workers. +Madam President, Commissioner Prodi, Commissioner Byrne, the BSE and dioxin crises coupled with the ongoing controversy regarding genetically modified foods have combined to seriously undermine consumer confidence in the safety of food. +Madam President, when the first grave reports about AIDS first inundated Europe and the United States at the beginning of the eighties, some very grave predictions were made as to the extent and the social implications of this disease. +These are mainly young adults, therefore people who are active in economic terms but who also often have family responsibilities; a generation of people who in most countries form the backbone of society. +Within the scope of the precautionary principle in health matters, the European Union must therefore defend the application of the entitlement to compulsory licences in the Millennium Round +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in Africa over two million people die every year, four million people become infected and we know that 70% of new HIV-positive people are in Africa. This is obviously a pandemic that is the primary cause of death for a citizen in an African country. +Northern Ireland is on the periphery of this Union and it is a peripheral part of the Union and yet we are seeing the start of a terrible spread in our country, greatly linked to drugs trafficking. +Especially now that a number of Member States have decided to abandon their nuclear policy, including their fission policy, we cannot accept that the Union as such should continue to finance nuclear policy by up to four times as much. +Alongside ALTENER, and the research into renewable energy in the 5th Framework Programme, which we hope will be very significant, we need urgent flanking measures such as the "feed-in directive" for the electricity market. +The White Paper raised expectations, and we look forward to the exciting campaign for take-off with its 1 million PV systems, its large windfarm, its biomass and most exciting of all its 100 communities where all the electricity will come from renewable energy. +It seems to me, firstly, that the amount available is far too little and secondly, if we are expecting a doubling of the amount of renewable energy, there should be a sharp increase in the amount of money being made available over a period of time. +What is more, the budget is very low, which is why our group warmly welcomes the rapporteur' s proposal to increase the SAVE programme' s budget by EUR 4.4 million to EUR 68.4 million. +With regard to a final matter which I had left out, which is the participation of some countries in Central and Eastern Europe, I would like to say that currently there are ten countries which are benefiting from the SAVE programmes in order to bring about an improvement in energy efficiency. +It gives an additional illustration of the connivance between the Commission and Parliament aimed at divesting the European Council of something that I believe to be its exclusive competence, which is foreign policy. +It was the struggle of the black masses which put an end to institutionalised segregation, but unfortunately, they have not been able to end the social segregation which causes that country' s workers and the unemployed to continue living in poverty. +The basic philosophy, however, seems to be this: there are some subjects which upset or violate competition and so we must have thorough harmonisation. However, I think that harmonisation would be harmful for other items, which is not the case in the current States where we even find diversity from region to region. +This figure, which includes 350,000 refugees from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, 120,000 internally displaced Serbs and gypsies from Kosovo and 300,000 socially vulnerable people, has been calculated by the World Food Programme' s and UNHCR' s joint assessment team for emergency food aid which visited the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in July of this year. +The most vulnerable groups in Serbia are to be found in such institutions, and Echo will, to the extent that is necessary, provide help in the form of supplementary food aid (basic food aid being provided by the World Food Programme) and supplementary goods other than food and heating. +In the context of this study, we have taken into account your Parliament' s resolution of December 1998, as well as the conclusions of the Council Presidency following two informal meetings of Ministers in charge of sport. +I would like to ask the Commissioner whether, in order to achieve our aim, it would not be better to unite all our forces and, with the backing of all the Member States, present a single European candidate as a seat for this agency. +I think, and here I differ a little from you as far as the last part of your answer is concerned, that there must be a counterbalance to the powerful signals given out by the Union to other parts of the world, which are nevertheless close to India, by organising events such as Summits. +European entrepreneurs, the European political classes and European public opinion, just like those in India, need a clear sign which only a Summit can provide. +But, over and above this, I would like to say in conclusion that we still see a need for fundamental rehabilitation in this area and that the Commission, by the end of this year, will therefore be putting forward a proposal for a comprehensive reform of the aid system and the market organisation system in the area of flax and hemp. +We are not currently sitting in the Spanish Parliament, nor in the Assembly of the region in question, but in the European Parliament, and I cannot prejudge nor anticipate any principle or respect for freedom of expression of the Members. +The chief obstacle to Turkey' s entry is its inability to meet the political criteria laid down at Copenhagen, especially regarding democracy, human rights and the rights of minorities, especially the Kurdish people. +If we vote in favour of the proposal of the Commission and the Council, then rest assured that this will not in itself encourage democratisation. It will, however, encourage Turkey to reinforce the current inhuman, objectionable policy it is pursuing and to intensify the incursions against Greece and the incursions against humanity. +This includes, for example, the requirement to take the European Union' s financial commitments towards Turkey under the financial protocol seriously and not just verbally, but also to make the necessary funds available. +The ending of the mid-term stage of the Oslo Agreement on May 4 this year made the situation more uncertain. +The situation in the Middle East is still a long way from this, but without doubt, the election of Ehud Barak as Prime Minister of Israel and the Palestinian' s peaceful choice have given peace a chance. This was shown by recent developments in the reworking of the Oslo Accord at Sharm el­Sheikh. +The real difficulties will arise within the framework of the final status negotiations, which includes the contentious issue of Jerusalem, control over water rights and the return of refugees. +Nonetheless, this recent agreement has considerable political significance - it marks the end of the deadlock in the peace process after years of stagnation, even sabotage, by the Netanyahu Government which never accepted the terms of the Oslo Accord. +Madam President, once again, when voting on the calendar of part-sessions for the year 2000, we have had to withstand an assault of amendments tending to reduce the length of the plenary part-sessions in Strasbourg. +As Mr Dell' Alba reminded us at the start of voting time, we will not be voting because we do not intend to support a situation which discriminates against millions of European citizens, whose representatives are denied the ability to fully exercise their own parliamentary mandate. +In fact, considering that the energy efficiency of final consumption has improved until now by approximately 1% per year, the European Commission advocates a reduction of a further percentage point in the energy efficiency of the final point of demand. +It is true that Turkey, as such, would have to satisfy the criteria laid down by the European Council of Copenhagen, including the existence of stable institutions guaranteeing democracy, human rights and respect for minorities. +- (EL) I shall not be voting in favour of the joint resolution on EU-Turkish relations as it contains contradictory policies and arguments as well as a dose of hypocrisy which does not become such a serious political body as our Parliament. +The next items on the agenda are the statements by the Council and the Commission on the opening of the Millennium Round under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation, due to take place in Seattle from 30 November up to and including 3 December. +They fear that debating basic rights of employment in the WTO is an attempt to undo the advantages they enjoy as a result of low labour costs. +These are the advances which should make it possible to reconcile demographic growth and economic growth with a limited pool of natural resources, for it is technological progress which pushes back the frontier of the long-term use of these resources. +It was also the successes achieved, thanks to liberalisation of trade, by industrialised countries and emergent economies in Asia which shook the confidence of the communist regimes and led to their radical transformation both in Europe and in Asia. +Finally, internationalisation comes back to the perceptions of the rising generations, those of the next century, who, through the media and through their own wandering, will experience the world as the global village where mutual dependence entails solidarity and where the taste for differences and for encounters can be expressed. +These regulations concern investment and competition primarily, two areas where some of our partners show a certain reluctance, for very different reasons, and which, given the precedent of the MAI - I prefer to spell it out A.M.I. (rather than call it friend "AMI" ) in French - give rise to reservations on the part of some developing countries and reluctance, even outright hostility, in some of our non-governmental organisations. +This is a very dangerous road to go down, as the consequences of applying the WTO rules have shown, causing as they did, an increase in social inequality, unemployment, and world poverty. +They have not, for instance, seen the benefits for their textile and clothing industries, neither have they seen benefits from the liberalisation of trade in farm products. +This does not sit well with the fact that in most EU countries CO2 concentrations have done nothing but rise since 1990. So we will need drastic supplementary measures if we are to comply with the Kyoto Agreement. +Mr President, Commissioner, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, I must thank you for agreeing, on most points, with the European Parliament' s resolution, which lays down our whole philosophy on climate change. +The conclusions of the European Council in Cologne specifically state that there would be no interference when it came to the special status of the different Member States with regard to guarantees made concerning a collective defence. +Mr President, as the country holding the Presidency, Finland has prepared for qualified majority voting by asking Member States in what areas they are prepared to increase majority voting. +According to the formula for ECB Member States' subscriptions set out in Article 29(1) of the Statute, the Bank of Denmark' s share of the paid-up capital of the ECB is 1.6709%. +So far the Council has received no proposal to implement the recommendations of the ICCAT regarding restrictions on white tuna catches. +Mr President, the Council takes a positive view of those new opportunities to prevent social exclusion that it gained with Article 137(2) on social provisions when the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force. +I simply wanted to ask whether the Commission will press Georgia, in view of the supply problems, to build the 700m of road which is lacking up to the Chechen border, and which was not constructed following pressure from Russia, so that humanitarian supplies may, in future, reach the Chechen border? +The Code has increased mutual understanding on Member State policies, established an efficient consultation mechanism and encouraged dialogue on the implementation of its provisions. +Mr President, the fight against the death penalty in the world is, first and foremost, civilisation' s fight for the right of humanitarian intervention which is making headway in terms of global awareness. +We also demand that it create a situation in which we too are able, from within the European Union, to lend appropriate assistance with repairing the damage and providing the people with the humanitarian aid they need. +It will take on particular importance if Parliament manages to exercise an appropriate political and practical role which will help shed light on this sombre event and bring justice for the 81 victims and their families who, for more than 19 years, have been waiting to find out what happened, why it happened, and who was responsible. +In the European Union, Member States' national authorities must require undertakings to inform exposed workers and apprentices of the health risks involved in their work and train them in radiation protection. +The "right to pollute" should not be for sale and the richer countries should not be able to side-step the common law by means of a payment or transaction. +Madam President, for my group this interinstitutional agreement is another building block in the re-establishment of the credibility of the European Union as regards how it handles fraud and financial mismanagement. +This interinstitutional agreement takes us one step further in another direction with the obligation it would place on all Members and staff to use the proper procedures to inform the future office, the OLAF office, so that any allegations of fraud can be properly investigated. +I am pleased that, as a new Member of this esteemed House, I have been able, in my maiden speech, to participate in a good piece of European lawmaking, and I hope that there will be broad agreement here with what I have said and that the Council of Ministers will not have any problems in adopting the directive. +I hope that during the vote which we are about to take, the strength of Parliament' s wish will be affirmed in a way that will immediately establish the provision that will straight away allow more visibility, more transparency and give the citizens of Europe more access to our democratic life. +Here, too, it is incumbent on the Commission to take up contact with third countries and international organisations in order to find appropriate solutions. It will be of particular interest to observe in this context which recommendations the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the OECD and the WTO are developing in this area. +I am pleased to be able to refer to the fact, in my maiden speech to this House in plenary session, that in my own country, Austria, cableways are a cornerstone of tourism and consequently, of the Austrian national economy. +I am glad, therefore, that there is absolute consensus, absolute agreement between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, on making available in the EU budget the necessary funds for Kosovo. +European taxpayers would, I believe, not understand it if we simply requested additional funds to finance work in Kosovo without taking the difficult course of prioritisation, which means in practice reallocating funds. +The multifunctional tasks of agriculture relating to food, maintaining the countryside, nature conservation and tourism as a job sector of the future which will expand rather than diminish are a major concern for the whole Parliament. +There were many differences of opinion, firstly on FIFG, secondly on support for the common European fisheries policy by the Council and the Member States, above all in relation to international fisheries agreements such as the most recent one with Morocco, and thirdly on relations between the EU and other international organisations. +By purposefully promoting women within population and development policy, we can help to produce a stable social background, to modify existing structures and to develop new structures. +The Commission has taken a first step towards Parliament in the form of the comments of Mrs Schreyer that we should strive for reallocation, the use of a smaller portion of the flexibility reserve and possibly an amendment to the Financial Perspective. +Parliament is agreed: we need a limited revision of the Financial Perspective so that, unlike this year, we do not need to again crib our way through x number of different supplementary and amending budgets! +Secondly, in terms of external policy, particularly in terms of Kosovo, the hearing we organised a few days ago with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Budgets, was very revealing to me, in particular the fact that this is not a short-term commitment. +The next item is the report (A5-0035/1999) by Mr Huhne, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the 1998 annual report of the European Central Bank (C4-0211/1999). +Thus, while the Treaty requires the ECB to publish a quarterly report on its activities, the ECB has decided to publish such a report on a monthly basis, the Monthly Bulletin, which gives a detailed presentation of economic and monetary developments. +Publication by the ECB of detailed reports for each country participating in the euro area would run counter to the necessary creation of an area-wide perspective in the conduct, discussion and thinking of monetary policy. +One pre-condition, therefore, for achieving a substantial enhancement in the processing of cross-border retail payments is undoubtedly the fact that the banking industry must implement common technical features in the processing of funds between banks. +I would ask the ECB to make a constructive contribution towards achieving the Growth and Employment Pact and to say very clearly what part it intends to play in the macroeconomic dialogue in order to contribute to a balanced policy mix. +All central or international banks of major countries are bound, in one form or another, by this democratic accountability with regard to the socio-economic community - in the Anglo-Saxon countries through Parliament and in Germany through the federate banks of the Länder. +Mr President, today our Parliament has the President of the European Central Bank as its guest, that is to say the president of the first institution to which the nations of Europe, by who knows what perturbation, have decided, eleven of them at least, to confer to give sovereign power. +No doubt you will even have more power or influence, in the final analysis, than they ever did, even if it is to be a less flamboyant form of power, since at the end of this millennium which seems to set money up as the ultimate universal value, you are poised to hold both temporal power and spiritual power within the European Union. +The more evenly information is disseminated in a society, the more effectively individual choices steer the economy' s development and guide the invisible hand of the market. +The Economic Institute of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Netherlands, which I am sure you are familiar with, carried out a study and concluded that the retail trade needs to have 100% of its daily turnover available in change, as opposed to the 7% available to it now. +Turning to the current situation, I should like to repeat that the monetary policy strategy of the Eurosystem, which has been made very clear to Parliament, is based on two pillars, both designed to be forward-looking over the medium-term. +Please be aware, Mr President, that we shall support every effort intended to suppressing terrorist campaigns, to controlling paramilitary forces, and to affirming the supremacy of civil authority over military might. +We need to construct a new nation where respect for human rights, the application of justice and the reconstruction of our social fabric are the solid foundations which will allow us to build a society in which the factors which create violence are eradicated for good. +I would also like to highlight the establishment of the EUROJUST network which is, without any doubt, the beginning of the construction of a European Judicial system which will be an instrument of support and monitoring for EUROPOL' s actions in guaranteeing security within the Union and which will also be an instrument for protecting the rights of European citizens. +It is true that it could have been worse, much worse, especially for the citizens of third countries who are in Europe or who need to come here, but that does not change the fact that we have missed a good opportunity to actually start constructing an area of freedom, security and justice. +Where the Member States have come to the end of what it is open to them to do, the European Union steps in: in asylum policy, in migration policy, in the fight against organised crime and in cooperation concerning justice. +On the subject of immigration, by integrating what might be called a co-development strategy, that is to say, by acknowledging that, in order to resolve the question of immigration, the underlying causes of the refugee phenomenon must be tackled in full, I believe that Tampere is a significant milestone. +Mr President, laying the foundations for the construction of a European area of freedom, security and justice was the goal of the European Council of Tampere, an important goal because it affects the values which are at the heart of our western civilisation. +On behalf of my group, I would like to urge that the principles of the Geneva Convention find full expression in all its aspects in the two aspects of the migration policy and that the Commission and Parliament become fully involved in all said aspects. +At Tampere, a quasi-constitutional transformation has taken place, because the Council has given the Commission a mandate to establish, on their proposal, common rules on admission and residence, on small claims and many other issues. +The progress achieved will not be the concern of just the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament, but also the Member States, insofar as some "scoreboard" tasks will be entrusted to them in application of the principle of subsidiarity. +This proposal, combined with maintaining the Commission' s monopoly of initiative, would ultimately end, as we know, in a considerable strengthening of the Commission' s powers and a concomitant reduction in the rights of States. +It acknowledges what we have always said, that the cases of strengthened cooperation outlined by the Treaty of Amsterdam go in no way towards resolving the twofold problem of increasing heterogeneity and the absolute impossibility of giving up sovereign powers in favour of procedures for decision by qualified majority and, what is more, in a Europe comprising thirty or more States. +Nor does the report of the Committee of Wise Men contain a single mention of the social dimension of the European Union, which is a prerequisite of a European democracy. +After this, we shall again have a great deal of work to do between 10 November and the start of the talks, since the Commission will then have to submit a document which I have myself described as a forceful and comprehensive policy document, designed to be of use to the negotiators and to facilitate the talks. +Our goal is most certainly "intelligent restructuring" and there are three distinctive factors which many companies already take into account. In the past, we have witnessed cases throughout the European Union which adopted both methods of restructuring. +However, what is certain is that, at present, legislation alone or this particular piece of legislation cannot address the major problem of the restructuring of industry when European industry can only compete within its own borders. European industry must engage in and be able to successfully withstand global competition. +Finally, on the eve of the opening of the WTO negotiations, I want to stress the need for Europe to state its political desires, including those related to industrial policy, focusing on "employment, wealth creation and regional development" . +For its part, my Group will be addressing the main European trade union organisations in order to exchange views and, if needs be, initiate a European petition which will allow our fellow citizens to weigh up the forthcoming decisions. +I also mean the thousand of workers in companies like Michelin who invested their time, energy, knowledge, skills, their hopes and aspirations, and those of their families, in the company they have worked for for many years. +I would like to assure you that constant communication between the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Works Councils will steadily pilot the Commission towards further and, as far as possible, more flexible and fundamental intervention in this area. +This being the case, the European Union deplores the decision taken on 13 October in the American Senate not to ratify the Test Ban Treaty. +The Commission shares the disappointment that has just been expressed by the presidency of the Council that the United States Senate rejected ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. +Among the arguments put forward in the United States, some people thought that it was not yet time to stop nuclear testing at a time when North Korea is making efforts to develop its own weapons, and as China is continuing to build up its arsenal. +What we profoundly criticise is that attitude of the Republican majority in the Senate which corresponds more to the former doctrine of the "clear destiny" of the United States, much more than to the moral, as well as military, leadership which they currently hold. +I welcome the initiative of President Jacques Chirac, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Prime Minister Tony Blair who, in an open letter to the American public, canvassed in favour of ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. +The European Union is rightly extending export opportunities for Russian companies in EU markets to boost the Russian economy. +In this respect, more concessions were made, and a minimum number of three was accepted for States involved in the joint organisation of specific projects and of five for States involved in the large-scale cultural cooperation agreements. Attempts were also made to find a way towards making the framework mechanisms more flexible. +There are countless cultural operators and agents who will be deprived of any kind of means for the action that they are developing, which will be of inestimable value if this dossier is not concluded before the end of the year so that we can allow the programme to come into force at the beginning of next year. +Informal contacts with the Presidency of the Council and with the Commission provide hope of agreement here, for young people and their associations expect not bureaucratic but pragmatic action from the European institutions, as well as cooperation between the latter. +At the sitting of 23 July, the President of Parliament proposed that the Committee, chaired by myself, should examine the subject, and in its meeting of 27 July, the Committee on Culture and Youth appointed me rapporteur. +But, when the main content of this motion is "only" about reducing the period of support from 5 to 3 years, then there is also time to investigate whether Eurostat and the national offices of statistics can cover the need we have for statistics and statistical information. +With your understanding, Mr President, I do not intend to go into Parliament' s amendments in detail, but I am happy to tell you that the Commission shares the concern about the need for small and medium-sized enterprises to be successful and so accepts the amendment relating to such enterprises. +Within the framework of the budgetary procedure, even if we opt for a period of five years, Parliament every year has the opportunity to make amendments and to determine payments, i.e. to impose sanctions if it should prove necessary. +Madam President, during the conclusion of my contribution in the debate on company restructuring yesterday I pointed out to the Vice-President presiding at the time that there was an anomaly in the joint resolution which we will vote on later today. +I very clearly remember discussing in the Conference of Presidents, as my neighbours here on the right, Pat Cox, Mrs Hautala, Mr Barón Crespo and others will recall, whether we should mention Michelin or discuss globalisation and the restructuring of firms in a general way. +And I therefore ask the President for there to be rigorous control in the records in relation to the non-authorised modification of proposals, which I regard as a problem insofar as it concerns the modification and falsification of a Parliamentary public document. +Procedure does not allow for Mrs Scallon' s amendment to be reintroduced into the cycle since there is no compromise basis for an oral amendment to be submitted. +Also, instead of stipulating the political criteria which the European Parliament had so rigidly laid down, it has simply confined itself in the "Remarks" section to mention of an institutional control mechanism, the actual effectiveness of which, from our experience with the MEDA programme, is somewhat questionable. +It is particularly important that special attention is paid to the granting of any kind of subsidy to these companies, which should always be conditional on jobs being maintained, and weighty penalties must be provided for as well as the return of subsidies received if this does not happen. +Whenever the European Parliament discusses this theme or similar ones, it is clear to me that this is a field which we must deal with on the European scale, for example, on the subject of railways, or on the subject of the transportation of dangerous goods. +Mr President, I would like firstly to thank Mr Hatzidakis, rapporteur and President of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, for the excellent report which he has carried out concerning the proposed amendment of the framework Directive on the transport of dangerous goods by rail. +It is true, as he has said, that in certain areas of the network we have a situation of overload, with infrastructures which are already very well used, particularly for the transport of persons, which is the form of use which is currently the priority of all the Member States in terms of their railway policy. +And as far as this is concerned, I cannot fail to highlight the mistake made four or five years ago by establishing a fisheries agreement outside the broader framework of the cooperation agreement established between the European Union and Morocco. +Years have passed and neither Commissioner Bonino, nor Commissioner Fischler, nor the respective ministers have had the necessary diligence or agility to avoid the need to debate now, a month before a very damaging event takes place, what we can do about it. +Instead of setting the interests of workers in the fishing industry, the interests of European countries and those of African countries against each other, a way must be found to unite their demands and their campaign against powerful capitalist interests. +I found his speech to be a very fine one and very important, and I would like to say quite clearly that it must be in our interests to safeguard the fishing interests of the Spanish and the other European fishermen affected, but to ensure that a sensible agreement is obtained in the near future, which includes the interests of ecological, foreign and security policies and which does not make the mistake of working with a demagogy which destabilises our neighbourhood, so that we do not wake up until it is too late, as in the Balkans or in the Caucasus today. +Introduction of an effective animal identification and movement record system, one that is fully in place. Legislation for the removal of meat and bonemeal from feedmills and farms. +It was this House, through its special committee of inquiry into BSE, together with the European Commission, that recommended the measures that have now been taken to guarantee the safety throughout the European Union of those who consume British products and British beef. +It is critical that we base our decisions on the scientific evidence and if there is a clear majority today by the scientists to lift the British beef ban we expect the French authorities to act within days, and we expect the Commission to take the appropriate legal action if that does not happen. +The persistence of this endemic raises a frightening question; whether there may be other means by which this disease is transmitted, apart from the ones we have seen so far, such as feeding animals with animal meal and transmission through the mother. +The burden of scientific proof, which weighs heavily enough on those wishing to protect the health of their population, puts a brake on applying the precautionary principle or actually prevents it. +Mr President, following the excellent interventions by Mr Souchet and Mr Martinez on maintaining the French ban on British beef, I would just like to add three observations, from the legal, moral and political points of view. +Returning to the case in hand, I believe that Parliament should not ask the Commission to investigate the existence of recommendations made by national agencies responsible for food safety that conflict with Community decisions. +I believe that the Commission is doing good work, but our main concern at the moment is the maintenance of fishing activity and, specifically, activity which does not lead to over-fishing, but rather the conservation of natural resources. +We know from Morocco what despair this has aroused among local fishermen as they see immense damage being done to their fish stocks, simply to provide European markets with sardines and other common species on which their own livelihoods depend. +Therefore, Commissioner, on this question and with regard to fisheries agreements in general, as was demonstrated yesterday in the important debate which we held in relation to the fisheries agreement with Morocco, you will always enjoy the favourable, generally majority, opinion of the Committee on Fisheries, and I hope that you will continue to enjoy the favourable opinion of this Parliament. +At the first reading on this particular proposal Parliament made no amendments but the rapporter, Hugh McMahon at that time, made the point that it was absolutely essential that these three instruments should come into effect at the same time to avoid any competitive disadvantage. +I hope the Transport Council will hear that message and that we will see some progress to make sure that road transport is covered, otherwise we see a real danger to the rail sector element of the revision to the general directive. +If the rapporteur, should she touch on this subject, were to propose that this agreement should be abandoned, then the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy would totally support this request, as this would be a sensible step given the war in Chechnya, as a means of pointing the way to the future regarding this issue. +Since the People' s Republic of China accounts for a quarter of the global population and has great economic potential, its involvement in European research and technological projects is of huge importance. +Technical support for the promotion of energy efficiency, saving energy and clean and renewable energy sources will enable China to reduce the production of CO2. +As far as the issues of biotechnology are concerned, I must answer Mr Gahrton by saying that all research proposals in the area of biotechnology must completely satisfy the ethical conditions that apply to any framework programme project. +This is why, in this matter, whilst sharing Parliament' s concerns about the gravity of the situation in Chechnya, neither do I think, and I fully understand your position on this matter, that this agreement is the best way to show our concerns and our questions about what is happening. +Given that this year is the two-hundredth anniversary of Alexander von Humboldt' s journey to Venezuela, I would like to recall that Alexander von Humboldt did not just take something out there - his curiosity - but he also brought something back, namely knowledge about tropical plants and about the geography of this interesting continent. +That on the basis of best practices in one or more of the Member States, the provisions in this directive are applied in a manner which is as uniform as possible and that red-tape is avoided for manufacturers or sales outlets. +We are in favour of non-legislative actions, since often legislation is not necessary given that sometimes "soft law" is enough, but these initiatives should not cause us to lose sight of the fact that we must avoid the false idea of harmonisation and we have to avoid legal insecurity, as well as false expectations about the internal market. +Parliament is ideally positioned to initiate the discussion on initiatives of this kind, probably mainly to highlight the concern of the ordinary citizen whose voice is not always heard in Brussels. +Since this would obviously create an excessive amount of work for the Court of Justice, the Commission is planning to grant national judges power to rule on exemptions within the framework of article 85, para. +I do not want to dwell on some legal subjects which have already been dealt with sufficiently by Mr Lehne and Mrs Palacio. I would instead like to talk about some political matters which have not yet been fully addressed by the document but which, I am sure, will be the subject of a debate in Parliament, because it is through these matters that the idea of Europe is developing. +The document that we submitted and that is being discussed this evening, attempts in fact, in the first strategic objective, to create a balance between the internal market on the one hand and the protection of consumer and environment interests on the other. +I urge us not to miss this opportunity of reinforcing the European employment guidelines and at the same of setting up a process of securing quality jobs and good social protection. +This also takes into consideration the fact that within the workings of an internal market there are still many social problems which exist in both urban and rural parts of Europe and certainly in my own country, Ireland. +Local communities, from the private, public and voluntary sectors must be allowed to pool their collective talents in an effort to create employment within the small and medium-sized enterprise sector in their respective areas. +For example, I see the enhancement of regional and local employment initiatives and the greater emphasis on equal opportunities for women in employment policy as being positive, although I believe that Mrs Theorin' s criticism in this respect is still valid. +The Member States should, however, interpret this to mean that the main part of the programmes should not be based on past activities but on those which aim primarily at achieving a capacity to create. +Developing the service sector can be effected in two opposing ways. On the one hand, we have the development of services within all sectors of production, including the agricultural sector, of which no mention has been made, thus breaking down the barriers between them and, on the other hand, we have the industrialisation of the service sector. +There is competition between the Member States on labour policy and the standards of the European Social Model which does not contribute to the achievement of the objectives which we say we wish to pursue and the conditions which, in theory, are guaranteed. +In my view, the outcome of this two-and-a-half hour discussion is extremely optimistic and it is clear that the European Parliament is following, debating and, above all, making proposals on the extremely sensitive issue of a European employment strategy. +So I call upon our dignity as Members of Parliament, President, because we need to give signatures relating to politics and political declarations the same dignity and importance reserved for the signatures for our presence here and for our money. +There are several technologies for simultaneously reducing particulate emissions and NOx emissions to the level called for at first reading, either by using the ammonia process or else by using charge cooling combined with a regeneration filter. +Emissions legislation aimed at improving air quality has been a success story, and we have an opportunity to put the icing on the cake. +Mrs Avilés' report on the common position was adopted after a great battle about changing the legal basis from Article 235 to Article 152, with the codecision procedure. +We have also given a very high level of political priority to children' s needs in various reports to the UN world conferences, in conjunction with third countries, and in particular with the ACP countries. +In the last discussion we held in this Chamber on the Michelin case, I had said that such changes are by no means a smooth operation since we are living in an age of major restructuring, technological advances, changes in the work place, and expanding globalisation. +Mr President, Commissioner, during our debate on 27 October on the Michelin affair, I reminded all those present that Parliament had amended the directive on informing and consulting workers and that we were still waiting for the Commission to adopt these amendments. +It leads to transitional periods which are far too long for the other candidate countries in terms of the environment, for fear that otherwise this, and I quote from the government document, "would lead to an increase in financial strain" . +I share the view - as I emphasised during my hearing before this Parliament back in September - that it should be our aim in reforming the financing system to strengthen the financial autonomy of the Community. +Finally, Mr President, I should like to point out that there was very little input in the procedure leading up to this report; apart from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and a few fellow members who helped with the changes, I cannot in all honesty say that there was a great deal of input. +In fact, the correct thing to do would be to re-examine the guidelines before the first enlargement on the basis of the real needs so as not to block a series of guideline appropriations with total uncertainty with regard to their suitability in terms of amount as well as timescale. +The report calls on the Commission to promote best practice, to encourage the exchange of views and experience, to encourage increased public awareness while respecting the principle of subsidiarity. +The most vital requirement of energy and environmental policy as we approach the millennium is to meet our Kyoto commitments, and here of course a CO2 tax would have a major role to play. +We therefore think that the Smet report constitutes an important step towards improving the work situation of hundreds of thousands of employees and preventing a situation in which working times are made into an unfair means of competition. +A5-0060/1999 by Mr Lechner, on behalf of the Committee on Citizen' s Freedoms and Rights, on the proposal for a Council Directive on the service or transfer in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters [COM(99) 219 - C5­0044/1999 - 1999/0102(CNS)]; +The new proposal by the Council for a regulation on the jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgements in matrimonial cases and parental responsibility proceedings now guarantees uniform marital status for the citizens of Europe. +In this connection, I can only express my pleasure at the fact that there are still a number of countries - including EU Member States - which recognise marriages between two people of the same sex and appreciate that such couples may also wish to have children and that this is a wish they can justifiably demand should be fulfilled. +One of the conditions placed on Bulgaria for opening accession negotiations is precisely to draw up a reasonable timetable for the closure of unit 1-4 of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant before the end of 1999. +Secondly, where exactly is France raising problems and can the Commissioner confirm that any problems raised by France must result only in clarification to the French and not in any changes to the British date-based export scheme? +What worries me is that the request for European undertakings to be exempted from the scope of this criminal legislation, however beneficial this may in fact be to European undertakings, fails to solve the problem. +And I must say that I did not doubt that that was your intention, because this Chamber is familiar with your CV, particularly your time in Hong Kong, which shows an unswerving commitment to the defence of human rights and of a democratic system that is not confined to Europe alone. +Then I look at the size of our Asia programme which runs at around EUR 350 million per year and I scratch my head about how we are going to be able to provide the level of assistance required to what may well be one of the very largest and most important democracies in the world. +Subject: Protection of EU companies' interests in Kosovo The Greek Telecommunications Organisation (OTE) and the Italian company STET International, owners of 49% of Srbija Telekom, are being threatened and harassed in Kosovo by the KLA and >others= in a bid to oust the two companies B the sole legal owners of network rights in Kosovo B from the region, in breach of international agreements. +The time to assess the situation that you have just described will be when, before the end of the year, the Council evaluates the results of the 1997 joint action on combating violence against women. +The granting of aid other than that authorised, which has happened over recent years, has been aimed, above all, at the funding of the social element of the reorganisation plan, and specifically supplementary compensation for employees made redundant. +Mr Solana, I have to mention that I have personally fought against the Security Council, of which you are leader, in court for more than two years, using non-military means, to obtain a certain document which concerns compliance on the part of Member States with criteria relating to the export of weapons. +The European Union, with its common currency, common internal market and common legal system, has a common interest in also implementing a credible common security and defence policy. +Before I welcome this proposal, I wish to see removed the ambiguity that has arisen in the wake of the remarks made by the British Defence Secretary, Geoffrey Hoon, namely is it a Franco-British force or an EU force? +Although some people in the Netherlands would like to take over the British role when it comes to desperately hanging on to the Atlantic relationship, and I mean the former British role, this is surely not comparable with the issues at large in neutral, non-aligned EU Member States regarding the European security and defence identity. +And to Mr Patten may I say I welcome what he said about armaments but will the Commission be following up its previous communications with decisive action in this field and does he agree with me that the Meteor Missile project is crucial to the future of a European defence industry? +We support the south African countries' request not to negotiate whether plants and animals or human cells can be genetically modified and patented, which would take money from the weak and make multinationals bigger. +Report (A5-0060/1999) by Mr Lechner, on behalf of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, on the proposal for a Council Directive on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (COM(1999) 219 - C5-0044/1999 - 1999/0102(CNS)) +The European Commission, of course, analyses very carefully all action plans on employment which are forwarded to us on an annual basis by the EU Member States so as to ensure that comprehensive and streamlined measures to promote equality in our society are supported. +The Nordic Green Left (NGL), which consists of the Nordic members of the Group of the European United Left, has today voted in favour of the report concerning the service of legal documents in civil and commercial matters. +I would ask all the groups and Members of this House to assist in this effort towards dialogue so that these peace processes within the Union may reach a positive solution, as so fortunately appears to be the case, at last, in Ireland. +Of particular worry is the fact that the Russian government has still not - despite its promises - begun to look for a political solution to the crisis but, instead, relies solely on military action. +We were, in fact, in the majority in this House in condemning the methods adopted by the Russian army to quash under fire any sort of potential resistance to its advance without taking into consideration the losses thereby caused among the civilian population. +I agree that the groups should have access to information, and I was very grateful that I was able to speak on this matter with Mr Achmadov, but in the past there have not been official appointments of this type in this House. +Part of the motivation behind Agenda 2000 is to conform in a credible way with world trade rules and in the process, of course, to make Europe a key player in world trade - and the Americans will not want that. +In their policies, WTO Members should keep open the option of granting priority to public health, animal welfare, environmental protection and solidarity with developing countries. +I would also urge the Commission and Member States to pursue a WTO binding commitment to allow all exports from least-developed countries duty-free access to European markets by 2003. +I also defend red protectionism, which tries to safeguard workers' rights and prevent malpractice, such as the use of child labour. +However, my concern is that the world, further to a new WTO agreement, may become richer economically speaking but poorer in the area of culture and environment or in terms of agriculture or horticulture, and that we may lose out on business in those areas which are essential for Europe. +As such, I only hope that the EU negotiators stamp their authority on the discussions, thus immediately authenticating the WTO' s fundamental right of existence as an international organisation now and in the future. +The best guarantee of food safety is transparency of the food chain and clear areas of monitoring and responsibility. +Nevertheless, that does not mean deluding ourselves that many of the problems regarding fundamental rights in China have now been resolved or are being resolved, nor ignoring the fact that, in the past, the United States itself has had double standards regarding the request for the social clause to be complied with. +To be one-sidedly passionate about one' s own region' s traditions and characteristic ways of doing things by imposing restrictions in the context of trade policy is to risk removing the basis for trade and development and for the dissemination of knowledge, culture and prosperity. In the longer term, it can also lead to suspicion, stagnation and conflicts. +Parallel to the Intergovernmental Conference, the Council of Ministers must carry out an internal reform, as demanded in the Trumpf-Piris paper, and the essence of the reform must be to have majority voting in the Council as the rule and, as a concomitant of this, to have codecision making by this Parliament in the case of all legislative acts. +At the same time, however, such an increase in the number of actors on the European stage would throw up institutional problems and produce considerable operational weaknesses if relevant measures and radical reforms of the present system were not implemented in good time before enlargement. +Yesterday, the German daily newspaper, "Die Welt" characterised the plans as follows: the traditional defence of Europe would remain solely the responsibility of NATO; the EU strike force is not to compete with it but instead become its new trump card. +We therefore think that adopting new federal powers at Union level will do nothing more than highlight this imbalance and increase the distance between the Union and its constituent peoples, as happens a little with each reform - and the high rates of abstention throughout Europe in the European elections show this to be true. +This Intergovernmental Conference has a very difficult timetable to comply with, for the Conference must be completed within the period prescribed, so ensuring that enlargement of the European Union is not delayed. At the same time, it must equip the European Union for the enlargement. +In the spirit of transparency and efficiency, we ought to combine the constitutional parts of the Treaty, including the regulations relating to the powers which can be exercised, and combine the remaining parts in another Treaty of lower status. +As the following question referred to a rail connection between France and Spain in the Pyrenees, I would, however, like to say that this rail connection is not at present part of the Trans-European Network, as approved by the European Parliament and the Council in 1996. +Therefore, faced with a specific failure which is documented in these policies, the question is: are we going to continue to finance this type of project even though it actually makes totalitarian regimes stronger, regimes that are in fact criminal and oppress human rights? +I wonder whether, in the appraisals we have been told the Council is making, a cost/benefit assessment has been included of how much these contributions to the so-called fight against drugs are costing European taxpayers and what practical benefits they are bringing. +Mr President, I consider it a positive sign that there have been remonstrations against Turkey but I would also like to stress my disappointment that what Turkey is doing to the detriment of merchant fleets around the world, including the merchant fleets of the European Union, is being played down. +It was the intention of the agreement to find a solution to the whistle-blower problem, that is to say, to the question of what an official should do if he obtains knowledge of fraud or clues suggesting corruption but - for whatever reason - does not want to confide in his superiors. +If I think about it, the fact that the Members of Parliament according to this text are bound to assist in the work of OLAF and if they are moreover obliged to inform on people, then such a rule affects the independent mandate most profoundly. +In order to achieve an asylum policy of this kind, other measures and far-reaching efforts are required to further agreement between the Member States on the need for a generous and humane asylum policy. +But even with the minor amendments that have been approved by the European Parliament, including a minimum age limit of 18 years and a limit on the number of comparisons made of fingerprints to prevent more opportunities for error, this proposal that aims to create a Fortress Europe, closed to other citizens is unacceptable. +This UN organisation is the designated body for worldwide nuclear issues. +On the other hand, those responsible for the massacres and for the attacks on human life must be punished, not just to ensure that justice is done in Timor, but, indeed, to set an example for other parts of the world where, sadly, attacks on dignity and, above all, on life, which we feel is an inalienable right, still exist and continue to take place. +Mr President, the situation in East Timor may have taken a turn for the better thanks to the change of power in Indonesia and thanks to the arrival of the peacekeeping force, but for the ordinary citizen in East Timor and also for the refugees still in West Timor, the situation is still very alarming indeed. +We have all seen the horrendous pictures of the last death sentence passed by the Florida Court and it will therefore not surprise any of you that the first person to appear in the text of the joint resolution should be the Spanish - and hence European Union - citizen, Joaquín José Martínez, whose sentence we ask to be reviewed and whose death sentence we ask to be suspended. +Finally, the European Union and the Council need to impose the repeal of the death penalty in the form of a special clause in economic and political agreements with third countries, as called for by other Members. +Would the European Union be prepared, Mr Lamy, to play a role in this regard, in order to, in future, prevent this type of blunder which is catastrophic in the opinion of the populations who are waiting for truth and justice? +It is in families that children learn the values of 'peace, dignity, tolerance, freedom, equality and solidarity' (preamble), as well as the skills necessary to implement these values in society throughout their lives. +I am happy to support the motion on the floor today which will ensure that these rights are supported - the rights of parents to raise their children, and the rights of children to that protection and support. +We expect a great deal from its work, in terms of a better understanding of the phenomenon, in terms of the existence of data and comparable information, and, above all, in terms of monitoring, identifying and proposals to ban dangerous substances placed on the market. +The Legal Committee that has dealt with this matter was also unanimous and, I repeat, unanimous, in this opinion with all the other Groups after an in-depth examination and, as I said just now, I want this measure to apply to all crime. +I believe that we have moved forward greatly in the sense that the European Investment Bank has accepted that OLAF has all the information and means necessary to analyse the loans subsidised with Community funds, which must undoubtedly be our main concern. +Mr President, following the adoption of the amendment tabled by Mr Lisi from the Group of the European People' s Party, who was elected from the Forza Italia lists, I have greater satisfaction in giving my explanation of vote, having voted for this measure. +Mr Newton Dunn chose the first pillar whereas we were of the opinion that the procedure should be left in the third pillar. The reason for this is that in the third pillar the group of offenders who are guilty of counterfeiting travel documents is more wide-ranging than in the first pillar where Mr Newton Dunn had established it, where the focus is exclusively on the tracking of the counterfeiting of documents for illegal immigrants. +In this way, the Act of Accession intended to maintain as far as possible the special status which the Canary Islands had had within the Spanish State since their incorporation into the Kingdom of Castile in the 15th Century. +As the Commissioner knows, next week in Brussels a partnership meeting will take place in which the Commission will discuss the proposals with the governments of France, Spain and Portugal, the governments of the Autonomous Regions and the MEPs from those regions. +Commissioner Liikanen, for many years, firstly as a member of the "economic" committee and now as a member of the "industry" committee, I have been dealing with issues involving the shipbuilding industry. +This is something that has to be addressed when we talk about, having a level playing field for the sector in Europe; in fact what we need is a level playing field internationally for workers. +This sector, which may, in the overall scheme of things, seem a rather marginal one, does however play a crucial role in the balance of the economic and social fabric of our coastal regions. +But for two years now the European Commission has frozen Community aid for the construction of new vessels and, by the same token, that of Member States, until the objectives for the destruction of boats outlined in the multiannual guidance programmes have been reached. +I would especially like to remind the Commissioner that the Union promised Finland, when we were negotiating membership, that it would take account of our remoteness and climate when deciding its aims for navigation policy for the whole continent. +This is also what was stated in the Commission' s letter of 4 August 1999 by officials in Directorate-General VII when they pointed out that the aid had no connection with shipyards in the EU. +I think that it is crucial that the European Union exerts considerable pressure in order to have Korea make a voluntary production agreement in addition to everything that has already been discussed in terms of rules designed to prevent this kind of distortion to competition. +But, as things stand, I can only say that most governments are against an article on sport in the Treaty, although there are governments which want to move in this direction. +As a sportswoman, a European citizen and a Member of this House, I must very firmly indicate my disagreement with this Council proposal. Also, what steps is the Commission intending to take to ensure that sport has a budget in the European Union, so that we can work from here for European sport? +Clearly, accession negotiations cannot be opened with Turkey until it meets the Copenhagen political criteria, with their clear emphasis on human rights, respect for minorities and complete religious freedom. +More generally, I would like to point out that a common foreign and security policy requires the creation of a European defence industry that can compete efficiently in both technological and financial terms. +These areas form an important whole on the agenda of the Helsinki European Council and, as has been said here, this whole is so dynamic that if everything succeeds, the Helsinki meeting will be an historic event. +I hope that the President-in-Office of the Council would deplore, as I do, a party political intervention by the Secretary-General of NATO, the logical implication of which is an attack on the defence policy of Finland and other Member States. +But at an historic time such as this, when we either have the courage to take a giant step forwards or else risk being condemned to a lengthy period of impotency, I think that audacity and courage count for more than realism. +I should like, at this juncture, to point out that the Charter of Fundamental Rights is of the utmost importance, and we should ensure that it evolves into a binding text and does not just remain a simple declaration of intent. +I will give my replies in a slightly different order from the speakers, but as Mr Harbour seems to be here still, I will say to him too that the Commission is presenting its extensive information society initiative to the European Council in Helsinki. +Finally, I should like to point out that my colleague Chris Patten, who is very sorry that he is unable to be here today due to a foreign policy commitment, and Poul Nielson and I shall issue a communication on the promotion of human rights and democratisation in our external relations. +How one can have capital punishment and at the same time ask to join the European Union is something that still astounds me, but I am even more astonished that there is talk of granting candidate status to a country that has not yet abolished capital punishment. +Mr President, we support the reports drafted by Mr Morillon on the promotion of economic and social development in Turkey and the strengthening of the Customs Union between the European Union and said country, especially in light of the fact that this country was twice struck by earthquakes this year. +In a report this year, the WHO comes to the conclusion that air pollution caused by traffic kills even more people than car accidents and that the economic costs are high. +We suggest a slight rewording in line with standard terminology; that is: "Whereas benzene is a human genotoxic carcinogen and there is no identifiable threshold below which there is no risk to human health;" +Having listened to the debates so far, the Commission feels that Member States should be able to request longer time scales for meeting the limit value for benzene, where the 2010 deadline would cause serious socio-economic problems. +This is already stated under the general reporting requirements of Directive 96/62 and the related Council Decision 97/101 on a reciprocal exchange of information on air quality. +I agree that the date set for the entry into force of the directive cannot be 1 January 2000 but must be postponed by at least three years to give the Member States time to comply with the directive. +For example, will the tourist industry come under the heading of commerce, i.e. will frontloading apply, bearing in mind that a great many citizens of our Member States visit tourist areas and ski resorts during the Christmas and New Year periods in particular. +This false assumption, which is still very much prevalent because the exchange rate between the euro, the dollar and the yen has, I regret to say, developed rather differently than appeared would be the case on 4 January, must not, however, lead to a situation in which erroneous ideas as to the value of the euro hold sway. +The conditions agreed within the international dolphin conservation programme for the use of purse seines which commonly will apply provisionally within the Community incorporate into this regulation a revision of mesh size for two species of spotted dogfish. +Being the representative of the largest island in the Mediterranean - Sicily - and head of the province of Catania, where large numbers of people work in the fishing industry, I would have been in a good position to talk about day-to-day experiences. +Report (A5-0065/1999) by Ms Breyer, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive relating to limit values for benzene and carbon monoxide in ambient air (COM(1998) 591 - C4-0135/1999 - 1998/0333(COD)) +Encouraging Turkey' s "attachment to Europe" , as Jacques Chirac put it in Istanbul on 18 November, by recognising Turkey as a candidate country will be taken by the Turkish authorities as encouragement to continue the same policy. +Let us have the good sense to remain in this situation, Mr President, and let us have confidence in the modern means of payment like charge cards or the electronic wallet to make life easier for travellers and those living near borders. +If we dwell for a moment on this intrinsic reason, I believe it must be acknowledged that the WTO must no longer henceforth supervise the negotiation of liberalisation between industrialised countries and that this order has been changed in two ways: firstly, it is no longer possible to limit ourselves to lowering some tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade. +In fact, if this deliberate reference is not featured, it means that agriculture will be treated as a normal economic activity, whilst there is ever greater pressure from our competitors to end any kind of aid obtained and I stress "any kind" . +The second phenomenon which we saw - and here too, I do not believe that we should have any illusions - was that the interest which civil society showed in the proceedings in Seattle was not only an interest in the world trade round, but also a demonstration against all those things which people do not like. +In my own country of Wales we receive significant money from the structural funds, but the line between creating a job and safeguarding a job is unclear and therefore it is difficult for us to assess how effective those structural funds have been. +In the next few years we have a vital role to play in examining the financial framework and the framework with a view to the enlargement, because that is when we will see the strains on Socrates II and its ability to deal with a new enlarged European Union. +A person with little training is not able to integrate himself into society, whatever his hidden or visible skills, and I think this is a loss not only for the labour market but also to society in general. +The proposal has two main objectives: firstly, a scheme of control and enforcement is to be established for the Contracting Parties; and, secondly, a programme promoting compliance by non-Contracting Party vessels with NEAFC' s regulations is to be carried out. +Mr President, this directive is the first case where the European Commission is responding with an initiative to a request made by the European Parliament under the indirect power of legislative initiative conferred on it by the Treaty of Maastricht. +It is an important element in the interinstitutional balance because it shows that, when it asks the Commission, in accordance with the usual paths laid down by the Treaty, to carry out one of its well-founded requests, Parliament will find the Commission to be an attentive and willing partner in dialogue. +Mr President, two years after the negative result of the referendum in Switzerland on its integration into the European Economic Area, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate bilateral agreements with that country in the necessary fields. +I declare my complete agreement with the basic issue, that is, with the proposed method of calculation for allocating the number of permits to the different Member States and that, given the circumstances, it is the most objective, rigorous and fair method possible. +Mr President, Commission proposal intends to allocate 90% of the licences to the Member States which account for the lion' s share in Swiss traffic and at the same time, guarantee all Member States a basic quota of 1500 licences annually. +At times, we have the impression that, according to one interpretation of protecting the environment, the asserting of principles, if not flying the environmental flag, is ultimately more important than the actual result. +The Commission cannot accept Amendment No 30 which seeks to expand the possibilities to grant exemptions for substances that have already been phased out. +The biggest problem is the defects in Turkey' s internal situation: shortcomings in the democratic system and violations of human rights, including those of minorities. +We need to clarify a number of things such as the role of EU non-NATO members in such a force and the role of non-EU NATO members in respect of such a force if they wish to participate. +I share with Mr Lipponen' s hope that Russia will become a more successful member of the global community, which would make cross-border cooperation possible on Russia' s northern border with the Union and thus give substance to the northern dimension. +Mr President, the presidency has set out two propositions in the Helsinki conclusions, namely that an efficient and credible enlargement process must be sustained and that applicant countries are participating in the accession process on an equal footing. +The Commission also adopted a communication which defines the objectives and the principles of the Community medium-term audiovisual policy and which establishes a strategy for the so-called "digital" age. +The first proposal concerns the formalisation of a training programme for professionals in the European audiovisual programme industry, the so-called "Media-Training" programme, which will be funded to the value of EUR 50 million for the period 2001 to 2005. +This fund is therefore both a fund that has an emergency component but whose objective is, at the same time, to guarantee the financing of structural policy measures of support for the reception, integration and voluntary repatriation of refugees and asylum seekers. +I feel however, that the greater consumption of European audiovisual products will occur through educating Europeans themselves, through stimulating their taste and their appreciation of European culture and by rejecting the many poor-quality products that come from other parts of the world. +Under this directive, children who are reunited with a relative who is a permanent legal immigrant in the countries of the Union will have the right to full education under the same terms as the children of the citizens of the Member States. +I can guarantee that both the Directorate-General for Justice and Home Affairs and the Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs are fully aware that it is strategically important for the children of legal immigrants in the countries of the Union to be guaranteed access to education. +But I would ask you to consider in this connection that we should perhaps take this opportunity to provide for dovetailing the Commission services responsible for transport and the services responsible for competition if we are to make progress with transport policy decisions in Europe in general. +I would like to digress briefly to point out that the Brenner motorway concession is to be awarded, but has not yet been awarded on condition or with the promise that money from the motorway will be transferred to the basic Brenner tunnel, i.e. to the railways. +Explanatory factors like the curriculum, teacher-training, resources, evaluation and so on are discussed within the working committee on quality indicators and at a ministerial level. +To my mind, the agenda of the Council of Education Ministers of 26 November could have made use of the proposal of a permanent committee on quality in education. +According to the Commission, does all of this not constitute clear discrimination within a Member State, and moreover, does it not force the inhabitants who would like to play in central and southern regions to go to other Member States - there are hundreds of gaming houses in Europe - rather than staying and playing in Northern Italy, which does not hold great appeal? +Subject: Car prices Thanks to widespread publicity, the Commission will be aware that motor car manufacturers are charging considerably more in the UK than in other EU countries for identical cars. +If I were to arrange a round table with the industry - with dealers and manufacturers - would you be willing to come along to it and discuss with them how we can find a way through the problem while, at the same time, resorting to competition instruments if we have to? +With regard to category 1 B, I appreciate that the Council has adopted Parliament' s amendment in order to achieve a quality policy for European agricultural products. +As for the other amendments in category 1 B, my group will support these. At a time of WTO negotiations, when everyone talks about a sound rural policy, it is positive that the European Union pursues an active policy in this field. +If the problem is a result of the European Union system of revenues it appears that the solution must be to change the system of financing the European Union. +The candidates for new appointments were Mr Reynders from Belgium, Mrs Geoghegan-Quinn from Ireland, Mr Caldeira from Portugal and Mr Fabra Vallés from Spain and the candidates for reappointment were Mr Mohr from Denmark, Mr Salmi from Finland, Mr Clemente from Italy and Mr Karlsson from Sweden, in alphabetical order of the proposing countries. +This means that it also falls within the competence of the Court of Auditors to guarantee that the protection of the Community' s financial interests is done on the basis of a single corpus juris and is no longer done, as it has been until now on the basis of vague, disjointed and contradictory legislation, which deals with the various attacks on the Community' s financial interests according to the policy they relate to and not according to fair principles. +The possibility of suspending the intervention in the unhappy event of a crisis occurring is certainly a strong deterrent which will lead the new States and Mongolia to seek a negotiated solution to disputes, thereby turning them into everyday political dialectics. +The assumption that we need to agree on common standards in the face of a globalised economy and globalised environmental protection requirements is correct. +In discussions on accession to the 1958 agreement, we had intense discussions in the Kittelmann report on the extent to which Parliament' s joint political rights, to be specific, its right of codecision, was called into question. +We are not talking solely of rising sea levels and the disappearance of small island States and the flooding of low-lying areas in Bangladesh or the Netherlands, which we are all aware of. +There is therefore a real urgency for wide-ranging measures to now be adopted in order to involve the people in decision making on this subject. In this way, they will feel more responsible for the climate change phenomenon. +I am therefore surprised that no-one has since mentioned this fact in the concrete proposals tabled with a view to fulfilling the Kyoto obligations, and I should like to ask the Commission whether this consideration has been quite specifically included among the matters to be deliberated by the Commission. +The second, in the car sector, involves establishing a renewal strategy for old cars, in addition to the standards which we have adopted, given that these cars produce considerably more pollution than newer vehicles. +The argument that says nuclear energy is not a sustainable means of producing energy, on account of the waste it produces, and cannot thus be included in the clean development mechanisms, is simply not tenable. +More funding must be put aside for alternative energy resources and there is also an anticipation that there will be a switch from the use of solid fuel and oil to natural gas and renewable energy sources and power generation in the future. +The European Union wishes to emphasise the importance of this special identity for Macao and holds it to be important to maintain citizens' rights and freedoms in accordance with the Community resolution of 1987 and the special administrative areas' constitution as laid down by China and Portugal. +We think that conditions have been created for economic and cultural relations to develop on a basis of cooperation and mutual benefit between the People' s Republic of China, specifically through Macao, and the European Union and its Member States. +Report (A5-0084/1999) by Mrs Palacio Vallelersundi, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the decision on the verification of credential following the fifth direct elections to the European Parliament on 10-13 June 1999 +The Commission considers that the common position is a pragmatic and efficient solution which solves in a satisfactory manner the problems of most accidents involving two European parties, that is to say, those which occur inside the European Union. +Mr President, I would like to draw attention in Amendment No 13 to an important difference between the German text - which of course is Mr Rothley's source text - and the English and I believe also the French versions. +The true solution is not to tolerate the absence of consumer information, but rather to increase the efforts to separate genetically modified products from conventional products throughout the production process. +A European conference may be held in parallel with a UN meeting if, and only if, this works to produce an internal European policy and demonstrates a common determination within the UN dynamic. +The Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities of this Parliament has the explicit responsibility to monitor the follow-up and implementation of international agreements, such as the Beijing Action Platform. +The unanimous opinion of the SSC that there is no need to review the decision to lift the ban on UK beef exports was hugely reassuring in this respect. +I support the appeal made by Mr von Wogau but I would also like to elaborate on the request made by Mr Goepel, because he has made a very interesting constitutional suggestion, namely, that the representative of the Council should speak in connection with the Papayannakis report. +When that ban was challenged by the French Food Safety Agency, as they had the right to do, I guess, in terms of their own remit, it was referred to the Scientific Committee, which unanimously endorsed the safety of British beef. +However, with regard to the referendum, the Council has noted the report by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, which refers to the careful consideration given to all the consequences of the affair, including those relating to the timetable for the referendum. +Mr President, the EU has not been particularly involved in the hearing of the case, but it is considering ways of constructively influencing the progress of the peace process in the Western Sahara. +In this connection the Finnish Presidency reaffirmed that the European Union considers compliance with the four Geneva Conventions and the two protocols to be important, as they are the general agreements relating to International Humanitarian Law. +As a result of a mix-up amongst the Groups in this Parliament, and we think that this was more a matter of procedure than a disagreement over the content of the motion, it was not included in this debate. In later sittings, however, we will insist on attention being given to the importance of this issue, which has been well highlighted in the reply of the representative of the Council. +Does the Council intend to take steps to ensure that after a reform of its activities the European Court of Justice complies with this principle of openness by introducing more transparent decision making? +Though there is a statutory right, for example in the United Kingdom, to impose interest on late payments, there is practically no way to enforce this and court action is impractical to recover small debts. +We say it should be reduced to no more than eight months and, of course, with the amendments which the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy has approved, we have, Mr President, to all intents and purposes, agreed with the proposals to sideline codecision, in order to save time and ensure that a compulsory agreement is reached quickly. +While not detracting from the seriousness of the situation, the impact on consumer confidence has been far greater in my view than the actual threat to public health. +What we cannot, however, explain to consumers is that all the Member States of the European Union import a lot of BST milk products from the USA, together with products from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria, and that these products, for example, cheese from milk obtained this way, have been landing on our consumers' tables for a long time. +Your compatriots and people around the world know that it was with solid conviction that you declared on leaving prison that as a free man, you would undertake to do everything in your power to bring peace to East Timor and to your people. +Following today' s decision in the European Parliament, the EU' s Budget for the year 2000 is an important step in the right direction, that is to say in the direction of the EU taking ever greater responsibility for its citizens. +I think it would be sensible if next year the financial needs of the crisis in Kosovo are addressed by demonstrating flexibility now, and we should not yet start to amend the financial perspective in Category 4. +Books are cultural assets, writing is the first recorded form of the language, of linguistic identity, and I think that, however important it is to comply with competition standards, the cultural aspect must be considered equally important and given equal status. +Why will the Commission not take up our proposal to extend the fixed book price system to all Member States? +I would like to assure the participants in the debate that the Commission, and myself personally, attach a lot of importance, as you do, to culture and books, and we recognise the cultural importance of books and are ready to take into account these specific features. +For that reason the EU should be extending its four-month old arms embargo on arms sales to Indonesia because if we were to lift that arms embargo the signal we would give to the military is very clearly that they are acceptable and have been rehabilitated, whereas, as I have just outlined, that is far from being the case. +A clear signal has to go out to the Indonesian authorities that we are no longer going to accept their contempt for the wish of the international community for human rights and peace. +Mr President, it once again falls to the European Parliament to condemn the death penalty, the greatest violation of human rights which is still being committed in the world, often and to all our shame, under the protection of laws which have been created by men who represent the sovereignty of the people. +Therefore, I would like to draw attention to point 5 of our Resolution, which says that we repeat our request to the Council to incorporate into negotiations with third countries - with all of them - "the abolition of the death penalty as part of the human rights clause" . +Mr President, for a Christian, requesting a moratorium on capital punishment and its abolition is not just a duty or a proper act, but an ethical choice made out of respect for people who have done wrong and who can and must redeem themselves. +The public execution of Zaarmeena, the obligation to wear the burka, the denial of the right to healthcare and education for women are but a few examples of the flagrant violations of human rights committed in that country. +Mr President, I am incensed by the conditions of detention of political prisoners in Djibouti. Yet I am just as incensed by the hypocrisy of the leaders of France who could, if they wanted, immediately end the authoritarianism and violence of the regime in Djibouti. +That does not alter the fact that this vote contradicts the UN convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and the international pact on civil and political rights. +The European Union set out its point of view on Afghanistan in a common position on 25 January 1999 in which it said quite unequivocally and clearly that we demanded respect for human rights in Afghanistan and that, in particular, we defended the rights of Afghan women. +We should listen to the appeals from the International Federation of the Red Cross and pay attention to the plight of these people who have, in the past, been decimated by such things as the Agent Orange used by the US. Now natural disasters are causing even greater problems for them. +For example, FRF 42 million in aid has been approved by the Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Orientales, FRF 50 million by the Languedoc-Roussillon region and FRF 400 000 by the Senate. Finally, the French Government has announced aid of FRF 1.2 billion. +Mr President, I merely want to say that we Liberals do not want to participate in these votes concerning natural disasters because we think that they do not belong in this Parliament. We also believed that we had reached an understanding that we should no longer discuss resolutions of this type. +I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that the President would have liked to have been with you today but, unfortunately, as you know, she is not very well at the moment and therefore, on her behalf, on behalf of the Bureau and on my own behalf, I would like to wish you all the best for this Christmas, this new year and, I was going to say, this new Millennium. +Yet a sufficient number of farming families in the countries where hops are produced, particularly in Bavaria, make their living from that product alone. These families should not be left to the mercy of continual price falls, neither should they be forced to desert specific rural areas because of difficulties arising from irregularities within the market. +This development means that certain articles of the old regulation need to be revoked which, rightly so, is carried out in the new regulation for which we will be voting, together with Mr Mayer' s amendments, noting that the proposed regulation will not in any way affect the budget. +The Commission is supporting quite a lot of the proposed amendments, especially those relating to stricter Budget supervision (given the possibility of retrograde political developments in the country) and is also supporting the proposal that a final report should be delivered to Parliament in the year 2004. +No consensus is emerging on this issue in the Council, which is why I am very sorry indeed to have to tell you that I do not see the slightest chance of this matter being concluded during the German Presidency, at least not with a positive outcome. +And to stress the question, do you not believe that it would be better if, rather than just supporting the referendum, the European Union were to make use of its positive influence on Morocco and call for a fair referendum - which the Sahrawi people are anxiously awaiting - in the next six months, which will be a crucial period? +Subject: Measures in support of the island regions of the UnionArticle 158 of the Amsterdam Treaty states that one of the Union's commitments is to take measures to reduce the backwardness of the least favoured regions or islands. +I know that peace negotiations on the internal situation in Sudan should be getting under way in Nairobi in the next few days, and I am wondering, Mr President- in-Office, if this issue could not be raised at these negotiations as well, so that Sudan feels the pressure brought to bear by the international community. +Bearing the above points in mind, what arrangements has the Council Presidency-in-Office made to enable Parliament to take part in the forthcoming Summit of Heads of State or Government of the European Union and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, due to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June of this year? +The decision on the possible participation of Members of the European Parliament in the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean, due to be held in Rio de Janeiro at the end of June 1999, will be guided by the procedure the Council decided on 30 October 1998. +Mr Bourlanges has already produced a report on the Council, adopted by the House not very long ago, which includes a series of suggestions designed to improve its functioning. +If in future Parliament is more careful about assigning more and more tasks to the Commission, then it will be functioning in the spirit of Mr Herman's proposal, to whom I should like to once again pay tribute. +Finally and most importantly, we need transparency, democracy and rigour for the Council if one day it hopes to become a real government. But here I am perhaps straying beyond the Herman report and even the Bourlanges report and entering the realms of the future intergovernmental conference which I believe I heard announced this morning by the President-in-Office. +This is undoubtedly an issue that will require a global solution and it is therefore vital to improve cultural relations throughout Czech society. But it is up to the Prague Government to take the necessary legislative measures to promote this integration. +I fully support the German Presidency's initiative to extend the PHARE programme to include support for the social dimension of the applicant countries' economies. +As far as the diversity of the natural environment is concerned, too, the situation in these countries is either first-rate or at least a considerable improvement on that in many of the current Member States. +As I have said many times in these debates, in my view the biggest weakness of these countries is the administration and the judicial system and the lack of modernisation and investment. +Now Slovenia, which stands second to last in the line of negotiating countries. November's progress report made it clear that Slovenia had not made sufficient progress on harmonisation in general. +It was Mr Speciale, the rapporteur on Slovenia, who drew my attention to my mistake. I referred to a number of areas in which Slovenia had fallen behind in preparations for accession, but I failed to mention the following positive points which I would like to be added to the report on the previous subject if this is possible. +We need to strike a balance between the old days when we had to ask people to come and visit us and the current situation where we have so many visitors because the European Parliament has grown in importance, including as a result of our own work. +The Commission officials cooperate greatly in our work and we thank them for this. Nevertheless, for those minority of petitions which find fault with the Commission, it is obviously not good practice that we are so reliant on the Commission staff. +I think the Ombudsman certainly made his point in calling for openness and information, and I would like to conclude by urging a change of direction, so that Europe comes to stand not for a bureaucracy behind closed doors, but for democracy and transparency. +To have a provision whereby the Community institutions can refuse to give the Ombudsman access to documents either by pleading duly substantiated grounds of secrecy, or because officials and other employees are speaking on behalf of and in accordance with instructions from their administrations, is not just unnecessary, it is extremely inappropriate. +In September 1997, it wanted to allocate the programme an extra ECU 35 million, but Parliament rejected this - a codecision procedure was not required just for a budget increase. +These amendments try to improve the action against fraud and she has pointed to the most important one, the question of how to relate collection costs to performance criteria. +I am grateful for that, and at the same time I would ask the Commission to make a determined effort to implement the White Paper, so that this approach, which my group and I support, can be put into practice, for I am firmly convinced that this White Paper will pave the way for sustainable mobility in Europe. +We in the Group of the European People's Party must reject the Commission's strategy of introducing a uniform system of charging for all modes of transport on the basis of so-called marginal social cost. +Parliament, in my opinion, needs to demonstrate the priority it gives to relations with regional and local authorities, which represent the intermediate levels of any power and any institutional political structure. In short, we share our elective nature them. +The Greens voted against the proposed fisheries agreement with the Seychelles, as we have voted against other fisheries agreements, not because we are opposed to fisheries agreements in principle, but because we feel that the approach of the EU needs to be reformed. +What is good is that the House has unreservedly supported the military action by NATO, which is necessary, appropriate and justified, as well as the aim of bolstering Serbia's neighbours. +This is why, in the case of Serbia and Kosovo, after 10 years of negotiations that were punctuated by human rights violations, rapes, massacres, destruction and deportation - which were always instigated by Milosevic - there was unfortunately no alternative to the use of force to put an end to these crimes. +All we have done is merely offer the countries of Central and Eastern Europe a waiting room and a timetable for admission which is constantly pushed further into the distance like a mirage, leading to exclusion, discrimination, frustration and humiliation. +All countries are faced with the problems of nuisance, pollution or even congestion in city centres, so the desire to internalise the external costs incurred by the various forms of transport is perfectly justified. +It is for this reason that the railway package provides explicitly for subsidies to railways where there are unpaid external costs in competing modes, such as roads. +Let me conclude, Mr President, by again expressing my sincere thanks for the broadly favourable report that has been presented and for having been given this opportunity of explaining the Commission's views on the amendments which we are unable to accept but which it will, I hope, be possible to reconsider in the light of what I have said. +I should like to begin by thanking the deputy rapporteur, Mrs Colombo Svevo, for all her hard work and for her willingness to accept the amendments and suggestions put forward by the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs. +Is safety one of the Commission's priorities when it puts pressure on countries like Switzerland to dismantle their road transport restrictions, or when it imposes competition and liberalisation to the detriment of rail transport, even though it is safer and more environmentally friendly? +Mr President, it has taken forty deaths in the Mont Blanc tunnel in horrific circumstances for the European authorities to recognise the consequences of the uncontrolled development of road transport in mountain areas. +The issue must also be looked at as a whole. Obviously, the results of the inquiry will clarify the circumstances of the tragedy and the French Government deserves to be congratulated for having acted promptly and made the initial results of the inquiry public. +Mr President, in recent weeks, the Burmese regime has committed yet another appalling act: the Sakharov laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been denied freedom of movement, was not even able to see her own husband before his death. +Furthermore, so long as human rights are not guaranteed and the democratic process that the majority of the Burmese people want is not resumed, it will be impossible to have normal or indeed any kind of relations with that country. +It is sad to see that a quarter of a century later they are only just beginning to try to obtain justice for the victims, and even this is threatening to fail because the present political leaders want to hide their involvement in the genocide. +Consequently, there is only one solution: a permanent international court, a natural court with jurisdiction to try all crimes against humanity, regardless of who commits them, or where and when they are committed. +This, I believe, is a blow to people starting up in the licensed trade and to the trade itself, because these supply arrangements have been standard practice and have served as a stepping-stone to success. +We are convinced that balanced information about both the advantages and the disadvantages of membership should be freely available to all Estonian citizens, and we likewise hope that a referendum will be held to decide on the country's membership of the EU. +I congratulate her on that, just as I congratulate her on having established that the measures suggested by the Commission should not make transport more expensive, but should permit more effective use of infrastructures and greater respect for the environment. +European transport companies, whether they operate trains, road vehicles, aircraft or ships, are the most modern in the world. +Otherwise, I would hope that issues of children's rights will be one of the priorities on the EU agenda, as only then will we be able to protect our future and status as a community of civilised states. +The use of Article 235 of the Treaty instead of Article 129 may lead to the exclusion from the Daphne programme of all issues relating to violence, sexual exploitation and the trade in women and children, on the grounds that these issues do not have a bearing on public health. +I also wholeheartedly support the attempts by the Committees on Women's Rights and Internal Affairs to make various adjustments to the Commission's amended proposal. +This procedure therefore seems somewhat ridiculous, and we must always reject any form of ridiculous interpretation concerning one of our Rules, particularly in the case of a motion of censure, which is a highly political instrument. +Ageing, as with many human phenomena, affects men and women in different ways: it is by no means a gender-neutral phenomenon. +Numerous voluntary organisations have proposed that, next time the Treaty is revised, it should incorporate a list of citizens' basic rights, including their right to a basic income. +In Agenda 2000 the Commission proposed to extend the 1992 reform for the specific purpose of boosting Europe's agricultural competitiveness both in the single market and in external markets. +Within the Community, sales of starch and its derivatives are promoted by means of production subsidies when such products are used in the sectors of industry which have no protection from imports, such as the chemical and pharmaceutical industry and the paper industry. +I believe that the examination of the impact on this industry, occupying what might still be called a small niche in the market, is rather important, which is why we owe a debt of gratitude to Mr Garot for putting his finger on the wound straight away and calling on the Commission to take the lead and do something positive. +The Blair House agreement also covered protein-rich fodder in the form of processed oilseed extract, and was so restrictive that it held back the further development of the oilseed crop sector in the EU. +I would like to ask the Commission whether we can now tell the United States - entirely in keeping with our current method of transatlantic communication on agricultural matters - that this aid has now been decoupled just as it has in the US, and that therefore the one million tonne oilseed extract restriction no longer applies. +In order to respond to greater demand, capacity is currently increasing but mainly outside the European Union, whether it be in the United States or in the newly industrialised countries, such as China, India or Brazil. +But of course it is ultimately the responsibility of Parliament and the Commission to develop that framework and above all to grasp the opportunities that these markets still offer, opportunities that are no longer available in the realm of mass production, where we have lost the initiative. +I think the President of Parliament, who did everything possible to keep this seminar from being held on our premises, has not acted as a president of Parliament here, but as a party-political ally of Mr Aznar, and I deplore that. +As this is particularly important before an election campaign, in which some honorary Members are deliberately using the title in order to create the impression that they are still Members of this House, I would urge you to write as soon as possible to all those who still have this title to inform them of the new rule and the new situation. +I am now lodging an appeal before the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg on the question of principle, namely who is it who determines the distribution of work of the elected Members of this Parliament: we ourselves or the Bureau, with all manner of financial penalties? +Turning to other matters, Mr President, it might seem to make little sense for the House to rule on waiving the immunity of a colleague when he has already told us that he did not intend to stand in the elections and when the House is in the last few weeks of its term. +From the next parliamentary term, the work of this Committee, of this defunct Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities, will be divided between the two larger committees of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights and the Committee on Institutional Affairs. +This approach requires greater control over state expenditure and improved effectiveness and quality in terms of public expenditure. +The level of participation in the labour markets must also be increased and we must render them more flexible by adapting the social welfare systems and reducing labour costs, particularly for workers with less skills. +To sustain a high level of employment, a longer-term strategy for tapping society's potential in terms of creativity, innovation, pioneering spirit and willingness to invest and perform needs to be developed, in accordance with the employment guidelines. +If profits and investment in new jobs are increased as a result of wage restraint, then it is not enough to fob the employees off with a simple thank you for that restraint. +To conclude, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to stress that the Commission gladly supports your proposal to systematically carry out an annual assessment of the way in which the broad guidelines are implemented by the Member States from spring 2000, on the basis of these country-by-country recommendations. +As regards macro-economic policy, there should be an exchange of views between the relevant actors on each element in the macro-economic policy mix, fiscal policy, wage trends and monetary policy, so that each can fully support the growth and employment process. +With regard to monetary policy, if this year's presentation seems different compared to last year's, it is due to the fact that, unlike last year, we now have an independent European Central Bank and the Commission does not think it appropriate to interfere in this principle of independence. +If Parliament, the Council and the Commission continue to cooperate as well as they have done in recent weeks, then we will even be able to adopt all the legislation for an independent fraud prevention office before the European elections. +There is no doubt that the Council, like Parliament and the Commission, is making every effort to combat fraud, including in particular outside the context of the discharge procedure. +Nor is it justifiable that, contrary to the Financial Regulation - and I stress, contrary to the Financial Regulation - it is common practice in the field of research in particular to pay advances before the number of participants or the costs of the activities concerned are known. +But like the European Court of Justice - and probably also Parliament - the Council attaches great importance to the Financial Regulation being thoroughly modernised and completely recast. +Moving to substantive items in the report which I submitted and which should now be an annex to this resolution, there were three major items which we highlighted, all of which have been confirmed by the report of the Committee of the Wise Men. +The decision on discharge must not be too ponderous or broad in scope, and it should not lead to a situation in which no one dares to give discharge. +I said in the debate on the 1996 discharge back in December that I was actually disappointed by our arrogance - as reflected in the Treaties - in not even allowing for the possibility of discharge being refused. +As you are all aware, on 1 May the Commission forwarded to Parliament and the Council a communication detailing the consequences of the entry into force of the Treaty for all proposals already submitted and not yet adopted. +My second concern is that there are two conflicting models here, and the hormones case illustrates this perfectly: the famous American model, if I may call it that, with a different system of health care, and the European model, in which welfare is given greater prominence. +What bothers me is how we are going to be able to work together in the future and how in the new trade round we are going to be able on the one hand to agree on more common standards, while on the other hand guaranteeing a greater degree of independence and autonomy in the self-determination of regions and countries. +One of the surprising conclusions was that we did not really lag behind the USA in any area except one, and that was services, services from the lowest to the highest level. +But if we are to create jobs, the Member States must above all take structural measures; we have to reduce labour costs, make employment more flexible and encourage part-time working, and in these respects we see that there is still a long way to go. +If that is the opinion of your legal service, and that is what the Commission officials told our Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, then we are not at all convinced, and it might be no bad thing to look at this again from the legal standpoint. +I would like to say to Mr Prodi that we, in our group, believe that as part of his European vocation for a new millennium and for the new enlarged Europe - he should perhaps reflect on the desirability of introducing into the debate the concept of a constitution for Europe. +We need to move forward to a completely new stage characterised by transparency and efficiency in the work of the Commission and in its relations with Parliament. Collective responsibility must not override the Commissioners' individual responsibility. +The Greens have listened carefully to your speech today, which sits well with the letter you sent us and which says more about sustainable development, the environment and consumer protection than your first speech did. +We, for our part, are convinced that the Commission President must have a strong Commission - as Professor Prodi stated this morning - a Commission whose relations with Parliament are transparent and based on timetables which are always respected, enabling us to work and make progress together, rather than engaging in confrontation. +Mr Prodi, you were nominated by the European Council within hours of NATO attacking Yugoslavia on the instructions of not only the United States President but also many EU heads of government - your electorate. +Now you have the opportunity to do so, as not only is the European Parliament in its entirety here today, but also many of its political groups, which have discussed this important issue on a previous occasion. +The forthcoming phase must be geared towards consolidation and improving and strengthening what has been achieved; it must be a period of root and branch and reform, as Tony Blair put it. +The impression you gave us is that you did not want to talk about it, which is a shame because clarity in these matters is essential to allow us to accept the rest of your commendable reform proposals. +Mr Herman, there is a difference between the provisions in the annex to the Rules of Procedure which refer to discharge and those in the annex to the Rules of Procedure which relate to other votes. +Unfortunately, it was no longer possible to amend these compromise amendments as I would have liked. Therefore, as I cannot resign myself to voting for texts which do not guarantee that the consumer will be able to easily distinguish between imported honey and quality honey produced in the Community, I abstained. +The market reforms that are to form the third component consist of a mixture - not yet clearly defined - of deregulation ideas and necessary framework definitions for fair competition in the internal market. +Just as Parliament must monitor the correct implementation of the Community budget, it must also check that its own budget is correctly implemented by the Secretary-General and all the officials whose honesty and qualities are not in question. +On a more general note, I support the rapporteur in all his conclusions, including the need to postpone the decision to grant discharge to the Economic and Social Committee for the 1997 financial year. +I say this as someone who, in German domestic politics, particularly in the period 1991-1992, regretted the collapse of Yugoslavia, in which Mr Milosevic played an essential part and considered himself to be a friend of Serbia. +The Liberal Group approves the report on the strategy with respect to Russia as it stands, but we wish to remove the proposal to postpone decisions on it. +In essence, what is at issue is a principle established by the case-law of the Court of Justice: the principle of loyal collaboration between the institutions. Parliament makes a proposal which requires Council authorisation. +Therefore, although I agree with the rapporteur's criticisms of the form and content of the proposal, I am in favour of urgent collaboration and negotiation between Parliament and the Council so that work on the Statute can be concluded and the Statute adopted. +I have no wish to express an opinion on Mr Rothley's views on the issue before us today. I do however want to say that as a Commissioner and in previous years as a Member of this House, I have always valued the power of his arguments and the strength of his convictions, whether or not I have agreed with them. +Another relevant point in this context is that the repayment period for the new buildings has now been definitively set at 10 years instead of 15, so that the interest burden over the whole period has been reduced by some EUR 60 million, thus avoiding the need for a hidden loan from future budgets. +During the discussion that we had with him during the conciliation procedure and also in the committee itself, the Secretary-General assured us that this was the start of a new staff policy, under which quality and not the passport you hold would be the key to promotion. +But today's BDP already gives the first hint that the new financial framework will work for the Union, that a balance has been found between the rigour prevailing throughout Europe and the financial requirements for the key policies of the Union. +Tonight we have in the House three very fastidious, excellent Members of Parliament and even though Members will know my political pedigree, and it diverges from that of Mr Jarzembowski, nothing could take away the affection and respect I have for him and his work. +Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a key theme in the debates in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights has of course been whether we should go for the principle of maximum harmonisation proposed by the Commission or whether we should stick to minimum harmonisation for the time being. +It seems to me, therefore, that the onus is on those who wish to see maximum harmonisation to put this case not merely in terms of what is good for the market and the single market but in terms of how the levels of information and protection can be raised in the subsequent stages of discussion of this proposed directive before it comes back for second reading. +The idea that in all circumstances the fact that you have a lawyer sitting by you guarantees you the normal minimum of consumer protection does not seem to be a satisfactory point to raise. +The long conciliation procedure we have been through has had a decisive influence on the fact that the maximum level for pesticides in baby food has been set at 0.01 mg/kg, which means in practice pesticide-free baby food, because it is not possible to measure any lower levels. +You certainly played your part, following on from the very fine work done by your predecessor Mr Hänsch in ensuring that we could, at this particular time, be in a position to face the electorate in a way that we could withstand the criticisms and cynicisms that were going to be directed at us. +The Council continues to maintain that on the threshold of the 21st century Europe cannot allow the numerically largest ethnic group in Kosovo to be collectively deprived of its rights and subjected to severe, systematic human rights violations. +As a result, the European Parliament's compromise text stresses the importance of appointing the High Representative for the CFSP in Cologne. It also stresses that this High Representative must be supported by the policy planning and early warning unit and must also have the ability, through his or her personality, to play an important role. +As far as institutional reform is concerned, I must thank Biagio De Giovanni, the chairman of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, for his proposals. These are to be taken into account during the next parliamentary term and by the current and future presidency. +What approach the European Central Bank takes, what kind of interest-rate and monetary policy it formulates, what kind of infrastructure is built up, whether it would not finally be possible to strengthen the European infrastructure in particular, all these things have a major impact on competitiveness, on unemployment and on the employment situation in Europe. +In real terms, agricultural expenditure will be restricted to an average of EUR 40.5 billion a year for market measures plus about EUR 13 billion for rural development over the period 2000 to 2006. +But we must do more than this, which is why it is right and necessary that over and above Agenda 2000 the Council has also declared itself willing to cover the additional resources needed for the Balkans by, if necessary, reviewing the financial perspective. +The review clause in the cereals sector shows that the Heads of State and Government have not even excluded the possibility, perhaps indeed the necessity, of further improvements. +Madam President, I have no confidence in President-designate Romano Prodi because he has justified NATO's war by calling it 'necessary'. This is a war in Europe initiated and conducted in violation of every principle of international law, in contempt of the United Nations. +To achieve this, we must reopen the divide between the right and the left, turn Parliament into a truly political body and stop looking for consensus, as the governments did when nominating Mr Prodi. +As the only Swedish member of the committee, I was closely involved, over a six-month period, in following and contributing to the discussions, in particular through the tabling of an amendment reflecting the Greens' viewpoint. This expressed our opposition to the detachment of MEPs from their own voters and Member States by such things as the introduction of EU salaries, EU taxes, EU pensions and so on. +The countries of Europe must reject this logic, with the mutual support and cooperation of the Russian Federation, in the interests of peace and prosperity for all. +The second is to reform its own policies, especially its agricultural and Structural Funds policies, in a sense to bring a breath of fresh air into our policies. The third is to safeguard the financing of these policies over the next seven years. +The master plan presented by the Commission to this end did not come through the more than two years of discussions in Parliament and the Council unchanged, and I admit that this was not advantageous in every respect. +Social and economic cohesion is one of the fundamental principles of the Treaty on European Union and I think that all the institutions of the European Union must remain firmly committed to this fundamental principle. +As with all compromises, the compromise reached at Berlin does not give cause for celebration, even less so for my country - and I must speak as a Greek - since the Greek Government accepted reforms which place us in the same category as Spain, Ireland and Portugal, countries which are less poor than ours and which are already participating in the euro. +We have also made significant progress in other areas, such as respect for the existing comitology rules. We wanted to ensure that these rules were not changed by any underhand methods. +Seven: in reallocating the funds which, in your view too, we are to do from the EAGGF Guarantee section into the second pillar, only a small amount of the funds that would have been available if we had applied the degressive scale have gone to this second pillar. +The Council agreed with the Commission's reasoning but it retained the concept of ad hoc public intervention where necessary and the plan to introduce a 'security net' of EUR 1 560 per tonne. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, when the Commission submitted its proposals on the reform of the Structural Funds in March 1998, there was some doubt as to whether a genuine reform could be achieved and whether the regulations could be adopted early enough to enable the new programmes to begin according to plan early in 2000. +But I can tell you this much: we are prepared to return to the earlier formula and review the milk market in the year 2003. Of course the Commission is also prepared to consider the question of the superlevy in the framework of that review. +All that makes the European Social Fund a fundamental instrument, and likewise makes it fundamentally important for the NGOs and the third sector to be involved right from the planning stage, principally through a policy of practical integration. +This being so, can the Council explain why it in this case still considers it legitimate both to flout the current Staff Regulations and to ignore the Commission's right of initiative laid down in Article 24 of the Merger Treaty? +The Council discussed the content of this report during the deliberations on the Commission proposal laying down detailed arrangements and conditions for Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector. +Any improvement in relations, including possible future negotiations on a trade and cooperation agreement, will depend on whether Croatia makes further progress towards meeting the required conditions. +When you deliver your opinion tomorrow on the decisions of both the agricultural ministers and the Heads of State and Government, you will be adopting a reform which clearly bears the European Parliament's mark as well. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioners, this is the last major debate in this parliamentary term and it is an excellent debate on a highly symbolic issue: Agenda 2000, as discussed in Berlin, in fact, with the German Chancellor, the rediscovered Reichstag, the rediscovered eagle and even a war. +Mr President, so as not to come under pressure of time, allow me to begin by doing something which I would not normally do until the end of my speech. That is to say, I should like to sincerely thank Mrs Wulf-Mathies for her positive cooperation with the Committee on Regional Policy. +In June 1998, therefore, in accordance with the Declaration annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam, the Commission presented a proposal to revise the 1987 comitology decision and we did so with the aim of making the procedure less complex, less opaque and more open to Parliamentary control. +It takes on full legal value and it makes a political dialogue with the Commission possible on the occasions when Parliament believes that a proposed measure would provide excessive implementing powers at the expense of the legislature, a point forcibly made by Mr Corbett. +I would like to finish by recording my personal pleasure and satisfaction with what we have achieved together on the development of employment policy and social policy agenda for the European Union. +And finally, I feel that it is perfectly true that when defending human rights - which certainly leave much to be desired in Mexico - it is much better to defend them with an agreement which includes a clause on democracy - as this global agreement does - than with the existing agreement which does not contain such a clause. +I would also like to highlight some points within the agreement which, as I understand it, are rather original, such as the inclusion of the democracy clause as an essential element of the agreement. +I want to assure you that the Commission formally undertakes to keep Parliament informed at all times - as is already the case - on the progress of these negotiations as well as the final outcome, before submitting the agreement to the whole Council. +I make no secret of our pride in the fact that the German Presidency has succeeded, in collaboration with its partners, in answering most of the questions relating to the place of the Schengen provisions, questions which remained thorny until the very end and which were affected by a vast range of diverse political considerations. +Incidentally, the protection of personal data is a particularly important issue with the Schengen information system, and we should not forget that the Joint Supervisory Authority produced a highly critical report here. +On the other hand, however, I believe we should also consider whether the only type of control that is likely to be effective, namely control by the provider, cannot be effected in future in a technically and economically expedient way. +Mr President, I do not agree with your interpretation of how we take the vote on the structural fund programme, because the general regulation is actually the regulation governing every other aspect of the implementing regulations. +However, on Monday evening there were several important meetings, including that of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights, and it was due to the fact that I was sitting on the Committee on Legal Affairs that I was absent from the Committee on Budgets. +For your information, following the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam and the extension of the codecision procedure, the European Parliament intends to change its position on 49 first readings under the cooperation procedure and on 15 texts adopted at first reading under the cooperation procedure. +And we must not forget that the referendum is not so much a happy ending as one more step - an important one - on the long road which will enable the people of East Timor finally to be masters of their own destiny, after centuries of Portuguese colonisation and a quarter century of brutal occupation by Indonesia. +We would all certainly call on the Commission to do all it can to defuse the situation in East Timor, so that the referendum on 8 August can be held in a peaceful atmosphere. +These three issues reflect some of the basic values underpinning our Union: freedom for the oppressed, the rule of law, democracy and common humanity. +In all its contacts with the country's authorities, the Commission has reiterated its position on the respect for fundamental human freedoms and the rule of law. +It has recognised that the risks emanating from nuclear energy production in Central and Eastern Europe have assumed an entirely new dimension, but it has also recognised that the accession talks present us with a new opportunity. +In the Czech Republic, aid has been granted under the framework of the PHARE programme to the authorities responsible for nuclear safety and to improve the safety of the Duckovani nuclear power plant. +At the moment, there is no formal agreement with the Czech authorities under the PHARE framework to allow the European Union's technical safety bodies to carry out an overall safety assessment. +As regards the economic aspects of the Temelin project, the Commission supports the development of an energy strategy that gives due consideration to energy production and the diversification of sources. The PHARE programme has supported this approach in various projects. +In June 1997, the Commission presented us with two proposals to simplify the 1991 regulation, with the aim of reducing the obligations for firms, and particularly SMEs, in terms of tax returns, and to reduce costs for those liable to pay tax. +I would also very much like to thank the Commission, because the research we were promised as part of the SLIM-Intrastat initiative, looking particularly at the issues of quality and the burden on the economy, is extremely important. +The High Authority, which was responsible for the social side of things, seemed to come last in the queue, while first the State, then the social services, the suppliers, the banks and anyone else you cared to mention all helped themselves to whatever was left over from the liquidation. +As Mr Malangré described in his explanatory statement, which as I said is absolutely first-class, it is high time that we did something about bankruptcy in the Community at European level. +It is very disturbing that an issue like this is being discussed on a Thursday evening when there are very few people here, the vote will be tomorrow morning, and there has been no proper debate within national parliaments on this issue. +As highlighted in both Mr Schmid's report and the opinion by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights, there is a series of aspects that must be addressed in more detail. +In the Committee on Culture too we have repeatedly stressed that the exhibition should not just show Europe's economic successes, but should also illustrate the European Union's cultural diversity and in particular its successful programmes. +Despite having taken steps to be able to successfully meet the challenge of international competitiveness, the textile sector does not have the weapons it needs to defend itself when faced with unfair competition. +For this reason, I would urge the Commission to adopt whatever measures are necessary to put an end to the unfair competition to which this sector is subjected. In this way, we could guarantee full compliance with the commitments made by all the parties in the framework of the World Trade Organisation. +It is about employing all the instruments of security policy to take whatever preventative measures can be taken, and I have said repeatedly that many opportunities for taking preventative action have been missed in past years, and no group, nor any Presidency can claim here that they did everything possible to prevent this war. +I took part in the final stages of the talks at Rambouillet right through to the beginning of the military action and I did not meet anyone on the Western side, even amongst the Americans, who was behaving like a war-monger, but rather everyone was striving for compromise up to the proverbial last minute. +Mr President, the Berlin Agreement has enabled the European Union's main issues to be opened up, but it has not done anything to secure the future of the European Union in the long or even medium-term, because the Agenda 2000 Agreement went far beyond what was necessary. +This is a well-balanced team of the highest quality, and is the result of my constructive debates with the Heads of State and Government, which have fully respected the new powers which the Treaty of Amsterdam conferred on the President-elect. +I am here today to introduce the new Commission, not its programme, but I can promise you that the central theme of our entire programme will be to make the European Union more relevant to the citizens of Europe. +It is therefore our overwhelming duty in this House to decouple Europe from this institutional embarrassment at the earliest available date and the only means to do that is to take the available Commission - and I do not prejudge how the hearings may go - and do our utmost to make sure that it takes up office at the earliest available date. +There is, however, a fundamental problem which we find totally unacceptable; that is, the broadening of the competencies of the World Trade Organisation without a serious and exacting evaluation of its workings having been carried out. +It is even more important that the dioxin affair in Belgium, which will be the subject of heated debates, is clearly connected to the problem of food safety which is itself clearly directly related to the functioning of the World Trade Organisation. +As for us, we would like to take the hearings for what they are, that is, as an opportunity to listen to the Commissioners, to question them, to ask them questions so that we might better understand their objective and above all to find out to what extent their expertise, competence and motivation are appropriate to their positions. +It is important that the Commission is offered the means to take on, with its new structure, its officials, whose spirit will no doubt have changed, is offered the means to take on its tasks and that it shows no hesitation in saying to the Parliament or the Council, 'you ask us to achieve these objectives, we ask you for the means' . +I believe, however, that notwithstanding the peculiarity of the constitutional nature of relations between the Commission and the Parliament, the concerns voiced regarding the political balance which exists in this Parliament but which is not reflected in the Commission are well founded. +As for the result, when I say 'balanced' we know full well that there is discontent in some countries, but that is politics: balanced means that the major forces present in the European Parliament are very well represented in terms of personality and portfolio size in the Commission. +I attach very great importance to this aspect of things, as I attach very great importance to the Wise Men's report, but I also believe that these inquiries must be made into the history of the Commissioners and their programmes, and must be carried out in great depth and with political serenity as, in my opinion, they cannot be the tool to regulate problems which occurred in the past. +The Wise Men's report is a wonderful instrument, and we must read it and reflect upon it, but the decision is ours alone to make and its consequences ours to bear, and it is in this sense that the dialogue between Parliament and the Commission takes on a completely different dimension. +The enormous challenges of the future, such as the economic changes associated with the single currency, the Union's enlargement to the east, and the prevention of international crime, require the support of more viable EU institutions than is the case today. +The reform of the Union's institutions is a crucial part of the Finnish presidential programme, as Ms Halonen mentioned in her speech. +Now that the conflict is over, our immediate priority is to support KFOR's endeavours to restore peace and order and to reconstruct a functioning civil administration under the leadership of the United Nations. +With regard to the statute on MEPs, the Finnish Presidency - and it should be congratulated on this - has also shown respect for the fact that this initiative concerns this Parliament. +Mr President, listening to the Finnish Presidency, it is evident that European Union policy, which only proliferates and aggravates the problems facing our citizens, will not undergo fundamental change. +Our collective failure in the Öçalan case makes it difficult for us to explain to many people in Turkey, irrespective as to whether they are Turks or Kurds, why we are against the death penalty in principle, and that, as Mr Swoboda has just said, we do not just oppose the death penalty on account of Mr Öçalan, but in principle. +Equally, if we are to see justice done then we will have to ensure that full co-operation is given to the International Tribunal in The Hague in order to pursue the criminals that have wrought havoc in Kosovo, and not just in Kosovo but now at last in Bosnia too. +This is the message that several of us were expecting, because we were worried to discover the absence of any specific funds and feared that in these circumstances we might be tempted to rob Peter to pay PauI by sacrificing steps which were considered essential at the time the budget was set. +Nothing is more important among all the Finnish pledges than their pledge to take up the cause of people and their families who suffer not just an illness or a disability but disadvantage and stigma too. +In addition, the Council asked the Commission to produce a report by the end of the year on the progress made in the establishment of a Food Veterinary Office and its overall viability. +The Council urged the Commission to speed up the work already begun by its Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs, which re-examines the legislation on animal feed and proposes, if deemed necessary, additions and amendments for tighter harmonisation. +What I do know is that the inspectorate which we have fought for - we had to fight to get an effective budget for it, to set up the veterinary office in Brussels and to make sure that we had the principle of general inspections throughout the Community - that inspectorate finds itself threatened and bullied. +Now when that is the situation, how can we say that the proposal, welcome as it is, to look at a Europe-wide Food and Drugs Agency and all these grand gestures can work when no individual inspector can penetrate into the world of crime and fraud which characterises sections of this industry. +I should very much like to know which course of action the Commission actually intends to pursue, what actual steps have been taken, and whether the Commission intends to take account of the wishes expressed by the Parliament, both in the BSE reports and in the Green Paper on food, the resolution that we drew up on the subject. +In the case of dioxin, 15 days passed between the communication of the Standing Veterinary Committee and the official alert, while Commissioner Bonino simply announced that she did not drink Belgian milk. +Are the responsible authorities given the duty to dispose of these chemicals in a correct and safe way, following the rules, or are they deliberately avoiding them and disposing of these chemicals in the wrong way? +No, Mr Barón Crespo, we had a joint motion for a resolution which was issued by two political groups, the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats, and the Liberal Group. +On the one hand, this clarifies the responsibility of the competent authorities which are responsible for inspecting products and, on the other, makes it clear that the dioxin scandal is not a problem nor a mistake on the part of agriculture. +I am thinking in particular of the sanction imposed, yet again on France, for having allowed certain textile companies to reduce their national insurance contributions at a time when they were taking on new staff in an international climate which, as you know, ladies and gentlemen, is extremely tough, largely because of the international agreements negotiated by the Commission itself. +The idea of putting all tickets for a sporting event of this size up for sale on the European market has never been put into practice by any country, as Commissioner Neil Kinnock has just pointed out. +The next item is the Statement by the Commission on the follow-up to the second report of the Committee of Independent Experts which has been issued to you, as you wished, as speedily as possible. +Would Mr Kinnock, working together with the whole Commission as a College, undertake to bring this disciplinary procedure to a satisfactory conclusion as soon as possible after his appointment, so that Mr Van Buitenen can at last return to work in the right and proper manner and have his reputation restored? +But the real meat of this is Recommendation No. 59 which urges strongly the appointment of a European public prosecutor, which urges strongly a European prosecution office with delegated public prosecutors in Member States to create "an area of freedom, security and justice as laid down in the Treaty" . +The cumulative efforts to modernise have therefore not been strong enough to replace an outdated and deficient culture with the practices and instincts of what is generally termed new public management as it has developed over the last 20 years in several other modern administrations. +The recommendation to establish a European public prosecutor, as proposed, would mean that there would be a mechanism to present criminal cases relating to EU fraud throughout the Union but it would not impinge on the jurisdiction of national courts. +A series of shortcomings within the institutions have been identified in this report and recommendations are made here for correcting the problems. +In spite of these observations, I am sure that Parliament' s contribution and support will facilitate the rapid adoption of this proposal, so that continuity between the way in which the Community currently works and the programme which is due to be implemented on 1 January 2000 will be guaranteed. +Going back on that now and submitting the decision you had so wisely taken to the majority of the House just because of the contribution of the chairman of the Socialist Group seems to me a meagre excuse in comparison with the principle which you applied and which we all supported. +With regard to this debate, I tell you in advance that my group will require the acceptance of further specific commitments in terms of policies on employment, social and economic cohesion and the modernisation of our economies, taking into account people, enlargement, the Mediterranean and the defence of human rights throughout the world, as cornerstones of our foreign policy. +Madam President, let me begin by saying on behalf of my group that we fully share the perspective of Mr Prodi that certainly from tomorrow we stand on the threshold of a new beginning; a new beginning in particular between our two institutions, Parliament and the Commission, and a new beginning for Europe itself. +The body of the European Union treaties and, in particular, the Single European Act, the Maastricht Treaty and the Amsterdam Treaty are all to be reevaluated in the context of the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference. +I do not mean in a professional sense, because he has amassed considerable personal wealth - he has used his abilities well - but let us look at when he was Chairman of IRI, Italy' s largest economic public body, and the thousands of billions of lira much of this from the pockets of taxpayers in the Po area - that he managed to squander by implementing a policy which led to bankruptcy. +I said for apparently opposing reasons because one of the subjects we are dealing with is the apparent bewilderment - I hope it is not lack of confidence - of the European citizens, as shown by the poor turnout in the June elections but, on the other hand, there is undoubtedly more being asked of Europe. +Mr Kinnock' s hearing showed, then, that there is no will in the Commission to use its powers to instruct, and assume full responsibility for, the directors-general and their employees. +The Members here present who have all conducted campaigns in which the debate focussed on the urgency of the social situation and the fight for greater employment, have been elected to ensure real progress towards a Europe of employment. +Rule 29(4) of our Rules of Procedure, states that a group declaration must show the designation of the group, the names of its members, and the composition of its bureau. +Mr President, we Socialist members of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs believe that Mrs Diamantopoulou has shown herself to have the skills and attributes that she will need to become a good Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs. +A Commissioner responsible for the internal market who, during the hearings, was forever mouthing the word "subsidiarity" has clearly not understood enough about the great common tasks facing Europe. +I would like to know if, as President of the Commission, you will attempt to commit yourself to resolving the very serious social problems which exist within the European Union, and which, to my mind, should be an absolute priority for the Commission. +Two weeks after the world is advised of the most brutal genocide following elections in an attempt to establish the very essence of democracy which we, as Parliamentarians, above all should uphold, we are not yet in gear and not seen as relevant to the solution by any commentators. +Mr President, much has been said today about the cynicism and hypocrisy of the past, but I want to say to you that there is nothing more cynical or hypocritical than people who have already announced that they were going to vote against the Commission commenting on the process of hearings. +This should include consistent application of the rules on competition, including the Stability and Growth Pact. It should also include joint minimum regulations for taxation and a number of basic principles. +Although redeployment appears necessary to finance this new priority, one must take account of the fact that too great a redeployment risks destabilizing the budgetary and political balance in external relations. +But then it is necessary to recognise the existence also of crimes relating to the violation of people' s privacy, which intelligence agencies in the USA and the EU countries are guilty of 24 hours a day. +In the European judicial area, prevention of this type of crime seems still not to be the object of political and parliamentary preparatory action or control, and merely takes the form of police co-operation. There are types of crime that remain outside the democratic system, which the preparation of the Enfopol 19 document is connected with. +The solution is not to use resources in a non-prioritised way to move poor countries' populations to Europe, but to employ resources for the purpose of exporting European development to poor countries. +However, the European Parliament runs the risk of putting itself beyond the discussion by straining to achieve its own utopia in which the citizens are enabled, by virtue of the advantages of European citizenship thrust upon them, to at last see the light at the end of the tunnel. +Only a few years ago, the governments of Member States were not prepared to co-operate with the European Parliament on important matters such as collaboration between police forces, migration or common asylum policy. +Internal peace and well-being cannot last long because the nearby countries cannot resign themselves to living with insecurity, need and chaos for long. +In attempting to do so, with regard to the area of freedom, I believe that there are two issues which warrant preferential treatment: the harmonisation of asylum procedures and illegal immigration. +The right of our citizens to fair treatment - access to justice - must be ensured and the public must be guaranteed adequate aid if they have to confront the legal authorities of a foreign Member State. +In the draft version of Mr Kinnock' s response the officials had even written that the problem was that the Dutch official, Van Buitenen, had given too many documents to the group chairmen. +Mr President, I shall begin in French, in that beautiful language of yours, to say that it is my duty to inform you of my intention to stop speaking this language until such time as France recognises the Basque language. +Only yesterday, Romano Prodi clarified his position when he claimed that it was necessary to "restructure the single market and to promote liberalisation" , and deliberately emphasised the need to continue the process of liberalisation in the goods and service sectors. +. My main consideration in passing judgement on the Prodi Commission is whether this team of 20 has convinced me of its ability to significantly restore public confidence in the European Union and its institutions. +I would ask the person responsible for the 2000 budget to bear in mind the needs of the Committee of the Regions and consider whether this post can figure amongst posts included in the 2000 budget for that Committee. +We have now had a statement from the Security Council of the United Nations which condemns what has taken place in Timor, recognises the rights of its people, and orders the dispatch of a peacekeeping force. +And therefore, the whole international community, and therefore the European Parliament too, must demand that these two things be done; that the peace corps go as quickly as possible in order to re-establish peace in East Timor, and so that humanitarian aid should get there. +On-going human rights violations, terror inflicted on a people that is peace-loving, unhappy and defenceless have become widespread, but have existed there for 24 years, as I myself have seen. +We want an end to the tyranny that has been perpetrated on the people of East Timor for the last 25 years with the help of EU countries, America and all these hypocritical people who want to sell arms to tyrants in Indonesia and other countries around the world. +I must remind her that one Socialist Minister has been found guilty of kidnap and the Socialist Government of her leader, Felipe González, was found guilty by the Court of Human Rights for the expulsion of 103 immigrants on the border of Melilla. +We therefore demand a response from the Council to this problem which we will face with regard to the nomadic migratory population in the whole of the European Union, a co-ordinated response of the Member States, which at the same time involves everybody taking their own responsibility. +As is pointed out very forcibly in the statement approved at the Cologne Summit, this strengthened capacity for effective crisis management does not change the independent solutions that Member States have regarding defence. +During the German presidential term, the Council confirmed the common position on the proposed Convention based on Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union on 29 March 1999. +Regarding the views of the Member on the political control of this working party, the country holding the Presidency may throw light on the issue, but I cannot take a more precise position on the proposal as I do not know a good deal about it. +) Mr President, I believe the Honourable Member is fully aware that, as the United States is not at this time on the list annexed to Regulation EC/574/99, it is not for the Council to persuade the United States to abolish visa requirements for citizens of the Union. +According to the estimates of international organisations, between one and three million people have died in North Korea since 1995 in the wake of the chronic famine which resulted from natural causes and, more specifically, from the nature of the nationalist-communist regime in power in Pyongyang. +Can he tell us therefore why, whilst Mr Solana himself is recording secret documentaries on NATO which prove that the KLA is involved in drug trafficking, prostitution and crime, the International Force is continuing to support the KLA, and why the International Community is continuing to arm and not disarm them as was agreed? +The reinstatement of a democratically just system is a prerequisite for any reconstruction programme, and the EU bears political, just as much as social and economic, responsibility. +I think that this is also an opportunity not just to turn our attention to the main issue, that is, that this Agency can operate by drawing on the principles of transparency and efficiency that are crucial given the current situation in the Balkans. +An integrated policy is required therefore; a common development, peace, stability and co-operation strategy for the area, such as is beginning to be outlined by both the Stability Pact and by the Reconstruction Agency, which will be effective once it gets underway, with its seat in Thessaloniki. +In response to what has been a very high-quality debate, I am extremely pleased to be joined by my new colleague, the Budget Commissioner, Michaele Schreyer, whose presence is evidence of close interest in this issue and its financial and budgetary implications. +It is designed to maintain the European Union' s necessary control over the reconstruction programme and to safeguard its independence and right of initiative in the process. +Mr President, since the Vice-President of the Commission has declined to say anything about the questions relating to the currency and to the KLA, may I proceed on the assumption that the European Union has no opinion on these issues? +The Road Safety Campaign which is being put in place includes the following matters: more speed cameras, more breath tests, a penalty point system, stricter enforcement of seat belt law. +I shall conclude by saying that the members of the Union for a Europe of Nations Group will try to ensure that, throughout this legislature, a bureaucratic and technocratic Europe does not develop any further, but that Europe does develop within a framework which is harmonious and accepted by all the citizens of the European Union' s Member States. +We consider that the establishment of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice is of significance for the European Union' s future, and the Council' s initiative in raising the question at the summit meeting in Tampere is welcome. +In paragraph 4(3), 4(4) and 4(6), Parliament requests that the future forum should itself determine the competences of its office as well as the organisation of its working parties and secretariat, which would give it a very large degree of independence and which would enable it to take the process in the direction it sees fit. +It is a direct attempt to fortify strongholds and to tighten control and monitoring mechanisms with a view to exercising command over the citizens and to monitoring their activities effectively as opposed to promoting citizens' rights. +I believe, Mr President, that if we were to do anything useful and long-standing - and I would like the opinion of the Commissioner on this - then that would have to be the setting up of that wonderful organisation we have been talking about - the one for the study of earthquakes, etc - which, in turn, would have to have a main code of ethics as regards its constitution and when, where, how and to whom information on earthquakes should be publicised. +In addition to these developments, the Commission envisages the possibility of acting in coordination with the IMF in granting Turkey macrofinancial assistance geared towards maintaining the reform process under what are evidently difficult conditions. +Violent conflict in Dagestan, bomb attacks in Moscow, and all this in the midst of rumours about plots and all kinds of theories as to what is supposed to be behind it all, and all the different associations being made, for example with the forthcoming parliamentary elections and attempts by certain groups to undermine this process. +The Commission participated in the recent EU troika visit to Rangoon which was undertaken with the aim of clearing the way for the establishment of a political dialogue with Burma as provided for in the Council conclusions of 26 April. +We need to find, perhaps, a less formal form of ongoing dialogue with you and Mr Priestley and his services to discuss the issues of accessibility and other issues relating to the internal organisation of this Parliament. +Lastly, on the subject of waste separation, I became aware yesterday morning that although we have two bins for different types of waste in our rooms, which is itself a retrograde step, these two bins are emptied into the same bag. +However, I would like to make a strong plea for the urgent installation of a powerful extractor fan in the toilet to avoid the embarrassment of what might happen if a visiting guest to one' s office avails himself of the toilet shortly after the member has used it (this problem also exists incidentally in the Brussels office toilets)!! +I expect the Commission, when it creates a food agency, to specify that animal feed should be traceable back to its origins and to formulate legal provisions which penalise criminal practices and reward working farmers. +So, I would like to take advantage of this general debate to stress to my fellow Members and to the other institutions the need to get back to a few common-sense principles which have been swept away by great theories which are based too much on economic concerns and not enough on human concerns. +The tests on cattle have shown that there are a number of cases which do not derive from cattle fodder but do derive from contamination, dioxin contamination, caused by industry and by incinerators. +It is right that public bodies and politicians, whether in local authorities or governments, should play a part in regulating food production and processing. +Africa holds up a mirror to Europe in this respect: the selfish lifestyle, in which purely individual sexual pleasure without respect for the other person or responsibility to society is considered the norm, has a very high price. +Firstly, I say necessary because these countries are trying to adjust to a new environment of economic and commercial relations which are causing them problems, particularly in their balance of payments which, in turn, is affecting the general functioning of the market and economic development. +Also with regard to the International Monetary Fund' s own plan, in the Fund' s global plan concerning the definition of budgets and expenditure of the said countries, it is clearly established that a certain percentage of expenditure will have to be dedicated to social spending. +Personally, I particularly like the Danish model, where there is transparent access to the grid; there is an energy tax which corrects prices; there are clear targets for renewable energy sources; and there is an almost protected market. +Mr President, the share of renewable energy resources in the production of energy in the EU stands at less than 6%, and hydro-electric power makes up the bulk of this. +Mr President, I will end by congratulating Mrs Ahern once again, thanking all of you for your positive participation in this matter, and Parliament for the support it has lent the Commission in this field and, simply, by saying that we are talking about something very important which is the intelligent use of resources and energy. +For South Africa the bold move towards a trade, development and cooperation agreement with the EU is a symbol of its commitment to economic restructuring and to regaining its full place in the international community. +We are counting on incorporating the most valuable element of the previous action plan, the so-called scoreboard framework of the internal market, and we intend to guarantee that there are sound procedures to assess, monitor and adjust the objectives. +Directly after the Dzurinda Government took office at the end of October 1998, the Commission, on the initiative of my predecessor, set up a bilateral high-level working party to once again give Slovakia' s preparations for accession the necessary momentum. +Echo provides support for the repair of private dwellings and the supply of goods other than food to make it possible to establish adequate shelter for new arrivals driven out of Kosovo. +Subject: Raising the awareness of European citizens concerning the EU The EU spends vast sums of money printing thousands of information leaflets on its activities. This involves, inter alia, using huge amounts of paper, which is not exactly environmentally friendly. +If the Agriculture Department inspection indicates evidence of serious irregularities in the flax processing companies, should the corresponding subsidies be paid or should we await the conclusion of your Directorate-General? +Madam President, the anachronism of the regime was demonstrated by the sacrifice of the Turkish people themselves in terms of human lives during the earthquakes. This could not have happened in a country with a fully functioning legal system, democratic control and freedom of the press. +I ought to stress the point, so as to avoid any misunderstanding, that the rapprochement of Greece and Turkey, despite the historical antagonism and the fundamental differences, is in fact one of the most significant issues in our country' s foreign and security policy. +. I am delighted at this early opportunity to which you refer to discuss this extremely important subject with you as members of a parliament which, after all, has taken a long and keen interest in the efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. +The Presidency and the Commission have renewed their call for a monitoring committee meeting of the regional economic development working group to take place as soon as possible. +Free trade also needs fair pricing in order for the producer and the seller to make due profit, as well as honest labelling of product origins and processes to satisfy the customers' requirements on health and choice. +The new Israeli Government is persisting with its policy of colonising Palestinian areas and remains the hostage of the Likhud party, which multiplied the number of settlements in order to prevent people from returning to the Palestinian areas. +I have not been able to read the text in the other languages of the European Union, but first of all, I would like to know whether there has been a political misunderstanding which has caused the Italian version to be wrong, or whether the French and English versions are wrong. +The very disappointing turnout in this year' s European elections provided dramatic proof, if proof was needed, that this Parliament' s visibility and relevance to the people of Europe need to be enhanced. +The European Union will eliminate customs duties on 86% of the total volume of exports of industrial products from South Africa to the European Union. +In them you condemn the "egotism" of an industry which respects only the rules of the economic and commercial game which you at best accepted and at worst contributed to establishing. +The Union is strongly committed to the enhancement of democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights, which include fundamental employment rights. +Restrictive practices in access to markets, credit and energy are among the main causes - generally not acknowledged by us - of underdevelopment, of the perpetuation of social inequality and corruption in these countries. +The essential bases for negotiations and solutions mentioned in the Commission document of July 1999 have so far met with a predominantly positive response in our discussions within the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy. +The problem, in my view, is to know whether the World Trade Organisation is functioning on the basis of rules which are equitable and able to help the world, and not just Europe, to progress towards sustainable development. +The opening of the new round of multilateral trade negotiations is first and foremost a decision of the President of the United States of America, who himself has set the tempo - I translate: accelerated negotiation, a tight agenda - and the objectives .... +From the outset we should be in support of this round, we should have a positive outlook to ensure that we can avoid protectionism, promote free trade and extend prosperity in the world system to other parts of the world. +Secondly, Mr President, I hope that Mr Lamy will see to it that everyone continues to be aware that if the WTO is of importance to us, if it is of importance to Europe then it is also of importance to our other trading partners. What is more, they must remain aware of the fact that the WTO can only serve an important purpose if every Member State ensures, and also continues to understand, that the interests of one State alone cannot be allowed to prevail, rather the interests of Europe as a whole must always be served by these negotiations too. +This is one choice, but it is not ours and we do not want a situation where tomorrow, in Europe, the inclusion of services in the scope of the WTO leads to the rules of competition and market openness being applied to sectors such as health and education. +On many occasions, expectations that jobs were to leave the country have proved unfounded because, instead, an environmentally friendly technique or a more efficient and environmentally-friendly use of energy has been promoted. Which is what we want to bring about. +It was also emphasised at the European Council that the Union' s development of a crisis control capability would improve its position when involved in the furtherance of world peace and security in accordance with the principles of the UN Charter. +Europe has always been at the forefront in the protection of human rights, coexistence and tolerance, which have made this territory the most advanced in social terms, and we cannot allow ourselves to go back on these achievements of liberty, tolerance and coexistence. +The fact is, the huge power which the European Central Bank has to intervene in national financial institutions and the national banks is part and parcel of a highly cryptic system reminiscent of a nest of Chinese boxes. +As for the island regions generally, it could be said that when people in the Union have spoken of areas that have fallen behind, for example, in many conclusions made at Summit meetings and in other declarations, particular attention has been drawn to these very island regions. +Subject: New EU Combat Poverty Programme As the Council is aware, under the Treaty of Maastricht no progress was made towards the adoption of a new Combat Poverty Programme. +It has been around for decades, for centuries, and it is therefore also quite important that in our resolution, we express the view that in general in this area, the problem has to be tackled and a solution has to be sought, something which is important for the region as a whole and which will bring stability to the entire region as well as contribute to its development. +The motion for a resolution, expressing as it does the view of our Parliament, has the following to say on that point: if we are aware that at the beginning of this century, just as many soldiers perished in wars as civilians perish in modern-day conflicts on account of these very same small arms, and if we are aware that so many arms are exported from or conveyed through our own Member States, or are actually produced there, then do we not bear an enormous common responsibility for this? +This Parliament has a long tradition on this issue, and I would like to pay tribute here to the work of Adelaide Aglietta, who was the first rapporteur in this Parliament to deal with the issue of the death penalty in the world. +The Commission shares the concern of the honourable Members, and calls on the Member States to collaborate with the Italian authorities to bring together all available evidence to help clarify the causes of the disaster. +Madam President, my group is totally supportive of the interinstitutional agreement of 25 May 1999 on the internal investigations which the anti-fraud office must be able to carry out within the institutions, bodies or agencies of the Communities, including the European Parliament. +But perhaps we have moved too fast regarding the Members of Parliament, and here I plead guilty before Mr Napolitano, chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, as I am a member of this committee. But perhaps the debate in plenary session will enable us to make good some omissions. +Secondly, the future of electronic legal and business transactions essentially depends on whether we succeed in improving confidence in security, especially where the consumer is concerned, both in technical security as regards forgeries, for example, as well as in the legal validity of such processes. +A crucial starting point for this is the electronic signature. By means of this kind of signature in electronic form, one can guarantee that the identity of the person who has made a declaration and signed it, the signatory in other words, can be immediately ascertained. +I am convinced that we have found both a rapid and proper solution for helping the electronic signature along and making it possible for there to be a breakthrough in the suitability for everyday use of the new information and communication media. +It is also very important, as has been said by others, that there will be a possibility for further development internationally because the frontiers of the EU are artificial frontiers when it comes to this matter. +In areas of rapid technological progress, the European Union must make a special effort to avert any future barriers in the internal market as a result of conflicting national rules and establish a European legal framework at an early stage. +In this context I should like to use my time to flag up one particular concern I have about the possible impact of the proposed - if I can use the horrid word - "Amsterdamised" versions of the Brussels and Rome Treaties relating to the operation of this part of the single market. +This is an important and forward-looking proposal because gaseous fuels are increasingly being used - and I refer for example to things like liquefied natural gas and petroleum gas - and there is also the prospect of hydrogen becoming a fuel in the future. +To conclude, Mr President, the final element of this proposal is the committee procedure for maintaining and enhancing the technical nature of this directive, and I referred to this earlier. +For this reason, we fully endorse this directive, and we would also be pleased, of course, if, all in all, more could be done in the European Parliament with regard to road safety so that it is more consistent between Member States, because the accident figures clearly show that young people are the ones most affected in this area. +What sort of budget is it which necessitates making a distinction between two well-defined categories of expenditure, one being the compulsory expenditure determined by an authority - the Council - the other being the non-compulsory expenditure determined by Parliament? +The budget provides for new posts to be created at both Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee to render the administration of the buildings more efficient. +Mr Pittella also submitted an extremely important report to us; I would therefore like to thank the three rapporteurs for the genuinely constructive cooperation which has accompanied the budgetary procedure this year. +From this point of view, I think there is a singular contradiction between piling on the tasks assigned to the European Union, while subtracting the resources necessary to fulfil these tasks. +One final, very specific point, which is nevertheless of great importance: it is essential to ensure - if this has not already been done - that under heading B7-6000, concerning non-governmental organisations, there is a reference to the Liaison Committee in the respective commentary. +We abide by those same principles but in this instance, after what Parliament has fought for over the years, this revision of the interinstitutional agreement, a revision of the Financial Perspective as outlined in the interinstitutional agreement, is extremely important to Parliament. +With regard to the other institutions, when we speak, for example, of interinstitutional cooperation, how much rigour was there in the information on the day when our colleagues previously agreed that a Common Organisational Structure had to be set up and what is the reality today when we decide that we have to dissolve that common structure? +When it comes to enterprises of this kind - there are 18 million SMEs in Europe, 50% of which have no employees - we must make the legal requirements pertaining to them a great deal simpler so that they can concentrate on their main tasks of satisfying customer requirements and offering the right products and services. +On the other hand, though, I think that we should continue to stand by the figure that the EU has in fact quoted in the political sphere - it has said that it will make EUR 500 million available for the year 2000 - so as to avoid giving the impression that the EU is backing out of its political responsibilities. +In this context, one should always bear in mind the fact that the Governing Council acts as a collegial body, and that all decisions have to be communicated to the public in a clear and consistent way. +Finally, I very much welcome, too, Mr Duisenberg' s taking up of a point in the report about the need to reduce the costs of cross-border payments, particularly for smaller payments which affect individual members. +After all, the ex officio attendance of the Council of Ministers and the European Commission means that the national governments too are now in a position to know how the members vote and are able to bring pressure to bear at will, but then this is done completely unverifiably and behind closed doors. +Given that today' s debate is basically between Parliament and the Central Bank and it is not for us to play any other role, I would simply like to point out, in response to the concern of some Members, that we will have the opportunity to debate here the problem of coordinating economic policies, which is within the competence of the Commission. +There is a difference. Raising interest rates in a certain situation might be more akin or related to lifting your foot from the peddle as opposed to braking the momentum of the economy and in that way going slower. +The Commission is particularly pleased with this fact. And I would like to emphasise that the steadfast affirmation of the untouchable nature of the Geneva Convention as a basis for constructing a European asylum policy is something that merits our backing and applause. +I would like to highlight, in this regard, the principle of mutual recognition of decisions and sentences, which all Member States should contribute to by adopting common definitions and penalties against certain criminal activities which transcend borders,. +Generally speaking, it is significant that the Council should have announced a specific timetable for the measures to do with the area of security. +In the case of migration policy, it was important to make a clear statement that there exists a commitment to combating abuse and a stated belief in hands-on management and in a country' s capacity to receive and integrate refugees as a basis for management of this kind. +There are doubtless some more positive entries on the balance sheet: the Tampere declarations concerning the area of freedom, security and justice; efforts towards a more intensive programme for combating crime; and improved access to justice. +It seems to me to be good news in the fight against terrorism, although the resolution of Parliament does not say so, that the formal extradition procedure for people who have been finally sentenced should be removed. +Mr President, on 3 April of last year, this House thankfully approved by a large majority my report on internal security and on extending the European Union to the East and issued an order to establish a European Academy for Internal Security. +Again, in the same spirit of circumventing State power, the Dehaene report proposes that the Treaty may, in some cases, be modified by a simple Council decision, and even on the basis of a decision taken by qualified majority alone. This is absolutely unacceptable, since it stands in absolute contradiction to our concept of a Europe which respects its nations. +The EU' s citizens need a democratic constitution which lists the powers that can be exercised, and in such a way that accountabilities are clear and that the principle of subsidiarity is of proper significance. +Mr President, there is one dog that has not yet barked in this debate, and I should just like to draw attention to the radical failure of the Dehaene report to deal adequately - mentioning it only in passing - with the regional aspect of government in Europe. +If there was a delay in appointing a rapporteur it is because the representative of the radicals at the meeting of the coordinators to agree a rapporteur asked for it to be postponed. +The Commission' s view is that the presence of the Member States on the governing board would, on balance, be good for the Agency and would make it easier to coordinate the Community' s and Member States' reconstruction activities. +(Parliament approved the Commission proposal)- Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the approval, on behalf of the Community, of OSPAR Decision 98/2 on the dumping of radioactive waste at sea (COM(1999) 190 - C5-0014/1999 - 1999/0096(CNS)) (Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy) +It regards the vote as no more than a procedural affair that is a necessary to allow the negotiations with the Council to proceed on the statute for the Members of Parliament that has yet to come into force. +Two problems are presently holding back the development of e-commerce: the difficulty in verifying the identity of users and consumers and the uncertainty surrounding the extent to which on-line transactions are legally binding. +The European Central Bank, in spite of having a financial role in European policies and the economy, operates independently of the Council, of the European Parliament and of national parliaments, which is unacceptable. +Among other measures, Governments also agreed common rules on providing refuge to those in need of political asylum and to draw up a Charter of Fundamental Rights. +Companies are responsible for maintaining the employability of their workers and workers are responsible for participating in continuing training and for updating and developing their abilities and skills. +We must provide for increasing the power of employees and their representatives in order to strengthen their right to contest the basis for the economic reasons behind their redundancy, which we shall call the Wolbert-Michelin amendment and which we shall submit for your vote tomorrow. +Quite clearly, the Michelin issue is an issue which is at the heart of the preoccupations of the European Union at this time; that is, the issue of competitiveness on the one hand and social cohesion on the other. +I am convinced that peace movements against nuclear weapons, which achieved so much in the seventies and eighties, could take up their activities again in cooperation with us and our Parliament, so that we can truly live in a nuclear-free world. +We have also been pressing them to arrange for aid agencies to visit the area to assess the needs on the ground and I hope that this mission will now take place in the coming days. +We should opt for events such as the European Culture Capital and the Month of Culture taking place in Northern Ireland or the Basque Country, since this new political framework for Europe may offer valid solutions to these two conflicts. +With regard to its network of partners, correspondents and various organisms, its mission cannot be confused - this is an important and fundamental fact, which the Committee discussed at length - with Eurostat' s mission and its tasks in this sector. +The European Audiovisual Observatory prepares statistics for businesses in the audiovisual industry, work which Eurostat and the various national offices for statistics also attend to, so that there is a certain degree of overlap between these organisations' work and that of the Observatory. +At that time it was laid down - and I quote - that "the aim of the Observatory will be to improve the transfer of information within the audiovisual industry and promote a clearer vision of the market, as well as greater transparency. +Let me explain: it is a reality that many structures and organisations end up tied to their public funding body, and this situation tends to take them away from their objective, which in this case is public service and assistance for professionals in the audiovisual sector. +Report (A5-0024/1999) by Mr Gargani, on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning Community participation in the European Audiovisual Observatory [COM(1999)0111 - C5-0019/1999 - 1996/0066(CNS)] +It is a matter of principle that all women, and the groups that are campaigning for them, should have equal access to EU funding, most of all when its aim is to allow European organisations to be represented at UN level. +- (FR) Ridicule never killed anyone. Fortunately for the European Parliament, which should have strongly denounced the attitude of the Michelin management which has just announced a massive series of cuts in workforce and redundancies, even though the returns and profits for this firm increased substantially. +With regard to the second part of the proposal specifying the conditions on which a transport operation can be considered an "ad hoc" transport operation and also regarding the procedure for the acceptance of derogations, I personally welcome and approve the Commission proposal which is, in fact, more stringent than the legislation in force today. +Transport safety in all transport operators has always been an important matter of concern to Parliament, particularly, of course, in the transportation of dangerous goods. +It is accepted that we should establish a common European environmental policy, and these are precisely the areas where this Parliament and European policy are credible, in my opinion. So what use are national regulations, for dangerous goods on the road, for instance, if we need Europe-wide regulations? +We do not need to justify to the citizens of Europe the fact that we need a common European environmental policy or a European safety policy in this field relating to dangerous goods. +And, at the moment, I call on the Finnish Presidency to go ahead in the next Council with the FIFG Regulations and on the Commission, Mr Fischler, to be flexible in this text so that it may come closer to the position of the European Parliament. +On the other hand, we want a quick negotiation and in any event we want significant and sufficient economic support for the sector affected - shipowners and workers - to cover any transitional period during which there is no right to fish in those waters. +Having a war of words on whose food is safest in Europe will only result in one thing: the destruction of consumer confidence in food from Europe wherever it is produced. +In the light of these fundamental questions, as in the case of GMOs, we must be as prudent as possible, and all the more so because we will soon have an effective scientific instrument - the BSE tests - which will enable us to judge the state of health of all herds. +This kind of contradiction between national law and Community law also exists in the area of hunting and in many other areas, as if governments were signing abstract European commitments whose aberrant practical consequences they only discover later. +Yet even injured and diseased animals which die on the farm are finding their way into rendering plants and the tallow from these animals is finding its way into the pharmaceutical industry, into the cosmetic industry and therefore into the food chain. +There is no doubt that financial compensation is an important form of support but, nevertheless, the presence of the European fleet contributes to a greater sense of stability in the area, which can only be beneficial to international relations with Angola. +I have noticed with interest and already welcomed the statement made by the French Minister for Trade and Consumer Protection, Mrs Lebranchu, who referred to the unanimous report of the Scientific Steering Committee over the weekend saying it would provide a reassurance to consumers. +From 2003, all beef will be labelled with place of birth, place of fattening, place of slaughter, breed and age of the animal. +If we add to this the availability of existing capacity, given the high potential tendency towards inflation, the consequence of raised profitability, structural changes will be put in place which those responsible for economic policy must take into account when adopting their respective decisions. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, by way of introduction, I would first of all like, on behalf of our group, to put it on record that we regard the macroeconomic dialogue as a welcome innovation, because for the first time it obliges all the key players in European economic policy to participate in a direct exchange of views with each other about the overall economic situation. +Mr Niinistö, Commissioner, if the millions of European unemployed had heard this first account of the macroeconomic dialogue promoting growth and employment, they would have despaired. +I am also among those, as is Stephen Hughes, who would have liked to participate in last Friday' s meeting and who have had discussions with the European Central Bank on this rise in interest rates. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the President-in-Office used the image of a relay baton to be passed on with the macroeconomic dialogue. +None of you involved in the dialogue, neither the Council nor the Commission, nor the European Central Bank, will be held directly to account if European solutions fail to emerge - unlike those elected to this Parliament, unlike those who sit in this House and are considered directly responsible by the electors who have voted for us! +That really poses a danger; it poses a danger to the revision to the general directive that Mrs Smet is also dealing with and the danger is this: the rail sector is included in the general directive. +Of course, those responsible for this situation are the politicians who allow unrestrained action to ship owners who, in many ways, are forcing their crews to work very hard in exceptionally dangerous conditions, very often pushing them to the limits of human endurance. +I do not really see how this measure can be monitored satisfactorily because the Community ports and the countries within the European Community have no real jurisdiction over those ships that are flagged or owned in overseas countries. +If we take it forward: Say, for instance, they had agreed that some monitoring was possible - surely they would not have certain working hours outside European Community waters and ports and then change once they were inside our geographical area. +Of course, health and safety issues are a major reason for limiting working time but fisheries is already subject to codes of practice and to regulations which are monitored by competent authorities. +The voluntary maximum working hours negotiated by the Irish medical organisation and our department of health is 35 hours per week averaged over their rota period of 46 hours and not more than 72 hours work continuously. +Not only have we had such a scheme of publicising fuel economy data for some time in Britain, but most people assume that the existing scheme is the result of a European directive already. +Mr President, firstly, I would like to express my great satisfaction with this initiative, which is clearly an important step in the direction of transparency of information with regard to the environmental characteristics of cars and, in this respect, it will aid consumer choice. +Because we should be really grateful to the Council, and I am not just saying this to get a laugh, that so many of Parliament' s requests from first reading have been weeded out, given that they were adopted in a fit of over-zealousness and did not have my approval. +Another form of non-legislative measures which can underpin and reinforce the operation of the legal framework is self-regulation or, better still, an approach in which regulation and self-regulation are integrated whereby many aspects are laid down in the legislation and alongside this, many groups of interested parties offer solutions upon joint consultation. +There are fears that e-commerce may be strangled at birth by regulations which potentially expose traders to 15 different European legal jurisdictions whilst at the same time the very same regulations could fail to really give our citizens easy or affordable access to justice. +Because then this is a clear indication that the liberalisation of postal services has not gone far enough, or at least that this liberalisation is not applied correctly by some postal companies. +We need intelligent labour models, such as the "breathing factory" concept, in which working time is adjusted in line with the level of activity. Working time is generally - but not always - reduced, instead of introducing a unilateral reduction in working hours without cuts in payment. +In particular, I am bound to say, when I hear my predecessor, Mrs Theorin, that I happen to know that the rapporteur has made every effort to incorporate as many amendments as possible, but it is no longer the case that all amendments as proposed, even if the same idea is repeated two or three times over, should all be included in a report. +We are therefore hoping to create a link within the employment guidelines between creating new chances for the unemployed and new jobs on the one hand and the quality of those jobs and social protection on the other. +What is more, success in employment policy is crucial to sound development in the public finances, and it is reasonable to see the employment package and macroeconomic cooperation in an EU context. +And even the mention of active support for local initiatives on employment is limited and any attempts to examine the quality and sustainability of jobs created are eliminated. +If we do not seriously evaluate the sustainable and qualitative nature of growth, there is a risk that we will underestimate the efforts which still need to be made in order finally to give the construction of Europe a social aspect. +I have never fully understood what is meant when reference is made to a job with a social content but, on the other hand, I definitely do know that a perspective of increasing employment by reducing the fundamental safeguards and fundamental objectives of social cohesion is not possible. +However, we do not accept one key conclusion about the single currency, where it is stated to be fact that the implementation of economic and monetary union creates a good climate for new jobs. +Together with the clear fact that it is very important that the Union has, as one of its objectives, a high level of employment and social protection, we can see that the data shows that there is still an enormous gap between the support given and the needs of those people whose families and themselves personally suffer from the scourge of unemployment. +Qualitative data of this kind are the spirit of our social model and, with this in mind, there should be some means of representing minimum protection and the rate of reduction in the invisible sector. +So I think that Mr Menrad is right when, in his general conclusions, he emphasises the need for the Commission to harmonise the documents on the main lines of the economic policy and guidelines on employment. +I believe that we can be even more ambitious and set common European targets in the area of the information society because we cannot talk of the convergence of Member States unless there is convergence in the particularly sensitive area of the information society. +In our country, Communists are fighting for the law on union representation to be adopted swiftly, and this too is a democratic act for the work place. +Improving integration into employment, developing enterprise spirit, encouraging the capacity of firms and of workers to adapt, strengthening equal opportunities for women and men, these are the main pillars of this policy. +To "have your whole life before you" , as the saying goes, at 25 without any chance to make plans for the future, no prospects other than unemployment and a minimum subsistence income - surely this is worse than a death sentence? +Mr President, we are looking at a proposal for a directive under the Auto-Oil programme, with the aim of improving air quality by the year 2010 by reducing emissions from motor vehicles. +The EEVs provide for a fuel and technology-neutral concept based on the best available technology which will allow Member States or local authorities to encourage the use of the vehicles which qualify as EEVs through tax incentives. +Violence is a social problem of regrettable topical importance which involves the violation of human rights and a physical, mental and social crime as well as a crime against people' s quality of life. +In Portugal, for example, violence against women is statistically higher in areas which have a higher standard of living or higher levels of education, which does not necessarily mean that that is where more violence against women and children occurs. What it means - to my mind - is that there are more women in those areas who are financially independent, better educated and braver about making a complaint to the police. +Through the STOP programme and through its work in the fields of police and judicial cooperation, the Commission is actively fighting the sexual exploitation of children including child pornography on the Internet. +The strong focus on the citizen as worker in the Treaty means that the best interests of children are not considered. Children are only a target group in one action programme and very few temporary budget lines. +In light of the drawing up of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the creation of the area of freedom, security and justice, we must incorporate a separate chapter on the protection of the rights of the child. +I think, moreover, that we are facing a problem that can be seen from two different angles: on the one hand, from that of basic rights, and on the other, from that of the influence of children' s policies on the Union' s areas of action. +After all, it is an open secret that the British Government was only persuaded to support a European Company with minimum participation rights because of a promise to hold back on the directive on information and consultation for one year. +If we approve the amendments straight away, and take the new proposal to the negotiating table, then that will necessitate unanimity, which, as we all know, as things stand at present, will not achieve the desired result. +The decision on own resources which we are discussing today, which is merely a translation on the part of the Commission of the European Council' s political decision, is the best evidence of this retrograde step. +If you look at Holland and Germany, on whose behalf there was so much crying in this Parliament, you will find that the single market has given them immense benefits and they have had extremely positive balances in their trade with the rest of the Union over the years. +Thirdly, the implementation of the principle of flexibility within certain limits for agricultural expenditure, proposing the transfer to the following budgetary year of unused expenses or resources. +As I said before, I am absolutely convinced of what a positive development it was that since less money was needed in the agricultural sector, i.e. less money had to be spent, on account of market and pricing trends, this is now available for such urgent and important external action programmes as are detailed in the documents we have before us. +Certain clear targets have already been set by the Union in the energy field to reduce CO2 emissions by 8% by the middle of the next decade and of course to double the contribution of renewable energy sources from the current 6% to 12% by 2010. +As I often point out, we have to start by providing an example, by way of public facilities and public buildings, and by way of the public sector and the institutions, of how energy can be used in a more efficient and rational way. +I hope that it will be possible for the Nordic Convention to go further and support the same objectives, but in that case we shall also need the explanations which were to be found in the opinion delivered on this proposal by the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market. +As for Amendment No 5, we feel that it places an excessive burden on the central authorities in the context of a directive-based system in which these central authorities have only a subsidiary function. +I think we can all agree that where nuclear power stations and nuclear installations are concerned, it is absolutely essential that safety, safety of operation, safety of construction and design, be given top priority. +It is precisely so that we do not penalise the Member States who managed to submit their proposals at an earlier stage and in due form, complying with the terms of the Regulations, that the Commission has decided to approve the list in terms of groups of countries. +I would, nonetheless, like to reassure the Members that may be concerned about this by specifying that there will be no interruption in the investment activity at local level since the resources for the current term, which has not yet run its course, must be committed in full by 31 December 1999. +In tragic circumstances, such as those which some years past affected Portugal or Italy and, more recently, Greece - which I recently visited twice, once, a month ago, with my fellow Commissioner, Anna Diamantopoulou, and again just a few days ago - we are basing our attitude on the same Regulations of the Structural Funds and we are being accountable. +Our main concern, apart from continuing in this direction, is to implement the Tampere European Council' s decision to come up with definitions, prosecutions and punishments for crimes of trading in human beings and crimes of abuse against children. +I believe that this new approach to the coordination of internal and external policies, and of the programmes which are related to one or other of those policies, may be a very positive step forward in terms of Union action in these fields. +The Union=s initiatives in this respect will in turn have a bearing on the applicant countries= ability to modernise and on our common interest in achieving an effective enlargement as quickly as possible. +On 28 and 29 October I travelled to Kosovo with Commissioner Patten, which gave us the opportunity to meet with all the political leaders of both communities as well as with the representatives of the United Nations mission in Kosovo and also KFOR, the international security force in Kosovo. +Within this spectrum, we must make an effort to strengthen those instruments relating to the protection of citizens and compliance with the law, that is to say, the police instruments, the overwhelming need for which has been illustrated by recent crises. +We must ourselves be competent and, therefore, create the necessary preconditions in terms of transport, communication, news-gathering and modern satellites. +The real issue which is hidden behind the Europe of defence is actually access to nuclear weapons or, failing this, the removal in the long term of the French nuclear deterrent which, as everyone knows, exists when it is not shared. +For this reason, at the Intergovernmental Conference, we should seek to make article 5 of the WEU Treaty a protocol of the EU Treaty to which each state can accede and, specifically, on the basis of an independent sovereign resolution. +The Treaty of Amsterdam provides for an early warning unit whose objective is to be attentive to what may happen so that we can prevent it happening and not have to act either militarily nor collectively if we are able to do everything possible by diplomatic means or by preventive means. +On the other hand, the obligations of the European Union under other international agreements, for example the World Health Organisation or the international labour organisations, must also be made clear and be taken into account in the WTO negotiations. +Furthermore, we need constant dialogue with the government, Congress and people of the United States, which will clarify our motives and build mutual understanding for a reasonable balance of interests with our partner. +Mr President, I should like to thank Mr Schwaiger for producing an extremely complex report and, in particular, Erica Mann, also for coordinating much of the work in producing amendments to the report. +That is why our Group believes that before we rush headlong into yet more trade rounds in Seattle we first need a comprehensive impact assessment of the social and environmental effects of the liberalisation that has already taken place as a result of the last Uruguay Round of trade negotiations. +In this resolution, which I have no doubt will be massively supported by my fellow Members, we are adding our voices to those of the Council in condemning the action currently being taken and in requesting that negotiations are initiated directly with the elected representatives of the population of Chechnya. +You already know that farmers in Europe are going to have to make great efforts to adapt in order to apply the Berlin compromise which, last March, represented the acceptable balance for the fifteen Member States of the European Union. +This will be increasingly important in the future, and there is also the increasing need to emphasise the central importance of agriculture within individual economies, and - and this is stressed in the report, but increasingly, each one of us needs to press forward resolutely with this - to protect small and medium-sized enterprises with appropriate legislation. +If we manage to comply with these obligations and improve quality of life with sustainable development, both in economic and environmental terms, we will have laid strong foundations for a better society in the next millennium. +The inevitable globalisation of the market must not mean a lowering of our food safety standards nor of the social rights of our workers, nor must it lead us to forget our poorer regions. +The aim of the commercialisation of services, even of education, health and culture, is to deprive the working class and the people in general of many of their achievements gained over the century. +Moreover, the States' recognised prerogative on this policy should also be translated into the possibility of a differentiated application throughout the States' territories, otherwise - apart from the simplification of the processes - the only condition remaining would be the flexibility of labour. +The next item is the report (A4-0058/1999) by Messrs Dimitrakopoulos and Leinen, on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on the preparations for the reform of the Treaties and for the next Intergovernmental Conference (C5-0143/1999 - 1999/2135(COS)). +Here, through Europe' s internal market, competition between the economic systems has arisen which, in the area of VAT, for example, has led to tax rates' converging. +Mr President, we share the conviction that with the forthcoming enlargement into Eastern Europe, the Union can continue to create the right conditions for the States to enrich each other instead of causing the ruin of some in order to give others more help in succeeding. +There are many cases in the existing Treaties - different protocols, parts of the European Coal and Steel Treaty for instance - that are amendable by simplified procedure and the IGC should look constructively at this. +In my opinion, this is a significant confirmation of those shared Europeanist objectives that have, in the past, characterised the European Parliament in its relations with the other Community institutions, with national parliaments and public opinion. +The Treaty of Amsterdam has established the legitimacy of certain forms of cooperation between Member States within the Union' s institutional framework in order to move beyond the level of integration that has already been achieved. +Does the Council not consider that the EU should suspend its support, including financial support, for the >Taleban project= and carry out a thorough investigation into the effectiveness and management of the funds by the UNDCP? +I would, however, repeat that the competent bodies of the Council are investigating the possibility of improving public access to its documents, so that all documents other than those classified as confidential will be available on the Internet. +Mr President, I would like to say that Turkey certainly has implemented action this year to try and improve human rights, but the truth is that it obviously still has a long way to go in this area, and change does not come quickly in any society. +The phrase "Energy for Democracy" itself denotes shameless extortion of the Serbian people, since in order to get heating fuel, they must accept the ideas of European Union democracy. +In Parliament it met with unanimous support in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs the first time it was discussed and the first time we debated it here, every single one of the major political groups said that it supported the proposal. +If this is adopted here today and the anger dies down, we would perhaps then again have the strength to check whether with a proper goal the inclusion of the Members of Parliament in control mechanisms can protect this independent mandate and perhaps lead to some other phrasing. +We will, as well, have the possibility of working together with European institutions on the organisation of an interinstitutional conference to discuss the implementation of the European Union drugs strategy, possibly at the beginning of next year. +Next, because, at the insistence of the Socialist/ecologist/Communist government of my country, to my great shame, the regulation itself scandalously omits the filing of the fingerprints of illegal immigrants monitored on the territory of the Union. +But in fact they will be the hardest hit by the change in the date because they have been given old computers from the rich Northern countries that are not year 2000 compliant. +In line with this desire, when, at first reading, we took a stand on Budget 2000, we established a specific point of a multiannual nature with EUR 30 million allocated to the reconstruction of East Timor, an amount that should be increased in view of the information provided by the joint assessment mission. +In this case there has been a series of coincidences which have inspired an enthusiastic solidarity movement in our country in which the Government, all the political parties and the rest of society have taken part. +Mr President, Parliament has today, for the umpteenth time, expressed its repugnance of the anachronistic, anti-democratic methods of punishment of dubious efficacy which continue to be used throughout the world, including by countries such as the United States of America, which have recently starting championing human rights. +This is why, on the basis of our European values and in the name of respect for human rights, we call on the governments of all the countries in which death sentences are pending to suspend them immediately and to repeal the death penalty. +We have supported the peace process by financing the talks taking place in Arusha, with a contribution of EUR 2 million, which is far from being the largest contribution and which should, along with other external finance, be sufficient for the successful conclusion of these talks. +The Dutch model which allows drug shops, which in the Netherlands are given the unfortunate English term "coffee shops" , presupposes a division between soft drugs, namely marihuana, and hard drugs, such as heroin and ecstasy. +This article allows the Union to complement national policies with action directed towards improving public health, preventing illness and reducing drugs-related damage to health. +I agree with the amendments proposed by Mrs Rühle as they express clearly real concerns about the EIB's transparency, efficacy, accountability and conformity with the Community's objectives and policies. +For this reason the Commission always has the margin to confront this possibility of an increase in the reserve Fund, although we feel that it is not necessary to do so at the moment. +Mr President, the Commission has presented a proposed regulation intended to amend another Community regulation, Regulation (EEC) 1911/91, which established a special legal status for the Canary Islands. +The Council Regulation of 29 June 1998 stipulates that: "The Commission shall present to the Council a regular report on the market situation and appraise whether European yards are affected by anti-competitive practices. +What is more, the Commission is today proposing to prohibit any renewal in the sectors which are not advancing as quickly as others and is making it compulsory to find and destroy any capacity which exceeds by more than 30% the renewed boat capacity in the sectors which are up to date with the MAGP objectives. +As a Basque, I want to humbly, simply but firmly express to this House my feelings regarding the shattering of the hope for peace which the Spanish people and the Basques in particular have clung to throughout this period. +We also have a delegation from the Estonian Parliament led by its President, Mr Tunne Kelam. I must emphasise the role which the joint parliamentary committee is playing in the current negotiations which should also lead to Estonia' s accession to the European Union. +At its meeting this morning, the Bureau of the European Parliament took the necessary steps to ensure that the provisions of the aforementioned order are correctly applied. +However, if the money raised is distributed to the clubs which provide education and training to youngsters, this action is in the collective interest and an exemption from the rules on competition is allowed. +If we do not do our duty by preparing a European directive on the protection of sportspeople, including professionals, we will not be tackling the root causes of doping. +The European tax package is now in great difficulty. Yet it is not only an important initiative to combat harmful tax competition but also an essential aspect of our employment strategy. +Returning to the very balanced position of this House on the Intergovernmental Conference, the Council must not adopt a low-key approach to this issue. +But our citizens are not being asked, and my advice to this Intergovernmental Conference, before the empire-building gets too well under way, is: ask the people of Europe whether they want developments to take this course. +European competitiveness is not strong now either, the markets in the Community are not functioning correctly and the process whereby differences in consumer goods prices in the EMU area would be evened out has ground to a halt. +There is still no public debate in these countries, no social dialogue, no involvement at regional or local level; what we take for granted cannot happen there because the EU instruments do not allow it. +But we also know that non-military means and diplomatic means often only really work if a credible, military threat is present in the background. +I should like to point out that the Commission' s progress report on the Czech Republic refers to a medium-sized town in the Czechia where a fence has been built down a street to separate the Czechs from the Romas. +I think that we can and must start in January because there are many areas to be addressed: Amsterdam, issues arising from Amsterdam, cohesion, codecision, the issue of security and defence, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and also the reform of the Treaty. +I take it this matter is of interest to the Finnish Government, but even though I raised this question with a member of the Finnish Foreign Office, we still do not have any information and the man is on trial today, and tomorrow. +His trial is taking place in Russia and some time before the trial got under way, the European Union appealed that the person in question should have a trial that met the proper standards. +I was also pleased to read that President Nicole Fontaine reacted speedily to the confirmation of this sentence and I also read that she would intervene with the President of the Turkish National Assembly in order that it should not confirm the carrying out of the death sentence. +To deny the financial aid proposed by the Commission for the next three years for the development of the Customs Union would, especially at this tragic time when this Mediterranean country is on its knees following a terrible catastrophe, contribute to exacerbating a downward spiral with unimaginable consequences to Turkey. +The Commission agrees with the Environment Committee that indoor conditions have significant effects on health, but we do not think this proposal is the vehicle for considering how to tackle this issue. +Surely not because it is fun to collect data; enough data is being collected already. No, it is because we have concluded a voluntary agreement with the motor industry. +In the second part of the proposed justification, reference is made to the second and third pillars in the strategy concerning carbon dioxide and private cars and, specifically, to consumer information and the employment of tax measures. +I think it would be a good idea if the same panel, the same warning sign or pictogram, could be used as is used throughout the international world of transport. In fact, I also brought this to Committee, I even sent a letter questioning this very point. +As rapporteur, I can agree with Amendment No 23 if three words are added to the recital where the amendment will appear: "special climatic conditions of certain regions, such as the Alps, the Mediterranean and northern regions" . +The present proposal aims to update the current legislation on the marketing of forest reproductive material to take account of the accession of new Member States since 1975, the internal market and scientific advances. +It is proposed that, for calculation purposes, Portugal is allocated a supplementary amount of 83,468 tonnes for 1999-2000 and, for 2001-2002, the difference between the quota calculated on the basis of the amount actually processed in 1997-1998 and the quota resulting if that figure is replaced by 884,592 tonnes. +Mr President, the current common organisation of the markets has been showing signs of running out of steam. This is due to its inability to meet the new challenges of a highly globalised and competitive market in fishery products, in a European Union very dependent on imports. +I want to thank my colleagues, the officials in committee and the officials in the Commission for their assistance in drawing up this report and I want to congratulate Mrs Fraga Estévez on the presentation of her very comprehensive report. +While issues like the death penalty, in particular that imposed on the Kurdish leader, Mr Öçalan, are still pending, I would request the referral back to committee of both reports so that the Turkish Government can give a positive signal to the European Union. +The resolution, however, while claiming to place the safety and health of workers above considerations of a purely economic nature in Article 3, contradicts itself in Article 2 by refusing to impose constraints that would thwart the creation and development of small and medium-sized undertakings. +This explanation of vote does not, however, alter the attitude we expressed earlier regarding the European Parliament' s discussion of the report from Messrs Dimitrakopoulos and Leinen concerning the preparations for the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference. +Well, the transitional period of three years would have at least had the merit of showing us that we can very easily live, on the one hand, with a euro that is living its own rather chaotic life on the international markets and, on the other hand, with national currencies still in circulation, to the great satisfaction of consumers. +Mr President, I voted against the Torres Marques report with regard to the introduction of the euro because my group, the Dutch Socialist Party, has always campaigned against the introduction of a single currency. +That is why, today, following the example of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Commission and of our rapporteur, I also believe that the reduction of the three year transitional period could give rise to very considerable technical difficulties that may jeopardise the process of the smooth transition to the euro. +By taking such a dynamic lead - in close cooperation with the European Parliament Delegation - the Commission showed, with its comprehensive negotiating strategy, that it had set the course for a possible success. +Whilst to focus on procedural details is essential, no amount of organisational improvements will compensate for the biggest loss at Seattle, a loss of political conviction in the merits of open, multilateral rules-based trade liberalisation. +Finally, WTO members must at last listen to the 1 200 non-governmental organisations from nearly 100 countries who signed a declaration demanding no further trade liberalisation until the social and environmental impacts of existing liberalisation have been addressed and the problems put right. +As Mrs Pack explained so well in her speech, we have arrived at an agreement which is for all of us, as the Members of Parliament have said so clearly, a cornerstone in the construction of the citizens' Europe. +A future legislative initiative could address the insurance sector once again, in particular, regarding some degree of harmonisation of the regulations regarding the compensation of harm occasioned to persons, which is creating many disparities and injustices in the European Union. +When I consider that 30% of the traffic going through the Brenner Pass alone is traffic diverted from Switzerland, then surely we really must use the quotas here to ensure that the shortest route once again appears an advantage instead of placing an excessive burden on the surrounding countries, a burden which is far greater than any statistics show. +This substance, which is used as an agricultural disinfectant mainly in clearly defined farming zones in the Mediterranean regions is already strictly limited in my country in terms of its marketing and use and has already been replaced in all cases for which suitable alternatives have been found. +Amendment No 27 would introduce an expedited procedure for adding new ozone depleting substances to the regulation, which would be useful in deferring unwise investments while benefiting the ozone layer. +In fact, members of the committee find that the whole European Union approach to genetically modified food at the moment is in a rather confused state. +In my opinion, the Achilles heel of this regulation, which in itself will open the floodgates to corruption, violations and distortions of the law, is that it is impossible to assess exactly what compound foods actually contain and how much is derived from a genetically modified product. +I am therefore surprised at the reports that Commissioner Wallström does not want to wait for the final revision but has instead backed industry' s offer to comply with the revised GMO Directive even before it is adopted. +With the proposal amending Regulation No 1139/98, laying down a de minimis threshold for the adventitious presence of authorised GM material, we are responding to the Council's mandate on labelling of GM foodstuffs. +I am very glad that the European Council has decided on the broad outlines of the new European Security and Defence Policy, particularly by developing the Union' s military and non-military rapid response capabilities. +In accordance with the wishes of Parliament, I will also give an account of the Presidency' s views of the situation in Chechnya, and I will give an outline of the most important results of the OSCE Summit in Istanbul in November. +Our challenges include changes in the population structure and increased competition as a result of globalisation and the need it creates for the encouragement of innovation and structural adaptation. +Where did WADA (the World Anti Doping Agency) disappear to, beyond the reach of the Union, and the watchdog on sports-related illness and the doctor, which Commissioner Viviane Reding reported on 1 December, and in which the Union was to have a key role? +We will not be able to prevent even greater inequality in societies and among people unless profits from capital are subject to a minimum rate of taxation within the entire single market area. +I feel I have much stronger cultural ties with progressive Turks and Kurds who are fighting for justice, freedom and democracy, and I am looking forward to the day when they can be welcomed into a European working partnership. +In this matter we achieved Finland' s goal, as the country to hold the presidency, which was that agreed by the Member States and the partnership countries at a conference in Helsinki on a previous occasion for the drafting of an action programme. +We have seen from the example of the WTO that European broadcasters could have been represented much more intensively and that it is important for us to be up to date in media reporting if we want to play a leading role in the world. +Does the Commission not think that the companies' offer to create new infrastructure is a means of defending their monopoly position, and that the construction work runs counter to the EU' s policy of a more responsible balance between the different forms of transport? +But I should add this: however much one invests in the infrastructure - and we will be looking at specific pledges at the donors' conference early in the new year - however much one spends on infrastructure, what is crucial is to encourage greater and freer trade between the countries of the region, and even in one or two countries within the countries of the region. +At the same time, the Commission will continue to accompany the political and economic reform process in this country under the existing cooperation agreement and through the PHARE programme or through the new financial instrument that will replace PHARE. +In conclusion, Mr President, the Commission does not believe that the new policy on vertical restrictions is liable to bring about major structural changes, in the beer, hotels, restaurants and cafés sectors in Belgium, which would put the beer culture in that country at risk. +The mills in question are small or medium-sized businesses which are very efficient and thus require so few employees that they meet the EU criteria for the allocation of state aid to SMEs, yet this means they are able to compete on unequal conditions and distort competition on the market. +It is unsatisfactory because - and this was also apparent at the Summit in Helsinki - we have a Council which blithely makes promises and then the budgetary authority, to which the Council also belongs, after all, then has to consider how everything can again be brought under control. +The Berlin European Council was obsessed with budgetary cuts, and not only gave rise to a reduction in the funds for structural policies compared to levels reached in 1999, but also forgot that there were other Community policies. +The countries in the region which were already poor are now poorer still, the living conditions of their people have deteriorated and the bombs certainly did not put an end to the chauvinism at which they were targeted. +Mr President, as the authority of the European Union increases, so too does the importance of the European Court of Auditors, which has been an independent body of the Community since the Maastricht Treaty. +The events of the past year make it all the more important that we have a Court able to make criticisms where necessary, both of the Commission and of Member States, which, after all, are responsible for the management of about 85% of the funds. +Yet we know that this is also a kind of obligation for the Union under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, that you should be able to report what you are doing in favour of children. +The process of harmonisation aims to attain the highest levels of safety and environmental protection and is an important stimulus for quality, with advantages both for industry and for consumers. +The rules laid down by the Parallel Agreement coincide with those in the UNECE agreement, but a specific decision-making procedure is anticipated when a draft regulation is not considered within the framework of the 1958 agreement. +We held a symposium here two weeks ago with American members of Congress at which precisely this question was discussed, namely the development of a common philosophy for harmonising technical standards based on economic and ecological requirements. +This brings me to a very important matter that Parliament has also raised in a resolution, namely the question of nuclear energy as an option for clean development mechanism projects. +I appreciate your commitment to help in conveying the importance of combating climate change throughout Europe and to your counterparts in other countries, in particular the United States Congress. +For this reason, in the Committee on the Environment, we still propose renewable sources of energy and the adoption of clear measures with regard to transport; not only in road transport which is the form of transport which produces most CO2 emissions, but also in air transport which also produces many emissions and which, until now, has not been controlled as it should be. +Just as the resolution says, I believe that now is the time for the EU to really show the way and to dare to move forwards, to leave the reluctant and sluggish United States behind it and, together with others, to try to ratify the Kyoto agreement. +In particular, this means trading emissions quotas, which is an effective way of reducing emissions, if clear rules based on the mechanisms of a market economy are established. +We shall need the help and cooperation of industry in order to achieve this. If we are to obtain sufficient political power and support for the purpose of taking the measures required, then we shall need to mobilise our respective citizens in all the Member States. +I would therefore like to show my appreciation and approval of the positions adopted here by the representatives of the Presidency of the Commission and my wholehearted agreement with the tribute paid by Commissioner Christopher Patten to Governor Vasco Rocha Vieira. +Macao offers an opportunity for trade, dialogue and engagement which is the way to bring freedom and democracy to the Communist dictatorship of the People's Republic of China. +But we do have to be concerned about the survival of the rule of law, the survival of civil liberties, the survival of human rights, as Mr Watson pointed out in his valuable corrective. +We have the previous experience of Beijing but that will not prevent continuous and fundamental cooperation throughout this period so that we can arrive at common positions in the fifteen Member States. This will be particularly important for the positions which we will put forward and in giving us the strength to put these positions forward in June. +Mr President, in 1995 at the fourth World Conference of Women in Beijing, organised by the UN, 189 countries adopted a platform for action and a declaration in which the participating governments committed themselves to improving the situation of women. +I recall that the EU spoke out for women with one voice under the Spanish Presidency of the Council and was able during negotiations to argue important points and include them in the Action Platform from this position of strength. +This brings me to my specific question, which is directed mainly at the Council, and we expect an equally specific answer: what status will MEPs have at the next conference, the Beijing plus 5 Conference in New York? +We do not want to formulate new objectives; what we want is a clear analysis and evaluation of where progress has been made in our Member States, where we should concentrate and where we should step up efforts so that the European Union can achieve progress in New York for the women of Europe and throughout the world? +The debate will continue after the Commission' s statement. Unfortunately, this will be after the reports by Mr Papayannakis and Mrs Keppelhoff-Wiechert, but before question time at 5.30 p.m. +We have proposed a way of taking TACIS forward which does not penalise other countries and which makes a distinction between the development of democracy and human rights, on the one hand, and other programmes, on the other. +I therefore think that before adopting any measure, we must ascertain, by consulting scientists and experts who are constantly making scientific progress, whether it is right to continue with the ban on certain substances in the future and whether, on the basis of the research carried out by scientists, every step we take really is important. +For example, ozone has decreased by 6-10% in 20 years. In 1996, the hole covered an area of 20 million km2 for over 40 days and a record depletion of 46% in the ozone layer over Scandinavia, Greenland and Siberia was recorded. +NGOs, trade unions and parliamentarians must be able to exercise this control. Is it not natural and normal, in view of the ideas and beliefs which we all represent in this House, for the Left and the Right not to be able to completely agree on these issues? +Reproductive health was linked with human rights, while it was stated clearly that, for women, human rights include their right to have control over, and freely and responsibly make decisions about matters related to their sexuality, that is to say to their sexual and reproductive health, too. +In effect, the Commission has adopted a carrot and stick approach: the carrot was the very intensive effort to bring the parties together and to get them to agree a solution through negotiation. +It is the inadequacy of the guarantees on the definition and implementation of testing programmes and, in particular, the lack of European regulation on labelling and traceability, which has led France to this decision. +Are the Commission and Council not using a similar approach to that of the French Government in rightly opposing the lifting of the ban on hormone-treated meat originating from the United States of America, despite the WTO injunctions? +We should congratulate the efforts towards dialogue made on both sides of the English Channel. The efforts made on the British side since the start of the BSE crisis to improve the situation and food safety should be welcomed. +When it was asked about the nature of the investment planned by Gardaland, the Bank argued that it was unable to forward the relevant documents on the grounds of the confidential nature of relations between the Bank and its customers. +I would like to ask if the Council, which is quite rightly concerned about the situation in mainland Europe, also retains some concern for the situation of regions such as the Autonomous Region of the Azores, which is currently experiencing major problems, particularly following last weekend' s air disaster. +Mr President, when the fiftieth anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions was celebrated in August 1999, it was an opportune time for the EU to strengthen its commitment to promoting International Humanitarian Law in all armed conflicts. +This is the political issue, over and above any others in relation, for example, to the manpower which has know-how on these issues and which has remained unemployed, in relation to the laboratories of the Soviet Union and certain other matters. +The Council' s position, which was presented at second reading, is still weak on this point and, in particular, it does not shield small and medium-sized businesses and craft industries from the inefficiency of public machinery and from the excessive power of big businesses. +The Commission's proposal for a directive on late payments contains a package of measures to combat late payment in commercial transactions in the European Community. +Obviously the Council has decided that, if we react to the regulation presented by the Commission with proposed amendments, it may not agree to the simplified procedure, i.e. to accept this postponement under the codecision procedure. +If it is agreeable to you and Members of Parliament I could address you on the issues I have come to address you on or alternatively answer the question that has been asked, in so far as I can, by the two previous speakers in relation to the issues raised in the Council yesterday. +Then the Commission comes along on 15 November and tells us, "We are unable to complete, please can we postpone for a year" , adding that this will be on a new legal basis, Article 152 of the Treaty, which is quite right following the Amsterdam Treaty. +After all, the Member States were obliged to ensure that the conditions needed for complete proof of origin for cattle were in place and that their electronic data bases were up and running by 31 December this year. +This approach will enable the compulsory system to be introduced earlier than envisaged by the Commission in its proposal and will give all those concerned sufficient time to find a lasting and satisfactory solution. +If France has to pay - and perhaps the courts will decide that it must - French politicians will accept their responsibilities, but neither should we forget that those who have not respected the rules on the treatment of meal and who have placed us in this situation must also pay. +Any amendment by Parliament to the Commission's proposal, which is contrary to the orientation agreed by the Council yesterday is equally certain to block any progress towards agreement before the end of this year. +It is only used to produce more milk, and this can cause us problems, since we have a surplus of dairy products. Furthermore, problems may arise with regard to our agriculture, as well as negative reactions to it and there may be contradictions in our new Community Agricultural Policy guidelines. +I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of my people, to thank you for the attention and solidarity that you have shown by adopting numerous resolutions supporting my people in exercising their right to self-determination. +Since the arrival of the UN Secretary-General' s special representative, we have been consolidating the mechanisms for consultation so that the Timorese have a say in this transition process. +We want to learn to be responsible towards the international community in the development of our country but, after a long period of political activism and of fighting, we feel today that we are carrying a huge burden on our shoulders because we are responsible for the happiness and the freedom that we have promised our people. +Madam President, I had asked the administration to ensure that the Members of the Charter Convention be officially notified to Parliament and I was assured that this would be done. +Madam President, following on from Mr Poettering' s intervention, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that, yesterday, on the subject of Chechnya, I raised precisely the same kind of problem and drew attention to the need to strictly adhere to the Rules of Procedure. +In this respect, we must deplore the lack of rigour shown by the Commissioner responsible for the budget. When questioned by the Committee on Budgets, he was incapable of estimating the amounts needed in euros and could only give these in dollars. +By giving UK businesses the confidence to reach into these markets, this measure will help in this task and increase trade, growth and employment across both the north-west and all of Britain. +We have the impression of an institutional system that is going downhill and which has no concept of its future, unless the Council has one without daring to tell us. It seems to be a prisoner of the consequences of an enlargement decision which it cannot control. +I therefore advocate, after careful consideration, that we vote to maintain this embargo, because it is a signal to the army in Indonesia and we hope that it is also a signal to the democratic forces in Indonesia which, we may assume, will be encouraged by our stance. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commission welcomes this debate with open arms, as it does the contributions made to this debate so far, for they demonstrate that the European Union is conscious of the responsibility it has for developments in Indonesia and that it wants to continue in its endeavours to bring about a stable and democratic order there. +This right is also laid down in the Kuwaiti Constitution, as is stipulated in the resolution and it is, of course, commendable that the Kuwaiti government and parliament have implemented the same. +The case of the Afghan women illustrates the problem of the lack of respect for human rights which takes place every day in all corners of the planet and also in this Europe of ours. +At a time when Christmas is approaching, this offers one opportunity, among the multiplicity of human rights abuses globally, for Muslims and Christians to come together against the forces of evil. +We cannot intervene on the basis of the popularity polls of the various Presidential candidates and in relation to the main electoral issues under discussion in a sovereign state on which Nicaragua' s voters will soon pass judgement and on which they, and only they, have the right to do so. +One month after the event, the drop in the water level has revealed a scene of desolation and confirmed the extent of the disaster. This, together with the loss of human life, means that prevention efforts must be reconsidered. +These reference yields should be raised to a realistic level as soon as possible, or we should start to reconsider the whole basis of their use and the idea of a drop in the price of grain as compensation for hectarage aid. +Instead of which, the Council decided, under the old regulation 820/97, in accordance with Article 19 of the implementing rules, that the Member States now have the facility to continue with the voluntary system until 1.9.2000. I do not consider this to be the right strategy either. +The Commission has therefore proposed to extend for a further three years, with some minor changes, the validity of Decision 96/411(EC). The changes are mainly aimed at either simplifying the implementation of this action programme or at reducing the delay for paying the Community contribution. +What is the EU Presidency's position on this statement by the Prime Minister of a country which continues to ban the Kurdish Democratic Party from taking part in elections and is responsible for unprecedented crimes against the peoples living on its territory? +In the framework of the common foreign and security policy, the initiatives of the UN Secretary-General have been considered repeatedly and on a regular basis, in particular in the CFSP working group responsible. +On 29 December 1998 the presidency made a statement on behalf of the European Union, unreservedly supporting the United Nations' efforts to find a fair and lasting solution. +This decision will permit the orderly and prompt deployment of the forces needed to implement the planned solution while at the same time simplifying the everyday implementation of MINURSO operations. +And if the Treaties state that progress on this subject must be on the basis of a unanimous decision, the Council will have to uphold the legal rules we have drawn up for ourselves and which the Council has set out in the Amsterdam Treaty. +The increasing role of the cabinets no doubt explains why, as the wise men confirmed, certain Commissioners - I am not saying all of them - lost control over their administrations. +If we really want to improve the workings of the European Union and of all the European institutions we must apply the principle of subsidiarity in all areas both actively and consistently. +The European Commission, however, has expressed a critical view of this first stage, considering that progress, particularly in transposing Community legislation, has been slower and more uncertain than it should have been. +Moreover, the authorities in Prague have demonstrated great tenacity and conviction in their efforts to become a member of the Atlantic Alliance and this is further proof, if any were needed, of the country's political determination to form part of the different continental structures, whatever they may be. +To that end, I would point out once again that institutional reform is essential to prepare the Union for enlargement and, secondly, that it is vital for the Union to have the resources required to face the challenge of enlargement. +But we are discussing them, and that is why we must now do whatever is necessary to ensure that this vision, which is edging closer to fulfilment, actually does become a reality in the foreseeable future, so that we can welcome the people of central Europe into the European Union and the European Parliament. +Introducing environmental legislation into the administrations of the applicant countries will be an immense challenge, and for that reason the EU must provide the necessary support through training programmes and exchanges of information. +Hopefully, all existing Member States will have seen the light and be participants in the single currency before enlargement so that the applicants will have no choice on this issue. +Even before enlargement takes place, the current Member States of the Union are benefiting considerably from the reforms and efforts undertaken by the applicant countries to meet the requirements which have been laid down. +The communication looks at some of the practical questions which are relevant for drawing up national strategies allowing the CEECs to adopt the acquis communautaire without allocating funds from the pre-accession instruments. +In sectors such as beer, and also hydrocarbons, where the present approach is satisfactory to economic operators, either an exception must be made to the general rule or a sector-specific approach adopted. +Once the Council has approved the Council regulation, the Commission will draw up a proposal for a block regulation covering all vertical agreements below a certain market threshold. +In conclusion, may I join the chorus of speakers who have expressed their heartfelt thanks to our former chairman, Mr Newman. He has done an excellent job in demonstrating the importance of this committee. +Mr President, I propose to speak about the annex to Mr Newman's report on my work as President's mediator for transnationally abducted children. But first of all I would like to pay tribute to Mr Newman. +The nub of the problem - and the reason why the Commission had to resign - was of course mismanagement of the Union's finances. There was also a partial loss of control over expenditure. +I should like to ask Commissioner Monti how work is proceeding on the transparency regulation based on the Treaty of Amsterdam, because that will also be an absolutely essential ingredient in solving the institutional crisis caused by the resignation of the Commission. +It is therefore clearly necessary to amend Article 3(2) of the Ombudsman's Statute, so that he has full and unimpeded access to all the relevant documents. +The supervision that citizens are able to exercise over the operation of our administration, through the Ombudsman, is bound to encourage us to work better, to correct our mistakes and to increase the transparency of our work. +Another point made by the House, by the Committee on Petitions and by the Ombudsman himself concerns the code of good administrative behaviour aimed at the institutions and the European bodies. +I consider that sort of thing to be irresponsible, because either that statement was a deliberate distortion of the truth or Mr Ferber has read neither the White Paper nor the report on which we voted in committee. +Whilst this report is not legislative, it is, in transport policy terms, the culmination of much work covering many aspects and will without doubt give the green light to a legislative proposal in the future. +Among the improvements which are needed is a regional approach to fisheries management, which would involve all the coastal states and distant water fishing nations which fish for tuna in the Indian Ocean. +The UN Fish Stocks Agreement, which will apply to the tuna and other highly migratory fish stocks, sets out other conditions, including a detailed description of the precautionary approach. +That will entail changes in international law. Some of this change must come about within the United Nations, but the permanent members of the Security Council have yet to address such an option. +Of course, there are all sorts of practical problems involved and there is naturally opposition to the idea, as we have seen in the Netherlands, especially if it is not made clear that the investment and charges are needed to keep densely populated areas livable and accessible. +As I have said, the Commission is already looking at these important issues within a broader framework and has undertaken to deal with them appropriately, including, among other things, all the expectations relating to bearer protection. +Furthermore, the Commission has already undertaken to monitor consistently all the problems concerning bearer protection in relation to electronic money, and these problems naturally extend further than the issue of redemption alone. +I regret that the committee did not support me on this point which is, in my view, a very precise and important requirement of European consumers. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, first, on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left, I want to express our horror at the extent of the disaster in the Mont Blanc tunnel which has taken the lives of 41 people. +Safety diagnostic equipment must be installed in all tunnels immediately, safety measures must be introduced and the level of HGV traffic limited while waiting for the conclusions of the inquiry. +Local representatives and associations for the protection of the area and its inhabitants did not wait for disaster to strike to promote cross-border cooperation and sound the alarm. +This time it has hit the headlines by refusing to allow Aung San Suu Kyi's husband, who was seriously ill, to come to Burma. +I myself would prefer to see the country taking its own responsibility for sorting out its terrible past, but now that it seems that the facts are about to be swept under the carpet, my group feels that an ad hoc tribunal on the genocide in Cambodia would offer a better guarantee of justice for the Cambodians. +Mr President, the coup d'état in Niger and the assassination of President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara has plunged another African state into the abyss of a military coup and blocked an albeit partial process of institutional reconstruction. +The government has constantly expressed, in word and deed, its intention to create the conditions for membership of the European Union in its country by 2002. +I too am in favour of shifting more transport operations from the roads to the railways and waterways, but I am opposed to making cars, lorries and buses the sole scapegoats for every possible problem and even for some impossible ones. +Cooperation to safeguard fundamental human rights, and thus also the rights of children, is vital, and has to work effectively between the applicant countries and the current Member States. +The law in these applicant countries also has to ensure that basic rights are safeguarded in a way that is clear to all and which makes it possible to deal effectively with infringements of human rights in the form of violence. +The Bundesrat , the chamber of the German Parliament in which the federal states are represented, has expressed its regret that 1999 was not declared to be an official year of action on violence against women, which would have been an important means of reinforcing this message. +Mr President, page 9 of the Minutes refers to three consecutive speeches: those made by myself, Mr Fabre-Aubrespy and Mr Wijsenbeek on the important decision to vote by simple majority on the amendments to the responsibilities of the parliamentary committees. +If approved, the motion would require the Commission to resign as a body, pursuant to Article 144, second paragraph, of the EC Treaty. +The next item is the report (A4-0160/99) by Mr McMahon and Mr Schiedermeier, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on senior citizens in the 21st century - a new lease of life. +The elderly - senior citizens, or 'grey panthers', as they are called in the United States; 'grey power' in the UK - represent a very important part of the Community. +On the one hand there is the catalogue - one and a half pages long - of previous findings, meetings, resolutions, petitions and reports, and on the other hand it took almost a year between the decision to hold a conference, which was adopted on 16 October 1997, and the conference itself on 1 and 2 October 1998. +But this meant that there was no accompanying activity of any description at European level, and that the information links which were already established between senior citizens' organisations in the European Union were no longer financed, which resulted in some of them fading into oblivion. +I should like to refer to a paragraph in the resolution, the one concerning the participation of older people in decision-making processes, including the political process, since there are naturally those elements who take pride in presenting the list of candidates with the lowest average age. +What makes that all the more regrettable in my eyes is the high regard we have had for their work here, since it is undoubtedly discrimination against the ever-increasing number of elderly people to omit such competent and sprightly colleagues from the party lists. +On the contrary, many people take on new commitments and projects after retirement, not to mention all those who only manage to fulfil their working dreams after they stop work proper. +It is vital that potato production should be maintained in various parts of Europe, and particularly in the north of the Netherlands, otherwise there would be a huge economic slump which would cost us even more money to resolve. +However, when this system is applied, it unfortunately only partially compensates for the disadvantage, thereby weakening the position of European industry not only on the world market, but on our own market as well. +With regard to Venice being included in the scope of derogations under Article 92(3)(c), I would point out that it is up to a Member State to indicate those areas which the state wishes to include in its regional list. +It is not a means of going back over the decisions which were taken, especially a decision which was not put to the vote, even if it was supported by a large majority in the House. +The next item is the report (A4-0216/99) by Mr Fayot, on behalf of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities, on the modification of Annex V of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament. +Lastly, there is a third proposal, a motion for a resolution, in which Parliament sets out its observations regarding the Commission's budgetary management. +Part-time workers and those engaged in atypical work should qualify for welfare and a pension if we wish to take responsibility for people who have to resort to atypical employment more and more. +Very wide-ranging structural reforms are therefore required, which must prevent problems also being caused by the State placing too great a burden on GNP, unduly high taxes and social and benefits policies making excessive demands. +Let us use the European Union to create the right conditions for entrepreneurship, growth and new jobs - not to regulate the jobs we need out of existence or to sit here and believe that we can redistribute and 'talk up' the new jobs and tomorrow's opportunities in this Europe of ours. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should firstly like to point out that I intend to focus on issues relating to the broad economic policy guidelines, or BEPG, and Mr Mario Monti will deal with the other report, that is, the Menrad report on the European Employment Pact. +Furthermore, within the framework of improving the integration of employment in the economic policy, your rapporteur suggests that we should do away with the present separation of the broad guidelines and the guidelines for employment. +It refers to the modernisation of social protection and of taxation systems in order to improve work incentives and opportunities for entering or returning to the labour market. +The Committee on Budgetary Control has done its homework; it has unanimously reached a common position in agreement with the German Presidency, and has just this minute approved the accompanying interinstitutional agreement. +In December last year the majority of this House refused to grant discharge and it was referred back because there were problems in procedure which have now been sorted out by changing our rules to be in line with those of the Treaty. +Turning to the Court of Auditors, I would simply like to say that in 1997 the usual problems of budgetary inadequacy were satisfactorily resolved, and almost without effort. This was due to the favourable movement in the conversion rate between the euro - then the ecu - and Luxembourg's currency. +That is why the Council and the Commission, but also Parliament, must abide by the decisions we adopted in the Tsatsos report, for example on party financing, and we must also act properly where filling posts and promotions are concerned. +The motion was then tabled on 11 January by 70 Members from all the political groups, who at that time were heavily criticised with no right of reply, and I am thinking, in particular, of the chairman of the Group of the Party of European Socialists. +No, the problem is that this came to light in 1998, and I should like to ask you, Mr Liikanen, to tell your colleagues that at that time, in the summer, we sat upstairs on the seventh floor - things were really pleasant and friendly then - and made you an offer: be open, admit your mistakes, show us where the faults lie, and we will be prepared to compromise. +Since the very member of the Socialist Group who has been the most cooperative towards us is sitting here, I will actually avoid criticising the Socialist Group; otherwise I would have said that the dilemma facing us today is in fact the fault of the Socialist Group. +It is extremely important to try to put all these small reforms in one clear global financial regulation where the roles and responsibilities of each player in the implementation of the budget within the Commission, namely the authorising officer, the financial controller and the accounting officer, will be clearly defined. +She herself referred to her first and last speeches, but I would like to emphasise that between them Mrs Palacio has applied herself to her work intelligently, competently and with great energy. All of us as individuals and all the institutions have most certainly benefited from her contribution over the last five years. +The WTO banana ruling requires us to produce a clear regime for our own producers and ACP producers, as far as providing adequate market access for all third countries is concerned. +Neither the Social Affairs Committee nor the Economic Affairs Committee can see why the Commission should not authorise Member States to launch an experiment. +Lastly, I was surprised and disappointed to see that the Commission has not kept the machinery for evaluation under its own control, but is in fact transferring this to the Member States and with it the initiative for new proposals. +The opportunities for deep-seated reform that are presented by this new beginning can only be exploited fully if the three institutions involved - the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission - work closely together on a basis of trust. +Throughout those five years the subject of a constitution for Europe was taboo. Yet now the spokespersons for the major groups are referring to the drafting of such a document as a key part of the Commission's work. +This has not always been the case in the past and the trade dispute on banana imports from ACP countries has left a bitter taste in our mouths. +We expect you to be proactive in exercising your prerogatives as President of the Commission, not only as guardian of the Treaties and of the acquis communautaire , but we also expect a bold initiative to carry forward the completion of the institutional structure, so as to give the Europe of the euro a real personality, identity and strength. +Not only NATO but also many countries, as well as Europe - which previously had always excelled at providing humanitarian aid - are incapable of meeting the challenges resulting from this war. +Each year, in order to establish the budget and work programme, we must examine the state of progress of the political programme which we will approve with the new College. +I believe it should also be mentioned that those Members of the present Commission who have performed their duties well, and who are committed to the reforms, will also be needed in the next Commission, as, otherwise, the reforms will not be introduced sufficiently promptly. +Mr Verheugen, on behalf of the Council, has stressed the need for a rapid investiture procedure. Mr Cox, however, has stressed that a high-profile parliamentary debate should be held to endorse the new Commission. +The European Employment Pact will not of itself solve this problem but it can make a contribution and it is a welcome recognition by the Member States that more can be achieved through cooperation than by individual countries acting alone. +These rules must be guaranteed at international level. They include the inviolability of borders by means of violence, the guarantee of security and of autonomy for minorities, not only on paper but in reality. +Whether they are living in London or Pristina, minorities must not have to live in fear of their lives or fear of random violence which seeks to destroy their homes and their livelihoods. +So we ought to be able to turn this vision of ours to good account, and then what you said earlier - that 'May could be a month of hope' - could also provide a more reassuring message for our future and, above all, for the future of peace and justice in the Balkans. +Did the Council of Ministers at that point seek to develop the means to establish a common strategic debate so that the elements of this action specific to Europe could be proposed to the Alliance Council? +This violence against women, this wave of torture and rape motivated by nationalism, intensifies the spiral of violence, hatred and revenge that is destroying all hope of a peaceful multi-ethnic Kosovo. +In the prevailing circumstances, Mr Spencer's report is well-balanced and carefully thought out, serving the cause of peace and cooperation, and serving also to maintain talks among the parties involved. +Thus I welcome Mr Spencer's report, as it avoids setting out the sort of political conditions that Parliament usually does, but approaches the issue in a balanced way. +As I come from a town on the Danube I would like to thank him for his statement today and for emphasising the importance of this strip of Europe that has very often been an area of crisis and war but could also be an area of peace and cooperation, linking western and central Europe with the Balkans and also with Russia, Ukraine and finally also Turkey, as he mentioned. +The northern dimension must be seen as an essential part of both the EU's external relations and the decision-making process that impacts on its internal development. +Fourthly and lastly, it lays down in detail administrative procedures which cover even secretarial expenditure, and the effect is to create detailed and unduly bureaucratic rules; this impinges on Parliament's own area of responsibility for adopting measures which the House should be drawing up independently, through its own internal bodies. +Consequently, the Liberal Group has put forward a proposal on the basis of Mr Rothley's proposals, brought into line in some respects with the Council's proposal, and I hope that we shall get a majority vote in favour of it tomorrow. +For agriculture, if the interinstitutional agreement is accepted, it means that the new budget structure makes it possible to distinguish clearly between, on the one hand, the traditional market expenditure on income support which will be obligatory and, on the other hand, the new rural development expenditure which would be non-obligatory expenditure. +The report that I have now been given has a zero number instead of an agenda number, it is not even in my own language, and it refers the report, the common position that is, to the Committee on Transport, which is not meeting. +Madam President, I wish to begin by thanking Members of this honourable House for the kind things they have said, and also to say to Mr Jarzembowski that he will know that I completely respect the thoroughness and effectiveness of his work even when, on odd occasions, I am not in total agreement with his conclusions. +Mr President, it may be appropriate in my few minutes to pay tribute to the rapporteur and with her to the Commissioner who is also with us in this last but one consumer debate of this Parliament, and, indeed, to the processes of co-decision, which we have implemented and which have perhaps meant more in this field than almost any other. +These are free repairs, replacement, price reduction or the cancellation of the contract in the event of defective purchases. +Mr President, no one doubts the need for a new programme of Community action in the field of civil protection, in this instance to 2004, in spite of the House's lack of enthusiasm for such a programme. +The amendments that the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection approved by a substantial majority have developed several aspects of the Commission's proposal which we believe to be important. +Finally, I have a question for the officiating Commissioner, as Council Directive 77/537 relating to emissions from agricultural and forestry tractors remains in force. +As you know, however, situations of crisis can also release forces and produce their own dynamism; the German Presidency remains confident that it can match up to its responsibility to develop the European Union into a pan-European and at the same time global community that has the ability to act. +We must point out that, from Parliament's point of view, it would have been better to leave this in the hands of the Commission, rather than trying to turn the Commission into a form of secretariat for the Council, as President Santer mentioned. +We need a new Treaty now and, more importantly, we need to give the starting signal and define the exact ground to be covered, and these signals must come from Cologne, especially as, with the unfortunate experience of Kosovo, public opinion is proving more sensitive than before to the role Europe can play. +The common defence and foreign policy has always been a non-starter, partly because a number of Member States have sought to retain primacy. +The superiority of European labour market practice must be made plainly visible through our ability to maintain growth and levels of employment by means of a system of open dialogue among the labour market organisations. +I cannot foresee today whether the Heads of State and Government will muster this strong political will to take the necessary step and open up the new dimension of integration that we urgently need. But I promise you that we will make every effort to achieve this. +Agenda 2000 was concluded in accordance with the timetable fixed by the European Council in Cardiff, which demonstrated that the European Union is able to act under increasingly difficult conditions. +The ceiling of EU expenditure remains 1.27 % of the European Union's gross national product, and we will continue to remain below this ceiling. +Here the Commission fully agrees with the European Parliament and I am sure that Parliament will ensure in future too that adequate attention is paid to this in the everyday implementation of the Structural Funds reform. +It is your privilege, by the adoption of the legislative proposals on Agenda 2000, to lay an important foundation stone not just for fulfilling the expectations of our people but also for the Europe of the future. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, after the votes on the Rothley report on the Statute for Members, I can only confirm that the opinion delivered by the Commission pursuant to Article 190(5) of the Amsterdam Treaty stands unchanged. +In short, his commitments have very little to do with the hopes and expectations of the people, who have demonstrated their desire for change and elected Socialist or Social Democrat governments in most of our countries. +Most worrying of all when Mr Prodi was here in Parliament were his ideas on employment, the regulation of the labour market and the public sector. +He considered the public sector to be too large in scale and called for rationalisation and cost-cutting measures. Meanwhile, he had nothing more than pious messages of hope for increased employment. +The Portuguese Socialists support a strong Commission which is capable of mobilising the will of the European people and which respects these people and their legitimate interests, particularly in small countries such as Portugal. +Although I would have had major problems with the idea of an EU tax system - it is not something I could support - or that our salaries would be increased, we need to deal with the way in which expenses are dished out in this Parliament. +The only reason why we can support parts of the draft for the new Statute is that we believe that it is a vital step towards remedying the European Parliament's long-standing squandering of our taxpayers' money. +This is all the more serious since if national Members were paid out of the European budget from now on and paid taxes into that budget, they would no longer have any financial or fiscal links with their people. +As it is, the directive deals with this problem only through the hope, expressed in preamble 13, that producers of consumer goods marketed in several Member States will attach contact addresses in those states; there is also the prospect of future revision of the directive held out in preamble 20. +Under the British presidency, for example, we pushed through a long-awaited agreement on consumer guarantees establishing rights for consumers when they buy goods anywhere in the single market. +That is why this is a very positive decision, for it would have been a retrograde step to have simply introduced labelling, as we have sadly done in the case of novel foods even though the consumers have objected to genetically modified foods. +I want to take this opportunity to particularly thank the Commissioner, Mrs Wulf-Mathies, for supporting the European Parliament's position on these questions, as also on a range of others. +What is even more serious is that it is eroding the foundations of its culture, its countryside, its gastronomy, and therefore a major part of its identity. How will the agricultural Europe, reformed in this way, be able to defend its political project for agriculture and rural development in the future WTO negotiations? +We would have liked to have gone further on partnership but we hope that Member States will have the vision to ensure wide and deeper partnership in the drafting of programmes and in the implementing of those programmes. +Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, in the first report I presented to the House on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries on the Council Regulation on structural measures in the fisheries sector, Parliament expressed its support for three basic ideas. +As a result of it being referred back to committee we now have a situation in which we are today inviting the House to approve the Commission proposal in the form on which political agreement has already been reached in the Council. +Contrary to my recommendations, Parliament did not vote in favour of a substantial increase in the premiums for herds of suckler cows, which actually have a positive effect on our land. +The ceiling of EUR 4.3 billion a year can be regarded on the one hand as safeguarding rural development appropriations but on the other hand there is the risk that because the Member States would have to cofinance these measures they will not apply them or will do so only to a limited extent. +I was involved in establishing the method for the financial perspective at the time of the 1987-1988 budgetary crisis, which led to the so-called 'Delors I package'. I was also Parliament's rapporteur for the 1993 Agreement. +Therefore, faced with the challenges of the launch of the euro, enlargement to include the CEECs, and the essential reforms of the CAP and the structural policies, I recommended at the time that we should try to conclude a new interinstitutional agreement, even if it was against a backdrop of even greater austerity, if possible. +As for the transitional rules discussed here, or the fact that some assistance has to be phased out, we are not trying to be mean but are taking account of the fact that some regions have made progress and that we always care for the poorest first and cannot give further support to the rich, who will then slowly move closer to the average. +At the same time we should make every effort to strengthen the element of prevention to stop people becoming unemployed in the first place, a point very effectively made by the rapporteur. +For external actions there is a clear commitment from the Council to finance additional needs arising from the situation in the Balkans, if necessary, by means of a revision of the financial perspectives. +I hope that any discussion of European Union finance for innovative TENs projects at the current European Council will confirm the importance of Galileo for European producers and for European users. +With the news today, from COREPER that the Council can accept the compromise reflected in the amendments before us today. I can also confirm full support from the Commission for Parliament's position. +I would finally like to thank the Commissioner for the efficient work she has done, which will ensure that the new regional policy for the 2000-2007 period will always be linked to her because of the enormous importance of her contribution. +Subject: Development of Article 299(2) In view of the imminent entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, what initiatives is the Council preparing for the development of Article 299(2) on the status of the outermost regions? +Mr Newens, with that question you have very accurately described the problem we are facing and that we have not managed to resolve so far. On the one hand we want to protect the banana producers with whom we have very close links; on the other hand, however, we have to respect the WTO rules. +Parliament has had an important voice in defining the guidelines for this reform, but it must have an even more important one throughout the programming period. +This may be my last speech as although I am eligible for re-election my party is not doing so well. My final appeal to the Commission is therefore to pay careful attention to this, and if I am not re-elected I hope that I can read in the newspaper that you have received the message. +And these are not positive points like maintaining the URBAN Community initiative, which in fact runs counter to opinion in Berlin. This could make a difference to the considerable doubt concerning the soundness and the efficiency of the regulation of the Structural Funds in future. +Mr President, following the charming address given by Mr Martinez, I fear my position will appear very banal. I in fact believe that, although it contains certain weaknesses, the agreement that was reached at Berlin on Agenda 2000 is a success that can be attributed to the German Presidency. +The prophets of doom were proved wrong, and confirmation was given to both the priority that the European Union places on the policy of economic and social cohesion and the admirable and particularly effective cooperation between the main political Community institutions. +The report on the Union's northern dimension states that the issue of the northern dimension must figure in all decision-making connected with the Union's internal development, in accordance with the resolutions of the Vienna European Council. +But for Europe as a whole, it ensures that the needs of severe pockets of poverty and deprivation can be tackled alongside help to large regions suffering industrial decline. +The fact that we have kept to the timetable is an enormous advantage. It means that the review of the Structural Funds will be able to take effect in good time, in contrast to 1994, and that we will not be faced with a repeat of the dilemma we had five years ago. +We have always urged that a regional GDP per capita of less than 75 % of the Community average be strictly applied as the criteria for the selection of future Objective 1 regions. +I realise it is difficult for colleagues from other Member States to realise how low farm incomes have fallen in my country, Ireland, mainly due to the fact that Ireland is heavily dependent on export markets, both in the EU and in third countries. +Like any agreement under the social dialogue provisions of the social chapter this agreement illustrates a new facet of the democratic deficit, as the rapporteur has just explained. +Finally, the Commission hopes that Parliament will see fit to give its assent so that the agreement can enter into force, and we thank you again for the great support we have always received from this Parliament, not only with regard to strengthening relations with Mexico, but also with regard to establishing a real alliance between Europe and Latin America, which is gradually being forged. +Schengen therefore remains one of our major concerns, both with regard to the freedom of movement of EU nationals and also with regard to freedom being indivisible for third country nationals who reside legally in one of the countries of the Union. +The only area where I, and the Committee on the Environment, whose opinion I presented, differ from our friends and colleagues in the Committee on Legal Affairs, is on the issue of whether we have gone the right way in terms of consumer protection. +The directive does not aim - nor would it be able - to call into question what has already been achieved by the legislation on copyright and related rights, which was voted on a short time ago, nor - and might I point this out to Mr Hoppenstedt - is it intended either to apply to what is already covered and harmonised by the Television Without Frontiers Directive or to revise the definitions consolidated in the latter. +I would like to thank all those whose cooperation has allowed me to enjoy such a productive and unforgettable experience, and I do hope that these subjects will be given the time and attention they deserve and benefit from our Parliament's universally acknowledged determination and consistency. +It would involve encouraging civil participation at European level, and protecting people's rights, in order to prevent this adverse trend from getting out of control. +I think that we need to take this fact into consideration: interinstitutional agreements alter budget annuality, by agreement of the institutions, and they are an integral part of a vision of the budget that we have accepted by mutual agreement. +This was one of the priorities for the Group of the Party of European Socialists. We managed to have it adopted by the plenary session in Strasbourg on 19 November 1998, and we had to get it accepted by the Commission and the Council. +We therefore think that the Aglietta report, which claims for the European Parliament the right to interfere in implementing measures, particularly through the granting of the right to revoke a decision, contradicts the philosophy of the current institutions of the Union. +It is particularly felicitous that this is taking place at a critical point in the process, with the signing of the agreement reached under the auspices of the United Nations, which embraces the possibility of the Timorese people being able to freely determine their own future. +Because of the obstinate refusal of the Indonesian government, issues relating to security and the achievement of a climate of peace in which the people are free from coercion have not been properly safeguarded. +I do not know whether this will be my last term of office and whether this will be my last speech, but wherever I am, I shall continue to work with all those fighting for the right to self-determination and human rights, because East Timor is only one of the many countries where war has been impossible to prevent. +Mr President, the Commission naturally welcomes the fact that in the final round of tripartite negotiations held under the auspices of the United Nations in New York, historic progress was made by the Portuguese and Indonesian Governments on resolving the longstanding, delicate and tragic problem of East Timor. +Without it, an escalation in the conflict would have been very likely, but now the Palestinian decision may increase the mutual trust that is needed for a lasting peace. +A European who experienced the Second World War and Hitlerism will always have profound sympathy for the persecuted Jews - the more so in my case, because so many of my friends lost their lives in that catastrophe. +However, the reason I asked leave to speak was to thank, on behalf of my group, two men in this Chamber who have campaigned tirelessly for the rights of the Palestinians in that same spirit. +Mr President, the European Commission also believes that the Palestinian leaders have taken the right decision in the interests of the Palestinian people by postponing the 4 May date for proclaiming a state. +If the year 2000 does have great symbolic value, let us seriously and genuinely use it to send out this universal message: let us have a moratorium on all cases where a death sentence has already been handed down, in other words let us suspend capital punishment. +I believe one thing must be clear to us here, namely that this intergroup which deals with the subject of the International Criminal Court, and of which my colleague Mr Dell'Alba is one of the leaders, is saying quite plainly that there must be justice with a legal basis. +I believe that is the reason why many conflicts of the past ten to fifteen years have been pursued by force of arms rather than before a tribunal or a criminal court. +The 'No peace without justice' campaign by the international radical movement has helped to promote what I feel amounts to one of the most important messages we can pass on at the end of a century which has been the bloodiest in history. +A few days ago a framework agreement was reached - helped on its way by the unobtrusive but extremely important work of President Michel Rocard, to whom we pay tribute - which did and still does provide a good basis on which to re-establish conditions enabling coexistence between the various islands and the very survival of a state in the Comoros. +In addition, the Commission is examining with the Member States the possibility of a diplomatic initiative aimed at applying the agreement signed in Madagascar on 29 April 1999 under the auspices of the OAU. +I have to agree with the rapporteur that the results of collective bargaining to date reveal such serious shortcomings that they cast very serious doubts on the democratic credentials of legislation based on the outcome of dialogue between management and labour. +Personal integrity must be at the forefront of any debate on anti-crime measures. Sophisticated data inspection requirements offer one solution. +The Council and the Commission rightly called for the European Parliament to take a decision on the compensation and the potato starch quotas simultaneously, simply as a matter of good management. +Madam President, I have always been proud that we have consistently succeeded in the CAP in finding sensible ways of linking the interests of primary producers and processors, while at the same time giving equal weight to the interests of consumers and taxpayers. +The next item is the report (A4-0195/99) by Mr Hoppenstedt, on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media, on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament entitled 'EXPO 2000 Hannover' (COM(99)0131 - C4-0153/99). +It must be restructured so that our products and services are sufficiently accepted in a global economy to enable them participate fully in the international markets. +The Commission then decided to get tough, not against those countries which refused to introduce social and environmental clauses in world trade rules, but against the Member States. +As this is the last sitting in this parliamentary term, I would propose to the House that we derogate from Rule 133(2) and approve the Minutes of the current sitting now. They have been drafted as the debates have taken place. +The European Parliament has come a long way since 1979 and, in Nicole Fontaine, we have the person we need to carry the powers, authority and honour of this Parliament forward to a prosperous future. +It is a matter of great importance to us that things should now be put in order in Parliament, so that a journey costing EUR 300 is not reimbursed with EUR 1000, and remuneration is completely upfront and not hidden in perks slipped in through the back door. My group is critical of centralism and a lack of transparency within the EU. +The EU Member States maintained not only unity and their power to act during this extremely difficult period, but also displayed considerable creative genius. +The reason for this is that the war in Kosovo served to highlight again that the essence of European integration is to establish a lasting framework for peace on our continent. +Thirdly, the end of the fourth, and hopefully last, Yugoslavian war of succession in Kosovo and the agreement of the Stability Pact mean that for the first time in its history, South-Eastern Europe now has a real opportunity to break with nationalism and violence forever and draw closer to an integrated Europe. +It will therefore be essential, in the future, for the rights of the European Parliament to be extended beyond the new stipulations of the Amsterdam Treaty, but also for the national parliaments to have greater involvement. +.... but if Mr Poettering is going to shout it about that the Chancellor did not speak to a Commissioner-designate before the nomination was made, then in fact I must inform you, Mr Poettering, that former Chancellor Kohl often spoke to Mr Bangemann and you can see how successful that proved to be, i.e. not at all. +The decision to undertake military intervention, in order to oppose a policy of racism, nationalism and ethnic expulsions in a 21st Century Europe, met, as you know, with a variety of reactions in the Green Party. +Disarmament, crisis prevention and the settlement of conflict by non-military means, in particular by strengthening the role of the OSCE, risk falling by the wayside. +It seems to me - and this is the second lesson to be drawn from the European elections - that an increasing euroscepticism amongst voters in numerous countries has been demonstrated, particularly in the United Kingdom and France, and I believe that by voting for the opposition parties in the large European countries, it is the Europe in which their governments participate that the citizens wanted to reject. +Perhaps, with regard to the intentions declared, but it all seems very hazy to contemplate setting a date by which the Union will be able to be an autonomous political entity with foreign and security policies. +I am nevertheless extremely concerned by his speech, concerned because it expressed more than the fact that he represents the largest group and forged an alliance with the Liberals for the election of the President of this House. +The bottom line is, what interests them is not who solves their problems but the fact that the problems are finally being dealt with. They want consumers to be able to trust the food they buy, travellers to be able to take a plane without worrying about their safety and the sporting world to be above board. +It is now a question of focusing our energy on the really important tasks: rebuilding houses left without roofs, putting back together shattered communities, and, even more importantly, providing the Balkans with a clear political and economic future, which will put an end to all the centuries of continual conflict. +We have been so busy reconstituting ourselves we have not yet had the capacity to do our homework and our research, so if the hearings bring to light issues of substance and public concern about which we as yet know nothing, we in this House would have a duty to Europe to act and we will act - certainly, my group will. +This Parliament has matured in recent months and we have learned one basic lesson for the years ahead: we are no longer the junior partner in the European political institutions. +The rejection by the Commission of the Parliament's position - even when passed with an overwhelming majority - does not show a good attitude and I would like to point out that it is the previous Commission which is responsible for it. +This is the vision, the challenge. For us radicals, the Federalist compass of Altiero Spinelli will remain an appreciation gauge, a very clear compass, which will show us whether our institutions are moving towards the consolidation of the Union, towards a more European Europe and towards political union. +In the long-term, I am convinced that, while the cart is in front of the horse - and that is the Commission exercising greater policy-making influence than the elected Members of this Parliament - throughout Europe people will remain apathetic toward this institution. +We know the areas in which you intend the Commission to work, and today you have completed and spoken in greater detail of your intentions for the reform of the Institution, and you are aware of the orientation and also of the political concerns of the European Parliament. +However, we also consider it necessary to emphasise the opportunity to highlight the reasons why there has been recent talk of an Employment Pact as well, and the need to devote great attention to the regional imbalances which still exist in Europe. +The Finnish Presidency of the EU, together with the Commission, should review progress that is being made on this important issue across the EU so that consumer concerns about the new euro currency are fully addressed. +We are in agreement on this point as well, reaching forward as we are to be part of the process of solidarity between nations through a common foreign and security policy for which my group has fought right from the start of its representation in the European Parliament. +It was for this reason that on 29 June, the Commission asked the relevant Turkish authorities to take account of the European Union's repudiation of this death penalty. +In relation to institutional affairs, the Finnish Presidency has an enormous responsibility: that of initiating work which will lead to the conclusion of a statute on fundamental rights. +Mr President, Madam Minister, I agree with you that the death sentence imposed on the Kurdish leader Mr Öçalan constitutes a significant challenge for the international community, since it violates minimum requirements in terms of justice as well as respect for human rights. +For this reason, despite the violation of human rights and the ethnic cleansing against the Kurds by the Turkish regime, our group does not request that the European Union nor NATO bomb Turkey. +In addition, the European Union must demand that the Turkish government maintains a dialogue with the Kurds, a dialogue which resolves the Kurdish claims for autonomy within Turkey, as well as respect for democratic rights. +In a letter from him dated 9 June, Mr Bangemann, then Member of the Commission, informed the then President of the Commission, Gerhard Schröder, of his intention to enter the service of a private telecommunications company, the Spanish firm Telefónica . +This crisis has had an adverse effect on our exports, and the actions of some of our trading partners have in many respects exceeded justifiable limits as regards not only severity but also scope of application. +Unfortunately, the Commission was only informed of the problem by the Belgian authorities on 27 May, but we immediately implemented a whole range of measures with a view to safeguarding the health of humans and animals. +A legal basis must be created as regards the application of a safeguard clause in the event of emergencies which may occur in the European Union in connection with animal feed products and which may pose a serious risk to the health of humans or animals and the environment. +In addition, it was revealed that Community decisions concerning the withdrawal from the market of potentially contaminated products had been inadequately enforced by the Belgian authorities. +These mistakes have resulted in an extremely serious situation, firstly as regards public health, and secondly, they have caused economic disaster in agriculture and throughout the food sector. +The Parliament owes it to its citizens to do more than make accusations of criminal offences like the one committed by Belgium. It should also be noted, Mr Commissioner, that it hasn't yet made known those companies which used dioxin-contaminated cattle feed. +By accepting rules which act against our interests and measures such as the one covering sufficient scientific proof, which prevents us in practice from applying the precautionary principle, previous Commissions did a great deal of damage to our companies and to our economies. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Europe has had, over the last few years, a succession of food-related scandals. We have had mad cow disease, we are questioning GMOs and their labelling; we are now aware of the problem of the dioxin content in animal bone meal; we are seeing well-known soft drinks withdrawn from sale because they have been causing problems...we are all wondering what the next scandal will be: which one will be uncovered tomorrow. +Therefore, the Commission must draw up and formulate proposals for the creation of a positive list of raw materials authorised for use in animal feedingstuffs, together with a study of the incidence of production costs for cattle feedingstuffs in order to prevent incompatibilities with the CAP. +Six amendments have been submitted to me, and I would like to repeat the point that I have just made, that they are merely redistributions of posts between various political groups, and by that I mean that they represent the exchange of various posts within the same group, or the addition of an appointment for a post which was vacant. +The European Parliament, as well as numerous consumer associations, has been able to give answers which are also ways forward for thinking about a new definition of the European Union's approach to food. +This must uphold the interests of consumers, it must ensure that the precautionary principle prevails over all other principles, and it must set up an integrated inspection of the food chain in its entirety, from producer to consumer. +Madam President, it has become a bit of a tradition in this House for Members to stand up and say that their name was not on the attendance list for the previous day. +The Commission judged that these factors - the unprecedented application of the law, the conventions relating to previous ticket sales for international tournaments, and the constructive action of CFO - justified a symbolic rather than a punitive fine. +I should like to point out that the costs to the individual Members of Parliament who took that legal action was, surprise, surprise, in the order of £1000 each, something rather more than the fine that has now been imposed upon the World Cup organisers. +That is the universal feeling in the Commission, which is why my colleague, Mr Van Miert, and his associates in the Commission specifically sought to do something effective about preventing for all time in the future and indeed for 1998 the use of discriminatory practices by CFO. +As I listened to some of the contributions in the course of this debate, I could not escape the feeling that sometimes the first casualty of football is truth because there were one or two contributions that were made passionately, but largely without the recognition of fact. +I would remind you that at its meeting on Thursday, 9 September, the Conference of Presidents decided to refer the matter to the Committee on Budgetary Control so that a report could be drawn up. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, last Friday the Commission received the text of the second report of the Committee of Independent Experts, which analyses the administrative management of the Commission and puts forward proposals regarding its reform. +In my humble opinion, with much experience as a Commissioner, I am curious to see how we will all behave, at this precise moment, at the moment of truth, faced with a new model for the organisation of European integration. +The dissemination of information about the range of marine pollution threats - hydrocarbons, radioactive substances and other harmful substances - will serve to ensure that the best possible mitigation measures are in place and have the full public trust and confidence of the public. +Mr President, I would like to thank the Committee on the Environment, and particularly its rapporteur, Mrs McKenna, as well as the members of the Committee on Budgets, for the work and the dedication they have put into this proposal. +Furthermore, prevailing international agreements on the protection of the Mediterranean, Baltic and North seas, to which the Community is partially bound, all follow the same approach of not making mention of any specific substance. +In this area, we support the request from Mrs Jackson not to limit ourselves to adopting recommendations, but to go on to the phase of an actual directive, which establishes precise criteria, which each of the Member States shall have to respect in its performance of inspections. +In due course, within the House and in the appropriate fora, my own group intends to contribute to a debate which we hope will be initiated on lessons which we ourselves, as Parliament, must learn from the hearings process. +During the hearings, the Commissioners proved to be so open to the consensus of the majority of Members that even the groups which, for reasons outside European politics, had promised to maintain an antagonistic attitude were quick to bury the hatchet. +The forthcoming IGC is the biggest challenge facing the European Union as a political and economic body since the decisions were taken when negotiating the Maastricht Treaty to set in train the process of Economic and Monetary Union. +We are asking you to be ambitious in this area, to make sure that as you already said in a meeting with the leaders of the parliamentary groups, the relationship between Parliament and the Commission is a positive one. +Certainly not when all the warnings have been taken no account of, when Commissioners are proposed whom the first Wise Men' s report has cast considerable suspicion upon and when, following the conversation I mentioned, no critical questions are asked of Mr Lamy in the course of the committee' s oral hearing. +There has been talk of the political balance of the Commission. It is not a condition of any treaty that there should be balance of this kind but a sign of political wisdom and, in fact, of consideration for this Parliament. +If the Commission does not take full responsibility and exercise complete authority in connection with the whole administration, then any talk about proper administration is just empty words, and I am certain that Mr Kinnock, like most of us, is used to better things at home. +But they will probably often feel themselves to be alone around the Commission table, for you, Mr Prodi, have no idea about the interests of people inside the European Union despite the fact that you are always spouting about the "European soul" . +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, you will not be surprised to learn that the Belgian delegation of the PPE cannot give its approval to this College with one voice, but we do intend to adopt a constructive attitude over the coming years in order to work with the College. +Mr Fischler expressed orally the political commitment to maintain the current Directorate-General for Fisheries, amending the statement that he had made in writing in his questionnaire and thereby accepting the maintenance of the current Directorate-General for Fisheries. +I ask you therefore to take good note of it, and I ask the same of Mr Kinnock, who is to the left of you, as Vice-President responsible for reform, since this is a sine qua non condition for maintaining the parliamentary trust which we have granted Mr Fischler in our Committee. +A majority of the Committee was also satisfied with Mrs Palacio' s answers to the Socialists' accusations in connection with the flax subsidy investigation in Spain. +The Commission must consider this matter - and this Parliament will do the same thing - and these two institutions of the European Union will together try to produce a preparatory document to facilitate the adoption of agreements. +Otherwise, I shall be voting "no" tomorrow like a lot of other people. It won' t be a "no" vote for Europe but a vote for a clean, democratic and transparent Europe. +This made its work appear somewhat unreal, particularly because it could not, and with good reason, absorb the crisis in Kosovo and its financial consequence and, finally, for reasons which do not strike us as being particularly satisfactory, because it refused to respond to the concerns expressed by Parliament on the issue of administrative reform. +It is not particularly sensible that the Committee on Budgetary Control and the President of the Council discuss the establishment of one C-grade when there are 1,776 C-grades in Parliament. +In the first place, and as I said in my own speech, my view is that the question of providing the necessary finances for Kosovo will surely come to be one of the most central and dominant elements of the autumn budgetary process. +I said that we have decided to support the investiture of the new Commission despite the reservations which we have in relation to Mrs de Palacio, whose innocence we accept, but whose idea of political responsibility in a matter which concerns the Community budget we do not share. +I also wish to express my satisfaction regarding Mrs Halonen' s urgent call in her speech for the implementation of Article 13 of the Treaty on European Unity, and I too would like to see initiatives from the Commission on this issue. +There is legal provision for the protection of privacy in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the European Convention on Human Rights. +It is about security and fundamental rights, that is, on the one hand, the immediate rights of the individual and the protection of security and, on the other hand, the protection of these individual rights by state bodies or by state bodies as they should be established in Europe. +We feel though, after the speech that we have heard here this morning, that it may be because that item in the Treaty of Amsterdam which was, of necessity, destined to be almost a dead letter or just hot air, is now gaining a certain visibility, creating greater consensus and asserting itself naturally, thereby making the path towards a common area of freedom, security and justice seem much more credible. +This is also because the Community method is favoured over traditional intergovernmental co-operation which will bring about a new European institutional or legal system, which, in turn, will be more efficient, modern, and closer to the problems still festering today. These are still unsolved and caught up in the web of sovereignty and of obsession with laws and nationalism. +This phrase at least has the merit of showing that the European Parliament and the Commission are going to back each other up in order to increase their respective powers and trample on the decisions of the Council. +If we here today want to embark on a new beginning, then, as I see it, such a new beginning will just not be possible with both of these gentlemen, and the citizens of Europe have a right to expect that we parliamentarians ensure that only persons of impeccable character feature in this Commission. +Unlike the European Right which manifestly sought to conceal its divisions by the very virulence of its attacks, occasionally personal and insulting attacks, on some Commissioners, I intend to promote the path of dialogue and collaboration with the future Commission. +The restoration of the hope and confidence of the European citizens now depends on the Commission which, under the direction of President Prodi, today embarks on its course. +For this reason, when tomorrow we debate and decide on this issue, the Agency for Reconstruction should be set up in Pristina, and it should on no account be associated with the agency that monitors the Stability Pact at Thessaloniki. +Mr President, I would like to thank the Council for the determined action it showed in connection with the referendum on independence for East Timor, for example, by sending there a prestigious delegation, made up partly of our colleagues representing Parliament. +For a long time, the international community has allowed the so-called development dictatorships to survive, from Indonesia to the Chile of the Chicago Boys, to China and Korea, those countries where, for the sake of macro-economics, we have tolerated market interests prevailing over the interests of human rights. +The provision of such information would greatly enhance Parliament' s contribution to the development of a more effective and cohesive EU foreign policy, which is long overdue. +Sadly, I have never been there but I feel passionately for the Timorese people suffering since Indonesia' s annexation in 1975 with almost one third being killed - an even greater proportion of deaths than in the former Yugoslavia. +When Mr Cook was appointed Foreign Secretary he launched an ethical foreign policy containing amongst other things a commitment to a stringent code of conduct on arms export controls. +For this reason, the Council has decided to give its support to the organisation of a special convention of the Commission on Human Rights and the appointment of an investigatory delegation to be sent to the region. +The nuclear power plant which will be established in Morocco concerns the desalination of water. I do not know if Morocco' s problem can be likened to the one we are raising in our question as regards the station which is to be established in Turkey; that is, the problem of seismicity, particularly in view of the terrible earthquake in Turkey a few days ago. +Which Member States' citizens are not required to hold a visa for travel to the USA and what measures will the Council take to persuade the USA to abolish the visa requirement for all EU citizens? +) Mr President, as the Honourable Member states, several countries that have applied for membership have asked, during the accession negotiations at present going on, for a period of transition, for them to be able to keep in force some restrictions to the right on the part of Union citizens or companies to freely acquire land. +) Mr President, I agree with the Honourable Member that it would be appropriate to discuss core labour standards at the WTO round, and preparations are based on the recognition that these matters have to be discussed. +I would like to know if the Council is willing to study a number of steps of this type in order to overturn this literally criminal regime, so that we would not have to, as is the case for the Soviet Union, lament the tragedy 30 or 40 years later. +It calls on all parties to respect Security Council Resolution 1244 and the military agreements and undertakings in full and hopes that complete KFOR and UNMIK deployment will be completed without great delay. +So we need to ask another question as well - in the context of the European Union, what damage occurred to neighbouring countries owing to the action and events in Kosovo? +I emphasise, however, that the Commission and Parliament have the same objective: to maximise the speed and efficiency of the Commission' s efforts on the ground in Kosovo for the people of the region. +I hope the European Commission will take the initiative, with the close cooperation of Parliament, in being more of an active player in the Middle East and not take a back seat and let the Americans lead. +The report has been prepared by Mrs Morgantini, and concerns the signature by the Commission of a Convention with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. +That arrangement has governed previous European Union contributions under the successive conventions and has been repeatedly praised by the United Nations Agency because it prevents erosion in the value of the Community' s contribution. +The House will be conscious that, in the context of the Middle East peace process and the Oslo peace accords, the refugee issue was specified for final status talks. +Initial budgetary plans which have been forwarded to the European Parliament for its consideration have included within them a recommendation that monies for road safety campaigns in Europe be reduced by £1.5 million (EUR 1.9 million). +Mr President, the resolution which has just been voted on concerning policies of police and judicial co-operation and the free movement of people in preparation for the forthcoming European Council meeting in Tampere, shows some developments, which appear to be positive, in Parliament' s position. +Having said this, the Community' s Institutions must, in my opinion, ask the competent Russian authorities to clarify how funds intended for the development of the country and for its food crisis were used. +Such a cathartic effect would certainly allow us in the European Union to formulate a fresh approach to our relations with Turkey and to develop a more positive collaboration in a spirit of true solidarity, and Greece must show itself to be a willing partner in this project. +We believe that there must be direct intervention, that the necessary funds should be taken from the 2nd and 3rd Community Support Framework in order to introduce a specific mechanism such as the one discussed by other speakers for the anti-seismic protection and for the prevention of disasters caused by earthquakes. +This week' s General Affairs Council committed itself to adoption and implementation of the regulations as soon as possible and asks the European Parliament - this is the Council speaking - to take this into account in their consideration. +They can never be defended but, ladies and gentlemen, let us not equate such acts of revenge with the ethnic cleansing, the systematic terrorisation there has been over the last ten years. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the fears expressed just now by our colleague Mr Zimeray are justified by the recent death sentences passed on four people, following the student demonstrations which took place in July. These fears are backed up by the hanging last year of a 60 year old man. +I find it unforgivable that we call for a One Million Roofs Solar Programme, but we have not invested in renewable energy either in Strasbourg or Brussels and have not adopted the slightest energy-saving procedures here: for example, the vestibules to our offices are lit up day and night and the lights cannot be switched off, and so forth. +In connection with this I would like to say that it is apparently only thanks to my intervention that it was possible, for example, for the cafeteria, to be opened today, or for certain services to operate. I would like to request that it be possible to use all the facilities of this building right through the week of the part-session from Monday to Friday. +I believe that these initiatives to resolve the small problems are excellent but, in my judgement - and it is that of many of our colleagues - we should not forget that they are small problems which will be resolved and we have something for which we should congratulate the institutions, the French State, the architects and the workers. +It is not acceptable that, during the summer recess, we should, in no time at all, have responded to the Council' s request by producing a report, and that the Council should then not even have taken note of what we had proposed by way of amendments, let alone thought of complying with them. +We should like, as this agency gets off the ground, for everything really to be perfectly clear, for the administration to be stringent, for the headquarters of the Agency for Reconstruction in Thessaloniki to be closely linked to the headquarters of the Stability Pact (also in Thessaloniki) and for the Kosovo Agency to be an operational component of this in Kosovo. +80% of that budget goes on 20% of agricultural enterprises, which is a very clear sign, of course, that for years European agricultural policy has taken the side of the agro-industry rather than that of the small-scale producers of high-quality agricultural products. +But in this context, we certainly cannot ask the producers to sacrifice themselves in the context of problems which all too often means they give way and are beaten. They lose out in the market through no fault of their own and can only look forward to a prolonged period of trying to win back the confidence that they had gained by hard work and production costs which here again, were all too often undervalued or at least, not given their full value. +I would, however, like to draw the attention of this House and of the Commission to an often neglected aspect of this whole problem, i.e. the resignation of the parties responsible at the European, and more especially the national, level for the health and safety of consumers. +Taking all this into account, I think then that clear directives are in the interests of citizens and consumers so that people' s levels of exposure to dioxin and PCBs - which belong to the same class as dioxins - are as low as possible. +In general, the following is required. Firstly, from a legal perspective, we need a review of Community legislation on food, animal feedingstuffs, raw materials, additives, preservatives, contaminants such as pesticides, and the labelling thereof. +That is why it is so difficult to comprehend why the European Commission has reduced the original budget for the AIDS assistance programmes, specifically with regard to third countries. +I am referring, obviously, to the Lomé Convention, to this partnership pact that is a bit exclusive, a bit special, and that we have always described as the European Union' s response to the former colonies, as well as to other areas, but which mainly addresses the African continent. +A5-0018/1999 by Mr H.-P. Martin, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a Council Decision providing further macro-financial assistance to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [COM(99)0404 - C5-0099/1999 - 1999/0166(CNS)]; +In other words, we need a change of direction in the structure, and we need politics to again assume priority in this domain and responsibility for economic and socially-balanced development which is genuinely stable. +Nevertheless, I do not believe that it falls to the Commission to define internally, with regard to national budgets, how a global budget is to be established given that, as I said before, the Funds in question do not themselves have any particular specific purpose. +As far as the Langen report is concerned, and this is really what my intervention is about, as well as sources of renewable energy, everyone knows how important these energies are in reducing pollution and in preserving natural resources. +In conclusion, I shall say that the vote for these two reports represents a pledge to the citizens of Europe, showing the European Union' s will to protect the environment whilst reducing our dependence on energy. +One of which I am aware of is ocean thermal energy conversion that uses the temperature difference between the cold bottom waters of the tropics and the warm surface waters. +But when it comes to saving energy, these countries stand to achieve so much more than EU countries by employing the same efforts, which is why the returns would be so much greater. +In nurturing a special relationship with South Africa, we are supporting the economic development there and, at the same time, reinforcing the potential of the country to act as a positive influence on the whole region. +In order to promote this, the European Parliament must also utilise all its powers within the scope of the agreed structured political dialogue and thus offer South Africa as much support as possible in its efforts at achieving stability. +Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur for her excellent report that begins by saying that after five years of discussion, hesitation, prevarication, consultation and negotiation, at last, we have a trade agreement between the European Union and South Africa. +It confirms a clear determination by the EU to support the process of change and reform in South Africa and reflects both sides' desire to further expand their political, trade and cooperation contacts to the benefit of South Africa and indeed the southern African region as a whole. +These were the subjects we discussed today, as well as numerous procedural aspects that are always discussed in Commission meetings that it is not appropriate to go into in Parliament. +Every new political and administrative situation created in the world has always found new strength in its administration. Here however, the administration has grown by a process of stratification and has not looked to the future. +Now, in my opinion we have three levels: the President, specific Commissioners devoted to different areas and routine, which must be conducted in the fastest and most transparent way possible - using the Internet or written communications - because it does not merit being the subject of a debate. +My answer is yes, in a general way, without targeting any institution in particular, with the Structural Fund appropriations we can finance studies for the prevention of earthquake risk in Greece as well as other countries as long as the Greek Government asks us to. +This foundation will forward funds to approximately 100 non-governmental organisations for activities, among other things, in the fields of human rights, environmental protection, social work, etc. +I listened with interest to the discussion this morning about food safety and have a question to put to the Commission: is it the precautionary principle which is now to be tested by the Commission in connection with the hormone war with the USA? +The EU' s Official Journal (OJ), which provides information about EU legislation, is published in an edition of 20,000 copies for 380 million people - is it any wonder, therefore, that the information is poorly distributed? +In parallel with the Union' s possible membership of a world-wide drug testing agency, we feel that a European plan is needed, a plan which will make us all responsible, with all fifteen Member States marching to the same rhythm in the fight against the plague of drug taking in sport. +I do see the significance of a policy on information, also after my experience of many years as a Member of the European Parliament, not just in the "higher spheres" but also among very young people, among children, who absorb information like a sponge and utilise it throughout their lives. +I hope, as I am sure you do, that this decision will prove useful to the development of an economic and social sector which is fundamental for the people of Europe who make a living from fishing, and for European citizens' food in general. +I sincerely hope that the trust achieved between both these countries by means of détente will give them the possibility of addressing the difficult issues of security in the region in the same spirit as in previous discussions. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the French, Flemish and Italian Members of Parliament in the Coordination of the European Right are in favour of establishing a relationship with Turkey based on mutual respect, mutual benefit and non-interference in internal affairs. +The first one is that relations between the European Union and Turkey are vital to both parties, now and in the future, in all areas and at all levels. Secondly, that the European Union must give priority to promoting Turkey' s democratisation in an intelligent way. +Provided that Turkey conforms to the prerogatives and duties imposed on those states wishing to join the European Union, and provided it subsequently fulfils the criteria and follows the programme stipulated in the joint decisions in Copenhagen and Luxembourg, then it could progress with its European goals. +The admission of Turkey into the European Union would excessively overstretch the European Union and would impose radical political change on Turkey, which it cannot fulfil in the foreseeable future and, I know, does not even want to fulfil. +Mr President, the impassioned and fascinating nature of the debates held last week in Brussels within our group, as those being held right now in this Chamber show, if proof were needed, the importance of the matter before us today. +Politics has the main role in achieving peace, but, at the same time, economic and other types of regional cooperation will play an important part in increasing trust and, above all, securing the peace that has been achieved. This will be handled on a multilateral track. +Finland, as the country holding the Presidency, fully understands that there is an opportunity for profound change and will continue, together with our partners, to promote peace and the common interest with every means at our disposal. +Members will recall that the European Union, as the Presidency said, is the largest financial donor to the overall efforts in bringing reconciliation to the people of the Middle East. +In view of our major share of total assistance to the Palestinians of over 50%, most future donor coordination meetings should, in our judgement, be held within the Union, co-chaired by the European Union Member State hosting the meeting. +Mr President, this motion celebrates the good news, the successful ending of the Sharm el-Sheikh negotiations and the agreement of safe passage for Palestinian goods, vehicles and people. +In this context I welcome the decision by the Palestinian National Union to reaffirm the nullification of the provisions of the Palestinian National Charter, which called for the destruction of Israel. +In addition to questions relating to the sovereignty and security between Israel and Lebanon, the return of refugees will be of particular concern to Lebanon, whose ethnic balance is disturbed by the fact that there are 250,000 Palestinian refugees on its territory. +Mr President, in the Basque country we have examined with interest the whole Palestinian peace process, because we also support in Euskal Herria the need to overcome the current political conflict through democratic settlements. +We have told the eleven countries - the applicant States - that when we accord a country candidate status, we are, at the same time, undertaking to allow their accession to the EU. That being the case, this status would be devalued by our according it Turkey now, but declaring at the same time that no negotiations are to take place. +It is enormously important for the success of the Union' s objectives that the less developed countries are convinced of the advantages of a broad-based round and of the EU' s good intentions behind this objective. +European opinion also considers it necessary to reinforce the capacity for artistic creation within the audio-visual media, a key sector in our culture, and the Union must respond to this expectation. +Do we have the will, by exploiting our position and our weight in the world economy, the institutional advances which we have achieved, to regain the sovereignty, which world markets rob us of occasionally, and to contribute to effective global government? +We are defending the European Agricultural Model, food production, the maintenance of farms as family businesses, preservation of the countryside and environmental protection in equal measure. +Only if the European Union is strong at the negotiating table, will it be able to ensure that, within the framework of the World Trade Organisation, there will be a better balance in the globalisation process, between the European and the American models for liberalisation. +First, the Commission has already stated that it has no objections to the inclusion in the conclusions which will be adopted at Seattle of wording on the role of the European Parliament in the conduct and completion of the new WTO round. +We would like to believe them, but bitter experience prevents us. Take, for example, Mr Lamy' s predecessor, Sir Leon Brittan, whose commitments in this Parliament to oppose the American steamroller were often disregarded - just think of the case of Helms­Burton and the WTO. +Mr President, that would only require a day' s work, which is why I believe it is appropriate to call upon you to consider this one point: all these courting hedgehogs will soon be gathering in Seattle; how does the European Commission intend to keep them communicating? +They say that we should extend our policies of liberalisation to an ever-greater number of sectors and countries, including agriculture and services essential to development and essential to improving the quality of life of our citizens, such as education and health. +I am convinced that this Parliament will not ratify another agreement in which the precautionary principle, consumer protection and health policies do not play an important part. +Just to wave taxes as a threat, without matching them with grants for retrofitting older plants so that they can comply with acceptable emission standards, and without generally increasing investment in monitoring emissions, will not work. +I can only state Finland' s position, which is that we believe it is very important for the Union to make headway in the creation of a common energy tax and we have also discussed the possibility of Member States, which are so inclined, moving forward faster in this area. +In the 2000-2006 period, what will be the criteria for the geographical distribution of the Structural Fund resources set aside for Spain and legally allocated to the Objective 1 Autonomous Communities? +But my question to the Council is this: does the Council intend to put pressure on Member States whose standards of performance relating to the Structural Funds are lower than the European average, to force them to manage their funds more effectively and to prevent the "snowball" effect taking place? +What does the Council intend to do to promote the adoption of a fifth action programme with sufficient budget resources and a fixed timetable and what measures will the Council take to set specific, measurable targets for equality? +Subject: Common method of compiling drug statistics One of the tasks of the Lisbon Institute is to compile drug statistics for the Member States, which provide an overview of the trend in drug abuse in the EU and an opportunity to compare Member States' statistics. +It is therefore urgent that the European citizens understand that the increase in resources allocated to the fight against drugs corresponds directly to the increase in the consumption of drugs and that therefore the policies that have been pursued are a complete failure. +What action does the Presidency intend to take against this form of cultural cleansing and to strengthen the democratic and informational role of libraries? +Subject: Peripheral island regions Will the Council, under the Finnish Presidency, outline its policies towards peripheral Objective I and II island regions in relation to infrastructure, agricultural and employment policies? +Following the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, does the Council now intend to press for a comprehensive EU Combat Poverty Programme and to what extent will it support EU action for housing and the homeless? +Subject: 'Open' Council meetings The Finnish Presidency began with the laudable aim of holding many of the Council' s meetings in open session, accessible to the public and the media. +Therefore, we have a large responsibility to bring our political weight and the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation to bear in order to stop this war and to ensure that dialogue is again entered into with the Chechen President, elected under the supervision of the OSCE, and with the Chechen parliament, also elected under the supervision of the OSCE. +B5-0169/1999 by Mr Frassoni and Mr Wuori, on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group, on the creation of a universal moratorium on capital punishment by the UN General Assembly; +Mr President, I wonder if the Commission can support the proposal I submitted, to the effect that the EU should call a meeting with OSCE representatives in order to have a special discussion specifically about the Roma' s position and involving everyone who is active locally there. +Most of the problems we are facing will fit in somewhere in the framework established concerning the organisation of support and the re-establishment of society in Kosovo. So I think the issue will come up in one place or another, but I will convey your wish to them. +However, the Commission is well aware that the joint use of airspace by various users, civil and military, may be at the root of safety problems, as it is already partly responsible for air traffic delays and congestion. +That, of course, is our position. But is this latest accident the death rattle of the nuclear industry or must further nuclear terror happen before we close this monstrous industry down? +Mr President, when we have spoken in recent years on the use of nuclear power to produce electricity, we have always made reference to the hazardous eastern reactors which are of Russian design. +Concerning the use of MOX fuel in nuclear power plants, this is a decision made by the individual electrical utility after licensing by their national safety authorities. +If the overall social, human and environmental benefits of clean air are to be secured, then the standards laid down by the EU' s recent directive on vehicle emissions and fuel quality must be strictly adhered to. +Ladies and gentlemen, the report and proposal for a decision that I am presenting and briefly explaining on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs concerns the implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on the methods used to investigate fraud. +We all know that this clarification has come at an opportune and important time - at a time when there are widespread calls to tackle, and ultimately root out altogether, fraud and those conditions which nurture it. +Mr Napolitano' s proposal which, as he himself said, was adopted in the Committee of Constitutional Affairs without any objections, is a very clear and very specific step in this direction. +A crucial issue in subscribers' confidence in the trustworthiness of legal transactions concluded electronically on the Internet is the legal validity of such actions. +In the area of the approximation of laws, we must always try to find the difficult balance between necessary harmonisation, on the one hand, and consideration for the legal traditions that have evolved in Member States over the years on the other. +Parliament, at its first reading, was particularly concerned to add an important extra objective, namely to address the problem of diesel fuel spillage on the highway, which has been posing an increasing safety hazard for road users, particularly riders of motor cycles. +Therefore, I hope that, on the basis of the agreements which this Parliament adopts this week, the Council and the Commission will consider the possibility of definitively laying down the advisory committee procedure. +In the past, this has been a grey area but hopefully now, with the introduction of those four amendments, we will have clarified the position for all persons using those installations. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to join the two previous speakers in expressing my thanks and praise for the work done by the general rapporteur and the Committee on Budgets. +Our third objective was to strengthen resources in the area of the fight against crime, and our fourth objective was a budget line making it possible to undertake measures within the framework of the Commission Action Plan 2000-2004 for combating drugs trafficking. +We should not expose ourselves to the danger of limiting legal protection in the European Union, not least when we constantly talk of wanting to create an area of freedom, security and justice. +The previous lack of vision on the part of the Council must give way to a more realistic approach, not least with a view to what the future holds for us in terms of the powers of Parliament, also where the budget is concerned. +Culture has not come out of the budget process as well as it wished, but we are doing rather better than the Council of Ministers' proposal and have figures close to the 1999 level. +I would like to address the following comments to the Council and the Council Presidency: you do not need to remind us that we have a responsibility to the European taxpayer and that we too have a responsibility to exercise budgetary discipline. +I hope that these were not just isolated declarations today, but that in the coming year Parliament will also assume the responsibility of critically reviewing in all the Committees whether the appropriated funds are also being discharged properly. +In the backwater of the European budget there is not enough room for two crocodiles, the crocodile of the European Council and the crocodile of the European Parliament which, after eating up the Commission by toppling Santer, now wants to eat the Council too. +Once again, the Council confused the multiannual budgetary framework, that is to say the Financial Perspective, with the budget itself: a self-interested short-sightedness which hindered suitable and appropriate political decision-making and which led to a bungled handling of the budget. +It gives an accurate reflection of the feelings of many Socialist MEPs and of those from other benches who came here to give their evidence in the debate that we held on the situation in East Timor in the September part-session. +Finally, at the very time when Lusaka is reminding us of the human and economic ravages due to AIDS in Africa, we are reducing the funds dedicated to it, contrary to the Commissioner Nielson' s assertions, while mixing them in with the policy on health and reproduction. +If we were to provide assistance amounting to approximately 50% of Kosovo' s GNP - and there is a possibility of this happening if very high estimates are made - then I fear that the inflationary and other consequences for the economy would outweigh the benefits afforded by the assistance. +In this context, I must emphasise the fact that the Council' s draft budget represents less than 1.10% of the Community' s GDP, an amount which is already quite low in itself and what is more, is considerably lower than the ceiling of 1.27% set in Edinburgh and confirmed in Berlin. This should be cause for serious reflection for those who want Europe to do more and to do it better. +First, let me mention the extended press conferences that the Vice-President and I hold immediately after the first meeting of the Governing Council every month, transcripts of which - including transcripts of the questions and answer session are also accessible via the ECB' s website. +The role of our internal forecasts within the monetary policy strategy of the Eurosystem therefore differs from the role of inflation forecasts in a strategy of direct inflation targeting. +In order to give a clear signal to the banking industry and the public, the ECB published a number of objectives in September which it expects the industry to fulfil and which should contribute towards substantial improvements. +At present, an operational involvement of the ECB does not appear to be justified since there are already some indications that the general appreciation of the problem by the private sector is now increasing. +By that I do not mean that we necessarily need to have verbatim reports of meetings published now, but it would be useful to have outline minutes of meetings giving the arguments for and against, making it possible to understand the way in which the European Central Bank actually makes its evaluation in the assessment of the risk of inflation or of deflation. +It will be much more difficult for the European Central Bank to take uncomfortable decisions, such as, for example, raising interest rates rather than lowering them, if the economic situation becomes more difficult and if actual risks to price stability arise. +In the first months of its existence, the European Central Bank has earned our confidence, but if it is to be able in the future to withstand such situations, then this confidence must be systematically consolidated in the years to come and, Mr President, in that endeavour you may count on the support of my group. +Nevertheless I applaud the aims and coherence of the Huhne report as a basis for defining accountability of the Central Bank, on which I should like to say a few words, particularly on the issue of transparency and accountability. +The third phase of Economic and Monetary Union raises the issue, even more than in the past, of the need for a more robust and articulate coordination of economic policies. +The wording of the resolution may be interpreted as suggesting that when the current rate of inflation is below 2% then the Eurosystem would be under an obligation to support the general economic policies of the Communities. +Mr President, I am going to ask three questions on behalf of my Socialist colleagues in the Committee on Development and Cooperation, who are here in spirit but physically are in the Committee itself, voting on the amendments relating to the World Trade Organisation. +I very much agree that members of the various parliaments are naturally important elements but, if we take countries like Somalia, Sudan and other such places, we are forced to take what there is by way of structures in the so-called civil society and try to help these structures become parts of a civilised society. +At this moment, and from this hemicycle within the new European Parliament complex, my country has the great privilege of addressing Europe, through the elected representatives of the people of the fifteen countries which currently make up the European Union. +We, who are also discerning, also see what is happening in the countries of the world and we know that it is necessary to act now, that there is no time to lose. We know that this is the time for cooperation, not for confrontation nor for intervention. +It is appropriate to give governmental authorities greater cross-border powers to pursue criminals but the use of these powers must be supervised by the European Parliament and the European courts so that civil liberties are entrenched and robustly defended. +Finally, while the Council announced that the scope of activities and the mandate of Europol, a necessary instrument in the fight against organised crime, were to be increased, what of democratic and judicial supervision, especially regarding the compilation of files? +An extra challenge to the extraordinary summit conference at Tampere was that justice and home affairs are only now being debated on the EU general agenda. +Their dedication and their groundwork have made it possible to re-establish a social structure and drive back racism, hatred and contempt on a daily basis. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, as the last to Parliamentarian to speak, there is one thing that comes to mind: you have spoken of the Tampere spirit and I believe that there is also a Tampere signal. +It is not unnecessary to hope that it may be possible, by the end of the year 2000, in the new Treaty, to draw the conclusions affecting the institutions of the decisions which may be taken in the meantime, in the spirit of Cologne, for the security and the defence of the continent of Europe. +The first reform will calm citizens' fears of creeping sovereignty transfers and the second should encourage citizens to engage more obviously with the political choices that we face in Brussels and in Strasbourg. +A number of these I personally consider to be definitely worth discussing, for example the proposals to simplify the Treaties or the proposal that qualified majority voting in the Council and the involvement of Parliament in decision-making ought to be the rule in future. +Firstly, its method. The Cologne Council, last June, refused to appoint a limited working party to prepare the work of revising the Treaty. +I think that we should have been able to vote on this amendment because, especially in a fairly delicate area like road safety, and therefore the protection of citizens, it could have been very useful. +In approving this amendment we are opening the door to resuming discussions with the Council on the future statute for the Members of the European Parliament, in the hope that this statute will at last be brought in with all possible speed. +EU Governments agreed to create a common area of justice to tackle the common problem of organised crime, especially drug smuggling and human trafficking. +Furthermore, Britons facing legal difficulties abroad will now have easier access to justice, including access to legal aid and translation services and simplified procedures governing compensation and debt claims. +Mr President, Commissioner, as the representative of the Group of the Party of European Socialists, I wish to begin my contribution to this debate on the restructuring of firms by repeating the message of the Michelin employees, a message which I understood to consist of a thrice-repeated "no" , whatever Mr Pronk might say. +Firstly, a direct link between public aid and agreements, including a reduction of working hours, with financial penalties for firms which do not respect their commitments even though they may have received public monies. +Mr President, I am pleased that this debate is taking place here today because the Parliament must be permanently attentive to the citizen' s needs and be the pioneer in the construction of Europe and, in order to fulfil this double objective, the development of the European social dimension seems fundamental. +There have already been proposals from the European Parliament on the two directives you mentioned, the Directive on the European Works Council and the Directive on collective redundancies. +It prevents all nuclear tests in whatever place, including so-called peaceful nuclear explosions, which were the subject of a heated theoretical debate when the Non-Proliferation Treaty came into being in the 1960s. +In that marvellous newspaper the International Herald Tribune, there is today a shortened version of a speech given the other day to the Council on Foreign Relations by the President' s national security adviser Sandy Berger. +This resolution which, incidentally, is supported by the European Parliament and by my own country, Ireland, sets forth a new way of thinking for effective measures to forward the cause of a nuclear-free world. +I have never believed that cutting off assistance to those who are affected by war, who are affected by the political decisions taken by their rulers, was a very good way of responding to crisis. +Although all the participants in the various phases of the process bore these concerns in mind, it became clear that the attitudes of the Council and the Commission on the one hand and of this Parliament on the other were not completely attuned with one another. +This will be a new starting point for our citizens who expect us, in addition to taking economic action, to make the people, the culture, the roots and the diversity that contribute to the richness of Europe our central concern. +The proposed programme was then blocked in the Council until, under the German Presidency, it resulted in a Common Position' s being adopted on 28 June, based on a proposed five-year programme involving EUR 350 million. +By contributing to programmes with participants from various Member States, young people discover the real Europe in its social and cultural diversity and become alert to new surroundings, something which greatly increases the incentive to learn a foreign language. +I must also highlight the very positive attitude of the Finnish Presidency, which has also done its best to ensure that work progresses, and I think that the cooperation established between the two institutions in order to take the negotiation forwards as quickly as possible is quite exemplary. +Respective contacts were challenged and questioned about this matter at various levels, and I am pleased that, at my suggestion, the Commission has made a really good proposal, namely to include a clearly visible link on its home page. +Therefore, allowing Turkey access to the SOCRATES and Youth programmes does not confer legitimacy on a State that has not yet shown concrete evidence of maturity with regard to the rights of minorities, but it does contribute to helping young people to accelerate the slow and difficult process of achieving this. +The question is whether this should be dealt with here, i.e. after a discussion in the Committee on Budgets, or whether it should be discussed as part of an extensive debate about the re-structuring of the Commission as a whole in all the relevant committees. +Following our discussions in the Committee on Budgets and consultations with all the relevant committees, we arrived at proposals which are generally satisfactory to all parties concerned, but the price to be paid for this is that we are working right up to the limits of the margin permitted. +We have not had the necessary majority to accept placing in the Rules of Procedure themselves a reference to the Annex, but we still have to take a decision as to whether we want to annex to our Rules of Procedure the interinstitutional agreement itself. +Regarding point 11 in the report, I think that Parliament, for its part, committed to reviewing its statute already last spring, so that travel expenses would be paid according to bona fide costs incurred. +The Council has introduced the amounts to be used for action to extend the EU-Turkey Customs Union and for the economic and social development of Turkey, but it has not set the usual political criteria which have to be fulfilled nor has it allocated any of the funds to action over the earthquakes. +As a member of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, I paid particular attention to the development of Category 4, intended to finance the Union' s external policies and to promote development aid. +This new expression of European cultural cooperation is of very special importance on the eve of the Seattle negotiations which will not, I fear, do anything to challenge American cultural hegemony. +The national regulations can be very different, in particular on technical grounds and also for climatic reasons, which leads to a fragmentation of the market within the EU which is incompatible with the single market. +Firstly, the privatisation of rail networks, particularly in all matters to do with their maintenance, presents serious problems for safety, with an increasing number of accidents occasionally causing real disasters in human terms, such as we have just seen in Great Britain. +Mr President, just a few brief observations - as Mr Salvador Jové Peres will be speaking next on behalf of my group - to say that this is an issue that is becoming extremely important and extremely relevant today, both in terms of what it means for fishing stocks, and in terms of the number of jobs that it involves directly or indirectly. +The agreement must therefore be sought with respect for our shared identities, for sovereignty and also for our separate identities, while acknowledging that history has made Morocco, if not a cultural exception, then at least a Mediterranean exception, for Europe in general and for France in particular. +In this regard, we should take into account three factors: firstly, fruit and vegetable are grown in the European Union in areas where there is also an urgent need for employment; secondly, fruit and vegetable are frequently used as an exchange currency in commercial agreements with non-EU countries and thirdly, in the last reform of this sector, important public instruments for market management were dismantled. +Morocco' s problem is essentially with Spain. As everyone knows, the Spanish fleet is much bigger, the Spanish fish in competition with the Moroccans; the Portuguese fleet is smaller which means that our fishing does not compete with that of the Moroccans. +And this is what I am asking for in the name of the principle of subsidiarity, with a view to a revision of the common fisheries policy: a member country of the common fisheries policy must be able to make bilateral agreements with third countries as long as an agreement is not already in place between the European Union and those third countries. +Approximately 40,000 workers are employed in this sector, and thus the existence of an international agreement, such as the agreement with Morocco, also plays an essential role with regard to the supplying of consumers and the fish processing industries, and thus to sustainable prices. +Finally, a remark on the role of Parliament, whose Members must act as observers in all the negotiation procedures in order to fully protect the interests of the European fishing fleet. +In other words, even though removing risk material is no absolute guarantee of safety, it is a valid safety measure, since in the carcass, of course, we have a decreasing order of incidence. +Here we have just ended a period of the most difficult conditions being set by the European Union on the British beef production industry, conditions which have been met, and therefore action to implement the lifting of the beef ban should be taken decisively by the Commission. +Commission President Romano Prodi made it clear during the debate that he would make the safety of foodstuffs his priority and the Commission wants to, and must, set up a new chapter in consumer policy. +An in-depth Parliamentary debate leading to a political assessment on someone' s behaviour would be misleading, and, above all, it would not contribute to the overall smooth functioning of the European institutions. +Mr President, I have certainly enjoyed some of the speeches today, not least the opening speech by Mr Donnelly where he seemed to be criticising the failure of the French and the British governments to achieve any solution to this escalating trade war. +Following Commissioner Fischler' s announcement, the Commission will be making the appropriate documents available this afternoon before the press conference. That will be made available to you on e-mail and it will also be on Parliament' s intranet. +EUR 10.3 million is already a large sum in itself, and we do not even have a guarantee that we can interrupt payments in the event that Angola stipulates a closed season for shrimp fishing. +Madam President, this is not really a point of order, but new events are constantly taking place, and I was obliged to take a decision on Friday because there was nobody who could answer my questions. +"the SSC considers that the measures taken by the UK make any risk to human health from the UK DBES at least comparable to that in other European Member States" . +Commissioner, did or did not the European Parliament' s Committee on Agriculture receive a draft directive one month ago saying that until 2003, we would not be able to show the cattle' s provenance on the label? +For the first time, all the prime movers at Union level will be seated at the same table: representatives of the Council, of the Commission, of the European Central Bank and of the parties in the labour market. +It is a clear indication that the bank is prepared, for its own part, to be involved in open and direct discussions, and to justify its reasoning and its actions. +Thirdly, I would like to point out that the discussion clearly demonstrated the usefulness of this type of direct exchange, which allows each of the participants to express, directly, their points of view and receive adequate answers from the other participants. +The extra EUR 500 million that the European Central Bank is being asked to release on the pretext of stimulating job creation, as well as the EUR 1 billion for hi-tech SMEs are officially supposed to be used for investment. +In a society with such a great division of labour, it is essential for the economic actors' activities to be coordinated, either by the market or through economic planning. +What happens in the future when we have a problem in our economy and where there is a serious external shock or a serious internal shock and you have to talk to the social partners and the other economic actors about some perhaps unpalatable measures that need to be taken at a European level? +This is just one element of an overall package of proposals that were brought forward by the Commission last November to try to plug the loopholes of the sectors that were excluded from the original working-time directive back in 1993. +The difficulties we are now facing in the Transport Council over the legislative proposal the Commission brought forward stem directly from the fact that there was a failure to make progress on a framework agreement on working time in the road sector. +Moreover, working hours form part of health and safety at work and of competition rules, both of which fall within the scope of the European Union. +Mr President, ensuring the same working hours for seafarers on board Community vessels as for seafarers on board vessels flying the flag of third countries using Community ports is undoubtedly a positive measure. +We have increased workloads and exploitation of seafarers by ship owners, and, at the same time, the situation with regard to health and safety of life at sea is worsening. +I feel that whilst each of us in this House would welcome the opportunity to ensure a safer working environment, not only for employees, but also for consumers and other users of transport and so on, we have to ensure that we do not over-regulate in any individual area. +One of the areas that is of highest concern to them is that because of the existence in Ireland - and in Britain as well, for example - of the archaic feudal-type system whereby junior doctors in training are apprenticed - I use that word broadly - to senior consultants, they are afraid to raise too many issues of concern, because it might affect their future careers. +The ratification of the instruments of the ILO is in fact a necessary condition so that foreign ships which call at EU ports may be boarded for inspection, which will allow us, amongst other things, to prevent unfair competition within our own ports. +In this context, I can only agree with the conclusions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, because this will permit greater freedom of expression for those working in the scientific and technical fields in China as well as in general. +At the same time, I would hope that developing techno-scientific cooperation will direct practical cooperative projects to the right places and improve, inter alia, the implementation and success of the research framework programme and projects funded through the TACIS and the Interreg programmes. +In the projects undertaken until now, the emphasis was on the development of projects in collaboration with other Mercosur countries, an association in which Argentina plays an important role and is thus a sort of bridgehead for us to reach other countries in Latin America. +In our opinion, this is due to the fact that technological development systems used in the car industry impede global improvements in the product as a result of the high level of specialisation of companies' R and D laboratories. +I must confess, even though I am by no means a totally inexperienced Member now, that the complexity of this communication, with its strategic objectives, operational objectives, target projects, legislative and non-legislative measures, makes it really hard to follow and to grasp what the Commission is trying to convey to us. I hope that the European citizens whom the whole thing is ultimately intended to help can make more sense of it. +At the moment, we have a broad set of Community regulations, fifteen sets of national regulations and in many cases, for example in the federal, or almost federal, States, many more. +My penultimate remark concerns an observation made by Mr Berenguer Fuster, where he states that consumer protection should not jeopardise the internal market. +We have made this attempt and hope that we have succeeded to some extent in creating this balance and hence in preventing the protection of consumer interests from jeopardising the internal market. +European employment strategy, however, in the form in which it has been laid down, has been progressively implemented since the Luxembourg Summit and is characterised by dubious ideological foundations and a not particularly dynamic conception of institutional practices. +This is why we think it imperative to evaluate the success or failure of European employment strategy against the yardstick of the indicators measuring concomitantly the numbers of registered unemployed, standards of living and the quality of jobs created. +I think that at least, given that employment policies at European level are already policies that make suggestions, recommendations and push for coordination between the Member States - so there is no actual concrete, decision-making power, which, all things considered, I believe to be positive for the subsidiarity principle, although it is a somewhat limited power - Parliament should be fully involved. +We are not going to reopen Thursday' s debate now. The response is the one I have just outlined, which recalls the terms of the inquiry which I had proposed and which everyone agreed to, which was carried out by the Secretary-General and which gave rise to this conclusion. +Firstly, I think that, as regards supply policies to boost employment, our intervention, the joint intervention of the Community institutions of the Member States, is important but it is not enough. +To sum up, it is because we continue basically to believe that the market will resolve a problem which cannot be resolved by the market because it is not a current problem, but rather a problem caused by our model of society. +The main barrier to the creation of good quality jobs with associated rights is the existence of a Stability Pact which has criteria for nominal convergence that impose restrictions on public investment and influence economic and social policies. +My amendment, which has been accepted, seeks to ensure that we firmly adhere to the annual cycle for reviewing the guidelines, so that Member States do not let up in actively promoting employment. +I also consider it slightly worrying that the proposals for guidelines for the year 2000 are coming under discussion before the tangible actions regarding the old guidelines have been concluded or even started. +Do we have enough time to consider this report as well, given how important it is for the future of the European Union? Both rapporteurs deserve to have a reasonable amount of time devoted to their report. +To my mind, this makes no economic sense at all, because we know that nitrogen oxides and particulate emissions are bound to follow the same curve, so that if we tackle one of these two pollutants, there is an automatic knock-on effect on the other. +Needless to say, test cycles for measuring vehicle exhaust gas values should mimic the real driving situation as soon as possible. +Mr President, as I see it, the report before us today on reducing exhaust emissions from heavy goods vehicles serves to carry forward our efforts to improve air quality in Europe whilst preserving our citizens' mobility. +We have lost our moral or religious boundaries and we are not able to become indignant unless the facts are visible, such as bruises on a face, or unless they come into the public domain, relayed by the media. +The actions of the Daphne programme must still be supported by NGOs, and, as we ourselves have proposed in our amendments, by social communication, as women, who are some of Europe' s most sceptical citizens where the European Union is concerned, must be made aware and understand that programmes such as Daphne exist and that they are of direct concern to women. +But above all, what measures do you intend to adopt to facilitate a political agreement on the issue, an agreement which is of prime importance for the Commission, Council and Parliament to be able to take a final decision on this matter? +Mr President, I want to say that I too am sorry that the Commission has still not submitted a revised proposal on the subject of informing and consulting workers. +In this connection, it is the Council' s policy in particular that merits condemnation, for it persists in committing expenditure at international donor conferences, the burden of which falls to the European budget, without ensuring that the corresponding revenue is in place. +There are already broad areas of consensus on the basis of which we can contribute to improving the funding of the Union, but the result of the vote in the Committee on Budgets shows that there are some ideas on which we are far from reaching a consensus. +It should examine in particular concessions on contributions and the possibility of creating a new system of own resources that would relate directly to the public, without increasing their burden of taxation. +This means that tasks such as enlargement of the Union, upholding human rights worldwide, and creating basic conditions for combating severe unemployment can no longer be tackled using this framework. +On 11 March, in our resolution, we voted in a paragraph stating: "believes that the revenue system should as a matter of principle be rid of exemptions and special arrangements" etc. We are well aware of what the Berlin Council made of this and what the Council based its Berlin Agreement on. +Before we advocate more autonomy though, we must exploit, that is to say fully explore, every available opportunity for making savings in the EU budget, and we must also explain to the citizens of the Union why we are permitting ourselves expenditure for two parliaments and are not coming up with simpler systems that would relieve the burden on the citizens of the Union rather than add to it. +Mr President, I believe that reform of the own resources system is necessary if we are to strengthen the principles of transparency, fairness, solidarity and cohesion, with the corresponding extension to the area of Community revenue. +However, I would also like to make quite plain the fact that in return, I would expect the Member States to step up the measures for supervising the own resources as appropriate and to stop trying to talk their way out of this, so that these supervisory measures really do start showing favourable results. +I also feel that the Commission was most wise to avoid reference to nuclear power in its own proposals and I would advise you to keep to this approach because it is a most divisive thing to propose, and we will certainly not agree to it. +Legally-binding targets for renewable energies are an important part of this strategy, but we must also have very clearly the externalisation of internal costs in respect of traditional energy production. +Market pressure is also exerted on public service tasks: the most effective centres of resistance to unbridled free competition and public enterprises are under threat. +Finally, the rapporteur is astonished, rightly so, that the Commission makes no mention whatsoever of nuclear energy even though it contributes towards reducing CO2 emissions, even if this energy should be safer and more environmentally friendly. +In conclusion, I believe that much can be learned from an exchange of views between Member States on energy policy, and I support Mr Chichester' s call for the Commission to highlight examples of best practice in integrating environmental objectives in the energy policy. +The share of renewable energy in the European Union will have doubled in ten years' time from 6% to 12%, and in reducing carbon dioxide emissions an important and really decisive factor is held to be the development of combined electricity and heat plants using coal and natural gas as fuels. +I hope therefore that, when it comes up with a new proposal, the Commission will read its own announcement concerning the increased weight to be given to environmental considerations in the Community' s energy policy and that it will actively help ensure that more use is made of renewable energy sources. +Firstly there is the challenge of the safety of our power supplies and the energy dependence of the European Union, a dependence which is going to grow and which is likely, we are told, to reach 70% in the year 2020, with all the consequent political risks. +The European Union has set the target of increasing the share of renewable energies from 6% to 12% by the year 2010, but the financial resources must be found for this and, today, we are a long way off, to judge by the latest discussion in the Conciliation Committee. +Undoubtedly, this is a debate which we will have to lend all our attention to, and I hope that, throughout the coming months and, of course, before the end of this Commission' s mandate, we will be able to fully develop it, transparently, intensely and effectively in the discussions, as has been the case with the discussion of this report. +My husband, Dr Rhys Jenkins, currently a GP and working restricted hours, has in the past worked in excess of 100 hours a week whilst training to become a doctor. +Regarding the latter, the European Commission' s initial proposal was that the application of the directive should be extended to doctors in training over a transitional period of seven years. +This will enable the creation of a European legal area finally granting European citizens throughout the entire EU a common feeling of legal security and guaranteeing them a standard of marital status that is the same across Europe. +Problems arising in the European Union in the past with regard to marriages between people of different nationality have been due to the fact that documents attesting to marital status used in connection with marriage ceremonies were not recognised in the same way by all the Member States. +Is it proper to entrust the task of defining the notion of parental responsibility to the Court of Justice, whereas the proposal for a Regulation envisaged that reference would be made to the national law of the Member State concerned? +If the movement of people within the European Union is going to be more than an empty phrase, it must be accompanied by the necessary measures in the field of family law. +As the implementation of the nitrates directive is causing problems in so many Member States, is the Commission prepared to give renewed consideration to improvements and a phased implementation so that the required standards on nitrates can ultimately be achieved? +Mr Dell' Alba, I mentioned that four countries out of the twelve countries concerned by Objective 2, were covered by the Commission' s first procedural decision. Of the remaining eight countries, the situation of the Federal Republic of Germany has been more or less finalised in the discussions which we are having. +Since 1997, the Commission has been responsible for implementing the Daphne programme, which is specifically designed to combat violence against women, adolescents and children and which will be succeeded by the Daphne - 2000-2203 programme (approved this very day), which has the same objective. +The Commission awaits the opinions of Parliament and the Member States in order to develop further proposals for action to implement the objectives of the communication to which I have just referred. +At the end of the year, we will not only be able to evaluate the progress of national legislation to protect victims of violent crime but also the concrete measures that each Member State is willing to implement. +Indeed, the Commission has for several years paid special attention to the development of the provinces in Northern Morocco, at a time when technical and financial cooperation with the Kingdom of Morocco has been implemented. +If I obtain the support of the Commission, the intention would be to promote a high level group in which the main civil authorities would participate, and the military would perhaps have to take part, in order to help the Commission to develop suitable guidelines. But that is not all. +He has, as the House will know, a huge and wholly deserved international reputation for standing up for the values which have been responsible for the best of European history in this century and whose absence has been responsible for the worst of our history as well. +The EU' s combined defence chief and foreign minister, Mr Solana, said very clearly and plainly that Monday' s meeting in Brussels was historic, for - as the representative said - the EU is taking up its rightful place on the world stage. +People have a distorted and hypocritical stance on the question of Kosovo' s constitutional status and status in international law, and the action in Kosovo shows first and foremost that the small nations have been made to join forces with the Allies. +In this respect, I would like to know your opinion with regard to relations between the European Union and China, especially in light of the recent trade agreement between that country and the United States. +The Cologne decision ought not to lead to our one day finding ourselves in the same situation as my second home country, Switzerland, where, following studies of possible threats to the country over the next decade, the conclusion was reached that Switzerland is well equipped to deal with dangers which no longer exist. +The CPN still exists, but the problem, then as now, is that there is no structure in the Commission or in the Council which can effectively utilise the experience and expertise of the CPN and others. +After the Cologne Summit, we now have new instruments - one relates to common strategies - which must, without any doubt whatsoever, lead to a profound change in the way we approach foreign policy. +I can tell you that, on the part of the European Union, tomorrow and the day after, we will do everything possible to enable the OSCE to play an important role, in accordance with its obligations, at a time when a new charter on security in Europe is about to be signed. +So, for example, the basic working conditions and social clauses which were adopted in 1998 by the ILO must be kept current within the framework of a working forum drawn from the ILO and the WTO and must be brought into the discussion and taken into consideration without necessarily changing the WTO rules. +Thirdly, we must ensure that the designations of origin of the Community' s traditional products are respected so that we do not see more of the real piracy that is taking place with impunity with regard to Community brand names, as is happening in South Africa, as a matter of fact, with regard to Port, Sherry, Ouzo and Grappa. +The Development Committee wants to see WTO rules that do not hamper eco-labelling schemes and green public purchasing. +The excellent report by Konrad Schwaiger, which deserves consensus and a majority, makes clear that this is about more than just trade policy; it is about the participation of all countries on the basis of equal rights, social progress and the enforcement of human rights. +This must include, as a minimum, an automatic Parliamentary right to subject any WTO deal to assent and much greater access to the negotiating briefs discussed within the Council. +At the same time the ELDR has resisted all attempts to burden this report with a shopping list of sector-specific requests. +We need tariff-free access for least-developed countries, not only for virtually all products - that is a phrase that leaves a giant loophole for the EU to continue protecting its own agriculture - but for all products from those countries. +Given this recent precedent, and pending a proper assessment of the previous round, we thought it prudent to wait before throwing ourselves headlong into negotiations whose value still remains to be proven and where the rules of the game are apparently not the same for the European Union and for our main partner and competitor, the United States. +Report (A5-0052/1999) by Mrs Haug, on behalf of the Committee on Budgets, on the proposal for a Council Decision on the system of the European Union' s own resources (COM(1999) 333 - C5-0092/1999 - 1999/0139(CNS)) +Thirdly, I would like the Bureau to explain to me why it intends to proceed to a vote on Amendment No 31 when Amendment No 9 is established in our Rules of Procedure, Rule 130(2); in other words, why this amendment is moving further away from the original. +It would have been better if a solution had been found in the form of a generic correction mechanism, for example, by introducing a band for national contributions to the EU. +The region has been ravaged by war and, in the meantime, the European Union is increasing its commitment to humanitarian aid and funding for the TRASECA project to link the Black Sea and Central Asia. +Mr President, I think we as a Parliament should take a clear stance and express our support for the Chechen population and, for this reason, it is important to my mind that the President of the European Parliament meet the Chechen Foreign Minister in order to explain our stance. +It is difficult when, as the rapporteur said at the beginning, it is not a question of simply opting for free trade, but rather opting for a just form of free trade. +To our mind, the very raison d' être of respecting workers' fundamental rights is the fairer distribution of profits from the growth that liberalisation of trade brings. +And I answered in the same way as I will today, that this is not the time for solutions or proposals, but rather the time to decide what the Intergovernmental Conference is going to deal with and what method it will use in its work. +What is unsettling, indeed thoroughly alarming, is what has been set in motion in the field of foreign and security policy and the vehemence with which hitherto civil European integration is being shelved and a military Union is being created. +Firstly, it is crucial that the reform that is drafted is democratic and that it has a democratising effect. In other words, that it subordinates bureaucrats to elected officers and subordinates the latter to public opinion in each country, and that its democratic legitimacy is strengthened through the participation of national parliaments and is not replaced by organisations of dubious representativeness or by supposed wise men. +We on the Nordic left are therefore going to vote against most parts of the motion for a resolution which demands, among other things, that more decisions should be made at supranational level, that national influence over the Treaty should be limited and that the dominance of the big States should be increased. +I believe we should learn the lessons from that mistake of the past and realise that the importance of this particular enlargement, the re-uniting of the European family, is something which our public at home needs to be made aware of while the IGC is actually taking place. +It is an attempt to continue to develop the Union into a federation, and it in no way takes account of how the robust enlargement process should influence the Union' s institutional development. +As we are developing in the constitutional area and as the Treaty represents the highest standard of our internal laws, in the future, we will have to force ourselves to be more precise in terms of the law. +It is important that we obtain a package proposal for global reform in which the important questions relating to majority voting are dealt with just as much as those relating to reform of the institutions and other important themes. +We are seeing a change worldwide in the essential character of national sovereignty because States do not have unlimited freedom of action, either at home or abroad, and their ability to form policies and solve problems is limited by the realities of international relations and of trans-national forms of interdependence and interaction. +The European Union supports the work of the UNDCP on a general level, which it does in a well established and effective way in the area of drugs control, and it is also very satisfied with the cooperation that has taken place with the UNDCP in other areas. +As citizens and as Members of the European Parliament, we are extremely concerned that there are no concrete signs of the Commission' s putting forward such a proposal during the Finnish Presidency when we should like to have begun the preparation. +What is the Council=s position on a federalism which would compel countries to surrender their right of veto and qualified-majority requirements in order to facilitate supranational decision making? +Extending the scope of application of decisions based on a qualified majority in the Council is one of those issues to be discussed at the conference of the representatives of Member State governments, which is to convene at the beginning of 2000. +My committee has worked very hard to prepare Parliament's response to this proposal in time for the deadline set down by the Council and in time for the Council to discuss it on 2 December. +Therefore, Mr President, I believe that the amendments which we have introduced in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs fulfil the objective of reconciling the decision of the three institutions with the characteristics of our own decision. +Mr Prodi, Mr President, with regard to Eurodac and the viewpoint of the Greens and the European Free Alliance, I must say that I welcome the subtle distinctions made by the previous speakers after rapporteur Pirker' s introduction. +Any unequivocal solution or any solution of an administrative nature which fails to take account of the full extent of the real public health problem and the medical aspects of the matter would therefore be a serious mistake. +We are in favour not only of total transparency regarding the operation of all European institutions, but also of the election and the admissibility, at any time, not only of all those elected today, but also all those who have any responsibility at whatever level, from the top of the scale to the bottom, including the Commission in Brussels. +Considering, furthermore, the unfavourable outcome reserved for the amendments proposed by myself and my fellow members of the French Socialist delegation and the GUE/NGL and Greens/ALE Groups, I abstained, Madam President, in the vote on Mr Schwaiger' s report. +The failure to carry out an assessment may be analysed as the wish to hide the very mixed reality of the effects of the deregulation of world trade from the peoples of WTO member countries. +This aspect of fair trade based on the absence of dumping for quality, environmental, social and fiscal reasons, if it is mentioned at all among the principles, is not asserted, with all the consequences of this, as a priority objective for European negotiators to attain. +I gave the principles of this in a minority opinion appended to the Dimitrakopoulos-Leinen report, and the Union for a Europe of Nations Group developed the consequences of this by proposing twenty-one amendments, all rejected, alas, by the majority in Parliament. +It is our conviction that the future belongs to a Europe without frontiers between peoples unified from one end of the continent to the other and freed from the de facto power of industrial and financial groups, this being an essential condition for the people to have real control over their institutions. +- (DE) The proposals in the Dimitrakopoulos-Leinen report with regard to the reform of the Treaties in their institutional core areas provide for an extension of the qualified majority decision in the Council. +We have noted with great satisfaction that, at the meeting in the Council (legal and home affairs) on 29 October 1999, the Danish government announced that it would participate fully in the Eurodac partnership on an intergovernmental basis. +The repatriation of displaced persons is in progress. As of the day before yesterday, approximately 65,000 of all the persons displaced had returned, and the Indonesian Government gave us assurances that the process of voluntary repatriation would be completed within 100 days. +I therefore believe, Mr President, that as a European Parliament we have to show, in this and all other similar cases, a firm and resolute commitment to the right to life, as we have done in this joint resolution. +It seems to us an enormous and terrifying cruelty that anybody should consider executing ill people of this type and that people should be kept in prison for 21 years, as is the case with a Canadian who was due to be executed and, half an hour before his execution, had his appeal accepted in court. +MINUK approached the Commission with regard to the financing of the Kosovo protection force and the Member States shall take a decision, in the weeks to come, regarding the programme we suggested in response to this request. +We took some pride in the fact that this Tribunal was set up at all - with our assistance too - whether it was adequate is a more complicated matter - in order to clear up these inhuman crimes and to punish the respective perpetrators. +Many of these projects are implemented by NGOs and are intended to improve the scope and quality of social sector services, particularly in the fields of primary education and health care. +128 amendments were submitted and you finally formulated 17 or 18 compromise amendments that should help to focus this profusion of amendments so that in the end a logical and conclusive report by the Parliament emerges on this action plan. +These two groups, the followers of the Swedish model and those of the Dutch model, do not want too much European cooperation in this field because they fear that their national policy might be affected. +This means that countries like France and Germany should do more to treat their drug addicts but that a country like the Netherlands, for example, should focus on controlling the drugs nuisance created by the "coffee shops" and on drugs tourism. +The fact which has to be faced is that the criminal forces which are involved in the manufacture and trading of drugs have a network, resources and powers which have far overtaken the constitutional states' ability to stop the drugs traffic. +We need at least to consider switching resources away from attacking the supply of drugs and towards attacking demand. +Fourthly, city cooperation should be promoted, taken from the idea of the European Cities Drug Policy as a prime example of a project that recognises - legal and illegal - drugs as belonging to society and lends support to people dealing responsibly with these drugs. +If we add to this the considerable increase which has been observed in the consumption of alcohol by young people, which in many cases goes hand in hand with drug-taking, especially synthetic drugs, we can see the need to adopt urgent measures which will reverse this trend. +It relates to the period up to the year 2003 under my proposal, to be precise until 31 January 2003, then there will be a review half way through and we shall then deal with it again or extend it until 31 January 2007. +The multiplying effect of a banking guarantee means that investments resulting from EIB credits are of crucial importance in the context of policies subsidised by the Community budget. +Mr President, I would like to explain the vote in favour of the Newton Dunn report by highlighting that, with its provisions, it fits into the fight against illegal immigration and the numerous criminal acts committed by many illegal immigrants, whether purposefully or not, to the detriment of all the citizens in the European Union, particularly the elderly. +The Act of Accession of 1985 contained a future development clause - section 4 of article 25 - which was aimed at preventing the Canary Islands, as a result of European Union development, from being excluded from European construction. +The dismantling of the Canary Islands' special tax status, in terms of customs duties, would threaten to dismantle a series of small local industries - food, tobacco and small commercial industries - which would disappear if we were to remove that small degree of protection provided by their special taxes, specifically the tax on production and imports. +There have been public demonstrations for and against the full incorporation of the islands, there have been governmental crises and even the resignation of the President of an autonomous government, the specific cause of which was the conditions for the accession negotiations. +The arguments and explanations which the rapporteur has given us today are clear and describe the long journey made by the Canary Islands to arrive at the process of incorporation into the European Union. +The Commission will submit, if necessary, a proposal to the Council based on Article 299(2) on the measures which would be necessary in order not to compromise the existence of certain particularly fragile local activities. +More particularly, over the last three years, I have, on several occasions, expressed concern to the Commission about distortions of competition at world level, made worse by the fact that Europe has always set itself strict standards which our competitors prefer to ignore. +Until now, in spite of a number of reminders in this field, since it is not a new matter, the European Union and the Commission have taken no effective action to put an end to these indirect subsidies in Korea. +Mr President, the European Union' s shipbuilding and ship repair industry is facing serious problems, as has been mentioned here, which shows that the recipes provided a few years ago are not giving the promised results. +Contrary to what the European Council said in 1998, when it drew up the new rules on aid for shipbuilding, conditions of international competition did not, in the end, improve. +I am very sorry to say this, Commissioner, but if we do not adopt urgent and energetic measures, this sector, as well as other industrial sectors in the European Union, is going to go to ruin, to put it politely. +I, too, join in the condemnation expressed by this European Parliament with regard to ETA' s abandonment of the truce. I can confirm my total rejection of the use of violence to achieve political aims. +It is, of course, most encouraging to hear different views on this important issue but then, as you see, other Members ask for the floor and we really should turn our attention to the agenda and get down to work. +The Education and Youth Commissioner will allow the Socrates, Leonardo and Youth programmes to be used for providing training and establishing cooperation between young people so that the anti-doping campaign becomes something that is sought after by European youth. +These are profit-making activities and, seen from this perspective, the Commission could therefore at least try to regulate the sector and its working conditions to a certain extent. As Mr Cohn-Bendit very rightly said, if sportspeople take drugs, it is because the competitions require this. +As you have just said, sport has a very important place in daily life in Europe and must therefore be afforded this same status in the European Parliament, as Mr Prodi said in his inaugural speech. +First, there are the issues specifically referred to at Amsterdam, namely the number of Commissioners, the representation of Member States in the Council and the extension of qualified majority voting. +I would also like to point out how important it is for the presidency to inject new life into this forum with a new European conference and to involve these future EU members equally in the new configuration of the European Union. +The Intergovernmental Conference, the reality of a common foreign and security policy and the controlled realisation of enlargement are matters that have to be thoroughly prepared for, both in the applicant countries and in the European Union. +There is even greater cause for concern when what we want to revise, that is the famous institutional triangle, is defended on the basis of an argument for efficiency and not on the basis of an overall vision of the European project. +Could I also say on the broader topic of completing the internal market that, during the Finnish Presidency, we have had some very important strategy papers and they actually require a much higher priority than they are receiving in the Community at the moment. +One contributory and forward-looking feature of this report is the fact that it acknowledges the role not only of political decisions but also of civil society in creating an environment where human rights have the profound and enduring support of the people. +Ever since the European Council confirmed in December 1997 that Turkey could apply for membership of the EU, efforts have been made to create the opportunity to provide financial aid with a view to promoting economic cooperation and bringing Turkey closer to the EU. +While the Turkish Government has made some half-hearted attempts in recent years, the recent death sentence placed on the Kurdish leader, Mr Öçalan, has made any possible political rapprochement between Turkey and the European Union more remote. +I should like to extend my special thanks to the Greek government and to foreign secretary Papandreou; that was a courageous step, especially in light of domestic political relations. +In my view, the European Parliament should stand its ground and should allow not only Turkey but also the Turkish people into the European Union and, in the process, it should intervene to give the Turkish people the rights they have so far been denied. +At power stations, waste incineration plants, cement furnaces and in cars, there are ways of reducing the emission of carbon monoxide. +The subject is much wider than benzene and carbon monoxide and needs, therefore, to be looked at in a wider framework. From a technical point of view, Directive 96/62 defines ambient air as 'outdoor air' only. +In the report which the Commission must present to the Council and the European Parliament, we also want an analysis of whether the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is due to the technical measures of industrialists or to consumer habits. +So let us add these three points to the directive so that we have a proper, efficient instrument for monitoring this voluntary agreement which, after all, is an experiment for the European Union. +Mr President, it has been shown that the amount of nutrients in the open sea area in the Gulf of Finland and in the vicinity of the shore generally increase as one moves eastwards, which is a reflection of the impact Russia has on the nutrients of the Baltic. +However, there is one very important point which we must consider. The explanatory statement specified that the external quality of materials was guaranteed, yet point (d) of Annex VII deals with this in a very general manner. +Experience has taught us that plants of certain sizes cannot survive in a particular environment. This is true in many areas of southern Europe where the drought conditions are extreme. +The euro is not a goal in itself, but a means to serve the European citizen, a strong economy, employment and the international status of the European Union. +Recital K, which contains a complaint to the effect that the electronic euro is lacking in immediate practical benefits, is still a leftover of the unrealistic expectations which were - and apparently still are - prevalent among a majority of MEPs. +The rapporteur rightly emphasises the careful preparations leading up to the introduction of the euro, and we must ensure that the euro does indeed enjoy the confidence of the citizens and not just that of the markets, where it is now established. +It is also clear, again as highlighted throughout this debate, that the moment of truth will be when the coins and notes enter into circulation on 1 January 2002. +The market situation in general, not just in relation to the WTO negotiations, and the different understanding new personalities have of traditional practices, also bring about changes in the issues dealt with in committee, both in respect of content and the weight they are given. +In view of the fact that - and it has been reaffirmed here this morning - according to data provided by the Commission, 60% of fishery products consumed in the European Union are imported, we should support aquaculture, which constitutes a major economic opportunity for maritime communities, in a substantial and comprehensive manner. +It is, however, tremendously important that the proposal also deals with the requirement to provide the public with information about air quality, published on the basis of a very careful monitoring of benzene and carbon monoxide levels. +The opinion polls, at least in France, show that the percentage of people who envisage opening an account in euros in the near future has been falling regularly since 1 January 1999 and today only constitutes a small minority. +However, the European Parliament wishes to disabuse them of this and once again recommends an information campaign which, according to the resolution, should cover both the practical aspects and the basic significance of monetary union. +As far as the period beginning 1 January 2002 is concerned, where two currencies will be in circulation at the same time, a period which, under the terms of the Treaty could run for up to six months, I share the opinion of the rapporteur and the Economic and Financial Affairs Council that this period should be reduced to two months. +Changing the WTO, finally, involves its current mode of operation, which is still based on Summit diplomacy and secrecy at a time when citizens are becoming actively involved in world affairs. +The World Trade Organisation was not formed to protect the interests of workers and the people, the proof of which lies in the fact that the main decision-makers are the few wealthy countries and in the widening of inequalities between rich and poor countries, and also within those countries. +Finally, Europe must not forget to defend our own specific differences, not just economic but also cultural and social, because globalisation that leads to uniformity, levelling out and exploitation must have no place at all in the European growth model. +Now we all know that without special treatment for agriculture we will not be able to guarantee a minimum of Community preference nor as a result, the primary producing role of agriculture. +Two things have become apparent: one is that this accumulation of interests is something that we will continue to see in international negotiations in the future, and I should like to endorse the position of many leading economists who are saying that this was just the beginning. +As far as we are concerned, it is not a matter of organising the continued extension of free trade better, but of prioritising the defence of social and environmental rights and of enabling all peoples to be self-determining and to decide their own future. +This report has vindicated the forced resignation of a sloppy, slapdash Commission and revealed a catalogue of irresponsibility by Member States who are prepared to criticise but not act on fraud and irregularities. +Finally, I would like to stress the fact that the Commission still intends - as the report that you have presented to us states - to use the degree of use of the financial credits allocated in the annual budget as the main gauge of the success of their financial management. +Mr President, the 1998 report of the Court of Auditors, which has been debated all over Europe except - until today - in this House, clearly demonstrates the need for the Commission and Member States to redouble their efforts in the fight against fraud. +In my opinion, it is right for there to be an interval of time between publication and the debate here in this House, so that all Members are able to familiarise themselves with the full report beforehand. +It was a particularly bad season for the Commission and a particularly difficult time to proceed through all the normal channels since we had elections, Commission difficulties, and so on. +The matter of financing and the distribution of financial burdens must be the subject of a debate in the wider context of the regional fishing organisations. +It is a joint effort on the part of the European Parliament, which took the initiative, but also the Commission which improved the original Parliament proposal considerably with the addition of the compensation body. +We are not prepared to replace this philosophy of binding law with another one that is completely uncertain and not very favourable to the European citizen, to a voluntary subscription scheme. +I should like to express my thanks to Mr Rothley, the rapporteur, for preparing this report so thoroughly and for taking the initiative - it was of course also Parliament from whom the initiative came at that time - but I would, however, also like to thank the Commission and the Council for agreeing to this in principle. +I think that Mr Rothley' s report should be adopted in its entirety: it is a high-level compromise, the synthesis of a series of stimuli and innovative concepts, and the result of the cooperation between the various institutions. +In accordance with this agreement, a maximum number of lorries from the Community weighing over 28 tonnes will be authorised to transit Switzerland until 2005, when this country, in aligning itself with Community law, will not require permits for lorries of up to 40 tonnes. +As the process of implementing the Agreement on transport between the EU and Switzerland gets underway, we look forward to it being easier to cross the central Alpine region in the future. +In inviting Turkey to make an even firmer bond of cooperation the Union is acting in accordance with its basic function of establishing peace and promoting human rights. +In the conclusions on taxation, however, it was reconfirmed that people residing in the Member States of the Union would have to pay tax on all income from savings. +The non-military prevention of conflicts is always more important, and for every euro invested in military crisis management at least as much must be spent on civil crisis management. +The progress made from the start of talks with the six new candidates for membership, and the acceptance of Turkey as a candidate for membership has been an inevitable part of the European policy to reinforce stability and strengthen prosperity in our continent. +After the unanimous vote on the enlargement process, no further doubt can or will be cast on the seriousness of our intentions and of Turkey' s intention to meet the Copenhagen criteria as quickly as possible. +This is minimal progress, but I assure you - and this is the important message I want to give you - that in this area, the Commission and the President of Parliament have taken the same line on increasing the presence of Parliament itself. +I hope that the Commission will give proper support in this matter by making a contribution to peace and prevention in the region, because that is far more important than the military forces decided on in Helsinki. +Reforms to bolster dynamic competitiveness and flexibility need to be reconciled with the need both to maintain and to modernise the social security system. +The Helsinki Summit, at which Greece above all behaved in an exemplary manner and at which, in the end, Turkey too behaved in a reasonable manner, went very well on this question but the work is not yet finished. +It is worth stating here though that we do not accept that the European Parliament should be given a lesser role in a discussion process as important as such a large-scale revision of the Treaty on European Union. +The European Parliament is now adding new posts in connection with the budget now being discussed, which is not consistent with disciplined financial administration - not, at least, if we compare the additions to those in the previous five years. +We all have to adapt to this new and, I think, encouraging method of working with the Commission, - the free debate - but as you know, according to the Rules of Procedure, this free debate is connected directly and in this particular circumstance - and that is why it was created - to the declaration that the Commission has just made and to the issues addressed in it. +Given the major consequences which this case might have, the Commission will, however, continue to monitor the process and the dossier will not be closed before the Commission has ascertained that the principles of transparency and equal treatment are upheld. +Maybe the honourable Member would like to take it up with the various Member States, to encourage participation at the lower grades of "A" category in order to ensure that, as the years go by, there will be more women available to take up management posts. +If you want to fund Kosovo, if you want to honour the somewhat hasty commitments which the President of the Commission entered into vis-à-vis this region, then give us the budget resources so that we can be responsible and consistent and give us the chance to revise the financial perspectives. +The race towards world prices and increased yields have jeopardised what was most precious to us: the quality of our food and the survival of rural employment. +Would it not have been simpler to accept these requests by Parliament beforehand and to have prevented all this last-minute panic, which does absolutely nothing for the serious and efficient image which the European institutions are supposed to have? +It is as unhealthy as the fact that half our debates here this afternoon have been devoted to a province of the Serbian State which is not even a member of the European Union. +Doctors and nurses in French hospitals, who are among the most qualified in the world, are today on strike because budgetary austerity has just cut back hospital expenditure and health expenditure. +The next item is the report (A5-0090/1999) by Mrs Theato on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control on the appointment of eight members of the Court of Auditors [C5-0231/1999, C5-0232/1999, C5-0233/1999, C5-0234/1999, C5-0235/1999, C5-0236/1999, C5-0237/1999, C5-0238/1999 - 1999/0820(CNS)]. +I am sorry that the Finnish Presidency of the Council is now leaving us because the Finns also wish to reappoint their present member of the Court of Auditors. +The crisis in the Commission now behind us demonstrated abundantly clearly that there is no effective mechanism for calling to account EU officials guilty of serious management errors or worse. +Consequently, the text of the proposed regulation has taken a long time to draw up, and even then it has been judged to be unspecific and incomplete, since it does not include implementation procedures. +This will contribute decisively to an enhanced competitiveness of our automotive industry on a global stage while ensuring higher safety and environmental requirements for the benefit of consumers. +Mr President, I just wanted to point out that the security arrangements for the visit by the French President this week were exemplary and that we were all extremely satisfied with the order and security surrounding the visit. +It will allow a wide debate of all stakeholders on an approach which should further reduce the costs to our economies of reducing greenhouse gases. +I believe that this is an environmental issue of a kind to which the majority of citizens and the broad general public can also feel committed because people do in fact feel real anxiety faced with the climate changes that are under way. +Although I am not against the principle of taxing polluting emissions, I do believe that these measures must respect two principles. On the one hand they must try to guarantee tax neutrality and, on the other, they must cover the whole of the industrialised world, or at least the OECD, so that ecological dumping or competition distortions do not arise. +The publication of the Green Paper on sustainable energy in Ireland should be viewed as a positive contribution to the debate on how we deal with the climate change threat within the energy sector. +However, as the joint resolution that has been presented states, the necessity of this act does not mean that the European Union is no longer interested in the future of a territory which has such close links with our history and even our culture. +This collective attention on the part of Europe is the best additional, practical guarantee that we can give, the best way that we have of guaranteeing that Macao' s unique nature is safeguarded, and of continuing to deal with Macao in a unique way, not by putting it into the pot with every other country. +We can also accept in principle Amendment No 26, provided that the text specifies that reports be sent to the Commission by 31 March each year, and Amendment No 27, subject to the addition of a reference to the Scientific Assessment Panel under the Montreal Protocol. +During the pre-Seattle debates, some of us in this House said that Europe should start by demanding an assessment of the previous rounds and a joint diagnosis with the developing countries, before embarking on a new round of liberalisation. +Seattle was a failure for those who wanted to continue charging blindly towards generalised free trade and global merchandising. It was a victory for the various branches of the popular movement, similar to the one which rejected the MAI. +UNCTAD is the most legitimate framework for dealing with the issue of direct foreign investments while respecting the democratic right of countries to legislate on environmental and social matters. +We even suggested a moratorium on the start of negotiations with a view to being able to produce this kind of balance sheet and to produce a subsequent study of the routes that international trade relations are taking. +It is also becoming inevitable then to envisage a new trade order - in the context of a globalisation based on progress and solidarity - which respects fundamental political rights, social progress and the environment. +It is not therefore surprising that, as noted by the motion for a resolution, the Member States of the European Union have not adopted the measures needed to meet their Kyoto undertakings while, at the same time, systematic deregulation is underway in Europe. +I must congratulate the members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, and particularly its chairperson, for this motion for a resolution on genetically modified food labelling. +On the subject of genetically modified food labelling, the Council has adopted Regulation (EC) No 1139/98 on foods and food ingredients which are to be delivered as they are to the final consumer, produced in whole or in part from genetically modified soya beans covered by Decision 96/281/EC, and genetically modified maize covered by Decision 97/28/EC. +In my opinion, Mr Martin contravened the rules governing his position with regard to myself, the Member who spoke previously and other Members who wanted to speak, particularly Mrs Muscardini whom he refused to allow to speak and even threatened with expulsion. +As Members of Parliament we are the direct democratic link with the people of the European Union, and the Committee on Women's Rights itself is a direct link with many women's organisations and representatives. +I therefore hope that the Commission can today assure me that reproductive health will be given a prominent place at the EU' s Conference and that, in one way or another, the European Parliament will be able to participate in the New York Conference, just as it did in the arrangements for the WTO negotiations where we were in fact represented. +The next item is the Commission statement on the follow-up to the French Government' s decision to uphold the ban on British beef and veal. +Beyond this specific case, should we not be working to impose the pre-eminence of the precautionary principle over all other considerations in trade, both within the EU and with third countries? +Once they have made their risk assessment they pass their judgement then to the Commission, when the law-making would be initiated by the Commission. +As you know, Questions to the Council will take place next, as it is the next item on the agenda, and the sitting will resume at 9.00 p.m. when there will be an announcement on the issues which you are asking about. +The EIB Council adopted rules on public access to documents on 26 March 1997, which were published in the Official Journal of the European Communities C 243 on August 1995 on page 13. +The Secretary-General has given his special envoy instructions to continue talks with the parties involved. With regard to the enforced hearing of the 79 000 appeals, the UN Secretary-General cannot give precise details of the timetable or the additional staff needed to bring the hearing to a close. +Mr President, I am asking if the funds needed to reconstruct everything that was flattened will be released and if the embargo will be lifted and the money will be given to the Yugoslavian Government, the legally elected Yugoslavian Government, with the involvement of foreign observers, etc. +Mr President, according to Article 1(2) of the Council' s Rules of Procedure it falls to the competence of the Presidency of the Council to announce the dates of Council sittings planned to be held during its term of office seven months before that term of office commences. +We are convinced that the more efficient use of computer systems to circulate information will make it easier to identify consignments that constitute a risk, the dealers and the countries of origin and the destinations. +I would like to place on record a number of thanks before I address the substance of our second reading: thanks to Parliament's services for working so quickly on this report; to the Commission for all its support; and to the Finnish Presidency for the courteous and careful advice it has given through this process. +They came to a hearing on late payments that was being organised in the Parliament and gave some very good expert advice, recognising that we had problems with late payment in the single market. +I sat through an earlier debate relating to this today and one might wonder whether Parliament is united in accepting the basic principle of the recommendations of the Scientific Committee. +Article 2 of Council Decision 94/936/EC provided that the Commission had to entrust a working party of independent scientists with the task of assessing the effects of using BST. +Madam President, in point 38 of the Minutes, which is Questions to the Council, I have noticed that there is an error in the Spanish and German versions, at least, in that Question 9 is missing. +Mr Papayannakis' s question concerned another issue, namely his report on the registration of bovine animals and the labelling of beef. +As a matter of information for Members, with the vote which has gone through now, the total payments will be 1.11% of Europe's GNP which is under the ceiling for the year 2000 of the financial perspective of 1.13% and under the ceiling for own resources of 1.27%. +I am grateful to the rapporteur for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Görlach, who also protested about this reduction in his letter to the chairman of the Committee on Budgets. +We are pleased about the increased resources for dialogue between the two sides of industry, especially with a view to the importance of beginning to construct a well-functioning labour market in the applicant countries, with strong trade-union organisations and good social conditions. +- (DE) The regulation to be amended at the Commission' s proposal was described two years ago in the wake of the BSE crisis as a central issue and an important decision within the context of European consumer protection. +The fact that the winner of the Sakharov prize, Leyla Zana, is still in prison herself, clearly indicates that the right to freedom of speech in Turkey and human rights are still being neglected. +That does not alter the fact that there is printed matter which does not meet this claim. +Thirdly, the question at issue for me is not merely cross-border trade between Austria and Germany, although that is the starting point; it is the question of the role of language areas and the role of cultural areas. +It is obvious to us Austrians that a national regulation alone is not enough and that we also need an import clause and an export clause and to use the French model as a basis, because the language area and the cultural area transcend our national borders. +Mr President, the key question is whether or not the arms embargo decided by the Council in September of this year as part of the restrictive measures against Indonesia should be extended beyond January next year. +Despite our past failure to ensure that people were not killed, the onus is now on us to ensure that in future no message of support goes out to the Indonesian authorities as it stands. +We could see that it would be very difficult and we could see that, in the final analysis, all the conditions for a working, stable, democratic rule of law in Sierra Leone would have to be created anew and that there was only limited willingness to cooperate. +This sort of dictatorship, this sort of terror of civilians and abuse of resources by unnecessary expenditure on arms for a country of that size is totally inexcusable. +I am more than willing, Mrs Thors, to bring applicant countries' attention to the need for them to sign and ratify this agreement, but I think that Mr Posselt was right when he said that my position on this matter would be more credible if all 15 had already ratified it. +We also appreciate the important contribution made in this area by non-governmental organisations, who are devoting themselves to raising awareness of the Rome statute and its imminent ratification. +The sensitivities of Northern Ireland are too important for any ill-informed bandwagoning on the International Fund for Ireland. +- The vote on the fund which was tabled late by the Council was facilitated by the EP without debate, on the understanding from all groups including the Greens that there would be no amendments. +Any attempt to sully the reputation of the IFI is totally unacceptable and amounts to ill-informed political bandwagoning on the sensitivities of Northern Ireland and are not worthy of this Parliament. +I have not yet understood why the Commission has not accepted that, as of 1 January, these two facts, which have already been made compulsory across the Community, should be used to enable the operational start of traceability. +As concerns Mrs Redondo Jiménez's report, the Commission can accept Amendments Nos 1, 2 and 3. The Commission cannot, however, accept Amendment No 4, even in its new, modified version. +Tajikistan may have been spared the economic problems described in the report, moreover like so many other countries in the world, but it is nevertheless the victim of an ill-considered opening up of its borders and of the huge game waged by empires. +Mr President, despite having some serious concerns, I voted in favour of the financial aid package because I see in it an opportunity to establish a market economy, democracy and peace using financial incentives, of the kind put forward by Mr Karas, rather than force. +Subject: Implementation of the Philoxenia programme Parliament, the Commission and the Economic and Social Committee have already approved the adoption of the multiannual programme to promote European tourism entitled 'Philoxenia'. +Furthermore, Declaration No. 30 annexed to the Amsterdam Treaty recognises that the islands suffer from structural handicaps arising from their particular status as islands and calls on the Union to take account of those handicaps and, where necessary, to take specific measures in order to integrate those regions better into the internal market on fair conditions. +But let me point out to you that a region that attains less than 75 % of the average level of prosperity in Europe is eligible for aid from the Structural Funds, indeed under Objective 1. +In view of this serious development and the possibility of creating further instability in the region, will the Council redouble its diplomatic efforts to bring about a settlement in Jammu and Kashmir? +The European Council stressed in particular that economic policy coordination needs to be deepened and strengthened in order to ensure the success of economic and monetary union and to support sustainable, employment-promoting growth. +Mr President, this brilliant report by Mr Herman has been drawn up with great rigour, clarity and courage; it responds to our aim to improve the functioning of the institutions. +Mr President, Commissioner, this afternoon's debate on the conflict in Serbia and the expulsions in Kosovo has made it even clearer why enlarging the European Union to include the Central and Eastern European countries is, apart from any other considerations, the most important means of guaranteeing peace and must remain so in future. +According to the economic data, and if you accept the economic forecasts, Poland is still one of the strongest economies amongst the central European countries, with growth rates over 5 %, unemployment and inflation below 10 % and income increasing by 4.5 %. +Since then there has been a change of government in 1996 and the decision was taken to suspend the application and to look instead for a strengthened association agreement. +We took a risk at the last enlargement by admitting three new members before any significant institutional reforms were in place to deal with the consequences of expanded membership. +That risk was heightened by the presence in two of those countries of very significant anti-EU minorities which, if they became majorities, could, under our present inadequate institutional arrangements, have stifled the very workings of the Communities. +Less progress was made in adapting to the acquis communautaire , particularly in the environmental field, and the legislative work needs to be speeded up together with efforts to attract investment to the environment sector. +On the other hand, I would praise Poland for the enormous work that has gone into the restructuring programme for the iron and steel industry. Nevertheless, greater efforts must be made in order to further clarify the entire privatisation strategy of the two largest companies and to set a clear timetable for privatisation and restructuring. +As regards Mr Bertens' request that we should come up with a proposal for a financial mechanism, I repeat what I said earlier on the subject of Malta, namely that we are working on replacing the financial protocol. +I am here, but I refuse to take part in the roll-call votes in protest at the fact that the Quaestors have failed to take a decision for the appeal proceedings before the Court in Luxembourg, which I requested in writing last August, on Mr Chamier's decision unlawfully to reduce my general parliamentary allowances. +If civil servants cannot speak and write about their daily work without the consent of their superiors, this does not encourage a motivated and sound atmosphere in the workplace. +Both the Committee on Petitions and the Ombudsman should have their own independent budget to be used reasonably and sufficient staff, as these are two institutions that genuinely uphold the rights of European citizens. +I would like to thank our rapporteurs, Mrs De Esteban Martín and Mr Newman, for their reports which, as always in this committee, are the end product of the collective contribution and work of all its members. +He has been a veritable 'British bulldog' in that committee, continually raising his voice in the name of the citizens of the Community. +The office of the Ombudsman is manifestly playing an increasingly important role. +Madam President, Mr Söderman, ladies and gentlemen, under the Treaty on European Union, it is Parliament and not the Commission to whom the European Ombudsman's report is addressed. +The European Parliament has played an important role in another sector too: I am thinking here of the code of conduct to ensure that the administration behaves properly in its relations with the public. +We are able to accept the substance of Amendment No 8 to the extent that the committee in question takes over the work of the Customs Policy Committee, and I shall return to that in a moment. +In my report, I also suggest the possibility of reinforcing the charging system based on marginal social cost with measures in the realm of transport-related taxes, by which I mean coordinating these taxes on a European scale, lowering them where necessary. +At the same time, it is important to conduct information campaigns to make it clear to the public that this is all about introducing an environmentally friendly and sustainable transport system and is not another scheme designed to fleece motorists. +On the one hand it takes insufficient account of the construction, capital and maintenance costs for the transport infrastructure, while on the other hand it indiscriminately imposes a blanket charge to cover so-called external costs such as the cost of environmental pollution, traffic jams and accidents. +In my opinion, on the basis of all the studies that have been conducted in this field, it is crystal clear that private motorists, through the excise duty on their petrol and through road tax, are already paying the tolls with which it is intended to burden them. +Some may indeed claim that as a system sovereignty is flawed, but the fact is that throughout history it has proved the only system capable of preventing chaos and arbitrary power that are even greater than those that can be attributed, where possible, to a particular form of sovereignty. +The failure to create the permanent forum for a wider Europe, that would have enabled us to immediately engage in open cooperation with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe on such key issues as security and foreign policy, shows that our continent is once again becoming divided. +And there is undoubtedly good reason to try to harmonise rules and provisions within the transport sector, not least in order to ensure that the single market operates better in future than it does today. +As honourable Members are undoubtedly aware, the Member States can prescribe a maximum weight of 44 tonnes for three-axle vehicles forming part of a five- or six-axle combination to prevent such vehicles from causing too much damage to the roads. +The report that is being presented today is one in which the members of the Committee on Women's Rights take some pride, because it is based on broad consensus and cooperation between all its members. +Still within the ambit of that legal base - which, as I keep saying, seems to us excessively rigid and strict - violence is above all, and we are resolute on this, a violation of human rights, and that is why action to deter violence must be based on a multi-disciplinary approach. +No one has been able to tell us whether it is true that the lorry that entered the tunnel from the French side was already on fire as it entered the tunnel, and we waste time trying to establish a tiny difference of a minute or two between the time it took the French and Italians to intervene. +On 6 and 7 April, 25 civilian victims of the armed militia known as the 'Meraputi' were killed with the active connivance of the mobile brigade of Indonesia's elite police squad. +Mr President, I call upon you to issue a note of protest to Dr Mahathir concerning the flawed political trial practised on Anwar Ibrahim, a note of protest in accordance with the many critical resolutions passed by this Parliament concerning Malaysia. +It is desirable that an ad hoc tribunal should be set up, but there will always be the suspicion that this is a special court that has already predetermined, so to speak, the tenor of its judgment and has not given the accused the guarantees that even a defendant like Ta Mok deserves. +Mr Port who is in charge of the investigation has been given a total and unlimited remit and the freedom to add resources or change resources as he so desires. +At the same time, there are grounds for concern about the possible harmful consequences of widespread use by the Commission of temporary staff seconded from national civil services or from industry. +More generally, what emerges from the European Ombudsman's report is that the confidence of Europeans depends on transparency, dialogue and clear legal rules allowing them to defend their rights. +Mr President, the idea of adopting a programme designed to prevent violence against children, adolescents and women is a generous and noble idea which everyone can of course support. +However, I also made it clear that we are extremely concerned about the change in the legal basis, which as I said at the time is certainly going to make things difficult and has considerably dampened our enthusiasm, because violence against women and children, Commissioner, is not just a health risk. +Yesterday I received a motion of censure on the Commission, which resigned collectively on 16 March 1999. +The aim of the motion of censure, under parliamentary law, is to demonstrate that an executive has lost the confidence of the majority of Parliament or, if the motion is rejected, that it still has that confidence. +Public information on the criminal nature of these offences and strict criminal proceedings must replace the silence and leniency that all too often still accompany such crimes in our nonetheless developed societies. +We look forward to seeing what will come out of the employment guidelines which the Commission agreed at the conference in Luxembourg and some of the discussions about the European Social Fund and older workers. +Our rapporteur, Hugh McMahon, and Edgar Schiedermeier have worked hard, not only in producing this report, but also in organising a conference on the elderly, the outcome of which forms the main basis for this report. +For example, the cover rate of the US market has increased from 0 % to about 165 %, whereas the cover rate of the European lysine market decreased from 84 % in 1991 to 54 % in 1997, and is predicted to fall to around 38 % in 2002 if present trends continue. +However, since it is likely that the maize used for starch production will continue to be sold in the United States at a lower price than that of Community cereals, it seems logical not only to preserve the present system of refunds which compensates for the disadvantage in relation to the United States, but to greatly reinforce the system. +You know, as you are one of the authors of the new Rules, that Rule 9(3) states that questions concerning the rights and privileges of former Members are to be laid down by decision of the Bureau. +Mr President, we have just found out about the Council of Ministers' decision to allow staff of the Schengen group working in the Council to become European public officials. +As regards monetary policy, we should of course like to emphasise the importance of the ECB's independence, which is essential for it to best fulfil its role in the area of price stability and guarantee the conditions that encourage growth and employment. +We should therefore welcome the fact that on the eve of the elections, Parliament, like the Commission, has been able to tackle the demands of the economy and managed quite honourably to resist the pressures of public opinion, the media and other pressure groups. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have heard Mrs Van Lancker say that she does not want a neo-liberal recipe book; in response, I can only say that nor do we want the employment policy guidelines to become a Socialist book of fairytales. +In doing so, it aims to ensure that the broad guidelines are a sufficient test to demonstrate Member States' willingness to specifically coordinate economic policies, Mrs Lienemann, by using the instruments they have established for this purpose. +Lastly, Mr Blot, I do not share your fear that fiscal coordination, following monetary union, might eliminate one of the two remaining options for implementing a policy against the famous asymmetric shocks. +This is the subject of another report, which was adopted by the Committee on Budgetary Control today, shortly before the beginning of this debate, and which will be put to the vote along with the report on the regulation this Thursday. +Hopefully, the forthcoming election campaign will also deal with other important political issues, but the battle over the major reforms should be fought now, while the political will is still present. +Fraud and theft are now a way of life and are turning into a scientific study. Organised crime is now a fashionable and studied crime, occurring in the best circles, and its sole goal is theft. +But is acting independently actually the ideal given that the legal systems of many Member States are in crisis? For it is frequently the legal system itself, influenced by the executive - since Montesquieu's separation of powers is fast disappearing - which fails to condemn totally blatant cases of fraud in which billions are at stake. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on 15 March 1999, under my chairmanship, the Council of Economic and Finance Ministers adopted a clear position: no leniency, zero tolerance of fraud and corruption in the Community. +On the comment that Mr Brinkhorst makes on the question of the decentralised agencies - which Mr Kellett-Bowman has picked up - it is essential that the Council address that question, which both Parliament and the Commission have agreement on. +Let us hope that the new Commission will be able to learn from recent events so that it can successfully complete its mandate and so that today's failure opens the way to tomorrow's success. +More than a year ago, on 31 March 1998, the European Parliament decided to postpone the decision to grant the Commission discharge for the financial year 1996. +Discharge will not be granted for 1996, the accounts will be closed, and discharge can only be given for 1997 if - as you have just quite rightly said, Mr Bösch - the deficiencies are ironed out; the fact that they have not been has of course just been criticised by us both. +That is why the accounts for the 1996 financial year cannot be closed straight away, for example while there has been no reimbursement in areas where nepotism has been established. +Matters have not been helped by the fact that the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam coincided with the final part-session of this Parliament. Nevertheless, we are convinced that the loyal cooperation between the institutions will enable us to find a solution to any problems which may arise. +In our view, had we not provided for unanimity we would have had difficulties of principle much greater than those we will have anyway in getting this proposal through the Council. +Romano Prodi presented some of his own ideas to the Heads of State and Government at their informal meeting in Brussels on 14 April, and this exchange of views is to be continued at the European Council in Cologne on 3 and 4 June. +That we are here today looking at the ratification of a new President of the Commission, six months before it was due according to the timetable, is a reflection of the changing roles and expectations of the European Union. +It is an important fact, Mr Prodi, that where Europe - as embodied in the European Union, in European countries and regions - is not present, where there is no solidarity within the European Union, war in Europe is still possible. +I nevertheless wish you all the best for your work. I hope that you will manage to meet the challenges of building Europe whilst taking account of issues such as the environment, health and peace, to which the European people are fully entitled. +I agree, Mr Prodi, that we should strengthen the role of the Commission within the WTO, but I would warn against jeopardising the social dimension and against holding consumers and the environment to ransom. +I will say it clearly once again: we must strengthen market forces. But we must also be aware that the market can only function in our model if there is as little unemployment as possible and as few social weaknesses as possible in our society, as otherwise the people of Europe will not come along with us. +I therefore just wish to tell you that I feel responsible for the major tasks which you have outlined for the Commission: I fully share your desire that the Commission should return to, or rather should finally assume, its role as stipulated in the Treaties - that of taking initiatives and making policy proposals - and should do so with great clarity. +In my opinion, the provisions adopted respond to a particular situation. They aim to solve the problem relating to the 1996 financial year, and it is never advisable to amend general texts to solve a particular problem. +The Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations has indicated on several occasions that it believes that there is a direct link between a lower VAT rate and higher employment. +We approved this report particularly because of its first paragraph - please stay Mr Dell'Alba, just for a few more moments - and although I agree that this paragraph is not entirely realistic, its political significance is very clear in our opinion. +We have also adopted and annexed to our report the reasons for the decision of 17 December 1998. These reasons involved a condemnation of the Commission and should have led at the time to a majority in Parliament censuring the Commission, as we ourselves proposed. +I would like to emphasise this once again, and I am pleased that we have finally succeeded not only in stepping up EU sanctions against Yugoslavia but in upholding the EU oil embargo. +We are in favour of as much as possible being done in the region, but there are constraints after all, and therefore I appeal to the President-in-Office, along with the German Minister for the Interior, to ensure greater justice and more burden sharing. +Mr President, in view of the last speech it is worth reminding this House that ethnic cleansing has gone on in Kosovo for ten years and that refugees were being driven out of their homes long before the NATO bombing. +Something new is needed, because the air strikes are no longer having an effect: either the attacks continue against the same targets that have been attacked up to now, or attacks are launched on the cities. +I see it as proof of the Council's impotence that it was unable to take a decision of that kind, and to some extent I see this as a refusal to put your money where your mouth is. +But this presupposes firstly that Belgrade is left in no doubt about the resolve of the international community, and secondly that it understands that a military solution holds no prospects for Serbia and also none for Milosevic personally. +To prepare it in a hurry without the help of the High Representative and without either the reality or the structure of consultation with Parliament is, in my view, hubris. +The current war in Kosovo has shown once again the desperate need for the EU to have its own capability for military crisis management, as so often advocated in this House. +The Western community has cast aside the peace principle in view of the massive human rights violations and ethnic expulsions in Kosovo. +Even the call for a political solution, which Kofi Annan sought following his meeting with President Yeltsin, is scoffed at by those who fear that the military credibility of NATO will be compromised and that the Clinton policy on Kosovo will be discredited, if logic is brought to bear on self-sustaining acts of stupidity. +In external relations the northern dimension will be responsible for the creation of a separate common strategy, in which relations with Russia will have a key position. +Personally, I am very much in favour of integrating the WEU into the European Union. Such a common defence policy would enable us to cope with the challenges we are currently faced with. +Furthermore, how can you expect your colleagues to vote on a constitution that is supposed to solve all their existential problems without having had the chance to discuss them in committee and without the groups even having had the chance to discuss them! +Mr President, Mr Rothley's report rightly points to a number of shortcomings, imperfections and even errors in the draft Statute for Members of the European Parliament which the Council of Ministers has put before us. +I would add that I am against the Europeanisation of our mandate, because I am in this Chamber to represent Flanders and not some kind of European superstate, because I am opposed to the tax advantages inherent in that Euro-statute, and I therefore remain in favour of a national tax regime which taxes us in exactly the same way as our voters. +In any case. I cannot approve the position that the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights has adopted, as it only means postponing the issue. +Ladies and gentlemen, I first have an announcement to make. In the votes this afternoon, Parliament confirmed its opinions given on Commission proposals subject to a change of procedure following the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty. +This is an enormous step, and as I said at the beginning of this debate, I cannot help feeling - as we were in a situation of deadlock - that there is always a wave of promotions in the year when one Parliament steps down and the next is elected. +At the moment BDP does not provide for the Community initiative URBAN, but the decisions on this matter will be incorporated into the budget proposal at a later stage in the procedure. +I should like, therefore, to concentrate on the substance of this issue, which, as both Mr Sindal and Mr Swoboda have said, is a matter of critical importance, so far as I am concerned, and so far as the development of the common transport policy is concerned. +Using the Internet, the provider can offer his services to clients across national borders without extra cost, and the consumer, without moving from his chair, can compare the services of different providers in both his own country and in others. +This right may be exercised in only two cases: if the contract was signed before the consumer knew the contractual terms and conditions and if he was subject to unfair pressure during the reflection period. +With regard to the other amendment, the famous Amendment No 22 to Article 4 on the right of withdrawal, I am also in favour of extending the 30-day withdrawal period for some contracts, for instance the high-risk contracts such as life insurance and pensions. +Mr Whitehead provided us with some interesting figures, and there is no doubt that the use of the Internet in this type of transaction should become even more widespread. What is more, Mr Whitehead, the expression 'never, never, never at the expense of the consumer' certainly rings true. +This is only a recommendation, as to my regret Parliament did not want to go any further, but perhaps many manufacturers of consumer durables will in time see this as an opportunity giving them better prospects for marketing their products throughout the internal market. +If a repair or a replacement product are out of the question as a remedy, the purchaser still has the option of an appropriate price reduction or the termination of the contract. +The simple aim of the proposal is to ensure that wherever consumers shop in the European Union, they will enjoy minium levels of guarantees and will be able to seek redress in their home countries. +At the insistence of this Parliament, free repairs or replacements will also include postage, labour and materials. +Given the difficulties the people there have in exporting their agricultural produce and the difficulties the Members experienced in travelling there, I cannot see how, in the event of a disaster, for example, these people could possibly cope without adequate resources. +Mr President, in the interests of brevity, and because of the heavy volume of plenary business we have dealt with this evening and the lateness of the hour, I propose to confine myself to a few pertinent remarks on my report, which was drawn up on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection. +I should like to reiterate clearly that as Members of Parliament we have relied on scientific opinion whatever the issue, such as the opinions expressed by ESPEGAM, for example, which has clearly stated that as long as there is no ADI for infants, an extremely strict value of virtually zero needs to be set. +I am being quite frank with you when I say - and you already know this from previous debates - that I would have preferred it if we could at least have done without the directive on foods for sportsmen; this is more likely to result in misinformation in any case, especially as it will be very difficult to obtain clear provisions for the different types of sport because the foodstuffs that can be recommended or are important for a certain type of sport vary considerably from sport to sport. +I do not want to go into this now, though I would like to take the opportunity to point out one thing: however much we have progressed as a result of Amsterdam on the practical aspects of parliamentarianism, we must nevertheless not overlook the fact that important elements which constitute genuine parliamentary government are still absent in the European Union. +The success of the codecision procedure in the first years of its application was a clear signal to the last Intergovernmental Conference that it should be extended to cover almost all the main legislative activities. +The decision had nothing to do with whether or not the artist was a lesbian - I do not know if she is or not - but with the fact that it was felt that the content of the exhibition would have been offensive to some Members and some of the people passing through Parliament. +Our final objective was to prepare our institution for the coming European elections. These elections are not a matter of electing the poor relative of the Community institutions but of electing a Parliament that the people see for the first time as a Parliament that has great power and the ability to exercise that power. +There can be no real democracy where there is no real parliament, nor can there be a real parliament if it does not cause the executive a certain amount of anxiety and inconvenience. +Because there is a need for more Europe, there is a need for Europe to have a role in the world. The historical and political context demonstrates that, and without reformed institutions and a strong political will the need for Europe cannot actually be met. +Madam President, Presidents, ladies and gentlemen, as we have learned here in Parliament, in the alternation of presidencies what is important is not so much which country is in office or the abilities of its leading representatives as the underlying dynamic of the state of the Union. +I believe that, through the resolution last November which Mr De Giovanni mentioned, Parliament proposed something that is as original as it is simple: the idea of using the Community method, the method we are accustomed to, in order to prepare the reform of the institutions. +It is now time to give real substance to the European defence identity. My hope is that the European Council will understand what is now at stake and make Cologne a success. +The Federal Republic of Germany, for instance, has already submitted its national plan and is trying to implement it; it has earmarked DM 2 billion for a special plan to create 100 000 training places and jobs for unemployed young people. +Parliament was kept fully informed on a regular basis of the progress of work on Agenda 2000 and the Commission and the Council took account of Parliament's views in their deliberations. +But I would like to mention the most recent example of the Council's willingness to compromise with Parliament, namely the fact that the URBAN Community initiative is now being continued thanks to Parliament's pressure. +That not only underpins sustainable development in the rural regions but also gives the European Parliament a new power of codecision on agricultural matters, for in future this expenditure will be shown as non-compulsory. +The people of Europe - of the 15 Member States and the applicant countries of Eastern Europe and Cyprus - hope and demand that the European Union becomes a real political and social union, with the required authority and validity to play a leading world role as we approach the millennium. +The response of the majority in this House today does not match up to its commitments to its own voters or to the expectations of public opinion. +We voted in favour of the amendment by the Liberal Group with regard to Parliament's system of pay and expenses, as it was the only way to bring into effect a reform that has taken a long time to prepare, and one that many had called for. +I await these developments with interest, but cannot give the directive my support as it stands and have therefore abstained in the final vote approving the text. +Instead, the proposal should be based on minimum standards that would allow the Member States to retain stricter rules and to tighten up the rules if they wished to do so. +In my own country we have been reassured over and over again that the European Union is not being militarised, yet many reports which have gone through this Parliament in the five years I have been here clearly indicate that is the direction it is going in. +The following symbolic passage is sufficient proof of this: 'The common strategy towards Russia is being considered against a political backdrop that has changed with NATO's military action against the Yugoslav Federation. +The large majority of my group will approve the interinstitutional agreement on medium-term financial planning and we will of course give our assent to those parts of Agenda 2000 that require such assent. +I hope that Mr van den Broek will fulfil his commitment to examine the possibility of a special budget line to fund Cyprus, as we cannot have double standards. +I conclude from this that if we do not finally manage to place the European interest above national interests we will not manage to achieve a genuinely progressive economic and social cohesion policy. +This informal procedure is an ongoing exchange of information, a fruitful dialogue which has resulted in Parliament's priorities being incorporated into the final Berlin text while some demands remain to be negotiated in post-Berlin meetings. +In addition, Parliament very much welcomes the request, that was met, for the Union to play an active role in promoting lasting peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland. +The first priority was to ensure the continuation of the Fund and the Council was able to agree with Parliament's view that the basic objectives of the Cohesion Fund are as relevant today as they were in 1992. +These projects will make a real and tangible difference to the lives of millions of our citizens living in the Community's more remote and under-developed regions. +One slip by Parliament, or simply one occasion where we do not exercise our powers responsibly, could result in us approving certain amendments that might prevent us from concluding this important regulation tomorrow, thereby preventing the regions of Europe from planning their activities for 1 January 2000. +Even if the percentages of the funding have not been fixed, we have agreed on a more preventive labour market policy and on more specific measures for women. +So it is all the more important - and that too is a success achieved by Parliament - that we introduce generous transitional rules to ensure that the regions do not face an unreasonable and painful loss of support but have six years to adjust to the changes. +To achieve this, we stepped up our contacts with the Commission and the Council, organised more tripartite talks and even held an informal seminar in Vienna with the presidency and the Commission to look at the issue of flexibility. +The Committee on Budgets have supported the proposal to involve private capital in financing network projects and has raised the possibility of increasing this from 1 % to 2 %. +Increasing people's chances of keeping their jobs, getting a job or a better job is what we can do with the support of the European Social Fund. +The presidency will raise this matter in Brussels, at the second EU-Ukraine Cooperation Committee scheduled for July, after coordinating with its partners, especially Finland, and will make it an official subject of discussion between the EU and Ukraine. +Mr President-in-Office, using the same constructive approach that seems to underlie your response, could you tell me what exactly the European Union will do to help put an end to the violence and what measures it will adopt to help combat corruption in Algeria? +However, the question was not about a particular occurrence, but a generally held view that all too often no provision is made for the Swedish language when Swedish representatives are taking part in Council meetings. +Subject: Commissioner for equality In accordance with Articles 2, 3 137(1) and 141 of the Amsterdam Treaty, the EU is to take up equality between the sexes as an extremely serious issue. +I also expected to hear whether there had been any discussion of what should now be done to give genuinely active encouragement to equality of opportunity following the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty, Article 13 of which covers all groups, including women, in terms of anti-discrimination. +In the wake of the Commission's timid proposal, the Berlin agreements are a step backwards in terms of limiting aid to large farms and increasing support to small and medium-sized farms. +Is it really justifiable to celebrate the fact that we all want Europe to cost us less in the future as one of the most successful conclusions of Berlin at a time when we are all rightly calling for more European integration in employment, structural reform in general, the EU enlargement process, and solidarity for the wider Europe? +The fact of the matter is that there will not be a budget for this 'rural development', which would in practice be a way of re-establishing the balance between the more- and less-favoured regions. +One last point about the common agricultural policy and the reform agreed upon in Berlin, or rather the non-reform. Berlin neither restored a balance to nor promoted a reversal of the present discrimination between types of production and farmers. +And Agenda 2000 raises important issues: the European agricultural strategy, the future of our food supplies, the structural policy and the financing of Europe, not to mention the opening up to the East. +And it is certainly dangerous to play around on the world market and overlap free trade areas. This is illustrated by what Mr Martin said earlier in relation to winegrowers, with Sweden and Ireland being designated winegrowing areas so that they can obtain concentrated musts and perhaps manufacture industrial wines. +Loyola de Palacio concealed the fact that the extra 550 000 tonnes for the milk quota does not attract a premium, and for bovine animals the increases will not make up for the agreed reduction of 20 % in prices, thereby producing a fall in incomes in this sector of some 30 000 million pesetas. +The fact that talks led to results in a situation in which the Commission had already resigned is proof of the viability of the Union. +Mr President, I shall take ten seconds of my precious time to thank the Commissioners and the President for their stoicism in being with us at this hour of the night. +The case to drop this proposal was forcibly pressed by Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and the unanimous view played no small part in reversing this decision. +This has always been a very serious problem and the European Parliament has tended to be diffident about it, partly because it has not always been clear who is responsible or how the European Parliament could carry out any monitoring or get any information. +It means that the Commission's role remains unchanged but becomes somewhat easier as it is no longer faced with the united front of the Member States saying that they want to go back to the common position agreed earlier. +I would like to thank you for all the cooperation with our group, Parliament, and Mr Hughes, who has been an excellent chairman in this connection. You have been a 'stayer'. +I would like to take advantage of this debate to make two points which I consider important. First, I want to reiterate Mrs Miranda de Lage's comment that the Mexican Government must promise to withdraw the unilateral increase in tariffs before the end of this financial year. +I believe, however, that the conclusion of this agreement will facilitate the continuing dialogue on these issues which will give the European Parliament far more leverage than if the agreement did not go ahead. +Other forms of involvement, such as observer status, would not have satisfied Iceland's and Norway's legitimate need to keep contributing to the discussion process on the subjects covered by the Schengen Agreement. +In addition to the association agreement I have just described, the draft of which I recently sent to you, the Schengen Protocol provides for the conclusion of another agreement on the legal relationship between Norway and Iceland on the one hand and the United Kingdom and Ireland on the other hand in matters relating to their recourse to the benefits of Schengen. +Effective operation of the system is essential, which means ensuring that Norway and Iceland perform to the same standards as the EU countries on border controls and combating crime. +Contrary to what happened with the directive on copyright in the information society, we have managed - in just a short period of time - to conduct a more informative debate. +I would like to ask Commissioner Liikanen whether the way in which the Committee on Legal Affairs has formulated this in Amendment No 48 is acceptable. Will this not be making Internet service providers into censors? +And since, as a famous writer from my country said, 'there is no certainty in the morrow', I shall take this opportunity to say good-bye and thank you to all the colleagues, officials and interpreters with whom I have shared these five years which have been so important for European integration. +This does not, however, mean that the institutions are not autonomous enough to decide to increase the required majority in a particular situation, for example in order to enhance the binding effect ascribed to the maximum rate of increase in Article 203. +A year ago, we decided to approve an interim agreement so that the overall agreement could be negotiated, and at the time we explicitly said that we would not approve the overall agreement until all of its component parts had been negotiated. +The Labour Government lost no time in setting tough new standards in public life in Britain when it came to power two years ago. +I also support the idea of simplifying financial management, and I feel that it is essential to ensure that the Member States take responsibility for the Fund, and to monitor the use that is made of the subsidies granted from it, as otherwise the risk of fraud will be increased. +The future of rural areas seems to be all the more uncertain given that the Commission and Parliament, always concerned with seizing new fields of competence for themselves, plan to develop an integrated urban policy, in contempt of the principle of subsidiarity. +We also believe that the best way of funding European policy is by concentrating on those measures that are absolutely vital, rather then creating mini-budgets which swallow up large amounts of the Member States' money. +They are the aspects that extend ad infinitum the scope of Community regulation, and which now call for a simplification of the existing procedures, following the bureaucratic and administrative obstructions that they have caused. +Subsequently, an international conference on the Balkans will need to be convened under the auspices of the UN and the OSCE, the aim being to stabilise the situation in the region and to guarantee Kosovo a high degree of autonomy within existing borders. +This violence is in fact the response to your state violence, which takes the form of the death penalty, but also the racist justice and class justice which Mumia condemned. +His lawyers have scarcely been given access to him, the national security court hardly seems the most appropriate place to be holding the trial, and no international observers are to be admitted. +In addition to this, however, if we look at the situation since we concluded the Customs Union with Turkey, it has actually turned its back on us, and the recent elections showed that it is turning inwards and becoming increasingly nationalistic, and with the events nearby in the Balkans there will be little scope for the fundamental aspirations and rights of the Kurds. +Mr President, as in December 1997, unfortunately we are again having to turn our attention to human rights violations in Djibouti and in particular to the situation of political prisoners, who are not only subjected to unlawful imprisonment, which is unacceptable in our eyes, but also to every kind of ill-treatment, which in some cases has caused the deaths of some of them. +The government of Djibouti also undertook to respect this principle when it signed up to the Lomé Convention, Article 5 of which states that each signatory shall be guided by the principles of respect for human rights and democratisation of their own country. +Mr President, Mrs Gebhardt, ladies and gentlemen, I would first like to congratulate the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights and, more specifically, our colleague Mrs Gebhardt, for the excellent work that they have all done and the determination they showed during the conciliation procedure. +Cooperating very harmoniously, not least with Mrs Fontaine, who chaired the conciliation meetings, she managed through a very astute approach, a firm hand and indefatigable persistence to make this compromise possible. +As we still have a need for statistics on trade in goods within the Community, Intrastat was established, and firms were obliged to supply the necessary information to enable this body to establish the statistics. +As regards the first proposal on reducing the number of variables covered, the conciliation procedure allowed us to reach a satisfactory result on the Commission's initial proposal. +However, I will not deny that I have great sympathy with what the Commission has been trying to do since the early 1980s, or at least with the substance, but not with the idea of using an intergovernmental agreement. +Setting up interception facilities involves costs for the system operator, but in the single market the level of costs must be similar everywhere if distortions of competition are to be avoided. +This draft convention will provide the legal framework for the interception of all forms of telecommunications in the EU which is required to put into effect the EU FBI surveillance system. +Mr Schulz pointed out quite rightly, and Mr Schmid wrote, that this Council recommendation makes absolutely no difference whatsoever to the legal situation in the Member States. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by congratulating Mr Hoppenstedt on his last speech, which was very much to the point and summed up what all this is about, namely linking modern technology with nature and mankind. +The detailed programme of activities and communication strategies is being developed within these two bodies along the lines of the Commission's communication and the Culture Committee's report. +Ladies and gentlemen, our political activity does not move at a frenzied pace, but we could compare it to a train, not a high-speed train but a goods train. Yet trains do not move forward if there are no rails and these rails are what stop us from coming off the tracks. +That is why we are able to say today, wherever we happen to be sitting or standing here in this Chamber, that if there is such a thing as political justice, right here in this European Parliament too, then this political justice has become reality with the election of Nicole Fontaine as President of the European Parliament. +When we closed the session last May, there was unanimous support and loud applause from the entire Chamber because she had presided over meetings with such outstanding success during the last election period. +The contribution they made towards bringing the Kosovo conflict to a peaceful conclusion has enabled the civil might of the EU to take a major step in the direction of a common foreign policy. +The draft for a European Charter of Fundamental Rights agreed in Cologne should ensure that the fundamental rights of the citizens are accorded the same status at the European level as they are at the national level. +The recent developments that we have seen with regard to the WTO, the way in which the new negotiations will be carried out and, particularly, the appointment of the Director General preferred by the Americans for the first round of the WTO, are very bad omens with regard to European interests. +Lastly, the Kosovo affair has also demonstrated the impotence of the European Union and its total diplomatic and military dependence on the dominant military power of NATO. +On criticism of the institutional reforms; we tried to make progress with the institutional reforms, and when I made my maiden speech as Germany took over the Council Presidency, it was still not at all clear whether we would actually receive support for an Intergovernmental Conference. +The challenge facing all of us is that of restoring the credibility of the European Union in the eyes of its citizens and ensuring that they understand the benefits that the European Union provides for their personal, everyday lives. +All those who say that they endorse the Commission or say 'No' to it today, be they within or outside this Parliament, are disregarding Parliament, because the Hearings are an important part of the whole process, at the end of which we will be free to reach a decision on whether or not we will endorse the Commission. +We, or at least my group, will also do all that is necessary to ensure that an adequate period of time is allowed for each applicant during the Hearings, for the one and a half hours which have been allowed for hitherto are not sufficient. We need at least three hours to hold a discussion which is to our complete satisfaction. +The Commission is the guardian of the Treaties and you used the term 'government' , a term I personally very much approve of, because it implies that this government must also bear parliamentary responsibility and be accountable to Parliament. +Madam President, in September we have the hearings and, as I said, I do not wish to anticipate how they should proceed, but my group's strong preference is that in September - subject always to the reservations that we must see what emerges - we should take a decision and rid ourselves of a sense of crisis. +Tragedies such as the crisis in Kosovo, and, more generally, in the whole of the former Yugoslavia, show that the peace and stability afforded by European integration do not as yet extend very far beyond the Union's external borders. +The launch of the new euro currency will certainly help to reduce business costs for small and medium-sized enterprises as foreign exchange transactions in eleven countries become an event of the past. +In order to boost competitiveness, growth and employment, the Finnish Government rightly intends to promote the co-ordination of economic, employment and structural policies and to complete the internal market. +The EU certainly now has a golden opportunity to put in place new policies in the fields of consumer rights, food safety and assistance to the elderly, as well as areas of environmental protection. +Before the Cologne European Council meeting, the Commission proposed to the Heads of State and Government that a special agency should be set up which would deal with the implementation of the reconstruction work. +I have been in touch with the foreign ministry in Slovakia, one of the applicant countries, and we have begun talks on how the issue may be solved from their point of view. +I mentioned it today to a group representing young people in Europe, who met me, as a representative of the European Union, at a writing competition award ceremony. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council on his first appearance, Mr President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, I asked the question on the Bangemann case because I thought it raised a matter of great topical importance, that of the ethical behaviour of public officials. +In this regard, it is down to us, among others, in our positions as Members of Parliament, to fight for clear statutes and rules of the game, and to elaborate on these, since no one benefits from simply throwing stones at others whilst overlooking the fact that we ourselves sometimes sit in glass houses. +There are those who would say, and they have, I believe, rationality on their side, that the provisions of Article 213 of the Treaty and its references to integrity and discretion mean that for anyone who has an understanding of required standards in public life, little more should need to be said, if anything. +Obviously, I might have wished that our first meeting under the Finnish Presidency had taken place in other circumstances which would have permitted me to present the actual priorities of our programme. +For that reason, there is no doubt that Community legislation should be amended to ensure that the quality of animal produce is to be relied upon fully. +I would now like to say something to the President-in-Office of the Council. He said at certain points that the Council was concerned that the dioxin crisis has shown that its effects concern the Union as a whole and that the Council wants to act decisively and responsibly. +It is my belief that when an economic and environmental disaster occurs on such a scale, people should have the courage to seek out and point to the causes, and, where appropriate, the culprits, not out of some misplaced form of vengeance, but in order to prevent problems of this kind from occurring in the future. +Let me remind you of the fact that Community institutions have not taken heed of the recommendations and demands of the Parliament, which requested the prohibition of meat and bone meal in animal feedingstuffs. +Thus, we would say: by all means have an enquiry, but first let us have a wide-ranging review of all Member States' systems for dealing with food and health scares, starting with an evaluation of the British system. +The possible reforms are being dealt with by the Anti-Fraud Office and by Romano Prodi himself, who told us yesterday that he would be able to resolve almost everything by changing the internal workings of the Commission and by putting forward a Members' Code of Conduct. +This could have meant, for example, action against the organisers of the 1996 European Championship because on that occasion, supporters benefitted from a sales scheme which favoured nationals over fans from abroad. +The organisers of the Euro-2000 Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands have, for instance, contacted the Commission and as a result, they have adapted their sales system to meet the requirements of Community law. +If Commissioner Kinnock is asking me if I believe that the European Commission could actually help grassroots football better than the multinational corporations who actually rely on the profits, I would actually vote for the European Commission. +Madam President, our former Belgian Socialist colleague, Mr De Coene, and I led the group of 30 MEPs who took the case to the High Court in Paris last year. +If the Commission had pursued this abuse of Article 82 as rigorously as it pursues abuses in other areas of industry then this fine would have been not £600 but £6m or more. +During this World Cup, ladies and gentlemen, you saw thousands of little Zidanes and Marcel Desaillys, coming from the working-class neighbourhoods of Marseilles, Toulouse and Strasbourg to applaud the exploits of the great Zidane and the great Desailly, but also those of the great Owen, the great Beckham, and the great Di Pietro. +Is it sensible in the circumstances to take the money in large amounts from football and deposit it in the European Commission's coffers, or is it sensible to take action that guarantees that on no future occasion will there be discriminatory sales of football or other international tournament tickets? +We are perhaps paying a heavy price for not having been able to do it, but I would ask this Parliament to painstakingly analyse the second report of the committee, to understand, after the explanations of Mr Kinnock, that the Commission will require some time, and to be a bit more generous this time. +The former Commission must be reminded, 42 years after the creation of this institution, of the necessity of, I quote: "making Commissioners responsible from the initial drawing up of a proposal through to its implementation" . +Because the Financial Regulation has never adequately spelt out the law on contracts" , one cannot help having the disturbing impression that thinking remains incomplete. +And, in the final analysis, is it not true that the theory of the independence of the Commission, as cultivated by the Federalists, but resulting in the weakening of controls, has provided a breeding ground for irregularities and fraud which go unpunished? +In particular, the Commission pledges to move systematically from the traditional dependence on ex-ante financial control to an integrated system of financial management and auditing in which the responsibilities of individual officers are clearly defined, monitored and reinforced. +I consider it absolutely necessary that the recommendations in this regard from the Committee of Wise Men be included in the programme for the next Intergovernmental Conference and be legally transposed, in spite of the explanations given by the designated Commissioners. +This is not the time to deal with details, since in the Committee on Budgetary Control, thanks to the proposal which we have made, we will have the opportunity to closely observe the work of Commissioner Kinnock. +Mr President, we are debating a report of around 200 pages which contains an exhaustive analysis of the structural operation of the Commission' s departments, and yet we have had only 48 hours in which to read it and give it our consideration. +I am sure that you will all agree with me in confirming the importance of this Community framework for cooperation with which we are trying to back up and finalise the work of the Member States in the field of accidental marine contamination, in order to make it more efficient. +If we do not do this, when the first crisis comes along, given the lack of inspection in a Member State and the lack of a European principle on inspection, we shall resort to an independent agency which must be created in order to manage the question of food, for example, as we have seen when debating this matter. +I believe strongly that this report should be given Parliament' s wholehearted support and a message should be sent to both the Commission and the Council that we are determined that these essential measures should not be diluted or weakened in any way. +This would result in the manufacturing industry moving to the country where the most lax environmental regulations are in force; the environment would then stand to lose the most and those Member States that were taking the environmental legislation seriously would be punished for doing so. +Let us hope that there is no repeat of what happened to that spiritual leader of the West, Mr Stoiber, President of the Government of Bavaria, who did not manage to turn his Minister Sauter into a scapegoat and get him to resign and consequently, has had to appeal to his own Parliament. +The offers which he has made us, which are broadly accepted by this group, form a clear commitment to European integration and are a clear declaration of intentions with regard to the representation of citizens which this Parliament demonstrates. +It is a condition, a tool for bringing prosperity to everyone, so that we can move on to those policies which form the fundamental chapter we are about to open, the final goal, that is, more growth, more development, more employment. We must deal with the need for new transparency, new institutions and new politics. +You were right to regard the word "responsibility" as a key word, not just in the Wise Men' s first report, but also in terms of solving future problems - collective responsibility, but also the individual responsibility held by the members of your Commission, and to my mind, the responsibility held by your officials. +Professor Prodi, you are a man of great talent, surrounded by men and women of equally great talent: Professor Monti, Mr Barnier, and Mr Busquin, who survived where Mrs Cresson succumbed. The first thing your gifted Commission will have to deal with will be the major Seattle Conference. +Wednesday' s vote is an important opportunity to signal to the new Commission that business as usual cannot be the guiding principle in Brussels. +The appointment of Mr Kinnock and Mr Patten clearly underlines the impression that appointment to the Commission is in effect a consolation prize to compensate for political rejection in one' s own country. +This morning, Mr President, you stated that you wanted an integrated and efficient administration, competent Commissioners above all suspicion, a political programme for the next five years, in full collaboration with Parliament. +As a person and as President of the Commission, you also have the confidence of those Members of the European Parliament who are very sceptical about your team. In other words, you personally will be able to count on a "yes" vote from our group in both elections. +Madam President, Mr President, from Kosovo to East Timor, the world needs Europe, the Europe of the institutions of the Union. And the European Union needs a good relationship between the Council, the Commission and Parliament in order to win the full confidence of its citizens. +We, the New Democracy Party of Greece, will vote in favour of your Commission, regardless of any reservations, because we are hopeful that you will respect your commitments of the previous week on the one hand and because we agree with the political content of today' s statements on the other. +It is in Parliament' s interest to defend the Commission' s powers and particularly its right of initiative, without which the power of national governments and bureaucracies would become overwhelming. +It is especially scandalous that someone like former Commission President Delors' right-hand man, who was responsible for setting up the criticised security services, should have been waved through this Parliament without so much as having to answer a single critical question. +We must never allow a government to use the Commission as a retirement home for politicians past - to use a consumer term - their "sell-by date" or for a political pay-off for old pals or indeed to export a national embarrassment to Europe. +We want you to take steps to ensure that substantial improvements in income and in access to power and money are achieved, and that you join us in our struggle against violence and against the everyday discrimination faced by women. +Because we had to make time available to delegations from other committees, neither the members of my group nor our committee nor the members of the delegations had sufficient time to put all the questions that they wanted to candidate Commissioners Liikanen and Lamy. +Here too I can state, on behalf of my group, that it is clearly the settled will of the Commission to include such questions as, for example, socio-agricultural standards and European environmental provisions in the Millennium Round. +Thank you, Mr President, for having unintentionally quoted me because I have come to the European Parliament as leader of the Pensioners' Party to represent for the first time the needs of the elderly. +It reminded me of a famous comedy duo in the UK - Morecombe and Wise - where Eric Morecombe was playing a grand piano and making an awful noise and André Previn said to him "You' re playing all the wrong notes" , to which he replied "I' m playing all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order" . +On Category 5, the sad part is that we still see no solutions being proposed by the Council on how to solve the problem of pensions within the institutions. +In this context, it is important that the European Parliament, whose activity during this last year has been considerable, ensures that its voice is heard after the resolution adopted in its April plenary part-session which established the political framework which is now required. +As I said before, the establishment of an area of freedom, security and justice is a basic objective in bringing the Union closer to the citizens, and this matter forms part of the daily concerns of the citizens of the Union. +I am pleased, however, that we in the European People' s Party, together with the friends of security, have successfully been able to implement the initiative in this Chamber against the Social Democrat Group who did not want this discussion to take place here. +Much has been said about making life more difficult for the criminal but harmonising offences and penalties is an ambitious project. +Suppressing the free flow of information and bypassing society in this way, whilst preparing for a summit on an area of freedom, security and justice, gives cause to suspect that that area is not free or open to the extent that our traditions would require. +As a prior condition of creating peace and security in Europe, the EU' s Member States must work more actively to create this peace, security, economic growth and democracy in the EU' s poor neighbouring countries. +Of course we want prime ministers to provide protection from threats like organised crime, drug running, terrorism and sex crimes, but let them also focus on the threat of discrimination and racism. +Please applaud them, especially as we are particularly sorry to hear the news of another serious earthquake in the north-west of Turkey on Monday, only a few weeks after the tragic events which have struck this same region. +On behalf of the European Parliament, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the Turkish Grand National Assembly and to the people of Turkey for the tragic losses which this natural disaster caused. +If too great a proportion of publicly financed social and economic entitlements were introduced, the walls shutting off the outside world would also be raised at the same time as the level of social provision in the European Union increases. +These policies will have to tie in with development and co-operation policies which, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, have been largely unsuccessful in the delivery of the financial aid they promised. +I believe that the Commission too must recognise that the expanded remit of the codecision procedure means that Parliament has an equal say in the enactment of EU directives and regulations encompassing 38 different economic and social sectors. +The codecision procedure covers a wide range of activities including those in the transport sector, regional affairs, social matters, employment initiatives, structural funding, consumer protection, public health and environmental concerns. +I am referring to the full autonomy, to the exclusive capacity and competence which the Basque Country enjoys from a fiscal point of view, from the point of view of the collection of taxes, rates and public levies, as well as with regard to budgets and public spending. +We were also not in a position to grant our approval for the period following on account of the fact that several of the candidates have not unequivocally declared themselves fully and individually responsible, as required by their office. +The President of the Commission' s intervention sums up all of the committees' work which provided the opportunity to assess the political positions of the various Commissioners. +Concerning foreign and defence policies, the insistence on the federalist approach was emphasised, as was the strengthening of the CFSP' s militaristic positions, instead of a decisive pledge for policies of co-operation. +The strong pressure on MEPs to approve the new Commission, thus allowing a return to 'normal' business, must be balanced against the many doubts and reservations which surround aspects of the Prodi team. +. Over the winter of 1998/99 the European Parliament came of age, bringing about the resignation of the Santer Commission and in so doing established its proper place in the European political order. +It shows that Parliament and its Committee on Budgets show real responsibility for the European Union economy and, in addition, real responsibility for the development of different policies and adjusting promptly to prevailing circumstances. +Above all, this would mean that the intervention of an international peacekeeping force could be considered not as interference with Indonesia' s sovereignty, but as assistance offered by the international community to an independent and sovereign state. +From an economic point of view, we in the Socialist Group demanded early on that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund should stop supporting the regime in Djakarta. +But in the context of the current disaster there, Indonesia has become a symbol of the lengths to which a brutal, weak and unscrupulous regime will go to further its power and control over those it perceives as challenging its authority. +What is it about the institutions of Europe - about the European Parliament, about the European Union collectively - that makes us unable to respond to the crises in the world as our people, our voters, our citizens would want us to do? +A decision was taken this morning by the Security Council to send an international peacekeeping force and an advanced guard to East Timor immediately. +Humanitarian action is urgently needed and its main priorities are the protection of refugees in West Timor, access to the area by the UNHCR, and the commencement of airdrops of food and other supplies to take place as soon as possible. +It would then be extremely interesting to hear the reactions from Paris, Berlin and Madrid and many other places where the Cologne resolutions have in fact been interpreted as a further step in the direction of a common defence policy. +What is the attitude of the Finnish presidency towards law-making in secret, because at the moment the Council of Ministers is only matched by Beijing and North Korea in passing laws over citizens in secret? +The international community is committed to full implementation of Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council for the establishment of a democratic and multicultural Kosovo within the internationally recognised borders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. +Mr President, I believe that both the President' s reply and the debate concerning the previous question are evidence of the selective approach of the said International community for dealing with world-wide problems, including the situation in the Balkans. +I know this House does not need convincing, but as a direct and leading contributor to relieving suffering and rebuilding normality and as a coordinator of the efforts of others, the European Union must make the maximum possible commitment. +Mrs Pack has very courageously taken upon herself the task of clearing up the Council' s mess, proposing a completely logical solution that involves establishing the agency in Pristina and linking it with the Stability Pact in Thessaloniki. +For that reason, I would like to make three points. Firstly, we do not need two administrative bodies for one agency; secondly, decision-making must be carried out where the work is being done, that is to say at the Kosovo Reconstruction Agency in Kosovo; and thirdly, it is important to work in co-operation with the local people and, more particularly, on a multi-ethnic basis, as has been emphasised here. +Logically, therefore, the agency should have its operational base there, although in arguing for that option, everyone will, I am sure, bear in mind the very persuasive points that Mr Cohn-Bendit made in today's debate about previous experience. +The Commission voted for the need for a steady and rigorous commitment to the refugees and accepted the tenth EC-UNRWA Convention which refers to 1999-2001. This has been submitted to the European Parliament and represents an important contribution. +Mr President, this report has been approved unanimously by the Committee on Development and Co-operation, and, wisely, with the two amendments tabled by the Committee on Budgets, so that, rather than just words, we will actually have an economic and financial plan. +For example, I noticed that our House has just rejected the original drafting of paragraph 6 of the resolution which stated that it was impossible to achieve the area of freedom, security and justice if the rule for unanimity in the Council was maintained. +- (DA) The Danish Social Democrats in the European Parliament have declined to vote for a motion for a resolution concerning further integration in the fields of freedom, security and justice. +Nor, moreover, can we support the desire that the Tampere Summit should be the starting signal for a new Intergovernmental Conference concerning further integration in the area of law. +As the House will know, some stability has been achieved in the general financial situation in Russia since the dramatic fall in the international exchange value of the rouble in August last year. +They extend, in the Commission' s view, to the massive outflow of capital from Russia which has in turn obviously contributed to the low level of internal investment and therefore impeded economic growth. +Against that background, timely action by President Yeltsin in signing into law the Russian draft legislation on money laundering would be reassuring to the international community. +In addition, following a visit by the Finnish Presidency and Commissioner van den Broek to Turkey on 26 August, a financial package of EUR 30 million is currently being assembled to help with the current emergency and rehabilitation activities. +We trust that these short, medium and longer-term support initiatives will be of sustained help to the people of Turkey and we are sure that people right across the European Union will join us in hoping that the arduous task of restoring communities and morale will be successful. +And finally, it is restating our desire to maintain dialogue, only to the extent that it would allow for progress in the area of human rights in that country, particularly in order to have these death sentences revoked. +Meanwhile the international situation continues to deteriorate and no meaningful response has been made to the repeated international calls for the Burmese authorities to take steps towards the promotion of democracy, human rights and national reconciliation. +These activities should also support the Joint Military Commission that is in charge of organising the deployment of a peacekeeping or peace enforcement force. +Well, in this room there are no windows and no air inlets, and we do not know if the extremely noisy machine emits substances which could endanger the operator' s health. +In order to utilise this building efficiently, we must ensure that we spend the whole of our plenary part-sessions here, including the Fridays, so that we then have an entire week in which, as Mrs Ludford suggested, we can devote ourselves specifically to constituency matters. +Anybody who appreciates the political activity of a Member, and the confidential nature of many of their conversations and activities, will understand that this is possibly the most serious structural defect and, as the President has pointed out, there is possibly no solution to it. +My main plea is that since a treaty change was required to bring us here in the first place, surely we can all lobby in our political parties, our Governments, to get a treaty change to take us away and spend the money on something useful that the people would appreciate. +Anyone who is keen on the use of new buildings, as I am, realises that it takes some time to break them in; in six months time, we will have forgotten these details. +Similarly the beautiful cream coloured carpets used in some of the committee rooms I predict will be irreversibly stained and soiled within 3 months and rendered unusable, making it a very poor and impractical choice of colour and ultimately a waste of resources. +If other Member States then proceed to behave in the same sort of way, this could lead to individual items being banned in every Member State in the Community at different times, and there will be no guarantee that the single market, which we worked so hard in this Parliament to bring about and to consolidate, will work properly. +Madam President, Mr President of the Commission, if the PPE did not want this debate to be held today, it was not because it did not consider it important, but just in order to be able to shed light on a number of aspects, to hear the opinions of a number of experts, before making a statement. +Is the consumer to go on thinking that we in the EU close down farms and so give up cultivating cereal, but burn the corpses of our animals and use meat and bone meal as animal feed? +During the debate we must keep in mind - and this is important - all the problems of agriculture and reward quality agriculture, as well as giving a lot of room to the matter raised by Mrs Roth-Behrendt of the relationship between technical and democratic control. +The second is that, given the prevalence of AIDS in Africa and knowing that thousands of young people cross the Mediterranean into Europe, via Spain and other countries, and also bearing in mind the incubation period of the disease, which is from five or six to twelve years, we can calculate that a third of these young people are infected with AIDS and are living in Europe. +The third point which will sway decisions to vote in favour of the Council' s proposal is that the level of financial assistance is relatively low and so it will not affect the economic programme of the Commission. +Secondly, that logically it will fall to the budgetary authorities, to you as Parliament, to the Commission in its proposals and to the Council in its decisions, to take the decisions which it considers appropriate for 2000 without, at the moment, anticipating the definitive solution. +In Article 5 of the ALTENER programme, Parliament would also like to insert a reference to the new procedures for exercising powers of implementation in order to improve the participation of the European Parliament. +It is not enough to see the amounts, which are quite inadequate, that we are going to spend on renewable energies; we should perhaps also take a little time to consider the financial energies which we are expending on other forms of energy, particularly nuclear energy. +Together with the SAVE Programme, we have in ALTENER II a way of showing the public of Europe that there are rational ways to meet the challenge of climate change: energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy. +In contrast to the big energy concerns in which employees are being laid off, by launching this programme and by promoting alternative energy sources, we are also making a contribution as Europeans to increasing the status of employment policy. +Mr President, rapporteur, Commissioner, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Ahern, for the dynamism with which she has taken up the work of the previous rapporteur Mrs Bloch von Blottnitz on the multiannual programme to promote energy efficiency, SAVE II for the 1998-2002 period, and has prepared it for the second reading in this Chamber. +Greater energy efficiency will mean less consumption in the medium-term, safeguarding renewable energy sources, less dependence on energy imports as well as less environmental pollution. +The Commission will briefly present - it is included in the agenda of the next Council of 2 December - the action plan on energy efficiency, and then we will have the opportunity to discuss these questions in more depth. +Now, the institutional racism and legalised bigotry and prejudice has been swept away and recognition of that momentous achievement now determines the European Union' s relationship with South Africa. +Substantial advances have already been made in providing schooling for children, local medical services, access to drinking water and to electricity. Nevertheless, a great deal still remains to be done. +Mr President, whilst we recognise the valuable aspects of the agreement as regards trade, development and cooperation between the European Community and the Republic of South Africa, it has raised some critical questions in our minds, as it has in that of Mrs Kinnock, relating to suggestions to be addressed to the Commission and the Council. +Following on from Mrs Kinnock' s sharp observation that the European Union has "sought to hold South Africa hostage to its own subsidised farmers" , my fourth point is that failing to include the wines and spirits sectors in the agreement was a downright omission. +Hopefully, it will mean that, in South Africa too, it is felt that it is no longer so very far from the EU to South Africa, either physically or psychologically, and that the gap between words and action is no longer so lengthy as, without a shadow of a doubt, it was felt to be in the period after 1994 and up until 1999. +Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, cooperating with South Africa and helping it to put its under-development behind it should be a fundamental duty for Europe, whose ruling classes greatly benefited in the past from the pillage of that country' s mineral wealth and from the exploitation of its poverty-stricken masses. +Mr President, the agreement reached with South Africa undoubtedly constitutes an overall step forward on a political level for the European Union. In this sense, we should feel particularly satisfied. +Without going into the inappropriateness in principle of these kinds of suggestions, I wish to underline that both sides are working very hard to find a quick and mutually acceptable solution to the outstanding problems on the wines and spirits dossier. +The conference in Lesotho is going to take place on 13-14 October and we are prepared to discuss there with representatives from the BLNS countries, how to structure the support package for those countries. +So I am not responding to the single item because I do not feel like it, but I accept your invitation, Mr Barón Crespo, because when I myself start to examine the large expenditure percentages, I find that past rather than future needs are dictating our path. +The solutions for unemployment are exactly the same as the solutions for competitiveness, that is, reduced employment taxes and reduced levels of regulation. What attitude will the Commission take to these points? +However, if you asked me what the primary factor in Europe' s industrial problems is, I would be very frank: the human resources problem as the incentive for entrepreneurship that exists on our continent and, therefore, the whole problem of preparing the financial structures for new entrepreneurship. +The European Union does not want the agency to be based in Lausanne, at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee but, nevertheless, wants to have it in one of the Member States of the European Union. +India is the largest democracy in the world and has coped with some horrendous problems precisely because it is a free society living under the rule of law, with a fully developed civil society. +While I welcome the question and the answer he has given - I agree with him that too much emphasis on summits is not necessarily a healthy thing - I wonder whether he will consider expanding the India/EU dialogue into an EU/Indian sub-continent dialogue? +That is a role that the EU could usefully play - of bringing the Indians, Pakistanis or Bangladeshis, etc. together in that sub-continent to discuss their common problems and, in a sense, act as an external honest broker in dealings between the countries in that sub-region. +. Member States have up to now on the basis of Article 296 (former Article 223) exempted trade in arms from the scope of application of European Community Treaty rules. +The very first step involves granting Turkey candidate status so that the process may be initiated and so that we have the opportunity to be able to speak on the subject of starting negotiations in the foreseeable future. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, after the statements of the representative of the Council Presidency and also the representative of the Commission, one must certainly assume that a resolution to grant Turkey candidate status will be brought at the Helsinki Summit. +Madam President, our group is in favour of a European vocation for Turkey and the possibility of its eventual accession. It is also in favour of a more open policy as regards granting financial assistance, provided this aid can benefit in particular the plight of its many earthquake victims. +The Greek people showed their heartfelt sentiments towards the Turkish people during the earthquake tragedy and I believe that the Turkish people also have heartfelt sentiments towards the Greek people. +We must do this because we acknowledge that Turkey has a long way to go, basically in the area of human rights and of the rights of their various peoples and minorities, whether they are recognised as such or not, who make up the population of that country. Turkey also has a long way to go in terms of the way it acts towards Cyprus. +The election of a new and more constructive government in Israel and the signing of the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum last month have set the stage for a relaunch of the peace process. +The first troop withdrawals, prisoner releases, and yesterday' s agreement on the opening of the safe passage route between Gaza and the West Bank, all show that both Israelis and Palestinians have begun again their efforts to reach a permanent peace. +I support the right of the Palestinian people to form a state, but one which comes about on the basis of negotiation and goodwill of all interested parties and not one which is brought about as a result of coercion. +President Pasqua has already stressed the problem of the lack of translations. Our group is today stressing that there is not only a lack of translations but also inexact translations. +We have a perfect illustration of this today with the decision of the Commission to lift the embargo on British beef, and the refusal by France and Germany to apply this decision. +While the EU is committed to closely monitoring and regulating the industry, there is, in my view, a moral responsibility on those involved to agree on standards which it is not acceptable to exceed. +For that reason, the Union considers it important that sustainable development is the basic principle behind the talks and that the environment is taken into account in all aspects of the round. +To this end, this Parliament has adopted an amendment from my group which requested a review of the mechanisms of the WTO and the rules procedure, in order to take more account of social, health, environmental and cultural questions. +Mr President of the Council, Mr President, Commissioner, the communication of the Commission to the national parliaments is extremely revealing with regard to the profoundly antidemocratic workings of the main European institution and of the conditions under which the new round of multilateral trade negotiations will be approached. +For developing countries, this must mean free access for all goods, compensation for rising prices for basic foods, exemptions from the TRIPS agreements and a situation in which the EU removes the subsidies which result in unfair competition, especially in connection with agricultural products. +The reality of this is one of multifunctional agriculture, which combines its economic function with preserving the environment and the countryside and which guarantees that the whole of our territory remains populated. +It is therefore necessary, as an extension of this matter, and with the aim of creating a favourable balance of power within the WTO, to debate, to communicate throughout Europe regarding the direction to be given to globalisation and the liberalisation of trade. +Many in our group take the view that emissions trading, i.e. the freedom to buy the obligation to reduce CO2, is not politically tenable. +I have said that I shall be presenting a Green Paper with just such a concrete proposal for a system. This will, of course, describe the national responsibilities which each country will have. +Does this mean that Finland, which is militarily neutral, is prepared, like other countries, to establish a common defence policy within the Union in order that the Union may have a common will, a common policy and a common voice? +I would ask the Minister how the country holding the Presidency is preparing for the adoption of the practice of qualified majority voting in the areas of foreign and security policy and defence policy. +Preparations are still in hand, and it is impossible to say yet whether it will extend to foreign and security policy, but if we consider the history of preparatory work for a moment, it has to be said that taking binding decisions based on a qualified majority, for example in matters of defence, is not very likely to come about, at least very quickly. +In addition to this, there is Article 30 which stipulates that the contribution may be increased by the currency reserves to ten times as much, that is to say EUR 50 billion. What is more, Article 30(4) has a condition to the effect that the European Central Bank can call in currency reserves over and above the maximum, which is set at EUR 50 billion. +We have always had some point on the agenda which has been discussed openly but the remainder of each meeting has, so far a in any case, been closed to the public, as it will continue to be during the Finnish Presidency. +Secondly, if the rules are so totally different whereby arms exports to Yugoslavia are prohibited by law, but are permitted to Indonesia, for example, then clearly standards other than those contained in the Code, namely economic interests and trade, hold sway. +It is urgent because we have not yet defined how to control the spread of small arms and light weapons, nor have we strengthened the code to cover conventional arms. +This is the ultimate significance of the prize awarded to her for her selflessness. Belarus must not remain a "black hole" on the European map. +Transparency is a value which this Parliament referred to decisively during the first weeks of its activities and the public has the right to trust both political and military institutions. +However, we believe that it is right for the European Parliament to ask the Member States - which can participate in ascertaining the truth - to provide the magistracy with all the documentation necessary to definitively identify who was to blame. +This, in particular, highlights the question of the overall safety culture of the plant and the level of training of the personnel as well as the importance of rapid dissemination of information. +Transport of MOX fuel is performed under the control of national authorities in the countries of origin and destination, taking into account the appropriate Community legislation and IAEA standards. +However, you all know very well that our experience, both in the European Parliament and in Europe, proves that it is not enough just to say this, to go on reiterating that something should be done. +The Members of Parliament must be covered by a specific decision which could perhaps envisage a separate supervisory board, for parliamentary inquiries, for example, which would be elected by this House at the beginning of each legislative term. +This is why the general public expects this office to be able to perform its task thoroughly, and this ability to perform its task thoroughly will relate primarily to the institutions in which OLAF is able to carry out investigations, and I therefore welcome Mr Napolitano' s report and the contributions that have been made here. +Secondly, I would like to stress, and with this I shall also conclude my speech, how important and urgent it is for there at last to be regulations governing market access for the certification service providers, for internal market principles to be applied and for there to be liability regulations. +The second is the provision for the technical requirements to be extended in future through a regulatory committee procedure to introduce new standards for fuel tanks containing gaseous fuels. +The intention is for the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions to move into Belliard buildings I and II once they have been vacated by Parliament and renovated. +It is quite natural to suppose that a new expenditure item of this kind, which at the same time would diminish Member States' costs, cannot be included under the ceiling for formerly approved expenditure. +Firstly: for all three sets of figures in question, i.e. those of the Commission in its preliminary draft, of the Council and of Parliament, the expenditure to be appropriated for the year 2000 in fact exceeds the totals for this year. +In the year 2000, the EU will spend less than EUR 2 per citizen on education, encouraging young people to participate in exchange programmes or to acquire knowledge of different languages and cultures, on informing its citizens about the future developments of the Union while supporting our audio-visual industry. +We cannot set the poor of one country against the poor of another country or distinguish between good victims and bad victims, and I am very sorry that the Council to some extent presented the problem in these terms, by setting different cases of poverty against each other. +It is understandable though, from the point of view of the organisations concerned, for the Commission is failing badly in its tasks if organisations have to wait a year and a half for subsidies to be awarded or if criteria are changed in the meantime. +As regards the Structural Funds, European regional policy has become a real handicap for France, contrary to the myth complacently propounded by some, including, alas, the current Commissioner responsible for regional policy. +The rapporteur is to be praised for having achieved it by means of a budgetary procedure which has run its course with the utmost smoothness, even if Parliament is in the process of issuing a major challenge to the Council - a challenge which, in my opinion, is worth accepting. +However, I must emphasise the fact that this year' s budget cannot fulfil the objectives set at the beginning, that is, a revival of the Union' s economy and, above all, growth in employment. +He presented a fine study with a sort of pot pourri of everything he has written since March and all that with the attitude of an official of the French Supreme Audit Office. +As a result, all the efforts made in favour of quality beef, fruit, vegetables and dairy products would be in danger of being wiped out, even though this action is part of the Community action which could be entered in the green box at the WTO. +It also means that military invasion is not an acceptable method of extending borders, whoever perpetrates such an act and whatever geopolitical factors and interests may be involved. +Mr President, in the time available I want to refer to just one particular line in the budget which is the school milk scheme where the Commission has proposals to reduce the allocation from EUR 96 million to EUR 53 million. +As multiannual programmes must in any case adapt to the general Financial Perspective of the relevant budget heading as well as the budget as a whole, it is necessary, in my opinion, for Parliament to enhance the effectiveness of its internal coordination when discussing multiannual programmes and the budget. +The wait for funding is becoming the strongest bond for many communities, not just local ones - funding which binds people together more than any other types of ideals or principles. +Like everyone, I believe, on the Committee on Budgets, I attach particular importance to seeing these commitments being made in writing further to the highly interesting letter which Mrs Schreyer sent us and to which our chairman, Mr Wynn, responded requesting, I believe, further details. +One other matter, which is addressed by your committee is the ECB' s contribution to financial stability, and in particular the question of the provision of emergency liquidity to financial institutions in distress. +Permit me to say in conclusion that fulfilment of the convergence criteria has led to price stability, exchange rate stability and to improved public finances. +It has not been clear to us to date how an assessment can be made or is made in this area regarding the development of prices over and above goods and services, with reference, for example, also to property markets or share markets. +Such a decision would compromise both the upturn in employment in Europe and ecological investment, especially that related to saving energy and combating the greenhouse effect. +The constant rise in consumer spending is prompting the Dutch Government to make concerned and admonishing comments, but it is doing the wrong things in policy terms: tax reductions instead of debt reduction. +At an institutional level the Central Bank plays a key role and we would also like this role to be counterbalanced with the transparency demanded of those institutions which result from the votes of the citizens. +But none of us here doubt the importance of your role because a domestic Euroland government faced with reviving a faltering economy has very few weapons at its disposal. +The European Parliament must, as the representative of the European people, have the right to demand that in future, the ECB, like other central banks, should also publicise the arguments both in favour of, and against, its monetary policy decisions. +Finally, I would like to say that I thoroughly support the publication of the reports on the economic situation of the countries in the euro area and the various indicators that go with it. +The ECB is now fully involved in all discussions in all international fora on the future of what is now called the "financial architecture" in the world. +We know that in practice, in daily operations, we will have to streamline procedures as much as possible but, in general, this has not been seen as a major issue in the whole evaluation process. +How codecision will eventually be hammered out in terms of relations between Parliament, the Council and Member States in decision-making on humanitarian activities is something that needs to be discussed further and perhaps negotiated. +Today the people of my country, like never before in their history, are united in the demand for a cessation of the violation of human rights, especially kidnap which should cease to be used as a source of finance by the guerrilla movement and other violent groups. +Therefore, I would like to take this exceptional opportunity to invite all the countries of the world community to fully implement the principle of what has been called "shared responsibility" , in order to combat the global problem of drugs. +If either you, in Parliament, or we, in the Commission, see any signs of back-sliding we will not hesitate to remind heads of state and government of their message from Tampere. +The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is in the interest of all States worldwide, and the European Union is correct to restate its deep commitment to bringing the treaty into force at the earliest opportunity possible. +Firstly, because the subject of internal security was brought to heads-of-government level and wrested from the nation-state mentalities of the Ministers for justice and the interior. +Madam President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Tampere has been an important step forward, and I believe that great progress would be achieved by using these initiatives to create a genuine Europe of citizens in the areas of justice and internal affairs. +This "interpillar" policy opens up possibilities which may lead us to a good result, but it also raises many questions as to by who and how these action plans will be developed and whether the Council will ever give us any information concerning the results of the one which has been implemented, that is to say the action plan concerning Iraq. +We must aim for an open, secure European Union which will establish partnerships with the migrants' countries of origin and draw up joint development policies with these countries and those that migrants pass through. +Just as peace is not created simply by not going to war, so too is a common European area of justice not created just by a handful of governments expressing their good will. +I repeat therefore: the Commission and the European Parliament are fulfilling their role by wishing to take this conference forward and by recommending that reforms be undertaken now so that the Union may integrate a great number of States. +All three of these matters, the number of Commissioners within an enlarged Union, the new weighting of votes, the scope of qualified majority voting, are extremely problematic, but necessary, subject areas. +As the Group of the European People' s Party, the Christian Democrats and the European Democrats, we therefore say: we want more than was promised in Amsterdam; we want Amsterdam plus; we want a fundamental reform of the European Union so that it is capable of the expansion which is a great priority for us. +The reform should also entail having the courage to change Article 4 of the EC Treaty which, in classically neo-liberal manner, defines the Union as an open market economy with free competition. +Third, the Commission would undertake to report next year on the possibility of extending the Agency' s activities to other Balkan countries under a new regulation. +Increased security for e-commerce in the EU should boost consumer confidence and help the citizens of the EU to benefit from this area of activity with greater peace of mind and security. +Minutes of meetings of its Monetary Policy Committee, including voting records and reasoning, are now published after about six weeks. +The confirmation of the Geneva Refugee Convention "in its full and wide interpretation" is an important victory for the Greens and many non-governmental organisations. +I believe that the proposals on a legislative level, and more importantly proposals resulting from the cooperation between the social partners are a good starting point from which to address these pressing issues of our time. +Well, excuse me. Do look at the profits made on the stock market, but look at all the profits for all businesses for last year or the last two years, and let me remind Mr Wurtz that he, or rather his friends, are members of a government which does nothing to stop profits being made on the stock market. +That means looking to see where we can reduce the burden of unnecessary regulation which adds costs to business and to see how far we can reduce the non-wage costs on business which, in turn, encourage companies to shed labour as the best way of saving large sums of money. +At a European level, we have, and for the first time this is being enforced, a European Employment strategy, with 22 directives which have been incorporated into the Member States' employment plans. As I mentioned earlier, substantial funding is also available. +The next item is the statements by the Commission and the Council on the failure by the US Senate to ratify the treaty imposing a wholesale ban on nuclear testing. +It is completely irresponsible to use ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty as a political football in an internal political dispute between the Republican Congress and the Democratic President. +I therefore expect the Presidency and the Commission to get together now and to develop a strategy in the framework of the Joint Foreign and Security Policy which threatens the use of these economic tools and compels Russia to end this war. +This state of affairs in turn has a positive effect upon the struggle for the respect of human rights and against racism, exaggerated nationalism and anti-Semitism. +In short, they must gain that ability to adapt and that speed in cultural exchange, training and professional experience which are increasingly necessary elements in the society of the next millennium. +"Youth" is a programme which will be able to achieve these aims. Above all, it allows the least well-off and most disadvantaged young people to have experiences of other countries which could prove decisive when they enter the job market. +On the other hand, the Court of Justice' s ruling of 12 May 1998 concerning the legal bases called for a better defined framework with respect to the past because of the previous confusion. +Moreover, I would like to stress that were Community participation in the observatory to be discontinued, the Commission would be obliged to collect the same information from different sources - in most cases on a commercial basis. +To improve the overall situation of Parliament and the non-attached Group, I too am joining the Radicals' endeavours - I will therefore not be taking part in the vote on the Minutes or the other votes, and I declare that, like them, I am on strike. +Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, you are of course free to vote as you wish, according to your own judgement, but you should be aware that as soon as you vote for an amendment on expenditure in excess of what has been agreed I would say "around" rather than by the Committee on Budgets, you risk putting us in a very delicate position with regard to the margin. +Report (A5-0036/1999) by Mr Napolitano, on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on the amendments to the Rules of Procedure following the interinstitutional agreement of 25 May 1999 on the internal investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) +The Council of Amsterdam which signed and approved the Treaty of the same name had looked into this question and explicitly refused to recognise the existence of European political parties, and still less to finance them from public funds. +The challenge for the future will be whether the EU can manage to draw up common principles which ensure that an economic recovery returns to Europe through which the problems of the labour market can for the most part, be eliminated. +My colleagues who belong to this committee drafted an amendment in order to broaden funding for women' s groups to a wider range of women' s groups. +While I acknowledge that a monopolistic arrangement has been allowed to continue, I welcome the continuing allowance of EUR 600 000 and would welcome future increases, hoping, of course, that it will assist in making all women' s voices heard. +This contribution would be one element, but no doubt not the only one, in a system for balancing out social costs so as to better regulate international trade between heterogeneous areas, without however depriving us of the advantages of free trade. +In particular, it is necessary for employees to be able to challenge the actual basis for these redundancies and the economic motives for these before they are actually implemented, and this at a very early stage of the procedure. +Throughout Europe, the restructuring and relocation of companies, particularly multinationals, has resulted in several thousand employees being laid off, a situation that is unacceptable and that is to be condemned for the serious economic and social consequences it has on the workers, on the region and on the country affected. +Cases such as that of Michelin in France, of Renault, Grundig, Siemens and Texas Instruments, amongst others, in Portugal, have made it clear that it is crucial to strengthen European legislation and legislation in the Member States in order to protect workers' rights, particularly their jobs, and to prevent multinationals from continuing to act in an arbitrary way, in order to achieve greater profits. +The reason for the postponement is that, due to delays in the standardisation work being carried out by the European Committee for Standardisation, the 1999 version of the RID does not incorporate standards for the construction and use of tanks and receptacles for transporting Class 2 gases. +Consequently, one can only fully endorse the proposal of the rapporteur, our committee chairman, and also thank him for the work which he inevitably took on himself. +I would like lastly to comment briefly on what Mr Konrad said with regard to the capacity of rail transport and the promotion of railways by the Commission and the Member States. +This increase will be the result of increased development and growth in our countries and, in a way, if it did not happen, it would be a bad indication with regard to the performance of our economy and therefore of our society as well. +Second point: on the 26th, Commissioner Fischler - according to items in various parts of the media in my country - appears to have expressed his approval of considering additional concessions in the importation of fruit and vegetables originating from Morocco in the negotiation of the fisheries agreement. +Once again, as in September 1998, it is a campaign to gain the freedom to exercise elementary social rights, paid leave, social security, retirement at 55 and a guaranteed minimum income. +Could the President and the Vice-President take careful note and discuss with the sessional services the need for a reasonable space between calling the vote and counting it. +I think that the European Commission' s decision to lift the ban is more political than scientific, as the differences in interpretation and points of view within the European Scientific Committee demonstrate. +It is essential to add this as an emergency measure to the next IGC agenda, and this is, consequently, a point that must absolutely be renegotiated in the framework of the WTO, otherwise any attempt to apply subsidiarity at the European level would be susceptible to being bypassed. +It is nevertheless still the case that slaughter by means of a special pistol causes particles of the brain or lymphoid tissue to enter the jugular vein and from there they can reach the muscle mass. +To this end, the French government has established the French food safety agency in order to make a better scientific assessment of the risks from food. +It is therefore total hypocrisy to blame farmers and their interests and to set them in opposition, explicitly or implicitly, to the interests of consumers, without censuring the part played by the large capitalist groups which produce and supply cattle feed. +The assessment of the district scientists was that the subsoil was watertight, while the local authority scientists maintained that the subsoil was as watertight as a bathtub without a plug! +The solution to this problem is not to establish an army of EU officials to oversee the work of farms. +On the other hand, there is the requirement to protect consumers, which is one of the absolute priorities and which is so important as to justify even national choices that contrast with Community decisions, provided that they are justified on scientific, health and hygiene grounds. +Essentially, I can draw the following conclusions from this debate: Firstly, I am deeply convinced of the fact that we have to base our decisions, and also the decisions of the Commission, on the judgement of independent, and this is an important point, independent scientists, as well as on the state of the art. +In my brief but eventful career as an MEP, and particularly after yesterday, I have noted a willingness of this Assembly which dares to call itself a "parliament" to act as a rubber stamp for the Commission and again I sense that this is our role. +This is why I think it important to see this agreement, in addition to the economic benefits that it brings to one of our country' s industries, also as assisting the development of an economic sector, as well as the consolidation of peace in Angola. +However, we would like to point out, Mr President, that although the words exploitation and cooperation have the same ending, there is quite a difference between them; cooperation means both parties cooperating when they are in agreement, and we do not believe that Angola sees any kind of exploitation in this agreement, otherwise they would not have renewed it the day after it expired. +These press reports have always been extremely useful as they reach a wide audience and make known in each language the activities of the MEPs speaking a particular language or from a particular national party. That is why it is something that we, if you like us older MEPs and Members of the previous European Parliament, are quite perturbed about. +Commissioner, how do you explain the fact that for seven years, two MEPs, the Belgian Socialist José Happart and myself said here, between September 1989 and March 1996, that there was a risk of zoonosis before the British Minister for agriculture admitted it on 24 March 1996 in the House of Commons? +Mrs Jackson asked you as the very first question if we have another committee to look at our food safety across the European Union will that actually be better than the present standing committee and will people take any notice of it. +The European Council in Helsinki is expecting a report from the ECOFIN Council on the development of coordination with respect to economic policy, which again will help to step up this debate. +The European Employment Pact, which was signed last summer at the European Council at Cologne on the initiative of Germany, is an initiative which will promote mutual understanding and a reform of the European economies. +That is, the more we promote the objective of stability of monetary policy through budgetary measures and appropriate wage trends, the more favourable monetary conditions will be towards growth and employment. +Our debates during these two days include the Smet report on working time and the Menrad reports on employment policy in the Member States in 1999 and 2000. +Mr President, at the European Summit in Cologne, the Council decided on a European Employment Pact with a view to cutting unemployment substantially and permanently. +This world is what we refer to in the Netherlands as the "consultation system" , a set-up of frequent and reasonably structured consultations between the main socio-economic operators. +It is necessary that tomorrow we adopt the position as proposed by the rapporteurs and as proposed by the ESOC Committee and put it to the Council that it must finally come to grips with this issue and ensure that nobody has to work the inhuman hours that we are expecting our trainee doctors to work. +In some EU countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium and Finland, employers in road transport have, within the framework of a strategy of contracting-out and more flexibility, rendered their wheels i.e. trucks and transport operators independent as it were. +We can see this on a large scale in the fight for new agreements in the World Trade Organisation and on a small scale in the fight over working hours within the EU Member States. +It is not a coincidence that the exceptions largely relate to mobile workers and people who earn their living at sea in either the fishing or oil industry. +I have my doubts about whether publishing consumption and exhaust gas figures will really influence consumers in their purchasing decisions. +I think that is rubbish, to put it mildly! There is a big difference between going into a chemist' s and buying a medicine there, with a full explanation of any risks, and simply buying a normal product on the market. +The communication also fails to address the system under which the European Parliament is tied in with the procedures and the tight time framework of the so-called annual cycle, to ensure that Parliament' s rights are fully respected. +Mutual recognition is a principle which was important in preventing barriers to the free movement of goods, but it is only partially valid for the construction of the internal market in the absence of harmonised legislation. +In that way, the process of drawing up the guidelines could take account of a comparison of the best methods found in the individual Member States, so that successful strategies could be applied throughout Europe. +As I see it, alongside training one important option is a targeted reduction in charges in areas which have been shown to create jobs. +But still, we have made some progress because, as the rapporteur has already pointed out, this year the Council officially asked us for advice for the very first time. +The emphasis on economisation within society and the introduction of market forces into virtually all social fields, in particular, have a family-unfriendly impact and put humanity under pressure. +Indeed, it cannot be repeated often enough that it is its ultraliberal internal policies and ultra-internationalist external policies, its cult of the opening of frontiers and of the almighty market which have brought our economies to their present plight. +As British conservatives we share the concern expressed throughout this House that the high level of unemployment in the EU as a whole is indeed a major problem and that a significant decline has to be the aim. +But the review process and target setting release neither the Member States nor the two sides of industry from their main responsibility for employment policy in their countries, because they are specific. +It is not a question of a solution at European level, as some fear, but it is, of course, a question of recommending a range of instruments which will effectively allow us to create employment and bring about social cohesion. +Although the main responsibility for the project naturally lies with the Member States, to carry through such a large-scale programme of reform without coordination at Union level would be politically impossible in the single market. +This European Parliament is right in our Amendment No 13 to support the holistic approach and for the development of comparable targets, which I will refer to in a moment and which I call on all in this Parliament to support. +The fact is that the European Union has 20 million unemployed and 60 million people living in poverty and the guidelines do not envisage a single binding measure to prevent redundancies and lay-off plans. +I regard Question Time as a fundamental parliamentary right, which unlike other agenda items is specifically protected in legal terms, and I would like to insist that the full Question Time should be held. +Mr President, when, in the autumn of 1998, the European Parliament made a decision to continue with the Auto-Oil Programme, the matter was timetabled to return to Parliament in good time to facilitate a Council decision during the spring of 1999. +I personally feel that the Council has included many highly important provisions in its common position, such as reducing emission limits for carbon monoxide by October 2000 or 2001 by 30% in comparison with 1996. +However, we can accept the World Health Organisation' s definition of health as not just being the absence of disease but a state of physical, mental and social well-being. +In January a codecision was adopted establishing an action plan to promote the safer use of the Internet thereby protecting children from violence and pornography. +The Commission is also undertaking action in the social field and the educational field with a view to improving the quality of life of children and opportunities for their development and education. +We have an absurd situation in which Member States have to promote the best interests of the child in legislation and policy, but the Union is under no legal obligation to protect children' s best interests. +And whilst all this is happening in the underdeveloped world, in the civilised West violence against children, abandonment and the sexual exploitation of children through international networks is assuming terrifying dimensions. +In the course of last month' s part-session, Commissioner, you stated, in a warm and convincing way, the Commission' s determination to protect employees' rights in terms of information and consultation about their future. +Finally, Mr President, the Committee on Budgetary Control is of the opinion that, at the half-way stage, we should once again look into a new system of own resources because if new countries join, the current system could well prove to be too complex. +The Berlin agreements are a combination of the total level and the composition of spending, political reforms and the own resources system. +In Berlin, we effectively acknowledged the principle according to which some rich countries, those from the northern part of the Union, were paying too much, hence the revised weighting of Member States' financing shares, resulting in the increased participation of France to the tune of several billion francs. +Only a new approach to the issue of own resources which does not increase the fiscal burden on taxpayers, one which makes the system more transparent, simpler and more rational can provide the European Union with equitable conditions. +The only real justification for such an aberration is to lower the Dutch bill, despite the fact that the payment - to use the Council' s terminology - is inflated to the benefit of the Dutch coffers as a result of the Rotterdam effect. +Is anyone considering how much longer we can continue with such a limited collection rate at a time when the European Union is taking on more and more new responsibilities relating to the continuation of monetary union and enlargement of the Union, and to the assumption of foreign and security policy responsibilities? +In practice, the ceiling is an interinstitutional agreement, which is clearly lower than the expenditure policy. This is another clear indication of Parliament' s accountability in matters of the budget. +Allow me also to direct a comment at the Commission on the subject of SAB5: you are of course aware that we were a new Parliament, - and I really must make our disapproval very plain at this juncture, as we approach the end of the year - yet still you introduced a supplementary budget in the summer recess, when we were completely unable to react to it because the new Parliament was not up and running at that stage. +The Commission' s nomination committee then made a selection and I can assure you that at some point today you will receive the list of candidates that the nomination committee deems to be suitable. +To this, I would say that surely the reality of budgetary policy is that there will always be developments in the course of a financial year, that is during the handling of a budget, that will debar full exploitation of all the budgetary lines. +I would like to respond to Mrs Dührkop Dührkop as follows: of course the priorities this Parliament sets in the course of the budgetary process and for the budget itself are guiding principles for the Commission when it comes to the implementation stage of the budget. +My group calls on the committee and Member States to introduce such a tax in a coordinated manner, thus avoiding unfair competition within the Union. Needless to say, this tax should not add any extra cost to the European citizen. +We do not have the ability to deal with nuclear waste although various fancy solutions have been proposed, including sending it to the moon, and we would be indeed on another planet if we agreed with Mr Chichester that nuclear power was a solution. +The Commission' s communication on strengthening environmental integration within Community energy policy is very welcome in view of its realistic approach to the question. +If we are to take proper account of the environment, this requires that Member States allow sufficiently early on for replacement and renewal investments in their national strategies, this being a matter for decision making at national level. +I was not in favour of adopting the amendments on which the House had to vote, since this would have delayed the entry into force of this text and thus the implementation of investment and industrial strategies. +My group will re-table certain amendments that were put to the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market to try to take matters forward even further, to make the systems that we are going to put in place more readily available and open to practitioners. +The rapporteurs themselves note the very marked differences between Member States as regards private law, thus explaining the serious reservations expressed within the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market. +On another point: I also received the investigation by the Risk Institute of the Academic Senate at the University of Vienna, which puts the issue of Yaslovske Bohunice in a different light again. +Only Europe and - Commissioner, I thank you for having understood this - only a united Europe may go to the assistance not only of the countries which are applying for membership of the European Community, but also all those which have nuclear installations which do not comply with our safety standards, in solving this problem taking their own economic imperatives into account. +You rightly stated that we must take scientific opinions seriously and I assume that British farmers wish to sell safe beef as soon as possible and not wait two years until they can do so. +I think the honourable Member would think it sensible for us to have taken part in the World Bank assessment mission and to wait for our officials who have been taking part in that assessment mission to report before we actually come to the budgetary authorities and ask for specific amounts of money. +At the same time, Mytilinaios AE, which has invested more than $ 52 million in the >RMHK TREPCA= mines, is being obstructed and subjected to pressure with the ultimate aim of depriving the company of its contractual and real property rights in the mines. +KFOR is doing its best in extremely difficult circumstances and it deserves, for example, all our support in trying to ensure that there is no repetition of the sort of atrocity against both sides that has unfortunately disfigured life in Kosovo in the past. +There is a variety of funding at national and EU level - such as agri-environment and Structural Funds - and this may be used to help with reconversion and in the management of its social impact for a transitory period. +EU aid will have an important impact on the development of regional industry and, for that reason, there should be no interruption between the old programmes and the new. +I simply wish to say that in such cases I shall adopt a pragmatic approach in order to be able to adapt the programming of Objective 1 or Objective 2, according to the requests made by national authorities, in order to aid reconstruction in these countries. +What is one prepared to do to ensure that those countries which do not have legislation outlawing domestic violence against women in fact obtain such legislation? +One of the fundamental ideas in the Commission' s communication is precisely the ratification by all Member States of the Convention of the 1983 Council of Europe, and I am able to inform you, Mr Cushnahan, that this convention has been ratified by Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Sweden. +We would also need to promote a dialogue with the principal operators - not only air companies and users, but also air traffic controllers and all the airports etc. That is to say, all those operators who participate within the complex world of air traffic. +On Monday, at the General Affairs Council, the Ministers made it very clear that they had the political will to decide in Helsinki what Europe' s collective military capability should be for the purposes of the Petersberg Tasks. +Plainly, the Commission is not a college of amateur chiefs of staff and plainly, we want to work successfully with the High Representative and with Parliament to ensure that Europe has the security and defence policy that it needs and that its citizens want. +Since much has been said about his duty as High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, I would like to mention an aspect which I consider to be important: our Common Foreign and Security Policy will be, fundamentally, a reflection and extension of our internal strength. +So, do not take as the only lesson to be drawn from this terrible experience the need to be able to line up more troops, to increase military expenditure and to advance at the double towards the Europe of Defence within, what is more, the framework of NATO. +I therefore call on the Commission to give an urgent account of the Chinese accession talks to Parliament, and particularly as to how they may affect our preparations for Seattle, so that Parliament can vote tomorrow on Mr Schwaiger' s report in full command of all the relevant facts. +So, I repeat, if world trade rules are destroying people' s livelihoods and damaging the environment or animal welfare we need to change the rules. +The Council of Ministers' proposal for a regulation, on which we are to vote today, seeks to implement a number of amendments necessitated by the decision of the European Council of Heads of State and Government in Berlin in March. +Mr President, Mr Sasi, Commissioner, it is with relief that my fellow Members and myself welcomed the statement from the European Union' s Foreign Affairs Council the day before yesterday, forcefully condemning the disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force in Chechnya. +We were also in the majority in deploring, together with the majority of public opinion in Europe, the striking contrast between the din of the bombing and the sustained silence of the governments of the European Union. +Despite our own moral burden, the European Union must use all its authority to solve the Chechen crisis according to the guidelines the representatives of the Council and the Commission have laid down here. +The European Union is asking for a negotiated solution - and if anyone really believes in the possibility of negotiations they are living in cloud cuckoo land - while the Russians in the Caucasus are making a distinction between the bad guys - those who are asking for independence - perhaps making them out to be Muslims, and the good guys, or rather only those people who are collaborating with them. +In fact, it is not free trade, as the IMF has given American investors guarantees regarding the risks they take, and paid them damages that have been incurred by the free trade in capital. +The MEPs of the Greek Communist Party will be voting against the Schwaiger report because it sides with monopoly capital in its attack on workers and the people of the world. +There are other international treaties, such as those agreed within the framework of the International Labour Organisation, the World Intellectual Property Organisation and the multilateral agreements relating to the environment. +And from this point of view, Mr President, and to end my intervention, we would like to offer all our support and all our cooperation to Commissioner Lamy on the objectives and the strategic viewpoints that he is well aware he needs to uphold in Seattle. +But if, by the end of tomorrow, Parliament has accepted the Schwaiger Report, then we shall have endorsed his words and decided that account must be taken of environmental protection as a condition for all areas of world trade; not a wishy-washy may or ought to be, but must be. +The addition of all these elements leads us to recommend a broader round of negotiations, and I am delighted to see the broad agreement on this matter between the Commission and Parliament which is shown in your report, Mr Schwaiger. +In no case do I have the mandate to accept, by means of an international negotiation, a threat to the power of the Union' s governments to regulate these areas or to be active in them. +Mr President, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs has discussed this report thoroughly at several meetings, and I believe we are presenting plenum with a report of substance concerning the reform of the Treaties. +Firstly: we demand the reform of all institutions and of all organisations including, therefore, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. +In this connection, we demand that the President of the Commission should have the ability to ask this Parliament for a vote of confidence and that the so-called Prodi procedure, whereby the President is able to dismiss a single Member of the Commission, should be incorporated into the next Treaty. +What we request is that, in a number of areas in which, in full adherence to the principle of subsidiarity, the Treaties now already accord Europe a key role, the role of Parliament should be strengthened and the principle of majority voting established in the Council. +It will have an important part to play in preparations for the Intergovernmental Conference, and I have to say that I agree wholeheartedly with the general aims set down in the report to make the Union more effective, transparent and democratic. +But all of this, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, should take into account an essential element: we should not forget what the European Community has meant over all these years nor the thing which is most important to the Community, which is the principle of integration. +Mr President, this IGC will be supported by two parallel processes: the brave new world of a European defence policy and the defining of European citizenship within the drafting of the charter. +We certainly cannot accept that the EU Executive should now be preparing for another Intergovernmental Conference whose essential aim is to shift power from the voters and their elected representatives to behind the closed doors of offices in Brussels. +The second amendment looks at the issue of having two parts to the Treaty: the constitutional part, looking at the main principles and the institutional provisions, and the small print dealing with policies. +I think that if institutional reforms are to succeed, they must be placed, and I say this to you, bearing in mind my experience of the last negotiations, in a broader political perspective, and they must together attempt to provide an answer to the fundamental question, "How should we speak to each other? +Firstly, there are the institutional reforms as planned in Cologne, the make-up of the Commission, one Commissioner per Member State as far as we are concerned, the weighting of votes, which should be proportionate to the size of population and qualified majority voting. +Thirdly, the new Treaty should contain a sound legal basis for a European regulation on the openness of government and transparency. +I would like to say here that reforming a Treaty with a view to achieving efficiency strikes me as a very unambitious exercise for the European project, and I fear that this exercise may be nothing but a power game which will allow a small group of countries to set themselves up as a board of directors and to lead and direct the European project. +Furthermore, this request was formulated according to Rule 112 of our Rules of Procedure which refers back to article 60 whereas Mr Napolitano' s report, as it is quite clearly stated in the legal grounds of the aforementioned report, is a report which is covered by article 181, since it concerns the internal Rules of Procedure of our Parliament. +It was also considered that, with regard to national criminal law, efforts to come to agreements regarding joint definitions, sanctions and bases for prosecutions should, at the initial stage, focus upon a limited number of sectors of special significance, such as the illegal trade in drugs. +In other words, it is not a question of actually starting talks, but of establishing applicant status and taking subsequent action. +Does the Council consider these restrictions imposed by Turkey to be in accordance with EU principles and does the Council consider it acceptable for a country aspiring to EU membership to take such action against vessels flying the flags of EU Member States? +I also wonder why the European Union is prepared to tolerate such unlawfulness and harm the interests of European shipping for a country which does not even have any qualms about threatening a superpower, i.e. the United States, just to defend its banana trade. +Secondly, I would like to comment on and ask the representative of the Council the following: he says that the European Union will not recognise the Milosevic regime and that fair elections cannot take place until judgements have been passed on the political powers of Yugoslavia, of Serbia. +Efforts to curb money laundering have to be intensified through the rapid adoption and subsequent implementation of the recently proposed amendment to the money laundering directive. +I am, therefore, confident that we have the potential and will find the political will to respond to the new challenges in the perspective of the 2000-2004 European Union drugs strategy. +If we get to vote on the original text of that paragraph, if we get past the vote on the amendment, at that point I want to propose a vote on the words "and socially-balanced" separately from the rest of the text. +I should like to ask that group in future to check how many of individual Members can table amendments in plenary - 15 different Members of the EPP have tabled amendments to this report, supposedly in the name of the group before wasting our time in plenary. +In the situation which has now arisen, we have chosen to vote in favour of the report as a whole in the final vote, for to vote against it could be interpreted in terms of our not wanting to regulate the fight against fraud at all. +Fundamental human rights and the Universal Declaration of 1948, the conventions of the ILO (International Labour Organisation) or conventions on the environment, are in essence superior to the standards governing trade. +I call on European negotiators to respect our resolution in favour of the principle of food security and for no adverse effect for developing countries in the agricultural negotiations. +Some issues are particularly important - and they become particularly serious - because the guidelines which it is being sought to impose on them are obvious, such as liberalisation and the total control of world trade, the systematic privatisation of the public sectors and services which still claim to be public, deregulation and free access to public markets. +The people of Europe who, with every day that passes, watch their democratic and social rights eroded and their democratic victories corrupted in the name of competitiveness and by pressure to support a more and more autocratic structure? +We consider however that the establishment of Eurodac should be seen in the light of the opportunity to achieve such a humane and generous asylum policy within the European Union. +The steps you are proposing today not only through the Pirker report, but also through the reports on drugs or on the counterfeiting of travel documents are pathetic, given the real extent of the dangers to which you are exposing the citizens of Europe. +If only a part of this protective network is knocked out because of computer errors, an estimated 100 metric tons of heavy uranium core in the reactor will melt down within two hours if the two reserve diesel generators do not function. +The US and the Russians recently set up some hotlines them so they could liaise together over Y2K problems, and in all but one of the seven hotlines they set up, they discovered Y2K problems! +Finally, Mr President, our intention is for the Commission and the Council to match the condemnations and political speeches with an appropriate expression of financial and technical support for the process of independence and the reconstruction of East Timor. +Therefore, it seems to me that the Council' s proposal to the United Nations, however important and positive the initiative may be, is very timid because calls on those States which retain the death penalty - and I quote - "to progressively restrict the number of crimes for which it is imposed" . +The problem is also that the Albanian leaders or those people who think they are, are not really in a position jointly to build the future for this land, for their homeland, and so we must also appeal to them. +It is therefore necessary for the EU Mission in Moscow at least to observe this case, but also to intervene in the political dialogue, so that it is declared a political case and Alexander Nikitin can finally be released. +We were already active in this way, without much success, unfortunately, even before the conflict, and I share, from this point of view, the suggestions that some of you made that we must all meticulously take stock of the situation. +With the other backers, the Commission is currently assessing the opportunities and methods to contribute to the establishment of this system within the framework of our cooperation. +At a meeting in New York at the start of the year, the backers of Burundi decided to contribute towards improving the living conditions of the most vulnerable sectors of the population and to target their support at the rehousing of displaced persons. +In the context of these positions, the Commission approved a redevelopment programme of around EUR 50 million, which may be implemented according to the security conditions in the country. +The Convention on the Rights of the Child represents the most successful Convention in international law, with signatories in all countries of the world except Somalia and the USA. +Because the way in which we help these people to reintegrate into society, the way in which we reduce their personal, individual suffering must derive from specific regional, local and national experiences. +In short, on this subject, you prevent true, scientific, secular debate by choosing an ethical approach which proves to be frustrating, ineffective and disastrous: disastrous because you try to justify things with the lack of financial resources. +On 26 October, in this Parliament, the President of Colombia, a country which unfortunately has strong links with the drug problem, told us: "Drug trafficking has been the great creator of violence and has led to assassinations of the highest possible human cost to our country" . +This is in actual fact a tremendous victory for Parliament, and I therefore want to say that it has been a pleasure for me to lead this struggle. Now, my colleague can take over, and I am quite sure that he will be a very popular man throughout the Bank. +In order to achieve this, we need a genuinely "strong political will, expressed without any ambiguity" . We also need to turn words into deeds, by mobilising the necessary Community financial resources to combat this tragic situation that affects thousands of drug addicts and their families. +It was precisely Protocol 2, which I referred to earlier, which, applying traditional formulas to the new rules, established the so-called "APIM" (Tax on Production and Exports), a modest duty applied to certain products entering the Canary Islands, many of which originate from the Spanish Peninsular and others from other States. +This very week the Autonomous Parliament of the Canary Islands, during a political debate on this issue, unanimously approved an agreement which includes fiscal measures and asks Europe to provide for the establishment of a tax similar to the APIM. +This is my second question. If my information is accurate, a proportion of the wages of workers involved in the construction of these passenger boats is paid by the United States Navy, on the grounds of the preservation of shipbuilding capacity. +The consequence will be that excellent ship yards - these are often the most efficient ones - will go under in the course of 2001-2002 and it will be much harder to compete with Japan, South-East Asia and the United States with the least efficient ship yards which will then be left in the European Union. +As the Finnish Minister for Trade and Industry clearly stated at the meeting, the EU, however, must not give as good as it gets when it comes to South Korea; in other words, it must not return to the idea that it is not prepared to give up its shipyards. +Last Wednesday there were worker demonstrations in Spain, in all the shipbuilding cities - Bilbao, Cádiz, Puerto Real, Seville and Asturias - accompanied by a considerable degree of violence, because we are threatening the lives and security of many millions of homes. +Ladies and gentlemen, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities gave a ruling on 25 November which, in the action brought by Mr Martinez and Mr De Gaulle against the European Parliament, closes for the time being the interim proceedings started by these Members. +This is why we need a swift but surefooted accession process, and I certainly hope the Helsinki Summit will adopt the accession strategy we recommended in October and will decide, provided the necessary conditions are met, to start accession negotiations next year with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Romania and Slovakia. +They are most concerned at Russia' s behaviour in Chechnya and by opening negotiations with Latvia and Lithuania, rather than just Estonia, as we did at the beginning, we are sending out the right signal and the Baltic states will know that they belong to our Community and will soon enjoy the security which membership of the European Union brings. +The European Union and the Member States together constitute the most important donors in the region and besides humanitarian aid, the region has received this year EU aid amounting to EUR 2,100 m. +I support working towards reaching agreement by the end of next year, but equally we must not, and should not, hurry possible fundamental reforms to existing EU treaties without due consideration and evaluation. +In fact, my first ever speech in this Chamber was back in July when I commended the Finnish Presidency on giving priority to information society and its work programme. +With regard to the question of the Roma people, which was raised here, I would like to say for my own part that I think it is right to focus attention on human rights, both generally and, in particular, regarding the rights of minorities, both in the European Union, but especially in those countries seeking membership. +The Commission promised to move things one step further and make an action plan, and thus we achieved what was perceived as the goal relating to the Portuguese presidential term. +If we were to ensure that neither governments nor individual undertakings were willing to jeopardise the solidarity of the democratic community of states for the sake of concluding a treaty, these governments would have no opportunity of playing one off against the other. +Implementation should cover three important areas: the monitoring of human rights, the establishment of human rights and the structures of a policy on human rights. +If the Council in Helsinki accepts this proposal, it would lay the foundations in Turkey for a new form of dialogue with the European Union, in that Ankara would then have the prospect of future membership. +Twice it says that it sees no noticeable improvement, at least on the Kurdish question, and it rates any chance of further improvement as doubtful given the rise of, in the Commission' s words, the ultra-nationalist MHP party. +Commissioner, because we have heard some criticism of the Commission, I would like to congratulate you and your officials, who are with us today, for the committed approach which they take to this issue, and for always communicating and discussing matters with Parliament. +We all know how urgent the problem of reducing air pollution is, also with respect to climatic change. +The Commission can accept that part of Amendment No 7 which would add to the list of means that Member States might use to inform the public about air quality. +The directive concerning consumer information was adopted by the European Parliament at the second reading on 4 November of this year and may therefore be considered to have been accepted in accordance with the common position. There is therefore no reason to refer to this matter again. +It is unfortunately precisely because ministers were too close together, too keen to have cosy relationships away from scrutiny at European level, that we now have this process. It introduces transparency and clarity, and that can only be good for the trust of the people of Europe. +The forest is also home to a great diversity of biological life. It is also an important means of trapping carbon dioxide and it is perhaps the earth' s most important regulator of the climate and water supply. +In the view of our specialists in Germany, in the view of the German forestry industry and the forest nursery industry, this new directive will have a lasting negative impact. +. (ES) Mr President, Commissioner, Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides for the payment of aid to the tomato processing industry with a view to compensating it for the difference between the raw material price on the Community market and that on the world market. +This Parliament undoubtedly backed the Northern Ireland peace process, and I also wholeheartedly congratulate the Irish people and everybody inside the United Kingdom for their success. +Mr President, I would like to end by saying that, for 40 years, the children of my generation listened wearily to a rhetoric which asserted that ballot-boxes were better off destroyed and that words should be replaced by fists and guns. +I was told that the Commissioner had prior engagements, a meeting with the Central Banks, but that when he was told this debate was to take place at the same time, he chose to be here in Parliament today. +fourthly, information campaigns of increasing intensity until 2002, particularly for the most vulnerable groups, through systematic action together with the education system, NGOs and the media in general; particularly prime time television, television news broadcasts and sports programmes with high viewing figures; +We have already discussed this in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs but I will repeat my offer that I am prepared to start examining how to resolve most effectively the communication problems arising between everyone. +The Commission' s proposal included several products which are produced in the Community on a large scale. This is proven by the study being prepared at the request of the Council because the Commission' s figures lacked justification. +It is a new market segment in the breeding sector which, in view of efficient management, is able to guarantee greater stability of planning and supply than the fishing industry is capable of. +Secondly, on the questions relating to withdrawal and destruction, a reference price, a guide price, is fixed and subsidies are granted when the fishery products are not sold. +In the same way, the supply to the banks of coins and notes should start well before January 2002 and the supply to retailers and public administrations should occur from the beginning of December 2001. +The last meeting of the Council this year is on Thursday and, if the House wills it and is agreeable, I would like to make a formal proposal that, instead of a debate, we have a vote on the report on Wednesday. +We must concern ourselves with the impact of this liberalisation on the main parameters of our development models, the fundamental rights of workers, environmental and health protection, cultural diversity, multifunctionality in agriculture and quality of the environment. +The bilateral Summit at which we are to meet this week will afford us the opportunity to check whether this is a sign of flexibility or just a repetition of the well-known American positions which favour a round limited to market access. +Secondly, that a joint project with the United States would be extremely useful - as James Elles pointed out - in order to clarify the positions of both parties and to be able then to encourage future understanding. +To take European agriculture as an example, it cannot go on saying that it is doing fine, that it is multifunctional, that it is operating in a positive way, that it will henceforth protect its consumers, while at the same time maintaining a selfish attitude with regard to the countries of the south. +But that the United States should have an environmental agenda less ambitious than our own, as is the case, is something which definitely presents us with a more difficult problem, for if neither developing countries nor the Americans agree with our agenda, we shall then have great difficulty in moving it forward. +Some have commented that Parliament must be the first to receive the material the Court produces, be it our annual report or the special reports we produce throughout the year. +But what has happened in this case is that the Court has found out who was guilty of leaking the draft annual report to the press, and has taken the appropriate measures. +I agree with him as regards the need in our work to reassure tax-payers that their money is being spent well and I also underline, as Mrs van der Laan has done, the need for Member States also to fight fraud. +The pluralism of cultures and world views means, however, that greater mutual understanding and thus more knowledge about others is required, which means that information needs to be exchanged. +Mr President, at the outset I would like to commend Mrs Pack and Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee for their dedicated efforts to secure the best agreement on the second phase of the Socrates programme. +May I request your assistance so that together we may manage to build bridges between the educational systems of our various countries, as well as between these and the systems of other nations, so that many more students than in the past may cross these bridges and enter into the Europe of knowledge? +The Commission has tabled a proposal for converting NEAFC' s recommendations into Community legislation which, in a simplified and coherent way, incorporates all the acquired experience from NAFO and is in keeping with Parliament' s previous position. +Despite the aforementioned reservations and criticism about the timing of the Commission' s proposal, this important legislation should be approved by Parliament without delay. +I recall Commissioner Fischler stating during his hearing before the Fisheries Committee on 30 August that he wished to cooperate closely with Parliament and the standing committees of Parliament in a working partnership. +As far as Luxembourg was concerned, there was a delay in declaring the candidates elected due to the fact that a general election was held at the same time as the European election. +Therefore, Mr President, this is the background to the report on which we will vote tomorrow in plenary sitting in Parliament and for which, as rapporteur, I have presented two amendments which are justified by my explanation about the elections in Luxembourg and by what I have said. +I should like to remind both the Commission and the Council of a very fine quotation from a 19th century German jurist, who said that the legislator must think like a philosopher and speak like a farmer, simply and clearly and so that people can understand. +Let us not forget though that these modifications are to some extent an unnecessary clarification - and Mr Rothley is right in this - because in no case can a directive affect private international law or the rules of procedure. +If we add to that an international dimension where the victims find themselves in a foreign country, the problems may be multiplied: differences in language, procedure, inability to identify or trace the third party, let alone deal with insurers. +I must point out that this number is very low, equivalent to two trips per day for each country, and that the total of all these permits to be allocated automatically over five years does not even represent 7% of the total. +With this regulation, the European Union is establishing the means and time periods for the progressive elimination of the substances which deplete the ozone layer, and I can assure you that I do not underestimate the danger of the current situation at all. +Despite this, Mrs Hulthén' s report again re-submits amendments which were not adopted, which indiscriminately anticipate the dates of bans on the production, marketing and use of the various substances. +The labelling of these foodstuffs is important for two reasons. Firstly, it is not known just how dangerous foodstuffs containing genetically modified organisms or their products are to public health and so it would be well worth monitoring their progress within the market. +Similarly, we are asking the Commission to draft a proposal for the European Council convening in June 2001 for a long-term strategy, in which policies for economically, socially and ecologically sustainable development are dovetailed. +It has been a fine debut, because you have been able, at this historic and symbolic moment, at the dawn of the new millennium, to draw up a creative approach for the European Union in the light of the challenges it is facing. +My group, through this House, will work with other parliamentarians and with the Commission to try to convince the incoming Portuguese Presidency to be more ambitious in the reform, all the while respecting the timetable. +We must hope that there are people who dare to say no to the penultimate treaty before the drafting of an actual constitution and who dare to prepare the ground for replacing regimentation and centralism with a Europe of democracies and diversites. +Among the disappointments we must once again include certain important issues with regard to the development of the single market and the Union' s decision-making system. +To the question of whether defence ministers should come here, I cannot say no, but I would point out that the General Affairs Council handles these matters, and so defence ministers can participate if need be. +As we know, this is the fundamental problem, because it concerns the very nature of the European Parliament. This is not a parliament that functions within the normal constitutional systems of our countries. +For us, an independent approach is the best alternative: security partnership, further development of customs union and permanent political dialogue, rather than announcing candidate status which, in the final analysis, is worth nothing and is more likely to create than to solve problems. +The decisions to come out of Helsinki have far-reaching consequences for the future of the Union, namely the resolutions on the enlargement strategy, on the intergovernmental conference and on the common foreign and security policy. +New programmes are being funded in agriculture, infrastructure aid and transport and the environment, thereby paving the way for the candidate countries to join the Union. +I should like at this point to extend my warmest thanks to the rapporteurs, Messrs Bourlanges, Virrankoski and Colom i Naval - even if your report has not been tabled for discussion today - and, above all, to the chairman and members of the Committee on Budgets for their intensive work over recent months. +The budget headings for the Committee on the Environment generally concern very small amounts but they have enabled us to start the preparatory research that will help us develop the issue of health competence under the Amsterdam Treaty. +The Commission' s position on the interpretation of the Helsinki decisions was expressed here, this morning in plenary, by President Prodi and it is to this declaration that I would refer you for the Commission' s position. +Mr President, during Commissioner Vitorino' s hearing, I told him that I was pleased to see that he was the only Commissioner who had taken the trouble to mention education as an important element to be incorporated into the third pillar. +In the Commission's view, the Charter to be presented to the Heads of State and Government must carry real added value and the best way to achieve this is to focus on the fundamental rights arising from the Union itself. +This does not take away from the fact that rail transport is eminently suitable for long-distance transport, also because - and this will be very dear to Mr Messner - the surroundings and the environment suffer less damage as a result. +The present working committee has proved to be an important forum for discussion and for exchange of information and experiences about quality policies between Member States and acceding countries. +I believe - after an 18 months' investigation by a UK newspaper, following your investigation - that time is running out and the car industry now wants to find a settlement to this issue. +On the one hand, it took too timid an approach to the declaration in the minutes of the interinstitutional agreement and entered into international multiannual commitments while wanting to solve the financial problem for the year 2000 alone during the initial stage. +We therefore voted in favour of a reasonable review of the financial perspectives over several years and the proposal made by our general rapporteur, Mr Bourlanges, went in the right direction, calling for a reasonable review of heading 4. +That is why we need to fall back on serious negotiation as far as the budget is concerned and the Council can rejoice in the fact that this European Parliament has grown in stature and political awareness with its responsibility on budgetary matters. +The financial room for manoeuvre needed to do so can be created within the framework of European Union decisions, namely by setting the use of own resources from gross domestic product at a higher level. +The purpose of our refusal to vote in favour of the Bourlanges report is both to denounce the limited and derisory aid envisaged and, above all, to denounce the policy of the western powers in the Balkans. +The Commission appreciates the efforts made by Parliament, and the rapporteur and the Committee on Budgets in particular, and the efforts made by the Finnish Presidency of the Council. +All the challenges - enlargement, international competitiveness, sustained high unemployment - are linked to the question of funding and the remit of the Court of Auditors could change as a result. +The appeal to the Member States to propose women for this job therefore stands. It must have got out even in Europe that women too can count and they certainly have no problem in pointing out shortcomings! +The role of the Court is to examine all Community revenue and expenditure to see whether it has been spent in a lawful and regular manner and whether financial management has been sound. +Finally, I would like to ask the representative of the European Commission, with regard to this last point as well as to the report in general, if he is really going to take account of the recommendations made within the framework of this consultation, once they have been approved by this Parliament. +In past years I and many of my colleagues who are active in Eastern Europe have noted that EU budget appropriations for TACIS are not always used as efficiently as they might be. +Mr Valdivielso de Cué, I hope that I have misunderstood only as the result of misinterpretation; I consider it imperative that the TACIS Democracy Project should continue, especially in Russia, and that that we should choose the areas in which we really need to stop TACIS. +That is important both for the Russians and for ourselves. Thirdly, in my opinion, aid should be allocated more precisely than at present - so that it reaches the ordinary people, the impoverished Russians, rather than Moscow. +I will conclude by pointing out that an opinion in keeping with this recommendation would put the European Community in a position to fully support the Parallel Agreement, and confirm its position as a leader in the harmonisation and policies of expanding the markets. +We also agree with the Council that we should build bridges with developing countries, but building bridges with these countries means two things: not trying to do deals with them with regard to the buying and selling of quotas and not cutting development and aid funds so that they can adopt measures which will lead in the direction which we are proposing. +The question of climate change and the resultant apocalyptic visions are a forceful and global way of drawing attention to the dangers of pollution. +Mr President, Commissioner, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Kyoto is clearly one of the major challenges for the 21st century, yet the way that we resolve the issue of climate change may greatly affect future civilisation. +By supporting the proposal for EU taxes in the energy sphere, I do not want to be a party to adopting a principle which limits the individual EU countries' autonomy in tax matters. +The consumer behaviour patterns we all show affect the climate, and an energy tax, a carbon dioxide tax, is one way to make the price an eco-label. +We are concerned to speak out when there seems to us to be actions taken which threaten the continuance of the rule of law; and we would not be true to the promises we have made to people in Macao and Hong Kong, we would not be true to our own values, if we did not speak out when those values appeared to us to be under threat. +We can accept in principle the second part of Amendment No 12, provided that the deadline is set at 30 June 2002, and Amendment No 15, on condition that the date for the ban on the use of virgin HCFCs is set at 2008 and that the ban on the use of recycled HCFCs is set at 2010. +Report (A5-0092/1999) by Mr Busk, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down certain control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (COM(1999) 345 - C5-0201/1999 - 1999/0138(CNS)) +The European Union must play a leading role in future discussions as it is clear that it was able to act as an essential intermediary between the United States of America and the developing countries. +This committee must appoint a rapporteur who must produce a report and the amendment, if adopted, can be approved in this House only by a qualified majority consisting of over half the Members. +Here in the European Community too, it has been said that the overarching goal is to promote equality between the sexes in all political programmes and areas of policy. +Could we not also comprehensively assess the means which Europe, as such, has had for several decades to develop equal opportunities, particularly in terms of compatibility between family and professional life, and to combat all violence against women? +However, I wish to stress, as certain speakers have said, that the commitments to the Beijing platform are mainly binding on the Member States, they are mainly binding on governments, with the European Union coming in at a second level with a horizontal strategy. +Last night, I understand, the Agriculture Council not only adopted a position on the Papayannakis report resolution, which it was rather beforehand in doing - but it also, I believe, altered the legal basis of the text on which Mr Papayannakis drew up his report. +Seattle has also affected this decision, with the growing importance of the precautionary principle and the pre-eminence of health over the market. +The Council urged the Commission in particular to produce a report on recent and current measures in place to try to reduce air traffic delays and congestion in Europe. +All sides should work together in an atmosphere of cooperation built on trust and refrain from any action that could jeopardise finding a solution to the Western Sahara problem that is based on a respect for human rights and democracy. +Furthermore, the Finnish Presidency adopted a resolution on 21 June 1999, in which the EU' s promise of support for the UN peace plan and related action was reiterated. +Furthermore, the Council' s working efficiency could suffer significantly if it neglected to have sittings each month lasting a week and they were, as a result, squeezed inevitably more tightly into the weeks left over. +Eight hours, as she has rightly said, should be the legal limit throughout the European Union for live animal transport. +However, we do intend to set up a framework of fair practices, to try and lay down rules of healthy competition so that we can all use our abilities and skills to face the future with better prospects. +We do not think that Amendment No 18, concerning a debtor' s obligation to furnish a bill of exchange in the case of a long contractual payment period has a chance of being accepted by the Council. +What I would like clarified for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, and because the Council is not here I would be happy to hear it from Commissioner Byrne before the debate, is this: how are we to interpret these announcements and the Council conclusions before us. +(5) The Council has considered a working document prepared by the Commission services in this perspective - 14015/99 - and noted a large majority in favour of the substance of the text; +I should point out, just so that we are clear on this, that the voluntary scheme in each country or in certain countries will obviously not become the compulsory system throughout the Union. +It is an absolutely scandalous state of affairs that we are sitting here in a nine-tenths empty parliamentary Chamber, one week before Christmas, seeing a regulation which will come into effect no-one knows when or how, with a Council which is treating us with an aloof contempt. +This has unfortunately only happened in fairly few countries, and there is a tremendous amount of trouble getting the resolution implemented in a number of other countries where not even a start has been made on setting up a labelling system. +We are also debating the highly topical issue of the Council' s approach and the Commission' s behaviour and position. +It is unfortunate that discussions of these very complex and important issues have had to take place in the context of an emergency decision with a near-impossible deadline. +It is reasonable to suppose that BST could lead to a change in consumption patterns and exacerbate the imbalance in the milk, milk products and beef and veal sectors. +In this sense we remain confident in Europe' s support, a support that has continued to aim to prepare the Timorese, with a precise notion of universal values, so that, at the last hurdle, we do not betray the suffering of our people. +This prize shows the European Parliament' s recognition of my people' s courage in fighting for a free homeland where freedom of thought is guaranteed as a right that is inherent to the human condition. +I thank Mrs Siimes for this very clear statement. It should be noted that her early delivery of this statement represents the only time in the budgetary procedure when the Council has succeeded in being not only on time but actually in advance. +Certainly not the Commission, as it clearly showed in Seattle, nor the Council, which at second reading trimmed EUR 450 million off compulsory expenditure. Yet, unfortunately, nor can they rely on Parliament which, through its rapporteur, intends to challenge the existence of compulsory expenditure. +The fact, Mr President, Commissioner, that I am addressing you here and now in German demonstrates that fixed book prices are not just a national problem; they are a cross-border issue which also affects a series of linguistic enclaves outside Germany and Austria. +In its motion for a resolution, my group stresses that books are primarily cultural assets and must not therefore be subject to the competition rules in the same way as all other goods. +I have already said, as regards the specific German/Austrian case, where proceedings are on-going, that unfortunately I cannot discuss it in detail here. I can, however, assure you that I made an enormous effort, in my first three months in office, to meet the parties concerned and pinpoint prospects for a positive outcome. +Continuing in that vein, there is a need to put a stop to corruption, to resolve the social problems arising from the economic crisis in Asia and to give renewed impetus to the badly affected Indonesian economy. +At the moment, two European Union citizens are on death row, a Spaniard in Yemen and an Italian in the USA, a Mr Barnabei, who is due to be executed in the year 2000. +A barbaric social code has been imposed, based on intimidation, humiliation and coercion of a female population that has been stripped of all its fundamental human rights. +We can join in the protests against the conditions of detention of prisoners in Djibouti only by clearly stating that, although the gaolers are in Djibouti, some of those who are really responsible have seats in the French Government. +The government has been systematically undermining the Court of Auditors over recent months. This undermining culminated in a pact concluded between the government and a previous governing party. +As far as are aware, there is no cause for concern at the moment about Mr Jarquín' s health, but we shall monitor the situation closely to ensure that he is treated properly. We are particularly worried at reports that his family, and his daughter in particular, have been physically attacked. +What is absolutely obvious to any impartial observer, however, is that, in this case, the intention has been precisely to prevent the investigation of corruption with the collaboration, furthermore, of the Sandinistas, and to get rid of the person who was going to be leader of the opposition in the Republic of Nicaragua. +Allow me to say briefly on the question of women in Kuwait that, like the Members of the European Parliament, the Commission is very disappointed at the result of the vote in Kuwait on 30 November. +The Commission has followed the events leading up to the arrest of the comptroller-general of Nicaragua, Mr Jarquín, with mounting concern and we endorsed the initiative taken by the Troika of the European Union on this issue on 18 November. +The Member States of the Union and the European Commission have also taken, or are supporting, a series of other initiatives to promote the statute. +In terms of private and public property such as buildings and heavy infrastructure and in terms of the economy, the requirements are enormous and are in the order, as has been mentioned, of FRF 6 billion. +As you know, there has been no specific budget line in the budget of the European Community to pay for natural disasters in countries of the Union for years now. +They are in line with the procedure. It is true that it would have been much better had we had an opportunity to debate this in committee and, as was said at the beginning of the week, that would have been a much better opportunity to have the issue debated. +Therefore, it must be a priority for the institutions to provide the means for this information to be ever more complete, reliable and quick, and therefore agricultural statistics must be ever more flexible, harmonious and coherent with other statistical fields with the possibility of incorporating new sources. +There is a history to this issue and really what I would like to do today is to close a subject that began in 1991 with a loan of EUR 1200 million to the Newly Independent States when the Soviet Union collapsed. +Tajikistan is, in fact, the poorest of the Newly Independent States and the one that we absolutely have to stabilise because, rather like Chechnya and for other reasons besides, it is a country that could endanger the whole region, particularly because of its strategic position with regard to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which are very rich countries. +The Community' s financial exposure will continue to be high in an area whose stability has deteriorated, both because of the Russian financial crisis and the current situation in the northern Caucasus. +Mr President, I do not know if this is a technical correction, but I have just discovered that I am not included in the Members from Luxembourg in Wednesday' s Minutes, concerning Mrs Palacio Vallelersundi' s report on the verification of credentials. +Article 158 of the Amsterdam Treaty, which forms the basis of the cohesion policy, was wrongly translated in some of the Union's official languages. +The EU will continue in future to raise human rights questions with the Sudanese Government with the aim of changing the Sudanese Government's attitude to slavery too. +The EU takes the view that the dialogue between India and Pakistan is the key to resolving the Kashmir conflict that is so seriously affecting relations between the two countries. +We are not going to give the problem of Gibraltar all the in-depth attention it deserves here and now. Gibraltar is a colony belonging to a Member State but is within the boundaries of another fellow Member State of the European Union. +Mr President, the resolution on improving the functioning of the institutions without amending the Treaty is one of the building blocks which the European Parliament is putting into place in order to equip the European Union for the future. +In a situation like this, misgivings, distrust and isolationist tendencies may increase rather than diminish, and may also have a bearing on conflicts between parties and political representatives, creating a sense of detachment and a degree of insecurity. +I have tried to do my job as your rapporteur with all this in mind and to this end the work of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy has been very useful to me, as have the amendments which were tabled. +With particular reference to Malta, I am pleased at the Commission's recommendation that a critical examination of Maltese legislation should start immediately, so that negotiations with this country can begin before the end of this year. +Only limited progress has been made in the overall process of adaptation and the implementation of the short-term priorities for the accession partnership. +I can be quite brief on the subject of Hungary. There has been major progress in a number of areas, in particular the approval of a general reform package for the judicial system and the completion of the structural economic reforms. +In some areas, such as environmental protection, the process of harmonising legislation is rather slow and regional development planning is also only in its earliest stages. +There is also increasing recognition of the risk that agreements between undertakings with a dominant market position, even if they comply with the legal conditions for block exemption, may still have a distorting effect on competition. +Thirdly, I have a question about the transitional period for current agreements and wonder whether agreements made under the present system can be fully implemented under this system or whether the new system applies to them and, if so, from when? +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should firstly like to congratulate the Ombudsman's office and its services on the transparency and speed with which it has provided details of its activities not only to Parliament and the Committee on Petitions but also directly to citizens and associations in the Member States. +The right to petition can be exercised by all residents of the European Union, not just EU citizens, and by organisations based in the European Union. +I entered Parliament in March of the same year, and ever since then I have been a member of the Committee on Petitions, where I have been able to observe his efforts and his achievements on behalf of the European people. +The European Ombudsman's annual report for 1998 shows that his institution has now become one of the best-functioning and most effective in the European Union. +There is considerable international ignorance about family law and what happens in the event of marital breakdown and children being taken back to a country where they do not normally live. +Because of the time, I would like to propose to the House that, following on from the report by Mr Valverde López, we proceed to the vote on Kosovo, so that the House can express its opinion on this very important issue. +The MEPs of PASOK represent a country which is suffering the direct consequences of the war and which, from the outset of the crisis, has steadfastly come to the aid of the Kosovar Albanians who have been forced to abandon their homes. +If the public felt sure that there would only be missile and air-based attacks, but no ground-based military forces involving the risk of casualties, it would be able to support the bombing for a certain period as a means of condemning Milosevic's unjust and abominable regime and his atrocities against the Kosovars. +We wanted international society to be subject to the rule of law, and now, in the most humiliating fashion, we are giving our consent to a strike by the Americans who have received no mandate from the United Nations. +If the intention was to invent the principle of selective humanitarian intervention, why strike at Milosevic for ethnic cleansing but ignore the Kurdish question in Turkey and open the door to disturbing scenarios in Europe's trouble spots: Corsica, Ireland and the Basque country? +Waging war under the guise of NATO does not therefore reveal an absence of European policy, but rather a flawed European policy. +This political error is entrenched in a rationale that goes back to the choices made by an entire generation of European leaders following the fall of the Berlin Wall. +Vehicle tax can be as high as EUR 3 000 per annum, for example. There are nine different charging systems for rail transport, with the level of cost coverage ranging from zero to 100 %. +I am convinced that at this stage of Community policy-making the differentiated approach will be both the most effective and will rightly respect the legitimate roles of transport policy-makers at other political levels. +We all know that this area, pricing issues - be they in road, rail, aviation or maritime sectors - is fraught with obstacles and progress, especially at the political level, can be painfully slow. +The Council, for its part, did not take up Parliament's proposal on the inclusion of tax incentives to promote combined transport. +You will know that traditional credit institutions are already themselves authorised to issue electronic money, in accordance with the whole array of banking directives, and this new service of theirs may therefore make use of the European passport. +They either remain entrenched behind their national and sectoral logic, or appear to consider the sector of little interest. What is more, this logic may simply be the logic of easy profit, rather than one that takes account of the nature of the services in the general interest that the bank should provide for a range of consumers. +I therefore think that the conditions are right for this work to continue, and if I might add a personal wish, I hope that Mr Prodi will include Mr Monti in his new team; both the Commission and Parliament would benefit from this. +But it is not possible to create by statute a single retail financial area in which basic banking transactions are economic and effective, as in the national systems; however, the framework for action illustrates how progress can be achieved in that process. +Consequently, we have to point out once again that the priority for European Union transport policy has to be to move the bulk of heavy goods from road to rail. +In particular, the Valle d'Aosta is experiencing a huge rise in the number of hotel bookings cancelled since the closure of the tunnel, and so there is also an economic factor, linked to the tourism which is extremely important for the region and which needs to be taken into account. +As far as the effects of the closure of the Mont Blanc tunnel are concerned, we will do everything it is in our limited power to do to try to ensure that traffic is not too severely disrupted. +The truth is that Burma is getting very strong backing. In particular - and I am sorry Commissioner Brittan is not here - Burma is strongly supported by China, on both an economic and a military level, and that is why it is able to continue with the repression and prevent any democratic development. +Admittedly, Commissioner van den Broek, who is not himself responsible for competition policy, could only read out what the Commission services, or more precisely Mr Van Miert's department, had written for him. +After a report by the same rapporteur on the policies of the European Union in May 1998, we adopted a resolution on improving the functioning of the European institutions. +Events remind us every day of the political holes in the construction of Europe and the Union's inability to tackle alone most of the great challenges it faces. +We hope that the government will ensure that the planned information campaign is balanced, so that we get information about both the advantages and the disadvantages of membership which is freely available to all Maltese citizens. +Cooperation is also a watchword of the relations between the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions and the European Ombudsman. +However, the rapporteur goes too far when she calls for the inclusion of private non-commercial vehicles in the charging system as a means of distributing the costs among all users of the road network. +In this context, it would have been interesting to learn from the Commission how much each Member State collects in road tax and in excise duty on petrol, diesel and so on, and how much of that is systematically ploughed back into the construction and maintenance of the road network. +We also agree with the rapporteur asking the Commission to place the plans that are adopted into some order of priority, with a view to using the available resources in the most effective way possible. +The Commission also appreciates the important role the European Parliament plays in putting the fight against violence on the agenda of the European Union. +Therefore, in order to ensure that the text approved is consistent, responsibility for the legal protection of consumers should be given to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights. +This is why I feel that the decision you are taking, Mr President, is extremely serious in light of the present situation - although that is not so serious - and in terms of its implications for the future of this House and the future of democracy in Europe. +In any case, our group specifically tabled an amendment to relieve the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights of its responsibility for the legal protection of consumers. +Mr President, . I have two roles: firstly as the original author of the document which sought to change committee structures and, secondly, as chairman of the committee responsible at the moment for consumer policy. +At the end of the 20th century, the various forms of violence against children, young persons and women have increasingly become a matter of concern. +It is therefore vital for this Community action programme to fit into a general context which also maintains a strong social security system and allows for economic growth that creates sustainable employment. +What is more, the unemployment statistics do not include those who have taken early retirement or who, for some other reason, are not counted among the active population. In other words, unemployment among the older age groups is far higher than the figures would suggest. +Ladies and gentlemen, I shall now give the floor to Mrs Ilivitzky, who will speak on behalf of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left for a maximum of six minutes. +This is a result of both women's lower rates of pay, which thus cause them to suffer doubly, and the fact that women's careers are often short and fragmented as a result of family care obligations. +I would remind you that this situation is the result of the concession made to the United States when the Treaty of Rome was signed on duty-free soya imports into the Community. +When it proposed this price reduction, the Commission claimed that it would improve the EU's competitive position, and this should also, and perhaps in particular, apply to the starch sector. +I should also like to thank the committee's secretariat for the excellent work it has continuously carried out to ensure that the Rules of Procedure meet the needs of Parliament's work. +Unfortunately, this has not always been the case, and both the chairman of the Rules Committee, Mr Fayot, and Mr Corbett specifically referred just now to the particular circumstances in this instance. +Mr Corbett has in fact pointed out that there was support in Parliament for making something more of this relatively clear provision in the Treaty than it actually stated and still does state. +With regard to the more positive points, I should like to highlight the fact that we did not make a limited ad hoc amendment within the framework of the 1996 financial year; instead we set out a reform that will be valid for years to come. +Institutional reforms to promote dynamic competition and flexibility have to be coordinated with the need to maintain - but also to modernise - social security systems. +In recent months, we have on occasions had a robust discussion on which way to go: should we have an expansive policy as advocated by the Social Democrat group, along the lines of what Mr Lafontaine would like, or should we stick to the rules that we agreed? +I think it is absolutely essential for the three most important aspects to be respected, that is the stability and growth pact, a wage policy geared to productivity, and the need for structural reform. +In these circumstances, therefore, we must avoid any potential split within the European Union and we must aim to incorporate all Member States into EMU as quickly as possible. +This would certainly not have been possible had not all those involved - the Council, Parliament and, after initial hesitations, the Commission - collaborated on this project in a very constructive spirit. +I should particularly like to highlight the constructive role played by Commissioners Anita Gradin, Karel Van Miert and Mario Monti, but I also wish specifically to commend the Council presidency, our rapporteur Mr Bösch and the secretariats of the three institutions for the huge amount of work which they have done. +When it examined the 1997 annual report of the Court of Auditors, the Council also took into consideration all 25 special reports drawn up during 1998. +In the course of the discharge proceedings and in the light of the Court of Auditors' report, we asked a series of very searching questions of the Commission. +I hope that when the Commission comes back to us in the new Parliament it will take on board and use as a blueprint those questions which are asked in the working document, especially on staffing policies, TAOs, Leonardo and the way in which PHARE and TACIS is operated. +Of course this has involved the application of a little friendly pressure, in particular on the part of the Council presidency and our own House, to make the Commission finally understand that it cannot simply deny facts which are on the table. +It is an excellent working document and I naturally agree with the philosophy behind it, which is clear and which specifies the essential details. +We believe it is very important to ensure that the people of Europe do not feel that the Community's decision-making powers have been constrained as a result of the entry into force of the Treaty or because of the parliamentary elections. +Care of the elderly, jobs for the handicapped, environmental projects and so on - I do not want to impose my choices here any more than Mrs Thyssen, and I leave it to Member States to choose the opportunities offered by the proposal to see what suits their needs and capabilities best. +Finally, I should emphasise that if, as I assume, we all want this proposal to be adopted soon by the Council so as to keep to the timetable called for by Mrs Thyssen, involving entry into force on 1 January 2000, I am unable to accept the amendments proposed. +To some extent therefore I can of course share your hope, which is my hope as well, of political realism being applied to an issue which affects employment, a matter of considerable urgency. +In Item 8 (Documents received), point (ab) mentions a draft decision by the European Parliament on the Members' Statute; it also gives a C-number. +It is indeed linked to Agenda 2000 but in our view the Council's request for urgent procedure is not justified, as the system is only due to come into force in the year 2000. There will therefore be plenty of time for the new Parliament to consider it. +The Treaty has now entered into force and this means above all that the future Commission President and the European Parliament have a greater role in the appointment of the Commission. +I would also emphasise that we expect to see political balance, that is a balance of political philosophies and views and also a certain balance that reflects the role of the main political forces in this Parliament. +Lastly, it is our fervent hope that, given the necessary weight, you will urgently work for an initiative on the Balkans and see that the timetable for enlargement is politically reassessed in the light of what is going on there at present. +It is interesting because he is a Socialist and because he is French: he is a Socialist, and asserts that the problem of unemployment can only be addressed by setting a 3 % growth target; he is French, and asserts that we must begin to regard the Euro 11 Council as the first step towards a European economic government. +Therefore, confronted as we are by an international crisis which calls into question our certainty at the end of the Second World War - that war would never again be possible in Europe - we must set ourselves new, inevitably ambitious political aims if we really do wish to rediscover the soul of Europe to which you have often referred. +New approaches are needed by increasingly involving the Member States; subsidiarity also relieves the burden on Brussels in implementing European tasks and increases everyone's sense of responsibility - a sense of responsibility that has hitherto not existed. +But we cannot discuss these matters behind closed doors, or as a continent which erects borders, albeit one that has been enlarged. We must do so by meeting the challenge which, in this case, is also a responsibility. +He will go down in the history of his people as the destroyer of Serbia, and he is only finding out what others in the past found out who put the term 'greater' in front of the name of their nation. +It is also clear that the notion that NATO - be it only for a limited area, but one that goes beyond Europe - could be an alternative to the United Nations has proved to be a fallacy, as I always believed. +All of this means a comprehensive, massive and costly effort, in addition to the military one borne by our Member States, in order to provide the billions of euros which will be needed to fund all these efforts by the international community. +That is why I take this opportunity, on behalf of the Commission, to call on Parliament and the Council to provide the Commission in due course with the instruments and funds needed to meet our share of this tremendous challenge which we will have to face together. +I have written time and time again to the significant people, that is, the President of the European Parliament, the President of the Commission, NATO and Mr Clinton. +Under these conditions, the only military victory possible would risk being a Pyrrhic victory, far removed from the fair and lasting peace we are currently seeking. +Mr President, Europe finds itself embroiled in war: a war into which it stumbled without having any real exit strategy; a war with an obvious risk of spreading; a war which it was planned to win in a couple of days, but which after five weeks has not abated; a war which was launched to rescue people suffering ethnic cleansing and which has resulted in a million refugees; a war which has turned resistance to Milosevic into support for him. +The EU countries should draw up a large-scale Marshall plan for the Balkan region, to rebuild the devastated communities and to counteract the hatred, which will otherwise provide a breeding-ground for future conflicts for generations to come. +Similarly, I do not believe for one moment that Mr Milosevic's brutal nature could allow him to be receptive to a measure such as a unilateral halt to our action in order to restart political talks. +The last twelve months have seen the establishment of the euro and we deserve a foreign policy that matches the expectations in the rest of the world raised by our new monetary union. +Painful though it may be to contemplate, there is no other explanation for a Union that is prepared to wage war, not for oil, not for power, but to oppose the evil of ethnic cleansing in the heart of Europe. +We forget at our peril that Constantinople was, for centuries, the original European city of culture when the ancestors of today's Council of Ministers were camping in the ruins of a former glory. +We have been, in many ways, guilty of complacency: we say often that the justification of the European Union is to get rid of wars within Europe's borders and forget what is happening just outside Europe's borders and our responsibility for that. +This will require internal differentiation on the part of the Union, and its development as a confederation of states, rather than as a federation. +Mr President, at the meeting of the Conference of Presidents this afternoon, we agreed to try to arrange the voting so that there was a clear vote showing who wanted to clean things up and who did not. +Ineligibility and incompatibility, for instance, the limit on the number of times Members may stand for re-election, reducing the number of Members and resolving conflicts of interest. +The target of not spending more than 20 % of the entire administrative expenditure category for the Parliament is one which we ourselves have observed for years, and the Budgets Committee believes, as do I, that this target must definitely be respected. +I am delighted that the administration has assured us that the additional tasks it will have to take on because of the Amsterdam Treaty coming into force and preparations for enlargement will be totally covered by the existing staff complement. +That is why the Budgets Committee has fundamentally signed up to the new staff policy, the centrepiece of which is promotion on the basis of sustained merit, with an average promotion cycle of five years. +I believe that a parliament that wishes to be equal to the tasks demanded of it, and this applies all the more so following the Treaty of Amsterdam, needs to have an employment structure for assistants that allows it to do full justice to these tasks. +I would therefore recommend that the new Parliament should return to this subject, as things have been at a standstill for two years now while we have been dealing with other issues, but we must come back to this point if our assistants are to work well. +With the adoption of the preliminary draft budget for the year 2000 the Commission has launched the budget procedure for the budget authority. +In my view the Council common position, as the President has said, and no matter how defective it may be because of failure to consult the committee, is now with the Committee on Transport, and that committee is not meeting this week. +If we want the single market to work as well as it possibly can, then in the fast-developing area of new media like the Internet and e-mail, all consumers must be entitled to the same high level of protection in every Member State, irrespective of where a purchase is made. +I certainly agree with some of the amendments tabled by the rapporteur, including the need for setting a deadline of seven working days for the supplier to return monies that have been received from the consumer. +The Commission can accept the principle established in Amendment No 21 of providing to the consumers in advance of the conclusion of a contract additional or summarising information as a cover of the full contractual terms and conditions. +If a consumer instals a product himself and a lack of conformity arises as a result of incorrect installation instructions intended for the consumer, this is also covered by the law on guarantees. +However, the draftsman of the opinion - who is not present - does acknowledge that this might be due to the cost of experts, networking, analysis and training. +Since there are no colleagues taking part in the debate, the Chair would like to congratulate you on your report and say that the lack of interest is probably due to a consensus rather than any dislike of the subject. +It was also Parliament that presented the Council with a very comprehensive text, even before the Treaty entered into force, covering all the aspects of our situation as transparently as possible, even those aspects where it has always been our responsibility to take decisions. +You opened your doors in a new and innovative way to backbenchers, as President of the House. That has been very much welcomed and respected by Members here. +I can confirm in the several months that I have had the privilege of leading my own group the courtesy which you have shown to me - which I acknowledge here today - and also confirm the extraordinary openness with which you do your business. +Last week the Council decided to begin preparing a stability pact for south-eastern Europe, an initiative that the entire international community now firmly welcomes. +The Heads of State and Government have already sought to appoint a more political President of the Commission, who will be responsible for exploiting all the federalist opportunities provided by the Treaty of Amsterdam. +Mr President-in-Office, in the speech by President Santer - which was an excellent speech and I would like to congratulate him on it - and the speeches by my other colleagues in the House, you will find a rare unanimity. +A sum of about EUR 22 billion is being made available for pre-accession aid, together with a further EUR 58 billion for enlargement-related expenditure, which means that over the financing period a total of EUR 80 billion is available for enlargement, although it can only be spent if enlargement actually takes place. +If you will allow me, I will make a personal comment now - after all this is probably also my last appearance in the European Parliament. It is interesting to note that an agenda such as Agenda 2000 is of course also a fight between the Member States for the money available for distribution. +Of course, I am not raising any objections to these values, nor am I denying Mr Prodi his freedom of conscience, but I support the principle of secularism - which rightly guarantees this fundamental liberty everywhere and for everyone - and I therefore expect a President of the Commission to uphold this principle. But I have my doubts about that. +For the future, he turns to 'the power of American culture', which 'in the broad sense and as expressed in symbolic form by the media is actually believed by some to be capable of acting as a single point of reference for a Europe in quest of its soul. +It is important to note that the rules of international trade that are applied by the WTO and that prevent us from making proper use of the precautionary principle were ratified in the agreements concluded at the Uruguay Round by Europeans themselves; they were led astray by poor advisers, such as the European Commission, which undoubtedly was overly influenced by foreign interests. +We must break away from the current thinking behind the liberalisation of trade, which does not give any consideration to social or environmental rules. We must also block the political, economic and monetary hegemony of the US, which is actually imposing the interests of American companies as if they are in the general interest. +The hypocrisy of the European Council can best be demonstrated by the fact that no less than EUR 250 m had to be decided within two weeks on Kosovo, thereby taking more than three-fifths of the overall basis for seven years. +On reading the regulations that will be adopted tomorrow, it would seem that the cause of the island regions will not have made any significant advances with this reform of the Structural Funds. +This medium-term financial framework does not respond to such important issues as the consolidation of the euro and, in particular, any asymmetric shocks or other shocks which may result from the next WTO negotiations. +She has always been most open at all times to discussion and debate, always understanding, always courteous to Parliament's members of the Committee on Regional Policy. +In its three-yearly report on cohesion, the Commission has highlighted the fact that this situation is one of the main reasons for the backwardness of these regions and a factor in any eventual recovery. +The fact that we now have compromises acceptable to both sides is thanks to us and us alone, because we openly came towards you with compromise proposals to prevent your stubborn attitude from driving us to the Conciliation Committee; for that would have meant having to stall many projects because the money would not have come from Brussels in time. +Solidarity within the European Union and with the pre-accession states, the concentrated use of resources, job creation, less bureaucracy and preparations for enlargement eastward have been the aims of the Structural Funds reform from the outset. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office, the new regulation on the policy to support rural development is without question a major step forward in the reform of the common agricultural policy. +We have not grown a real tree yet, but this little sapling that we have planted together can - if the Commission and the Council nurture it just as carefully - grow into a strong and healthy tree to support rural development policy. +Mr President, the aim of my report is to provide the European Union with the financial and budgetary framework it needs to enable it to meet the challenges of the next few years. +In the preparations for the new WTO negotiations and the enlargement negotiations we will have to take due account of these constraints, as we will do when we implement the organisation of the market in coming years. +As for the payment deadline of 31 October, I am prepared to give further consideration to this question, though with the reservation that this must not lead to any shift in the financial year for compulsory expenditure. +Considering work as both an economic opportunity and a way of achieving one's potential means more and better education lifelong. It means combatting material inequalities and the modern inequalities which affect an individual's ability to plan his own future freely. +However, we also cannot accept a protectionist approach such as the strategy where we were digging our own grave and running away from our responsibilities towards the rest of the world, particularly the less-developed areas. +What steps will the Council take to avert similar actions in the future and guarantee that citizens may move freely within the EU? +I would like to thank you for your reply, but I do not understand why the terms of the Staff Regulations are being disregarded, since there is after all nothing to prevent us from respecting the Council's existing rules during the integration process. +On the concrete question of what is being done to minimise in some way the damage that has occurred and of the European Union possibly also taking legal action, that is a question for the Commission and not the Council. +UN Security Council Resolution 687 called on Iraq to cooperate with the International Committee of the Red Cross in order to release these prisoners of war. +In regard to your broader question about the general stability of the region, on 26/27 April 1999 the Council agreed to begin preparing a stability pact for south-eastern Europe. +But at the same time we cannot deny that a large group in society is in need of special attention, and by this I mean people in a disadvantaged position, such as women and minorities. +I do not know exactly what the European agricultural model is, nor does anyone else, but we intend to defend this model come what may, as it keeps farmers on the land and stops the countryside from becoming deserted. +Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the financial framework agreed in Berlin is a totally inadequate response to the requirements and objectives of cohesion, which should be the guiding star for the construction of Europe and its present and future ambitions. +I hope it will be made clear to everybody at all times that the concessions expected from us in the World Trade Organisation negotiations have been made and that we will not offer the prospect of any more concessions to the farmers of Europe until the present seven years have expired. +This process has reached a satisfactory conclusion, and it has had a happy ending for the cohesion countries and for the poorer regions in which structural assistance is to be concentrated from now on. +I cannot resist saying that it has come to a satisfactory conclusion for my country, which will receive structural support at an annual average level slightly higher than the annual average between 1994 and 1999. +Nuclear safety is important, but we cannot simply demand or pressurise countries to close down nuclear power stations as part of the accession process. +My group, the EPP group, can only note the result of the Berlin Summit and while it is a significant improvement on the original Commission proposal it falls far short of what is needed by producers. +Thirdly, if a measure was blocked and referred back to the legislative authority, it was referred to Council alone, not Parliament and Council jointly, even though they jointly constitute the legislative authority. +In actual fact, there are many reasons to start saying that Mexico does not have the proper reference point, the proper democratic credentials, and so on. But I think Mexico, democracy and the agreement with the European Union will be best served by giving our assent. +Only 9 % of all Mexican exports to the European Union are agricultural and there is considerable complementarity in the trade flow. This should facilitate the rapid negotiation and entry into force of this agreement. +Mr President, I should simply like to remind some of our colleagues, and Mr Elles in particular, that the way the institutions take decisions, in accordance with the well consolidated case-law of the Court of Justice in Luxembourg, is not something we can tamper with. It is a question of law and order and is enshrined in the Treaties. +Mr President, I should like to pay a very warm tribute to my colleague, Ms Oddy, for this report which characteristically she has taken through in the last days of the Parliament in a committee where there were other preoccupations and where there were immense legal and technical complications. +Despite what Mr Barzanti said, which is a philosophy we fully agree with, I believe that they are of no benefit to content providers or authors in general terms. And in response to Mr Whitehead, there is little protection for consumers if we act in an arbitrary fashion when legislating. +I think the European Union needs to take action to create an effective, sound civil rights and protection movement in respect of the Internet. +In Amendment No 36, it is suggested that 'information society service providers must keep all information necessary for the purpose of tracing and identifying providers of illegal content.' This is a crime prevention issue, however, and responsibility for criminal matters lies with the country concerned. +The majority of the amendments in Ms Oddy's report clarify and improve the original proposal and I am happy to indicate that the Commission will accept Amendments Nos 1, 2, 4, 6 - the latter in the English version only, 7, 12, 13, 16-20, 22, 24, 32-34, 37, 40, 41, 43, 55-57, 62, 65-67. +It is a very important sensitive area where particular effort was made in the original proposal to achieve a reasonable compromise solution that takes account of all interests at stake. +Along with the Legal Service, I have also examined the argument you have put forward on whether or not this decision in itself covers budget decisions, in other words, whether or not it covers budget decisions which, according to Article 272, require a qualified majority. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to endorse the line of argument advanced by Detlev Samland and to add the following comment: the case-law you have quoted, Mr President, derives from a judgment which states that the institutions may not relax the provisions on required majorities which have been adopted in the Treaty. +If the Treaty really does have to specifically require a qualified majority on every occasion, and limit the cases in which the qualified majority can be extended, then this interinstitutional agreement is inadmissible, as Mr Colom i Naval has just said. +On 28 April the European Commission adopted the preliminary draft budget of the European Union for the 2000 financial year, the first year for the new financial perspectives. +The determination and perseverance of the members of the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Policy and of our two rapporteurs have finally paid off. +It is receiving an additional allocation of ECU 15 billion in order to compensate for the loss of its eligibility for Objective 1, while the French Hainaut, which borders on it, is receiving nothing; this discrimination is not justified either by the GNP or by the level of unemployment in the two regions. +At the end of my mandate, in May 1999, my political positions on social issues such as agriculture, food, rural development and the environment remain the same. +It is completely absurd, given farmers' level of income, to try to put a ceiling on aid and to reduce it steadily. +If common rules are ultimately adopted which raise the level of consumer protection in every country, it will become less important whether it is the rules of the country of origin or those of the recipient country that apply. +I shall be voting against the motion for a resolution on Kosovo because I believe that it offers no help whatsoever in our quest to find a political solution and in putting an end to this senseless war, especially now when, after 45 days, there are the glimmerings of hope of breaking out of this tragic impasse. +It is a hard struggle, and I hope, Commissioner, Mr Vice-President, that you will speak out clearly on behalf of the Commission and the European Union in order to help that school of thought to prevail, because at the moment Turkey is turning away from Europe rather than moving in our direction. +We have never tried to put a positive spin on his activities or his aims, and we only hope that the Turkish Government will ensure that his trial is open and fair, although we do not feel exactly optimistic about this. +Malaysia claims to be democratic; yet it arrests and imprisons individuals who seek peacefully to express political or religious views, denying them due legal process. This is no way to behave. +In other words, awareness of this situation is being raised at international level. We must not give up hope as this type of battle, just like the battle you highlighted, and as is usually the case with all problems that affect human beings, is won on the basis of a persistent day-to-day fight. +Personally, Mr President, I must say that I regret that recital G of this joint motion for a resolution casts some doubt on Parliament's opinion concerning the initiatives taken by the chairman of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, Mr Michel Rocard. +Finally, and I will not dwell very long on this point, there is the responsibility of France, which has been caricatured by the fact that the eighteenth coup d'état in the Comoros coincides with the opening of the trial in Paris of the mercenary, Bob Denard, who in 1975, 1978, 1989 and 1995 was himself responsible for four coups d'état in Moroni and who is suspected of murdering two Comoran heads of state. +The Islamic Republic of Comoros is a state which for many years now, virtually ever since independence, has been living through a serious institutional crisis, as previous speakers recalled. +You may know that there has been an announcement by the G8 ministers which offers terms for a Kosovo solution which are much less intransigent than the five conditions that have been insisted upon until now and significantly re-involves the Security Council. +With regard to the more general system of recognition of qualifications, I am also in favour of improving and consolidating the system, because although in theory the level of recognition of qualifications is satisfactory, it is not exercised sufficiently in practice. +The compromise that was reached in conciliation will ease the burden for SMEs, which hopefully will then mean that those companies can put this part of their expenditure and endeavour to better use, thus boosting employment. +In the European Union and Member States the role of labour-intensive SMEs in particular has been considered central to improved levels of employment. +Now that the Treaty of Amsterdam has been in force for just under a week and the role of the codecision procedure is growing in importance, perhaps we have reason to congratulate ourselves, Parliament, and the triumph of democracy. +I think it is very important that we have decided to cut down on the number of people required to provide information, as well as reducing the amount of information to be given, although we do, of course, want to have an acceptable level of information. +In the framework of the SLIM initiative, the Commission presented two proposals for a regulation on 30 May 1997 with the aim of simplifying the basic legislation on the Intrastat system. +The next item is the report by Mr Malangré (A4-0234/99) on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights on insolvency practices. +A resolution was used in 1995 to agree what interception meant in the technical sense, such as whether only the content of a telephone conversation should be recorded, or the time and the recipient's telephone number as well. +As a result of such massive imports, which scarcely cover the cost of the raw material, many European textile companies are currently recording losses and their survival is threatened. This is seriously jeopardising a number of jobs. +Pursuant to Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure, nominations for President of the European Parliament must be made, with the consent of those concerned, by a political group or by at least thirty-two Members. +Heidi Hautala, we have worked very well together over the last few days, and, indeed, this finds expression in the fact that as leader of the Green Party you are sitting here in the first row, as is the leader of the Liberals, Pat Cox. +Europe is embarking upon this legislative term at a time of great difficulties, due both to the events taking place just beyond our borders and also to the fact that the process of political union and the economic policy project are still far from being completed. +A strong, kind and capable Presidency which is well-balanced and just, such as you have already shown yourself capable of providing, will give us the hope and faith to work together, all of us together, to meet the needs of those European citizens who are still looking to us to give them a clear answer regarding their future. +I would like to draw your attention to something that I mentioned a moment ago, which is that, as the number of candidates does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, I propose that in the first instance, we elect these fourteen candidates to the posts of Vice-President and that we do it unanimously. +Madam President, I would like to say something in relation to the Minutes. Yesterday, the Conference of Presidents and the political groups jointly registered an objection to the establishment of the so-called 'Technical Group of Independent Members' and I believe that the said objection should be explicitly recorded in the Minutes. +Despite any criticism levied at certain individuals, we should not forget one thing, and that is that without the Commission's hard work and commitment, we would not have been able to solve the numerous and difficult problems, and not least those encountered during the German Presidency. +Ladies and gentlemen, in the period that lies before us we should use the dynamic that has emerged over the last six months from the tension between the exigencies of crisis and those of reform, to take further steps towards integration. +But the decisions taken under the German Presidency over the last six months will shape the future of the European Union far into the next decade. +War as an instrument of politics was rendered socially acceptable again and the progress of this fatal course will be speeded further still by the incorporation of the WEU military pact into the European Union and by the build-up of armed forces for intervention. +I would like to ask you whether these three Member States who, in Amsterdam, made the reinforcement of the institutions an essential condition, and therefore a prerequisite, for the conclusion of preliminary accession negotiations, still maintain the reservations annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam, or whether they have moderated their position in the meantime. +This requires our determination to oppose those who seek to carry out nationalist policies through violence, murder, terror and expulsion, and when all other means fail, to resort to military means if necessary. +I say this because in the first place, it has been unable to achieve any reform of countries' own resources, which should be based solely on the Gross National Product, the only fair, equitable and transparent basis for contribution. +In addition, we need the guidelines on employment and economic policy to be integrated, and we need the institutional framework for the European Employment Pact to be modified, something which is of great importance. +In other words, it is more democracy that we need and not for the European Employment Pact to increase the democratic deficit, and this is what this Parliament demanded during the previous legislative period. +This House will know that we have entered yet again a critical phase in the peace process in Northern Ireland. Successive Presidencies have backed that peace process. +The challenge to be taken up consists of redesigning, adapting and improving the organisation in order to make it more efficient, to fight fraud at all levels and place the institution at the service of the citizens of Europe. Let us not be under any illusions! +I do not pretend that Europe has all the answers to these problems. What I mean is that we must show our commitment to contributing to the resolution of these issues at a European level, as by their very nature, they go well beyond purely national boundaries. +Certain recent events, such as the war in Kosovo and the new crisis in the field of food safety which has occurred in Belgium, but which clearly has repercussions for the whole of Europe, are particularly significant, and I believe that the necessary responses to them - and you have said some interesting things in this respect - must be ambitious responses. +President Prodi is giving thought to the Intergovernmental Conference, but he seems not to be giving enough heed to the fact that the critical state of the institutions and the citizens' lack of confidence in them is neither politically nor socially neutral. +On those grounds, the question of where to locate the seat of those organisations involved in the rebuilding programme is a very important one and I would like to believe that Thessaloniki will remain the choice to serve as the main decision-making centre for the whole reconstruction project. +On Monday, the European Union's General Affairs Council stressed that the Union furthermore intends to help the Serbian people, who are suffering from the disastrous policies their leaders have pursued. +MEPs have, in many different connections, stressed the great importance of the Union as a driving force behind, and a guarantor of, peace and stability in our continent. +My ideas are based on the principle that the Union can only succeed through close and open co-operation between its various agencies, and with the active support of the citizens of Europe. +We also need to strengthen the Union's credibility, to enable us to become fully involved in serious problems that are our responsibility, the most pressing of which is the drawing up of the timetable for the rebuilding programme in Kosovo. +In any case, it has displayed the failure of ten years of diplomacy and highlighted the oversights, the shortcomings and the squanderings, of international co-operation. +We cannot escape the conclusion though, that this was due not so much to the fact that the reconstruction activities, for which this agency was to be responsible, were in the immediate vicinity, but rather to the fact that there was a general need for economic aid throughout the region. +We must learn to combine the military iron gloves of NATO with the economic velvet gloves of the EU and provide co-operation and aid for economic and democratic development. +This is the crux of the Öçalan issue: the fact that laws still exist in too many national legal codes which punish as a crime the exercising of peoples' rights to self-determination in its extreme form of secession, even when non-violent, democratic means are employed. +In the same way that there are Autonomous Communities in Spain, Länder in Germany or Communities in Belgium, etc., there should also be a similar solution in Turkey for the Kurds, so that they may enjoy, in the same way that you have indicated in Finland, the ability to speak their own language, a free press reflecting their problems and a regional Parliament. +Madam President, at the Tampere Council, we must decide to fight against drugs, organised crime and the threat to the safety of our citizens. We must also invest in the protection of citizens and not compromise with that 'dark side' which promotes closer links between terrorism, trade in arms and nuclear weapons and organised crime. +Denmark was the country to make the proposal, but Finland is the country which, as holder of the Presidency, will promote this worthy initiative as vigorously as possible in co-operation with others. +I would also like to mention that the International War Crimes Tribunal is, in our opinion, extremely important, and the tribunal dealing with war crimes in Yugoslavia is a special partner in co-operation for us. +The reform process has been initiated in all institutions, which is due, amongst others, to the European Parliament, which on various occasions has drawn attention to these problems. +The House will be familiar with Article 213 which, amongst other things, requires Members of the Commission in particular 'to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after they have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments'. +One simple example which I can give the House of the internal games which were played by the heads of cabinets - not the Commissioners - on one particular staffing matter goes to show how these things were handled. +I welcome the Council's decision on this case - and I believe it has been a quick one - as well as the Commission's explanations with regard to its actions in this case, which have been enormously speedy. +We must also admit that the dioxin contamination of the feed shows that current legislation and protective measures are not fully sufficient to prevent the feed becoming contaminated by hazardous substances such as dioxin. +Turning to the action the Council has taken, I would like to remind everyone that the Ministers of Agriculture and Health have followed the dioxin crisis closely, and that they discussed the situation at the first available opportunity in meetings held in June. +Before I end, I would like to say that the dioxin crisis has clearly shown that the effects of this type of occurrence are not restricted to the regions, or even countries, in which it began. +No country is free from dioxins and we can cite a whole number of examples of dioxin contamination which have made the headlines in many different parts of the world. +This is very regrettable and I fear the only thing that will get the Council moving on this question will be the agreement that we have just concluded with the Americans whereby they may verify whether Europe itself is observing the same standards of hygiene as we expect from the Americans. +Therefore, Mr President, I strongly endorse our group's proposal for the Parliament to set up a temporary committee which will fully deal with all issues of food safety and public health and not just certain aspects of it. +I must say, Mr Commissioner and Mr President, that I welcomed the measures just announced by you both, but I would like to remind you that a number of those measures were placed on the table by the European Parliament some time ago. In fact, they have been there since the Committee of Enquiry into mad cow disease finished its work. +But to conclude, Mr Commissioner, Mr President, I should still like to emphasise, just as my colleagues have done, that we shall never be able to solve this food safety problem unless we undertake a radical and complete rethink of our agriculture and of our food production. +As a matter of fact, I must say that I find it totally unacceptable that the Belgian farmers' union is refusing to co-operate on agricultural reform during this dioxin crisis, and on reducing the quantity of livestock in Belgium. +Many of the ingredients are exactly the same - disagreeable and even disgusting practices in the preparation of some animal foodstuffs in a world of intensive agriculture and panic and deceit in some of the Member States concerned when the source of contamination is first discovered. +That is why I am asking for a Temporary Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry to be established, with the responsibility of ensuring that the whole range of problems is brought to the table, and that all the lessons to be learned from it are looked at. +I want to highlight the fact that this serious health crisis is being fought with instruments which were designed for other purposes connected to the Common Agricultural Policy, such as the Standing Veterinary Committee which was intended to monitor animal health. +Madam President, I would already have asked for the Minutes to have been approved this morning if I had seen that Annex III had not been distributed for our perusal. +I am thinking, for example of the Belgian government's lack of transparency in alerting the European Commission so late, and of the lack of information which was given to consumers. +I would ask that this be clarified and dealt with as soon as possible by the Bureau because this means we are entering the summer recess with a completely unclear situation with regard to the delegations and this must not happen in this Parliament. +Fining the French organising committee means taking money away from grassroots football and from the promotion of the game and putting that money into the coffers of the European Commission. +During the 1998 World Cup, of the two million tickets sold, the largest share was handled directly by FIFA, which sent quotas to the 203 national football associations, with a larger share going to the 24 qualifying countries, of which the United Kingdom was one. +Fourthly and finally, it is understandable to ensure that where a popular sport is concerned, when the host nation has invested nine billion francs in the event, the citizens of the host nation support and participate positively in this event, and this is also a key factor in its success. +I had already said ten minutes before Mr Ford spoke that the organisers of the Belgian and Netherlands European championship have been in touch with the Commission and not a single ticket will be sold on a discriminatory basis. +This is a debate which looks to the future, the future of the European Union and the strengthening of its institutions and, in particular, the European Commission, whose central role in European construction cannot be called into question. +Modernisation and reform are therefore necessary and they should be carried out if we want the Commission to be able not only to fulfil its basic role of guardian of the Treaties but also to be the promoter of the decision-making process and the effective manager of the programmes and projects assigned to it. +In reality this has happened, something I consider very important, and I believe that in this sense I have also understood the previous speaker. We must take appropriate steps as a result of the mistakes and inappropriate behaviour of certain Commissioners. +It says that the institutions and the budgetary authorities were likewise not very quick to detect a series of irregularities and that they themselves did not operate in the best and wisest way to prevent the consequences either. +The Committee of Independent Experts advanced the arguments for establishing a committee on standards of public life at European level. +Madam President, as regards the second report which we now have before us, issues such as subsidiarity, the delegation of competencies, the importance of combating fraud using independent agencies, are the key concepts. +The care we take over a symbol of this kind here in Europe could, to a very large extent, determine whether or not we regain the trust of the citizens of Europe, which is why we must ensure that the Commission, and particularly Mr Kinnock, live up to the pledges undertaken during the hearings with regard to Mr Van Buitenen. +The Commission has at last taken action on quite a few issues although, with regard to BSE, it only acted after coming under pressure, and the pressure of public opinion at that. +In the procedures to date, many of the nominee Commissioners were kind enough to, in effect, promise in advance a charter of reform for their own areas and have alluded to specific policy commitments. +The 350 million people who make up the membership of the European Union will not thank either the European Parliament or the European Commission if we are seen in the public eye as having a fractious relationship in any shape or form. +And I recall that as Italy' s Prime Minister, a vote of no confidence was brought against him by Parliament and also by those political groups which - and I do not know how they have the nerve, the cheek - have become turncoats and have willingly voted for him here after having voted against him in Rome. +In this connection, Mr President, I must mention that a number of the Members of your Commission have still not perhaps made the relevant approach to the European Commissioner in the course of these hearings. +Regarding the round of oral questions, this has been a major piece of work requiring a major effort by the Members of Parliament, the proposed Commissioners and the employees in both the Commission and Parliament. +Let me say, in passing, that these hearings, in this form, which incite the candidate Commissioners to undertake commitments which are not approved by their peoples, seem to me to introduce a certain distortion in fidelity to the procedures. +I allow myself to issue this warning because the restoration of trust which you yourself, Professor Prodi, have quite rightly demanded naturally depends too upon your heading a Commission which can go to work unimpeded by reproaches of this kind. It is precisely this which must distinguish it from its predecessor. +We have listened carefully and with an open mind to the President' s repeated statements and the Commission hearings, and this has allowed us to welcome the commitment which springs from a new relationship between the Commission and Parliament. +We have seen the creation of the euro and, as the President says, we are in an economic upturn, although mass unemployment undermines this orthodox policy. +That is why the UK Independence Party campaigns for the withdrawal of our country from membership of the European Union by repealing the European Communities Act so misguidedly signed by Prime Minister Heath in 1972. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, these are the reasons why we are appealing to the House' s wisdom, its moderation and, above all, to its respect for the rights of minorities which, until now, it must be said, it has not observed with any great distinction. +There was no reaction to his repeated, very clear answers to the same question, and issues involving internal Belgian politics which had no bearing on Mr Busquin' s future role, given that this is a multilingual House, were repeated ad nauseam. +It is clearly stated under 3 and 5(a), (b) of our resolution that if Parliament loses confidence in a Commissioner then we will only need a simple majority to ask the President, Mr Prodi, to dismiss the Commissioner concerned. +I am aware of the fact that, as President-designate of the Commission, you have already accepted significant political demands on our part in order to make it possible for the principle of individual responsibility to be transposed. +The longest borders between the Union and applicant states are, however, to be found in this area, and in addition there is the only border with the largest European state, Russia. +The report of the Group of Independent Experts shows that the structures of the EU and the Commission have been confused and obscured with regard to responsibility and power-relations for years. +We have made a good start with the hearing and after that vote tomorrow let the progressive forces in this House work with the Commission to deliver what the people of Europe want. +You deserve the praise of this Parliament for the work you have done in the budgetary areas and especially in some of the areas where you have tried to change things within the Commission. +In the agreement between official bodies, it is stated that before the financial framework is exceeded, other ways of attending to finances will be clarified, and this the Council has done in accordance with its own views. +Mr President, I just wanted to ask the Minister if it has been thought to include the International Monetary Fund in these discussions about financial resources for East Timor, Turkey and Kosovo so that we do not have to bear the burden alone. +Firstly, we are waiting for comprehensive strategies on the management of migration which, on the one hand, do not make excessive demands on the capacity of Member States and their citizens to integrate but, on the other hand, also help to avoid social conflict. +On the other hand, increased co-operation among the Member States will compel us to examine citizens' rights from a European viewpoint, one that is broader than that pertaining to the individual state. +In compliance with the same principle, it is important to assure Parliament that it will be represented on an equal basis with the Council when the Union prepares to draft the Charter in respect of the fundamental rights of citizens. +A temporary protection regime is fine but only in exceptional circumstances and must not be one which denies the right to individual examination of asylum claims. +If the Commission is going to adopt this sort of thinking in the field of crime and drugs etc., what will the future of this European Union be? +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the objective of the European Council of Tampere - which is, as we have been reminded here, an Extraordinary Council - is to define political orientations and priorities concerning the establishment of areas of freedom, security and justice. +The inclusion of national parliaments has involved only individual representatives, so there can be no question either of plurality of political tendencies in this process. +In this connection, I would like once again to thank the UN' s UNAMET operation for its staff' s tireless work in bringing about the referendum in especially difficult circumstances. +Emma Bonino will explain later why, in the name of the political affinity of those who believe in parliaments, in democracy and in law and of those who abhor party politics, bureaucracy and falsity, we are not voting and will not vote. +But I would also like to take advantage of this explanation of vote to mention the parallel resolution combining a number of the undertakings made by the Prodi Commission in areas that were often technical, but important, relating to the Code of Conduct, ethics and transparency. +But, above all, there is one thing you can do for the sake of our peace and that is to promote the respect for the historic rights of the Basques, amongst which is fiscal sovereignty, which is the right of any other Member State of the EU. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the fact that four members of the old Commission have reappeared in the new Commission, despite the fact that they were part of that collegiate body which, on account of mismanagement, was forced to resign, is one of the reasons why we have refused to give our approval to this Commission for the current period. +The low-key performances of some of the candidates, still apparently reticent whenever they have to mention social or employment conditions in Europe, and even the most unconvincing hearing with Mrs Palacio, do not cancel out an overall impression which is generally satisfactory. +In contrast to his predecessor Helmut Kohl who, five years ago, accepted the opposition' s nomination for the Commission - and it was not easy for me to vote for Monika Wulf-Mathies in 1994 - Schröder was not prepared to give consideration to the views of today' s opposition, the CDU/CSU, the victors in the European elections in Germany. +The Commission also recognises that the reallocation of this sum is not yet possible in category 4, but says that an extensive effort should be made to make a reallocation within the budget as a whole. +We all know that the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee has a common organisational structure, the COS, but that as a result of the Treaty of Amsterdam and its implementation, it was decided that this common organisational structure would be dismantled. +The proposal provides for the reallocation of commitment appropriations to the value of EUR 137 million, 30 million of which is for Turkey, largely for relief action in the form of temporary accommodation now that winter is on its way, emergency aid in other words. +One other thing: the European Union has just declared an embargo on supplying military equipment to the Indonesians. What are four months after twenty-four years of the compulsive arming of Indonesia in full knowledge of the genocide which has been taking place in Timor for the last twenty-four years? +But if it does not change its policy, then it will no longer have partners in Europe for as long as those responsible for the current situation are still in power, whether they be in the army, the parliament or the government. +If the murder does not stop in those other regions too, and if the Indonesian government doesn' t offer protection, then, in our view, the United Nations should also take action in those other regions of Indonesia. +In addition to the debt we have owed to East Timor for 24 years, there is the fact that, while there have been demonstrations about East Timor, we are not taking into account the political hypothesis that we must in any case once again beg the United States for the favour of possible military intervention. +The Article also states that Union policy will not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policies of certain Member States. +Our main goal is the abolition of capital punishment, but as the group of countries that apply the death penalty contain some very important countries, cooling relations with them is not a viable solution. +) Mr President, the Council is aware that Member States, which have a long coastline, have an enormous responsibility regarding the implementation of Community regulations on maritime security and the protection of the sea environment from its contamination by vessels. +As the country holding the Presidency and as an individual state, Finland is not in favour of the liberalisation of the drugs policy or, for example, of some drugs becoming legalised. +However, we must bear in mind that it is evident from discussions that, particularly in developing countries, there are very great fears that the Union will call for a labour action policy which will simply try to prevent the import of goods from developing countries. +Mr Korakas has let us know that he considers that they should not have been regrouped, but this has been decided and I trust in the ability of the replies of the President-in-Office of the Council to respond to both of them appropriately. +In the structure which has been proposed, we - and the Court of Auditors shares our concern - see a serious risk of the Commission' s administrative authority being dismembered in favour of an intergovernmental supervision which we cannot approve of. +I would therefore like to see us think carefully about autonomous decision-making bodies in Pristina, which would give the population the power to decide, in conjunction with us, what needs to be done. I would also not want to see an excess of bureaucracy in Brussels, given the way the European Union functions as a rule. +All the endeavours to bring education and health care up to standard, no matter how valuable in themselves, were still unable to solve the political problem of the refugees. +Mr President, it is my pleasure to comment on the fact that in this short debate we have had three maiden speeches including that of Ms Schröder who, at 21 years of age, is the youngest Member of this Parliament. +It is hard to believe that in the fifteen countries of the European Union as many as 7,500 lives are lost simply because people do not use seatbelts in the front seat and in the back seat. +Other EU institutions will not be permitted by the European Parliament in the future to recommend in any shape or form a reduction in the budgets available for road safety campaigns. +Similar difficulties exist for parliamentary control which means that action by the police and secret services and public security standards will remain all the more uncontrolled. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, at a time when we are declaring that, together with the new Commission, we must give a central role to the European Parliament, it is only natural that we should consider relaunching Parliament' s foreign policy at the same time. +I would therefore like the new Commission - and I ask Commissioner Kinnock now - to make an overall evaluation of the efficiency of the TACIS programme and then to report back on how they will improve the programme for the year 2000 budget so we can have greater confidence when we vote in support of the TACIS programme. +George Papandreou and Mr Cem, the Foreign Ministers for Greece and Turkey respectively, finally decided to include the issue of Greek-Turkish co-operation in dealing with natural disasters on the agenda for dialogue between Athens and Ankara. +The Commission is reassured to note official statements from Moscow that neither the crisis in Dagestan nor the Moscow bombings will be treated as a cause for declaring a state of emergency and thus postponing the forthcoming duma elections. +I understand that we may be able to have a discussion with the Council of Europe to see if it is possible to negotiate some sort of arrangement with them, but you should recognise the fact that we no longer, technically, have access to that building because we do not pay any rent for it any longer. +Consequently, I find it particularly galling that French legislation appears to focus heavily on the artistic décor in relation to impossible corridors, lights and stairwells, and appears not to concern itself with energy conservation, whilst in my country, for example, at least a third of all new homes are equipped with solar panels. +I wish to add my voice to the many comments that have already been made and say that I find it absolutely incomprehensible that we are even here in the first place, when we have perfectly good offices, meeting rooms and chambers in Brussels and that it is absurd that the whole "Euro-circus" has to come traipsing down to Strasbourg for three, possibly four days a month (5 days this week - I do apologise). +I would like to state that, although like many members I too regret the travelling circus between the various homes of the European Parliament, I am perfectly satisfied with my office design in Strasbourg, particularly if a lockable filing cabinet is installed as promised. +Ladies and gentlemen, those of you who have been Members of this Parliament in previous years know that there are very few people in this House who have concerned themselves so labour- intensively and, one might almost say, as enthusiastically with the question of the safety of meat, particularly British beef, as I did when I was the chair of the last BSE Committee. +The solutions target specific areas: 1) the consumers; 2) a new agri-environmental revolution; 3) precise political direction which the Community bodies must give. +The BSE crisis and now also the events of the last few months have demonstrated that food safety must be made a priority, but also that such things are only given priority when there are crises. +I am particularly pleased that you yourself are here today to inform us about a most important issue, even though I believe that it is too soon since the new Commission was nominated for you and your fellow Commissioners to have come up with specific proposals. +When someone infringes an environmental law in the United States the name of the company and that of its managing director are published, and so perhaps we could do something similar in the Netherlands. +And yet, as a scientist and as a politician, I cannot help but feel perplexed and concerned by the conclusions arrived at in this decision, in other words, a maximum ceiling of tolerance set at 200 nanograms of PCB per gram of fat, both in poultry, in meat and in pig derivatives. +Madam President, the recent successive crises in the area of food safety have shown in the most convincing manner that the protection of public health must take priority over all other policies. +It is both welcome and reassuring that from the very outset the new Commissioner, Mr Byrne, has demonstrated an unequivocal commitment to restoring consumer confidence in the food industry. +I hope that this will head our agenda next week in the context of the ACP and that it will become, Commissioner, a proposal that the Commission and the European Union will themselves make, so that we can finally approach this matter in a serious way. +In less than two decades, a very short time in the world of infectious diseases, AIDS has become the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. +Given the difference between these funds and the normal projects which supply money to the budget, I am afraid that, in this case, this idea of budgetary control, which we all accept and defend, is not really applicable. +The formula which I would now propose, and which I can commit myself to, is that, before these payments are made, the Chairmen of the Committees involved in these issues, for example, should be informed, so that Parliament has knowledge of them and there is no problem with regard to the need for confidentiality in relation to certain matters. +Should we adopt a specific solution consisting of revising, by means of a specific Council decision, the Financial Perspective with regard to a specific point? +We must, as far as possible, move beyond the mere declarations of intent which have been heard so many times over the last decade, and find strong concrete applications if we want to achieve this target, a very modest one by the way, of 12%. +Mr President, I should like to congratulate Mr Langen, the rapporteur, on his report on the adoption of the multiannual programme for the promotion of renewable energy sources in the Community, Altener II. +In fact, even this may not be allocated given that Amendment No 5 to Article 1(3) (new), actually says that the amount of money might have to be reduced if it is inconsistent with the financial perspective for the period in question. +Many will be small, community-based schemes which will be site-specific, whether using wind, waves, solar power, combined heat and power or even biomass. +I would like to express my thanks once again and say that I hope that the final revision will contain the definitive formula and therefore provide an impetus for the ALTENER programme, which will clearly promote the use of renewable energy in Europe. +In the case of Amendment No 4, as we said earlier in relation to the ALTENER programme, there is a clear need for renewable energy and energy efficiency to go hand in hand. +But it is also true that there have been times when we have seen behaviour on the part of the European negotiators as well as certain Member States which has been excessively bureaucratic, defensive and at times nit-picking. We have also been concerned to see at times, on the part of our South African counterparts, a tendency to backtrack and to revive questions which we thought had been resolved, all of this causing the process to be delayed more and more. +The decision of the World Economic Summit in Cologne this year to cancel $100 billion of third world debt was important in this regard and should be a catalyst for further action by all EU countries, not just the few. +Moreover, the signatories to the agreement make no secret of this and say that, I quote, "The measures on cooperation aim to facilitate the re-structuring and modernisation of South African industry and to stimulate its competitiveness." +Moreover, different interpretations and opinions have been expressed by Parliament which wanted an agreement with conditions closer to those of the Lomé Convention, and the Commission itself wanted, how shall we say, an agreement with more conditions attached. +Above all, it is essential that, in line with the conclusions of the General Affairs Council of July, the specific agreement on wines should be concluded before the trade part of the agreement comes into force. That is due to happen in January. +Neither the special financial assistance - EUR 15 million - to the South African wine sector nor the duty-free wine quota of 32 million litres should come into play as long as the wines and spirits agreement is not operational. +It is also not yet agreed that the EU will liberalise imports of South African automotive products within three years, as the report seems to announce on page 9. +During the next few weeks and months, I will closely follow the preparatory process towards this date so as to ensure that the all-important EU trade concessions towards South Africa will indeed effectively kick in on this agreed date. +Can the Commission rapidly earmark funds (for example for residual balances entered against the CSF and other Community programmes) for immediate preventive checks on the structural resistance of not only public premises such as schools, hospitals etc. but also premises on which large numbers of people are employed, (for example factories) throughout Greece, to establish how well they will stand up to major earthquakes? +Together with Mrs Diamantopoulou, we informed the Commission, this very afternoon, on what action is possible within the framework of the Structural Funds to provide support to Greece and to assist it in terms of reconstruction and repairs. +Difficult access to the Panshir valley, the extremely explosive situation and the marked political sensitivity which characterise the situation in the area demand intervention of a kind which will have to be organised between the various humanitarian organisations if errors of judgement and bad decisions are to be avoided. +I think that the very size of the EU' s humanitarian aid to Serbia clearly underlines the fact that we wish to make a positive contribution to benefit the population, and we have, up until now, been in a position to identify clear, well-founded needs of a humanitarian nature. +Most school children are on the way to having, or already have, their own e-mail address. Most people in employment have Internet access, and there are lots of Internet courses for pensioners. +The low turnout at the last European elections showed, however, that the message about the EU and its aims is not getting through sufficiently to European citizens. +Secondly - and this is immensely important and I discussed it at the UN with the Secretary-General and the deputy Secretary-General - there is the question of funding civil administration in the short and medium-term. +It is my conviction, too, that we are bound to support democratic circles and their modest successes not just on moral grounds but also because a democratic Turkey, which can solve its own problems within Turkey, will be advantageous for the internal security of the European Union. +Therefore, whatever the timetable or the exact procedure, in Helsinki a sign must be given towards the people of Turkish and Kurdish origin and towards democracy in Turkey. +In consideration of the geostrategic importance of Turkey and the role it continues to play in the defence of Europe, it seems to us, finally, that it would be appropriate also to table a discussion of questions of security and foreign policy. +Mr President, when Romano Prodi was presenting his programme, he told the European Parliament that we had 20 or even 30 years of enlargement in the Union ahead of us, during which time the number of Members would rise to 25 - perhaps more than that. +If candidate status can be approved, the Copenhagen criteria will be an important path for Turkey to follow for its development, and they will be an ideal vehicle to take that development in the right direction: towards the values that we advocate here. +I believe that if the Islamic countries see that Turkey' s new road towards Western values offers it greater economic opportunities and better political operating prerequisites, it will serve as an important example to the Islamic countries surrounding it, and it may also in this way have a stabilising influence on developments in Europe' s neighbouring regions. +Cooperation between Europe and Turkey could be an encouraging and promising example of how cultures living side by side as neighbours can find a joint path towards achieving peace, democracy and rule of law, and also opportunities for prosperity, for their people. +I ask the European Parliament, to offer us the possibility in this spirit to discuss matters credibly with Turkey and to contribute credibly towards achieving changes in Turkey. This involves strictly keeping our commitments, including our financial commitments towards Turkey. +Finland, as the country in the Union to hold the Presidency, has consistently considered the Middle East peace process to be one of the most important issues in the common foreign and security policy. +We recognise the crucial role of the United States, which has wrestled for so long and with such tenacity to bring peace to this troubled region; and I pay warm tribute to those efforts - for example, to the negotiating skill and determination of the Secretary of State. +In fact President Arafat and Prime Minister Barak have already signed the memorandum to implement the Wye River Accord and to resume the final status negotiations. +I welcome the statement of the Palestinian authority which has declared that it will take action against terrorism while Prime Minister Barak has informally given an understanding that he will try to limit the expansion of settlements. +However, in defending the right to self-determination we believe that all parties must be urged to make real commitments against terrorism to ensure people' s security. +This is why serious obstacles to achieving a peace which is just, such as the constant establishment of Jewish settlements in Palestinian territory or the lack of respect for what East Jerusalem means to Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims in general, have made the road to peace a difficult one. Peace is a concept which should not be defined as merely the absence of war. +The European Parliament - the only one of the EU institutions which is directly elected by the citizens - was also not consulted at any stage during the two years of negotiations on the Convention' s content. +In the opinion of the French it is clear that if 3,000 cases of "mad cows" are still being recorded in Great Britain every year, despite all the precautionary measures which have been taken, then there is something in the transmission of this disease which has not yet been fully understood. +Hence this country needs massive support, as the new government has shown how it is possible, in a European spirit, to ensure stability in one of the most dangerous regions of the world. +Immediately after the General Affairs Council, I will be reporting in detail to the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy on 12 October on the common position of the Council in the light of the approved conclusions. +As regards agriculture, the orientations provided by the European Council in Berlin on Agenda 2000 give us a solid basis to achieve, in the field of liberalisation, progress which is compatible with the European agricultural model. +There are still, however, some outstanding questions regarding the cooperation between the Council and the Commission, on the one hand, and with the European Parliament, on the other hand, within the scope of the Millennium Round. +That is why better conditions for entering the market must be obtained for developing countries and at the same time, all export subsidies for farm products from the EU should be withdrawn. +I think that it is shameful that we must accept that many developing countries who are contractually bound within the framework of this discussion to take part and above all who are directly concerned, for financial reasons cannot sit down at the negotiating table at all. It is also shameful that so little of the proceedings will be open to the public. +It is this model which, based on the Community preference, guarantees product quality, food safety and the survival and development of our agricultural and food-processing sectors. +As for the problems of health and education, we do not think, we do not foresee and we do not wish to call into question the public policy objectives in these areas within the proposals on the liberalisation of services in the next round. +This is an attack on the freedom of expression and the public' s unrestricted right to culture unparalleled in the EU or anywhere else in the democratic world. +The Council considers that it is primarily the task of the Member States to alleviate both the social affects on the sector and regional problems in border districts that have been caused by the duty-free sales being discontinued. +Where the Presidency did not succeed in its plan to hold open meetings, which Member States opposed it and prevented it from being carried out? +Mr President, we are again dealing with what we might call the conflict of interests between the principle of the territorial integrity of a State and the principle of self-determination of a people. +It is essential and urgent that we use all the measures available to us so that we may re-assert human rights in the region, so that the refugees may count on all the humanitarian aid that they require and so that, finally, they may return to their homes as a result of peace being established once more. +It stretches credibility beyond belief to imagine that the British government could not have halted the delivery of these war planes which arrived only hours before Indonesian forces shot dead at least five demonstrators in Jakarta. +I would ask the Commission to undertake to implement these objectives to make Europe the global home of political action against the death penalty. +At the same time, we need to ensure that there is strong support from Parliament for this action and that in the future, and in Geneva too, whenever questions affecting human rights come up, we get binding decisions adopted. We also need to ensure that we can follow up the present resolution, which I hope will be approved in New York this autumn. +This is therefore another manifestation of the need to definitively legislate, at United Nations level, for the abolition of the death penalty. +I heard the debate today and I interpret it as a very mature and very sober contribution to furthering these hopes that what I would call a soft landing for Indonesia and for all the peoples of Indonesia can be obtained. +I have to say here today that we must also stop blaming workers, workers who are now under sentence of death for the illegal and criminal activities of the nuclear industry. +But in Tokaimura, the Japanese authorities have themselves recognised that the safety procedures, both in the conversion plant and in the fuel production plant, had not been followed. +Current trends show that milder and renewable energy sources are increasingly becoming the only solution to the energy problem of post-industrial society. +The questions relating to inspection of the fuel at the Sellafield MOX plant are within the competence of the national authorities and have been reported to the UK nuclear installations inspectorate. +The Irish government has brought out a Green Paper on Sustainable Energy which is to be given special status within our National Development Plan for the period 2000-2006. +It is, I believe, quite significant for this House and it is significant for the institution of the European Parliament that, once again, it is responding to the demands of the European citizens - demands which have been made quite clear of late, particularly during the recent European elections. +Mr President, I have always been rather sceptical about moralistic or police-like attitudes that actually encourage whistle-blowing, which means that fraud is only avoided through the creation of increasingly invasive instruments used to monitor individuals. +In this case, we are dealing with a newly developing technological and social reality, to which we can, from the outset, give legal form, through original European legislation, by means of which we will be able, at the same time, to prove our worth as a European Community of law in a particular way. +One unoriginal example which might be used to illustrate this is the fact that, if legislation in the Member States makes it a prerequisite that both parties be present simultaneously, then, in order to get married over the Internet, it is not enough for both parties to produce this type of signature. +For many of us, and I am surprised Mrs Thors did not mention this, this is an exciting, equalising and liberating phenomenon because the old world was dominated by the great centres and peripheries were at a disadvantage compared with the centres. +With the Directive on a Community framework for electronic signatures, the European Union is taking an important step towards breaking down the barriers to electronic commerce. +The time limit seems reasonable, bearing in mind the delay which this directive is experiencing. The deadline for mopeds has been extended from 1 January to 1 July 2002, so that the industry may have a slightly longer adaptation period. +Regarding the so-called BAT issue, or the issue of technical assistance offices, perhaps the time is not yet ripe to conduct such a laborious reform as Parliament is proposing in the budget for the year 2000. +I have noted that the European Parliament also intends to propose appropriations that exceed the excessiveness threshold under Category 4 of the Financial Perspective, so that funds would be allocated to finance operations in East Timor and Turkey and to adopt the new fisheries agreement with Morocco. +The Commission has authorised me to inform you that the Commission will propose another course which will take account of both the ideas on policy prioritisation and the ideas on budgetary discipline. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, relations between the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Budgets were always tense during preliminary work on the budget. +We are prepared to give the Commission the necessary funds for administrative expenditure and the management of all these projects if in return Parliament is involved in the deliberations on reform. +I would also like to take up what my Mr Perry said: multiannual programmes such as SOCRATES and LIFE are indeed programmes which the citizens outside expect from us and here also we should provide the quality and the necessary funds as a contribution to European development, the European integration process. +I must also thank all those who have approached us from the individual committees with their requests and who, in the majority of cases, in the vast majority of cases, have shown a great deal of understanding for the fact that in a limited framework much is desirable but not everything is possible. +The European Union budget for the year 2000 is a special budget, not just because it was initiated by the old Parliament, but because there was also a binding interinstitutional agreement which we adopted at the same time and which has had to be continued after the re-election. +While my group is by no means arguing in favour of recklessly increasing Union expenditures, we still think it necessary, if the need arises, as is clearly the case, to utilise the margin for the increase in expenditure which is authorised under the agreements signed between the Member States themselves. +If the same stringency in budgetary matters prevails as much at the level of the States as in the Union, here it is chiefly a response to the demands of some Member States, and we know that the first victim of this stringency will be the common agricultural policy. +We must, therefore, make sure not only that we get proper coherence between the agencies working on the ground but also Madam President-of-the Council, that we do not take decisions which mean that we are spending money futilely because of a Council decision that we must have some people removed some 100 miles away in another place. +We think that Kosovo can certainly be financed with fresh funds, but we consider that the other points - Turkey, the fisheries agreement, etc. -must be financed by the budget for the current appropriations. +Indeed, the most striking point about this budget is its obvious lack of appropriations with which to confront specific objectives, given that it is in Category 4 on external action and cooperation that this shortfall is most evident. +It is the first budget which is going to verge on the EUR 100 billion mark if we adopt the amendments which Mr Bourlanges is proposing and, speaking of Mr Bourlanges, who I might call the financier from "Uncle Jean Monnet' s Cabin" , this is a first for him, his first report following the general report, after that of Mrs Dührkop Dührkop, Mr Tillich, Mr Lamassoure or others. +We have - and I would like to state this quite clearly - started an initiative to find a neat solution to the budget funds which we must manage ourselves as a Parliament - I am referring here, in particular, to travel costs. +Mr President, naturally enough the rapporteur and some of the previous speakers have already alluded obviously to what for me is one of the crucial political elements - if not the crucial element - of this draft budget. +Since the beginning of the worldwide policy of a liberalised world economic area, there has been a massive redistribution from the rich to the poor, both within societies and between States. +I am thinking of the importance of increased democratic support for the EU' s activities and of the importance of concentrating on crucial issues, for example the fight against unemployment and the enlargement of the European Union to include the new applicant countries. +Humanitarian efforts to help refugees or victims of war in Kosovo, people injured in the earthquake in Turkey or innocent people hit by events in East Timor have obviously led to demands being made upon the European Union. +Mr President, in this debate, the European Parliament has the opportunity consistently to underline its resolve concerning the future of the European Union. +Communication between the special committee and the Committee on Budgets should not be broken at Parliament' s first reading, after which some time might pass until the matter is finally resolved. +At the same time, we should not forget the goals of the European Union, the most important of which is to make our budget lines as effective as possible in terms of creating employment. +The Commission will therefore propose that all three instruments should be used i.e. reallocation of funds, use of the flexibility instrument and review of the Financial Perspective. +I shall therefore ask you, Commissioner, together with your colleagues, please, to formalise the commitments that you have just undertaken in the terms you deem appropriate, so that we can be familiar with the facts and we can proceed to the vote on Thursday on the basis of clear commitments which do not allow for any misunderstanding between us. +On the contrary, the Eurosystem must take a euro area-wide perspective in its assessment of the economic situation in general and the outlook for price stability in particular. +First, in an environment of price stability, the market mechanism will allocate resources more efficiently to their most productive uses. +The clear division of policy responsibilities I have just described enhances the credibility of monetary and economic policies in Europe, increases transparency and facilitates accountability. +In addition, in operations of relevance to the single monetary policy, the decision-making bodies of the Eurosystem will be involved in assessing the compatibility of the envisaged operations with the pursuit of monetary stability. +It may achieve its objective of price stability but without openness it will not be clear whether that objective has been attained by design and can therefore be repeated in future or by lucky accident which may therefore require some improvement in its methods of working. +In a democratic legal system, the institutional and political independence of an institution is only possible if democratic legitimisation is guaranteed at the same time, and that includes transparency of decisions and indeed the possibility of understanding these decisions. +I am convinced of the fact that trusting collaboration between the ECB and Parliament will also contribute towards achieving greater certainty and confidence among the public. +In order to prevent such situations arising, our Group is proposing an amendment drawing the attention of the European Central Bank to its mandate to ensure price stability in both directions. +Thus, Mr Duisenberg, even though today' s poor attendance does not seem to back up my statement, you are nonetheless the successor to the emperors and popes who, since the time of Charlemagne, have dreamt of unifying our continent by faith or by force. +The Huhne report certainly contains positive elements, especially as regards the request to the European Central Bank for more information regarding the grounds for the decisions it adopted through the publication of concise Minutes including dissenting opinions as well. +The European Central Bank has achieved some excellent work, it has earned the confidence of the citizens by dint of its work in the last few months, and this is what we are going to reflect in this resolution. +Mr President, this first annual report of the Central Bank gives me the opportunity to make an on the whole positive assessment of the work accomplished to date by the European Central Bank and the operation of the euro area. +Mr President, the European Central Bank is still very much an institution which makes crucial decisions for the millions of citizens of the European Union without being subject to any democratic or political control. +A collapse in the credibility of or belief that the Bank would not be prepared to pursue an anti-inflationary policy at all costs could have severe repercussions economically throughout the whole Union. +Mr President, Mr Duisenberg, the annual report from the European Central Bank shows that the bank has got off to a brisk start, and the steps taken so far have been on the right track. +We have to remember that, although the euro area has just one monetary policy, we still have eleven different economic policies, for whose coordination the Member States are responsible, within the frameworks determined in the Growth and Stability Pact. +In the longer term, the Commission wants to develop a cohesive strategy for the grey area here, that is to say the area between real humanitarian aid and longer-term, more future-oriented development work. +In connection with our efforts as a whole in this area - and not just those involving ECHO and humanitarian aid - a lot of people have asked whether we have not got things the wrong way around in insisting that elections be held quickly. +While the military capability of the violent groups is increasing, largely thanks to drug money, the civil population is asking to be freed from the conflict, since they have realised that it is they who suffer as a result and it is their fundamental rights which are violated day after day. +I have said, and I would like to repeat to you today, that drug-trafficking is the foremost and the worst enemy of peace, and peace will not be achieved totally without the eradication of the organisations which carry out this accursed drug trade or without finding alternatives and solutions which are economically and socially sustainable. +You represent people who have opted for life, peace and the defence of human rights, you constitute the means of expression of those who believe in democracy, freedom and a healthy environment for future generations. +When I say "their message from Tampere" , it is not only the message in the letter of Tampere but also what we could call the spirit of Tampere. +I regret that the presence of the Council in the Committees of this Parliament has not been too frequent, because that would have helped us to debate and get to know each other better so that we could have moved forward together. +The Cologne Council directed the Finnish government, as the office-holder of the Presidency, to establish the conditions for the implementation of this project in time for the Tampere Summit. +As chairman of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, I would like to suggest to the President-in-Office that more recognition be given to the role of this Parliament in dealing with citizens. +An area of justice will give form and substance to the third pillar and allow a more intensive fight against organised crime, in all its terrible forms - trafficking of women and children, paedophilia, prostitution of minors, the production and selling of drugs and prostitution. These have all been fuelled recently by illegal immigration. +I am sorry to see that human rights associations, anti-racist organisations and both sides of industry have already been left out of the process of drawing up this charter. +The Commission should take the lead in drawing up a further agenda and Parliament must be enabled to play its rightful role where all of these issues are concerned. +However, change must come not just for the three Amsterdam leftovers; extension of qualified majority voting, the size of the Commission and the weighting of votes in the Council. +The second reform that is essential is to remove the national veto from the clauses of reinforced cooperation; and the third will be to grant citizens the right of direct approach to the European Court. +The same applies to Article 105 of the EC Treaty so that the European Central Bank might have the contractually established political task of using its monetary policy to promote growth and employment. +Of course, on reading the report, one notices that it makes no mention of the visions, the goals or the challenges facing Europe on the eve of the 21st century. Nevertheless, it does, at least, give some broad guidelines on a number of institutional issues which must be addressed. +The inner circle would be the Federation of Europe, made up of an integrated group of EU states that had progressed the furthest: those that belong to NATO and the euro area. +I am going to Kosovo tomorrow with Mr Javier Solana to assess for myself how we are doing, so I will have Parliament' s views to support my very clear awareness of the need to get the Agency up and running as soon as possible. +I hope Parliament will feel that we have made every effort to find a compromise solution to this extremely important issue and I hope we will be able to work with the Council in a way in which Parliament would approve. +The PvdA delegation and others in the European Parliament have worked hard in the past to cultivate this willingness to compromise on the part of the European Parliament and will continue to do so. +The SP will also continue to be a zealous advocate in the new European Parliament of a fair and just statute with a transparent remuneration system on the basis of costs incurred, and is therefore also able to identify with the proposals that the Council has drawn up on this matter. +Systems of protection must be allowed to develop freely and become as effective as possible with the help of market forces, and they must at the same time ensure that the confidence of consumers in the opportunities presented by electronic signatures remains firm. +By virtue of these differing circumstances, it is far more afraid than the other banks that particular Member States may exploit its internal conflicts. And to stave off this danger, it is forced to be that much less transparent. +I have talked to the public a lot about this subject and I find that they would welcome a much greater ability to act against international crime and organised crime which increasingly crosses our frontiers. +This Area, which has come to the fore in line with progress in dismantling the EU' s so-called "internal borders" and with the strengthening of its "external borders" , must not transform the EU into a fortress. +As is often said, progress is worth nothing unless it is shared, and for us this means that, in a world of constant change, we should stop placing the main burden of effort and sacrifice on employees in order then to let the most wealthy and most powerful be the first to benefit from the positive results of this effort and sacrifice. +Its provocative announcement fits into the context of a veritable gangrene which we cannot allow to develop without reacting to it, unless we ourselves renounce any control over economic and social development and, as a result, the ambition to promote a European Social Model in the midst of globalisation. +The same thing applies to the banking sector where the arrival of the euro gave a veritable boost to the mergers and acquisitions which eat up jobs and which shifted the emphasis of banking towards financial and even speculative activities. The sad record is held by Renault which is gratifying its shareholders with its swingeing job cuts at Nissan even if it means exporting the most horrendous image of Europe to Japan whilst, as an indirect result, shedding several thousand jobs within the European Union itself. +Even where we have rights in European legislation, rights for example to be consulted well in advance about decisions on collective redundancies or other major changes affecting livelihoods, the law is not being properly observed or applied. +This violent expression of scorn for employees and their lives fundamentally contradicts our stated objectives in favour of employment, social and regional cohesion, and the European Social Model. +Banking was mentioned, and this is one of the problems which will face us, but of course, Europe has vast experience and a history of restructuring, beginning with the textile factories and shipyards, through to the industries of today. +We should do everything we can to convince Congress of the importance of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty for ourselves, for the United States and for the international non-proliferation efforts. +This irresponsibility has dealt a severe blow to all international efforts towards non-proliferation and puts nuclear disarmament into a state of severe crisis. +However, this Treaty' s coming into force in the USA would have put regional nuclear powers under pressure to enter into the Treaty - countries such as India and Pakistan, which are in the process of building up their regional balance of terror, or North Korea or Iran, Iraq or Israel. +Through the failure of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in the United States, fresh impetus will be given to the suspicion on the part of Third World nuclear powers and countries on the threshold of becoming nuclear powers that the Non-Proliferation Treaty primarily serves to maintain the large nations' nuclear status and discriminates against small countries. +I would like to say a word about that and then concentrate briefly on two other issues that loomed large in our discussions: implementation of the partnership and cooperation agreement and European Union enlargement and the northern dimension. +These include excessive certification and testing requirements, as well as specific concerns like the continued charges on international airlines to fly over Siberia. +Our group' s position is that our wishes and cabinet discussions are not enough: financial aid for Russia should be restricted to humanitarian and environmental aid. +I saw the Armenian Foreign Minister recently to discuss his concerns about the stability of the Southern Caucasus and, as well, to hear some of the concerns that he was expressing about Chechnya and the Northern Caucasus. +The system of knowledge, the human emotions which only the Arts and Letters can produce, in other words, our culture, are deeply based on what the Europeans have in common and therefore form the basis of European citizenship. +To end my list of examples: a link between Larkhall in Lanarkshire and a French programme where young people have contributed to the construction of a cycle path in the south of Scotland. +Therefore reference to the role of the family should be, I believe, included in the European Community Youth Programme, which hopes to analyse the factors which have promoted or hampered the social integration of young people. +Mr President, whoever would like to know what use the Audiovisual Observatory is, needs only to cast a glance at the contents page of any issue of the legal journal, IRIS, for example the issue for September 1999. Here, there is a report about a resolution to enact a Directive from the European Commission requiring Member States to ensure that no telecommunications company of relevance to the market should be able to operate its cable television network through the same legal entity. +I understand that consultation of the observatory publications, notably the year book and the legal newsletter, Iris, is common practice in the services of the Commission dealing with audiovisual issues. +At the Conference of Presidents 14 days ago, Mr Prodi attached just such importance to the EU' s working for a situation in which Turkey respects the Copenhagen criteria and said that the EU ought to initiate a closer political dialogue with Turkey. +At first reading, the Commission accepted the amendments tabled by the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, and for which I must thank the rapporteur, intended to encourage the implementation of preparatory action. +Madam President, following on from what Mr Bourlanges said, with the last amendment we voted we have now actually gone past the margin for Category 3 which means that any amendments which are not in line with the Committee on Budgets' recommendations are going to give us serious problems. +You have to be a rapporteur to know the extent to which the life of all the Members of the Secretariat of the Committee on Budgets is disrupted by the infernal pace of this procedure, and I think this is something we must be aware of. +Such a brief reference and yet it contains three instances of irregularity. There is no European political party, there is no provision for the allocation of public funds to them, and the Commission has no right to prepare a statute of this type, which is not in accordance with the Treaty. +Despite the rationale of the general reduction of appropriations allocated to development aid, the European Community is, and must remain, the main partner of the most disadvantaged countries. +(EL) The Commission' s draft and more so the Council' s draft EU budget for 2000 are marked by their austerity and drastic cuts, even in relation to the decisions reached at the European Council meeting in Berlin. +There is a valid need to draw a distinction between staff matters, which are a Bureau responsibility, and Members' matters which are a plenary responsibility. +This move has evoked considerable concern over the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the extensive armament of certain regions of the world and the modernisation of weapons of mass destruction. +Recent revelations concerning the proliferation of nuclear weapons and warheads to third countries which are not nuclear powers, and unbeknownst to their citizens, have added a new terrorist dimension to the threat of a nuclear disaster. +Ensuring quality and safety standards in the carriage of goods by rail must be the main objective of any EU legislation in this field. +I am therefore grateful to President Prodi for adding this as a point and clearly emphasising it in the Commission' s intergovernmental programme. +By making the substantive part of the FIFG regulation an implementing regulation, the Commission will cause fisheries to be the only area in the agricultural and structural domain not to be decided on in the first six months of this year. +The opinion issued by AFSSA on 30 September 1999, concerning the lifting of the ban for bovine meat and meat products of UK origin, comes to an unfavourable conclusion on the basis of arguments related to scientific and control matters. +The Florence agreement reached between the EU heads of state and government on 21 June 1996 sets out five preconditions which the UK must meet before the beef export ban can be lifted. They are: implementation of a selective slaughter scheme. +People in Britain expect France to comply with European law and they also expect the European Commission to act decisively to end the illegal ban on British beef. +It is for the future of the European Union, it is for the future of our unity in the World Trade talks in November when we go to Seattle, that we need to have two of Europe' s major trading partners resolve this dispute. +No objection was raised by the French back in May when the International Veterinary Organisation adopted less rigorous conditions than those foreseen by the date-base export scheme. +Subsidiarity thus makes it a matter of urgency that we recognise that States have the right to derogate from any harmonisation measure as long as they intend to adopt regulations providing greater protection for public health, and for the environment too. +Then a few weeks later, the European Commission imposed the ban and admitted that the German states had been right. +Instead, I think that it should ask the Commission and other competent Community institutions to draw up reports on what has been done as regards these decisions, in order to enable Parliament to formulate critical assessments which are a preliminary step towards perfecting the Community legislation in force on this subject. +As far as supervision is concerned, I agree with those here who have demanded that the level of supervision be comparable throughout Europe and that it is not sufficient to have a working system of supervision in Great Britain alone. +For all these reasons, and in the hope that, as Mr Cunha' s report requests, the Commission will inform this Parliament of the result of the application of this Protocol, our group, Mr President, calls for the approval of the Cunha report. +Mr President, I wholeheartedly endorse this excellent report by Mr Cunha as it brings very much to the fore the principle of sustainability which is necessary for a forward-looking fisheries policy. +In its opinion, the scientific steering committee confirmed that there is no need to review the decision to lift the ban on UK beef exports. +As a matter of principle, would the correct approach not be to eliminate and cull all herds infected with BSE in the case of incidences of BSE in all Member States, and would this not have been the correct approach right from the beginning as a means of preventative consumer protection? +What I would like the Commissioner to go through just one more time again here now for total clarity is his belief that this delay will only be a few days and that at the very latest he envisages this process being completed by the Tuesday of the Strasbourg session, and preferably before. +A group such as the European People' s Party - Democrats cannot agree with this because its aim is the free functioning of the market, which leads to the free distribution of revenues, starting with workers' income in particular. +We have finance ministers coming before the Economic Committee of the European Parliament and we have the social partners also coming before the European Parliament. +I am obliged to confirm, however, that the European Council at Cologne very explicitly limited the number of participants in the dialogue proper, and that the country which holds the presidency of the Council cannot but comply with this restriction. +These three proposals: the agreement, the directive on seafarers' hours and the ILO Convention are designed to come into effect together in mid-2002. +Firstly, with regard to mobile workers, the exclusion of own-account operators from the definition will subject this group to the full rigours of the original working time directive. +Their work patterns are dictated by factors outwith any control, such as weather conditions and fish movements, and therefore it is difficult to imagine how restrictions on working time could possibly be practical in this sector. +Members of Parliament, I believe that the most important issue and also the most difficult one for this conciliation committee and for finding a favourable solution is the issue of the directive on doctors which I spoke about before. +The article of the previous directive still applies here, according to which self-employed share fishermen are subject to national legislation as regards their licences and choice of working conditions. +That is part of the agreement. This should especially improve environmental protection and limit the negative impact of industrial growth and urbanisation on the well-being of the Chinese population. +Through techno-scientific cooperation we can also promote the exploitation of natural resources of North-Western Russia, which are of great importance for the future development of the economies of both Russia and the EU. +The ambiguities in the field of the nuclear segment and our concern with regard to this would, in fact, be sufficient to formulate a reservation and to say, for example: we want both finalised simultaneously. +With regard to other possible forms of cooperation, we must follow a logical order of priorities, starting, as proposed, with member countries of the said area, that is to say, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina, and then moving on to their associated countries - Chile, Bolivia, etc - with which, as we all know, the European Union is discussing an interregional association. +A third suggestion is to display posters in showrooms with a list of data for all models on display and lastly, the fuel consumption and CO2 emission data should be included in advertisements for new cars. +A second point relating to the revision is that Parliament had requested that the directive should also apply to second-hand cars, managers' cars and cars registered for the day. +While in Bonn people are trying to shirk their responsibility and avoid reducing CO2 emissions, we here are doing things properly, establishing law and giving consumers the option of cutting CO2 emissions themselves! +It is only starting to dawn on us what scope this approach gives us in the fast-moving area of e-commerce, for example, with regard to on-line complaints procedures. +Applicant states' national markets must become integrated into the Community market smoothly, and it will therefore be necessary to provide for any transitional measures which may be necessary where these countries are not yet ready. Our goal, though, must be to help them be prepared right from the first day of accession. +Moreover, the deadline is fixed for the Thursday of the week before the week when the question will be discussed, but given that the questions are discussed on Tuesdays that makes eight working days, in which case the time period is exceeded however you interpret it. +The opinions of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities are attached to this second report on today' s agenda. +Mr President, the employment guidelines for 1999 emphasise that a concern with equality must permeate all action plans and measures which are proposed under all four pillars of the EU' s employment strategy. +That the conditions are complicated is shown by the way our agreement on these objectives often runs the risk of collapsing when it comes to establishing the solutions and strategies for action. +However, I do not think that the Committee of the Regions is participating in the European macroeconomic dialogue, or that there are indicators in the assessment of the achievements of the States with regard to the creation of employment polices at local level, which are often entrusted only to the activism and will of the social partners. +I therefore think that the Commission should be more diligent so that, so to speak, "they do not have the wool pulled over their eyes" and let us see whether, finally, in the year 2000, we may have criteria and levels to measure our objectives, our means and our results in terms of quality rather than just quantity. +It is possible to criticise the policy adopted up to now, especially the measures taken by Member States. We are not being persistent enough in fighting the exclusion of older workers, and it is evident that in all Member States, even in Sweden, women do not participate to the same extent in working life. +Mr President, the Commission proposal on guidelines for employment policies in 2000 does not really add anything new as compared with previous documents. +Recognising this does not mean removing the Member States' competences, but asserting that with a broader and more cohesive view of the employment issue we can work with greater efficiency to address one of the most important matters of our time. +In addition, the convergence of the economic policies of the euro countries as a result of the single currency offers the opportunity to seek optimal models, a process known as benchmarking. +Mr President, Mr Menrad' s report appears quite correct in giving the modernisation of labour a fundamental role in increasing productivity, competitiveness and therefore also employment. +Madam President, I would like to inform the Members that Rule 51 of the Rules of Procedure was, in fact, repealed by bureaucratic means. This is the Rule which should allow Members to sign written declarations which, if they are signed by the majority of Members, would be directly sent to the institutions mentioned in the declarations themselves. +Because I, for reasons of principle, oppose quantitative objectives as part of the employment strategy, I could not, however, support the objective of reducing the difference in wages by a certain percentage within a period of five years (Amendment No 22). +The next item is the examination of the final draft Agenda as drawn up by the Conference of Presidents at its meeting on Thursday 11 November pursuant to Rule 110 of the Rules of Procedure. +The Ministers of the Environment then adopted Parliament' s proposal and now our job is to demand that industry adopts just as strict a line on nitrogen emissions. +We have made extensive progress over the last few years in relation to meeting these problems, for example with the systems installed in cars which have completed 80,000 kilometres and which were built over five years ago, to monitor the durability of anti-pollution equipment. +Mr President, in my intervention I would like to stress the fundamental role played by the European Parliament, and in particular, the Committee on Women' s Rights and Equal Opportunities, in, I hope, reaching the point where the final adoption of this programme will be debated. +A very thorough discussion took place with the Executive Commission, especially with regard to amending the legal basis and therefore making the adjustments implied in the proposal to the original proposal. +Is it not an act of violence for example, to force women, mothers, to work on production lines at night in order to make the machines more profitable and to provide greater profits for shareholders? +Mr President, I would like to thank Mrs Avilés Perea for this report, because with it she has provided us with another instrument to combat violence against women and children, and also, above all, to identify how and where violence occurs. +The Commission is already implementing the Daphne Initiative to combat violence against young persons and children, and this will be succeeded next year, as we have just seen from the previous debate, by the Daphne Programme 2000-2003. +Member States, at the next revision of the Treaties, must adopt a clear legal base on the EU Treaties to promote the best interests of the child. +Instead of corrective or repressive solutions, priority should be given to preventive solutions, creating a different kind of family setting, which would finally enable us to prevent pointless suffering on a personal and on a social scale and to practise a genuine policy of inclusion and socialisation from birth onwards. +I think that the appropriate forum for debating the opportunities to enshrine a fundamental right for children must be the same as for the Charter of Fundamental Rights. +The next item is Mr Rocard' s oral question (B5-0034/1999), on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on informing and consulting workers in the European Community. +The European Parliament has adopted a series of amendments, aiming, in particular, to specify procedures and definitions for information and consultation, in particular as regards the moment at which information should be transmitted. +However, I think that this attempt to exploit, even in this House, a political battle that the left is fighting in Italy against equality of school qualifications is absurd and not relevant to this Parliament' s work. +The rapporteur applies certain questionable criteria, for example she accuses the Commission of having limited itself to applying Council guidelines. +In her report, Mrs Haug is right to check the Commission' s arbitrary changes introduced through the back door, via a mathematical operation relating to the ceiling on own resources. +This marks a new approach and entails an increase in the management responsibilities of the European Commission. +We are now embarking on very difficult negotiations and there are figures in the frame again which none of us are very confident will actually form a sound basis. +Since sustainable development has become a Treaty objective, it is only logical to include an energy section in the Treaty which enables an integrated approach to energy and environment. +Amendment No 3 highlights that in the application of nuclear energy, in addition to a possible CO2 reduction, various other environmental effects also play a role, such as the storage of radio-active waste. +As late as last week, the Commission was ready to submit a proposal for a new EU directive which would have set drastic limits upon national subsidies for renewable energy sources. +In order to meet these challenges and overcome these contradictions, what we need, very quickly, is cooperation at every level, in the Member States and with candidate countries, to enlist the assistance of candidate countries and to work within the terms of the fifth framework programme. +At the Helsinki Summit, which will take place in December, the Heads of Government will deal with the issue of environmental integration and sustainable development in different policy areas, and especially energy. +I am even more shocked by the fact that the road transport sector is excluded from the scope of the directive to limit working hours, and by the conditions stipulated for offshore workers in this matter. +I also share the view of Mrs Wallis, a colleague from my group, that we must go further, partly through supporting her amendments but also, I hope, through the Commissioner' s seeing new possibilities in the light of the Tampere Summit as to how we might go further in this area. +Would it be an easy matter for the Court of Justice, to provide a definition of the notion of parental responsibility in isolation without the existence of a common family law for marital cases, which is neither desirable, nor envisaged at the present time? +Of course, major problems will remain, particularly the matter of the disparity of applicable divorce laws and the consequences of this, but this regulation is just an initial step and I congratulate the rapporteur on this initiative. +I also agree that it is essential for countries which are largely dependent upon nuclear power plants for their electricity and energy that closure programmes are phased to allow time to provide replacement capacity. +I pointed out that if a waiver enabled us to trigger the May 1998 undertakings, that would ensure a comprehensive attack on the expropriation of property, not just in Cuba, where the May 1998 understanding was strongly attacked. +It is in everybody' s interest to see a waiver to Title 4, it is in everybody' s interest including potential investors not to have a trade dispute that not just discourages investment but poisons our overall relations. +I have to say that it gives me very great confidence that Sergio Vieira de Mello is to be the UN administrator in East Timor - he is somebody that I worked with very closely in my previous occupation in Hong Kong dealing with the refugee and illegal immigrant problem there. +All the necessary tools for the sound management of nitrogen at field and watershed level can be found in the existing directive as soon as it is properly implemented in all intensive agriculture and livestock areas of Europe. +So, there is no need for new interim directives or the revision of the existing ones; instead we need increased pressure for their effective implementation at vulnerable zones and farm level. +As far as the other seven, including Italy, are concerned, we still have to check, on the basis of the proposals received by my department, country by country, that the proposed zoning plan in fact meets all the criteria of the Regulations of the Structural Funds. +As always, this authorisation implied certain obligations on the part of the company, obligations intended to guarantee the genuine recovery of the company and limit the impact on competition and the single market. +Mr President, the Commission is clear about the importance of the reform of social security systems in the applicant countries in the context of their accession to the EU. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure and a great honour for me to appear before this plenary session of Parliament in my new capacity as Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative of the Union for Common Foreign and Security Policy. +Our request, with regard to human rights issues, received a response which I would be prepared to describe as encouraging, with the confirmation that invitations have been sent to non-governmental organisations, which are active in the field of human rights, to visit Algeria. +I believe, Madam President, that the debate on Monday also demonstrated that the Ministers wish the Union to have the appropriate means to assess crises and also to have clear and appropriate procedures for decision making in the event that it is necessary to take action. +But what we do have in the Commission is the means and the experience to make an important contribution to the non-military dimension of security. +I would like to say a word of thank you to the other Group chairpersons who agreed last Thursday that the European Commission, represented here by Chris Patten, should be allowed to speak today. +We therefore believe that the Assembly of the West European Union, which has played an important role in the past, must transfer these duties to the directly elected European Parliament. +Having said this, I would like to emphasise once more - this has fortunately already been done by many speakers - that, to my mind, the power of the European Union is, or should lie, in crisis management and the prevention of conflict. +This position is so astonishing that I wonder whether any of the Ministers have actually read the amendment and the facts, because this is completely incomprehensible, unless it is true, as some people suspect, that this strict, moralist position will serve to save the face of some of the great powers who are not especially interested in the proposed moratorium. +Of course, as the Europeans are not proposing any additional forces, the capacity for EU autonomous action refers primarily to the political decision-making process. +Can we really afford strategically or financially duplicated staffs and committees, the proliferation of Euro forces and the wastefulness and confusion of subjecting our armed forces to two separate operational doctrines and planning regimes? +Unless we address that question then the whole issue of a Common Foreign and Security Policy and a European defence identity is no more than a day-dream. +When we began to take action on the Bosnia crisis we developed a military plan involving the deployment of troops - remember that 60,000 troops were deployed in Bosnia - which came a long time before the civil plan which we should have implemented. +For example, as regards the precautionary principle, this must be clearly defined and we must have a definition as adopted at the Conference on the Environment and Development in Rio. +The dispute settlement procedure, with which we have always had so many problems in the past, and many dispute procedures which we did have concerned the areas of environmental policy, consumer protection and animal protection, must become more transparent. +A scenario that must not be repeated, for example, is the classification of European export restrictions as yellow box, as a result of which, they have to be reduced in six years, whereas American export credits, which are exactly the same, are not subjected to any restrictions at all. +The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs is agreed that states which meet basic social and environmental standards should be especially protected during integration into the world economy. +- (FR) This Daphne programme is one which we, all of us, wished for, we, the Members of the European Parliament, but also all the organisations, both non-governmental and other types of organisations, and associations working in the delicate area of violence against children, young people and women. +If we create a European tax, the Council will gradually lose its capacity to resist, and we shall be giving the crucial advantage to those institutions which push to increase the budget. +In order to compensate both Belgium and the Netherlands for the additional cost which ensued from the gradual replacement of the VAT contribution in favour of the GNP contribution, the collection costs were increased to 25%. +Secondly, most people (I think this is also true across the European Union) agree that it would be a historic error to begin the next century by locking Russia out of European affairs as we did at the beginning of this century. +Finally, I should say that Mr Ivanov has suggested in his conversations with me that an intensification of the contacts between the European Parliament and the Duma might be helpful, including perhaps a visit to Moscow by a representative group of your Members. +Mr President, just as the previous speaker stated, the last few weeks have shown that the actual scale of things in the Caucasus is considerably greater and also encompasses the entire Caspian Sea. +In this regard, an entirely different discussion, indeed an entirely different issue comes to the fore: The European Parliament has always made it clear in all its resolutions that Chechnya is a part of the Russian Federation. +I cannot quite understand therefore how an appointed Chechen Foreign Minister who, under international law, should not even exist, can hold an official discussion with the President of the European Parliament. +Madam President, Commissioner, the liberal group sanctions the agreement reached on Sunday between China and the United States regarding the lowering of bilateral barriers to trade. +Having said that, I do not mean that we have a perfect market and, precisely for this reason, being aware of both the benefits and the corruption, we must seek to establish standards and regulations by means of agreements such as those proposed by the WTO in order to insure all of us against excesses of any type. +Madam President, Commissioner, in a world which is becoming more and more interdependent, in which the problems which affect us usually have their roots in areas poles apart from us, we are obliged to work together with other countries in order to manage the planet' s resources properly, by respecting rules which are common to all of us. +But might it not equally well happen instead that the regime will be reinforced by means of a form of economic growth which favours an urban minority but simultaneously creates tens of millions of new unemployed when state enterprises are left to go under, ruthlessly and without any networks of social protection, at the same time as millions of farmers become unemployed because of the new competition in the agricultural sphere? +Secondly, we must confine the WTO, strictly limit its role and keep isolated from the WTO' s sphere of competence those sectors which jeopardise society' s very identity and which must continue to remain the sovereignty of the citizens and of their elected institutions. +And from this point of view, we state here once again the need to respect environmental matters, the need to respect the consumer and the need to respect human as well as social rights. +Anyway, the issue is not unregulated trade, but quite the opposite, to ensure that the formidable growth of trade serves everyone' s long-term development and not just the predatory enrichment of the strongest. +So it is up to us to ensure that in a world of liberalised trading, there is room for social and ecological corrections and a gradual and guided involvement of third-world countries in the world economy. +Its adoption will send a clear signal to our partners' , by confirming that the European Union will not be satisfied with a minimalist approach which only aims to improve market access in some sectors. +The danger of crippling the decision-making ability of the legislature - of the Council and Parliament - as well as of making the Commission unable to translate the laws into effect is a significant problem. +After all, the sound and timely administration of law forms a key component in each and every constitutional state and we need to ensure that within the European Union, the essence of the prejudicial procedure and general legal protection continue to be guaranteed. +Other proposals which have been tabled, such as the question as to whether the European Parliament should be involved in the appointment of judges and whether the authority of the Court of Justice should extend to the third pillar, are under examination. +The introduction of a clear hierarchy of legal standards should, after all, ensure that a clear distinction can be drawn between all the various legislative and implementing decisions. +Unfortunately, both rapporteurs and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs refuse to adopt the amendments tabled by the Industry Committee on energy policy and Euratom. +This is now a sure point, which everyone must take into account: Parliament and the Commission are moving in the same direction and are equally convinced that the Intergovernmental Conference must not restrict itself to a limited horizon, simplified guidelines or a minimal agenda. +No one can overlook the problems of strengthening the political side of Europe and institutional change but, in addition to this, we have had to deal with the launch of the euro and the European Central Bank, the lesson to be learnt from Kosovo, the widespread aspiration for a guaranteed area of security and justice and the disenchantment of too many European voters. +As the President of our Committee, Mr Napolitano, pointed out, it is not a question of dividing ourselves into extremists and reactionaries, but of being perfectionists, whilst remaining progressive as far as the future development of the European Union is concerned +To accompany the undeniable success of Monetary Union, we must also make progress with Political Union and in fields which broaden the competences of the European Union in order to prevent the current imbalances; I would describe these imbalances as enormous. +The current method is rather worn out but, in any case, it is essential that the Council commits itself to taking appropriate account of the proposals which the Commission and the Parliament make in turn. +The latter I am happy to take up - a duly facilitated revision of the second part of the newly divided Treaties and also a clause concerning strengthened cooperation in a Europe with 27 or 30 States. +In 1999 opium production grew by 100% on the previous year, reaching the highest volume so far, with a figure of 4,600 tons, which is partly due to the considerable expansion of the crop-growing sector. +As the honourable member stated, operations in Afghanistan are hampered by the lack of any broadly based government and, thus, a suitable and reliable partner in cooperation. +I should like to ask the President-in-Office of the Council for confirmation that information on which country voted in which way is not at the moment given when the Council issues its press releases at the end of each Council meeting. +In accordance with the general programme in Council Regulation no 793/93 concerning the assessment and monitoring of risks presented by existing substances, three brominated flame retardants are at present under investigation. +Other specific questions which have also been asked in this context fall within the Commission' s area of authority, and the Commission, in its capacity as administrator of the Community' s policy, also has access to the tools and information which are needed if reliable and up-to-date answers are to be given. +I have received a request for urgent procedure, in accordance with Rule 112 of the Rules of Procedure, from the Group of the Party of European Socialists and the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party. +Rule 112 of our Rules of Procedure refers to Rule 60(1), "A request that a debate on a proposal on which Parliament has been consulted pursuant to Rule 60(1) be treated as urgent..." +Considering that Mr Napolitano' s report concerns a text of a legislative nature, it seems to me that we are in the situation covered by Rule 60(1), as referred to by Rule 112 of the Rules of Procedure. +Turning now to minimum standards: a control policy as proposed is only acceptable if minimum standards apply across all states with regard to the handling of asylum applications. +There are no elementary rules concerning legal rights in connection with the registration procedure and in connection with the right to pass on this information held by the Member States and the Commission. +I fear that this illustrates that, according to some, the Eurodac system should serve, perhaps not exclusively but largely, at any rate, to assign a particular Member State the responsibility of footing the bill for a certain level of illegal immigration and abuse of the asylum system, rather than to render such abuses completely impossible. +What is important is that we understand that, if we are to aim for long-term prevention, we must implement policies to abolish the drugs trade and provide treatment for and rehabilitation of drug addicts, so that we can help make prevention a success or at least stabilise the situation. +In the field of demand reduction, preventive measures and programmes for children and young people should, instead of focusing exclusively on illegal drugs, address addiction in general, including aspects of alcohol and tobacco use. +Finally, OLAF does not attack the causes of corruption, which lie in the removal of national borders allowing freedom of movement for drugs money, fraud and financial crime. +Secondly, the Commission was given a comprehensive negotiation mandate on a whole series of issues, some of which come under Community jurisdiction, but others, such as services or investment, which are clearly in the remit of national authorities. +At any event, we shall follow with great interest the way in which the Commission conducts the negotiations, and even though we still find this amended report too liberal in tone, you will find that we Greens will defend this text most fiercely if Commissioner Lamy should step below the recommendations made here. +But I believe that one of the most significant elements, on the eve of this new round, one which distinguishes it from the previous rounds, is the intrusion of society, of NGOs and international public opinion into the debate. +Indeed it is this doubt which gives rise to my concern that if we do not succeed on this point, then we shall be forced to renege on longstanding commitments to developing countries, particularly towards ACP countries, to which we have been linked for 20 years by the Lomé Conventions. +It is, nevertheless, obvious that there other ways of achieving this, ways that are quite different from those currently in force and to those being planned, and this places the need for a moratorium on negotiations on international trade relations on the agenda. +A multilateral approach to this problem is required, whilst nothing is stopping the developing countries from adopting a sound agricultural policy, that is to say preventing or restricting, by means of import levies, the import of these cheap products at the expense of their own agriculture. +In the course of the years of the Uruguay Round, European agriculture has undergone the most significant reduction in workforce that it has ever known, thus causing the virtual breakdown of rural society. +The Petersberg Tasks mean that non-aligned and neutral States have an opportunity to participate in conflict and crisis management and, for that reason, there is no basis for integrating the WEU fully into the European Union. +Thus, the protection of the fundamental rights of the individuals concerned requires that we do not proceed with the creation of a central control system for personal data because, in principle, none of those people may be treated as a criminal or be suspected of being one. +The risk of nuclear war by mistake was one of the reasons for the Canberra Commission' s proposal that no nuclear weapons should any longer be held in readiness for firing. +The second demand we made in order to reduce the risk of nuclear war was to the effect that all nuclear weapons should be separated from their weapon carriers so that sufficient time might be made for serious political deliberations. +Although none of the elements in the crucial safety systems are affected, a number of other systems, particularly the operator display systems, may be affected and failure of these systems may indirectly threaten nuclear safety by increasing the burden on the operators, as has been mentioned. +Firstly, because abuses of the human dignity and of the human rights of the Timorese who are refugees in other parts of Timor, particularly in West Timor, and who want to return to East Timor are still taking place. The Indonesian authorities must, as a matter of urgency, make humanitarian action possible, particularly on the part of non-governmental organisations. +An estimate of the costs of reconstruction has been made - EUR 250 million over three years - and a conference of donors will be held on 17 December. +The reason is simply that we only concentrate on economic aid and forget the crucial things, that is to say, the practise of tolerance, the practise of democracy and aid in the social field. +Indeed, as far as we are concerned, the abolition of capital punishment is an intrinsic part of our human rights policy, whereas for many countries this is exclusively a matter of criminal law, or so they claim, at least. +I believe that the Commission and, with it, the entire European Union has made it clear, from the start, that we condemn any sort of ethnic violence, regardless of who is inflicting and who is suffering it. +Well, in this resolution, we mention an independent inquiry, and this enables us to make it clear that we would like not just the parties involved, so not just the Burundian government, to give their opinion but we would also like to see the actual facts surface. +Mr President, Commissioner and Colleagues, as someone who has worked in and known Rwanda since 1984, as someone born in Tanzania where I lived for many years, as someone speaking the main African language of the Great Lakes region, I speak on this subject with experience and knowledge. +No national reconciliation is possible without proper court procedures, and that involves both the Rwandan national justice system and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. +We feel that the complete resumption of cooperation is linked to the results of the peace process, and to the establishment of a political and constitutional framework which will lead, finally, to democratisation. +The attempt to prove that the former Prime Minister Mr Sharif had participated in a criminal conspiracy and had built up a system of nepotism, should not become a show trial. +The suspension of both Commonwealth membership and the European Union Cooperation Agreement can only be reversed when all the conditions for the urgently needed economic, social and humanitarian reforms in Pakistan are met. +Firstly, all of us, whether on the right or left of this House must be clear and I do believe that the approach to drug policy must start from one premise: drug addicts do not on principle need punishment and persecution but help and support. +The President of the Commission, Mr Prodi, indicated last week that an "internal market for the trade in drugs" has come about in the Union. +The main problem area with which my report deals, which became clearer as I worked on the report, is that the European Investment Bank, as far as modern business management, transparency and public work are concerned, is trailing rather far behind. +In May 1999, my predecessor, Mr Blak, Vice-President of CoCobu, asked 26 specific questions about alleged fraud, mismanagement, corruption and cover-up - I mean cover-up - in the Bank's activities, including in treasury operations, over the period 1993-1998. +We cannot continue to reduce "social costs" in order to meet the criteria imposed on national budgets by the Stability Pact, whilst repeating fine words about social support that are then never actually put into practice. +Europe' s medium-sized shipyards, in particular, have developed a high level of inventiveness in this field, but research and development, not just production and acquisition require money, and this is where aid comes in. +Since 1997, the Korean Gas Company has been restricting tender competitions for the construction of methane carriers to Korean shipyards only, again constituting, in my opinion, an infringement of the international regulations on the opening up of public procurement. +The European Union, Commissioner, with all the political, economic, financial and commercial means at its disposal, must ensure that international rules are obeyed and put an end once and for all to Korean dumping, because the European sector can be viable in an environment of fair competition. +The United States, whose propaganda image is as the champion of free trade, of the free market, only takes this position because of what it can gain from it: on the audio-visual industry, on the food industry, on anything that is of interest to them. +It is tragic to think that there are still people in the European Union today who are helpless in the face of the sectarian violence of a few others and who are having to pay an extremely high price for remaining true to their beliefs in the face of terrorist blackmail. +May they have many years and decades of successful democratic politics in the North and could you, and indeed through our colleague here, Jim Nicholson, whom I include in the leadership of the North of Ireland, convey the very best wishes of this Parliament to them all. +I am deliberately sitting in John Hume' s seat today because, as a Nobel Prize Winner from this Parliament who has devoted his whole life to securing the peace process, I think it is important that we honour him since he is recuperating at home in Northern Ireland. +However, firstly, I congratulate the leaders, political parties, intermediaries and, in particular, the people of Britain and Ireland, on having found a road to peace by all giving ground on their original positions. +The representative of a large group cannot be permitted to speak for three minutes while the representative of a small group is refused, even if you disagree with them and even if what this person is going to say is deplorable. +Madam President, you know that from next year, at both world and European level, we are going to make the anti-doping campaign a spearhead of our sports policy. +Secondly, there are matters arising from those issues. For example, enlargement will have an impact on all the other European institutions and bodies, such as the Court of Justice and, indeed, this House which, as new Member States join, will have to make room for up to 700 representatives, and not more than 700. +The majority of the group takes the view that, if Turkey becomes a member of the European Union, and we must be clear on this, then the European Union will take on a different political, economic and cultural quality. +An IGC that failed to amend the way the treaties can be revised in future and in policy sectors to soften them would be an IGC that threatened to paralyse the Union when it tries to modernise itself following the accession of new Member States. +And a Union that is frightened to reinforce its liberal and parliamentary character will be an unattractive Union for the acceding Member States and an unreliable player upon the world stage. +In our opinion, we should consider various models of differentiated integration and try to achieve an ever-developing, concentrically conceived Union, in which there would be a federal core and a less integrated outer perimeter. +We should point out that the Helsinki Summit will focus on the European Union' s policy on the northern dimension and hence bring about more solid tools of stability and security for the northern part of Europe. +The defence of democracy and the prevention of extremism are the basis of social justice, which means, among other things, combating unemployment. +We are at an all-time low in the short history of the euro so the Helsinki European Council should devote some time to the issue of the external representation of the euro zone. +I do not agree at all. It is an extraordinarily important Summit that we - Parliament, Commission and Council Presidency - have prepared very carefully and vigorously, and the challenge of enlargement is an historic challenge of decisive importance. +We are starting by closely following the document tabled previously, with firm proposals and also a sense that, after enlargement, we shall be faced with the real issue that must be carefully and attentively defined, with a very far-ranging debate - the nature and borders of Europe. +Agreements are in place that lead should to a strategy being developed to close these plants, which will make things safe, while, at the same time, giving these countries the realistic chance to leave their problems behind together. +For example, in future, greater consideration might be given to the topics of asylum and refugees as they constitute an essential aspect of human rights. +The Treaty of Amsterdam and the regulations on human rights that have recently entered into force will improve the EU' s chances of promoting human rights. +However, the publication of this document encourages me to look to the near future and the preparation of an EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. +There is a need for specific detail, further development and more thorough analysis We shall be returning to these questions, from Parliament' s point of view, in the report for which I have the honour of being rapporteur and on which there will be a vote in March of next year. +The Council needs to summon up the political courage to spend more time on the internal human rights situation within the EU in the next annual report. +At the same time, they express the Christian view of human life which, for two thousand years, has formed a precious part of Europe' s cultural and spiritual heritage and which, as we confront the new millennium, is a valuable asset for Europe to further build upon in the struggle for human rights. +In the pressing work of extending the EU eastwards, demands for a moratorium on, and future abolition of, the death penalty have, in our own part of the world too, influenced ethical thinking and legislation in the direction of affirming human life. +In this respect, the forum which was requested by this House should have an important role to play. It could use the existing structures, particularly within the Economic and Social Committee of the European Community. +Mr President, once again, a few weeks after the debate on extending the SOCRATES programme to young people in Turkey, Parliament is going back to addressing the controversial issue of relations between the European Union and Turkey. +Mr President, let me say on behalf of the European People' s Party (Christian Democrats) and the European Democrats that this proposal for a directive is another brick in the edifice of European air quality policy. +The air quality framework directive is implemented by issuing daughter directives on a series of air pollutants. +From this point of view, the specifications of the European Commission and the extensive amendments tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection are very demanding. +A third objective of both the Air Quality Framework Directive and this proposal is to ensure that Member States assess air quality in a consistent and comparable way. +I quote: "In the reports for the year by which the partial objective is to have been achieved and for the year by which the final objective is to have been achieved, it shall be stated whether the reductions are due to technical measures taken by the manufacturers or whether there are other reasons, such as a change in behaviour on the part of consumers." +That being said, there are things we can do at European level, which include changing the culture, the culture where we work, the culture we live in. +Just as the rapporteur pointed out in his report, and also here, the changes to Annexes 3 and 4 to the Convention on the Baltic' s marine environment have already been adopted and will come into force in a month' s time. +Member States must therefore have the facility to stipulate the selection criteria for reproductive material in a non-bureaucratic manner, because nothing will be more devastating than when it is too late to prevent damage to the forest land as a whole. +The external quality of plants has a big impact, not only on the percentage which survive, which can range from 20% to 85%, but also on their future development in the extremely harsh conditions of their transfer to this climate. +The 'big bang' scenario remains attractive to us, but not all Member States share this opinion, hence our appeal to at least keep periods of dual currency circulation to a minimum. +The introduction of the euro must be made easy for the public and consumers. Problems for special groups must be minimised. +The present proposal for a Council regulation provides for changes to the area and timing of restrictions designed to protect the spawning of the Douglas Bank herring in the Irish Sea. +It was, and continues to be, about supplying the European market with fish and about targeted production for export so as to preserve direct and indirect jobs at sea and on land. +As far as consumer information is concerned, I fully agree with the Commission when it proposes compulsory labelling indicating the designation of the species, the production method as well as the catch area. +In this context, the regulation of the supply and demand for fishery products must respond to a dual consideration: it must meet consumers' needs and safeguard the development of the fisheries sector itself. +Its regulation has adapted to this and this report must be defined as an additional stage in building a balanced organisation between the protection and the management of fishing resources. +I would therefore recommend that we defer the discussion of this point until such time as the Turkish Parliament has shown that it is willing to respect basic human rights in Turkey. +This House has expressed its support for more human rights, for respect for the rights of minority groups, for improved relations between Turkey and Greece and for a resolution of the Cyprus question. +Firstly, although there has been a great campaign to promote the euro, particularly at the time when it was launched, although it is now legally in force and it has even experienced some nerve-racking misfortunes on the international markets, people seem to have completely forgotten that it exists. +I should like to thank the Italian MEPs concerned for setting up the wonderful Christmas crib opposite the Chamber and I would invite all colleagues to take a look at this piece of European culture. +It is to the Arab world, to Arabic culture, that Europe today owes its entire Greek heritage; it is to the Arab world that it owes all its understanding of Greek culture. +I want this Parliament to call upon the Commission to look at this issue from a European Union perspective for the first time and reinstate these families' full civil and political rights. +I imagine that Mr Swoboda and his friends would have voted differently just now on the proposal regarding political prisoners in Djibouti if they had know that the item on Nicaragua could have been on the agenda. +This positive experience strengthens my conviction that we should continue to involve the European Parliament more closely in framing our common trade policy. +Firstly, regarding the content, in striving to form alliances and to retain support in favour of a broad approach to the round, and secondly, on the form, the institutional plan and the procedures, in order to set in place all we shall need throughout future negotiations. +We, of course, have Marrakech, we, of course, have no obligation to achieve results, but we must remain vigilant in order to ensure that separate agreements on agriculture and services do not allow the things we shut the door on to get in by the back door. +I agree with Mr Staes that this is no bedtime reading and I was very worried when they started to put out the lights, but because of Mr Dell'Alba's courageous intervention this was stopped. +That is why my particular thanks go to the rapporteur, Mrs Pack, and Commissioner Reding, who together with the Conciliation Committee have squeezed EUR 300 million out of the Council. +As a Member of Parliament representing the largest part of Ireland's Irish-speaking Gaeltacht region I am very pleased to see that this extends to the Irish language which is a Treaty language. +A further achievement is a review clause which means that in 2004 at the latest, the financial implications of the future accession of applicant countries will be reassessed, and that the Commission will have to submit a report. +The quality of her work is widely acknowledged, especially among those who have had seats in this Parliament for any length of time, and indeed this is not her first report on Socrates, which is her baby to some extent. She was actually the rapporteur in 1994 on the first Socrates programme, and also on the budget review in 1997. +All this is achieved because there are intelligent men and women who have quite simply understood that we shall not build the Europe of tomorrow without the contribution of young people who have had the opportunity to familiarise themselves with other cultures and other educational systems. +The one and only difference is that the accident victim from France - to use the same example - does not have to contact the Italian insurance company in Italy directly but the representative of the Italian insurance company in France. +However, above all we look forward to the proposed regulation making a significant contribution - in the short or long term - to a new, better, more efficient, but also humane and environmentally friendly transport policy in the Union. +In the European Union we must help in assisting Third World and developing countries to move quickly into new technologies that do not harm the ozone layer, that do not use ozone-destroying chemicals. +The gradual banning of HCFCs called for in the amendment, along with the well-founded scientific reasons, also recognises social reasons, because a lot of people risk losing their job. +The Commission cannot accept Amendments Nos 2 and 10 as they would bring forward the first cuts in production and use of methylbromide to unrealistically early dates - 1 January 2000 and 1 January 2001 respectively. +If that is the case, we are looking at very small quantities indeed, and there are a number of members of the committee who feel that essentially this proposal that we are looking at tonight is unenforceable and represents another occasion where the European Commission has produced something which looks good but which will not actually work out in practice. +I would have liked to learn from you this evening how long these tactics of submitting to the pressure of the feed industry are going to last, or whether you are finally going to deliver on the promise which Mr Prodi made here of greater transparency for consumers. +The draft aims to solve the problem of labelling foods when operators have tried to avoid using GM material and can prove this but nevertheless small amounts of GM material are found in them. +I am ready, on behalf of the Commission, to make a commitment: "The Commission will review the draft regulation amending Regulation 1139/98 within one year of its entry into force. +The need for security in Europe and for a wider European area of peace is amply illustrated by the situation in Chechnya, on which the European Council has adopted a detailed declaration. +On the question of defence, we warmly welcome the establishment of the rapid reaction force and its significant and necessary progress - Kosovo has taught us dearly the need for that. +Do you really believe that Turkey, the European country with the largest population and a long history its own, will merely join the European Union as its 28th Member State rather than changing the very nature of it? +As I understand it, we are facing such constitutional questions with regard to Treaty changes that, as national parliaments ratify these sorts of decisions, we will have to have sufficient time to debate the issues in the Member States and we will have to involve national parliaments in these reforms. +Mr President, Commissioner, the Council has taken a significant step towards the militarisation of the European Union with its decision to develop the military crisis management corps. +The European Union has shown just how well it understands these crises by contributing to the disintegration of Yugoslavia, particularly with its barbarous and murderous attacks on the Yugoslav people. +Our task in the European Free Alliance is to get it recognised and cured with the help of our colleagues in the Greens/European Free Alliance. +It is important that Turkey shows, in its desire to become a member of the European family, that it really does respect human rights, democracy and its neighbouring countries and that it truly wishes to find a calm and peaceful solution to any issues or problems which exist in relation to it. +Likewise, I wish to thank the group' s coordinators, especially Mr Böge of the PPE-DE Group and Mr Walter of the PSE Group for their good cooperation, and all the members of the committee. +I simply wish to express, on behalf of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, my concern regarding this budget 2000 which, if the financial perspectives are not reviewed, places the burden of all the sacrifices on the poorest countries. +The procedure concerning Autostrade s.p.a. could well have a positive outcome in the light of the fact that the Italian authorities have expressed their willingness to work together with the Commission in unison and have taken steps towards privatising the company. +It affects not just the bilateral economic relations between Serbia and neighbouring countries, but also other countries along the river, which have traditionally used it as a navigation route between the Rhine and the Black Sea. +Member States and the Commission are currently discussing a joint action due for adoption before the end of this year to implement the security and non-proliferation aspects of the common strategy on Russia. +Earlier on today we were debating the budget for next year and the difficulty of the European Union finding sufficient finance to fund the operation in Kosovo. +I am sure they are way above the head of a mere Commissioner for External Relations; but I hope I do not find myself next year having to explain these complex constitutional issues to people on the ground in the Balkans or elsewhere in the world who are not getting the support they deserve. +Is the Commission aware of the fact that the market leaders not only sell their products but often also provide financial support (attractive loans), material support (dispensing equipment, furniture and glasses etc.) and technical support (refrigerating engineers)? +It will indeed provide an essential basis for the forthcoming discussion about the future legal framework for car distribution after the expiry of the current regulation on 30 September 2002. +Will it also say whether it still considers the existing rules on the allocation of state aid to SMEs to be adequate, in particular the 250-employee ceiling? +Should we not also review the financial perspective, given the option, the option dynamically pursued by the European Council, to enlarge the circle of candidate countries? +We are interested in having sound foundations so that we do not just lurch from one problem to the next, but so that we can work together on a solid basis for years to come, because the problem in the Balkans is not a problem which can be solved in a year. +The first lesson we can draw from this year' s budgetary discussion is that the Commission and the Council need to be careful about making statements in public regarding how much money is available for a certain cause without knowing how exactly it will be funded. +The timeframe, together with the possibilities of adapting the present budget, should this appear necessary in April, are therefore crucial to the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. +The Council must finally get it into its head that there is one thing you cannot do and that is to take on more and more at European level without entering into serious negotiations with Parliament as to how these additional commitments are to be financed. +In that context, I particularly want to ask Mr Liikanen tonight to take up the question of the uncertainty facing thousands of my constituents who work at the BMW-Rover factory at Longbridge in Birmingham, where major investment is planned to produce new small cars for the global market. +And to Mr Lange: as you know, every new piece of Community legislation to be adopted through the Geneva process must be approved by Parliament, either through assent under the 1958 Agreement or codecision, the Parallel agreement. +I should like to ask whether a note could be circulated to Members and staff outlining normal evacuation procedures and whether, in the case of an event like this, the screens which are dotted all around the building could be used to give Members information on what is going on. +An official public announcement of the Members of the European Parliament appointed to the convention must be made because the convention will officially start work on Friday. +At Community level, Finland has worked to integrate climate policy with other areas of policy by drafting, for example, environmental strategies in the areas of energy, transport and agriculture. +So far, Europe has made fancy declarations but greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union will be in excess of 8 percent instead of under 8 percent if no additional measures are taken. +Mr President, unfortunately, the international solution to the problem of how the greenhouse effect is to be handled is a long time in coming. I think it is very disheartening indeed that, after Kyoto, there is only one country, a small island in the South Pacific, which has ratified the Kyoto agreement. +The other political Groups have finally accepted the position of the European People' s Party and we therefore consider it essential that this debate takes place here and now, by happy coincidence on the day on which a delegation from the Chinese Parliament is visiting us. +We agree with the joint resolution presented here despite some differences of opinion, which shows our firm desire to work together in developing these friendly relations at this historic moment, which we welcome wholeheartedly. +When it comes to the conference in New York, it ought to be pointed out that this is an Intergovernmental Conference and that there is therefore no official delegation as such from the European Union but, instead, delegations from the Member States. +Equally, the Commission can accept in principle Amendment No 32, subject to redrafting of the text specifying that any essential use for a substance banned under the Montreal Protocol will also have to be approved by the parties to that Protocol. +We should be encouraging cooperation among the countries of the EU in every possible way in areas that are important for our citizens, by supporting them in their acquisition of the knowledge and information that promotes active citizenship and, what is more, employment. +This kind of traffic is now strictly regulated. This has allowed the people in the Alpine valleys to choose real quality of life and is a positive measure for the environment and for the people. +The social movement formed by many NGOs, civil associations and trade unions has demanded a new type of globalisation, one which is not dominated solely by the logic of blind profit with no regard for people and societies. +However, I would like to ask you if it would not be more correct for the European Union, that is, Parliament, to decide that if these genetically modified products are harmful, their production and trade should be banned, or if they are not harmful, they should be allowed on the market. +Consumer protection demands extremely accurate and complete information on food, including information relating to new animal feed and to the labelling of GMO-free products. +- I believe that consumers have the right to know when GMOs are used in products in all circumstances; this pertains not only to food consumed by human beings but also animal feed. This requires clear labelling in all circumstances. +We should, however, stress that the European Union, together with the USA, are not without responsibility because they set the precedent in Kosovo, with their disdain for international organisations and for the peaceful settlement of differences and they gave cause for concern with aggressive enlargement to the east which is reflected in the rise of nationalism and violence within Russia. +It was observed that a proper application of the Platform would also demand changes to the inner dynamics of institutions and organisations, including to such values, forms of behaviour, rules and routines of theirs which damage the position of women. +I was pleased to hear the Commissioner and the Presidency representative this morning express their intention and commitment with regard to the organisation of the European conference and participation in the pre-conference planning for the Beijing plus five Conference in New York. +I, of course, give my word that the Commission will not only collaborate continuously and provide a continuous flow of information but will also accept proposals and studies from the European Parliament up to the very last day. +Madam President, I would just like to say that this question of the labelling of beef, in political terms, is one of the most sensitive issues in relation to agricultural and agro-food policy. +If this is a question of good sense, then it involves French consumers not wanting the few kilos of British meat in question and discussions will make no difference. +That White Paper includes many of the issues that I have raised here and in the Environment Committee on a number of occasions but it also includes a chapter on the issue of a food safety authority. +Mr President, during the Finnish Presidency the decision was taken that the agendas for the Coreper meetings would be made available, and this is a step in the direction that the honourable Member would like to see. +What attitude and what political initiatives is the Council planning to adopt in order to help ensure that the referendum does indeed go ahead on the date set by the UN, i.e. 31 July 2000? +The Secretary-General of the UN also stated that he would make a realistic assessment of future action when he delivers his next report to the UN Security Council in December. +Madam representative of the Council, we have listened to Kofi Annan' s report on the most recent information regarding the referendum and we attended the 25th Conference on the support by European NGOs of the Saharaoui people a few weeks ago in the Canary Islands. +Mr President, as I said, the Council does not wish to interfere directly in the work of other international organisations but, naturally, it will be following the development of this case as it proceeds, and it will then contemplate the possible outcome. +In relation to this, the EU took a positive view of the UN Secretary-General' s recent report on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts. +In fact, the basic principles of international humanitarian law, which are contained in the Geneva Conventions, are values which must be maintained as a basis for European construction and promoted through institutional activities. +Mr President, firstly, the problem mentioned in the final part of the honourable Member' s question was that there are many former military personnel who are unemployed, both in the applicant countries and the other third countries close to the EU. +The importance of this directive is that it will help us address that business climate, to have a cultural change so that we move away from late payment to prompt payment as the norm within the European single market and not, as it currently is, the other way around. +We must be aware of the fact that 450 000 workers have lost their jobs at a time when the main problem facing the European Union is how to combat unemployment. +The Commission justifies the delay by saying that the progress reports from the Member States, which form the basis for the general rules governing a compulsory system, were received too late. +We cannot sanction a further postponement of one year without reservation; otherwise we may well be forced again this time next year to agree to a further postponement because some Member States have again failed to do their homework. +Maybe we do not have enough journalists with a scientific background able to quantify issues like risk or possibly, as I suspect, a sensational front page headline which will sell a newspaper is more important than giving consumers information on which to judge their buying decisions. +We see Regulation No 820/97 slipping away from us into a morass of half-observed voluntary practices with no immediate prospects of the compulsory scheme which every Member of this House knows is necessary. +It has been agreed to accept the recommendations of the Scientific Committee as the basis for all decisions on the public health aspect of food production. +Unfortunately, weather conditions in Brussels led to the cancellation of this morning's flight and therefore I was unable to be present in person to update Parliament on the BSE dispute. +Finally, I would repeat what I said at the conclusion of the first reading. We all have deep respect for the services of the Committee on Budgets which expended all their energies in both the first reading and the second reading. +Since 1998 we have had a mini-heading of EUR 15 million in the budget to finance 50% of the national programme to improve the production and marketing of honey, based on a regulation which we have criticised as inadequate. +Through it, food safety will reign, the consumer will be protected and our Green colleagues will be satisfied at having ensured the survival of humanity, at least in terms of food ... +The original intention of the regulation, which was to generate confidence in European consumer protection, would be reversed by this sort of measure. +I hope that the rapprochement to date between the Commission and the European Parliament, which has already taken up this matter several times during the last parliamentary term, be it in the Committee on Culture or in plenary, will continue. +Nevertheless, some months later, and after the installation of the new Commission, the Directorate-General for Competition is once again pushing the Commission to act against cross-border agreements and fixed book prices. +It is a truism to say that books are not goods like butter, eggs and cheese and that they are a cultural asset which cannot be dealt with under competition law like butter, eggs and cheese. +As has been said already, it would be completely unacceptable that the arms embargo be lifted, especially in the light of the fact that the Indonesian military have failed to disarm. +Whether or not there is additional impetus in the disarmament process and hence an improvement in the security situation will depend this month on the arrival of the UNAMSL forces, the UN mission to Sierra Leone. +That was not as a result of the apartheid-style policies of the regime vis-à-vis women, but as the result of the Taliban protection of Mr Bin Laden. +He is the European representative of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy. He was illegally extradited from Ethiopia in 1997 and, in the absence of medical care, risks losing his sight. +Attacking the government of Djibouti alone will therefore at best conceal the responsibilities of the French Government and will at worst prop up a policy of support for an authoritarian and repressive regime. +The Commission is confident that the Nicaraguan authorities will take account of the considerations voiced by the European Union and other members of the international community and that the measures taken against the Bureau of the Comptroller-General and the comptroller himself will be reversed. +It would be irresponsible today not to publicly recognise our disappointment at the fact that, a year and a half later, only 91 States have signed it and just five or six have ratified it when - as Mrs Schörling has said - 60 ratifications are necessary for the court to come into effect. +It is therefore extremely important for there to be a uniform criminal law against genocide and crimes against humanity throughout the world and for there to be uniform sentences and a common criminal court throughout the world, where everyone knows that wrong is always wrong and must be prosecuted, irrespective of the charge, irrespective of the ideology and irrespective of the nationality under which they appear in court. Injustice is still injustice and injustice must not go unpunished. +Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commission unreservedly supports the purpose of the motion being discussed here and considers the European Parliament' s initiative to be beneficial and useful because we too take the view that further important steps are needed if the international criminal court is ever to get off the ground. +I have already referred to the constitutional problems and we are prepared to share our experience with ratification procedures and the relevant know-how with interested states. +Mr President, rapporteur, everyone here agrees that we should highlight the need to have statistics for agriculture, at a Community level, that are as precise, as reliable and as coherent as possible, so that we can effectively assess the consequences of decisions taken under the CAP, particularly on rural areas. +Mr President, I simply wish to thank and congratulate Mr Mayer on the report he has carried out, which affects all the hop-producing countries of the Community and which, in the case of Spain, affects my region, Castilla-León, in the León area. +1997 was also marked, and this is the crux of the issue, by a civil war in Tajikistan, a terrible civil war between the reigning power and the Islamic opposition. +On humanitarian grounds, I do agree with special aid as far as the loan component is concerned, but the gift component should be scrapped for the reasons I have outlined above. +Armenia and Georgia will have difficulty understanding the fact that the Community is reducing its aid, in spite of the major efforts which these two countries, with support from the IMF and other contributors, have made to reduce their financial liabilities towards the Community. +I would like to ask you to get your department to look at Amendment No 20 again, as I am 99.9% certain that this is not the text we voted on or at any rate not the text which should have been submitted because this is not what the Industry Committee provided. +What measures will the Council take, not least in connection with Structural Fund reform and the Interreg Community initiative, with a view to giving effect to the provisions which it has itself laid down in the Treaty of Amsterdam? +In Agenda 2000, the Commission of the European Communities stated that these outermost regions were to remain exempt from the condition that the per capita GDP must be less than 75 % of the Community average to warrant Objective 1 status. +The Council will be aware that on 11 April India test-fired a medium- range ballistic missile, the Agni 2, which has a range of 2, 000 km and is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. +Accordingly, the Council will examine the request addressed to it by the President of the European Parliament on 11 March 1999, in other words it will consider whether Members of the European Parliament can participate on an individual basis. +As I said, the question of the European Parliament's participation in the Rio Conference will be considered on the basis of the principles decided by the Council. +The Commission's culture, structure and tradition were therefore somewhat ill-suited to the tasks with which it was subsequently charged and for which it was not granted the necessary resources, either by the Council or - if I may say so - by Parliament. +They are neatly shared out among the various states. As the rapporteur rightly says, there are no current Member States which do not have agencies and we are convinced that new agencies will be found for the new Member States. +The most important points are these: within the Commission there need to be clear portfolios and Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners, similar to Ministers and Ministers of State in national governments. +I hope that this will be borne in mind by all those who believe the democratic deficit, the lack of supervision, the careless management and, last but not least, the rumoured profiteering at European level can be reduced by pumping in more powers and more resources. +To this end, over the last few weeks, the government has submitted a national programme for the adoption of the acquis communautaire and a raft of very important legislation on VAT, excise duties and the right to purchase property. +A solution is not made any more likely by a number of Member States including my own country, the Netherlands, coming out with statements more or less opposing membership for Cyprus as long as partition remains. +We should also remember that it is not simply a matter of legislating from on high; local organisations need to be involved in what is going on. I am thinking of both the voluntary sector and bodies such as Urban Forum. +Faced with the need to determine their negotiating positions, the applicant countries succeeded in dramatically improving their internal organisation and coordination in a relatively short period of time. +In many countries, not only the applicant countries but in Member States too, there are major delays in the judicial process, usually because of staff shortages in the judiciary. +My first question to the Commission is therefore: What compelling reasons does the Commission have for replacing an effective system which everyone is pleased with in this sector and which does not distort competition? +Accepting these amendments would mean changing the subject of the present legislative procedure and would result in a decision without prior consultation with all the parties involved. +As to Mrs Lulling's question about the compelling reasons for changing the rules for the beer sector, the answer is that the present block exemption authorises market monopoly. +When the annual report for 1997 was dealt with by Parliament, some critical voices suggested that the Ombudsman had success in only a small number of cases. +So that this direct contact with the citizens of the Union continues to be guaranteed in future, we in the committee are unanimous in advocating the preservation of a separate Committee on Petitions. +The fact that so many petitions are received in relation to the environment clearly proves the extent to which the people and the non-governmental organisations - who submit the complaints - are concerned about preserving the natural environment. +Every Member of this House should look at the annexes to Mr Newman's report in particular, which bring home the absurdity of the proposition that the work of the Committee on Petitions could be divided up among other committees. +The institution of the Ombudsman is answerable to Parliament, which I think is a good thing because it helps him to be independent, a position which he exploits to the full, as we have seen from the report he has presented to Parliament today. +Despite their good points, in the future, the Committee on Petitions and the Ombudsman will not be enough to offset the lack of consistency and excesses of a technocratic machine. +We are very happy with the decision by the German courts. But all too often these cases are heard in front of judges who are either ignorant of or badly informed about the law relating to child abduction. +Moreover, an amendment has also been tabled which calls on the Commission to submit performance criteria that can be used to monitor the levying of customs duties by the Member States. +This amendment has also to be viewed in connection with Amendment No 18, and here the Commission believes it can accept the first paragraph, but it must be inserted where it most makes sense, in the text of Article 3 of the initial Customs 2000 proposal. +We have already had very detailed discussions on this issue and I think we can manage without a conciliation procedure, because some of the objections are so minor that I hardly think my colleagues in the House will argue against them. +Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, last September the Commission presented us with a White Paper with the rather unwieldy title 'Fair payment for infrastructure use: a phased approach to a common transport infrastructure charging framework in the EU'. +I believe, however, that the 'user pays' principle can only be effectively applied to transport if all those who contribute to the problems are expected to contribute to their solution. +Parliament has a duty to express its discontent at some of the actions of NATO, in particular the bombing of civilian targets and the use of weapons that are considered by some people as weapons of mass destruction. +We, the MEPs of PASOK, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Greece, are voting against the European Parliament resolution on Kosovo because we feel it has nothing positive to offer towards finding a solution to the problem. +Let us never forget that diplomacy actually means using dialogue to persuade one of the sides in a conflict to agree to give up some its initial aims, demands and even rights. +I naturally hope that a European diplomatic solution can be found with the support of the United States and Russia, but it must not allow the principles of democracy and human rights to be abandoned. +However, to merely focus on this issue would be to forget the fact that NATO's military action against Yugoslavia is first of all the result of a unanimous European will, which was apparent at the Berlin summit and which was welcomed and hailed by federalists as the veritable birth of the CFSP. +This should involve a family of nations called on to live side by side in a spirit of trust, with their identities restored and recognised, and with mutual respect. +The proposal endorsed by a majority of the Committee on Transport and Tourism could well trigger a further increase in the costs affecting the transport sector. +The PPE Group has tabled a number of amendments to counter such effects, but so far we have received no support. +Of course, this is not the only way to make this potentially important transport sector more competitive, but I want to make a significant contribution by improving the conditions under which the road legs of combined transport journeys are carried out, not least by reducing the often unreasonably high costs involved. +The present Commission communication is entitled 'Building a framework for action' and it is extremely useful for examining all the issues relating to financial services. +One of the very sensitive issues in this sector relates to supervision and prudential supervision, which is still currently based on the frontiers of a country and the home-rule. +First, we believe that a Commission, even a resigning Commission, must continue the work it has undertaken since such work forms an integral part of the management of daily business. This might seem quite daring in relation to some of the definitions in national public law, but bearing in mind both the urgency and the pressure applied by the Council to complete the work within the deadlines - we have timetables to adhere to - we must see it through to completion. +I would stress that, as far as the possibility of better supervision of financial services at European Union level is concerned, our attention ought to focus on the large financial groupings. +The report that we have drawn up and the amendments that we are putting to you reflect the debate following which the House adopted, in March of this year, a resolution on violence against women. +This is a pivotal area for world stability and I therefore believe that we should vote in favour of a resolution which once again sends a message of support from the European Parliament to the people of East Timor, who have suffered so much from genocide. +Forty-eight political parties are now preparing for the elections, and most of them include political tendencies with the following characteristics: Islamic, nationalist, liberal, supporters of central planning, maintainers of the status quo. +The Indonesian Government must be urged to end support for the paramilitary organisations, to limit the military presence, to restore the rule of law and to bring those responsible to justice and ensure that they are punished. +Unfortunately, we are once again having to call on the Burmese Government to respect the basic rights of the Burmese people in general, and we are again having to condemn the forced displacement of whole villages and the use of forced labour. +At the same time I believe that, in relation to Burma, we shall have to establish, alongside the measures to isolate it, a political strategy, a strategy to promote change, the kind of change the Burmese people also long for. +We must encourage the Commission to use its influence, particularly with Burma's neighbours, to isolate Burma with a view to securing the resignation of the present government and halting the maltreatment of villagers, who are taken away for forced labour or whose entire villages are resettled. +We must encourage and exhort the Council to discontinue any cooperation with the ASEAN states in which Burma is involved, not to integrate Burma into any cooperative ventures in the region and to prevail upon Germany, as the holder of the Council presidency, not to issue any entry visas. +Some hope still remains, since the opposition has stated that it will allow the military nine months to hand back power to a civilian government. +The Commission is currently considering what measures to take following recent events, as the House suggested, and one possibility is that we will propose to the Council that development cooperation should be partially suspended in accordance with Article 366a of the Lomé Convention, with which you are familiar. +Once again we are forced to recognise that Parliament's ambitious aim has met with opposition from the Member States, some of which insist on rejecting the logical consequences of the advent of the single market. +Our farmers simply cannot understand why imports from third countries of genetically modified agricultural products to be used for animal feed are allowed, when we are unsure of the long-term effects of GMOs on the quality of meat. +Its institutions are solidly established and guarantee the rule of law, respect for human rights and respect for and protection of minorities. +Bearing in mind the subsidiarity principle, we feel strongly and unequivocally that the EU should not go beyond setting minimum charges; it is up to the Member State concerned to manage its own rates. The Union should on no account be granted the right to levy taxes. +The report therefore rightly calls for help to be given to projects that are designed to track down victims, such as those who have been abducted and forced into prostitution, and who may be identified from the photographs offered for sale on the Internet by certain criminals. +Therefore, an area to which we believe it would have been more consistent to have applied Article 235 of the Treaty has been encompassed under the heading of 'public health', even though in the final analysis Article 235 allows for powers of action that are not specifically provided for, where Community action proves necessary to achieve one of the Community's objectives. +Traffickers in women run a far lower risk of prosecution than dealers in drugs or weapons, because there is often a lack of evidence that would stand up in court. +The progressive extension to the acceding countries, as has been mentioned by a number of parliamentarians, and the EFTA countries, is vital, given the trans-national dimension of many forms of violence. +We have the opinion of Parliament's legal adviser, amongst other things on the matter of current affairs, and that opinion contains some important points on the question now at issue. +That being the case, even if a direct comparison with the motion of censure does not appear to be indicated, the desire to seek solutions that are in keeping with this principle of parliamentary confidence seems to conform to the spirit of the Treaty. +So, if we have 75 million people over the age of 60 and 42 % of the voters are over 50 years of age, obviously the issues of senior citizens and the elderly are going to be important in campaigning. +I would hope that the Commission will bring forward an action programme on health for elderly people and for the whole Community under Article 137. +The history of the conference on the elderly and their prospects for the 21st century demonstrates the gulf between words and action where senior citizens are concerned. +Work must adapt to people's skills and abilities, rather than insisting that people adapt to the demands of work. +Unless older workers can be trained up for new jobs, we face the threat of age discrimination on the labour market while many sectors are suffering from labour shortages. +The report also fails to consider the potential wealth of knowledge that those over 65 possess and the trend on the labour market to keep more and more people in this category involved in the employment process. +It is highly satisfactory that the report emphasises the enormous potential that older people offer and the need to put this potential to good use. +One deals with the question of guaranteeing an adequate level of income for elderly people. Older women are often considerably worse off than men. +What if we made it compulsory in certain ecologically sensitive areas, for example in Finnish waters, to use products that can be made from agricultural products, such as plastics that can be made from starch and biolubricants that can be made from protein-rich products in the south of Europe? +If we make some concessions to the Americans - as we now apparently should - particularly on the issue of wheat gluten, which is a sector where they are attacking us, and where we have not yet referred the matter to the WTO, we can harbour legitimate concerns. +We have developed organic oils for use in protected water-collection areas, at places such as Lake Constance and other popular tourist destinations where the use of conventional mineral oils would cause severe pollution. +Technological measures, that is, the measures for which the necessary technology exists, are the ones that have essentially caught the attention of Parliament's Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy. +The phenomenon of 'high water' which, when it occurs, floods the historic centre to a depth of roughly half a metre, is now happening about ten times a year and causing growing inconvenience to the inhabitants and, even more so, to the economic activities of Venezia Laguna, the island part of the city. +The Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations has asked for the report by Mrs Miranda de Lage on the cooperation agreement between the European Community and the United Mexican States to be withdrawn from the agenda. +In this instance, the conditions take us back to the 1976 Act, to the provision made for privileges and immunities in primary legislation and from there to the Portuguese constitution and indeed to Portuguese procedural law. +Might it not be the case that in the past - and I hope only in the past - it was more in the interests of the large groups in this House to protect the Commission than to call it to account and strengthen their own Parliament? +Accordingly, the vote to grant discharge was by a simple majority, but the vote to refuse discharge was by an absolute majority. +Madam President, as the chairman, Mr Fayot, mentioned earlier, this report was the result of excellent collaboration between the Commission on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities and the Committee on Budgetary Control. +Madam President, this report from the Employment Committee was originally supposed to deal mainly with a Commission communication on Article 127 of the Treaty of Amsterdam, that is to say with the mainstreaming of employment policies at Community level. +It must contain concrete measures and must get all those involved to make clear commitments - the European Central Bank, the social partners, the ECOFIN Council and the Social Affairs Council. +It is the Council which is dragging its feet on a number of very important issues, for example switching labour costs into environmental and energy taxes, and now it seems that this dossier too is being blocked. +Mr President, the Commission report on current general trends is a qualitative improvement and places special emphasis on employment by stressing the need for real structural changes. +It is as if governments and the social partners could determine economic policy on their own and as if the ECB did not also have a role in supporting economic policy. +Mr President, on behalf of my colleague Mr Flynn, I would like to start by congratulating Mr Menrad for his report and by thanking the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs for its rapid work on the draft resolution. +In Vienna the European Council called for greater synergy between the two processes and the Commission responded to this request with its latest broad economic policy guidelines and its Article 127 communication. +I think you can rest assured since the notion of fiscal harmonisation, as proposed by the Commission and unanimously adopted by the Ecofin Council and as supported, among others, by the rapporteur, Mr Fourçans, is certainly not an advanced notion of harmonisation. +Secondly, the Director is under a specific obligation to inform and call in the competent national judicial authorities if Office staff working on internal investigations come across facts which might relate to matters open to criminal charges. +Happily, in this proposal the Commission abandoned the unreasonable idea of entrusting the responsibility for irregularities and fraud to an external agency with, would you believe it, 48 officials, that is one official to protect an average of EUR 2 billion. +That is why the creation of the new Fraud Investigation Office is a great opportunity for the Community and an important objective of our presidency. +Mr President, Mr Bösch's report and the Commission decision to establish a European fraud prevention office marks the end of a long process starting back in 1995. +The primary aims were to underline the obligations of staff to cooperate in investigations and at the same time to protect the rights of the individual. +The amendments made to the Financial Regulation in November 1998 have enabled financial control to be modernised, in particular as far as the release of unutilised appropriations is concerned. +On procedure, I would like to thank those colleagues in the Committee on Budget Control who have contributed towards this whole discharge process. +It is also the political nature of this report to put the discharge procedure in a broader perspective. +Some requests to the Court of Auditors to participate in certain studies should not be seen as taking away the responsibility of action by the Commission or by Parliament. +But the Court of Auditors has played a very important and useful role in this process between Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +In my capacity as rapporteur, I have received a piece of paper which says that the Bank has in fact lost billions on failed investments and that the money is hidden in the accounts or has been offset. +It is rather funny because if you look back a year or two you will find that the Court of Auditors was criticising officials from Dublin who used the weekend as part of their mission - obviously people like to have a trip home at the same time. +Mr President, I look forward to the day - and I do not think it will be long ahead - when the Court of Auditors is able to give these two agencies a certificate of assurance for 'keeping their noses clean' so to speak and for getting good reports from the Court. +Mr President, Mr President-in-Office, Commissioner, although the Committee on Development and Cooperation has to grant discharge for the European Development Fund each year, it does not have any influence on how this fund is used because it has not so far been integrated into the budget. +If one good thing has come out of the 1996 report, it has been the access which the Committee on Budgetary Control has had to persons and papers. +Postponement is therefore the most appropriate solution technically speaking and in political terms it constitutes something of a peace gesture towards the new Commission. However, it does not dismiss the need for us to remain as vigilant as possible or the need to act with a certain resolve. +It does seem natural to me that this be carried over to the next parliamentary term. However, as rapporteur on the discharge for the Economic and Social Committee for the 1996 financial year, I must stress that discharge cannot be granted until UCLAF has delivered its conclusions on the irregularities detected. +Liberals, who have always taken the rule of law as the cornerstone of their political action, have always based their arguments on the principle that there can be no objection to the texts themselves. +Mr President, firstly I should like to reply to Mr Elles' questions concerning the preparation of the different documents which were based on the programme which Mr Santer presented in January and which was referred to in many of the discharge reports. +The technical consensus-seeking negotiations with the staff organisation have started and also the first political consensus-seeking sessions have taken place. +The next item is the statement by the Commission on the WTO dispute settlement procedure for the dispute between the European Union and the United States. +Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, in this trade war concerning bananas and hormones there is a sting in the tail which, as we all know, affects European businesses and economic sectors which have nothing to do with the sectors involved in the dispute. +This morning in Brussels, before coming here, I held a meeting with representatives of the European textile industry and I understand exactly how serious the situation is for them and for other people who are at the receiving end. +Precisely because this was an experiment, the majority of the Economic Affairs Committee was happy to accept the general criteria and the fact that the scope of the experiment would not be limited to closely defined sectors. +Parliament has suggested that the Commission, in consultation with the European Parliament and, for example, on the basis of opinions prepared by leading experts and in consultation with the national parliaments, might make it possible to revive this institutional dynamic. +Equal opportunities for men and women, for black and white, for people of any colour on the basis of the human dignity of each individual - that is the distinguishing feature of the European Union, its human face. +However, it is not only the radical structural reform of the Commission, for which Parliament has put forward concrete proposals, that is at issue; we also have to recognise that the European Parliament must be reorganised in the same way in order to do justice to its tasks. +One need only think of the confrontation between the United States and Europe over trade in the furs of animals captured by cruel methods, over trade in bananas and hormone-treated meat, and above all over genetically modified organisms, particularly since the collapse of the Cartagena summit on bio-security due to US intransigence. +This followed the fall of the Berlin wall and enlargement to include countries in central and northern Europe. Plans for further enlargement towards the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are now under way. +I believe that the vote for Mr Prodi and the vote for the new College will establish a pact of confidence between Parliament and the Commission that should last for five years. +The other thing I would like to mention today is your task of reforming the Commission's work and working methods - the new business culture. +The fact is that Europe has not been able to embark with sufficient speed on the road to new growth, which involves above all the following new sectors: software, telecommunications and also, harking back to my last speech, what I referred to as the 'life sciences'. +I am hopeful that during the next parliamentary term we will be heard, as my struggle on behalf of honey producers and their high-quality products in Europe and the Community will continue inside or outside Parliament. +The essential features of economic policy are this time extremely vague and unclear, with the result that for the time being we have no choice but to carry on as we are, which is extremely difficult in view of the number of problems we face. +We therefore believe that the military action and the simplistic propaganda must come to an end as quickly as possible. All our energy must be devoted to returning to the search for a political solution. +To achieve this stability pact for the Balkans, whose positive prospects you have outlined Mr Fischer, Europe must have the courage to stop the escalation of military action if it is truly concerned about and has a sense of independence. +The human drama has developed into a disaster, the victims of the hypocritical collateral accidents are increasing, the Rambouillet pretext has disappeared and the autonomy of Kosovo and ethnic rights have not been reestablished. This means that none of the arguments put forward by NATO for this offensive have been validated and none of its initial objectives have been achieved. +We would not wish it on anyone, and certainly not on the Serbian people and Serbian children whose leader's madness has driven them to ruin in the same way as it has hundreds of thousands of others. +What we want to see is a temporary haven for substantial numbers of them in our Member States, together with every possible material assistance to the countries in the region, not least after the crisis is over. +Under our Rules of Procedure we will invite the successful candidate to speak to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy on 21 June so that we may put a recommendation of approval to the July plenary. +I would also say that unless there is interinstitutional change in terms of involving the European Parliament's democratic right of control, then we will have less power of influence over foreign policy than we have had up to now. +The Council lays down the conditions for authorisation and Parliament has the chance to study and discuss them again. There is therefore no need to overreact. +We wanted to have our voice heard and we are now in fact having to square up to a Council which, needless to say, within the space of 48 hours, is presenting us with its own version, the way it, the Council, wants to deal with Members of this House, including allowances, mission expenses and so on. +If a codecision procedure in the sense of Article 189(b) had been intended, the founding fathers of the Amsterdam Treaty would have written that the Article 189(b) procedure applied. +Finally, in spite of everything I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Rothley, for accepting my proposal to allow countries with high rates of income tax to impose an additional tax on top of the EU tax. +MEPs must also be prepared to have their overheads and office costs expense claims checked to ensure that resources have been used according to what has been agreed, as the Council proposes. +We trust that a solution acceptable to Parliament and to the Council will be reached in the near future. Nevertheless, we understand that Parliament has to decide if the Council's present position is acceptable in full or in part and we hope agreement will soon be possible. +The number of staff employed in this office, in proportion to the number of cases they have to deal with, is considerably smaller than that in their counterparts in the Member States. +Up till now, Parliament has reacted reasonably favourably to the proposals of the Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, for addressing the most urgent staffing problems. +My justification for this is as follows. We considered these issues in the Committee on Transport and Tourism last week, but the situation has changed now that the Treaty of Amsterdam has come into force. +There is an urgent need to bring the two distance marketing directives into line with the directive on electronic commerce, as soon as we know what form it will finally take. +If we want a real single market for financial services, consumers and providers must be guaranteed the same rights everywhere in the Union. +As a result, we would be doing the consumer a disservice if, through a sectoral directive, we began to disrupt the balance of the highly complex relations between Community law and the Member States' law, and the principle of subsidiarity has been mentioned in this respect. +But our proposal seems to us to be to the benefit of both business and consumers because both parties would know which rules apply and both parties can be confident that the same marketing rules apply, no matter where the services come from. +A defective product is defined as being non-conforming, and published statements by the manufacturers or distributors in advertising or on the label are included in this definition. +In order to ensure that consumers are not misled, guarantees must contain precise and transparent information, including a statement that a given guarantee does not affect the statutory rights of the consumer. +The directive ensures that Member States must transpose international law by January 2002 and this will create a common set of minimum rules entitling the consumer to redress. +If we look at the timing I am particularly pleased that I am speaking on the final point of this directive at the last part-session of our Parliament - which for me is also the last session, at least on consumer matters. +It is therefore vital to pay more attention to the problems these regions suffer.d)The importance of training is to be highlighted to help citizens protect themselves, even in the event of an environmental emergency. +As you know, and as has also been mentioned, the purpose of this proposal is to ensure the continuation of the current action programme in the field of civil protection, which is based on the Council Decision of 1998 which expires on 31 December 1999. +Amendment No 19 and parts of Amendment No 23 are aimed at increasing the involvement of NGOs in civil protection, which is something I naturally agree with, and so I also accept this in principle because it gives NGOs the opportunity to participate in the exchange of expertise. +The Environment Committee has made its presence felt in the increasingly important area of environmental legislation and I know we will continue to do so. +My colleagues in Parliament wanted this directive, but I think that in this case we should listen to the diabetics' organisations, which have expressed the unanimous opinion that the marketing of and easy access to diabetic products creates a false demand among diabetics. +The result of the Council's compromise, which is to obtain an opinion from the Scientific Committee for Food, will hopefully be that no directive is drawn up. +Hopefully, the next step will be for the EU therefore also to improve the opportunities for organic farmers to produce the necessary products in a competitive way, which is something Agenda 2000 unfortunately does not do. +It should lead us in Parliament to realise that directives of a technical nature may also have a political content which cannot be left to a committee of experts. +I hope that on Thursday, Parliament will adopt the Aglietta report on the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, so that the baby food success story can be followed by many others. +We have therefore abandoned our usual position on this point, although we will still keep to it in the future, unless really strong grounds exist for proceeding only on the basis of the precautionary principle without scientific findings. This means that we will still aim to base our legislative measures on scientific findings. +The Treaty of Amsterdam also changes the procedure itself, and that is less well known, to provide for absolute equality between Parliament and the Council throughout the procedure. +In many ways this was not an easy task, especially as the Council did not always fully understand the importance and complexity of the reforms and because - I believe - it was not sufficiently aware, particularly in the most recent period, that we could not allow certain principles of a free Parliament to be violated. +My group asked for a political assessment and, despite all the criticisms we have made, the work of the various political groups throughout this term of office has been very valuable. +In that regard, and I do not think it is only my group that believes this, your term of office really was successful and you have done this Parliament great services. +In your collective overview which, in my view, was given in accordance with the Rules of Procedure, which you have always strictly abided by and respected, thereby setting us an example to follow, you should have included the fact that this Parliament is coming to the end of its term of office and that it was unable to prevent war taking place on European soil. +The idea of also involving the social partners and the European Central Bank in the future dialogue on fiscal, wages and monetary policy found strong support. +Be it employment, Kosovo, enlargement or the working of the institutions, the European Union must learn to speak with one voice: one voice for the 15 Member States and one voice for the institutions, too. +To put it as briefly as I can, what we need is a highly authoritative document on the intergovernmental conference table, because preparing for the intergovernmental conference in a different way may guarantee safer results in terms of reform. +Madam President, the Treaty of Amsterdam, which can be dubbed the treaty of lost opportunity, only came into force a few days ago and already it needs to have chapters on the institutional issues not resolved in Amsterdam incorporated into it to complete it. +One important ingredient in this programme is the approval and practical application of the recommended measures to be taken within the context of the northern dimension. +Moreover, the Council stated that it was prepared to negotiate at a given time about making up to EUR 200 million available from the budget's flexibility reserve to offset the cost of innovative measures. +Parliament has also succeeded in its call for all the structural measures for fisheries to be brought together under Category 2 and for unified horizontal planning. +Moreover, to accept a statute for Members of the European Parliament would be to change our status from being a matter of international law to being a matter of internal constitutional law. +We have already experimented with the formulas of a lesser role for the state and the blind belief that the rules of competition or liberalisation generate employment. +The European Parliament's endorsement of Mr Prodi as President of the Commission, which I was very happy to vote in favour of, opens up a new era for the European Union at what is a turning point for Europe and the world as a whole. +We have pressed for a transparent system of payments for travel expenses, an equal salary for MEPs from all countries, and a proper method of direct payments for staff. +The new Statute was characterised by strictness and transparency in the rights and duties of all the Members and would have done away, once and for all, with the vagaries and speculation which are the preferred recourse of all those who thereby aim to undermine the value of political action. +But each of our colleagues who voted in favour of the Rothley report will have to shoulder their responsibilities in terms of public opinion and the postponement of the uniform Statute for Members of the European Parliament. +We are absolutely convinced that Members of the European Parliament are elected by the people of the Member States to represent the voters' interest in the EU. +We believe that the central issues of the reform are the standardisation of pay for Members, national taxation and bona fide travel expenses. +What I very much regret about the compromise is the fact that when the directives are implemented it will now be possible for the Member States to introduce a two-month complaint period. +I only hope that many Member States will not make use of the possibility that has now been established of a two-month complaint period. If they do not, the report will be a step in the right direction because it will mean that consumers can have the guarantee extended to two years. +Furthermore, if the WTO were to force the EU into completely liberalising the banana trade, there is absolutely no doubt that sooner or later the support system for Community banana producers would come to an end. +The social aspect is less evident in the trade disputes. Yet unfortunately, the dominant logic today of opening up the markets, where social and environmental rules are disregarded, is systematically damaging this social aspect. +The time has come to base the necessary international trade and liberalisation of the markets on new principles and a framework other than that decreed by the WTO, the GATT or the new transatlantic partnership. +These two examples prove that the GATT agreements that led to the World Trade Organisation harm the interests of the people of the Member States of the European Union. +I am fundamentally opposed to any kind of European army or European police force or to a European defence identity within the EU. +The third was the need for national programmes, and not only regional programmes, to guarantee that the structural policy was consistent with the fleets' multi-annual guidance programmes. +So I want to take this opportunity to specifically congratulate the presidencies of the Council and particularly the German Presidency of the Council on managing to establish a workable run-up to the final spurt. +With the new Objectives 1, 2 and 3 and the Community initiatives Interreg, Leader, EQUAL and URBAN we now have powerful instruments at hand which allow us to make a major contribution to making the regions more competitive and creating jobs. +However, in the wider context, it is important to say today that despite all the misgivings there are about some of the details of the interinstitutional arrangement and the financial perspective, it is better to have something which is slightly inadequate in the view of some but is nevertheless agreed, than to go forward seeking perfection and actually get nothing. +For if it becomes possible to include the accompanying measures, the expenditure on rural areas, under non-compulsory expenditure - which obviously does not mean we do not feel obliged to spend it, but which would give Parliament more say over this increasingly important policy - you will understand our view. +In this way, we could continue along the same lines as our vote in Parliament in January and, at the same time, ensure greater security for our livestock farmers, that is, if the Council and the Commission have the good sense to support us. +I would even go so far as to say that, in handling these proposed reforms, the European Commission - which is the driving force for action in the European Union - has given the impression that it was not very sure where it was heading. +I have listened to the reply given by the President-in-Office. I have listened to the common position expressed by the 15 Member States, which is that the European Union expects Turkey to abide by the regulations in force concerning such serious issues. +Subject: Humanitarian aid to the needy in Ukraine It is reported by reliable sources that, in accordance with the so-called 'law on the protection of domestic commodity production', small packets containing food products, clothing or even medicines are being designated as 'agricultural products' and returned to senders. +Subject: Rising death toll and appalling living conditions in Iraq The President of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, Mrs Sue Wareham, recently claimed that between 4 500 and 6 000 children are dying every month in Iraq of hunger and disease owing to the terrible shortage of food and medicines. +The Council received the Court of Auditors' report on the formation of joint enterprises in the fisheries sector on 9 December 1998. +This Commission proposal contains various provisions aimed at removing the abuses listed in the Court of Auditors' report on the management of joint enterprises. +In regard to interpretation from Swedish in principle, let me say that a Council programme exists, and has also been forwarded to the Swedish Government, on the appointment and training of interpreters in the Swedish language and that this programme is now under way. +Mr President, the State Secretary, Mr Verheugen, is behaving like a true diplomat: he avoids the issue that the President-in-Office is clearly in a position to negotiate with Member States on the matter of the balanced appointment of male and female candidates to the Commission. +The President of the Commission whose appointment you confirmed today has that power, and that President of the Commission, who was also selected on the basis of whether he can effectively assert the rights that he has, is pursuing the aim to which you referred. +Furthermore - and this is the worst element, in my group's view - no means of correcting the existing imbalances between continental and Mediterranean production and between small and large farms has been introduced. +This means intensifying cooperation at all levels with the regional and local authorities and socio-economic operators closest to the evolving situation in the region. +Actually my own country, Italy, is likely to be seriously penalised by the calculation of the Objective 2 ceiling: added to the guaranteed maximum reduction of 33 % there is the reduction caused by the inclusion of the regions coming out of Objective 1. +I am currently examining the effects of the Agenda 2000 package on this region, which is one that is dependent on agriculture, although production conditions are much poorer than in the farming regions of Central Europe. +Others believe that for the countries which are taking part in monetary union, the Cohesion Fund has achieved its objective and has made a fundamental contribution to nominal convergence. +I should also like to add my thanks to the Commission, to the Commissioners present, and all the others who have worked so hard during the period I have been in this Parliament. +We are therefore satisfied with the reform, and I think that the broad agreement on the organisation of the market in wine has been a great achievement for Parliament. +In November I argued for the Community's URBAN initiative to be continued, as the small and medium-sized towns which lie outside the objective areas, areas which are weak and ailing, also have their problems. +Mr President, Commissioners, Mr President-in-Office, I should like to briefly refer to Mr Barón Crespo's report again and to point out that we are preparing ourselves for an enlargement which stands out due to the fact that we now have a number of countries requesting EU membership that we would not have thought possible ten years ago. +However the current formulas devised by the negotiators would be acceptable to the Commission provided that there is no double safety net or contrefilet which would give the Council the means of rejecting a proposed executive measure. +I must commend Mr Hughes, the chairman of the committee. The intensity of this discussion on health and safety has been led through that chair. +The Commission therefore considers that the amendments proposed by the European Parliament are essential for the establishment of a strong, coherent prevention strategy against the risks arising from explosive atmospheres. +Secondly, there has been a lack of transparency, a lack of participation and a lack of information. And lastly, there is no mechanism for monitoring the environmental and social clauses or the democracy clause. +Mr President, since I came to this House in 1994, Parliament has been very clear about the fact that the future of the European Union is at stake here, in this area bordering the third pillar, in this area of rights and freedoms. +To conclude, I should like to mention two aspects that the German Presidency has agreed will come under the first pillar: the protection of personal data and the issuing of visas. +One very important and very dangerous element is Amendment No 63, in which Mr Glante proposes reopening the question of exempting activities definable as broadcasting. +It would be very unfortunate if the European Parliament were to appear to be less liberal than the Commission, bearing in mind that we are talking of a very high technology, fast-moving area where Europe is in very grave danger of falling further and further behind the United States. +I believe it ill behoves us as legislators to legitimise a practice which allows advertisers to invite themselves to use other people's telephone bills and to use Internet provider infrastructure to pay for their marketing. +Mr President, forecasts suggest that, within just a few years, 500 million people will be on the Internet. +Mr President, at its meeting on Monday, which was authorised by you and was properly convened, the Committee on Budgets took its basic decision on the adoption or rejection of the interinstitutional agreement. +Misunderstandings by the Commission and the Council threatened to undermine the result of painstaking work, with the risk of reducing negotiations to a trial of strength between the institutions. +To ease the burden caused by the four Member States that benefit from the Cohesion Fund, payments were also made to other Member States, including France, to cover the cost of the convergence criteria. +All of the French members of the Europe of Nations Group voted against the legislative resolution, bearing out the Berlin agreement on this point. +Mr President, like many people from France and other European countries, we are appalled by the increase in the exodus of Albanians from Kosovo and by the parallel escalation in NATO bombing. +The war in Yugoslavia, which is hypocritically and euphemistically referred to as a 'humanitarian war'(!!!), has caused major civilian losses and has exacerbated the tragedy of the refugees. +Sadly, violence seems to be rising throughout the region and reports of yet another massacre this week by the Indonesian army confirm once again its reputation for ruthless violence. +This issue has been addressed here many times during this parliamentary term and it has perhaps been one of the international policy and human rights issues most frequently raised in Parliament. +We must also reiterate our condemnation of those countries which hypocritically hail human rights but do not hesitate to carry on selling arms to a regime guilty of genocide. +If an impartial military force cannot be guaranteed in Timor, the real choice in the referendum will not be between autonomy and independence, but between integration and staying alive. +You asked whether or not the European Parliament would participate as an observer during the referendum, as it usually does. In principle, this issue will have to be resolved by the Council of Ministers, which will determine how we should participate under the framework of the United Nations and with respect for the terms of the agreement between Indonesia and Portugal. +Also, Mr Mendes Bota - as you and other Members highlighted, particularly Mr Newens - we do of course share your concern over the continued presence of armed militias. These militias are obviously interfering in the political process that is to lead to the referendum. +Assuming that the parties involved show the political will needed to make progress, the European Union will continue to help them by facilitating the resolution of all outstanding matters. +The conditions are therefore in place for launching an offensive that will undoubtedly not be the final step, but which could be a decisive move towards the definitive abolition of the death penalty in the world. +It is disgraceful - and a crime against fundamental human rights - that people can be sentenced to up to 20 years in gaol for having engaged in homosexual relations. +Unfortunately this is just one aspect of the ethnic and political oppression which has deprived most of this country's people of their basic rights. +I would point out that the Horn of Africa is devastated by conflicts of every type; it is up to the Djibouti authorities to decide whether to let their country plunge into violence, instability and lawlessness or, on the other hand, to rebuild the conditions necessary for coexistence on new foundations. +I think Article 5 should be borne in mind because if, first and foremost, the specific situation of political prisoners and, more generally, the human rights situation are not improved, the application of this article and the measures which derive from it is an option worth considering. +As Mrs Maes said, I think that we should indeed take advantage of the recent election of the new President, Mr Guelleh, in order to define the Union's position very clearly and firmly and to indicate that we will see to it that the famous Article 5 is applied very soon. +Actions by individual politicians and countries are important, but only a collective effort on the part of the Union can bring something good out of this difficult and troubled time. +The International Atomic Energy Agency formulates minimum technical safety standards for nuclear plants which even nuclear power stations in the third world could satisfy. +The applicant countries are the weaker party in relations with the Union, and I do not think I need to remind anyone here that it is one of the most difficult tasks in politics to ensure that justice is done to the weaker party. +We can therefore approve the common resolution submitted today, paying particular attention to environmental protection standards, which are, moreover, the only way of guaranteeing that public health is protected. +During the conciliation process Parliament also had the opportunity to send a political message to the Commission on another matter that was being dealt with. This too demonstrates the strength of the codecision procedure. +In the first proposal, the number of compulsory variables to be provided in declarations was reduced, and in the second, the nomenclature of products used to classify traded goods was simplified. +When insolvencies occur, however, the confusing legal situation with, at present, 15 different bankruptcy systems creates great scope for manipulation, generates enormous costs in complicated proceedings and makes it extremely difficult to ensure that the assets are fairly distributed among the creditors. +If it is possible to monitor communications in such a manner you will be able to tell where a person is, when they are there, what sites they are consulting, what electronic messages they are sending, what electronic payments they are making, basically you will know everything about a person's private life. +The resolution simply aims to harmonise the technical standards, which we need to do in order to use telephone tapping to prevent organised crime. +Virtual bank accounts can be used to collect extortion money: a blackmailer sets up a virtual bank account and has the money paid into it, and if access cannot be monitored, he cannot be held responsible or brought to account. +The development of Internet telecommunications must not affect the Member States' ability to fight crime and maintain national security. +Madam President, in January I submitted an urgent written question to the Council about five Angolan MPs who were imprisoned last December without charge and without trial. The legal period of nine days allowed in Angola had expired by then. +This was why we made such a push last year for the 1999 budget, and thanks to all those colleagues who recognised how important it was for the European Union to take part in Hanover, particularly in the year 2000, it was voted through. +But it was not too late, because the European Union will be in one of the Expo General Commissariat's pavilions and will have an excellent position at the head of the European Boulevard near the Plaza. +It is important to present an image of Europe for inward consumption, for the Union's own citizens, but also outwardly, for visitors from around the globe. +The organisers, under the leadership of the Expo Commissioner General, are committed to presenting current and future options on how to achieve a balanced and harmonious coexistence of the theme's three elements. +I am, nevertheless, very grateful for the opportunity that this occasion affords me to welcome each of you very warmly to this Assembly, of which I have had the honour of being a Member for several years now, although most of my experience comes from my many years as a Member of the national parliament of my country, Italy. +As I recall, the Rules of Procedure prohibit any discussion while the oldest Member is in the Chair, which is not strictly related to the procedures for the election of the President or to the verification of his credentials. +Annex I of our Rules of Procedure, Article 1, paragraph 2, states that before a Member may be validly nominated as an office-holder of Parliament, he or she must have duly completed the declaration of financial interests. +Having been elected President of our Assembly today, you also hold this political balance between institutions which is necessary for a clearly-defined future, for a shared undertaking on Europe, for internal reform and for the whole Assembly. +Madam President, I can assure you here and now, and I shall say it again this evening when, in this same Chamber I officially present the programme that Finland intends to adopt while it holds the presidency, that our goal is a closer system of co-operation between Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +I tested it myself this morning, using all the paths provided and signposted by means of all the symbols normally used for this sort of information. +At the beginning of the German Presidency, the European Union took a historic step when it introduced the single currency, i.e. the euro. +The democratic imperative has become evident from the conflict surrounding the resignation of the Commission, during which the fundamental issues of transparency, democratic control and the legitimacy of European dealings have been raised. +On behalf of our group, I should like, Mr Foreign Minister, to address a word of thanks and recognition to you on an expressly personal note, for having championed human rights with such dedication and commitment, even to the point of sustaining physical injury. +The failure of the German President-in-Office of the Council and the Finance Minister to attend the launch of the euro is another case in point. +Mr Poettering asked what would have happened if the decisions taken under the German Presidency had been taken under a Presidency of his political persuasion. +The German Presidency faced extraordinarily difficult circumstances and we believe that it passed the acid test well; a faltering European Commission which had at last to face facts and which resigned, but which in so doing also afforded a clear view of Europe's major institutional shortcomings. +Notwithstanding the ambiguous waverings of certain governments, the weight of the European Union was irrelevant for the purposes of military action and Europe was seen to have no autonomous will, even with respect to the Alliances. +I believe that the subsequent and essential stages will depend on this question if we want to realise the contents of the provisions of Chapter J IV of the Treaty of Maastricht. +So I appeal to all of you who have spoken here in favour of a preventative peace policy, to fight for the long-term success of the Stability Pact, because that would indeed be drawing the right conclusions from the war in Kosovo, the Yugoslavian wars of succession. +Madam President, President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, our group is set to assess the Commission on the basis of the tasks before us, the hearings and the presentation of the whole programme announced for September. +I have found grounds for reassurance, if that be needed, in the fundamental approach which you have laid out, particularly - if you do not mind me saying so - with regard to institutional matters and I therefore have confidence in the action you intend to take and the approach you have indicated for the Commission. diff --git a/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-source.txt b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-source.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..32d66e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-source.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10000 @@ +A4-0149/99 del Sr. Donner, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, sobre el Informe periódico de la Comisión sobre los progresos realizados por Estonia en la vía de la adhesión (COM(98)0705 - C4-0110/99).-A4-0154/99 del Sr. von Habsburg, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, sobre el Informe periódico de la Comisión sobre los progresos realizados por Hungría en la vía de la adhesión (COM(98)0700 - C4-0113/99).-A4-0151/99 del Sr. Speciale, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, sobre el Informe periódico de la Comisión sobre los progresos realizados por Eslovenia en la vía de la adhesión (COM(98)0709 - C4-0112/99).-A4-0157/99 del Sr. Carnero González, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, sobre el Informe periódico de la Comisión sobre los progresos realizados por la República Checa en la vía de la adhesión (COM(98)0708 - C4-0111/99).-A4-0148/99 de la Sra. Hoff, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, sobre el Informe periódico de la Comisión sobre los progresos realizados por Polonia en la vía de la adhesión (COM(98)0701 - C4-0109/99).-A4-0159/99 del Sr. Bertens, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, sobre el Informe periódico de la Comisión sobre los progresos realizados por Chipre en la vía de la adhesión (COM(98)0710 - C4-0108/99).-A4-0165/99 de la Sra. Malone, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, sobre el Informe que actualiza el dictamen de la Comisión sobre la solicitud de adhesión de Malta a la Unión Europea (COM(99)0069 - C4-0163/99)-A4-0123/99 de la Sra. Myller, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor, sobre la Comunicación de la Comisión al Consejo, al Parlamento Europeo, al Comité Económico y Social, al Comité de las Regiones y a los países candidatos de la Europa central y oriental relativa a las estrategias de adhesión en materia de medio ambiente: Aceptar el reto de la ampliación a los países candidatos de Europa Central y Oriental (COM(98)0294 - C4-0380/98). +No he votado a favor de las resoluciones finales relativas a la reforma de la PAC por las siguientes razones: 1. no garantiza un reequlibrio interno entre los diferentes componentes de la PAC ni una mayor equidad entre agricultores, producciones y territorios; 2. no contribuye a la cohesión económica y social del medio rural europeo: no se han creado mecanismos de ponderación de las productividades a fin de favorecer las agriculturas de rendimientos más bajos, contrariamente a lo aprobado por el Parlamento Europeo; 3. no presenta ninguna medida especial de apoyo a los pequeños agricultores, que son los más vulnerables y corren el mayor riesgo de abandono; 4. no refuerza suficientemente la política de desarrollo rural, por lo que no garantiza la aplicación práctica del modelo europeo de agricultura y de multifuncionalidad con él asociado; 5. no defiende la agricultura europea ante las negociaciones de la nueva ronda de la Organización Mundial del Comercio; 6. no aborda la resolución de los principales problemas de la agricultura portuguesa: no se han aumentado las cuotas estratégicas, como el regadío o el bovino o el ovino; no se ha conseguido aumentar la productividad de referencia para los cereales y las oleaginosas; no se ha conseguido financiación comunitaria para la reestructuración del sector lechero; 8. por último, porque ésta ha sido una reforma del status quo , sin valor político, incapaz de preparar la agricultura europea para los imperativos mayores que plantea la mundialización y para que sea más favorable a los agricultores y las agriculturas más eficientes. +El Parlamento, de hecho: - se opuso al condicionamiento del Fondo de Cohesión al Pacto de Estabilidad, porque cree que el Fondo de Cohesión ha de ser considerado a todos los efectos un instrumento estructural; - consideraba que el Fondo de Cohesión debía someterse a las mismas normas sobre asociación que se aplican en los Fondos estructurales y que sus operaciones se planificaran, junto con las operaciones estructurales, dentro de un marco integrado en el que intervinieran las administraciones regionales y locales; el Parlamento deseaba asimismo que en el Fondo de Cohesión se tuviera en cuenta del mismo modo que en los Fondos estructurales la integración de temas horizontales como el empleo y la igualdad de oportunidades; - pidió que los recursos del Fondo de Cohesión en los ámbitos del transporte y la movilidad se utilizaran para financiar proyectos que mejoraran la cohesión regional e interregional, la interoperabilidad y la intermodalidad, y que en el ámbito del medio ambiente se utilizaran además para financiar proyectos destinados a mantener y recuperar la biodiversidad y a preservar las reservas naturales; - subrayó la importancia de poder agrupar pequeños proyectos en una entidad mayor y solicitó, por lo tanto, que en torno al 5 % de la dotación financiera total se pusiera a disposición de proyectos de este tipo. +Podemos estar orgullosos de los resultados en cuatro ámbitos concretos: el acuerdo universal sobre la prioridad absoluta del desempleo y la misión del Fondo Social de apoyar la estrategia europea para el empleo; en segundo lugar, la confirmación de la estructura temática de la regulación de los fondos y el alcance de los cinco ámbitos políticos, que abarcan desde las políticas activas para el mercado de trabajo, pasando por la inclusión social, la formación a lo largo de toda la vida y la adaptabilidad, hasta la acción positiva en favor de las mujeres; en tercer lugar, hemos mantenido y reforzado el compromiso de apoyar a las organizaciones no gubernamentales y de luchar contra la exclusión social -compartimos la opinión de que el Reglamento debe obligar a los Estados miembros a proporcionar pequeñas ayudas, mediante modalidades de acceso especiales, a las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las asociaciones locales; en cuarto lugar, una vez más con apoyo del Parlamento, hemos reforzado las disposiciones relativas a la igualdad de oportunidades y al principio mainstreaming del Reglamento. +Eso es lo que hemos votado y me felicito de que, después de muchas reuniones, después de muchas negociaciones, nuestras propuestas convergen con el punto de vista del Consejo, principalmente en el plano estructural, donde se acepta el principio del derecho al crecimiento: los cultivos vitivinícolas que tengan un mercado en desarrollo podrán obtener derechos suplementarios; principalmente en lo que se refiere a la duración de esos derechos de plantación, que se ha prolongado con el fin de preservar el descanso necesario para el suelo; en lo que se refiere a las medidas estructurales relativas a la renovación y rejuvenecimiento de las cepas -hemos conseguido que se conceda una ayuda-; en lo que respecta a las cooperativas se han aportado pocas modificaciones, simplemente un acuerdo que permite suprimir las medidas relativas a la extensión de su poder y reservar, sólo para sus miembros, las misiones que se les han asignado; en lo que respecta al reconocimiento de profesiones de un ámbito común también, concediéndoles un estatuto jurídico precisado en el derecho comunitario con el fin de evitar que los Estados miembros no productores lo pongan en duda; en las prácticas enológicas también el mantenimiento de los métodos tradicionales ha sido reconocido; en materia de etiquetado se ha aprobado una disposición directa de etiquetado. +Es decir que, aun cuando podemos acoger con gran satisfacción que la Unión Europea se disponga a crear algo así como las condiciones para la construcción de un modelo europeo de pólderes en el ámbito de la política económica y de empleo, debemos advertir, no obstante, contra el riesgo que supondría que esta construcción no vaya acompañada a la vez también de un contenido, o sea, de la modificación de la orientación de la política económica, y concretamente de una política económica orientada a conceder efectivamente prioridad a un empleo más duradero y razonable, una política económica que retome el tema de la redistribución del trabajo, una política económica que también vuelva a incluir efectivamente dentro de sus perspectivas las tareas necesarias en el ámbito de la promoción de la sostenibilidad, del cumplimiento del compromiso de Río, de la solidaridad en las relaciones con los vecinos europeos y en el contexto de su estabilización, en contraposición a la política económica entendida como una especie de agregación de la micropolítica de las grandes empresas, tal como ha ocurrido durante los últimos veinte años con los resultados negativos ya conocidos y previsibles que ahora sufre toda Europa. +Enuncio los puntos muy brevemente: la reforma del procedimiento presupuestario, con la puesta al día del mismo; la extensión de la codecisión presupuestaria; la integración de las instituciones periféricas en el sistema comunitario; la consolidación de las perspectivas financieras en forma de un auténtico programa financiero a medio plazo; la reforma del sistema de recursos propios con el fin de asegurar la autonomía y la eficacia financiera de la Unión, por una parte, y la transparencia del presupuesto comunitario, por otra, lo cual supone que haya codecisión en torno a la determinación del nivel global de recursos propios; la introducción de la posibilidad de disponer de instrumentos fiscales a escala europea; la posibilidad de que la autoridad presupuestaria intervenga todos los años en relación con la mezcla de las diferentes categorías de ingresos; y la extensión de la codecisión legislativa y la toma de decisiones por mayoría cualificada a los reglamentos financieros en todos los programas o instrumentos que conlleven gastos comunitarios, a los reglamentos de la PAC y a todo acto que cree una agencia ejecutiva. +Los objetivos de esta propuesta son los siguientes: garantizar la existencia del derecho a la información y la consulta regulares de los trabajadores sobre los progresos económicos y estratégicos de la empresa y sobre las decisiones que les afectan en todos los Estados miembros de la Unión; consolidar el diálogo social y la relación de confianza en el ámbito de la empresa a fin de contribuir a la previsión de los riesgos, el desarrollo de la flexibilidad y de la organización del trabajo en el marco de la seguridad, la promoción y la sensibilización de los trabajadores en cuanto a la necesidad de adaptaciones; incluir la situación y la promoción del empleo en la empresa en los asuntos de información y consulta; garantizar que los trabajadores sean informados y consultados antes de que se adopten decisiones que podrían suponer cambios sustanciales de la organización del trabajo y de las relaciones contractuales; garantizar la eficacia de dicho procedimiento introduciendo sanciones específicas contra aquellos que incumplen seriamente dichas obligaciones en estos sectores. +Por lo que respecta a la evolución del proceso político, estamos siguiendo activamente la estrategia de mantener la presión sobre Belgrado, una presión encaminada a conseguir el cumplimiento de los cinco puntos que la Unión Europea fue la primera en adoptar, entre todas las organizaciones internacionales, que luego fueron asumidos por la OTAN y que el Secretario General de la ONU ha adoptado como base de su propia posición, a saber: el regreso de todos los deportados, el regreso de todos los refugiados, su regreso sin restricciones a un entorno seguro en Kosovo, garantizado por una fuerza internacional de paz, destacada en aplicación de una resolución de las Naciones Unidas basada en el fundamento del Capítulo VII, con un núcleo central de fuerzas de la OTAN y una considerable participación de la misma, pero en la que también participarían Rusia, Ucrania y países neutrales, acompañados de la retirada simultánea de las fuerzas de combate y también de las fuerzas paramilitares y de la policía especial de la República Federal de Yugoslavia y del Estado serbio como parte de la misma. +¿Qué magníficos desafíos podría usted afrontar en nombre de los Quince? Imponerse como actor al cien por cien en Oriente Próximo para contribuir a fijar una paz justa y duradera, ahora posible; relanzar las negociaciones de Lomé sobre nuevas bases que integren las preocupaciones de nuestros 71 socios del sur, con el fin de salvar el espíritu de esta Convención única en el mundo; hacer que se oiga una voz diferente con respecto a las instituciones financieras internacionales, por ejemplo en favor de la anulación de la deuda de los países hoy bloqueados en su desarrollo por este mecanismo infernal; lanzar una verdadera cruzada internacional en favor del desarme, en particular el nuclear, en unos momentos de enorme peligro de proliferación; convertirse en portavoz, en portaestandarte de una revalorización del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, del respeto por su Carta, por la promoción de un tipo de relaciones internacionales civilizadas que destierren para siempre la guerra como medio para resolver las diferencias y en lo inmediato, por favor, que ponga fin de otra forma que no sea mediante comunicados formales a la inercia insoportable de la Unión en la guerra salvaje de Chechenia. +5.El Informe Garot, en el que la competencia y la tenacidad del ponente han permitido salvaguardar, en parte, el sector de la carne de vacuno, sobre todo con respecto a las vacas nodrizas, que conservan el paisaje, estructuran las producciones rurales, garantizan unos ingresos a las producciones de calidad sin hormonas y protegen el medio ambiente.6.El Informe Martin, en cuyo caso mis colegas y yo mismo hemos modificado profundamente el texto de la propuesta en un sentido favorable al conjunto de la cadena de producción del sector vitivinícola -algunos interesados así nos lo han dicho-, concretamente en lo concerniente a la definición del vino, a la prohibición de elaborar vinos europeos con mostos importados de terceros países y al mantenimiento de las prácticas enológicas tradicionales y, por lo tanto, de la calidad que sirve de base a nuestra identidad cultural europea.7.El Informe Fantuzzi relativo a determinados cultivos herbáceos, aunque el tratamiento que se da a los productos oleaginosos y proteaginosos aún dista mucho de ser satisfactorio.Estoy persuadida de que los agricultores y los consumidores europeos comprenderán, pues, el sentido de mi voto, y serán conscientes de las luchas que todavía están pendientes para que la construcción europea tenga un futuro en este ámbito. +Así, voy a referir muy brevemente la decisión que se acaba de tomar hace pocos días para la aplicación del proyecto sobre los risk capital, sobre las inversiones de capital de alto riesgo, que la semana pasada aprobó la Comisión y que son una herramienta importante, principalmente para las nuevas empresas pequeñas, las medidas para fomentar la innovación interfronteriza; las medidas para promocionar la movilidad de los asalariados mediante la trasferencia de sus derechos y de sus pensiones; programas especiales para su formación y, por supuesto, la cantidad excepcional de los fondos estructurales para el objetivo 3, al que pertenecen todos los países, una cantidad del orden de 24.000 millones de euros para los próximos siete años, que por medio del objetivo 3 y por medio de los programas de los fondos estructurales y, naturalmente, por medio de la estrategia para el empleo, pueden estructurarse políticas nacionales y políticas conectadas a nivel europeo que conciernen a la empleabilidad, la operatividad, la adaptabilidad de las empresas y de los trabajadores. +1.El Informe Görlach no permite, en su estado actual, con una dotación presupuestaria demasiado escasa, aplicar una verdadera política de desarrollo rural, a pesar de ser más que nunca necesaria para garantizar un futuro digno y sostenible a las zonas rurales de la UE (80 % del territorio de la UE).2.El Informe Mulder recuerda en un considerando la posibilidad de la cofinanciación, que nosotros hemos combatido porque significaría, a la larga, la desintegración de la PAC y de los objetivos del Tratado.3.El Informe Graefe zu Baringdorf no ha permitido presentar un mecanismo coherente de reorientación y de fijación de límites máximos de las ayudas agrícolas según criterios sociales y medioambientales, y el propio ponente, tras las enmiendas aprobadas en comisión, probablemente no reconozca un texto enmendado, tan diferente del original.4.En cuanto al Informe Goepel sobre la leche, éste garantizaba, naturalmente, el mantenimiento de cierto statu quo , pero establecía la posibilidad de suprimir las cuotas lecheras.En cambio, he votado a favor de los informes en los que la posición firme del Parlamento había hecho retroceder significativamente la intransigencia o la inadecuación de las propuestas de la Comisión: +Entre tanto, como la Asamblea está al tanto, las principales características de la posición común logradas en la presente directiva son la fijación de una tasa mínima del impuesto por vehículo a los niveles de la directiva existente y sin diferenciación de acuerdo con Euroclass, el mantenimiento de determinadas medidas de transición sobre los impuestos de los vehículos, el establecimiento de tipos máximos de tasas por la utilización de las carreteras con una estructura diferenciada tal como lo propone el Consejo, la disposición de un poder habilitante de modo que los tipos de peajes puedan diferenciarse según la clase de emisiones del vehículo y la hora del día de utilización de la carretera, la disposición destinada a Austria de aplicar un peaje en relación con el coste de la infraestructura en el tramo que va de Kufstein a Brenner y la disposición de un 50 % de reducción de las tasas por la utilización de las carreteras para vehículos registrados en Grecia. +Un acontecimiento como Tampere, que despertó tantas expectativas, podría parecer un fin en sí mismo, pero sólo es el comienzo de un proceso. La Comisión cree, no obstante, que Tampere transmitió el mensaje adecuado a muchas audiencias: a nuestros ciudadanos, en primer lugar, que un tema prioritario para sus intereses personales también gana importancia entre las prioridades políticas de la Unión; a las administraciones nacionales, que no hay vuelta atrás y que sus propios Jefes de Gobierno se han comprometido a introducir mejoras, incluidas las mejoras institucionales del Tratado de Amsterdam, y a trabajar como es debido; al mundo de la delincuencia, que la Unión está movilizando todo su potencial para combatir sus actividades que son una amenaza para nuestra libertad y nuestro bienestar, e incluso para nuestros regímenes democráticos; y por último, al mundo exterior, que una Unión interiormente segura no significa una Unión fortaleza y que nuestros compromisos con aquellos que necesitan protección son sagrados. +Aquí se encuentran informes sobre una resolución de directiva de la Comisión Europea que impone a los Estados miembros que adopten las medidas necesarias para que ninguna sociedad de telecomunicaciones relevante en el mercado pueda explotar su red de televisión por cable a través de la misma persona jurídica o sobre el proyecto de un amplio proyecto de ley francesa sobre la sociedad de la información que, entre otras cosas, quiere regular las cuestiones relacionadas con el empleo libre de claves, la fiabilidad en el tráfico de datos, de la protección de los derechos de autor o las necesarias instancias de regulación; o también, sobre las últimas sentencias del Tribunal Europeo de Justicia sobre los Derechos Humanos, con los que se han rechazado 13 demandas contra Turquía, si bien el Tribunal en once de los trece casos siguió a los demandantes reconociendo violaciones del derecho de libre expresión de opinión. +Ahora bien, de concesión en concesión, nos encontramos en el día de hoy, en nombre de la lógica del hierro del pacto de estabilidad presupuestaria, en primer lugar con unas estimaciones y unas necesidades financieras para la reconstrucción de Kosovo que han caído misteriosamente de 500 millones de euros -cifra adelantada por la Comisión, el Banco Mundial, los Estados miembros y los medios de comunicación- a 420, después a unos 300 millones; en segundo lugar frente a una reducción de los créditos que habíamos votado para Timor oriental al igual que para las víctimas del terremoto de Turquía, en tercer lugar ante los recortes en los créditos asignados a la cooperación, a la ayuda alimentaria, a la ayuda a Palestina y a los países del sur del Mediterráneo, al programa Tacis para Europa del Este, al apoyo a los derechos humanos y finalmente, enfrentados a recortes de un total de unos 2 millardos para los créditos de pago. +Como cuarto punto, las cifras globales también son, obviamente, indicativas del trabajo realizado por las comisiones y, en particular, por los ponentes, y yo quisiera agradecer, por tanto, muy sinceramente en nombre de la Comisión el informe del Sr. Virrankoski sobre los proyectos de presupuesto para el Parlamento Europeo, el Consejo, el Tribunal de Justicia, el Tribunal de Cuentas, y el Comité Económico Social y el Comité de las Regiones, el informe del Sr. Pittella sobre el proyecto de presupuesto operativo de la Comunidad Europea del Carbón y del Acero, y también muy especialmente el informe del Sr. Bourlanges. Éste demuestra una vez más que es un excelente ponente y un maestro en la presentación de propuestas muy "sofisticadas" . +Por otro lado, el propósito manifestado por la Comisión -y que también es digno de beneplácito- de elaborar informes anuales sobre las relaciones de la Unión Europea con Macao no debería dispensar al Parlamento Europeo de prestar, a su vez, la mayor atención a ese asunto, muy en particular siguiendo regularmente su evolución a partir del 20 de diciembre, estrechando a ese respecto el intercambio de informaciones y cooperación interinstitucionales, creando su propio grupo de contacto, de vinculación mutua, analizando y debatiendo los informes periódicos que se le presenten, apreciando, por último, la evolución de todos los aspectos de la coyuntura relacionada con Macao con vistas a las transformaciones de las relaciones internacionales en el Extremo Oriente y de los cambios que se anuncian en esa zona, sin olvidar las situaciones nuevas que puede entrañar la entrada de China en la OMC y la evolución y/o modificación cualitativa de sus relaciones con los Estados Unidos de América. +Tengo que decir, señor Presidente, que hemos conseguido una serie de objetivos importantes en este terreno: por una parte, la misma Comisión se enmendó a sí misma, modificando su proyecto inicial, modificando incluso el título del reglamento en la línea que solicitábamos; y por otra parte, entre las dos lecturas hemos celebrado una serie de reuniones con la Presidencia del Consejo que, a mi juicio, han sido positivas en la medida en que hemos podido desarrollar los criterios en relación con la aplicación del programa PHARE, que es básico de cara a la organización y al refuerzo institucional de estos países, a la inclusión de criterios políticos en relación con la democracia y con el fortalecimiento de la sociedad civil, en una palabra, de cara al refuerzo de estas sociedades. +B4-0461/99 de los diputados Swoboda y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0473/99 de los diputados Dupuis y otros, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europea-B4-047/99 del diputado Manisco, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica-B4-0480/99 del diputado Cars, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0496/99 de los diputados Lenz, Soulier y Oomen-Ruijten, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0502/99 de los diputados Aglietta y Orlando, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre la pena de muerte y el establecimiento de una moratoria universal de la ejecución de penas capitales; +Más allá de esta resolución, insistiré en cuatro puntos: el mantenimiento de las restricciones respecto a la circulación de vehículos pesados y su armonización sobre la base de las restricciones actualmente más extendidas; en segundo lugar, una acción más enérgica en cuanto a la reducción de las horas de trabajo y de conducción de los camioneros; en tercer lugar, la consolidación de una prioridad del transporte ferroviario de flete en las zonas de montaña y en las zonas de riesgo; en cuarto lugar, la necesidad de emprender una acción decidida con miras a la cooperación de las sociedades ferroviarias a fin de armonizar las normas, los materiales y la formación del personal. +. (SV) En el plan de acción común que la UE y EE.UU. firmaron en Madrid el 3 de diciembre de 1995, se señalan bajo el título "Reacción frente a amenazas globales" el aumento de la colaboración en la lucha contra el comercio ilícito con drogas, las medidas de cooperación entre las autoridades americanas competentes y Europol, la colaboración para dar apoyo al programa de drogas de la ONU, la coordinación de programas de desarrollo alternativos para combatir la elaboración de estupefacientes y la creación de canales de cooperación entre órganos comunitarios como, por ejemplo, el Centro Europeo para el Control de Drogas y Toxicomanías y la Comisión Interamericana para el control de drogodependencias. +Para finalizar, señor Presidente, señor Comisario, si la Comisión Europea desea realmente contribuir al desarrollo del sector naval en Europa, le basta con defender claramente el principio del comercio justo durante las negociaciones de la OMC, dejar a los Estados miembros la libertad de intervenir directamente en este sector estratégico para reorientar tecnológicamente algunos astilleros hacia segmentos de mercado con futuro, favorecer la cooperación entre las empresas para contribuir a mejorar la eficacia global de cada uno de nuestros tipos de astilleros y, por último, en el marco de la política común de pesca, adoptar las decisiones que sean necesarias para posibilitar una renovación controlada de nuestra flota pesquera, la perpetuación de la experiencia de nuestros astilleros y la vitalidad, señor Presidente, de nuestras regiones marítimas dependientes de la pesca. +Después del amplio debate interno celebrado en abril de 1997, afirmamos en una conferencia de prensa la necesidad de reformar el sistema de subsidios, la defensa de un planteamiento global, garantizando la máxima transparencia y un mayor control de todos los gastos, que, en caso de que alguno de los subsidios de viaje debiera servir para compensar algo, se deberían pagar sólo los viajes efectivamente hechos y por el valor correspondiente a lo que efectivamente cuestan, la consideración de la distancia y del tiempo de traslado mediante un escalonamiento en el subsidio de estancia con un nuevo instrumento apropiado; los diputados al Parlamento Europeo no deben recibir emolumentos iguales, sino que deben estar en consonancia con las situaciones salariales de los Estados miembros de origen de sus representantes elegidos. +perfeccionamiento de las normas y de la organización financiera; -renovación de los niveles superiores de la administración parlamentaria e introducción de nuevos sistemas de promoción y de movilidad a todos los niveles; -aumento de la presencia de mujeres en los puestos de dirección, aunque no todavía en la proporción que a mí me hubiera gustado poder realizar; -reglamentación de la transparencia en las decisiones administrativas, a petición del Defensor del Pueblo; -recopilación y clarificación de las normas existentes para que, a partir de ahora, diputados y funcionarios sepan cuales son sus derechos y obligaciones, según reglas claras que eviten el arbitrismo o el favor al amigo.También se ha conseguido resolver de manera satisfactoria los problemas técnicos y de financiación relativos a nuestros edificios de Bruselas, culminando así el empeño de mis predecesores por dotar a los diputados de instalaciones más funcionales y concentradas. +Señor Presidente, tomo nota y comprendo el punto de vista del comité en sus consideraciones finales acerca de que no hay una única medida que pueda tratar el problema de la mentalidad, pero creo que una amplia y clara estrategia de reforma, unos mecanismos efectivos para calcular e insistir vigorosamente en la consecución de objetivos, la calidad del servicio público y la valoración del dinero, el entrenamiento vocacional en las técnicas y la ética de la gestión, una promoción estrictamente meritocrática, unos procedimientos disciplinarios justos firmes y fiables, el énfasis continuo en el profesionalismo y la probidad en el colegio y en los servicios pueden moldear la mentalidad. +Este Parlamento ha tomado una posición muy clara, ya que ha pronosticado que, antes de la ampliación, se han de realizar obligatoriamente algunas grandes reformas institucionales si queremos evitar que Europa se convierta única y exclusivamente en una gran zona de librecambio, presa de una extraordinaria capacidad de indecisión por un reglamento y por unas reglas internas obsoletas. Ha indicado asimismo que no bastan las decisiones sobre la votación por mayoría y la composición de la Comisión para dar un nuevo impulso y una nueva fuerza a Europa, sino que hay que tomar otros caminos como, por ejemplo, el de la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales y de algunas de las cosas que debían unir todo el gran movimiento europeo, lógicamente, dentro del respeto de las naciones, de sus sentimientos, de su historia, de su tradición que considero muy importantes. +¿Qué respuestas nuevas aporta usted a esta sed de resistencia que, frente a la carrera desenfrenada por la rentabilidad está manifestándose en toda Europa, por ejemplo, en este mismo momento, en mi país, a través del enorme movimiento de simpatía hacia los trabajadores del grupo Michelin que acaba de anunciar 7.500 supresiones de empleo en Europa, tras haber incrementado sus beneficios en un 20 %?¿Qué respuestas nuevas aportan ustedes a aquellas y a aquellos que esperan que Europa impulse una dinámica real de alternativas a la globalización de exclusión hoy en práctica, ya se trate de asalariados, de campesinos, de personas cultas que discuten las reglas del comercio mundial, o de dos jóvenes guineanos víctimas del éxodo de la miseria, sin un orden internacional que reconozca a cada ser humano el derecho a la vida, al trabajo y a la dignidad? +Por eso, creo que -entendiendo cabalmente incluso el estrecho mandato actual para la Conferencia en lo que concierne a la revisión de las instituciones a raíz del Tratado de Amsterdam- hay que abordar la reforma necesaria y en profundidad de nuestro Tribunal de Justicia y de nuestro Tribunal de Primera Instancia, la reforma del nombramiento de los jueces -en la que este Parlamento debe tener una participación importante-, la reforma del reparto de competencias entre el Tribunal de Justicia y el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, de forma que el ciudadano pueda tener una idea cabal y clara de cuál es esa justicia europea que también es su justicia directa, y la reforma, en fin -y ésa ya es de otro capítulo- de la justiciabilidad de los actos. +¿Qué otra cosa pueden significar las propuestas que se escuchan, y que en general están recogidas en el informe, sobre los cambios en las votaciones del Consejo, sobre el cambio del número, o de las competencias, de los comisarios, sobre la disminución de la representación popular en el PE tras el aumento del número de estados de la UE, sino el reforzamiento de la posición de los países ricos de la UE, el reforzamiento de la posición de las empresas monopolistas, que en su mayoría tienen su sede en esos países, el intento de minimizar cualquier resistencia de los pueblos, o incluso de los países, a las antipopulares resoluciones de la UE que afectan o pueden afectar incluso a intereses nacionales? +Que se restablezca la paz para permitir negociaciones políticas y el fin inmediato de la agresión militar a un Estado soberano no son horizontes de esa mayoría que antes prefiere justificar la intervención de la OTAN, el servilismo de la UE y de sus Estados ante los intereses estratégicos americanos, la inobservancia del orden y los derechos internacionales y de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, antes prefiere defender la escalada de la guerra y la aprobación de orientaciones políticas que han de poner por fuerza en riesgo soluciones negociadas y la resolución de las cuestiones fundamentales relativas a las autonomías regionales y sus minorías étnicas. +Naturalmente este esfuerzo de revalorización de la Unión en su conjunto concierne también a las responsabilidades del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo -y esto también lo vamos a discutir con la nueva Comisión- así como a usted, un guía político que convierta a la Comisión en un interlocutor fuerte respecto a las grandes cuestiones abiertas y de las que depende la evolución y la identidad de la Unión, unas cuestiones políticas que revisten una gran relevancia institucional, como recalcaba, por ejemplo, el Sr. Presidente Martens a la hora de abordar el tema de la relación entre las Instituciones en lo referente a las reformas institucionales, tema clave de los próximos años. +A ese respecto, he de destacar el principio del reconocimiento mutuo de las decisiones y sentencias, al que debe contribuir la adopción de definiciones y sanciones comunes en todos los Estados miembros contra ciertas actividades delictivas de carácter transfronterizo, como, por ejemplo, en las esferas de la delincuencia organizada, del tráfico ilícito de drogas, del tráfico de seres humanos o de la delincuencia contra los niños; he de destacar igualmente la creación de la red EUROJUST, que es sin lugar a dudas el comienzo de la construcción de un componente judicial de la Unión Europea que sea instrumento de apoyo y de control de la acción de EUROPOL con vistas a garantizar la seguridad interior y también un instrumento de defensa de los derechos de los ciudadanos europeos. +¿Considera el Consejo que declaraciones como las efectuadas por el Ministro danés de Asuntos Exteriores, Sr. Petersen, quien afirmó que la decisión citada transmite el mensaje correcto de que la democracia y el deseo de reformas obtienen su recompensa, expresan el punto de vista de la UE y de la denominada comunidad internacional sobre el respeto de las libertades y los valores democráticos fundamentales, y que la decisión de carácter chantajista de Luxemburgo es un "mensaje" que promueve la democracia, empujando a un pueblo y sus representantes políticos, mediante la coacción, a seguir prácticas antidemocráticas con el fin de sobrevivir, en lugar de garantizar el normal funcionamiento democrático de las instituciones en las próximas elecciones? +Hace falta una revisión completa de la política de la Unión Europea que incluya y afronte: la democratización de la Organización Mundial del Comercio; el apoyo al modelo familiar de agricultura; los mecanismos necesarios para la dignificación de los trabajadores del Tercer Mundo, de suerte que no se perjudique su estatuto productivo y comercial; la protección del medio ambiente; la difusión de la tecnología en los países más pobres; el tratamiento de la deuda internacional de los países más débiles; la protección de la diversidad cultural del planeta frente a la superpotencia norteamericana del espectáculo. +Mientras esta mañana una colega ponía de manifiesto el hecho de que las tres instituciones de la Unión Europea responsables de firmar el presupuesto estaban presididas por mujeres y veía en este hecho una figuración de lo que puede representar el tercer milenio para la consolidación de la igualdad de derechos y de oportunidades hombre-mujer, en Afganistán vemos cómo el régimen talibán no sólo niega a la mujer -a millones de mujeres- el ejercicio de sus derechos más elementales -como los derechos a la educación, a la sanidad o a ejercer una profesión-, no sólo este régimen ejerce violencia sobre ella por el mero hecho de ser mujer sino que, con la negación de estos derechos, le está también negando la libertad de vivir su propia vida, le está negando su condición de persona. +B4-0466/99 de los diputados Swoboda y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0469/99 de los diputados Dupuis y otros, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europea-B4-0476/99 de la diputada Sierra González, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica-B4-0483/99 del diputado Cars, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0492-B4-0498/99 de los diputados Oostlander y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0501/99 de los diputados Aglietta y otros, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre la ratificación del Estatuto del Tribunal Penal Internacional; +El conflicto, ampliamente alimentado estas dos semanas, entre el Parlamento y el Consejo, no debe hacernos olvidar algunas cuestiones esenciales: en cuanto a la ayuda concedida a la región de Kosovo, puede sorprendernos el hecho de que esta ayuda no esté condicionada por el retorno definitivo a la paz, lo que, desgraciadamente, no ocurre, como lo recuerda un reciente informe de la OSCE; en cuanto a los importes asignados, los miembros de la Comisión de Presupuestos han asistido en las distintas comisiones a un verdadero regateo, puesto que las instituciones hacían malabarismos con los millones de euros, sin que nadie se haya tomado realmente el trabajo de calcular las necesidades de la región, ya que todos decían que Kosovo no podía actualmente absorber tales importes, equivalentes a la mitad de su PNB. +B4-0380/99 del diputado Pasty, en nombre del Grupo Unión por Europa-B4-0381/99 de los diputados Wijsenbeek y Fassa, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0396/99 de los diputados Florio y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0401/99 de los diputados Simpson, Cot y Bontempi, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0406/99 de los diputados Moreau y otros, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica-B4-0414/99 de los diputados Leperre-Verrier y Dell'Alba, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europea-B4-0417/99 de los diputados Cohn-Bendit y otros, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre el accidente en el túnel del Mont Blanc. +1.Denuncia y condena de la forma más contundente el catastrófico bombardeo a los estudios de la televisión en Belgrado (22 de abril de 1999).2.Expresa, consternado, su pesar ante las graves pérdidas en vidas humanas (diez muertos y decenas de heridos) entre trabajadores de la información.3.Considera que se trata de un golpe bárbaro contra los derechos humanos fundamentales, contra el derecho a la libertad de palabra y de expresión, a la libertad de prensa.4.Cree que es inadmisible, en este caso, cualquier referencia a ¡¡¡necesidades «bélicas» o «humanitarias»!!!5.Pide a su Presidente que transmita la presente resolución al Consejo, a los gobiernos de los Estados miembros, al Gobierno de Yugoslavia, a la Unión Internacional de Periodistas y a la OTAN.- Resolución común - Consejo Europeo de Colonia +De modo que con la Presidencia finlandesa progresará la militarización subordinada a la OTAN de la Unión Europea, bajo la Presidencia precisamente de un país que no pertenece a la OTAN y que era conocido hasta ahora por su orientación pacifista; se renovará la participación de la Unión Europea, en el seno de la nueva OTAN, en crímenes semejantes, o aun peores, a la agresión imperialista a Yugoslavia; se intensificará la agresión frontal a los trabajadores, aumentarán el paro y la marginalización, se agudizarán los desequilibrios sociales y territoriales; se mantendrá, veinticinco años después, la ocupación del 40 % de Chipre por el régimen turco con el apoyo de la Unión Europea, así como el genocidio del pueblo kurdo, cuya lucha es calificada de terrorista. +Ante nosotros están los retos económicos y sociales surgidos a raíz de la introducción de la moneda única, la realización de una profunda reforma de las Instituciones y la atribución de un sentido concreto a los derechos de los ciudadanos; desde el punto de vista externo, un vacío estratégico de al menos diez años que hay que colmar con respecto a la dramática crisis de los Balcanes, la reanudación de una política mediterránea respaldada por el proceso de paz que ha retomado su andadura, la dramática crisis de Rusia, la defensa de los derechos humanos y de las minorías del mundo. +Señor Presidente, dado que la polémica decisión del gobierno turco que debatimos constituye un caso más de falta de respeto y de violación del derecho del mar por parte de Turquía tras la conocida decisión de la Gran Asamblea Nacional Turca de facultar al gobierno turco para considerar «casus belli» y declarar la guerra a Grecia en el caso de que Grecia ejerciera su legitimo derecho a ampliar las aguas territoriales griegas de acuerdo con la convención de la ONU que sólo Turquía se ha negado a firmar, pregunto al Consejo si se propone señalar también este asunto en su requerimiento a Ankara y en las conversaciones que, durante el inminente Consejo Europeo de Helsinki, se mantendrán, sobre las relaciones de la Unión Europea con Turquía y sobre los criterios que ésta, según nos ha dicho el Sr. Ministro, deberá cumplir. +Aunque la propuesta de reglamento de la Comisión empezó a negociarse antes de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos -que aprueba en general la propuesta de reglamento, ya que va dirigida a retrasar el desarme de los arbitrios canarios y, por tanto, tiene una función protectora- pensamos que después de la entrada en vigor del artículo 299.2 lo que procede no es una simple suavización de la limitación del tratamiento especial sino paralizar la eliminación de ese tratamiento especial porque, previsiblemente, en las medidas que deba proponer la Comisión para las regiones ultraperiféricas de conformidad con dicho artículo 299.2, que prevé medidas especiales en materia de política fiscal, la Comisión permitirá previsiblemente un pequeño rearme con objeto de que las pequeñas industrias locales afectadas no resulten perjudicadas. +A lo largo de estos meses, de estos últimos años, consideramos el artículo 6 del Tratado de Amsterdam la reafirmación del peso y del papel que en la Unión Europea tienen los principios de libertad, de democracia, de respeto de los derechos humanos o, incluso, la constitución del Tribunal Penal Internacional o la necesidad que todos advertimos de dar mayor fuerza al artículo 7 de la Carta de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas con el objeto de poder garantizar el respeto de los derechos humanos impidiendo el ejercicio de las eventuales injerencias humanitarias a lógicas que no estén vinculadas pura y simplemente al respeto de dichos derechos: todo esto nos demuestra que se han realizado grandes progresos. +El primero es la mayor atención prestada al acceso, al mercado de trabajo tras el proceso de formación; el segundo es el ámbito de la tecnología de la información, en el que se hace un gran esfuerzo -al que no es ajeno la inminente iniciativa de la Comisión sobre la sociedad de la información- por vincular el problema del empleo a la informática; el tercero es el papel activo de las instancias locales -en relación con el cual se insta y se anima a los Estados miembros a que reconozcan un mayor peso específico a las autoridades municipales-, y, por supuesto, el papel de los agentes sociales. +Informe (A5-0103/1999) del Sr. Colom I Naval, en nombre de la Comisión de Presupuestos, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a la revisión de las perspectivas financieras anejas al Acuerdo Interinstitucional de 6 de mayo de 1999 sobre la disciplina presupuestaria y la mejora del procedimiento presupuestario (SEC(1999)1647 - C5-0322/1999) y sobre la propuesta de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo sobre la movilización del instrumento de flexibilidad (punto 24 del Acuerdo Interinstitucional de 6 de mayo de 1999 sobre la disciplina presupuestaria y la mejora del procedimiento presupuestario) (SEC(1999)1647 - C5-0314/1999) +Asunto: Cumbre de Río de Janeiro Habida cuenta del impulso que el Parlamento Europeo desde su posición institucional ha venido dando a las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y los países de América Latina, el incremento de las principales líneas presupuestarias de cooperación con la región que el Parlamento Europeo ha venido aprobando en los últimos años, la presencia que el Parlamento Europeo ha venido manteniendo en las Cumbres Formales e Informales de los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Unión Europea así como su participación en las reuniones de las Conferencias Ministeriales de San José y del Grupo de Río, +Algunos ejemplos: España sigue vetando la creación de las imprescindibles sociedades anónimas europeas, el Reino Unido protege puestos de trabajo en Londres y se niega a aceptar la armonización fiscal, ni siquiera en lo que se refiere al impuesto sobre los capitales, Francia prefiere acudir a los tribunales comunitarios antes que liberalizar su mercado eléctrico de la forma que establece la normativa de la Unión, el Canciller alemán infringe todas las reglas de la economía de mercado y salva una empresa de construcción en quiebra para cosechar laureles políticos en su país, la guerra de la carne de vacuno contra Inglaterra se prolonga, rebasando los límites necesarios desde el punto de vista sanitario. +Las innovaciones más significativas que queremos introducir son las siguientes: la atenta consideración de las consecuencias de la morosidad en los pagos de los productos alimenticios perecederos; el reconocimiento del derecho a exigir el resarcimiento de los gastos derivados del cobro del crédito; la cláusula de reserva de dominio en favor del vendedor; la certeza de que un título ejecutivo puede ser hecho efectivo en el plazo de 60 días desde la fecha en que el acreedor formule la demanda; por último, la mayor transparencia en la relación entre la administración adjudicadora y el contratista, así como en la relación de subcontratación. +B4-0459/99 de los diputados Sr. Newens y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0467/99 de los diputados Maes y Dupuis, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europea-B4-0470/99 de los diputados Sr. Pasty y otros, en nombre del Grupo Unión por Europa-B4-0474/99 de los diputados Miranda y otros, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica-B4-0478/99 del diputado Bertens, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0494/99 de los diputados Cunha y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0510/99 de los diputados Hautala y otros, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre la situación en Timor Oriental. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0023/1999) de la Comisión de Cultura, Juventud, Educación, Medios de Comunicación y Deporte, sobre la posición común del Consejo [8076/1/1999 - C5-0024/1999 - 1996/0130(COD)] con vistas a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la decisión de base relativa al programa Sócrates con el fin de incluir a Turquía entre los beneficiarios; y la posición común del Consejo [8077/1/1999 - C5-0025/1999 - 1996/0131(COD)] con vistas a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la decisión de base relativa al Programa "La Juventud con Europa" (tercera fase) con el fin de incluir a Turquía entre los países beneficiarios (Ponente: Sr. Gargani) +He de recordar brevemente que en el conjunto presentado por la Comisión el año pasado figuraba en primer lugar una enmienda a la totalidad de la directiva de 1993, sobre la que versa el informe de la Sra. Smet, una directiva sobre el transporte por carretera que, lamentablemente, está totalmente bloqueada en el Consejo de Transportes en este momento, según tengo entendido; la tercera, una directiva de aplicación del acuerdo entre los interlocutores sociales sobre la gente de mar, fue aprobada en forma de directiva en junio de este año, por lo que ese elemento ya está despachado, y, por último, la propuesta de la que voy a hablar hoy, una directiva sobre la aplicación de la jornada laboral a bordo de buques que hagan escala en los puertos de la Comunidad. +Más específicamente, en lo que se refiere a la legislación francesa -a la que el Sr. Rothley ha hecho referencia- tal como estaba redactada en el momento de la sentencia de 10 de enero de 1995 dictada en el procedimiento nº 229/93 Leclerc "Au blé vert" , el Tribunal de Justicia declaró que, en el ámbito de una legislación nacional que establece un régimen de precio fijo del libro, son medidas de efecto equivalente a las restricciones a la importación, prohibidas por el artículo 28 (antiguo artículo 30) del Tratado, las normas "que, respecto a la venta de libros publicados en el mismo Estado miembro afectado y reimportados, previa exportación a otro Estado miembro, obliguen a observar el precio de venta impuesto por el editor, a menos que no existan fundados motivos para considerar que dichos libros fueron exportados con la única finalidad de su reimportación destinada a eludir dicha ley" . +B4-0463/99 de los diputados Berès y Vecchi, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0468/99 de los diputados Pradier y Hory, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europea-B4-0477/99 del diputado Wurtz, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica-B4-0482/99 del diputado Fassa, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0497/99 del diputado Lehideux, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0504/99 de los diputados Telkämper y Aelvoet, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Djibuti; +En efecto, es necesaria la abolición de las fronteras internas protegiendo la seguridad de los ciudadanos, la armonización en lo relativo a la admisión y circulación de ciudadanos de terceros países dentro de la Unión Europea, creando una política de inmigración y de asilo más uniforme y solidaria, la coordinación de las acciones de prevención y la lucha contra la delincuencia y, en particular, la delincuencia organizada (sobre todo, el terrorismo, el tráfico de seres humanos, los delitos contra los niños, el tráfico de droga y armas, la corrupción y el fraude) y, por último, la garantía en el nivel europeo de los derechos y libertades fundamentales. +La Comisión recomienda con mucho gusto las enmiendas de compromiso presentadas por la ponente, Sra. Jöns, relativas a: añadir al artículo 1 la integración social en el mercado de trabajo, a saber, la enmienda 1; la nueva formulación del tercer sistema de economía social en el artículo 2, a saber, la enmienda 8; la importancia que tanto la Comisión como el Parlamento consideran que debe atribuirse a los principios de igualdad de oportunidades y de adaptabilidad, a saber la enmienda 9; y las mejores condiciones que propone el Parlamento para la concesión de pequeñas ayudas con disposiciones de acceso especiales para las organizaciones no gubernamentales, a saber la enmienda 10. +B4-0460/99 de los diputados Colajanni y Swoboda, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0479/99 del diputado Bertens, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0486/99 del diputado Pasty, en nombre del Grupo Unión por Europa-B4-0488/99 de los diputados Wurtz y otros, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica-B4-0495/99 de los diputados von Habsburg y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0503/99 de los diputados Gahrton y otros, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre el proceso de paz en el Oriente Próximo y el plazo del 4 de mayo de 1999. +Sin embargo, yo tengo el convencimiento de que un acontecimiento ocurrido en Europa acabó por dar el último impulso al Gobierno de De Klerk, constituido a finales de 1989, y le permitió reunir el valor necesario para abrir las puertas a un cambio radical del sistema y con ello a su propia desaparición. La caída del muro de Berlín, como último símbolo visible del fin de un sistema, en cuyo nombre no se habían defendido precisamente la libertad y la democracia en el África Austral, acabó con la percepción subjetiva de los surafricanos blancos de que si se celebraban unas elecciones democráticas de conformidad con el principio "one man, one vote, once a vote " (un hombre, un voto, una única votación) acabarían viviendo otra vez en un sistema monopartidista, y también en una economía estatalizada, fruto de la expropiación. +Por ejemplo, la ampliación del Consejo "Asuntos Generales" a los ministros de defensa, fórmula ya experimentada el pasado lunes; la puesta en marcha de un órgano político permanente, el "COPS" , encargado de seguir todas las cuestiones relativas a la política exterior y de seguridad común, incluidas las relativas a la defensa; la puesta en marcha de un comité militar; la creación de una fuerza de intervención rápida de unos 50.000 hombres, etc., etc.; y no olvido que la Presidencia finlandesa ha concedido mucha importancia a la mejora de los medios no militares de seguridad, principalmente a título preventivo. +He querido que cada jefe o subjefe de gabinete sea un ciudadano de un Estado distinto del Estado del Comisario y que en cada gabinete haya personas de tres Estados miembros diferentes como mínimo; las reglas para nombrar a los altos funcionarios serán más estrictas y transparentes y dentro de la Comisión se incrementará la movilidad de los altos funcionarios; las Direcciones Generales de la Comisión se identificarán con denominaciones breves y claras, en vez de con números; se creará un servicio más fuerte en el sector de los medios y de la comunicación para garantizar que las políticas de la Comisión se hagan públicas con profesionalidad, al objeto de llegar a todos los ciudadanos europeos. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0033/1999) del Sr. Harbour en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior sobre la posición común del Consejo ((8697/1/1999 - C5-0031/1999 - 1998/0071 (COD)) relativa a la propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Directiva del Consejo 70/221/CEE del Consejo relativa a la aproximación de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros sobre los depósitos de carburante líquido y los dispositivos de protección trasera de los vehículos a motor y de sus remolques. +En segundo lugar, es igualmente deseable y urgente la participación voluntaria de los trabajadores en el capital de su empresa, tanto como lo indica el ponente en su enmienda 12 a las directrices para el empleo, y ello por dos razones. En primer lugar, por razones financiaras relativas a la necesidad de mejorar la dotación de capital propio de las empresas para resistir a las imposiciones de los grandes fondos de inversión y proteger el empleo, pero también por una razón humana que reside en la evolución de los puestos de trabajo con futuro, los cuales que exigen un nivel de formación cada vez más elevado y un compromiso personal que sólo se puede aprovechar y fomentar inteligentemente mediante la participación. +En primer lugar figura el concepto de salud pública que hemos interpretado de forma amplia de conformidad con la definición de la Organización Mundial de la Salud -la salud es un estado de bienestar físico, mental y social total- en línea, por tanto, también con la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia, así como el concepto mismo de violencia que abarca los aspectos citados: la violencia no sólo es una violación de la integridad psíquica y física de los que la sufren, sino que constituye un grave perjuicio social que perjudica, valga la redundancia, a todos, es decir, a la víctima, los agresores y los ciudadanos. +De manera más general, ¿no cree la Comisión -vistas las situaciones de crisis y la amenaza creciente que representan los numerosos regímenes antidemocráticos presentes en esta región del mundo- que el desarrollo de una relación estratégica, política, económica y cultural entre la UE y la India -la democracia más poblada del mundo- permitiría unir, de manera significativa y ejemplar, en una sola política, la voluntad de establecer relaciones políticas y económicas privilegiadas con los países regidos por los principios y las reglas de la democracia y del Estado de Derecho, así como intereses económicos y comerciales bien entendidos? +Señor Presidente, Señorías, resulta reconfortante que en una negociación tan importante como la de la Organización Mundial del Comercio los quince Estados miembros hayan adoptado una posición común para establecer, en el ámbito de la agricultura, unas reglas de juego estables que permitan una competencia leal en el escenario mundial y afrontar con claridad los retos del nuevo milenio, ya que se han tomado como base central las posiciones adoptadas en su día en la agenda del acuerdo de agricultura de la Ronda Uruguay y en la Agenda 2000 de Berlín, así como el mantenimiento multifuncional de la agricultura. +En relación con las bibliotecas y el fomento de la democracia y la cultura, el Consejo deja constancia que en el artículo 151 del Tratado de la Unión se indica que los esfuerzos comunitarios para fomentar el desarrollo cultural en los Estados miembros, respetando su diversidad nacional y regional, deben orientarse a fomentar la colaboración entre los Estados miembros y, si es necesario, apoyar y completar sus actividades -en primer lugar- para mejorar y difundir conocimientos sobre la historia y la cultura de los pueblos europeos -en segundo lugar- para conservar y proteger el acervo cultural que tenga significado para Europa -en tercer lugar- para intercambio cultural no comercial y -en cuarto lugar- para la creación artística y literaria, incluido el sector audiovisual. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate sobre la recomendación (A5-0023/1999) para la segunda lectura, en nombre de la Comisión de Cultura, Educación, Medios de Comunicación y Deporte, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo (8076/1/1999 - C5-0024/1999 - 1996/0130(COD)), por la que se modifica la Directiva de base relativa al programa Sócrates con el fin de incluir a Turquía entre los países beneficiarios, y sobre la propuesta de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo (8077/1/1999 - C5-0025/1999 - 1996/0131(COD)), por la que se modifica la Decisión de base relativa al programa La Juventud con Europa III con el fin de incluir a Turquía entre los países beneficiarios (Ponente: Sr. Gargani). +Y lo es porque, a pesar de que Turquía es un país que ha mostrado alguna dificultad en este terreno - le confieso, señor Presidente, que en la comisión se ha escuchado el eco de esta problemática, de esta dificultad a la hora de aceptar esta idea en el ámbito europeo, en la Europa tan abierta a la cultura, como han reiterado a lo largo de toda la tarde los distintos oradores en sus discursos sobre las cuatro medidas que, en cierto modo, están interrelacionadas - creo que esta decisión llevará a calificar a Europa en su totalidad como un conjunto de Estados que mira a los nuevos países de manera abierta y con gran dignidad y ofrece grandes posibilidades de desarrollo desde el punto de vista de la libertad y de la cultura. +De hecho, en 1994 el informe encargado por la Comisión Europea en el que se examinó todo ese sector de los médicos auxiliares y en período de formación puso de relieve siete aspectos que requieren la adopción de medidas inmediatas: la excesiva jornada laboral en algunos países; la cuestión de las guardias; fijación de turnos poco realistas; períodos prolongados de servicio permanente; la distribución de los servicios entre los médicos auxiliares y los médicos superiores; las presiones no oficiales que padecen los médicos en período de formación; la vulnerabilidad de los períodos de descanso ante la presión del servicio necesario. +Señora diputada, aunque el Consejo -lo digo muy expresamente al principio- concede realmente una gran importancia a las medidas para el fomento de la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres y a la aplicación concreta de las correspondientes disposiciones del Tratado de Amsterdam, lo que es aplicable a todas las organizaciones, instituciones y corporaciones que conocemos en Europa, desde el Parlamento Europeo hasta la Comisión y también al mismo Consejo, lamentablemente, tengo que indicarle que radica exclusivamente en el ámbito de responsabilidades del los Estados miembros proponer a los miembros de la Comisión Europea de conformidad con las disposiciones de los Tratados y que la distribución de tareas dentro de la Comisión es, por lo demás, un asunto interno de la Comisión. +Debemos reaccionar lo antes posible, sobre todo por cuanto conocemos las sustancias que agotan la capa de ozono: los hidroclorofluorocarburos (HCFC), utilizados principalmente en las instalaciones de refrigerado y de aire acondicionado, como disolventes y para la producción de plásticos esponjados de aislamiento; el bromuro de metilo, destinado principalmente a la fumigación de las tierras de cultivo para combatir los animales dañinos y las enfermedades de las plantas, clasificado por la OMS en la categoría de sustancias "altamente venenosas" ; los clorofluorocarburos (CFC), usados en los sistemas de refrigeración y utilizados antes en la fabricación de plásticos esponjados, de disolventes y como gases propelentes para aerosoles; los halones se usan para combatir incendios, en particular en áreas donde la extinción de incendios está sometida a duros controles de calidad (concretamente en los aviones), y en productos de sustitución no peligrosos. +Asunto: Contenido del Consejo informal de Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de la UE Según noticias publicadas en la prensa, inmediatamente después del secuestro de Ocalan por servicios secretos y en circunstancias de reserva sin precedentes, se celebró cerca de la capital alemana una reunión extraordinaria informal de los Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de la UE, con la participación de su homólogo suizo, que tuvo por objeto coordinar la acción dirigida a desmantelar la infraestructura logística del PKK, instaurar códigos de cooperación e información mutua entre los servicios secretos y «hacer frente» a la red de comunicaciones de los kurdos en Europa, cuyos elementos principales son el canal de televisión MED-TV y el diario Özgür Politika. +B4-0383/99 del diputado Bertens, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0395/99 de las diputadas Maij-Weggen y Oomen-Ruijten, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0397/99 de los diputados Barros Moura y Marinho, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0405/99 de los diputados Miranda y otros, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica-B4-0413/99 de los diputados Dupuis y Maes, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europea-B4-0415/99 de los diputados Hautala, Telkämper y McKenna, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre la situación en Indonesia y en Timor Oriental. +Habida cuenta de que el Informe Adam sobre la seguridad nuclear aprobado en el pasado mes de marzo por nuestro Pleno, pedía, entre otras cosas, que se limitase el empleo de reactores RBMK, así como de los reactores de construcción soviética VVER que ahora las autoridades checas tienen previsto utilizar en Temelin, suscribimos las conclusiones presentadas por la portavoz de nuestra delegación de Alianza nacional y ponente para opinión, que han servido como corolario al Informe Adam; a saber: primero, la seguridad es el elemento fundamental de la estrategia de preadhesión; segundo, se debe reforzar la normativa internacional en materia de sistemas de seguridad; tercero, el control sobre la aplicación de dicha normativa debe confiarse a un organismo independiente. +Los Estados miembros están de acuerdo en que hay que evitar las contradicciones entre el proyecto de Convención y entre las pautas de actuación elaboradas por la Unión, como son, por ejemplo, las medidas de acción común adoptadas el 3 de diciembre de 1998 en cuanto al blanqueo de dinero, el reconocimiento de los instrumentos y beneficios de los delitos, los métodos de persecución, la congelación de fondos y las sentencias de embargo y expropiación, y también las medidas adoptadas el 21 de diciembre de 1998 sobre la involucración de las autoridades en las actividades delictivas. +Más intensa debe ser nuestra preocupación ante los intentos de evitar y de sustituir la convención de Ginebra, que es la fuente básica de Derecho Internacional por la que se rigen los refugiados, con la aprobación de un "régimen de protección provisional", y también ante las consideraciones sobre la modificación del Convenio de Dublín sobre el asilo, sobre el endurecimiento de la legislación relativa al procedimiento de tramitación de las peticiones de asilo, y sobre la aplicación más "eficaz" de los procedimientos para alejar a las personas cuyas peticiones de residencia sean rechazadas +Ésta es la razón por la cual la Comisión de Libertades Públicas propuso que, a partir de ahora, en el ámbito de la política de asilo y de inmigración haya dos instrumentos presupuestarios: el primero, un fondo europeo para los refugiados destinado a financiar de una manera estructural las medidas necesarias para la acogida, la integración y la repatriación voluntaria de los refugiados en caso de un flujo normal; y el segundo, una segunda línea presupuestaria para permitir la adopción de medidas de emergencia en el caso de afluencia masiva de refugiados. +Señor Presidente, el compromiso de la Unión Europea, confirmado en el Informe Schwaiger, en favor de la creación de un foro permanente de trabajo entre la Organización Internacional del Trabajo y la Organización Mundial del Comercio para tratar de los asuntos relacionados con el comercio, la globalización y el trabajo es la única vía para acompañar la liberalización del comercio y los intercambios en general al respeto a los derechos fundamentales del trabajo, sin caer en el proteccionismo egoísta e hipócrita o en la competencia desleal y autodestructiva. +Es necesario que el Parlamento diga, antes que el Consejo decida la creación de un órgano encargado de redactar el proyecto de Carta, que no podemos aceptar un número de representantes del Parlamento Europeo inferior al de los representantes de los jefes de Gobierno de los Estados miembros y que pedimos una atenta consulta antes de decidir si la contribución esencial de los parlamentos nacionales se debe garantizarse a través de la participación de un cierto número de sus representantes en el órgano previsto o a través de otros canales más eficaces. +El 25 de septiembre la administración militar dio comienzo a la expropiación de tierras palestinas pertenecientes a 79 pueblos en la zona de la Línea Verde, unas tierras cultivadas y habitadas, al igual que en el pueblo adyacente a Hebrón; en Jerusalén Este a las mujeres y los hombres se les retiran los documentos de identidad para reducir su presencia, a través de una operación que el Centro de Derechos Humanos israelí ha denominado deportación silenciosa; queda sin resolver el drama de los refugiados palestinos. +¿Tiene previsto el Consejo mantener su decisión sobre la revisión y solicitar a la Comisión que garantice que los aeropuertos en las zonas de Objetivo nº 1 y zonas de Objetivo nº 1 en transición no se ven perjudicados por la pérdida de ingresos como resultado de la suspensión de las ventas libres de impuestos, lo que inevitablemente conducirá a una subida de los precios para los consumidores, la pérdida de beneficios para las líneas aéreas, las empresas de transporte marítimo, puertos y aeropuertos, y que encierra una amenaza para el empleo en los sectores y las pequeñas empresas que suministraban productos a las tiendas libres de impuestos? +Pensamos, sin embargo, que en las cuestiones siguientes no podemos coincidir con el Parlamento: la fusión de la ayuda humanitaria y de la asistencia a la reconstrucción en un único organismo, la separación de los ingresos de la Agencia de los créditos asignados a los programas, la exclusión de las contribuciones de otras fuentes del presupuesto de la Agencia, la aprobación de la dotación de personal por parte de la Autoridad presupuestaria y un informe sobre la posible liquidación de la Agencia al cabo de 24 meses. +Al trasmitir del modo más enérgico la demanda del movimiento pacifista en todo el mundo, exigimos iniciativas concretas inmediatas encaminadas a la destrucción de las armas nucleares y de todas las armas de destrucción masiva, la prohibición general definitiva de las pruebas nucleares, la prohibición de instalar armas nucleares más allá de las fronteras de los países que las poseen, de acuerdo con el Tratado de No Proliferación Nuclear, la retirada de las armas nucleares instaladas o almacenadas en otros países y la prohibición de exportar residuos nucleares. +También por eso tiene el mayor sentido y reviste la mayor oportunidad política la adopción de una posición clara, capaz de expresar las aspiraciones fundadas y el compromiso de los pueblos de la Unión respecto del futuro de la región administrativa especial de Macao en el marco político de China y de las relaciones de Europa con ambas en materia de defensa y fomento de los derechos humanos, de los demás valores del Estado de derecho y del marco jurídico específico aplicado a la región en virtud de su nuevo estatuto y del principio "un país, dos sistemas" . +Puesto que el respeto de los derechos humanos constituye un elemento esencial de la cooperación y del desarrollo entre la Unión Europea y la República de Djibouti, pedimos, dentro del respeto de estos principios, la liberación de todos los presos políticos, el acceso a la asistencia médica de todos los detenidos -y sobre todo la prestación urgente de asistencia médica al Sr. Mohamed Kadamiousouf, amenazado de ceguera-, que se garantice la libertad de expresión y el pluralismo político, indispensables para toda democracia, así como el cese de la represión contra la oposición. +A4-0119/99 de la Sra. De Esteban Martín, en nombre de la Comisión de Peticiones, sobre el informe anual relativo a las actividades del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo durante el año 1998 (C4-0138/99); -A4-0117/99 del Sr. Newman, en nombre de la Comisión de Peticiones, sobre las deliberaciones de la Comisión de Peticiones durante el año parlamentario 1998-1999.Antes de entrar en este debate conjunto, el Defensor del Pueblo Europeo, al cual le doy una vez más la bienvenida al Parlamento, expondrá su informe de actividades y su informe especial. +Igualmente, por el énfasis que se pone en la lucha contra el paro.-Tercero, sobre el capítulo que se refiere a los propios recursos, expreso mi satisfacción por la adopción de un sistema más justo que favorece a los países menos desarrollados, pero sin omitir que mi postura es la de que hace falta cambiar el sistema de los propios recursos a fin de aumentar, seguro, el presupuesto comunitario, y así poder responder a las necesidades y cumplir los ambiciosos objetivos que se ha marcado la Unión Europea.-Por último, quisiera felicitar a cuantos han contribuido a este histórico acuerdo de Berlín, especialmente a la Sra. Comisaria, Sra. Wulf-Mathies, por sus esfuerzos, y también a mis Sres. colegas por sus valiosas intervenciones. +Las regiones en declive industrial y rural (antes Objetivos 2 y 5b) verán como se reduce su cuota de financiación respecto al período de programación anterior, con un límite máximo de reducción garantizado del 33 % de la población afectada; a dicho porcentaje, sin embargo, se sumará el correspondiente a la inclusión de las zonas que saldrán del Objetivo 2 lo que perjudicará ulteriormente a dichas regiones; sin contar con el caso de Abruzos -la única región que salió del Objetivo 1 antes del final del actual período de programación- que, en vilo entre la ayuda transitoria y la inclusión en el Objetivo 2, corre el riesgo de no encontrar el lugar que le corresponde en el marco de esta reforma. +Esto es lo que pidió el Parlamento Europeo en su resolución aprobada el pasado 11 de marzo, en la que consideró sustancial -reconociendo el derecho fundamental de la población palestina a fundar su propio Estado- que los garantes internacionales de los Acuerdos de Oslo reafirmaran solemnemente su compromiso de cumplir todos los objetivos del proceso de paz asegurando así a la Autoridad Nacional Palestina el respaldo necesario para justificar una ampliación del período de aplicación del acuerdo provisional más allá de la fecha del 4 de mayo de 1999. +En el capítulo de las conclusiones del Consejo que trata la seguridad nuclear en el contexto de la ampliación de la Unión Europea, se subraya que en el caso de países que utilizan tipos de reactores, cuya modernización para cumplir con las normas de seguridad aceptadas internacionalmente resulte más cara de lo razonable, las estrategias energéticas deben contemplar la supresión de estos reactores en el plazo más corto posible, el cual será acordado con cada país candidato a la adhesión teniendo en cuenta sus necesidades y cumpliendo los requisitos de los acuerdos de gestión de la seguridad nuclear. +En primer término, con respecto a la pena de muerte, desearía decir unas palabras no ya sobre el fondo de la cuestión, que Sus Señorías tratan en su proyecto de resolución, y que, evidentemente, cuenta con el acuerdo de la Comisión en cuanto a la posición adoptada sobre la pena de muerte - creo que esto no merece amplios comentarios; estamos de acuerdo en este punto -, sino sobre un punto concreto, que se ha mencionado durante la discusión, es decir, el asunto relativo al proyecto de resolución sobre la pena de muerte, que la Unión había presentado ante la 3ª comisión de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. +A4-0242/99 del Sr. Spencer, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, sobre el papel de la Unión Europea en el mundo: Aplicación de la política exterior y de seguridad común en 1998-A4-0219/99 del Sr. Spencer, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, que contiene una propuesta de recomendación del Parlamento Europeo al Consejo sobre la estrategia común hacia la Federación de Rusia-y de la declaración del Consejo sobre el nombramiento del Alto Representante para la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común. +Nos movía el interés de contribuir a la construcción de una comunidad internacional asentada sobre los principios democráticos, el Estado de derecho y el pleno respeto a los derechos humanos; el interés de reafirmar en el debate internacional que es posible concluir acuerdos comerciales bilaterales compatibles con la Organización Mundial del Comercio; el interés de dinamizar nuestras economías y, por ende, de promover el crecimiento del comercio mundial; y, finalmente, el interés de consolidar nuestras respectivas presencias en zonas geográficas que se necesitan mutuamente. +Teniendo esto en cuenta, ¿está la Comisión dispuesta a acometer acciones de ayuda a la población civil serbia en ámbitos tan importantes como el medio ambiente o la educación - pienso concretamente en la amenaza medioambiental creciente ocasionada por el mal estado de las depuradoras, las refinerías y las fábricas químicas, por ejemplo en Novi Sad y Pancevo; o en la posibilidad de permitir que los estudiantes tengan acceso a las universidades extranjeras y a otros contactos, rompiendo con una situación de aislamiento que los condena a un futuro sin esperanza y contribuye a una fuga de cerebros que en nada beneficia al país? +Señor Presidente, como se dice en la introducción del informe de la Comisión sobre el proyecto de comunicación al Consejo y al Parlamento Europeo, en la opinión pública europea existe hoy, por suerte, una preocupación cada vez mayor y se dan los consiguientes debates sobre las repercusiones de la liberalización comercial en el empleo, en la distribución de la riqueza, en el desarrollo, en el medio ambiente, en la salud y en la protección de los consumidores y en la diversidad cultural, así como en el aumento de la marginalización de los países pobres. +Señor Presidente, en primer lugar quiero felicitar al ponente por su informe y quiero también dar las gracias a los miembros de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios, pues el trabajo no se ha desarrollado realmente en condiciones óptimas y, en consecuencia, quiero dar las gracias a la administración por su apoyo, pues el tema es importante y, a pesar del aumento continuado de las cifras de desempleados, a mi modo de ver y a los ojos de la Comisión el desempleo y la política de empleo, en general, no tienen aún el rango que merecen tener aquí entre nosotros, en el Parlamento Europeo, y en el plano europeo. +Estas enmiendas tienen relación, en primer lugar, con la referencia necesaria a la noción de integridad física y emocional de la persona así como a la de su dignidad, de tal modo que ejercer una violencia física, sexual o psicológica es privar a la persona de sus derechos humanos, en segundo lugar, la definición de «salud pública» tal como la concibe la OMS, es decir, no sólo como la ausencia de enfermedad o lesión, sino como un estado de bienestar físico, mental y social, se recoge en el informe; en tercer lugar, se ha señalado el estímulo que ha de aportarse a las organizaciones y asociaciones en general, que trabajan en este sector. +Pero quisiera saber -ya es una pregunta, efectivamente, recurrente porque se la presenté al representante de la Presidencia en ejercicio en la Conferencia de Presidentes de Delegación- si la Presidencia alemana apoya, como parece desprenderse del sentido de lo que ha manifestado esta mañana el propio Canciller Schröder sobre le papel que debe corresponder al Parlamento en el proceso de integración europea, que el Parlamento participe -como participa ya en las Conferencias ministeriales de Río y del Grupo de San José- y si, como es lógico, va a tener una presencia activa, puesto que el asunto no es desdeñable y no se puede decir que en esta Cumbre no se vayan a tomar decisiones presupuestarias que afecten o puedan afectar a las competencias de este Parlamento. +En el informe del Sr. Carnero González se indican una serie de áreas prioritarias en las que la República Checa debería reforzar sus medidas de preadhesión, como, por ejemplo, la adaptación de la legislación al acervo en general, pero también la reforma del aparato administrativo del Estado, la reforma de la administración de la justicia, la privatización de los bancos estatales, la política sobre las subvenciones del Estado, la protección del medio ambiente y una mayor integración -también fue señalada con razón por el Sr. González- de la minoría roma. +Dentro de poco comenzarán las negociaciones comerciales en el marco de la Ronda del Milenio y exigimos que la Comisión asuma una posición firme y determinada, esto es, que defienda, en el ámbito de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, la supremacía de los derechos sociales, de la defensa del medio ambiente, de la protección del modelo agrícola europeo y del consumidor con respecto al comercio mundial; que tenga el valor de volver a proponer la triangulación en lo referente a las ayudas a los países en vías de desarrollo. +Por el contrario señalan el camino de la creación de un nuevo marco institucional que garantice la libertad, la seguridad y la justicia en la Unión Europea; un marco institucional que, al mismo tiempo avance en la propuesta de políticas concretas sobre una serie de asuntos delicados, como son -ya los he citado- el enorme problema de la inmigración, el enorme problema del asilo, sobre el que tenemos desgraciadamente experiencias que muestran que necesitamos una nueva concepción, y el enorme problema de la criminalidad; en fin, creo, y a nadie se le escapa, que la lista es bastante larga. +Cuando nos manifestamos desde el Parlamento en favor de una revisión limitada de las Perspectivas Financieras en el contexto de un debate público que gira en torno al saneamiento del Presupuesto y a la adopción de medidas de ahorro, lo hacemos con la conciencia tranquila, puesto que en los últimos años siempre hemos demostrado que el Parlamento era capaz de asumir, por un lado, su responsabilidad de establecer las prioridades necesarias en el ámbito de las políticas europeas y de hacerlo, por el otro lado, en el marco del esfuerzo para promover un procedimiento presupuestario más transparente y eficaz +Hablando del informe que nos ocupa, me gustaría señalar que el Acuerdo de pesca con Angola supone una continuación de la política pesquera común de la Unión Europea en cuanto a los acuerdos internacionales de pesca, que contribuyen a consolidar uno de los pilares fundamentales de dicha política, tal como fue señalado en esta Asamblea en el informe del Sr. Crampton, en la anterior legislatura, en el que se decía que estos acuerdos eran una condición fundamental para intentar reducir el déficit comercial en la Unión Europea en materia de pesca, en aprovisionamiento pesquero, y para salvaguardar el empleo directo e indirecto en la pesca y en las industrias del sector en regiones europeas muy dependientes de la pesca. +Este reglamento es una señal de perfeccionamiento creativo del orden jurídico comunitario y significa el nacimiento de un nuevo conjunto de normas comunes, normas aptas para tutelar las relaciones civiles de los ciudadanos europeos transformando un espacio europeo fraccionado, en cuanto a la tutela de derechos y la imposición de deberes, en un espacio más organizado y estructurado en el que ya es posible a cada uno de los ciudadanos ejercer no sólo su derecho nacional, sino también un derecho común europeo aplicable a las familias en cualquier parte del territorio de la Unión que no invoque excepción a ese respecto. +Debería analizar las repercusiones de la liberalización sobre la inversión, las normas de competencia, las subvenciones injustas, las condiciones laborales deficientes, la protección del medio ambiente, los derechos de propiedad intelectual, la facilitación del comercio, los contratos públicos, un mejor acceso a los mercados agrícolas, un mejor acceso a los mercados comerciales, incluidos los servicios, la protección del consumidor y la generación de capacidad. +Señora Presidenta, han transcurrido 18 semanas desde que la Comisión Europea ordenó el levantamiento del embargo sobre la carne de vacuno británica; 18 semanas durante las cuales Francia y Alemania han recurrido a evasivas, cometiendo un desacato flagrante a la ley; 18 semanas durante las cuales los ingenuos intentos de apaciguamiento de la Comisión y del desafortunado Gobierno británico han sido rechazados en unas circunstancias que han humillado profundamente a ambos; 18 semanas durante las cuales los productores de carne de vacuno británicos siguen sufriendo pérdidas catastróficas, agravadas por los esfuerzos titánicos del Gobierno francés de desacreditar a nivel internacional el buen nombre de la carne de vacuno británica. +Si el Parlamento Europeo ha ayudado a reforzar esta conciencia, no sólo gracias al Sr. Dupuis, que se ha encargado de solicitar sistemáticamente la inclusión de la pena de muerte en el orden del día, sino también gracias a que este Parlamento no se ha cansado de llamar una y otra vez la atención sobre toda una serie de hechos importantes, tal vez hayamos contribuido un poco a mejorar la situación de los derechos humanos. +Para restablecer la paz hace falta una estrategia clara, a largo plazo, basada en la reconstrucción, la reconciliación y el acercamiento: la reconstrucción para reparar los daños de la guerra; la reconciliación de todas las partes implicadas, incluido el pueblo serbio; el acercamiento de esta región a la Unión Europea, incluyendo la perspectiva de una futura pertenencia a la Unión Europea para todos los países de la región, si y cuando se muestren aptos desde el punto de vista político y económico. +La publicación de las previsiones, la posibilidad de tener acceso a las actas de las reuniones y un informe global de la evolución económica de los Estados miembros son elementos que contribuirían -como ha manifestado la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos a través de la intervención de su presidenta, la Sra. Randzio-Plath, y se recoge en el informe del Sr. Huhne- a consolidar el nivel de aceptación interna e internacional y, por supuesto, de transparencia, no sólo ante la opinión pública sino también ante los expertos en temas monetarios. +¿Considera la Presidencia finlandesa que entre los requisitos básicos para reconocer a Turquía como país candidato a la adhesión a la Unión Europea se cuentan, al menos, la anulación de su exigencia de reconocimiento internacional de un "Estado turcochipriota" en el territorio ocupado de la República de Chipre con vistas a que se inicie el diálogo entre las dos comunidades, su consentimiento a la búsqueda de soluciones para los litigios grecoturcos sobre la base del Derecho internacional y sus instituciones así como el inicio de conversaciones sobre los derechos democráticos y culturales de los kurdos? +Una de las cosas más importantes que deben pedirse es que se remita este expediente al Sr. Solana; dicho expediente no puede estar más en manos de Presidencias, que, como sabemos, cambian cada seis meses; necesitamos un interlocutor constante que pueda, bajo su autoridad, organizar los trabajos de las diferentes delegaciones de los Estados miembros en Nueva York, para que el año próximo tengamos una posición totalmente coherente. Ello nos evitaría esta posición realmente trágica, que, por otro lado, ha planteado dificultades a muchos países terceros amigos de la Unión Europea, empezando por Méjico, que se había comprometido enérgicamente en la defensa de una posición de transacción perfectamente aceptable. +Lo hacemos en vísperas del Consejo Europeo de Helsinki en el cual se va a decidir la posible candidatura de Turquía a la Unión Europea y lo estamos haciendo en un contexto en el que hemos visto que el Tribunal Supremo de Turquía ha confirmado la condena a pena de muerte del Sr. Abdalá Ocalan, a la que ha seguido la solicitud de suspensión por parte del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos y una declaración de las autoridades turcas, por boca del primer ministro Sr. Ecevit, en la que se manifiesta que se prefiere que se cumpla el iter judicial, incluido el recurso de los abogados defensores, antes de hacer pública la posición del Gobierno y antes de someter al parlamento el asunto. +La supresión del artículo 5, el intento de la Comisión de crear nuevas suspensiones arancelarias a productos tan sensibles como los lomos de atún, la petición de creación de laboratorios de referencia, la inclusión de la acuicultura, la mejora de la regulación relativa a la información a los consumidores en las etiquetas comerciales de los productos pesqueros, los porcentajes de los pagos compensatorios del atún, la flexibilización de las retiradas son, en fin, por no citar nada más que algunos ejemplos, mejoras muy importantes introducidas en el Informe Fraga, por lo que felicito a la ponente una vez más. +Muy a pesar nuestro, por lo tanto, debemos adaptar nuestras antiguas esperanzas a las necesidades actuales y la única solución parece ser la que podría comprometer en un nuevo tipo de pacto, en el ámbito de la Unión y antes de que se amplíe a nuevos miembros, a los países que tienen el mismo interés por una política exterior y de defensa común y por leyes comunes que garanticen la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada, la droga, la inmigración incontrolada, unos países que quieren volver a disponer de su derecho común de luchar contra las violaciones de los derechos humanos y de intervenir activamente en contra de las barbaries y los holocaustos. +Eso es realmente lo que intentamos hacer y, de hecho, llamo a este Parlamento Europeo, en el que tenemos el honor de encontrarnos, a votar mañana por gran mayoría el texto que sometemos, y llamo a la Comisión a valorar en su dimensión real el texto que vamos a dirigirle, pero, sobre todo, llamo al Consejo a advertir que no podemos proclamar en todos los foros que estamos por el derecho, no podemos proclamar en todos los foros nuestra sensibilidad hacia los puestos de trabajo que deben crearse, no podemos proclamar en todos los foros que las pequeñas y medianas empresas constituyen la columna vertebral de la economía, y negarnos, por otro lado, a votar y a adoptar las tesis de este Parlamento Europeo. +La práctica consistente en desarrollar negociaciones efectivas y sin dificultades acerca de los informes del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo en el Parlamento Europeo ha quedado ahora establecida de forma adecuada y oficial, armonizando el Reglamento del Parlamento con el Estatuto del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo y prescribiendo expresamente que la comisión parlamentaria competente -la Comisión de Peticiones- se ocupe del informe anual del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo y de los informes especiales que pueda presentar. +A4-0222/99 del Sr. Fourçans en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y Política Industrial sobre la recomendación de la Comisión relativa a las grandes orientaciones de las políticas económicas de los Estados miembros y de la Comunidad, elaborada conforme al párrafo 2 del artículo 103 del Tratado de la Comunidad Europea (COM(99)0143 C4-0208/99) y-A4-0239/99 del Sr. Menrad en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales sobre la contribución del Parlamento Europeo sobre el Pacto Europeo para el Empleo. +Señor Presidente propuesto, su éxito se medirá por su aptitud para devolver a la Comisión el papel que los padres fundadores de la Unión Europea le asignaron, a saber, el de un órgano independiente que tiene la misión de encontrar el mayor denominador común -y no el menor- para que avance la unificación europea únicamente en aquellos ámbitos en que es necesario e indispensable, y ello respetando fielmente los equilibrios institucionales, correspondiendo el poder de decisión al Consejo y al Parlamento Europeo, los únicos políticamente responsables antes los ciudadanos europeos. +Con la aproximación de las elecciones fijadas para el 7 de junio, con la aproximación también de una fase crucial de las negociaciones, con la égida de las Naciones Unidas, entre el Gobierno indonesio y el Gobierno portugués sobre el futuro de Timor Oriental, estamos presenciando ataques ya sea contra la comitiva de D. Ximenes Belo, el Premio Nobel de la Paz, o contra civiles que se encontraban rezando en una iglesia, ataques a toda una población que está atravesando por un período de gran pánico, porque proliferan brigadas militares que no las defienden, sino que las atacan, en un momento en que Xanana Gusmão aún no ha recuperado la libertad completa, cosa que hemos venido exigiendo aquí, en el Parlamento Europeo, repetidas veces. +Un programa que ha convertido la lucha contra los actos de violencia perpetrados en los hogares, con los maltratos y el abuso sexual de los niños y del cónyuge, y los perpetrados en la vida cotidiana, con la violación, las agresiones sexuales, el acoso, la intimidación en el lugar de trabajo, etcétera, en una verdadera batalla de valores y de civilización; un programa que, a tenor de la verdad, no prevé soluciones sencillas, ya que contempla numerosos factores que interactúan entre sí: educación, moda, cuestiones de independencia económica y de empleo, sistemas jurídicos y judiciales, servicios de asistencia en favor de las víctimas, cuestiones sanitarias. +Lo que ya no queremos es una Comisión débil, políticamente inexistente, incapaz de controlar y de gestionar su burocracia, en la que los Comisarios se transforman en pastorcillos que siguen al rebaño y en la que incluso algunos funcionarios, como si fueran directores de una agencia un tanto peculiar, se muestran como verdaderos tiranos de oficina imponiendo su voluntad y deseos a sus comisarios, manifestando estos, por otra parte su ignorancia y desinterés en la materia, incluso cuando se trata de ejecutar una enmienda al presupuesto comunitario votada por el Parlamento europeo, que no plantea ninguna dificultad presupuestaria, no más desde luego que cualquier problema de base legal a la hora de la ejecución. +No únicamente para seguir desregulando el comercio mundial, sino para disponer de instrumentos con que luchar contra el fraude y las prácticas comerciales desleales y para garantizar la reciprocidad en el cumplimiento de las normas que rigen el comercio internacional, para conseguir una simplificación y generalización de los procedimientos aduaneros bajo la dirección de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, para hacer, en una palabra, que la apertura de los mercados constituya una auténtica oportunidad, gracias a la cual crear ocupación y contribuir al bienestar de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea. +En Seattle, paralelamente al encuentro de los gobiernos, se reunirán miles de organizaciones no gubernamentales, miles de hombres y mujeres de la sociedad civil que piden con fuerza que la Organización Mundial de Comercio no se convierta en una de las sedes de ese gobierno mundial, basado en el crecimiento y la supremacía del librecambismo más salvaje, que no tiene en cuenta el aumento de la pobreza de las poblaciones de los países menos industrializados y más débiles, la destrucción del medio ambiente, la defensa de los recursos naturales y humanos ni las diferencias y diversidades de cada país, en nombre de una globalización que continúa generando riqueza para unos pocos y pobreza para muchos. +Asimismo, constato, también por noticias de esta semana, que se está produciendo a este respecto un claro acercamiento, que se manifiesta en el reconocimiento de los sistemas nacionales de precio fijo y en una normativa inspirada en el Derecho francés; constato también, señor Comisario Monti, que usted está dispuesto a sopesar los aspectos culturales de la cuestión, que desde el Tratado de Maastricht forman parte del Tratado CE, con el artículo 85 del Tratado CE, el cual le impone a usted, en su calidad de Comisario de la Competencia, velar por la igualdad de condiciones competitivas y contribuir a que los consumidores no queden relegados en estas cuestiones relativas a la competencia. +Pues bien, es muy grave que el último acto de este Parlamento sea la votación de un texto que dice algo que es falso, o sea, afirma -desde una instancia, repito, de la que se espera el respeto del rule of law - que nosotros, después de haber devuelto a comisión, esto es, rechazado la propuesta del Sr. Elles, ponente sobre la aprobación de la gestión de 1996, o sea, la propuesta de conceder la aprobación de la gestión a la Comisión -mientras que lo que en realidad se quería decir era que el Parlamento Europeo no aprobaba la gestión- que nosotros, repito, después de haber rechazado esa propuesta, hayamos ido a comisión y hoy se vote un texto que dice exactamente una mentira. +También quisiéramos que el espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia tendiera a subir el nivel de las garantías para todos -tanto para los ciudadanos de la Unión como para los ciudadanos no comunitarios- y que no nos limitáramos a enumerar las garantías formales, sino que pensáramos en desarrollar las garantías fundamentales como las del trabajo, la seguridad social, la libertad personal, la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres y muchas más, hoy por hoy, sacrificadas en el altar de la competencia: esa competencia global, tan apreciada por la Comisión y por su Presidente. +Pero las experiencias del pasado han mostrado que a veces no ha sido este el caso, que la participación ha sido muy ad hoc, ya sea en las delegaciones donde a veces se tenía la impresión de que la Comisión Europea era la que negociaba allí y los miembros de Parlamento que estaban asimismo presentes sólo eran figurantes, ya se tratase de la formulación del mandato o, como ejemplo especialmente negativo, de la cuestión del autocompromiso de reducción del CO2 y su negociación por parte de la Comisión con los correspondientes interlocutores, sobre todo en los últimos tiempos con los fabricantes japoneses y coreanos de automóviles. +Según me han informado los servicios de la Sesión, el martes 26 de octubre, una persona no identificada compareció ante dichos servicios para retirar una propuesta de resolución que había sido presentada por los Grupos PPE, PSE y UEN, así como la propuesta de resolución presentada por el Grupo ELDR, sin el consentimiento ni la conformidad de ninguno de los firmantes y, lo que es más grave, estas propuestas de resolución fueron sustituidas por una supuesta propuesta de resolución común, sin firmas, y en la que figuraban, además de toda una serie de nombres de diputados que se habían añadido, los de parte de los diputados firmantes de la primera propuesta de resolución. +En mi campo de acción, más estrictamente, el la cooperación policial y judicial, debo decir a Sus Señorías que la lucha contra el tráfico de niños, la lucha contra el abuso y los crímenes relacionados con los niños, a la vez que la prevención de la criminalidad juvenil, constituyen prioridades en la acción de la Comisión, reconocidas por la Cumbre de Tampere, y que vamos a desarrollarlas en el marco de los programas de cooperación policial y judicial que pondré en conocimiento de Sus Señorías cuando presente el resumen de la situación pedido por los jefes de Estado y de Gobierno. +En un momento en el que estamos tratando de popularizar el euro y de conseguir una mayor adhesión a la Unión, en el que además, también por parte del Consejo -y yo saludo esa iniciativa-, se está iniciando el trabajo de redacción y de debate de una Carta de Derechos Fundamentales con participación del Parlamento Europeo y los parlamentos nacionales, resulta un tanto chocante que se plantee un proceso a puerta cerrada en el que, hasta el día de hoy, el Consejo ni siquiera ha aceptado decir si va a incluir una representación del Parlamento Europeo. +Me alegro mucho de que el informe no se haya centrado únicamente en la reforma de los tratados y de los procedimientos, que no se haya limitado a los aspectos generales, sino que, al final, haya optado por establecer y consagrar una serie de prioridades. Entre ellas figura la necesidad de lograr avances que redunden en beneficio de la seguridad de Europa y de los ciudadanos en el marco de la creación de un espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia, así como la consagración de los procedimientos susceptibles de convertir dicho espacio en realidad. +Los principales objetivos generales para la estrategia de la Unión Europea contra la droga en los cinco años próximos se pueden resumir de la manera siguiente: reducción considerable de la incidencia del uso abusivo de drogas ilícitas entre jóvenes de menos de 18 años de edad; reducción sustancial del número de fallecimientos relacionados con las drogas; aumento considerable del número de toxicómanos tratados con éxito, y reducción sustancial del número de delitos graves relacionados con drogas, incluido el blanqueo de dinero y el tráfico ilícito de precursores. +La conciencia que de la problemática canaria tuvimos quienes en España negociamos la adhesión de nuestro país a las Comunidades Europeas y los sucesivos Tratados que llegan hasta el de Amsterdam, y la preocupación constante por que aquella situación específica fuera siempre tomada en cuenta quedaron reflejadas en el Protocolo especial nº 2 del Acta de Adhesión de España y Portugal, ya en 1985, en el Reglamento (CEE) nº 1911/91 del Consejo, que aprobó dicho Protocolo y en el propio apartado 2 del artículo 299 del Tratado CE, que describe las regiones periféricas de la Unión con especial mención a Canarias y prescribe la precisa flexibilidad para la aplicación de las normas generales a casos tan determinados y vulnerables como el que aquí nos ocupa. +Éstas incluyen, por ejemplo, las enmiendas relativas al Protocolo de Kioto, a la importancia de los datos recogidos para el control adecuado del cumplimiento del acuerdo voluntario de reducir las emisiones de CO2 de los turismos hasta el año 2003, así como a la obligación de la Comisión Europea de comunicar también al Parlamento Europeo los datos relativos al seguimiento de las emisiones proporcionados por los Estados miembros y finalmente también una ampliación de los datos que se deberán comunicar. +La Comisión de Asuntos Económicos defiende que dicho período no exceda de dos meses, y para que esto sea así es necesario que el BCE, la Comisión y las administraciones nacionales tomen una serie de medidas, de las que algunas ya se han citado aquí: proveer a consumidores, comerciantes, y bancos con la cantidad necesaria de monedas y billetes antes del 1 de enero del 2002, generalizar para el 1 de enero del 2001 la doble indicación de precios, aprovechar este proceso para modernizar nuestros sistemas de pago y adoptar las disposiciones precisas para asegurar una protección legal adecuada que impida el fraude. +Asunto: Apertura del Consejo de Ministros en aras de la transparencia ¿En qué fase se encuentra actualmente el recurso interpuesto por los periodistas suecos ante el Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas relativo al conflicto existente entre el carácter no democrático de la confidencialidad de los documentos del Consejo de Ministros y la obligación de trasparencia de todos los documentos que impone la excelente ley sueca sobre la libertad de información promulgada hace 200 años? +Señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, puesto esta mañana he escuchado al Canciller Schröeder decir que los bombardeos de la OTAN se realizan en nombre de los derechos humanos y en pro de la minoría albanesa de Yugoslavia, como creo que tampoco ustedes entienden los derechos humanos según el caso, o «à la carte», y ya que ayer en la prensa turca se decía que no se ha autorizado ni se va a autorizar la presencia de observadores internacionales en el juicio de Ocalan, desearía que me dijera concretamente cuál será la actitud del Consejo hacia Turquía, un país candidato al ingreso en la UE, si finalmente no son autorizados los observadores. +Conviene señalar que la resolución pide asimismo una cooperación transfronteriza más estrecha entre los equipos de protección civil, reconoce en la cooperación con las autoridades suizas la solución deseable para afrontar a corto plazo los problemas causados por el cierre del túnel del Mont Blanc, e invita a todos los Estados miembros a que consideren la necesidad de equipar los túneles, que todavía carecen de ella, con una galería de servicio para permitir una evacuación rápida en caso de accidente, una galería de servicio que, como sabemos, desgraciadamente, no existía en este caso. +Con este telón de fondo, se consiguió adoptar una posición común frente a China, en Oriente Medio, en relación con la política de derechos humanos y en muchos otros temas difíciles en el ámbito de la política exterior, y alcanzar finalmente en Colonia una serie de decisiones importantes, como la aprobación de la primera estrategia común con respecto a Rusia y un calendario para la creación de una Política de Seguridad y Defensa europea, así como la designación de Javier Solana como el mejor candidato posible para el puesto de Mister PESC. +La propuesta de celebrar una mini-sesión en Bruselas un miércoles - naturalmente cuando los diputados ya estén en Bruselas para asistir a las reuniones de los Grupos y de las comisiones - habría permitido al Presidente de la Comisión asistir al Parlamento e informar sobre los resultados de la reunión semanal de la Comisión, y demostrar así a los ciudadanos que la Comisión es responsable ante el Parlamento y elevar nuestro perfil a través del anuncio en el seno de esta institución de las iniciativas importantes de la Comisión. +Así ocurre en el caso de Olivetti, que, después de haber encontrado los capitales necesarios para su jugosa OPA sobre Telecom Italia, programó la supresión de 13.000 puestos de trabajo, en el de Alcatel, que, para recuperar la confianza de sus accionistas financieros, hizo saber, al mismo tiempo, que había obtenido 15.000 millones de francos, es decir, 2.300 millones de euros de beneficios netos y que iba a suprimir 12.000 puestos de trabajo, en el del sector bancario, en el que la llegada del euro ha significado un auténtico latigazo para las fusiones-adquisiciones devoradoras de puestos de trabajo y ha desplazado la labor de la banca hacia actividades financieras, si no especulativas. +Para responder a la Sra. Ries, en relación con la justicia nacional rwandesa, debo señalar que la Comisión ha canalizado sus intervenciones a través del apoyo institucional a los ministerios, a fin de fortalecer el derecho de defensa y de las partes civiles, en el marco de la mejora de las condiciones de vida en las cárceles y del apoyo a los supervivientes del genocidio, así como en el marco de la observancia de los derechos humanos. +Si la combinación de políticas europea ha consistido hasta ahora en unas recomendaciones para la política presupuestaria de los gobiernos, la política monetaria de los bancos centrales y la política salarial de los interlocutores sociales, la llegada del euro y el BCE son por lo visto motivo para la Comisión Europea para no dar ya un papel activo a la política monetaria en la combinación de políticas europea. +Señora Presidenta, señoras y señores diputados, es para mí un honor venir ante ustedes, los representantes de una Europa que llena de optimismo, conforma la realidad política más exitosa de integración que ha conocido el presente siglo y que demuestra que sí es posible surgir de la muerte a la vida, del irrespeto al ser humano a la veneración de sus derechos, del pesimismo a la esperanza; que demuestra además que la paz es posible allí donde el desarrollo, la justicia social, la defensa de los más débiles, la solidaridad y la convivencia se instalan; que ellos determinan la cultura, dan sentido a la libertad y abren el camino que conduce al logro de metas compartidas. +El Consejo Europeo de Tampere tuvo como objetivo planificar y dar curso a la materialización del "Espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia" decidido en el Tratado de Amsterdam con vistas a la consecución de una mayor coordinación o incluso la existencia de políticas comunes, como en el caso de la inmigración, del asilo y de la política de visados, lo que, a nuestro juicio, y teniendo en cuenta la importancia del sector de las libertades públicas, justicia y seguridad, exige que se garantice el proceso de decisión por unanimidad en el Consejo, con respeto de la soberanía de los Estados miembros. +Sería importante - y ésta era la enmienda que queríamos presentar - que, entre las tareas de este Observatorio, precisamente desde la óptica de una integración europea que debe ser cada vez más una integración política, una integración de las sociedades y de la manera de hacer política, una integración de la información a escala europea, existiera, por ejemplo, el seguimiento y control de las presencias en las distintas televisiones de toda Europa y de la actividad política parlamentaria de las fuerzas políticas tanto a escala nacional como europea, que de este modo podría tener un punto de referencia en el Observatorio. +Si, en lugar de abstenerse en el Consejo, hubiera, al igual que Alemania, votado en favor del mantenimiento del embargo ante la ausencia de elementos indispensables de rastreabilidad, el embargo estaría en vigor, los consumidores estarían en seguridad, las pruebas estarían preparándose para ilustrarnos, se habría evitado el desencadenamiento de chauvinismo del otro lado de la Mancha para honor del gran pueblo británico y nuestros amigos conservadores no habrían tenido de renegar del principio de soberanía al que están legítimamente apegados. +Creo que es insuficiente, queridos colegas, porque aún seguimos tratando del problema como si se tratara de un problema coyuntural, cuando en realidad Europa está sufriendo un problema estructural de unas dimensiones históricas, fruto de un cambio en el modo de producción, fruto de un incremento de la productividad en el trabajo que lleva a que incrementos del producto y de la riqueza no se acompañen con incrementos de las personas empleadas y que ese incremento de la riqueza se lo distribuyan las empresas y los trabajadores que tienen trabajo y dejen fuera del festín a quienes están peor situados: a las mujeres, a los jóvenes sin cualificación, a los parados de larga duración. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0043/1999) de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor, respecto de la posición común adoptada por el Consejo relativa a la propuesta de Directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Directiva 88/77/CEE (5734/1/1999 - C5 - 0028/1999 - 1997/0350(COD)) del Consejo, relativa a la aproximación de los Estados miembros sobre las medidas que deben adoptarse contra la emisión de gases y partículas contaminantes procedentes de motores diesel destinados a la propulsión de vehículos (Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor) (Ponente: Sr. Lange). +Una Europa dirigida por un directorio sería la negación de un proceso estimulante de integración europea que hemos vivido -con imperfecciones, cierto es, pero con la participación de todos los países-, por lo que la cooperación reforzada, en nuestra opinión, debe ser una excepción y no una regla de la labor dentro de la Unión Europea, porque muchas veces hay voluntad política para cooperar, pero no hay condiciones, desde el punto de vista económico o desde otro punto de vista, para hacer realidad esa voluntad de cooperación reforzada. +El resultado de la reunión extraoficial de los Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores, celebrada en Saariselkä, y que fue publicado en las conclusiones del Consejo de Asuntos Generales del 13 de septiembre, así como la participación del Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Sr. Cemin, en el almuerzo del Consejo de Asuntos Generales son señales que, en opinión de la Presidencia finlandesa, significan un nuevo comienzo constructivo en la relaciones entre la Unión Europea y Turquía. +Por consiguiente, con la mano en el pecho, cuando leemos los periódicos, constatamos que incluso en el seno de la Unión Europea nuestros objetivos, ora los objetivos de política de medio ambiente, ora los objetivos de política social, ora las normas laborales esenciales, fueron presentados de manera proteccionista; si entre nosotros, en la Unión Europea, no hemos sido capaces de compartir nuestros objetivos, tanto menos en el seno del grupo de estados de la Organización Mundial del Comercio. +Señor Presidente, aunque es positivo que la Unión Europea quiera ampliarse a otros países para consolidar en ellos el desarrollo de la democracia y para fortalecer su capacidad económica de cara a afrontar el mercado mundial -en el cual, lo reiteramos por enésima vez, han de defenderse las peculiaridades productivas nacionales luchando contra la homologación y la nivelación, causas indiscutibles de la pérdida de las culturas específicas y de la calidad de los productos- es igualmente necesario que el Parlamento reitere firmemente que el ingreso de un nuevo país debe estar subordinado a la efectiva aplicación en el mismo de los criterios que ya se fijaron en Amsterdam. +Pues bien, frente a esta situación ciertamente compleja, una constatación: no hay derecho transitorio, no hay disposiciones transitorias en el Tratado de Amsterdam y, por lo tanto, tenemos que hacer una interpretación integrador y constructiva a partir de los principios que subyacen al Tratado; una interpretación que, para el Parlamento, se basa en tres puntos: responder a nuestra responsabilidad para con los ciudadanos preservando las competencias que el Tratado le otorga al Parlamento y por cuya observancia debemos velar, así como cuando se las atribuya a otras instituciones, como pueden ser las consultas nuevas al Comité de las Regiones o al Comité Económico y Social. +Todos estos casos, estos enfrentamientos comerciales, que tenemos en este momento con los Estados Unidos o también con Canadá constituyen en principio casos test en los que se prueba en el marco de la Organización Mundial de Comercio el límite de hasta dónde llega el grado de la independencia y de la autonomía de los estados en el ámbito de la autodeterminación de determinadas políticas, sea la protección de los consumidores, sea la asistencia sanitaria, sea la cuestión de cómo se puede hacer política en el marco de los países en vías de desarrollo, como en el caso de los plátanos, o sea en el caso de los estándares. +En el plano económico y social, los ejes de acción abordan la reestructuración de las empresas, las finanzas públicas, el sistema bancario o los accesos a los mercados financieros internacionales, las normas y la certificación, la política de competencia, el acceso al mercado, la cooperación tecnológica y el desarrollo de la reforma agraria y el diálogo social. +Si, tras su declaración en el Parlamento Europeo, no se puede poner en duda la voluntad del Sr. Romano Prodi de sanear y mejorar el funcionamiento de la Comisión, tampoco se puede poner en duda su voluntad de continuar la construcción de una Europa liberal en la que los trabajadores no se tomen en consideración: ni una palabra sobre el diálogo social, ni una palabra sobre el servicio público, ni una palabra sobre la necesidad de constituir esa base de los derechos sociales fundamentales sin los cuales tendremos deslocalizaciones por «dumping» fiscal. +B4-0465/99 del diputado Swoboda, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0481/99 del diputado Bertens, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0490/99 de los diputados Vinci y otros, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica-B4-0493/99 de los diputados Pasty y van Bladel, en nombre del Grupo Unión por Europa-B4-0509/99 de los diputados Aelvoet, Tamino y Ceyhun, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre el proceso del Sr. Ocalan y el futuro de la cuestión kurda en Turquía; +Nuestra propuesta de resolución contendrá sobre todo los elementos dinámicos que han sido tratados ya por el Presidente del Consejo y también por el Comisario Lamy y que contienen nuestras ideas para una mejor inclusión de las prestaciones financieras, para una política de inversiones y de competencia en el marco de la OMC, para una posterior reducción de los aranceles sobre los productos industriales y para una mejor inclusión, incluso Mainstreaming, de la protección del medio ambiente y del consumidor en la obra reguladora de la Organización Mundial de Comercio. +Yo espero, por tanto, que, después de esta primera comunicación de la Comisión, la Comisión presente ante el Parlamento un programa estratégico, con un paquete legislativo necesario, con más tiempo por parte de la Comisión y por parte del Parlamento, pero espero también que, a lo largo de esta legislatura, el mercado interior se convierta en una realidad y que, al convertirse en una realidad, se haga en beneficio de los ciudadanos, se haga en beneficio de los trabajadores y que permita seguir consolidando ese modelo social europeo que yo diría que, en este momento, constituye la envidia de los países que no pertenecen a la Unión Europea. +Señor Lamy, yo le insto, por consiguiente, a que usted y la Comisión hagan también suyos estos puntos que acabo de enumerar, al igual que otros más amplios, y concreten y garanticen la inclusión de estos aspectos fundamentales ya en la ronda inaugural de negociaciones, de manera que en los próximos años podamos seguir trabajando en el marco de la Ronda del Milenio para que la Organización Mundial de Comercio llegue a ser lo que deseamos que sea, una organización del comercio justa y respetuosa con el medio ambiente que nos permita desarrollar los intercambios comerciales, pero permitiendo a la vez la existencia de nuestras gentes y de nuestro medio ambiente. +Personalmente he podido comprobar que a un solicitante de asilo nigeriano se le estaba concediendo asilo sobre la base de un falso pasaporte de Liberia, que una familia albanesa se hacía pasar por naturales de Kosovo, que otro nigeriano había pedido prestado su pasaporte británico a su primo y haciéndose pasar por él había podido entrar en el Reino Unido, donde cometió un delito, y que un argelino estaba viviendo con la identidad de un ciudadano francés y había comprado su documento de identidad en el mercado negro de París. +Por lo tanto, en nombre de los españoles que en este momento están enormemente preocupados por el tema, espero que la Comisión transmita al Consejo nuestra preocupación, nuestro desacuerdo con las últimas resoluciones del Consejo de Ministros de Industria -que parece dispuesto, en un dulce laissez faire, a abandonar lo poco que nos queda de sector naval europeo- y la esperanza de que o bien se tomen medidas para evitar esa competencia desleal que se está produciendo o, de no hacerse así, se proceda a un rearme de las ayudas comunitarias para compensar las desigualdades, incompetencias y malas formas que se están produciendo hoy en todos los centros de la construcción naval. +Permítame aprovechar esta oportunidad para señalar que la presidenta de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, la Sra. Theato, y yo hemos intervenido juntos ante un comité para la toma de contacto de todos los presidentes de los Tribunales de Cuentas nacionales de los Estados miembros y del Tribunal de Cuentas para comunicar a estas personas clave que la lucha contra el fraude a los fondos comunitarios es también una tarea nacional. +En el nivel del Consejo Europeo, lo que se decidió fue que los Jefes de Estado o de Gobierno se ocuparían de nuevo de las materias relacionadas con la justicia y los asuntos de interior en el Consejo Europeo de junio del año 2000, el Consejo de Santa Maria da Feira, para apreciar más detalladamente la llamada dimensión exterior de la justicia y los asuntos de interior, es decir, las implicaciones en la esfera de la política exterior de la Unión Europea de las nuevas prioridades aprobadas por Tampere para el sector de libertad, seguridad y justicia. +Señor Presidente, este informe demuestra que, si hubiera voluntad política, sería posible, con el Tratado actual, reformar el funcionamiento de la Comisión en el sentido de hacer de ella un verdadero órgano de impulso político para la construcción europea y un órgano independiente de los Gobiernos y de los intereses privados y reformar el funcionamiento del Parlamento Europeo a fin de hacer de él, como órgano elegido directamente por los ciudadanos, el centro de la vida política en la Unión Europea. +B4-0374/99 del diputado Bertens, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas, y de los diputados Bourlanges y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0390/99 de los diputados Pasty y Van Bladel, en nombre del Grupo Unión por Europa-B4-0400/99 del diputado Harrison, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0407/99 de los diputados Vinci y otros, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica-B4-0422/99 de los diputados Telkämper y McKenna, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre Camboya; +La Comisión considera en cualquier caso como un mérito especial del Parlamento Europeo que la necesaria disciplina de gastos no se haga a cargo de los más pobres de la Comunidad. Esta disciplina de gastos nos permite al mismo tiempo establecer un importante paquete de ampliación y en los sectores de política interna y en las tareas administrativas hemos alcanzado márgenes de actuación adicionales para, por un lado, acompañar de modo dirigido el impulso económico y de empleo que se inicia y, por otro, poner a la administración en situación de hacerse cargo de las nuevas tareas adicionales. +Frente a los criterios de ir conformando una política agraria que tome más en cuenta la naturaleza estructural de algunas realidades a través de una política de desarrollo rural capaz de corregir algunas de las situaciones de nuestro mundo rural, como es la necesidad de diversificar sus actividades, de ofrecer a sus ciudadanos nuevas oportunidades y de evitar las continuas pérdidas de población, se opta por una política de desarrollo rural mínima y sin auténtica fortaleza. +Segundo, evitar que la Comisión y los Comités que la asisten adopten un acto de carácter legislativo sin seguir el procedimiento de codecisión normal; tercero, garantizar al Parlamento Europeo la facultad de intervenir rápidamente al efecto de oponerse a la legitimidad y al contenido de una norma de ejecución, un punto que despierta cierta satisfacción en la negociación, y cuarto, conseguir una simplificación real y no limitada a la eliminación de las variantes de los Comités con arreglo a la decisión de 1987. +Al respecto, nos ha satisfecho captar en sus palabras la voluntad de prestar mayor atención no solo a lo que al trabajo se refiere, sino también al derecho a la salud, una mayor atención, por ejemplo, a la calidad de los productos alimenticios, porque el daño que causan casos como el pollo contaminado por dioxina o las vacas locas, a la credibilidad global de las Instituciones comunitarias, es un daño enorme que no se palia con palabras y que, lamentablemente, en muchos casos da lugar a la necesidad de disponer de mucho tiempo, un tiempo de que no siempre cuentan las Instituciones. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0033/1999) de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior respecto de la posición común (8697/1999 - C5-0031/1999 - 1998/0071 (COD)) aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de una directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Directiva 70/221/CEE del Consejo relativa a la aproximación de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros sobre los depósitos de carburante líquido y los dispositivos de protección trasera de los vehículos a motor y de sus remolques +Como instrumento único de financiación y programación para la cooperación, CULTURA 2000 enuncia un conjunto de objetivos encaminados a atender, más y mejor, esas necesidades, con lo que puede representar un paso decisivo con vistas a una política cultural europea digna de ese nombre, es decir, un instrumento que permita el contacto reiterado, interactivo y fecundo entre las culturas de los diversos países miembros a fin de que la variedad de los sectores considerados y la multidisciplinaridad de las realizaciones sean cada vez más un elemento vivificante del propio humus de la identidad europea sin perjuicio del pluralismo y de la diversidad esencial de esas culturas. +GOODYEAR, RENAULT, ahora MICHELIN -adaptándose a los modelos de desarrollo promovidos con la creación del mercado interior único, y acentuados con los Tratados de Maastricht y Amsterdam y con la Unión Económica y Monetaria-, se han valido de las condiciones de inmunidad que se han ido creando, con la progresiva desaparición de toda noción de responsabilidad social y de protección de los trabajadores, y que han privado de su empleo a un número cada vez mayor de personas, empujándolas al espacio del paro y de la marginación social. +También el Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias ha anunciado su deseo de visitar Marruecos para mantener un diálogo y una vía de comunicación directa con el Gobierno marroquí, en la línea de buena vecindad que debe caracterizar las relaciones entre dos pueblos vecinos y civilizados, ya que, muchas veces, la viscosidad de la realidad -como bien dijo el otro día el Sr. Obiols en el debate en Bruselas, en relación con el destino común entre Europa y Marruecos- no permite muchas veces actuar de la manera más conveniente. +El informe del Banco Central Europeo explica que hay algunas distorsiones para alcanzar unos mayores niveles de crecimiento -o una mayor estabilidad en la Unión Europea o una mayor competitividad en un proceso de economía abierta, necesidades aún más acentuadas teniendo en cuenta la perspectiva de la Ronda del Milenio-, precisamente porque falta por profundizar aún en algunos aspectos estructurales: desde los mercados laborales hasta, como se ha citado, el sistema de formación, o bien aspectos que son igualmente importantes, como por ejemplo una mejora en los niveles de investigación y desarrollo. +Y recibe un impulso equilibrado, porque se trata, por un lado, de favorecer el Mercado Interior, de favorecer la integración económica con la directiva sobre actos judiciales y extrajudiciales en materia civil y comercial, pero, por otro lado, se trata también de dar primacía a los derechos de las personas, a los derechos de los seres humanos, a los derechos de los niños, que, además de tener que sufrir el trauma que es siempre un divorcio, no deben sufrir el trauma del drama burocrático del reconocimiento de las decisiones judiciales. +Esencialmente, establece lo siguiente: una reducción del contenido actual en alquitrán de los cigarrillos; la introducción por primera vez de un límite del contenido en nicotina de los cigarrillos; la introducción de límites de monóxido de carbono; etiquetas mayores y mejores en las cajetillas de cigarrillos relativas a los peligros del hábito de fumar, al contenido en alquitrán, nicotina y monóxido de carbono de los cigarrillos; controles sobre una utilización de las calificaciones "suave" y "bajo contenido de alquitrán", etc.; y nuevas salvaguardias sobre los aditivos del tabaco. +Señor Presidente, es un insulto a la conciencia y a la ética política europea que, tras una intervención militar de la OTAN y de la Unión Europea contra Yugoslavia, bajo la bandera de razones humanitarias, por la condenable limpieza étnica realizada por la Administración yugoslava entre los albaneses, en este momento estemos más o menos tranquilos y comprensivos ante una violencia contra los serbios, gitanos y otras minorías, causada esta vez por los albaneses, además con una proporción comparativamente superior. +He dicho que el informe es excelente no solo porque, justamente, vuelve a centrar los dos términos de la cuestión -acción combinada de reducción de la demanda y de reducción de la oferta- sino también, permítame que lo diga Sra. Giannakou-Koutsikou, por la sinceridad con que critica lo que continúa siendo insuficiente en la propuesta de la Comisión tanto desde el punto de vista financiero y económico -no se puede enunciar la importancia de una batalla y después no ser consecuentes en términos financieros- como desde el punto de vista, digámoslo así, de la timidez política de las iniciativas que los Estados aún no han tomado. +A raíz de dicha resolución, el Grupo Técnico de Diputados Independientes (Grupo mixto) es considerado existente y se lo asimila a los demás Grupos políticos en todos los planos: en el plano de la actividad parlamentaria, el Grupo dispone inmediatamente de todos los derechos reconocidos por el Reglamento a los Grupos políticos debidamente constituidos y en el plano administrativo y financiero dicho Grupo tiene derecho al personal necesario para su funcionamiento, así como a los créditos asignados a los Grupos políticos, según las claves de reparto existentes. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0074/1999) del Sr. Pronk, en nombre de la Delegación del Parlamento en el Comité de Conciliación, sobre el texto conjunto, aprobado por el Comité de Conciliación, de directiva del Consejo relativa a las disposiciones mínimas para la mejora de la protección de la salud y la seguridad de los trabajadores expuestos a los riesgos derivados de atmósferas explosivas (Decimoquinta Directiva específica con arreglo al apartado 1 del artículo 16 de la Directiva 89/391/CEE) (C5-0221/1999 - 1995/0235(COD)). +Asunto: Asignación del 1 % del FSE para un fondo de capital social En el contexto de la reforma de los Fondos estructurales, ¿puede el Consejo garantizar que mantendrá la propuesta de la Comisión de destinar el 1 % del FSE a un fondo de capital social dada la importancia de proporcionar un acceso rápido a la ayuda del FSE a las ONG y teniendo en cuenta también la experiencia de un sistema de este tipo en el «Programa de Paz y Reconciliación» de Irlanda del Norte? +Que el Reglamento financiero no se adapta a las exigencias de una gestión moderna y de un control eficaz, o incluso que las investigaciones de la unidad de lucha contra el fraude tienden a prolongarse demasiado tiempo, para obtener resultados microscópicos. Estas constataciones corresponden a lo que mi Grupo plantea desde hace mucho tiempo, al igual por otro lado, que las soluciones técnicas que se proponen, ya se trate de reforzar la auditoría interna, la lucha contra el fraude, la trasparencia y la obligación de rendir cuentas por la Comisión. +En cuanto a las medidas en el ámbito del desarrollo rural, yo ya había señalado que también considero este segundo pilar de la política agraria como un complemento importante y la Comisión propondrá, por consiguiente, un incremento limitado de la dotación para medidas de fomento del desarrollo rural, también con la finalidad de ofrecer a los Estados miembros un incentivo para que realicen mayores esfuerzos en el ámbito de la protección agroambiental y en la creación de estructuras que garanticen la seguridad de la cadena alimentaria. +Son, desde luego, la cuestión presupuestaria, la cuestión de una fragmentación o pulverización de las acciones considerada excesiva y propensa a disminuir el relieve público de la Unión y, en consecuencia, la cuestión de una opción en la que se conceda preferencia a líneas que apoyen una mayor dimensión y espectacularidad de las iniciativas, para lo que se había previsto la participación de agentes y operadores culturales que abarquen un número elevado de países como mínimo, lo que, a nuestro entender, entrañaría un grave riesgo de hipertrofia de algunas redes de operadores culturales, al conferirles una concentración excesiva de medios y poderes, con lo que se pondría en entredicho el funcionamiento normal, e incluso la existencia, de muchas de las restantes. +En una época en la que los movimientos populares luchan por la completa abolición de las armas nucleares y la opinión pública mundial entrevé los riesgos de un reavivamiento del antagonismo nuclear y exige la reducción de los gastos militares y el alejamiento del peligro de un desastre nuclear, los EUA hacen gala de una postura extremadamente provocativa que mina todo intento de estabilización de las relaciones internacionales y socava intencionadamente la configuración de un clima de paz internacional y seguridad. +Plantear en serio el problema del pleno empleo sería poner en entredicho la pertinencia de la eliminación de las fronteras, pero sobre eso no se dialogará, pues habría que oponerse al mundialismo; sería plantear la cuestión de la pertinencia del exceso de fiscalidad y de la burocracia, pero sobre eso no se dialogará, pues habría que oponerse a las doctrinas del socialismo; sería plantear la cuestión de la pertinencia de la política de inmigración, que pesa sobre el empleo, por no hablar de los costos que induce, pero sobre eso no se dialogará, porque habría que oponerse al pensamiento único. +Ello incluye desde obtener una distribución y una mayor flexibilidad en la gestión del espacio aéreo en sus usos civiles y militares -y eso en algunos países se puede conseguir con una cierta rapidez, hay que impulsarlo y estamos trabajando en ello- hasta, también a corto plazo, intervenir en la gestión que están haciendo los aeropuertos y también las compañías aéreas de sus previsiones de vuelos y en la organización de esos vuelos, para mejorar el uso y la eficiencia en el uso de los espacios en los aeropuertos, los slots. +Como confío en que desplegará todos sus esfuerzos para asegurar que nuestra política exterior responda a criterios de equilibrio, en que reafirmará sin duda su prioridad en el proceso de homologación en términos de desarrollo político y económico de todos aquellos países que, como nosotros hace ya casi 25 años, transitan de un régimen autocrático a otro de libertades, en que asentará para siempre la paz en suelo europeo, pero también asegurará nuestro protagonismo en toda la extensión mediterránea, otra prioridad tanto en términos económicos como de seguridad, y en que salvaguardará con eficacia nuestros intereses en América Latina, por ejemplo asegurando el cumplimiento del compromiso suscrito con el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos en torno a la aplicación de la Ley Helms-Burton. +Puedo manifestar, por haber presidido ayer la reunión de todos los grupos de este Parlamento durante la puesta a punto de un proyecto de resolución común que, al contrario que algunos otros, no será un texto de compromiso, y en ninguna forma de un compromiso entre posiciones divergentes, sino una síntesis enriquecida de las propuestas de cada una de las familias políticas reunidas, en una voluntad común de aportar la contribución de este Parlamento a una solución política al drama que está ensangrentando Chechenia hoy. +Y especialmente, diría, en relación con una de las cuestiones fundamentales, que es el litigio grecoturco sobre el Egeo, ¿no existe, no es un requisito necesario el reconocimiento expreso por Turquía, no de los puntos de vista de otro país, pero sí del compromiso de que respetará el derecho internacional, el compromiso de que no recurrirá a la violencia y no amenazará con recurrir a la violencia, y de que en el caso de que persistan las diferencias acudirá al Tribunal Internacional de La Haya ¿Es esta una condición necesaria para su reconocimiento como país candidato a la adhesión? +La importancia de las negociaciones que se van a celebrar en el ámbito de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, que se iniciarán en Seattle el próximo día 30 de noviembre, se debe, evidentemente, a un orden del día que incluye vastas esferas de la actividad humana: de la agricultura a los aspectos culturales; de los transportes a la educación y la salud; de los derechos de autor y las denominaciones de origen a la inversión extranjera; y todo ello amalgamado en una perspectiva mundial y como si todo eso no fuera sino simples "mercancías" que pueden ser objeto de transacciones. +Por último, quiero subrayar sólo dos puntos que, sobre la base de nuestra experiencia italiana, resultan especialmente importantes y significativos: primero, la importancia de apoyar la investigación científica de base para conocer mejor el fenómeno y, a ser posible, saber con antelación cuáles serán las llamadas drogas del futuro, en particular conocer el poder devastador de las drogas sintéticas; segundo, la importancia de implicar en nuestras acciones a los actores principales, aquellos que están en primera línea, en las trincheras todos los días y que prestan ayuda a los toxicómanos, o sea, la experiencia de los centros de desintoxicación. +En cuanto a la aplicación práctica, lo importante ahora es que la Comisión de la UE y los Estados miembros manifiesten también en los casos concretos la voluntad de no limitarse a constatar las violaciones de los derechos humanos y, por lo tanto, también de un componente esencial del convenio, sino de aplicar también las sanciones jurídicas previstas en cada caso, que por regla general comienzan con una consulta y pueden llegar hasta la suspensión parcial del acuerdo o incluso de su totalidad. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, tras el informe publicado el año pasado sobre Turquía por nuestros colegas los Srs Macmillan-Scott y Swoboda, así como la resolución de nuestro Parlamento del pasado 6 de octubre, que ponía de relieve la importancia de la profundización de la estrategia europea para con ese país, nuestra Asamblea debería poder adoptar mañana dos propuestas de reglamento del Parlamento y del Consejo relativas a la ejecución de acciones encaminadas al desarrollo económico y social de Turquía, la primera, y a la profundización de la Unión Aduanera entre la Comunidad Europea y Turquía. +En la medida en que los nuevos cambios necesarios de las instituciones, o incluso instituciones completamente nuevas, como el nuevo cuerpo militar tan importante que se ha decidido, nos sitúan ante dilemas difíciles sobre cómo asignar el poder entre las autoridades nacionales y comunitarias, no olvidemos el mensaje de la UEM: que las instituciones comunitarias tienen éxito cuando se aplica correctamente el principio de subsidiariedad y cuando la fuerza de sus socios poderosos se ve equilibrada por la consolidación de los derechos de los socios más débiles. +La intervención del Parlamento Europeo, del Consejo y de la Comisión contribuirá no sólo a resguardar con mayor solidez un conjunto de intereses que se especificaron oportunamente, sino también a reafirmar un auténtico protagonismo de la Unión Europea a fin de que China no pueda dejar de ver en ella un interlocutor preferente en una geoestrategia vinculada a la paz, la construcción de la democracia, la salvaguardia de los derechos humanos, el desarrollo, el diálogo y la modernidad en el plano de la escena mundial. +Señora Presidenta, este informe contiene algunas confesiones interesantes: leo en el considerando F que existe un diferencial persistente de crecimiento con los Estados Unidos; en el considerando J leo que la muy elevada presión fiscal de la mayoría de los Estados europeos no favorece ni el consumo, ni el crecimiento ni el empleo; en el párrafo 4, el ponente reconoce, con razón, el modesto rendimiento de la Unión Europea en términos de crecimiento y de empleo; en el párrafo 16, se constata que las inversiones públicas no siempre gozan de preferencia respecto de los gastos de funcionamiento; en el párrafo 23, el ponente dice que es conveniente mantenerse alerta frente a eventuales perspectivas deflacionarias. +Desde 1998, la Comisión ha financiado programas de ayuda humanitaria del orden de un millón de euros para mejorar la situación de la población de Anjouan en materia de nutrición y sanidad, y la Comisión acaba de aprobar un nuevo programa, por un importe de 730.000 euros, destinado a la asistencia sanitaria de carácter primario, y se está estudiando la conveniencia de conceder un programa adicional de ayuda humanitaria dadas las necesidades existentes en las tres islas por causa de la inestabilidad política. +Me permito sugerir que para evitar sorpresas en el futuro, el Consejo y el Parlamento vigilen muy de cerca la misión de mantenimiento de la paz de las Naciones Unidas, el plan de ayuda humanitaria de Europa, la integridad de cualquier programa actual o futuro destinado a poner término al sufrimiento de la población de Timor para garantizar su plena independencia y su soberanía libre de toda amenaza, interferencia o presión proveniente de los militares indonesios y de sus asesores americanos. +No cabe duda de que la reanudación del proceso de paz después del final del Gobierno del Sr. Netanyahu, la elección de Barak y el nuevo acuerdo firmado en Sharm el Sheikh son un paso adelante respecto a las tinieblas del pasado, tras el asesinato del primer ministro Rabin; sin embargo, el camino es todavía difícil antes de conseguir una paz estable y duradera que los palestinos puedan vivir, tal como se establece en las resoluciones de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, en un Estado Palestino que espero que sea democrático y pueda coexistir pacíficamente con el Estado de Israel. +El apoyo de la Comisión a la reconstrucción y al desarrollo debería centrarse entonces en los siguientes ámbitos: en primer lugar, el establecimiento del estado de derecho y la democratización de las instituciones nacionales; en segundo lugar, la desmovilización y la reintegración socioeconómica de los grupos beligerantes; en tercer lugar, la restauración del medio ambiente, especialmente en las provincias de Kivu y Orientale; en cuarto lugar, la reconstrucción de la infraestructura de transportes; y por último, la mejora de los servicios de salud y sanitarios. +Asimismo me alegra que el Sr. Vitorino haya anunciado el lunes en la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, Justicia y Asuntos Interiores que la Comisión va a presentar pronto un estudio sobre la realización concreta de este proyecto pues creo realmente que si nuestra policía se forma conjuntamente en el espíritu europeo y si, tal como se prevé en la resolución, se incluye también desde el principio a la policía de los países candidatos -propuesta que proviene también de esta Asamblea-, entonces daremos un importante paso concreto hacia una Europa del derecho y de la seguridad interior. +Con nuestras enmiendas queríamos lograr una simplificación de las estructuras, una mejora de la comunicación con el grupo objetivo, una configuración transparente de los procedimientos ejecutivos, una mayor participación de grupos desfavorecidos y una mayor difusión de las informaciones sobre el programa para lograr un mejor acceso y, finalmente, una flexibilización de los límites de edad de los participantes para encontrar a la postre un enfoque de solución horizontal en la comitología. +Si he aceptado, finalmente, adherirme a la resolución que se someterá a votación de nuestros colegas, es porque he podido percatarme del verdadero estado emocional de una parte de la opinión pública mundial; estas preocupaciones, unidas a las palabras pronunciadas anteriormente sobre la reacción del Gobierno japonés y de otros organismos internacionales, que piden a las poblaciones que tomen precauciones, que se procuren reservas de alimentos, en previsión de este fin del mundo anunciado, me confirman en la idea de que las precauciones preconizadas por nuestro Parlamento son, debido a su prudencia, capaces de apaciguar los temores, y, por tanto, pueden ser útiles. +El mismo trabaja en la definición de un sistema de tribunales de arbitraje en la línea de la práctica tradicional, en que los tribunales son constituidos por ciudadanos elegidos en los diferentes niveles de la administración local, y que juzgarán, en principio, tres categorías de acusados: los asesinos comunes, por un lado, los acusados de golpear y herir sin ocasionar la muerte, por otro, y, finalmente, los saqueadores, de tal modo que los instigadores y los ideólogos del genocidio y de las matanzas sean efectivamente juzgados por tribunales ordinarios, que se trata, en cierto modo, de organizar para hacer frente a esta tarea. +De esta manera los jóvenes, sobre todo los menos acomodados y más desfavorecidos podrán ver en el programa SOCRATES una posibilidad de integración, enriquecimiento cultural y formación profesional, pero ante todo una posibilidad de tener una experiencia personal, una experiencia vital para adquirir la flexibilidad y la apertura mental necesarias para afrontar lo mejor posible los retos ocupacionales del mundo del trabajo. Por esto SOCRATES es una gran inversión para la juventud europea. +El texto de la enmienda que les proponemos sería el siguiente: "Conforme a la Resolución del Parlamento Europeo de 18 de noviembre de 1999, la conclusión de contratos destinados a sufragar acciones a favor de Rusia en el marco del presupuesto del ejercicio financiero 2000 queda suspendida, exceptuando la línea TACIS para la democracia, hasta que se encuentre una solución satisfactoria al conflicto de Chechenia, de acuerdo con las recomendaciones de la Unión Europea y sobre la base del procedimiento definido en el artículo 13 del presente Reglamento" . +Una acción concreta realizada en este sentido fue la exigencia presentada por la Presidencia finlandesa en la sesión de la 54 Asamblea General de la ONU de que la comunidad internacional aspire con tesón a encontrar las soluciones y las respuestas oportunas para afrontar los nuevos e imprevisibles retos en el marco del Derecho humanitario internacional; asimismo, la UE tiene la intención de sacar a relucir esta cuestión en todos los contactos internacionales. +Entre otras, sobre el tipo de interés legal que se aplicará cuando se produzca el retraso de un pago, la extensión del período de activación de los intereses, en caso de que no se haya estipulado un período de pago en un contrato; de retención del título, mientras haya retraso del pago; el papel del sector público y el tratamiento de los contratos públicos; y las reclamaciones de compensación provocadas por retrasos de pagos. +Teniendo en cuenta que una de las causas fundamentales por las que las regiones insulares no pueden concurrir en igualdad de oportunidades en el mercado único son los sobrecostes del transporte de personas, mercancías y energía, y que el artículo 129 B (nuevo 154) menciona explícitamente la necesidad de establecer enlaces entre las regiones insulares y las regiones centrales de la Comunidad, ¿qué medidas específicas tiene el Consejo intención de tomar para procurar la efectiva integración de las regiones insulares en el mercado interior en igualdad de condiciones? +B4-0375/99 del diputado Bertens, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0384/99 de la diputada Maij-Weggen, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0389/99 de los diputados Pasty y Van Bladel, en nombre del Grupo Unión por Europa-B4-0399/99 del diputado Colajanni, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0410/99 de los diputados Dupuis y otros, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europea-B4-0416/99 de los diputados Telkämper y McKenna, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre Birmania; +Ha mencionado usted el empleo, pero no ha hablado mucho sobre la necesidad de luchar contra la exclusión social, sobre la lucha por una Europa imparcial y justa para con todos nuestros ciudadanos, la necesidad de apoyar a los Estados miembros en la erradicación de la pobreza, en particular entre los jóvenes y los ancianos de nuestras sociedades, la necesidad de igualdad de oportunidades para los hombres y las mujeres, para los ciudadanos negros y blancos de la Unión Europea. +Primero, no nos daba tiempo de solicitar a nuestro Grupo tiempo de uso de la palabra para presentar la pregunta en el debate de ayer.-Segundo, tal como usted verá en el Acta, ni el Ministro de Exteriores, Sr. Fischer, ni el Comisario, Sr. Van den Broek, contestaron satisfactoriamente a las cuestiones que presentamos en el debate de ayer.Nuestra pregunta concernía a las consecuencias que, en el medio ambiente y en la salud pública, van a tener los bombardeos que está sufriendo Kosovo y, por favor, debatamos hoy por la tarde en el Consejo, tal y como había sido determinado, mi pregunta y las preguntas de mis señores colegas, que claro que son concernientes. +Como el Tribunal de Cuentas Europeo y también la Comisión de Presupuestos del Parlamento han valorado positivamente precisamente estos elementos de la propuesta de la Comisión, confío en que de este modo se hayan creado las condiciones previas para que la Comisión, el Parlamento Europeo y el Tribunal de Cuentas Europeo puedan controlar en el futuro mejor que hasta ahora la gestión financiera y la eficiencia de los créditos empleados. +Yo lo veo como sigue: los ganadores son los Estados miembros que disfrutan del Fondo de Cohesión, sobre todo los tres que, en nuestra opinión, ya no deberían estar en el mismo, las regiones Objetivo 1 que tienen una dotación de recursos mayor que hasta ahora los nuevos Objetivo 2, las zonas urbanas, que, señora Comisaria, también disfrutan de la iniciativa comunitaria URBAN, y los países candidatos en los que confío que no surja una economía de mercado, tal y como ha dicho nuestro colega el Sr. Schröder, sino un economía social de mercado. +Profesor Prodi, la confianza del Grupo PPE en su persona se fundamenta en el ánimo liberal y en los rumbos políticos que usted ha señalado: una renovación política para Europa, a favor de la competitividad, la liberalización y el libre comercio y a favor de la colaboración y de la paz, con una administración transparente y digna de crédito, además de una UE que se ocupe de asuntos comunes de relevancia, con el objeto de ganar la confianza de los ciudadanos de la UE en el próximo siglo. +Sobre la base de los datos actuales consideramos esto como suficiente, pero por supuesto estamos dispuestos a debatir también sobre este asunto cuando se complete la información, porque, como todos sabemos, la aprobación del presupuesto exige que los dos órganos responsables del poder presupuestario alcancen un acuerdo sobre el asunto, como al principio declaré, una buena cooperación y la confianza, así como la voluntad de buscar soluciones comunes es el medio, con cuyo auxilio podremos, con toda seguridad, concluir felizmente la aprobación del presupuesto para el año 2000. +Habida cuenta de que el Ejército de Liberación de Kosovo (ELK) prosigue libremente su actividad ilegal, organizando un tráfico de armas y de drogas, como recoge la prensa internacional, y consumando impunemente la ejecución de numerosos ciudadanos serbios inocentes, ¿puede indicar el Consejo qué iniciativas piensa adoptar para que se convoque inmediatamente el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas con objeto de aclarar las circunstancias de la matanza de Gnjilane, examinar globalmente la situación de los derechos humanos, evaluar el papel de la KFOR en Kosovo y tomar decisiones inmediatas y concretas en relación con el ELK, así como medidas de protección de la población serbia, gitana y otras comunidades que permanecen en Kosovo? +La Comisión, como sabrá la Asamblea, lamenta profundamente las continuas violaciones de los derechos humanos por parte de las autoridades militares en Birmania: en particular, el tratamiento opresivo que sufren las minorías étnicas, la persecución de Aung San Suu Kyi y otros miembros de la LND, la denegación de derechos básicos a los sindicatos y la práctica de trabajos forzados, la prohibición del libre funcionamiento de los partidos políticos, las innumerables detenciones arbitrarias y el continuo estado de violencia. +Los objetivos de entablar un diálogo político son explicar la posición común de la Unión Europea sobre la situación de los derechos humanos y la inexistencia de un estado de derecho y de democracia en Birmania, y para contribuir a la creación de unas condiciones propicias para que se inicie un diálogo político entre la junta militar en el poder, el SPDC, y la oposición democrática y representantes de las minorías étnicas. +Por otro lado, desearía llamar la atención de nuestros colegas sobre algunas enmiendas de mi Grupo a favor de un estudio sobre la aplicación del impuesto Tobin a favor del patrimonio cultural mundial clasificado por la UNESCO en los países de la Unión, a favor de la congelación de la ayuda a Turquía, excepción hecha naturalmente de la ayuda a las víctimas del terremoto, en tanto las autoridades de este país no cambien de actitud con respecto al pueblo kurdo, de la cuestión de Chipre y del problema de los derechos humanos en general. +(El Parlamento aprueba la propuesta de la Comisión)- Propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la aprobación, en nombre de la Comunidad, del nuevo Anexo del Convenio sobre la protección del medio marino del Nordeste Atlántico relativo a la protección y conservación de los ecosistemas y la diversidad biológica de la zona marítima, el Apéndice 3 correspondiente y el Acuerdo sobre el significado de algunos conceptos que figuran en el nuevo Anexo (COM(1999) 190 - C5-0013/1999 - 1999/0095(CNS)) (Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor) +Conviene destacar que, pese a la preocupación por consagrar principios relativos al respeto de los derechos, las libertades y las garantías en esa esfera particularmente delicada y a la necesidad de adoptar medidas que entrañen cooperación, como, por ejemplo, en la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada y el blanqueo de capitales, el tráfico de droga y de armas, el tráfico de seres humanos, habrá que prestar atención particular a la coherencia y las consecuencias de las políticas y medidas efectivamente adoptadas. +En unos tiempos en que toda forma de protección de los trabajadores es quebrantada y abolida, en que todo derecho es pisoteado provocadoramente, el agrupamiento, la lucha, el frente común de los trabajadores en contra de las opciones de los monopolios y de la Unión Económica y Monetaria, el combate por el pleno empleo, por la mejora de las condiciones de vida y por un verdadero desarrollo social, por la prosperidad, es su vía, es la vía de los trabajadores. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate sobre el informe A5-0022/1999 del Sr. Cunha, en nombre de la Comisión de Pesca, sobre la propuesta de reglamento (CE) del Consejo relativo a la celebración del Protocolo que determina, para el período comprendido entre el 3 de mayo de 1999 y el 2 de mayo del 2000, las posibilidades de pesca y la contrapartida financiera previstas en el Acuerdo entre la Comunidad Europea y la República de Angola sobre la pesca frente a las costas de Angola (COM(1999)389 - C5-0170/1999/0169(CNS)). +A todos los trabajadores móviles en los sectores del transporte se aplican, en cualquier caso, los cuatro principios básicos que figuran en la posición común respecto de la propuesta de directiva y que, por otra parte, también son aplicables a la gente del mar y a los médicos en formación, especialmente las cuatro semanas de vacaciones anuales retribuidas, una limitación anual de la duración del tiempo de trabajo, los correspondientes tiempos de descanso y los controles médicos en el trabajo nocturno. +Esta mañana, en la que el tema de las prestaciones sociales para las personas con discapacidades son objeto de un gran debate público en mi país, el Reino Unido, acojo con satisfacción nuestro ejemplo del nuevo acuerdo para las personas con discapacidades que intenta eliminar las barreras proporcionando asesores personales a nivel local a través de lo que se conoce como la vía única, que se sirva de presupuestos flexibles para el empleo y la Seguridad Social en el caso de las personas con discapacidades que están desempleadas y permita realmente encontrar las medidas que les ayuden a incorporarse al mundo del trabajo. +Esta vez, en lugar de la cultura, la finalidad de la intervención europea está en el apoyo al desarrollo social y económico de ese país mediterráneo y, por enésima vez, la pregunta que cada uno de nosotros se formula es siempre la misma: ¿Acaso la Unión Europea puede y debe respaldar por todos los medios un Estado geográficamente cercano, incluso contiguo, circundado por el mismo mar que baña las costas de Europa meridional, aunque ese Estado parece muy lejano en el plano del respeto de los derechos humanos? +Asunto: Ejecución de la sentencia del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos en la que condena a Turquía El mes pasado, la Comisión de representantes permanentes del Consejo de Europa aprobó denunciar a Turquía por no cumplir la sentencia condenatoria del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos en el caso de la Sra. Titina Loizidou, en violación de sus obligaciones fundamentales en virtud del artículo 46 del Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos, que dispone categóricamente la ejecución de las sentencias del Tribunal. +Debo decir, señor Comisario, que la modificación de la base jurídica que ha establecido el grupo de trabajo del Consejo, con la que sin mucho entusiasmo y con mucho escepticismo hemos tenido que conformarnos, amenaza con poner fin a una parte considerable de nuestra alegría y amenaza, así mismo, con aguarnos la fiesta. Como Maria Colombo Svevo acaba de decir, la violencia contra los niños y las mujeres no constituye solamente un riesgo para su salud; es una verdadera violación de sus derechos humanos fundamentales. +Ésa es la razón por la que hemos indicado en el Anexo V de nuestro Reglamento que necesitábamos no una mayoría simple, sino también una mayoría especial de los diputados a la Asamblea -una mayoría absoluta- para denegar la aprobación de la gestión, porque, si no, la denegación de la aprobación de la gestión podría haber sido una salida por la puerta de atrás para censurar a la Comisión por una mayoría menor que la normalmente necesaria, con arreglo al Tratado. +Por lo demás, se exigen modelos inteligentes de trabajo y la reducción de las horas extraordinarias, flexibilidad en lugar de una reducción unilateral de la jornada laboral con una compensación salarial total, un aligeramiento fiscal del factor trabajo, una armonización de la imposición fiscal a las empresas para impedir la deslocalización de las empresas por razones exclusivamente fiscales y, finalmente, unos encuentros regulares de los sujetos políticos que adoptan las decisiones con los interlocutores sociales y con el Banco Central Europeo con el fin de acordar estrategias comunes. +Hemos visto que la UE se ocupa de sectores y cuestiones que ahora afectan a las vidas de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea de forma muy directa: el lanzamiento del euro, que pronto no será un simple instrumento para los bancos y las instituciones, sino también las monedas y los billetes que llevarán en el bolsillo nuestros ciudadanos, y esta semana la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam con su mayor insistencia en políticas que afectan a los ciudadanos y, en particular, en la creación de puestos de trabajo. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0225/99) de la Sra. Sandbaek en nombre de la Delegación del Parlamento Europeo en el Comité de Conciliación sobre el texto conjunto, aprobado por el Comité de Conciliación, de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Directiva 89/398/CEE relativa a la aproximación de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros sobre los productos alimenticios destinados a una alimentación especial (3607/99 - C4-0154/99-99/0076(COD)) +El hecho de tener en el núcleo del sistema de la toma de decisiones un organismo de representantes de tiempo completo con toda la diversidad que representan, llamando a las puertas, haciendo llamadas telefónicas, haciendo preguntas incómodas, sondeando, interrogando, estudiando en detalle los temas y volviendo a las regiones para hablar de ello con los grupos de interés, los sindicatos, los empresarios, los grupos de consumidores y los gobiernos locales en sus regiones. +Ahora bien, ese acuerdo de Berlín ha quedado aún muy lejos de las posiciones del Parlamento Europeo: no se ha reequilibrado la PAC debidamente en el sentido de la equidad y la cohesión, las regiones desfavorecidas y periféricas siguen amenazadas de despoblamiento y desertización, no se han creado condiciones para aplicar en la práctica el modelo europeo de agricultura, no se han creado condiciones para que la Unión Europea se presente con una postura ofensiva en las próximas negociaciones de la Organización Mundial del Comercio. +La competencia desleal a la que se enfrenta el sector -un sector que va, por otro lado, desde la producción de fibras, hilados y tejidos, hasta el de los acabados-, se ve agravado, además, por las barreras arancelarias y no arancelarias que todas las normas establecidas en el seno de la Organización Mundial del Comercio impiden su acceso a los mercados de países como la India, Estados Unidos o la misma Turquía, como si estas normas sólo rigieran para los mercados comunitarios, a los que estos países -los productos de estos países- sí pueden acceder libremente. +Dejar que los Estados miembros reduzcan el IVA en servicios con un gran componente de mano de obra y que no tengan repercusiones transfronterizas; renovar el hincapié que se hace en la investigación y el desarrollo y hacer un uso más imaginativo del dinero del Banco Europeo de Inversiones, por ejemplo, con la creación de una línea de crédito europea para la tecnología; introducir cambios en la organización y el tiempo de trabajo con el fin de compartir mejor el trabajo disponible. +Desde la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, el 1 de mayo, el procedimiento de codecisión, que supone el mantenimiento de estrechas relaciones entre el Parlamento, la Comisión y el Consejo, abarca actualmente una amplia serie de políticas que comprenden entre otros el sector de transportes, los asuntos regionales, los asuntos sociales, las iniciativas para el empleo, los Fondos estructurales, la protección del consumidor, la salud pública y los aspectos medioambientales. +Lo que sucedió después del referéndum merece la mayor condena, desde luego, porque Indonesia ejecutó un plan de genocidio que no puede dejar duda alguna sobre su naturaleza: genocidio demográfico, promoviendo la fuga de centenares de miles de timorenses; genocidio cultural, porque desde el primer día de terror el blanco central, desde el punto de vista de las instituciones, fueron la Iglesia católica, los templos, las casas episcopales, los padres, las hermanas, los fieles, es decir, la institución tradicional en que los timorenses depositaban su confianza. +Quiero aprovechar la oportunidad que me brinda la presencia aquí hoy del Comisario para proponer - a la luz de las excepciones que ya existen en la Unión Europea para las empresas audiovisuales, que nos dejan un cierto margen de maniobra, que nos brindan además la capacidad de evolucionar con el sector y de hacer un gesto en pos de unas reglas del juego más equitativas con respecto a los Estados Unidos - que, al construir la infraestructura para las negociaciones, debemos ser los suficientemente flexibles para velar por nuestras necesidades aquí en Europa. +El Consejo tiene tiempo para la reflexión y la decisión sobre los medios: tiempo para la reflexión porque nos reuniremos el 25 de noviembre - por Santa Catalina ningún árbol se arruina y espero que el árbol presupuestario eche raíces -, y la decisión sobre los medios le corresponde a usted, señora Presidenta - y sus colegas, ya que sé que no lo puede todo y lo lamento -, elegir entre dos vías: la revisión de las perspectivas financieras de la categoría 4 que nos permitirá votar este presupuesto haciendo frente a las prioridades nuevas de conformidad con los compromisos que se han asumido durante la negociación de este acuerdo. +En su reunión del 16 de julio, el Consejo de Presupuestos trató de la reasignación de las dotaciones a favor de Kosovo y en aquel momento se dijo que la Comisión no debería perjudicar a los países menos desarrollados y a los grupos más pobres y se recordó también el compromiso asumido por la Comisión con la estrategia internacional para el desarrollo, cuyo objetivo es el de reducir a la mitad la pobreza en el mundo de aquí al año 2015. +Por otra parte, deseo hacer referencia a los interlocutores que deban tenerse en cuenta en el diálogo macroeconómico y yo me atrevería a sugerir que hay que incorporar tres más: los representantes de dos instituciones de la propia Unión Europea, como son el Comité Económico y Social y el Comité de las Regiones -dos instituciones que representan una dimensión económica y social de una gran importancia y, en el caso de las regiones, evidentemente, algunas de ellas juegan un papel absolutamente imprescindible para asegurar estos objetivos- y, finalmente, las organizaciones de pequeñas y medianas empresas. +En este sentido, es necesario revisar la viabilidad de la tecnología, porque aún se están desarrollando los dispositivos de control de las emisiones capaces de responder a los límites estrictos de óxidos de nitrógeno; aunque en las pruebas de laboratorio estos aparatos prometen mucho, todavía no hay seguridad de la eficacia operativa a largo plazo de los dispositivos que los conviertan en una solución técnica posible y duradera para realizar el control de las emisiones en el largo plazo. +El primero son los acuerdos en materia de inversiones basados en los principios de la declaración de la OIT sobre empresas multinacionales y las directrices de la OCDE sobre los derechos de los trabajadores. El segundo es la constitución de un foro permanente mixto OMC/OIT encargado de examinar la inclusión de los derechos laborales fundamentales, como por ejemplo la abolición del trabajo forzoso y la esclavitud, la proscripción del trabajo infantil, la prohibición de la discriminación. +El Informe Schwaiger carga comprensiblemente más el acento en las tutelas, no obstante, creo que muestra una sustancial sintonía con la propuesta de la Comisión y, por lo tanto, una confianza plena en la labor del Comisario Sr. Lamy también en lo que se refiere a este delicado tema, siempre con la conciencia de que la liberalización de los intercambios también en nuevos ámbitos - como en el caso de las inversiones - responde al importante interés de los países de la Unión Europea y de todos los países por un desarrollo duradero y sostenible de la economía mundial. +Aunque el Partido Conservador Británico se opone oficialmente en principio a que en virtud del artículo 63 del Tratado de Amsterdam se traslade al primer pilar la política en materia de visados, inmigración y asilo -por lo cual me veo obligado a estar en desacuerdo con lo que ha dicho nuestro ponente acerca de esta cuestión-, en cambio somos resueltos partidarios de que haya cooperación intergubernamental en relación con el tercer pilar mediante la acción colectiva del Consejo acerca del intercambio de ese tipo de información, incluida la relacionada con los documentos de viaje falsificados, a fin de luchar contra la delincuencia y en particular contra la delincuencia internacional que no respeta las fronteras nacionales. +De donde hemos de sacar la conclusión de que no se puede de hecho funcionar de otra manera que la que hay, pues discutimos sobre bases legales, debatimos absurdamente sobre inmigración ilegal - esto está muy bien para el Congreso del Partido Tory, pero no es efectivo en Europa -, y perdemos desde todo punto de vista la oportunidad de hacer lo que necesariamente deberíamos, esto es, una legislación efectiva para limitar la falsificación de documentos tanto por aquellos que así compran una manera de entrar ilegalmente en Europa como también por aquellos otros que, como ha explicado muy bien la Sra. Gebhardt, circulan por Europa con una maleta de heroína y documentos falsos. +Y si la integración de Turquía a la Unión Europea responde a las exigencias de los grandes grupos industriales y comerciales, sobre todo europeos y accesoriamente turcos, no contribuirá a mejorar las condiciones de la masa trabajadora de este país, del mismo modo que la Unión no ha protegido del desempleo y de la degradación de sus condiciones de existencia a los trabajadores de los países ya integrados. +A la luz de ese dictamen del Comité Científico sobre la Salud y el Bienestar Animales, la Comisión - a iniciativa mía en su reunión del 28 de octubre- aprobó una decisión en la que proponía una prohibición permanente de la comercialización y la utilización de la BST en la Comunidad a partir del 1 de enero de 2000, de conformidad con las disposiciones establecidas en la Decisión 98/58/CE del Consejo sobre la protección de los animales de cría. +Y reiteramos que la seguridad en el sector de los transportes debe ser una prioridad en la política europea de transportes y, por tanto, pedimos, como hice en una pregunta a la Comisión, que la propia Comisión elabore a corto plazo, mejor dicho, urgentemente una directiva sobre los sistemas de seguridad obligatorios para los túneles y las galerías de carreteras y subrayamos la importancia fundamental de una directiva que establezca los protocolos y controles en carretera de la fiabilidad de los vehículos comerciales que circulan por las carreteras de Europa. +Por todas estas razones, instamos al Parlamento Europeo a que apruebe una resolución en la que se señala a la atención de las entidades de Indonesia la necesidad de restablecer la legalidad, la necesidad de acabar con las matanzas, la necesidad de que las fuerzas armadas defiendan a las poblaciones y no las ataquen, la necesidad de liberar a Xanana Gusmão, la necesidad de que las Naciones Unidas sigan apoyando las gestiones que ha hecho Portugal para que llegue a restablecerse la paz en Timor Oriental y en toda Indonesia. +Señor Presidente, todo aquél que lea en un libro de historia sobre el pasado reciente de Camboya y todo aquél que haya tenido la suerte, entre comillas, de hacer un viaje por ese país, no puede concebir que en absoluto se haya manifestado la intención de crear un tribunal internacional para juzgar a los autores de los killing fields y de la masacre que, como muy bien ha señalado el Sr. Bourlanges, constituye uno de los crímenes más lamentables acecidos tras la segunda guerra mundial. +Esta situación se debe en gran medida a que las tareas más sencillas han desaparecido de nuestras sociedades, a que las diferencias en el rendimiento de las personas están aumentando enormemente y a que determinadas actividades laborales se están remunerando con salarios verdaderamente exagerados, aun si otras actividades podrían de hecho resultar más productivas en el sentido tradicional del término, en caso de que siguieran formando parte del mercado laboral; pero todo esto no resulta de ninguna manera aceptable desde un punto de vista social o de respeto a la dignidad humana. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, distinguidos colegas en una época de gran agitación, sea por el conflicto de Kosovo, sea por cualquier otro, tenemos en el Parlamento Europeo una vez más la obligación de hablar de un tema que nos viene ocupando desde hace mucho tiempo, la lucha comercial con los EE.UU. Los Estados Unidos insisten en una postura, sea en el caso de los plátanos que quizá a su modo de ver esté solucionado, sea ahora en el caso de las hormonas, en el que es extraordinariamente difícil poner la medida en su sitio de suerte que también fuera de la Unión Europea se pueda comprender, pues las disensiones comerciales de las que se trata aquí constituyen apenas el 2 % del comercio común. +Muchos de nosotros, por lo tanto, esperábamos que hoy usted, para alejar la triste e injusta coincidencia inicial que pende sobre su nuevo mandato y después de 40 días de guerra en Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia y Voivodina, encontraría las palabras apropiadas para hacer un llamamiento al inmediato alto el fuego, y las palabras de solidaridad por todas las víctimas inocentes, de todas las partes implicadas, así como propuestas prácticas para la reconstrucción de los territorios devastados y para el rápido regreso de los refugiados: la búsqueda, señor Presidente Prodi, de un alma europea, como dijo un día en este Pleno. +Una convergencia formal, por el contrario, conduce a discordancias en los resultados de la política.2.Una política económica única, gestionada por la Unión, constituye una grave violación de la independencia nacional y una violación de los parlamentos nacionales. Las prerrogativas de éstos en materias de política económica constituyen una parte imprescindible de la democracia.3.La política defendida en el informe (y en el discurso) representa un pensamiento teórico unilateral y una teoría política singular. +A lo cual se suma que el Consejo también ha infringido doblemente el espíritu y el sentido del Tratado, puesto que, con la introducción de un impuesto extraordinario destinado a adecuar los ingresos de los diputados europeos a las dietas nacionales desvirtúa el objetivo del Tratado de establecer la igualdad de trato entre los diputados europeos y vuelve a introducir la desigualdad por la puerta trasera, por decirlo así. +La explicación de algunos servicios administrativos de que ya lo debíamos haber sabido la semana pasada y que debíamos haber anticipado y pensado lo que queríamos hacer puede ser muy interesante desde el punto de vista de la teoría jurídica, pero no es de recibo que hoy tengamos una primera lectura, que el informe se envíe a la Comisión de Transportes, que a su vez no se reúne, y que el servicio administrativo modifique mi informe de la semana pasada y declare que hay un informe para la segunda lectura. +En el texto nos hemos acordado con el Consejo que antes de la aprobación del presupuesto de la Unión Europea siempre tenga lugar una reunión tripartita adicional, en la que entre el Consejo, el Parlamento y la Comisión se acuerde la forma en la que se pueda cubrir una eventual necesidad -el año pasado tuvimos la ayuda a Rusia- con recursos no liberados del año presupuestario corriente o también cómo se deben tratar necesidades del año presupuestario consecutivo y cómo debemos ponernos completamente de acuerdo antes de la aprobación del Presupuesto. +Señor Presidente, es natural que existan ámbitos en los que nos hubiera gustado llegar más lejos después de dos años de negociaciones acerca de la ayuda regional europea para los próximos siete años. Cabe mencionar, entre otros, unos compromisos más claros, marcos de asociación por parte de las autoridades locales y regionales, más garantías aún para el respeto de los plazos en el pago a los contratistas de los proyectos y el establecimiento de una figura específica para el capital de riesgo social en favor de las organizaciones voluntarias más pequeñas. +Mientras seguimos esperando la adopción de medidas concretas encaminadas a respetar los acuerdos multilaterales sobre el medio ambiente -en particular, sobre el clima y la biodiversidad- o a plasmar en hechos las decisiones de la Cumbre de Copenhague en materia de lucha contra la pobreza, los comités de la OMC imponen su ley a las democracias -y, en particular, a la Unión Europea- y se da a la libertad de los intercambios la prioridad sobre todas las demás consideraciones, ya se trate de salud pública, medio ambiente, derechos humanos o derechos sociales. +En la reunión Consejo de Justicia e Interior del 3 de diciembre de 1998 se aprobó un plan de actuación de la Comisión y el Consejo respecto a la aplicación eficaz de los puntos del Tratado de Amsterdam para la creación de un espacio europeo de libertad, justicia y seguridad; entre las medidas a llevar a cabo en los próximos dos años se contempla la redacción de una lista de los países, cuyos ciudadanos podrán viajar a los Estados miembros de la UE sin visado, y de los países que lo necesitarán. +Ante esta situación, el régimen no sólo no demuestra una mínima voluntad de iniciar reformas políticas y económicas, sino que, por el contrario, refuerza el sometimiento de la población norcoreana y mantiene un control total sobre las misiones de expertos y sobre la ayuda médica y alimentaria suministrada por la comunidad internacional a la población norcoreana (600.000 toneladas de cereales en 1998 y 530.000 en 1999) al no permitir a las organizaciones internacionales verificar la utilización y la eficacia de la ayuda. +En ese sentido hubiera sido imperdonable que, cuando en Sudáfrica se desmantela aquel régimen odioso, cuando los sudafricanos hacen historia y dan ejemplo produciendo una reconciliación admirable, superando con éxito la siempre difícil transición de una guerra civil y una dictadura, transición de los esquemas de un movimiento de liberación a la constitución de un Estado pluralista, democrático y de Derecho, hubiera sido escandaloso, digo, que cuando ellos, los sudafricanos, no han defraudado nuestra confianza en su conducta, nosotros europeos no supiéramos estar a la altura de las circunstancias y defraudásemos la confianza que desde África del Sur se ha depositado en nosotros. +Asunto: Sobre la posible supresión de la Dirección General de Pesca ¿Es cierto - como acaban de anunciar los medios de comunicación - que, a pesar de la palabra dada por el Comisario de Agricultura Fischler en su comparecencia ante la Comisión de Pesca del Parlamento Europeo, la Comisión Europea ha decidido suprimir la Dirección General de Pesca (Dirección General XIV), medida que perjudica claramente a los intereses pesqueros europeos y, especialmente, a los intereses de regiones dependientes de la pesca, como es el caso de Galicia? +Para seguir adelante con la política contraria a la pena capital, para consolidar los logros del Comité de Derechos Humanos y para llevar la cuestión de la pena de muerte al programa de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea han resuelto presentar una resolución en la Tercera Comisión durante el quincuagésimo cuarto período de sesiones de la Asamblea General. +Sería ingenuo, claro, esperar un enfoque distinto por parte de los organismos de la UE, cuando el presupuesto comunitario y los presupuestos nacionales se mueven en el duro y antipopular marco de los criterios de Maastricht y de las draconianas reducciones de gastos; cuando la política exterior de la UE se caracteriza por una hipocresía que no conoce límites, por el control más opresivo, y por el cada vez mayor sometimiento de los países, así como por la intervención abierta y generalizada en sus asuntos internos, como demuestran el proceso de ampliación y el Pacto de Estabilidad para la Europa suroriental. +Esa concepción conduciría directamente, según la antigua deformación profesional de la Comisión, a conceder la primacía a la libre circulación de las mercancías sobre la salud de los consumidores, como acabamos de ver en el asunto del embargo de la carne de bovino británica, en el que sería necesario, señora Presidenta, esperar a que se disponga de las pruebas, lo que nos conduce, por lo demás, a la extraordinaria conclusión siguiente: la de que dentro de la Unión Europea no se aplica el principio de precaución, mientras que se intenta hacer que prevalezca en las relaciones con terceros países, en particular con los Estados Unidos. +La Comisión también puede apoyar las enmiendas relativas a la ampliación de la directiva para incluir otros combustibles alternativos, en este caso etanol; la enmienda que se refiere a los incentivos fiscales aplicados al reequipamiento de vehículos viejos; la enmienda que incluye los vehículos pesados en la estrategia general comunitaria referida al dióxido de carbono y la enmienda relativa a la calidad comercial de la gasolina líquida. +¿Ha tenido conocimiento la Comisión de la apertura de una investigación, o de solicitud de información o de recomendaciones para alcanzar acuerdos, por parte del Departamento de Estado de los EE.UU., dirigidos al Grupo Sol-Meliá, con carácter previo a la aplicación a este grupo y a otras empresas de la UE (Club Med, LTU), en franca violación de los Acuerdos alcanzados entre la Comisión Europea y la Administración Clinton, en el marco de la Cumbre Transatlántica, que excluían del ámbito de aplicación de la Ley Helms-Burton a las empresas europeas? +Si partimos de la premisa de que un comercio mundial más libre y más justo ha sido el fundamento que ha permitido mejorar el nivel de bienestar de muchos Estados y sus poblaciones, sobre todo en el caso de los países en desarrollo, entonces también debemos reconocer que la Unión Europea, en su calidad de mayor potencia comercial del mundo, tiene un interés elemental en continuar impulsando esta evolución favorable y en que un número creciente de pueblos y de Estados participen en la misma. +A medida que aumenta el número de competidores internacionales en el marco de la Organización Mundial de Comercio, justamente en las naciones ricas y sobre todo en los Estados Unidos, que son quienes más se han beneficiado de la liberalización de los mercados, está creciendo -paradójicamente, quisiera añadir yo- el escepticismo y la preocupación ante la posibilidad de que la globalización también lleve aparejado un empobrecimiento, la destrucción del medio ambiente y la pérdida de soberanía nacional. +La Comisión de Control Presupuestario se propone responder en su escrito de opinión al interrogante sobre la conveniencia de abordar el desarrollo de los controles y una protección eficaz de las finanzas comunitarias mediante la creación de un cargo de fiscal europeo según el esquema propuesto en el "Corpus Juris" , pero en el sentido de la subsidiariedad, tal como nos planteó y aclaró la semana pasada en la sesión de Bruselas el señor Comisario Barnier. +Se han conseguido plantear con considerable claridad y de manera consecuente las exigencias políticas asociadas a la cooperación con Turquía, en particular la necesidad de que se respeten y se desarrollen los derechos humanos, entre ellos los derechos del pueblo kurdo, la exigencia de la abolición de la pena de muerte, el fortalecimiento de la sociedad civil, una mayor participación de las organizaciones no gubernamentales y la reducción de las desventajas sociales y del subdesarrollo regional. +En ese sentido, mañana propondré -al contrario de lo que, por lo visto, piensan otros- el aplazamiento de la votación de los dos informes para un período de sesiones posterior y pido a la Presidenta del Parlamento Europeo que, en nombre de la institución que preside, formule una petición expresa al Consejo Europeo de Helsinki para que, si se mantiene la decisión de las autoridades turcas, el Consejo adopte una posición muy firme en relación con la candidatura de Turquía a la Unión Europea. +Sin dejar de respetar la confidencialidad de las conversaciones, yo puedo decirles, en cualquier caso, que mi impresión personal es que el Gobierno turco no desea tomar en ningún caso una decisión sobre la ejecución de la sentencia mientras dure el procedimiento de Estrasburgo, sino que su estrategia está encaminada más bien a aprovechar el tiempo así ganado para abolir la pena de muerte en Turquía. +Pero creo que no se le puede regatear a la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo el mérito de que se han producido avances sustanciales en el ámbito de la política exterior y de seguridad común reorganizando los trabajos del Consejo, dando un impulso claro a la gestión no militar de las crisis, adoptando la estrategia común sobre el caso de Ucrania y adoptando también una declaración en el caso de Chechenia, aunque a nosotros nos hubiera gustado que fuese un poco más contundente y creo que el tiempo nos dará la razón. +También conviene recordar que, en el informe del Tribunal de Cuentas que acaba de hacerse público y que hemos debatido esta semana, no hemos encontrado en todo el sector agrícola ningún indicio de estafa masiva o fraude a gran escala, pero hemos observado que parece haber muchísimos problemas a la hora de calcular el número de ganado, la cantidad de hectáreas por ayuda a superficie, etc. Existen pequeños errores en un campo muy amplio y eso constituye un grave problema que debemos encarar. +Tengo que decir de nuevo que la intencionalidad política del Tratado era la de integrar la Secretaría de Schengen existente en la también existente Secretaría General del Consejo sin contratar nuevos colaboradores o convocar procedimientos de selección de cualquier tipo, pues no puede ser razonable que si una tarea ha sido realizada hasta ahora por una Secretaría que va a ser integrada luego en otra, se solvente el asunto colocando a 80 personas nuevas según las normas aplicables a la Secretaría general y que pongamos en la calle a las 80 personas que han hecho hasta entonces el trabajo de la Secretaría de Schengen. +En la Unión Europea hoy, para bien o para mal, a pesar de que todavía haya tradiciones culturales nacionales, los principios básicos, los principios de orden público, los principios de la protección de la moral, del derecho y de los menores, siguen vigentes y, por tanto, creo que, en este momento, realmente una directiva como la actual va a facilitar la integración de nuestros ordenamientos mediante la defensa de ciertos principios comunes a todos los Estados miembros. +Señora ministra, desde el pasado 11 de febrero, en que reaccionó ante las primeras informaciones sobre las matanzas en Kosovo, nuestro Parlamento no ha cesado de denunciar las atrocidades cometidas en esa provincia, en la que se desencadenaba una vez más el infernal engranaje de la violencia y del miedo, causa de tantos sufrimientos por la violación sistemática de los derechos más elementales del ser humano, en primera fila de los cuales figura el de permanecer en el suelo que lo ha visto nacer y conservar la cultura en la que se ha criado. +Este enfoque del interior de la crisis que atraviesa la Comisión (crisis a la que se enfrentan todas las instituciones europeas) contribuiría, en mi opinión, a situar eficazmente los análisis de los expertos independientes en su contexto político global, caracterizado (para utilizar los términos del documento de la mencionada Célula de Prospectiva) por el agotamiento de cierta forma de organizar la acción pública, por una crisis de autoridad que afecta de lleno a la Unión. +En la categoría I "gastos agrícolas, apoyo a los mercados" estamos ya al límite del margen; en la categoría IV "acciones exteriores" - volveremos sobre ello - la categoría literalmente explota, en la categoría V no sabemos lo que costará la reforma administrativa de la Comisión, pero vemos con mucha preocupación cómo se perfila el problema de las jubilaciones sin que se hayan previsto los gastos adaptados; y en la categoría VII destinada a la preadhesión, el movimiento en favor de una ampliación más rápida y más amplia, si se puede decir así, no disfruta de los créditos adaptados. +El Comité Científico ha demostrado claramente su convencimiento de que la carne de bovino británica es tan inocua como cualquier otra carne de bovino de cualquier parte de la Unión Europea y en esas circunstancias estoy seguro de que el Comisario convendrá conmigo en que un retraso de sólo unos días es mejor que el de dos o tres años en los tribunales, lo que acaba frustrando a todo el mundo, no satisface a nadie y, en particular, no satisface a los ganaderos británicos que han observado la ley, han hecho lo que se les ha pedido y están ahora en condiciones de vender un producto excelente en toda la Unión Europea. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0056/1999), en nombre de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades, respecto de la posición común, aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de una decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a un programa de acción comunitario (Programa DAPHNE) (2000-2003) sobre medidas preventivas destinadas a combatir la violencia ejercida sobre los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres [9150/1/1999-C5-0181/1999 - 1998/0192(COD)] (Ponente: Sra. Avilés Perea). +Creo que es justo afirmar que existe consenso general en la Unión Europea - entre el Consejo, el Parlamento y la Comisión - sobre las dos propuestas siguientes: en primer lugar, a pesar de la comprensible indignación por los atroces actos de terrorismo en Moscú, en el Cáucaso Norte y en otras partes - que como ciudadano de un país que ha sufrido demasiadas experiencias de terrorismo condeno totalmente -, la acción rusa durante las últimas semanas ha supuesto un reiterado despliegue de una fuerza militar desproporcionada, el reiterado desprecio de la necesidad de buscar una solución política y el reiterado desprecio de las trágicas consecuencias para las personas. +Sin embargo, cincuenta años después de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, sabemos que no existen derechos conquistados todos a la vez y para siempre: pienso en el Tíbet, Birmania, Timor y en los países asiáticos en que se explota el trabajo infantil y femenino; pienso en Kosovo, en Chechenia o en África, un continente demasiadas veces lejano y olvidado; pienso en los 790 millones de personas que pasan hambre en el mundo o en los 300 millones de niños que están obligados a trabajar; pienso, además, en las 1.625 ejecuciones cumplidas el año pasado en los 72 países que en sus ordenamientos mantienen la pena de muerte; por último pienso en el destino del líder kurdo Ocalan, cuya vida debe ser salvada por medio del esfuerzo de todos nosotros. +Y todo ello porque, aunque este Parlamento ha expresado un compromiso indeclinable en favor de una moratoria de la pena de muerte, como hicimos en el debate de la última sesión plenaria -creo que la Presidenta se ha dirigido ya a las autoridades turcas por este motivo- pienso que la Unión Europea tiene que cumplir sus compromisos y, al mismo tiempo, que no podemos dejar de reconocer que en los últimos quince años en Turquía no se ha ejecutado ninguna pena de muerte. +No es sólo el caso Ocalan que me hace decir que la candidatura de Turquía no está madura todavía. Entre otras cosas, Ocalan fue prácticamente entregado por el Gobierno del Sr. D' Alema -una deshonra para Italia- pero, por otra parte, precisamente del Código penal italiano Turquía ha copiado ese artículo 155 de su Código penal que ha permitido la condena de Ocalan - el artículo 155 del Código penal turco, copiado del artículo 241 del Código penal italiano- y, por lo tanto, también la posición del Gobierno italiano en este caso no me ha extrañado en absoluto. +Informe (A5-0074/1999) del Sr. Pronk, en nombre de la Delegación del Parlamento para la Comisión de conciliación sobre el texto adjunto, aprobado por la Comisión de Conciliación, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Consejo relativa a las disposiciones mínimas para la mejora de la protección de la salud y de la seguridad de los trabajadores expuestos a los riesgos derivados de atmósferas explosivas. (Comisión de Asuntos Sociales y Empleo, Décima quinta directiva individual relativa al artículo 16(1) de la Directiva 89/391/CEE (C5-0221/1991 - 1995/0235(COD)) +Señalaré que, desde hace quince años, en Turquía existe una moratoria de hecho sobre la pena de muerte; que el objetivo del informe que, precisamente, sometemos a votación es incitar al Gobierno turco a que esta moratoria de hecho se convierta en moratoria de derecho; y que, en cualquier caso, me pregunto cuál sería la reacción de nuestros colegas si, en sus países de origen, existiera, como ellos desean, una intrusión del poder político en el poder judicial. Puesto que actualmente la causa del Sr. Ocalan está sometida al Tribunal de Seguridad de Estrasburgo. +Los obstáculos técnicos que plantearían las mayores dificultades para reducir el período transitorio son, concretamente: los plazos de fabricación de los billetes y de las monedas en euros; la importancia considerable de las adaptaciones informáticas que deben realizarse, y también el hecho de que la transición al euro de las administraciones públicas ha sido planificada para el año 2002, a fin de tomar en consideración la complejidad de los cambios que deben introducirse en este sector. +De conformidad con el artículo 245 del Tratado constitutivo de la CE, con el artículo 45 del Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea del Carbón y el Acero y con el artículo 160 del Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea de la Energía Atómica, el Consejo puede cambiar las disposiciones sobre el mantenimiento del secreto solamente a petición del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0101/1999) del Sr. Papayannakis, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo que modifica el Reglamento (CE) nº 820/97 del Consejo por el que se establece un sistema de identificación y registro de los animales de la especie bovina y relativo al etiquetado de la carne de vacuno y los productos a base de carne de vacuno (COM(1999) 487 - C5-0241/1999 - 1999/0205(COD)). +Por razones evidentes, que tienen relación con la geografía pero también con la historia, pareció necesario a los europeos comprometer, durante los años 70, una acción de cooperación de envergadura con los países de África, del Caribe y del Pacífico, bajo una forma bastante original conocida con el nombre de Acuerdo de Lomé, y que permitía que nuestros socios del sur se beneficiaran de precios estables para los productos de los que extraen sus principales recursos, ello al abrigo de un libre cambio en todas direcciones del que lo único que se ve es cómo arruina hoy las economías más frágiles. +Ustedes recordarán la cita: «este día pasará a la historia como un día de infamia», y ello porque el Secretario de Estado norteamericano, que estaba perfectamente al corriente, hizo esperar en la antecámara durante varias horas al embajador japonés que había acudido a entregar la declaración de guerra, con el único objetivo de sacar partido de la indignación por el ataque ante la opinión pública norteamericana e internacional. +Como creo que siempre es posible atenuar los efectos negativos, destaco tres: la reforma de la PAC, a la que asocio la débil expresión del concepto de «desarrollo rural», pues los beneficiados y perjudicados van a seguir, al final, siendo los mismos de siempre; la reducción de la coparticipación pública en proyectos privados productores de ingresos que, al perjudicar a las empresas, menoscaban el empleo; la concentración de fondos del próximo marco comunitario en los primeros años, que, junto con los saldos que salen de él, creará complejas condiciones de utilización de los Fondos estructurales, pues sabido es que, si no se utilizan, se pierden. +Asimismo quisiera expresar la opinión compartida por la mayoría absoluta de la Comisión de Libertades Públicas y de Asuntos Interiores de que no se trata de los derechos del Parlamento, por importantes que sean, sino que el Parlamento pretende erigirse en abogado de los derechos fundamentales, los derechos de los ciudadanos y los derechos de la persona en la Unión Europea. Ahora bien, resulta enormemente difícil asumir este deber que hemos de cumplir de cara a los ciudadanos europeos cuando el Consejo nos excluye de sus actividades. +Sin embargo esta pregunta sigue sin respuesta y es: -Si conoce el Consejo que, de acuerdo con las denuncias e informaciones que difunden los medios de comunicación internacionales, los bombardeos de la OTAN y la guerra de Yugoslavia han causado catástrofes o daños irreparables en monumentos del patrimonio cultural europeo -entre los cuales también hay iglesias y monasterios cristianos (ortodoxos).-Si se demuestran que estos datos son correctos: a)¿Qué piensa hacer para que no prosiga esta pérdida irremediable, yb)qué piensa hacer para restaurar- en la medida de lo posible- los daños?Evidentemente, esta pregunta se refiere, en concreto, a un «crimen cultural de guerra» que tiene lugar en Europa, en Yugoslavia, en donde también tiene lugar un «crimen medioambiental de guerra». +La retirada de la directiva sobre los automóviles de la reunión del Consejo de Ministros por dictado del Canciller es un hecho jamás visto e inaudito, como tampoco tiene precedentes en la historia reciente de la Unión Europea su decisión de impedir por dictado la participación del Ministro de Economía alemán en la reunión del Consejo de Ministros que se celebró en Finlandia. +Aspiramos a que de la misma manera en que hoy lo hace el Parlamento, el Consejo dirija desde Tampere un sonoro mensaje a los ciudadanos europeos, el mensaje de que la Unión Europea realmente se interesa y trabaja por sus más vitales intereses: el reforzamiento de la seguridad interior, la libre circulación, el libre acceso a la justicia, la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada internacional, el control de las fronteras, el respeto de los derechos y libertades fundamentales. +La propuesta de la Comisión de crear una agencia europea para la reconstrucción está basada principalmente en las recomendaciones del Parlamento para la reconstrucción de Bosnia - recomendaciones que acertadamente hacen hincapié en la necesidad de descentralizar la gestión de la ayuda a través del incremento de la participación de personal local y la aportación de mecanismos que se adapten mejor a la urgencia de los requisitos de la reconstrucción. +Señora Presidenta, en virtud del artículo 111 del Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo, propongo una enmienda al orden del día de este período parcial de sesiones para incluir una declaración de la Comisión sobre la negativa del Gobierno francés a levantar el embargo de carne y su decisión de impedir que la carne de vacuno del Reino Unido cruce su territorio, que es una ruta obligada para llegar a España e Italia. +Asunto: Decisión sobre la reconstrucción de las regiones afectadas por los seísmos en Grecia Tras los fuertes temblores de tierra que han afectado a la región griega del Ática, provocando decenas de muertos y daños de una magnitud aún no establecida, ¿puede indicar el Consejo si piensa proceder a la publicación urgente de una decisión sobre la suscripción de un préstamo para la bonificación de intereses, con miras a reconstruir la infraestructura económica y social, incluida la vivienda, y restablecer los medios de producción, tal como hiciera mediante anteriores decisiones suyas en favor de Portugal, en 1993, y en favor de Grecia, en marzo de 1981 y en septiembre de 1986 (Decisión 81/1013/CEE de 14.12.1981 y Decisión 88/561/CEE de 7.11.1988? +Dicho esto y considerando que nos encontramos en un momento histórico de la construcción europea con la creación de un espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia, ante un debate sobre una Carta de derechos fundamentales, y considerando asimismo los poderes otorgados al Consejo por los Tratados para llevar a cabo acciones que garanticen estos derechos de los ciudadanos europeos, me gustaría conocer la actitud del Consejo respecto al contenido de dicha Carta de derechos fundamentales en materia de protección de libertad sexual y de opción sexual más que de orientación sexual. +Sin embargo hay que desarrollar minuciosamente este sistema de documentación, extendiéndolo también a la tortura y a los medios empleados para los demás tratos inhumanos y degradantes, de modo que la información esté a disposición de los parlamentos nacionales así como de esta Asamblea antes de que se produzca una mayor difusión y así el control sobre la exportación de armas sea eficaz, disponiendo de los adecuados instrumentos políticos y jurídicos para intervenir la transgresión de las normas sobre los sistemas de control. +En estas líneas directrices y en la financiación de muchas de estas políticas están incluidas muchas de las propuestas que se han escuchado en este hemiciclo, tal como reducciones fiscales especiales para los trabajadores y para las pequeñas y medianas empresas, como un apoyo a la educación o a la formación de los trabajadores con vistas a los despidos o a las reestructuraciones, así como paquetes sociales para reforzar la red social en caso de grandes reestructuraciones, la formación continua y la provisión de trabajadores con nuevas aptitudes para que puedan responder a estas reestructuraciones. +La enmienda 7, que versa sobre las acciones integradas en acuerdos de cooperación cultural transnacional, se compone de dos partes: en primer lugar, la relativa al papel del comité y más en particular la obligación por parte de los responsables de los proyectos financiados de presentar un balance de las acciones emprendidas directamente al comité, pues ese control incumbe a la Comisión, que debe también encargarse de la gestión del programa; en segundo lugar, la parte relativa a la adición de la precisión "especialistas del patrimonio". +Si el Banco Central Europeo considera peligroso un ritmo de crecimiento superior al 2,5% y, según las apreciaciones de la Comisión, se debe tener un ritmo de crecimiento superior al 3% para reducir el empleo al 7% en 6 ó 7 años, entonces el único camino que les queda, y naturalmente siguen ustedes con coherencia, es presionar al mercado laboral para anular las relaciones laborales, imponer el trabajo a media jornada y, más generalmente, flexibilizar el empleo, reducir realmente los sueldos y acabar con la seguridad social. +Quiero agradecer al ponente y a las y los colegas de la Comisión de Industria la inclusión en el informe final de muchos de los aspectos aprobados en la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, lo cual no se puede dar por descontado ni tampoco ocurre siempre, y que nuestras aspiraciones hayan encontrado cabida en las enmiendas del ponente y en las enmiendas de compromiso, de manera que gran parte de las cuestiones que la Comisión de Medio Ambiente considera importantes con vistas a Seattle han quedado integradas en el informe del Sr. Schwaiger. +Es un acontecimiento democrático excepcional que miles de hombres y mujeres hayan debatido y se hayan manifestado por una economía distinta, directamente vinculada a la vida cotidiana y la democracia, porque el hecho de que 134 gobiernos formen parte de la Organización Mundial de Comercio no garantiza de por sí ni transparencia ni democracia en los procesos de toma de decisiones porque, más allá de los estatutos formales, lo que subsiste realmente es el poder contractual de los Gobiernos más fuertes y de las multinacionales que lo ejercen. +Se debe incluir también en los Tratados esa Carta de derechos fundamentales que va a elaborarse en los próximos meses; contemplar la toma de decisiones por mayoría -como norma general- y, lógicamente, de manera simultánea, el procedimiento de codecisión en esos momentos; ampliar también los poderes del Parlamento Europeo, por ejemplo la capacidad de ratificar todos los tratados internacionales, sea cual sea su tipo o índole; y, desde luego, contemplar que las próximas reformas se hagan de acuerdo con un método mucho más abierto, transparente, democrático y participativo que el actual. +Señor Presidente, con ocasión de la presentación de este voluminoso informe sobre los derechos humanos, mencionaré las constantes violaciones de dichos derechos cometidas con el fundamento de una legislación estalinista contra los intelectuales de todas las especialidades que se han atrevido a emitir opiniones críticas o simplemente independientes respecto de la historia de la última guerra mundial, cuyo drama concentracionario obnubila cada vez más a los medios de comunicación, a la educación, a la prensa, al servicio de intereses muy distintos de la exclusiva defensa de la memoria de las víctimas. +Aparte de su significado estrictamente económico, que no deja de ser grande, estas instituciones han ofrecido a nuestros pueblos la prueba real de que la creación de nuevas instituciones comunitarias encargadas del ejercicio de una política integrada en el lugar de los gobiernos o de las instituciones nacionales de los Estados miembros no constituye una traición, sino un ejercicio conjunto más eficaz de nuestra soberanía nacional. +Consideramos importante que haya dos representantes del Parlamento Europeo en el grupo preparatorio, pero ya consideramos menos digno para el Parlamento Europeo que su Presidenta, en vez de relacionarse exclusivamente con los jefes de Estado y los primeros ministros, se vea inmersa en una dinámica en la que se la oiga antes de las reuniones de los miembros del Consejo de Asuntos Generales y ése no es un trato digno para este Parlamento Europeo. +Hemos visto que el Tribunal de Justicia ha ratificado la facultad de los Estados miembros para tomar decisiones en esta materia y además, con respecto al punto que usted ha subrayado relativo a la distribución dentro del territorio de un Estado, he de añadir que las normas en materia de competencia y el principio de no discriminación no obligan a los Estados miembros a tomar en cuenta aspectos de carácter regional a la hora de otorgar las licencias para los casinos ni otras autorizaciones para organizar juegos de azar. +Se ha necesitado, pues, más de un año y varias reuniones del Comité de Conciliación para lograr un acuerdo sobre este programa, tendente a promover la calidad de la educación a través del fomento de la cooperación, de la intensificación de la movilidad y del desarrollo de la dimensión europea en todos los sectores educativos, con el fin de completar las acciones de los Estados miembros en este ámbito. +En el caso de Kuwait, lo que ha sucedido a finales de noviembre, cuando con 32 votos en contra y 30 a favor el Parlamento ha rechazado la propuesta de que las mujeres puedan votar y ser votadas, no constituye sólo una violación de los derechos humanos y una acción política repulsiva, sino también es una infracción de la propia Constitución kuwaití, que en el artículo 29 dispone que todos los ciudadanos son iguales ante la ley, independientemente del sexo, la religión, la raza o la procedencia étnica. +He de decir que si hablamos de defensa y de promoción de los derechos humanos como un elemento fundamental de la identidad europea y de su proyección en el mundo, ciertamente hoy Birmania es uno de los bancos de prueba fundamentales y creo que la mejor manera de expresar nuestro sentido pésame a la Sra. San Suu Kiy es intensificando la iniciativa contra el régimen birmano e incrementando su aislamiento internacional tanto desde el punto de vista político y diplomático como económico y comercial. +Por el contrario, una mayor cooperación en las políticas nacionales a través de una consecuente puesta en práctica de las directrices y de los planes de acción de la política de empleo, así como una mejora de la posibilidad de control significan una plusvalía europea, la cual junto con el efecto estabilizador de una sólida moneda común contribuirá también a medio plazo en el mercado interior europeo a que logremos más puestos de trabajo y tengamos menos desempleados. Éste es un importante prerrequisito de la dimensión social de la Unión Europea. +Para finalizar, algunos puntos que, aunque van a ser decididos por el próximo Parlamento, nosotros deberíamos poner en marcha en las próximas semanas -y, si es posible, antes del Consejo ECOFIN de 25 de mayo- en el marco del Grupo de alto nivel: necesitamos una propuesta consensuable en relación con los cinco miembros del Comité de Vigilancia, necesitamos un perfil del director de la OLAF para que pueda publicarse la convocatoria de las plazas; necesitamos un organigrama de la OLAF como prerrequisito y como base de un presupuesto suplementario, como lo han recomendado ya en su opinión nuestros colegas de la Comisión de Presupuestos. +El informe está en lo cierto al subrayar la necesidad de establecer una coordinación más estrecha entre las grandes orientaciones de política económica y las directrices en materia de política de empleo, teniendo en cuenta la necesidad de una estrategia coherente para el empleo, el crecimiento, la estabilidad y las reformas económicas y para una mejora de su contenido y su oportunidad y la relación entre las comisiones del Consejo interesadas. +El Secretario General de la ONU fue invitado a la Cumbre extraordinaria de los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno y ha reforzado igualmente su implicación, hecho por el cual también nos congratulamos explícitamente. Tengo asimismo la satisfacción de poder anunciarles una noticia de la máxima actualidad, a saber, que después de la reunión de ayer en Bonn de los Directores Políticos del G-8, en la cual consiguieron alcanzar un acuerdo sobre un fundamento común, el jueves se celebrará en Bonn una reunión de los Ministros del G-8 sobre el tema de Kosovo. +La Comisión tiene la impresión de que esta directiva tal como existe actualmente representa un primer paso útil hacia una fijación de precios justa y eficaz del transporte de mercancías por vehículos pesados por carretera y nos alegramos de la buena disposición del Parlamento y del Consejo para dar este paso. Asimismo, seguimos haciendo hincapié en la necesidad de trabajar más en la cuantificación de los costes externos para todos los modos de transporte. +Proponemos sustituir el pacto de estabilidad por un verdadero pacto de crecimiento con, entre otras prioridades, el relanzamiento de la inversión productiva, la continuación de la bajada de los tipos de interés de forma selectiva a favor del empleo, la puesta en marcha de un proceso de reducción del tiempo de trabajo sin disminución de salario, la detención del proceso de liberalización y desregulación, la fijación de un salario mínimo en cada Estado miembro. +Entretanto, la toma de decisiones después de la Cumbre de Berlín ha llevado a la instauración de una categoría presupuestaria aparte para la adhesión, apartado séptimo, en la que se incluirán también las ayudas Sapard, para la que se impondrán unas reglas financieras más estrictas en relación a la prefinanciación y la gestión y justificación financiera que las que serían aplicables si las medidas hubiesen seguido en la categoría 1, agricultura, tal y como había propuesto la Comisión, o en la categoría 2, a las que habrían pertenecido las medidas en caso de que estos países efectivamente se hubiesen convertido en Estados miembros. +En todo caso, ustedes son conscientes de que la Comisión ha mantenido ciertas reservas acerca de la posición común, por ejemplo, en materia de supervisión adecuada y por lo que respecta a la supresión de algunos elementos del Anexo 2 relativos a los riesgos adicionales derivados de cortes del suministro eléctrico, así como a la necesidad de eliminar manualmente los automatismos en caso de que los procesos automáticos se aparten de las condiciones de operación previstas y, finalmente, en lo relativo a la necesidad de poder difundir o aislar rápidamente la energía acumulada en caso de cortes del suministro por alguna emergencia. +Si trato de encontrar un hilo conductor en mi compromiso, modesto, pero tenaz y apasionado, a lo largo de los quince años que he trabajado aquí, me parece que lo puedo encontrar en la voluntad de contribuir a dotar a Europa, a nuestra amada Europa, de instrumentos eficaces para garantizar el pluralismo de la información, la protección de la creatividad, el apoyo a la circulación de las obras europeas, un nuevo impulso a la producción audiovisual valorizando las irreducibles diferencias de las culturas y convirtiendo en fuerza una aparente debilidad. +Por consiguiente, quisiéramos dirigir un mensaje concreto al Consejo de Colonia, al objeto de que la Presidencia alemana pida que figure en el orden del día de la próxima Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas este tema y que la Presidencia finlandesa sea la encargada de ejecutar esta decisión a fin de que -en el mes de agosto, a más tardar- este asunto figure en el orden del día y pueda ser examinado efectivamente en la próxima Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. +Mi Grupo no sólo pretende expresar su preocupación por la seguridad de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea, la República Checa y los países limítrofes, sino que, además, queremos prestar ayuda a la innovación, a las energías alternativas, a otras formas de eficacia energética, en otras palabras, queremos fomentar el uso de energías que no precisan de centrales nucleares y no producen el correspondiente consumo de energía eléctrica. +Es una oportunidad para explorar su promesa de colaborar con el Parlamento y abrazar decididamente nuestro interés por examinar la aplicación del proceso de reformas y también su compromiso constructivo con nuestras preocupaciones como diputados por una economía europea que esté basada en el conocimiento, las aptitudes y la creatividad y una sociedad europea basada en la inclusión, la diversidad y la riqueza cultural. +Tanto hoy, en el discurso de la Presidenta del Consejo, como hace dos semanas, en la audición del Comisario Vitorino, hemos apreciado -nosotros, los diputados, habituados a la "langue de bois" del Consejo y de la Comisión- elementos de rigor filosófico sobre los presupuestos fundamentales de ese verdadero mercado interior de la libertad y la justicia, es decir, el mercado de los valores -y no ya el de las mercancías y los servicios- que nos inspiran un optimismo reservado sobre Tampere y sus consecuencias. ?Por qué? +Asunto: Ronda del Milenio de la OMC El pasado junio, los Jefes de Estado de la Unión Europea, reunidos en la Cumbre de Colonia, acordaron que las próximas negociaciones comerciales de la "Ronda del Milenio" de la OMC debían incluir las normas laborales, alegando que: "Unas negociaciones que abarquen un amplio abanico de temas, incluidas las normas de trabajo, medio ambiente, desarrollo y transparencia, constituyen la base más apropiada para lograr resultados sustanciales y equilibrados en provecho de todos los miembros de la OMC". +Asunto: Instalación de una central nuclear en una zona altamente expuesta a movimientos sísmicos como es la región de Akköy en Turquía El tremendo seísmo, tanto en extensión como en intensidad, que recientemente ha sacudido Turquía, no sólo ha causado considerables daños, sino que también replantea de forma dramática el proyecto de construcción de una gigantesca central nuclear de producción de energía eléctrica en la región de Akköy, al suroeste de Turquía, proyecto en el que persiste el Gobierno turco, a pesar de tratarse de una zona que entraña un alto riesgo sísmico como confirman todos los estudios llevados a cabo por especialistas. +. (FR) Los diputados del Grupo Unión por la Europa de las Naciones han votado en contra del conjunto de las enmiendas aprobadas en la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, tendentes a transformar la recomendación de la Comisión en directiva, y ello por tres razones esenciales: razón relativa a la burocracia, razón relativa al fundamento jurídico y razón relativa a la estructura de los cuerpos de control en los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. +Cuando la filosofía que condiciona las propuestas relativas se centra en el concepto de "ciudadano conforme a la ley" y de la necesidad de "atribución de responsabilidades a cuantos amenazan la libertad y la seguridad de las personas y de la sociedad", sólo podemos constatar la reaparición de aquellas teorías que en países como el nuestro, fueron en el pasado la base de las leyes y las limitaciones antidemocráticas, la base para penalizar la acción política y sindical. +Por una parte, los empresarios agrícolas, desde hace tiempo y fuertemente enganchados al tren de las rígidas condiciones de producción, garantizan y respaldan plenamente, como lo demuestran la historia y la actualidad, la madurez del consumidor; por otra, el posible camino para solucionar el problema está ligado al proprio consumidor que ha comprendido perfectamente la política europea en materia de marcas y de productos típicos dando validez a los productos locales europeos, perfectamente capaces de evitar el aplastamiento en la competición internacional que, por el contrario, prima los alimentos masificados. +Sin embargo, quisiera instar al Comisario a que haga algo más: si sus colegas y él están decididos a recuperar la confianza de los consumidores y de la industria alimentaria en las estructuras relativas a la inocuidad de los alimentos de la UE, debe crear una agencia europea encargada de los alimentos similar a la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los EE.UU. Dicha agencia podría asumir las funciones actuales de la Comisión en materia de inspección y ejecutivas en relación con la legislación veterinaria, fitosanitaria y relativa a la higiene de los alimentos. +Señor Presidente, antes de entrar en materia y de referirme a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a la aplicación del programa ALTENER con arreglo al procedimiento de codecisión, una vez aprobado el Tratado de Amsterdam, querría expresar en primer lugar mi satisfacción, mi reconocimiento, mi agradecimiento por el apoyo que la Comisión ha encontrado en todo momento en el Parlamento Europeo precisamente en el ámbito de las energías renovables. +- (DE) Señor Presidente, en lo que se refiere al tema del cultivo del lino y los problemas que ha habido en España en este contexto, la Comisión ya propuso al Consejo, en el marco del paquete de precios para el año 1996, que estableciera una superficie máxima garantizada para el cultivo del lino y fijara unas ayudas más bajas para el resto, excepto en el caso del lino recolectado con métodos tradicionales. +A estos fundamentos habría que añadir, en mi opinión, el valor estratégico de la agricultura en algunas regiones exportadoras de la Unión Europea, que, además, han tenido en el Tratado de Amsterdam un reconocimiento singular, como son las llamadas regiones ultraperiféricas, que necesitan una consideración especial en las negociaciones de la Ronda del Milenio de manera que las decisiones que se tomen en Seattle dejen a salvo sus intereses agrícolas y garanticen su supervivencia social, cultural, económica y medioambiental, especialmente después de la cumbre de Colonia. +El Parlamento Europeo también ha trabajado denodadamente para poner en vigor normas legislativas que reduzcan la utilización de gases de CO2; por ejemplo, la nueva directiva de la Unión Europea sobre la reglamentación de agentes contaminantes obliga a las compañías petroleras a comprometerse a conseguir que el contenido de azufre de los vehículos quede reducido a una tercera parte, y que el contenido de azufre del combustible diesel quede reducido a una séptima parte para el año 2005. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para segunda lectura (A5-0029/1999) de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior respecto de la posición común del Consejo (COM98) 285 - C5-0029/1999 - 1998/0163(COD)) con vistas a la adopción de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa al velocímetro de los vehículos de motor de dos o tres ruedas y por la que se modifica la Directiva 92/61/CEE del Consejo relativa a la homologación de dichos vehículos (Ponente: Sr. Ferri). +Ante las próximas negociaciones con la OMC, en las que se va a incluir el sector audiovisual, se ve cada vez con mayor claridad lo importante que son unas informaciones independientes y fiables sobre la situación del mercado en Europa para los encargados de adoptar las decisiones políticas, como los órganos comunitarios, los Gobiernos de los Estados miembros, para los órganos decisorios económicos y sociales de los Estados miembros y de las regiones y para la industria dedicada a la investigación, las Universidades y los medios de comunicación. +Creemos que si la Comisión decide avanzar en la revisión del total de la directiva sobre la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo y plantea desde el principio el tema del descanso dominical, que ha sido un tema muy debatido y sobre el que ya hay decisiones del Tribunal Europeo, simplemente corremos el peligro de no debatirlo nunca y de llegar otra vez a un callejón sin salida, por buscar utópicamente lo inmejorable. +Una de las principales conclusiones políticas de la reunión extraordinaria de Jefes de Estado o de Gobierno señala la necesidad, con vistas a una verdadera política de migración, de salir de los límites tradicionales de la justicia y los asuntos de interior y recurrir a una serie de instrumentos, en el ámbito de otras políticas de la Unión, concepción ésta que ya propugnó la Comisión desde 1994 y que siempre ha merecido el apoyo del Parlamento Europeo. +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores, el Informe DEHAENE incluye una propuesta de alcance histórico. Pretende dividir los Tratados en dos partes: una parte constitucional e institucional que, como ha sido el caso hasta ahora, solamente podrá modificarse por unanimidad mediante una Conferencia Intergubernamental y un procedimiento de ratificación de los Estados miembros, y una parte especial reservada a una serie de políticas concretas para las que el procedimiento de ratificación se sustituye por el dictamen conforme del Parlamento. +El problema no es sólo que se registre un aumento de las drogas sintéticas y de la importación de cocaína en Europa, aunque la heroína sigue siendo el problema principal; es que en los últimos años las drogas se han convertido en una amenaza consciente que emana de la relación entre el crimen organizado con el tráfico de drogas y con el tráfico de armas y de materiales nucleares, así como de la creación de nuevas organizaciones criminales procedentes de la Europa Central y Oriental. +Estos países han sido apoyados en su trabajo por la Agencia Internacional de Energía Atómica, que ha revisado sus análisis sobre la importancia del problema con respecto a un número significativo de centrales; la Sra. Plooij-van Gorsel ha mencionado los trabajos realizados hasta ahora, y esta es mi respuesta, Señora: los trabajos de la Agencia y de los países que explotan estas centrales no han revelado tener problemas de "bug" en los sistemas esenciales para la seguridad. +También solicitamos el engarce de esta filosofía arancelaria con un nuevo impuesto de estructura similar al viejo APIM, con objeto de incorporarlo a un paquete de medidas específicas de carácter fiscal que el Consejo, a propuesta de la Comisión, debe poner en marcha el año próximo -como acaban de indicar los diputados Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya y Medina Ortega- a través del anunciado estatuto permanente para las regiones ultraperiféricas -entre las que se encuentran las islas Canarias- como desarrollo del artículo 299.2, que prevé un tratamiento diferenciado, como ustedes saben, de la aplicación de las disposiciones del Tratado. +El caso de Corea es, como ya han dicho varios colegas, el resultado de la combinación de situaciones y factores, unos internos, otros externos: la crisis de Asia, la hiperdesvalorización en más del 30% de la moneda nacional -del won- y el apoyo concomitante del FMI han sido los factores que han conducido a esta situación única -excéntrica, podríamos decir- en que se encuentra Corea, por no hablar de la forma desleal como nos ha hecho la competencia en los últimos tiempos. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la comunicación de la Comisión sobre la salvaguardia de las estructuras deportivas actuales y el mantenimiento de la función social del deporte en los marcos comunitarios, el plan de apoyo comunitario a la lucha contra el dopaje en el deporte y la participación de la Comisión en la Agencia Mundial Antidopaje. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0086/1999) de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior, respecto de la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a la aproximación de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros sobre el seguro de responsabilidad civil derivada de la circulación de vehículos automóviles y por la que se modifican las Directivas 73/239/CEE y 88/357/CEE (cuarta Directiva sobre seguro de vehículos automóviles) (Ponente: Rothley) +Propuesta de decisión del Consejo y de la Comisión relativa a la celebración del Protocolo para la adaptación de los aspectos institucionales del Acuerdo Europeo entre las Comunidades Europeas y sus Estados miembros, por una parte, y la República Checa, por otra, para tener en cuenta la adhesión de la República de Austria, de la República de Finlandia y del Reino de Suecia a la Unión Europea (9726/1999 - C5-0191/1999 - 1997/0273(AVC)) (Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad y Política de Defensa) +- Propuesta de decisión del Consejo y de la Comisión relativa a la celebración del Protocolo para la adaptación de los aspectos institucionales del Acuerdo Europeo entre las Comunidades Europeas y sus Estados miembros, por una parte, y la República Eslovaca, por otra, para tener en cuenta la adhesión de la República de Austria, de la República de Finlandia y del Reino de Suecia a la Unión Europea (9727/1999 - C5-0192/1999 - 1997/0274(AVC)) (Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad y Política de Defensa) +Permítanme decir, para terminar, que creo que deberá existir una interrelación, unas relaciones entre los científicos y los juristas y la evaluación de los factores de riesgo para garantizar con total seguridad que los responsables de redactar las leyes comprenden lo que dicen los científicos, y que los científicos están satisfechos con el modo en que los juristas redactan las leyes de forma que contemplen los criterios que ellos han expresado en su dictamen en el ámbito de la evaluación de los factores de riesgo. +En los rasgos básicos de la política económica de los Estados miembros y de la Comunidad para 1998/99 se subraya de modo similar que las políticas económicas de los Estados miembros, en especial, su política financiera y monetaria, que ahora cae dentro de la competencia exclusiva de la Comunidad, así como las reformas estructurales tienen que apoyarse entre si para alcanzar una inflación baja que va paralela a un crecimiento sostenible y eficaz para el empleo. +Por ser éstos mucho más elevados en el transporte por carretera, con el ruido, la contaminación atmosférica y los accidentes, como evidencian los gráficos presentados por la ponente, está justificado que sea mayor el pago que deben hacer sus usuarios, en consonancia, por lo demás, con lo que ya sucede ahora, al pagar los usuarios de las carreteras (en impuestos sobre los combustibles y los vehículos y en peajes) el doble del gasto que con ellas se hace, cuando los usuarios de las vías férreas pagan el 56 % y los de las vías navegables el 18 % de los gastos respectivos. +Si bien es cierto que la crisis de la EEB ha permitido modificar los procedimientos de toma de decisiones en el seno de la Comisión, deseo señalar, en nombre de mi Grupo, que estos procedimientos, más allá del expediente de la «vaca loca», deben ampliarse a fin de gestionar de la mejor manera posible el principio de prevención y de evitar que se ejerzan presiones políticas o económicas sobre los comités científicos y a través de los expertos de la Comisión. +Queremos dar las gracias al Sr. Fayot por su trabajo en la Comisión en general, y el hecho de que esta Comisión no vaya a existir más en esta forma, no debe implicar ahora -y éste es un último punto en el que coincido con nuestro colega, el Sr. Corbett- un juicio negativo del trabajo de la Comisión y, menos aún, del trabajo de su presidente, sino que se trata propiamente de que en el futuro queremos tener agrupadas las cuestiones que sean importantes desde el punto de vista de su contenido. +Señora Presidenta, queridos colegas, el interés del Informe Fourçans no reside solamente en el hecho de que suscribe totalmente las recomendaciones de la Comisión, sino que también se involucra claramente en el debate político que tanto ha agitado los ambientes europeos, incluido este Parlamento, es decir: ahora que ya se ha creado el euro, ¿habría que suavizar la disciplina presupuestaria y monetaria que ha permitido la histórica decisión de mayo de 1998, con el fin de relanzar una actividad económica más bien titubeante? +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0255/99) de la Sra. Palacio Vallelersundi, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos, sobre las consecuencias de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam (relación de propuestas legislativas pendientes en el Consejo al 1 de mayo de 1999, con indicación del nuevo fundamento jurídico, así como una posible modificación del procedimiento legislativo tras la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam) (C4-0134/99 + SEC(99)0581 - C4-0219/99). +En efecto, las principales enmiendas presentadas persiguen sustancialmente los siguientes objetivos: insistir en los efectos favorables que la medida tiene en el empleo de mano de obra no cualificada o poco cualificada y en el medio ambiente, así como en la reducción del trabajo ilegal; prever que el Consejo pueda tomar decisiones por mayoría cualificada en lo referente a la autorización para aplicar el tipo reducido y prever que la Comisión elabore un informe de valoración global acompañado, en su caso, de propuestas apropiadas. +Señor Ministro, me dirijo a usted con la mirada puesta en la Cumbre de Colonia, y le digo que tienen en sus manos una oportunidad histórica de crear en Colonia las condiciones y los presupuestos para conseguir que la nueva Conferencia Intergubernamental suponga para la política exterior lo que Maastricht y Amsterdam supusieron para la economía. Una política exterior europea que -usted mejor que nadie sabe algo de su historia- no puede agotarse en la actividad diplomática, sino que ha de incluir respuestas a desafíos como los que constituyen la economía, el medioambiente y la cultura. +Pero ahí encuentro una cierta alusión anodina, si no peligrosa, respecto a los menores de edad, porque los menores de edad, lógicamente, tienen la protección del Derecho civil, no solamente en este punto de la contratación basada en la honestidad o en la buena fe, sino también en cuanto a que será nulo todo contrato cuando, según el Derecho civil, los menores no hayan alcanzado la edad necesaria según la clase de bienes y de contratos de que se trate. +Yo no puedo olvidar algunas de las emergencias medioambientales de mi país y también en el resto de Europa.e)Resaltamos el esfuerzo necesario en los niveles nacionales, suprarregionales, regionales y locales en materia de prevención, cooperación e intercambio de experiencias.f)Y proponemos detectar y estudiar las causas de las catástrofes y publicar las conclusiones de este estudio para que sean útiles para la prevención.Ratificamos la posición del PE en cuanto al comité necesario para la ejecución del programa, que debe tener carácter consultivo, aprobando la enmienda de la Comisión de Presupuestos que propone que sea más transparente y participativo. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate sobre la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A4-0220/99) de la Sra. Miranda de Lage, en nombre de la Comisión de Relaciones Económicas Exteriores, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la celebración del Acuerdo de colaboración económica, coordinación política y cooperación comercial entre la Comunidad Europea y sus Estados miembros, por una parte, y los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, por otra (COM(97)527-11618/97 + 11620/97 + COR 1 - C4-0023/98-97/0289/(AVC)). +A este respecto quisiera subrayar que el ministro Schily intervino aquí en el Pleno el día 14 de enero y que habló ante la Comisión de Libertades Públicas y de Asuntos Interiores el 19 de enero y el 30 de marzo. Yo aparecí ante la Comisión de Libertades Públicas y de Asuntos Interiores el 23 de noviembre y el Sr. Eisel, el director del servicio competente junto conmigo, estuvo dos veces en la comisión la semana pasada con objeto de facilitarles información. +A dicho fin, es necesario intensificar a todos los niveles la cooperación con las autoridades regionales y locales y con los operadores socioeconómicos, más cercanos a las realidades cambiantes de las regiones. Es necesario, sin embargo, tener en cuenta los desequilibrios causados por las diferencias de competitividad entre las regiones, debidas a los distintos niveles de empleo, de calidad de las infraestructuras, del medio ambiente natural y de desarrollo, en especial en esta etapa tan delicada que se abre con la determinación de las regiones admitidas en el Objetivo 2. +Tengo la comunicación a la prensa del Ministerio Fiscal del Tribunal de Seguridad del Estado en Ankara, firmada por el abogado fiscal, Sr. Tzerdet Volkan; dicha comunicación excluye la participación en el juicio de «observadores de cualquier institución u organización» y prevé la participación de simples ciudadanos, siempre y cuando cuenten con un permiso de una oficina especial del Tribunal, que no será válido para todos los días del juicio, y tomará en consideración, sólo, la capacidad de la sala. +No obstante, nosotros habíamos presentado en primera lectura algunas enmiendas para limitar la carga que pesa sobre las empresas, para suprimir las variables no pertinentes -por ejemplo, la modalidad de transporte- y las variables facultativas, para limitar el número de PYME obligadas a facilitar variables estadísticas pormenorizadas y, también, para simplificar la utilización de la nomenclatura combinada, sin apartarse de una nomenclatura única con respecto a los intercambios intracomunitarios y los intercambios con los terceros países. +Quisiera además agradecer al Presidente del Parlamento Europeo, el Sr. Gil-Robles, por haber acogido muy en serio mis iniciativas para acabar con la criminalidad en y alrededor de las instituciones europeas; también al presidente de grupo Martens, que ha prometido no olvidar en Bélgica este tema para un futuro y seguir apoyándonos; y, naturalmente, también al representante del Consejo, que prometió ponerse también a ello, y, por último, a los cuestores y a la Conferencia de Presidentes, donde esa tema es ahora un asunto de actualidad. +Señora Presidenta del Consejo, como otros han dicho antes que yo, su Presidencia se produce en un momento muy particular, cuando la crisis ha estallado en Kosovo y la Unión Europea ha aportado su contribución para salir de ella, después de una crisis institucional de la que aún no hemos salido, después de la formación de un nuevo Parlamento en condiciones muy particulares, en las que los electores se desinteresan cada vez más de una institución que cada vez tiene más poderes y, por último, después del Consejo Europeo de Colonia, que lanzó importantes trabajos para el futuro. +Los diputados electos de la Lista Bonino han tratado de explicar en una carta abierta a todas sus Señorías las razones de esta constitución, los motivos de las discriminaciones de que son objeto los diputados No inscritos en este Parlamento y, en consecuencia, los motivos de nuestra iniciativa, así como de otra que espero que se anuncie cuanto antes, esto es, la propuesta de modificación del Reglamento, y sobre todo les ha invitado a votar con nosotros en contra de esta interpretación. +Le agradezco el interés e insto a la Comisión a que comprenda con claridad que la cuestión de Timor va a seguir, por desgracia, pendiente durante algún tiempo y exige urgencia en el doble sentido humanitario y en el sentido político y de seguridad, en la medida en que el anuncio de la intervención de una fuerza internacional no garantiza por sí sola las condiciones de seguridad en el territorio, porque deberá intervenir sin condición de ninguna clase impuesta por las autoridades indonesias y la urgencia del apoyo humanitario es URGENCIA en sentido propio. +No dispongo de tiempo suficiente para desarrollar el tema, pero quisiera llamar la atención de la Comisión sobre la necesidad, no sólo de acciones preventivas, sino también de responsabilizar a todos los controladores oficiales, a todos los expertos, con el fin de que el principio de cautela no se convierta en un principio de irresponsabilidad para aquellos que tienen el deber de velar por la seguridad alimentaria y la salud de los consumidores. +En cuanto a la posibilidad para los países en vías de desarrollo de acceder a las técnicas de la liberalización comercial, a la OMC y a sus grupos de expertos, etcétera, es verdad, como se ha dicho, que esto plantea un problema: dicho objetivo no está, de momento, al alcance de muchos de ellos, y la utilización de estos mecanismos complejos está reservada para aquellos países que disponen de medios, de ahí nuestra propuesta de una asistencia técnica (mencionada en el documento de la Comisión) para que estos países puedan por sí mismos poseer y utilizar la tecnología jurídica necesaria. +El Consejo reconoce, igual que el Parlamento Europeo, en primer lugar, que la política de igualdad de oportunidades para hombres y mujeres sigue siendo muy importante; en segundo lugar, que el programa de acción constituye el instrumento comunitario más valioso para el cumplimiento de las obligaciones contraídas en el programa de acción de la Conferencia de Pekín y, finalmente, que la mejor manera de conseguir una realización con éxito es integrando la perspectiva de igualdad de oportunidades para hombres y mujeres en toda clase de políticas. +Ante el flagrante incumplimiento de lo dispuesto en dicho Reglamento, los retrasos incurridos en las comunicaciones de las listas, el aumento de número de barcos que utilizan esas artes, los daños a la pesquería del atún y al ecosistema marino, los graves perjuicios económicos a los pescadores del Cantábrico Noroeste y la total falta de respuesta de la UE a las recomendaciones de la Comisión Internacional para la Conservación del Atún Atlántico (ICCAT) contra la sobreexplotación de esta especie: +Con todo, aunque consideramos la propuesta de resolución común demasiado inclinada a la hipótesis del misil aéreo más que a la de un artefacto colocado en el interior y, sobre todo, a pesar de que consideramos la propia propuesta demasiado indulgente y diplomática con las autoridades políticas italianas, compartimos la necesidad de pedir por fin la cooperación de todos los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea a fin de que faciliten lo que fuere menester para una oportuna y adecuada profundización de las investigaciones, al objeto de que se puedan descubrir los ejecutores, los inductores y los motivos de esta absurda matanza. +Señor Presidente, en mi propio nombre y en el de otros miembros del Parlamento, aunque respetando plenamente el carácter solemne de la sesión de hoy, quisiera señalar una cuestión de orden relativa al artículo 19 del Reglamento, basada en la preocupación por los derechos humanos, dado que la visita de hoy del Presidente de Colombia se limita a su alocución ante el Parlamento hasta la cena oficial con los jefes de los grupos políticos. +Tampere ha demostrado que la Unión tiene la intención política de trazar políticas comunes en cuestiones que están íntimamente ligadas a la vida diaria, como es reforzar el sentimiento de seguridad de los ciudadanos mediante la lucha contra el crimen organizado, especialmente en las drogas, en el lavado de dinero y en el tráfico de seres humanos, con la cooperación judicial y el reconocimiento mutuo de las decisiones. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0029/1999) de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior respecto de la posición común (6884/171999 - C5-0029/1999 - 1998/0163(COD)) aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de una directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a los velocímetros de los vehículos de motor de dos o tres ruedas y por la que se enmienda la Directiva 92/61/CEE del Consejo relativa a la recepción de los vehículos de motor de dos o tres ruedas (Ponente: Sr. Ferri) +Hay que resaltar asimismo la necesidad de que la Unión someta sus intervenciones en esta materia a un control más rígido y establezca sistemas de revisión tanto de la implicación y de la información a los representantes sindicales de los trabajadores, como de la efectiva bondad no solo económica, sino también social de dichas intervenciones, habida cuenta de que no siempre las ayudas de la Unión a las empresas han tenido como respuesta el desarrollo estable de las actividades de las mismas y la salvaguardia de sus tasas de empleo. +Yo creo que lo procedente, teniendo en cuenta, además, que el informe del Tribunal de Cuentas produce una serie de consecuencias sobre la propia actividad parlamentaria -y pienso particularmente en la aprobación de la gestión-, lo que debemos hacer, es plantearle al Presidente del Tribunal de Cuentas lo que ha ocurrido, lograr que se comprometa públicamente, aparte de presentar excusas si ello fuera pertinente, a una investigación para poder controlar este asunto, que se mejore el sistema de distribución e información al Parlamento, pero, en cualquier caso, entiendo que, al final, lo que vamos a hacer es sancionarnos a nosotros mismos a través de este comportamiento. +Por consiguiente, es nuestro deber, en este fin de siglo, preguntarnos sobre esos millones de niños que están sometidos a la prostitución, que se suicidan, que se drogan y, en momentos en que nuestro continente apenas si empieza a descubrir los estragos de la pedofilia, frente a la que durante muchísimo tiempo hemos cerrado los ojos, debemos preguntarnos cuál es la causa de que, en nuestros países democráticos y económicamente desarrollados, que todos los años celebran con orgullo un nuevo aniversario de la Declaración del los Derechos del Hombre, esos mismos derechos se vean pisoteados hasta este punto cuando se refieren a los más débiles, es decir, a nuestros niños. +Además de los tres puntos mencionados de las Declaraciones de Colonia, han surgido en diferentes ámbitos, entre otras cuestiones, el Tribunal de Justicia de la CE, el Tribunal de Cuentas, la distribución de los escaños del Parlamento, la flexibilidad y la división en dos partes del Tratado de creación de la CEE. en nuestro informe Presentaremos, en base las conversaciones mantenidas y a los puntos de vista recibidos, nuestras visiones propias sobre lo que consideramos que es posible y recomendable. +A ese respecto, señor Comisario, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, permítaseme presentar un ejemplo: si en el Consejo hubiera una modificación en la ponderación de los votos, en la que, de hecho, los países con más población y los países mayores tuvieran más poder, y la ampliación de la mayoría cualificada al proceso de codecisión hiciera que esa tendencia se acentuara también en el Parlamento Europeo, pregunto: ¿cuál será el papel en esa Europa de los países pequeños o de los países pobres de la Unión Europea? +. (EN) En las semanas que han precedido al acuerdo sobre esta resolución, muchos diputados del Parlamento Europeo han procurado conseguir que la actitud de la Unión propicie realmente una "Ronda del Desarrollo" en la OMC, que los países en desarrollo tengan la posibilidad de ser asociados de pleno derecho en el proceso de negociación, y destacar que los beneficios del comercio deben centrarse en la lucha contra la agravación de la pobreza en nuestro mundo. +Con el argumento de la ampliación -cuya materialización no nos plantea problemas de principio, pero no nos parece que se pueda llevar a cabo sin medir las consecuencias, en diversos niveles- y en nombre de la eficacia y la democracia, se pretende una modificación de los Tratados en particular en la esfera institucional: abandono de la unanimidad y ampliación a nuevas esferas de las decisiones por mayoría cualificada, nueva ponderación de los votos en la decisiones del Consejo por mayoría cualificada y modificación de la composición y del funcionamiento de las instituciones (número de Comisarios, Presidencia del Consejo, composición del PE o incluso consagración de las lenguas de trabajo...) +La industria, los Estados Miembros y la Comisión deben recoger toda la información necesaria para preparar y presentar una queja sobre la regulación de los aranceles comerciales y evaluar la conveniencia de recurrir a la acción de la OMC, la Comisión debe continuar sus esfuerzos de supervisión del mercado en cooperación con la industria y, finalmente, todas las partes implicadas deben esforzarse por establecer un campo de acción para el sector. +Por este motivo, yo creo que la Conferencia Intergubernamental ocupa un lugar central dentro del triángulo formado por la ampliación, la Conferencia Intergubernamental y la política exterior y de seguridad. En este contexto, también debe quedar absolutamente claro que en ningún momento, ya sea con 12 o con 13 candidatos a la adhesión, se puede admitir ninguna desviación de los criterios de Copenhague, y esta Asamblea no va a permitir que se produzca y no va a ratificar ningún tratado en ese sentido. +Sobre todo, también se ha alcanzado un acuerdo -el Parlamento también concedía mucha importancia a este aspecto, justificadamente a mi parecer- que responde a una constatación política importante, a saber, que las tareas de la Unión Europea en Kosovo y en la región de los Balcanes son tareas de varios años y que su cumplimiento en el aspecto financiero puede requerir un incremento de los gastos en el ámbito de la política exterior con respecto a los previstos a principios de este año, sobre la base de una situación política distinta. +En primer lugar, el Parlamento Europeo; por supuesto, las organizaciones no gubernamentales, y en este punto, y dado que se ha planteado la pregunta, quiero decir que el movimiento de la mujer y las organizaciones no gubernamentales han desempeñado y desempeñan un papel excepcionalmente importante y han sido realmente las fuerzas motrices de las políticas que se han ido configurando en el ámbito europeo; y, naturalmente, participarán también la Comisión, con muchos de sus servicios, los estados miembros, y la Presidencia. +Reto al ministro escocés de Agricultura a que eluda Londres y apoye la petición del Partido Nacionalista Escocés, que entregué ayer al Gobierno francés, en el sentido de que las autoridades francesas estudien detenidamente y con carácter de urgencia las pruebas científicas, la capacidad de determinar su procedencia y la situación del etiquetado en Escocia; y hago un llamamiento a todos los colegas franceses de esta Asamblea para que defiendan esa línea ante su Gobierno. +Una parte importante del proceso de ampliación de la Unión Europea son los diferentes programas de cooperación existentes entre la Unión y los países aspirantes a la adhesión, y el punto de partida es precisamente la mejora de la economía de estos países de cara a crear posibilidades de empleo en sus propios territorios, de modo que sus habitantes no se vean obligados a emigrar por razones económicas. +Como solución se ofrece la normativa francesa, la cual, como complemento del régimen nacional de precio fijo, contiene asimismo disposiciones relativas a la importación, exportación y reimportación, es compatible con el Derecho de la Unión Europea y ha demostrado su eficacia en la práctica. Por ello, señor Comisario, el Parlamento Europeo, por encima de su división en Grupos políticos, como podrá comprobar fácilmente, espera la luz verde para una normativa de carácter legal o contractual en Alemania y Austria para poner buen fin de una vez por todas a esta interminable historia. +Creo que si hay una solución razonable desde un punto de vista económico, con la que las editoriales estén de acuerdo; si hay una solución que tiene en cuenta los diversos ámbitos lingüísticos y culturales; si hay una solución que tampoco entrañe la más grande restricción de la competencia en aplicación de la prohibición de sopesar contenida en el artículo 85, entonces estamos en el camino correcto para dar con una normativa adecuada. +Es la pregunta de si la Comisión se compromete a cumplir con la promesa de los servicios para la política en materia de competencia de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y de Política Industrial, en el sentido de que antes de que se acepte definitivamente el régimen general de exención por categoría y antes de que se fijen definitivamente las orientaciones, la Comisión presente sus propuestas al Parlamento y que aún tengamos la oportunidad de elaborar un informe sobre ellas. +(DE ) Señor Presidente, como ya no soy la más joven de los 626 diputados, como me ocurrió en Octubre de 1965 cuando fui miembro por primera vez de este Parlamento, es natural que el informe sobre las nuevas perspectivas de vida de las personas de edad en el siglo XXI me interese especialmente, también en calidad de representante de una organización nacional y una gran organización europea de mujeres donde, por cierto, los miembros más antiguos son los más activos, sin cuyo trabajo desde sus cargos honoríficos estas organizaciones -como muchas otras también- no podrían subsistir, porque los jóvenes están tan sobrecargados de obligaciones familiares y laborales que apenas están para actividades honoríficas. +Los ponentes, con toda la razón, no han olvidado los aspectos culturales, sobre todo en el apartado 28, en el que se insiste en la necesidad de promover la imagen de las personas mayores en nuestra sociedad y, en este sentido, he de decir que más bien hemos retrocedido con respecto a las sociedades antiguas, sobre todo la Grecia clásica, a la que debemos lo esencial de nuestra civilización y que, con razón, valoraba el cúmulo de experiencia y sabiduría que representaban los ancianos. a este respecto, nos enfrentamos a una auténtica ideología de desvalorización del pasado. +La inmunidad, por lo tanto, es una cuestión de orden público y en el caso que me ocupa, el del Sr. Moniz, el Sr. Moniz en un momento determinado pidió que se le levantase la inmunidad parlamentaria, algo que ha sido tenido en cuenta en la resolución de la Comisión de Reglamento, que por unanimidad votó la suspensión de la inmunidad, pero no por razón de la voluntad del Sr. Moniz de comparecer ante la Administración de Justicia, sino porque se cumplían los requisitos. +Afortunadamente, el presidente del BCE Duisenberg puso de manifiesto el lunes de la semana pasada en la última sesión del Parlamento que la bajada de los tipos de interés del 8 de abril fue justamente un intento de contribuir algo a la reactivación económica de la Unión, dicho de otro modo, ha reconocido textualmente que la política monetaria también tiene una función económica. +Si no se modifican las relaciones que hay en este momento entre los países y las regiones de mayor desarrollo económico y aquellos países y regiones en los que este desarrollo económico es menor, podemos encontrarnos con una Europa económica y social de dos velocidades, porque los países y las regiones que tienen un mayor desarrollo económico, como el Profesor Prodi sabe muy bien, tienen una tendencia a consolidar su evolución económica y, en cambio, aquellos otros que están en una situación de peor desarrollo económico se pueden perpetuar en una situación de inferioridad. +Las principales disposiciones de esta directiva incluyen lo siguiente: el consumidor dispondrá de un período de 14 días antes de celebrar un contrato que le dará tiempo para comparar diversas propuestas y estudiar el contrato detalladamente antes de dar su acuerdo final; el consumidor dispondrá de un período de 14 días de derecho de retractación, 30 días para los créditos hipotecarios, los seguros de vida y las operaciones de jubilación individual para renunciar al contrato sin penalizaciones ni obligación de justificación. +En la medida en que se pueda considerar la posibilidad de contratar a los actuales colaboradores de la secretaría de Schengen en las instituciones de la UE, las disposiciones del artículo 7 del Protocolo de Schengen no impiden de modo alguno que el Consejo contrate a los posibles interesados aplicando las normas establecidas en el Estatuto de los funcionarios o recurriendo al procedimiento de contratación alternativo previsto en el artículo 24 del «Tratado de fusión». +Asunto: Apoyo a un nuevo programa LEADER III ¿Podría esbozar el Consejo sus planes actuales respecto al desarrollo de una política rural plenamente integrada a escala de la UE, y podría garantizar que una parte de esa política será un apoyo continuado al nuevo programa LEADER III y el mantenimiento de su denominación, que ha llegado a ser sinónimo de dotación de los instrumentos de gestión y ayuda y de una imagen positiva para la Unión Europea? +Quisiera advertir al Consejo de que, a pesar de los progresos que ha llevado a cabo en materia de transparencia, si el grupo de trabajo continúa mostrándose tan restrictivo ante el derecho de intervención por parte del Parlamento, no habrá acuerdo y seguiremos, procedimiento legislativo tras procedimiento legislativo, bloqueando las medidas de comitología y oponiéndonos a la aprobación de medidas restrictivas de este tipo, a la vez que seguiremos mostrándonos muy restrictivos en las votaciones sobre los presupuestos y los créditos que harán posibles en el futuro las reuniones de los comités de carácter comitológico. +A la hora de afrontar este reto, sin embargo, nos encontramos ante una paradoja: la Unión Europea estará en primera línea a la hora de ofrecer su contribución; no obstante, el impacto de su ayuda podría desvanecerse en una compleja red de estructuras que compiten entre sí: la Misión de las Naciones Unidas para Kosovo, el Pacto de Estabilidad, el Grupo de los Siete de gran importancia para la coordinación económica, la Oficina del Alto Representante para Bosnia, el Enviado Especial para la República de Yugoslavia, etcétera. +Es una confianza mermada: mermada como lo demuestra el hecho de que es cada vez más bajo el número de los que eligen al Parlamento Europeo; y mermada, a nuestro entender, no sólo por los acontecimientos que provocaron la dimisión de la anterior Comisión, sino también, y yo diría sobre todo, por el hecho de que los ciudadanos europeos a menudo ven en la Comisión la fuente de imposiciones burocráticas, a veces costosas, a veces no indispensables y tampoco urgentes, a veces obtusas e incluso perjudiciales, imposiciones que nada tienen que ver con el proceso de construcción de una Europa unida y que, por desgracia, en muchas ocasiones perjudican los ideales europeos. +Más aun, a pesar de que el vertido directo de materiales industriales, incluido el depósito militar de municiones residuales, es una práctica que ha sido ampliamente abandonada por los Estados miembros, las localizaciones de esos vertidos siguen constituyendo una amenaza real para los recursos pesqueros y, en algunas ocasiones, por ejemplo, no muy lejos de mi propia costa, Beaufort Dyke, una amenaza para la seguridad humana y, a menudo, las vidas de los pescadores están en peligro, al igual que lo están la salud y el bienestar de las personas que visitan la costa o bien viven allí. +Finalmente, creo que ha llegado el momento de que se adopten las propuestas al respecto presentadas por Grecia, entre las que se incluyen la materialización del "acceso rápido del ciudadano a la justicia" mediante el recurso a procedimientos alternativos, como la mediación y la acción conciliatoria antes del juicio, así como la creación de un sistema armonizado de orden público y de resolución de diferencias, basado en los principios de libertad y democracia, y en el respeto de las libertades fundamentales y el estado de derecho. +La respuesta del Comisario Nielson fue de lo más vaga, y me sorprende comprobar que hoy el Parlamento Europeo haya podido dar luz verde a la firma de este acuerdo de librecambio, cuando incluso el principio de la protección de las denominaciones de origen no está claramente reconocido en el anexo del acuerdo ni se establece garantía alguna en cuanto a la evolución de las importaciones de tipo cero y a sus consecuencias sobre el conjunto del sector vitivinícola europeo. +Aplazar la aprobación de este acuerdo interinstitucional o, lo que sería aún peor, no aprobarlo, y, por lo tanto no poder aplicarlo en nuestro ámbito interno, colocaría en una situación muy embarazosa al Parlamento Europeo, una situación que menoscabaría la buena labor que este Parlamento ha realizado con miras a restablecer la credibilidad de la Unión Europea en las cuestiones referentes al fraude y a la mala gestión financiera. +En cuanto a las otras líneas del presupuesto relativas a las acciones exteriores de la categoría 4 de las perspectivas financieras, una reducción del importe fijo de las asignaciones atribuidas va a evitar, a su vez, que se adopten decisiones precipitadas sobre la rectificación de los límites máximos de esa categoría, porque, como ya he dicho, la evaluación de las necesidades reales de la reconstrucción no ha concluido aún. +Sin perjuicio de los resultados positivos que en gran medida acaba de subrayar el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, no puedo dejar de reconocer que en algunos puntos la Comisión expresa cierta decepción. La Comisión lamenta que el Consejo Europeo no adoptara el concepto de sistema único de asilo, que corresponde, a nuestro entender, a una ambición, pero también a la necesidad imperiosa de abordar las cuestiones de asilo de forma colectiva y coherente. +Queremos denunciar también el intento de activación de las partidas destinadas a Turquía, en el marco de la unión aduanera y del impulso a las relaciones euroturcas; intento paralelo a la presentación de propuestas para la aprobación de la correspondiente base jurídica necesaria, cuando es sabido que la situación de los derechos humanos no ha mejorado en Turquía, que se mantiene la misma política con respecto a la cuestión kurda, que se mantiene la ocupación de un gran sector de Chipre. +En el informe se pide también a la Comisión que apoye el proceso de integración de esos objetivos medioambientales en la política energética mediante investigaciones sobre las repercusiones del cambio climático y sobre todas las tecnologías posibles, mediante investigaciones para determinar los mejores indicadores con vistas a calibrar los logros en la reducción de las emisiones y mediante la presentación de informes periódicos al Parlamento. +Esta propuesta constituye la primera, y sólo la primera, de esas medidas, porque ofrece normas uniformes sobre la competencia de los tribunales de los Estados miembros en materia de divorcio y separación, así como en materia de procesos relativos a la regulación de la responsabilidad parental, y ofrece también un marco claro y coherente para un reconocimiento rápido y prácticamente automático en cada uno de los Estados miembros de las decisiones adoptadas en otro Estado miembro en el ámbito de la aplicación del reglamento. +Al respecto, el acuerdo bilateral que los Estados Unidos han firmado con China para preparar el ingreso de esta última en la Organización Mundial del Comercio, debe considerarse por la Unión Europea, aparte de una contribución importante al proceso multilateral, también y sobre todo un momento fundamental para comprobar el peso sustancial que los derechos humanos tienen y tendrán ante las oportunidades que ofrece un mercado que goza de enormes potencialidades como el chino. +Estamos precipitándonos en una vía sin salida al despreciar las prerrogativas de los diputados, al despreciar la historia del parlamentarismo de la Unión Europea y de todos sus Estados miembros y, como no queremos corregir un error que cometimos hace seis meses, estamos dispuestos a institucionalizar la delación en nuestro Parlamento, a permitir que cualquier asistente o funcionario de este Parlamento haga una denuncia, ¡porque sospeche que la prima del cuñado de Fulano o Mengano haya cometido tal vez un fraude! +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0063/1999) de la Sra. Giannakou-Koutsikou, en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, Justicia y Asuntos Interiores, sobre la comunicación de la Comisión al Consejo, al Parlamento Europeo, al Comité Económico y Social y al Comité de las Regiones sobre un plan de acción de la Unión Europea en materia de lucha contra la droga (2000-2004) (COM(1999) 239 - C5-0093/1999 - 1999/2095(COS)) +La Comisión prefiere, pues, que su responsable se llame Sr. Brittan o Sr. Lamy, mermar por anticipado nuestras posiciones sobre el principio de cautela, la seguridad sanitaria y la protección del medio ambiente, así como los intereses económicos de las zonas rurales, y, en el marco del plátano, prestar poca atención a las relaciones tradicionales y privilegiadas que nuestros países mantienen, en el marco de compromisos internacionales, con los países ACP. +Para nosotros, la introducción, en la resolución, de una referencia específica al principio de la soberanía de los Estados habría implicado el riesgo de poner en entredicho los logros del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y, concretamente, de la Conferencia mundial de 1993, que disponía que "la promoción y la protección de todos los derechos humanos es una preocupación legítima de la comunidad internacional". +Sin embargo, deben pensar una vez más, Señorías, que el informe prevé que, si adoptamos el texto, la cooperación financiera pueda suspenderse en caso de una violación de los principios democráticos del Estado de Derecho, de los derechos humanos o de las libertades fundamentales ¿No significa esto que si hoy concedemos las ventajas financieras, el listón en materia de derechos humanos, etcétera, ya se ha fijado y que, en consecuencia, sólo un retroceso respecto de la situación actual podría dar lugar a la suspensión? +Señor Presidente, Señorías, aun cuando los dos reglamentos que hoy se debaten no tienen, en realidad, ninguna relación con el debate que tendrá lugar el próximo lunes en el Consejo de Asuntos Generales y unos días después en el Consejo Europeo de Helsinki, yo comprendo, naturalmente, que no podemos prescindir del contexto político y temporal y que, evidentemente, estamos obligados a considerar también, junto con dichos reglamentos, el problema general de la relación de la Unión Europea con Turquía y viceversa, tal como ya han hecho la mayoría de los oradores esta tarde. +En cuanto a la enmienda 9 sobre el contenido del informe anual, el ponente quiere agregar un artículo para aclarar el contenido de este informe que, entre otras cosas, deberá comprender un análisis de la influencia de las acciones de los fabricantes y de los factores relacionados con la estrategia para los turismos y el dióxido de carbono en los eventuales cambios que se produzcan en las emisiones de dióxido de carbono. +Sólo puedo confirmar que es una respuesta positiva al reto de la voluntad de los Estados miembros de luchar contra el fraude, de poner orden en su propia casa, de mejorar los sistemas de control, un reto que, como señalamos en el informe anual, puede que este año sea aún mayor, aunque ni por un momento disminuye el papel y la responsabilidad de la Comisión en este contexto. +Sin embargo, ya se dispone de un estudio muy preciso del Banco Mundial y la Comisión relativo a reconstrucción de Kosovo, del cual se desprende claramente que el total de recursos financieros procedentes de la ayuda externa requeridos será de 2.300 millones de dólares, o de euros, durante los próximos años, ya que además de los daños causados por la guerra, existen otros daños acumulados debido a las desastrosas repercusiones de la situación política de los últimos años para las gentes de Kosovo. +Propuesta de decisión del Consejo y de la Comisión relativa a la celebración del Protocolo para la adaptación de los aspectos institucionales del Acuerdo Europeo entre las Comunidades Europeas y sus Estados miembros, por una parte, y la República de Hungría, por otra, para tener en cuenta la adhesión de la República de Austria, de la República de Finlandia y del Reino de Suecia a la Unión Europea (9725/1999 - C5-0190/1999 - 1997/0272(AVC)) (Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad y Política de Defensa) +- Propuesta de decisión del Consejo y de la Comisión relativa a la celebración del Protocolo para la adaptación de los aspectos institucionales del Acuerdo Europeo entre las Comunidades Europeas y sus Estados miembros, por una parte, y la República de Polonia, por otra, para tener en cuenta la adhesión de la República de Austria, de la República de Finlandia y del Reino de Suecia a la Unión Europea (9728/1999 - C5-0193/1999 - 1997/0275(AVC)) (Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad y Política de Defensa) +- Propuesta de decisión del Consejo y de la Comisión relativa a la celebración del Protocolo para la adaptación de los aspectos institucionales del Acuerdo Europeo entre las Comunidades Europeas y sus Estados miembros, por una parte, y la República de Bulgaria, por otra, para tener en cuenta la adhesión de la República de Austria, de la República de Finlandia y del Reino de Suecia a la Unión Europea (9729/1999 - C5-0194/1999 - 1997/0276(AVC)) (Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad y Política de Defensa) +También doy las gracias a la Comisión, incluidos los Comisarios que hoy están presentes, por señalar incansablemente la falta de dinámica, la necesidad de cambios, especialmente respecto al papel de los gobiernos y del Parlamento, en la toma de medidas que alivien la presión fiscal, que estabilicen las finanzas públicas y que mejoren el funcionamiento del mercado laboral y de la educación en los Estados miembros. +Y estaba pensando que, realmente, pocos parlamentarios habrán tenido la fortuna y el honor de empezar su andadura parlamentaria -que además coincidía con su estreno en un foro político institucionalizado- con la directiva sobre sufragio en las elecciones municipales de los ciudadanos de la Unión residentes en un Estado miembro del que no son nacionales, y terminarla con este informe sobre las consecuencias de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam en relación con las propuestas legislativas en curso. +La Unión Europea se enfrenta con grandes retos: la transposición del Tratado de Amsterdam, las negociaciones para la ampliación, la ampliación de la zona euro, la ronda de negociaciones de la OMC, la mejora de la política común en el ámbito de la justicia y los asuntos de interior, y sobre todo el fortalecimiento de su papel en el ámbito de las relaciones exteriores. +Recuerdo que la transparencia se basa en la definición de las responsabilidades y asumo el compromiso de emplearme a fondo en este campo que fue uno de los problemas decisivos de la última crisis: la transparencia entre la responsabilidad política colectiva de la Comisión, pero también individual de los Comisarios responsables de las carteras, así como de su gestión, y la gran responsabilidad administrativa que, por el contrario, corresponde a la estructura de las Direcciones. +En la enmienda 3, pedíamos al Secretario General que proporcione a la Comisión de Control Presupuestario un informe sobre las razones y las circunstancias que han llevado a la decisión de escindir a la Dirección General del presupuesto, del personal y de las finanzas, sobre los efectos de dicha decisión, sobre la eficacia de la gestión del presupuesto y la política de personal. +Junto con nuestro ponente, nos alegramos de los avances registrados en la implantación de las nuevas herramientas presupuestarias y contables que garantizarán una mayor transparencia en el seno de la Fundación de Dublín, así como de la firma de un acuerdo de cooperación entre ésta y la Agencia Europea para la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo de Bilbao, con vistas a evitar los despilfarros y las repeticiones inútiles, al tiempo que se desarrollan todas las sinergias posibles. +Por último, aunque no sea lo menos importante, intentando preparar la mejora de las relaciones económicas y políticas de la UE con todos los países de los Balcanes Occidentales mediante acuerdos de estabilización y asociación, como elemento y pilar importante del pacto de estabilidad de que ha hablado la Presidencia, con vistas a la consecución de la seguridad, la democracia y el desarrollo económico y, al mismo tiempo, la perspectiva suplementaria de la adhesión a las estructuras europeas y euroatlánticas. +Por citar un ejemplo, señora Comisaria, un mismo problema -la despoblación- se aborda en la Agenda 2000 de tres formas distintas: por una parte, las zonas nórdicas despobladas acceden al Objetivo 1, es decir, a los principales Fondos estructurales; por otra parte, las Highlands escocesas obtienen únicamente un fondo especial a modo de compensación; y finalmente -tercera forma de abordar el problema de la densidad de población-, otros territorios -como es el caso de Aragón- que padecen el mismo problema quedan marginados de estas ayudas. +En la 55ª Conferencia de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la ONU celebrada del 22 al 30 de abril de este año en Ginebra, la Unión Europea ha tomado la iniciativa de una resolución sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en el Iraq que, entre otras cosas, apela a la dirección iraquí a proseguir la cooperación en la aplicación del programa «petróleo por alimentos» y a una distribución justa de las importaciones humanitarias. +El aumento de la competitividad entre las regiones no puede dejar de tener en cuenta el peligro de los desequilibrios creados por las diferencias de nivel de empleo y de los recursos humanos, la calidad de las infraestructuras, el medio ambiente natural y el desarrollo, especialmente en esta etapa tan delicada que se ha abierto a partir de la determinación de las regiones que pueden admitirse en el Objetivo 2. +No es el momento de analizarlas detalladamente, pero quiero subrayar que los problemas relativos a la asignación de los recursos presupuestarios, a la protección de los intereses financieros de la Unión, a la lucha contra el fraude, a la gestión de los contratos o a la descentralización constituyen temas que implican soluciones y respuestas que necesitan de la cooperación activa del Parlamento Europeo y también, y sobre todo, de los Estados miembros reunidos en el Consejo de Ministros. +Queremos llamar su atención sobre cuestiones como la siguiente: si se toma en serio el derecho de autodeterminación de los pueblos, esto implica también que deben tomarse en serio los parlamentos constitucionales de los Estados miembros, de las regiones, de las comunidades culturales, y que ocuparán un lugar en la Europa subsidiaria del futuro, porque el derecho de autodeterminación es un principio sagrado para todos los pueblos del mundo y eso no entraña exclusivamente a los Estados, ya que los conceptos no siempre coinciden. +A lo cual hay que sumar otros 45 millones de euros que se desembolsarán durante los próximos tres años en el marco de una línea presupuestaria especial dedicada a los países en desarrollo de las diferentes regiones del mundo, al igual que 20 millones euros destinados a un programa regional quinquenal para los países ACP y otros fondos adicionales en el marco de programas indicativos, dirigidos entre otros a los países ACP, sin contar además, por ejemplo, la cofinanciación de organizaciones no gubernamentales o de un programa de investigación. +Pero, como ha dicho muy bien el Sr. Patten, no debemos subestimar las dificultades que todavía acechan en el horizonte, que seguramente nos harán caer en situaciones críticas - ojalá pasajeras - en las que todos debiéramos tener especialmente presentes dos consideraciones: en primer término, que el método para seguir avanzando ha de ser siempre un diálogo sincero, abierto y directo entre las partes y, en segundo lugar, que, en todo caso, israelíes y palestinos comparten un enemigo -el terrorismo- expresado en cualquiera de sus formas, que no tiene otro objetivo que la destrucción de la paz, de la libertad y del respeto de los derechos humanos. +Una mente maliciosa podría, primeramente, señalar a la Comisión que esta frase nos quita nuestras ilusiones, ya que nosotros pensábamos -sabe Dios si no estamos hartos de oírlo- que era a la Unión Europea a la que le debíamos, desde hace 50 años, la estabilidad, el crecimiento económico, la solución pacífica de los litigios, etcétera; pero una mente sencillamente curiosa podría preguntar a la Comisión lo que piensa a propósito del declive continuo, década tras década, de la tasa anual de crecimiento medio de los países desarrollados. +Si escucho al Consejo, a la Comisión y a los Diputados de este Parlamento, se parecen más bien a unos erizos haciendo el amor; con miedo a pincharse y sabiendo que en todos los temas importantes -y paso a enumerarlos una vez más-, los aspectos sociales comentados todavía por el Sr. Hansenne, el desarrollo sostenible, la cultura, el principio preventivo en la alimentación, el expediente agrario, los países en vías de desarrollo, el bienestar de los animales, parece que estamos todos simplemente de acuerdo. +Algunos ejemplos: se debería imponer a las empresas un plazo de seis meses de suspensión de cualquier plan de reestructuración para permitir un peritaje sindical independiente; si la empresa ha recibido ayudas públicas -ya se ha dicho-, incluidas las europeas, la inobservancia de las normas establecidas debería entrañar su devolución; en el mismo sentido, en la directiva sobre los comités de empresa europeos, se deberían fortalecer sensiblemente el papel de dichos comités, así como la protección de los delegados del personal. +Por lo que se refiere, más precisamente, a la cuestión nuclear y de mi colega el Sr. Lamy, Sus Señorías saben -a ello se ha referido la Sra. Maes- que el Sr. Lamy ha enviado una carta al presidente de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, Sr. Westendorp, hoy mismo, en la que hace balance de la situación y dice muy claramente -y con esto respondo también a la Sra. Maes- que aún falta la confirmación oficial por parte de Rusia para la firma de la decisión del 12 de diciembre de 1994. +Como miembro de la profesión académica, me molesta mucho que vuelva a plantearse la cuestión de los lectores de lenguas extranjeras en las universidades italianas sin que haya habido una resolución al cabo de once años, después de que se hayan dictado tres sentencias a favor de los derechos de esos ciudadanos comunes y corrientes que intentan ejercer la libre circulación y disfrutar del principio fundamental de la Unión y del Mercado Interior de no discriminación por razones de nacionalidad. +Es verdad que no sólo en el nivel nacional, sino también en el comunitario, la principal acción que se puede llevar a cabo es una acción de denuncia, de alerta, de información, que debe correr a cargo de las organizaciones no gubernamentales; por nuestra parte, el objetivo al que nos hemos dedicado es la sensibilización de las autoridades públicas, de la policía, a la que se denuncia o no se denuncia, de los jueces que deben juzgar cada caso concreto, para que todos comprendan el alcance criminal de la violencia contra las mujeres aun cuando se practique en la familia. +Creo que es la persona que ha demostrado en este momento, en todo este proceso histórico, ser la más capaz para hacer una evolución compleja en la que se ha ido desarrollando la identidad europea de defensa, en la que la misma OTAN y nuestros socios norteamericanos van aceptando la necesidad de un pilar fuerte europeo no solamente en el terreno militar, sino también en la dimensión industrial que debe apoyarlo, y también el papel de estabilización y consolidación de la democracia en Europa y en el Mediterráneo. +En realidad, se utiliza con una excesiva discrecionalidad debida, con frecuencia, a intereses políticos o económicos particulares: ese principio de injerencia que hasta la fecha ha demostrado su fatal fracaso porque el régimen de Milosevic está todavía fuertemente anclado en el poder en un país que ha dado un paso atrás en la historia y en la economía de al menos treinta años, mientras la mayor parte del pueblo albanés ha regresado a sus territorios, el 10% de los serbios kosovares y la totalidad de las poblaciones de etnia gitana están condenados al exilio. +En los últimos años se ha venido prestando atención al hecho de que los países vecinos de la Unión Europea, o sea, los países asociados de Europa Central y del Este o los países integrados en la Asociación Europea de Libre Comercio y los que pertenecen al Espacio Económico Europeo participan en todas las actividades importantes de la Comunidad Europea relacionadas con el uso de fuentes de energía renovables y con el desarrollo del rendimiento energético. +. (FI) Señor Presidente, el Consejo ha comunicado en diferentes ocasiones a las autoridades de Myanmar su preocupación por la situación del país, y la última vez se hizo en la sesión celebrada el 11 y el 12 de octubre, en la que el Consejo prorrogó por seis meses la postura conjunta ante Myanmar y volvió a instar al Gobierno de Myanmar a que empiece rápidamente a aplicar medidas concretas para fomentar el respeto de los derechos humanos, la democracia y la reconciliación nacional. +En esa ocasión, el Consejo Europeo recordó que el estrechamiento de las relaciones entre Turquía y la UE presupone también reformas políticas y económicas, tales como el respeto y la protección de las minorías, la creación de relaciones satisfactorias y estables entre Grecia y Turquía o el respaldo a las negociaciones para encontrar una solución política a la situación de Chipre, que se llevan a cabo bajo los auspicios de la ONU. +Los tres conflictos principales, relativos al sector del plátano, a la producción y a la incorporación de organismos modificados genéticamente y a la importación de carne de bovino norteamericana, acaban de ser arbitrados por la propia Comisión, en contra de los intereses de los productores de plátanos europeos y de los países ACP, en contra de los intereses de los consumidores europeos y, naturalmente, en contra de los intereses de nuestros ganaderos y de nuestros agricultores. +El sólido núcleo de la seguridad de los ciudadanos de una Unión democrática comprometida con la economía de mercado y defensora del principio del Estado de Derecho debe estar constituido por el crecimiento de la economía y del empleo, por la seguridad interna frente a la delincuencia y por un sistema político de seguridad común que abarque la política exterior y la defensa. +Concretamente, después de haber sufrido durante 78 días los inclementes bombardeos de la OTAN, con participación activa de la Unión Europea, ese pueblo sufre hoy, con el pretexto de la democratización de la República Federal de Yugoslavia, un chantaje inhumano: ha de derribar a su gobierno legítimo para que sea levantado el embargo de combustibles y para que se concedan las partidas para la reconstrucción de cuanto fue destruido por lo bombardeos de la OTAN y de la Unión Europea. +En la 27 Conferencia bilateral de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, celebrada entre el 30 de octubre y el 16 de noviembre de 1999, la Unión Europea emitió, por primera vez, una declaración en la que subrayaba que tanto los conflictos armados de los últimos tiempos, como los que están teniendo lugar, han demostrado que la guerra o bien se dirige cada vez más contra la población civil, especialmente contra las mujeres y los niños, o bien la población civil es utilizada como instrumento de guerra. +En consecuencia, quiero invitarle, señor Comisario, a relegar a un segundo plano los intereses de las grandes empresas en beneficio de la cultura, de la diversidad cultural, pero también del comercio especializado; a que adopte sus decisiones en el asunto Libro con arreglo a los principios del Derecho francés, y a que conceda al sector del comercio del libro de Alemania y Austria el suficiente tiempo para adaptar su normativa sobre el precio único del libro a dichos principios. +El Sr. Herman, por tanto, aprobará también que yo aproveche la oportunidad para desear desde este lugar al Presidente entrante y, más tarde, a su nuevo equipo, muchísimo éxito con el nuevo fortalecimiento de la Comisión Europea, dándola nuevamente el papel que los ciudadanos esperan de ella, a lo cual puedo añadir que también la Comisión actual ha podido apreciar que la crisis en la que nos vemos sumergidos puede tener sus lados positivos en cuanto a la consolidación de la calidad democrática, del contenido democrático de las instituciones como tales. +Recuerdo perfectamente lo que me impresionó el enterarme, en un simposio celebrado el año pasado sobre las olas del Mar Negro, de que un elevadísimo porcentaje de la contaminación que está acabando con el Mar Negro no proviene de los Estados ribereños sino de la escorrentía de nitrógeno y productos químicos agrícolas provenientes de Austria y de Alemania, utilizados en las tierras del corazón de Europa como consecuencia de algunas de nuestras políticas medioambientales que funcionan mal en el marco de la política agrícola común, y cuyas consecuencias se dejan sentir a centenares de millas, al otro lado del continente. +Tiene que quedar bien sentado que si el reto del decenio de 1980 para la Unión Europea fue la creación de un mercado único, y el reto del decenio de 1990 fue la creación de una moneda única, el reto para los primeros años del próximo milenio consistirá en ampliar la Unión Europea para darle mayor profundidad y, también, para crear una zona de estabilidad en todo el continente. +Por todo esto, he votado en contra de la resolución de transacción aprobada sobre Kosovo y, en particular, contra la inmensa hipocresía del considerando H -que responsabiliza a las Naciones Unidas de la violación por parte de la OTAN de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas- y contra el punto 2, que pretende legitimar los bombardeos, fingiendo que no es nada que tenga que ver con nosotros, aunque hubiera aprobado en particular los puntos condenatorios del régimen de Milosevic, el apoyo a los refugiados y las medidas tendentes a la estabilización de la región. +En cuanto a la situación en Albania y Macedonia, es absolutamente evidente que los objetivos criminales de la guerra no incluyen sólo la alteración de la composición étnica, de la composición demográfica de la población de Kosovo a través de la expulsión de la población albanokosovar por medio de la fuerza más brutal, sino que con esta expulsión se persigue a la vez un segundo objetivo criminal, que es la desestabilización de los Estados vecinos y con ellos de toda la región. +Así, pues, permítaseme decir sin acritud al Sr. Truscott y a otros colegas que, si hubieran escuchado mi discurso al principio, habrían visto que, al aceptar la enmienda 2, relativa a la recomendación sobre Rusia -que es una enmienda del Grupo Socialista-, suprime la referencia al «aplazamiento» de la aprobación de la estrategia común con Rusia y la substituye por una declaración muy válida, en mi opinión, sobre el contenido que debe tener la recomendación. +Aunque el acuerdo de Berlín prevé una reducción de los precios de los cereales de sólo un 15 % frente al compromiso del Consejo de Ministros de Agricultura, una equiparación de las ayudas a las oleaginosas a las ayudas reducidas a los cereales así como el inicio de la reforma del sector lácteo sólo a partir del año 2000, sin embargo esta reforma sigue siendo sin duda la más amplia que jamás ha realizado la Unión en el sector agrícola. +Tras repetidas incomprensiones con la Comisión respecto a la marcha de los trabajos que podían haber anulado el resultado de los esfuerzos, por fin hemos llegado no solo a los textos de los nuevos reglamentos, sino también a un punto de partida para una efectiva colaboración en la gestión de los Fondos a través del Código de conducta entre la Comisión y el Parlamento respecto a la realización de las políticas estructurales. +La OTAN ha ganado la guerra, Europa debe construir la paz: éste es el reto con el que debemos enfrentarnos ya desde ahora, en la definición clara y firme del papel que Europa sabrá desempeñar en la construcción del proceso de paz, en la sabiduría política, en la calidad de las acciones que sabrá llevar a cabo para evitar que los importantes flujos migratorios, por los cuales es y será arrollada en los próximos años, determinen elementos de conflictividad religiosa, económica y social, especialmente en territorios en que el desempleo alcanza tasas cada vez más alarmantes. +El Consejo de Tampere puede y debe hacer valer las nuevas posibilidades brindadas por el Tratado de Amsterdam y lograr avances importantes en ámbitos cruciales como son, en primer lugar, la armonización de la política de migración y de asilo, en el sentido, por supuesto, de garantizar la máxima protección y los derechos de los refugiados; en segundo lugar, la justa distribución de las cargas derivadas de la acogida de personas desplazadas, procedentes especialmente de regiones en crisis, como recientemente los Balcanes; en tercer lugar, el reforzamiento de la seguridad interior del ciudadano, y no sólo mediante la adopción de medidas policiales. +Al unísono con lo que sucede en nuestro país, donde el pueblo, en masa, ha salido a la calle para manifestarse y manifestar su repudio ante lo que podemos considerar una traición de Indonesia y ante las atrocidades de que ha sido víctima el martirizado pueblo de Timor (en mi país ha habido una reacción unánime; por fortuna, también en muchos otros países), nosotros, aquí, al trabajar en los diversos Grupos políticos para establecer un documento que pueda ser aprobado por este Parlamento con una amplísima mayoría, si no unanimidad, hemos hecho lo que correspondía para seguir ese sentimiento popular. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0010/99) de la Sra. Morgantini, en nombre de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se aprueba el texto de un Décimo Convenio CE-OOPS para el período 1999-2001, antes de la firma del Convenio para la Comisión y el Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones para los refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente [COM(1999)0334 - C5-0059/1999 - 1999/0143(CNS)] +La política de la Unión Europea está basada, por consiguiente, en la opinión de que los resultados del conflicto de los Grandes Lagos debe ser abordado en sus tres dimensiones principales: regional, teniendo presente los intereses de los países vecinos; nacional, teniendo en cuenta los intereses del Gobierno, de los grupos rebeldes y de la oposición democrática; y local, en lo que se refiere a los choques entre comunidades a causa de las rivalidades étnicas y las fuertes presiones sociales. +En consecuencia, existe una preocupación muy real por que el ritmo y la amplitud de la eliminación de los aranceles a las importaciones procedentes de la UE supere la capacidad de las industrias de la región para mejorar su eficiencia, lo que indica la importancia de que el ritmo y el escalonamiento de los acuerdos de libre comercio sean los idóneos para evitar repercusiones negativas en otros países de la región. +Estoy de acuerdo con la invitación a colaborar para conocer la verdad dirigida a esos países que estarían implicados, y pido asimismo que el Parlamento Europeo no olvide este suceso en el momento más delicado para descubrir la verdad, esto es, el debate público y vele, en consecuencia, a través de sus representantes, a través de sus órganos, para que este suceso consiga por fin una palabra de justicia y de verdad, conforme a lo solicitado por toda la comunidad italiana y europea. +A menudo se tiene la impresión de que estas directivas técnicas no significan gran cosa para los consumidores, pero permítanme que les diga, sobre la base de mi experiencia como ingeniero de la industria automovilística, que si damos a los ingenieros la posibilidad de concentrarse en la fabricación de vehículos más seguros y con emisiones más limpias en vez de tener que cumplir toda una serie de normas diferentes, al final eso redundará en beneficio de los consumidores y de los usuarios. +El Grupo del PPE/DE se define como un Grupo político que apoya la independencia del BCE y la consolidación de la política de estabilidad, tanto en la vertiente de la estabilidad de los precios como en la de la estabilidad monetaria, que apoya la reducción continuada de la deuda pública, que apoya el nuevo crecimiento y la creación de empleo, y que respalda la credibilidad de la política monetaria. +Por esta razón, Colombia presenta a la comunidad internacional una alternativa de política para la erradicación de los cultivos ilícitos con base en un desarrollo alternativo que ofrezca a la población campesina, involucrada hoy en cultivos ilícitos, una salida estable a sus problemas económicos y sociales, reemplazando los cultivos ilegales por empresas comerciales, mineras, agrícolas, agroindustriales y de servicios, dotadas de la infraestructura necesaria que les permita competir adecuadamente en un mundo de economía globalizada. +la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0042/1999) del Sr. Hughes, en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, sobre la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo sobre el cumplimiento de las disposiciones relativas a la duración del tiempo de trabajo de la gente de mar a bordo de buques que hagan escala en puertos de la Comunidad (8639/1/1999 - C5-0035/1999 - 1998/0321(COD)); +El Parlamento -sobre todo, como es natural, los miembros de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, competente en esta materia- no acogieron con agrado que no se les concediera la posibilidad de participar, como parte de su tarea, en las negociaciones y la conclusión del Acuerdo entre la Unión Europea y losa fabricantes japoneses y coreanos. Señora Comisaria, yo creo que en este aspecto debería definir usted claramente un modus vivendi que garantice la debida participación del Parlamento, en su calidad de órgano legislativo, en los compromisos voluntarios. +Después de haber dicho que la política económica europea tiene como objetivo el empleo, después de decretarlo y declamarlo alto y fuerte, sin verificar en ningún momento de manera realista y pragmática lo justificado de esta afirmación, se graba en el mármol de los tratados una relación de subordinación entre lo económico y lo social, que termina reduciendo esto último a una gestión de la competencia de todos y de cada uno por un puesto de trabajo en un mercado laboral cada vez más reducido. +En lo relativo a la posibilidad de una comunicación horizontal de la Comisión, creo que gracias a ella se podrán enfocar sus efectos organizativos, aludidos en las sugerencias de Sus Señorías: la creación de una unidad en la Comisión y la asignación de presupuestos destinados a la protección de los niños para mejorar el control público sobre la participación de la Unión como tal en las políticas de protección al niño. +La pretensión es conseguir un respaldo primero a la propuesta que voy a plantear -tanto a la Comisión como, en su momento, si la Comisión la hace suya, al Consejo de Ministros y al Parlamento- precisamente para no sólo seguir adelante en la incorporación de la Comisión a Eurocontrol, sino también avanzar en lo que es el ámbito de los quince países para tratar de conseguir un espacio único y, por lo tanto, una gestión común de ese espacio único de los quince países. +Eso supone que el Sr. Solana no sólo tendrá que ocuparse de la dimensión más inmediata de la prevención de crisis, sino también -y alguna experiencia tiene en ello- de nuestro papel en relación con el mundo, es decir, con las Naciones Unidas, con la Ronda del Milenio, con el futuro del FMI y de la FAO; también es importante en la medida en que los europeos, construyendo la Unión, también estamos haciendo algo importante para el futuro de la humanidad y para su estabilidad. +De este modo se ha reforzado todavía más, si cabe, la garantía que ya figuraba en muchas partes del texto, del pleno respeto del Protocolo sobre los privilegios y las inmunidades -del cual quiero mencionar sobre todo el artículo 10 que es muy preciso y exhaustivo- así como de las relativas normas previstas en el artículo 6 del Reglamento que, en aplicación de las orientaciones del Protocolo, en el artículo que acabo de mencionar, regula con más precisión, si cabe, las inmunidades de los diputados. +En cuanto a la edad mínima mi opinión es que debemos atenernos al compromiso sobre la edad mínima de 14 años, que fue lo convenido en negociaciones anteriores, con la enmienda del Parlamento que deja bien sentado que la toma de huellas digitales tiene que efectuarse de conformidad con el Convenio Europeo para la Protección de los Derechos Humanos y con la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos del Niño. +¿Qué otra cosa puede significar el intento de generalización del sistema de mayorías y la supresión sustancial, y tal vez incluso formal, del derecho de veto, a pesar de las quejas deliberadamente interpuestas cual cortina de humo, sino la limitación de las posibilidades de intervención del elemento popular, al menos cuando éste se opone a las opciones del capital en los países «más pequeños»? +3) en consecuencia, acepta, al dar carta blanca a la Comisión para proponerlo, un reajuste del peso de los Estados, en la estela de lo que ya está sucediendo en la organización administrativa y funcional del ejecutivo comunitario, que pone en entredicho el principio constitutivo e histórico del proyecto europeo que siempre se ha basado, con éxito, en la falta de proporcionalidad entre la población y la ponderación de los votos; +Efectivamente, hemos considerado que algunas de las numerosas enmiendas presentadas por los países a los cuales nuestra posición plantea problemas son, en nuestra opinión, inaceptables, sobre todo la enmienda tendente a incorporar en esta resolución una referencia al apartado 7 del artículo 2 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, en virtud del cual "ninguna disposición de la presente Carta autoriza a las Naciones Unidas a intervenir en los asuntos que son esencialmente de la competencia nacional de un Estado". +Quiero, sin embargo, llamar la atención sobre el hecho de que sería oportuno que todos los gastos, todos los hombres, todos los medios empleados en el pasado para vigilar las fronteras internas de la Unión Europea - por ejemplo, entre Italia y Francia, Francia y Alemania, etcétera, o sea, entre los Estados europeos que ahora tienen una frontera común - se emplearan en las fronteras exteriores de la Unión Europea, al objeto de combatir mejor este fenómeno de delincuencia y de inmigración ilegal. +Por consiguiente, mi invitación va dirigida a todos aquellos que creen en estas metas, en estos objetivos - y aquí tenemos ante nosotros al Presidente Prodi que lo ha declarado en reiteradas ocasiones y que sé que cree en ello - una invitación a ser decididos, determinados; una invitación al Parlamento Europeo a fin de que, enseguida después de finalizar la Cumbre de Helsinki - si, como temo, la conclusión será un avance, pero demasiado limitado - se reúna y con gran apertura, con gran valor asuma todas sus determinaciones diciendo en este momento y pensando, como en otros momentos de la historia europea, que el Parlamento tiene ante sí una gran oportunidad y una gran tarea. +El primero se ha logrado con la inclusión de los productos de la acuicultura y el marisqueo, para los que no estaba prevista ninguna ayuda a la comercialización, cuando ambos son subsectores que deben quedar, al igual que la pesca, plenamente incluidos en un sistema cuyo objetivo es adecuar la oferta a la demanda y cuando, como en el caso de la acuicultura, son sectores en vías de crecimiento que deben contar con una buena planificación de la producción ya desde el comienzo para evitar, en lo posible, crisis como las que periódicamente sufren, por ejemplo, los productores de salmón. +Incluso la anunciadísima supresión total de los derechos de aduana en los productos de los países no desarrollados va a acelerar la usurpación de la riqueza de estos países, en tanto que, por otra parte, inundará el mercado con artículos baratos que desplazarán los artículos correspondientes de países como el mío. La Organización Mundial de Comercio no se ha creado para proteger los intereses, ni los de los pueblos ni los de los trabajadores. +La Comisión irá por la vía que el Parlamento recomendó ya hace tiempo, que el Sr. Karlsson acaba también de mostrar y que yo mismo señalé también en agosto en mis respuestas por escrito a las preguntas parlamentarias, en concreto, el desplazamiento a la administración de aquellas funciones de control financiero que son competentes para los programas del gasto, es decir, descentralización y con ello, al mismo tiempo, incremento de la responsabilidad financiera en los servicios administrativos que realicen los gastos. +Apoyo absolutamente este sistemático follow up y, en consecuencia, celebro sobremanera que la Comisión en el marco de su paquete de reforma para la gestión financiera haya decidido dar a este sistemático follw up una estructura fija a fin de que en el futuro sea posible aprovechar de manera real para la mejora de la gestión financiera las precisiones del Tribunal de Cuentas. Para este amplio proyecto de reformas pido el apoyo del Parlamento Europeo. +También quisiera apelar a aquellos que tienen la posibilidad de beneficiarse del programa Sócrates, que pueden aprovechar las posibilidades de formación, que van a poder seguir formándose en el futuro, para que contribuyan a que Europa crezca conjuntamente, para que en el transcurso de su formación reconozcan que no podemos, con nuestro vertiginoso ritmo que se presenta actualmente en el desarrollo de todos los programas, es decir, que a todos aquellos que no pueden avanzar tan rápido les tomemos de la mano, ya que la calidad, el nivel y la formación también exigen que no demos de lado a los más débiles. +Consideramos que una oportunidad importante para examinar la contribución concreta de la Unión a la creación de nuevos puestos de trabajo en Europa la proporcionará la próxima cumbre de Lisboa en marzo, que será el momento y el lugar para hacer una evaluación de los tres procesos que acabo de mencionar -Colonia, Luxemburgo y Cardiff-, por una parte, y, por otra, para formular la estrategia, la síntesis de las políticas macroeconómicas, la innovación microeconómica empresarial y el imperativo de la nueva sociedad de la información. +Este plan propone asimismo medidas destinadas a diferentes sectores de consumidores diseñadas para mejorar la sensibilización sobre el consumo de energía, la experiencia y la práctica en ámbitos tales como adquisición de electrodomésticos, el consumo de energía en el hogar, las instalaciones de edificios, los sistemas de calefacción y la gestión de la energía en la industria, el sector de los servicios y también el sector público. +Señor Presidente, sobre una cuestión de orden: aunque esta noche no nos acompaña el representante del Consejo, permítaseme preguntar si la Comisión o un representante de la secretaría del Parlamento conocen los informes de una agencia de prensa que he visto, según los cuales ayer se adoptó en el Consejo la decisión de prorrogar el plan voluntario durante 12 meses, con lo que se pasó por alto el procedimiento de codecisión y este debate y la votación de mañana resultan irrelevantes. +Señor Presidente, el carácter más palpable, en nuestra opinión, del Consejo Europeo que acaba de celebrarse en Helsinki es la ausencia de toda visión política a largo plazo de los jefes de Estado y de gobierno, que han decidido una ampliación de una importancia inédita con la posible adición de trece nuevos miembros, sin dar en ningún momento las herramientas conceptuales que permitieran imaginar las estructuras institucionales capaces de asumirla. +Por esto pedimos al Parlamento, al Consejo, a la Comisión y a las Naciones Unidas que no reconozcan el régimen de los talibanes y que promuevan un plan de acción en favor de las organizaciones no gubernamentales que operan en Afganistán en pos de las libertades fundamentales de las mujeres afganas y su emancipación económica y social y en favor de las organizaciones no gubernamentales que ayudan a las mujeres afganas refugiadas. +Señor Presidente, como ha anunciado, sustituyo a la Sra. Aglietta que esta tarde no puede estar aquí, y lo primero que quiero hacer antes de presentar mi informe sobre la comitología, es expresar mi agradecimiento a la Sra. Adelaide Aglietta y reconocer la seriedad y la importancia de su trabajo, un trabajo competente, sutil, agudo y eficaz; un trabajo que, naturalmente, ha contado con el apoyo de toda la secretaría de la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales, en particular de la Sra. Patrizia Prode, así como con la continua ayuda de la Sra. Monica Frassoni. +Pero aunque no se pueden hacer análisis esquemáticos, yo no puedo obviar en este contexto un comentario: la Política Agrícola Común y la Organización Mundial del Comercio están impulsando cada vez más la búsqueda de una competitividad exacerbada como elemento fundamental, cosa que me parece absolutamente preocupante porque este tipo de sacralización de la competitividad por encima de todo lo demás seguramente conduce a prácticas de riesgo, como la utilización de hormonas o antibióticos, por ejemplo, entre las materias primas para la alimentación animal. +Como medida inmediata, el control de las organizaciones de asistencia técnica se está llevando a cabo de forma más rigurosa y específica, y la reforma radical asegurará la definición meridiana del núcleo de las funciones de servicio público de los funcionarios de la Comisión y la supervisión efectiva y la gestión responsable de las agencias ejecutivas. +En este marco, debo expresar la enorme preocupación que siente mi Grupo ante el debate que se celebrará en Tampere sobre la cooperación policial, la lucha contra las drogas, la protección de datos, el control democrático de Europol y el Sistema de Información de Schengen. Tememos una vez más que los participantes no darán la talla en estos puntos importantes que tienen un impacto profundo sobre la democracia en Europa. +No se trata únicamente de asegurar, en el marco de la globalización de la economía, un crecimiento capaz de crear empleo duradero y sostenible, o de proponer una reforma institucional en profundidad de cara a la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental; tampoco se trata sólo de llevar adelante el tema de la ampliación de la Unión para contribuir, así, al bienestar de la Europa global, a pesar de la importancia innegable de estos retos. +El Consejo Europeo en Colonia examinó la capacidad de Europa de llevar a cabo las funciones establecidas en el artículo 17 del Tratado de la Unión, llamadas de Petersberg, funciones relacionadas con la ayuda humanitaria y con las medidas de salvamento y pacificación, así como con la definición de la misión de los grupos de combate en el control de las crisis, incluida la pacificación, una vez que Europa cuente con medios militares solventes. +Entre otras, el sufrimiento y la muerte de miembros productivos de sus sociedades y -cosa muy importante- el apartamiento de las mujeres del empleo para dedicarse a prestar cuidados y la desviación de recursos de las familias y las comunidades para dedicar los ahorros a costear los gastos de atención de salud y, de hecho, como ha de saber, seguro, usted, los incesantes entierros que ves en países como Zimbabwe, si te quedas parado en la esquina de una calle. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario Lamy, señor Ministro Sasi, la Ronda del Milenio deberá promover necesariamente formas de cooperación e integración entre la Organización Mundial de Comercio, la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, el Fondo Monetario Internacional y el Banco Mundial, al objeto de que la liberalización de los intercambios comerciales vaya acompañada de una renovada estabilidad del mercado monetario, de políticas de pleno empleo de los recursos humanos, de redes de protección social y del respeto generalizado de las normas laborales fundamentales. +Señora Presidenta, se han escrito muchas palabras hermosas tras la cumbre celebrada en Tampere; no obstante, la premisa fundamental para que estas hermosas palabras se conviertan en realidad, es decir, para que se cumplan los principios humanistas, es naturalmente que la gente pueda entrar en Fuerte Europa, que comencemos de forma seria a poner en práctica una política en la que sea posible separar la política de asilo de la inmigración, que se comience a poner en práctica una política seria de colaboración con el ACNUR a fin de solucionar los problemas de los refugiados de Europa y del mundo. +Sobre la cuestión de los derechos fundamentales, la creación del marco que permita a este Parlamento hacer su contribución a la elaboración de una carta es un elemento, pero vamos a celebrar debates sobre el fondo, pues, para nosotros, esa carta debe tener efectos directos, es decir, que los ciudadanos deben poder invocarla para apelar al Tribunal de Justicia y esa carta debe versar sobre derechos nuevos para los europeos del siglo XXI. +Espero entonces, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, que la Comisión Europea obtenga un mandato de su institución en cuanto al desarrollo de estos derechos de los ciudadanos de terceros países, y que éstos se desarrollen en el sentido más amplio, conforme al respeto del principio de no discriminación, también cuando se trate del derecho de voto, el derecho de vivir en familia y el derecho a la libre circulación de personas, incluso cuando la Cumbre no se ha manifestado sobre ello. +(IT) El hecho de que la Comisión haya agotado el último plazo para pedir la fijación de una fecha para la negociación es, sin duda, lamentable, especialmente a la vista de la marcha global de toda la cuestión que ya en los años anteriores vio surgir un conflicto en el marco institucional de la consulta con referencia al papel del Parlamento en un acuerdo que tiene importantes repercusiones presupuestarias. +En particular, la falta de consenso sobre el contenido de las políticas macroeconómicas en el período anterior a la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Maastricht y de las primeras orientaciones de política económica jugó un papel fundamental en la amplificación de los efectos negativos, de los choques externos y en el desarrollo de obstáculos mayores al crecimiento y al empleo. +Pero hoy, recordando algo que decía aquí en el último Pleno -con Tampere se lanza la señal a los ciudadanos europeos de que Europa ha dejado de ser sólo un mercado-, a mí me gustaría decir alto y claro que, con este documento estratégico sobre el mercado interior que se nos ha presentado al Parlamento y que es hoy objeto de esta intervención, el ciudadano va a tener una idea clara de la coherencia de ese mercado y de que ese mercado tiene como protagonista último y principal él mismo. +La participación del Parlamento Europeo nos parece fundamental, no solamente porque en la construcción europea el Consejo, el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión constituyen los tres puntos del triángulo que han de conformar una construcción equilibrada, sino también porque los representantes populares reunidos en este Parlamento son los más indicados para transmitir la opinión de los ciudadanos que, al fin y al cabo, es lo que importa, de modo que la Comisión pueda sacar las conclusiones oportunas. +En uno se echa de menos un planteamiento macroeconómico, en otro falta la realización de reformas estructurales, en el tercero, no hay un ajuste entre la política económica y la política de empleo. Es evidente que han aumentado las medidas preventivas como, por ejemplo, la inserción de los desempleados de larga duración en el mercado de trabajo, o medidas activas como, por ejemplo, estímulos a la búsqueda de trabajo y a la creación de puestos de trabajo. +¿Va la Comisión a adoptar en este tiempo de negociaciones, en las posibles decisiones de compromiso, las necesarias medidas para que se aplique lo que usted ha anunciado durante las audiencias en su nombramiento, es decir, el test y el etiquetado para la carne de vacuno, que por lo demás va a ser obligatorio ya a partir del 1-1-2000, si no llegamos a otra regulación en relación con la suspensión de esta prohibición de importación y su imposición frente a los países que han acordado las prohibiciones de importación? +Asunto: Ley Helms­Burton ¿Ha tenido conocimiento la Comisión de las manifestaciones hechas por la Secretaria de Estado de los Estados Unidos, Sra. Albright, relativas a la imposibilidad por parte del Congreso de los EE.UU. de modificar el título IV de la Ley Helms-Burton, incumpliendo así uno de los elementos esenciales del Acuerdo entre la Comisión Europea y la Administración Clinton, en el nuevo marco de la Cumbre Transatlántica entre EE.UU. y la Unión Europea de mayo de 1998? +Señor Presidente, pido la palabra para recordar una vez más que, desde el principio de la legislatura, los diputados radicales no participan en las votaciones ni el Pleno ni en las comisiones. Y esto para llamar la atención de la Presidencia y de sus Señorías sobre el hecho de que a una parte de los diputados se le niega la posibilidad de contribuir con los mismos derechos y los mismos medios, a la vida parlamentaria. +Asunto: Restricciones a la libertad de navegación impuestas por Turquía El 27 de mayo de 1997, las autoridades turcas adoptaron una Decisión registrada con el número 2646 y firmada por el Secretario de Estado de Asuntos Marítimos, Sr. Nazmi Kumral, en virtud de la cual se prohíbe el acceso a Turquía de todos aquellos buques mercantes con pabellón chipriota o que pertenezcan a armadores chipriotas o de otras nacionalidades, incluidas las de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, cuando su lugar de procedencia o de destino sea algún puerto de la zona libre de la República de Chipre. +Esa discusión que hemos tenido en la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales relativa a la vía para que cualquier posible actividad ilegal fuera puesta en conocimiento de la OLAF, creo que nos ha llevado a encontrar la vía adecuada, porque un órgano político debe tener un filtro que examine si efectivamente esas informaciones están o no fundadas y si atentan o no contra la inmunidad o la inviolabilidad de palabra que tienen los diputados. +De esta manera podremos disponer de asistencia financiera con cargo al presupuesto comunitario para la recepción, la integración y el retorno voluntario de los refugiados, las personas desplazadas y los solicitantes de asilo y contaremos con un instrumento importante que da una dimensión humana a la política de asilo de la Unión, como uno de los diputados acaba de pedir hace unos momentos. +Señor Presidente, estimados colegas, hubiésemos deseado que el debate y la votación de este informe no hubiese tenido lugar necesariamente hoy, porque nosotros -y esto quiero decirlo al principio de mi intervención -, debido a las circunstancias que nos han obligado a modificar el orden del día, y debido al hecho de que la hora de votaciones se ha extendido tanto a causa de la larga duración de los informes Napolitano, Leinen, Dimitrakopoulos y Schwaiger que el informe de la Sra. Giannakou-Koutsikou lo votaremos mañana temprano. +De acuerdo con la filosofía que inspira el nuevo régimen de las regiones ultraperiféricas -que además ha confirmado el Consejo Europeo de Colonia pidiendo a la Comisión que antes del 31 de diciembre presente medidas para las regiones ultraperiféricas- en este momento la incorporación de estas regiones a la Unión Europea no pasa necesariamente por una armonización arancelaria y fiscal, sino que permite un tratamiento diferenciado, por ejemplo el mantenimiento de los octroi de mer en los departamentos franceses de Ultramar y el de regímenes especiales en Azores y Madeira. +Otra cuestión que debemos considerar cuando hablamos de la construcción de barcos nuevos es el problema de los residuos y los medios para tratar los residuos, y no sólo me refiero a los residuos que se derivan del funcionamiento de los barcos sino también a la basura producida durante el viaje, porque la contaminación del mar es una cuestión harto importante y los barcos son en muy buena medida responsables de ella. +Coincido plenamente en su apreciación de que es absolutamente necesario reafirmar la presencia internacional de la Unión Europea en la escena internacional, sobre todo en los aspectos de seguridad y defensa, para los que la Presidencia finlandesa -y hay que decirlo con orgullo legítimo- ha dado un impulso decisivo con esa reunión histórica de ministros de Asuntos Exteriores y de ministros de Defensa, que es la primera vez que se produce en la historia de la Unión Europea. +Yo siempre repito que Turquía ya habría avanzado más en la aproximación a Europa si hubiese adoptado antes, en el momento oportuno, otras medidas más radicales en el ámbito de los derechos humanos, de los derechos de las minorías, sobre todo en lo que se refiere al problema kurdo, y de la democracia en el marco de las relaciones con Grecia, y hubiese contribuido a la solución del problema de Chipre. +Con el tiempo, obviamente, cualquiera que lo solicite y cumpla con los requisitos encontrará un lugar en el nivel político; sin embargo, si hoy no procedemos rápidamente en este sentido y pensamos en ampliar doblando casi el número de los Estados miembros sin reformas institucionales meditadas y comprobadas -ya no hay tiempo para experimentar- condenamos a muerte al sueño de una Europa política capaz de respetar las identidades, las culturas y las tradiciones y de contribuir, no obstante, a crear un nuevo modelo de ciudadano europeo. +También se deben valorar con mucha cautela las mejoras constatadas por la Comisión y la Presidencia del Consejo en el interior de Turquía, si tenemos presente la ratificación de la condena de muerte del Sr. Ocalan, que la galardonada con el Premio Sajarov Leyla Zana continúa encarcelada por haber reivindicado su derecho a la libertad de opinión, la falta de solución al problema kurdo y todo lo que se expresa en dicho documento en relación con los progresos de Turquía. +- Propuesta de decisión del Consejo y de la Comisión relativa a la celebración del Protocolo para la adaptación de los aspectos institucionales del Acuerdo Europeo entre las Comunidades Europeas y sus Estados miembros, por una parte, y Rumanía, por otra, para tener en cuenta la adhesión de la República de Austria, de la República de Finlandia y del Reino de Suecia a la Unión Europea (9730/1999 - C5-0195/1999 - 1997/0277(AVC)) (Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad y Política de Defensa) +Apoyamos que las tasas de los transportes pesados sean gravadas de acuerdo con su nivel real de contaminación y que el destino de estos importes se dedique a inversiones en el ferrocarril y a inversiones en el transporte combinado entre carretera y ferrocarril y, finalmente, apuntamos la idea de repartir el 91% de los permisos que no se distribuyen según una cuota igual entre todos los Estados miembros atendiendo no sólo a las necesidades del transporte en sí mismo sino también considerando el origen y el destino, por ejemplo, de las mercancías que atraviesan Suiza procedentes de aeropuertos o puertos como Hamburgo, Rotterdam, Génova o Marsella. +Señor Presidente, el lunes pasado intentamos, desde el Grupo Socialista, incluir en el orden del día de este Pleno una propuesta de resolución que resaltara el 50º aniversario de los Convenios de Ginebra, pusiera de manifiesto el compromiso del Parlamento Europeo con los principios del Derecho internacional humanitario y expresara nuestro apoyo al Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja. +El Consejo, después de haber examinado la propuesta de la Comisión encaminada a aplazar durante un año (del 1 de enero al 31 de diciembre de 2000) la introducción de un sistema obligatorio de etiquetado de la carne de bovino y mantener durante ese período el plan de etiquetado voluntario establecido en el Reglamento (CE) nº 820/97, ha adoptado las siguientes conclusiones: +Señor Presidente, para mí el mayor problema que presenta el texto que vamos a votar mañana -acabo de recogerlo en la distribución- reside en el artículo 3 de la propuesta de la Comisión, según el cual prohibiríamos estas sustancias dentro de la Unión Europea -ruego a la Comisión que me escuche, porque quiero pedir una aclaración-; según eso, lo que votaríamos es que prohibimos estas sustancias dentro de la Unión Europea, pero admitimos que esa prohibición no afecte a su fabricación y comercialización dentro de la Unión Europea, puesto que las enviaríamos a otro Estado miembro con vistas a la exportación a terceros países. +El Comité Científico sobre la Salud y el Bienestar Animales aprobó el 10 de marzo de 1999 su informe sobre los aspectos de la utilización de somatotropina bovina relativos al bienestar animal y declaró que la BST aumenta el riesgo de mastitis clínica y la duración de su tratamiento, aumenta la incidencia de trastornos en las patas, puede afectar negativamente a la reproducción e inducir varias reacciones severas en la zona de la inyección. +lamentando que el Consejo haya decidido aceptar a Turquía como candidata a la adhesión, esperamos que, por lo menos, no se den nuevos pasos mientras su Gobierno no haya adoptado las medidas necesarias en el ámbito de los derechos humanos, del derecho internacional en cuanto a la delimitación de fronteras, de la aplicación de las resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas sobre Chipre y de una solución política para la cuestión kurda; +Sin embargo, habría que abstenerse de un exceso de celo poniendo en entredicho un sistema que ha funcionado bien, sobre todo si esta revisión de la política de la competencia sobre las restricciones verticales corre el riesgo de poner en peligro todo un sector que, gracias a contratos exclusivos de distribución, en particular los contratos de cerveza, ha funcionado bien hasta el presente, dando satisfacción a un tiempo a las cerveceras, por una parte, y, por otra, al sector de los cafés, hoteles y restaurantes. +Señor Presidente, desearía intervenir acerca de una única cuestión, de un asunto de la mayor importancia para el Parlamento Europeo: usted se ha comprometido en el desempeño de sus actividades como Presidente de la Comisión a emprender de manera convincente las reformas que este Parlamento espera de la nueva Comisión, por lo que cuando, llegado el momento, lleve a cabo la labor de selección junto con los Gobiernos de los Estados miembros, deberá exigir individualmente a cada uno de los futuros miembros, así como al conjunto de la Comisión, este mismo compromiso de reforma. +La participación de Rusia significa ante todo que renunciará a ejercer el bloqueo en el Consejo de Seguridad, de manera que sea posible adoptar una resolución sobre la base del Capítulo VII, con un fundamento jurídico internacional claro, fundada en una decisión del Consejo de Seguridad como titular del monopolio del uso de la fuerza en el marco del sistema político internacional. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0224/99) por la Sra. Kuhn, en nombre de la Delegación del Parlamento Europeo en el Comité de Conciliación, sobre el texto conjunto, aprobado por el Comité de Conciliación, de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo sobre determinados aspectos de la venta y las garantías de los bienes de consumo (C4-0042/99 - C4-0171/99-96/0161(COD)) +Cito textualmente: «Nos complace la declaración del Conejo Europeo de Berlín respecto al proceso de paz, en particular en lo que se refiere al derecho de los palestinos a la autodeterminación sin reservas, incluido el derecho de crear un Estado, respecto al cual la Unión Europea está dispuesta a prever su reconocimiento en su momento, así como los compromisos asumidos por la Unión Europea en lo que respecta a la futura solución al conflicto». +Manisco y Marset Campos, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea - Izquierda Verde Nórdica; -B4-0499/99 del Sr. Chichester y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo; -B4-0500/99 de los Sres. Weber y Hudghton, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europea; -B4-0505/99 del Sr. Voggenhuber y otros, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeo, sobre la central nuclear de Temelin. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, les agradezco muy sinceramente este debate que ha sido profundo, claro y, en muchos casos, exhaustivo y que, en su conjunto, ha puesto de manifiesto una amplia confianza en nuestro futuro trabajo: una amplia confianza porque todos los oradores, incluso los que han dirigido críticas a la composición de la Comisión, han reconocido la necesidad de un gran y sólido trabajo en común, así como el hecho de que el futuro de la Unión Europea se asienta en la colaboración entre el Parlamento y la Comisión. +Sí, señor Presidente, las armas callan, pero las minas antipersonal continúan haciendo estragos. El horror de la guerra ha terminado, pero no el horror del hallazgo, día tras día, de las fosas comunes, trágico y desgarrador testimonio del desprecio del derecho a la vida de las personas y de los pueblos que nos es más que el respeto a las diversidades, a la identidad de un pueblo por cuya afirmación lucharemos en este Pleno y luchamos en nuestros Parlamentos nacionales. +A pesar de que evidentemente no puedo obligar a mi colega la Sra. Loyola de Palacio, que en estos momentos es felizmente diputada en este Parlamento, en lo que respecta a su política y sus relaciones con esta Asamblea, no falta quien considera que ha llegado la hora de que la Comisión y el Parlamento profundicen en sus negociaciones sobre los procedimientos y las convenciones de esta Asamblea que, como es sabido, se reúne en más de un lugar, así como sobre las convenciones y los procedimientos del Colegio. +A la vista de estas circunstancias, quisiera recalcar una vez más que el problema de los refugiados no solo no se ha resuelto, sino que se convierte cada día en más dramático, como he podido comprobar en mis recientes viajes a los campos de refugiados palestinos en Líbano, Jordania y Siria, así como en los distintos informes del OOPS y del Sr. Menéndez del Valle, en su calidad de Representante de la ayuda humanitaria de la Unión Europea en Jordania. +Con todo, quiero decir simplemente que felicito a todas sus Señorías por sus intervenciones, porque algo ha aflorado con fuerza: más allá de la rapidez con que hay que llevar a cabo el programa, lo importante es que la Unión Europea y el Parlamento Europeo desempeñen un papel muy activo, muy fuerte a fin de que en Oriente Medio, y especialmente entre Palestina e Israel, se instaure una paz estable y duradera, al objeto de encontrar una solución al problema de los refugiados y para que un Estado palestino pueda vivir pacíficamente con el Estado israelí. +Existen dos principios básicos del funcionamiento de la OMC: por una parte, la discriminación, impracticable, entre productos cuyos procesos de producción son diferentes -me refiero a las condiciones medioambientales o las condiciones sociales en las cuales se elabora el producto-; por otra parte, el hecho de que es necesario reducir al mínimo los efectos negativos sobre el librecambio de toda medida política relativa a la salud pública, a la protección del medio ambiente o a la protección social. +Pero el Consejo, después, abrió la caja de Pandora introduciendo dos enmiendas supuestamente técnicas: una, al artículo 3, en la que establece una especie de legislación delegada, con una referencia continua al Reglamento de la Comisión Económica para Europa de las Naciones Unidas; y otra, al artículo 6, ampliando el plazo de entrada en vigor de la directiva debido a la necesidad de un tiempo de adaptación de la industria. +La Comisión puede aceptar el espíritu, a condición de que se introduzcan modificaciones en algunos casos al texto de las enmiendas relativas a las medidas complementarias, la participación de las comunidades locales en la reconstrucción, la coordinación con organizaciones no gubernamentales, la consulta al Parlamento antes de que la Agencia extienda sus actividades a otras zonas de la República Federal de Yugoslavia y, naturalmente, a la transparencia presupuestaria. +(El Parlamento aprueba la resolución legislativa)- Informe (A5-0037/1999) de la Sra. Vallelersundi, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior, sobre la Comunicación de la Comisión al Parlamento Europeo y al Consejo - Repercusiones de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam sobre los procedimientos legislativos en curso en el ámbito de los asuntos jurídicos y el mercado interior (SEC(1999) 581 - C4-0219/1999) +Aunque las decisiones sobre la posibilidad por parte de Turquía de acogerse a los programas en el marco de las propuestas actuales no permiten una participación efectiva inmediata de ese país, permitirán a la Unión Europea enviar una señal positiva a la sociedad civil turca y expresar una vez más su voluntad de desarrollar la cooperación sectorial con Turquía. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0040/1999) de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, sobre la posición común del Consejo [5617/2/1999 - C5-0037/1999 - 1998/0272(COD)] con vistas a la adopción de una directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a la información sobre el consumo de combustible facilitada al consumidor al comercializar vehículos de turismo nuevos (Ponente: Sr. Sterckx). +Yo estoy absolutamente convencido de que fue un error -y quiero señalarlo por una vez- que la antigua Comisión Europea no continuase, cuando se inició el anterior período legislativo, el trabajo sobre un derecho de obligaciones europeo, que ya habían iniciado el Sr. Lando y su comisión, a pesar de que esta Asamblea, de que el Parlamento, ya había puesto a disposición los correspondientes recursos. +No debe llegar a serlo a escala europea ni, obviamente, tampoco a escala nacional, porque cuando existe el diálogo social - que en realidad consiste en el diálogo entre los grandes sindicatos de trabajadores, a menudo de los sectores más tradicionales de la economía, y la gran empresa - con frecuencia son diálogos, cooperaciones, concertaciones que tienen como resultado excluir a quien hoy queda al margen de los sistemas económicos europeos, es decir, los parados, los inmigrantes, los condenados a quedarse fuera del sistema de los privilegiados, los que se encuentran fuera del sistema de trabajo garantizado. +Señor Presidente, en su propuesta sobre las directrices para las políticas de empleo de los Estados miembros en el año 2000, la Comisión parte de una consideración de fondo: los progresos realizados por el proceso de empleo, después del lanzamiento hecho en la Cumbre extraordinaria, son considerables; señala datos - un millón ochocientos mil puestos de trabajo creados en Europa - y confirma, por lo tanto, la estructura basada en cuatro pilares y el carácter fundamental de las directrices. +No compartimos el documento sobre las directrices para las políticas de empleo, ya que se inspira en las ideas y los principios del liberalismo económico; sin embargo, el Parlamento Europeo propone algunas indicaciones para potenciar la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres en materia de empleo, la búsqueda constante del diálogo entre los interlocutores sociales y la necesaria consulta e información de los trabajadores por parte de las empresas. +Pero creo que, para una directiva tan difícil - y el Parlamento sabe perfectamente que es difícil - debemos tener en cuenta la realidad de cada país, los datos del diálogo social y las posturas de los interlocutores sociales, los distintos matices, en todos los puntos que he mencionado anteriormente, y después hacer una combinación quirúrgica, encontrar un equilibrio muy frágil para tener el mayor éxito posible. +No cabe la menor duda de que en esta importante materia del derecho de familia, la extensa zona de ausencia de derecho resultante de la pérdida de eficacia de las decisiones judiciales ante las fronteras ha afectado jurídica y moralmente a millares de ciudadanos y ha perjudicado a la estabilidad social y psicológica de las familias, en particular sus eslabones más frágiles que son las mujeres y los niños. +La mejora de las relaciones entre Grecia y Turquía, ya no como mérito de los terremotos, sino como un hecho aparte, y el cambio de actitud que se nota en Turquía respecto a la reforma jurídica y constitucional, en relación con los derechos humanos y en cuanto a la postura ante los kurdos son avances dignos de aplauso, como también lo son los compromisos y el reconocimiento de la realidad que se desprenden de la carta que el Sr. Bülent Ecevit dirigió al Canciller alemán, Sr. Gerhard Schröder, en mayo del presente año. +Esta propuesta de resolución constituye una señal clara a la comunidad internacional de que, pese a que las noticias sobre Timor han desaparecido de los principales periódicos europeos o han dejado de ser las primeras noticias de las televisiones más importantes en Europa, la atención de la comunidad internacional y de la Unión Europea sobre ese problema debe continuar. +No hay duda de que los diecisiete años que Mumia Abu-Jamal acaba de pasar pudriéndose en los corredores de la muerte, tras una parodia de proceso, están relacionados con el hecho de que es negro, con su lucha en contra del racismo institucional, con la libertad de opinión que ha practicado este periodista, al tener el valor de denunciar la corrupción que reina en las filas de la policía de Filadelfia. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0050/1999) del Sr. Newton Dunn en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, Justicia y Asuntos Interiores sobre la iniciativa de la República Federal de Alemania para la adopción de una decisión del Consejo (8357/1999 - C5-0011/1999 - 1999/0804(SNS)) relativa a la mejora del intercambio de información para combatir los documentos de viaje falsos. +El hecho de que el Gobierno alemán haya procurado evitar el examen parlamentario planteando esta cuestión en el ámbito del tercer pilar y el hecho de que la Presidencia finlandesa no haya venido siquiera a contestar a nuestras preguntas, sea en la comisión parlamentaria, sea en sesión plenaria, lamento decir que es una mancha para la reputación de los finlandeses, que hasta ahora tenían una excelente reputación de apertura y democracia. +En el tiempo que queda hasta Helsinki, es fundamental que analicemos también el estado de Derecho, la situación de los derechos humanos, el respeto a las minorías, la protección y el reconocimiento de su identidad cultural y el apoyo a las medidas encaminadas a abolir la pena capital, que es una de las enmiendas al Informe Morillon presentadas en nuestra comisión esta semana. +La propuesta de la Comisión no aborda específicamente los problemas de la contaminación del aire ambiente en los países candidatos, y habida cuenta de la inminente ampliación, considero poco responsable que el Parlamento no reciba ninguna información relativa a los niveles de contaminación en países como Polonia y la República Checa, así como sobre el probable coste y el calendario que serán necesarios para conseguir que estos países se ajusten a las nuevas normas. +Señor Presidente, al saludar el Informe del Tribunal de Cuentas, tan útil, y que esta Asamblea debe apoyar porque así apoyamos a Europa, no puedo evitar referirme al malestar que produce el que nuevamente hayan sido algunos medios de comunicación los que han adelantado versiones parciales e interesadas del informe, hecho que aparte de producir, señor Karlsson, daños innecesarios a ciudadanos, funcionarios e instituciones, da la impresión de que el Tribunal de Cuentas es un órgano político que tiene que rendir cuentas a los electores a través de la opinión pública. +Y yo creo que realmente este Parlamento, con una acción un poco más audaz de la Comisión, un poco más ambiciosa y también -por qué no decirlo- un poco más comprometida con el proceso de reforma de las instituciones, podría conseguir que los desencuentros que se han producido en el pasado se transformen en armonía en el futuro y que podamos todos impulsar este proyecto de reforma de la Unión Europea, sabiendo, como sabemos, que, si no se toman en consideración y se dejan al margen las preocupaciones de nuestros ciudadanos, estas reformas no se podrán concretar y no se podrán culminar con éxito. +Sólo para confirmar a la Sra. Riis-Jørgensen, cuyo continuo y profundo interés por las cuestiones relativas a la ayuda estatal es bien conocido y apreciado por la Comisión, que la investigación va a continuar, que la aplicabilidad efectiva de las disposiciones relativas a las PYME es una de nuestras preocupaciones y que en el análisis de todas las investigaciones sobre ayuda estatal se tienen muy presentes sus efectos en el comercio entre los Estados miembros. +Sin embargo, también quiero manifestar con la misma claridad, para que no quede lugar a dudas, que las correspondientes declaraciones de las instituciones, también sobre el tema de la revisión limitada de las perspectivas financieras, que esperamos recibir de la Comisión desde el mes de abril, y las consiguientes respuestas del Consejo, representan una operación de cambio, como si se tratase de una oficina de cambio de divisas, por decirlo así. Y quien no abona el cambio, pierde su crédito. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación (A5-0079/1999) del Sr. Bodrato, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la celebración del Acuerdo sobre el establecimiento de reglamentos técnicos mundiales aplicables a los vehículos de ruedas, y a los equipos y piezas que puedan montarse o utilizarse en dichos vehículos ("Acuerdo Paralelo") (10167/1999 - COM(1999) 27 - C5-0073/1999 - 1999/0011(AVC)). +Voy a mencionar algunas de las acciones asumidas por la Comisión, para acentuar que estoy convencida de que hay un gran campo para una activación aún mayor tanto de la Comisión como de los estados miembros y que, por supuesto, se requiere una política específica para el tratamiento de estos temas, tanto en el marco de la preparación de la reunión de seguimiento de la Conferencia de Beijing, como, posteriormente, en el marco del quinto plan de acción para la mujer. +Sobre la base de la reestructuración de la colaboración entre la UE y Centroamérica en el marco del Congreso de San José en Florencia en 1996, y de los documentos de estrategia elaborados en 1999 para la colaboración entre la UE y Nicaragua, debo indicar que, en la colaboración para el desarrollo con Nicaragua en particular, la Unión Europea se concentra primordialmente en el fortalecimiento del Estado de Derecho y el fomento de una política social justa. +El hecho es que la única persona que realmente conoce las finanzas de la Unión Europea, a saber, el Jefe de nuestro Tribunal de Cuentas, el Sr. Friedmann, no hace mucho tiempo estuvo en nuestro grupo de trabajo Pan-Europa aquí en el Parlamento Europeo y en su exposición nos dijo que los costes de esta ampliación se exageran enormemente pues nunca se incluyen los costes de la no ampliación. +Igualmente es importante que prosigamos en el futuro la buena cooperación que hemos venido desarrollando entre la Comisión de Peticiones y el Defensor del Pueblo, y que éste tenga éxito a su vez con los defensores del pueblo nacionales o con las instituciones correspondientes para poder, de esta manera, combatir las violaciones de los derechos de los ciudadanos que se cometan precisamente en el marco legislativo comunitario. +Señor Presidente, al hablar hoy aquí, cincuenta y ocho días antes de las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo, en los últimos días del funcionamiento de este Parlamento Europeo, siento que el debate conjunto sobre la Comisión de Peticiones y sobre el Defensor del Pueblo Europeo tiene una especial significación y viene, como un balance de toda una legislatura quinquenal, a dar un mensaje en estas próximas elecciones. +Señor Presidente, quisiera presentar una breve enmienda oral que implicaría que la competencia en lo relativo al nuevo artículo 13 en contra de la discriminación continuase recayendo en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos, pero como con esta enmienda se pretende dotar también de competencias a la Comisión de Asuntos Sociales y Empleo, desearía presentar a este respecto una enmienda oral en el sentido de que, también por lo que respecta la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer, cabría hacer una pequeña observación. +Aunque algunas normas legislativas comunitarias se aplican a los usuarios de vehículos privados -por ejemplo los impuestos sobre combustible, los impuestos sobre el consumo, el IVA-nuestro enfoque actual en materia de tarificación se centra en el tráfico comercial, pues se trata de un problema que sólo se puede resolver con éxito a través de un marco reglamentario comunitario, que proteja el funcionamiento del mercado interior de transportes al mismo tiempo que integra cabalmente los objetivos medioambientales. +En efecto, las fusiones y las economías de escala en este sector, la tendencia a los «megabancos» y a las aglutinaciones, los desarrollos tecnológicos tendentes a mejorar la productividad, las presiones sobre el empleo o incluso sobre los actores de dimensiones más regionales, tienen su propia lógica, la cual no coincide necesariamente con el interés general o con los objetivos de empleo. +En realidad, nuestra Comunidad se ha empleado a fondo en la lucha contra la violencia subrayando el valor del derecho a la vida, la seguridad, la libertad y la integridad física y mental con toda una serie de programas como el que hoy tratamos de perfeccionar: el programa DAPHNE que lucha contra la violencia contra las mujeres, los adolescentes y los niños. +En las votaciones de ayer por la mañana, de la propuesta de decisión sobre el número y competencias de las comisiones parlamentarias, el Parlamento aprobó dos enmiendas contradictorias en lo que respecta a las competencias en materia de protección jurídica de los consumidores, a saber, la enmienda 31, del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos, y la enmienda 60, del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo. +Así pues, tenemos dos exigencias que formular a nivel europeo: que el cálculo de las restituciones a la producción se haga a partir del precio del maíz a nivel mundial, y no a partir del precio del trigo, porque es en la industria del maíz en la que se basa la industria del almidón; y, en segundo lugar, que se procure asimismo -como han recordado hace un momento nuestros compañeros Sonneveld y Mulder- conservar un cierto equilibrio entre la fécula y el almidón producidos a partir de los cereales. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, queridos colegas, de los conflictos recientes con los Estados Unidos he aprendido dos cosas: primero, la necesidad de desarrollar el diálogo no sólo con los americanos sino también con otras regiones del mundo porque necesitaremos y, de hecho, ya necesitamos nuevos aliados, y en segundo lugar la necesidad de una mayor vigilancia por parte de la Unión Europea de las negociaciones de la OMC, teniendo además en cuenta su creciente importancia, todo ello es evidentemente un problema colectivo que atañe también al Parlamento europeo. +Así las cosas, no me queda más que decirles con la máxima claridad que soy profundamente consciente de este difícil momento y de la gran confianza que tienen, así como del hecho de que me están poniendo a prueba ustedes y más aún, si cabe, el próximo Parlamento, ante el cual deberé volver con el equipo de la Comisión al completo y, a través del equipo de la Comisión, tendré que ofrecer una garantía concreta de las promesas y de los compromisos que he asumido en el debate del 13 de abril y en el debate de hoy. +Coincidimos, en amplia mayoría, en la condena radical de las prácticas criminales denominadas de limpieza étnica, de las que es culpable Milosevic, en que debemos demostrar solidaridad concretamente con los refugiados, en la afirmación del derecho de estos últimos a regresar a su país y en la necesidad de garantizar el respeto de este derecho mediante la presencia de una fuerza internacional en un Kosovo al que se le conceda una autonomía real y, por último, en la perspectiva de una conferencia sobre los Balcanes. +En relación con la otra propuesta que el Consejo ha estado pidiendo, a saber, las auditorías de nuestras dietas generales de secretariado, no hay razón para que el 20 de julio, si no tenemos un acuerdo sobre el estatuto de los diputados, no debamos decir que se llevará a cabo una auditoría anual de las dietas generales de secretariado que deba presentarse al Parlamento, realizada por auditores de bona vide y que sea preciso presentar al Parlamento para que los diputados reciban sus dietas anuales. +La Comisión aprobó el texto de la declaración conjunta en su reunión del pasado 9 de marzo; el Consejo lo hizo la semana pasada, y corresponde ahora al Parlamento dar su acuerdo, con el fin de que los tres Presidentes puedan confirmar el acuerdo de sus instituciones a la declaración conjunta en una ceremonia de firma esta semana. +Basándose en esta estrategia, el Parlamento, en su primera lectura, integró en un reglamento único tanto la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo relativa a las medidas estructurales del sector pesquero, integrada en la Agenda 2000, como igualmente la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo por el que se definían las modalidades y condiciones de las intervenciones con finalidad estructural en el sector de la pesca. +Tiene una democracia estable, y a pesar de que para ambos países se ha prorrogado un año el protocolo financiero no existen estructuras para una fase de preadhesión, y si se piensa en una especie de mini PHARE, entonces solicitaría que la Comisión mostrase pronto a estos candidatos las perspectivas bajo las cuales pueden comenzar su fase de preadhesión, de modo que reciban la misma seguridad de planificación que los demás ya que precisamente nosotros los que venimos de los Estados miembros más grandes de la Unión Europea también deberíamos sentirnos responsables de los pequeños candidatos. +Considero que este caso confirma también la buena utilización diplomática de un argumento recientemente surgido en la escena política internacional: que la comunidad internacional no puede utilizar dos pesos y dos medidas; que la comunidad internacional, cuando exige el respeto de los derechos humanos en Kosovo, tiene que ser consecuente con la exigencia de su respeto en otras partes del mundo. +En lo que se refiere a la pena de muerte y el establecimiento de una moratoria universal de las ejecuciones capitales, como ustedes saben, el pasado 28 de abril, precisamente la Unión Europea tomó la iniciativa de presentar ante la Comisión de Derechos Humanos un proyecto de resolución sobre la cuestión de la pena de muerte. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0253/99) de la Sra. Gebhardt, para la Delegación del Parlamento en el Comité de Conciliación, sobre la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establece un mecanismo de reconocimiento de títulos para las actividades profesionales a que se refieren las directivas de liberalización y de medidas transitorias y se completa el sistema general de reconocimiento de títulos (3612/99 - C4-0209/99-96/0031(COD)) +Como indicación general de la opinión que sustenta la Comisión acerca de las cuestiones que plantea la propuesta sometida a la Asamblea, remito a Sus Señorías al apartado final de la declaración de la Comisión de 1 de julio de 1999, en la que manifestaba la opinión de que «sería aconsejable de cara el futuro aclarar la aplicación del artículo 213 con respecto a las actividades de los miembros de la Comisión después de haber cesado en su cargo». +Tal como he comentado anteriormente, he sido ponente en una serie de cuestiones, y puedo hacer un breve boceto de cuán extensa será esta revisión y de lo que abarcará: servicios universales, frecuencias, satélites, regulación, licencias, interconexiones, numeración, teléfonos móviles, convergencia de la radiotelevisión, la transmisión de datos y las telecomunicaciones; lo cual significa una explosión de legislación y afecta a un segmento enorme de la base industrial y comercial de la Unión Europea por derecho propio, pero también como auxiliar de muchas otras industrias. +Es cierto, naturalmente han surgido unos problemas gigantescos en Bélgica y por supuesto la Comisión Europea, con razón, ha dicho que en la situación belga se han cometido unos graves errores; pero los colegas Diputados, que a estas alturas conocen al menos algo del expediente, saben que el Gobierno belga ha tomado unas medidas muy drásticas y que ahora puede dar garantías a todos los consumidores de toda la Unión europea. +Respecto a los temas que el Presidente designado ha planteado sobre la reforma, que el Comisario Kinnock presentará el próximo mes de febrero con la debida consulta, el programa de políticas del próximo mes de enero, el imperativo moral y político de afrontar el reto de la ampliación y la preparación de la Conferencia Intergubernamental, prometo que mi Grupo asumirá un compromiso positivo y constructivo con la Comisión en este sentido. +Pues francamente creo que en el intento de algunos en trasladar sus debates domésticos a las instituciones comunitarias; en algunos gobiernos que juegan con los cargos europeos para satisfacer exigencias de pactos en sus países, y también en algunos partidos en la oposición que quieren elevar a otras instancias lo que no consiguen en casa, como el del Sr. Barón, en España, a quien le han mandado prolongar el debate electoral interno atacando -y él lo sabe- de manera injusta y desleal a la vicepresidenta propuesta de la Comisión Europea. +Mañana, un grupo de diputados de diversos grupos políticos iniciaremos los trabajos para crear un intergrupo que trabaje en este sentido, con la intención de crear un espíritu de cooperación con la Comisión y con las Instituciones de la Unión en el sentido de que los derechos colectivos y su reconocimiento sean una prolongación del reconocimiento de los derechos individuales. +Producto de las negociaciones entre gobiernos, su papel es el de contribuir a crear las condiciones más favorables para las multinacionales en sus esfuerzos permanentes por incrementar sus beneficios a costa de sus propios asalariados, el ejemplo más reciente es el de Michelin, y además, en perjuicio de la mayoría de la población de la Unión Europea y de los pueblos más pobres. +Puesto que mañana no podremos votar a favor de determinados Comisarios y puesto que no puedo hacer constar con mi voto individual en esta Asamblea que mi colega Sr. Patten sería un excelente Comisario de Asuntos Exteriores, sencillamente no tengo más opción que votar en contra de esta Comisión en su conjunto para enviar el mensaje al Sr. Prodi y a sus colegas de que si salen elegidos, deberán responder ante este Parlamento, aceptar que las cosas no pueden seguir como hasta ahora y que debemos cambiar de hábitos si queremos infundir a la población de Europa la confianza que deben tener en este Parlamento y sus instituciones. +Según cuentan los trabajadores de ayuda humanitaria de la comunidad internacional, los empleados de Cruz Roja Internacional y de otras organizaciones de derechos humanos fueron obligados a abandonar la zona, con el fin de poder cometer los crímenes sin la presencia de testigos extranjeros. +El Consejo también ha expresado su preocupación por el hecho de que, además de la población serbia, otros grupos étnicos no albanos se hayan visto obligados a abandonar Kosovo; en este sentido, el Consejo ha recordado que en virtud de la resolución 1244 del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU, todos los refugiados y los desplazados tienen derecho a regresar a sus zonas de origen. +)Puede, entonces, ser aceptable que, después de que el órgano competente de la Unión Europea considerara oportuno levantar la prohibición, determinados Estados, sin presentar ni hacer pública una justificación clara desde el punto de vista de la inocuidad de los alimentos, mantengan la prohibición relativa a la carne de bovino? Esa decisión, adoptada por el Gobierno francés la semana pasada, constituye otro golpe particularmente duro para los criadores de ganado bovino de Escocia, cuyos rebaños están alimentados predominantemente con hierba y que, ante todo, no tuvieron problema de EEB. +Sin embargo, tal y como se ha afirmado aquí, el asunto no queda resuelto con este programa, sino que el aumento del uso sostenible de las fuentes de energía renovables exige todavía mucho estudio, proyectos piloto, el intercambio de resultados en la investigación, la armonización de la legislación, la revisión de las actitudes, campañas de información así como inversiones privadas y públicas, que se amortizarán sólo en el futuro. +Es un acuerdo moderno que se ajusta a las necesidades de nuestros tiempos. Presta especial atención a la liberalización de las tarifas, a la creación de una zona de libre comercio, a los compromisos en el ámbito del desarrollo y de la cooperación económicos, a los compromisos en el terreno de la ciencia y la tecnología y a los compromisos relativos al diálogo político. +Asunto: Medidas de la Comisión para restringir la transferencia de armamento y promover el, desarme Teniendo en cuenta el primer informe anual que se publicará próximamente sobre el código europeo de conducta relativo a la transferencia de armamento para 1998, ¿podría indicar el comisario responsable para las relaciones exteriores si apoyaría una ampliación de las competencias de la Comisión para incluir los asuntos referentes al comercio de armas en la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental? +En consecuencia, a mi entender, hay que pedir al Presidente de la Comisión, al Consejo y a todos nosotros que se mantengan y respeten todos los acuerdos con el Estado turco, y que se mantenga además una acción puntual y lo más específica posible de los órganos competentes de la Comunidad, orientada a seguir atentamente que el proceso de democratización y la solución pacífica a las divergencias con los demás Estados se lleven adelante concretamente y no sólo a golpe de declaraciones del Estado turco. +Pasemos a otros tres asuntos: la protección del medio ambiente, la salud de los consumidores y el sector audiovisual, que, más allá de las tensiones existentes entre progreso técnico y tradiciones culturales, reflejan rasgos de civilización que singularizan a Europa: la exigencia de calidad -por ejemplo, en el ámbito de la alimentación-, la identidad cultural en un mundo abierto, la preferencia por lo "no vendible" en cierto número de actividades. +Asunto: Ventas libres de impuestos ¿Puede el Consejo informar de su estrategia para ayudar a los aeropuertos, puertos, líneas aéreas y empresas de transporte marítimo de pasajeros de Irlanda a superar la pérdida de ingresos que resulta de la supresión de las ventas libres de impuestos? ¿Cómo prevé el Consejo proteger a los consumidores contra el encarecimiento de los billetes, fomentar y proteger el empleo y apoyar el desarrollo de infraestructuras esenciales, cuando todo eso se hacía antes gracias a las ventas libres de impuestos? +He dicho "otra piedra angular" , porque desde el año pasado este Parlamento tiene que observar las disposiciones más rigurosas de las que se aplican a casi todos los demás parlamentos europeos por lo que se refiere a la declaración de los intereses financieros de sus diputados y tiene ya en el Reglamento uno de los conjuntos de disposiciones más rigurosas que se aplican a la conducta de grupos de interés en el marco de la institución. +Señor Presidente, con ritmos de desarrollo por debajo del 2%, con un nuevo ascenso de los intereses, con deflación y con una aplicación rigurosa del pacto de estabilidad, se intensifica la presión a los derechos de seguridad social y a los derechos sociales de los trabajadores, y el resultado inmediato es el empeoramiento de las condiciones de vida y de las condiciones laborales de los trabajadores. +Aunque no quepa duda de que la transparencia ha aumentado y, por ejemplo, las sesiones de información después de las reuniones del Consejo de Gobierno han representado una clara mejora en los métodos de trabajo, el objetivo debe ser la continuación del aumento de la apertura, así como que el funcionamiento del Banco se consolide y sea posible dejar atrás los problemas de la fase inicial. +En lo que respecta a la transparencia, a la cual defino como el ofrecimiento al público o al Parlamento de la máxima información posible sobre la evolución de la economía, sobre la evolución monetaria, sobre el resultado de las deliberaciones del Consejo de Gobierno, creo -y así me manifesté en mi intervención introductoria-, que el Banco Central Europeo puede mirar directamente a los ojos de cualquier banco central del mundo. +En muchos Estados miembros - la historia de estos años nos lo recuerda - existen casos de reestructuración: la historia, como acabo de decir, está llena de casos de reestructuraciones, deslocalizaciones, cierres de empresas - el Sr. Wurtz se ha referido a algunos de ellos - que no solo reducen el empleo, sino que ponen en peligro la cohesión económica y social de las zonas afectadas, crean un clima de inseguridad social entre los trabajadores y un clima que no favorece en absoluto el desarrollo y el crecimiento. +Incluso creo que tienen mucho interés, en el ámbito de las intervenciones legislativas e institucionales, las propuestas sobre la trasferencia de la fiscalidad, del territorio del coste laboral, de la fiscalidad de los trabajadores, al territorio del medio ambiente. Y ya hay un primer aliento positivo de las directivas sobre el empleo, en esta dirección. +En cuanto a las armas nucleares, existen dos documentos esenciales. Por una parte está el Tratado de no proliferación de armas nucleares, en el que los países con este tipo de armamento se han obligado a desactivar sus armas nucleares a cambio de que otros países no las fabriquen y, por otra, el Tratado de prohibición total de pruebas nucleares, que es extraordinariamente importante ya que las pruebas son para desarrollar el armamento nuclear. +Señor Presidente, al tiempo que subscribo las palabras de los colegas que me han precedido, quisiera expresar, en nombre del Grupo Europa de las Naciones, la enorme alegría que, en un mundo muchas veces motivado por una jerarquía de intereses y no por una jerarquía de valores, este Parlamento reconozca a un hombre valioso que luchó por un valor, el de la libertad de su pueblo, y le conceda el premio Sajarov. +No obstante, en mi calidad de austríaco, tengo que manifestar, en segundo lugar, que este diálogo entre los interlocutores sociales, entre las instituciones políticas, entre la política fiscal y los mandatarios políticos, se viene desarrollando y practicando bajo una forma análoga desde hace años en mi país, Austria, y ha contribuido de manera apreciable a que Austria pueda presentarse ahora como un país con un elevado nivel de empleo y unas cifras de paro inferiores a las de otros países. +En un momento en que la recuperación económica permitiría a la vez una reducción de los déficit públicos y una política de apoyo al crecimiento, una coordinación efectiva de las políticas presupuestarias centradas prioritariamente en las inversiones infraestructurales, la investigación, la educación y la formación podría tener un efecto de reactivación económica duradera. +En esas propuestas se exige a los Estados miembros que se obliguen a alcanzar un equilibrio entre hombres y mujeres en puestos de dirección, a nombrar al mismo número de hombres y mujeres en los comités y grupos de trabajo en la UE, a mejorar la legislación del mercado laboral de modo que éste refleje los problemas y necesidades de las mujeres y a formar a las personas que diseñan las directrices nacionales de política de empleo para que integren más eficazmente criterios de igualdad de oportunidades en su trabajo y, finalmente, a que en los países miembros se establezcan objetivos mensurables de carácter anual. +No tiene sentido que debamos negociar con la Comisión Europea, después de todos los acontecimientos de los últimos meses, un nuevo código de conducta que, entre otras cosas, insista en que, cuando haya temas de importancia, la Comisión debe venir a decir a esta Asamblea cuáles son estos temas primero, y después ha de iniciar un procedimiento, como el informe anual del Tribunal de Cuentas, y decir: ha habido una filtración, es desagradable, pero sigamos con el asunto como si nada hubiese pasado. +Ya se ha recordado en otras intervenciones que, hace algunos años, el Parlamento Europeo había promovido proyectos piloto en apoyo de las organizaciones no gubernamentales y de las autoridades locales que, desde hace tiempo, se enfrentan con acciones de lucha contra la violencia hacia las mujeres y los niños: un fenómeno, éste de la violencia hacia las mujeres y los niños, por desgracia, no solo muy difundido, sino que va en aumento y que se manifiesta bajo formas cada vez más sofisticadas y, por lo tanto, más difíciles de combatir. +Insistir en la lógica actual del gasto, en la que destaca el correspondiente a la Política Agraria Común, que, además de poner en entredicho cualquier objetivo de equidad reconocido como principio en los Tratados, de política sólo tiene la denominación, insistir en el sistema de ingresos en vigor, fruto de intereses diversos y contradictorios entre sí, resulta indefectiblemente inconciliable con el deseo de profundización del proyecto de ampliación del espacio geográfico. +Baste pensar en la India, cuya legislación no prevé derechos de copyright sobre los medicamentos o los alimentos, a pesar que en la India se producen y de la India proceden hierbas que sirven a las multinacionales y a nosotros para nuestras enfermedades; o al Sudáfrica de Mandela que como represalia a su intento de convertir en más accesible el tratamiento para los enfermos de sida, se ha visto imponer por la Organización Mundial de Comercio la retirada de los medicamentos más baratos. +Sólo quisiera resaltar un aspecto que se puede considerar que constituye el fundamento de nuestra resolución conjunta sobre Chechenia: el sufrimiento de la población civil, los centenares de víctimas mortales, los 200.000 refugiados y la situación en la que se encuentran con la llegada del invierno, la reacción desproporcionada del Gobierno ruso y el bombardeo indiscriminado de la población civil. +A riesgo de que nos remuerda la conciencia, desearía recordar el ejemplo del plátano: las multinacionales (Del Monte, Dole y Chiquita), que con el apoyo de los Estados Unidos comercializan en el mercado europeo los plátanos procedentes de la esclavitud, producidos, además, en unas condiciones de seguridad alimentaria más que dudosas, han logrado hacernos hincar la rodilla; ¡se trata de un expediente en el que estamos a punto de capitular sin condiciones, dejando que quiebren centenares de miles de productores no sólo de los países ACP, sino también los productores comunitarios, que son los de Guadalupe y Martinica! +La Comisión señala repetidamente en su informe de situación sobre los progresos realizados en la adaptación al acervo comunitario que, en numerosos aspectos, los países candidatos, tanto los del grupo de cabeza como los del segundo grupo, todavía avanzan de manera muy vacilante en la transposición y adaptación al acervo comunitario; por ejemplo, en relación con el tema social, pero también en lo que respecta al tema del medio ambiente y la energía e incluso en el tema de los derechos humanos y la democracia cotidiana. +Ante un acontecimiento extraordinario y las iniciativas unilaterales de paz como la decisión del PKK de abandonar la lucha armada y suspender las hostilidades, ante la decisión de numerosos líderes del PKK de entregarse a las autoridades turcas para reiterar su opción a negociar la paz, el Gobierno turco ha dado respuestas negativas y despectivas. +Quiero recordar la actitud atenta de nuestro ponente y su receptividad ante la demanda a la Comisión de nueva información complementaria, motivo del retraso de la votación en el Pleno de su informe hasta tanto la Comisión no satisficiera su petición referida a los últimos informes científicos que avalasen la cobertura del área geográfica delimitada en el Douglas Bank Box y la redefinición de las condiciones y su extensión. +No propongo descartar definitivamente la candidatura de Turquía a la Unión Europea. Pero es necesario, previamente, exigir a Turquía compromisos firmes y definitivos, y comprobar que se cumplan: el reconocimiento de los derechos del pueblo kurdo, la abolición de la pena de muerte y un nuevo juicio para Ocalan, la liberación de Leyla Zana y de todos los presos políticos, la aplicación de las resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas para la solución del problema chipriota. +Para que no se dé aquí una impresión equivocada esta mañana en relación con el proceso de paz y el fondo internacional para Irlanda, quiero, como diputado al Parlamento por los condados fronterizos, hacer constar aquí -y creo hablar en nombre del pueblo de Irlanda- que aprecian plenamente el importante, positivo y práctico papel que el Parlamento Europeo y las instituciones europeas han desempeñado en el proceso de paz y creo que decir lo contrario no refleja la opinión del pueblo irlandés. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0086/1999), en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior, respecto de la posición común (14247/1/1999 - C5-0027/1999 - 1997/0264(COD)) adoptada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a la aproximación de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros sobre el seguro de responsabilidad civil derivada de la circulación de vehículos automóviles y por la que se enmiendan las Directivas 73/239/CEE y 88/357/CEE (Cuarta Directiva sobre el seguro de vehículos automóviles) (Ponente: Sr. Rothley) +Informe (A5-0101/1999) del Sr. Papayannakis, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo que modifica el Reglamento del Consejo (CE) nº 820/97 por el que se establece un sistema de identificación y registro de los animales de la especie bovina y relativo al etiquetado de la carne de vacuno y de los productos a base de carne de vacuno (COM(1999) 487 - C5-0241/1999 - 1999/0205(COD)) +Aunque el Primer Ministro turco haya declarado al día siguiente de la Cumbre que la pertenencia a la Unión Europea era para Turquía, cito: "un derecho de nacimiento" -lo que da, por lo demás, una idea de la modestia con la cual está decidido a abrir la puerta de la Unión Europea-, es evidente para todos los observadores que conservan la mente libre que su entrada cambiaría profundamente la naturaleza de la Unión. +Muchos Estados miembros de la Unión Europea tienen que responder a muchas preguntas por lo que se refiere a su propio apoyo en el pasado a las autoridades indonesias cuando ésta oprimía al pueblo de Timor Oriental, y por el hecho de que estos países y sus empresas de fabricación de armamento han obtenido enormes beneficios a costa de vidas inocentes, del bienestar y del derecho de las personas a vivir libremente, sin estar sometida a opresión alguna ni a violaciones de los derechos humanos. +En resumen, hay que decir que, en cualquier caso, la ampliación de la Unión Europea hacia el Este tendrá una repercusión positiva en el medio ambiente europeo, ya que la adhesión se verá acompañada por una normativa medioambiental más estricta en estos países candidatos, el crecimiento económico se dotará de una base sostenible y los propios países podrán cumplir los acuerdos internacionales en materia medioambiental. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0136/99) de la Sra. Peijs, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y de Política Industrial, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Decisión de 19 de diciembre de 1996 por la que se adopta un programa de acción para la aduana en la Comunidad ( "Aduana 2000») (COM(98)0644 - C4-0639/98-98/0314(COD)). +Que la agresión militar de la OTAN sea la causa del dramático agravamiento de la situación humanitaria de la región de los Balcanes, ponga en riesgo la estabilidad del futuro político de aquella región y en grave peligro la paz mundial queda a obscuras para la ceguera política de esta mayoría que antes prefiere insistir en acuerdos que nunca fueron aceptados por los negociadores, son sólo imposiciones negociadoras de la OTAN y ponen en riesgo soberanía, fronteras y realidades ancestrales. +Deseo subrayar la urgencia y la necesidad de la intervención de la OTAN en la región para proteger los derechos fundamentales de la población de Kosovo y señalar que esta tragedia quizás se habría podido evitar si la Unión Europea, además de ser una institución económica y monetaria, hubiera sido desde hace tiempo también una realidad política unitaria. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del segundo informe (A4-0114/99) del Sr. van Dam, en nombre de la Comisión de Transportes y Turismo, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Consejo por la que se modifica la Directiva 96/53/CE del Consejo por la que se establecen, para determinados vehículos de carretera que circulan en la Comunidad, las dimensiones máximas autorizadas en el tráfico nacional e internacional y los pesos máximos autorizados en el tráfico internacional (COM(98)0414 - C4-0486/98-98/0227(SYN)) +En tercer lugar, les señalo que, aparte de la regular atención que el Consejo de Ministros presta a la cuestión birmana, esa atención se ha manifestado también en la suspensión de la conferencia UE-ASEAN, prevista para el mes pasado o hace seis semanas en Berlín, ya que no se pudo lograr un acuerdo en cuanto a la participación de Birmania y porque la fórmula especial ofrecida por el Consejo a fin de que la cuestión de los derechos humanos en Birmania se pudiera tratar con los birmanos, no fue aceptada por la ASEAN. +También podrán disfrutar de ventajas fiscales las pequeñas y medianas empresas que creen empleo en la ciudad sin perjudicar el entorno. Estas acciones se completan con la creación de modelos de turismo sostenibles que podrían incluir una normativa que regule el acceso a la ciudad en períodos de máxima afluencia y medidas de apoyo dirigidas a la economía local que se basan en el uso sostenible de los recursos naturales y el patrimonio histórico de la ciudad. +A iniciativa del Comisario Flynn, la Comisión ha examinado el problema del futuro de la seguridad social y tengo mucho gusto en decir -recientemente a instancias también de la Presidencia alemana y del Parlamento Europeo- que muy pronto vamos a presentar una comunicación sobre los fondos de pensiones, en el que sacaremos las conclusiones que se desprenden de la aplicación del Libro Verde. +Por tanto, la propuesta que hacemos, y que sé que está estudiando la Dirección General I, es la de crear un fondo de compensación y de proponer a la Autoridad presupuestaria incluir en el presupuesto, precisamente para facilitarles a ustedes, a nuestra política comercial común, los medios, un fondo, una reserva que pueda compensar a las empresas europeas que son víctimas inocentes de esta justa y necesaria política comercial común. +El objetivo de estas propuestas es la modernización de la administración y la política de personal, la solución de los problemas en el ámbito de la gestión presupuestaria, el control financiero y la lucha contra el fraude, así como la reforma de la gestión financiera mediante un control financiero más eficaz. +Pero es asimismo contrario, a todas luces, a la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, que establece explícitamente que el uso de la fuerza, salvo en caso de legítima defensa, estará reservado a las autorizaciones del Consejo de Seguridad, al que se ha ignorado con un cinismo increíble en menosprecio de esta ley fundamental de la sociedad internacional: no se ha solicitado la autorización del Consejo de Seguridad, porque se sabía que el Consejo no lo daría. +Señor Presidente, cuando uno visita Belgrado no puede dejar de sentir ira e indignación ante el espectáculo de la destrucción y la muerte provocadas por los bombardeos de la OTAN, tampoco puede dejar de sentir admiración por la fuerza y el valor del pueblo serbio, de sentirse conmovido por la forma y el contenido de las manifestaciones de un pueblo que se transforma en escudo vivo para proteger los puentes de Belgrado. +Mientras tanto, en el nivel mundial y a pesar de la manipulación generalizada, la opinión pública se manifiesta y reclama la intervención de las Naciones Unidas y una solución política que permita el regreso de los refugiados y el respeto de las fronteras actuales, los americanos y los Gobiernos europeos subordinados suyos hablan de operaciones terrestres, responden con la llamada «guerra total» que todo lo considera blanco estratégico, rehabilitan y rearman un movimiento que hasta hace poco todos consideraban terrorista y fundamentalista. +Pero afortunadamente, se consiguió este compromiso en Berlín, al que sucedieron negociaciones entre el Consejo, el Parlamento y, por supuesto, la Comisión, que trajeron tres cambios positivos: el primer cambio concernía a la iniciativa comunitaria Urban; el segundo al Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, sobre las acciones por la cultura y el turismo, y el tercer cambio atañe al especial énfasis que el Reglamento del Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional pone en las regiones insulares. +No son la olla financiera de la que uno pueda servirse libremente cuando en algún que otro sitio se necesita dinero sino que son un medio para fomentar un objetivo muy concreto, a saber, el de fomentar la cohesión económica y social de esta Unión y destacar en la práctica el principio de que la solidaridad es uno de los fundamentos esenciales para la existencia de la Unión europea. +El Consejo de «Asuntos Generales» ha subrayado en su reunión del 26 de abril de 1999 la intención de la Unión Europea de respetar plenamente la última decisión de la OMC en la guerra del plátano y de modificar del modo correspondiente y sin demora el régimen para los plátanos de la UE. +Asunto: Contratación de funcionarios sin la celebración previa de una oposición En su respuesta a mi pregunta relativa a la intención de contratar a colaboradores procedentes de la secretaría de Schengen, el Consejo indica que, de conformidad con el artículo 7 del Protocolo de Schengen anejo al Tratado de Amsterdam, está obligado a integrar al personal de Schengen, dado que este Protocolo ha de ser considerado como parte del Tratado y, por consiguiente, como parte del Derecho comunitario primario. +Señor Presidente, mi colega, el Sr. Hoppenstedt ya ha explicado -y muy bien- la posición de mi Grupo sobre el informe de la Sra. Oddy, a quien le doy las gracias; pero, en el agitado debate que se ha desarrollado a propósito del comercio electrónico en Europa y de la difícil cuestión del contenido en línea, de su origen, de su destino, de su legalidad, puedo decir y subrayar que en las redes públicas, como Internet, tiene que haber sitio para la libertad de expresión. +Señor Presidente, permítame que concluya mi intervención con las siguientes palabras. Espero de todo corazón -usted podrá comprobarlo en persona- que el próximo Parlamento prosiga este debate, que no lo sacrifique en nombre de los asuntos económicos o los temas relacionados con la ampliación, por importantes que sean, sino que considere la cuestión de los derechos humanos como un objetivo político cuya materialización depende de la política de la Unión europea, y especialmente de la política exterior y la política en materia de ampliación. +¿Puede usted confirmar que la Mesa acordó ayer enviar una delegación a ver al Sr. Rugova y, si éste es el caso, puede usted llamar la atención de los grupos políticos sobre el Artículo 9.1 del código de conducta, Anexo 1, Artículos 1 y 2, que establece que antes de que un Diputado pueda ser nombrado válidamente para el ejercicio de un mandato, o participar en una delegación oficial, debe haber completado en la forma debida la declaración prevista en el Artículo 2? +Declaro reanudado el período de sesiones del Parlamento Europeo, interrumpido el 7 de mayo de 1999, y abierta la sesión prevista en el apartado 3 del artículo 10 del Acta relativa a la elección de los representantes en el Parlamento Europeo por sufragio universal directo, así como en el apartado 3 del artículo 10 del Reglamento del Parlamento. +Desde luego es bueno que en Colonia se haya desbrozado el camino para las reformas, pero nosotros tenemos una respuesta para los interrogantes que ha planteado usted aquí, señor Presidente del Consejo, en relación con la perspectiva más amplia de una ampliación de la Unión Europea y la configuración institucional de nuestra Unión, para estos interrogantes tenemos una respuesta y esta respuesta es clara: deseamos una gran reforma de las instituciones previa a la ampliación. +Todo este proceso de cambio requerirá tiempo, pero ya hemos puesto en marcha una primera reorganización de la Comisión: se simplificará y racionalizará el aparato burocrático reduciendo el número de Direcciones Generales; los Comisarios tendrán sus oficinas, o sea, los gabinetes, en el mismo edificio de las Direcciones Generales a su cargo; los gabinetes y los Comisarios serán más ágiles y más supranacionales. +Me consta, como ponente de la reciente directiva sobre el relleno de tierra, que lo que está ocurriendo es que la Comisión Europea está proponiendo normas sobre la base de que van a ser aprobadas y adecuadamente aplicadas en los Estados miembros mientras que, al mismo tiempo, la misma dirección general de la Unión Europea sabe perfectamente que en muchas áreas de las políticas no existen inspecciones capaces de averiguar si esas normas son aplicadas en algunos Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. +Y frente a este peligroso panorama no sólo no permanecemos indiferentes, no sólo lo condenamos, y votamos en contra de la nueva Comisión, sino que además llamamos a los trabajadores y a los pueblos de Europa a llevar adelante sus luchas, a levantar un muro contra los desastrosos planes que se ciernen sobre su futuro, los llamamos a darle la vuelta a la situación actual, por una Europa diferente, por una Europa de los pueblos, de la paz y la solidaridad, de la colaboración mutuamente beneficiosa. +Por ello creo que nuestra tarea más urgente consiste en cumplir las condiciones previas a la creación de un espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia. En concreto, debemos comenzar por elaborar una Carta de derechos fundamentales europeos puesto que no se trata únicamente de centralizar el poder estatal y policial, sino que también hay que europeizar los derechos de los ciudadanos. +Lo he hecho tanto más fácilmente cuanto que el procedimiento elegido para dichas audiciones ha permitido recordar el compromiso contraído por la Comisión de presentar, antes del fin del año 1999, un conjunto de propuestas destinadas a dar por fin contenido concreto al apartado 2 del artículo 299 del Tratado de Amsterdam, que consagra la especificidad de las regiones ultraperiféricas e instituye en pro de ellas el derecho a disposiciones particulares, derogatorias, para permitirles afrontar sus dificultades estructurales. +Por otra parte, por tratarse de los PTU asociados a la Unión Europea, el Comisario Nielson ha reconocido la necesidad de presentar con la mayor brevedad un conjunto de propuestas encaminadas a dar a esos países un estatuto adaptado a su situación actual con vistas al próximo convenio de asociación, con la consecuencia en particular de la renovación del instrumento financiero asignado a su desarrollo. +Se trata de una decisión política que la comisión parlamentaria y la Comisión de Control Presupuestario han de adoptar, y el mensaje que, por lo tanto, hay que transmitir a la Sra. Schreyer -si no proviene de usted, Sr. Comisario, que provenga, al menos, de los servicios de la Comisión- es que queremos celebrar pronto una reunión con la Sra. Schreyer para discutir acerca del contenido de un PRS5 que habrá de presentarse al Parlamento lo antes posible y, lo que es aún más importante, incluir el personal adicional para OLAF. +Este Acuerdo entró en vigor el 24 de octubre de 1996 y su objetivo es alcanzar y mantener un alto nivel de seguridad nuclear a escala mundial, desarrollando medidas nacionales y estrechando la cooperación internacional, así como proveer a las centrales nucleares de protecciones eficaces ante posibles escapes radiactivos de forma que los individuos, la sociedad y el medio ambiente se encuentren a salvo de los efectos nocivos de las radiaciones iónicas procedentes de esas centrales. +Apoyo lo que ha dicho antes el Sr. Swoboda, pero ante la situación que tenemos actualmente en Turquía, es decir, ante la disposición a aprovechar las relaciones con los interlocutores europeos, en la propuesta de resolución de hoy deberíamos hablar de un modo mucho más concreto sobre las ayudas a Turquía y mostrar a nuestros amigos turcos que estamos ahí cuando necesitan nuestra ayuda y transmitirles la sensación de que no son vistos por nosotros de un modo general como enemigos, lo que antes del terremoto con frecuencia era así. +La finalidad principal es de dar un respiro al presupuesto rectificativo y suplementario nº 4/99, aprobado el pasado 16 de septiembre, proponiendo, de acuerdo con la propuesta formulada por la Comisión en ese momento, financiar mayores créditos; a saber: para PHARE 98 millones de euros, para TACIS 68 millones de euros, para las ayudas humanitarias a Turquía 15 millones de euros, para Kosovo 21 millones de euros, para la cooperación con Sudáfrica 20 millones de euros, para el medio ambiente y los bosques tropicales 10 millones de euros. +Si no he entendido mal, la próxima semana estará usted disponible también para examinar las cuestiones relativas a la ampliación, pero, como principio general, lo que ha iniciado usted hoy aquí es importante y se agradecería la oportunidad de proseguir este diálogo entre nuestras dos instituciones mediante mecanismos apropiados y formalizados, ya intervenga usted personalmente o por mediación de otros miembros del Colegio de Comisarios, según proceda, en otras semanas de celebración de períodos parciales de sesiones, en función del orden del día. +En igualdad de condiciones, si quiere, podemos situarlo en primer lugar, sin embargo, en mi opinión, el problema de los recursos humanos es dramáticamente importante para nuestro continente y, si no le ponemos remedio con urgencia mediante un programa muy amplio que intervenga en este sector, creo que ni siquiera la reducción de los impuestos, a pesar de tener un contenido y de ofrecer una contribución muy fuerte, bastará para conseguir el desarrollo de la industria europea. +La segunda cuestión, que está relacionada con el objeto principal de mi pregunta, es si no ha pensado la Comisión que, de la misma manera que hay una directiva, la directiva SEVESO, que prevé la protección de los trabajadores y de los ciudadanos, en las zonas de las instalaciones, frente a accidentes en empresas industriales, habría que tomar algunas medidas para la protección, de las empresas industriales especialmente, frente a catástrofes naturales como los seísmos. +Lo que entonces sucedería es que la Unión Europea se jactaría de haber reducido su contaminación, de haber reducido sus emisiones, pero al precio de, en primer lugar, la pérdida de puestos de trabajo europeos, y en segundo lugar, el mundo no habría reducido sus niveles de contaminación en lo más mínimo; sencillamente se habría exportado la contaminación. +Este plan propone también medidas orientadas a diversos sectores de consumo y destinadas a intensificar los conocimientos en materia de energía y la práctica en esferas como la adquisición de electrodomésticos, la utilización de energía en el hogar, las instalaciones de los edificios, los sistemas de calefacción, la gestión energética en la industria, el sector de los servicios y el sector público. +Quisiera añadir que, a lo largo del debate celebrado el 14 de octubre en la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, y a la vista de la preocupación mostrada en particular por el artículo 2, todos los miembros de la comisión acordamos una enmienda que ahora figura como último párrafo del artículo 2 y que reza lo siguiente: "Dicho artículo se aplicará sin perjuicio de los requisitos de confidencialidad establecidos en la ley, o sea, en los Tratados, o establecidos en el Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo" . +Es, para la Unión Europea, la ocasión de reafirmar su deber moral que consiste en tender la mano al mundo en desarrollo; la ocasión para mostrar hasta qué punto queremos luchar contra la pobreza, contra la injusticia, contra las discriminaciones de todo tipo, contra la falta de democracia, contra los ataques a los derechos humanos y contra la libertad. +Frente a este Banco Central o a este santo Banco - no sé exactamente cómo calificarlo -, del cual su vicepresidente, el Sr. Noyer, nos explicaba recientemente de una forma afectada, pero en inglés, hasta qué punto éste se sentía responsable del largo plazo cuando los gobiernos cedían a los caprichos del corto plazo ya que estaban sometidos a las incertidumbres del sufragio universal, frente, por tanto, a cualquier poder de este Banco, el excelente informe del Sr. Huhne reclama más transparencia, sin atreverse por otro lado a reclamarle lo que podía pasar por exhibición, es decir, salir del anonimato de las decisiones. +Los ciudadanos europeos, señor Presidente, se interesan y se preocupan principalmente por el contenido de la política del Banco Central Europeo, de la Unión Europea y de los Estados miembros; una política que da prioridad absoluta a la llamada estabilidad monetaria y a los intereses del gran capital financiero, y el precio que han de pagar es una reducción dramática del empleo y la destrucción total del llamado modelo social europeo. +Las orientaciones monetarias del BCE, que se basan en el cumplimiento del Pacto de Estabilidad y de sus criterios de convergencia nominal y priman la estabilidad de precios, acaban siendo determinantes para las políticas nacionales y europeas en las más diversas esferas económicas y sociales, incluidas las perspectivas presupuestarias de la Unión Europea y de los Estados miembros. +Como probablemente esperaba el Parlamento, la cumbre estuvo dominada inevitablemente por las conversaciones directas sobre Chechenia, como ha indicado la Presidencia, en las que la Unión Europea presionó por una reducción de la escalada, por la vuelta al diálogo político, por una utilización proporcional de la fuerza para atajar el terrorismo y por que se encuentre una solución a la crisis humanitaria. +En ese sentido, quiero manifestar mi coincidencia con el Sr. Hatzidakis y con algún otro orador y lamentar que el Comité Europeo de Normalización no haya alcanzado todavía un acuerdo que permitiría a los Estados miembros legislar conforme a lo que ha de ser la normativa definitiva; y no verse abocados, si es que hoy y a lo largo de las próximas semanas no somos capaces de modificar la actual Directiva, a legislar para volver a cambiar dentro de poco tiempo la legislación, con todos los problemas que ello acarrearía. +En el caso de Marruecos y de este acuerdo de pesca, tampoco es posible volver a ignorar los derechos del pueblo saharaui, empezando por su derecho a la autodeterminación, su derecho a constituir un Estado independiente, si opta por ello, y a proteger las riquezas naturales de su territorio, ya se trate de los yacimientos de fosfato o, en particular, de los recursos de su litoral marítimo, que se encuentran amenazados por este acuerdo. +La cuestión de la seguridad alimentaria se ha convertido en un aspecto de crucial importancia en nuestras sociedades, diría incluso una exigencia de nuestros conciudadanos Por ello, pienso que es preciso proceder a exámenes científicos más exhaustivos en el seno del Comité Científico teniendo en cuenta todos los datos más recientes en espera de las pruebas de diagnóstico precoz que podrían aplicarse a los animales vivos y reforzando los controles a todos los niveles. +En primer lugar, aquellos, como los interlocutores sociales o el Banco Central, que tienen una influencia directa en los factores de la ecuación tales como la formación de los salarios o el nivel de los tipos de interés y después, en segundo lugar, en un grupo particular, la Comisión Europea y los asesores de la Comisión con vistas, por ejemplo, a la combinación de políticas. +la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0041/1999) de la Sra. Smet, en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, sobre la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Directiva 93/104/CE del Consejo relativa a determinados aspectos de la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo, para incluir los sectores y actividades excluidos de dicha Directiva (8642/1/1999 - C5-0036/1999 - 1998/0318 (COD)). +Y entre las enmiendas socialistas, hay una, que puso de relieve la Sra. Wallis, que señala la posición especial de las regiones ultraperiféricas, que se encuentran totalmente separadas del territorio comunitario, muy alejadas de él y que, por tanto, en la aplicación del Derecho comunitario, de conformidad con el nuevo artículo 299.2 del Tratado, no pueden estar reguladas por las mismas normas que se aplican al mercado interior comunitario en el ámbito continental. +En efecto, como Unión Europea y como Estados miembros, deberíamos tener el valor de pedir y favorecer la entrada de cientos de miles de personas que, hoy, sólo por el hecho de venir de fuera de la Unión Europea pueden cubrir los trabajos con un nivel de innovación más alto porque no es sólo la formación de la mano de obra, de la fuerza de trabajo actualmente existente dentro de la Unión Europea que puede hacerlo. +. (EN) Señor Presidente, la Comisión tiene el placer de participar en lo que es el paso final para la adopción del Programa Daphne 2000-2003, un programa de acción comunitario, de cuatro años de duración, basado en la experiencia de la iniciativa Daphne, cuando el Parlamento Europeo en 1997, por primera vez, incluyó partidas presupuestarias para combatir la violencia contra los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres. +La Comisión ha empleado en los últimos años créditos para asegurar la seguridad de servicio de las centrales nucleares sobre las que hoy hablamos aquí mientras no se desconecten, si bien tales medidas se centran en mejorar la cultura de seguridad en esos países, en la creación de autoridades supervisoras independientes o en la formación de personas que puedan ejercer tal supervisión. +Sabido es que en la Unión Europea se mantiene en niveles elevados la violencia contra los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres, lo que constituye una violación de su derecho a la vida, la seguridad, la libertad, la dignidad y la integridad física y emocional, así como una grave amenaza para la salud física y mental de las víctimas de la violencia. +Los objetivos centrales en el caso de Afganistán son, entre otros, las consecución de una paz estable, el fomento del diálogo interno en Afganistán respaldando, en particular, el papel fundamental de las Naciones Unidas, el avance de la estabilización y del desarrollo de Afganistán mediante la paz y la intensificación de la lucha contra las drogas ilegales y el terrorismo. +Pero, para responder a la pregunta, señalaría que en Yugoslavia, teniendo en cuenta, por ejemplo, las medidas de la policía y su comportamiento agresivo hacia las manifestaciones, así como la actitud del régimen de Milosevic hacia la prensa y hacia la libertad de información, las circunstancias actuales son tales, que, por el momento, no se dan las condiciones necesarias para organizar unas elecciones democráticas libres en Yugoslavia. +Sin embargo, este informe recoge principios fundamentales que nos parecen esenciales, como el principio de cautela, las normas sobre los métodos y los procedimientos de producción; el informe hace hincapié, en particular, en el etiquetado de los alimentos, para garantizar la aplicación de la seguridad alimentaria, y en la necesidad de adoptar una posición más favorable a los países en vías de desarrollo. +Este edificio antipopular, antidemocrático y autoritario, construido para servir al gran capital, será derribado por los propios pueblos, mediante la resistencia, la intervención, el cambio de la correlación de fuerzas. Para construir la Europa de la paz y la cooperación, de la amistad y la igualdad entre los pueblos, de la verdadera Democracia y de la Libertad, de la prosperidad económica en beneficio de los trabajadores. +Es importante que en esa agenda legislativa se recojan los tratamientos especiales que establece el apartado 2 del artículo 299 del Tratado CE para los departamentos franceses de Ultramar, las Azores, Madeira y las islas Canarias, porque, de no ser así, llegaríamos a una posición y a una situación en la cual estas regiones europeas, vitales para cada uno de nuestros Estados y para la Unión Europea, se encontrarían en absoluta desventaja con respecto al conjunto de la Unión Europea. +Curiosamente, este desarme arancelario del APIM no ha producido el efecto deseado en las industrias sensibles de Canarias, por lo que las autoridades españolas, las autoridades canarias y los operadores económicos afectados han solicitado a las autoridades comunitarias la modificación del Reglamento nº 1911/91 con objeto de paralizar el desarme del APIM hasta junio del año 2000, asunto que la Comisión Europea ha entendido. +Y por último, permítanme hacer una referencia a un tema absolutamente clave para nosotros: el crecimiento, la estabilidad y el empleo, tema en el que la línea iniciada en Luxemburgo, seguida en Cardiff, Colonia y Helsinki, tiene que concretarse en la próxima cumbre de cara a la Presidencia portuguesa porque entendemos que, para tener un futuro próspero en la Unión, tenemos que ser capaces de ser más competitivos y generar más crecimiento económico, pero poniendo el énfasis en el empleo y en la cohesión social, que es y debe ser nuestra primera prioridad. +Yo creo que todos estamos de acuerdo en que los ciudadanos y ciudadanas de Europa tienen derecho a respirar un aire más sano, y en la última publicación de la Agencia Europea de Medio Ambiente se señala que en la mayoría de las ciudades reina una contaminación del aire que resulta perjudicial para la salud y que en las 115 ciudades europeas de mayor tamaño casi 40 millones de personas están sometidas a un nivel superior al establecido en las directrices para la calidad del aire de la OMS, en lo que respecta a un contaminante por lo menos. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5­0064/1999) de la Sra. González Álvarez, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, sobre la posición común adoptada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establece un plan de seguimiento de emisiones específicas medias de dióxido de carbono de los turismos nuevos (COM(1998) 348 ­ C5­0041/1999 ­ 1998/0202(COD)). +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0044/1999) del Sr. Sjöstedt, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo sobre la aprobación, en nombre de la Comunidad, de las enmiendas a los Anexos del Convenio sobre la protección del medio marino de la zona del mar Báltico (Convenio de Helsinki) (COM(1999) 128 - C4-0218/1999 - 1999/0077(CNS)). +Para plasmar en el texto de la propuesta un tratamiento adecuado de este problema no resuelto, en el seno del Consejo se está consensuando la incorporación de un nuevo punto 7 en el que se recojan las características externas que deben reunir, para su comercialización en las áreas mediterráneas de la Comunidad, las especies forestales mejor adaptadas a sus difíciles condiciones de suelo y clima. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, distinguidas señoras y señores, todos estamos de acuerdo en que la moneda común constituye la condición previa para que el mercado interior funcione, en que una moneda estable constituye también una aportación a la seguridad social y económica de Europa y en que, por esta razón, el euro es también, en definitiva, una historia exitosa pues ha tenido como consecuencia la reducción del déficit en nuestros Estados miembros y un descenso de la inflación. +Aunque en este tema el compromiso en nuestra comisión fue especialmente arduo, los hechos parecen darnos la razón ya que, tras el acuerdo político logrado en el Consejo de ministros último, tanto los lomos de atún como el arenque salen del sistema de suspensiones arancelarias, además de otra serie de correcciones que afectan a otros productos comprendidos en el anexo V. +En lo concerniente a las organizaciones de productores, es verdad que hay que responsabilizarlas aún más, si cabe, tanto en lo que se refiere a la organización del mercado como a la gestión racional de los recursos; sin embargo, sería conveniente -y en este sentido subrayo la pertinencia de la enmienda 67, presentada por mi Grupo político- que los Estados miembros pudieran conceder ayudas complementarias a las organizaciones de productores que fomentan medidas de valoración de las especies pescadas y de adecuación de la oferta a la demanda a través de acciones estructurales del IFOP. +Señor Presidente, el Comisario Lamy y otros oradores se han referido a la reunión de Seattle como un fracaso, pero sigo creyendo que si la Unión Europea y los Estados Unidos, en particular, aprenden la lección de estas últimas semanas, la reunión de Seattle podría pasar a la historia no como un fracaso, sino como el momento en que los dirigentes del mundo se dieron cuenta por fin de que deben enfocar el comercio internacional de una manera radicalmente diferente. +En términos generales, se trata de un enfoque o, mejor dicho, de una intención loable y en línea con el Protocolo de Montreal que al mismo tiempo, sin embargo, no tiene en cuenta algunos hechos. En primer lugar, el hecho de que los demás países firmantes del Protocolo, entre los cuales están los Estados Unidos, prevén plazos más largos para el cese de la producción de los hidroclorofluorocarburos; en segundo lugar, que los hidroclorofluorocarburos, a la vista de los conocimientos actuales, representan la única verdadera alternativa, en el ámbito de los antiincendio, a los halógenos, principales enemigos de la capa de ozono, cuyo uso está generalizado en los países en vías de desarrollo. +. Señor Presidente, el Programa TACIS ha dedicado sus mejores esfuerzos a apoyar a Mongolia, Rusia y el resto de los Nuevos Estados Independientes en la realización de reformas y en la reestructuración política y administrativa de sus instituciones sociales y económicas para facilitar la construcción de una sociedad democrática que se apoye en una economía de mercado libre. +Para finalizar quisiera reiterar mi gratitud hacia todos los colegas de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política de los Consumidores por haber dado luz verde a las enmiendas presentadas por la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural. Considero fundamental que el Parlamento Europeo hable hoy con una sola voz y emita una señal unívoca con respecto a este tema crucial para los consumidores. +criticamos la decisión de desarrollar los medios de la Unión Europea para la gestión militar de crisis, en el ámbito de una política común europea reforzada en materia de seguridad y defensa, concebida en el desarrollo y el fortalecimiento del pilar europeo de la OTAN, del mismo modo que rechazamos la visión militarista de recurso a la guerra para la resolución de conflictos internacionales. +Por nuestra parte, no vemos ninguna solución mejor que la restauración de un nuevo orden internacional del comercio, que respete la soberanía de los Estados, su ritmo y sus modalidades de desarrollo, que respete sus tradiciones también, tradiciones que no disolveremos de un golpe de varita mágica porque habremos impuesto las elecciones, los derechos humanos y lo que llamamos, demasiado apresuradamente, democracia. +Hemos tenido noticias de que el enviado especial del Sr. Baker, que, como sabe usted muy bien, ha mediado entre saharauis y marroquíes con bastante éxito -también es triste que sea un norteamericano y no un europeo quien haya mediado-, hemos tenido noticias, digo, de que el Sr. Charles Dunbar, representante especial del Sr. Baker, ha tirado la toalla porque ha dicho que no puede soportar que continuamente el Reino de Marruecos esté en contra de las propuestas que las Naciones Unidas hacen para agilizar y para garantizar un referéndum justo con respecto a la autonomía del Sáhara. +La resolución aprobada ayer por este Parlamento quedará en la historia política de este hemiciclo como una pieza central característica de la total ausencia de memoria política, definidora de la histeria política que hoy es impuesta por la manipulación mediática al servicio de intereses belicistas y agresores y hace olvidar los valores de la paz, la justicia y la soberanía de las naciones. +En primer lugar, es verdad que el calendario de ejecución es ambicioso pero lo cierto es que estamos progresando bien, con el acuerdo sobre la Euroinsignia a punto de concertarse; directivas sobre el transporte ferroviario ante el Consejo; la encuesta sobre los costos portuarios en poder de los Estados miembros; propuestas sobre tasas de aeropuertos; tarifas aéreas en estudio; el Comité de Expertos Gubernamentales se ha reunido y ha encargado al grupo de alto nivel que informe sobre los métodos seguidos para calcular los costos. +En este estadio, nos parece que en el caso de los Estados miembros que tienen carácter insular, ya se ha señalado en esta Casa, debe reflexionarse sobre la posibilidad de una regulación relativa al peso más estricta que la propuesta inicialmente por la Comisión. Esto por la razón obvia de que las comunicaciones con el resto del mercado europeo no tienen lugar exclusivamente por carretera. +El marco de actuación está dirigido al Parlamento Europeo. El Parlamento desempeñará una función clave en el proceso de modernización del marco de los servicios financieros, sobre la base de los resultados conseguidos por el grupo en que participan los representantes de los ministros de Finanzas y del informe del Parlamento. +Nos sirve de algún consuelo el hecho de que el programa verá la luz bajo los auspicios del Tratado de Amsterdam y que el nuevo artículo 152 sobre la salud pública permite a la Comunidad Europea una acción más amplia, más enérgica y, esperamos, también más sinérgica en el ámbito de la prevención y de la lucha contra las enfermedades, así como de la prevención de la violencia. +Como las cervecerías luxemburguesas no tardarían nada en alcanzar dicho techo dadas las reducidas dimensiones de su mercado, esta normativa desembocaría en una situación totalmente absurda. Podría darse el caso de que una gran cervecería alemana, como por ejemplo la Bitburger, cuya producción supera con creces la de la mayor cervecería luxemburguesa, pudiera seguir firmando contratos de suministro de cerveza en Luxemburgo con los bares luxemburgueses, puesto que aún no habría alcanzado el límite del 40 % en el enorme mercado de referencia alemán, en tanto que la cervecería luxemburguesa ya no tendría este derecho y quedaría eliminada. +Esta discusión viene de largo y yo digo por lo tanto que la Comisión Europea actúa en esto como si fuera la secretaría de las fuerzas conservadoras del BCE, que argumentan que la segunda tarea que tiene el BCE según el artículo 105 del Tratado, es decir el apoyo a la política económica cuando la estabilidad de precios queda suficientemente asegurada, ya está lo suficientemente atendida garantizando la estabilidad de precios misma. +Cuando en la preparación de la Cumbre de Luxemburgo presenté la propuesta sobre el denominado IVA social -por cierto, no fui el primero porque ya me habían precedido algunos selectos miembros de este Parlamento- estaba convencido de actuar siguiendo el espíritu del Libro Blanco de Delors, que ya había señalado que en Europa se nos había metido en la cabeza un sistema que ha encarecido mucho el trabajo, muy caro en comparación con el despilfarro de energía, de materias primas y con la libertad total de circulación de capitales. +Usted ha situado el mercado en el lugar central y ha declarado que es preciso aprovechar plenamente y en su totalidad las oportunidades que éste ofrece, ya que esta es la vía más adecuada para promover el crecimiento y el empleo, pero también ha mencionado el marco de condiciones y reglas del juego equitativas que son necesarias, puesto que el mercado no las establece por sí mismo. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0128/99), del Sr. Fitzsimons, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a las medidas que deben adoptarse contra las emisiones de gases contaminantes y de partículas contaminantes procedentes de motores destinados a propulsar tractores agrícolas o forestales y por la que se modifica la Directiva 74/150/CEE del Consejo (COM(98)0472 - C4-0512/98-98/0247(COD)) +Al igual que el Acuerdo interino, este nuevo Acuerdo recoge con especial énfasis lo que ha sido una de las principales exigencias del Parlamento Europeo y a la que la Comisión y el Consejo de ministros ha otorgado la máxima prioridad: la cláusula de respeto a los principios democráticos y a los derechos humanos fundamentales, como elemento esencial y fundamento de esta relación. +La Presidencia alemana de la UE siempre se ha marcado como objetivo informar al Parlamento Europeo sobre los avances de los preparativos relacionados con la integración de Schengen. Por tanto, me alegro de tener la oportunidad de demostrarlo en el contexto de este debate, puesto que el tema de la información y la forma en la que ésta se ha dado a conocer han desempeñado un papel fundamental. +Esta mañana hemos propuesto que sean el presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, el presidente de la Subcomisión de Derechos Humanos, el Vicepresidente del Parlamento Europeo, Renzo Imbeni, y el presidente de la Delegación para las Relaciones con la Europa Sudoriental quienes vayan a verle para que les informe de la situación en Kosovo, su propia experiencia y sus propuestas para el futuro. +Confío en que la petición del Parlamento Europeo lleve tanto al Consejo como a la Comisión a cuantificar la dotación financiera y/o el número de población admitida y la posibilidad de poder otorgar ayudas de Estado, sin perjuicio de falsear la competencia, sobre la base de la letra c) del apartado 3 del artículo 92 del Tratado, como se ha hecho en otros casos llamados especiales. +El Grupo de los Verdes vota en contra la recomendación sobre el reglamento del Fondo de Cohesión porque en él no se ha tenido seriamente en cuenta casi ninguna de las peticiones innovadoras formuladas por el Parlamento Europeo en la primera lectura con el fin de fortalecer e integrar el papel del Fondo de Cohesión dentro de la política estructural europea. +Como eso es así y no de otra manera, me veo obligada a decidirme después de una larga reflexión a respaldar definitivamente el informe sobre la reforma de la Política Agrícola Común en el marco de la Agenda 2000 a fin de dar luz verde para que la decisión política adoptada por los ministros de Agricultura y la Cumbre de Berlín pueda ser aprobada por el Consejo de Ministros en su versión legislativa. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, efectivamente, como usted ha mencionado, el Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas había presentado una propuesta de resolución pero, a la vista de las presentadas tanto por el Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo como por el Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos, no tenemos ningún inconveniente en sumarnos a las mismas, y esta es la razón por la que hemos retirado la nuestra. +La negociación sobre la OMC, el comercio mundial, será el banco de pruebas para Europa, para ver si será capaz de condicionar la primacía absoluta del libre intercambio de mercancías, hoy dominante, a las necesidades de protección de las condiciones de los trabajadores en el mundo, de las condiciones medioambientales y sanitarias de las poblaciones del mundo y de Europa en particular. +Por último, ya que tengo el tiempo contado, quisiera simplemente lanzarle un llamamiento diciendo que la Comisión no es sólo la ejecutante de las decisiones del Consejo o del Parlamento Europeo y que ahora tal vez hayamos perdido un poco el gusto por el encanto discreto de las normas con las longitudes de los resortes de ascensores y que desearíamos más iniciativas de la Comisión en relación con los problemas de la sociedad civil. +En efecto, si logra llevar a buen término a la vez la Cumbre extraordinaria de Tampere, que versará sobre la seguridad de los ciudadanos, la preparación de la Europa de la defensa mediante la integración de la UEO en la Unión Europea, el lanzamiento de una nueva ronda sobre la ampliación en diciembre y, por último, la aplicación del Pacto de Estabilidad para el sudeste de Europa, la Presidencia finlandesa habrá sido una gran Presidencia de transición hacia el siglo XXI. +Creo que, ante la seriedad del tema, hubiera sido preferible contar con una declaración del Presidente de la Comisión, con vistas al documento que esperamos del Sr. Kinnock, sobre la reforma institucional, esperar a un informe elaborado por el órgano competente de esta Asamblea y plantear, en ese momento, la posición del Parlamento sobre el funcionamiento futuro de la Comisión. +En cuanto a la transparencia -ya lo hemos dicho, señor Presidente- nuestro Grupo le otorga su plena confianza, una confianza que, obviamente, depende de los resultados que usted y su Comisión lograrán, una confianza que depende de la demostración de la vigencia de esas grandes cualidades morales y profesionales de cada uno de los Comisarios, sobre las cuales vamos a vigilar con todos los medios y en todas las formas, también en aquellas formas mejores de transparencia que usted nos ha garantizado. +Y no se trata de simples asuntos generales que han de resolverse en un futuro, sino que insto expresamente al Consejo a que en virtud de las últimas tendencias en el ámbito de los flujos de refugiados y en materia de asilo introduzca mediante decisión del Consejo, el voto por mayoría en estos temas en el plazo prescrito de cinco años, con la consecuencia automática que se prevé en estos casos, a saber, el respeto de los derechos de codecisión del Parlamento Europeo. +Si bien subrayamos el interesante movimiento iniciado en las relaciones entre esta institución y el Parlamento, así como nuestra voluntad de trabajar en pro del éxito de la reforma administrativa anunciada, expresé el convencimiento de que, para responder a las esperanzas apremiantes de nuestros conciudadanos, habría hecho falta tomar la iniciativa de cambios significativos que afecten no sólo al funcionamiento de la Comisión, sino también a sus propias orientaciones políticas. +Las propuestas sobre la ayuda en la colaboración policial y judicial en las cuestiones penales, así como las distintas propuestas sobre la creación del ámbito jurídico europeo, encubren la ayuda y la posterior ampliación de las posibilidades operativas de la Europol y de las autoridades nacionales poniendo en grave peligro los derechos democráticos fundamentales y las libertades públicas. +Pero justamente estos mismos sentimientos solidarios hacia el pueblo turco, son los que exigen que esta catástrofe de los terremotos no sea considerada como una coartada y que no se desbloqueen los fondos de financiación si el régimen turco no avanza en el cumplimiento de las condiciones sobre el respeto de los derechos humanos, de Chipre y de la cuestión kurda, de tal manera que muestre que, en todo caso, tiene la intención de dar determinados pasos. +En tercer lugar, por último, hay que añadir, en el ámbito científico, la necesidad de examinar detalladamente y completar los conocimientos y métodos científicos de que disponemos para la producción de alimentos y piensos seguros; asimismo, los métodos de detección y los máximos de las diferentes substancias que contaminan los alimentos, así como la adecuación de los ingredientes alimentarios procedentes de diferentes residuos animales o vegetales o del reciclaje, como, por ejemplo, del reciclaje de aceites. +Lo mismo cabe decir sobre la revisión de las perspectivas financieras que es necesaria también a causa de la ayuda a Kosovo, de la reparación de los daños de los terremotos de Turquía y los acuerdos de pesca de Marruecos, y no está desligada del hecho de que en la categoría IV no haya en este momento dinero suficiente para realizar todos esos proyectos que el Consejo y la Comisión quieren llevar a cabo con sus propuestas. +La evaluación puso de relieve que SAVE es un instrumento normativo valioso para fomentar la eficiencia energética, pero subrayó que era necesaria una estrategia clara y coherente para las acciones experimentales, que la difusión de los resultados es la clave para el éxito a largo plazo y que la eficacia a largo plazo requiere mejorar la supervisión permanente y el análisis de las repercusiones. +Naturalmente, es preciso que trabajemos juntos con otras organizaciones y por ello tuve especial cuidado en dar cuenta de nuestro trabajo con la Cruz Roja, con el Programa Mundial de Alimentos, con el ACNUR y con otras organizaciones involucradas, por ejemplo, la OMS, precisamente para conseguir que quedara claro que ésta es una operación humanitaria; sin embargo, creo que también es positivo que la población y la clase política serbias vean que el resto del mundo también está preparado para ayudar de esta forma. +El estatuto de candidato y las señales de apertura están bien, siempre que se tenga el valor de repetir ante todo a nosotros mismos que será difícil acoger a Turquía en la Unión Europea mientras el Gobierno turco siga ignorando las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad sobre la invasión de Chipre, mientras continué negando la existencia de una minoría kurda hablando genéricamente de terroristas, y mientras Öcalan no quede libre de la amenaza de la pena de muerte. +Le preguntaría al Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo -ya que no tiene datos sobre la reducción de las poblaciones de atún- si tiene noticia sobre el fracaso de la desovación del salmón durante el último año en el río de Tornio, entre Finlandia y Suecia, y si el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo llamará la atención del Comisario responsable de pesca sobre el hecho de que la pesca con redes de malla a la deriva debería ser limitada también en el Báltico y no únicamente en las zonas mencionadas del atún atlántico. +El mercado de trabajo, la formación inicial y la formación continua son sectores clave para la promoción activa de la mujer, y las medidas de acompañamiento, como por ejemplo la atención de las personas dependientes, son muy importantes justamente en el caso de las mujeres y contribuyen a facilitarles el acceso al mercado de trabajo. +También tenemos problemas con las demás categorías, como por ejemplo en la categoría 3, que incluye los que han sido tradicionalmente los puntos centrales de nuestra política: la política medioambiental, los programas de formación de los jóvenes, la investigación, las redes transeuropeas, con sus oportunidades para la creación de empleo y la mejora de nuestra competitividad a escala mundial. +Señora Presidenta, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, señor Comisario, Señorías, deseo ante todo felicitar a la Presidencia finlandesa por el éxito que ha sido Tampere al abrir una nueva etapa en el desarrollo de la ciudadanía europea, atendiendo al siempre difícil equilibrio entre libertad y seguridad, y ello demuestra que no solamente estamos haciendo una Unión basada en libertades para las mercancías, los servicios y los capitales, sino también para responder a la libertad de establecimiento y de desplazamiento de las ciudadanas y los ciudadanos. +Esa reforma, que todos sabemos, en lo más profundo de nosotros, que es necesaria, no es sólo y tampoco en primer lugar cuestión de tiempo, es en primer lugar una cuestión de voluntad política, de lucidez sobre nuestro propio funcionamiento actual y sus insuficiencias; es cuestión de valor, de valor colectivo, que tendremos o no tendremos, para conceder esta vez la prioridad a la Unión, para conceder la prioridad a una visión a largo plazo, que supera -lo sabemos perfectamente, aunque sea difícil- las prudencias y los intereses inmediatos. +Y esto porque, a pesar de la buena voluntad de cada uno y de muchos colegas - a quienes les doy las gracias - esta Institución no ha encontrado ninguna solución a la situación de los diputados no inscritos, una situación que es intolerable desde el punto de vista administrativo y financiero y todavía más desde el punto de vista de las prerrogativas parlamentarias. En efecto, no tenemos facultades ni de enmienda ni de resolución. +Antes de comenzar a exponer la posición de la Comisión relativa a las enmiendas aprobadas por el Parlamento el 16 de septiembre, permítanme hacer hincapié en que la Comisión ha intentado examinar las sugerencias del Parlamento con el mismo espíritu con el que estoy seguro que las presentó el Parlamento, a saber, cuál es la mejor manera de realizar nuestro esfuerzo colectivo europeo sobre el terreno en Kosovo y en toda la región. +En cierto modo, el cinismo del método "Michelin" ha tenido como consecuencia una decuplicación del fenómeno de rechazo que provoca cada vez más esa estrategia capitalista moderna, la de share-holder value, la creación de valores para el accionariado, que consiste en subordinarlo todo, y en primer lugar esos costos insoportables, en su opinión, que representan los puestos de trabajo, a las exigencias bulímicas de los accionistas financieros de la empresa. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0027/1999) del Sr. Hatzidakis, en nombre de la Comisión de Transportes, Política Regional y Turismo, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Directiva 96/49/CE sobre la aproximación de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros relativas al transporte de mercancías peligrosas por ferrocarril [COM(1999)0157 - C5-0005/1999 - 1999/0087(COD)]. +Pero ayudando de la mejor manera posible a ambas partes: a Angola, por un lado, y a los Estados de la Unión Europea y a las regiones que pescan, por otro, con el control de este Parlamento y de acuerdo con las enmiendas que la Comisión de Pesca ha presentado respecto a este importante Acuerdo, que tiene, como acaba de ser reflejado aquí, una dimensión política notable, además de unas dimensiones económicas y financieras. +Creo que si no abordamos el aspecto de la producción de forma integrada, es decir, desde el momento en que se eligen las materias primas del automóvil pasando por la manufactura del mismo, el proceso de producción, el uso y, finalmente, el reciclado o disposición final del automóvil cuando ya no lo usa el comprador, no vamos realmente a conseguir tomar medidas que sean realmente significativas en el campo de la reducción de los gases de efecto invernadero. +Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con las observaciones del Sr. MacCormick sobre la situación de los artistas, que habría que extender a todo el ámbito de la creación intelectual, que se encuentra con un déficit dentro de la Comunidad Europea, sobre todo en materia de competitividad exterior, y estoy también de acuerdo con su observación sobre la necesidad de garantizar la libre circulación y el libre ejercicio de la profesión intelectual dentro de la Comunidad Europea. +Allí donde la energía nuclear contribuye a alcanzar los objetivos de reducción de las emisiones de CO2, aumentan paralelamente nuestros problemas medioambientales por los residuos nucleares y eso va en contra de los objetivos de la comunicación de la Comisión aquí presentada, que aboga por una integración más eficaz del medio ambiente en la política energética. +Sin embargo también creo que existe una contradicción que quizás tenga que ver en su totalidad con la falta de decisión que existe en la política energética dentro de la Unión Europea cuando usted ve a la postre la seguridad en los casos mencionados en el cierre -en lo que coincido con usted-, pero cuando se trata de centrales nucleares equiparables en los Estados de la CEI, quiere garantizar dicha seguridad mediante modernizaciones y el impulso de las medidas de seguridad por parte de la Unión Europea. +¿Piensa la Comisión Europea mantener el compromiso adquirido por el Comisario Sr. Brittan, ante la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores del Parlamento Europeo, que de no cumplirse íntegramente los términos del Acuerdo, la Unión Europea volvería a solicitar la apertura de un panel ante las instancias de la Organización Mundial del Comercio? +Como se puso de manifiesto en la reunión histórica -es el adjetivo que, acertadamente, ha utilizado el Alto Representante- que ha celebrado esta semana el Consejo de Asuntos Generales al que asistieron los ministros de Defensa, los Estados miembros creen que una mayor cooperación en el ámbito de la seguridad y la defensa en la Unión Europea aportará dos ventajas principales. +En efecto, de conformidad con el artículo 18 del Tratado de la Unión Europea, la Comisión Europea debe participar plenamente en todos los aspectos de la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común y nuestro Grupo se propone defender, por consiguiente, en todo momento los intereses de la Comisión, porque éstos son también los intereses de la Unión Europea, y por esto vamos a recabar también su colaboración en interés de Europa, una colaboración que yo creo que la personalidad de ambos garantiza que será excelente. +Y en cuanto al papel del Parlamento, creo que hemos demostrado en estos años nuestra capacidad de ayuda y de acompañamiento y entiendo que, desde el punto de vista de lo que pueden y deben ser la dimensión y el desarrollo de la defensa y la seguridad común de la Unión, podemos desempeñar un papel importante en relación con el resto del mundo; creo que en esta ocasión debemos ofrecer nuestra colaboración y nuestra mejor actitud. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0056/1999) de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades, sobre la posición común del Consejo (9150/1/1999 - C5-0181/1999 - 1998/0192(COD)))con vistas a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se aprueba un programa de acción comunitario (Programa DAPHNE) (2000-2003), sobre medidas preventivas destinadas a combatir la violencia ejercida sobre los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres (Ponente: Sra. Avilés Perea) +El segundo aspecto atañe a la agricultura para la cual, junto con una mayor liberalización del mercado en favor de los países en desarrollo, hay que pedir, aparte del mantenimiento de los principios comunitarios -el apoyo a la política medioambiental, la definición de una política alimentaria en defensa del consumidor- la protección de las características y de los productos agrícolas típicamente nacionales +Según el artículo 18 de la Resolución conjunta del Parlamento y del Consejo sobre la red de comunicaciones a nivel europeo, los Estados miembros entregan regularmente a la Comisión sus programas nacionales y los programas que diseñen para desarrollar la red de comunicaciones a nivel europeo, sobre todo, los proyectos especificados en la Resolución y que afecten a los intereses comunes. +Precisamente la difusión de la pena de muerte representa una de las violaciones más intolerables de la dignidad y del derecho a la vida de cada individuo: una violación que lamentamos profundamente y a la que queremos hacer frente recordando, por ejemplo, que el mismo proceso de ampliación de la Unión se está demostrando no solo como un factor de paz y de seguridad del Continente, sino también como un camino para que los países candidatos superen dicha barbarie. +Quisiera respetar aproximadamente mi tiempo de uso de la palabra, pero en el marco de este debate conviene recordar que no debemos tomar en consideración únicamente el punto de vista nórdico, ni la pasión desbordada de los enamorados de los bosques austríacos, sino que entre en nuestra zona, en el centro de la UE, y también en Alemania, concedemos una gran importancia a las cláusulas de liberalización, con objeto de que todo el planteamiento siga siendo realmente factible. +Sobre uno de estos productos, por poner un ejemplo, el de los lomos de atún, dicho estudio está estableciendo niveles de déficit de entre 1.500 y 3.000 toneladas, es decir que, alegremente y sin datos contrastados, la Comisión estaba dispuesta a ahogar un sector comunitario con miles de puestos de trabajo, así como sus propios sistemas de ayuda al desarrollo a los países SPG-Droga y ACP por una necesidad de importación real inferior a 3.000 toneladas que pueden cubrirse perfectamente con el sistema actual de contingentes arancelarios. +También prevé el Reglamento que si un diputado electo abandonare el Parlamento antes de que se apruebe en el Pleno el presente informe, se examinará su vacante y la provisión de la misma, de conformidad con el artículo 8 de nuestro Reglamento interno y de acuerdo con las disposiciones aplicables del Acta de 20 de septiembre de 1976, en un procedimiento separado, independiente de este informe y que tendrá lugar en el momento oportuno. +Puesto que consideramos a Turquía como un país amigo, nosotros deseamos que consiga construir una auténtica sociedad civil, que consiga conceder una verdadera identidad a los kurdos, como parte étnicamente diferenciada de la población, obviamente dentro de la unidad estatal turca y en el marco de la nación turca, y confiamos en que el poder militar turco, que es aliado de Occidente -y esto es en realidad lo trágico-, también tenga en cuenta la proporcionalidad de los medios frente al problema kurdo y, cada vez que surjan problemas con los kurdos, no intente resolverlos por medios militares en lugar de recurrir al diálogo. +El Consejo Europeo de Colonia decidió que se redactara una Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea antes del Consejo Europeo de diciembre de 2000 y que la redacción corriera a cargo de un órgano compuesto de 15 representantes de los Jefes de Estado o de Gobierno, 16 diputados al Parlamento Europeo, incluido Su Señoría, 30 diputados a los parlamentos nacionales y yo, en representación del Presidente de la Comisión. +Señor Presidente, la discusión presupuestaria de este año ha sido tan extraña que, incluso entre el discurso del ponente general, al comienzo del debate, y mi propia intervención ha sucedido, por orden cronológico, lo siguiente: una reunión informal de la Comisión de Presupuestos, una reunión del Consejo presupuestario y una reunión de los grupos políticos. +Quince miembros son cinco menos de los que tiene la Comisión, pero en una institución relativamente pequeña como es el Tribunal de Cuentas, cualquier nueva ampliación supondrá un marcado incremento del peso de la cúspide y una mayor inercia, que ya se manifiesta muy nítidamente en la actualidad en la lentitud excesiva del procedimiento necesario hasta que el Tribunal de Cuentas hace público su informe. +El plan no carecía de este requisito y, por tanto, enfocar este debate sobre la base de que el plan de exportación en base a la fecha no exigía el establecimiento de dichos términos induciría a engaño, porque sería injusto para los científicos que determinaron las medidas necesarias para garantizar que la exportación de carne de vacuno británica no encierra ningún peligro, y también sería injusto para la Comisión en el enfoque que ha adoptado hasta ahora. +No creo que se estimen adecuadamente ni que se tomen seriamente en consideración, al menos a juzgar por los debates que se han mantenido hasta ahora -soy nuevo eurodiputado- las repercusiones económicas y sociales del fenómeno de la inmigración ilegal, o, si se quiere, de la inmigración real, aun a través del procedimiento legal, por el flujo paralelo de inmigrantes ilegales y el inminente flujo procedente de países que serán comunitarios tras la ampliación de la Unión Europea. +La tercera pregunta trata de mi preocupación por esos rodeos, porque ¿no cree usted que debido a los rodeos a través de otros Estados miembros de un mismo territorio lingüístico es muy fácil torpedear el precio único de los libros y que resulta poco efectivo proteger el valor especial del libro como objeto cultural y el especial significado del mercado del libro para la cultura? +Lo que se ha logrado en cien años en el espacio germanófono entre Austria, Alemania y Suiza; lo que ha hecho posible y garantizado una gran diversidad; lo que no elimina en ningún caso la competencia, sino que tiene por consecuencia asegurar el abastecimiento a escala general mediante grandes y pequeñas librerías en las ciudades y en el campo, no puede abandonarse a la desenfrenada presión chantajista de los más fuertes operadores en el mercado, ni en el negocio de las librerías, ni en el de la venta por catálogo, ni en el comercio electrónico. +Este Parlamento, el Parlamento Europeo, tiene la obligación moral de expresar su solidaridad con las mujeres afganas, de solicitar a la ONU que intervenga más activamente, de pedir a los Estados miembros que sigan sin reconocer el régimen de los talibanes hasta que éste acceda a respetar los derechos humanos y ponga fin a la discriminación de la mujer. +Asunto: El euro y el discurso del Sr. Joschka Fischer el 12 de enero 1999 En su discurso ante el Parlamento Europeo, el Presidente del Consejo dijo que la introducción del euro supone no sólo grandes cambios sino también un riesgo igual de grande, por ejemplo, si, como consecuencia lógica de este paso audaz, la UE no diera también pasos igual de audaces hacia una total integración. +En segundo lugar, una investigación realizada por propia iniciativa respecto del acceso público a los documentos, apoyada por la comisión parlamentaria por conducto del informe de la Sra. Thors y por el Parlamento Europeo, ha hecho que todas las instituciones y los órganos comunitarios interesados hayan adoptado normas sobre el acceso público a los documentos, excepto en el caso del Tribunal de Justicia. +En cuanto a los gobiernos de los Estados miembros -que al parecer no están representados hoy- por conducto de sus representaciones ante la Unión Europea o colectivamente en el Consejo, su cooperación con la Comisión no suele rebasar el mínimo nivel posible y no están dispuestos a enviar funcionarios a la comisión parlamentaria para discutir con sus miembros acerca del valor de una petición. +Señor Presidente, señor Defensor del Pueblo, como cada año, la discusión de los informes anuales relativos a las actividades de la Comisión de Peticiones y del Defensor del Pueblo nos brinda la ocasión de recordar la importancia que revisten estos dos organismos en el establecimiento de vínculos de confianza entre las instituciones comunitarias y los ciudadanos de los Estados miembros. +Pido asimismo que el Parlamento Europeo se erija en promotor de una iniciativa de solidaridad, también económica, en favor de los habitantes de Apulia que no solo han acogido y siguen acogiendo generosamente a decenas de miles de refugiados albaneses y kosovares, sino que pagan duramente el coste de la guerra en términos de dificultades logísticas con el cierre de los aeropuertos de la región y con los perjuicios ocasionados a todo el sector turístico pullés que sufre las cancelaciones de los que renuncian a pasar sus vacaciones en dicha región. +Como una parte importante de esfuerzo común, la Comisión propone dar la posibilidad a las empresas de transporte de la Comunidad de utilizar un peso máximo del vehículo de 44 toneladas, pero exclusivamente cuando el transporte por carretera se refiriera a una parte específica de un transporte combinado y solamente en recorridos relativamente cortos del trayecto total del transporte combinado. +Hemos dado nuestras más cordiales gracias al presidente de la Comisión de Reglamento, el Sr. Ben Fayot, -y en este punto coincido plenamente con nuestro colega, el Sr. Corbett- por haber tratado de una manera tan rápida y tan cooperativa el deseo que manifestó la Comisión de Control Presupuestario a la Comisión de Reglamento, Verificación de Credenciales e Inmunidades. +Además he de decirles, Señorías, que las orientaciones económicas aquí presentadas sólo siguen apostando por una política de ahorro aún más estricta para muchos Estados miembros, con la idea de que se puede crear empleo con salarios flexibles, con una desregulación del mercado laboral y con el desmantelamiento de la protección social, y eso no es exactamente mi idea de una estrategia europea para el empleo. +Este voto, con el que los diputados ejercemos nuestra condición de representantes de los ciudadanos europeos sin ningún condicionamiento de los Gobiernos nacionales, va a ser decidido en el Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica de acuerdo con los compromisos que adquiere el candidato en sus orientaciones políticas generales y en un claro programa de reformas de la propia Comisión. +Señor Presidente, tanto en la declaración del Presidente propuesto, Sr. Prodi, del mes pasado como en la de hoy, he valorado el compromiso de realizar las reformas necesarias para renovar y reforzar las Instituciones Europeas, y especialmente el compromiso de una Comisión cada vez más transparente, colegial y eficaz, así como el de un mayor papel del Parlamento y de la ampliación del voto por mayoría del Consejo. +En esta propuesta de modificación, la Comisión inserta, en el artículo 28 de la directiva, un apartado 6 nuevo, por el que introduce un procedimiento de autorización para que el Consejo resuelva por unanimidad a propuesta de la Comisión, permitiendo que los Estados miembros que lo deseen apliquen un tipo reducido a determinados servicios locales con gran intensidad de mano de obra y que cumplan requisitos precisos, durante el período comprendido entre el 1 de enero de 2000 y el 31 de diciembre de 2002. +Señor Presidente, las grandes orientaciones de la política económica para el año próximo están dominadas por una sombra inesperada a los ojos de los expertos oficiales: una desaceleración del crecimiento en Europa de aproximadamente el 2 %, unida al mantenimiento de una tasa de paro elevada, de aproximadamente el 10 % en la totalidad de Europa, mientras que los Estados Unidos registran un crecimiento de más del doble y un paro de dos veces menor. +Pero la Comisión de Medio Ambiente ha aceptado una serie de propuestas con la intención de intensificar seriamente la protección del consumidor. Sin embargo, estoy convencida de que con una directiva mínima, un derecho de retractación de 30 días, la entrega durante las negociaciones de un completo contrato complicado jurídicamente y un sumario, no se consigue el objetivo que se pretende. +En el gran debate que hoy nos ocupa sobre la armonización mínima y máxima, los que defienden, como lo hace la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor, la armonización mínima, lo hacen no porque deseen poner coto a las demandas de Internet, sino porque no quieren ver disminuir la protección al consumidor de manera significativa en cada Estado miembro en lo individual, lo que podría suceder, habida cuenta el nivel de información proporcionada en la directiva tal como está. +Es un éxito que hoy lo podamos debatir, ya que con esta reglamentación se hará una aportación importante para la protección del medio ambiente, pero también se facilita la comercialización de esos tractores dentro de la Comunidad Europea así como también el acceso de fabricantes europeos al mercado de terceros países a través de la equivalencia creada entre la legislación comunitaria y el reglamento de la EC-ONU nº 96. +Su serenidad, su capacidad para mediar entre las diferencias y puntos opuestos nos han impresionado realmente de modo profundo y personalmente he aprendido a conocer en usted junto a su sentido de imparcialidad también su comprensión por las crecientes tareas de esta Asamblea, pues esta Asamblea ha crecido en este período de legislatura al menos una cabeza. +Considero que, en un contexto de austeridad presupuestaria, el Consejo y la Comisión han tenido el buen sentido de concentrar ayudas en las regiones Objetivo 1, lo que va a permitir que, en términos de ayuda per cápita , se mantengan los actuales niveles de apoyo y que, además, se mantenga el Fondo de Cohesión, colaborando a acelerar la recuperación de la dinámica estructural en los Estados menos prósperos. +Basta con decir que, como resultado de los debates que han tenido lugar durante las presidencias austríaca y alemana -la última de las cuales ha llevado a cabo grandes y loables esfuerzos para poder llegar a un acuerdo con el Consejo antes de finales de junio-, y gracias a la notable contribución parlamentaria por medio de la resolución del pasado septiembre y, ahora, del informe de la Sra. Aglietta, todo parece indicar -así lo espero- que hemos llegado a la fase final de las negociaciones. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate sobre la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A4-0155/99) del Sr. Pronk, en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Consejo relativa a las disposiciones mínimas para la mejora de la protección de la salud y de la seguridad de los trabajadores expuestos a los riesgos derivados de atmósferas explosivas (13836/4/98 - C4-0003/99-95/0235(SYN)). +Una vez más, el Grupo de Independientes por la Europa de las Naciones reitera su deseo de que la Unión Europea destine sus esfuerzos a las políticas comunes existentes (PAC, PCP...), en lugar de dispersarse entre unos ámbitos siempre más numerosos, a riesgo de agravar la diseminación, necesariamente ineficaz, de los fondos públicos y de fomentar una inflación, siempre perniciosa, del gasto público. +En este aspecto, la Unión Europea ha expresado su convicción de que la creación de un Estado palestino soberano, democrático, viable y pacífico, sobre la base de los acuerdos existentes y por la vía de la negociación sería la mejor garantía de seguridad para Israel y de aceptación regional, por lo que se ha declarado dispuesta a considerar en su momento el reconocimiento de un Estado palestino. +La falta de compromiso con el principio básico de no discriminación, el carácter limitado del ámbito de aplicación relativo a las personas y a los objetos y la definición poco convincente de las obligaciones son razones suficientes para preguntarse cómo el Parlamento Europeo puede erigirse ante los afectados como garante de normas mínimas y compromisos mínimos cuando los representantes de sus intereses no saben negociar. +Señor Presidente, me congratulo de que mi última intervención de esta legislatura se refiera a un sector importante: la industria textil y de la confección europea, una industria que emplea por lo general mano de obra femenina, una industria perteneciente al marco de las PYME que a menudo cubre las zonas rurales, una industria, finalmente, cuyo futuro depende estrechamente de la aplicación de normas comerciales equitativas. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Consejo, Señorías, naturalmente la Presidencia alemana del Consejo se ha visto eclipsada por la guerra de Kosovo. Por ello, hay que constatar que la posición de la Presidencia, de la que es responsable el Gobierno Federal alemán en esta cuestión, sólo se ha podido mantener porque ha sido apoyada sin reservas por los partidos de la Unión mientras que usted, estimado colega Fischer, habría dejado abandonados gustosamente a sus propios seguidores en sus zapatos de deporte si es que aún los llevan. +Para reconquistar dicha confianza debemos actuar con decisión, sin embargo, lo lograremos sólo si llegamos a afrontar aquellos problemas que tienen una auténtica importancia en la vida cotidiana de los ciudadanos como, por ejemplo, el empleo, el crecimiento económico y el reto del desarrollo sostenible para asegurar el equilibrio entre la creación de riqueza, la justicia social y la calidad de vida. +Aquí sí, señor Presidente, haría falta flexibilidad, no del mercado de trabajo, sino del Pacto de Estabilidad, para lograr quizás su suspensión y, en todo caso, para poder considerar fuera de él las inversiones del crecimiento y para poder proponer una política de expansión de calidad, cosas sin las cuales no existe posibilidad alguna ni de paliar el déficit democrático ni de reducir la desconfianza que las poblaciones europeas tienen hacia sus Instituciones actuales. +Pues bien, si usted considera que, en estas condiciones, Pristina constituye un lugar ideal para instalar un centro de dirección, una administración central del programa para el conjunto los Balcanes, no sólo para Kosovo, entonces me temo que sus observaciones no son sinceras, sus observaciones están cargadas de intención política, y me pregunto cómo una Comisión que carece ya de mandato político y cuya credibilidad está en entredicho, sobre todo a raíz del caso Bangermann, se atreve a adoptar posición y arremeter contra las decisiones del Consejo de Ministros. +Señor Presidente, es una lástima que en la primera intervención que se me permite realizar como nuevo diputado tenga que hablar de unos graves errores cometidos en mi país, en primer lugar en empresas que suministran la materia prima de los piensos para animales, luego en los servicios de control encargados de descubrir cualquier fallo que se produzca y de limitar sus consecuencias; también, y sobre todo, en la Administración de aquel entonces que estuvo perdiendo el tiempo durante semanas y que nos ha perjudicado enormemente por no comunicar a tiempo a la Comisión Europea y a los Estados miembros lo que estaba ocurriendo. +Y yo quisiera, a través de usted, pedir al Parlamento Europeo que, en primer lugar, apoye los esfuerzos de todas las fuerzas políticas para propiciar un diálogo entre todos los representantes políticos; en segundo lugar, que este Parlamento solicite encarecidamente a ETA el abandono definitivo de la violencia, y, en tercer y último lugar, que también podamos acordar programas para ayudar a las víctimas, a la reinserción de los presos y por la educación para la paz en el País Vasco y en Irlanda del Norte. +Han despreciado la capacidad de este Parlamento para ejercer de manera autónoma las competencias que le atribuyen los Tratados, con el resultado de la situación actual: la impresión, en la opinión pública, de que no podemos pronunciarnos sobre la futura Comisión sin un informe que, por muy importante que sea y por muy expertos que sean sus autores, no es determinante para nuestra decisión política. +Un organismo complejo como la Unión Europea no puede prescindir de la relación continua con sus habitantes, destinatarios finales de todas sus decisiones y políticas; sin embargo, el proceso de unificación no puede avanzar sin el respaldo consciente de los ciudadanos, sin la desaparición del desempleo y la creación de un nuevo desarrollo económico. +Señor Prodi, el Grupo de los Ecologistas le ha sugerido modificar el reparto de carteras en el seno de su equipo porque, además de la integridad y las competencias de cada comisario, consideramos que su compromiso personal y su determinación a defender las materias que se les han confiado en la perspectiva de una Europa federal son también un elemento de apreciación importante. +En primer lugar, el compromiso de reunirse cuanto antes con los miembros de la comisión para concebir un nuevo programa de acción social que abarque todo el mandato de la nueva Comisión y reconozca las realidades del nuevo mundo que ha traído consigo el euro y las nuevas posibilidades que se desprenden del Tratado de Amsterdam para fomentar el empleo y las oportunidades y luchar contra la inseguridad y la exclusión. +Señor Prodi, estimados candidatos a Comisarios, la ampliación, la política exterior y de seguridad, el fortalecimiento del libre comercio en el mundo, la apertura de nuevos mercados, la continuación del liberalismo en Europa con una mayor competitividad para nuestra moneda común y una política medioambiental enérgica, son asuntos para los que Europa va a necesitar una Comisión fuerte y que funcione bien en la que usted, profesor Prodi, va a tener nuestra confianza y aprobación para su equipo. +El Parlamento Europeo, por su parte, se presta al juego con delectación, ya que el texto presentado a votación se titula "Proyecto de decisión sobre la elección de la Comisión designada", cuando, en realidad, resulta más que evidente que no se trata de una elección ni en el nivel de nuestra Asamblea, en la que de lo que se trata jurídicamente es de la aprobación de la designación de los Comisarios, ni a fortiori en el nivel de los electores que, al menos en Francia, y seguramente en muchos otros países nunca han oído hablar del Sr. Prodi. +En espera de una indispensable reorientación de los ejes políticos de la Comisión y un debate sobre la acción futura, se debe interpretar la votación positiva de hoy como la opción en pro de no multiplicar las crisis, los bloqueos, en nuestras instituciones, como la negativa a buscar chivos expiatorios individuales cuando lo que está en entredicho es la orientación política y el modelo de civilización de Europa. +Por eso, es necesaria una firme voluntad política a fin de apoyar los pasos siguientes de la comunidad internacional para que no haya condiciones indonesias en relación con la intervención de esas fuerzas y para que, sea cual fuere el grado de conflictividad en el territorio, se pueda garantizar la paz y la seguridad a los timorenses y el apoyo humanitario y el desarrollo que Timor tanto necesita. +También queremos participar activamente en las negociaciones correspondientes y asegurarnos que los instrumentos de la Unión estén en concordancia con la futura Convención. Con este fin, las últimas Presidencias de la Unión, tras la petición presentada por el Consejo en octubre de 1998, han conciliado sus posiciones en cuanto a la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada en las reuniones en Bruselas de comisiones mixtas y del Comité K.4, el cual funciona en cumplimiento del artículo 36, así como en las negociaciones que se celebran en Viena. +Entre mi despacho y los servicios del Parlamento se ha deslizado algún error y querría decir, para facilitar las cosas al Presidente en ejercicio, que la pregunta es la siguiente: mientras que los ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos entran libremente en todos los países de la Unión Europea, los ciudadanos de determinados países de la Unión Europea necesitan visado de la embajada norteamericana para ir a los Estados Unidos. +Asunto: Construcción de una central nuclear en el sur de Marruecos ¿Tiene conocimiento el Consejo del proyecto de construcción de una central nuclear en el sur de Marruecos para desalinizar agua del mar y, en su caso, podría considerar discutir con el gobierno marroquí alternativas a ese proyecto, en vista de su eventual efecto ambiental y de los peligros para la seguridad de la zona? +Para comenzar, permítame expresar la gratitud de la Comisión por el minucioso informe de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación y por el apoyo recibido durante el procedimiento de consulta a los esfuerzos de la Comisión de cara a la celebración del Décimo Convenio entre la Comunidad y el Organismo de obras públicas y socorro de Naciones Unidas para los refugiados de Palestina en Oriente Medio. +Por esas razones, acojo con beneplácito el compromiso del Comisario Byrne de conceder la máxima prioridad a la inocuidad de los alimentos y también la declaración que hizo el Presidente de la Comisión, Romano Prodi, en esta Asamblea el 23 de julio, cuando dijo que una de las primeras tareas de su Comisión sería la de restaurar la confianza de los consumidores en la seguridad de los productos alimentarios. +En ese contexto, dos deben ser, a mi juicio, los objetivos inmediatos de esta Asamblea: hacer operativas las estructuras parlamentarias del foro euromediterráneo en el entendimiento de que puede significar un instrumento útil para asegurar la paz, y traducir a la práctica la iniciativa de la Presidenta del Parlamento, la Sra. Fontaine, de realizar una gira por la región. +Ahora bien, los Estados Unidos son signatarios del Convenio Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, del Convenio contra la Discriminación Racial, así como del Convenio contra la Tortura, que se aplica en el caso de Moumia, ya que el factor racial pesó mucho en su proceso, y los diecisiete años que ha pasado en el corredor de la muerte constituyen, según estos tratados, un castigo injusto, equivalente a una tortura. +Señor Presidente, vale la pena destacar que estamos llegando al final de un período de cinco siglos durante el cual la única manera de autenticar documentos y transacciones era la firma escrita o la firma certificada, etc. Ahora, en menos tiempo que la mitad de la vida de una persona, entramos en un mundo que va a estar dominado por el comercio electrónico, por nuevas tecnologías y por firmas que no existen en la antigua acepción de la palabra y que, por lo tanto, habrá que autenticar de una manera inédita. +El más importante ha sido que este año hemos tenido que vivir la experiencia de una guerra en territorio europeo, una guerra provocada por las más graves violaciones de los derechos humanos y por la política de expulsión de población y limpieza étnica llevada a cabo por el régimen de Milosevic; una política que una Europa democrática y una comunidad democrática de naciones, comprometida con la defensa de los derechos humanos, no podían tolerar. +En este contexto yo también quisiera resaltar, no obstante, que no sólo se trata de empezar a dar respuesta a las prioridades en el ámbito de la política exterior, como por ejemplo la reconstrucción de Kosovo, sino que para poder organizarlas e impulsarlas de manera razonable es preciso que el Consejo también se aproxime a la posición del Parlamento en cuanto a la organización de esta ayuda y al funcionamiento de la futura agencia para la reconstrucción de Kosovo. +Sin embargo, me decepciona que se estén haciendo reducciones en la dotación presupuestaria global, pero espero que el Consejo Europeo, cuando llegue el momento de revisar la segunda lectura del presupuesto de la UE para el año 2000, tenga en cuenta la recomendación de este Parlamento de incrementar la financiación del programa hasta 67 millones de euros o 53 millones de libras irlandesas en la asignación del próximo año. +Dado el compromiso recogido en el Tratado de Amsterdam de incorporar los intereses de los consumidores a todas las demás áreas de actuación de la UE y el nivel irrisorio del presupuesto para la política de los consumidores, que se sitúa en un 0,25% del total del gasto de la UE, es necesario empezar por asegurarnos de que se mantengan programas valiosos como el plan de distribución de leche en las escuelas. +Debe tratarse de un malentendido porque lo que la Reserva Federal publica dos veces al año en su informe Humphrey Hawkins para el Senado es una serie de cifras para unos cuantos indicadores constituyendo la serie las previsiones individuales de los miembros del Comité Federal del Mercado Abierto, provenientes de los bancos regionales de la Reserva Federal. +Es una estrategia integral y unificada orientada a fortalecer los temas fundamentales del país como la búsqueda de la paz, la reactivación de nuestra economía y la generación de empleo, la protección de los derechos humanos, el fortalecimiento de la justicia y el aumento de la participación social. +Si el paquete es más amplio, podría resultar más fácil alcanzar un acuerdo y más fácil su ratificación en nuestros Estados miembros, pero en nombre de mi Grupo puedo afirmar que estamos dispuestos a que el Parlamento colabore estrechamente con la Comisión en el espíritu que acaba de indicar el Sr. Barnier, de manera que juntos podamos poner sobre la mesa de la CIG un paquete equilibrado de propuestas que él y nuestros representantes en todas las reuniones de la CIG puedan defender: un paquete que prepare a la Unión para que funcione cuando tenga más de 20 Estados miembros. +(El Parlamento aprueba la propuesta de la Comisión)- Propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la aprobación, en nombre de la Comunidad, de la Decisión OSPAR 98/4 relativa a los límites máximos de emisión y vertido a la producción de cloruro de vinilo monomérico, y la Decisión OSPAR 98/5 relativa a los límites máximos de emisión y vertido en el sector del cloruro de vinilo (COM(1999) 190 - C5-0016/1999 - 1999/0098(CNS)) (Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor) +Por lo demás, Señorías, ese nuevo y grave caso, que ha impresionado en Francia a los medios de comunicación y al mundo político, muestra, si aún era necesario, la urgencia de medidas firmes y pertinentes en Europa para conciliar el rendimiento económico y las garantías sociales, el crecimiento y el empleo, la libertad de empresa y la defensa de los salarios. +Si ahora la Comisión no utiliza toda la energía necesaria para proteger este pilar fundamental de la política común de la pesca, como son los acuerdos pesqueros, entonces la presión de los profesionales del sector sería importante y fundada, a fin de exigir el cuestionamiento de la política pesquera común y el restablecimiento de un marco bilateral, que permita la celebración directa de acuerdos de pesca entre Estados miembros y terceros países, que respetarían y defenderían mejor los intereses vitales de nuestros pueblos. +Hay un acuerdo alcanzado entre las dos partes de la industria del sector marítimo, hay una propuesta específica relativa a la gente del mar que haga escala en puertos de la Comunidad, pero también hay un Convenio de la OIT, el nº 180, y, de hecho, el acuerdo entre las dos partes de la industria del sector marítimo se basó en muy gran medida en el Convenio 180 de la OIT. +Seguro que no es una solución plenamente satisfactoria para los médicos, pero en este tema tan complejo debemos tener en cuenta las políticas de los Estados miembros sobre los sistemas de salud nacionales, sobre la realidad de cada país, sobre el periodo en el que los médicos están en formación y que es un periodo transitorio y así intentar encontrar, con realismo, una solución intermedia que nos permita, finalmente, dar un paso mas. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0048/1999) de la Sra. Quisthoudt-Rowohl, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la conclusión del Acuerdo de cooperación científica y tecnológica entre la Comunidad Europea y la Federación Rusa [COM(1999)0324 - C5-0083/1999 - 1999/0133(CNS)] +La amplitud de la discusión y las variadas sugerencias que se produjeron en el seno de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales y que se referían de manera muy general a la política de empleo me movieron a realizar en el proyecto de mi informe una división en conclusiones, por un lado, y en una parte legislativa, por otro, la cual se concentra en las propuestas para las directrices del año 2000 que han de ser adoptadas por el Consejo de Ministros en diciembre de 1999. +Me parece insuficiente la coordinación entre las políticas laborales, de empleo, de gobierno del mercado de trabajo y las políticas que inciden en los factores estructurales y en el marco macroeconómico; me parece insuficiente el nivel de estructuración, de inversión en Instituciones comunitarias eficaces y capaces de gobernar estos procesos para los cuales no sólo es suficiente el respeto a las competencias y a las prerrogativas de los estados nacionales. +Y ya que se han escuchado muchas intervenciones y propuestas de sus señorías sobre el papel de la Comisión en la institucionalización de objetivos para una acción más resuelta, quiero acentuar que la estrategia europea para el empleo pasa por el apoyo y el impulso de las políticas nacionales y en este marco intentamos mantener la colaboración más estrecha posible con los Estados miembros. +Señor Presidente, he de decir que lo manifestado por el Sr. Vattimo no corresponde a la realidad porque la Presidenta de este Parlamento se limitó a mencionar cual fue el voto en el Pleno sobre una resolución del Parlamento Europeo que invitaba a todos los Estados miembros a respetar el compromiso de la paridad del sistema educativo, o sea, a facilitar la paridad del sistema educativo. +En lo referente a la cuestión de la permeabilidad entre estas dos categorías, me permito llamar la atención sobre el hecho de que debatiremos sobre cómo se pueden reagrupar los créditos que en el sector agrícola -y aquí en las categorías 1A y las medidas de reglamentos de mercado que no se emplearon debido a la evolución de los precios y del mercado y que entonces pueden estar disponibles para otras medidas- en el marco del debate sobre el próximo informe. +En mi opinión, sólo la UE es capaz de hacerlo, necesitándose una estrategia activa que, por una parte, haga hincapié en los esfuerzos en el ámbito comunitario y en la cooperación activa, especialmente con los países en desarrollo, ayudándoles para que sus sistemas energéticos lleguen a ser más ecológicos y, por otra, demuestre que de hecho se puede cambiar de rumbo sin grandes costes, ya que son muchos los beneficios medioambientales que se obtienen al limitar la dependencia de los fósiles. +La Comisión sigue muy preocupada por que no haya habido avances tangibles hasta ahora por parte de los Estados Unidos en su compromiso con vistas a la modificación por el Congreso del Título 4 de la ley Helms-Burton, sobre todo porque el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos ha recordado periódicamente que, de no hacerse esa modificación, el Presidente está obligado a imponer la aplicación del Título 4. +Abarcan, entre otras cosas, la indemnización, el tratamiento psicológico y médico, la asistencia a las víctimas para el cobro de las deudas, la transmisión de las decisiones de un Estado miembro a otro para mejorar la protección de las víctimas o pedir a los tribunales que acepten los testimonios escritos de las víctimas que no puedan asistir a las vistas de los tribunales contra sus agresores por vivir en otro Estado miembro. +Además, el Consejo ha comunicado que está dispuesto a apoyar, usando todos los medios al alcance de la Unión Europea y de los Estados miembros, el desarrollo de otras fuentes de energía eléctrica para sustituir a las centrales nucleares poco fiables, teniendo en cuenta, al mismo tiempo, la situación global y las características y necesidades propias de cada país. +Mi pregunta al Consejo es la siguiente: habida cuenta de este terrible precedente, ¿está dispuesto el Consejo a considerar la posibilidad de presionar a las autoridades de Myanmar para que declaren una amnistía total para este tipo de prisioneros políticos y, en este mismo sentido, ha tratado en alguna ocasión el Consejo sobre la posibilidad de imponer sanciones económicas a Myanmar hasta que adopte una política más humanitaria? +. (FR) El ciclo del Milenio, que se iniciará próximamente en el seno de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, la OMC, debe ser la ocasión, para Europa -puesto que se nos ha impuesto la condición de tener que hablar con una sola voz-, de mostrarse no solamente unida durante el transcurso de las negociaciones, sino también demostrar la mayor firmeza en cuanto a los resultados, concretamente por lo que respecta a la agricultura y a la excepción cultural. +Lo cierto es que ese objetivo figura en torno a cuestiones tan relevantes como la seguridad alimentaria, los servicios públicos o la "propiedad intelectual", siempre a favor de una ciega liberalización del capital financiero y sin respetar las normas laborales de la OIT y las normas medioambientales internacionalmente aprobadas y con consecuencias nefastas para la identidad cultural de los pueblos y el propio desarrollo de decenas de países, en particular de los más pobres. +No cabe la menor duda de que las dificultades son aún muchas, ya sea en la esfera de la ayuda humanitaria o en la del apoyo a la reconstrucción o incluso porque sigan produciéndose violaciones graves de los derechos humanos, sobre todo en la parte occidental de Timor, con la actividad de las milicias, que han impedido el reagrupamiento y el regreso de los refugiados de Timor Oriental a sus casas y a sus tierras. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede a la continuación del debate del informe (A5-0063/1999) de la Sra. Giannakou-Koutsikou, en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, de Justicia y de Asuntos Interiores, sobre la comunicación de la Comisión Europea al Consejo y al Parlamento Europeo sobre un plan de acción de la Unión Europea en materia de lucha contra la droga (2000-2004) (COM(1999)239). +Lo digo también en nombre de nuestro compañero ausente Jan Andersson, quien - ahora volveré sobre ello -, en cuanto diputado sueco, estaba en una situación especialmente difícil porque Suecia es uno de los Estados miembros que tiene un planteamiento muy especial en política de drogas resultante de su experiencia y de su tradición nacional y, sin embargo, creo, ha procurado, justamente en las enmiendas de transacción, Sra. Diputada, llegar a un amplio acuerdo con usted en la redacción final de este informe. +Creo que las palabras del Sr. Medina Ortega han sido clarificadoras en cuanto al planteamiento y a la postura -a los que se ha llegado por unanimidad en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior- respecto a un tema trascendental, un tema importante para las islas Canarias, pero que tiene un reflejo sobre el resto de regiones ultraperiféricas de la Unión Europea. +Se sabe que ese país ha subscrito contratos a precio inferior al costo real de la producción beneficiándose de los apoyos internacionales, por mediación del Fondo Monetario Internacional, después de la crisis asiática, lo que está perturbando las carteras de pedidos de los países de la Unión Europea, como han manifestado las organizaciones empresariales del sector. +Finalmente, deseo referirme, porque procedo también de una región periférica, al enorme impacto en el desarrollo regional que tiene la industria naval, asentada en muchas de esas regiones, en gran parte incluidas también en el Objetivo nº 1 de la política regional europea, con importantísimos astilleros generadores de muchos empleos directos e indirectos, un equilibrio social del que tan necesitados están los países de la cohesión, que reclaman la solidaridad europea. +Los trabajos iniciados en Tampere con vistas a la elaboración de una Carta de derechos fundamentales y la posible reforma del Tratado para separar los actos fundamentales y esenciales de las disposiciones de aplicación: de este modo, se convertirían en más comprensibles los actos esenciales y se agilizaría el procedimiento de modificación de los actos menos esenciales. +Creo que este Parlamento no tiene que conformarse con pedir participar en los trabajos de la Conferencia, así como en los de la elaboración de la Carta de derechos fundamentales, sino que debe pretender actuar como un verdadero Parlamento y pretender asimismo que, con ocasión de la Conferencia Intergubernamental, se le devuelva el derecho de decidir autónomamente su lugar de reunión para no estar obligado a trabajar con su Secretaría en tres foros diferentes. +Por último, quisiera recordar que, si las disposiciones relativas al conjunto de las ayudas previstas, entrañan una financiación en tres años de 150 millones de euros, el saldo a favor de la Unión de la balanza comercial entre Turquía y la Unión Europea se duplicó desde la entrada en vigor el 1º de enero de 1996 del acuerdo sobre la Unión Aduanera y en cuatro años pasó de cuatro mil millones a ocho mil millones de euros. +La política monetaria no va a estar en condiciones de reforzar la credibilidad de la integración europea a favor del crecimiento, del empleo e incluso de la inversión, si al mismo tiempo que en la unificación y centralización de la política monetaria los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea no se ponen de acuerdo también en las señales contra el dumping fiscal, contra el dumping social y a favor de un mayor empleo. +. (FR) A pesar de su carácter muy limitado y claramente insuficiente en atención al problema tratado, nosotros votaremos positivamente la directiva relativa a "las disposiciones mínimas para la mejora de la protección de la salud y la seguridad de los trabajadores expuestos a los riesgos derivados de atmósferas explosivas", en la medida en que puede representar un progreso en los países en que los trabajadores están menos protegidos. +También en relación con la jornada del lunes, es decir, hoy, respecto de la recomendación para la segunda lectura sobre las substancias que agotan la capa de ozono y la propuesta de resolución sobre el etiquetado de comestibles producidos a partir de organismos genéticamente modificados, la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor pide que se desplacen esos dos puntos, en vista de que su examen en el Pleno coincidiría con la reunión de la Comisión, lo que no sería práctico precisamente. +Las negociaciones deben reanudarse en el ámbito de la Organización Mundial de Comercio y Europa ha de ser plenamente consciente de su papel, un papel de equilibrio y responsabilidad, con miras a una globalización con rostro humano, abierta y disponible a los cambios y a las aceleraciones de la economía, pero también capaz de proteger el derecho al trabajo y a la defensa del medio ambiente y de la salud. +Creo que ustedes han puesto en claro que la Unión Europea está en condiciones no sólo de asumir un papel dirigente en el marco de esta ronda de negociaciones y también en el marco de la próxima ronda mundial, que no intervenimos aquí como jugadores de póker para imponer nuestros intereses sino que también estamos dispuestos a acoger a bordo a las demás naciones, sobre todo a las naciones en vías de desarrollo y a los países menos desarrollados. +El Parlamento deseaba ir más allá de lo que propone el Consejo en la lucha contra el desempleo juvenil y de larga duración, sobre todo mediante una integración a largo plazo en el mercado de trabajo a través de una intensificación de las medidas activas frente a las pasivas, o sea, incrementando la proporción de parados que reciben formación profesional inicial y de perfeccionamiento o de reconversión profesional, pues la falta de puestos de trabajo es sólo una cara de la moneda. +Dado que se escucha y se lee con frecuencia que las redes responsables del tráfico en cuestión tienen sus bases principales en Ucrania, la República Checa y Rusia, que las ciudades de Estambul y Budapest constituyen los centros más importantes de dicho tráfico y que gran parte del transporte del material en cuestión se realiza por rutas que cruzan los Balcanes, muchas de las cuales atraviesan Kosovo, ¿cuál es la postura de la Comisión en esta grave cuestión y cómo la afrontan aquellos países en cuyo territorio tiene lugar este peligroso tráfico ilegal? +Teniendo en cuenta los vínculos existentes entre el Consejo ECOFIN y el Consejo de Gobernadores del BEI, ¿puede indicar el Consejo si piensa tomar medidas para hacer más transparente y accesible la información relativa a las decisiones del BEI, en particular cuando estas decisiones tengan repercusiones importantes en el desarrollo de una región, y si no considera que es necesario mejorar la eficacia de las actividades del BEI introduciendo procedimientos de gestión y contabilidad financieras en los que se tomen plenamente en consideración a los costes relacionados con el medio ambiente? +Asunto: 50 aniversario de los Convenios de Ginebra En el contexto del 50 aniversario de los Convenios de Ginebra, y a la vista de los conflictos armados que se han desarrollado en el mundo en los últimos años, en especial los que han tenido como escenario el continente europeo, ¿qué reflexión puede hacer el Consejo sobre el estado de cumplimiento del Derecho Internacional humanitario que contienen los mencionados convenios de Ginebra? +Señor Presidente, el Consejo le recuerda al Sr. diputado al Parlamento que el Consejo adoptó la Directiva 91/628/CEE, que quedó modificada por la Directiva 95/29/CE, sobre la protección de los animales vivos durante el transporte, mediante la cual quedó ratificada la normativa aplicable al transporte de animales en todo el territorio de la UE, incluidas las normas sobre el tiempo máximo de transporte para diferentes especies animales. +Dado que se escucha y se lee con frecuencia que las redes responsables del tráfico en cuestión tienen sus bases principales en Ucrania, la República Checa y Rusia, que las ciudades de Estambul y Budapest constituyen los centros más importantes de dicho tráfico y que gran parte del transporte del material en cuestión se realiza por rutas que cruzan los Balcanes, muchas de las cuales atraviesan Kosovo, ¿cuál es la postura de la Comisión en esta grave cuestión y cómo la afrontan aquellos países en cuyo territorio tiene lugar este peligroso tráfico ilegal? +El Consejo no ha acordado que se produzca un aplazamiento de un año, sino que se ha dado por buena una conclusión que es del siguiente tenor: si el Parlamento acepta una enmienda a este informe, que trata del etiquetado, y no deja pasar la propuesta de la Comisión sin presentar enmiendas, el Consejo, entonces, no aceptará esta modificación y no seguirá el procedimiento simplificado. +Asunto: Las regiones insulares en el nuevo contexto del Tratado de Amsterdam El artículo 158 del Tratado de Amsterdam establece que la Comunidad se propondrá reducir el retraso de las regiones menos favorecidas o insulares y la declaración nº 30 aneja al Tratado reconoce que «las regiones insulares sufren de desventajas estructurales vinculadas a su carácter insular cuya permanencia perjudica a su desarrollo económico y social». +Me parece, en ese sentido, importante enfatizar la importancia de la aceptación por parte de Praga de los principios en los que está basada la política exterior y de seguridad común y que, incluso, haya sido el Gobierno de la República Checa quien haya tomado la iniciativa de reforzar la cooperación política entre los países candidatos a la adhesión a la Unión Europea. +En la actual propuesta, la Comisión presenta lo siguiente: integración en una línea presupuestaria de todas las actividades en el ámbito de las aduanas, formación de los funcionarios y proyectos informáticos. La creación de otro comité de representantes de los Estados miembros debe conducir a una mayor implicación de los Estados miembros en el programa y, como tercer punto, la apertura del programa a los países asociados. +Desde el punto de vista del desarrollo industrial hay responsabilidades, también del Gobierno italiano: el desarrollo de la empresa petroquímica de Porto Marghera se ha revelado, sin duda, desestabilizador para los delicados equilibrios de la laguna, sin embargo, si queremos una Europa -como decía el Presidente encargado Sr. Prodi- que encabece las nuevas iniciativas empresariales, nuestra obligación es lograr que estas nuevas iniciativas empresariales tengan en Venecia uno de sus principales centros propulsores. +Todos sabemos que en numerosas ocasiones el Parlamento se ha mostrado favorable a la introducción de un impuesto europeo, y en este caso, socarronamente, al declararse en favor de un texto que permite a los Estados miembros reducir los impuestos, intenta modificar el fundamento jurídico de los Tratados modificando el procedimiento de aprobación de las propuestas fiscales de la Comisión en el seno del Consejo. +Desde Colonia debe partir una señal en esta dirección; debe tomarse una decisión que dé inicio a la unión política; debe quedar patente la voluntad de seguir este camino y debe quedar claro que la Unión Europea tiene la intención de erigirse en sujeto activo en las relaciones internacionales y en las eventuales crisis, porque tiene el propósito de dotarse de todos los instrumentos necesarios, indispensables y aptos para garantizar su soberanía y autonomía. +Respecto al sistema financiero: el Consejo Europeo ha reconocido la existencia de desequilibrios presupuestarios en la financiación de la Unión y ha previsto modificaciones en el sistema de recursos propios existente que tienen más en cuenta la capacidad financiera de los Estados miembros estableciendo así una mayor justicia en las aportaciones. +En este marco y, si bien nos gustaría apoyar e incentivar incondicionalmente el nuevo acuerdo interinstitucional por razones de principio y para garantizar la estabilidad y permitir la planificación, no es menos cierto que el compromiso que entraña en cuanto al marco financiero aprobado con las citadas características nos suscita algunas reservas, que aumentan más por la ausencia de una reforma profunda de la PAC, que propugnamos, o también por el tenor innegablemente limitativo de las normas que regularán algunos de los instrumentos relacionados con la cohesión, pero sobre esos aspectos se pronunciarán otros miembros de mi Grupo. +Voy a concluir mi intervención, señor Presidente, pero no quisiera acabarla sin hacer una llamada de atención sobre un hecho que me parece importante: la modernización de la flota pesquera es ciertamente importante, la intervención estructural es de gran importancia, pero el desarrollo de la pesca, para nuestra flota, depende en gran medida de la existencia de acuerdos internacionales con terceros países que permitan encontrar caladeros en los cuales faenar y desarrollar la actuación de esta flota. +En particular, no ha modificado ni el artículo 4 del Tratado de la Unión Europea, que convierte al Consejo (y, por tanto, a la jerarquía de los diferentes Consejos) en el centro desde donde se impulsan las políticas de la Unión, ni el artículo 202 del Tratado CE, que confía sólo al Consejo el cometido de determinar las competencias de ejecución que se conferirán a la Comisión. +Después de haber hecho alarde durante la campaña electoral alemana de que con la subida al poder de los socialistas cambiaría todo y comenzaría un camino modélico que crearía muchos puestos de trabajo, invirtiendo la tendencia negativa que vive Europa desde hace al menos una década, no se tomó iniciativa alguna en esta dirección y tampoco se debatió ninguna propuesta en favor del desarrollo de la economía europea. +Ante todo quisiera decir a todos aquellos colegas que en enero y febrero se opusieron a la moción que creaba el Comité de Expertos Independientes pensando que se trataba de una especie de golpe de mano para hundirlo todo a través de la creación de un comité, que pienso que ahora se dan cuenta de que se equivocaron de plano tanto de punto de vista como de razonamiento, y que, cuando menos, deberían retirar todas las críticas que hicieron entonces hacia esa dinámica emprendida, me parece que positivamente, por el Parlamento Europeo, por aquellos que votaron a favor de la creación del Comité de Expertos Independientes. +En la Unión Europea que día a día desarrolla más sus relaciones con terceros países; política que, como todos comprendemos, está conectada con algunos aspectos del capítulo sobre justicia, seguridad y libertad en Europa, como, por ejemplo, el aspecto de la inmigración y el asilo. El Consejo de Tampere está llamado también, señorías, a afrontar las cuestiones de la libertad, la seguridad y la justicia para los ciudadanos en relación con las nuevas realidades que resultan de los nuevos desafíos que componen el paso del siglo XX al siglo XXI. +También es cierto que las experiencias del pasado han llevado al Parlamento a desconfiar y a sospechar que las reasignaciones de recursos procedentes de líneas presupuestarias no agotadas en el fondo son una práctica premeditada, puesto que el presupuesto siempre incluye prioridades del Parlamento que no gozan de mucha popularidad y que las demás instituciones no están dispuestas a aplicar incondicionalmente. +La "carta europea de los derechos fundamentales" , que se supone debe elaborar el Consejo Europeo de Tampere, no será más que un conjunto de palabras huecas si no contiene como mínimo la libertad total de circulación y de instalación para todos aquellos que residen y trabajan en la Unión Europea, cualquiera sea su nacionalidad de origen, así como la igualdad completa de derechos, incluido el derecho de voto. +Creo que, en primer lugar, se recomienda acertadamente la fundación de una organización, pero que no debe limitarse a la investigación de los fenómenos sísmicos y a la prevención de los terremotos, que hasta el momento es científicamente imposible, tal como aseguran los sismólogos, y esto lo deberían saber nuestros colegas, que proponen la creación de un instituto para la prevención de terremotos, sino que deberá indicar reglamentos y especificaciones de construcciones antisísmicas, de materiales de construcción adecuados, etc., y deberá contribuir a la mejor información de los ciudadanos europeos, amenazados por las diversas calamidades así como a que se comporten adecuadamente en estas. +Pero creo que todos debemos reconocer, señor Presidente, que hemos tenido cinco años de negociaciones prolongadas y tortuosas sobre toda clase de productos: desde las manzanas, las peras y los espárragos hasta las flores, el pescado, el vino, el oporto y el jerez, pero ahora vemos que en su momento habrá un acuerdo y es de esperar que el lunes se firme en Sudáfrica. +Por eso apruebo las enmiendas presentadas por el Sr. Langen, para exigir que la Comisión desempeñe un papel más activo a fin de fomentar una estrategia de fomento coordinado en el seno de los Estados miembros y de desarrollar el potencial de Europa en el ámbito de la exportación de las tecnologías relativas a las energías renovables. +Si no desea comprometerse en esta vía, corresponderá entonces a este Parlamento volver a la aplicación estricta del Tratado, artículo 272, y darse los medios - algo que puede hacer - tanto en el ámbito de los compromisos como de los pagos, para votar los créditos a la altura de los compromisos que son los compromisos políticos de la Unión Europea y en el estricto respeto por el Tratado. +La ECON también considera que es una prioridad absoluta la financiación de medidas sobre la fiscalidad, porque este sector sigue siendo un campo de irregularidades en el mercado interior y, por consiguiente, la línea B5-3001 sobre la aplicación y la evolución del mercado interior deberá mantenerse en el nivel que ha propuesto la Comisión en su proyecto. +A mi parecer, en la decisión del jueves pasado también influyeron el descenso ya registrado y las ulteriores reducciones que se esperan en los precios para el consumidor en los sectores de las telecomunicaciones, la electricidad y los servicios financieros, como resultado de la competencia y la liberalización de los mercados, al igual que la caída de los precios del petróleo. +A parte del hecho -y esto pudiera ser algo embarazoso- de que virtualmente, en el Consejo de Gobierno, nunca votamos, de modo que nunca hay nada que publicar, no voy a repetir todos los argumentos en contra de esto, los cuales ya he presentado al Parlamento en ocasiones anteriores, pero hay que recordar que las decisiones del Consejo de Gobierno del sistema del Euro se adoptan de forma colegiada y por lo tanto solo surge una única decisión. +Para ello he puesto en marcha una amplia política de Estado para luchar dentro del marco de la ley contra los grupos armados al margen de ésta; para garantizar la seguridad, protección, apoyo y libertad de acción para los defensores de los derechos humanos; para atender a las personas desplazadas por la violencia; para adoptar los instrumentos legales que protegen los derechos humanos y fortalecer nuestro aparato de justicia. +Otro punto ha sido la adopción de medidas concretas en relación a la lucha contra el crimen organizado, como, por ejemplo, una mayor competencia operativa para la Europol, una Academia de Policía Europea o medidas más estrictas contra el lavado de dinero y la cooperación con los países candidatos, pues con frecuencia son los países origen del crimen organizado. +Segunda contradicción: el Consejo de Tampere anuncia la voluntad platónica de administrar las corrientes migratorias y luchar contra la inmigración clandestina en el origen, pero al mismo tiempo proclama firmemente, en varias ocasiones, que hay que conceder a los inmigrantes legales -cito- "un conjunto de derechos uniformes tan próximos como sea posible a los de los ciudadanos de la Unión" y que se debe aplicar prioritariamente una política de integración que les permita permanecer. +Ya es más que hora de actuar en el nivel del Consejo y de la Comisión y -me atrevo a decirlo como conclusión de mi intervención- de ello depende, naturalmente, la coherencia de nuestras sociedades, la paz social, la propia supervivencia de la idea europea, pero también el interés bien entendido de la empresa en su globalidad y, por tanto, la solidez de la economía europea. +En los últimos años, incluida la etapa democrática española, hemos conocido situaciones varias donde la pesca siempre ha sido una asignatura pendiente entre las partes por el asunto del contencioso existente a la hora de definir nuestras aguas territoriales en relación a los pueblos vecinos africanos. +Recuerdo que, con ocasión de la negociación del Acuerdo de pesca que ahora expira, el Grupo de Izquierda Unitaria Europea se opuso a que se llegara a la firma del Acuerdo pesquero mediante la concesión de contingentes adicionales para la importación de frutas y hortalizas en el marco de la negociación paralela del Acuerdo de asociación. +Por un lado, hay la necesidad de sustanciar la existencia misma de la Unión Europea convirtiendo en efectiva en todos los Estados miembros la aplicación de las decisiones tomadas en las instancias competentes en las materias de competencia comunitaria y, en particular, en los casos como el abordado, susceptibles de invalidar uno de los supuestos fundamentales de la Unión, es decir, la libre circulación de mercancías. +Objetivos que, de acuerdo con la estrategia de las grandes orientaciones de política económica, no son otra cosa que conseguir facilitar el objetivo de estabilidad de la política monetaria mediante unas medidas presupuestarias y una evolución salarial adecuada y más favorable, en esas condiciones, al crecimiento y al empleo, incluidos los tipos de cambio y los tipos de interés a largo plazo. +En el orden del día de mañana figura el debate de la pregunta de la Sra. Palacio Vallelersundi sobre la estrategia para la realización del mercado único europeo y la semana pasada examinamos en Estrasburgo las posibilidades de profundizar y consolidar el diálogo macroeconómico con el Parlamento, en el contexto del debate del informe del BCE. +Desde este punto de vista, del diálogo macroeconómico con los representantes de los empleadores y de los trabajadores, lo único que puede salir bien es la adaptación de las negociaciones colectivas y el reajuste de los sueldos a las exigencias del capital financiero, del euro y de la política económica preponderante que se ve expresada en la UEM y en el pacto de estabilidad. +Señor Presidente, me parece que las muchas cosas que se han dicho se pueden esquematizar del siguiente modo: o el diálogo macroeconómico es una pura hipocresía para paliar la falta de una verdadera política económica para la Unión, y entonces lo que decían los demás colegas es totalmente inútil, un calco y una pérdida de tiempo; o bien el diálogo macroeconómico es algo verdadero, sustancial, y entonces hay hipocresía por el otro lado, es decir, se intenta ocultar con palabras insustanciales un peligro que, en mi opinión, evoluciona hacia el dirigismo en la economía europea. +Ciertamente es de apreciar que se reconozca el papel fundamental de la escuela para vencer el paro, sin embargo, falta cualquier referencia a la necesidad de que la escuela actúe en el ámbito de una planificación territorial global que vea la participación de los interlocutores sociales, las entidades locales y el mundo empresarial. +Deseo, en particular, hacer algunas observaciones sobre las razones que me han llevado a votar a favor de la estrategia para el mercado interior, pero antes de hacerlo, permítanme decir también que he votado en contra en la cuestión de procedimiento para aplazar la votación sobre el tema de la pesca, porque me será del todo imposible asistir a Estrasburgo dentro de dos semanas y habría deseado enormemente expresar mi solidaridad con los pescadores a la parte de Escocia, en particular, con aquéllos de las islas y zonas apartadas. +El Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo compran a muy bajo precio su tranquilidad de conciencia, porque además de la violencia privada y de la relativa a la explotación sexual, hay que reconocer el aumento de la violencia social, que resulta del agravamiento de la pobreza y de la intensificación de la miseria en las clases populares. +La insistencia en la necesidad de influir sobre los reflejos de la población y los hábitos de consumo y de establecer corrientes de comunicación con los ciudadanos y las pequeñas y medianas empresas confirma la importancia que tendrá el liderazgo político sobre el cambio de nuestros hábitos de consumo y el fomento de un desarrollo sostenible. +La resolución del Parlamento nos recuerda a todos la dimensión externa, esto es, el proceso de ampliación y las relaciones con terceros países, especialmente con los países en vías de desarrollo; nos invita a adoptar un planteamiento realista, equilibrado y flexible en la elaboración de políticas, aspecto especialmente importante a la hora de examinar la combinación energética y su evolución en el tiempo. +Y, por último, en relación con la enmienda nº 19, comprendo el sentido de la propuesta, pero señalo a la atención de Sus Señorías que la norma relativa a la traducción de las decisiones no cabe en un reglamento sobre competencia, reconocimiento y ejecución de decisiones judiciales: el lugar propio para la norma sobre traducciones es la directiva sobre la transmisión de los actos, el otro instrumento que hoy debatimos y en el que se establece precisamente su posibilidad de traducción. +En mi calidad de ponente de opinión de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores para el informe sobre las acciones en el sector nuclear en favor de los PECOS y de los nuevos Estados independientes, aprobado por unanimidad el 27 de octubre del pasado año, he subrayado la capital importancia de la seguridad considerándola un requisito para la adhesión a la Unión de nuevos Estados miembros. +El Consejo de la Unión, en su Acción Común de 24 de febrero de 1997 relativa a la acción contra el tráfico de seres humanos y la explotación sexual de niños, solicita a los Estados miembros que procedan a una revisión de la legislación y de los procedimientos en vigor en esas esferas a fin de velar por que los tipos de comportamiento mencionados sean objeto de sanciones penales eficaces. +Señor Presidente, es una cuestión que suscito al amparo del apartado 2 del artículo 112 del Reglamento en relación con una solicitud de declaración de procedimiento de urgencia que he presentado hace tres horas con respecto al Informe Napolitano en aplicación del artículo 115 del Reglamento, para que se anuncie a la Asamblea la presentación de esa solicitud de debate de urgencia y se proceda en consecuencia, con objeto de que podamos respetar los plazos de debate y votación que fijamos al elaborar el orden del día. +Por consiguiente, para respetar el Reglamento de esta Asamblea y el Reglamento por el que se rigen los diputados, para garantizar que los diputados gozan de los derechos que les otorga dicho Reglamento, el Grupo Socialista y el Grupo Liberal, con apoyo, como se anunció antes, del Grupo PEE, solicitó el aplazamiento para garantizar que nos ajustábamos al artículo 112 de nuestro Reglamento sobre la aplicación del procedimiento de urgencia. +¿Estaría la Presidencia finlandesa dispuesta a reconocer que aún deben celebrarse varias reuniones del Consejo antes de que finalice su Presidencia y que podría utilizarlas como un precedente muy útil para establecer sus credenciales en términos de apertura - algo que, me temo, no existe en estos momentos - garantizando como mínimo que cuando se publiquen los comunicados de prensa al final de las reuniones del Consejo, dichos comunicados de prensa recojan exactamente el sentido del voto de cada país sobre cada uno de los asuntos sometidos a votación? +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0059/1999) del Sr. Pirker, en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, Justicia y Asuntos Interiores, sobre la propuesta de reglamento (CE) del Consejo (COM(1999) 260 - C5­0082/1999 - 1999/0116(CNS)) relativo a la creación del sistema "EURODAC" para la comparación de las huellas digitales de los solicitantes de asilo y otros extranjeros. +En cuanto a la ampliación de la OMC para que incluya también las inversiones, tomo nota con satisfacción de que el Parlamento Europeo se ha manifestado fírmemente una y otra vez en el sentido de que no hay que repetir los errores de AMI, de que las responsabilidades de los inversionistas conforme a las directrices de la OIT y de la OCDE tienen que definirse al mismo tiempo que el derecho de los inversionistas, y de que -por una mayoría clara- hay que establecer un Código Europeo de Conducta para empresas multinacionales (enmienda 15). +4) en consonancia con las posiciones que siempre he defendido en este Parlamento, a propósito de la revisión de los Tratados de Maastricht y de Amsterdam, en el sentido de mantener consagrado el equilibrio histórico fundador entre grandes y pequeños Estados, no puedo aprobar esta resolución que abre la "caja de Pandora" para un Tratado que acepta como justa la supremacía de unos Estados sobre otros, en contraposición con el principio de igualdad entre todos los ciudadanos europeos. +Sé bien que el alcohol produce dependencia y también que hay gente que fallece a causa del abuso de alcohol, sin embargo, hay una diferencia fundamental en el caso de estas sustancias, porque en la mayoría de los casos a la gente le resulta posible controlar su consumo de tabaco y alcohol en una medida diferente a la que les es posible a los jóvenes inmersos en el abuso de drogas. +En líneas generales, también es favorable el juicio sobre la fuerza de intervención rápida de la Unión Europea, aunque ha habido algunas voces discordantes con respecto a esta materia, como siempre ha sucedido en la historia no solo del Parlamento Europeo, sino de muchos Parlamentos nacionales, cuando se trata de problemas que en cierto modo atañen a aspectos militares, que se pueda o no se pueda hablar de un ejército europeo. +Recientemente el Tribunal ha confirmado que, aunque un Estado miembro autorice los juegos de azar, el mismo tiene la facultad de poner límites a la oferta di dichos juegos y ello en consideración a los objetivos de interés público como el control del deseo de jugar, la prevención de los fraudes o de los delitos y el empleo de los beneficios obtenidos para fines de interés público. +Me gustaría saber si el Comisario convendría en que los dos últimos diputados que han pedido a la Comisión la adopción de medidas harían mejor en pedir al dirigente de su propio partido, Sr. Blair, que reduzca el elevadísimo nivel de la libra -mantenidas en un nivel demasiado alto por los altos tipos de intereses del Reino Unido- a un nivel realista y también conseguir que el Sr. Blair inicie la campaña para adherirse al euro, con lo que habría mayor transparencia. +Por lo tanto, a la vista de las experiencias anteriores y también de la declaración de hoy, yo quiero dirigir una advertencia muy clara al Consejo: si para la primavera no se ha alcanzado una solución satisfactoria para los programas plurianuales para Kosovo y los Balcanes occidentales, acompañada del correspondiente compromiso del Consejo, tendrán que maniobrar en aguas muy difíciles en el marco del procedimiento presupuestario del año 2001. +Es cierto que, en el presupuesto europeo, se actúa peor cuando se lleva fuera del continente europeo: 10 millones de euros para Asia central, 14 millones y medio para las poblaciones desarraigadas de América latina, 4 millones para los derechos humanos en África austral y en Timor, etc. Eso estaría bien si, durante ese tiempo, no se considerara la posibilidad de reducir en 5 millones de euros los créditos en favor de nuestros apicultores, por cierto, a los que hacen la competencia las importaciones de miel adulterada del extranjero. +Uno de los avances conseguidos en la reunión del lunes del Consejo de Medio Ambiente es la adopción de una postura común por parte del Consejo, en relación con la llamada Directiva estratégica de evaluación de repercusiones en el medio ambiente, la cual ofrece un espléndido instrumento para evaluar los efectos en el medio ambiente de diferentes programas y actividades, incluidos los efectos de las emisiones atmosféricas. +El Comité de conciliación ha llegado asimismo a un compromiso según el cual el programa Socrates contribuirá al desarrollo de una "dimensión europea de la educación y de la formación" , en lugar de "un espacio educativo europeo" , como había pedido el Parlamento, o de "una cooperación educativa" , formulación de carácter más débil, que el Consejo había preferido al principio. +Lo que se ha puesto en entredicho no es la existencia de normas tendentes a organizar el comercio internacional o la propia existencia de una organización mundial del comercio, sino el hecho de que la OMC pretende ser la fuente de toda normativa, el árbitro de todas las cosas, el juez supremo del mundo futuro. +Conforme a las reglas de la política exterior y de defensa común, según la cual los Estados miembros coordinan, al fin y al cabo, su actuación en las organizaciones internacionales, la iniciativa y el poder de decisión están totalmente en manos del Consejo, en la práctica, en manos de un grupo de funcionarios especializados que tienen una tendencia natural a concentrarse en sus propios problemas. +Por todo ello, en el 50º aniversario de los Convenios de Ginebra, y cuando debemos comprometernos todos -el Parlamento, la Comisión y el Consejo- para fomentar el conocimiento del Derecho internacional humanitario y apoyar a las organizaciones que tienen como responsabilidad su defensa, ¿se le ocurre al Consejo alguna iniciativa concreta para difundir el Derecho internacional humanitario entre los ciudadanos de la Unión? +Si el Sr. diputado al Parlamento quiere saber más de las condiciones reales del transporte de animales o quiere poner el asunto en conocimiento de la Comisión, quizás sea conveniente que le formule la pregunta directamente a la Comisión, ya que es tarea específica de la Comisión controlar el cumplimiento de las disposiciones de las Directivas vigentes o intervenir en el asunto cuando las disposiciones no sean cumplidas. +Potenciar las pequeñas y medianas empresas y favorecer medidas que contribuyan a mejorar su competitividad ha sido uno de los objetivos de este Parlamento por el papel fundamental que desempeñan en la creación de empleo y por considerar que cualesquiera acciones orientadas a los pequeños y medianos operadores económicos fomentan el crecimiento económico europeo en general y señalan un camino seguro para alcanzar la cohesión económica y social de la Comunidad. +Si bien la capacidad normativa actual en el marco de la Unión Europea no permite aún la adopción de un régimen legal transfronterizo en este ámbito, espero que en un futuro esto llegue a ser posible, sobre todo después de que los Ministros de Cultura de Austria y Alemania, en febrero del año pasado, considerasen que esta cuestión, en cuanto tal, reviste un carácter transfronterizo y así lo hayan manifestado por escrito. +Creo que es muy importante que expliquemos que las terribles violaciones de los derechos humanos, como las que hemos vivido y vivimos en Sierra Leona, son algo que a nosotros como europeos nos incumbe, porque según nuestra concepción los derechos humanos y la dignidad humana son indivisibles en todo el mundo y porque no estamos dispuestos a tolerar esta concepción selectiva que conduce a que permitamos que los actos de violencia que se producen en nuestras proximidades nos parezcan más contundentes que las erupciones de violencia, como las que presenciamos en Sierra Leona desde hace muchos años. +Así pues, a pesar de la decepción que me produce el hecho de que el Presidente en ejercicio esté intentando lograr un acuerdo entre los dos Estados miembros, éste es sin duda alguna un ámbito en el que el Consejo puede adoptar medidas positivas atendiendo a su preocupación por los derechos humanos y respetando las normas de una institución que, si bien no forma parte de la UE, sí cuenta con su respeto y queda mencionada en una parte del Tratado de Amsterdam. +En todo caso quiero aprovechar también esta oportunidad para agradecer de corazón al Parlamento, especialmente a los ponentes y a todos los que han mostrado un gran interés o que han estado implicados en el debate del proceso de ampliación, por haber dado ánimo una y otra vez a la Comisión para que tomara también sus propias iniciativas con el fin de salvaguardar el buen ritmo del proceso de la ampliación. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, quisiera decir en primer lugar que la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios se congratula de la presentación de esas dos directivas porque la ampliación a entidades no bancarias de la emisión de dinero electrónico nos parece una buena medida para aumentar la competencia en esta materia y, por tanto, mejorar la calidad del servicio prestado y los precios que se cobrarán a los consumidores. +Se trata del problema -y el problema es sólo este- de las normas prudenciales mínimas que, asegurando la estabilidad y la solidez de las entidades de dinero electrónico, abran el camino al reconocimiento mutuo de la autorización y la supervisión y, a través de esta vía, a la libre circulación de los operadores y de los servicios. +Esto puede parecer osado con respecto a ciertas definiciones que figuran en los derechos públicos nacionales, pero habida cuenta a la vez de la urgencia que existe y de la presión del Consejo por que se respeten los plazos establecidos -tenemos unos calendarios-, es imprescindible proseguir el trabajo, y nos satisface la petición formulada en este sentido, sobre todo porque tenemos ante nuestra Asamblea a un comisario que ha demostrado que dominaba perfectamente estas cuestiones, que sabía escuchar lo que pide el Parlamento y que tiene autoridad frente a los gobiernos y, concretamente, al Consejo ECOFIN. +El Grupo Europa de las Naciones ha presentado seis enmiendas que aclaran el principio de prevención, que amplían el de seguridad sanitaria de los productos alimenticios, incluyendo los organismos modificados genéticamente, los productos fitosanitarios o las hormonas utilizadas como factor de crecimiento, así como la prohibición de utilizar carnes procedentes de los mataderos o huesos de animales para la fabricación de harina animal. +En este sentido, esta crisis, que comenzó con la aprobación o no aprobación de la gestión para 1996 y de la continuación para 1997, respecto de la cual tampoco recomendamos ninguna aprobación de la gestión en esta semana sino un aplazamiento de la aprobación de la gestión, ha sido una crisis necesaria para extraer de aquí los planteamientos positivos que nos gustaría haber hecho llegar todavía, señor Liikanen, a esta Comisión. +Nuestro Grupo ha sido coherente en su posición; gracias también a la tozudez o al rigor de nuestro ponente, el Sr. Elles, todo el Pleno ha seguido al final este planteamiento, y hoy registramos un éxito que en principio sólo debemos agradecerlo a una persona, en concreto, al ponente, el Sr. Elles, por su informe sobre la aprobación de la gestión del presupuesto 1996. +La nominación del Sr. Romano Prodi en la reunión extraordinaria del Consejo Europeo de Berlín fue el primer paso. Los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno han demostrado con la designación del Sr. Prodi la capacidad de actuación de la Unión Europea y su determinación de resolver de manera rápida y convincente la crisis ocurrida. +En su intervención ha mencionado usted casi todas las palabras clave para los próximos cinco años: la agricultura y las ciudades, la competencia y lo social, la juventud, las personas mayores, las sociedades anónimas, las pequeñas y medianas empresas, la protección del consumidor y la liberalización, la ampliación y la relación con Estados Unidos. +El que hayamos votado a favor de la propuesta del Consejo obedece al hecho de que la mayoría presente en este Parlamento seguirá cobrando en la práctica 1.000 euros por un viaje que cuesta 400 coronas, por ejemplo, y nosotros queremos dar prioridad al proceso de renovación y limpieza en lo relativo a los viáticos antes que a nuestra oposición a unas condiciones laborales y retributivas comunes, haciendo especial énfasis en este punto en la necesidad de que sea posible gravar el salario comunitario nacionalmente. +Al contrario que ciertos temores que se han expresado, parece que Europa está cerrando filas ante la crisis y que los procesos de integración están ganando interiormente y también exteriormente una nueva dinámica, sencillamente porque las alternativas europeas se pueden ver mejor que nunca en este tiempo de crisis. Por un lado, la alternativa que representa este Parlamento, la Europa de la integración, que significa una Europa en paz, con estabilidad y bienestar y, por otro lado, la vieja imagen de Europa que encontramos en las guerras de los Balcanes: nacionalismo con la consecuencia de guerras, desplazamientos y miseria. +En lo relativo a las enmiendas 3 y 4, la Comisión ha aprobado una declaración conjunta en el Reglamento según la cual, la Comisión proporcionará toda la información oral al Consejo y al Parlamento sobre la situación económica de los países beneficiarios que reciben préstamos, así como sobre los riesgos que he explicado a la hora de presentar el informe anual. +Es ésta la principal protesta, la protesta más vehemente, que les transmito por parte de la comisión. Y en nombre de la misma insto a la Presidencia del Consejo a que promueva una cultura de colaboración con el Parlamento radicalmente nueva en un ámbito donde la autoridad estatal y el poder sobre los derechos de los ciudadanos y los derechos fundamentales se dejan sentir con especial virulencia. +El uno de mayo, el Consejo decidió mediante procedimiento escrito integrar al personal de la Secretaría de Schengen en la Secretaría General del Consejo. Espero que así logremos poner punto final a los debates sobre este tema que se han venido sucediendo últimamente y que la Presidencia, los Estados miembros y también el personal de la Secretaría del Consejo puedan volver a concentrarse plenamente en el trabajo que nos aguarda en estos dos últimos meses de la Presidencia alemana. +Tenemos que conseguir un equilibrio entre las libertades civiles, la libertad de expresión, la libertad de las personas para poner en Internet lo que quieran, sin más entrometimiento oficial de lo que habría en los servicios postales o en el teléfono, y contrapesar el otro argumento de que las empresas no tienen por qué encontrarse con personas que infrinjan los derechos de propiedad intelectual, que infrinjan sus logotipos y finjan ser una empresa que no son. +Aunque en el período inmediatamente posterior a la dimisión del presidente Suharto había grandes esperanzas de que por fin quedaría abierto el camino a una solución pacífica de los problemas de Timor Oriental, después de un cuarto de siglo de derramamiento de sangre en el que ha muerto una tercera parte de la población como consecuencia de la invasión indonesia de 1975, aquellas esperanzas no se han cumplido. +Señor Presidente, la seguridad de las plantas nucleares existentes y de las que se están construyendo, representa un objetivo prioritario ante la perspectiva de la adhesión, tal como han resaltado en reiteradas ocasiones el Parlamento y la Comisión con ocasión del paquete relativo a la Agenda 2000, así como el Consejo en el ámbito de la seguridad nuclear con miras a las futuras ampliaciones de nuestra Unión. +El cumplimiento estricto de las normas de la Organización Mundial del Comercio y del Acuerdo sobre los Textiles, en particular el calendario de la liberalización, el control del dumping y las prácticas fraudulentas, el acceso al mercado de terceros países y la limitación de los acuerdos bilaterales, deberán constituir exigencias ineludibles de la Unión Europea. +No soy yo quien tiene que recordarle que esta Europa tiene 20 millones de parados -el desempleo es un problema que mina su cohesión social-, que esta Europa está en entredicho en las conquistas de civilización realizadas como las del bienestar, por políticas neoliberales, esas mismas políticas neoliberales de las cuales usted ha ensalzado la ulterior necesidad de flexibilidad en sus discursos anteriores y que, por el contrario, ha supuesto una disminución de la calidad del trabajo y de la calidad de vida, a diferencia de lo que propone para el futuro. +La falta del Sr. Bangemann consiste en haber hecho patente este sistema básicamente corrupto, de forma que cualquier votante europeo pueda verlo y en consecuencia prefiera quedarse en casa el día de las elecciones, como ya hiciera la mayoría los días 10, 11, 12 y 13 de junio privando de esta forma a esta asamblea de cualquier tipo de legitimidad democrática. +Evidentemente, esta no es la opinión de mi Grupo, ni tampoco la opinión del Comité de Expertos, que en el capítulo 7 declara pertinentemente que la distinción en el seno de la Comisión entre política y gestión no es defendible, cito, ni jurídicamente ni en la práctica, que esta distinción permite soslayar las responsabilidades políticas, que lo lógico es que fuera eliminada en beneficio de la subordinación jerárquica con respecto a los comisarios políticamente responsables. +Usted nos ha presentado en la persona de la Sra. Schreyer a una política experimentada que todavía necesitará un rodaje en alguno que otro tema de ámbito europeo, ya que primero se tendrá que adaptar a algunos modos de funcionamiento, pero que se ha puesto al día rápidamente y de manera exhaustiva sobre el tema muy complejo de la política presupuestaria y que es muy consciente de los futuros retos en este ámbito. +Señor Presidente de la Comisión Europea, desearía comenzar en el punto en que se ha quedado el Sr. Donnelly, la segunda parte de su misión, el programa de trabajo, porque creo que, más que de las responsabilidades colectivas o individuales, que, por supuesto, considero también asunto importante, la labor de restauración del prestigio y de la creatividad de la Comisión Europea depende sobre todo del programa de trabajo. +He de decir que tanto a los pensionistas que me han mandado a este escaño número 270 del Parlamento Europeo, como a mí nos ha satisfecho el comentario de la Comisaria designada Sra. Anna Diamantopulu que, al contestar a una de mis preguntas durante las audiciones -respecto a las cuales hay que recordar tanto lo que fue bien como lo que no- respondió que tiene muy en cuenta el problema de las personas mayores que esperan una pensión y que los quince Estados miembros ya no está en situación de pagar, dado que los Seguros son débiles y tienen déficit. +A su vez, nada se ha adelantado sobre la necesidad de imposición fiscal a los movimientos de capitales, en lo relativo a la necesidad de adaptación de los regímenes sociales nacionales a las tendencias demográficas actuales, lo que demuestra que, a fin de cuentas, el objetivo no es una mayor justicia social, sino, al contrario, una agravación de las desigualdades sociales. +Solicito que las instituciones de la Unión Europea apoyen el envío urgentísimo de una fuerte misión civil y de una fuerza de seguridad de las Naciones Unidas, de dimensión proporcional a la gravedad de la situación, para conseguir que Timor se constituya como Estado independiente, lo que exigirá mucho tiempo a lo largo del cual las Naciones Unidas tendrán que mantener un apoyo inequívoco y la Unión Europea una ayuda apolítica y económica imprescindible. +La segunda es la siguiente: Quiero hacer una urgente apelación a nuestro Parlamento Europeo para que, al hablar de la cuestión indonesia, haga una clara distinción entre el régimen militar de Indonesia, las elecciones que se celebraron y que fueron un reflejo de un largo y profundo proceso de transformación que sólo acaba de comenzar en un enorme imperio del que Timor Oriental no es más que un pequeño fragmento, y el gran sufrimiento del pueblo indonesio. +La ocultación de una fosa común en la que yacían los cuerpos de 15 serbios asesinados a mediados de julio en las afueras de Gnjilane, zona bajo responsabilidad de las tropas americanas, plantea serios interrogantes en torno al papel de la llamada Afuerza de paz@, ya que en función de su tolerancia o apoyo, la población serbia de Kosovo es víctima de una extendida limpieza étnica que demuestra la diferencia de sensibilidad de la comunidad internacional acerca de la protección de los derechos humanos, que se da por segura. +Sin embargo, en lo que respecta a la composición del consejo de dirección de la agencia, no comprendo los motivos que deberían inducir al Parlamento a prever el nombramiento de siete expertos independientes sólo por parte de la Comisión y esto en contra de las propuestas formuladas por la propia Comisión que, en disonancia con el Comité adjunto a la misma, ha previsto, por el contrario, la presencia de un representante de cada uno de los Estados miembros. +En el apartado 3, el Parlamento Europeo exige "un enfoque abierto e innovador sobre el carácter de la Carta, la naturaleza de los derechos que deberán figurar en ella, así como sobre el papel y la posición de ésta en la evolución constitucional de la Unión" , lo que demuestra su voluntad de no limitarse, simplemente, a recoger los derechos en vigor, como pedía el Consejo. +Una fuga fraudulenta del dinero de ayuda extranjero, una fuga de capital ruso en los últimos diez años estimado entre los 150.000 y 300.000 millones de dólares y una economía rusa que ha vuelto al comercio de trueque nos impiden tener realmente idea de la envergadura de la crisis financiera en la Federación Rusa. +Señora Presidenta, en mi opinión el Parlamento no debería dejar sin aprovechar la oportunidad de hacer una declaración sobre el mandato en el turno del WTO, porque el Consejo de Ministros dará el mandato a la Comisión el 13 de octubre y sería realmente una lástima si este mandato se otorgara sin saber lo que piensa el Parlamento de Europa sobre el asunto. +Naturalmente, resulta irónico, como dijimos ayer en la Comisión de Desarrollo, que la Comisión de Presupuestos votara la semana pasada para reducir la línea presupuestaria sobre la atención de la salud reproductiva y la labor en materia de HIV/SIDA a la mitad -de 25 millones a 12 millones de euros- y que ahora estemos examinando la necesidad de inversión en ese sector. +Por lo tanto, bienvenidas sean las campañas de información orientadas a sensibilizar a la opinión pública sobre los temas relacionados con el ahorro energético, sin embargo, no veo cómo la adopción de medidas legislativas excesivamente estrictas pueda ser el método más eficaz para mejorar la intensidad energética de la demanda final. +Coherentemente con su obligación de defender los intereses de sus Estados miembros; coherentemente con los valores de equidad y progreso social que proclamamos como nuestros; coherentemente con el proyecto de mundo que queremos contribuir a construir, más equilibrado y más solidario; pero coherentemente también con la actuación mantenida por muchos de nosotros y muchos de nuestros compatriotas en Europa durante cuatro décadas esforzándonos por acabar con el apartheid y soñando con la instauración en Sudáfrica de un régimen de libertad y de dignidad para todos los sudafricanos. +Nuestro nuevo Parlamento envía hoy una nueva y clara señal de apoyo -enérgico y sostenido- a un proceso de paz que va a abrir el camino al progreso, la democracia, el respeto a los derechos humanos y la esperanza en el futuro para todos los pueblos de la región y para la coexistencia pacífica entre Israel y el estado independiente de Palestina. +Hemos de respetar esas medidas, porque de otro modo estaremos alentando de facto la política de colonización, y eso que la Unión Europea, junto con el resto de la Comunidad Internacional, Estados Unidos incluidos, siempre hemos condenado esa política y todos sabemos que la política israelí de asentamientos constituye un gran obstáculo en el largo camino hacia la paz y hacia un auténtico Estado palestino. +Para que en esta ocasión la vía de esperanza que se abre tras la firma de Sharm El-Sheikh no quede de nuevo cerrada en el futuro, es necesario que la sensibilidad y la inteligencia políticas de los nuevos gobernantes del Estado de Israel, cuya seguridad queremos garantizada, impulse medidas capaces de crear una confianza sostenida en la parte palestina, de modo que la vía pacífica, recientemente reabierta, alcance, lo antes posible, la meta definitiva. +En cuanto a las políticas externas, creo que hay que insistir en el hecho de que no sólo tenemos compromisos comerciales, sino que estamos vinculados por acuerdos multilaterales sobre el medio ambiente, por convenios internacionales relativos al respeto de los derechos humanos, y en mi opinión -que creo comparten muchos colegas-, estos compromisos tienen a la vez en el plano ético y en el plano político un valor más importante que el librecambio. +En todo caso, he de decir que las negociaciones de la Ronda del Milenio no deben perjudicar los elementos esenciales del modelo agrario europeo ni las reformas necesarias para que, además de lo acordado en la Agenda 2000, se proteja el desarrollo interno de los territorios del objetivo 1 con explotaciones familiares basadas en la tierra, frente a los intereses de las grandes empresas industriales y de gran distribución. +A mí me gustaría preguntar al Consejo, que no a la Comisión, cómo valora en líneas generales el desarrollo de esta campaña; si es verdad que éste ha sido un buen año para el atún y si por eso se han evitado los conflictos entre las distintas flotas que faenan en el Cantábrico; qué número de barcos ha reducido cada país como consecuencia de la moratoria; si este método se está revelando como válido para frenar la presión sobre las poblaciones de atún. +En cuanto a la cuestión de las asignaciones para las medidas estructurales, las divergencias entre el Consejo y el Parlamento se resumen en dos puntos: en primer lugar, el importe del adelanto del pago relativo a las nuevas acciones estructurales y, en segundo lugar, el calendario de la liquidación de las autorizaciones antiguas que aún no se han pagado. +Dado que una gran parte del presupuesto comunitario se ejecuta por intermedio de los Estados miembros, yo le recomendaría sinceramente al Consejo que vele por la eficacia, la transparencia y una limpia ejecución en ese ámbito, para que la Comisión no vuelva a verse obligada a seguir recurriendo en el futuro al procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión en interés de una limpia ejecución del presupuesto. +Yo quiero expresar, por lo tanto, ante todo mis congratulaciones y mi agradecimiento al Instituto Monetario Europeo, a los bancos nacionales, al Banco Central Europeo, representado hoy aquí por su Presidente, Sr. Duisenberg, pero asimismo a los Estados miembros, que impulsaron a través de numerosas reformas políticas necesarias las ulteriores reformas estructurales e institucionales y cumplieron los criterios de convergencia, y también a los ciudadanos, que están apoyando con un creciente consenso este paso necesario hacia la integración europea +Nuestro Grupo acoge con satisfacción la formación de un órgano para la elaboración de la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea, en la creencia de que el amplio alcance parlamentario de su composición refleja la realización del proceso de democratización de la UE mejor que la habitual Conferencia Intergubernamental. +Quedan, sin embargo, dos obstáculos: primeramente, el abandono de la preferencia comunitaria en el ámbito agrícola, y ya conocemos los problemas que existen en los sectores del tomate, o de la horticultura; y, el segundo punto, respecto al cual no podemos ceder, consistiría en un intercambio del derecho de pesca para los españoles por un suplemento de inmigración, en una Europa que cuenta con 18 millones de parados. +Por lo que se refiere al informe Cunha sobre la celebración de un nuevo Protocolo por el que se fijan las posibilidades de pesca y la compensación financiera, previstas en el Acuerdo con la República de Angola para el período comprendido entre el 3 de mayo de 1999 y el 2 de mayo del 2000, quisiera señalar que se trata de un protocolo clásico, que posibilita el acceso a los recursos pesqueros durante un período determinado y fija una contrapartida financiera. +Con mi inocencia e ingenuidad, yo había pensado que, cuando el Comité Directivo Científico se reunió la semana pasada e hizo su anuncio -de hecho, lo hizo el Sr. Pascale, francés él, como Presidente de dicho Comité-, en el que indicó la aprobación unánime de dicho comité, en el sentido de que la carne de bovino británico es tan inocua como cualquier otra carne de bovino de la UE o posiblemente más que ninguna del mundo, ya se había llegado a la cima de la pirámide. +Señor Presidente, quisiera felicitar al ponente Sr. Hughes, en lo que se refiere a la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo de la gente del mar, por su propuesta al Parlamento de aprobar, sin modificaciones, la posición común del Consejo respecto a la aplicación de la jornada laboral de la gente del mar a bordo de las naves que utilizan puertos comunitarios. +También espero que el procedimiento por el que nos hemos visto obligados a examinar la presente Comunicación en el Parlamento no se tome como modelo para el futuro, puesto que también ha sido la causa, señor colega Lehne, de que no hayamos tenido la oportunidad de debatir las enmiendas en comisión y nos a obligado a proceder de una manera muy atípica para esta Cámara. +Pero un verdadero apoyo social a los objetivos que se determinen con las personas en dificultad en el marco de procedimientos formalizados es el único modo de que las ayudas e incentivos para la búsqueda de empleo surtan todos sus efectos, no sólo en el propio acceso al empleo, sino también en algo que está íntimamente asociado a éste, es decir, la reinserción duradera de unas personas que están totalmente desgastadas por el proceso destructivo del desempleo. +Consideramos importante que se lleve a cabo en la etapa de programación para permitir a los trabajadores anticipar el cambio, ampliar el ámbito de aplicación de la directiva y garantizar que la misma contenga prescripciones mínimas a escala comunitaria que no puedan incumplirse sino en el sentido más favorable para los trabajadores, así como extender el contenido a las materias que afectan directamente a los derechos de los trabajadores y su futuro. +Esta opción estratégica se refería, ante todo, a la aprobación de la directiva sobre la empresa europea y después a la aprobación de la directiva sobre la consulta y la información; y todo esto en la lógica de que si tenía prioridad la directiva sobre la que estamos debatiendo, sería complicadísima la votación de la directiva sobre el empleo que, como bien saben, lleva en la mesa de negociaciones más de 14 años. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, ¿está de acuerdo con mis consideraciones de que con la propuesta que usted hace, prácticamente se suspenden las obligaciones del Consejo derivadas de los créditos obligatorios pero que se mantienen sus derechos, a saber, la reducción de los créditos no empleados, y que de este modo pasamos de hecho de los créditos obligatorios a los no obligatorios sin que el Parlamento obtenga los derechos de soberanía sobre este sector en el presupuesto? +En el seno de la Unión Europea Occidental, el tema de la garantía de defensa mutua tiene aún más fuerza que en el seno de la OTAN; en los países neutrales, la opinión general en estos momentos es que el compromiso de defensa mutua no es aplicable. +Y como he oído decir al señor Bourlanges en el debate que la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental debería decidir la creación de un impuesto europeo, yo diría, al contrario, en nombre del Grupo Europa de las Naciones, que si la CIG debe tratar este problema, es preciso decidir la creación de un sistema claro, transparente, equitativo y, sobre todo, controlado estrechamente por las democracias nacionales, me refiero de una contribución anual de los Estados basada en un porcentaje de su PNB idéntico para todos. +Hemos presentado una propuesta de estrategia para combatir la droga en la UE durante el período 2000 - 2004 siguiendo las líneas directrices del Consejo de Europa, el trabajo que realizó el anterior país que ostentó la Presidencia, la comunicación de la Comisión y las aportaciones que han hecho los Estados miembros y diferentes grupos de trabajo a la comunicación de la Comisión. +Considerando que de acuerdo al artículo 255 los principios generales y los límites del derecho de los ciudadanos al acceso a los documentos de las citadas instituciones deben establecerse antes del 30 de abril de 2001, en conformidad con los procedimientos de decisión del Parlamento Europeo, el Consejo empezará a estudiar una propuesta de reglamento tan pronto como sea posible. +Señora Presidenta, para ganar tiempo, ahora que la enmienda 70 del Grupo Europa de las Naciones ha quedado rechazada por una mayoría abrumadora, quizá pueda aplicar usted las disposiciones del apartado 7 del artículo 130 según el cual, tras la aprobación o el rechazo de una enmienda concreta, el Presidente podrá decidir que otras enmiendas de contenido similar o con objetivos similares se sometan a votación conjuntamente. +La posición negociadora inicial de la Unión Europea, ambiciosa en sus objetivos, está destinada a no salir fortalecida de un ciclo de negociaciones que podría eternizarse y estancarse a causa, en particular, de la actitud previsible de los Estados Unidos, que intentarán constantemente destruir la unidad de este mandato que posee el Sr. Lamy, y que no representa más que una unidad aparente, incapaz de disimular las divergencias de intereses entre los Quince. +La única solución es restablecer los controles en las fronteras interiores de la Comunidad; de dotar a los servicios de policía de los Estados miembros con los medios humanos, financieros y materiales para cumplir su misión de protección de las personas honradas; renunciar a otorgar a los irresponsables de Bruselas cualquier tipo de competencias en materia policial, judicial y de entrada y permanencia de extranjeros. +La situación de atraso agravada por la destrucción vengativa perpetrada por las fuerzas armadas indonesias, las pequeñas dimensiones del territorio, asociadas a la circunstancia de que hay otra mitad de la isla, la coexistencia con vecinos e intereses poderosos, la inexistencia de una administración, son elementos que contribuyen a la complejidad de la tarea y dan idea de lo necesaria que es la participación de los timorenses y lo importante que es la solidaridad internacional. +Prestaremos nuestro pleno apoyo al responsable de Naciones Unidas, el Sr. Kouchner, y sus antiguos colegas, cuando por fin comience a poner en marcha una administración en Kosovo en lugar de dejar este cometido en manos del falso e ilegítimo Gobierno del ELK, cuando las autoridades municipales y los ayuntamientos de los pueblos y de las ciudades dejen de ser gobernados por el ELK, cuando estas tareas y otras muchas que quedan por hacer en Kosovo sean llevadas a buen término, si no por otros kosovares, por otros agentes de Naciones Unidas. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate del informe (A5-0051/1999) de la Sra. Rühle en nombre de la Comisión de Presupuestos sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo (COM(1999)142 - C5-0039/1999 - 1999/0080(CNS)) por la que se concede al Banco Europeo de Inversiones una garantía de la Comunidad para absorber las pérdidas que se deriven de préstamos para la realización de proyectos fuera de la Comunidad (Europa central y oriental, Balcanes occidentales, países mediterráneos, Latinoamérica y Asia y República de Sudáfrica). +Señor Presidente, queridos colegas, tomo la palabra en este punto para expresar mi apoyo y el del Grupo Socialista al trabajo y a las conclusiones sobre las propuestas que hoy presenta ante el Parlamento, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos, mi buen amigo y compañero el profesor Manuel Medina, con la esperanza fundada de que nuestra Asamblea apruebe con todo su peso las propuestas en cuestión. +Señor Presidente, he tomado la palabra para mostrar ante todo mi sorpresa después de haber escuchado lo que nos ha declarado la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo con respecto a la Conferencia Intergubernamental. La Sra. Halonen ni siquiera ha citado la resolución del Parlamento Europeo de 18 de noviembre y las propuestas contenidas en la misma referentes a la agenda de la Conferencia. +Problemas económicos, problemas de derechos humanos, de democracia, de respeto a las minorías. Problemas, en fin, de seguridad y estabilidad en el sureste de Europa, por cuanto Turquía fundamenta su política exterior bien en la violencia declarada, como en el caso de Chipre con la prolongada ocupación del norte de la isla, bien en la amenaza de usar la violencia, como cuando el Parlamento turco declara oficialmente casus belli el ejercicio de los derechos griegos de soberanía sobre las aguas territoriales del Egeo. +De hecho, la liberalización del mercado, la anulación de las subvenciones, la impunidad de las inversiones, la comercialización de los servicios, incluso de la enseñanza, de la salud y de la cultura están prestando servicio a los grandes intereses del capital monopolístico para aumentar sus beneficios; sin embargo, no son nada atractivos para los trabajadores ni para los pueblos. +Aquí es preciso más bien jugar en el futuro un papel preparatorio más inteligente y más marcado a fin de hacer patente qué intereses representamos realmente en común en estas rondas mundiales y por qué las necesitamos: en concreto, para controlar la globalización, para contener el crecimiento espontáneo que, en cualquier caso, se produciría sin la ronda mundial, y para llevar a cabo aquí una estrategia inteligente de solución de los problemas globales. +Ya he subrayado la importancia de que la Comisión asuma también su responsabilidad en lo que respecta a los Estados miembros, pero cuando se trata de políticas internas, la ayuda exterior y la administración del personal, podemos imponer exigencias más claras a la Comisión y podemos también abordar el tema de manera diferente cuando se trata de la Declaración de fiabilidad, algo que hemos comenzado a hacer y que seguiremos haciendo. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0097/1999) de la Sra. Pack, en nombre de la delegación del Parlamento Europeo en el Comité de Conciliación, sobre el texto conjunto, aprobado por el Comité de Conciliación, de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establece la segunda fase del programa de acción comunitario en materia de educación SOCRATES (C5-0267/1999 - 1998/0195(COD)). +A raíz de las consultas que hemos realizado al Centro Común de Investigación y a los Estados miembros en particular, hemos llegado a la conclusión de que el 1% es el compromiso que mejor cumple dos finalidades: en primer lugar, el objetivo de establecer un nivel de tolerancia muy bajo que implique el esfuerzo de los operadores; y en segundo lugar, que se tenga en cuenta la viabilidad necesaria en toda la cadena de producción. +En primer lugar, quisiera decirle que su pequeño retraso está perfectamente justificado por la importancia de su comunicación y también que el Parlamento se congratula de que sea posible esta forma de debate prácticamente inmediato e instantáneo entre esta Asamblea y el Ejecutivo y hace votos por que este nuevo método llegue de verdad a crear un espacio de debate político actual, que por fuerza ha de enaltecer a esta Asamblea y sus relaciones con la Comisión. +En primer lugar, quisiera decir a Su Señoría que comparto la preocupación que acaba de expresar respecto de que las instituciones europeas en su conjunto sean capaces de formular una política de información y de comunicación que permita hacer llegar a todos los ciudadanos europeos no sólo el tenor de los debates, sino también el valor añadido que para su vida cotidiana tienen las decisiones del Parlamento, de la Comisión y del propio Consejo. +Según lo previsto, será necesario ponderar las acciones en relación con la situación civil, económica y social de los distintos Nuevos Estados Independientes y de Mongolia utilizando dos parámetros: la solución al problema de la indigencia y de la marginación social y económica, sin privilegios y graduaciones, y la evaluación del valor estratégico civil, económico y social con miras a acercar los pueblos de los Nuevos Estados Independientes y Mongolia a la Unión Europea. +La Unión Europea debe hacer todo lo que esté en su mano durante el próximo año para que se encuentren las soluciones más eficientes posible desde el punto de vista medioambiental y de la reducción de emisiones, soluciones que sea posible aprobar extensamente, con el fin de llegar a un acuerdo sobre la normativa de los mecanismos de Kioto y de la aplicación del Convenio. +Esto es lo que habría querido decir al Sr. Martin, si éste, de una manera que estimo poco cortés y poco conforme a las exigencias de la democracia, al respeto del derecho de las minorías y a la costumbre parlamentaria, no hubiese decidido desde el principio, sin siquiera haberme escuchado, que la observación que yo pensaba hacer con respecto a los artículos 180 y 181 de nuestro Reglamento no era una cuestión reglamentaria. +Nos encontramos en un procedimiento posterior a la decisión de 1997 y lo más probable es que volvamos a encontrarnos en un procedimiento posterior a la decisión actual. Sin embargo, por el bien del consumidor debería haberse elaborado previa consulta al Parlamento un plan de trabajo para garantizar una correcta aplicación del sistema de identificación obligatorio dentro del plazo establecido. +A pesar de las resoluciones anteriores del Parlamento, apoyadas en el informe de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos -que confirma la precariedad de las condiciones de detención de los presos políticos-, los maltratos, las humillaciones, los ataques a la integridad física de los individuos, son moneda corriente en las prisiones de Djibouti, sobre todo en la de Gabode. +En lo que se refiere a la exclusión de Partido Popular Democrático de las elecciones, el señor diputado sin duda sabrá que el Tribunal Constitucional turco rechazó unánimemente el 8 de marzo de 1999 la solicitud del Fiscal General del Estado sobre la decisión provisional para la prohibición de la participación de este Partido. +Hasta ahora, y a pesar de que el PE lo ha solicitado claramente, estos propósitos no se han materializado desde el punto de vista operativo en un programa integrado para las regiones insulares de la UE, donde viven 14 millones de ciudadanos de 12 Estados miembros, con objeto de que puedan competir en el mercado en condiciones equitativas con las demás regiones continentales que no sufren desde el principio de la desventaja geográfica derivada de la insularidad. +Estoy a favor sin lugar a dudas de la ampliación a esos nuevos países, pero temo que, dada la situación de las perspectivas financieras y por ser esos países menos ricos que los miembros actuales de la Unión, se acentúen la perifericidad y la excentricidad de ciertas regiones como Galicia y Portugal con las disminuciones de los Fondos estructurales, con lo que se dificultará la necesaria cohesión económica y social europea. +Tanto más expreso nuestras esperanzas -y no puedo ocultar mi preocupación al respecto- de que pudiera volver a estudiarse detenidamente la Ley del idioma y la Ley de elecciones parlamentarias y municipales, que fueron aprobadas después de la publicación de nuestro último informe, ya que esas leyes, según una primera impresión nuestra, podrían entrar en conflicto con las normas internacionales en este ámbito. +Dado que, en virtud del artículo 255, a la Comisión le corresponde la tarea de elaborar una propuesta legislativa relativa a los principios generales y a los límites que regulan el ejercicio de dicho derecho, nuestra Institución presentará en tiempo útil su propuesta al respecto y el Pleno tendrá así la posibilidad de manifestar su posición en el procedimiento de codecisión. +La postura adoptada tanto por la Comisión como por nuestra comisión económica está más matizada: mientras la estabilidad de precios se mantenga y esté garantizada, podemos permitirnos una política monetaria más flexible, a condición por supuesto de que se mantenga y se consolide la disciplina presupuestaria; efectivamente, por culpa de la enorme deuda acumulada y de los importantes recursos consagrados al servicio de dicha deuda y a la financiación de los déficit, hemos tenido que reducir durante años las inversiones privadas productivas. +En cuanto a la propuesta más concreta, cara a muchos de Sus Señorías, sobre la tasa reducida del IVA de los servicios con alto índice de mano de obra, tengo mucho gusto en observar que hoy, con la Presidencia alemana, se ha celebrado la primera reunión de un grupo de trabajo del Consejo sobre ese tema y esta noche vamos a debatir el Informe Thyssen también sobre este tema. +El orden del día se señala el informe (A4-0207/99), de la Sra. Thyssen, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y de Política Industrial, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Consejo para modificar la directiva 77/388/CEE en lo relativo a la posibilidad de aplicar a título experimental un tipo reducido de IVA a los servicios que apliquen mano de obra de manera intensiva (COM(99)0062 - C4-0169/99-99/0056 (CNS). +Ciertamente, señor Presidente, usted hoy ha recordado la necesidad de un impuesto ecológico para hacer frente a los retos que plantea, por ejemplo, el cambio climático -y esto me satisface- y ha hablado de desarrollo sostenible, sin embargo, ¿cómo no resaltar la contradicción entre estas afirmaciones y su exagerada confianza en los resultados que se derivarán de la plena liberalización de los intercambios comerciales en el marco de la Organización Mundial de Comercio? +Los 112 o 115 diputados que han votado a favor de estas enmiendas honran con ello a nuestro Parlamento, porque expresan la convicción de que el Parlamento está en su derecho de controlar a la Comisión, controlar la ejecución del presupuesto comunitario por la Comisión, y que ésta tiene el deber de respetar los Tratados y proporcionar al Parlamento la información necesaria. +Yo considero que se trata de un paso importante con vistas a la elaboración de una resolución del Consejo de Seguridad basada en el fundamento del Capítulo VII y quisiera aprovechar la ocasión para instar también a los miembros permanentes del Consejo de Seguridad a que asuman un papel activo en la elaboración de una resolución de esas características. +La política que ha desarrollado hasta ahora la Unión Europea con respecto a Rusia no siempre ha sido ejemplar, pero aun así yo quiero manifestar mi confianza en que la combinación de una estrategia global y el nuevo Reglamento de TACIS que debe entrar en vigor en el año 2000 se traducirán en una clara mejora de la adopción y ejecución de las decisiones de la Unión Europea en el ámbito de la política relativa a Rusia. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate sobre la recomendación para la segunda lectura del informe (A4-0245/99) por parte del Sr. Jarzembowsky en nombre de la Comisión de Transportes y Turismo relativa a la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la directiva del Consejo relativa a la aplicación de gravámenes a los vehículos pesados de transporte de mercancías por la utilización de determinadas infraestructuras (13651/3/98 - C4-0037/99-96/0182(SYN)). +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, señor Presidente de la Comisión, Señorías, antes de pasar a abordar el tema de las reformas institucionales, como presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales, al abrir mi última intervención pública, yo también quisiera expresar públicamente mi agradecimiento al Presidente de nuestro Parlamento por el trabajo común que hemos realizado. +Cuando, el 13 de diciembre, se dijo que el Tratado de Amsterdam le daba la posibilidad al Parlamento, por primera vez en su historia, de adoptar un estatuto uniforme para sus miembros, que ese estatuto debía entrar en vigor en el momento en que la ratificación del Tratado de Amsterdam proporcionara la base jurídica necesaria para su aprobación, se dejaba creer que estábamos listos para aprobar un estatuto. +Volvemos a presentarlo en el segundo Informe Martin, porque no podemos rendirnos. En beneficio de la salud de los ciudadanos europeos debemos seguir defendiendo los efectos positivos del consumo moderado del vino ante los grupos de la población que no saben que el vino es la medicina preventiva más eficaz y más placentera contra el Alzheimer, el cáncer, la senilidad y otras muchas enfermedades. +Al violar a sabiendas el acuerdo de Wye Plantation, de octubre de 1998, el cual prohíbe cualquier medida unilateral que pueda complicar la negociación sobre el estatuto final de los territorios, el Gobierno israelí persigue una estrategia deliberada que consiste en vaciar de su sustancia la futura negociación y en quitar una continuidad territorial a Cisjordania, para impedir así la viabilidad de un futuro Estado palestino. +Considero que es necesario que se lleven a cabo dos cosas: en primer lugar, el restablecimiento de un orden constitucional y civil y el final del golpe de Estado que -como decían mis colegas- es el decimoctavo desde la mitad de los años setenta; en segundo lugar y al mismo tiempo, es preciso continuar el proceso de acuerdo nacional también con esas fuerzas que no sólo son militares y que pretenden seguir manteniendo la hegemonía de unos grupos de población de una isla respecto a las demás. +Finalmente, unas últimas palabras dirigidas al Sr. Poettering, sin el ánimo de referirme de manera especial a las decisiones políticas internas, ya que considero que estamos en el Parlamento Europeo y aquí no deberíamos hablar de Alemania como tema principal. Sin embargo, yo puedo asegurarle una cosa, señor Poettering: justamente el Partido verde aprendió la lección de Bosnia y también ha aprendido ahora la de Kosovo, y también habríamos asumido esa responsabilidad con otra composición del Gobierno. +A la colega del PDS que, por un lado, nos ha criticado que hemos ignorado las posiciones francesas así como los objetivos de la política francesa pero que, al mismo tiempo, nos ha echado fuertemente en cara los deficientes resultados del compromiso del mercado agrícola de la cumbre de Berlín, sólo puedo decirle que son aspectos en cierto modo interrelacionados. Debería examinar más exactamente si al final, por así decirlo, no cae usted misma en una maraña de contradicciones. +Señor Presidente, señora Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, reparar las dramáticas consecuencias materiales y, sobre todo, morales del drama que ha vivido Kosovo, colaborar con el Tribunal Penal Internacional para que los crímenes cometidos no queden impunes, sentar las bases del desarrollo económico de la zona a fin de propiciar la reconciliación del pueblo albanokosovar y del pueblo serbio han de ser cuestiones absolutamente prioritarias para la Unión Europea. +Daría usted a la mayoría de la Asamblea, de forma coyuntural, la posibilidad de pronunciarse sobre las afinidades políticas que pueden existir entre tal o cual diputado que ha estampado su firma al pie del escrito de constitución de un grupo y sabemos muy bien que existen, también en el seno de los grupos mayoritarios, facciones que no están ni con mucho de acuerdo entre ellas sobre un programa político común. +Por consiguiente, quisiera volver a recordar que en la última sesión plenaria yo señalé que, de conformidad con nuestro Reglamento, la Asamblea decide sobre la composición de las mesas de las delegaciones interparlamentarias, pero corresponde a las comisiones parlamentarias mixtas proceder, como lo hacen también las comisiones parlamentarias, a la elección de sus mesas, tal como lo hemos hecho en la Comisión de Asuntos Interiores, por ejemplo, y en todas las comisiones. +Por ejemplo, no es posible detener la delincuencia organizada, el tráfico de personas, el blanqueo de dinero y el terrorismo únicamente a través de la colaboración policial, si al mismo tiempo se permite la libre circulación entre los países miembros, tanto de los ciudadanos comunitarios como de todos los demás, y mucho menos si la vigilancia de las fronteras exteriores se ve debilitada, lo que es inevitable con la ampliación de la Unión. +No se puede admitir que el ámbito clave de la justicia, que no sólo afecta a la protección del ciudadano de cara al exterior, sino que también garantiza la protección del ciudadano ante las instituciones estatales, no tenga en cuenta la protección contra medidas ejecutivas erróneas ni el control correspondiente en beneficio de los ciudadanos. +Amén de eso, no ha tenido ningún reparo en acceder a la propuesta del Gobierno francés de asignar a Pascal Lamy la cartera de Comercio Exterior, a pesar de que este señor es el arquitecto del "sistema Jacques Delors" . Con este sistema se ha implantado en la Comisión una estructura financiera totalmente abstrusa. +Siempre he sido de la opinión de que una intervención militar extranjera sólo debía tener lugar en el interés nacional de la nación-Estado de que se trate, y sin embargo el grave deterioro y la espiral de violencia en la región requería la adopción de medidas y cumplía las condiciones de la nueva política exterior ética respecto de la cual Portugal es Estado miembro de pleno derecho. +En las resoluciones adoptadas en junio de 1999 sobre los preparativos de la tercera reunión de los Ministros de la OMC, el Consejo se remitía claramente a los acuerdos de los Jefes de Estado en la Cumbre de Colonia los días 3 y 4 de junio de 1999, en los cuales se apoyaban unas negociaciones que abarquen un amplio abanico de temas, entre ellos las normas laborales, como el mejor medio para conseguir resultados sustanciales y equilibrados en provecho de todos los miembros de la OMC. +La Comisión ya ha remitido un documento a la Presidencia del Consejo y al Parlamento en el que propone una división clara de las funciones de los servicios de la agencia y del personal entre Pristina y Salónica, con todos los servicios operativos centrados en Pristina y el director de la agencia radicado allí en su centro de operaciones. +Informe (A5-0010/99) de la Sra. Morgantini, en nombre de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo (COM(1999) 334 - C5-0059/1999 - 1999/0143(CNS)) por la que se aprueba el texto del Décimo Convenio CE-OOPS para el período 1999-2001, antes de la firma del Convenio por la Comisión y el Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente +Asimismo, los servicios de la Comisión, que ha gestionado las ayudas a Rusia, han de elaborar un informe sobre las modalidades de empleo de los fondos y, por último, se pide la creación de una comisión de investigación, compuesta por el Consejo, la Comisión, el Parlamento Europeo, el BEI y el BERD, que compruebe cuántas y cuáles financiaciones enviadas a Rusia se han utilizado para los fines previstos, por ejemplo, el programa TACIS. +En cuanto a Grecia, ya se ha dicho, los daños también han sido grandes, han echado raíces en la población - he visitado la zona - la angustia por el mañana, sobre todo por haber constatado que, en la construcción de las casas, lo que predominó fue el beneficio y no el cuidado hacia las personas que estaban pagando por comprarse una casa. +Los avispados asesores que están a mi lado me dicen que según nuestro Reglamento, ha sido correcto el proceder del Parlamento y del Presidente de sesión, mi predecesor, pues en el orden del día se dice que entre las 15 y 16 horas tendrá lugar la declaración de la Comisión sobre la crisis financiera en Rusia y que el debate de urgencia comenzará inmediatamente después de la declaración de la Comisión o a más tardar a las 16 horas. +La segunda será la de qué competencias transferirá usted de la Comisión a esa nueva agencia y tal vez a algunas de las que ya existen, para que puedan desempeñar mejor sus tareas y asistir a la agencia encargada de la inocuidad de los alimentos en la resolución de los problemas relativos a los alimentos en Europa. )Cómo garantizará la rendición de cuentas de esas nuevas agencias? )Examinaría usted, por ejemplo, la posibilidad de celebrar audiciones aquí, en el Parlamento Europeo, para elegir a los directores de dichas agencias? +Desgraciadamente, hasta la fecha, en muchos casos, el ciudadano sólo recibe a posteriori información sobre estos asuntos de la vida cotidiana que le afectan, cuando en un ámbito tan delicado las actuaciones deberían tener carácter preventivo, de tal modo que la cadena alimentaria asegure realmente el bienestar corporal y mental de los consumidores y no se convierta en objeto de especulación para los intereses económicos. +La resolución es al menos una declaración de nuestra posición sobre nuestras relaciones con nuestro gran vecino, y si el Parlamento no hubiera expresado su opinión sobre este importante tema, habría supuesto un incumplimiento de su responsabilidad como parlamento internacional, y un triste indicio de que la política de la Fortaleza Europa está viva y recibe más apoyo del que debiera en el seno de esta Asamblea. +En el Protocolo de Kioto, y también en el acuerdo sobre el clima, se estipula que si una comunidad de naciones con cooperación económica, como es el caso de UE, no cumple en su conjunto los compromisos adquiridos, la responsabilidad recae sobre cada uno de los estados integrantes de la comunidad, es decir, que si algunos Estados miembros no cumplen los objetivos, toda la Unión sufre las consecuencias. +Pero también debe pedir a los servicios de Euratom que efectúen un análisis completo del conjunto de las reglamentaciones oficiales de seguridad de nuestras centrales, y en torno a las centrales, en Europa, para saber si se respeta el conjunto de las condiciones de seguridad; para saber si aún se pueden añadir procedimientos de urgencia en caso de que se produzcan negligencias humanas lamentables, que son peores, sobre todo en estos últimos años, que un accidente imprevisible que, por definición, puede sembrar el pánico. +No puedo acabar mi presentación sin indicarles que ésta no es la única solución del problema y que nuestra Comisión Parlamentaria desea poner de relieve la necesidad de que otras comisiones parlamentarias se ocupen de este riesgo para la seguridad en la próxima directiva sobre emisiones de vehículos comerciales pesados y también en otras normas de prueba de vehículos, para cerciorarse de que las tapas defectuosas de depósitos de combustible se retiran de la circulación, sea en plena carretera, sea en pruebas anuales de los vehículos comerciales. +Respecto de la preocupación del Parlamento por las posibles consecuencias resultantes de la transferencia de las asignaciones de la categoría 4 destinadas a la prestación de ayuda a los países menos adelantados, no debemos olvidar que, de conformidad con el Convenio de Lomé, el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo financia las ayudas de la UE a esos países. +Nuestras posiciones de principio en este sentido, junto con el equilibrio entre independencia, fiabilidad, publicidad transparente y la necesaria consolidación del diálogo monetario, son desde nuestro punto de vista elementos decisivos para juzgar el trabajo del BCE y también para la formulación de nuestro informe y el planteamiento del procedimiento de trabajo del Parlamento. +Lamento, por lo tanto, que se frustraran en la fase de comisión y no se hayan presentado hoy ante esta Asamblea los intentos de exigir al Banco que publicara los nombres de los asistentes, la votación sobre las medidas monetarias, después de un período de gracia de unos dos años, así como la publicación de los modelos econométricos del BCE. +La Comisión abrirá también un debate sobre otros ámbitos políticos importantes. La prevención de conflictos, la previsión previa a las crisis y a las catástrofes y la ayuda humanitaria basada y enfocada hacia los derechos humanos, es decir, la ayuda humanitaria que se centra más en los derechos humanos de las víctimas. +El nuevo enfoque global que se ha decidido dar a los asuntos de inmigración y asilo, así como el compromiso del Consejo Europeo de aplicar íntegramente la Convención de Ginebra sobre el Estatuto del Refugiado y la decisión de aspirar a un sistema europeo de asilo son pasos en la dirección correcta. +Señora Presidenta, el Consejo de Tampere que acaba de dedicarse al espacio europeo, llamado de "Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia" adoptó algunas decisiones técnicas positivas para intensificar la cooperación en la lucha contra la delincuencia y favorecer la coordinación judicial, mediante una utilización mayor, por ejemplo, del reconocimiento mutuo de las resoluciones judiciales en materia civil o penal que usted misma, señora Presidenta, recomendó, por lo demás, en su discurso preliminar. +Mi Grupo había expresado el deseo de que así fuera a partir del caso "Michelin": dicho de otro modo -como acaba de repetirse-, el anuncio simultáneo hecho por la dirección de esa gran empresa, ante analistas financieros, de la obtención de beneficios substanciales, por una parte, y, por otra, la decisión de suprimir en Europa 7.500 puestos de trabajo. +Una, que me parecería bastante positiva, consistiría en crear una instancia de concertación de expertos en el nivel europeo sin restar el menor poder de decisión a los estados nacionales sobre las materias fundamentales, las más próximas a las preocupaciones de los ciudadanos; la otra, que me parecería mucho más negativa, consistiría en crear un elemento suplementario para privar a las naciones de su derecho de salvaguarda, que, sin embargo, es inalienable. +La transparencia del proceso, en lo relativo a la elaboración de las directrices generales de política económica y las directrices en materia de política de empleo, se consolida más con un dictamen oficial y público del Comité Económico y Social que con una consulta de carácter tripartito que, a lo sumo, puede tipificarse como obligación de prudencia y diligencia ¿Puede la Comisión contestar la pregunta de cómo ve la relación entre el diálogo macroeconómico propuesto y el Comité Económico y Social ya existente? +Por el contrario, por qué no podemos decir que si somos capaces de invertir la tendencia al decremento del crecimiento económico, gracias a la liberalización y gracias a saber aceptar abiertamente los retos de la nueva economía, habrá riqueza y existirá la posibilidad de aumentar los salarios vinculándolos a la productividad y a los resultados de las empresas en lugar de vincularlos a los convenios colectivos nacionales o europeos. +De ahí que me parezca lamentable que ahora, al principio del proceso, las partes den la impresión de ampararse en la importancia de su propia autonomía en el ámbito de sus competencias: las administraciones respecto de su política presupuestaria, los interlocutores sociales respecto de las negociaciones salariales, y el Banco Central respecto de la política monetaria. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, estimadas y estimados colegas, la presente directiva forma parte de la estrategia de reducción de las emisiones CO2 en el ámbito del transporte de la UE, la cual se apoya en cuatro pilares: información a los consumidores -la presente directiva-, estímulos fiscales de los Estados miembros, vigilancia de las emisiones de CO2 de los vehículos de turismo y el Acuerdo entre la comisión y la industria automovilística. +El hecho de que sea difícil queda demostrado por dos circunstancias: un acuerdo común casi general sobre la urgencia y la importancia de adoptar políticas eficaces para luchar contra el desempleo y con miras a que esto ocurra dentro de un marco en que el apoyo necesario a un proceso económico positivo mantenga la cohesión social y el modelo social europeo. +El desempleo estructural posee varios indicadores: costes laborales excesivamente elevados, deficiente flexibilidad en las jornadas laborales y en las biografías de los trabajadores, una industria de servicios insuficientemente desarrollada, una densidad reguladora excesivamente alta por parte del estado y de la burocracia, velocidades de innovación demasiado lentas, periodos demasiado largos de transferencia entre el conocimiento científico y su puesta en práctica en la producción. +En ese sentido, pienso tratar el asunto en la próxima reunión ministerial de la Conferencia Europea de la Aviación Civil, que tendrá lugar el 28 de enero próximo, y, tal como he indicado antes, la comunicación de la Comisión dedicada a esta cuestión se presentará al Parlamento a finales de este año y al Consejo de Ministros de Transporte, concretamente en la reunión del 6 de diciembre. +A sus Señorías les corresponde un papel fundamental a la hora de reflejar esos puntos de vista y de contribuir a la elaboración de una política exterior y de seguridad común más eficaz, más coherente, más cercana a las preocupaciones de los ciudadanos y que refleje los valores y los principios que han forjado nuestra identidad como europeos. +Hubiera deseado, señor Solana, que fuera más explícito sobre el fondo de esta cuestión esencial y que nos dijese cómo, en el ámbito de la PESC, iba a contribuir a corregir, en la medida en que aún sea posible, las consecuencias más desastrosas para nuestro continente de las acciones que usted mismo, si no ha ordenado, al menos ha amparado en Yugoslavia en tanto que Secretario General de la OTAN y que hoy tenemos ante nosotros. +En esas decisiones están también los compromisos de los Estados miembros para construir una fuerza militar específica que fortalezca la capacidad de la UE para realizar acciones dignas de crédito, de acuerdo con los principios de la Convención de Naciones Unidas, sin que se pongan en tela de juicio los intereses particulares de algún Estado miembro y sin que la UE haga suyas las misiones fundamentales de la OTAN. +¿El principal foco de atención debe ser la consolidación de un orden mundial del comercio y la apertura de los mercados o debemos poner en un primer plano la defensa de nuestro modelo económico y social europeo, de la economía social y ecológica de mercado y de las políticas comunitarias que venimos desarrollando en favor de los intereses del ciudadano y del consumidor? +Señor Presidente, lo que hay que apreciar en el Informe Schwaiger es el intento de conciliar lo que hasta ahora ha resultado irreconciliable, y el considerable esfuerzo del ponente se nota, sin duda, desde el primer considerando, en que al reconocimiento del fuerte aumento de los intercambios mundiales, gracias a las relaciones multilaterales, no puede sino contraponer la falta de una reducción sustancial de las desigualdades económicas en el mundo. +Por el contrario, si tomamos una vía integrada del vínculo entre propiedad intelectual y desarrollo, paralelamente a la extensión de sus garantías, hemos de velar por estimular la inversión directa como principal vehículo de transferencia de tecnología hacia esos países, así como por desarrollar con ellos acuerdos de cooperación tecnológica y quizá -lanzo esta idea- por reflexionar sobre el refuerzo de la inversión europea en investigación fundamental sobre los seres vivos para compartir los beneficios con ellos. +Habida cuenta de que las propuestas de la Comisión -y a este respecto estoy muy agradecido al Sr. Barnier- prevén una división similar para los procedimientos de modificación, me parece una muestra de pusilanimidad que la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales de este Parlamento sí apruebe la división en dos de los Tratados, pero no acepte la diferenciación de los procedimientos. +Sin embargo, quiero indicar que, desde el punto de vista de la Unión, probablemente es bastante mejor la política de adoptar una actitud constructiva para que Turquía no dé completamente la espalda a la Unión Europea y deje de intentar cumplir con los principios que nosotros hemos añadido en los criterios de Copenhague para la adhesión y en otras resoluciones nuestras. +Por ejemplo, el mandato final otorgado por el Consejo, el 22 de octubre, no menciona la defensa del principio de la preferencia comunitaria, a pesar de haber sido aprobado por el Consejo "Agricultura" del 27 de septiembre, el cual no había sido del todo satisfactorio, al olvidar el principio de la independencia alimentaria en Europa. +¿Cómo pueden demandar los pueblos de Europa el reforzamiento del papel internacional de la UE con la creación de una nueva entidad política y jurídica y con el impulso de una defensa y seguridad comunes, cuando la UE es responsable, junto a la OTAN, de la primera acción de guerra después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la agresión, en quebrantamiento de toda noción de derecho internacional, contra Yugoslavia? +Pero esto ha planteado inconvenientes, porque el problema que tiene Canarias, como otras regiones ultraperiféricas -Azores, Madeira y los departamentos franceses de Ultramar-, es que son regiones muy alejadas del territorio comunitario, divididas en pequeños territorios insulares, con mercados muy reducidos, con unos problemas de transporte enormes y, además, con dificultades derivadas, por ejemplo, del exceso de población, de un régimen de lluvias muy irregular y de suelos pobres, que impiden que se desarrollen actividades normales. +Cuando preparaba ayer mi intervención sobre los Informes Morillon, en un texto del Parlamento Europeo, de la Secretaría del Grupo de Trabajo para la Ampliación, de Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales de la Dirección General IV, bajo responsabilidad de la Sra. Martine Chariot, en el punto 6 del informe sobre las relaciones de Turquía con la Unión Europea se afirma algo sorprendente y del todo inaceptable: +Pero también quiero decir que en el País Vasco es absolutamente necesario un compromiso político como en Irlanda, de tal forma que no vale la cerrazón, incluso el carácter reaccionario -diría yo- de las posturas del Gobierno español, que se niega a aceptar un compromiso político con los partidos nacionales vascos en el curso del proceso de paz. +Una última información: la Sra. Maj Britt Théorin, presidenta de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades, ha adoptado una iniciativa que me parece de lo más simpática, la de enviar a todos nuestros colegas masculinos una carta para animarlos a llevar un lazo blanco como señal de su compromiso público de no cometer violencias ni excusar o callar la violencia contra las mujeres. +En la Agencia Mundial Antidopaje, en vista de que hay paridad entre el mundo del deporte, por un lado, y, por otro, el de los gobiernos y de que todos los miembros del consejo de administración, por tanto, también las federaciones y todos los comités olímpicos nacionales, se han comprometido a poner en práctica, cada cual en su ámbito, las decisiones adoptadas por la agencia, hay esperanzas. +En el futuro, comenzando con el ejercicio presupuestario 2001, el procedimiento de configuración del presupuesto de la UE deberá seguir las prioridades políticas más marcadamente que hasta ahora ,y a este respecto las decisiones acerca de las prioridades no deben abarcar solamente los medios operativos sino también los recursos personales necesarios a fin de que haga una mayor asignación de personal allí donde estén las prioridades políticas. +Pero hubiese celebrado que a causa del ajustado resultado de la votación que tuvimos en la comisión -un voto de diferencia- se hubiese mostrado algo más de disposición para el compromiso por parte del ponente y de su grupo, ya que -lo digo hoy muy claramente- si votamos el miércoles y nuestra enmienda 7, la reducción de los contingentes de base a 500, no es aprobada vamos a votar en contra de la totalidad del informe. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0077/1999), en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor, respecto de la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción del reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativo a las sustancias que agotan la capa de ozono (5748/3/1999 - C5-0034/1999 - 1998/0228) (Ponente: Sra. Hulthén). +A raíz del Consejo Europeo de Helsinki, sobre el cual se ha celebrado esta mañana aquí, en el Pleno, un debate con la presencia del Presidente de la Comisión, ésta ha aprobado una propuesta de decisión del Consejo con vistas a la aprobación oficial de las líneas directrices para las políticas de empleo de los Estados miembros en el año 2000. +Desde el punto de vista puramente financiero, además de la asistencia técnica con cargo a PHARE -22 millones de euros- y el protocolo financiero, una subvención para el pago de los intereses de los préstamos del BEI que asciende a 20 millones de euros, hemos dedicado 143 millones de euros de asistencia excepcional para ayudar a ese país a afrontar las consecuencias de la crisis de Kosovo. +Y el papel de la Unión Europea, de la Comisión y del Parlamento Europeo en ese sentido es importante, dado que, como se ha señalado, hay muchos convenios firmados entre la Unión Europea y Macao. Es bueno que, durante los próximos 50 años, el Parlamento Europeo y nuestras instituciones europeas puedan seguir la evolución de Macao, una evolución afortunada, creo yo. +En cuanto a las decisiones sobre la concesión de créditos del Banco Europeo de Inversiones, el mencionado proyecto Gardaland ha sido tratado antes en el Parlamento en el turno de preguntas orales a la Comisión y, según la información recibida por el Consejo, en esa ocasión se expusieron muy detalladamente los argumentos que defienden este proyecto y sus ventajas, de manera que no voy a volver a repetirlos. +Asimismo, el Consejo prestó atención al planteamiento de la Comisión en relación con una reforma estructural del espacio aéreo más amplia, cuyo objetivo es crear un espacio aéreo uniforme en Europa, y acogió también con satisfacción el propósito de la Comisión de crear un Grupo de alto nivel que estudie los aspectos de este asunto y presente al Consejo un informe aclaratorio el próximo junio. +El Consejo es consciente de que, en el caso de la Sra. Titina Loizidou, el Tribunal Europeo de los derechos del hombre consideró que Turquía había violado el Tratado Europeo para la protección de los derechos del hombre, al inculparse en la apropiación indebida de los derechos de propiedad en Chipre del Norte, y condenó a Turquía a efectuar indemnizaciones. +El Consejo subraya que todos los Estados miembros votaron a favor de una resolución transitoria sobre el asunto, que fue aprobada por el Comité de Ministros del Consejo de Europa el 6 de octubre de 1999 y en la que se señalaba que las condiciones de pago propuestas por el Gobierno de Turquía no podían ser consideradas conformes con las obligaciones impuestas por la sentencia del Tribunal y también se exhortaba a Turquía que revisara su postura. +En la Directiva 98/58/CE del Consejo relativa a la protección de los animales de cría se declara que no se administrará a un animal ninguna otra substancia, con excepción de las administradas para fines terapéuticos o profilácticos, a no ser que estudios científicos del bienestar animal o de la experiencia establecida hayan demostrado que su efecto no es perjudicial para la salud o el bienestar del animal. +Tenga la seguridad de que nuestro Parlamento Europeo está muy satisfecho por haber participado en las presiones de la comunidad internacional, que han contribuido a que el Presidente indonesio Habibie lo haya liberado el pasado 7 de septiembre, poco después del referendo del 30 de agosto, en el que el 70,5% de la población de Timor Oriental se pronunció a favor de la independencia. +Por tanto, señorías, el compromiso al que llegamos con la Comisión de Presupuestos consiste en no aprobar más que el préstamo de 75 millones de euros, estando de acuerdo - una posición de la Comisión de Industria que se ha comprendido, creo, por parte de la Comisión de Presupuestos - en que Tayikistán debería también poder disfrutar de una ayuda suplementaria para aligerar la carga mensual de la deuda, 200.000 euros, algo que es insoportable para este país. +Las conversaciones que se han venido celebrando con el ponente y algunos de los restantes diputados al Parlamento desde que tuvo lugar el debate sobre el informe del Sr. Van Dam, anteriormente del Sr. Wijsenbeek, durante la sesión plenaria de febrero han reforzado aún más mi convencimiento, en este caso el del Sr. Kinnock, de que estamos de acuerdo sobre la necesidad de mejorar los incentivos y la competitividad del transporte combinado. +Especialmente por lo que respecta a las cuestiones de discriminación de personas mayores, los problemas de vista y oído, las cuestiones de desempleo -que, con frecuencia, afectan a los más mayores- o la exclusión social, es importante que aspiremos por medio de la formación en el seno de la opinión pública a evitar en todo momento la exclusión de cualquier grupo social. +En cuanto al Tribuna de Justicia, aquí cabe resaltar la buena utilización que se ha hecho del sistema de alquiler-compra de los edificios anexos al Palais y, por otro lado, en cuanto a la anticipación de los 50 millones de ecus que se llevó a cabo, yo solamente resaltaría aquí algo que en su momento -el año 1997- nos preocupaba: la serie de compromisos que mantenía el Gobierno luxemburgués con el Parlamento y que no sabíamos en aquel momento si los cumpliría o no... +No estamos de acuerdo con la redacción del párrafo 1 y deseamos suprimir la palabra «definitivo» de ese párrafo, porque en el Parlamento no se ha celebrado en ningún momento una votación sobre la cuestión de la aprobación de la gestión correspondiente a 1996, recomendada por la Comisión de Control Presupuestario a esta Asamblea. +En ambos informes, en el informe del Sr. Elles, y aquí incluyo también a nuestro ponente, el Sr. Brinkhorst, para 1997, hay que tener en cuenta realmente dos cosas: no hemos votado sobre condiciones para la concesión de la aprobación de la gestión, hemos añadido documentos de trabajo; este es un procedimiento inusual, pero creo que ha sido acertado y aquí se ha dicho lo que vamos a hacer llegar como sugerencias, y también como exigencias, a la próxima Comisión. +La Comisión presentó su dimisión a raíz del procedimiento de dicha gestión. A pesar de que se ha logrado introducir numerosas mejoras, aclaraciones y soluciones positivas en este proceso, se corre el peligro de que el procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión y de las distintas cuestiones pueda llegar a ser demasiado amplio, ya que, de acuerdo con la regulación fundamental de la UE, corresponde al Parlamento aprobar la gestión presupuestaria. +Pero sobre todo, señor Comisario, teniendo en cuenta los problemas planteados por los acuerdos anteriores a la OMC sobre este tipo de productos, quisiera preguntarle si podría comprometerse a reabrir el dossier de la OMC en dos puntos: una mejor definición del principio de precaución, especialmente a través de la inversión de la carga de la prueba en caso de duda, y, un segundo punto, una mejor definición del dictamen pericial, ya que el código alimentario no puede considerarse como referencia unívoca legítima. +En efecto, este sector -en concreto la ropa de cama de algodón y las prendas de cachemira- al igual que otros sectores, concretamente los que figuran en la lista que acompaña a la declaración de la sentencia de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, verá incrementados sus aranceles a las exportaciones en un 100 % tras la decisión adoptada por parte del órgano de arbitraje de la OMC. +En ese sentido, la Comisión y su Presidente deberán estimular, con la colaboración de este Parlamento, la escasa voluntad política del Consejo para definir una política exterior y de seguridad común europea, sin carácter subalterno con respecto a los Estados Unidos, que sirva para garantizar a la vez los derechos humanos en los Balcanes y en todo el mundo y también el cumplimiento del Derecho internacional. +No se trata de una cuestión abstracta, sino que afecta a la solución a cuestiones como la ampliación, la reforma institucional en sentido estricto y la creación de una estructura de política exterior y de defensa común que, como vemos en el conflicto de Kosovo, Europa necesita absolutamente, porque demuestra que carece de una capacidad autónoma para responder a las crisis como las que se están registrando en esa región. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, señor Prodi, las circunstancias con que se enfrenta son difíciles y a la vez también fáciles. Difíciles a la vista de los retos que deberá afrontar la Unión Europea en los próximos cinco años y fáciles porque una renovación de la Comisión no había contado nunca con un apoyo tan amplio del Parlamento, del Consejo y de la opinión pública europea. +Nuestra meta a largo plazo tiene que ser, mediante un rápido desarrollo de la cooperación y abriendo las puertas hacia la UE, la consecución en los Balcanes de lo que hemos conseguido en la Unión Europea: asegurar la democracia, construir una economía que dé bienestar a la gente y superar los límites entre los países, para que nuestras identidades nacionales tengan menor relevancia y que no importe si somos alemanes, portugueses, griegos, holandeses o suecos para nuestras posibilidades de vida. +Es necesario un acto de la parte más fuerte y más razonable que ponga fin a los bombardeos para ver las cartas que están sobre la mesa, para reanudar las negociaciones y para encontrar una salida al problema, sin perjuicio, como es obvio, de garantizar a través de una fuerza militar el derecho de los refugiados a regresar a Kosovo. +La Comisión ha propuesto continuar los esfuerzos de los últimos años tratando de centrar las políticas internas sobre crecimiento y los gastos relacionados con el empleo, en especial la investigación y el desarrollo técnico, las redes transeuropeas, la educación y la formación, así como las pequeñas y medianas empresas, que ha sido una iniciativa parlamentaria. +a)Es necesario un mayor y más eficaz desarrollo de la cooperación entre los Estados miembros, pues no hay suficiente cooperación.b)Hay que contribuir a que la protección de las personas y los bienes se acompañe de una mejor y más inteligente relación con la naturaleza que permita evitar las catástrofes evitables. Muchas de ellas lo son.c)Debe hacerse una referencia expresa a las regiones aisladas y ultraperiféricas y a las dificultades que sufren por sus condiciones geográficas, orográficas y sociales. +Por último, pero por encima de todo, es correcta la manera en que el texto reconoce la igualdad del Parlamento y el Consejo: el comité será presidido conjuntamente; se reunirá alternativamente en los locales del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo: los textos tienen que ser firmados conjuntamente por ambos presidentes; las cartas tienen que ser firmadas por los copresidentes; incluso la formalización por los Juristas-Lingüistas se llevará a cabo por el Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo. +Señorías, he comenzado con un balance personal y me ha salido un balance colectivo. El de unas realizaciones que corresponden al trabajo, al empeño y al acierto de todos ustedes, con la colaboración activa y leal de todos los funcionarios de la Secretaría General que prestan sus servicios a esta Asamblea, de los free-lance , de los asistentes parlamentarios, de todos. +Ahora pertenezco al grupo de los veteranos de este Parlamento y recuerdo cómo los Presidentes de grupo en aquél entonces eran los primeros a la hora de derrochar en los gastos, eran los primeros, cuando había que viajar en limusina con conductor a cargo del Parlamento exigiéndose después las dietas de viaje a la caja de diputados por estos mismos viajes. +Sólo quiero constatar que la Unión Europea ha demostrado su unidad y decisión ante los acontecimientos en los Balcanes durante las pasadas semanas, empezando por la declaración conjunta de los Jefes e Estado y de Gobierno del 24 de marzo hasta el último endurecimiento de las medidas sancionadoras por parte del Consejo de Asuntos Generales la semana pasada. +Con respecto a la gestión del mercado, este Parlamento votó el mantenimiento de la intervención pública y el refuerzo del control de la producción, y ello contrariamente a los deseos de la Comisión que proponía equilibrar los mercados por efecto de la bajada de los precios a la producción y la instauración del almacenamiento privado a partir del 2002. +Frente a la necesidad de que la política agraria también responda a principios de cohesión económica y social y corrija algunos excesos, como la concentración de las ayudas en pocas manos, la Comisión responde que serán los Estados miembros los encargados de reducir los importes, dejando de un lado un necesario enfoque comunitario y la incorporación de principios generales. +Asunto: Fraude en el sector pesquero en el sur de Europa ¿Conoce el Consejo el informe de los auditores en el que se critica a la Comisión por no haber tomado las precauciones necesarias para evitar el fraude cometido con los fondos comunitarios destinados a la modernización de los buques de pesca, la mayoría de ellos localizados en el sur de Europa? +Uno de los objetivos primordiales en la concepción de las medidas estructurales para este sector de cara al próximo milenio ha de ser mantenerlas lo más simples y coherentes posibles, con el fin de garantizar que son lo suficientemente flexibles para responder a las necesidades específicamente regionales en el ámbito pesquero, en las regiones dependientes de la pesca o allí donde existan importantes comunidades de pescadores. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0248/99) de la Sra. Oddy, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a determinados aspectos jurídicos del comercio electrónico en el mercado interior (COM(98)0586 - C4-0020/99-98/0325 (COD)). +Tras las conclusiones del Consejo Europeo de Berlín, nuestra Comisión de Política Regional debía luchar en un frente significativo para el conjunto de los ciudadanos europeos: la creación de una cuarta iniciativa comunitaria, URBAN, destinada a la rehabilitación económica y social de las ciudades y núcleos urbanos en crisis, con miras a promover un desarrollo durable. +El mismo ha realizado un gesto de amplio alcance político y de generosidad unilateral en beneficio del proceso de paz, ha evitado una transición dramática, una influencia negativa en las elecciones israelíes y una grave crisis del proceso de paz, con el peligro de una reanudación del conflicto en términos militares. +Este tema reviste una especial importancia en el caso de las centrales nucleares, sobre todo en lo que a la construcción, el funcionamiento, el circuito del combustible y el almacenamiento se refiere. Todo ello adquiere una dimensión particular de cara a los acuerdos de ampliación, puesto que no podemos aceptar que los Estados candidatos a la adhesión apliquen una normativa menos rígida que la que se exige actualmente en Europa Occidental. +Señor Presidente, la Comisión se felicita por la adopción de un proyecto común sobre reconocimientos de diplomas por parte del Comité de Conciliación y, en nombre de la Comisión, desearía expresar mi agradecimiento particularmente a la Sra. Gebhardt, así como al presidente y a los miembros de la delegación del Parlamento en dicha conciliación, por todos los esfuerzos realizados durante estos últimos cuatro meses para obtener este texto conjunto. +El Tratado de Amsterdam no había resuelto el problema del funcionamiento de las Instituciones y, en lo referente a la política exterior, el único avance fue nombrar a Mister PESC que, sin embargo, no estaba aún en funciones durante la crisis de Kosovo que, sin esperar los retrasos y las continuas ausencias de Europa, estalló como un azote y renovó los crímenes de la limpieza étnica que ya habían gangrenado Bosnia. +Nuestro objetivo es incrementar la transparencia y la eficacia de las actuaciones del Consejo; consideramos que una mayor transparencia es condición indispensable para que los ciudadanos aprueben todo el proyecto de la Unión.También queremos que el Consejo de Asuntos Generales asuma su papel en la dirección del Consejo de Ministros. +Entre las medidas prioritarias que se deben financiar en el marco de los créditos OPNOVA se incluyen, entre otras, la limpieza de minas, la compra de materiales para la reconstrucción de viviendas y de edificios públicos, la ayuda a las empresas de servicios públicos, a las aduanas y un programa de empleo y rehabilitación local. +En la carta, el Sr. Santer especificaba que el Sr. Bangemann no podría emprender sus nuevas tareas y actividades mientras no se hubiera completado el procedimiento establecido en el artículo 215 del Tratado, y decía asimismo que sometería al Colegio de Comisarios la cuestión de la compatibilidad del nombramiento previsto con el artículo 213 del Tratado. +Naturalmente, el Sr. Bangemann es personalmente responsable de su modo de actuar, pero una política que se orienta preferentemente a los intereses económicos y sobre todo a los intereses de las grandes empresas, está necesariamente sometida al peligro de que sus principales representantes reproduzcan este modo de pensar como ejecutores de esa política y que se dediquen a maximizar sus beneficios personales en contra de cualquier código moral. +El Gobierno, primero no sabía qué era lo que estaba pasando, adoptó una postura de total indiferencia, seguidamente quiso echar tierra sobre el asunto hasta después de las elecciones y finalmente se hizo responsable de una reacción de pánico a todas luces exagerada que provocó en todo el mundo un boicot de los productos llamados belgas pero del que la primera víctima ha sido mi país, Flandes, ya que la mayor parte de las exportaciones llamadas «belgas» naturalmente son exportaciones de Flandes. +Señora Presidenta, a diferencia de los oradores anteriores, que eran todos de nacionalidad inglesa - ¡miren por dónde!-, yo desearía protestar contra la decisión de la Comisión -bastante sorprendente, a mi modo de ver- de imponer una sanción a la Federación francesa de fútbol por una supuesta discriminación en la venta de entradas en la última Copa del Mundo de fútbol. +Aunque mis reglas de higiene mental para los fines de semana me han impedido dedicar a la lectura del informe las horas que sin duda merece, creo que tiene una virtud adicional poco apreciada por mis predecesores en el uso de la palabra: en muchos puntos recoge posiciones del Parlamento y propuestas que no fueron acogidas favorablemente en su día. +Una de las circunstancias atenuantes sobre las carencias de la Comisión, que se trasluce a lo largo del informe, es la falta de medios con los que cuentan los servicios de la Comisión para llevar a cabo las políticas que nosotros, diputados, acordamos en el ámbito de la cooperación para el desarrollo y de la ayuda humanitaria, banderas ambas de la acción exterior comunitaria. +Comprendo el comentario del Comisario acerca de la subsidiariedad, pero estamos discutiendo porque en el Parlamento hay una directiva de marco mínimo que no invade la subsidiariedad y que soluciona el problema al crear la obligación en los Estados miembros de establecer una inspección dentro de unas directrices amplias. +Diga aquí que la comisión de investigación sobre el lino en el Congreso de los Diputados ya ha aprobado sus conclusiones, declare claramente que esa comisión ha eximido de cualquier responsabilidad a la Sra. De Palacio, situando la responsabilidad de la gestión, control y concesión de las ayudas en las Comunidades Autónomas españolas, notoriamente en la gobernada por uno de sus correligionarios en Castilla-La Mancha. +Por último, en lo que se refiere al espacio de justicia, nuestra finalidad debería ser la de hacer todo lo posible para que el ciudadano tenga el sentimiento de encontrarse, en todo el territorio de la Unión Europea, ante un marco de justicia que sea adecuado y en el que se protejan sus derechos de manera semejante, no sólo frente a los delincuentes, sino también incluso frente a posibles excesos de los poderes públicos. +La participación constructiva de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa y la Comisión de Presupuestos del Parlamento también merecen mi agradecimiento, y dentro de un momento pasaré a comentar las enmiendas presentadas por la Comisión de Presupuestos, tema al que se ha referido el Sr. Khanbhai. +El papel de la Comisión y de las instituciones europeas debe, en el caso muy concreto de la seguridad alimentaria, limitarse a negociar el principio de cautela en el marco de los acuerdos internacionales y a coordinar las políticas de los Estados miembros y de la Unión Europea. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0016/99) del Sr. Langen, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a un programa plurianual de fomento de las energías renovables en la Comuniad (ALTENER) (1998-2002) (7122/1/99 - C5-0032/99 - 97/0370(COD)). +El Parlamento expresa, además, en el apartado 1 del artículo 1, la voluntad de que se lleve a cabo la campaña destinada a promover la penetración de las fuentes de energía renovables, tal como ya se propugna en el Libro Blanco de 1997, y de que también se desarrollen nuevos instrumentos y mecanismos que permitan fomentar una penetración acelerada y coordinada en el mercado de todas las tecnologías energéticas sostenibles. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación (A5-0020/1999) de la Sra. Kinnock, en nombre de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo y de la Comisión relativa a la celebración del Acuerdo de Comercio, Desarrollo y Cooperación entre la Comunidad Europea, por una parte y la República de Sudáfrica, por otra (8731/1999 COM(1999) 245 - C5-0154/1999 - 1999/0112(AVC)). +Y finalmente quiero hacer una pregunta sobre el presupuesto: teniendo en cuenta que casi todas las transferencias se centran en la categoría cuarta, esto es, en las acciones externas de la Unión, y que éste es uno de los puntos que produce más insatisfacción en mi Grupo y, en general, en la Comisión de Presupuestos, ¿no cree el señor Presidente que sería conveniente revisar las perspectivas financieras en lo que se refiere a la política exterior de la Unión? +¿Tiene previsto la Comisión utilizar métodos de comunicación más modernos como, por ejemplo, la adquisición de tiempos de publicidad, de 3 a 5 minutos diarios, emitida entre las noticias y el deporte del principal telediario de la red televisiva con mayor audiencia de cada Estado miembro, para presentar con carácter de divulgación los logros y objetivos de la UE, dirigiéndose principalmente a las capas sociales que normalmente no leen y que sin duda no son las destinatarias de nuestro material? +Apoyo firmemente la observación que ha hecho mi colega del PPE, Sr. Bowis, de que no debemos de ninguna manera exportar nuestro problema del mundo desarrollado, a través de los impuestos sobre nuestras viejas centrales con niveles de emisión problemáticos y trasladar esos puestos de trabajo y esas unidades de producción a regiones menos desarrolladas, donde están menos preparados para atajar la degradación del medio ambiente. +Por supuesto, existen límites a nuestro realismo; de ahí que también queramos utilizar hoy este momento para protestar por la situación en ese país, y hacer un llamamiento urgente al Gobierno de Bielorrusia para que haga algo ante las desapariciones y se ocupe de que los desaparecidos sean hallados, de forma que esto constituya un motivo en sí mismo para iniciar realmente un diálogo que permita la celebración de elecciones libres y justas, esperemos, el próximo año. +Entre esos objetivos políticos los derechos humanos ocupan un lugar destacado, junto con el libre acceso a los medios informativos, el final del acoso contra la oposición, un diálogo constructivo entre la oposición y el gobierno, y el respaldo al programa TACIS de desarrollo de la sociedad civil. +Algunos de ustedes se han percatado seguramente de que los materiales plásticos se utilizan cada vez más en la industria de vehículos de motor y esta norma de prueba uniforme brindará a los diseñadores la posibilidad de concentrarse en el cumplimiento de una sola norma, en vez de tener que consagrar sus esfuerzos al cumplimiento de toda una serie de normas diferentes. +Hemos votado en este sentido una enmienda que corresponde a un compromiso político importante de este Parlamento, aunque lo votamos por encima de la categoría 4, lo que quiere decir que al día de hoy no hay estatuto de enmienda, pero que corresponde a un compromiso de esta Asamblea de votar esos créditos con ocasión de la segunda lectura, principalmente en lo que se refiere al acuerdo con Marruecos, que es una prioridad política de este Parlamento. +¿Se dan cuenta de que habrá que reducir en un 10 % los esfuerzos contra las minas antipersonas, que también figuran en nuestras líneas presupuestarias, o las medidas de apoyo a las organizaciones no gubernamentales que trabajan en los países en desarrollo, como por ejemplo en Guatemala o en otras regiones del mundo, porque somos incapaces de utilizar la imaginación, porque no queremos detenernos a considerar exactamente de dónde van a salir esos recursos? +En primer lugar, no me parece digno de crédito que desde el Parlamento Europeo exijamos, por un lado, a todas las demás instituciones y muy especialmente a la Comisión el control más riguroso y esperemos que el organigrama del personal se adapte a las nuevas exigencias, y nos propongamos que esto quede plasmado, además, en el Presupuesto europeo, mientras por el otro lado no estamos dispuestos a actuar en el mismo sentido en nuestro propio ámbito, en lo que se refiere al presupuesto y la administración del Parlamento. +Ya se ha señalado brevemente que el informe se ocupa sobre todo del año 1998, el año en el que se dictaminó qué países -once en total- cumplían los criterios de convergencia, se decidió dónde tendría su sede del BCE, se procedió a la absorción del IME, se inició la tercera fase de la Unión Económica y Monetaria, y el Consejo del BCE decidió su estrategia de estabilidad, basada en los dos pilares ya conocidos. +En cuanto a su pasado holandés, el Banco Central de los Países Bajos, que presidió durante muchos años, se encontraba en el centro del campo de fuerzas sociales donde se desarrollaba la política económica y social y yo lo veo como un modelo para la implicación del Banco Central Europeo en el diálogo macroeconómico europeo. +¿El informe de los expertos contenía propuestas sobre cómo debería concretarse este puente para realizar la transición a la ayuda al desarrollo o a otros instrumentos de apoyo al desarrollo, como por ejemplo los programas PHARE y TACIS? Y ¿se ha determinado si los problemas tienen su origen en la ayuda de ECHO y en el diseño del proyecto, o si son imputables a las demás ayudas? +Sin esas medidas mínimas y otras, acompañadas de medidas concretas contra los traslados de empresas dentro de la Unión Europea y otras medidas contra el dumping social en el exterior, el modelo social europeo, tan caro a algunos de nuestros políticos, incluidos los de derechas, no será nunca otra cosa que un discurso vacío, lo que contribuiría a fortalecer un sentimiento antieuropeo difuso en nuestros países y en numerosos asalariados. +Si una parte de los interlocutores sociales, los que están sufriendo la competencia mundial y sobre los que todos estamos, realmente, de acuerdo en que deben ser ayudados y protegidos -porque nos interesan las empresas europeas que pueden competir mundialmente- expresa su intranquilidad por la sociedad y por el mantenimiento del equilibrio social, tenemos un argumento significativo para el desarrollo y el apoyo al diálogo social. +En efecto, en esta delicada etapa para la Unión Europea, mientras se está poniendo en marcha la ampliación al Este y mientras se están realizando todas las reformas económicas y financieras relacionados con la introducción de la moneda única, no debemos olvidar el valor "cultura" , las especificidades y las diversidades de la cultura europea, su valoración y difusión. +Señor Presidente, a iniciativa del Grupo socialista y con el respaldo de los otros Grupos, la Comisión de Pesca ha formulado esta pregunta oral a la Comisión Europea y al, una vez más, ausente Consejo de Ministros para que se exponga ante la ciudadanía europea cuál es la situación actual de los contactos mantenidos con las autoridades marroquíes, con vistas a la negociación para un futuro Acuerdo de pesca Unión Europea-Marruecos. +Tras la expiración del anterior acuerdo, señor Comisario, se produjo un amarre que duró siete meses, a los que hubo que sumar las paradas biológicas naturales y otras paradas no tan biológicas y más arbitrarias, impuestas por la Administración marroquí a una Comisión Europea que no supo defender los intereses de su gente, como lo prueban los numerosos apresamientos injustificados y algunos incluso fuera de la zona económica exclusiva marroquí. +Se propone que la Unión Europea y China cierren un acuerdo específico de cooperación científica y técnica con objeto de incrementar y ampliar la cooperación, entre otros ámbitos, en campos como la energía, el medio ambiente, las ciencias de la naturaleza, las ciencias de los materiales, el transporte, la telemática, y las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación. +Una proyección de estas cifras indica que la industria europea invierte seguramente entre 20.000 y 10.000 millones de marcos en esfuerzos de investigación fuera de la Unión Europea y si se consiguiese utilizar los créditos que la Unión Europea pone ahora a disposición para movilizar también recursos privados en el ámbito de la investigación, esto contribuiría a que países como Argentina dejen de ser únicamente extensiones de las instalaciones europeas para participar directamente en la investigación y el desarrollo tecnológico. +Ya planteé la cuestión y, muy amablemente, la Presidenta me ha dado una respuesta que, sin embargo, considero no ajustada al Reglamento, porque si el Reglamento habla de una semana, una semana no puede entenderse como siete días laborables: siete días pueden entenderse como naturales o laborables y no como una semana, al igual que un mes o un año que, por ejemplo, no puede considerarse de 365 días laborables. +Además, apoyamos totalmente las propuestas del ponente sobre la reducción de las emisiones de CO2, de modo que alcancemos los objetivos de Kioto, así como los incentivos fiscales para la adaptación técnica de los vehículos más antiguos y la adaptación de los ciclos de pruebas, de modo que se registren las emisiones reales de los vehículos en circulación, al menos a largo plazo. +En anteriores informes del Parlamento Europeo ya se dijo que la gran cultura del coche era la responsable principal de la contaminación del aire en Europa, y el Parlamento desempeña ahora un papel activo en el establecimiento de los valores máximos de los distintos contaminantes para lograr el control de este problema medioambiental. +Creo y espero, pues, que el Parlamento pueda, a partir de este informe, recibir ingresos especialmente a través de esta referencia así como a través de otras, y vistos los elementos que éstas contienen, se una a una reivindicación formal para autorizar a la Conferencia Intergubernamental a acometer a la vez las reformas que se nos proponen y a este aspecto fundamental de la participación total del Parlamento no solamente en lo relativo a los "gastos" sino también a los "ingresos" del presupuesto de la Unión. +Por tanto, es urgente unificar este debate energético con el propósito de determinar exactamente nuestras opciones de inversión y poner un alto a estas contradicciones que hacen que cinco miembros, por lo menos, de la Unión Europea -Austria, Italia, Dinamarca, Portugal y Grecia- que no recurren a la energía nuclear, serían obligados a financiar una política que es, en más de un 50%, todavía subvencionada por la Unión Europea en materia de energía nuclear. +Respeto las razones por las que la delegación británica se ha abstenido respecto de las enmiendas núms. 5 y 8 -médicos auxiliares-, pero yo no he seguido esa línea, porque, en primer lugar, se trata de una posición negociadora y, en segundo lugar, mi experiencia familiar inmediata de una comadrona del SNS, abrumada por un trabajo excesivo, no me permite imponer a un personal médico decisivo jornadas laborales más largas de lo absolutamente necesario. +Ello ha provocado que las autoridades griegas actuales hayan tomado una decisión muy importante, concretamente el nombramiento de una nueva dirección, recurriendo a expertos de compañías -en concreto la Speedway, una filial de British Airways- que deben actualizar el plan de reactivación de la compañía y que, estoy segura, podrán ofrecernos a lo largo de este mes datos suficientes y las garantías necesarias para que, de una vez por todas, podamos autorizar el último tramo de ayudas a Olympic Airways y lograr que ésta despegue adecuadamente y tome el vuelo sin mayores problemas. +Ha demostrado una gran apertura, lo cual nos ha permitido alcanzar compromisos, no en el sentido de los compromisos que ocultan las posiciones que defienden los diferentes Grupos, sino que hemos luchado y hemos hecho un verdadero esfuerzo para conseguir un compromiso europeo, un planteamiento europeo que exprese el apoyo general a la posición del Consejo y de la Comisión. +Por ello es indispensable que la Comisión consiga una armonización de los aranceles y la eliminación de los picos arancelarios y de la progresión arancelaria, así como la supresión de todas las barreras técnicas al comercio, entendiendo que a los países menos desarrollados se les debe garantizar el libre acceso al mercado internacional de todos sus productos para que puedan beneficiarse también ellos de la liberalización comercial. +Para acabar, también yo quiero felicitar al ponente por su excelente informe y por su voluntad de llegar a un consenso lo más amplio posible sobre un tema tan importante como la próxima Ronda del Milenio, de la cual depende la consolidación de un sistema comercial equitativo que asegure, a nivel mundial, un orden económico basado en la justicia social. +Los partidarios de la liberalización del comercio en tanto que motor de prosperidad son tanto más reticentes a este balance en la medida en que es difícil discutir el agravamiento de la situación en estos últimos años con el refuerzo de las desigualdades entre los países con retraso en desarrollo y los países avanzados, como el desarrollo de las desigualdades en el seno mismo de los países desarrollados. +Actualmente, a pesar del buen trabajo de los ponentes, la propuesta de posición del Parlamento corre el riesgo de ser más conservadora que la de la Comisión, y el Grupo del Partido de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas Europeos ha presentado varias enmiendas encaminadas a centrar el enfoque del informe y a acelerar el desarrollo de una Europa parlamentaria. +No obstante, la construcción de esta Europa no implica privar a los pueblos y a las patrias del margen de autonomía que les permite dominar su propio destino, es decir, que sólo se puede emprender si se apoya en el respeto de las soberanías nacionales, en la adhesión de los pueblos, en el consenso social y político, en la apertura y la transparencia de los procesos y en el respeto de todos los países integrantes. +Asunto: Prohibición de suministro de combustibles y amenaza de catástrofe humanitaria en Yugoslavia Está siendo muy cuestionada y ha dado lugar a enérgicas reacciones la oposición de la UE -manifestada en el marco del Consejo de Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores celebrado en Luxemburgo- a suministrar combustible y productos de primera necesidad a los habitantes de Yugoslavia para que puedan afrontar el próximo invierno, así como la decisión final de suministrar petróleo, bajo el lema "Acción para la democracia", sólo a dos poblaciones serbias, Nis y Pirot, controladas por la oposición. +Pero ¿dónde está la protección de los trabajadores, en particular contra el drama del desempleo, incluso en los países más ricos de la Unión Europea, precisamente aquellos que tendrían sobradamente los medios para erradicar el desempleo, si la principal preocupación de sus gobiernos no fuesen las ganancias de las grandes empresas y el enriquecimiento de sus propietarios y accionistas? +Los servicios públicos y sociales, como la educación o la salud, y también aquellos en los que están en juego la seguridad de los usuarios y el interés colectivo, como los transportes públicos o el control aéreo, la cultura y la creación artística, no pueden someterse a los equilibrios de una negociación comercial. +Dada la existencia del acuerdo internacional alcanzado mediante la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la Organización de Naciones Unidas en junio de 1998, para un tratamiento equilibrado del problema, tanto en la vertiente de la disminución de la oferta, como en la vertiente de la disminución de la demanda, quisiera subrayar las posibilidades que brinda el nuevo Tratado en su artículo 152. +Señor Newton Dunn, como nosotros somos de la opinión de que en la ponderación de su propuesta, por lo demás digna de atención, y de la intención que la Presidencia alemana del Consejo tuvo en su momento, nos quedamos con la que aspira a un objetivo más amplio, rechazaremos sus enmiendas, y no sólo aquellas referidas a la base legal, sino todas aquellas que no alteran el hecho de que usted ha realizado un trabajo cuidadoso. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate del informe (A5-0054/99) del Sr. Seppänen en nombre de la Comisión de Presupuesto sobre la propuesta decisión del Consejo por la que se concede al Banco Europeo de Inversiones una garantía de la Comunidad para absorber las pérdidas que se deriven de los préstamos para la realización de proyectos de reconstrucción de las zonas afectadas por el terremoto en Turquía. +Sirvan de ejemplo el grupo de prevención de estupefacientes, que actúa en el seno del Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en el sector sanitario y social de Finlandia, así como el grupo Pompidou, grupo de cooperación del Consejo de Europa creado en la década de los 70 por iniciativa del Presidente de Francia para la lucha contra la drogadicción y que tiene pendientes muchos proyectos para la reducción de la oferta y la demanda de estupefacientes. +Creo que tenemos la obligación para con nuestros conciudadanos -y hablo a la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo de un país nórdico que siempre hace gala de la transparencia- de lograr un proceso transparente en el que, en primer lugar, el Parlamento esté debidamente representado y me gustaría que la Presidenta desmintiera aquellas voces que dicen que la Presidencia se opone a una plena representación del Parlamento en la Conferencia Intergubernamental con dos representantes. +Señor Presidente, la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo afirma que siempre disfruta cuando acude al Parlamento, por eso resulta bastante extraordinario que en su intervención no haya respondido a ninguna de las propuestas del Parlamento para la Conferencia Intergubernamental, lo que viene a confirmar las noticias aparecidas en la prensa, que son motivo de preocupación, de que el Consejo Europeo ha elegido un orden del día restringido para la CIG y que la Carta es sólo optativa. +Durante 1998 y 1999 con la aprobación de los programas de la Comisión del Parlamento Europeo a través de un grupo de trabajo interinstitucional, Turquía recibió fondos dentro del Programa Meda y la Comisión de Control Presupuestario ha aprobado la creación de este grupo de trabajo durante el debate del presupuesto del año 2000. +Yo particularmente pienso -y tuve la ocasión de decirlo en el debate que mantuvimos en el mes de octubre- que, por primera vez, todas las piezas del rompecabezas turco se encuentran sobre la mesa: el problema de las islas del Mar Egeo, el problema de Chipre, el problema de los derechos humanos y el problema de las minorías. +En consecuencia, nos parece oportuno que en esta ocasión se dé otra señal muy clara de que la preservación de los derechos humanos y la protección de las minorías en Turquía sigue siendo la condición esencial para que el Parlamento Europeo exprese su solidaridad desde el punto de vista de la cooperación y del apoyo a ese país. +A pesar de las diversas iniciativas políticas encaminadas a reducir la contaminación y mejorar la calidad del aire, se parte de la base de que las necesidades de transporte de pasajeros volverán a aumentar drásticamente en los próximos diez años y el número de vehículos se incrementará en un 25%, lo que supondrá una carga todavía mayor para la calidad del aire. +Otros elementos de dicha estrategia son un acuerdo con la industria automovilística sobre la reducción de las emisiones de CO2 dentro de un plazo preestablecido y un sistema de etiquetado que indique el consumo de carburante y facilite la elección del consumidor en el momento de la compra de un turismo nuevo. +Señora Presidenta, Señorías, como indica la ponente, Sra. Carmen Fraga Estévez, la presentación de la propuesta del nuevo reglamento del Consejo por el que se establece la Organización Común del Mercado en el sector de los productos de la pesca y la acuicultura se produce en un momento en el que todos los países de la Unión Europea constituyen uno de los mayores mercados mundiales de productos pesqueros. +Quizás estas manifestaciones sirvieron de pretexto a los protagonistas oficiales de la Cumbre -aquellos que se sentaban de pleno derecho alrededor de la mesa de trabajo- para no asumir hasta el fondo la responsabilidad política de unas negociaciones ciertamente difíciles pero sumamente necesarias en materia de derechos sociales y de protección de la salud de nuestros ciudadanos, unas negociaciones que ya no pueden esperar. +Ésa es la razón por la que el presupuesto de este año tenía que reflejar en verdad la necesidad de reforzar los procedimientos de control presupuestario y, como ponente del presupuesto para 2000 y en nombre de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, quisiera acoger con beneplácito una vez más la creación de un nuevo órgano para luchar contra el fraude y los nuevos puestos de la OLAF reflejados en el presupuesto para este año. +Asunto: Publicación de conformidad con el artículo 5 del Reglamento 19/65/CEE del Consejo de 2 de marzo de 1965 ¿Ha tenido en cuenta la Comisión la especificidad y diversidad del sector de la hostelería en Bélgica, afamado por la gran cantidad de bares acogedores en los que se sirven cervezas de las más diversas clases, y las repercusiones de la aplicación del Reglamento de referencia sobre todo entre los pequeños empresarios del sector que se verán afectados? +Efectivamente, hay un desfase notable entre las proclamaciones ruidosas de la Unión sobre su deseo de desempeñar un papel más ofensivo en la solución de los grandes problemas internacionales, por una parte; y por otra, las discusiones de comerciantes de alfombras a las que hemos tenido que entregarnos con los representantes de los gobiernos cuando se trata de buscar financiación para nuevas prioridades. +Sin embargo, debo decir que, al contrario de lo que sucede en el ámbito nacional, en Europa he observado que la política práctica se desarrolla por encima de los partidos y, ante los problemas materiales, el Parlamento Europeo es consciente de su responsabilidad, que naturalmente se incrementó y pasó a ocupar un lugar todavía más destacado a la vista de la baja participación en las elecciones europeas. +Tal como establece el artículo 35 de nuestro Reglamento, la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, competente para esta materia, escuchó e interrogó individualmente a los candidatos propuestos los días 22. y 23 de noviembre de 1999. En dichas audiencias, nos guiamos, por un lado, por las disposiciones del Tratado, que exigen que los candidatos formen parte o hayan formado parte en el pasado de un órgano de control de cuentas o estén especialmente capacitados para el ejercicio de dicho cargo. +Desde el punto de vista de los países en desarrollo, las cuestiones importantes son la creación de las condiciones para desarrollar su capacidad de registrar los índices de contaminación y el desarrollo de sus capacidades de actuación en general, así como el fomento de la transferencia de tecnología. +. (EN) En primer lugar, quisiera reconocer, al igual que estoy seguro de que reconoce todo el Parlamento, el papel que ha desempeñado el distinguido diputado Sr. Soares no sólo en la restauración de la democracia, la dignidad humana y los derechos humanos en uno de los grandes países de Europa, sino también el papel histórico que ha desempeñado al final del imperio y en la conclusión de un imperio con todo el decoro que ha sido posible, sin olvidar Macao. +El segundo problema es, sin duda, el más importante: a pesar de que se menciona en el preámbulo, este texto no responde a un problema esencial, cual es la investigación dirigida a enfermedades que no son poco frecuentes, pero respecto de las cuales no existe mercado para la industria farmacéutica, en particular las enfermedades que afectan a poblaciones que no pueden costear su tratamiento: se trata, en especial, de las enfermedades tropicales, incluso del paludismo y de la tuberculosis. +Mientras que las anteriores rondas se llevaron a cabo dentro de la mayor discreción, entre negociadores sagaces y teniendo en cuenta únicamente los intereses comerciales de su país, la próxima ronda, cuya fecha de inicio es hasta ahora desconocida, sólo podrá realizarse en la transparencia e integrando en los debates todas las cuestiones vinculadas con el comercio, a saber: las normas sociales, el medio ambiente, la protección de los consumidores, la cultura. +Asunto: Concesión de ayuda humanitaria a Serbia ¿Tiene el Consejo la intención de emprender iniciativas dirigidas a enviar ayuda humanitaria al pueblo serbio, ahora que el invierno está en puertas, dado que el mantenimiento del embargo -sobre el que ha manifestado sus reservas incluso el coordinador del Pacto de Estabilidad, Sr. Bodo Hombach- afecta al pueblo serbio en mayor medida que al régimen de Milosevic? +De ahí que valore muy positivamente el Informe Murphy y que haya votado a favor del mismo por cuanto dicho informe introduce de nuevo aspectos que el Consejo había eliminado al elaborar su posición común, pero que representan un beneficio incuestionable para las PYME, en particular la obligación de fijar por ley el establecimiento de unos mismos plazos de cobro en las transacciones comerciales y el que esta obligación incumba también a los poderes públicos. +Dada la importancia del turismo, por una parte, en cuanto a la creación de puestos de trabajo y, por otra, en cuanto a la difusión de la cultura europea y teniendo en cuenta el constante aplazamiento de la aprobación del programa en cuestión por parte del Consejo de Ministros de Turismo, ¿puede indicar el Consejo para cuándo se ha previsto la aprobación definitiva del programa? +Creo también que hay que elaborar y redactar ese código de buena conducta administrativa que ayudaría tanto a la Comisión de Peticiones como al Defensor del Pueblo en su trabajo. Ayudar al Defensor del Pueblo y a la Comisión de Peticiones en su trabajo no es más que ayudar a que la construcción europea sea más creíble para los ciudadanos europeos. +Es por esto que, dando seguimiento a la investigación de iniciativa llevada a cabo por el Defensor del Pueblo sobre los procedimientos de infracción, la Comisión se ha comprometido a facilitar, en el mismo momento en que informa al autor de una denuncia de su intención de archivarla -cuando ésta es la intención- también los motivos por los que estima que no existe vulneración del Derecho comunitario. +Me doy cuenta de que la política y las Instituciones deben implicarse en las situaciones que se producen y, por esto, al confirmar mi juicio sobre el conflicto, respaldo cualquier iniciativa dirigida a encontrar una solución positiva desde el punto de vista político, ético y jurídico, confiando sobre todo en el papel que la ONU, la Unión Europea, la OTAN y Rusia pueden y deben desempeñar. +Afirmar que se dio este trato a las Naciones Unidas porque dos miembros permanentes del Consejo de Seguridad bloquearon la acción de la OTAN (tal como tienen derecho a hacer basándose en el estatuto de la ONU...), es un monumento a la arbitrariedad y una muestra peligrosa de lógica totalitaria, es decir, ¿acaso las Naciones Unidas son sólo útiles cuando están de acuerdo con la OTAN? +Me alegro especialmente de que, a pesar del golpe que ha sufrido últimamente la Comisión -aunque el Sr. Comisario está por encima de toda esta historia- no haya cesado de fomentar esta labor tan útil en el sector de los servicios financieros. +Me inquietan las palabras del Sr. Prodi, que parece más preocupado por respetar la tradición de bulimia de poder de la Comisión, que por aclarar cómo esta última aplicará los principios de prevención y de comercio justo (sobre los cuales el próximo Presidente de la Comisión calla) durante las negociaciones comerciales en las que va a representar los intereses de los Estados miembros. +Señor Presidente, el título suena muy prometedor, pero, a mi juicio, la mayor desgracia que sufren las personas mayores en este momento -yo me incluyo entre ellos- es la dimisión de la Comisión, ya que, a raíz de ella, las propuestas del Comisario Monti para elaborar una directiva destinada a liberalizar el mercado de los fondos de pensiones se quedarán en el tintero por mucho tiempo. +Identificamos también como señas de identidad de una política progresista la protección del medio ambiente integrada en todas las políticas comunitarias y la revisión del techo de los recursos propios en las perspectivas financieras de la Agenda 2000, así como el mantenimiento de la solidaridad interna de la Unión a través de sus Fondos estructurales y de cohesión. +Hemos iniciado este camino: ha comenzado tímidamente el camino de la armonización de las políticas económicas; el Sr. Comisario Monti ha elaborado un proyecto para la armonización de las políticas fiscales que deberá ser aprobado, y en el próximo Consejo Europeo de Colonia se abordará el tema del Pacto Europeo por el Empleo. +Estos acuerdos, hoy por hoy, más que una liberalización han provocado una concentración del mercado en manos de unas pocas multinacionales que han impuesto un sistema de control monopolístico; después de los acuerdos GATT no se han cumplido las cláusulas de protección del medio ambiente, de la salud, éticas y de defensa de los pueblos más desfavorecidos del mundo. +También apoyo la petición por parte del ponente de inversión pública/privada para conseguir una infraestructura moderna de transportes y comunicaciones en la Unión y también su petición a la Comisión y al Consejo para que encuentren el mecanismo de financiación apropiado, como, por ejemplo, una ampliación del papel del BEI. +Cualquier solución de alto el fuego que no regule inequívocamente este aspecto no podrá conseguir, a mi parecer, un verdadero alto el fuego. El regreso de los refugiados tiene que ir acompañado, en efecto, del despliegue de una fuerza de paz sólida con una fuerte participación de la OTAN, pero también de países neutrales, de Rusia y de otros países. +Al alentar la secesión de los kosovares de lengua albanesa, que no siempre han estado exentos de exacciones, se justifica a posteriori precisamente aquello que se quería condenar y, en particular, al Gobierno de Milosevic, porque aunque las reivindicaciones albanesas sobre Kosovo son legítimas en nombre de los derechos de una mayoría étnica, en ese caso Milosevic tiene fundamento para reclamar para Serbia la anexión de la Krajina croata, poblada en su mayoría por serbios, o la anexión de una parte de Bosnia, igualmente poblada en parte por serbios. +Creo que la crisis de Kosovo demuestra a aquellos que no querían reconocerlo que necesitamos un ministerio y un ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, un ministerio y un ministro de Defensa y Seguridad, y que ya es hora de que se dote a Europa de los instrumentos necesarios para alcanzar dicho objetivo en diez o quince años, como Europa supo hacerlo hace diez o quince años en el caso de la Unión Económica y Monetaria. +Pero será necesaria la mejora del sistema judicial, de la administración pública, de las fuerzas de policía y de las autoridades regionales mediante la formación, el apoyo a las reformas, el fortalecimiento de las relaciones entre los medios políticos europeos y rusos, así como de apoyo a las ONG y a los medios de comunicación social independientes. +Dentro del Grupo socialista hay quien opina que sí hay una base razonable de negociación y que es eso lo que debemos hacer. No sólo por los medios de comunicación, no sólo por la opinión pública, no sólo por los electores, sino para estar en paz con nosotros mismos y demostrar que cuando hablamos en nombre de los pueblos de Europa, en nombre de los electores democráticos, tenemos una mínima afinidad con la gente corriente y que debemos poner fin a una serie de prácticas, cuanto antes, mejor. +La queremos tener disponible, en todo caso, antes de la primera lectura del Parlamento Europeo, porque si no estaríamos en manos del Consejo, cuando se trate de los medios adicionales que se pondrán realmente a disposición para la categoría 5. Porque si la notificación llega después de la primera lectura por parte del Parlamento, entonces sólo se podrá realizar la rectificación si ambas partes de la Autoridad de Presupuestos, o sea el Consejo y el Parlamento, lo aprueban. +Segundo: en esta página reglamentaria de un informe que nunca he firmado, pone que hoy en la reunión, el 4 de mayo el Presidente del Parlamento Europeo ha anunciado la confirmación de la posición común y que ha tramitado esa posición común a la Comisión de transporte y Turismo, como comisión correspondiente. +Si se tiene en cuenta que en el año 1998 los desastres llamados «naturales» -yo no los consideraría siempre naturales- han causado 50.000 muertos y 12, 4 billones de pesetas en pérdidas (inundaciones, incendios, huracanes -como el Mitch- o catástrofes medioambientales -siempre recuerdo Doñana, que sigue coleando y con problemas-) se ha hecho imprescindible que las organizaciones de protección civil jueguen un papel importante en cada uno de estos desastres, sobre todo si dichas organizaciones funcionan bien, sus integrantes están bien formados y a la vez forman parte de una red de cooperación comunitaria. +Su objetivo es ofrecer, por un lado, un compromiso entre tener requisitos uniformes y, por otro, facilitar el acceso de la Unión Europea a los mercados mundiales aproximando las especificaciones industriales de la Unión Europea a las exigencias más amplias establecidas en el Reglamento de 1995 de la Comisión Económica para Europa de las Naciones Unidas. +Ha presidido durante uno de los períodos más extraordinarios de la historia de la Unión Europea y de la vida de este Parlamento, como usted mismo ha dicho en su intervención: partiendo de la Conferencia Intergubernamental, pasando por la introducción del euro y hasta el inesperado proceso de ratificación de la nueva Comisión, del que también nos hemos ocupado, a pesar de que no estaba en el calendario ni esperábamos hacerlo. +Señora Presidenta, señor Presidente del Consejo, señor Presidente de la Comisión, en el Congreso de La Haya en 1998, el movimiento europeo lamentó que la Unión pareciera hoy condenada a avanzar en un gran vacío conceptual y apareciera desprovista de cualquier perspectiva política, precisamente en el momento en que está lanzándose a las dos grandes aventuras de su historia: la moneda única y la ampliación. +Creo que es importante destacar que los Fondos estructurales, con su perfil descendente de gastos, representan una importante aportación a la consolidación del presupuesto. Se garantiza la solidaridad comunitaria al nivel más alto del último período de las ayudas, es decir, el nivel de ayudas de 1999 para las regiones de estructuras más débiles. +En su momento voté a favor de la investidura de Jacques Santer para la Presidencia de la Comisión, considerando que había sido el Primer Ministro de un pequeño país como el mío, pero mucho menos afectado por la inmigración extraeuropea, por el desempleo y por los impuestos, dando la voz de alerta por haber aceptado al frente de los diferentes departamentos a los peores y a los mejores. +Subrayamos también la importancia que el Presidente Romano Prodi atribuye a las políticas mediterráneas, que coloca en un plano semejante al de la ampliación a los PECO, su voluntad de contribuir a un mayor dinamismo de la economía europea y a una reducción del desempleo y, cosa para nosotros esencial, la defensa de la cohesión económica y social. +Y lo que es más importante, para mí personalmente, la joya de la corona alcanzada a raíz de las negociaciones informales posteriores a Berlín en Estrasburgo fue que el Consejo diera su aprobación a la solicitud del Parlamento Europeo de modificar la decisión de la Cumbre de Berlín para añadir una nueva iniciativa URBAN con el 0, 35 % de los fondos añadidos al lote comunitario. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Consejo, señora Comisaria, señor Comisario, las repercusiones del acuerdo básico sobre la reforma agrícola «Agenda 2000» sobre la agricultura en la Unión Europea y sobre las rentas agrícolas, son menos negativas que en las primitivas propuestas de la Comisión ya que las reducciones de precios han resultado menores en los cereales y la carne de vacuno. +Asunto: Libre circulación de personas en la UE Con objeto de impedir su participación en una manifestación (autorizada) el 27 de marzo en París, las autoridades francesas bloquearon a 3000 italianos en la frontera la noche del 26 de marzo. Este grave hecho viola el derecho de manifestación y la libertad de circulación en la Unión Europea +Por ejemplo, una propuesta para financiar la misma medida con cargo al IFOP para las regiones del Objetivo 1 y 2 pero con cargo al sector de garantías del FEOGA para otras regiones no puede animar más que la «caza de fondos», en la que las empresas del sector pesquero podrían volver a establecerse en la Comunidad con el simple objetivo de avalar los fondos para un determinado proyecto. +La mala noticia es que una aplastante mayoría de la comisión ha criticado e incluso ha protestado con vehemencia contra la forma y el método en que dichas decisiones y disposiciones han visto la luz. Espero que esta Asamblea se sume a nuestras quejas, puesto que revisten una especial importancia en lo que al control parlamentario y la codecisión del Parlamento en el ámbito de la seguridad interior se refiere. +Por otra parte, quisiera señalar que a raíz de este comportamiento del Consejo surge una vez más la duda de si la teoría de la legitimación indirecta del Consejo como legislador en terrenos tan cruciales sigue siendo sostenible a estas alturas. Pues no sólo el Parlamento Europeo procede al debate sin disponer de la documentación correspondiente, no sólo el Parlamento Europeo se queda al margen de las decisiones y los preparativos del Consejo, sino que tenemos constancia de que también los Parlamentos nacionales son informados tarde y mal. +No es correcto, en primer lugar, porque no existe mayoría absoluta, como usted mismo lo había señalado a propósito del Acuerdo Interinstitucional del 17 de julio de 1998 sobre la política exterior y de seguridad común, acuerdo al que yo me había opuesto junto con mi Grupo; y, en segundo lugar, no es correcto porque no existe ningún tipo de ratificación por los Parlamentos nacionales de textos que añaden, modifican o completan los Tratados, a menudo de manera sustancial. +En efecto, las enmiendas incorporadas a la propuesta de la Comisión, y que el Consejo afirma estar dispuesto a aceptar, mejoran sensiblemente el acceso a la información sobre procedimientos de decisión comunitaria demasiado secretos, bien se trate de los comités, de los documentos que se discuten, de los órdenes del día, de la lista de participantes, o bien -incluso-del calendario de los trabajos de los comités. +Sobre esta base falsa, la resolución del Parlamento Europeo, que aborda sobre todo los trabajos preparatorios de la futura reforma, propone que la Comisión inicie -y luego dirija- el proceso, y que, sin abandonar su supuesta responsabilidad política, confíe la redacción de un primer documento a un grupo de expertos, fórmula que ya se utilizó en la elaboración de Maastricht. +Pero quiero señalar que la colocación de todo el proceso de consulta electoral bajo la responsabilidad del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas obligará necesariamente a una intervención de fuerzas de seguridad apropiadas, si Indonesia no cumple con su deber de desarmar a las milicias y velar por que el proceso transcurra sin interferencia de los grupos terroristas y armados. +He tenido el honor de intervenir esta semana en tres ocasiones, en mi última aparición ante este Parlamento, para hablar acerca de la libertad y de la paz en Kosovo, a favor de los esfuerzos de la UE en su lucha contra la pena de muerte y a favor de un tribunal para los crímenes de guerra. +Y con arreglo a esta opinión y habida cuenta de que el Sr. Anwar Ibrahim ya ha pasado casi siete meses en la cárcel sin contar con la posibilidad de recurrir a una fianza, la Comisión considera que el proceso, que la apelación de los abogados de la defensa ya anunciaron, debe llevarse a cabo con arreglo a los criterios aceptados internacionalmente para considerar un juicio como justo. +Un nivel elevado de seguridad nuclear es una prioridad del proceso de adhesión, y la Comisión está dispuesta a cooperar con todos los Estados candidatos para ayudar a mejorar la seguridad nuclear, garantizando que los niveles de seguridad tecnológica y de funcionamiento se ajustan a las prácticas, actualmente vigentes en la Unión en materia de seguridad. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0226/99) de la Sra. Lulling, para la Delegación del Parlamento en el Comité de Conciliación, sobre el Reglamento (CE) del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativo a las estadísticas de los intercambios de bienes entre Estados miembros con objeto de reducir los datos que deben proporcionarse (3608/99 - C4-0172/99-97/0155(COD)) +Por ello le invito a que, de conformidad con el artículo 38 del Reglamento (declaraciones para explicar decisiones de la Comisión), pida a la Comisión, cuando termine el orden del día de hoy, que venga a este hemiciclo a explicar la decisión que se tomó ayer de imponer a la Federación Francesa de Fútbol una multa por una cantidad irrisoria de 650 libras por una vulneración clara de las normas comunitarias. +A todos aquellos que están a favor de una política de paz preventiva -sobre lo que existe un amplio consenso en los Parlamentos nacionales y en el Parlamento Europeo- por todo lo que no ha logrado Dayton -lo que no supone una crítica a Dayton, pues probablemente entonces no existía otra posibilidad-, quiero decirles que una estrategia de acercamiento a largo plazo para el Sudeste de Europa hacia la Europa de la integración para integrarse a continuación realmente en ella, se ha convertido ahora en política operativa. +En cuanto a las consideraciones de partido, es evidente que la Comisión debe representar las grandes fuerzas políticas de la Unión Europea y que en el nivel del Parlamento deberemos seguir practicando con todos los Grupos grandes -y no se trata sólo de dos Grupos- una política de cooperación necesaria para llevar a término nuestra labor legislativa. +Baste recordar el papel que tuvo el Sr. Bangemann en la propuesta revisada de la Comisión sobre los derechos de autor y la sociedad de la información, las presiones que llevó a cabo Telefónica para introducir cambios en la propuesta de directiva anteriormente rechazada por el Parlamento, la activa política de Telefónica de cara a conseguir penetrar en los medios, e incluso en relación con las tarifas. +También diría que el Sr. Kreissl-Dörfler tenía razón en insistir, junto con el Sr. Duff -en un primer discurso muy interesante-en que si todas las instituciones no demuestran los más altos niveles de rectitud para sí mismas, y por sí mismas, los criterios serán impuestos desde fuera, bien en forma de castigo por parte de la opinión pública, en principio por medio de su apatía y desinterés, pero quizá de otras maneras más directas, también políticas, o bien que el Consejo asuma una responsabilidad que otros no parecen estar dispuestos a demostrar. +Por consiguiente, creo que la Comisión ha aplicado erróneamente el artículo 82 del Tratado, porque en este caso no se trataba de aprovecharse abusivamente de una posición dominante, sino de beneficiarse, de una manera absolutamente justa y comprensible, de una situación muy particular desde el punto de vista fiscal. +Primero, el Comité de Expertos Independientes reconoce que, a pesar de que la responsabilidad última de la gestión recae en la Comisión, no cabe ignorar que las administraciones de los Estados miembros ejecutan por lo menos el 80% del presupuesto comunitario y que su actitud ante el fraude no es siempre diligente aunque luego esos ministros sean los que despotriquen contra la gestión comunitaria. +También respecto a esto, a mi opinión, nos encontramos ante un verdadero fraude, porque despojar de autoridad a la libre voluntad de unas personas que se organizan sobre la base de un artículo del Reglamento, no es un acto de democracia y de libertad; antes bien, si un diputado pensara que ese acto se ha inspirado únicamente en lo que es el presupuesto económico de los grupos y de los asistentes, entonces nos encontramos ante un auténtico caso de fraude. +Pero la pregunta que habría que hacer es si no habrá llegado el momento de que, si la Comunidad Europea quiere tener protegidos efectivamente sus intereses financieros, exista un Derecho comunitario penal que permita configurar como delito comunitario, con una jurisdicción penal competente, el fraude contra los intereses financieros de la Comunidad. +En tercer lugar, si el Comisario de Agricultura designado también presta mayor atención a las enmiendas presentadas por el Parlamento y a los propios parlamentarios, siempre que aquéllas, justo es decirlo, no rebasen los límites presupuestarios y no deroguen actos jurídicos ya existentes, la opinión mayoritaria de mi Grupo es que la experiencia, competencia y compromiso del candidato permiten concluir que realizará una buena labor como miembro de la Comisión. +Sin embargo, una parte de nuestro grupo no espera de la Comisión un enfoque ecológico en sus actuaciones, y en adelante todo nuestro grupo se encargará de que la Comisión respete el principio de desarrollo sostenible y posibilite la creación de una Europa de los ciudadanos, de forma que ambos objetivos estén siempre presentes a la hora de tomar decisiones. +Los Ministros de Justicia e Interior elaborarán los temas de su competencia en una reunión extraoficial que se celebrará en Turku los días 16 y 17 de septiembre, y el Consejo de Asuntos Generales empezó los preparativos del Consejo Europeo en una reunión que tuvo lugar el lunes pasado, para cerrarlos definitivamente en su reunión del 11 al 12 de octubre. +informe (A5-0013) de la Sra. Pack, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo (COM(1999)312 - C5-0062/1999 - 1999/0123(CNS)) por el que se modifica el Reglamento (CE) nº 1628/1996, de 25 de julio de 1996, relativo a la ayuda a Bosnia y Herzegovina, Croacia, la República Federativa de Yugoslavia y la antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia y, en especial, por el que se crea la Agencia Europea de Reconstrucción +Informe (A5-0013/99) de la Sra. Pack, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa, sobre la propuesta de Reglamento (CE) del Consejo (COM(1999) 312 - C5-0062/1999 - 1999/0132(CNS)) relativa a la modificación del Reglamento (CE) 1628/96 relativa a la ayuda a Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croacia, República Federal de Yugoslavia y a la antigua República yugoslava de Macedonia, principalmente por la creación de una Agencia Europea de Reconstrucción +En tercer lugar, en términos de apoyo económico y apoyo al desarrollo, el compromiso de la Comisión en el marco del Convenio de Lomé podría y debería ser reactivado con dos condiciones: en primer lugar, una mejora de la situación de la seguridad en la RDC y, en segundo lugar, un resultado del debate nacional que garantice una disposición política estable en la RDC y en la que se respeten los elementos fundamentales del Convenio de Lomé. +Del pasado reciente y de su productivismo descabellado heredamos una situación que, en el ámbito agrícola común - con demasiada frecuencia -, ha puesto la política al servicio de los grandes grupos económicos agroalimentarios y de la distribución a gran escala. Resultado: vacas locas, pollos que envenenan "a la dioxina" , aceite de vaciado en el aceite para el consumo, fangos de depuración en las harinas para el ganado, y no cito más... +Algo muy distinto a Gran Bretaña: no se ha producido erradicación de la enfermedad y la tasa de animales enfermos se sitúa aún en un nivel demasiado elevado para evitar cualquier riesgo de contaminación y para garantizar a los consumidores un producto sano. +Tendremos que organizar, por lo tanto, una gran conferencia sobre el SIDA, pero sin dejarla sólo en manos de los países que luego deben gestionar concretamente unas consecuencias tan dramáticas, sino una conferencia, como auguramos desde hace años, en 1993, sobre las pandemias, el SIDA, que bajo nuestra responsabilidad haga frente a esta situación y arbitre medidas que corresponden a una autoridad internacional, a la vista de que la OMS es totalmente incapaz de ofrecer respuestas concretas. +La respuesta del Parlamento en la forma elaborada por la Comisión de Presupuestos es que lo importante en esta fase es revisar las perspectivas financieras y de esa forma asegurar también de hecho la llegada a destino de la asistencia general dada por el Parlamento y por la Unión Europea así como la posibilidad de llevar a buen término estos asuntos. +La ayuda a la balanza de pagos es una ayuda para reforzar las reservas de un país de tal forma que pueda hacer frente a sus problemas de pagos exteriores, que siempre tienen una compensación: siempre se paga o por la prestación de un servicio o por la adquisición de una mercancía. +Por ello, doy mi aprobación, por supuesto, a las enmiendas presentadas por el señor Langen que exigen de la Comisión un papel más activo para estimular una estrategia de promoción coordinada en el seno de los Estados miembros así como para desarrollar el potencial de Europa en la exportación de las tecnologías relativas a las energías renovables. +Los avances técnicos de los últimos años han mejorado claramente la eficacia de las fuentes de energía renovables, y en lugar de destinar tantos recursos a la industria atómica europea, como evidentemente hace la Comisión, deben redoblarse los esfuerzos por promover las fuentes de energía renovables. +El primer momento de apogeo de este proceso de democratización fueron las elecciones democráticas de 1994, las primeras celebradas para todos los sudafricanos, que constituyeron una expresión visible de la liberación no sólo de la mayoría de la población hasta entonces oprimida, sino en realidad también, creo yo, de los privilegiados por el antiguo sistema; de su liberación de la presión autoimpuesta de tener que justificar un sistema que ellos mismos sabían, al menos en su fuero interno, que era injustificable y que también les estaba distanciando progresivamente de las gentes de Europa y Norteamérica con las que se sentían cultural y étnicamente identificados. +Hay otros capítulos como el impuesto sobre el valor añadido que precisan cierta armonización porque, de lo contrario, se distorsionaría la competencia; asimismo existen otros capítulos, a saber, el impuesto de sociedades y el impuesto sobre rendimientos del capital mobiliario que, por el contrario, deben ser armonizados en la parte en que la falta de armonización implica una distorsión de la competencia. +Quien no reconozca ahora que ha llegado la hora de la verdad ni reconozca que se tiene que dar una respuesta clara y sincera a Turquía, correrá el riesgo de que no se logre todo aquello que queremos de Turquía sino que se produzca una evolución muy diferente de la que seremos también responsables en el caso de que Turquía no busque ya el camino hacia la familia de la comunidad de valores democráticos en Europa sino en cualquier otro sitio. +Finalmente, no deja de ser, sin duda, interesante observar que la cooperación que se sella de esta manera con ese gran país del Sur puede contribuir a la creación de efectos sinérgicos útiles para la Unión Europea en el marco de las delicadas negociaciones que se van a iniciar en el seno de la OMC, a partir de la Conferencia de Seattle del próximo mes de noviembre. +En efecto, una falta de control por nuestra parte tendría consecuencias dramáticas para la sociedad, gravemente afectada por el desempleo (40% de la población activa) e iría totalmente en contra de los esfuerzos que la Unión Europea realiza desde hace muchos años, a través de los Fondos estructurales, para favorecer el desarrollo económico y social de la isla. +Pero ni siquiera tienen el valor de Emma Tuahepa, quien se ha atrevido a preguntar a los gobiernos africanos lo que habían hecho y lo que están haciendo con el dinero de los africanos, y lo único que ustedes se han limitado a señalar es que ninguno de los once Jefes de Estado africanos se dignó a asistir a la Conferencia, o la importancia de los factores culturales y religiosos en la propagación de la plaga. +Pienso, por ejemplo, en una excesiva enfatización de las cláusulas de protección social, del dumping social allí donde se sabe perfectamente que éstas serán meras declamaciones tras las cuales no habrá nada más ni siquiera controles efectivos y que, de hecho, sólo será la espada de Damocles proteccionista para los países en desarrollo, para los países de reciente industrialización, que podrá ser utilizada cuando la vieja Europa, la vieja Europa de las burocracias, de las burocracias sindicales y de la decadencia industrial, se encontrará con el agua al cuello. +El 25 de mayo de 1999 el acuerdo fue firmado por el Presidente del Parlamento, Sr. Gil-Robles, el Presidente del Consejo y el Presidente de la Comisión; el Consejo y la Comisión adoptaron el 25 de mayo y el 2 de junio, respectivamente, las oportunas decisiones de su competencia con vistas a la aplicación del acuerdo en el seno de dichas Instituciones. +Sería suicida, contrariamente a lo que algunos han afirmado hoy, pensar que los gobernantes europeos pueden ejercer presiones para que el Banco Central supla su incapacidad de reactivar la economía a través de las reformas estructurales, la liberalización de los mercados, antes de todos el de trabajo, y el rigor presupuestario que debe ir acompañado de una reducción de la carga fiscal sobre las personas y las empresas. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Banco Central Europeo, Señorías, este debate se celebra cuando se han cumplido los primeros nueve meses de la vida del euro, en unas condiciones que permiten asegurar que su introducción ha sido un éxito, aunque sólo sea en el sentido limitado de que la transición a la tercera fase de la Unión Económica y Monetaria se ha producido sin mayores sobresaltos. +Otra gran diferencia es que es muy fácil intentar hacer un billete falso con técnicas modernas de fotocopiado lo que constituye la razón por la que los detalles precisos de los billetes van a ser dados a conocer ampliamente pero solo poco antes de su introducción para reducir el riesgo de la falsificación y no confundir al público que no está aun familiarizado con los billetes. +Nuestro Grupo hará uso de todos los medios a su alcance para influir en los presupuestos comunitarios de forma que se creen las bases de un fondo europeo para el refugiado; asunto éste, que ahora sólo fue objeto de mención en las decisiones del Consejo, instando a la Comisión a estudiar la posibilidad de " considerar la creación de algún fondo de reserva para situaciones, en las que grandes grupos de refugiados necesiten protección temporal." +Una señal fuerte de Tampere de que Europa ha dejado de ser sólo un mercado y de que el ciudadano europeo ya no es sólo un consumidor y un trabajador; que el ciudadano, en tanto que ciudadano, con todas sus dimensiones, con todas su preocupaciones, con todas sus necesidades, con todas sus demandas, está en el centro de la construcción europea. +En esa ocasión se deberá dar una señal clara para que el proceso de elaboración de la Carta y la Conferencia Intergubernamental de la Unión, que se desarrollarán paralelamente, expresen dos dinámicas convergentes, con vistas a garantizar las condiciones de ampliación y fortalecer los fundamentos del Estado de derecho en nuestra Unión de derecho. +Aún no circulan los billetes de la moneda europea y, mira por dónde, ya se habló en junio, en Colonia, de un ejército europeo y, en septiembre, en Tampere, de una justicia penal europea, se está preparando una Carta de Derechos Fundamentales y, por último y sobre todo, la Comisión pide al Consejo Europeo que acepte la perspectiva de una Europa ampliada hasta el Asia Menor y hasta las fronteras occidentales del Irak y del Irán. +Informe (A5-0021/1999) del Sr. Hatzidakis, en nombre de la Comisión de Política Regional, Transportes y Turismo, sobre la Comunicación de la Comisión al Parlamento Europeo y al Consejo - Repercusiones de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam sobre los procedimientos legislativos en curso en el ámbito de la política regional, de los transportes y del turismo (SEC(1999) 581 - C4-0219/1999) +Tengo que confesar -ya con alguna experiencia en las relaciones entre el Parlamento Europeo y el Congreso de los Estados Unidos- que en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos tenemos muchos amigos e interlocutores, pero que no hemos podido entablar en ningún momento un debate positivo con el senador Helms, que parece que no dispone ni siquiera de pasaporte norteamericano y que considera, no solamente en este tema sino en otros muchos, que él es el que impone su ley al mundo. +Señor Presidente, deseo apoyar el programa Cultura 2000 y felicitar al ponente, el Sr. Vasco Graça Moura, por haber enriquecido el conjunto del texto con nuevas aportaciones encaminadas, por una parte, a conseguir mayor participación de los países y de los beneficiarios y, por otra, a insistir sobre la necesidad de diversificar las convocatorias, así como con sus recomendaciones en defensa de la desconcentración de las actividades y grandes acontecimientos culturales. +Más concretamente, en lo que se refiere al capítulo agrícola del presupuesto, es evidente que aun antes de que empiecen las negociaciones multilaterales de la Organización Mundial de Comercio, la UE se propone coordinar con los norteamericanos la reducción de la protección y de las intervenciones, mediante la reducción de los recursos destinados a los diferentes productos agrícolas, hecho que conlleva nuevas reducciones en los ingresos de los productores y nuevas limitaciones a los cultivos. +El Comité Directivo Científico Europeo debe pronunciarse sobre la pertinencia de los argumentos franceses ya que el lunes, el grupo ad hoc que reúne a los especialistas europeos de las enfermedades de priones no ha podido llegar a una conclusión unánime y ha transmitido al Comité Científico Europeo los resultados de sus trabajos. +¿Convendría conmigo en que la situación relativa a la carne de bovino ha contribuido ahora, ante la opinión pública, a crear el caos en cuanto a la aceptabilidad de los juicios emitidos en el nivel europeo sobre la inocuidad de los alimentos y que eso no presagia nada bueno para el plan del Sr. Prodi de crear una agencia europea de seguridad alimentaria? +Si estas no se localizan y no son reconocidas como las causas reales de los problemas a los que se enfrentan los trabajadores del mar, no se puede hablar ni de medidas ni de la creación de mecanismos de control, por ejemplo del descanso de los trabajadores del mar, que sólo puede darse de forma ineficaz e hipócrita, perpetuándose así el régimen de intensificación del trabajo y de la explotación. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0049/1999) del Sr. Gahrton, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se celebra el Acuerdo de cooperación científica y técnica entre la Comunidad Europea y la República Popular de China [COM(1999)0287 - C5-0038/1999 - 1999/0123(CNS)] +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0045/1999) del Sr. Linkohr, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo [COM(99) 0292 - C5-0040/99 - 99/0125(CNS)] por la que se celebra el Acuerdo de cooperación científica y técnica entre la Comunidad Europea y la República Argentina. +En el documento principal nos agrada en particular -como a otros- la insistencia en la necesidad de un planteamiento coherente de la reglamentación de la red Internet y del comercio electrónico y también en la propiedad intelectual, la venta a distancia y la protección de datos, aspectos recogidos, todos ellos, para proteger los derechos de los consumidores y garantizar normas adecuadas de viabilidad. +Por lo tanto, los objetivos consisten, primero, en establecer en toda la Unión Europea y en todos los países solicitantes, redes de comunicación entre las organizaciones que se ocupan de luchar contra la violencia ejercida sobre las mujeres y los niños, pues estas organizaciones son las que conocen el campo; segundo, en crear conciencia entre todos los europeos acerca de la naturaleza de este mal y de la necesidad de erradicarlo y de destinar fondos a ello. +En ese informe subrayé también la necesidad de que impulsáramos la celebración de un Consejo Europeo excepcional sobre el porvenir de las políticas familiares y de protección de la infancia en la Unión Europea, y de que se presentara al Parlamento un informe anual comparativo de las legislaciones de nuestros países en este asunto. +En cuanto a las enmiendas, debo decir que la Comisión Europea ha aceptado plenamente nueve, ha aceptado 7 de ellas de entrada; pero no hemos avanzado más y querría explicar por qué: Durante la Presidencia finlandesa, que como ustedes saben es responsable de fomentar las directivas complementarias y la planificación del semestre, se dio una opción estratégica que se había comunicado a la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales. +Si no hay resultados hasta finales de año, mi intención es, en la Presidencia portuguesa, introducir un cambio de estrategia, una aproximación distinta al problema y una base de negociaciones distinta, para fomentar dicha directiva con pasos más rápidos y, contando ya con una primera reacción del Consejo, que la Comisión avance en la nueva aproximación, que diría que es algo fácil. +Más que unas palabras, querría sencillamente pedir, como testigo desgraciadamente muy cercano, que más allá del mensaje de compasión -y es verdad que las familias de las víctimas lo apreciarán- podamos, en nuestra calidad de Parlamento Europeo, iniciar un procedimiento de solidaridad mediante ayudas que podrían atribuirse a esta región del gran Sur tan duramente afectada, en favor de las familias, primero, y luego de aquellos que lo han perdido todo, sin embargo también en lo que toca al instrumento económico que ha quedado destruido. +Comparto también el punto de vista de que una configuración justa del presupuesto no puede realizarse exclusivamente en el lado de los ingresos del presupuesto y comparto también la opinión de que no hay que esperar hasta el año 2006 para mantener un debate sobre la reforma sino que debe realizarse con su apoyo dentro de este período de legislatura. +También se señala en esa resolución -y es quizás el punto más importante, el apartado 4- que pida este Pleno que se apruebe la decisión de aumentar el importe del proyecto de presupuesto rectificativo y suplementario 5/99 en 25 millones en créditos de pago destinados al programa PHARE, en consonancia, señora Schreyer, con las necesidades urgentes de este programa que nos ha señalado la Comisión. +En Europa debemos hacer nuestra contribución y dar buen ejemplo al resto del mundo, aun reconociendo que la mayor presión para el consumo energético en el futuro se deberá a países como los Estados Unidos, que es bastante despilfarrador en su consumo de energía, y también a los países en desarrollo que, a medida que sus economías crezcan y aumente su nivel de vida, van a necesitar un mayor consumo energético, que probablemente procederá de fuentes de energía bastante contaminantes. +La confrontación unitaria de los ciudadanos europeos sobre las diferencias familiares y las cuestiones que acompañan a la custodia de los niños en caso de divorcio está claro que van a evitar a miles de familias el cansancio y las complicaciones con la burocracia y también reforzarán el sentimiento de seguridad y de confianza de los ciudadanos en la Unión Europea. +Estos dos instrumentos constituyen una de las primeras piedras del edificio comunitario que estamos construyendo, cuyo objetivo fundamental es el de brindar a todos los ciudadanos y a los agentes jurídicos de la Unión un acceso más fácil, más rápido y más eficaz a la justicia como salvaguardia de las normas de seguridad jurídica. +Asunto: Aplicación de la directiva sobre los nitratos ¿Es consciente la Comisión (y lo son en particular los comisarios responsables de medio ambiente y agricultura) de que la directiva europea sobre los nitratos (91/676/CEE) no ofrece garantías absolutas por lo que se refiere a la calidad de las aguas subterráneas, visto que la directiva se centra en los nitratos procedentes de abonos de origen animal, dejando así de lado otras fuentes de nitratos? +No intento ocultar la dimensión militar de la seguridad, pero donde más duele es, a mi juicio, en esta estrategia continua de verse obnubilada por el aspecto militar en detrimento de una política paneuropea de prevención de los conflictos que esté a la medida de las tensiones y las fracturas de la posguerra fría en nuestro continente. +Hemos oído con alivio esta mañana la toma de posición muy firme del señor Solana sobre este tema y el compromiso que ha asumido de ejercer toda su influencia esta tarde en Estambul para que en este territorio se respete el derecho internacional y el de las personas, y con alivio acabamos de oírle decir, señor Comisario Patten, que irá inmediatamente a sumar sobre el terreno sus esfuerzos a los del señor Solana. +Hace falta un Parlamento Europeo legislador general de la Unión, como el Consejo, que participe de pleno derecho en la designación de los miembros de las demás Instituciones y capaz de establecer una relación de confianza con la Comisión Europea que ya no se verá debilitada por la doble mayoría cualificada hoy necesaria para la moción de censura. +Exijo que tenga verdadera capacidad de decisión en lo referido a los aspectos fundamentales de la política común de pesca y los reglamentos de base, por ejemplo en el ámbito de la organización del mercado, la conservación y la explotación de los recursos pesqueros, las medidas de control y los instrumentos de la política estructural. Esto se llama codecisión del Parlamento. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0066/1999) del Sr. Napolitano, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, sobre las modificaciones del Reglamento a raíz del Acuerdo Interinstitucional del 25 de mayo de 1999 relativo a las investigaciones internas efectuadas por la Oficina de Lucha contra el Fraude (OLAF). +Una, la presidenta de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, la Sra. Theato, que es un poco la madre de la OLAF y de toda esta regulación; la otra, a la que considero el padre de la regulación actual, es el Sr. Napolitano, que ha tenido una gran mesura, una gran inteligencia y, sobre todo, mucho coraje a la hora de afrontar una difícil solución. +Debería ser obligatorio que hubiera una mayor coherencia entre las normas que rigen el comercio, el trabajo, el medio ambiente, el bienestar animal y otras normas de aceptación internacional y los principios de la "buena gestión de sociedades" mediante una mejor cooperación entre la OMC, la OIT, las Naciones Unidas, los acuerdos multilaterales medioambientales y otras instituciones internacionales. +Tal como lo había precisado el presidente Pasqua durante el debate general que tuvo lugar en el Pleno a principios de octubre, y como acaba de recordarlo pertinentemente mi colega Georges Berthu, antes de iniciar un nuevo ciclo de negociaciones es indispensable realizar un balance claro y preciso, objetivo, por lo tanto independiente y contradictorio, con el fin de percibir las consecuencias económicas, sociales, medioambientales y de seguridad alimentaria de los acuerdos anteriores de la Ronda Uruguay. +Bajo la amenaza del retraso de la ampliación o incluso de la disolución de la Unión, por su propios creadores, en el intento, sin reglas ni leyes, por conquistar nuevos mercados y repartirse el botín, el capital monopolista trata de superar sus contradicciones internas, que eran y siguen siendo importantes, con tal de servir al interés común de sobreexplotar a los trabajadores y obtener el máximo beneficio. +Pese a las medidas positivas que se adoptaron después de la resolución de este Parlamento, en el pasado día 16 de septiembre, en particular la entrada de la fuerza internacional de paz y seguridad con la égida de las Naciones Unidas, la INTERFET, la situación en materia de seguridad humanitaria sigue siendo grave tanto en el territorio de Timor Oriental, donde es esencial que lleguen medios para apoyar la reconstrucción, como en el caso de los cerca de 250.000 desplazados a la fuerza a Indonesia, en particular a la parte occidental de Timor. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, la sucesión de seísmos que han sembrado la destrucción en el noroeste de Turquía nos ha movido a considerar esencial el refuerzo de las asignaciones para ese país y, por eso, votamos favorablemente, en primera lectura, una revisión de las perspectivas financieras que establece un apoyo de emergencia a Turquía, a la par con la prioridad que concedamos a la reconstrucción de Timor Oriental. +De acuerdo con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0053/1999) del Sr. Medina Ortega, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior, sobre la propuesta de reglamento (CE) del Consejo por el que se modifica el Reglamento (CEE) nº 1911/91 relativo a la aplicación de las disposiciones del Derecho comunitario en las islas Canarias (COM(1999) 0226 - C5-0127/1999 - 19990111(CNS)) +He sabido que un astillero estadounidense -que no construía barcos desde hacía más de cuarenta años- ha recibido el encargo de construir dos buques transatlánticos destinados al servicio de comunicación de las islas Hawai, ya que la ley estadounidense reserva a los astilleros de su país la construcción de las embarcaciones que realizan transportes interiores. +Aunque se ha decidido renunciar abiertamente a los astilleros, los acontecimientos más recientes en Corea del Sur pueden conducir a que en la Unión se empiecen a confundir las viejas formas de apoyo a los astilleros y las medidas de las directrices de1997 cuyo objetivo no es la política de competencia, sino simplemente el de una política conforme a la doctrina del desarrollo estable y de safety of the seas. +También he intentado convencer a los países aspirantes de la importancia de estos asuntos diciéndoles que, aunque no todos los temas estén en la lista de negociaciones, puede ser que éstos despierten tanto interés en los Parlamentos de los Estados miembros, que la mejor forma de asegurarse una integración rápida es comenzar a trabajar con tiempo para resolver estas cuestiones, que, no obstante, cobrarán gran importancia cuando se consume la adhesión. +Aprovecho esta ocasión para pedirle a usted, al Presidente del Parlamento, a la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo, a la Comisión, una iniciativa urgente para hacer un llamamiento a los Estados Unidos para que suspendan la ejecución de Derek Rocco Bernabei, porque la batalla contra la pena de muerte es una batalla de civismo que ha de librarse siempre que sea preciso y en todas las formas posibles. +Hoy hemos debatido con la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo y con el Presidente de la Comisión los problemas que se plantean, las propuestas que ha hecho la Comisión Europea en el marco de su informe a la cumbre de Helsinki y también en lo que se refiere a la actitud que presumiblemente va a seguir el Consejo de ministros. +Por esta razón precisamente, para no dar un golpe a las fuerzas que luchan hoy por la democracia, para enviar un mensaje de solidaridad a los represaliados, un mensaje de presión por la democratización auténtica del régimen, les invitamos a no votar estas dos propuestas, o, al menos, a devolverlas a la Comisión, hasta que Turquía dé muestras concretas de democratización y de respeto al derecho internacional. +A la vista de las transformaciones que está experimentando la silvicultura en mi país, en el sentido de una reducción de los espacios naturales, de una disminución masiva de la demanda de plantas y también de una falta de recursos públicos, me veo obligada a señalar este hecho. +Cierto que el sistema de pagos en grandes operaciones ha funcionado muy bien, mientras que -y todos estamos de acuerdo- el problema de las excesivas comisiones en el momento actual en los cambios está generando un ambiente negativo, porque teníamos unas expectativas de mejora en el coste de los cambios de moneda durante este período, expectativa que no se ha visto cumplida. +También celebro que la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor haya endurecido en su informe las exigencias con respecto a que haya datos fácilmente accesibles y comprensibles de tal forma que la opinión pública se mantenga informada en cualquier momento de la calidad del aire y de los posibles problemas de contaminación derivados de las emisiones peligrosas. +Los Liberales damos nuestra conformidad en la votación final a la resolución común, pero afirmamos al mismo tiempo que no se ha modificado la posición en la cuestión de la reforma de los Tratados, de la preparación y ejecución de la conferencia intergubernamental , tal como se ha puesto de manifiesto en su comportamiento de voto sobre el Informe Dimitrakopoulos/Leinen. +También hubo otra razón circunstancial, la incapacidad manifiesta por parte de ciertas delegaciones para comprometerse con un verdadero proceso de negociación del orden del día y, desde ese punto de vista, hay que preguntarse si fue afortunada la coincidencia de la inauguración de la conferencia con la del comienzo de la campaña electoral en los Estados Unidos. +El objetivo fundamental común a los dos programas consiste en contribuir a la construcción progresiva de una Europa del conocimiento, capaz de transmitir a los jóvenes y a los adultos las calificaciones y las competencias necesarias para insertarse en el mercado del empleo y, lo que también es importante y a menudo se olvida, en la sociedad. +Las medidas relativas a la conservación de las poblaciones de peces y al control de las actividades de la pesca tienen que ser el contenido de los acuerdos firmados en el marco de las organizaciones regionales de pesca, y estas organizaciones deben cumplir las funciones de plataforma de la cooperación internacional. +Y ahora, en el momento en que se ha dado este paso -y hay que recordar que la relación con Turquía no viene de ayer, viene de 1963-, nosotros esperamos que Turquía también sepa responder de manera positiva, tanto en su proceso de democratización interno como también en sus relaciones, no solamente con la Comunidad, sino fundamentalmente con el país que ha dado el paso más importante que creo que hay que saludar: Grecia y su Gobierno. +Es asimismo evidente, sin embargo, que la ampliación en los plazos previstos no permite ni la inmediata realización de una política exterior común ni la definición de un proyecto de política económica, aunque esta última sea sumamente urgente, también a la vista de la subida del dólar respecto al euro y de los decepcionantes resultados de Seattle. +En dicho documento que se remonta al mes de octubre de este año se apunta, entre otras cosas, que al objeto de garantizar la competitividad global y sostenible de las industrias de la Unión Europea basadas en la silvicultura o relacionadas con la misma, será preciso garantizar un entorno que estimule la competencia y fomente la adaptación de la industria de la Unión Europea a una competencia más aguerrida. +No soy economista, soy ingeniero civil; pero quiero subrayar la excepcional labor que el Sr. Bourlanges y sus coponentes han realizado, y espero que nos ayuden en un debate para evaluar temas relevantes, a fin de poder juzgar, con los resultados en la mano, en qué medida materializa la Comisión las decisiones políticas expresadas en los presupuestos y no tiene, al final, otras consecuencias procedentes de su aplicación. +Visto que ahora hemos estado debatiendo muy detenidamente el Presupuesto 2000 y el Parlamento quisiera marcar unos criterios con objeto de que en las zonas afectadas por la guerra, como por ejemplo en los Balcanes, se realice una planificación plurianual de la financiación, tendríamos que adoptar con mayor frecuencia esta óptica, en vez de dispersarnos excesivamente en pequeños programas y proyectos aislados, que no permiten un control eficaz y que representan unos gastos de personal superiores a los realmente necesarios para los objetivos que se desean conseguir. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0081/1999) del Sr. Valdivielso de Cué, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de reglamento (CE, Euratom) del Consejo relativo a la concesión de asistencia a los Nuevos Estados Independientes y a Mongolia en su esfuerzo de reforma y recuperación económicas (COM(1998) 753 - C4-0038/1999 - 1998/0368(CNS)). +La semana pasada se supo que la Comisión, que debía pronunciarse sobre un paquete de ayudas del Gobierno británico, pensado para responder a esa necesidad de que la planta adquiera un alcance mundial, ha postergado su decisión una vez más, y este retraso afecta a la confianza de los consumidores y al futuro de la fábrica. +Limitándome a los últimos acontecimientos en el Consejo, la Presidencia finlandesa ha preparado un formulario dirigido a todos los países miembros y a todas las instituciones europeas sobre el tema "Las mujeres en los procesos de decisión" cuyas respuestas han posibilitado a la Presidencia finlandesa la redacción de un informe que contiene nueve indicadores y algunas recomendaciones. +Recomendación (A5-0079/1999) del Sr. Bodrato, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la celebración del Acuerdo sobre el establecimiento de reglamentos técnicos mundiales aplicables a los vehículos de ruedas y a los equipos y piezas que puedan montarse o utilizarse en dichos vehículos ("Acuerdo paralelo ") (10167/1999 - COM(1999)27 - C5-0073/1999 - 1999/0011(AVC)) +Ahora nos llega la noticia de que la conexión del sistema informático del Parlamento Europeo en Bruselas con Internet no estará disponible entre el 22 de diciembre y el 4 de enero: esto implica para los diputados europeos la prohibición, la imposibilidad absoluta de trabajar entre el 22 de diciembre y el 4 de enero en sus despachos en Bruselas. +¿Puede indicar el Consejo si se ha planteado este asunto durante los contactos entre la UE y los países que han expresado su deseo de ingresar en la Unión? ¿Qué medidas piensa proponer con el fin de que se limite el flujo incontrolado de refugiados económicos hacia la UE, que tiene claros efectos secundarios de índole económica y social (por ejemplo, aumento de la criminalidad) en sus Estados miembros? +Por otro lado, si la Comunidad avala con sus presupuestos ciertos tipos de créditos del Banco Europeo de Inversiones, por ejemplo, los créditos de proyectos que se realizan en terceros países, el Consejo ha estipulado que en estos casos el BEI tiene que entregar un informe anual, tanto al Parlamento Europeo como al Consejo, sobre las medidas que se han llevado a cabo con los créditos avalados por los presupuestos. +Según el artículo 255 del Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea, el Consejo y el Parlamento, en un plazo de dos años tras la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, deben ratificar en procedimiento de codecisión los principios generales sobre el acceso a los documentos y las limitaciones pertinentes en aras del interés privado o público. +Entonces, el Consejo de Ministros de Agricultura y Pesca podrá tener en cuenta, con algo de buena voluntad por su parte nuestras enmiendas y adoptar el texto legal a la vista de las mismas, Propongo que votemos sobre el Informe Papayannakis y que usted elija la pluma más afilada que tenga en su arsenal y escriba al Consejo en nombre del Parlamento, con la esperanza de que el Consejo de Ministros de Agricultura y Pesca no pase sin más por alto lo que se acordó ayer, sino que tenga en cuenta nuestras enmiendas. +¿No está usted de acuerdo conmigo en que la ausencia de un precio transfronterizo vinculante, o bien su supresión, conlleva, sobre todo para las pequeñas empresas -y con ello vuelvo al tema del empleo-, el riesgo de que los sistemas nacionales queden sin efecto a causa del gran volumen de las importaciones; el riesgo de desaparición de las pequeñas librerías, sobre todo en el medio rural y en las pequeñas ciudades, y que con ello se reduzca la accesibilidad? +Y nos hallemos justamente en ese debate. Por ello le invito a definir con claridad el mercado relevante en este contexto como un espacio lingüístico y cultural; a que aclare la existencia de la cláusula de importación junto a la posibilidad de dictar una normativa a nivel nacional, y a que recurra al Derecho francés en su decisión y en sus consideraciones. +Desde el punto de vista de la Comisión, sólo podrán superarse las tensiones regionales y las reivindicaciones de mayor autonomía o de independencia si en Indonesia se establece un régimen, un sistema que garantice efectivamente una clara responsabilidad política y la transparencia en la dirección del Estado y que cumpla los deseos de la gran mayoría de los ciudadanos y ciudadanas, de clara adscripción democrática. +La Unión Europea espera que esto signifique un trato correcto así como un proceso público, el respeto de las normas de un Estado de derecho ante un Tribunal independiente, acceso a una defensa de su elección y la autorización de observadores internacionales al proceso. +En las conclusiones a las que llegó el Consejo Europeo en la reunión de Viena en diciembre de 1998, se destaca entre otras cosas que el euro va a fortalecer la capacidad de Europa para impulsar el empleo, el crecimiento y la estabilidad y que la introducción de la moneda única intensificará la necesidad de coordinación económica. +Aunque la inmensa mayoría de las fuerzas políticas en Eslovenia sigue manifestándose a favor del objetivo de la adhesión a la Unión Europea, esto no siempre parece traducirse en un impulso común. Los ciudadanos no parecen implicados plenamente en el logro de dicho objetivo, como lo demuestra el hecho de que la campaña de información da -y esto me parece significativo- la impresión que acaba de comenzar y es algo floja. +Las esferas a las que más se hace referencia son la seguridad social y los problemas de pensión que a menudo surgen cuando un trabajador emigra, la libre circulación de personas, el reconocimiento de las cualificaciones, los impuestos incluido el IVA, las cuestiones medioambientales y las cuestiones del bienestar de los animales. +Acabaré diciendo que, siendo como soy el único diputado del Parlamento Europeo que ha formado parte cabal y activamente de la Comisión de Peticiones del Parlamento Europeo desde que se fundó en enero de 1987, hace 12 años y medio, espero que los miembros del Parlamento Europeo elegidos para el nuevo Parlamento consigan que se siga respetando el derecho de los residentes y ciudadanos europeos a presentar peticiones al Parlamento Europeo. +Por eso, en la próxima legislatura, quizá haya que encontrar un método más ágil entre la Comisión de Peticiones, la Comisión Europea y los Estados miembros, y exigir a los Estados miembros que den respuesta inmediata a las exigencias del Parlamento y de la Comisión Europea y que no mareen la perdiz -como decimos en España- con plazos excesivamente largos, porque eso puede tener efectos perversos. +En cuanto a las normas prudenciales, respecto a las cuales el ponente propone que la Comisión presente un informe sobre la eficacia de las normas actualmente en vigor, creo que las crisis recientes y la forma en que la Unión Europea ha hecho frente en general a estas crisis, demuestran la bondad sustancial de estas normas prudenciales. +Esta tragedia ilustra, además, por si fuera necesario, la absoluta necesidad de controlar la afluencia de circulación por carretera -en especial de los vehículos pesados-, de promover el tráfico ferroviario y de establecer las normas de funcionamiento que garanticen la máxima seguridad en el seno de un mercado europeo de transportes suficientemente diversificado. +El informe del Sr. Herman sobre la mejora del funcionamiento de las instituciones sin modificar los Tratados constituye el complemento de otro informe aprobado el año pasado, destinado a las acciones prácticas con miras a reducir el déficit democrático en la gestión de la unión económica y monetaria. +Por lo que respecta a la inclusión de Venecia en el objetivo 2, cabe señalar que en la propuesta de la Comisión relativa a la aplicación durante el período 2000-2006 del nuevo objetivo 2 de los Fondos estructurales se establece la responsabilidad compartida entre la Comisión y los Estados miembros en lo relativo a la definición de las regiones aptas para percibir las ayudas. +Indudablemente, que la imputación sea fundada no quiere decir que el Sr. Moniz sea culpable, pero para eso están los tribunales y, en este caso, el Sr. Moniz, como cualquiera de nosotros, tiene que entender que ser representante de los ciudadanos europeos significa ser un ciudadano más en todo lo que respecta a las responsabilidades, y únicamente en aquellos aspectos en que está en juego el interés de la representación que se ostenta, debe haber unas ciertas salvaguardias contra quienes pudieran abusar, en detrimento de la institución, en detrimento del Parlamento, en detrimento de la ciudadanía, de los procedimientos procesales. +La aprobación de la gestión se rige por el artículo 206 del Tratado. La decisión de la aprobación de la gestión se concibió como un mecanismo de carácter primordialmente financiero que se basa en el informe del Tribunal de Cuentas, aunque haya adquirido con el paso de los años una dimensión política. +Le invitaría más bien a considerar el problema en los términos siguientes: con la actual integración de los mercados, si no hubiera ninguna forma de coordinación de las políticas fiscales, en ese caso los Estados miembros sí que perderían cada vez más soberanía en beneficio de mercados anónimos, y en ese caso tendrían cada vez menos posibilidades de implantar con eficacia una política fiscal. +Tenemos que encontrar una cancelación; pero también soy de la opinión de que aquí no se concedió la aprobación de la gestión, pues si vemos el resultado de la votación de diciembre, estaba claro que los puntos anteriores que motivaban el acuerdo, que había sido declarado como informe positivo por la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, fueron rechazados por el Pleno. +En los países de derecho anglosajón, en los cuales no existe una Constitución, me parece que el rule of law es el principio cardinal que rige esos países mejor, más aún, mucho mejor y que los ha defendido contra este tipo de visión, según la cual en un momento dado la mayoría puede decidir todo lo que quiere: existen las leyes y los textos, sin embargo, no importa, se puede decir lo contrario, es suficiente que lo quiera la mayoría. +En general, será necesario establecer con claridad las prioridades políticas, adaptar las estructuras de la Comisión a sus futuras tareas, ampliar la descentralización también en el ámbito de la gestión de los recursos, racionalizar los trabajos de la Comisión y mejorar su eficacia, y finalmente, a mi parecer, también habría que adoptar un código de conducta para los Comisarios y el personal. +Su capacidad para demostrar que ha desempeñado un papel digno del Presidente de la Comisión a la hora de decidir quiénes deben formar parte de la comisión y cuáles deben ser sus carteras son cosas, todas ellas, que darán a su presidencia y a su Comisión sus puntos fuertes iniciales y, de hecho, podrán darle también sus puntos flacos iniciales. +Sin duda lo defiende usted y sin duda se esforzará usted en darle un impulso con la nueva Comisión, al igual que sin duda llevará usted a cabo la unión política y asimismo dará a la Unión Europea los medios y la capacidad de desempeñar una función importante en Europa y en el mundo a través de su política exterior y de seguridad común. +Y luego, todo volverá a empezar a final de año, ya que cuando expire el mandato de la actual Comisión dimisionaria, deberá solicitar, una vez más, la confianza del Consejo Europeo y del Parlamento Europeo por un mandato de cinco años, mandato que puede verse interrumpido en cualquier momento por la votación de una moción de censura que -como todos sabemos-ha dejado de ser una hipótesis teórica. +Yo creo que, conociendo lo ocurrido con la anterior Comisión, usted emprenderá las reformas institucionales necesarias y abordará igualmente los aspectos relativos a la responsabilidad personal, al control interno y también al control financiero, a la mejora de la eficacia y al derecho de control del Parlamento Europeo con respecto a la Comisión asociado a todo ello. +En las próximas semanas y los próximos meses también tendremos que definir, desde luego, las vías para organizar la interacción entre la Comisión y el Parlamento Europeo, en su calidad de órgano de control, incluida la presentación de informes y la obligación de informar a las comisiones del Parlamento Europeo. +Señor Presidente, personalmente lamento profundamente que la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor haya procedido de forma tan precipitada a la votación de las enmiendas de compromiso al informe del Sr. Lannoye sobre la propuesta de directiva relativa a la miel, que la final la ha debilitado. +Señor Presidente, estoy segura de que llegaremos a una pronta solución y aquí -y estas son mis últimas palabras-, al tomar la palabra por última vez en esta legislatura en nombre del Partido Popular Europeo para la réplica al Sr. Rothley, me viene a la memoria un precioso discurso del parlamentarismo constituyente español de la Constitución de 1812 en donde un parlamentario decía a otro -y yo creo, señor Rothley, que usted se lo merece- que era apasionado y firme en la defensa de los argumentos y leal con el adversario. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate del informe (A4-0190/99) de la Sra. Oomen-Ruijten en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor sobre la propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a la comercialización a distancia de servicios financieros destinados a los consumidores y por la que se modifican las Directivas 90/619/CEE, 97/7/CE y 98/27/CE (COM(98)0468 - C4-0647/98-98/0245(COD)) +las declaraciones del Consejo y de la Comisión sobre la preparación del Consejo Europeo de los días 3 y 4 de junio en Colonia; -las preguntas orales B4-0334/99 y B4-0335/99 del Sr. De Giovanni, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales, al Consejo y a la Comisión respectivamente, sobre la reforma institucional. +La Unión debe tener unas normas modernas de administración y transparencia según el modelo nórdico, con reuniones abiertas en el Consejo de Ministros, con un principio de publicidad que dé derecho a todos a conocer los documentos públicos, con registros en todas las instituciones comunitarias y con libertad de comunicación, esto es, derecho a informar a los medios de información y a otros sobre errores o infracciones en la administración. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, hemos llegado al final de este debate sobre la Agenda 2000, y mañana la Asamblea aprobará seguramente estos reglamentos. Yo creo que, con estos reglamentos, hemos logrado una mejora de la cohesión económica y social, que es uno de los objetivos fundamentales de la Unión: una cohesión económica y social y una mejor cohesión territorial. +Asunto: Un proceso justo para Ocalan Un punto común en las posiciones de todos los órganos institucionales de la Unión Europea sobre el asunto Ocalan es la exigencia de la celebración de un proceso justo ypúblico, tal y como este concepto se entiende en los sistemas jurídicos de las sociedades modernas y civilizadas. +No puedo dejar de manifestar mi extrañeza ante el hecho de que la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural de este Parlamento haya rechazado una enmienda presentada por mi Grupo para corregir esta situación, y que esa enmienda haya sido declarada inadmisible para ser votada en el Pleno, en aplicación del artículo 60 del Reglamento. +Segundo, porque no se ha reconocido la especificidad de la agricultura portuguesa ni se han ampliado los diferentes tipos de cuotas de producción, pese a que Portugal es el país más deficitario de la Unión Europea, ni se ha considerado la posibilidad de aumentar las cuotas de regadío, que serán indispensables, dado que en Portugal el regadío es fundamental para la modernización de su agricultura, la más atrasada de la Unión Europea. +En las conclusiones quedaron plasmadas las prioridades de la Asamblea, y como condición sine qua non para adoptar un futuro acuerdo con este país, la cláusula de condicionalidad o de derechos humanos, el diálogo político y el diálogo parlamentario eran prioridades, así como el desarrollo regional, la promoción social, la atención a las mujeres en situación de precariedad y un largo etcétera. +Yo diría que en todo el sector del comercio electrónico, de las actividades electrónicas de la propiedad intelectual, la firma electrónica, en general todo lo relativo a los servicios de la información, incluyendo los temas de propiedad intelectual, nos estamos moviendo en un ámbito en el que los Estados nacionales se nos han quedado pequeños. +Da los consumidores la oportunidad de solicitar la información comercial que desean; da a los anunciantes la posibilidad de dirigir sus mensajes a aquellos que deseen recibirlos; da a los proveedores de Internet, que proporcionan acceso a la red, la posibilidad de seguir proporcionando un servicio de correo electrónico rápido, efectivo y seguro. +A pesar de que queda mucho por hacer en el nuevo mercado comunitario, hemos demostrado que es posible proteger los intereses de los empresarios, de los comerciantes, sobre todo de las pequeñas y medianas empresas, y al mismo tiempo, defender a los ciudadanos en su condición de consumidores, que son el objetivo y el fin del trabajo de las empresas tanto públicas como privadas. +Como hasta el lunes no fue posible votar las enmiendas correspondientes y a raíz de ello usted nos autorizó a celebrar una reunión excepcional, puesto que las conversaciones tripartitas no habían tenido lugar hasta la semana antes y fue entonces cuando conocimos los resultados del Consejo, la Comisión de Presupuestos adoptó las enmiendas que se ajustaban a la decisión principal inmediatamente después de la votación de la misma. +No ha transcurrido ni un año desde que el Parlamento ratificó el acuerdo provisional partiendo de la base de que la cláusula de derechos humanos que contenía pondría a prueba la seriedad del Gobierno mejicano a la hora de garantizar que la cooperación en materia de derechos humanos fuera esencial en las relaciones con la UE. +Señor Presidente, el Parlamento Europeo ha apoyado inequívocamente la causa del pueblo timorense y su inalienable derecho a la libre determinación y la independencia y desde siempre ha contribuido en gran medida a que su lucha no haya caído en el silencio, por lo que se congratula de que la legislatura termine con una reafirmación de posiciones y se vislumbre su materialización. +Igualmente, la Comisión juzga positivo el establecimiento por parte de las Naciones Unidas de un transfund para dicha consulta y, en este sentido, les tengo que informar de que en esta misma semana, probablemente mañana, se apruebe definitivamente la participación financiera de la Unión Europea en este transfund , seguramente con la cantidad de un millón de euros que irá destinada precisamente a estudiar las modalidades de la inserción de la Unión Europea en el proceso. +No creo que ningún otro Parlamento del mundo preste tanta atención al elenco de los derechos fundamentales y los derechos humanos como este Parlamento a la hora de debatir la violación de los derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos con motivo de la creación de un espacio de justicia europeo. +La propuesta de la cuota, junto con la decisión sobre las compensaciones para el cultivo de las patatas industriales, no influye, de ninguna manera, en la situación de competencia de la industria manufacturera. De hecho se reduce la producción de fécula de patata de alguna manera, y en eso no tienen por qué poner reparos los productores de otras féculas. +Creo que nuestro esfuerzo ahora, en las próximas semanas, deberá ser convencer a los ciudadanos europeos de la importancia de su participación en las elecciones a este Parlamento y creo que, por lo menos los diputados que estamos aquí hoy, hemos hecho todo lo posible para que nuestro trabajo no sea un trabajo trivial, sino que sea un trabajo importante y definitivo para la construcción europea. +Sin embargo, he sabido a través de una fuente que, por lo general, está bien informada, que ya está circulando una especie de anteproyecto de informe por esta Asamblea, entre el Comité de Sabios, los servicios del Parlamento Europeo y los servicios de la Comisión Europea, una especie de informe preliminar. +Un último comentario sobre la intervención del lado contrario de la Asamblea en lo que se refiere a la investidura de la nueva Comisión: nosotros nos negamos -y ahora hablo en nombre del Grupo socialista- a subordinar el procedimiento y el calendario del Parlamento a la presentación de un informe de un grupo o un comité extraparlamentarios. +Pero si este pacto pretende ser un pacto destinado a intimidar de algún modo a los Gobiernos socialdemócratas o a crearles problemas, el Sr. Poettering y su Grupo político deben saber que esto no sólo crearía dificultades a los Gobiernos socialdemócratas ni tampoco sólo a aquellos Gobiernos, como por ejemplo, el austríaco, en el que participa también un partido conservador, un Partido Popular Cristiano, sino que crearía dificultades al proceso de unificación europea. +Hace unos momentos se recordaba con simpática ironía el emblema electoral con el que me presenté -el emblema del burro- y se me invitaba a la tozudez: una invitación que no necesito porque soy tozudo por naturaleza; sin embargo, quiero recordar que la elección del burro se hizo también leyendo un pasaje de Leonardo da Vinci que, al describir al burro -no sé si es verdad, porque no tengo pruebas- decía que es un animal extraño, ya que es capaz de morir de sed antes que de beber agua sucia. +Quisiera saber si, por iniciativa de la Presidencia finlandesa, se podrá desplegar por fin, con el apoyo de la Cruz Roja y otras organizaciones internacionales, una acción determinada para obligar al criminal de guerra Milosevic a no hacer lo que tantas veces hace: utilizar el chantaje, utilizar a esas personas que hoy están en sus manos y de las que nada se sabe para obligar una vez más a la Unión Europea a soltar prendas. +Nos arriesgamos a quedar atrapados entre dos fuegos en esos conflictos, a menos que los contingentes europeos no asistan impotentes a la última fase de una depuración étnica que no ha conmovido demasiado a la buena conciencia universal: la eliminación de los últimos habitantes serbios de esta región, que han pasado a ser minoritarios en su país. +En los años futuros, la seguridad alimentaria de nuestros conciudadanos dependerá fundamentalmente de la manera en que la nueva Comisión sepa defender, en el curso de las próximas negociaciones de la ronda del Milenio, la plena legitimidad de un modelo de zona europea distinta con una calidad agrícola superior. +Pero también afirmo que me parece absurdo que los Estados miembros que en el pasado, por norma general, no se han atenido nunca a normas europeas de seguridad, quieran prohibir como norma general la harina animal; o que ahora la Comisión haga una cuestión general de la utilización de los restos de comida en un documento de trabajo a propósito de la utilización de aceites y grasas. +El segundo informe del Comité de Expertos Independientes nos ayuda en las directrices, muchas de las cuales ya figuraban en las indicaciones del Parlamento y usted mismo ha anticipado con claros compromisos como el de los nuevos criterios para la formación de los gabinetes y de una mayor transparencia en las relaciones con el Parlamento Europeo y con la opinión pública. +Por último, el arrebato de la Sra. De Palacio en la rueda de prensa posterior a la audición no augura nada bueno para alguien entre cuyas competencias se incluyen las relaciones con el Parlamento Europeo y, aunque reconozco que la Sra. De Palacio se disculpó más tarde por sus observaciones, despierta sin embargo nuevas dudas acerca de su capacidad para desempeñar este cargo concreto en el seno de la nueva Comisión. +Admitimos que los comisarios sometidos al juicio del Parlamento, a juzgar por las audiencias y por la declaración hoy del Sr. Prodi, disponen, individual y colectivamente, de la capacidad y la resolución necesarias para servir fiel e inquebrantablemente a los objetivos de la Unión Europea, en detrimento de los intereses del conjunto de los trabajadores y de los pueblos de Europa. +No podemos ignorar los desafíos de la globalización a los que actualmente se enfrenta la Unión, el auge del sector audiovisual y de la sociedad de la información, la necesidad de una capacidad educativa de gran calado y amplitud y, por último, la necesidad de establecer la legitimidad de nuestras instituciones y dar nuevo vigor a sus formas. +De cara a este encuentro preparatorio que tendrá lugar en Turku mañana y pasado mañana, y habida cuenta de la creciente presencia en Europa, por desgracia, de la delincuencia organizada, de la criminalidad relacionada con el mundo de las drogas, del tráfico de seres humanos y de otros delitos similares, me pareció incomprensible que esta Casa se enzarzara en una discusión acerca de si conviene o no abrir un debate sobre esta cuestión aquí en el Parlamento Europeo. +Asimismo, la participación de los Estados miembros en el consejo de administración permitirá garantizar que una vez que la Comisión haya decidido el programa anual, todas las demás decisiones relativas a los proyectos se toman sobre el terreno, sin volver a recurrir al comité de gestión formado por los Estados miembros en Bruselas. +La ausencia de una comisión electoral independiente, la ausencia de un acceso justo a los medios de comunicación, la ausencia de garantías de poder llevar a cabo una campaña electoral, han conducido a la oposición, mayoritaria, a boicotear las elecciones legislativas de la primavera. +La liberalización total indiscriminada, tal como se ha llevado a cabo en Alemania, ya está creando una situación difícil para a los proyectos de aprovechamiento de la biomasa y también para los proyectos de energía solar. En el ámbito social, es evidente que pronto dará lugar a muchos casos, de menores dimensiones, como el de "Michelin" , debido a la supresión "racionalizadora" de empleos para hacer subir la cotización en bolsa de las empresas energéticas. +Tengo que decir, señor Presidente, que el primer programa ALTENER y más adelante el Libro blanco sobre las energías renovables, que ha desarrollado la estrategia comunitaria y el plan de acción para el año 2010, han sido posibles gracias, insisto una vez más, a la colaboración entre nuestras dos instituciones, Parlamento y Comisión, y que la nueva política de la Unión Europea en materia de energías renovables se ha construido precisamente gracias al buen entendimiento entre nosotros. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0015/99) de la Sra. Ahern, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se aprueba un programa plurianual de fomento de la eficiencia energética (SAVE) (1998-2002) (7123/1/99 - C5-0033/99 - 97/0371(COD)). +No es preciso recurrir a las cifras de intercambios comerciales, inversión y cooperación al desarrollo para deducir el peso de la Unión Europea en la región, pero la probada solidaridad económica de la Unión Europea ha de ser tan valorada como su capacidad de contribuir eficazmente a una solución pacífica del conflicto. +¿Por qué no hacemos ver a Turquía que su reconocimiento como país candidato a la adhesión constituye la excepción de cuanto hemos exigido a los demás países (como por ejemplo, a Eslovaquia) y que esta excepción se hace por motivos especiales (que deberíamos referir con claridad...), para facilitarle el progreso hacia las regulaciones exigidas; y que su marcha la estará observando el Parlamento Europeo y que, al final, éste juzgará su solicitud real a la adhesión a la Unión Europea? +Por otra parte, nuestra sociedad está legítimamente preocupada por los retos que el fenómeno de la globalización nos plantea: el respeto de los derechos humanos y de las libertades sociales fundamentales, la protección del medio ambiente y la preservación de la naturaleza, así como la protección de la salud de nuestros consumidores. +Con la solemne Declaración del mes de junio de 1998 los 174 países miembros de la Organización Mundial del Trabajo se comprometieron a promover los cuatro derechos fundamentales del trabajo: el derecho de asociación, el respeto de la edad mínima laboral, la prohibición de los trabajos forzosos y la no discriminación. +En el marco del acuerdo actual de la posición común, la exigencia de la enmienda nº 5, a saber, crear una directiva de la UE con unos objetivos jurídicamente vinculantes para las energías renovables, es la condición previa mínima para que el documento pueda ser tomado en serio al menos de un modo aproximado. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0028/1999) de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior respecto de la posición común aprobada por el Consejo (COM(93) 646 - C5-0030/1999 - 1994/0011(COD)) con vistas a la adopción de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a las instalaciones de transporte de personas por cable (Ponente: Sr. Miller). +Teniendo presente que el propio Defensor el Pueblo del Gobierno de Colombia informa de una masacre por cada día de este año y que la Comisión de Juristas Colombianos atribuye el 78% de las mismas a los paramilitares, con el conocimiento de las fuerzas oficiales colombianas, ¿podría usted ocuparse, como Presidente de este Parlamento, de que durante sus conversaciones privadas se hable del tema de los derechos humanos? +El primero es dar las gracias una vez más al Sr. Duisenberg por asegurar a esta Asamblea que el proceso de cooperación entre el BCE y los bancos centrales nacionales es ahora suficiente, incluso en el caso de una crisis grave en la que una institución financiera de la zona del euro pueda necesitar apoyo. +Desde este punto de vista es una provocación para el sentir democrático de los pueblos que el Parlamento Europeo considere un avance el hecho de que se den, con regularidad, conferencias de prensa después de las reuniones del Consejo de Gobierno del BCE o el hecho de que, aparte del informe anual se publiquen informes mensuales del Banco Central Europeo. +Ésta debe ser la señal para que las grandes estrategias políticas, presupuestarias y monetarias no se planteen siempre según el enfoque de quien ve la novedad de una moneda única, sino de quien debe tener en cuenta el largo plazo para dar estabilidad al euro y a los Estados miembros, y sobre todo para reactivar la economía de la Unión y el capítulo del empleo que tanto nos preocupa a todos en este Parlamento. +Así, es necesario que haya otra forma de intervención del BCE y un control democrático efectivo de su funcionamiento y que en las políticas europeas se conceda prioridad a la resolución de los problemas económicos y sociales de la Unión Europea y de sus Estados miembros, en particular la política de crecimiento y creación de empleo. +En primer lugar, es necesario animar y estimular a los ciudadanos europeos, las asociaciones y las pequeñas empresas europeas del sector, a beneficiarse de este programa lo más posible evitando concentrar las ya escasas financiaciones sólo en pocos grandes acontecimientos, en beneficio de unas cuantas redes privilegiadas que, a la larga, como nos enseña la experiencia anterior, acaban por tener el monopolio de dichas financiaciones; en segundo lugar, sería oportuno hacer todo lo posible para aumentar la dotación financiera prevista para este programa. +Considero que el Parlamento, en el momento en que aprueba una medida de este tipo, ofrece una gran apertura a los jóvenes turcos que renegando de los errores de sus padres, pueden mirar a Europa como una realidad de gran libertad, como una unión de Estados en los cuales la cultura, su difusión y la solidaridad entre los jóvenes son elementos importantes y fundamentales. +Por esta razón y a fin de garantizar un alto grado de seguridad en el transporte tanto nacional como internacional y erradicar las distorsiones de la competencia, la Unión Europea adoptó la Directiva 96/49 sobre la aproximación de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros relativas al transporte de mercancías peligrosas por ferrocarril. +Y que constituye un motivo de orgullo particular, dado que ese premio lleva el nombre de un científico, Andrei Sajarov, que sometió su prestigio a duras pruebas de toda índole para luchar por la libertad de los pueblos de los países del Este contra una de las formas más horrendas de totalitarismo que ha conocido este siglo. +Pero puedo comprender parte de la rabia que sienten los ganaderos y los consumidores de Gran Bretaña cuando se enteran de que se han encontrado cienos cloacales en los piensos que se emplean en Francia, cuando se enteran de que el Gobierno británico sabía esto desde el mes de junio pero decidió no tocar el tema en la Comisión Europea, y cuando se enteran de que en el Reino Unido aún sacrificamos 60.000 cabezas de ganado porque tienen más de 30 meses de edad y no pueden entrar en la cadena alimentaria, aunque son animales perfectamente sanos. +Señora Presidenta, señor Comisario, ¿convendría usted conmigo en que resulta muy sorprendente que algunos Estados miembros pidan ahora nuevas aclaraciones y explicaciones adicionales cuando éstas ya se debatieron durante un año y medio con esos mismos Estados miembros en el Comité Veterinario Permanente? Y ¿convendría usted conmigo en que los Estados miembros que mantienen la prohibición de las importaciones deberían presentar nuevos datos científicos o de lo contrario sólo dan la impresión de que quieren seguir posponiendo hasta un futuro distante la realización del mercado único? +Señora Presidenta, quiero señalar que el diálogo macroeconómico forma parte del complejo proceso del pacto del empleo y que, como ha expuesto bien la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo, es consecuencia de las decisiones de Colonia, intentando, mediante el establecimiento de ese diálogo entre interlocutores sociales y responsables de la política económica y política presupuestaria con participación también del Banco Central Europeo, conseguir los objetivos que, al final, pretendemos. +¿Podemos empezar a abandonar conceptos como ése? ¿Podemos empezar tal vez a adoptar una opinión más realista en la fijación de los tipos de interés, con lo que se reconocería el cambio de las condiciones, por lo que ahora podemos empezar a contener los aumentos de los tipos de interés, a medida que disminuye el desempleo, para no sofocar un crecimiento frágil? +Sin duda, en su posición común el Consejo ha adoptado algunos puntos importantes como, por ejemplo, la implantación obligatoria de valores límite en dos fases, una exigencia mayor sobre la durabilidad de los equipos de control de emisiones en los vehículos comerciales pesados y autobuses, un sistema de diagnosis on.board, un control de campo. +Aunque mi Grupo habría puesto gustosamente otros acentos algo diferentes en algunos puntos del programa DAPHNE, por ejemplo la conexión con otros programas comunitarios como PHARE, TACIS y MEDA, porque en éstos hay gran cantidad de recursos para poner en marcha en los países candidatos medidas preventivas y campañas, estamos de acuerdo con la Sra. Avilés en lo que se refiere a lograr un rápido consenso y evitar un procedimiento de conciliación, y recomendamos sólo seis enmiendas a la posición común. +La Comisión asegurará específicamente que este programa sea una vía relevante para canalizar las sinergias de las autoridades públicas y de las ONG para conservar la integridad física y psíquica y el bienestar social de los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres en todos los campos de actividad. +Ellas expresan mejor de lo que lo haría yo la manera en que los niños están excluidos de la política de la Unión Europea y en que las leyes y las políticas que hace la Unión Europea tienen un impacto muy real en las vidas de los niños, un impacto que no es el mismo que tienen en las vidas de los adultos. +Actualmente, este asunto está en el centro de un debate político muy encendido en mi país y me parece totalmente inoportuno, por no decir, inadmisible que nuestra Presidenta, dada su posición institucional, apoye tan ardientemente a una de las partes implicadas y además ignore que un artículo de la Constitución italiana se refiere expresamente a la libertad de abrir centros de enseñanza privados sin gastos para el Estado. +Si utilizo un tono muy crítico, no lo hago fundamentalmente contra usted, señora Schreyer, pues usted no ha sido la persona responsable durante las últimas semanas, pero si como Parlamento al final de un año, en otoño, elaboramos un presupuesto, entonces partimos del hecho de que en este presupuesto determinamos unas prioridades y que estas prioridades son también las que en el curso de procedimiento presupuestario se aplican realmente, surten efectos y esperamos que lo que consideramos importante se aplique también realmente en forma de política. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate sobre el informe (A5-0039/1999) del Sr. Chichester, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la comunicación de la Comisión al Consejo (COM(1998) 571 - C4-0040/1999) y al Parlamento Europeo "Promoción de la inclusión de la dimensión medioambiental en la política energética de la Comunidad" . +Señor Presidente, esta propuesta que resolverá -así lo esperamos- mediante un reglamento comunitario las dificultades que encuentran los ciudadanos y las familias a consecuencia de la falta de reconocimiento de las decisiones judiciales sobre el fin del vínculo matrimonial y el ejercicio de la patria potestad merece nuestro aplauso y nuestra simpatía. +En cuanto a la enmienda nº 11 -y espero a que se formule una nueva propuesta oral para poder pronunciarme sobre la nueva versión-, cuando obliga a tener en cuenta los intereses de los niños, nos parece que abre la puerta para un juicio -en cuanto al fondo por parte del Estado que debe recibir la decisión judicial- que no tiene cabida en el marco de este tipo de instrumento. +La Comisión está encargada también de la ejecución del programa STOP, cuyo objetivo es el de impartir la necesaria formación e información a los profesionales, en particular a los jueces, a los servicios de policía y a los servicios de asistencia social, en la lucha contra el tráfico de seres humanos y la explotación sexual de mujeres. +En cuanto al grupo de alto nivel, si la Comisión y el Consejo lo aprueban -como ya he dicho, la Comisión lo hará previsiblemente el próximo día 24 de este mes, el Consejo el 6 de diciembre-, la pretensión sería que este grupo de alto nivel empezara a trabajar a primeros del mes de febrero o incluso a finales del mes de enero. +Una normativa internacional en materia de competencia debe establecer unas normas mínimas que impidan comportamientos contrarios a la competencia, como la creación de cárteles para el control de los precios o el reparto de zonas, el abuso de posición dominante o restricciones verticales y horizontales de la competencia, todos los cuales distorsionan la competencia. +Los ataques contra columnas de refugiados y zonas habitadas, el cierre de las fronteras y las trabas a la actuación de las organizaciones internacionales de ayuda que prestan ayuda humanitaria, no sólo contravienen en todos los casos la Convención de Ginebra sobre protección de la población civil en las zonas en guerra y otros compromisos internacionales, sino que son actuaciones sencillamente inhumanas y del todo inaceptables. +Las normas que regulan las relaciones económicas internacionales y el comercio deben respetar los derechos sociales fundamentales, deben servir a los intereses de los trabajadores, contribuir al desarrollo de los países menos desarrollados, respetar el medio ambiente y crear las condiciones necesarias para el desarrollo de todos los pueblos. +Hemos considerado, en base a la Declaración de Colonia, que los trabajos preparativos deben concentrarse, en la práctica, en tres puntos particulares: el tamaño y la composición de la Comisión, la ponderación de los votos en el Consejo y la extensión de la mayoría cualificada; además de estos tres puntos, también se tratarán cuestiones institucionales relacionadas estrechamente con los mismos. +La enmienda 18 de mi Grupo, que solicita que el Parlamento sea consultado sobre las orientaciones económicas anuales, las decisiones que conciernen a los déficits presupuestarios y toda otra decisión importante que se deba tomar en el marco de la Unión Económica y Monetaria, dejando, por supuesto, a un lado la independencia del Banco Central Europeo. +Al mismo tiempo, también quisiera replicarle a la Sra. Kaufmann, que acaba de citar al periódico del enemigo de clase, "Die Welt" , que el partido al que ella pertenecía ha sido el único partido alemán que ha convocado a una guerra de agresión después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, concretamente contra Checoslovaquia, y a la vista de ello, debería abstenerse de hacer comentarios como los que acaba de pronunciar. +Asunto: Presos políticos en Myanmar ¿Podría la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo informar sobre todos los debates celebrados y las decisiones adoptadas recientemente por el Consejo de Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores en relación con la política seguida por la UE con respecto a Myanmar y, en particular, sobre la posibilidad de conseguir del Gobierno de este país una amnistía para los presos políticos? +Si no aprobamos hoy el informe nos encontraremos en una situación insostenible, pues únicamente los diputados del Parlamento Europeo estarían por encima de la ley a ese respecto: un texto que se aplica en el Consejo por igual a los políticos y funcionarios, en la Comisión por igual a los políticos y funcionarios, se aplicaría en el Parlamento únicamente a nuestros funcionarios y no a los diputados del Parlamento Europeo. +La mejor demostración, en todo caso, de cuál es la seguridad que se impulsa es el propio Tratado de Amsterdam, la incorporación de lo ya conseguido en Schengen, la creación de una policía comunitaria, la ficha policial de los ciudadanos por sus convicciones políticas, su orientación ideológica, su acción sindical, incluso por sus relaciones amorosas. +Me parece que la Sra. Giannakou ha hecho un gran esfuerzo por adoptar una postura de consenso respecto del Plan de acción, dirigida a integrar las diferentes perspectivas que hay no sólo entre las diferentes filiaciones políticas, sino también entre las diferentes tradiciones nacionales, a integrar también los diferentes aspectos de la cuestión y los diversos y en parte contradictorios intereses. +Por lo tanto, me gustaría que mis explicaciones fueran satisfactorias, que el Parlamento pudiera reconsiderar sus peticiones, que se diera la máxima urgencia a la aceptación de esta decisión con la garantía de que, si en el futuro hubiese problemas desde el punto de vista financiero, la Comisión planteará la necesidad de ir más lejos en cuanto al Fondo de reserva. +Para no alargarme más, quiero manifestar que nuestro Grupo apoya las 19 enmiendas y apoya el texto legislativo, pero reclama que no acudamos a una segunda lectura, sino que se apruebe este Reglamento en los plazos previstos, reclama que la Comisión sea sensible a lo expuesto por el ponente, a lo expuesto por la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior y que, por favor, el Reglamento se apruebe dentro de los plazos previstos porque, en caso contrario, la situación para Canarias sería preocupante. +Al tiempo que acojo con satisfacción la contribución del Parlamento, también quiero reconocer la contribución de la Comisión Europea a lo largo de los años, y en particular la de los antiguos Presidentes, el Presidente Delors, nuestro colega y antiguo Presidente Jacques Santer y ahora el Presidente Prodi, quien en su declaración de ayer se comprometió a mantener los fondos destinados a los distintos programas de Irlanda del Norte. +Entre todos los derechos humanos, la libertad de expresión ocupa un lugar especial, ya que sin una información libre e independiente no pueden cumplirse los demás derechos humanos y derechos fundamentales, ni tampoco se pueden denunciar eficazmente las violaciones graves de los derechos humanos, como, por ejemplo, los crímenes contra la humanidad. +¿Por qué no se han incluido otros problemas relativos a los derechos humanos que sabemos que existen en la Unión, tales como los malos tratos en las cárceles y en las comisarías de policía, los asesinatos cometidos por Grupos políticos armados y la situación de los objetores de conciencia, por tan sólo nombrar los asuntos más evidentes? +Sólo quisiera describirles una pequeña consecuencia de esta aproximación. A mi modo de ver, es un gran progreso que periodistas griegos y turcos estén colaborando en la actualidad para evitar que en los medios de comunicación destacados de sus países prosiga la difamación a la que hemos asistido en los últimos años y se dé información errónea a la población sobre lo que sucede en el país vecino. +Respecto de las propuestas presentadas en el informe, también consideramos que es necesaria una reforma, dado que la situación actual tiene efectos perversos -como ya ha demostrado la experiencia-, pero es preciso tener en cuenta que ninguna reforma podría dejar de considerar los resultados de la campaña actual y las potencialidades de la producción portuguesa en condiciones climáticas normales. +En este sentido, las recomendaciones sobre las políticas de comunicación e información que contiene el Informe Torres Marques juegan un papel esencial, pero no debemos conformarnos con que el euro perfeccione el mercado único ni con que el euro permita, por ejemplo, una comparación de precios más fácil o una disminución del coste de las transacciones. +Esto refleja una de las carencias de la propuesta de la Comisión, que debería haber completado el marco de la OCM con un mecanismo de mantenimiento de la renta de los trabajadores de la pesca que permitiera limitar la incidencia de las caídas de precios y, con ello, hacer innecesario el recurso a la retirada y destrucción de los productos de la pesca. +Uno de los medios de obtener dicho apoyo sería el de mantener nuestra oferta para los países menos adelantados y reflexionar juntos sobre la coherencia entre la acción de la OMC y la de las demás instituciones internacionales para que la liberalización comercial se plasme en un desarrollo sostenible para todos los países en vías de desarrollo, comenzando por las poblaciones más pobres. +Me gustaría que los países que soportan la carga del esfuerzo de la cohesión interna económica y social no empleasen este tipo de argumentos, puesto que son los países que reciben fondos de la Unión Europea los más interesados en la eficacia de este esfuerzo de solidaridad de los países que soportan ese esfuerzo. +Sin embargo, dicha frustración se convierte en aún más profunda, si cabe, cuando, a la vista de los nuevos elementos científicos, como en el caso de las sustancias que determinan la destrucción del ozono, la burocracia y la emotividad cogiendo la delantera a la política y la ciencia, impiden que se admitan enmiendas nuevas y eficaces desde el punto de vista científico. +Si las condiciones observadas todavía no permiten iniciar las negociaciones con Turquía, sino tan sólo concederle el estatuto de candidato a la adhesión, con lo cual no se crea por consiguiente un instrumento jurídico particular, la conclusión -pueden leerla en el texto- es que es preciso recurrir a la ONU para la definición de los contenciosos. De conformidad con las resoluciones de la ONU, éstos se deberían resolver antes del año 2004. +Si nada justifica la política pasada y presente de Milosevic con respecto al pueblo albanés de Kosovo, ni con respecto a su propio pueblo, las migajas lanzadas sólo para la reconstrucción de Kosovo, migajas en comparación con el dinero gastado en la guerra, no pueden disimular el hecho de que una vez más la intervención occidental en los Balcanes no solamente no resuelve los problemas en esta región del mundo sino que los agrava. +De conformidad con el apartado 3 del artículo 247 del Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea y las correspondientes disposiciones de los Tratados CECA y EURATOM, el Parlamento ha emitido su dictamen previo sobre los candidatos antes de que el Consejo proceda al nombramiento por unanimidad de los miembros del Tribunal de Cuentas por un período de seis años, que pueden repetir mandato. +De entonces es también el acuerdo para la creación de indicadores, y hemos asistido en abril de 1999 a la publicación de los primeros resultados de estos indicadores comunes, que toman en consideración el lugar de la mujer, en el ámbito económico, en el ámbito político y en el ámbito social, en relación con los programas de desarrollo que se aprueban. +Desde esta Asamblea instamos a la Comisión a dar preferencia a una revisión de todas las estructuras de asesoría y de decisión, a fin de obtener una justa distribución entre los sexos, y a solicitar a los Estados miembros que cumplan con la recomendación del Consejo del 2 de diciembre de 1966, sobre igualdad entre hombres y mujeres en los procesos de decisión. +A partir de la plataforma de Beijing, y del compromiso de los 189 países en torno a esta plataforma, hay, por lo que atañe a la Unión Europea, a nuestra región, tres ámbitos de acción: primero, el de cada uno de los estados miembros; segundo, el de la estrategia política del conjunto de la Unión Europea; y, tercero, el de la política de la Unión Europea hacia los países en desarrollo. +La pregunta no es, pues, si se van a conceder algunos miles de litros de petróleo a los orfanatos y los asilos, sino si se le van a entregar las partidas necesarias a Yugoslavia, a su gobierno legalmente elegido -¡respetemos de una vez el derecho internacional!- y no selectivamente, para afrontar los daños y poner fin al genocidio político sufrido por el pueblo serbio. +Las enmiendas que ha propuesto el Parlamento tratan de cubrir este grave vacío y tienen un objetivo ambicioso, esto es, crear un sistema legislativo que, pese a dedicar especial atención a evitar crear complicaciones burocráticas inútiles, permita a las grandes potencialidades productivas de la Unión expresarse lo mejor posible en el mercado interior facilitando, por lo tanto, su acción también en el mundial. +En estos días en los que tanto se habla del papel y del futuro de las Instituciones comunitarias, quisiera recordar que la credibilidad de un órgano como el Parlamento o el Consejo está estrechamente vinculada a su capacidad de resolver los problemas que perturban la vida cotidiana del ciudadano o de intervenir positivamente al respecto. +Debo confesar que, cuando regresé de nuevo a Timor Oriental, quedé desolado ante las ruinas de la destrucción sistemática y no me imaginaba que vendría a Estrasburgo y tendría la rara oportunidad de conocer y recorrer los pasillos y los salones del centro del poder democrático de Europa, una Europa que compartió con nosotros el dolor y el sufrimiento del genocidio, pero también el coraje y la fuerza para resistir la acción destructora y asesina. +Asimismo, se esfuerza por encontrar una solución a los disturbios regionales, ya mencionados aquí, en Aceh e Iria Jaya y a las tensiones étnicas en las Molucas por la vía del diálogo pacífico y de las reformas constitucionales; considero particularmente importante que exista una Comisión Nacional para los Derechos Humanos que trate las cuestiones relativas a tales derechos. +Señor Presidente, como miembro del Grupo de los Verdes/Alianza Libre Europea y como diputado vasco, debo decir en primer lugar que ya la Unión Europea, por vía diplomática, se dirigió al Gobierno de Nicaragua el pasado 18 de noviembre para que se encontrara una rápida solución a este tema que nos ocupa hoy y se acabara con los obstáculos que se oponían a la Contraloría General de la República de Nicaragua y para decirles también, muy categóricamente que, si no se es transparente, pueden perder los fondos de la Unión Europea. +Ya se ha recordado en este Pleno su implicación en los asuntos relacionados con el papel de los ciudadanos en el procedimiento establecido en el artículo 169, la redacción de un código de conducta de los funcionarios, el acceso a los documentos de las Instituciones y de los órganos controlados por usted. +El hecho de que el Parlamento renunciara a su propuesta de construir una aduana común en el procedimiento de conciliación celebrado en el marco del informe anterior no significa que éste haya dejado de ser nuestro objetivo final. +El informe de la Sra. Schmidbauer es digno de elogio porque trata del desarrollo de un enfoque gradual respecto de un marco de infraestructura para las tarifas de los transportes comunes dentro de la Unión Europea, así como de una armonización gradual de los principios relativos a las tarifas de todos los principales medios de transporte. +La razón es que, tal y como hemos podido comprobar en la audiencia de científicos y expertos celebrada en la Comisión de Transportes y turismo el día 17 de febrero de 1999, el sistema de los costes sociales marginales propuesto por el comisario socialista de transportes Neil Kinnock no sirve para imputar los costes de la infraestructura de transporte. +El artículo 135 establece que las atribuciones de las comisiones figuran anejas al Reglamento, pero no excluye en absoluto la mayoría absoluta, y, tratándose de un texto que define nada menos que las competencias de las comisiones parlamentarias, sería paradójico que, como acaba de ocurrir, la composición de una comisión competente en un ámbito esencial -como es el de las inmunidades- se fije, simplemente, con algunos votos de diferencia. +»Daños colaterales», éste es el lenguaje utilizado por la OTAN para definir la muerte de civiles: durante siglos en los Balcanes se deberán soportar los llamados collateral damages , dado que las bombas de uranio empleadas por la OTAN ya han contaminado el territorio yugoslavo impidiendo, de hecho, el regreso de los kosovares a su país, a menos que corran el riesgo de enfermedades, malformaciones y muertes por radiación. +Señorías, quisiera subrayar, no obstante, la necesidad de que la Comisión elabore un programa de ayudas en favor de las poblaciones italianas y francesas que sufrirán considerables daños y perjuicios a causa del cierre del túnel del Mont Blanc, tanto por el excesivo tráfico de otras arterias receptoras de un exceso de tránsito, como por la escasez de tráfico y de turismo debida al cierre del túnel del Mont Blanc. +El Consejo en su declaración del pasado 7 de abril, al pronunciarse sobre esto, añadió que el Gobierno indonesio ha dado algunos pasos que han sido claramente celebrados. Eso también tiene que ver, entre otras cosas, con las elecciones, con nuevas leyes para los partidos políticos, pero también con determinadas medidas económicas que se han anunciado para estabilizar la situación económica. +El número impresionante de operaciones de tránsito que se efectúan cada año en la Unión Europea y la importancia de las sumas que están en juego bastarían por sí solas para demostrar la urgencia en concluir la informatización del régimen de tránsito comunitario y para garantizar al mismo tiempo una máxima transparencia en el conjunto de la política aduanera europea. +Se dará un gran paso el día en que el espacio situado entre el Parlamento y la estación sea por fin acondicionado, de tal manera que facilite las relaciones personales y resulte acogedor: para ello es necesario desbloquear los medios necesarios, lo que requerirá una concertación activa entre la sociedad del Espacio Léopold, el Parlamento (por su papel moral) y las autoridades belgas afectadas. +Es necesario que la Unión Europea aborde estas negociaciones con la voluntad real de defender el principio de prevención, así como las normas sociales, medioambientales y sobre el bienestar de los animales, necesarias para un comercio sano y duradero que respete el conjunto de nuestras economías y de nuestros consumidores. +Es necesario ampliar y mejorar las medidas en materia de prevención, información y protección de las víctimas, así como la cooperación y la coordinación con la justicia, la policía, las autoridades responsables y, especialmente, con las organizaciones gubernamentales competentes, en los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, entre los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea y también en colaboración con los terceros países implicados. +Ambas enmiendas se apoyaban en el Reglamento vigente, y ahora hemos acordado que estamos en contradicción con él. Según el actual Reglamento, para una transferencia de créditos de la reserva es competente la Comisión de Presupuestos y para el resto de las transferencias - estoy hablando en términos generales - la Comisión de Control Presupuestario. +El intercambio de experiencias que se produjo en la preparación de la conferencia entre el Grupo del Partido Popular, la Unión de las Personas de Edad y muchos expertos ha servido para obtener toda una serie de conocimientos valiosos sobre la materia. +En este contexto quisiera preguntar a la Comisión si el reglamento de aplicación recoge este aspecto, ya que considero muy importante que el actual sistema de equilibrio entre la fécula de patata y el almidón de maíz se respete. Para mantener dicho equilibrio es fundamental que se mantenga el sistema de primas compensatorias a la fécula de patata. +Quisiera expresar mi gratitud muy especialmente a su presidenta la Sra. Theato, que desgraciadamente no puede estar entre nosotros, y también por supuesto al ponente de la opinión particular de esta comisión, la Sra. Kjer Hansen, así como a todos los miembros de esta comisión, que han hecho un excelente trabajo, ya que estas aportaciones han tenido relación directa con el desarrollo de este procedimiento. +Supone también una innovación importante al permitir separar por un lado, el cierre de las cuentas -una especie de procedimiento técnico simple, pues, para verificar si se han llevado bien las cuentas- y por otro, la discusión o la opinión del Parlamento sobre la gestión de la Comisión en materia presupuestaria. +En las normas aparece ahora una distinción muy importante entre un aplazamiento técnico y un aplazamiento político, que debe tener unos fundamentos claros, al igual que aparece también una clara separación entre el cierre técnico de las cuentas y la postura política que pudiera adoptarse sobre la cuestión de si aprobamos o no las cuentas. +En concreto, el informe de la Comisión de Empleo demanda lo siguiente: aumento de la proporción de desempleados que reciben una medida activa de fomento, como formación profesional, o medidas de creación de trabajo, frente a las propuestas que existen en las directrices, la autonomía del Banco Central Europeo y la autonomía de los interlocutores sociales, así como mayores esfuerzos encaminados a consolidar las finanzas públicas. +La existencia, en este momento, de la Unión Económica y Monetaria demuestra que no se trata de una formalidad, sino de un tratamiento dinámico de asuntos económicos y monetarios, que presupone además la coordinación no sólo de las políticas monetarias, sino también de las políticas económicas y sociales de los estados de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, queridos colegas, es un poco sorprendente ver como por un lado nuestra Unión Europea plantea un debate sobre las grandes orientaciones de la política económica extremadamente prolijo, con obligaciones concretas y con un pacto de estabilidad riguroso, y por otro lado una política de empleo a base solamente de vagas orientaciones, mientras nos pasamos todo el tiempo diciendo que el gran problema de Europa y de los europeos es el empleo. +Me interesa especialmente hacer esta breve intervención ante todo para recalcar el importante papel desempeñado por el Sr. Bösch, el cual -incluso en los momentos en que era muy difícil llevar adelante este discurso- siempre ha sido muy coherente a la hora de sostener la necesidad de un órgano independiente, a la vista de la gravedad de los casos y de las dificultades para afrontarlos. +Señora Presidenta, señor Comisario, el informe del que se me ha encargado informarles esta noche en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos se refiere a la propuesta de la Comisión de modificar la sexta directiva relativa al IVA de tal modo que los Estados miembros tengan la posibilidad de aplicar, con carácter experimental, el tipo reducido del IVA sobre los servicios de gran intensidad de mano de obra. +Nuestro Grupo le demanda desarrollar plenamente su papel en la elección de los comisarios para obtener una renovación sustancial del colegio y una presencia de hombres, y también de mujeres, capaces de hacer frente, por su cualificación, a los grandes retos políticos de la Unión y a la propia reforma de la Comisión. +Y a pesar de que, en efecto, usted ha vuelto a anunciar que la Comisión va a desarrollar la liberalización del mercado de bienes materiales y servicios, en cambio no he oído nada sobre los servicios públicos, sobre los servicios de interés económico general, tal y como figuran ahora con total claridad en el artículo 7D del Tratado de Amsterdam. +Los cinco puntos que plantean la Unión Europea, la OTAN y el Secretario General de la ONU no son cinco puntos que equivalgan a una guerra total contra Serbia, sino cinco puntos que hacen posible la seguridad y la estabilidad para todos en Kosovo y que a la vez garantizan y permiten el desarrollo de la seguridad y la estabilidad en la región. +En primer lugar, al Derecho internacional clásico, según el cual una guerra sólo puede iniciarse tras haber sido declarada, lo que no ha sido el caso; qué el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América se abstenga en el futuro de enseñarnos las imágenes de archivo de los discursos de Roosevelt tras el bombardeo de Pearl Harbour por parte de la escuadrilla japonesa. +La razón nos habría empujado, por ejemplo, cuando empezó la crisis -quizás es muy fácil decirlo ahora a la vista de los acontecimientos- a valorar la relación entre los objetivos políticos y los efectos políticos de los bombardeos y el noble objetivo que nos propusimos, el de poner fin a la limpieza étnica. +Como recordarán, el muy buen informe de la Sra. Schmidbauer sobre el Libro Blanco de la Comisión en relación con el pago por la utilización de infraestructuras también especificaba este aspecto y, actualmente, estamos acometiendo la tarea de cuantificar los aspectos externos con la ayuda, claro está, de un grupo de expertos. +Para contribuir a la reflexión, la Comisión presentará al Consejo Europeo una comunicación sobre la mejor manera de integrar el objetivo de un nivel de empleo elevado en la definición y la aplicación de las políticas y de las acciones de la Comunidad. +Si no hubiéramos sufrido la crisis que ha sacudido a la Comisión, nos habríamos encontrado en una situación en la que, pese a las demandas de este Parlamento, el Consejo Europeo hubiera decidido sin tener en cuenta la opinión de los electores que irán a las urnas del 10 al 13 de junio. +En una situación semejante, el comprador debe devolver el producto en el lugar de la compra para que se le devuelva su dinero, se repare el producto, etc. Habría sido mucho mejor -y habría aportado auténticas ventajas a los consumidores- si éstos tuvieran derecho a negociar dicha compensación o reparación, etc, con un representante de la empresa -en caso de que exista- en su país de residencia. +La votación, en sesión plenaria, ratificó íntegramente las posiciones defendidas por esta Comisión de Pesca y, a partir de este momento, nuestra comisión, y fundamentalmente su presidenta doña Carmen Fraga, entraron en contacto con el Consejo, las administraciones nacionales y las organizaciones profesionales, organizando una audiencia pública que permitió comprobar cómo la posición política del Parlamento era ampliamente compartida. +Como ponente de este expediente, debo recordar que la Comisión, en su propuesta inicial, había priorizado sobre todo la orientación de una reforma basada en una bajada sustancial de los precios con el objetivo de incrementar nuestras partes del mercado a la exportación en el marco de las obligaciones impuestas por la OMC. +En cuanto a los avances políticos, debería subrayar, como más importantes y novedosos, los siguientes: se consolida una serie de acuerdos puntuales preexistentes; se ofrece una solución definitiva al contencioso sobre la clasificación de gastos obligatorios y no obligatorios, que se arrastra desde 1982; se pasan gastos de la Política Agrícola Común a gastos no obligatorios. +Su objetivo es permitir a las personas progresar hacia el nuevo milenio; hacer posible que sean las propias personas las que realizan dicho progreso a través de la formación y la educación, aumentando sus posibilidades de conseguir un puesto de trabajo, de ayudarles a progresar con el tiempo para acceder a un puesto de trabajo mejor y a un mejor nivel de vida. +Agradezco al Presidente en ejercicio su respuesta, pero permítame preguntar si se ha previsto una protección adecuada para la entrada de plátanos procedentes de Lomé y de las Islas Canarias, a pesar de los cambios que se han producido para adaptar el régimen del plátano de la Unión Europea a las normas de la OMC. +Tampoco se ha presentado a la Presidencia del Consejo ninguna queja de Suecia en el sentido de que se descuide su idioma en los gremios del Consejo, por lo que quisiera aconsejarle que quizás no debería apostar necesariamente por una noticia anónima de una agencia de noticias sino por la comunicación oficial que recibe aquí de la Presidencia del Consejo. +Es un final a medida, ya que con el voto favorable a las propuestas de la Agenda el Parlamento, en la última sesión de esta legislatura y al mismo tiempo última sesión bajo Presidencia alemana, sienta las bases del futuro desarrollo de la Unión Europea y no solamente de la futura Política Agrícola Común. +Mi grupo se ha expresado desde el principio a favor de una reforma del fomento estructural y regional que concentre los recursos financieros disponibles en las regiones con la mayor demanda de desarrollo y que a la vez otorgue un mayor nivel de responsabilidad a los Estados miembros, sobre todo allí donde regiones completas quedan excluidas de las ayudas estructurales de la UE. +Las relaciones entre la Comisión de Pesca y los comités citados tienen dos aspectos principales. Por una parte la Comisión de Pesca recibe información sobre las actividades de los comités y, por otra, los miembros de la comisión tienen la posibilidad de participar como observadores en las reuniones de los comités referidos. +Los aspectos jurídicos hoy examinados constituyen la base indispensable para regular y armonizar los contratos electrónicos, el uso y los desarrollos futuros, siempre que Internet sea accesible a todos, accesible pero no regulado, para defender a las clases más expuestas, especialmente los niños; proteger contra la ilegalidad electrónica, el intrusismo por cable, pero fomentar todo aquello que puede generar puestos de trabajo y ampliar nuestra cultura. +Los fondos de la UE contribuyeron asimismo a transformar Manchester en un gran núcleo cultural y turístico, al ayudar a construir el centro de exposiciones G Mex, la sala de conciertos de Bridgewater, el Museo de la Ciencia y la Industria de Manchester y el Museo Imperial de la Guerra (Norte). +Es inadmisible que el informe, tal como lo presenta la Comisión de Presupuestos, contenga una enmienda que va mucho más allá del objeto del propio informe, hasta el punto que éste resulta totalmente ambiguo, ya que cuando lo habíamos examinado en la Comisión de Presupuestos, el 29 de abril, no se trataba, en ese momento, de aprobar el texto del acuerdo. +Como miembro de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural y coordinador del Grupo Europa de las Naciones, he votado en contra del conjunto de las enmiendas presentadas en la Comisión de Agricultura por nuestro ponente, el Sr. Graefe zu Baringdorf, puesto que sus propuestas eran totalmente incoherentes con respecto a la situación económica que conoce la agricultura europea. +Por eso, no podemos dejar de valorar -al contrario que algunos colegas- el compromiso ayer asumido de que la consulta del 8 de agosto se realizará con la égida de las Naciones Unidas y de su Consejo de Seguridad y que, además de la fuerza de policía de que aquí se ha hablado, sea posible disponer la presencia de una fuerza de seguridad. +Naturalmente, señor Presidente, Turquía no ha sufrido ningún tipo de presión especial -y, por supuesto, no estoy hablando de los abominables bombardeos que conocen otros países- para avenirse a las normas de un Estado de derecho actual. ¡Por razones que el Consejo de Ministros, tan sensible o severo en otros casos, no ha conseguido explicarnos! +Una vez establecidas estas responsabilidades, la Unión Europea tiene el deber de paliar la incapacidad de los protagonistas habituales del escenario comorano, lanzando una iniciativa de reconciliación inter-islas, una ayuda humanitaria significativa, en particular dirigida a Anjouan, y un plan original de ayuda económica urgente para el Estado comorano. +En el caso de la central checa de Temelin, el logro de los niveles de máxima seguridad reclamados a los candidatos a la adhesión en materia de centrales nucleares no parece en absoluto fiable, especialmente a la vista del previsto empleo por las autoridades de la República Checa de esos reactores de tipo soviético -los VVER 100- presentados como equipos de última generación, a pesar de que dan pruebas de escasa fiabilidad. +La Comisión entiende que los reactores de Temelin son de un tipo que, en principio, se pueden mejorar para lograr niveles de seguridad aceptables y, como se indica en la Agenda 2000 y en la comunicación de marzo de 1998, el objetivo general de la Comisión, por lo que se refiere a este tipo de reactores, es garantizar que las mejoras emprendidas por los países correspondientes se apliquen de manera rápida y eficaz y lleven a resultados satisfactorios. +Dice: hay un convenio de 1995 que no ha sido firmado por todos los Estados miembros y la Comisión está pensando adoptar una iniciativa ¿Podemos contar con una promesa del Comisario en cuanto a que la Comisión va a adoptar una propuesta, sea una directiva, sea un reglamento -se lo dejamos a la Comisión-, de manera que ya no haga falta esperar a los Estados miembros titubeantes? +El objetivo justamente no es una militarización de la Unión Europea, sino seguir impulsando su desarrollo para que llegue a ser una potencia pacífica eficaz y con capacidad de actuación que esté en condiciones de relegar definitivamente al pasado la guerra como instrumento de la política en Europa, en favor del imperio del Derecho y de la renuncia al uso de la fuerza, tal como ha hecho en Kosovo. +La primera se refiere al punto 53 de las conclusiones de la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo y me gustaría preguntar a ese respecto al señor Ministro alemán de Asuntos Exteriores qué interpretación hay que dar al mandato de la Conferencia Intergubernamental y, en particular a -cito- la posible ampliación del voto por mayoría cualificada en el Consejo -fin de la cita-, habida cuenta de la declaración de Bélgica, Francia e Italia anexa al Tratado de Amsterdam. +El primer motivo: en la era de la globalización, el Estado nacional europeo solamente podrá mantener lo que apreciamos y queremos conservar en él si esta Europa se unifica pues, bajo las condiciones de globalización, la paz, la seguridad, el bienestar y la democracia para sus ciudadanas y ciudadanos, solamente se podrán garantizar si se unen a nivel europeo, es decir, si disponemos de un sujeto europeo, una Unión Europea que sea capaz de actuar. +De conformidad con el orden del día, la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo procede a hacer una declaración sobre el programa de actividad de la Presidencia finlandesa, la reconstrucción económica y social en Kosovo y el proyecto de Pacto de Estabilidad para el sudeste de Europa y la condena del Sr. Öcalan a la pena capital. +El concepto de dimensión nórdica de la UE, que está tímidamente saliendo a la luz aunque entre candilejas, abarca sectores relacionados con la seguridad interna, como pueden ser la seguridad nuclear, la medioambiental y la colaboración con zonas vecinas externas a la Unión.Hay que materializar en programas de actividad concretos las ideas presentadas en torno a la dimensión nórdica de la Unión . +En cuanto a Öcalan, lo mínimo que podemos hacer por esta persona a la que muchos califican de terrorista de la misma manera, claro, que calificaban de terrorista a Arafat, o al IRA, antes de ser reconocidos dirigentes y líderes de sus pueblos, lo mínimo que podemos hacer, tras el desmoronamiento en este asunto de la política de asilo de la Unión Europea y quien lo ha dicho tiene mucha razón, es salvarle la vida, para evitar así una nueva lacra en nuestra hoja de servicios. +El Consejo estudió de inmediato este caso y tomó la resolución el 9 de julio de llevar el asunto a los tribunales de la Comunidad Europea, basándose en el párrafo 2 del apartado 3 del artículo 213 de la Carta Magna y en artículos pertinentes de Euratom y de la Comunidad del Carbón y el Acero. +Los Comisarios deberán, en caso de que así se les exija, dejar que el Comité de Asuntos Éticos examine el tipo de trabajo al que se incorporarán durante el plazo de un año tras haber dejado la Comisión, con el fin de que ésta pueda confirmar la compatibilidad del nuevo trabajo con las funciones cumplidas en su calidad de Comisario. +Señora Presidenta, quiero referirme al comentario que hizo ayer la Sra. Presidenta, la Sra. Fontaine, sobre la prohibición del uso de teléfonos móviles dentro de este hemiciclo porque creo que nada hay más importante, dentro del Parlamento, que hablar y comunicarnos, pero en los debates, no con medios exteriores como los teléfonos móviles, con los timbres y la distorsión que esto provoca. +Los motivos que nos han llevado a esta situación, contra la que el presidente de mi Grupo lleva advirtiendo desde el mes de junio, tienen que ver con que no se ha sabido poner el límite de la responsabilidad institucional a aquellos grupos que pensaban que el contenido del informe podría condicionar la investidura de la nueva Comisión y, por eso, han insistido en que se debatiera ahora. +El Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos ha mantenido una línea de conducta coherente a lo largo de todo el proceso, que se resume en la afirmación de la necesidad de superar positivamente la crisis institucional y política que paraliza a la Unión desde diciembre del año pasado. +Lamentablemente, señor Presidente, a pesar de que la Sra. De Palacio respondió a nuestras preguntas sobre transporte de manera satisfactoria, y que como Grupo no dudaremos en respaldar mañana a la Comisión, debemos hacer constar nuestra reserva sobre la candidatura de la Sra. De Palacio a la espera de los resultados definitivos de la OLAF y de las investigaciones de las autoridades españolas, y debido al modo en que respondió al interrogatorio sobre este asunto durante la audición. +Respondiendo al comentario de Barón Crespo, que ayer por la mañana señaló que un ministro recalcitrante de Baviera no había dimitido, permítanme que le ponga al corriente de la situación: el aludido dimitió ayer antes de la votación en el Parlamento; sin embargo, mucho me temo que seguramente tendrá que transcurrir otro siglo antes de que la Comisión Europea alcance el nivel de eficacia de la administración bávara. +La segunda parte se refiere a la interpretación que debe incluirse como nota al Reglamento, sin embargo, la primera parte dice: "La declaración de constitución del grupo técnico no es conforme al apartado 1 del artículo 29 del Reglamento" . Usted nos encargó este tema y nos otorgó la posibilidad de formular nuestra interpretación como nota al Reglamento valedera también para el futuro. +La diputada, Sra. Roth-Behrend ha llamado la atención sobre un importantísimo asunto. La Comisión, al fijar las prioridades propias y proponer la aprobación de éstas ha de tener en mente los asuntos que realmente importan a los ciudadanos como las cuestiones de medio ambiente, un desarrollo sostenible por completo así como las exigencias de protección de los consumidores. +Quince ejecutivos que se desplazan a Bruselas, ejercen allí su labor legislativa, vuelven acto seguido a sus respectivas capitales y aplican las leyes dictadas por el Consejo, o sea, por ellos mismos. Este método de trabajo hace que los ejecutivos excluyan cada vez más a los Parlamentos nacionales -Europol y la elaboración de la convención Europol son un claro ejemplo de ello- sin traspasar la función legislativa al Parlamento Europeo. +Pero la verdad es que, posteriormente, tanto las Naciones Unidas como los observadores internacionales y las propias autoridades indonesias, que consideraron que el escrutinio transcurrió de forma libre y justa a pesar de todas las presiones y de la campaña de intimidación llevada a cabo por las milicias partidarias de la integración, la verdad -decía- es que, cuando se hicieron públicos los resultados, de nuevo se instaló el terror en Timor Oriental. +Está bien claro que las autoridades tienen que tomar en cuenta la posibilidad de movimientos sísmicos al examinar la idoneidad de lugar elegido para la construcción, y tienen la obligación de asegurarse, a través de las soluciones estructurales pertinentes, de que un posible seísmo tampoco afecte a la seguridad de la central. +En este sentido considero importante hacer una valoración más global, a la luz de la política en materia de intervenciones que, como he leído en el informe sobre el presupuesto de la Unión del año próximo, prevé una fuerte reestructuración de la política de atención a las pequeñas y medianas empresas presentes dentro del territorio transfronterizo. +Desde comienzos de año se han producido noticias alentadoras sobre la recuperación de la producción industrial, principalmente como resultado de la sustitución de las importaciones, el control relativamente estrecho de la inflación y una situación más sólida de la balanza de pagos, producida principalmente por la fuerte subida del precio de las exportaciones de petróleo. +Desde hace algún tiempo, la Comisión ha reconocido que existe una conexión entre la fuga de capital y la corrupción y la criminalidad en Rusia, y comprendemos también la amenaza acumulativa que representan estas condiciones para la transición del país hacia un sistema democrático y una economía de mercado que se rija por el estado de derecho. +Entretanto, la Comisión considera que, en particular en vísperas de dichas elecciones, debe proseguirse la política de apertura cautelar de las relaciones con Irán a través de un amplio diálogo, con vistas a alentar al Gobierno del Sr. Khatami y a los defensores de la reforma, muchos de los cuales están demostrando un considerable coraje en sus esfuerzos por el cambio en unas circunstancias sumamente difíciles y peligrosas. +Continuarán nuestros esfuerzos para conseguir el apoyo y la estabilidad duradera, y naturalmente, también seguiremos intentando mantener a este Parlamento plenamente informado, porque valoramos enormemente el compromiso con nuestros objetivos comunes de garantizar la estabilidad y el mantenimiento de la paz en esta región tan aquejada de problemas. +No obstante, me pregunto si Europa realmente puede llevar a cabo una política autónoma en este ámbito. ¿Hasta qué punto defenderá la Comisión nuestra autonomía en la escena internacional y en qué medida luchará por salvar el poder de decisión europeo en materia de seguridad alimentaria y las decisiones políticas en el ámbito de los productos alimentarios? +No obstante, más que de una nueva acción se trata de ver si el considerando nº 25 no refleja ya esa necesidad de dar prioridad a las exportaciones para mejorar la posición de la industria europea, líder mundial en ciertas energías renovables, y a lo que han hecho referencia algunos de los oradores, porque es verdad que ahí tenemos unas ventajas clarísimas respecto a otros productores. +En conclusión, y a la luz de dichas consideraciones, quisiera llamar la atención sobre la necesidad de realizar, en materias tan complejas en que el mercado y sus reglas se enfrentan al bienestar colectivo, análisis de coste-beneficio cuya referencia temporal sea el largo plazo para la introducción de medidas dirigidas a reducir la intensidad energética de la demanda final. +Un acuerdo que establece la liberalización total del 95% de las exportaciones sudafricanas a la UE a lo largo de un período de diez años con la eliminación de los aranceles correspondientes al 86% de sus productos industriales abarca un tiempo demasiado largo para un país que afronta problemas económicos y sociales tan graves. +Con tal motivo, quiero preguntar si la Comisión presentará el orden del día de las reuniones de la Comisión y los documentos de trabajo más importantes antes de la reunión de la Comisión para que así pueda aparecer alguna información sobre los documentos en la prensa antes de la celebración de la reunión y exista mayor interés por las reuniones por parte de la prensa. +La inclusión de Turquía -por el momento no puedo decir nada concreto en nombre de mi grupo político ya que estamos manteniendo aún un debate al respecto, aunque personalmente creo que debe tener el status de candidata a la adhesión a la Unión Europea, tal como ha dicho el Sr. Verheugen- es urgentemente necesaria no sólo para la democratización de Turquía sino también para la paz y estabilidad en los Balcanes y en el sudeste de Europa. +La paz entre los dos Estados, Israel y Palestina, no será duradero sino con la condición de que sus economías se desarrollen en el marco de una cooperación regional favorable a un desarrollo sostenible y justo para todas las partes, una cooperación que en primer término debe tener en cuenta los territorios más vulnerables: pensamos, por ejemplo, en el problema del agua. +Asunto: Política común En julio pasado, el ministro finlandés de Asuntos Exteriores tomó la palabra en Estrasburgo, en su calidad de representante de la Presidencia del Consejo, para afirmar que los objetivos de Finlandia son que la Unión disponga de una voluntad común, una política común y una voz común. +No obstante, existe una amplia mayoría en el Parlamento a favor de la participación europea, no sólo con el intercambio de las mejores prácticas o los procedimientos de cooperación, con lo que estamos de acuerdo, sino también con la utilización de algunos de los anteriores programas que existían en el pasado; en particular, los programas de Pobreza I y Pobreza II y el modo en que éstos abordaron los problemas utilizando un enfoque que partía desde la base. +Permítame preguntarle, señor Presidente en ejercicio, si estaría dispuesto a presentar una iniciativa en el seno del Consejo para pedir a la Comisión que cree un nuevo programa relativo a la pobreza que haga uso de lo mejor del pasado, pero que sea un auténtico programa, no sólo un grupo de expertos que intercambian ideas ni la celebración de reuniones en lugares exóticos de la Unión. +Teniendo en cuenta la circunstancia de que tales accidentes nucleares no se detienen en las fronteras nacionales, sería ahora obligado decirles a los países candidatos a la adhesión a la Unión Europea, si continúan con su arriesgada política nuclear, amenazando de este modo a toda la Unión Europea -estoy pensando en Temelin, en Krsko, en Bohunice y en Mochovce, que bajo estas condiciones no puede ni debe producirse ninguna adhesión. +Señora Presidenta, en la nota que le di decía que tenía la intención de plantear la cuestión de las visitas del Presidente de China a Francia y al Reino Unido, y sus repercusiones para las violaciones de los derechos humanos en China, y las detenciones efectuadas por la policía y su actuación autoritaria en Francia y en el Reino Unido. +En cuarto lugar, tras la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, la Unión Europea tiene que responder también a muchas nuevas exigencias. Puedo citar los ámbitos de la política interior, el espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia, el capítulo dedicado al empleo o las mayores posibilidades en el ámbito de la protección de la salud y del consumidor. +Hay que poner en marcha una administración más consciente con los costes y ha de eliminarse el despilfarro, del que hemos sido testigos innumerables ocasiones y que los informes del Tribunal de Cuentas han sacado a la luz a lo largo de estos años, si se quiere que los ciudadanos comunitarios vean en los órganos comunitarios socios serios en el proceso de desarrollo de Europa. +Claramente, sigue siendo demasiado pronto para juzgar los resultados del mandato del BCE, pero, también a este respecto, podemos indicar ya muchos signos positivos, no siendo el menor de ellos el que los inversores estén dispuestos a prestar su dinero a los gobiernos de la zona del euro con unos tipos de interés muy bajos. +Se ha hablado aquí mucho de independencia; y es verdad que, con el Tratado de Maastricht, los que creíamos que la estabilidad de precios era una condición indispensable para un desarrollo sostenido y los que creíamos que para dominar la inflación era necesario un Banco Central, hemos ganado. Y los que creían que se podía hacer cualquier cosa con la política monetaria o con la política económica con tal de crecer a corto plazo y artificialmente, han perdido. +A pesar de que me percato y agradezco que el deseo de ver publicadas las votaciones o las actas por parte del Consejo de Gobierno no aparece en la propuesta de resolución que será votada mañana por su Parlamento, en este debate se ha prestado mucha atención, más de la que esperaba, al fenómeno de la transparencia, que culmina con la publicación de las votaciones. +Esta amplia evaluación abarca una extensa serie de indicadores que incluyen, desde luego, la evolución de la economía real, las variaciones del empleo y el desempleo, un análisis de la evolución del tipo de cambio en tanto tenga influencia sobre el nivel de precios en la zona del Euro. +En esta misma vía, también debo registrar complacido la reciente conclusión de la Presidencia del Consejo Europeo de Tampere frente al blanqueo de capitales, en la que se señala la decisión del Consejo de "garantizar que se den los pasos concretos para proceder al seguimiento, embargo preventivo, incautación y decomiso de los beneficios del delito" . +Una política realista de la inmigración debería consistir, al contrario, en dificultar la situación de los inmigrantes en Europa suprimiendo, en particular, toda ayuda social -política que es, por lo demás, la del Congreso americano-, disminuyendo las ayudas económicas a los países que fomentan la inmigración y organizando de forma sistemática los traslados hasta la frontera. +Necesitamos un gran debate también sobre la ampliación geográfica de la Unión Europea, sobre sus contenidos y exigimos al Consejo de Ministros -las damas y caballeros que están allí representados- que tengan valor para dirigir a Europa hacia un futuro positivo, pues se trata de la estabilidad, de la paz y de la democracia en el siglo XXI en nuestro continente. +Espero que la Comisión y usted, en la propuesta que nos van a presentar, tengan el coraje de volar más alto y sepan motivar con algo más apasionante que la mera refundición de los textos confusos de los Tratados, la necesidad de definir una parte constitucional en los textos fundamentales de la Unión Europea. +Naturalmente, aún no ha inscrito ningún crédito en esta partida, pero, en cambio -y es mi segundo punto- ha inscrito un crédito enorme (60 millones de euros) en una reserva para el estatuto de los diputados, algo bastante confuso ya que este estatuto aún no existe, y que, de todos modos, aun cuando se aprobara un estatuto de los diputados, es evidente que no se aplicaría en la actual legislatura. +Señor Presidente, de todas maneras, quisiera recordar que al decidir no levantar el embargo contra la carne bovina inglesa, Francia no hace en este caso sino aplicar el Tratado, que deja la posibilidad a cada Estado de prohibir o de limitar sus importaciones por razones de protección de la salud y la vida de las personas y los animales. +La primera es que estamos en el Parlamento Europeo y hemos celebrado, el viernes pasado, un debate sin la Comisión y sin el informe de los expertos, debate durante el cual creo que la Asamblea y, desde luego, mi Grupo trataron de situar el tema en el marco que le corresponde, es decir, dentro de lo que son nuestras competencias y nuestras obligaciones como diputados europeos, de cara a nuestras conciudadanas y conciudadanos. +Como ahora sabemos que los automóviles son responsables del 12% de estas emisiones; y que la gente que compra coches no es en absoluto consciente de que un vehículo también es un instrumento contaminante y de cuánto contamina, mientras que sí sabe, por ejemplo, qué significa el tanto por mil de alcohol en la sangre; yo sí sé que si compro un coche que consume tres litros de combustible cada 100 kilómetros es un automóvil de bajo consumo, es urgente que concienciemos al consumidor de la contaminación ocasionada por los automóviles. +Es fundamental fomentar las iniciativas locales de empleo, apoyar la economía social garantizándole un reconocimiento jurídico, reconocer realmente, incluso mediante financiación pública, al tercer sector, esa forma de economía que está surgiendo entre el sector público tradicional y el sector lucrativo, basada en la creación de actividades útiles para la vida en sociedad. +Señor Presidente, se trata de un informe interesante y de propuestas que probablemente obtengan bastantes votos del Parlamento; pero, más allá de lo que nos propone la Comisión, que consiste simplemente, me parece a mí, en retomar el proceso de Luxemburgo, se plantea una duda: ¿por qué el Informe Monti no ocupa el centro de las preocupaciones cuando demuestra claramente que la ausencia de convergencia social y convergencia fiscal cuesta puestos de trabajo en todos los países de la Unión? +Lo importante no es la elaboración de un catálogo de los derechos, sino conseguir que todos tengamos conciencia de lo importante que es la primera infancia, para evitar que en los años siguientes se configure una sociedad en la que los jóvenes, por no haber disfrutado de sus derechos durante la infancia, no pueden expresarse por ningún medio que no sea la alteración del orden. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, en nombre de la Comisión, quisiera congratularme en primer lugar por la aprobación de los dictámenes sobre la propuesta de directiva relativa a la notificación de los actos judiciales y extrajudiciales en materia civil y comercial, así como la propuesta de reglamento sobre la competencia, el reconocimiento y la ejecución de decisiones judiciales en materia matrimonial. +Por eso la pregunta -y comprendo y agradezco su buena voluntad, señor Comisario- es la siguiente: ¿Está dispuesta la Comisión, ante el hostigamiento y las presiones que están sufriendo empresas europeas, a hacer algo más que expresar su consternación y su preocupación, y a tomar algún tipo de medidas -y a ello se comprometió su predecesor, el Sr. Brittan, ante este Parlamento: lo sé bien porque yo le formulé la pregunta en su día- en el caso de que ese incumplimiento siga siendo absolutamente evidente y palmario? +Asunto: Iniciativas de la Comisión para contribuir a la preparación de los países candidatos a la adhesión La adhesión a la UE, y por lo tanto al mercado interior, de los países de la Europa central y oriental implicará una presión en el ámbito de la competencia que hará que se acelere el proceso de cambios estructurales en esos países. +Respecto a la cuestión de las regulaciones transitorias que pueden solicitar los países candidatos en el marco de este capítulo de las negociaciones para la adhesión, el punto básico de las negociaciones de la Unión Europea consiste en que tales medidas sólo son posibles en casos excepcionales y para un plazo de tiempo y ámbito de aplicación limitados. +En mi Grupo existe un número importante de miembros procedentes de países neutrales y no neutrales que se oponen frontalmente a toda esta idea de crear una identidad de defensa europea, y el debate en el seno de los países neutrales está siendo conducido de una manera muy engañosa. +Aquí en este Parlamento hoy ha quedado perfectamente claro y la mayoría ha sido muy sincera al respecto: quieren una identidad de defensa europea, quieren una industria de armamento europea que sea competitiva y quieren un ejército europeo; pero nadie ha consultado a la opinión pública de los Estados miembros. +La Unión Europea ha de tener un único objetivo: participar en el restablecimiento de la paz, lograr un estatuto para Chechenia, de conformidad con lo previsto en el acuerdo firmado por Rusia y Chechenia el 31 de agosto de 1996, y debe asimismo asumir el compromiso de recordar que esta Europa si quiere defender los derechos humanos, no puede continuar avalando el hecho de que Rusia considere la fuerza y el ejército el único instrumento para hacer política. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede a la continuación del debate del informe (A5-0062/1999) del Sr. Schwaiger, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la comunicación de la Comisión al Consejo (COM(1999) 331 - C5-0155/1999 - 1999/2149(COS)) y al Parlamento Europeo sobre el planteamiento de la UE sobre la Ronda del Milenio de la OMC +En efecto, dados los retos planteados, es evidente que la próxima Ronda no puede limitarse a ampliar el marco normativo, por importante que ello sea, ni puede tampoco velar únicamente para que la liberalización comercial contribuya al crecimiento económico y social de los países menos desarrollados, aunque comparta plenamente este objetivo, sino que debe también establecer las normas que han de hacer efectiva la apertura de los mercados y garantizar el cumplimiento de las mismas. +Y ahora, señor Comisario, quisiera preguntarle en primer lugar si confirma su intención de no aceptar en el orden del día de las próximas negociaciones ninguna reconsideración del acuerdo sobre el sector textil en la confección y, en segundo lugar, cómo considera que va a afectar a la industria textil europea la entrada de China en la Organización Mundial de Comercio, teniendo en cuenta que este país es el primer exportador mundial de productos textiles. +Dicho esto, la ronda de negociaciones de la OMC no sirve para crear algo supranacional, como se teme a menudo, que desbanque los Derechos internacionales o que impida hacer fluctuar el libre mercado, sino sobre todo para dar reglas ciertas a todos nosotros, así como para velar por algunos derechos fundamentales como el derecho a la salud, la educación o a las funciones sociales en un marco de salvaguardia de los derechos de cada ciudadano. +La liberalización del comercio mundial es un proceso positivo que genera desarrollo y que puede ser obstaculizado no solo por las prácticas proteccionistas de los Estados, sino también por la creación de situaciones de distorsión de la competencia como los abusos de posición dominante, los cárteles, el dumping - pensamos, por ejemplo, en los astilleros - tan perjudicial para Europa. +En el ámbito de la política estructural es evidente, por ejemplo, que cuanto mayor sea el número de Estados miembros, más improbable será que se puedan alcanzar decisiones razonables conforme al principio de la unanimidad, si se pretenden aplicar los fondos escasos, los recursos escasos, de manera que beneficien realmente a las regiones pobres y a los grupos pobres de la Unión Europea +Sin embargo, el Consejo acaba de iniciar, sin expresarlo claramente, un proceso irreversible que puede conducirlo, si nadie lo detiene, a otorgar un mandato de negociación completo a la Comisión, y de este modo, en aplicación del nuevo artículo 133.5 del Tratado de Amsterdam, desposeer a todos los Parlamentos nacionales de su poder de ratificación definitiva, pero siempre, evidentemente, sin expresarlo con claridad. +El Consejo espera que las garantías que ha dado la administración provisional, como se denomina, sobre el respeto de los derechos humanos y de las libertades civiles sean respetadas sin condición alguna y que todo cargo de acusación contra el Primer ministro destituido, el Sr. Nawaz Sharif, sea perseguido dentro del respeto de la legalidad ante un tribunal civil y público. +Para responder concretamente a la pregunta del Sr. Duff, la Unión, tras el golpe de Estado, ha anulado la firma del nuevo acuerdo de cooperación entre la Comunidad y Pakistán, y hemos suspendido nuestro diálogo político, para enviar, lisa y llanamente, a los nuevos amos de Pakistán, un mensaje sobre nuestras preocupaciones respecto al golpe de Estado y a sus consecuencias. +Pues está claro que el problema del Cáucaso no puede ser solucionado de la forma en que lo quieren solucionar los rusos. Por eso mismo, me parece muy importante que no nos quedemos con los brazos cruzados, que la Comisión haga suyo este llamamiento y amenace con medidas categóricas, como por ejemplo la congelación de los nuevos acuerdos TACIS, y que los papeles lleguen a las oficinas de los funcionarios rusos, de modo que no seamos nosotros los únicos en tener todo esto por escrito. +Así mismo, hace falta concentrar nuestra atención -y nuestros esfuerzos presupuestarios- en programas de evaluación de las prácticas que se siguen en el ámbito de la prevención, de la terapia y de la reinserción, así como en el ámbito de las consecuencias sociales y sanitarias, de manera que los resultados correspondientes guíen a los países miembros y candidatos a la hora de trazar sus políticas nacionales. +Señor Presidente, también yo quisiera respaldar el contenido de la iniciativa alemana encaminada a mejorar el intercambio de información sobre los documentos de viaje falsificados y a reforzar la seguridad de las fronteras de la Unión Europea tanto para Estados miembros como el mio, el Reino Unido, que no forma parte de Schengen, como para los que se hallan en el perímetro de la Unión Europea. +Para terminar, también espero que la Presidencia finlandesa recuerde a los Gobiernos de los Estados miembros en el Consejo de Helsinki que para la creación de un mercado único es necesario que se permitan las adquisiciones transfronterizas y la reestructuración de empresas clave sin que se produzca ninguna injerencia política por parte de los Gobiernos de los Estados miembros. +En el foro de los derechos humanos de esta mañana he hablado con uno de los colegas finlandeses de la Presidenta en ejercicio procedente del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores finlandés sobre un caso concreto sobre el que ha tratado recientemente el Parlamento Europeo, el caso de Alexander Nikitin, un hombre que será procesado a pocos kilómetros de distancia de Helsinki por alta traición. +Nosotros, en el Parlamento, adoptamos una resolución en el mes de octubre que marca claramente la línea que debería seguir el Parlamento Europeo, aunque, como se ha expuesto aquí -y lo ha dicho el Sr. Poettering en nombre de mi Grupo-, hay algunas discrepancias dentro de nuestro Grupo sobre la importancia, el carácter y el alcance que hay que dar a esta candidatura de Turquía. +Sin embargo, esto no puede suponer la supresión de ninguna de las exigencias en cuanto a la democratización de la Constitución y de la realidad política, una mejora fundamental en lo que se refiere al respeto de los derechos humanos, una solución política del problema kurdo y el fin de la ocupación del norte de Chipre. +Justamente por esto, yo no puedo aprobar algunas de las enmiendas que obtuvieron un respaldo mayoritario en la Comisión de Medio Ambiente y, sobre todo, tampoco las que han presentado la Sra. Breyer y su Grupo, algunas de las cuales son superfluas y no contribuyen a mejorar el texto de la propuesta legislativa y otras no tienen nada que ver con la presente propuesta de directiva, ya que no guardan relación con su ámbito de aplicación. +La información pública ha insistido en que la propuesta de directiva tiene una importancia fundamental y brinda la oportunidad de respaldar medidas legales, incluido el derecho de la sociedad a nombrar y afear a los gobiernos que no adopten las medidas necesarias para cumplir esta directiva. +La Comisión tomará en cuenta esto y redactará nuevamente el texto de la siguiente manera: " La Comisión estudia la posibilidad de presentar propuestas adecuadas para la armonización de los procedimientos de medición de las emisiones de dióxido de carbono de los vehículos pertenecientes a la categoría M1, en conformidad con el anexo 3 de la directiva 70/156." +Hay diversas cuestiones que nos siguen preocupando, como el recorte en la financiación, que queden fuera del ámbito de aplicación sectores de importancia creciente como el de la acuicultura, la poca concreción de las informaciones que recibirá el consumidor -concretamente la Sra. Fraga lo expresaba con relación a la distribución de zonas propuesta por la Comisión-, o la falta de otros datos relevantes como la talla mínima. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, la propuesta de la Comisión de una nueva OCM para los productos de la pesca y la acuicultura no atiende adecuadamente las necesidades y especificidades de este sector en los diversos Estados miembros ni tiene en cuenta las potencialidades que aún existen, lo que resulta tanto más incomprensible cuanto que la propia Comisión reconoce que la Unión Europea importa el 60% de su consumo de productos pesqueros. +El informe de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa se esfuerza en mencionar la cuestión de los derechos humanos. Pero, tras haber enmendado la propuesta de la Comisión, el informe se pronuncia en favor de proseguir la profundización de la Unión aduanera con Turquía. +En el informe especial del Tribunal de Cuentas sobre las actividades de la UCLAF hemos señalado una serie de propuestas que consideramos que deberían emprender el Parlamento y los Estados miembros relativas al nombramiento de un fiscal europeo y otras medidas para continuar la lucha contra el fraude. +En Dinamarca hemos tenido desde el siglo diecinueve una tradición estupenda de educación permanente y precisamente el escritor, sacerdote y uno de los creadores de la constitución danesa, N.F.S. Grundtvig figura como uno de los pilares fundamentales de todo el movimiento danés de las escuelas superiores populares. Un movimiento que contribuyó a la educación de la gente corriente en una época en la que esto era algo fuera de lo normal. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0075/1999) del Sr. Aparicio Sánchez, en nombre de la Comisión de Transportes, Política Regional y Turismo, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por el que se establece la distribución de permisos para los vehículos de transporte pesado de mercancías que circulan por Suiza. (COM(1999) 35 - C5-0054/1999 - 1999/0022). +Por supuesto, en cuanto a los datos estadísticos sobre cuya base se propone la concesión de permisos para los vehículos de transporte pesado, los datos del comercio exterior de que disponemos hasta hoy, esencialmente no pueden ser correctos, puesto que con el límite actual de las 28 toneladas en Suiza, los transportes por carretera a gran distancia, como por ejemplo desde mi país, desde Grecia, no son económicamente rentables y por tanto no se realizan. +Ciertamente, con la previsión de la transmisión de la devolución de los permisos que no hayan sido atribuidos hasta el 15 de septiembre, en lugar del 15 de noviembre que proponía la Comisión, se reduce la posibilidad de ser injustos en la atribución final, que debe hacerse según las necesidades reales, y se ayuda a las empresas en su programación. +Es esencial que los ciudadanos comprendan el verdadero objetivo de este paquete, ya que no se trata simplemente -aunque es importante- de prevenir la competencia tributaria desleal o de garantizar el correcto funcionamiento del mercado interior, conceptos estos, repito, muy importantes, pero que a la mayoría de las personas podrían parecer burocráticos o distantes, sino que se trata, más bien, de hacer algo muy concreto para la vida cotidiana en Europa: se trata de crear puestos de trabajo. +El conseguir afirmar la mayoría como regla en la Comunidad, como base del funcionamiento político de la Unión (muy importante para el Parlamento en la medida en que podemos codecidir), el tener la personalidad jurídica, el que se incluyan en la Conferencia decisiones que ha tomado el Consejo, como, por ejemplo, redactar una Carta de derechos fundamentales... ¿para qué sirve todo esto si no se incluye en los Tratados? +La Unión Europea se ha inclinado también mediante la Presidencia de ustedes por una opción atinada al insistir en que el proceso de reforma de los Tratados debe haber concluido y entrar en funcionamiento en el año 2002, a más tardar, para que facilite una pronta adhesión, porque es importante velar por que el proceso de reforma no se convierta en el enemigo del proceso de ampliación. +La Comisión sufraga la mayor parte de los costos de administración de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos de Colombia y acaba de aprobar un programa plurianual para apoyar los derechos humanos en la región andina con una financiación que asciende a 11,5 millones de euros, aproximadamente, la mayor parte de la cual irá destinada a Colombia. +Señor Presidente, cualesquiera que sean los juegos de manos presupuestarios para financiar la ayuda a la reconstrucción de Kosovo, el Consejo, como el Parlamento, se niega a abordar el verdadero problema, que es la reconstrucción de Kosovo así como la reconstrucción, también necesaria, de Serbia, deberían financiarse con cargo a los presupuestos militares de los Estados responsables de los bombardeos. +Una de las decisiones más importantes adoptadas durante el último otoño ha sido el compromiso contraído en la cumbre de Helsinki, mediante el cual la Comunidad y sus Estados miembros muestran su voluntad de ratificar el Protocolo de Kioto antes de la Conferencia de Río 10, que tendrá lugar en el año 2002, y también emprenderán todas las medidas necesarias para que dicha ratificación sea posible. +Nuestra pregunta es la siguiente: ¿qué medidas se proponen adoptar la Comisión y el Consejo para garantizar que el Parlamento se convierte en un interlocutor real en el trabajo preliminar, así como en la aportación de la Unión Europea a "Beijing más cinco" y en la delegación oficial de la Unión Europea en la conferencia de Nueva York? +- Informe (A5-0088/1999) del Sr. Miranda, en nombre de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación, sobre la comunicación de la Comisión al Parlamento Europeo y al Consejo - Consecuencias de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam sobre los procedimientos legislativos en curso a 1 de mayo de 1999 en el ámbito del desarrollo y de la cooperación (SEC(1999) 581 - C4-0219/1999) Confirmación de la primera lectura: COM(1994) 289 - C4-0090/1994 - 1994/0167(COD) - antiguo 1994/0167(SYN) +En primer lugar, quisiera felicitar al ponente, Sr. Aparicio Sánchez, por el trabajo que ha llevado a cabo en relación con esta cuestión, y protestar por que no se haya recibido el texto integral del acuerdo entre la Unión Europea y Suiza antes que la parte de la distribución de los permisos, que no es más que una parte del acuerdo global. +Creo que antes de junio podremos encontrar la fórmula definitiva, que, como saben, no se fundamenta en la decisión de la Comisión -ni siquiera del Consejo, diría-, puesto que es cosa de la Organización de Naciones Unidas y quienes participan son los estados, pero, en cualquier caso, repito, se dan la voluntad política y los presupuestos políticos, ya que en muchos asuntos los puntos de vista son idénticos, para avanzar juntos. +Evidentemente tendrá competencia en el ámbito de la evaluación de los elementos de riesgo y para evaluar dichos elementos de riesgo, los científicos que trabajen en la agencia no podrán depender únicamente de sus propias opiniones y criterios, sino que deberán consultar también a otros científicos de los Estados miembros. Porque una agencia de estas características -agencia o autoridad o lo que sea- no sólo deberá ser independiente, sino además deberá mantenerse en contacto con otros científicos de los Estados miembros. +En el territorio de la Unión Europea no hay una actitud negativa ante la inmigración legal, sino que el problema en sí es la existencia de la inmigración ilegal e incluso del tráfico ilegal de personas de terceros países, problema que sí cabe combatir; pero no se ha intentado de ningún modo dificultar la inmigración legal. +Señor Presidente, la normativa sobre los procedimientos del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas, en virtud del artículo 321 del Tratado de la CE, del artículo 33 del Tratado sobre EURATOM y del artículo 29 del Tratado sobre la CECA, establece que las deliberaciones del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas serán secretas y permanecerán en secreto. +Señor Presidente, estoy completamente satisfecha con la respuesta del Consejo, pero antes de concluir esta sesión quisiera preguntarle a la Presidencia del Parlamento cuándo se mantendrá el debate sobre el gran conjunto de cuestiones propuesto en el informe del Sr. von Wogau, en relación con la política en materia de competencia y de subvenciones estatales; en un principio, este debate debía haber tenido lugar ya esta mañana, pero se ha ido retrasando algunas horas a lo largo del día. +Las enmiendas sólo pretenden evitar que el Fondo haga algo que de todas formas no podría hacer; la finalidad del Reglamento propuesto es permitir la continuación de la contribución financiera de la UE al Fondo. No se pretende en ningún caso modificar la esencia del Reglamento actual (CE) nº 2614/97, motivo por el cual se aprobó el procedimiento de urgencia en primer lugar. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0089/1999) de la Sra. Redondo Jiménez, en nombre de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Decisión 96/411/CE relativa a la mejora de las estadísticas agrícolas comunitarias (COM(1999) 332 ­ C5­0042/1999 ­ 1999/0137(COD)) +Por supuesto, ya que la política agrícola común está evolucionando de una situación en la que pagamos subvenciones en el momento de exportación o en el momento de entrada en intervención a una situación en la que subvencionamos cada animal individual por acre o cada hectárea de cultivo plantado, es evidente la enorme importancia que tiene saber exactamente cuántos animales hay en la Unión, cuántas hectáreas, cuántos olivos, etc. Toda esta información es fundamental. +Asunto: Declaraciones de Ecevit tras la detención de Ocalan El Primer Ministro turco, Sr. B. Ecevit (quien en 1974 dio la orden de ataque contra la República de Chipre, Estado miembro de las Naciones Unidas y país candidato, en la actualidad, al ingreso en la UE), declaró ante periodistas tucos y extranjeros, inmediatamente después de la detención del líder del PKK, A. Ocalan, que Turquía no aceptará indicaciones de ningún país europeo en relación con el juicio de Ocalan. +¿Puede indicar el Consejo cuáles fueron los motivos de la convocatoria de dicha reunión extraordinaria informal, por qué estuvo rodeada de tal reserva, cuáles fueron sus conclusiones y decisiones, qué papel está llamada a desempeñar Europol, qué otros servicios de policía judicial nacionales, internacionales o europeos están comprometidos en la aplicación de las decisiones citadas y si éstas afectan exclusivamente a las organizaciones kurdas o también a otras organizaciones y movimientos que actúan en países de la UE? +Por lo que se refiere a la estructura interna de la Comisión, se multiplicaron las directivas a fin de dar ocupación a un número cada vez mayor de Comisarios y, si se continúa ese impulso, como se va a pasar de veinte a treinta Comisarios, se van a crear de nuevo otras tantas direcciones y su multiplicación, que no corresponde a una coherencia interna, a la homogeneidad de las tareas que desempeñar, dará resultados desastrosos. +En este sentido, un paso importante que debemos dar para conseguir esta sintonía entre las instituciones comunitarias y los ciudadanos, sería precisamente la elaboración de un código de conducta que facilite las relaciones de confianza entre los funcionarios y el público y que este código sea accesible y comprensible para los ciudadanos. +Quisiera señalar -ahora que estamos votando las cuestiones relacionadas con la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer- que, evidentemente, en las enmiendas 1 y 2 relativas a la Comisión de Libertades Públicas y de Asuntos Interiores y la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales debe quedar claro que a dichas comisiones no se les puede atribuir competencias en materia de discriminaciones en razón del sexo, puesto que de ello se encarga la Comisión de los Derechos de la Mujer. +Estas dos propuestas están dirigidas a abrir a otros operadores el nuevo mercado de la emisión de dinero electrónico en un marco normativo de neutralidad desde el punto de vista competitivo, teniendo en cuenta, por un lado, el interés de que se desarrolle una correcta competencia en el sector y, por otro, las realidades existentes en algunos Estados miembros. +Los diputados al Parlamento Europeo no podemos hacer otra cosa que exigir a la Comisión que interrumpa la cooperación en el marco del Convenio de Lomé y que suplique a quienes se han designado a sí mismos como dirigentes del Níger que respeten las leyes fundamentales, que restituyan el poder a un Gobierno civil y que respeten las libertades y los derechos humanos. +Pero yo querría señalar que, para no persistir en una mala tradición, al menos habría que dejar que debatiera el tema la Comisión de Reglamento, ya que en mi opinión sería abusivo o, en todo caso, una interpretación tendenciosa, permitir que una mayoría simple pudiera modificar la competencia de las comisiones o, en cualquier caso, vaciar de contenido aquellas en la que esa mayoría relativa no asumiera la presidencia. +En una nota del 7 de abril, que dirigió al Sr. Priestley, nuestro jurisconsulto concluía: «una moción de censura contra la Comisión sería admisible para aclarar la situación jurídica en la que se encuentra y para limitar más el ejercicio de sus poderes, aunque se considera que el valor añadido, desde el punto de vista jurídico, sería bastante débil». +Desearía felicitar a los ponentes por haber logrado incorporar todos los aspectos fundamentales de esta cuestión: la situación de las personas mayores en el mercado laboral, sus necesidades específicas en el ámbito de la formación, las cuestiones relacionadas con su sustento y sus necesidades en lo relativo a los servicios. +Los diferentes costes de producción de la glucosa en las industrias de EE.UU. y de la Unión Europea pueden suponer normalmente entre el 30 % y el 100 % del precio de venta, inconveniente que es imposible de superar mediante el avance tecnológico o el aumento de la productividad, aún más teniendo en cuenta que la mayoría de las industrias europeas sufren también de una desventaja de tamaño. +La evolución reciente de las variables monetarias, Sra. Metten, refuerzan la confianza de los agentes económicos y deben tener repercusiones positivas, especialmente en el comportamiento de la inversión privada, pero usted sabe perfectamente que jamás comento las decisiones del Banco Central Europeo, para no ser acusado de transgredir el sacrosanto principio de su independencia. +Por supuesto que es aún insuficiente y esa es la razón por la que hemos presentado las GOPE, precisamente para poner sobre la mesa una estrategia económica, que se sigue desde hace años, y como el ponente ha subrayado, no hay razón para cambiar de estrategia económica, al contrario, hay que mantener el rumbo y redoblar los esfuerzos para mantener el crecimiento y luchar contra el paro. +La oficina no tiene solamente la función del control externo; ésta es, sin duda, muy importante, pues los Estados miembros son quienes administran el 80 % de los recursos comunitarios. La oficina será también una guardiana independiente de los intereses comunitarios en el seno de los órganos y de las instituciones de la Comunidad. +La Fundación Europea para la Mejora de las Condiciones de Vida y de Trabajo subscribió un memorando de entendimiento con la Agencia de Salud y Seguridad para evitar la duplicación de funciones, porque una de las cosas en que insiste el Parlamento es la de que no debe haber duplicación de funciones en la labor de esas agencias. +Hay un gran obstáculo: la regla de que las propuestas de los Estados miembros para la aplicación del IVA reducido tienen que ser aprobadas unánimemente por el Consejo, cuando el IVA ya no es la base para la aportación de los Estados miembros a la Unión Europea, argumento que siempre fue utilizado para decir que se vaciaba esta base. +A raíz de una decisión del Consejo de Viena de los pasados 11 y 12 de diciembre, la Comisión acaba de presentar al Parlamento Europeo una propuesta de modificación de la Directiva 78/388/CEE relativa a la posibilidad de aplicar, con carácter experimental, un tipo reducido del IVA sobre los servicios de gran intensidad de mano de obra. +Permítanme que añada una advertencia en relación con este punto: más importante que una decisión abstracta, adoptada en la mesa de negociaciones, sobre la definición de las fronteras y quién puede o no puede convivir con quién, será imponer el cumplimiento de unas normas -unas normas situadas bajo el imperio del Derecho- y reprimir el dominio de las masacres y los puñales. +Nos causa satisfacción la ayuda financiera y macroeconómica del Banco Mundial y el FMI, pero la UE tendrá que adaptar su política económica y financiera, porque la ayuda humanitaria no puede nunca compensar el descenso de las oportunidades de exportación y contrarrestar el bloqueo de los enlaces y comunicaciones con la Unión. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0267/99) del Sr. Rothley, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, sobre el proyecto de decisión del Parlamento Europeo relativa al Estatuto de los diputados al Parlamento Europeo (7528/2/99 - C4-0217/99-00/0823(COS)). +En lo relativo a la información antes de la celebración del contrato, las enmiendas se ocupan de la información a los consumidores antes de celebrar un contrato y las enmiendas rechazan el concepto de un derecho de reflexión basado en un proyecto de contrato tal como lo introdujo la propuesta de directiva. +El área de vigencia abarca a todos los productos de consumo, tanto nuevos como de segunda mano; la garantía legal es de dos años; en los casos de los productos de segunda mano, los Estados miembros podrán decidir, si los compradores y los vendedores pueden acordar mutuamente una limitación del tiempo de garantía a un año. +El borrador de estatuto contenía muchas cosas provechosas: un sueldo uniforme que habría posibilitado el pago de impuestos nacionales en los países que así lo hubiesen deseado, reglas claras sobre declaración de los intereses de los diputados, transparencia en materia de reembolso de gastos y reembolso de los costes reales de viaje. +Con estos apoyos, el Parlamento celebró varios encuentros informales con la Presidencia del Consejo y, con verdadera satisfacción, debo destacar que la mayor parte de nuestras aspiraciones han sido recogidas por el Consejo, hasta el extremo de que, tras el Consejo Europeo de Berlín, se ha formulado una nueva propuesta de reglamento titulada ahora, por fin, «Reglamento relativo al Instrumento Financiero de Orientación de la Pesca». +Frente a unas iniciales y radicales propuestas dirigidas a que la agricultura europea tome más en cuenta las indicaciones del mercado y las referencias internacionales, finalmente se ha aceptado matizar sus términos e incluso excluir a alguno de los sectores por reformar -como es el caso de los productos lácteos-, cuya reforma se pospone para la campaña 2005 y que seguramente verá entretanto agravados sus desequilibrios. +Frente a las propuestas iniciales de profundizar la relación entre agricultura y medio ambiente para poner fin a algunos deterioros denunciados, como la degradación de suelos y de agua, ataques a la biodiversidad, etc., la Comisión propone en el reglamento horizontal que sean los Estados miembros los que definan las normas medioambientales obligatorias y generales y determinen las sanciones, huyendo así de un enfoque comunitario. +Tras haberse sometido el caso al Tribunal de Justicia, éste, abandonando su jurisprudencia integracionista clásica -que perduró hasta que el número de miembros llegó a nueve-, se limitó a hacer una interpretación estrictamente formal de los textos, contra toda lógica y contra los principios fundamentales de una interpretación jurídica coherente. +El Acuerdo está compuesto de tres ejes principales: la institucionalización de un diálogo político al más alto nivel; la extensión y profundización de nuestra cooperación -a este respecto se prevé explícitamente y por primera vez la cooperación en materia de derechos humanos y democracia y se incluyen campos tan importantes como el social, la lucha contra la pobreza, y la protección del medio ambiente y del consumidor. +Desde un punto de vista más esencial, creo que lo básico, en esta cuestión, es que el Parlamento, el último día, pretende someter durante siete años a su sucesor y al sucesor de su sucesor a una limitación sustancial de los poderes presupuestarios establecidos en el Tratado, poderes presupuestarios que este Parlamento ejerce, en general, por mayoría cualificada. +El Grupo Europa de las Naciones no ha votado positivamente el Informe Aglietta sobre las competencias de ejecución atribuidas a la Comisión, principalmente porque el Parlamento Europeo trata de alterar el sentido de algunas de las nuevas disposiciones del Tratado de Amsterdam, para modificar en provecho propio el equilibrio institucional. +Señor Presidente, la resolución que acaba de aprobar el Parlamento Europeo sobre el método que habría que seguir para reformar las instituciones europeas después del Tratado de Amsterdam no aporta, en nuestra opinión, ninguna mejora con respecto al pasado, y conducirá, como de costumbre, a realizar operaciones de reforma desde arriba, sin apenas contar con la iniciativa y la participación de los pueblos de Europa. +Es la culminación efectivamente de un largo proceso en el que el Parlamento y la Unión Europea han desempeñado su papel, en el que sin lugar a dudas el pueblo de Timor Oriental, con su lucha, ha desempeñado un papel determinante, pero no podemos dejar de señalar la importancia del éxito diplomático ayer conseguido por el Gobierno de Portugal en Nueva York. +En cualquier caso, en lo que concierne a la Unión Europea ya les he dicho que se han tomado ya todas las disposiciones y les anuncio más: ya estamos empezando a trabajar, precisamente a petición del Gobierno portugués, en cualquiera de las hipótesis, en la necesidad de incrementar las líneas de cooperación con el territorio, naturalmente respetando la voluntad popular. +Hubo que esperar a que los palestinos renunciaran a los métodos militares, a que se alzara la desobediencia civil por medio de la intifada y se entablaran pacientes negociaciones con un enemigo que tenían por fascista y racista, hubo que esperar, pues, a todo esto para que los palestinos lograran avanzar y poner en pie un proceso de paz que ha conseguido ahora que una gran parte del mundo esté dispuesto a apoyar sus legítimas exigencias para instaurar un Estado independiente. +Como ustedes saben, la Comisión reaccionó de inmediato, comunicando al Jefe de Estado Mayor, Coronel Azali Assoumani, la desaprobación de la Unión Europea y llamando su atención sobre los principios de nuestra cooperación, cuyos elementos esenciales son el respeto de los derechos humanos, la democracia y el Estado de derecho. +Hemos llegado al siguiente compromiso: puesto que no existe una posición común sobre la nomenclatura, hemos podido obtener una declaración del Consejo por la que promete examinar la posición sobre dicha nomenclatura, teniendo en cuenta las enmiendas del Parlamento Europeo y los resultados de las discusiones que actualmente se llevan a cabo en el marco de un segundo ejercicio SLIM. +En la Unión sólo se debe permitir importar productos procedentes de terceros países cuyos operadores respeten las normas sociales promulgadas por la OIT atinentes a las condiciones y a la duración del trabajo, así como al trabajo infantil, antes que la Unión imponga estas normas en el marco global de los acuerdos internacionales que negocia y, en particular, de las rondas de negociaciones de la OMC. +Tendrá todo el apoyo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos no sólo para efectuar las reformas internas indispensables -en primer término, el estatuto de los diputados y el de los asistentes-, sino también para abrir de par en par las ventanas de la institución a nuestras conciudadanas y a nuestros conciudadanos, en toda la Europa de los Quince y más allá de sus fronteras, porque no solamente estamos construyendo este palacio, sino también una Europa más unida. +Si no hubiésemos llegado a un acuerdo -y piensen en lo que habría significado, en el contexto del comienzo de la guerra de Kosovo y la crisis en la que se encontraba simultáneamente la Comisión, que la Cumbre de Berlín se hubiese dividido sin llegar a un compromiso-, Europa se habría precipitado en una grave crisis histórica. +Me refiero, naturalmente, a la aprobación de la Agenda 2000, que fue un ejercicio político, diplomático y de equilibrio de intereses propios dentro de la Unión muy difícil, y a todas las consecuencias que se derivaron del, tal vez, mayor problema de actualidad, por sus repercusiones dentro de la propia Unión Europea, que ha sido el conflicto de Kosovo y todas las circunstancias que lo han rodeado y las consecuencias también que se derivan para el futuro. +Cuando la Unión Europea Occidental finalmente desaparezca, además de los Parlamentos nacionales, habrá que contar con un Parlamento que asuma la responsabilidad europea y, en consecuencia, las competencias en materia de política exterior, de seguridad y de defensa deberán recaer cada vez más en el Parlamento Europeo, con objeto de que en la Unión Europea ningún ámbito quede al margen del Parlamento y la democracia. +La consolidación de la paz rota en el legendario Campo de los Mirlos de Kosovo Polje exige que exista una colaboración óptima entre las organizaciones internacionales implicadas, las Naciones Unidas para el regreso de los refugiados, la OSCE, de cara a la construcción democrática, y la Unión Europea para la reconstrucción económica y social. +Sé que el dinero que le ha ofrecido Telefónica difícilmente se puede justificar con la descripción de un puñado de plata y, desde luego, está pidiendo a gritos la pregunta de cuán en serio tomarán los miembros de esta Asamblea a una compañía como Telefónica cuando venga a hacer presión, como probablemente hará sobre el tema de la revisión y la futura legislación en este campo. +En el último Consejo, como ya ha mencionado el Presidente del mismo, se alcanzó un acuerdo político sobre diversas medidas y anteriormente se había alcanzado en el Consejo de Ministros de Agricultura un acuerdo político sobre una normativa referida a los cultivos biológicos y a su extensión a los productos animales. +Tal vez ya es hora de que nosotros, como Diputados europeos, tengamos la sensatez de reconocer que tantos años de política agraria europea nos han llevado de hecho a la casi total destrucción de una agricultura de calidad, per sé de pequeña escala, y a una todopoderosa agricultura industrial europea, a la omnipotencia de unos grupos agroindustriales que sólo buscan el lucro y que se burlan de la sanidad pública y de las normas de calidad. +En el fondo es una especie de desastre natural y de hecho deberíamos decir: Estamos aquí ante un asunto para la Administración Europea; quiero apoyar la defensa que hizo la Diputada Thyssen para que la Comisión sea más generosa en este punto y debata con el Parlamento sobre cómo actuar ante este tipo de situaciones en el futuro. +Está muy claro que debe ser explícito y si ya es implícito no veo cual es el problema de asegurar que sea explícito puesto a medida que pasa el tiempo las sustancias radiactivas van a suponer un peligro aun mayor y - como acabo de decir - hemos tenido mucha suerte de que aun no se haya producido un accidente serio. +Señorías, si quizá por desprecio al derecho de las minorías, por la expresión de una voluntad hegemónica de los grandes grupos, adopta usted una interpretación que vaya más allá de la letra, muy clara sin embargo, del Parlamento, deseo llamar la atención sobre el hecho de que crearía un precedente muy importante y perjudicial que podría volverse algún día contra cualquiera de los grupos o subgrupos de esta Asamblea. +La reunión del Consejo Europeo en Tampere los días 15 y 16 de octubre es un intento histórico de esbozar una política común de la Unión Europea en la lucha contra la delincuencia internacional organizada, en la creación de un espacio de justicia europeo y en asuntos de inmigración y asilo. +Al mismo tiempo sabemos cuáles son los puntos flacos de nuestra credibilidad ante los ciudadanos europeos. No desperdiciemos esta oportunidad de involucrar a las organizaciones no gubernamentales y a cada uno de los ciudadanos en el proceso de gestación de la Carta sirviéndonos de una fórmula desconocida hasta la fecha. +Así, es preciso que este Parlamento, con las nuevas atribuciones que le confirió el Tratado de Amsterdam, haga suyo el objetivo de avanzar hacia la creación de ese espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia respetando las diferencias nacionales y haciendo siempre un esfuerzo para aproximar Europa a los ciudadanos con claridad en cuanto a los objetivos que se pretende conseguir y a la forma como se transmiten a la opinión pública. +Este es un caso plenamente justificado, no solamente porque es un sistema que no está preparado para el "efecto 2000" , sino que, además, se tiene en cuenta una migración de sistemas y, es más, es todo un complicado sistema que va a cubrir desde el primer momento, desde la concepción del texto, hasta la publicación, sin que medie ningún otro sistema, o sea, que yo creo que es algo que va a dejar al Tribunal de Justicia en un nivel óptimo para su trabajo. +La causa del enorme sufrimiento actual de los timorenses está clara: las milicias proindonesias intentan ahogar en un baño de sangre las aspiraciones a una independencia política de la gran mayoría de la población. ¡Atención!: es la más absoluta negación del resultado del referéndum del 30 de agosto de 1999. +En este sentido, me sumo a la solicitud formulada en este Pleno y también por el Senado de la República de mi país, que prevé que los Gobiernos europeos y la ONU reconozcan sin demora el Estado soberano de Timor Oriental y que esto deje ser un asunto abordado en exclusiva también en este Pleno. Esto honra a los diputados portugueses y a los diputados de alguna otra nación. +Asunto: Una defensa común de la UE En el curso de la campaña para las elecciones europeas, el Primer Ministro sueco, Göran Persson, afirmó que es imposible que la idea de una defensa común de la UE llegue a materializarse, ya que Suecia pondrá el veto tan pronto como el asunto salga a relucir. +Señor Presidente, como el Sr. Diputado sabe, en el artículo 17 del Tratado de la Unión se determina que " la política de seguridad común abarca todas las cuestiones relacionadas con la seguridad de la Unión, incluida una política de defensa que se irá definiendo gradualmente y que podrá desembocar en una defensa común si el Consejo Europeo así lo decide" . +Él dijo que un ejército de la Unión sería innecesario, extremadamente caro y directamente lesivo para las relaciones con EE.UU. Permítanme entonces añadir que nosotros no queremos un ejército comunitario y que no somos miembros de la OTAN pero, aún así, igual que la inmensa mayoría del pueblo sueco, su gobierno y el partido que represento, queremos que la UE tome mayor responsabilidad en la paz y la seguridad de Europa. +Asunto: Delincuencia juvenil, drogas y el Consejo Europeo de Tampere ¿Qué garantías puede dar la Presidencia finlandesa de que el Consejo Europeo sobre asuntos de justicia e interior que se celebrará los próximos días 15 y 16 de octubre en Tampere adoptará una estrategia común que tenga como objetivo abordar la delincuencia juvenil y transmitir un mensaje claro en el sentido de que la UE no adoptará una política permisiva en materia de drogas? +Con la a menudo escuchada confianza occidental en las instituciones sociales kosovares paralelas, es decir, en el estado en la sombra albanés durante los pasados diez años, como punto de enlace ideal para un nuevo comienzo para esta manzana de la discordia territorial, encaja de todos modos una observación crítica. En algunos ámbitos sociales esenciales esta ventaja se aplica sin más. +La transparencia presupuestaria es a todas luces necesaria, como propone el Parlamento, para hacer una clara distinción entre la contribución con cargo al presupuesto comunitario y las contribuciones de origen distinto, así como para distinguir entre el gasto en la reconstrucción física y en la creación de instituciones. +Pasando a las observaciones específicas relativas a las violaciones de los derechos humanos, planteadas por el Sr. Zimeray, Sr. Morillon y la Srta. Malmström, quisiera decir que la Presidencia finlandesa está ultimando la démarche de la troika de la Unión relativa a las condenas a la pena de muerte de cuatro estudiantes, gestión que incluye las opiniones expresadas por este Parlamento. +Con motivo del escándalo de la EEB, estamos impulsando la reestructuración de los comités científicos de la Unión Europea, de manera que los científicos sean designados por medio de un procedimiento público, que se conozcan su trayectoria y sus intereses financieros, que el orden del día de las sesiones, las actas y también las opiniones minoritarias se difundan a través de Internet. +Por tanto, para hacer esto, la Unión deberá invertir más en la seguridad de la cadena alimentaria, en cada etapa del proceso, y decidir por ejemplo - ya se ha hablado de ello - sobre la utilidad o no de crear esa agencia, esa famosa agencia independiente para la seguridad alimentaria, que estuviera inspirada en el ejemplo americano o en otro. +El papel que las regiones y las naciones históricas de la UE pueden desempeñar en la creación de vínculos económicos y culturales con las diversas regiones de África es decisivo y debe ser un requisito previo esencial para sus perspectivas en el futuro, como también la eliminación de la deuda. +Es una historia que se supo en el año 1997 y, al parecer, hasta ahora no se ha hecho nada para que las personas implicadas hayan recibido el justo castigo y para iniciar, por parte de la Comisión, una investigación a fondo, naturalmente quitándoles el contrato a las personas que en este momento lo tienen y que son los responsables de la situación que allí se ha creado. +¿Qué datos puede ofrecer la Comisión sobre España y la UE en relación con la evolución del cultivo del lino, la percepción de subvenciones, el control de los requisitos para evitar el fraude, la transformación resultante orientada a su comercialización y los incendios providenciales acontecidos en ciertas empresas transformadoras? +Por lo tanto, si, por una parte, tanto como católico cristiano y como hombre político debo hacer hincapié en la necesidad de que en Turquía se demuestre concretamente un mayor respeto de los derechos civiles y de los valores fundamentales, en particular en materia de derechos humanos, por otra, hay que considerar que todos los compromisos asumidos por Turquía con la Comunidad en los últimos años tanto en materia de política exterior como de cooperación y de economía, así como en el ámbito cultural, se han cumplido en todo momento. +La Unión Europea basa su identidad en el hecho de ser un Estado de derecho, que es un paso muy importante y una condición mucho más significativa que acuñar una moneda común o lograr una política de defensa común. +Primeramente, el rechazo del Gobierno turco a reconocer el genocidio cometido en el pasado contra los armenios; segundo punto: el hecho de mostrarse renuente a aplicar las normas de Derecho internacional en sus litigios con Grecia; tercer punto: el mantenimiento de tropas turcas de ocupación en Chipre; cuarto punto: la negación del hecho kurdo. +Comunico a la Asamblea que, mientras tanto, ha ido tomando asiento en la tribuna oficial una delegación del Instituto Nacional de Administración de la República Popular China bajo la dirección del Sr. Wang Zhongyn, miembro del Consejo del Estado y Secretario General del Consejo de Asuntos del Estado. +A continuación, existe la necesidad de definir normas y de consolidar la institución, es decir, la OMC, para fortalecer su carácter multilateral, mejorar los efectos de la globalización sobre el desarrollo sostenible y prevenir los riesgos para el medio ambiente y la salud, inherentes a una confluencia no orientada entre normas nacionales y niveles de producción diferentes. +Asimismo acojo con satisfacción la franqueza con la que el Sr. Lamy ha iniciado sus relaciones de trabajo con este nuevo Parlamento, así como su apoyo a la modificación del Tratado en la próxima conferencia intergubernamental, de cara a reforzar el papel del Parlamento Europeo en la política comercial común. +En este sentido, y previamente a la adopción de medidas como la tasa sobre la energía, habría que asegurar la adopción de estas actuaciones estratégicas, así como la fiabilidad de las medidas de producción de gases de efecto invernadero, de forma que podamos realizar un seguimiento eficaz de la evolución del problema en todos los países. +Por eso pido a la Asamblea que apruebe no sólo la resolución contra la pena de muerte, sino también la enmienda que añade el siguiente apartado: "El Parlamento Europeo hace un llamamiento urgente al Gobernador de Pensilvania, a fin de que se abstenga de firmar un nuevo mandato de ejecución contra Moumia Abou Jamal y vuelva a presentar la solicitud de revisión de su proceso" . +Los conductores de los vehículos de motor de dos y tres ruedas han de respetar en todo momento los límites de velocidad en vigor en los Estados miembros y aquellos no deberían tener posibilidad de alegar la inexistencia de legislación sobre esta materia para evitar las consecuencias si infringen los límites de velocidad. +Señor Presidente, deseo llamar la atención de este Parlamento sobre el hecho de que el proyecto de presupuesto 2000 no ha previsto dotar a la línea B1-3800 relativa a la promoción de los productos agrícolas, cuyo importe permite únicamente liquidar el pasado, y quisiera dar las gracias al ponente naturalmente, Jean-Louis Bourlanges por su comprensión así como al apoyo del señor Böge y del señor Görlach. +Me refiero al punto 11 en el que se dice que el Parlamento considera que "la reducción de 0,50 puntos en los tipos de interés del 8 de abril de 1999 fue una medida positiva y aprueba los motivos de la misma" , dejando a entender que la bajada de los tipos ha sustentado las políticas económicas generales de la Comunidad. +En tan sólo poco más de un año, por medio del diálogo, hemos acordado ya una agenda de negociación que comprende doce puntos, y el pasado domingo, en un hecho histórico en nuestra nación, hemos dado inicio al proceso de negociaciones que deben conducir a nuestra patria por la senda de la construcción de una paz verdadera y duradera. +Además, hay otra dimensión importante, señora Presidenta, y es que nos encontramos en este momento en puertas de la nueva ola de ampliación, como ha dicho el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, y también estamos viviendo una serie de resultados electorales que constituyen un claro aviso para todos nosotros en la medida en que determinadas actitudes xenófobas y racistas están incidiendo en la población de algunos de nuestros países. +El problema de las mujeres y de los niños explotados y encaminados hacia la prostitución, y la relación entre estos mundos y el narcotráfico, además de ser grandes problemas desde el punto de vista de la seguridad pública, son, desde el punto de vista humano, algo dramático y penoso que requiere nuestra intervención concreta. +Deseo subrayar que la Comisión no habría podido desempeñar su papel, si no hubiera podido contar con el apoyo de la Presidencia finlandesa y en particular del Primer Ministro Sr. Lipponen, al que deseo agradecer una vez más su cooperación y su trabajo en pro del éxito de Tampere, así como con el apoyo, siempre crítico y vigilante, del Parlamento Europeo. +Entre la prudencia y la temeridad, entre el realismo y la utopía, hay -estamos convencidos- un lugar y un camino para una verdadera reforma de nuestras instituciones, para un funcionamiento más eficaz y más democrático de la Unión, no para retrasar la ampliación, sino para lograr que sea un éxito. +En la cuestión relativa a la política exterior y de seguridad, este informe derrocha mucho tiempo -al igual que los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno- en analizar el desarrollo de la política de seguridad y al hacer esto olvida que la política de seguridad es una función de la política exterior. +Naturalmente soy consciente de la importancia especial que el Parlamento Europeo atribuye a dos cuestiones en particular: la primera es relativa a que la sede de la Agencia se establezca en Salónica y su centro de operaciones en Prístina, a que su mandato se extienda a toda la región occidental de los Balcanes y a que sus actividades se sitúen en el marco del Pacto de Estabilidad. +En la parte política empezará el día 8 de noviembre y será la primera vez que se sienten en la mesa los interlocutores sociales que expresan su intranquilidad social por el problema del empleo, los bancos, que expresan la política monetaria, y los Estados miembros, que son las potencias políticas de Europa. +Señor Presidente, señor representante del Consejo, señor Comisario, acaban ustedes de recordar, de forma muy completa, la importancia que reviste este tratado de prohibición, encaminado esencialmente a fortalecer las disposiciones del Tratado de no proliferación y, junto con él, a mantener bajo control el desarrollo de las armas nucleares, a limitar, por tanto, la proliferación de dichas armas y de las tecnologías necesarias para su fabricación. +He probado, sin embargo, a sustituir la palabra "jóvenes" por la palabra "ancianos" en el programa que estamos debatiendo y he comprobado que salía un proyecto extraordinario, plenamente válido, porque, como decía la Sra. Taylor es cierto que ésta es la primera generación que tiene una identidad europea y, como decía la Sra. Gröner, que el futuro de Europa comienza con los jóvenes. +Los liberal-demócratas del Reino Unido votan a favor de esta línea presupuestaria, tal como ha sido propuesta por la Comisión de Presupuestos, pero debe celebrarse con carácter previo un debate para conocer los puntos sustantivos de D. Jan Mulder, Miembro del Parlamento Europeo, y hallar más recursos financieros dentro del global sin reducir las reservas ni solicitar a la Comisión que proporcione nuevos fondos. +. (FR) El Grupo Europa de las Naciones se ha asociado a la resolución común sobre las reestructuraciones de empresas ante la globalización, puesto que la misma revela el comienzo de una nueva mentalidad, distanciándose, en parte, del librecambismo y, al mismo tiempo, pide que se enfoque el comercio internacional "en función del objetivo más complejo del desarrollo sostenible" . +Quiero agradecer especialmente al Sr. Fischler su presencia puntual, así como mi agradecimiento por el cumplimiento de la promesa que hizo ante la Comisión de Pesca, en la audiencia del día 30 de agosto, cuando nos dijo que daría prioridad al Acuerdo de pesca con Marruecos, lo que se puede corroborar por la rapidez en formular una propuesta de mandato de negociación. +En cuanto a la aplicación real de la norma de más de treinta meses, que significa que ningún animal que tenga más de 30 meses de edad puede entrar en la cadena alimentaria, y a los métodos mejorados para eliminar el material de riesgo señalado de los esqueletos bovinos, son condiciones que se cumplen gracias a la aplicación de las medidas de control antes señaladas. +Efectivamente, nuestros amigos británicos han tomado precauciones en relación con la rastreabilidad, han introducido un pasaporte para los bovinos, se ha suprimido las harinas desde 1990, se han modificado las condiciones de la matanza, se han retirado los ganglios, la médula espinal, los tejidos linfáticos, sólo se exportan los bovinos menores de treinta meses. +Ha sido un comportamiento inferior al previsto para la primera parte del año y, sin embargo, la tendencia alcista que se va a producir en la segunda parte del año favorecerá un crecimiento próximo al 3% para el promedio de los dos últimos años, alcanzando con ello cifras parecidas o incluso superiores para el año 2000 a las que habíamos previsto en las previsiones de primavera. +En Italia, la concertación con los interlocutores sociales ha bloqueado todas las estrategias y las hipótesis de reforma de los puntos cruciales: pienso en el mercado de trabajo, pienso en el gasto público y, en particular, en el gasto social, una ley en materia de mercado laboral que es un calco de la de los años 70. +Quisiera recordar al Parlamento que el Consejo adoptó el pasado mes de junio la Directiva 99/63, que incorpora al Derecho comunitario el acuerdo sobre la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo de la gente del mar, suscrito por los interlocutores sociales del sector del transporte marítimo. +Coincido con el ponente en que debe apoyarse esta cooperación en toda el área latinoamericana y facilitar el avance de las negociaciones del acuerdo con Mercosur, acuerdo que -todo hay que decirlo- creo que está un poco parado o, dicho de otra forma, no ha ido a la velocidad que esperábamos el año 1995 cuando lo aprobamos y cuando se firmó el acuerdo de adhesión entre la Unión Europea y Mercosur en Madrid. +También me gustaría destacar que estamos ante un buen ejemplo de cómo un país que aún no ha alcanzado su máxima cuota de desarrollo, a través de este acuerdo de cooperación científica y tecnológica se va a comprometer a una forma de crecimiento sostenido y respetuosa con el medio ambiente gracias al uso de energías renovables. +La presente directiva ofrece al consumidor la posibilidad de adoptar una decisión basada no sólo en la potencia y la velocidad máxima, sino también en las emisiones de CO2 y adquirir un automóvil tomando en consideración también una lista, una jerarquía, de los diez más favorables desde el punto de vista del consumo. +En efecto, aunque podamos compartir la idea de que las ayudas o estímulos al empleo no pueden someterse totalmente a unas condiciones de control tecnocráticas y rígidas que amenazan con excluir de dichas ayudas a una parte de los solicitantes de empleo en dificultades, nuestra concepción nos induce a proponer no un control, sino un apoyo positivo y constructivo en los pasos que se den, los cuales, ya lo sabemos, siguen siendo difíciles. +Los camiones y los coches de línea son causantes de una parte cada vez mayor de la contaminación, dado nuestro gran progreso en relación a las emisiones de los turismos mediante la mejora en la calidad del combustible y a las facilidades fiscales, tal como acaba de decir la Sra. Myller. +No es necesario aclarar que el Parlamento Europeo debe apoyar todo un conjunto de medidas para controlar la contaminación ambiental, a fin de aplicar el Acuerdo de Kyoto, en el que se establecía la obligación de reducir un 8% el nivel de emisiones de seis gases de efecto invernadero en la Unión Europea, para los años 2008-2012. +La posición común menciona expresamente a las víctimas de explotación y abuso sexual que serán cubiertas por el programa, así como el establecimiento común de prioridades, promoviendo la innovación y el intercambio de experiencias sobre las acciones emprendidas por los Estados miembros, incluido un intercambio de información sobre las diferentes legislaciones y los resultados obtenidos. +La sugerencia ya planteada de crear una unidad para los niños dentro de la Comisión creo que merece un estudio, sobre todo para asegurar que se tomarán en cuenta los recursos humanos y financieros disponibles en estos momentos. +Al presentar el PRS 4 y en el diálogo a tres bandas, el día 7, antes de la adopción de ese PRS 4, la Comisión ya nos anunció que los créditos de pago suplementarios y necesarios -650,5 millones para en particular PHARE, TACIS, Obnova y FYROM - se cubrían o se iban a cubrir mediante tres instrumentos: el PRS 4, la transferencia global y el PRS 5, que hoy es el objeto de nuestro debate y de la resolución. +Sería un error que esta referencia a la energía nuclear distrajera la atención del aspecto principal de este informe, que es la mejora de la eficiencia energética, la obtención de mayor suministro a partir de fuentes renovables y la integración de nuestros objetivos medioambientales en nuestra política energética. +También pido a la Comisión que apoye al Comisario Byrne en sus gestiones para adoptar una actitud preventiva en la asistencia de salud pública velando por la protección de la atención de los pacientes y la salud y la formación de los médicos de hospital no especialistas. +Esto es para mí sobre todo problemático pues el hecho de que las resoluciones negativas no sean consideradas como vinculantes en todos los Estados, a la postre puede significar que en el Estado en que se ha producido una resolución negativa no encuentre reconocimiento la resolución positiva de otro Estado, de modo que surja de nuevo una disparidad sobre lo qué es derecho en la Unión Europea y esto es lo que no queremos que ocurra. +Muchos de nosotros, varios Estados miembros de la Unión Europea ya han afrontado el tema del tutor del niño precisamente en el momento en que las familias atraviesan una situación especialmente difícil de su vida como es la separación de los cónyuges, con todos los efectos - sobre todo en términos psicológicos - que acaban repercutiendo en los niños. +Señor Presidente, está claro que con la directiva que propone la Comisión Europea se da un paso importante en el camino hacia la creación de un espacio común de libertad, protección y justicia mediante la comunitariarización de la colaboración judicial y la aprobación de normas únicas en el sector del derecho internacional privado, en donde, realmente, había un gran vacío. +Tengo que decir sinceramente que, ante la correlación de fuerzas en el país y al hecho de que la disposición al cierre de Kosloduj se va a emplear contra el Gobierno en las próximas elecciones que están a la vuelta de la esquina, los pasos que ha dado el Gobierno búlgaro hasta ahora son ante este trasfondo unos pasos valientes. Algo similar va a pasar en Eslovaquia y Lituania. +La pregunta formulada por su compañero, el Sr. Samuli Pohjamo me da la oportunidad, Señorías, de recordar el método que utilizamos para establecer la lista de regiones admisibles para el Objetivo 2, así como las modalidades de programación respetando el reglamento general de los Fondos Estructurales. +El fundamento de mi pregunta es muy claro. Entre el 15 y el 20 por ciento de las mujeres son maltratadas durante el embarazo, el 50 por ciento de las mujeres asesinadas han sido víctimas de sus maridos o convivientes; la violencia es la mayor amenaza que se cierne sobre las mujeres, mucho mayor que los asaltos y los accidentes de tráfico juntos; sólo el dos o tres por ciento de los violadores están encarcelados. +Finalmente, aprecio que nuestro colega Schwaiger haya insistido en el principio de precaución, con el fin de integrar las políticas medioambientales en las políticas comerciales, y comparto su inquietud sobre los riesgos de un supuesto ecoproteccionismo que no tendría nada que ver con la defensa de la salud de los ciudadanos. +Las enmiendas 12 y 33 sirven para rebajar los costes de recaudación hasta el 10 por ciento para las cantidades establecidas después del 31 de diciembre del 2000; éstas pueden complementarse con una prima flexible, en función de los resultados que los Estados miembros logren con la recaudación de los recursos propios tradicionales y las medidas de lucha contra el fraude. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, es indudable que el mayor desarrollo comercial y los nuevos desafíos que ha generado la globalización, así como la necesidad de consolidar un sistema comercial equitativo que contribuya a un desarrollo sostenible y cuyos beneficios alcancen también a los países menos desarrollados, exige un refuerzo de las normas que rigen el comercio internacional. +En esta Asamblea hemos dado prioridad a la protección de los consumidores, hemos establecido las explotaciones agrícolas familiares como el modelo agrícola y como unidad básica de producción, hemos convertido el desarrollo rural y la conservación de las comunidades rurales en el segundo pilar de la reforma de la PAC. +Así, la acción "mercado europeo" pasará de un 5 % a X %, las ayudas internas serán residuales, las ayudas a la exportación se habrán condenado, los derechos arancelarios, los picos tarifarios ya no estarán, las inversiones directas se habrán obtenido gracias a Lamy, a falta del AMI, y el mercado se habrá convertido en mundial, una especie de Fukuyama comercial, un final de la historia del GATT. +En mi opinión, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos, se hace hincapié en que debe modificarse el marco de la organización y procedimiento del Tribunal y del Tribunal de Primera Instancia a fin de superar el retraso que existe en este momento, y creo que esto debe ir más allá de una redistribución de las salas y del aumento del número de jueces. +Nos oponemos también a la idea de la constitucionalización de los Tratados, así como a la integración de la futura Carta de Derechos Fundamentales en proceso constitucional europeo alguno, pues seguimos considerando que la ciudadanía europea sólo completa la ciudadanía nacional y, por tanto, la formulación de los deberes y los derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos de cada nación compete a los ciudadanos de dicha nación. +De esa manera estaríamos seguramente a la altura de las circunstancias, a la altura que demanda la realidad y se daría cumplida respuesta al reto de recuperar el interés de los ciudadanos por el proceso de construcción europea; interés -matemáticamente demostrado- bajo, de acuerdo con el nivel de abstención registrado en los comicios del 13 de junio. +. (FI) Señor Presidente, el Consejo, como las demás Instituciones, hace uso de sus competencias ateniéndose a las condiciones y a los objetivos que han sido determinados, por una parte, por el artículo 5 del Tratado de creación de la CEE, así como por las modificaciones y adiciones ejecutadas por los Tratados posteriores, y, por otra parte, por las disposiciones del Tratado de la Unión Europea. +En lugar de proclamar urbi et orbi la necesidad de concesiones europeas, mejor sería que la Comisión reafirmara enérgicamente la necesidad de corregir, en el interés de todos, las carencias y los errores del acuerdo de Marrakech con respecto a los derechos sociales fundamentales, al medio ambiente, a la salud pública. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, desearía expresarles en pocas palabras que mi generación tuvo la suerte de no conocer la matanza de los argelinos en París, en 1961, de no haber vivido, el 9 de noviembre de 1938, la "noche de cristal" ni el inicio de las persecuciones de los judíos en los diferentes países de Europa, y sobre todo la suerte de asistir al final del apartheid en Sudáfrica. +En virtud del acuerdo de asociación y cooperación, que no sólo es vinculante para Rusia sino también para nosotros y que incluye una cláusula sobre los derechos humanos, nosotros como UE también estamos obligados a luchar intensamente por el Sr. Nikitin, por la mejora de sus condiciones de reclusión, por su puesta en libertad y, como ya se ha dicho, por un trato justo conforme al Estado de derecho. +Su reacción da más peso a nuestra opinión de que en el anterior régimen había muchas cosas malas, por ejemplo la falta de protección de los derechos de las minorías religiosas y el abuso cada vez mayor de la Ley de blasfemia que se promulgó tras el golpe de Estado militar de 1958. +Para el futuro ya no puede ser suficiente que el banco se limite a la comprobación aislada de proyectos individuales -por ejemplo un tramo de autopista- también tiene que evaluar los proyectos en un contexto -por ejemplo en el marco de un plan de desarrollo de carreteras- para poder reconocer eventuales duplicidades y para desarrollar una alternativa asimilable y financieramente sostenible. +Señor Presidente, me gustaría hacer dos comentarios, uno sobre el objeto fundamental del tema de debate de hoy, la garantía de los presupuestos de la Unión a los préstamos exteriores del BEI, y otro sobre el tema que veo que preocupa especialmente a la Asamblea, los elementos de transparencia y la buena utilización de los recursos del Banco. +Esa modificación establece tres o cuatro cambios muy importantes: en primer lugar, Canarias se incorpora a la Política Agrícola Común y a la Política Pesquera Común; en segundo lugar, se incorpora a la Unión Aduanera comunitaria, con lo cual queda sometida a los aranceles comunitarios ordinarios; y en tercer lugar, desaparecen las figuras de fiscalidad especial que tenía, concretamente los arbitrios insulares -el llamado régimen de licencia fiscal especial-, dirigidos a proteger la industria local. +Como consecuencia de esa referencia al artículo 299.2 y de la filosofía que estoy exponiendo en este momento, la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos ha propuesto una serie de enmiendas a los anexos del reglamento con objeto de que no continúe el desarme arancelario en ninguno de los conceptos que en este momento están vigentes. +Tras el Consejo de Ministros de Industria, el pasado día 9, y el informe de la Comisión sobre la situación del mercado mundial del sector naval, se produce hoy esta declaración de la Comisión ante el Parlamento, lo que indica que existe una inquietud generalizada en el seno de todas las instituciones europeas. +Por ello, pido a esta Asamblea, que representa a todos los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea, la solidaridad con la sociedad vasca en defensa de la libertad, del respeto a las leyes y de la convivencia pacífica que desde hace tanto tiempo todos anhelamos, con la convicción de que, desde la tolerancia hacia los demás y el amor a la vida, lograremos la paz. +Creo que debemos contribuir de forma constructiva y seria a que se produzca un debate público sobre la Unión Europea en todos los Estados miembros, y podemos lograrlo si, por ejemplo, dejamos de hablar de las absurdas materias que alejan la atención de los problemas reales que trata la Unión Europea, ese tipo de materias que alega toda la delegación encabezada por el Sr. Van den Berg. +También me comprometo explícitamente a ofrecer al Parlamento Europeo una amplia información previa sobre los pasos concretos que se vayan a dar, también en lo que respecta a los proyectos que se desarrollarán y ejecutarán conjuntamente con Turquía, de conformidad con los reglamentos relativos a la financiación, de manera que la participación del Parlamento Europeo en el desarrollo de las relaciones con Turquía estará garantizada en cualquier caso. +Yo creo que es muy importante que la UE establezcan por primera vez un valor límite amplio para una sustancia carcinógena y, justamente debido a su elevado riesgo para la salud, concretamente al riesgo de cáncer, pero también por sus repercusiones perjudiciales en relación con otras sustancias carcinógenas todavía no reguladas, es esencial que el valor límite que se establezca en esta directiva se empiece a aplicar lo más pronto posible en la práctica. +Desearía preguntar a la Comisión si no debería tomar una iniciativa para llamar la atención del Banco Central Europeo y de los bancos centrales nacionales sobre este problema, a saber: el cambio necesario de todas las monedas europeas que desaparecerán en 2002 con la introducción efectiva del euro. +Como Comisión Europea, como Parlamento Europeo, como Gobierno de los Estados miembros debemos poner en marcha también una nueva iniciativa, para que las discusiones políticas sobre el valor del euro no conduzcan a que las ciudadanas y los ciudadanos piensen que viven en la Unión Monetaria, pero que ésta no les ha aportado ningún valor añadido europeo, sino que viven meramente en una época de una nueva reforma monetaria. +En realidad, los problemas y las contradicciones de la economía mundial continúan sobre la mesa, no resueltos y actuales: las dudas sobre los organismos modificados genéticamente, la explotación del trabajo infantil, las repercusiones sociales negativas de un proceso de globalización salvaje y sin reglas. Pero hay más. +Y tenemos que hacer patente también que aquí se ha luchado duramente por los criterios medioambientales y por la seguridad de los productos alimentarios, que aquí, en la Unión Europea, conseguimos esto con dificultades, que la legislación es discutida y cuando logramos fijarla, lo hacemos a causa de nuestra responsabilidad ante las personas de la Unión Europea , ante las cuales estamos obligados a rendir cuentas en nuestra condición de diputadas y diputados elegidos, y no por razones de una proteccionismo táctico. +Se acaba de decir que queríamos más dinero porque para nosotros la formación y la formación continua revisten una importancia especial para la reducción del desempleo, para la consecución de nuevos puestos de trabajo, para el fortalecimiento del enclave económico, social y de empleo que es Europa y para el buen funcionamiento del mercado interior, que precisa como condición previa un espacio formativo europeo. +Las medidas adoptadas para atajar la degradación de la capa de ozono están consideradas como uno de los éxitos de la legislación ambiental internacional, y desde mediados de los noventa parece haberse ralentizado la reducción de ozono, principalmente gracias a los esfuerzos por reducir las emisiones de sustancias que agotan la capa de ozono. +A pesar de que la Comisión siente afinidad por la enmienda 20, que prohibiría la producción de productos que contengan hidroclorofluorocarburos para la exportación durante los tres años siguientes a la prohibición correspondiente de su uso en el país, debemos mantener el equilibrio entre la conveniencia para el medio ambiente y el riesgo de que la producción se desplace a otros países. +Señor Presidente del Consejo, su trabajo, el de su Ministra de Asuntos Exteriores y también el del ministro Kimmo Sasi son una prueba de que los Estados miembros más pequeños también puede realizar una buena labor y nosotros lo agradecemos muy especialmente, puesto que ha sido la primera ocasión en la que la República finlandesa asumía la Presidencia del Consejo. +Pero, al acoger, como lo hacemos, con beneplácito esa decisión, insistimos en que esas fuerzas modernizadoras deben lograr con determinación avances hacia el cumplimiento de las normas europeas de respeto de los derechos humanos y de la relación entre sociedad civil y militar, hacia la abolición de la pena de muerte, hacia el respeto claro de las minorías, en particular la minoría kurda de Turquía. +Mi pregunta es, por lo tanto, la siguiente: si se disponen a incoar ya un procedimiento por incumplimiento de los Tratados, sin esperar a conocer al menos los resultados de dichas pruebas, cuando éstas ni siquiera se han realizado -el Sr. Byrne todavía debe presentar una propuesta- y cuando aun no se dispone tampoco de medios logísticos para garantizar la identificación, ¿cómo pueden pretender que Francia y Alemania levanten ya sus restricciones a la importación en estas condiciones? +Como de costumbre, la exigencia de eficacia para justificar la acción de la Unión Europea se ve de nuevo perjudicada, y no volveré sobre las decisiones políticas que se han producido ni sobre las negociaciones que han agitado la parte principal del debate presupuestario entre el Consejo y el Parlamento. +Por lo tanto, Sr. Liikanen, al preguntarle si puede usted resolver esto rápidamente, con su colega el Sr. Monti, también le pido a la Comisión que establezca un mecanismo ágil y adecuado para tratar estos temas en el futuro porque, mientras no lo tengamos, la industria automovilística europea verá afectada su competitividad mundial, y no podrá obtener todas las ventajas posibles del régimen propuesto por el Sr. Bodrato. +Señor Presidente, uno de los mayores desafíos en la lucha por un desarrollo sostenible es la reducción de las enormes emisiones de CO2 y me gustaría subrayar a modo de introducción que la energía atómica no es una fuente de energía renovable y que por ello no puede ser incluida dentro de los mecanismos flexibles de Kioto como, por ejemplo, el mecanismo en favor del desarrollo sostenible. +Es decir, que Macao representa emblemáticamente casi cinco siglos de convivencia pacífica y de ventajas recíprocas en un marco de las más diversas actividades diplomáticas, culturales y mercantiles, permitiendo el contacto entre la civilización europea y la civilización china, el fomento y la protección del comercio exterior de China y una expresión importante de los intereses europeos. +Señor Presidente, el Tribunal de Primera Instancia derogó en su sentencia del 17 de junio de 1998 la decisión 174/95, adoptada por el Consejo el 6 de julio de 1995, según la cual el demandante no tenía derecho a recibir determinados documentos de EUROPOL ni aun acogiéndose a la decisión del Consejo 93/731/CE sobre el derecho de los ciudadanos a acceder a los documentos del Consejo. +El Consejo adoptó en 1996 la decisión de que los Estados miembros de la UE participasen en el plan de acción estratégico de la Organización Mundial de Aduanas para la ruta de los Balcanes, cuyo objetivo es agilizar la cooperación internacional y el desarrollo de la lucha contra el tráfico ilegal, especialmente en la región de los Balcanes. +Asunto: Programa integrado para las regiones insulares de la UEA la luz de los artículos 154 y 158 del Tratado de la UE y de la Declaración aneja al Tratado de Amsterdam (30), la DG XVII de la Comisión ha elaborado una comunicación sobre el recurso a la energía renovable en las regiones insulares de la UE. +Señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, mi pregunta se refiere a un tipo especial de islas, aquellas incluidas entre las regiones ultraperiféricas que recoge el apartado 2 del artículo 299 del nuevo Tratado de Amsterdam, para las que prevé un estatuto especial; pero se trata de una pregunta para cuya respuesta, probablemente, el Sr. Verheugen no tendrá ni siquiera que consultar sus notas porque creo que él estuvo presente en la noche del Consejo Europeo de Berlín. +Pero sí me gustaría formularle una pregunta muy concreta, que no se refiere a un planteamiento filosófico sino simplemente al hecho de si la Presidencia en ejercicio considera que la Comunidad Europea es una Comunidad de Derecho, y que las normas jurídicas, en este caso los Tratados, sólo se conciben cualificadas por la obligación de cumplirlas. +La Comisión debe redactar un acuerdo de adhesión y establecer un programa de asistencia financiera para el período anterior a la adhesión, a fin de ayudar a las autoridades de Malta a colmar la diferencia económica que sigue habiendo entre Malta y la Unión Europea. +En cuanto al sector más conocido de Polonia, la agricultura, y ya lo dijo también la Sra. Hoff, estoy completamente de acuerdo con el análisis de ella del que se desprende la necesidad de llegar más lejos con las reformas estructurales, sobre todo en el terreno del desarrollo rural y la mejora de los servicios veterinarios y fitosanitarios. +En algunos casos, por ejemplo en el ámbito del reconocimiento de los títulos académicos o las aptitudes profesionales, la concesión de las prestaciones sociales y los riesgos medioambientales, nuestra labor ha dado sus frutos e incluso hemos sido capaces de solucionar los problemas de los peticionarios. +Señor Presidente, señor Defensor del Pueblo, me complace que podamos llegar aquí a un acuerdo unánime en el sentido de que, hasta el momento, el Defensor del Pueblo ha demostrado ser una figura muy importante para la UE y, en especial, una institución de especial importancia a la hora de lograr una mayor transparencia en la Unión. +Que los bombardeos y la ofensiva militar de la OTAN en Yugoslavia prosigan y provoquen la destrucción de un país y la muerte de un número indiscriminado de personas, serbios y kosovares, hombres y mujeres, ancianos y niños, como ocurrió ayer mismo a más de medio centenar de refugiados, interesa poco a la mayoría de este Parlamento, que sólo lamenta la pérdida de vidas humanas y los «daños colaterales». +Solicitamos firmemente a la Comisión que realice un seguimiento activo de su funcionamiento en relación con la protección de los consumidores, que vigile también de manera activa el cumplimiento de las recomendaciones sobre la seguridad de este tipo de medios de pago y que, con la mayor brevedad, emprenda las medidas necesarias para proteger a los consumidores. +Ahora bien, señor Comisario, nosotros, en la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios, consideramos que el dinero electrónico en sus diferentes variantes es extraordinariamente importante para implantar lo más rápidamente posible el euro antes de que existan los billetes y las monedas: ya sea en forma de dinero virtual integrado en las computadoras por el comercio electrónico o en forma de tarjetas interoperables. +Señor Presidente, sé que la Comisión y el Consejo ya han reservado mucho dinero para apoyar las elecciones. Sin embargo, me asombra que, aunque el Parlamento insiste año tras año en la cuestión de la democracia en Indonesia y los grupos de la oposición solicitan ahora que se envíen observadores del Parlamento, la Mesa del Parlamento haya decidido no enviar observadores. +Estas circunstancias muestran la importancia que reviste el componente nacional en la dirección de los cuerpos de Aduanas.3.El informe representa una afrenta contra los Estados miembros puesto que, a pesar de la posición contraria del Consejo, intenta instituir una normativa conflictiva.4.Es posible establecer plenamente una cooperación eficaz entre las autoridades aduaneras de los distintos miembros en el plano interestatal.- Informe van Dam (A4-0114/99) +Compruebo que desde la disolución de la comisión de seguimiento sobre la EEB, los decesos de las personas víctimas de la enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob siguen acelerándose de manera muy alarmante (10 muertos en el último trimestre de 1998), ya que, incluso hoy, los decesos ocurridos en Gran Bretaña siguen siendo objeto de registro, y teniendo en cuenta el período de incubación de 5 a 30 años, aún se producirán muchos casos de enfermedad, debido a la variante de la EEB. +Esta manera paradójica de proceder, que consiste en sacar una conclusión positiva de un hecho sin duda negativo no puede, evidentemente, hacer decaer nuestro interés por los casos de mala administración denunciados al Defensor del Pueblo y por la forma en que éste responde a los reclamos de los ciudadanos europeos. +Las organizaciones no gubernamentales y los diputados del Parlamento Europeo podrían, e incluso deberían, sugerir un enfoque más claro -un juego de directrices más fáciles de utilizar por los interesados- que de esa manera podrían ser más pertinentes y más eficaces para alcanzar los objetivos apetecidos. +Dicha moción de censura es expresión del principio de confianza parlamentaria, que se ha visto reforzado a partir del Tratado de Maastricht con las normas que reconocen el paralelismo entre la duración de la legislatura y la del mandato de la Comisión, así como la aprobación, por parte del Parlamento, del nombramiento de la Comisión y su presidente. +Este informe es el resultado de la conferencia que celebramos en octubre sobre las personas de edad avanzada, en la que se presentaron las opiniones de los ciudadanos de edad avanzada de la Comunidad, lo que podrían desear para el futuro y el tipo de recomendaciones que haríamos para el Año Internacional de la Tercera Edad de las Naciones Unidas. +En el reciente estudio de la Unión Europea sobre la política de las ayudas agrícolas en los EE.UU. apenas se hace referencia a este tema, aun cuando el actual farmbill estadounidense ha introducido el instrumento de la compensación por comercialización para prácticamente todos los productos agrícolas importantes debido a su gran eficacia en el ámbito de la competitividad. +B4-0156/99 de los diputados Estevan Bolea, Malerba, Ligabue, Danesin y Castagnetti, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo; -B4-0158/99 del diputado Ripa di Meana, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica; -B4-0160/99 del diputado Dell'Alba, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europeasobre la situación de crisis en Venecia. +Una situación francamente grotesca que no puedo menos que atribuir a un interés fortísimo, y espero que las grandes coaliciones, que han colocado los derechos de control del Parlamento detrás de la protección de la Comisión, hayan aprendido de los acontecimientos de los meses pasados y muestren en el futuro más lealtad al Parlamento que a sus Comisarios. +Si manipular los tipos de interés e incrementar el déficit de las arcas públicas no es doloroso, restablecer el equilibrio de la seguridad social, reforzar la flexibilidad del mercado de trabajo y reducir los costes salariales de los trabajadores menos cualificados son, por el contrario, medidas impopulares. +El ponente, al expresarse en nombre de una comisión dominada por los Grupos PSE y PPE, por supuesto no podía manifestar un punto de vista diferente del de los Grupos dominantes y denunciar el hecho de que las políticas socialistas implantadas en 13 de los 15 Estados miembros colocarían a Europa en una situación competitiva desventajosa en el mercado mundial. +Ya he tenido ocasión, Sra. Metten, de presentar en detalle la recomendación de la Comisión ante su Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y Política Industrial, y dado el poco tiempo que se nos ha concedido esta tarde, quisiera, si me lo permiten, concentrar mi intervención con el fin de responder con rapidez a las preguntas y comentarios de su ponente, y a las que se han mencionado esta tarde. +Señor Presidente, este Parlamento pasará a la historia no tanto por ser el Parlamento que motivó la dimisión colectiva de la Comisión cuanto por haber sido el Parlamento causante de los cambios estructurales ya en curso en la organización y funcionamiento de la Comisión, órgano institucional por excelencia para el impulso de la integración europea. +Es extraordinariamente importante que todos aquellos a los que nos preocupa el futuro de la Unión, la ejecución correcta del presupuesto comunitario y el valor del dinero de los contribuyentes intentemos utilizar todo eso para lograr una reforma más profunda con objetivos claros y una gran capacidad de ejecución que pueda propiciar la consecución de resultados. +En el Informe Herman se trata la reforma de las instituciones que es posible realizar sin modificar el Tratado, por ejemplo, la reducción del número de carteras en la Comisión y la ocupación racional de las mismas, así como un justo equilibrio entre las responsabilidades colectivas e individuales de los miembros de la Comisión. +Si ahora hay un problema con una Comisión interina que ha perdido su moral y su autoridad política para actuar, el problema se debe, en mi opinión, a que el Consejo no escuchó al Parlamento y no nombró una Comisión interina eficaz. +El Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica invita al futuro presidente a plantear y desarrollar políticas económicas y sociales creadoras de empleo, le invita a luchar contra la exclusión social y la pobreza y por la promoción de los servicios públicos en la Unión Europea. +No es suficiente, como usted ha hecho, señalar el sufrimiento medioambiental de las ciudades europeas, sin hacer frente al problema que lo genera: el aumento anómalo del transporte privado, debido al dictado de los incentivos en favor de la industria del automóvil, y la correspondiente disminución del transporte público. +Señor Presidente, señor candidato a la Presidencia de la Comisión, intervengo en mi condición de Presidenta de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer del Parlamento Europeo. Desearía recordarles la declaración del Parlamento con fecha de 23 de marzo, en la que esta institución exigía una presencia considerablemente mayor de mujeres en la nueva Comisión. +Y ha añadido que, en consecuencia, es necesario establecer una base de condiciones esenciales en el ámbito de la política medioambiental, de la política social, de la política de defensa de los consumidores y de la garantía de la competencia mediante controles de la misma y de las subvenciones, con objeto de que el mercado interior funcione como tal para toda Europa y no sólo en pequeñas parcelas. +La ampliación de la Unión Europea es, sin duda, una de las tareas fundamentales que deberá llevar a cabo durante su mandato, pero también requerirá una ronda de contactos institucionales -que yo creo que se debería desarrollar muy pronto-encaminada a crear las condiciones para la ampliación, mediante una mayor aplicación del procedimiento de decisión por mayoría, por ejemplo. +Por indicación suya y tras declarar que se hace con carácter inmediato, acabamos de aprobar una modificación del artículo 5 del Reglamento, que dice que, en lo relativo a la concesión y la denegación de la aprobación de la gestión, no pueden presentarse enmiendas a la propuesta de decisión relativa a la aprobación de la gestión. +Una de dos: o se toma como fundamento los derechos étnicos, pero en ese caso, evidentemente, cada uno debe obtener su parte del pastel, y haría falta una conferencia internacional para volver a definir las fronteras, o bien, y ésta es mi posición, se insiste en el respeto de las fronteras internacionales como un gran principio de seguridad en las relaciones internacionales, pero entonces que no se divida dicho principio. +Ha conseguido crear peligros e intranquilidad en toda la región, humillar a la ONU, y por supuesto, ala unidad política europea, algo que sin duda se encontraba en las intenciones del nacionalismo americano, y a lo que nuestros líderes europeos contribuyen desde sus miedos y sus ambiciones locales, dejando a un lado la posibilidad de una trayectoria colectiva y autónoma. +En el plano de la estabilidad y la seguridad hay que proponer a Rusia iniciativas comunes en materia de política exterior mediante contactos por parte del Alto Representante para la PESC, el aumento de la participación rusa cuando la Unión Europea utiliza la Unión Europea Occidental para las llamadas operaciones de San Petersburgo, así como el fortalecimiento de la cooperación en materia de control del desarme. +Creo que dicho balance refleja lo acertado de un axioma: que la dimensión exterior de la Unión depende y está muy relacionada con su fuerza interior y, por lo tanto, no basta con que nos quejemos y nos lamentemos de que todavía no hemos consolidado la política exterior y de seguridad común, sino que tenemos que poner todos los medios para conseguir que esa política exterior y de seguridad -y también de defensa- responda a nuestros intereses y a nuestras responsabilidades. +En primer lugar, porque lesiona y limita la autonomía del Parlamento, a pesar de que el Tratado de Amsterdam le reconoce un papel prioritario -aun en la lógica de un correcto acuerdo interinstitucional en que participen plenamente la Comisión y el Consejo- a la hora de establecer el Estatuto de sus miembros y de fijar claramente las condiciones materiales de ejercicio de su trabajo. +Para la delegación del Parlamento la aprobación de esta enmienda era muy importante, porque para esa fecha la mayor parte de los ciudadanos de la Comunidad Europea recibirán por primera vez el euro como moneda y se puede esperar que por la transparencia de precios se realizarán más compras en el mercado interior por encima de las fronteras nacionales. +La presente directiva de garantía se incluye en el índice de la directiva sobre acciones inhibitorias en materia de protección de los intereses de los consumidores y para facilitar a los consumidores las compras en el mercado interior se les recomienda a los productores que venden productos en varios Estados miembros adjuntar una lista con una dirección de contacto en cada país donde se comercializa el producto. +Por último, me gustaría dar las gracias al Sr. Santer y al Sr. Oreja porque tras veinte años de trabajo se ha conseguido que el directorio telefónico interno de la Comisión se distribuya oficialmente acompañado de una carta en la que se dice que todos los demás podrán obtenerlo en el transcurso de un par de meses cuando el borrador se haya convertido en un verdadero directorio telefónico. +Se han planteado dos puntos fundamentales: la necesidad de una Conferencia Intergubernamental a corto plazo en el año 2000, con un método y un calendario a discutir, y la cuestión de la Constitución que he constatado con mucha satisfacción que esta mañana ha vuelto a suscitar el Sr. Verheugen. +Los diputados socialistas portugueses han votado en contra de la resolución hoy aprobada en el Parlamento Europeo, porque impide la entrada en vigor del Estatuto de los Diputados, tal como fue propuesto por el Consejo de Ministros, que representa un importante fortalecimiento del crédito del Parlamento Europeo. +Señor Presidente, señorías, la reforma de la OMC «carne de vacuno» representaba uno de los expedientes delicados de la nueva PAC de los años 2000-2006 habida cuenta de los desequilibrios estructurales del mercado de esta producción, de las consecuencias del fenómeno de las «vacas locas» ante los consumidores y también del lugar que representa la ganadería en la ocupación del territorio. +Primera: aunque comparto la opinión de que hay que intensificar la política para el desarrollo de las áreas rurales, sin embargo, una reducción de las acciones para las regiones desfavorecidas sin un aumento de los créditos, significaría que tendríamos que tomar esos créditos de otras acciones para el desarrollo de la áreas rurales. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, el problema de la comitología envenena literalmente las relaciones entre el Parlamento y el Consejo, e incluso más: hace las veces de pantalla ante la opinión pública, porque la complejidad de este mecanismo de comitología ha logrado hacer más densa la bruma opaca de la toma de decisiones frente a los ciudadanos. +Se trata de una segunda lectura y de hecho lo que hemos intentado es considerar la posición común del Consejo, comparándola con la propuesta original de la Comisión Europea a la luz de la evolución vivida a través de las enmiendas propuestas por este Parlamento -aunque no por mí como ponente; yo las apoyé más tarde- y después hemos creído necesario -nuevamente en estrecha colaboración con la Comisión Europea- presentar otra serie de enmiendas. +Señor Presidente, la Comisión de Libertades Públicas y de Asuntos Interiores, en cuyo nombre intervengo aquí, temía que el Consejo no lograría ponerse de acuerdo sobre las decisiones relativas a la incorporación del Acuerdo de Schengen al marco de la Unión Europea en el plazo previsto y que esta materia jurídica pasaría automáticamente a formar parte del tercer pilar. +He incorporado en nuestra enmienda la petición de que el Anexo II se vote tal y como se elaboró en la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y de Política Industrial, puesto que en mi opinión, nuestra versión del Anexo redunda en beneficio del desarrollo del mercado común, del mercado interior. +Al igual que ocurre en la competencia, en los Estados Unidos, también aquí es necesario que sea el Estado el que no sólo asuma los costes de la lucha contra la delincuencia, sino también el que adopte las decisiones en torno a las estrictas normas y a las posibilidades técnicas necesarias para combatir con firmeza los casos de delito muy grave. +Ahora bien, yo creo que en un momento en que se debate el derecho de injerencia humanitaria, en un momento en que se reconoce que el orden internacional debe disponer de instrumentos que permitan defender los derechos humanos fundamentales, en aquellos puntos en que sean flagrante y gravemente violados, es sin duda paradójico que haya retrasos en lo que podríamos considerar una instancia judicial del derecho de injerencia, que sería exactamente éste. +Lo que estamos debatiendo hoy aquí, en la versión que ha examinado el Parlamento Europeo, modifica los requisitos de 1995 a fin de incluir datos sobre los usuarios de Internet como son la dirección IP, la dirección electrónica asignada a una parte, el número de cuenta y la dirección de correo electrónico (ENFOPOL 10951/98 REV2). +Una protección, por otro lado, no gratuita sino en cumplimiento de unas disposiciones, de unas exigencias establecidas en las normas que rigen la Organización Mundial del Comercio y, por otro lado, en las normas que la propia Unión Europea se ha dado para regir el comercio con los países terceros, con los países en vías de desarrollo. +Lo que quiero decir hoy en este período parcial de sesiones inaugural es que esperamos poder contar con el nuevo Presidente de la Comisión, con el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo finlandés y, desde luego, con la Sra. Fontaine, para proseguir esa gran labor de apoyo al proceso de paz y que ésta sea una prioridad en las visitas de nuestra Presidenta a Irlanda del Norte. +El Presidente de la Comisión ha señalado algunos temas, la salud de los ciudadanos, el dopaje en el deporte y el tráfico aéreo para ilustrar simbólicamente esta actitud hacia el programa, aunque después me parece precipitada la atención que depara a dos puntos: el tema de la reconstrucción de Kosovo y la Conferencia Intergubernamental de Helsinki. +Al igual que la mayoría de los Estados miembros de la UE, la Comisión es asimismo de la opinión de que las últimas modificaciones de las leyes turcas han abierto la posibilidad de que el procedimiento contra el Sr. Öcalan y el pronunciamiento de la sentencia se transfieran a un Tribunal civil. +Es nuestro firme propósito tratar, a partir de los informes de la Comisión, a todos los países candidatos con la mayor igualdad posible y pretendemos adoptar las decisiones pertinentes lo más acertadamente posible, de forma que dichos países puedan cerciorarse de que progresan en las negociaciones de acuerdo con su propia y real capacidad, y de que el proceso de adhesión evoluciona hasta el final de forma justa, eficiente y respondiendo a objetivos beneficiosos para todos. +Señor Presidente, el Grupo Europa de las Naciones considera absolutamente inaceptable la actitud del Comisario Bangemann, encargado de las telecomunicaciones en la Comisión anterior -o en la actual: ya no sabemos exactamente lo que debemos decir-, que acaba de aceptar un puesto muy bien remunerado en el consejo de administración de una sociedad que correspondía antes al sector de su competencia. +Concluyo diciendo que la Sra. Laguiller hizo una aportación muy valiosa a este debate porque, al igual que otros, dramatizó el tema perfectamente atrayendo la atención hacia las lagunas económicas de la sociedad y la forma en que dichas divisiones de hecho sirven para insistir en que es absolutamente esencial que los que tenemos la gran suerte de ocupar cargos públicos electivos y por nombramiento actuemos con absoluta honestidad y discreción. +Me gustaría pedirle al Comisario que elabore una política que no se centre tanto en poner una multa a una organización que ha quebrantado una u otra ley, sino que elabore una política para controlar a las grandes organizaciones, para hacer que un Campeonato Mundial o Europeo pueda ser una fiesta para los ciudadanos en general y no una fiesta comercial. +Pero sí es la primera vez que la autoridad legal de la competencia ha puesto fin a este fraude, ha puesto fin a la venta discriminatoria, y es la primera vez que una autoridad de la competencia en todo el mundo evita que en el futuro se apliquen métodos discriminatorios en la venta de entradas. +Señora Presidenta, creo que es oportuno que, de la misma forma que hemos guardado un minuto de silencio por las víctimas de los terremotos en Grecia y Turquía -y con más razón porque, con independencia de la cantidad de muertos, tiene un significado político profundísimo-, deberíamos guardar, en este momento, un minuto de silencio por las víctimas de la represión indonesia en Timor Oriental. +Del mismo modo garantizo que la revisión completa de la gestión financiera de la Comisión y los sistemas de control serán intensificados, teniendo en cuenta plenamente las recomendaciones específicas realizadas por el Comité sobre todas las cuestiones incluyendo aquellas planteadas por los que se han referido en el debate a los subsidios y el resto de asuntos. +Cuando en el Informe de los Expertos, que no distingue expresamente entre responsabilidad política y administrativa, se exige, entre otras cosas, que el Presidente de la Comisión debe poseer la facultad de dimitir a miembros individuales de la Comisión esta demanda no concuerda, en mi opinión, con el gentlemens' agreement entre el Presidente Prodi y los Comisarios que han sido designados. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate del Informe (A5-002/99) de la Sra. Jackson en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor sobre la propuesta de recomendación del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo (COM(1988)0772 - C4-0073/1999 - 1998/0358 (COD) (antes 1998/0358(SYN)) sobre criterios mínimos de las inspecciones medioambientales en los Estados miembros. +La reforma de la política común de pesca, prevista para el año 2002, será un gran desafío y una gran prueba que tendrá que afrontar esta nueva Comisión. Porque el sector pesquero espera de esa reforma que la política pesquera se convierta en una auténtica política común europea y que la Comisión la dote del valor añadido comunitario necesario. +De la misma manera que, con toda razón, ha retrasado esta mañana la votación en la medida en que no se disponía del Acta sobre la que debía pronunciarse la Asamblea, es muy evidente que no podrá hacerlo más que sobre la disposición que figura en el Acta, que es una disposición de orden general y no sobre las conclusiones particulares que se desprenden de ello. +En nuestra valoración política reviste gran importancia el programa de la Comisión que quiere valorar las conquistas del pasado y profundizar el compromiso en favor de la paz y la seguridad, de la estabilidad y el empleo, del bienestar de todos los europeos, así como de los demás países que están cerca de nosotros, en el este y el sur. +Lamento decir que el Sr. Busquin no satisfizo a la mayoría de los colegas de la comisión ni con sus respuestas sobre su participación en antiguos escándalos financieros ni con sus respuestas sobre su competencia para la cartera ni sobre si tenía el sentido de responsabilidad y de liderazgo adecuado para hacer frente a las tareas que aguardan a esta Comisión. +Mi Grupo acoge con clara satisfacción en este contexto la declaración del Sr. Fischler en favor de que los actos jurídicos fundamentales relativos a la concepción general de la orientación de la política agrícola se tramiten por el procedimiento de codecisión y su voluntad de defender activamente esta posición en la futura Conferencia Intergubernamental. +Señora Presidenta, a pesar de la brillante intervención de la Presidenta del Consejo, Ministra Halonen, debo llamar la atención sobre el secreto que ha rodeado los trabajos preparatorios de la reunión de Tampere, cosa que ocasionó un incidente grotesco la semana pasada tras la publicación por el diario danés Berlingske Tidenden de un artículo, en el que se decía que se intentaría reducir la inmigración desde terceros países, incluso a través de campañas de atemorización y amenazas. +Sus declaraciones, así como las intervenciones de nuestros colegas, se sitúan por lo que a la colaboración entre el Parlamento Europeo, los Parlamentos nacionales y el Consejo y la Comisión se refiere, en un ámbito jurídico que alberga un enorme peligro. En concreto me refiero al riesgo de que la legislación acabe alejándose de los ciudadanos europeos. +Para finalizar, la idea de una Europa que no sea sólo mercado y moneda única es muy bonita, especialmente de una Europa que sea un espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia, pero es importante que este reto se venza realmente tanto a través del progresivo fortalecimiento de las Instituciones comunitarias como fomentando la colaboración y la cooperación entre los Estados miembros, más que recurriendo a decisiones por mayoría cualificada que no representa de por sí la solución a los problemas. +Señora Presidenta, señorías, al tomar la palabra en nuestro Parlamento pocas horas después del terrible accidente, no puedo dejar de expresar públicamente lo muy afectada que se encuentra la representación griega y lo mucho que lamenta la trágica pérdida en cumplimiento del deber del Viceministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Grecia, Yannos Kranidiotis, un gran político con visión europea que ha prestado grandes servicios especialmente a la causa de la paz y la cooperación en los Balcanes, a la reconciliación entre Grecia y Turquía. +También quiero agradecer la labor del Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Irlanda, Sr. Andrews, como representante de la Presidenta del Consejo en la inspección del recuento de votos en Timor Oriental, así como la del Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Gran Bretaña, Sr. Cook, que representó a la Presidenta del Consejo en la reunión del APEC. +Si la buena gestión pública es un requisito previo fundamental para prestar ayuda para el desarrollo, ¿por qué la buena gestión pública no ha de ser también un criterio fundamental para el reconocimiento internacional, las relaciones bilaterales y el desarrollo del comercio? +Pienso asimismo que también es importante y hay que recalcar el hecho de que hoy debemos plantearnos la cuestión de la reconstrucción de un tejido social, económico y moral en un contexto en que seguramente una visión más amplia de Europa suroriental no puede constituir un elemento de división respecto a las elecciones de la Agencia con sede en un lugar en vez de otro. +La Comisión ha realizado esfuerzos para mejorar y hacer más claro el Convenio que hoy tiene ante sí la Asamblea para su consideración con vistas a hacer su aplicación más transparente y también para tener en cuenta las disposiciones pertinentes aprobadas en el acuerdo global entre la Comunidad Europea y Naciones Unidas. +En cambio, los miembros del Grupo Unión por la Europa de las Naciones han votado a favor del conjunto de las demás enmiendas, incluyendo la enmienda 22, que limita el derecho de iniciativa de la Comisión y que permite al comité ad hoc establecer su orden del día, sus actas, así como las declaraciones de interés de sus propios miembros. +Sin duda el informe del señor Comisario Kinnock ha sido exhaustivo e importante, no obstante hay que considerar especialmente el lado político de lo que acontece en Rusia en este momento, es decir, que todos esto podrá desestabilizar la política internacional en el próximo período, así como las relaciones comerciales de la Comunidad con la propia Rusia, sin pensar en las graves consecuencias que sufre el empresariado comunitario que ha invertido en este país. +Pienso que la Comisión está bien situada para intervenir a este nivel, y habida cuenta que la cuestión de los prisioneros kosovares se sitúa en el plano humanitario, la Unión Europea podría mostrarse renuente en el envío de la ayuda a las autoridades serbias, mientras éstas no dejen en libertad a todos los prisioneros kosovares. +En la Conferencia de Presidentes, es decir, a los Presidentes de Grupo, les hemos dicho, con el respaldo de una gran mayoría, que en este momento no deseamos una resolución sobre la OMC, porque aun subsiste la necesidad de debate, y ahora no se debería elaborar una resolución en el procedimiento de urgencia, porque con ello uno se vaya a hacer querido aquí y allá. +Hace quince días, el reciente comité veterinario permanente de la Unión tomó la decisión de levantar el embargo que pesaba sobre las exportaciones de vacuno belga. Ha reconocido de este modo la seriedad de las pruebas y la severidad de las normas que, en la actualidad, impone el Gobierno belga. +Señor Prodi, nos inquieta especialmente el hecho de que, estos últimos años asuntos vitales para la existencia humana, relacionados con la calidad y la seguridad de los alimentos así como con la protección de la salud de los ciudadanos europeos, salten continuamente al primer plano de la actualidad a través de procesos y mecanismos que no garantizan siempre la validez y la credibilidad de la información. +El Parlamento Europeo ha subrayado con frecuencia la importancia de la adopción de medidas en materia de eficiencia energética y el Consejo ha subrayado también la necesidad del ahorro de energía y una reducción de las emisiones de CO2 en una serie de resoluciones. +Como hasta ahora la Comunidad no ha podido ponerse de acuerdo sobre cuál es el instrumento más eficaz para la reducción de los gases termoactivos -a saber, la fiscalidad del consumo de energía-, la Comisión y el Consejo consideran el programa SAVE II un "instrumento importante y necesario". +Espero, por tanto, que las empresas del sector de la energía de los Estados miembros de la UE que tengan una amplia experiencia en proyectos relacionados con la eficiencia energética puedan transmitir sus conocimientos a estos países. Señora Comisaria, confío en que dichas empresas sean consideradas como candidatas reales a la hora de adjudicar los contratos y no se vean desplazadas por las empresas norteamericanas. +Señor Presidente, independientemente de los calificativos que puedan utilizarse en uno u otro idioma, es cierto que las negociaciones sobre este Acuerdo de Comercio se han alargado de una forma inconcebible. Tal y como quedó de manifiesto en toda una serie de resoluciones aprobadas por esta Casa, fue un espectáculo realmente vergonzoso, sobre todo si se tiene en cuenta que Sudáfrica acababa de realizar una muy valiente transición hacia un Gobierno libre y democrático. +Quiero agradecer al Parlamento y, en particular, a la ponente de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación, Sra. Kinnock, la forma, rápida e impecable, como ha hecho la labor preparatoria para la aprobación del dictamen conforme del Parlamento sobre el resultado de nuestras negociaciones con los sudafricanos y por la forma, activísima y comprometidísima, como ha contribuido a ese proceso a lo largo de los años. +Por lo que respecta a la Unión Europea, se pidió la intervención de la Oficina de Lucha contra el Fraude, la OLAF, para que invitase a las autoridades judiciales españolas a investigar si la gestión y el control de las subvenciones comunitarias al cultivo del lino han sido correctos y si ha habido actuaciones que puedan considerarse delictivas. +Soy nuevo en esta Asamblea y lamento que la primera pregunta cuya respuesta iba a escuchar en esta Asamblea no pueda ser respondida oralmente por razones de tiempo, pero lamento doblemente que ello se deba, precisamente, a la actitud de algunos que, al suscitar en esta Asamblea cuestiones que, en mi opinión, no son para esta Asamblea, nos privan del placer de escuchar al Sr. Fischler hablar hoy del problema del pan de nuestros pescadores, por ejemplo. +Por ello solicito, señora Presidenta, que escriba una carta en nombre del Parlamento Europeo al Primer Ministro británico para expresarle nuestro pesar y nuestro horror por la magnitud de este terrible desastre, y pedirle que transmita nuestro más profundo pésame a las familias de las personas que han perdido la vida, así como a los familiares de los que han resultado gravemente heridos junto con el deseo de una total recuperación. +Señor Comisario, la pelota está en el campo de Turquía y es de ahí de donde debe venir el movimiento siguiente, porque por parte de Europa ya han tenido bastantes cosas para animarse y no vemos, por parte de Turquía, en el ámbito oficial y no por parte del pueblo turco, que también está soportando el régimen que le ha sido impuesto, la respuesta que necesitamos para dar nosotros el paso siguiente. +Así, en nuestra opinión, se demuestra una vez más, que la hipocresía, en toda su grandeza, es uno de los principios básicos de la Unión Europea. La política de los dos pesos y las dos medidas, la política de la sensibilidad selectiva frente a los derechos humanos y frente al respeto del Derecho internacional. +La política de los dos pesos y las dos medidas, que se basa en los intereses políticos y económicos de las potencias que rigen en la Unión Europea, les hace cerrar los ojos ante lo que está sucediendo en la actualidad en Turquía. Esta se niega a la democratización, al respeto a los derechos humanos, viola todos los principios del Derecho internacional. +No obstante, creo importante, por una parte, realizar de inmediato un estudio a fondo, con el fin de determinar lo más exactamente posible los efectos, en su caso, de este acuerdo en la economía de La Reunión y, por otra parte, establecer un mecanismo permanente de control capaz de crear las condiciones para una intervención rápida. +Pero si aquí nuestro papel consiste en reflejar las preocupaciones, los interrogantes y las expectativas de nuestros conciudadanos europeos, conservemos en nuestra mente la dimensión mundial de los desafíos, los desafíos de los países en desarrollo que hoy se debaten entre la esperanza de la integración en la economía mundial y el temor a la marginación. +En este ámbito, dichos países se enfrentan a una doble dificultad: sus mercados internos están generalmente acaparados por monopolios u oligopolios, cuyo primer efecto es el de hacer repercutir en los consumidores locales, y principalmente en los más pobres, unos precios demasiado elevados, mientras que el segundo efecto es el de bloquear la llegada de nuevos países y de obligarlos a confinarse en la economía informal. +Puesto que el Sr. Sasi ha tenido la amabilidad de aceptar la invitación a la reunión de la Comisión de Industria, Mercado Exterior, Investigación y Energía del Parlamento Europeo del 12 de octubre, sugiero que presente su respuesta oficial a estos dos puntos en el marco de la reunión. +No voy a seguir realizando valoraciones aquí al respecto, pero creo que la reducción del CO2 no es una carga opcional sino que tiene también un efecto económico y ofrece la oportunidad de compaginar la mejora de la calidad de vida con el empleo, por lo que pienso que no se debe defender el negociar sobre unas emisiones ilimitadas. +Por consiguiente, le brindo otra oportunidad de responder: ¿piensa el Consejo ordenar una auditoría de los Estados miembros para determinar qué Estados tienen una legislación discriminatoria contra lesbianas y gays, que no garantice la igualdad de derechos, la igualdad de derechos civiles a lesbianas y gays y que no ofrezcan la misma protección en virtud de la ley a lesbianas y a gays? +Señor Presidente, Señorías, no tendré necesidad de tres minutos para expresarles la importancia fundamental del tema de la resolución que se somete a nuestra aprobación, relativa al código en materia de exportación de armas, para la extensión de una zona de paz y de estabilidad en el mundo, lo que ciertamente constituye uno de los mandatos más importantes que hemos recibido de nuestros electores. +(FR) El hecho de reducir drásticamente las emisiones de gases que provocan el efecto invernadero por parte de los países ricos es un deber de solidaridad frente a las generaciones futuras, pero también frente a las poblaciones de los países en vías de desarrollo, que sufrirán cada vez con mayor dureza las catástrofes naturales causadas por el cambio climático. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0036/1999) del Sr. Napolitano, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, sobre las modificaciones del Reglamento a raíz del acuerdo interinstitucional de 25 de mayo de 1999 relativo a las investigaciones internas efectuadas por la Oficina de Lucha contra el Fraude. +Es necesario, sin embargo, subrayar una vez más la sensibilidad que distingue a la Cámara, la sensibilidad que distingue al Parlamento Europeo en el asunto del fraude, una sensibilidad materializada en la decisión interna del Parlamento Europeo, y una sensibilidad que además se renueva, se reformula en el informe y en la propuesta del Sr. Napolitano. +Se ha planteado una cuestión a ese respecto pero creo que la resolvimos satisfactoriamente en la comisión parlamentaria con la enmienda de transacción presentada por el Sr. Gil-Robles y por mí, en la que se especifica que la aplicación de este acuerdo interinstitucional no menoscaba ninguna disposición legislativa ni de nuestro Reglamento en lo que se refiere a la obligación de respetar la confidencialidad respecto de los diputados. +A juzgar por el análisis que ha hecho el Sr. Ferri es evidente que estamos hablando de legislación en materia de vehículos de motor no solamente en el plano europeo sino en el plano de la Comisión Económica para Europa de las Naciones Unidas, que durante muchos años ha sido reconocida por la industria automovilística como entidad que establece toda una gama de normas mundiales. +Ésta es la razón por la que propusimos, con el apoyo de la Comisión de Presupuestos, agrupar todas las políticas y las líneas presupuestarias relativas a la creación de este espacio de libertad, de seguridad y de justicia bajo un único título, con cinco capítulos que corresponden a las grandes políticas encaminadas a la realización del espacio de libertad, de seguridad y de justicia. +El motivo adelantado para intentar justificar estos recortes oscuros es la aparición imprevista de nuevas prioridades totalmente legítimas en principio, como la ayuda a la reconstrucción de Kosovo, la contribución a la edificación de Timor oriental por fin liberado, la solidaridad con las víctimas del terremoto de Turquía y la financiación de un acuerdo de pesca con Marruecos. +El Sr. Bourlanges se ha enfrentado a una doble paradoja: la de un debate sobre el presupuesto que se ocupa de gastos pero no de entradas y la de un presupuesto sometido a la doble y contrapuesta presión del aumento de las tareas de la Unión Europea y de la objetiva disminución tendencial del porcentaje del PIB europeo que transita a través del presupuesto de la Unión. +Se ha dicho aquí que el objetivo prioritario es la inflación, pero no es el único: tenemos que hablar, entre otras cosas, de un polo económico, de la responsabilidad, de la representación internacional del euro y de la supervisión de las instituciones bancarias en un momento de grandes fusiones entre las instituciones financieras. +Este principio implica que hemos de enfrentar juntos el grave problema mundial de las drogas, en cada uno de los eslabones de la cadena, es decir, la producción, la distribución, el consumo, el lavado de dinero, la desviación de los precursores químicos y la venta de armas. +Los Jefes de Estado o de Gobierno reconocieron, así, la obligación de respetar el compromiso solemne que asumieron en Tampere. La Comisión, basándose en el diálogo y la cooperación con el Parlamento Europeo, está dispuesta a hacer todo lo posible para lograr que sea una realidad un Espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia, por encima de todo, equilibrado en sus tres componentes: libertad, seguridad y justicia. +El Parlamento deseaba, por supuesto, que en esta Cumbre se lograran compromisos europeos más ambiciosos, pero, francamente, es muy positivo que estas importantes cuestiones figuren ahora en la agenda europea con un marco, con una orden clara para la Comisión Europea y también, por tanto, con una misión para el Parlamento Europeo, por lo que quiero felicitar a la Presidencia y, sobre todo, a la Comisión. +Por último, en el momento en que acaba de nacer un comité de empresa "Michelin", se debe modificar la legislación comunitaria para que los asalariados o sus representantes, afectados por planes de despido colectivo por razones económicas, puedan promover acciones judiciales sin esperar a que se pronuncie sobre el despido la jurisdicción territorial competente e impugnar el fundamento de esa decisión. +Considero que en este nivel, mediante el marco general de las líneas directrices económicas, o de las líneas directrices para el empleo, tenemos muchas cosas que aprender; no sólo en el ámbito nacional, sino también, si ustedes prefieren, puede haber un benhmarking, un intercambio de informaciones y de modelos aplicados con éxito a nivel nacional para solucionar este terrible problema de las reestructuraciones que, por supuesto, lo tendremos ante nosotros en todos los sectores. +Están basadas en una apreciación completamente realista, según la cual Europa, que es un lugar con potencias sociales fuertes, cuando no haya cohesión social sufrirá conflictos sociales, y los conflictos sociales tendrán consecuencias inmediatas en la estabilidad económica, es decir, en el entorno indispensable para el desarrollo de la competencia y de las empresas. +Un aspecto por el que siento especial interés es la negociación con éxito del programa multilateral de medio ambiente y seguridad nuclear. Se intenta garantizar que donantes occidentales proporcionen asistencia técnica y ayuda financiera para el almacenamiento y la eliminación de residuos nucleares en el Noroeste de Rusia, todos esos terribles submarinos nucleares que se oxidan, así como el resto de residuos nucleares. +Para terminar, quisiera subrayar que en una sociedad orientada hacia las redes telemáticas e Internet y que invierte cada vez más en su utilización para la comunicación, la información y los servicios, es bastante ridículo que el Consejo no haya aceptado las enmiendas en pro de la creación de un sitio Internet totalmente dedicado a los jóvenes. +Se trataba de saber si se creaba una línea por acción clave, como había establecido la Comisión de Presupuestos, o si se mantenía una línea global para la investigación, como deseaba la Comisión ejecutiva, a cambio de que se dieran garantías en cuanto a la información sobre el movimiento de fondos entre las acciones clave dentro de esta línea. +Si la nuestra es la Institución que, con toda seguridad, ha realizado los mayores esfuerzos en la lucha contra el fraude en las Instituciones de la Comunidad Europea, ¿cómo van a entender los ciudadanos que las únicas personas a las que no afecta el OLAF a efectos de investigaciones internas son los diputados del Parlamento Europeo? +¿Qué dispositivo se ha previsto, señor Comisario, en caso de que haya un bloqueo de la situación, para que los buques directamente afectados, para que todos aquellos que intervienen en el sector pesquero, para que las regiones implicadas y, en particular, las zonas de los objetivos 1 y 2, que dependen de la pesca, como expresa nuestra resolución común, no acusen de frente las consecuencias catastróficas que tendía la no renovación del acuerdo? +El sector pesquero que afecta al Reino de Marruecos está formado por pequeños empresarios, por armadores a los cuales les resulta absolutamente imposible crear empresas mixtas de mayoría marroquí y, por lo tanto, el tipo de acuerdo nuevo debe ser un acuerdo continuador, modificando las cláusulas necesarias, del acuerdo en este momento existente, teniendo en cuenta que -cómo no- nosotros respetamos que este acuerdo beneficie al desarrollo económico y social de Marruecos. +Y lo hago por razones económicas, que ya han explicado varios de los oradores que han intervenido en esta Asamblea, pero también, a semejanza de lo que sucedió ayer en el debate sobre el Acuerdo de Pesca entre la Unión Europea y Marruecos, por razones de ayuda a un país que, pese a ser rico en recursos naturales, es pobre por culpa de la situación política en que se encuentra y, en particular, del clima de guerra. +Pese a un rechazo absolutamente esencial el pasado mes de junio, sin ir más lejos, en las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo de la lejanía y del secretismo de nuestras instituciones colectivamente, esa primera reunión de la próxima semana aumentará el déficit democrático, en el sentido de que el Parlamento quedará excluido y no parece haber una razón válida para ello. +En este caso hemos añadido una disposición adicional en la que se pedirá una revisión al cabo de cinco años en el que participen las dos partes de la industria en el nivel europeo para ver cómo funciona el régimen en ese sector, con referencia particular a la salud y la seguridad de los trabajadores interesados. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la pregunta oral (B5-0032/1999) de la Sra. Palacio Vallelersundi, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior, sobre la Comunicación de la Comisión al Parlamento Europeo y al Consejo titulada "Estrategia para la realización del mercado único europeo" . +Según mi experiencia, esto también afecta en particular justamente a los temas relativos a la legislación en materia de protección del consumidor, en los que con gran frecuencia ha habido contradicciones entre las diferentes directivas y entre las diferentes normas de ámbito europeo, por ejemplo en la determinación de los plazos de denuncia o los plazos de protección del consumidor, que a menudo han variado. +Primero: ¿cómo vamos a convertir en eficaz el mercado único si los Estados tienden a adoptar medidas proteccionistas - hemos visto algunos casos, incluso últimamente - y cómo pretende la Comisión utilizar mejor el procedimiento de infracción convirtiéndolo en más rápido y animando a los ciudadanos y sus asociaciones a denunciar las violaciones del Derecho comunitario que se registran a diario en los distintos Estados miembros? +Los planes de la Comisión para hacer un seguimiento más estricto de los esfuerzos y los resultados obtenidos en el ámbito de la política nacional son bienintencionados, pero me temo que surtirán el efecto contrario. Sobre todo si se opta por un método cuantitativo que consiste en sumar el número de medidas, instrumentos de apoyo y proyectos de creación de empleo. +Pero hay más: no puede tratarse sólo de moderación salarial y de flexibilidad como tal, porque esto desvirtuaría el carácter y el espíritu de los diálogos nacionales, el mantenimiento de la protección social y todos los instrumentos de programación negociada en el territorio, sensibles no sólo a la pequeña y mediana empresa, sino también a esos sectores más congeniales a la tradición y a las características del territorio. +Asimismo, el documento ni siquiera menciona el papel de una política activa de créditos para apoyar a la empresa - en este sentido, el sistema crediticio europeo sigue estando a años luz del americano - y creo que los esfuerzos de la Unión Europea y de los Estados miembros para darle una orientación distinta han sido hasta la fecha muy escasos. +Y, aunque es algo que no se dice en voz alta, este problema está vinculado a la propia suerte de nuestras democracias, pues, tal y como la historia nos enseña, las democracias no se fundamentan tan sólo en la producción de riqueza, sino que su salud depende también de una amplia distribución que ha de alcanzar a la gran mayoría de la población, y esto es cosa que en las sociedades contemporáneas implica garantizar el empleo. +Informe (A5-0048/1999) de la Sra. Quisthoudt-Rowohl, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la conclusión del Acuerdo de cooperación científica y tecnológica entre la Comunidad Europea y la Federación Rusa (COM(1999) 324 - C5-0083/1999 - 1999/0133(CNS)) +Informe (A5-0045/1999) del Sr. Menrad, en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se crea el Comité de Empleo (COM(1999) 440 - C5-0173/1999 - 1999/0192(CNS)) y sobre la propuesta de la Comisión de directrices para las políticas de empleo de los Estados miembros en el año 2000 (COM(1999) 441 - C5-0147/1999 - 1999/0816(CNS)) +Una razón importante es, a mi modo de ver, que a los europeos, en contraste con los americanos en general nos falta la actitud de riesgo y falta también una motivación positiva en la población que contribuya a que a través de un buen crecimiento económico logremos también una política positiva de empleo en Europa y en los estados nacionales. +Necesitamos leyes más sencillas y, sobre todo, no debemos cometer un error -incluso en esta Asamblea- de crear tanto en el plano nacional como mediante normas europeas, mediante reglamentos o mediante directivas, una superreglamentación que trate a la población como un rebaño y, consecuentemente, ésta tienda en definitiva a no correr riesgos, a no hacerse independiente, a no emprender ocupaciones activas, sino a actuar más bien en un ámbito asegurado, lo cual al final nos va a conducir a un nuevo aumento vertiginoso... +La directiva sobre la mejora de la calidad de los carburantes así como la técnica, ya existente, de los catalizadores permiten en este punto al Consejo y al Parlamento un proyecto absolutamente ambicioso, sin sobrecargar con tasas a la industria y al sector del transporte. +El programa Daphne 2000-2003 va a ser un instrumento sumamente importante en la lucha contra la violencia y procurará un valor añadido a las acciones locales, regionales y nacionales en este ámbito mediante la creación de redes, el intercambio de información, mejores prácticas y cooperación, y una mayor concienciación de la sociedad en general. +En vísperas del nuevo milenio, señor Presidente, puedo decir que un apoyo vigoroso del Parlamento Europeo a este programa será el mejor y más claro de los signos de que la Unión otorga la máxima prioridad política a la lucha eficaz contra la violencia que padecen los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres. +Señor Presidente, este año se cumple el décimo aniversario de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas y es una oportunidad inmejorable para el Parlamento Europeo y para la Comisión, no simplemente de pronunciar algunos discursos solemnes sobre este aniversario, sino principalmente para decidirnos a actuar más, a facilitar mas recursos y a tomar iniciativas y medidas que constituyan una política integrada y conectiva que proteja con eficacia los valores humanos y la dignidad de los niños. +Es, claramente, la base de una administración presupuestaria sana. Sin embargo debo subrayar que la disciplina presupuestaria no debe constituir un fin en si mismo y no debe anular la aplicación correcta y eficaz de las disposiciones esenciales de la legislación comunitaria, ni tampoco en este caso, tocar los principios básicos de la PAC. +A5-0057/1999 del Sr. Gebhardt, en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, sobre la propuesta de reglamento (CE) del Consejo relativo a la competencia, el reconocimiento y la ejecución de resoluciones judiciales en materia matrimonial y de responsabilidad parental sobre los hijos comunes [COM(99) 220 ­ C5­0045/1999 ­ 1999/0110(CNS)]. +El objetivo del reglamento es garantizar que las resoluciones sobre el divorcio y otras formas de separación que se hayan producido en los Estados miembros sean reconocidas con rapidez por los demás Estados miembros y además proporcionar unas reglas adecuadas a los tiempos y unitarias en lo tocante a la responsabilidad parental por los hijos comunes de los cónyuges. +En realidad, deberíamos trabajar en favor de un convenio global en este ámbito, sin embargo, con esta iniciativa damos un paso en este camino, pues no cabe duda de la gran importancia -un punto en el que han estado en general todos los oradores de acuerdo- de que reconozcamos las resoluciones de los demás en materia matrimonial y de responsabilidad parental, especialmente en una época como la que vivimos ahora, en la que la estructura familiar está sufriendo violentas transformaciones. +Antes de la presentación de una propuesta de acción concreta a ese respecto, la Comisión pidió, basándose en la citada comunicación, a los Estados miembros, en el nivel del Consejo, y al Parlamento Europeo que comunicaran sus observaciones sobre los puntos abordados en la comunicación sobre la protección de las víctimas de la delincuencia. +Estoy seguro de que la Comisión va a garantizar la coherencia de la política exterior y de la política interior de la Unión -de los programas transfronterizos y de los programas de ayuda al desarrollo- y de que también es del interés de los Estados beneficiarios de la cooperación transfronteriza -Marruecos y España- que adelanten propuestas que correspondan a la misma preocupación. +Yo creo que si cumplimos con nuestro cometido en nuestra calidad de europeos, contribuiremos a fortalecer el conjunto de la Alianza del Atlántico Norte y si desde aquí asumimos estas tareas, tal como acaban de manifestar los Sres. Solana y Patten, y usted, señor Solana, también se compromete a dialogar con nosotros, como ya lo hace la Comisión, siempre que lo consideremos necesario, puede tener la seguridad de que mi Grupo estará a su lado. +. (DE) Señor Presidente, Señor Comisario, estimadas y estimados colegas, el informe de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía sobre el planteamiento de la UE sobre la Ronda del Milenio de la OMC enlaza con los trabajos realizados por la anterior Comisión de Relaciones Económicas Exteriores, que adoptó en todos los casos por una gran mayoría su posición con respecto a las rondas de negociaciones de Marrakech, Singapur y Ginebra. +No obstante, la noticia de que los agentes negociadores de la Comisión Europea informaran apenas una semana antes del acuerdo de los Estados Unidos que descartaban la posibilidad de la adhesión china en un futuro próximo nos lleva a pensar que la Unión Europea no ha negociado con la convicción que cabría esperar. +Informe (A5-0057/1999) de la Sra. Gebhardt, en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, Justicia y Asuntos Interiores, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo (COM(1999) 220 - C5-0045/1999 - 1999/0110(CNS)) relativa a la competencia, el reconocimiento y la ejecución de resoluciones judiciales en materia matrimonial y de responsabilidad parental sobre los hijos comunes +Este Parlamento, que ha tenido un papel importante en este proceso, además de alegrarse por el desarrollo de los acontecimientos en Irlanda del Norte, debería implicarse en el esfuerzo para que los otros dos conflictos violentos que subsisten en el seno de la Unión -el de Córcega y, sobre todo, el del País Vasco- caminen por la senda de la paz definitiva. +Señor Comisario, señor Presidente del Consejo, no sólo queremos dirigir la atención hacia los daños medioambientales causados en Europa por productos procedentes de otros países, sino que también se preste mayor atención a los métodos de tratamiento y producción empleados en otros países y que no sólo se debata el tema de la identificación, sino también la posibilidad de adoptar medidas comerciales que permitan evitar daños ambientales en todo el mundo. +Dicha decisión no sólo condena a los habitantes de Yugoslavia a pasar el invierno carentes por completo de los medios necesarios de calefacción, tras los enormes destrozos provocados en la infraestructura pública por los bombardeos de la OTAN, sino que afecta de modo provocador al orgullo de todo un pueblo, que resulta víctima del chantaje y la aniquilación porque Occidente no aprueba a su líder político. +Imagínense que pueden abrirse investigaciones a diputados en virtud de hechos graves ligados al desempeño de sus funciones ­un concepto jurídico creado ex novo, indeterminado y contrario a la tradición constitucional de los quince Estados miembros­, que pueden abrirse investigaciones si los diputados incumplen obligaciones análogas a las derivadas del Derecho disciplinario de los funcionarios, ¡un Derecho disciplinario de los funcionarios del que carecemos, unas obligaciones similares que no existen! +Así, hacemos un llamamiento a los Estados miembros, a las instituciones de la Unión Europea y a toda la comunidad internacional para que mantengan en el orden del día todo el apoyo al pueblo de Timor Oriental, inicien los pasos para el reconocimiento internacional del Estado de Timor Oriental y el establecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas con él. +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores, quien a principios de este año no pudo más con los asesinatos, las expulsiones, los saqueos y los pillajes que el ejército y la milicia serbios llevaron a cabo en Kosovo y en virtud de estas razones se pronunció a favor de una llamada intervención humanitaria, debe preguntarse ahora si la guerra -que desgraciadamente no iba dirigida contra los que cometieron los crímenes sino contra la población yugoslava-, la guerra que duró más de dos meses y medio y que costó varios miles de millones de euros, realmente dio el resultado que esperábamos. +En mi opinión, la carta de derechos fundamentales requiere un debate a fondo. Creo, además, que el derecho de los niños no puede desvincularse del derecho de los padres, de los derechos de la familia y del derecho de educación de los padres en la familia. +La política de lucha contra la droga - me dirijo al Comisario de Seguridad Interior - significa, pues, por el lado de la reducción de la oferta también una persecución consecuente de los suministradores de drogas, especialmente en el sector del blanqueo de dinero. +Al mismo tiempo, son diferentes las relaciones que deben entablarse entre la Unión en su conjunto y la acción de cada uno de los Estados miembros, entre el principio de subsidiariedad y la necesidad, que no obstante se ha justamente afirmado, de que la Unión se dote de una política común respecto a este fenómeno que preocupa de verdad nuestro presente, pero sobre todo nuestro futuro. +Es un sistema de registro y un sistema de comparación, un instrumento, en definitiva, que nos ayuda en la lucha contra la inmigración ilegal y todo tipo de entrada ilegal en el país, así como también contra la comisión de actos delictivos bajo falsa identidad. +Tenemos la obligación de recordar que esta corriente constante de inmigración ilegal representa una carga enorme, en particular en las ciudades del interior, para nuestros servicios nacionales de salud, nuestros servicios sociales y nuestro sistema de seguridad social, además de ejercer fuerte presión sobre el limitado número de viviendas disponibles. +En cualquier caso, nos parece fundamental que la próxima revisión del Tratado consagre el Banco Europeo de Inversiones como una institución plenamente comunitaria, sujeta a la supervisión del Tribunal de Cuentas y del Parlamento Europeo y que no responda sólo ante una asamblea general de los Estados miembros, como actualmente pretende. +Hemos hecho un análisis en profundidad, con todo detalle, y, de acuerdo con la información disponible, sobre la base de los supuestos de utilización máxima hay un remanente todavía en el año 1999 de 33 millones de euros, de 8,7 en el 2000, de 7 millones -aproximadamente- en el 2001 y, aunque es cierto que en el año 2002 la situación será absolutamente ajustada, vuelven a existir remanentes en el 2003. +A mi modo de ver, si todo lo que usted ha expuesto, todo lo que se dispone a presentar en el Consejo de Helsinki, tiene verdaderamente sentido, la conclusión inevitable es que la Unión Europea no se puede ocupar únicamente de sentencias como la del caso Bosman o de los aspectos de la competencia en el ámbito del deporte, sino que debe dar valor al deporte citándolo efectivamente en el Tratado. +En el tema de la Conferencia Intergubernamental, creo que después de la gira del Primer Ministro de su país, señora Presidenta, no cabe una situación tan optimista; sería un pena perder esta oportunidad de dar un impulso al proyecto de integración europea y nos arrepentiremos de no aprovechar como es debido esta ocasión. +Muchas de sus Señorías lo han mencionado, lo he planteado en reiteradas ocasiones al Parlamento y lo repito hoy: creo que, en paralelo a la culminación de la ampliación -que es una realidad irrefutable, ya que la ampliación que decidiremos, espero, en Helsinki es una ampliación que no plantea dudas ni problemas ni vacilaciones- tendremos que abrir un debate sobre la naturaleza y las características de Europa, puesto que seremos nosotros los que estableceremos estos límites, los que decidiremos la naturaleza de Europa: no podemos simplemente responder a la, de por sí legítima, solicitud de los países que piden entrar en Europa. +El tercer cambio que quisiera señalar es que el Ministro turco de Integración Europea y Derechos Humanos -que tiene una combinación muy curiosa de competencias, que sin embargo casan bien- acaba de declarar oficialmente, tras la ratificación de la condena de muerte por el Tribunal de Apelación, que la ejecución de esta condena no favorecería los intereses de Turquía. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0076/1999) de la Sra. Torres Marques, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios, sobre el informe de la Comisión al Consejo (COM(1999)174 - C5-0108/1999) 1999/2111(COS)) sobre la duración del período transitorio para la introducción del euro. +Aún es mucho, en vista de que los precios del arenque en la Comunidad en este momento están más bajos que nunca, a causa de la saturación del mercado de la UE con pescado barato y arenque congelado de Noruega, y del establecimiento, por parte de las compañías alemanas, de unidades de producción de bajo costo en Polonia, para procesar el pescado noruego libre de impuestos para su exportación a Alemania. +En cuanto a la ampliación de la negociación a todos los interlocutores, incluidos los países en vías de desarrollo, la Unión Europea adoptó también la iniciativa de iniciar la conferencia con el ofrecimiento de garantizar a los países menos adelantados un amplio acceso con derechos nulos a los mercados de los países industrializados. +Como el político liberal que soy, tal vez un político europeo muy liberal, quisiera decir que en el seno de la UE deberíamos pensar en la forma de modificar las unidades de producción agraria y el futuro de la Agenda 2000, además de estudiar cómo eliminar las subvenciones que afectan al comercio. +En 1995, indirectamente, a través de una enmienda que presenté se aceptó la formación de adultos en el programa Sócrates I. A partir de aquí también se ha desarrollado a lo largo del año en toda Europa el deseo por la formación de adultos y por el aprendizaje continuo de modo que nos es posible decir que la respuesta sustentada por la rama Gruntvig del programa Sócrates es la respuesta correcta. +En términos de la capacidad del programa de ser la punta de lanza de los valores del Parlamento, el éxito ha sido enorme. es fundamental para la expansión de la capacidad educativa de nuestros jóvenes, no sólo en términos de su capacidad cultural, sino también en términos de su base económica. +La Unión Europea siempre ha sido pionera en el cese de la producción y del empleo de sustancias nocivas para la capa de ozono y el Parlamento ha sido la conciencia política medioambiental de esta Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, en primer lugar quisiera decir lo mucho que admiro el trabajo que la ponente ha realizado en este informe; ya fue bastante difícil que superara la primera lectura en el Parlamento y ha sido aún más difícil en la segunda lectura, porque ha habido muchos puntos de vista divergentes, opiniones científicas contradictorias y presiones desde los distintos grupos de interés del sector respecto a determinadas sustancias. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate conjunto sobre la reunión del Consejo Europeo de los días 10 y 11 de diciembre en Helsinki y la declaración de la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo sobre el semestre de actividad de la Presidencia finlandesa, así como sobre la situación en Chechenia y sobre la Cumbre de la OSCE. +En el curso del tratamiento de los presupuestos se ha incorporado una nueva partida de gastos que incluye, primero, 500 millones de euros para Kosovo propuestos por la cumbre de la Unión Europea y, después, 190 millones de euros en concepto del Acuerdo de Pesca con Marruecos, Turquía y otros asuntos complementarios, lo que representa en total 700 millones de euros, o sea, el 15 por ciento de las previsiones financieras de la sección. +Con objeto de reducir la estimación de los gastos correspondientes a la ampliación -el marco financiero de Berlín incluye, en efecto, los gastos a partir del año 2000-,voy a proponer asimismo a la Comisión que se realice una evaluación permanente de la situación económica y de los gastos necesarios para la ampliación que de ésta se desprenden. +Por consiguiente, desde el punto de vista financiero, el nuevo período de programación 2000-2006 se podrá iniciar y así se hará, en efecto, con un nuevo programa, en el que se ha hecho constar expresamente que las ayudas con cargo a los Fondos estructurales deben contribuir a fomentar asimismo la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres, el objetivo de protección del medio ambiente y el empleo. +En estrecha articulación con esta comunicación, la Comisión ha aprobado también otra, acompañada de una propuesta de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo y de una propuesta de decisión del Consejo, relativa a un programa de apoyo a la industria audiovisual europea, el programa MEDIA PLUS 2001-2005. +Se trata de preparar a Europa tanto en el plano de las infraestructuras como en el de la industria de la producción de programas, para el imperativo de la era digital, lo que significa, naturalmente, aceptar que Europa tiene una ambición en materia de participación en la nueva economía digital y en la nueva sociedad de la cultura, la información a escala mundial. +Por consiguiente, es mejor que, en lugar de fijarnos un programa más ambicioso que probablemente plantearía dificultades en materia de subsidiariedad y tal vez tuviera el efecto de reducir el entusiasmo general, sigamos aplicando una estrategia encaminada a alentar a los Estados miembros para que aprovechen al máximo la oportunidad de aprender -y aplicar- las iniciativas adoptadas en los países europeos en general. +En 1996 una evaluación de las repercusiones de los dos programas de acción positiva con vistas a la consecución de la igualdad de oportunidades en la Comisión reveló que había habido cambios importantes en la situación del personal femenino en la Categoría A y en los puestos de dirección, en particular a consecuencia de las metas anuales adoptadas por la Comisión. +Así, aparte de la protección a los científicos especialistas que cuentan con los conocimientos técnicos y no deben ser llevados por caminos tortuosos a causa de sus conocimientos o de su debilidad económica; creo que, entrar en una lógica de condiciones políticas sobre lo que pasa o deja de pasar en sus regiones, es una condición sine qua non para los países candidatos a la adhesión. +Asunto: Locales de juego El Tribunal de Justicia ha reconocido que, en el ámbito de aplicación del Tratado CE, la organización de juegos de azar constituye una actividad económica de prestación de servicios, si bien con la precisión de que las disposiciones de los Estados miembros para autorizar la apertura de locales de juego deben ser proporcionadas y no discriminatorias (Asunto Schindler C-275/92). +La armonización en la esfera de la aplicación del derecho penal nacional y de la administración de la justicia en los Estados miembros presupone, necesariamente, la armonización de la legislación sobre la lucha contra el fraude y cualesquiera otras actividades ilegales en el presupuesto comunitario. +Recuerdo que, después de aquella revolución, como ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, me reuní en las Naciones Unidas con el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de China y la preocupación del ministro chino de Asuntos Exteriores de entonces fue la de decir "para nosotros, Macao no es una colonia; por tanto, ustedes, que están haciendo la descolonización, no toquen Macao; en su momento, ya se regularizará" . +Señor Presidente, mi respuesta se va a desarrollar alrededor de dos ejes: el primero se refiere a lo sucedido hasta hoy a partir de la Conferencia de Beijing y a cómo la Unión Europea ha apoyado las acciones contempladas en la plataforma común entonces adoptada; y el segundo, al papel de Parlamento por lo que atañe a la reunión de Naciones Unidas prevista para el verano del 2000. +Lejos de saludar este esfuerzo en favor de la protección del medio ambiente, la Unión Europea sólo tiene un objetivo en las negociaciones bilaterales con Suiza: obligar a que este país renuncie a su reglamentación, con el pretexto de que obstaculiza la libre competencia y de que fomenta la desigualdad de trato entre territorios europeos. +¿No se habría ganado tiempo, por el contrario, empezando por el principio, siendo más modestos y prestando mayor atención a las opiniones de los ciudadanos y de los pueblos que no están muy convencidos del balance de esta OMC, de los resultados de sus realizaciones con respecto a la agravación de las desigualdades de desarrollo entre el Norte y el Sur? +Estos doce campos parciales de interés serán examinados en los siguientes grupos bajo los títulos mainstreaming generales: el género en la política del desarrollo, es decir como interviene la igualdad entre los sexos en toda colaboración de la Unión Europea con los países en desarrollo, la participación de las mujeres y los derechos humanos. +Si cabe todavía añadir algo a las respuestas anteriores, puedo señalar que una de las causas de los retrasos de los vuelos es que, en el sistema actual, los aviones no obtienen el permiso de despegue hasta que no se haya confirmado la luz verde de aterrizaje en el aeropuerto de destino. +Los Estados miembros de la UE se han comprometido a adoptar una política eficaz de no proliferación de armamento y a participar en los sistemas de control de exportación, o sea, en las acciones que se llevan a cabo en el marco del Comité del grupo Zanger de exportadores del sector nuclear, del grupo Australia y de los mecanismos Wassenaar. +En conclusión, espero que el Consejo manifieste la misma firmeza que el Parlamento Europeo para salvaguardar y promover el sistema del precio único del libro, que, como señala nuestra resolución, se trata del mejor sistema para mejorar la producción y la distribución de obras literarias, sin eliminar la competencia. +Señor Presidente, me hago eco de las opiniones de los dos oradores anteriores al dar la más sincera bienvenida a esta propuesta de resolución para condenar inequívocamente el tremendo récord de violaciones de los derechos humanos del régimen talibán afgano, y en particular la persecución de las mujeres afganas en el nombre de la religión y de la cultura. +No obstante, las solicitudes de ayuda a los agricultores en la forma de ayuda ante desastres naturales pueden examinarse en el marco del artículo 33 del Reglamento (CE) nº 1257/99, del Consejo, de 17 de mayo de 1999, sobre la ayuda al desarrollo rural a cargo del Fondo Europeo de Orientación y de Garantía Agrícola. +Sin embargo, debo señalar que el procedimiento no es ideal, la Sra. Doyle y los demás diputados tienen razón, pero el problema al que nos enfrentamos en la Comisión de Política Regional, Transportes y Turismo que es la comisión competente, es que el Consejo nos pide urgencia en el último minuto porque, en algún lugar, alguien se ha dado cuenta de que necesitamos una resolución de este Parlamento para continuar con el Fondo en cuestión. +Por esta razón yo también estoy de acuerdo en que debemos unificar lo más posible las estadísticas sobre el movimiento, la política y la comercialización de nuestros productos agrícolas y que sería bueno que no tuviera cada Estado, por lo menos en sus estadísticas, una representación distinta de los hechos relativos a nuestra economía agrícola. +En el terreno económico, en el pasado ejercicio Polonia ha experimentado un alto índice de crecimiento anual, como ya ha dicho la Sra. Hoff, con una reducción del paro y de la inflación, una moneda estable y un crecimiento de las inversiones extranjeras directas. +Desde este Parlamento hemos defendido siempre la institución del Defensor del Pueblo, como garante de la protección de los derechos de los ciudadanos a la hora de denunciar casos de posible mala administración por parte de las instituciones y órganos comunitarios, y la necesidad de intensificar las relaciones entre dichas instituciones y los ciudadanos. +Esta acción de divulgación debe ser llevada a cabo por las instituciones comunitarias a través de los medios de comunicación y audiovisuales, y así evitaríamos, entre otras consecuencias, que, por ejemplo, más del 69 % de las reclamaciones presentadas ante el Defensor en los últimos años estuvieran fuera del ámbito de su competencia como, por ejemplo, el gran número de ellas que tienen como objeto las restricciones a la libre circulación, y que se presentan cada año ante el Defensor. +A fin de subsanar el actual déficit informativo en el ámbito de los derechos de los ciudadanos de la UE instamos a los servicios del Parlamento y de la Comisión a que pongan en marcha líneas directas de consulta en los diferentes Estados miembros y que aprovechen a fondo las posibilidades ofrecidas por la telemática y la tecnología de la información. +Lo cierto es que, después del Consejo Europeo, el 25 % vuelve a los bolsillos de los Estados miembros, pero la idea de los criterios de ejecución común sigue siendo absolutamente esencial y a ese respecto preguntaré al Comisario qué repercusiones ha tenido, en su opinión, el Consejo Europeo respecto de la actitud de las autoridades aduaneras comunes y si están ahora menos preocupados que antes. +Nosotros defendemos los derechos de la persona humana contra los derechos de un Estado inhumano y totalitario que lanza por las rutas del exilio a una población aterrorizada, destruye las casas, amenaza y mata a mujeres y niños; nosotros defendemos la libertad y deseamos que los criminales sean castigados; por eso apoyamos sin reserva la valiente decisión de los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno europeos. +Por querer jugar con las fronteras internacionales -las de Yugoslavia desde 1991, las de Macedonia y de Albania mañana-, por ignorar las lecciones de la historia, por fingir desconocer el papel de Rusia en esta región, por buscar un castigo militar más que una solución política, por querer sobre todo suprimir al pueblo serbio de esta Europa por la que ha trabajado tanto, vamos a provocar probablemente la conflagración que simulamos querer evitar. +Además, la propuesta de resolución afirma que las Naciones Unidas y el Consejo de Seguridad « no han podido» (!) participar en la decisión de la OTAN sobre las incursiones aéreas, aunque está claro que esta decisión se ha tomado incumpliendo los principios de las Naciones Unidas, que en este caso se han visto humilladas y maltratadas de forma irremediable. +Son posturas peligrosas de consejeros frívolos sobre la redacción de la propuesta de resolución, que envilecen todo esfuerzo serio por construir un orden y una comunidad realmente internacional, que pueda aplicar de forma verosímil y viable tales principios, sin intervenciones selectivas y sin la utilización ilógica de la violencia. +La Comisión está en total acuerdo con el señor ponente respecto a que, no obstante los progresos alcanzados con miras a la realización de un mercado único de los servicios financieros, las ventas transfronterizas de productos financieros al por menor a los consumidores siguen siendo más la excepción que la regla dentro de la Unión Europea y continúan existiendo todavía disparidades de precio muy considerables entre los Estados miembros. +Concuerdo con el ponente en que para las autoridades de reglamentación y de supervisión, dichos avances representan nuevos retos que pueden afrontarse a través de una cooperación y coordinación eficaces entre las autoridades financieras de reglamentación y de supervisión, con un claro reparto de la responsabilidad de supervisión y con reglamentos financieros sólidos, necesarios para gestionar el riesgo institucional global, así como el riesgo de los sistemas. +Así pues, si hoy debemos dar una respuesta rápida y eficaz a los problemas planteados, es decir, indemnizar a las familias de las víctimas y darles un apoyo moral y material, así como canalizar la afluencia de tráfico que, debido al cierre del túnel del Mont Blanc, converge hacia el túnel del Fréjus; también hay que considerar la cuestión globalmente. +De estos siete millones, cinco se destinan a la información electoral mediante las ONG, es decir, a la formación electoral y a la información, y dos millones al envío de unos sesenta observadores por los Estados miembros a Indonesia por un período de dos semanas, pero en el marco de la observación electoral más amplia organizada, entre otras organizaciones, por las Naciones Unidas. +B4-0382/99 de los diputados Fassa y André-Léonard, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas-B4-0394/99 del diputado Pasty, en nombre del Grupo Unión por Europa-B4-0409/99 de los diputados Hory y Castagnède, en nombre del Grupo de Coalición Radical Europea-B4-0420/99 de los diputados Aelvoet y Telkämper, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre Níger; +285 parlamentarios se han reunido en un grupo que pretende restablecer el Parlamento ¿No sería positivo que la Unión Europea prestara todo su respaldo, de forma que el Parlamento, que fue disuelto en su momento, tenga la oportunidad de colaborar desde otra perspectiva en la elaboración de una constitución que modifique profundamente, de una vez por todas, la situación birmana? +De un lado, lamento profundamente el asesinato a sangre fría de una mujer que puso su vida personal y profesional al servicio de la defensa de los derechos humanos, y de otro, me entristece tener que comprobar que aquí en la Unión Europea, al igual que en el resto del mundo, determinadas fuerzas intentan socavar con actos terroristas un proceso de paz en marcha. +La dirección de las administraciones aduaneras desde la UE es una intromisión en la soberanía nacional que no ha de tener lugar.2.Las decisiones adoptadas en el pasado por la UE han debilitado los controles fronterizos entre los Estados miembros, favoreciendo las actividades ilegales y fomentando la circulación de mercancías de contrabando. +La protección jurídica de los derechos de los consumidores debe seguir siendo competencia de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos y los derechos de los consumidores deben seguir siendo competencia de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor, como acaba de explicar el Sr. Collins. +Los interlocutores sociales, las organizaciones gubernamentales, los Estados miembros y la UE deben tomar, cada uno en su ámbito de responsabilidad, las contramedidas oportunas, es decir, coordinándose y colaborando sensatamente en los temas relativos a la tercera edad en la UE y no actuando centralizadamente cada uno desde su ámbito de responsabilidad. +Sin embargo, existe un ámbito relacionado con la tercera edad que presenta grandes dificultades a la hora de introducir mejoras, tanto desde un punto de vista concreto como por medio de la cooperación europea. Me estoy refiriendo al reconocimiento recíproco de prestaciones sociales -como los subsidios por enfermedad y las pensiones- que afectan en numerosas ocasiones a las personas mayores. +Señor Presidente, la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural de nuestro Parlamento se propone, en efecto, someter a la Comisión ejecutiva el problema del déficit de la Unión Europea en proteínas vegetales dentro de la alimentación destinada a los animales y el reto estratégico que conlleva esta situación para las biotecnologías en la Europa de los Quince. +Hoy, realmente, no tiene sentido que todavía existan muchísimas diferencias entre unos representantes y otros, cuando la realidad es que, a partir del Tratado de Maastricht y, más aún, del Tratado de Amsterdam, se va abriendo paso la realidad de esa ciudadanía europea que reclama a voces que sus representantes participen de un régimen común en todos los aspectos, pero, desde luego y en particular, en el aspecto de la suspensión de la inmunidad parlamentaria. +Usted se acuerda que el examen del anejo V en nuestra comisión comenzó con una carta de la Sra. Theato, presidenta de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, que abordaba concretamente la cuestión de si el artículo 5 de este anejo V que prevé la mayoría absoluta para rechazar la aprobación de la gestión, era compatible con las disposiciones del Tratado. +Tierra nueva fueron también los planes de acción nacionales y, al contrario de la oradora que me ha precedido, yo creo que las directrices de Luxemburgo y los planes de acción nacionales, entre otras cosas, se han derivado del hecho de que tenemos una tasa de desempleo más baja. +No se trataría de conceder hoy la aprobación de la gestión a la Comisión, en contra de lo que el Consejo ha hecho obrando con ligereza y despreocupación, puesto que, como tan bien ha explicado Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, no se debería conceder la aprobación de la gestión a una Comisión dimisionaria que ya no está cualificada para asumir compromisos sobre orientaciones futuras frente al Parlamento europeo. +Por otro lado, el hecho de que las medidas no afecten a todos los países de la Unión Europea supone una grave distorsión de las reglas de la competencia en el mercado único, agravando las consecuencias negativas sobre aquellas empresas que sí se verán afectadas por estos altos aranceles impuestos por Estados Unidos en sus sanciones. +La solución política que intentamos alcanzar es una solución política que suspenda el uso de la fuerza sobre la base del respeto de los derechos humanos, de la seguridad común, del regreso de todos los refugiados, sobre la base de la comunidad internacional de naciones. +En interés del acuerdo, consideramos que ello es admisible siempre que tales excepciones se limiten en la medida de lo posible y supongan un paso hacia la creación de un Estatuto único y uniforme y, sobre todo, sirvan para lograr el establecimiento, lo antes posible, de un régimen de retribución igual para todos los diputados al Parlamento Europeo. +Por tanto, el anteproyecto de presupuesto general tiene que posponer el tema de la posibilidad de contratar nuevo personal y su dotación previa hasta que queden claros los márgenes que posiblemente se dispongan en el marco del nuevo acuerdo institucional y hasta que la nueva Comisión tenga la oportunidad de definir sus exigencias. +Cumplida la obligación jurídica comunitaria de aprobar una nueva directiva para reemplazar la directiva anulada, a mi juicio lo más importante, es un paso vital hacia un marco común para diferenciar los sistemas de gravámenes en el conjunto de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, el objetivo de la propuesta es facilitar la venta por teléfono, por fax y por Internet de servicios financieros tales como la banca, los seguros, las inversiones y los créditos hipotecarios, protegiendo a la vez al consumidor contra el fraude, contra la elevada presión de los argumentos de venta y contra algunos usos no solicitados de las técnicas de comunicación a distancia. +Por tanto, en mi calidad de miembro de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor, siempre he apoyado, a la par de la Sra. Kuhn y el Sr. Whitehead, medidas que garanticen que se proporciona una protección real adecuada a las necesidades y preocupaciones de los consumidores gracias a la legislación europea. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0124/99) de la Sra. González Álvarez, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se crea un programa de acción comunitaria en favor de la protección civil (COM(98)0768 - C4-0072/99-98/0354(CNS)) +Nunca olvidaré como yo, como joven Presidente de mi partido a principios de los años setenta, participé junto con su padre en un mitin en una sala de cine de Madrid, con escaso público y bajo unas condiciones difíciles, donde ya en aquel entonces bajo la dirección de su padre dimos expresión a los ideales y convicciones de nuestra filosofía, a los valores y principios democristianos y, sobre todo, también, a nuestra convicción federalista europea. +Es evidente, sin embargo, que al lado de la consolidación presupuestaria indispensable, Europa ha de acelerar las reformas estructurales de los mercados del empleo, de los bienes, de los servicios y del capital, y es en este espíritu en el que la Comisión acaba de aprobar la recomendación relativa a las grandes orientaciones de política económica. +Frente a todas la previsiones, la Presidencia alemana cerró el paquete de la Agenda 2000, que parecía difícil de cerrar, y ahora, para el Consejo Europeo de Colonia, la Presidencia nos acaba de anunciar un programa bastante ambicioso. Felicito también a la Presidencia alemana por la ambición de ese programa. +De esta resolución y de los debates que se celebraron permítome destacar uno o dos aspectos que, para mí, son los más importantes: la idea que se abrió y se abre camino de una constitución europea, la verificación o el deseo de verificación de un poder constituyente específico en el nivel comunitario y cierta interpretación -permítome decirlo así- correctiva del artículo N del Tratado. +En lugar de una clara reorientación de la política europea en el primer año del euro hacia un nuevo tipo de desarrollo económico que pueda solucionar el problema del paro en masa, se nos da un Pacto Europeo por el Empleo que queda muy por detrás de lo que en su día contenía la iniciativa Santer y las propuestas originarias provenientes de la Presidencia elaboradas por el Ministerio alemán de Hacienda. +No sólo para la cooperación fructífera entre las instituciones sino también para asegurar de modo duradero lo que se logre en la Conferencia Intergubernamental y que su aplicación tenga éxito, en el futuro será necesario que el Parlamento participe más intensamente que en el pasado en esta Conferencia -no empleo conscientemente la expresión de Conferencia Intergubernamental aunque sea la práctica usual sino la de Conferencia de los Estados miembros. +Lo que queremos es contribuir a facilitar las cosas a los Gobiernos, y por eso, con el acuerdo en su día del Presidente Santer -a quien quiero rendir homenaje por ello-, pensamos que una posibilidad, una buena posibilidad, es que la Comisión Europea prepare un proyecto, que lo discuta con el Parlamento y que intervengan también los Parlamentos nacionales en esa reflexión, que será una mera reflexión, señor Presidente. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, señor Presidente de la Comisión, las cuestiones relacionadas con el empleo han pasado a ocupar la posición que merecen en la política de la Unión Europea y Alemania está ejerciendo en la actualidad presiones para alcanzar un acuerdo europeo en materia de empleo con motivo de la Cumbre de Colonia. +Señor Presidente, aparte de que me parece bastante sorprendente que nos veamos obligados a comportarnos como en una feria para tener derecho a tomar la palabra en este Parlamento cuando somos diputados, quisiera decir simplemente que es la primera ocasión en la que veo que, en una Asamblea como ésta, cuando se pronuncian dos opiniones contrarias, una procedente de los servicios competentes y la otra del presidente de la Comisión de Reglamento elegido por sus iguales, se considera la de los servicios en cuestión. +Después de muchos años de esfuerzos, había visto la luz una propuesta globalmente aceptable y el Consejo se había mostrado dispuesto a negociar con este Parlamento, en el momento del resultado de la votación de hoy, con vistas a alcanzar un compromiso. +En el caso de los plátanos, no se permite a la UE hacer una concesión comercial a países pequeños que fueron sus colonias (países ACP) y en los que los plátanos representan el pilar principal de sus economías, lo que resulta particularmente grave porque esa política de la UE se inscribe en el espíritu de los Acuerdos de Lomé, que datan de 1963, y son, por tanto, muy anteriores al actual Acuerdo de Comercio Multilateral (Tratado de Marraquech - 1994). +Y termino recordando un punto ya mencionado por la Sra. Jöns: es incomprensible que el Consejo no esté dispuesto a incluir de forma explícita el gender mainstreaming -y lo es sobre todo después de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam que considera la igualdad de oportunidades el principio fundamental de la Unión- que constituye asimismo uno de lo cuatro pilares de las estrategias europeas en materia de empleo. +Dado que hasta la fecha el Gobierno turco deniega este proceso justo y público a través de acciones evidentes (obstáculos para la defensa, rechazo de las peticiones de que estén presentes observadores, etc.), ¿qué medidas piensa tomar el Consejo para proteger la integridad física y psíquica del dirigente kurdo así como los derechos, evidentes para las sociedades civilizadas, que tienen todos los acusados ante la justicia? +Yo quiero referirme concretamente a los Fondos estructurales, al Fondo de Cohesión y a las políticas de cohesión, diciendo que estoy de acuerdo en el «cómo », tal y como lo ha proyectado la Comisaria -e incluso aprovecho una vez más para decir que tenemos que felicitar a la Comisaria y a la DG XVI porque hemos estado con ella, y ella nos ha ayudado profundamente en los avances de la cohesión en el periplo de estos cinco años y yo creo que, en su diseño, de los próximos-. +En el transcurso de las negociaciones se logró para las zonas de cultivo más septentrionales de la UE, que también son al mismo tiempo las más septentrionales de todo el mundo, un par de concesiones importantes con objeto de equilibrar los costes derivados de las condiciones climatológicas adversas. +Acojo favorablemente la decisión de la Comisión de revocar su propuesta para exigir a los pescadores la adquisición de un 30 % adicional de tonelaje, lo cual, en caso de que hubiera prosperado la propuesta, solamente podría haberse descrito como una ley penal encaminada a obstaculizar la necesidad urgente de modernizar y renovar la flota. +La postura intermedia, a la que también se adhiere la Presidencia, pretende incorporar el desarrollo y el funcionamiento del SIS así como la mayoría de las categorías objeto de registro al tercer pilar en tanto que la categoría de la denegación de visados y las disposiciones relativas a la protección de los datos personales estarían también presentes en el primer pilar. +El gran trabajo de saber dónde pararse, porque esta directiva tiene una característica especial, y es que no intenta reglamentarlo todo, pero lo que reglamenta lo reglamenta con sentido y con una idea detrás, con una idea conductora y directriz, y yo creo que este Parlamento haría mal en cambiar esos equilibrios, haría mal en intentar modificar esa situación tan delicada y que, en mi modesta opinión, está francamente bien conseguida. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, algunos de los colegas que han hablado antes que yo ya han recordado el artículo 5 del Convenio de Lomé, firmado también por Djibuti, que establece una verdadera interrelación, un nexo funcional entre el respeto y el disfrute de los derechos políticos y civiles, de las libertades humanas fundamentales y la ayuda al desarrollo. +Asimismo es necesario que la comunidad internacional, también a través de la Organización para la Unidad Africana, pero con un papel activo de la Unión Europea, garantice dicho acuerdo y actúe con miras a elaborar un programa de ayudas económicas tanto urgentes como a largo plazo que permitan una reconstrucción económica de la isla. +Por una parte, los Estados miembros comenzaron a negociar sobre la base del antiguo artículo 220 del Tratado CE un convenio cuyo objeto era regular de modo horizontal los efectos intracomunitarios de la quiebra, determinando la competencia judicial y la ley aplicable para declarar la insolvencia de una empresa. +Es el caso de países del sudeste asiático, Asia central, de las antiguas Repúblicas soviéticas y de las Repúblicas bálticas, a las que se ha sumado el incremento sin precedentes de las importaciones provenientes de Turquía a causa del cierre del mercado ruso y de la capacidad industrial de este país, de Turquía, que se ha sobredimensionado en el curso de los últimos cinco años. +Yo creo que solamente se aprecia lo que no se tiene y el hecho de que las instituciones europeas se hayan dotado de un Parlamento, con todos sus defectos y con todos sus problemas, y que este Parlamento se convierta en esta legislatura en una pieza fundamental del mecanismo comunitario, es algo que los ciudadanos europeos deberían empezar a valorar. +La coincidencia en el tiempo de la dimisión de la Comisión, el comienzo de la guerra de Kosovo y el Consejo Europeo de Berlín sometió a una prueba dramática la capacidad de actuación de la Unión Europea en un momento sumamente crítico. +Si Europa tuviera que perseguir el objetivo que señaló el Presidente Prodi -ofrecer a los Balcanes un futuro político y económico claro- lograría algo grande, pero no desempeñaría plenamente su tarea que es la de contribuir sustancialmente a construir un camino de desarrollo democrático, ciertamente económico, pero fundamentalmente social y cultural, consciente de que la reconciliación es tanto más fuerte y estable cuanto más se es tolerante y respetuoso con las diversidades. +En este caso -la experiencia de la EEB- la Comisión es ampliamente inocente, y los Estados miembros han vuelto a hacer sus juegos bajo el manto de la subsidiariedad sin haber tenido coraje para, por ejemplo, haber elaborado de una vez una directiva marco relativa a alimentos que constituyese una ventaja para Europa y a la que se atuviesen los países miembros. +Más que esas peroratas ideológicas de otra época que piden el regreso de la antigua connivencia supranacional entre el Parlamento y la Comisión contra el Consejo, hubiéramos preferido escuchar, de la boca del Sr. Prodi, la manera concreta en que piensa reparar, en un ámbito de su competencia, los estragos causados por las Comisiones precedentes y las negociaciones de la Ronda Uruguay. +Señora Presidenta, como ha dicho el diputado Sánchez, hay errores en el acta, pero no solamente porque el Sr. Sánchez esté incluido en el Grupo de la Alianza Radical Europea, que no existe -caso que le ha ocurrido también a los diputados Bautista, Hudghton y MacCormick- sino que yo mismo, que pertenezco al Grupo de los Verdes/Alianza Libre Europea, aparezco en el Grupo de No Inscritos. +La lectura del segundo informe del Comité de Expertos pone de manifiesto que tuvimos mucha razón en pedir a los cinco expertos que prosiguieran sus investigaciones y su reflexión más allá del caso de uno u otro comisario, en particular, para hacer un diagnóstico más general sobre el conjunto de la institución. +En efecto, cito el informe: "Para incoar un procedimiento penal a los funcionarios de la Comisión, la jurisdicción nacional de que se trate debe solicitar la suspensión de la inmunidad oficial tratándose de sospechosos, del secreto profesional tratándose de testigos y de la inviolabilidad de los edificios de la Comisión en caso de registros y para poder tener acceso a los documentos" . +¿Por qué, si hay tanta preocupación en los Estados miembros, no se pide a esos Estados miembros que las comunidades y los municipios realicen un debate en el Parlamento, sobre los resultados y los destinos de los fondos, de modo que en esos países tenga lugar un debate público que esté en relación con nuestro trabajo y que estas dos cuestiones no estén separadas entre ellas? +Mientras tanto, tenemos que negociar un acuerdo marco que constituya una sólida base para mejorar nuestras relaciones institucionales, con medidas de transparencia e información, como son el disponer de los documentos de trabajo del Consejo, de las actas de las reuniones del Colegio de Comisarios, salvo cuando se acuerde su confidencialidad, o un sistema de información sobre los trabajos de la OLAF con la debida discreción. +Europa se ha hecho para transmitir un proyecto, y en esos tiempos de globalización en los que los ciudadanos tienen la sensación de que todas las decisiones importantes se toman en otra parte, y en especial en el mundo de las finanzas, es importante recuperar la idea de un proyecto para Europa que comprendan los ciudadanos y defiendan las instituciones. +Yo comparto plenamente el contenido de su programa, dedicado a la glasnost, que no se propone una pequeña "reformilla" de las instituciones, sino una reforma de gran calado, que persigue la creación de puestos de trabajo sostenibles mediante una liberalización consecuente, que concede un lugar muy importante a la subsidiariedad, que considera necesario responder de manera adecuada a la evolución demográfica en Europa. +Me ha chocado -he de confesárselo- que haya sido claro en cuanto a la libertad de comercio y a las exigencias de competitividad de las empresas y haya omitido -o se haya mostrado vago al respecto- la lucha contra el desempleo, la pobreza y la exclusión social, verdaderos flagelos de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente designado, los miembros de la delegación socialista francesa tienen la preocupación por el funcionamiento eficaz de las instituciones, lo cual significa la instauración de una Comisión fuerte, en el sentido del respeto por los Tratados, es decir, con la coincidencia entre su mandato y el nuestro. +Si no queremos perder en solidez lo que ganamos en extensión, si queremos dar un alma a la Europa del mercado y de la moneda única, si queremos volver a ganar la confianza de los ciudadanos y de los pueblos, debemos trabajar en común -Comisión, Parlamento y Consejo- en lo único que puede ofrecer una base sólida y un nuevo impulso: la ciudadanía europea, una carta de derechos, una verdadera constitución. +Y como se me acusó de deslealtad, lo único que quiero decir en este momento es que, de acuerdo con estos criterios y con las manifestaciones del Presidente Prodi en relación con la responsabilidad de los Comisarios, creo que, si hoy se aprueba en esta Asamblea la resolución de contenido político, consensuada por todos los Grupos, sobre la nueva Comisión, el Sr. Galeote se va a encontrar en una Asamblea de desleales. +Ya se vislumbran puntos de acuerdo. Por ejemplo, en cuanto a la importancia que se concede al acceso a la justicia, a la elaboración de una estrategia coherente en materia de inmigración y asilo, a la protección de los grupos más débiles y más expuestos a las discriminaciones, o al fortalecimiento de los mecanismos utilizados en la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada. +También queda fuera del control democrático la elaboración del documento 19 de Enfopol y también otro tipo de delitos, tales como los relacionados con las actuaciones de la cooperación policial Ilets, la colaboración en materia de espionaje Echelon y los tratados bilaterales de los Servicios de Seguridad de Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea. +Mientras dure este vacío parlamentario será imposible crear un espacio de seguridad, libertad y justicia sobre una base verdaderamente democrática, puesto que la realización de dicho espacio implica la presencia de una estructura integrada por el derecho a la protección individual y la posibilidad de intervenir en el entorno individual. +Reconozco que se ha comprometido a cumplir cinco peticiones del Grupo del EVP, entre ellas las que se refieren al derecho del PE a presentar propuestas legislativas, a la conducta de los Comisarios en caso de que se produzca un voto de censura y a la necesidad de entablar un diálogo permanente sobre la reforma de la Comisión. +Asunto: Ayuda de la UE para los servicios marítimos de Irlanda Puesto que Irlanda posee una de las mayores zonas marítimas de patrulla de la UE, responsabilidad tan importante para Irlanda como para la UE en su conjunto y que cubre actividades como la vigilancia e interceptación de cargamentos de drogas, protección de la industria pesquera y seguridad de la navegación, ¿querría el Consejo exponer qué iniciativas que se deberían tomar a escala de la UE en ayuda a los esfuerzos realizados por Irlanda en este sector? +Para facilitar su cumplimiento, en las regulaciones y directivas de la Unión se especifican los procedimientos de colaboración e intercambio de información entre los Estados miembros, con el fin de evitar actuaciones simultáneas y de facilitar la identificación de las naves, consiguiendo así que se armonicen los modos de proceder de los distintos países. +Me parece una solución francamente problemática puesto que realmente no se trata de la fusión de dos estructuras sino de un proceso de adhesión. Y aunque considero la posibilidad de establecer períodos transitorios, tal y como se hacía antes, no concibo que un país candidato pueda entrar a formar parte de la Unión Europea sin que haya asimilado el acervo comunitario en su totalidad. +En este marco, la perspectiva de crear un "orden social europeo" basado en la práctica de Schengen no puede ser más que el arsenal antidemocrático que, en un determinado momento, puede utilizarse contra la acción política y sindical, contra las reacciones de los trabajadores ante la política antipopular de la Unión Europea y de los Estados miembros. +A pesar de que se han producido algunos cambios en la situación política desde entonces, lamento decir que los requisitos para la reanudación de la cooperación para el desarrollo y la plena normalización de las relaciones con Togo - el respeto de los principios democráticos, el estado de derecho y los derechos humanos - aún no se cumplen satisfactoriamente. +La Comisión considera que la Unión Europea, junto con el resto de la comunidad internacional, debe tomar medidas contundentes para contener las repercusiones de la crisis en los países de la región de los Grandes Lagos que, como han afirmado los diputados, amenazan de distintas formas la seguridad y la estabilidad en toda África. +Quiero todavía recordarles a todos los colegas que hace sólo un par de semanas el Parlamento, al aceptar la Comisión, aprobó una declaración en la que se subrayó que se desea progresar para trabajar en las negociaciones sobre los tratados internacionales e incluso en las distintas fases de las negociaciones, de modo que sería realmente lamentable, si el Parlamento dejase esta oportunidad sin aprovechar. +No estoy seguro de si está permitido hacer una explicación de voto en esta fase del debate, pero si es así, quisiera decir que, desde el punto de vista de la población de Escocia, creo que es una pena que mañana debatamos sobre la seguridad alimentaria sin incluir un caso en el que un Estado miembro está desafiando el dictamen de la Comunidad en esta materia. +Como saben todos ustedes, Señorías, las fuentes de energía renovable, en los sistemas de apoyo -salvo la energía de origen hidráulico, donde sí se consiguen resultados muy competitivos respecto a otro tipo de fuentes energéticas-, no pueden competir con las energías de tipo tradicional. +Quisiera indicar al Sr. Prodi que muchos economistas creen que los factores más importantes para la competitividad en la industria serían, en primer lugar, una reducción de los impuestos de sociedades y de las contribuciones empresariales y, en segundo lugar, de la enorme y en verdad intolerable carga de reglamentación que coloca a Europa en una situación muy desventajosa en relación con otras partes del mundo. +A raíz de la aprobación de la Acción Común, la Comisión participó en una serie de gestiones de la troika, encaminadas a presentar la Acción Común a todos los Gobiernos y las organizaciones regionales importantes y recabar su apoyo político para sus objetivos. +Señor Presidente, creo que este debate y la moción que hoy estamos debatiendo ponen abiertamente de manifiesto la voluntad de este Parlamento de enviar una señal de apertura clara, fuerte y amigable, una señal que toma nota del cambio de actitud del Gobierno griego con respecto al Gobierno turco. +Acojo con satisfacción la propuesta de compromiso relativa a Turquía, porque consigue un equilibrio correcto entre la necesidad de confirmar a Turquía su derecho a incorporarse a la UE y la necesidad de que Turquía emprenda una serie de reformas económicas y políticas antes de que su solicitud se haga 'efectiva' . +Para poder establecer los compromisos adecuados entre los diferentes y complejos problemas a que se enfrenta actualmente el sistema del comercio internacional, parece fundamental que las conversaciones abarquen una agenda amplia que incluya desde las reducciones de los aranceles tradicionales hasta temas cruciales como el medio ambiente y normas de trabajo, además de aspectos nuevos como la competencia y la inversión. +Por esta razón se espera que el Consejo, durante la Presidencia finlandesa, llegue a conclusiones para su realización y por la que el Consejo da la bienvenida a la intención de la Comisión de presentar, tan pronto como sea posible, una propuesta para un nuevo plan de acción que fomente la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres y para asegurar que éste se seguirá aplicando cuando quede sin vigor el actual. +También contamos a estos efectos con el artículo 13 del Tratado sobre la Unión Europea, pero cuando se trata de casos concretos tenemos que tener en cuenta que la Unión no tiene policía propia, sino que la responsabilidad sobre la seguridad de los ciudadanos recae en los gobiernos y en las fuerzas del orden de cada país. +Según el artículo 48 de los estatutos del BCE, los Estados miembros que no están incluidos en la zona del euro tendrán que pagar un porcentaje más bajo del que les correspondería, si así lo decide la Junta Directiva del BCE, en concepto de participación en los gastos de funcionamiento del BCE. +Será una cantidad enorme, ya se trate de Dinamarca o de otro país, y este máximo se fija, bien entendido, mediante decisión por mayoría del Consejo sobre la base de una propuesta del Consejo de Gobierno, que asimismo toma sus decisiones por mayoría, ya que cada país tiene el peso de votación, al que le autoriza su aportación. +La cuestión tiene así una solución política - no veo posible la solución bélica- y de este modo ahora tenemos la oportunidad de ayudar a Rusia, que en cualquier caso se halla en una situación política difícil, prestando ayuda para encontrar una solución y conseguir unas negociaciones relativas a la cuestión de Chechenia. +El ejército ruso ha entrado en el territorio de la república y ha invadido, según sus propias versiones, un tercio del territorio de la misma ocasionando muertes, destrucción y el éxodo masivo de más de 100.000 refugiados -mujeres, niños y ancianos- que están acogidos en la vecina Ingushetia, cuyo Presidente habla ya de catástrofe humanitaria y pide una ayuda internacional que no acaba de llegar. +No sé si, además de los resultados conseguidos por la judicatura italiana últimamente, habrán o no habrán otros escenarios como los que, lamentablemente, nos hemos acostumbrado a ver a través de los avatares judiciales de Ustica en estos años; sin embargo, hoy nos encontramos ante una sentencia que propone la hipótesis de un concurso de aviones de varios países en el accidente de Ustica de 27 de junio de 1980. +Pocos minutos después del desastre los aviones militares y los servicios secretos de los países implicados en la operación militar - los italianos en primer lugar - ponían en marcha una gigantesca y vergonzosa operación para ocultar, por no decir, destruir las pruebas a fin de impedir que la autoridad judicial descubriera qué fue lo que sucedió realmente en el cielo de Ustica. +Por consiguiente, quisiera dirigir finalmente una llamada al Consejo para que fije la posición común sobre estos proyectos de directiva con la mayor rapidez posible, con tanta amplitud como sea posible, naturalmente, sobre la base de las enmiendas de este Parlamento en la primera lectura, a fin de presentar la posición común en segunda lectura al Parlamento. +El derramamiento de combustible se debía a que las tapas de los depósitos de combustible no estaban bien instaladas, y la Directiva que el Parlamento tiene ahora ante sí, con las enmiendas hechas por el Parlamento en segunda lectura con miras a dar mayor rigor a esas disposiciones, se ocupa de esta cuestión exigiendo que los depósitos de combustible de los vehículos de motor posean mecanismos de cierre apropiados para que la tapa esté siempre bien ajustada. +Sobre la base de esta orientación y del conocimiento de los que serán todos los parámetros examinados desde un punto de vista exquisitamente técnico, pido, si es posible, que el Parlamento y, en particular, la comisión, sean informados y sobre todo pido si es posible que la Comisión nos informe sobre cuál va a ser el curso que se dará a la aplicación de esta directiva desde el punto de vista exquisitamente técnico. +Esto se debe -conviene resaltarlo-al siguiente motivo: los desembolsos necesarios, particularmente en el caso de la política estructural, se incrementarán el próximo año como resultado de los compromisos suscritos en años anteriores y la Comisión coincide plenamente con el Parlamento en que no es posible consignar montantes inferiores a los necesarios para cubrir los compromisos ya suscritos. +Yo confío en que, sobre la base del trabajo previo realizado por todas las instituciones y sobre todo de los presentes informes del Parlamento, conseguiremos alcanzar, a través de un proceso de negociación adecuado y abierto, un acuerdo sobre el Presupuesto 2000 que haga justicia a nuestra gran responsabilidad política en el ámbito de la política europea. +En efecto la política no es un juego entre la Comisión, el Consejo y el Parlamento, que practiquemos en interés propio, sino que nuestra finalidad es crear las mejores condiciones posibles para el desarrollo de la Unión Europea y para ofrecer unas condiciones favorables a las personas para las que trabajamos. +En tercer lugar, el mantenimiento de la estabilidad de los precios sirve a los intereses de justicia social y ayuda a proteger a los miembros más débiles de nuestra sociedad, como pensionistas y desempleados, que dependan de unos ingresos fijos y no puedan protegerse de los costes de la inflación con otros bienes, por ejemplo propiedades o acciones. +En este contexto, yo quisiera recordarle a la Sra. Randzio-Plath que el Tratado expresa de manera muy clara que el primer objetivo del Banco Central Europeo es la estabilidad de los precios y que sólo podrá intentar alcanzar los demás objetivos cuando ello no ponga en peligro dicha estabilidad de los precios, y también que la estabilidad de los precios tiene en sí misma -tal como ha manifestado el Presidente- efectos sociales y económicos positivos +Así mismo, mi Gobierno impulsó la aprobación de un nuevo Código Penal Militar que incluye avances sustanciales en cuanto a la competencia de los tribunales civiles para juzgar a los militares en crímenes como el genocidio, la desaparición forzosa y la tortura, y firmamos el Estatuto del Tribunal Penal Internacional. +El tan proclamado espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia no es otra cosa que la afirmación de un concepto burocrático y represivo de la política en el cual se habla tanto de seguridad y poco de libertad y de justicia, como lo demuestran la densa serie de conferencias intergubernamentales, Dublín, Europol, Eurodac, Eurojust y la asistencia mutua en materia judicial que excluyen el control democrático del Parlamento, así como de la Comisión y del Tribunal de Justicia. +Contra la idea de que nuestra Unión debe ser exclusiva o principalmente de carácter económico, el Consejo, en la línea que el Parlamento venía ya defendiendo desde hacía mucho, pasó a ocuparse de los ciudadanos, de su libertad de circulación, de su seguridad y del reconocimiento del derecho a la justicia, derechos que se deben reconocer no sólo a los ciudadanos de la Unión, sino también a todos cuantos por diversas circunstancias se encuentren legalmente en nuestro territorio. +Así y todo, quisiera recomendar a la Comisión - no sé si está aquí el señor Comisario Liikanen pero, de todos modos, ya lo discutimos en el debate general - cierta urgencia en el caso de que se tuviese que presentar una normativa marco concerniente a todas las materias, a fin de abordar, orgánica y exhaustivamente, un asunto tan delicado desde el punto de vista institucional. +La Cumbre especial de Tampere, al tiempo que se ha centrado en la política de inmigración y asilo, también ha tratado seriamente el tema del tráfico de seres humanos que no ha dejado de crecer durante los últimos años. +En enero tendremos la propuesta final sobre el observatorio, sobre la que me reservo el derecho a debatir con el Parlamento Europeo para ver si debe haber un observatorio para las pequeñas y medianas empresas, que los informe sobre lo que va a suceder, y que también tenga sentido de conexión a nivel nacional de los observatorios locales para que las empresas estén todo lo preparadas que puedan para los cambios futuros. +Éste es un principio que debe aplicarse incluso en el caso de que las ayudas se presten a una empresa no comunitaria, en cuyo caso se considera que un acuerdo de cooperación con el país de la empresa, allí donde no existiera, no solo puede definir e integrar mejor las intervenciones de la Unión en favor de ese país, sino que, en la nueva deseable contingencia, puede facilitar la ejecución de dicha sanción. +Y pienso que, realmente, tenemos cosas que aprender de los Estados Unidos de América en el tema de la estabilidad monetaria o en el tema de la utilización de altas tecnologías y de funcionamientos rápidos a este nivel; pero por supuesto, existe una gran diferencia en Europa: el modelo cultural, social e histórico de Europa está basado en las potencias sociales poderosas y en el equilibrio entre la sociedad y la economía. +Señor Presidente, en primer lugar quisiera decir, en nombre de mi Grupo, que estamos muy decepcionados por el hecho de que no se haya incluido en la resolución un llamamiento a todos los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea y a todos los países candidatos para que apoyen la nueva propuesta de coalición en el orden del día que está sobre la mesa de la 55ª Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0038/1999) en nombre de la Comisión de Cultura, Juventud, Educación, Medios de Comunicación y Deporte, sobre la posición común del Consejo [13175/1/1999 - C5-0022/1999 - 1998/0197(COD)] con vistas a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establece el programa de acción comunitario "Juventud" (Ponente: Sra. Gröner). +El Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos, en todo el proceso de elaboración del presupuesto, ha defendido con energía las ideas de solidaridad y de compromiso de la Unión con respecto a los más desfavorecidos, a fin de satisfacer el objetivo de erradicación de la pobreza. +Si los enormes recursos destinados a las pruebas nucleares y al armamentismo se liberan y se canalizan hacia inversiones productivas en la dirección de la cohesión económica y social, hacia la educación, la cultura y la protección del medio ambiente, pueden reforzar los factores de reconciliación y coexistencia pacífica de los pueblos y contribuir al reforzamiento de los lazos de reprocidad y de cooperación paritaria. +Así, pues, hemos de señalar los peligros que de ello se desprenden y ahí tenemos también ahora nuevas e inevitables consecuencias, en particular las exigencias de que haya más pescadores marroquíes en las embarcaciones comunitarias, la licencia de pesca restrictivamente relacionada con nuevas empresas mixtas, la obligación del desembarco del pescado en los puertos marroquíes, además de concesiones en la esfera agrícola, etc. +Y el Comisario no acaba de llegar a la Comisión, es un Comisario que procede de la Comisión anterior y precisamente con la misma cartera y el mismo expediente, por lo que tiene una responsabilidad específica y política propia y muy concreta no sólo en la resolución de este problema, sino también en la de los problemas planteados hasta que se concrete nuevamente el acuerdo. +Mi Grupo político desea que haya un acuerdo justo y equilibrado con el Reino de Marruecos por parte de la Unión Europea, pero también pensamos que, para evitar estos mercadeos periódicos que generan enormes angustias y situaciones difíciles para los pescadores, el futuro acuerdo debería quedar consolidado en el marco del Acuerdo de asociación. +Pero toda esta discusión evidencia la necesidad de un organismo independiente que se ocupe de la normativa alimentaria en la UE, que evite la influencia indebida de los órganos nacionales, muy a menudo condicionados por un interés personal, y que controle las prácticas correspondientes en toda la Unión Europea. +En Italia la concertación entre los interlocutores sociales y los Gobiernos se ha convertido en un pacto entre los representantes de los intereses constituidos - sindicales, patronales, políticos - dirigidos a defender los intereses constituidos y las rentas en lugar de la posibilidad de conseguir un espacio en la nueva economía de los parados y de todos aquellos que no están representados en la concertación. +Exigirles que trabajen un promedio de 60 horas a la semana durante un período de cuatro semanas es una explotación, por una parte, de esos jóvenes individuos que tienen que cumplir con sus prácticas para obtener su título profesional y, por otra, de todos nosotros, del público, que tenemos que consultar a esos jóvenes médicos en prácticas en los servicios de asistencia y de urgencia. +En el Reino Unido, por ejemplo, las propuestas son más avanzadas que esta directiva y han sido acogidas con beneplácito por Andrew Hobart, presidente del comité de médicos auxiliares, quien dice que está encantado con que se haya logrado un acuerdo sobre un nuevo contrato para los médicos auxiliares que garantizará por adelantado una jornada laboral segura en el Reino Unido. +Por lo que se refiere más fundamentalmente a la pregunta política formulada sobre Chechenia, es evidente que comparto con Sus Señorías las mismas interrogaciones, las mismas angustias, pero la cuestión planteada es la siguiente: hasta el presente, la Unión Europea no ha suspendido ni reducido sus relaciones diplomáticas con Rusia, porque pensamos que siempre tiene que haber cauces de diálogo con Rusia para transmitir nuestros mensajes, incluidos los relativos a nuestra inquietud por lo que está ocurriendo en Chechenia. +Todavía hoy se tiene la idea de que el mercado interior es un asunto de multinacionales, de grandes empresas, de burócratas, de Bruselas, de tecnócratas que están lejos de las preocupaciones de las gentes de a pie, de muchas iniciativas que se apilan unas sobre otras sin orden ni concierto, sin idea conductora que, en muchos casos, son percibidas como una pesadumbre más en la ya pesada carga de vivir en una comunidad desarrollada o de tener un pequeño o un mediano negocio. +Y en este sentido quisiera resaltar que la Comisión tendrá mucho gusto en escuchar cada año en las fechas apropiadas las observaciones y las ideas del Parlamento Europeo cuando llegue la hora de examinar detenidamente y seguir desarrollando los objetivos concretos en el marco del ciclo anual. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0040/1999) sobre la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de una directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a la información sobre el consumo de combustible facilitada al consumidor al comercializar vehículos de turismo nuevos (5617/2/1999 -C5-0037/1999 - 1998/0272(COD)) (Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política de los Consumidores) (Ponente: Sr. Sterckx) +Pero entonces, por coherencia, nuestro Parlamento tendría que reconsiderar la decisión que su mayoría juzgó que debía adoptar acerca de un Grupo que había respetado la independencia de voto de sus miembros y la había hecho figurar en su reglamento interno, lo que no excluye la existencia de afinidades políticas en el sentido del citado artículo 29. +Si decidimos posponer este asunto -como opinaba la mayoría en la Conferencia de Presidentes-, una de las tareas a realizar desde ahora hasta diciembre, será la de solicitar al Presidente del Tribunal de Cuentas que emprenda una amplia investigación, para saber si la filtración se produjo en el Tribunal de Cuentas o en alguna otra institución. +Señora Presidenta, el proyecto legislativo sometido a debate resulta muy significativo desde el punto de vista de la protección medioambiental, puesto que afecta directamente a la calidad del aire respirable, es decir, al contenido de dióxido de nitrógeno y al ozono resultante, afecta todo ello al grado de acidez y al nivel de entropización. +Señor Presidente, en momentos en que se celebra el décimo aniversario de esta Convención, en cuyo texto se reconoce al niño como sujeto singular, y se le atribuyen derechos propios (derecho a la vida, derecho a la identidad y a una familia, derecho de expresión, derecho de ser alimentado y educado), sabemos muy bien que en nuestro continente, cada treinta segundos se maltrata, viola o descuartiza y adoctrina a un niño, víctima de unas políticas inadecuadas, de cambios familiares y económicos, y víctima también del hecho de que no apliquemos esta Convención internacional. +En lo que respecta al primero, a los derechos fundamentales, en el seno de la Unión, de conformidad con el artículo 6 del Tratado, estamos obligados a respetar los derechos fundamentales y, específicamente, las libertades y los derechos fundamentales del hombre, tal como resultan de las tradiciones constitucionales comunes a nuestros Estados miembros. +Sobre los fallos de seguridad en Bohunice no necesitamos debatir, sólo me permito destacar los tres puntos más importantes: sigue sin haber ningún reemplazo para el hormigón armado que falta, no existe ninguna reducción de la presión u otros sistemas de seguridad. La modernización no es suficiente desde un punto de vista sismológico. +Señorías, en el año 1994 se tomaron una serie de decisiones -precisamente para conceder ayudas a distintas compañías europeas- con objeto de llevar a cabo una reestructuración de las mismas que permitiera, por un lado, su eventual privatización pero, en cualquier caso, terminara de una vez con las subvenciones y ayudas de Estado que, de alguna manera, distorsionaban el mercado único y la libre competencia entre los distintos actores en el mercado aéreo liberalizado. +La Comisión Europea ha indicado por lo demás a los países candidatos en diversas ocasiones el papel tan importante que pueden desempeñar los interlocutores sociales en el proceso de adhesión y ha recordado al mismo tiempo que tener más en cuenta los problemas sociales presupone que se desarrolle el diálogo social en los países candidatos. +Señora Presidenta, para terminar, les diré muy brevemente que en estas cuatro últimas semanas he tenido muchos otros encuentros provechosos: con el Presidente de Colombia, que fue recibido también aquí en este Parlamento en sesión plenaria, con el Presidente de Letonia, con el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Chipre, para tratar de ver el modo de impulsar las reuniones que van a empezar seguramente el 3 de diciembre en Nueva York. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0062/1999) del Sr. Schwaiger, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la comunicación de la Comisión al Consejo y al Parlamento Europeo - El Planteamiento de la UE sobre la Ronda del Milenio de la OMC (COM(1999)331 - C5-0155/1999 - 1999/2149(COS)). +A mi parecer, con él ha conseguido transmitir tres señales: una señal de la unidad de la Unión Europea, dirigida a nuestros interlocutores en todo el mundo; una señal del rostro humano de la globalización, dirigida a nuestra población; y una señal de la dimensión parlamentaria del proceso de la OMC, dirigida a nuestros ciudadanos. +La señora Barchawski, representante especial del presidente Clinton para el comercio, que ha conducido con éxito las batallas de Washington sobre el plátano, los OGM y la carne de vacuno americano, ha preguntado a los centros de negocios americanos, que le han proporcionado un documento de 31 páginas detallando los deseos de sus industrias. +Este proyecto tiene como objetivos centrar la atención en la violencia hacia la mujer, fortalecer las actitudes contrarias a la violencia, disminuir los casos de violencia, así como desarrollar y hacer más eficaces los servicios dirigidos a atender tanto a las víctimas, como a los autores de actos violentos. +Iniciamos esta nueva ronda de conversaciones con la ventaja de la sabiduría que da la experiencia y con el conocimiento de que los Estados Unidos, al llegar a su posición negociadora, al igual que en el pasado, habrán investigado el orden del día oculto sobre cómo establecer medios para desviarse de dicho acuerdo y ayudar a sus productores, mientras que al mismo tiempo exigen a Europa que cumpla fielmente con sus compromisos. +Señor Presidente, creo que la Ronda del Milenio es una ocasión importante para fomentar la apertura de los mercados internacionales a la competencia, para ampliar las garantías contra las prácticas dirigidas a evitar la competencia y para abordar por fin el tema de las inversiones. +Es importante que el Informe Schwaiger y este Parlamento reconozcan en la Organización Mundial del Comercio el foro apropiado para una negociación seria en materia de inversiones buscando la certeza y la transparencia del derecho para la protección de las inversiones, así como, obviamente, la tutela de las legislaciones estatales en materia social, medioambiental y cultural. +Si Europa y los Estados Unidos discuten ahora sobre los organismos genéticamente modificados y el uso de las hormonas y antibióticos en la industria ganadera, la mejora del acceso al mercado de los países en vías desarrollo y su participación en la economía mundial amenazan con pasar a un segundo plano. +Desde 1950 hasta 1970 el crecimiento económico mundial fue bastante paralelo a la expansión del comercio mundial, pero desde entonces el crecimiento económico ha ido creciendo únicamente a la mitad del ritmo de las exportaciones mundiales: por tanto, nada demuestra que un mayor comercio conduzca automáticamente a un mayor crecimiento económico. +Es preciso que esto se establezca claramente, al igual que también debe quedar claro que la codecisión del Parlamento Europeo en el ámbito de la política agraria en realidad no abarca, rigurosamente hablando, el conjunto de la legislación en materia de política agraria, sino sólo una pequeña parte de los 3.000 actos legislativos -unos 20 o 30 tal vez-, sin embargo se debe otorgar al Parlamento Europeo poder de codecisión en dichos ámbitos y también plenas competencias en relación con el presupuesto agrario. +Este programa parte del compromiso del PNUCD de financiar actividades de desarrollo en zonas específicas de cultivo de opio, y, como contrapartida, los talibanes han accedido a no permitir el cultivo de opio en nuevas zonas, a que el PNUCD supervise las cosechas de opio y a empezar a tomar medidas para luchar contra el tráfico ilegal de drogas y para destruir los laboratorios clandestinos. +Quisiera expresar también mi más sincero agradecimiento al Parlamento, y en particular a la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, de Justicia y de Asuntos Interiores, así como a la ponente, Sra. Giannakou-Koutsikou, por la calidad de su labor y por la velocidad con la que han recomendado la comunicación de la Comisión sobre la lucha contra la droga en el período 2000 a 2004. +Informe (A5-0059/1999) del Sr. Pirker, en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades, de Derechos de los Ciudadanos, Justicia y Asuntos Interiores, sobre la propuesta de Reglamento (CE) del Consejo relativo a la creación del sistema "Eurodac" para la comparación de las impresiones dactilares de los solicitantes de asilo y otros extranjeros (COM(1999) 260 - C5-0082/1999 - 1999/0116(CNS)) +No es más que la representante de los industriales y de los grupos financieros más poderosos de la Unión Europea, rivales de los trusts norteamericanos o japoneses en la imposición de sacrificios onerosos al planeta, pero todos están exclusivamente preocupados por aumentar sus ganancias, en detrimento de los trabajadores de sus propios países y de los pueblos de los países pobres. +. (NL) Por la presente la delegación neerlandesa del PSE declara no poder apoyar el Informe PIRKER, que se ha aprobado hoy, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo relativa a la creación del sistema "Eurodac" para la comparación de las impresiones dactilares de los solicitantes de asilo y otros extranjeros. +En Irlanda varios gobiernos sucesivos han manifestado a varios gobiernos del Reino Unido su inquietud por la tasa de accidentes en las instalaciones nucleoeléctricas de Gran Bretaña, particularmente la tasa de accidentes en la planta de Sellafield, situada en la costa occidental del Reino Unido que es la menos poblada, pero solamente a unas cuantas millas de nuestra costa oriental, que es la más poblada. +Por último, conviene reafirmar que las decisiones relativas al proceso de independencia de Timor Oriental incumben a su pueblo, con respeto de su soberanía, por lo que las decisiones sobre su presente y su futuro deben ser adoptadas en estrecha colaboración con el Consejo Nacional de la Resistencia Timorense y no incumbe a las organizaciones internacionales substituir al pueblo de Timor Oriental, sino -eso sí- darle todo el apoyo necesario. +Por lo que se refiere a los procedimientos judiciales de un Estado soberano, la Comisión Europea seguirá vigilando para conseguir que el Sr. Nikitin sea objeto de un juicio imparcial y público basado en los principios del Convenio Europeo para la Protección de los Derechos Humanos y en la Constitución Rusa. +El golpe militar en Pakistán merece una condena inequívoca y tajante. Pedimos a los dirigentes que restauren el Estado de derecho y el orden constitucional y que mediante la instauración de un gobierno civil de transición y de acuerdo con un calendario previamente establecido celebren elecciones y restablezcan la legitimidad parlamentaria. +Hay pruebas de que la delincuencia organizada ha encontrado un negocio fácil y lucrativo con el tráfico ilegal de seres humanos, que a menudo están dispuestos a pagar lo que habían ahorrado durante toda su vida a fin de poder entrar en los países occidentales ricos, con la esperanza de poder iniciar una nueva vida. +Y ahora el Sr. Newton Dunn, con el pretexto de que el Parlamento no puede influir tanto en la tercera columna como en su base jurídica, ha planteado cambiar ésta, y para ello ha limitado el grupo de referencia correspondiente a aquellos afectados por la política de seguridad de la primera columna de la Unión Europea. +El especial empecinamiento del BEI en cuestiones de control público y transparencia propició que el ECOFIN manifestase lo siguiente el 8.10.1999, y cito textualmente: "teniendo en cuenta la importante tarea financiera que el Tratado y una serie de reglamentos comunitarios otorgan al Banco Europeo de Inversiones debería este mantener una posición ejemplar en la lucha contra el fraude y permitir a la OLAF realizar las investigaciones pertinentes si se diera el caso. +El ponente Manuel Medina ha explicado de forma rigurosa y con todo lujo de argumentos jurídicos cómo Canarias se ha venido defendiendo desde hace siglos, dentro del contexto español, con distintos mecanismos que permitieron a aquellas islas distantes superar las circunstancias negativas a las que antes me he referido, y con el ingenio, el tesón y el esfuerzo de sus hombres y mujeres resistir primero y luego irse constituyendo poco a poco en sociedades razonablemente modernas y prósperas. +Entonces se fijó un período transitorio de diez años para que la integración de la economía canaria en el mundo comunitario no fuese traumática para algunos sectores productivos locales y, de facto, se estableció, entre otros aspectos, un arbitrio sobre la producción y sobre las importaciones, el APIM, con objeto de proteger la integración de las pequeñas industrias básicas canarias en el territorio aduanero comunitario. +Habrá que vigilar muy atentamente para que las próximas negociaciones de la OMC permitan poner fin a las prácticas inaceptables de dumping que llevan a cabo algunos países, y que no pongan en peligro a un sector que está sometido a una intensa competencia mundial, ya que da trabajo a mucha mano de obra difícilmente automatizable y sometida, por lo tanto, a fuertes presiones a favor del desplazamiento hacia países en los que los costes de la mano de obra son muy inferiores a los existentes en la Unión Europea. +Y lo que quisiera pedir al Gobierno del Estado español y a los partidos políticos españoles desde este foro es la misma altura de miras que han tenido los británicos e irlandeses, para que podamos todos encontrar un camino de paz y una solución para el conflicto vasco, que es tan europeo como el conflicto de Irlanda del Norte. +Y tampoco hay que olvidar, naturalmente, el componente represivo y en ese ámbito el Comisario encargado de los asuntos relativos al tercer pilar, es decir, el de las políticas de interior, va a brindar los planes y programas ya existentes para sensibilizar a las fuerzas del orden y la justicia sobre esa lucha antidopaje. +Señor Napolitano, quisiera tranquilizarle también en cuanto a la propuesta de llevar a cabo unos trabajos preparatorios de acompañamiento, e insisto en la palabra acompañamiento, puesto que respecto al tema de la revisión de los Tratados existen aspectos técnicos muy precisos y específicos, no podemos ser acusados de no haber planteado una visión profunda, un análisis completo de estos aspectos. +(A5-0071/1999) del Sr. Morillon, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativo a las acciones encaminadas a lograr el desarrollo económico y social de Turquía (COM(1998) 600 - C4-0670/1998 - 1998/0300(COD)); +El Viceprimer Ministro turco Bahceli, del MHP, declaró a propósito de la ratificación de la condena de muerte de Ocalan -quizá esto sólo se publica en la prensa alemana- que no se debía alentar una injerencia aún mayor de Europa en los asuntos turcos y el Presidente Ecevit manifestó que no estaba obligado a aceptar una posible decisión del Tribunal de Estrasburgo. +Bastante significativamente, los llamamientos del ponente y otros colegas, que han presentado enmiendas dirigidas a Turquía a fin de buscar finalmente el camino cierta y difícilmente transitable hacia un Estado democrático de Derecho, coinciden con nuestras objeciones de principio respecto de la confirmación del carácter de candidato a Ankara ¿Por qué no juega limpio ahora la Unión Europea? +Indignados por la ratificación de la condena a pena de muerte del presidente Ocalan y unidos a la hora de pedir un gesto al Gobierno turco, la moratoria de la condena a pena de muerte, es probable que se suspenda la sentencia, a pesar de la grave decisión del Gobierno de no responder a la solicitud del Tribunal de Estrasburgo. +La segunda directiva derivada en el marco de la mejora de la calidad del aire ambiente en Europa también debe cumplir, obviamente, igual que las directivas anteriores, los siguientes objetivos, a saber: la definición y concreción a escala europea de objetivos en materia de calidad del aire ambiente y el establecimiento de criterios de evaluación de la calidad del aire basados en métodos uniformes. +En relación con los acuerdos ya firmados, o que se están discutiendo, sobre disminución de las emisiones de dióxido de carbono de los turismos, la Comisión ha señalado en reiteradas oportunidades que va a considerar la posibilidad de dictar normas sobre valores máximos para esas emisiones si la industria automovilística no cumple con sus compromisos. +. (EN) Señor Presidente, señoras y señores, para comenzar quisiera expresar mi agradecimiento a la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural y, naturalmente, a su ponente, el Sr. Pesälä, por haber enfocado con un talante tan positivo la propuesta de la Comisión, y la Comisión agradece la buena acogida que ha tenido su propuesta. +No estamos, por tanto, ante un debate cualquiera sino ante uno que afecta a uno de los cuatro pilares de la política pesquera comunitaria, y desearía que dicho debate sea tan fructífero y responsable como el que hemos tenido en la Comisión de Pesca, ya que el informe, cuya aprobación solicito, ha sido el fruto de un compromiso muy trabajado entre los Grupos políticos y los distintos intereses sectoriales y nacionales. +Una de las cosas más notables acerca de la pesca es que, mientras que los pescadores se han visto en dificultades y los puestos de trabajo se han reducido, el consumidor se ha encontrado con que en Europa el precio del pescado, casi único como producto alimentario, ha aumentado sin cesar a través de los años. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0085/1999) de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior sobre la propuesta de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Decisión de 19 de diciembre de 1996 por la que se adopta un programa de acción para la aduana en la Comunidad "Aduana 2000" ) y que revoca la Decisión 91/341/CEE (9601/1/1999 - C5-0183/1999-1998/0314(COD)) +Cierto que sigue planteado el problema de los siniestros acaecidos en terceros países. Confío en que se consiga encontrar una solución respetando el planteamiento del Parlamento que quiere ampliar el ámbito de aplicación de la directiva a estos casos y, al mismo tiempo, dejando a salvo las preocupaciones del Consejo en orden al respeto de los principios del Derecho internacional privado. +Quería simplemente comprobar si habrá una oportunidad para examinar esta cuestión otro día de esta semana, porque una de las cosas que no se han examinado en este Parlamento es el papel que las industrias de armamento están desempeñando en el proceso de paz de Irlanda del Norte. +La Presidencia pide que los departamentos jurídicos de la Comisión y del Consejo informen en equipo, todavía durante el curso de esta semana, sobre los puntos de vista jurídicos de la cuestión. La Comisión tiene derecho de iniciativa en este asunto y el Consejo adopta la decisión definitiva. +Para poder financiar estas necesidades adicionales durante los próximos años y no rebasar, sobre todo, el marco general acordado en Berlín para los próximos años, tal vez sea necesaria una modificación, una revisión de las perspectivas financieras; así lo exige justamente la incorporación de nuevas prioridades sin dejar de mantener la disciplina presupuestaria. +Asunto: Acción de la UE contra el tráfico de material ABQ Pese a los graves indicios de tráfico de materiales apropiados para la construcción de armas atómicas, bacteriológicas y químicas (ABQ), no se emprenden iniciativas sustanciales para combatir el problema, mientras que los debates celebrados al respecto por las más diversas partes y los acuerdos de control de materiales ABQ se revelan insuficientes. +Mi Grupo apoyó su estrategia, que pretendía situar al Consejo ante sus responsabilidades: o bien conseguíamos los medios financieros que permitieran respetar nuestros compromisos políticos, o bien recurríamos al artículo 272 del Tratado, que nos autoriza a determinar nosotros mismos -indudablemente dentro de unos límites estrictos- los gastos no obligatorios. +En el marco del programa de acción sobre el cambio climático, que anuncié a esta Asamblea en octubre, el trabajo de la Comisión se centra actualmente en la creación de una lista de medidas prioritarias en el ámbito del cambio climático que será presentada al Consejo de Medio Ambiente en marzo. +Ahora bien, objetivamente hablando -podríamos decir desde la perspectiva de quien observa la batalla desde un segundo plano- es cierto que se ha progresado en la deliberación acerca de la designación de los grupos de trabajo. Pero por otra parte, no se ha logrado avance alguno en el ámbito principal, que es el del problema de los derechos de emisión y las emisiones en sí. +En la resolución se señalan muchos pasos que podrían conducir a hacer realidad el protocolo de Kioto si Europa asumiese el lierazgo: reducción de las emisiones en el ámbito nacional, planes concretos para la reducción de las emisiones en los principales sectores, especialmente en el industrial, en el que las emisiones aumentan más rápidamente, adopción de medidas de carácter económico, rápida ratificación del protocolo de Kioto e intensificación del diálogo entre Japón y los países en vías de desarrollo. +La Unión Europea considera muy importante que en Macao se apliquen completamente el Tratado de la ONU sobre los derechos económicos, sociales y educacionales y el Tratado sobre los derechos cívicos y políticos, así como las normas laborales básicas ratificadas por los tratados generales de la Organización Mundial del Trabajo. +Y lo mismo hay que decir también en cuanto al principio de autonomía y a los actuales sistemas económico y social de Macao, así como, en un plano más amplio, a las relaciones de la Unión Europea con aquella zona del Extremo Oriente, dado que la experiencia encierra virtualidades que pueden ser de extraordinaria relevancia en esa parte del mundo. +Para eso, en particular en nombre de mi Grupo de los Verdes/Alianza Libre Europea, y sumándonos a la resolución conjunta, quiero subrayar la necesidad de que se salvaguarde la autonomía de Macao consolidando su sociedad civil y la democracia con libertad de asociación política, manteniendo abierta la Unión a los habitantes del territorio y fortaleciendo las relaciones comerciales mediante él. +En las señales duraderas que cabe subrayar en este momento de transición está la absoluta singularidad de Macao, la abierta tolerancia cultural entre pueblos y culturas, la libertad religiosa, trazos de simbiosis específica y una cultura jurídica moldeada con los principios y valores del Estado de derecho y los derechos humanos. +El Consejo ha aceptado, igualmente, introducir una cláusula de revisión ligada a las consecuencias financieras de la adhesión de nuevos Estados miembros, que permitirá definir las repercusiones desde el punto de vista financiero de la ampliación en el marco de la codecisión, ya que el Parlamento tiene voz y voto en un estricto pie de igualdad con el Consejo. +¿Europa no hubiese debido empezar por exigir una reestructuración de la organización y de su funcionamiento, así como una delimitación más clara de su campo de competencias -dentro del respeto de los demás organismos y convenciones internacionales-, en particular en relación con el medio ambiente y los derechos sociales? +El Consejo ha ofrecido su apoyo al Embajador Eagleton, que es el representante especial en el Sáhara Occidental del Secretario General de la ONU, y el Consejo está dispuesto a fomentar una solución pacífica que se base en un examen profundo del próximo informe de la ONU. +Asunto: Acción de la UE contra el tráfico de material ABQ Pese a los graves indicios de tráfico de materiales apropiados para la construcción de armas atómicas, bacteriológicas y químicas (ABQ), no se emprenden iniciativas sustanciales para combatir el problema, mientras que los debates celebrados al respecto por las más diversas partes y los acuerdos de control de materiales ABQ se revelan insuficientes. +En este sentido, cuando la pregunta incluye también el aspecto de qué hace la Unión Europea con respecto a los países candidatos a la adhesión cuando en su territorio se trafica con esos materiales, o se encubren tales prácticas, lo que plantea justamente es qué compromiso político o qué compromisos políticos se va a imponer a estos países a fin de que avancen sus procesos de adhesión. +Quisiera saber si usted aprueba esta conducta del Consejo que supedita la aprobación del procedimiento simplificado en el marco de la codecisión a la condición de que el Parlamento no haga valer su derecho de modificar la propuesta que la Comisión presenta al Consejo, todo ello para concluir que si decidimos ejercer nuestro derecho nos excluimos del procedimiento de codecisión. +Tampoco podemos aceptar el argumento aducido por la Comisión de que el retraso en la presentación de su propuesta se debe a que el Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas aún no se ha pronunciado sobre la demanda presentada contra el Consejo con respecto al fundamento jurídico del Reglamento 820/97. +En Indonesia nuestra experiencia ha demostrado que en el régimen de la Orde Baru (Nuevo Orden), encabezado por Suharto y sus generales, que ocupó mi patria durante más de dos decenios, la metodología de represión y supresión fueron aplicados mediante la imposición de una doctrina, la Pancasila, que uniformizaba el pensamiento y, en consecuencia, la acción humana, en un intento de destruir la capacidad de pensar de forma individual, colectiva y sobre todo libre. +Por ello, los demócratas cristianos, que siempre hemos defendido la vía del diálogo y la reconciliación, queremos reiterar nuestra más enérgica condena de los actos de violencia y los atentados contra los derechos humanos que siguen perpetrándose y deplorar el retraso en el desarrollo del proceso de paz. +El Parlamento Europeo, siempre sensible a la causa de los derechos humanos, no puede permanecer impasible ante lo que es la mayor de las vulneraciones de estos derechos: las discriminaciones sistemáticas y la violencia de que la mujer es objeto hoy en Afganistán y de la que la ejecución pública de Zaarmeena no es más que una trágica muestra. +El pueblo nicaragüense, después de haber sufrido tantas catástrofes naturales, necesita ayuda urgentemente, pero una cooperación de la Unión Europea con el Gobierno de Nicaragua sólo es posible si se respetan las normas básicas de la democracia y los derechos humanos y si la administración de fondos está garantizada de acuerdo con las leyes. +El único sentido lógico de este artículo, gracias a la addenda hecha por el Consejo de Amsterdam, es el de considerar a todas las regiones insulares de la Unión entre las regiones menos favorecidas a causa de su handicap geográfico, fuente del aumento de los costes, por ejemplo, en los sectores de transporte o de la energía. +Por último y ya concluyendo, Señor Presidente, tengo curiosidad por conocer la postura de la Comisión frente a la enmienda 9ª relativa al secreto profesional de los asesores jurídicos, así como la postura que adoptará la Comisión frente al sector de distribución de automóviles cuando expire el reglamento de exención por categoría para este sector en el año 2002. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, es loable, desde luego, que la Comisión, y sobre todo su Comisario competente, el Sr. Van Miert -que no está entre nosotros, pero al que quiero decir, de todos modos, que no se puede manifiestamente reprocharle que haya perdido el control de su administración- vele por la aplicación idónea del Tratado para evitar toda distorsión de la competencia en el Mercado Único. +Quizás sería oportuno que la Presidencia enviara una nota a los diferentes Gobiernos nacionales, así como a los diferentes parlamentos nacionales a fin de señalar esta posible dificultad, es decir, un desequilibrio entre las decisiones del Parlamento Europeo y las eventuales decisiones sobre la incompatibilidad que podrían ser distintas de las que nosotros hemos tomado. +Desafortunadamente, me veo obligado a dirigirme a determinados sectores de este Parlamento con una última pregunta. ¿Cómo piensan defender los derechos de sus electores cuando se deciden a quitar protagonismo al derecho fundamental de petición, suprimiendo la comisión correspondiente, o cuando pretenden modificar el nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos sustituyéndolo por Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Consumidores? +El derecho de petición es una conquista muy importante en el ámbito de los derechos políticos de los ciudadanos y me parece útil recordar una vez más, al igual que el ponente, que este derecho ha encontrado su pleno reconocimiento en el Tratado de la Unión Europea. +La propia condescendencia de la ponente, al proponer la prórroga del plazo de aplicación de la informatización del régimen de tránsito hasta el 30 de junio del año 2003, el sistema TRANSIT, es algo que refleja muy negativamente la apreciación de los resultados hasta ahora obtenidos a ese respecto. +La explosión de los intercambios comerciales que va a conocer el mundo en los próximos años no se compadece con esos retrasos so pena de perjudicar gravemente los tesoros de la Unión, expoliados en medida importante de sus recursos propios más importantes: los derechos aduaneros, los derechos niveladores agrarios. +La tarea más importante de la UE en estos momentos es formular una solución política, detener la limpieza étnica, ayudar a los refugiados, poner fin al baño de sangre y emprender las acciones necesarias para permitir el regreso de estos refugiados. +En efecto, como lo señalan, por ejemplo, las organizaciones de consumidores, la legislación europea vigente en este ámbito privilegia la oferta, mientras que la dimensión de la demanda al servicio de los intereses de los consumidores y de las pequeñas empresas ocupa un lugar poco importante. +Señor Presidente, tras expresar mi condolencia por las víctimas del accidente y mi emoción por el valor de los equipos de rescate, quisiera detenerme en un punto que complementa lo manifestado por el Sr. Florio y que despierta las preocupaciones de las entidades locales y de los operadores económicos de las regiones de Saboya y del Valle de Aosta. +Señor Presidente, una de las cosas más tristes que he visto en estos últimos tiempos ha sido la imagen de los hijos de Rosemary Nelson que acompañaban su féretro a la tumba el mes pasado, después del brutal asesinato de que fue víctima esta defensora de los derechos humanos en Irlanda del Norte. +En el contexto actual, desearía hacer hincapié en el hecho de que la plantilla de la administración pública europea, que bien mirado resulta relativamente escasa -me refiero específicamente a la Comisión-, no ha seguido la curva exponencial de las tareas que le han sido confiadas desde la caída del Muro de Berlín. +En el mismo orden de ideas, sostengo la idea del Defensor del Pueblo en el sentido de sugerir que el Tratado CE mencione explícitamente las vías de que disponen los particulares para presentar recursos, así como las posibilidades de presentar reclamaciones a los Defensores del Pueblo nacionales. +Tienen razón en resaltar que las personas de edad disponen de un gran acervo de experiencia, sabiduría, formación y valores al que no podemos renunciar; que es necesario una reflexión general sobre determinadas expectativas de rol y actitudes tradicionales; que ha de producirse un cambio social de mentalidad con el objetivo de luchar contra las múltiples discriminaciones y exclusiones sociales que sufren las personas mayores dentro y fuera del ámbito laboral. +En el informe se señala la significación de la formación continua: de acuerdo con la propuesta de la Comisión, es preciso prestar más atención a las necesidades de los trabajadores más mayores en el marco de la formación a lo largo de toda la vida, que representa a su vez un elemento de la estrategia en materia de empleo. +Lamento, finalmente que la autocensura que ha presidido este informe -ha sido por propia voluntad, quizá no se podía haber hecho de otra forma- haya llevado al ponente a limitar su trabajo a cuestiones básicamente técnicas y, a menudo, de relumbrón, sin abordar las verdaderas cuestiones de fondo, de naturaleza política, que se plantean a nuestras economías y que habrá que abordar un día ante nuestros pueblos. +El abuso del dinero de los ciudadanos de la Unión daña la imagen de la Comunidad, los titulares de prensa sobre el tema debilitan el apoyo de la población a la integración y colocan los éxitos de la Unión en el último plano. +Ésta es la sugerencia que quisiera que este Parlamento aprobara, aunque al mismo tiempo quisiera alentar los estudios que están realizando para que sea una propuesta concreta y para que las nuevas perspectivas financieras y el nuevo presupuesto contengan un PM, una referencia precisa a este arma complementaria para nuestra política comercial común. +El objetivo en este caso no es el de ultimar un proyecto que siempre está evolucionando, sino contribuir a aclarar para los ciudadanos todo el sentido del complejo de documentos que hemos producido en forma de Tratados, las prioridades que tenemos para la Unión y los límites, porque, naturalmente, algunos están preocupados también por los excesos de la Unión. +Usted se ha referido al euro y le quiero recordar -aunque usted es economista y esto no puede sino sonarle a algo harto conocido- que, si antes de llevar a cabo una política monetaria común hubiéramos tenido la capacidad de realizar una economía política o una política económica, a lo mejor hoy el euro no se encontraría en inferioridad de condiciones respecto al dólar, condiciones que se registran en los mercados de todo el mundo. +Acojo con particular beneplácito la petición del ponente para que se conceda prioridad a las PYME, se refuercen las actividades de investigación e innovación y se fomente la protección medioambiental, la participación del sector terciario, las mejoras de la educación y la formación y la desaparición de la exclusión social. +Esperamos con interés los debates en el Consejo de Asuntos Generales, previsto para el final de este mes, con vistas a añadir ciertos elementos de esos grandes proyectos encaminados a hacer una contribución substancial a una estabilidad más duradera en los Balcanes Occidentales en el próximo siglo. +Hemos actuado tarde y mal, y la cuestión que, hoy, se nos plantea -lo decía el Sr. Dupuis con otras palabras- es que tenemos que darnos cuenta de que ha llegado el momento de una iniciativa de información masiva, de bombardear con información al pueblo serbio, para que también el pueblo serbio pueda decir que nosotros tenemos la razón y la fuerza, nosotros y no Milosevic. +Si así fuera el caso, los miembros del Consejo deberían recibir el mismo sueldo, y también los miembros de las embajadas de los países comunitarios e incluso los expertos sin tener en cuenta si representan a una organización agraria de un país rico o de un país pobre. +Doy a ello mucha importancia porque tratamos el informe sobre la aplicación de gravámenes para la utilización de carreteras, porque el Tribunal Europeo de Justicia ha declarado nula la primera directiva por fallos legales, o sea por la falta de participación por parte del Parlamento, y ha mantenido sus efectos sólo hasta que haya una nueva decisión. +Pero aquí se ha logrado un consenso con Suiza que la abre, que la adhiere a la integración europea, también en lo que se refiere a la política de transporte, pero al mismo tiempo se deja claro, que los principios de una política de transporte que proteja al medio ambiente se hace viable con la introducción de la viñeta europea, con la desviación del transporte por carretera al transporte por ferrocarril. +Bajo este punto de vista me alegra que la comisión correspondiente también haya llegado a la conclusión de rechazar la inclusión de un plazo de reflexión, que en mi opinión es un disparate tanto jurídico como práctico, y en vez de ello haya introducido un derecho general de revocación. +Es cierto que la globalización de los mercados y la difusión de las nuevas tecnologías de tratamiento de la comunicación y de la información han desencadenado cambios económicos y sociales que están revolucionando la manera en que los mercados sirven a los consumidores, al tiempo que estos cambios han transformado las expectativas de estos. +Para definir un alimento como destinado a la alimentación especial, debe cumplir ciertas necesidades nutricionales específicas para ciertas categorías de personas, que no pueden ingerir alimentos corrientes, bien porque tienen problemas digestivos o de metabolismo bien porque por su estado fisiológico les resulta especialmente beneficiosa la ingesta controlada de ciertas sustancias que se hallan en los alimentos. +Igualmente, la posibilidad de invitar a reflexionar al Parlamento Europeo antes de rechazar definitivamente una propuesta ha dejado de ser necesaria dada la posibilidad de comenzar el debate político entre los grupos políticos y las instituciones en la primera lectura. +Tercero: la puesta en marcha del euro, en la que hemos participado de modo activo y constructivo, cuidando de que el paso a la nueva moneda no se hiciera a costa de los consumidores, velando por que los nuevos directivos del Banco Central Europeo tuviesen la preparación e independencia necesarias, y obteniendo para el Parlamento de todos los europeos una información adecuada en materia de política monetaria. +En cualquier caso, observaremos muy atentamente el resultado de la cumbre y veremos cómo se realiza la división de tareas entre los Estados nacionales y el nivel europeo en lo referente a la política de empleo, para que no surja una impresión errónea de responsabilidad europea en el lugar erróneo. +Aquí se incluye un sólido marco financiero hasta el 2006, reformas sustanciales de la Política Agrícola Común y de la política estructural así como modificaciones de la resolución sobre recursos propios que tienen más en cuenta la capacidad financiera de los Estados miembros y contribuyen a una distribución más justa de las cargas. +Estaba decidida a votar a favor de la investidura del Sr. Prodi como Presidente de la Comisión, satisfecha tanto de la rapidez como de la eficacia con las que el Consejo tomó la decisión así como de la estatura europea de un hombre que había dirigido, con brío y conocimientos, un gobierno italiano de izquierdas en unas condiciones difíciles conduciendo a Italia a la UEM. +Creo que es obligado en este momento hacer un breve recordatorio del emplazamiento y de la misión histórica que supone la ampliación, no sólo en la Agenda 2000 sino también para la Unión Europea, en la medida en que los pueblos de la Europa central y oriental y también del Mediterráneo, la mayor parte de los cuales han recobrado la libertad no hace mucho, quieren asociarse a nuestra aventura histórica colectiva. +Por ejemplo: domeñar el hasta entonces desaforado crecimiento del gasto agrícola; consolidar y desarrollar la política de cohesión, fundamental para la convergencia económica y para la solidaridad política; integrar en el presupuesto comunitario acontecimientos como la reunificación alemana; abrir una brecha en las competencias del Consejo en el ámbito de los gastos obligatorios. +Esta suspensión de hecho de los acuerdos sobre la libre circulación de ciudadanos reviste una gravedad que, sin duda, no se le escapa, no obstante, su prudencia en materia de competencias entre las Instituciones -que puedo comprender- no le exime de dar una respuesta política: ¿La Unión Europea puede aceptar que 3.000 ciudadanos sean retenidos con pretextos policiales con el fin de impedirles ejercer sus plenos derechos de ciudadanos europeos? +Si no se puede demostrar que estas normas más rigurosas están justificadas, se considerará una traba comercial técnica y ahora se dice expresamente en la nueva garantía medioambiental que si puede demostrarse que la norma más rigurosa que un país quiera adoptar redunda de hecho en beneficio de los consumidores, la UE deberá asumir el conjunto normativo. +Desde que se aplica desde finales de 1996 el programa «petróleo por alimentos», los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea han ostentado la presidencia en la comisión de sanciones contra Iraq del Consejo de Seguridad y siempre se han pronunciado a favor de una aplicación flexible y una mejora continua del programa. +Con su participación activa en los debates en la fase previa a las elecciones, los ciudadanos argelinos han demostrado la gran importancia que conceden a un proceso electoral transparente y pluralista, tal como han anunciado las autoridades argelinas. Habían prometido unas elecciones así. +En la última comprobación relativa a las condiciones del 9 de noviembre de 1998, el Consejo llegó a la conclusión de que Croacia debe seguir percibiendo preferencias comerciales autónomas pero que aún no se han cumplido las condiciones para la ayuda del programa PHARE y que las negociaciones sobre un Acuerdo de Comercio y Cooperación serían aún demasiado precipitadas. +Primero, en la agricultura, por mantener el carácter comunitario de la política agrícola, a pesar de la intensa presión que se ejerció para aprobar medidas de cofinanciación.-Segundo, por las acciones estructurales, es decir, por que se mantenga una mayor ayuda per cápita de los Fondos estructurales y del Fondo de Cohesión para los países de la cohesión. +Señor Presidente, yo diría que el principal mérito de la Comisión de Pesca consistió, hace un año, en presentar las propuestas de la Agenda 2000, diagnosticar rápidamente los graves fallos que había en las propuestas sobre política estructural pesquera e, inmediatamente, elaborar una estrategia que fuera defendida seriamente por todos los ponentes de opinión, así como, por supuesto, por el Sr. Arias Cañete, ponente para el fondo. +En primer lugar, no solamente hemos garantizado que se van a abordar directamente -por primera vez- la pobreza y el abandono en las zonas urbanas, sino que también, y en contra de todas las expectativas, hemos conseguido mantener una iniciativa urbana en el plano comunitario orientada a las ciudades pequeñas y medianas que, en la actualidad, se benefician de menos del 10 % de los fondos. +La reducción de los precios de intervención para la carne de vacuno y de los cereales no pudo evitarse pero a pesar de ello hay que dar las gracias, entre otras a la influencia del Parlamento Europeo, por que la reducción no haya alcanzado la intensidad que la Comisión propuso inicialmente. +La promesa de una compensación plena por los recortes de precios de 1992 no se ha cumplido en las decisiones relativas a la Agenda 2000, con lo que los agricultores sufren enormemente la reducción de precios a la vez que continúan aumentando los costes de la Política Agrícola Común. +Señor Presidente, también a mí me gustaría expresar mi más cordial agradecimiento a la ponente -a quien hemos visto asumir en numerosas ocasiones la responsabilidad en materia de salud y seguridad-, a usted, señor Comisario, y a sus servicios por agilizar una gran parte de la legislación necesaria en este ámbito, así como por su asistencia, tanto oficial como oficiosa, a la hora de ayudar al Parlamento a comprender lo que se podía y lo que no se podía hacer. +Al ser hoy nuestro último día de trabajo, invito a nuestro Presidente, Sr. Gil-Robles, así como al presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, a que consideren la oportunidad de enviar enseguida, en los próximos días, a una pequeña delegación del Parlamento Europeo a fin de que se reúna con el Sr. Rugova en Roma, donde se encuentra, porque no sé qué sucederá dentro de un mes, mes y medio o dos meses. +¿Cómo podremos explicar que este Parlamento no ha tenido en ningún momento la oportunidad de ejercer su derecho a emitir un dictamen, que hasta la fecha no nos ha llegado ninguna documentación pormenorizada acerca de este asunto y que el Parlamento se ve obligado a tratar este tema sin disponer de la información necesaria? +Como lo han subrayado la mayoría de los oradores de mi Grupo, creo que no se debe, para proteger al consumidor -preocupación que no deja de ser legítima-, privarlo, al mismo tiempo, de todas las ventajas y de todos los beneficios que este desarrollo puede aportar tanto en el plano del empleo como en el de la economía. +Es el caso de las enmiendas dirigidas a restringir las excepciones enumeradas en el Anexo 2 de la propuesta (enmiendas núms. 21, 68 y 74) y de la enmienda 61, relativa a las demandas en los tribunales, aunque sobre este último tema la Comisión reconoce que es necesario mejorar las posibilidades de reparación legal, sobre todo en los contratos transfronterizos. +Muchas gracias, señor Mendes Bota, estoy seguro que todos nosotros deseamos también poder celebrar en septiembre lo que usted ha señalado en la última parte de su intervención y, como usted ha anunciado que esta va a ser la última en este hemiciclo, permítame que le desee lo mejor para el futuro y que desee también que sigamos manteniendo una buena relación para que, estemos donde estemos, podamos cooperar tanto en la lucha por culminar el proceso de la Unión Europea como en la solidaridad con todos los pueblos que la necesitan. +En este sentido, la Comisión considera que la aprobación, por parte del Presidente Habibie de Indonesia, de la presencia de observadores de las Naciones Unidas, que van a supervisar la consulta organizada por las autoridades indonesias en Timor Oriental, constituye un paso hacia adelante, y confía en que esta presencia garantice el que esta convocatoria se celebre en un clima pacífico, de imparcialidad, de libertad y de seguridad. +Y, por tanto, me parece que habría que hacer un llamamiento importante, en particular que los países, y principalmente los Estados miembros y los países grandes, ratificaran el estatuto y renunciasen explícitamente a la cláusula de exclusión respecto de los crímenes de guerra para que se instituya así una verdadera instancia judicial, obligatoria, gracias a la cual se pueda legitimar un derecho de injerencia. +Y en cuanto a la ratificación del Estatuto del Tribunal Penal Internacional creo, naturalmente, que ustedes han señalado un punto de sentido común: cuanto antes empiece a funcionar este Tribunal, más fácil será abordar y empezar a resolver problemas como el de los Balcanes -por citar el caso de más actualidad, Kosovo- y otros que hay en el mundo. +Hemos logrado este resultado porque, en la conciliación, pude esgrimir ante la delegación del Consejo las decisiones del Consejo ECOFIN del 18 de enero de 1999, las cuales constatan -ironía del destino- que el actual sistema INTRASTAT contiene más variables de las necesarias, que debía simplificarse, que habría que limitar los costes y modificar los reglamentos de 1991. +Nuestro agradecimiento también a algunos que no vemos todos los días, pero de los que tenemos un reflejo cotidiano: los que elaboran el Info-Sesión , el documento que informa brevemente de la sesión, y que tienen la virtud de que, en una selva inescrutable como es la cantidad de cosas que tratamos en el Pleno, saben escoger la especie y el árbol que corresponde a cada momento. +La importancia de la Unión Europea como actor internacional ha quedado patente también en las numerosas conferencias interregionales, en la Cumbre Latinoamericana de Río, en la Conferencia del Mediterráneo de Stuttgart -una plataforma que ahora puede adquirir una significación muy considerable en el contexto de una posible nueva dinámica de paz-, en la ASEM celebrada en Berlín y en muchos otros encuentros. +En este contexto deberíamos dejar de lado una interpretación estrictamente jurídica y entender más bien bajo el término Constitución una compilación de los valores y los principios fundamentales, de los mecanismos de funcionamiento de la convivencia europea, incluido el funcionamiento de la Unión Europea como construcción política sui generis . +Ahora sabemos que una de las personas propuestas por el Gobierno Federal alemán ni siquiera tuvo la oportunidad de reunirse con el Canciller Federal antes de que éste se entrevistase con el Sr. Prodi. O sea, que el Canciller Federal no había mantenido ninguna conversación previa con la persona que propuso. +El burdo bloqueo de la directiva europea sobre los coches viejos en interés exclusivo de un consorcio automovilístico alemán resultó tan indignante como la designación por sorpresa del ex Ministro de la Cancillería Hombach como Representante en los Balcanes o la falta de comprensión de los objetivos y las formas de la política francesa. +A quien hoy celebra como un gran éxito el Pacto de estabilidad para el Sureste europeo, más le habría valido no despilfarrar el dinero en bombas, misiles y soldados, y presentar en cambio un par de meses antes dicho pacto, como parte de un proyecto político y civil amplio de la Unión Europea para la región, y dotar a la OSCE de los recursos necesarios. +Varios temas de actualidad, tales como la dimensión nórdica de la Unión y las relaciones con Rusia, serán tratados entonces con toda seguridad, pero quisiera aún sacar a relucir otra cuestión de actualidad: las expectativas de llevar a buen término el proceso de paz de Oriente Próximo son las mejores de los últimos añostras la subida al poder del gobierno de Barak. +Sí, resulta chocante que un Comisario europeo pueda obtener indebidamente ventajas personales de sus funciones. Pero mucho más chocante aún es que grandes empresas riquísimas puedan obtener beneficio privado, de forma totalmente legal, de las subvenciones de las instituciones europeas, cuando resulta que esas mismas instituciones en nada ayudan -que yo sepa- a los dieciocho millones de trabajadores reducidos al paro en el territorio de la Unión, como tampoco a esos otros millones que deben vivir con salarios que apenas les permiten sobrevivir. +Nos abstuvimos en la votación de este punto, ya que la propuesta de estatuto del Parlamento Europeo no es satisfactoria.3.El punto relativo a la próxima conferencia gubernamental, pues pensamos que la conferencia sólo debe tratar la ampliación y no verse complicada por la cuestión de las extensas reformas por hacer. +En general, la apertura de una perspectiva europea creíble y realista cuyo objetivo final sea la adhesión a la UE con responsabilidad y ayuda nuestra, es además la única solución para la estabilización substantiva y para el desarrollo creativo de las relaciones entre todos los países balcánicos, y entre ellos y el resto de Europa y del mundo. +La Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales solicita que se integre al apartado 1 del artículo 29 de nuestro Reglamento la siguiente interpretación: "No puede admitirse con arreglo a este artículo la constitución de un grupo que niega abiertamente todo carácter político y toda afinidad política entre sus componentes" . +Sin duda, con un contenido crítico, que demuestra, una vez más, lo que siempre he comprobado en tanto que Comisario y que quiero declarar ante este hemiciclo: la calidad humana y profesional y la integridad de las mujeres y de los hombres que son parte de la función pública europea y que no sólo prestan a ella su trabajo, sino también su entrega personal. +Nuestro Grupo, después de haber escuchado las repetidas declaraciones hechas ante el Parlamento por el Presidente designado, tras haber votado su investidura en mayo y después de haber participado con seriedad y sin prejuicios frente a ninguno de los 19 candidatos a Comisarios, considera que la larga crisis que ha afectado a la Comisión debe finalizar con una clara y fuerte investidura de usted, señor Presidente, y de la Comisión propuesta por usted, en virtud de los poderes que le otorga el Tratado. +Los Verdes proponen una serie de medidas relativas a la reducción activa, global y masiva del tiempo de trabajo, y el apoyo a actividades económicas duraderas, creadoras de empleos, en sectores como la construcción de viviendas, los transportes colectivos, las energías renovables. +No por ello deja de ser peligroso, pues los grupos de presión federalistas van a apropiarse la conclusión de Colonia para intentar arrancar la defensa de los derechos de los ciudadanos a las constituciones nacionales y para englobarlas en un texto superior, una supuesta constitución europea. +Señora Presidenta, Presidente de la Comisión, el año 1999 ha sido difícil para las instituciones principales de la Unión Europea porque los problemas que han surgido en relación con cuestiones como la rendición de cuentas acerca de varias iniciativas de la Unión, han creado tensiones en las relaciones entre el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión. +El Sr. Romano Prodi fue propuesto como Presidente de la Comisión por el actual Gobierno de la República Italiana, del cual mi partido es parte activa y confió en que la fuerza de su personalidad pueda garantizar un válido liderazgo de la Comisión y superar los límites y las incongruencias que existen en su programa y en su composición. +Pero es fundamental reconocer que Indonesia no cumplió con los compromisos contraídos en el Acuerdo de Nueva York, que exigía la intervención del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas mediante el envío de una fuerza de paz, con mandato preciso y duración determinada, para garantizar la seguridad y la paz en el territorio y evitar un nuevo genocidio. +Señor Presidente, no es con espíritu de recriminación estéril sino por nuestras inquietudes y por nuestra alarma ante la forma en que está evolucionando la situación por lo que nos sentimos obligados a recordar y recalcar la responsabilidad directa e indirecta de los Estados Unidos de América por las matanzas y la depuración étnica, que en estos momentos caracterizan a la situación en Timor oriental. +A lo largo de los años el Reino Unido ha conseguido tener una elevada y eficaz capacidad militar y a pesar de ello las fuerzas armadas del Reino Unido están ahora excesivamente esparcidas y la mayor parte de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea consagran a la defensa una proporción de su PIB inferior a la del Reino Unido. +La Oficina Humanitaria de la Unión Europea (ECHO) ha participado desde el principio en la estimación del grueso de la ayuda necesaria y en la coordinación del reparto de la ayuda de la Unión a los lugares más necesitados. +Yo pienso que desde el momento en que existe la Unión Europea, desde el momento en que hay libertad de circulación, desde el momento en que existe el acuerdo de Schengen y existe una unidad en el asunto de la circulación de personas entre los países miembros, no puede un tercer país, los Estados Unidos, venir a quebrantar esta política y discriminar a un país como Grecia. +Actualmente las prioridades son poner en orden el sistema bancario, colaborar estrechamente con otros pilares y con la KFOR para proporcionar los suministros básicos, alojamiento y transporte de cara al invierno, preparar junto con el Banco Mundial y el FMI un presupuesto simplificado y trabajar en asuntos fiscales, así como elaborar junto con el Banco Mundial un marco para la inversión a medio plazo que será presentado en la próxima conferencia de futuros donantes. +Así mismo, creo que estos 15 representantes de los Estados miembros trabajan en ese consejo de administración de acuerdo con un juramento del cargo que les obliga a respaldar y fomentar, cuando sea posible, los intereses de su país, y no sobre la base de un juramento europeo del cargo que podría exigir que se respetaran al máximo las ideas e intereses europeos y no sólo los nacionales. +La Unión Europea y en particular el Parlamento Europeo no han dejado de expresar su incondicional apoyo a los intentos de promover el proceso de paz en Oriente Medio y de proporcionar ayuda a esa región. +En la resolución del mes de marzo de 1999, relativa al proceso de paz y a la futura ayuda a Oriente Medio, el Parlamento Europeo ha subrayado justamente que, aunque se confirmen los acuerdos de Wye Plantation, como así ha sido, los problemas más importantes, en especial el estatuto de los refugiados, deben resolverse. +Una última cuestión. Aun resaltando la necesidad de seguir concediendo ayuda humanitaria a través del OOPS, creo que el Parlamento Europeo está especialmente interesado en encontrar una solución política justa y objetiva al problema de los refugiados palestinos, una solución que sea conforme a la resolución 194 de las Naciones Unidas. +Las oleadas de refugiados, en aumento, no se solucionan reforzando las medidas represivas, sino ejerciendo una política internacional que reduzca las tensiones y contribuya a la solución política pacificadora de cualquier tipo de diferencia, y que no recurra, como en el caso de Kosovo, a las medidas criminales de una intervención militar. +Reforzar las actividades de intercambio de informaciones, de archivado, y de elaboración de estas informaciones, bien en el ámbito de la Europol, bien directamente entre los Estados miembros, aumenta los peligros de un uso incontrolado de estos archivos y legaliza toda actividad de vigilancia y de fichaje policial, con la excusa de prevenir los actos criminales. +Cito: "en tanto en Irán prevalezca la opinión de definir a los que piensan de otra manera como los que tienen otra creencia y de que el derecho de decidir sobre la vida y la muerte o de controlar el destino del país deriva de la religión, el clima político permanecerá envenenado y habrá que contar con que se produzca violencia por motivos políticos" . +En consecuencia, la Unión apoya las investigaciones forenses sobre los presuntos crímenes de guerra y, esta misma semana, el Consejo de Asuntos Generales ha expresado en sus conclusiones su profunda preocupación por el hecho de que siga sin resolverse la cuestión de los varios miles de desaparecidos; en su gran mayoría albanokosovares. +La Comisión acoge con satisfacción la voluntad positiva de progreso que demostró el Gobierno en la oposición en el acuerdo marco, pero es necesario seguir avanzando sustancialmente - como por ejemplo, con la celebración de unas elecciones legislativas justas, previstas para el año próximo - antes de poder plantearnos la posibilidad de reanudar una cooperación regular. +De todas maneras creo que habría que seguir trabajando para tratar de buscar la posibilidad de que hubiera una independencia entre el diputado y el asistente, puesto que nuestro trabajo requiere esa independencia, en las conversaciones, en los asuntos a tratar e incluso en otros factores que no vienen al caso. +Señora Presidenta, de conformidad con el artículo 41 del Reglamento, formulé una pregunta para el turno de preguntas y cumplí los plazos que en el punto 13 del apartado A del Anexo II, prevén que "las preguntas deberán presentarse al Presidente una semana antes, como mínimo, del comienzo del turno de preguntas. +Después de las declaraciones del Presidente Prodi ante el Parlamento Europeo, la Comisión procede a un análisis en profundidad de la situación creada por la multiplicación de los casos de dopaje en el deporte y considera la posibilidad de poner en marcha medidas concretas que sería posible adoptar en el ámbito comunitario. +He sugerido usar la televisión comercial en tiempo comercial y, es más, he preguntado si la Comisión estaría dispuesta a elegir el espacio de tiempo entre las noticias generales y las noticias deportivas, porque en tal caso las amplias capas populares no estarían haciendo zapping. +Señor Comisario, no hay peor actitud que intentar cerrar antes de tiempo una investigación del tipo de la investigación sobre el lino, sobre la implicación de altos cargos del Gobierno español en una trama de cobro ilícito de subvenciones y el fraude en esas ayudas para la transformación del cultivo. +Finalmente, quisiera recordarle una vez más que el FEOGA está investigando varias campañas en estos momentos y si las verificaciones al azar permiten constatar irregularidades en la gestión del sistema de organización de los mercados, España debe tener presente que se deducirá una compensación a tanto alzado, es decir, que las subvenciones ya desembolsadas se reducirán retroactivamente en un montante global que dependerá de la gravedad de las irregularidades detectadas. +¿Va a proponer la Comisión al Consejo Europeo más de lo mismo o, por el contrario, la Comisión, sobre la base de la exigencia de los criterios de Copenhague y del propio convencimiento interno de los turcos, va a brindar a los turcos la posibilidad de no perder el tren del futuro? +Sin embargo, como diputada de origen turco apoyo la ayuda y cooperación económica y apoyo también a Turquía en su inclusión en la Unión Europea si bien se tienen que cumplir las condiciones de Helsinki. Por ejemplo, la cuestión de Chipre, la de los derechos humanos y la cuestión kurda tienen que solucionarse políticamente, abolirse la pena de muerte y conceder una amnistía general a todos los presos. +Sé que el Parlamento Europeo sigue de cerca la evolución del proceso de paz en Oriente Próximo y que, en su seno, existe un conocimiento profundo de los asuntos de la zona, como bien demuestra el informe sobre el proceso de paz publicado por el Parlamento en mayo del presente año. +Señora Presidenta, en nombre de los diputados radicales aquí presentes y no inscritos, le confirmo que no vamos a participar en la votación hasta que no se resuelvan los problemas de los derechos y de las prerrogativas de todos los diputados electos en este Parlamento y mientras no se permita a todos los 626 diputados tener los mismos derechos y los mismos deberes. +Asimismo, son conocidas las dificultades que encuentran estas energías para penetrar el mercado, así como las razones de esta situación: las fuentes de energía tradicionales tienen un precio relativamente bajo y estable; la ausencia de medidas tendentes a promover las FER. +Sin embargo, en mi opinión, existen riesgos fundados de que Europa, en este ámbito del comercio internacional y en la Ronda del Milenio, adopte posiciones de retaguardia y no asuma, en cambio, como debería, un liderazgo de civilización, un liderazgo que quiere dirigir la novedad del 2000 de los comercios internacionales en un ámbito de normas fiables para todos. +Es una pena que el Sr. Pasqua se haya marchado; decía que en esta Asamblea no hay debate, pero quisiera remitirle a los resultados de las economías de Gran Bretaña y los Estados Unidos, países integrados en el sistema de comercio mundial que han conseguido altos índices de crecimiento, la reducción de las tasas de desempleo y bajos tipos de interés. +Por esto debemos defender también la agricultura europea, la tradición de los productos típicos que engloban el sector textil, del calzado y de la industria, recordando que la eliminación de ciertos productos conlleva la modificación de costumbres o incluso del entorno: pensamos en el aceite, el lúpulo y la malta. +Creo que nuestras deliberaciones de hoy han girado en buena medida en torno a los temas clave del medio ambiente y la agricultura y también al tema de la cláusula social, pero quiero llamar su atención sobre las necesidades específicas de la industria de la cultura y del sector audiovisual. +Por este motivo el Consejo aprobó el 28 de junio de 1999, de acuerdo con el procedimiento de codecisión con el Parlamento Europeo, una posición común para tomar la decisión de crear un instrumento único para la financiación y planificación de programas orientados a la colaboración cultural. +Señor Presidente, consideramos muy significativo que en el debate sobre el presupuesto se hayan aprobado, por ahora en el seno de la comisión, unas enmiendas que respaldan y piden a la Comisión que apoye las campañas y las acciones en favor de la moratoria de las ejecuciones capitales y, a largo plazo, la supresión de la pena de muerte. +Por una parte, las grandes potencias mundiales -EE.UU y la URSS - se encontraban cerca de la ruptura diplomática y, por otra, se asistía al progresivo deterioro de las relaciones entre la Alianza Atlántica y algunos países islámicos, en primer lugar Libia, mientras que en Italia, en particular la extrema izquierda no dejaba de cuestionar la participación italiana en la OTAN. +Por consiguiente, señora Presidenta, considero que hay que someter a los diputados a un sistema de control interno riguroso -soy el primero en decirlo-, pero no creo que el texto que regirá la aplicación de este control deba calcarse, simplemente, de la decisión tipo aplicable al conjunto del personal de las administraciones comunitarias. +Ahora bien, en este momento se están adoptando muchas decisiones a escala europea que no aparecen reflejadas directamente en el Presupuesto de la Unión Europea, pero el Presupuesto 2000 sigue siendo, aun así, un fundamento determinante y que marca la pauta para la actuación en muchos ámbitos de la política europea durante el próximo año. +Empezamos a atisbar el importe de las necesidades para el Kosovo, ha habido un terremoto en Turquía y un cataclismo político en Timor Oriental, sin contar con la necesidad de dotar los Acuerdos de pesca con Marruecos, que el Gobierno del principal país interesado debió de olvidar en la negociación sobre el piano de Berlín. +Al mismo tiempo, me sorprende que Finlandia, que actualmente ocupa la Presidencia, siga tan estrictamente la opinión equivocada del Consejo, según la cual los acontecimientos mundiales no tendrán ninguna influencia en la evolución del proceso presupuestario ni en el importe total del presupuesto de la UE. +De hecho, la transferencia de una competencia básica del Estado moderno, la política monetaria, a una organización verdaderamente europea e independiente como el BCE debe considerarse como un acontecimiento histórico que marca un grado sin precedentes de integración política y económica dentro de la Unión Europea. +Déjenme finalizar insistiendo en lo que es la postura específica del Grupo Liberal, que reclama, pasado el período transitorio de dos años, la publicación de los votos, de las diversas posiciones en las reuniones del Comité Ejecutivo y de los modelos macroeconómicos, que entiendo que permitiría hacer unas previsiones más convincentes y correctas precisamente por parte de aquellos que operan en relación con el Banco Central Europeo. +Coincidimos, asimismo, en las medidas propuestas para el incremento de la transparencia y en la necesidad de clarificar qué es lo que se entiende en el Banco Central Europeo por política monetaria, más allá de la estabilidad de precios -evidentemente, su función principal-, porque ello contribuiría, sin duda, a una adecuada y equilibrada policy mix que tenga como objetivo la promoción del desarrollo sostenible y el empleo duradero. +Pero no deberíamos sorprendernos ante las limitaciones de los poderes que quedan a disposición de los gobiernos nacionales de la zona del euro puesto que nunca ha constituido un secreto de los padres fundadores de la moneda única que lo que tenían en mente era la creación de una unión política y unos estados unidos de Europa. +Dentro de la tradición holandesa existen también algunas formas estructuradas de implicación del Nederlandse Bank en la economía de consenso, por ejemplo con la existencia de un consejo del banco, que asesora al banco, en la que participan también los interlocutores sociales, así como porque el Nederlandse Bank tiene un escaño en el Consejo Económico Social, que es el primer órgano asesor en el ámbito económico y social. +Si no hay otros que participen, no funcionará, de modo que parte de la respuesta sobre lo que debemos hacer ahora es ser más activos en la discusión caso por caso -en el marco de los grupos de amigos de Sierra Leona, por poner un ejemplo- intentando organizar una respuesta más coordinada para alejarnos de las demandas inmediatas de la crisis. +La Comisión subscribe la perspectiva dinámica de la consagración de un concepto europeo de acceso a la justicia, como instrumento para el ejercicio del derecho de libre circulación de las personas sin obstáculos de tipo legal y administrativo. También es necesario que ese derecho de libre circulación vaya acompañado ahora de las medidas legislativas necesarias para que se pueda hacer realidad en el más corto espacio de tiempo. +Se acordaron prioridades y orientaciones políticas y la Comisión deberá presentar una propuesta de scoreboard, grupo de evaluación de los avances logrados y del cumplimiento de los plazos establecidos por el Tratado de Amsterdam, el plan de acción de Viena y las propias conclusiones de este Consejo Europeo, iniciativa pragmática que augura buenos resultados y que contó con el empeño del Comisario António Vitorino, quien también por eso merece nuestra felicitación. +De ese modo, se insistió en la convergencia y en normas comunes en el proceso de asilo, en la creación -aunque vaga- de un instrumento financiero para situaciones de protección temporal de refugiados, en la intensificación de la cooperación judicial, en el reconocimiento de las decisiones judiciales, etc. Los principios están formulados y son globalmente positivos. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0034/1999) de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior respecto de la posición común (C5-0026/99 - 1998/0191 - (COD)) aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de una directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a un marco comunitario para la firma electrónica (Ponente: Sr. Lechner). +Los anuncios concomitantes de la supresión de 7.500 puestos de trabajo y del enorme aumento de sus beneficios, del cierre de la fábrica Wolber-Michelin en Soissons -calificado de error de comunicación por los dirigentes de la empresa- demuestran hasta qué punto el cinismo y el desdén son los motores de la estrategia industrial de esa multinacional. +"Le hemos hecho el funeral" , llegó a decir pomposamente el senador Jesse James, conocido por su extremismo, no dándose cuenta - o tal vez dándose perfecta cuenta - de que con la firma de ese Tratado se había empezado a convertir en realidad la esperanza de no volver a repetir lo que los Estados Unidos hicieron con el holocausto nuclear de Hiroshima y Nagasaki. +Señor Presidente, la reciente decisión del Senado de los Estados Unidos sobre el rechazo del Tratado de Prohibición Total de Pruebas Nucleares crea un antecedente desagradable en el esfuerzo que hacen los pueblos del mundo por una paz duradera y por la estabilidad. +Quiero decir con toda claridad que la Unión Europea tiene que modificar su política al respecto, que tiene que pronunciarse claramente por los derechos humanos del pueblo checheno, para lo cual, la OSCE, el Acuerdo de armisticio de 1996 y también la condición de miembro de Rusia en el Consejo de Europa ofrecen un instrumento al igual que nuestro Acuerdo de Cooperación con Rusia. +Se trata de dos cosas diferentes: mientras el organismo comunitario está orientado a la recopilación armonizada y orgánica de estadísticas generales, procedentes de los distintos Estados, con el público y las administraciones como principales clientes que, por lo tanto, proporcionan trabajo, el Observatorio tiene objetivos más específicos, más dirigidos y orientados en función del mercado y de las necesidades estadísticas de las empresas y de los profesionales. +Debemos circunscribirnos, pues, a la redacción actual del artículo 191 del Tratado, el antiguo artículo 138 A, que menciona, de manera bastante vaga, la acción de los partidos políticos, cito: "a escala europea", lo cual es muy diferente -en todo caso, el Consejo y el Tratado así lo quisieron- de la noción de "partido político europeo" stricto sensu. +Es también un problema de relación entre dos países de una zona del mundo que necesita paz y tranquilidad y, por eso, este acuerdo es estratégico no sólo desde el punto de vista de esas comunidades pesqueras, sino también desde el punto de vista del equilibrio, de la paz, que sólo se puede alcanzar mediante diversas modalidades de cooperación, dado que se trata de un caso ejemplar. +Lo que los pescadores necesitan saber, en relación con este punto concreto, no es que la Comisión vaya a adoptar iniciativas, no es que la Comisión esté disponible para ayudarlos, lo que los pescadores necesitan saber, señor Comisario, es qué tipo de iniciativas se van a adoptar y, sobre todo, cuál es el valor de la subvención comunitaria que se va a conceder para la ayuda a esos pescadores y durante cuánto tiempo está dispuesta la Comisión a aplicarlo. +Porque, como ha dicho mi colega Miguélez, el problema de los pescadores no es el de ser financiados en la inactividad, es el de ser apoyados por la Unión Europea para que puedan desempeñar su misión profesional, que es la de poder trabajar y con ello contribuir a la riqueza nacional y a la riqueza comunitaria. +Además, la presencia comunitaria aporta al área los elementos de una pesca responsable y puede ser un importante factor de equilibrio ante la presencia de otras flotas, principalmente la rusa, por no hablar de las ayudas para los programas de investigación científica que incluye este Protocolo. +Señora Presidenta, quisiera que nos diese una información, cuando usted lo juzgue conveniente sobre una posibilidad que, de ser cierta, creo que será un desastre para la información política del Parlamento Europeo, a saber, sobre el supuesto que se deje de publicar el boletín de la Sesión Plenaria en todas las lenguas de la Unión Europea. +Creo que el debate del viernes, sin la Comisión y sin el informe del comité de expertos, fue un paso positivo porque nosotros tenemos la obligación de generar confianza y dar respuestas a los problemas que tiene la gente; no tenemos que enzarzarnos siempre en debates entre nosotros que pueden ser muy interesantes pero siempre y cuando indiquen una línea de conjunto. +La combinación de la realización completa del mercado único con la moneda única, en un contexto de reformas estructurales y de fuerte competencia internacional, permitirá reducir los riesgos de "cuello de botella" que pueden aparecer en el caso de que las políticas presupuestarias y salariales no sean adecuadas. +Desde luego, parece indiscutible que se requieren estrategias globales y coherentes para impulsar el crecimiento y el empleo, y yo me congratulo de que la propia denominación, crecimiento y empleo, ya descarte un prejuicio propagado a menudo por la izquierda, a saber, la idea de que es posible contraponer crecimiento y empleo, el valor del dinero y la estabilidad de precios y las medidas a favor del empleo. +Sin embargo, conocemos muchos casos de Gobiernos nacionales que han comprendido que existe una importante interdependencia entre los efectos de las políticas monetaria, financiera y salarial, y que, como en los casos de Austria, los Países Bajos, Irlanda o Dinamarca, por ejemplo, han extraído las debidas consecuencias, con efectos positivos para el mercado de trabajo y para la consolidación de los presupuestos. +Igual que la exigimos del Banco Central Europeo en el marco del diálogo, también tenemos que pedir transparencia y la participación directa del Parlamento Europeo al Consejo de Ministros de Finanzas, a los Consejos "jumbo" , al Consejo de Ministros de Asuntos Sociales y al Consejo Europeo. +Debe satisfacerse, de una vez para siempre, la reivindicación de una semana laboral de cinco días, 35 horas, con 7 u 8 horas de trabajo al día sin reducción; pero con un aumento del sueldo, y la anulación de las regulaciones que obligan al trabajador del mar a 12 horas de trabajo al día en condiciones normales. +Reconozco que el Sr. MacCormick ha apuntado un dato importante al referirse a la situación de los artistas ambulantes en el marco europeo, a los artistas que trabajan en diferentes países, como puede ser el caso de los pianistas o las compañías de danza, al referirse a estos exponentes y productores de la cultura. +Así y todo, la interpretación del Reglamento no puede ser ni de la Mesa - aquí se cita una reunión de los días 22 y 23 de noviembre de 1979 - ni de la Mesa a propuesta del Presidente, de acuerdo con los presidentes de los Grupos políticos, según la decisión del día 19 de noviembre de 1992. +Cada uno de nosotros tiene muchas personas desempleadas entre sus votantes Nuestra obligación habría sido rechazar la lamentable idea de la Comisión de que los desempleados deberían recibir mediante una mayor desregulación del mercado de trabajo y mediante impulsos sociales estímulos para interesarse por el trabajo o por participar en las medidas de política de empleo. +Así, pues, es necesaria una modificación de esas políticas a fin de considerar prioritaria la fijación de objetivos claros y la materialización de estructuras eficaces para la creación de empleos duraderos y con derechos y la consiguiente reducción importante del desempleo. +Cuando afirmamos que la reducción de la presión fiscal sobre el coste laboral no debe comprometer el saneamiento de las finanzas públicas ni el equilibrio financiero de los sistemas de seguridad, proponemos una cuadratura del círculo que sólo se puede resolver a través de un fuerte crecimiento económico. +En efecto, aunque me alegro de la disminución del desempleo a escala europea (9,4% de la población activa en 1999 frente al 10,1% en 1998), la realidad bruta en cifras no debe en ningún caso enmascarar la difícil situación económica humana y social de las regiones más desfavorecidas del territorio comunitario. +Este programa, como he dicho, será un instrumento importante en la lucha contra la violencia hacia las mujeres, los adolescentes y los niños y servirá para sensibilizar a la sociedad y a los medios de comunicación sobre la necesidad de ayudar y proteger a las víctimas de la violencia. +En la legislatura anterior, presenté en nombre del Parlamento un informe sobre la protección de la infancia y de la familia, en el que solicitaba un presupuesto importante para nuestros niños y que se creara en la Comisión una unidad específica, encargada de la protección de la infancia y de la familia. +Si embargo, y he aquí la razón de esta pregunta oral, aún no ha presentado una propuesta revisada que indique claramente su posición respecto a las enmiendas del Parlamento, ni tampoco - y debo decirlo con pesar, ya que, en cambio, nos esperábamos que la Presidencia finlandesa tomara en cuenta este problema - ha demostrado la voluntad política de tramitar este dossier. +En cuanto a las posibles medidas legislativas, en este informe se pide a la Comisión que examine la posibilidad de modificar la legislación vigente o introducir nuevas medidas que fortalezcan esos objetivos, pero también se le pide que compruebe y estudie los efectos de todas las medidas legislativas adoptadas hasta ahora e informe de su costo y su eficacia totales al Parlamento. +El reciente accidente nuclear habido en el Japón ha revelado una vez más la negligencia criminal de la industria nuclear y la reciente falsificación de las verificaciones de seguridad por parte de BNFL en Sellafield son una prueba más de que hay motivo para sentir mucha preocupación por la industria nuclear y su funcionamiento. +Queda mucho por hacer para que el derecho a la energía sea una realidad en todos los lugares, en los países más pobres como en los países industrializados, donde todas las categorías de la población no tienen acceso a la energía en igualdad de condiciones: por tanto, no se satisfacen las necesidades y las cuestiones energéticas adquieren crucial importancia. +Todos hemos afrontado algún día los dramas y las paradojas resultantes de la ausencia de libertad de circulación de las sentencias que se ha plasmado en ausencia de justicia para los individuos y manifiesta ausencia y omisión de instrumentos europeos obligatorios e imperativos que, a escala del espacio común, suplieran las incongruencias del fraccionamiento jurídico que los sistemas nacionales producen naturalmente. +La oradora anterior, la Sra. Echerer, ya ha dicho que no hay ningún "Containment" ni tampoco existe una seguridad de servicio suficiente de la planta incluso en opinión de la autoridad eslovaca competente para la seguridad de las centrales nucleares. +La Comisión ya ha llevado a cabo un estudio completo de la eutrofización y los problemas relativos a las aguas subterráneas y los Estados miembros han indicado los problemas relativos a las aguas subterráneas y las zonas vulnerables. +Hace una semana estaba convencido de que si se negociaba arduamente existía cierta esperanza de alcanzar un acuerdo que estableciera un equilibrio justo entre la protección razonable a las empresas y a la agricultura de la UE, por un lado, y el acceso al mercado para los bienes de los países en desarrollo, por otro. +Hemos apoyado todos los esfuerzos encaminados a reforzar la posición de los países en desarrollo en el sistema del comercio mundial, sin olvidar hacer hincapié en la necesidad indispensable de continuar con la reforma de la Política Agrícola Común de la UE. +Es importante en el contexto de la próxima ronda de los Fondos estructurales de la UE para 2000-2006 que las medidas que se incluyen en los distintos programas comunitarios sean analizadas con el fin de garantizar que se ajustan a la legislación nacional y comunitaria en el ámbito de la igualdad de oportunidades. +Ahora bien, desde el momento en que está previsto que los importes reducidos o suspendidos pasen a cargo del presupuesto comunitario, como muy tarde en el ejercicio siguiente, esta intervención se traducirá obligatoriamente en medidas más severas en el transcurso de los años siguientes, con un riesgo de debilitamiento de los principios de la política agrícola común. +Mientras no se supere el afán de apropiarse de esos bienes, de los recursos de la zona -esto también es cierto en el caso de Europa y de muchos otros Estados-, no cesarán los conflictos en la región, y también deberíamos reflexionar sobre la necesidad de encontrar una solución amplia de carácter general a largo plazo. +Una última cosa: se intenta incluir en las negociaciones de la Ronda del Milenio demasiados asuntos, demasiadas solicitudes de otra índole, quizás para salvar la conciencia, cuando después -y pienso en la pena de muerte- Europa en su propia sede, en la ONU, no consigue formar un frente común y tener la fuerza de imponer algunas cosas. +Muchos critican hoy a la Organización Mundial de Comercio por tener una visión demasiado unilateral del comercio, por considerarlo como un objetivo en sí mismo sin ver las complejas relaciones existentes entre el intercambio comercial, los derechos humanos y el respeto al medio ambiente. +El campo de acción y la influencia de la OMC crecerán de forma considerable en la Conferencia Ministerial de Seattle; por consiguiente, la UE debería encargarse de que las consecuencias de la liberalización del comercio y de la actuación de la OMC sean continuamente revisadas desde el punto de vista de la igualdad y del medio ambiente. +Creo que también el Consejo -que entre nuestras instituciones es, en cierto modo, la que más se ha fragmentado con la multiplicación de Consejos especializados y una miríada de comités anexos- tiene que predicar con el ejemplo, pero no sólo pensando en el futuro sino también pensando en la necesidad de tener una comunidad democrática y eficaz. +Todo ello, y con esto termino, señor Presidente, resulta todavía más necesario a la vista de ese otro gran mandato, cuyo lanzamiento será el broche de oro de la Presidencia finlandesa -la excelente Presidencia finlandesa, cuyos muchísimos aciertos tengo una vez más el honor de reconocer en este hemiciclo y que ha supuesto un punto de inflexión en el comportamiento del Consejo. +Asunto: Conveniencia de financiar los programas del PNUCD El PNUCD (Programa Internacional de las Naciones Unidas para el Control de Drogas) ha hecho públicos los datos del sondeo anual sobre la producción de opio según los cuales la producción total estimada de opio bruto en Afganistán se habrá duplicado con creces este año, pasando de las 2100 toneladas de 1998 a las 4600 previstas de 1999. +Quisiera preguntar al Consejo qué forma se propone hacer participar al Parlamento, cuando se hayan trazado esas vías, en la formulación de ese nuevo instrumento financiero, pues no cabe duda de que hará falta un nuevo instrumento financiero, en la medida en que lo que existe actualmente en modo alguno es adecuado para la situación actual de los países y los territorios de Ultramar y resulta inadecuado para las aspiraciones de dichos países. +En primer lugar, puedo decir que el colega Barón Crespo, a quien no considero un cómplice, sino, aun con todas las diferencias políticas, un estimado colega, ha expuesto la situación de modo correcto, en la medida en que le comuniqué de palabra que nosotros, el Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo y los Demócratas Europeos queremos que se proceda a votar sobre el Informe Napolitano. +Por mi parte, considero - y, repito, esto es lo que me ha guiado en mi reflexión, pero voy a preguntar al Sr. Napolitano si está de acuerdo conmigo - que el objeto del informe del Sr. Napolitano es la aplicación de un texto de carácter legislativo, ya que se trata del Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, relativo a las investigaciones efectuadas por la OLAF. +El mandato era y sigue siendo sólo este, lo que hay que decidir es sólo esto: incluir en nuestro Reglamento, o sea, en nuestro ordenamiento interno, el Acuerdo Interinstitucional para que pueda aplicarse en el ámbito del Parlamento, sobre la base de un dictamen de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario; modificar el Reglamento introduciendo el nuevo artículo 9 bis y no modificar el Acuerdo Interinstitucional. +Señor Presidente, la inmensa mayoría de mi Grupo es resueltamente partidaria de este informe, que consideramos como una de las piedras angulares para el restablecimiento de la credibilidad de la Unión Europea respecto de la cuestión de la forma en que investiga las denuncias de fraude y se ocupa de ellas; a lo mejor no vale para nada más, pero quizá ayude a demostrar que muchas de esas denuncias carecen a menudo de fundamento, aunque desgraciadamente no sea siempre así. +Constatamos, en segundo lugar, una incapacidad de coordinación sustancial, y esto significa que la Presidencia portuguesa tiene a toda costa que asumir la iniciativa que conduzca a la creación de un consejo interinstitucional que se reúna al menos una vez al año para coordinar todas las acciones en el interior de la Unión, de suerte que coadyuve a la coordinación internacional. +Si en la Cumbre europea no se entiende -porque pensamos que la Cumbre debe ocuparse directamente del asunto- que se trata del problema político número uno, con enormes consecuencias para el futuro; si no se entiende que la incapacidad de abordarlo multilateralmente, que es como debe abordarse, ha empezado ha hacerse cada vez más patente, con la subsiguiente decepción de nuestros pueblos, entonces no podremos en un tiempo prudencial estabilizar la situación. +Es cierto que, en este Parlamento, el Tribunal de Cuentas no tiene buen cartel, ya que el Presidente le ha negado una sala de conferencia de prensa, cuando no existen problemas para acordársela a las asociaciones más increíbles, a las personalidades de la más dudosa representatividad o a cualquier perro guardián del pensamiento único, con tal que ladre fuerte. +. (SV) Queremos puntualizar que el establecimiento de un sistema para comparar las impresiones dactilares no constituye en sí una garantía para alcanzar una política de asilo humana y generosa, que signifique que los Estados miembros solidariamente otorguen a los solicitantes de asilo derecho a un refugio. +Por lo que se refiere a los organismos internacionales, tenemos que velar por que el programa de repatriación del ACNUR prosiga sus actividades sin que tropiece con ningún género de dificultad, ya que ha habido una serie de incidentes en los últimos tiempos que parecen indicar que existe la intención deliberada de procurar desorganizar el programa de repatriación del ACNUR. +Pero la lucha contra el tráfico de droga y el blanqueo de capitales exige también una acción/coordinación en el nivel de la UE (y en el de las Naciones Unidas) en la lucha que se tiene que llevar a cabo contra las poderosas organizaciones delictivas que, con actividades y dinero ilícitos, minan el sistema económico y financiero y se entremezclan con él. +En el Acta de adhesión de España y Portugal a las Comunidades Europeas -en el artículo 25 y en el Protocolo 2 anejo a dicha Acta- se estableció para Canarias un régimen especial caracterizado por que Canarias no estaba integrada en la Política Agrícola Común y, además, por no estar sometida a la Unión Aduanera comunitaria, al régimen arancelario comunitario, ni al Impuesto sobre el Valor Añadido. +Ha habido además otro elemento: ya en el Tratado de Maastricht de 1992 se incorporó una declaración reconociendo la situación especial de las regiones ultraperiféricas -Canarias, Azores, Madeira y los departamentos franceses de Ultramar- y el apartado 2 del artículo 299 del Tratado CE, tras su modificación por el Tratado de Amsterdam de 1997, prevé un régimen especial para las regiones ultraperiféricas. +Por lo tanto, me parecería oportuno que la Comisión aprobara o manifestara su acuerdo con las propuestas del Parlamento -de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos-, que son muy razonables y concuerdan con la filosofía de la Comisión pero reforzándola con la referencia al nuevo artículo 299.2, que va a prever y permitir el desarrollo de un régimen especial. +Yo no voy a glosar ahora su trayectoria política -usted lo acaba de hacer muy bien, señora Presidenta-, pero sí quisiera dejar constancia, públicamente ante esta Asamblea, de su calidad humana, de su valor personal, de su dignidad, de la entereza y del valor con que ella ha llevado su enfermedad hasta el último momento. +Los informo de que en dicha resolución el Presidente del Tribunal ordena aplazar la ejecución del acto del Parlamento Europeo del 14 de septiembre de 1999 por el que el Parlamento adoptó la interpretación del artículo 29 de su Reglamento, propuesta por la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales. +Uno de los temas especiales en cuestiones de empleo bajo la Presidencia finlandesa ha sido la posición de los trabajadores de más edad, tema que se trató en una reunión extraoficial del Consejo de Asuntos Sociales y Laborales; asimismo, también se celebró una conferencia a nivel ministerial que trató precisamente sobre la igualdad. +Tal y como prometimos, en Helsinki se celebró una reunión a nivel ministerial sobre la dimensión nórdica, y aunque no fue muy alta la participación de los Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de los Estados miembros - yo fui la única allí -, en cambio, estaban presentes otros Ministros y también todos los Ministros de los países que pertenecen al ámbito de la llamada dimensión nórdica. +En segundo lugar, el informe no cae en la trampa de presentar los derechos humanos como un logro europeo, sino que lo hace desde la universalidad y maneja una óptica mundial, prestando mucha atención a la actuación de la UE en el marco de las Naciones Unidas. +Comprobamos con amargura que desde el año 1996, año en que la crisis del mar Egeo indujo la Comunidad Europea a bloquear el Acuerdo de unión aduanera con Turquía, no se ha dado ningún paso adelante para llegar al pleno respeto de los derechos civiles y a la protección de las minorías. +Después de las conversaciones que he mantenido en los últimos días con el Primer Ministro turco y de las diversas reuniones con el Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores turco, puedo comunicarles que el Gobierno turco es plenamente consciente de la necesidad de este cambio fundamental en el ámbito político, económico, social y cultural. +La Presidencia finlandesa del Consejo está realizando un serio esfuerzo para hacer uso de las nuevas posibilidades legislativas previstas en el Tratado de Amsterdam y empezar a aplicar ya la propuesta tras la primera lectura, una vez incorporadas las enmiendas del Parlamento Europeo. +Este material no refleja esa tendencia al aumento del índice de sustancias nocivas conforme se avanza hacia el este, sino que los altos índices de sustancias nocivas se dan en zonas que acusan la influencia de las actividades locales: la agricultura, la industria y las casas de veraneo. +Para el Parlamento Europeo, estos son hechos consumados por el voto del Consejo y lo único que nos queda es explicitar que esta medida ha provocado enorme malestar en el resto de los productores de los Estados miembros, decir que la excepcionalidad de esta medida no está prevista en el reglamento, y señalar que también otros Estados miembros tuvieron condiciones climáticas desfavorables en su momento y, sin embargo, no tuvieron lo que ahora se le está regalando a Portugal. +En resumen, los socialistas queremos asegurar la defensa de los productores, de los consumidores y de los importadores europeos, y creemos que con el informe que ha aprobado la Comisión de Pesca, con el excelente trabajo que ha realizado la ponente Sra. Fraga, a la que quiero felicitar, y con el acuerdo a que se ha llegado en el Consejo de ministros podemos, en gran parte, quedar satisfechos. +Además, esta OCM no garantiza la renta de los pescadores ni tiene en cuenta que en algunos países, como Portugal -donde predomina la pequeña pesca costera que abastece a los consumidores de pez fresco pescado en sus aguas territoriales-, las organizaciones de productores son muy débiles, por lo que no se les pueden conceder tantas atribuciones sin tener en cuenta los medios financieros necesarios. +Hay que escucharlos, comentaba con cordura el Sr. Somavia, el actual Director General de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, que hace cuatro años fue el alma de la Conferencia Internacional de Copenhague, en la que todos los Jefes de Estado del mundo se comprometieron a reducir la pobreza a la mitad de aquí a 2015. +Las PYME europeas, que se encuentran a la cabeza en el desarrollo de alternativas, han demostrado que la rápida eliminación de las sustancias restantes que agotan la capa de ozono impulsa el desarrollo de empresas sostenibles, así como una mayor protección de la capa de ozono. +Nosotros, por esta razón, tendremos que pensarlo muy detenidamente antes de votar la postura de la Comisión y estamos esperando que ustedes nos digan que con el proceso de la codecisión van a traer de nuevo la propuesta de reglamento, basándose en los nuevos datos científicos, en los nuevos métodos de medición, de modo que podamos regular estos temas mucho mejor, particularmente en cuanto a los alimentos compuestos producidos a partir de OGM o sus derivados. +¿Qué planes tiene la Presidencia para iniciar un diálogo con el Parlamento sobre las cuestiones de seguridad y defensa y cuándo hará el Ministro de Defensa de la Presidencia una declaración sobre la formulación de una política común para la seguridad y la defensa europeas? +Igualmente ha sido necesaria una gran valentía para el Gobierno de Grecia, para el Primer Ministro Kostas Simitis, apostar por el éxito de este cambio, para confiar en la posibilidad de un resultado favorable, y tender su mano a Turquía y aceptar que va a negociar con Turquía como con los demás socios europeos, con los miembros de la Unión. +Se trata de un instrumento que tendrá una duración de cinco años y permitirá, así, en un marco de programación plurianual, dar un apoyo efectivo a las medidas destinadas a mejorar las condiciones de acogida, promover la integración y facilitar la repatriación voluntaria y la reintegración en los países de origen de refugiados y personas desplazadas. +En cuanto al aspecto de la seguridad jurídica, debemos examinar cómo puede contribuir la Carta de la Unión Europea a la mejora del grado de protección de los derechos fundamentales dentro de la Unión Europea y resulta difícil ver cómo podría un texto no vinculante contribuir a aclarar y transcender el sistema actual de protección. +La recomendación sobre la evaluación de la calidad y la enseñanza superior aprobada en septiembre de 1998 y una propuesta de recomendación sobre evaluación de la calidad de la enseñanza escolar constituyen pruebas de la importancia del examen de la calidad de la educación en el nivel europeo. +Me complace que el Comisario, junto con mi Secretario de Estado de Comercio e Industria de mi país, Sr. Byers, tiene la impresión de que la industria automovilística europea está tomando el pelo a los consumidores del Reino Unido, pero he de decir que no puedo convenir con usted en que es una simple cuestión de tipos de cambio, pues eso no explicaría que algunos automóviles cuesten unas cuatro mil libras más en el Reino Unido que en los Países Bajos, por ejemplo. +Se le ha pedido que aclare su declaración solemne, realizada al final del debate esta tarde y que dice, si he entendido bien la traducción que me han dado, que el Consejo se había opuesto a una revisión permanente -no voy a decir qué es una revisión permanente, pero ya que lo dice usted, ha de saber lo que quiere decir- a una revisión permanente "por el momento" . +Una solicitud fundamental que la Unión Europa debe dirigir a los Nuevos Estados Independientes es el respeto de los derechos civiles para arraigar cada vez más los principios democráticos y el pluralismo cultural, religioso, político y étnico, al objeto de mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas. +Agradezco las referencias que se han hecho al Gobernador de Macao, al que, por lo demás, tuve el honor de nombrar para ese puesto en el momento en que era Presidente de la República y puedo decir que el gobernador Rocha Vieira ha sido realmente un hombre que ha honrado a Portugal y ha hecho que Portugal se retire del territorio de Macao con la cabeza bien alta y con buena conciencia. +Señorías, aprovechando esta intervención y la ocasión que nos brinda la presencia entre nosotros del presidente Xanana Gusmão, quiero manifestar a Sus Señorías mi creencia de que, teniendo en cuenta sus perentorias necesidades y nuestra identidad común, la Unión Europea debe establecer inmediatamente una vinculación especial con Timor para garantizar su desarrollo económico y social y su independencia. +Prometimos incrementar la participación de las mujeres en la resolución de conflictos y proteger a las mujeres de los conflictos armados, pero las mujeres siguen constituyendo la inmensa mayoría de las víctimas de los conflictos armados, siguen ausentes en las negociaciones de paz y en las iniciativas de transición hacia la paz. +Como es bien sabido, en 1995, paralelamente a la Conferencia de Beijing, se redactó e hizo público un documento de la Comisión Europea que adopta el principio de incorporar a todas sus políticas de desarrollo las políticas relativas al tratamiento de los problemas que atañen a la cuestión de la igualdad entre los sexos. +La Comunidad Europea tiene la delicada tarea de decidir cuál es el camino mejor para seguir adelante con el progreso y pensar en el cuidado, la salud y el medio ambiente de los hijos de los hijos de los hijos de los hijos de nuestros hijos. +Destaco esta situación porque nosotras, las mujeres de los países ricos, es decir, también de la UE, debemos recordar todo el tiempo que los que deciden y con ello también deciden sobre nuestras hermanas en los países en vías de desarrollo, Kosovo, en los Balcanes, etc., siguen siendo hombres y que con ello se corre el riesgo de que el resultado de nuestro trabajo, los programas en general, no respondan plenamente a los deseos y necesidades de las mujeres. +Véanlo como una tarea importante para ustedes, colegas en el Parlamento y colegas en la Comisión, asuman sus responsabilidades y ocúpense de que estos asuntos tengan el más alto rango, para que también sean una realidad en los parlamentos nacionales y en los gobiernos, en el Parlamento Europeo, en la Comisión y en el Consejo. +Ante las evidentes muestras de que el Gobierno francés ha emprendido el artero juego del ratón y el gato con la Comisión y el Gobierno británico y que, a todas luces, nunca ha tenido intención de levantar el embargo sobre la carne de vacuno británica desde un comienzo, ha llegado el momento de pedirle cuentas. +En este contexto, y habida cuenta del poco tiempo del que dispongo, me interesa aclarar una cosa. Si para conciliar estas dos posturas pretende introducir una prueba obligatoria, y la posibilidad o la obligación de etiquetar la carne de vacuno, es imprescindible que en el momento del levantamiento del embargo a la importación podamos confiar en que esta prueba se realice y se lleve a cabo el etiquetado. +Pero una vez que ha tenido lugar el proceso de consulta y una vez que los científicos de los Estados miembros y de la agencia han llegado a una conclusión sobre cuál es el modo adecuado de proceder en una situación determinada, especialmente en materia de seguridad alimentaria, se impondrá el dictamen de la agencia, deberá respetarse, deberá cumplirse y nadie podrá desafiarlo. +En semejantes circunstancias la autoridad de una agencia de estas características calará en toda la Unión Europea y no sólo será una buena autoridad en el ámbito de la seguridad y de la salud pública, sino que además proporcionará una confianza entre los consumidores que considero absolutamente fundamental y que constituirá los cimientos para seguir avanzando. +Reducir la duración de 90 a 60 días, como se propone en la enmienda nº 23, haría que el Consejo volviera a la antigua versión de la propuesta de la Comisión y excluyese el período que necesita el deudor para su defensa, lo que en la mayoría de los países añadiría 30 días y el resultado sería similar a la versión que ahora tenemos. +La falta de pruebas obligará a la Comisión a seguir muy de cerca todas las investigaciones científicas sobre los posibles efectos perjudiciales en la salud humana de la exposición mediante la dieta a productos derivados de vacas tratadas con BST y, en caso necesario, hacer recomendaciones con vistas a la adopción de otras medidas preventivas suplementarias. +Además, creo que perjudica un aspecto característico y genuino del comercio intraeuropeo, amenazando reducir la circulación de la literatura por Europa al nivel de la pornografía enviada por correo, según me aseguran fuentes fidedignas, en sobres de papel de manila marrón sin remitente, y en el mundo libre reduciendo el comercio legítimo de libros al nivel de la importación y exportación de contrabando a la Europa del Este de la llamada literatura subversiva. +No sorprende, con este récord de logros alcanzados por mujeres kuwaitíes altamente capacitadas, que el 16 de mayo de 1999 Su Alteza el Príncipe del Estado de Kuwait dictase un decreto oficial por el que concedía a las mejores el derecho al voto y a presentarse al Parlamento. Pero fue el Parlamento quién lo echó abajo. +Señor Presidente, estimadas señoras y señores diputados, mi colega Michel Barnier afirmó aquí el 16 de noviembre que la Comisión sigue con gran atención los problemas ocasionados por las inundaciones producidas en los cuatro departamentos del sur de Francia, lamenta profundamente la pérdida de vidas humanas y hará todo lo posible por hacer llegar a las zonas afectadas la ayuda adecuada en el marco de sus competencias y posibilidades. +Para llevar esta sentencia a la práctica será necesario el consenso unánime del Consejo y la ratificación por los Estados miembros para modificar la ley actual en virtud de la cual los residentes en el Reino Unido tienen derecho a votar en las elecciones europeas, pero no así los residentes en Gibraltar. +De cara a las quintas elecciones directas al Parlamento Europeo de mediados de junio y en el marco de una campaña de información proyectada por el Gobierno polaco, se debe aprovechar la ocasión para explicar más intensamente a la población el sentido y objetivos de la ampliación de la UE o de la adhesión a la UE. +En primer lugar hay que mencionar la posible ventaja de que disfrutan, sobre todo, en el sector agrícola, en el que la situación económica les permite la posibilidad de desarrollar la actividad agrícola desde un punto de vista ecológico distinto al que hemos venido aplicando en la Unión. +Y por último, pero no por eso menos importante, Chipre: empezaré por decir que valoramos muy positivamente y que en cierto sentido nos ha tranquilizado también -afirmo lo dicho por el Sr. Bertens- el hecho de que el Presidente Klerides haya mostrado su sabiduría, evitando tensiones en la isla con su decisión de anular la colocación de aquellos misiles de defensa. +Además, hemos sostenido un diálogo fructífero a través de los informes de comisiones parlamentarias sobre los informes anuales del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo, empezando con el primer informe de la Sra. Ahern y siguiendo con los informes del Sr. Papakyriazis, el Sr. Newman y, este año, la Sra. De Esteban Martín. +No en vano la institución del Defensor del Pueblo constituye uno de los elementos más importantes de la ciudadanía europea y de la mejora del control democrático sobre la administración comunitaria, control democrático que puede atribuirse a esta Asamblea, como órgano que representa directamente al ciudadano comunitario. +Estoy convencida de que la colaboración entre la Comisión de Peticiones, con todas las posibilidades que ofrece, y el Defensor del Pueblo, con sus muy variadas competencias, acabará ocupando un lugar cada vez más importante por lo que a la democracia de la Unión Europea y el respeto de los derechos de los ciudadanos se refiere. +La Comisión no solo entiende plenamente la preocupación del Parlamento por el retraso en la aplicación del sistema informatizado para el tránsito, sino que ya tuvo la oportunidad de explicar lo que está haciendo en concreto para llevar a término con rapidez el proyecto. En este sentido, quiero dar las gracias a los Sres. +Por último, el segundo apartado de la enmienda 20 no respeta los principios generales adoptados por la Comisión, el Consejo y el Parlamento en su Declaración de 6 de marzo de 1995 sobre la inscripción de disposiciones financieras en actos jurídicos y, por esta razón, dicho apartado no puede ser aceptado. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0111/99) de la Sra. Schmidbauer, en nombre de la Comisión de Transportes y Turismo, sobre el Libro Blanco de la Comisión titulado: «Tarifas justas por el uso de infraestructuras: estrategia gradual para un marco común de tarificación de infraestructuras de transporte en la UE» (COM(98)0466 - C4-0514/98). +Por lo demás, añade en su informe que aparte de incluir los turismos en el nuevo sistema de tarificación conviene imponer tasas complementarias más elevadas a los automovilistas de las regiones sensibles -aquí entran las zonas montañosas y también las grandes ciudades como París, Hamburgo, Frankfurt, etc.-. Su concepto no puede funcionar y en caso de que funcionase, pocos Estados miembros sabrían resistir a la tentación de estafar a los automovilistas. +Entretanto, la creación de un nuevo orden jurídico internacional, que entrañe medios adecuados de «ingerencia humanitaria» choca con la oposición irreductible de grandes potencias, como los Estados Unidos de América y otras, en relación con la reforma de las Naciones Unidas, o los Estados Unidos de América, Rusia, Francia o China, en relación con una jurisdicción obligatoria del Tribunal Penal Internacional. +No voy a votar a favor de una propuesta de resolución de carácter conciliador y que consiste, esencialmente, en un análisis unilateral e inexacto, en bastantes puntos, de la situación, mientras que sus posturas y sus propuestas sirven mínimamente a una solución pacífica, política y viable de la crisis; ni tan siquiera sirven al trágico problema, por excelencia, de los refugiados. +En efecto, si al comienzo de la crisis balcánica que inició a principios de los años noventa, Europa hubiera actuado de común acuerdo y con decisión a la hora de tomar decisiones unívocas cuando empezó la desmembración yugoslava y si, incluso recientemente, Europa se hubiera presentado de forma unitaria y compacta a la reciente Cumbre de Rambouillet, tal vez no asistiríamos a las masacres y a las limpiezas étnicas de estos días. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0111/99) de la Sra. Schmidbauer, en nombre de la Comisión de Transportes y Turismo, sobre el Libro Blanco de la Comisión acerca de tarifas justas por el uso de infraestructuras: Estrategia gradual para un marco común de tarificación de infraestructuras de transportes en la UE (COM(98)0466 - C4-0514/98) +La publicación del primer informe de los expertos sobre la tragedia del túnel del Mont Blanc ha añadido algo de farsa a una tragedia que ha costado la vida a más de 40 personas -éste es el balance, aún provisional, de víctimas- y ha abierto el debate sobre las responsabilidades que las autoridades italianas y francesas se pasan de unas a otras con excusas absurdas e injustificables. +Señor Presidente, permítame que, antes de que cierre el turno de palabra sobre derechos humanos, exprese en voz alta mi satisfacción por el hecho de que hoy el Ministro de Interior británico haya decidido que prosiga el proceso de extradición del General Pinochet, en la línea en que se expresó el Parlamento Europeo. +Demasiado poder, un control y una transparencia insuficientes y deficientes, y la inexistencia de un registro sobre las negociaciones emprendidas; he aquí algunas de las razones para explicar las deficiencias que presentan en la actualidad las instituciones de la UE, en especial de cara a sus relaciones con la opinión pública. +Existen aún profundas divergencias sobre algunos puntos entre el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión, entre otros: el reembolso de los gastos ocasionados por las víctimas humanas y sus familias tanto desde el punto de vista financiero como desde el punto de vista del apoyo psicológico. +Sin embargo, a pesar de la evolución económica favorable y de las reformas estructurales significativas (reforma de la administración, de la sanidad, del sistema de jubilaciones), hacen falta todavía mayores progresos en varios ámbitos (mercado interior, ausencia de un sistema de control de ayudas estatales, privatización de las grandes empresas estatales). +Se trata en este caso de una décima parte de los miembros del Parlamento, 66 diputados pertenecientes a todos los grupos políticos: 5 del Grupo PSE, 8 del Grupo PPE, 4 del Grupo ELDR, 6 del Grupo UPE, 6 del Grupo GUE, 9 del Grupo V, 3 del Grupo ARE, 15 del Grupo I-EDN y 10 no inscritos. +Ya habíamos aprobado hace un par de años un programa para la tercera edad que, no obstante, fue bloqueado en el Consejo por los gobiernos conservadores alemán y británico de entonces con el gastado argumento de que no había ninguna base jurídica que sirviese de apoyo, y que era finalmente una responsabilidad exclusiva de los Estados desarrollar esa política. +La Comisión ha comenzado a reflexionar sobre la manera de adaptar la seguridad social al desarrollo de la estructura demográfica de las sociedades europeas. a este mismo respecto, se está examinando también el nivel de ingresos de las personas mayores. +Pueden intervenir otros factores, ajenos al aspecto agrícola, como son los gastos en mano de obra, el coste de la energía, las disposiciones normativas sobre medio ambiente, la proximidad de los mercados, etc. La economía de escala, como la que puede aparecer, por ejemplo, en Estados Unidos, que dispone de enormes unidades de producción, a veces integradas en la industria de fabricación de almidón, pueden dar lugar asimismo a ventajas comparativas. +Esta aprobación de la gestión no acarrea forzosamente la moción de censura, aunque lógicamente induce al Parlamento a reflexionar, y hemos suprimido la anomalía que aparecía en el reglamento, que pretendía que el rechazo de la moción de censura se aprobara por mayoría absoluta de los miembros del Parlamento. +La decisión de aprobar la gestión es un acto único que no puede disociarse de la decisión política de aprobación de la gestión, una decisión de cierre de cuentas que debe adoptarse paralelamente; tal disociación modificaría el equilibrio institucional y exigiría una revisión de los Tratados. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0240/99) del Sr. Bösch, en nombre de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, sobre la propuesta modificada del Reglamento del Consejo relativo a las investigaciones efectuadas por la Oficina de Lucha contra el Fraude. +A medida que avanzamos hacia una nueva fase, una nueva situación en la que no se trata de la Comisión o los Estados miembros, sino de la Comisión y los Estados miembros, quisiera pedir al Presidente del Consejo que estudie esa cuestión de las actividades entre el Tribunal de Cuentas y los organismos fiscalizadores nacionales en el futuro. +Aprovechamos también el documento de la aprobación de la gestión del año 1997 para recordar que la Comisión de Control Presupuestario debería poder contar con los medios necesarios para controlar los créditos referentes a los grupos políticos y a los gastos de secretariado de los mismos. +Sin embargo, si Yugoslavia representa la realidad y además la metáfora que describe lo difícil que es crear, hoy por hoy, unas condiciones de convivencia entre etnias diferentes, entonces hay que reconocer -al igual que usted- que sólo en el ámbito europeo y no en la constitución de pequeños Estados cada vez más cerrados y monolíticos desde el punto de vista étnico, se podrán alcanzar las condiciones de una convivencia real. +Es igualmente contrario a la Carta de la OTAN, es decir, al Tratado del Atlántico Norte, una alianza puramente defensiva inicialmente y que es transformada, por las circunstancias, en una alianza ofensiva que interviene fuera de su esfera geográfica, ya que Yugoslavia jamás ha formado parte del perímetro de la OTAN. +Queremos que haya un Alto Representante fuerte, una planificación de política fuerte y una unidad de alerta rápida, un estructura fuerte de la Comisión con un equipo coherente de Comisarios que se ocupen de las relaciones exteriores. +Señor Presidente, en la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa se han debatido simultáneamente dos informes muy importantes relacionados entre sí como son el informe de la Sra. Piha sobre la dimensión septentrional de la Unión Europea y el informe del Sr. Spencer sobre la estrategia de la Unión en lo relativo a Rusia. +En mi calidad de coordinador del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos permítame decirle que el grupo apoyará el informe tal como está con la enmienda de la Comisión de Presupuestos votada la noche anterior relativa a las promociones extraordinarias ad personam . +Por ello, creo que se deberían poder corregir las irregularidades que se registran en los ascensos del personal, especialmente ahora que el Sr. Priestley ha asegurado que se trata de una rectificación de carácter único y que en el futuro se aplicará una práctica sometida a un gran control, basada en criterios y disposiciones relacionados exclusivamente con las aptitudes de los funcionarios y que se adaptará al principio de transparencia. +El motivo fundamental de todas estas reformas era y es -y también esto conviene que lo sepan los ciudadanos- aumentar la eficacia y la transparencia del Parlamento, dejando en herencia a los diputados de la próxima legislatura una Asamblea preparada para afrontar con éxito su papel institucional y el reto derivado de una mayor atención por parte de nuestros conciudadanos. +Señorías, he tenido el privilegio de presidir el trabajo de esta Asamblea desde la firme convicción de que potenciarla, hacerla cada día más presente en la vida de los europeos, es el mejor modo de reducir el déficit democrático de la Unión. +Creo que con su ayuda, especialmente cuando hemos tratado sobre muchas de las delicadas controversias políticas de los últimos meses, y la Conferencia de Presidentes, hemos podido mantener juntos una visión parlamentaria coherente, a pesar de las tensiones, las presiones y los distintos énfasis que los Grupos aportan a los debates. +Se ha vuelto a abrir la mesa sobre las reformas institucionales y esto, hay que decirlo, ha sido el gran mérito de la Presidencia alemana, a partir de la declaración realizada por el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo ante este Parlamento en el mes de enero. +Ciertamente el que acostumbramos a llamar en lenguaje comunitario «el triángulo de Amsterdam; sin lugar a dudas, la mayoría cualificada que, como todos sabemos, no es en absoluto una cuestión técnica, sino profundamente política, porque pone en discusión las soberanías de los Estados nacionales y ciertamente lo que atañe a la cuestión de la composición de la Comisión y la ponderación de los votos. +Señor Presidente del Consejo, señor Presidente de la Comisión, he oído y leído con mucha atención la resolución del Sr. De Giovanni, a quien aprovecho para felicitar y agradecer la exención, el rigor y la imparcialidad, también como presidente mío que es de la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales, en la que he trabajado en los últimos años. +Aunque los créditos financieros para el próximo período de ayudas queden algo por debajo de la propuesta originaria de la Comisión, es un éxito esencial que prosiga el grado alcanzado de solidaridad comunitaria con las regiones más pobres y de estructuras más débiles de la Unión sin quitar nada y que los Fondos de cohesión prosigan. +He tenido la debilidad de creer que, para salir de la crisis institucional y política que ha provocado la dimisión de la Comisión con el fondo de la guerra de Kosovo, su futuro Presidente, el Sr. Romano Prodi, nos transmitiría un mensaje ambicioso. +Para responder a estos desafíos mundiales, deberíamos forzosamente «reformar el modelo del welfare» , «revisar las reglas del mercado de trabajo y de los mercados de las profesiones, para reducir los obstáculos al acceso del mercado y [...] crear un empleo que reaccione más al crecimiento económico». +Si unimos esto a las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo del 13 de junio de 1999, la Unión Europea debe confirmar su firme dedicación a los principios de la democracia, de la solidaridad, de la justicia, de la transparencia, de la estabilidad y de la paz. +¿Es como decir que el Consejo y la Comisión consideran que las regiones insulares de la Unión han conocido un desarrollo económico tal que cuestiona la voluntad política, expresada un año y medio antes por la Conferencia de Amsterdam, de tomar en consideración de forma efectiva el hecho insular? +Desde que el Parlamento ha ampliado los derechos de las ciudadanas y ciudadanos con un amplio principio de participación en el proyecto de reglamento -y sólo esto es la base para que la planificación se pueda aplicar también de modo sostenible-, el Consejo deja que este asunto de interés común lo decidan a su arbitrio los Estados miembros. +El Parlamento Europeo ha abierto la posibilidad para que a la hora de elegir las medidas y proyectos pueda utilizarse la asesoría de un pequeño grupo de expertos en el terreno del acervo comunitario y de la problemática del desarrollo económico de los países del antiguo bloque comunista. +Los gastos adicionales para acciones en las áreas rurales son una disposición discrecional tanto en lo referente a la dotación de créditos como a su aplicación y no son un sustituto por la pérdida de capacidad adquisitiva causada por la reducción de los precios. +Además de los aspectos relativos al control del viñedo y a las condiciones de producción de uva, forman parte la totalidad de la normativa relativa a las prácticas enológicas, es decir, a la transformación del vino, al igual que la normativa relativa al etiquetado. +Así pues, es una respuesta política la que le pido, señor, ya que estoy frente a un ministro, y quisiera saber si en los Consejos de Ministros llegan ustedes a hablar no sólo, por supuesto, de los inmigrantes, de problemas de seguridad, algo que hace usted muy bien -las Presidencias austríaca y alemana lo revelan todos los días- sino también del derecho de los ciudadanos, junto con el derecho de los capitales, a circular libremente. +En el marco de las conversaciones bilaterales, el Gobierno Federal alemán, en su calidad de Presidencia del Consejo, ha instado -incluso muy insistentemente- en diversas ocasiones a la parte ucraniana para que modificase estas disposiciones por razones humanitarias. Lamentablemente, estos esfuerzos no han tenido hasta ahora ningún éxito. +Asunto: El contencioso entre la UE y los Estados Unidos en relación con el régimen del plátano ¿Puede el Consejo realizar una declaración sobre las últimas noticias procedentes del Órgano de Solución de Diferencias de la OMC que analiza el régimen comunitario del plátano e indicar qué respuesta dará a sus conclusiones? +Incluyo en mi agradecimiento a todos los funcionarios que nos ayudaron a llegar a un compromiso en el que aparecen tres de las principales aspiraciones básicas que teníamos en este Parlamento: disponer de un instrumento jurídico de carácter horizontal; de un instrumento financiero único, el IFOP; y lograr, además, que en el reglamento base se recogiesen, por fin, todas las medidas estructurales financieras. +Por ejemplo, la continuidad de acciones tendentes a mantener una flota moderna, segura y competitiva; o aquellas que han demostrado ser instrumentos muy eficaces de política pesquera, como las empresas mixtas con terceros países, a las que la propuesta de la Comisión vacía de contenido, cuando pueden ser una excelente fórmula de cooperación con terceros países, como seguramente se demostrará en el futuro en el caso de Marruecos. +En un ámbito hay que alabar a la Comisión -el Sr. Fischler ha necesitado mucho tiempo hasta presentar un proyecto tan bueno, pero usted también ha rehusado durante mucho tiempo retirar el antiguo proyecto-, a la Presidencia del Consejo, al Sr. Funke, y también a los colegas del Parlamento. +Los mismos Estados miembros han instado a los interlocutores sociales a emprender negociaciones con el objetivo de alcanzar un acuerdo -a cualquier nivel- que promueva la adaptabilidad, equilibrando la flexibilidad en los puestos de trabajo y sin olvidar la seguridad de los trabajadores. +Señor Presidente, en la página 8 del Acta, con el título «Elección del Presidente de la Comisión», se alude a la votación del Parlamento referente a la aprobación de la designación del Sr. Prodi por los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, y se expresa que el Presidente felicitó al Presidente electo. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Consejo, como Presidenta de la Comisión de Libertades Públicas y Asuntos Interiores, me satisface, por supuesto, al igual que a todos los colegas que han intervenido, que se haya conseguido un acuerdo y que la Presidencia nos haya podido comunicar que el Acuerdo de Schengen se ha integrado, en efecto, en el Tratado de la Unión. +La segunda área en la que estoy de acuerdo con ella es que, en la cuestión del «opting-in» u «opting-out», elegir lo que se quiere recibir o rechazar lo que no se quiere recibir, tenemos que dar al consumidor el derecho a hacer esto último, pero el hecho de prescribir qué se puede o no se puede poner en la red supone restringir de tal modo la expansión de este tráfico que se produciría un efecto negativo en el propio mercado único. +Extraña política es ésta, que nosotros pidamos al Consejo una tendencia que, aparentemente, nosotros no queremos respetar yendo en contra de los Tratados, en contra de nuestro propio Reglamento, en contra de la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia y en contra del sentido común mismo, que dice que, jurídicamente, un acto es un acto y tiene el valor de ese acto formal. +Con respecto al Fondo de Cohesión, éste ocupa un lugar aparte, puesto que su lógica de financiación es la de la financiación por proyecto y no por programa; a pesar de ocupar un lugar aparte, desempeña un papel determinante en el sentido de ayudar a la cohesión económica y social, que es uno de los cometidos de la Unión Europea. +Dado que deseamos austeridad en todo lo relativo al presupuesto de la UE, así como un programa presupuestario marcado por el rigor y unas prioridades bien fundadas, nos mostramos contrarios a los aumentos propuestos en el presupuesto de la UE para los próximos ejercicios y hemos votado a favor de devolver la propuesta a la comisión. +Una persona como Simon Peres, por ejemplo, y otros colaboradores del Partido Laborista, representan una política inequívoca al respecto. Ante esta situación, no podemos sino expresar nuestra esperanza de que también la parte israelí declare rotundamente que desea comprometerse a fondo con la paz y que pondrá fin a las numerosas medidas represivas que, desafortunadamente, se han venido sucediendo desde la toma del poder de Netanyahu y su nombramiento como Primer Ministro. +Señor Presidente, los palestinos han adoptado una decisión muy valiente y espero que el Gobierno israelí - tanto el Gobierno actual como el futuro - muestre la misma determinación. Necesitamos un Estado palestino soberano, necesitamos que se respete plenamente la soberanía del Líbano y de Siria y, obviamente, también necesitamos garantías con respecto a la soberanía y la seguridad de Israel. +La detención, fuera de las fronteras de Djibuti, de algunos dirigentes de la oposición -concretamente en Etiopía y en el Yemen-, su extradición a Djibuti y su encarcelamiento, las condiciones en las cuales se encuentran detenidos, la ausencia de juicio, la ausencia de abogados, las condiciones particularmente difíciles y dolorosas de su detención: nosotros sabemos todo eso y es evidente que no podemos admitirlo. +Ahora bien, la resolución que presentamos fija el objetivo de obtener la ratificación de al menos 60 países hasta el final del año 2000 para que en ese año el Tribunal Penal Internacional pueda entrar en funciones y pide al Consejo que se inscriba ese objetivo en el orden del día del Consejo Europeo de Colonia. +Por una parte, se hace un llamamiento al sentido de la responsabilidad de quienes emplean esta libertad. Pero por otra parte, corresponde a los órganos públicos encontrar soluciones adecuadas para poner coto al mal uso de estas libertades perjudiciales para la sociedad en general y especialmente para los impuestos y la recaudación de impuestos. +Es además algo favorable el hecho de que no aborde únicamente la cultura de la UE, lo cual daría pie a cierto tipo de nacionalismo de la Unión, sino que haga hincapié también en la cultura de otros países al margen de la UE y que extraiga conclusiones favorables de los aspectos culturales procedentes de otras partes de nuestro planeta. +Lo que se está produciendo en los últimos meses, sobre todo -como ha mencionado la Sra. Comisaria, Sra. Gradin- en la zona asiática, nos preocupa enormemente, porque el esfuerzo que ha hecho la industria textil -muy positivo- para ponerse al día, para ser competitiva, para tener una óptima posición y cuota en el mercado internacional, se puede destrozar en poco tiempo. +del informe del Consejo Europeo y de la declaración de la Comisión sobre la reunión del Consejo Europeo celebrada en Colonia los días 3 y 4 de junio, -la declaración del Consejo sobre el semestre de actividad de la Presidencia alemana. +A diferencia de lo que ocurrió en 1991/92, en esta ocasión la UE adoptó una posición común en los Balcanes y lo hizo porque los Estados europeos al fin comprendieron que lo que allí estaba en juego no era sólo un compromiso moral o el futuro de una región europea periférica, sino su propia seguridad, la seguridad de todos nosotros. +La cuestión de los contribuyentes netos o la nueva regulación del marco financiero ha sido esgrimida al principio por el Canciller Federal alemán sobre todo ante la opinión pública alemana pero luego ha fracasado miserablemente a la hora de solucionar el problema. +A ese respecto, me gustaría preguntar al Sr. Fischer si ve, más allá de las conclusiones de Colonia, una perspectiva a corto o a medio plazo para que se adhieran los países que aún no lo han hecho al artículo 5 del Tratado de Bruselas modificado, es decir, a la cláusula de asistencia mutua que vincula a los países actualmente miembros de la Unión Europea Occidental. +El segundo motivo es, lo que ha mostrado de nuevo claramente la guerra de Kosovo, y quizás desempeñen aquí también un papel las diferentes experiencias políticas, muy especialmente en la Europa central, que solamente existe una única seguridad en este continente: no podemos permitir en este continente el nacionalismo, el racismo o una primitiva forma en bruto del fascismo. +Asimismo hemos ratificado la resolución conjunta del Consejo de Asuntos Generales y de los Jefes de Estado sobre la ubicación del Departamento de reconstrucción y hemos decidido convocar una cumbre para el acuerdo de estabilización del Sudeste de Europa en Sarajevo. +Es importante insistir, como ha aclarado la Ministra de Asuntos Exteriores en su intervención, en que la renovación interna de la Unión y la consolidación de las sociedades nacionales en toda Europa serán la piedra angular del desarrollo de la UE en el futuro. +Y quiero terminar, señor Presidente, con una pregunta dirigida a la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo de Ministros Exteriores: si Turquía no ofrece garantías sobre la vida de Öcalan, si Turquía no da algunos pasos en la dirección del reconocimiento de los derechos políticos de los kurdos, ¿considera la Presidencia finlandesa que debemos avanzar en Helsinki hacia el estatuto de país en proceso de adhesión? +Relacionado con esto, el Consejo pidió a la Comisión que comprobase que la ejecución y funcionamiento de los sistemas de alarma de la UE son homogéneos y eficaces, y en caso de ser necesario, presentase proposiciones para mejorarlos, y a su vez considerase la forma de ampliar los sistemas de control actuales para rellenar las posibles lagunas. +En relación al procedimiento de infracción puedo comunicarles que la Comisión ha iniciado un procedimiento rápido sobre Bélgica sobre la base del art. 226 TCE porque el Estado belga no cumplió con su obligación de informar inmediatamente a la Comisión y a los Estados miembros sobre las intoxicaciones por dioxina ni actuó enteramente según la Resolución 1999/389. +No quiero llegar al extremo de afirmar que en los últimos cinco años se haya producido una renacionalización, pero con toda seguridad, el Consejo, por ejemplo, a la hora de afrontar las consecuencias la crisis de la EEB no ha mostrado un mayor coraje para marcarse verdaderos objetivos europeos que fuesen susceptibles de control y también de sanción. +En segundo lugar, quisiera indicarles que el anexo 3 contiene la composición de las mesas de las delegaciones, por lo que pregunto si ayer, cuando votamos este punto -lo cual hicimos-, si ayer, pues, estaban disponibles también las listas con los nombres y con la composición, o si ayer hemos votado sin conocer la composición, lo cual me parecería inaudito, al no existir la documentación correspondiente. +Posteriormente se integrará al Reglamento; pero si mañana, antes de la aprobación del Acta, un grupo político, o bien 32 diputados como mínimo, de conformidad con el apartado 4 del artículo 180 del Reglamento, impugnan esta interpretación, la cuestión se someterá entonces de inmediato a nuestra Asamblea, que se pronunciará, según está establecido, por mayoría simple, en presencia de la tercera parte de sus miembros como mínimo. +Por eso la prioridad de mi Grupo es eliminarlos y someter a la Comisión al derecho común, antes que buscar otras soluciones, como la de crear la figura del fiscal europeo, que satisfaría las manías federalistas, pero no aportaría mucho más respecto a los poderes de la OLAF en la lucha contra el fraude. +No me obliguen a recordar aquí sus nombres, pero no tengo que mirar muy lejos para ver en estos mismos escaños a quién ahora aplaude la propuesta de crear una fiscalía europea, pero que no tuvo empacho en votar en contra de ella cuando hace un par de años la propusimos la Sra. Theato y yo mismo, anticipando ciertamente que esto requeriría avanzar en la creación de un espacio judicial europeo y modificar los Tratados. +Retorciendo el brazo a los políticos del Parlamento Europeo, dejando el camino expedito a las ideas sobre defensa común, impuestos comunes, una política común de prestaciones sociales, sobre las que encima se recomienda su reducción, dejando en fin el camino expedito a esta política, a pesar de lo que piense al respecto la población europea. +Ayer volví a recordarlo en el momento de proceder a la aprobación del Acta del viernes de la sesión plenaria anterior y el Acta señala ahora, por un lado, que precisé el contenido de mi intervención, sin recoger qué dije realmente, y por el otro lado, a continuación se añade una relación de todos los miembros de las mesas de dichas comisiones parlamentarias mixtas. +El único instrumento para realzar esta responsabilidad para progresar en el control de los recursos así como la mejora de la Administración es una delegación de poder y responsabilidad más restringida. Al mismo tiempo se puede mejorar esencialmente un problema tan palpitante como la lenta circulación de pagos de la Unión Europea. +Están en juego la posibilidad y la necesidad de emitir una señal, de dejar claro que nos tomamos muy en serio el tema de la seguridad y de la justicia, de subrayar que en la Cumbre de Tampere se trata de recabar información en beneficio de la seguridad y la libertad de los ciudadanos europeos. +Señora Presidenta, el candidato a Comisario Vitorino señaló en la ronda de preguntas que el objetivo de la elaboración de un reglamento de derechos humanos no sería sólo para encontrar un denominador común entre los Estados miembros sino que el reglamento sería una declaración independiente de derechos. +Creo, para terminar, señora Presidenta, que los objetivos del Consejo Europeo de Tampere son muy ambiciosos, pero pienso que solamente siendo ambiciosos en nuestro empeño por hacer realidad ese espacio de libertad, de seguridad y de justicia conseguiremos que los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea vean en nuestros trabajos un instrumento eficaz para hacer frente a sus problemas. +. He dado mi voto positivo a la Comisión presidida por el Sr. Prodi, en primer lugar, porque su Presidente responde plenamente al perfil que demandan los retos a los que debe hacer frente la Unión Europea al cruzar el umbral del tercer milenio, y porque, en general, los Comisarios han dado pruebas de su capacidad para responder a dichos retos de manera eficaz. +Señor Presidente, este burden of the future del que usted hablaba hace años en la Comisión de Presupuestos ya es el lastre del presente, porque creo que hemos hecho caso omiso a su "aviso" y no hemos sido lo suficientemente fuertes como Parlamento para no ceder a este ahorro engañoso por parte del Consejo, que presenta un presupuesto de pagos olvidándose cautelosamente de que los compromisos han de cumplirse. +Sin embargo, también la Comisión saldría ganando si las propuestas fueran adaptadas en el sentido que sugiere el Parlamento, tanto en lo que a la responsabilidad financiera como a la estructura de la Agencia para la reconstrucción se refiere, puesto que no basta con asignar los recursos. Es ésta la única forma de garantizar un procedimiento eficaz, transparente y justificable. +Satisface a nuestro grupo que el Consejo haya recogido con esa diligencia, como ya lo dijo el Sr. Wynn, la idea de la Comisión de Presupuestos y que haya estudiado la falta de gasto del fondo de garantía agrícola. +Es necesario que el Consejo y la Comisión prorroguen la suspensión del apoyo a la cooperación económica y militar, porque Indonesia, señor Presidente, no atiende al argumento de los derechos humanos, sólo atiende al argumento de las sanciones económicas y de los intereses militares. +Si su estrategia consiste en desacreditar al Gobierno de España con falsedades y, además, en mostrar un sectarismo falsario, irracional e irresponsable, demuestra una incapacidad manifiesta para comprender cuál es su misión en este Parlamento -que no es precisamente la de utilizar la trágica muerte de un niño-, y entonces es realmente preocupante que su andadura empiece de esta manera. +En vista de que el Tratado de Amsterdam concede la máxima prioridad a la protección de la salud humana y en vista también de que el Parlamento Europeo tiene ahora poderes de codecisión con arreglo al Tratado, ¿puede el Consejo asegurar al Parlamento que toda propuesta relacionada con las lentes de contacto de uso múltiple en fase experimental pasará por este Parlamento para que la veamos y podamos aprobarla? +Asunto: Situación en Kosovo Algo más de dos meses después de la instalación de la KFOR en Kosovo, no sólo no se ha conseguido apaciguar la situación en la región, ni contribuido a consolidar un clima de estabilidad, seguridad y convivencia pacífica de las distintas comunidades, sino que, por el contrario, se ha exacerbado y vuelto aún más tensa la inestable situación originada por los bombardeos de la OTAN. +Comparto las objeciones respecto de la elección de la sede de la agencia en cuestión - en nuestra opinión, Pristina y no Salónica.-, así como las objeciones acerca de la aparente posibilidad unilateral - por lo tanto, en opinión del Consejo - de ampliar las actividades de dicha Agencia a otras regiones de la República Federal de Yugoslavia sin antes siquiera consultar al Parlamento. +Al igual que en el caso de todas las agencias comunitarias actuales, la Comisión propone que los Estados miembros estén representados en el consejo de administración, de manera que su presencia garantice la plena coordinación de las actividades de la Unión Europea con aquéllas desarrolladas sobre el terreno por los Estados miembros. +Los problemas pendientes siguen siendo muchos: el 70% del territorio de Cisjordania y Gaza está ocupado militarmente; el estatuto de Jerusalén sin definir; los asentamientos israelíes y la expropiación de la tierra y del agua; los más de 2.200 prisioneros políticos en la cárcel; la cuestión de los refugiados palestinos del primer éxodo de 1948 y de 1967 que ascienden a unos 4 millones. +En el primer y segundo guión del apartado 4, el Parlamento pide que el número de sus representantes en el "recinto" encargado de redactar la Carta sea igual al número de los representantes de los Estados miembros, es decir, quince como mínimo; paralelamente, se quita de en medio a los Parlamentos nacionales, sugiriendo que sólo se proceda a "una consulta de sus presidentes" . +Esperemos que las manifestaciones gráficas e incluso emocionantes que hemos presenciado esta tarde en la Asamblea y los gestos tan humanos que han demostrado tanto griegos como turcos en las últimas semanas, conduzcan al fortalecimiento de las relaciones entre ambos países vecinos, así como entre Turquía y la Unión Europea. +También debería examinarse seriamente la ampliación del mandato de la OSCE desde un punto de vista financiero y personal. Pido al Sr. Kinnock que encargue al Sr. Patten que nos informe en la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores sobre los resultados de ese análisis para que podamos adoptar otras resoluciones. +El primero -además lo digo como historiador de la medicina- se refiere al hecho de que, en un continente que ha sido destruido por la colonización, como es África, no es una casualidad que haya surgido la epidemia del sida sino que es la consecuencia del empobrecimiento de ese continente y, por ello, somos responsables, como antigua metrópolis colonizadora, de ayudar a África. +Si bien es evidente que el potencial técnico disponible para la producción de energía eólica y solar, a partir de la biomasa, hidroeléctrica y geotérmica permitiría cubrir bastante más del 12 % del consumo de energía hasta el año 2010, sin embargo las tasas de incremento registradas en el pasado nos indican que se requerirán grandes esfuerzos para alcanzar sólo ese 12 %. +En primer lugar, en lo que respecta a la propuesta que hoy se debate de fijar en el 1,5% al año la mejora de la intensidad energética del consumo final - enmienda al considerando 15 y al artículo 1 - considero dicho objetivo indudablemente ambicioso, pero poco realista, así como perjudicial para los usuarios que ya han conseguido con éxito, pero no sin grandes esfuerzos, los objetivos definidos en el programa SAVE I (1991-1995). +Una vez aprobado, este programa se convertirá en un importante componente del programa marco plurianual de la energía, aportando un mayor grado de transparencia y una mejor coordinación de nuestros programas en el sector de la energía, permitiendo que el Parlamento pueda ejercer sus competencias de supervisión en interés de los ciudadanos europeos. +Y no sólo se está utilizando el apoyo que están prestando de manera bilateral algunos países -pues también se está llevando a cabo una colaboración bilateral con países de la Europa central y oriental- sino que también debe tenerse en cuenta el apoyo que reciben a través del programa SAVE y de otros programas comunitarios, donde lo que se hace es contratar con empresas -que son las que dan ese tipo de apoyo, de enseñanza, de educación, de difusión de técnicas de buen uso- y, evidentemente, entre ellas hay empresas de la Unión Europea. +Pero ciertamente no me uniré a las manifestaciones de autosatisfacción de las instituciones europeas, que tienen incluso la pedantería de pretender que han contribuido de manera significativa a la desaparición del régimen del apartheid en Sudáfrica, cuando la responsabilidad de las grandes potencias, incluidas las europeas, es aplastante en el mantenimiento de un régimen infame durante tanto tiempo. +Precisamente ahora, en la reunión de la Comisión que acaba de celebrarse, el señor Comisario Bolkenstein me ha resumido de un modo que considero absolutamente correcto y preciso el motivo por el cual hay algunos capítulos de la política fiscal que no requieren ninguna armonización y que viven en la diversidad como, por ejemplo, los impuestos sobre la renta de las personas. +Pero verán ustedes en el nuevo organigrama de mi dirección general que hay un servicio al ciudadano que, verdaderamente, pretende estar al servicio del ciudadano y que intenta responder a todas las preguntas de los ciudadanos utilizando, como ha pedido la señora Cederschiöld, las nuevas tecnologías, pero también utilizando el soporte papel cuando no se disponga de otros medios. +Así, pues, es importante entender la diferencia que existe en este momento entre problemas causados por las solicitudes que no se pueden atender por consideraciones presupuestarias y la tramitación de los compromisos, en la que, pese a las dificultades habidas a comienzos de este año, la situación ha mejorado, y vale la pena recordar que algunos de los problemas habidos a comienzos de este año tenían poco que ver con el retraso en la recepción de compromisos en diciembre. +Es realmente increíble que esta actuación se repita y que cada vez que hay una pregunta de un diputado, especialmente socialista, el Partido Popular utilice el turno de preguntas para cubrir las vergüenzas de su Gobierno y que no haga ninguna pregunta al Comisario correspondiente. +Los debates de hoy tienen lugar en un momento en que las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y Turquía tienen la oportunidad de marchar en una nueva dirección: precisamente dos meses antes de la reunión del Consejo Europeo en Helsinki, del que se esperan importantes decisiones relacionadas con el proceso de ampliación en su totalidad y sobre todo también en relación con Turquía. +Señora Presidenta, existe un problema bastante grave: esta propuesta de resolución reza en el apartado 15 del texto italiano lo siguiente: "Invita a las autoridades religiosas a que cooperen plenamente en la aplicación de los programas de prevención y a que participen constructivamente en la acción de prevención del SIDA" . +Creo que tanto la UE como los Gobiernos de los Estados miembros deben seguir endureciendo el control sobre el funcionamiento general del ámbito de la investigación genética y, en particular, la aplicación de programas que no se ajustan del todo a las directrices establecidas en lo relativo a la ética, el medio ambiente y los consumidores. +Señor Presidente, estoy muy satisfecho de que el Parlamento Europeo se ocupe intensamente de Macedonia, pues debemos tener claro que Macedonia es el país europeo que actualmente se ve sometido a un mayor peligro por la inestabilidad de sus vecinos, pero por otro lado ha realizado enormes progresos en la reducción pacífica de los problemas de las minorías y de las tensiones con los vecinos. +Pretendemos convencerlos a través de la negociación de que el medio más eficaz para atraer a sus países inversiones directas exteriores, vía de acceso privilegiada a la tecnología y a los mercados internacionales, es ante todo creando un marco seguro y previsible para los inversores extranjeros, ya sean originarios de países industrializados o de otros países emergentes. +En el Consejo Europeo se destacó que el desarrollo de la capacidad de Europa para controlar las crisis mejoraría las posibilidades de participar a nivel internacional en el fomento de la paz y la seguridad, siguiendo los criterios de la Carta Fundamental de la ONU. +En el último período legislativo he pedido al Consejo que se ocupe de modo consecuente de la seguridad de los empleados y de la población de Bruselas y no quiero desaprovechar esta ocasión para pedir al Consejo que adopte una iniciativa de seguridad para Bruselas y en contra de la criminalidad en las ciudades. +Como ya ha sucedido en el pasado cuando este Parlamento, el Consejo, varios jefes de estado y la opinión pública mundial se movilizaron para obtener una suspensión de la ejecución, tenemos que hacer una vez más todo lo que podamos para salvar la vida de esta víctima del odio racial y de una clara perversión de la justicia. +Nos agrada que el Gobierno de Bielorrusia y la oposición estén esforzándose por entablar un diálogo constructivo a fin de convenir en condiciones aceptables para la celebración de elecciones justas y libres, restaurando de esta manera el Estado de derecho en el país. +Señor Presidente, después de casi veinte años y a pesar de los esfuerzos de la judicatura italiana y de la asociación de las familias de las víctimas, no conocemos todavía la verdad sobre la tragedia de Ustica, una tragedia que afectó a la opinión pública italiana, así como a toda la opinión pública europea. +Por último, permítanme que proponga dos correcciones: en primer lugar, nuestra enmienda 6, en la que pedimos que no se vuelva a poner en funcionamiento la central mientras no se haya llevado a cabo una investigación, deja bien sentado que estamos hablando de la planta de conversión y no de la planta de reelaboración de Tokaimura, que es una planta diferente situada en un emplazamiento distinto del que se ocupa una compañía distinta ... +Señora Presidenta, nuestros colegas de la Comisión de Pesca han abrigado siempre el deseo de que las cuestiones relativas a la pesca no fueran discutidas únicamente en los viernes y hemos oído que en la tarde del jueves hay todavía tiempo suficiente para discutir un tema. +Las comunicaciones y las transacciones comerciales electrónicas mundiales en la esfera de los servicios de la tecnología de la información son productos cuya importancia aumenta sin cesar, y los servicios en la esfera de la tecnología de la información se incrementarán en más del 100% en la Unión Europea de aquí al año 2001. +Aunque las líneas presupuestarias que son responsabilidad de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política de los Consumidores no son grandes en términos monetarios, desempeñan un importante papel en facilitar el desarrollo de las políticas de la Unión y, sobre todo, en acercar más a la Unión y satisfacer las necesidades y deseos de los ciudadanos de a pie. +Ahora bien, en porcentaje del producto interior bruto de la Unión, el volumen del proyecto de presupuesto del Consejo es inferior al del anteproyecto de la Comisión, que ya era inferior al acuerdo de Berlín, el cual era a su vez inferior al techo fijado por los acuerdos de Edimburgo. +Acepto totalmente la necesidad de perfeccionar e introducir eficacia en la gestión de este y otros planes y de mejorar el rendimiento, pero una manera más efectiva de hacerlo en cuanto a modificación del presupuesto sería describir las mejoras y aportar un plan de ejecución para el futuro. +Desde el punto de vista del método, me pregunto por qué el Parlamento, al debatir el informe del Banco Central de 1998, siente la necesidad de incluir la aprobación de una medida específica de la cual el Banco Central Europeo dará cuenta en el próximo informe, es decir, el de 1999. +El hecho de que sea inminente una nueva revisión al alza de los tipos, como ayer dieron a entender tanto el economista jefe del Banco Central, Sr. Issing, como el vicepresidente Sr. Noyer, ¿no demuestra quizás que la decisión del mes de abril fue equivocada, habida cuenta de que entretanto no hemos asistido a ningún impacto imprevisto? +Dicho esto, debo alzarme contra la verdadera declaración de guerra contra los trabajadores y los desempleados de la Unión Europea que constituye el objetivo afirmado por el vicepresidente del BCE cuando habla de "reducir las rigideces del mercado del trabajo" , o también "emprenderla con los hábitos arraigados y los derechos supuestamente adquiridos" . +En primer lugar, no estamos planeando ni esperamos ningún cambio relacionado con la distribución, como en el caso de las ONG y las organizaciones de Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones, llevado a cabo por nuestra gestión o nuestra política. Respondemos a las llamadas y a las crisis y recurrimos a cualquier organización que pueda realizar un buen trabajo en las circunstancias específicas. +En cuanto a la parte de la pregunta concerniente al papel de los parlamentarios en lo que hacemos -y es otra forma de ver la pregunta-, quiero decir que en mi opinión son decisivos el propio debate, el propio diálogo entre la Comisión y el Parlamento en torno a la política que debemos llevar a cabo, y es de allí de dónde sacamos la inspiración decisiva. +No es mucho lo que pide mi país: solamente que cada miembro de la comunidad mundial cumpla con su parte de la tarea, en desarrollo del principio de responsabilidad compartida. Y que todos podamos asumir los costos de las soluciones duraderas en la medida de las posibilidades y de los recursos disponibles. +Se ha dado un paso en relación con la cuarta libertad del Tratado de Roma. El acceso a la justicia más allá de las fronteras nacionales, gracias al reconocimiento mutuo de las sentencias, y la posibilidad de combatir la delincuencia organizada y el blanqueo de dinero por encima de las fronteras nacionales. +En el ámbito del acceso a la justicia, necesitamos que el reconocimiento mutuo vaya acompañado de unas normas comunes mínimas y habría sido bueno que se hubieran tomado decisiones sobre los derechos de las personas a obtener la libertad bajo fianza cuando son acusados en un Estado que no es el propio. +Este mismo año, el Consejo Europeo de Colonia decidió redactar un capítulo sobre los derechos fundamentales que reúna en un documento integral todos los derechos fundamentales aplicables a nivel de la Unión Europea con el fin de hacerlos más visibles a los ojos de los ciudadanos. +Es decir, se va a realizar la definición de actos punibles, una armonización del derecho penal material, el reconocimiento recíproco de sentencias, se va a crear EUROJUST y una protección para las víctimas de delitos, es decir, un abanico de medidas que significan que es un éxito. +Incluso se observa una debilidad de la Unión en el trazado de una estrategia a fin de combatir las causas sociales de la migración y para proporcionar ayuda a los países de procedencia con vistas a reducir la presión hacia la Unión Europea. +En los últimos segundos de este debate me importa resaltar la construcción judicial, el hecho de que el ciudadano, además de la seguridad, además de la policía, además de la lucha contra el crimen, quiere saber que la justicia es suya, que es su justicia, en cualquier punto de Europa; que, ante cualquier juez, tendrá su justicia. +Finalmente, la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios del Parlamento Europeo ha retirado la parte correspondiente del proyecto de resolución para no tener problemas con el Sr. Duisenberg y el Parlamento Europeo acaba de respaldar esa dejación. +Frente a la tendencia actual a desreglamentarlo todo, la Unión Europea puede, si quiere, dotarse de instrumentos que permitan impulsar una política así, desde la imposición de una tributación por las operaciones especulativas hasta la aplicación de un crédito selectivo que incite a la creación de puestos de trabajo y disuada a las empresas de hacer las supresiones en masa de puestos de trabajo. +Para mi Grupo, Unión por Europa de las Naciones, el marco dentro del cual se plantea la cuestión es bastante delicado, porque existe un peligro que consiste, por un lado, en configurar los supuestos de una competencia imperfecta y, por otro, en limitar la acción de los Estados miembros en esta materia, en contra del principio de subsidiariedad. +En una época de situaciones y coyunturas críticas en el sistema internacional, la opción negativa de la, única superpotencia real plantea una cuestión fundamental. La de la reafirmación de la voluntad política del mundo civilizado de controlar con efectividad la producción y expansión de las armas que causan desastres masivos. +El general de cuatro estrellas Lee Butler, responsable de las fuerzas estratégicas americanas dotadas de armamento nuclear y que ha tenido su dedo sobre el botón rojo durante muchos años, está totalmente convencido de que la mera existencia de armamento nuclear, que puede usarse en conformidad con una decisión política pero también como resultado de un fallo técnico, es muy grave. +Señor Presidente, lamento verme obligado a abandonar la sesión con la Sra. Presidenta del Parlamento, y por ello quiero ahora señalar, como ya dijo el Comisario, Sr. Patten, en su intervención, que la Unión no acepta el terrorismo, pero tampoco aceptamos, en ningún caso, el uso exagerado de la fuerza, que no puede ser tolerado en ninguna circunstancia. +Si además veo lo que se dice en la declaración conjunta de la cumbre sobre Chechenia, el tema más importante por el momento en la cooperación con Rusia: allí se dice que la Unión Europea y la Federación Rusa intercambian sus posiciones sobre la situación en el norte del Cáucaso. +El nuestro no es solo un necesario homenaje a la cultura, sino también un sereno juicio político que nace ante todo del convencimiento de tener como interlocutor a un Estado - en este caso Turquía - que está lejos todavía del pleno reconocimiento de los derechos humanos y de los principios de libertad y democracia en los cuales se asienta la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, Señorías, el acuerdo de pesca con el Reino de Marruecos es con mucho el más importante de los que ha celebrado la Unión Europea, debido al número de buques comunitarios afectados, a las posibilidades de pesca que abre, a los empleos que dependen directamente del sector -más de 8.000 pescadores y de 20.000 trabajadores-. +El Parlamento, esta misma mañana, ha cumplido con su deber al incluir en el presupuesto del año 2000 una partida de 125 millones de euros, que no había sido prevista en las perspectivas financieras negociadas en Berlín, en virtud del Acuerdo Interinstitucional entre el Consejo y el Parlamento, pero que es fundamental para que pueda empezar la negociación. +No echó mano de los recursos que hemos visto hace poco, como el de la demócrata liberal que arrastra un saco de carne británica por el aeropuerto con la esperanza de que algún infortunado oficial aduanero la arreste y, así, pueda hacerse una foto oportuna, o el de los conservadores que asaltaron la Bastilla hace dos semanas en París, también para hacerse una foto oportuna. +El Sr. Graefe zu Baringdorf, colega de mi Grupo, una o dos veces en su intervención se refirió a la carne "inglesa" , pero ya se sabe que en el Reino Unido hay cuatro países distintos, y en Escocia, que es el mío, los agricultores tienen todo el derecho a sentirse maltratados, porque, en primer lugar, no tenemos un problema serio de EEB. +Desde el punto de vista jurídico, queda de manifiesto que la ley francesa del 1 de julio de 1998, que crea la Agencia de Seguridad Sanitaria Alimentaria, sobrentiende que Francia dispone de un poder soberano para salvaguardar la salud de sus habitantes. +Puede haber problemas al principio, pero el imperativo de todos los que participamos en la formulación de la legislación relativa a esa agencia será el de velar por que las competencias de cada una de las diversas instituciones -ya correspondan al nivel comunitario o al de los Estados miembros- tengan efectos recíprocos adecuados y cada parte sepa exactamente dónde empieza y acaba su competencia. +Que usted declare ahora -el Sr. Böge ya ha planteado esta cuestión- que no se podrá imponer hasta el año 2003 el etiquetado obligatorio y la identificación de la procedencia del animal desde el momento de su nacimiento es, a mi parecer, una de las causas de la gangrena que supone toda esta crisis de la EEB. +El Parlamento tiene ante sí propuestas relativas al etiquetado, como dice Su Señoría, con arreglo al artículo 152, relativo al procedimiento de codecisión, y Su Señoría está en lo cierto al decir que esas disposiciones sobre etiquetado establecen la obligación de facilitar información sobre el animal desde el nacimiento, por lo que las disposiciones sobre un etiquetado minucioso son un instrumento valioso. +Desde el punto de vista de los Estados miembros por separado, el riesgo no se encuentra en la inflación, sino en los aumentos desproporcionados de los salarios nominales, aumentos que ocasionarían un descenso drástico de la competitividad y rentabilidad de las empresas y, en consecuencia, una pérdida de puestos de trabajo. +Todos los actores estuvieron de acuerdo en la necesidad de mantener la estabilidad de precios y negociar acuerdos salariales compatibles con el objetivo de continuar con el proceso de saneamiento presupuestario -de acuerdo con los programas de estabilidad de cada país- y de completar las reformas estructurales de acuerdo con los procesos de Luxemburgo y Cardiff. +La Comisión publicó un Libro Blanco en 1997 a fin de terminar con estas excepciones irresponsables; en 1998, presentó una comunicación en la que figuraba, entre otras cosas, una propuesta de directiva para modificar la directiva relativa a la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo. +Es un plan quinquenal encaminado a reducir las muertes en la carretera y la cantidad de tráfico en las carreteras y a velar por que la calidad de los vehículos en las carreteras corresponda a los niveles más altos posibles para proteger el medio ambiente. +Lo que tenemos que garantizar es que se pueda dar a los pacientes el nivel idóneo de atención de salud y de protección de la salud en el servicio sanitario y también que los médicos auxiliares reciban el más alto nivel de formación posible con normas idóneas para sus condiciones y jornada laborales -lo que significará una reducción de las horas que trabajan- y también los otras obligaciones que deben cumplir simplemente para prestar sus servicios. +Y para eso necesitamos un orden jurídico claro, un orden jurídico del mercado interior, con sus principios, que irradie a todas las otras políticas y a través de los cuales los ciudadanos tengan una idea clara de lo que se ha estado haciendo desde hace 50 años y que ahora, a través de estas iniciativas, creemos que tendrá una vocación de futuro absolutamente asegurada. +También quisiera mencionar nuestra sensación -como la de usted- de que los ciudadanos comunes y corrientes tienen que ver un aumento en la rapidez y la eficiencia de los procedimientos de infracción contra los Estados miembros en los que los derechos de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea ejercidos dentro del Mercado Interior resulten violados o denegados. +A5-0045/1999 del Sr. Menrad, en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo [COM(1999)0440 - C5-0173/1999 - 1999/0192(CNS)] por la que se crea el Comité de Empleo y sobre la propuesta de la Comisión "Líneas directrices para las políticas de empleo de los Estados miembros en el año 2000" [COM(1999)0441 - C5-0147/1999 - 1999/0816(CNS)]; +Pasemos a lo esencial y démonos cuenta de que no es posible tener una política de empleo mejor si, pasada la fase de convergencia económica y monetaria, no queremos instaurar la plena convergencia social y fiscal, con unas normas comunes para todos los países de la Unión. +Gracias a las propuestas constructivas para las políticas de empleo de los Estados miembros en el año 2000, propuestas basadas en un acertado análisis del informe conjunto sobre el empleo, el informe del Sr. Menrad traza el camino a seguir para que Europa aproveche de forma óptima su extraordinario capital humano. +Los análisis muestran que los Estados miembros han acometido mucha iniciativas muy significativas, que éstos toman con más seriedad y dan más importancia que en el pasado a la cualificación y a la formación continua de los trabajadores y que mediante esta política de empleo se han creado también nuevos puestos de trabajo y, en concreto, señor Brie, también quiero decirle esto, en el sector servicios. +La Comisión Europea tiene razón cuando critica en su informe la falta de progreso en materia de empleo para estos colectivos menos favorecidos de los Estados miembros y hace un llamamiento en favor de que se ponga un mayor énfasis en el principio de "mainstreaming" en nuestros programas de empleo en lo relativo a medidas para luchar contra la discriminación. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0041/1999) sobre la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Directiva 93/104/CE relativa a determinados aspectos de la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo para incluir los sectores y las actividades excluidos de dicha directiva (8642/1/1999 - C5-0036/1999 - 1998/0318(COD) (Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales) (Ponente: Sra. Smet) +Precisamente porque estoy de acuerdo, creo que este Parlamento tendría que aprovechar la ocasión para indicar al Tribunal de Cuentas su gran inquietud ante el hecho de que un documento de la enjundia del que ha preparado el Tribunal se haya filtrado, en términos correctos o incorrectos de contenido, al periódico Der Spiegel del 8 de noviembre. +Me refiero al hecho de que en la posición común se hace referencia a la salud en sus aspectos físicos, psíquicos y sociales, a la calidad de vida, a la violencia en cuanto violación de los derechos humanos y, en particular, al hecho de que este programa incluye también a las víctimas de abuso y explotación sexual. +El programa tiene como sólida base el reconocimiento de la necesidad de sostener los derechos humanos y los del niño, según la Convención de los Derechos del Niño promulgada por las Naciones Unidas en 1989, como también los de las mujeres, tal como se expresaron en la Declaración de Beijing y en la Plataforma de Acción de 1995. +Considero que la suma de esta iniciativa con las perspectivas abiertas por la reunión de Tampere desembocarán, en un futuro cercano, en definiciones comunes, en procedimientos penales comunes y en sanciones comunes que los Estados miembros aplicarán a los crímenes del tráfico de personas y a los crímenes contra los niños. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, en el mes de abril de 1999 el Parlamento Europeo aprobó en primera lectura su resolución legislativa sobre la propuesta de la Comisión por la que se creaba un marco general en el ámbito de la información y la consulta de los trabajadores de la Unión Europea. +El problema de fondo al que nos enfrentamos puede resumirse simplemente así: o bien el sistema de recursos propios se nos da en coparticipación, forma parte de un paquete de medidas que el Parlamento pedirá examinar en la Conferencia Intergubernamental para que sea -como diría yo- más democrático, más participativo, o bien, sólo podemos comprobar, lamentablemente, sobre ese punto que toca mover pieza al Consejo, lo que puede durar mucho tiempo si nuestras propuestas no se toman en cuenta. +Se ha hecho referencia al Mercado Interior, que es el marco más importante en el que ahora actuamos: en él hay que poner fin a las grandes subvenciones para el carbón y la energía nuclear y el apoyo a las energías renovables, como aspecto importante que es de la política medioambiental, debe ser realista. +Sin embargo, a pesar de la positiva evaluación general de la directiva, creo que aún quedan muchos problemas por solucionar, como la plena aplicación del nuevo régimen para los ciudadanos de países terceros que viven en la Unión Europea, y también para aquellos que conviven fuera de los estrechos marcos familiares tradicionales. +Si hubiera que invocar una sola razón, sería el interés de los hijos y dudo que si nuestro Parlamento aprobara estas dos enmiendas, ello redunde en el interés de los hijos, que esperan mucho del rápido establecimiento de una reglamentación que les reconozca el mero derecho a no tener que padecer la elección de sus padres de vivir en diferentes países europeos. +Estamos en la fase de consulta de los comités, integrados especialmente por otros Estados miembros, y por tanto podría, antes de finales de este año, proponer una decisión definitiva informal para la aprobación del mapa del Objetivo 2 de su país, como probablemente de los otros tres países que fueron objeto de la primera decisión de la Comisión, el 26 de octubre. +Asunto: Violencia ejercida contra las mujeres La mayoría de las acciones destinadas a solucionar el problema de la violencia ejercida contra las mujeres son de carácter curativo y van dirigidas a mujeres y niñas. Es el caso de las subvenciones a centros especiales en los que las mujeres pueden refugiarse con sus hijos, o el de la rehabilitación de las víctimas de la violencia. +Y la segunda: ¿Qué opinión le merecen las acciones de presión que está ejerciendo en estos momentos la Administración de los Estados Unidos contra algunas empresas europeas -me refiero a la cadena española Sol Meliá y a otras empresas como el Club Méditérranée y la alemana LTU- y cuáles son las medidas que, a su juicio, tendría que tomar la Unión Europea? +Las dificultades iniciales también indican, no obstante, y no debemos hacernos ilusiones al respecto, que el antiguo consenso que determinó la combinación de liberalización del comercio mundial y establecimiento de unas normas comerciales obligatorias, y que siempre dio por sentado que esto influiría de manera predominantemente positiva sobre las tendencias nacionales, dicho consenso ha empezado a resquebrajarse. +Los ciudadanos, las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las empresas de la Unión Europea van a seguir las negociaciones de Seattle con mayor atención que en ninguna otra ocasión anterior y pondrán el punto de mira en las posibilidades de que el comercio mundial sea globalmente más justo, social y equitativo y tome en consideración todos los intereses. +Particularmente en el ámbito de la agricultura, se deben respetar las conclusiones de Berlín como criterio mínimo absoluto en el marco de las negociaciones, pues no es posible dejar de tener en cuenta la situación de las pequeñas explotaciones agrícolas familiares y de los agricultores con una localización geográfica difícil. +Primera dirección, concretar el principio según el cuál estas negociaciones han de ser útiles a los países y poblaciones con dificultades, con la afirmación del derecho para la Unión y los Estados miembros de defender su política de desarrollo y los acuerdos específicos con los ACP y el rechazo de ver los acuerdos de Lomé puestos en entredicho por la OMC. +En caso contrario, existe, con razón, el peligro de terminar en un American world que defiende el comercio con entusiasmo, pero que olvida los restantes valores del European dream, es decir, la solidaridad además de la competitividad, y la responsabilidad además del crecimiento económico ¿No puede ser que el objetivo consista en subordinar todo a ese único paradigma, en que deba predicarse desde Seattle al resto del mundo? +Como, desgraciadamente, las demás partes negociadoras nos siguen a mucha distancia, la UE necesita la ayuda adicional de las organizaciones no-gubernamentales en su trabajo por convertir a la OMC en una organización perdurable desde el punto de vista del medio ambiente, de la sanidad y del bienestar. +Todos coincidimos en que antes de la ampliación de la Unión y la incorporación de nuevos Estados es necesario realizar una reforma fundamental que permita mantener el funcionamiento eficaz de la Unión Europea y mejorar también, añado yo, la transparencia y las posibilidades de control de las decisiones en el ámbito de la política europea. +Al mismo tiempo, no hay impedimentos para discutir el tema en las reuniones de los Ministros de Salud y así tratar de crear no una colaboración, pero sí contactos, y quizás intercambiar información entre los diferentes países para tratar de desarrollar esos métodos en los diferentes países de la Unión. +Asunto: Mayor federalismo en la adopción de decisiones de la UE La ministra de Asuntos Exteriores de Finlandia intervino en julio en Estrasburgo en nombre del país que ejerce la Presidencia del Consejo e indicó que, de acuerdo con los objetivos de Finlandia, "la Unión debe tener una única voluntad, una política común y una sola voz". +La Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, de hecho, ha admitido tres enmiendas del Sr. Méndez de Vigo mediante las cuales, a raíz de la aplicación del Acuerdo Interinstitucional alcanzado en el Parlamento, se ha otorgado un papel especial al propio Presidente del Parlamento, al cual se transmitirán las informaciones sobre los diputados. +Podemos aceptar asimismo el principio de la enmienda 6, que deja bien sentado que dos juegos de huellas digitales son iguales cuando son idénticas, y no cuando son solamente similares. También aceptamos el principio de la enmienda 12, que está encaminada a aclarar que los datos no pueden enviarse nunca al país de un solicitante de asilo ni utilizarse dentro de un Estado miembro para fines ajenos a la cuestión. +Se requiere una aplicación completa y adecuada de las resoluciones de la Organización de Naciones Unidas y de la Asamblea Extraordinaria, y se requiere, señor Presidente y señor Comisario, una cláusula especial contra las drogas, que se incluya en todos los acuerdos con terceros países, una cláusula del mismo nivel y consideración que la cláusula sobre los derechos humanos. +En los acuerdos sobre la propiedad intelectual, Europa debe negarse a patentar la vida, debe garantizar el mantenimiento de las excepciones a las normas generales del comercio respecto de los medicamentos utilizados en la lucha contra el sida y las demás enfermedades graves establecidas por la OMS. +Reprocho al Grupo conservador de este Parlamento que haya procurado suprimir las consideraciones relativas al desarrollo en el Foro Permanente con la OIT que se ha propuesto, y que se haya esforzado lo indecible por desviarnos de nuestros objetivos consistentes en alcanzar un equilibrio equitativo en lo social, así como un comercio libre. +2) centra la revisión en un orden del día que sólo tiene que ver con, esencialmente, las cuestiones del poder de decisión y correspondiente al nuevo equilibrio entre Estados miembros, al reducir, en nombre de la equidad, el peso de los Estados económicamente menos desarrollados en favor de los económicamente más poderosos, a los cuales pretende atribuir los mecanismos de un refuerzo de influencia; +A falta de otra cosa mejor, votaré a favor de la resolución, por la que se pide una moratoria sobre la pena de muerte; pero considero que el hecho de no atreverse a adoptar una posición a favor de la abolición inmediata e incondicional de la pena de muerte constituye una abdicación ante la barbarie. +En segundo lugar, en Kosovo ya no está el ejército yugoslavo, sino nuestros ejércitos. Por una parte, y desde cualquier punto de vistas, están realizando un magnífico trabajo en los ámbitos de la reconstrucción, la protección de los ciudadanos y la reorganización, pero, de otro lado, están desesperados porque no logran proteger a la gente a la que deben y quieren proteger. +El informe actual habla con total claridad en una serie de puntos y apunta en cualquier caso con bastante claridad que si no redoblamos nuestros esfuerzos contra los instigadores y los capitalistas de la narcodelincuencia y su lavado de dinero, los estados de Derecho, las poblaciones y nuestra juventud perderán esta guerra. +Tengo entendido que usted ha dirigido hoy un escrito al Defensor del Pueblo Europeo, pero desearía saber cuándo tendremos los diputados la oportunidad de responder a la solicitud del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo para comentar su consulta de iniciativa propia. +Una política sustantiva, por supuesto, y demostrable por parte de Turquía, de avance por este camino. Por el camino del estado de derecho, claro está, por el camino de la buena vecindad y de la coexistencia pacífica, por el camino del abandono en todos los ámbitos de los métodos militares, especialmente en Chipre, pero también, qué duda cabe, en la cuestión kurda.. +La Sra. Halonen tan sólo ha conseguido insertar una mención de la sociedad de la información - creo que en la última frase de su intervención - y sin embargo, según un documento que recibí de la Comisión la semana pasada, en Helsinki se presentará una iniciativa relativa a "e-Europa" , un documento titulado "Sociedad de la Información para Todos" . +En virtud de los mismos, las personas y sus derechos fundamentales también quedan excluidas del derecho de soberanía de la otra parte firmante, más allá de que siempre hemos mantenido que la exigencia del respeto de los derechos humanos no constituye una injerencia en los asuntos internos de un país. +Turquía, no obstante, mantiene la pena de muerte. Ahora bien, aunque puede ser difícil cambiar la mentalidad de los policías, cambiar la situación de las cárceles, basta una ley, basta una votación parlamentaria para abolir la pena de muerte, como han hecho todos los países de la Unión Europea. +En este momento, yo no sé qué decisión se adoptará la semana próxima en Helsinki. No obstante, en cualquier caso, estoy firmemente convencido de que la decisión que debe adoptar el Parlamento Europeo sobre estos dos reglamentos influirá sobre el resultado de las deliberaciones todavía en curso y también sobre la decisión que adopte el Consejo Europeo la semana próxima. +Tomando en consideración la petición del Parlamento Europeo en la primera lectura, la Comisión da ahora el primer paso para incorporar a la legislación las emisiones de dióxido de carbono y el consumo de carburantes de los vehículos industriales ligeros, es decir, de los vehículos de la categoría M1. +Y en este sentido van las enmiendas que he presentado a esta propuesta de modificación de reglamento: dos en los considerandos, en las que se considera que la fórmula de ayudas a la transformación es realmente importante, que la cuota es insuficiente y que la Comisión va a presentar, antes del inicio de la próxima campaña, una propuesta para pasar de cuotas a umbrales. +Respecto al problema de la doble fijación de precios, estoy de acuerdo con la idea de que tendremos que definir un momento a partir del cual la doble fijación de precios sea absolutamente obligatoria y es la única forma de empezar a realizar alguna comparación, aunque todos somos conscientes de que sólo en los últimos meses del año 2001 la opinión pública, el ciudadano, empezará de verdad a hacer las comparaciones. +El Parlamento pedirá la aceptación de la esencia de las medidas y resoluciones del 25 de octubre de 1996, el Informe Gallagher, y de su opinión del 26 de abril de 1998 sobre la aplicación de medidas técnicas en la política pesquera comunitaria. +Si se tienen en cuenta, entre otras, sus consideraciones y críticas relativas al parco presupuesto que le atribuye el reglamento y a la exclusión de la Organización Común de Mercado de casi toda nuestra acuicultura, así como sus críticas parciales a las normas referentes a la información de los consumidores y a su defensa de los contingentes arancelarios, cuando existe producción comunitaria, mejorará sin duda el reglamento. +El primero consiste en decir que la Unión Europea no ha sido recompensada por los esfuerzos realizados y que, sin duda alguna, nada debe esperarse del Gobierno turco, puesto que tras la aplicación de los acuerdos sobre la Unión aduanera, no se ha efectuado, según algunos de nuestros colegas, ningún progreso sensible. +Lamentamos que en la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor no se haya tratado de buscar un razonable punto de compromiso inspirado en el principio del realismo. +El orden del día incluye las cuestiones que quedaron sin solución en Amsterdam, que son el tamaño y la composición de la Comisión, la ponderación de los votos en el Consejo y la posible extensión de la votación por mayoría cualificada en el Consejo, así como otros asuntos relacionados con las Instituciones en el marco de las citadas cuestiones. +La falta de transparencia ha dificultado, sobre todo, la toma de decisiones en el Consejo; la Presidencia finlandesa ha empezado a poner en práctica nuevos procedimientos para incrementar la transparencia, y es de esperar que éstos arraiguen antes de elaborar una normativa oficial. +El cumplimiento de la austeridad en la política presupuestaria no puede, ni debe, quedar bajo la responsabilidad de la Comisión de Presupuestos, sino que la responsabilidad principal, en lo que respecta al Parlamento, recae lógicamente en la Conferencia de Presidentes y también en los Portavoces de los Grupos políticos. +La Presidencia finlandesa del Consejo ha conseguido cumplir un programa verdaderamente importante; la Cumbre fue un éxito, un buen broche final para el año 1999 y un buen punto de partida para el futuro, con la Declaración del Milenio. +La propuesta de la Comisión tiene como objetivo el de que el importe de 26 millones de euros sea distribuido por los Estados miembros con cierto criterio, en una tabla de distribución que tenga en cuenta, por encima de todo, el número de solicitudes de asilo que cada Estado miembro haya recibido en los tres últimos años y el número de refugiados que se encontraban en el territorio de cada uno de los Estados miembros en los tres últimos años. +Yo creo que el cobro de peajes también podría contribuir a la larga a una reducción de los costes de la movilidad, si se consiguiesen los objetivos que se persiguen, o sea, reducir los atascos y los accidentes y, sobre todo, mejorar la protección del medio ambiente, no sólo en relación con la contaminación del aire y el ruido, sino también en muchos otros aspectos. +Por lo tanto, yo debo decirle con toda claridad al Consejo que con su falta de iniciativa, al no considerar las propuestas del Parlamento en el marco de esta tercera alternativa que hemos presentado, esta semana nos han puesto en una situación muy difícil, próxima al límite de lo reglamentariamente admisible. +El aumento -como decían nuestros compañeros- de dos grados de la temperatura, que se prevé de aquí al año 2010, si no se toman medidas, el aumento del nivel del mar, la desaparición de pequeñas islas y muchas de las catástrofes de los dos últimos años que, según los expertos, tienen que ver con el cambio climático, son hechos que debieran obligarnos a adoptar medidas inmediatas y concretas ya. +Prometimos garantizar la igualdad de acceso de las mujeres y su plena participación en las estructuras de poder y en la toma de decisiones, aunque en ningún otro ámbito es tan grande la desigualdad de trato entre ambos sexos de jure y de facto que en el ámbito de la toma de decisiones. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0077/1999) de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, respecto de la posición común (5748/1999 - C5-0034/1999 - 1998/0228(COD)) adoptada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de un reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativo a las sustancias que agotan la capa de ozono (Ponente: Sra. Hulthén) +Nosotros decíamos que ya no era posible seguir a la OMC sin comprender la exigencia de incluir como primer punto del orden del día el principio de cautela, la diversidad cultural, los derechos sociales, la protección del medio ambiente y la reducción de las desigualdades de desarrollo. +Europa debe apoyarse en este movimiento, en esta nueva opinión pública mundial, para promover otro tipo de regulación de la economía internacional, basada en la redistribución de las riquezas y en un equilibrio distinto entre lo que depende del mercado y lo que debe seguir incumbiendo a la democracia, entre lo que depende del librecambio y lo que debe depender de la cooperación. +. (FR) He votado en contra del proyecto de resolución sobre el etiquetado de productos alimenticios producidos a partir de organismos modificados genéticamente, puesto que tiene por único objeto dar luz verde a la Comisión con vistas a proponer un reglamento por el que se establezca que cuando un producto alimenticio contiene OMG que están por debajo del límite del 1%, el etiquetado que señala su presencia no sería obligatorio. +Señora Presidenta, señora Comisaria, no cabe la menor duda de que la quinta conferencia de la ONU sobre la mujer, la Conferencia de Beijing, constituyó todo un hito en el camino hacia la igualdad entre los sexos, puesto que allí sorprendentemente se produjo el acuerdo de todos los países de la ONU en torno a una plataforma planetaria común de acción. +Ya que se han sugerido ciertos paralelismos con Seattle, quisiera recordar que el marco institucional no es el mismo, ni tampoco es el mismo el papel institucional que la Comisión desempeña en Nueva York y en la Conferencia de Beijing que el que desempeñó en Seattle, pero nada nos impide -si hay voluntad política- que colaboren la Presidencia, la Comisión y el Parlamento, a lo largo de estos meses, hasta junio, que unan sus fuerzas. +La aplicación de esta normativa llevará, entre otras cosas, a un control más eficaz de las fronteras y a la reducción de la inmigración ilegal de los ciudadanos de los países aspirantes a la adhesión o que lleguen a territorio de la Unión a través de estos países. +Cabe recordar también que, aunque los Ministros designados por los Estados miembros para el Consejo de Gobernadores del BEI suelen ser los mismos que participan en las sesiones del Consejo de ECOFIN, el Consejo de ECOFIN no tiene competencias de ningún tipo para dar instrucciones al Banco Europeo de Inversiones sobre su política de créditos o sobre su política informativa. +No pedimos información sobre los motivos por los cuales el Banco Europeo de Inversiones otorgó el crédito, pedimos simplemente cuáles fueron los criterios generales que lo justificaron y sobre la base de qué valoraciones se consideró el proyecto -que, por otra parte, afecta a una de las regiones más ricas de Italia que, entre otras cosas, se caracteriza por un delicado equilibrio medioambiental- y se concedió el crédito. +El Consejo mantuvo un profundo debate en la sesión de los días 9 y 10 de diciembre de 1999 sobre la comunicación de la Comisión sobre el nuevo control del tráfico aéreo titulada " Comunicación al Consejo y al Parlamento Europeo sobre un espacio aéreo europeo uniforme" . +Señor Presidente, como ya he indicado antes, el Consejo ha empezado a intervenir en este problema de retrasos en el tráfico aéreo y ha exigido que la Comisión actúe en esta cuestión, y, como dije en mi respuesta, también hemos hecho progresos en el curso del otoño. +Asunto: Referéndum de autodeterminación en el Sáhara Occidental El ministro marroquí del Interior, Driss Basri, afirmó el 3 de noviembre de 1999 en El Aaiún que el referéndum de autodeterminación del Sáhara Occidental, previsto para el 31 de julio del año 2000, "será aplazado dos o tres años" debido a los 71.420 recursos presentados contra el censo provisional de votantes que elabora la Misión de Naciones Unidas para el referéndum del Sáhara Occidental. +En la reunión mantenida el 14 de septiembre con la Presidencia finlandesa, el Embajador Eagleton instó a la UE a que transmitiera el mensaje a Marruecos y Argelia de que la comunidad internacional aspira a conseguir el equilibrio en la región del Magreb y a que dejara claro que, sin este equilibrio, es difícil apoyar la recuperación económica de la región. +La interpretación recomendada por la Sra. diputada al Parlamento tiene sus virtudes y sus defectos, al igual que ocurre con la práctica actual de acatar la normativa vigente en los procedimientos del Tribunal de Justicias de las Comunidades Europeas. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0099/1999) en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de la directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establecen medidas de lucha contra la morosidad en las transacciones comerciales (8790/1999 - C5-0125/1999 - 1998/0099(COD)) (Ponente: Sr. Murphy) +Señor Presidente, hoy debatimos por fin la prohibición definitiva de la puesta en el mercado y la circulación de la BST en la Unión Europea. Es de esperar que con esto logremos poner fin a un proceso de diez años en el que la decisión definitiva quedaba aplazada una y otra vez con el argumento de que no se disponía de conocimientos científicos definitivos que legitimasen dicha prohibición definitiva. +A principios de 1997, en plena crisis de las vacas locas, el Consejo había decidido crear un sistema de identificación de los animales de la especie bovina a partir del lugar de producción, así como un etiquetado de la carne, facultativo en una primera fase, pero que sería obligatorio a partir del 1 de enero del 2000. +Ha de decirse que la evolución de la situación es particularmente desconcertante, habida cuenta de que el Emir de Kuwait, el Jefe de Estado, en una decisión valiente que la Comisión ha acogido con satisfacción, ha propuesto reconocer a la mujeres el derecho de sufragio activo y pasivo. +Pero, en definitiva, lo que aquí vamos a hacer en estos últimos debates del año y del siglo es reconocer pública y formalmente que esta es una asignatura pendiente, con lo que ello debe suponer también de compromiso de no cejar en nuestros esfuerzos hasta ver cumplido el objetivo que nos fijamos con la aprobación del estatuto del Tribunal, presionando también al Consejo y a la Comisión para que actúen en ese mismo sentido. +Hay otro aspecto que quisiera señalar a la Comisión y al Consejo respecto a la enmienda 5, que espero sea tenida en cuenta, pues los datos en ella solicitados, según el Reglamento (CE) 1390/99, que entró en vigor el 23 de noviembre de 1999, en su artículo 2, establece que "cada Estado miembro mantendrá a disposición de la Comisión todos los datos clasificados por partidas presupuestarias que le serán transmitidas a solicitud de la Comisión en un plazo máximo de 30 días" . +Se decidió poner en práctica dos tipos de concursos financieros: por una parte, préstamos, en aquel momento se habían reservado 245 millones de euros para los préstamos a estos tres países, y por otra parte, una donación de 130 millones de euros que tenía como objetivo esencial el de reducir la carga de la deuda y mejorar la capacidad de reembolso de esos países. +Lo que nos propone la Comisión es finalmente reproducir lo que se hizo por Georgia y Armenia, es decir, prever, un nuevo préstamo que permitiría reembolsar el anterior, pero en unos términos mucho más favorables con el fin de dar un poco de oxígeno a este país, y prever una donación de 35 millones de euros para el período 2000-2004, con el fin de aliviar la carga de la deuda. +Una modificación de la ley sobre las elecciones generales y directas de diputados al Parlamento Europeo presupondría que el Consejo, con el asentimiento del Parlamento Europeo, decretase unánimemente las correspondientes normas y las recomendase a los Estados miembros para su aprobación según sus normas constitucionales. +Y, sobre todo, no acepto que se pretenda crear dos categorías, a saber, Comisarios y subcomisarios de la Unión Europea, igual que existen Ministros y Secretarios de Estado, cuando al mismo tiempo se dice -y me congratulo de que el ponente haya aceptado mi propuesta en ese sentido- que la distribución de competencias entre los Comisarios no debe ser una forma de jerarquizar Estados pequeños y grandes. +Otro punto que debemos subrayar se refiere al aumento de la tasa de desocupación en la República Checa, que, según la Comisión, se debe principalmente a la ralentización de la actividad económica y del efecto del proceso de reestructuración industrial y económica del país. +Una tendencia, muy favorable también, afecta al refuerzo del aparato administrativo del Estado húngaro mediante la ampliación de la plantilla -lo que en la Comisión naturalmente ha provocado cierta envidia- y la organización de unos programas de formación a medio plazo. +Visto el limitado tiempo disponible, esto no ha permitido la formulación de una propuesta sobre el papel. Sí está claro que la Comisión manifiesta una postura complaciente, parece que está preparada para satisfacer las objeciones del Parlamento Europeo y, para ello, va a admitir modificaciones en la propuesta actual. +En la Alta Edad Media, la introducción del penique de plata avalado por el príncipe fue uno de los instrumentos fundamentales para fomentar el desarrollo económico en toda Europa. Con esta medida se pretendía superar las dificultades derivadas del dinero privado. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0175/99) del Sr. Fayot, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y Política Industrial, sobre la comunicación de la Comisión sobre los servicios financieros: establecimiento de un marco de actuación (COM(98)0625 - C4-0688/98). +Una de las cosas que esperamos de la moneda única es que una el mercado monetario en Europa y lo lleve a la dimensión del mercado monetario americano, de modo que, de ahí, podamos sacar las inversiones necesarias para aumentar la actividad de la economía europea y absorber una parte del desempleo. +La política de la Unión debería basarse en un enfoque pragmático centrado en tres sectores clave: primero, es vital que a los compradores de servicios financieros se les facilite una información clara y comprensible; segundo, los procedimientos de reclamación son fundamentales de cara a la confianza de los consumidores. +Siento que la Sra. Benassar Tous no pueda intervenir sobre todo porque hubiéramos deseado -o al menos yo hubiera deseado-agradecerle sincera y personalmente su trabajo, ya que ha conseguido que se aprobara este programa manteniendo un difícil equilibrio entre el espíritu y el significado político del mismo y la limitación de un fundamento jurídico que, lamentablemente, consideramos muy restrictivo respecto a los objetivos del propio programa. +Estamos todos de acuerdo con que hay que pedir a este país un acuerdo provisional para tratar de solucionar el problema de los puertos alpinos; sin embargo, debemos recordar las características viarias de Suiza, un auténtico queso gruyer con el túnel del San Gotardo de 17 kilómetros y 3 metros más estrecho que el del Mont Blanc. +Sin embargo, este importante expediente no puede referirse sólo al buen funcionamiento del mercado interior o de la repartición de los recursos entre los Estados miembros y la Comunidad, se trata de luchar de la manera más eficaz posible contra el fraude internacional y la delincuencia organizada. +Primeramente, porque se centra en el objetivo de fortalecer la independencia de la Comisión, como lo desarrolla la exposición de motivos, mientras que la experiencia reciente, tras la dimisión de esta institución por motivos de gestión irresponsable, lleva a la conclusión de que, por el contrario, es necesario reducir su independencia y fortalecer los controles que se ejercen sobre ésta. +Los actuales problemas medioambientales en los países solicitantes son resultado de grandes emisiones en la atmósfera provenientes de actividades industriales, de la producción de energía y del transporte, así como de una financiación insuficiente y del descuido por lo que se refiere al abastecimiento de agua y la gestión de desechos. +Señor Presidente, cuando he tenido que explicar la opinión de la Comisión de Libertades Públicas y asuntos Interiores en sustitución de mi colega, la Sra. Zimmermann, he dicho que este Parlamento está particularmente satisfecho con la iniciativa de la Comisión y que se lo agradezco al Comisario suplente Liikanen, en nombre de mis otros dos colegas. +Señora Presidenta, la violencia es una característica específica de la sociedad contemporánea y un enigma de la sociedad abierta, una sociedad que ha perdido sus valores y que crea nuevos ídolos y nuevos símbolos trastrocando al final esos valores tradicionales que, por el contrario, siempre han constituido la base de nuestra convivencia civilizada. +Debemos manifestar explícitamente nuestra satisfacción por el hecho de que esta intolerable manifestación del máximo desprecio humano haya dejado de ser tabú. Cada vez son más frecuentes los debates que tratan este tema así como los programas de acción que pretenden combatirlo. +«Tratándose de una dimisión colectiva de todos los miembros de la Comisión a causa de la pérdida de confianza del Parlamento, parece que el caso previsto en el Tratado que presenta mayor analogía es el del artículo 144, que contempla el caso de una moción de censura decidida por el Parlamento. +El apartado 7 incluye una serie de ideas sobre cómo una perspectiva más flexible y actualizada del mercado laboral y de las personas mayores permitiría lograr nuevas modalidades de transición de la vida laboral a la jubilación por medio de nuevos modelos, como la media jornada laboral para los más mayores. +Tercera propuesta: autorizar, de acuerdo con el Gobierno italiano, excepciones al artículo 92 del Tratado que se refiere a las ayudas otorgadas por los Estados, al objeto de conceder beneficios fiscales e incentivos a todos los empresarios que ponen en marcha -y tienen la intención de poner en marcha en el futuro- y mantienen en activo iniciativas capaces de garantizar empleo, así como y sobre todo una vida autóctona a Venecia. +Recordemos: en el procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión para 1996 se hicieron patentes irregularidades y contravenciones del Tratado porque precisamente el Anexo V había dispuesto para la denegación de la aprobación de la gestión una mayoría más grande que la que prescribe el propio Tratado en el artículo 141 del Tratado CE. +En la comisión hemos discutido también la cuestión de si habría que poner en práctica y financiar a nivel europeo programas especiales de empleo para grupos específicos, como los jóvenes o los desempleados de larga duración y, en concreto, con carácter adicional a los programas de acción nacionales y a las medidas de los Fondos estructurales en los Estados miembros; esto sería equivocado. +Ahora surge también por parte socialdemócrata un cierto apoyo en el ámbito de la puesta en marcha de ese tipo de medidas estructurales, que precisamente son de importancia para procurar que se garantice la estabilidad interna del euro: una inflación baja que conlleva costes más bajos, que también posibilita por medio de esas medidas estructurales dar empleo a más personas. +Desde mi punto de vista, y digo esto sin exagerar, si la Comisión hubiera presentado a comienzos de diciembre una propuesta razonable relativa a la mejora de la lucha contra el fraude nos habríamos ahorrado probablemente la denegación de la aprobación de la gestión poco antes de Navidad y con ello nos habríamos ahorrado todo lo que vino a continuación. +Señor Presidente, ante todo quiero sumar también mi voz al elogio a los esfuerzos para la creación de la OLAF, y he de decir que la sesión de hoy está revestida de cierta solemnidad, ya que cuantos trabajamos en la Comisión de Control Presupuestario vemos hoy materializarse unos intentos que han exigido esfuerzos y que han conocido momentos de prueba en los que se decidía si las propuestas prosperarían o no prosperarían. +Hay observaciones sobre lo que ha conducido a esta situación que acaba de describir mi colega el Sr. Elles, una nueva política de personal, cuestiones relativas a las Oficinas de Asistencia Técnica, el informe de la Comisión de Expertos y también algunas directrices para la reforma de la Comisión. +Ahora bien, en nuestros textos reglamentarios, sin perjuicio de la modificación del Reglamento que vamos a votar mañana, la forma en que se regula el procedimiento de aprobación del presupuesto es escrita, está allí, negro sobre blanco. Se puede estar en desacuerdo, pero no hay vuelta de hoja, ya que si un texto se presenta en el Pleno y se rechaza la propuesta con la cual se ha acordado dicho texto, la propuesta se devuelve a comisión. +Es decir, no hay texto del Consejo, hay un borrador de negociaciones hecho antes de la entrada en vigor del Tratado y, por tanto, naturalmente, no hay ningún texto oficial del Consejo y no se ha enviado ningún texto a ninguna parte. +Un trabajo de jefe de empresa que le llevará sin duda a coordinar mejor las responsabilidades de los comisarios, a volver a definir las tareas que deben realizarse, a suprimir algunas de las mismas y a desarrollar otras nuevas, y que le llevará también a reformar los métodos de gestión, los métodos de concesión de contratos, a recurrir a los consultores, etc. +Señor Presidente propuesto, valoro su determinación de poner a punto rápidamente los elementos de una propuesta orgánica para esa región, al objeto de que se establezca una relación estable que dé una perspectiva a los conflictos actuales y a los potenciales que -y aquí estoy de acuerdo con usted- se pueden atemperar y resolver a través de una fuerte relación con la Unión Europea. +Sin embargo, cuando observo cómo actúan los Ministros de Finanzas y, en particular, el papel que desempeña el grupo «Euro 11», me veo obligado a constatar que las decisiones se deslizan progresivamente hacia el plano intergubernamental y que éste ofrece una escasa legitimación democrática para unas decisiones de política económica y monetaria importantes, que van parejas a la independencia del Banco Central Europeo. +Por primera vez, hemos escrito que nos negamos a conceder dicha aprobación de la gestión, a pesar de que el pasado 17 de diciembre rechazamos sencillamente una propuesta que nos llegaba, por otra parte, del Grupo Socialista y que había sido aprobada in extremis por una muy escasa mayoría en el seno de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, propuesta que nos solicitaba conceder la aprobación de la gestión. +No combatimos contra los intereses legítimos del pueblo serbio, sino que lo que deseamos es el regreso de Serbia al seno de Europa y una evolución de Serbia hacia la incorporación a la Europa de la integración, sobre la base de la democracia y de los derechos legítimos del pueblo serbio. +No debemos hoy acrecentar los errores de juicio iniciales que dieron lugar a la interrupción prematura del proceso de Rambouillet, a saltarse el Consejo de Seguridad, a marginar a Rusia, a no apreciar en su justa medida el efecto de los bombardeos sobre el pueblo serbio. +Señor Presidente, es evidente que ante la terrible tragedia de todo el pueblo de Kosovo, literalmente masacrado y expulsado de su país por esta horrible limpieza étnica del tirano Milosevic, y ante la consiguiente y necesaria intervención de la OTAN -una acción necesaria, pero dolorosa, que ciertamente nadie ha querido ni deseado- no nos podíamos atrincherar en los formalismos del Derecho internacional o en las evidentes cuestiones de carácter formal. +En temas tan concretos y tan claros como son las prerrogativas de este Parlamento, que no es menor de edad y al que, por lo tanto, el Estatuto debe dar un margen de maniobra -ese es el sentido de la estructuración en texto base y anexos- para que pueda ejecutar y establecer las disposiciones de ejecución de ese estatuto con un régimen distinto del establecido por el artículo 190.5, tan pesado, que exige unanimidad en el Consejo. +Si no lo conseguimos, si no se adopta un estatuto esta semana o a corto plazo, deseo a todos mis compañeros mucho éxito en la confrontación con una opinión pública que tendrá todo el derecho a dudar que en el Parlamento Europeo quede alguien con un mínimo de sentido de la responsabilidad. +Creo que hay que matizar la alusión que se hace al contrato de crédito hipotecario, porque también en este punto hay que recordar que once o doce de los Estados miembros protegen mejor ese crédito hipotecario mediante la escritura notarial y la inscripción en un registro territorial, y, por tanto, hay que entender que en el texto se alude a una fase precontractual. +Señor Presidente, me refiero a una carta que los servicios del Gabinete del Presidente de este Parlamento me dirigieron el 20 de abril pasado en contestación a la solicitud de información sobre el trámite dado a la petición presentada por el portavoz de la plataforma unitaria de vecinos de Areeta, provincia de Álava -pueblo donde he nacido y donde vivo, por lo que tengo gran interés en ese asunto-. +En materia de política exterior y de política con respecto a las Naciones Unidas, en tanto que Unión Europea tenemos progresos que realizar y cosas que decir sobre las dos cuestiones esenciales que son la ratificación del estatuto del Tribunal Penal permanente y la moratoria de la ejecución capital que ha sido pedida por una votación de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra. +Pero primero quiero aprovechar esta ocasión para felicitar tanto al Presidente del Consejo como al Presidente de la Comisión por haber sacado continuamente a colación la política de empleo y por haberla seguido con perseverancia aunque, lamentablemente, el plan Santer no haya sido seguido suficientemente y haya fracasado en el Consejo. +Una Europa que no sólo abrace la cooperación económica y monetaria, sino una Europa que también atienda al empleo, a la lucha contra la pobreza, al cuidado de los minusválidos y de las personas mayores, es decir una Europa que no sólo quiera sacar provecho sino que también quiera ser provechosa para una sociedad en la que tengan gran peso los valores humanos. +Los dos primeros pasos son pues lo que he dicho: primero, los famosos leftovers de Amsterdam, con el análisis adicional de la cuestión de si nuestra situación actual en lo tocante a la relación entre los órganos obliga a otras modificaciones del Tratado y la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales, de la que he dicho que tiene que ser desarrollada por los Parlamentos. +En lo tocante a la ejecución y a la gestión, vamos a apostar en el futuro de modo consecuente por la descentralización, una clara distribución de tareas y responsabilidades, una ampliación de la cooperación a todos los niveles y una mejora sustancial del monitoreo, el control y la evaluación. +Tras todo eso se escondía un intento real de reconocer que el Informe Rothley simpliciter del pasado diciembre, a todas luces, no obtendría la aprobación unánime del Consejo; que el texto del Consejo de la semana pasada, a todas luces, no obtendría el apoyo de esta Asamblea. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, todos los insulares de la Unión Europea se alegraron, la noche del 2 de octubre de 1997, al constatar que el Tratado de Amsterdam firmado por los Quince contenía las primeras menciones explícitas que reconocen institucionalmente los obstáculos estructurales y permanentes que sufren las regiones insulares y la necesidad de ponerles remedio. +Por otra parte, en la medida en que me parece también necesario llegar a un compromiso con el Consejo y la Comisión, he sugerido simplemente a la Comisión de Agricultura de esta Asamblea, -que la ha hecho suya- una enmienda de compromiso que consiste en estimular la red de seguridad llevándola de 1.560 a 2.000 euros por tonelada. +En el momento en que Europa está buscando su alma y cuando el Presidente de esta Comisión, señor Prodi, nos dice que la encontraremos en la cultura americana, me pregunto si no se podría transmitir un poco de entusiasmo a los pueblos europeos permitiéndoles ejercer algo estimulante y que forme parte de su cultura, es decir, la solidaridad en la lucha por los derechos humanos a través de las fronteras. +Pero, desde el punto de vista de un parlamentario que, aun representando a la totalidad de España, representa particularmente los intereses de las regiones ultraperiféricas, de alguna forma sería interesante que el Consejo tomara una iniciativa para que la nueva Comisión pudiera considerar el tema desde el principio, ya que el régimen especial necesita un desarrollo posterior. +En todo caso, si reglamentariamente hubieran asignado por escrito esta pregunta a usted o a otro miembro de la Asamblea, sí hubiéramos podido proceder así pero, en este caso, el Reglamento limita las respuestas por escrito a aquellas preguntas que no se han podido formular en el curso de la hora y media del turno de preguntas. +¿Podría asegurar además que se va a llevar a cabo un enfoque coherente del desarrollo rural manteniendo los mismos grupos de acción local y contribuyendo así a evitar los tiempos de espera excesivos que pueden constituir un importante obstáculo al ritmo mismo del desarrollo? +Quisiera dar las gracias al ponente, el Sr. Colom I Naval, ya que ha incluido las enmiendas de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario en su informe sobre las previsiones financieras y el acuerdo interinstitucional, y al mismo tiempo quisiera comentar las más importantes, y también las más lógicas, de estas enmiendas. +Como ponente en la sombra podré pronunciarme sobre las enmiendas que han surgido como un compromiso de las negociaciones del Consejo, cuando el Consejo y la Comisión nos aseguren que las modificaciones correspondientes van a ser realmente adoptadas y de ese modo no pueda surgir el peligro de una tercera lectura. +Lo peculiar del sistema de la Unión Europea es que, durante todos estos años en que el Consejo ha actuado como la autoridad legislativa, ha mostrado también su voluntad de delegar las medidas de aplicación en la Comisión con la única condición que ésta llevara a cabo su cometido conjuntamente con comités de funcionarios nacionales. +Y aprovecho esta ocasión - ya que la cito, señora Miranda- para agradecerle su gran labor, como la de los que la han precedido: el Sr. Newens, otros que se han ocupado también de este ámbito y que han intervenido, como el Sr. Salafranca, la Sra. González Álvarez, y, en general, incluso aquellos que siempre se han mostrado críticos o han optado por una aproximación mucho más crítica a nuestras relaciones con América Latina en su conjunto. +A fin de proteger al paciente, es decir, al consumidor, y pienso sobre todo en nuestros jóvenes, es imprescindible que quede garantizada la aplicación de la Directiva 92/28/CEE del Consejo, de 31 de marzo de 1992, relativa a la publicidad de los medicamentos de uso humano en el ámbito del comercio electrónico de medicamentos. +Quisiera aprovechar la ocasión para señalar que la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos se ha caracterizado siempre por el gran trabajo interior, el gran esfuerzo de coordinación que hacemos entre nosotros, y a ello han contribuido muchos de los que en este momento están aquí interviniendo y, sobre todo, nuestra ponente, la Sra. Christine Oddy, que, con su buen hacer, ha facilitado y facilita siempre el trabajo dentro de nuestra comisión. +Por tanto, teniendo en cuenta todas estos hechos y para no incurrir en un defecto que nos podría llevar a que hubiese recursos ante el Tribunal de Justicia y los perdiésemos -como ya ha ocurrido en otra ocasión-, no tengo más remedio que mantener el criterio del Servicio Jurídico de que esta votación es por mayoría simple, y por mayoría simple se decidirá. +Creo que éstas son las lecciones que debemos recordar, que hay que esperar que la liberación de los pueblos más pequeños en el futuro se produzca siguiendo el método palestino, que éste se convierta en el método normal y que el método kosovar no sea más que una lamentable excepción en la historia mundial. +Al fin y al cabo, señor Presidente, Turquía y su pueblo, sea cual sea su procedencia étnica y lingüística, pertenecen a la aspiración europea y a ellos también atañen las declaraciones «humanitarias» y «liberales» que la mayoría de los gobiernos de la Unión Europea, que son miembros de la OTAN, afirman querer aplicar en nuestra región más amplia. +Por todo ello, considero fundamental que la Unión Europea actúe con gran firmeza y declare que sus Estados miembros serán de los primeros en respaldar la ratificación de este Tribunal Penal Internacional. Debemos poner todo nuestro empeño en que el Tribunal se lleve a la práctica y no podemos dejar este cometido en manos de algunos otros Estados que han desplegado un entusiasmo digno de elogio. +Resulta que esta actitud, que muchos de ustedes tildaron en su momento de antiprogresista, se ha impuesto con el tiempo debido a la imposibilidad de solucionar los problemas relacionados con la energía nuclear, la imposibilidad de solucionar los problemas relacionados con la seguridad, el almacenamiento y los gastos. +La Comisión y el Parlamento deben colmar urgentemente las lagunas de la legislación social europea en cuanto a la protección de los empleados atípicos y han de abordar sin más tardanza el déficit democrático correspondiente: ¡a través de un Acuerdo Interinstitucional que allane el camino para la próxima modificación del Tratado! +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0243/99) del Sr. Schmid, en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades Públicas y Asuntos Interiores, sobre el proyecto de Resolución del Consejo sobre la interceptación legal de las telecomunicaciones en relación con las nuevas tecnologías (10951/2/98 - C4-0052/99-99/0906(CNS)) +La propuesta de la Comisión de reducir ahora las cuotas para la producción y de aumentar las compensaciones de pago para la fécula de patata me parece una buena idea, sobre todo porque hay determinados avances dentro del mercado mundial que nos podrían sorprender en el futuro. +El objetivo de la participación de la Unión en la Expo 2000 es presentar el papel crucial que está desempeñando la Unión Europea a través de sus instituciones, como un actor dinámico y progresivo en el escenario del mundo en los albores del siglo XXI. +No podemos volver a cometer los mismos errores que se cometieron en Bosnia, con una burocratización y dilación de todo el proceso, sino que la Unión Europea debe actuar con celeridad y sin burocracia; el Consejo de Ministros, la Comisión y el Parlamento Europeo deben asumir conjuntamente este reto para que las sufridas gentes de Kosovo, de la ex-Yugoslavia y de los Balcanes tengan una perspectiva de futuro. +Las opiniones en esta Asamblea sobre si la guerra estaba justificada o si se podría haber impedido divergen considerablemente, pero la Presidencia alemana ha logrado -y aquí quiero mencionar en especial al Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores- actuar desde una posición clara en lo que se refiere a los crímenes del régimen de Milosevic, pero también buscando con ahínco la paz en los Balcanes. +Los Gobiernos nacionales delegan con razón con el pacto europeo por el empleo la responsabilidad por la política de empleo no al nivel de la Unión Europea, pero saben que en la era de la globalización hay que encontrar una respuesta común y esto es acertado. +Entonces todo lo que digamos sobre Salónica, Pristina o Sarajevo ya no tendrá el mismo sentido, porque hoy en la forma de reconstruir con las Naciones Unidas, por un lado, la Unión Europea, por otro, y la OSCE, por otro, creamos -y en eso estriba el peligro- instituciones de dependencia en las que la reconstrucción de los Balcanes depende de nuestra voluntad, pero no se acaba de lograr la libre determinación de los pueblos balcánicos para administrarse a sí mismos. +Este es el núcleo del asunto y éste es el criterio que hemos utilizado durante los debates y en el estudio realizado sobre la ampliación de la Unión Europea, un estado de Derecho democrático, éste es el centro de nuestro movimiento, de nuestra Unión. +Si hablamos de un Pacto de Estabilidad, no es correcto tapar la boca a las personas que están reclamando la instauración del derecho y, además, es necesario que exista una paz justa, lo que exige que haya acción y no el silencio más absoluto de los actos criminales serios. +La dimisión de la Comisión pone de manifiesto que no se necesitan sólo instituciones, sino también mecanismos de control y voluntad comn para otorgar a la Comisión el papel que merece y superar el déficit democrático, un déficit cuyas causas, a mi parecer, hay que buscarlas no en el papel del Parlamento Europeo, sino en las relaciones del propio Consejo con la Comisión. +Cuando uno, como profano en la materia, se entera de que se reciclan todo tipo de desechos con destino a los piensos para animales, que años después de la enfermedad de las vacas locas se sigue alimentando a los herbívoros con harinas animales y que, además, en la base de los piensos para animales se introducen productos totalmente descontrolados, procedentes de los más oscuros países de origen, realmente empiezas a preguntarte si efectivamente todos esos decenios de política agraria europea no deberían calificarse honestamente de fracaso total. +Lo que estamos viendo ahora es exactamente los mismos planteamientos que quizás en su día trataron de evitar: el pánico de los consumidores y la protección del mercado (un mercado que ahora se enfrenta realmente a una amenaza mayor por la forma en que se ha desarrollado la crisis). +Estoy, por el contrario, convencido de que sólo cuando se abran perspectivas creíbles y realistas de reconstrucción del conjunto del país, y de su incorporación desde ahora al proyecto europeo, sólo entonces se producirán cambios positivos en la escena política de Yugoslavia, incluido el debilitamiento del régimen de Milosevic y de todo cuanto de inaceptable representa hoy con respecto al papel de su país en el mundo. +Sus Señorías recordarán, sin duda, que durante su reunión del 27 y 28 de julio pasado, la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales examinó una solicitud de interpretación del apartado 1 del artículo 29 del Reglamento, formulada por la Conferencia de Presidentes en su reunión del 21 de julio. +La Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales llegó a la siguiente conclusión: "La declaración de constitución del grupo Técnico de Diputados Independientes-Grupo Mixto, no es admisible según el apartado 1 del artículo 29 del Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo" . +Si hubiéramos contado aunque sólo fuera con el tipo de inspección que propone la Sra. Jackson, protegiendo la tierra y el medio urbano, habríamos protegido, aun indirectamente, a la mayoría de los muertos, a los heridos y a los miles de personas que han perdido sus casas estos días en nuestra capital. +Esta apreciación se atemperó poco después por Pascal Lamy, pero sin que se comprendiera muy bien qué medios utilizaría para controlar la globalización sin exigir un cambio profundo de las reglas de juego, principalmente mediante la introducción del concepto de coste social o ambiental en las negociaciones internacionales. +Un acto que realizaremos sin ningún tipo de reserva a fin de que la Unión vuelva a tener un Ejecutivo fuerte, renovado no sólo por lo que respecta a las personas, sino a las perspectivas programáticas y ante todo a la manera en que abordará las importantes políticas internas e internacionales que precisan instituciones democráticas, eficaces, transparentes y respetuosas de la autonomía mutua y, no obstante, cooperantes. +Una democracia europea requiere un proceso de constitucionalización, un orden de paz exige el valor de asumir la responsabilidad por la propia seguridad, y para hacer realidad el espacio social y ecológico será necesario que la política se emancipe de una ideología neoliberal cada vez más agresiva. +Tendremos nuevas tensiones y guerras, como hemos tenido en los Balcanes, resultado de la política de las dos varas de medir en el ámbito del respeto a los derechos humanos y de la independencia de los pueblos; tendremos aumento del paro, intensificación de las privatizaciones, ruina de los pequeños y medianos campesinos, profesionales, y artesanos, restricción de los derechos sociales, constricción de las libertades democráticas. +Señor Presidente, naturalmente hay muchos ámbitos en los que hay que emitir juicios sobre la Comisión, pero, a mi juicio, en primer lugar debe plantearse muy simplemente la cuestión de la confianza; con otras palabras, ¿podemos como parlamentarios, como representantes de nuestros pueblos, presuponer razonablemente que la nueva Comisión no tomará el mismo camino que condujo a la caída de la Comisión Santer? +Sabemos y reafirmamos las legítimas dudas ante los criterios que presidieron la designación individual de los miembros por los gobiernos y vemos con preocupación que en la composición de la Comisión no se han tenido en cuenta los resultados de las últimas elecciones europeas, ni la tradición anterior de mayor pluralismo político. +En segundo lugar, quería recordarle también que el Sr. Fischler nos anunció el mandato escrito para la negociación del importantísimo acuerdo de pesca con Marruecos, cuestión de la máxima urgencia para que este Parlamento pueda seguir manteniendo la reserva presupuestaria de la partida acordada por el Consejo y que no sea su Comisión, señor Prodi, la responsable de que no haya financiación para este acuerdo en el futuro. +No se ha celebrado ninguna votación individual en ninguna comisión sobre ningún Comisario, ni ningún Comisario se ha visto obligado a retirarse como resultado de las preguntas sobre su idoneidad y ningún Comisario ha asumido ningún tipo de responsabilidad por lo ocurrido en el pasado. +Si logramos fortalecer el papel de la Unión Europea por medio de la creación de un espacio de justicia y de una lucha eficaz contra la delincuencia, podremos, al mismo tiempo, eliminaran la conocida desconfianza en las posibilidades de estrechar aún más la cooperación en el seno de la Unión. +Señora Presidenta, el recorrido de la Presidencia del Consejo por las capitales europeas ha permitido identificar tres esferas a las que la Presidenta en ejercicio se ha referido esta mañana: el asilo y la inmigración, la lucha contra la delincuencia transfronteriza, y el establecimiento de un espacio jurídico europeo. +Señora Presidenta, señora Presidenta del Consejo, es cierto que con estas cuestiones pertenecientes al ámbito jurídico y las reflexiones acerca de la elaboración de una Carta de derechos fundamentales hemos llegado a una fase decisiva en la evolución de la Unión Europea. +El Consejo Europeo de Tampere, fruto de la iniciativa -porque todo hay que decirlo- y el empeño del Presidente del Gobierno español, José María Aznar, tiene que afrontar este tema con la misma voluntad política que se manifestó en la cumbre extraordinaria de Luxemburgo para afrontar el grave problema del desempleo. +La gradual absorción e integración histórica del País Vasco por el Estado español, siempre consecuencia de derrotas bélicas en el pasado, así como de la llegada masiva de inmigrantes procedentes de otras áreas de la Península Ibérica, ha supuesto un desdibujamiento y dilución de nuestra personalidad, de nuestra idiosincrasia originaria vasca. +Este "examen de paso" del futuro ejecutivo colegial ante los representantes elegidos por los ciudadanos europeos representa una etapa importante de la democratización de las instituciones europeas que constituye el caballo de batalla de los socialistas. +Segundo, también era un puente en cuanto a las prioridades políticas que este Parlamento quiso establecer hacia el futuro, hacia el nuevo milenio, sobre todo en la categoría 4 -las acciones exteriores-, donde el Parlamento Europeo hizo un esfuerzo para aumentar los créditos de compromiso. +Actualmente se ha iniciado un programa urgente de ayuda humanitaria inmediata y generosa por parte de la Unión, pero una vez conquistada la independencia se requiere un apoyo al desarrollo económico, e igualmente importante será nuestro apoyo a la constitución de instituciones democráticas. +Ahora quiero añadir tres exigencias a las ya presentadas: en primer lugar, hay que exigir que los mandos militares, que sabemos que han participado en el terror, sean expulsados inmediatamente; en segundo lugar, hay que enviar ayuda humanitaria lo antes posible a través del programa de la ECHO y coordinar esta actuación en un programa a largo plazo; y por último, como los grupos paramilitares siguen aterrorizando a la población, es absolutamente necesario enviar tropas internacionales de pacificación. +Hoy en día, frente a la espiral de atrocidades en el país y la evidencia de que esas aeronaves se han utilizado en ataques contra la población de Timor oriental, el Sr. Cook ha efectuado un asombroso giro de 360 grados: el sábado pasado canceló el contrato e introdujo un embargo temporal de armamentos. +También deberíamos preguntar al Sr. Cook por qué el dinero de los contribuyentes británicos se ha utilizado para financiar ese escandaloso episodio y, además, por qué el Ministerio de Defensa del Reino Unido intervino concretamente para cerciorarse de que se había invitado al ejercito indonesio a asistir la semana próxima a una importante feria de armamentos en Gran Bretaña. +Asunto: Establecimiento de una moratoria universal para la ejecución de las penas capitales En numerosas ocasiones, el PE ha pedido que la UE promueva una iniciativa en el seno de las Naciones Unidas a favor del establecimiento de una moratoria universal para la ejecución de las penas capitales. +. (FI) Señor Presidente, es importante que la Unión siga de cerca el desarrollo y realización de este tipo de proyectos y que intente por todos los medios contribuir a que las centrales sean lo más seguras posible y a que su uso o sus estructuras no representen ningún peligro para la seguridad de los ciudadanos de la Unión, ni tampoco para los de los países en cuestión. +Se destinarán partidas posteriores a acondicionar las carreteras para el invierno, al hermanamiento de municipios, para lo que se está solicitando ayuda de los Estados miembros y, posteriormente, los servicios públicos, los edificios públicos, la reconstrucción de la economía y la creación de instituciones. +En otros términos, en lugar, simplemente, de centralizarnos en Tesalónica o en Pristina, deberíamos sacar las lecciones de Bosnia, y tratar de crear estructuras autónomas capaces de decidir, en Pristina, la manera de proceder a la reconstrucción pesada, es decir: puentes, casas, calles, etcétera, y al mismo tiempo la manera de reconstruir el tejido de la sociedad civil. +Señor Presidente, la situación en Kosovo se caracteriza por el pertinaz esfuerzo del UÇK por explotar la presencia de las fuerzas de la OTAN y de la KFOR, con vistas a imponer la total limpieza étnica a costa de los serbios, de los gitanos y de cualquier otra nacionalidad, excepto la albanesa, que viva en Kosovo, y para construir su propio estado sustrayendo la región del estado serbio. +En el apartado 2, el Parlamento Europeo piensa que la elaboración de la Carta incumbirá conjuntamente al Consejo y al propio Parlamento, cuando es evidente que hoy los derechos fundamentales están protegidos por las Constituciones nacionales y que todo ejercicio referente a estos derechos debería afectar de manera prioritaria, si no exclusiva, a los Parlamentos nacionales. +Es una extraña coincidencia que un procedimiento judicial, de cuya limpieza y corrección no estoy plenamente convencido y que una sentencia, de la que estoy aún menos convencido por consideraciones fundamentales, a saber la sentencia de muerte contra el Sr. Ocalan, hayan hecho que exista una gran oportunidad para acabar con una terrible guerra interna dentro de Turquía. +El Grupo del PPE saluda por ello los serios esfuerzos de casi todas las fuerzas políticas de Togo para que sea irrevocable la marcha hacia la democracia y de preparar para los próximos meses unas elecciones a la Asamblea Nacional que sean democráticas y libres de presiones del ejército y del Presidente del Estado y de su entorno. +En abril del presente año, la posición común de la Unión Europea consolidó la decisión política de octubre de 1998 con la inclusión de los visados de tránsito y la prohibición de visitas turísticas a personas afines a las autoridades birmanas. +Creo que el gran interés que hoy está suscitando el edificio aquí da muestras de que ha habido, a mi juicio, una falta de debate previo con los miembros del parlamento, una falta de debate previo con los usuarios. +No puede ser que la Dirección General III sea competente para los alimentos transformados, los medicamentos y los organismos genéticamente modificados, que la Dirección General XXIV en realidad también lo sea un poco, y que, además, la Dirección General VI y la Dirección General XI tengan también alguna competencia en relación con los alimentos para los animales. +Me complace que en ese examen se vayan a abordar los principales motivos de preocupación del Parlamento en su resolución de julio, tales como controles suficientes en la cadena de producción de piensos para animales, un registro de todos los productores de piensos para animales, rastreabilidad de los ingredientes de los piensos para animales y la fijación de límites para el contenido en dioxina. +A la vista de esta modificación del fundamento jurídico, inmediatamente después de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, la Comisión Europea modificó y revisó a fondo su propuesta el 21 de mayo de 1999, sobre la base del dictamen del Parlamento del 11 de marzo de 1999. +Sin embargo, es importante que en el debate de hoy, en vísperas del debate en el Parlamento sobre la Conferencia de seguimiento de Kioto que se celebró en Bonn, pero también pocos días después del segundo accidente nuclear más grave de todos los tiempos (esta vez en un país de avanzada tecnología), también situemos el programa ALTENER dentro de un contexto más amplio. +La eficiencia energética significa menor consumo, conservación de las fuentes de energía no renovable y reducción de la dependencia de las importaciones de energía, pero sobre todo significa niveles inferiores de contaminación medioambiental debida a substancias perjudiciales, tales como el CO2, una de las causas más importantes del efecto de invernadero. +En función de las operaciones militares, la situación de los refugiados podría agravarse considerablemente en el caso de que una ofensiva de los talibanes llegara a arrojar entre 180.000 y 200.000 refugiados más al Valle del Panshir. Con la llegada del invierno, esta región podría convertirse en el valle de la muerte. +Asunto: Propósitos de la Comisión en relación con la lucha contra la droga y la prevención del dopaje en el ámbito deportivo El Campeonato del Mundo de Atletismo de Sevilla volvió a poner sobre el tapete la cuestión del dopaje de los deportistas de élite. +Puesto que en mi opinión las organizaciones deportivas tienen que asumir su responsabilidad en la lucha contra el uso de drogas en el deporte, me pregunto si hay planes para iniciar algún tipo de colaboración con las organizaciones deportivas europeas a fin de resolver este problema que ha surgido en los últimos años. +Hace unos diez días celebré en Nueva York una reunión extraordinariamente positiva, junto con la Presidencia y el Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Portugal, con la Asociación Regional del Asia Meridional, encabezada por su espléndido Presidente, el Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Sri Lanka, que fue -da la casualidad- compañero mío de facultad. +Por lo demás, en febrero de este año pedimos a las autoridades españolas que vigilasen con especial atención las condiciones de cultivo, cosecha y transformación, con objeto de evitar la "caza de primas" Hoy mismo he tenido noticia a través de los periódicos de que una región de España también ha tomado cartas en el asunto y ha retirado la subvención a varios productores. +Usted sabe, señor Comisario, que en España hoy no solamente los periódicos de más tirada sino prácticamente toda la prensa española trae en portada las graves irregularidades encontradas por la inspección de la Consejería de Agricultura de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha en las empresas transformadoras de lino que estaban en litigio y que han sido oídas y analizadas por la comisión a la que se ha hecho mención. +En segundo lugar, en la cuestión kurda se han dado unos primeros pasos -aunque bajo las desgraciadas circunstancias de la condena a muerte de Ocalan- hacia una solución política y en el campo de los derechos humanos no sólo se ha producido la liberación de Akim Birdal -aunque sólo sea por razones de salud- sino que se han producido también algunos cambios legales que espero se lleven asimismo a la práctica. +Mi Grupo cree que la disciplina de la condición de candidato entrañará una preparación más seria de Turquía para la adhesión, un diálogo más firme y una mayor exposición a la cultura y las políticas de la Unión Europea. +La opinión pública turca, la opinión pública avanzada, política, social y empresarial nos demanda un mensaje claro, pero ese mensaje incluye la aproximación entre la Unión Europea y Turquía y, al mismo tiempo, el impulso de los valores democráticos que, efectivamente, hoy siguen sin cumplirse. +La legalidad internacional no amenaza con utilizar la violencia, no se sirve del chantaje político a estados preponderantes, de la duda sobre las fronteras y de los vínculos que derivan de los tratados internacionales, y en general, de la postura provocadora en la vida internacional. +La solicitud de Turquía debe evaluarse sobre la base de los siguientes criterios: su situación geográfica y económica de importancia estratégica y las repercusiones para Europa; el papel fundamental de Turquía como miembro de la OTAN y cómo se podría mantener dicha asociación si seguimos continuamente dándole con la puerta en las narices; Turquía, que como futuro miembro responsable de la UE podría convertirse en el apaciguador del descontento que surge en Oriente Medio y más allá. +El convenio de Ankara no es motivo suficiente pues desde ese convenio con la CEE, Europa ha demostrado su disposición y capacidad mediante tres modificaciones del Tratado, el Acta Única Europea, el Tratado de Maastricht y el Tratado de Amsterdam, para transferir más competencias del nivel nacional al europeo y profundizar de este modo Europa. +El objetivo sería profundizar las cuestiones que aún plantean problemas: las cuestiones relacionadas con los derechos humanos y las minorías, como es natural, pero también aquellas cuestiones que tienen que ver con las relaciones económicas, a propósito de las cuales Europa debe cumplir sus compromisos sobre la unión aduanera y acelerar la elaboración del protocolo financiero correspondiente. +Con motivo de estas votaciones técnicas sobre cuestiones veterinarias y fitosanitarias, desearía recordar la importancia que tiene el hecho de que los países miembros de la Unión Europea conserven, soberanamente, en el plano nacional, su libertad de juicio y de decisión sobre todas las cuestiones relativas a la seguridad alimentaria. +También tenemos la responsabilidad de escoger entre los temores milenaristas, la resistencia al cambio, y la oportunidad de realizar, en el marco de la globalización para el crecimiento, el desarrollo humano y la protección del medio ambiente. +Señor Presidente, la agricultura seguirá siendo, pues, uno de los expedientes más importantes de las próximas negociaciones de la OMC, y nuestras instituciones europeas parecen ponerse de acuerdo para que se reconozca nuestro modelo agrícola europeo, para que se proteja al consumidor y para considerar que el acuerdo de Berlín es el marco del mandato de la negociación de la Comisión. +Por consiguiente, comprenderá usted, señor Comisario, nuestra preocupación respecto a la aparente ausencia de puntos de vista comunes, en el seno de la Unión, antes del comienzo de la negociación, cuando los Estados Unidos parecen tener muy claro su oposición al sistema de ayudas europeas, disculpándose elegantemente de los pagos de flexibilidad. +Cuando celebramos nuestro debate en la audición con la Comisaria hace aproximadamente un mes, mi comisión, la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, estaba realmente bastante dividida respecto a la conveniencia de presentar medidas relativas al comercio de las emisiones, pero creemos que vale la pena explorar esa línea. +No obstante, mi pregunta al Consejo es la siguiente: ¿No cree el Consejo que las propias instituciones europeas tienen el deber de dar ejemplo en el tema de la igualdad, y está satisfecho el Consejo con la actual situación del personal de las instituciones? +Estos hechos son de una especial gravedad en un territorio como el de la Unión Europea, donde la protección de los derechos humanos es un tema fundamental, más aún en estos momentos en que se trabaja en la elaboración de una Carta Europea de los Derechos Fundamentales. +Con la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam el 1 de mayo, según el nuevo artículo 13, el Consejo tiene la posibilidad de adoptar medidas para la lucha contra todo de tipo de discriminación, incluida la discriminación por motivos de orientación sexual, pero siempre dentro del marco que establece el Tratado y sin limitar la aplicación de otras regulaciones. +Asunto: Incumplimiento del reglamento 1239/98 sobre reducción y desaparición de las redes de deriva El Consejo de ministros que tuvo lugar en Luxemburgo en junio de 1998 decidió la desaparición de las redes de deriva en la pesca del atún para el 1.1.2002, y, mediante el reglamento 1239/98, la reducción mínima de la flota en un 40% para el año 1998 y la elaboración anual de listas. +Resulta aún más sorprendente que el Secretario General del Parlamento Europeo, violando quizá involuntariamente el deber de reserva, haga un prefacio en el que elogia este anuario, y en el que puede leerse, en particular, que es una referencia útil para los hombres de negocio y que incluso constituye ¡un verdadero servicio público! +Estoy plenamente convencida de que puedo apoyar, junto con mi Grupo, el informe del presidente Sr. Napolitano, porque la modificación del Reglamento y la propuesta de decisión responden seriamente a la preocupación de no someter a los diputados a controles excesivos y arbitrarios, una preocupación que acaba de mostrar también el Sr. Dell' Alba. +Señor Bourlanges, usted señala con toda la razón que no sólo interviene la cuestión de un control más adecuado y unos contratos más idóneos -que también son aspectos importantes-, sino que además es preciso responder a una pregunta fundamental, a saber: ¿de qué asuntos se debe hacer cargo la administración pública y cuáles se pueden confiar a empresas privadas bajo determinadas condiciones? +Las perspectivas de Edimburgo nos fijan un techo más elevado y el Consejo nos da un presupuesto siempre más reducido, lo cual hace que sea necesario arañar de las acciones en materia de desarrollo, por ejemplo, de derechos humanos y muchas otras acciones, para financiar las prioridades que se fijan, y no es culpa nuestra si Europa es el gran tesorero de la política exterior. +Si no hay posibilidad de acceder a los servicios de salud reproductiva, toda la familia sufre las consecuencias, especialmente los niños, que en el peor de los casos también fallecen cuando fallece la madre o dejan de asistir a la escuela y son mal alimentados. +Éste refleja la orientación fundamental de las instituciones europeas, encargadas de facilitar la actividad de los grandes grupos capitalistas, incluido lo que ella tiene de más nefasto para la sociedad, como los planes de despidos que son responsables de la gravedad del desempleo y de la extensión de la miseria. +Tenemos la posibilidad de dejar claros ante las ciudadanas y los ciudadanos cuáles son nuestros objetivos a través del programa dirigido a los jóvenes, del programa Sócrates, del programa cultural, de los aspectos relativos a las mujeres y a la igualdad de oportunidades. +En cuanto se cumplan las condiciones relativas a la tramitación y los procedimientos internos interbancarios, el sector bancario tendría que poder reducir sustancialmente el precio de las transferencias de crédito transfronterizas y reducir el tiempo de ejecución al necesario para los pagos domésticos más un día. +Yo apoyo, por consiguiente, la petición del informe de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios por la que se insta al BCE a que adopte medidas inmediatas para hacer plenamente efectivas al menos las relaciones específicas con el Parlamento Europeo que prevé el Tratado de la UE. +Nosotros creemos en la independencia del Banco Central, pero este Banco Central es mucho más independiente que el Bundesbank o que la Reserva Federal norteamericana, porque no nace de un acto del Parlamento ni puede ser modificado con un acto del Parlamento, porque no convive con un Gobierno económico. +Esperamos que, en base a las decisiones del Consejo de crear a largo plazo unos procedimientos comunes de gestión del asilo y de conceder una situación de igualdad en toda la Unión para los refugiados legales, se haya abierto un camino que convierta a Europa en una zona homogénea en materia de asilo y refugio. +El segundo aspecto significativo es -por lo que Tampere ha constituido un éxito- que por primera vez se ha producido una clara delimitación en la política de asilo, la política de migraciones laborales y en la política para la acogida de los desplazados por guerras, de refugiados temporales, con unas primeras medidas concretas al respecto. +Según el acta de esa conferencia, las especificidades de los pueblos europeos deberían fundirse, en efecto, como en un melting pot mundial, en el que -cito- "los derechos y las obligaciones de los migrantes deberían ser similares a las de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea, el estatuto de los ciudadanos de terceros países debería ser similar al de los ciudadanos de los Estados miembros" y ello en función de un supuesto principio de no discriminación. +La invitación a la Comisión de valorar la posibilidad de crear una reserva presupuestaria al respecto será importante, pero sigue siendo muy poco todavía. Es preciso que la Unión Europea en su conjunto se haga cargo de la extraordinaria afluencia de inmigrantes no comunitarios con una fuerte acción de solidaridad hacia los Estados más expuestos, en particular Italia. +En efecto, el scoreboard no es tan sólo un instrumento de programación legislativa, es también un instrumento de fortalecimiento de la transparencia y la responsabilidad de todas las instituciones europeas para con los ciudadanos, porque los ciudadanos son los dueños del Espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia. +Señorías, no hablo de una reforma definitiva de las instituciones europeas, sino de una reforma suficientemente fuerte para evitar el bloqueo de las instituciones o su asfixia; de una reforma suficientemente fuerte, como dijo el otro día uno de Sus Señorías, que permita en el futuro otras evoluciones. +Y de todas formas, desde el Parlamento Europeo, no podemos sino animar a que este texto incluya una aproximación sistemática a todos los aspectos de la Unión Europea de modo que la nueva conferencia intergubernamental se ocupe, uno por uno, de todos los temas y los problemas que nos ocupan en este momento; teniendo en cuenta la lógica aristotélica, es decir, que política es el arte de lo factible. +Ahora bien, igual que los economistas agrupados en la Asociación por la Independencia Monetaria de Francia, considero que ese objetivo no es deseable y que el 1º de enero de 2002 habrá que conservar paralelamente, por una parte, las monedas nacionales y, por otra, el euro, que desempeñará el papel de moneda común. +La liberación de capitales, la supresión de las fronteras económicas, el cambio de modelos a causa de la alta tecnología y de la sociedad de la información, la competencia mundial, son elementos que muchas veces conllevan cambios y reestructuraciones bruscas en la producción industrial. +Ése es el espíritu de la resolución que proponemos a Sus Señorías y sólo con esas condiciones mantendrá Europa su papel político al permitir un desarrollo económico de verdad duradero de las empresas y al proteger los derechos de los asalariados que son -no hay que olvidarlo nunca- su fuerza viva. +En particular, considero que el caso que hoy estamos debatiendo debe representar la ocasión para que la Comisión asuma, hoy, ante el Parlamento Europeo, el compromiso de valorar y revisar la directiva sobre los despidos y el cierre de empresas, al objeto de convertirla en más eficaz en términos de protección de los puestos de trabajo. +Lo que la Unión Europea ha reivindicado con firmeza ha sido: en primer lugar, que con independencia de la preocupación por el terrorismo checheno - que es comprensible - está el argumento de peso de atajar el problema de una manera proporcional; en segundo lugar, defendimos con tesón una reducción de la escalada y el diálogo político. +Todos sabemos que nuestras coordenadas culturales tienen que ver con nuestro modo de estar en el mundo en cuanto europeos y que una acción de fondo vinculada con la vida cultural en sus múltiples expresiones es una condición sine qua non para el fortalecimiento de una conciencia de identidad europea. +Permitirá la valorización de un espacio cultural común destinado a fomentar la creación, la cooperación, los intercambios, salvaguardar y dar a conocer mejor el patrimonio y la historia de los pueblos europeos y estimular el desarrollo pleno de las culturas. +Evidentemente, hay que evitar reabrir el debate que ya hemos realizado esta mañana tanto sobre el acuerdo alcanzado entre los Grupos sobre si se tenía o no tenía que mencionar la empresa de la que tanto se ha hablado esta mañana como sobre la cuestión específica de si los firmantes de un determinado texto de compromiso sabían o no sabían que había cambiado una parte del texto. +Hemos comunicado a los marroquíes que estamos dispuestos a contribuir a la solución de los problemas existentes en el marco del programa MEDA, pero como ya he dicho, la parte marroquí aún no se ha comprometido a la implantación definitiva del sistema propuesto. +Señora Presidenta, quisiera hacer una aclaración relativa a mi observancia del Reglamento del lunes pasado sobre la distribución de un repertorio de la Cámara de Comercio estadounidense en Bruselas que contenía informaciones gravemente erróneas sobre mí, sobre los diputados de mi Grupo, pero también sobre numerosos otros diputados de este hemiciclo. +En el fondo, efectivamente, la crisis se debe a los obstáculos levantados tanto por la Unión Europea como por la OMC a la aplicación del principio de precaución. La manera de aplicar adecuadamente el principio de precaución es volver a una verdadera subsidiariedad, no trastornarla como se ha hecho en nombre de las ideologías librecambistas y federalistas +Señor Fischler, y también me dirijo al señor Byrne, los últimos acontecimientos en la crisis de la EEB, o la beef war, que ya no se limita a Francia y Gran Bretaña -en este momento también los Estados federados de Alemania adoptan una postura francamente negativa-, dejan claro que nos hallamos ante una tarea enormemente difícil y que antes que nada debemos elaborar una política de los consumidores responsable y transparente. +En relación con la agencia, lo único que puedoe hacer es remitir a Su Señoría a la respuesta que he dado a la Sra. Jackson, en el sentido de que estoy convencido de que la creación de una agencia de seguridad alimentaria centralizada en el nivel de la Comisión será un gran paso para eliminar ese tipo de dificultades. +Y esto sucede porque responsables del dramático ascenso del paro son la propia política que se está aplicando y las iniciativas que se están desarrollando. Una política que da prioridad absoluta al aspecto económico en relación con el social, al sostenimiento monetario frente a la seguridad social y que proclama como ley máxima el pacto de estabilidad, que debe aplicarse sin vacilar. +Lo que temo es que el diálogo macroeconómico intente exportar a escala europea el método y el sistema de concertación en Italia, que es el método que ha llevado nuestro país a los niveles de crecimiento más bajos, a las tasas de paro más altas y a los niveles de inflación más elevados. +Así, los temas ahora son las disposiciones transitorias sobre los médicos en formación, el tema del periodo de aplicación del total de la directiva y los límites del tiempo de trabajo para las tripulaciones de los buques pesqueros. +Por esto, en mi calidad de ponente, yo recomiendo que este aspecto democrático se integre en la cooperación científica y técnica, es decir, que los parlamentarios de Argentina y de la Unión Europea, o sea, el Parlamento Europeo, también mantengan un diálogo en materia científica y de investigación, y posiblemente también establezcan nuevas prioridades. +Que actualmente se transporten a millares de kilómetros de distancia a través de Europa algunos componentes aislados de un producto, para luego devolver una parte de los mismos al país de origen, no sólo indica que los costes del transporte son demasiado bajos, sino también que algo falla en el sistema, en el sistema de restituciones por las exportaciones, por ejemplo, o en el de las denominaciones regionales de origen. +Es algo que ha de determinarse en cada caso, aunque quisiera subrayar un aspecto que también queda de manifiesto en uno de los párrafos de la resolución propuesta. Con eso me refiero a la gran importancia del reconocimiento mutuo de normas, puesto que este procedimiento garantiza una rápida aplicación, una gran flexibilidad en un mundo que cambia muy deprisa y un mayor respeto del propósito de la subsidiariedad. +En cuanto a los lectores de universidades italianas que no poseen la nacionalidad italiana, puedo comunicar al Sr. MacCormick que hoy mismo he firmado una carta al respecto cuyo destinatario era un miembro del Parlamento Europeo que había formulado una queja en este mismo sentido. +Nos complacen los comentarios de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios de que debería hacerse especial hincapié en la necesidad de reducir los costes administrativos y las cargas fiscales para las PYME y que éstos representan uno de los mayores obstáculos para el crecimiento del empleo. +Las tres comisiones a las que pertenezco se pueden identificar con su excelente trabajo -realizado bajo una considerable presión de tiempo-, en todo caso la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales y la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y sólo con alguna reserva la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades a la cual es aplicable aquello de que menos habría sido mejor. +Me congratulo de que el Tratado de Amsterdam reconozca al Parlamento Europeo la posibilidad de sumarse más estrechamente a la aplicación del Pacto Europeo para el Empleo y que, por ello, nuestra Asamblea haya podido manifestarse acerca de las directrices de los Estados miembros para el año 2000 en materia de lucha contra el desempleo. +En tercer lugar, el Consejo mostró una cierta reserva en la introducción de un vehículo especialmente compatible con el medio ambiente -en este punto hemos propuesto algunas adiciones- y en el control estricto de la evitación del cycle beating, como ha sucedido también en los Estados Unidos, es decir, que los fabricantes puedan eliminar sin más los valores límites mediante manipulaciones electrónicas. +Asimismo me parece especialmente significativo el reconocimiento del importante papel que desempeñan las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las redes multidisciplinarias, así como los organismos públicos que ya realizan un valioso trabajo, en particular en el ámbito de la prevención, el apoyo y la protección de las víctimas. +En 1999, para celebrar el décimo aniversario de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño, se dio una prioridad activa a los derechos de los niños dentro de la iniciativa europea para la democracia y los derechos humanos, capítulo B. 7/7 del presupuesto de la Unión Europea. +Por tanto, tenemos que proceder conjuntamente para poder incluir los procedimientos existentes y que para la Comisión son procedimientos formales, a saber, la intervención del comité supervisor y por otro lado el derecho del Parlamento a escuchar a los candidatos y a conocer la posición del comité supervisor. +Señor Presidente, señores Comisarios, aunque el peso de los valores medioambientales ha crecido a lo largo de los años, el objetivo de la política energética de la Unión ha de seguir siendo la seguridad en el suministro de energía en las economías nacionales, así como en la industria de Europa, a precios competitivos. +A la luz de las declaraciones del Comisario Byrne, veamos lo que dice el Grupo de Trabajo Permanente de Médicos Auxiliares Europeos: "Las investigaciones han demostrado que largos períodos en vela como los que afrontan los médicos auxiliares (que trabajan demasiadas horas) reducen el rendimiento a un nivel similar al del consumo excesivo de alcohol". +. (FR) A pesar de su título general, una vez retirado el papel de regalo, pronto queda de manifiesto que la propuesta de resolución presentada por el Sr. Chichester está destinada ante todo a fomentar la industria nuclear con el pretexto de que produce poco CO2, al menos en la etapa relativa a las centrales. +Considero muy problemático aplicar otros baremos fuera de la Comunidad, incluyendo los casos aquí mencionados y creo que todos haríamos bien si hiciésemos del cierre un baremo no sólo para la Europa oriental sino también para la política energética dentro de la Unión Europea y no pusiésemos en peligro las posibilidades existentes como consecuencia de una deregulación adicional. +Como dije en aquella ocasión, uno de los objetivos del establecimiento de semejante sistema de pruebas era el de velar por que hubiera un sistema de pruebas igual en toda la Unión Europea a fin de determinar los niveles de contagio en toda la UE y, en particular, determinar qué otras medidas podían ser necesarias. +Dado que se trata de empresas comunitarias y que hay pruebas de protección encubierta por parte de representantes de la Unión Europea en dichas acciones de hostigamiento, ¿qué acciones concretas se han emprendido para asegurar los intereses de las empresas mencionadas? ¿Cómo se va a garantizar que desarrollen libremente sus actividades, con el fin de impedir su sustitución ilícita por otras empresas e intereses y circuitos ilegales organizados? +Para combatir la violencia se requiere una estrategia doble: por una parte, es necesario centrarse en las causas estructurales que la provocan, es decir, en las actitudes y los comportamientos masculinos; por otra, es necesario disponer de una legislación que prohiba todo tipo de violencia contra las mujeres, incluida la violencia doméstica. +Mi Grupo, el Grupo del Partido de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas Europeos, se siente firmemente comprometido con el concepto general de desarrollar una capacidad de acción autónoma europea que ha sido identificada acertadamente como capacidad de intervención rápida con el apoyo logístico necesario. +Nada lo demuestra con mayor claridad que el caso de los agricultores de plátanos caribeños, que se encuentran entre los productores más vulnerables del mundo, cuyo acceso a los mercados de la UE ha sido ahora declarado contrario al reglamento de la OMC, a raíz de lo cual se enfrentan a la devastación de sus medios de vida. +En mi país, Finlandia, está ya en marcha un proyecto para los años 1998-2002 sobre la prevención de la violencia ejercida sobre la mujer, dirigido por el Ministerio de Sanidad y Asuntos Sociales; también desde este punto de vista, la aprobación del programa DAPHNE ha tenido una gran importancia. +Considerando la deficiente confianza en la Unión demostrada, entre otras cosas, en las bajas cifras de participación en las elecciones, y la importancia de que la UE mantenga el carácter de una Unión tanto de ciudadanos como de Estados miembros, opinamos que no es correcto aspirar a la autonomía financiera o a la total independencia de las aportaciones de los Estados miembros. +La Izquierda Verde Nórdica (NGL), compuesta por los miembros escandinavos del Grupo GUE, ha votado hoy a favor del informe relativo al reconocimiento y la ejecución de resoluciones judiciales en materia matrimonial y de responsabilidad parental sobre los hijos comunes. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, acaba de producirse un anuncio extremadamente importante: el proceso de paz en Irlanda de Norte, aun con todas las dificultades que se han ido presentando, ha dado hoy mismo un paso adelante con la decisión del IRA de entablar negociaciones con la Comisión para el Desarme. +En el sector de la producción agraria, además de tener en cuenta el principio de cautela, habría que hablar de favorecer la proximidad de la producción a los sitios de consumo y de apoyar las cadenas alimentarias regionales. +Por esto yo le pido al Sr. Cunha, por ejemplo, que en su calidad de ponente del sector de la agricultura tenga en cuenta también al sector de la pesca, aunque los métodos de explotación sean básicamente distintos, toda vez que él también es mi coordinador en la Comisión de Pesca. +En mi calidad de ponente general de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor para las negociaciones en el marco de la OMC, yo quiero agradecer muy especialmente la claridad con que se ha expresado el Sr. Schwaiger sobre el tema del comercio y el medio ambiente. +Primero, nuestro esfuerzo por poner en pocas páginas una serie de puntos de vista compartidos por una gran mayoría, no sólo de este Parlamento, sino también de ciudadanos europeos; y, segundo, por mostrar nítidamente que el Parlamento Europeo aspira siempre a estar, y de hecho está, presente en las grandes decisiones, en los grandes procesos que se orientan a mejorar la Unión Europea. +Sería trágico avanzar en la mejora de la Unión Europea, en la mejora de las políticas de la Unión Europea, sin tomar en consideración un aspecto tan importante, que está directamente ligado a la vida cotidiana, a la vida de los ciudadanos europeos. +En la sesión de octubre, dije que la contradicción existente entre la ampliación y la consolidación de la UE sólo se puede resolver si la Unión configura interiormente un modelo al modo de la cebolla o un sistema de círculos concéntricos. +¿Piensa la Presidencia adoptar iniciativas para coordinar las posiciones de los Gobiernos francés y español con el fin de abandonar definitivamente todos los proyectos de desarrollo de la red de carreteras, habida cuenta de que esta solución convierte en inútil de cara al futuro la travesía ferroviaria, en particular para el transporte de mercancías? +Asunto: Centrales nucleares en territorios próximos a la Unión Europea A la vista de los graves daños que generó en la Unión Europea el accidente nuclear de Chernobyl, ¿qué política se propone seguir el Consejo para asesorar a países vecinos y cooperar con ellos en el desarrollo de fuentes alternativas de energía? +¿En qué grupo de trabajo del Consejo va a prepararse la propuesta, en un grupo ad hoc con representantes de los ministerios de Justicia, por ejemplo, o en el grupo de información ya existente en el seno del Consejo, que en la actualidad se encarga de gestionar las demandas de documentos? +Asunto: Requisitos para la inclusión de Turquía entre los países candidatos a la adhesión a la Unión Europea La Unión Europea se había negado a entablar negociaciones de preadhesión con Eslovaquia y algunos países bálticos porque no cumplían los criterios de Copenhague referentes a las libertades democráticas o el respeto de las minorías. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, no voy a caracterizar de esquizofrénica la respuesta, me limitaré simplemente a constatar, como cualquiera de nosotros puede constatar, que el reforzamiento de los lazos entre la Unión Europea y Turquía es un asunto de la máxima prioridad para el Consejo. Tanto es así que se dejan al margen los presupuestos que el propio Consejo había planteado para que avanzara ese reforzamiento de los lazos. +Por lo tanto, según el Reglamento, no han transcurrido las veinticuatro horas necesarias para proceder al debate y a la votación. En consecuencia, quisiera preguntarle al Presidente si también esta vez vamos a aplicar una urgencia totalmente extrarreglamentaria, porque de ser así podemos tirar el Reglamento y decidir que todos los asuntos urgentes se pueden tramitar, basta con acordar que son urgentes. +En cambio, por lo que no hemos luchado y a lo que nos oponemos de la forma más enérgica, y además consideramos que pone en grave peligro la posición del Parlamento y el libre mandato, es a que puedan abrirse investigaciones a diputados elegidos libremente no sólo si existen sospechas, sino también en el caso de meras presunciones; a que se establezca un sistema que obliga a la delación; a que, en fin, aquí no se trate de fraude o corrupción, sino de una autorización general para, cito "actuar en caso de hechos graves ligados al desempeño de sus funciones" . +Si hay que crear un registro de impresiones dactilares, queremos que bajo ninguna circunstancia se mezcle a los solicitantes de asilo ni con los inmigrantes legales ni con los ilegales y propondremos que en este régimen sólo se tomen las impresiones dactilares de aquellas personas condenadas por haber cometido un delito. +En esta nueva propuesta se dice que las huellas digitales de los inmigrantes ilegales -porque estamos hablando de la extensión del existente programa EURODAC a los inmigrantes ilegales- serán recogidas solamente para aplicar el Convenio de Dublín, es decir, solamente para saber si estos inmigrantes han pedido asilo en otro Estado miembro de la Unión Europea. +Si bien el pretexto para crear dicha Oficina es ejercer un control sobre los funcionarios y los diputados de las instituciones europeas, ni el modo de designación de esta Oficina ni la ausencia de referencia sobre el modo en que la propia Oficina será controlada nos inspira la menor confianza. +Dado el carácter no democrático de los organismos de decisión de la Unión Europea, la creación de la OLAF supone una medida totalmente insuficiente, destinada a aparentar que se ejerce un control, cuando no existe ningún control real y democrático. +Si bien debe fomentarse y fortalecerse, en el marco de un sistema multilateral, la organización de un comercio mundial libre y más justo, también hay que procurar garantizar a todas las naciones, ricas y pobres -y me refiero, en particular, a los países africanos-, el hecho de que puedan sacar partido de las ventajas que se supone aportará este ciclo de negociaciones. +La decisión de dejar las armas nucleares sin posibilidad de inmediata disposición y de separar las cabezas nucleares, es decir, las armas nucleares de los aparatos que las transportan, puede, al mismo tiempo, llegar a ser el comienzo de un desarme nuclear serio. +Por tanto, tenemos el deber de poner fin a cualquier expulsión, también a las de Kosovo, y tenemos el deber de luchar porque la prohibición de las expulsiones y el derecho a la patria se conviertan en fundamentos del orden jurídico internacional a fin de evitar que este tipo de horrores se repitan. +Confío en que la Presidencia portuguesa se sirva de sus aptitudes y su experiencia renombradas para exponer la opinión de la Unión Europea acerca de los problemas con que se enfrenta Pakistán, y me agradaría saber el parecer del Sr. Lamy sobre el estado actual del Acuerdo de Cooperación. +Intransigencia absoluta con las drogas duras, incluyendo el éxtasis, en combinación con unas medidas eficaces que permiten retirar a las víctimas del circuito criminal en el marco de un programa sanitario. Y, además, afortunadamente hay otros países europeos que comienzan a seguir nuestro ejemplo. +Mi predecesor del Grupo Socialista, Sr. Freddy Blak, la Sra. Rühle que es la autora del informe, muchos diputados del Parlamento y el Tribunal de Cuentas han expresado su opinión acerca de la falta de transparencia en las operaciones del BEI. +Con los nuevos sistemas, la Comisión trata de apoyar a la flota naval europea más respetuosa del medio ambiente y más segura, sobre lo que ya se adoptó una decisión en 1997 en relación con las directrices relativas a las ayudas estatales al tráfico marítimo. +El Comisario encargado de la investigación va a poner los programas de investigación del quinto programa-marco y otros medios al servicio de la lucha antidopaje, ya sea la investigación fundamental o la investigación aplicada, para fortalecer todos los medios de esa lucha. +En ese aspecto quisiera acoger con beneplácito la disponibilidad de la Presidencia portuguesa para reconocer a los representantes del Parlamento Europeo en esa CIG o incluso el estatuto que se va a conceder a la Comisión en lo relativo a los representantes personales de los Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores. +Si observamos la Unión Europea y los conflictos étnicos que aquí existen, incluidos en algún caso atentados terroristas, yo creo que si nos encontrásemos en la situación inversa y la República Checa ya formase parte de la Unión, seguramente le diría a un determinado Estado miembro: amigos míos, si no resuelven ustedes su conflicto, seguramente tendrán que esperar otros veinte años para llegar a ser miembros. +Una posible vía para lograr un mayor equilibrio en el futuro sería adoptar un enfoque más temático, centrando, por ejemplo, la atención en los grupos que requieren una protección especial, como las mujeres y los niños, o en temas específicos, como por ejemplo la observación de elecciones. +Por esta razón, sería recomendable que, en las actividades de la Unión en materia de seguimiento e información sobre el respeto de los derechos humanos, se le dé mayor peso al respeto de la libertad de expresión y a las garantías y mejora de los derechos y posibilidades de trabajo de los periodistas, por ejemplo, dedicándole a este aspecto un capítulo o apartado propio. +No voy a extenderme sobre las razones de ese bloqueo, en el que la crisis que sobrevino en el mar Egeo desempeñó un papel preponderante, pero en el que se tuvieron también muy en cuenta las inquietudes europeas en las esferas esenciales del respeto de los derechos humanos y la protección de las minorías. +Pero, ni la constitución ni el código penal se han democratizado, ni siquiera se ha abolido la pena de muerte, ni la cuestión kurda se ha resuelto políticamente; en cuanto al problema de Chipre, «ha dejado de existir», según ciertas declaraciones de los gobernantes turcos. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0065/1999) de la Sra. Breyer, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo sobre los valores límites de benceno y monóxido de carbono en el aire ambiente (COM(1998) 591 - C4-0135/1999 - 1998/0333(COD)). +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0068/1999) de la Sra. Ayuso González, en nombre de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo que modifica el Reglamento (CE) nº 2201/96 por el que se establece la organización común de mercados en el sector de los productos transformados a base de frutas y hortalizas (COM(1999) 376 - C5-0140/1999 - 1999/0161(CNS)). +En este punto intervienen las ventajas directas de su uso, que no ha tenido un desarrollo satisfactorio en la zona del euro en lo que se refiere, por ejemplo, al servicio de cambio de divisas y a la realización de pagos por encima de los límites normales. +Espero, como lo había demandado también la Sra. Fraga, que ello nos haya permitido acertar plenamente en el papel, reservado precisamente a nuestra Comisión de Pesca, de control minucioso de la actividad de la Comisión Europea y de la aplicación de los informes científicos correspondientes por parte de las instituciones comunitarias. +Por lo que se refiere al informe de la Sra. Fraga, nos encontramos ante una materia fundamental, pilar de la política pesquera común: la organización común de mercados, cuyo alcance a toda la actividad pesquera es evidente, razón por la que este informe -magnífico- ha requerido tiempo para su tramitación parlamentaria y su final adopción en nuestra comisión el pasado día 22. +Más allá de los obstáculos técnicos, la reducción del período transitorio pondría en peligro uno de los elementos más importantes del logro del euro, cual es la confianza entablada con los actores económicos y sociales (cuya preparación es aún insuficiente), respecto a un calendario preciso y respetado. +Ahora bien, la semana pasada un grupo de delegados de clase procedentes de una escuela de Francia no pudo visitar, como estaba previsto, el Parlamento Europeo en Bruselas, pues algunos de los alumnos, ciudadanos de un país de fuera de la Unión Europea, no pudieron disponer a tiempo de un visado de salida y entrada para el territorio de que se trataba. +Es por ello por lo que el Grupo ELDR espera que la Comisión, el Consejo y este Parlamento se embarquen en un intento de iniciativa propia de relanzar la causa política en favor de una mayor liberalización del comercio en general y de una nueva ronda integral, en vez de una ronda intermedia, en particular. +La semana pasada, en el contexto del informe de Carmen Fraga Estévez sobre la organización común del mercado de productos pesqueros y de la acuicultura, esta Asamblea votó por primera vez a favor de la concesión de subvenciones al sector de la acuicultura, una vez más, mermando el limitado presupuesto para la pesca. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0084/1999) de la Sra. Palacio Vallelersundi, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior, relativa a la decisión sobre la verificación de las credenciales tras la quinta elección directa del Parlamento Europeo, del 10 al 13 de junio de 1999. +Dichas sustancias tienen una capacidad de destrucción del ozono muy baja -1200 veces más baja que los halógenos- y son mucho más toleradas que las sustancias como los HFC y los PFC, lamentablemente autorizadas por este Parlamento, a pesar de que son más nocivas para el medio ambiente porque tienen una gran capacidad de calentamiento global y continúan en la atmósfera durante 6 ó 7 mil años. +Señora Presidenta, quisiera pedirle, en un día tan especial como hoy, que sepa disculpar ante el Presidente de la República francesa la ausencia de algunos diputados pues, en el caso de los que provienen de países más alejados del centro de la Unión Europea, su ausencia no se debe a falta de voluntad sino a falta de medios para desempeñar adecuadamente su trabajo parlamentario. +Turquía debe manifestar claramente su voluntad de abolir la pena de muerte el próximo año o el siguiente, así como su voluntad de poner en libertad a los presos políticos dentro del mismo plazo y su voluntad de abordar la cuestión kurda dentro de ese plazo. +En esta Cámara ya expresamos muy claramente hace dos meses y medio nuestra petición de que el Consejo suspendiese algunas partes del Acuerdo Comercial y de Cooperación y también las ayudas financiera y que transfiriese los fondos de los programas TACIS a la ayuda humanitaria, con objeto de hacer comprender de manera palpable a Rusia que no puede continuar perpetrando este genocidio. +Tenemos los restos de Amsterdam, tenemos las consecuencias que para el Tratado tienen las cuestiones de defensa y, llegado el caso, la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales, pero hay una puerta abierta -yo diría una ventana abierta- para que la Presidencia portuguesa pueda hacer algún milagro. +Y desde ese punto de vista la Comisión tiene un papel esencial para que el orden del día de la CIG no se rija por el mismo denominador común de los intereses de cada Estado, sino que tenga una visión global del proyecto de la Unión Europea. +La Comisión de Control Presupuestario celebró audiciones con los candidatos y presentó una lista de tres candidatos y, según tengo entendido, esta noche se va a celebrar una reunión para intentar adoptar una decisión entre los representantes del Parlamento Europeo, del Consejo y de la Comisión. +En el marco de la reforma interna de la Comisión y a raíz de la afirmación de su compromiso con vistas a revisar la política de externalización de servicios, la Comisión ha aprobado también una comunicación en la que figuran las orientaciones y el calendario para la aplicación de esa política de externalización. +En cuanto a la gestión de dicho fondo, la Comisión propone que sea sobre todo cofinanciado por los Estados miembros y delegado en ellos, con el objetivo específico de comprometer a todos los Estados en la aplicación de las acciones concretas que permitan la mejora de la situación de los asilados y los refugiados en los Estados de nuestra Unión. +A la luz de los debates sobre el informe, la Comisión propondrá la forma de abordar los indicadores y los criterios de calidad de la educación en el marco del programa renovable y la anual Conferencia de Ministros Europeos de Educación. +Con respecto a los presupuestos propiamente dichos, me pregunto, en primer lugar, qué sentido tiene haber emprendido, hace ya tres años, el ejercicio de los presupuestos para la agricultura incluidos en la categoría 1 A. Se puso en marcha el llamado procedimiento ad-hoc, que consistía en basarse en las últimas estimaciones para el año próximo y, conforme a eso, fijar el presupuesto para los gastos obligatorios. +Señora Presidenta del Consejo, debe saber usted que este Parlamento, que ha estado dispuesto a decir que era necesario revisar la Conferencia Intergubernamental y pedir un montón de cosas, saludará probablemente mañana el hecho de que han decidido ustedes en Helsinki darnos dos observadores, en lugar de dos representantes, y que quiere limitarse a los temas que el Parlamento había considerado totalmente imposibles de discutir. +Además, se acordó la creación de un plan de acción que, en mi opinión, posibilitará la adopción de las decisiones necesarias para proceder a ratificar el Protocolo de Kioto ya el próximo otoño, con ocasión de la sexta Conferencia de las Partes del Convenio sobre el Cambio Climático de La Haya (COP-6). +La industria nuclear es el único ramo de la industria que ha incluido en el precio de su producto energético todos los costes que se originan durante el ciclo vital del mismo y asume, por tanto, toda la responsabilidad sobre la seguridad del depósito final de los residuos. +En circunstancias distintas, dolorosas y muy duras, Timor es, en Oriente, como Macao: otra promesa de avance de los derechos humanos, la libertad y el Estado de derecho en Asia, otra luz de esperanza vinculada con la cultura europea también mediante la cultura y la experiencia portuguesas. +Informe (A5-0097/1999) de la Sra. Pack, en nombre de la delegación del Parlamento en el Comité de Conciliación, sobre el texto conjunto, aprobado por el Comité de Conciliación, de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establece la segunda fase del programa de acción comunitario en materia de educación SÓCRATES (C5-0267/1999 - 1998/0195(COD)) +La Unión Europea debe poner orden en su casa: no existe ninguna reglamentación tendente a limitar las emisiones de gas carbónico, a ejemplo de las reglamentaciones relativas a las sustancias contaminantes atmosféricas locales o a los productos que destruyen la capa de ozono. +Esta evolución de los acontecimientos ocasiona problemas considerables de desempleo en el interior de los países de la Unión e incrementa la carga que soporta el ya problemático sistema de seguridad social, sobre todo en aquellos países (como, por ejemplo, Grecia) que limitan con Estados que recientemente han decidido instaurar el régimen de mercado libre y se enfrentan a una crisis polifacética causante de infinidad de parados. +Podría la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo plantear este asunto al Consejo de Ministros, hablarlo con sus colegas franceses, en particular, y responderme, quizá por escrito más tarde, a menos que esté en condiciones de hacerlo hoy, sobre las medidas que pueden adoptarse para garantizar la seguridad de los puestos de trabajo de estos pilotos más veteranos. +Agradezco que la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo esté de acuerdo conmigo en este asunto. Pero, ¿qué importancia estaría usted dispuesta a concederle a los fundamentos de las sentencias y al hecho de que actualmente, sobre todo en el contexto de los casos que han dado lugar a polémicas, las opiniones particulares de los jueces y los fundamentos de derecho discrecionales queden enterrados para siempre? +Habida cuenta de la importancia que tendrán las acciones de la Unión Europea y nuestra relación hacia los Estados miembros, las empresas y los trabajadores en el futuro, opinamos que los cuatro informes han de debatirse y exponerse detenidamente en el Pleno y ante la opinión pública en un momento más oportuno. +En cambio, sí figura quién intervino en la pregunta 9, pero hay que corregir el que no se pase de la pregunta 8 a la pregunta 10 sin mencionar la pregunta 9, que yo hice ayer al Consejo, y, efectivamente, lo que se explica aquí, que es la intervención del diputado Martínez Martínez no es, naturalmente, relativo a la pregunta 8, como aquí figura, sino a la pregunta 9, que no ha sido citada. +Por nuestra parte, nos alegramos de que el Consejo Europeo mantuviera y parezca querer mantener el método intergubernamental en el centro del sistema institucional de la Unión y nos apartamos de la ceguera que lleva a muchos a reivindicarlo todo para el Parlamento Europeo, despreciando y anulando el papel de los parlamentos nacionales del proceso europeo: error inaceptable. +El cometido de la competencia consiste en combatir los carteles, los abusos de posiciones dominantes y las concentraciones, así como en ofrecer mayores espacios de libertad económica, sin embargo, sabemos que con frecuencia la libertad económica va unida a la libertad civil, como lo demuestra la pasada experiencia de los países que carecían de libertades económicas. +Muestran su desprecio por los deseos y la voluntad de la comunidad internacional en lo que respecta a los derecho del pueblo a vivir en paz, el derecho del pueblo a no vivir en la opresión, el derecho de los pueblos a no ser asesinado con armas fabricadas por países occidentales. +Hemos afirmado desde esta misma tribuna que no hay ninguna sentencia a muerte justa, que no hay ningún ser humano que pueda condenar a muerte y ejecutar a otro ser humano, que no hay ninguna apelación a ley alguna, ninguna apelación a soberanía alguna, a independencia alguna de los Estados, que pueda justificar este atentado contra la propia vida. +Para que esta colaboración pueda desarrollar toda su potencialidad y puedan alcanzarse sus objetivos, los individuos deben convenir en valores comunes para la observancia de las reglas del juego democrático, y entre tales valores se encuentra el respeto a la independencia de las instituciones, tal como esté previsto en el respectivo texto constitucional. +La Comisión comparte el criterio aquí defendido de que este Tribunal Penal no debe tener un significado puramente simbólico, sino que, efectivamente, puede tener un efecto directo de carácter preventivo y contribuirá a que en un futuro no se cometan los crímenes más atroces. +Si seguimos con atención las fluctuaciones del mercado y las necesidades de los agricultores en este producto concreto, ha habido, ocasionalmente, intervenciones en el primer reglamento, y la última intervención ha sido la decisión del Consejo, que determinaba un volumen único de ayuda a los productores por un periodo de cinco años +Ni el llamamiento urgente realizado por el FMI y el Banco Mundial a la Unión Europea a fin de aumentar el apoyo a Tayikistán, ni el argumento de la obligación moral por las deudas que tiene Tayikistán con la Unión son razones, en sí mismas, para conceder la ayuda. +Señor diputado, comprendo su decepción, pero la Presidencia sólo puede decirle tanto como los países miembros están dispuestos a hacer y en este caso la situación es tal que una serie de países miembros tiene unas objeciones muy de fondo contra este programa para el fomento del turismo europeo y no lo desean en absoluto. +El Ministro alemán del Interior convocó una Conferencia debido a los incidentes producidos tras la detención de Abdulah Ocalan el 23 de febrero de 1999. En dicha conferencia participaron los Ministros del Interior de varios Estados miembros de la Unión Europea y de Suiza así como representantes de la Comisión y de la Secretaría del Consejo. +En todos los países miembros de la Unión Europea y en todos los Estados de derecho las conversaciones mantenidas por los responsables de la seguridad interior sobre temas sensibles, como por ejemplo, sobre la obtención de informaciones, no pueden darse a conocer a la opinión pública. +De esta manera es posible garantizar dos de los puntos principales de mi informe, a saber, que las cuestiones del medio ambiente han de representar una importante prioridad en las negociaciones de adhesión y que es preciso incorporar estas cuestiones medioambientales en todo el proceso negociador por medio del principio de permeabilidad. +Los problemas medioambientales de los países candidatos tienen su origen en unas deficiencias que se han sucedido durante mucho tiempo, en el descuido de la gestión de las aguas y los residuos, y en las emisiones derivadas de la industria y la producción energética y, más recientemente, del creciente tráfico de vehículos. +Una observación de índole general sobre los criterios económicos: Se ha alcanzado un importante avance hacia la economía del mercado en todos los países con los que estamos en negociaciones, pero más concretamente se han logrado grandes progresos económicos en países como Estonia, Hungría y Polonia que, además, desde que se publicaron las recomendaciones se han esforzado ininterrumpidamente en pro de las reformas. +Ya lo hemos comentado exhaustivamente con su Gobierno durante una visita a Liubliana. Quiero expresar mi confianza de que se llevará a cabo una carrera de adelantamiento, porque estoy de acuerdo con los que han dedicado unas palabras de su intervención a Eslovenia y que han dicho, como el Sr. Tindemans entre otros, que es un país que dispone de todas las capacidades para posibilitar una pronta y rápida integración. +Así, se han aprobado algunas leyes importantes, entre otros en los terrenos del IVA, de los aranceles, del derecho de sociedades y de la Ley bancaria, y se ha aprobado un programa de gobierno para 82 Leyes prioritarias relativas al acervo, que antes de finales del presente año pasarán por unos procedimientos parlamentarios abreviados. +Aunque se ha pedido que se amplíe el mandato del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo para que se ocupe también de las reclamaciones contra las autoridades nacionales, especialmente en casos referentes a la libertad de circulación, sigo pensando que es preferible crear un sistema eficaz de cooperación con los defensores del pueblo nacionales y órganos análogos. +Por lo demás, la doctrina del «derecho de ingerencia humanitaria» -que avanza, pero no ha sido reconocido por las Naciones Unidas- no se puede imponer por la fuerza de un armamento poderoso y complejo que va destruyendo no sólo los blancos militares, sino también todas las infraestructuras económicas de un país. +Para eso es preciso decir que la solución no era -como ya se ha demostrado- la ampliación de la OTAN al Este, sino la ampliación de la UE y una política de asociaciones y apoyo económico que favorezca la integración económica y política y luche contra los nacionalismos irredentistas. +En lugar de inventar la Europa de geometría variable, capaz de ofrecer nuevas perspectivas de convivencia dentro de la cooperación a todos los Estados del continente, estos responsables europeos se obstinaron en seguir el método Monet, erigido en dogma, sin darse cuenta de que ya no era pertinente para reunir a la gran diversidad de países del nuevo continente europeo. +El método de cálculo propuesto debe conducir a una situación en la que las modalidades de transporte menos perjudiciales para el medio ambiente logren una cuota más alta en todo el mercado del transporte. En este sentido, debe ser posible corregir el principio «el usuario paga». +Se trata de un ámbito en el que se comprende bien que se manifieste alguna duda sobre la competencia de la Unión Europea teniendo en cuenta, en particular, las distorsiones que surgen cuando se siguen criterios diferentes de país a país, independientemente de que se esté cerca o lejos de las fronteras, cuando hay países en los que las infraestructuras son pagadas por los usuarios por medio de la tributación de los combustibles y los peajes y otros en que lo son con cargo a los presupuestos públicos. +Deseo antes que nada dar las gracias a la Sra. Thors, ponente de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de Ciudadanos, y a la Sra. Torres Marques, ponente de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y de Política Industrial, porque su contribución al examen de las propuestas ha sido muy valiosa. +Sin embargo, esta situación demuestra que es necesario dar un salto de calidad en la política adoptada con los países africanos, al objeto de que la promoción de los derechos humanos, la democratización y la prevención de los conflictos -condiciones sine qua non para un verdadero desarrollo- se conviertan en elementos esenciales de la cooperación. +Por una parte, en efecto, es bastante probable que las disposiciones de la Agenda 2000 lleven a los agricultores a reducir su producción de oleoproteaginosas en beneficio de los cereales, salvo, por supuesto, si se toman medidas sensatas en favor de los cultivos del sector no alimentario; por otra parte, en Europa está disminuyendo la capacidad de producción de aminoácidos, sobre todo de la lisina de síntesis. +Ahora quisiera hacer un breve comentario acerca de la fijación de los precios del maíz en el mercado mundial. Agradecería a la Comisión que me explicara si la concesión de compensaciones por comercialización, que se está implantando en los Estadios Unidos, es susceptible de reducir el precio de este producto. +Señor Presidente, tomando como base su respuesta del Sr. Eriksson, en la que usted explicó los motivos para no autorizar la exposición Ecce Homo aquí en el Parlamento, pregunto: ¿Cómo es posible que se autorizase una exposición de un grupo de presión italiano que abogaba contra el aborto, en contra del derecho de la mujer al aborto? +Si somos capaces de dar estabilidad a nuestra posición financiera -y son los Estados miembros los que deben hacerlo, y en ese sentido estoy muy satisfecho con el ejemplo que ha dado la Comisión y que el Sr. Fourçans suscribe también en su informe- para procurar que también en el futuro se cree más empleo y que podamos reforzar nuestra competitividad en relación con los Estados Unidos entre otros. +El Comisario de Silguy ha propuesto que la política monetaria no sea un elemento de la combinación de políticas, mientras que el Comisario Monti se ha referido a la política monetaria como un elemento importante de la combinación de políticas. +¿Qué ha sido de esos elementos: los códigos de conducta que pedimos, la revisión del estatuto, el nombramiento de puestos A1 y A2 para velar por que tengamos la mayor calidad en la cima de la Comisión y el informe sobre el control previo? +Como último homenaje a su labor, me gustaría que ahora el Consejo, como reconocimiento de la labor que ha llevado a cabo, acordara los cambios en los estatutos para las agencias de la segunda generación: cambios en la cuestión de los recursos propios, en el control financiero y en la aprobación de la gestión que permitan al Parlamento desempeñar sus cometidos adecuadamente. +Se dice, según una concepción que tiene su origen en la cultura del Partido Comunista, en una reflexión de la izquierda sociológica, que, aunque existan textos escritos, estos pueden modificarse si así lo quiere la mayoría o un grupo dominante de la opinión pública o de las fuerzas políticas. +Señor Presidente, el procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión para 1997 y el procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión para 1997 han introducido movimiento en la cooperación entre las instituciones y también en el ámbito del control presupuestario, hasta ahora sólo lo teníamos en el ámbito del presupuesto. +En cuanto a los informes sobre la aprobación de la gestión correspondiente a 1997, la Comisión toma nota de que la Comisión de Control Presupuestario ha propuesto el aplazamiento de la aprobación de la gestión por razones institucionales relacionadas con la dimisión de la Comisión. +Deberá velar, especialmente, para resistir a las presiones de las que podrá ser objeto por parte del Consejo o del Parlamento Europeo para que amplíe su radio de acción a ámbitos no establecidos expresamente en los Tratados y para los que, por añadidura, como hemos podido observar en el pasado reciente, usted no dispondrá de los medios administrativos o financieros necesarios para hacer frente a los mismos. +Los objetivos de la negociación deben precisarse con total claridad en el mandato de negociación concedido por el Consejo, con el acuerdo del Parlamento Europeo, a cuyos representantes deberá mantenerse estrechamente informados sobre el desarrollo de dichas negociaciones, al igual que sucede en la práctica con los miembros del Congreso de los Estados Unidos. +Ya he enumerado algunos puntos y no he mencionado la transparencia, el cambio de los modelos organizativos, el cambio en las relaciones entre la Comisión y el Parlamento, el cambio en las relaciones con las estructuras administrativas. +La primera observación es en respuesta a las palabras del Sr. Herman de hace un momento y relativa al hecho de que usted haya decido someter a aprobación las modificaciones del Anexo V al Reglamento por mayoría absoluta de los diputados al Parlamento; usted estaba en lo cierto al proceder de esa manera, porque se ajusta al Tratado. +Es el motivo por el que quiero hacer hincapié, junto con nuestro ponente, en que el Tribunal de Cuentas está en todo momento en su derecho de controlar la conformidad de la utilización del conjunto de los créditos asignados al presupuesto del Parlamento con las normas en vigor. +No es de recibo que en respuesta a las graves conclusiones del informe anual del Tribunal de Cuentas sobre el ejercicio anterior, el Comité Económico y Social haya considerado inoportuno que la UCLAF tenga acceso a este dossier y se encargue de definir cualquier posible implicación y responsabilidad administrativa, tal y como exige insistentemente el Parlamento. +Es cierto que las cosas más visibles son las trágicas condiciones de los campos, sin embargo, sus Señorías, han de saber que la inmensa mayoría de los deportados son acogidos, como todos saben, por familias albanesas o macedonias muy pobres y uno de los mayores esfuerzos que estamos realizando es la ayuda a las familias precisamente para evitar que surjan tensiones sociales y para evitar que, después de un mes de generosa acogida, sean expulsados y surjan problemas sociales. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate del informe (A4-0227/99) de la Sra. Müller en nombre de la Comisión de presupuestos sobre el anteproyecto de estado de previsiones de ingresos y de gastos del Parlamento y el estado de previsiones de ingresos y de gastos del Defensor del Pueblo para el ejercicio 2000. +El Consejo no estuvo de acuerdo y añadió el artículo 99 del Tratado como fundamento jurídico a raíz del punto de vista de los ministros, que consideran que las disposiciones relativas a los impuestos anuales por vehículo en el Capítulo 2 la hacen una medida fiscal sumamente importante. +La elaboración de una Carta de este tipo sería una tarea típica para los diputados -son los más indicados para ello y, por tanto, deben hacerlo- y nuestra propuesta sobre cómo debe desarrollarse en la práctica la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales tendrá en cualquier caso plenamente en cuenta este aspecto. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, creo que, además de la ampliación, la Unión Europea afronta hoy la necesidad de dar respuestas políticas concretas y perceptibles por los ciudadanos y -diré más- «propicias» para los ciudadanos, los hombres y las mujeres de Europa, respecto de un conjunto de problemas de los que mucho depende nuestro futuro. +Ha faltado voluntad política de utilizar en ese sentido los Tratados actuales y temo que, acabada la «guerra fría», haya quien se aventure a perder la voluntad de integración política que es la base de nuestras realizaciones y de la paz en Europa. +Como instrumento de la política de mercado laboral y del desarrollo de los recursos humanos, este Fondo va a ser al mismo tiempo un elemento central de la estrategia europea de empleo y de una política activa de mercado laboral. +En este marco, debo decir que la Comisión Europea se movió en la dirección correcta en sus propuestas sobre la Agenda 2000 y quisiera, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo, felicitar por su postura, y también por la que mantuvieron durante las negociaciones, a la Sra. Wulf-Mathies, al Sr. Fischler y al Sr. Flynn. +Nuestra enmienda 2 tenía por objeto obligar a la Comisión a revisar los parámetros del fondo de garantía en sus informes anuales, y ahora, tras la decisión política, la Comisión deberá revisar los parámetros del fondo de garantía con cada nueva adhesión. +Esta parte fundamental del paquete de la Agenda 2000 tiene el doble atributo de ser el primer texto jurídico surgido de la Agenda 2000 que logra una posición común en el Consejo y, sin embargo, es el último en ser aprobado por el Consejo y el Parlamento Europeo. +Señor Presidente, también yo voy a hablar del Fondo Social Europeo, pero desde el punto de vista de las relaciones económicas exteriores, por haber sido yo el autor de la opinión de la Comisión de Relaciones Económicas Exteriores. +Además, si entramos en esa dinámica de defensa de intereses territoriales en la que ha entrado el Consejo Europeo en Berlín, como diputado elegido por los ciudadanos de una zona concreta de Europa -una región llamada Aragón-, tampoco podría votar a favor de la Agenda 2000 porque, con ese acuerdo, los ciudadanos a los que represento salen muy perjudicados con relación a la actual situación. +Puesto que, en realidad, estos recursos no pueden obtenerse mediante la creación del impuesto sobre el CO2 , como piensan Ripa di Meana o los Verdes, porque nunca se ha visto que el gas carbónico produjera impuestos -de lo contrario, el Pinatubo arrojaría probablemente euros-, sólo queda, pues, una fuente de recursos: el impuesto europeo sobre la renta. +Las contradicciones de las propuestas de la Comisión para la reestructuración de la flota que es objeto de estas normas, que exigen una programación nacional por contraposición a las regiones del Objetivo 2 que quedan sometidas a la programación regional, servirían únicamente para aumentar la confusión en otras cuestiones. +Es preciso oponerse y modificar una redefinición claramente discriminatoria como sería una formulación menos favorable de las regiones costeras del Objetivo 2 en relación con las regiones dependientes de la pesca del Objetivo 1, con lo que se suprimirían regiones distantes de la costa que exigen financiación estructural para apoyar actividades de acuicultura y procesamiento. +Señor Presidente, no cabe ninguna duda de que la Agenda 2000 traerá consigo enormes cambios en la Unión Europea, ya sea para la agricultura o para la política regional. En este último ámbito, he de admitir que me ha producido una profunda decepción el hecho de que Irlanda del Norte no figure ya dentro del Objetivo 1. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate sobre el informe (A4-0169/99) de la Sra Aglietta, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se establecen las modalidades del ejercicio de las competencias de ejecución atribuidas a la Comisión (COM(98)0380 - C4-0501/98-98/0219(CNS)). +Por una razón muy sencilla: la comitología es, como todos sabemos, un infierno; es un problema aparentemente técnico, sin embargo, en realidad, es un problema profundamente político porque, a fin de cuentas, se trata del problema del control de la ejecución, de las responsabilidades en el control de la ejecución. +En último lugar, pero no por ello menos importante, figura el procedimiento reglamentador. A este respecto, consideramos desafortunado que tras las discusiones en el seno del Consejo se haya desestimado la propuesta de la Comisión en lo relativo a la devolución al Parlamento y, a menudo, a los colegisladores, cuando un comité no haya emitido una opinión favorable. +También quiero expresar nuestra satisfacción porque las explicaciones y aclaraciones que nos ha proporcionado esta noche el Sr. Marín satisfacen plenamente la reivindicación expresada por la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores -en la opinión de la que yo he sido ponente- de que el Parlamento fuese informado de la evolución de las negociaciones antes de su conclusión. +En este momento, la sesión de hoy tiene un carácter nostálgico, porque estamos al final de la legislatura, y algunos de los colegas no volverán, otros quizás vuelvan, pero, en definitiva, el Parlamento actual se disuelve, y en este momento hay un cierto elemento nostálgico, un ambiente crepuscular en esta sesión. +Los políticos crean las condiciones y el clima adecuados para que se produzca este crecimiento. El comercio electrónico tiene un enorme potencial para la industria europea, por lo que hemos de velar por que no se adopte ninguna decisión política que obligue a los proveedores en Internet a establecerse fuera de la Unión. +En consecuencia, se ha hecho una asistencia técnica a la Autoridad Palestina consistente en un equipo internacional que va a trabajar durante dos años con las autoridades palestinas al objeto de que sea la Autoridad Palestina la que tome la responsabilidad de la gestión del hospital. +De esta forma, los países mencionados por el Sr. Cars quizá caigan en la cuenta de que la pena de muerte realmente es el peor instrumento para que uno pueda recuperar la dignidad humana. Y es que toda persona debe tener la oportunidad de enmendar sus errores. +A la Comisión sigue preocupándole la posibilidad de que la persistencia de las restricciones de los derechos humanos fundamentales tales como el derecho de reunión pacífica y la libertad de expresión y opinión, tenga como resultado un clima de inestabilidad y agitación social en Malasia. +Luego, en la crisis actual hay que subrayar -y tampoco está de moda decirlo en este recinto- la responsabilidad de la Organización de la Unidad Africana, teóricamente encargada de reconciliar a las poblaciones de la Gran Comora y de Anjouan, tras la secesión de esta última isla. +Señor Presidente, en 1993, la entrada en vigor del mercado único y el desmantelamiento de los controles fronterizos han acarreado la supresión, en las declaraciones del IVA, de las estadísticas de los intercambios de bienes entre Estados miembros, cuya fiabilidad estaba garantizada por los servicios de aduana. +He votado en contra del mercado textil europeo porque la propuesta es demasiado proteccionista y no presta suficientemente atención a la importancia que la exportación de productos textiles y de la confección reviste en los países pobres que intentan lograr el desarrollo de sus economías. +Posiblemente pueda resultar difícil que llegue a los 626 miembros, lo más lógico sería que si, verdaderamente, existe un informe tal, y si usted lo corrobora, se entregue, por ejemplo, al Presidente, a la Mesa de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, y a los coordinadores de todos los Grupos Políticos que estén representados en la Comisión de Control Presupuestario. +Por lo demás, me parece que la designación como representante de la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común del Secretario General de la OTAN riza más o menos el rizo y recuerda esa frase de un diplomático francés que decía que tan ilusorio es querer hacer una defensa europea con el tiempo como hacer el Banco Central Europeo en Fort Knox. +El Parlamento deberá hacer uso en su totalidad de su derecho de auditoría y de su derecho de control respecto a las instituciones, también incluida la Comisión, pero en esta difícil situación tendrá que asumir su responsabilidad en lo que concierne a la necesidad de que la nueva Comisión pueda empezar a trabajar lo antes posible. +No quiero hablar del nombramiento del candidato alemán que, en vista de las elecciones, ha sido una bofetada, por lo que para finalizar quiero exponer un deseo: mientras el dictador Milosevic esté al mando en Serbia no debe fluir ni una peseta ni ningún euro del contribuyente europeo a Serbia. +Sin perjuicio de las gestiones del Comisario Fischler, fue casi una reforma del status quo que no garantizó el deseado equilibrio entre agricultores, regiones y culturas y en la que la agricultura mediterránea resultó una vez más maltratada por la PAC, no garantizó la puesta en práctica del modelo europeo de agricultura, en cuyo ámbito no se hizo casi nada para ayudar a los pequeños agricultores, y, por último, fueron pocos los avances en materia de desarrollo rural. +Señora Presidenta, señor Presidente de la Comisión, en el mes de enero de este año, nuestro Parlamento aprobó el informe del Sr. Brok que pedía que, preferente y mayoritariamente, los nuevos Comisarios fueran miembros del Parlamento Europeo y personas con experiencia en las Instituciones europeas, que se garantizara una adecuada igualdad entre hombres y mujeres y un justo equilibrio de las tendencias políticas. +Para terminar, creo que es indispensable en esta ocasión ceñirse no sólo a los que serán los hechos, haciéndolo con una lógica que no sea la de trasladar a este Pleno los avatares de las polémicas nacionales, sino sobre todo hacerlo a través de una relación más estrecha entre la Institución que usted preside y el Parlamento. +Cierto que la creación de una Agencia no resuelve de por sí el problema; sin embargo, ya se verá cómo se estructurará y se convertirá en operativo este organismo que desearíamos que garantizara intervenciones rápidas, eficaces, útiles, racionales y equilibradas con la participación justa en la reconstrucción, sobre todo de los que, como Italia y Apulia en particular, a raíz de la guerra y de los fenómenos migratorios, se han visto perjudicados en términos económicos de flujos turísticos y de imagen global. +La cuestión es si el conjunto del Consejo está decidido, y si todos nosotros estamos decididos en una época dura, caracterizada por la mucha competencia y por el desafío de una globalización a cuya altura pretendemos estar a dar respuesta, por una parte, a los problemas de todos, es decir, al desarrollo y al Tercer Mundo, que tiene verdaderamente necesidad del apoyo de Europa, y, por otra parte, a acelerar la ampliación. +Sin embargo, resultará, sin duda, más económico para la Unión Europea instalarlo en Salónica y no sé si la Comisión ha hecho sus deberes y ha comprendido que pagará sueldos mucho más altos, que no hay infraestructura en Pristina, que se verá obligada a pagar mucho para garantizar la seguridad de sus funcionarios, que correrán peligro en un territorio inseguro. +Pensamos que el Consejo de Ministros ha tenido razón al someter ese asunto al Tribunal de Justicia de conformidad con el artículo 213 del Tratado, que prohíbe a los Comisarios aceptar, incluso después del cese de sus funciones, puestos que los colocarían en una situación delicada respecto de sus obligaciones en materia de probidad y delicadeza. +Por último, queremos revisar las normas vigentes sobre las indicaciones de los productos iniciales, concretamente, las normas sobre los distintivos que han de llevar las etiquetas de los pastos, piensos o hilo mezclados, en el sentido de que, en un futuro, se indique la cantidad utilizada de productos iniciales usados, aunque no su desglose según los diferentes productos. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Consejo, si me permiten, quisiera concentrar mi intervención en usted, señor Presidente del Consejo, porque creo que el Consejo Europeo ha jugado un papel muy pequeño en las discusiones europeas de los últimos años y se ha mantenido un tanto distanciado cuando se trataba de sacar las castañas del fuego. +Sin embargo, yo desearía insistir al respecto, señora Presidenta, porque a pesar de ser una cuestión menor, sin grandes consecuencias para la vida de nuestros países, existen otras cuestiones mucho más graves, en cuyo caso la Comisión se guía por la misma mentalidad extremista, lo que puede acarrear distorsiones muy graves en la economía de nuestros países y en la situación del empleo. +Si la Copa del Mundo resultó un éxito también en este plano, si el número de incidentes fue relativamente limitado, ello obedece a que dicho control de la taquilla permitió, por ejemplo, que la cooperación anglo-francesa en materia de seguridad fuera eficaz respecto a la acogida, el seguimiento y el control de los grupos de seguidores y que se evitaran algunos fenómenos de vandalismo, que no deseamos que se vuelvan a repetir en nuestro continente. +Mi grupo no ignora el ligero desplazamiento del centro de gravedad de la Comisión hacia el Parlamento que acaba de producirse en la medida que esto confirma ante los ojos de la opinión pública que se puede conseguir que se muevan los centros de poder, incluso aquellos considerados como intocables, lo cual es muy importante. +En particular, las relaciones entre el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión Europea deben estar basadas en el trabajo y la armonía, para garantizar la máxima eficacia posible en la aprobación de los elementos clave de nuestros requisitos legislativos comunitarios. +Se ha rasgado la Carta de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, las ayudas internacionales, el predominio de los Estados Unidos fue la única razón de esta guerra -la afirmación de su visión geopolítica- y ha causado preocupación en los viejos amigos de los Estados Unidos de América como Helmut Schmidt. +Ustedes proponen una respuesta ambigua con respecto a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, subordinada a los Estados Unidos en el terreno militar, en una condición totalmente dogmática respecto a los procesos de globalización de la economía mundial que merman fuertemente la autonomía europea. +Me extraña la falta de un discurso fuerte y original de la Comisión en el terreno de la cultura, de la comunicación de masa, de la producción artística y cultural, en que se está planteando un reto y una simple y sorda resistencia por parte de Europa a una penetración norteamericana. +Sin la realización de esta profundización en que se asienta el nuevo orden institucional que deberá asignar a Europa un papel en el mundo, nosotros no seremos unos efectivos promotores de la paz y la justicia ni seremos capaces de conciliar las necesidades, a veces encontradas, del nordeste y sudoeste europeos. +En materia de política fiscal, en particular, nos hemos visto especialmente decepcionados por la débil convicción expresada por el comisario propuesto en el tema del desarrollo de la coordinación de los regímenes fiscales y de la necesidad de pasar a la regla de la mayoría cualificada en la próxima CIG. +He recibido del Grupo técnico de diputados independientes, de conformidad con el párrafo 4º del artículo 180 del reglamento, una impugnación de la interpretación propuesta por la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales al párrafo 1º del artículo 29 del reglamento. +Hizo una declaración que a mí me pareció muy convincente, concretamente dijo: "Sí, vamos a respetar el principio de subsidiariedad, o sea, que la primera decisión corresponde a los Estados miembros y a las regiones, pero en mi calidad de Comisario yo seré el responsable de que se cumplan los objetivos de la política regional y me propongo cumplir con mi responsabilidad." +Pues bien, junto con nuestros partidarios haremos todo lo posible a fin de que nuestra vida sea lo más corta posible, pero temo que esto no sea suficiente, y por lo tanto, espero que por fin el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión hagan oír su voz, al objeto de que los ancianos de todos los quince Estados miembros obtengan el respeto que se merecen y tengan ante todo una normas que les permitan mantener intacto el dinero que pagan mensual y obligatoriamente para tener una pensión en el futuro. +Pero yo había solicitado la palabra, de acuerdo con el artículo 122 del Reglamento, para consumir un turno de intervención por alusiones personales, en relación con las acusaciones que ayer hizo a mi persona el Sr. Galeote durante el debate de investidura del Presidente Prodi. +Las Constituciones de los Estados miembros, el CPDH y otros tratados ya ofrecen protección suficiente al ciudadano. Así que nada de amontonar todo tipo de regímenes legales, tal y como propuso la semana pasada el Ministro del Interior de los Países Bajos. +Podemos resumir así las preguntas que se han formulado las opiniones públicas: ?en qué aporta Europa una plusvalía y mejora nuestros sistemas de adopción de decisiones? ?Nos ha aportado Europa un crecimiento económico superior, un mayor bienestar en la vida cotidiana o una esperanza de participar en una gran aventura? +Dicho de otro modo, el objeto de la próxima CIG no debería ser el de fortalecer ese proceso institucional, sino, al contrario, el de aligerarlo, es decir, limitar las competencias de la Unión volviendo a un Mercado Común respetuoso del medio ambiente y de la salud pública. +Señor Presidente, la delegación francesa de mi Grupo, como también la delegación danesa, ya han expuesto en el debate principal por qué razones fundamentales no podían apoyar a una Comisión que se las da de ser el gobierno de Europa, sin que, por lo demás, los ciudadanos hayan aprobado nunca explícitamente semejante estatuto. +La crisis de confianza de los ciudadanos en las instituciones europeas que ha revelado claramente la abstención en las últimas elecciones exige no sólo "una administración moderna y eficaz", sino también nuevas políticas que respondan positivamente a los problemas económicosociales que se viven en los países miembros de la Unión Europea. +La disposición del Consejo a modificar sus propuestas respecto del consejo administración, podría mostrar a los ciudadanos cuál es, de hecho, el motivo del Consejo y cúanto detesta derrochar, ya que la realización de la reconstrucción de Kosovo será en muchos casos más barata si se hace desde la región que si se hace desde los Estados miembros. +Para terminar, diré que hasta que no se haya encontrado una solución justa y global al problema de los refugiados, el apoyo de la Unión al OOPS, como proveedor de servicios paraestatales en Cisjordania, Gaza, el Líbano, Jordania y Siria, es de vital importancia para aliviar la difícil situación de los 3,5 millones de palestinos que viven en los campos de refugiados. +En efecto, en un momento en que la comunidad internacional y toda la prensa mundial resaltan la importancia del escándalo que se produce en Rusia, tenemos que adoptar iniciativas para comprender la gravedad de dicho escándalo, qué explicaciones da el Gobierno ruso a estas acusaciones y cuáles son, por el contrario, nuestros informes sobre las financiaciones comunitarias con Rusia. +Una visión del coste, la más trágica, está unida a la cantidad de vidas humanas que se han perdido, a familias deshechas, al shock psicológico que han sufrido todos los habitantes de las regiones afectadas por el temor a un posible terremoto posterior. +Precisamente en los tiempos de paz entre Grecia y Turquía tenemos una oportunidad de acercar conjuntamente aquí en el Parlamento Europeo a los pueblos de ambos países y de superar por fin lo que se me ha intentado inculcar y probablemente también a ellos en los libros de historia en la escuela, a saber, que los griegos y los turcos se odian recíprocamente. +En estos momentos, la Comisión, conjuntamente con otros integrantes de la comunidad internacional, hace un llamamiento a las autoridades rusas para que la utilización de la fuerza sea proporcional a la lucha en el territorio de Daguestán, así como a las operaciones de persecución a través de la frontera chechena. +La primera pregunta es hasta qué punto ha sido financiado este edificio enteramente por Francia y si ha sido realmente un regalo del gobierno francés porque mis electores quieren tener la seguridad de que sus impuestos, es decir sus impuestos neerlandeses, no han venido a parar aquí. +Reconocemos la importancia de un debate en el Parlamento sobre la seguridad alimentaria, pero la propuesta presentada era a favor de celebrar un debate con carácter de urgencia sobre la cuestión de si un Estado miembro tiene derecho a decidir por sí mismo de conformidad no con la política comunitaria, sino con lo que conviene a sus propios intereses políticos en un momento dado. +Pero habida cuenta del mercado libre, de las fronteras abiertas y de la importación prácticamente ilimitada, especialmente si procede de terceros países, es imprescindible que impongamos una serie de normas comunitarias debidamente controladas en materia de seguridad y medio ambiente, no sólo dentro de la Unión Europea, sino también en los países de origen de nuestros alimentos. +El problema se agudiza aún más por la liberalización del mercado, cuyo resultado es la circulación de productos no sometidos prácticamente a control, así como por la competencia sin límites, que brinda a los monopolios la coartada para el recurso incluso a métodos irregulares de reducción de costes y aumento de beneficios, y por la inexistencia de un control efectivo de la calidad, que queda a expensas de los propios consumidores. +En este contexto, desde luego llama la atención que, en relación con el tema de la identificación, los Estados miembros, pero también la Comisión, consideren la posibilidad de aplazar la identificación del ganado vacuno y el etiquetado de la carne hasta después del 1 de enero del 2000. +Por lo tanto, yo pediría a sus Señorías que no se incluya esta referencia sobre la modificación de las perspectivas financieras teniendo, bien entendido, dos cosas: primero, que, evidentemente, en todo caso la Comisión va a plantear una modificación de las perspectivas financieras en el futuro en el que tendrá en cuenta no sólo este elemento sino otros elementos vinculados al tema de Kosovo. +Se conocen también las dificultades que obstaculizan la penetración de esas energías en un mercado liberal en el que los recursos energéticos más tradicionales están con frecuencia a un precio más bajo, sin olvidar la falta de medidas orientadas a promover de manera voluntarista las nuevas energías. +El programa comunitario SAVE para la eficiencia y el ahorro energéticos constituye uno de los elementos clave de la estrategia de la Comunidad Europea en favor de un consumo energético eficaz o, lo que es lo mismo, una reducción de las emisiones de CO2. +Lo que está en entredicho es el respeto de un principio fundamental de nuestra propia supervivencia en el futuro, que es el de las denominaciones de origen de nuestros productos genuinos, protegidas, por lo demás, por la Organización Mundial del Comercio al amparo de los derechos de propiedad intelectual. +Por medio de los acuerdos de Wye River y de Sharm el-Sheik, la nueva situación política en Israel, una dirección de la OLP decidida y una conciencia más profunda en el mundo árabe, se ha creado una nueva situación que favorece una solución real y sostenible de acuerdo a los intereses de la región. +El nuevo Primer Ministro israelí, Sr. Barak, ha formado un Gobierno con una mayoría lo suficientemente amplia como para permitirle reanudar las negociaciones en el proceso de paz con el necesario respaldo parlamentario a su declarada intención de volver a impulsar el proceso de paz. +La contribución europea a la paz en Oriente Próximo no se manifiesta únicamente a través de la ayuda económica y financiera, también consiste en seguir siendo categóricos respecto a los principios políticos de un arreglo justo y duradero, en cuya solución definitiva acabaremos por dejar una huella europea. +Por otra parte, resulta particularmente grave que se pueda separar ese acuerdo de las negociaciones globales del acuerdo general, lo que provocaría su aplazamiento, con los perjuicios de ello resultantes, y sentaría malos precedentes desde el punto de vista de la defensa de las denominaciones de origen comunitarias en la OMC, en particular en lo que se refiere a la denominación "Oporto". +Existe un punto, sin embargo, sobre el que deseo llamar la atención tanto de nuestro Parlamento como del Consejo y de la Comisión: se trata de la influencia que puede ejercer esta liberalización de los intercambios, incluso por un período de diez años, en el desarrollo económico de las regiones ultraperiféricas, y en particular de La Reunión, territorio europeo de pleno ejercicio situado cerca de Sudáfrica. +Esta excepción a la reglamentación internacional, inscrita de manera irresponsable en un acuerdo que vincula a la Unión Europea, constituye un precedente peligroso, capaz de generalizarse a otros Estados, concretamente a los nuevos países productores de vinos (América Latina, Oceanía, etcétera), si así lo solicitan a la Unión Europea. +Al negarse a poner fin a la inmigración en Europa, al negarse a controlarla seriamente, al negarse a imponer una detección sistemática del sida en los posibles inmigrantes que proceden de estos países de África, expondrán a los europeos no sólo a la seropositividad, sino también a muchas enfermedades oportunistas, como la tuberculosis, que había sido erradicada de nuestro continente. +Esta Ronda del Milenio no debe determinar la actitud defensiva frente a la posición norteamericana en las importaciones a la Unión Europea de productos agrícolas tratados con ingeniería genética sino que la Unión Europea debería encontrar socios para su estrategia dinámica global. +Segunda, ¿podría confirmar el Sr. Sasi que la Presidencia presentará nuevas propuestas para facilitar la provisión más completa posible al Parlamento Europeo de los documentos negociados en el Comité 133 del Consejo, acompañados, en su caso, de los procedimientos especiales de cara a proteger la confidencialidad? +No deja de ser extraño que la Comisión de Bruselas, en el momento en que pide a los Estados miembros que den luz verde para volver a iniciar, dejando de lado todo lo demás, un nuevo ciclo de negociaciones comerciales multilaterales, no sienta la necesidad de hacer un balance mínimamente objetivo de la OMC, y sobre todo de su dispositivo de solución de litigios. +Evidentemente, debemos defender los valores y los principios que son fundamentales para los países de la Comunidad, sin embargo, debemos hacerlo de forma sensata y flexible teniendo siempre en cuenta que antes que nada está la necesidad de llevar adelante ese interés estratégico fundamental para la liberalización del comercio internacional al que me acabo de referir. +Queremos evitar que se contemplen diferenciadamente los servicios clásicos de los nuevos -el modo de transferencia no cambia nada la naturaleza de un servicio- y un acceso mejor al mercado de terceros Estados para mercancías y servicios, inclusive los servicios de telecomunicación basados en el tráfico comercial electrónico. +Asunto: Fondos estructurales Las sumas correspondientes a los Fondos estructurales destinadas a las Comunidades Autónomas del Objetivo n1 1 no las reparte el Estado español de acuerdo con criterios objetivos de población y de ingresos por habitante, con lo que se aplica una política que no parece respetar los objetivos propios de los Fondos europeos. +Señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, quiero decir que, en lo que se refiere a las Comunidades Autónomas del Objetivo nº 1, el Estado español, a pesar de las competencias de las Comunidades Autónomas, se reserva para políticas centralizadas, no aplicadas en general en las Comunidades Autónomas del Objetivo nº 1, el 55% de los fondos que llegan al Estado español. +En segundo lugar, solamente quisiera que usted confirme si el Consejo, en contra de la voluntad de uno de los Estados miembros, puede aumentar esta cuantía de manera que ese país tendría que pagar más, es decir, que se le obligaría a depositar una mayor parte de su reserva de divisas en el Banco Central y que no hay un límite máximo. +La Unión Europea se reafirma en su disposición para apoyar y fomentar el proceso de renovación en Argelia, especialmente dentro del marco la colaboración euromediterránea, que implica, entre otras acciones, la reanudación inmediata de las negociaciones sobre el Tratado de Asociación de los Países Euromediterráneos. +Según el artículo 6 del Tratado de la Unión Europea, la Unión se asienta en una serie de principios comunes de los Estados miembros, principios sobre libertad, democracia, respeto a los derechos humanos y a las libertades fundamentales, además del principio de la legalidad. +Señor Presidente, en primer lugar, he podido observar personalmente que la mayoría de los aeropuertos más importantes siguen teniendo gran actividad a pesar de la supresión de las ventas libres de impuestos. Y como indiqué en mi respuesta anterior, consideramos que es función de cada Estado miembro hacerse cargo de las consecuencias y demás problemas, pérdida de empleos en su mayoría, que la supresión de estas ventas libres de impuestos puedan acarrear. +Moratoria para la pena de muerte - B5-0144/1999 del Sr. Thors, entre otros, en nombre del Grupo ELDR, sobre la votación de una resolución por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas sobre el establecimiento de una moratoria universal de la ejecución de las penas capitales; +Por lo tanto, pido al Consejo que no se bloquee con debates filosóficos, sino que procure que este texto contenga los mecanismos que nos permitan continuar dicha batalla y que se pueda, lo antes posible, concluir la redacción para empezar, en el Consejo y en la Comisión -el Sr. Patten nos lo ha asegurado-, la tarea de convencer a los 180 Estados miembros de las Naciones Unidas. +Como todos saben, el Parlamento Europeo ya mostró su sensibilidad en este asunto cuando, hace tan sólo unos meses adoptó una decisión, recogida por el Sr. Napolitano en el texto de su informe, que incluye artículos muy concretos sobre cómo debemos funcionar y cuáles son los puntos que hemos de tomar en consideración a fin de que el objetivo de la lucha contra el fraude se convierta en realidad. +Al mismo tiempo, sería una omisión por mi parte no mencionar en este momento la gran preocupación y, si quieren, la contribución de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario del Parlamento Europeo, que a través de una opinión, incluida también en el informe del Sr. Napolitano, estableció realmente bases muy sólidas. +Puedo asegurarles que la Comisión es plenamente consciente de cuál es el papel que juega la lucha contra el fraude en la valoración de la política europea a los ojos de las ciudadanas y de los ciudadanos y por ello celebro una vez más en nombre de la Comisión el informe y el trabajo que se ha realizado. +Somos conscientes de la rapidez con que está evolucionando este sistema y de que el mundo de Internet, es decir, el mundo de los usuarios de la sociedad de la información, está muy adelantado en lo concerniente a la validez de los contratos y las transacciones a través del sistema electrónico. +Y si, como estimo, la erosión del principio del país de origen amenaza fundamentalmente al mercado único de servicios electrónicos en Europa -lo cual, a su vez, constituiría un importante ejemplo para el funcionamiento del comercio electrónico en nuestro globo-, entonces los resultados serían tristísimos y dañosísimos para los ciudadanos de Europa. +El proyecto de propuesta está vinculado directamente a los requisitos técnicos de la Norma 34 de la Comisión Económica para Europa de las Naciones Unidas, que trata de la prevención del riesgo de incendio y en particular de las disposiciones aplicables a los depósitos de combustible fabricados con plástico. +Tenemos que dejar que los Estados miembros y la Comisión hagan sus propuestas y luego tenemos que ocuparnos de algunas de las iniciativas esenciales y exponer el punto de vista de los ciudadanos, las empresas, los usuarios de la carretera y los conductores en toda la Unión Europea. +En la Unión Europea tenemos que preocuparnos por todos los aspectos de la seguridad en todas las formas de transporte, no solamente los vehículos de dos ruedas, o los vehículos de cuatro ruedas, o los ferrocarriles, o las aeronaves, o los buques o lo que sea, sino también en relación con las telecabinas y las instalaciones de transporte por cable. +Yo añado, además, que será preciso incluir en el Presupuesto 2000 15 millones de euros correspondientes a la aportación de la Unión Europea a la iniciativa de condonación de la deuda de los países más pobres que, como tal, se ha de financiar directamente con cargo al Presupuesto, o sea, no con recursos procedentes del Fondo de Desarrollo. +Nuestra comisión considera también que debe constituir una prioridad para la Unión la prestación de informaciones estadísticas de alta calidad, especialmente ahora que la Unión Económica y Monetaria se ha aplicado en la zona del euro y tenemos ya las perspectivas de la ampliación de la Unión. +Aun así, consideramos particularmente importante que no se haya aceptado la reducción lineal introducida por el Consejo y, sobre todo, que se prevea un incremento moderado en el ámbito de los gastos veterinarios y fitosanitarios, al igual que en el ámbito del apoyo a la comercialización. +Señor Presidente, el proyecto de presupuesto para el año 2000, 92 millardos de euros, un margen de flexibilidad para este Parlamento de 1,5 millardos de euros habida cuenta de lo que son las perspectivas financieras, reducciones lineales de todos los créditos, o, en todo caso, créditos agrícolas, pocas ambiciones, siempre el espolvoreamiento y el clientelismo presupuestarios: es decir, un proyecto de presupuesto sin grandes novedades, y el señor Bourlanges tiene el gran mérito de intentar animar técnicamente el debate. +La solución de la paradoja nos ha sido sugerida y consiste en no aceptar que las prioridades de mañana sean financiadas con el sacrificio y las prioridades de hoy y de ayer y, en consecuencia, en financiar las nuevas e irrenunciables prioridades de las acciones exteriores con una revisión al alza de las perspectivas financieras de la categoría 4. +Dos observaciones finales: la primera es la dificultad para entender y, por tanto, para explicar, por qué se dispone, como debe ser, de un fundamento jurídico para apoyar a las víctimas de catástrofes naturales en cualquier lugar del mundo, como con justicia vamos a hacer para Turquía, y no se dispone de dicho fundamento para dentro de la Unión. +El Tratado por el que se establece la Comunidad Europea contiene varias disposiciones destinadas a garantizar la responsabilidad democrática del BCE, una de cuyas piedras angulares es sin duda la presentación del Informe Anual al Parlamento Europeo y al Consejo de la Unión Europea. +A esta normalidad ha contribuido, sin duda, la buena dirección y gestión del Banco Central Europeo, y a él y en especial a su Presidente hay que felicitarlos debido a que, en los primeros meses del establecimiento del euro, cuando se fijaban las primeras orientaciones, tuvieron que superar -y lo hicieron con acierto- algunas circunstancias adversas en unos momentos ciertamente delicados a nivel tanto interno como internacional. +A mi modo de ver, esto contradice el artículo 113 del Tratado de la UE, que establece la obligación del BCE de presentar un informe anual al Parlamento sobre su actividad y sobre la política económica y monetaria. +Estos señores del Banco Central Europeo se comportan como portavoces de la gran patronal que está, en efecto, "reduciendo las rigideces del mercado del trabajo" , destruyendo miles de empleos como en este momento en Michelin, Renault-Nissan, Alsthom, Rhône-Poulenc y Hoest Marion Roussel y muchas otras, o generalizando la precariedad con salarios que hunden a una parte creciente de la población en la pobreza mientras aumenta la fortuna de los grandes accionistas. +No tiene poder para fijar tipos de interés, ningún poder sobre los tipos de cambio, poco poder sobre el gasto público, restringido por el Pacto de Estabilidad, y si estuviera en la mano de muchos de los miembros de este Parlamento, ningún poder sobre los propios tipos fiscales. +La unión de las dos carteras de desarrollo y ayuda humanitaria aumenta las posibilidades de alcanzar este objetivo, especialmente si tenemos en cuenta el hecho de que tanto el campo de trabajo de ECHO como el ámbito de competencia del comisario responsable de la política de desarrollo son globales. +En cuanto a las acciones en materia de lucha contra la droga para el período 2000-2004, el Consejo ahora nos insta a aprobar a toda prisa este documento mientras que, como admite la propia Comisión, no se ha hecho ninguna valoración sistemática y rigurosa de los presuntos resultados del plan anterior. +Ha hablado de "abrir" el Consejo al escrutinio público y de estudiar otras reformas, y ha expresado su esperanza de que la Presidencia finlandesa deje una huella duradera en la Unión en este sentido. +No obstante y dicho sea de paso, es cierto que las situaciones especiales exigen un esfuerzo especial -y era necesario un fondo especial para cubrir este esfuerzo especial- de manera que no sean los proyectos ya en marcha los que vayan a pagar las situaciones especiales, como parece que existe ahora el riesgo de que sea África la que vaya a pagar los esfuerzos que la EU hará en Kosovo. +Al mismo tiempo, quiero pedir a la Presidencia del Consejo que, de conformidad con el documento de la Comisión, en los preparativos de la Conferencia Intergubernamental se abra la posibilidad de presentar una propuesta propia para aplicar de un modo razonable unos métodos de trabajo. +Todas estas acciones y otras más que afectan a la seguridad de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea, deben ser emprendidas sobre la base del pleno respeto de los derechos fundamentales de aquellos que viven en el territorio de la Unión, porque la clave del futuro espacio de libertad y seguridad son precisamente los derechos fundamentales irrenunciables. +Señor Presidente, para las cabezas muy frías y racionales el año 2000 es naturalmente un año como otro cualquiera, pero no sólo los no románticos pueden sustraerse al inicio de un nuevo siglo a una cierta magia, a elevar la cabeza por encima de sus propias actividades y adoptar frente a su propio futuro algo así como una actitud de proyecto. +Este Consejo de Sabios no dedica ni una palabra crítica al segundo y tercer pilar de este país inexistente democrático de la cooperación entre los Gobiernos ni tampoco realiza ninguna propuesta para vincularlo a una reforma democrática europea. +En mi opinión, al desarrollar un marco de referencia europeo para la utilización de la firma digital, la Unión Europea siempre debe actuar también a nivel internacional para que las pautas legales del sistema lleguen a ser ratificadas. +Por esto un principio concreto para justificar la intervención de la Unión en esta materia es el de la posible inseguridad social que pueden producir las reestructuraciones de empresas dentro de la Comunidad y, sea como sea, dentro de los Estados miembros, un principio que, por otra parte, ya fue previsto en el Tratado de Roma de 1957. +Señor Presidente, al rechazar el Tratado de prohibición de pruebas nucleares, el Senado estadounidense ha hecho un gesto irresponsable asumiendo al mismo tiempo la responsabilidad de poner al mundo ante el serio peligro del holocausto nuclear. +Esas fuerzas son las mismas que siguen perpetrando la pena de muerte y no pagando las cuotas debidas a las Naciones Unidas contribuyendo de esta manera a la pérdida de legitimidad y funcionalidad de un organismo que tiene como elemento constitutivo el derecho de los pueblos a librarse de las guerras. +Esta actitud del Senado de los EE.UU está en contradicción con la declaración final del CTBT que, como usted señor Presidente del Consejo ha mencionado, se ha reunido en Viena del 6 al 8 de octubre subrayando la importancia de una prohibición global y verificable de los ensayos nucleares e instando a todos los Estados a firmar y ratificar con rapidez dicho Tratado. +Pero quizá pueda ir un poco más lejos y afirmar que lo realmente perjudicial para la Unión Europea sería si, después de haber reafirmado la causa a favor de una política exterior y de seguridad común, tras haber defendido la causa de una iniciativa por la seguridad y la defensa, nos quedáramos cortos en lo que hagamos con respecto a nuestra retórica. +De Conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0026/1999) de la Comisión de Cultura, Juventud, Educación, Medios de Comunicación y Deporte, sobre la posición común de Consejo (13328/2/1998 - C5-0023/1999 - 1998/0169(COD)) con vistas a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establece un único instrumento de financiación y de programación de la cooperación cultural (Programa "Cultura 2000" ) (Ponente: Sr. Graça Moura). +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0024/1999) del Sr. Gargani, en nombre de la Comisión de Cultura, Juventud, Educación, Medios de Comunicación y Deporte, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo (COM(1999) 111 - C5-0019/1999 - 1999/0066(CNS)) relativa a la participación comunitaria en el Observatorio Europeo del Sector Audiovisual. +Fue constituido en el mes de octubre de 1989, bajo el auspicio del programa Eureka Audiovisual, actúa en el marco de un acuerdo parcial alcanzado en el seno del Consejo de Europa y entre sus miembros cuenta con 34 miembros europeos y la Comisión de la Unión Europa en su conjunto. +A título personal, sin embargo, quiero decir que la tercera enmienda no contaba con mi aprobación, en el sentido de que, en el texto originario, la decisión que estamos a punto de aprobar y que la Comisión ya ha anticipado, debía expirar el último día del último mes del quinto año, mientras la Comisión ha reducido este plazo a tres años. +Sin querer cuestionar la autoridad del presidente de la comisión que acaba de intervenir y a la vista de la solicitud del mayor Grupo parlamentario, encuentro más sensato obrar con mayor prudencia porque, como se ha demostrado, no cabe duda de que la mayoría absoluta necesaria convierte, cuando menos, en difícil la votación. +Espero de la capacidad del señor Comisario, de la actitud de la Comisión, de nuestro Consejo y de nuestros Gobiernos, que se concluya felizmente un acuerdo que permita, por un lado, continuar con nuestra actividad pesquera y, por el otro, por qué no, que Marruecos y los ciudadanos marroquíes se beneficien de ese privilegio que tienen al administrar unas aguas que cuentan con un banco pesquero tan importante. +El Parlamento Europeo, en las enmiendas que presenta la Comisión de Pesca, pide a la Comisión que siga el asunto, que informe al Parlamento y al Consejo, por lo menos tres meses antes de la expiración del acuerdo, con objeto de tener la seguridad de su continuación. +En este momento, puesto que se ha modificado el fundamento jurídico -y este es el motivo del nuevo reglamento- y el procedimiento que se debe aplicar ya no es el del artículo 37, o sea, el de consulta, sino el del artículo 152, o sea, el de codecisión, el Parlamento tiene el deber y la responsabilidad de reducir ese plazo del 2003. +Un análisis técnico permite llegar a la conclusión de que la desaceleración de la tendencia de crecimiento en la Unión Europea se explica por una combinación de choques externos, amplificados por divergencias de las políticas nacionales, en un contexto de rigidez estructural. +La unificación de las monedas ha inducido la unificación de las políticas financieras; la de las políticas financieras, la unificación de las políticas económicas; la de las políticas económicas, la unificación de las políticas sociales. +La Presidencia finlandesa también aboga por la transparencia en este asunto, aunque el punto de partida sea la confidencialidad; esto, a su vez, es debido en gran parte a que cada dialogante habla de sus propios asuntos y de su campo específico sin pretender llegar a acuerdos comunes, sino que lo que se busca es la comprensión mutua. +En el sector marino, con la enmienda nº 6 hemos examinado la cuestión por extenso y a fondo para intentar dar con una formulación que garantice la consecución de un acuerdo colectivo que brinde la máxima flexibilidad permitida por la directiva, es decir, el cómputo anual de la jornada laboral. +El Parlamento había pedido que se tenga en cuenta que el aire acondicionado u otro equipo adicional puede aumentar la contaminación. Que la responsabilidad jurídica del fabricante y de los distribuidores debe delimitarse de forma más precisa y que, por tanto, se incluyeran los coches de directivos y los vehículos con permiso de circulación de un día. +Los efectos colaterales y la adaptación de las acciones se basarán en su mayor parte en el marco del mercado interior que la Comisión formula dos veces al año y en el informe de Cardiff sobre el funcionamiento de los mercados de productos y capitales. +Como medio contra el desempleo el informe menciona también el aumento de la capacidad de adaptación de las empresas y a este respecto es preciso asegurar, por ejemplo, a través de estándares mínimos, la participación de los trabajadores, la información y consulta de los mismos en el tiempo oportuno y, con esto, su posibilidad a adaptarse al cambio. +El proyecto de la UEM crea desempleo, y en lo que respecta a la política laboral activa es obvio que ésta presupone iniciativas locales y nacionales por la razón de que los mercados laborales de los países comunitarios están organizados de forma tan distinta entre sí que resulta del todo imposible poner en práctica cualquier otra medida que no sean las medidas normales y no vinculantes incluidas en las propuestas existentes. +Yo espero propuestas como éstas de la nueva Comisión, sabiendo, señor Presidente, que en ese momento encontraremos el objeto social de la Unión, es decir, una mayor riqueza social y un empleo no basado en medidas parciales sino en un desarrollo económico y en unas empresas plenamente rentables y fiables. +Los altos impuestos, la redistribución social de los ingresos y una política salarial inflexible suelen conducir a las sociedades a una situación degradada, en la que el trabajo ya no es para el individuo una alternativa estimulante desde el punto de vista económico. +Así y todo, en la mundialización de los mercados, Europa corre el riesgo de sufrir la competencia de las grandes economías que invirtieron e invierten más en la difusión de las tecnologías y en la investigación, así como en la formación profesional de los jóvenes, esto es, en el futuro de las industrias más avanzadas tecnológicamente. +Informe (A5-0049/1999) del Sr. Gahrton, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se celebra el Acuerdo de cooperación científica y técnica entre la Comunidad Europea y la República Popular de China (COM(1999) 287 - C5-0038/1999 - 1999/0123(CNS)) +Informe (A5-0047/1999) del Sr. Linkohr, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se celebra el Acuerdo de cooperación científica y tecnológica entre la Comunidad Europea y la República Argentina (COM(1999) 292 - C5-0040/1999 - 1999/0125(CNS)) +Señora Presidenta, creo que la propuesta que ha hecho la Mesa es la mejor solución en este caso, es decir, que el debate sobre Chechenia se celebre de las 15.00 a las 16.00 horas porque así, en lugar de interrumpir el debate sobre la conferencia intergubernamental, empezaremos la sesión de la tarde sobre dicha conferencia una hora más tarde, creo que, de esta manera, podremos debatir los dos temas más correctamente. +A continuación, tenemos la propuesta del Sr. Barón Crespo para suprimir la hora de preguntas al Consejo, propuesta variada por el Sr. Leinen, que pide que esta hora de preguntas se celebre durante la sesión nocturna, tras el debate institucional, lo que me parece coincidir con el criterio del Sr. Barón Crespo. +Señora Presidenta, el Parlamento ya ha votado una resolución al respecto, pero hoy se plantea un problema: el Banco Mundial debe pronunciarse próximamente sobre la pertinencia del proyecto, y pensamos que, dada la proyección que tiene sobre los pueblos de Chad y de Camerún, sería bien recibido un mensaje del Parlamento Europeo. +La primera propuesta de la Comisión es de mayo de 1998, y en los últimos 18 meses el procedimiento sobrevivió no sólo a un cambio de base legal, sino también a un cambio del Tratado, a un cambio de comitología, a un cambio del Parlamento y a un cambio de la Comisión. +Con que hemos visto la aparición de organizaciones delictivas dedicadas a la venta de niños, madres a las que les roban los hijos, madres a las que sobornan para que se separen de sus hijos, madres a las que engatusan diciéndoles que el niño va a disfrutar de un buen comienzo en la vida y después regresar con su familia, cuando, desde luego, no existe esa intención. +La pregunta que, en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, quiero hacer a la señora Comisaria que, por otra parte, ha demostrado mucha sensibilidad hacia estos temas, es la siguiente: ¿Nos puede decir cuáles son los aspectos conflictivos de la cuestión y los motivos por los cuales no se ha presentado una propuesta revisada todavía? +Asimismo, si decidimos transferir la competencia, pongamos por caso, de la cooperación para el desarrollo de los Estados miembros a la Unión Europea, creo que podríamos lograr muchísimo más en el mundo con la misma cantidad de dinero y podríamos aumentar nuestros recursos sin por ello aumentar la carga fiscal que recae sobre los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea. +Pero lo que aún falta y lo que aún no ha logrado la antigua Comisión y que esperamos se logre por fin, es una directiva europea en la que no sólo se regule técnicamente la alimentación de la corriente proveniente de fuentes de energía renovables sino también que, en consonancia con el derecho de competencia europeo, se especifiquen los modos sobre cómo se puede fomentar contractualmente en la Comunidad una corriente producida de este modo. +Existe coincidencia en considerar que la conservación de energía, la planificación racional y las energías renovables constituyen la forma más importante, aparte del impuesto al CO2, sobre el que, como ya he dicho, no se ha llegado aún a un acuerdo. +Me voy a referir ahora a la parte jocosa del asunto: la UJD, la autoridad eslovaca supervisora de las instalaciones nucleares, no concede ya desde 1995 la usual autorización de servicio para varios años sino sólo una prórroga provisional de un año con la finalidad de obligar a los explotadores a realizar las necesarias modernizaciones. +Señor Alto Representante, no cabe duda de que la institución de su cargo y en particular su nombramiento ha creado grandes expectativas en ese sector de la opinión pública - que creo mayoritario - que piensa que Europa debe dotarse de una política exterior y de seguridad común si quiere, como usted ha dicho, ser creíble más allá de los intercambios comerciales o del gigantismo económico. +Seguramente coincidirá el Sr. Solana conmigo si le digo que las metas que nos tenemos trazadas quienes hoy tenemos alguna mayor o menor responsabilidad en el proceso de integración europea harían palidecer las ambiciones más optimistas de los dirigentes europeos de cuando, por ejemplo, usted presidía el Consejo de Asuntos Generales de la Comunidad Europea. +El objetivo del debate de hoy es clarificar y evaluar, desde el punto de vista de la Unión Europea, el planteamiento global de las negociaciones a escala mundial y situarlo en el contexto político de una estrategia global. +La creciente tendencia a la fusión de empresas que desarrollan actividades de carácter transnacional y la impotencia de los Estados nacionales frente a la constitución de monopolios, oligopolios y cárteles ponen en peligro el objetivo del comercio mundial de contribuir al bienestar y la paz en todo el mundo. +Además, también es particularmente importante que tengamos claro que la aminoración del crecimiento de la economía mundial también guarda relación con la inestabilidad del sistema financiero internacional, que se caracteriza por enormes y veloces transacciones financieras a escala mundial y, aunque se ha desgajado de la economía mundial, sin embargo repercute sobre las inversiones, el crecimiento y el empleo. +En segundo lugar, que se fijen reglas de juego comunes a todos con respeto de las materias actualmente no tratadas o insuficientemente tratadas por el Acuerdo de Marraquech, ejemplos de las cuales son las modalidades higiénico-sanitarias, los efectos medioambientales y de salud de ciertos métodos de producción intensiva o el respeto de la sensibilidad de los consumidores. +Esto es particularmente importante, dado que muchos de los temas, sobre todo los nuevos -muchos colegas lo han señalado ya- tienen una fuerte carga emocional, como, por ejemplo, la cuestión de la vinculación de las inversiones a una nueva regulación de la competencia y a las normas sociales y laborales, pero también muchas otras. +Pero es en la prisa de la que da prueba y a la que el informe Schwaiger hace referencia con mucho empeño donde residen las razones para levantar legítimas sospechas, sobre todo si se quiere recordar que esos mismos principios acaban de verse ridiculizados en los recientes expedientes del plátano, de los OGM y otras carnes de vacuno con hormonas, en los cuales la derrota de la Unión Europea a través de la Comisión es tan discreta como rápida. +Rusia -y esto resulta particularmente doloroso para la izquierda europea- no constituye una excepción en este sentido, sino que actúa, a su modo de ver, exactamente igual que lo hizo la OTAN en Yugoslavia y me parece un oportunismo de la peor clase que quienes han aplaudido al Sr. Solana a primera hora, aplaudan ahora la intervención del Sr. Cohn-Bendit. +Habrá logrado, en el acto final, una mención sobre el principio de precaución, en el aspecto sanitario, incluso en el fitosanitario, un foro OIT-OMC, un reconocimiento de los principios ambientales, en la medida que han sido ya reconocidos en Kioto. +En estas décadas, en estos últimos lustros, el comercio internacional -Europa es la patria de David Ricardo- ha permitido, gracias a una nueva división internacional del trabajo, generar riqueza e inclusión, así como vencer una pobreza que, con el aumento de la población y sin el comercio internacional, sería mucho más grave que la actual. +La educación, la salud, los servicios públicos y sociales, los transportes públicos, la cultura , son otros tantos sectores que no pueden ponerse en la balanza de una negociación comercial y no pueden depender de un tribunal de comercio internacional. +Pero el próximo ciclo de negociaciones ha de abordar también nuevos temas: el desarrollo, el medio ambiente, la salud y la seguridad sanitaria, las normas sociales fundamentales, la competencia y transparencia de unas reglas mínimas en materia de inversiones y la promoción de la diversidad cultural. +Ha llegado la hora, sin embargo, de poder enviar representantes parlamentarios a todas las reuniones y de participar en la CIG, en nuestra calidad de institución comunitaria, en igualdad de condiciones que la Comisión para defender nuestras posiciones y nuestras propuestas y, en su caso, rebatir las propuestas que presentan otros. +La Comisión, con el poder de orientación, la autoridad nueva, reconocida a su Presidente, debería preservar -no será fácil, permítanme decírselo, ahora que estoy dentro de la Comisión- su carácter colegial, su eficacia, su forma de decisión por mayoría simple de los miembros que la componen. +Hace falta integrar, por ejemplo, las funciones de la Unión Europea Occidental en la Unión para evitar nuevos Kosovos, pero también fomentar la coordinación de las políticas económicas, la armonización fiscal y la creación de una auténtica Europa social y del empleo que nos permita afrontar las preocupaciones de los ciudadanos. +Esta carencia se manifiesta con especial virulencia en el punto de intersección entre la Unión Económica y la Unión Monetaria, por una parte, y en el punto de intersección entre la Unión Política y la Unión Económica y Monetaria, por otra. +Así me permito recordarle uno de los aspectos que con mucho acierto ha destacado el Sr. von Boetticher, a saber, el paquete de propuestas también debe prever que en la parte general y esencial de los Tratados se establezca un marco que defina claramente las competencias de la Unión Europea. +En este contexto, el Consejo desea recordar las conclusiones que emitió el 25 de mayo de 1994 relacionadas con la seguridad nuclear en la producción de electricidad de los países de Europa Central y del Este, así como en nuevos estados independientes, en las cuales el Consejo expresó su postura ante esta cuestión. +Todo ciudadano de la Unión, así como toda persona física o jurídica que resida o tenga su domicilio social en un Estado miembro, tendrá derecho a acceder a los documentos del Parlamento Europeo, del Consejo y de la Comisión, con arreglo a los principios y las condiciones que se establecerán de conformidad con los apartados 2 y 3. +El Consejo, con arreglo al procedimiento previsto en el articulo 251, determinará los principios generales y los límites, por motivos de interés público o privado, que regulan el ejercicio de este derecho de acceso a los documentos, en el plazo de dos años a partir de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam. +. (FI) Señor Presidente, sólo quiero indicarle y asegurarle al Sr. diputado al Parlamento que el Consejo es perfectamente consciente de la necesidad de simplificar y hacer más eficaz el mecanismo de financiación de los Países y Territorios de Ultramar, pero, como ya he dicho, por el momento se nos ha enviado solamente un comunicado, en el que se presentan tres posibles modelos de actuación. +Si no es posible votar sobre el informe hoy, lo mejor sería que preguntáramos a los servicios del Parlamento si no es posible sostener este debate hoy por la tarde y votar el miércoles del período parcial de sesiones de diciembre, lo que nos permitiría comunicar los resultados al Consejo antes del jueves; ¿podríamos pedir también al Comisario que interviniera acerca del Consejo en relación con esta cuestión? +Por ello, en mi opinión habría sido preferible recurrir a la propuesta original de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario contenida en su opinión dirigida a la Comisión para Asuntos Constitucionales, en la que se excluye todo este conjunto de cuestiones y sólo se regulan los derechos y obligaciones de los diputados. +También hay una referencia concreta en el preámbulo al Protocolo sobre privilegios e inmunidades, y una referencia al hecho de que el artículo pertinente no puede ir en detrimento de los requisitos de confidencialidad que se puedan fijar respecto de los diputados del Parlamento Europeo. +Ahora bien, aunque sea necesario esperar a que finalice el ciclo de negociaciones, para poder expresar un juicio sobre el fondo en relación con los resultados obtenidos, lo cierto es que, con respecto al marco, el resultado global no podría considerarse totalmente negativo si las naciones europeas pudiesen obtener una reglamentación más vinculante de las normas internacionales en materia de competencia. +En cuanto al punto 27, pensamos que ha sido un gran avance que las llamadas tareas Petersberg del documento de Colonia (acciones humanitarias y de salvamento, acciones para el mantenimiento de la paz y acciones armadas en relación con el manejo de las crisis, incluidas las medidas para el mantenimiento de la paz) se incorporen a las tareas propias de la UE. +El hecho de exigir hoy la abolición inmediata e incondicional de la pena de muerte en el mundo entero, significa no sólo promover la dignidad humana, sino también dar un sentido a la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos. +Por el contrario, la pena de muerte es el arma preferida por los regímenes totalitarios porque constituye un símbolo del poder del estado y de la humillación del individuo ante el poder estatal; y sabemos, además, que es usada para aniquilar a los adversarios. +Por ello, pensamos que si la Unión Europea no condena y pone remedio a esta criminal conducta, las conclusiones serían obvias: en primer lugar, la Unión Europea se convertiría en cómplice de las matanzas de serbios y gitanos organizadas por las bandas criminales y mafiosas del UCK; en segundo lugar, se demostraría que hay dos varas de medir en Occidente; y en tercer lugar, se diría que el objetivo de la intervención era destruir al pueblo serbio. +Por último -además, naturalmente, de prestar una atención muy especial al TPI para Rwanda-, a fin de que no se olvide este conflicto, que ya parece muy lejano, demasiado lejano para algunos, el papel de la Unión Europea consiste, en mi opinión, en estar presente junto al pueblo rwandés en esta ocasión. +Aunque no sea muy revolucionario y aunque el paso adelante sea demasiado pequeño, tenemos la esperanza de que permita comparar bad practices partiendo de unos datos fiables y que siente las bases para una política de drogas humana y eficaz en el marco de una Unión Europea integrada. +Nuestro problema en la actualidad es la existencia de jóvenes cuya vida en familia es buena pero que al mismo tiempo sienten que su existencia es tan vacía que necesitan una pastilla o un tripi los sábados en la discoteca y así logran entonarse con la ayuda de una droga sobre la que se les ha inducido a pensar que es inofensiva. +Quisiera felicitar a la Sra. Giannakou por su valioso informe, y por la importancia que concede a la cooperación internacional y a la consolidación de las reuniones sistemáticas anuales del consejo interinstitucional, para un mejor seguimiento y valoración de las acciones, cuyo principal objetivo es conseguir la disminución de la oferta de substancias estupefacientes. +No podré olvidar nunca que una vez, cuando era ministro responsable de la lucha contra la droga, fui a visitar a un joven que había perdido la salud, sus amistades, sus relaciones, su familia, su colocación, sus perspectivas e incluso el respeto de sí mismo. +Con sus reducidas expectativas del pago de los intereses de los propietarios de su capital y así su posiblemente reducida gearing rate, esto es la relación entre el volumen de préstamos respecto del capital propio en torno al 2,5 -cuando los ratios en el mercado habitualmente superan el 10- el banco goza de gran confianza en los mercados de capital. +La ponente y la Comisión de Presupuestos destacan especialmente que los proyectos del Banco deben apoyar objetivos importantes, entre otros, decisiones del Parlamento Europeo como, por ejemplo, en materias tales como la lucha contra la pobreza y la protección a la democracia, a los derechos humanos y al medio ambiente. +Como he dicho antes, señor Presidente, la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos aprobó por unanimidad el reglamento, pero propone una serie de enmiendas destinadas a señalar que el artículo 299.2, que ya está en vigor, establece una base adicional para la propuesta de reglamento de la Comisión. +La preocupación que esta modificación ha causado en Canarias -y de la que nosotros nos hacemos eco- ha crecido en la misma medida en que va surgiendo una cierta desconfianza en cuanto a la capacidad del propio Gobierno de mi país para comprender la verdadera entidad y gravedad de este problema y en cuanto a su voluntad de enfrentarse al mismo en la referida negociación con la Comisión. +El informe sugiere que los Estados Miembros y los foros FMI Banco Mundial tomen medidas para verificar si las condiciones y los supuestos bajo los que se ha concedido a Corea el paquete de rescate dirigido por el FMI se han respetado en su totalidad en el caso de los astilleros. +En julio de 1999, el Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones de Finlandia incluso notificó a la Comisión el programa de bonificaciones de interés concedidas a las adquisiciones navales, cuyo objetivo era fomentarlas adquisiciones y las reparaciones de buques de carga respetuosos con el medioambiente y seguros, esenciales en las condiciones del norte, donde han de desplazarse entre el hielo. +La Unión no puede ocultar el hecho manifiesto de que junto con el Banco Europeo para la Reconstrucción y el Desarrollo deberá desempeñar un papel primordial en términos de contribuciones financieras y ayuda técnica para garantizar la seguridad de todos esos reactores nucleares cuanto antes mejor. +El esfuerzo por examinar cuestiones obvias relativas a los derechos humanos en la UE es muy parcial ¿Por qué tiene la discriminación por motivo de raza o de origen étnico un trato de favor y, por ejemplo, la discriminación de las mujeres y de los homosexuales no se menciona o apenas se hace? +Y éste es el trasfondo de estas propuestas relativas a una asignación de fondos durante un período de tres años cifrados en 15 millones de euros para la puesta en marcha de la adopción del acervo normativo comunitario y la consolidación de la Unión Aduanera CE-Turquía y en 135 millones de euros para el desarrollo de las regiones económicamente atrasadas de Turquía, respectivamente. +Señor Presidente, creo que lo que procede en este caso es felicitar al Sr. Morillon por la realización de estos informes, que ha tenido que hacer en circunstancias muy difíciles, con una gran premura de tiempo, y creo que se ha hecho acreedor al reconocimiento de todos: así se ha visto recompensando con el voto que se ha producido en la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores. +Como las cantidades previstas para el año 1999 no fueron presupuestadas, habría que prolongar -a ello se ha referido hoy el ponente- el marco presupuestario del programa en un año, hasta el año 2002, y habría que incluir los créditos del año 1999 en el proyecto rectificativo y suplementario. +La Unión debe asegurarse de que todos los países candidatos -incluida, naturalmente, Turquía- respetarán los tratados internacionales y el derecho internacional, cooperarán con los países vecinos por la paz y resolverán sus eventuales diferencias respetando el derecho internacional y recurriendo a las instancias internacionales de justicia, como el Tribunal de La Haya. +No tiene sentido afirmar que sólo cuando Turquía haya dado determinados pasos, quizá le daremos una respuesta afirmativa. La reacción habitual de Turquía es replicar que, a la vista de que Europa no cumple sus promesas, no tienen una perspectiva europea clara y, por lo tanto, no pueden emprender el camino arriesgado de las reformas. +La armonización sostenible, desde el punto de vista del Báltico, de las necesidades ecológicas, de una agricultura viable, de la política industrial, del uso de zonas vacacionales y de la misma ampliación supone, obviamente, un gran reto tanto a nivel administrativo, como a nivel político. +La incorporación de los países nórdicos y mediterráneos a la Unión Europea ha sido el motivo principal de que se plantee la actualización de esta directiva, actualmente en vigor, que regula la comercialización de semillas y plantas forestales y que desde 1975 no había sido modificada sustancialmente. +Si bien en estos últimos meses la evolución del valor euro/dólar ha sido desfavorable para el euro, ello no sólo obedece a la diferencia actual existente entre las economías norteamericana y europea desde el punto de vista del dinamismo y del rendimiento. +Como ponente, creo que es justo reconocer que la propuesta inicial de la Comisión mejoraba en gran medida la OCM actual, sobre todo al reforzar el papel fundamental que las organizaciones de productores tienen en la comercialización de los productos y al otorgarles más y mejores mecanismos para el correcto funcionamiento y para ejercer una pesca y una comercialización más responsables. +Esta propuesta sobre la organización común del mercado en el sector de los productos de la pesca y de la acuicultura reviste una importancia central para la política de pesca común en la Unión Europea. +Señalaré a la Asamblea que, en dicho acuerdo sobre la Unión aduanera, la Unión Europea es la que ha resultado beneficiada -y sobradamente- por los compromisos suscritos, ya que el saldo de la balanza comercial entre la Unión Europea y Turquía se ha duplicado en favor de la Unión Europea, desde la aplicación de estos acuerdos. +En tercer lugar, en las próximas negociaciones agrícolas debería ocupar un lugar central la multifuncionalidad del modelo europeo de agricultura, en concreto, un mayor desarrollo del espacio rural, la producción de productos agrícolas de calidad, medio ambiente incluso en relación con el artículo 20 de los acuerdos de la OMC sobre la agricultura. +Por tanto, nuestra principal misión sigue siendo política y no técnica, a saber, reabrir la causa pública a favor de una mayor liberalización del comercio, no sólo en beneficio de las empresas y los consumidores europeos, sino sobre todo porque el comercio abierto es la única solución viable a largo plazo para luchar contra la pobreza en el mundo en desarrollo. +el primero fue una referencia obsesiva a la reducción substancial de los apoyos internos a la agricultura, sin que se tuviera mínimamente en cuenta la diversidad de las estructuras productivas de los diferentes países y tampoco una clasificación objetiva y homogénea de los diversos tipos de subvenciones concedidas a la agricultura; +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Tribunal de Cuentas, distinguidas señoras y señores, la utilización de los recursos fiscales con arreglo a prioridades políticas claras, según los principios del ahorro y de la eficacia, son los objetivos que deberían imponerse todos los que tienen que ver con un presupuesto público. Tal es el objetivo que se ha impuesto la nueva Comisión. +Para nosotros, el Parlamento Europeo, la consecución de una conciencia europea, una identidad europea, el respeto por la diversidad de culturas, lenguas, ideas y religiones, está en su conjunto indivisiblemente ligada a una política de formación europea agresiva. +A través de la sopa y con la ayuda del programa SOCRATES, el resultado de este proyecto fue un aumento de la motivación de alumnos y personal, una mayor sensibilización de su propio entorno, así como de otros lugares y un mayor conocimiento de la tecnología de las comunicaciones. +Señor Presidente, acaba de aparecer en la prensa y lo hemos comprobado en la Comisión de Pesca. Se trata de la pesca de bacalao en el Atlántico nororiental y, además, de un acuerdo bilateral entre Rusia y Noruega, dos estados que junto con otros como la Unión Europea, Islandia y Polonia son partes en igualdad de derechos en la Comisión para la Pesca en el Atlántico Nororiental. +El presente informe sobre verificación de credenciales, por lo tanto, se refiere a los resultados de las quintas elecciones al Parlamento celebradas del 10 al 13 de junio pasados, y se basa en las comunicaciones oficiales de los distintos Estados miembros sobre el conjunto de los resultados electorales, incluidos los nombres de los posibles sustitutos y el orden de prelación resultante de la votación. +Por ello, la delegación española del Partido Popular Europeo estima necesario mantener en el Pleno las enmiendas relativas al primer párrafo del apartado 2 del artículo 3 y al último párrafo del artículo 21, en las que se concretan las excepciones y condiciones para el uso del bromuro de metilo después de 2006. +El límite del 1% en cualquier ingrediente -que como se nos ha informado a mí y a otros ya está siendo superado por los supermercados, entre otros, como requisito para productos alimenticios- es además un límite que, según he podido saber, puede cumplirlo fácilmente cualquiera que desee evitar que en la etiqueta de los productos alimenticios aparezca la indicación de que contienen organismos genéticamente modificados, a causa de la contaminación adventicia, que vaya usted a saber lo que eso significa. +Esperamos que se reconozca al Parlamento Europeo el derecho de dictamen conforme sobre las modificaciones de los Tratados y seguimos apoyando las propuestas de Dehaene, Weizsäcker y Simons, en el sentido de que sería acertado establecer un Tratado fundamental y un Tratado ampliado, con objeto de que los ciudadanos de Europa puedan saber qué ámbito será competente en cada caso y cómo se configurará la Unión Europea en el siglo XXI. +Aunque me siento satisfecho, y con razón, por las buenas cualidades de dirección del Gobierno de Finlandia y porque en los grandes grupos de cuestiones, o bien se han conseguido grandes progresos, o bien se han resuelto completamente sus asuntos, es evidente que los buenos resultados de este período se derivan de la voluntad de toda la Unión de desarrollar una estructura común europea. +Vamos a hacer una revisión, una Conferencia Intergubernamental otra vez, sin un método comunitario, sin un papel para la Comisión, con un papel insignificante para el Parlamento Europeo, sin contacto con los Parlamentos nacionales y, finalmente, sin transparencia ni responsabilidad frente a la sociedad civil. +Señor Presidente, estoy particularmente satisfecho, por supuesto, con la confirmación por el Consejo de la posición ya propuesta por la Comisión relativa a que la ampliación de la Unión Europea sea un proceso en el que todos los países de Europa Central, que se han presentado como candidatos, estén implicados, sin ninguna distinción, de acuerdo con sus propios méritos. +Su Señoría ha de saber sin duda que las autoridades de Belgrado están intentando presionar a la comunidad internacional para que se levanten las sanciones contra la RFY y reconstruir los puentes destruidos al poner como condición para la reapertura a la navegación de las secciones serbias del Danubio la de recibir asistencia de la comunidad internacional para reconstruir los puentes. +En primera lectura, mi Grupo se pronunció contra cualquier reducción de los créditos asignados a antiguas pero siempre importantes prioridades -y en especial de los créditos destinados a la cooperación y al desarrollo de los países del sur- para financiar estos nuevos gastos: nunca ha sido un buen signo de creatividad política desnudar a unos para vestir a otros. +Señor Presidente, en la primera lectura del presupuesto, el Parlamento Europeo se pronunció claramente a favor de una revisión del Acuerdo Interinstitucional, con objeto de poder responder a las obligaciones derivadas del Acuerdo de pesca, de la ayuda a Kosovo y a Timor Oriental, y del apoyo a las víctimas del terremoto. +También son pasos en la dirección correcta las iniciativas de la Comisión sobre los planes de acción de la Comunidad y la propuesta que se está elaborando acerca del desarrollo del sistema del comercio de residuos y materiales contaminantes dentro de la Comunidad. +Diré simplemente que las conferencias sobre el recalentamiento del planeta son todas iguales, porque la pregunta que podemos formularnos es: "¿cuántas catástrofes denominadas naturales habrá aún que esperar para tomar realmente en consideración los efectos nefastos del recalentamiento del planeta y, sobre todo, sus consecuencias en el desarrollo económico y social de nuestras sociedades, aquí en Europa, pero también fuera, en el resto del mundo?" +Por lo que atañe a la participación del Parlamento Europeo, tenemos que reconocer que desde hace años el Parlamento Europeo ha sido no sólo la locomotora de la sensibilización, de la opinión pública europea e internacional, sino también la locomotora de las decisiones, es decir, ha influido en decisiones del Consejo y de la Comisión. +Informe (A5-0081/1999) del Sr. Valdivielso de Cué, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de reglamento (Euratom, CE) del Consejo relativo a la concesión de asistencia a los Nuevos Estados Independientes a Mongolia en su esfuerzo de reforma y recuperación económicas (COM(1998)753 - C5-0038/1999 - 1998/0368(CNS)) +La Unión Europea, que se había preparado muy bien para las discusiones y cuya posición ha sido muy coherente, no ha cedido en cuanto al orden del día que deseaba que se aprobara, a saber: un orden del día amplio, que no se limitara únicamente a las cuestiones agrícolas y a los servicios, como querían los Estados Unidos. +No cuestiono la gran capacidad del Sr. Martin para presidir con celeridad nuestros trabajos, sino que -al igual que otros colegas de este Parlamento- denuncio una práctica que, para ser general, considero, sin embargo, totalmente contraria a la letra de nuestro Reglamento y al espíritu de las instituciones parlamentarias. +El Gobierno alemán se ha conformado con esconderse tras las faldas de los franceses durante toda esta polémica, echando la culpa a las complejidades de su sistema de gobierno federal para aplazar el levantamiento del embargo en Alemania. +Hoy, pese a que se pidió a la Comisión de Agricultura y a la Comisión de Medio Ambiente de este Parlamento que examinaran la posibilidad de esa prórroga y a que las enmiendas propuestas eran prácticas y razonables y se podrían haber aprobado con arreglo a la codecisión, el Consejo ha decidido pasar por alto esta Asamblea y cambiar el fundamento jurídico para esa decisión. +La cuestión de la identificación de los productos de carne de bovino y la certeza de que son fiables es tan fundamental para la divergencia entre Francia y la Unión Europea como las preocupaciones por la inocuidad que han abrigado en los dos últimos años la Comisión de Agricultura y la Comisión de Medio Ambiente. +En efecto, debo decir que raramente he visto un procedimiento presupuestario de esta naturaleza, en que hasta ahora- y hasta esta declaración positiva, que permite cerrar el acuerdo -nos encontrábamos todavía frente a dos listas de votaciones posibles: una lista hecha de acuerdo con el Consejo y una lista establecida sobre la base de una falta de acuerdo con el Consejo. +En este contexto, acojo con satisfacción las nuevas propuestas presentadas por mis colegas del Grupo Socialista para la creación de un tribunal europeo para pequeñas reclamaciones, con el fin de ayudar a la gente a hacer frente a los perjuicios causados debidos por enfrentamientos en el seno de la UE. +Señor Presidente, cada vez que oímos hablar en este Parlamento de la privación de derechos humanos básicos, como el derecho a votar y el derecho a presentarse a unas elecciones, debería servir para fortalecernos en nuestra determinación en promover e impulsar la democracia en todas las partes del mundo. +El empleo de los recursos de los fondos estructurales no gastados en el período de programas 1994-1999, por contra, no pueden tomarse en consideración, dado que los recursos disponibles ya han sido asignados a determinadas medidas, y además, en este caso concreto, en estrecha colaboración con las autoridades francesas competentes. +En este contexto, el Consejo cree que la tarea de la política regional consiste en desarrollar todos los potenciales para compensar los desequilibrios y atrasos estructurales y acelerar la transformación económica y social en las regiones menos favorecidas, inclusive las islas. +Es evidente que este informe no requiere más comentarios por parte de esta Comisión e incluso no debe tener más comentarios de ella, sino que es más bien un asunto para el próximo Presidente de una nueva Comisión que sin duda se aprovechará gustosamente de tan rica experiencia plasmada en él -la experiencia del Sr. Herman quien, según tengo entendido, con este informe y testamento político de hecho se despide del Parlamento Europeo-. +Cuando examinemos las consecuencias medioambientales y los retos de la ampliación no nos esforzaremos por imponer a esos Estados que quieren sumarse a nosotros en el proceso de solicitud el mismo tipo de proyectos medioambientales desastrosos que a menudo hemos adoptado durante los 40 últimos años por mera ignorancia de nuestra Unión. +No es una casualidad que ambas instituciones tengamos como objetivo fundamental la defensa de los derechos de los ciudadanos y, por ello, esta colaboración debe continuar garantizando, de manera conjunta, estos derechos y la labor democrática de la Unión, proporcionándole a nuestra administración una mayor credibilidad. +Hace poco tiempo, precisamente el Sr. Newman presidió una delegación de la Comisión de Peticiones -en la que estaban las compañeras Laura de Esteban y Bárbara Schmidbauer- a Doñana en un viaje que quería atender precisamente a la preocupación de los ciudadanos, que se había expresado en numerosas peticiones a la Comisión de Peticiones, por el espacio natural, que es reserva de la biosfera, de Doñana. +La Comisión está convencida de que, con la institución del Defensor del Pueblo europeo, la ciudadanía europea se ha enriquecido considerablemente y que la buena administración de las Instituciones europeas, la transparencia y la equidad de su funcionamiento son derechos fundamentales de todos los ciudadanos de Europa. +Por eso estamos de acuerdo con el excelente informe de la Sra. De Esteban Martín cuando invita a todas las Instituciones europeas a sensibilizar aún más, si cabe, a los ciudadanos con todos los medios posibles sobre las posibilidades de que disponen para hacer valer sus derechos y, en particular, evidentemente, sobre la posibilidad de dirigirse al Defensor del Pueblo. +¿Cómo se puede luchar contra el fraude fiscal y la delincuencia organizada o proteger los intereses financieros y presupuestarios de la Unión, si los diferentes sistemas informáticos aduaneros siguen sin estar interconectados, pese a las posibilidades que brindan el programa Aduana 2000 o el programa IDA para la informatización en la esfera aduanera? +Con toda seguridad, el papel primordial en este intento debe tenerlo la Unión Europea que, en colaboración con el Secretario General y con el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas, procederá a las acciones necesarias que lleven a solucionar el problema. +Pero esa intervención de la OTAN, decidida al margen de las Naciones Unidas y con medios inadecuados para los objetivos declarados de neutralizar la capacidad militar serbia para proseguir la llamada «limpieza étnica» no sólo no ha resuelto la cuestión, sino que, además, ha agravado todos los problemas. +Lamentamos, no obstante, que no se haya planteado una presencia terrestre europea al mismo tiempo que la ofensiva aérea y que paralelamente no se haya programado una acción humanitaria de gran envergadura para acoger la ola de refugiados desprovistos de recursos, que se lanzan a las carreteras. +Por el contrario, al proponer, en su considerando J, debilitar y marginar la noción de soberanía nacional, que, a pesar de todas sus imperfecciones, constituye, con todo, el principio regulador fundamental de nuestra comunidad internacional, la resolución introduce un factor cuyas consecuencias no podrán ser sino extremadamente desestabilizadoras y perturbadoras en la vida internacional. +La emisión de dinero electrónico, quiero subrayarlo, es tan sólo un elemento del marco mucho más amplio del comercio electrónico de los sistemas de pago y, en el ámbito de estos últimos, de los pagos electrónicos. +Desde hace años, el Parlamento desempeña un papel prominente en la lucha contra la violencia mediante informes parlamentarios, mediante la iniciativa de realizar una campaña contra la violencia en relación con las mujeres. Pero sobre todo, mediante líneas presupuestarias especiales con las que podemos apoyar sobre el terreno las muy interesantes iniciativas de las numerosas ONG. +Señor Presidente, creo que todos estamos plenamente de acuerdo sobre el análisis de los acontecimientos que acaban de tener lugar en Níger y la necesidad de un retorno, lo antes posible, a las reglas de derecho y al funcionamiento de la democracia en este país, tras el golpe de Estado y el asesinato del Presidente Ibrahim Baré Mainassura. +La Comisión está satisfecha con la reciente declaración del Primer Ministro Hun Sen, en la que está a favor que los jueces y los fiscales extranjeros desempeñen un papel central en Camboya en el proceso del dirigente preso de los Jemeres rojos, Ta Mok, a fin de garantizar que el proceso previsto se adecue a las normas internacionales en vigor. +Vamos a pedir al gobierno que se ocupe de que todos los ciudadanos polacos dispongan libremente de información plural tanto sobre las ventajas como sobre los inconvenientes de la adhesión al igual que esperamos que cumpla su promesa de celebrar un referéndum sobre la pertenencia del país a la UE. +El intento de controlar por todos los medios el creciente tráfico no puede convertirse en pretexto para que los ciudadanos y las empresas de transporte que usen el ferrocarril, la carretera, el transporte aéreo o las vías navegables sean sometidos cada dos por tres a nuevos impuestos. Y al fin y al cabo es esto lo que ocurre. +La lucha contra la violencia, sin embargo, se ha marcado el límite del reglamento, de la definición jurídica de los sistemas de recurso, esto es, ha encontrado en el artículo 152 del Tratado de Amsterdam el fundamento jurídico del programa. +¿O a este sector no le queda más remedio que resignarse a que siempre habrá una diferencia de precio entre el maíz del mercado mundial y el maíz de la UE por la sencilla razón de que en la UE hay un déficit de maíz? +Señora Presidenta, la Comisión recibió a finales de enero una exposición de motivos de las autoridades italianas en la que se recogía la posición oficial sobre el inicio de un procedimiento en relación con el asunto C-81/97, publicado en el Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas de 18 de febrero de 1998. +Eso era contradictorio y el Parlamento se vio obligado a abordar ese asunto mediante una moción de censura por separado de la Comisión, con lo que se destruyó la vinculación directa entre la denegación de la aprobación de la gestión y la consecuencia de la salida de la Comisión. +Desde esta situación el presidente de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario pidió el 15 de enero de 1999 en esta Asamblea por encargo de la comisión que la Comisión de Reglamento aclarase qué es lo que el Tratado prevé exactamente o que se neutralizase esta acumulación de no aprobaciones de la gestión y de posibles votos de desconfianza. +Permítaseme decir que, pese a las inevitables dificultades debidas a la regla de la unanimidad, resulta innegable que ahora -a instancias de la Presidencia alemana y con el apoyo de este Parlamento- se están logrando avances en la aplicación de la estrategia contra la dañina competencia fiscal y se han fijado varios objetivos para el Consejo Europeo de Helsinki. +Del mismo modo tengo que decir que el conjunto de la representación del Partido Popular Europeo en la Comisión de Control Presupuestario ha mostrado en todo momento su apoyo al ponente, ha presentado batalla y ha alcanzado el objetivo propuesto. +Permítaseme examinar también otro asunto de fondo del informe original sobre la aprobación de la gestión en el ejercicio 1996: el programa de reforma, que el Presidente en funciones Santer hizo suyo el 11 de enero en su programa de reforma de la Comisión. +Exactamente por esa razón hemos iniciado una evaluación de los riesgos y ya disponemos de los resultados provisionales de ella, que, según tengo entendido, se derivan en parte de un nuevo examen de la bibliografía publicada con arreglo a criterios establecidos por el órgano de apelación y en parte de las conclusiones provisionales de algunos de los diecisiete estudios nuevos que hemos encargado. +Si hubiéramos llevado a cabo una política económica, habríamos ofrecido las referencias, las orientaciones, las pautas, el futuro que esta Europa tenía que seguir económicamente y quizás habríamos podido reducir en algún punto el desempleo y reconquistar de esta forma esa confianza que los ciudadanos están empezando a perder. +En definitiva, no se ha avanzado nada en la mejora de las condiciones del mundo rural, hay dificultades desde el punto de vista de la política agrícola y hay dificultades, desde luego, por la falta de una política europea de cohesión económica y social. +La hegemonía, en este caso concretamente la hegemonía del mercado, también me preocupa en mi calidad de economista y de defensor de la economía de mercado. En efecto, en nuestra Europa hemos desarrollado un modelo de economía social de mercado, que se preocupa especialmente por la reducción y prevención del desempleo. +El Informe Menrad se propone retomar el tema de la política de empleo europea -y en este sentido resulta pertinente la reciente intervención del Sr. Berthu sobre la situación político económica-, anticipándose a la adopción del paquete europeo en materia de empleo que sin duda se aprobará en Colonia. +Dicho esto, creo, al igual que el ponente, que por ahora y desde un punto de vista técnico, es importante tomar nota de las cuentas del presupuesto de la Comunidad Europea correspondientes al ejercicio 1996. Es necesario que prosiga el examen de las cuentas de los ejercicios posteriores. +Todos los países vecinos, todos los estados limítrofes, salvo el de Milosevic, desean tres cosas: desean la democracia interna y desean garantizarla mediante la seguridad exterior en el marco de la OTAN y a través del desarrollo económico en el seno de la Unión Europea. +¿Aceptaremos entonces una paz, fundamentada en una mediación rusa, que no cumpla con las exigencias propuestas, que no garantice los límites y la integridad territorial de Kosovo, que no posibilite un retorno seguro de los refugiados y expulsados de Kosovo y que dé a Milosevic la posibilidad de aparecer como vencedor ante los serbios? +No debemos, sin embargo, esconder el malestar cada vez mayor de nuestras opiniones públicas por el bombardeo intensivo y sistemático de un país europeo y de su capital, por el número cada vez mayor de víctimas civiles que causan a diario nuestros bombardeos. +Ya es hora de que el Parlamento Europeo intervenga para restablecer las condiciones de democracia vigentes en nuestros países occidentales, porque hay todavía representantes y militantes del partido de la oposición en la cárcel y algunos diputados han sido privados de la inmunidad parlamentaria. +Por esto, a pesar de todos los buenos argumentos que he escuchado, la alternativa sólo puede ser una solución política, pero sobre la base de la renuncia al uso de la fuerza, del respeto de los derechos humanos y del regreso de los refugiados. +Debíamos haber reivindicado el derecho de darnos un estatuto -ésta tenía que haber sido la estrategia- un estatuto con la e mayúscula que comprendiera las incompatibilidades, las prerrogativas del diputado, el estatus del diputado y no nuestro régimen financiero que es un asunto interno. +Por su parte, el Parlamento aprobó esta cuestión ya hace más de medio año, por lo que está justificada en parte la crítica que aquí se ha expuesto en el sentido de que el Parlamento no ha dispuesto del tiempo suficiente para estudiar el documento del Consejo. +Pero durante los primeros seis meses se invierte el peso de la prueba, eso significa, que se cree que un defecto existía ya en el momento de la entrega, si el vendedor no puede mostrar un daño causado por el cliente o si el tipo del producto no permite esa posibilidad. +Señor Presidente, comparto plenamente las palabras del Sr. Presidente y me gustaría aprovechar esta ocasión para agradecer a la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor y en especial a la ponente, Sra. González Álvarez, el trabajo que ha llevado a cabo y el interés que ha mostrado a lo largo de la tramitación de esta propuesta. +Las modificaciones aportadas al antiguo procedimiento son tres: la supresión de la denominada versión negativa de la tercera lectura, gracias a la cual, si no se había llegado a un acuerdo en conciliación, el Consejo podía seguir adelante y aprobar su propio texto para luego presentarlo al Parlamento confrontándolo a rechazarlo por mayoría absoluta en el plazo de seis semanas. +Quiero felicitar también al Sr. Manzella y al Sr. Corbett, así como a los negociadores de las tres instituciones por el excelente trabajo realizado y por haber sabido encontrar un punto de equilibrio entre una aplicación dinámica de las disposiciones y la obligación de respetar plenamente el Tratado. +Si la Unión y la Presidencia dieran valor a estos dos expedientes en el Consejo Europeo para indicar la vía, para adoptar una decisión que sea la de la Unión en los meses venideros, tendríamos un compromiso firme en dos ámbitos que, a mi juicio, serán decisivos de cara al tercer milenio. +La responsabilidad por esta asoladora violencia, por las víctimas civiles, por la destrucción de los fundamentos de vida y las infraestructuras civiles en Serbia y por el uso de armas prohibidas, la tienen todos aquellos que ahora no restablecen el imperio del derecho y no finalizan esta guerra. +Deseo expresar mi profunda decepción por lo que sucedió ayer, cuando mi Grupo presentó a otros Presidentes de grupo la posibilidad de intentar encontrar un modo razonable de avanzar, y que teniendo en cuenta que el Consejo se reúne esta noche y mañana, tomáramos una decisión más definitiva, pero algunos colegas recurrieron a procedimientos de esta Asamblea para bloquear dicha posibilidad. +Pero, cuando en el día de hoy se rechaza nuestra enmienda 18, que decía que nosotros nos mostrábamos dispuestos a hacer lo necesario para que ese estatuto entrara en vigor al inicio de la próxima legislatura, se quitan las máscaras y se hace en el mismo día. En la misma semana se adopta un nuevo modo de reembolso de gastos de viaje, supuestamente basado en gastos reales, cuando conserva un carácter global. +Mientras que una sólida base jurídica permitiría la puesta en práctica de una verdadera política integrada en favor de las regiones insulares por medio, principalmente, de los Fondos Estructurales, el Consejo y la Comisión han decidido otra cosa, pasando por alto además las recomendaciones del Parlamento Europeo sobre esta cuestión. +Con la posición firme del Parlamento, que ha permitido que la Comisión retroceda a una posición menos intransigente gracias a la perseverancia y a la tenacidad de algunos Estados miembros, el compromiso es satisfactorio a corto plazo en cuanto al abandono de la cofinanciación, a una bajada de los precios agrícolas garantizados más moderada de lo previsto y al «statu quo» de las cuotas. +Al separarse de la política de apoyo a la agricultura por medio de los precios, al comprimirse hacia una nacionalización, fragilizándose por un nuevo aumento de las ayudas directas a la renta, Europa se aleja cada vez más de su misión y de los principios fundadores del mercado común agrícola. +Sobre este punto, estoy en gran parte satisfecho del compromiso de Berlín orientado a poner en su sitio, si llega el caso, la línea directriz agrícola al hilo de las ampliaciones sucesivas y sobre la consideración, en las perspectivas financieras, de un ajuste automático anual para tener en cuenta la inflación. +Dicha aprobación consolidará muchos meses de esfuerzos que este Parlamento ha dedicado a garantizar el mejor acuerdo posible para el desarrollo equilibrado de nuestras regiones y el crecimiento de la cohesión económica y social de la Unión Europea. +Los acuerdos interinstitucionales y sus perspectivas financieras han sido un elemento de progreso en la Comunidad y han permitido un desarrollo pacífico y ordenado de la vida presupuestaria europea así como la consecución de una gran serie de objetivos políticos. +Hemos definido a propósito el alcance del fondo de manera que pueda responder a la evolución de la economía y del mercado laboral durante los próximos siete años, siempre con vistas a alentar y a hacer posible que un mayor número de personas tengan una participación activa en el mercado laboral. +Entre los otros elementos importantes del reglamento modificado se incluyen, primero, una modalidad realmente nueva para la inversión de los fondos destinados a las RTE en fondos de capital de riesgo al objeto de tener acceso a unos recursos, que pueden ser muy grandes, de financiación a largo plazo que las compañías de seguros y los fondos de pensiones ponen a disposición para financiar proyectos públicos de infraestructura. +Yo creo, señora Comisaria, que se ha llevado a cabo una buena reforma, positiva, de los Fondos estructurales, con sus proyectos de concentración, de simplificación y con un partenariado eficaz mediante la contribución de las autoridades regionales y locales, que pueden lograr un desarrollo eficiente en la aplicación efectiva de estos Fondos estructurales. +La Unión apoya además todas las iniciativas tendentes a mejorar el funcionamiento del programa «petróleo por alimentos» y se remite en este contexto en especial a las propuestas presentadas el 30 de marzo de 1999 por el panel del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU sobre la situación humanitaria en el Iraq. +Tampoco es aceptable que, al contrario, por lo demás, de lo que el Parlamento Europeo aprobó aquí en noviembre de 1998, se mantenga la condicionalidad del Fondo de Cohesión respecto del Pacto de Estabilidad y que ahora, por ejemplo, la Comisión de Política Regional proponga una opinión favorable a la propuesta de reglamento que dispone exactamente esa condicionalidad. +Los resultados no son perfectos, pero, a pesar de las insuficiencias presupuestarias, de la timidez de la reforma de la PAC y de las injusticias y desequilibrios que mantiene, se ha evitado, en todo caso, una crisis grave en la Unión Europea y se puede decir que en los próximos años la Unión Europea va a avanzar con confianza y estabilidad. +Sin embargo, desearía rendir homenaje al Primer Ministro y al Viceprimer Ministro de la Asamblea de Irlanda del Norte por el apoyo que me han prestado, y al Consejo y a la Comisión porque considero que hemos alcanzado un acuerdo razonable y positivo para Irlanda del Norte a largo plazo, por lo que estoy satisfecho Se trata de un compromiso, pero de un compromiso que es bueno para mi región. +No obstante, tengo la impresión de que existe una necesidad real de volver a orientar, situar y considerar los objetivos que no hemos podido alcanzar en el pasado, todo ello para garantizar no solamente un gasto adecuado de los fondos, sino también para legar aspectos positivos allí donde se ha destinado dinero europeo. +Pero sí deseo reiterar mi petición a la Comisión para que ahora finalmente elabore una directiva sobre la seguridad social, de modo que el Consejo no pueda seguir escondiéndose detrás de las excusas que ha utilizado hasta ahora, para que por fin realmente se debata una directiva sobre la seguridad social a nivel del Consejo. +Por lo que respecta a las enmiendas sobre la creación de un vademécum y sobre los criterios para la provisión de información a las empresas, en especial a las PYME, estoy de acuerdo en que una simple declaración en el acta del Consejo no es una garantía de seguimiento suficiente. +También quiero agradecer a quienes han cooperado en este empeño a lo largo de estos años y -¡cómo no!- a todos aquellos miembros de la secretaría de la Comisión REX, que también han puesto su empeño en estos objetivos, y a todos aquellos que han creído que la cooperación con América Latina era una cooperación muy interesante para nosotros. +No soy desde luego ningún seguidor de las políticas neoliberales, pero la supresión de las barreras comerciales es una realidad y la entrada en vigor del Acuerdo de Libre Comercio del Atlántico Norte ha aumentado la dependencia mexicana del comercio con los Estados Unidos. +Me inquietan las noticias de México en el sentido de que no se nos ha ofrecido toda la información necesaria, de que se ha marginado a la sociedad civil, y de que los intereses de las multinacionales y el capital privado han pasado a ocupar una posición demasiado preponderante. +Quisiera preguntar aquí a la Presidencia del Consejo cómo las instituciones europeas, y sobre todo los diputados europeos libremente elegidos, pueden explicar a las ciudadanas y los ciudadanos de Europa que se adoptó una decisión de estas características sin la participación del Parlamento, sin que el Parlamento fuera debidamente informado, sin que fuera consultado. +El Informe Orlando, aprobado a la ligera el pasado martes, sin que ni siquiera se haya celebrado una votación, es un reflejo del discurso de investidura del Presidente Prodi con el fin de reclamar esta política europea respecto a las ciudades. +Este resultado es especialmente importante para las ciudades, ya que refuerza y convierte en más creíble el Plan de acción para una ciudad sostenible, presentado por la Comisión el pasado mes de noviembre en Viena, y porque refuerza los instrumentos contenidos en los Objetivos 1 y 2 de los Fondos estructurales en favor de las ciudades. +Desde hace varios años, los pueblos de la Unión rechazan cada vez con mayor claridad las políticas ultraliberales y los daños que éstas ocasionan al empleo, a la renta, a los regímenes de protección social y a los servicios públicos, al medio ambiente y a la ordenación del territorio. +Luego, el hecho de que el candidato Presidente deba presentar sus orientaciones políticas ante el Parlamento Europeo -lo que el Sr. Romano Prodi ha denominado justamente su «programa de gobierno»-, lo obliga a alcanzar una mayoría en el Parlamento, sobre la que apoyará su acción. +Señor Presidente, debo decir, al igual que mis colegas, que para garantizar el proceso de paz, los palestinos han aceptado - demostrando de este modo su buena voluntad- aplazar la fecha de la declaración del Estado palestino, que los Acuerdos de Oslo habían fijado para el 4 de mayo. +Señor Presidente, creo que todos reconoceremos que la aprobación por la Conferencia de Roma, el 18 de julio de 1998, del Estatuto del Tribunal Penal Internacional Permanente representó un progreso en las instituciones internacionales y en el orden jurídico internacional de los derechos humanos. +Creo que la Unión Europea debería ayudar a la República Checa a dotarse de otro sistema de producción energética, utilizando energías «blandas», pero no debería liberar fondos para construir una central del tipo soviético VVER 1000, que, en mi opinión, presenta muchos riesgos. +En diciembre de 1998, nosotros manteníamos nuestras enmiendas contra la posición común, y he aquí que en enero de 1999, el Consejo descubre que hay que modificar el Reglamento 330/91, cuando la modificación propuesta por la Comisión estaba encima de la mesa desde el 2 de junio de 1997 y cuando en este recinto ya se habían efectuado dos lecturas. +Señor Presidente, la Comisión se felicita por la iniciativa del Parlamento de apoyar la adopción, a nivel comunitario, de una normativa que permita determinar los efectos jurídicos y económicos derivados de la quiebra de las empresas que operan en el seno del mercado interior. +Propuesta de reglamento (CECA, CE, EURATOM) del Consejo por el que se insertan las cuantías correspondientes a Austria, Finlandia y Suecia en el artículo 13 del Anexo VII del Estatuto de los funcionarios de las Comunidades Europeas, relativo a las dietas por misión dentro del territorio europeo de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea (COM(99)0133 - C4-0226/99-99/0076(CNS)) +Se acordó fijar mayores compensaciones para los cultivadores de patatas industriales de las que la Comisión había propuesto, dándose al final primas por el número de hectáreas, a condición de que el número de hectáreas se fuera reduciendo correspondientemente. De este modo la decisión en su conjunto tendría un presupuesto neutral, de acuerdo con la propuesta original de la Comisión. +Creo que se ha conseguido dar un gran paso al inaugurar frente al pabellón de la UE o de la exposición de la UE una plaza dedicada a Robert Schuman. Creo que también ha sido un logro común nuestro explicar qué importancia ha tenido precisamente Robert Schuman para el desarrollo de Europa y qué importancia adquiere esta plaza que permanecerá para posteriores usos. +El resultado de esta confluencia de elementos negativos es que al empresario textil europeo le sirve de poco haber procedido -como ha procedido- a importantes inversiones en alta tecnología y ambiciosas reestructuraciones para modernizar su empresa, haberse especializado en la calidad, en la moda, en el diseño, en la marca europea. +En la primera vuelta, en la cual la elección del Presidente del Parlamento no tenía al principio ninguna posibilidad de que se produjese, nosotros habíamos decidido presentar la candidatura de la Sra. Laura González, para afianzar nuestra presencia específica en el seno de la izquierda. +Además, la felicito no sólo por ser Presidente, y un Presidente de sexo femenino, sino también por ser desde hace varios años una gran colega, y le deseo un buen trabajo que redunde en beneficio del Parlamento, de la reforma interna, pero sobre todo de la Asamblea y de Europa, porque conozco su gran adhesión personal a Europa, a nuestra visión común. +El segundo punto es que para mantener la capacidad de negociación de una Europa ampliada es imprescindible que se resuelvan a tiempo y de manera exhaustiva antes de la ampliación las tres cuestiones institucionales que quedaron pendientes en Amsterdam: el tamaño y composición de la Comisión, el voto ponderado en el Consejo y la ampliación del procedimiento de votación por mayoría. +Me parece muy importante -para nuestro Grupo, en todo caso- que en la reforma de las instituciones que se va a emprender se conceda un peso mayor a las democracias nacionales y a los parlamentos nacionales, en lugar de dejar que Europa siga hundiéndose y alejándose de los ciudadanos, al crear una democracia que he llamado virtual. +Esperamos de los Comisarios que entablen el diálogo con los diputados al Parlamento Europeo en el momento más temprano posible del proceso de adopción de decisiones, pero sobre todo esperamos que respeten los principios de transparencia y subsidiariedad y también nuestras democracias y sus tradiciones. +Los últimos hechos relacionados con la contaminación de algunos alimentos con dioxina en Bélgica han provocado una situación particularmente grave, ya no solamente por los riesgos que implica para la salud de las personas sino también porque se ha debilitado la confianza en los piensos, en la cadena de producción de alimentos y en el control de las autoridades. +Aparte de las medidas urgentes ya anunciadas, los servicios de la Comisión están trabajando ahora, y este es el marco más general, en propuestas para la mejora o, si es el caso, el endurecimiento de las disposiciones vigentes en la Comunidad sobre productos alimenticios para animales y personas. +En relación con la reunión cumbre que clausuró los trabajos del Consejo bajo la Presidencia alemana, quiero insistir desde un principio en el buen trabajo efectuado por esta Presidencia, en un contexto internacional peligroso y en un período de «duda» por parte de las opiniones europeas. +En este caso, como en tantos otros, los hechos son más elocuentes que las palabras, y en lo que a mí concierne, y en lo que concierne al Presidente y a la Comisión designada esta es una máxima y una realidad que va a modelar la tarea reformadora de la Comisión desde el principio, si ese es el resultado de la votación de esta Asamblea el miércoles. +Refuerza enormemente la buena intención de la Comisión pero realmente se producirían recomendaciones francamente insustanciales para los procedimientos de inspección que no garantizarían la consecución de mejoras y proporciona un programa de acción detallado para asegurar que las leyes existentes sean aplicadas dentro de un calendario realista pero ajustado. +La preparación para la ampliación no será una tarea fácil y no se verá facilitada si el Parlamento y la Comisión no colaboran estrechamente para garantizar que se toman decisiones firmes sobre estos temas o se estudian en un entorno de entendimiento y con un propósito común. +No hay duda de que si en la década que termina este año, hubiera primado la sensibilidad por las diferentes realidades de los pueblos en la posición europea respecto a la antigua Yugoslavia, en lugar de obsesionarnos con el concepto de Estado, las cosas hubieran sido muy distintas y, sin duda, no tan desastrosas. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente designado de la Comisión, yo voy a votar mañana a favor de su Comisión, pero antes me tomaré un analgésico para el dolor de cabeza y seguramente necesitaré una doble dosis, visto el desenlace y los resultados de las audiencias, de las que ha salido airosa una Comisión anunciada como excelente, pero que no ha tenido una actuación brillante. +Sin embargo, el gobierno belga ha designado en la persona del Sr. Busquin un candidato a comisario que durante años ha sido presidente de una association des malfaiteurs, una asociación de malhechores, del Partido Socialista Valón, una asociación que es un verdadero modelo de escándalos de sobornos, financiación con tráfico de armas, fraude, nombramientos políticos, malversación de fondos públicos y subvenciones europeas. +Sobre los grandes expedientes que tenemos delante - negociaciones sobre la Organización Mundial del Comercio, Conferencia Intergubernamental, debates sobre el asunto Mediterráneo - el Presidente de la Comisión ha comunicado asimismo su voluntad de asociar como actores capaces de adoptar decisiones a los diputados de este Parlamento. +Señor Prodi, su acuerdo con el señor Poettering es señal de una nueva era, una posibilidad de conseguir una cultura totalmente nueva dentro de la Comisión, justamente encaminada a recuperar la confianza y el interés de parte de los ciudadanos por nuestra UE. +El Parlamento debe considerar muy seriamente su papel, especialmente después de la escasa participación en las recientes elecciones en muchos Estados miembros - una clara muestra del desinterés, y más probablemente del cinismo y desdén de nuestros ciudadanos - nuestra misión hoy es responder a la audición de los Comisarios designados y a la cuestión planteada por el Presidente designado, Sr. Prodi. +Pedimos que el Colegio de Comisarios y usted mismo, en su calidad de Presidente del mismo, desarrollen la ambición de impulsar la integración de los objetivos de igualdad entre los hombres y las mujeres en las políticas generales, una ambición que se traduzca en progresos y mejoras mensurables. +La nueva Comisión sólo entrará en funciones una vez que hayamos aprobado mañana su elección en nuestra calidad de Parlamento y después de que las Comisarias y Comisarios hayan jurado sus cargos ante el Tribunal de Justicia Europeo el jueves a las 12.00 horas, en Luxemburgo. +No mezclemos este debate con el debate de mañana sobre los presupuestos rectificativos y suplementarios 1, 3 y 4 para 1999, porque cuando el Presidente en ejercicio afirma que este espíritu de cooperación está basado en la confianza mutua (eso es lo que he escrito) entre las instituciones, no tengo más que recordar al Consejo lo que hizo con los presupuestos rectificativos y suplementarios 1 y 3 y cuál fue nuestra reacción. +Los principios de claridad, transparencia y de rectitud ética han de presidir la toma de decisiones en el seno de la Unión, tanto en los aspectos de cultura administrativa interna como en los referentes a garantizar la seguridad y los derechos de los ciudadanos. +La propuesta no incluye ninguna referencia a estas soluciones centrales y tiene como único objeto promover el desarrollo federalista de la Unión Europea, un desarrollo que la mayoría de la población de mi país, Dinamarca, rechazó en el referéndum sobre el Tratado de Amsterdam celebrado en 1993. +Si realmente desean crear un espacio democrático de seguridad, libertad y justicia deben garantizar que el Parlamento Europeo se convierta en legislador con igualdad de derechos en todos aquellos ámbitos en que ya han tomado la decisión -aunque de forma ciertamente titubeante- de conferirle esta competencia en un futuro no muy lejano. De lo contrario, corren el peligro de que la Unión Europea se distancie aún más de sus ciudadanos. +Hay un punto de la propuesta de resolución por el que siento gran simpatía y es el punto séptimo b en el que se censura el hecho de que los textos de la decisión en materia de la cooperación Schengen aún no hayan sido dados a conocer, a pesar de que éstos hayan pasado a formar parte del derecho comunitario desde mayo de este año. +Pero lo más importante de la propuesta de Colonia es el método. En lugar de dejar estas cuestiones en manos de los Gobiernos nacionales se pretende crear una especie de asamblea en la que tienen representación los Parlamentos nacionales, el Parlamento Europeo y los Gobiernos. +Más que de la Carta de los derechos fundamentales se trata de la implantación de un nuevo procedimiento de colaboración entre los Parlamentos nacionales, los Gobiernos nacionales y el Parlamento Europeo que puede otorgar a la Unión Europea la gran legitimación que le permita poner punto final a su tarea. +Por último, nuestra Europa debe proscribir toda forma de discriminación en el empleo, la vivienda y el acceso al ocio y recordar a todos cuantos niegan la existencia de las cámaras de gas y que creen que las razas son desiguales que el racismo no es una opinión, sino un delito. +Los medios que deberían utilizarse, en mi opinión, señora Presidenta, son tres: la cooperación policial -teniendo muy en cuenta los progresos que se han conseguido a través de Schengen-, la prevención del crimen y las relaciones exteriores, puesto que la seguridad en la Unión no se puede aislar de la del resto de Europa ni del mundo. +Señora Presidenta, señores diputados del Parlamento Europeo, la Unión Europea ha apoyado, ya desde el principio del conflicto, los intentos de Portugal e Indonesia de llegar a una solución para Timor Oriental que sea aceptada por la comunidad internacional, avalada por la ONU y que esté basada en la autodeterminación de sus ciudadanos. +La organización armada ETA ha establecido un alto el fuego y la mayoría de los partidos políticos, sindicatos y organizaciones civiles vascas han firmado un acuerdo en Lizarra-Estella (Navarra) que pretende reconducir el conflicto vasco por las vías del diálogo y la negociación. +En ella figura un punto b) que aborda, en mi opinión, un punto de sujeción esencial de la arquitectura institucional europea: el derecho de iniciativa de la Comisión, que debe actuar colegialmente y ser la única que tenga el derecho de proponer legislación europea. +En mi opinión, de lo que se trata sobre todo es de recuperar un interlocutor creíble, poner fin a una situación de transición interminable y permitir al ejecutivo europeo reanudar su difícil tarea y avanzar por fin, en estrecha concertación con los diputados europeos, en relación con las cuestiones determinantes que afectan a Europa y a sus ciudadanos. +Eso no quita para que las declaraciones que Romano Prodi ha hecho desde su presentación ante el Parlamento Europeo hayan de decepcionar por fuerza e inquietar a quienes esperan de la Unión Europea respuestas rápidas, audaces, para reorientar Europa al servicio de los pueblos y de los hombres y no de las finanzas y del poderoso caballero Don Dinero a fin de que Europa se afirme como una opción frente a la mundialización liberal. +Debemos advertir a todos los responsables. Si de aquí a poco no se produce un cambio en la política de Indonesia, nos veremos obligados -y ahora me dirijo al Consejo y a la Comisión- a amenazar a este país con todos los medios económicos que tenemos a nuestro alcance a fin de conseguir la cooperación de los responsables indonesios. +¿Considera la Presidencia del Consejo en ejercicio, como el PE, que ya se dan las condiciones para que la mayoría de los miembros de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas se pronuncie este año a favor del establecimiento de una moratoria universal para la ejecución de las penas capitales? +Ahora bien, hay muchos prestatarios, particularmente en Irlanda, que han contratado hipotecas de interés fijo, a veces a un tipo de interés que es tres veces más elevado que el tipo actual, y las instituciones prestatarias no quieren ajustar los tipos de interés sin imponer sanciones financieras considerables. +La delincuencia juvenil nos parece un problema de gran embergadura y es tomándolo en cuenta, como podremos influir en la evolución de la delincuencia en el futuro, ya que las pautas ilícitas de conducta adquiridas en la juventud son nocivas a largo plazo, tanto para los mismos delincuentes, a través de las consecuencias de los delitos, como también para la sociedad en su conjunto. +En cuanto a su sede comparto el sabio punto de encuentro propuesto por el Sr. Swoboda y, por último, me ha gustado la imagen del rayo de sol empleada por el Sr. Van der Waal, aunque yo sería más realista: se abre un rayo de esperanza importante, sí, pero queda sin resolver el nudo político. +A raíz de la solicitud del Consejo Europeo de Colonia de crear una agencia, la propuesta de la Comisión se basa principalmente en el modelo de todas las demás agencias europeas actuales: una estructura con personalidad jurídica propia y con poderes para tomar decisiones y en cuyo consejo de administración estén representados los Estados miembros. +Entre las posiciones maximalistas, que exigen el reconocimiento del derecho al retorno, obviando los problemas reales que generaría el retorno masivo de refugiados y las posiciones irreductibles, que no asumen la existencia del problema, hay opciones intermedias que conviene explorar, fomentar y poner en marcha. +Otras innovaciones en este convenio son el Artículo 4 sobre pagos, el Artículo 8 sobre visibilidad de la contribución comunitaria, el Artículo 9 sobre arbitraje y el Artículo 12 sobre la entrada en vigor, todos ellos encaminados a aumentar la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas para su aprobación. +Primera, el objetivo de la propuesta de decisión del Consejo no es la de regular una solicitud de información interinstitucional, sino la de aprobar el texto del Convenio CE-OOPS y autorizar a la Comisión la suscripción del mismo en nombre de la Comunidad. +Con respecto a las enmiendas aprobadas en la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, nosotros hemos votado contra el conjunto de enmiendas que piden a los países costeros próximos a la Unión Europea que utilicen los programas PHARE, TACIS y MEDA, para contribuir financieramente a crear un marco comunitario de cooperación. +Por ejemplo, en el apartado 10 se dice que el Parlamento Europeo, cito: "considera urgente que, para facilitar la integración de los ciudadanos de países terceros residentes legalmente en el territorio de la Unión Europea, ésta aborde los principios relativos al estatuto de estas personas" . +En relación con el punto 19, que trata de dar a Europol facultades operativas, opinamos que debe interpretarse como que es un desarrollo de la colaboración de Europol cuyo objetivo es fomentar la lucha contra la delincuencia internacional, pero esto debe realizarse en el marco del derecho de los Estados miembros a tener pleno control sobre la actividad policial dentro de su territorio. +Además de los graves problemas estructurales como la falta de inversión, la deuda pública, en particular la deuda exterior, ha experimentado un rápido crecimiento y en estos momentos no está claro cómo se proponen las autoridades pagar los intereses de esta pesada deuda. +El conflicto en Daguestán no sólo gira en torno al choque entre el ejército ruso y los militantes islámicos chechenos. También gira en torno a cuestiones como la debilidad de Rusia, el petróleo del Mar Caspio, y la pobreza en el Cáucaso septentrional, agravada por la falta de apoyo económico de Moscú. +La Unión Europea debe seguir actuando bajo la Presidencia finlandesa para que se restablezcan cuanto antes las relaciones con Birmania, pero sobre la base del respeto a los derechos humanos, al resultado de las elecciones y con liberación de los prisioneros británicos arrestados por defender la democracia. +Apelamos en cualquier caso al Presidente del Estado y a su Gobierno para que se ponga de acuerdo junto con todas las fuerzas políticas del país sobre un procedimiento electoral que conceda las mismas oportunidades a cualquier grupo político que respete las reglas democráticas del juego. +Antes de que se precipiten ustedes a marcharse, el Secretario General ha acordado que, como todavía figuran muchos de ustedes en la lista de oradores, consideraremos todas las cartas que nos lleguen como una explicación de voto que se publicará en el Acta de hoy, siempre que envíen las cartas antes del fin de la próxima semana para que puedan hacer sus propuestas. +Me gustaría comenzar felicitando a mi colega James Provan por la excelente presidencia del debate que ha sido el primero al que he asistido siendo él el presidente y que ha resultado un ejercicio muy interesante y útil en el objetivo de mejorar las condiciones de nuestro ambiente de trabajo. +El Comisario Byrne es -debo añadir- digno de encomio por su pronta aceptación de la elaboración de un Libro Blanco sobre la legislación de la UE en materia de fecha posterior de este año y también dar un carácter más estricto al sistema de alerta rápida para las emergencias en materia de alimentos. +Y cuando hablamos del amplio y moderno concepto de los derechos humanos, también el niño recién nacido e infectado con el HIV en Zimbabwe es nuestro compañero en cuanto a los derechos humanos y no los círculos que conscientemente cierran los ojos y no comparten con la población lo que saben sobre las formas de tratamiento y especialmente de prevención. +Permítanme que les recuerde también que la implantación de las energías alternativas incluye dos temas significativos: la energía hidroeléctrica y la energía eólica, que proporcionalmente ya representan una parte tan importante que se hace necesario fomentar muy intensamente todas las restantes, como por ejemplo la energía solar, pero también el aprovechamiento de la biomasa. +La insistencia en la difusión de información en ALTERNER II es muy importante en verdad y estoy deseosa de ver, si aún está disponible, el sitio del Centro Agores en la Malla Multimedios Mundial, que está destinado claramente a reunir toda clase de información sobre la energía renovable para que todo el mundo pueda consultarla y mantenerse al día. +Una parte esencial del Acuerdo es, además, el compromiso de las partes de defender los principios democráticos, los derechos humanos, el Estado de Derecho y la administración responsable del Estado. +No me permito juzgar los asuntos planteados por sus Señorías, pero quisiera decir que tal vez este momento de diálogo con la Comisión debería circunscribirse al debate y a las decisiones tomadas por la Comisión, porque, de lo contrario, se corre el riesgo de acabar en otro instrumento, el que va a comenzar dentro de unos instantes, es decir, el turno de preguntas. +Personalmente, soy favorable a la idea, que yo considero importante frente a los ciudadanos y a los problemas que surgen, de una fuerza europea de seguridad civil para actuar mejor juntos, con más rapidez y de una forma más visible en caso de catástrofe natural, tanto en el territorio de la Unión como en el exterior y Dios sabe que catástrofes no faltan, como muestra la actualidad. +A tenor de un acuerdo con los agentes humanitarios más representativos, la ayuda irá especialmente encaminada a consolidar las estructuras humanitarias ya existentes en la zona y a ayudar a la población local a socorrer a los desplazados con ayuda médica, ayuda alimentaria y albergue. +Asunto: Servicio conjunto para la ayuda comunitaria a los países no miembros (SCR) No hay tiempo para obsequiar a la Comisión con la letanía de problemas a que deben hacer frente las ONG del norte y del sur por lo que se refiere a la recepción de créditos para proyectos ya acordados por la antigua DG VII. +Estos intentos cuentan con una buena base en la correspondencia mantenida entre el Primer Ministro turco, Ecevit, y la Presidencia anterior de la Unión Europea: el Primer Ministro confirmó en una carta que Turquía parte de los criterios de Copenhague para llevar a cabo su integración en la Unión. +Para avanzar en este terreno necesitamos el apoyo del Parlamento Europeo en la concesión de ayudas financieras concretas y un respaldo general al acercamiento y desarrollo de las relaciones entre Turquía y la Unión Europea. +Respecto a la enmienda 1, la Comisión siempre ha sido de la opinión de que la política sobre la energía renovable y la política sobre la eficacia energética están estrechamente relacionadas entre sí y deben ser coordinadas en común, pero nos preguntamos si no es prematura una carta sobre la energía renovable. +Esta resolución va a animar al régimen turco a intensificar la política de represión contra los pueblos kurdo y turco; a continuar con la ocupación de Chipre, a seguir con la misma intransigencia y desprecio a las decisiones de la ONU y, finalmente, va a desempeñar un papel negativo. +Y en segundo lugar, en nuestra propia casa, la Comisión tiene que poner sus cosas en orden porque en este momento los servicios de la Comisión encargados de atender las reclamaciones ante el organismo de solución de conflictos de la Organización Mundial del Comercio son absolutamente deficientes. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, estimados colegas, creo que a estas alturas todos en este Parlamento coincidimos en la necesidad de acometer el problema del cambio climático de forma rigurosa, no sólo por cumplir un compromiso asumido por la Unión Europea sino también por la indiscutible importancia global del problema. +¿Tiene conocimiento el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo de que la suspensión de las ventas libres de impuestos, en contra de la opinión mayoritaria de los Estados miembros, ha debilitado la estrategia de aeropuertos, líneas aéreas y empresas de transporte marítimo de pasajeros para mantener las tarifas lo más bajas posible? +Señor Presidente, Señorías, la tragedia de Ustica, con más de 80 muertos, casi veinte años de investigaciones, además de las 15 víctimas que hay que relacionar con esta tragedia durante y después de las investigaciones, debe obligarnos a reflexionar sobre tres puntos cruciales: la transparencia, la responsabilidad y la arrogancia de cierto tipo de poder militar y no sólo militar. +Del mismo modo que la tragedia del monte Cermis no fue sólo un problema italiano y se abordó a escala internacional, también Ustica merece este foro, merece una aclaración y merece nuestro respeto ante lo que está haciendo la magistratura que deberá llegar hasta el fondo a fin de determinar las responsabilidades y atribuirlas a quien corresponda. +Tiene que haber una cooperación completa entre todos los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea si queremos estar en condiciones de desempeñar la parte que nos corresponde en la reducción del nivel de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, que tan destructivo papel están desempeñando actualmente en nuestro propio medio ambiente mundial. +Ahora bien, nos hemos percatado de que el motivo de que la Comisión deseara formular la declaración el viernes era que el jueves había una reunión del Comité científico veterinario que va a ocuparse de esta cuestión, y por eso la Comisión quería estar en condiciones de dar más informaciones el viernes. +Una Oficina de Lucha contra el Fraude, creada, como es lógico, para velar por la buena ejecución del presupuesto comunitario, ¿tiene algo que ver con el establecimiento de un control en todas las direcciones aplicado sin discriminación alguna no sólo a los agentes, sino también -como alguien ya ha señalado- a los miembros de las instituciones? +Fue una decisión muy importante en pro de la creación de esta oficina, pues la lucha contra el fraude desempeña un papel central en la valoración de la política europea por parte de los ciudadanos y de las ciudadanas de los Estados miembros. +Finalmente, la directiva constituye también un buen ejemplo de una actuación consecuente de la Unión Europea en el ámbito de Asuntos Interiores, en el mercado interior, pero, al mismo tiempo, constituye una apertura hacia la cooperación internacional. +Necesitamos las ventajas para la seguridad que se indican en la Directiva del Sr. Ferri, pero también necesitamos enfocar con mucha mayor amplitud la forma de ocuparnos de las normas técnicas mundiales en una industria de importancia capital para la Unión Europea. +La Unión Europea ha asumido el compromiso de financiar la reconstrucción de Kosovo. Actualmente, en Kosovo no sólo es necesario reconstruir los puentes, las escuelas, la infraestructura técnica, sino también restablecer, de manera general, una sociedad civil democrática y pacífica en la región. +Sin embargo, esto no significa que se pueda optar por seguir la vía de las rebajas y pensar que se podrán liberar tranquilamente recursos para financiar las políticas en otros ámbitos mediante recortes lineales en el sector agrícola, que no incluye únicamente los gastos destinados a los agricultores, sino también para el conjunto del espacio rural. +También podría crearse algo de espacio, y tal vez sea una idea para las negociaciones con el Consejo, para sacar del fondo para las ayudas humanitarias los 89 millones destinados a las acciones humanitarias en Kosovo e incluirlos en el paquete integral para la financiación de la región. +Este año, que es un año clave con la guerra de Kosovo, los sucesos de Timor, los terremotos de Turquía, los compromisos de una Unión que se pretende más responsable en la escena internacional, el Consejo nos propone un presupuesto de 92 millardos, es decir, 4 millardos menos que el presupuesto del año anterior. +Por otra parte, también es necesario elaborar -en este aspecto no estoy de acuerdo con algunos de los oradores que me han precedido- un estatuto de los partidos políticos europeos. En efecto, yo creo que también es necesaria una mayor transparencia y una mayor eficacia en el ámbito de la financiación de los partidos a escala europea. +De hecho, no debemos olvidar que el verdadero competidor son ellos y que, por lo tanto, sólo las políticas presupuestarias dirigidas a proteger las inversiones y el crecimiento económico, nos permitirán sentar las bases de una Unión seguramente más fuerte desde el punto de vista estructural y económico. +Sin embargo, y asumiendo que la pesca es una política comunitaria cuya financiación se desprende de los Tratados, se ha encontrado entre todos una fórmula que permite no rechazar en primera lectura las enmiendas del Consejo, incluidas las referidas a la pesca, sino diferir su aprobación hasta el momento en que se consiga un acuerdo financiero con el Consejo. +Yo quiero recordar que el Parlamento ha apoyado a dicha federación de asociaciones que agrupa a las organizaciones de mujeres europeas y le ha encomendado la transposición de la plataforma de acción de Pequín en el ámbito de las organizaciones no gubernamentales, y me parece que sería desastroso que cualquier organización de mujeres pueda beneficiarse ahora de dicho presupuesto. +Nuestra política de comunicación otorga una prioridad clara a mantener y potenciar la credibilidad del SEBC y la confianza en el euro, siendo ambas cosas -la credibilidad y la confianza- elementos cruciales para la buena marcha de la política monetaria. +La comisión también rechazó el punto de vista de los Verdes, expresado en su enmienda de hoy, de que habría que modificar el mandato relativo a la estabilidad de los precios para tener en cuenta las dificultades a las que se enfrentarían únicamente los fabricantes si cayeran sus precios. +En efecto, por un lado, todos nosotros hemos apreciado el creciente papel que dicha Institución - y al mismo tiempo, de reflejo, toda la Unión - ha venido desempeñando en los últimos tiempos en términos de política económica y, sobre todo, laboral; por otro, esto no ha bastado para que el euro no sufriera los efectos de las especulaciones y se debilitara frente a nuestros competidores - que no debemos excluir en absoluto - que son los Estados Unidos y la NAFTA. +Ha sido la primera reunión de esta índole desde que el Parlamento Europeo ratificó el nuevo Colegio de Comisarios Europeos, y el nuevo Presidente, Romano Prodi, ha declarado muchas veces su sincero compromiso de contar mucho más con el Parlamento en la toma de decisiones en el futuro. +En tercer lugar, esta cumbre ha sido importante porque aunque hasta entonces habíamos logrado hacer realidad la Unión Económica y Monetaria, sin embargo, esta cumbre especial ha dado un primer paso hacia una Unión de la Seguridad, hacia un espacio de libertad, seguridad y del derecho para los ciudadanos de Europa. +Antes de ceder el uso de la palabra a mi colega Michel Barnier, que va a presentar a Sus Señorías los objetivos de la Conferencia Intergubernamental, deseo agradecer de nuevo al Parlamento el apoyo que ha prestado a la Comisión en este proyecto, proyecto de Tampere, espíritu de Tampere, carta de Tampere, pero sobre todo proyecto de los ciudadanos de nuestra Unión común. +No es superfluo trabajar en pro de una reorganización del Tratado para volverlo más legible y más accesible a los ciudadanos y para imaginar un día una modificación más cómoda de las políticas comunes, por oposición a los principios fundamentales de la Unión. +Se elimina el derecho a veto, se disminuye la influencia de las naciones pequeñas, el Presidente de la Comisión se transforma en una especie de Primer Ministro en una Comisión Europea cada vez más poderosa, y la UE llegaría a ser una Unión militar. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0028/1999) de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior respecto de la posición común (14248/3/1998 - C5-COD 1994/0011) aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de una directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a las instalaciones de transporte de personas por cable (Ponente: Sr. Miller) +Una locura, la cometida por el Senado americano, que, como decía el Comisario, Sr. Patten, a lo mejor ni siquiera se ha cometido por cálculos estratégicos, sino por luchas internas, lo que empeora la cuestión y, sobre todo, como se ha recalcado, incita a otros países que ya son potencias nucleares, a no ratificar el Tratado, e incita a otros países a adquirir armas nucleares. +Señor Presidente, no necesito volver a entrar en los temas que tan sucintamente ha resumido el Sr. Patten en particular - salvo que me gustaría volver a hacer hincapié en el peligro de que esta acción del Senado envíe el mensaje equivocado a los halcones de la Duma rusa que hasta ahora no han respondido a las iniciativas encaminadas al desarme nuclear. +Señor Presidente, estoy muy satisfecho de que el discurso de este Parlamento sea tan unánime, y es bueno que la Comisión, el Parlamento y el Consejo hayan recalcado la importancia del apoyo de la Unión Europea al Tratado de prohibición total de pruebas nucleares. +En relación con Rusia, siempre están en el orden del día los mismos temas, cualquiera que sea la institución implicada, tanto si se trata de cuestiones de la lucha contra la criminalidad, de reformas económicas, de una legislación razonable en Rusia, por ejemplo, sobre el ramo de la Banca o los impuestos y en ningún punto se puede detectar que se produzcan unos progresos efectivos. +Se puede aceptar la enmienda 11, relativa al papel de información de los puntos de contacto, a condición de que sus acciones regionales, que pueden complementar su papel nacional, se basen en las disposiciones en vigor en los diferentes Estados miembros y no entrañen aumento alguno de la contribución financiera de la Comunidad. +He tomado buena nota -con alegría, debo decirlo- del entusiasmo que se ha expresado en este recinto, del entusiasmo con el que diputados jóvenes y menos jóvenes se han comprometido para que los jóvenes de nuestro continente puedan en el futuro -más aún que en el pasado, porque todo el mundo estaba de acuerdo también en subrayar que el programa "Juventud" ha aportado ya mucho a millones de jóvenes- construir sobre lo que ya se ha hecho bien. +Ésta debería facilitar el pago de la contribución comunitaria al presupuesto del Observatorio Europeo de Estrasburgo para 1999, es decir, para el año en curso, cuyo retraso dificultó y dificulta el funcionamiento de la institución, y yo creo - aunque toda la comisión opina lo mismo - que su funcionamiento es importante y fundamental para la Comisión Europea y los 34 Estados miembros que forman parte y que continúan incorporándose activamente al Observatorio. +Sin embargo, ha faltado un fundamento jurídico vinculante y esto es lo que se quiere crear ahora sobre la base del apartado 3 del artículo 130 a del Tratado de la CE, teniendo en cuenta que el centro de información debe contribuir fundamentalmente a fortalecer la competitividad de la industria audiovisual mejorando el flujo de informaciones. +Acabamos de decidir -debo recordarlo- que la normativa común contenida en el Acuerdo interinstitucional y acompañada por las medidas necesarias destinadas a facilitar el desarrollo fluido de las investigaciones del servicio, de conformidad con la decisión del Parlamento que se adjunta al Reglamento como Anexo, se aplicará dentro del Parlamento. +. (EL) La altanería de la superpotencia americana, puesta ya claramente al descubierto en los criminales bombardeos contra Yugoslavia, llega a adoptar dimensiones de provocación propias de una concepción de imperio único frente a todos los pueblos de la tierra, con las continuas decisiones del Senado sobre la investigación y el desarrollo de armas nucleares. +Tras la reciente decisión del Senado de devolver a la actualidad la conocida "guerra de las estrellas" , votando a favor de financiarla, en clara transgresión del Acuerdo ABM, la negativa a ratificar el Tratado de No Proliferación Nuclear supone un provocativo desprecio a la demanda mundial de cese general y definitivo de las pruebas nucleares. +Objetivo principal de esta legislación comunitaria es la extensión de la reglamentación mencionada, que regulan el transporte ferroviario internacional de mercancías peligrosas (RID), al ámbito del transporte nacional, es decir, el transporte que tiene lugar en el territorio nacional de cada uno de los Estados miembros. +Es por eso por lo que este informe, visto como una iniciativa aislada, puede causar la impresión de ceñirse a una cuestión muy concreta, pero al situarlo en el marco europeo, queda claro que va mucho más allá del tema específico del transporte de mercancías peligrosas por ferrocarril. +Por otra parte, esos subsidios nunca van a llegar a una parte de la población afectada por este amarre: a la Sra. Manuela, que tiene una pescadería; al Sr. Antonio, que tiene una tienda de electrodomésticos; ni siquiera, a la carpintería de ribera, que se practica en una escuela-taller de Galicia, en Rianxo, porque no van a tener barcos que reparar. +Señor Presidente, participo en este debate para mostrar mi posición y para mostrar también nuestro deseo de apoyo a todas las posturas que contribuyan, tanto en el Parlamento como en la Comisión Europea, al logro de un nuevo acuerdo de la Unión Europea con el Reino de Marruecos. +Esa concesión es, en nuestra opinión, un buen incentivo para todas las mujeres y todos los hombres que en el mundo, en nuestras regiones, luchan por la aplicación de la paz, por la defensa de los derechos humanos, por la libertad y la democracia. +La segunda razón es que, en el pasado y también muy recientemente, este tema se ha prestado a operaciones de imagen que pueden haber sido divertidas en algún caso, como la imagen de hacer contrabando de carne entre dos países de la Comunidad, pero no pensamos que haya que volver a resucitar ciertas guerras entre nuestros países porque eso podría parecer una parodia respecto de un tema que es muy serio. +Se refieren a cinco asuntos: rastreabilidad, pruebas suplementarias, cuestiones relativas a los productos derivados, información suplementaria sobre los controles, la inspección y los controles de la Oficina Alimentaria y Veterinaria en las instalaciones de Truro, en Devon, en las que se sacrifica y se exporta ese producto y, por ultimo, sobre la cuestión del etiquetado. +Naturalmente, aún no se han adoptado decisiones oficiales y, como he dicho a Sus Señorías hace un momento, la estructura constitucional de dicha agencia está aún por decidir y también sus efectos recíprocos con las demás instituciones de la Unión Europea y con las agencias nacionales de seguridad alimentaria de los Estados miembros. +En efecto, si el Banco Central dice las cosas claras, se hace, por así decirlo, el haraquiri; si, al hablar con estos otros actores, no dice las cosas claras - tampoco deberá hacerlo porque el Banco Central tiene que hacer otras cosas - entonces habla por hablar y pierde el tiempo. +También se trata de que se establezca efectivamente un diálogo con el Parlamento, ya que nuestra participación es necesaria en la práctica para que el diálogo defina también unas directrices muy concretas en favor de las ciudadanas y los ciudadanos, que puedan confluir luego en el Foro sobre el empleo, bajo la Presidencia portuguesa. +He de decir al Presidente del Consejo ECOFIN y al Comisario Solbes Mira que lo que se inicie en el diálogo macroeconómico en los próximos días no se referirá tan sólo a lo que está ocurriendo actualmente, sino que servirá para crear la atmósfera idónea para que, en caso de que haya un problema o cuestiones difíciles, podamos sentarnos, en realidad, con los interlocutores sociales e idear soluciones para nuestros problemas. +Todos nosotros, un nuevo Parlamento y una nueva Comisión, debemos materializar una decisión que fue tomada en el Consejo de Colonia, antes de estar aquí nosotros, y creo que es nuestra voluntad política desarrollar, cambiar, dar una forma distinta a este diálogo una vez que lo hayamos probado, cuando tengamos las primeras experiencias y cuando veamos en qué dirección deberemos realizar los cambios. +Estas personas tienen más dificultades que sus colegas de otros sectores económicos a la hora de defenderse frente a las discriminaciones, sobre todo, porque no trabajan con sus colegas de forma permanente y tampoco en un lugar que sea fijo y fácilmente accesible para los representantes sindicales. +Debo subrayar que hay una gran distancia entre la propuesta del Consejo y la del Parlamento Europeo; y la Comisión viene con una propuesta conciliadora, de un periodo transitorio de 7 años para la aplicación de un nivel máximo de 48 horas. +La UE va a proporcionar ayuda técnica para desarrollar los recursos energéticos, para fomentar el uso eficaz y el ahorro de la energía, y para proveer energía limpia y renovable, además del uso de técnicas que sean respetuosas del medio ambiente. +Por último, creo que es de gran importancia el establecimiento de estos contactos regulares entre el Parlamento Europeo y el argentino, y no sólo en esta materia sino también en el terreno económico, social y cultural, ya que es una obligación de la Unión Europea consolidar nuestra presencia en este país con el que los europeos tenemos tantas cosas en común. +En nuestra calidad de órgano legislativo europeo, no podremos evitar tener que establecer en el futuro unos valores máximos y unos plazos claros con vistas a conseguir una reducción perceptible de las emisiones de gases nocivos. +Espero que la estrategia sobre el mercado interior nos dé la oportunidad de ampliar esta cooperación a la fase preliminar, en la que se fijan las prioridades de acción; y a la fase de ejecución, en la que hay que ocuparse de que las reglas funcionen de forma óptima. +Tenemos la mayor oportunidad jamás conocida para hacer que el Mercado Único sea una realidad para muchos agentes exclusivos y PYME en nuestros Estados miembros que antes podrían no haber pensado en vender fuera de su localidad inmediata. +Cada país fija sus propias prioridades en materia de política de empleo y a este respecto, como miembros del ELDR, vamos a permitirnos celebrar el hecho de que durante estos últimos años se esté promoviendo en la mayoría de países miembros una política de empleo liberal que hace hincapié en garantizar los incentivos adecuados en materia de política fiscal y social. +En la enmienda 1 decimos que "instamos especialmente a la creación de una estrategia de convergencia social similar al proceso de Luxemburgo para el empleo, con cuya ayuda se podría asegurar la prioridad del modelo de cohesión social en la política económica y de empleo" . +Llama la atención e invita a la reflexión el hecho de que los países situados fuera de la zona euro tengan una tasa de actividad más alta y si abandonamos la Unión Europea, encontramos incluso una tasa de actividad aún más alta, me refiero a nuestro vecino Noruega. +Por lo tanto, la Comisión puede aceptar, en principio, la necesidad de estudiar la posible expansión del alcance de este concepto, para incluir otras características de los vehículos, como pueden ser el ruido y el consumo de combustible y otras tecnologías de propulsión. +Señor Presidente, como señalaran oradores anteriores, la mejor manera de celebrar esta convención es que haya llegado a convertirse en una herramienta poderosa e importante para la Unión Europea, tanto para su política interior como para la exterior. +Gran parte de todo eso se debe a la crueldad o la negligencia de los adultos y lo mínimo que pueden hacer los adultos es velar por que, cuando un niño carece de verdad de familia, se le apliquen las disposiciones del Convenio de La Haya a la hora de ofrecer a ese niño una oportunidad en la vida mediante la adopción. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0052/1999) de la Sra. Haug, en nombre de la Comisión de Presupuestos, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo (COM(1999)333 - C5-0092/1999 - 1999/0139(CNS)) relativa al sistema de recursos propios de la Unión Europea. +Y no olvidemos cuánto tiempo ha pasado desde que empezó su aplicación y cuántos cambios positivos ha habido durante este tiempo. Podría mencionar como principales la creación de la UEM desde el 1 de enero de 1999, la aspirada ampliación, con los países de Europa central y oriental, Chipre y Malta y, finalmente, la Agenda 2000, que prescribe, entre otras cosas, las modificaciones que deben hacerse en el sector agrícola. +Creo que en raras ocasiones ha ocurrido que una ponente tuviese que ocuparse durante un ejercicio presupuestario de más de 60 transferencias de créditos y cinco presupuestos suplementarios, un gran número de modificaciones y complementos al presupuesto originario, lo que en el último debate sobre el presupuesto rectificativo y suplementario IV le ha movido a decir que ya no reconocía a su propio niño, es decir, el presupuesto 1999. +Y le tomo la palabra para que en el año 2000, en un trabajo conjunto, mucho más intenso y más abierto, desde el principio podamos evitar que prioridades como las regiones bálticas o las acciones en favor de los niños no sean las primeras afectadas, porque uno tiene la sospecha de que quizás no sean ustedes quienes no quieren ejecutar eso, sino otras instancias que están detrás. +El informe nos recuerda que para lograr una mejora importante de las medidas de protección del medio ambiente mundial y la reducción de las emisiones, necesitamos el diálogo y el consenso con nuestros competidores comerciales y con los países en desarrollo. +Otro desafío, de capital importancia, se refiere a la contradicción -que me parece especialmente fuerte- entre la liberalización de las redes energéticas, favorable ciertamente, a una baja de los precios, pero también, al mismo tiempo, al desperdicio, y a la promoción de una utilización racional y económica de la energía. +La directiva sobre grandes instalaciones de combustión para reducir el dióxido de sulfuro y los óxidos de nitrógeno y el programa Auto Oil para hacer frente al problema de la calidad del aire en las ciudades son unos ejemplos muy destacados. +Y para concluir, señor Presidente, varios oradores han hecho referencia a un debate más amplio en el que se contemplaran todos los aspectos relativos no sólo a los aspectos de demanda y medioambiental sino también al aspecto de nuestras fuentes energéticas y de nuestra dependencia energética según las previsiones de futuro. +Señor Presidente, he tenido conocimiento de que los servicios del Parlamento -no sé si por instrucción de la Presidenta- han prohibido una conferencia de prensa del Presidente del Tribunal de Cuentas de la Unión Europea en los locales del Parlamento. +En este marco, nuestro Parlamento ya tuvo la ocasión de aprobar las propuestas de modificación de varias directivas destinadas a mejorar desde el punto de vista tecnológico los motores y la calidad de los carburantes. +En efecto, mientras se mantiene muy vaga en relación con la mayor parte de las cuestiones medioambientales relativas al sector de la energía, esta resolución pide que, en los países de la Unión Europea, la producción de electricidad de origen nuclear conserve, en el futuro, al menos la parte que tiene actualmente. +Hoy hemos votado en esta Asamblea sobre el informe del colega Chichester y hemos dicho en este contexto de un modo muy claro que rechazamos cualquier imposición o cualquier tipo de recomendación indirecta para cambiar a la seguridad nuclear. +Para los Estados de los que se trata es un importante argumento porque saben que el Parlamento Europeo tiene que dar su asentimiento al final de las negociaciones de adhesión, es decir, que sin el Parlamento Europeo no puede ser y es por esto por lo que los deseos del Parlamento Europeo son de la mayor importancia en esta cuestión. +En relación con las deficiencias en los registros del ganado y demás, la aplicación del plan de exportación conforme a un calendario establecido, tal como yo lo entiendo, protege la salud pública y garantiza la seguridad alimentaria en relación con la exportación de carne de bovino del Reino Unido. +Señor Presidente, la Comisión presentó recientemente al Consejo, al Parlamento Europeo y al Comité Económico y Social una comunicación subordinada al tema "Las víctimas de la delincuencia en la Unión Europea - reflexión sobre las normas y las medidas que se deben adoptar". +Para lograr la estabilidad económica y social, aumentar el bienestar social de los ciudadanos de los países candidatos y evitar el riesgo de dumping social en los actuales Estados miembros, la ampliación exigirá que los países candidatos modernicen sus sistemas de seguridad social. +La adopción de la Carta de la Seguridad en Europa, si llega a firmarse en los próximos días, será sin duda un elemento que realzará la autoridad de la Organización para la Seguridad y Cooperación en Europa, y será sin duda un valioso complemento del desarrollo de la política de seguridad de la Unión. +Cuando usted sea Secretario General de la Unión Europea Occidental y ésta se integre en la Unión Europea, esto planteará, naturalmente, una nueva tarea de control parlamentario y el Parlamento Europeo deberá asumir esta función junto con los Parlamentos nacionales, que conservarán asimismo su función de control en este ámbito. +Conseguimos, sin duda, tener una moneda común, hemos avanzado en el ámbito de la economía y ha llegado el momento de avanzar en el ámbito de la política, y muy concretamente en el ámbito de la política exterior y de la política de seguridad. +La delegación francesa de nuestro Grupo se opone a esta modificación de la naturaleza jurídica del acto, en el sentido de que el reglamento permite tomar mejor en consideración el impacto de la disciplina presupuestaria en los Estados miembros como en las instituciones comunitarias. +Sin embargo, también pienso que, toda vez que los rusos nos han pedido que actuemos como observadores en las elecciones a la Duma, debemos considerar muy seriamente la conveniencia de responder a esa petición del Parlamento, puesto que ello constituiría una nueva contribución al diálogo y al desarrollo de la democracia, y quizás también de una política más adecuada, en Rusia. +Lo importante es que le hagamos saber a Rusia que este mensaje es explícito, que hay que acabar con el uso de la violencia contra la población civil, que hay que empezar las negociaciones con los representantes elegidos legalmente en Chechenia, que la ayuda humanitaria es necesaria y debe llegar a su destino y que la OSCE debería tener un papel determinante en la solución de este conflicto. +Pero los campesinos, que habrán sido eliminados, las profesiones liberales marginadas, la industria textil, la farmacéutica, el calzado, los vehículos pesados, los muebles, los buques, los juguetes, todo eso que se habrá entregado a la competencia extraeuropea, ¿qué haremos con ello? +Por ello espero poder abarcar, comprender y reconocer las aspiraciones del mundo desarrollado y del mundo en vías de desarrollo, y reconocer las enormes ventajas del libre comercio mundial, al tiempo que reconozco también la necesidad imperiosa de lograr la transición que permita y confiera poderes al mundo en desarrollo para convertirse en un interlocutor en igualdad de condiciones de la globalización. +La mundialización deja sentir sus efectos en el ámbito social en todos los países, pero es necesario constatar que, en una serie de países menos avanzados, las normas de trabajo internacionales admitidas en el marco de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo no se respetan suficientemente. +Desde el punto de vista de nuestros intereses multilaterales así como de nuestros intereses propios todo depende del contenido del acuerdo que se ha firmado; el Congreso americano ha querido tener la primicia del contenido del citado acuerdo, procedimiento por el cual esta Asamblea debería tener más simpatía que antipatía, aunque me complique la vida. +Pedimos que se aplique el método comunitario, por analogía con el artículo 48, esperamos que la Comisión presente una propuesta concreta que sirva de base para las negociaciones y también esperamos poder alcanzar un consenso con el Consejo y con la Comisión sobre el orden del día y sobre el procedimiento de la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental. +A nuestro parecer, la doble legitimidad de la Unión, como Unión de los Estados, por un lado, pero por el otro lado también como Unión de los pueblos, debe quedar plasmada en el reconocimiento del poder de codecisión del Parlamento en los aspectos relativos al contenido de los futuros Tratados en las futuras negociaciones con vistas a la revisión. +Las tensiones políticas que han caracterizado el inicio de esta legislatura no están impidiendo las necesarias convergencias entre los distintos, importantes, los más importantes, Grupos parlamentarios en el terreno del fortalecimiento de la Unión, de sus Instituciones y de sus políticas. +Señor Presidente, le agradezco que me conceda el uso de la palabra unos instantes en este momento del debate, en el que he podido escuchar con atención a los ponentes a los que ya había oído, pero también a los representantes y a los oradores de los diferentes Grupos que ocupan los escaños de este Parlamento, es decir, a muchos de Sus Señorías. +Dimitrakopoulos y Leinen el hecho de haber sentado las bases de un nuevo foedus, de una suerte de pacto en pos de la unidad europea que se organiza alrededor de las diferencias, intenta las mediaciones y, sobre todo, trata de encontrar unos principios y unas unidades fundamentales. +La Comisión presentó después al Consejo, al Parlamento Europeo, al Comité Económico y Social y al Comité de las Regiones su comunicación conteniendo el plan de acción para combatir las drogas durante el período 2000 - 2004. +Mi opinión es que en esa reunión se discutió el tema de la droga de manera correcta, más coherente, para diseñar la estrategia futura, especialmente en lo que atañe al comercio con droga y terrenos afines como, por ejemplo, la lucha contra el lavado de dinero. +. (FI) Señor Presidente, como he dicho, la intención de la Comisión es sacar a relucir este asunto en las conversaciones bilaterales relacionadas con la toma de un acuerdo preferencial sobre la liberalización de los servicios y de las adquisiciones del sector público entre la UE y Turquía. +Informe (A5-0066/1999) del Sr. Napolitano, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, sobre las modificaciones del Reglamento a raíz del Acuerdo Interinstitucional del 25 de mayo de 1999 relativo a las investigaciones internas efectuadas por la Oficina Europea de Lucha contra el Fraude (OLAF) +Señorías, lo que voy a decir reviste cierta importancia, ya que se han aportado modificaciones al texto que no obtuvo la mayoría cualificada necesaria en este Pleno en el período parcial de sesiones del mes de octubre, a instancia del mayor Grupo político que entonces expresó reservas y planteó exigencias de mayores aclaraciones. +La comisión asimismo ha aceptado una enmienda de los Sres. Nassauer y Brok, mediante la cual -leo literalmente la enmienda que se convierte en el nuevo artículo 4 del proyecto de decisión- "deben seguir sin cambios las normas relativas a la inmunidad parlamentaria y al derecho del diputado a no testificar" . +Mi Grupo ha examinado muy minuciosamente el informe y hemos llegado a la conclusión de que se trata de la materialización técnica del acuerdo que firmó el Parlamento en relación con la inmunidad parlamentaria, y de que no se anularán los privilegios sin haberse seguido el procedimiento prescrito. +Informe (A5-0066/1999) del Sr. Napolitano, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, sobre las modificaciones del Reglamento a raíz del Acuerdo Interinstitucional del 25 de mayo de 1999 relativo a las investigaciones internas efectuadas por la Oficina Europea de Lucha contra el Fraude (OLAF) +No se pueden rechazar por adelantado las exigencias de otros países miembros de la OMC para que reformemos nuestra política agrícola en la Ronda del Milenio, haciendo que este acuerdo realmente llegue a ser un instrumento de desarrollo que contribuya a disminuir las diferencias entre países pobres y ricos. +Ahora bien, nadie duda que durante las negociaciones, este texto de compromiso, dado a luz con dolor, será objeto de múltiples presiones por parte norteamericana, cuando la Unión no presenta más que una homogeneidad aparente y no dispone de un arsenal jurídico comparable al de los Estados Unidos, capaz, si fuese necesario, de disuadir a la parte norteamericana. +El segundo principio debería ser el "confinamiento" de la OMC a representar un papel estrictamente delimitado, y mantener fuera de su campo de competencias sectores que sólo pueden depender de la soberanía de los Estados y de las instituciones elegidas por los ciudadanos, puesto que dichos sectores atañen a la propia identidad de cada sociedad. +Por ello, aunque el texto de la resolución sometida esta mañana a votación sea aceptable respecto a los objetivos generales que nos habíamos fijado, gracias sobre todo a las numerosas enmiendas presentadas por los miembros de mi Grupo, no he votado a favor de dicho texto, para respetar los compromisos que he asumido frente a los electores de los Departamentos franceses de ultramar (D.O.M.). +Así, es fundamental que la Unión Europea, los Estados miembros y toda la comunidad internacional mantengan una fuerte presión sobre las autoridades indonesias para que, con la mayor urgencia, desarmen y controlen a las denominadas "milicias" y creen las condiciones de seguridad necesarias para el regreso de los refugiados a Timor Oriental, cuya integridad territorial debe ser respetada íntegramente. +Quisiera destacar también la propuesta que se ha hecho de envío de una nueva delegación del Parlamento Europeo a Timor Oriental, precisamente para verificar in loco cómo está transcurriendo y ocurriendo ese proceso de reconstrucción y disponer de todos los elementos necesarios que permitan seguir manteniendo el de Timor Oriental como un asunto que merece la atención unánime de todos los diputados europeos. +Tienen que cooperar sin reservas con el Enviado Especial de la Unión Europea, con la Unión Europea, con las Naciones Unidas, con la Organización de la Unidad Africana y con todas las agencias de ayuda humanitaria para hacer todo lo que sea necesario a fin de llevar paz y estabilidad a Ruanda y a la región de los Grandes Lagos de África en general. +Solamente quería decirles que en principio era partidario de esta resolución, como es lógico, pero a mi modo de ver se ha iniciado un juego muy peligroso que consiste en utilizar sistemáticamente las resoluciones para abrir un debate ideológico sobre la carta de derechos fundamentales. +No obstante, lamento profundamente que nuestra enmienda, en la que expresamos nuestro deseo de suspender temporalmente en el marco de esta guerra el acuerdo de asociación y cooperación en virtud de la cláusula sobre los derechos humanos que lleva incluida, no haya merecido el apoyo de esta Asamblea. +Es un vicio que debilita la voluntad, que enreda al individuo en una dependencia que lo esclaviza y lo despersonaliza, que acaba con los lazos y las relaciones sociales, que engendra delincuencia, aumenta la inseguridad y alimenta las redes delictivas de ámbito mundial, que desafían a la ley y al poder de los Estados. +La acción en el campo de la educación, de la familia, la cooperación económica con asociaciones y ONG, y muy especialmente en el campo del ocio y del deporte, complementan unas actuaciones que deben desterrar de la vida de nuestros jóvenes esa válvula de escape que a veces les supone acudir a formas de evasión que terminan destruyéndolos. +A pesar de apoyo directo e indirecto de la Unión Europea al banco, el BEI gusta de presentarse públicamente como un banco totalmente normal y así ha justificado en el pasado su relativa inaccesibilidad, en comparación con otras instituciones públicas como el Banco Mundial, en cuestiones de cooperación y de control frente a la administración. +Hemos luchado duramente desde la Comisión de Control Presupuestario durante seis años para poder echar un vistazo a las cuentas del banco y ayer alcanzamos por fin un acuerdo sobre el control del banco por la oficina contra el fraude, la OLAF. +El tema es de especial relevancia, dada la urgencia del tema, en la medida en que ya no contamos con excesivo tiempo para poner en marcha el nuevo procedimiento, ya que el actual sistema termina a finales del mes de enero y hay que alcanzar un acuerdo bilateral entre el Banco y la Comisión. +Y ha prometido presentar una recomendación en la que se recogerán todos los asuntos relativos a la salud pública, la salud de los jóvenes deportistas, la salud de los deportistas en general, con vistas a una gran acción concertada de los Estados miembros en la lucha contra el dopaje. +Hoy cumplimos con nuestro mandato, señora Presidenta y Señorías, porque la Comisión ha decidido presentar un plan relativo a una comunicación sobre la salvaguardia de las estructuras deportivas actuales y sobre el mantenimiento de la función social del deporte en el marco comunitario. +Señora Comisaria, la felicito por lo que ha tenido que ver en relación con la puesta en marcha de la Agencia Mundial Antidopaje, aunque también pido, como deportista, que, igual que se van a imponer a los atletas unas normas estrictas en el tema del dopaje -cosa que me parece muy bien-, les escuchemos a ellos y pongamos sus intereses por encima de los intereses económicos y comerciales, cosa que no siempre se ha hecho hasta ahora. +Señores del Consejo y de la Comisión, hoy la Unión es una institución que no respeta los principios mínimos de la democracia y del Estado de derecho y por esto, a nosotros, los radicales, federalistas europeos, promotores de los Estados Unidos de Europa como los planteaba Altiero Spinelli, nos resulta difícil considerar como verdaderos progresos las pequeñas, realmente pequeñas, reformas que figuran en la agenda. +Lamento también que nuestra propuesta de resolución común no mencione los problemas vinculados con Eurodac, en el preciso momento en el que el Consejo acaba de anunciar, en contradicción con los Tratados, que ese órgano debería seguir siendo puramente intergubernamental, lo que excluye al Parlamento y al Tribunal de Justicia de todo control al respecto. +Hay que tener cuidado: si en Helsinki el Consejo y los Gobiernos no abrirán la agenda de la Conferencia a asuntos institucionales esenciales y ya maduros, no será creíble el discurso sobre la ampliación y se pondrá de manifiesto que no se sabe plantear una visión previsora del desarrollo de la Unión en todas sus dimensiones. +Se trata de un problema general y, por lo tanto, vamos a incluir, no en el apartado de la ampliación, sino en el orden del día la asamblea general de la cumbre, que tanto los Estados miembros como los aspirantes a la adhesión deben mejorar el cumplimiento de los derechos de las minorías. +También hay un apartado dedicado a las prioridades y a temas particulares de los derechos humanos, como, por ejemplo, los derechos de la mujer, de los niños y de las minorías, así como el rechazo de la pena de muerte y del racismo. +En opinión de la Comisión, con objeto de ofrecer un panorama más completo de la situación en materia de derechos humanos en el ámbito de la Unión Europea, convendría que el informe considerase en el futuro de manera más equilibrada los tres pilares de la Unión Europea. +El reto que tenemos para el próximo milenio es dejar que las necesidades de los niños guíen el trabajo social en todas sus formas, teniendo como punto de partida el derecho de los niños a un padre y a una madre y a crecer en un entorno familiar seguro. +En la propuesta de la Comisión relativa a los fondos para el fomento del desarrollo económico y social de Turquía y la consolidación de la Unión Aduanera CE-Turquía se propone que ésta englobe el período 2000-2002 porque nos hemos metido tanto en este año que se ha hecho demasiado tarde para establecer nuevas líneas presupuestarias con este fin en 1999. +La ayuda financiera a Turquía no se puede separar de los compromisos en los ámbitos del desarrollo social y de la democracia, del Estado de Derecho y del respeto a los derechos humanos y los derechos de las minorías. +Señor Presidente, sentimientos de solidaridad y hermandad con el pueblo de Turquía nos llevan a estar en contra del ingreso de ese país en la Unión Europea, y ello porque, como la experiencia del pueblo griego ya ha demostrado, el pueblo de ese país no tiene nada positivo que esperar de tal ingreso. +A pesar de que aprecio y agradezco los contenidos del Informe Morillon, considero que una señal fuerte debe ser la de aplazar esta decisión hasta que el Gobierno turco no confirme la suspensión de la pena de muerte y abra una negociación para solucionar la cuestión kurda. +Al contrario, la Comisión de Medio Ambiente desea dejar claro con su propuesta, que es más concreta y también más rigurosa en lo que respecta a las normas de excepción, que no se puede admitir una política de medio ambiente de doble vía, sino que el objetivo ha de ser conseguir un alto nivel de protección para todos las personas en la UE. +Por esta razón, no hay actualmente planes para estudiar la incorporación de otros tipos de vehículos, por ejemplo los camiones, porque se supone que su eficacia de combustión es alta, o los vehículos de dos ruedas, por su escasa contribución a las emisiones de dióxido de carbono. +Cuantas más audiciones celebro y más informes leo sobre estos asuntos, más me convenzo estoy de que la tendencia generalizada es, por un lado, a un acortamiento drástico del período de transición de la doble circulación de la moneda nacional y del euro y, por otro, a la materialización de un período de front-loading adelantado al menos al 1 de diciembre de 2001. +Más bien, competiría por el título de mayor construcción fallida del mundo, pues va encaminada a dotar al mayor bloque comercial del mundo de una moneda única fundada sobre una base que hasta su introducción sólo se ha podido sostener durante un período de cinco años de la posguerra en Alemania. +Creo, por tanto, que con estas dos grandes modificaciones que se han incorporado en comisión, junto a otras, como una mayor precisión en el etiquetado y la información a los consumidores, el Parlamento contribuye a evitar que un texto -que creo que tiene también sus partes buenas, como ya he señalado- pudiera haberse convertido, por irreal, en letra muerta nada más nacer, y pido por ello sinceramente a todos la aprobación de este informe. +Informe (A5-0071/1999) del Sr. Morillon, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo relativo a las acciones encaminadas a lograr el desarrollo económico y social de Turquía (COM(1998) 600 - C4-0670/1998 - 1998/0300(COD)) +Tengo el gusto de dar la bienvenida, en nombre del Parlamento Europeo, a los miembros de una delegación del Parlamento marroquí, encabezada por el Presidente del Consejo del Parlamento Marroquí, Sr. Jalal Essaïd, delegación que acaba de llegar a la tribuna de invitados. +Se debe a que esta ley para enmendar la Constitución italiana ha sido presentada al Senado en tres o cuatro ocasiones y ha chocado siempre con la oposición de la izquierda, a pesar de que ésta ha hablado de boquilla sobre la posibilidad de cambiar la ley para permitir su regreso. +Lo sería para los productores y los trabajadores de los países menos favorecidos y no, como se ha dicho, para las multinacionales que, a pesar de todo, encontrarían, como siempre han encontrado, los canales para aumentar su penetración industrial y comercial en cualquier lugar del mundo. +El Tribunal de Cuentas tiene la tarea de comprobar si este objetivo se alcanza; tiene la tarea de comprobar si la actuación financiera se ajusta a las disposiciones del régimen presupuestario y da a la Comisión instrucciones acerca de lo que hay que modificar para una ordenada ejecución presupuestaria. +Una idea que en los países del norte siempre ha tenido arraigo, en Austria, en los países escandinavos, en Alemania, también en Inglaterra ha existido siempre la cuestión de la formación de adultos, pero en los países del sur no ha estado tan enraizada. +La Comunidad debe esforzarse para asegurar el éxito de este plan de control, que a continuación será un ejemplo para otras organizaciones regionales, y el apoyo dado por el Parlamento a esta propuesta muestra que, en este campo y también en otros, señor Presidente, y usted lo sabe muy bien, compartimos el mismo punto de vista. +Estas declaraciones -no está de más recordarlo- se refieren, por una parte, a que el diputado no desempeña ninguno de los cargos enumerados en el artículo 6, incompatibles con el mandato en el Parlamento y, por otra, a que contienen informaciones exactas sobre las actividades profesionales, retribuciones obtenidas u otras funciones desempeñadas y cualquier apoyo económico, en personal o en material. +Como el sistema de permisos contiene un mecanismo para repartir entre los países los permisos no utilizados, puedo tranquilizar al Parlamento de que no existe ningún riesgo de que se despilfarren o de que no se utilicen los permisos que han sido atribuidos como parte del contingente básico. +En segundo lugar espero de usted una clara manifestación acerca de cuánto tiempo más va a durar la maniobra dilatoria de la Comisión en lo que respecta al Reglamento Novel Feed, y si considera usted oportuno, para que los usuarios tengan por fin claridad, apoyar esta propuesta, en concreto abordar esta moratoria, que además ya fue parcialmente formulada por el Consejo de Ministros. +La decisión de seguir fomentando todas las posibilidades de las tecnologías de la información para mejorar la competitividad de la Unión y la aspiración a que Europa ocupe el primer lugar a nivel mundial como sociedad de la información son partes esenciales del desarrollo de la seguridad económica. +La política de la Unión Europea respecto de los países de esta región está desintegrada ¿Por qué no aprovecha la UE la existencia de la OSCE para lograr un pacto de estabilidad para el Cáucaso juntamente con estos países, con la Federación rusa, los Estados Unidos y Turquía? +Si contrastamos dichas proposiciones con la promesa de conceder el estatuto de candidato a Turquía y el anuncio simultáneo de la celebración de una conferencia en la que no participará Turquía en la primavera del 2000, salta a la vista que la concesión de dicho estatuto de candidato ha sido demasiado precipitada, que es un cheque en blanco en descubierto. +¿No considera la Comisión que la renovación de dichos contratos públicos contraviene las Directivas sobre los procedimientos de adjudicación de los contratos públicos de servicios (92/50/CEE, 93/37/CEE y 89/440/CEE), en vista de que no se ha convocado ninguna licitación pública y de que cualquier otra empresa de la UE ha quedado excluida de este importante mercado? +Con la votación en el Pleno a la hora prevista -o sea, el jueves-, el Parlamento habrá cumplido su obligación y emitido puntualmente su dictamen, con el fin de garantizar en lo que de nosotros depende el relevo sin interrupciones de los miembros del Tribunal y la necesaria colaboración con los mismos. +El nuevo artículo 280 del Tratado atribuye también al Tribunal de Cuentas nuevos cometidos en la construcción de un cuerpo legal que proporcione una protección efectiva equivalente contra el fraude o cualesquiera otras actividades ilegales en los Estados miembros. +El Tribunal de Apelación ha revocado el dictamen de un tribunal inferior y ha condenado a dos hombres por injuriar la bandera en una manifestación pacífica, a pesar de que la legislación del territorio incluye el Pacto Internacional sobre los Derechos Civiles y Políticos. +A instancia de la Comisión ya estamos participando en los preparativos del contenido de la conferencia, que tendrá lugar en febrero. Esperamos recibir una señal similar por parte del Consejo puesto que esta institución aún no se ha pronunciado sobre la presencia y el número de representantes del Parlamento Europeo en Nueva York. +Propuesta de reglamento del Consejo (CE) sobre la distribución de las cantidades de cereales previstas en el título del Convenio de Ayuda Alimentaria 1995 para el período del 1 de julio de 1998 al 30 de junio de 1999 (COM(1999) 384 - C5-0258/1999 - 1999/0162(CNS)) (Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación) +La Unión Europea, sacudida además por la dimisión de la Comisión Santer en el transcurso de los trabajos preparatorios, ha seguido una política de búsqueda de compromisos con las otras grandes potencias, alejándose de las reivindicaciones de los países en desarrollo y de las inquietudes de la sociedad civil. +En segundo lugar, al mismo tiempo que en el ámbito del automóvil se hacen muchos esfuerzos para reducir la contaminación de los nuevos motores, se debería elaborar un programa europeo muy voluntarista, a fin de eliminar rápidamente el parque automovilístico antiguo, a menudo muy contaminante (no me refiero a los coches de colección). +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede a la continuación del debate de las preguntas orales a la Comisión y al Consejo, en nombre de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades, y sobre el curso dado por la Unión al programa de acción Beijing. +La Comisión tomó la precaución de encomendar estos temores a su Comité Directivo Científico para que le diera una opinión sobre si éste cuestionaba la decisión de levantar el embargo y los términos del plan de exportación en base a la fecha en particular. +No obstante, atravesamos, y lo digo otra vez, una etapa en Europa en la que, quizá, la alimentación jamás haya sido tan segura y, sin embargo, la confianza de los consumidores en los alimentos disminuye cada día, no sólo en Francia y en Alemania, sino también en otros países, debido a que esta discusión se alarga en ausencia de un dinamismo político. +Mi opinión es que las negociaciones adicionales y el protocolo de acuerdo que se alcanzó entre todas las partes y expertos involucrados ofrecen nuevas garantías a los consumidores de la Unión Europea -y no todos son franceses- de que la carne de vacuno exportada según el plan basado en la fecha es tan segura como cualquier otra de la Unión Europea. +Además de los contactos periódicos que se mantienen en el marco de la ampliación, el Consejo hace un seguimiento de la situación en los países aspirantes a través de un grupo de evaluación que fue creado mediante acción conjunta del Consejo el 29 de junio de 1998. +Con el fin de conservar la confianza en todos los aspectos, el BEI no puede hacer públicos los documentos o la información en su poder, en la medida que conciernan a los suscriptores de créditos o a otras partes implicadas en la elaboración o realización de proyectos, sin el consentimiento expreso de los interesados. +El hecho de que los retrasos y los atascos sean más usuales en unas regiones europeas que en otras es, naturalmente, algo muy lamentable, y quizás la forma más rápida de influir en este asunto sea que las autoridades nacionales examinen lo que se puede hacer para mejorar la situación en cada Estado miembro. +Con el fin de hacer más eficaz la aplicación del Derecho humanitario internacional, la UE emitió una declaración sobre las armas de mano, el armamento ligero y las minas de infantería. +En cuanto al contrabando en relación con los países aspirantes a la adhesión, se trata de un problema que, como ya dije en mi respuesta, intenta combatirse por medio de operaciones conjuntas contra el tráfico ilegal llevadas a cabo anualmente por la Dirección General de Aduanas de la UE, en las cuales han sido invitados a participar terceros países cuando ha sido necesario. +Me pregunto si el Consejo de Ministros opina que la mayor apertura que posiblemente habrá en la UE también deberá comprender los documentos que el Consejo de Ministros presente ante el Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0098/1999) de la Sra. Keppelhoff-Wiechert, en nombre de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo sobre la puesta en el mercado y la administración de somatotropina bovina (BST) y por la que se deroga la Decisión 90/218/CEE del Consejo (COM(1999) 544 - C5-0250/1999 - 1999/0219(CNS)). +. (SV) En relación con la presentación del informe anual del Tribunal de Cuentas, se señaló que su actual Presidente, el Sr. Jan O. Karlsson, había adoptado medidas contra la persona que había proveído a los medios de información datos sobre el contenido del informe. +El punto más importante es, en mi opinión, la misión cultural del libro y la obligación de la sociedad frente a la literatura y el arte; especialmente en una época de nuevos medios de comunicación el libro debe disfrutar de una ayuda y protección particulares. +El Parlamento Europeo había entonces reaccionado enérgicamente adoptando, casi por unanimidad, el 20 de noviembre de 1998, una resolución que defendía el precio único del libro, y pedía a la Comisión que adaptara a las exigencias culturales su política comunitaria sobre el acuerdo en materia de precio de libros. +No sólo por el hecho de que destacados juristas norteamericanos señalen que aquí podría existir un error judicial, como suele ocurrir, sino también porque se trata de un ciudadano de la UE, pido a la Comisión y, naturalmente, a este Parlamento que hagan todo lo posible para convertir esta pena de muerte quizá en una pena de cadena perpetua o para aplazarla en un primer momento. +Entretanto, continuamos trabajando en lo concreto apoyando iniciativas como la de la región de Toscana destinada a recoger fondos para permitir a Rocco Barnabei someterse a la prueba de ADN para demostrar su inocencia e invitándole a usted, señor Presidente, a que emplee todas las vías de que dispone para hacer llegar la voz del Parlamento y de las Instituciones europeas a las autoridades estadounidenses. +Rasha Al-Sabah, desde hace mucho tiempo Subsecretaria de Educación Superior, se le han unido la Dra. Fayezah Al-Khorafi, Rectora de la Universidad de Kuwait; Su Excelencia Nabila Al-Mulla, que es embajadora del Estado de Kuwait en Austria; Siham Ruzuqi, la Subsecretaria Asistente del Ministerio del Petróleo; otra Subsecretaria Asistente: Sarah Duwaisan, en el Ministerio de Planificación; y en la sociedad civil: Shaikha Hussah Al-Salim Al-Mubarek Al-Sabah, la Presidenta del Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiya, el Museo Islámico de Kuwait. +La resolución que hoy debatimos tiene que ser una contribución más para poner freno a la situación de las mujeres de un país, Afganistán, donde el régimen de los talibanes está sembrando, con su autoritarismo, el terror entre la población y la alarma internacional. +Para las mujeres afganas, la libertad de expresión, el derecho al trabajo, el derecho a asistir a cursos sobre la salud y la planificación familiar, el acceso a la educación, todas estas cosas, tal como las conocemos, simplemente no existen. +En el caso de Nicaragua ­en este caso sostengo una opinión distinta de la de otros que han intervenido aquí­ se trata inequívocamente del Estado de Derecho como tal y, por tanto, de que en un Estado de Derecho el individuo debe estar protegido ante las arbitrariedades de los poderes superiores del Estado. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, estimados colegas, Tayikistán no sólo es el país más pobre de los estados resultantes de la antigua Unión Soviética sino también el que en los últimos cinco años ha sufrido más el torbellino de las luchas étnicas hasta que éstas se han ampliado finalmente a una guerra civil. +Sin embargo, la ayuda financiera en forma de empréstito debería otorgarse solamente si es posible de hecho un control adecuado de la ayuda financiera por parte de la Unión Europea, si continúa el proceso de reconciliación nacional y si se organizan de manera libre y democrática en marzo del 2000 las elecciones, en especial, las elecciones al parlamento. +Entonces resulta evidentemente interesante saber si el Consejo de Ministros de la UE está dispuesto a usar su posición y su poder -aunque demos ayuda económica para el desarrollo de Marruecos- para presionar al gobierno de este país, a fin de que no vuelva a llamar a un plebiscito que se postergue para el futuro, sino que realmente éste se realice. +De conformidad con el artículo 6 del Protocolo para la inclusión del acervo de Schengen en el marco de la Unión Europea, para la ejecución y posterior desarrollo de dicho acervo, la República de Islandia y el Reino de Noruega serán asociados sobre la base del acuerdo firmado el 19 de diciembre de 1996 en Luxemburgo. +Cierto es que su experiencia de ponente y la contribución tan notable a los avances de la Unión Europea hacen que ese texto vaya a ser una base de reflexión indispensable para la próxima Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales. +El Parlamento por su lado ha respondido al Sr. Herman con la aprobación de las modificaciones del reglamento relativas a las votaciones y las enmiendas, así como con la reducción del número de comisiones sobre la que decidiremos aún en esta sesión de hoy. +La conclusión de dicha recomendación fue, en resumidos términos, que en cuanto a los criterios políticos Malta no presenta problemas, pero que en el área económica efectivamente se necesitan unas reformas complementarias o estructurales, mientras esa interrupción de dos años en los preparativos de Malta para su adhesión ha causado también cierto retraso en su adopción del acervo comunitario. +Para que todo esto pueda regularse de forma jurídicamente coherente, también deberá adaptarse el ámbito de aplicación del Reglamento 17/62, y así lo propone la Comisión; por último, la Comisión quiere introducir la posibilidad de eximir con fuerza retroactiva desde la fecha de su suscripción aquellos acuerdos que no fueran presentados individualmente, pero sí tienen derecho a exención. +En tercer lugar, me referiré a la idea de un código de buena conducta administrativa, que se mencionó por vez primera en el Informe Perry sobre las propias actividades de la Comisión de Peticiones en 1996-1997 y que fue apoyado en el Informe Newman sobre el informe anual del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo correspondiente a 1997. +Así pues, no hay que extrañarse de que la aplicación del conjunto de estas normas comunitarias absurdas cree un cúmulo de dificultades, que dan lugar a la presentación de recursos ante la Comisión de Peticiones y el Defensor del Pueblo. +En consecuencia, la Comisión atribuye mucha importancia, al final de esta legislatura, al hecho de ponerse al día en la tramitación de las peticiones, al objeto de poder examinar, con ocasión de las dos últimas reuniones de su Comisión de Peticiones, presidida por el Sr. Fontana, la mayor parte de los dossiers todavía pendientes. +Me indigna el hecho de constatar que, cuando todos los partidos políticos, con excepción de la extrema derecha, reconocen en el arresto de Pinochet las nuevas virtudes de una justicia internacional, se haya seguido dialogando con Milosevic, a pesar de que tiene las manos más ensangrentadas y de que pesan más «crímenes contra la humanidad» sobre su conciencia. +En lugar de integrar en su seno a la antigua Yugoslavia y favorecer, de este modo, su democratización política y sus progresos económicos y sociales, la Unión Europea -con el Parlamento Europeo a la cabeza- ha fomentado su desmembramiento y creado, al menos indirectamente, las condiciones para que se produjeran, ayer, las guerras de Croacia y de Bosnia y, hoy, la de Serbia. +La utilización de vehículos privados plantea gran cantidad de problemas regionales y locales que, de conformidad con el principio de la subsidiariedad, requieren un tipo de enfoque ligeramente diferente, que hemos estado elaborando principalmente por conducto del programa de acción para la red de ciudadanos. +Poco después, los miembros de la Comisión de Transportes y los representantes de la Comisión Europea deliberaron. Tras el consiguiente debate en la Comisión de Transportes, tuve que constatar que la mayoría de sus miembros no se ha retractado de la posición adoptada hace dos meses. +No obstante, creo -y ya se ha dicho aquí- que nos hallamos ante el típico caso en que un concepto que en principio respaldamos y aprobamos, a saber el fomento del transporte combinado con objeto de reducir el transporte por carreteras y aprovechar las posibilidades ofrecidas por el ferrocarril y las vías navegables, sale mal parado por causa de una medida específica. +En lugar de permitir que los consumidores se beneficien de la competencia, la situación actual se caracteriza por la existencia de una gran diversidad de precios respecto a las tarjetas de crédito, los préstamos hipotecarios y otros servicios -la comunicación contiene indicaciones muy importantes en este sentido-. +El debate sobre el control del país de origen con respecto al control en el país de recepción ha impedido hasta ahora una evolución importante hacia sistemas de control europeos o hacia el establecimiento de una autoridad supervisora europea. +Esto fue motivo de angustia, dado que no hay que olvidar que, después de tres años de trabajo, el programa DAPHNE necesitaba, por una parte, un fundamento jurídico sólido y concreto antes del 1 de enero del año 2000 y, por otra, el fundamento jurídico que nos proponían no podía desmentir la línea política que lo había originado. +B4-0391/99 de los diputados Banotti y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo-B4-0398/99 de la diputada Malone, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0421/99 de los diputados McKenna y otros, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre el asesinato de Rosemary Nelson. +No seamos hipócritas erigiéndonos en maestros de estos países que están atravesando una época harto difícil. Al fin y al cabo acaban de salir de muchos años de ocupación extranjera y dictadura, algo que siempre ha ido acompañado de una cierta desintegración de las estructuras morales. +Vamos a pedir al gobierno que se ocupe de que todos los ciudadanos chipriotas dispongan libremente de información plural tanto sobre las ventajas como sobre los inconvenientes de la adhesión al igual que esperamos la celebración de un referéndum para decidir la pertenencia del país a la UE. +Es verdad, naturalmente, que a pesar de los interrogantes específicos que suscita en las relaciones entre mandatarios y mandantes en este final de siglo, el derecho de petición es uno de los medios privilegiados a través de los cuales el Parlamento ejerce su control sobre la Comisión y el Consejo -así como sobre los Estados miembros-, en beneficio de los ciudadanos europeos. +Para concluir, desearía, a la vista de la gran cantidad de trabajo que representa la tramitación de las peticiones recibidas, apoyar explícitamente una revisión a fondo de los métodos de funcionamiento de la Comisión de Peticiones, en cuyo caso no es difícil comprender que ésta se interrogue sobre la mejor manera de hacer frente a la tarea que le incumbe. +No cabe la menor duda de que las experiencias resultantes de la iniciativa DAPHNE serán beneficiosas a la hora de estructurar el nuevo programa quinquenal. Por medio de este programa será posible apoyar la cooperación entre las organizaciones no gubernamentales y la autoridades locales. +Señora Presidenta, señor Comisario, «la violencia contra las mujeres es un problema de los hombres». El día internacional de la Mujer, la Comisaria Gradin invitó precisamente con esas palabras a los hombres a tomar la palabra sobre la violencia contra las mujeres. +En lo que respecta a este aspecto concreto, creo que se corre el riesgo de que se quede en un gesto de buena voluntad, dado que no van a variar las actuales tasas de crecimiento y que el desempleo ya persistente va a mantenerse en el futuro, un desempleo que, por otra parte, afecta muy en especial a las generaciones más jóvenes. +Señor Presidente, la Comisión prosigue su política activa con el fin de reducir la dependencia de la Comunidad de la importación de proteínas vegetales y para aumentar el uso de cereales en los forrajes para el ganado. +La reforma de la Política Agrícola Común que se emprendió en el año 1992 ha dado lugar a un considerable aumento del uso de cereales en los piensos, cerca de veinte millones de toneladas al año, así como una importante caída de la importación de forraje y -en especial- de proteínas vegetales para el ganado. +La Comisión ha asumido siempre sus responsabilidades a la hora de garantizar la competitividad de la industria europea del almidón, de su industria de procesamiento y, en particular del sector biotecnológico que utiliza el almidón y sus derivados como materia prima. +Por lo tanto, señor Presidente, hemos estimado proponerle, siguiendo nuestra jurisprudencia, siguiendo nuestras normas establecidas de que la inmunidad parlamentaria no protege al miembro mismo, sino a toda la Asamblea y a este Parlamento, que no se suspenda la inmunidad parlamentaria. Esto lo decimos en particular porque opinamos, en la línea de mis ilustres precursores, Georges Donnez y Jean Defraignes, que se trata aquí en cierto modo del «fumus persecutionis». +Pienso que habrá un reforzamiento y un mejor seguimiento de las relaciones entre el Parlamento y la Comisión en materia de control de la gestión presupuestaria y espero que, con este reglamento, nuestro Parlamento pueda hacer un trabajo todavía mejor en materia de control de la gestión presupuestaria de la Comisión. +Por eso, el Banco Europeo de Inversiones y el Fondo deben liberar más fondos y, por otra parte, los Estados miembros deben tener la posibilidad de oxigenar su economía a través de su propia política presupuestaria, no haciendo el pacto de estabilidad aún más estricto sino por medio de una interpretación más flexible. +Cuando todo concluye, quisiera expresar por mi parte el deseo de que esta institución prospere, y para que prospere carecen de importancia los viejos enfrentamientos entre la Comisión, el Parlamento y el Consejo; todos unidos debemos cuidar esta planta que ahora brota, de suerte que pueda medrar y fructificar, para bien de la Unión Europea y de sus finanzas, y, sobre todo, para bien de los contribuyentes, es decir, de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea. +El motivo de la dimisión fue, como es sabido, el informe del Comité de Expertos independientes sobre la responsabilidad de la Comisión y de miembros individuales de la Comisión por casos de fraude, corrupción y nepotismo que se han producido en el curso de una serie de años. +Como pone de relieve el ponente para el procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión para 1997, nuestro colega, el Sr. Brinkhorst, la cooperación administrativa entre la Comisión y los Estados miembros, así como la de los Estados miembros entre sí, debe hacerse más intensa puesto que el presupuesto se ejecuta en gran medida por los Estados miembros. +A principios del mes de diciembre, siguiendo -hay que recordar- la posición del Grupo Socialista, la Comisión de Control Presupuestario decidía sin embargo recomendar al Pleno la concesión de la aprobación de la gestión a la Comisión. +Sobre esta aprobación de la gestión, sobre este informe de nuestro colega, el Sr. Brinkhorst, hemos elaborado también algunos documentos específicos. Debo decirles que estoy un tanto irritado por el hecho de que no hemos recibido, en absoluto, ninguna reacción de la actual Comisión a documentos que dentro de poco van a tener tres meses. +En segundo lugar, la cuestión de la descentralización y el traspaso de competencias de la Comisión, en particular en la esfera de los programas exteriores, es extraordinariamente importante, pero necesitamos normas muy estrictas para la delegación de la gestión de las políticas comunitarias y siempre se deben perseguir activamente. +Y dicho esto, señor Presidente, nosotros nos enfrentamos hoy a un cambio que resume muy bien la filosofía del Parlamento, un cambio que, en palabras del Comisario Sr. Oreja, dota, a partir del primero de mayo, a la Unión Europea «de un instrumento más performante, más abierto al diálogo con los ciudadanos, más democrático y más proyectado hacia el mundo exterior». +Debe haber un debate serio entre los científicos de ambos lados del Atlántico, porque no creo que los Estados Unidos sean indiferentes en relación con la salud de sus ciudadanos: no están aún convencidos de que exista un peligro y, si disponemos de pruebas, es adecuado presentarlas a los Estados Unidos y al resto del mundo. +Sin embargo, me veo obligado a llamar su atención sobre el hecho de que la autorización para aplicar un tipo reducido es una disposición que atañe a la armonización de las legislaciones relativas al Impuesto sobre el Valor Añadido, contempladas en el artículo 93 del Tratado de Amsterdam, antiguo artículo 99. +Romano Prodi es un europeísta convencido, un reformador económico y político de probado éxito, un político avezado en temas administrativos, que aporta asimismo la necesaria proximidad a los ciudadanos, y después de escuchar su anterior intervención yo quisiera añadir también que es un candidato que aúna la visión de un proyecto, el sentido de la realidad, el pragmatismo y una clara conciencia de las necesidades. +Si ustedes, en su calidad de diputados del Parlamento Europeo, hacen suya la propuesta de los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno y aprueban pasado mañana el nombramiento del Sr. Prodi, los Gobiernos procederán a continuación, como siguiente paso, a designar de común acuerdo con el Presidente nominado a las personalidades que se proponen nombrar como miembros de la Comisión. +Finalmente, es necesario que se apruebe una reforma encaminada a aumentar la transparencia para que el Parlamento, cuando menos, tenga acceso a un documento de la Comisión tan pronto como ésta lo entregue a un comité, a una empresa, a un país, a un periodista o a cualquier otra persona que no forme parte de la institución. +Se añade asimismo el tema importante del esfuerzo para convertir en más dinámica la economía europea -en su discurso figuran muchas indicaciones al respecto- dentro de un equilibrio que debe ser nuevo, pero que debe existir, es decir, el equilibrio de carácter social de la economía europea. +En efecto, en sus declaraciones prevalece una idea de desarrollo entendido como crecimiento continuo sin prestar atención a los límites naturales de los recursos: un crecimiento infinito es una peligrosa utopía de los economistas que no puede encontrar una respuesta en la realidad. +Ha faltado una acción en el pasado, pero también en su intervención, respecto a cómo prevenir los conflictos y no puedo olvidar que el Gobierno italiano que usted presidía, en una de sus últimas decisiones, el 12 de octubre de 1998, puso a disposición de la OTAN las bases italianas con vistas a una posible guerra en Kosovo. +Dichas enmiendas de compromiso no surtirán el efecto esperado, es decir, limitar las consecuencias negativas para los consumidores y los productores de miel europeos de un reglamento que no protege suficientemente la calidad de las buenas mieles europeas contra las mieles importadas y, lo que es peor, que favorece el fraude. +No puedo por menos que lamentar que la Comisión y el Consejo no hayan seguido el ejemplo del Parlamento, que aprobó por unanimidad mis dos informes sobre la situación de la apicultura europea y sobre la mejora de la producción y de la comercialización de la miel. +Tanto los Estados miembros como la Comisión han coincidido en subrayar que cualquier retraso en la adopción de la estrategia podría dar lugar a falsas interpretaciones por parte rusa y yo creo que a todos nos interesa que no se intensifiquen las tensiones entre la Unión Europea y Rusia en la compleja situación internacional actual. +La nueva institución, «el señor o la señora política exterior», debe tener una función predominantemente preventiva y colaborar con la OSCE, la ONU, etc. Todos podemos lamentar no haberlo logrado en los Balcanes y que al final fuera necesaria la intervención, sin embargo, también hay que señalar que hemos de estar dispuestos a ello cuando se producen violaciones tan graves y evidentes de los derechos humanos. +Pero hay una enmienda del Grupo liberal, que muchos diputados pensamos apoyar, en la cual se propone -sobre la base del texto que el Consejo nos ha ofrecido en el sentido contrario- un texto alternativo que creemos podría obtener la aprobación del Consejo. +Señor Presidente, no se puede hablar del Estatuto del diputado y de lo que esto significa hoy sin hacer un esfuerzo por contener una cierta dosis de indignación, provocada por el clima en el cual se han desarrollado los debates, bajo la presión de las denuncias formuladas en algunos medios de comunicación, que han provocado una cierta distorsión en las discusiones. +Nunca he entendido a los socialistas, que en un principio exigen un gran aumento de los gravámenes para la utilización de carreteras, pero que luego se echan atrás ante la exigencia que el Parlamento, en su gran mayoría, creyó correcta en el año 1997 y que era más elevada de lo que el Consejo ha propuesto ahora. +Dicho escrito fue inscrito en el registro de entrada del correo del Parlamento Europeo el pasado 12 de abril, y me anuncian que esperan que el anuncio oficial del registro se pueda formular el próximo lunes 3 de mayo, anteayer, en la apertura del Pleno del Parlamento Europeo. +La creación de una identidad de seguridad y de defensa europeas es ahora el elemento central del proceso de integración europeo tras la creación del mercado interior y de la Unión Económica y Monetaria. +El proceso de Luxemburgo se consolida y comienza a dar sus frutos en términos de políticas nacionales para el empleo más sistemáticas, más integradas, más ambiciosas y, a iniciativa de la Presidencia alemana, daremos un paso suplementario en la vía de este Pacto europeo por el empleo, del que yo recomendé su aplicación ya en enero de 1996. +La única cuestión que se nos plantea es si, teniendo en cuenta la reducción que se ha hecho de las perspectivas financieras del 2000 al 2006, la Unión Europea va a disponer en los próximos años de recursos suficientes para una política propia del empleo, ya que prácticamente todas las políticas comunitarias han tenido que ser recortadas. +Pero, incluso en el supuesto de que todas estas preocupaciones fueran objeto de examen con vistas a la Cumbre de los jefes de Estado o de Gobierno, no supondrán una respuesta suficientemente adecuada a la gravedad de la crisis de Kosovo y no suplirán la patente ausencia de Europa en este específico flanco de la actualidad continental. +Colonia debe dar una señal también en este campo para realizar esa política económica que establezca los objetivos que han de alcanzarse como, por ejemplo, un relación diferente con la Organización Mundial de Comercio, el relanzamiento de la calidad del producto europeo, la no imposición de las empresas. +En la política agrícola, gracias a una orientación más intensa al mercado mundial y al medio ambiente, la agricultura en los países candidatos a la adhesión obtiene ya hoy unos importantes fundamentos de planificación para la orientación de sus producción agraria. +Tras la dimisión de la Comisión, tras los problemas de fraude y de mala gestión económica, ¿cómo puede justificar la mayoría de este Parlamento que esta Asamblea se revele incapaz de reformar cualquier cosa que tenga relación con nuestras asignaciones y la gestión financiera de esta institución? +Insto a la Comisión para que se tome realmente en serio su función de control y lleve a cabo en sus programas los objetivos marcados en el nuevo reglamento -desarrollo sostenible, fomento del empleo, fomento de la igualdad de oportunidades de mujeres y hombres, mejora del medio ambiente y de las pequeñas y medianas empresas-, y que no retroceda de nuevo ante los Estados miembros. +Es un paquete de fondos para lanzar a nuestras regiones hacia el nuevo milenio, siete años de apoyo para nuestras comunidades y regiones más marginadas que necesitan nuestro compromiso y nuestra solidaridad comunitarios, para los jóvenes, para los desempleados de larga duración y para las mujeres repatriadas: personas que quieren tener parte activa en la regeneración de Europa. +El trabajo que he hecho en representación del Parlamento en este informe, en estrecho contacto con mis colegas -el Sr. Walter y el Sr. Sonneveld-, ha tratado precisamente de coordinar todo este proceso de ayuda y, además, de incluir los criterios del Parlamento. +Tercer punto: aquí no se trata de la cuestión de la concesión en el sentido de justicia o injusticia o de la envidia sino que la presión de precios que ejercen las explotaciones que siguen viviendo con un exceso de compensación por el elevado pago de primas, afectará a las pequeñas amenazándolas en su existencia. +Con la nueva introducción de medidas para las áreas rurales y con el fortalecimiento de las medidas de acompañamiento existentes desde la reforma de 1992, se ha dado otro paso hacia una política agrícola global para las áreas rurales. +Yo creo que ese mensaje encierra un doble peligro: primero, porque pone de manifiesto, en boca del autor de la reforma, que las actuales medidas de reforma no serán suficientemente eficaces, y esto incluso antes de aplicarse; y segundo, porque no es posible que el agricultor y el ganadero europeo desarrollen su actividad y planifiquen su futuro sin un marco de mínima estabilidad. +Una vez que se haya implantado el Reglamento relativo al Fondo Social para el nuevo período, el Fondo Social recobrará nueva vida gracias a que se hace mayor hincapié en la dimensión del empleo en todas las políticas comunitarias y en los Fondos estructurales en particular. +Porque es crucial. De lo contrario, ¿no constituirán los plátanos un precedente para que otros productos procedentes de otros países menos desarrollados pierdan sus mercados, y no daría ello lugar, a largo plazo, a enmiendas al sistema mundial del comercio para proteger a los pobres contra las multinacionales? +Esto ilustra el punto contenido en la pregunta del Sr. diputado de que el régimen de Sadam Husein utiliza la situación de necesidad de la población civil para imponer la suspensión de las sanciones sin cumplimiento de las condiciones de la Resolución 687 de 1991 sobre el armisticio. +Señor Presidente, según el artículo 7 del Protocolo, que integra el acervo de Schengen en el Anexo al Tratado de Amsterdam en el marco de la Unión Europea, el Consejo acuerda con mayoría cualificada los detalles de la integración de la Secretaría de Schengen en la Secretaría General del Consejo. +Asunto: La interpretación en el Consejo Según datos de la agencia de noticias TT del 30 de marzo de 1999, en las reuniones del Consejo tres de cada cuatro representantes suecos se ven obligados a utilizar una lengua extranjera en las negociaciones. +Asunto: Acuerdo con Croacia Teniendo en cuenta que, a raíz de los enfrentamientos armados en los países vecinos, la economía y el turismo de Croacia han resultado considerablemente dañados y que el país se ha visto militarmente amenazado, la celebración de un acuerdo de comercio y cooperación con Croacia podría contribuir decisivamente a la estabilidad de toda la región. +Estos aspectos de la propuesta inicial han sido modificados después de un voto negativo del Parlamento hace unos meses y, de esta manera, la propuesta final establece un instrumento unitario de intervención en el sector de la pesca. +Así mismo lamentamos que en relación con las posibilidades de cooperación nacional no se ceda la elección de las zonas del Objetivo 2 que quedan fuera de los estrictos criterios a los Estados miembros, sino que, como antes, queda limitada por la Comisión a través de ciertos criterios y una reserva de consentimiento. +Es fundamental garantizar que todas las regiones con comunidades pesqueras sigan teniendo un acceso cada vez mayor a los fondos estructurales para el sector de la pesca sin que se produzca ningún intento por reducir los niveles de financiación o por excluir dicho acceso incrementando la complejidad de los procedimientos. +Como ya se ha señalado en el transcurso de este debate, el sistema proporciona obviamente un vínculo importante entre la Comisión y los representantes de las autoridades nacionales presentes en los comités y que asisten a la Comisión en su función ejecutiva. +Naturalmente, la Comisión seguirá contribuyendo activamente en esta labor con la esperanza de poder llegar a un acuerdo, antes de que finalice la Presidencia alemana, que satisfaga a las tres instituciones y que, por lo tanto, redunde en beneficio de los ciudadanos de la Unión, a quienes debemos servir, y que estarán indudablemente por millones aguardando despiertos a estas horas de la noche el resultado de este debate. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate sobre el informe (A4-0261/99) de la Sra. Jöns, en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Consejo relativa al acuerdo marco sobre el trabajo de duración determinada celebrado por la UNICE, el CEEP y la CES (COM(1999)0203 - C4-0220/1999). +La Presidencia alemana reconoce plenamente que la integración del acervo de Schengen en el marco de la UE reviste una especial importancia de cara a las actividades futuras del Parlamento Europeo y entiende que el Parlamento tenga mucho interés en seguir de cerca los pasos previos a dicha integración. +El acuerdo establece, además, que una parte considerable de las disposiciones del acquis de Schengen, especialmente las disposiciones que tienen que ver con la libre circulación de personas, asilo, inmigración y controles fronterizos, se comunitariza en su mayor parte y, por tanto, el Parlamento y el Tribunal de Justicia se verán implicados en el futuro en el desarrollo de esta política. +Señorías, si queremos luchar contra las ilegalidades crecientes, es necesario que los que ofrecen servicios a través de la red sean capaces de facilitar toda la información necesaria para buscar y encontrar a los proveedores de contenidos ilícitos respetando, como es obvio, lo que dispone el Derecho comunitario en lo referente al respeto de los datos personales. +En este momento debatimos una directiva, que es la directiva relativa a determinados aspectos jurídicos del comercio electrónico en el mercado interior, que trata de armonizar determinados aspectos del Derecho de los Estados miembros a través de este procedimiento -una directiva- que, en realidad, son aspectos de Derecho privado. +Como ocurre siempre que se tiene un tema que interesa a muchos grupos de presión, uno de los problemas que surgen es que los grupos de presión se anulan unos a otros, lo cual demuestra cómo los diputados del Parlamento Europeo hemos de ser capaces de hacer frente a los que ejercen las presiones, al igual que hemos de ser capaces de hacer frente a los periodistas. +En materia de responsabilidad de los operadores de redes en línea, la propuesta inicial de la Comisión Europea, sin negar los problemas relativos a la ilegalidad del contenido, distingue la responsabilidad de los diferentes actores, en función de su actividad real. +La limitación de responsabilidad afecta a todas las actividades ilegales on-line de terceros, tales como competencia desleal, publicidad engañosa, pero también a la piratería en el ámbito de los derecho de autor, así se deduce de la explicación de la propuesta de la Comisión. +Es también el caso de las enmiendas que intentan modificar el ámbito de aplicación de la directiva de una manera que no es coherente con otras directivas sobre servicios de la sociedad de la información (enmiendas núms. 27 y 63) y de la enmienda 31, que modifica la definición propuesta de las comunicaciones comerciales. +Nos alegramos de que, junto con los textos de los nuevos Reglamentos, hayamos sentado las bases para una efectiva colaboración en las gestión de los fondos, también gracias al Código de conducta entre la Comisión y el Parlamento respecto a la aplicación de las políticas estructurales. +El contingente de 600 representantes de las Naciones Unidas para organizar y observar el proceso referendario está constituido por civiles desarmados, al que en su momento se sumarán también 250 policías también desarmados, sin posibilidad alguna de defender a nadie, ni a sí mismos, ante la actividad impune de las milicias prointegracionistas que siembran el terror en Dili y en el resto del territorio. +B-0462/99 de los diputados Harrison y otros, en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos-B4-0491/99 de los diputados Pasty y van Bladel, en nombre del Grupo Unión por Europa-B4-0506/99 del diputado Telkämper, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeosobre la manipulación política de los juicios en Malasia; +Y, en segundo lugar, el Consejo está a punto de acordar una fórmula que proporcionará una base jurídica para el acceso remoto a una estación terrestre para satélites que hay en Italia por medio de la introducción de una nueva cláusula en el proyecto de convenio sobre asistencia legal mutua en cuestiones delictivos. +La presente propuesta básicamente hace caso omiso del Convenio Europeo para la Protección de los Derechos Humanos y de las Libertades Fundamentales y de la disposición que figura en el artículo 8 sobre la protección de la vida privada de las personas. +Por último, quisiera tomar esto como motivo para apelar de nuevo al Consejo para que estemos orgullosos no sólo por lo que hacemos en el ámbito cultural, sino también por preocuparnos de que esos programas encuentren una financiación adecuada, porque no se logra nada si entusiasmamos al público con esos programas maravillosos de la Unión Europea pero luego les asignamos una dotación financiera ridícula. +Después de que la exposición del año 2005, para mi gran alegría, haya sido ya asignada a Japón, concretamente a Nagoya, quisiera recordarles que en la exposición de Osaka se llegó a una serie de errores burocráticos escandalosos, y cuando se había construido ya un pabellón de Europa, se negó a colocar la estatua de Coudenhove-Kalergi. +A falta de una acción positiva de la Comisión, cuyo plan de acción tendente a fortalecer la competitividad del sector, que examinamos en 1998, no ha tenido hasta ahora un resultado concreto, algunos Estados miembros, como Francia, España, Portugal, han tomado medidas para frenar la fuga de puestos de trabajo hacia los terceros países. +Usted ha sido Vicepresidenta bajo mi Presidencia y las que han seguido, y se ha ganado en esta casa un gran aprecio por su trabajo, primero como Vicepresidenta, sobre todo en las votaciones delicadas, pero también, de muy antiguo, por su compromiso europeo, que nos ha llevado a colaborar en otras tareas y otras reivindicaciones. +Su gran energía en pos de una Europa libre y unida políticamente, su respeto a las instituciones democráticas, su credo en un Parlamento que mantenga por fin una relación fuerte, consciente y transparente con la Comisión, no nos dejan más que esperar unos años en que por fin el asociacionismo de antaño quede relegado al pasado y empiece una verdadera colaboración entre todos los Grupos de este Parlamento. +Señora Presidenta, en nombre del Grupo de los Verdes/ Alianza Libre Europea, quisiera sumarme al plazo que usted ha fijado para que el segundo informe de los Sabios esté en manos de todos los miembros del Parlamento Europeo antes del 30 de agosto, es decir, antes de que den comienzo las audiencias con la nueva Comisión. +El Gobierno Federal alemán habría deseado, desde luego, mayores progresos en algunos ámbitos, como por ejemplo en la Política Agrícola, ámbito en el que será imprescindible acometer muy pronto nuevas reformas con motivo de la ronda de la OMC, pero a pesar de todo el compromiso en su conjunto constituye una muy buena base, una base extraordinaria para la entrada de la Unión en el siglo XXI. +Bajo la Presidencia alemana del Consejo estaba prevista la transposición de la Agenda 2000, un ambicioso proyecto de reforma, con el fin de profundizar la integración de Europa y preparar a la UE para la ampliación al Este mediante unas reformas sustanciales. +Señor Presidente, los Verdes opinamos que durante el siglo XXI el papel de los métodos no violentos para la solución de conflictos debería ser más importante que el de las intervenciones militares y que la fuerza, que excepcionalmente pudiese llegar a ser necesaria, solamente se ejerciese previo mandato de la ONU. +El público europeo ha perdido su confianza en las autoridades nacionales y europeas encargadas del control de los medicamentos y del control de alimentos; ya no se fía ni del Gobierno ni de los Gobiernos ni tampoco de los científicos. +Este objetivo precisa una fuerte sinergia entre la Comisión y el Parlamento, un Parlamento que ostenta la representación democrática de los ciudadanos europeos y que, por tanto, debe ofrecer una contribución fundamental a las reformas de las Instituciones europeas. +El incremento de las sesiones a puertas abiertas del Consejo, la facilitación del acceso a los documentos y la publicación de la agenda de reuniones y de órdenes del día de los diferentes comités y comisiones fomentan de forma concreta el principio de transparencia. +Respecto al proceso contra Öcalan: la Comisión comparte la opinión emitida el 29 de junio por la Presidencia alemana del Consejo después de que el Tribunal de Seguridad del Estado condenase a muerte a Abdulah Öcalan y expresa de nuevo su rechazo básico a la pena de muerte. +Así que mi pregunta al Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo y a la Comisión es la siguiente: ¿hasta qué punto han meditado a fondo sobre las medidas políticas y los compromisos económicos y financieros que resultan necesarios para construir una Serbia libre y democrática y reintegrar la Serbia libre y democrática a la economía y el cuerpo político europeos? +En este aspecto me uno a las posturas aquí presentadas abogando por la seguridad de los defensores de la libertad de expresión y también a las reflexiones sobre los diferentes medios con los que podríamos contribuir a la materialización de esa libertad de expresión en el país en cuestión. +Y no estamos juzgando sólo a un Comisario que ha tenido un comportamiento inaceptable, estamos hablando de un antiguo miembro de esta Asamblea, un distinguido parlamentario que fue incluso presidente del Grupo Liberal en el Parlamento Europeo, de un ex ministro de Economía de Alemania y de un Comisario con una larga hoja de servicios. +Creo que cuando estos perseverantes colegas resuelvan en este caso que se ha planteado ante el Tribunal de Justicia, y se adelanten a los acontecimientos fallando sin celebrar vista alguna que estamos ante una clara violación del objeto del artículo 213 y que se retiren a este hombre sus derechos de pensión, se arrogarán una función que compete a los tribunales. +Al hablar de la contaminación de la dioxina hay que decir que las investigaciones de las autoridades belgas y las inspecciones de la Comisión indican que la contaminación se produjo al añadirse una sustancia no adecuada en el proceso de fabricación. +Antes de pasar a tratar el planteamiento acordado en el Consejo de Agricultura quisiera recordarles la eficaz y oportuna actuación puesta en marcha por la Comisión y apoyada por el Comité Permanente de Medicina Veterinaria de los países miembros, actuación por la que se establecieron todas las medidas de excepción requeridas por el principio de prevención. +Espero que para esto Bélgica pueda contar con la solidaridad de la Unión, porque está claro que no importa si una crisis como ésta haya sido causada por una enfermedad, por un accidente o incluso por un acto criminal. Al consumidor, al agricultor o a la empresa que haya sido la víctima le dará igual. +Por tanto, los Estados miembros deben dar, o deben volver a dar, a la Comisión, un mandato claro y firme para que ésta sea el acicate de una renegociación inteligente de las reglas del GATT, que hoy día constituyen un obstáculo a la aplicación del principio de precaución en los ámbitos sanitario y alimentario. +Tenemos que ser capaces de decir, tal y como hace la moción del Grupo Socialista, que debe imperar el principio de legalidad, que somos una Comunidad de Derecho, y que a menos que hagamos una aplicación universal de esto, lo que nunca se hizo con la normativa derivada de la EEB, la situación no podrá mejorar. +A la hora de evaluar la situación, considero decisivo disponer de una visión más global de la cuestión, así como tratar de encontrar soluciones que, en el ámbito de la elasticidad de la estructura, puedan evidenciar algunos aspectos relacionados con los problemas de estos territorios del sur de Italia. +Sin embargo, si usted lee el Reglamento comprobará que en el párrafo 6 del artículo 170 se dice que las constitución de las comisiones mixtas -que son algo distinto a las delegaciones interparlamentarias-, es decir, que la constitución de las comisiones mixtas con los países asociados debe realizarse bajo las mismas condiciones que la constitución de las comisiones. +En la toma de esta decisión, la Comisión tuvo en cuenta el hecho de que no existía ninguna decisión previa de la Comisión ni ningún precedente del Tribunal de Justicia que sirviera de referencia en el caso del CFO respecto a su política de venta de entradas. +Dadas las circunstancias, por consiguiente, ¿no está dispuesto, señor Comisario, a reconocer que los aficionados al fútbol pensarán que la multa de 1.000 euros es absolutamente ridícula -que es lo que se pagaba aproximadamente en el mercado negro por una entrada para el partido Inglaterra-Argentina-, que los revendedores de entradas pensarán que es una buena noticia y que los verdaderos aficionados al fútbol se sentirán decepcionados? +Creo que si esto se hubiera producido en el sector de las telecomunicaciones o en cualquier otro, la idea de que volviéramos con una multa simbólica en circunstancias en que algunos han incrementado sus beneficios en 200 o 300 millones de libras habría sido tan ridículo como le parece a los aficionados al fútbol la multa simbólica. +En efecto, prosigue la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales: "La declaración de constitución de este Grupo, en particular el anexo 2 de la carta de constitución, dirigida al Presidente del Parlamento Europeo, excluye toda afinidad política. +Corresponderá a la nueva Comisión establecer una valoración más profunda de este segundo informe y, a este respecto, el Vicepresidente responsable de la reforma de la Comisión, el Sr. Kinnock, contestará a lo largo del debate a los puntos más concretos que se planteen hacia el futuro. +Para frustración de aquellos de la Comisión y de esta Asamblea que han promovido la reforma, y acabamos de escuchar al Sr. Dell'Alba, los avances que se han realizado hasta el momento han sido esporádicos y no preconcebidos y no han sido puestos en práctica como consecuencia de la gestión de un programa de cambio. +No quiero anticipar el debate del jueves, pero quisiera decir ya con toda claridad que, por ejemplo, la discusión relativa a la creación de la Agencia de Reconstrucción en Kosovo apunta en esta dirección tanto en lo que respecta a la situación jurídica como en lo que se refiere a las estructuras administrativas que se han previsto. +Hay que recordar, por ejemplo, que solamente cuatro Estados han ratificado el Convenio de la Unión Europea sobre la cooperación en la lucha contra el fraude en la Unión Europea y que en estos momentos, por tanto, no hay fundamento jurídico para luchar contra el fraude. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate del informe (A5­0003/99) de la Sra. McKenna, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se establece un marco comunitario de cooperación en materia de contaminación marina accidental. +Después de haber dudado un poco, me he dejado convencer por los argumentos de la Sra. Jackson para fijar en una directiva unos criterios mínimos para las inspecciones medioambientales y no limitarse a la propuesta de la Comisión Europea de una recomendación no vinculante. +Muchos colegas también han formulado preguntas sobre la idoneidad de separar la competencia ex ante sobre el control presupuestario de la competencia ex post sobre la aplicación o formulación del presupuesto en el seno de la Comisión. +Pienso principalmente en una declaración que ha hecho el embajador de Estados Unidos hace algunos días ante la Unión Europea en la que se alegra de que el grupo de trabajo biotecnológico de asociación económica transatlántica haya llegado a un proyecto de acuerdo sobre los procesos de aprobación de nuevas variedades transgénicas. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, el largo camino para el nombramiento está a punto de terminar: termina un período agitado desde el punto de vista institucional de la vida de la Unión, un período que ha permitido al Parlamento expresar sus potencialidades y reafirmar con convicción su vocación democrática. +Señor Presidente designado de la Comisión, hemos valorado su declaración en lo que respecta a la ampliación de la Unión Europea y la reforma de las Instituciones, así como la consolidación y el crecimiento económico de toda la Unión, y el desarrollo sostenible para crear nuevos puestos de trabajo. +Si queremos recuperar la confianza de las ciudadanas y los ciudadanos necesitamos transparencia en relación con la ejecución del presupuesto de la UE en todos sus detalles, sentido de la responsabilidad en el manejo de los fondos de los contribuyentes y eficiencia presupuestaria en la aplicación de las políticas comunitarias. +La Sra. Diamantopoulou, cuya cartera también incluye la igualdad de oportunidades, además del empleo y la dimensión social, ha dado muestras de un gran compromiso pero, ¿cómo podrá actuar, señor Prodi, si usted ya la ha amordazado de entrada y ha dejado en otras manos la lucha contra la violencia y la discriminación? +Señora Presidenta, como los oradores anteriores, creo que la creación de un espacio judicial europeo, por una parte, y la instauración de normas generales para el control de la inmigración, por otra, en modo alguno solucionarán los problemas de la delincuencia transfronteriza ni de la inmigración. +Debe concluirse, pues, que independientemente de la cuestión que se trate, ya sea el asilo, la inmigración, los flujos migratorios, Europol o la Carta de los derechos fundamentales, existe una relación directa entre cada uno de los ciudadanos europeos y el tema de interés. +Señora Presidenta, después del problema del trabajo, la demanda más urgente que los ciudadanos europeos formulan a las Instituciones comunitarias es la de hacer frente a la necesidad de seguridad que, por sus características, no puede ser resuelta autónomamente por cada uno de los Estados miembros. +Lo único que pretendo decir con esto es que al traspasar las competencias a un nivel determinado lógicamente también han de trasladarse las obligaciones legales y las competencias propias de la cooperación parlamentaria así como los derechos de decisión correspondientes al nivel de que se trata porque, de lo contrario, se crearía un vacío legal y parlamentario. +En Tampere se darán también orientaciones políticas sobre cuestiones delicadas, como las políticas de inmigración, que requieren un nuevo planteamiento de las relaciones Norte-Sur; como la libre circulación, que requiere una verdadera armonización de las políticas en materia de concesión de visados en Europa; como el derecho de asilo y el derecho a la salud para todos los refugiados. +Una vez comenzado el proceso para conseguir unas reglas mínimas, se podría combinar con plazos, creándose así una fuerza que impulse hacia la consecución de un ámbito jurídico fiable, lo cual es un requisito para que los ciudadanos puedan circular libremente, con seguridad y confianza, pero también para crear garantías de seguridad a la hora de la ampliación. +Por último, porque se hace del relieve público de ese nuevo espacio europeo la piedra de toque de la confianza de los ciudadanos sin reducir el problema a la polémica tradicional "libertad contra seguridad", sino que se reconoce la magnitud de los nuevos imperativos y preocupaciones cuya resolución esperan de Europa los ciudadanos europeos. +El Consejo expresó anteayer su más profunda indignación ante esta actuación y también ante los atentados de que han sido objeto tanto los ciudadanos de Timor Oriental, como los trabajadores de organizaciones humanitarias, los representantes de la Iglesia y los defensores de los derechos humanos. +También es muy estimulante el deseo del Sr. Prodi de fomentar la ampliación de la Comunidad, de dar la máxima prioridad a la creación de puestos de trabajo, y de trabajar en estrecha colaboración con el Parlamento en la Conferencia Intergubernamental. +Pero en realidad, soy optimista porque creo que uno puede llegar a familiarizarse bastante bien con esta materia, a pesar de las palabras de algunos de nuestros colegas que comparan la Comisión de Presupuestos con un mercado de ganado, dando a entender que los recursos se mueven de un lado para otro y que a veces la documentación está peor preparada que la que se presenta en cualquier asamblea municipal. +Desgraciadamente ese gobierno ha tenido muchos amigos en este Parlamento durante años y años, y muchos gobiernos de la Unión Europea han dado prioridad al lucro de sus industrias de armamentos respecto de los derechos humanos fundamentales del desgraciado pueblo de Timor oriental. +Me da la impresión de que él, al igual que el portavoz de su delegación, Sr. Galeote, ha desviado el turno de preguntas al Consejo para hacer una descalificación personal inaceptable a una colega que ha expresado opiniones políticas completamente respetables. +Estimado señor Korakas, cuando lleguemos a las preguntas que se ha decidido contestar en común, yo le daré una explicación, pero tenemos que seguir un orden, tenemos que respetar este orden para que la sesión pueda tener un buen fin y yo no estoy dispuesto a consentir que haya más cuestiones previas o de orden que impidan el funcionamiento normal del turno de preguntas. +Puesto que las ideas sobre la Unión son tan diferentes y que las interpretaciones de las decisiones de Colonia son tan contradictorias en diferentes lugares de la Unión, ¿no se puede decir entonces claramente que "sí, estamos avanzando hacia una defensa común" o bien "no, no habrá una defensa común" ? +En octubre de 1998, el Consejo solicitó a la Presidencia que propusiera posiciones comunes, conforme al artículo K.3 del TUE, en relación con el proyecto de Convención de las Naciones Unidas y sus Protocolos. De esta manera, el Consejo pretendía contribuir a la negociación y evitar contradicciones entre la futura convención y los instrumentos comunitarios. +De ser el caso, ¿ha tomado ya la Presidencia en ejercicio la iniciativa de inscribir este punto en el orden del día de la Asamblea General del próximo otoño o tiene intención de hacerlo en los próximos días con arreglo a otras modalidades de procedimiento? +El Consejo ha decidido recientemente continuar su política en este sentido en todo tipo de foros multilaterales y presentar por primera vez un proyecto de resolución para la pena de muerte en la sesión nº 54 de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. +Señor Presidente, el Consejo ha tomado posturas en diversas ocasiones sobre las negociaciones en materia del comercio mundial y en referencia a la " Ronda del Milenio" ; la última vez, en las conclusiones de la reunión del Consejo de Asuntos Generales, el 21 y 22 de junio de 1999. +Ello mejoraría el papel del Parlamento, que ya recibe un informe trimestral sobre las actividades de la agencia y tiene la importante misión de aprobar la gestión del director de la agencia en la aplicación del presupuesto. +Se puede reforzar perfectamente la colaboración en los asuntos civiles y penales allí donde sea necesario, respetando plenamente la tradición del derecho Internacional y Civil, los derechos democráticos, asegurando los principios tradicionales del derecho material y del derecho procesal. +Por ello, la Comisión ha realizado, y seguirá realizando, esfuerzos provechosos para ayudar a Rusia en su ardua transición mediante acciones como es centrar la asistencia técnica en la lucha contra el blanqueo de dinero y el crimen organizado, y apoyar los esfuerzos para avanzar en el estado de derecho en general. +Lamentablemente, ni en el acuerdo Kumanov concluido entre la OTAN y el Gobierno yugoslavo ni tampoco en la resolución de la ONU que ha otorgado el mandato para la presencia internacional en Kosovo, se menciona con una sola palabra la situación de los prisioneros albaneses en Belgrado y de los desaparecidos. +Hay que reconocer, señor Presidente, que este edificio tiene un defecto estructural importante: en relación con el edificio de Bruselas supone para los diputados la disminución de sus despachos, no por los metros cuadrados que pueda tener de menos cada despacho sino por el hecho de que tienen que compartirlo en todas sus actividades con el asistente. +Afectados por una crisis de la cual ellos no son la causa y de la cual tampoco controlan sus consecuencias, los agricultores belgas esperan por otra parte que la solidaridad europea se concrete, que esta crisis de las dioxinas se reconozca como epizootia, al mismo nivel que la crisis de las "vacas locas" en Gran Bretaña. +Sobre este asunto tenemos un Libro Verde, vamos a tener un Libro Blanco y 800 directivas, pero el fondo de la cuestión, la realidad, es que esto es una consecuencia de las políticas y las decisiones economicistas que se han tomado en Europa, y de la globalización. +Además, la inepta forma de abordar esas cuestiones por parte de los gobiernos respectivos y de la propia UE ha socavado gravemente la confianza pública en la capacidad de los políticos para abordar esas crisis en la cadena alimentaria. +Recuerdo, después que otros, que el proyecto de presupuesto de 2000 prevé una caída espectacular de nuestra ayuda, una reducción de dos tercios de los créditos de compromiso que pasarán de 16,5 a 5,5 millones de euros, en el momento mismo en que lo que se impone es precisamente un refuerzo de la movilización internacional. +Unas mejores estadísticas y un mejor conocimiento por parte del resto del mundo de lo mal que está la situación podrían ser algunos de los factores que aumentaran la comprensión de nuestras poblaciones acerca de la necesidad de realizar mayores esfuerzos en favor de África, también en el plano general. Pues este problema está relacionado con la grave situación de África. +La revisión de las perspectivas financieras es en cualquier caso algo significativo también por otras razones y está relacionada totalmente con aquello en que se funda la cuestión de los motivos de la financiación, es decir, que la guerra de Kosovo ha provocado una situación que es sorprendente y nueva, para la que no se habían hecho reservas en las previsiones financieras. +Quisiera también, en mi primera comparecencia ante esta Asamblea, insistir una vez más en algo que ya hice en la Comisión, y es en la necesidad de establecer las mejores relaciones posibles entre mis responsabilidades en la Comisión y los responsables de esta Asamblea en los asuntos correspondientes. +La enmienda 3, sobre todo una vez adoptado el documento de trabajo de los servicios de la Comisión sobre la campaña de despegue, que ha sido transmitido al Parlamento y al Consejo, no solamente se acepta sino que la Comisión les da las gracias y la acoge con gran satisfacción. +Señor Presidente, desearía volver a felicitar al Sr. Langen por su contribución a la continuación y consolidación del programa ALTENER, ya que no hay que olvidar que este programa es nuestro principal instrumento, aunque no financiero, para llevar a cabo la estrategia de la Unión Europea sobre las energías renovables. +Ese aislamiento político-intelectual, las sanciones económicas y el desembolso material cada vez mayor que exigía el mantenimiento del viejo orden acabaron conduciendo al estancamiento económico y al reconocimiento político de que esa situación no podía continuar. +Es de sentido común que si este acuerdo fuera ratificado por los parlamentos nacionales cuya función principal, y lo digo entre paréntesis, está una vez más verificada, todo país tercero podría utilizar una denominación de origen controlado europea con el fin de negociar después una transacción financiera. +Tras una reunión entre las dos partes, celebrada al comienzo de septiembre, la Unión Europea considera que el acuerdo dispone que los sudafricanos no deben seguir utilizando las denominaciones "Oporto" y "Jerez" después del período establecido de doce años, por lo que es necesario, desde ahora mismo, pensar en nombres substitutivos para los productos sudafricanos de que se trata. +Espero sinceramente que este acuerdo, visto desde el ángulo concreto de la cooperación para el desarrollo, contribuya a la erradicación de la pobreza y el fomento de la prosperidad en Sudáfrica con respeto pleno de los principios democráticos y los derechos humanos fundamentales. +Pero acabo de decirle, si tal Gobierno u otro -efectivamente, no sólo afecta a Grecia: se han producido catástrofes o sacudidas de diversa intensidad en otros países, pero de menor gravedad- ahora bien, si tal o cual Gobierno lo solicita, nosotros podemos ayudar y financiar con cargo a los Fondos Estructurales los estudios de prevención que permitirían conocer el riesgo existente en lugares habitados, como mencionaba usted mismo en su pregunta, pero también para las fábricas, con los riesgos secundarios de catástrofe industrial que ello implicaría. +Mi pregunta se basaba en una visita que hice hace tres semanas a Belgrado y en renovados contactos que hice la semana pasada con las fuerzas democráticas, con todos los partidos políticos en la oposición, con organizaciones humanitarias, etc. que enviaron señales de ayuda para contrarrestar la mala imagen del resto del mundo que propaga Milosevic. +La Comisión pidió también a su Comité Científico de Medidas Veterinarias relacionadas con la Salud Pública que emitiera un dictamen sobre los posibles efectos negativos para la salud humana de la administración de las seis hormonas con vistas a intensificar el crecimiento de los animales. +Antes del caso Öcalan nadie ponía en tela de juicio las óptimas relaciones con un Estado que siempre había declarado su voluntad de mantener una cooperación cada vez más estrecha con la Comunidad hasta el punto de pedir su adhesión a la misma. +Precisamente la línea militar invariablemente dura de Ankara ante la cuestión kurda, a pesar de la llamada al diálogo por parte del PKK que incluye la renuncia a la lucha armada, subraya la utilidad y necesidad de contrastar la situación con los criterios de evaluación. +Me complace informar, por tanto, que el Presidente Arafat ha respaldado el informe hecho público recientemente sobre el fortalecimiento de las instituciones palestinas, elaborado por un grupo operativo independiente patrocinado por el Consejo de Relaciones Exteriores con una importante ayuda de la Unión Europea. +El beneficio político de la investigación genética para la humanidad se ve gravemente erosionado por los intereses creados, que hacen un uso de la tecnología que no es compatible con el desarrollo sostenible, y que a menudo entra en conflicto con las normas éticas aceptables. +A la hora de examinar estos ámbitos, es especialmente importante que analicemos los problemas que deberemos superar en estos sectores: por ejemplo, el índice de crecimiento que actualmente es del 13% en la UE, lo que demuestra la capacidad y el alcance del reglamento negociado; así como su complejidad. +Creo que si desarrollamos nuestra propia producción agrícola, los Estados miembros de la Unión llegarán a ser competitivos en el sector, quizás no tanto en los precios, pero hay que tener en cuenta la calidad y también el hecho de que la importancia de la producción autóctona crece cada vez más entre los consumidores. +Por ejemplo: para uno de los principales productores de tomates de Gran Bretaña que actualmente paga 363.000 libras por su consumo de gas y 60.000 libras por su consumo de electricidad, la introducción de la tasa propuesta del cambio climático en Gran Bretaña incrementaría su recibo de la luz en 149.000 libras. +Llamo la atención de nuestros colegas sobre el peligro que supone para la credibilidad de nuestro Parlamento la utilización excesiva de este procedimiento de urgencia, sobre todo cuando se trata, como en este caso, de examinar un texto elaborado por un organismo exterior. +En cuanto se refiere a la función de la Comisión, quisiera recalcar que hasta ahora, basándose en el Artículo 296, los Estados miembros han eximido al comercio de armas del ámbito de aplicación de las normas del Tratado, lo que ha impedido toda intervención de la Comunidad. +A petición del Consejo, la Comisión está preparando una comunicación sobre la congestión y los retrasos del tráfico aéreo y no hay duda de que se ocupará de esta cuestión nuevamente y propondrá iniciativas en la esfera de la gestión del espacio aéreo. +Sin querer adelantarme a la decisión de la Asamblea, llamo la atención sobre el hecho de que la Conferencia de Presidentes ha incluido este punto en el orden del día del viernes porque el jueves está prevista una reunión de los expertos sobre dicho asunto. +Señora Presidenta, a fin de evitar cualquier malentendido y ambigüedad con respecto a las funciones y competencias respectivas de una Institución como el Parlamento Europeo y de una Oficina como es la OLAF, deseo subrayar que tanto en el quinto considerando como en el apartado segundo del artículo 1 se afirma sin sombra de duda que se han salvaguardado y respetado plenamente las disposiciones de los Tratados en general y, en particular, del Protocolo sobre los privilegios y las inmunidades. +Tendría que habernos sorprendido -ya que esto no existe en muchas democracias parlamentarias- el hecho de que los diputados de la Asamblea elegida puedan ser controlados por un órgano que depende en mayor o en menor medida del ejecutivo, y aun cuando, en este caso, la OLAF está controlada por un comité de control independiente, está dirigida por un responsable designado por la Comisión. +El otro asunto muy importante en el proyecto de presupuesto es el fortalecimiento de los recursos del Tribunal de Justicia de la UE, que resulta especialmente visible en la mejora de las condiciones de utilización de los servicios de traducción. +Después de esas medidas, es de esperar que el Tribunal pueda ejecutar mucho mejor su trabajo, reducir el número de textos no traducidos y servir con mayor eficacia a los Estados miembros, los ciudadanos y las empresas, en la interpretación y la aplicación de la legislación comunitaria. +La Comisión propone que los fondos necesarios se financien, en primer lugar, mediante una redistribución dentro de la misma rúbrica de medidas de política exterior, en segundo lugar, utilizando una parte mínima de la reserva de flexibilidad y, en tercer lugar, mediante una redistribución entre las políticas en los diferentes ámbitos, lo cual obligará a modificar las perspectivas financieras. +La Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios (ECON) considera que este esfuerzo sigue siendo una prioridad absoluta de la política y que todavía hay que realizar una gran labor hasta que se pongan en circulación los billetes y las monedas en la Unión Europea. +Y hay que recordar también que el Consejo de Berlín aprobó las perspectivas financieras tras un consenso extraordinariamente complicado, con unas posiciones iniciales muy distantes entre los Gobiernos y, además, con una Comisión Europea dimitida y un Parlamento Europeo al final de su legislatura. +Por esto, el Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo ha encargado un estudio que examine las posibilidades de organizar la promoción del personal y la asignación de tareas en nuestros servicios, para los fines de nuestra propia administración. +Por consiguiente, es posible proseguir la promoción de los productos de calidad sin pedir gastos suplementarios, y por ello pido a la Comisión que no detenga la promoción de los productos de calidad, ya que tras éstos se encuentran regiones difíciles, productos de la tierra y el ingreso de nuestras explotaciones familiares. +Ahora bien, manifiesto mi total concordancia con el ponente Jean-Louis Bourlanges -al que felicito por la calidad de su trabajo- en cuanto a la obligación de que en el presupuesto para el año 2000 se atiendan necesidades importantes recientemente surgidas en el ámbito de la categoría IV, "Acciones exteriores", sin poner en entredicho otras anteriormente formuladas, como pretende hacer el Consejo. +En el Informe Anual del BCE se hace una exposición detallada tanto del trabajo preparatorio final realizado por el SEBC en vísperas de la introducción de la moneda única como de los principales acontecimientos económicos y monetarios ocurridos en la Unión Europea en 1998 y en las primeras semanas de 1999. +Es un motivo de especial satisfacción para mí que su Presidente haya vuelto a resaltar hoy que el Banco Central Europeo también contempla la protección del consumidor como una tarea importante en el marco de la Unión Monetaria. +Ahora bien, si sé leer bien el Tratado de la Unión Europea, se trata de un elemento esencial del equilibrio buscado por aquellos que han puesto en marcha la Unión Económica y Monetaria, con el éxito que conocemos habida cuenta de las condiciones del paso al euro el 1 de enero de este año. +Sabe usted que esta institución ha demostrado con claridad la voluntad de ejercer plenamente las competencias que le otorga el Tratado; se ha predispuesto a oír a cada uno de los miembros de su directorio, se reúne con usted regularmente y hace de esta cita, en el día de hoy, el punto culminante de esta actuación. +Por último, quiero aprovechar la presencia de la Comisión en este debate para recordar algo que también ha sido repetido muchas veces por este Parlamento y que, en todo caso, es muy importante para nuestro Grupo: la política económica no se acaba en la moneda, no se acaba en la política monetaria. +Al revés, ha funcionado bien en muchos casos y estoy de acuerdo en que hay que presionar con el fin de que se establezcan las estructuras democráticas formales externas y es en este punto donde los parlamentarios -tan pronto como se haya producido- serán los agentes fundamentales, también en la sociedad civil. +No pretendemos la creación de un sistema rígido y el carácter especial, la capacidad para actuar y la identidad de ECHO como tal, son un todo que considero importante para evitar que ECHO, en tanto una organización de socorro humanitario, se involucre en la pesada maquinaria de toma de decisiones de la Comisión en general. +Esperamos con interés la creación del organismo que deberá elaborar la carta de derechos fundamentales y sería adecuado que estuviera presidido por un representante de este Parlamento y que presente un documento que confiera derechos directos a los ciudadanos de la UE y les permita, como individuos, ejercer sus derechos en el Tribunal Europeo. +Hay que hacer más solidario el modelo social europeo, de modo que se esté en condiciones de prevenir la marginación y de estimular el establecimiento independiente de las personas, así como de impulsar la igualdad de oportunidades para todos los grupos de ciudadanos, también para los inmigrantes. +Sin embargo, el Consejo no se ha atrevido a llegar a un acuerdo sobre el desarrollo de un sistema común europeo de asilo y de un fondo para los refugiados, tal como habían propuesto el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión y no limitarnos simplemente a una convergencia de normas y de procedimientos. +Me preocupa que, paralelamente a las normas comunes, no se hayan planteado medidas efectivas de solidaridad entre los Estados miembros cuando así lo exija la necesidad de responder a situaciones de urgencia, como en el caso del flujo masivo de ciudadanos albaneses y de los Balcanes a Italia a raíz de la crisis política de esos países. +En primer lugar, respecto del calendario, esta reforma -permítanme, Señorías, expresarles mi convicción- es la última ocasión para una verdadera reforma antes de la gran ampliación de la Unión, antes de la reunión de los Estados y de los pueblos europeos en una gran comunidad política y económica. +Propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa a la aproximación de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros sobre la protección delantera contra el empotramiento de los vehículos de motor y por la que se modifica la Directiva 70/156/CEE del Consejo (COM(1999) 32 - C4-0094/1999 - 1999/0007(COD)) (Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior) +(El Parlamento aprueba la propuesta de la Comisión)- Propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se enmienda la Directiva 92/61/CEE del Consejo relativa a la recepción de los vehículos de motor de dos o tres ruedas (COM(1999) 276 - C5-0012/1999 - 1999/0117(COD)) (Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior) +La contradicción resulta francamente ridícula en el caso del Gobierno francés, que subscribió en el Tratado de Amsterdam la distribución financiera y física de los refugiados entre los países de la Unión y ahora retrocede ante las consecuencias de su propia firma. +Finalmente, tomando prestadas otra vez propuestas e ideas del informe Gillenhammer, debo decir que estoy dispuesta a enviar una carta a todas las empresas con más de 1.000 personas, a nivel europeo, pidiéndoles que elaboren, voluntariamente, un informe titulado "dirigiendo el cambio" para hacer una forma de benchmarking entre las propias grandes empresas sobre cómo podríamos prever las reestructuraciones sin crear problemas sociales grandes y graves. +Por último, los socialistas europeos insisten para que se revise la directiva europea sobre la creación de un comité de empresa europeo, para que se facilite una auténtica información a los asalariados, en un plazo normal y oportuno, y se celebren consultas de verdad, lo que supone que se concedan medios temporales suficientes y medios de peritaje autónomos para los asalariados. +Qué sentido tiene afirmar que los beneficios de Michelin subieron en un 17%, sin decir si son mayores o menores que los de Bridgestone o de Goodyear o de los demás competidores, sin decir que Michelin es una empresa con una facturación de 106 dólares por trabajador, contra los 141 de Goodyear, sin decir que Renault que, si no me equivoco es una empresa participada mayoritariamente por el Gobierno francés, va a Japón, compra la empresa Nissan y, para no cerrarla, se ve obligada a despedir a 21.000 trabajadores que, sin embargo, al ser japoneses, nos interesan menos. +Es decir, que el margen fue muy reducido y, por tanto, podría ser útil -y sin lugar a dudas será útil- que nuestro Parlamento haga oír su voz después de la de los Jefes de Gobierno, que, en Tampere, lamentaron la actitud del Senado americano, al subrayar que constituía -cito- "una señal inoportuna para quienes sientan la tentación de dotarse del arma nuclear". +Y en la Unión, en donde todos hemos ratificado el Tratado de prohibición de las pruebas nucleares, tenemos argumentos políticos y morales para dirigirnos a nuestros socios estadounidenses y recordarles que tienen la grave responsabilidad de tratar de estabilizar el mundo y que cuentan con nuestra ayuda si verdaderamente se puede colaborar con ellos. +Un aspecto que debemos discutir con ellos, y que queda reflejado en el artículo que citó su Señoría, señor Elles, es que el carácter unilateral que hoy defienden algunos Republicanos, aunque no todos, para hacer justicia al Senador Logan, corresponde a una política de "sólo nosotros" , por citar el lema histórico irlandés, y que resultaría tan desastroso para el mundo como lo fue después de la Primera Guerra Mundial. +Necesitamos fomentar allí los valores de la tolerancia y del respeto a la diversidad cultural y a la libertad de los pueblos a decidir democráticamente su futuro e impulsar la convivencia, la solidaridad, el sentido de la justicia y la paz. +Me hago eco de las palabras del Sr. Gargani cuando digo que todos los temas sobre los que hemos tratado esta noche en la Asamblea intentan garantizar que la cultura sea considerada una prioridad; es decir, no sólo, por ejemplo, que el euro o los puestos de trabajo y el empleo garantizarán el éxito del proyecto europeo. +La Comisión está convencida de que la participación de Turquía en los programas destinados ante todo a los jóvenes, programas de intercambio y encuentros que fortalecen la sociedad civil, la democracia y el respeto de los derechos humanos, favorecerá el entendimiento y la comprensión entre los pueblos y las culturas. +Y así se convino, pero aquí estamos tratando de otra cuestión, esto es, que se presentó una propuesta de resolución en la cual figuraba, en su último punto, una cuestión casi de cortesía, y es que se iba a remitir la resolución al presidente de esta empresa, y lo que pasa es que la resolución de transacción que se presentó llevaba ese nombre. +Así pues, si se aprueba este compromiso, será necesario votar el comentario de la línea B1-4050, enmienda 507, con una opinión favorable de la Comisión de Presupuestos y mediante votación por partes, solicitada por el Grupo de los Verdes, así como el comentario de la línea B1-406 sobre la enmienda 69, esta vez mediante votación nominal. +En tal sentido, nosotros no podíamos aceptar la propuesta del Consejo de operar una reducción del 10% de los créditos asignados a la cooperación y al desarrollo para financiar la reconstrucción de Kosovo, así como la ayuda a Turquía, tras el terremoto, o incluso la ayuda a Timor Oriental. +El trabajador es llamado, con la pistola del paro en la sien, a mostrarse solidario con el aumento de beneficios y aceptar convenios humillantes en cuanto a los términos, las condiciones y los salarios, como en el caso de MICHELIN, para acabar perdiendo definitivamente el puesto de trabajo. +Señora Presidenta, ante todo, doy las gracias al Comisario Fischler por su intervención, y le recuerdo que el miércoles de la próxima semana esperamos que el Presidente Prodi o el Comisario Byrne vengan al Parlamento para hacer una declaración acerca de las medidas que la Comisión piensa adoptar después de la publicación de las conclusiones científicas conocidas a última hora de hoy. +Pido al Comisario Fischler que, cuando el Colegio se reúna el próximo miércoles, presente de inmediato una propuesta para crear la Agencia Alimentaria Europea porque, en mi opinión, de haber existido ya este organismo, la discrepancia actual jamás habría surgido. +Estamos todos de acuerdo en que los temas de la seguridad alimentaria y la salud pública deben ser la máxima prioridad política en toda Europa, pero la carne de bovino británica, tal como lo ha declarado hoy el Comisario Fischler, respeta los objetivos de la salud pública establecidos por la Unión Europea. +Lo que, por el contrario, parece oportuno y deseable es que se aprovechen estas ocasiones para reanudar el trabajo de organización de las Instituciones comunitarias, del cual este Parlamento, en virtud del mandato de todos los europeos que representa, debe hacerse cargo integrando el papel desempeñado hasta ahora por los Gobiernos nacionales en la construcción comunitaria. +No sólo estamos determinando y estableciendo su nivel de competencia, sino que, además, revestiría considerable importancia determinar claramente y señalar la jurisdicción que la agencia de seguridad alimentaria tendría en el nivel comunitario y cuáles serían sus efectos recíprocos con las agencias en el nivel de los Estados miembros. +Finalmente, ¿convendría usted conmigo en que, aun cuando existiese -repito, existiese, en subjuntivo- la agencia que desea crear el Sr. Prodi y que todavía no se ha examinado detenidamente en esta Cámara, aun en ese caso podría repetirse una y otra vez esta misma situación, pues evidentemente seguirían existiendo las Agencias nacionales, que en cualquier momento podrían afirman que disponen de nuevos datos científicos, de modo que su esperanza de que dicha agencia permita evitar situaciones como esta es una mera ilusión? +Naturalmente, tengo mucho gusto en dar una aclaración en relación con eso, pero debo recordar a Sus Señorías algo que -estoy seguro- conocen: no se hacen exportaciones de carne de bovino elaborado con arreglo al plan de exportación conforme a un calendario establecido desde el Reino Unido, porque en primer lugar es necesario determinar y aprobar unas instalaciones para ese fin y las autoridades del Reino Unido no las han propuesto. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, señor Comisario, Señorías, en nombre del Grupo Liberal, apoyamos esta iniciativa que consideramos muy oportuna para asegurar el necesario consenso en el ámbito económico y social, absolutamente imprescindible para conseguir el clima de estabilidad, crecimiento y mayor ocupación en la Unión Europea. +Es esencial que busquemos formas nuevas -y mejores- con vistas a la consecución del objetivo de un desarrollo equilibrado y sostenible de tal modo que satisfagamos nuestras necesidades y las del medio ambiente y que no tengan repercusiones negativas en los niveles de vida de las regiones pobres del mundo. +Es decir, por un lado, banqueros, los Ministros de Economía y las asociaciones de industriales, y por otro los Ministros de Trabajo y los interlocutores sociales en el ámbito de los sindicatos, debaten, y sitúan en el centro de la política común el tema del empleo. +A pesar de todo, el sector del transporte en su totalidad, las actividades marítimas y las actividades de los médicos en período de formación quedan excluidas del ámbito de aplicación de la directiva relativa a la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo de 1993. +Como ponente, he buscado un equilibrio no sólo entre la propuesta de directiva de la Comisión, la primera lectura del Parlamento y la posición común del Consejo, sino, sobre todo, entre la seguridad y la salud tanto de los trabajadores como de las restantes partes implicadas. +Se trata, por tanto, de limitar la duración del tiempo de trabajo para proteger la seguridad y la salud en el lugar de trabajo, especialmente en los distintos sectores del transporte, las actividades marítimas y los médicos en período de formación. +En cuanto a lo que hoy se ha planteado con la enmienda nº 10, que es algo que acaba de llegar a nuestras manos, diría que, por la primera introducción que tengo de mis colaboradores, parece que el artículo 17, apartado 2 la incluyen; Pero para poder ser más claros y tratándose de una primera aproximación, creo que para mañana podremos tener una respuesta final sobre el tema de esta enmienda. +El acuerdo permitirá a las dos partes explotar todo el potencial vinculado con las capacidades de investigación avanzada de los países en vías de desarrollo duradero, como se ha subrayado, pero también, como pueden apreciar Sus Señorías, en la esfera del programa concreto "Energía-medio ambiente", en la esfera de las energías renovables, habida cuenta de los compromisos de Kyoto. +Según mi experiencia, en los últimos cinco años, lamentablemente, las normas legislativas sobre aspectos concretos del mercado único siempre se han debatido en esta Asamblea de manera fragmentaria, por decirlo así, sin contemplar todas las vinculaciones e interrelaciones con otros temas legislativos. +Naturalmente, en nuestro Grupo queremos que el logro del Mercado Interior entrañe un equilibrio -como ha dicho usted mismo, señor Comisario- entre la libertad de mercado y la necesidad de proteger el medio ambiente, la salud y la confianza de los consumidores. +Por último, desde el punto de vista de las políticas activas en materia de mercado de trabajo, formación y recualificación, líneas directrices todas ellas importantes, me parece insuficiente el nivel de convergencia en indicadores fiables de la eficacia de estas políticas dentro de los planes nacionales de empleo, en que la dimensión de las Instituciones comunitarias está en todo caso vinculada a controles de éxito y de resultado. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, estimados colegas, creo que es inteligente y obligado iniciar esta breve aportación al debate sobre las directrices del empleo felicitándonos todos por los buenos datos que ofrece la realidad europea y agradeciendo el trabajo de todos los que han empeñado lo mejor de su inteligencia en hacer posible el que, por fin, podamos tener un proceso de coordinación en materia de empleo, tal y como señala el artículo 128 del Tratado de Amsterdam. +Ahora bien, en relación con el del informe Dimitrakopoulos, Leinen, para que por lo menos pueda haber una intervención por grupo en un informe tan importante, yo propondría que en este caso se suprimiera el turno de preguntas al Consejo, con lo cual todos los grupos podrían expresarse, porque es una cuestión muy importante para el Parlamento. +La fecha de fines del 2002 permitiría a la Comisión hacer una valoración total de los efectos de los nuevos ciclos de pruebas tipo de aprobación, que se introducirán desde el año próximo para la regulación de las emisiones de partículas contaminantes de los nuevos vehículos europeos. +Quiero manifestar que las enmiendas números 3 y 5 van a ser sustituidas por nuevas enmiendas que modifican el considerando 18 y los artículos 5, 6 y 7 para adaptar el texto que presentamos a la redacción que ha elaborado el Comité de Conciliación Sócrates y que va a suponer una solución horizontal para los comités en la mayoría de los programas. +Sin embargo, mi Grupo lo ha aprobado con grandes reparos y sólo porque el Consejo ha reconocido y ha utilizado como fundamento la definición de la Organización Mundial. de la Salud , según la cual el concepto de salud ha de ser considerado como un estado de pleno bienestar corporal, espiritual y social, y no sólo como la ausencia de enfermedad y de debilidad. +La Comisión estudiará atentamente los informes de este debate, y emprenderá la acción necesaria para satisfacer las preocupaciones del Parlamento, no sólo para celebrar el décimo aniversario de la Convención sino también para mejorar políticas concretas, a fin de cumplir con los objetivos establecidos en esa Convención. +Es de la opinión de que la Presidencia finlandesa y, eventualmente, la siguiente, la Presidencia portuguesa, tienen la preocupación de que, por ejemplo, Gran Bretaña se pasará al campo enemigo en la disputa sobre los derechos de coparticipación de los trabajadores en la sociedad anónima europea? +Pero dado que hay una demora, que ya se ha lamentado, espero que el tiempo de esa demora se use constructivamente, y que el Consejo y la Comisión, y también el Parlamento, reflexionen sobre la forma de poner las cosas lo mejor posible en lo que sin duda es una esfera clave. +Este modo de proceder del Consejo con los ingresos de la Unión Europea no es pues muy serio -lo que formulo de un modo muy suave- y, ante el próximo proceso de ampliación, puede convertirse en una auténtica hipoteca que nos impida las posibilidades de desarrollo. +A largo plazo, debe existir una relación directa entre la financiación de los gastos de la Unión y los ciudadanos y a aquellos que ahora gritan de nuevo "subida de los impuestos ", les digo adicionalmente que la carga de impuestos y similares no puede aumentar en total para las ciudadanas y ciudadanos y que esta es la posición que ya adoptamos en marzo. +Además, somos de la opinión, y eso ya lo había puesto de manifiesto con anterioridad la Comisión de Control Presupuestario misma, de que es necesario que se creen unas reservas en los gastos destinados al Fondo Europeo de Orientación y de Garantía Agrícola, para poder hacer frente a los gastos imprevistos. +Primeramente, es esencial que los desequilibrios actuales de las participaciones presupuestarias debido a las rebajas que quizás se expliquen históricamente se desmantelen de manera gradual, progresiva, pero pertinaz y que las contribuciones de cada país se adapten a su justa medida desde el punto de vista objetivo y contable. +En la cumbre del Consejo de Berlín se acordaron modificaciones para la parte de los ingresos en lo tocante a la proporción máxima de impuestos sobre el valor añadido que se entrega a la Unión, en lo tocante a la rebaja en la aportación británica y su financiación y en lo tocante a la proporción de los gravámenes agrícolas y aduaneros que los Estados miembros pueden retener. +Señor Presidente, creo que el informe que estamos debatiendo, con sus propuestas, tal como estas tomaron forma en la Comisión de Presupuestos, contribuye a la creación de un medio equilibrado, austero y efectivo para reforzar la disciplina presupuestaria que es asunto de todos y cuya aplicación se garantiza sólo con la colaboración esencial de las instituciones y, por supuesto, con la colaboración de los Estados miembros. +En lo tocante a la cuestión de si los gastos que están previstos en el marco de la ampliación para el sector agrario serán suficientes, sin duda será necesario observar continuamente cómo evoluciona la situación en los Estados candidatos a la adhesión y de qué supuestos se ha partido en Berlín para la apreciación de los gastos necesarios. +Sin embargo, quiero recordar que el Parlamento o la Unión en general han desarrollado durante los años pasados el procedimiento Nootenbom hasta tal punto que las transferencias de créditos a finales de año eran casi imposibles de ver con claridad. Por ello, hemos insistido en este presupuesto rectificativo y suplementario para lograr así una mayor transparencia. +Además del informe de la Sra. Dührkop, hemos oído antes cómo se han debatido los temas de los recursos propios, de la disciplina presupuestaria, y la verdad es que nada de todo ello redundaría en beneficio del contribuyente si no avanzásemos en la eficacia de la lucha contra el fraude. +Se han expuesto tres objetivos: primero, promover la eficiencia energética; segundo, aumentar la participación en la producción de las fuentes energéticas menos contaminantes -la meta es el 12% de renovables en el año 2010-; tercero, reducir las repercusiones medioambientales de la producción y la utilización de productos energéticos. +Hemos hecho inversiones para incrementar el uso de las fuentes de energía renovables y hemos declarado nuestro firme propósito de tener en cuenta las exigencias de una economía energética estable dentro de un proceso de ampliación. +El Comisario Byrne, declaró lo siguiente en su comparecencia: el futuro de las políticas en materia de salud pública no deben circunscribirse a la crisis del momento, que debe haber un alto nivel de protección de la salud en todas las políticas comunitarias que debemos adoptar una actitud preventiva en materia de atención de salud pública. +Estoy seguro de que la Presidenta tendrá a bien escribir, en nombre de la Unión Europea, para felicitar a todas las partes interesadas por sus acciones, su valentía y su determinación de sacar adelante el proceso de paz y el desarme y estoy seguro de que Sus Señorías convendrán conmigo en que la paz en Irlanda del Norte infunde esperanzas a todo el mundo y en todas partes. +No mencionaré la entrega deshonrosa de un anciano de 90 años de parte de Suiza a Francia, puesto que se trata de un país que no es miembro de la Unión Europea, pero mencionaré simplemente las legislaciones cada vez más represivas que pretenden dictar el discurso político e histórico y de las que no deseo que puedan encontrar terreno propicio para extenderse de un Estado europeo a otro. +Por lo que se refiere a la propuesta de directiva, al reducir los plazos de transmisión de los actos judiciales y extrajudiciales de un Estado miembro a otro estamos adoptando un instrumento que permitirá que los procesos judiciales se desarrollen en las mejores condiciones de celeridad y seguridad jurídica preservando los derechos de todos los interesados en las causas. +No aspira sólo a subyugar a un pueblo orgulloso que insiste en definir libremente, él sólo, el camino de su país y el suyo propio, sino que señala, de múltiples maneras, una intención manifiesta de los imperialistas americanos de imponer su voluntad, su ley en las relaciones y actividades económicas y comerciales internacionales. +A propósito de esto, veo por los comunicados de las agencias de noticias de esta tarde que, después de su misión, el Banco Mundial ha calculado que se necesitarán entre 260 millones y 300 millones de dólares de los EE.UU. para la reconstrucción a medio plazo en ese Timor Oriental en ruinas y que procurará que la mayoría de esos fondos los aporten donantes en la conferencia que se celebrará el mes próximo en Tokio. +La mayoría de las medidas que figuran en los anexos II y III son muy eficaces para reducir las pérdidas, por ejemplo, de fósforo resultante de la agricultura y la futura directiva-marco sobre el agua las completará con un instrumento de planes de gestión en el nivel de las cuencas hidrográficas. +Señora Izquierdo Rojo, estoy totalmente de acuerdo y creo que las conclusiones del Consejo Europeo de Tampere subrayan el hecho de que haya un enfoque horizontal entre pilares que abarque las políticas de inmigración y asilo y las otras políticas de la Unión Europea, dentro de las cuales tenemos la política de ayuda al desarrollo. +Estas ayudas se daban con la condición de que las compañías tuvieran una gestión comercial -y por lo tanto no hubiera una presencia de las autoridades de los países o de las administraciones de dichos países-, de que se llevara a cabo el adecuado proceso de reestructuración y de que, al final, se obtuvieran unas compañías rentables y que pudieran desarrollarse sin necesidad de nuevas ayudas públicas. +En el marco del capítulo 24 de las negociaciones de adhesión, que se refiere a la cooperación en los campos de la justicia y asuntos internos, se trató sobre los controles en las fronteras exteriores y la política de visados de la UE. +No deseo repetir todos los puntos que tan bien ha planteado el Alto Representante, pero habida cuenta de que he sido invitado a participar en este debate, lo que me llena de satisfacción, quisiera decir unas palabras sobre la opinión de la Comisión respecto a la creación de una política de seguridad y defensa europea. +Pero las medidas que podemos adoptar con el objetivo de prevenir el conflicto y el sufrimiento humano incluyen además muchas otras cosas, como velar por el cumplimiento de la ley, la creación de instituciones y la política de comercio. +Y si queda otro evidente en el diccionario, es el siguiente: mientras siga siendo responsable de las actuales competencias, ni un papel de fumar, o quizá después del anuncio que hizo ayer David Byrne sobre el tabaco debería decir ningún pañuelo de papel, separará al Comisario de Relaciones Exteriores del Alto Representante. +Entiendo que su opinión es que sí y, en ese caso: ¿Qué opinión le merece la decisión del Consejo de Ministros que, en la primera lectura del presupuesto del año que viene, ha reducido los importes a un nivel inferior al de los importes del año 1996? +Usted se ha referido a la reasignación de los recursos y a la posibilidad de contar con medios apropiados ¿Está de acuerdo conmigo en que, en este momento, la reasignación de los recursos dentro de la Unión Europea es mucho más importante que plantearse el aumento de los límites máximos de defensa? +Desde 1990, desde que se vino abajo el enfrentamiento entre bloques, ha vuelto a ser posible librar guerras regionales convencionales en Europa, que abren de nuevo las puertas a los antiguos enfrentamientos tradicionales entre grupos étnicos, a las disputas por el trazado de las fronteras, etc., y a la reanudación del antiguo ciclo de la violencia. +A lo largo de toda la Ronda del Milenio deberíamos poder formular recomendaciones específicas -de conformidad con el apartado 5 del artículo 97 del Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo- que nos permitan influir sobre los trabajos antes de la conclusión del nuevo Acuerdo, seguir su desarrollo y dejar sentir debidamente el peso de nuestras opiniones. +Las siete normas fundamentales desarrollan los cuatro derechos humanos básicos en el trabajo: el derecho a la libertad de organización y de reunión sin trabas, el derecho de sindicación, el derecho a no realizar trabajos forzosos, el derecho a disfrutar de la niñez. +He enumerado sólo algunos de los aspectos esenciales, cuya importancia también han señalado en repetidas ocasiones otras y otros colegas, porque ninguno de nosotros se cansará de insistir en la necesidad de que los temas relacionados con el medio ambiente y la protección de los consumidores se debatan en el marco de la Organización Mundial de Comercio. +Otro elemento refuerza también los poderes otorgados a la Comisión en el marco de la propuesta en estudio: la posibilidad de reducir el importe de las ayudas directas o de suspender el pago de los adelantos mensuales. +Han obligado al Departamento de Estado a trazar un mapa estratégico de las posibles rutas: la más importante sería la ruta entre el mar Caspio y el puerto turco de Ceyahn que afecta al eje entre Baku y el puerto ruso de Novorossijsk. +Aun cuando sabemos que esto dificultará enormemente para la Unión Europea las conversaciones y negociaciones sobre el incumplimiento del acuerdo comercial y del acuerdo sobre el acero por parte de los rusos. El terrorismo no se puede y no se debe combatir mediante el empleo de la fuerza militar contra todo un pueblo. +Finalmente, mantener el principio de la excepción cultural, que reconoce la posibilidad para la Unión y los Estados miembros de preservar su capacidad para definir con libertad su política cultural audiovisual en nombre del desarrollo de una diversidad viva y enriquecedora. +Esperamos, por último, que el Parlamento Europeo pueda desempeñar un activo papel en la Ronda del Milenio empezando por el conocimiento previo del estudio de la Comisión sobre las hipótesis de impacto de los efectos del nuevo proceso normativo. +Y para que ese libre comercio sea un libre comercio justo, es evidente que tenemos que conciliar las normas comerciales con las normas que se refieren a la protección del medio ambiente, los derechos de los trabajadores, el modelo agrícola europeo o la protección de los consumidores. +Pero creo que si trabajamos unidos de una manera abierta con el objetivo común de mejorar la calidad de vida de todo el mundo, podremos realmente confundir a los críticos de la globalización y demostrar que la globalización y la liberalización pueden ser una auténtica fuerza decisiva para el bien. +Además de afianzar en nuestro propio continente la legitimidad de la actuación de la Unión, la participación del conjunto global de las organizaciones no-gubernamentales puede ayudar a nuestros negociadores a conseguir los objetivos de la Unión. +Aquéllos a quienes preocupan los derechos humanos, la protección de los animales y el medio ambiente tienen unas perspectivas mucho mejores de garantizar mejoras en dichos ámbitos dentro de un marco jurídico y en una Organización Mundial del Comercio, que en una gresca o ley de la selva. +Señor Presidente, en cualquier caso y a todos los efectos, hago constar que he presentado esta solicitud hace tres horas, con mi firma y la del presidente del Grupo Liberal y con el acuerdo del Presidente del Grupo del PPE, aunque no haya firmado. +Y esto supone, entre otras cosas, que el objetivo de la nueva Conferencia Intergubernamental tiene que ser la mejora de las instituciones previa a la recepción de los nuevos miembros, la mejora del modo de funcionamiento de las instituciones y de las políticas europeas. +Por tanto, aquella primera pequeña reforma, en la que solamente había que hablar de la Comisión y de la ponderación de los votos en el Consejo y a la que la Declaración de Colonia había añadido también la posible extensión a mayoría cualificada, no tiene demasiado sentido, responde a una lógica política distinta. +Nosotros, el Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo y los Demócratas Europeos, podemos y queremos colaborar en esta dirección si los problemas del Informe Napolitano se resuelven de una forma razonable, y los problemas están en el límite de lo que nosotros podemos apoyar con nuestro voto, si bien no estamos en modo alguno verdaderamente satisfechos. +Esperamos que el Parlamento frene una vez más este ataque frontal a la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre los refugiados, a la Declaración de Derechos del Niño y a la seguridad jurídica de los ciudadanos de terceros países que se encuentran dentro de las fronteras de la Unión. +Cuando convertimos el Convenio y el Protocolo EURODAC en un Reglamento comunitario, lo modificamos para que estuviera en total consonancia con la legislación comunitaria sobre la protección de datos, incluido el nuevo Artículo 286 del Tratado, que fija las disposiciones de protección de datos para las instituciones comunitarias. +Las dos cuestiones que más parecen haber preocupado al Parlamento son la cuestión de la edad mínima para la toma de huellas digitales y las normas para la destrucción de los datos guardados en la base central de datos. +Si tuviéramos que destruir todos los datos sobre los solicitantes de asilo en cuanto los interesados puedan beneficiarse de cualquier clase de condición jurídica, el Reglamento EURODAC no se aplicaría ya a las situaciones en las que un solicitante de asilo recibe permiso para permanecer en cualquier otra calidad durante un breve espacio de tiempo y, al final de ese período, va a otro Estado miembro y solicita asilo en él. +El debate de hoy podría, no obstante, contribuir a un mejor conocimiento por parte de la Cámara de la creciente amenaza que constituyen las drogas, sobre la base de datos reales y no imaginarios, y coadyuvar a la consecución de mejoras a corto y largo plazo de la crítica situación actual. +Sin más preámbulos, señor Presidente, declaro que estamos de acuerdo, que aprobamos el plan de la Comisión; tenemos, sin embargo, reservas que formular; reservas, que comparte la propia Comisión, debidas a la inexistente evaluación de los programas y al insuficiente planteamiento general en relación con la amenaza real existente. Durante los últimos quince años, señor Presidente, las drogas no constituyen simplemente una amenaza. +Después del Consejo Europeo de Tampere habrá que dar prioridad a la prevención de la delincuencia juvenil, urbana y relacionada con la droga, y a la armonización gradual de la legislación de la Unión Europea sobre el tráfico de drogas ilícitas. +En segundo lugar, el ORD (Órgano de Solución de Diferencias), creado en el seno de la OMC, ha exigido de la Unión Europea que renunciara a sus propias normas en ámbitos tan fundamentales como la seguridad sanitaria y alimentaria o incluso a su política de cooperación en la cuestión del plátano de los países ACP y de las regiones ultraperiféricas. +Hay que volver a examinar la situación de desequilibrio que se desprende del hecho de que únicamente los acuerdos comerciales multilaterales han desembocado en la creación de un organismo de naturaleza judicial, cuando ello no ha sido así ni respecto a los convenios sobre el medio ambiente ni a los de la OIT. +Esta duda se refiere a nuestra capacidad -y a nuestra voluntad real- de convertir a la OMC en un instrumento de regulación, con el fin de pasar de una globalización deseada por unos pocos y padecida por todos a un comercio mundial verdaderamente reglamentado, que beneficie al conjunto del planeta. +Con el argumento de que es necesario simplificar la aplicación del Convenio de Dublín, el Consejo pretende repetir intentos anteriores de cercenar derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos de terceros países mediante la creación de un mecanismo de recogida de huellas digitales controlado por una unidad central, que abarque no sólo a los refugiados y solicitantes de asilo, sino también a todos los ciudadanos de terceros países que se encuentren en situación irregular. +Nosotros apoyamos estos esfuerzos de saneamiento, contribuyendo en las actividades de dos centros científicos y técnicos internacionales, el de Moscú y el de Kiev, y, si fuese necesario, estamos dispuestos a proporcionar una ayuda suplementaria a estos programas, bien entendido que, como ustedes lo han dicho durante el debate, estamos ahora muy cerca del paso al año 2000 y que lo esencial ha sido empezar a preocuparse por ello oportunamente. +Si no tienen futuro, o mejor dicho, no tienen un futuro digno, ya que "están encerrados entre el terror albanés en Kosovo y la repulsión y la discriminación de otros países, con el agravante de que la ayuda humanitaria en la parte central de los Balcanes está llegando a su fin". +Igualmente, acordamos un pleno y total apoyo a los esfuerzos llevados a cabo por la MINUK, para crear una administración civil operacional, en condiciones de asumir las funciones de policía que actualmente están en manos de KFOR y para crear una sociedad multiétnica pacífica, capaz de hacerse cargo de la reconstrucción de Kosovo y del restablecimiento de su sociedad. +En consonancia con declaraciones anteriores, la Comisión Europea ha dejado bien sentado que cualquier nuevo trámite judicial relacionado con la contribución hecha por el Sr. Nikitin al Informe Bellona debe estar en plena conformidad con los principios y las normas de aceptación internacional en materia de justicia y derechos humanos. +El hecho de decir que es intolerable que haya niños obligados a trabajar en lugar de ir a la escuela, que no puedan comer lo suficiente, que los niños sean vendidos como mercancías, que sean víctimas de violencia física o moral por parte de los adultos, ¡es ya un gran paso que, naturalmente, debe traducirse en nuestros actos políticos y en nuestra vida diaria! +Por todo lo antedicho, estimo que esta iniciativa es un paso en la buena dirección, con la utilización de la tecnología moderna de digitalización de imágenes con computadora para ayudar a los organismos encargados de hacer cumplir la ley y a los ministerios del interior a cooperar en toda la Unión. +El debate nos enseña que todo lo que se recoge en nuestro planteamiento no fructifica porque el trabajo conjunto de los gobiernos no basta para hacer una legislación nueva en materia de estructuras de seguridad sobre la base de los problemas que plantea el mercado interior y la velocidad de integración que éste implica. +Yo desearía que este principio de apertura que se ha producido en las relaciones con el Banco siga adelante y que al final podamos llegar a un resultado que sea satisfactorio para el Parlamento y para el Banco Europeo de Inversiones, sin olvidar, como decía anteriormente, que el BEI es una institución financiera que puede dar información sin ninguna restricción de temas de alguna naturaleza. +Sin embargo, como sucede en muchas otras áreas, las razones de que los contratos hayan sido adjudicados a países como Corea son seguramente las condiciones que en ellos existen: por ejemplo, los trabajadores de estos países reciben salarios muy bajos, tienen condiciones laborales y medidas de seguridad muy deficientes e insatisfactorias debido a que la salud y la seguridad de los trabajadores no son una prioridad. +Sin embargo, parece que ahora los funcionarios del la Dirección General de Competencia de la Comisión tienen el firme propósito de interpretar el programa en cuestión como ayuda a los astilleros, aunque el programa no afecta a la competitividad de los mismos, ya que el barco que se beneficie de la ayuda podrá encargarse en cualquier país. +Para terminar, deseo preguntarle al señor Comisario Liikanen, cómo puede ser posible para un Estado miembro trazar una política de navegación, si no se puede confiar en la instrucciones dadas por la Comisión ¿ Cómo la Comisión en su correspondencia reciente con las autoridades gubernamentales ha considerado las Actas de adhesión de Finlandia con miras a la mencionada política?. +Señora Doyle, le agradezco su intervención y debo decirle que me he permitido adelantarme al deseo de Su Señoría y, en nombre del Parlamento Europeo, ya he escrito a todos los jefes de los principales partidos norirlandeses para comunicarles la admiración que sentimos por lo que han logrado y enviarles nuestros mejores deseos, los más calurosos, para la continuación con éxito del proceso de paz. +Sin nuestro reconocimiento, algunos de estos países podrían desmoralizarse y volvernos la espalda: sus economías empezarían a divergir y los avances hacia la democracia y el respeto de los derechos humanos correrían el riesgo de detenerse y se perdería tal vez para siempre una gran ocasión histórica. +Sin embargo, declaro con la misma firmeza que si existe el riesgo de que la ampliación conduzca a la disolución o una desvirtuación de la Unión Europea, en el sentido de que acabemos siendo sólo una administración económica y financiera, pero no una Unión política, si la ampliación entrañase este riesgo, entonces tendríamos que rechazarla. +Señor Presidente, señora Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, señor Presidente de la Comisión, Señorías, espero que la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo tenga tiempo para leer, antes de la cumbre, nuestra resolución sobre la misma y también el informe que aprobamos sobre la Conferencia Intergubernamental el mes de noviembre, porque he echado en falta un poco la reflexión sobre algunos de los argumentos que para nosotros son absolutamente claves. +El Consejo se apresta a excluir - así lo creemos - de manera vergonzosa al Parlamento Europeo de la Conferencia Intergubernamental y, sobre todo, se dispone a asegurar que la Conferencia se ocupe sólo de tres puntos de mejoramiento funcional de las Instituciones y, por lo tanto, a dejar del todo inalterado ese incomprensible castillo de naipes que son los Tratados de la Unión. +Por último, quiero expresarle a la Sra. Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo mis más sinceras felicitaciones porque ha conseguido, sin necesidad de modificar la normativa, cosa que no se había conseguido todavía, incrementar claramente la transparencia en la Unión Europea y, en particular, en el proceso de toma de decisiones del Consejo. +Asimismo, ante la multiplicación de los sistemas de fichaje (Europol, Eurodac), el Parlamento Europeo debería haber reiterado su petición de que viera la luz una comisión independiente sobre informática y libertades a fin de preservar nuestras libertades individuales, además del control democrático y jurisdiccional. +De los temas que nos ha expuesto la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo, el tema del diseño en el nuevo marco de la ampliación no plantea problemas ni a este Parlamento ni a la propuesta de la Comisión, ni tampoco al Consejo de ministros. +Dicha comunicación, que la Comisión prevé adoptar en el primer semestre del 2000, completará el informe del Consejo sobre los derechos humanos, ya que se ocupará sobre todo de las acciones concretas que puede emprender la Comunidad para promover el respeto de los derechos humanos en terceros países, con objeto de respaldar nuestras declaraciones y darles consistencia mediante iniciativas serias y concretas. +(A5-0070/1999) del Sr. Morillon, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo relativo a la realización de acciones encaminadas a profundizar la Unión Aduanera CE-Turquía (COM(1998) 600 -C4-0669/1998 - 1998/0299(CNS)). +Sin embargo, la Comisión de Medio Ambiente no está de acuerdo con la intención de la Comisión de conceder en cierto modo un cheque en blanco que permite excepciones sin límite. En efecto, la propuesta prevé que los países que tengan lo que se designa como problemas socioeconómicos puedan solicitar un período transitorio de cinco años, que a continuación podría prorrogarse otros cinco años más. +Yo creo que si lo conseguimos y la Comisión, como espero, también puede hacer suyas las propuestas de nuestra comisión, habremos marcado verdaderamente un hito en la mejora de la calidad del aire ambiente y también habremos contribuido mucho a dejar claro que a las sustancias carcinógenas no se les ha perdido nada en el medio ambiente. +La propuesta hecha por la Comisión Europea, reforzada por el informe de la Sra. Breyer, que va más lejos, plantea el principio de la evaluación y la gestión de la calidad del aire ambiente por lo que se refiere a dos fuentes contaminantes importantes -el benceno y el monóxido de carbono- producidas las dos por la circulación por carretera. +La Comisión puede aceptar la enmienda 15 en parte y considera que esta propuesta debería ajustarse a la Directiva 1999/30 insertando las palabras "en aquellos casos en que exista más de una estación de medición en la zona o en el núcleo urbano, al menos una debe estar situada cerca del tráfico y al menos otra debe estar orientada hacia el fondo urbano" . +La propuesta de la Comisión contemplaba un calendario de ejecución demasiado rápido, y, por esta razón, se ha prorrogado la entrada en vigor de la directiva hasta el año 2003, fecha en que los Estados miembros habrán podido adecuar sus legislaciones a los requisitos de esta directiva. +En ningún caso, ni la Comisión de Agricultura ni este Parlamento pretenden que no se le facilite a Portugal esta cuota suplementaria para que vaya adaptándose y haciéndose cada vez más competitivo en su producción de tomate, pero sí sería una ocasión importante para pasar del sistema de cuotas al de umbrales por países. +Hoy quisiera acompañar mi intervención con un par de consideraciones que, a mi parecer, no se refieren a una cuestión exclusivamente técnica, sino que también representan un enfoque fundamental, pues pienso que también en el ámbito de la política agraria deberíamos razonar en términos mucho más globales, ya desde su planteamiento. +Es bueno que en el diálogo monetario del Parlamento Europeo con el Banco Central Europeo se haga patente, se haga transparente una y otra vez, cuán importante es la estabilidad de los precios para esta autoridad monetaria independiente, y que, por ello, ésta se preocupe de que este objetivo se imponga manteniendo la cercanía al ciudadano. +Por tanto, la preferencia comunitaria constituye para los socialistas nuestro compromiso con el sector de la pesca comunitario, con nuestra gente, con los pescadores, los trabajadores de la industria pesquera y los armadores, que esperan poder mantener su actividad y sus puestos de trabajo. +Informe (A5-0070/1999) del Sr. Morillon, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo relativo a la realización de acciones encaminadas a profundizar la Unión Aduanera CE-Turquía (COM(98) 600 - C4-0669/98 - 1998/0299(CNS)) +Lejos de identificarse con los adalides de sus propios países en la guerra económica planetaria, unos y otros fustigaban juntos el capitalismo de las multinacionales, la rentabilidad a ultranza, la mercantilización de la naturaleza hasta el patentado de los seres vivos, la nivelación de las culturas, el ahondamiento de las desigualdades prácticamente en todas partes y, en particular, entre el Norte y el Sur. +Señor Comisario, Seattle no ha fracasado ni por lo inadecuado de la Organización Común de Mercados ni por la campaña electoral de los Estados Unidos que también ha contribuido al fracaso: Seattle ha fracasado porque la voluntad política de los países más importantes era frenar el comercio internacional, en lugar de acelerarlo. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, creo que Europa con su tradición secular de la economía de mercado, del libre comercio y de la libertad económica -que es libertad sin adjetivos- debe afirmar que el objetivo de la integración de los mercados y de la libertad de comercio es un objetivo de por sí que ha de conquistarse para nosotros y para todos los demás países. +Señor Presidente, las negociaciones de Seattle permitieron poner de relieve cierta apertura política a algunas de las posiciones de la Unión Europea sobre el expediente agrícola, como en el caso de las preocupaciones medioambientales, la inocuidad de los alimentos o el desarrollo de las comunidades rurales. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0092/1999) del Sr. Busk, en nombre de la Comisión de Pesca, sobre la propuesta de Reglamento (CE) del Consejo por el que se establecen medidas de control aplicables en la zona del Convenio sobre la futura cooperación multilateral en los caladeros del Atlántico nororiental (COM(1999) 345 - C5-0201/1999 - 1999/0138(CNS)). +Es una directiva importante, en primer lugar, porque -como ha dicho el ponente- es uno de esos casos de acierto pleno de puesta en marcha de las posibilidades que otorgaba el antiguo artículo 138 B del Tratado de Maastricht, es decir: que este Parlamento lance una iniciativa que sea retomada por la Comisión y seguida por el Consejo. +Además, los cálculos sobre la apreciación de las necesidades del permiso de tránsito, se basan en el tráfico actual por los Alpes, principalmente por Austria, sin tener en cuenta que este tráfico está regulado por el sistema limitativo de ecopuntos, en el que se han calculado otras analogías cuantitativas para los Estados miembros. +Muchas de las enmiendas van encaminadas a acortar los plazos para la eliminación por etapas de los hidroclorofluorocarburos y el bromuro de metilo, objetivo que ciertamente comparte la Comisión a la luz de su importante y creciente contribución a la lucha contra el agotamiento de la capa de ozono. +Con todo, me es grato anunciarles que los esfuerzos de la Comisión para garantizar que el Parlamento Europeo pudiera desempeñar el papel que le corresponde en la Conferencia Intergubernamental han sido recompensados: el Parlamento tendrá un estatuto de observador de pleno derecho en el grupo de los representantes personales. +En la Carta se incluye la propuesta de la Unión Europea sobre un modelo de cooperación entre las organizaciones internacionales, denominado plataforma, que se aplicaría, sobre todo, en la prevención y gestión de crisis, y que reforzaría la capacidad de la Organización para actuar con rapidez en la gestión no militar de crisis. +Sin embargo, me hubiese parecido más prudente que, aun tratándose de una Cumbre dedicada a la ampliación, se hubiesen situado en un primer plano el conjunto de temas relativos a la Conferencia Intergubernamental, resaltando de este modo que ni la más modesta ampliación podrá funcionar si antes no se resuelven las cuestiones pendientes y los temas institucionales. +Ya hemos conseguido abrir un poco la puerta, pero, francamente, debemos señalar que la Cumbre de Helsinki no ha adoptado las recomendaciones realizadas por el Comité de Expertos, presidido por el Sr. Dehaene y basadas en las excelentes propuestas que preparó la Comisión Europea bajo la dirección del Comisario Barnier. +Hay algunos progresos y los podemos analizar con serenidad: dos representantes del Parlamento Europeo participarán en todas las sesiones de negociación y podrán intervenir al principio de cada reunión de la Conferencia Intergubernamental; asimismo, en cada reunión de este tipo habrán conversaciones entre el Presidente del Parlamento y los jefes de Estado y de Gobierno. +Lo que pretendemos es que, con este programa, en los próximos cinco años la cuota global de los productos audiovisuales de origen europeo aumente en gran medida mediante una política de apoyo a la creación, la producción y la difusión de productos audiovisuales auténticamente europeos. +Asunto: Carta de los derechos fundamentales de la UE Desde el punto de vista de la Comisión, ¿debería ser vinculante a efectos jurídicos la Carta de los derechos fundamentales de la UE que se está redactando bajo el mandato de la Cumbre de Tampere debería ser vinculante a efectos jurídicos? +La Comisión inició una serie de acciones especiales para apoyar a las autoridades nacionales participantes en la lucha contra el tráfico nuclear ilícito procedente tanto de los Estados miembros de la UE como de los Estados candidatos, incluidos seminarios, programas de formación y asistencia técnica. +Entiendo los argumentos constitucionales, los argumentos políticos, pero inténtese explicarlos a alguien que carece de un techo sobre su cabeza en Kosovo, inténtese explicarlos a un pensionista que quiere recibir el subsidio social en Montenegro, inténtese explicarlos a alguien de la ARYM que piense que las difíciles medidas que se han adoptado en ese país en los últimos años merecen bastante más apoyo de la Unión Europea. +Nosotros seguimos manteniendo la oferta que ya realizó el Parlamento, con una simbiosis de disciplina presupuestaria, por un lado, y por el otro lado, la voluntad de considerar recortes muy concretos y no lineales, como pretendían ustedes, y de contemplar al mismo tiempo las prioridades políticas necesarias y financiarlas. +Por otra parte, el Presidente del Tribunal de Cuentas ha dedicado ayer, en este recinto, «la persistencia de la cultura del gastos en el seno de la Comunidad, que está más preocupada por el volumen de los gastos que por su calidad». +Señor Presidente, con la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam han aumentado considerablemente las atribuciones del Parlamento Europeo, que ha asumido nuevos poderes de codecisión en la esfera de la prevención y la lucha contra los fraudes lesivos para los intereses financieros de la Comunidad. +Por eso, ya es hora de acabar con compartimentos estancos entre la Política Agraria Común, los Fondos estructurales, los recursos propios de la Comunidad y sus políticas internas y externas y asegurar que existe un solo peso y una sola medida para todos ellos. +La decisión de llevar a cabo acciones visibles satisface la condición de evidenciar el papel positivo de la Unión Europea con respecto a los escombros que hace diez años dejó tras de sí el comunismo y pone a prueba la bondad del sistema democrático occidental frente al fracasado dirigismo anterior. +En segundo lugar, también me ha preocupado que, en realidad, el Comisario no proponga dar mucho apoyo a las ONG, y esto es, exactamente, lo que dice mucha gente que trabaja en proyectos favorables a la democracia: que van a parar al apartado del presupuesto que se refiere a la democracia y a los derechos humanos, en lugar de conseguir mayor eficacia dentro de otros proyectos. +Señor Presidente, la presente recomendación invita al Parlamento a emitir su dictamen conforme sobre la propuesta del Consejo relativa a la armonización técnica en el sector del automóvil considerándola un factor importante para el desarrollo del mercado mundial. +No sé si se trataba de un intento diabólico de mi amigo italiano Sr. Dell' Alba para que abandonemos Estrasburgo, si fueron mis colegas Conservadores del Reino Unido que equivocaron el día de la visita del Presidente Chirac o si se trataba de un regalo navideño de chocolatinas belgas que ahora estarán pegadas a las paredes del patio. +Además, creo -y lo deploro- que hay un gran ausente en esta resolución: son los ciudadanos, puesto que no debemos olvidar que más allá de las medidas que puedan tomar los Estados de la Unión, son los ciudadanos, los consumidores, quienes, a través de sus hábitos, de sus comportamientos, inducirán el cambio y lo impondrán a los responsables. +Desearía que nuestro Parlamento expresara nuevamente sus reservas expresas con respecto al sistema de los derechos de contaminación, el mecanismo de flexibilidad, puesto que, si bien queremos resolver el enorme problema del efecto invernadero, no podemos aceptar este proceso en que todo puede comprarse o venderse y en que se pueden comprar los derechos de contaminación. +El abandono de la energía nuclear puede ser el tema de conversación de los populistas en los países desarrollados de Europa y en este Parlamento, de los populistas a ultranza. No existe alternativa realista en ningún lugar, ni siquiera en los países hacia los que la Unión se ampliará en el futuro. +Señor Presidente, el Partido Popular Europeo ha afirmado repetidas veces que consideraba fundamental la adopción por parte del Consejo y de la Comisión de una posición pública antes del día 20 de diciembre, fecha en que se producirá la transmisión de soberanía del territorio de Macao a la República Popular de China. +La declaración conjunta luso-china -a la que ya se ha referido aquí el Comisario Patten- es una buena declaración y en ella figuran, en conjunto, las grandes líneas que pueden orientar el territorio de Macao en los próximos 50 años como zona específica, con su propia especificidad dentro de la totalidad china, es decir, respetando toda la legislación que aplicaron los portugueses en Macao. +- Informe (A5-0091/1999) del Sr. Chichester, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se modifica la Directiva del Consejo 80/181/CEE relativa a la aproximación de las legislaciones de los Estados miembros sobre unidades de medida (COM(1999) 40 - C4-0076/1999 - 1999/0014(COD)) +Informe (A5-0075/1999) del Sr. Aparicio Sánchez, en nombre de la Comisión de Transportes, Política Regional y Turismo, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo (CE) por el que se establece la distribución de permisos para los vehículos de transporte pesado de mercancías que circulen por Suiza (COM(1999)35 - C5-0054/1999 - 1999/0022(COD)) +En otras palabras, si la ampliación funciona, si el programa de la Agenda 2000 logra mejorar la situación económica de los países de la Europa central y oriental, ello reducirá por sí mismo el flujo de refugiados económicos procedentes de dichos países a los actuales Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. +Probablemente, cabría indicar aún sobre este asunto que una de las condiciones previas importantes para aprobar la financiación de todos los proyectos revisados y elaborados por el Banco Europeo de Inversiones es que se tome en cuenta el punto de vista ecológico, y así se hizo en el caso del proyecto Gardaland. +¿Es consciente el Consejo de que este problema afecta a la información que se facilita en la prensa sobre los resultados de las sesiones plenarias del Parlamento, puesto que los periodistas únicamente pueden estar en un sitio al mismo tiempo (y normalmente se da prioridad a las reuniones del Consejo en Bruselas? +La Presidencia finlandesa exigió a la comunidad internacional en la sesión de la 54 Asamblea General de la ONU que encuentre las soluciones y las respuestas oportunas para afrontar los nuevos e imprevisibles retos en el marco del Derecho humanitario. +Señor Presidente, la prevención y la lucha contra el tráfico ilegal de materiales apropiados para la construcción de armas atómicas, bacteriológicas y químicas es el objetivo de la cooperación entre las autoridades aduaneras, judiciales y policiales en el marco de la cooperación de la Unión en materia de delincuencia, objetivo que intenta alcanzarse directamente o bien a través de EUROPOL. +Desde este punto de vista quiero señalar que hace algunos días, cuando en Helsinki se adoptó la decisión política de ampliar la Unión Europea, con toda corrección se fijaron los criterios políticos de la Europa de los quince, los criterios de Copenhague, pero hay que considerar que los nuevos países candidatos a la adhesión tienen problemas que hasta ahora los quince no tenían. +Para que los ciudadanos tengan la posibilidad de controlar que la aplicación de ley por parte del Tribunal de Justicia cumple los criterios de independencia y objetividad, tradicionalmente inherentes al sistema judicial, sería necesario que la aplicación de la ley ocurriera con transparencia. +Todo el que estuvo presente en las diferentes comisiones durante la deliberación previa de los informes Von Wogau, Rapkay, Jonckheer y Langen sabe hasta qué punto la política de competencia y el futuro de la política del mercado interior inciden en el futuro desarrollo de la economía, el crecimiento y el empleo de Europa. +Señor Presidente, acojo con beneplácito esta oportunidad para hacer una breve contribución a este debate y comenzar con la observación de que una solución pronta y satisfactoria de la controversia sobre la inocuidad de los alimentos reviste importancia primordial para los consumidores, para nuestros ganaderos y, de hecho, para la industria alimentaria. +La Comisión no puede aceptar la enmienda propuesta de suprimir el requisito de un debate real entre el Parlamento, el Consejo y la Comisión sobre la propuesta principal basada en el artículo 152 del Tratado. +Por tanto, en el Acta y en el Acta Literal de la sesión, tanto a propósito de la intervención sobre Macao como en el Acta Literal, a propósito de la interpelación a la Mesa con ocasión de la resolución sobre Chechenia, yo aparezco identificado como Luís Queiró, mi colega que se sienta en el escaño 571, y no con mi propio nombre, Ribeiro e Castro, que me siento en el escaño 662. +En mi opinión el primer punto es que se subraye la importancia del comercio del libro especializado, que apostemos por la calidad y no por la cantidad, que necesitamos el asesoramiento especializado y una oferta especial de la bibliografía científica y especializada, así como un servicio y atención individualizados. +Si en el apartado 4º de la resolución se incluye que se desplazará una delegación a Kuwait, también deberá tratarse la problemática de la Administración local, así como la cuestión del procedimiento, porque resulta extraordinariamente torpe que una proposición de ley de esta envergadura no pudiera aprobarse por una falta de procedimiento. +El Fondo se creó para promover el desarrollo urbano y rural, el desarrollo de las comunidades, para aumentar las cualidades y para mejorar la calidad del medio ambiente; las justificaciones citadas en las enmiendas de los Verdes son falsas. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0083/1999) del Sr. Xaver Mayer, en nombre de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, sobre la propuesta de reglamento (CE) del Consejo que modifica el Reglamento (CEE) 1696/71 por el que se establece la organización común de mercados en el sector del lúpulo (COM(1999) 302 ­ C5­0081/1999 ­ 1999/0128(CNS)) +En mi opinión este espacio constituye los Balcanes del futuro, unos Balcanes a escala mundial. Y por tal razón es de interés vital para nosotros, tanto más cuanto que allí tiene asiento una serie de potencias nucleares, estabilizar aquel espacio e impedir que los conflictos étnicos de allí tengan efectos sobre todo el mundo. +En todo caso deseo tranquilizar a todos los honorables diputados, al igual que lo he hecho con los países candidatos, con la certeza de que por nuestra parte la, llamémosla, crisis institucional a la que nos enfrentamos en este momento y que naturalmente repercute también en cierto sentido en el trabajo de la Comisión, no debe llevar y no llevará a retrasos en el proceso de la ampliación. +Quisiera concluir diciendo, también a los propios países candidatos a la integración, que ha sido y sigue siendo, también hoy, nuestra filosofía que debe valorarse cada país candidato por sus propios méritos y por sus propios progresos, aunque esto pueda conducir a cierta diferenciación, a la vez que es especialmente importante que dejemos claro que, mientras algunos en un momento determinado puedan haber avanzado más que otros, toda la familia de la ampliación seguirá siendo una sola familia. +En cuanto a la postura de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y de Política Industrial constato que a grandes rasgos comparte la opinión de la Comisión cuando ésta afirma que las modificaciones propuestas permitirán que en el futuro la política en materia de competencia se ajustará más a la realidad económica. +Como éste es probablemente mi último discurso ante el Parlamento Europeo reunido en sesión plenaria, quisiera dar gracias a todas las personas con las que he trabajado durante los 15 años que he formado parte del Parlamento Europeo y, en particular, a los buenos ciudadanos del Greater Manchester Central, a los que he tenido el honor de representar desde 1984 en el marco del sistema de circunscripciones individuales. +La Comisión comparte asimismo la importancia que su ponente y el mismo Defensor del Pueblo atribuyen al fortalecimiento de la confianza de los ciudadanos en las Instituciones europeas, en particular cuando los ciudadanos denuncian situaciones que no consideran conformes a las disposiciones europeas. +Cuando dirige una reclamación al Parlamento Europeo, el ciudadano no solo denuncia algo que a su juicio constituye una mala aplicación de la legislación comunitaria, sino que al mismo tiempo expresa su confianza en el Parlamento y las demás Instituciones esperando que éstas reparen la injusticia. +En cuanto a la primera frase del texto, teniendo en cuenta la diversidad de los temas a discutir en el ámbito de «Aduana 2000», la Comisión prefiere dejar a los Estados miembros la posibilidad de participar con más de un representante, al objeto de poder debatir argumentos específicos. +Se trata de una cuestión compleja, especialmente cuando se trata de la cuestión de las tarifas para el uso de carreteras, pero los diputados no deben olvidar que muchos Estados miembros poseen ya planes para fijar un precio a la utilización de las carreteras y que otros países esperan introducirlos. +Paso ahora a nuestro segundo argumento. También rechazamos el concepto de la Comisión porque propugna conscientemente una elaboración y una aplicación en tres fases, lo cual viene a decir que las distorsiones de la competencia entre los modos de transporte y las empresas de los diferentes Estados miembros se mantienen en pie. +La OTAN no puede ser a la vez protagonista en un conflicto y, según el diario Le Monde , interlocutor del UCK, que le proporciona información sobre las posiciones serbias que deben ser destruidas; no puede ser una nueva fuerza policial internacional que cumple con un deber de injerencia y a la vez un organismo humanitario... +Y llega a ser irrisorio que la propuesta de resolución pida (en el apartado 3) la aplicación de las decisiones de las Naciones Unidas o que aplauda (apartado 4) la «iniciativa» del Secretario General de la ONU, Sr. Annan, ¡sin mencionar, aunque fuera en dos palabras, su contenido! +En este marco, resulta particularmente chocante que, por esa razón, no se apliquen los peajes en las zonas metropolitanas, en las que viven las personas con mayores rentas y donde convendría desincentivar la utilización de vehículos privados, y se mantengan en zonas más desfavorecidas en las que, por no haber manifestaciones populares ni costos electorales, se aumentan todos los años. +Desde un punto de vista formal, ésta es una actitud correcta. Después de todo, la Comisión no había presentado oficialmente nuevas propuestas o propuestas modificadas desde el rechazo de la propuesta de la Comisión por el Parlamento Europeo. +Quisiera también felicitar a la ponente, Sra. Thors, por su informe y congratularme de que la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos haya integrado prácticamente todas nuestras propuestas, las propuestas de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios, en su informe. +Al respecto, el ponente sugiere examinar los aspectos favorables a la institución de un Ombudsman , o Defensor, de la Unión Europea para los servicios financieros; yo propondría ir todavía más lejos y examinar más ampliamente las medidas de reclamación de que disponen actualmente los usuarios de servicios financieros en toda la Unión. +El ritmo de los cambios en los mercados y en las intermediaciones financieras ha puesto de manifiesto los posibles límites de un enfoque sectorial y este fenómeno aumenta con el proceso de integración financiera global. +Quiero subrayar que, entre otras cosas, en el texto se pide a la Comisión que elabore una normativa europea, hoy por hoy, lamentablemente inexistente, que garantice elevados estándares de seguridad en los túneles de carreteras y ferroviarios, y al Consejo que adopte sin más demora la propuesta de directiva sobre los controles de los vehículos comerciales. +La Comisión ha impulsado una legislación amplia relativa a las normas para vehículos, de las que también forman parte normas mínimas sobre la inflamabilidad de los vehículos de motor, como parte de su programa legislativo para la homologación UE de los vehículos de motor. +Hacemos realmente un llamamiento a la Comisión Europea para que presione a Indonesia a fin de conseguir que mejore la situación, y presionamos sobre todo a la Comisión Europea para que también se preocupe por que las elecciones se desarrollen bien y por que, en esas elecciones, se concedan derechos a los grupos minoritarios de las islas más pequeñas. +Señor Presidente, los oradores anteriores ya han hecho hincapié en la intolerable actitud del Gobierno de Birmania, que se negó a conceder un visado de entrada al Dr. Michael Aris justo antes de su fallecimiento. También se han referido minuciosamente al apoyo que recibe este espantoso régimen por parte de China. +Señor Presidente, no hay ninguna diferencia de opinión entre la Comisión y esta Casa sobre las continuas y graves violaciones de derechos humanos ocurridas en Birmania. El próximo 26 de abril figurará este país de nuevo en el orden del día del Consejo de Asuntos Generales. +Por otra parte, a la ponente no se le puede negar el mérito de haber insistido en que las medidas propuestas no pueden dar lugar a un encarecimiento del transporte. Añade que en caso de que el resultado fuera efectivamente un aumento de losimpuestos, habría que disminuir en otro lugar la carga para los usuarios del transporte. +Nosotros que somos los responsables de su educación y que, como políticos, deberíamos ser los intérpretes más fieles de las necesidades de los ciudadanos, tenemos la obligación de denunciar los orígenes de esta violencia y definir los métodos de lucha más eficaces. +(DE ) Señor Presidente, me dirijo a ustedes desde mi especial situación, pues soy el único diputado de esta Asamblea que vino al mundo antes de la I Guerra Mundial, que además fue elegido para este Parlamento cuando ya había superado ampliamente la edad de jubilación y que después ha disfrutado de 20 años de vida y trabajo parlamentario. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la pregunta oral (B4-0155/99) de los Sres. Colino Salamanca y Garot, en nombre de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, a la Comisión, sobre el abastecimiento en proteínas vegetales y la situación en la industria del almidón. +En este sentido, la Comisión Europea ha elaborado propuestas de acción sumamente positivas que pretenden fomentar el desarrollo urbano sostenible en la Unión Europea. Así, se prevén incentivos fiscales para la restauración de viviendas y evidentemente se contemplan condiciones especiales para zonas extremamente sensibles, como es el caso de Venecia. +Es el noveno informe de esta legislatura pero no le voy a aburrir con todas las estadísticas; lo lamentable es que no es una cuestión muy agradable realmente y aquí no se trata de una legislación o el fomento de la integración europea, sino de un tema de inmunidad parlamentaria. +Señor Presidente, el problema que nos hace ver la suspensión de las inmunidades de que hoy tratamos no es ni más ni menos que una parte de un problema general. Este problema general es que esta Asamblea no cuenta todavía con un estatuto único para sus diputados. +Otro problema que surgió fue el de que en aquel momento probablemente no hubiera ni una mayoría en la Asamblea para conceder la aprobación de la gestión ni una mayoría absoluta para denegarla, por lo que el Parlamento estaba preso entre esos dos requisitos de mayorías diferentes de su Reglamento. +Evidentemente, el pacto para la estabilidad fue celebrado por nosotros, pero no se nos satisface a todos nosotros con una política de estabilidad que estrangula los presupuestos públicos y que les priva de todo espacio político de maniobra y también de la necesidad de crear condiciones marco en la educación, en la investigación y en la formación profesional. +Terminaré con el tema de la puesta en marcha de las GOPE diciendo que la Comisión espera encarecidamente que, al contrario de lo que ocurrió el año pasado, los Estados miembros puedan, a lo largo de este primer año del euro, ponerse de acuerdo sobre un contenido prescriptivo preciso, operativo y no edulcorado de las grandes orientaciones de la política económica, especialmente en lo relativo a las recomendaciones por países y a la política de empleo. +Tal vez la característica fundamental fuera las deficiencias de la estructura de gestión, que queda muy clara en el párrafo 19 del documento adjunto, en el que se dice: «Las deficiencias en la estructura de gestión propiciaron distorsiones operativas en la aplicación de las políticas». ¿Quién sabe? +En segundo lugar, como ya ha dicho el Sr. Elles, da una indicación al nuevo Parlamento -si bien nunca debemos pretender reinar después de morir y, desde luego, no un ponente que va a abandonar el Parlamento- sobre el tipo de cuestiones que se pueden utilizar para juzgar a la nueva Comisión durante las comparecencias. +Señor Presidente, queridos colegas, con el examen del informe de nuestro colega Brinkhorst sobre el aplazamiento de la aprobación de la gestión para el ejercicio de 1997, nuestra intención no es hurgar en las graves heridas que han devastado a la Comisión estos últimos años forzándola a dimitir. +Temo que su interpretación en sentido contrario tenía un tufillo de campaña electoral en lugar del ejercicio de la razón pura, porque lo que he dicho ha sido muy sencillo: mientras exista la prohibición, no puede haber riesgo para la salud, porque la carne con hormonas no está permitida en la Unión Europea. +Esto permite a los Estados miembros orientar sus experimentos hacia aquellos sectores de los puedan esperar el máximo provecho, si el experimento es más amplio, más datos vamos a tener a posteriori y mayor va a ser la posibilidad de llegar a unas medidas definitivas bien fundadas que conduzcan a la creación de más empleo estable y eso era precisamente de lo que se trataba. +Las experiencias recientes indican que, en cualquier caso, convendría examinar la posibilidad del cese individual, ya sea por iniciativa del Presidente de la Comisión, del Parlamento o del Consejo, con la participación en cada caso de los demás órganos. +Aunque no hay duda de que el Parlamento confirmará mañana su nombramiento -seguro que por una holgada mayoría-, en septiembre deberá hacer frente a una prueba mucho más difícil ante el Parlamento en gran parte renovado y ante el cual, deberá presentar a su Colegio en pleno, así como un programa de acción que no le comprometerá únicamente a usted, a título personal, sino que comprometerá colegialmente a la nueva Comisión en su conjunto. +Si no quiere tropezar en los sucesivos obstáculos que tendrá que sortear, deberá tener muy presente que su legitimidad, como Presidente de la Comisión, es una legitimidad delegada, que será ejercida bajo el control político permanente del Consejo y del Parlamento Europeo, que, política y directamente, son los responsables ante la población europea. +Esta coincidencia, que no estaba prevista en el calendario normal, da a este debate y a la posterior votación un carácter algo dramático, porque, en cierto modo, es el testamento político del primer Parlamento Europeo que fue capaz de presionar a la Comisión saliente hasta el punto de obligarla a dimitir. +Debemos recordar que, si debemos dar una esperanza al Tercer Mundo, respecto al cual ahora tenemos una gran responsabilidad -no podemos olvidar, en efecto, que Europa es la mayor estructura económica del mundo, repito, la mayor estructura económica del mundo- entonces es indudable que también debemos garantizar un orden económico mundial. +La apertura del comercio ha permitido, en los últimos años, unos espacios de crecimiento a algunos países que estaban totalmente excluidos del juego mundial y ha traído consigo -lo entiendo y ha vuelto a recordarse en sus intervenciones- gravísimas consecuencias para algunos sectores europeos y algunos países europeos. +En consecuencia, debemos pedir la imputación de Milosevic; una enorme presión sobre la Sra. Harbour para que explique al fin qué quiere hacer en las próximas horas; el bombardeo informativo y la integración de país que, señor Fischer, estamos pidiendo desde hace más de veinte años, si pensamos que en 1981 Marco Pannella pedía en este Parlamento la incorporación de la que entonces era Yugoslavia en la Comunidad europea. +Yo también ruego a la Comisión y al Consejo que tomen nota de que en nuestra calidad de parlamentarios podemos hacer algo más que celebrar estos debates, que no siempre resultan demasiado interesantes ni estimulantes, y que el Consejo y la Comisión deben incluir más estrechamente a los parlamentarios en la formulación, pero también en la ejecución de la política. +Dado el calendario del Parlamento, el Consejo considera que dicha consulta no es posible si se quiere adoptar la estrategia común en la Cumbre de junio, toda vez que el proyecto definitivo del documento no estará disponible hasta el 17 de mayo. +Yo quisiera resaltar en particular mi oposición a los esfuerzos del ponente para que se aplace la adopción de la estrategia común relativa a nuestras relaciones con Rusia, que es de la máxima importancia en estos momentos, puesto que dicha estrategia rebasa con creces el marco de las relaciones bilaterales con ese país. +Si no aprovechamos ahora la oportunidad para solventar una situación ilegal que está en conflicto con el artículo 6 del Tratado y, entre otras cosas, eliminar la discriminación por motivos de nacionalidad que hemos mantenido desde hace años, ya no se volverá a presentar la ocasión; ahora podemos hacerlo en justicia y en concertación con el Consejo. +Puede ser que su exposición de motivos técnico-jurídica haya sido buena, pero tengo la impresión de que algunos de sus partidarios esconden una motivación oculta y que lo que realmente no quieren es que se toque a algunos de sus privilegios. Porque se sirven de una serie de argumentos muy extraños. +Acerca de los edificios quisiera dejar también algo claro -esto va dirigido a usted, señora Presidenta, y a la Presidencia: Hemos declarado nuestra disposición a asumir finalmente las promociones ad personam , que se presentaron en una enmienda entregada a la Sra. Müller, bajo la condición de que la Presidencia cumpla lo acordado y realice la financiación de los edificios en un plazo de 10 años. +Lo hacemos esencialmente porque aceptamos que Internet es una forma sorprendentemente excitante de realizar nuevas transacciones -expandir el comercio, la industria y el empleo en el seno de la Comunidad- pero nunca a costa de los consumidores individuales en ningún Estado miembro de la Unión y, en la medida de lo posible, protegiéndolos no sólo dentro de las fronteras de la Unión, sino también fuera de éstas. +De modo que esta propuesta de directiva sobre las medidas que han de adoptarse en contra de la contaminación procedente de los motores destinados a propulsar los tractores sigue las orientaciones de la directiva de 1997 sobre las emisiones procedentes de los motores instalados en las máquinas móviles no de carretera. +El equilibrio entre las instituciones europeas, en efecto, ha cambiado para ser el que los Tratados de Maastricht y Amsterdam pretendían: es decir, hemos llegado a una Comisión cuyo nombramiento y acción política no se basan ya sólo en la confianza del Consejo sino de modo decisivo en la confianza del Parlamento. +Y el que hayamos alcanzado esa condición de Parlamento maduro y adulto es muy importante para la democracia, porque la democracia no funciona sólo con buenas intenciones o con aportaciones personales, como todos sabemos, sino con instituciones que van más allá de los seres humanos, que hacen que el trabajo de los diputados que no van a volver tenga continuidad en otros diputados. +Naturalmente, es un poco difícil que el Consejo felicite al Presidente del Parlamento, pues si las alabanzas son demasiado intensas se interpreta como si hubiese hecho algo mal. Por ello, quiero decir que usted es un interlocutor del Consejo, un interlocutor incómodo, conciliador pero inflexible cuando se trata de la defensa de los derechos del Parlamento. +En Colonia se tratarán las siguientes cuestiones: primera, el Pacto Europeo por el Empleo; segunda, el calendario para la reforma institucional en ciernes; tercera, la Carta Europea de Derechos Fundamentales; cuarta, la estrategia común para Rusia y quinta, el desarrollo de la Política Europea de Seguridad y de Defensa. +Está claro que la defensa colectiva en Europa va a seguir siendo tarea de la OTAN, pero la Unión Europea debe desarrollar la capacidad también para una propia gestión militar de crisis cuando desde la perspectiva de la Unión o de la UEO exista necesidad de actuar y cuando los norteamericanos no quieran o no puedan participar. +Pedimos, al igual que en el texto del mes de noviembre de 1997, esto es, en la resolución Méndez De Vigo y Tsatsos, un documento de la Comisión que pueda constituir la base de una concertación interinstitucional en la que estén implicados los representantes de la sociedad civil, los parlamentos nacionales y las regiones. +Y yo creo que, si la Comisión está en esa línea, si el Parlamento Europeo está en esa línea, si los Parlamentos nacionales han sido involucrados, la legitimidad que tendrá ese documento será enorme, y cualquier Presidencia en ejercicio y los Gobiernos podrán aceptar un documento de reflexión. +Considero que está encima de la mesa la necesidad de una coordinación efectiva de las políticas económicas y de un pacto para el empleo, lo que exige la voluntad política de utilizar para ese fin las posibilidades creadas por el euro. +Los discursos pronunciados en el Parlamento han perfilado poco a poco los contornos de un pensamiento sobre Europa con muchos aspectos positivos, en particular el deseo de garantizar la autonomía de la Comisión y llevar a cabo una profunda reforma de sus usos administrativos. +Naturalmente, es también un gran éxito en el balance de nuestro grupo político, pues la enmienda del Grupo de los Verdes ha sido la única que ha obtenido una mayoría absoluta y que ha hecho que la Comisión y también el Consejo se muevan. +En los últimos años hemos asistido a sucesivas posiciones de la Organización Mundial del Comercio en asuntos relativos al comercio de bienes agrícolas y alimentarios y a la extraña coincidencia de esas posiciones con los intereses y presiones de los Estados Unidos de América. +El caso del plátano revela que el interés de las firmas multinacionales cuenta mil veces más que el desarrollo de los pueblos, y el mercado gana la mano a las necesarias solidaridades que hay que desarrollar en el seno de una comunidad política. +Efectivamente, en lo que respecta al conflicto relativo al plátano, en nombre del liberalismo y de la globalización de los intercambios, los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea pierden su capacidad para operar una política específica y privilegiada con algunos países en vías de desarrollo con los cuales manteníamos intercambios históricos. +Precisamente en el caso del Fondo social, que produce con creces unos grandes servicios a Europa, ya sea en la política sobre minusválidos, en la política preventiva de mercado laboral o en las ayudas a las mujeres, muchas cosas han sido muy cuestionadas hasta el último momento. +Quiero expresar mis felicitaciones en especial a los ponentes, la Sra. McCarthy, el Sr. Hatzidakis, el Sr. Collins, el Sr. Walter, el Sr. Barón Crespo y el Sr. Arias Cañete, también en su calidad de presidente de la Comisión de Política Regional. +Aparte del útil incremento de fondos, el nuevo reglamento financiero supone un importante avance por ser un instrumento adecuado para proporcionar financiación a largo plazo para proyectos a largo plazo, porque incluye programación plurianual, lo que significa que los promotores de los proyectos podrán planificar con una seguridad sin precedentes sobre la financiación que pueden esperar con cargo al presupuesto para las redes transeuropeas. +Así debe ser, si queremos el mantenimiento del modelo social europeo -del que podemos enorgullecernos-, pero con la idea de que debe ser un modelo realista, en el que la mejora de las condiciones de trabajo sea un reflejo de la mejora de las condiciones de productividad. +Se están llevando a cabo en cooperación con las pertinentes organizaciones internacionales e iniciativas regionales y, en especial, con los Estados de la región, con el objetivo de realizar una Conferencia sobre el pacto de estabilidad para el Sureste de Europa a nivel de altos funcionarios que será convocada por la Presidencia de la Unión Europea en Bonn el 27-5-1999. +La posición de la Comisión de Agricultura tampoco ha supuesto un avance en este sentido y vuelvo a tener que lamentar la declaración de inadmisibilidad de una enmienda de mi Grupo en relación al tema de las modulaciones de las ayudas. +Creo que ha sido uno de los mayores éxitos de este Parlamento, pero no hay que olvidar por ello que, en lo que al reglamento de aplicación se refiere -y esta es la segunda parte del Informe Arias-, aún debemos asegurar la continuidad de ciertas acciones; continuidad sin la cual, en mi opinión, la política estructural pesquera pierde gran parte de su sentido. +Vamos a hacer uso de este poder, señor Presidente, y quisiera advertir al Consejo que estamos decididos a hacerlo para garantizar, en primer lugar, la apertura y la transparencia -y aquí me congratulo por los esfuerzos que ha realizado a este respecto el grupo de trabajo del Consejo- y, en segundo lugar, para garantizar que existe una ecuanimidad entre el Parlamento y el Consejo. +De hecho, consideramos que la posición común del Consejo representa un paso adelante para lograr una mejor protección de la salud y la seguridad de los trabajadores expuestos a los riesgos de atmósferas explosivas, que provocan accidentes fatales cada día. +Este acuerdo, que incluye los objetivos comerciales del acuerdo interino, incorpora una filosofía social, una panoplia de posibilidades para la cooperación en cuestiones tales como la formación profesional, el desarrollo regional o el apoyo a la diversidad cultural. +Y por último, señor Presidente, por todas estas razones, quisiera decir que mi Grupo es partidario de que el Parlamento Europeo apruebe este dictamen conforme, y con la misma decisión y con la misma dureza con la que nosotros condenamos en su día las violaciones de los derechos humanos que se habían producido en este país, con la misma firmeza, repito, pedimos que en este momento se apoye este dictamen conforme. +En la fase previa a la decisión del Consejo pudo comprobarse cómo parte del personal de la Secretaría del Consejo se opuso frontalmente a la absorción de los empleados de Schengen arguyendo que no habían pasado por el procedimiento de selección habitual. +Formalmente, no necesita consultar al Parlamento, pero políticamente no es correcto, ya que la integración de Schengen en el Tratado, la elección de la base jurídica, determina cómo se desarrollará el futuro acquis y, por tanto, cuál será el papel de la Comisión, el Parlamento y el Tribunal de Justicia. +No olvidemos, sin embargo, que por mucho que el SIS se haya incorporado al tercer pilar en virtud del mecanismo contemplado en el Protocolo de Schengen, la instancia supervisora que veló por la correcta aplicación del Acuerdo de Schengen continuará ejerciendo su labor y garantizará que el Sistema de Información de Schengen respete la protección de los datos personales. +En la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos vamos a echar de menos su actitud abierta, su carácter constructivo e independiente, aun si nosotras dos hemos tenido discrepancias por lo que respecta a mi uso de su lengua materna, el inglés. +Señor Presidente, es una suerte que le tengamos precisamente a usted en este momento de Presidente del Pleno del Parlamento porque este es uno de los últimos informes, si no el último, de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y usted ha sido durante muchos años miembro muy eficaz de esta comisión. +Agradezco a la Comisión el haber cumplido su compromiso de elaborar en el mismo mandato el Libro Verde y el Libro Blanco del comercio, logrando que por primera vez las Instituciones abordaran el sector del comercio en todos sus aspectos. +Su actitud -si permite que esta ley se apruebe por mayoría simple- supondrá que, en el futuro, un viernes por la mañana de un día nublado, con una mayoría de 48 votos contra 47, un Parlamento, por azar, podrá abolir y destruir no sólo las perspectivas financieras, sino el conjunto del edificio de cooperación interinstitucional construido durante los veinte últimos meses. +Pero, en cambio, creo que esta enmienda no es admisible: no se puede aprobar, mediante una enmienda, tras haber discutido un informe que lleva un título diferente, el texto de un acuerdo, que, por otro lado, modifica sensiblemente varias partes del informe, aunque se trate -además de la exposición de motivos- de algunos apartados. +El que hoy nos hayamos abstenido en la votación del informe de la Sra. Miranda de Lage relativo a la decisión del Consejo por la que se establece un acuerdo de asociación económica y de coordinación y colaboración políticas entre la Comunidad Europea y sus Estados miembros por un lado y los Estados Unidos Mexicanos por el otro obedece a varias razones. +Si en la próxima Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas se tomara realmente esta decisión de una moratoria, creo que habremos dirigido un mensaje positivo a todos los países del mundo y habremos planteado un problema también en aquellos países que rechazan afrontar con decisión este tema. +El quinto aspecto quizá sea el más positivo de todo el proceso. Hace unos días un presidente del Tribunal Constitucional ha declarado que muchas de las disposiciones legales de Turquía han de ser modificadas porque atentan contra los derechos humanos, porque atentan contra los derechos de los Estados democráticos. +Se ha elegido un nuevo Presidente en Djibuti. Es un buen momento para recordar que se debe poner fin a las violaciones de derechos humanos, al trato humillante de los presos políticos, a la falta de derechos de esos presos, al hecho de que se les encierre en prisiones sin otorgarles cuidados. +Es con este deseo, señor Presidente, que me permito expresar, a través de su persona, mi agradecimiento a la Mesa por la labor desarrollada en estos cinco años, así como a los colegas, sobre todo los que participan en las reuniones sobre los derechos humanos y los problemas de urgencia, por el trabajo realizado hasta ahora y por todo lo que he aprendido de ellos. +Señor Presidente, no sé qué es lo que habría que hacer desde el punto de vista del procedimiento, pero le pido, a usted que es un entendido en el mismo, que ingenie algún modo de que podamos tener en cuenta este acontecimiento y mostrar que efectivamente estamos al tanto del proceso real en lugar de aferrarnos a unas posturas dogmáticas que no aportan nada nuevo y no contribuyen en nada a resolver esta tragedia. +La Comisión se ha comprometido a continuar con la iniciativa SLIM/INTRASTAT y las acciones EDICOM en favor de las empresas, de conformidad con la posición del Consejo sobre las necesidades de información en el marco de la Unión Económica y Monetaria. +Sobre esta cuestión dije, y por aquel entonces fue al Comisario Cristoffersen: esto no puede seguir así, ya que hay muchos sistemas diferentes de quiebra en la Unión Europea; ya es hora de que podamos crear una sociedad anónima europea, no sólo para regular conjuntamente su creación sino también su disolución. +B4-0338/99 de los diputados Ferrer, Peijs y Chanterie en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo sobre importaciones masivas a bajo precio en el mercado textil europeo, y-B4-0339/99 del diputado Moniz en nombre del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos sobre importaciones masivas a bajo precio en el mercado textil europeo. +Pienso, en concreto, en los instrumentos de defensa comercial de que dispone la Unión Europea para eliminar los obstáculos al comercio de los productos comunitarios y también en las medidas de salvaguardia previstas en los acuerdos de la Ronda Uruguay que, tal vez, la Comisión debería adoptar. +Por otro lado, en la resolución sobre la comunicación de la Comisión relativa al sector textil y de la confección, y en el mismo plan de acción que luego elaboró la Comisión, figura ya una serie de propuestas en esta dirección. +Una importación masiva en condiciones inadecuadas desde diversas zonas, entre otras la asiática, que de una manera más clara nos preocupa (y celebro el comentario especial de la Sra. Gradin), puede dar al traste con las posibilidades de esta industria que -insisto- ha hecho un gran esfuerzo de adaptación. +Ésta consideró que las reducciones de cargas sociales podían falsear la competencia entre productores europeos. Declaró ilegal el plan textil francés, pidió a las empresas reembolsos imposibles de satisfacer y paralizó la ampliación a otros sectores de este dispositivo destinado a salvar empleos. +Concluiré mencionando la preocupación originada, en este sentido, por las primeras declaraciones del Sr. Prodi, que traducen una concepción muy ideológica de la noción de competencia, ya que él asimila cualquier acción reguladora o correctiva que lleve a cabo un Estado a una distorsión de competencia. +Señor Presidente, usted sabe que suelo estar presente en las sesiones de los viernes, pero raramente pido la palabra porque casi siempre estamos con mucha prisa, tenemos que coger los aviones, etc. Hoy, excepcionalmente, siendo el último día de la presente legislatura y teniendo en cuenta lo temprano de la hora, yo, en nombre del Grupo Socialista, quiero expresarle mi reconocimiento por su labor como presidente de sesión. +Señor Presidente, por primera vez después de diez años vamos a votar para elegir al Presidente, o a la Presidenta, del Parlamento Europeo, sin que medie ninguno de esos acuerdos previos entre los Grupos democratacristiano y socialista, que simbolizaban, en mi opinión, una especie de condominio que bloqueaba el debate democrático. +En el seno del Grupo Liberal hemos decidido apoyar su candidatura no para formar una coalición política, sino como expresión política con miras al período parcial de sesiones constitutivo, porque de vez en cuando se requieren equilibrios políticos entre los grandes Grupos políticos europeos. +Con la decisión de Colonia relativa a la celebración de una nueva Conferencia Intergubernamental sobre los temas institucionales hemos abierto, además, la puerta para superar muy pronto el segundo gran obstáculo interno para la ampliación. +Las noticias de que Belgrado había aceptado las condiciones de paz llegaron durante la Cumbre de Colonia del mes de junio; y la dimisión de la Comisión después de diez semanas de Presidencia tampoco ha facilitado nada las cosas. +A pesar de que nuestro Grupo saludó explícitamente la decisión de la Cumbre de Colonia de fortalecer en el futuro los derechos fundamentales de las ciudadanas y ciudadanos y se propone apoyarla de manera activa, también criticamos con la misma firmeza el Pacto en favor del empleo. +En la guerra de Kosovo he visto cuánto peso debe arrojar Europa en el platillo de la balanza también bajo la perspectiva de las posibilidades de configuración política que existen, de las posibilidades que existen para que se pueda practicar una política exterior y de paz preventiva, para que se pueda impulsar una solución a un conflicto cuando éste se agudiza. +No es una pompa de jabón sino que es por fin un enfoque concreto para llegar más allá de unas directrices por el empleo a una coordinación de las políticas económicas de la Unión Europea, para organizar un mayor crecimiento. +Sin embargo, me parece totalmente inadecuado no ver las devastaciones que ha producido la guerra, además que en los Balcanes, en el ordenamiento internacional, en las leyes internacionales aplastadas, en la ONU desacreditada y en la significativa reducción de la autonomía de Europa respecto a la Alianza Atlántica y los Estados Unidos de América. +Teniendo en cuenta que un burro romano sigue siéndolo fuera de la capital italiana, como por otra parte lo demuestra el emblema de la lista que, para las elecciones a este Parlamento, lleva su nombre, por coherencia no puedo otorgarle mi confianza para la Presidencia de la Comisión. +Eso demostraba perfectamente, desde el principio, su voluntad de independencia y su voluntad de hacer que la Comisión sea sin lugar a dudas, independiente de los países, independiente de las mentalidades nacionales y también de las opciones políticas nuestras aquí, en el Parlamento, como establece el Tratado. +La gama de recursos a usar en las relaciones exteriores ha de ser consolidada con el fin de hacerlas más eficientes, hay que mejorar nuestra capacidad de prevenir las crisis y hay que incrementar nuestra disponibilidad para reaccionar tras las crisis. +El compromiso de Europa no puede entenderse dirigido sólo a la reconciliación de las partes implicadas en el conflicto, sino que se medirá por la capacidad global que sabrá demostrar a la hora de conciliar el Pacto de Estabilidad, la reconstrucción y el desempleo siempre más creciente. +Y ahí tenemos que ser conscientes del hecho de que si el desarrollo ha de ser armónico, tenemos que hacer hincapié en la palabra «justicia», tenemos que impulsar la red judicial europea, tenemos que ser capaces de dar efectividad a las sentencias, hacer que las sentencias sean ejecutivas, tanto las penales como las no penales, y tenemos que facilitar la relación directa entre los jueces. +El desarrollo de la Unión hacia un modelo federal centralista como el estadounidense hay que evitarlo, y hay que perseguir una Unión más descentralizada cuyo principio primordial se acerque más al modelo de confederación suiza. +Nos parece una extraordinaria falta de sensibilidad en este momento concreto, en el clima actual, teniendo una Comisión interina, que alguien pueda en esa situación simplemente decir dos días más tarde que se quiere ir a trabajar para una empresa privada que es uno de los principales operadores en el ámbito de las telecomunicaciones del que es responsable. +Aunque se trata de una observación que no tiene nada que ver con el debate en curso, aprovecho esta ocasión para decir que me sorprendió muy negativamente el hecho de que normalmente, cuando participábamos en los Comités de conciliación, los Comisarios estaban presentes y eran todos puntales menos uno: el señor Comisario Bangemann, a pesar de nuestras quejas, no participaba nunca y enviaba a unos funcionarios. +Con este fin, los servicios competentes de la Comisión se han reunido regularmente con los terceros estados y hemos aprovechado la sesión plenaria de la OMC/SPS de los días 7 y 8 de julio para informar sobre el estado de la cuestión y de las actuaciones legales emprendidas. +Se trata de lo siguiente: dígale al Parlamento cuántos veterinarios e inspectores se necesitan, preocúpese de que los procedimientos para ocupar las plazas sean más rápidos y de que la asignación de puestos dentro de la Comisión sea más dinámica, y entonces podremos poner en práctica un sistema mejor de control interno en la Comisión y también bajo su control. +Vamos a volver a abrir las negociaciones con la OMC y, al igual que este Parlamento en su conjunto, espero de ustedes, la Comisión, que finalmente haya normas de salud, normas medioambientales y normas sociales que vengan a limitar, enmarcar esta teoría, que día a día se hace más peligrosa, de un libre mercado cuya ganancia es el motor número uno. +Prácticamente no se ha sacado ninguna enseñanza, desde el punto de vista institucional, de la crisis tan importante que el pasado mes de marzo se tradujo por la dimisión colectiva de la Comisión, debido a una gestión irresponsable. +Fue una fiesta popular abierta y acogedora, que dio una gran imagen del deporte, una imagen de la diversidad de nuestros equipos y de nuestras naciones, una imagen de la fraternidad existente en el seno de nuestro continente. +En este momento veo que hay ciertos diputados en el Hemiciclo que portan pancartas apoyando una causa respecto de la cual la gran mayoría, incluido yo mismo, comparte el mismo sentimiento favorable, pero ¿puede usted indicarnos alguna norma, alguna regla o aportar alguna directriz a esta Asamblea respecto de manifestaciones de cualquier forma que no sean las intervenciones que se realizan conforme al Reglamento del Parlamento? +Esta Comisión, la Comisión saliente, ha celebrado lo que probablemente fue su última reunión el pasado miércoles y, por tanto, no ha tenido ocasión, en el breve lapso de tiempo transcurrido desde la entrega del documento, de analizar en profundidad su contenido y tomar posiciones definitivas sobre el mismo. +Sobre el trasfondo de todas estas consideraciones y las declaraciones de hoy de los líderes políticos en esta Asamblea, garantizo por parte de la Comisión designada que el informe va a ser tratado como un ingrediente fundamental de las propuestas de reforma de la Comisión. +Creo que éste es precisamente el punto decisivo: hemos de aprender a practicar una gerencia exitosa en el plano europeo y esto sólo se logrará -hay que decírselo con toda claridad a la Comisión- si llegamos aquí a soluciones comunes entre el Parlamento, la Comisión y el Consejo. +Lo digo porque el 15 de septiembre - el miércoles de esta semana, cuando van a ocurrir muchas cosas - es la fecha limite que ha dado la Comisión de Vertidos Radiactivos de la Convención de Ottawa al Gobierno británico para aportar propuestas acerca de cómo se puede proceder mejor para reducir el vertido de sustancias radiactivas en el medio marino. +La segunda observación -inspirada, claro está por mi angustia y por mi gran pena tras los terremotos de Atenas- es que nuestra legislación medioambiental, que tendremos que revisar y aplicar, no incluye todavía, o no incluye suficientemente, si quieren, disposiciones referidas a los usos de la tierra, al medio urbano, a las agresiones al medio ambiente en el espacio urbano. +El Presidente designado de la Comisión, Sr. Prodi, ha dejado perfectamente claro que se propone garantizar que la Comisión Europea y el Parlamento Europeo trabajarán en estrecha colaboración en la aplicación de un programa de trabajo global en la Unión durante los próximos cinco años. +El impulso lo ha dado el señor Prodi, que ha nombrado un comité de expertos para producir un preinforme en nombre de la Comisión cuando el Consejo de Colonia había rechazado explícitamente esta idea del comité de sabios. +En efecto, a pesar de las recomendaciones del primer informe del comité de expertos independientes confirmado por el segundo informe que acaba de publicarse, no se ha puesto en marcha ninguna iniciativa para modificar los métodos y los modos de funcionamiento de la Comisión. +Y esto porque, más allá de los equilibrios políticos en las distintas Instituciones, habrá en todo caso un papel del Consejo como representante de los Gobiernos y un papel de la Comisión y del Parlamento Europeo, unas Instituciones con vocación comunitaria y federal y en cuanto tales, motores de la integración. +Ante el Consejo que expresa la voluntad de los Gobiernos nacionales y ante un Parlamento que es la expresión de los pueblos, es necesaria una Comisión fuerte, responsable, llamada a proponer iniciativas aptas para garantizar las aspiraciones de los ciudadanos europeos. +Señor Presidente designado, a lo largo de su intervención, usted ha insistido en un tema que nos interesa sobremanera, es decir, la necesidad de emprender una lucha por la identidad europea, una lucha sin la cual no se pueden alcanzar los ambiciosos objetivos que todos los pueblos de Europa, este Parlamento y todas las Instituciones quieren lograr. +Esperamos que se imponga como prioridad la transparencia en el funcionamiento de la Comisión Europea, y que los objetivos principales que se plantee sean las políticas de protección de los ciudadanos, de empleo, de progreso cultural, así como de solidaridad para con los pueblos que sufren por la falta de democracia y por la pobreza. +Señor Presidente designado de la Comisión, si hoy tuviéramos que elegir entre sus opositores y las razones que han expuesto y usted, nos encontraríamos en dificultades quizás hasta el punto de tener que abstenernos o incluso votar a su favor, por lo pobres y desafortunados que nos parecen los argumentos que esgrimen en este Pleno los últimos comunistas y los aliados de Milosevic contra la OTAN y nuestros Estados, los conservadores británicos y demás. +Insistiendo en la repercusión política que han tenido los resultados de las recientes elecciones al Parlamento Europeo en el seno de la Comisión Europea, hasta dónde debemos llegar en lo que se refiere a restringir e imponer a los gobiernos nacionales su elección del Comisario? +Una tercera parte de sus candidatos no respondió a la pregunta de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades relativa a, la integración de los objetivos de igualdad entre los hombres y las mujeres en las políticas generales (gender mainstreaming). +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente de la Comisión, no voy a repetir lo que ya han expresado mis colegas del PPE y, en mi calidad de miembro de la delegación belga, no voy a introducir la política interior belga en el debate. +El Sr. Prodi nos ha dicho que quiere que la Comisión sea un auténtico Gobierno europeo y el Sr. Poettering, presidente del principal Grupo político de este Parlamento, ha hablado, incluso, también de ese papel del Parlamento en relación con la Comisión Europea. +Para que la lucha contra la delincuencia sea eficaz, se necesita una cooperación más estrecha entre los Estados miembros, cosa que se traduce en un acercamiento de las legislaciones, en la mejora de la colaboración policial y en la coordinación de la investigación de los delitos. +El reto político constituido por el asilo y la inmigración requiere un equilibrio entre la necesidad de salvaguardar el asilo como derecho individual y de brindar la debida protección a los refugiados, y el deseo de ofrecer resistencia a la migración económica. +El Consejo Europeo extraordinario de Tampere tiene, sin duda alguna, una especial importancia, y ello porque está llamado a configurar políticas más completas para la libertad, la seguridad y la justicia en la Unión Europea. En la Unión Europea bajo su forma actual. +Señora Presidenta, Señorías, acogemos con satisfacción la celebración de un Consejo Europeo dedicado en parte al espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia, que atestigua la toma de conciencia por parte de las instituciones europeas y los Estados de la importancia de las cuestiones indispensables para el futuro de Europa. +Observo con satisfacción que el Consejo y la Comisión, con espíritu solidario, han adoptado las medidas necesarias para garantizar a las autoridades turcas la ayuda de la Unión Europea y para cooperar con ellas a fin de aliviar los sufrimientos de su pueblo. +Es por lo que nuestra Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales pide que el Parlamento Europeo no ocupe un lugar meramente secundario en un proceso tan importante, sino que pueda colaborar en pie de igualdad con el Consejo, gozando de la misma capacidad de iniciativa y de decisión. +Se debería también establecer, como lo prevé el propio Tratado de Amsterdam, un esfuerzo equitativo entre todos los Estados miembros para afrontar las consecuencias que se derivan de la acogida de refugiados, personas desplazadas o las fuertes presiones migratorias que tienen naturaleza exclusivamente económica, como las que tienen su origen en los países terceros mediterráneos o el flanco sur de la Unión. +Por supuesto, señora Presidenta del Consejo, que la política migratoria es parte inseparable de la política exterior, pero en muchas ocasiones la política exterior se somete a otros designios, designios que pueden acabar volviéndose contra el aspecto humanitario relacionado con la política de asilo y con la política migratoria. +Aunque haya sido engendrado entre los quince primeros ministros, éste es ahora su propio gobierno, liberado del control de los países miembros, distanciado de los parlamentos nacionales, a años luz de los electores de a pie y de los contribuyentes fiscales y sin haber sido sometido todavía al control del Parlamento Europeo. +En estos momentos históricos en que los vascos apostamos por la construcción europea como camino democrático de entendimiento, conciliación y convivencia pacífica con todos los españoles, así como con todos los demás pueblos de Europa, lo que menos necesitamos, lo que más puede afectar a la paz que buscamos y anhelamos es que no se respete nuestra residual soberanía fiscal, nuestro concierto económico. +El mantenimiento de los criterios de Maastricht y del Pacto de Estabilidad priva de la menor credibilidad al "Pacto Europeo para el Empleo", lo que, junto con la insistencia en la flexibilización de las relaciones de trabajo, revela claramente que se apuesta por una desreglamentación cada vez mayor de las relaciones laborales. +Por otra parte, la evaluación de la capacidad de los Comisarios para responder a las enormes expectativas que han suscitado y para introducir un tipo muy diferente de comportamiento y de cultura en la nueva Comisión, nos hacían esperar la demostración de una capacidad de efectuar reformas verdaderas, trascendentales y radicales. +Presidente Prodi, deseo mucha suerte y mucho éxito a la Vicepresidenta Palacio, que se encargará de las relaciones con el Parlamento Europeo y de cuyas cualidades estoy más que convencido, así como a todos los comisarios activos en mi campo de trabajo -el Sr. Patten, el Sr. Verheugen y sobre todo los Sres. Reding y Vitorino, que han sido nuestros colegas durante años-. +La asignación de estos fondos suponía un reto importante para la credibilidad de la Unión Europea, y el hecho de haberse aprobado sin modificaciones en la Comisión de Presupuestos es una prueba de esa gran responsabilidad a la que me refería. +El proceder de las autoridades nacionales en estos asuntos debe adecuarse a la legislación vigente de cada país bajo el control de sus órganos políticos y jurídicos, y debe respetar las normas internacionales de protección de los derechos humanos. +Pero es que, además, creo que el Consejo ha respondido correctamente y sería bueno que la diputada socialista, que además es portavoz de su delegación, hiciera los deberes y estudiara un poco más qué es eso de la construcción europea y no dejara en ridículo a su grupo parlamentario con preguntas sobre cuestiones que no son competencias comunitarias y que tienen que solventarse en el ámbito nacional. +Pero la coordinación necesaria no puede dar lugar nunca a que ningún Estado miembro de la Unión Europea eluda su propia responsabilidad: ni el Estado ni ninguna de las administraciones que componen la división político-territorial, como ha ocurrido en el caso de referencia en mi país. +Los Estados miembros, en la medida de lo posible y a instancias del país Presidente de la Unión, continuarán su trabajo de adecuación de las posiciones comunes con el proyecto de Convención y también intentarán llegar a acuerdos en las cuestiones que influyan de forma importante en los intereses de la Unión. +En el Consejo de Asuntos Generales del pasado junio se tomó una decisión, por la cual la Comisión deberá presentar durante el mes de septiembre una propuesta que asegure que la política de la Unión en el sector platanero cumpla las normas de la OMC. +Como sabrá la Asamblea, la propuesta de la Comisión es relativa fundamentalmente a la creación de una agencia que se encargue de aplicar los programas de reconstrucción comunitarios, inicialmente en Kosovo, pero más tarde, cuando las circunstancias lo permitan, también en otras regiones de la República Federal de Yugoslavia como Serbia y Montenegro. +Para tener en cuenta la evolución de la situación política en la región, el artículo 6 del Convenio establece que, al final del año 2000, serán reexaminados los avances en materia de refugiados y se evaluarán asimismo los eventuales programas del OOPS relativos a la incorporación de las autoridades palestinas a sus funciones. +Después de lo que he dicho antes y también después de lo que ha dicho el Sr. Comisario Kinnock esta mañana en nombre de la Comisión y de lo que nos informó ayer la Presidencia finlandesa del Consejo en el sentido de que por el momento no existe ningún margen de actuación para atender nuestras enmiendas, ruego a los colegas que den su voto favorable. +Prácticamente, en cada apartado de su resolución, el Parlamento Europeo amplía la interpretación de la decisión del Consejo de Colonia, a fin de ensoberbecerse, de marginar a los Parlamentos nacionales y de preparar la transformación de la futura Carta en Constitución europea. +Los trabajadores tienen todo el interés en resistirse a los proyectos que se están fomentando, en poner al descubierto la hipocresía de la Unión Europea y de los Estados miembros y en cambiar, con su lucha, estos cambios que ponen en peligro sus libertades públicas. +Pero todos repiten lo mismo: están desalentados por la corrupción; las condiciones de inversión son muy desfavorables, porque no existe un sistema fiscal viable a largo plazo, las leyes cambian constantemente, la infraestructura es escasa y, lo que es peor, los derechos de propiedad, incluidos los derechos de propiedad intelectual, son deficientes y confusos. +Señor Presidente, parece que Encélado está muy enfadado con Grecia y Turquía y que, como es un perfecto ignorante del diálogo y de las relaciones, ha dado rienda suelta a su cólera de una forma catastrófica, sembrando la muerte, la angustia, el dolor, la desesperación y el llanto en los dos países. +Señor Presidente, la lucha por el poder en la República Islámica de Irán entre partidarios del conservadurismo y partidarios del reformismo continúa sin disminuir hasta hoy, con todas las consecuencias que esto conlleva para el Estado de Derecho, es decir, la no aplicación de los principios generales del Estado de Derecho. +Al abrir la sesión, usted ha anunciado que se han aprobado algunas iniciativas y que se han dado respuestas concretas a la prensa parlamentaria, pero, repito, creo que hay que hacer más para convertir en más fácil el trabajo de los periodistas, al objeto de hagan conocer a toda la Unión Europea el importante trabajo que realiza este Parlamento. +Señora Presidenta, me alegro de que Ud. ya haya abordado el problema de la comunicación porque aparte de los fallos - yo diría - humanos de este edificio, que por otra parte es muy prestigioso arquitectónicamente, pero dentro del cual hay realmente mucho espacio perdido que no se puede utilizar, creo que hay también muchos problemas de transporte. +La contaminación industrial masiva de los alimentos por el uso de aditivos, sin respetar un límite máximo fiable, crea en el consumidor la impresión justificada de que la producción de forraje está cediendo terreno frente a la utilización de piensos. +Quisiera decir que la lista de posibles funciones en absoluto es exhaustiva y, si existiera la obligación de preparar un informe anual y si sus funcionarios comparecieran periódicamente ante la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor del Parlamento, se podría garantizar también su rendición de cuentas. +Todo ello con el fin de poder prevenir siempre los problemas, en lugar de correr presas del pánico cuando los problemas ya se han producido y han quebrantado la confianza de los ciudadanos europeos, además de provocar daños graves a la salud pública. +Así, los estados más afectados por la enfermedad deberían disfrutar del derecho a las licencias obligatorias que les permitan producir, al menor coste, tratamientos genéricos anti VIH eficaces para evitar la aparición de enfermedades oportunistas que conducen inevitablemente a la muerte. +Este hecho tiene un alcance y una gravedad sin precedentes por la forma en que esta enfermedad afecta muy en especial a un continente con el cual la Unión Europea mantiene unas relaciones y unos vínculos peculiares que, a mi entender, se han entibiado totalmente en estos años y que han fallado completamente su objetivo. +Por ello la Comisión de Presupuestos ha propuesto a la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía que exija una revisión parcial de las perspectivas financieras y ha conseguido incluir en este informe una mención positiva sobre el asunto. +Yo agradezco mucho y me congratulo, señora Comisaria, de que la responsabilidad en este ámbito tan importante le corresponda a usted, pues en su calidad de ex-Ministra de Agricultura española usted ya sabe bien que, en el marco de la política agrícola europea, seguramente resulta mucho más razonable reducir la obtención de excedentes que dedicar superficies útiles al aprovechamiento energético de la biomasa. +Señor Presidente, acaso lo que más alegra de este acuerdo es que con él pasamos de la retórica a los hechos y el Parlamento Europeo, que ha propiciado y ha seguido de cerca el proceso de negociación dando impulso y actuando como acicate, debería hoy afirmar que pondrá la misma energía en el seguimiento de la aplicación del acuerdo y sus resultados. +En conclusión, si bien acojo con satisfacción que Sudáfrica haya logrado una participación en importante mercados europeos, espero que también aprovechemos las enseñanzas que se desprenden de este acuerdo y velemos por que en el futuro el ritmo, el escalonamiento y el ámbito de aplicación de los acuerdos de libre comercio reflejen más fielmente las diferentes necesidades de los países participantes. +Todo lo que las instituciones europeas ofrecen a Sudáfrica en materia de cooperación es un acuerdo comercial laboriosamente negociado para que los intereses del comercio y de la industria europeas sean ventajosos, un acuerdo que no beneficiará a Sudáfrica, únicamente a esa ínfima minoría de exportadores de piedras preciosas y de productos agrícolas que han sido los principales beneficiarios del apartheid. +Por otra parte, no imaginamos, señor Comisario, que considere la posibilidad de incrementar el nivel actual de las importaciones de la Unión Europea en vinos sudafricanos -les recuerdo que son 320.000 hectolitros- sin preservar un mínimo de derechos arancelarios, salvo a riesgo de perturbar gravemente todo el sector europeo. +Tras el traslado de cierto número de Directores Generales la semana pasada, hoy hemos decidido hacer públicas las vacantes para los siguientes puestos: director general de las Direcciones Generales de Empresas, Agricultura, Educación y Cultura; vicedirectores generales de las siguientes Direcciones: Educación y Cultura, Competencia y Relaciones Exteriores. +La diferencia entre el parlamento de una dictadura y un parlamento democrático es que el parlamento de una dictadura está siempre lleno y se aplaude, y un parlamento democrático no está muy lleno, porque la gente está trabajando en otros sitios. +Claro que es un reto, además de lo que dije antes al responder a la pregunta del Sr. Cox: empezar a concebir un tipo de burocracia adecuada para los objetivos que queremos conseguir y luego seleccionar a las personas mejores, con unas consecuencias que, en algunos momentos, descompensan notablemente los equilibrios entre los Estados. +Confirmo al Parlamento Europeo que, en el marco de la reglamentación de los Fondos Estructurales, con los créditos actualmente disponibles podemos aportar una ayuda sustancial a la población griega que se ha visto afectada, es decir, cerca de 20.000 hogares, sin hablar de varios cientos de víctimas. +La ayuda a los desplazados se presta a través de la Cruz Roja Internacional, mientras que la Cruz Roja Federal y las sociedades nacionales de Cruz Roja se hallan inmersas en la ampliación de un programa de comedores públicos, al que la ECHO seguirá prestando su ayuda. +Asunto: Celebración de la primera cumbre anual UE­India En su informe A4-0066/99 del 12.3.1999, sobre la comunicación de la Comisión sobre el aumento de la asociación UE-India, el PE pide "al Consejo y a la Comisión que propongan al Gobierno indio celebrar anualmente una cumbre euro-india". +Turquía tiene que trabajar aún mucho y es necesario que avance aún de modo considerable tanto en el campo político como en el económico, pero ante la enorme importancia estratégica de Turquía para el futuro de Europa, para la seguridad, estabilidad y la paz en Europa, sería un grave error negarle la inclusión con los mismos derechos en el proceso de ampliación. +No obstante, para agilizar este proceso creo que hay que sopesar seriamente la propuesta del presidente Sr. Pöttering de fijar una agenda de reuniones regulares entre Turquía y la Unión Europea, al objeto de debatir de democracia y derechos humanos, de minorías, de desarrollo económico y social, de seguridad y política exterior. +El proceso es un proceso complejo - lo ha recordado el señor Comisario Patten - y, sin embargo, hoy tenemos incluso plazos y pasos en los cuales tendrán lugar unos hechos que permiten vislumbrar la solución final, es decir, el reconocimiento de dos Estados soberanos e independientes que puedan convivir sobre la base de una seguridad recíproca. +Y ello a pesar de lo estipulado en el artículo K.6 del Tratado de Maastricht, en el sentido de que los ministros de la UE consultarán regularmente al Parlamento sobre los principales aspectos de la actividad en los ámbitos de la justicia y de los asuntos de interior y velará por que sus opiniones "se tomen debidamente en cuenta" . +Sin embargo, la contradicción entre la decisión europea de levantar el embargo y la negativa francesa de hacerlo crea una situación insostenible, que demuestra, cuando aún no se han cumplido seis meses desde la ratificación del Tratado de Amsterdam, la inconsecuencia de los mismos que la han apoyado. +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores Diputados, este debate que han deseado celebrar sobre el nuevo ciclo, plantea, en mi opinión, una pregunta importante: ¿La Unión aporta, por su propia acción, a los gobiernos y a los ciudadanos europeos medios suplementarios para adaptarse con éxito y para dominar la globalización? +Finlandia ha propuesto que el Consejo declare su intención de continuar en las futuras Presidencias desarrollando indicadores y benchmarking para otros campos críticos determinados en el plan de acción de la Conferencia de Pekín y de comprometerse a estudiar periódicamente los avances en las materias que se discuten. +Es preciso y urgente que desde todas las instituciones de la Unión Europea hagamos una seria llamada a los Gobiernos de Rusia y de Chechenia para acabar con la escalada bélica, para hacer callar las armas y retomar el diálogo político, utilizando para ello todos nuestros resortes -del tipo que fueran- para poder ser escuchados. +B5-0171/1999 del Sr. Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra y la Sra. Grossetête, en nombre del Grupo del PPE, sobre la votación de una resolución de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas sobre el establecimiento de una moratoria universal de la ejecución de las penas capitales. +La urgencia es debida a que un fiscal sustituto de la República italiana ha presentado una orden en que se aprecian responsabilidades graves de altos mandos de la aeronáutica por haber encubierto, haber silenciado y no haber contribuido a decir lo que sabían para que se aclarara ese caso que sucedió casi veinte años atrás. +Señora Presidenta, deseo plantear una cuestión reglamentaria puesto que los diputados acaban de recibir un anuario, editado, al parecer, por la Cámara de Comercio estadounidense en Bélgica, en el que se hace un repertorio de los diputados al Parlamento Europeo, indicando sus referencias. +Ya es hora de que se cree seguridad jurídica mediante la aprobación de normas únicas para los proveedores de servicios de certificación, por un lado, y, también para los usuarios, por otro, los cuales -igual que en la utilización de las tarjetas de crédito- sabrán con exactitud en qué medida les amenaza el peligro de una responsabilidad. +Fui el único ponente, junto con el Sr. Bourlanges, que se reunió con representantes de las agencias y he escuchado buenos argumentos para que se aumenten los fondos de los que disponen para el trabajo que hacen con los países candidatos de Europa central y oriental y para introducir en el mercado medicamentos no comerciales que son de vital importancia para un número relativamente pequeño de personas con enfermedades difíciles de tratar. +Señor Presidente, señora Presidenta del Consejo, señora Comisaria Schreyer, Señorías, las mujeres son la mitad del cielo, como ya decía un antiguo proverbio chino, y es muy lógico que las mujeres de la Unión Europea participen también en esa proporción en el presupuesto de la Unión. +Lo cierto es que el Consejo de hecho ha declarado en este contexto: queremos financiar una tarea importante para el futuro y también en la actualidad, que seguramente se prolongará varios años, concretamente, la ayuda para la población de Kosovo, y para financiarla vamos a aplicar un recorte del 10 % en todas las líneas presupuestarias. +Como efecto, las iniciativas de los ciudadanos europeos precisamente se ven frenadas, y por tanto la reforma de la Comisión deberá aportar a una mejora del servicio mediante un gasto más eficaz, transparente y de acuerdo con las elecciones políticas de las autoridades presupuestarias. +Hemos tratado de responder a la norma no escrita de evitar un número excesivo de partidas y notas en el presupuesto. +Esta enmienda prevé la consignación de un crédito de 50 millones de euros en la reserva financiera para la financiación de las acciones de los productores o Estados miembros que instauran un control de calidad integral en la totalidad de la cadena alimenticia. +Asimismo, el Parlamento Europeo ha invitado a miembros del Comité Ejecutivo del BCE y de su personal a participar en otras audiencias sobre varios temas específicos, entre ellos la representación externa del SEBC, la preparación de los billetes de euros y cuestiones de estadística. +El BCE actuará como catalizador del cambio y, junto con los bancos centrales nacionales del SEBC, tratará estos temas con el sector bancario de la zona del euro a fin de desempeñar un papel de apoyo y coordinación en este sentido. +Ésta es la primera ocasión en la que el Parlamento Europeo ha dado su punto de vista acerca de los avances del Banco Central Europeo y, en este contexto, es mi grato deber el felicitar al BCE y al Sr. Duisenberg, como presidente, por su éxito hasta el momento. +Por ello, señor Presidente del Banco Central, creo que la reunión de este día, y principalmente el contrapoder ridículo que intenta ejercer el Parlamento con relación al considerable poder que se le ha confiado a usted, no puede más que preocupar a todos los que creen en la soberanía nacional, que para los pueblos sólo es una forma de controlar su destino. +También creo que los mercados financieros y los ciudadanos de Europa no esperarán menos de este nuevo Banco Central, y que este Parlamento deberá ser implacable al perseguir el objetivo de un Banco Central Europeo abierto y democrático para el futuro cercano. +Pero en el Tratado de Maastricht no se sacaron las consecuencias institucionales que se dereivaban de esta decisión, y por eso estamos hablando hoy de la independencia del Banco Central, del encaje del Banco Central con otras instituciones y de los problemas pendientes. +En cualquier caso, he llegado a la posición mayoritaria de mi Grupo, fundamentando esa decisión en el hecho de que el punto de vista mencionado puede disminuir, en vez de aumentar, la confianza del mercado en la actividad del Banco. +Por ejemplo, existe nuestro documento que se publica inmediatamente después de las reuniones del Consejo de Gobierno que contiene las consideraciones que han sido importantes en la decisión definitiva del Consejo de Gobierno en el caso de que se hayan cambiado o no los tipos de interés. +Por el contrario la redacción "sin perjuicio" aclara, y esa es su intención, que el sistema del euro no tiene ninguna obligación de actuar de esta forma mecánica si estima que hacerlo así comprometería la estabilidad de precios en el futuro. +Y tercera pregunta: ¿se puede deducir de lo que hoy han discutido que ECHO mantendrá su plena identidad para encauzar la ayuda humanitaria de la Unión Europea en situaciones de crisis, o, más bien, que la actuación de ECHO y la propia ayuda humanitaria se diluirán progresivamente dentro de la política general de cooperación para el desarrollo de la Unión? +Son demasiado numerosos los políticos y las políticas, los periodistas, los defensores de los derechos humanos y los ciudadanos que han pagado con la vida su combate por una sociedad más justa y más humana. +No se trata de crear una nueva instancia de revisión de los catálogos de derechos fundamentales nacionales, pero sí un derecho jurídico que afecte a la actuación de las instituciones europeas y a la legislación que se hace para los ciudadanos. +Si lo consideramos en su totalidad, el informe del Sr. Dehaene pretende, por un lado, la extensión de la mayoría cualificada y, al mismo tiempo, la constitucionalización de los Tratados y su división en dos partes, una sometida a un procedimiento muy estricto, que requiere unanimidad para la reforma, y otra por mayoría. +Esta última iniciativa de la UE, que viene a complementar otras a nivel nacional, ayudará a crear el marco regulador adecuado que permita a las empresas europeas estar a la vanguardia del desarrollo de servicios comerciales electrónicos. +Así, al favorecer la libre circulación de los capitales en el nivel mundial, al pretender liberalizar aún más las inversiones, los gobiernos europeos transforman los fondos de pensiones anglosajones en auténticos regentes de los mercados económicos y financieros. +Creo que, por el contrario, hay que poner en tela de juicio el modelo social europeo que es el modelo social de la Europa del desempleo, de los impuestos, de la Europa con un sindicato que tiene un poder enorme que bloquea el crecimiento económico y prohibe a millones de parados italianos, franceses y alemanes, así como a millones de inmigrantes encontrar trabajo, para proteger situaciones que, con frecuencia, no son más que situaciones de privilegio. +Eso quiere decir que dentro de la Unión hay que llegar a una verdadera coordinación de las políticas fiscales y a una formulación de normas sociales comparables para todos a fin de que no vuelvan a producirse las distorsiones de la competencia que aún resultan muy sensibles hoy. +Cuando una simple operación de comunicación permite a la cotización de una empresa ganar el 12%, pese a no haberse creado valor alguno, no haberse producido ni vendido ningún neumático suplementario, haciendo creer que simplemente podrían aparecer espontáneamente riquezas por el simple mecanismo de los mercados financieros, es un desprecio total del trabajo humano. +La Unión Europea adoptó en julio de 1999 una postura común, cuyo objetivo es intensificar la cooperación en el marco de las acciones a escala internacional para conseguir la entrada en vigor del Tratado de prohibición total de pruebas nucleares. +La Unión apoya los trabajos preparativos de la comisión encargada de crear la Organización del Tratado de prohibición total de pruebas y de elaborar a tiempo y con eficiencia el sistema de comprobación de la forma prevista en el tratado. +Hay que garantizar a las lenguas menos habladas la financiación que merecen, de lo contrario, excelentes proyectos innovadores - el teatro, la traducción de literatura tras el final del proyecto Ariane - y la enseñanza de idiomas, entre otras cosas, sufrirán las consecuencias. +Quisiera decir simplemente que la enmienda 4 sobre la comitología es aceptada en principio por una simple remisión en el texto al procedimiento de gestión establecido por la disposición del Consejo, de 28 de junio de 1999, por la que se fijan las modalidades del ejercicio de las competencias de ejecución conferidas a la Comisión. +El informe del Consejo de Europa sobre Políticas de familia coherentes e integradas dice: "Las familias tienen un papel primordial en la socialización, porque transmiten los valores, las normas, las costumbres y el comportamiento del grupo social al que pertenecen sus hijos. +Señor Presidente, quiero decir en primer lugar que, de conformidad con el artículo 157, mediante carta de 6 de julio de 1999, el Consejo consultó al Parlamento sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la participación de la Comunidad en el Observatorio Europeo del Sector Audiovisual. +Quisiera hacer hincapié en que las actividades del Observatorio y de Eurostat no coinciden en términos del período que abarca, el alcance geográfico o el resultado, y podrían ser coordinados de una manera útil para lograr una visión clara de la compleja realidad del sector audiovisual. +En este momento, los terroristas han sido detenidos, los rehenes han sido liberados, pero habida cuenta de la gravedad de lo ocurrido, y si Sus Señorías están de acuerdo, expresaré, en nombre del Parlamento Europeo, nuestra solidaridad y nuestro pésame al pueblo armenio, en una carta dirigida al Presidente de la República de Armenia. +Señor Presidente, en nombre del Grupo Socialista me gustaría decir que apoyamos la aprobación del acuerdo interinstitucional, una pieza fundamental en el restablecimiento de la credibilidad de la Unión Europea por la forma en la que aborda el problema del fraude y trata las acusaciones de fraude +La coincidencia de los anuncios ha puesto al desnudo, de manera flagrante, el aspecto escandaloso e injusto de la lógica económica actual y de este capitalismo financiero, que ha acabado por dominar Europa y el mundo. +La presente propuesta pretende una prórroga del período transitorio anteriormente mencionado hasta el 1 de julio del 2001, o incluso más, para el caso del transporte de ciertos equipos a presión, sobre los que no existen especificaciones técnicas detalladas o menciones suficientes en las normas europeas correspondientes. +Soy consciente, sin embargo, de la necesidad de prorrogar los períodos de la directiva 96/49, con el fin de que los Estados miembros no se vean en la necesidad de modificar sus legislaciones nacionales para un breve espacio de tiempo, cosa que implicaría costes adicionales para los estados y para las industria. +Así pues, hoy es urgente detener las privatizaciones, aumentar el personal y ocuparse seriamente de su formación, establecer los presupuestos necesarios destinados al mantenimiento y al control del mismo, crear comités de control usuarios/profesionales sobre el tráfico, imponer un derecho de veto frente a las transferencias cuando los riesgos sean reales. +Estas negociaciones tendrán lugar en un contexto concreto, marcado por dos elementos nuevos; por una parte, la desaparición de Su Majestad Hassán II, el último gigante de la historia del siglo XX y, por otra parte, el principio, aceptado hace algunos días, de la candidatura de adhesión de Turquía. +Sin embargo, hay que lamentar la tardanza, que ha creado una alarma social y un estado de nervios en la flota que podría haberse evitado, y las especulaciones y pronunciamientos que pueden hacer más mal que bien a unas negociaciones que, por la importancia del acuerdo, deberían desarrollarse en un marco discreto, tranquilo y cordial. +Piense lo que se piense del acuerdo de pesca, en lo que respecta a las consecuencias para la población local o para la flota de pesca europea, habrá poca gente que quiera poner al mismo nivel los desastres humanitarios como los habidos en Kosovo, Timor Oriental y el terremoto de Turquía con este acuerdo en materia de pesca. +El 30 de noviembre está próximo y parece que se va a concluir un nuevo acuerdo, por lo tanto, con una escasa atención por parte de la Comisión al nivel económico de las regiones de los Objetivos 1 y 2 que, dependiendo en gran medida del ejercicio de la pesca, abrigan serias preocupaciones de cara al mantenimiento del empleo en el sector. +En la cumbre de Florencia, celebrada en enero de 1996, los Jefes de Gobierno acordaron que la decisión de levantar el embargo al Reino Unido se tomaría "pura y exclusivamente sobre la base de la salud pública y de criterios científicos objetivos, de acuerdo con los procedimientos existentes que satisfacen a tales criterios" . +Queremos sentido común y queremos basar nuestras decisiones en la ciencia porque, en las diferencias que se produzcan en el futuro -y se producirán muchas acerca de la inocuidad de los alimentos, porque los consumidores están muy preocupados ahora por los alimentos que compran-, los científicos, la objetividad y la independencia de los científicos es absolutamente crucial. +Yo no diría lo mismo de todos los sectores de nuestras relaciones europeas; tampoco lo diría de nuestras relaciones con los países terceros, sin embargo, en el seno de la Unión, existe sin duda alguna una política agrícola común y una responsabilidad de todos respecto a esta política. +Aun cuando en el marco de la política europea la infracción de los Tratados sea un criterio fundamental para todos nosotros, como diputada de mi distrito electoral no puedo mantenerme fuera del debate político con este argumento en las circunstancias actuales. +Acaba de saberse que el Ministro de Agricultura británico, que pertenece a su partido, ni siquiera ha establecido el diálogo con su homólogo francés, algo que resulta ridículo, si se considera la forma en que se están caldeando los ánimos en el proceso de esta guerra comercial. +La Comisión ha hecho bien en acordar un protocolo de sólo un año, tanto más cuanto que durante los últimos años las autoridades angoleñas han sido víctimas de intensos abusos, especialmente por parte de la flota rusa. Esta situación ha causado una espectacular caída de las actividades pesqueras. +A pesar de que, efectivamente, deban completarse ciertos datos o estadísticas sobre los que la Comisión nos ha prometido que va a ser estricta, y teniendo también en cuenta la delicada situación en que se encuentra aquel país -en estado de guerra-, consideramos que la firma de este protocolo de aplicación provisional es muy positiva, a la espera de la renovación por un año o a que se elabore un nuevo Acuerdo. +Para que el euro reciba el peso que merece, ya no sólo en la economía internacional, sino también en el diálogo político-económico en el área de la Unión, hay que ahondar en las visiones comunes, especialmente, en materia de política económica en la zona del euro. +Nuestras propias investigaciones revelan que el desarrollo económico en el sentido tradicional está resultando limitado en ciertas zonas por culpa de la falta de agua potable y porque la Unión Europea produce ya más residuos tóxicos que los que puede abordar como subproducto del crecimiento económico. +Según esta institución, los propios conductores, los transportistas que trabajan fuera del sector del transporte, tales como el transporte de hormigón en el sector de la madera y de la construcción, pertenecen a la categoría de trabajadores móviles. +La Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales del Parlamento rechaza esta interpretación, en parte, porque estos trabajadores quedan, entonces, parcialmente fuera del ámbito de aplicación de la directiva existente relativa a la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo. +El tiempo que el Consejo concede a los Estados miembros y, por tanto, a sí mismo para adoptar la directiva que modifica la actual directiva relativa a la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo, se sitúa, según la posición común del Consejo, en cuatro años. +El efecto de esta enmienda será el de intentar limitar a un año el período de referencia disponible para el cómputo anual del cálculo de la jornada laboral o, dicho de otro modo, velar por que sea posible dicho cómputo anual, pero no más. +Señor Presidente, en un libre mercado con competencia ilimitada, la empresa que produzca a un mejor precio tiene las mejores oportunidades de supervivencia, también cuando el producto solamente puede ser barato por las malas condiciones laborales, los bajos salarios, la contaminación medioambiental o la crueldad con los animales. +También existe otro aspecto del acuerdo que está rodeado de mucho secreto. Doy por sentado que cuando se aplique el punto 5 del anexo sobre propiedad intelectual no se haga de una manera literaria, sino que más en concordancia con las reglas generales de apertura que afortunadamente rigen en la actualidad en nuestra Unión. +En primer lugar, son acuerdos que se aprobaron rápidamente, por lo que quisiera agradecer a todos los ponentes, así como a los miembros de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa y de la Comisión de Presupuestos, que hayan examinado las propuestas en breves plazos. +En el Reino Unido hay un interés particular en el ahorro de combustibles por los excesivos niveles de impuestos fijados por nuestro Gobierno laborista para los combustibles, que plantean problemas particulares a los residentes en zonas rurales, como la mía, en las que muchas veces el transporte público es inexistente. +Yo creo que este es en realidad uno de los puntos centrales de la directiva: sensibilizar al consumidor sobre el problema para que empiece a preocuparse un poco por la reducción de las emisiones de CO2 cuando se trata de su compañero favorito, el automóvil, e incluya también este aspecto en sus consideraciones. +En primer lugar, desde el Parlamento queremos estar íntimamente asociados con todos y cada uno de los pasos del ciclo que se plantea en el mercado interior con la selección de las estrategias, con la selección de los objetivos de segundo nivel y con la selección de los objetivos concretos. +Y aquí yo quisiera señalar al Sr. Lehne que, sin duda, no se ha leído la estrategia de la Comisión al decir que las consideraciones sociales estaban fuera de esto, porque el objetivo estratégico número 1 que ha fijado la Comisión es mejorar la calidad de vida de los ciudadanos. +A la directiva sobre la firma electrónica le seguirán seguramente, entre otras, las directivas sobre el comercio electrónico y los derechos de autor en la sociedad de la información, y sobre la protección de los consumidores en la venta a distancia de productos financieros. +Esta frase nos lleva a la cuestión de la conceptuación de la defensa de los consumidores como una exigencia inexcusable para impedir la libre circulación de mercancías, en el sentido de la jurisprudencia Dassonville, Cassis de Dijon, etc. En definitiva, nos conduce al principio del reconocimiento mutuo, que parece ser muy querido por el Sr. Bolkestein. +Es preciso conciliar las reformas encaminadas al fomento de la competencia dinámica y de la flexibilidad con la exigencia del mantenimiento, y también de la modernización, del sistema de seguridad social. Así entiendo el modelo europeo. +Señor Presidente, yo también agradezco al ponente su excelente trabajo y debo poner de relieve que el dato irrefutable que ha visto caer el paro del 10,1 al 9,4 ha de ser valorado positivamente, al igual que la política llevada a cabo por la Unión Europea en materia de empleo con los cuatro pilares fundamentales, a los cuales me permito añadir, en todo caso, la formación lingüística y el problema de la inmigración. +Ha quedado patente que desde Colonia avanzan ciertos procesos, los procesos del otoño y de la primavera, pero, qué duda cabe, estoy siempre a la espera de propuestas y procedimientos prácticos de materialización de esa colaboración más estrecha, que, en todo caso, se da en una primera fase en la comisión correspondiente, es decir, en la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales. +Sólo un Parlamento que trata de desterrar las declaraciones políticas y las firmas políticas a los sótanos, un Parlamento que, de hecho, está regido por lógicas burocráticas puede permitir que la situación de discriminación de los diputados no inscritos que tienen menos derechos que los demás diputados, siga siendo la misma, desde hace meses. +Señora Presidenta, distinguidas señoras y señores, aunque todos hemos apoyado los informes relativos a la situación del empleo, somos de la opinión de que la tasa de desempleo en Europa es dramáticamente elevada y que contra esto nos se nos ocurre ninguna receta eficaz tanto en los estados nacionales como en el plano europeo. +La Unión Europea y los Estados miembros nacionales en todo momento deben trabajar en relación estrecha con las industrias europeas del automóvil y del petróleo para garantizar que, de una vez para siempre, desaparecerá la contaminación en un futuro cercano. +Este programa es importante y responde al compromiso que nosotros tenemos de lograr un alto nivel de protección a la salud en la Unión Europea, pues nos seguimos tropezando aún con frecuencia con los efectos de la violencia en la Comunidad. los cuales constituyen una amenaza muy grave para la salud. +Señor Presidente, por supuesto que no tengo nada en contra del hecho de que una parte del presupuesto se dedique a las medidas preventivas contra la violencia ejercida sobre los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres, siempre que se aplique a una ayuda financiera otorgada a las asociaciones que se ocupan de estos asuntos. +La presente propuesta garantizará estándares mínimos de información y consulta que hay que aplicar en todo el territorio de la Unión armonizando estos derechos fundamentales de los trabajadores - que ya están presentes en muchos Estados miembros - y contribuyendo al fortalecimiento de la dimensión social europea que es el objetivo que todos tenemos. +De hecho, atribuimos especial importancia a la misma y además forma parte de una materia más amplia que tiene que ver con la preparación y el acompañamiento en orden a los cambios en curso en el mercado laboral, al objeto de que estos no produzcan resultados negativos, especialmente en lo que a la seguridad de los trabajadores y de su puesto de trabajo se refiere. +He propuesto que se instituya una suspensión de seis meses para todo plan de reestructuración, para permitir un asesoramiento sindical independiente, y también he propuesto que, si la empresa recibe ayudas públicas pero no respeta las normas establecidas, debe devolver las sumas percibidas. +Señor Presidente, en mi calidad de ponente de el Acuerdo interinstitucional del cual deriva esta decisión, quisiera conocer la posición de la Comisión, porque no se ha pronunciado al respecto, sobre la propuesta que hacemos de excluir de la directriz los gastos previstos para la futura adhesión. +Independientemente de lo que se opine sobre esa fuente de electricidad, no cabe duda de que suministra una parte importante de nuestra electricidad en Europa y lo hace de un modo que no produce emisiones de CO2 ni de otros gases que provocan el efecto de invernadero y ésa es la razón -la única razón- por la que se ha mencionado en este informe. +El desarrollo sostenible no es sólo un objetivo noble, es una obligación impuesta por los Tratados, por lo que debe constituir el principio fundamental de cualquier futura política energética europea y al mismo tiempo hay que lograr un equilibrio. +Apoyo las iniciativas en el nivel europeo que contribuyen a las medidas adoptadas por los Estados miembros para cumplir sus compromisos con arreglo al Protocolo de Kyoto sobre la limitación de las emisiones de gases que causan el efecto de invernadero por parte del sector energético. +Hay que mantener la cuota de energía atómica para la producción eléctrica al menos al nivel actual y quizás haya incluso que aumentarla ligeramente para poder llegar al ambicioso objetivo de reducción de las emisiones de dióxido de carbono, al que Ustedes, estimados amigos, señora Plooij- van Gorsel y señora Ahern, así como todos los demás en esta Sala, se han comprometido. +En la práctica, una propuesta semejante se traduciría en la detención del desarrollo de las energías renovables en el 5% pues en ningún país hay un ministro de Hacienda que quiera financiar el desarrollo de proyectos en otros países. +Señor Presidente, en primer lugar quiero agradecer y felicitar al Sr. Chichester por su informe positivo y constructivo sobre la comunicación de la Comisión al Consejo y al Parlamento respecto a la consolidación de la integración medioambiental de la política energética comunitaria. +Sin lugar a dudas este reglamento supone un notable paso adelante, por lo que le damos las gracias a la Sra. ponente, sin embargo, tendremos que volver a abordar este asunto en lo que respecta a los niños nómadas, los niños de raza gitana y, en consecuencia, a todos los problemas internos de estas familias, entre los que se cuentan los relacionados con la movilidad en Europa. +Dicha instalación es obsoleta, según la clasificación hecha por el Ejecutivo en la Agenda 2000, en la cual las centrales nucleares se dividen en tres categorías: las de tipo soviético u obsoleto que deben desmantelarse por ser peligrosas; las centrales que hay que reformar para permitirles alcanzar niveles de seguridad aceptables por parte de la Unión y las de tipo occidental, cuyo número es menor, que pueden seguir funcionando, con tal que el nivel de seguridad siga siendo elevado a largo plazo. +El abandono del uso de la energía nuclear con fines civiles no figura en el orden del día y es necesario tener presentes las implicaciones de carácter económico y social de las decisiones que la Unión exige que adopten los países de Europa central y oriental. +Queda de manifiesto que es en uno de estos ámbitos, a saber la amenaza que representa la existencia de tantas centrales nucleares, pero también de todos estos armamentos acumulados en el territorio de la antigua Unión Soviética, donde ninguno de los Estados miembros no puede pretender, solo, actuar en favor de la seguridad del conjunto del continente. +Respecto de la situación en Alemania sobre la que me ha preguntado Su Señoría mis conversaciones con el ministro competente de Alemania me han permitido, como he dicho antes, concluir que el Gobierno Federal de Alemania desea avanzar hacia el levantamiento de la prohibición y que las conversaciones resultantes de la diferencia con Francia disiparán todas las preocupaciones que puedan subsistir en Alemania. +Ésta es mi respuesta: la directiva relativa a los nitratos abarca no sólo el nitrógeno procedente del estiércol animal, sino también de los fertilizantes químicos en cuanto a las cantidades empleadas, véanse el artículo 5 y el anexo III, y a los métodos y períodos de diseminación, que figuran en los anexos II y III. +La Comisión cree que la mayoría de las medidas que han de adoptar los Estados miembros -por ejemplo, la supervisión de la transposición, la indicación de las zonas y los códigos de buena conducta, los programas de acción y la presentación de informes- son sencillas. +La realidad es que -según señala la información suministrada por las propias autoridades griegas- se ha producido una presencia excesiva de la Administración en la dirección de la compañía, y los compromisos del año 1998 deberían haber puesto fin, de una vez por todas, a esta situación. +Asunto: Armonización legislativa en la República Checa ¿Tiene el Comisario conocimiento de un estudio dirigido a la Comisión elaborado por cuatro partidos checos de la oposición en el que se examina la lentitud de la transposición y la armonización legislativas en la República Checa y qué conclusiones extrae del mismo? +Otro partido que ha gobernado antes, uno de los grandes partidos de la oposición, ha dicho que puede haber una adhesión a la carta; se habla además de un status turco, de una rebaja política y quería preguntarle si considera factibles tales modelos teóricos o si pone como condición previa la plena aplicación del acquis communautaire. +Incluso me atrevería a decir, en nombre de los Verdes/Alianza Libre Europea, que la mayoría de nuestro Grupo parece haberse hecho a la idea de que la Unión Europea pueda desarrollar actuaciones comunes para la gestión de las crisis. Pero queremos establecer condiciones y pautas bien definidas para esta gestión. +Me gustaría saber, señor Solana, cuáles son los medios políticos, los medios económicos y presupuestarios -habida cuenta del principio de "el que paga manda" , que usted conoce muy bien de su época de Secretario General de la OTAN-, para conseguir una fuerza que pueda mantener la paz y evitar situaciones tan dramáticas como las que hemos vivido recientemente en los Balcanes. +Yo también considero el Consejo del lunes histórico, pero en sentido negativo y por otros muchos motivos y aquí me refiero a la posición adoptada - incomprensible - respecto a una iniciativa, promovida por una vez por la Unión Europea, esto es, la moratoria a la pena de muerte. +Señor Comisario, no es muy difícil comprender que lo que teníamos que haber hecho era ganar apoyos a través de una negociación seria, países moderados que no aplican la pena de muerte, pero que tenían posiciones y sensibilidades respecto al preámbulo - insisto en el preámbulo - de referencia a un artículo de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas. +Debo decir que la preocupación legítima relativa a la capacidad militar no desaparece con la "europeización" de la defensa, que responde a un plan político fundamental y es un aspecto del proceso de integración política europea. +La ronda de negociaciones sobre el comercio mundial tiene, por consiguiente, una importancia extraordinaria y es preciso que Europa se exprese en dichas negociaciones con una sola voz, a fin de que el comercio mundial también contribuya a impulsar el crecimiento social y ambientalmente sostenible. +Primero, porque hemos hecho dos reformas importantes en el plazo de siete años -un gran esfuerzo- y, en segundo lugar, porque, al contrario de los sacrificios impuestos a los agricultores europeos, los Estados Unidos de América han aumentado sus subvenciones en 15.000 millones de dólares, en los dos últimos años, en manifiesta contradicción con la arrogante actitud propagandística que actualmente adoptan contra la PAC. +Pedimos con usted que se despliegue inmediatamente la ayuda humanitaria necesaria para socorrer a los cientos de miles de personas desplazadas por causa de los combates, pero pedimos, señor Comisario Patten, que se considere, en un primer momento, una suspensión de la ayuda económica a Rusia si ésta no encuentra la alternativa de recurso a la negociación y si continúa sus ataques indiscriminados contra la población civil. +Aunque naturalmente debemos apoyar el sector agrícola de la UE, como se reconoce en el informe del Sr. Schwaiger, también debemos reconocer la necesidad de que las economías en desarrollo, además de alcanzar los mercados, deben tener acceso a la seguridad alimentaria para que la población tenga suficiente para comer. +Por ello, estoy muy satisfecho con el Informe Schwaiger porque precisamente señala que, al mismo tiempo que mostramos una actitud abierta hacia el mundo, debemos aferrarnos a lo que para nosotros tiene un valor esencial; y porque este informe tiende, además, un puente entre la realidad política y lo que nosotros, en tanto parlamentarios, podemos defender ante los ciudadanos. +Hemos tenido dos conflictos importantes -el del plátano y el de las hormonas- que la Unión Europea ha perdido, y ha habido un conflicto que ni siquiera nos hemos atrevido a plantear ante el sistema de solución: me refiero a las leyes americanas Helms-Burton y d' Amato de aplicación extraterritorial a empresas europeas. +Una actividad pesquera eficaz -¿quién puede discutirlo?- constituye, a pesar de su reducido peso presupuestario, una parte no desdeñable de una política comercial y presupuestaria dinámica de la UE y se debe considerar como un sector económico autónomo y una rama significativa para el abastecimiento de alimentos. +En ese sentido es en el que estamos en contra de negociaciones sectoriales y a favor de negociaciones globales y estamos a favor de que se vean la OMC y sus negociaciones como un instrumento para la creación de una sociedad más justa, de un desarrollo más sostenido, en el que el hombre sea efectivamente el centro de todas las decisiones. +Los Estados más grandes de la UE como Francia, Alemania y el Reino Unido tenían un volumen de comercio equivalente a aproximadamente el 30% de su PIB en los años sesenta, en comparación con el actual 60%, pero entonces disfrutaron de un crecimiento económico mucho más rápido que ahora. +En tercer lugar, ¿por qué diferir la negociación de normas, que reclama con razón nuestra sociedad civil y que esperan los países en vías de desarrollo para integrar la liberalización de los intercambios y el desarrollo sostenido, en ámbitos como la salud, el medio ambiente y los derechos fundamentales de los trabajadores? +Como han subrayado con mucha pertinencia los dos ponentes, esa próxima conferencia debe centrarse en los asuntos institucionales, en todos los asuntos institucionales, con la excepción notable y políticamente esencial de los debates en curso sobre una política europea de seguridad y defensa. +Todo ello lo puede garantizar una enmienda que hemos presentado conjuntamente unos colegas y yo y en la que concluimos y exigimos que la parte constitucional del Tratado incluya un catálogo de competencias que defina y delimite claramente las competencias de la Unión y que imponga el respeto del principio de subsidiariedad. +A raíz de diferentes muestras de oposición y de consideraciones medioambientales se han bloqueado las obras de la carretera, y tanto las autoridades nacionales como la Comisión han iniciado una reflexión para revisar las estrategias en relación con los diferentes medios de transporte y considerar el enlace ferroviario como una futura red transeuropea prioritaria. +Ahora bien, el pasado 13 de septiembre se reanudaron las obras en la carretera del valle, a pesar de lo cual, la Unión Europea está financiando un estudio de viabilidad de la travesía ferroviaria y la Presidencia en ejercicio afirma en su programa que ha de considerarse prioritaria la reactivación del ferrocarril en Europa. +Mi pregunta, por lo tanto, es si seguirán adelante por este desastroso camino que no sólo afecta a Afganistán: el problema, en realidad, es que la Unión Europea continúa financiando el PNUCD en el ámbito, por ejemplo, de los programas sobre el endurecimiento de los códigos penales en países como China y Birmania, países en que los simples consumidores de drogas son condenados a muerte y nosotros, indirectamente a través del PNUCD, colaboramos y financiamos este tipo de proyectos. +Por el contrario, la República de Chipre, a pesar de ser víctima de la agresión turca ya que un 37% de su territorio está ocupado de forma ilegal por el ejército turco, no impone ninguna restricción al acceso a sus puertos de buques procedentes de puertos situados en Turquía. +Los ataques de la policía a las manifestaciones pacíficas, que se repitieron constantemente durante el mes de octubre en Belgrado, demuestran claramente que los valores fundamentales de la democracia, como son la libertad de expresión y de opinión, no serán respetados en Serbia mientras Milosevic y su Gobierno permanezcan en el poder. +Señorías, para terminar quiero recordar que si la experiencia de la aplicación de este Acuerdo Interinstitucional sugerirá que algunos de sus aspectos deben volverse a debatir con las demás Instituciones, es algo que podrá hacerse en el futuro Hoy, sin embargo, considero que tenemos el deber de no restarle valor a la firma con la que hemos reconocido nuestro compromiso de aplicar este Acuerdo Interinstitucional. +La aplicación de los cinco indicadores principales armonizados -demanda de tratamiento por los drogadictos; número de fallecimientos de drogadictos, mortalidad y causas de fallecimiento entre drogadictos; incidencia de enfermedades transmisibles relacionadas con la droga; comparabilidad de las encuestas sobre la utilización de drogas, y conducta y actitudes ante la droga en la población en general, y, por último, la comparabilidad de las estimaciones del problema del uso abusivo de drogas- desempeña un importante papel a este respecto. +Durante décadas, diversos gobiernos, elegidos pero corruptos hasta la médula -el último fue el del Sr. Nawaz Sharif- han permitido que en Pakistán la violación de los derechos humanos, el trabajo en condiciones infrahumanas, la catástrofe social y una deuda exterior incontrolable estén a la orden del día y hayan destruido el país. +Estos mismos gobiernos han prestado su apoyo al régimen fundamentalista de los asesinos talibanes en Afganistán y constituyen un permanente e inmenso peligro para la paz en la región, puesto que apoyan y alientan las actividades terroristas llevadas a cabo contra sus vecinos indios en la región fronteriza de Kashmir. +En cuanto a los puntos específicos que ustedes han planteado en las resoluciones relativas a los programas y a los proyectos de ayuda al desarrollo a Pakistán presentados por la Comisión, conviene subrayar que éstos afectan casi exclusivamente a las capas más pobres y más desfavorecidas de la población. +El Estado, en sus intentos por facilitar una base jurídica para la protección y el trato de los niños, tiene que aceptar el derecho preeminente de los progenitores por lo que se refiere a la protección, la crianza y la salvaguardia de sus hijos. +En segundo lugar, debemos reclamar insistentemente a los Estados miembros que trabajen con métodos y datos uniformes, de modo que sea posible seleccionar los mejores modelos para la lucha contra las drogas. Debemos fomentar la cooperación entre la policía y la justicia en los Estados europeos para luchar contra el tráfico de drogas y proteger a la juventud. +Efectivamente, el informe de nuestra compañera es importante y debe ser debatido cuidadosamente, entre otras cosas porque la discusión del informe ha puesto de manifiesto que la política de drogas en la Unión Europea es uno de los temas más controvertidos sobre los que jamás hemos tenido que pronunciarnos. +Por ello quiero mencionar la importancia de que en el trabajo, que se lleva a cabo bajo los auspicios de la Unión, incluyamos como elemento central una campaña informativa destinada a los jóvenes, que hoy pueden verse inducidos en gran medida por compañeros de su misma edad y por otras personas a probar sustancias que les son presentadas como inofensivas, como algo que no es más dañino que tomar un vaso más de cerveza o un poco más de güisqui. +Señor Presidente, el informe de la ponente, la Sra. Giannakou-Koutsikou, sobre el plan de acción de la Unión Europea en materia de lucha contra la droga de la Comisión es un documento categórico en el que el Parlamento Europeo se opone claramente a las drogas. +En efecto, se trata de un problema de hoy día y preocupante; sabemos perfectamente que la droga afecta a todos los países y todos los grupos sociales; sabemos también que la ampliación de Europa al Este impone, dramáticamente, la urgencia de medidas eficaces, ya que el control, que ya resulta difícil, encontrará dificultades mayores; sabemos que se trata de un problema en aumento. +Recientemente mi país, el Reino Unido, ha experimentado un enorme incremento de la llegada de personas; en mi anterior puesto de trabajo como doctor en el Hospital Central de Londres, pude observar que había un grado importante de inmigración ilegal y de abuso fraudulento de nuestra generosa política de asilo. +Me dijo el Sr. Martí, uno de sus vicepresidentes, que el BEI es propiedad de los Estados miembros y que, por lo tanto, según el Tratado no es una institución de la Unión Europea que tenga la obligación de contestar al Parlamento Europea, al Tribunal de Cuentas o a OLAF. +En todo caso, el debate me ha parecido de gran interés y espero que lo que hoy he oído aquí no sea un obstáculo, sin embargo, para que podamos seguir adelante en la aprobación de la distribución de recursos, de la distribución de préstamos, a partir del próximo año y que no se retrasen los procedimientos comunitarios. +Tras examinar el APIM/Arbitrio sobre producción y e importaciones del Archipiélago, la Comisión concluyó que aunque la mayoría de los sectores económicos pudieran adaptarse a los requisitos del mercado único, la desaparición del APIM el 31 de diciembre del año 2000 podría afectar irremediablemente a ciertos sectores de producción. +Esta situación y estas propuestas implican un envejecimiento preocupante de la flota pesquera europea, disuaden a los jóvenes de invertir, provocan una importante pérdida de mercado para el sector de los astilleros especializados, debilitando peligrosamente a algunos de ellos, y hacen correr un riesgo evidente en materia de seguridad a nuestros marineros embarcados. +La directiva vigente en materia de construcción naval contiene toda clase de turbias regulaciones de ayuda en lo referente a la investigación y el desarrollo, el medio ambiente, la innovación y la política de apoyo regional, con la consecuencia de que se castiga a los buenos astilleros y se premia a los malos. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, es un hecho absolutamente extraordinario que en la reunión del Consejo de Industria de la última semana se aprobara por unanimidad la lista de medidas para eliminar la situación de competencia desleal creada por la República de Corea. +Los europeos fuimos los que abrimos el mundo a través de la navegación: los escandinavos en el norte, los portugueses y españoles hacia América, África y Asia, los holandeses, los daneses, los ingleses, los franceses hemos navegado todas las aguas con barcos hechos en nuestras tierras y nuestros astilleros. +Por lo demás, es imposible evitarlas, pero estamos hablando de una cuestión política muy delicada y en ese sentido es importante que la Comisión y el Consejo sepan que en este Parlamento existe un gran consenso en relación con este asunto y una gran preocupación sobre la necesidad de que encontremos una solución para el problema. +Permítame pedirle que transmita a todos los líderes políticos de Irlanda del Norte y como solemos decir en Irlanda "del otro lado del charco" , al Primer Ministro británico y a todos sus colegas, y también al taoiseach irlandés Bertie Ahern y a sus predecesores, los predecesores de ambas partes, nuestro sincero agradecimiento por lo que nos han ayudado a conseguir. +Además, esa agencia debe ocuparse, naturalmente, de establecer la lista de los productos prohibidos, vigilar los laboratorios, elaborar sistemas de control, establecer controles fuera de las competiciones, ejercer la represión, es decir, luchar contra las mafias que se dedican al comercio de los productos prohibidos, pero también de la prevención para que los jóvenes se disocien psicológica y activamente del flagelo del dopaje. +Mi pregunta es la siguiente: ¿entiende la Comisión que la política que debe desarrollar en relación con el deporte, y sobre todo con la concentración de poder que se genera en relación con los medios audiovisuales, tiene que conducir a una acción conjunta entre su comisaría y la que se ocupa de la defensa de la competencia? +Yo le pediría al Parlamento que intensifique sus esfuerzos para presionar en este sentido y procure influir de manera cooperativa y convincente sobre los Gobierno, con objeto de que el deporte obtenga un fundamento en el Tratado, concretamente -lo cual sería muy deseable, ya que también iría orientado en el sentido de la subsidiariedad- en los mismos términos que la cultura. +Cierto que hablar de fechas de adhesión parece difícil, aunque sería útil, extraordinariamente útil, para estimular a la opinión pública de los países afectados, dado que es cada vez más evidente un riesgo: unas negociaciones demasiado largas pueden enfriar el entusiasmo tanto en los Estados miembros como en los países candidatos, como quedó patente en los recientes sondeos realizados en Polonia y como pude comprobar personalmente en este país, del cual regresé ayer. +Creo que debemos examinar esta cuestión mucho más detenidamente para presionar a los países que tienen un comportamiento vergonzoso; debemos llamar la atención a los gobiernos conocidos como "arrancadores de uñas" , y el Parlamento Europeo debe ser la institución que tome la iniciativa de garantizar que los derechos humanos figuran entre nuestras principales prioridades. +Pero déjenme decir, al hilo de lo que han dicho los dos oradores que me han precedido en el uso de la palabra -con quienes no estoy de acuerdo-, que el hecho de que Europa, y en particular la Unión Europea, haga de los derechos humanos su bandera, realmente su única bandera, tiene esa grandeza. +Señor Presidente, este informe del Consejo merece nuestro respeto y hay todo tipo de motivos para felicitar a la Presidencia finlandesa por su apuesta. Aunque debo decir que lamento mucho que la delegación de la Presidencia en ejercicio acabe de abandonar la sala. +Con el derecho a la vida como motivo central, la UE debe continuar en su línea consecuente en contra de la pena de muerte y, a través de Naciones Unidas, debe desafiar a los países que consideran ética y moralmente defendible el derecho del estado a quitar la vida a las personas. +Esta evaluación debe analizar la situación de los derechos humanos, pronunciarse sobre las medidas disponibles para mejorar la situación, revisar el efecto que ejercen estas medidas en la situación y hacer estimaciones sobre el resultado de las mismas, así como publicar informes sobre las apreciaciones realizadas y los resultados obtenidos. +Es hora de realizar la idea del Parlamento Europeo sobre la creación, en el seno de la Comisión, de un órgano de control sobre la política en materia de derechos humanos que facilitase la ejecución de dicha política e informase sobre asuntos relacionados con los derechos humanos. +En el primer caso, se trata de la financiación en los tres próximos años de un total de 135 millones de euros en virtud del artículo 130 del Tratado de la Comunidad Europea y que requiere la aplicación de un procedimiento de codecisión, mientras que en el segundo, que establece para el mismo período el compromiso de 15 millones de euros, podrá ser objeto de un simple procedimiento de consulta. +En su intervención ante esta Asamblea el 13 de octubre, el Sr. Prodi sugirió que una asociación para la adhesión similar a las asociaciones establecidas con los países candidatos oficiales también contribuiría a que Turquía avance con mayor firmeza hacia el cumplimiento de los criterios de adhesión. +La mayoría de este Parlamento sí lo ha hecho tras pesados debates, ya que la aceptación supondría un estímulo para que el Gobierno turco logre una política aceptable de derechos humanos, una verdadera democratización y una solución política para el problema kurdo. +Yo creo que el informe es muy importante porque con él el Parlamento Europeo se adhiere a la idea de que la estrategia europea constituye un medio adecuado para ampliar las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y Turquía, y que la aplicación de dicha estrategia requiere un apoyo financiero. +A mi modo de ver, la verdadera prioridad política es que se respeten los valores límite en todas las zonas, también en las de los llamados "puntos calientes" y es preciso evitar que unas normas de excepción amplias abran la puerta a que no se transpongan los valores límite aplicables al benceno. +No se trata, Señorías, de infundir miedo, pero es necesario -creo yo- tomar conciencia y hacer que se tome conciencia de los peligros que corremos, si no adoptamos ahora medidas realistas y necesariamente severas que presenten las menos excepciones posibles para evaluar, controlar y limitar al mínimo las emisiones contaminantes de esos dos gases nocivos, tanto más cuanto que éstos son más peligrosos para los niños, las personas de edad y todos cuantos padecen afecciones cardíacas o pulmonares. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0072/1999) del Sr. Pesälä, en nombre de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Consejo relativa a la comercialización de los materiales forestales de reproducción (COM(1999) 188 - C5-0128/1999 - 1999/0092(CNS)). +Yo quisiera recordar hoy la enorme catástrofe del alud de hace un año en Galtür, ya que ésta demuestra cuán importante es el cuidado de la naturaleza, que debe ser una preocupación de todos, y también que el territorio alpino es justamente una zona muy vulnerable, como se ven obligados a constatar repetidamente los conocedores de la región. +No voy a repetir lo que ya ha mencionado la respetable ponente sobre la forma concreta en que debemos abordar el período transitorio de las monedas nacionales al euro. Sí quiero hacer dos observaciones en el contexto de su informe. +Me complace señalar que los comités científico, técnico y económico apoyaron la propuesta, después de examinar el informe del comité asesor de la gestión de las pesquerías durante su sesión de noviembre de 1999, además de las provisiones específicas sobre el uso de redes de cerco de jareta danesas en el banco de platijas. +Señora Presidenta, quiero felicitar también al Sr. Gallagher por su excelente trabajo y quiero decir aquí que llevamos dos años discutiendo largo y tendido acerca del mercado comunitario de la pesca y que, por fin, hoy le corresponde al Pleno de este Parlamento fijar su postura con este informe que ha sido -y hay que decirlo- aprobado por amplia mayoría en la Comisión de Pesca. +Deben saber que desde ayer todos los puertos pesqueros del litoral mediterráneo están en huelga, porque los pescadores protestan contra el precio del gasóleo y el desplome de los precios del pescado azul, del atún, de la sardina y también de las anguilas, que ya no se venden. +La propia Comisión Europea se ha visto obligada a reconocer que, desde la aplicación de la Unión aduanera, "en Turquía no se ha realizado ningún progreso significativo en el ámbito de los derechos humanos y de la reforma democrática". +Un pueblo, una nación, una Europa que por una corrección mal entendida no conserve su propia cultura corre el riesgo de desaparecer, por lo que pido a mis colegas que se deshagan de la hoja con el texto de la UE y utilicen las bonitas tarjetas UNICEF tal como están. +Nosotros también teníamos una casa real cuyos pecados están mucho más cerca de la época actual, y quisiera declarar, al menos como portavoz del Partido Socialista Panhelénico, que para nosotros es del todo inadmisible debatir este tipo de cosas, porque esto es intervenir en cuestiones muy delicadas, que deben debatirse en nuestro país antes de llegar al ámbito europeo. +Y vale la pena reafirmar que, en cuanto al contenido, seguimos luchando por las cuestiones del medio ambiente, la protección de los consumidores, los derechos sociales, los derechos humanos, la diversidad cultural y el papel multifuncional de la agricultura. +La verdad es que el acuerdo en perspectiva era muy malo para la agricultura, pues nos dejaba en el punto de partida en una posición debilitada para negociar en el futuro, pero al final estamos, más que nunca, en condiciones de tener una postura ofensiva en esta nueva Ronda. +Se trata aquí de un acto jurídico que persigue lo siguiente: un sistema coherente y duradero de medidas de vigilancia de todas las partes contratantes en las áreas mencionadas: las experiencias de las comisiones de pesca del Atlántico nororiental y del Atlántico noroccidental han de ser trasladadas al derecho comunitario de la UE. +Este informe sobre la verificación de credenciales trae causa y tiene su fundamento jurídico en el artículo 11 del Acta relativa a la elección de los representantes en el Parlamento Europeo aneja a la decisión del Consejo de 20 de septiembre de 1976. +El estilo artístico, en el intento de alcanzar un compromiso, resulta la mayoría de las veces en una derrota a la hora de legislar, con lo cual de este principio la discusión ya no se puede centrar en hablar sencilla y claramente. +Por otra, carecemos de estadísticas definitivas y completas sobre el flujo actual de transporte de mercancías entre Suiza y la Unión Europea aunque ese estudio está próximo a finalizar, previéndose en el mismo reglamento que en el año 2000 pueden modificarse las cifras actuales de distribución en el caso de que los datos reales se desvíen significativamente de los que ahora se prevén. +Y, sin embargo, la única oportunidad de empleo que se ha ofrecido en Derry hasta ahora con el proceso de paz en marcha ha sido la de Raytheon, la tercera empresa en importancia de fabricación de armas de los EE.UU. De modo que considero una contradicción en los términos hablar de un proceso de paz y facilitar puestos de trabajo en la industria de armamentos para personas que han sido diezmadas por la violencia. +Es preciso dotar a la Unión Europea de una política auténticamente democrática, orientada a favor de los derechos humanos, que la convierta en un factor de estabilidad, en un factor a favor de la paz, del desarrollo, de los derechos humanos y de la democracia en Europa en el siglo XXI. +Desde luego, sería extraordinariamente difícil e inviable solicitar el apoyo del público europeo para introducir la unanimidad para los cambios en materia de armonización fiscal o para decisiones relativas a las cuestiones de política exterior y seguridad en el nivel del Consejo Europeo. +También se ha concedido a Turquía la condición de candidata para la adhesión a la UE, aunque tendrá que cumplir los criterios políticos establecidos para la futura adhesión, entre ellos el demostrar, naturalmente, que el respeto de los derechos humanos es parte intrínseca de la vida turca. +El mundo está en vías de tener un nuevo superestado al lado de los EE.UU. Bien es verdad que se ha aprobado que el ejército comunitario no es un ejército comunitario porque no tiene existencia permanente; pero en ese caso, tampoco existe un Eurocuerpo o unas fuerzas armadas de la OTAN. +Se han conseguido grandes progresos en el ámbito de la política exterior y de seguridad, pero yo echo en falta uno, a saber, una auténtica vinculación tanto del Alto Representante como de la Comisión y el Comisario de Asuntos Exteriores a las estructuras decisorias de la dirección de los órganos. +Como acaba de exponer la Sra. Siimes, existe un acuerdo entre el Consejo y el Parlamento sobre la posibilidad de dedicar la totalidad de la reserva de flexibilidad a la financiación de los gastos de la ayuda a Kosovo. +Se consiguió alcanzar un acuerdo para incluir en el Presupuesto del año 2000 otros 300 millones, además de los 60 millones procedentes de la transferencia de remanentes de este año, y considerar como parte del compromiso para el año 2001 los 140 millones comprometidos en la conferencia de donantes. +En el documento de la Comisión sobre cuestiones estratégicas aprobado el 10 de diciembre se concluía que no se debían subcontratar las tareas fundamentales en materia de servicios públicos y que la Comisión debía tener a su disposición un conjunto mucho más flexible de disposiciones relativas a tareas no fundamentales en materia de servicios públicos. +Dije literalmente que, en estos momentos, el Consejo no considera necesaria la revisión permanente de los ramos del proyecto de presupuestos para el ejercicio 2000, y hemos ofrecido la aplicación del instrumento de flexibilidad para la categoría 4. +Aunque corresponde a los Jefes de Estado o de Gobierno decidir el estatuto definitivo de la Carta, el órgano deberá examinar en su propuesta cómo combinar las dos cuestiones pendientes: un texto jurídicamente vinculante y listo para ser incluido en el Tratado o una declaración política solemne. +Como consecuencia lógica de esta circunstancia, las masas de hielo bloqueadas podrían elevar en gran medida el nivel de las aguas del Danubio, lo que podría dar lugar a inundaciones verdaderamente dramáticas. A su vez, las inundaciones elevarían los costes de la reconstrucción, lo que no se correspondería en modo alguno con los intereses de la Comisión. +En su informe sobre la aplicación del Reglamento 1475/95 relativo a la distribución de automóviles, que está previsto para el final del año 2000, la Comisión evaluará las repercusiones del sistema de distribución exento en los precios de los automóviles. +Las diferencias en la fiscalidad de los diferentes tipos de automóviles son, naturalmente, un factor, pero eso nos plantea la cuestión de la facilidad o la dificultad que reviste para la Unión Europea la adopción de cualquier decisión relativa a los asuntos fiscales. +No lo digo tanto por mí -yo tengo tiempo-, sino por una consideración que a muchas y muchos colegas, sobre todo a los recién llegados, se les escapa: en el desarrollo de una sesión plenaria como esta no participamos únicamente los que nos encontramos aquí delante y los y las intérpretes que pueden ver en sus cabinas, sino que detrás tenemos un gigantesco aparato, que se ocupa, por ejemplo, de que ustedes puedan disponer mañana temprano del Acta literal de la sesión. +En un sistema económico moderno, éstas son la columna vertebral de la economía. Por esto, yo propongo en una enmienda que las inversiones no se limiten a un máximo del 25 % del volumen total, sino que se adecuen a la capacidad de absorción del país beneficiario. +Sin embargo, debo recordar que la seguridad en el Parlamento Europeo es objeto de debate desde hace mucho tiempo. Por lo tanto, tal vez no estaría de más que se creara un grupo de trabajo que asimismo informase a los diputados de las posibilidades existentes en el Parlamento Europeo para garantizar la seguridad de sus miembros. +En la VI Conferencia deberá tomarse una decisión sobre el modo de garantizar la corrección ambiental como parte del paquete global de decisiones, y la posición de la Comunidad relativa al tema de los límites máximos no ha cambiado. +Y cuando digo "convencer a sus socios", se trata quizá ante todo de convencer a los propios países de la Unión Europea, porque Europa habla, ¿pero los quince Estados miembros de la Unión Europea están dispuestos a realizar los esfuerzos necesarios y a respetar, a aplicar, las numerosas directivas que votamos aquí, en este hemiciclo? +Esta cuestión tiene, desde el punto de vista de la Unión, dos aspectos fundamentales, y el primero de ellos es la actuación de la Unión Europea para reducir sus propias emisiones, aspecto que es clave también para la credibilidad internacional de la Unión Europea. +Estoy de acuerdo con muchas cosas que se han dicho aquí sobre el valor de la integración de los aspectos medioambientales en todo el sector de los transportes y en la política de transportes En la Comisión hemos dado algunos primeros pasos importantes, pero aún queda mucho por hacer. +Como ha señalado el último orador, Sr. Gollnisch, es cierto que Macao representa una sociedad libre: una ciudad libre en el extremo de China, en el extremo de Asia, como señalaba el Sr. Graça Moura al inicio de nuestro debate; una extraordinaria encrucijada entre Oriente y Occidente desde el siglo XVI. +Hong Kong y Macao son dos grandes ciudades internacionales; pueden desempeñar un papel muy importante en la continuación del desarrollo y en la apertura con éxito de China al resto del mundo; y en el desempeño de ese papel, Macao contará con nuestros mejores deseos para el emocionante período de la historia que estoy seguro les depara el futuro. +(FR) Señor Presidente, señoras y señores, como informé al respecto a la Comisión INDU el 6 de diciembre pasado, cuando acudí a presentar las conclusiones del Consejo "Investigación" del 2 de diciembre, los ministros dieron su acuerdo a un nuevo programa complementario 2003 por lo que respecta al reactor de alto flujo de Petten, situado en los Países Bajos. +(FR) Debo expresar mi satisfacción al ver que, al fin, hemos salido del estancamiento en el que estaban las discusiones entre el Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo relativas al programa Socrates II, ya que el Parlamento ha sabido mostrarse muy firme en su posición durante este largo procedimiento de conciliación. +El Grupo de los Verdes y Alianza Libre Europea hemos rechazado la propuesta de disminuir el número de permisos a distribuir entre los Estados miembros, como se había planteado por el Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo. +La futura ampliación de Europa, confirmada por las conclusiones de Helsinki, plantea la cuestión del respeto, por los países candidatos, de los criterios de construcción de la igualdad de sexos, así como de los criterios de promoción de la libertad de las mujeres. +Debe responder ante los tribunales europeos, y el procedimiento debe ser por la vía rápida para garantizar que se pagan compensaciones al sector del vacuno británico, no sólo por la pérdida del comercio con Francia, sino también por la pérdida de nuestro comercio en todo el mundo, como consecuencia del daño ocasionado a la reputación de nuestros productos de alta calidad. +En principio, los cuatro importantes debates sobre la política de competencia -cuatro informes relacionados entre sí- estaban previstos para la mañana del miércoles, pero han quedado aplazados hasta la tarde y luego hasta la noche. Por todo ello, insto a la Presidencia a que considere la posibilidad de celebrar dichos debates el martes del período parcial de sesiones de enero. +Por una parte, se ha insistido metódicamente en que los Estados miembros deben adecuar sus legislaciones a la normativa de la UE en materia de asilo, inmigración y control de fronteras, así como a las estipulaciones de Schengen, que han pasado a formar parte de la normativa de la Unión Europea a través de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam. +Así pues, el Banco Europeo de Inversiones se atiene a esta normativa en lo referente a los documentos y a su publicación, si bien el objetivo debe ser, en general, la extensión del principio de acceso a la información y de transparencia en la medida que no se ponga en peligro el secreto comercial. +No hemos protestado ni nos hemos negado, hemos puesto manos a la obra y hemos trabajado. En este contexto quisiera dar las gracias al ponente, el Sr. Papayannakis, al Sr. Kindermann, ponente de la Comisión de Agricultura, y también a la administración y al servicio jurídico. +El segundo punto sobre el que deseaba llamar su atención, antes de empezar el año 2000, es el siguiente: no esperemos hasta noviembre, como hemos hecho este año, para poner sobre la mesa el reglamento definitivo, que debe permitir una aplicación inmediata, como lo establece, por otra parte, el excelente informe del Sr. Papayannakis. +El protocolo sobre la protección y el bienestar de los animales, anejo al Tratado por el que se crea la Comunidad Europea, pide a la Comunidad y a los Estados miembros que, al formular y aplicar su política agraria, tengan plenamente en cuenta los requisitos en materia de salud y bienestar de los animales. +Sólo quiero asociarme a las palabras de los ponentes anteriores y recordar una norma política: que la prudencia no nos va a hacer nunca traidores, y por eso aprecio enormemente la solidaridad y firmeza de la Comisión de Presupuestos, que nos ha permitido salvar los intereses del Parlamento como institución. +En la última legislatura he votado repetidas veces contra los presupuestos porque, a pesar de los informes sobre la preocupante situación de la apicultura en Europa, aprobados por unanimidad la Comisión se ha negado a poner a disposición los créditos para las medidas de conservación de la apicultura que habíamos reclamado. +En consecuencia, queremos que las relaciones con este importante socio no se basen en la ilusoria perspectiva de obtener la condición de miembro, sino en la más estrecha colaboración en un marco económico mediante el cumplimiento de las obligaciones derivadas del Acuerdo de Unión Aduanera. +El resultado más importante de la cumbre fue la ratificación por parte de la UE de los ambiciosos planes sobre la ampliación de la UE, lo que implica, entre otras cosas, la convocatoria ahora de una conferencia gubernamental que haga posible esta admisión de nuevos Estados miembros. +Aquí se incluye la ayuda a Sierra Leona, a los refugiados en los países vecinos de Liberia y Guinea y, como ya se ha comentado aquí, la ayuda para la ORN, la ayuda psicosocial en los campamentos de desplazados, que han iniciado programas de ayuda para los niños soldados desmovilizados y que abordan el espantoso problema de los niños mutilados para ofrecerles alguna perspectiva de vida. +Señor Presidente, en el crepúsculo del siglo XX, de un siglo que ha estado positivamente señalado por la revolución pacífica de las mujeres, es realmente lamentable que haya todavía países como Kuwait y Afganistán, en los que la mitad de la población, las mujeres, está privada incluso de los derechos fundamentales. +Una resolución de esa naturaleza sobre un Estado miembro de la Unión Europea tendría más sentido que sobre un tercer país, pero constituiría, incluso en este caso, un ataque al funcionamiento de las instituciones de ese Estado y a la capacidad de sus ciudadanos para resolver internamente ese problema. +No podemos comprometernos durante décadas al apoyo a los productores de las regiones más favorecidas de Europa por descensos de los precios ocurridos a veces en el pasado La solución consistiría en armonizar las ayudas por hectáreas de la forma más igualitaria posible para todo el espacio de la UE. +Su antecedente es la Decisión 96/411/CE del Consejo relativa a la mejora de las estadísticas agrícolas comunitarias, que ha puesto a disposición de la Comisión una herramienta flexible que le permite adaptar las aplicaciones estadísticas a las distintas necesidades de información a medida que se vayan produciendo cambios. +Evidentemente, el lúpulo no es el ejemplo típico para apreciar la importancia que tiene la Política Agrícola Común para los agricultores de la Unión Europea, pero muestra su profundidad y su extensión en la asistencia a nuestros agricultores. +Ahora bien, al mismo tiempo se multiplican las ayudas financieras, llamadas excepcionales, a los países más diversos del planeta, sin que se propicie ningún plan de conjunto, de modo que nuestra política de cooperación sólo es una vaga e inmensa dispersión, es decir, en suma, que ya no es una política. +Creo que las propuestas del Sr. Herman van bien orientadas, siempre que nuestros sucesores tengan la voluntad política de acabar con esta rotatividad paralizadora entre los dos grandes Grupos y sean capaces de hacer lugar para el debate político, es decir, para la voz de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea. +A pesar de las mejoras que se han introducido en la legislación, en especial la relativa a los niños nacidos a partir de 1992, parece que la clase política dirigente en Estonia está contribuyendo a mantener una noción -en mi opinión- conservadora en lo relativo a la cuestión de la ciudadanía. +A veces no es fácil explicarles que una cultura jurídica realmente aplicada en la práctica de la justicia y de los Tribunales es precisamente condición previa para un mercado interior que funcione, del mismo modo que una democracia es naturalmente condición previa para la Unión política. +Quiero empezar por subrayar una vez más, y estoy hablando por todos aquellos que dentro de la Comisión están encargados de la preparación para la ampliación, que somos profundamente conscientes de la oportunidad histórica y única que tiene la Unión Europea para traer la paz y estabilidad a una mayor parte de este continente. +En el próximo otoño, la Comisión elaborará más informes sobre los progresos, pero también es nuestra intención realizar en octubre del presente año, es decir aún antes de la cumbre de Helsinki, una adaptación, o digamos mejor un reajuste, de las asociaciones para la adhesión que usted conoce, en función de los progresos y desarrollos constatados en ese momento. +Algunos sectores que cuentan con sus propias reglas específicas que han demostrado su validez en la práctica, como, sobre todo, los contratos de distribución de cerveza, están funcionando satisfactoriamente para la hostelería, para las cervecerías grandes y pequeñas, para los mayoristas y para los consumidores. +Con una valoración de los efectos de los acuerdos verticales podemos registrar mejor la situación en el mercado interior que con criterios formales estrictos. Esto es así además ya que entonces los participantes pequeños en el mercado se beneficiarían de las simplificaciones de los requerimientos formales. +No se pueden fijar umbrales en un país pequeño como el mío, en el que tal vez haya una cervecera dominante, pero en un mercado muy limitado, mientras que una cervecera como la «Bitburger», contigua a nosotros, que tiene una posición mucho más fuerte y un volumen de negocios mucho más importante no esta considerada dominante, porque Alemania es enorme respecto del Gran Ducado de Luxemburgo. +También doy gracias al Presidente de la Comisión de Peticiones, Sr. Fontana, y a todos los miembros de la comisión parlamentaria por su actitud positiva en sus contactos con la oficina del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo. +Asimismo, considero fundamental para la labor del Defensor del Pueblo -y así lo señalo en el informe- la modificación de su estatuto para conseguir que el acceso del Defensor a todos los documentos relevantes en los procedimientos que él sigue se produzca lo más eficazmente posible. +En cuanto a la actuación de la oficina del Defensor del Pueblo en materia de información y comunicación, creo que dicha actuación es un buen ejemplo para otras instituciones europeas, en especial por lo que respecta a la utilización de las nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación, como, por ejemplo, el acercamiento de la ciudadanía a esta institución a través de Internet. +Es muy importante que se examine detalladamente el Estatuto de los funcionarios y que se introduzcan las modificaciones necesarias para establecer directamente la obligación a los funcionarios de señalar las irregularidades que pudieran percibir en el desempeño de sus funciones acerca del funcionamiento de los órganos comunitarios. +La Comisión, no obstante, tenía la intención de convertir dicho código en uno de los tres ejes de una reforma más ambiciosa del conjunto de sus actuaciones internas y externas que, sin embargo, no ha podido llegar todavía a buen fin por los motivos que el Parlamento conoce perfectamente. +En cuanto a la modificación del Estatuto del Defensor del Pueblo, respecto a este punto o al de los testimonios de los funcionarios, evidentemente le corresponde al Pleno tomar la iniciativa de acuerdo con el artículo 138 E. Después será tarea de la Comisión -de la próxima Comisión, evidentemente- emitir su dictamen al respecto. +Estos problemas relativos al sistema informático estuvieron muy presentes en el informe relativo a la aprobación de la gestión de 1996, que finalmente condujo a la caída de la Comisión. Desde entonces, la Comisión Europea ha hecho tabla rasa. +No debemos sentarnos a esperar la compatibilidad que he detallado en un documento de trabajo para la Comisión de Transportes, ya que antes de que esto suceda, habrán pasado diez años y eso podría utilizarse como excusa para calcular los costes reales por el uso de las carreteras. +Señor Presidente, como miembro de los Verdes y ferviente partidario de la resolución de compromiso que hemos aprobado en este Parlamento, quisiera expresar mi respeto hacia todos los colaboradores de la OTAN que en este momento están trabajando en defensa de los derechos humanos en los países vecinos de Kosovo. +Como sabe el Parlamento, la Comisión adoptó en el año 1997 una recomendación en esta materia y está examinando su aplicación; sería, por tanto, prematuro que se comprometiera desde ahora a adoptar una propuesta de directiva, ya que no podrá valorar adecuadamente la situación hasta que no concluya el examen en curso. +Los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno dieron un impulso político a dicho proceso en las Cumbres de Cardiff y de Viena, impulso que debe desembocar, en la Cumbre de Colonia, en un informe sobre las medidas necesarias para la realización de un mercado financiero único. +Sé que las autoridades del valle de Chamonix han denunciado en muchas ocasiones el paso de miles de camiones por este valle estrecho y por este túnel, que, evidentemente, no se había construido para un tráfico tan importante. +De este drama, que se habría podido evitar, debemos sacar las consecuencias y ejercer presiones no sólo frente a usted, señor Comisario, sino también frente al Consejo, para que por fin se desarrolle una verdadera política «ferrocarril-carretera» en el sector de los transportes de mercancías, y ello tanto para las zonas difíciles como para el conjunto del territorio nacional. +Dicho esto, señor Presidente, deseaba señalar, en nombre de mi Grupo, que no votaremos a favor de las cuatro enmiendas presentadas sobre esta resolución, no porque rechacemos el fondo o porque no compartamos las preocupaciones que expresan, sino porque consideramos que quizá este Parlamento tendrá la ocasión, en otro momento, de volver a manifestar, globalmente, su opinión sobre estos problemas. +Es lamentable que en muchos lugares del mundo, y también en Irlanda de Norte, los abogados y los jueces se hayan encontrado en primera línea, donde los conflictos son más intensos. El asesinato de Rosemary Nelson nos demuestra una vez más el peligro que muchos de esos profesionales corren cuando defienden los derechos humanos más fundamentales de sus clientes. +El llamamiento en favor de una indagación independiente se debe al hecho de que se tiene la convicción de que una indagación de la policía irlandesa sobre la muerte de la Sra. Nelson no sería todo lo rigurosa que debería ser, pues todo indica que la Sra. Nelson temía por su propia vida y que durante mucho tiempo se consideraba en situación de grave peligro. +No se puede negar la implicación de los vehículos pesados en los accidentes mortales, ya que, además de unas condiciones de trabajo demasiado difíciles, el peso es también un factor agravante, por cuanto a menudo está asociado a una velocidad excesiva. +En este debate sobre la competencia leal hemos de ser conscientes de que en el ámbito del ferrocarril los salarios son más elevados y los puestos de trabajo se ocupan habitualmente de por vida. Lo más probable es que en el sector privado estas condiciones no se lleguen a dar nunca. +No podía dar crédito a mis oídos cuando uno de los expertos invitados a la audiencia celebrada con motivo del Libro Blanco señaló que por razones medioambientales había que gravar el combustible para la aviación con 4 ecus el litro. Tarifas de Concorde en la vida cotidiana, ¿quién las va a pagar? +Señora Presidenta, ante todo, quisiera felicitar a la Sra. Bennasar Tous, aunque ausente, y también a la Sra. Colombo Svevo que tan dignamente nos ha presentado el tema esta mañana; pero sobre todo, quisiera felicitar a la Sra. ponente por su valiosa aportación a la propuesta de la Comisión sobre el programa DAPHNE, así como por la forma en que ha tratado una cuestión tan importante. +Nosotros apoyamos la petición de que, en el Comité Consultivo, haya un representante del Parlamento Europeo y un representante de las ONG, así como la petición de que se presente un informe sobre los progresos realizados una vez al año, y no cada tres años. +Señora Presidenta, la Comisión desea dar gracias a la Sra. Bennasar Tous y a la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer por el informe preparado, que apoya firmemente la iniciativa de la Comisión y subraya en forma admirable la necesidad y la urgencia de que se adopte el programa DAPHNE con suficiente antelación al final del año. +En mi informe, que había sido aprobado por la Comisión de Transportes y Turismo sin que el punto 1 sufriera modificación alguna, pedía que se introdujera un sistema de tarifas uniforme para todos los vehículos de transporte «y que tuviese en los costes sociales límite uno de sus cimientos». +Habida cuenta de que el Consejo ha aprobado el reglamento que recoge las normas generales relativas a los Fondos estructurales, cada uno de los Estados miembros ha de proponer a la Comisión cuáles son las regiones que reúnen las condiciones establecidas en dicho reglamento y que, en opinión de los Estados, se encuentran en una situación más desfavorable. +Muchos de los que aquí estamos hemos sido testigos de su acción importante en la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales de este Parlamento, que no era sino una manifestación más de su constante dedicación a los temas sociales y sindicales que le trajeron a esta Asamblea. +Ciertamente, la regulación de los privilegios e inmunidades -que data del año 1965- se remonta a un momento en que este Parlamento era una mera asamblea parlamentaria en donde, todavía, su grado de representatividad de una ciudadanía europea estaba en el reino de la utopía. +Hoy tenemos el euro, hoy es indiscutible que sus propuestas son acertadas y que el informe de nuestro colega, el Sr. Menrad, que se ocupa de la dimensión de la política de empleo es también un informe muy bueno que puede ser discutido aquí con el Informe Fourçans. +Las soluciones para la eliminación del desempleo crónico en Europa no están en un programa europeo de empleo ni en una política económica, homogéneamente configurada, de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea Económica y Monetaria, sino en las reformas estructurales. +Solo hay un punto, el relativo a las reformas estructurales, sobre el que quisiera llamar la atención, para precisarles que la Comisión está dispuesta a valorar la liberalización de los sectores de las telecomunicaciones, los transportes y la energía. +Señor Presidente, distinguidos colegas del Parlamento Europeo. Como ustedes saben, el 19 de abril tuve ya la oportunidad de exponer a su Comisión de Control Presupuestario la posición del Consejo en el procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión para 1997. +Veo que ya se han aplicado adecuadamente las diversas disposiciones relativas a la plantilla y tengo entendido que, de toda la plantilla del Centro, sólo quedan vacantes dos puestos de la categoría A. No vacilo lo más mínimo en recomendar la aprobación de la gestión también para el CEDEFOP. +Estoy sorprendido de ver que el Grupo Socialista ha presentado una enmienda para que se elimine el punto 1 del Informe Elles, que es el importante, es decir, en el que recordamos nuestra decisión final de no aprobar la gestión de la Comisión del año 1996. +Pero ha habido un problema, puedo reconocer que, cuando hemos adoptado en el nivel político decisiones claras y orientadas en la dirección correcta, la capacidad de la Comisión para aplicar las decisiones en todos sus servicios de la misma forma ha sido deficiente. +A partir de ahí, hay otro principio importante que a nosotros nos vincula y que también tiene que ver con esa responsabilidad para con los ciudadanos de la que hablaba antes: es el principio de conservación de los actos, el principio de ser lo más eficaces posible y dar la más rápida y mejor respuesta a los ciudadanos. +Efectivamente, tenemos ahora precisamente esto: ninguna emoción, sino la demostración científica -y precisamente como se ha exigido, la seguridad cualitativa, no la cuantitativa- de que la utilización de hormonas es nociva, que representa una amenaza para la salud, que es cancerígena, que provoca la temprana aparición de la pubertad de las niñas. Traduzco lo que está escrito aquí. +Y de ahí también que yo defienda la creación de un fondo de compensación para las empresas que se vean afectadas por tales sanciones, ya que, de lo contrario, muchas de ellas se pueden ver inmersas en una profunda crisis que puede llevarlas a la desaparición, con la consiguiente pérdida de puestos de trabajo justamente en unos momentos en que estamos impulsando -queremos impulsar desde la Unión- unas políticas en beneficio de la ocupación. +Si la Comisión cede la evaluación y la capacidad de iniciativa para nuevas propuestas como ocurre en esta propuesta, entonces está socavando realmente su derecho de existencia y está destruyendo de hecho lo que es un principio determinante en la Unión, y este es el derecho de iniciativa. +Gracias al espíritu comunitario han sido posibles en Europa el Estado de derecho, el diálogo, las instituciones democráticas, el reconocimiento de las minorías, y con ese espíritu puede ponerse fin también a un conflicto que lleva martirizando a los pueblos del sudeste europeo desde hace más de diez años. +Los Verdes esperan de usted, señor Prodi, con respecto a este Parlamento, que se comprometa en la Conferencia Intergubernamental a apostar firmemente por fortalecer esta Cámara hasta que llegue a ser un Parlamento de pleno derecho, con plenos poderes de codecisión legislativa también en materia de agricultura y de gastos obligatorios, y con plenos derechos de control de la aplicación de la política. +Esta cura de adelgazamiento ha de realizarse antes del nombramiento de la nueva Comisión, por lo que existen muchas razones generales para aplazar la aprobación del Sr. Prodi, sin embargo, mi grupo también tiene una razón política: El Sr. Prodi desea los Estados Unidos de Europa. +En algunos momentos, el problema del equilibrio entre estos dos aspectos ha encontrado alguna solución; por ejemplo, el Sr. Delors trató a través del Libro Blanco de hacer una síntesis y de hallar un punto de equilibrio, buscó el equilibrio entre estos dos aspectos. +Europa no ha puesto en marcha todavía la célula de análisis para las políticas activas de prevención de los conflictos -como Parlamento Europeo aprobamos una propuesta de este tipo- debe recuperar la dignidad, la ambición y la responsabilidad de una iniciativa. +Opinamos que hay que restaurar una cierta flexibilidad monetaria y adaptar el euro a las situaciones específicas de los diferentes países dejando subsistir, el 1 de enero de 2002, las monedas nacionales frente al euro, que se convertiría así en una simple moneda común. +Confrontados a los nuevos retos engendrados, en particular, por la caída del Muro de Berlín y la mundialización de la economía, tanto uno como otro jamás han dudado en incrementar la carga de trabajo de la Comisión, aunque sin sacar todas las consecuencias lógicas, sobre todo en materia de contratación de personal. +Cabe esperar, por tanto, que la Fundación se comprometerá a responder de la manera tan positiva que parece indicar nuestro ponente a las cuestiones pendientes o que acaban de ser planteadas con ocasión del examen del procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión en el ejercicio 1997: gastos de misión y contratos de estudio. +Señor Presidente, he recibido de la oficina del Presidente del Parlamento una carta que me dice que mi pregunta dirigida al Consejo, que debía debatirse mañana, no se debatirá entonces porque hoy tendría lugar el debate sobre Kosovo y en él se incluiría también mi pregunta, que se refiere a la cuestión del medio ambiente en Kosovo, que ha sido auténticamente destruido. +Prestemos, en cambio, atención a las voces europeas cada día más numerosas, más fuertes y más significativas, de Oskar Lafontaine a los 180 diputados italianos de la mayoría demócrata de izquierda, demócratas cristianos, que, en nombre de una cierta visión de Europa, piden, al igual que hacemos nosotros, el fin de los bombardeos. +Seamos prácticos a corto plazo: apoyar la iniciativa de Chernomirdin, salvaguardar Montenegro de los bombardeos en la medida de lo posible, mantener el equilibrio demográfico en Macedonia con la acogida de refugiados kosovares en la UE, de modo que no pueda producirse otra escalada del conflicto en la región y, señor Presidente, contener el transporte de armas para el UCK como ha hecho Italia. +Debemos empezar a explicar a la Sra. Harbour -y es el Consejo quien debe hacerlo- que si Hitler no hubiera sido acusado porque no se podía probar quiénes eran los jefes de los distintos campos de exterminio, no se habría podido demostrar la cadena de mando existente entre Berlín y Auschwitz. +Lo que tiene que ocurrir es que, eventualmente con el acuerdo de paz del que hablaba ahora mismo el Sr. Ministro, en los Balcanes se definan las condiciones para establecer el Estado de derecho y la democracia, la erradicación de todas las fuentes de agresión que en este instante existen, en especial en el régimen de Milosevic. +La situación es extremadamente difícil y sólo la intervención armada -si antes Milosevic no cede respecto a los condiciones impuestas por la OTAN y la Unión Europea- puede dar un respiro y crear un cordón de protección con vistas a ese espacio de paz y seguridad del que hemos hablado. +En los próximos días, volveré a ir a la región, sin embargo, les ruego que nos ayuden a transmitir este mensaje: hoy por hoy, el elemento fundamental de la ayuda humanitaria son las elecciones prioritarias, la disciplina y la coordinación, de lo contrario temo que también la gran generosidad de todos acabe en una gran confusión. +Recomiendo a esta Asamblea y al Presidente en ejercicio la iniciativa de Su Santidad el Patriarca de Constantinopla de organizar el simposio religioso, científico y medioambiental que se celebrará en septiembre y en el que representantes de las cinco grandes religiones de la región -ortodoxa y católica, protestante, judía y musulmana- navegarán desde Ratisbona hasta el mar Negro en pro del medio ambiente y de la reconciliación. +La posición expresada esta mañana por el Sr. Prodi y cuanto nos ha dicho ahora el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo sobre la importancia que para el éxito de las grandes políticas de la Unión, como la ampliación y la PESC, cobrará la Federación Rusa en el futuro inmediato nos llenan de esperanza. +Esa estrategia común propone la democracia, el Estado de derecho de las instituciones públicas, la integración de Rusia en un espacio económico y social europeo y los imperativos comunes que afronta el continente europeo. +En este sentido, es particularmente importante que dejemos claro ante el Consejo que el procedimiento de aprobación de un informe con recomendaciones al Consejo sobre una estrategia común constituye una solución excepcional, motivada por las particulares circunstancias de un año electoral. +Los esfuerzos de Rusia para lograr una solución del conflicto de los Balcanes no hacen más que resaltar una vez más la importancia de dicho país para la arquitectura europea de la seguridad y, en consecuencia, yo respaldo explícitamente los deseos del Presidente del Consejo de que se adopte lo antes posible esta estrategia. +El texto del apartado 5 del artículo 190 del Tratado dice que «el Parlamento establecerá el estatuto y las condiciones generales de ejercicio de las funciones de sus miembros, previo dictamen de la Comisión y con la aprobación por unanimidad del Consejo». +Yo creo que el Consejo -y los Gobiernos- han demostrado su buena voluntad con respecto al Parlamento, en primer lugar accediendo a algo que nosotros creíamos que era muy difícil, que es la inclusión en el Tratado de Amsterdam de este artículo precisamente, que pedimos desde el Parlamento y que todos creíamos que el Consejo -o los Gobiernos- no iba a aceptar. +Espero que se puedan aumentar de manera sistemática en el presupuesto propiamente dicho los recursos del Defensor del Pueblo, ya que ésta será la mejor manera de fomentar la confianza de los ciudadanos en las actividades generales de la UE. +La Sra. González Álvarez mencionó la cuestión de los comentarios de la Comisión de Presupuestos relativos a la parte de gastos administrativos dentro del presupuesto de explotación global y realizó algunas observaciones muy sensatas al respecto. +Mientras tanto, el Parlamento Europeo, nuestro Parlamento, se ha ido desarrollando hasta convertirse en una institución política dentro de la Unión Europea que ya es ineludible y que ha ejercido su facultad de control político y presupuestario enérgicamente y con gran independencia. +Respecto al Parlamento, quisiera decir también que la nota característica de esta legislatura es que hemos dejado el pantalón corto -estoy hablando desde mi condición masculina, y por eso pongo ese ejemplo del pantalón corto, naturalmente, sin entrar en ningún ejemplo sexista-. +Pero por encima de todo eso, reconocemos que es usted un hombre de firmes convicciones, que tiene muchas cualidades humanas naturales; una persona de gran energía y determinación y una persona que siempre se ha mostrado positiva y ecuánime; una persona alentadora y también una persona que puede ser muy firme y autoritaria cuando hay que demostrar ese tipo de autoridad, como hemos presenciado en algunas ocasiones. +El pacto debe ser expresión de una política activa de mercado laboral que apueste más que hasta ahora por la evitación del paro, es decir, sobre todo, por la reducción del paro juvenil y de larga duración así como por la finalización de la discriminación de las mujeres en el mercado laboral. +Los acontecimientos ocurridos a principios de este año y que han conducido a la dimisión de la Comisión y a un debate sobre su reforma, son motivo para examinar en este contexto también la relación entre el Parlamento Europeo, el Consejo y la Comisión Europea. +Cualquier retraso en el refuerzo de las instituciones y de su funcionamiento sólo puede comprometer la ampliación efectiva de la Unión; esta nueva reforma ha de preparar a las instituciones para la ampliación, pero debe permitir también responder a algunos fallos de funcionamiento institucionales que han aparecido en los últimos meses. +Naturalmente, no ponemos en tela de juicio algunos aspectos fundamentales como el artículo N, sino que decimos que en la etapa preparatoria son necesarias unas novedades porque hemos comprobado las deficiencias del método intergubernamental y, por tanto, la necesidad de preparar de otra forma el resultado de la Conferencia Intergubernamental. +La cantidad de Estados que en este momento solicitan el ingreso en la Unión Europea supondría un cambio -en el caso de que fueran admitidos en las condiciones actuales-cualitativo en la estructura de la Unión Europea. +En su intervención de ayer le oímos hablar de su responsabilidad política, de la capacidad de dirección política del Colegio, de su función de orientación política, de la necesidad de que adopte una gran iniciativa política. +Después de la Cumbre Europea de Colonia, optar de una vez por todas por una Europa donde toda la legislación y todo el presupuesto se sitúen definitivamente bajo la supervisión del Parlamento Europeo y en la que la Comisión Europea esté obligada a ofrecer una máxima transparencia con una gestión libre de todo fraude. +Entre los elementos centrales del paquete de reforma se incluye la ampliación de la política para el desarrollo del área rural, inclusive un mejor impulso a los métodos económicos compatibles con el medio ambiente. +Por ello, no ha sido sorprendente que antes de la cumbre de Colonia de uno u otro sitio hayan provenido críticas a la estrategia de la Presidencia o al modo de llevar las negociaciones, pero tras la cumbre de Berlín la apreciación es totalmente diferente. +Espero que se concrete la voluntad política afirmada por Prodi de recuperar el equilibrio institucional a fin de permitir que la Comisión vuelva a desempeñar su imprescindible papel de impulso político, como órgano independiente de los gobiernos nacionales y de los intereses privados. +Señora Presidenta, en el plano del procedimiento, quisiera señalar al Sr. Cox y a la Sra. Green, aunque se hayan ido, que yo presenté, el 13 de diciembre, una enmienda del mismo tipo que las enmiendas globales, que ya se han debatido ampliamente, y que esta enmienda en su momento - quizá porque era mía -, fue declarada inadmisible. +Pero, ¿qué ocurre con el futuro?¿La reforma permite responder a las pistas para una agricultura duradera presentadas por la Comisión, en contradicción con la propuesta modificada del apartado agrícola de Agenda 2000?żSe ha reforzado la cooperación entre la Unión Europea y los países ACP? +En segundo lugar -y muy vinculado a la ordenación del territorio-, nuestra segunda enmienda de transacción pide que el FEDER contribuya a establecer los necesarios enlaces entre las regiones que geográficamente padecen desventajas permanentes por su alejamiento, carácter periférico o insularidad, para fomentar los intercambios entre la periferia de Europa y las regiones centrales de la Comunidad. +En la reforma de los Fondos estructurales no hay ningún motivo para una alegría exagerada pero hemos encontrado un compromiso viable que garantiza que la solidaridad europea no derive en el futuro a una mera declaración de labios afuera. +Finalmente, y es la voluntad de los miembros de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, es indispensable introducir un programa de acción y de información ante los consumidores con el fin de que conozcan esencialmente los efectos de los productos de la viña en su salud. +Congelamos la categoría tercera; en la cuarta sólo se ofrece una declaración por si la crisis de Kosovo necesitara una revisión de las perspectivas financieras, y se nos anuncia que el Consejo estaría dispuesto a aceptar una revisión antes de la entrada en vigor de las perspectivas financieras que quieren que adoptemos hoy. +Me parece que también los isleños coinciden con la amplia mayoría del Parlamento y de la Comisión en que el principio de la cohesión económica y social se demuestra sobre todo en el trato que se da a las regiones de estructuras más débiles, por lo que queremos asignar a estas regiones el 70 % de todos los créditos, tanto si viven en tierra firme como en islas. +Si somos sinceros unos con otros, sabemos que no tiene ningún sentido hacer sólo de la insularidad un aspecto del que se deriven las ayudas, pues el punto de partida de las ayudas estructurales, así figura también en el Tratado, es compensar las desventajas de regiones y grupos sociales y es a esto a lo que nos debemos adherir en su propio interés. +Ahí tiene que intervenir la Agenda 2000 para proporcionar los medios indispensables para su prosecución con las infraestructuras cofinanciadas por el FEDER, por el FEOGA-Orientación o por el Fondo de Cohesión, así como la formación o reasignación de la mano de obra, para lo que se precisa el apoyo del Fondo Social. +De conformidad con el Decreto Presidencial 738/98 sobre la entrada de ayuda humanitaria proveniente del extranjero, desde entonces solamente se reconoce como destinatarios de ayuda humanitaria que no devenga aranceles a las personas jurídicas de utilidad pública reconocida en sus estatutos pero no a las personas particulares. +Mientras que las iniciales dificultades administrativas del programa «petróleo por alimentos» ya se han superado en su mayor parte, hoy día el principal problema del programa lo representa la escasa capacidad de exportación del Iraq y la distribución de los materiales de ayuda médica a la población. +La Unión Europea subraya su disposición a apoyar el proceso de reformas en Argelia, en especial, en el marco de la Cooperación Europea para el Mediterráneo, y a proseguir el diálogo político iniciado con las autoridades argelinas. +Señor Presidente, en lo tocante a un posible upgrading de la relaciones contractuales entre la Unión Europea y Croacia creo que el Sr. Diputado tendrá claro que esto se realiza en el marco de la estrategia regional de la UE, tal como se determina en las conclusiones del Consejo de Asuntos Generales del 29-4-1997. +Creo que el Fondo Social Europeo es un medio para dar un apoyo al desarrollo del empleo en Europa, al igual que el fondo para el desarrollo rural es un medio que podrá hacer posible el gran viraje que deberán hacer grandes partes del sector agrario. +En cualquier caso, apreciamos también los esfuerzos que ha realizado la Comisaria saliente, quien llevó a cabo una labor muy dura, no sólo a la hora de visitar las regiones deprimidas de la Unión, sino -en especial- en todo lo relativo a Irlanda del Norte y a los programas transfronterizos. +Como ponente para la aprobación de la gestión de 1997 en relación a los fondos, quisiera señalar un problema que es el que un país como, por ejemplo, Holanda, continuamente se ve reflejado negativamente en los informes del Tribunal de Cuentas, debido a que allí tienen una forma más precisa de informar que en ningún otro país. +A fin de conseguir este objetivo, la Comisión está dispuesta a incorporar los medios de comunicación más modernos para que el Parlamento pueda ejercer su escrutinio de manera continua y utilizando los medios técnicos más recientes. +Se han logrado importantes progresos en el debate sobre la definición de su contenido y su incorporación a los fundamentos jurídicos del Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea y del Tratado de la Unión Europea y falta poco para que podamos darlo por terminado. +Sin embargo, en cuestiones políticas tan importantes como la incorporación del Acuerdo de Schengen y el Acuerdo de asociación con dos países de especial significación, creo que el Consejo debería haberlas sometido a consulta del Parlamento y debería haber tenido en cuenta los puntos de vista que hubiera podido exponer esta institución. +Surgen dudas con respecto a la seguridad, el funcionamiento, el pago, el tratamiento de la información confidencial, el abuso de datos personales, la calidad de los productos y la falta de asesoramiento. +Apoyo las enmiendas que mejoran la directiva, sin embargo, no apoyo el texto legislativo en su conjunto y el Movimiento de Junio tampoco apoya el texto legislativo en su conjunto porque sigue partiendo del principio que hace referencia al país del remitente. +Es cierto que, en materia electrónica, precisamente por la gran violación de la intimidad que puede suponer el hecho de que introduzcamos en nuestras casas el ordenador y de que, en la pantalla, nuestros hijos, nuestros amigos, nuestros familiares puedan verse expuestos a un bombardeo de información, a lo mejor no deseada, hace que aparezcan principios de orden público. +Una posibilidad sería la de aprobar el informe ahora y retener la comunicación al Consejo hasta que el Comité de las Regiones decida si se pronuncia o no al respecto, y otra posibilidad sería posponer la votación a mañana, pues parece que el Comité de las Regiones puede dar un informe favorable mañana. +Las regiones rurales idóneas para el Objetivo 5b se contarán entre las principales víctimas de esta situación: en Francia, la tercera parte de la población idónea en relación con este objetivo dejará de recibir Fondos estructurales después del período de transición. +El resultado final, aunque no responde totalmente a las demandas del Parlamento, fue ampliamente influido por este último a través del trabajo de la Comisión de Política Regional, de los ponentes y del grupo encargado de las negociaciones. +El Partido Socialista parlamentario europeo se opone a la enmienda 7 del informe porque repite innecesariamente legislación existente de la UE y adolece de falta de claridad específica sobre el tema de la adaptación de la maquinaria o la sustitución de toda la maquinaria sea o no sea práctico hacerlo. +Nuestra política exterior y de seguridad común ha funcionado correctamente en este caso pues esta declaración era importante para garantizar la continuación pacífica y constructiva del proceso de paz pese a la expiración del primer período interino fijado por los Acuerdos de Oslo. +Consideramos, sin embargo, que ha llegado el momento de una acción extraordinaria: quisiéramos aprovechar este famoso año 2000 -un año que tiene un gran valor simbólico para todos los países del mundo y no sólo para los que tienen cierta tradición, historia y religión- para llevar a cabo un gesto extraordinario. +Como acaba de recordar el colega Imbeni, ha llegado la hora de utilizar también este año 2000 para dar ese salto cualitativo y presentar a la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas una propuesta de moratoria universal. +Tenemos en los países en desarrollo, en los países firmatarios del Convenio de Lomé muchos ejemplos modélicos de países que, gracias precisamente al restablecimiento de las reglas democráticas, siguen un camino de desarrollo económico, y es por eso que debemos reiterar con mayor fuerza a Djibuti que respete este acuerdo contractual que ha firmado con sus socios europeos. +Señor Presidente, las dificultades existentes para castigar a quienes han incurrido en delitos tales como genocidios, crímenes de guerra y, en general, delitos contra la humanidad han demostrado sobradamente la necesidad de la instauración de un Tribunal Penal Internacional, que esté activo cuanto antes y en condiciones de proceder eficazmente a la persecución de estos delitos para que no sigan impunes. +En el siglo XIX a las Comoras se las denominaba «el archipiélago de los sultanes batalladores», porque la Gran Comora y Anjouan están dominadas por algunas organizaciones familiares supuestamente nobles que se disputan el poder desde hace siglos, que imponen sus privilegios a la inmensa mayoría de la población, y mantienen grandes desigualdades sociales, monopolios económicos injustificables y una organización verdaderamente medieval de la sociedad. +Cito del informe de la Comisión Internacional para Temelin. En este momento, la capacidad de producción es superior a las necesidades y la electricidad producida por la central nuclear de Temelin tan sólo servirá para reducir la producción en otros ámbitos. +Me une un lazo personal al asunto que se está tratando. Mi primer informe, una modificación del Tratado del Comunidad Europea del Carbón y del Acero, analizó la quiebra de Ferrovie San'Anna, algo que entonces era inusitado, una acería que iba a la quiebra. +La Comisión está de acuerdo con el Sr. Hoppenstedt en que el pabellón de la Unión debe presentar la mejor imagen posible de la Unión Europea en el siglo XXI: una Unión Europea que es democrática, transparente, respetuosa de la ley, socialmente justa, tolerante y culturalmente diversa. +En mi país, donde este sector representa el 25 % del empleo de la industria transformadora y el 30 % de las exportaciones, donde hay regiones casi exclusivamente dependientes de él, por lo que condiciona la vida de la generalidad de los grupos familiares, millares de trabajadores y empresarios esperan el futuro con expectación y esperanza, pero también con muchas dudas e interrogaciones. +Nuestra posición, no sólo en relación con la industria textil sino con el sistema productivo europeo en general, se ajusta a la necesidad, primero, de que el sector ha de aceptar las condiciones de una economía global, y, segundo, que ha de hacer un esfuerzo para incrementar sus niveles de productividad y de competitividad. +En tercer lugar, es una gran desgracia que después de haber gastado tanto dinero del contribuyente en este nuevo edificio, no podamos dar verdadero ejemplo para el siglo XXI -para el nuevo milenio- del tipo de sociedad abierta que el Parlamento Europeo quiere ver en el futuro. +Se trata no sólo de un combatiente encarnizado de la democracia en su país, de un gran hombre que ha ayudado en el proceso de descolonización y a construir un mundo más justo y más abierto, sino que también encarna admirablemente la dimensión -digamos- deportiva, que hay que reconocerle a la democracia. +A todos nos cuesta mucho entender cuál era ese mensaje de la Comisión, aparte de que para los reventas supone buenas noticias, y malas noticias para los aficionados al fútbol, que se dé a entender que uno se puede salir realmente con la suya e infringir la ley siempre que esté dispuesto a dar unas monedillas a la Comisión Europea en un momento posterior del proceso. +Si hubiésemos aceptado pasivamente la existencia de un nacionalismo sanguinario, de un nacionalismo agresivo en nuestro continente, el destino de la propia integración europea, el mayor logro de la historia europea más reciente, habría estado en juego. +La Unión Europea y sus Estados miembros apoyaron activamente bajo la Presidencia alemana del Consejo la guerra de la OTAN en los Balcanes, que quebrantó el Derecho internacional y desbancó a la ONU, a la vez que quedaba sellada la transformación de la Comunidad en una llamada Unión defensiva. +En nombre de mi Grupo político quiero decir muy claramente que no vamos a enjuiciar a la Comisión y a los nuevos Comisarios por su afiliación política sino por su capacidad, la claridad y exactitud de sus posiciones en el pasado y en el presente. En nuestra opinión, este tiene que ser el único criterio de valoración. +En particular, deberemos encontrar un sistema apto para garantizar la información continua y exhaustiva del Parlamento sobre la marcha de la reforma respetando, al mismo tiempo, la autonomía de la Comisión en la gestión de sus competencias. +No comparto este análisis: para mí la Conferencia Intergubernamental es una cita crucial para las Instituciones europeas y es nuestra oportunidad, la última quizás, para prepararnos para la posible duplicación del número de miembros de los Estados de la Unión. +Le proponemos que reflexione sobre la necesidad de corregir la ruta, y los dos bancos de pruebas me parece que se han sugerido en este debate: el primero se refiere a la relación entre Europa y el mundo, el segundo se refiere a Europa entre la construcción europea y las diferentes realidades de los distintos países. +La ampliación presupone una adaptación de las instituciones de la Unión: hemos comenzado ya los preparativos de la Conferencia Intergubernamental de los países miembros con el objetivo de hacer un informe sobre este asunto, de cuya redacción se encargará el Presidente y que será expuesto en la cumbre de Helsinki. +En la cumbre de Tampere, que tratará, entre otras cosas, los problemas del refugio y del asilo político, así como de la delincuencia internacional organizada, habrá que hacer proposiciones concretas de las medidas a tomar para mejorar la seguridad interna. +Tenemos que acelerar por todos los medios la elaboración de dicho informe y su debida discusión en el Parlamento Europeo, pero no podemos entregar los derechos legítimos del Parlamento en manos de un órgano de investigación extraoficial ni atenernos a su agenda para elaborar el informe. +La política a seguir para la»dimensión nórdica», concepto ya ratificado por la Unión Europea, debe tener en cuenta, entre otras cosas, la colaboración con los países Bálticos, y también la materialización de la estrategia a seguir con Rusia, asunto que también ha sido decidido en principio. +Este objetivo se ve desmoronado por el principio según el cual la UE debe tener una voluntad, una política y una voz únicas. Este principio fue rechazado por el 70 por ciento de los finlandeses que no han votado en las elecciones del Parlamento Europeo. +Nadie ha hablado de ello antes de mí, pero existe un problema que no se ha afrontado o al menos no con la determinación deseada por la Unión Europea: es el de los tres mil prisioneros kosovares, literalmente raptados por el Sr. Milosevic y sus esbirros durante los últimos días de la intervención internacional en Kosovo y trasladados por la fuerza a las cárceles de Serbia. +La Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común permitirá lograr, a partir de los Balcanes, con la urgencia y el empeño que, hoy por hoy, impone la situación, los objetivos de la paz, del bienestar económico, de la certeza del respeto de los derechos humanos. +Confiamos en que sea una reconstrucción no solo material, sino también inmaterial: reconstruir carreteras, escuelas, puertos, acueductos, pero también la confianza de gentes que durante años se han visto privadas del derecho a vivir con sus afectos en su tierra, con su trabajo y que hoy aspiran a conseguir llevar esa vida tranquila que les fue negada durante años. +Pues, ¿acaso podemos admitir una situación en que una Comisión demisionaria siga ejerciendo sus funciones desde el pasado mes de marzo e interviniendo para intentar debilitar la aplicación de un precio único del libro y para formular el mandato de la próxima negociación en la OMC, cuya importancia para los años venideros es sabida? +De hecho, sospecho que muchos de nuestros colegas no son tan duchos en tecnología como debieran ser, pero esa tecnología va a tener un efecto enorme en la apertura del mercado único y antes que nada debemos asegurarnos de que la legislación no limite la capacidad de las personas para innovar e introducir cambios y nuevas formas de comercio electrónico. +El 29 de junio de 1999, al Presidente de la Comisión, Sr. Santer, se le comunicó la decisión del Sr. Bangemann de dejar la Comisión para asumir un puesto en el sector privado dos días más tarde, el 1 de julio de 1999. +Creo que ahora hemos de tener el valor, que debemos pedir el valor del Consejo y de la Comisión, en primer lugar para aprender de los errores del pasado, de cortar con la política agraria llevada a cabo hasta ahora, y hacer finalmente una elección cuerda, sensata y necesaria por una agricultura europea de calidad. +Cuántas veces será todavía preciso que tengamos accidentes repetidos, en este tipo de utilizaciones, para que se ponga fin a este absurdo sistema según el cual las tierras están en barbecho, los agricultores necesitan trabajar, hacer vivir el patrimonio y el paisaje de nuestra Europa, pero se encuentran en la incapacidad de hacerlo porque se privilegia la utilización del reciclaje de desechos y, en particular, de desechos animales. +Su mandato ha sido ampliado en relación con lo que preveía el artículo primero del Protocolo sobre las instituciones anexo al Tratado de Amsterdam, puesto que el Consejo de Colonia ha añadido, por iniciativa propia, la posibilidad de extensión de los votos con mayoría cualificada. +Excelente la declaración sobre la necesidad de un Kosovo plurinacional; ahora bien, el que la resolución propugne que esa pluralidad nacional sea garantizada por el UCK no parece de recibo, a menos que haya que interpretarlo en clave de humor negro. Más aún cuando en un párrafo se pide el desarme de los militares y paramilitares del propio UCK, ¡¡¡ supongo que porque se considera que constituye una amenaza para el progreso (plurinacional) de Kosovo!!! +Señoras y Señores, creo que para la Unión Europea, en materia de deporte, hoy es prioritario evitar que se sancione a un país miembro que logró organizar con éxito este acontecimiento, e iniciar en particular, como lo dijo ayer Romano Prodi, una verdadera lucha europea contra el dopaje, por ejemplo; es decir, negarse a que únicamente la lógica del dinero acabe con la belleza y el propio espíritu del deporte. +Cuando en estos últimos tiempos, el Parlamento Europeo ha tratado de fortalecer su control sobre la Comisión, y la teoría de la independencia debía, pues, como es lógico, retroceder, vemos como ésta resurge y se afianza con una fuerza nueva; no ya con respecto a los comisarios, sino a los servicios. +Con el mismo ánimo, la Comisión va a responder al informe estableciendo un servicio de auditoría interna, tal y como recomienda el Comité, y reiteramos nuestro compromiso por reforzar las células financieras en todas las direcciones generales. +Para mí hoy es un motivo de satisfacción -que quiero hacer pública- haber escuchado en esta Asamblea al todavía Comisario Manuel Marín referirse al futuro de la Comisión con la misma honestidad de la que ha hecho gala a lo largo de sus mandatos y con la misma dignidad con la que ha asumido los problemas del anterior Colegio de Comisarios. +Quiero finalizar mi intervención agradeciendo al Sr. Marín su gran labor durante todos estos años en sus responsabilidades en la Comisión y la última, sobre todo, como Presidente en funciones de la Comisión y deseándole al Sr. Kinnock mucha suerte, mucho tacto y buen tiento en las difíciles tareas que le esperan en los próximos meses y años. +Esperamos desarrollar el programa de acción para la reforma junto con el Comisario responsable y a pesar de que no hemos tenido tiempo de estudiarlo en detalle, creo que sería justo pedirle al Comisario un debate y una justificación clara de por qué no se emprenden ciertas medidas si algunas de las recomendaciones quedan excluidas. +. Señor Presidente, en realidad, en el informe que ha presentado la Sra. Jackson hay un punto que no se refiere tanto al contenido como a la forma jurídica que se puede elegir para intentar resolver el problema de los criterios mínimos medioambientales en los Estados miembros. +Es justo afirmar que en el pasado existía la opinión generalizada de que el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión Europea debían funcionar casi en un estado de connivencia permanente para hacerse cargo de los derechos adquiridos de los Estados miembros y fomentar así la integración europea. +Es una lucha ideal para dar a los europeos el sentido de un destino común, de una misión común, de una identidad común, de una civilización común y de una patria común. +Deseo recordar también que la competitividad de la agricultura no se mide solamente en los mercados mundiales, sino también a la luz del equilibrio de los territorios, del mantenimiento del tejido rural y de la conservación del patrimonio natural. +Señor Presidente, los grandes desafíos que nos esperan - la ampliación, la profundización en una realidad europea que respete las identidades nacionales mediante un nuevo planteamiento de la subsidiariedad, la salvaguarda de nuestros agricultores, la construcción de una Europa más humana en materia de empleo y más generosa - son de tal importancia que es preciso que los afrontemos juntos. +El conjunto de los temas que hemos debatido nos permiten expresar nuestro voto de confianza respecto a lo que el Sr. Prodi ha definido "un nuevo inicio" : una expresión común que atañe a la Comisión, pero que, a mi juicio, también concierne a este nuevo Parlamento. +Votaremos en el marco del Grupo Socialista del Parlamento Europeo no sobre una base de política partidista, sino sobre la base objetiva de las audiciones y las respuestas a las preguntas que hemos formulado durante las últimas semanas. +En segundo lugar, en la audiencia ocuparon un espacio importante no sólo los temas pendientes en lo que se refiere a la ampliación de la Unión, sino también la inclusión del modelo agrícola europeo en las futuras negociaciones en el marco de la OMC a escala internacional y sobre todo su defensa. +En mi calidad de diputado de una región fronteriza entre Bélgica, Alemania, Luxemburgo y los Países Bajos, yo puedo transmitirles las expectativas de muchos europeos en el ámbito de la vida cotidiana, pero sobre todo también su incomprensión ante las incontables trabas que todavía existen entre los Estados miembros. +Algunos de Sus Señorías recordarán sin duda que Yannos Kranidiotis fue diputado al Parlamento Europeo de enero de 1995 a febrero de 1997, fecha en la que fue nombrado Primer Ministro del Gobierno de Grecia y recordarán que en nuestro Parlamento fue miembro de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores y de la Comisión de Presupuestos, como también vicepresidente de la Delegación en la Comisión Parlamentaria Mixta Unión Europea/Chipre. +Por último, necesitamos que Tampere sea una cumbre que movilice a la opinión pública, que adapte sus ambiciones a los recursos humanos y financieros de que disponemos, pero que nos brinde directrices para demostrar la importancia de la libertad, la seguridad y la justicia al hombre de la calle. +Que se esfuercen por proporcionar a los ciudadanos europeos protección contra la injusticia, para que los que sean detenidos lejos de sus países puedan tener asistencia letrada, servicios de interpretación y detención condicional en vez de tratar de armonizar los regímenes jurídicos europeos; que empiecen por conseguir que haya una justicia transfronteriza para las personas que se asfixian con la mordaza de una onerosa burocracia. +La experiencia adquirida como ministro de Interior de Italia me hace decir que es indispensable acelerar el camino hacia normas y políticas comunes, exactamente lo contrario de la invocación de políticas estrictamente nacionales y que, en lo referente a la inmigración y el asilo, la base mejor es la que figura en el texto de la Presidencia austríaca de otoño del año 1998. +La red judicial europea es, indudablemente, la menos desarrollada de las tres áreas que nos ocupan y, en este sentido, creo que la creación de una unidad estable, encargada de dar continuidad a la cooperación judicial y de ser el interlocutor judicial de Europol, podría ser adecuada. +Señora Presidenta, nuestra presencia aquí en Estrasburgo tiene su origen en la extraordinaria tradición de Robert Schuman, cuya Comunidad del Carbón y del Acero no sólo significó un paso importante hacia la integración económica, culminada recientemente con la llegada del euro, sino que también redundó en beneficio de la integración política. +Pues bien, en la Cumbre de Tampere el Consejo tiene la oportunidad de crear algo así como una comunidad del carbón y del acero de la justicia, la libertad y la seguridad en el seno de nuestra Unión Europea. +Por eso, yo creo que es imprescindible que en Tampere se tomen decisiones que clarifiquen la situación, que sean pasos hacia adelante sobre la decisión, ya positiva, adoptada en Colonia; sobre el carácter, sobre el contenido, sobre la relación con la Conferencia Intergubernamental, sobre los procedimientos de elaboración y sobre la propia aprobación de la Carta de derechos fundamentales. +Pues bien, por parte de la Comisión de la Unión Europea se han sometido a crítica, se han puesto en tela de juicio determinadas medidas fiscales tendentes a potenciar la actividad económica y a reducir nuestro alto nivel de desempleo, medidas que fueron adoptadas por las instituciones vascas en ejercicio de su soberanía y autogobierno en la materia. +Entonces respaldé con decisión su labor de gobierno y no escatimé esfuerzos para evitar que el Gobierno de centro izquierda que presidía se sumiera -justamente hace un año- en una crisis favorecida por la iniciativa del Grupo político liderado por el Sr. Bertinotti. +Las instituciones europeas, en particular la Comisión Europea y el Parlamento Europeo, salen engrandecidas de las audiciones de los Comisarios designados y los ciudadanos europeos, que las han seguido (por la prensa), podrán encontrar en ellas -espero- motivos para interesarse más por la construcción europea. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0009/99) de la Sra. Dührkop Dührkop y del Sr. Fabra Vallés, en nombre de la Comisión de Presupuestos, sobre los proyectos de presupuestos rectificativos y suplementarios nº 1, 3 y 4 al presupuesto de las Comunidades Europeas para el ejercicio 1999 (C5-0021/1999, C5-0074/1999 y C5-0130/1999). +O, y eso me parece más probable, ¿es que la autoridad presupuestaria, a la hora de elaborar los presupuestos, no tiene en cuenta en medida suficiente las necesidades de crédito y la capacidad de absorción reales de los diferentes programas? +En la mayor parte de esas situaciones hay que reconocer que una acción oportuna de la comunidad internacional basada en evaluaciones y alertas tempranas de las situaciones podría haber salvado sin duda alguna muchas vidas y haber reducido muchísimo la miseria y los sufrimientos humanos. +Asunto: Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la delincuencia organizada En el artículo K.1 del TUE, los Estados miembros se comprometen a prevenir y combatir todas las formas de delincuencia internacional y contemplan la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada como un asunto de interés común. +La eliminación de minas terrestres, las aduanas y la adquisición de suministros básicos para la rehabilitación de las viviendas, los edificios públicos y, en particular, el Hospital de Mitrovica son los principales puntos de atención. +Los resultados iniciales de este examen de los daños que han sufrido las viviendas y la infraestructura local fueron publicados en la conferencia de donantes organizada por la Comisión y el Banco Mundial el pasado julio. +La consecución de una paz justa en Oriente Medio, por la que abogamos en el Grupo Socialista, sólo es posible si, junto a las negociaciones sobre los temas que componen la agenda de paz de este conflicto complejo, se soluciona el problema de los refugiados. +Señor Presidente, nuestro Grupo retira la enmienda 1, porque se ha acordado que sobre la necesidad de equipos permanentes enviados bajo la supervisión de Naciones Unidas a zonas de crisis internacionales se debate con carácter general en el Comité de Asuntos Exteriores, cuando esto no se extiende, obviamente, a Timor Oriental. +La Comisión ya ha manifestado a Rusia con toda claridad que para invertir la tendencia de fuga de capital es necesaria una mejora urgente e integral del entorno de inversión y una mejor protección de los derechos de los inversores en Rusia. +La muerte reciente de dos jóvenes guineanos en un avión con destino a Bruselas, suerte trágica que la Presidenta recordaba al abrir, este lunes, el período parcial de sesiones, es un grito de alarma que debe preocuparnos, a los diputados europeos, y que debe hacernos reaccionar. +En este contexto, la Unión está realizando importantes esfuerzos de mediación y de fomento del diálogo a los diferentes niveles del conflicto, y la Comisión está dispuesta a trabajar por el éxito del acuerdo de alto el fuego de Lusaka en los siguientes ámbitos. +Señora Presidenta, este Parlamento, como dijimos a lo largo del debate sobre la investidura del Presidente de la Comisión, Sr. Prodi, desempeñará un papel cada vez más importante, y creo que los trabajos de este Parlamento tendrán que ser cada vez más conocidos en todos los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. +Por último, me disgusta el diseño chillón y la combinación de colores de algunos alfombrados en las zonas de bares, que recuerdan, como ya ha dicho otro diputado, a un bar nocturno barato en lugar de evocar la atmósfera dignificada deseada para esta Asamblea. +Estimada colega Hautala, en lo que concierne a los representantes del Parlamento en la Conferencia de la OMC en Seattle ya hemos declarado de común acuerdo que el Parlamento Europeo debe estar representado en el número de 15 diputados al igual que el Congreso americano que se toma como referencia, es decir, esta posición permanece invariable independientemente de que finalmente adoptemos o no una resolución. +Así pues, para asegurar una seguridad alimentaria frente a lo desconocido, creo que más allá de la práctica de los comités científicos como se hace demasiado en Estados Unidos - y lo deploro, incluso entre nosotros, en la Unión Europea - con decisiones adoptadas a puerta cerrada, es preciso ante todo garantizar una información verdadera y completa al consumidor ya desde las fuentes de producción. +Como es obvio, comparto las premisas de la decisión nº 640 de la Comisión de fecha 23 de septiembre de 1999, en la cual se recalcó que, según la OMS, la dioxina es una de las sustancias más cancerígenas que existen, razón por la cual la OMS ha recomendado mantener una dosis diaria admisible igual a 1-4 picogramos por kilogramo de peso corporal. +La dificultad se nos podría plantear para el año próximo y, de hecho, en la propia decisión de la Comisión, si sus Señorías ven en la página 7, en el apartado 4 la referencia a este tema, se dice de forma muy clara que, dadas las restricciones presupuestarias existentes, podría plantearse alguna dificultad y un ajuste en la categoría 4. +El incremento superior a la media registrado en Dinamarca, en Alemania y también en España nos muestra la estrecha relación que existe entre las condiciones de acceso a las redes y las tasas de incremento de la parte correspondiente a la electricidad procedente de fuentes de energía renovables. +Acojo con beneplácito la enmienda n1 6 a las letras e) a) (nuevas) del artículo 2 sobre la necesidad de fomentar la exportación de tecnologías para las energías renovables de la Unión Europea y estimular al Consejo Europeo de Exportación de Energías Renovables. +En primer lugar, una política energética conforme al medio ambiente, una política energética que apueste por el futuro de nuestro planeta, es algo que debe estar presente no sólo en la política energética sino en cualquier política digna de ese nombre cuando estamos en los albores del siglo XXI. +Por lo que se refiere a la enmienda 6, quisiera recordar aquí la favorable acogida de la Comisión al informe presentado por el Parlamento sobre las nuevas perspectivas de la Unión Europea en materia de exportación de tecnología y servicios para la utilización de las energías renovables cuando fue presentado en el Pleno del pasado 15 de enero. +Según los principios económicos vigentes, la oferta de energía barata es totalmente incompatible con la reducción del consumo. En tal contexto las medidas destinadas a fomentar el ahorro energético tienden a difuminarse. +En cuanto a la propuesta de recomendación para la segunda lectura, deseo hacer dos consideraciones y recordar que el programa SAVE está orientado principalmente a potenciar la investigación y el intercambio de conocimientos técnicos, así como a supervisar y controlar los resultados alcanzados en el sector (artículo 2), aunque con una dotación limitada de recursos financieros. +Señor Presidente, quiero agradecer de nuevo al Parlamento, y muy especialmente a la Sra. Ahern, el trabajo realizado y el apoyo reiterado a la política de la Comisión, concretamente en cuanto a la mejora de la utilización de la energía y al incremento de la eficacia energética que contempla el programa SAVE. +La semana pasada realizamos una serie de cambios significativos en los máximos niveles administrativos de la Comisión, sobre la base de un concreto cambio cultural de los sistemas de nombramiento. +He de añadir que tanto el señor Comisario Liikanen como yo tenemos la intención de actuar a fin de que, en el futuro, la Comisión se centre en las cuestiones más horizontales de la política empresarial, porque los discursos sectoriales los dejamos para otros órganos de decisión. +De esta forma se podrá establecer si la decisión del Gobierno francés se tomó sobre la base de hechos nuevos, en cuyo caso tendrá su valor, o si, por el contrario, se tomó en contra de las normas generales y entonces está claro que deberá retirarse de una forma o de otra en las próximas horas. +En febrero de 1998, a raíz de las críticas del Órgano de Apelación de la OMC, la Comisión lanzó 17 estudios con el fin de facilitar información suplementaria respecto de los riesgos en sectores tales como la toxicología, el uso indebido y los aspectos medioambientales. +Estoy convencido de que este Parlamento va a desempeñar un papel esencial en los debates que van a tener lugar en un futuro próximo, en especial cuando tras la decisión de Helsinki de conceder a Turquía el status de candidata, comience el amplio proceso de aproximación de las legislaciones, del "screening" . +Por último, todos, o la mayoría de nosotros, sabemos que el régimen de las libertades individuales, de la libertad de prensa, el régimen en las prisiones y de los interrogatorios policiales de Turquía no tienen nada que ver con la democracia en la civilización europea. +No es suficiente la política de las promesas: lo que sirve es la política de los hechos concretos, el respeto de los derechos humanos, la abolición de la pena de muerte sabiendo, sin embargo, que la cuestión kurda no es un una cuestión que afecta a Turquía exclusivamente. +La cuestión de la seguridad, sin embargo, no puede ocultar la ilegalidad de la ocupación militar o de los bombardeos contra el personal civil como los que se producen en el sur del Líbano, o la existencia de cárceles como las de Qian, aunque sigue siendo prioritaria la cuestión palestina. +La ayuda de la Unión Europea a Cisjordania y la Franja de Gaza entre 1994 y 1998 se elevó a un total de 1.500 millones de euros y la ayuda de la Unión Europea al Organismo de obras públicas y socorro de Naciones Unidas durante el mismo período ascendió a aproximadamente 505 millones de euros. +Señora Presidenta, la propuesta de la Conferencia de Presidentes para el calendario de sesiones del Parlamento Europeo para el año 2000 llegó a mis manos sólo después del cierre del plazo para la presentación de enmiendas. +En ese momento me di cuenta de que hay un plenario en Estrasburgo, concretamente el del 12 de junio del 2000, que coincide con el lunes de Pentecostés, que es un día de fiesta oficial, y por tanto un día no laborable en varios de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, que son Bélgica, Dinamarca, Alemania, Francia, Luxemburgo, Países Bajos, Austria y Suecia. +Señor Presidente, en primer lugar, quiero decir que estoy muy satisfecho con esta votación sobre el calendario, no a causa de un compromiso gubernamental, como el colega Berthu, sino porque estoy convencido de que sólo mediante el pleno uso de la semana laboral se mantendrá nuestra capacidad de trabajo, es decir, si de un jueves no se hace un viernes. +Realizamos, simplemente, una valoración distinta del principio de precaución. Como ocurre a menudo, la Comisión da un alto grado de prioridad a la libre circulación de productos, y es interesante comprobar que, por una vez, Francia sitúa la seguridad alimentaria de sus ciudadanos a un nivel aún más elevado. +Quisiera que se coopere inmediatamente de un modo mucho más intenso con Turquía de lo que se ha hecho hasta ahora, que se liberen los protocolos financieros y que se haga realidad una estrecha cooperación a un nivel por debajo de la plena adhesión, mientras que aquellos que han votado a favor de la resolución, propagan en parte el objetivo incumplible de una adhesión plena para que puedan utilizarla para humillar y vejar a Turquía. +El Presidente de la Comisión dejó clara su orientación, cuando, en el discurso de investidura, afirmó que era necesario seguir reestructurando el Mercado Único y fomentando la liberalización y subrayó expresamente la continuación del proceso de liberalización de los sectores de bienes y servicios. +Por tanto, esperaría de la Comisión y de los Estados miembros que, en la nueva redacción del texto de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, se estableciera un sistema independiente e imparcial de solución de controversias que no nos pusiera ante los pies de los caballos como ha ocurrido en el pasado. +Por ello, quiero sugerir dos cosas: en primer lugar, deberíamos adherirnos a la exigencia del colega Lange de coordinar estrechamente con el Parlamento el comercio sobre las emisiones, pues una injerencia tan gigantesca en la política comercial es difícilmente de llevar a cabo contra el Parlamento. +Tal como se estipula en el artículo 6 del Tratado sobre la Unión Europea, la Unión se basa en los principios comunes a los Estados miembros de libertad y democracia, de respeto de los derechos fundamentales y de las libertades básicas, así como en los del Estado de Derecho. +¿Qué medidas piensa adoptar el Consejo para garantizar el riguroso cumplimiento de la legislación comunitaria en este campo? ¿Tiene el Consejo la intención de instar a la Comisión para que incorpore a la legislación comunitaria las recomendaciones del ICCAT? +Por último, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, quiero preguntarle si el hecho de que un número -y usted me dirá cuál- de barcos europeos haya sustituido las redes de malla a la deriva por otras artes de alto rendimiento significa mayor protección para las pesquerías de atún o si, por el contrario, se está detectando el efecto contrario del que queríamos, es decir, un incremento de la presión sobre las poblaciones de túnidos. +Al aprobar la nueva normativa de los Fondos estructurales el pasado mes de junio, el Consejo determinó en el reglamento básico los objetivos principales, los principios generales y los procedimientos de programación para el periodo 2000-2006. +Pero como el Consejo le encargó a la Comisión la aplicación de esa normativa, el Consejo no tiene competencias para determinar las estrategias a seguir en los diferentes sectores de las regiones periféricas de los Objetivos 1 y 2, que están bajo esta normativa. +En el momento en que un estudio norteamericano revela desigualdades raciales en la administración de la pena de muerte en Filadelfia, el Gobierno norteamericano se honraría en tomar posición contra esta violación flagrante del Convenio Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos. +Por eso la Comisión ha preconizado en el pasado en su Libro Blanco sobre la descongestión del espacio aéreo europeo, que el espacio aéreo europeo debe ser objeto de una gestión central llevada a cabo por una fuerte organización internacional que se ocupe de todos los aspectos de su uso. +Hay que dedicar más fondos a los recursos energéticos alternativos y al parecer se tiene la impresión de que en el futuro se pasará de la utilización de combustibles sólidos y petróleo al gas natural y a las fuentes de energía renovable y de generación de electricidad. +No hemos ido lo suficientemente rápido, porque tratándose de funcionarios pienso que era inútil esperar a finales de octubre para tomar una decisión de aplicación respecto a los agentes del Parlamento; hubiese bastado una simple decisión de la Mesa, adoptada sobre la base del apartado 5 del artículo 22. +Mi colega, el Sr. Wuermeling, ha aclarado ya con razón que la directiva deja en manos de los Estados miembros determinar, cuándo una declaración electrónica de voluntad que va. Provista de una firma digital ha de equipararse a una declaración con firma manuscrita o a una declaración para la cual la Ley prescribe la forma escrita. +En el ámbito de la seguridad y de la tecnología, sin embargo, revisten una gran importancia los datos técnicos, los parámetros, las características y los materiales que se utilizan, así como los niveles de mantenimiento y los plazos de programación. +¿Qué presupuesto es el que vincula hasta tal punto a la autoridad presupuestaria con actos legislativos, que algunas cifras, algunas sumas reflejadas en los actos legislativos y en los programas son tan vinculantes que tienden a reducir el procedimiento presupuestario a un conjunto de arbitrajes legislativos ya efectuados? +En los gastos del Parlamento está inscrita una reserva de 7,4 millones de euros referente a arrendamientos del edificio Belliard, porque el contrato de arrendamiento entre el propietario y los arrendatarios, el Comité Económico y Social y el Comité de las Regiones, aun no está concluido. +Si se concluye el contrato de arrendamiento antes del final del año, se deducirá la suma citada del presupuesto del Parlamento; de hecho, el presupuesto del Parlamento representa en este momento el 20,11% de la rúbrica 5 y el límite máximo fijado por el propio Parlamento es del 20%. +Parece que también se deberían reasignar las dotaciones destinadas a ayuda humanitaria para Kosovo, concretamente porque gran parte de los refugiados ha vuelto ya a Kosovo y porque la ayuda humanitaria constituiría un primer paso en el camino de la reconstrucción de Kosovo, proporcionando, en el punto de partida, la protección a las personas durante el invierno. +En segundo lugar, por el contrario, en las tres propuestas, las previsiones para posibles nuevos compromisos son en parte muy inferiores a los importes homónimos para el presente año. Y esto a pesar de que se prevé un gran aumento de las partidas relativas a las acciones en el marco de la preadhesión, o sea, los créditos para los candidatos a la adhesión. +Agradezco el compromiso que han demostrado en la lucha contra el fraude en la Unión Europea y, en particular, el compromiso suplementario que han decidido: la Comisión de Presupuestos ha votado a favor de una cantidad suplementaria de 9 millones de euros para la OLAF. +Nos ocupamos de los programas de energía, los relativos a la industria, incluidas las pequeñas y medianas empresas, los programas de investigación realizados dentro de los programas marco, lo cual equivale, naturalmente, a más o menos el 60% del gasto en políticas internas de la Unión Europea, y las líneas sobre comercio y asistencia técnica. +Utilizando las cantidades decididas el pasado año mediante la conciliación sobre el informe Whitehead, las líneas presupuestarias dedicadas a cuestiones de consumo seguirán generando confianza en la opinión pública, dándoles la tranquilidad de que no sólo somos una Europa abierta a los negocios, sino que también hacemos campaña a favor de los derechos de los ciudadanos como consumidores. +Paso ahora brevemente al transporte, si me lo permiten, sólo para decir a los diputados que espero que puedan apoyar las iniciativas de la Comisión de Presupuestos para restituir los recortes en la línea dedicada a la seguridad en el transporte y los recortes en la línea sobre movilidad sostenible. +Comparto el rechazo del ponente con respecto a la propuesta de la Comisión Europea de organizar a partir de ahora la cooperación para el desarrollo a través de unas líneas geográficas y de reducir las líneas presupuestarias temáticas. +Todavía hay uno o dos países en los que la Comisión y el Parlamento siguen separados en lo que se refiere a la estructura y debemos estar especialmente alerta en los casos en los que más del 75% o el 80% de los créditos se dedican a pagar los sueldos y los edificios en lugar de a unas políticas informativas adecuadas. +En el ámbito de esa estrategia nos complace tomar nota de que Timor constituye una de las prioridades de este presupuesto y, en particular, nos congratulamos de la aceptación por el ponente de la inscripción de una nueva línea para afrontar la reconstrucción de ese territorio, como, por lo demás, propusimos y aprobamos en la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación. +Paralelamente, sin embargo, tenemos que tratar de modificar los contenidos y la lógica del presupuesto con la vista puesta en los retos que la Unión tendrá ante sí en los próximos años y, sobre todo, en el hecho de que el verdadero enemigo a batir en cada uno de los Estados miembros es el desempleo. +Una activa presencia de la Unión Europea en el escenario mundial y su convencida disponibilidad a políticas progresivas de ampliación también a la Europa suroriental, a los Balcanes en esa perspectiva de ampliación virtual y paralela de la paz y de la seguridad perfilada por el Sr. Presidente Prodi, son una de las pocas y seguras garantías de estabilidad y prosperidad en Europa que no pueden ser descuidadas. +Aún no está concluida la labor de evaluación de los costos de la reconstrucción de Timor Oriental, así como del posterior plan financiero internacional de apoyo, por lo que aún no es posible un cálculo cabal de la participación europea en los costos de la reconstrucción. +Para que la incorporación a la UE llegue a constituir un cambio notorio y provechoso para los ciudadanos, será necesario cambiar la realidad, que las empresas y sus empleados creen un mercado laboral tan dinámico como justo para los trabajadores. +El Acuerdo Interinstitucional constituye un buen legado común para la elaboración del Presupuesto 2000 y para una buena colaboración, y en este sentido, después del presente debate, yo tengo la confianza de que conseguiremos alcanzar de común acuerdo una solución compartida y un presupuesto responsable para el año 2000. +Unos mensajes contradictorios acerca de las decisiones adoptadas por el BCE y de las razones subyacentes podrían provocar unas expectativas de mercado injustificadas y aumentar la incertidumbre, yendo así en contra del objetivo mismo de transparencia respecto al desarrollo de la política monetaria. +Quisiera recalcar que la información proporcionada en las conferencias de prensa celebradas tras las reuniones del Consejo de Gobierno, junto con el análisis incluido tanto en el Boletín Mensual del BCE como en los otros canales de comunicación se aproxima mucho, en lo esencial, a la publicación de unas "actas resumidas" . +Garantizar la buena gestión pública en las finanzas es un medio de mejorar las condiciones de estabilidad de los precios y de conseguir un sólido crecimiento sostenible que dé lugar a la generación de empleo. +El BCE ha de estar vigilante, pero como la tasa de inflación media del euro-11 sigue aún lejos del nivel del 2 %, creo que puedo esperar que el Consejo de Gobernadores dé una oportunidad al crecimiento y, por lo tanto, a una reducción suplementaria del desempleo. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, antes que nada tenemos que analizar el primer período de actividad del Banco Central Europeo que, como todos sabemos, inició su andadura hace un año con la esperanza de convertirse, con el tiempo, en una institución fundamental para intervenir en la economía de los Estados miembros de la Unión. +Paralelamente, sin embargo, se deberá vigilar la estabilidad de precios para poder controlar ese mal mayor que todos conocemos, o sea, la inflación, así como mantener bajos los tipos de interés para fomentar las inversiones y reactivar el sector industrial europeo convirtiéndolo en competitivo con respecto a otros Estados. +Y eso ha llevado a algunos a hablar de una especie de aristocracia platónica de una serie de expertos independientes a los que se encomienda la decisión sobre la política monetaria pensando -probablemente con razón- que el dinero es demasiado serio para que nos ocupemos de ello los políticos. +También la publicación de los resúmenes de las reuniones del Consejo de Administración es un acto fundamental, pero esos resúmenes deben mostrar con claridad las justificaciones de las decisiones adoptadas para que los agentes del mercado puedan adoptar también sus propias decisiones. +Respecto de las monedas - sabrán que yo no tengo responsabilidad sobre las monedas, esta es una cuestión para los ministros de economía - la gran diferencia reside en que es imposible obtener las mismas garantías en lo que concierne a las monedas, puesto que las monedas son puestas en circulación, por lo general, por el sector de ventas y no por los bancos. +Colombia espera poder financiar conjuntamente con los países que de una u otra forma se ven conectados a la cadena del negocio de la droga, la infraestructura del proyecto y espera, así mismo, vincular el capital privado, tanto nacional como extranjero, a las empresas económicamente productivas para que incorporen tecnologías avanzadas y nuevos capitales. +(PT) Señora Presidenta, Señorías, en las conclusiones de Tampere se combinan un mensaje político firme sobre la prioridad concedida a la construcción de un Espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia y la preocupación por establecer prioridades centradas en las cuestiones que afectan directamente a la vida cotidiana de los ciudadanos. +La Comisión se propone con mucho gusto actuar en el sentido de aplicar el ambicioso programa de acción de lucha contra el blanqueo de capitales, que entraña modificaciones tanto en la posición exterior de la Unión como en el plano de la legislación de cada uno de los Estados miembros. +Yo creo que es una de las libertades básicas que tenemos que defender, y en ese sentido, un sistema único de asilo es muy importante, y lo digo viniendo de un país en el que el asilo político permitió a muchos luchadores por la libertad salvar su vida y continuar en otros países europeos. +La Comisión no sólo se atreve a afirmar que el objetivo está lejos de ser alcanzado, sino que constata además que crecen el tráfico y el consumo de estupefacientes, lo que implica que una buena parte del dinero gastado hasta ahora no ha resultado ser una inversión contra la droga, sino para fomentar su difusión. +Partiendo de mi experiencia en el cargo, ahora creo que la circulación sin ningún control de las personas en términos mundiales durante los próximos 20 o 30 años, tanto si se basa en temas económicos como en asuntos climáticos, representa un desafío colosal para el orden establecido y la democracia. +El límite que todo el mundo comprenderá y respetará es el de que en este mismo momento ni la Comisión ni el Parlamento Europeo han formulado de forma precisa y detallada su posición y sus propuestas para la próxima negociación institucional que se iniciará al comienzo del año próximo. +La Comisión, despechada por no haber podido bloquear el debate, se apresuró a nombrar por su cuenta un grupo de trabajo restringido, al que en seguida se calificó de grupo de expertos, cuando resulta que sus miembros no son más expertos que la mayoría de las personas aquí presentes. +Los miembros de la delegación europea del PvdA han votado a favor de una enmienda que consolida procedimentalmente las resoluciones del Parlamento Europeo de 3 de diciembre de 1998 y de 5 de mayo de 1999 relacionadas con el estatuto de los diputados al Parlamento Europeo. +He votado contra la resolución del Parlamento Europeo relativa al informe anual 1998 del Banco Central Europeo (BCE), pues aprueba dicho informe, que, a su vez, se sitúa en la perspectiva del paso a un sistema monetario europeo completamente unificado. +En vísperas del inicio de las negociaciones de la OMC, debemos recordar que toda estrategia de empresas -incluidas las multinacionales- debe tener en cuenta, en plan de igualdad con los datos económicos y financieros, los datos humanos para que millones de asalariados europeos puedan conservar sus puestos de trabajo y su dignidad. +Michelin ha reducido -cierto es- el número de sus puestos de trabajo en 25.000 en veinte años, pero -he de recordarlo a algunos- se trata de 25.000 desapariciones de puestos de trabajo debidas a los esfuerzos de productividad comparables en todos los sectores industriales y, en particular, en el del automóvil y de los neumáticos: de esos 25.000 sólo 186 han sido despidos. +La Unión Europea considera el Tratado de no proliferación de armas nucleares como un instrumento clave en el sistema de seguridad internacional, instrumento que ofrece las pautas globales para promover la no proliferación de armas nucleares y el desarme nuclear. +Desearía que aprovecharan cualquier oportunidad para explicar y resaltar a sus colegas del Senado por qué deberían reconsiderar su votación sobre el Tratado y cómo un compromiso renovado con la no proliferación internacional y el control de armas beneficiará a los intereses estadounidenses en materia de seguridad, así como una mayor seguridad y estabilidad internacional. +Los detractores estadounidenses de tratados como el que hoy nos ocupa olvidan el hecho, apunta, de que los Estados Unidos ya han dejado de realizar pruebas y que el Tratado ayudó a congelar el avance mundial de armas nucleares cuando Estados Unidos goza de una enorme ventaja estratégica. +La mayoría de los oradores han realizado la importantísima distinción entre los Estados Unidos y la Administración de los Estados Unidos, por un lado, y el Senado estadounidense y la mayoría Republicana en particular, por otro, como han señalado el Sr. Barón, el Sr. Haarder y el Sr. Elles entre otros. +Señor Presidente, ahora ha quedado perfectamente claro que la mayoría de los colegas de esta Asamblea comparten mi convencimiento de que la tragedia de Chechenia podría haberse evitado si la Unión Europea hubiera mostrado una actitud firme respecto a la agresión rusa. +Aunque es más sencillo entenderse a través de las tramas de agencias e instituciones, un propósito básico del programa será romper esa barrera y favorecer la cultura de las bases de la sociedad, puesto que su función no es crear una cultura oficial. +Por otra parte, la justa preocupación expresada por el Sr. Perry, firmante de dicha enmienda, en cuanto a que el Parlamento debía controlar en estos años el gasto y el presupuesto del Observatorio, sigue vigente desde el momento en que dejamos los cinco años, es decir, dejamos al Observatorio la posibilidad de programar orgánica y ampliamente las valiosas funciones que tiene. +La transparencia a establecer de este modo es una condición previa irrenunciable para la actuación política en la vía de Europa hacia la sociedad de la información, aunque quizás esto no les guste demasiado a aquellos que quieren que se abran de par en par sin limitaciones las puertas a unos intereses de poder en el mercado. +En el futuro, la Comisión prevé ampliar las actividades que realiza el Observatorio, en particular, en dos ámbitos concretos: la aplicación de una estructura estadística para tratar la información en el marco de Eurostat y la preparación para las negociaciones del GATT 2000. +No obstante estas dificultades y el recrudecimiento de los problemas registrado últimamente, dicha idea ha llevado al Parlamento a extender a Turquía la propuesta en la sesión del pasado 25 de febrero y, hace unos días, a la Comisión a tomar una medida en este sentido. +Creo, simplemente, que los problemas que se han planteado en esta ocasión serán examinados por la Comisión de Presupuestos, en el marco del grupo de trabajo creado por el presidente Wynn, sobre el conjunto de la política de subvención de nuestra institución. +Los artículos 2 y 4 del Anexo del Reglamento recogen algunas disposiciones que contradicen claramente el Protocolo sobre los privilegios y las inmunidades en lo que a la condición de los diputados se refiere y que, además, regulan la cuestión de la inmunidad de una forma que se aleja de lo estipulado en la normativa correspondiente del mencionado protocolo. +Decidir impulsivamente y por mayoría una cuestión de este tipo atribuyendo al tema de los anejos un significado que no tiene en cuenta que estos acuerdos afectan a cuestiones fundamentales, supone, en cierto modo, faltar a la razón fundamental, a la finalidad de ser de la norma que estamos tratando. +1) Deseamos que se subraye la importancia de los problemas no resueltos por la Ronda Uruguay (y cuyos efectos nocivos hoy empezamos a sufrir) en los ámbitos de los costes sociales que yo mencionaba antes, pero también en los del medio ambiente, de la salud pública, de la alimentación, etcétera. +Con todo, es necesario recordar que, solos contra todos, o casi, nos habíamos negado a aprobar la Ronda Uruguay, tanto en la Asamblea Nacional francesa como en el Parlamento Europeo, precisamente por esta razón: pensábamos que era muy peligroso aceptar reducciones importantes de aranceles aduaneros, sin haber resuelto antes los problemas colaterales esenciales. +Apoyo, en este sentido, y lo hemos dicho expresamente diez diputados pertenecientes al subgrupo Alianza Libre Europea del Grupo Verdes/Alianza Libre Europea, la resolución presentada por el Partido Popular Europeo, por el Partido Socialista Europeo y por el Grupo UEN. +Afecta a una forma de vida que puebla nuestras costas, de la misma forma que con la agricultura se puebla nuestro territorio interior y -por qué no decirlo- afecta a una aportación fundamental de la alimentación de todo el conjunto de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, el estudio francés confirma que en el caso de la EEB no existen criterios científicos fiables para determinar la causa, el modo de transmisión y el período de incubación de la enfermedad, ni siquiera con respecto a la variante humana de la EEB. +A continuación ambas partes firmaron un nuevo protocolo que establece las condiciones técnicas y financieras en el marco de las cuales las embarcaciones de la Comunidad pueden pescar en las aguas de Angola para el período comprendido entre el 3 de mayo de 1999 y el 2 de mayo del 2000. +Este tipo de acuerdos -siempre que se conserven los recursos biológicos, es decir, que no se produzca una sobrexplotación- también beneficia a los países en los que se lleva a cabo la actividad, tanto por la aportación monetaria de la Unión Europea como por la ayuda que se proporciona, por ejemplo, en materia de formación profesional y de investigación científica. +La opacidad que acompaña a los procesos del diálogo macroeconómico, la ausencia en este, incluso del Parlamento Europeo, hacen más intensa nuestra preocupación por encontrarnos, una vez más, ante un intento de revocar los derechos fundamentales de los trabajadores y de minar lo que pueda quedar en Europa del modelo social europeo. +Pues bien, estos cuatro actores son una mezcla extraordinariamente peligrosa que, por un lado, trata de eliminar el verdadero problema para Europa, es decir, la falta de una verdadera política económica y, por otro, trata de endurecer el sistema con negociaciones poco claras, a despecho del desempleo y del mercado. +Tenemos un diálogo entre los que dirigen la política monetaria, es decir, el Banco Central Europeo; las fuerzas políticas de Europa, a quienes representa el Consejo y la Presidencia; y los interlocutores sociales, que representan a las fuerzas de la producción y del trabajo. +Aún tardará mucho tiempo en ver la luz y tal vez es mejor que así sea, pero en todo caso sí estoy de acuerdo con el Sr. MacCormick en que la situación fiscal de los artistas que trabajan en diferentes países de la Unión merece nuestra atención. Estoy dispuesto a afrontar este problema siempre y cuando me lleguen sugerencias sensatas al respecto. +Si resulta que en unos países las normas sociales son más exigentes que en otros, si resulta que algunas normas destinadas a la conservación, la defensa y la protección del medio ambiente son más exigentes y más estrictas en unos países que en otros, no podremos impedir que dichos países vayan más allá de los criterios generalmente aceptados. +Por último, no aceptamos que sea la UE la que establezca normas preceptivas a los Estados miembros sobre el tema clave del desempleo y consideramos un mal presagio las sugerencias que han realizado diputados del otro lado de la Asamblea esta mañana en el sentido de que deberían reforzarse las directrices o incluso hacerlas vinculantes. +Es necesario, no obstante, que las directrices y las recomendaciones a escala europea se traduzcan en objetivos concretos y cuantificables, a los cuales los Estados miembros deben tender con sus respectivos planes nacionales. Unos objetivos concretos que establezcan metas mensurables a medio plazo, convergentes en términos de tasa de empleo y de reducción del gap existente entre empleo masculino y femenino, incluso a través de inversiones en infraestructuras y en los servicios, de promoción del empleo juvenil. +Señorías, se ha formulado repetidamente la propuesta de una colaboración más sistemática entre la Comisión y el Parlamento Europeo al servicio de un impulso más eficaz de la estrategia para la política europea. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0042/1999) sobre la posición común aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción de una directiva del Consejo sobre el cumplimiento del horario laboral de la gente de mar a bordo de los buques que utilicen puertos comunitarios (8639/1/1999 - C5-0035/1999 - 1998/0321(COD)) (Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales) (Ponente: Sr. Hughes) +Señora Presidenta, sobre la presentación del informe del Tribunal de Cuentas, es cierto que, en este momento, el informe del Tribunal de Cuentas -que antes pasaba casi desapercibido- se ha convertido en una noticia importante y de actualidad de cara a la prensa. +Por esta razón, tampoco deberíamos vacilar ahora en la última piedra de la legislación y elegir aquí la vía del Comité de Conciliación, ya que, evidentemente, el Consejo no se ha atrevido a dar el último salto y se ha mostrado muy remiso en un par de puntos. +Quiero señalar que la Comisión Europea y el Parlamento Europeo han entablado amplias consultas acerca de todos estos asuntos con la industria europea del automóvil, que, voluntariamente, aceptó un calendario para recortar las emisiones de dióxido de carbono en los nuevos coches un 25% para el año 2008. +Si nuestras decisiones significan que la solución más simple es la más usada ,es decir, desarrollar la técnica para limpiar los gases de la combustión usando catalizadores que requieren grandes cantidades de solución de amoniaco, entonces la sola distribución de esta solución de amoniaco a todas las gasolineras de Europa hará que se pierda una buena parte del beneficio medioambiental. +El programa Daphne tiene como objetivo apoyar y reconocer el trabajo realizado por las organizaciones no gubernamentales, así como otras organizaciones -incluidas las autoridades públicas que se ocupan de la violencia-, y procurar que colaboren entre ellas, el intercambio de buenas prácticas -incluidos proyectos piloto a escala comunitaria sobre la prevención de la violencia-, y el apoyo y protección de niños, adolescentes y mujeres. +Se debe medir el impacto real de los distintos tipos de violencia sobre las víctimas para determinar las respuestas oportunas, evaluar los tipos y la eficiencia de las medidas y prácticas para prevenir y detectar la violencia, apoyar a las víctimas y prevenir una futura exposición a la misma. +El Parlamento Europeo y, en particular, la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades han desempeñado un papel de primordial importancia al incluir firmemente en el orden del día europeo la cuestión de la violencia contra las mujeres y los niños. +Esta semana el mundo celebra el décimo aniversario de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño, que es el tratado sobre derechos humanos más ratificado en el mundo y la declaración legal más amplia de los derechos de los niños en todo el mundo. +Tenemos que propiciar una reflexión colectiva sobre las condiciones de vida de los niños en todos los países europeos, en especial en las zonas urbanas, y comprometer una colaboración y los fondos de ayuda a las familias necesitadas, en especial las monoparentales o con padres minusválidos. +Por esta razón, el Parlamento Europeo debe enviar un mensaje influyente a todas las instituciones de la Unión Europea, a los organismos internacionales y a las organizaciones no gubernamentales que diga que debemos hacer desaparecer esta vergüenza actual. +Por último, diré que cuando se haga la segunda lectura, si nos tomamos en serio la creación de empleo, si nos tomamos en serio la necesidad de mantener la competitividad de nuestras industrias, si somos serios en cuanto a apoyar a las empresas, algunos de nosotros quizá pensemos que hemos ido demasiado lejos y que ha llegado el momento de poner un límite. +A tal fin hemos conseguido que se adoptara una enmienda que prevé la obligación de la Comisión de presentar en el año 2003 un informe exhaustivo para demostrar qué es lo que ha mejorado gracias al trabajo de esta Comisión de investigación. +No creemos, sin embargo, que sea el momento ni el lugar de poner fechas de caducidad al cheque británico y a las rebajas concedidas a determinados países en la financiación de dicho cheque, más aún cuando estas propuestas de decisión no han sido aprobadas aún en los diferentes Parlamentos nacionales. +Me alegra que el Parlamento se haya ocupado de nuevo tan intensamente de la cuestión de la estructura de financiación y me alegro personalmente aún más de haber podido constatar muchos puntos comunes entre las posiciones que se han expuesto hoy en el debate y mi posición básica. +Los gastos de agricultura constituyen una cuestión muy delicada en el seno de la UE, ya que la política agrícola es el único sector en el que la UE incide en los ingresos directos de los ciudadanos. +Si importamos más del 50% del consumo total de energía de la Unión Europea, entonces debemos preguntarnos cómo podemos garantizar una seguridad de suministro ante las modificaciones climáticas que no sólo nos pueden y nos van a alcanzar ante las emisiones de CO2 que tienen lugar en todo el mundo si no reaccionamos, sino sobre todo también si se producen modificaciones en el clima político. +Objetivo de la Unión Europea es crear un espacio de libertad, seguridad y del derecho en el que se garantice la libre circulación de las personas y en el que los ciudadanos de la Unión puedan reclamar sus derechos con las mismas garantías que tienen ante los Tribunales de su propio país. +La entrada en vigor de este reglamento va a cerrar una laguna en el campo del derecho privado internacional y representa un importante paso para hacer de la Unión un espacio de libertad, seguridad y del derecho. +Señor Presidente, tratándose del informe de la Sra. Gebhardt, no pongo en duda las buenas intenciones de nuestros ponentes y comparto su preocupación por fortalecer la seguridad jurídica de las personas en el marco de asuntos matrimoniales tan delicados como dolorosos para los interesados. +En relación con el desarrollo de los procedimientos de ejecución -lo que se llama el exequátur de los juicios extranjeros- su desarrollo es sin duda alguna útil en materia civil, como en materia de divorcio o de derecho parental, como son útiles ciertos aspectos de la ayuda mutua judicial, pero es preciso cuidarse de no ir demasiado lejos por este camino. +Si uno se acerca de modo realista a las cosas, hay que conceder naturalmente a los países un plazo de tiempo para la adaptación a los correspondientes estándares de seguridad y no proceder según el método de o desconectar inmediatamente o dejar en funcionamiento a los reactores hasta el final de su vida útil. +Cuanto antes reconozcan nuestros vecinos que la seguridad nuclear es nuestra preocupación común, tanto antes será posible mantener las negociaciones con nuestros países vecinos de un modo constructivo y abierto y concluir también las negociaciones sobre la ampliación. +Al escucharlo, al escuchar a mis compañeros a lo largo del debate, recordé la reciente campaña electoral y las respuestas que tuvimos que dar, en ese momento, a nuestros electores sobre las necesidades de fundar y de acabar la construcción europea. +En esta solución política, no sólo se debe considerar qué es lo que nosotros deseamos -sé perfectamente que este tema tiene una enorme importancia en algunos Estados miembros y, tal como ha mostrado el debate, actualmente en especial para Austria-, sino que en una solución política hay que ver naturalmente también que este asunto ha adquirido entretanto en los países candidatos casi una importancia teológica. +(EN) En relación con la información científica y su evaluación y demás, se trata de una cuestión que estoy examinando no sólo por los acontecimientos de las últimas semanas, cuando la agencia de seguridad alimentaria del Estado miembro de que se trata adoptó una opinión diferente de la del Comité Directivo Científico. +El objetivo es más bien el de establecer un marco en el que haya información exhaustiva sobre el tabaco y sus peligros, que complementará la prohibición comunitaria de publicidad del tabaco para contrarrestar los esfuerzos de esa industria con vistas a atraer a nuevos fumadores, en particular jóvenes. +Pero no me cabe la menor duda de que esperará de nosotros que hagamos una contribución considerable a la reconstrucción de Timor Oriental, si bien me imagino que Su Señoría convendrá conmigo en que otros deben hacer contribuciones también y me imagino que Su Señoría consideraría también sensato por nuestra parte que sacáramos las enseñanzas de las actividades de reconstrucción en otros lugares, en particular en Kosovo, para velar por que los fondos que aportemos en Timor Oriental se empleen de la forma más eficaz y rápida posible. +Sin embargo, permítaseme responder a su pregunta y decir sin vacilación que la resolución 1244 del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas entraña una autoridad completa, no hay intento alguno de diluirla: por lo que a mí respecta, es el fundamento de nuestra actividad en Kosovo y no deseo apartarme de dicha resolución y de su aplicación ni un centímetro. +Asunto: Convenio de 1983 relativo a la indemnización a las víctimas de infracciones violentas Recientemente, la Comisión ha hecho un llamamiento para que todos los Estados miembros ratificasen el Convenio de 1983 relativo a la indemnización a las víctimas de infracciones violentas. +Y creo que los contribuyentes griegos deben saber con qué dificultades se encuentra la Comisión en el expediente Olympic, cuáles son los problemas que ha encontrado y que le hacen, de vez en cuando, vacilar tanto ante las peticiones de las autoridades griegas y que siguen, por lo que he entendido en su respuesta, haciendo que la Comisión dude, incluso ahora, sobre el tema del tercer plazo de la ayuda a Olympic Airways. +No obstante, todo ello quedaría amparado entonces por la credibilidad y el interés comunes, y de este modo se crearía una base para continuar avanzando hacia la designación del Sr. Solana como Secretario General de la UEO y la plena integración de la misma, sin necesidad de continuar manteniendo una cápsula destinada a albergar el artículo 5. +No es necesario decir que discrepo de mi colega irlandesa la Sra. McKenna, porque creo que el establecimiento de una política de defensa de la UE es un requisito para la auténtica integración europea tan importante como la moneda única. +Quisiéramos que el Parlamento Europeo adoptara una posición fuerte y clara y que el derecho a la dignidad, a la salud, a acabar con la pobreza, a la vivienda, a la libertad estuviera por encima del liberalismo, por encima de los beneficios. +Así, pues, hay una contradicción que he señalado a su atención, señor Presidente; ante esa contradicción, desde mi punto de vista, debe dar fe lo que ha leído el Presidente, que es "producto nacional bruto", y no lo que dice la versión original, que es otra cosa, es "producto interior bruto". +Señor Presidente, yo también he pensado que quizá le interese conocer que hoy se ha producido un avance muy gratificante en el proceso de paz de Irlanda del Norte: el anuncio del IRA de que tiene intención de nombrar a un representante que se encargue de coordinar con el General John de Chastelain el decomiso de armas de los paramilitares. +No obstante, ahora es posible negociar las reglas que regirán el comercio de productos y servicios, y es posible actuar de modo que las libertades del capital no se propaguen a una parte tan amplia del planeta como sistema de explotación, al igual que ha ocurrido con el capitalismo electrónico. +En este sentido, recordamos que los 174 países miembros de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo que se comprometieron a respetar las cuatro categorías de derechos fundamentales en materia de trabajo, incluso en el caso de no ratificar los convenios, son en su mayoría también miembros de la Organización Mundial del Comercio. +Finalmente, queremos unos intercambios que produzcan un desarrollo duradero, creando un vínculo entre los acuerdos de comercio y los otros grandes compromisos internacionales sobre los derechos fundamentales del trabajo, sobre la seguridad alimentaria, sobre la protección del medio ambiente. +Cuando la falta de integración se debe en primer lugar a una falta de recursos o a capacidades insuficientes, es preciso proporcionar a los países en vías de desarrollo una asistencia técnica y financiera para incrementar su capacidad de negociación y de aplicar las medidas decididas en la OMC. +El Parlamento está dispuesto a colaborar en una amplia reforma de los Tratados y a velar por que la Unión Europea siga estando en condiciones de adoptar las decisiones necesarias después de la ampliación, sin perder por otro lado su transparencia para los ciudadanos, con objeto de que éstos puedan comprenderla y también aceptarla. +Yo creo que el Parlamento, en su calidad de representante de las ciudadanas y los ciudadanos, tendrá que continuar trabajando intensamente en el contexto de la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental para asegurar que ésta responda realmente a las grandes expectativas de los habitantes de la Unión y también de los países candidatos a la adhesión. +Amsterdam ya fue algo mejor que otras CIG anteriores en el sentido de que fue preparada por un grupo de reflexión en el que participó el Parlamento y en el sentido de que publicó un informe detallado dando a conocer todas las propuestas presentadas en la CIG y haciéndolas del dominio público, y también porque el Parlamento pudo enviar a dos representantes a al menos algunas de las reuniones. +La Unión Europea ha condenado en diversas ocasiones las violaciones de los derechos humanos ocurridas en Afganistán, sobre todo, la discriminación sistemática y constante de mujeres y chicas jóvenes, los fusilamientos sin juicio previo y el propio sistema, basado en una disciplina severa y en la opresión. +Lo que ustedes quizás consideren preocupante, lo que van a leer, no es una decisión del Parlamento, es el proyecto de decisión que es parte integrante del Acuerdo Interinstitucional, ya publicado - con las mismas idénticas palabras - en el Diario Oficial del pasado 31 de mayo. +Si los gobiernos y los ciudadanos pueden tener la seguridad de que contamos con medios eficaces para decidir qué Estado es responsable del examen de una solicitud de asilo y para enfrentarse con el problema de las múltiples solicitudes de asilo, se nos facilitará la labor de promover normas de asilo elevadas y equitativas. +Aprovecho esta oportunidad para dar la seguridad a la Sra. Terrón i Cusí de que las huellas digitales de los inmigrantes sólo se utilizan para la finalidad concreta prevista en el Convenio de Dublín -es decir para su análisis- o sea para ver si han solicitado asilo en otro Estado miembro. +Ahora se trata de saber si se puede aceptar que, poco a poco, decisión tras decisión, zanjando todos los problemas con el pretexto de arreglar litigios comerciales, el ORD acabe por erigirse en una especie de Tribunal Supremo mundial, e imponga sus puntos de vista a los gobiernos y a los parlamentos elegidos. +Es necesario defender el principio de la preferencia comunitaria y, por ende, el sistema de restituciones a la exportación, incluyendo los productos denominados "fuera del anexo 1", es decir, productos alimenticios procedentes de productos agrícolas europeos que se comercializan a un precio superior al precio internacional. +Es que, como dice la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y del Mercado Interior, en circunstancias normales sólo podrán ser recogidas las impresiones dactilares de delincuentes e individuos sospechosos de haber cometido infracciones penales y no de solicitantes de derecho de asilo, refugiados o ciudadanos de terceros países en situación irregular en el territorio o en la frontera de un Estado miembro. +El lunes el Consejo decidió retirar la moción que había presentado, con el pretexto de que recogía un artículo fundamental de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos; el martes aprobó textos que citaban nuevamente los artículos fundamentales de la misma. +La pena de muerte es una sanción extrema, y este Parlamento y las instituciones europeas deben intervenir con la máxima firmeza ante Rusia para que vuelva a reconsiderar la cuestión, retire la acusación y respete nuestro llamamiento en favor de la liberación inmediata. +No hay que ver, pues, en esta decisión ni la ausencia de una política exterior ni el hecho de que hayamos cedido frente a alguna presión, sino que se trata de una apreciación por la Unión del riesgo que existía - habida cuenta de las enmiendas propuestas - de encontrarnos, en nombre de este combate legítimo, y que nosotros compartimos, por debajo de aquellos que habíamos ganado antes. +Por todo ello, es urgente que reforcemos en colaboración con las Naciones Unidas todos los contactos que tenemos como Comisión Europea para fomentar el desarrollo de un pacto de estabilidad. Debemos impulsar la atención y la energía políticas de todos aquellos que están trabajando en la zona para que el pacto de estabilidad se convierta en realidad. +Esta liberación es, en realidad, bastante sintomática de la falta de voluntad para efectuar el balance del genocidio, y sobre todo de la voluntad de silenciar la implicación de los países europeos, en particular de Francia, cuya complicidad, al menos pasiva, ha puesto en evidencia una reciente investigación parlamentaria. +Esta propuesta de resolución se equivoca al mencionar la necesidad de que se vuelva a instituir o implantar la democracia: más bien debería hacer un llamamiento en favor del progreso hacia la democracia, y proponer un programa práctico para la Unión Europea que facilite ese progreso. +Mientras que la apertura a la economía capitalista se traduce por la caída de la producción y por un empobrecimiento considerable de la mayoría de la población, la guerra se traga sumas importantes, por no hablar del coste de la corrupción que la acompaña. +Es cierto -y algunos de ustedes lo han planteado- que, en cuanto a las relaciones con el Tribunal de Cuentas, hay un problema de legislación primaria que evidentemente habrá que modificar, si se quiere aplicar al Banco Europeo de Inversiones el mismo trato que a las instituciones comunitarias. +Cabe recordar el mandato del Consejo Europeo de Colonia a la Comisión; cabe recordar que antes de finales de 1999 tenía que haber un tratamiento específico y especial que todavía no ha llegado; cabe recordar que, en estos momentos, estamos debatiendo la agenda legislativa de la Comisión para el año 2000. +Sin embargo, puedo asegurarles, Sr. Presidente y Sr. ponente que, en las próximas negociaciones sobre una propuesta concerniente a las Islas Canarias sobre la base del Artículo 299 (2) del Tratado, la Comisión tomará en consideración sus comentarios sobre la cuestión así como las observaciones del Parlamento durante el debate. +En los últimos años, debido a políticas europeas y a políticas de los sucesivos gobiernos, hemos perdido 6.000 puestos de trabajo directos en la siderurgia, 6.000 puestos de trabajo directos en la minería, 10.000 pequeñas explotaciones agrícolas, hemos perdido puestos de trabajo en la fabricación de armas y hemos perdido puestos de trabajo en el sector naval. +El título dice «Situación en el Egeo», y la autora del texto en un documento nuestro, del Parlamento Europeo, presenta a las islas del Egeo, parte integrante del territorio griego, de acuerdo con los tratados internacionales, como una región cuya soberanía se disputaran Grecia y Turquía. Para mostrárselo más claramente a usted, señora. +En vista de que no tenemos todas las posibilidades deseadas para permitir a esa agencia mundial tener éxito -naturalmente, haremos todo lo posible para ello, pero los demás deben seguirnos-, hemos decidido elaborar paralelamente un plan de acción europeo contra el dopaje y esta vez tendremos toda la libertad para cumplir con nuestras obligaciones. +Sin embargo, cuando hay un conflicto claro a propósito de las normas de la competencia, pero las federaciones se comprometen a utilizar los fondos recaudados para dedicarlos a la educación y la acción social en el deporte, algunas prácticas pueden quedar exentas de las normas de la competencia. +Creo que tenemos que ser extremadamente cuidadosos con este asunto en la Cumbre de Helsinki. Y ello porque se puede hacer una constatación relacionada con la cuestión: la constatación de que Turquía con su trayectoria política muestra no comprender que una relación más estrecha con Europa pasa por la satisfacción de determinados requisitos, los requisitos que han sido fijados en textos y resoluciones de la Unión Europea. +En cuanto a la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales, es importante también que pueda no sólo ampliar los derechos que hoy ya están establecidos en cartas y tratados, sino también reconocer derechos de las esferas social y económica, y sobre todo que sea innovadora y creativa en la esfera de los nuevos derechos relacionada con cuestiones medioambientales y con la protección de los derechos de los consumidores. +Por último, señor Presidente, también lo apoyo cuando pretende que se aprueben las líneas estratégicas establecidas en las conclusiones del Consejo de Tampere, en particular en la lucha contra el tráfico de droga y espero que la Presidencia portuguesa esté disponible para aprobar en el próximo semestre su plan de acción. +Podría hacer una lista de países a los que, en el fondo, les interesaría y desearían entrar a formar parte de esta Europa confiriéndole luego una naturaleza distinta de lo que no es: Europa no es un tratado aduanero, no es una zona de librecambio; Europa es una unión de países y por esto la hemos llamado Unión Europea. +Así, en mi ciudad de Lyón, un joven historiador sin recursos y al que yo no conocía, el Sr. Plantin, ha sido condenado por el simple delito de haber mencionado, como bibliografía, en una revista erudita que edita, obras que rectifican errores históricos a los que ya no se adhiere ningún historiador serio, sea cual fuere su orientación. +Se ha invocado contra él ora la ley sobre las publicaciones que corrompen a la juventud, que podría encontrar otros ámbitos de aplicación, ora la ley del comunista francés Gayssot, que obliga, por ejemplo, a seguir achacando a los alemanes la matanza de miles de oficiales polacos en Katyn, pese a que los soviéticos reconocieron haberla cometido. +En contra, sin embargo, de lo que defienden el Consejo y la Comisión sobre los progresos de la democracia en Turquía -a juzgar por lo cual parece que dichos progresos pasan en primer lugar por los negocios de las multinacionales-, la realidad nos demuestra del modo más gráfico que se ha registrado un empeoramiento de la situación. +Si es así, yo me pregunto cómo se explica que alguien como Akim Birdal esté a favor de que adoptemos una nueva estrategia, cómo se explica que otros representantes turcos estén asimismo a favor de que adoptemos una nueva estrategia y cómo se explica que toda la oposición contraria al Gobierno y también la sociedad civil estén a favor de que adoptemos otra estrategia, si esto sólo representa una medida de apoyo al Gobierno. +Si el objetivo inicial fuera el de lograr que el público tenga fácilmente acceso a una información actualizada, el ponente va más lejos al precisar no sólo la frecuencia de la facilitación de información, sino también la diversidad de medios de comunicación a los que recurrir para difundir dicha información y no es poca cosa. +La estrategia es sin duda consecuente, puesto que se sabe que alrededor de la mitad de las emisiones totales de CO2 están asociadas al tráfico de vehículos, pero también es preciso considerar que aproximadamente un 12% del total de emisiones de CO2 se generan en la Unión Europea, mientras que el resto del mundo emite un 88%. +Personalmente, creo que la comisión de Helsinki puede ofrecer las pautas, además de para su propia función principal, o sea, la protección del medio marino, también para la ejecución del programa de la Agenda 21 y, probablemente, para la coordinación de planes regionales racionales. +No obstante, este acuerdo del Consejo de ministros ha producido un malestar importante entre los productores del resto de los países, concretamente España, Italia y Grecia, que realmente son muy competitivos en la transformación y en la producción de tomate. +Desde el punto de vista de los ciudadanos, lo esencial no es lo que dure la posibilidad del uso opcional de una u otra moneda, sino durante cuánto tiempo los bancos aceptarán la conversión de la moneda vieja en el nuevo euro de forma gratuita. +El hecho de subrayar la importancia de que las decisiones se basen en datos y estudios científicos y técnicos es fundamental, no concierne tan sólo a la organización común del mercado de los productos de la pesca sino también a la gestión general de la pesca. +Apoyamos la organización común de los mercados y el fortalecimiento de las organizaciones de productores, pero tengo problemas, ante todo, en lo relativo al riesgo de que los costos se vean innecesariamente aumentados, y también en lo que respecta a la forma concreta en que aquí está fijada la edad de intervención, aunque reconocemos que debe ser mayor. +. (DA) Los socialdemócratas daneses en el Parlamento Europeo hemos votado hoy a favor de la propuesta de codecisión relativa a los preparativos de la reunión del Consejo Europeo en Helsinki los días 10 y 11 de diciembre de 1999, puesto que en general estamos de acuerdo con las recomendaciones de la propuesta con respecto a los importantes temas en materia de empleo, medio ambiente, ampliación, etc. que figuran en el orden del día. +Seguimos opinando que los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno deben fijarse en primer lugar un orden del día realista que haga posible cerrar la conferencia gubernamental antes del final del año 2000, de tal forma que no surjan obstáculos relativos al Tratado para la próxima ampliación de la UE. +El texto dice así: "hacer hincapié en que el desarrollo de la PESC debe fundamentarse principalmente en el principio de que los conflictos y las crisis deben ser prevenidos y manejados con medios civiles y pacíficos y que los medios militares sólo deben usarse como último recurso, debiendo éstos estar suficientemente amparados por un mandato de la ONU o de la OSCE, y sin que signifique aumento de los gastos militares." +Puesto que ésta es una cuestión muy sensible y puesto que acabamos de regresar de Turquía de un breve viaje de la delegación parlamentaria, quisiera pedirle una aclaración, señora Presidenta, y, en concreto, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que ya ha habido una vez acuerdos de que la Unión Europea es una comunidad cristiana. +Señor Comisario, Europa también ha contribuido a ello sobrecargando el orden del día con asuntos que nada tenían que ver con el comercio internacional y ofreciendo una coartada a quien tenía especial interés por ralentizar el proceso de integración de los mercados mundiales: un interés que seguramente, repito, no era ni el de los consumidores europeos ni tampoco de los trabajadores indios o paquistaníes. +No sólo favorecerá la transparencia democrática de la OMC, sino que ayudará a proporcionar un nexo continuo con las organizaciones no gubernamentales, y además favorecerá la evolución gradual de los asuntos no comerciales del orden del día. +Señor Presidente, lamentablemente, como ya se ha dicho, el balance de Seattle no ha sido especialmente positivo. Los únicos verdaderos protagonistas fueron los manifestantes que, a pesar de reivindicar muchas buenas razones que se pueden compartir perfectamente, pensaron, equivocándose, que el fracaso de la Cumbre podía representar de por sí una victoria, una solución a los graves problemas planteados. +En dichas elecciones algunos candidatos presentaron su candidatura tanto al Parlamento Europeo como al Parlamento nacional y, además, algunos candidatos eran miembros potenciales del futuro Gobierno luxemburgués, lo que, de acuerdo con el apartado 1 del artículo 6 de la citada Acta de 20 de septiembre de 1976, es incompatible con la calidad de diputado al Parlamento Europeo. +No vamos a conseguir que se deje de usar el bromuro de metilo por acortar los plazos; más bien corremos el riesgo de entrar en una dinámica indeseada de incumplimiento y fraude que va a dar un resultado contrario al deseado por todos. +La Unión Europea, como se ha dicho esta tarde, debe estar a la vanguardia, sin embargo, en materia de recuperación de las capas de ozono en la estratosfera, así como de contención del efecto invernadero, el resultado no se mide por el paso de Europa sino en el contexto de una visión global. +La decisión de otorgar a Turquía el estatuto de país candidato a la adhesión es, sin duda, un gesto político para con el régimen turco, aun cuando Turquía no ha hecho lo más mínimo para cumplir los conocidos requisitos que la misma UE ha impuesto. +Esta decisión anima al régimen turco a continuar violando los derechos humanos, a seguir adelante con el genocidio del pueblo kurdo, con la ocupación del 38% del territorio chipriota, a seguir proyectando sus pretensiones territoriales en el Egeo. +La Unión Europea no debe cometer los mismos errores que el Consejo de Europa, que aceptó a Turquía, en su momento, a pesar de que estaba flagrantemente en contra de los criterios de pertenencia a esta organización relativos a la protección de las minorías y de los derechos humanos. +Ha habido avances, sin duda, en relación con la anterior Conferencia Intergubernamental, pero lo más preocupante es que el Consejo tuviera sobre la mesa una propuesta que habría dado más protagonismo al Parlamento Europeo, que le habría reconocido un lugar semejante al que va a tener la Comisión en esas negociaciones, y no la aprobara. +Pero sabemos que, desgraciadamente, tras la ruta de la seda, vino la ruta del petróleo, después la de la cocaína, a continuación la de la heroína y ahora, desgraciadamente, pasamos a la ruta del tráfico de tales materiales, que son muy peligrosos para la paz y la seguridad de los ciudadanos. +Recientemente el Gobierno italiano ha rechazado la solicitud de un ayuntamiento con una clara vocación turística, Taormina, de abrir un casino y, al mismo tiempo, ha autorizado el casino de Venecia a abrir una sucursal en Mestre. +En primer lugar, la propuesta de exoneración por categorías de acuerdos exceptúa los contratos de suministro de cerveza que contemplen una cláusula que prohiba la competencia, celebrados entre los fabricantes de cerveza que posean una cuota de mercado inferior al 30% y los propietarios de bares o locales públicos. +En lo que se refiere a las características específicas del sector forestal, hace pocas fechas la Comisión ha hecho pública una comunicación sobre la competitividad de las industrias de productos forestales y de las industrias conexas de la Unión Europea. +Hemos dejado claro que el consumidor es lo único que nos preocupa en Europa. Con este objeto, hemos reforzado el Servicio de Seguridad de los Alimentos, a fin de transmitir una señal en este sentido, y hemos consignado en el presupuesto recursos a favor de los socialmente desfavorecidos, que nos permitan avanzar en la lucha contra el paro. +Señorías, les comunico que esta mañana se ha encontrado un paquete sospechoso en los alrededores del edificio Louise Weiss y que la policía francesa, en colaboración con nuestros servicios de seguridad, ha prohibido la entrada al edificio y ha efectuado un control, cuyo resultado, ha sido negativo. +Por ejemplo, la eliminación de las emisiones en el tráfico y una reducción del 10 por ciento en los sectores del hogar, industria y la propia producción de energía. Las medidas de la UE para limitar las emisiones de CO2 de los camiones son necesarias. +Para estabilizar el clima y tranquilizar a los habitantes, sin utilizar demasiado la noción de protección del medio ambiente -que se ha querido dejar para los ecologistas-, se esgrime el protocolo de Kioto, la "vaca loca", las dioxinas y el debate sobre los OMG. +A fin de cumplir con los compromisos recogidos en el Protocolo de Kioto, la UE debe ayudar en cambio a promover las energías renovables y buscar soluciones adecuadas desde el punto de vista medioambiental de tal forma que se reduzca el nivel actual de emisiones de CO2. +Recientemente, un conflicto comercial privado que afectaba a los intereses financieros de dirigentes políticos de China dio lugar al secuestro en Macao de un hombre de negocios australiano inocente de origen chino, el Sr. James Pang, que fue condenado a siete años de cárcel en China por cargos falsos. +Como ponente del Parlamento Europeo tuve la oportunidad de asistir al Foro de las ONG en Beijing así como a la Conferencia Gubernamental de los 189 Estados. Obviamente, he seguido muy de cerca los acontecimientos de los últimos cinco años, no sólo en la Unión Europea sino también en los países en vías de desarrollo. +El Tratado Euratom no establece la consulta del Parlamento, pero, de conformidad con el Acuerdo interinstitucional que existe con el Parlamento Europeo, el Consejo se ha comprometido a no formalizar su acuerdo sino tras haber solicitado el dictamen del Parlamento Europeo. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0080/1999), en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, respecto de la posición común (9616/1999 - C5-0182/1999 - 1998/0240(COD)) aprobada por el Consejo con vistas a la adopción del reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo sobre los medicamentos huérfanos (Ponente: Sra. Grossetête) +Seguimos precisando el debate en torno a la equiparación y las reformas en la UE, sin embargo, por encima de todo debe hacerse una apuesta activa ante los países en vías de desarrollo y en relación con la ayuda destinada a Kosovo, los Balcanes, etc. a fin de garantizar también la incorporación y la participación de las mujeres en el desarrollo y en la reconstrucción. +Con vistas a la reunión de la ONU en Nueva York, se necesita que aceleremos nuestro proceso de preparación, en cuanto Unión Europea, si es que realmente deseamos tener una participación sustantiva y a la altura del prestigio de la Unión tanto en los trabajos preparatorios como en la propia reunión. +La Comisaria ha destacado la situación del Parlamento y su importante papel, ha mencionado también la insuficiencia del plan de acción, la necesidad de desarrollarlo y la importancia de asumir posiciones políticas claras. +Señora Presidenta, al negarse a levantar el embargo sobre la carne de vacuno británica, el Gobierno francés ha preferido hacer frente a una crisis puntual y momentánea con sus socios europeos antes que arriesgarse a que, dentro de unos meses o años, estalle un escándalo relacionado con la enfermedad de Creutzfeld-Jacob. +Desde el comienzo de la crisis de la carne de vacuno, los diputados del Partido Nacionalista Escocés del Parlamento hemos defendido insistentemente una evaluación por separado de la situación en Escocia, con vistas a la reanudación escalonada de la exportación. +Respecto a la cuestión de si se produjo una dilación o si los procedimientos se llevarán en última instancia ante los tribunales más tarde de lo que se habría hecho según el procedimiento de notificación oficial, debo decir que la primera carta que envía la Comisión exige habitualmente una respuesta en el plazo de dos meses. +En caso de litigio ante el Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas, los procesos no sólo se celebran entre las partes inmediatas -en este caso, la Comisión y Francia-, sino que también los Estados miembros tienen todo el derecho a intervenir en los mismos: el Reino Unido o cualquier otro Estado miembro. +El Consejo recuerda que, dentro del marco de los tratados de asociación que se han firmado con cada uno de los países aspirantes, se especificaron las necesidades particulares de cada uno de ellos en relación con la legislación y procedimientos en esta materia, así como los objetivos que cada uno de los Estados aspirantes debe alcanzar. +Permítame mencionar un ejemplo que conozco bien, que no es otro que el de mi país: en Grecia, que cuenta con diez millones de habitantes, ya hay en este momento un millón y medio de inmigrantes, de refugiados económicos o de otras categorías de inmigrantes, lo que significa que la población activa del país ha aumentado en un veinte por ciento. +Asunto: Conformidad con las políticas comunitarias y acceso a la información del Banco Europeo de Inversiones (BEI) En marzo de 1998 el Banco Europeo de Inversiones concedió un crédito de 60.000 millones, aproximadamente, a la empresa Gardaland S.p.A., para la ampliación del parque de atracciones del mismo nombre. +Señor Presidente, como indiqué en mi primera respuesta sobre este asunto, la Comisión entregará al Consejo su propuesta al respecto en enero del 2000, y una vez que la propuesta de la Comisión esté en poder del Consejo, el Consejo empezará considerarla y determinará su postura ante este asunto. +Este problema volvió a ser tratado en la sesión del Consejo del 6 de octubre de 1999 y se decidió que en la siguiente sesión del Consejo, en diciembre, se mantendría un amplio debate sobre el asunto, basándose en el informe que estaba elaborando la Comisión. +Asimismo, el Consejo instó especialmente al Gobierno de Rusia a evitar víctimas civiles y a garantizar la llegada sin obstáculos a su destino de la ayuda humanitaria, también de la ayuda destinada al creciente grupo de personas obligadas a desplazarse a Ingusetia desde sus lugares de origen.. +La primera estipula que los Estados miembros deben implantar la identificación obligatoria de la carne de vacuno a partir del 1 de enero del año 2001. La segunda propuesta establece que se aplicará una normativa transitoria, es decir, un sistema de identificación facultativo, hasta el 31 de diciembre del año 2000. +Señora Presidenta, ilustrados diputados, señoras y señores, el ejercicio de nuestro derecho más básica de elegir nuestro propio futuro, como país libre e independiente, ya dejaba prever consecuencias trágicas, pero nuestro pueblo no vaciló en demostrar, una vez más, que está firmemente determinado a defender sus libertades. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0099/1999) del Sr. Murphy, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la posición común del Consejo con vistas a la adopción de una directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establecen medidas de lucha contra la morosidad en las operaciones comerciales (8790/1999 - C5-0125/1999 - 1998/0099(COD)) +Para terminar, aún quisiera expresar, del mismo modo, mi agradecimiento a todos los encargados de la Comisión de presupuestos, que han tenido que actuar realmente durante jornadas seguidas, dando las gracias al mismo tiempo a todo el Parlamento y especialmente a mi propio Grupo por su firme y vigoroso apoyo en todas las etapas de este asunto. +Por último, quiero subrayar que en la moderna concepción del estudio de las consecuencias del juicio penal, la pena tiene que tener una función reeducadora y permitir la rehabilitación del ciudadano que se ha equivocado para lograr que vuelva a ocupar su puesto en la sociedad civil. +Parece que los miembros de la Asamblea Legislativa -en que todos, por supuesto, son hombres- no están comprometidos en virtud de la Constitución del país ni por las leyes, ni por sus compromisos internacionales, ni por la voluntad política de los líderes del país que sometió a votación el decreto en cuestión. +Señor Presidente, yo había pedido la palabra antes de proceder a la votación para decir que nuestro Grupo había presentado un proyecto de resolución específico sobre las catástrofes naturales en Francia y que, naturalmente, somos cofirmantes de la resolución común. +También en la reforma de los Fondos estructurales y de cohesión en el marco de la Agenda 2000, uno de los objetivos de reforma más importantes es la concentración de la ayuda en las regiones especialmente necesitadas y más pobres. +Las autoridades de Malta han introducido el IVA, pero aún hay que promulgar muchas normas legislativas nuevas para conseguir que la legislación de Malta esté en consonancia con la situación en la Unión Europea. +Ahora debemos respetar también los cometidos contemplados en el Tratado de Amsterdam, que nos obligan a integrar la política medioambiental en todo el proceso decisorio de la Unión Europea. La puesta en práctica de estas obligaciones del Tratado de Amsterdam por parte de los distintos países se someterá a examen en las próximas cumbres de la Unión Europea. +De forma general, los diversos ponentes de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores subrayan las dificultades que habrá que superar y se felicitan de los avances ya logrados e instan a que las reformas vayan acompañadas de medidas encaminadas a atenuar las consecuencias sociales. +No cabe pensar en ampliación alguna a no ser que los Estados solicitantes estén en condiciones de sumarse a la moneda única sin que ello entrañe una amenaza para su integridad y su condición, y estén dispuestos a adherirse para evitar que empeore aún más la Unión con su estructura presente de dos clases. +Los obstáculos que, desgraciadamente, algunos países miembros han pretendido interponer, vinculando las negociaciones a la solución de la cuestión politicomilitar que desde hace 25 años tortura a la isla, constituyen, dicho sea con indulgencia, deslices diplomáticos que, sin embargo, se oponen a la filosofía de la Unión Europea y a la de la ampliación, y que, en cualquier caso, hacen peligrar su feliz culminación. +La necesidad de esa estrategia se deriva directamente de las propuestas de la Agenda 2000 en las que se reconoce que la adopción del acervo ambiental requerirá un enorme esfuerzo por parte de los países de la Europa central y oriental, que sólo podrá ser posible a largo plazo y únicamente con unos costes muy altos -en aquel entonces se hablaba de unas cantidades de 100 a 120 mil millones de euros-. +Ya que el apoyo financiero de la Unión sólo abarca una parte muy pequeña de los medios necesarios, es absolutamente esencial que se llegue a un planteamiento bien enfocado, eficaz y estratégico de este proceso de acercamiento. +En cuarto lugar deseo obtener una confirmación pública de la promesa de la Comisión de informar al Parlamento y darle la oportunidad de elaborar un informe sobre el propuesto Reglamento de exención por categorías y sobre las orientaciones, antes de que la Comisión tome su decisión definitiva. +De modo comparable a la evolución en los Estados Unidos desde finales del último siglo, la autoridad anti trust de la Unión Europea ha evolucionado en los últimos años hasta convertirse en la punta de lanza de la Unión Europea. +Ayer, durante la votación sobre mi informe y el informe del Sr. Chanterie, el Sr. Collins anunció al Parlamento que en la galería había un fotógrafo que estaba haciendo fotos de los papeles de algunos diputados y de las listas de votación. +Este año se han presentado en total 1.372, 191 más que el año anterior. Esta circunstancia muestra que los ciudadanos consideran necesaria la actividad del Defensor del Pueblo para corregir las presuntas irregularidades que se puedan producir en la administración de la Unión Europea. +El análisis de los procedimientos de infracción desde 1996 indica que ha habido un mínimo de 97 casos vinculados con peticiones de un total de 535 casos referentes a denuncias directas respecto de los cuales la Comisión envió cartas de notificación oficial, iniciando de esta manera los procedimientos de infracción. +Señor Presidente, los hechos han reparado la honra de este hombre, pero la Comisión considera todavía necesario que el procedimiento disciplinario continúe y, además, se le ha relevado de sus competencias en el control de las finanzas, ámbito en el que, sin embargo, ha realizado un trabajo destacado. +Señora De Esteban Martín, permítame hacer un inciso y expresar mi sincero agradecimiento al Sr. Newman por la ayuda que nos ha proporcionado a todos con su ejemplo; porque en los quince años que ha estado al servicio del Parlamento Europeo, nos ha ayudado todavía más en el funcionamiento, y no sólo en él, de esta comisión. +Posiblemente pueda encontrarse una solución, de forma que el comité de directores generales ceda la ejecución del programa a un comité delegado -por tanto, realmente habría dos niveles dentro del comité-, pero los directores generales continúen siendo responsables. +Antes de la Cumbre de Berlín, sobre todo Alemania y los Países Bajos dudaban respecto de la cuantía de la suma, sin fundamentar, por lo demás, las dudas en cuanto al contenido. Alemania y los Países Bajos son realmente esenciales en el trabajo de las administraciones europeas de aduana. +Quisiera volver a agradecer a las comisiones, los ponentes y el Parlamento en general el enorme y constructivo trabajo realizado en este terreno tan concreto que reviste, al mismo tiempo, una gran importancia simbólica, así como concreta, para el funcionamiento de la Unión Europea. +A ello se añade que, por regla general, la recaudación de las tasas no coincide con la utilización de la infraestructura y la mayoría de las veces los impuestos no se ajustan a los costes ecológicos o los demás costes externos. +Tanto el calendario, cuya última fase termina en el año 2004, como la creación de comités de expertos nacionales parecen garantizar una aplicación realista del concepto propuesto, tanto más cuanto que de este modo no imponemos a nadie un concepto cerrado. Lo que pretendemos es que los 15 Estados colaboren en la elaboración de las soluciones. +La ponente no solamente ha trabajado con ahínco sobre este informe sino que también ha reconocido la complejidad de la cuestión, la sensibilidad que suscita este tema, y ha producido un informe redactado con sumo cuidado que merece el apoyo de todo nuestro Parlamento. +Estimada señora Schmidbauer, la recomendación de la mayoría rojiverde de la Comisión de Transportes y Turismo de que instemos a la Comisión a que incluya el transporte privado no comercial en el nuevo sistema, del que de momento queda excluido, por medio del Derecho comunitario -no, como es habitual, a escala nacional- nos parece demasiado aventurada -ni siquiera la Comisión se atreve a ir tan lejos-. +Señor Presidente, la presidenta de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer, la Sra. Hautala, ha intentado presentar una enmienda oral a las enmiendas 1 y 2 a fin de delimitar las discriminaciones en razón del sexo que incumben a las comisiones 1 y 8. +En cuanto a la enmienda de los Liberales, que eliminaría el pago de subsidios previstos en esos acuerdos a los pescadores, los Verdes la apoyan por estimar que las flotas que pescan en aguas muy distantes no deben percibir subsidios tan importantes, especialmente cuando plantean tantos problemas los acuerdos a cuyo amparo operan. +Al mismo tiempo, la ofensiva de la OTAN -en vez de aislar al dictador Milosevic y su régimen- está teniendo el efecto indeseable de reforzar la unidad nacionalista a su alrededor contra una intervención extranjera. +Como ven, hemos tratado de elaborar una amplia estrategia, porque una Europa que es capaz de crear un mercado único y una moneda común debe ser capaz de encontrar los modos y las formas para hacer frente conjuntamente a un problema de este envergadura. +El Relator especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre la independencia del poder judicial y de los abogados, la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, la Comisión Internacional de Juristas y, anoche, miembros del Congreso de los Estados Unidos han expresado su pesar por lo sucedido. +Mi felicitación es extensiva a todos los miembros de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer y a todos los diputados que han contribuido a formular el programa y plan de acción para combatir la violencia contra la mujer y los niños. +Respeto mucho a todos los firmantes, como a todos los diputados de esta Asamblea, pero es responsabilidad de ésta escoger el cauce adecuado, o bien ante el Tribunal de Justicia o bien a través de las resoluciones pertinentes puesto que el Reglamento permite muchas maneras de expresar esa voluntad. +El sistema adoptado permite clarificarlo de manera que se mantengan las competencias que se trataba de mantener exactamente en la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor, y al mismo tiempo que se mantengan las competencias lógicas en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos. +Ella me recordó que, en una conferencia preparatoria que se celebró en Viena en 1998, la Comisión de la Mujer de las Naciones Unidas había escuchado sobre todo a europeas que manifestaban su dolor, su sufrimiento, los abusos, las penalidades sufridas durante las dramáticas confrontaciones nacionalistas en el territorio de la antigua Yugoslavia. +Querría igualmente expresar mi felicitación con motivo de la conferencia que se celebró en Bruselas el pasado mes de octubre bajo la consigna «Los ciudadanos de la tercera edad en el siglo XXI: una vida por delante». a título personal, creo que se trata de una de las conferencias más fructíferas a las que he asistido desde que soy diputada al Parlamento Europeo. +Un cuarto de la población europea está afectada en estos momentos, y nosotros pretendemos poner la autoestima de este grupo social en el centro de atención para que puedan cumplir su tarea y su rol social del modo en que nosotros ahora nos lo imaginamos. +¿Tiene previsto la Comisión fomentar el uso de biocombustible y biolubricante ahora que la Cumbre de Berlín ha hecho hincapié en la necesidad de desplegar una política agrícola más enérgica en el ámbito de las aplicaciones no alimentarias? +Admito que estos productos pueden salir algo más caros que los productos convencionales, pero los beneficios ecológicos son tan grandes que la Comisión Europea realmente debería elaborar propuestas activas en este sentido para que los productos mencionados puedan abrirse camino en los mercados europeos. +Y, en segundo lugar, que las empresas que tienen el valor de seguir viviendo y produciendo en Venecia con costes mucho más altos que las demás, tengan unas ayudas fiscales, y que la Comisión retire unas sanciones que ha empezado a instruir porque el Gobierno italiano ha concedido esas ayudas. +Creo que no nos corresponde a nosotros entrar en el debate de los expertos acerca de las opciones específicas que podrían solucionar el problema del acqua alta, pero considero que hay que pensar en Venecia como en una zona con problemas específicos, en que toda ayuda y todo cuidado, dirigidos a mantener un contexto económico viable, son necesarios. +Es a la luz de esto que quisiera pedir una explicación, una buena explicación -he dicho una muy buena explicación- de la Mesa y del Colegio de Cuestores sobre los motivos para no permitir la exposición que yo había invitado y a la que anteriormente se había dado autorización. +Sí sé que el Grupo Socialista ha entregado un texto muy corto con sólo unas cuestiones y tal vez los otros textos ofrecen la posibilidad de modificarlo un poco pero, Presidente, no entiendo por qué de repente se pospone al martes algo que deberíamos haber hecho ya la semana pasada. +A petición mía se ha redactado un informe en la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales sobre las tasas de productividad y los impuestos verdes y de él se desprende que, si se introduce este tipo de impuestos a nivel europeo, pueden tener grandes efectos para el empleo. +Sin cierta coordinación de las políticas económicas más generales, la política monetaria no tendrá ni la eficacia ni el vigor que queremos que tenga, de tal suerte que la moneda de la Unión Europea desempeñe su verdadero papel. +En el informe del Tribunal de Cuentas hay, ciertamente, una serie de comentarios negativos acerca de la ejecución del presupuesto -sobre algunos hablaré enseguida- pero sería una ligereza si se atribuyeran solamente a la Comisión las deficiencias que se han producido. +Me alientan, en consecuencia, el deseo y la esperanza -la certeza, diría- de que con los cambios estructurales ya en curso en la organización y funcionamiento de la Comisión, será fácil para el próximo Parlamento -que contará con el apoyo de la Comisión y no tendrá que enfrentarse a lo que nos hemos enfrentado nosotros los últimos tres años- recibir explicaciones y encontrar soluciones. +La Comisión mantiene la posición de que a las deficiencias de procedimiento criticadas por el Tribunal de Cuentas se puede poner coto estableciendo un grado mínimo de competencia, sobre todo, en los procedimientos de los concursos públicos y en los procedimientos de adjudicación. +La Comisión ha entendido que la de adoptar decisiones claras y estrictamente políticas que aten las manos de la nueva Comisión en un momento en que la Comisión ha dimitido es una cuestión que se debe considerar atendiendo a las circunstancias particulares de cada caso. +Por último, quisiera subrayar que, dado que el calendario institucional y las circunstancias políticas hacen coincidir la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam con la renovación del Parlamento y de la Comisión, tendrán que ser ambas instituciones renovadas las que tomen el diálogo sobre esta materia con el Consejo. +Sir Brittan, en el ámbito de los fármacos cabe aceptar un efecto secundario, en el ámbito de los productos alimentarios no debe haber estos efectos secundarios, y aquí debe hacerse la inversión de la prueba de manera que aquellos que producen y desean aplicar estos medios deben demostrar su inocuidad. +No debemos temer por un reflejo presupuestario negativo porque fíjense en la reducción del IVA en el cultivo de las plantas ornamentales. Las ventas subieron tanto en mi país que las arcas del estado recaudaron 340 millones más. +La Sra. Peijs me ha pedido flexibilidad en el sentido de conseguir el resultado lo más rápidamente posible y, por tanto, interpreto la solicitud paradójica y precisamente en el sentido de no admitir las enmiendas que no harían otra cosa que ralentizar el proceso. +Debo recordar que, por ejemplo, incluso las excepciones basadas en el artículo 27, que en el fondo son disposiciones de aplicación y no una nueva legislación, requieren la unanimidad; debo recordar las grandes dificultades que estamos encontrando en lo referente al Comité del IVA que, por su naturaleza, es meramente aplicativo, aunque los Estados miembros se resisten a que pase una norma por mayoría cualificada. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Consejo, señor candidata Presidente de la Comisión Europea, Señorías, la dimisión de la Comisión saliente ha dejado muy claro ante todo que es necesario un equilibrio de poderes más democrático entre el Parlamento, la Comisión y el Consejo. +Habríamos agradecido que esta disponibilidad hubiera sido más clara hace unos meses, cuando, por ejemplo, se abordaron el Estatuto de los diputados al Parlamento Europeo o los plazos técnicos y reglamentarios en los cuales teníamos que votar al Presidente de la Comisión. +Desearía señalar que los países pequeños tampoco tienen ningún privilegio en lo relativo a esta cuestión, por lo que se debería exigir que los Estados miembros más pequeños, que cuentan con un miembro de la Comisión, reconocieran que las mujeres también tienen experiencia y están capacitadas, así como que es posible encontrar candidatas para ocupar una plaza en la Comisión. +Por último, quiero precisar que la mejora de la producción y de la comercialización de la miel, que fue objeto de mi informe sobre el reglamento ad hoc y en el marco del cual hemos obtenido 15 millones de euros al año, aunque yo había solicitado 65, pasa por un alto nivel de exigencias en materia de calidad, de control y de etiquetado de la miel. +Los debates de que ha estado rodeada la denegación por el Parlamento de la aprobación de la gestión de la Comisión en el ejercicio presupuestario 1996 de las Comunidades Europeas han tenido las consecuencias políticas que todos conocemos. +También acogemos con satisfacción todos los pasos que está dando la ONU e instamos al Presidente del Consejo a que empiece por fin a dar pasos, después de las experiencias de Bosnia y de Kosovo, para que se proceda a adaptar por fin la Carta de las Naciones Unidas del año 1949 a las circunstancias reales. +Me reuní con numerosos representantes políticos del Gobierno y de la oposición: el presidente del Parlamento, Sr. Ginuisynis, el ministro de Integración Europea, Sr. Lakori que aboga por la asociación de Albania a la Unión Europea, y el jefe de la oposición, Sr. Berisha. +Esta es la primera vez que una alianza regional de naciones interviene en defensa de los derechos humanos, para restablecer unas condiciones estables en una zona de Europa que está viviendo desde hace ocho años una reacción en cadena de atentados de ese tipo y siempre por los mismos motivos. +La organización mundial a la que antes se ha hecho referencia ha fracasado, sin embargo, por completo, dado que no ha sabido insuflar vida a su Carta y al Derecho Internacional, sino que en gran parte han quedado reducidos a letra muerta, y tampoco ha impedido los conflictos, que es el fin para el que de hecho fue creada. +Y para terminar, la última pregunta, en la situación en que ahora nos encontramos, señor Presidente, ¿puede decirnos si el Consejo es consciente de la necesidad urgente de desarrollar, en el marco de la Alianza, naturalmente, una capacidad de análisis y una capacidad de defensa que sean idóneas para Europa? +Lo que le puedo decir es que la Comisión, por lo menos desde el punto de vista humanitario, así como todas las agencias humanitarias, no han sido informadas por los Estados miembros, a pesar de que además de sentarse en el Consejo Atlántico lo hacen en la Unión Europea. +Puesto que el Presidente del Consejo ha iniciado hoy el debate preguntando dónde se encuentran las soluciones políticas, yo quisiera añadir una pregunta complementaria: ¿qué se ha hecho en los últimos años de la prevención de las crisis, de las medidas preventivas? +Pues bien, la reserva es un típico instrumento puro y duro de Derecho internacional público, y el instrumento jurídico elegido por el Consejo para meter de rondón esa descomunitarización, esa diferenciación, esa discriminación entre los parlamentarios europeos es, precisamente, la reserva. +Si aceptásemos el proyecto del Consejo y la enmienda de los liberales, en vez del texto elaborado en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de los Ciudadanos bajo la dirección del Sr. Rothley, nos estaríamos desautorizando de nuevo en relación con un tema decisivo y que nos afecta directamente. +En espera de una decisión al respecto en el transcurso de este año, la Comisión de Presupuestos ha asignado correspondientemente una reserva de 60 millones de euros y ha creado una reserva de personal para el aumento del trabajo administrativo que esto va a suponer. +Ahora que el Parlamento Europeo aspira a depurar la Unión Europea y desempeñar con responsabilidad su función como autoridad presupuestaria, me resulta personalmente problemático el hecho de que 490 funcionarios del Parlamento Europeo vayan a beneficiarse de un ascenso en el año 2000. +Pero, señor Jarzembowsky, resulta cínico que usted, que ha intentado todo para evitar que se llegase a una reglamentación y que ha intentado todo para evitar que se incluyan costes externos por ejemplo en las tasas de peaje o en los gravámenes para el uso de determinadas infraestructuras, ahora haga como si este acuerdo fuese demasiado bajo y no se adaptase a la situación del medio ambiente. +Por ejemplo, los créditos de compromiso no contienen una disposición explícita para incluir los costes exteriores en los gravámenes existentes, aunque permite, y en algunos casos exige, la diferenciación de los gravámenes existentes con la finalidad de reflejar el aspecto medioambiental y otros efectos. +Por último, he de aplaudir la alusión que se hace a las tarjetas de crédito, porque verdaderamente ha habido en ellas un enorme abuso, y creo que la enmienda al respecto, que es la 25, debe llevarse con todo rigor, ya que sin firma, simplemente con retener un número de tarjeta, se dan abusos que todos conocemos y, por tanto, en este punto hay que ser muy rigurosos. +Pero, además, hay que recordar aquí que las normas de ejecución hipotecaria se someten a la competencia de los tribunales del lugar en que se sitúa el bien, y debemos recordar al respecto el artículo 16.1 del Convenio de Bruselas de 1968 que, evidentemente, el Derecho comunitario debe respetar, y debe respetar, en definitiva, señor Whitehead, para el buen fin de los intereses de los consumidores. +Por eso, insistiré en que el edificio europeo es una construcción jurídica, una construcción en Derecho, y o contamos con los abogados, en general con la gente del Derecho, como correa de transmisión entre las reglas y la realidad social o mal irá la construcción europea. +De modo que la enmienda 61, que introduce un derecho a renunciar al derecho de obtener información antes de la celebración del contrato significa que la Comisión debe rechazar el artículo 11, habida cuenta que establece que los consumidores no pueden renunciar a los derechos que les confiere la directiva. +Por último, espero que el Parlamento contribuya con su colaboración a garantizar una rápida aprobación de la propuesta actual que asegure la continuidad entre el programa de acción comunitario actualmente en marcha y el programa propuesto que entrará en vigor el 1 de enero del año 2000. +He de admitir que en la segunda lectura de la Directiva marco estaba de acuerdo con el Consejo en que la Directiva marco no era el marco correcto para las disposiciones de la directiva específica relativas al nivel de pesticidas en los potitos, aunque naturalmente también estaba totalmente de acuerdo con la Sra. Breyer en la necesidad de que los potitos estuvieran libres de pesticidas. +Estoy -y mi Grupo también- muy satisfecha con el resultado del procedimiento de conciliación, ya que en el transcurso del procedimiento de conciliación se aceptó este principio, naturalmente no como parte integral del procedimiento de conciliación, pero políticamente como parte de las negociaciones. +Ahora sólo podemos esperar que los productores de la UE efectúen un cambio rápido en la producción de alimentos para bebés y niños pequeños, porque una cosa está clara: la alimentación de bebés y niños pequeños debe estar libre de cualquier sustancia venenosa. +Ahora, en el marco del Tratado de Amsterdam, es posible el rechazo simple por parte del Parlamento cuando nos oponemos a un texto en lugar de un rechazo en dos fases -más sencillo, más fácil y coloca al Parlamento en una posición más fuerte. +Reconoce la práctica de que las negociaciones no se lleven a cabo entre 15 y 15, sino en un grupo más reducido: el presidente y ponente de la comisión competente con el Presidente del Consejo y la Comisión, informando posteriormente al Comité de Conciliación en pleno. +Se dirá que el tema no tiene profundidad, pero estos temas son sensibles en comunidades que están padeciendo una reestructuración, pues se trata de un pueblo que lleva cuatro años intentando que la depuradora de aguas residuales de la zona en la que ellos viven se ponga 2 o 3 kilómetros más abajo para evitar los malos olores. +En este sentido, deberá recibir los apoyos y los medios necesarios. En segundo lugar, la Unión deberá ocuparse de definir una verdadera estrategia, una estrategia de conjunto para la estabilidad en los Balcanes, y Colonia será un momento clave en esta vía. +El Consejo de Ministros de Finanzas someterá al Consejo Europeo un informe sobre la arquitectura financiera internacional, la crisis asiática y rusa han evidenciado la necesidad de reformas en este ámbito. +Ha hecho bien el Consejo en proponer rápidamente la Presidencia de Romano Prodi, pero todos sabemos -y lo acaba de decir el Sr. Presidente Santer- que existe el problema de la necesidad de reforzar y definir el papel político de la Comisión. +Creo -y ya estoy hablando en nombre de mi Grupo- que frente a las opciones que plantea, por ejemplo, el manifiesto de los Primeros Ministros de Gran Bretaña y España, Tony Blair y José Mª Aznar, que significa más desregulación y más flexibilización, nosotros optaríamos por una propuesta franco-italiana, con un relanzamiento de las políticas activas de empleo y un relanzamiento también de las inversiones públicas. +Creo que, si conseguimos dar prioridad a la idea de un pacto constitucional y de ciudadanía, debe significar antes que nada una voluntad política reforzada de integración política, de superación del nacionalismo -y permítanme recordarlo aquí en un momento en que vuelve a prender la guerra en los Balcanes-, nuestro camino debe ser el de la integración, porque, como dijo aquí Mitterrand, «el nacionalismo es la guerra». +Los gastos para la UE de 15 miembros hasta el 2006 ascenderán a 686.000 millones de euros, manteniéndose a un precio constante real, es decir, que por primera vez lo que hemos ya logrado en los Estados miembros, disciplina presupuestaria y disciplina de gastos estricta así como limitación del crecimiento de los presupuestos en función de prescripciones económicas, lo logramos ahora también a nivel europeo. +He votado en contra de la propuesta del Sr. Rothley porque lamento que no hayamos recogido el documento del Consejo. Hemos dejado pasar de largo la gran oportunidad de tener por fin a finales del período legislativo un Estatuto del diputado. +El Parlamento Europeo ha perdido una oportunidad sin par para resolver una cuestión fundamental para su prestigio y dignidad, en un momento, además, en que se debate y se exige en Europa la transparencia y la eficacia en el funcionamiento de todas las instituciones comunitarias. +Desde hace mucho tiempo, una mayoría de este Parlamento se parapeta tras la falta de iniciativa del Consejo en este tema para excusar su falta de voluntad de ver cómo sale adelante un estatuto único del diputado europeo. +En efecto, de acuerdo con algunos estatutos nacionales, existía una discriminación de asignaciones entre los diputados alemanes, cuya economía floreciente permite unas asignaciones parlamentarias nobles y los colegas portugueses, cuya modestia de la economía conllevaba unas asignaciones parlamentarias igualmente modestas. +El Grupo de Independientes por la Europa de las Naciones exhorta a los responsables europeos a mantener este embargo de la STB, que es una hormona producida por bacterias genéticamente modificadas y altera de manera clara la salud del ganado vacuno y de manera muy probable la salud de las personas que la consumen. +El resultado de 525 votos va a impresionar a la Comisión de tal modo que va a mantener la prohibición de las hormonas y va reiniciar la pugna en el panel de la OMC para mostrar claramente que no queremos imponer a nuestra población esta peligrosa carne tratada con hormonas. +Los informes del Sr. Spencer nos muestran que la Unión Europea comienza a afirmarse como potencia política y expresan con claridad la idea de que el Parlamento Europeo manifiesta la voluntad de aportar su contribución en este ámbito. +Es preciso añadir la decisión del Congreso de Estados Unidos de desarrollar, bajo ciertas condiciones, un sistema de defensa antimisiles que, desde el punto de vista ruso, pondría en tela de juicio el Tratado ABM». +Recomiendo, pues, la aprobación del Reglamento, y mucho más ahora, que la mayoría de las posiciones que ha expresado el Parlamento Europeo, ya desde noviembre último, han sido aprobadas y se han logrado, este último mes, cambios positivos adicionales en las negociaciones con el Consejo. +Quisiera invitar a la Comisión al final de nuestro mandato a aceptar la oferta del Ayuntamiento de Manchester de ir a ver los cambios que están haciendo posible los fondos europeos sobre las comunidades locales de la región. +Señor Presidente, para empezar permítame que en mi calidad de ponente para las finanzas agrarias de la Agenda 2000 exprese mi aprecio por la Presidencia Alemana por las posibilidades ofrecidas por el Gobierno Alemán para la celebración de un triálogo sobre la política agraria. +Volviendo a mi recomendación para la segunda lectura sobre la concesión de ayudas financieras comunitarias en el ámbito de las redes transeuropeas, este trabajo se ha llevado a cabo de conformidad con el antiguo Tratado y ahora reconoce la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam. +Sólo así se entiende que la propuesta inicial de la Comisión, que ya de por sí suponía una reducción de los Fondos estructurales y de cohesión respecto a los niveles del actual período, se haya visto disminuida con el acuerdo final alcanzado en el Consejo Europeo de Berlín. +Señor Presidente, le pido perdón porque no tengo el Reglamento, pero mi cuestión de orden se refiere a si hemos abandonado la práctica que utilizábamos hasta ahora en el turno de preguntas, según la cual, después de una pregunta formulada por un diputado, y después de la respuesta del Consejo, otros diputados tienen derecho para lo que se llama en ingles un follow up . +Se subraya que los alimentos y las medicinas dependen oficialmente del régimen de las sanciones impuestas al Iraq tras la invasión de Kuwait, pero la estructura burocrática del sistema de suministros y los limitados ingresos que obtiene el país de las ventas legales de petróleo restringen las importaciones. +¿Está el Presidente en ejercicio dispuesto a reconocer que el programa «petróleo por alimentos», aunque loable, entraña muchas deficiencias de tipo burocrático y sanciones colaterales, y que sigue sin suplir las necesidades de los niños, mientras que sus padres pueden hacer muy poco para poner fin a la dictadura inhumana de Sadam Husein? +Es intención de la Presidencia adoptar una decisión definitiva sobre esta propuesta en el Consejo de Ministros de Pesca que se celebrará en junio. La condición previa para ello es que hasta entonces haya concluido en el Parlamento la formación de una opinión al respecto. +Todo se resume al hecho de que, aparte de presentar una propuesta de resolución en la 55ª Reunión sobre los Derechos Humanos en Ginebra, en la que declaramos cuál era nuestra posición, no hemos vuelto a hacer nada desde entonces, porque seguimos sin la menor información sobre los 598 hombres y las siete mujeres kuwaitíes que fueron enviados a cárceles iraquíes. +Al igual que la Europa librecambista, la Europa del gran mercado único ha mentido, no había dicho que se trataba de la Europa de los 20 millones de desempleados, de los 50 millones de excluidos; y la Europa ultraliberal está mintiendo, no dice que en la perspectiva del año 2006, será la Europa de los impuestos y la Europa del impuesto europeo sobre la renta. +Esta concesión, señor Ministro Funke, la hago hoy con satisfacción aunque la pesca es una rama relativamente débil de la economía europea y necesita un tratamiento específico, toda vez que las zonas que dependen de la pesca en su mayoría carecen de puestos de trabajo alternativos. +En este orden de cosas, tenemos bien claro, como ocurre en la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia, que cualquier adaptación o actualización de los actos jurídicos no podrá entrañar modificaciones de los elementos esenciales del acto jurídico original. +Cuando se escriba la historia sobre la evolución de las políticas social y de empleo, una vez que haya abandonado mi cargo en la Comisión, el período 1993-1999 destacará como un período importante de cambios, de planteamientos avanzados y de apoyo a las modificaciones del Tratado. +La aprobación del informe que debatimos reforzará nuestra posición política y nos permitirá utilizar este instrumento para hacer el seguimiento de las negociaciones en materias políticas, sociales y económicas que incluye, y muy especialmente, el apartado relativo a la democratización y a los derechos humanos. +Quisiera solicitar, por tanto, que se presente una propuesta conforme al artículo 286 que prevé la creación de un organismo de vigilancia. Además, pido una propuesta en el marco del tercer pilar para la protección de los datos personales, ya que en ese pilar todavía no tenemos una garantía en ese sentido. +No podemos infravalorar los posibles riesgos sanitarios que puedan derivarse de la posibilidad que abre la propuesta de directiva en cuanto a la adquisición de medicamentos a través de Internet sin el asesoramiento profesional correspondiente, como ya ha advertido la Sra. Heinisch. +Ello significa que de conformidad con el último párrafo del apartado 9 del artículo 203 se aplican las siguientes mayorías. Cito: «... mediante acuerdo entre el Consejo, por mayoría cualificada, y el Parlamento Europeo, por mayoría de los miembros que lo componen ...», teniendo en cuenta que esta cita se refiere al establecimiento del tipo máximo. +Señor Presidente, hace un momento, cuando he solicitado, haciendo uso de mi derecho en aplicación del artículo 129, la devolución a comisión del Informe Colom i Naval, el presidente Samland me ha cuestionado deplorando mi ausencia de la reunión de la Comisión de Presupuestos, el lunes por la noche. +Añado, por otro lado, que yo había asistido a la reunión anterior, la que menciona el informe, la reunión del 29 de abril, y que había votado en contra del Informe Colom i Naval, que no se ha modificado demasiado en la reunión de la comisión del lunes por la noche. +El Fondo de Cohesión ha sido creado, concretamente, para favorecer la adhesión de algunos Estados miembros a la moneda única: el maná comunitario se atribuyó para poder soportar el régimen de reducción presupuestaria impuesta por los criterios de Maastricht. +Esta evolución desastrosa, contraria a todas las garantías que se nos habían dado al inicio de esta guerra, y contraria a los objetivos humanitarios de la propia guerra, no puede sino acrecentar las dudas que habíamos expresado desde el principio sobre la estrategia utilizada. +Pero, si bien ha quedado claro en ese acuerdo que por primera vez -y hay que felicitar a Indonesia por ello- se reconoce el derecho a la libre determinación y la independencia en Timor, quiero destacar -y hay que destacar este aspecto, porque es un cambio político importante de la situación de Timor Oriental que sinceramente acojo con beneplácito- que se debe tener en cuenta también alguna hipocresía de comportamiento ya abordada aquí. +Hemos de elevar nuestra voz, exponer nuestros argumentos con mayor firmeza y resolución sin mostrar nunca -y hay que hacer hincapié en este punto- una actitud de superioridad moral, sino que debemos compartir nuestros puntos de vista en nuestra condición de amigos preocupados y comprometidos. +No sé si alguna vez ha servido para algo, pero hagamos saber a mis sucesores y a su sucesor y al sucesor del Comisario que éste es el único medio para que el Parlamento Europeo deje traslucir que también sentimos algo por las personas que están fuera de este Parlamento, fuera de Europa y que nos preocupamos por algo más que el salario y la pensión de uno mismo. +En primer lugar, siguen manteniendo su ley de seguridad interna que, en contra de toda concepción habitual de los derechos humanos, permite que sean detenidos los que expresan pacíficamente unas opiniones tanto religiosas como políticas que están reñidas con las del Gobierno y que se les deniegue una representación letrada adecuada o incluso un juicio justo. +La ratificación del Estatuto del Tribunal, sin exclusiones al funcionamiento de éste, demostraría que el compromiso con el cumplimiento del Derecho, con la defensa de las libertades y de la vida humana, son objetivos de la Unión tan prioritarios al menos como los comerciales. +La oficina de la Comisión en las Comoras sigue de cerca la evolución de la situación y, según las últimas informaciones, ésta es de calma y el ejército ha entablado los primeros contactos para el establecimiento de un Gobierno de transición según el Acuerdo celebrado en Madagascar. +La propuesta de resolución del Consejo sobre la interceptación legal de las telecomunicaciones no incide en el Derecho nacional. Hemos de conformarnos con este estado de cosas, nos guste o no, puesto que es éste el carácter que revisten las resoluciones adoptadas en el ámbito del tercer pilar. +Señora Presidenta, el 15 de marzo de este año, presenté una pregunta por escrito al Presidente del Parlamento sobre una declaración que éste había hecho sobre el lugar de trabajo de Luxemburgo y la sede de la Secretaría General del Parlamento Europeo. +Señora Presidenta, señora Comisaria, el sector textil y de la confección europeo se está viendo gravemente afectado en estos momentos por las importaciones masivas a precios anormalmente bajos procedentes de zonas económicas que atraviesan una profunda recesión o que han visto cerrados los mercados a los que dirigían habitualmente su producción. +Nuestro objetivo era preparar las estructuras y procedimientos de la Unión para su transformación de una Unión Europea Occidental en una Unión de toda Europa, dotada a la vez también de capacidad de actuación en el ámbito de la Política Exterior y de Seguridad, lo cual ha de suponer asimismo que sea una Unión más democrática. +Luego impuso simultáneamente ambos nombres al Presidente de la Comisión, a su Presidente designado. Con esta actuación, el Canciller alemán no prestó ningún servicio ni a Romano Prodi, ni a las instituciones europeas, ni a la República Federal. +Yo le deseo, señor Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, que en el futuro sepa responder a esta confianza en la estabilidad y en la fiabilidad de la política europea alemana, porque esto es importante para el progreso de la Unión Europea y para el futuro de nuestro continente europeo. +Lamentablemente, el Consejo no ha impulsado de manera igualmente consecuente las decisiones institucionales, si bien debemos expresar nuestro especial agradecimiento al Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores Fischer, justamente en este contexto, por sus importantes iniciativas y su importante labor. +Señor Presidente, la Presidencia de la Unión Europea acaba de pasar de manos alemanas a manos finlandesas, por lo que va siendo hora de hacer un análisis sobre el semestre pasado y, además, hora de emitir un juicio acerca de la Presidencia alemana. +Por eso lamentamos que la Presidencia alemana no haya tomado en cuenta la recomendación del Parlamento Europeo al Consejo para realizar un estudio piloto encaminado a la creación de un contingente civil de paz. +Yo creo que, con la aprobación de la Agenda 2000, logró poner de acuerdo a aquellos que habían hecho su divisa del injusto y egoísta "I want my money back' »y a todos aquellos, abanderados por el Gobierno de mi país, que creen que la Unión Europea es un proyecto político donde la cohesión y la solidaridad son piezas fundamentales. +Señor Fischer, si en algo han estado de acuerdo todos los oradores que han intervenido esta mañana ha sido en decir que la cumbre de Colonia no constituye una base para una reforma de las instituciones de la Unión. +En este contexto quiero subrayar con toda claridad lo siguiente pues continuamente se habla de la política de seguridad: ésta no consiste en una militarización de la Unión Europea sino en tener en cuenta todos los instrumentos de la política de seguridad y en hacer lo que se puede hacer preventivamente. +Le aseguro, sin embargo, que no será el cambio del número de las Direcciones Generales, el hecho de que se identifiquen por un nombre y no por un número, el hecho de que los Comisarios estén diseminados por toda Bruselas o que se refuerce al portavoz, lo que acercará las Instituciones al público, al que usted se refería. +Para conseguir una estructura democrática tendremos que cambiar a lo largo de los años para que el Parlamento no sea el sirviente de la Comisión sino que la Comisión sea la sirviente de los representantes electos del electorado europeo. +Apoyamos plenamente una estrategia que parte del convencimiento de que es esencial respetar el Pacto de Estabilidad y compartimos las idea de que hoy la cuestión fundamental es convertir a Europa en un sistema más competitivo para retomar el camino del desarrollo con miras a luchar contra el desempleo. +Es una realidad indiscutible que la confianza de los ciudadanos en el sistema de toma de decisiones no será recuperada sin una reforma de los procedimientos, y esto se aplica a todas las instituciones: a la Comisión, al Consejo y al Parlamento por igual. +En lo que concierne a la postura finlandesa, ha quedado bien claro que, en lo que se refiere al proceso de ampliación, hay que tomar muy en serio las cuestiones relacionadas con la protección medioambiental y con la seguridad de los ciudadanos en el marco del desarrollo de Europa. +El presupuesto total de la ayuda humanitaria para Kosovo y los países vecinos asciende a 378 millones de euros, constituyendo los puntos centrales la entrega de alimentos de importancia vital y otros bienes así como ayuda médica, instalaciones sanitarias y alojamientos. +El 13 de julio se reunió el grupo directivo de alto rango, el gremio para la coordinación de la ayuda de los donantes internacionales en el marco de la crisis de Kosovo, encabezado por la Comisión Europea y el Banco Mundial. +Por mi parte quiero centrarme en dos puntos: teniendo presente el futuro de la Unión, las tareas más importantes del Consejo son, por un lado, la ampliación y, por el otro, el desarrollo del sistema de toma de decisiones de la Unión. Estos dos objetivos se articulan entre sí. +En este Parlamento esperamos y quisiéramos actuar a fin de que la reconstrucción se lleve a cabo en el respeto y la valorización de los recursos humanos y de la dignidad de cada una de las partes implicadas en el conflicto y no mediante la colonización de Europa, del Banco Mundial de los Estados Unidos. +Así reza el artículo 125 del Código Penal turco que, según lo manifestado aquí en Estrasburgo por el embajador turco Sr. Kaleli, es un calco del artículo 241 del Código Penal italiano, promulgado en la época fascista y todavía vigente. +Una cuestión que no se ha mencionado en el debate es que este mismo año se debe hacer una gran revisión de toda la legislación sobre telecomunicaciones y que la Comisión ya ha iniciado parte de ese trabajo bajo al mandato del Sr. Bangemann. +Pero, si incluso entonces resulta necesario ser más específicos sobre cuáles son las consecuencias de la honestidad y la discreción -y soy consciente de estar supeditado al hecho de que este tema se encuentra ahora ante el Tribunal-, me alegro de que la Asamblea acoja favorablemente los cambios que se producirán como consecuencia de la iniciativa adoptada por el Presidente designado. +Además del ya publicado programa legislativo, tenemos que agradecerle a la Comisión la constante tarea informativa que ha llevado a cabo con terceros países y en particular con la Organización Mundial de Comercio, así como las aclaraciones sobre las actuaciones de la Comunidad para solucionar la crisis de la dioxina. +A decir verdad no sé, porque carezco de conocimientos técnicos, sí toda la gama de aceites vegetales reciclables que ahora contemplamos como fuente de riesgo deberían someterse a una prohibición total, o si simplemente deberían catalogarse como algún tipo de residuo culinario sin ninguna vinculación con la cadena alimenticia animal en primera instancia. +Estimo que el hecho de haber establecido una estructura descentralizada y flexible para mejorar su eficacia es un elemento muy importante, un elemento que, sin embargo, debe situarse en la perspectiva de una evaluación más global. +A diferencia del Sr. Ford, que representa al Suroeste, pero apoya al Manchester City, yo no apoyo a ningún club de fútbol, pero sí apoyo el derecho del ciudadano europeo a ser protegido contra las prácticas discriminatorias y los abusos de una posición dominante. +Que la Comisión recurrió a la Oficina de Asistencia Técnica para escapar al control presupuestario. Que en los gastos de gestión conjunta, la Comisión y los Estados miembros rechazan recíprocamente las responsabilidades. +Una completa revisión de la política de personal va a tener lugar y se va a concentrar particularmente en las áreas más débiles identificadas por el informe y en otros lugares tales como el riguroso informe de la propia Comisión, en especial en el reclutamiento, disciplina, promoción profesional y formación. +Confieso que, al ver el producto que nos libra el Comité de Expertos Independientes, no se disipan mis dudas iniciales sobre si su nombramiento no significaba en el fondo un cierto reconocimiento de incapacidad de nuestras propias funciones de control y de orientación política. +De hecho, las opiniones de los Expertos ponen de manifiesto que en Europa necesitamos una nueva cultura de la responsabilidad y quisiera añadir, señor Kinnock, que precisamente en relación con este punto sería estimulante proseguir las audiencias de la semana pasada pues en lo que a definición y claridad se refiere necesitan seguir siendo elaboradas algunas cosas de las audiencias que han quedado poco claras y de las que nos gustaría saber cómo van a ser y cómo van a funcionar en el futuro. +Es decir que, teóricamente, podría ocurrir que alguien se llevara todo el dinero de la Comunidad Europea y que si esa persona es llevada ante un tribunal, una jurisdicción en la que no está tipificado el fraude contra las instituciones de la Comunidad Europea, esa persona ni siquiera podría ser procesada por falta de fundamento jurídico para ello. +Además es necesario ampliar la definición de contaminación marina accidental para incluir la contaminación operacional y radiactiva y otras sustancias dañinas, la contaminación marina accidental y la operacional. +La naturaleza transfronteriza del medio marino, que implica que la contaminación de una zona puede tener impacto en un área mayor, conduce a la necesidad de un marco comunitario para la cooperación en el campo de la contaminación marina accidental. +Compartir información sobre hidrocarburos, sustancias radiactivas y otras sustancias dañinas transportadas por mar y sobre vertidos al mar que se han realizado como parte de regímenes de desecho históricos, es una precondición para preparar y coordinar cualquier respuesta necesaria para mitigar el impacto de incidentes contaminantes sobre el medio ambiente y la salud humana. +Señor Presidente de la Comisión, desde su nombramiento para la Presidencia de la Comisión y la designación de los diecinueve comisarios, ni usted mismo ni tampoco los miembros del nuevo Colegio han escatimado esfuerzos para hacer llegar al Parlamento Europeo un mensaje muy claro. +¿Prometerá solemnemente el Sr. Prodi ante esta Asamblea que ya no habrá en la Comisión más documentos que puedan ser estudiados en la COPA, en las delegaciones nacionales, al lado de los cabilderos de las empresas, de los periodistas, pero no a nuestro lado, que somos los únicos que hemos sido elegidos por el pueblo? +¿Debo recordarle también la declaración de Copenhague sobre el desarrollo social que trata de forma muy ambiciosa las diferencias Norte-Sur y las diferencias en el interior del Norte entre pobres y ricos? La Unión Europea ha adoptado compromisos en este sentido, pero hasta el día de hoy ninguno de ellos se ha mantenido. +El segundo informe del comité de expertos independientes discutido en el Pleno este lunes no ha llegado, o hace muy poco tiempo que lo ha hecho, a la mayoría de los diputados, lo cual nos ha impedido hacer un estudio serio. +Después de la debacle de la experiencia anterior, se produce, se propone una apreciable innovación de la que forma parte el compromiso de presentar un informe anual sobre el estado de la Unión: una innovación de la forma de actuar que apreciamos. +Esta petición ha sido bloqueada una y otra vez; nos hemos visto incapaces de pedir cuentas a los distintos Comisarios, y los diputados Conservadores al Parlamento Europeo no han tenido más opción que la de oponerse por motivos de principio democrático al equipo entrante de Comisarios Europeos. +El Sr. Busquin goza de fuerte protección, esto se ha denunciado abierta y públicamente en la prensa de mi país, y en cualquier caso fue personalmente responsable, y esto lo ha reconocido y admitido él mismo, de haber presentado una contabilidad del partido deliberadamente falseada, que condujo a una financiación ilegal de su partido. +Por último, en lo relativo a los códigos de conducta, necesitamos saber que la promoción personal estará basada en el mérito y que el ascenso hasta los niveles más altos de la Comisión entraña una competencia en materia de gestión, lo que no siempre ha sido el caso hasta ahora. +Tomamos nota del compromiso de consultarnos sobre la reforma del Reglamento del personal que corrija algunas de las preocupaciones del Sr. Elles, las nuevas responsabilidades asignadas a las personas que denuncian prácticas corruptas dentro de la organización y la necesidad de desarrollar nuevos procedimientos disciplinarios. +Quisiera aprovechar la ocasión que me ofrece este debate para decir que, aunque hemos mantenido intercambios muy severos en ocasiones, siempre hemos apreciado su talento, su seriedad y el carácter abierto y simpático de la colaboración que hemos mantenido con el Sr. Liikanen. +El Tribunal de Cuentas experimentó un significativo incremento de recursos en el año 1999 y el número total ascendió en 49 empleados El Comité Económico y Social y el Comité de las Regiones incrementaron su plantilla con 10 empleados en total. +El espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia debe apoyarse en la sólida garantía del respeto de los derechos correspondientes a las realidades de las sociedades contemporáneas, lo que se ajusta al planteamiento abierto e innovador que desea el Parlamento Europeo. +También se puede hacer mucho en cuestiones de reconocimiento mutuo, pero cuando tratamos de la esfera judicial europea desde el punto de vista de los asuntos penales quizá estamos pensando en la posibilidad de operar como si no hubiera fronteras jurídicas en Europa. +La ignorancia no es ninguna virtud, aunque a veces pueda ser una dudosa bendición discutible, pero la ignorancia basada en el secreto no puede ser aceptada en un sistema político maduro, que es el que tenemos que construir en la Europa de las personas y de los ciudadanos. +Sobre estas bases, confiamos asimismo en que, al tratar de crear un espacio común de libertad, seguridad y justicia, se inspiren en los principios de solidaridad y de inclusión y no piensen en realizar una Europa comunitaria, pacífica y rica en su interior e impenetrable para los que presionan desde el exterior, empujados por el hambre, la guerra y las necesidades sociales. +Muchos de ellos no están realmente preocupados por la ampliación de la votación por mayoría calificada, por importante que pueda ser, pero en cambio esperan ansiosamente que haya progresos en cuanto a los derechos de los ciudadanos, progresos en cuanto a la libertad de circulación, progresos en cuanto a una Europa verdaderamente integrada en la que la gente conozca y comprenda sus derechos y sus responsabilidades. +Así las cosas, le pido que aproveche esta ocasión para convertir a Tampere en un hito importante que aporte a Europa una verdadera integración política, empezando por la seguridad interior y la cooperación judicial, puesto que se trata de elementos clave del Estado y, por tanto, de la Comunidad. +Sin embargo, esta proposición supone una clara intervención en las competencias fundamentales de los estados nacionales, en el derecho a conservar sus sistemas jurídicos y a ejercer el control sobre el acatamiento de las leyes en sus territorios. +El mayor problema, sin embargo, es el lado oculto, la conexión del crimen organizado, del terrorismo, del tráfico de drogas y de otras actividades que nos obligan a seguir a gran distancia la actuación de esas personas, y sobre todo del crimen organizado, sin que podamos hacerles frente. +Señor Comisario, si realmente deseamos entrar en una dinámica sistemática y operativa es imprescindible que la Comisión se dedique a poner orden en sus asuntos de aquí hasta diciembre, hasta la segunda lectura. De lo contrario, el año que viene volveremos a encontrarnos en la misma situación que este año, tanto más cuanto que la propia Comisión reconoce que no se puede prever cómo estará la cuestión de los pagos en el año 2000. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, visitantes, como diputado del País Vasco quisiera creer que levantar nuestra voz y pedir la intervención y la ayuda para Timor será un paso más para acabar, no solamente con la matanza a manos de gentes amparadas por los militares indonesios, sino, sobre todo, para acabar con la hipocresía que preside la política internacional. +Señor Presidente, quiero sumarme a las condenas y a las palabras ya proferidas por los demás colegas, pero quiero afirmar aquí que la muerte en Timor Oriental no llegó a ese territorio después del referéndum: antes de él, más de doscientos mil timorenses perdieron la vida ante la pasividad de la comunidad internacional, que observó al pueblo de Timor Oriental como si fuera un pueblo prescindible. +Más aún, si el autor de la violación, señores del Consejo, es un Gobierno democrático, Señorías, en la defensa de los derechos humanos no hay terceras vías ni hay posibilidad de escaparse, ni siquiera dando una respuesta en este Parlamento. +Pero no podemos dejar de tener en cuenta que no solamente en mi país, en España, sino también en el resto de la Unión Europea, en los próximos años vamos a seguir teniendo una presión migratoria de colectivos nómadas, como es el caso en España del colectivo de procedencia rumana y de etnia gitana. +Según las conclusiones de la Cumbre de Ginebra, la misión común es reforzar la capacidad de la Unión para intervenir en las crisis, y no la creación de un sistema de defensa territorial. +La Unión Europea tomó por primera vez una iniciativa, en concordancia con sus principios, sobre un proyecto de resolución para la pena de muerte en la sesión nº 55 de la Comisión Europea de los derechos del hombre celebrada en Ginebra este año. +Sin embargo, ¿no podría decirnos el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo si, en aquellos países con los que mantenemos relaciones políticas y económicas, como con China, se pudiera influir, manteniendo una postura clara y concreta en favor de la desaparición de la pena de muerte que tan bien apoya este Parlamento Europeo? +Asunto: Adquisición de terrenos en los Estados candidatos a la adhesión ¿Cuál es la posición del Consejo con respecto a los esfuerzos de los países candidatos de la Europa Central y Oriental para poder, después de la adhesión, seguir limitando o prohibiendo la libre adquisición de terrenos por parte de los ciudadanos de la Unión, al menos durante un periodo transitorio? +La Comisión, en un principio, ha intentado encontrar una solución que contemple un sistema con algún tipo de cupos, pero ha sido muy difícil llegar a una comprensión con los países productores y con Estados Unidos, pues estos países tienen intereses muy diferentes y rechazan el sistema de cupos. +Segundo, se emprende la intimidación abierta al pueblo yugoslavo, destrozado por los bombardeos criminales de la OTAN, a un pueblo que ahora debe someterse nacional, social y políticamente y debe adquirir un liderazgo del agrado de los americanos y de la OTAN para tener perspectivas de poder reconstruir su asolado país. +Estimo que se trata de un verdadero problema de cara a tratar de crear una situación dentro de la cual se pueda cumplir la posibilidad de introducir en el contexto del Mediterráneo una valoración más completa y que ante todo ofrezca una gran perspectiva en este sentido. +En lo que concierne a la rapidez, eficacia y transparencia de la acción de dicha Agencia es importante tratar de considerar esta cita una buena ocasión no solo para poder reconstruir prioritaria y rápidamente en la situación existente en Kosovo, sino para intentar crear una condición a fin de que el problema de los flujos migratorios en el Mediterráneo se mire con especial atención. +La propuesta de la Comisión refleja la necesidad de crear un instrumento para la gestión rápida, descentralizada y eficaz de la ayuda para la reconstrucción de manera que tenga en cuenta la urgencia de la situación y los esfuerzos excepcionales que son necesarios. +Antes de que procedamos a la última votación, quisiera explicar a los colegas que hayan pensado que quizá he estado algo severo en lo relativo a las votaciones por separado, las votaciones nominales, etc., que el motivo de que sigamos el Reglamento a rajatabla es que hay Grupos que preparan sus látigos basándose en la información de la Presidencia. +Asimismo, a finales de julio se celebró un acuerdo con el FMI y otras instituciones financieras sobre la reanudación de la ayuda con créditos directos, y poco después se alcanzó un acuerdo en el Club de París sobre la renegociación del pago de la deuda soberana rusa. +Así pues, no sólo Grecia sino también otros países sísmicos, deben tomar todas aquellas medidas de blindaje antisísmico necesarias para que no se repitan tragedias como estas; porque es un hecho que, aunque de los terremotos no se puede hacer responsables a los gobiernos y las personas, respecto de los daños que estos ocasionan, su responsabilidad es tremenda, y así lo han demostrado los terremotos en Grecia y en Turquía. +Puedo imaginar que la misión conjunta de evaluación, similar a la que acaba de solicitarse, que actualmente llevan a cabo en las zonas del desastre ECHO, la representación de la Comisión en Ankara, Naciones Unidas y el Banco Mundial presentará un cuadro más exacto de las necesidades. +En el marco de las reuniones celebradas con el Gobierno iraní el pasado diciembre y en mayo de este año, la troika de la Unión puso sobre la mesa el tema del trato que reciben los miembros de las minorías religiosas en Irán, en particular los de Baha' is. +Ya es hora de volver a los principios fundamentales, de ganar altura y trazar para nuestros conciudadanos la perspectiva de la organización pacífica de nuestro continente, respetuosa de los derechos humanos y basada en un modelo europeo de desarrollo económico y social. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente de la Comisión, la producción agrícola convencional emplea cada vez más sustancias químicas, aditivos, coadyuvantes, antibióticos, hormonas -podría continuar la lista- y nuestra industria alimentaria tiene más el aspecto de un complejo químico que de unas instalaciones destinadas a la elaboración de alimentos. +La modalidad del control final constituye, de hecho, una invitación a las conductas delictivas, ya que se aprovechan las posibilidades de adulteración, lo cual ha conducido -cabe suponer- al añadido sistemático de sustancias tóxicas en el ámbito de la producción de piensos. +El daño causado por el sobresalto provocado por la dioxina es inconmensurable, tanto en cuanto a la destrucción de la confianza de los consumidores como a las consecuencias económicas de haber empañado la reputación de sectores industriales fundamentales y creadores de exportación. +Señora Maij-Weggen, yo espero que su Grupo contribuya a que las decisiones de la Comisión de Presupuestos de las que he tenido noticia puedan ser reconsideradas y se puedan modificar en el Pleno, con la retirada de los recortes en relación con las propuestas de la Comisión de Desarrollo que ahora están sobre la mesa. +Creo que la Comisión Europea, el Parlamento Europeo y los gobiernos de los Estados miembros deben intensificar sus medidas en materia de campañas de información sobre la salud pública; deben hacerlo mediante los Departamentos de Sanidad o mediante grupos voluntarios que tan importante papel desempeñan para ayudar a los afectados por dichas enfermedades. +Y la respuesta, como han afirmado el Sr. Wurtz y otros oradores, ha sido la respuesta burocrática de reducir ante todo los gastos presupuestarios relativos a las inversiones en el ámbito del SIDA. +El Consejo ha tomado una decisión sobre esta financiación, pero lo ha hecho sin haber tenido disponibles los correspondientes recursos y este hecho es el que ha llamado la atención de la Comisión de Presupuestos. +El Parlamento puede constatar ahora que tanto la Comisión como el Consejo han hecho suyas en gran medida nuestras propuestas y, por consiguiente, en mi calidad de ponente de la Comisión de Industria, quisiera agradecer sinceramente la colaboración y el espíritu de cooperación que la ha presidido. +La comisión aprobó con el mayor consenso posible, o sea, por unanimidad, la propuesta de retomar varias aspiraciones importantes de las enmiendas propuestas en la primera lectura que no fueron atendidas por el Consejo, aun cuando acogemos con gran satisfacción -y yo también quiero manifestarlo aquí, señor Langen- la amplia coincidencia con el Parlamento. +Aun así, vamos a dedicar, para el mismo período anual, sesenta millones de euros para la fisión frente a quince millones para las energías renovables, y doscientos millones de euros para la fusión; ello nos da una idea de las políticas reales que sigue la Unión Europea. +Y es indudablemente a través de la posibilidad de tener acceso a la red, de ser suficientemente flexibles en las propuestas que hagamos, que permitan dar cobertura a los distintos instrumentos que los distintos Estados miembros han utilizado y que no son homogéneos y que son distintos, como podremos garantizar que las energías renovables no sólo se mantengan sino que se dupliquen, Señorías, en los próximos años. +Dichos análisis son posibles cuando existen mercados transparentes, en los cuales cada sujeto, el usuario final - empresa o consumidor - pueda valorar en todo momento hasta qué punto la energía es eficaz, gracias a un proceso de maduración tecnológica y económica respaldado por una investigación válida y por una información lo más completa posible. +Pese a nuestra crítica sobre la actitud de la Unión Europea, apoyamos plenamente el objetivo básico del Acuerdo, a saber, el desarrollo económico de Sudáfrica y la integración de este país en el comercio mundial. +Un "país rico" de uno de los continentes más pobres donde las relaciones sociales son aún muy desiguales, hasta el punto que el PNUD clasifica a este país en el puesto 93 por el índice de desarrollo humano. +Para nosotros es indispensable saber si Sudáfrica ha adoptado o no las medidas necesarias para que una serie de denominaciones esenciales, entre ellas las de Oporto y Jerez, no se utilicen ya en sus exportaciones a la Comunidad Europea y, en un plazo de cinco años, se vean suprimidas para todo mercado a la exportación. +Señor Prodi, me temo que en este asunto usted y sus colegas no han tenido en cuenta el punto de vista del Parlamento Europeo y de numerosos electores que opinan que este funcionario, que ha dado la voz de alarma, no merece ninguna reprimenda, sino todo lo contrario. +Finalmente, puesto que he hablado de lecciones que hemos de extraer de esta catástrofe natural, debo señalar también la atención que concedo - y lo he dicho en el seno del colegio - a la idea, subrayada en el Parlamento Europeo, de coordinar mejor los medios de los diferentes Estados en materia de protección civil. +Yo quiero resaltar especialmente en este contexto la Comisión introdujo los contratos de compra obligatorios entre los productores y los transformadores primarios y luego se estableció también la exigencia de una autorización para todas las empresas de transformación. +En esta hipótesis, es evidente que hoy no podemos saber, al votar el calendario para el año 2000, si el orden del día del período parcial de sesiones de noviembre del año 2000, por ejemplo, estará sobrecargado y si es necesario, en tal caso, añadir una minisesión los días 29 y 30 de noviembre, es decir, dentro de catorce meses exactamente (más de un año). +En mayo de 1997, los ministros de Justicia alcanzaron un acuerdo sobre un protocolo por el que se concede la inmunidad contra el enjuiciamiento del personal de Europol por cualquier "palabra dicha o escrita o acciones realizadas en el ejercicio de sus funciones oficiales" y por el tratamiento de datos no autorizado o incorrecto. +A pesar de que acojo con satisfacción el reciente compromiso de Monsanto de no comercializar la "tecnología de terminación de la semilla" , este asunto es demasiado serio para dejarlo en manos de los que están directamente involucrados y que habrían actuado de otro modo de no haber existido la vigilancia del consumidor. +La utilidad de la globalización debe beneficiar proporcionalmente por igual a las regiones y naciones del mundo, si bien los intereses de la Unión Europea, de los restantes Estados europeos, de los EE.UU, de los demás Estados industrializados y de los países emergentes y en vías de desarrollo tienen que ser llevados a un mejor equilibrio. +Y en esa medida, la OMC no se puede limitar a las cuestiones comerciales; debe también abordar cuestiones fundamentales, como la calidad e inocuidad de los alimentos, el bienestar animal, la protección medioambiental y el respeto de los consumidores y su sensibilidad. +Señor Presidente, ayer hemos celebrado en este mismo hemiciclo un debate sobre el refuerzo de la seguridad alimentaria en Europa, mientras que en el seno de la Unión se han desarrollado los conflictos sobre el principio de precaución, y paralelamente los norteamericanos buscan represalias injustificadas. +La UE se ha convertido en un actor importante de la economía mundial por medio de la integración de la economía europea, y será sólo a través de una ronda de negociaciones que contemple diferentes sectores como podremos garantizar la estabilidad del crecimiento económico. +Debemos saber, con todo -dicho sea entre nosotros-, que, en conjunto, el balance de la aplicación de los mecanismos que se han creado después de Marrakech es totalmente correcto desde el punto de vista de la Unión, tratándose de la relación entre el número de casos que hemos sometido y los casos ganados o perdidos. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede a las declaraciones del Consejo y de la Comisión sobre la próxima conferencia mundial sobre los cambios climáticos del 25 de octubre al 5 de noviembre de 1999 en Bonn: aplicación del Convenio de Kioto. +El crecimiento de los bosques como factor eliminador del dióxido de carbono sigue y debe seguir siendo debatido de forma abierta, y en este debate se podrá incluir también el incremento del multiuso de los bosques para contribuir a la protección del medio y frenar los cambios climáticos. +Así pues, el Consejo apoya todas las iniciativas encaminadas a luchar contra la pobreza que ayuden a facilitar información, que posibiliten el intercambio de información y de experiencias, que promuevan la adopción de nuevos métodos para la lucha contra la marginación social y que busquen formas de evaluar las experiencias habidas. +Ahora que la lucha se desarrolla en el seno de la ONU hay que tener cuidado con contrapropuestas traicioneras, que aunque quizás tienen una apariencia inocente, vienen desde distintos sitios para debilitar una toma de posición enérgica por parte de la Asamblea General de la ONU. +A lo largo de estos 19 años, nos hemos encontrado con numerosos golpes de efecto a la hora de descubrir la verdad que, según parece, no consigue abrirse camino por la complicidad de quien está interesado en que no se sepa despreciando los legítimos derechos de las familias de las víctimas y mortificando los principios fundamentales de nuestras democracias. +De ser verdad, los hechos demuestran que Nietzche tenía razón cuando decía que la locura es algo raro en la persona, pero, en cambio, es común en los partidos, los grupos y las organizaciones, y precisamente por eso necesitamos una vigilancia individual e independiente de la labor cotidiana en las plantas nucleares. +Quisiera insistir en que la publicación del Libro Verde sobre energía sostenible en Irlanda debe ser considerada como una contribución positiva al debate sobre la forma de ocuparse de la amenaza que plantea el cambio climático, dentro del sector energético. +Señora Presidenta, creo que en esta fase concreta procede decir que han sido los conservadores británicos, el PPE, quienes han pedido que este punto se inscribiera en el orden del día del viernes sencillamente porque, como ha dicho el Sr. Watson, la Comisión no podrá formular su declaración hasta el viernes por la mañana. +Se trata del personal sometido al estatuto de los funcionarios y agentes de las Comunidades, así como, cito, "los miembros, dirigentes o miembros del personal de las instituciones, de los órganos y de los organismos de las Comunidades no sometidos al estatuto" . +No pretendo que se exceptúe a los miembros electos de todo control o que no sean objeto de ninguna investigación referente a sus actividades, incluyendo las de diputado europeo en el ejercicio de su mandato, pero temo que este acuerdo dé lugar a sospechas y a una asimilación a la ligera, sin perspectiva, como ha ocurrido durante los últimos meses de 1999. +Se trata de algo tan grato para todos que en la Unión Europea deberíamos esforzarnos por crear un marco adecuado para esa forma de comercio: Un marco adecuado para la confianza mutua entre ciudadanos de países diferentes ya que, al fin y al cabo, si hay algo que no para mientes en las fronteras, ese algo es Internet. +Señor Presidente, no hay en el presupuesto tal base jurídica, y creo que esto es una carencia grave, porque puede revelar, como ha revelado en el caso de Grecia, pero también en otros casos, una falta de sensibilidad frente a las imprevisibles desgracias que puede sufrir nuestro prójimo, en las que deberíamos mostrar cierta generosidad. +A la Comisión de Pesca le preocupan muy especialmente la línea presupuestaria B2-901, relativa a las operaciones de control y de vigilancia realizadas por los Estados miembros, la línea B2-903 relativa al apoyo a la Política Pesquera Común, y la línea B7-8000, relativa a los acuerdos internacionales de pesca. +Debo dar las gracias además, en nombre de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación, al mismo tiempo al ponente general del presupuesto, señor Bourlanges, y a la Comisión de Presupuestos, así como a su presidente, señor Wynn, por la posición que han adoptado en esta cuestión. +Por esto propongo que en el próximo período se lleve a cabo un análisis de los programas, con las relativas líneas de crédito, ya no por períodos de cuatro, cinco o seis años, sino por períodos más reducidos: de uno o dos años como máximo, dado que las lógicas de mercado y de inversión en una economía globalizada ya no responden al criterio con el cual se ha estructurado el presupuesto. +Si el Consejo no ha encontrado otra manera de financiar la reconstrucción de Kosovo que a través de un recorte lineal de las acciones exteriores de la Unión, es lógico que el Parlamento Europeo quiera ahora defender estas líneas. +Si todas las partes interesadas respetan la distribución fundamental de estas competencias y actúan en consecuencia, la consecución de los objetivos de todas las áreas de actuación será el resultado natural de sus decisiones de actuación individuales. +Por último, el debate sobre una "combinación de políticas equilibrada y adecuada" no debiera utilizarse para desviar la atención de las reformas estructurales que tan urgentemente se necesitan para hacer frente al grave problema estructural de desempleo en la zona del euro. +La exuberancia irracional que caracteriza a algunas bolsas, el endeudamiento excesivo de las familias americanas y de ciertos sectores económicos en los países importantes hacen que pese una amenaza cierta sobre la estabilidad económica mundial. +Los trabajadores se preocupan porque el Banco Central Europeo considera un peligro, para la famosa estabilidad monetaria, un ritmo de crecimiento mayor que el 2,5%, algo que lleva a la lucha contra el paro a un futuro indeterminable. +Estamos manteniendo un debate algo vago y resulta interesante leer las palabras del señor ponente en la exposición de motivos, es decir, que el Parlamento Europeo " ... es responsable tanto de recibir y debatir el informe anual de actividades del BCE como de controlar el BCE" . +Quisiera señalar que el Reino Unido y el Partido Conservador Británico -al que pertenezco- nunca han sido hostiles al euro como moneda para aquellos Estados miembros que realmente desean unirse, ya que todos estamos ligados a raíz de nuestra pertenencia al mercado único, de manera que un hundimiento de la confianza en el euro podría afectarnos a todos, estemos dentro o fuera de la UEM. +También es esencial, en mi opinión, que se anime al Banco a seguir el ejemplo de otros grandes bancos centrales, como la Reserva Federal estadounidense, y a hacer de la transparencia un aspecto fundamental de todas sus actividades. +Los ejemplos históricos no faltan a este respecto y la advertencia no es ociosa en los momentos actuales, en los cuales la recuperación económica en Europa no se halla, ni muchísimo menos, confirmada, y en los que, al propio tiempo, asistimos a especulaciones sobre la inminencia de una política monetaria más estricta. +Señor Presidente, señor Duisenberg, nosotros los diputados, como hemos manifestado varias veces esta noche, tenemos un papel fundamental que desempeñar en relación con la moneda única puesto que esta Asamblea es el único lugar en el que el pueblo de Europa puede ejercer una influencia democrática en el modo en que se gestiona su moneda única. +El sistema del Euro, al principio, dejó claro durante un corto periodo de tiempo que la provisión no constituiría un problema teniendo en cuenta que se puede asegurar que el dinero garantizado a los bancos o a otras organizaciones no entrará en circulación antes del 1 de enero del 2000 - es decir, en circulación general. +Los resultados de la aplicación de esta política se ven reflejados en la disminución notoria de las quejas por violación de los derechos humanos producidas por la fuerza pública, tal como lo reconocen los informes de organismos intergubernamentales y las ONG que actúan en este campo. +La Comisión se congratula del principio de equiparación, tan amplia como sea posible, de los derechos y deberes de los ciudadanos procedentes de terceros Estados que residan de forma duradera en la Unión con los reconocidos a los ciudadanos nacionales de los Estados miembros de la Unión y consideramos que se debe avanzar con propuestas concretas en ese sentido. +En Tampere no se pudo aún adoptar la idea de un Ministerio Público europeo, aun limitado a la protección de los intereses financieros de la Comunidad. Me permito proponer que el próximo debate sobre la Conferencia Intergubernamental sea una buena ocasión para que se recoja esa idea nuestra. +Si estas decisiones, al volver del ámbito del alto nivel a la gris cotidianeidad de los consejos de los Ministerios de Interior y de Justicia, se vuelven también rutinarias y no pasa nada en tres o cuatro años, Tampere pasará a la historia como la cumbre de las declaraciones irrealizadas. +Me propongo considerar como fundamento político y filosófico del Espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia todas las cuestiones relativas no sólo a los derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos de los Estados miembros de la Unión, sino también a los de los ciudadanos de terceros Estados que residan legal y duraderamente en el territorio de la Unión. +La semana pasada hemos mantenido un debate con Jean-Luc Dehaene -el señor Comisario Michel Barnier estaba presente- y quiero decirle, señor Comisario, que tenemos una plena confianza en que usted realizará su aportación para guiar la Unión Europea hacia un futuro positivo y tendrá todo nuestro apoyo en esta tarea. +Esta CIG, sin embargo, no tratará tanto sobre ampliar el ámbito de responsabilidad o de competencia de la Unión Europea; tratará sobre la reforma estructural, la reforma institucional, la reforma que dé mayor apertura a la Unión, que la haga más eficiente, más democrática y más transparente. +Está la cuestión de la codificación y simplificación de los Tratados, un tema que este Parlamento fue el primero en poner de relieve en la fase preliminar de las negociaciones de Amsterdam; una tarea iniciada por Amsterdam, pero que está lejos de estar completada y que es otro de los argumentos en los que hace hincapié el informe Dehaene. +(El Parlamento aprueba la propuesta de la Comisión)- Propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la aprobación, en nombre de la Comunidad, de la Decisión OSPAR 98/3 relativa a la eliminación de instalaciones marítimas en desuso (COM(1999) 190 - C5-0015/1999 - 1999/0097(CNS)) (Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor) +Acojo con enorme satisfacción este paso inteligente para atajar uno de los problemas clave que frenan el potencial del comercio electrónico en Europa, a saber, la dificultad de verificar la identidad de los usuarios y los consumidores. +Apoyo la propuesta de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios en la que se pide que se faciliten al PE actas sucintas de las reuniones del Consejo de Gobernadores, en las que se presenten de forma explícita los argumentos "a favor" o "en contra" de las decisiones adoptadas y las razones que motivan dichas decisiones. +La Unión Europea cree que el Tratado de prohibición total de pruebas nucleares es un paso importante en el camino hacia la no proliferación de armas nucleares y hacia el desarme nuclear, y su entrada en vigor resulta beneficiosa para todos los estados. +A raíz de las pruebas nucleares realizadas por India y Pakistán, la Comisión ha participado en las unidades operativas internacionales para el desarrollo de medidas de confianza y de garantías y para que estos países emprendan negociaciones constructivas sobre la no proliferación y el control de armas en la zona. +Pero en todo caso, es importante que haya una expresión clara y comprometedora de la voluntad política de los factores internacionales y de los que pueden garantizar la paz mundial y la estabilidad de que la no expansión de los arsenales nucleares es elevada y constituye una prioridad no negociable. +Permítanme añadir unas palabras sobre la financiación de la campaña militar que, en mi opinión - una opinión que no parece compartir el Primer Ministro Ruso - se cree que ha podido repercutir sobre la recuperación de la economía rusa durante estos últimos meses. +Si ahora, con el apoyo unánime de la comisión aporto otras 13 enmiendas, éstas se refieren en primera línea a la dotación de créditos, al plazo de aplicación y a la exigencia dirigida a los Estados miembros para que supriman los obstáculos en el acceso al programa. +Precisamente nosotros los radicales quizás fuimos los primeros en crear de forma autónoma un centro de audiencia en el sector audiovisual encargado del seguimiento y control de las presencias, por ejemplo, políticas en los distintos espacios, los distintos telediarios y los medios de comunicación. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura(A5-0038/1999) de la Comisión de Cultura, Juventud, Educación, Medios de Comunicación y Deporte, sobre la posición común del Consejo [13175/1/1999 - C5-0022/1999 - 1998/0197(COD)] con vistas a la adopción de una decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establece el programa de acción comunitario "Juventud" (Ponente: Sra. Gröner) +Es especialmente inquietante el hecho de que, paralelamente a la reducción de los gastos de apoyo a los mercados de productos agrícolas, asistimos, en el marco del llamado segundo pilar de la OMC, al aumento sistemático de los gastos dedicados a arruinar a los pequeños y medianos agricultores. +Lo mismo cabe decir de los gastos sociales, extraordinariamente limitados, y orientados no a reducir el paro y a mejorar la calidad de vida de los trabajadores, sino a facilitar medidas para la destrucción del marco de relaciones laborales. +Pero deseo subrayar que, sin embargo, no somos ingenuos: el hecho de que el Parlamento desee sustituir los términos "cooperación cultural" por los términos "política cultural" revela la tentación uniformizadora de una supuesta política cultural europea, que sustituiría las políticas de los Estados miembros. +No hacen falta ya ni pretextos en esta selva en la que impera la ley de la competencia más violenta y de la inmunidad del gran capital; de ahí que MICHELIN anuncie al mismo tiempo un aumento de los beneficios del 17% y 7.500 nuevos despidos, que se suman a los 15.000 de los años inmediatamente anteriores. +Igualmente, es necesario que se adopten las medidas necesarias para aumentar los derechos y las condiciones de intervención de los comités de empresa europeos establecidos en la Directiva 94/95, en particular en cuanto al derecho a la suspensión de las licencias. +En efecto, como ha sido señalado acertadamente por el Sr. Hatzidakis, esta Directiva prevé ciertas disposiciones transitorias, válidas hasta el 1 de enero del año en curso, con el fin de permitir la finalización de ciertos trabajos del Comité Europeo de Normalización. +La más amplia posible, que debe incluir también la cooperación extractiva, pues si Europa es el principal mercado de exportación del pescado marroquí, circunscribir la cooperación a la comercialización y transformación no sería lo deseable, ya que el mercado se controla desde los centros de consumo más que desde los centros de producción. +Señor Presidente, las innumerables presiones que tanto el Consejo y esta Asamblea como el sector pesquero tuvieron que ejercer sobre la Comisión han dado como fruto que finalmente, apenas un mes antes de finalizar el Acuerdo de pesca con Marruecos, se haya obtenido un mandato de negociación. +Señor Comisario Fischler, hace tres meses que estoy aquí y ya lo he visto perjudicar los intereses de Portugal tres veces: con las vacas locas, asunto en el que su decisión resulta inconcebible; en la ganadería porcina, en la que su voluntad de persecución es inaceptable; y ahora en la pesca, en la que la inacción de su Comisión tampoco tiene perdón. +Nadie pretende poner en tela de juicio instrumentos eficaces de cooperación con Marruecos a través de negociaciones que refuercen, dentro de lo posible, los intereses tanto de los operadores comunitarios como de los marroquíes subrayando ese sentido de la solidaridad que, por otra parte, también en los sectores distintos de los exquisitamente económicos, se ha demostrado a diario sobre todo entre los países del sur de Europa, en la zona mediterránea. +Por otra parte, la flota europea tan atenta a ejercer la pesca cumpliendo las normas concretas de compatibilidad medioambiental - paradas biológicas, ámbitos de pesca, prohibición de pesca con jábega y con redes de arrastre, etcétera - necesita medidas socioeconómicas de compensación tras un acuerdo que limita aún más, si cabe, su actividad, incluida la industria de transformación. +No sé si son ciertas, pero me han dicho que en los mercados franceses se vende carne unida aún a trozos de tejido medular y cerebral: el organismo correspondiente podría ocuparse de controlar las demasiado bajas normas de higiene agrícola en Francia; los supermercados franceses no exigen la presentación de los informes sobre pesticidas. +Señor Presidente, comprendo a nuestros amigos británicos, como comprendo a nuestros amigos portugueses, que también se ven afectados, como comprendí a nuestros amigos belgas en el asunto de la dioxina y como comprendo todavía mejor a los franceses en el asunto de los lodos de depuradora. +Pero tampoco hay que perder de vista que la catástrofe de la enfermedad de las vacas locas que ha afectado a nuestros compañeros británicos habría podido afectar a cualquiera de nuestros países, ya que todos practicamos la misma política agrícola productivista contraria a la naturaleza, cada vez más sometida al librecambismo mundial. +¿Adoptará medidas contra Francia después de la reunión de la Comisión el 10 de noviembre, si, a esas alturas, después de haber tenido varios días para digerir la decisión unánime, el Gobierno francés no ha adoptado medidas para levantar esa prohibición? +Es un grupo consultivo especial que hace su aportación al comité legalmente establecido, establecido para desempeñar la función de asesorar a la Comisión en relación con esos asuntos, es decir, al Comité Directivo Científico. +Queda claro de antemano que el fin de ese diálogo en dos tiempos no es el de entenderse sobre orientaciones comunes o compromisos apremiantes; así, pues, ese diálogo no concluirá con un acuerdo de coordinación ex ante de las diferentes políticas fiscales, presupuestarias, monetarias o incluso contractuales. +Si los intereses comunitarios no se sitúan en el primer plano, la Unión no podrá llevar adelante la política necesaria para completar la ordenación del mercado europeo en el sentido de una economía social de mercado ambientalmente sostenible. +Lo que está en juego no es una cuestión de confianza o de confidencialidad -que los parlamentarios y parlamentarias también saben respetar-, sino que lo que en realidad se dirime es cómo vamos a configurar nuestro futuro en el siglo XXI y en este contexto no se puede escamotear ninguna información, ningún análisis, ningún pronóstico, sino que todo debe hacerse público de manera realmente asequible. +¿Puede la reestructuración en el mercado laboral, la reestructuración y las reformas que se deben hacer en los mercados de productos y de servicios, de acuerdo con las decisiones de Cardiff, pueden todas estas reformas, crear las condiciones para que la política monetaria se mueva en otro marco? +Pero creo que debemos ver el lado positivo políticamente. Que lo que preocupa tanto a los pueblos de Europa -porque todos los diputados representan a los pueblos de Europa, por ellos han hecho uso de la palabra en este hemiciclo- por este tema candente e interesante que es el empleo y el paro, viene al centro del diálogo macroeconómico. +El hecho de no estar físicamente sentado en la mesa del diálogo no quiere decir que no haya una posibilidad de presencia del Parlamento, una posibilidad de transmitir sus ideas. +La formulación de la posición común habría permitido simplemente a los empleadores abandonar los intentos de lograr una negociación sobre el cómputo anual de la jornada laboral y entonces los Estados miembros podrían haber permitido dicho cómputo anual. +En cualquier caso, señor Presidente, nosotros apoyamos las justas reivindicaciones de los trabajadores del mar, estamos a su lado y, a pesar de todo lo positivo que tienen estas directivas, no podemos votar su aprobación porque están en una dirección que, aún con sus posibles mejoras, va a perpetuar la actual situación inadmisible. +Desde el principio debo subrayar que hoy estamos debatiendo una modificación de la directiva relativa al ramo de los trabajadores que había sido excluido de la directiva sobre la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo, que se lleva debatiendo seis años. +Aunque no tenemos noticia de casos de persecución o encarcelamiento de científicos por su trabajo científico, yo quisiera recordar que una serie de científicos han sido perseguidos o encarcelados en los últimos años a causa de sus ideas políticas y, a nuestro parecer, se debería aprovechar también esta ocasión para expresar claramente que esas personas deben recobrar su libertad. +Me parece que todo lo que hemos presenciado durante estos últimos meses demuestra lo contrario: la multiplicación de las detenciones de disidentes, la persecución de la supuesta secta Fa-Lung-Dung, etc. Evidentemente, se puede concebir una relación estratégica con un país no democrático, con un país dictatorial. +La pregunta que se impone es si con la ejecución efectiva de este acuerdo, los intereses europeos se corresponderán de forma suficiente con los de Moscú ¿Concede el Gobierno ruso, por ejemplo, para ser concretos, la misma importancia que nosotros a las situaciones de emergencia ecológica? +Tengo aquí un dato que me anima y que habría que proyectar a escala de la Unión Europea. La industria química alemana dedica 12.300 millones de marcos anuales a investigación y desarrollo, a los cuales hay que sumar otros 5.000 millones de marcos destinados a la investigación en el extranjero; por lo general en Estados Unidos, es cierto, pero los países de América Latina y otros también participan cada vez más como inversores en el sector de la investigación. +La Unión Europea debe dar un marco jurídico directo para permitir la libre circulación y la libre prestación de servicios y evitar los conflictos y los obstáculos a la libre circulación debidos a legislaciones demasiado discordantes en los distintos Estados de la Comunidad. +En consecuencia, por razones de procedimiento hoy se ha hecho necesario presentar dos informes, uno relativo a las directrices sobre política de empleo para el año 2000 y la creación de una comisión de empleo, y otro relativo al informe conjunto sobre el empleo en 1999 que contiene las conclusiones aprobadas en la comisión. +Éste consta, a su vez, de dos partes: en primer lugar, de la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se crea un Comité de Empleo y, en segundo lugar, de la propuesta relativa a las directrices de la política de empleo para el año 2000. +Este reglamento garantizará fundamentalmente que los Estados miembros apoyen los programas que tienen en cuenta el carácter cambiante del mundo del trabajo, la necesidad de fomentar el espíritu empresarial, así como el apoyo a los programas locales de creación de empleo. +La Unión debería ser ambiciosa con respecto a la utilización de dinero para el empleo, controlando las ayudas públicas entregadas a las empresas y aplicando una política de crédito que penalice las prácticas destructivas y favorezca la creación de empleo. +Creo, además, que el informe, integrado por las aportaciones que el Sr. Menrad ha tenido a bien recoger, es de hecho el mejor informe posible en el ámbito de aquellas limitaciones que los márgenes del tema, las competencias del Parlamento y las modalidades constructivas de Europa permitían. +También acogemos con satisfacción el llamamiento general a favor de una revisión fiscal con vistas a reducir las cargas fiscales y las cotizaciones a la seguridad social, así como los trámites, todo lo cual incrementa el desempleo y pesa sobre los puestos de trabajo. +El informe se inscribe perfectamente en el marco del proceso de Luxemburgo que, por mi parte, yo habría preferido que hubiera presentado unos objetivos en cifras, y se inscribe además en nuestra voluntad de conocer el balance que propone la Comisión para los planes nacionales de empleo anuales. +Es indispensable que los trabajadores participen en las decisiones que les afectan y si, en su momento, el Sr. Schweitzer, presidente de Renault, hubiera consultado al comité consultivo europeo, creado y propuesto por nuestra Asamblea, sin duda no habríamos tenido el asunto Vilvorde, como quizá no habríamos tenido el asunto Michelin. +No obstante, hemos de considerar que desde el momento en que reconocemos que el paro no es tan sólo una magnitud cuantitativa, sino también cualitativa, tiene que ampliarse la cuantificación de los parámetros cualitativos del empleo, que han de incluir referencias al nivel salarial, al tiempo, y a las condiciones especiales de trabajo. +Las encuestas que hemos realizados entre los jóvenes que finalizan su ciclo escolar y entre los estudiantes que inician su vida profesional, han dado, por ejemplo, como resultado que el 60% de nuestros jóvenes en lugar de iniciar una ocupación activa, prefieren emprender una carrera funcionarial. +Austria ha asumido un papel de vanguardia con una ley de protección contra la violencia que existe desde 1997, el denominado derecho de expulsión, en el que los hombres que han perpetrado acciones violentas son expulsados del hogar y las mujeres no se ven obligadas ya a tener que huir con sus hijos a casas para mujeres y a centros semejantes. +En consecuencia, invito a la Sra. Presidenta a que ponga mayor atención - mientras esté en curso un debate político en uno de los Estados de la Unión - tanto en no tomar partido por una de las partes como en respetar o, al menos, en tener en cuenta la existencia de las constituciones vigentes en los distintos Estados de la Unión. +Es un sistema contable que permite una base más amplia del recurso PNB y, consecuentemente, unos recursos financieros mayores, sin sobrepasar el índice relativo expresamente señalado en los acuerdos de Berlín y en el acuerdo interinstitucional. +Por último, en relación con los incrementos de los poderes de gestión de la Comisión, mediante los cuales ésta puede reducir el importe de las ayudas directas o suspender el pago de los anticipos mensuales a los Estados, estimamos que no se asocia al Parlamento lo suficiente en la adopción de estas medidas. +El motivo para ello es que esta propuesta rompe con la libertad de elección de los Estados miembros a la hora de regular tanto la jornada laboral como el tiempo de descanso, tal y como queda establecido en el Convenio núm. 180 de la OIT sobre jornada laboral de los navegantes. +En este contexto se debe tener naturalmente en cuenta que el cierre de centrales nucleares ocasiona también problemas económicos en diversos países. Se ven afectados el suministro de energía, los precios de la misma y las posibilidades de exportación y también pueden surgir problemas medioambientales si se cambia a las anticuadas y defectuosas plantas energéticas. +La decisión en relación con las hormonas en la carne de bovino y su importación se basa en pruebas científicas -que facilitó a la Comisión, antes de que yo ocupara mi puesto, el comité científico apropiado-, en el sentido de que una de las hormonas en particular -17 beta-estradiol- es un completo carcinógeno. +También quisiera señalar a la atención de Su Señoría la declaración que figura en el comunicado del Comité Directivo Científico de que la carne de bovino exportada con arreglo al plan de exportación conforme a un calendario establecido es tan inocua como cualquier otra carne de bovino de la Unión Europea. +La Comisión recuerda que las decisiones adoptadas y las declaraciones hechas en la cumbre Unión Europea-Estados Unidos, de 18 de mayo de 1998, sobre las leyes Helms-Burton e Irán-Libia iban encaminadas a preparar el terreno para una solución definitiva de ese importante desacuerdo bilateral. +La UNMIK, encargada de la administración civil provisional de Kosovo, está dedicando energía y recursos considerables a reactivar la economía de Kosovo, lo que entraña, entre otras cosas, el restablecimiento de un marco jurídico e institucional y la coordinación de las considerables cantidades de asistencia de donantes que están sosteniendo la economía. +No obstante, debido a los plazos suplementarios fijados para la aprobación de las listas -plazos, acabo de decirlo, de los que la Comisión no es responsable- la aprobación de los programas deberá tener lugar en el curso del segundo semestre del año 2000, para la mayor parte de estos ocho Estados miembros. +Ésa es la razón por la que estamos insistiendo mucho en los programas de cooperación judicial y policíaca para sensibilizar más a las autoridades -a los policías que se hacen cargo de esos casos todos los días- sobre cómo afrontar esa clase de incidentes. +Si bien reconozco que Sus Señorías desean utilizar esta comunicación y debatirla en el Parlamento como un instrumento para aumentar la presión sobre los Estados miembros, quisiera instarlos a que ejerzan esa presión ahora y no se limiten a esperar hasta que este documento pase por todos los cauces necesarios en la UE. +Señor Presidente, sólo quiero emitir una breve declaración personal. No era en absoluto mi intención sugerir que el Comisario ha recibido algo, faltando a la verdad sino que en los medios públicos checos se ha dicho que se le había enviado dicho estudio y que no había reaccionado hasta ahora. +Los tres diputados del Partido Comunista de Grecia, en enérgica protesta por la presencia hoy aquí del Sr. Solana -uno de los mayores responsables, en su calidad de Secretario General de la OTAN, del crimen perpetrado contra Yugoslavia-, y por su nombramiento como "señor PESC" , abandonamos simbólicamente la Sala. +Por primera vez, el Consejo de Asuntos Generales se reunía con la participación adicional de los ministros de Defensa de la Unión y mantuvo un debate -a mi juicio, importante- sobre la formulación de una política europea en materia de seguridad y de defensa. +Creo que esa es una dimensión que tiene que inspirar su actuación y, al mismo tiempo, como Secretario del Consejo, espero que le permita ayudar a reformar y a dar coherencia a esta institución, que, en este momento, es quizás la más necesitada de un impulso de racionalización en el conjunto de nuestras instituciones. +En este contexto quisiera mencionar que la red de prevención de conflictos CPN, nacida de una iniciativa de Michel Rocard en el Parlamento Europeo, alertó sobre el estallido de un conflicto mucho antes de la confrontación de Kosovo, tal como también lo hicieron muchas delegaciones del Parlamento que visitaron la región. +Por ejemplo, nuestro ministro de Asuntos Exteriores afirmó que se sentía muy contento con las decisiones adoptadas: dijo que se habían tenido en cuenta los intereses de los países neutrales y que éstos se habían respetado en la opinión que presentó el Comité Político de la UE. +Nuestro planteamiento de la negociación debe reflejar nuestra importancia como la mayor región comercial del mundo y a la vez también nuestra responsabilidad de promover un equilibrio entre los intereses económicos a escala mundial, sobre todo en relación con los países en desarrollo. +El modelo de la agricultura europea, basado en explotaciones agrícolas ambientalmente sostenibles, que junto con la producción de alimentos, también se caracteriza por la preservación del espacio rural, del medio ambiente y de la calidad de nuestros productos, se debe mantener. +Nosotros queremos vincular la liberalización del comercio mundial con los temas básicos de la política futura, de nuestro futuro, los temas de la armonía social y las exigencias de la política medioambiental. +Señor Presidente, yo sólo quiero rogarle que le transmita a la Presidenta del Parlamento nuestro agradecimiento por haber recibido a un Gobierno elegido bajo la supervisión de la OSCE, que además tiene su sede dentro del territorio del Consejo de Europa y cuya elección se llevó a cabo de conformidad con la Constitución rusa. +La liberalización absoluta del mercado, la supresión de las subvenciones, el control por la OMC de las negociaciones sobre la inmunidad de las inversiones, convertirán a los pequeños países en rehenes en manos de los poderosos y a los pueblos en instrumentos de los monopolios. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, señor Ministro, Señorías, hago uso de la palabra para reafirmar algunos de los puntos que ya han señalado aquí muchos compañeros míos del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos, en el sentido de que somos partidarios de una ronda de negociaciones, pero no una ronda cualquiera de negociaciones. +Pensamos que el desarrollo de la economía y de la competitividad de los países europeos se puede hacer en un marco favorable a la modernización de los sistemas sociales sin renunciar a la exigencia fundamental de la solidaridad. +Señor Presidente, estimadas y estimados colegas, yo quiero agradecer a la Presidencia finlandesa y al Sr. Sasi el compromiso con el que han asumido la difícil tarea de definir el mandato y expresar también mi agradecimiento a los ponentes por el trabajo francamente excelente que están realizando. +Prefiero la cohesión a la eficacia y cuando el Comisario Barnier planteó hace poco la cuestión de que en Europa habrá 27 países, yo le digo, señor Comisario, que para mí es más importante que en las decisiones de esa Europa de 27 todos los países se sientan partícipes del proceso de decisión que debatir si, con 27, se pueden adoptar decisiones en una hora, en menos de dos horas o en tres horas. +Con el compromiso de la posición común del mes de enero de 1998 el Consejo dijo que la Unión respaldaría todos los esfuerzos del PNUCD en Afganistán y lo ha hecho, con sus financiaciones El problema es el resultado de esas financiaciones. +Pregunto: ¿estima usted que la Comisión tiene fundamentos jurídicos para sostener en sus informes, entre otras cosas, que son condiciones para la asociación el desmantelamiento de la central nuclear eslovaca con el difícil nombre que empieza por "B" , Bohunice, y el desmantelamiento de la central nuclear en Bulgaria? +. (FI) Señor Presidente, el registro de documentos del Consejo dirigido al público, que fue creado a través de la decisión del Consejo adoptada el 19 de marzo de 1998, fue incluido en las páginas de Internet del Consejo el 1 de enero de 1999. +Nuestra posición, como diputados del Parlamento Europeo, queda, por lo tanto, protegida, y los diputados que teman sinceramente que estemos elaborando una especie de "Carta de los fisgones" o algún otro derecho de nuevo cuño dado a los funcionarios para que puedan informar confidencialmente acerca de cualquier acto infundado de los diputados pueden estar tranquilos, porque no se trata de eso en absoluto. +Informe (A5-0062/1999) del Sr. Schwaiger, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la Comunicación de la Comisión al Consejo y al Parlamento Europeo: El planteamiento de la UE sobre la Ronda del Milenio de la OMC (COM(1999) 331 - C5-0155/19 - 1999/2149(COS)) +Estamos plenamente de acuerdo con el control de la institución por parte de la OLAF, pero no nos identificamos en absoluto con la "política de denuncias" propuesta en el marco del Acuerdo Institucional entre la Comisión, el Consejo y el Parlamento que, además, atenta contra el mandato libre de los diputados. +Y las recientes declaraciones de la Comisión no están encaminadas a aplacar dicha preocupación: "Es necesario, declara ésta, detener la guerra del plátano porque intoxica la relación transatlántica y porque la Unión enviaría un mensaje desfavorable al mundo, al comienzo de las nuevas negociaciones comerciales". +Señor Presidente, en la primera redacción del Informe Dimitrakopoulos-Leinen, sobre la futura Conferencia Intergubernamental, se leía el siguiente considerando: "Considerando el índice de abstención en las últimas elecciones europeas, que demuestra una creciente pérdida de interés de los ciudadanos respecto al funcionamiento actual de la Unión...". +Además, me opongo a la creación de una defensa militar común, especialmente en los puntos 26 y 27, que requiere un "calendario obligatorio" para la realización de una política de seguridad y defensa común que garantice las fronteras externas de la Unión. +Con las modificaciones introducidas a la propuesta de la Comisión y que se contienen en el informe, que implican que los menores de edad no pueden ser registrados y el fortalecimiento del derecho a la integridad personal, damos nuestro apoyo al informe. +Nuestros Estados miembros dotados de centrales nucleares trabajan en esta cuestión desde hace dos años como mínimo, y las informaciones que obran en nuestro poder nos indican que las medidas correctivas hoy están prácticamente terminadas, al igual que todos los trabajos relativos a la planificación de urgencia. +Y, si bien es positiva la aprobación de la línea presupuestaria para los próximos años, es esencial que se la dote de las asignaciones necesarias para el apoyo económico y financiero a la reconstrucción y la transición de Timor Oriental a la independencia. +No es de extrañar que en una situación de desesperación absoluta en la que cientos de miles de personas fueron desplazadas sistemáticamente por la violencia política -y ahí está la enorme diferencia con los actuales actos de venganza puntuales, aunque no por eso menos condenables-, Rugova haya perdido el control de las fuerzas. +Señor Presidente, como ha recordado la señora ponente, la Comisión Europea sostiene que, en lo que respecta al plan de acción y de lucha contra la droga del período 1995-1999, ni los instrumentos normativos ni los programas han sido objeto de una valoración suficiente. +En el sector del tratamiento, se debería dar apoyo a programas de calidad, dirigidos a la comunidad en general, a los medios escolares, incluidos los orientados a la población reclusa, acompañados de iniciativas destinadas a promover la reducción de riesgos, un ejemplo de las cuales es el programa de intercambio de jeringuillas. +También en este punto hubo en el pasado algunas críticas al banco, fuera a sus inversiones en el sector de la salud en mi país de procedencia, que sobre todo aseguraban estructuras envejecidas, o fuera en los sectores del tráfico y el medio ambiente en Europa oriental. +Lo que sucede es que ello implicaría una modificación de las normas actualmente aplicables, lo cual, a su vez, daría lugar a un retraso en el proceso de toma de decisiones sobre la ayuda humanitaria, una de cuyas principales características es la urgencia, para poder paliar rápidamente los problemas existentes en Turquía. +Voy a leer en italiano el texto para sus Señorías: "Considera que la labor de rehabilitación de los toxicómanos es, al igual que otras, un pilar fundamental para la lucha contra la droga, en cuanto interviene en el frente de la demanda. A dicho fin, respalda y alienta la importante labor social desarrollada por los centros de desintoxicación, cuya capacidad de intervención es preciso intensificar" . +Hemos tenido conocimiento o, más exactamente, hemos tenido la confirmación de que la Comisión Europea tenía en su poder la primera parte del informe de seguimiento del mercado mundial elaborado en aplicación del Reglamento del Consejo que usted ha recordado. +El tipo de condiciones que tienen que soportar para resistir en los grandes barcos no es aceptable, por lo que si se van a construir barcos nuevos, debemos asegurarnos de que se cumplen los mejores criterios posibles y se toman medidas para asegurar que, cuando se transporte a los animales en mar en grandes barcos, se toman todas las medidas para optimizar sus condiciones. +Quiero aprovechar la oportunidad y Preguntar al Comisarios cómo piensa la Comisión asegurar un desarrollo del tráfico marítimo que incremente la seguridad y el respeto al medioambiente, si no permite el seguimiento en el desarrollo de sus actividades. +Señora Presidenta, provengo de Donegal, un condado fronterizo de la histórica provincia del Ulster, y al igual que mi colega irlandesa la Sra. Doyle siento un agradecimiento muy especial por los avances conseguidos en Irlanda del Norte últimamente y, en particular, por los acontecimientos de estos últimos días. +El 29 de julio del presente año, el Defensor del Pueblo Europeo dirigió un escrito a este Parlamento en relación con una consulta por su propia iniciativa en la que solicitaba un código de buena conducta administrativa y pedía una respuesta antes del 30 de noviembre. +En segundo lugar, tenemos que explicarles a nuestras fuerzas políticas, a nuestros parlamentos nacionales y a nuestras sociedades por qué hacemos la Conferencia Intergubernamental, por qué queremos una Carta de derechos fundamentales, por qué queremos la ampliación y por qué tenemos la responsabilidad de hacer que la Comunidad funcione como tal. +Y esto porque la fuerza de la Unión Europea es cada vez más la de un poder burocrático, de una burocracia penetrante que quiere ocuparse de todo, con la ilusión ideológica de que el Derecho y el procedimiento parlamentario son un obstáculo que ralentiza inútilmente las reformas. +Queremos que en Helsinki se adopten las decisiones necesarias para comenzar a emprender iniciativas concretas en los aspectos no militares y militares de la política común de defensa, y que se indiquen las capacidades operativas necesarias y las instituciones que deberán adoptar las decisiones. +En cuanto a la participación del Parlamento Europeo, no estoy en condiciones de aventurar cuál será la solución de la cumbre de Helsinki, pero ya dije una vez antes y vuelvo a repetir que nosotros tenemos una experiencia positiva de la participación del Parlamento en la última ocasión. +Señor Presidente, el informe anual en cuestión es una novedad importante y plausible, y su valor se ve resaltado por el hecho de que en el recién concluido Foro sobre Derechos Humanos, organizado por iniciativa de la Presidencia finlandesa, las organizaciones nogubernamentales, las ONG, han participado en el debate en igualdad de condiciones. +Señor Presidente, no hay duda de que con la presentación de este informe, la concienciación de la opinión pública en cuanto a la importancia del tema de los derechos civiles y de los derechos humanos demuestra que da un nuevo paso adelante. +En la resolución del Parlamento de 6 de octubre decidimos acelerar el procedimiento relativo a la asistencia técnica y financiera necesaria para la realización de la Unión Aduanera; e hicimos un llamamiento al Consejo para que respaldara las medidas necesarias. +Se impone, por consiguiente, que la estrategia europea respecto a Turquía haga entender con claridad a la clase política turca, y a la sociedad turca, que no habrá un estatuto especial para ese país, que tendrá que cumplir todos los criterios de Copenhague y de Luxemburgo para que avance su perspectiva europea. +En tercer lugar, el compromiso voluntario de la industria automovilística -tanto la europea, como también la coreana y la japonesa- se refiere a medidas técnicas de reducción de las emisiones de CO2, mediante la mejora de los motores, carrocerías ligeras, etc. Esto también se debe controlar. +La Comisión prevé en la primera parte de la letra b) del apartado 2 del artículo 5 que los procedimientos que garantizan la evaluación del riesgo medioambiental y otros elementos relevantes deberían ser equivalentes a los establecidos en el Directiva del Consejo 90/220. +Y conviene observar que esa cantidad suplementaria no compensa siquiera la totalidad de la producción potencial en condiciones climáticas normales: tan sólo sirve para atenuar las pérdidas citadas en el momento del reparto de los cupos por los Estados miembros. +Es mucho mejor que el Banco Central Europeo y la Comisión Europea, en colaboración con los bancos comerciales, se ocupen de que exista información adecuada y detallada al público sobre el diseño y las características de seguridad de las monedas y billetes en euros, para empezar el 1 de noviembre del 2001, a más tardar. +Por consiguiente, pido que estos elementos -la aceptación y la confianza, la aproblematicidad y la distribución previa sean regulados de tal manera que en esta fase se refuerce la confianza de los ciudadanos y esto incluye el front-loading y una información suficiente en la campaña del euro. +Si se presta atención a los objetivos comunes de los considerandos de la propuesta, cabe apoyarlos plena y enteramente la explotación responsable de los bancos, la mejora de la competitividad del sector, la liberalización del mercado, etc. Todas estas afirmaciones cuentan con mi total conformidad. +El uso de métodos de crierios amplios para la adaptación de la oferta y la demanda por parte de las organizaciones de productores tendría que ser un apoyo fundamental para la competitividad y la eficiencia generales del sector pesquero en conjunto. +Quiero congratularme aquí de ella, porque es evidente que el Parlamento Europeo tiene que dar una señal muy clara de defensa de los valores en que cree, en particular en un país que no es un país cualquiera, es un país que tiene en marcha un proceso de adhesión a la Unión Europea. +Vamos a aprobar el presupuesto del año que viene con importantes cantidades destinadas al plan de reconstrucción de Nicaragua tras los daños causados por el huracán Mitch, y creo que nuestra función es apoyar y sostener las instituciones democráticas, que velan por el sano cumplimiento de las reglas del juego. +Por el contrario, quisiera apoyar a los que han dicho que no sólo encabezó una delegación coherente, sino que las disposiciones de orden práctico para nosotros -la mayor delegación parlamentaria que jamás ha asistido a conversaciones internacionales sobre el comercio- fue en beneficio mutuo. +Es muy significativo que se haya detectado el mayor porcentaje de errores materiales en el departamento de gestión interna porque dentro de este departamento la Comisión misma tiene la responsabilidad exclusiva de la gestión financiera. +Quisiera subrayar lo que ha dicho la Sra. van der Laan en relación con el fraude en la Unión, y señalar que, a juzgar por las noticias de la prensa sobre el fraude en general y los ataques a los presupuestos públicos, cabe pensar que el presupuesto comunitario es más vulnerable que cualquier otro. +Quisiera saludar de forma especial que el Consejo haya aprobado que en la concesión de ayudas de viaje por fin podamos tener en consideración la posibilidad de que solo se otorguen a aquellos que realmente las necesitan, de modo que aquellos que por motivos financieros no pudieran participar sí puedan hacerlo porque de esta forma el dinero se pondría a su disposición. +En segundo lugar, a pesar de que no tengo intención de recomendar que votemos en contra del informe del Sr. Busk, creo que vale la pena llamar a la cautela respecto a la solicitud del ponente de una mayor participación financiera comunitaria en las tareas de inspección y control de los caladeros. +Esta participación implica más recursos presupuestarios y, como mis colegas de la Comisión de Presupuestos no dejan de repetir, el tamaño del pastel es limitado, por lo que cada vez que cortamos un nuevo trozo, significa que quedará menos para algún otro sector igualmente importante. +Por otra parte, el apartado 2 del artículo 7 de nuestro Reglamento establece que el mandato de un diputado sólo podrá adquirir validez después de que éste haya formulado las declaraciones por escrito a que está obligado en virtud del artículo 6 del Acta de 20 de septiembre y del Anexo I del Reglamento. +La Comisión tampoco puede aceptar la enmienda 19 que prohibe las ventas de equipos que contengan hidroclorofluorocarburo en un plazo de cinco años a partir de la prohibición de su uso, ya que incrementaría la probabilidad de prácticas ilegales de vertidos y emisiones a la atmósfera de hidroclorofluorocarburos. +La Cumbre de Estambul brindó asimismo la ocasión para la firma de la versión modificada del Tratado sobre las fuerzas armadas y convencionales en Europa, para la adopción del documento de Viena de 1999 y para la firma de la Carta de Seguridad Europea. +No sería bueno para la Unión Europea que se hablase de una defensa común europea pero luego no se dotase a la Unión de los medios para asumir dicha defensa y al final se acabase provocando, por añadidura, un distanciamiento de nuestros socios americanos dentro de la OTAN. +Los Estados miembros se han comprometido a renunciar al control de mando sobre 50.000 soldados en favor del euroejército y han cedido el grueso equivalente a un cuerpo de ejército al servicio común de la UE. +Señor Presidente, se ha anunciado, acertadamente, la Cumbre de dirigentes de la UE celebrada en Helsinki como la de la ampliación de la Unión Europea y no cabe duda de que esa reunión del Consejo Europeo ha estado a la altura de las esperanzas en ella puestas. +Señor Presidente, el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo y Primer Ministro, Sr. Lipponen, y el Presidente de la Comisión, Sr. Romano Prodi, han hecho un buen resumen sobre las decisiones centrales adoptadas bajo la Presidencia finlandesa y sobre las tareas pendientes en el futuro. +También obliga al Parlamento Europeo a ampliar su propio ámbito a la esfera de la defensa, en particular cuando se clausure la Asamblea de la Unión Europea Occidental, para que pueda haber un examen democrático apropiado de esa delicada y polémica esfera. +La falta de reconocimiento por parte de Turquía de los derechos de los kurdos es la causa más importante de sus violaciones de las normas democráticas europeas y en materia de derechos humanos y el pretexto para que su Estado esté dominado por los militares. +Yo pido al Consejo y a la Comisión que adopten medidas inmediatas para garantizar la reconversión efectiva de la ayuda en el marco de TACIS, pues no podemos continuar subvencionando una combinación de campaña electoral sangrienta y guerra colonial sanguinaria. +Me alegro de que la Sra. Schreyer se haya referido antes a los fondos suplementarios para la Oficina Veterinaria, que son particularmente importantes, si queremos que aborde los problemas que han surgido a causa de la crisis de la EEB, la crisis de la dioxina en Bélgica y, naturalmente, la labor continua en Portugal. +La Comisión ha adoptado, además, tres decisiones de aplicación del Reglamento nº 4064/89, relativo al control de las operaciones de concentración entre empresas, y del Reglamento 17/62, de conformidad con los artículos 85 y 86 del Tratado, por el que se imponen multas que van de 100.000 a 3.000 euros a cada una de las empresas que comunicaron informaciones incorrectas en respuestas a peticiones de información que se les habían formulado. +En realidad, esos programas tienen como objetivo fundamental el de apoyar la formación de profesionales de la industria audiovisual europea y promover la creación artística y la investigación de los europeos en la esfera audiovisual. +Señor Presidente, ya que se nos da la oportunidad de debatir libremente: he leído hoy por la mañana en el Libération la declaración del Sr. Ecevit, quien afirma que tras la admisión de Turquía como país candidato a la adhesión a la Unión Europea, ha declarado: "Inevitablemente, las fronteras de Europa avanzarán más hacia Oriente... va a incluir Asia central y finalmente todo el continente asiático. +Asunto: Renovación de los contratos públicos de servicios a las empresas encargadas de la gestión de las autopistas en Italia El Gobierno italiano tiene intención de renovar los contratos públicos a las 20 empresas que en estos momentos gestionan las autopistas italianas. +Si los servicios de la Comisión competentes en materia de transporte y de la competencia trabajan unidos, se podría avanzar un paso importante hacia una política de transferencia del transporte de mercancías pesadas de la carretera al ferrocarril. +En otras palabras, hay mucho interés en este tema, pero todavía, por lo que yo sé, no se ha llegado a un punto en el que pueda adoptarse una decisión, pero su Señoría sabe que no es una de mis competencias, hablo, por tanto, con mesura y precaución, aunque puedo decirle que la Comisión Europea no está elaborando todavía tal directiva. +En segundo lugar, he dicho concretamente, no sólo ahora en esta Asamblea, sino a lo largo de muchos años y también lo ha demostrado mediante las medidas adoptadas en mis doce semanas de Comisario competente al respecto, que no estamos nada satisfechos con el número de mujeres en puestos superiores o, de hecho, en las categorías "A" en general en la Comisión. +Actualmente la Comisión está centrándose en la ayuda para las personas desplazadas dentro del país, entre siete y ocho millones de euros, por término medio, al año, y en los apoyos financieros a diversas iniciativas encaminadas a promover los derechos humanos en el país. +Consecuentemente, la Comisión valorará, en primer lugar, la incidencia efectiva de los acuerdos en materia de competencia; si la incidencia fuera notable, la Comisión podrá tener en cuenta los beneficios económicos derivados de dichos acuerdos de prohibición de competencia en su evaluación sobre la posible aplicabilidad de los acuerdos de exoneración individual en virtud del apartado 3 del artículo 81. +Asunto: Distribución de vehículos de turismo y política de competencia ¿Es consciente la Comisión de que el mercado automovilístico del Reino Unido tiene los precios más caros para 62 de los 75 modelos de vehículos de turismo más vendidos y que los ciudadanos del Reino Unido han de hacer frente a numerosos problemas a la hora de comprar vehículos en otros Estados miembros? +Yo les ruego que no anticipen ahora una cantidad, sino que se atengan al hecho de que la Comisión va a presentar una estimación exacta y concreta para ese período y para dicha región, que podrá y deberá ser examinada luego por la Comisión de Presupuestos, la autoridad presupuestaria y el Parlamento. +Los méritos de un órgano, de una institución, dependen empero de las personas que ostentan la responsabilidad del mismo. Por esto es particularmente importante el nombramiento como miembros del Tribunal de Cuentas de personas profesional y técnicamente competentes, pero también con una personalidad fuerte e independiente. +Mientras procuraba interesar a todos, desde las autoridades locales del transporte en Kishinev hasta el ministro de energía en Uzbekistán, tuve la siguiente experiencia: como en tantos otros campos de la política de la UE, en los proyectos TACIS quizá estemos tratando de hacer demasiado, más allá de demasiadas fronteras geográficas, en demasiados sectores. +Considero que el Parlamento Europeo debe debatir y aprobar el nuevo instrumento que sustituye el programa TACIS, a pesar de que actualmente Rusia, el más grande de los Nuevos Estados, es objeto de una justa iniciativa del Parlamento Europeo que suspende el acuerdo de cooperación tecnológica a raíz de la guerra contra Chechenia. +A nosotros nos corresponde crear las condiciones de paz, cooperación, apoyo, ayuda y asociación y a los Nuevos Estados Independientes, a Mongolia y ante todo a Rusia, la responsabilidad de merecer nuestra oferta respetando las condiciones objetivas de defensa de los principios fundamentales de los ciudadanos y de las comunidades gobernadas. +Los Ministros de Medio Ambiente que participaron en la Conferencia COP 5 tenían sólidas opiniones sobre este tema. Pero una tarea que se presenta especialmente difícil es la intervención de la Comunidad en la tendencia de sus propias emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, pues esta tendencia es al alza en estos momentos, cuando, por el contrario, debería ser descendente. +El Gobierno irlandés ha publicado un Libro Verde sobre la energía sostenible, que obtendrá una categoría especial en el marco del plan de desarrollo nacional para el período 2000-2006. +En particular, la comunicación hace hincapié en la importancia central que atribuimos al fiel cumplimiento de la declaración conjunta, en la que se asegura que, al igual que en el caso de Hong Kong, la Comisión seguirá de cerca este asunto y -una vez más al igual que en el caso de Hong Kong- publicaremos un informe anual sobre Macao. +Segunda coincidencia: se celebra la reunión interparlamentaria con la República Popular de China, lo que nos brinda la oportunidad de transmitir directamente a nuestros pares de la delegación china la profundidad de nuestros sentimientos y la vivacidad de nuestras esperanzas en cuanto a Macao y al futuro. +Además, el programa ha apoyado financieramente centenares de proyectos transnacionales para el desarrollo de la dimensión europea y la mejora de la calidad de la enseñanza superior y primaria, la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de lenguas... +Es necesario extraer las enseñanzas debidas de la ausencia de resultados de la Cumbre Ministerial de Seattle, destinada a fijar el programa para la "Ronda del Milenio", en el nivel de la Organización Mundial del Comercio. +Esta decisión se basa en las conclusiones científicas del comité francés de seguridad sanitaria de los alimentos, que, sin dejar de reconocer que se habían realizado progresos, considera que todavía existen riesgos potenciales serios, como lo demuestra la persistencia de la enfermedad. +El sistema jerárquico que existe en los procesos judiciales no nos permite imaginar ni por un momento que un tribunal de apelación de cualquiera de los Estados miembros solicite al Tribunal de Justicia de Luxemburgo que se pronuncie en virtud del artículo 177 y luego, cuando se haya pronunciado y no le guste su opinión diga "no la aplicaremos" . +Asunto: Refugiados económicos en la UE Estos últimos años, los países de la UE están acogiendo miles de refugiados económicos procedentes de los países de la Europa Central y Oriental. Dichas personas se añaden a los miles de refugiados procedentes de Turquía y otros países de Oriente Medio y Asia que, durante años, encuentran refugio en la UE. +Por otra parte, los Estados aspirantes participan activamente en el trabajo del CIREFI. El CIREFI es un grupo de trabajo del Consejo, en el que los Estados miembros intercambian los datos más recientes sobre la inmigración ilegal y sobre las rutas utilizadas por la misma, bien de forma rutinaria, bien ad hoc. +Cabe poner en duda la oportunidad de conceder un crédito a una empresa que dispone de un activo importante y que está situada en una región floreciente desde el punto de vista económico y poseedora de especial valor y gran importancia desde el punto de vista ecológico. +Yo no sé si el Sr. Dupuis es un parlamentario o un falso parlamentario, pero lo que sí quiero decir es que yo he terminado haciéndole una pregunta muy clara, preguntando si tenía el Consejo alguna iniciativa concreta para la difusión del Derecho internacional humanitario. +La cooperación y la capacidad de actuación conjunta en este campo, que también entra dentro de las competencias de la UE, deben ser incrementadas claramente mediante este tipo de operaciones y también a través del proceso general de la ampliación. +En virtud de estas razones, es decir, a causa de los problemas relacionados con los plazos y la importancia de estos cuatro informes sobre la política de competencia, solicito que se sometan a debate durante la primera semana de sesiones del año próximo, en enero -preferentemente el martes-, en Estrasburgo. En nombre de todos los ponentes pido que esta solicitud proceda. +No sólo pienso en los residuos no desintegrados de BST que se almacenan en el organismo, sino también en la posible modificación de la composición de la leche, por no hablar del incremento de la dosis de antibióticos que se administra a las vacas enfermas. +A pesar de las condiciones tan difíciles de su encarcelamiento, usted ha encontrado el valor para aprovechar ese tiempo, a fin de elaborar estrategias de resistencia, estudiar idiomas y Derecho, así como de redactar maravillosos poemas y de pintar cuadros que ha tenido la gran delicadeza de entregarme hace un momento. +Sí, la burocracia considera a los ciudadanos mayores que piden las pensiones unos números -les recuerdo que soy el representante del Partido de los Pensionistas y lo he visto muchas veces- por esto desearía que en los expedientes se pusieran las fotos de estos ciudadanos y que nuestros ciudadanos fueran etiquetados y considerados por lo menos como los bueyes. +Una de dos: o se conoce la procedencia de los animales bovinos y se puede levantar el embargo sobre la carne británica, o no se puede etiquetar a estos animales bovinos, por no conocerse el origen de la carne, pero entonces, en tal caso, ¿se puede levantar el embargo? +El Consejo también sabe que no se cumplen los criterios para su ingreso y que tampoco hay expectativas de que se vayan a cumplir, habida cuenta de que Turquía ni siquiera está dispuesta a modificar disposiciones fundamentales de su Constitución, como por ejemplo las relativas a la influencia del Ejército. +Y, en el plano exterior, lamentamos en particular la falta de mención alguna a la gravísima situación angolana y de reservas al acuerdo concertado con México, que puede favorecer globalmente a los países del TLC, agravar la desigualdad en el acceso recíproco a los mercados y perjudicar gravemente los intereses de industrias europeas. +También puede ser el punto de partida para que el precio fijo del libro ­llamémoslo, con arreglo a la ley francesa, "europeo" ­ suponga una clara señal de los Estados nacionales de que asumen la responsabilidad a este respecto y que no responden con la habitual muletilla: "eso se decide en Bruselas" . +A impulsos de los Gobiernos francés y alemán, el Consejo se apoyó en la posición del Parlamento Europeo para aprobar, el 8 de febrero de 1999, una resolución por la que se pedía concretamente la continuidad de los sistemas existentes de precio del libro. +Puedo asegurarles que sin precio fijo del libro no habríamos podido subsistir. Por ello sus argumentos sólo me causan decepción, y su exposición ha dejado bien claro que la cuestión del precio fijo transfronterizo del libro amenaza con convertirse en una historia interminable. +La finalidad fundamental de la competencia es proteger los intereses del consumidor tanto desde el punto de vista de los precios como de la calidad, así como proteger las pequeñas y medianas empresas contra, en muchos casos, los excesos de las grandes. +Señor Presidente, hoy no invocamos un principio abstracto, sino que intervenimos en favor de Rocco Derek Barnabei, un joven italoamericano de 33 años que desde hace seis años vive en el corredor de la muerte de una cárcel de Virginia, con la pesadilla diaria de morir por un delito que, muy posiblemente, no cometió. +Porque, como lo dice una de esas mujeres valientes que resisten y alzan su voz para decir al mundo algo abominable, la cito: "las discriminaciones contra las mujeres se han convertido en un problema banal en el mundo actual, pero lo que las mujeres están viviendo en Afganistán es único y sin precedentes". +Quiero señalar dos de estas normas mínimas, a saber, el caso en que se impone la pena de muerte a personas que en el momento de los hechos no tenían siquiera 18 años, o el caso en que se impone la pena de muerte a personas con discapacidades psíquicas. +Una vez las autoridades francesas hayan terminado de evaluar los daños, la Comisión, en el marco de la nueva planificación de programas para los años 2000 a 2006 podrá prestar ayudas específicas para la protección contra riesgos naturales mediante la cofinanciación de inversiones. +En 1997 se presentó una modificación de esta misma Decisión que prorrogaba por dos años más el plazo para que los Estados miembros enviaran sus informes y el plazo con que cuenta la Comisión para elaborar el informe de progreso para el Parlamento y para el Consejo. +Por tanto, solicito un compromiso expreso de la Comisión de que definirá cada año, entre los planes prioritarios de acción técnica que le son propuestos por el Comité Permanente de Estadística Agraria, lo solicitado en nuestras enmiendas 4 y 5, ya que en caso contrario nos harían alargar el proceso de codecisión y ello dificultaría la elaboración de sus informes estadísticos por parte de los Estados miembros. +Desde el punto de vista político, el mensaje más importante es el contenido en las enmiendas 4 y 5, en las que se aconseja la tabulación cruzada de las ayudas ofrecidas, entre otras cosas, en función de la extensión de las estadísticas. +Esta información es especialmente significativa al considerar el aspecto social de la agricultura, siendo importante apoyar incluso un sistema de investigación que canalizara la mayor parte de la ayuda a los latifundios de las regiones agrícolas más favorecidas. +En consecuencia, y lógicamente, la Comisión de Presupuestos nos ha señalado, a nosotros, la Comisión de Industria competente en cuanto al fondo, que en ningún caso podíamos avalar donaciones que no estén hoy presupuestadas, y que no están en las perspectivas financieras, principalmente la categoría 4, de la que saben ustedes que está ya bajo presión para intentar financiar Kosovo. +Segundo, por lo que respecta a la actualidad del asunto del turismo, ¿ha considerado el Consejo las repercusiones de la crisis yugoslava en el turismo, que afectarán a muchas zonas de los Balcanes, entre ellos, probablemente el norte de Grecia, si no se resuelve rápidamente la crisis? +Asunto: Interreg para las islas¿Piensa respaldar el Consejo las demandas de inclusión de una línea específica de cooperación interinsular en el programa Interreg, tal como se solicitara en diversas enmiendas del Parlamento en la primera lectura del Informe Varela Suanzes-Carpegna sobre el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional? +Señor Presidente, el Consejo no conoce hasta ahora ningún caso de acumulación. La Comisión tampoco ha presentado al Consejo ninguna propuesta que tenga como objetivo una modificación de la prohibición de acumulación determinada en el estatuto. +Hemos terminado el turno de preguntas, he despedido al Sr. Verheugen y, ahora, como usted ha pedido la palabra para una cuestión de orden, usted debe dirigirse a la presidencia porque es la presidencia quien debe responder a las cuestiones de orden. +Por lo demás, señor ponente, sus conclusiones coinciden, por fortuna -como ha recordado usted-, con las intenciones expresadas ayer por el Sr. Prodi por lo que se refiere a la Comisión, cuando hablaba del fortalecimiento del papel del Presidente, de la eficacia, de la transparencia y de una responsabilidad individual y colectiva. +Espero que también la Secretaría General de la Comisión y los responsables de las administraciones sigan las recomendaciones. Pero no estoy muy segura de que así sea, porque su decisión de no rehabilitar al Sr. Van Buitenen en su cargo anterior hace temer lo peor. +Si por un lado el vertiginoso crecimiento económico ofrece posibilidades para mejorar la situación del medio ambiente, por el otro, también acelera cada vez más la contaminación del entorno ecológico. Para evitar esta contaminación se deberá introducir simultáneamente una legislación medioambiental más rigurosa. +En cualquier caso, actualmente podemos decir que han entrado en vigor cada uno de los diez acuerdos para Europa, y que la ayuda para la preadhesión sobre la que el Consejo Europeo de Berlín ha alcanzado un acuerdo, incluirá una duplicación del apoyo financiero a los países de la Europa central y del este. +En Polonia, con la entrada en vigor del nuevo Código Penal y de la Ley de Enjuiciamiento Criminal, así como con la instauración de un Comisario para la protección de los derechos civiles, se han obtenido importantes resultados en el terreno de los criterios políticos. +En cuanto a la adopción del acervo se han logrado unos aceptables avances, sobre todo dentro del contexto de la unión aduanera. Pero se necesitan aún considerables esfuerzos posteriores en el terreno del mercado interior; y ahí nuevamente estoy hablando, sobre todo, del ámbito fiscal y financiero. +I.la propuesta de reglamento (CE) del Consejo por el que se modifica el Reglamento 19/65/CEE, relativo a la aplicación del apartado 3 del artículo 85 del Tratado a determinadas categorías de acuerdos y prácticas concertadas (COM(98)0546 - C4-0628/98-98/0287 (CNS)); II.la propuesta de reglamento (CE) del Consejo por el que se modifica el Reglamento 17, primer reglamento de aplicación de los artículos 85 y 86 del Tratado (COM(98)0546 - C4-0628/98-98/0288 (CNS)).Tiene en primer lugar la palabra, como ponente, la Sra. Thyssen. +También es esencial que el Estatuto del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo contenga una clara disposición en el sentido de que el Defensor tiene derecho a inspeccionar todos los archivos y documentos necesarios, para evitar controversias innecesarias y prolongadas con las instituciones. +Pero esta protección de los derechos de los ciudadanos comunitarios no sería suficiente si no impulsásemos una estrecha colaboración y cooperación entre este Parlamento, y en concreto la Comisión de Peticiones, competente en esta materia, y el Defensor el Pueblo. +El folleto de información pública del Parlamento Europeo acerca del derecho de petición declara que las peticiones revelan a menudo en un Estado miembro prácticas que son contrarias a la letra o al espíritu de la legislación comunitaria. +Como resultado de las peticiones, el Parlamento Europeo ha tenido efectos positivos en la vida cotidiana de los ciudadanos y ha podido actuar para encontrar una solución de los casos que incluyen cuestiones de la competencia de la Comunidad. +Es importante que esta comisión pueda continuar su labor, pero espero que la Comisión esté dispuesta a ofrecer los mismos compromisos acerca de una tramitación ágil de las peticiones, al igual que se ha hecho con el artículo 169 del Tratado CE, en torno a las reclamaciones. +En este sentido, quisiera expresar mi agradecimiento al Parlamento por el apoyo que en todo momento ha prestado a la Comisión en el lanzamiento de esa gran operación de información que es «Ciudadanos de Europa» (Citizens First) que ha permitido, por primera vez, a los ciudadanos estar bien informados sobre sus derechos. +Estamos en presencia de una política horizontal frente a una política sectorial; más todavía, entre las competencias recientemente atribuidas a esta comisión figuran: «Las relaciones con los poderes locales y regionales y con el Comité de las Regiones». +Acepta asimismo la enmienda 23, a excepción del punto 2: técnicamente el mismo no puede suprimirse porque, en el caso de excepciones respecto a la aplicación de la primera y segunda directiva bancaria, no constarían las definiciones correspondientes a las autoridades competentes ni a los fondos propios. +La Comisión de Asuntos Económicos subraya en su informe la importancia que reviste para las empresas jóvenes y las empresas innovadoras del sector de las altas tecnologías un mercado europeo de capital de riesgo circulante y eficiente. +Por lo tanto, es imprescindible iniciar la reflexión sobre un nuevo tipo de cooperación internacional, y para ello, hay que considerar, por ejemplo, la definición de una norma de la Unión Europea que sirva de base a la nueva reglamentación y al nuevo control prudencial en el seno de la Unión. +Señor Presidente, la tarea política es clara: la Comisión debe presentar al Consejo ECOFIN un plan de acción sobre los servicios financieros, y el susodicho Consejo debe someter este plan a la aprobación del Consejo Europeo de Colonia. +La lucha contra la violencia es particularmente compleja. Supone la colaboración de la policía y la justicia, así como una posible modificación de la legislación, y la información y sensibilización, no sólo de la opinión pública, sino también de los servicios oficiales implicados. +La Comisión ya había decidido que se realizara un estudio sobre la seguridad de los túneles dentro del quinto programa marco de investigación y desarrollo. Específicamente, en relación con el túnel del Mont Blanc, la Comisión tiene previsto financiar las mejoras del túnel en el marco de las redes transeuropeas. +Y desde aquí enviamos un mensaje de solidaridad a Xanana Gusmão, el hombre que en 1992 fue condenado a veinte años de cárcel y está actualmente en prisión domiciliaria, pero amenazado de volver a la cárcel, a la cárcel total, sólo porque hizo un llamamiento en pro de la autodefensa del pueblo timorense. +Se prefiere más bien bombardear, despreciando el principio de soberanía y corriendo el peligro de desencadenar una tercera guerra mundial, al pueblo serbio, que, en su provincia, Kosovo, cuna de su nación, intenta poner a salvo su identidad nacional y religiosa. +La Comisión está satisfecha con la nueva política del Gobierno indonesio que incluye el reconocimiento, por parte de éste, de la necesidad de celebrar elecciones directas en Timor a fin de determinar en qué medida son aceptables los criterios para la autonomía que ahora se están negociando en Nueva York. +Pienso que sobre lo que hay que interrogarse -teniendo en cuenta que por una vez la Unión, junto con la Comisión y el Comisario Marín en particular, junto con el Consejo (y esto es más bien excepcional) y, evidentemente, junto con nuestro Parlamento, ha tenido una posición muy clara en relación con Birmania- es si, como preguntaba el Sr. Vecchi, Birmania está realmente aislada. +Señor Presidente, este Parlamento, al igual que las demás instituciones democráticas, ha de lanzar una señal y una advertencia para dejar claro que la violación de los derechos humanos es un delito intolerable que no se olvida con el tiempo. +Estas enmiendas tienen un valor político en el sentido de que expresan nuestras prioridades. No podemos aceptar, por ejemplo, que las pequeñas cervecerías de mi país se vean obligadas a abandonar su actividad simplemente porque ya no pueden firmar los contratos de suministro de cerveza tal y como los conocemos ahora. +El informe hace un llamamiento al gobierno para que mantenga un diálogo regular con la oposición y los interlocutores sociales a fin de crear un ambiente político propicio para la integración de Hungría en la UE. +Las enmiendas de la Sra. Bennasar, que han recibido el apoyo de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer, realzan más la participación de las organizaciones no gubernamentales en la ejecución del programa DAPHNE. +Pero, sobre todo, creo yo, el derecho a la vida, el derecho a la dignidad, el derecho a la libertad e integridad de cada uno. Supone una claro remisión a los derechos humanos por lo que este programa, quizá, pudiera ser algo más amplio y su contenido originario, el que había antes, pudiera recuperarse. +El principal objetivo del programa quinquenal DAPHNE propuesto es apoyar y estimular a las organizaciones no gubernamentales y a las organizaciones voluntarias para que mancomunen sus esfuerzos y protejan a los niños, a los jóvenes y a las mujeres contra todo tipo de violencia. +La discriminación sigue siendo muy alta en todos los ámbitos, y creo que todas estas personas no quieren ser tratados como objetos de la asistencia pública, sino que exigen con razón a la sociedad y a la política su derecho a una vida sin discriminaciones en un entorno social seguro. +Por último, me parece lamentable, en cambio, el silencio del informe en lo que respecta a los aspectos demográficos -aunque les ponentes hablen de ello en un primer momento, desde el comienzo de su informe- porque de todos modos nada será posible -aunque no sea más que en el plano financiero- si no se corrige la pirámide demográfica de Europa, que es reveladora de una verdadera tragedia. +Pero también se trata, dado que nos encontramos en un mercado mundial, de imponer en las próximas negociaciones de la OCM que tendrán lugar en Seattle el 30 de Noviembre, que se trata realmente de desmontar las rigideces del mercado y que la Unión Europea puede actuar aquí exactamente con la misma igualdad de derechos que en otros grandes sectores. +En primer lugar, se trata de la competitividad de la industria europea del almidón; se trata de los acuerdos de Berlín sobre semillas oleaginosas y sobre plantas albuminosas que, como todos sabemos, son completamente insuficientes y no bastan para disminuir el déficit que hay en estos mercados, no pudiéndonos, por tanto, servir de ninguna gran ayuda en la forma actual. +He escuchado con satisfacción que el señor Comisario Liikanen, en cierto modo, reconoce al Estado miembro la posibilidad de decir la última palabra con respecto a esta política, pero temo la sanción que la Dirección General IV, responsable de la competencia, reserva normalmente a las ayudas estatales. +En efecto, usted ha tomado la decisión de declarar inadmisible una moción de censura presentada por 66 diputados pertenecientes a todos los grupos políticos. De esta forma usted ha cuestionado un derecho inherente a todo diputado. +Señora Presidenta, si bien un éxito absoluto del euro mejoraría la competitividad de la Unión Europea, desearía llamar la atención sobre el hecho de que el desempleo estructural representa a su vez una amenaza para esta misma competitividad. +Siempre me ha inquietado mucho oír esas grandes declaraciones vanagloriándose de la reducción de las ayudas públicas a las empresas, sin querer aceptar que, mientras tanto, la mayoría de las empresas, de las grandes empresas privatizadas, ya no invierten en investigación básica ni en I+D, haciendo que nuestro nivel tecnológico retroceda. +Actualmente tenemos trece gobiernos socialistas. Tanto sus votantes como los pueblos europeos esperan que pongan en práctica una política no solamente al servicio del empleo, sino también al servicio de un modelo social que no se base en la precariedad. +A mí, de todas formas, no me gustaría terminar -ya que es un debate conjunto- sin decir que, en cuanto a la gestión de 1996, mi delegación -mi delegación y yo mismo- fijamos ya nuestra posición, y que, en estos momentos en que la Comisión ha dimitido, creemos que no por ello se deberían olvidar los compromisos del Sr. Santer, que tendrían que ser asumidos por el nuevo Presidente Prodi. +En la propuesta de resolución que mañana tendrán ustedes que votar, Señorías, se adjunta un documento de trabajo que enumera los puntos que necesitan aclaración por parte de la Comisión, para que el Parlamento resultante de las elecciones pueda proceder a la aprobación de la gestión correspondiente a 1997. +En el caso de los recursos para la cofinanciación la Comisión critica que la realización de proyectos concretos dura demasiado tiempo y que, sobre todo, el flujo de los recursos acarrea con frecuencia grandes problemas para las organizaciones no gubernamentales. +Cambios, en fin, y muy importantes, de política, de contenido, de ambición, de inspiración, de principios políticos subyacentes en aquellas materias que pasan del tercer al primer pilar en el ámbito de la justicia y de los asuntos de interior y el gran cambio que supone la integración del Protocolo social en el Tratado mismo. +En ese sentido, señor Presidente, el Parlamento no va a admitir que ninguna institución le imponga su interpretación sobre cuestiones de procedimiento, cuestiones que han de ser vistas -y eso lo dice muy bien el informe de la Comisión- sobre la base de que el acto adoptado lo será con arreglo al Tratado de Amsterdam y que ése es el procedimiento que ha de respetarse. +El informe de la Sra. Palacio propone un procedimiento que confirma el que ya eligió el Parlamento Europeo después de Maastricht y que supone la confirmación, por parte del Parlamento, de los procedimientos legislativos ya iniciados y cuyo fundamento jurídico o procedimiento se han visto modificados en virtud del Tratado de Amsterdam. +Y en el caso de los dos convenios sobre la transmisión de actos y sobre el reconocimiento de decisiones en materia matrimonial y de responsabilidad parental -propuestas que la Comisión aprobará mañana sobre la base del Tratado- se transmitirán inmediatamente al Consejo y al Parlamento. +La Unión Europea y los Estados Unidos, Canadá, Nueva Zelanda, Australia, tienen cada una un voto en la OMC, pero cientos de países en vías de desarrollo que esperan en la OMC con la esperanza de que también se tomen en cuenta sus intereses no deben ser apartados por las continuas reyertas entre la Unión Europea y los Estados Unidos, pues se trata también de otros problemas esenciales. +Los nombramientos que haga para su oficina, el carácter o la tonalidad multinacional o no de su personal, el equilibrio entre los sexos, todas esas cosas adquirirán una importancia totalmente desproporcionada respecto de su importancia real. +Con respecto a su intervención acerca de la necesidad de que en los grandes países haya un comisario del partido mayoritario y un comisario de la oposición, le diré que en Alemania se abusa de esta posibilidad para dejar de lado a los Verdes, socios de la coalición. +Asimismo, ante la guerra en Kosovo y ante todo lo que esta guerra revela de las fragilidades de Europa, deseamos ardientemente que la Unión Europea cese de abordar el futuro de nuestro continente -la Europa Central y Oriental, Rusia, el Mediterráneo- con una visión tan prudente que es demasiado estrecha y termina por ser imprudente. +Existe una carencia institucional y política que está a la vista de todos, que es el reto de la próxima legislatura y que puede ser una sugerencia a hacer a las nuevas generaciones: la invitación a no escatimar esfuerzos en favor de la aventura de la culminación de la construcción de Europa. +El Presidente del Banco Central Europeo, Sr. Duisenberg, no se cansa de repetir: «Me han asignado la tarea de mantener el valor del euro y de mantener la estabilidad de precios. +En cuanto al futuro, sólo se ha referido a una genérica y, en este momento, fumosa conferencia internacional sobre los Balcanes que elude los problemas inminentes y más urgentes, y ha evocado la infeliz imagen de la «Europa de la espada», término que el Presidente Jacques Delors aborrecía. +Durante su mandato, deberá conseguir usted simultáneamente dos logros, a saber, la consolidación de la Unión Europea, cuyas tareas y dimensiones se han incrementado espectacularmente en los últimos años y las últimas décadas, poniendo orden en aquellos aspectos en los que sea necesario, de manera que, aun cuando no se introduzcan novedades, la Comisión sea verdaderamente capaz de trabajar y funcionar. +Yo creo que el Consejo, la Comisión y el Parlamento todavía deberán hacer algún esfuerzo institucional para evitar que todo ello se escape en la práctica del marco auténticamente comunitario y que los Ministros de Finanzas lleguen a convertirse por ese camino en los nuevos amos de Europa. +En lo que se refiere a la visión de un proyecto, usted ha mencionado la necesidad de una representación exterior y la capacidad de hacer extensivo a toda Europa a través de la ampliación, pero también a los Balcanes, por ejemplo, el orden de paz que hemos creado en su seno. +Por último, aunque he apreciado su propuesta para la estabilidad de Europa del Sur y Oriental y una conferencia internacional sobre los Balcanes, he de decir que las intervenciones armadas nunca han llevado la paz, si acaso han detenido los enfrentamientos, pero no eliminado sus causas. +Desde mi punto de vista, el excesivo tecnicismo, el excesivo economicismo del Consejo Europeo de Berlín tiene que ser corregido por una política económica comunitaria que tome en consideración todos los intereses de todas las regiones y todos los países de la Unión Europea. +Esta afirmación no es cierta, porque las paridades bilaterales entre las monedas europeas se fijaron el 1 de mayo de 1998 -hace justamente un año- y el objetivo de la fijación rígida de las monedas entre sí prevalece desde hace varios años. +Nos sorprende constatar, en particular, que el crecimiento es más débil en los países que se encuentran en el centro del sistema euro y que son contribuyentes al sistema de los Fondos estructurales, y más fuerte en los países más periféricos o beneficiarios de las subvenciones europeas. +Así podrán escucharme, porque, en parte, estoy de acuerdo con mi amigo Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy cuando digo que eso ya lo hemos visto antes en este Parlamento, pero que la aplicación con carácter inmediato, al minuto siguiente, de un acto que debe aún ser consagrado mediante el Acta es algo completamente nuevo y que, por otra parte, se ajusta al espíritu en el que aprobamos el Informe Elles. +Si hubiéramos aprobado la enmienda del Grupo Socialista, algo que lamentablemente han hecho 212 colegas, no habría denegación de la aprobación de la gestión y dichos comentarios no tendrían ningún valor jurídico, comentarios que, repito, condenaban a la Comisión. +Sería paradójico que el Parlamento se pronunciara antes del final de su mandato sobre dicha aprobación de la gestión, sin disponer de todos los elementos, cuando el segundo informe del Comité de Sabios se espera para el otoño y cuando aún no se dan las condiciones para pronunciarnos con carácter definitivo. +La guerra de Kosovo nos demuestra también otra cosa y quisiera volver a recordar las palabras de François Mitterand, aunque también podría citar a Helmut Kohl, quien dijo que en Europa están en juego la guerra y la paz, y no sólo la economía, las ordenaciones del mercado y los precios de intervención, por importante que también sea todo esto. +Sin esta garantía de seguridad, los refugiados, los deportados, no regresarán y la consecuencia sería que Milosevic habría logrado su propósito y viviríamos en una Europa que ya no sería nuestra Europa, la que de hecho defiende esta Asamblea, en su calidad de Parlamento de la Europa de la integración. +También lamentamos las víctimas civiles involuntarias de los ataques aéreos, pero nos sentimos moralmente obligados a seguir apoyando el objetivo de detener el mal mayor, es decir, la política racista de Milosevic y quienes lo rodean. +Con el resurgir del nacionalismo en Rusia y la privación social en aumento de la mayoría del pueblo ruso, tenemos el deber y el interés de que Europa colabore con Rusia para intensificar la democracia, la seguridad y la prosperidad de todos nuestros ciudadanos. +Creo que para el Parlamento y para los parlamentarios es muy importante la estabilidad y fijación de su régimen jurídico y que, por tanto, el Consejo y el Parlamento deberíamos seguir trabajando por esta vía sin pensar en un enfrentamiento sin ninguna solución de compromiso. +Bueno, señora Presidenta, yo me tomo esto muy en serio y espero que los servcios que revisan esto objetivamente, lleguen mañana a la conclusión de que el informe -el informe que sea y con el número que tenga, yo por mi parte me refiero al informe A-0245 que está en el orden del día y que tiene un determinado contenido, no se ponga en el orden del día. A mí me resultaría muy dudoso que el informe fuera modificado por los servicios y que luego fuera puesto en el orden del día. +No dudo en decir que las campañas de promoción de los bancos y otras agencias de crédito están contribuyendo en gran manera a los precios inflacionarios de las vivienda, poniendo con ello la vivienda fuera del alcance de los jóvenes que desean instalar su primer hogar. +La posición común les da a los Estados miembros la posibilidad de introducir una obligación de reclamación en el transcurso de dos meses, o sea que el consumidor deberá descubrir y denunciar el defecto en el transcurso de dos meses. +Podría decir que estos procedimientos siempre van muy rápido, pero en este caso tenemos un modelo en el que muchas de las reservas expresadas en un principio, muchos de los temores respecto a los intereses comerciales, muchos de los temores de los diputados, se apaciguaron gracias a la manera en que dichos procedimientos se llevaron a cabo. +Y nos preocupa que los alimentos normales que tienen características especiales que los hacen especialmente idóneos para los deportistas, como son la pasta y muchas bebidas, pasaran a quedar incluidos dentro de la directiva específica, lo que les crearía gran confusión a los consumidores y chocaría claramente con esta simplificación de las normas que la directiva debería promover. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0206/99) del Sr. Manzella, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales, sobre la declaración común relativa a las modalidades prácticas para el nuevo procedimiento de codecisión (artículo 251 del TCE) +Pienso en el principio de igualdad fiscal entre todos los diputados, que puede admitir excepciones transitorias pero nunca definitivas; en el respeto a los derechos adquiridos por los diputados en materia de pensiones en años de trabajo dentro y fuera de este Parlamento, o en otras cuestiones de detalle que no es necesario enumerar ahora. +Es necesario comenzar ya a preparar la paz y colaborar con los países de la región para construir un sistema estable de cooperación entre ellos y fomentar un desarrollo que les permita adherirse cuanto antes a una Unión que se basa en el respeto a quien es diferente y en la integración de sus riquezas y diversidades culturales y humanas. +Desde luego, el punto flaco de la Unión Europea sigue siendo la política exterior y de seguridad común. La Presidencia alemana ha insistido en la necesidad de desarrollar el artículo 17 del Tratado de Amsterdam. +En cuanto al calendario institucional, estamos totalmente de acuerdo en que es ya un imperativo que se haga la reforma institucional, que se fijen las etapas que lleven a una Conferencia Intergubernamental, y podemos decirle al Consejo que el Parlamento ha trabajado durante muchos años en establecer un verdadero catálogo de derechos fundamentales. +Evidentemente, el Parlamento Europeo va a estimular esta evolución gubernamental y, para comenzar, lo hará mediante la resolución que sin duda va a votar en unos instantes y que pretende dar a la Comisión un papel motor en la reforma institucional. +Sin embargo, antes de adoptar cualquier decisión sería más prudente esperar el segundo informe de expertos del que el Parlamento Europeo, con toda prudencia, ha pospuesto su publicación hasta después de las elecciones europeas y que ciertamente clarificará de forma interesante el funcionamiento de las instituciones. +Está claro que a pesar de todo el respeto por los Presidentes y Majestades que había al comienzo de la unificación de Europa y de la obra contractual común, hoy día son los derechos fundamentales los que tienen que constituir el punto central. Derechos fundamentales en los que se declare que las ciudadanas y ciudadanos queremos construir Europa en libertad, paz y solidaridad. +El paulatino acercamiento de los precios de apoyo, acompañado por pagos directos, al nivel de precios en el mercado mundial prepara a nuestras empresas para la posterior liberalización del comercio mundial que ya se está perfilando. +Respecto a la política estructural: el claro disciplinamiento de la política estructural mediante la concentración interna, es decir, con menos objetivos de ayuda y menos iniciativas comunitarias y mediante una concentración del escenario de las ayudas, aporta un aumento de la eficiencia. +Aspecto central de todos los Fondos estructurales será por ello la creación de puestos de trabajo con futuro, lo que significa crecimiento con generación intensiva de empleo, fortalecimiento de la capacidad competitiva e innovadora de las regiones, desarrollo sostenible y fomento de la cualificación y de la igualdad de oportunidades. +Señor Presidente, los representantes del Consejo aprobaron ayer la prohibición en toda la Unión Europea de amianto blanco, a pesar de lo cual existe una cierta inquietud de que se produzcan retrasos innecesarios en la firma de este documento, en el que el Parlamento ha desempeñado un papel positivo para impulsarlo. +La cuestión de las hormonas en la carne muestra que no se toman en cuenta las exigencias de salud y protección de los consumidores y la escasa importancia del «principio de precaución» frente a los intereses económicos dominantes. +Los tres conflictos que tenemos actualmente entre la Unión Europea y Estados Unidos con respecto a la Organización Mundial del Comercio son relativos al sector del plátano, de la carne con hormonas y del ruido de los aviones en el despegue y en el aterrizaje. +Las consecuencias sociales en algunos de esos países son muy importantes: los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea pierden progresivamente, tras la OMC, su círculo de influencia con respecto al continente africano en especial, y ello en beneficio del continente sudamericano cuyos recursos agrícolas son explotados o valorizados en gran parte por empresas dominadas por capitales americanos. +Es preciso que aquellos que negocien en nombre de la OMC saquen brillo a sus armas y nos tranquilicen: el alineamiento de los reglamentos comunitarios con las reglas del juego del mercado mundial nunca podrá constituir un objetivo político agrícola para la Unión Europea. +En efecto, ¿cómo se puede estar satisfecho con un compromiso que implica una bajada importante de la renta de los agricultores europeos, consecutiva a una bajada de los precios parcialmente compensada, esperando su supresión total para satisfacer las exigencias de la OMC? +Quizás en este contexto de austeridad presupuestaria cobre toda su dimensión el imperativo establecido en el Tratado relativo a que todas las políticas comunitarias -y no sólo las estructurales- deben orientarse desde la perspectiva de la cohesión económica y social. +También opinamos que es importante -y esto está en línea con mi informe- que las conclusiones de Berlín indiquen claramente que en Europa deberá prestarse una mayor atención a la calidad de la alimentación, la seguridad, la protección del medio ambiente, el trato respetuoso con los animales, etc., a nivel europeo. +Por ello, con el fin de evitar esta amenaza, votamos en la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural una enmienda que excluye cualquier posibilidad de ampliar la zona vitícola a ningún otro Estado miembro definido o precisado en esta enmienda. +Nuestra voluntad nos llevó en diciembre a retirar las llamadas «enmiendas estratégicas» al presupuesto para el año 1999, y pocos días antes del Consejo Europeo de Berlín, el presidente Samland envió una carta a los quince ministros de Hacienda informándoles de las cifras que el Parlamento Europeo consideraba mínimos absolutos, el llamado «minima minimorum» . +Antes he explicado los principios básicos de la reforma de los Fondos estructurales, por lo que no les voy a aburrir ahora con opiniones concretas sobre las diferentes enmiendas pues he entendido en todas sus intervenciones que van a seguir el procedimiento tal como se ha acordado. +Lamentamos que en el Consejo Europeo de Berlín se haya acordado una reducción significativa del dinero que se va a destinar tanto a los Fondos estructurales como al Fondo de Cohesión, pero entendemos también que su aplicación será positiva en los próximos siete años. +Y creo que hemos de tener en cuenta que estos Fondos estructurales son prácticamente los últimos que se aplican a los quince Estados miembros, ya que la perspectiva de la ampliación a los Estados del centro y del este de Europa modificará las políticas de acción regional para los próximos años. +Señor diputado, en los últimos tiempos se ha indicado con claridad a Turquía que su comportamiento en el caso Ocalan, la garantía de un proceso conforme a las normas de un Estado de derecho, va a tener repercusiones sobre las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y Turquía. +¿De qué modo piensa intervenir el Consejo para que se garantice la protección eficaz de los derechos humanos en el Iraq, en vista, además, de los debates en el seno del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas sobre el levantamiento de las sanciones económicas? +Y como creemos que estamos a favor de la protección de los derechos humanos -y lo estamos, y hacemos bien en estarlo-, querría preguntarle si la población inocente, si los ciudadanos inocentes de Iraq no están incluidos en la categoría de la población sobre la que está en vigor la defensa de los derechos humanos. +Por ello, ¿podría el Consejo confirmar o desmentir estos datos? ¿Van a tomarse medidas para asegurar que la lengua sueca reciba el mismo tratamiento que las grandes lenguas comunitarias, y que, en lo sucesivo, los representantes suecos puedan utilizar su lengua y contar con un intérprete? +Volver al artículo 203 del Tratado, tal y como defienden muchos de este Parlamento, en mi opinión no es el camino correcto, llevará a un mayor aumento de los gastos de la Unión. Especialmente los Estados miembros que son contribuyentes netos difícilmente podrán aceptarlo. +Señor Presidente, antes de disolverse, este Parlamento ha conseguido pronunciarse sobre la puesta en marcha de la reforma de los Fondos estructurales y ha logrado afirmar sus posiciones en la que ha corrido el riesgo de convertirse, una vez más, en una confrontación entre las Instituciones europeas. +En cualquier caso, la PAC sigue siendo -naturalmente- una PAC desnivelada, en la medida en que, por estar basada en el concepto de productividad histórica, los países más ricos resultan claramente mucho más favorecidos que los más pobres, si bien no se me pasa por la cabeza hacer de los pobres ricos y de los ricos pobres. +Sin perjuicio de los cheques distribuidos por los diversos países, el reglamento de los Fondos estructurales, en particular mediante evaluaciones intermedias de la reserva de eficacia y de niveles generalmente inferiores de cofinanciación, va a hacer que, en la práctica, las dotaciones financieras pasen a ser de «límite de gastos», mientras que eran «objetivos de gastos». +En esta reforma del mercado del vino hemos impuesto las exigencias del Parlamento Europeo, y no puedo más que volver a resaltar que sería deseable que el Parlamento pudiera codecidir en el futuro, porque el comercio vacuno lo dominamos tan bien como el Consejo. +¡Si a esto no puede llamarse «por los pelos'...!; son las once menos cuarto de la noche y el Parlamento está funcionando a pleno rendimiento, incluso con la presencia del Consejo, por lo cual me congratulo, señor Presidente del Consejo, ya que nunca he visto antes al Consejo aquí en este Parlamento a las once menos cuarto de la noche. Se lo agradezco, no está demás que lo diga. +Previo detallado examen y después de mantener numerosos contactos informales a todos los niveles, el Parlamento debería estar ahora en posición de emitir su opinión acerca de la propuesta, para que el Consejo pueda proseguir su labor con un conocimiento cristalino de los deseos de la Asamblea. +Hemos querido tratarlo en esta última sesión y la Comisión simplemente ha seguido su pauta habitual; si ésta no hubiese sido la última sesión, se habría incluido en la sesión del próximo mes. +Si el Consejo hubiese querido desempeñar algún papel, debería haber trabajado en alcanzar un acuerdo interinstitucional que pusiera fin a la situación anómala señalada en la que el Parlamento Europeo, en términos formales, se ve implicado en medida insuficiente en los resultados del diálogo social. +Señor Presidente, señor vicepresidente de la Comisión, señoras y señores diputados, con este debate que inicio sobre el conocido y ya famoso acuerdo global con México, se cierra un ciclo de cinco años en los que el Parlamento ha trabajado y colaborado activamente con la Comisión Europea para renovar y profundizar las relaciones con el conjunto de los países de América Latina y también con México. +Esta decisión es desafortunada porque contribuye a acelerar el deterioro, cada vez más evidente, de los flujos comerciales, afectados, desde hace cinco años, por el dinamismo del NAFTA, y que, en este periodo, ha reducido nuestra cuota en el mercado mexicano de un 11 % a un modesto 6 %. +Ahora bien, dicho esto, y quedando claro que queremos un acuerdo con México, nosotros no podemos obviar la cantidad de cuestiones planteadas por las diferentes organizaciones no gubernamentales, que no son una ni dos, y que no son poco importantes: Amnistía Internacional, Human Rights Watch , la Liga de Derechos Humanos Internacional, Intermon. +Se trata más bien de buscar una salida digna para un grupo de personas que durante muchos años han puesto todo su empeño en la cooperación de Schengen y que no pueden verse perjudicadas por la integración de Schengen en el marco de la Unión Europa. +No obstante, no puede negar que los textos definitivos tan sólo llegaron el lunes al Parlamento, que tan sólo el lunes pudimos discutir el resultado final de las negociaciones y que, además, la consulta al Parlamento realmente es puro teatro, puesto que ya está todo decidido. +Sin embargo, también es verdad que la propuesta de la Comisión y el informe de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos aportan numerosas soluciones. A mi modo de ver, ambas han realizado un trabajo excelente. +El Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo y gran parte de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos respaldan la propuesta de la Comisión, pero hay algunas enmiendas que no merecen nuestro apoyo, sobre todo las que se refieren a la responsabilidad de los intermediarios. +En resumen, señor Presidente, el Partido Popular Europeo respalda, en una medida muy importante, el informe de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos, respalda alguna enmienda planteada por el Grupo Liberal y, a excepción de las que ha mencionado tanto el Sr. Hoppenstedt como yo misma, votaremos a favor de ellas en términos generales. +Se trata de un momento histórico en el que existe ya la posibilidad de realizar un seguimiento de las personas a escala mundial, en el que -por primera vez- los derechos civiles no se pueden proteger con ayuda de las fronteras, como ha venido ocurriendo hasta el momento. +Recuerdo muchos momentos en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y, entre ellos, los compartidos con la Sra. Oddy que, en temas que empezaban en la anterior legislatura acerca de las nuevas tecnologías respecto de su incompatibilidad con los derechos de autor, siempre hemos llegado a posiciones similares. +En el mundo de las comunicaciones en línea, el consumidor recibe una avalancha de información y los Estados miembros no pueden ampararse en la legislación nacional porque el comercio electrónico rebasa las fronteras de los países. +En especial, desearía expresar a mis colegas de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos cuánto he apreciado el trabajo que hemos realizado durante estos cinco últimos años, así como formular a la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos mis mejores augurios con miras al próximo mandato. +Cuando esta mañana me he enterado por casualidad de que el debate sobre este informe no tendría lugar hasta esta tarde a las 18.00 horas y se procedería a la votación mañana por la mañana, he llegado a la conclusión de que es una decisión profundamente injusta puesto que lo que está en juego es el futuro de las personas, de las personas jóvenes. +Una de las enmiendas que vamos a votar, concretamente la número 4, que forma parte del compromiso que hemos acordado con el Consejo, implica una modificación del apartado primero del artículo 3 del Reglamento, añadiendo una nueva iniciativa, la iniciativa comunitaria Urban. +Ésta no es la única razón por la que solicito que partamos de la idea de que esta votación requiera una mayoría cualificada. Me baso igualmente en la necesidad política de que una decisión de estas características revista carácter altamente vinculante para el Consejo, la Comisión y también para el Parlamento. +En líneas generales estamos a favor de la reforma, sin embargo, debemos formular algunas reservas con relación a algunos aspectos que aún no se han profundizado lo suficiente como, por ejemplo, el impacto en las regiones que, en nombre del principio de concentración, corren el riesgo de sufrir un estancamiento en su proceso de desarrollo. +Esta es la realidad, mientras parece que se vislumbran algunas esperanzas de negociación tras el viaje a Roma de Ibrahim Rugova y la liberación de los tres soldados americanos, este Parlamento, en sus últimas horas de trabajo, elige con esta votación sobre Kosovo el camino mortificador de la propaganda de la OTAN y fracasa en su papel político. +La Sra. Danze-Serfaty es la esposa del Sr. Abraham Serfaty, quien permaneció encarcelado durante 17 años en la prisión de Tazmamart en calidad de prisionero político, y que fue recibido con todos los honores en esta Asamblea, tras su liberación, que se produjo, sobre todo, gracias a las intervenciones y resoluciones de nuestro Parlamento. Sin embargo, no puede entrar en Marruecos, cuando ya no recae sobre él ninguna acusación. +La Comisión, como todos ustedes, aplaude la firma durante la pasada madrugada del acuerdo que establece el marco de la autonomía del territorio, las modalidades de consulta y la organización del referéndum y, también, las disposiciones en materia de seguridad. +Por otro lado, durante estos dos años, y a partir de la posición común del Consejo de Ministros, se elaboró un programa de ayuda humanitaria y de rehabilitación de urgencia que se hizo sobre la base de Cáritas, por la importancia que tenía la Iglesia Católica en Timor Oriental y, particularmente, el Premio Nobel Arzobispo Belo. +En cuanto a la pregunta que presentaba el Sr. Bertens y la Sra. Van Bladel a propósito del hospital, el hospital de Gaza es un hospital del UNRAC, no es un hospital de la Comisión Europea o hecho por la Comisión Europea, es un hospital del UNRAC. +Señor Presidente, es muy significativo que este Parlamento, que se ha preocupado enormemente por la cuestión de los derechos humanos, vuelva una vez más sobre el tema del Tribunal Penal Internacional en la última sesión de urgencia sobre los derechos humanos de esta legislatura. +Invita a alcaldes, gerentes, ingenieros y arquitectos a colaborar en un proyecto común que pretende aprovechar en las nuevas construcciones la energía facilitada por el sol en vez de construir de tal forma que se necesite mucha electricidad procedente de la energía nuclear para calentar las casas. +Por lo general, las empresas pequeñas no disponen ni de los medios ni de la capacidad profesional para realizar un seguimiento de la situación monetaria que les permita seguir con una seguridad suficiente el comportamiento del dinero. +Tanto antes como después de esta resolución, las condiciones jurídicas que regulan la supervisión de las llamadas telefónicas, la interceptación y el control del acceso a Internet pertenecen exclusivamente al ámbito de aplicación del Derecho nacional. +Informe (A4-0259/99) del Sr. Jarzembowski en nombre de la Comisión de Transportes y Turismo sobre la propuesta de directiva del Parlamento europeo y del Consejo relativa a la aplicación de gravámenes en los vehículos pesados de transporte de mercancías por la utilización de determinadas infraestructuras ((COM)96/0331 - C4-0027/97-96/0182(COD)) - antes 96/0182 (SYN) +Las primeras propuestas de la Comisión rompieron seriamente el equilibrio entre la fécula de patata y el grano. Estas propuestas habrían tenido consecuencias desastrosas para los ingresos de los productores de la fécula de patata. +No obstante, y en resumidas cuentas, creo que el Grupo de los Verdes debería seguir dar adelante y ofrecerle su apoyo, pero también considero que se debería llevar a cabo una valoración adecuada de este tipo de acontecimientos para que podamos aprovechar las experiencias de cara al futuro y a las exposiciones venideras. +La Comisión espera continuar la cooperación con el Parlamento Europeo y sus servicios para asegurar que la participación de la Unión en la Expo 2000 sea un importante acontecimiento que acerque más la Unión Europea y sus instituciones a sus ciudadanos. +De costumbre, los viernes recibo a mis grupos de visitantes y puedo asegurarle que para los ciudadanos de mi país que han tenido el privilegio de visitar el Parlamento Europeo, usted es el Presidente de sesión más popular. +Creo profundamente en la institución parlamentaria y estoy profundamente convencido de que la legitimación democrática de todo el proceso de integración europea se asienta sobre este Parlamento, el pleno reconocimiento de su papel y su capacidad de cooperación con los Parlamentos nacionales. +Las piruetas que acaba de ejecutar usted aquí, señor Poettering, demuestran no obstante que la caída de los pliegues de su traje no puede ser y nunca llegará a ser tan atractiva como la de los que adornan el rostro de nuestro Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores. +Quiero felicitar personalmente de modo especial no sólo al Canciller Federal sino también al Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, el Presidente del Consejo que está aquí presente, señor Fischer, por no haber ahorrado esfuerzos para salir de esta difícil situación bélica. +Por ello, hay que poner pronto a disposición el dinero necesario para ello y crear la correspondiente organización para que no dediquemos la mayor parte del trabajo a que una organización se coordine con la otra sino que la parte esencial del trabajo se dedique a ayudar efectivamente a los Balcanes y que se convierta por fin en una región pacífica de esta Europa. +Señor Presidente, las serias y negativas repercusiones de la crisis financiera, de la desaceleración del crecimiento económico en la Unión Europea, -también en la era de la Unión Económica y Monetaria- han mostrado claramente de modo dramático lo necesario que era el pacto europeo por empleo de Colonia. +Les queremos preguntar sobre su disposición, su disposición personal a aceptar que tienen que rendir cuentas y responder ante los ciudadanos de Europa por todo lo que hagan junto con su presidente, así como ante esta Asamblea, con un entendimiento público claro y absoluto de que éste es el foro público de la democracia europea ante el que deben rendir cuentas y responder públicamente. +No obstante, quisiera abogar por que, al actuar así, no se arroje al niño con el agua del baño y se comprenda bien que a veces una de las causas de fracaso de la Comisión anterior fue la pérdida de la noción de función pública. +Sin una estrategia europea en este sentido, se corre el riesgo de que una economía como la nuestra se incline a concentrar sus recursos en las zonas más fuertes dejando al margen las más débiles, a pesar de que algunas han realizado notables progresos en los últimos tiempos. +Señor Presidente, señores representantes de la Presidencia del Consejo, Señorías, señoras y señores, no es oportuno que el representante de la Comisión en funciones exponga de modo extenso su opinión aquí sobre el programa de la Presidencia finlandesa del Consejo pues se trata de un programa que se aplicará en primera línea con la nueva Comisión. +Sin embargo, creo que el Presidente de su país nos ha aportado la formidable demostración de la contribución que los europeos pueden aportar a la paz en el continente y a la elaboración de una solución europea a los problemas europeos. +Por último, respecto de la pena de muerte, me permitirá que señale a su atención y le insista para que la Presidencia intervenga con todo su peso en Estambul y también en Teherán, pues en esta última hay trece judíos que corren el riesgo -lo sabemos-de ser condenados a la pena de muerte simplemente por haber sido acusados de espionaje a favor de Israel. +Soy del parecer de que si no reconocemos los errores del pasado, no podremos avanzar en el futuro, y hay que decir que, en lo fundamental, la cuestión a partir de ahora es si seremos capaces, sin recurrir a las armas, de encauzar los asuntos relacionados con las transformaciones democráticas. +El 9 de julio de 1999, tal como la Asamblea habrá oído decir al Sr. Sasi, el Consejo decidió remitir el asunto al Tribunal de Justicia amparándose en el artículo 213 del Tratado; después de dicha decisión, ahora le corresponde al Tribunal pronunciarse sobre las cuestiones suscitadas. +Prevé además un procedimiento de examen y de decisión que incluya la capacidad específica de la Comisión de remitir la cuestión a un comité deontológico cuando la ocupación prevista del comisario esté relacionada con su cartera. +Quizá la Asamblea desee saber además que, durante las conversaciones de este mes, algunos miembros de la Comisión actual que siempre han respetado plenamente su compromiso solemne de cumplir las obligaciones de honestidad y discreción han reiterado de buena gana y voluntariamente dicho compromiso. +Lo que nos queda a nosotros es hacer una reflexión acerca de la falta de consideración de algunos miembros de la Comisión saliente sobre la necesidad de adoptar un planteamiento riguroso con respecto a los altos criterios exigibles en la vida pública. +La desenvoltura del Comisario Bangemann, que ni siquiera ha tenido la decencia de esperar unos meses hasta el fin de la agonía de la Comisión, nos revela hasta qué punto se creen en esa institución por encima de las leyes y de las opiniones públicas. +Realmente es de lo más censurable que haya habido no sólo una aparente mofa de las normas oficiales para los comisarios, sino también una violación del espíritu de transparencia y confianza que debiera constituir la base del trabajo entre este Parlamento y los comisarios. +Tras un profundo debate, el Consejo se reafirmó en sus conclusiones del pasado junio y se remitió a la voluntad política común, tanto de la Comisión como de los países miembros, de llevar a cabo las medidas que requieren dichas conclusiones en toda su amplitud y de forma inmediata. +El Consejo aplaudió en líneas generales el programa propuesto por la Comisión, relacionado con la revisión profunda de la legislación, sobre cuyos detalles están ustedes al corriente, y que pretende ser adaptado a la legislación sobre alimentos de origen animal y a las medidas a tomar en cuanto a los desechos animales. +Pero está claro que en el momento más álgido de la crisis es absurdo que la Comisión y sus servicios técnicos pierdan el tiempo con discusiones con las autoridades belgas y los servicios técnicos de éstas, ya que no hay normas y dado que no se sabe cuánta dioxina puede tener cualquier producto. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, señor Comisario, Señorías, la crisis de la dioxina, después de la crisis de las vacas locas, las presiones estadounidenses encaminadas a imponer la carne con hormonas, son ejemplos de las temibles amenazas que pesan hoy día sobre la seguridad alimentaria de nuestros conciudadanos. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, para mí al menos ha sido un consuelo el que ni en esta Asamblea, ni en la Comisión Europea, ni en el Consejo, nadie haya considerado la crisis de las dioxinas belgas como un problema puramente belga. +Efectivamente, el problema de las dioxinas belgas es también un problema europeo, y el que sea un problema europeo naturalmente tiene que ver con el mercado único, con la política en materia de competencia, con el fracaso de la política agraria. +Tengamos en cuenta que la necesaria liberalización de los mercados y la apertura a países terceros están imponiendo a la agricultura y a la ganadería europeas unas cotas de competitividad difícilmente superables y que si no se toman medidas preventivas eficaces la carrera por abaratar costes de producción nos llevará, antes o después, a un nuevo caso similar. +Señora Presidenta, nos dice usted que sólo se trata de modificaciones o de cambios, pero nos gustaría que el Grupo de los Socialistas Europeos nos dijese, en relación con su enmienda 1, si se trata de añadir un nombramiento o de un cambio, y desearíamos tener la misma respuesta en relación con la enmienda 4 del Grupo de los Socialistas Europeos. +Un aspecto en el que quiero centrarme de lo que ha dicho el Sr. Ford, es que la Comisión, según alega, está emitiendo un mensaje a los organizadores de la Unión Europea responsables de los campeonatos de Europa 2000 y quizá de la Copa del Mundo de que pueden hacer caso omiso de las normas. +Quiero instar a la Comisión a que muestre más coraje ante los gobiernos y a informar al Parlamento cuando los gobiernos obstaculicen actitudes y decisiones claras de la Comisión a través de su conducta dilatoria, de su ausencia de decisión o de la utilización improcedente e inadecuada de su influencia. +Se trata, naturalmente, como puede leerse en las conclusiones del informe de los expertos, más allá del propio mal funcionamiento, de un problema de mentalidad, que, evidentemente, no pone en entredicho a los funcionarios de la Comisión, sino que revela carencias estructurales de esta institución, que no son de carácter técnico, sino de orden político. +El control por el Parlamento Europeo, naturalmente, y, por ejemplo, nuestra Asamblea debería, tras este informe de los expertos, solicitar nuevas auditorías sobre puntos concretos, o incluso nombrar una o varias comisiones de investigación para arrojar luz en algunos ámbitos todavía oscuros, como la evaluación de los efectos reales de las subvenciones comunitarias. +Es mucho mejor, en lugar de pretender una inspección medioambiental supranacional, con todas las dificultades relacionadas con el derecho de entrada, que podamos asegurar que la legislación vigente garantice que los inspectores medioambientales de todos los Estados miembros (a) existan y (b) lleven a cabo sus tareas más o menos conforme a las mismas pautas. +Y una vez más nos encontramos frente a un dilema que es la auténtica alternativa del diablo: cuando la Comisión Europea propone una recomendación ustedes quieren una directiva, y cuando la Comisión propone una directiva, hay que hacer recomendaciones porque hay que respetar el principio de subsidiariedad. +Para conocer la personalidad y la idoneidad de los candidatos para ejercer sus cargos creemos que las audiencias públicas han sido un ejercicio positivo de democracia y transparencia, sin que hayan triunfado los que pretendían convertirlas en una caza de brujas. +Ello sólo contribuiría a erosionar la confianza de la sociedad en las instituciones de la Unión, lo que supondría un paso atrás para todas las partes interesadas, en particular, a la luz de los retos decisivos que aguardan a la Unión como entidad política y económica. +Señor Presidente, la declaración del Presidente designado de la Comisión confirma sus anteriores intervenciones, principalmente ante esta Asamblea, los días 13 de abril o 4 de mayo últimos, y los diputados franceses de mi grupo se verán por tanto obligados a votar en contra. +Por consiguiente, nuestra prioridad más importante debería ser volver a conseguir la participación del elector desencantado: una Comisión Europea reformada, un Parlamento Europeo reformado, que se relacionen de una manera firme, pero madura, es el único camino por el que tenemos alguna esperanza real de conseguirlo. +A solicitud de los grupos, y en especial del nuestro, el señor Prodi ha asumido compromisos claros en lo que se refiere a la transparencia de las acciones de la Comisión, a la concertación con el Parlamento, a la responsabilidad de los miembros de la Comisión ante esta Asamblea. +Yo quisiera precisar lo siguiente: en primer lugar, yo no tuve ninguna intervención al comienzo de la sesión y, en segundo lugar, la precisión de ayer no parece haber servido de nada, ya que de nuevo no figura en el Acta lo que realmente dije y el punto siguiente contradice el contenido de mis palabras. +Conscientes de que ésa es la tarea principal de la Comisión, manifestamos al profesor Prodi y a los miembros de la Comisión el deseo de un buen trabajo y declaramos que contará con el voto de los diputados portugueses del Partido Popular Europeo. +Hemos apreciado su introducción, esperamos que dé una respuesta positiva a los apartados de nuestra resolución, y tenemos confianza en la capacidad del Sr. Prodi para dirigir la Comisión de manera responsable y experta. +El funcionamiento y la gestión de la Dirección de Transportes han sido ejemplares y creemos que con su experiencia en la modernización del Partido Laborista del Reino Unido, cuenta con las aptitudes necesarias para emprender este trabajo. +Determinadas opiniones que podríamos resumir del siguiente modo: en primer lugar, sabemos que Europa se ha hecho a partir de dos fuerzas dialécticamente constructivas: aquellos que, conscientes del peso de la historia, defienden la pervivencia y la vigencia del Estado nacional y aquellos otros que, con mayor arrojo, piensan en un futuro de mayor integración, cuya definición política todavía no está entre nosotros, y quizá sea ésa una de las ventajas de esta construcción. +Para vencer estas resistencias se necesita originalidad y energía, Sr. Presidente, y deseo que disponga usted de reservas ocultas de esos géneros, pues a juzgar por los discursos que hasta hoy le hemos escuchado, muchos de nosotros pensamos que no se nos han proporcionado suficientes indicios de ello, y sobre todo no advertimos indicios de que exista la nueva mentalidad que se precisa para encarar tanto la profunda crisis de confianza en que se ha sumido Europa como los problemas del paro y la seguridad. +Aunque estos recortes es algo habitual en esta fase del procedimiento presupuestario, este año vienen a sumarse a una redistribución sustancial de 430 millones de euros en la categoría 4 - acciones exteriores - para financiar la reconstrucción de Kosovo por valor de 500 millones de euros. +En el fondo, señor Presidente, señora Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, señorías, debo decir que no nos había seducido el anteproyecto de presupuesto de la Comisión. No nos había seducido el anteproyecto de la Comisión y nos desilusionó el proyecto de presupuesto del Consejo. +Quiero pedir al Consejo que se replantee su propuesta y que garantice que la representación del Parlamento Europeo en ese órgano corresponda a lo que en realidad es el Parlamento Europeo, es decir, que sea reflejo de todas las fuerzas políticas, todas las corrientes, todas las opiniones que se dan en este momento en Europa. +Señora Presidenta, el Consejo Europeo de Colonia tuvo la desafortunada idea -sin que ningún parlamento nacional le haya reclamado, que yo sepa, nada al respecto- de lanzar la preparación de una Carta de Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea. +La Corte se ocupa de la cuestión de la impunidad y ofrece un foro imparcial para los juicios, con lo que ayudará a facilitar las tensiones internacionales y a promover la paz y la seguridad en el plano nacional y en el internacional. +Señora Presidenta, yo espero que, tras la declaración que ha hecho la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, esta Cumbre de Tampere pueda suponer un compromiso firme de voluntad política por parte de la Unión, donde se recojan toda una serie de orientaciones claras y precisas que nos permitan seguir avanzando. +En la anterior legislatura, este Parlamento dijo sí a la Unión Monetaria, dijo sí a la integración social haciendo del empleo el centro y motor de la política social europea, y ahora debemos decir también sí a un espacio europeo de libertad, de seguridad y justicia. +Señora Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, Sra. Halonen, su discurso, con las propuestas concretas que ha incluido, me ha satisfecho especialmente porque refuerza la convicción de que Tampere puede realmente suponer un momento cumbre, un auténtico hito, un nuevo impulso al proceso de construcción europea. +A semejanza de mis compañeros del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos, particularmente atentos y asiduos con ocasión de las audiciones de los candidatos a Comisarios, me felicito de este procedimiento que brinda muchas enseñanzas sobre la personalidad y las intenciones de quienes serán nuestros interlocutores privilegiados. +Por eso, si bien voy a votar este mediodía sin un estado de ánimo particular la investidura de esta Comisión deseándole ánimo y suerte, dentro de unas semanas estaré particularmente atento al programa que se anunciará para el año 2000 y la legislatura. +En el sector agrario se ha insistido en las grandes orientaciones de la PAC -Política Agraria Común- y una mayor liberalización de los mercados, manteniendo las injusticias en la distribución de los apoyos y subvenciones, con claro perjuicio para la agricultura familiar y de países como Portugal en los que predominan las pequeñas explotaciones agrarias. +El silencio del Sr. Prodi sobre la necesidad de defender el modelo social europeo, su consternadora sobriedad e incluso sus frecuentes omisiones respecto de una política europea en pro del empleo, sus prudentes generalidades sobre la modificación institucional inspiran más reservas. +Mi argumento es que el Presidente de la Comisión, Romano Prodi, obtuvo en mayo del año en curso el voto de una importante mayoría del Parlamento Europeo para llevar a cabo con un equipo intachable un amplio programa de reformas con vistas al necesario saneamiento de la Comisión. +¡Habida cuenta de las serias dudas sobre la aptitud profesional del belga Philippe Busquin y su consiguiente capacidad de asumir la cartera de Investigación, sin olvidar el sinfín de recriminaciones al que han dado lugar sus turbios negocios, Prodi debería haberse negado rotundamente a aceptar a este candidato! +Lo malo es que en este momento yo no soy capaz de estimar si con el quinto presupuesto rectificativo llegaremos a final de año o si hacia diciembre ya estaremos con el nº 7, lo cual no debe extrañar si se tiene en cuenta que la Comisión misma ha aportado en su documento de trabajo valoraciones muy diferentes a la hora de motivar los recursos requeridos. +Agradezco a la Presidencia finlandesa la acción que lleva a cabo en las Naciones Unidas sobre la cuestión de la abolición de la pena de muerte y me alegro mucho de saber que, gracias a la Presidencia finlandesa -y no sólo a ella, naturalmente-, este año tendremos una resolución en Nueva York. +Una de las vías de gestión de este problema, necesaria aunque no única, es la ayuda a los refugiados, sin perjuicio de que en el marco de las negociaciones de paz se alcance una solución permanente más allá de la terapéutica de la ayuda. +El Consejo ha propuesto un procedimiento ineficaz, por lo que ruego que comprendan que aceptamos la sede en Tesalónica como parte operativa, como una parte de la Agencia de Reconstrucción para la totalidad del Sudeste de Europa con sede en Tesalónica, pero que debe estar vinculada muy estrechamente a la sede del pacto de estabilidad en Tesalónica. +Los diputados del Grupo Unión por la Europa de las Naciones consideran que en este ámbito de la contaminación marina accidental, la existencia de un verdadero interés común justifica la creación de un marco comunitario. +En efecto, estos tres programas actualmente no establecen ninguna acción en este sector y no es deseable favorecer una dispersión de los medios, en detrimento de los programas prioritarios para el desarrollo económico de países próximos a la Unión Europea, candidatos a la adhesión. +Para nosotros, el cuerpo de control europeo debe seguir siendo el actual, es decir, un cuerpo que permita comprobar, a su vez, si los cuerpos de control de los Estados miembros aplican la reglamentación comunitaria, para evitar, naturalmente, distorsiones de competencia entre los diferentes Estados miembros. +La resolución que acaba de aprobar el Parlamento Europeo sobre la elaboración de una Carta de los derechos fundamentales de la Unión ilustra perfectamente el riesgo de que se produzcan desajustes, como denuncié en mi intervención de ayer, durante el debate principal. +Mientras tanto, la decisión sobre una respuesta a las especulaciones y alegaciones de mala utilización de los fondos de ayuda es, principalmente, responsabilidad del FMI, el Banco Mundial y los países del G7, puesto que son éstos evidentemente los principales proveedores de la ayuda financiera directa. +Señor Presidente, no quiero interrumpir el debate pero como este debate y la aclaración del Comisario Kinnock se deben al urgente deseo de algunos grupos políticos, quisiera rogarle que transmita también a la Conferencia de los Presidentes el deseo de que dichos grupos políticos tengan presentes al menos un mínimo de diputados. +Si queremos seguir invirtiendo en la economía rusa, debemos encontrar los medios de apoyar y desarrollar la actividad económica local - como acaba de decir nuestro colega - de manera que atienda a las necesidades de la población y proporcione una sensación de estabilidad y de participación. +Se debe pedir a la Organización para la Seguridad y Cooperación en Europa que presente un informe a nuestro Parlamento, la Comisión y el Consejo. La presente solicitud conjunta de diversos grupos políticos pretende sobre todo que se pueda obtener lo antes posible y de modo fiable una información de este tipo. +En aquella ocasión fuimos razonables y nos pusimos de acuerdo. Ahora nuestra tarea es la de ayudar a las personas que allí viven en su desarrollo, que quizás puede transcurrir de modo similar pero que en cualquier caso les abra un futuro en el que esté asegurada su existencia y en el que puedan tomar su destino en sus propias manos. +Todavía están frescos en la memoria los asesinatos cometidos en otoño del año pasado sobre cuatro mentes independientes y, por supuesto, no hay que olvidar la actuación extraordinariamente brutal de la pandilla de matones de la facción conservadora del jurisconsulto supremo Khamenei. +Este aparente desprecio por las obligaciones internacionales es uno de los principales impedimentos para que mejoren las relaciones entre la antigua República de Yugoslavia y la Unión Europea, y un impedimento también para la reintegración de la antigua República en la comunidad internacional. +En términos de apoyo político, la Unión Europea se propone continuar y alentar los esfuerzos que ya ha emprendido nuestro representante especial para los Grandes Lagos con vistas a facilitar el grado necesario de diálogo entre las diferentes facciones que intervienen en el conflicto de la RDC. +Me gustaría que el espacio que rodea al Salón de Plenos se considerase parte de él, de manera que ni los cámaras, ni los ayudantes, ni los representantes de los grupos de presión o los miembros del público nos bloqueen la salida y nos impidan llegar a nuestras oficinas. +A todos nos preocupa el buen uso del dinero del contribuyente europeo y yo lamento sinceramente el arrebato de la colega neerlandesa que, en contra de toda idea de solidaridad europea, ha considerado oportuno asumir la defensa de "sus" contribuyentes. +Entiendo, señora Presidenta, que ha habido un orador a favor de la propuesta y otro orador, que acaba de incorporarse a su escaño, que ha presentado la idea de celebrar un debate sobre este asunto a final de mes, en el segundo período parcial de sesiones de octubre. +El Consejo y la Comisión quisieran tomar la medida de esta inquietud, pero en la actualidad parecen poco capaces de proporcionar otras soluciones diferentes a unas reglamentaciones puntillosas pero pusilánimes, que los más astutos y los menos escrupulosos seguirán eludiendo en detrimento de la seguridad alimentaria. +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores, cada vez resulta más claro que el problema de la salud pública y la alimentación sana es un verdadero problema europeo, un problema mundial, y que no es el problema de un solo Estado miembro. +Si así lo hacemos, creo que podremos decirles a nuestras ciudadanas y nuestros ciudadanos: nada se puede garantizar con seguridad en la vida, pero les estamos ofreciendo el grado máximo de seguridad, bienestar y salud que actualmente les podemos ofrecer desde el punto de vista de las posibilidades humanas y las recomendaciones científicas. +Ahora bien, nos hemos enterado con estupor que, en contra de la opinión de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación, el presupuesto para el SIDA se habría reducido a la mitad, lo cual sería un escándalo, ante la urgencia de la situación, y contradictorio con las palabras del señor Nielson. +Y -lo que no es menos importante- está usted dispuesto a procurar la cooperación con las empresas farmacéuticas, por una parte, para acelerar la labor con vistas a la obtención de una vacuna y, en segundo lugar, fabricar medicinas más accesibles para los pobres de este mundo? +Durante el debate en torno a la cuestión del empleo del preservativo también he tomado buena nota del amplio consenso existente sobre la decisiva importancia de poner a disposición de la población preservativos baratos e informarles de forma precisa y honesta, tal y como ha sucedido en Tanzania, Uganda y Senegal. +Creemos que eso nos plantearía una dificultad de respeto de la autoridad presupuestaria y de analizar los temas de forma parcelada, de tal forma que no podamos llegar a tener una visión global de las dificultades que se nos pueden plantear. +La evaluación mostró también que las acciones con cargo a SAVE propiciarán también indirectamente la consecución de los objetivos del programa de investigación e innovación en materia de energía no nuclear mediante la creación de un medio positivo para la difusión y la aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías en materia de energías renovables. +Dado que hasta ahora se ha logrado una mejora de la eficiencia energética del 1% anual, aproximadamente, en el consumo final, la Comisión propugna una meta de reducción de la intensidad energética en la demanda final de un punto porcentual más al año. +Si la Unión Europea no fuera capaz de garantizar esos principios, perdería completamente la cara en las negociaciones que en breve se van iniciar en el ámbito de la Ronda del Milenio de la Organización Mundial del Comercio. +Como se ve, el respeto de los valores y las preferencias culturales requiere una aplicación estricta del principio de subsidiariedad, conque tenemos que respetar también las diferencias culturales sobre el sistema de información de los diferentes Estados miembros. +¿Qué medidas ha adoptado la Comisión y cuáles piensa adoptar en el futuro para aplicar la Acción común y Resolución sobre armas ligeras adoptada por el Consejo y subsiguientemente la Resolución del Consejo de Desarrollo de la UE sobre armas ligeras? +Señor Comisario, esta pregunta forma parte de un montaje electoral organizado por el Partido Socialista Obrero Español al hilo de la campaña electoral de las pasadas elecciones europeas para atacar a la entonces cabeza de lista del Partido Popular, Loyola de Palacio. +También pretendieron acusar a la entonces Ministra de Agricultura de un supuesto fraude en la adjudicación de las ayudas, pero resulta que la competencia de control y pago de las ayudas de la PAC es de los gobiernos regionales, según el reparto de competencias del Estado español. +Además, también hemos intentado crear las condiciones necesarias para el avance del proceso de paz, para la distensión de la situación y para que se conforme un ambiente de opinión favorable a este proceso. +La ayuda al desarrollo y la asistencia técnica en temas como el acuerdo de zonas estables y el funcionamiento de la Administración han sido los campos a los que se ha destinado y seguiremos destinando nuestra ayuda. +Permítame asimismo expresar mi agradecimiento al Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación y a todo el Parlamento por el minucioso informe y por su apoyo, en el marco del procedimiento de consulta, a los esfuerzos de la Comisión para ultimar el convenio. +Señor Presidente, todos celebramos el relanzamiento del proceso de paz en Oriente Próximo; sin embargo, sabemos que la historia y las circunstancias del conflicto son dramáticas y que, a lo largo de los años, iniciativas diversas, que parecían abrir un futuro de esperanza, han terminado bloqueadas a causa de la intransigencia, falta de voluntad política o cortedad de miras de una de las partes. +Los acuerdos reconocen el derecho de los Palestinos a la autodeterminación, en el marco de un Estado, pero también garantizan el derecho de Israel a vivir en un marco de seguridad dentro de unas fronteras seguras y reconocidas. +Con este fin, se han elaborado dos estrategias en el marco de dos programas plurianuales complementarios que forman parte del programa marco de acciones en el sector de la energía: SAVE II (fomentar una utilización más eficaz de la energía) y Altener II (fomentar las energías renovables). +Naturalmente, he tomado nota de las disposiciones contenidas en el apartado 2 del artículo 23 del acuerdo, que permiten tomar medidas de control o de salvaguardia en caso de que el desarrollo económico de "las regiones más alejadas de la Unión Europea" sufriera un deterioro grave. +Hay que tener en cuenta que la postura de la UE de una ronda amplia debe ser armonizada con la postura de Estados Unidos, favorable a un enfoque por sectores que contemple la reducción de aranceles, y con la postura más reservada de los países en vías de desarrollo. +La inclusión de la competencia en el orden del día de la OMC no pretende transformar ésta última en una autoridad mundial de la competencia, sino fijar, simplemente, un cuerpo de principios y de procedimientos destinado a promover la aplicación de políticas de competencia internas, compatibles entre sí. +Señor Presidente, en nombre del Grupo ELDR, quisiera señalar nuestro firme apoyo a los esfuerzos de la Comisión Europea y del Consejo para persuadir a nuestros interlocutores internacionales de las virtudes de una nueva ronda de amplias negociaciones en el seno de la OMC que abarquen una gran variedad de asuntos. +Esta ola de liberalización se justifica, evidentemente, en nombre del interés general y del empleo, como usted lo ha afirmado durante su audición, señor Lamy, indicando que a la Comunidad le interesa la apertura progresiva de los mercados, tanto para las mercancías como para los servicios. +Quizá, señor Comisario, la Comisión junto con la Administración estadounidense podrían presentar algún tipo de Libro verde en el que se esboce dónde radican las diferencias y dónde los intereses comunes entre Estados Unidos y Europa, porque como sabe de su función anterior, a menos que Estados Unidos y Europa alcancen un acuerdo sobre las principales directrices en una ronda internacional como ésta, no terminaremos nunca. +Se trata, sobre todo, de hacer llegar en todo momento al negociador de la Unión Europea los problemas que esta ronda plantea a nuestros ciudadanos, como se ha visto ya por los que han intervenido antes, y las soluciones que estos ciudadanos demandan de los negociadores. +Señor Presidente, deseo ante todo formular una pregunta al Consejo y a la Presidencia, referente a la transparencia: ¿cuándo se transmitirá al Parlamento Europeo el proyecto de declaración final que la Presidencia finlandesa ha presentado al Consejo? +Señor Presidente, no se puede destacar suficientemente la importancia económica y para el empleo de la Ronda del Milenio y del comercio mundial para la economía europea, que es el socio comercial más importante del mundo. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, Señorías, apoyo la presente resolución conjunta de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor y, al contrario que otros de mi grupo político, apoyo también el pasaje sobre el impuesto sobre las emisiones de CO2. +La CDU en Alemania -lo hemos debatido hace poco con nuestro Presidente, el Sr. Schäuble- no cree que porque el Gobierno roji-verde cometa tales sinsentidos a nivel nacional sobre el tema del impuesto ecológico, debamos de dejar de seguir trabajando en encontrar una solución europea. +Estamos ante una importancia creciente de los Fondos estructurales, fundamentalmente, pero resulta que en algunos países ese dinero que llega de los Fondos estructurales es utilizado por el Estado miembro so pretexto de que lo emplea en programas plurianuales, de tal manera que el dinero que llega a las comunidades autónomas, a las regiones, es un dinero minorizado. +En base a este artículo, los Bancos Centrales de los países no incluidos en la zona del euro pagaron en concepto de gastos de funcionamiento del BCE un cinco por ciento del total de la parte que les correspondía en la suscripción del capital. +En esta línea, el Consejo, que no la Comisión, señor Presidente, adoptó en 1998, en esta línea de conservación de los recursos, una decisión relativa a la desaparición progresiva de las redes de malla a la deriva, también denominadas "volantas" . +Señor Presidente, tras el referéndum sobre la Ley de Concordia Nacional, celebrado en Argelia el 16 de septiembre de 1999, la Presidencia finlandesa, en nombre de la Unión Europea, emitió un comunicado que responde por sí mismo a la pregunta formulada por la Sra. diputada. +Ustedes saben que Moscú ha vuelto a reconocer y a activar el consejo pseudoparlamentario que había firmado y que se había establecido antes del alto el fuego y de este modo, por su parte, ha roto brutalmente el acuerdo que se había concluido bajo la supervisión de la OSCE. +Tenemos que explorar muchas formas diferentes -quizá formas imprevistas- de resolver los problemas de logística que plantea la prestación de asistencia a las personas que la necesitan, pero es difícil prometer una forma concreta de actuar en este caso. +B5-0155/1999 del Sr. Schori, en nombre del Grupo del PSE, sobre la votación de una resolución por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas sobre el establecimiento de una moratoria universal de la ejecución de las penas capitales; +B5-0159/1999 del Sr. Manisco, entre otros, en nombre del Grupo GUE/NGL, sobre la votación de una resolución por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas sobre el establecimiento de una moratoria universal de la ejecución de las penas capitales; +Como ocurre tras los debates en el seno del Consejo, corremos el peligro de obtener un texto débil, una simple reproducción de los que han sido aprobados durante estos tres últimos años en Ginebra y que no nos permita continuar esta batalla, que no establezca nuevos plazos, ni mecanismos que permitan comprobar los pasos y los progresos realizados. +Los serbios, los gitanos, los egipcios, los musulmanes son las víctimas de este intento de limpieza étnica que, desde hace meses, las fuerzas del UÇK están llevando a cabo sistemáticamente, y para ello se sirven de la presencia de las fuerzas de la OTAN y de la KFOR. +Pues bien, inmediatamente después, en los días siguientes, en las semanas siguientes, en los años siguientes, hubo una extraordinaria acción criminal orientada a esconder las pruebas, a silenciar y a conseguir que no se supiese la verdad. +Además, la Comisión estimó que era mejor encomendar esa labor a Eurocontrol y no a un órgano comunitario, porque los gobiernos nacionales quizá tropiecen con menos dificultades para permitir que esa organización desempeñe esa función respecto de la utilización militar del espacio aéreo. +Siempre con respecto a la sesión del jueves, el Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo solicita adelantar al jueves la pregunta oral sobre el acuerdo pesquero entre la Unión Europea y Marruecos, prevista en el orden del día del viernes. +En los últimos días muchos europeos han visto con gran indignación y estupor, que en un país con el que nos unen lazos de amistad y al que los europeos, y sobre todo mi país, tenemos tanto que agradecer, es decir, en los Estados Unidos de América, es posible todavía, al amparo de la Ley, llevar ante los tribunales a niños -y no me refiero a jóvenes de 17 o de 18 años, sino a niños de 11 y de 10 años- y sacarlos de sus casas esposados y con grilletes en los pies. +Ahora bien, al leer mis referencias y las de varios diputados de mi Grupo, no veo el nombre de mi partido o de mi Grupo, Europa de las Naciones, sino una apreciación totalmente subjetiva: nacionalista opuesto a la Unión Europea. +Señora Presidenta, en relación con la misma cuestión de la recepción de programas televisivos que ha planteado mi colega la Sra. Plooij-van Gorsel, quisiera expresar la esperanza de que los problemas técnicos que actualmente impiden la recepción de BBC1 y BBC2 se puedan resolver. +Hoy en día, hablar de las aportaciones comunitarias es hablar la mayoría de las veces de que los pobres de los países ricos se ven gravados con impuestos que redundan en beneficio de los ricos de los países pobres y por ello ninguno de nosotros quiere llevar a cabo una política de reparto, y fundamentalmente esto sucede a través de los numerosos regímenes de ayuda comunitarios. +Por consiguiente, celebro sobremanera, y a ello se ha referido ya brevemente el orador que me ha precedido, que la directiva no sólo contemple a las personas que se hallan justamente en el interior de la cabina de una instalación de transporte por cable, sino también a aquellas personas que descienden en las estaciones o que esperan la partida. +Según se ha dicho hace unos momentos, se abre el camino a la competencia en este sector que, en el ámbito de la tecnología y de la seguridad, adquiere un aspecto fundamental porque la competencia es lo que es: sirve para mejorar la técnica. +Ahora bien, desde mi punto de vista, qué duda cabe de que las disposiciones técnicas que seguirán esta directiva y que se establecerán en otros foros y tras otras reuniones, constituirán el elemento fundamental para definir la autorización de esta directiva en todos los Estados miembros. +Para nosotros es esencial que el ponente y el ponente para el año 2001 estudien en algún momento qué partes exactamente pertenecen a la parte A del presupuesto y qué partes pertenecen a la parte B. Y estoy hablando sobre todo de la categoría A 30. ¿Cuándo una organización de ayuda puede recurrir a los fondos europeos? +A ese respecto, quiero manifestar no sólo un profundo desacuerdo con las reducciones horizontales e indiscriminadas que propone el Consejo para esta categoría, sino también afirmar el acuerdo en general con la estrategia que nos propone el ponente y que, en lo esencial, va encaminada a una revisión de las Perspectivas Financieras a fin de dar respuesta a nuevas prioridades, sin que por ello resulten afectados objetivos anteriores. +La Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer presentó, igual que el año pasado, un comentario y un presupuesto para la línea A-3037, correspondiente al Lobby Europeo de Mujeres, pero el comentario dice ahora que esta línea queda abierta para todas las organizaciones no gubernamentales. +Por esto tenemos que procurar fomentar la innovación en las escuelas, tenemos que fortalecer la iniciativa, la innovación en los centros de enseñanza -desde la escuela primaria hasta la universidad-, con objeto de generar un nuevo impulso y abrir también nuevas oportunidades en este ámbito. +Puesto que la información que contiene el informe anual es de naturaleza autoexplicativa, quizá resulte más útil centrar mis observaciones aquí y ahora en algunos de los temas que se tratan en el proyecto de resolución elaborado por su Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios. +En tercer lugar, el BCE debiera debatir de forma periódica la evolución en cada uno de los Estados miembros de la zona del euro para así tener una influencia positiva sobre la evolución de los precios y los salarios que, tal como ha señalado acertadamente el Sr. Duisenberg, deben variar de un Estado miembro a otro. +En primer lugar, el informe no manifiesta, a mi parecer, tanto por su contenido como en su redacción, una voluntad suficiente por parte del Banco Central Europeo de someterse al control democrático del Parlamento Europeo. +Existe la sospecha, mejor dicho, más que la sospecha, de que esa decisión se tomó por presiones políticas - pensamos, por ejemplo, a Oskar Lafontaine - y que, a través de la aprobación de hoy, el Parlamento pretende confirmar la tendencia hacia un Banco Central subordinado a las exigencias de la política o incluso de los intereses electorales. +Pero, como dije hace algunos días ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, no quiero una paz a cualquier precio, sino una paz que fortalezca realmente la democracia, que preserve el territorio y que permita a cada uno de los ciudadanos el ejercicio pleno de todos sus derechos y libertades. +La decisión central en la creación del espacio de justicia europeo ha sido establecer como base de la cooperación el reconocimiento mutuo de las decisiones y sentencias judiciales, tanto en asuntos de derecho civil, como de derecho penal. +Las decisiones del Consejo no contienen ninguna otra cita sobre el modo de repartir, dentro de la Unión, las cargas económicas derivadas de los refugiados y de los solicitantes de asilo. +En cuanto a las medidas relativas al derecho de asilo y a la inmigración, resultan totalmente indeterminadas y poco apremiantes; la única buena noticia es el respeto del Convenio de Ginebra y la reafirmación de la lucha contra el racismo. +Suscribo plenamente la declaración emitida por los líderes de la UE cuando expresaron su profundo pesar ante la decisión del Senado de los Estados Unidos de no ratificar el Tratado de Prohibición Completa de los Ensayos Nucleares. +Bajo este aspecto y teniendo en cuenta la decisión del Consejo relativa a las competencias de la Agencia, se debería llegar a acuerdos para lograr de modo duradero una reconciliación en la totalidad de los Balcanes y establecer una vinculación con el pacto de estabilidad. +El tema del asilo, la inmigración y la delincuencia transfronteriza, así como la administración de justicia repercuten sobre los temas fundamentales de los derechos humanos y los derechos civiles del individuo. +Señor Presidente, los resultados de la cumbre de Tampere me parecen una señal básicamente positiva para los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea porque ponen encima de la mesa cuestiones que nos afectan a todos, pero, sobre todo, porque abren la puerta al desarrollo de unas políticas que reclaman los propios ciudadanos. +Señor Presidente, no cabe duda de que el Consejo de Tampere es un salto cualitativo en el camino hacia la integración europea y de que en esta labor, ha sido muy importante la aportación de la Presidencia finlandesa, a la cual le doy mi más cordial enhorabuena. +Por una parte, medidas intergubernamentales, directamente ejecutables vía planes de acción, pero esencialmente dirigidas a frenar la inmigración. Por otra parte, mandatos dirigidos a la Comisión Europea, en cuanto a la política de asilo común y la protección de los solicitantes de asilo. +Quisiera, señor Presidente, expresar nuestro agradecimiento al Primer Ministro Jean-Luc Dehaene, al Presidente von Weizsäcker y a Lord Simon por la calidad de su contribución y dar las gracias también a Sus Señorías, aquí, por su acogida y por la atención que prestan a su informe, en particular en la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, animada y presidida por el Sr. Napolitano. +Aunque si se pararan a pensar un momento, no tardarían en darse cuenta de que su país, cualquier país, probablemente pierda más de los vetos emitidos por otros países que lo que ganen haciendo uso del propio en muchos ámbitos de competencia de la Unión Europea. +En las cuestiones relacionadas con la reforma de las instituciones, se remite a un concepto tecnográfico de aumento de la eficiencia y de capacidad de actuación sin echar siquiera un vistazo a la cuestión tan necesaria y urgente de la construcción de una democracia europea. +Estoy muy agradecido por esta oportunidad que se me brinda de comentar las enmiendas del Parlamento y permítanme aprovechar la oportunidad para presentar mis respetos a su Señoría y a sus colegas por haberse tomado tanto interés en este asunto tan importante. +La segunda cuestión que ha dado lugar a una serie de enmiendas es el deseo de situar la Agencia bajo la responsabilidad única y directa de la Comisión, que sería la responsable de nombrar a su director. +La normativa anterior fue abolida y, en consecuencia, es urgente adoptar una posición con respecto a los procedimientos de modificación de las distintas normas que vamos aprobando, sobre todo en aquellas materias importantes y delicadas, esto es, si debe prevalecer el parecer, la opinión de la Comisión o del Consejo. +En efecto, creo que, si bien hay que alegrarse de que los avances de la informática faciliten los intercambios comerciales, no por ello hay que dejar de estar vigilantes y velar por un justo equilibrio entre los intereses de los prestatarios de servicios y la protección de los consumidores. +Hasta el día de hoy en la Unión Europea hay un marco institucional que consiste en dos directivas: la directiva sobre los despidos colectivos y la directiva sobre la comisión europea de la empresa. +La única política posible para el pleno empleo de los trabajadores europeos es la de reconquistar el mercado interior, protegerlo contra la competencia desleal, renunciar a una mundialización criminal y antisocial; es la de restablecer la necesaria norma de la preferencia comunitaria. +Permítanme, ante todo, saludar el hecho de que haya prácticamente unanimidad entre el Consejo, la Comisión, y espero que el Parlamento, sobre un tema tan crucial en un momento en el que tenemos que dar pasos decisivos en la configuración de una política exterior y de seguridad común. +El valor y la independencia judicial de la juez Gimblett - el valor de Angela Zelter y de sus compañeras contrastan fuertemente con el petulante rechazo por parte del Senado estadounidense del Tratado de prohibición total de las pruebas nucleares. +Los rusos, comprensiblemente, están mostrando un gran interés por el proceso de ampliación, y la Unión Europea está dispuesta a emprender un diálogo serio con ellos en el marco del Acuerdo de Asociación y Cooperación. +Sobre todo, proporciona un rostro humano a la lejana política burocrática europea, coloca a los ciudadanos en el punto central de las actuaciones y del debate, tal como ocurre en el programa "Juventud" y en el programa de formación "Sócrates" . +Por otra parte, estamos de acuerdo con el Consejo en la necesidad de que las acciones de Cultura 2000 sean visibles para la opinión pública, pero la mejor manera de conseguirlo son las actuaciones pequeñas o las medianas, las dispersas, las cercanas a los ciudadanos, y no los grandes acontecimientos. +Consideraría especialmente inconsciente que el Parlamento no siguiera las recomendaciones del ponente, ya que no se puede seguir diciendo que es lamentable que cada vez vote menos gente en las elecciones europeas o que es desconsolador que de cada encuesta resulte que Europa está cada vez más lejos de los europeos y, se vaya a ahorrar en aquellos proyectos que, precisamente, tienen como objetivo acercar Europa a la gente. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, estimadas y estimados colegas, el 28 de agosto de 1998 la Comisión presentó una propuesta para una resolución del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo con el objetivo de introducir el programa común de acción "Juventud" para el período comprendido entre el 2000 y el 2004. +En lo relativo a analizar los factores que han fomentado o entorpecido la integración social de los jóvenes, considero fundamental incluir un análisis de la influencia de la familia o de la falta de familia en el desarrollo de los jóvenes. +Como se ha planteado esa cuestión, quisiera señalar respecto de la información relativa a los programas "Jóvenes" que la red Eurodesk, que es una combinación de sitios en Internet y consejos para los jóvenes, está disponible en todos los países y en todas las lenguas de la Unión. +Dicho compromiso no sólo ha merecido el acuerdo de la Comisión de Presupuestos, sino también el de la comisión competente para el fondo, sobre todo con el apoyo de la Sra. McNally, su ponente, a quien doy las gracias por su cooperación. +Desde el punto de vista, no de mi Grupo político, sino del anterior Parlamento, de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, que aprobó por unanimidad este informe, realmente, no hay ninguna falta de claridad. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0026/1999) de la Comisión de Cultura, Juventud, Educación, Medios de Comunicación y Deporte, sobre la posición común del Consejo [13328/2/1998 - C5-0023/1999 - 1998/0169(COD)] con vistas a la adopción de la decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por la que se establece un único instrumento de financiación y de programación en favor de la cooperación cultural (Programa "Cultura 2000" ) (Ponente: Sr. Graça Moura) +Desgraciadamente la posición del Consejo no favorece ni las libertades democráticas ni los derechos humanos en Turquía; ni tampoco la solución del problema de Chipre, ni la de la cuestión kurda; ni tampoco el apoyo a las trágicas víctimas de los terremotos registrados en Turquía. +Por eso, a pesar de tener plena conciencia de que la progresión de los gastos comunitarios es a veces difícil de soportar por las finanzas públicas de los Estados miembros, he votado a favor de la resolución propuesta por el ponente general del presupuesto. +. (DE) La delegación del Partido Liberal Austríaco rechazará en su totalidad la propuesta de resolución del Sr. Bourlanges (Sección III - Comisión) así como la del Sr. Virrankoski (otras secciones), puesto que el presupuesto no cumple los criterios básicos de transparencia y eficacia. +Como ha dicho el Sr. Gil-Robles, y yo había dicho anteriormente, nos encontramos actualmente en una situación en la que el acuerdo institucional, en lo que respecta al OLAF, se aplica a la Comisión, al Consejo y al personal de esta Institución, pero no se aplica a los diputados de esta Institución. +Es cierto que en el Acuerdo interinstitucional se habla explícitamente de los miembros de las instituciones, pero cuando se lee esta expresión en su contexto, nos damos cuenta de que se trata más bien de miembros asalariados, como los miembros de la Comisión, y de que las disposiciones adoptadas no se adaptan a miembros elegidos, como los diputados al Parlamento Europeo. +La insensibilidad y el cinismo no sólo son aceptados por la UE y sus órganos, sino que son además financiados en el marco de una política de refuerzos económicos directos o indirectos cuyo objetivo es la competitividad en el ámbito mundial. +Es decir, señor Fischler, el 1 de diciembre perderán su empleo 7.000 pescadores europeos, 477 buques comunitarios quedarán amarrados en nuestros puertos, 10.000 puestos de trabajo en las industrias conserveras y de transformación estarán en peligro, y otros muchos miles de empleos más, relacionados con la comercialización y con las actividades portuarias, también peligrarán. +Pero también porque, a estas alturas, el paro de las actividades pesqueras parece inevitable, lo que obliga, como ocurrió en el momento de la expiración del acuerdo anterior, a buscar fondos comunitarios extraordinarios para financiar el tiempo de parada de la flota. +Pero sí quiero insistir en que, por todas estas razones tan conocidas, la flota está en vilo, y como también ella tiene que pagar una parte cada vez mayor de los acuerdos de pesca, ya ha declarado que no está dispuesta a no recibir información de lo que pase durante estas negociaciones. +Concedimos a Marruecos un acuerdo comercial sin límite de plazo y obtuvimos un acuerdo de pesca con límite de plazo: lo que significa que Marruecos coloca a voluntad sus productos en el territorio de la Unión Europea, pero nosotros sólo podemos pescar en las aguas marroquíes hasta el 30 de noviembre de 1999. +En este momento, estamos tratando del futuro de los países vecinos de la Europa Central y Oriental mediante su incorporación a la Unión Europea, pero también tenemos que preocuparnos por el futuro de los países vecinos de la orilla sur del Mediterráneo. +Por lo demás, el Comité de Expertos británico no impugna estas cifras que fueron repetidas por el director de la salud pública en Escocia, que declaró: "tengo presente el hecho de que en este país existe un riesgo para la salud humana". +Señor Presidente, ante todo quisiera afirmar que estoy a favor del principio de precaución en un ámbito donde la salud de los consumidores está directamente amenazada, pero el debate que aquí tiene lugar entre los partidarios y los adversarios del embargo es de una total hipocresía. +Por otra parte, este Protocolo supone un paso natural hasta la firma del nuevo Acuerdo, que podría correr riesgos dada la situación política del país y la presencia de otras flotas si la Unión Europea se ausentara de la zona. +En los últimos siete años los contribuyentes de la Unión Europea han pagado 1.400 millones de euros a sus Gobiernos y a otras instituciones y, aun con las palabras neutras de la Comisión, es difícil controlar el destino que se da a ese dinero. +Y discrepo absoluta y radicalmente de la postura del orador que me ha precedido en el uso de la palabra, quien ha manifestado una política muy poco solidaria con los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, muy poco solidaria con los pescadores, una postura que es, afortunadamente, minoritaria en esta Asamblea. +Para empezar, quisiera informar a Sus Señorías sobre el dictamen adoptado por unanimidad por el Comité Directivo Científico el pasado viernes y basado en los fundamentos científicos del dictamen de la Agencia Francesa de Seguridad de la Salud Alimentaria (AFSSA) respecto de las medidas aplicables a las exportaciones de carne de bovino británica. +El plan de exportación conforme a un calendario establecido concebido por la Comisión con el asesoramiento de los científicos es, en mi opinión y en la de otros científicos que asesoran a la Comisión en estos asuntos, el que dará esa seguridad a los consumidores. +Cabe destacar que el cambio de régimen introducido a partir de la puesta en marcha de la Unión Económica y Monetaria ha facilitado la tarea de los responsables de las políticas macroeconómicas nacionales y está ayudando a superar esos obstáculos, de forma que el crecimiento pueda ser más duradero. +Respecto al diagnóstico sobre la coyuntura, todos los participantes estuvieron de acuerdo en que las perspectivas han mejorado de forma significativa, y en que el choque externo negativo del año 1998 parece que se ha absorbido ya con el desarrollo interno de la propia Unión Europea. +En cuanto a la política económica -el segundo documento ya da respuesta al reto que constituye transformar el repunte coyuntural en un proceso duradero de crecimiento más alto-, cada uno de los participantes expuso su punto de vista de forma muy franca. +En el procedimiento presupuestario hemos encontrado toda clase de medios para lograr un acuerdo de trabajo a fin de que esta institución, junto con la Comisión, mantenga la confidencialidad y se podría hacer igual en el caso de ese diálogo. +Es una catástrofe social incluso en los países de Europa que afirman contar con menos desempleados y, mira por dónde, el Consejo Europeo de Colonia y la Comisión Europea se contentan con atiborrarse con palabras hablando de pacto europeo en pro del empleo, pero, habida cuenta de la amplitud del problema, las medidas previstas son ridículas. +Del mismo modo, quisiera participar el próximo lunes en el debate político sobre cuáles serán los efectos de la subida de tipos de interés, que previsiblemente se producirá mañana, y no sólo de los efectos sobre los tipos de cotización del día, sino también los efectos sobre la economía real. +Quisiera subrayar que el objetivo del diálogo macroeconómico, tal como se perfiló también en Colonia, tiene en su núcleo la necesidad de combinar el desarrollo y el empleo. Y debatir y aplicar por primera vez una política europea para el empleo es una de las cuestiones más importantes de la Europa de hoy. +Las dos partes de la industria aceptaron ser incluidas en la directiva general, siempre y cuando se lograran avances paralelos en el sector del transporte por carretera, porque, como es natural, temen sufrir una desventaja en materia de competencia, si establecen disposiciones muy amplias sobre la jornada laboral y el sector del transporte por carretera no hace lo propio. +La jornada laboral para más de un cuarto de millón de médicos en período de formación en la Unión Europea es una cuestión de salud y seguridad para los propios médicos, que deben tener los mismos derechos a salvaguardar su salud y su vida personal que aquellos a los que tratan. +Creo que todo el mundo en esta Asamblea acogería con beneplácito la oportunidad de dar un voto muy positivo y afirmativo a favor de las propuestas presentadas por la Sra. Smith en su informe respecto de la reducción del período transitorio a cuatro años. +Cuando se formuló la directiva sobre la jornada laboral de 1993, ciertos sectores quedaron excluidos de su ámbito de aplicación y la razón es muy clara: las propias características específicas de algunos de los sectores interesados requerían una legislación que tuviera en cuenta dichas características y necesidades particulares. +. (SV) Señor Presidente, es obvio que es un enorme acontecimiento el que la UE celebre el Acuerdo de cooperación científica y técnica con la República Popular de China, ya que todos sabemos que China es un gran país que va a decidir una buena parte de nuestro futuro común. +Además, Su Señoría ha hablado, con razón, de la cuestión de las empresas privadas y pensamos también, como Su Señoría, que la presencia de empresas en el proyecto de colaboración es un elemento destacado en todo el programa-marco y que resulta particularmente importante en este tipo de acuerdo. +La Comunidad Económica Europea y la República Argentina tienen mucho interés en colaborar en la ayuda mutua porque, sin perjuicio de que Argentina es un país joven, yo creo que es muy importante que toda esta área latinoamericana se asocie plenamente al quinto programa marco de investigación y desarrollo tecnológico. +Y dentro de este objetivo estratégico, se trata de conseguir, entre los objetivos operativos, el fomentar el empleo y asegurar la coordinación de la protección social y todo el ámbito de la protección de los derechos de los ciudadanos. +El documento estratégico sometido a nuestro examen representa, sin lugar a dudas, un paso importante en el mercado único y amplía y consolida la idea de un mercado único que es uno de los núcleos fundamentales en la construcción europea. +A este respecto, el Sr. Harbour y los demás miembros de este Parlamento pueden estar seguros de que la Comisión ambiciona ser responsive and flexible, por decirlo con las palabras del Sr. Harbour, para que esa flexibilidad nos permita afrontar las necesidades del momento sin perder de vista los intereses del consumidor. +No quiero referirme ahora de manera particularizada a las conclusiones, sin embargo a la vista del debate que tuvo lugar ayer en el Pleno acerca del diálogo macroeconómico quisiera mencionar un punto: el Parlamento Europeo debería ser incluido también en la elaboración y puesta en práctica del pacto europeo sobre el empleo. +La mayoría de las propuestas que la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer y yo hemos presentado ya se ha aprobado por la comisión, pero un par de asuntos esenciales fueron rechazados, en particular las enmiendas 37, 38 y 39. +En cambio, un comité, un comité apolítico corre el riesgo de ser una cámara de compensación en que se trata de restar dramatismo al debate, de encontrar alternativas políticas que existen en virtud de un consenso precisamente neutro y apolítico al que creo que es imposible llegar en materia de empleo. +El objetivo anunciado con la introducción de la moneda única parece ser el de establecer la confianza en las políticas económicas a través de la estabilidad de las políticas monetarias, de precios y presupuestarias, así como mediante la moderación salarial y la flexibilidad. +Sin embargo, hoy los diálogos macroeconómicos nacionales se han trasladado al ámbito regional; la concertación ha implicado las regiones y el territorio y su capacidad de programación en la utilización de los instrumentos estructurales y en concebir modelos de desarrollo local. +Asimismo, se reserva un papel fundamental a los interlocutores sociales en las estrategias de empleo y de integración social y no existe todavía una definición clara del papel de los mismos, sobre todo en su faceta de organizaciones no gubernamentales. +Señor Presidente, las cifras del desempleo y de la pobreza en Europa siguen siendo catastróficas: sesenta millones de pobres, un 9% de desempleados, un 25% de desempleo juvenil; no es precisamente lo que se dice un balance positivo, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que la calma de 1999 se debe más que nada a una mejora de la coyuntura en la que ni los gobiernos, ni la Unión Europea han tenido nada que ver. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, Señorías, como se puede comprobar en los informes sobre las políticas de empleo de los Estados miembros, hay un elevado incumplimiento de las directrices sobre el empleo y los niveles de desempleo se mantienen muy elevados -en particular, en el de larga duración-, lo que afecta sobre todo a los jóvenes y a las mujeres. +Por esta razón, considero importantes las dos partes que ahora están resumidas en el Informe Menrad pues, por una parte, la paz y la seguridad y, por otra, el crecimiento y el empleo constituyen la suprema prioridad de la política de la Unión Europea. +En tercer lugar, debemos impulsar la innovación en el campo de la formación, pues con su formación muchos jóvenes y también muchos desempleados de larga duración no encuentran ocupación en este mercado de trabajo por carecer aún de la cualificación necesaria para los nuevos desarrollos técnicos. +A día de hoy las líneas directrices para el empleo se han debatido en la Comisión de Empleo y en la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos, y se mantienen intensas conversaciones para llegar al Consejo, donde creemos que se adoptarán sin reservas y se debatirán oficialmente el 29 de noviembre, en el Consejo mixto de Ministros de Economía y Ministros de Trabajo. +Si se aplica la misma norma a los Grupos pequeños que a los grandes, o a los Grupos grandes que a los pequeños, no creo que ello lleve a la conclusión de que convendría disolver el Grupo PPE por el hecho de que tal o cual facción nacional disponga en este Parlamento de independencia de voto. +Tomamos nota de la indicación del Parlamento Europeo de vincular los incentivos fiscales a las empresas "para que contribuyan realmente a la creación de puestos de trabajo y no a las reestructuraciones y a las deslocalizaciones que implican despidos" , al objeto de no repetir el escándalo de la empresa Michelin. +A este respecto, el nuevo apartado 2 del artículo 299 del Tratado de Amsterdam, al reconocer las particularidades de los departamentos franceses de Ultramar como regiones ultraperiféricas de la Unión, nos ofrece la posibilidad de adoptar medidas de excepción al derecho comunitario en beneficio de su desarrollo. +La política llamada "de empleo" quedará en el mejor de los casos reducida a algunas frases vanas, en el peor de los casos seguirá sirviendo de pretexto para subvencionar a las empresas a fondo perdido, en tanto que no se tomarán medidas autoritarias para prohibir que las grandes empresas europeas supriman puestos de trabajo mientras tengan beneficios. +El hecho de que, precisamente en este ámbito, los Estados europeos agrupados en la Unión rechacen adoptar medidas vinculantes muestra que su principal preocupación es la de ir despejando los obstáculos, incluidos los sociales, para que las grandes empresas saquen el máximo beneficio, y de ningún modo para poner fin al desempleo. +El Grupo de los Verdes y el Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos solicitan que se inscriba en el orden del día, de las 9 a las 10 horas, la presentación del informe anual del Tribunal de Cuentas. +Señora Presidenta, creo que es una cuestión que se explica por sí sola en la medida en que ya debatimos en el anterior Pleno la importancia de que el Parlamento adoptara las normas de desarrollo y aplicación de un acuerdo interinstitucional, que ha sido ya concertado en la legislatura pasada y ratificado por el Parlamento. +Quizá, para que nuestros colegas tengan claro el asunto, pues se discutió en la Conferencia de Presidentes, se podría precisar que, dada la previsible ausencia del Sr. Patten, hemos sugerido el nombre del Sr. Verheugen no a título personal, sino porque es uno de los Comisarios que se dedican a los asuntos internacionales. +En mi opinión, el Ponente del informe, Lange, está completamente en lo cierto cuando propone llevar la cuestión de los vehículos pesados a la esfera de una estrategia común para reducir cuanto antes la emisión de CO2 en las carreteras. +Ahora hay industrias automovilísticas que para los valores límite de NOx más estrictos toman como punto de referencia el 2005, la primera lectura del Parlamento Europeo. Otras toman la referencia del 2008, la posición común del Consejo, y otras la del 2006, la propuesta de revisión para la segunda lectura. +El Consejo de Ministros de Medio Ambiente adoptó el 20 de diciembre del año pasado unas valiosas enmiendas de nuestra colega Hautala, que consistían en unos valores límite estrictos para combatir la contaminación y la emisión de partículas cancerígenas de los vehículos pesados. +Por último, quisiera aprovechar la presencia del Comisario António Vitorino, que estuvo en la Cumbre de Tampere, para pedirle que nos diga cómo se va a concretar, en la práctica, la decisión final del Consejo, que aplaudimos, de tipificar como delito penal la violencia contra los seres humanos, en particular contra los niños y las mujeres. +Como hemos visto en el debate precedente, la Comisión ya está trabajando en varios campos relativos a los niños, aunque la competencia de la acción en la mayoría de las esferas importantes de estos campos sigue en manos de los Estados miembros. +No se discutió en la mesa de negociaciones sobre la directiva que estamos hablando y quisiera contestar también a la pregunta de la Sra. Ghilardotti sobre cuáles son los datos sobre los que aún hay dudas y los datos en los que hay desacuerdo entre los Parlamentos nacionales. +En el primer informe de marzo se ha expuesto toda una serie de cuestiones positivas, un impuesto ecológico, un impuesto sobre las emisiones de CO2, un impuesto sobre el gravamen de beneficios especulativos a corto plazo y los beneficios del BCE. +Si la Unión Europea decide, por un procedimiento democrático, que los recursos propios son simplemente un porcentaje directo del PIB recaudado por los Estados miembros y transferido en una cantidad global, pues muy bien: eso serán los recursos propios y será democrático. +Estos cambios, así como el refuerzo de la disciplina presupuestaria, que es visible tanto en las conclusiones de la Presidencia de Berlín, como en el nuevo Acuerdo Interinstitucional, proporcionan los estímulos básicos para la necesidad de modificar y completar la decisión vigente con nuevos mecanismos. +Lo digo porque en el Acuerdo interinstitucional figuran como meramente indicativos y fuera de las perspectivas financieras, en el Anexo II; lo único que son perspectivas financieras es el Anexo I. En cambio, la propuesta de la Comisión incluye unos gastos que no forman parte de las perspectivas financieras dentro de la directriz. +En este contexto quiero decir también que en breve deliberaremos en la comisión con gran detalle junto con la Comisión sobre qué regulaciones adicionales son necesarias en el sector de la corriente eléctrica y del gas, pues en contra de todas las afirmaciones realizadas seguimos sin tener aún un mercado europeo sino 15 mercados diferentes. +Señor Presidente, estimados colegas, el Sr. Chichester ha declarado con mucho acierto en su informe, que el enfoque medioambiental ha de contener una política energética mejor que la de antes, pero asumiendo los Estados miembros una responsabilidad básica de acuerdo con este principio, fundamental en materia de política energética. +Como abogado privado que ejerce la profesión en el Reino Unido, con frecuencia he tenido que lidiar con una pila de libros para encontrar las normas procedentes y la forma idónea para proceder en nombre de mis clientes en esas circunstancias. +El niño debe tener la posibilidad de ser escuchado ante el Tribunal para mostrar así claramente que se tiene en cuenta su bienestar y espero que la solución de compromiso de mi colega Watson no cree aquí problemas adicionales y que podamos regular este importante asunto a favor del niño. +La construcción europea ha ignorado durante demasiado tiempo el derecho de las personas, y la Europa de los ciudadanos, cuya expresión somos nosotros, debe tener en cuenta de ahora en adelante, lo dijimos ayer por la tarde con motivo del X aniversario del Convenio internacional, las preocupaciones concretas de las familias y el bienestar de los niños. +La enmienda nº 3, salvo mejor opinión, no aporta nada nuevo a la disposición, en la medida en que los Estados miembros que designarán una autoridad única, es decir, una autoridad central, son precisamente los que en su derecho no admiten la transmisión directa de decisiones. +Señorías, el reglamento prevé un plazo de cuatro meses para la presentación de los planes de desarrollo económico por parte de las autoridades nacionales y otro plazo de cinco meses para la aprobación de estas propuestas. +Pues, en primer lugar, hay unas medidas que están en marcha y que hay proseguir e impulsar, como la adhesión de la Comunidad Europea a Eurocontrol, proceso que permitirá no sólo incorporar una mayor responsabilidad política por parte de la Unión Europea sino, además, que se ponga en marcha la última convención y, por lo tanto, que se puedan adoptar medidas en función de votos mayoritarios, por mayorías, y no tener que recurrir sistemáticamente a las unanimidades. +Como saben, el Consejo del pasado lunes, hace dos días, ha condenado el uso desproporcionado e indiscriminado de la fuerza en Chechenia, que ha causado grandes sufrimientos a la población civil y ha obligado desgraciadamente a muchas decenas de miles de personas a desplazarse a otras zonas del país. +En este sentido, la Presidencia finlandesa ha realizado un trabajo extraordinario, que se reflejará en un informe al Consejo Europeo de Helsinki sobre los instrumentos no militares para la gestión de crisis. +Espero que podamos contar con el continuo apoyo del Parlamento a la hora de desarrollar procedimientos más flexibles y más rápidos y, como estoy seguro de que el Alto Representante estará dispuesto a reconocer, no pierdo ninguna oportunidad de plantear esta misma cuestión al Consejo. +Así, la búsqueda permanente de efectos a corto plazo en detrimento del largo plazo, la necesidad de glorificación personal de un presidente francés, un cero, todas estas discusiones y otros protocolos de Nuremberg pueden dañar las sutiles relaciones de fuerza geopolíticas que existían desde hace lustros entre Estados Unidos, Francia, Gran Bretaña y Alemania. +En esa línea, tuve la oportunidad de preguntarle en su comparecencia ante la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa cuáles serían los medios políticos -y pensaba, fundamentalmente, en la Conferencia Intergubernamental- para aprovechar la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental en beneficio de la PESC. +Señor Presidente, el respaldo de la mayor parte de mi Grupo a la construcción de la identidad europea de defensa tiene mucho que ver, aunque no todo, con la lección aprendida en la guerra de Kosovo y la idea de que, en algunos casos, desgraciadamente, es necesaria una intervención armada ante las violaciones masivas de derechos humanos. +En el ámbito de los servicios -el mercado con un mayor potencial de expansión, sobre todo para los proveedores europeos-, es preciso mejorar el acceso a los mercados con la inclusión de nuevos ámbitos, si bien es imprescindible que se consulte explícitamente al Parlamento Europeo en este aspecto. +Señor Presidente, he presentado una cuestión de orden relativa al Informe Haug, porque la versión original es alemana y, por desgracia, no hablo alemán y la versión inglesa decía algo completamente distinto de la versión portuguesa en lo relativo a la enmienda nº 31. +Sin embargo, los servicios me han informado -y confirmo esta información- que el texto original, la versión alemana es la auténtica y, por consiguiente, las versiones en las demás lenguas se adaptarán a la versión alemana, con las consecuencias que usted ha apuntado. +La política del Parlamento Europeo respecto a Chechenia se ve importunada por el hecho de que, por su parte, los países occidentales han actuado de un modo que les ha hecho perder la autoridad moral para condenar contundentemente los errores que Rusia comete actualmente en Chechenia. +Todo esto, mientras la llamada "virtuosa" comunidad internacional justifica la intervención rusa con la excusa de la lucha contra el terrorismo y el Fondo Monetario Internacional subvenciona a fondo perdido el poder de Yeltsin, pese a los millardos de dólares desviados por las autoridades rusas. +Así, en el año 1994, el ejército ruso intervino para demostrar que Rusia controlaba los oleoductos operativos que permitían exportar la producción del mar Caspio, para no correr el riesgo de quedar excluida del gran juego americano. +Por esto pedimos un diálogo político, reclamamos una solución política y abogamos también por la aplicación de los medios de presión a nuestro alcance, lo cual significa también la congelación de nuevos proyectos en el marco de TACIS o la denegación de la ayuda alimentaria a Rusia. +Apoyo la idea de que acudamos a Moscú en diciembre con ocasión de las elecciones, como ya he expuesto, y que presionemos a Moscú y a todo el Cáucaso a participar en una conferencia para la paz, en la que se resolvieran, además de este problema parcial, también los demás problemas, ya que en el Cáucaso se llevan a cabo acciones bélicas en media docena de países y la amenaza de extensión de las mismas es bastante evidente. +El representante del Consejo ha dicho esta mañana que el acuerdo de Berlín es el punto de partida en estas negociaciones, pero ha dicho, a su vez, que la agricultura puede constituir un grave problema, y creo que Europa debe ser más ofensiva en este asunto. +No quisiera yo que el siglo XXI estuviera también marcado por una crisis del humanismo porque el comercio, el dinero, primarían sobre el desarrollo del hombre, sobre los valores fundamentales que constituyen la vida del hombre. +El deseable ingreso de China, en favor del cual también la Unión Europea está negociando activamente, convertirá sin duda a la Organización Mundial del Comercio en más representativa y ampliará su potencial capacidad de consolidar un comercio global libre pero, al mismo tiempo, regulado. +Uno de los ámbitos, sobre el que yo no diré nada, ya que en la distribución de competencias entre los dos ponentes lo ha asumido el colega y amigo Sr. Leinen, es el método y el procedimiento; la profundidad, si quieren, el alcance de la reforma de las instituciones. +Y los firmantes del Tratado así lo reconocieron, puesto que incorporaron un protocolo, el Protocolo sobre las instituciones en la perspectiva de la ampliación de la Unión Europea, precisamente para ver cómo deberían resolverse esas cuestiones en el futuro. +Al contrario que la Ronda del Milenio, aún no hemos conseguido que la opinión pública, las organizaciones no gubernamentales y los colegas se apasionen por este tema que dista todavía mucho de ocupar los pensamientos de todos. +El Parlamento Europeo no puede - como a menudo hace la Comisión - tener los Gobiernos como únicos interlocutores y, por lo tanto, debe tratar de abrir y de plantear una perspectiva de carácter, por así decirlo, constitucional a fin de que los instrumentos para una democracia eficaz sean claros para todos y no sólo para pocos especialistas. +Señor Presidente, en nuestro debate relativo al mandato de la próxima CIG, quisiera decir en primer lugar unas palabras sobre una cuestión que no figura en el orden del día de esa conferencia, pero de la que llegará un día en que nuestra Asamblea deberá -me parece a mí- ocuparse y evaluar los resultados de toda la operación. +Debemos trabajar en una reforma de esas cooperaciones reforzadas que permita el establecimiento de una auténtica vanguardia de la Unión, abierta dentro de la Unión, a fin de seguir progresando por la vía de la seguridad, la democracia y la estabilidad de nuestro continente. +Si constatamos que el crimen organizado mueve miles de millones y que la introducción de estos medios en el circuito económico legal de nuestros sistemas regulados perjudica a la sociedad en su conjunto, está claro que necesitamos a Europol, está claro que necesitamos una cooperación europea en el ámbito de la justicia. +Es ésta la única manera de que la Unión pueda fortalecer su capacidad de acción y limitar su actividad de forma eficaz a una serie de políticas determinadas sin que ello vaya acompañado de un debilitamiento de los derechos de los Estados miembros. +. (SV) Fundamentándose en la estrategia de la Unión Europea para el período 1995 - 1999, en diciembre de 1988 el Consejo de Europa instó a las instituciones a desarrollar una estrategia integrada y equilibrada contra la droga para el período posterior a 1999, tomando en consideración las nuevas posibilidades que otorga el Tratado de Amsterdam. +¿No considera el Consejo que la utilización de los fondos de la Unión Europea por parte del PNUCD para programas aplicados de acuerdo con regímenes que no respetan los derechos humanos mínimos supone un grave incumplimiento del principio de condicionalidad que inspira la acción de la Unión Europea? +Señor Presidente en ejercicio, me complace oírle decir que la energía nuclear es segura, porque no cabe esperar, en términos financieros o económicos, que países que actualmente producen entre el 30 y 40% de su energía en centrales nucleares la sustituyan por energías renovables o mediante la combustión de combustibles fósiles sin causar terribles daños adicionales al medio ambiente en dichos países, que ya presentan índices elevados de contaminación. +El Consejo ha declarado que apoyará con todos los medios al Enviado Especial del Secretario General de la ONU, Sr. Alvaro de Sotoa, en sus funciones futuras, y ha decidido volver a revisar la postura conjunta en base a los resultados de su trabajo. +Sin embargo, como la Unión considera muy importantes las cuestiones humanitarias y puesto que tampoco acepta que las acciones de los gobernantes redunden en perjuicio de la ciudadanía, se ha puesto en marcha un proyecto experimental, a través del cual se suministrará petróleo a manera de prueba, primero, a las poblaciones de Nis y Pirot, pero es posible que más tarde se suministre también a otras poblaciones. +En consecuencia, con arreglo al Eurodac, todo Estado miembro está obligado a recoger las impresiones dactilares de todos los solicitantes de asilo, de todos los que son detenidos al cruzar las fronteras, con el fin de comprobar si ya han presentado una solicitud de asilo en otro Estado. +También voy a presentar una propuesta de instrumento sobre procedimientos de asilo, una vez que hayamos recibido la opinión del Parlamento acerca de nuestro documento de trabajo sobre el establecimiento de normas comunes en materia de procedimientos de asilo. +Por lo que se refiere a las normas para la destrucción de los datos, las enmiendas aprobadas por la Comisión de Derechos de los Ciudadanos disponen que los datos se destruyan en cuanto la persona a la que se aplique el Reglamento haya legalizado su situación. +El establecimiento de mecanismos voluntarios de vigilancia respecto de los nuevos productos químicos que se utilizan para la fabricación ilícita de drogas sintéticas, así como una mejor cooperación en el sector comercial, serán las principales prioridades en esta esfera. +Además de que siempre será indispensable que esa regulación se inspire en principios de cooperación y desarrollo, incluso el respeto de las normas sociales y medioambientales consagradas internacionalmente, que respete voluntades, intereses, particularidades y niveles diferentes de desarrollo de los Estados interesados, que acate y promueva acuerdos preferenciales, como el de Lomé, que rechace el tratamiento de ciertas actividades humanas, como la educación y la cultura, como meras mercancías. +Lamento que no se haya aprovechado esta oportunidad para buscar un mayor consenso sobre este tema francamente importante, dado que es necesario que podamos tomar las medidas necesarias contra quienes crucen las fronteras de la Unión Europea con intenciones criminales. +La solución más segura sería detener el funcionamiento de esas plantas durante el cambio de milenio, pero no es fácil que un país como Lituania pueda detener el funcionamiento de la planta de Ignalia, que proporciona el 75 por ciento de su capacidad de generación. +Por eso pedimos al Consejo en el apartado 9 de esta resolución que, en las negociaciones con terceros países, examine la posibilidad de incorporar la abolición de la pena de muerte a la cláusula de derechos humanos. +Es evidente que el problema reside, pues, en la ausencia de voluntad política, y podemos imaginar las razones de ello: presiones por grandes países, como la República Popular de China, los Estados Unidos y el Japón, los cuales han procurado que esta política que había decidido la Unión fuese literalmente traicionada a último momento. +En este sentido son muy significativas las siguientes palabras pronunciadas por uno de los negociadores de la delegación de Rambouillet: "Pregunten a un político albanés por una fecha anodina, por un suceso insignificante de la historia y le informará con todo lujo de detalles. +En el contexto del debate anterior sobre la supresión de la pena de muerte, creo que realmente procede que exijamos de las autoridades rusas que respeten nuestra opinión, que es la opinión de Europa, acerca de si el Sr. Nikitin debe ser objeto de una acusación y qué sanción se le debe imponer. +Hoy es necesario que el Parlamento Europeo reafirme claramente que, para garantizar la estabilidad de la región, es necesario crear las condiciones de una paz basada en la justicia y en la persecución de los responsables de violencias étnicas. +Reconocemos la necesidad de ayudar a las ONG y a las asociaciones de la sociedad civil, para fortalecer las instituciones democráticas del país, y como, sin duda, sabrán, la capacidad de absorción y la importancia de numerosas ONG en este ámbito, en Pakistán, son, desgraciadamente, limitadas. +La finalidad de la Convención explica su éxito internacional sin precedentes: se trata de la adopción de medidas de derecho internacional para proteger los derechos de los ciudadanos del mundo más inocentes y más vulnerables. +Desgraciadamente, hay pruebas de que gran número de los solicitantes de asilo se han desplazado a través de Europa continental siguiendo la sugerencia de que se encaminen a nuestros puertos del Canal, a sabiendas de que tenemos una política permisiva que reconoce instantáneamente el derecho a la vivienda y a los beneficios de la seguridad social. +En este punto quisiera volver a dar las gracias expresamente por los trabajos previos de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, que me han permitido acabar este informe en este corto tiempo, y en especial al Sr. Blak y a la Sra. Theato. +Por otra parte, desde el punto de vista práctico, el cambio del porcentaje no tendría un significado más apreciable que el de un ajuste global en la cantidad de todos los préstamos, ya que las garantías -en cuanto instrumentos pagaderos- raras veces dejan de ser efectivas. +Señor Presidente, una cuestión de procedimiento o una cuestión casi preocupante, algunos diputados de este lado de la Cámara han advertido que tal vez ha perdido usted su chaqueta y en en un día de nieve podemos ofrecerle una de las nuestras en caso de que tenga frío. +El Consejo de Ministros de Industria analizó el informe de la Comisión en su reunión del 9 de noviembre de 1999 y emitió una conclusión del Consejo sobre la situación mundial de los astilleros. +Tras la reunión del Consejo, se han mantenido conversaciones bilaterales con el gobierno coreano, en particular con el Viceministro Coreano de Comercio y los funcionarios correspondientes en la Dirección General para la empresa y la Dirección General para el comercio. +La ironía de la situación reside sobre todo en que las subvenciones ocultas también han sido posibles gracias a los créditos del Fondo Monetario Internacional destinados a superar la crisis financiera del Extremo Oriente. +En lo que se refiere a los buques de pasaje y a los buques mercantes, segmentos caracterizados por una intensa competencia y por la utilización de mucha mano de obra, también debemos proteger y desarrollar en ellos la considerable experiencia y las capacidades técnicas de que disponen los Estados miembros y no dejar que salgan fuera de Europa. +En este sentido, hay que reflexionar sobre el ejemplo de los astilleros del Atlántico, cuyo brillante despegue tras un período de crisis ha sido especialmente espectacular, y el papel que ha desempeñado en esta evolución el Estado francés. +Y también quiero decir que Carmen Díez de Rivera, que era una mujer con una personalidad fascinante, fue además una gran diputada europea y, si me permite decirlo, fue una persona que jugó un papel absolutamente clave para la historia de mi país y para su transición democrática. +Señora Presidenta, en lo que respecta a la ocasión histórica de la reunión del Gobierno de Irlanda del Norte, existe una cierta ironía en el hecho de que yo tome la palabra con motivo de la buena nueva, cuando nuestro colega tiene que informar sobre los problemas del País Vasco. +La Comisión tiene intención de emplearse a fondo con el fin de dar concreta ejecución a las decisiones que tomarán los jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, en particular en lo referente a los procedimientos de concesión de ayuda en el caso de crisis internacionales. +Mantener la unanimidad implica condenarse a la parálisis más total y reducir cualquier cuestión a un mínimo común denominador, un lujo que no nos podemos permitir en el mundo actual en que hacen falta intervenciones inmediatas en sectores de vital importancia para el futuro de la Unión Europea. +Yo les pido a los demás Grupos que si el Grupo del PPE asume, como Grupo, el texto de transacción, a su vez acepten la inclusión de una enmienda por la que se pide que por fin se abra un debate sobre la ampliación geográfica de la Unión Europea. +Una CIG que no garantice al ciudadano un mayor acceso al Tribunal Europeo significa que la Carta será más un ejercicio de relaciones públicas que una nueva definición sólida de la ciudadanía europea. +Yo he recibido con satisfacción la observación que ha hecho el Presidente de la Comisión relativa a la presencia del Parlamento Europeo en la Conferencia Intergubernamental, pero me gustaría que ese pronunciamiento lo hiciera también la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo. +Para que los criterios sobre derechos humanos y minorías cobren importancia como requisitos para la adhesión, es necesario que las obligaciones de los países candidatos en relación tanto con los derechos humanos, como con sus minorías, tengan el mismo peso en las negociaciones de adhesión que los demás criterios fundamentales.. +La unión aduanera con Turquía tenía que ir acompañada de una ayuda presupuestaria especial y de una serie de préstamos especiales del Banco Europeo de Inversiones, al margen de los programas que se encontraban previstos en el marco del procedimiento y del programa MEDA. +También ha sido un paso arriesgado, motivado sin duda también por la situación en Chipre y por el intento de promover una mayor aproximación de Chipre a la Unión Europea y abrir asimismo la posibilidad de una solución política en el propio Chipre. +En las cercanías de las desembocaduras de los ríos se dan índices muy altos de sustancias orgánicas nocivas, como consecuencia del trasvase masivo al mar de compuestos de nitrógeno y fósforo procedentes de los campos de cultivo y de las actividades agropecuarias. +Señor Presidente, la sustitución del Tratado sobre protección de las zonas marinas del Báltico por el Convenio de carácter general de 1992 es un paso importante en la mejora de la situación medioambiental de la región. +Los agricultores contribuyen mucho a esta identidad cultural de una región de un país, pues lo que se cultiva, o sea, la producción autóctona, ha marcado durante generaciones no sólo la cocina, sino también las costumbres y la filosofía de la vida de esa población. +La cocina tradicional, que se ha desarrollado a partir de los productos de cultivo regional -los cuales naturalmente se tuvieron que adaptar al clima- no sólo constituye, sin embargo, un placer para el paladar de la población autóctona, sino también para quienes miran más allá de sus propios calderos. +Como resultado, disminuyó visiblemente la producción de tomates, lo cual determinó a su vez una reducción de 83.468 toneladas en la cuota portuguesa de tomate concentrado en la distribución de las cuotas para la campaña 1999/2000 y el correspondiente incremento de las cuotas de otros tres Estados miembros. +La Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios, a propuesta mía, se mostró conforme con la ampliación de su ámbito, pues entretanto el tema propuesto ha sido superado por varias contingencias, entre ellas el propio proceso electoral del Parlamento Europeo. +Éstas eran necesarias no sólo en los años anteriores al comienzo de la Unión Monetaria, sino que también deben seguir en marcha a lo largo del período de la Unión Monetaria y en este punto no podemos confiar esta tarea solamente al Banco Central Europeo. +A5-0025/1999 del Sr. Gallagher, en nombre de la Comisión de Pesca, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo (COM(1999)141 - C4-0224/1999 - 1999/0081(CNS)) por el que se modifica por tercera vez el Reglamento (CE) nº 850/98 de 30 de marzo de 1998 para la conservación de recursos pesqueros a través de medidas técnicas de protección de los juveniles de organismos marinos. +El Grupo de los Verdes/ALE es favorable a un etiquetado detallado de los productos, desde la primera comercialización hasta la última, para que se sepa el lugar de pesca del producto, la forma, y también si se trata de un producto pescado o procedente de la acuicultura. +Recomendación para la segunda lectura (A5-0064/1999) de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se establece un plan de seguimiento de las emisiones específicas medias de dióxido de carbono de los turismos nuevos (5621/2/1999rev2 - C5-0041/1999 -1998/0202(COD)) (Ponente: Sra. González Álvarez) +. (FR) Nosotros no votaremos positivamente la resolución de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa, puesto que, a pesar de la sutil formulación, las pretendidas preocupaciones sobre los derechos humanos no logran disimular los intereses puramente mercantiles. +El sentido de nuestro rechazo a aprobar la resolución es protestar a la vez contra las condiciones de los trabajadores de este país, contra la opresión del pueblo kurdo y contra el no respeto de las libertades elementales por el Estado turco. +Ésa es la razón por la que abogo, señor Presidente, por una auténtica labor de evaluación crítica de la experiencia pasada, seguida de un papel ofensivo de la Unión en pro de una organización democratizada, abierta a las sociedades civiles, realmente universal y que supere resueltamente el hiato entre preocupaciones comerciales y exigencias de desarrollo solidario y duradero. +Sería una desgracia para los consumidores de los países europeos, en particular para los consumidores menos favorecidos que experimentarían la frustración de no poder elegir entre los numerosos productos procedentes de todo el mundo a precios más bajos que los que se pueden encontrar en los mercados nacionales. +Nosotros estamos seguros de que las reacciones populares en todo el mundo han sido un factor determinante en el fracaso de las conversaciones. No sólo porque los manifestantes frustraron la ceremonia oficial de la inauguración, sino también porque crearon un clima tal, que ni siquiera quienes creen controlar el planeta, pueden ignorarlo. +El informe que se ha presentado no sólo nos va a servir de base para los próximos trabajos de la aprobación de la gestión para 1998, sino también nos servirá como documento importante para la reforma de las estructuras de la administración y será utilizado de manera constructiva para realizar las mejoras necesarias. +Estoy convencido de que se trata de una oportunidad para la juventud europea y de que constituye una prueba de que Europa no puede ser solamente la Europa de las cifras y de la economía, sino que precisamente la formación y la cultura han de ser las piedras de toque para que nos comprendamos, para que regiones que son tan diferentes en sus culturas se complementen y sean tolerantes en lo que atañe a las diferencias. +De conformidad con el apartado 5 del artículo 7 de nuestro Reglamento, todo diputado ocupa su escaño en el Parlamento y en sus órganos con plenitud de derechos aunque no se haya verificado su credencial o no se haya resuelto sobre una posible impugnación. +. (FI) Señora Presidenta, señoras y señores diputados al Parlamento Europeo, quiero agradecer, primero, esta ocasión de hablar con el Parlamento Europeo sobre los acontecimientos más importantes ocurridos bajo la Presidencia finlandesa, una vez ya clausurado el Consejo Europeo de Helsinki. +Porque es cierto que en la ampliación se ha manifestado un criterio abierto y político ampliando a todos los países la posibilidad de poder integrarse, de poder concurrir en un espíritu de emulación y de poder participar en nuestra aventura. +Después de la Cumbre de Helsinki, los Jefes de Estado Mayor de la Defensa de diferentes países integrarán el Comité Militar de la UE, sobre el que no hay ningún tipo de control democrático. +Estamos en el camino de una federación de Estados a un Estado federal y éste sólo es todavía el penúltimo tratado antes de la Constitución de un Estado federal, pues nadie quiere renunciar al derecho a veto en materia de modificaciones del tratado, recaudación de nuevos impuestos y envío de soldados a la guerra. +Debo decir que la Comisión no queda en absoluto fuera de la decisión de la Conferencia Intergubernamental y debo decir asimismo que el papel del Parlamento ha aumentado respecto a Amsterdam, aunque con un progreso menor respecto a lo que tanto la Comisión como el Presidente del Parlamento expusieron en el debate de Helsinki. +Las decisiones de Helsinki evidencian que, tras la apariencia de la democracia, tras los discursos huecos sobre los derechos humanos, se oculta el fascismo de los intereses imperialistas, se oculta la violencia contra los pueblos que se resisten al nuevo orden. +Según creo haber entendido, también ha ofrecido una solución para el último punto de discrepancia entre el Consejo y el Parlamento Europeo en el contexto del procedimiento general, concretamente, que se reduzcan en 2.000 millones de euros los créditos de pago. +Ha sido un año histórico en muchos sentidos, pues la Comisión preferiría -estoy seguro- olvidar algunos de los momentos más dramáticos de la pasada primavera, ¡como también algunos de nosotros preferiríamos olvidar algunos de los resultados más espectaculares de las elecciones del verano! +Señor Presidente, estimadas y estimados colegas, en mi calidad de ponente de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, debo decir que el presupuesto que ahora se presenta es un presupuesto social, pues en este caso, una vez incorporadas nuestras rectificaciones, tiene claramente en cuenta las medidas en materia de política de empleo. +Asunto: Machismo administrativo Teniendo en cuenta que el problema de la subrepresentación y exclusión de las mujeres de los altos puestos no se resuelve con la presencia de varones bien intencionados, ¿qué medidas propondrá la Comisión para cambiar la situación actual, en la que el 90 % de los altos puestos no son mujeres? +En efecto, ante la falta de contratos de las industrias cerveceras, los operadores con grandes cuotas de mercado dejarán de realizar inversiones en los bares en los que comercializan sus productos, para pasar a destinar dichos fondos a grandes campañas publicitarias destinadas a afianzar su posición en el mercado. +Considero que una transparencia de precios cada vez mayor y la introducción del euro están induciendo cada vez más a los consumidores de los mercados de precios elevados a adquirir sus vehículos en otros Estados miembros. +Aunque es posible que las ayudas en cuestión sean compatibles con los sistemas alemanes y los Tratados, la Comisión siente una fuerte preocupación por la distorsión que las mismas provocan por la concentración de una cantidad creciente de capacidades en este específico sector industrial. +He convocado una reunión especial de la Comisión de Presupuestos para mañana a las 9.15 de la mañana o hacia la hora en que termine la votación, y entonces votaremos el Informe Colom y, si es necesario, votaremos los cambios del informe del Sr. Bourlanges. +Pero aunque negociábamos mientras se bombardeaba Kosovo, el Consejo se negó a adaptar la categoría 4 a algo tan obvio como el hecho de que, al cabo de unos meses, la Unión se vería involucrada en su reconstrucción, debería aportar ayuda humanitaria y, seguramente, tendría que compensar también a Rumania y otros países por las pérdidas sufridas en el comercio del Danubio. +Se va a concluir un acuerdo adicional motivado únicamente por los intereses específicos de un país del otro lado del Atlántico, lo cual puede contribuir a retrasar el proceso de definición de unas normas comunes, ya que dicho Acuerdo exige, por ejemplo, la unanimidad. +Sin embargo, yo le ruego que nos diga claramente de qué modo podría participar el Parlamento en los procesos de decisión, cómo se puede garantizar que podamos intervenir a tiempo, cómo se puede garantizar la transmisión permanente de la información -por ejemplo, por medio de ponentes permanentes o de pequeños grupos de expertos-, cómo se puede cumplir el objetivo del control conjunto del Acuerdo de 1958 por parte de la Comisión y del Parlamento. +Señor Presidente, si queremos garantizar todos los beneficios sociales que tiene el aire puro para los humanos y el medio ambiente, deberán cumplirse rigurosamente las normas establecidas por la reciente directiva de la UE sobre las emisiones de los vehículos y la calidad del combustible. +Portugal fue el primer imperio europeo y va a ser el último imperio europeo y podemos decir que cierra el ciclo con "llave de oro", en la medida en que, por un lado, hace la transmisión pacífica y amigable del territorio de Macao a la China Popular y, por otro, Timor llega de forma feliz a su independencia. +Espero que el Consejo y la Comisión nos garanticen que no se echarán atrás a la hora de expresar la indignación de Europa ante los continuos ataques a los derechos humanos y a las libertades humanas, lo que para nosotros supone un importante reto en el próximo siglo. +Se incluyen los nueve indicadores propuestos para la próxima evaluación del plan de acción de Pekín y se mencionan los compromisos de los Estados miembros para alcanzar una participación igualitaria de hombres y mujeres en todos los niveles de poder y decisión, en conformidad con el plan de acción de Pekín. +Quisiera asimismo que se tuviese en cuenta el hecho de que también la actitud de los Estados dependiendo de la sensibilidad de cada uno y, por lo tanto, de su cultura, ha demostrado que cuanto más culto es un pueblo, menos guerras externas, menos guerras civiles, menos injusticias hay en las regiones en las cuales la cultura ha dado pasos adelante. +Ciertamente, habría sido preferible que el conjunto de los grupos de izquierda hubiese tratado de expresarse de común acuerdo, dentro del respeto de su pluralidad, y estoy convencido de que era posible unir, en torno a estas cuestiones, a una izquierda plural europea, cuya voz Europa necesita. +Hoy el Consejo pide una flexibilización a la Comisión, con el pretexto de que, en ciertos casos, las industrias no pueden evitar una contaminación mínima accidental de sus productos por materias modificadas genéticamente, durante el transporte o el proceso de transformación. +Estas palabras aparecen en las siguientes preguntas: ¿significó la caída del muro que el mercado asumió el poder y que como resultado de ello en Beijing aceptamos seriamente la palabra "mainstreaming" , que los hombres se han retirado -si no un poco al fondo- un poco al lado y que con ello han cedido algo de poder y ahora quieren experimentar algo del sarampión? +El grupo interno del Parlamento Europeo sobre salud reproductiva ha llamado la atención en repetidas ocasiones sobre la relación existente entre la lucha contra la pobreza, la equiparación de la mujer y la salud reproductiva. +Señor Presidente, el proyecto Gardaland, aprobado en diciembre de 1997 por el Consejo de Gobernadores del Banco Europeo de Inversiones, es un asunto que ya ha surgido en el Parlamento anteriormente, en el turno de preguntas orales a la Comisión. +Señor Presidente, como ya ha indicado el Consejo en su respuesta, el Banco Europeo de Inversiones es un banco y, por tanto, no puede funcionar ateniéndose a la misma normativa de publicación de documentos que los órganos legislativos de la Unión Europea. +Asunto: Coincidencia de las sesiones plenarias del PE con las reuniones del Consejo de Ministros De las 41 reuniones del Consejo de Ministros programadas entre los meses de septiembre y diciembre de 1999, 18 coinciden con fechas en las que el Parlamento Europeo celebra sus períodos parciales de sesiones en Estrasburgo o Bruselas. +Asunto: Publicidad de la actividad del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas Los recientes acontecimientos acaecidos en la Unión Europea han mostrado la necesidad de que el proceso de toma de decisiones de la Unión sea transparente. +Sin embargo, el secreto de las deliberaciones estipulado en los Tratados cuenta con el argumento de que es un medio eficaz de salvaguardar la independencia de los jueces, la aprobación de las sentencias y también la interpretación conjunta del Derecho comunitario. +Señor Presidente, considero que el Consejo ha contestado ya a la cuestión del mencionado periodista, y quiero llamar la atención sobre el hecho de que el Consejo modificó su postura en relación con la publicación de los documentos de tal forma que tan solo un documento no fue facilitado. +Tenemos también que tener claro que no podemos admitir de ninguna manera las ilegítimas prácticas de financiación gratuita que siguen algunas empresas -incluido el sector público, que es el peor moroso que hay en la Unión Europea-, y condenar a muerte, a la inacción, a la castración empresarial, a miles de empresas, como ya he mencionado. +Estamos dispuestos a otorgar una prórroga de ocho meses para que los Estados miembros puedan recuperar el tiempo perdido, pero el 1 de septiembre del año 2000 el sistema obligatorio debe introducirse definitivamente en todos los Estados miembros y para todos los comerciantes de carne de bovino. +Como ya se ha señalado, la Comisión, para evitar un vacío legal, se vería obligada a presentar una tercera propuesta, que estaría basada en el artículo 19 del vigente Reglamento (CE) nº 820/97 y prorrogaría las disposiciones vigentes sobre el etiquetado voluntario. +La verdad es que hoy prohibimos la carne de bovino americana, porque contiene esas hormonas, pero también sabemos que, si permitiéramos a los americanos vender esa carne de bovino en nuestro mercado, a un precio interesante para nuestros consumidores, y si indicáramos en una etiqueta que contenía esas hormonas, seguirían comprándola. +Actualmente, y usted me lo decía incluso hace un momento, todo está por construir, incluso por reconstruir, desde el punto de vista logístico y de la formación, en los sectores de la salud, de la justicia, de los servicios públicos. +Esto es lo que ocurre con una disciplina presupuestaria rigurosa dictada a los Estados miembros, mientras que la Unión no se impone a sí misma el mismo rigor; en efecto, este presupuesto 2000 costará muy caro a los Estados, ya que la línea agrícola, una vez más, paga el alza de las acciones exteriores. +La propuesta de directiva por la que se establecen medidas de lucha contra la morosidad de las transacciones comerciales constituye, en este sentido, un buen instrumento para acabar con los excesivos y muchas veces abusivos plazos de pago que se aplican a determinados sectores básicos y que son la principal causa de quiebra y de las dificultades financieras y de inversión a las que deben hacer frente las PYME. +Esperemos que la voz del Parlamento sea escuchada por el Consejo y que finalmente puedan establecerse una reglas de juego contractuales armonizadas en el ámbito europeo gracias a las cuales acabar con la morosidad y las posiciones dominantes de algunos acreedores en materia de plazos de pago y mejorar así la competitividad de las PYME. +Nosotros opinábamos que no era ni mucho menos el momento adecuado, a la vista de que la cuestión kurda está muy lejos de acercarse a una solución en cuanto al derecho de autodeterminación del pueblo kurdo y que no se está acabando en absoluto con las violaciones de los derechos humanos. +La dimensión europea de los programas culturales que merecen apoyo económico se halla sin duda alguna contenida en el libro en toda su potencialidad, y a la Unión no le supone ningún gasto extra, sólo al consumidor. Permítanme que llame al consumidor "querido lector" . +Mediante este procedimiento, que se apoyaba en el respeto de las normas europeas de competencia, la Comisión pretendía, en realidad, poner en tela de juicio el sistema del precio único del libro, que permite sobre todo apoyar la creación literaria y garantizar la supervivencia de las pequeñas editoriales y librerías. +Los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea y la Comisión Europea han acreditado su actitud en favor de la justicia penal internacional colaborando estrechamente con los tribunales para los crímenes de guerra en Ruanda y en la antigua Yugoslavia y apoyándolos ampliamente. +La misma rebasa los 0,7 millardos de euros y las indemnizaciones a los particulares alcanzarán la suma de 0,5 millardos de euros. Los daños en el dominio público se cifran en más de un millardo de francos, ya que se han producido muchos estragos en las carreteras y en las vías férreas, en las líneas eléctricas y telefónicas, en los edificios e instalaciones públicas. +Me parece justo señalar que, teniendo en cuenta el tiempo del que disponíamos, la comisión y el Parlamento han trabajado de la manera más eficaz y rápida posible en lo que resultaron ser circunstancias difíciles, para que el dinero pudiera ser destinado a este Fondo tan importante el año próximo. +Por tanto, quisiera que tanto la Comisión como el Consejo repensasen el tema y que la próxima propuesta que se someta a este Parlamento establezca la obligatoriedad de la aplicación en todos los Estados miembros, con un fundamento jurídico único en el tema estadístico. +Es totalmente incoherente aplazar un año la aplicación del etiquetado obligatorio de la carne de vacuno y condenar al mismo tiempo la aplicación por parte de Francia del principio de precaución, en base precisamente a la falta de un etiquetado obligatorio. +Se ha producido un acuerdo de paz entre las diferentes partes, que se ha aplicado y respetado globalmente, aunque la seguridad en ese país siga siendo poco estable por la presencia de señores de la guerra y por un fuerte avance del fundamentalismo wahhabita presente en Afganistán. +Sólo en los últimos meses se ha llegado a una cierta tranquilización de la situación, tras haber suspendido las hostilidades las partes enfrentadas en la guerra civil y haberse decidido a constituir próximamente un gobierno de coalición. +En segundo lugar, me sorprende el hecho de que usted desconozca la existencia de una resolución posterior que prohibe finalmente la participación del partido ADEP en las elecciones y que, por lo tanto, priva a veinte millones de kurdos del derecho a expresar su voluntad política en las elecciones. +Señor diputado, el Consejo hace uso de todas sus posibilidades políticas y diplomáticas para mostrar claramente al Gobierno turco lo que son los estándares europeos de derechos humanos y que espera de Turquía el respeto de dichos derechos en todos los casos individuales y en todas las situaciones. +Hay que considerar siempre a Gibraltar bajo dos sistemas jurídicos diferentes pues se sabe que las fronteras actuales de Gibraltar no corresponden a sus fronteras históricas, es decir, hay una parte de Gibraltar que sin duda es parte de Gran Bretaña y hay otra parte, la situada al norte que, si así se quiere, es territorio español bajo administración británica. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0158/99) del Sr. Herman, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales, sobre la mejora del funcionamiento de las instituciones sin modificar los Tratados. +Como este es el último informe del colega Herman, quiero expresarle mis felicitaciones en nombre del Grupo de los Socialistas Europeos de esta Asamblea por el trabajo de veinte años, en especial, por su dedicación y compromiso y por todo lo que ha contribuido a que avance el sector institucional. +Pero sí hay que decir que es un trabajo que ha hecho frente a un problema: el grave problema al que se enfrenta la Comisión ante el desfase existente entre sus competencias, las tareas, la gestión de programas que se le encomiendan, por una parte, y los medios de que dispone, por otra. +Quisiera decir a todos mis colegas cuánto me han emocionado sus muestras de estima y su apreciación de mi informe y me apresuro a añadir que éste es el resultado de un trabajo colectivo, que no es el reflejo exclusivamente de mis preocupaciones. +Pero también hay sectores en los que las reformas tienen ya éxito: la reforma administrativa, es decir, la reducción del número de voivodías, la reforma sanitaria, la introducción de cajas de enfermedad o la reforma de las pensiones. +Una comunidad ampliada sin antes haber procedido a las reformas necesarias padecerá una vulnerabilidad mayor y permanente respecto de los desacuerdos que podrían impedir el progreso hacia nuestro objetivo último, que es la formación de los Estados Unidos de Europa. +Las transformaciones que han tenido lugar en estos países para incorporarse a la economía de mercado nos han proporcionado nuevos mercados y puestos de trabajo, y esta mayor estabilidad les ha ayudado a sobrellevar mejor la crisis rusa, con lo que nos hemos librado de intervenir con programas de ayuda. +La Comisión propone introducir en lo sucesivo un sólo régimen general de exención por categoría para todas las categorías de acuerdos, en lo que se refiere tanto a la reventa de mercancías como a los servicios, los bienes de intermediarios y los derechos de propiedad industrial. +Las PYMES de todos los sectores podrán sacar provecho de la deregulación que se deriva de la reforma de la política, y la aplicación de los umbrales de las partes del mercado evitará que las empresas dominantes puedan cerrar el mercado. +Para cumplir todos estos objetivos que hemos enumerado es necesario que la oficina del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo dé contestación a nuestros ciudadanos eficazmente y, por ello, en el informe felicitamos al Sr. Söderman por la preocupación mostrada en que su secretaría funcione de manera adecuada. +Esperaba también tener la ocasión de agradecer personalmente al Presidente Gil-Robles su continuo apoyo de mi labor de mediadora respecto de los niños secuestrados, y de dar gracias también al Sr. Söderman por su excelente trabajo como Defensor del Pueblo Europeo. +No es un juicio para hablar de la custodia de los niños, es un instrumento legislativo que exige que los niños regresen al país en el que residen habitualmente, para discutir el caso y adoptar una decisión sobre su custodia. +Creo que la función más significativa que ha desempeñado, y que sigue desempeñando, la institución del Defensor del Pueblo reside, sin lugar a dudas, en sus esfuerzos por lograr una mayor transparencia en el conjunto de la UE, aspecto éste que constituye un aspecto de gran importancia. +Señora Presidenta, estoy totalmente de acuerdo con el Sr. Söderman en que si la UE hubiera tenido una cultura de transparencia en la gestión donde los ciudadanos pudieran examinar los asuntos de los funcionarios, cuando están terminados, se podrían haber evitado muchos casos de fraude y numerosas irregularidades. +Señor Presidente, deseo agradecer a la ponente, Sra. Peijs, su contribución y su apoyo a esta propuesta de la Comisión que modifica el programa «Aduana 2000». El alcance y la importancia de la propuesta han sido explicados muy claramente por la señora ponente, así como por los Sres. +A pesar de que la Comisión comprende el motivo de la modificación, la primera parte del texto que retoma un tema más amplio en materia de recursos propios, encontraría mejor sitio en el ámbito de la legislación sobre recursos propios, más que en esta propuesta. +Las disposiciones específicas para la apertura del programa se decidirán en el ámbito de los consejos de asociación competentes y la participación de los países candidatos en las reuniones formará parte de tales decisiones. +Si le conviene la mayoría absoluta, cuando basta la mayoría simple: protesta; si el Reglamento establece la mayoría absoluta, como en el caso de la aprobación de la gestión de la Comisión: desearía que se aplicase la mayoría simple. +Estamos obligados a recordar en esta Asamblea que, para intervenir, la OTAN ha prescindido de un mandato del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU y que el Parlamento francés se ha encontrado ante un hecho consumado. +Estos procedimientos son quizá complejos para algunos, pero sin duda habrían permitido ralentizar el proceso, discutir más, y darse cuenta que en este caso los bombardeos constituían un método simplista que iba a costar muy caro, humana, moral y financieramente, incluyendo los perjuicios colaterales de los que nosotros mismos seremos víctimas -¡es el colmo!-, sin que por ello aportemos una solución viable. +Tanto en las deliberaciones con los representantes del Parlamento Europeo, como durante las reuniones de la Comisión de Transportes, ha mostrado que estaba preparada para replantearse los puntos en los que el Parlamento Europeo había efectuado objeciones insuperables. +También nos parece bastante preocupante una situación en que cada país tenga su sistema interbancario propio y, por tanto, no haya Mercado Interior en lo relativo a los sistemas bancarios, así como que se consideren internacionales, con los costos inherentes, los pagos que se hagan dentro del Mercado Interior. +Gracias a este informe del Parlamento, y tras las consultas que la Comisión ha efectuado con los profesionales, el Sr. Monti está en condiciones de proponer un catálogo de actuaciones en la Cumbre de Colonia. +En este sentido, proponemos que se estudie el nombramiento de un Mediador de la Unión Europea para los servicios financieros en los mercados al por menor, independiente de cualquier institución nacional o comunitaria, así como de cualquier tipo de intereses creados. +Desearía añadir que es imprescindible una legislación sobre los intermediarios financieros en el ámbito del crédito al consumo y del crédito hipotecario, así como en el de los seguros, con el fin de proteger a los consumidores en los mercados transfronterizos. +Así mismo, nos parece demasiado prematuro pronosticar un caos en el transporte y la Comisión insiste, en lo que a eso respecta, en mantener la cabeza fría y seguir la situación a fin de determinar si el transporte por carretera y el transporte por ferrocarril no pueden resolver por sí mismos los problemas. +La Comisión considera que los recientes incidentes hacen necesaria la presencia de las Naciones Unidas en ese territorio, e insiste en que se permita la libre entrada en él al Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja y a otras organizaciones humanitarias internacionales. +La Comisión repite hasta la saciedad que apoya las actuales conversaciones sobre Timor Oriental, las cuales, en nuestra opinión, constituyen la única posibilidad de que se logre una solución pacífica, justa y duradera que tenga en cuenta el derecho a la autodeterminación de los habitantes de Timor Oriental y los intereses de todos los partidos. +El agregado jurídico del FBI ha dicho que, en su opinión profesional, las mejores posibilidades de descubrir a los responsables estriban en que la policía irlandesa participe en la investigación, porque conoce la situación y las personas que pueden ayudarle. +Cuando condenamos este acto particular no debemos olvidar que son terroristas de uno u otro bando los que se esfuerzan deliberadamente por socavar un acuerdo que ha recibido el apoyo abrumador del pueblo de Irlanda, tanto del norte como del sur, y que no podemos dejar que se salgan con la suya. +Finalmente, en tercer lugar, el hecho de autorizar estos vehículos, representa aumentar las emisiones contaminantes, ya que se requiere una potencia adicional para arrastrar estos remolques, lo que contradice los deseos manifestados por nuestros gobernantes y por el Parlamento Europeo en materia de política medioambiental. +Estamos convencidos de que todos los ciudadanos húngaros deben disponer libremente de información plural tanto sobre las ventajas como sobre los inconvenientes de la adhesión al igual que esperamos la celebración de un referéndum para decidir la pertenencia del país a la UE. +Estamos convencidos de que todos los ciudadanos eslovacos deben disponer libremente de información plural tanto sobre las ventajas como sobre los inconvenientes de la adhesión al igual que esperamos la celebración de un referéndum para decidir la pertenencia del país a la UE. +A este respecto nos parece fundamental que todos los ciudadanos checos dispongan libremente de información plural tanto sobre las ventajas como sobre los inconvenientes de la adhesión al igual que esperamos la celebración de un referéndum para decidir la pertenencia del país a la UE. +Este Estado, que es el más grande y el más poblado de los candidatos a la adhesión, nos ha puesto en conocimiento su legítimo deseo de unirse a la Unión Europea desde 1994. Sólo cuatro años más tarde se iniciaron las verdaderas negociaciones. +Es probablemente en esta constatación donde hay que buscar la explicación de la excelente cooperación de la Comisión con los trabajos de la Comisión de Peticiones y de las dudas persistentes del Consejo en participar al esfuerzo común. +Ahora tenemos una base jurídica para el programa, un presupuesto y un plan para lanzar una campaña de concienciación europea para combatir la violencia contra la mujer. +La técnica moderna permitiría acondicionar el territorio para que las personas vivieran en barrios y localidades de dimensiones humanas, donde todos se conocen; tendría lugar entonces un control social espontáneo, más eficaz que la represión judicial o el apoyo administrativo a las víctimas. +Así mismo, quiero hacer un llamamiento especial a la Comisión, y simultáneamente a mis colegas, para que se insista firmemente a los representantes del Consejo a fin de que se generalice una interpretación más amplia, un ámbito de aplicación más amplio del programa DAPHNE. +No cabe duda de que en la mayoría de los casos la violencia ejercida contra las mujeres, los niños y los adolescentes afecta seriamente a la salud física y psíquica - un dato importante- de las víctimas. +No podemos permitir que un asunto tan serio se trivialice hasta este punto. Ya se ha dicho: la violencia ejercida contra mujeres, niños y adolescentes ha de considerarse como una grave violación de los derechos humanos y merece el castigo correspondiente, sin condiciones y restricciones de ninguna clase. +El artículo 13 del Tratado de Amsterdam proscribe la discriminación por razones de edad, sexo, género, discapacidad, orientación sexual, etc. Ahora brinda a la Comisión un apoyo jurídico para introducir medidas en pro de las personas de edad avanzada y de las personas de la tercera edad. +Quisiera expresar mi agradecimiento a todo mi Grupo, especialmente a los colegas Ria Oomen-Ruijten y Bartho Pronk, a mi colaboradora la Sra. Stein y a los colaboradores del Grupo en la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales así como a la secretaría del Grupo. +Se trata del splitting de los derechos a una pensión adquiridos por mujeres durante el matrimonio que dejaron su profesión para dedicarse a la familia, las cuales, tras la separación después de 20 años o más de matrimonio y sin derecho a rentas están en la inmensa mayoría de los casos fuertemente afectadas por la pobreza. +En Suecia, si bien el Parlamento adopta decisiones marco, los responsables del cuidado y la atención de las personas mayores son los órganos regionales y los municipios, las instancias más próximas a los ciudadanos. +Sé que la tarea a cumplir en las negociaciones de la OCM es muy extensa debido en parte a los malos resultados de la Cumbre de Berlín en el sector agrario, pero supongo que la Comisión y los correspondientes representantes de la Unión Europea defenderán con firmeza nuestros intereses. +Estas tendencias convergentes traducen la falta de atractivo del espacio europeo, cuyo factor principal es el coste de las materias primas amiláceas, que viene a añadirse a las demás desventajas sufridas por esta industria que recordé hace un momento. +El régimen de restituciones a la exportación y a la producción garantiza una compensación por la diferencia de precios de la materia prima entre el mercado mundial y el mercado de la Unión. +Las autoridades italianas solicitaron por medio de un escrito de la Representación Permanente de este país fechado en diciembre del año pasado un aplazamiento del plazo fijado para su respuesta hasta el 15 de enero de 1999. +Supo, primero, desarrollarse a través del comercio y, luego, convertir la propia ciudad de Venecia en un gran centro cultural mundial, un centro que vio nacer, por ejemplo, la industria editorial contemporánea y que siempre gozó de libertades civiles y políticas mucho mayores que las de los países vecinos. +Al hacerlo, expresamos nuestra decepción respecto de las autoridades belgas, que, tras formular graves acusaciones sobre uno de nuestros colegas y la administración de su oficina y el pago a su asistente, no ha aportado -en mi opinión, al menos- documentación adecuada. +Queremos dar las gracias al Sr. Fourçans por su excelente trabajo y también por el hecho de que la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos haya asumido puntos importantes de la opinión de la Comisión de Asuntos Sociales. +En efecto, las GOPE son el instrumento central indispensable para una coordinación eficaz de las políticas económicas en Europa, que sitúan el empleo, Sra. Lienemann, sin duda, en el centro de las prioridades de nuestros gobiernos, pero también de la Comisión y, por supuesto de la Asamblea. +Al reiterar el apoyo del Parlamento al proceso de Luxemburgo e insistir correctamente en el apoyo que el Fondo Social Europeo debe dar a la estrategia europea en pro del empleo, el informe y la resolución han enviado mensajes oportunos. +A principios de 1998 la presidenta de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, la Sra. Theato, y yo acordamos un procedimiento para informar a la comisión in camera sobre las investigaciones en curso de la UCLAF y los informes de auditoría interna del Interventor financiero. +En lo que se refiere a la declaración de fiabilidad el Consejo está profundamente preocupado por el hecho de que el Tribunal de Cuentas no haya podido emitir semejante declaración, pues continúan produciéndose muchos fallos en la ejecución de los pagos. +En segundo lugar, espero que este documento esté a disposición del nuevo Parlamento y de la Comisión en funciones y su nuevo Presidente designado, el Sr. Prodi, para que los diputados al nuevo Parlamento tengan la información que necesitan a fin de velar por que el nombramiento de Comisarios se haga de forma eficaz. +Y ahora viene el Comité Económico y Social, que es el único punto en que tenemos un problema: como ustedes bien saben, está pendiente todavía la aprobación de la gestión del Comité Económico y Social, ya que se está esperando un informe de la UCLAF. +Por contra, lo que queremos es una Comisión plenamente responsable de sus actos y de sus decisiones, transparente en el diálogo institucional y que asuma sus funciones de control de las políticas operativas que los servicios se encargan de ejecutar. +Mientras la Comisión siga despreciando el derecho del Parlamento a acceder a las informaciones, no habrá confianza alguna entre las instituciones y no crecerá la confianza de las ciudadanas y de los ciudadanos en las instituciones. +Gracias, señor Presidente, con todo respeto, Sir Brittan, debemos celebrar ahora la discusión y si usted dice que no hay ningún motivo para el pánico pues tenemos ya la prohibición, entonces he de decir que hemos estado muy cerca de renunciar a esta prohibición y se trata aquí seguramente, como dice la Sra. Mann, de la cuestión del way of life en América y en Europa. +Sir Brittan, en este punto hay que considerar prioritaria la protección del consumidor y ésta no es una cuestión jurídica, sino que la cuestión jurídica debe subordinarse a la protección del consumidor y a la prevención en favor de nuestros ciudadanos. +Lo que me irrita también sobremanera es que justamente aquellos Estados miembros que tienen la boca llena de la palabra subsidiariedad hayan puesto las mayores pegas para permitírselo a los Estados miembros que dicen: escucha, no es el único medio pero no deja de ser un medio que queremos aplicar para la creación de más empleo. +Aunque la Comisión Europea no está convencida del carácter o potencial de esta medida para crear empleo, el centro económico y social de la pequeña y mediana empresa neerlandés llegó a la conclusión después de un estudio, que con ella se pueden crear 66.000 puestos de trabajo. +He aquí un caso en que Bruselas no quiere más poderes, sino volver a otorgar más poderes a los Estados miembros para que sean ellos los que tomen las decisiones; he aquí un caso en que la coordinación fiscal no implicará impuestos más altos, sino impuestos más bajos; he aquí un caso que está totalmente dirigido al empleo. +Confío en que los Estados miembros se valgan de esa subsidiariedad que les concedemos, sin escudarse -como teme el Sr. Van Velzen- en la cómoda situación de contar con un impedimento planteado por la Unión Europea para no verse expuestos al peso de las decisiones tomadas bajo su responsabilidad. +No podemos quedarnos ciegos ante el papel y la responsabilidad que tiene que asumir la Unión Europea para contribuir a poner fin al drama europeo de Kosovo, donde se están ignorando los valores más elementales. Valores elementales, valores humanos con los que nos gusta identificarnos. +Creo, señor Presidente propuesto, que usted ha abordado muchos puntos importantes, sin embargo, en nombre de Alianza Nacional, me permito recordar que quizás es preciso prestar mayor atención a la política del Mediterráneo, especialmente porque usted mismo ha estimado oportuno afirmar que esta Europa, proyectada al Este, es evidentemente una Europa que puede -se sobrentiende- haber dejado de estar lo suficientemente atenta a los graves problemas de nuestro Mediterráneo. +Estamos en contra de cualquier reducción del papel político de la Comisión y consideramos el equilibrio político entre la Comisión, el Parlamento y el Consejo el eje fundamental de la democracia europea. +Con esto paso a mi siguiente observación: a medida que vayan arraigando el Mercado Interior y la UEM, es imprescindible que las regiones pobres de la Unión consigan los fondos regionales, sociales, agrarios, de pesca y de cohesión apropiados para garantizarles la posibilidad de competir en igualdad de condiciones con todos los demás Estados miembros de la Unión. +Si en el contexto de este tema fundamental de los valores, de este debate, se presenta una Europa como la que reivindicó en una ocasión Václav Havel ante esta Asamblea, también podremos volver a obtener la aprobación de nuestros ciudadanos, que no desean sólo una Europa de los mercados. +¿Considera el actual marco institucional en que se asienta la Comisión -el principio de paridad, de igualdad de los Estados miembros- como principio estructurador e histórico de la Unión o se adhiere a las motivaciones más recientes que incitan a una revisión apresurada y urgente? +Los interrogatorios de les desplazados realizados por representantes de la misión de verificación de la OSCE y por las Naciones Unidas, y también interrogatorios nacionales, como los realizados por el Ejército federal alemán en los campamentos de refugiados, revelan un cuadro pavoroso de fusilamientos masivos, violaciones, saqueos y destrucción sistemática de las viviendas y propiedades de los albanokosovares. +Haciendo preparativos para la rehabilitación y la reconstrucción después de que se haya logrado una situación política y diplomática, que entrañaría también la participación de la UE en una administración temporal de Kosovo, en espera de la determinación final de su estatuto. +Señor Presidente, por la amistad que me une al Sr. Spencer, diré que la intervención del Sr. Fischer confirma que nuestro Parlamento se ha vuelto más tímido que el Consejo en sus propuestas de reforma de la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común. +Por esas razones, y también porque debemos seguir mejorando nuestras relaciones con Rusia en el marco de la grave crisis de Kosovo, apoyamos la decisión adoptada el 26 de abril por el Consejo, al aprobar una propuesta de estrategia común relativa a Rusia. +Permítaseme decir en este momento que la conclusión fundamental del informe del Sr. Spencer sobre Rusia, a saber, que debemos aplazar el acuerdo sobre una estrategia común hasta después de la Cumbre de Colonia de junio es -y creo que muchos convienen en ello aquí- una locura diplomática. +Si el Grupo Liberal no hubiera abogado por un tratamiento rápido en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos, no hubiésemos tenido un informe el 3 de diciembre. +Tal como lo señaló ayer el presidente de la Comisión de Presupuestos, en la Comisión de Presupuestos hay un problema con el calendario: cómo garantizar que ambas ramas de la autoridad presupuestaria puedan ocuparse correctamente de la carta rectificativa. +También se debería ampliar la lista de las excepciones del derecho de retractación, especialmente con respecto a los créditos hipotecarios y a los contratos, que se hayan efectuado con un amplio asesoramiento notarial, como los que ya ha mencionado la Sra. ponente. +En conclusión, también me alegro de que el Tratado de Amsterdam haya entrado en vigor hace tres días y que la Comisión Europea disponga de poderes más amplios para hacer cumplir la legislación en el ámbito de los consumidores haciendo especial hincapié en la protección de la salud humana. +Me parece bien que se suprima el derecho de reflexión cuando haya una información suficiente, y me parece oportuna la alusión al principio de honestidad en las transacciones, que yo relacionaría con el más señero, más viejo, de la buena fe en el Derecho civil. +Un segundo punto: los Estados miembros siguen pensando que es inadmisible someter realmente la política agraria a una decisión parlamentaria, especialmente en el apartado presupuestario y en la modificación del Tratado nuestro derecho de consulta está todavía muy poco desarrollado. +Señor Presidente, volviendo sobre la misma cuestión relativa a la posible utilización de uranio empobrecido en Serbia y Kosovo, se dirigió una pregunta específica para que fuera incluida en el Turno de preguntas, una pregunta específica, no una cuestión general, como sobre la que trató ayer el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo. +Yo tengo que reconocer que se me había olvidado por completo que se iba a celebrar esta sesión solemne, y por eso lo que estoy trasladando, a título personal, a la Asamblea no ha pasado por ningún tamiz político, y le puedo decir que la evaluación que yo podría hacer en estos momentos es que volvería a votarles, tanto a usted como al Sr. Hänsch. +Ayer, en el debate que celebramos, tampoco pudo poner freno a los múltiples crímenes de guerra, crímenes contra la humanidad, y este Parlamento se transformó, con las resoluciones, con el debate, con las intervenciones del Consejo y de la Comisión, ¡en una lavadora de estos crímenes! +El Tratado de Amsterdam ha entrado en vigor sólo hace unos pocos días y tenemos que acumular aún experiencias con él pues ya ahora, en el amplio debate sobre el futuro desarrollo y configuración de la Unión Europea, se ve cada vez con mayor claridad que junto al Parlamento Europeo se deben incluir también a los Parlamentos nacionales y un espectro lo más amplio posible de grupos sociales. +Es cierto que la Unión Europea deberá desempeñar un papel muy importante en este sentido, y ello ya desde la fase de reconstrucción, en la que la Comisión - junto al Banco Mundial - tendrá una función de coordinación. +¿Por qué cada país del G7 ha de presentar su propio plan de reducción?¿Por qué dejamos a nuestros socios - y principalmente americanos - organizar por nosotros la representación exterior de la Comunidad en el ámbito del euro, sin dar salia a la decisión del Consejo Europeo de Viena? +El principio de la colegialidad de las decisiones políticas me parece indispensable, hoy igual que ayer, para la propia legitimidad de la Comisión y del sistema institucional europeo, sin que ello deba sin embargo conducir a una falta de responsabilidad individual en algunas situaciones en las que las decisiones no son - y no pueden - ser colegiadas. +La ambición manifestada por el Sr. Prodi en lo que respecta a la autoridad política que desea ejercer con sus colegas y el Parlamento Europeo es un excelente augurio y hacemos votos para que este europeo convencido tenga éxito, agradeciendo también al Sr. Santer lo que ha hecho en el transcurso de su mandato. +En este momento, por lo que me parece percibir, los ciudadanos de los Estados de la Unión están preocupados por la guerra, la miseria, la exclusión social, el desempleo, el tráfico de droga y la delincuencia en general. +¿Es que no hay en Yugoslavia o en Serbia un millón de inocentes, un millón de justos, que permitan parar la etapa de los bombardeos, del destrozo de infraestructuras generalizado y los daños colaterales y pasar a una solución política después del castigo que recibió, no sólo el régimen de Milosevic, sino la población en general? +Voy a dar un pequeño ejemplo al respecto: cuando la semana pasada el Consejo instó a la Comisión para que presentase una propuesta para el inicio de negociaciones de asociación con Albania y Macedonia, nos adelantamos entre 10 y 20 años, pues bajo unas circunstancias normales esto sería algo sobre lo que se habría pensado al menos en diez años. +En lo que a la prevención financiera se refiere, ya he indicado que nos quedamos por debajo del límite superior de los recursos propios, es decir, que tenemos un muy considerable margen de actuación financiera del 0, 14 % del producto social bruto de la Unión para gastos imprevistos. +Con el aplazamiento de la reforma en el sector lácteo hasta finales del período 2000-2006, solamente se han desplazado los costes de la reforma al siguiente período de financiación pero no se superan los desequilibrios del mercado. +El Presidente propuesto, Sr. Prodi, podía haber hecho -asumiendo así un papel influyente y equilibrado, y en consecuencia, decisivo para el futuro trabajo de la Comisión- un llamamiento a las partes para que, en nombre del «alma europea», cesen de inmediato las masacres étnicas y los bombardeos. +De ahí que resulte necesario establecer un nuevo sistema de salarios y reembolsos en el que el reembolso de los gastos vaya acompañado de la presentación de la factura y el pago quede condicionado a la firma por el diputado de una declaración en la que figure que los gastos se han realizado en el desempeño de su mandato. +Señora Presidenta, la Organización Mundial del Comercio ha fijado para el 13 de mayo próximo la fecha tope para que los europeos levanten el embargo que ellos han impuesto a las importaciones de carne americana tratada como hormonas y principalmente la STB. +Además, el ponente rechaza las subvenciones directas a través del presupuesto de la UE para el equipamiento y la explotación de un supermercado y de los servicios de catering de los edificios del Parlamento. +Frente a un resultado tan pobre para la causa insular, es innegable que queda todo por hacer en la perspectiva de una consideración efectiva, y no solamente teórica, de la especificidad de las regiones insulares de la Unión. +Para la cohesión económica y social y, en consecuencia, para el núcleo del modelo social europeo, es de importancia existencial que se haya logrado concluir a tiempo el nuevo reglamento antes de finalizar el período electoral al Parlamento Europeo. +Dicho de otro modo, este Parlamento, que representa a ciudadanos europeos, se ha pronunciado por nuestro modelo agrícola europeo, por una mayor equidad, por un desarrollo rural equilibrado, por una mayor calidad, por la protección del medio ambiente, como se desprendía del informe Cunha. +Así pues, permítame, señor Presidente, plantearme una cuestión: en ese contexto, ¿cuál es el futuro del mundo rural con el desarrollo de los Fondos Estructurales para el mundo urbano, con las nuevas negociaciones de la OMC y con una PAC que va en contra de la Unión Europea? +Señor Presidente, ante todo, hoy debemos ser conscientes de nuestras responsabilidades aquí en el último período parcial de sesiones del Parlamento, no sólo de nuestra función legislativa, sino también de nuestro compromiso de proporcionar esta nueva ronda de fondos europeos a nuestras regiones y comunidades locales puntualmente. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, como ponente para el ISPA, el instrumento de preadhesión para los países de ampliación y como persona que ha seguido continuamente la reforma general de los Fondos estructurales, estoy realmente contento de que el Parlamento concluya con éxito esta semana las negociaciones sobre la Agenda 2000. +En todo caso, hoy llegamos al final de la reforma agrícola contenida en la Agenda 2000 y yo quisiera expresar mi apoyo crítico a una reforma que parcialmente ha ido perdiendo su enfoque europeo común y desfigurándose antes las pretensiones de este o aquel Estado miembro. +Solamente que no todo es perfecto y un nuevo avance de decisiones del Consejo me preocupa y me parece inadmisible, principalmente pretender introducir en la zona vitícola a nuevos Estados miembros que no han sido tradicionalmente productores de vino: Irlanda, Dinamarca y Suecia. Esta decisión, de ser aplicada, pondría en duda nuestro compromiso en cuanto al fondo, el espíritu por el que hemos llegado a un acuerdo. +Ante una situación de este tipo, teníamos en principio dos posibilidades. Un rígido y creciente control de la oferta para hacer del mismo el elemento central de la Política Agrícola Común o bien adaptar nuestra política de tal modo que podamos atender nuevos mercados de ventas adicionales. +En Berlín hemos dado también un importante paso hacia la sostenibilidad de la agricultura pues hemos logrado incluir más intensamente los aspectos medioambientales en la política de mercado y en la política para el desarrollo de las áreas rurales. +Segunda: en opinión de la Comisión, las compras de intervención a unos precios superiores en el sector de la carne de vacuno conduciría a la formación de nuevos excedentes no vendibles y ejercería una considerable presión sobre el presupuesto así como sobre nuestros precios de mercado. +Las previsiones financieras para el período 2000-2006 y el acuerdo interinstitucional sobre la disciplina presupuestaria y la mejora del procedimiento presupuestario constituyen una parte esencial del paquete de la Agenda 2000. +En lo relativo al gasto administrativo, el acuerdo permitiría la financiación de unos 1.000 nuevos puestos para las instituciones comunitarias, y financiar también el nuevo Estatuto de los Diputados al Parlamento Europeo, a pesar de que aún no se vislumbra una solución a este asunto, como ustedes saben. +No obstante, del artículo 7 del Protocolo de Schengen, se deduce únicamente que el Consejo debe adoptar disposiciones concretas relativas a la integración de la secretaría de Schengen en la Secretaría General del Consejo, es decir, las funciones de la secretaría de Schengen y no necesariamente su personal. +Por causas que vienen al caso, publicaciones de prensa también en el día de hoy, quiero indicar que la Secretaría General del Consejo no es responsable de las tensiones que actualmente existen en la misma sino que la única causa de dichas tensiones es una decisión política del Consejo que está amparada por el Tratado. +Naturalmente, parto del hecho de que la Comisión utilizará los datos tan evidentes de un informe del Tribunal de Cuentas para defender con la máxima energía los intereses de la Unión Europea. +En la 55ª reunión de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos celebrada del 23-3 al 30-4-1999 en Ginebra, la Unión Europea presentó un proyecto de resolución por el que se exige al Iraq que coopere con las organizaciones internacionales pertinentes y que comunique el paradero o destino de las personas que siguen desaparecidas. +Teniendo esto en cuenta, sería interesante saber cuáles son los planes del Consejo para conseguir una participación equilibrada de hombres y mujeres en la futura Comisión, y qué opinión le merece al Consejo la idea de nombrar a un miembro de la Comisión que se encargue exclusivamente de la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres. +Creo que el asunto del derecho de los empleados a llamar la atención sobre irregularidades y a hacer criticas públicas no es un asunto interno relacionado con la determinación de los cargos etcétera, sino que es un asunto de principios, sobre transparencia. +En líneas generales, estamos a favor de la reforma, sin embargo, debemos expresar algunas reservas respecto a las zonas grises que presentan aspectos que no se han profundizado todavía como, por ejemplo, el impacto en las regiones que, en virtud del principio de concentración, sufrirán una parálisis en su proceso de desarrollo. +Me pregunto si ustedes no tienen un tercer modelo, que yo denominaría «modelo agrícola austríaco». Austríaco, porque frente a las producciones wagnerianas norteamericanas, existiría la agricultura de «opereta»: los agricultores protegerían el paisaje, la naturaleza, el medio ambiente, para que Sisí pudiera dar un paseo los fines de semana. +Para permitir el funcionamiento del mercado interior y la integración, entre otros aspectos, del libre comercio de los productos alimentarios como un elemento más del mismo, es fundamental que en los países candidatos se respeten las normas que ha establecido la UE en materia de higiene y salud. +Los resultados en la reglamentación de las medidas de intervención en el sector de la pesca pueden ser considerados como satisfactorios gracias, precisamente, a la actitud de la Comisión de Pesca que, desde el primer momento, se opuso al diseño inicial de la Comisión. +El hecho de que estemos planeando gastar más dinero en la Europa rural, al que se une el dato de que cada vez es menor el número de personas relacionadas con la agricultura, garantiza un nivel de vida mínimo para los agricultores durante los próximos siete años. +Si bien mi región ha logrado mantenerse dentro del Objetivo 1, éste no es más que un Objetivo 1 de carácter transitorio, ya que el importe de dinero que se ha recibido con arreglo a este objetivo es mucho menor que la cantidad per cápita que se percibió durante el último programa. +Desearía también hacer constar mi agradecimiento a la Comisión saliente porque, en el fragor de los debates, nadie se ha parado a pensar en los miembros de la Comisión que han desarrollado una ardua labor en favor de los ciudadanos europeos, esos mismos ciudadanos a los que representamos. +Como ya he dicho en reiteradas ocasiones, la mayor parte de los proyectos de desarrollo rural no puede tener éxito sin la actividad empresarial fundamental, la actividad agrícola, ya que estos proyectos no avanzan por sí solos. +Habida cuenta de que el consumo ha descendido vertiginosamente y de que los demás países han aumentado su confianza en la producción propia sin recurrir a la importación, el colapso de la economía rusa no ha hecho más que debilitar un mercado ya de por sí frágil. +Es por esta razón que en algunos momentos el Parlamento Europeo ha sentido la necesidad de radicalizar su posición llegando incluso a bloquear el proceso de toma de decisiones respecto a la financiación de los Comités a través del presupuesto comunitario. +Esta garantía reviste una gran importancia, ya que es el principio sobre el que insistiremos y, en caso de que no se llegara a un acuerdo sobre esta cuestión, puedo comunicarle al Consejo que, uno tras otro, todos los procedimientos de codecisión llegarán a la fase de conciliación y que, una y otra vez, se plantearán dificultades a este problema. +El más importante de ellos es la ampliación del ámbito de la regulación a otras modalidades de trabajo atípico, como el empleo de alquiler o el trabajo a distancia, que han aumentado vertiginosamente en los últimos tiempos. +Las opiniones de las Comisiones de Asuntos Exteriores y de Desarrollo y de Cooperación insisten en la necesidad de profundizar y mejorar las condiciones para su desarrollo, igual que la Comisión REX, que vuelve a insistir sobre ello en un apartado de este informe. +En primer lugar, señor Presidente, es evidente que todas las comisiones implicadas de este Parlamento, la Comisión de Relaciones Económicas Exteriores, la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación y la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, lo han pedido. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, el Acuerdo de asociación económica, concertación política y cooperación que hoy se somete a ratificación de este Parlamento constituye una etapa esencial en el ambicioso recorrido que iniciamos hace ya cuatro años para establecer una nueva relación con México a la altura de nuestras ambiciones. +Ya en el Tratado de Amsterdam, las soluciones ofrecidas respecto a la implantación del Acuerdo de Schengen, las cuestiones institucionales, la subdivisión y los procedimientos eran altamente discutibles y poco claros. Ni siquiera forman parte del Tratado, sino que son objeto de un protocolo. +Todos compartimos más o menos con todo nuestro corazón el objetivo de establecer una política de refugiados humana, sin embargo, tengo la sensación de que la democracia «se encuentra mejor protegida en los bolsillos de los ciudadanos», utilizando una expresión danesa. +Para evitar que los ciudadanos europeos queden excluidos de estas nuevas tecnologías de la información no sólo es indispensable que la formación en nuevas tecnologías se imparta desde las primeras etapas de la educación, sino que se adopten medidas adecuadas en el ámbito de la formación a lo largo de toda la vida. +Señor Presidente, al tomar la palabra por última vez en nombre del Partido Popular Europeo dando respuesta al Sr. Barzanti, quien ha tomado previamente la palabra en nombre del Grupo Socialista Europeo, no puedo por menos de decir, en una sola frase, lo que creo que somos muchos en sentir, y es que le vamos a echar mucho de menos. +Al Sr. Samland, que ha utilizado un argumento no jurídico sino político, yo le recordaría que esta Asamblea ha pedido muchas veces al Consejo que abandone las unanimidades y las mayorías cualificadas para ir a adoptar los acuerdos por mayoría. +Los créditos para compromisos propuestos para las acciones estructurales son conformes a la decisión del Consejo Europeo; éstos se elevan a 32, 678 millardos de euros, repartidos entre los Fondos estructurales (30 millardos) y el Fondo de Cohesión (2, 6 millardos de euros), lo que representa una disminución efectiva del 7 % con respecto a 1999, es decir: mucho, y, en cierta medida, demasiado. +¿Qué puede decirse de la iniciativa presupuestaria consistente en fijar un objetivo de gastos en lugar de un límite máximo de gastos, en buscar a toda costa proyectos para gastar los créditos aprobados en lugar de asignar créditos a los proyectos existentes? +Además, puede sorprender el hecho de que durante las negociaciones se haya sacrificado el Objetivo 2, destinado a las regiones industriales y rurales en vías de reestructuración económica, a los Objetivos 1 y 3: su dotación, para el período 1999-2006, será de 22, 5 millardos de ecus, cifra más o menos similar a la del período 1994-1999. +El hecho de que los comités trabajen en un marco de apertura y de transparencia significa un progreso, pero apartarlos de las realidades nacionales en el ejercicio de su función, para situarlos bajo la autoridad de la Comisión, constituye una desviación que rechazo. +Para que sea aceptado el resultado del referéndum sobre la autonomía para Timor Oriental, previsto para el 8 de agosto con el respaldo de las Naciones Unidas, el plebiscito deberá celebrarse en unas condiciones de justicia y libertad que no se puede confiar en que garantice el ejército indonesio. +Ese acuerdo es la culminación de quince años de gestiones diplomáticas y se produce veintitrés años después de la anexión por la fuerza de esa antigua colonia portuguesa en la que murieron centenares de miles de personas, víctimas de la guerra civil y de la brutal represión del ejército indonesio. +Y hago votos para que todos los que continúen tengan la felicidad de celebrar el próximo mes de septiembre una gran victoria del pueblo timorense, por la expresión de su libre voluntad de decidir su propio futuro en el referéndum que se celebrará el próximo día 8 de agosto. +Espero que después de tantos años de sufrimiento, se restablezca finalmente la legalidad, que finalmente el derecho de autodeterminación también sea un hecho y que la perspectiva del referéndum dé una verdadera oportunidad a la democracia, en lugar de aumentar la violencia, tal como sucede en este momento en varias zonas de Indonesia. +Existe una mayoría de 101 países de los 190 que forman la comunidad internacional -y no se trata de una mayoría teórica, ya que los Tratados aprobados y las modificaciones constitucionales llevadas a cabo por numerosos países así lo demuestran-, que son favorables al establecimiento de una moratoria universal. +Si hoy les cuento esto es para decirles que mis ojos no volverán a humedecerse, pero que esa emoción perdurará hasta que hayamos logrado esta moratoria, hasta que hayamos logrado abandonar las vías del pasado, las vías de la barbarie y avanzar por el camino del futuro y de la humanización. +Esta debilidad no está relacionada sólo con Ocalan, sino con la importantísima cuestión de los derechos humanos y de los ciudadanos para todos los turcos, y especialmente, para la gran minoría kurda de Turquía. No se reconoce su identidad, su lengua, su educación, su expresión política. +En este contexto, es de lamentar que ningún Estado miembro de la Unión Europea haya ratificado el Estatuto de dicho Tribunal, sobre todo si tenemos en cuenta que la Unión ha pretendido caracterizarse por ser un espacio no sólo de pluralismo y de diversidad, sino, en especial, por ser una comunidad de Derecho. +En concreto, a partir del 1 de enero de 2001 se dispensará a la pequeña y mediana empresa de presentar cinco variables, aunque los Estados miembros conservarán la facultad de solicitar las variables «condiciones de entrega», «modalidad de transporte» y «régimen estadístico» a las empresas que superen un cierto umbral. +Al contrario, creo que el Parlamento debería ser el que se adelantase para esclarecer esta relación de equilibrio con la libre sociedad de la información sin llegar, no obstante, a permitir -como ha dicho el Sr. Schulz- que Internet sea un mercado para la comisión de delitos. +Señora Presidenta, me merece todo el respeto del mundo que haya apagado hoy las luces para despedirse de una manera cordial de todos los colegas que han estado presentes aquí los viernes, y para los que hoy será el último día en esta Asamblea. +La propuesta del Sr. Malangré se basa en el artículo 65 del Tratado CE, modificado por el de Amsterdam, y yo la apoyo; pero, por una parte, entiendo que no se trata sólo de una cuestión procedimental y, por otra parte, con el artículo 65 estaríamos ante un caso en el que se exige la unanimidad en el Consejo. +La organización del mercado de la fécula de patata está estrechamente relacionada con la del grano. Con razón los productores de fécula de patata operan, en gran parte, en el mismo mercado que la industria de la fécula de grano. +Lo que ocurre es que estas propuestas no se están materializando y, si no se promueven realmente de una forma urgente, puede desaparecer una parte importante de un sector muy arraigado en la realidad industrial europea y que, sobre todo, ofrece un gran número de puestos de trabajo. +Algunos países en vías de desarrollo que son miembros de la OMC estarían de hecho interesados en reformar el acuerdo de la industria textil y de la confección para acelerar la liberalización de todas las restricciones cuantitativas que deberá completarse en fecha tan próxima como el 1 de enero del año 2005. +Se trata de pedir una acción positiva por parte de la Comisión para asegurar que las prácticas de comercio internacional en relación con los productos derivados de la industria textil tengan un tratamiento adecuado. +Señor Presidente, dado que ésta es la última sesión de la legislatura en la que Finlandia se ha convertido en miembro de pleno derecho de la Unión Europea, desearía, como fiel contertulio que soy de este grupo de los viernes, que también la lengua finesa hiciera acto de presencia en el acta literal del último período parcial de sesiones. +Siempre ha sido una alegría cuando al final -yo estaba a menudo, aunque no siempre-, tras un trabajo largo y difícil, se cerraba con una nota de humor, y deseo que ese espíritu que usted siempre ha tenido y que hoy también muchos lo han manifestado en sus intervenciones, sea también el que presida la próxima Asamblea. +He recibido del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo las solicitudes de nombramientos de diputados de las comisiones siguientes: Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, el Sr. Wieland; Comisión de Reglamento, Verificación de Credenciales e Inmunidades, el Sr. Gahler en sustitución del Sr. Wieland. +Por lo tanto, cada vez que hay una elección -nos vaya bien o nos vaya mal individualmente- es una fiesta, es un motivo de alegría, porque tenemos la seguridad de que nada es superior a la voluntad popular a la hora de elegir a sus representantes. +Sabemos, porque la conocemos muy bien, que es usted una personalidad exigente pero también que tiene usted un profundo sentido del equilibrio, cosa que seguramente nos ayudará en el futuro, a establecer un punto fundamental, un nuevo estilo en las relaciones entre el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión. +El conflicto de Kosovo ha vuelto a situar en el centro de nuestra conciencia el punto de partida de la integración: la construcción de un orden de paz europeo. +Por esto, queremos expresar nuestro agradecimiento a nuestros amigos políticos de la Unión Demócrata Cristiana (CDU) y la Unión Social Cristiana (CSU) y también a los Liberales por el firme apoyo solidario que han brindado a la Presidencia del Consejo. +El Comisario europeo alemán designado Verheugen manifestó después de la Cumbre de Colonia que el rápido acuerdo para fortalecer la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común de la Unión difícilmente habría sido posible sin la guerra de Kosovo. +Es imposible, por lo tanto, formar un juicio sobre la Presidencia que acaba de concluir sin tener en cuenta el bajo perfil de su predecesora y las esperanzas concebidas a raíz del nacimiento del euro que luego han acabado en la nada y han quedado sobre el papel. +Por lo que se refiere a este último, la guerra de Kosovo nos recuerda lo fundado de los criterios de Copenhague, que hacen del respeto de los derechos humanos y de las minorías una condición previa para todos los países candidatos a la adhesión a la Unión Europea. +Desde mi punto de vista, una política de defensa de la Unión permanecerá en un atolladero en cuanto a lo esencial mientras los Quince no hayan aceptado el carácter indivisible de la seguridad del territorio de la Unión Europea. +La Presidencia finlandesa ha solicitado una aclaración para saber si la decisión de Colonia significa que la UE solamente podrá intervenir previo mandato de la ONU o si, tal como lo ha hecho la OTAN, ella también podría actuar de acuerdo a su propio parecer. +A medida que van pasando los días, tengo cada vez más las preocupante sensación de que la capacidad de hacer la guerra supera con mucho la capacidad de coordinar la reconstrucción de la devastación que ha sufrido la vida de las poblaciones. +Cierto que agravado por la crisis de confianza provocada por el descrédito de la Comisión, existe un déficit democrático que afecta a este Parlamento, existe un distancia abismal entre este Parlamento y los problemas cotidianos de las poblaciones europeas. +Desde luego, algunos han expresado -¿verdad, señor Cox?- cierto pesar al ver a antiguos Comisarios presentes en su Comisión, pero eso demuestra que tal vez el Sr. Cox, dejándose llevar por un deseo de polémica, no había leído bien el antiguo informe de los expertos, que precisamente absolvía muy claramente a esos Comisarios. +Vamos a respaldar a su Comisión y a quienes duden de su independencia, señor Presidente, alegando que tiene demasiados Comisarios socialistas les responderé que, cuando fue designado usted por una mayoría de Gobiernos socialistas y socialdemócratas, el Grupo que se sintió más sorprendido por sus primeras declaraciones públicas fue precisamente el Grupo Socialista. +Es sobre nosotros y nuestra colaboración que reposará la posibilidad de salir de la crisis actual que ha sido tan profunda que ha reducido a porcentajes mínimos en la historia política europea el número de aquellos que fueron a votar en las últimas elecciones. +No puedo sino extrañarme del intento del grupo de derechas del Parlamento de prorrogar el nombramiento de la Comisión exigiendo un informe sobre el caso, informe que será redactado por un grupo de expertos neutrales. +Aparte de esas consideraciones, nuestro candidato a la Presidencia de la Comisión, el Sr. Romano Prodi, ha mostrado antes el espíritu constructivo y creativo con el que concibe la contribución de la Comisión a la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental. +Señora Presidenta, Finlandia, con la gran experiencia de haber sobrevivido pacíficamente en condiciones difíciles, con vecinos difíciles, es el país ideal para encabezar nuestros esfuerzos, que hoy se hacen urgentes, para la reconstrucción de los Balcanes, y, de hecho, el presidente Aatisaari ha contribuido ya al proceso decisivamente. +Lo mismo puede decirse de la cuestión del código de conducta para los altos cargos, porque en la Comisión, a lo largo de los últimos años, la gestión sin duda se ha relajado en cuanto a organización interna, tal como subrayaba el informe de los hombres sabios. +Sólo se puede especular sobre hasta qué punto se había comprometido el Sr. Bangemann con unas normas de juego justas en este aspecto del mercado interior cuando está deseando vender sus conocimientos a Telefónica, importante operador en la Unión Europea y más allá. +El Consejo resaltaba sobre todo la necesidad de aclarar en breve la cuestión de forma profunda e imparcial, así como la posibilidad de reformar la legislación actual en caso de ser necesario. +El Consejo hizo todos los procedimientos ordinarios sobre toma de decisiones para garantizar una aclaración rápida de las propuestas de la Comisión, con vistas a terminar este trabajo, siempre que sea posible, antes de finales del presente año, tal y como se ha propuesto el Consejo. +Aquellos que actualmente hacen presión para seguir en la vía de la integración total en el mercado mundial con la finalidad de satisfacer las demandas estadounidenses deben darse cuenta de la responsabilidad tan grande que asumen. +Esta semana, la Comisión ha emitido una decisión reglamentaria formal contra los organizadores locales del torneo de la Copa del Mundo de fútbol celebrado el pasado año en Francia. +Además, es importante añadir que la imposición de una multa más elevada a los organizadores de la Copa del Mundo de 1998 en Francia habría obligado a la Comisión a plantearse emprender acción contra los organizadores de anteriores torneos importantes, que utilizaron exactamente las mismas políticas de venta de entradas. +Ya han comenzado a acatar las normas, estableciendo el precedente, y en todas las ocasiones futuras, ése será el modo de gestionar los asuntos en la Unión Europea. +Señora Presidenta, el segundo informe elaborado por los expertos independientes que se nos acaba de remitir es notable por la importancia y la calidad del trabajo realizado en tan pocos meses y también por la voluntad de describir con franqueza el mal funcionamiento interno de la Comisión. +Podemos hacer todas las directivas europeas, todas las recomendaciones, todas las leyes que queramos: si las inspecciones no garantizan su aplicación, creo que la duda profunda de nuestros conciudadanos sobre la eficacia europea, así como sobre el interés de estas normas, podría acrecentarse. +He propuesto un par y uno de los deleites de realizar un primer discurso en esta Asamblea es que uno tiene el sentimiento de que esas palabras van a ser estudiadas según su mérito y no simplemente juzgadas por el trasfondo del partido político. +En el largo proceso de gestación de la Comisión del milenio, llegamos al momento decisivo: su investidura, con la legitimidad democrática que nos han dado las recientes elecciones europeas al Parlamento Europeo. +Como conclusión del proceso, hemos decidido apoyar la investidura de la nueva Comisión a pesar de las reservas que mantenemos en relación con la Sra. de Palacio, cuya inocencia presumimos, pero cuya concepción de la responsabilidad política en un tema que concierne al presupuesto comunitario no compartimos. +Las comparecencias de la Comisión en el Parlamento no han sido en absoluto un acto inútil o una vana representación, sino absolutamente esenciales y usted mismo nos ha afirmado acertadamente la semana pasada, que en ningún otro parlamento el órgano ejecutivo ha de dar explicación detallada alguna. +Pero si bien no le damos ni un cheque sin fondos ni un cheque en blanco, le comunicamos nuestra voluntad de trabajar en común para dar a todos los pueblos de Europa, a pesar de las dificultades y de los conflictos, razones para creer en su destino propio y confiar en su futuro común. +Como, por ejemplo, una atmósfera limpia y agua potable, alimentos seguros, que no envenenen a las personas, o, por ejemplo, la protección de sus intereses económicos personales o también, por ejemplo, la definición de unas normas básicas en materia de salud en la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, el derecho de dar la aprobación a la Comisión va implícitamente a la par con el deber del Parlamento de verificar la aptitud de los futuros comisarios para ejercer su mandato. +Voy a empezar con una observación general: si el nivel de exigencia aplicado para evaluar la cualificación de los Comisarios fuese el que demostró el colega Ingo Friedrich en las audiencias y que también ha manifestado en el debate de hoy, ninguno nos plantearía dificultades. +Ambos mantuvieron un debate de primer orden en la comisión y ofrecieron una auténtica demostración no sólo de su cualificación técnica, sino también -lo que es casi más importante- de la nueva cultura política a la que usted mismo se ha referido, señor Comisario, y del diálogo entre el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión. +Para colmo, que el Sr. Busquin no haya mostrado la menor sensibilidad, por no hablar ya de un compromiso para defender el uso del neerlandés en las instituciones europeas, supone un insulto para seis millones de flamencos. +Queremos que estos elementos se incluyan en nuestro acuerdo sobre el funcionamiento entre la Comisión y el Parlamento, porque el número de abstenciones o de votos en contra en la votación final de mañana sobre la Comisión dependerá de los avances que se produzcan de aquí a mañana en lo que a estos elementos se refiere. +Sin embargo, en los ciudadanos, en los pueblos europeos ha quedado una impresión de fragilidad, por no decir de impotencia; una impresión de preocupante debilidad precisamente ante una cuestión crucial, ante la cuestión sobre la que surgió Europa: garantizar la paz en nuestro continente. +Usted ha señalado justamente como primer objetivo la ampliación de la Unión a los países que están preparados y luego ha escalonado las formas de cooperación dibujando círculos concéntricos de participación virtual con los países más cercanos pero no preparados todavía para el ingreso. +Y en el caso Dessault-Augusta ha quedado entre tanto muy claro que él estaba al corriente de la existencia de una caja B. Yo me pregunto: ¿quién nos garantiza que en el futuro no haya otras cajas B en la Comisión, en la DG XII o dónde sea, si este tema no se resuelve de manera más adecuada que hasta ahora? +La presupuestación basada en la actividad, el reparto restringido de asignaciones, la responsabilidad en el aparato burocrático, el control eficaz del tráfico económico así como el énfasis en la responsabilidad económica exigen sin embargo mucho trabajo. +En mi opinión en las tan mencionadas asignaciones pertenecientes al Apartado 4 hay sin embargo un incremento en comparación con el presupuesto del año pasado y por otra parte, bajo el Apartado 4, hay además unos puntos en los que no se han realizado recortes en absoluto. +En cuanto a la orientación sobre los nuevos acuerdos interinstitucionales y otros instrumentos diferentes para las referencias tanto de Wynn como de Bourlanges, advierto que el Consejo opina que es posible la financiación de una reserva para Kosovo con una nueva orientación o desplazamiento de fondos, pero con seguridad también el Consejo respetará el acuerdo interinstitucional y todos sus puntos. +Señora Presidenta, el Sr. Galeote hizo una intervención fuera de lugar porque no se trataba de una moción de censura a mi persona sino del debate de investidura del Sr. Prodi, y criticó lo que yo había dicho de la Sra. de Palacio. +De conformidad con el orden del día, la Presidencia del Consejo -saludo a la Presidenta en ejercicio, señora. Halonen- y de la Comisión proceden a hacer sendas declaraciones sobre los trabajos preparatorios de la reunión del Consejo Europeo los próximos días 15 y 16 de octubre en Tampere. +Como es natural, esperamos que en el ámbito de la cooperación judicial quede garantizada la seguridad jurídica de los ciudadanos al tiempo que se implanta un rápido y eficaz sistema de persecución policial transfronterizo. Es decir, procedimientos ágiles, intercambio inmediato de documentos, armonización del Derecho penal y ayuda para las víctimas. +Por otra parte, no podemos perder de vista que la Unión Europea ha experimentado un proceso evolutivo que ha desembocado en la creación de un orden jurídico europeo y unas instituciones europeas dotadas de una serie de competencias. +Otras cuestiones importantes son las políticas de integración que afectan también a los derechos culturales de las minorías, el derecho a vivir en familia con toda dignidad y los derechos políticos para todos los ciudadanos que residen en Europa. +La JSA, autoridad fiscalizadora, ha dirigido duras críticas en contra del mal uso dado a los datos, a la deficiente información a los refugiados sobre sus derechos y a que la autoridad misma no ha tenido acceso al registro de manera adecuada. +Conque dejemos de separar a las madres de los hijos, de retirar el permiso de residencia a un trabajador que ha perdido su empleo y de violar el derecho de asilo. +Nada más lejos de la verdad. Sólo tuvimos la suerte de que gracias a la intervención de la OTAN y al retorno de los albano-kosovares y su afán de iniciar cuanto antes la reconstrucción de su país, el flujo de refugiados se disolvió antes de tiempo. +El Consejo de Asuntos Generales aprobó anteayer las medidas de la Unión Europea encaminadas a aliviar la situación de la isla y decidió prohibir la exportación a la misma de armas, municiones y todo tipo de armamento que pueda ser usado en actos de terror y represión. +Cuando resulta que la Comisión apenas está saliendo de la crisis más grave de su historia y la Unión Europea en conjunto tiene motivos para meditar sobre la señal de alarma sin precedentes que acaban de dirigirle millones de electoras y electores, el momento se prestaba para que se adoptaran algunas medidas que pudieran abrir perspectivas nuevas, a medida que hiciesen renacer la esperanza. +Por ello, el País Vasco mantiene un conflicto político con el Estado español que ha dado lugar a manifestaciones de tipo violento, violencia que rechazamos la mayoría de nosotros, pero que ha sembrado y dejado una estela de muertes, heridas, dolor, extorsión, temor y muchas víctimas inocentes. +Por mucho que la resolución aprobada haya de considerarse como una lista de encargos que se encomienda a la Comisión Prodi -que no tiene nuestro apoyo- no podemos aprobarla, porque en ella las peticiones fundamentales que formula este Parlamento a una administración en funciones de la UE quedan plasmadas para siempre, como si de verdades eternas se tratase. +El Sr. Prodi, tanto por su fidelidad a los principios que dieron vida a la actual Unión Europea como por su capacidad de gestión probada, estoy segura que va a conducir a la nueva Comisión por el camino y al ritmo que las actuales circunstancias requieren. +Por ello, más allá de las cuestiones individuales que atañen a algunos Comisarios y que, en todo caso, pertenecen al pasado, he dado mi voto de confianza, a la nueva Comisión, en el convencimiento, además, de que el Parlamento dispone de los mecanismos necesarios para revocar esta confianza caso de ser traicionada. +Por estas razones, y habida cuenta de la competencia generalmente reconocida a los Comisarios y de la voluntad manifestada por la mayoría de ellos de trabajar en estrecha colaboración con el Parlamento, he votado a favor de la investidura de la Comisión Europea. +Tanto la reconstrucción de Kosovo como la ayuda humanitaria para el noroeste de Turquía, después de las catástrofes que se han producido allí, no admiten más demora. Es la obligación moral de la Unión Europea disponer los medios financieros necesarios. +Si, en el caso de Kosovo, no fue necesario pedir la autorización al Consejo de Seguridad ni esperar al consentimiento de Milosevic, ?por qué en el caso de Timor Oriental es necesario esperar la autorización del Consejo de Seguridad y obtener el consentimiento del Sr. Habibie? +Señor Presidente, desde el enlace holandés con Indonesia, en primer lugar quiero decir que me ha asombrado sobremanera que en el orden jurídico internacional y su mantenimiento por parte del Consejo de Seguridad, el orden mundial se haya mostrado, nuevamente, tan extraordinariamente ingenuo. +En el oeste no recabamos una resolución de las Naciones Unidas para bombardear la ex Yugoslavia a causa de Kosovo, que todavía sigue siendo parte de Yugoslavia, y sin embargo hasta ahora no hemos conseguido decidirnos, por las razones que sean, a lanzar una intervención militar en nombre de los habitantes de Timor. +En esta perspectiva, a iniciativa del Consejo o de los Estados miembros, la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas ha adoptado durante los tres últimos años varias resoluciones que preconizan la abolición universal de la pena capital. +Asunto: Supresión recíproca del visado obligatorio entre la Unión Europea y otros países En determinados Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, se ha suprimido el visado obligatorio para los ciudadanos estadounidenses que viajan a países miembros de la Unión. +Una vez que la Comisión haya presentado su propuesta sobre estas regulaciones, el Consejo considerará, siguiendo el principio de reciprocidad, los países que estarán exentos de visado en los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. +Sin embargo, quiero indicar que el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Estados Unidos ha declarado que el órgano competente del programa Attorney General sí ha aceptado a Grecia como participante, pero que hay que esperar la tramitación definitiva para que los ciudadanos griegos puedan ir a Estados Unidos sin visado. +La Unión subrayó al principio de las negociaciones, el 31 de marzo de 1998, que los periodos transitorios que se concedan no deben afectar a las normas de la Unión ni a sus políticas o al funcionamiento normal de las mismas. +La pregunta concreta que hago es si el Consejo no piensa que se le podría ofrecer a Marruecos la posibilidad de hacer un procedimiento más racional, porque construir una central nuclear para producir 600 Mw de electricidad es "matar moscas a cañonazos" y creo que sería conveniente que nuestros vecinos no lo hicieran. +El informe de la Sra. Pack que estamos debatiendo hoy, con la enmienda nº 2, ya hace mención a la colaboración con los albanokosovares que están deseosos de reconstruir su estado y se les ha de ayudar a participar en los proyectos de la Unión Europea y prestar su aportación a los mismos. +Señor Presidente, es muy positivo el hecho de que el Parlamento se involucre por primera vez en este asunto, tiene competencia jurisdiccional y, sobre todo mediante la delegación interparlamentaria, puede hacer una seguimiento del funcionamiento de este servicio, que, naturalmente, debe organizar también la ejecución de las medidas de acompañamiento para reinstalar a los refugiados. +El Convenio propuesto, así como los nueve anteriores firmados después del año 1972, establece la contribución CE al presupuesto de los programas normales del Organismo para el próximo trienio 1999-2001 y prevé asimismo negociaciones anuales sobre la contribución de la CE al presupuesto de la ayuda alimentaria. +La Sra. Morgantini ha elaborado un excelente informe que cuenta con mi apoyo y el de mi Grupo, y las dos enmiendas son muy importantes, porque piden un informe anual y el acceso a los lugares, así como información sobre los aspectos de la financiación. +En efecto, los diputados del Grupo Unión por la Europa de las Naciones son favorables a una Europa capaz de fomentar la coordinación entre los diferentes Estados miembros, más que a una Europa burocrática que preconice una reglamentación estricta y no adaptada a las diversidades de las situaciones geográficas y culturales. +En el plano jurídico, deseamos recordar que el papel del Parlamento Europeo consiste en adecuarse a los actuales fundamentos jurídicos y que no debe, en ningún caso, crear uno nuevo, no conforme a los Tratados firmados por los gobiernos de los Estados miembros. +En la propuesta de resolución aparecen recogidos, entre otros puntos, un deseo de traspasar la colaboración policial del tercer al primer pilar, un deseo de otorgar competencias operativas a la Europol y un llamamiento a la creación de un Ministerio Fiscal europeo común (Corpus Juris). +Además, no es casual que la ya limitada extensión la competencia del Tribunal de Justicia en las cuestiones que atañen a la justicia y a los asuntos internos exceptúa expresamente los temas relacionados con el orden público y la seguridad. +La Asamblea conocerá perfectamente las sofisticadas aptitudes de los delincuentes internacionales para aprovecharse de las diferentes disposiciones legales y reglamentarias en todo el mundo e infiltrarse en los sistemas económicos y financieros sin reparar en las fronteras nacionales. +Es increíble que el Banco Central haya depurado la ayuda concedida al mismo por el Fondo Monetario Internacional a través de las corporaciones de papel que tiene en el paraíso fiscal de la isla de Jersey. +Esos alimentos se están vendiendo en las tiendas rusas, y de ese modo se arruina el valor de la producción agrícola y de los alimentos rusos así como las posibilidades de los agricultores, y compromete su propia producción. +Debemos hacer todo lo que esté en nuestra mano para apagar el fuego allí desencadenado, para que las personas de esa parte del mundo tengan la posibilidad de desarrollar sus autonomías pacíficamente y tener un futuro como hemos logrado ya en Europa. +Sin embargo, espero que el presidente pueda sacar fuerzas del apoyo masivo que recibió en las urnas y que actúe para que el tribunal revolucionario anule las penas de muerte y así Irán pueda continuar el camino de reformas y de construcción de la sociedad civil. +Varios Estados miembros contribuyen en la misión de los 90 observadores militares de Naciones Unidas que están desplegados en las capitales de la región y en los cuarteles generales de los grupos rebeldes con el fin de supervisar el cumplimiento del Acuerdo de Lusaka. +Naturalmente, también estaría de acuerdo con el llamamiento que, entre otros, ha hecho la Sra. Maes a favor de la estricta suspensión del tráfico de armas que sigue alimentando el conflicto en la región y que a menudo tiene su origen aquí en la Unión Europea. +El Grupo del Partido Europeo de Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas solicita que no se incluya una declaración de la Comisión relativa a la negativa del Gobierno francés de levantar el embargo de la carne de vacuno británico. +Cuando hace unos meses pregunté a los representantes de la Comisión en la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor sobre la información relativa al reciclaje ilegal de fangos cloacales en piensos para animales en algunos Estados miembros, nadie pudo decirme lo que era el fango cloacal, dónde se estaba utilizando o por qué. +Creo que Europa tiene la obligación de transmitir sus conocimientos y su experiencia en materia del SIDA y de respaldar económicamente a los países africanos que desean prestar su colaboración en su lucha contra el SIDA y las consecuencias del mismo. +La pérdida de jóvenes en la flor de la vida es devastadora para el desarrollo económico y la productividad, la educación, la agricultura y un montón de esferas socioeconómicas. +Creo que la cuestión de nuestras obligaciones a este respecto y su vertiente moral puede hacer que progrese el debate o también que puede verse este debate a la luz del concepto de condicionalidad, del que no rechazamos hacer uso con relación a estos países muy pobres que tienen necesidad de nuestra colaboración y ayuda. +Por tanto, exista o no exista acuerdo con el Fondo Monetario Internacional, habrá apoyo a la ARYM, aunque es evidente que con la condición general de que se aplique el programa de reformas necesario para que estos fondos al final tengan una efectividad concreta. +La Comisión y el Parlamento comparten el objetivo común de incrementar hasta el 12% la parte correspondiente a las energías renovables en el consumo bruto de energía dentro de la Comunidad hasta el año 2010. +La política energética se elabora, en efecto, con un telón de fondo: queremos proteger el medio ambiente, queremos reducir el CO2 y, por consiguiente, tenemos que considerar, en particular, si la liberalización del mercado europeo de la electricidad, tal como se está llevando a cabo en estos momentos en algunos Estados miembros, no resulta contraproducente. +La utilización de las fuentes de energía renovables constituye un modelo de desarrollo y aplicación de las tecnologías más modernas, que a la vez también contribuyen a la protección del medio ambiente, pero también tiene una segunda faceta. +Se trata de algo que apoyamos claramente en el Grupo Socialista, pero no estoy del todo seguro de que el compromiso vaya acompañado de los recursos políticos -que es una de las razones por las que pedimos que la campaña aliente y fomente la energía renovable- o -lo que es más importante- de los recursos financieros. +De la misma forma en que Pretoria pudo acogerse a las preferencias arancelarias concedidas por la Unión Europea, debería ofrecer ciertas facilidades a sus vecinos, puesto que el desarrollo económico es imprescindible para garantizar la estabilidad política y la paz en la región. +La preferencia sudafricana de partida tenía relación con un acuerdo cercano a las disposiciones del Convenio de Lomé y la CNUCED predice un impacto desigual sobre las corrientes de intercambios bilaterales en detrimento de los productos sudafricanos. +Señor Presidente, como representante de un país agrícola como Francia, y más aún un país que ha vinculado su nombre y su política a un cierto concepto de la cooperación con África, no podemos ir en el mismo sentido que la Sra. Kinnock y aprobar el llamado acuerdo de comercio y cooperación con la República Sudafricana, por razones de forma y de fondo. +En nuestro caso, en el caso italiano, los mismos pasan por unas comisiones adscritas, por ejemplo, al Ministerio de Industria y a las cuales, a pesar del trabajo que realizamos en las comisiones, difícilmente podemos tener acceso, al objeto de lograr que los fondos se asignen a los Estados miembros en medida cada vez mayor. +Sólo quiero recordar que la revolución cultural exige un período de tiempo más largo: en este caso, lo único que hemos hecho es cambiar algunos puestos que era de vital importancia cambiar porque había que dar un ejemplo de movilidad por países y por personas; había que demostrar que los cargos no son vitalicios para nadie. +Estoy plenamente de acuerdo con los puntos que ha mencionado: la reducción de los impuestos que gravan las sociedades y su armonización son muy útiles para la competencia europea, al igual que el impuesto sobre los rendimientos del trabajo. +Mi pregunta tiene relación con la ayuda humanitaria en el valle del Panshir, es decir, en la zona controlada por la resistencia al régimen totalitario y criminal de Kabul y de los talibanes, del cual se conoce demasiado el destino atroz que reservan a las mujeres. +La Comisión es consciente del alcance y las posibilidades de los diferentes medios de comunicación y lleva a cabo dos encuestas anuales de la opinión pública con dos preguntas: sobre la información que tienen los ciudadanos acerca de los asuntos de la UE y cómo prefieren ser informados. +En cuanto a los programas de rehabilitación. La Comisión está en estrecho contacto con el Banco Mundial y otros donantes principales para formular un plan coherente, con lo que se evitará la duplicación de las contribuciones de donantes. +Luego dijeron que existía una trama organizada para cobrar ayudas, pero los familiares de altos cargos del Ministerio de Agricultura que cobraban las ayudas ya cultivaban lino antes de ser altos cargos, antes de que la Sra. de Palacio fuese Ministra de Agricultura y antes incluso de que la Sra. de Palacio les conociera. +El año pasado, más de la mitad de las importaciones totales de Turquía procedieron de la Unión Europea, y casi la mitad del total de las exportaciones de Turquía en el mismo año se dirigieron a la Unión Europea. +Primero: debido sobre todo a la iniciativa del ministro griego de Asuntos Exteriores, a quien quiero expresar aquí mi reconocimiento- se ha logrado una relación mucho mejor -si bien aún no óptima- entre Turquía y nuestro país miembro, Grecia, habiéndose dado también un paso hacia la solución de la tan importante cuestión chipriota. +El Canciller Srenter ha declarado, también en Atenas, tras un encuentro con el Primer Ministro, Sr. Simitis, que consideraría un error referir en un debate público, en una conferencia de prensa, las condiciones que deberá cumplir Turquía para ser considerada como país candidato a la adhesión, algo que da a entender, creo, señora Presidenta, que Turquía debe asumir determinadas condiciones antes de considerarla país candidato. +Sin embargo, el desarrollo interno de estos países y, sobre todo, su capacidad de cumplir los requisitos de la Unión, para gozar también de sus derechos en la misma, no se adecuan a un plazo de adhesión tan rápido como el que ellos desean. +Europa, para nosotros, los liberales demócratas, ha de seguir respaldando firmemente el proceso de paz y de cooperación en Oriente Próximo, aunque debe comprometerse, además que desde el punto de vista económico, también en términos políticos y culturales adquiriendo una talla y un peso político reconocidos en la región y en el mundo. +En el texto francés y en el texto inglés se dice que "pide a las autoridades religiosas que cooperen sin reservas" - lo que, ya desde el punto de vista léxico, difiere del texto italiano - pero sobre todo "que participen en la distribución de preservativos" . +La aprobación de estos dos informes constituye una garantía para los ciudadanos europeos de la voluntad de la Unión Europea de proteger el medio ambiente y de reducir, a la vez, nuestra dependencia energética. +Ahora bien, si bien creemos necesario asociar Turquía a la Unión para evitar una deriva islamita en este país, también creemos que su integración pura y simple a las estructuras actuales de la Unión, como el Parlamento Europeo acaba de solicitar, es imposible. +Durante decenios el estado turco ha perseguido al pueblo kurdo y le ha negado el obvio derecho de las minorías a sus derechos políticos, sociales y culturales así como el derecho a su propio idioma, a sus propias escuelas y a su propia cultura. +Una parte importante del desarrollo del principio de la competencia es la liberalización del comercio internacional, que en nuestra opinión no será completa hasta que la OMC pueda intervenir en la eliminación de los obstáculos y tergiversaciones comerciales creados por empresas privadas. +En nuestra posición -y la Presidencia del Consejo acaba, con razón, de recordarlo--, existe ante todo la preocupación de que la Unión no se encierre en una negociación sectorial, inscrita en las conclusiones del Ciclo de Uruguay, limitada a la agricultura y los servicios. +Esto es en especial una apelación al Consejo para que encuentre una posición europea uniforme y conceda a la Comisión la plena confianza otorgándole a tiempo un mandato general de negociación, aclarando al mismo tiempo la participación formal del Parlamento. +Lo menos que se puede decir es que estas estadísticas no avalan totalmente la idea según la cual el desmantelamiento progresivo de los obstáculos a los intercambios, tras ocho ciclos de negociaciones (desde el comienzo de la década de los años 50 hasta 1994), favoreció el crecimiento económico. +Las hormonas en las terneras no son la receta más recomendada; la eliminación de las barreras no puede llevar consigo la eliminación de la seguridad y de la calidad de los productos. +La situación en los ámbitos agrícola y agroalimentario se ha agravado desde hace algunos años, cuando teóricamente estábamos protegidos por el ciclo de Uruguay y los acuerdos de Marrakech, que se suponía garantizaban y organizan el acceso a los mercados, las ayudas a las exportaciones y las ayudas internas. +El resultado de esto es que, en este momento, la Comunidad Europea está sometiendo a un organismo internacional la solución obligatoria de sus controversias internacionales sin tener la garantía de que haya suficiente imparcialidad. +Creo que en el caso de la economía no es necesario, aún cuando no se trate de una ciencia exacta, ya que la mayoría de los economistas consideran, por las razones que se han indicado hace un momento, que la liberalización de los intercambios va por buen camino. +Esto no es tan evidente respecto al medio ambiente, hasta el punto que la Comisión ha tomado la iniciativa de iniciar un estudio de los impactos en el medio ambiente en relación con la Ronda que vamos a lanzar. +No lo hicimos porque en esa época no habíamos pensado en ello, no teníamos los medios para ello, y el hecho de hacerlo hoy sobre la base del ciclo de Uruguay no tendría sentido desde el punto de vista metodológico. +Estaría interesada en escuchar lo que piensan el Comisario y el Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo sobre la evolución del impuesto energético común, sin el cual la Unión Europea no podrá llevar a cabo sus objetivos en esta materia. +Según un informe del IPCC, para el año 2010 se requiere una reducción de las emisiones del CO2 de un 35% con respecto al año 1999 para poder limitar el ascenso de la temperatura y del nivel del agua de los mares. +En cuanto a la ratificación del Protocolo de Kioto, indicaría que como no se ha llegado a acuerdos sobre las normas de control del cumplimiento de los compromisos, ni sobre las regulaciones de los mecanismos de actuación, nos encontramos con que no sabríamos a ciencia cierta lo que estamos ratificando. +La coordinación de los Fondos estructurales a las Comunidades Autónomas del Objetivo nº1 es elaborada por la Comisión y el Estado miembro en cuestión. Así pues, el reparto de los Fondos estructurales no es competencia del Consejo, sino de los Estados miembros. +Evidentemente hay incumplimientos, hay retrasos de más de cuatro meses en las comunicaciones de listas, hay más barcos que antes -entre un 57% y un 63%, más en Irlanda y en Inglaterra- cuando tenía que haber menos, hay daños al ecosistema, hay daños a la economía de la gente y no se están incorporando las recomendaciones del ICCAT. +Señor Presidente, como el Sr. diputado sabe, tanto en el trato preferencial en las relaciones comerciales como en la concesión de los fondos PHARE y en los temas relacionados con los acuerdos se aplicarán los planteamientos regionales previstos por la Unión Europea previstos para el Sudeste de Europa. +En cuanto a los acuerdos, el Consejo señaló que las negociaciones para el acuerdo de cooperación y estabilización, que es la nueva modalidad de acuerdo bilateral entre la Unión y los países del Sudeste de Europa, serán comenzadas, basándonos en los informes de la Comisión, cuando Croacia cumpla los criterios establecidos. +Los Estados miembros pueden recurrir a los instrumentos que se han creado a nivel comunitario para paliar los posibles efectos de la supresión de las ventas libres de impuestos, instrumentos que fueron expuestos por la Comisión en un comunicado dirigido al Consejo el 17 de febrero de 1999. +Vamos a contar dentro de poco con informes de varios gobiernos, por tanto, este proyecto de resolución resulta sumamente actual. La resolución recuerda una vez más a los gobiernos, a través del Parlamento y del Consejo, que, como Parlamento, - me alegra mucho que todos los grupos se hayan puesto de acuerdo sobre este proyecto de resolución -hacemos realmente hincapié en que, de hecho, presentan informes serios. +Pienso que estamos cerca de obtener un primer gran resultado en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas y que conviene concentrarse para procurar que el texto final sea un verdadero texto, un texto que nos permita continuar esta batalla, que -como han dicho otros oradores- este Parlamento toma tan en serio. +Indonesia no sobrevivirá si no se sabe encontrar una solución para la violencia que se reproduce en muchas islas, si no se logra el respeto de las minorías dentro de una estructura democrática y si no hay lugar para la autonomía regional. +. (EN) En relación con la pena capital: durante los tres últimos años la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas ha aprobado una resolución sobre la pena de muerte con un número cada vez mayor de copatrocinadores. +La Comisión, por conducto de sus programas de asistencia en la esfera de la democratización y los derechos humanos, sigue apoyando las medidas destinadas a fomentar la confianza y el diálogo entre las diferentes comunidades. +Este Parlamento debe obligar a todos los Estados implicados y a todas las Instituciones a cerrar este capítulo que representa uno de los muchos misterios italianos que no encuentran el camino de la verdad y que ciertamente tiene sus raíces en las altas esferas y las connivencias. +Por supuesto, nos impresiona el hecho de que en un país en el que ya hay 51 reactores y el compromiso de construir otros 20 mas, no tengan los conocimientos adecuados y la experiencia suficiente para evitar estos sucesos. +Las cuestiones planteadas en las propuestas de resolución acerca de la fabricación, el transporte y la utilización de óxidos mixtos -el combustible MOX- no tienen nada que ver con el accidente de la central de Tokaimura. +Concluyo, tras dar las gracias de nuevo al Sr. Presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, así como a la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, con un ruego a la Cámara: que apruebe el informe del Sr. Napolitano. +Con esta directiva en la que se trata de la primera normativa marco de este tipo en todo el mundo, la Unión Europea da un primer paso decisivo hacia la regulación y, al mismo tiempo, hacia el fomento del comercio electrónico en el seno de la Comunidad. +Por un lado, se establecen pocas reglas, pero claramente definidas, sobre las exigencias que han de cumplir las firmas electrónicas, pero, por otro lado, los Estados miembros pueden decidir en qué casos equiparan estas firmas a las manifestaciones tradicionales de voluntad, por ejemplo a la firma de puño y letra, a la forma escrita o a otras pruebas documentales. +Según entiendo la situación, esas versiones pueden plantear una grave amenaza para el mercado debido a que algunas de sus disposiciones parecen menoscabar el principio del país de origen, que, como sabe el Parlamento, es la base en que se fundó el mercado único. +Naturalmente los velocímetros son adecuados para introducir automáticamente un umbral de inhibición durante la conducción, porque de lo contrario -esto es así, lamentablemente- las velocidades muy elevadas para las que estos vehículos no están preparados, pues tienen el centro de gravedad muy alto, etc., tendrán efectos desfavorables. +Además, el velocímetro ya es uno de los accesorios de serie en la mayoría de los vehículos disponibles en el mercado de la UE, sin que esto influya de manera significativa en el precio final del vehículo. +Ha llegado el momento de que en la Unión Europea se opte por una presupuestación basada en la actividad, por una administración en la que se rindan cuentas mediante los resultados, por la delegación de poderes y competencias a niveles inferiores y por la aclaración de las competencias personales. +El primero era conciliar la nomenclatura presupuestaria en relación con las prioridades definidas en el Tratado de Amsterdam y, en especial, el hecho de que a partir de ahora la creación de un espacio de libertad, de seguridad y de justicia es uno de los objetivos fundamentales de la Unión. +Finalmente, señor Presidente, hablando como miembro de la representación griega, quisiera expresar mi pesar, porque las instituciones europeas aún no han encontrado una base jurídica correcta para poder prestar ayuda a un Estado miembro que recientemente ha sufrido las consecuencias de las catástrofes naturales. +También siento que la Comisión de Presupuestos no aprobara trasladar la formación de los inspectores nucleares en la antigua Unión Soviética de la línea de política exterior a la de energía, con la que dicha formación podría realizarse de forma mucho más eficaz. +Los fondos suplementarios concedidos para los nuevos puestos de la Oficina Veterinaria y Fitosanitaria de Dublín convencerán a nuestros ciudadanos que estamos tomando medidas para proteger la calidad y la seguridad de la comida que ponen en el plato. +La Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades pide que se aplique en este contexto una interpretación amplia del concepto de salud, que incluyo tanto el bienestar físico como también el bienestar psíquico y social. +Por este motivo quiero subrayar que el respaldo de la mayoría del Grupo ELDR a la estrategia presentada por el ponente, Sr. Bourlanges y que tiene por objeto rebatir el recorte general de un 10% de los gastos externos no es muestra de falta de voluntad para hallar formas de ahorrar. +Es evidente que las circunstancias de los años pasados -la dimisión de la Comisión y los informes del Comité de Expertos- nos advierten de la necesidad de que nos procuremos una base que nos haga confiar en una administración sensata de los fondos. +Y queremos que los Estados miembros hagan frente a las circunstancias excepcionales, y la reconstrucción de Kosovo es una circunstancia excepcional, con soluciones excepcionales que no deben buscarse a través de un simple recorte lineal impuesto al Parlamento en sus líneas y en sus programas. +Esto no debe suponer en absoluto un aumento del gasto público en Europa, pero exige que cada Estado, todos los Estados europeos estén dispuestos a transferir a la Unión los recursos correspondientes a la transferencia de hecho de las competencias. +Durante ese mes largo e intenso de transacciones, el Parlamento se esforzó en hacer ver al Consejo que no sólo de FEOGA y Fondos estructurales vive la Unión, y que el restante 20% del presupuesto también servía a los objetivos de la Unión y que, a menudo, afectaba a temas muy sensibles políticamente. +En consecuencia, los motivos para aprobar o rechazar el Presupuesto sólo pueden basarse en el grado en que la definición de los ejes centrales de la política responda a los propios planteamientos y en si la dotación de recursos financieros para dichas políticas es suficiente. +En un mundo cambiante, hemos de estar en condiciones de emprender ajustes del presupuesto mucho más rápidamente, de forma que sin aumentar el presupuesto global podamos responder a nuevas necesidades, por ejemplo y muy especialmente, al desarrollo de los nuevos países miembros de Europa Oriental, pero también a la ayuda humanitaria en casos de catástrofe y a la reconstrucción de los Balcanes, que no deben ser financiadas con reducciones en la ayuda al tercer mundo. +La nueva Comisión se propone aplicar los diferentes criterios que ustedes han vuelto a exponer para la adjudicación y supervisión de los trabajos contratados con oficinas de asistencia técnica, con objeto de determinar claramente de qué aspectos se deberá encargar la administración pública y cuáles se podrán confiar a las oficinas de asistencia técnica. +Sin embargo, puesto que estas visitas al BCE son de carácter más informal, no es necesario decir que deben considerarse como un instrumento suplementario de comunicación entre ambas instituciones y que no pueden considerarse un sustituto de las audiencias públicas periódicas en el Parlamento Europeo. +Intentar utilizar la política monetaria para incrementar la actividad económica real por encima de su nivel sostenible no hará sino producir a la larga una inflación aún mayor, no un crecimiento económico más rápido. +Aunque la contribución que hace al mantener la estabilidad de los precios no se debe pasar por alto, la política monetaria claramente no puede resolver el grave problema estructural del desempleo en la zona del euro. +Dicha coordinación tendería a disminuir la responsabilidad democrática, a reducir la transparencia del marco político de cara a la opinión pública y a aumentar la incertidumbre sobre las actuaciones sectoriales, amenazando potencialmente con desestabilizar la economía. +En la actualidad, los resultados de los sistemas de pago al por menor transfronterizos llevan un claro retraso con respecto a los objetivos políticos de la Unión Económica y Monetaria e, incluso, a las expectativas de muchos ciudadanos y pequeñas empresas europeas. +Tras la introducción de los billetes y monedas de euros el 1 de enero de 2002, estas diferencias en cuanto a los niveles de servicio de los pagos nacionales y transfronterizos dentro de la zona de la moneda única se harán incluso más evidentes. +Esto demuestra que el BCE se toma en serio su responsabilidad de apoyar otros objetivos económicos comunes, en particular el del empleo, y nosotros sabemos que la bonanza coyuntural en la Unión Europea, a pesar de la evolución diferenciada dentro de la zona "euro 11" , seguirá requiriendo apoyo. +Unicamente una total transparencia del informe entre los objetivos fijados por el Tratado y las acciones de los miembros del Consejo permitirá a los europeos apreciar si los miembros del Consejo cumplen correctamente con su misión, algo que nosotros no dudamos. +Señor Presidente, nueve meses después del lanzamiento del euro y empañado el entusiasmo por su futuro papel como la principal divisa de reserva internacional a causa de la debilidad de los tipos de cambio, no se puede anunciar a los cuatro vientos un éxito sin calificativos. +También resultó confuso ayer escuchar que el Sr. Issing, economista jefe del BCE, al parecer había declarado en Londres que el Banco no publicaría sus previsiones económicas para el territorio del euro, perpetuando una cultura del secreto. +Creo que sería bueno que pensáramos en un nuevo sistema y que deberíamos preguntarnos cómo podríamos garantizar una mejor colaboración parlamentaria con una serie de países en vías de desarrollo y con los países de Europa Central y Oriental, a los que vamos a ayudar, y no lo digo porque las ONG no vayan a seguir estando allí, sino porque creo que es una imagen algo equivocada la que damos de la consolidación de la democracia si decimos que sólo las ONG pueden intervenir activamente. +Señor Presidente, su visita al Parlamento Europeo se produce en un momento en el que toda la población colombiana en su conjunto ha manifestado alto y claro su deseo de paz civil, de democracia y de respeto por los derechos humanos. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate sobre el informe del Consejo Europeo y la declaración de la Comisión relativa a los resultados del Consejo Europeo de los pasados días 15 y 16 de octubre en Tampere. +Así se hace en las conclusiones de la forma necesaria para atender las legítimas preocupaciones de los ciudadanos en materia de seguridad y garantía judicial de sus derechos, como es norma en una Unión que pretende basarse en el principio de prevalencia del derecho y de la ley. +Señora Presidenta, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, Primer Ministro Lipponen, me uno a la visión de que el Consejo Europeo de Tampere puede ser considerado histórico, debido a que es la primera vez que el Consejo ha tratado y ha puesto a la cabeza de la agenda europea la creación de un espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia. +Nuestro Grupo se suma a la idea del Consejo de que la Unión y sus Estados miembros refuercen la apertura de la Unión al resto del mundo en el campo de las relaciones personales, culturales, políticas y económicas. +Y en este sentido, creemos que ahí se abre un nuevo frente importante y apoyamos también -como hemos hecho con la iniciativa del Parlamento- la creación del fondo de refugiados, que creemos que puede ser un elemento muy decisivo. +Daré sólo un ejemplo entre los muchos que se podrían dar: la prioridad otorgada a la cooperación contra la delincuencia juvenil en las ciudades nos parece algo extraña y fuera de lugar, dado que para reprimirla realmente los Estados harían mejor en intensificar sus esfuerzos de cooperación para erradicar la delincuencia organizada que actúa cada vez más a escala internacional. +Me parece también que la Comisión, en el nuevo espíritu de Tampere y como vigilante del ordenamiento jurídico comunitario, debería hacer cumplir las directivas para perseguir el blanqueo de dinero, cuyo incumplimiento está impidiendo una eficaz cooperación judicial, como, por ejemplo, en el caso de Gibraltar. +Pero en un plano más general, y en particular cuando ha tratado de cuestiones de inmigración, el Consejo se ha hundido en dos contradicciones que, por lo demás, remiten, las dos, a su falta de valor político o a la parálisis mutua de sus miembros: no sabemos bien. +Sin embargo, una reestructuración puede ser inteligente, es decir, puede tener en cuenta el coste social y económico; y puede ser corta de vista, es decir, puede tener en cuenta hoy el coste económico y pagar el coste social mucho después, porque son muchos los factores que van a influir negativamente en una empresa que no tiene en cuenta la dimensión social. +Frente a las nuevas tecnologías y a la revolución de la información, hay lugar para una concepción nueva de la productividad, basada no en el racionamiento de los gastos sociales, sino en el fomento de las capacidades humanas. +Entonces tengan valor para mirar de frente la realidad: los asalariados de Michelin no son víctimas de la dirección de Michelin, sino de Sus Señorías, mercaderes del mundialismo, como también lo son los asalariados del sector bancario, de los seguros, del sector automovilístico y muchos otros, cuyas empresas se fusionan, se trasladan o se reestructuran para poder sobrevivir. +Ayer este Parlamento pidió al Presidente Duisenberg que sometiera la política monetaria a las necesidades de crecimiento de una Europa que no sabe reformarse, que no sabe reformar las economías y que tampoco sabe liberalizar los mercados, especialmente el mercado de trabajo. +En ese marco, nos encontramos ante el difícil problema de los traslados: difícil, pues, evidentemente, destruyen puestos de trabajo en Europa; difícil, pues los mismos que los vilipendian hoy exigen, paralelamente, que Europa multiplique las inversiones en los países en vías de desarrollo y facilite al máximo la entrada en el territorio de la Unión Europea de productos procedentes de esos países. +Pero, dicho eso, los que creemos en el mercado y militamos en esta parte del Hemiciclo, lejos de las tentaciones autárquicas de un lado y otro de la Asamblea, creemos que el principio de compensación social debe equilibrar el principio de un mercado que funcione. +En este documento refiere, pues, "las compañías europeas consideran que son una parte inseparable de la sociedad; esto significa que actúan de una manera socialmente responsable: consideran los beneficios su principal objetivo, pero no la única razón de su existencia. +Quizá se deba a que temen dificultades en la verificación y a que la prohibición podría permitir a países como Corea del Norte e Irak realizar pruebas de bajo nivel, o quizá teman que mediante el cese permanente de las pruebas, los Estados Unidos podrían ver mermados su arsenal nuclear y su fuerza de disuasión. +Para finalizar, deseo apoyar de nuevo lo que el Parlamento acordó el 18 de noviembre del año pasado; apoyó las declaraciones de los ocho Estados del 9 de junio de 1998, la new agenda coalition, una eliminación definitiva y total de las armas nucleares. +Señor Presidente, queremos tener esperanzas en que la decisión del Senado de los Estados Unidos es una forma de esquivar provisionalmente la obligación ética que tiene la superpotencia mundial frente a la opinión pública mundial, como país que debe ser vanguardista en la política de reducción del peligro nuclear. +Muchísimos estados han abandonado de forma voluntaria la posesión de este tipo de armas. Los estados grandes, que disponen de armas nucleares, han reducido considerablemente sus arsenales de armas nucleares, pero no podemos estar realmente satisfechos con ello. +Quisiera preguntar al Comisario Patten, si aún me escucha, si está de acuerdo conmigo en que esto refuerza la necesidad de una política exterior y de defensa europea eficaz, que nos permita emprender medidas con independencia - no ya depender, sino más bien proteger nuestra seguridad para que no se vea vapuleada constantemente por los vientos de la política nacional estadounidense y por las elecciones presidenciales de los Estados Unidos. +Espero con interés el fin de la discusión que ha anunciado el ponente de la Comisión de Presupuestos en relación con la forma de asignación de los medios en el capítulo A 30 del presupuesto para el año 2001. +Ahora que hablamos de la Europa del próximo siglo, la nueva y gran Europa, la Europa de la ampliación, no resultaría, quizás, ventajoso lanzar en este momento, de una vez por todas, una política cultural atrevida, ya que la cultura no es algo sobre lo que se deba tratar de la misma forma que se tratan los asuntos supuestamente importantes. +Permítaseme también una observación por lo que se refiere a la enmienda 12: esta enmienda es aceptada manteniendo cierta flexibilidad a fin de poder aproximar, sobre ese punto concreto, durante la fase de conciliación, las posiciones del Consejo y del Parlamento. +La Comisión acepta la enmienda 13, que propone criterios indicativos de distribución presupuestaria entre las grandes esferas culturales, al tiempo que aumenta de 9% a 11% el porcentaje a favor de las acciones en el sector del libro y la lectura, cuyo monto anual disminuiría sensiblemente en comparación con el programa Ariane. +La nueva línea afecta a las medidas preparatorias del sector audiovisual y no hace ninguna referencia al apartado 3 del antiguo artículo 130, relativo al desarrollo industrial y a las decisiones en cuya virtud de establecía el programa Eureka Audiovisual. +Es de lamentar que, como resultado de la votación de la comisión de cultura, juventud, educación, comunicación y deporte, se vaya a presentar que la financiación del Observatorio Audiovisual se garantice para sólo tres años, en contra de la postura, en otros, del presidente de dicha comisión parlamentaria, Sr. Gargani, que presentó un informe al respecto. +Ahora bien, en el presupuesto del Parlamento Europeo, en la rúbrica 3710, leemos con sorpresa la formulación siguiente: "Contribuciones a favor de los partidos políticos europeos" , con la siguiente explicación: "La Comisión debería, lo antes posible, someter un estatuto de partidos políticos europeos" . +El año pasado, el Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades condenó severamente el hecho de comprometer gastos presupuestarios sin base legal por la Comisión, con la complicidad del Parlamento Europeo. +Los países industrializados, en conjunto, y los Estados miembros de la Unión, en particular, no deben desentenderse de la ayuda al desarrollo, puesto que ello tendría repercusiones sanitarias, sociales, económicas y políticas graves en el equilibrio siempre frágil de los países más desfavorecidos. +Me parece un grave error político que, si el Consejo y la Comisión han establecido un sistema mediante el cual sus propios miembros, los Comisarios, los Ministros y Jefes de Gobierno de los Estados miembros, pueden ser investigados en caso de irregularidad, no podamos serlo los diputados. +La empresa Michelin, que acaba de proceder, en Francia, a una serie de despidos controvertidos, se encuentra, precisamente, en una situación de este género, ya que su principal competidor produce neumáticos en los países del Este, a costa de salarios cinco veces menos elevados. +La verdad es que la Directiva marco entró en vigor en enero de 1997 y la presente propuesta de la Comisión trata de resolver los problemas de aplicación de las disposiciones transitorias sobre los recipientes para el transporte de gases y sobre las cisternas. +En otro orden de cosas, al Sr. Pohjamo le contestaría que la Directiva 96/35 sobre los consejeros de seguridad, que entrará en vigor a partir del 1 de enero de 2000, debe contribuir a la aplicación de la legislación sobre transporte de mercancías peligrosas, hacerla más transparente y más acorde con lo que todos pretendemos. +Ante usted, señor Fischler, creo que no es necesario insistir una vez más en la importancia de este acuerdo con Marruecos para ciertos Estados miembros, como España y Portugal, y para determinadas comunidades autónomas, como Galicia, Andalucía y Canarias, todas ellas, como es sabido, dentro del Objetivo 1, muy dependientes de la pesca y, hoy por hoy, sin caladeros alternativos para sus flotas y con una estructura empresarial que imposibilita ciertas formas de cooperación. +Era usted un Comisario en funciones y yo me adhiero al símil de mi compañero Varela Suanzes-Carpegna para decirle que aquí tiene usted un buen toro, un miura para lidiar; emprenda usted una buena negociación, llévela a buen puerto, defienda usted, señor Comisario, los intereses de los pescadores europeos como el Gobierno marroquí defenderá los intereses de los suyos. +Por eso, al igual que el sector, creo que esta vez -y en este caso siento sobre todo que no esté el Consejo, porque a él es a quien principalmente me dirijo- debemos plantarnos y dar la señal de que, si bien llevamos años pidiendo y suplicando que se nos permita participar, como simples observadores, en las negociaciones de los acuerdos de pesca, ahora ya, señor Presidente, no puede posponerse esa participación. +Pueden estar seguros de una cosa: aun cuando al principio del presente debate no haya enumerado todos los factores que dejen de manifiesto la importancia de este acuerdo, sobre todo para el sector pesquero español y también para la economía pesquera portuguesa, soy muy consciente de la transcendencia que tiene. +Tengo entendido que mi colega el Comisario Byrne y el presidente del Comité Científico Directivo han convocado una conferencia de prensa en Bruselas para esta tarde a las 18 horas, en la que darán a conocer los resultados de la reunión de los científicos. +Quizá el Sr. Parish pueda enviar una copia de su discurso al jefe de su partido, porque lamentablemente, en Gran Bretaña, el jefe de su partido propicia que se prohiba la importación de productos franceses en el Reino Unido. +Con un embargo y una prohibición de exportación no se combate la enfermedad EEB. De este modo, se procede a la localización del problema y se crea un instrumento que permite implantar la normativa de seguridad europea estipulada por la Comisión. +En Francia, esta Agencia de Seguridad Sanitaria Alimentaria se estableció gracias a la presión de la población, de los consumidores y, claro está, de los ecologistas y del Grupo de los Verdes en el Parlamento Europeo. +Entretanto, las autoridades del Reino Unido han preparado su propio sistema de etiquetado relativo al plan de inocuidad de la carne de bovino y han indicado que ese sistema de etiquetado, con carácter voluntario, funcionaría en relación con las exportaciones a Francia y a otros países. +Este Comité es el que celebró la votación y emitió un dictamen unánime, después de haber examinado toda la información que figuraba en el informe del Comité Especial y algunos otros documentos facilitados por el Grupo Especial y, evidentemente, aplicando sus propios conocimientos científicos. +La Comisión dispone de un informe unánime de los mejores científicos y veterinarios de la Unión Europea, que han expresado su opinión de que la carne de bovino británica exportada con arreglo al plan de exportación conforme a un calendario establecido es tan inocua como cualquier otra de Europa. +Señor Presidente, los pactos europeos sobre el empleo, los procesos de Cardiff, de Luxemburgo, de Colonia y la combinación entre ellos, los diálogos macroeconómicos, los órganos técnicos y políticos de estos diálogos no tienden a fomentar el empleo en Europa positivamente para los trabajadores. +Me parece entender que, más allá de algunas declaraciones de principio, no hay nada eficaz, no existe ninguna propuesta, no hay ningún análisis riguroso, a pesar de que el análisis del estado de salud de muchas economías europeas, en particular continentales, tendría que serlo. +Por esto nosotros queremos hacerles una pregunta muy concreta: ¿Cuándo van a alcanzar acuerdos en los que se establezcan criterios concretos que permitan evaluar en qué medida pueden contribuir las inversiones públicas a la consolidación del proceso de crecimiento, con efectos también claramente positivos en el mercado de trabajo? +¿Qué resultado pueden tener el paro estructural, el paro de larga duración, el paro juvenil y los esfuerzos realizados con la política del empleo y las 22 líneas directrices, con los planes de acción de los países miembros? +De hecho, yo voy a ir más lejos y pedir la exclusión de los trabajadores que participan en la elaboración de pescado fresco -y subrayo: pescado fresco-, porque en el caso del pescado no hay una continuidad de suministro. +Según el estudio de la Comisión, en el momento en que se aprobó la directiva original sobre la jornada laboral en Irlanda los médicos de hospital no especialistas trabajaban más de las 65 horas permitidas a la semana y desempeñaban tareas indistinguibles de las de sus colegas superiores. +El citado estudio enumera también las siguientes cuestiones: fijación de turnos no realista, períodos prolongados de servicio continuo, distribución de las tareas entre médicos auxiliares y superiores, presiones no oficiales a los médicos en período de formación, vulnerabilidad de los períodos de descanso y el ritmo de presiones y necesidades del servicio. +El problema que se nos plantea en el caso de China -ya se ha señalado justificadamente y también se nos plantea con otros países- es el de los derechos humanos, al cual hay que añadir, en el caso de China, el problema del Tíbet, los gestos amenazadores hacia Taiwan, etc. +Por lo que se refiere a la posible aportación de la red Internet, pensamos que mediante ese tipo de contactos y también, como ha dicho Su Señoría a propósito del comercio electrónico, gracias a ese tipo de acuerdos científicos habrá alguna forma de diálogo posible en el futuro. +Nos hemos visto obligados a trabajar deprisa, pero por otra parte, también me atrevo a decir que lamento el que mi Grupo no haya logrado el acuerdo de la comisión sobre una serie de puntos que consideramos prioritarios. Es por eso, señor Pronk, por lo que hemos decidido volver a presentar estas enmiendas que nos parecen fundamentales. +A nuestro parecer, es recomendable que también en este ámbito los Estados miembros se guíen por la conducta de los tres países de la Unión que obtienen los mejores resultados, tal y como se ha venido haciendo en el marco de la Unión Económica y Monetaria Europea y la propia política de empleo. +A decir verdad apenas puedo creer que esta propuesta de iniciar un proceso de Luxemburgo para la seguridad social haya sido rechazada en comisión por nuestros colegas del PPE, a pesar de constituir el núcleo del Informe Pronk que votamos en el Parlamento anterior. +Por ello, pensamos como miembros del ELDR que con el paquete sobre el empleo se ha hallado una buena solución al problema de cómo conciliar el principio de subsidiariedad con el deseo de garantizar una coordinación de las políticas de empleo. +Los informes de los países miembros sobre el modo en que cumplen las directrices no sólo muestran cómo estos países se las están arreglando por separado sino que también abren el camino para una inspiración recíproca, en la cual unos países puedan aprender de los buenos resultados de otros. +La UEM ha tenido éxito en la medida de que una coordinación de esta naturaleza ha posibilitado alcanzar los objetivos comunes que los países se propusieron para la inflación, para los tipos de interés y para el déficit presupuestario. +Cuando el dinero tendría que estar utilizándose para responder a las necesidades de mujeres y hombres, a las necesidades de nuestras sociedades, el asunto Michelin simboliza la dictadura de la ley del dinero sobre la economía y las personas. +Investigaciones que acaban de publicarse en Gales, país que represento, demuestran una vez más que las mujeres siguen teniendo una representación muy baja en los puestos de dirección de las empresas y que no ascienden en la carrera profesional con la rapidez que cabría esperar de sus aptitudes. +En este contexto, me remito también al experimento de reducción del IVA en el sector servicios, el cual fue aprobado debidamente por el Consejo, pero parece ser que los Estados miembros no lo están poniendo en marcha, salvo algunas excepciones. Al menos en lo que se refiere a mi país, Finlandia, hubiese deseado una solución diferente al respecto. +Antes de que pasemos a la próxima tanda de votaciones sobre el informe Smet, podría conceder a la Sra. Smet la oportunidad de aclarar, para que conste en Acta, un aspecto que no tuvo la oportunidad de aclarar al final del debate de ayer en relación con los pescadores a la parte que son autónomos. +Es necesario, sobre todo, acometer una reforma y una modernización de la educación y en la formación que beneficien a todos, sin ninguna discriminación que se base en el medio social o en la persona, y que incorporen los cambios tecnológicos e informáticos, así como combatir encarnizadamente todas las formas de desempleo y de trabajo precario. +Se trata de un tema eminentemente político en el que se ve a la derecha conservadora flirtear con la precariedad y a las fuerzas de la izquierda intentar poner en pie la convergencia social, insistiendo en la relación entre el empleo, su calidad y la protección social. +El uso de facilidades fiscales como "zanahoria" para la renovación de los viejos y pesados utilitarios, está completamente justificada, así como las ventajas fiscales dirigidas a los vehículos respetuosos con el medio ambiente: todo esto para que se acelere la introducción de vehículos menos contaminantes. +Señor Lange, quizá pueda usted intentar una vez más lograr con el Consejo un compromiso en una sesión nocturna, para que nos veamos libres de una decisión en conciencia de votar en contra de su excelente informe, a favor del cual me gustaría votar, o -casi hay que decirlo ahora- en contra del medio ambiente, ya que todo vuelve de nuevo a la cola de espera. +La Comisión cree que el estado de desarrollo de la tecnología necesaria para aplicar limitaciones tan severas a los óxidos de nitrógeno dificulta en estos momentos la aceptación de una fecha anterior a octubre del 2008. +Además, cuando en el 2001, en las Naciones Unidas, se haga un balance de la Primera Cumbre Mundial de los Niños, sugiero que en nuestro Parlamento se cree un Parlamento Europeo de los Niños, preparado con ellos, para celebrar esa Cumbre Mundial Europea en el 2001. +Pero también quiero creer que, bajo la responsabilidad de la Comisión, se puede pensar en promover un estudio comparativo de la incorporación de la Convención de los Derechos del Niño a las legislaciones nacionales de muchos Estados miembros. +El motivo de esta pregunta es pedir a la Comisión no sólo que se exprese de forma clara respeto a las propuestas del Parlamento, sino sobre todo preguntarle por las modalidades y los plazos de presentación de su versión revisada en relación con la posición del Parlamento. +Aunque tras las elecciones se perfile en esta Asamblea una nueva y distinta mayoría y aunque haya enmiendas que los miembros del ELDR apreciemos más que otras, sí, aunque haya elementos de la propuesta que nos hubiera gustado que se hubieran quedado fuera, respaldamos esta iniciativa sobre la consulta y el anuncio de la acción. +Por otra parte, la segunda gran enmienda decía que si la dirección de una empresa retenía información a los representantes de los trabajadores, debía hacerse posible de una sanción, y no sólo en el caso de las retenciones de información que las direcciones de las empresas juzgaran importantes, que es un concepto muy poco preciso. +Así, los trabajadores asalariados peor pagados e incluso los parados o los que carecen de domicilio, al pagar el IVA sobre sus alimentos, contribuyen a financiar las instituciones europeas que, sin embargo, no han tomado una sola medida en su favor. +En el sistema actual no existe ya la transparencia debido a las numerosas regulaciones individuales relativas a la tasa de recaudación del IVA, a la rebaja británica y su financiación. +Además, la Comisión se refiere a esta evolución, así como a la experiencia adquirida de su aplicación hasta la actualidad para llegar a su actual propuesta que aspira a modificar y reforzar la directiva vigente la cual atañe, especialmente, al sector de los gastos agrícolas. +Pero en la transferencia global, que forma parte de los tres instrumentos, y que la Comisión nos había presentado para aumentar los créditos de pago, parte de este conjunto no pasa por este procedimiento en el Pleno. +Pero, como ya he indicado, no se ha prestado atención a otro gran número de aspectos medioambientales. De esta forma no se puede hablar aquí en absoluto de una integración más eficaz de la dimensión medioambiental en la política energética. +Creemos que los pescadores podrán disfrutar de una mejor protección regulando la jornada laboral o el tiempo de descanso por días o por semanas, tal y como propone el Consejo, antes que por un límite fijo de 48 horas dentro de un período de referencia de 12 meses. +No hay, señor Presidente, ciudadanías europeas formales, hay ciudadanía europea cuando en la más próxima de todas las ramas del derecho, el derecho civil, Europa también tiene legitimidad y fuerza para garantizar derechos de los ciudadanos e imponer la justicia. +Pero existe -y aquí las palabras del Comisario han sido muy claras- la absoluta necesidad de colocar en primer plano la seguridad nuclear y espero que esto tal como lo ha dicho usted, señor Comisario, sea la directriz y la base de las negociaciones con nuestros vecinos de la Europa Oriental. +Desde entonces se encuentra algo empolvado en un cajón de la Ministra para la Protección de los Consumidores, la Sra. Prammer. Pero gracias a la positiva cooperación con las ONG ocupadas en temas medioambientales, sabíamos de la existencia de dicho estudio y desde el jueves pasado nos hemos podido ocupar a fondo de su contenido. +A falta de procedimientos oficiales para levantar la prohibición dentro de la UE, la situación resulta aún más difícil, como lo atestiguan las gestiones británicas para lograr el levantamiento de la prohibición en terceros países, incluidos los Estados Unidos, y en sus socios del Commonwealth. +Quisiera decirle al señor Comisario que aquí ha habido unos acuerdos que han establecido claramente dos obligaciones por parte de ambos lados: los Estados Unidos se comprometían a modificar el título IV de la ley y a no aplicar la ley a empresas europeas. +Asunto: Timor Oriental En la sesión del Parlamento Europeo del pasado 5 de octubre, el Comisario Patten informó de la absoluta prioridad que concede la Comisión Europea al tema de la ayuda humanitaria y a la reconstrucción de Timor Oriental. +La Comisión está preparando directrices sobre la supervisión y la presentación de informes junto con los Estados miembros que permitirán hacer comparaciones y sumar los resultados y los mapas a partir del año 2000, cuando los Estados miembros informen sobre las repercusiones de sus primeros programas de acción. +Sé que se debe, naturalmente, y la Comisión conoce las importantes medidas económicas y sociales que deben adoptar los Estados miembros con una producción muy intensiva para adaptar las estructuras y los métodos agropecuarios a los requisitos de la directiva. +En lo que se refiere, señor Pohjamo, Señorías, a la lista de las regiones admisibles, quisiera recordar que la Comisión había dirigido a los Estados miembros una carta, el 1 de julio de 1999, pidiéndoles presentar sus propuestas antes del 31 de agosto de 1999. +Quiero precisar, si tengo el tiempo, que se requiere una gran flexibilidad, abierta, para cada Estado miembro, pero debemos encontrar, en el mapa que será finalmente aprobado en el marco del Objetivo 2, al menos la mitad de la población que inicialmente se identificó como habitante en las zonas elegibles de conformidad con los criterios comunitarios. +Espero que al final de este año recibamos las reacciones de los Estados miembros y de este Parlamento para que podamos empezar inmediatamente al comienzo del año 2000 a presentar una legislación europea específica sobre esta cuestión y seguir ejerciendo presiones para la ratificación del Convenio de 1993. +En segundo lugar, en el ámbito de Eurocontrol, y no sólo en el de Eurocontrol sino en todos los ámbitos, debemos garantizar la eficacia y transparencia en el funcionamiento de los proveedores de servicios aéreos y, además, llevar a cabo la división entre lo que son las responsabilidades reglamentarias y la prestación de servicios. +¿Puede la Comisión describir la situación general en lo que respecta a las medidas adoptadas por los países candidatos para modernizar sus sistemas de seguridad social y, por otra parte, informar de las medidas adoptadas y previstas para contribuir al esfuerzo de los países candidatos a este respecto? +Es lo que hemos hecho en el pasado y lo seguiremos haciendo en el futuro, si bien quiero indicarle que aquí la práctica es muy diversa, es decir, que no es cierto que la mayoría de los candidatos a la adhesión esté por detrás de los estándares de los Estados miembros en esta cuestión. +Asunto: La ampliación de la Unión y el acuerdo de Schengen Los países candidatos deberán asumir la legislación de la UE en materia de expedición de visados y controles de entrada en las fronteras de la UE. Esto implica un cambio considerable en las prácticas de algunos de estos países. +Señora Presidenta, señor Secretario del Consejo y Alto Representante para la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común, señor Comisario, Señorías, en primer lugar quiero saludar la comparecencia del Sr. Solana en su triple condición de Secretario General del Consejo, Alto Representante para la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común y Secretario General de la UEO, de momento in pectore. +En el ejercicio de sus nuevas responsabilidades, tendrá usted en mi Grupo a un interlocutor exigente, si llega el caso, severamente crítico, pero profundamente convencido de que la Unión Europea ha de estar más presente, ser más activa, más voluntarista en la escena internacional. +Y más parabienes, pero éstos en serio, como simple sugerencia, para la política exterior y de seguridad común. A lo mejor seguir el procedimiento de la Unión Económica y Monetaria con miras a una unión diplomática y militar puede ser una buena sugerencia para traducir las declaraciones de principio en pasos más concretos. +El diálogo permanente con el anterior Comisario, Sir Leon Brittan, a lo largo de 1998 y en los primeros meses de 1999 contribuyó, por otra parte, a que la Comunicación de la Comisión del 14 de julio de 1999 incorporase muchos de los planteamientos del Parlamento Europeo y todo su contenido. +Consideramos asimismo fundamentales los principios de precaución y seguridad alimentaria, porque no queremos que nos invadan los alimentos transgénicos, y por esto consideramos necesario invertir la carga de la prueba y que los expertos sean realmente independientes de los intereses de los Gobiernos y de las multinacionales. +El punto de partida del Informe Haug era que la posición de marzo pasado, especialmente el punto relativo a la eliminación de todas las cláusulas de excepción, tiene que llevarse ahora a la práctica. +Creo, por ello, parafraseando lo que el Sr. Patten dijo durante su intervención, que es malo comerciar con estados que violan los derechos humanos de forma masiva - él se refería entonces a China en respuesta a una pregunta nuestra - y que, de hecho, también es bueno no olvidar las medidas financieras y económicas cuando se trata de emitir una clara señal. +Nuestros negociadores deben esforzarse por que estos países realmente participen a través del apoyo institucional, la libre entrada en nuestros mercados, el cumplimiento de las concesiones acordadas -por ejemplo, cuando se trate de los productos textiles- y la prevención del llamado "proteccionismo verde" . +Quien aboga por la demolición de la política agrícola europea, aboga, simultáneamente, por la destrucción de todo lo que en Europa ha logrado en el ámbito de la política rural, del bienestar de los animales y del bienestar de las personas. +Por el contrario, cuando el déficit de integración resulta de las políticas internas o de desarrollo deficientes, la extensión de los plazos de aplicación, la multiplicación de medidas preferenciales, no constituyen buenas soluciones. +Tomo la palabra, en este caso en nombre de la Comisión de Presupuestos, para mencionar los principales puntos que dicha comisión considera importante que se traten en la Conferencia de reforma de los Tratados, partiendo de la base de que el que vive fuera del presupuesto en política vive en el error. +Esto incluye también la división del Consejo de Ministros -tal como proponía el Informe Dehaene- en un Consejo de Ministros ejecutivo, que podría celebrar sus sesiones a puerta cerrada, y un Consejo de Ministros legislativo, cuyas reuniones deberían ser públicas. +Las posiciones expresadas en el informe de los Sres. Dimitrakopoulos y Leinen fueron reforzadas por las ilustradas al Parlamento, con las comunicaciones del Presidente Prodi y del Sr. Barnier, en nombre de la Comisión Europea el día después de la votación en nuestra comisión. +En cualquier caso, el problema que plantea la legitimación de un espacio o un mercado sin Estado requiere que hagamos un intento, que ha de ir acompañado de la creación de una sociedad civil europea y la formación de una opinión pública europea. +En octubre, en la reunión especial del Consejo de Europa en Tampere sobre la creación de un espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia, se hizo hincapié, entre otras cosas, en la importancia de enfrentar los problemas derivados de la droga en su totalidad. +La pregunta complementaria que hago al Consejo es si podría considerar la posibilidad de entrar en contacto con el Gobierno marroquí con objeto de evitar que emprenda ahora esta aventura absolutamente peligrosa para Marruecos y, desde luego, para nosotros, sus vecinos más próximos. +Señor Presidente, no tomo la palabra para intervenir sobre el contenido de fondo de la pregunta del Sr. Alavanos, sino para hacer un comentario y dirigir luego una pregunta al Sr. Ministro a propósito de la respuesta que ha dado. +Habría que despejar lo antes posible los obstáculos para la apertura del Danubio, pero no ha sido posible empezar a cooperar en este sentido, y Jugoslavia tampoco ha adoptado ninguna medida para abrir el Danubio, aunque sí sería responsabilidad suya en virtud de los acuerdos internacionales. +Ahora bien, si no tenemos tiempo de examinar la cuestión esta mañana, si hay demasiados oradores inscritos para tomar la palabra en relación con el Informe Napolitano y con el Informe Giannakou, entonces secundaré la propuesta del Sr. Pirker de que no votemos mañana sobre la cuestión. +Señor Presidente, tan sólo quiero recordar que el artículo 115 del Reglamento, ya aplicado con respecto al Informe Napolitano, prevé que "salvo en los casos de urgencia previstos en los artículos 50 y 112, sólo se podrá proceder al debate y a la votación de un texto si éste ha sido distribuido con veinticuatro horas de antelación como mínimo" . +Hace cinco meses que el Parlamento debería haber aceptado este acuerdo, y me parece que la opinión pública sencillamente no apreciará una nueva negativa a seguir adelante y a establecer un régimen riguroso pero equitativo para el Parlamento, igual que para los demás órganos. +Esto constituye una autorización general a una autoridad, que no sólo deja a los diputados a merced de cualquier denuncia, sino que crea un sistema de delación y de agitación política que supone un insulto al libre mandato y a un Parlamento libre. +Sin embargo, estimamos que los debates de este Parlamento, de nuestra comisión parlamentaria han sido suficientes para poder elaborar un buen informe como éste con el apoyo de la mayor parte de los Grupos políticos y felicito al ponente por su labor. +En mi opinión, la comunicación de la Comisión representa un buen punto de partida para el desarrollo de una estrategia europea mundial, multidisciplinaria e integrada de lucha contra las drogas ilícitas en consonancia con la que aprobó la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en 1998. +Creo que un Parlamento que no tiene el valor de subsanar una situación de patente discriminación que alcanza a algunos de sus miembros y a millones de ciudadanos europeos, es un Parlamento que no puede enseñar, como querría y como podría, la democracia a muchos países que hemos condenado incluso esta mañana. +Como ustedes lo han subrayado, paralelamente a la promoción de los fundamentos de la economía, la emergencia de un poder político que esté a la altura de su tarea y el desarrollo de las instituciones necesarias serán elementos esenciales. +En contra de lo que acaba de decir nuestra colega, pienso que en esta ocasión existen razones más que suficientes para que nos felicitemos por el hecho de que la Unión Europea, por unanimidad, haya presentado una resolución ante las Naciones Unidas con objeto de pedir una moratoria para la pena de muerte. +Señor Presidente, estoy totalmente de acuerdo con la Sra. Díez González sobre la necesidad de tratar de convencer al Consejo, para que introduzca en los acuerdos con los países terceros una cláusula sobre la pena de muerte y su abolición. +Y mientras todo eso ocurre, la LIV Asamblea General de la ONU no aprobó la propuesta de resolución de la Presidencia finlandesa del Consejo de la Unión Europea que propugnaba la suspensión de las ejecuciones de penas de muerte. +Nosotros hemos intervenido inmediatamente, a título de la ayuda humanitaria, con un importe de más de un millón de euros, en tres operaciones sucesivas, y estamos dispuestos a continuar interviniendo para responder a las necesidades más urgentes del próximo año. +Somos absolutamente conscientes de la situación deplorable en la que se encuentran muchos niños, y especialmente las niñas, en Pakistán; pero pensamos que la manera más eficaz de mejorar esta situación es contribuyendo a garantizar una enseñanza primaria universal de calidad y asequible. +La Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño reconoce que los progenitores son responsables de proporcionar el debido cuidado y la debida atención a sus hijos, así como el derecho de los hijos a recibir ese cuidado, esa orientación y ese amor. +Por ello no puede haber una política de drogas europea reglamentada, sino un marco europeo dentro del cual se pueda ayudar a la persona afectada, que ha de ser el centro, a partir de las respectivas experiencias específicas de las instancias locales y regionales competentes. +En todas partes donde logramos impedir que el dinero ilegal procedente del tráfico de drogas se transforme en dinero legal, damos un gran paso adelante, porque la lucha contra el tráfico de drogas y el blanqueo de dinero son dos fenómenos relacionados. +Finalmente, quiero señalar que, en este ámbito, el Observatorio Europeo de Lisboa desempeña una labor importante, y estoy convencida de que en los próximos años los datos y la información que allí se recogen mostrarán la efectividad de la cooperación europea, e internacional, en esta lucha. +Cuando este Parlamento y la opinión pública fueron sorprendidos por informaciones transmitidas por la prensa, según las cuales una institución, que, según pensábamos, se dedicaba sólo a inversiones estructurales, había perdido sumas muy elevadas en operaciones especulativas a corto plazo, resultó clara la necesidad de examinar de forma cabal la política de inversiones del BEI. +Estamos convencidos de que, con los medios adecuados, el Observatorio Europeo de la Droga y las Toxicomanías, situado en Lisboa, puede hacer una contribución importante a la profundización del estudio y de las propuestas de medidas para luchar contra este flagelo de la droga. +Con todo, está el hecho de que el debate y la votación han tenido lugar a pesar del artículo 115 del Reglamento, habida cuenta de que la última versión francesa fue distribuida a las 21.52 horas del miércoles y hemos procedido al debate mucho antes de que se cumplieran las 24 horas. +No obstante, algunos de nosotros, como diputados procedentes de las islas Canarias, además de considerar razonable que se prorrogue la vigencia de este impuesto de acuerdo con la propuesta presentada por la Comisión, hemos solicitado a través de enmiendas que afecte a los productos más sensibles, a todos los productos sensibles producidos en Canarias. +Proyectos de transporte como el road to sea para el alivio de las redes de carreteras tradicionales precisan embarcaciones de todo tipo como el just in time feeder y los barcos de transporte de contenedores, transbordadores rápidos y yates de alta velocidad, barcos multiuso para la pesca y guardacostas, barcos de lujo para el turismo tanto grandes como pequeños, etc. +Desde Viana do Castelo hasta Margueira y Mitrena, pasando por los astilleros de los distritos de Oporto, Aveiro y Figueira da Foz; los trabajadores exigen una política de valorización del sector naval, de defensa del empleo estable, de calidad y con salarios dignos y que promueva el aprovechamiento de las capacidades existentes. +Para comprender la situación actual, es necesario recordar que no se está cumpliendo el acuerdo internacional de 1994, relativo a la eliminación de las ayudas a la construcción naval en el marco de la liberalización del sector. +Es necesario también que la Comisión dé prioridad a este problema y a su resolución, reconozca la necesidad de revisar posiciones antiguas y facilite al Parlamento Europeo todas las informaciones sobre los perjuicios causados a la industria naval europea. +Por lo tanto, el Consejo ha decidido acertadamente que de momento no va a romper el acuerdo de poner fin a la ayuda genérica de la industria de la construcción naval a partir del 1 de enero de 2001. +Señora Presidenta, señores diputados, yo también soy vasca; soy una mujer vasca; una mujer socialista y vasca; una más del 92% de los ciudadanos del País Vasco que han votado en Euskadi a favor del Estatuto de Autonomía y que han votado por la democracia. +Les pongo otro ejemplo concreto: si, con ocasión de un gran campeonato, se venden boletos de acceso al estadio únicamente a los ciudadanos nacionales y se deniega la posibilidad de comprarlos a los no ciudadanos nacionales, a los demás ciudadanos europeos, se contravienen las normas de la competencia y, por tanto, ahí hay que actuar con rigor. +Mi tarea habría resultado mucho más sencilla si hubiese tenido la posibilidad de elaborar una auténtica política en el ámbito del deporte sobre la base de un artículo del Tratado. +Si queremos estar representados como Unión Europea en el ámbito de la economía mundial globalizada y en la creciente intervinculación política del mundo es preciso que dotemos por fin a la Unión Europea de capacidad jurídica, de manera que los representantes de la Unión Europea también puedan actuar en nombre de la Unión. +Y yo daría también una enorme dimensión a algo que apenas ha sido mencionado: estamos haciendo un ejercicio paralelo de constitucionalización de los Tratados, con la elaboración de una Carta de derechos fundamentales, al tiempo que se plantea la Conferencia Intergubernamental. +Hay un punto fundamental al que quiero ceñirme en mi intervención, me refiero al comentario de la Comisión recogido en su ponencia para la cumbre de que la conferencia intergubernamental que se está preparando podrá cerrarse con éxito antes del año 2000 si la voluntad política es lo suficientemente fuerte. +Para que conste en acta, quisiera dejar claro que, en consonancia con nuestros colegas del Grupo Verdes/Alianza Libre Europea, en el Partido Nacionalista Escocés estamos comprometidos con la idea de una seguridad colectiva en Europa y acogemos con satisfacción la actuación del Consejo en este sentido. +Y debemos aprovechar este ciclo económico y la declaración que se va a hacer sobre la Presidencia finlandesa respecto del milenio y la nueva sociedad de la información para que podamos registrar, con creatividad, un crecimiento sostenido y para que el objetivo del pleno empleo no sea retórico, sino que se materialice. +La propuesta de resolución que he visto esta mañana no contenía ninguna mención de ninguna iniciativa relativa al mercado interior ni a la sociedad de la información, a pesar de los trabajos realizados bajo su Presidencia. +Para empezar, en lo que se refiere al tema del empleo, nosotros lo consideramos muy importante y lo hemos preparado, como ya dije en mi intervención, con vistas a que la primera cumbre del empleo de la historia, que se celebrará bajo la Presidencia portuguesa, sea todo un éxito. +Mencionaré tan solo una en la que me parece que la Unión Europea debe volcarse a fondo: la constitución del Tribunal Penal Internacional, que terminaría, señor Presidente, con la situación en que ahora nos encontramos, en la que la demanda social internacional no se corresponde en absoluto con los instrumentos jurisdiccionales que están a nuestra disposición. +Sabemos que será un camino largo y difícil. Prueba de ello es la falta de debate en la Organización de las Naciones Unidas de la resolución de la Unión Europea sobre la moratoria a las ejecuciones capitales. +El informe en cuestión, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, el primero de este tipo, merece todo tipo de alabanzas y constituye un primer paso hacia una política de derechos humanos en la que el Consejo, la Comisión y el Parlamento deben trabajar de forma conjunta. +Además, la Comisión de Control Presupuestario desea que se haga referencia al Acuerdo interinstitucional de 6 de mayo de este año y que se indique que las cantidades indicativas para el período 2000-2002 forman parte del marco financiero plurianual del Programa Meda de forma que quede claro que no se trata de un gasto nuevo. +Tengo un único comentario técnico a la enmienda 15 del informe relativo a la cooperación económica en la que se dice que el Consejo con mayoría cualificada o el Parlamento Europeo pueden decidir la suspensión de la colaboración. +Yo agradezco mucho el debate que se ha desarrollado, pues ha sido un debate objetivo, un debate que ha aportado observaciones muy valiosas e importantes, sobre todo también para Turquía, que tendrá que valorar también cuál es el clima político en Europa en lo que se refiere a sus aspiraciones de adhesión a la Unión Europea. +Este es un paso muy importante y yo incluso afirmaría que el hecho de que por primera vez se defina un valor límite para una sustancia carcinógena, concretamente para el benceno, que puede provocar leucemia, marca un hito en el ámbito de la legislación sobre la calidad del aire ambiente. +No respaldamos esta parte de la enmienda, puesto que tiene que haber una referencia al objetivo comunitario de 120g/km. El Parlamento Europeo ha dejado de lado en su enmienda la fecha en que se deberá cumplir con este objetivo, es decir, el año 2010. +La Comisión propone otra alternativa, con el siguiente texto: "La Comisión estudia la posibilidad de establecer un marco de referencia para las medidas fiscales que fomenten el uso de turismos de bajo consumo de combustible." +Más que modificar el reglamento, lo que hace la propuesta es asumir un acuerdo del Consejo de ministros; es realmente una excepción al reglamento, porque Portugal no consiguió alcanzar la cuota que tenía adjudicada en la campaña 1997-1998 por unas malas condiciones meteorológicas, según afirman. +Así, pensamos que es más correcto aumentar y mejorar el sistema actual de cálculo de los cupos, con aumentos paralelos de las sumas totales de ayuda a la producción y no orientarnos hacia un sistema de umbrales global que podría entrañar perjuicios para todos los productores y no sólo para los que rebasaron los cupos. +A5-0067/1999 de la Sra. Fraga Estévez, en nombre de la Comisión de Pesca, sobre la propuesta de reglamento del Consejo (COM(1999) 055 - C4-0141/1999 - 1999/0047(CNS)) por el que se establece la organización común de mercados en el sector de los productos de la pesca y de la acuicultura. +En vista de la buena situación actual de las poblaciones de arenques, los cambios de la propuesta admiten una reducción del área y del período temporal de las restricciones de pesca. +El Parlamento, la Comisión y el Consejo deben emitir un mensaje claro para la industria pesquera: el comportamiento correcto se respetará, y los pescadores que acaten las medidas técnicas de conservación, elaboradas por científicos europeos acreditados y por los propios pescadores, se beneficiarán ampliamente. +Señora Presidenta, señoras, señores, queridos colegas, hoy me felicito de hacer uso de la palabra por primera vez en esta Asamblea, ya que soy nuevo, y me felicito de hacerlo a propósito de la pesca y del excelente informe de la Sra. Fraga Estévez, porque soy alcalde de Mèze, en Hérault, en el sur de Francia, que es un pequeño municipio, uno de los primeros puertos de pesca costera del Mediterráneo, cercano a Sète, que constituye el principal puerto pesquero. +. (FR) Señor Presidente, Señorías, he seguido con toda la atención que pueden imaginar los debates de ayer, y la unanimidad en los elogios sobre la forma y sobre el fondo de este informe no ha dejado de preocuparme ligeramente, ya que es imposible, más allá sean cuales sean las cualidades de compromiso, contentar a todo el mundo a la vez. +Es una cuestión de orden, precisamente para lamentar que el Presidente no me haya concedido el uso de la palabra en el momento en que la he pedido, dado que fui el único diputado que ayer anunció que iba a proponer esta suspensión. +Preocupada, también, por lograr un aprendizaje sin contratiempos de la utilización del euro, la comisión EMAC ha presentado una propuesta, que apoyo, tendente a que el consumidor pueda empezar a cambiar su moneda nacional en monedas y billetes emitidos en euros, a partir de principios del mes de diciembre de 2001. +Pero para refrescar la memoria de los colegas, la propuesta que ha circulado en el Parlamento trataba sobre el restablecimiento de los derechos de las antiguas familias reales de Europa, en particular las de Austria e Italia, a las que se les sigue negando sus derechos civiles y políticos como ciudadanos de la Unión Europea. +El llamamiento del Presidente Clinton en favor de la introducción de normas de trabajo en los acuerdos comerciales con los países en desarrollo y otras partes del mundo fue el golpe de gracia que sentenció estas conversaciones. +Si admitimos ese hecho -que ahora, a una semana de distancia, me parece demostrado-, resulta precisamente que, cuando se decide, orienta y controla la liberalización comercial, es cuando los países en vías de desarrollo comprenden el interés que representa para ellos y seguramente consideran que es mejor para ellos que un statu quo o el desarrollo de las relaciones bilaterales que no juegan a su favor. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Tribunal de Cuentas, señoras y señores, tengo la intención de repasar el informe del Tribunal de Cuentas, sector por sector con las administraciones y, sobre todo, también con los Estados miembros, y analizar la cuestión de por qué se han producido los errores. +Permítame hacer hincapié en cuál es el papel del Tribunal de Cuentas en este contexto: ofrecer al Parlamento todo el material que estimamos adecuado y aconsejable presentar y dejar al Parlamento la decisión política de conceder la aprobación de la gestión. +También quiero decir que en el Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo y Demócratas Europeos mi agradecimiento se dirige al presidente de la comisión de cultura, el Sr. Gargani, que contribuyó ampliamente al resultado positivo de la conciliación. +. (FR) Felicito y doy las gracias al ponente, Sr. Niels Busk, por el excelente informe que ha presentado sobre la propuesta de la Comisión relativa a la adopción en la legislación comunitaria del plan de control de la Comisión de Pesquerías del Atlántico Nororiental. +Esta propuesta consta por lo tanto de un reglamento y de una serie de permisos, los denominados permisos a plena carga, y ofrecerá por primera vez la posibilidad de realizar un número preestablecido de trayectos en territorio suizo con camiones de la Unión Europea con un peso máximo de 40 toneladas. +Existe el temor real de que algunas de las bien intencionadas enmiendas presentadas por la ponente en realidad puedan agravar la situación; en particular, que nos resulte más difícil eliminar gradualmente en todo el mundo, y especialmente en las naciones desarrolladas, los dañinos clorofluorocarburos que son mucho más perjudiciales para la capa de ozono que las sustancias mencionadas en este informe. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la propuesta de resolución (B5-0313/1999), en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, sobre el dictamen del Parlamento, con relación al etiquetado de productos alimenticios producidos a partir de organismos modificados genéticamente. +El resultado neto de este reglamento, cuando entre en vigor, será que la gran mayoría de los productos alimenticios del supermercado seguirá exactamente igual que ahora -sin etiquetado-, porque la gran mayoría de los productos alimenticios puede contener una pequeña cantidad de organismos genéticamente modificados, por debajo del límite. +Queremos ayudar a Turquía para que emprenda el camino hacia el pleno respeto de los criterios de Copenhague y, ahora que el Consejo Europeo nos ha dado vía libre, podremos establecer las modalidades específicas de nuestra ayuda en el marco de una estrategia de preadhesión para este país. +Con el fin de inducir a Rusia hacia una solución política, el Consejo Europeo emitió una declaración particular sobre la situación de Chechenia y sus consecuencias en las relaciones de la Unión Europea con Rusia. +El Consejo Europeo subrayó este aspecto y consideró necesario seguir prestando apoyo a los derechos humanos, al Estado de Derecho y a la sociedad de los ciudadanos, así como continuar con los proyectos relativos a la seguridad nuclear. +Señora Presidenta, señor Presidente del Consejo, señor Presidente de la Comisión, Señorías, ante todo yo quisiera manifestar en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo (Democratacristianos)/Demócratas Europeos nuestro sincero agradecimiento a la Presidencia finlandesa del Consejo por el trabajo realizado y por la buena disposición que ha demostrado. +Señora Presidenta, señor Presidente de la Comisión, en primer lugar, mi Grupo quiere expresar su reconocimiento a los representantes de la Presidencia finlandesa porque han mejorado ustedes en muchos campos la transparencia y la información cara al Parlamento Europeo. +Ahora debemos ocuparnos de que el progreso en las negociaciones también sea equilibrado y de que se preste la suficiente atención en los países candidatos a la seguridad social, a la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres, a las cuestiones laborales y a la protección del medio ambiente. +Con razón, el Sr. Poettering ya se ha referido a los tres cabos sueltos de Amsterdam, que es un paquete mínimo y, sobre todo, al hecho de que la toma de decisiones por mayoría cualificada continúe siendo un punto importante de discusión en el Consejo. +Se ha alcanzado asimismo un acuerdo casi general en cuanto al problema de Chechenia y en la necesidad de no utilizar dos pesos y medidas en nuestra política exterior, sino de reafirmar los principios en los que se asienta la Unión Europea. +Europa no puede ser sólo una Europa de las compañías petroleras, sino que también debe llegar a ser una Europa de los derechos humanos. En esta línea, el Grupo de los Verdes solicita que se convoque una Conferencia sobre el Cáucaso en colaboración con la OSCE, que permita contribuir por fin a la paz en la región. +El Alto Comisariado para la Minorías ha hecho un buen trabajo, la OSCE ha mediado en Belarús entre el Gobierno y la oposición, la OSCE ayuda a encontrar una salida a los problemas en Moldavia y fomenta una mayor reducción de las armas convencionales. +Por último, quisiera destacar, señor Presidente, dos puntos de la futura Presidencia portuguesa: la Cumbre sobre el empleo, que me parece importante y debería haber sido objeto de mayor análisis en este Parlamento, y la prioridad concedida a la defensa de la salud pública y la seguridad alimentaria. +Todos tenemos conciencia de que el porcentaje de productos audiovisuales de origen europeo que se consumen en el espacio europeo es escasísimo, aun considerando conjuntamente los valores de la producción nacional de cada uno de los Estados miembros y de lo que es una producción europea porque entrañe la colaboración de más de un Estado miembro. +Quisiera preguntar al Sr. Comisario, puesto que la Comisión ha apoyado con entusiasmo la candidatura de Turquía, si estas declaraciones son compatibles con el espíritu con que el Consejo y la Comisión propusieron declarar a Turquía como miembro candidato y si esto constituye una muestra del futuro comportamiento de este país en este sentido. +Pero ya ahora mismo quisiera preguntarle: ¿es ese programa, en caso afirmativo, compatible con otra posición de la Comisión según la cual se deben proteger de la competencia los productos audiovisuales europeos, en particular en la esfera de la televisión, lo que los franceses llaman "la excepción cultural"? +La Comisión ha iniciado hace poco una investigación horizontal sobre la situación existente en todos los Estados miembros para observar los problemas comunitarios y los que afectan sólo a un determinado Estado miembro y, así, abordar este problema de una forma más estructural. +Señor Presidente, por lo que he entendido en la primera parte de la respuesta del Sr. Comisario, la Comisión es totalmente indiferente ante las consecuencias que acarreen los puentes destrozados del Danubio y, de lo único de lo que se ocupa es de cómo hacer uso de este desastre natural -al que ella misma ha contribuido- para derrocar a los líderes de Yugoslavia, elegidos legal y democráticamente. +Todas las licencias concedidas hasta la fecha en Italia han permitido únicamente la apertura de cuatro casinos (frente a los 119 del Reino Unido y al aproximadamente 102 de Alemania), todos ellos situados en el Norte de Italia, lo que origina una discriminación evidente en detrimento de las regiones del objetivo 1, que podrían obtener importantes beneficios en términos de ingresos por turismo y de expansión económica con la apertura de locales de juego. +En el informe que estará listo al final del año no figurarán aún propuestas, sino que se analizarán en él las repercusiones del sistema de distribución exenta, que entrará en vigor al final de 2000, y figurará en él un análisis completo de las repercusiones de la exención por categorías, que constituirá la base para decisiones posteriores. +Quiero recordar, en particular, el tema de los gastos de viaje de los funcionarios en servicio activo -un problema que también es preciso resolver con urgencia- y otros aspectos que a mi modo de ver ya resolvimos pulcramente en la primera lectura y que ahora por fin podremos aprobar como corresponde. +Señor Presidente, convenimos con la estrategia del Parlamento Europeo en la primera lectura del presupuesto para el año 2000 y consideramos ahora que el Parlamento Europeo no puede, o no debe, perder la cara, so pena de perder también el crédito. +El señor Wynn le ha preguntado, señora Presidenta en ejercicio, si "por el momento" significaba que el Consejo se oponía a una revisión de las perspectivas financieras para el ejercicio 2000, lo que nos parece perfectamente coherente con el compromiso que está en vías de salir adelante, o si, "por el momento" significa algo más vago. +El Presidente de la Comisión, Sr. Prodi, expuso en la Cumbre de Estambul de la OSCE las tareas políticas para toda la región de los Balcanes occidentales y anunció que la Comisión está considerando una aportación del orden de los 5.500 millones de euros como apoyo necesario, concretamente para el período 2000-2006. +En estas condiciones, sugiero que al menos nosotros digamos, acerca de la suspensión parcial del programa TACIS en el presupuesto del año 2000, algo por entero compatible con lo que se decidió en Helsinki: primera y principalmente que, si queremos salvar la rúbrica de la democracia en el presupuesto, también tendríamos que salvar la rúbrica que se aplica a la seguridad de los proyectos nucleares. +La necesidad de un constante seguimiento y control de la ejecución de los proyectos, prevista en el texto, pone a cubierto la Unión Europea de los flagrantes intentos de fraude registrados en el pasado y apunta a la realización de iniciativas evidentes y, por lo tanto, comprobables. +En consecuencia, es preciso llevar a cabo las intervenciones para crear un marco de seguridad entre, por un lado, los Nuevos Estados Independientes y, por otro, la Unión Europea y sus Estados miembros, al objeto de crear unas condiciones de paz y de estabilidad cada vez más fuertes. +En su resolución, el Parlamento Europeo tiene toda la razón al afirmar que los compromisos existentes no bastan para limitar el aumento de la temperatura a medio grado en un siglo, sino que, además de los existentes, hay que contraer nuevos compromisos. +Quiero contestar al Sr. Pottering que ha formulado una petición al principio de la sesión. Los Consejos Europeos de Colonia y de Tampere crearon un órgano encargado de elaborar una Carta de Derechos Fundamentales. +. (SV) Señor Presidente, comprendo realmente la interrupción para entregar el premio a Xanana Gusmão, que apoyo totalmente, y quisiera, en nombre de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades, preguntar si no es una discriminación a las mujeres no continuar con el debate directamente a las tres, cosa que me hubiera parecido bastante normal. +Habida cuenta de que la concertación parece inevitable, la Comisión desempeñará un papel pleno y constructivo a la hora de facilitar un compromiso para evitar el fracaso de la directiva, lo que nos afectaría a todos e iría en considerable detrimento de los automovilistas que viajan por la Unión Europea. +Desde este punto de vista, las desviaciones que han tenido lugar con respecto a las biotecnologías, y que constituían un cuestionamiento potencial del protocolo sobre la biodiversidad, no son aceptables por cuanto no correspondían en absoluto al mandato europeo y a la posición adoptada por el Parlamento. +Debo decir que comparto la opinión emitida en este texto y según la cual la legislación en vigor en el seno de la Unión Europea sobre esta cuestión particularmente polémica no está a la altura de la necesaria protección e información de los consumidores. +No cabe duda de que esto es debido al sistema elegido por los servicios informáticos de este Parlamento, es decir, vigilar a los diputados europeos y filtrar su acceso a Internet, con el resultado de que las conexiones son prácticamente imposibles desde hace un par de semanas. +Hay tres citas previas a la reunión de junio: el Comité Económico Europeo, que se reunirá en enero; la Conferencia Europea sobre los temas de Beijing, que se celebrará en febrero; y la sesión de la Comisión de la Mujer de la ONU, que tendrá lugar en marzo. +Diría, a propósito de la observación de la Sra. Theorin, que no tenemos la posibilidad en esta fase de primar cuatro o cinco campos, puesto que tenemos el mandato de Beijing de considerar igualmente prioritarios los doce campos; podríamos, claro está, incluso cuando debatamos sobre el quinto programa de acción concentrar allí nuestra atención cuando fijemos prioridades en el ámbito europeo. +La Comisión ha centrado sus esfuerzos en el establecimiento de que la decisión original de levantar el embargo sobre la carne de vacuno británica no encierra ningún peligro para la salud pública. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede a la continuación del debate de la declaración de la Comisión sobre el curso que debe darse a la decisión del Gobierno francés de mantener el embargo sobre la carne de vacuno británica. +Se ha hecho una parte del camino, pero todavía se trata sólo de una parte, como lo demuestra ese rumor según el cual en las escuelas británicas se comunica regularmente a los padres que no se ha incluido carne de bovino en el menú del comedor. +Asimismo será necesario que el Servicio Jurídico y yo determinemos cuál es la respuesta adecuada, en función de la respuesta de las autoridades francesas al dictamen motivado cuyo envío se aprobó ayer, porque, fundamentalmente, es el documento jurídico por el que se establece la posición legal y espero que la respuesta sea en términos similares. +Los instrumentos que el Consejo aprobó en el marco de la Sección IV del Tratado sobre la Unión Europea, antes de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, se integran en la primera fase de la armonización de las legislaciones y procedimientos en materia de inmigración. +Además, quisiera recordar que, hoy en día, la aplicación de la normativa sobre la inmigración de ciudadanos de los países aspirantes o de terceros países al territorio de la Unión Europea es competencia única de las autoridades designadas a nivel nacional por cada uno de los Estados miembros. +Me pregunto si el Consejo estaría dispuesto a reconocer que el mejor modo de contener el flujo de refugiados económicos pasa por la mejora de las condiciones económicas de su país de origen. +El Consejo expresó su preocupación por los problemas originados por el retraso de los vuelos, que son cada vez mayores, y consideró que hay tomar medidas para encontrar solución a esos problemas y ofrecer así un mejor servicio acorde con las exigencias de los ciudadanos europeos. +La máxima sanción para un Estado que haya firmado el Convenio y se niegue a cumplir las sentencias del Tribunal es la denuncia o la suspensión de su participación en los órganos del Consejo de Europa. +Con el fin de enfocar el control con más precisión, los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea están trabajando para hacer más eficaces los métodos de previsión de riesgos y el intercambio de información en materia de prevención. +Cuando el dossier se trasladó de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos a la Comisión de Industria, me sentí verdaderamente aturdido. Pero el coordinador y el nuevo ponente del EVP me admitieron en la Comisión de Industria, compensando en mucho el desconcierto anterior, por lo que quiero expresar mi agradecimiento a los dos. +1) El Consejo acuerda la siguiente orientación común: la propuesta de la Comisión es aceptable sin otra modificación que la adición del artículo 37 a la letra b) del apartado 4 del artículo 152 como fundamento jurídico; +6) Si la Comisión presentara una propuesta oficial de Reglamento del Consejo correspondiente al texto del documento de trabajo que recibió el apoyo del Consejo, éste aprobará dicho reglamento propuesto antes del 31 de diciembre de 1999; +En las negociaciones comerciales que aún no han comenzado en Seattle, en las que nuestros competidores en el comercio mundial tendrán gran interés en frustrar nuestros esfuerzos para que nuestro sector agropecuario y alimentario tenga una base sólida y competitiva, se tiene que reflejar ese hecho. +Aparte de la reconstrucción material, nuestro empeño es el de promover la sociedad civil, la educación sobre derechos humanos y sobre la democracia y la concepción exacta de la justicia. Y necesitamos el apoyo de Sus Señorías. +Informe (A5-0095/1999) de los Sres. Bourlanges y Virrankoski, en nombre de la Comisión de Presupuestos, sobre el proyecto de presupuesto general de la Unión Europea para el ejercicio 2000, modificado por el Consejo (todas las secciones) (C5-0600/1999) y sobre las notas rectificativas nº 1/2000 (11568/1999 - C5-0313/1999) y 2/2000 (13482/1999 - C5-0311/1999) +Todo esto no es muy serio, y se prestaría incluso a broma si, al mismo tiempo, la política presupuestaria de la Unión y el peligro de una revisión de las perspectivas financieras no fuesen tan contrarios a los intereses nacionales. +Dicho de otra manera, esta misma semana no se puede a la vez forzar a Francia a levantar el embargo, basándose en una trazabilidad segura de la carne, y rechazar el etiquetado, basándose en la imposibilidad técnica de seguir el rastro de los animales bovinos. +Por ello hemos observado con satisfacción cómo el Consejo Europeo ha dejado claro que no se va a crear un ejército europeo, sino que los esfuerzos van a centrarse en la prevención de conflictos y en el control de crisis. +Creo también que esto también contribuye al fomento de la PYME, cuya conservación supone un aspecto muy importante dentro de la Unión Europea, y esto es lo que se está haciendo aquí con un acierto ejemplar con el comercio del libro especializado. +Para tener en cuenta la evolución de las tecnologías, convendría igualmente que la directiva sobre el comercio electrónico incluyera las exigencias expresadas por las diferentes legislaciones nacionales sobre el precio único del libro, para impedir que se soslaye. +En la relación de la Unión Europea y de sus Estados miembros con la República de Indonesia sólo tiene, por ahora, sentido mantener las decisiones del Consejo de 16 de septiembre y 11 de octubre, en los que se establecieron restricciones, entre ellas un embargo de la venta de armas. +Señor Presidente, después de ocho años -como se nos ha recordado- de una cruenta guerra civil, el acuerdo de paz, firmado el 7 de julio de este año, suponía la oportunidad de cerrar este trágico período y resolver de manera pacífica y duradera un conflicto que ha causado inmensos sufrimientos a la población. +En el caso concreto del ciudadano español, Nabil Nanakli, se da la circunstancia, además, de que no hay información suficiente sobre el juicio, sobre el arresto y sobre la situación actual del reo, cosa que, además, ha movilizado a toda la comunidad musulmana. +Igualmente rogamos al portavoz de la Asamblea Nacional que haga todo lo posible para que el tema se vuelva a examinar y que se haga justicia a las mujeres a fin de que, hasta las próximas elecciones del año 2003, las mujeres de Kuwait gocen de derechos políticos plenos: es decir del derecho de votar y ser votadas. +Como parlamentario, por tanto, hago un llamamiento a mis colegas parlamentarios ­a los de aquí y a los de nuestros parlamentos nacionales también­ para que inviten a los parlamentarios kuwaitíes a conceder a las mujeres el derecho de sufragio activo y pasivo. +Por eso, los diputados del Parlamento han votado en contra, en muchos de los casos, por temor a las propias bases -no existe allí una estructura de partidos políticos, sino que los diputados son elegidos de forma directa- y por temor a perder la propia posición. +Queremos exigir de la comunidad internacional, en especial de Naciones Unidas pero también de la Unión Europea y de sus Estados miembros, que intervengan con todos los medios a su alcance para acabar con la situación de discriminación extrema que sufre la mujer afgana. +La constitución de tribunales penales internacionales, la imprescriptibilidad de crímenes contra la Humanidad, y la ausencia de sometimiento de la política de derechos humanos a intereses comerciales del Estado son principios y objetivos que consideramos esenciales. +Se puede, evidentemente, cuestionar los medios que el Sr. Jarquín ha empleado para un fin absolutamente lícito, como es el de investigar la corrupción galopante en Nicaragua, corrupción que alcanza a las más altas magistraturas y, por ejemplo, a multiplicar casi por 1.000 el patrimonio del Presidente de la República. +Señor Presidente, hablaré de las catástrofes naturales que afectaron al sur de Francia en la noche del 12 al 13 de noviembre de 1999, y que revistieron un carácter absolutamente excepcional por su violencia y las proporciones anormales de los daños: 35 víctimas y entre tres y cuatro millardos de pérdidas. +Es muy lamentable que nosotros, a escala europea, las instituciones que organizan la política agrícola común, de la que dependen los agricultores de la Unión para su sustento, no seamos capaces de obtener unos datos fiables en los que basar una política eficaz. +Esta última decisión cambia las obligaciones de la Comisión, las cuales eran el resultado del régimen anterior, es decir, de la ayuda anual; los Estados miembros ya no tienen la necesidad de conceder ayudas para formar grupos de producción. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0093/1999) del Sr. Savary, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo que modifica la Decisión 97/787/CE por la que se concede asistencia financiera excepcional a Armenia y Georgia con objeto de hacerla extensiva a Tayikistán (COM(1999) 391 ­ C5­0171/1999 ­ 1999/0172(CNS)) +A continuación unas enmiendas que remiten al Consejo y a la Comisión a sus contradicciones diciéndoles que sería deseable conceder una ayuda directa, pero financiándola en otra línea, pienso en TACIS. Finalmente, unas enmiendas de condicionalidad: control del empleo de los fondos, condiciones políticas y democráticas y control del Parlamento. +Pero si se restablecen la capacidad crediticia y la solvencia de Tayikistán sería de celebrar también una propuesta en el presupuesto del 2000.El ponente, Sr. Bourlangues, me acaba de confirmar que se preverá en el mismo un comentario en el sentido de que en ese caso se pueda otorgar de nuevo una determinada forma de ayuda financiera en el marco del programa TACIS. +Al igual que lo ha hecho el Sr. Blokland en su intervención, quisiera decirle a la Comisaria Sra. Wallström -que quita el sueño a los pensionistas italianos, griegos y españoles por los vehículos antiguos que han de ser eliminados rápidamente- que agradecería que se controlara el destino de las ayudas concedidas a Tayikistán y a otros Estados. +La DG XII había encargado con anterioridad un estudio sobre la investigación y el desarrollo tecnológico en las regiones insulares y la DG XI había elaborado un código de buena conducta para la gestión de los residuos en las islas. +Sobre la dotación exacta del reglamento sobre los Fondos regionales europeos, tan importante en este contexto, están aún en curso las negociaciones con el Parlamento Europeo en el marco de la concertación informal y del procedimiento legislativo. +Quiero indicar además que la Comisión ha comunicado hace poco que hay que dedicar una especial atención también a la inclusión de las regiones insulares en las medidas de la iniciativa comunitaria INTERREG C. Esto me parece también razonable, sin que con ello quiera establecer un juicio adelantado sobre el posterior procedimiento. +El Consejo da la máxima importancia al derecho electoral al Parlamento Europeo y en este contexto a la realización del principio reflejado en el artículo 138 del Tratado de la CE de celebración de elecciones generales y directas. +Se ha dictado una sentencia -y no por una pequeña sino por una amplia mayoría, quince votos a favor y dos en contra- a favor del principio de que, desde el punto de vista de los derechos humanos, los ciudadanos de Gibraltar han de poder votar en las elecciones europeas. +Esto es -al menos, así lo creo- el núcleo central y la base para resanar unas instituciones que todas sin excepción -sería ridículo que desde el Parlamento señalásemos con el dedo exclusivamente a la Comisión-, que todas sin excepción se han ganado una imagen -me temo que en buena parte justificada-de ser unas instituciones entrometidas, despilfarradoras e improductivas. +He sabido sólo en estos días a través de los periódicos que, por haber criticado dicha decisión en la comisión mixta Parlamento Europeo/Parlamento Esloveno, un diputado en ejercicio fue objeto de un procedimiento anómalo en las tradiciones parlamentarias y democráticas. +En el informe de la Comisión de noviembre de 1998 sobre los avances logrados, Polonia es descrito como un país con una situación social y política estable que avanza en el desarrollo de una economía de mercado eficaz. +La adaptación que requiere la adhesión de estos países a la UE no ha de tener lugar a costa de los más desfavorecidos, en forma de un aumento del desempleo y de las desigualdades entre los ciudadanos, o de la discriminación de determinados grupos étnicos. +El sistema de exenciones por categoría que lleva utilizando la Comisión desde hace más de treinta años, hoy día ya no tiene la flexibilidad necesaria para seguir el ritmo de las transformaciones rápidas de las estructuras de distribución. +La Ley protege la confidencialidad de las comunicaciones escritas entre un jurista independiente y una empresa, de modo que impide que la Comisión pudiera utilizar tales documentos como prueba para la aplicación de las normativas europeas sobre la competencia. +El Tratado de Amsterdam -nos lo ha recordado la Sra. Hautala- ha sancionado esta noción de transparencia concediendo a los ciudadanos un verdadero derecho de acceso a los documentos del Parlamento, del Consejo y de la Comisión. +En lo que respecta a una cuestión análoga, aunque distinta, la Comisión comparte la opinión de la señora ponente, según la cual el Defensor del Pueblo tiene que tener, dentro de lo que cabe, un acceso amplio a los expedientes y documentos, en poder de las Instituciones, necesarios para sus investigaciones. +La consideración con la que quisiera terminar y a la que, personalmente, atribuyo la máxima importancia, es que en la base de una buena relación entre los ciudadanos y las Instituciones está precisamente la transparencia: una transparencia en sentido muy amplio que implica antes que nada que los ciudadanos estén bien informados acerca de los derechos que tienen. +En este contexto se han adoptado también las enmiendas de la Comisión de Presupuestos encaminadas a armonizar la labor del Comité de aranceles aduaneros comunes, para que un solo comité de ámbito general pueda ocuparse de las tarifas arancelarias comunes. +Mi Grupo acepta también con placer el principio enunciado por la Sra. Schmidbauer de que los usuarios de las infraestructuras deben pagar los costos, incluidos los medioambientales, así como el costo de otros factores externos impuestos en el punto de utilización. +Además, pero no es menos importante, la decisión de lanzar ataques militares, con las fuerzas determinantes de los Estados Unidos de América, acentúa la hegemonía de éstos y la subalternidad política de la UE, que por este camino nunca tendrá una PESC ni una defensa común. +En estas condiciones, no veo cómo será posible evitar la división de esta provincia, lo cual, después de todo, nos obligará a reconsiderar la solución más antigua del mundo para restablecer la paz: trazar una frontera entre los pueblos. +Me he abstenido de votar la resolución común sobre Kosovo porque desde el principio no he compartido la decisión de intervención militar de la OTAN que considero un error y, además, evitable. +En Rambouillet, en efecto, a tenor de las declaraciones de algunos participantes autorizados, existían unas condiciones políticas favorables a otras iniciativas que, a mi modo de ver, eran eficaces y que habrían podido evitar la muerte de tantos inocentes y las dramáticas deportaciones de cientos de miles de ciudadanos kosovares, víctimas del nacionalismo disparatado de Milosevic. +Desde este punto de vista, ningún país europeo está seguro: bastará que sople el viento para que el finísimo polvo de uranio sea arrastrado a Italia, Alemania, Hungría y a toda Europa, con los mismos efectos de muerte provocados en Arabia Saudí por la contaminación bélica causada en Iraq durante la guerra del Golfo. +El hecho de atenerse a esta antigua concepción de Europa ha tenido como consecuencia desalentar, debilitar y marginar, en los PECO, a los dirigentes y responsables procedentes de los sectores disidentes, a los reformadores, que fijaban su mirada en nosotros, y permitir que las personas procedentes de sistemas totalitarios recobraran prestigio, de las que Milosevic constituye su arquetipo. +Si no fuera porque tampoco en el Consejo existe unanimidad y con seguridad, me atrevería a decir, tampoco una gran base de consenso, e incluso, no existe en absoluto entendimiento, el Consejo podría haber coincidido con la Comisión y la decisión se podría haber adoptado, a pesar de que el Parlamento hubiera decidido otra cosa. +De esta manera, pretendemos favorecer el desplazamiento del tráfico de mercancías por carretera a otras ramas del transporte que son más sostenibles, más seguras y ahorran energía, mientras que, además, aumenta la posibilidad de elección para los usuarios del transporte. +Como he dicho, estas materias se abordan desde un punto de vista horizontal, en un marco más ancho, en el ámbito de otros trabajos que la Comisión está realizando y, en consecuencia, no podemos aceptar dichas enmiendas. +Cuando los intercambios comerciales o incluso el consumo transfronterizo se aceleran, vemos claramente que los servicios financieros no acompañan esta nueva realidad o que incluso no se adaptan a ésta, sino que o bien continúan encerrados en su lógica nacional y sectorial, o bien parecen considerar que este sector reviste escaso interés. +La tercera observación es que, respecto a la decisión originaria de hacer construir este túnel para garantizar el tráfico a través de los Alpes, el enorme aumento del tráfico pesado lo ha convertido en una estructura cuyas dimensiones se han quedado rigurosamente estrechas. +En relación con Timor Oriental, la Comisión comparte la preocupación de los diputados al Parlamento Europeo en cuanto al reciente aumento de la violencia y, en este punto, también nos sumamos a la declaración efectuada por la Presidencia el pasado 12 de abril. +Ahora, Camboya. Sobre este país quiero decir brevemente que la troika de la UE ha emprendido una gestión diplomática con el Primer Ministro, quien personalmente ha declarado estar de acuerdo con el principio básico de que los dirigentes de los Khmeres rojos deben efectivamente rendir cuentas por los crímenes cometidos. +Las medidas disciplinarias propuestas por la comisión de seguimiento, las acciones administrativas contra el Reino Unido, es decir, frente al Gobierno británico, por la falta de comparecencia, hasta ahora no han tenido efecto. +Por eso he saludado el valor de la ponente, la cual, a pesar de los costes de infraestructura, subraya claramente las ventajas de la alternativa ferroviaria desde el punto de vista de la seguridad y del medio ambiente. +Parte del informe sobre el programa DAPHNE contiene información acerca de la campaña europea destinada a mejorar la concienciación acerca de la cuestión de la violencia contra la mujer, que se inició el mes pasado en Colonia bajo la presidencia alemana. +Estas organizaciones necesitan ayuda precisamente a la hora de crear las distintas redes, de lograr una difusión eficaz de la información, de encontrar asociados y de fomentar un intercambio mutuo. +Creo que es también muy importante ampliar gradualmente este programa al resto de los países, especialmente a los países de la Europa Central y Oriental, puesto que la violencia, en todas sus modalidades, tiene una dimensión transfronteriza, por ejemplo en su variante de comercio sexual o de pornografía infantil a través de Internet. +Sin embargo, los derechos de los consumidores, como tales y la política relativa a los consumidores, en la medida en que afecta, por ejemplo, a la seguridad de los alimentos y demás, seguirá siendo competencia de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor. +a pesar de que los regímenes de pensiones son naturalmente distintos en cada uno de los Estados miembros, creo que sería conveniente establecer a escala de la Unión Europea un nivel de subsidio mínimo que cada Estado debería garantizar a aquellos que no pueden trabajar o para los que no existe oferta laboral. +Al igual que los demás ciudadanos europeos no queremos sufrir perjuicios fiscales cuando decidimos proseguir nuestra actividad profesional después de la entrada en vigor de nuestra pensión, y eso no sólo en nuestro país de origen, sino también en los demás Estados miembros de la Unión. +Con esto no quiero decir que el informe no sea útil, pero sí creo que se ha quedado atascado en la filosofía del bienestar. Además, no responde en absoluto al título «Los ciudadanos de la tercera edad en el Siglo XXI: una vida por delante». +De entrada, hay que saber que, según las estimaciones, el déficit proteínico de la Unión Europea equivale al 70 % del consumo interior y representa, por lo tanto, una gran dependencia de la Unión Europea frente al continente americano, de donde provienen nuestras importaciones. +Por medio del programa de la Agenda 2000, la Comisión continuará haciendo uso de estos instrumentos de gestión de mercado mientras se mantengan las considerables diferencias que existen entre los precios del mercado mundial y los del mercado interior de la Unión. +¿Pero no existe el riesgo de que para el futuro del sector de semillas oleaginosas de la UE el remedio sea peor que la enfermedad? ¿No es de temer que debido a la reducida ayuda por hectárea los agricultores opten por otros cultivos? +Nos damos cuenta de inmediato que las ayudas estatales destinadas a Venecia no son las ayudas estatales destinadas a cualquier otra zona de la Unión Europea: sirven para proteger un patrimonio que es nuestro, que no hemos creado nosotros y que hemos heredado, pero que, precisamente por haberlo heredado, debemos transmitir a las generaciones futuras. +Pues bien, aquí tengo que hacerme portavoz de la resolución de la Comisión de Reglamento, que se incorporará a esa doctrina que, con constancia y a lo largo de los años, viene estableciendo, y es que este Parlamento no se disuelve y que este Parlamento tiene que regular, tiene que resolver sobre los problemas que se le plantean desde el primer hasta el último día de su mandato. +Quisiera tranquilizarlo diciéndole que la comisión no va a quedar absorbida en la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales: va a combinarse con esa comisión para crear una nueva Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, que será muy importante en esta Asamblea. +De ahí que quiera expresar mi agradecimiento a mis colegas y especialmente al Sr. Fayot por la muy constructiva cooperación que se ha mantenido a raíz de la modificación del Reglamento y especialmente quiero agradecerles la comprensión y la positiva predisposición que han mostrado hacia las opiniones que he planteado. +Dicho de otra manera, hay que continuar en la dirección de la policy-mix con una evolución de los salarios equivalente a los incrementos de la productividad con el objeto de favorecer el crecimiento y el empleo. +Finalmente, mis queridos colegas, hay que continuar con la liberalización de los sectores de telecomunicaciones, energía y transportes, garantizar una mejor financiación de las PYMES y poner en marcha una reforma de los sistemas fiscales y sociales, así como de los sistemas educativo y de formación profesional. +Puesto que los llamamientos a la coordinación de los sistemas fiscales -y desgraciadamente en el párrafo 34 el ponente se decanta por ello- terminan por sustraer ese segundo mecanismo de ajuste a los Estados miembros, nos queda entonces el paro como instrumento de regulación, o también la presión sobre los salarios. +Pero también es cierto que una situación con tipos de interés estables, con precios estables, con tipos de interés bajos abre a los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea un espacio de acción considerablemente más amplio que hasta ahora para eliminar el desempleo crónico. +¡Ay si una mentalidad burocrática tuviera que echar a pique lo que, por el contrario, debe ser una novedad: se trata de una novedad desde el punto de vista institucional y también debe serlo desde el punto de vista de los resultados! +También por esto tiene sentido la idea de la OLAF, pues la oficina está llamada a actuar en la estrategia global de lucha contra el fraude y también pondrá a disposición su experiencia de cara a la elaboración de planteamientos preventivos. +El Consejo Europeo ha destacado una vez más en Viena que otorga una gran importancia a la lucha eficaz contra el fraude, la corrupción, y otras actividades que vayan en detrimento de los intereses financieros de la Unión Europea. +Señora Presidenta, como cuestión relativa al Reglamento quisiera dar a conocer cuál es la frase que dije literalmente, a causa de los ataques de la Sra. Roth-Behrendt: «Deberíamos renunciar a una guerra de religión, tanto transatlántica como europea, ante dictámenes concretos y esperar con tranquilidad una visión global de la ciencia, antes de actuar.» +Cuando la OMC examinó nuestra prohibición de las hormonas -que, naturalmente, existía mucho antes de que se creara la OMC-, llegó a la conclusión de que el proceso por el que habíamos considerado necesaria dicha prohibición no era una evaluación de los riesgos que cumpliera los criterios razonablemente exigibles antes de aplicar una prohibición. +Puedo asegurar a Sus Señorías que la posibilidad de que los Estados Unidos apliquen sanciones en relación con esta cuestión es mucho más grave, por lo que decir que es lógico que se hagan públicas lo antes posible esas conclusiones es obrar en pro de los intereses de los consumidores europeos, los ciudadanos europeos y el empleo europeo. +Puedo asegurar que la Comisión, en virtud de estas relaciones y sobre la base de los datos de que dispone, hará una valoración global y presentará, en su caso, al final del período de experimentación, las correspondientes propuestas para dar seguimiento al ensayo. +Como conclusión, para mí, como londinense, este fin de semana se nos ha hecho ver muy gráfica y trágicamente la importancia del apoyo a una Europa de imparcialidad y justicia para todos nuestros ciudadanos, la necesidad de que nos comprometamos en la lucha contra la intolerancia, el racismo y el odio, contra esas concepciones. +La reanudación de la dinámica institucional, el establecimiento de estas líneas claras también es una necesidad para dar una oportunidad a la ampliación de la Unión Europea. +Que ustedes se hagan responsables de lo que hoy están diciendo en esta Asamblea ante la opinión pública europea en favor de esa Constitución europea, para que los ciudadanos conozcan sus derechos y sus deberes por encima de las luchas y de los intereses de los Estados miembros. +Ahora se va a producir el relevo y el Parlamento debe asegurarse de que antes no prorroguen los contratos con sus amigos ni traten de ascender a ciertas personas o de trasladar a los empleados de sus propios gabinetes a la administración. +Quizás muchas de esas cosas están superadas actualmente. El problema de realizar una síntesis entre estos dos elementos será uno de los mayores problemas políticos no solo de la Comisión, sino del Parlamento y de la Unión Europea en los próximos años. +El Grupo Europa de las Naciones quiere restablecer el crecimiento en Europa, en primer lugar, mediante la disminución de las exacciones obligatorias destinadas a los Fondos estructurales, a continuación mediante el levantamiento de las rigideces que caracterizan la gestión del euro. +Si no hubiera habido cinco expertos independientes, nombrados por el Parlamento, para que expresen con total claridad su opinión sobre el funcionamiento de la Comisión, seguiríamos teniendo la misma Comisión que no habría dimitido ni habría sido censurada. +En este caso en particular, parece ser que la atención conjunta de nuestro ponente y del Tribunal de Cuentas encuentra en el seno de la Fundación una voluntad real de responder a las observaciones emitidas. +Estuve en Tirana los días 21, 22 y 23 de abril y allí advertí la necesidad de que se sintiera la presencia del Parlamento Europeo que no me parece que hasta la fecha haya organizado una presencia oficial en esa región, cosa que a lo mejor sería oportuno hacer. +Yo aportaría dos reflexiones básicas: la primera -que guarda relación con la intervención del Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, el ministro Fischer- es que estamos iniciando una nueva etapa que se va a caracterizar por el nombramiento, por parte del Consejo, del Alto Representante para la PESC. +Si el Tratado establece un mecanismo, que es totalmente atípico en el sentido de que es al Parlamento al que le corresponde la articulación del texto mientras que la aprobación corresponde al Consejo, no cambiemos ese equilibrio también de rondón y por la puerta de atrás. +Lo cual resulta más inaceptable aún si se considera que, cuando adoptamos una decisión al respecto en la sesión de diciembre, aprobamos un texto muy ponderado y equilibrado. De conformidad con el mismo, las dietas de los diputados europeos serán inferiores en el futuro a las de los tres Estados miembros más poblados de la Unión Europea. +Y hablando de promociones, precisamente de ese apartado 2 en que se habla de ellas, el Sr. Filippi y yo mismo vamos a presentar una enmienda en la que, además de aceptar la revalorización de 490 puestos, vamos a apoyar también los puestos permanentes y los puestos temporales que se han aceptado ya, así como las tres promociones ad personam . +Este mediodía, en una conversación con el Sr. Prodi, he señalado que con la planificación actual de fechas, prevista por el Parlamento para la nominación de la nueva Comisión, o sea a crearla lo mas pronto a mediados de septiembre, sólo quedarán 14 días para presentar esta notificación rectificativa. +Esta mañana, en la primera lectura hemos vuelto a recoger con toda razón el procedimiento y hemos vuelto a repetir en la primer lectura este punto de vista del Parlamento de la primera lectura anterior. +Me gustaría hacer algunas observaciones a esa propuesta. Por una parte no estoy satisfecha con la manera en que se ha votado la propuesta en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y en la Comisión de Protección del Consumidor. +Debemos hacer hincapié especialmente la aplicación del principio de la información antes de la celebración del contrato, de modo que la información ofrecida proporcione un valor añadido a la entrega de información ya prevista en las directivas verticales. +Señor Presidente, quisiera expresar mi agradecimiento a la Presidencia del Consejo y en especial a la Sra. Bonino y a sus colaboradores por haber llegado a un acuerdo de forma tripartita que fue acordado por el Consejo y por la delegación del Parlamento. +Para que no se produzcan problemas de interpretación que desfavorezcan al consumidor, en el resultado de la conciliación se volvió a reiterar claramente, que la creación gratuita del estado contractual de una mercancía significa, que los costes necesarios, tales como costes de envío, de mano de obra y de material correrán a cargo del vendedor. +La intención de la propuesta era crear una armonización de mínimos de las disposiciones legales dentro de cada Estado miembro en particular sobre la necesidad de garantías legales, que ya mencionó con toda elocuencia el Sr. Whitehead. +Además, al establecer valores límite más estrictos, deberán considerarse la tecnología disponible y sobre todo el principio que hemos propuesto para todas las medidas sobre el medio ambiente y que ha sido reconocido también por el Parlamento, el principio de la relación de costes y de beneficios. +Pero yo creo que se trata de puntos importantes, y -la Sra. Sandbæk ya lo ha mencionado- los plaguicidas en los alimentos de los bebés fue un punto de controversia muy fuerte, y en esos casos se trata de la salud de bebés y niños pequeños. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, el Sr. Corbett no solo tiene el mérito de sustituir de forma excelente al ponente sino que también ha detallado muy explícitamente el desarrollo práctico y los avances en los procedimientos de codecisión en los que se basa este informe. +Señor Presidente, he recibido una carta de los servicios del Gabinete del Presidente en la que se me decía que como el debate sobre Kosovo iba a celebrarse ayer por la tarde, no se iban a discutir las preguntas que mis señores colegas y yo habíamos presentado para hoy por la tarde al Consejo. +Es de esperar que los presidentes de grupo obtengan el respaldo de la mayoría del nuevo Parlamento que se forme después del 10 de junio para acabar de liquidar y ordenar la cuestión de los viáticos. Pues nosotros todavía no lo hemos conseguido. +Así, después de cuarenta y cinco años con un directorio secreto, dentro de un par de meses será posible para la gente normal y corriente ponerse en contacto con la persona de la Comisión, por ejemplo, encargada de la entrega de los directorios telefónicos. +El Consejo Europeo de Colonia deberá salvar estas omisiones y sentar las premisas para la reforma de la Comisión, la ampliación del voto por mayoría cualificada y la reponderación de los votos en el seno del Consejo. +Cuando discuten de reformas institucionales, piensen también que no se trata solamente de cifras sino de que la falta de fuerza del Parlamento en lo que se refiere a la cooperación con el Consejo y la Comisión -me refiero aquí a la ausencia de procedimiento de codecisión- se coloque realmente en el orden del día en esa Conferencia. +Los elementos centrales son: votación mayoritaria como norma, nueva ponderación de los votos en el Consejo, transformación estructural de la Comisión así como el derecho del Parlamento Europeo a emitir dictámenes de conformidad en todas las modificaciones del Tratado. +De conformidad con el apartado 2 del artículo 37 y del apartado 5 del artículo 40 del Reglamento, he recibido ocho propuestas de resolución sobre el Consejo Europeo de Colonia y las preguntas orales sobre la reforma institucional. +Los servicios del Pleno nos han informado de que este debate conjunto sobre la Agenda 2000 se iniciará con una declaración del Consejo y de la Comisión y, a continuación, intervendrán los primeros oradores de los Grupos, no los ponentes. +Mediante la casi anticipación -lo voy a calificar así- de Amsterdam, el Consejo, la Comisión y el Parlamento Europeo han demostrado saliendo unos al encuentro de los demás que es posible lograr en una relación de tensión positiva resultados que hagan avanzar a la UE en su totalidad. +No propone ninguna estrategia seria a favor del empleo, conformándose con sugerir que se continúe, pura y simplemente, la misma política macroeconómica monetarista que se realiza desde hace años, y que no ha dado prueba de eficacia para asentar un crecimiento sostenido y duradero y para hacer que se reduzca el desempleo de forma masiva. +En el borrador, el Consejo presenta una serie de propuestas de estatuto, en las que aparece reflejado, por ejemplo, que el pago de las indemnizaciones se llevará a cabo mediante la presentación de justificantes, además de diversas propuestas más encaminadas a establecer las condiciones laborales de los ayudantes. +El Grupo Conservador y el Socialdemócrata han puesto en peligro hoy con su actitud la credibilidad del Parlamento Europeo al rechazar la propuesta del Grupo Liberal para un Estatuto de los diputados. +Con respecto a la comercialización de las carnes con hormonas, además de las consecuencias que podemos conocer en términos de desequilibrios de producción en una actividad agrícola estructuralmente excedentaria y muy fragilizada tras la crisis de la EEB, las consecuencias para la salud humana del consumo de carne con hormonas están lejos de ser desdeñables aunque sean conocidas parcialmente. +La Organización Mundial del Comercio, tal como ha sido negociada por la Comisión e impuesta a los Estados miembros, se burla del principio de precaución y seguridad sanitaria que cada Estado ha de poder mantener para preservar la seguridad de sus nacionales. +Señor Presidente, es por convicción y no por gusto por las contradicciones por lo que no votaremos la totalidad de resoluciones legislativas relativas al Informe Agenda 2000, con excepción de la relativa a la OCM del vino, ya que estamos en contra de las posiciones de la Comisión y del Consejo que resultan del compromiso de Berlín. +Quisiera advertir a cualquier Grupo político que esté pensando en jugar a la política partidista con esta votación, que el bloqueo de estas propuestas significaría tener que esperar hasta que el nuevo Parlamento pueda votar en otoño, y ello haría peligrar más de 200.000 millones en recursos y entrañaría interminables retrasos para las comunidades y los proyectos locales. +No era fácil la exégesis de los planteamientos de los colegas, pero hemos hallado una fórmula que ha permitido, con cuatro enmiendas de transacción, conseguir la retirada mayoritaria de otras y, a la vez, mantener el espíritu de la propuesta de nuestra comisión. +En primer lugar, la necesidad de garantizar la existencia de recursos presupuestarios comunitarios suficientes para cubrir las necesidades del sector en el marco de la política estructural pesquera. +Una de ellas -que guarda relación con la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam- es que en opinión del ponente -que no triunfó en el Pleno, pero que ahora, con el Tratado de Amsterdam en vigor, adquiere pleno sentido- debemos considerar todo este proceso como un proceso de estrategia conjunta de la Unión que debe conducir a acciones conjuntas. +Pero en mi opinión, el Parlamento Europeo se ha puesto más en el lugar de los países candidatos para comprender qué es lo que significan las condiciones de la Unión Europea en la práctica de la vida política de dichos países. +Este es un punto central desde la perspectiva del Parlamento. Para nosotros, también es importante que los países beneficiarios utilicen este instrumento para conocer las reglas y mecanismos de la política estructural y que, de este modo, la posterior adhesión sea más fácil. +El Consejo decidió asimismo apartarse de la propuesta original de la Comisión e incrementar el importe objetivo hasta el 9 %, en vez del 8 % propuesto por la Comisión, como coeficiente del fondo para el conjunto de compromisos pendientes de la Comunidad. +Me permito recordar lo que el Comisario Fischler dijo en una ocasión: esta política es tan importante porque siempre tenemos que responder a la pregunta de ¿qué pueden hacer en el mercado laboral el hermano y la hermana de un agricultor joven que hereda la explotación? +Sintéticamente, estos serían los puntos básicos que llevaron a la Comisión de Presupuestos a cambiar el lunes por la noche su posición de rechazo al Acuerdo interinstitucional y proponer al Pleno que lo acepte, junto con las perspectivas financieras anejas. +Hemos apoyado Galileo, la propuesta europea en materia de sistema global de navegación, y hemos apoyado a la Comisión de Transportes en su deseo de destinar el 55 % de los fondos a los ferrocarriles y un máximo del 25 % a las carreteras. +Expreso mi gratitud -no sólo en nombre de la Comisión, sino en un plano mucho más amplio, en nombre del público en general de la Comunidad y del sector- por la previsión y el compromiso demostrados por el Parlamento en este asunto. +Si mañana el Parlamento no llegase al acuerdo de dar su aprobación a un Acuerdo Interinstitucional, no se dispondrá entonces del marco financiero sobre el que hemos debatido y sobre cuya base se han acordado ambos acuerdos: el Quinto programa marco de investigación y las redes transeuropeas. +Una última decisión del Consejo, a instancias del Parlamento, ha incluido una cuarta iniciativa comunitaria, la cual también creo que beneficiará en aspectos muy concretos a unas poblaciones determinadas de la Unión Europea, aunque no tenga la dimensión comunitaria que tienen las otras tres iniciativas. +Asunto: Alimentos seguros Durante los meses de invierno y primavera están teniendo lugar, en todos los países de la Unión Europea, campañas de ámbito nacional en torno al tema de la seguridad de los productos alimenticios y la salud. +La capacidad de exportación del Iraq está siendo actualmente aumentada con un subprograma del programa «petróleo por alimentos», pero debido a los plazos de planificación y suministro se aplicará plenamente sólo a partir de la primavera del 2000, si bien ustedes saben que el precio del petróleo supone un factor de inseguridad en ambas direcciones. +También desearía que me diera su opinión sobre si en el caso de Iraq no se infringe el tratado de Viena, que prohíbe la inanición de ciudadanos como forma de guerra; ¿Considera que no se infringe la Proclamación de los Derechos Humanos y el Acuerdo sobre los Derechos de los niños? +Señor representante del Consejo, quizá habrá observado usted que, en su comunicación de 23 de marzo, el Parlamento Europeo da por sentado que en la nueva Comisión habrá un número considerablemente mayor de mujeres que en la actualidad. +Por el contrario, afortunadamente, sólo en casos excepcionales la administración del Consejo se ha visto impulsada a proceder estrictamente contra funcionarios que no han respetado las normas de comportamiento profesional en el ejercicio de sus tareas. +Trabajamos exclusivamente en base a la experiencia que hemos acumulado en el Programa de Paz y Reconciliación en Irlanda del Norte y también de algunos programas de medio ambiente que han tenido mucho éxito allí y en las que las ONG han tomado la iniciativa y han recibido ayuda con cargo a los fondos de la Unión Europea. +No es propio de la Presidencia hacer observaciones sobre el fondo de cuanto ha dicho; pero creo que sí lo es el darle las gracias a usted y a sus Sres. colegas de la Presidencia alemana porque creo que siempre han mostrado respeto y afán de colaboración y porque han tenido una presencia realmente viva en esta Asamblea. +Por tanto, mi Grupo político, el Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica, no dará su apoyo a una reforma de la PAC que supondrá, de hecho, la profundización de sus principales desequilibrios. +Sin embargo, mi principal objeción contra el empleo del artículo 203 es la siguiente: haremos que la financiación de la ampliación dependa de los inciertos resultados de los anuales conflictos presupuestarios entre el Consejo y el Parlamento Europeo. +El Consejo y la Comisión se han declarado dispuestos, en relación con el calendario de ratificación del Tratado de Amsterdam, a reconocer ampliamente al Parlamento aquellos derechos que, sobre todo en el capitulo de la reforma estructural, podemos reclamar formalmente desde el 1 de mayo de este año. +Los pueblos de Europa no nos concederán ninguna credibilidad si por un lado decimos: queremos controlar una serie de problemas y lo hacemos disponiendo para ello una serie de fondos, pero por otro lado hacemos desaparecer ese dinero en los bolsillos de unas organizaciones y personas a quienes no corresponde. +Es evidente que si en Europa hubiera cierta modulación entre las zonas más ricas y las más pobres, las más pobres no necesitarían, desde luego, ese recurso que se llama «desarrollo rural», idea bastante vaga y bastante mal dotada de fondos, que, como sabemos todos, puede servir para todo, como en una «posada española». +Es un hecho desafortunado y, además, el reglamento hace imposible que podamos volver a presentar esta enmienda, lo cual significa que no podremos obtener una votación nominal sobre el hecho de que los miembros no se están ateniendo a la cuestión de la transparencia. +Sin embargo, en mi opinión, no se ha hecho referencia a una circunstancia, en concreto a que vamos a tener que reinventar la economía de mercado si queremos que los pueblos de Europa central y oriental, las nuevas democracias de Europa central y oriental alcancen algún día el estatus para convertirse en miembros de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, durante cinco años he oído y aprendido en la Comisión de Presupuestos que la única posibilidad de preparar un buen presupuesto y aprovechar todas sus posibilidades consiste en lograr un acuerdo interinstitucional que garantice las perspectivas financieras durante siete años. +Si alguna vez ha existido una receta para lograr una diseminación y una discriminación contra las empresas locales tradicionales, capaz de aumentar el desempleo de manera innecesaria, ha sido ésta. +Ahora nos encontramos en una etapa diferente: nos encontramos ante una decisión de la Comisión y este informe -he aquí su importancia- recoge el dictamen del Parlamento Europeo que llega tras muchos meses de negociación con la Comisión y el Consejo. +Se debe, pues, felicitar a los interlocutores sociales por añadir este nuevo acuerdo sobre los contratos con una duración determinada a su acuerdo previo sobre el trabajo temporal, y espero que alcancen rápidamente un nuevo acuerdo sobre los trabajadores empleados por medio de agencias de empleo temporal. +Por supuesto, además del objetivo de la liberalización comercial, pedíamos también que el acuerdo incluyera garantías para la protección medioambiental y el respeto a las normas laborales básicas de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo. +Y junto con los progresos, también debemos ser conscientes y reconocer las dificultades que representa la inclusión en el ámbito de la Unión Europea del Acuerdo de Schengen, que es un mundo cerrado y que, además, se construye al margen de la Unión Europea para poder funcionar. +Pero de aquí a dos o tres años, la realidad seguramente superará las previsiones, hasta tal punto que, de ser ciertas las cifras que se barajan actualmente, en el año 2001 ciento diez millones de PC estarán destinados al uso del comercio electrónico, que moverá doscientos mil millones de dólares. +El hecho de que sobre todo los Länder alemanes insistan en retirar los servicios similares a la radiodifusión - tal y como se formulan aquí - del ámbito de aplicación del comercio electrónico, tiene su origen en la situación interna alemana. +No obstante, Señorías, este Parlamento adoptó hace dos meses una enmienda al artículo 5, apartado 1, que establece que ese cashing cae en el ámbito de la directiva sobre derechos de autor, es decir, en la protección judicial del autor, mientras que el cashing como tal no implica una explotación de la información transmitida. +Esta misma mañana también hemos solicitado que el Presidente y la Mesa, que en ese momento no estaban presentes, den luz verde para que en los próximos días una delegación de este Parlamento se desplace a Roma con objeto de entrevistarse con el Sr. Rugova. +Esta mañana hemos tenido votaciones conforme al nuevo procedimiento de Amsterdam, en las que no hemos podido quedarnos con algunas enmiendas aisladas como la enmienda 28, que exigiría una cláusula de revisión de esta perspectiva que se extiende -como ya han dicho algunos ponentes esta mañana- a lo largo de siete años sin ninguna revisión. +El nacimiento de la moneda única puede acarrear un agravamiento de los desequilibrios entre Estados debido a la aceleración de las deslocalizaciones, bien hacia Estados o regiones más competitivas que otras, o bien de regiones que atraviesan dificultades hacia los ejes económicos dominantes que ya se perfilan (el noroeste de Alemania, el Benelux, Isla de Francia, el norte de Italia). +Los debates sobre la Agenda 2000 han durado más de un año y han constituido la parte más importante de los trabajos de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural del Parlamento. +No puedo por menos de decir que los resultados de la Cumbre de Berlín en el ámbito de la reforma de las organizaciones comunes de mercado en los sectores de la leche, la carne de vacuno y los cereales no me entusiasman demasiado. +La Comisión, que ya detenta un monopolio de la iniciativa, se apropiaría así del poder ejecutivo europeo, para convertirse en el Gobierno de la Unión Europea, ya que el Consejo se limitaría a desempeñar un papel de segunda cámara parlamentaria, que se pronuncia por mayoría. +Al escuchar las intervenciones de los diputados durante el debate que ha tenido lugar en este hemiciclo, así como las intervenciones del Presidente de la República Francesa, me sorprende comprobar que el análisis de los errores se limita esencialmente a un cuestionamiento personal de Slobodan Milosevic, de su familia y de sus allegados. +En cuanto a la próxima reforma institucional, es muy deseable que la voz del Parlamento tenga mayor peso y que, contrariamente al antiguo método, que había decepcionado seriamente, la reforma se centre en un verdadero diálogo interinstitucional, lo cual está perfectamente expresado en los puntos 8 y 12 de nuestra resolución. +Es importante que las dos instituciones legislativas de la Unión emitan un mismo dictamen y, por consiguiente, que el centro de gravedad para la toma de decisiones esté situado en un punto equidistante entre el Consejo y el Parlamento Europeo. +Señor Presidente, como nuestro debate sobre los problemas de actualidad, urgencia y especial importancia tratará ampliamente las cuestiones relativas a los derechos humanos, yo desearía informar de un hecho relativamente grave que se produjo en Marruecos contra una ciudadana francesa, la Sra. Danze-Serfaty. +Pido al Presidente del Parlamento Europeo que se dirija a las autoridades marroquíes para protestar contra esta expulsión de una ciudadana francesa y para exigir el derecho de Abraham Serfaty de regresar a su país. +Si se sigue matando a los dirigentes, si las poblaciones tienen que huir a las montañas y tienen miedo de ir a votar, si los millares de personas que fueron trasladados en el último año a Timor, proindonesios, tienen derecho a votar, si dirigentes como Xanana Gusmão siguen presos, creo que no será posible celebrar un referéndum libre y justo para Timor Oriental. +Las Naciones Unidas, la Unión Europea y la comunidad internacional en general tiene que mantener la presión sobre Indonesia para que ésta acepte una presencia militar que garantice la neutralidad del referéndum e impida que se convierta en una farsa de imprevisibles consecuencias sangrientas. +Señor Presidente, Timor Oriental es uno de los expedientes simbólicos en el que están en juego los derechos humanos y en el que la ausencia de derechos de los pueblos y la ausencia de un verdadero reconocimiento del derecho de autodeterminación conduce diariamente a un terrible drama. +Por otra parte, señor Presidente, esta semana he presentado una pregunta escrita en la que solicito la amnistía de 250 detenidos en el territorio palestino no enjuiciados, pero su servicio me ha comunicado que la respuesta a esta pregunta no tendrá ya lugar y tampoco su publicación. +A corto plazo -como se afirma también en la Declaración de Berlín-, la Unión Europea sigue preocupada por el estancamiento del proceso de paz y a este respecto es fundamental que después de las elecciones en Israel, las partes vuelvan urgentemente a una aplicación íntegra de los respectivos compromisos suscritos en el Memorándum de Wye River. +Soy la primera diputada en la historia del Parlamento Europeo que ha penetrado en los corredores de la muerte, el pasado 21 de abril, hace catorce días, para reunirme con Mumia Abu Jamal, preso político condenado a muerte, en cuyo favor a menudo nuestro Parlamento ha aprobado resoluciones. +Concluiré este último discurso, este último grito de los que no tienen voz, haciendo la señal de reunión de los negros -son muchos los negros que hoy luchan en los Estados Unidos contra la pena de muerte, junto con blancos, indios, amerindios, hispanos- y pronunciando las palabras: "On the move!» . +Como conclusión, debemos instar a las autoridades malasias a que reconozcan que el desarrollo de una mayor cooperación política y económica entre la Unión Europea y Malasia dependerá en gran medida de que se inicie un diálogo serio que desemboque en la que en Malasia se den pasos para la observación de los derechos humanos fundamentales en dicho país. +Muchas gracias, señor Vecchi, por sus palabras, por el empeño con que ha seguido a los países ACP y por el empeño puesto en el seno de la comisión que ha seguido todos los aspectos de la cooperación y del desarrollo. +Podemos confiar en que se encuentre, efectivamente -y es imprescindible que la Unión contribuya a ello-, una solución que permita estabilizar las relaciones entre las tres islas -si esto es posible, y en todo caso es lo que deseamos- y que tenga en cuenta las necesidades específicas, particulares, de las poblaciones de cada una de estas islas, que, a pesar de que no se encuentran muy alejadas unas de otras, poseen esas especificidades que acabo de mencionar. +El golpe de Estado militar que, obviamente, condenamos, se produjo a raíz de los graves incidentes provocados en Gran Comora por personas procedentes de la Isla de Anjouan, así como por la incapacidad objetiva de las autoridades civiles para garantizar el proceso de reunificación y de pacificación del Estado. +Señor Presidente, estimados colegas, esta Asamblea siempre ha concedido especial importancia a la seguridad nuclear, puesto que todos sabemos que en caso de que se produzca un accidente en una central nuclear, éste no sólo afecta a las personas que trabajan en ella y que viven en las inmediaciones, sino que perjudica a todos los habitantes de Europa. Es por eso por lo que debemos vigilar de cerca las normas de seguridad. +Hubiera deseado que todos los que hoy han presentado una resolución, me refiero sobre todo al Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo, nos hubieran respaldado más firmemente en el pasado y que todos los que han firmado la resolución que tenemos delante hubieran puesto más empeño en convencer a sus correligionarios. +Señora Presidenta, en la decisión del Consejo de Agricultura se han ajustado las compensaciones por la rebaja de precios del grano con las compensaciones en el cultivo de las patatas industriales. +El Euro, como elemento del desarrollo de los últimos años, de tan gran importancia especialmente para el futuro, tendrá su lugar, y hemos conseguido, mediante peticiones a las distintas comisiones, poder utilizar el Euro como dinero electrónico en los sectores más diferentes. +A este desequilibrio hay que añadir la multiplicidad de acuerdos preferenciales, firmados ya o a punto de serlo, con países terceros por parte de la Unión, justo cuando el anuncio de un nuevo ciclo de negociaciones multilaterales pone en cuestión la conveniencia de estos acuerdos bilaterales. +Es decir, que era considerado un sector marginal, condenado a desaparecer con una actitud conformista y un determinismo fatalista que provocaría inevitablemente el desempleo de millones de trabajadores, lo que coincidía con el momento elegido por la Unión Europea para la lucha prioritaria contra el desempleo. +Así pues, señora Presidenta -y según la Academia francesa es perfectamente correcto-, desearía felicitarla no sólo por haber sido elegida ahora Presidenta de nuestra Asamblea, para los próximos años, sino también por ser la primera mujer que después de veinte años, como usted ya lo ha dicho, ha sucedido como Presidenta a mi antigua colega, la Sra. Simone Veil. +Desearía también decir a nuestro colega portugués, Mário Soares, que lo felicito por haber participado en esta elección, por haber dado a la Asamblea la facultad de disputarse el puesto, porque en eso consiste la verdadera política, la verdadera democracia. +Señora Presidenta, estoy aquí presente para rendir honores a los poderes con que los europeos han revestido a este Parlamento y para ofrecer mis sinceros deseos de colaboración para construir un futuro mejor para nuestros ciudadanos, pero teniendo presente al mismo tiempo que también somos parte del mundo, el cual es de todos. +Esta percepción relativizó los intereses nacionales particulares y generó en toda Europa la voluntad de avanzar un paso decisivo en la tarea histórica de completar la integración europea. +Por último, veo una enorme paradoja en la elección de ayer por la derecha de este hemiciclo de una candidata totalmente estimable, pero cuyo federalismo está demostrado, cuando, en realidad, en absoluto es ése -me parece a mí- el mensaje dirigido por los electores -y, en particular, por los electores de derechas- en los países europeos. +Resulta muy evidente que dicha reforma era y sigue siendo una condición previa para las negociaciones que se van a iniciar en la Organización Mundial del Comercio, que es -bien que lo vemos- un instrumento en manos de la economía dominante, es decir, de la economía americana. +Deseo al nuevo Parlamento lo mejor y también a la próxima nueva Comisión, una vez pasadas las difíciles auditorías -las Comisarias y Comisarios aún por nombrar en la cámara de tortura del Parlamento Europeo libremente elegido-, lo que digo naturalmente de un modo irónico y, por supuesto, sólo retóricamente. +Concretamente, querría darle las gracias en nombre de la Comisión de Política Regional y, desde luego, de los diputados socialistas, por el magnífico trabajo realizado durante el período en el proceso de reforma de los Fondos estructurales. +Si en cualquier momento yo no estuviera satisfecho de cómo marchan las cosas, no dudaré en utilizar los poderes que me confiere el Tratado hasta cambiar las competencias y las carteras, o en pedir a cada uno de los Comisarios su dimisión. +Estoy convencido de que la mejor manera de lograr este objetivo es a través del método que la Comunidad ya utilizó con éxito en el pasado: en primer lugar pedir a las partes que cooperen entre sí, que comiencen a trabajar en común en cuestiones de relevancia cotidiana, que creen uniones aduaneras, que constituyan instituciones comunes y que afirmen la paz a través de intereses comunes. +Creo que es por eso que la Comisión rechazó, por ejemplo, sacar del presupuesto, asignado por el programa de reconstrucción OBNOVA, unos 45 millones de euros, para pagar los sueldos de las 700 personas que trabajan para la Oficina del Alto Representante para Bosnia, lo que equivale a un importe de alrededor de 17 millones de euros de los 45 totales. +Y en relación con el proceso de reformas de la Unión -absolutamente necesario, no sólo para la ampliación sino para hacer una Unión más democrática y más eficaz-, señora Presidenta, pensamos que, desde luego, lo que no se puede hacer es una nueva Conferencia intergubernamental a puerta cerrada. +Se logrará recobrar la confianza si habrá más transparencia, pero sobre todo si habrá un mayor respeto a la hora de promulgar las directivas, a las que son las culturas y las peculiaridades nacionales, así como un mayor y más frecuente recurso al principio de subsidiariedad. +Les puedo asegurar que será muy importante mantener un equilibrio entre la necesidad de libertad del comercio, que es una se las bases de Europa, y la protección de los grandes derechos, entre los cuales el derecho a la salud es un derecho fundamental. +La seguridad de las personas no reside solamente en que no haya guerra, sino también en la estabilidad económica, en el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos y en la protección ofrecida por los estados de Derecho. +El Parlamento empieza su trabajo con un equipo nuevo y con nuevas competencias concedidas por el acuerdo de Amsterdam, la anterior Comisión, que dimitió en medio de su legislatura, ha de ser sustituida y, por último, en el Consejo se están preparando para la renovación de los métodos de trabajo. +En consecuencia, mientras el Parlamento Europeo focalice su atención únicamente en la ejecución o no del presidente Öcalan, sin abordar a fondo la cuestión de la autodeterminación de los pueblos, penetrará en la superficie del problema, pero nunca conseguirá resolverlo. +Puesto que esperamos que Turquía también pueda llegar a ser bienvenida en el seno de la Unión Europea dentro de algunos años, no solamente le pedimos que suspenda la ejecución de la pena de muerte de Öcalan sino también que se encargue de la abolición de la pena de muerte en el país. +Y cuando hay un país vecino y lo mismo ocurriría si los problemas, señor Comisario, se dieran en Hungría y hubiera que crear algo en la vecina Austria para la correspondiente intervención la cuestión es si la vecindad puede y debe ser útil, y si allí donde hay problemas los países vecinos pueden realmente ofrecer su experiencia sobre lo que ocurre en la región. +Tal como habrá sabido la Asamblea por informes de prensa, en dicho documento se especifican unas obligaciones claras para los futuros comisarios que se propongan ocupar algún puesto durante el año posterior a la terminación de su mandato de informar con tiempo a la Comisión de sus intenciones. +He sido ponente en un número considerable de directivas relativas a la liberalización del sector de las telecomunicaciones y tanto yo como mis colegas hemos actuado de buena fe en esta labor y habíamos dado por sentado que el ex Comisario Bangemann había hecho lo mismo. +También quisiera aprovechar esta oportunidad para, en un contexto algo más amplio, darles a conocer un breve esbozo de algunos planes y proyectos encaminados, primeramente, a situar este caso en un contexto mayor, y, en segundo lugar, que este caso nos dé un motivo para reflexionar sobre lo que deberíamos y debemos mejorar en nuestra legislación sobre comestibles para animales y alimentos. +Nuestra Europa no funcionará, la confianza en nuestra Europa no funcionará, si no tenemos la capacidad de pasar de esta especie de coordinación del control a una verdadera comunitarización de, por lo menos, una parte de estos controles alimentarios. +Porque los ciudadanos y los agricultores tienen derecho a esperar de la Administración una reacción adecuada ante una crisis de este tipo, que tal vez no sea un fenómeno natural, pero sí que se acerca mucho a ello si consideramos cuáles han sido sus efectos. +No quiero señalar a nadie, pero, con toda evidencia, se han saltado medidas preventivas y no se han tenido en cuenta los controles exhaustivos que hay en un ámbito tan delicado como el de la cadena alimenticia humana. +Más precisamente, en lo relativo a las decisiones tomadas, saludo la referencia al empleo y a la decisión de un «pacto europeo en favor del empleo», me veo obligado a expresar mi insatisfacción en cuanto a las asignaciones liberadas y a las propuestas concretas presentadas. +El voto de esta resolución es una señal reveladora de la voluntad del Parlamento Europeo de aclarar todos los pormenores de este asunto y responder a las preocupaciones legítimas de los consumidores. +En efecto, deben preverse soluciones a corto plazo para resolver los problemas engendrados por la contaminación de los productos alimentarios en Bélgica y, a más largo plazo, debe iniciarse un debate sobre numerosas cuestiones ya mencionadas durante la crisis de las vacas locas y que surgen de nuevo debido a esta nueva crisis alimentaria. +Era el primer caso en la historia comunitaria en que se recurría al artículo 82 del Tratado para penalizar una práctica discriminatoria en perjuicio de los intereses de los consumidores, pero que no tenía un efecto significativo sobre el mercado. +Los aficionados al fútbol y los aficionados a otros deportes ahora sabrán, con toda razón, que cuentan con la protección de la ley, y los organizadores de los campeonatos sabrán que se les impondrá una auténtica y fuerte sanción si incumplen la normativa actualmente en vigor. +A lo largo de las casi trescientas páginas los expertos arremeten sin compasión contra los problemas relacionados con la gestión, los mecanismos de control, la lucha contra el fraude, la política de contratación de personal y la cultura empresarial. +En este documento podía leerse, por ejemplo, una crítica de fondo de la propensión de la Comisión -como la de otras administraciones- a, cito: "actuar en su ámbito según su propia lógica, escuchando a determinados lobbies y sin tener suficientemente en cuenta las consecuencias fuera de su campo de competencia" . +Pero el solo control del Parlamento Europeo sobre la Comisión será insuficiente por dos razones: primeramente, porque el Parlamento Europeo comparte los objetivos de la Comisión y, además porque éste no está sometido a la presión de la opinión pública. +Los valores que sostienen la institución deberían centrarse en una ética de la buena gestión, en la valoración del dinero, en una clara comunicación, en el mérito y el servicio a los ciudadanos y contribuyentes de la Unión Europea. +Sin embargo, a la vista de esta responsabilidad, que ha sido rechazada de facto, resulta también difícil tomar en serio las declaraciones de los comisarios de obedecer en el futuro una petición de dimisión del Presidente de la Comisión. +Es muy interesante que el Comité de Expertos afirme en la advertencia final que la administración de la Comunidad tiende a privilegiar las tareas de la concepción y de la negociación en detrimento de las tareas de gestión y de control. +Y por ello, el Grupo Socialista está dispuesto a contribuir, desde la responsabilidad institucional que debe tener el Parlamento, a un mejor funcionamiento de las instituciones comunitarias, tanto del Parlamento como de la Comisión, y exigirlo al Consejo. +Más bien por fortuna que por una buena planificación aun no ha habido un gran accidente que haya resultado en un derrame radiactivo producido por un barco que transportase materiales radiactivos, a pesar de que hace algunos años se hundiera un barco que transportaba hidrofluorido de uranio de Francia a Riga, aunque esta registrado que aparentemente se recuperaron los contenedores sin que se produjese ningún derrame. +El mundo es en gran medida un mundo de pobreza, un mundo de SIDA, dentro del que la Europa que esboza usted es una isla de bienestar y de paz, basada en el conocimiento, que aún sigue siendo un sueño lejano para muchos seres humanos. +Señor Presidente, el voto de nuestro Grupo, con el cual negamos el respaldo a la Comisión, no es fruto de una animadversión hacia las personas, los miembros de la Comisión, y el Presidente, sino fruto de la valoración política de los programas. +La Comisión será fuerte si será capaz de cumplir plenamente su función de iniciativa de acuerdo con el Parlamento que demanda una mayor participación en la elaboración de las propuestas legislativas y una relación institucional constante con la Comisión. +La respuesta es "nada" , porque no hay nada que justifique su programa para controlar la vida política de las naciones de Europa furtivamente, ayudado e inducido por los Jefes de Gobierno de los Estados miembros, sin olvidar al del Reino Unido. +En cuanto a las medidas de armonización que le corresponden, ni siquiera mejoran la situación en aquellos países en los que la legislación es más favorable para las clases trabajadoras y las categorías desfavorecidas o discriminadas, principalmente mujeres e inmigrantes, ya que la armonización, cuando la hay, se hace por abajo. +Si miramos al pasado, se ha hecho mucho hincapié en la responsabilidad colectiva. Pero al leer el informe de los sabios, el último informe que acaba de aparecer, se ve que la práctica ha sido muy distinta. +Sobre las audiciones, estoy de acuerdo con el Sr. Corbett de que ha sido un buen comienzo, pero hay cosas que deben mejorarse cuando vuelva a surgir este tema en 2004, por ejemplo, la posibilidad de que realicemos votaciones individuales sobre cada Comisario, después de una votación en comisión o al menos indicativa para saber si la comisión estaba realmente a favor o no. +El Sr. Barnier se encuentra en una posición óptima para comprender, aplicar y transponer la política regional, dada su experiencia política es su calidad de ministro nacional, pero también como presidente de una asamblea regional. +Puede que sea ese el momento de introducir aquellas medidas que el Comité de Expertos Independientes propone, y que en la mayoría de los casos son medidas de sentido común que no sabemos por qué no han sido ya realizadas. +Señora Presidenta, Señorías, los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno tomaron hace casi un año la iniciativa de convocar una reunión extraordinaria del Consejo Europeo que estuviera dedicada fundamentalmente a la realización de un espacio de libertad, de seguridad y justicia. +Por decisión del Secretario y de la Portavoz del Parlamento de Finlandia se le ha prohibido la entrada a las sesiones del mismo, por tiempo indefinido, a un reportero de televisión finlandés que hizo públicos unos documentos poco reveladores, proporcionados por algún diputado, sobre los preparativos de la reunión de Tampere. +La Presidencia finlandesa nos ha presentado sus propuestas. Señora Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, a este respecto quisiera llamar su atención sobre un punto que considero fundamental en el marco del debate sobre la realización del espacio de seguridad, libertad y justicia. +En parte, se trata de construir una Europa fuerte, cuya necesidad ha sido causada, entre otros factores, por la propia política de la Unión Europea; aunque principalmente todo gira en torno al hecho de que estas partes de la cultura judicial son el sistema nervioso central de las democracias. +Señora Presidenta, considero que en la resolución presentada figuran todas las valoraciones y las propuestas que es oportuno que este Parlamento apruebe a fin de ofrecer su inmediata contribución con objeto de que el Consejo de Tampere empiece a cumplir concretamente las solemnes promesas hechas a los ciudadanos europeos por el Tratado de Amsterdam. +Es importante luchar contra la inmigración ilegal y contra el abuso de las leyes de asilo, pero los gobiernos tienen que respetar las obligaciones que han contraído en el marco del Convenio de Ginebra y dar asilo a los verdaderos refugiados, y tratarles con compasión y con dignidad, en vez de temerlos como a demonios. +Por último, quisiera expresar el deseo de que el debate que ustedes van a celebrar hoy y mañana con la Mesa de la Delegación del Parlamento Europeo dé fruto y que el diálogo entre nuestros dos parlamentos prosiga pronto en el marco de la Delegación Parlamentaria Mixta. +No se ha tenido en cuenta el papel del Parlamento Europeo como representante de los pueblos europeos, en virtud del cual el catálogo de derechos fundamentales debería emanar de nuestra institución. Por todo eso, no podemos aceptar la función que se nos atribuye. +Quienes se conformen con poco dirán que al menos algo cambia, pero es importante que nosotros, los diputados al Parlamento Europeo, seamos ambiciosos y mantengamos abierta la posibilidad de incorporar la Carta en los Tratados y en una Constitución común europea de la que incluso podría ser el embrión. +En el Consejo de Asuntos Generales de abril de 1999 decidimos pedir a la Comisión que prepare un programa de actuación económica y social para posibilitar la creación de las instituciones necesarias en Timor Oriental. +La Unión ha exigido con firmeza en todo momento que Indonesia se haga responsable del orden y de la seguridad, pero desgraciadamente, como ya hemos visto, las autoridades de ese país no han cumplido sus obligaciones en este aspecto. +Como Parlamento Europeo es nuestra obligación hablar con una sola voz cuando están en juego decisiones fundamentales para el futuro de Europa. La resolución habría recabado aún más apoyo si uno de los Grupos hubiera tenido a su disposición la traducción en un idioma determinado. +Mi convicción es la de que Europa recuperará sus cartas de nobleza en la opinión y la simpatía de muchos pueblos del mundo al afirmar claramente, frente al rompiente neoliberal, sus valores propios y su proyecto. +Ese juicio se basará en la medida en que esta Comisión aproxime Europa más al pueblo, se enfrente con los fraudes y la ineficacia dentro de sus propios servicios, y, sobre todo, arme a Europa para hacer frente al delito, el desempleo y la exclusión social. +Señor Presidente, una vez que hemos visto que se preveía reasignar todo el contenido del PRS 4 dentro de la categoría 4, en vista de que el Parlamento y el Consejo han decidido financiar estos créditos en el título B-1 Agricultura, me voy a permitir desviarme un poco porque mi problema no son los PRS. +Porque aquí la Comisión nos dice literalmente que, a pesar de que ya hemos hecho este esfuerzo de financiación con reasignación, es necesario un importe de 570,5 millones más, que la Comisión se propone reasignar en la transferencia global o en una transferencia complementaria en este ejercicio. +Cualquier diputado de este Parlamento que no esté familiarizado con la función de Washington en las tragedias de Indonesia y de Timor desde 1966 hasta el último genocidio perpetrado por los militares el 30 de agosto, debería leer el análisis publicado hoy por el Washington Post y el Herald Tribune en primera página: "El Pentágono dice que los contactos militares con Indonesia son útiles" . +Es evidente que hay que ejercer presión internacional sobre Indonesia y muchos de nosotros hemos pedido que se suspenda ya la asistencia financiera del Banco Mundial y del Fondo Monetario Internacional y que se suspendan las exportaciones de armas y la cooperación militar. +No creo que sea apropiado en todos los casos que los europeos reaccionen en plan militar ante crisis que tienen lugar en zonas muy lejanas de sus fronteras, pero la crisis de Timor oriental ha puesto de relieve las dificultades con que tropiezan los europeos para responder a una nueva tarea de mantenimiento de la paz. +Mientras hablamos aquí, el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas ha aprobado una resolución con arreglo al Capítulo 7 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas que permite que una fuerza de mantenimiento de la paz bajo mando australiano vaya a Timor oriental. +Quizá deberíamos reconsiderar ahora esa definición y promover un debate internacional para determinar si democracias como las nuestras deben dar igualdad de reconocimiento, trato y respetabilidad a regímenes de todo el mundo que deniegan la democracia y el Estado de derecho, los derechos humanos y la buena gestión pública. +El candidato principal del Partido Socialdemócrata en las elecciones europeas, Pierre Schori, afirmó también que existe una diferencia fundamental entre lo que la UE denomina una gestión eficaz de las crisis y una defensa común. +En las conclusiones del Consejo Europeo de Colonia se recalca que la creación de una política europea de seguridad y de defensa presupone la participación íntegra y en iguales condiciones de todos los Estados miembros, incluidos los neutrales militarmente, en las operaciones de la Unión Europea. +Aunque haya alguna petición de palabra, tengo que aplicar las reglas del juego, y en el artículo 4 del anexo II del Reglamento se dice que todo diputado podrá formular, en este turno de preguntas al Consejo, solamente una pregunta complementaria. +Asunto: Supresión del uso de lentes de contacto de uso múltiple en fase experimental Determinados informes de prensa aparecidos en junio afirmaban que, en Gran Bretaña, se había recomendado a los ópticos suprimir el uso de las lentes de contacto de uso múltiple en fase experimental por temor a que pudieran transmitir una nueva variante de la enfermedad Creutzfeldt-Jakob. +Señor Presidente, creo que los médicos especialistas y los ópticos saben perfectamente cuáles son los riesgos que pueden causar las lentes de contacto, pero, como bien sabemos, la Comisión es la encargada de estudiar la evolución de la situación en la práctica. +Pero pese a eso, corre la voz de que se podría llegar a un trato; es decir, los períodos transitorios relativos al mercado libre de trabajo y otros asuntos similares de la UE podrían vincularse a períodos transitorios en los países candidatos a la adhesión. +Evidentemente, es un país lejano, pero no por ello deja de ser cierto que el régimen vigente es literalmente criminal; la Unión debería dedicarse a derribar ese régimen; de lo contrario, nos veremos obligados, como en el caso de Kosovo o de otras regiones, a utilizar los grandes medios. +Pero en el caso de Corea del Norte el problema reside en que el país está herméticamente aislado del resto de las sociedades del mundo y, por lo tanto, es extremamente difícil hacer llegar la información a ese país, si bien sería de desear que así ocurriese. +Señor Presidente, a raíz de la reciente decisión del Consejo sobre el levantamiento de sanciones en relación con la crisis de Kosovo, la Comisión ha presentado la propuesta de exonerar a Kosovo y Montenegro de las sanciones especiales de la CE contra la antigua República de Yugoslavia. +Es comprensible que hoy estemos debatiendo la reconstrucción económica de Kosovo, que sin embargo, está directamente conectada con conveniencias políticas de los Estados miembros, y también con el esfuerzo de estos últimos por distribuir los fondos destinados a la reconstrucción de Kosovo entre las compañías de los Estados miembros. +Y esto para decir que no se trata de una cuestión de búsqueda de un control previo sobre el carácter de la ayuda global propuesta, pese a que el importe de la misma, 1.900 millones de euros en los próximo 5 años, así lo aconsejaría. +La Unión Europea, que sin duda alguna tiene un papel principal en la solución de los problemas, ha obrado correctamente al decidir extender el reglamento, en especial creando el servicio de reconstrucción de la región. +Está claro que el mandato de la agencia no incluye la asistencia en los otros países de la antigua Yugoslavia ni en otros países balcánicos, porque esta estructura es el instrumento específico de la Unión Europea para la reconstrucción de Kosovo. +Las disputas que ocasionan retrasos son evidentemente inadmisibles, habida cuenta de la necesidad de encontrar una solución rápida al problema y, por consiguiente, la Comisión está abierta a un acuerdo de compromiso que respete estos objetivos de rapidez y eficacia. +Por tanto, quisiera pedir: ¿puede transmitir nuestro deseo a la Conferencia de Presidentes de que en el futuro, si se vuelve a celebrar un debate en el que exista un conflicto con el Consejo, éste se organice de tal forma que el Consejo esté presente y pueda darse un enfrentamiento directo? +Para conceder a ambos la oportunidad de recapacitar y de llegar a una mejor comprensión del asunto y lograr a continuación junto con nosotros una mayor eficiencia, solicito la devolución de la votación final a la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores. +Lo más sorprendente de esta manipulación es la actitud del Consejo: durante toda la negociación del Tratado de Amsterdam, se había resistido encarnizadamente a los reagrupamientos, en un título especial del Tratado, de todos los derechos de los ciudadanos, dispersos en dicho texto. +Asimismo, el programa de suministro de alimentos a Rusia, lanzado este mismo año, está sujeto a una estrecha vigilancia que, entre otras cosas, incluye controles de la utilización de los fondos generados por la venta de estos productos alimentarios en los mercados locales. +El pasado noviembre estuve en Moscú con un grupo del Parlamento, que se desplazó a aquel país para evaluar la necesidad de ayuda humanitaria, y pudimos comprobar que el país sencillamente no está en condiciones de poner orden en sus asuntos. +Señor Presidente, estimados colegas, quizá haya una razón para recordar que en Rusia han ocurrido muchas cosas. Más de 5000 cabezas nucleares han sido sacadas de circulación, En Rusia se han creado instituciones democráticas y ésta posee medios de comunicación que son capaces de criticar al Gobierno y tienen el valor para hacerlo. +Sin embargo, para terminar, estimados colegas, quisiera sacar a colación una cuestión que también han planteado algunos de nuestros colegas, a saber, la necesidad de crear un centro de investigación para el estudio investigación y aplicación sistemáticos de nuevos métodos de prevención de los terremotos. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, estimados colegas, la noticia del domingo pasado acerca de las condenas a muerte para las cuatro personas que participaron en los desórdenes estudiantiles del verano en Irán creó una ola de indignación y repudio en el pueblo iraní y en el resto del mundo. +A continuación, la preparación y aplicación por una comisión militar unida que debe ser previa al establecimiento de una fuerza de paz; y ésta debe, a su vez, ocuparse del desarme de todas las milicias armadas y de preparar la reconciliación nacional. +Actualmente los periodistas siguen trabajando en condiciones no totalmente óptimas; por eso considero oportuno, por ejemplo, el traslado de la sala de prensa quizás debajo del hemiciclo, ya que la sala actual continúa estando demasiado lejos y a menudo no es fácil para los periodistas venir a hablar con los diputados, especialmente con ocasión de sesiones importantes. +Esta mañana les hago la promesa -sobreentendiéndose que no les puedo prometer lo imposible: no puedo prometerles que vayan a disponer de aviones todos los días para llevarles a sus capitales y viceversa- de que haré todo lo que pueda, con la cooperación del alcalde y de las autoridades competentes, para mejorar de forma apreciable la situación también en este aspecto. +Señor Presidente, en mi primer discurso ante esta Cámara me hubiera gustado hablar del ajuste electrónico de la fila de ascensores para aumentar así su eficacia, de la ventilación en los servicios, del aire acondicionado y de las alfombras totalmente insulsas que hay en el bar. +También lamento la falta de monitores de TV en las zonas de bares y restaurantes que deberían estar a disposición de los diputados que hacen una pausa para tomar café para que puedan seguir el transcurso del debate y, si han de intervenir, para que puedan medir adecuadamente su entrada en el Hemiciclo. +Señor Prodi, voy a citarle un ejemplo que usted sin duda comprenderá muy bien: este principio debe ser tan importante para la Unión y debe tener una prioridad tan alta como la que tiene, por ejemplo, el criterio de la estabilidad de precios para el Banco Central Europeo. +Pese a ello, a lo largo de los últimos años diversos Estados miembros se han visto obligados a hacer frente a extrañas formas de intoxicación alimentaria y apenas disponemos de mecanismos de control susceptibles de impedir que la industria de los alimentos introduzca todo tipo de desperdicios y residuos en la cadena alimentaria. +Creo que Europa debe asumir la parte de la responsabilidad que le corresponde en este asunto. Debería ayudar económicamente a los pequeños agricultores y a los demás empresarios agrícolas que han sido víctimas de algo que en cierto modo no es sino un descarrilamiento de la política agrícola europea. +Sin duda, el debate se celebra hoy, y ya que estamos aquí y hemos oído al señor Presidente Prodi, hemos podido efectivamente tomar en consideración lo que nos anuncia, es decir, la creación de una agencia europea independiente, la búsqueda con carácter prioritario de la seguridad alimentaria, el refuerzo de los controles, etc. +Estos lodos contienen metales pesados, entre otros, considerables cantidades de cadmio, y precisamente por ello en mi país y en general en los países nórdicos ese residuo no puede diseminarse por las superficies cultivables, porque el cadmio entra en la cadena alimenticia y a través de ésta en las personas. +Señor Presidente, desde que se debatió hace dos años el Libro Verde de los alimentos, esperamos que se concluya el Libro Blanco, que incluirá, espero, las iniciativas concretas y las responsabilidades de la política europea en el ámbito alimentario. +En nuestra opinión, la causa profunda es que el sistema social pone el beneficio por encima incluso de la salud de las personas. Sobre todo cuando se trata de los beneficios de las grandes empresas y de la salud de los trabajadores. +Señora Presidenta, Comisario Prodi, Comisario Byrne, las crisis de la EEB y de la dioxina, junto con la controversia actual relativa a los alimentos genéticamente modificados, se han combinado para socavar gravemente la confianza de los consumidores en la inocuidad de los alimentos. +Señor Presidente, a principios de los años ochenta, cuando las primeras noticias alarmantes sobre el sida sembraron el pánico en Europa y Estados Unidos, los pronósticos acerca del alcance y las implicaciones sociales de esta enfermedad adquirieron unas dimensiones catastróficas. +Se trata sobre todo de jóvenes adultos económicamente activos que, en muchos casos, tienen a su cargo a toda una familia. Dicho de otro modo, el SIDA afecta principalmente a una generación que en la mayoría de los países constituye la columna vertebral de la sociedad. +En el marco del principio de cautela sanitaria, la Unión Europea deberá por tanto defender la aplicación de ese derecho a las licencias obligatorias en la Ronda del Milenio. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, con más de 2 millones de muertos al año y 4 millones de nuevos infectados en el continente africano, y con la certeza de que el 70% de nuevos seropositivos se registra en el continente africano, qué duda cabe de que nos encontramos ante una pandemia que es la primera causa de muerte para los ciudadanos de un país africano. +Irlanda del Norte está en la periferia de esta Unión y es una parte periférica de la Unión y, aun así, estamos viendo el comienzo de una terrible propagación en nuestro país, relacionada en gran medida con el tráfico de drogas. +No podemos, sobre todo porque una serie de Estados miembros hayan decidido romper con la política nuclear, con la política de la fisión, aceptar que la Unión como tal continúe financiando la política de la energía nuclear hasta cuatro veces más que otras. +Junto con ALTERNER y la investigación sobre energía renovable en el Quinto Programa Marco, que esperamos que sea muy importante, necesitamos la adopción de medidas colaterales urgentes, tales como la directiva sobre el acceso a la red para el mercado de la electricidad. +El Libro Blanco infundió esperanzas y estamos deseosos de que se ponga en marcha la apasionante campaña con su millón de instalaciones fotovoltaicas, su gran granja con energía eólica, su biomasa y -lo más apasionante de todo- sus 100 comunidades en las que toda la electricidad procederá de energía renovable. +En primer lugar, me parece que la cantidad disponible es demasiado pequeña y, en segundo lugar, si esperamos la duplicación de la cantidad de energía renovable, debería haber un marcado aumento en la cantidad de fondos asignados para un período de tiempo. +Cuenta con un presupuesto muy escaso y, por eso mismo, nuestro Grupo acoge favorablemente la propuesta de la ponente de incrementar los recursos del programa SAVE en 4,4 millones de euros, hasta alcanzar un total de 68,4 millones de euros. +En cuanto a un último asunto que se me había quedado en el tintero, que es la participación de algunos países del centro y este de Europa, quisiera decir que, en la actualidad, hay diez países que se están beneficiando de programas SAVE para incitar a una mejora en la eficiencia energética. +Aquí está la ilustración suplementaria de la connivencia entre la Comisión y el Parlamento para desposeer al Consejo europeo de lo que a mi juicio es de su competencia exclusiva, es decir, la política exterior. +Fue la lucha de las masas negras la que impuso el fin de la segregación institucionalizada, pero éstas no han podido desafortunadamente poner fin a la segregación social que hace que los trabajadores y los desempleados de este país sigan viviendo en la miseria. +Así y todo, la filosofía de fondo, me parece la siguiente: hay algunos temas que perjudican o van en contra de la competencia y que, en consecuencia, deben ser armonizados profundamente; otros, en cambio, respecto a los cuales la armonización, en mi opinión, sería perjudicial, cosa que no ocurre en los Estados actuales que incluso permiten cierta diversidad entre sus regiones. +Esta cifra, que incluye a 350.000 refugiados de Croacia y Bosnia-Herzegovina, 120.000 desplazados internos serbios y gitanos de Kosovo y 300.000 desprotegidos socialmente, ha sido calculada por el equipo de evaluación conjunto para la ayuda alimentaria del ACNUR y del Programa Mundial de Alimentos, que visitó la República Federal de Yugoslavia en julio de este año. +Los grupos más desprotegidos de Serbia se encuentran en estas instituciones, y la ECHO quiere prestar el apoyo que sea necesario en forma de ayuda alimentaria adicional -fundamentalmente la ayuda alimentaria se repartirá a través del Banco Mundial de Alimentos- y además quiere completarlo con otros artículos que no sean alimentos y calefacción. +En el marco de este análisis, tomamos en consideración la resolución de este Parlamento de diciembre de 1998, así como las conclusiones de la Presidencia del Consejo tras las dos reuniones informales de los ministros encargados del deporte. +A mí me gustaría preguntar a la Sra. Comisaria si, para conseguir nuestro objetivo, no sería mejor aunar todas nuestras fuerzas y, con el respaldo de todos los Estados miembros, presentar una candidatura europea única como sede para esta Agencia Internacional contra el Dopaje. +Creo, y discrepo un poco de usted con respecto a la última parte de su respuesta, que las señales importantes que da la Unión Europea en otras regiones del mundo, pero que están muy cerca de la India, gracias a la organización de eventos como las cumbres, han de ser contrarrestadas. +Los empresarios europeos, la clase política europea, la opinión pública europea, al igual que las de la India, necesitan una señal importante, que no puede ser otra que una cumbre. +Más allá de todo esto, yo quisiera añadir, sin embargo, para acabar que seguimos considerando necesaria una profunda reforma en este ámbito y la Comisión tiene previsto presentar, por consiguiente, antes de fin de año una propuesta para reformar ampliamente el sistema de subvenciones y de organización de los mercados en el sector del lino y el cáñamo. +Ahora no estamos en el Parlamento español, ni siquiera en la asamblea de la región que ha sido mencionada, sino en el Parlamento Europeo y no puedo prejuzgar ni conocer de antemano ningún criterio y respeto el derecho de expresión de las señoras y señores diputados. +El principal obstáculo para el ingreso de Turquía es su incapacidad de cumplir los criterios políticos establecidos en Copenhague, especialmente en lo que respecta a la democracia, los derechos humanos y los derechos de las minorías, en particular del pueblo kurdo. +Si avanzamos en la propuesta de la Comisión y del Consejo, pueden ustedes estar seguros de que el régimen de Turquía no va a avanzar hacia la democratización, se afianzará en continuar y empeorar la política inadmisible, inhumana actual que está desarrollando así como las provocaciones contra Grecia y contra la humanidad. +Aquí se incluye por ejemplo la exigencia de tomarse en serio no sólo verbalmente los compromisos financieros de la Unión Europea frente a Turquía sobre la base del protocolo financiero, sino también la de poner a disposición los fondos correspondientes. +La proximidad del plazo para cumplir una fase intermedia del proceso de paz, establecido para el 4 de mayo del presente año en el acuerdo de Oslo, hacía que la situación fuese aún más insegura. +La situación en Oriente Próximo está todavía lejos de esto, pero no cabe duda de que la elección como primer ministro de Ehud Barak en Israel y la opción pacífica de los palestinos han brindado una oportunidad a la paz: lo demuestran los recientes progresos de los acuerdos de Oslo en su versión modificada de Sharm-el-Sheikh. +Las auténticas dificultades aparecerán en el marco de las negociaciones sobre la situación final, que incluye el tema contencioso de Jerusalén, el control sobre los derechos del agua y el regreso de los refugiados. +Sin embargo, este acuerdo tiene una significación política considerable: marca el desbloqueo del proceso de paz, tras los años de estancamiento e incluso de deterioro durante el gobierno de Netanyahu, que nunca había aceptado la lógica de Oslo. +Señora Presidenta, una vez más, con ocasión de la votación sobre el calendario de períodos parciales de sesiones para el año 2000, hemos tenido que hacer frente a un asalto de enmiendas con vistas a reducir la duración de los períodos parciales de sesiones en Estrasburgo. +En efecto, como ha recordado el Sr. Dell' Alba al principio del turno, con la participación en las votaciones, no pensamos avalar una situación que de hecho discrimina a millones de ciudadanos europeos, a cuyos representantes se les niega el pleno ejercicio de su mandato parlamentario. +En efecto, habida cuenta que el ahorro energético sobre el consumo ha mejorado hasta ahora alrededor del 1% anual, la Comisión Europea preconiza una reducción suplementaria de un punto del porcentaje de ahorro sobre la demanda final. +Es cierto que Turquía debería, en este aspecto, satisfacer los criterios fijados por el Consejo Europeo de Copenhague, entre los cuales figuran la existencia de instituciones estables que garanticen la democracia, los derechos humanos y el respeto a las minorías. +No voy a votar a favor de la resolución común sobre la marcha de las relaciones Unión Europea - Turquía porque en ella hay razonamientos y contradicciones políticas, así como una buena dosis de hipocresía, cosas que no son propias de una institución seria como nuestro Parlamento. +Se debaten las declaraciones del Consejo y de la Comisión sobre la apertura de la Ronda del Milenio en el marco de la Organización Mundial de Comercio del 30 de noviembre hasta el 3 de diciembre en Seattle. +Estos países temen que la negociación de los derechos laborales mínimos en el seno de la OMC sea un intento de intervenir en sus bajos costes laborales y, por lo tanto, en su ventaja relativa en este aspecto. +Estos progresos deben permitir reconciliar el crecimiento demográfico y el crecimiento económico con una dotación limitada de recursos naturales, ya que es el progreso técnico lo que aleja la frontera de la utilización duradera de estos recursos. +Asimismo, los éxitos obtenidos por los países industrializados y las economías emergentes de Asia -debido a la liberalización de los intercambios-, han hecho tambalear la confianza de los regímenes comunistas y han conducido a su transformación radical en Europa y Asia. +Finalmente, la globalización refleja las percepciones de las generaciones venideras, las del próximo siglo, que, a través de los medios de comunicación y de su propio peregrinar, viven el mundo como una aldea donde la interdependencia impulsa la solidaridad y donde se expresa el gusto por la diferencia y la confluencia. +Estas normas se refieren, primeramente, a la inversión y a la competencia, dos cuestiones frente a las cuales nuestros socios dudan, por muy diversos motivos, y que, debido al precedente del AMI, suscitan reservas y resistencias por parte de ciertos países en vías de desarrollo, cuando no una hostilidad radical en algunas de nuestras organizaciones no gubernamentales. +Es un camino muy peligroso, como lo demuestran ya las consecuencias de la aplicación de las normas de la OMC, con el agravamiento de las desigualdades sociales, del desempleo y de la pobreza en el mundo. +Por ejemplo, aún no han visto los beneficios para el sector textil y de la confección, ni tampoco han visto ningún beneficio de la liberalización del comercio de productos agrícolas. +Por el contrario, en la mayoría de los países de la Unión Europea, la concentración del CO2 no ha hecho más que crecer con respecto a los niveles de 1990; por tanto, se necesitarán medidas adicionales drásticas para cumplir con los acuerdos de Kioto. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, señora Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, hay que agradecerles a ustedes que hayan coincidido en la mayoría de los puntos con la resolución del Parlamento Europeo, que recoge ni más ni menos que la filosofía del Parlamento Europeo con respecto al cambio climático. +La intervención en el control de las crisis está en consonancia con la neutralidad militar de algunos Estados miembros. En las conclusiones de la reunión de Colonia se decía explícitamente que la Unión no intervendrá en las soluciones adoptadas por los Estados miembros en materia de defensa. +Señor Presidente, la Presidencia finlandesa ha preparado la ampliación de la mayoría cualificada enviándoles a los Estados miembros un cuestionario, en el que se pregunta en qué campos están dispuestos todavía a habilitar la mayoría cualificada en la toma de decisiones. +En el primer párrafo del artículo 29 de los estatutos del Banco Central Europeo se regulan los criterios del reparto de las suscripciones del capital del mismo, según los cuales el Banco de Dinamarca debería contribuir con un 1,6709 por ciento del capital propio del BCE. +Por otro lado, el Consejo tampoco ha recibido aún ninguna propuesta para aplicar las recomendaciones de la Comisión Internacional para la Conservación del Atún Atlántico (ICCAT) contra la sobreexplotación de esta especie. +. (FI) Señor Presidente, el Consejo tiene una actitud positiva hacia las posibilidades que se ofrecen en el campo de la lucha contra la marginación social contempladas en el párrafo 2 del artículo 137 del Tratado de Amsterdam, tras la entrada en vigor del mismo. +Sólo quisiera preguntar, en vista de los problemas de abastecimiento, si la Comisión va a instar a Georgia a que construya los 700 m de carretera que faltan hasta la frontera chechena, que no se construyeron a causa de las presiones rusas, para que en el futuro la ayuda humanitaria pueda alcanzar la frontera chechena. +El Código ha mejorado el entendimiento mutuo acerca de las políticas de los Estados miembros, ha establecido un mecanismo eficaz de consulta y ha fomentado el diálogo acerca de la aplicación de sus disposiciones. +Señor Presidente, la lucha contra la pena de muerte en el mundo es ante todo una lucha de civilización por ese derecho de injerencia humanitaria que está abriéndose paso en la conciencia mundial. +Exigimos al Gobierno indonesio que ponga fin a la violencia y que cree las condiciones necesarias para que, también nosotros, desde la Unión Europea, podamos ayudar de forma adecuada a reparar los daños y a prestar la ayuda humanitaria necesaria. +Será especialmente importante si este Parlamento consigue desempeñar un papel político apropiado y concreto, al objeto de contribuir a arrojar nueva luz sobre este oscuro suceso y de hacer justicia a las 81 víctimas y a sus familias que desde hace más de 19 años están esperando saber que ocurrió, por qué y quiénes son los responsables. +En la Unión Europea, las autoridades nacionales de los Estados miembros tienen que exigir de las empresas que informen a los aprendices y trabajadores que puedan quedar expuestos a las radiaciones, de los peligros para la salud que entraña su trabajo y que les capacite en la protección radiológica. +En efecto, el "derecho de contaminar" no puede comprarse, y un simple pago o un intercambio no puede liberar a los más ricos de hacer todos los esfuerzos posibles para respetar la ley común. +Señora Presidenta, para mi Grupo este acuerdo interinstitucional es otra piedra angular para el restablecimiento de la credibilidad de la Unión Europea en lo que se refiere a la forma de ocuparse de los fraudes y de la mala gestión financiera. +El acuerdo interinstitucional nos lleva aún más lejos en otra dirección pues impondría a todos los diputados y al personal la obligación de utilizar los procedimientos apropiados para informar a los futuros servicios de OLAF, a fin de que toda denuncia de fraude pueda ser investigada adecuadamente. +Celebro poder contribuir en mi primera intervención oral, como miembro reciente de esta Alta Asamblea, a una buena parte de la legislación europea y deseo que se produzca una amplia conformidad aquí y una fluida aprobación de la directiva en el Consejo de Ministros. +Espero que en la votación que estamos a punto de realizar se afirme con fuerza la voluntad del Parlamento para abrir enseguida el camino a esa disposición que permitirá de inmediato una mayor visibilidad, una mayor transparencia y un mayor acceso de los ciudadanos a nuestra vida democrática. +En este punto se insta a la Comisión a que entre en contacto con terceros países y con organizaciones internacionales en orden a encontrar soluciones adecuadas A este respecto habrá que tener en cuenta de manera especial qué propuestas desarrollan en este ámbito la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional (CNUDMI), la OCDE y la OMC. +Yo celebro poder señalar también en mi primera intervención oral en el Pleno de esta Asamblea que en mi propia patria; Austria, las instalaciones de transporte por cable constituyen una piedra angular del turismo y, por tanto, de la economía nacional. +Por consiguiente, yo me congratulo de que entre el Parlamento, el Consejo y la Comisión exista un absoluto consenso, una coincidencia absoluta, en cuanto a la voluntad de poner a disposición los créditos necesarios para Kosovo con cargo al Presupuesto de la UE. +Yo creo que los contribuyentes europeos no comprenderían que se reclamasen simplemente fondos adicionales para financiar los gastos en Kosovo, sin recorrer al mismo tiempo el difícil camino de la definición de prioridades, o sea, justamente, de una redistribución de los créditos. +La multifuncionalidad de la agricultura en los ámbitos de la alimentación, la conservación del paisaje, la protección de la naturaleza y también del turismo como sector de empleo con perspectivas de futuro, que seguramente no se contraerá sino que seguirá creciendo, constituye una preocupación importante para todo el Parlamento. +Se manifestaron numerosas discrepancias: en primer lugar, con respecto al IFOP; en segundo lugar, en cuanto al apoyo del Consejo y de los Estados miembros a la Política Pesquera Común, sobre todo en lo que se refiere a los acuerdos internacionales de pesca, como en el reciente caso del Acuerdo con Marruecos; y, en tercer lugar, sobre las relaciones de la UE con otras organizaciones internacionales. +A través de medidas de apoyo dirigidas específicamente a las mujeres en el marco de las políticas de población y de desarrollo podremos contribuir a crear una base más social estable, a la transformación de las estructuras existentes y al desarrollo de otras nuevas. +Con las declaraciones de la Sra. Schreyer en el sentido de que se procurará redistribuir el gasto, recurrir en menor medida a la reserva de seguridad y modificar quizá las Perspectivas Financieras, la Comisión ha dado un primer paso de aproximación a las posiciones del Parlamento. +La posición del Parlamento es unánime. Necesitamos una revisión limitada de las Perspectivas Financieras para que no nos veamos obligados a salir del paso otra vez con una serie de presupuestos complementarios y rectificativos, como ha ocurrido este año. +En segundo lugar, en lo referente a la política exterior, concretamente en lo referente a Kosovo, la audiencia que organizamos hace unos días con la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores y la Comisión de Presupuestos a mí me resultó muy reveladora, sobre todo el hecho de que éste no sea un compromiso a corto plazo. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate del informe (A5-0035/1999) del Sr. Huhne, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios, sobre el informe anual 1998 del Banco Central Europeo (C4-0211/1999). +Así, mientras que el Tratado exige que el BCE publique un informe trimestral sobre sus actividades, el BCE ha decidido publicar dicho informe mensualmente con el Boletín Mensual, en el que se hace una exposición detallada de la evolución económica y monetaria. +La publicación por parte del BCE de informes pormenorizados de cada país que participa en la zona del euro iría en contra de la necesaria creación de una perspectiva de toda la zona al desarrollar, debatir y pensar la política monetaria. +Por lo tanto, una condición indispensable para conseguir una mejora sustancial en la tramitación de los pagos al por menor transfronterizos es sin duda que el sector bancario instaure unas características comunes para la tramitación entre los bancos. +Yo insto al BCE a que contribuya de manera constructiva al éxito del Pacto a favor del crecimiento y el empleo, y que exprese con toda claridad cómo se propone participar en el diálogo macroeconómico para contribuir a la definición de una combinación de políticas equilibrada. +Todos los bancos centrales o internacionales de los grandes países se deben, en una u otra forma, a esta responsabilidad democrática frente a la comunidad socioeconómica, en los países anglosajones a través del Parlamento, en Alemania a través de los Bancos federados de los Länder. +Señor Presidente, nuestro Parlamento recibe en el día de hoy al Presidente del Banco Central Europeo, es decir, el presidente de la primera institución a la cual las naciones europeas - no se sabe por qué desorden - han decidido confiar, dar un poder soberano, cuando menos once de ellas. +Sin ninguna duda, usted tendrá al fin y al cabo más poder o influencia que ellos, aunque sea menos brillante, ya que en este fin de milenio que parece erigir al dinero como último valor universal, está usted detentando el poder temporal y el poder espiritual en el seno de la Unión Europea. +Cuanto mayor sea la igualdad en el nivel de la distribución de la información en la sociedad, mayor será la eficacia con que opciones individuales orienten el desarrollo de la economía y la mano invisible del mercado. +En los Países Bajos se realizó un estudio del instituto económico de la pequeña y mediana empresa, el EIM, del que sin duda se acordará. Han constatado que el comercio minorista deberá tener disponible un 100% de su volumen de ventas diario en monedas de cambio, frente a los 7 % actuales. +Volviendo a la situación actual, quisiera repetir que la estrategia de política monetaria del sistema del Euro, que se ha presentado muy claramente ante el Parlamento, se basa en dos pilares, ambos diseñados con un horizonte de futuro sobre el medio plazo. +Deseo que sepa, señor Presidente, que daremos nuestro apoyo a todos los esfuerzos que vayan encaminados a terminar con las acciones terroristas, a controlar las fuerzas paramilitares y a firmar la supremacía del poder civil sobre el poder militar. +Necesitamos construir una nueva nación en donde el respeto de los derechos humanos, la aplicación de la justicia y la reconstrucción de nuestro tejido social sean los sólidos cimientos que nos permitan conformar una sociedad en la que los factores generadores de violencia se erradiquen de una vez por todas. +La Comisión apoya la clara afirmación de la importancia de la prevención en la lucha contra la delincuencia, ya sea financiera, urbana o juvenil, y ve reconocidas sus gestiones para que se destacaran en particular los derechos de las víctimas de las actividades criminales. +Si bien es cierto que podía haber acabado peor, mucho peor, especialmente para los ciudadanos de los terceros países que se encuentran en Europa o que aspirar a venir a ella empujados por la necesidad, esto no quita que se ha perdido una buena ocasión para empezar a construir concretamente un espacio de libertad, justicia y seguridad. +Allí donde los Estados miembros ya no pueden ir más lejos pues han llegado al límite de sus posibilidades entra en acción la Unión -en la política de asilo, en la de migración, en la lucha contra el crimen organizado y en la cooperación con la justicia. +Sobre la inmigración, creo que Tampere representa una etapa importante, al integrar lo que podríamos llamar una estrategia de codesarrollo, es decir, al reconocer que, para resolver la cuestión de la inmigración, habrá que abordar plenamente las causas que originan los fenómenos de refugiados. +Señor Presidente, sentar las bases de la creación de un espacio europeo de libertad, seguridad y justicia fue el objetivo del Consejo Europeo de Tampere, un objetivo importante porque afecta a los valores fundamentales de nuestra civilización occidental. +Quisiera insistir, en nombre de mi Grupo, en que se apliquen plenamente, en todos sus aspectos, los principios de la Convención de Ginebra en las dos vertientes de la política de migración, y que la Comisión y el Parlamento estén completamente implicados en todos los aspectos. +En Tampere se ha producido una mutación cuasiconstitucional, porque el Consejo ha dado un mandato a la Comisión para establecer, a propuesta suya, normas comunes para la admisión y la estancia, para los pleitos de pequeña cuantía, y para muchas otras cuestiones. +Los avances logrados serán no sólo obra del Consejo, de la Comisión y del Parlamento Europeo, sino también de los Estados miembros en la medida en que se les confíen ciertas tareas del marcador en virtud del principio de subsidiariedad. +Esa propuesta, combinada con el mantenimiento del monopolio de iniciativa de la Comisión, propiciaría, como sabemos, un considerable fortalecimiento de los poderes de esta última y una reducción correlativa del derecho de los Estados. +Reconoce -cosa que nosotros hemos dicho siempre- que las cooperaciones reforzadas del Tratado de Amsterdam no pueden servir en absoluto para resolver el doble programa de la heterogeneidad cada vez mayor y la imposibilidad total de abandonar poderes de soberanía a procedimientos de decisión por mayoría cualificada y, más aún, en una Europa de treinta Estados o más. +La dimensión social de la Unión Europea, una condición previa para una democracia europea, tampoco se menciona con una sola palabra en este informe del Consejo de los Sabios. +Después de lo cual tendremos aún mucho trabajo, entre el 10 de noviembre y el comienzo de la negociación, ya que la Comisión deberá presentar un documento del que yo mismo he dicho que sería un documento político sólido, global, estructurado para que sea útil a los negociadores y facilite esa negociación. +También es cierto que nuestro objetivo es lo que antes he llamado reestructuración inteligente y hay tres elementos característicos que muchas empresas han tenido en cuenta; porque en el pasado, en la Unión Europea, tenemos casos de las dos formas de comportamiento que he mencionado anteriormente. +Pero todos sabemos que, en esta época, la legislación sola o la legislación en si misma no puede solucionar el tremendo problema de la reestructuración de la industria, sobre todo cuando la industria europea no debe sólo competir dentro de las fronteras, sino que debe tomar parte y hacer frente con éxito a la competencia mundial. +Por último, en vísperas del inicio de las negociaciones de la OMC, deseo subrayar la necesidad de que Europa afirme sus voluntades políticas, también en materia de política industrial, y coloque en el centro de ellas "el empleo, la creación de riqueza, el desarrollo de los territorios". +Por su parte, mi Grupo va a dirigirse a las principales organizaciones sindicales europeas para intercambiar nuestras experiencias y, llegado el caso, lanzar una petición europea que permita a nuestros conciudadanos influir en las decisiones futuras. +Me refiero también a los miles de trabajadores de empresas como Michelin que han invertido su tiempo, sus energías, sus conocimientos, sus aptitudes, sus esperanzas y sus aspiraciones, además de los de sus familias, en la empresa en la que han trabajado durante tantos años. +En cualquier caso, querría asegurarles que la continua comunicación con la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, y con la comisión de las empresas, ayudará continuamente a la Comisión a llevar a buen término nuevas intervenciones esenciales y lo más flexibles posible en este sector. +Así pues, la Unión Europea ha lamentado profundamente que el Senado de Estados Unidos, en su decisión del 13 de octubre, haya rechazado el Tratado de prohibición total de pruebas nucleares. +La Comisión comparte la decepción que acaba expresar el Presidente del Consejo ante el rechazo por parte del Senado estadounidense del Tratado de prohibición total de las pruebas nucleares. +Entre los argumentos aducidos en los Estados Unidos, algunos consideraban que no había llegado el momento de renunciar los ensayos nucleares, cuando resulta que Corea del Norte despliega esfuerzos para dotarse de sus propias armas y China sigue desarrollando su arsenal. +Lo que nosotros criticamos profundamente es esa actitud de la mayoría republicana en el Senado que responde más a lo que fue otrora la doctrina del "destino manifiesto" de los Estados Unidos, mucho más que la del liderazgo moral, además del militar, que tienen en este momento. +Saludo la iniciativa del Presidente Jacques Chirac, del Canciller Federal Gerhard Schröder y del Primer Ministro Tony Blair, quienes se han dirigido en una carta abierta a la opinión pública norteamericana en pro de una ratificación del Tratado CTBT. +La Unión Europea acertadamente está ampliando las oportunidades de las empresas rusas de exportar a los mercados de la Unión Europea para impulsar la economía rusa. +En ese sentido, se hicieron mayores concesiones y se aceptó un número mínimo de tres Estados participantes en la coorganización de proyectos concretos y de cinco Estados participantes en los acuerdos de cooperación cultural y de gran envergadura y se procuró encontrar la vía de una mayor flexibilización de los dispositivos de organización. +Hay infinidad de agentes y operadores culturales que quedarán desprovistos de toda clase de medios para la acción que llevan a cabo, y cuyo valor es inestimable, si no se concluye este expediente antes del final del corriente año a fin de permitir la entrada en vigor del programa ya a principios del próximo año. +Los contactos informales con la Presidencia del Consejo y con la Comisión permiten esperar que se llegue aquí a una unificación de criterios, pues los jóvenes y sus asociaciones esperan que la actuación y relación entre las instituciones no sea burocrática sino pragmática. +En la sesión del día 23 de julio, el Presidente del Parlamento propuso a la comisión que presido el examen del fondo, y en la reunión de 27 de julio, la Comisión de Cultura, Juventud, Educación, Medios de Comunicación Y Deporte me nombró ponente. +No obstante, puesto que el fondo de esta propuesta " sólo" es limitar el período de ayudas de 5 a 3 años, hay tiempo de examinar si Eurostat y los institutos nacionales de estadística pueden satisfacer nuestras necesidades de datos e informaciones estadísticas. +Como usted comprenderá, señor Presidente, no tengo intención de entrar en los pormenores de las enmiendas presentadas por el Parlamento, pero me complace comunicarle que la Comisión comparte el interés de garantizar el éxito de las pequeñas y medianas empresas, por lo que acepta la enmienda relativa a las mismas. +En el marco del procedimiento presupuestario, aun cuando optemos por un período de cinco años, el Parlamento tiene todos los años la posibilidad de hacer modificaciones, de interrumpir los pagos, es decir, de sancionar, si resulta necesario. +Señora Presidenta, durante la conclusión de mi intervención en el debate de ayer sobre la reestructuración de las empresas, señalé al Vicepresidente que presidía la sesión que se había producido una anomalía en la resolución conjunta que vamos a votar más tarde hoy. +Recuerdo muy bien que en la Conferencia de Presidentes -los colegas que están aquí a mi derecha sin duda se acordarán, Pat Cox, la Sra. Hautala, mi colega Barón Crespo y otros más- discutimos sobre la pregunta de si hablábamos de Michelin o de la globalización y la reestructuración de las empresas en general. +Y yo, por lo tanto, pido a la Presidenta que haya un control riguroso en el registro en relación con las modificaciones no autorizadas de las propuestas, lo cual es un problema, en mi opinión, de modificación y de falsedad en documento público del Parlamento. +No hay forma de reintroducir, desde el punto de vista del procedimiento, la enmienda de la Sra. Scallon, ya que no existe ninguna base de compromiso para presentar una enmienda oral. +Además, en lugar de plantear las condiciones políticas que invariablemente planteaba el Parlamento Europeo, se limita a la mención de los "Comentarios" a un mecanismo institucional de control de dudosa efectividad, tal y como la experiencia con el programa Meda ha venido poniendo de manifiesto. +Resulta particularmente importante que se preste atención especial a la concesión de cualquier tipo de apoyos a esas empresas, que siempre deben estar condicionados al mantenimiento del empleo, y se deben establecer sanciones severas y obligar a la devolución de las asignaciones, cuando no sea así. +Cada vez que el Parlamento Europeo aborda estas y otras cuestiones, me doy cuenta de que se trata de un campo de acción que requiere medidas a escala europea. Es el caso del ferrocarril y es el caso del transporte de mercancías peligrosas. +Señor Presidente, quiero, en primer lugar, agradecer al Sr. Hatzidakis, ponente y presidente de la Comisión de Transportes, Política Regional y Turismo, el excelente informe que ha realizado sobre la propuesta de modificación de la Directiva marco relativa al transporte de mercancías peligrosas por ferrocarril. +Es cierto, como dice, que en algunas zonas de la red nos encontramos con una situación de sobrecarga, con unas infraestructuras que están ya muy utilizadas y muy aprovechadas fundamentalmente en el transporte de personas, que es el que en estos momentos tiene la prioridad en la política del ferrocarril en todos los Estados miembros. +Y, a ese respecto, no puedo dejar de subrayar el error que constituyó, hace cuatro o cinco años, la concertación de un acuerdo de pesca fuera del marco más amplio del acuerdo de cooperación concertado entre la Unión Europea y Marruecos. +Han pasado años y ni la Comisaria Bonino ni el Comisario Fischler ni los ministros respectivos han tenido la diligencia ni la agilidad necesarias para que no estuviéramos debatiendo aquí lo que hemos de hacer ante un acontecimiento perjudicial, cuando falta un mes para que se produzca. +Lejos de oponer entre sí los intereses de los trabajadores del sector pesquero de los países europeos y de los países africanos, es necesario buscar una convergencia respecto de sus reivindicaciones y de su lucha frente a los poderosos intereses capitalistas. +Pero al mismo tiempo debemos llegar lo antes posible a un acuerdo razonable que tenga en cuenta los intereses en materia de medio ambiente y política exterior y de seguridad y que no cometa el error de introducir elementos demagógicos que desestabilicen a nuestros vecinos. ¡Tenemos que evitar que se nos caiga la venda de los ojos cuando sea demasiado tarde, como sucedió en los Balcanes o en el Cáucaso! +Se trata de: aplicación de un plan de matanzas selectivo; introducción de una identificación de animales efectiva y de un sistema de registro y de movimientos que ya se aplica por completo; legislación para la eliminación de carne y carne con hueso de las fábricas de piensos y de los establecimientos agrícolas. +Esta Cámara, a través de su Comisión de Investigación sobre la EEB, y la Comisión Europea fueron las que recomendaron las medidas que ahora se están aplicando para garantizar la seguridad en toda la Unión Europea de quienes consumen productos británicos y carne británica. +Es primordial que basemos nuestras decisiones en pruebas científicas, y si hoy la mayoría de los científicos piensa que se puede levantar la prohibición de exportar carne de bovino británica, esperamos que las autoridades francesas actúen dentro de pocos días, y esperamos que la Comisión emprenda las acciones legales pertinentes, si no ocurre lo esperado. +Esta persistencia endémica plantea una pregunta temible, la de saber si no existen otros modos de transmisión de la enfermedad que los que detectados hasta ahora: la alimentación con harinas animales y la transmisión materna. +La carga de la prueba científica suficiente que pesa sobre la instancia preocupada por proteger la salud de su población frena o impide en la práctica la aplicación del principio de precaución. +Señor Presidente, después de las excelentes intervenciones de los Sres. Souchet y Martinez en favor del mantenimiento del embargo francés sobre la carne bovina británica, solamente quisiera añadir tres reflexiones desde el punto de vista jurídico, moral y político. +Volviendo al caso específico, considero que el Parlamento no debe pedir a la Comisión que investigue la existencia de recomendaciones formuladas por las Agencias nacionales responsables de la seguridad alimentaria en contra de las decisiones comunitarias. +Creo que la Comisión está haciendo un buen trabajo, pero nuestra preocupación fundamental en este momento es el mantenimiento de la actividad pesquera y, en concreto, de una actividad en la que no haya sobrexplotación, sino conservación de los recursos naturales. +Desde Marruecos nos llegan noticias de que los pescadores marroquíes, con gran desesperación, ven el inmenso daño que se hace a sus bancos de peces, tan sólo para abastecer a los mercados europeos de sardinas y otras especies comunes de las que dependen las vidas mismas de ellos y sus familias. +Por lo tanto, señor Comisario, en esta cuestión y en la que se refiere a los acuerdos de pesca en general, como se puso de manifiesto ayer en el importante debate que mantuvimos en relación con el Acuerdo de pesca con Marruecos, siempre tendrá la favorable opinión, en general mayoritaria, de la Comisión de Pesca, y espero que la siga teniendo de este Parlamento. +En la primera lectura de esta propuesta concreta el Parlamento no hizo enmiendas, pero el ponente, Hugh McMahon en aquel momento, formuló la observación de que era absolutamente esencial que esos tres instrumentos entraran en vigor al mismo tiempo para evitar cualquier desventaja en materia de competencia. +Espero que el Consejo de Transportes preste atención a ese mensaje y haya algunos avances para lograr que el transporte por carretera quede comprendido; de lo contrario, vemos un peligro real para el sector ferroviario a consecuencia de la revisión de la directiva general. +Si la ponente creyese oportuno proponer que se aplace dicho Acuerdo, la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores apoyaría plenamente una propuesta en este sentido que, a la vista de la guerra de Chechenia, nos parece que sería una medida razonable para hacer hincapié en esta cuestión. +Dado que la República Popular de China cuenta con un cuarto de la población mundial y tiene un gran potencial económico, es muy importante su implicación en la investigación europea y en los proyectos tecnológicos. +El respaldo técnico para favorecer la energía-eficiencia, el ahorro de energía y las fuentes de energías limpias y renovables permitirán que China reduzca las emisiones de CO2. +Por lo que se refiere a las cuestiones de biotecnología, debo responder al Sr. Gahrton que todas las propuestas de investigación en la esfera de las biotecnologías deben satisfacer imperativamente las condiciones éticas aplicables a todo proyecto del programa-marco. +Por eso, en esa línea y compartiendo las preocupaciones del Parlamento sobre la gravedad de la situación en Chechenia, tampoco creo -y comprendo perfectamente la posición de Sus Señorías a ese respecto- que este acuerdo sea el mejor medio de manifestar nuestras inquietudes y nuestras interrogaciones ante lo que está sucediendo. +Ya que este año celebra el segundo centenario del viaje de Alexander von Humboldt a Venezuela, yo quisiera recordar que Humboldt no sólo aportó algo, concretamente el afán de saber, sino que también regresó con algo a Europa, concretamente con un conocimiento sobre las plantas tropicales y sobre la geografía de ese interesante continente. +Que, a pesar de las prácticas más ecológicas que puedan introducir uno o más Estados miembros, se aplique lo que figura en la directiva de la forma más uniforme posible, y que no exista un exceso de burocracia para los fabricantes o para los puntos de venta en ese contexto. +Somos partidarios de que haya acciones no legislativas, pues muchas veces no es necesaria la legislación dado que, a veces, basta con la soft law, pero esas iniciativas no deben hacernos perder de vista que hay que evitar una falsa idea de armonización, hay que evitar la inseguridad jurídica, así como las falsas expectativas sobre el mercado interior. +El Parlamento se encuentra en una buena posición para poner en marcha la discusión sobre este tipo de iniciativas. Sobre todo, tal vez, por dar a conocer las preocupaciones del ciudadano medio, a quien, quizá, no siempre se escucha en la forma debida en Bruselas. +Para evitar una sobrecarga del Tribunal de Justicia, lo cual es comprensible, la Comisión tiene previsto dejar en manos de los jueces nacionales la decisión sobre la concesión de exenciones en el marco del apartado 3 del artículo 85. +No quiero detenerme en los temas jurídicos que ya han sido perfectamente abordados por el Sr. Lehne y la Sra. Palacio Vallelersundi; me interesa más detenerme en algunos temas políticos que aún no se abordan del todo en el documento, aunque no cabe duda de que serán objeto de debate en este Parlamento, ya que, gracias a los mismos, crece la idea de Europa. +Pues bien, el primer objetivo estratégico del documento que hemos presentado y que estamos comentando aquí pretende precisamente garantizar el equilibrio entre el mercado interior, por una parte, y la defensa de los intereses del consumidor y del medio ambiente, por otra. +No dejemos escapar esta oportunidad de reforzar las directrices europeas en materia de empleo y de iniciar al mismo tiempo un proceso dirigido hacia la creación de puestos de trabajo de calidad y hacia una buena protección social. +Esta medida también toma en consideración el hecho de que en el funcionamiento de un mercado interior siguen existiendo muchos problemas sociales en las zonas urbanas, así como en las zonas rurales de Europa, y desde luego en mi país, Irlanda. +Las comunidades locales de los sectores privado, público y del voluntariado deberían poder aunar sus talentos colectivos en un esfuerzo por crear empleo en el sector de las pequeñas y medianas empresas en sus zonas respectivas. +Considero positivas, por ejemplo, las directrices encaminadas al fortalecimiento de las iniciativas regionales y locales de empleo y la mayor insistencia en la equiparación de las mujeres en la política de empleo y a este respecto creo que aquí sigue siendo válida la crítica de nuestra colega, la Sra. Theorin. +La lectura correcta, en todo caso, por parte de los Estados miembros deberá ser que la parte principal de los programas no habrá de basarse en actividades procedentes del pasado, sino en aquellas cuyo objetivo principal sea la adquisición de aptitudes creativas. +Los servicios se desarrollan de dos modos contrarios: por una parte tenemos la conversión en servicios de todos los sectores productivos, incluido el agrícola -que no es mencionado-, lo que conduce a la abolición de los límites entre ellos, y, por otra, la industrialización del sector servicios. +En el ámbito de la política de empleo y de los estándares del modelo social europeo, entre los Estados miembros se produce una competición que no favorece la consecución de los objetivos que declaramos que queremos perseguir y en las condiciones que se garantizan en teoría. +Del debate que aquí se mantiene desde hace dos horas creo que se deriva una conclusión optimista, puesto que resulta patente que el Parlamento Europeo no sólo sigue el problema con atención y opina al respecto, sino que, sobre todo, hace propuestas en un asunto tan excepcionalmente delicado como es la estrategia europea para el empleo. +Señor Presidente, invoco nuestra dignidad de diputados porque hay que otorgar a las firmas para la política y las declaraciones políticas, la misma dignidad y el mismo espacio que se reserva a las firmas para las asistencias y el dinero. +Existen varias tecnologías para reducir simultáneamente las emisiones de partículas y las emisiones de óxidos de nitrógeno hasta el nivel exigido por nosotros en la primera lectura bien mediante la adición de amoniaco, bien mediante un refrigerador intermedio combinado con un filtro de regeneración. +Tenemos una posibilidad de concluir con una solución de primera clase la historia exitosa de la legislación relativa a las emisiones de gas para la mejora de la calidad del aire. +El informe de la Sra. Avilés sobre la posición común ha sido aprobado también tras una dura lucha en torno al cambio de fundamento jurídico del artículo 235 al artículo 152 sobre el procedimiento de codecisión. +Igualmente, en otros informes sobre las conferencias mundiales de la ONU en la cooperación con estados terceros , sobre todos con los estados ACP, hemos concedido una prioridad política muy alta a las necesidades de los niños +En el último debate que celebramos en esta asamblea sobre el caso de la Michelin, dije que es imposible tener reestructuraciones de terciopelo, velvet changes, y esto es así porque vivimos una época en que las reestructuraciones son grandísimas; tenemos la entrada de la tecnología, cambios del régimen laboral, hay también una gran ampliación del fenómeno de la mundialización. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, en ocasión del debate del 27 de octubre pasado sobre el asunto Michelin, recordé que el Parlamento había enmendado la directiva sobre la información y la consulta a los trabajadores, y que esperábamos que la Comisión recuperase esas enmiendas. +Conduce a unos plazos de transición interminables en el ámbito medioambiental para otros estados candidatos, porque de otro modo, y lo cito del documento oficial: "esto llevaría a un aumento del esfuerzo financiero". +Comparto el punto de vista -tal como ya subrayé en mi audición ante este Parlamento en septiembre- de que una reforma del sistema de financiación debe tener como objetivo una mayor responsabilidad financiera propia de la Comunidad. +Al terminar, señor Presidente, quisiera puntualizar la falta de participación en el procedimiento de este informe, porque, excepto la Comisión de Agricultura y algunos de mis colegas que han ayudado en las enmiendas, no puedo decir que haya habido una gran participación. +Lo correcto, en cambio, es proceder a reexaminar la línea directriz antes de la primera ampliación sobre la base de las necesidades reales para no bloquear una serie de créditos orientativos con total incertidumbre sobre su adecuación respecto tanto al montante como al calendario. +En el informe se pide a la Comisión que fomente los métodos óptimos, el intercambio de opiniones y experiencias, para aumentar la concienciación de la población sin por ello dejar de respetar el principio de subsidiariedad. +El imperativo más decisivo de la política energética y medioambiental, al acercarnos al cambio de milenio, es el de cumplir los compromisos de Kyoto y a ese respecto, un impuesto sobre el CO2, desempeñaría, naturalmente, un papel importante. +Por este motivo, creemos que el Informe Smet significa un paso importante para el mejoramiento de la situación de cientos de miles de trabajadores y para evitar que la duración de la jornada laboral se convierta en un medio ilícito para aumentar la competitividad. +A5-0060/1999 del Sr. Lechner, en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Consejo relativa a la notificación o traslado en los Estados miembros de documentos judiciales y extrajudiciales en materia civil o mercantil [COM(99) 219 ­ C5­0044/1999 ­ 1999/0102(CNS)]; +Mediante la nueva propuesta del Consejo para un reglamento sobre la competencia, reconocimiento y ejecución de resoluciones en asuntos familiares y en el procedimiento relativo a la responsabilidad parental, se garantiza ahora a las ciudadanas y ciudadanos de Europa un estado civil unitario. +En este sentido sólo puedo expresar mi alegría ante el hecho de que cada vez hay más países -también países miembros de la UE- que reconocen el matrimonio entre dos personas del mismo sexo y que comprenden que tales parejas podrían desear tener hijos y que éste es un deseo que tienen derecho a ver cumplido. +Una de las condiciones impuestas a Bulgaria para la apertura de las negociaciones de adhesión es concretamente la fijación de un calendario razonable para la clausura de la unidad 1-4 de la central nuclear de Kozloduy que debe elaborarse antes de que finalice el año 1999. +En segundo lugar, ¿en qué sentido exactamente plantea problemas Francia? ¿Y puede el Comisario confirmar que a consecuencia de los problemas planteados por Francia sólo habrá una aclaración a los franceses y no cambio alguno en el plan de exportación británico conforme a un calendario establecido? +Me temo que la petición de excluir a las empresas europeas de la aplicación de esta ley criminal, por muy útil que sea esta excepción para las empresas europeas, en esencia, no soluciona el problema. +Y debo decir que no tuve duda de que ésa era su intención, porque esta Asamblea conoce el curriculum del Comisario, en particular su paso por Hong Kong, que nos revela un compromiso inequívoco con la defensa de los derechos humanos y de un sistema democrático no limitado tan sólo a Europa. +Después veo las dimensiones de nuestro programa en Asia, que asciende a unos 350 millones de euros al año, y me rasco la cabeza pensando en cómo vamos a poder prestar el nivel de asistencia necesario a la que puede ser una de las mayores y más importantes democracias del mundo. +Asunto: Protección de los intereses de las empresas comunitarias en Kosovo El Organismo de Telecomunicaciones de Grecia (OTE) y la compañía italiana STET International, propietarias del 49% de la Srbija Telekom, afrontan en Kosovo amenazas y presiones del ELK y "otros", con el objetivo de expulsarlas de la región, en vulneración de los acuerdos internacionales de las dos empresas, únicas propietarias legales de derechos de red en Kosovo. +Cuando el Consejo examine, al final de este año, los resultados de la Acción Común de 1997 en la lucha contra la violencia que padecen las mujeres, sería la ocasión para hacer el balance de la situación que Su Señoría acaba de describir. +La concesión de ayudas distintas de las autorizadas que se ha producido a lo largo de estos años se ha destinado, sobre todo, a financiar el ámbito social del plan de reestructuración, concretamente indemnizaciones complementarias a los empleados despedidos. +Señor Alto Representante, tengo que mencionar que, personalmente, he luchado contra el Consejo que usted preside más de dos años, no con medios militares, sino en los tribunales, para acceder a cierto documento relacionado con el cumplimiento, por parte de los Estados miembros, de los criterios que regulan la exportación de armas. +La Unión Europea, con una moneda común, un mercado común y una legislación común tiene un interés común en que todo ello se traduzca también en una política de seguridad y defensa común digna de crédito. +Antes de poder expresar mi satisfacción por esta propuesta, deseo que se elimine la ambigüedad surgida a raíz de las observaciones realizadas por el ministro de Defensa británico, Geoffrey Hoon, a saber, ¿se trata de un ejército francobritánico o de un ejército de la UE? +Aunque, en los Países Bajos, algunos quieren desempeñar el papel británico en lo relativo al forzado mantenimiento de las relaciones atlánticas, y me refiero al anterior papel británico, no es, sin embargo, comparable con las preguntas respecto de la IESD que se plantean en los Estados miembros de la UE neutrales y sin compromiso. +Y permítame decir al Sr. Patten que acojo con satisfacción lo que ha dicho sobre armamentos, pero ¿se propone la Comisión hacer un seguimiento de sus anteriores comunicaciones actuando con determinación en este ámbito y está de acuerdo conmigo en que el proyecto Misil meteórico es de crucial importancia para el futuro de la industria de defensa europea? +Nos sumamos a las demandas de los países africanos del sur que piden no negociar el hecho de que los vegetales y los animales o las células humanas puedan ser patentados restando riqueza a los menos favorecidos y haciendo más grandes las multinacionales. +Informe del Sr. Lechner (A5-0060/1999), en nombre de la Comisión de Libertades y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, Justicia y Asuntos Interiores, sobre la propuesta de directiva del Consejo (COM(1999) 219 - C5-0044/1999 - 1999/0102(CNS)) relativa a la notificación o traslado en los Estados miembros de documentos judiciales o extrajudiciales en materia civil o mercantil +La Comisión Europea, naturalmente, analiza muy detenidamente todos los planes de acción en materia de empleo que los Estados miembros de la UE presentan al Parlamento sobre una base anual, al objeto de garantizar que se apoyan medidas integrales y más modernas a favor de la igualdad. +La Izquierda Verde Nórdica (NGL), compuesta por los miembros escandinavos del Grupo GUE, ha votado hoy a favor del informe relativo a la notificación de documentos judiciales en materia civil y mercantil. +Pido a todos los grupos y parlamentarios de esta Asamblea que se involucren en este esfuerzo para que los diferentes grupos y fuerzas políticas hagan un nuevo esfuerzo por el diálogo con objeto de que estos procesos de paz dentro de la Unión tengan un final positivo, como parece que está sucediendo, afortunadamente y por fin, en Irlanda. +Es especialmente preocupante que el Gobierno de Rusia -a pesar de sus promesas- no haya empezado a buscar aún una solución política a la crisis, sino que sigue presionando únicamente con medidas militares. +Fuimos muchos los que condenamos en este Parlamento los métodos empleados por el ejército ruso para aplastar bajo su fuego toda resistencia posible a su avance sin tomar en consideración las pérdidas provocadas en la población civil. +Estoy de acuerdo con que informara a los Grupos -y agradezco mucho haber tenido la oportunidad de hablar de este asunto con el Sr. Ajmádov-, pero en esta Cámara jamás se había celebrado hasta ahora una entrevista oficial de ese tipo. +Parte de la motivación que se esconde detrás de la Agenda 2000 es la de cumplir, de manera creíble, con el reglamento del comercio mundial y de paso, naturalmente, convertir a Europa en un interlocutor clave en el comercio mundial; algo que no querrán los estadounidenses. +Los miembros de la OMC deben mantener la posibilidad de conceder prioridad en su política a la salud pública, al bienestar de los animales, a la protección medioambiental y a la solidaridad con los países en desarrollo. +Quisiera instar también a la Comisión y a los Estados miembros a que busquen un compromiso vinculante de la OMC que permita a todas las exportaciones procedentes de los países menos desarrollados el acceso libre de aranceles a los mercados europeos antes del año 2003. +También defiendo un proteccionismo rojo, en el que se aspire a garantizar los derechos de los trabajadores y a impedir el uso de métodos injustos de trabajo, como, por ejemplo, la utilización de mano de obra infantil. +Al mismo tiempo, no puede ser que el mundo se enriquezca gracias a un nuevo acuerdo de la OMC, pero que, simultáneamente, se empobrezca en el ámbito de la cultura y del medio ambiente, o en el ámbito de la agricultura y horticultura, y que perdamos en estos terrenos que tienen un valor esencial para Europa. +Sólo puedo, entonces, hacer énfasis en que los negociadores de la Unión Europea impriman su sello a las conversaciones, de manera que, al mismo tiempo, se consolide el derecho básico actual de la Organización Internacional de Comercio de cara al futuro. +La mejor garantía para la seguridad de los alimentos es la transparencia de las cadenas alimentarias y la existencia de una asignación clara de las funciones de control y de la incumbencia de las responsabilidades. +Esto, sin embargo, no supone que creamos que muchos de los problemas inherentes a los derechos fundamentales en China están resueltos o en vías de solución, ni que callemos que, en el pasado, los mismos Estados Unidos adoptaron dos pesos y medidas a la hora de exigir el cumplimiento de la cláusula social. +La defensa de las tradiciones y rasgos específicos de las propias regiones mediante restricciones a la política de comercio amenaza con socavar las bases del intercambio, del desarrollo y de la divulgación de conocimientos, cultura y bienestar. +El Consejo de Ministros debe abordar paralelamente a la Conferencia Intergubernamental una reforma interna, tal como se solicitaba en el documento Trumpf-Pires, y el núcleo de la misma debe ser la adopción del voto por mayoría como norma y la codecisión de esta Cámara, asociada al mismo, en todos los actos legislativos. +Sin embargo, esta ampliación del número de actores en el escenario europeo planteará problemas institucionales y generará debilidades operativas apreciables si no se adoptan oportunamente las medidas adecuadas y se reforma profundamente el sistema actual antes de la ampliación. +El diario alemán "Die Welt" describía ayer así la propuesta: la defensa clásica de Europa seguirá siendo tarea exclusiva de la OTAN y el cuerpo de intervención de la UE no competirá con esta última, sino que será una baza más a su disposición. +Así, consideramos que la adopción de nuevos poderes federales en el nivel de la Unión no hace otra cosa que acentuar ese desequilibrio y la aleja de los pueblos que la componen, como está sucediendo un poco en cada una de las reformas, según lo demuestran las elevadas tasas de abstención, en toda Europa, en las elecciones europeas. +La Conferencia Gubernamental deberá cumplir un calendario muy difícil, ya que es preciso que complete su cometido en el plazo previsto para no ocasionar ningún retraso en la ampliación y, al mismo tiempo, su cometido es preparar a la Unión Europea para dicha ampliación, es decir, que está sujeta a unas ajustados márgenes temporales y se enfrenta con un gran reto. +Debemos agrupar, en interés de la transparencia y la eficacia, las partes constitucionales del Tratado, incluida la regulación de la competencia, y reunir las partes restantes en otro Tratado de categoría inferior. +Como en la continuación de la pregunta se ha mencionado la travesía ferroviaria de los Pirineos entre Francia y España, quiero señalar que, de hecho, este enlace ferroviario no está incluido, por el momento, en la red de comunicaciones a nivel europeo, tal como ésta se entendía al ser aprobada en 1996 por el Consejo y por el Parlamento. +En consecuencia, a la vista del fracaso concreto, comprobado de dichas políticas, la pregunta es: ¿Seguiremos financiando ese tipo de proyectos que en realidad refuerzan unos regímenes totalitarios, unos regímenes de hecho criminales y opresores de los derechos humanos? +Me pregunto si en las valoraciones que, según se nos ha dicho, está llevando a cabo el Consejo, se ha incluido también una valoración costes/beneficios de lo que cuestan a los contribuyentes europeos todas estas acciones de lucha contra la droga y qué beneficios están dando en la práctica. +Señor Presidente, quisiera considerar positivo el hecho de que se hayan hecho ciertas gestiones ante Turquía, pero quiero señalar al mismo tiempo mi decepción cuando las restricciones impuestas por Turquía a la libertad de navegación comercial de todo el mundo, incluidas las flotas mercantes de la Unión Europea son calificadas simplemente de actuaciones. +En efecto, la finalidad del acuerdo consistía igualmente en hallar una solución al problema del llamado whistle blower, así como a la siguiente pregunta: ¿qué hace un funcionario cuando tiene conocimiento de la existencia de un fraude o de indicios de corrupción, pero ­por las razones que sea­ no quiere hacérselo saber a sus superiores? +Y si, además, pienso que de conformidad con este texto los miembros del Parlamento están obligados a colaborar con las actividades de la OLAF y están obligados a delatar a sus colegas, llego a la conclusión de que esta normativa atenta contra la esencia del mandato libre. +Para alcanzar una política de esta naturaleza se requieren medidas y muchos esfuerzos para alcanzar unanimidad entre los Estados miembros respecto a la necesidad de contar con una política de asilo humana y generosa. +Pero incluso con las pequeñas modificaciones aprobadas en el Parlamento Europeo, incluido el límite mínimo de edad de 18 años y la limitación del número de comparaciones de huellas digitales para evitar más posibilidades de error, es inaceptable esta propuesta encaminada a crear una Europa fortaleza, cerrada a los otros ciudadanos. +Esta organización de las Naciones Unidas es el órgano más indicado para solucionar los problemas nucleares que surgen en cualquier parte del mundo. +Por otro lado, es preciso castigar a los responsables de las matanzas y de los atentados contra la humanidad no sólo para que se haga justicia en Timor, sino también para que, de hecho, ése sea un ejemplo que presentar en otras partes del mundo, donde, por desgracia, aún existen y persisten atentados contra la dignidad y, sobre todo, contra la vida que, a nuestro entender, es un derecho inalienable. +Señor Presidente, aunque la situación en Timor Oriental ha tomado otro cariz gracias al cambio de poder en Indonesia y gracias a la llegada de la fuerza de paz, las condiciones en las que se hallan los ciudadanos de a pie en Timor Oriental y los refugiados en Timor Occidental continúan siendo muy preocupantes. +Todos hemos visto las patéticas imágenes del último reo ejecutado por el Tribunal de Florida y por eso no les extrañará a ninguno de los colegas que la primera persona que figura en el texto de la resolución común sea el ciudadano español -y por tanto de la Unión Europea- Joaquín José Martínez, cuya condena pedimos que se revise y cuya pena de muerte pedimos que se suspenda. +Finalmente, es necesario, tal y como han defendido otros colegas, que la Unión Europea y el Consejo impongan la abolición de la pena de muerte mediante una cláusula especial en los acuerdos políticos y económicos con terceros países. +La Unión Europea, señor Lamy, ¿estaría dispuesta a representar un papel en este sentido, para evitar en el futuro este tipo de excesos, que son desastrosos para las poblaciones que desean la verdad y la justicia? +En el seno de la familia es donde los niños aprenden los valores de la "paz, dignidad, tolerancia, libertad, igualdad y solidaridad" (Preámbulo), así como las aptitudes necesarias para llevar a la práctica esos valores en la sociedad durante toda su vida. +Me colma de alegría poder apoyar la propuesta de resolución que tenemos hoy ante nosotros, que tiende a conseguir que esos derechos se reconozcan: los derechos de los progenitores a criar sus hijos, y los derechos de los hijos a esa protección y a ese apoyo. +De su trabajo esperamos mucho en cuanto a un mayor conocimiento del fenómeno, de la existencia de datos e informaciones comparables y sobre todo de la vigilancia, la identificación y la propuesta de prohibición de substancias peligrosas colocadas en el mercado. +La propia Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos, que se ha ocupado de este tema, ha adoptado unánimemente, repito, unánimemente, esta posición con el voto de todos los grupos y tras un examen detallado. Como ya he dicho, querría que esta medida valiese para todos los delitos. +Creo que hemos avanzado de forma muy sustancial en la medida en que el Banco Europeo de Inversiones ha aceptado que la OLAF tenga toda la información y disponga de todo lo necesario para analizar los préstamos bonificados con fondos comunitarios, lo que sin duda alguna debe ser el objeto fundamental de nuestra preocupación. +Señor Presidente, tras la aprobación de la enmienda presentada por el Sr. Lisi, miembro del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo, electo en las listas de Fuerza Italia, expreso con mayor satisfacción la explicación de mi voto favorable a esta medida. +El Sr. Newton Dunn eligió el primer pilar, nosotros éramos de la opinión de que deberíamos dejar el procedimiento en el tercer pilar, porque en éste el grupo de delincuentes que realizan falsificaciones de pasaportes es mayor que en el primero, donde el Sr. Newton Dunn lo ha incluido, y donde se concentra la persecución de la falsificación de documentos exclusivamente sobre los inmigrantes ilegales. +Con ello el Acta de adhesión trataba de mantener en la medida de lo posible el estatuto especial que Canarias había tenido dentro del Estado español desde su incorporación a la Corona de Castilla en el siglo XV. +Como sabrá el Sr. Comisario, la semana que viene se celebra en Bruselas una reunión de partenariado en la que la Comisión discutirá con los Gobiernos de España, Francia y Portugal y con los Gobiernos de las regiones autónomas y los parlamentarios europeos de esas regiones las propuestas al respecto. +Señor Comisario Liikanen, desde hace varios años vengo tratando, primero en el marco de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y ahora en el de la Comisión de Industria, los informes y las cuestiones relativos a la industria y a la construcción naval. +Es algo de lo que se debe hablar cuando tratamos la cuestión de tener en Europa un campo de juego igual para el sector; de hecho, lo que necesitamos es un campo de juego igual para los trabajadores a escala internacional. +Este sector, que puede parecer, desde un punto de vista global, bastante marginal, desempeña sin embargo un papel esencial en el equilibrio del tejido económico y social de nuestras zonas costeras marítimas. +Sin embargo, hace dos años la Comisión Europea congeló la ayuda comunitaria, y la de los Estados miembros, a la construcción de nuevos barcos mientras no se hubieran alcanzado los objetivos definidos en los planes de orientación plurianuales de desguace de buques. +Quiero recordar especialmente al señor Comisario que, en relación con las negociaciones para nuestra adhesión, la Unión prometió prestar atención a la lejana situación y a las condiciones climáticas de Finlandia al tomar decisiones sobre los objetivos de la política de navegación continental. +Así lo han afirmado los funcionarios de la Dirección General VII de la Comisión, según carta de la misma fechada el 4.8.1999 al llamar la atención sobre el hecho de que la ayuda no guarda relación con los astilleros de la UE. +Creo que es fundamental que la Unión Europea ejerza una presión fuerte para llegar a un acuerdo de autolimitación de la producción por parte de Corea, además de todo lo que ya se ha dicho respecto de las normas destinadas a evitar esa distorsión de la competencia. +Pero a juzgar por el panorama actual, sólo puedo decirles que la mayoría de los Gobiernos están actuando en contra de la incorporación de un artículo relativo al deporte en el Tratado. Hay algunos Gobiernos que desean avanzar en esa dirección. +Como deportista, como ciudadana europea y como miembro de este Parlamento quisiera, por un lado, manifestar muy enérgicamente mi desacuerdo con esta propuesta del Consejo y, por otro lado, preguntarle qué medidas piensa tomar la Comisión para que el deporte tenga presupuesto en la Unión Europea y para que así podamos trabajar desde aquí por el deporte europeo. +Evidentemente, las negociaciones de adhesión no podrán comenzar hasta que Turquía no cumpla los criterios políticos de Copenhague que ponen expresamente el acento en los derechos humanos, el respeto de las minorías y la libertad religiosa sin limitaciones. +Desde un punto de vista más general, deseo recordar que la política de seguridad y defensa requiere la creación de una industria militar a escala europea, capaz de competir con eficacia en el plano tecnológico y financiero. +Estos temas particulares forman parte del importante conjunto del orden del día del Consejo Europeo de Helsinki, y, como ya se ha indicado aquí, este conjunto conforma una dinámica tal, que, de tener éxito, la cumbre de Helsinki pasará a la historia. +Espero que la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo lamente, como hago yo, la intromisión del Secretario General de la OTAN en la política del partido, cuya repercusión lógica es un ataque a la política de defensa de Finlandia y de otros Estados miembros. +Sin embargo, en un momento histórico como éste, en el cual o se tiene el valor de dar un gran paso adelante o si no se corre el riesgo de ser condenados a una larga impotencia, considero que la audacia y el valor cuentan más que el realismo. +Me gustaría subrayar que la redacción de la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales es un asunto de la máxima importancia. Y tendremos de velar por que no se quede en una simple declaración y se convierta por el contrario en un texto de carácter vinculante. +Voy a responder en un orden un poco distinto al de las intervenciones, pero como veo que el Sr. Harbour está todavía presente, también le diré que la Comisión presentará al Consejo Europeo de Helsinki una amplia iniciativa sobre la sociedad de la información. +Finalmente, quiero comunicarles que el colega Chris Patten, que lamenta mucho no poder estar presente hoy aquí debido a un compromiso político exterior, se dispone a presentar, conjuntamente con Poul Nielson y conmigo mismo, una comunicación sobre la exigencia del respeto de los derechos humanos y de la democratización en nuestras relaciones exteriores. +Cómo es posible mantener la pena de muerte y pedir ingresar en la Unión Europea es algo que no deja de asombrarme; sin embargo, lo que me sorprende todavía más es que se hable de conceder este estatuto de candidato a quien aún no ha abolido la pena de muerte. +Señor Presidente, respaldamos los informes del Sr. Morillon relativos a las acciones encaminadas a lograr el desarrollo económico y social de Turquía, así como a profundizar la unión aduanera entre la UE y este país; especialmente ahora, tras los dos terremotos que ha sufrido Turquía este año. +En un informe de este año, la OMS llega, además, a la conclusión de que la contaminación del aire provocada por el tráfico de vehículos causa incluso más muertos que los accidentes de circulación. Los costes macroeconómicos son también elevados. +Sugerimos una ligera modificación del texto para que se ajuste a una terminología estándar; es decir: "Considerando que el benceno es un agente cancerígeno genotóxico para los humanos y que no existe un umbral identificable por debajo del cual no entrañe ningún riesgo para la salud humana" +Tras haber escuchado las intervenciones realizadas en el transcurso del debate, la Comisión piensa que los Estados miembros deberían poder solicitar plazos más largos para cumplir el valor límite de benceno en aquellos casos en que el plazo de 2010 pudiera acarrear serios problemas socioeconómicos. +Este aspecto ya está contemplado entre los requisitos de notificación general de la Directiva 96/62 y la correspondiente Decisión del Consejo 97/101 sobre el intercambio recíproco de información sobre la calidad del aire. +Coincido con él en que el plazo previsto para la entrada en vigor de la directiva no puede ser el 1 de enero del año 2000, sino que debe haber una ampliación de al menos tres años para dar tiempo a los Estados miembros a ajustarse a la directiva. +¿Entra , por ejemplo, el sector del turismo en el concepto de comercio, en el front-loading, en la predistribución , si pensamos que precisamente en el periodo de Navidad y Año Nuevo muchos ciudadanos de nuestros Estados miembros se encuentran en zonas turísticas, en zonas de práctica del deporte del esquí? +Esta falsa opinión, que todavía se halla difundida, debido a que la paridad entre el euro, el dólar y el yen, ha seguido, lamentablemente, un derrotero diferente al que parecía mostrarse todavía el día 4 de enero, no debe conducir a que se impongan ideas equivocadas sobre el valor del euro. +Las condiciones acordadas en el programa internacional de protección de los delfines para el uso de redes de cerco de jareta, que se aplicarán provisionalmente en conjunto en la Comunidad, determinan que se incorpore en este reglamento una revisión del tamaño de las mallas para dos especies de pintarroja. +Por otro lado, el hecho de que yo sea el representante de la isla más grande del Mediterráneo -Sicilia- y el presidente de la provincia de Catania, en la cual es muy elevado el número de personas que se dedican a la pesca, me permitiría aportar ejemplos de experiencias cotidianas. +Informe (A5-0065/1999) de la Sra. Breyer, en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor sobre la propuesta de directiva del Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo sobre los límites de benceno y monóxido de carbono en el aire ambiente (COM(1998)591 - C4-0135/1999 - 1998/0333(COD)) +El hecho de favorecer "la implantación europea de Turquía", como lo expresó Jacques Chirac en Estambul, el 18 de noviembre, reconociendo el estatuto de candidato a Turquía, será percibido por las autoridades turcas como un estímulo para continuar con la misma política. +Tengamos la sensatez de no cambiar esta situación, señor Presidente, y confiemos en los medios de pago modernos, como las tarjetas bancarias o la cartera electrónica, para facilitar la vida de los viajeros y de quienes viven en zonas fronterizas. +Si examinamos por un momento esa razón de fondo, creo que debemos reconocer que la OMC no debe ser ya quien supervise una negociación de liberalización entre países industrializados y que esa situación ha sido modificada de dos formas: en primer lugar, ya no podemos limitarnos a reducir los obstáculos arancelarios y no arancelarios a los intercambios. +En verdad, si no figura esa referencia expresa, significa que la agricultura será tratada como una actividad económica normal, con lo que serán cada vez mayores las presiones de nuestros competidores para acabar con todos los tipos de apoyos conseguidos. Subrayo lo de "todos los tipos". +La segunda cosa que hemos visto -y creo que aquí tampoco deberíamos hacernos ilusiones-: el interés de la sociedad civil, tal como se ha manifestado en Seattle, no ha sido meramente un interés por la ronda mundial, sino también una manifestación contra todo lo que no agrada a las personas. +En el País de Gales, de donde provengo, recibimos sumas importantes con cargo a los Fondos estructurales, pero la línea que separa la creación de un puesto de trabajo y la salvaguarda de un puesto de trabajo está mal definida y, por consiguiente, nos resulta difícil evaluar lo eficaces que han sido dichos Fondos estructurales. +En los próximos años deberemos desempeñar un papel fundamental en lo relativo al examen del marco financiero y del marco con vistas a la ampliación, porque será entonces cuando veamos hasta dónde da de sí SOCRATES II y su capacidad de atender a la nueva Unión Europea ampliada. +Sin duda, una persona mal formada no es capaz de insertarse en la sociedad, a pesar de todas sus aptitudes ocultas o visibles, y pienso que es una pérdida no sólo para el mercado del empleo sino también para la sociedad en general. +La propuesta tiene dos objetivos fundamentales: por un lado, la creación de un sistema de control y obligación de las partes contratantes y por otro lado, la puesta en marcha de un programa destinado a fomentar el cumplimiento de las normas de la CPANE por los buques de terceras partes. +Señor Presidente, esta directiva representa el primer caso en que la Comisión Europea responde con una propuesta a una solicitud presentada por el Parlamento Europeo en virtud del poder de iniciativa legislativa indirecta que le otorga el Tratado de Maastricht. +Es un hecho importante y relevante de cara al equilibrio interinstitucional porque demuestra que el Parlamento puede encontrar a un interlocutor atento y disponible cuando, con arreglo a los procedimientos previstos en el Tratado, pide a la Comisión que dé seguimiento a una iniciativa fundada. +Señor Presidente, dos años después del resultado negativo del referéndum en Suiza sobre su integración en el Espacio Económico Europeo, el Consejo autorizó a la Comisión a negociar acuerdos bilaterales con aquel país en los ámbitos que fueren necesarios. +Declaro mi plena conformidad con el asunto de fondo, es decir, con el método de cálculo que se propone para distribuir el número de permisos entre los diferentes Estados miembros y que, en las circunstancias mencionadas, es el más objetivo, riguroso y equitativo de los posibles. +Señor Presidente, la propuesta de la Comisión tiene por objeto repartir el 90% de los permisos a los Estados miembros que tengan la mayor parte de la circulación con Suiza y garantizar al mismo tiempo un contingente básico para todos los Estados miembros de 1500 permisos al año. +A veces se tiene la impresión de que, según una determinada manera de entender la protección del medio ambiente, la afirmación de principio, por no decir el concepto, al final es más importante que el resultado concreto. +La Comisión no puede aceptar la enmienda 30, cuyo objetivo es ampliar las posibilidades de conceder excepciones en el caso de sustancias que ya han dejado de utilizarse. +Los mayores problemas se encuentran en la insatisfactoria situación interna, en las anomalías en el funcionamiento del sistema democrático y en la violación de los derechos humanos, incluidos los derechos de las minorías. +Necesitamos aclarar varias cosas, tales como el papel de los miembros de la UE que no lo son de la OTAN en esa fuerza y el papel de miembros de la OTAN que no lo son de la UE respecto de esa fuerza, si desean participar. +Me uno al deseo del Primer Ministro, Sr. Lipponen, de que si Rusia ejerciera mejor en el futuro su calidad de miembro de la comunidad mundial, se haría posible llevar a cabo una cooperación transfronteriza entre la Unión y Rusia en la frontera norte, y ello conferiría substancialidad a la dimensión nórdica. +Señor Presidente, en la presentación de las conclusiones de Helsinki, el Presidente ha formulado dos proposiciones: un proceso de ampliación eficaz y digno de crédito ha de tener continuidad, y los países candidatos participan en igualdad de condiciones en el proceso de adhesión. +La Comisión ha aprobado también una comunicación en la que se formulan los objetivos y los principios de política audiovisual comunitaria a medio plazo y se formula una estrategia para la llamada "era de los medios digitales". +La primera propuesta se refiere a la materialización de un programa de formación para los profesionales de la industria europea de programas audiovisuales, el llamado programa "Media-Formación", en el que figura una dotación financiera de 50 millones de euros para el período 2001-2005. +Por eso, este fondo es simultáneamente un fondo que tiene un componente de emergencia, pero que, al mismo tiempo, tiene como objetivo el de garantizar la financiación de medidas de política estructural de apoyo a la acogida, la integración y la repatriación voluntaria de refugiados y asilados. +Ahora bien, creo que el mayor consumo de productos audiovisuales europeos requiere más bien una pedagogía dirigida a los propios europeos, el estímulo al gusto y a la apreciación de la cultura europea y el rechazo de tantos productos de mala calidad que nos llegan de otras partes del mundo. +En esta directiva está previsto que los niños que se reagrupan con un familiar que sea inmigrante legal permanente en los países de la Unión tendrán derecho a la educación total en las mismas condiciones que los hijos de los ciudadanos de los Estados miembros. +Puedo garantizarle que tanto la Dirección General de Justicia y Asuntos de Interior como la Dirección General de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales tienen muy clara conciencia de que es de estratégica importancia garantizar el acceso a la educación de los niños de los inmigrantes legales en los países de la Unión. +Sin embargo, en este contexto yo les rogaría que tengan en cuenta que quizá convendría procurar establecer una vinculación entre los servicios competentes en materia de transporte y los servicios competentes en el ámbito de la competencia, con objeto de avanzar en la adopción de decisiones de carácter general en materia de política de transportes en Europa. +Permítanme que recapitule un momento para recordar que dicha concesión se va a otorgar, pero todavía no se ha otorgado, con la condición y el compromiso de que los ingresos procedentes de la autopista se invertirán en el túnel de la base del Brénero, o sea, en el ferrocarril. +En el comité de trabajo sobre indicadores de la calidad y en el nivel ministerial se examinan factores explicativos, como el plan de estudios, la formación de los profesores, los recursos, la evaluación y demás. +A mi juicio el orden del día del Consejo de Ministros de Educación del pasado 26 de noviembre hubiese podido acoger la propuesta de un comité permanente sobre la calidad de la educación. +¿No considera la Comisión que todo esto constituye una clara discriminación dentro de un mismo Estado miembro y, además, obliga a los habitantes que querrían jugar en las regiones del centro y del sur a recurrir a otros Estados miembros -existen cientos de casinos en Europa- antes de quedarse a jugar en el norte de Italia? +Asunto: Precio de los automóviles de turismo Ante la publicidad del asunto, la Comisión tendrá constancia de que los fabricantes de automóviles de turismo están cobrando mucho más en el Reino Unido que en otros países de la UE por coches idénticos. +Si yo organizara una mesa redonda con la industria -con los vendedores y los fabricantes-, ¿estaría usted dispuesto a asistir y examinar con ellos cómo podemos encontrar una forma de acabar con ese problema, sin por ello dejar de recurrir a los instrumentos en materia de competencia, si no queda más remedio? +En lo que respecta a la categoría 1 B, estimo muy oportuna la decisión del Consejo de aceptar la enmienda del Parlamento de llegar a una política de calidad para los productos agrícolas europeos. +Mi Grupo apoyará, además, el resto de las enmiendas de la categoría 1 B. Ahora que tienen lugar las negociaciones de la OMC, y cuando todo el mundo habla de que se lleve a cabo una buena política rural, es importante que la Unión Europea ejerza una política activa en este ámbito. +Si el problema se debe a la inadecuación del sistema de ingresos de la Unión Europea, habrá que reconocer la necesidad de modificar el sistema de financiación de la Unión Europea para solucionarlo. +Concretamente, se propone el nombramiento por primera vez del Sr. Reynders de Bélgica, la Sra. Geoghegan-Quinn de Irlanda, el Sr. Caldeira de Portugal y el Sr. Fabra Vallés de España, y el nombramiento para un nuevo mandato de los Sres. Mohr de Dinamarca, Salmi de Finlandia, Clemente de Italia y Karlsson de Suecia, citados siguiendo el orden alfabético de los países que los han designado. +Eso quiere decir que compete también al Tribunal de Cuentas velar por que la protección de los intereses financieros de la Comunidad se haga a partir de un corpus juris único y deje de hacerse, como hasta ahora, a partir de legislación dispersa, inconexa y contradictoria, que trata los diversos atentados contra los intereses financieros de la Comunidad de acuerdo con la política a la que se refieren y no de acuerdo con principios equitativos. +La posibilidad de suspender la acción en la nefasta hipótesis de estallido de una crisis es, sin duda, un fuerte disuasivo que obligará a los Nuevos Estados Independientes y Mongolia a encontrar una solución negociada a los enfrentamientos y a reducirlos a una dialéctica política normal. +El propósito de alcanzar un acuerdo sobre unas normas comunes es acertado en el contexto de una economía globalizada, pero también desde el punto de vista de las exigencias globales en materia de protección del medio ambiente. +En el debate sobre la adhesión al Acuerdo de 1958, en el marco del Informe Kittelmann elaborado en aquel momento, ya mantuvimos una vehemente discusión sobre hasta qué punto ello ponía en entredicho la participación política del Parlamento, concretamente su derecho de codecisión. +Y no se trata únicamente de cuestiones tan populares como la subida del nivel del mar y la desaparición de los pequeños Estados isleños o la inundación de las zonas más bajas de Bangladesh o de los Países Bajos. +Es urgente, pues, que ahora se adopten medidas importantes para asociar a estos ciudadanos a las tomas de decisión en la materia, a fin de responsabilizarlos frente al fenómeno del cambio climático, mediante, por ejemplo, la instauración de amplias campañas publicitarias, que actúen sobre los comportamientos de cada uno. +De ahí que me extrañe que nadie desde entonces haya hecho mención a este hecho en las propuestas concretas con la vista puesta en el cumplimiento de los compromisos de Kioto y me gustaría preguntar a la Comisión si esto concretamente forma parte de las reflexiones de la Comisión. +La segunda: que, por fin, en el ámbito del automóvil, más allá de las normas que hemos aprobado, dispongamos de una estrategia de renovación del parque antiguo, un parque que contamina considerablemente más, en comparación con el parque de vehículos recientes. +El argumento, según el cual la energía nuclear no es un método sostenible de producción de energía a causa de sus residuos y, por consiguiente, no puede ser incluida en el ámbito de los mecanismos de desarrollo no contaminante, no es un argumento defendible de ningún modo. +Deben destinarse más fondos a las fuentes de energía alternativas y se anuncia asimismo que la utilización de combustibles sólidos y petróleo dará paso a una mayor utilización de gas natural y energías renovables y a la generación de electricidad en el futuro. +La Unión Europea subraya esta identidad especial de Macao y considera importante que se conserven los derechos y las libertades de sus ciudadanos en conformidad con la Declaración conjunta de China y Portugal, emitida en 1987, y con la Constitución de la región autónoma especial. +En nuestra opinión están creadas las condiciones para que se desarrollen las relaciones económicas y culturales con una base de cooperación y beneficio mutuo entre la República Popular de China, en particular mediante Macao, la Unión Europea y sus Estados miembros. +Informe (A5-0084/1999) de la Sra. Palacio Vallelersundi, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior, relativo a la decisión sobre la verificación de las credenciales tras la quinta elección directa al Parlamento Europeo, del 10 al 13 de junio de 1999 +. (EN) La Comisión considera que la posición común es una solución pragmática y eficiente que soluciona satisfactoriamente los problemas de la mayoría de los accidentes en los que las dos partes involucradas son europeas, es decir, los que ocurren en el interior de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, quisiera llamar la atención en la enmienda 13 sobre una diferencia importante entre el texto alemán -que naturalmente es el texto original del Sr. Rothley- y las versiones inglesa y creo que también la francesa. +La verdadera solución reside no en la tolerancia de una falta de información de los consumidores, sino en los mayores esfuerzos que se realicen para separar los productos modificados genéticamente de los productos convencionales, en todo el proceso de producción. +Una conferencia europea puede celebrarse paralelamente a una reunión de la ONU, únicamente si, por una parte, se dota de una política interna europea y si, por otra parte, demuestra una determinación común en el marco de la dinámica de la ONU. +La Comisión de los Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades de este Parlamento tiene explícitamente incluidos en sus objetivos el seguimiento y la realización de los acuerdos internacionales, tales como la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing. +La opinión unánime del Comité Directivo Científico de que no hay necesidad de revisar la decisión de levantar el embargo sobre la carne de vacuno británica fue enormemente tranquilizadora en este sentido. +Apoyo el llamamiento del Sr. von Wogau, pero también quisiera referirme a la solicitud del Sr. Goepel, porque ha hecho una sugerencia constitucional muy interesante, a saber, que el representante del Consejo intervenga en conexión con el Informe Papayannakis. +Cuando la Agencia Francesa de Sanidad y Seguridad en los Alimentos desafió esta decisión, algo que estaba en su derecho de hacer, me imagino que en términos de su propia competencia, el caso fue puesto en manos del Comité Científico, que respaldó por unanimidad la seguridad de la carne de vacuno británica. +En cuanto al referéndum, el Consejo, en cambio, ha tomado nota del informe del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas que se remite a la necesidad de reflexionar detenidamente sobre las posibles consecuencias que puede tener este asunto, también las relacionadas con la fecha del referéndum. +Señor Presidente, la Unión Europea no ha participado expresamente en el tratamiento de este asunto, pero, sin embargo, estudia los medios para contribuir de forma constructiva al avance del proceso de paz en la región del Sáhara Occidental. +En este contexto, la Presidencia finlandesa confirmó que la Unión Europea considera importante el cumplimiento de los cuatro Convenios de Ginebra y de los dos Protocolos complementarios, que constituyen los tratados fundamentales del Derecho humanitario internacional. +Por un desencuentro entre los Grupos de esta Asamblea -creemos que más de trámite que por desacuerdo sobre el fondo de la propuesta-, no se incluyó ésta para el debate, pero insistiremos en próximos Plenos en atención a la importancia del tema, bien resaltada por la respuesta de la representante del Consejo. +¿Tiene previsto influir el Consejo para que, al reformar los procedimientos del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas, el propio Tribunal adopte el principio de publicidad y dé mayor transparencia al proceso de toma de decisiones? +Aunque -por ejemplo, en el Reino Unido- existe el derecho legal a imponer intereses a los pagos retrasados, no hay prácticamente forma de conseguir su materialización y las acciones judiciales no son prácticas para recuperar pequeñas deudas. +Proponemos un plazo máximo de ocho meses. Y con enmiendas, por supuesto, aprobadas por la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, señor Presidente, sustancialmente coincidimos también nosotros con las propuestas de dejar a un lado la codecisión, de manera que no perdamos tiempo y la obligatoriedad sea una realidad lo antes posible. +Sin pretender minimizar la gravedad de la situación, las repercusiones en la confianza de los consumidores han sido mucho mayores, en mi opinión, que la amenaza real a la salud pública. +Lo que no tiene explicación es que todos los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea importan productos lácteos con BST -la mayoría procedentes de los EEUU, la República Checa, Eslovaquia o Bulgaria- que llegan a la mesa de nuestros consumidores desde hace mucho tiempo, por ejemplo los quesos elaborados con leche obtenida mediante esta técnica. +Sus compatriotas, la opinión internacional, saben que su convicción era sólida, al declarar a su salida de la cárcel: "Como hombre libre, me comprometo a hacer todo lo que esté en mi poder para traer la paz a Timor Oriental y a mi pueblo". +Los presupuestos comunitarios para el año 2000 aprobados hoy en el Parlamento Europeo son un importante paso en la dirección correcta, es decir, para que la UE asuma una responsabilidad cada vez mayor por sus ciudadanos. +(FI) Considero razonable que se atienda el próximo año a las necesidades financieras relativas a la crisis de Kosovo mediante el uso de la flexibilidad en general. En cuanto al Capítulo 4, no se ha procedido aún a la revisión de las perspectivas financieras. +El libro es un bien cultural, la escritura es la primera forma de fijación del idioma, de identificación del lenguaje. Y creo, aun siendo importante el cumplimiento de las normas de la competencia, que el aspecto cultural del tema debe considerarse de igual importancia y rango. +¿Por qué la Comisión no recogería nuestra propuesta de extender la posibilidad de aplicar el sistema del precio único del libro al conjunto de los Estados miembros? +Quiero asimismo asegurar a todos los participantes en el debate que, al igual que ustedes, la Comisión y yo atribuimos mucha importancia a la cultura, al libro, reconocemos la importancia cultural del libro y estamos dispuestos a tener en cuenta estas especificidades. +Por esta razón, la UE debería prorrogar su embargo de venta de armas a Indonesia, que ya dura cuatro años, pues si tuviéramos que levantar dicho embargo de armamento, el mensaje que enviaríamos a los militares sería, indudablemente, que se acepta su actuación y se los reconoce, mientras que, como acabo de señalar, eso está lejos de ser el caso. +Debemos mandar un claro mensaje a las autoridades indonesias en el sentido de que no vamos a aceptar por más tiempo su desprecio por los deseos de respeto de los derechos humanos y de paz de la comunidad internacional. +Señor Presidente, efectivamente, una vez más el Parlamento Europeo ha de pronunciarse en contra de la pena de muerte, en contra de la mayor violación de los derechos humanos que se sigue cometiendo en el mundo, muchas veces y para nuestra vergüenza colectiva, al amparo de leyes que han elaborado hombres que representan la soberanía popular. +Por eso quiero llamar la atención sobre el punto 5 de nuestra Resolución, que dice que reiteramos nuestra solicitud al Consejo de que incorpore en las negociaciones con países terceros -con todos- "la abolición de la pena de muerte como cláusula de respeto de los derechos humanos" . +Señor Presidente, para un cristiano la petición de moratoria a la pena de muerte y su abolición no es sólo un deber o una obligación, sino una elección ética de respeto a una persona que se ha equivocado y que puede y debe redimirse. +La ejecución pública de Zaarmeena, la obligación de llevar el burka, la negación del derecho a la sanidad y a la educación de las mujeres son solamente algunos ejemplos de las flagrantes violaciones que contra los derechos humanos se cometen en dicho país. +Señor Presidente, estoy indignada por las condiciones de detención de los presos políticos en Djibouti, pero estoy igualmente indignada por la hipocresía de los dirigentes del Estado francés, quienes podrían, si lo quisieran, poner fin de inmediato al autoritarismo y a los malos tratos de que es responsable el régimen de Djibouti. +Esta circunstancia no impide que tal proceso electoral contradiga los acuerdos de las Naciones Unidas para la eliminación de toda forma de discriminación, y que asimismo contradiga los pactos internacionales sobre derechos civiles y políticos. +La Unión Europea fijó su opinión sobre Afganistán en una Posición Común adoptada el 25 de enero de 1999, en la que afirmó clara e inequívocamente que exigiremos el respeto de los derechos humanos en Afganistán y, en particular, defenderemos los derechos de las mujeres afganas. +Debemos oír los llamamientos de la Federación Internacional de la Cruz Roja y prestar atención a la grave situación en que se encuentra esta gente, que en el pasado quedó diezmada por cosas tales como el agente naranja, empleado por los EE.UU. Ahora, las catástrofes naturales les causan problemas aún mayores. +A título de ejemplo, y entre tantos otros, el Consejo General de Pirineos Orientales ha aprobado una ayuda de 42 millones de francos, la región Languedoc-Rosellón, una ayuda de 50 millones, el Senado, una ayuda de 400.000 francos y, finalmente, el Gobierno francés anunciaba una ayuda de 1,2 millardo. +Señor Presidente, sólo quiero decir que los liberales no queremos participar en estas votaciones sobre las catástrofes naturales porque pensamos que este asunto no compete al Parlamento Europeo y creíamos haber entendido que ya no tendríamos que tratar este tipo de decisiones. +Eso me permite decirles que la Presidenta hubiera querido estar con ustedes en estos momentos, pero, lamentablemente, como ustedes saben, está delicada de salud estos días y, por lo tanto, en su nombre, en el de la Mesa y en el mío propio, les quería expresar a todos ustedes sus mejores deseos para estas Navidades, para este próximo año e iba a decir el próximo milenio. +Y sin embargo, de este producto viven bastantes familias de agricultores en los países productores, y especialmente, en Baviera, que no deben ser abandonados a su suerte en un periodo en que los precios caen constantemente, así como tampoco deben quedar desiertas determinadas zonas agrícolas por dificultades temporales causadas por las irregularidades en el funcionamiento del mercado. +Este cambio lleva a anular determinados artículos del antiguo reglamento y esto es lo que hace el nuevo reglamento, y hace bien; nosotros votamos a favor del nuevo reglamento junto con las enmiendas del Sr. Mayer, señalando que esta propuesta de reglamento no tiene ninguna secuela sobre el presupuesto. +La Comisión respalda muchas de las enmiendas que se han propuesto, especialmente aquellas que mencionan un control presupuestario más severo, por si se produjese una evolución política negativa en el país, y también la propuesta para que se entregue un informe final el año 2004. +En el Consejo no se está formando un consenso sobre esta cuestión, por lo que lamento muchísimo tenerle que decir que no veo la más mínima posibilidad de que durante la Presidencia alemana se pueda concluir este tema, en cualquier caso no de un modo positivo. +Insistiendo en la pregunta, ¿no cree usted que sería mejor que la Unión Europea tomara en sus manos -no sólo apoyara- su influencia benéfica sobre Marruecos para exigir que en estos seis meses, que son muy sensibles, se consiguiera ese referéndum justo que tanto esperan los saharauis? +Asunto: Medidas de apoyo a las regiones insulares de la UniónSegún el artículo 158 del Tratado de Amsterdam, una de las obligaciones de la Unión es la adopción de medidas para reducir el retraso de las regiones o islas menos favorecidas. +Sé que en los próximos días comenzarán en Nairobi las negociaciones de paz sobre la situación interna en Sudán y, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, me pregunto si no se puede plantear esta misma cuestión en dichas negociaciones, al objeto de que el Gobierno de Sudán perciba la fuerte presión de la comunidad internacional. +¿Cuáles son las modalidades de participación que la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo ha previsto para el Parlamento Europeo en la próxima Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Unión Europea y de los países de América Latina y del Caribe, que tendrá lugar en Río de Janeiro el próximo mes de junio? +Una posible participación de diputados del Parlamento Europeo en la Conferencia de los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Unión Europea, Latinoamérica y el Caribe que se celebrará a finales de junio de 1999 en Río de Janeiro, se regula según el procedimiento que el Consejo acordó el 30 de octubre de 1998. +Por lo que se refiere a la Comisión, esa institución ha sido ya objeto de un informe particular del Sr. Bourlanges, que esta Asamblea aprobó no hace mucho y que entraña una serie de propuestas encaminadas a mejorar su funcionamiento. +Si también en el futuro el Parlamento seguirá mostrando cierta prudencia a la hora de encomendar cada vez más tareas a la Comisión, significará que habrá sabido perseverar en el espíritu de la resolución del colega Herman, a quien con mucho gusto vuelvo a rendir homenaje. +Por último y sobre todo, transparencia, democracia y rigor para el Consejo, si quiere llegar a ser un día un verdadero gobierno, pero con esto salimos seguramente del ámbito del Informe Herman e incluso del Informe Bourlanges para entrar en el de la futura conferencia intergubernamental que esta mañana anunciaba -me ha parecido oír- el Presidente en ejercicio, cosa de la que me felicito si se nos confirma. +Ciertamente, se trata de un asunto que deberá ser resuelto de una manera global y, para ello, es imprescindible, antes que nada, una nueva aproximación cultural del conjunto de la sociedad checa pero corresponde al Gobierno de Praga activar todas las medidas legislativas que favorezcan esa integración. +En ese sentido, creo absolutamente pertinente la iniciativa de la Presidencia alemana de extender el programa PHARE también al apoyo de la dimensión social de la economía de los países candidatos. +Así pues, desde el punto de vista de la diversidad de la naturaleza, la situación de estos países puede llegar a considerarse incluso muy buena o, por lo menos, considerablemente mejor que en la mayor parte de los Estados miembros actuales. +Como ya he tenido oportunidad de decir muchas veces en estos debates, en mi opinión la mayor deficiencia de esos países es la administración y el sistema judicial, así como la falta de modernización y de inversiones. +Eslovenia, el penúltimo en la fila de los países con los que estamos negociando: sobre todo en el informe sobre los progresos de noviembre quedó claro que en cuanto a la armonización en general Eslovenia no había hecho los progresos suficientes. +Por error -me lo ha señalado el Sr. Speciale, quien fue ponente para Eslovenia-he señalado una serie de retrasos sufridos por Eslovenia en los preparativos para la adhesión, sin que haya pronunciado las siguientes frases positivas que me gustaría aún fueran incluidas en el acta sobre el asunto, si pudiera ser. +Deberíamos encontrar un equilibrio entre la situación que se daba en el pasado cuando teníamos que rogar que nos viniesen a visitar y la situación presente en que los visitantes son tan numerosos porque el Parlamento Europeo, gracias también a nuestro trabajo, se ha convertido en más importante. +Los funcionarios de la Comisión cooperan mucho en nuestra labor y les quedamos agradecidos por ello, pero, para esa minoría de peticiones que la Comisión no ha podido resolver, es evidente que no es una buena práctica el confiar tanto en el personal de la Comisión. +Creo que el Defensor del Pueblo ha defendido de forma suficiente la transparencia y la información, y termino, señor Presidente, con un alegato a favor de un cambio de estilo, de manera que Europa no represente el hermetismo y la burocracia, sino la democracia y la transparencia. +Mantener disposiciones por las que las instituciones comunitarias pueden negarse a facilitar al Defensor del Pueblo documentos acogiéndose de forma debidamente razonada a su secreto profesional o porque los funcionarios y el resto de empleados se pronuncian en nombre y siguiendo instrucciones de sus administraciones, no sólo no es necesario, sino especialmente impropio. +En septiembre de 1997, la Comisión quiso conceder 35 millones más al programa. El Parlamento Europeo llamó al orden a la Comisión porque en el caso de un simple aumento presupuestario no es necesario el procedimiento de codecisión. +Esas enmiendas procuran mejorar la lucha contra el fraude y la Sra. Peijs se ha percatado de la más importante de todas, que trata de la forma de relacionar los gastos de recaudación con los criterios de ejecución. +Al mismo tiempo emplazo a la Comisión a que se tome muy en serio la aplicación del Libro Blanco para que el concepto que mi Grupo y yo respaldamos pueda hacerse realidad. Estoy convencida de que este Libro Blanco abre el camino a una movilidad sostenible a largo plazo en Europa. +Como Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo nos vemos obligados a rechazar la propuesta de la Comisión de introducir un sistema uniforme de tarificación para todos los modos de transporte sobre la base de los llamados costes sociales marginales. +Y a mí me parece que sería importante que este Parlamento mostrase la prioridad que atribuye a las relaciones con las autoridades regionales y locales, que representan los niveles intermedios de todo poder, de toda estructura política institucional; en definitiva, con ellos compartimos nuestro carácter electivo. +Los Verdes han votado en contra de la propuesta de acuerdo de pesca con las Seychelles como también hemos votado en contra de otros acuerdos de pesca, no porque nos opongamos a los acuerdos de pesca en principio, sino porque estimamos que es preciso modificar el enfoque que sigue la UE. +Por otra parte, estoy plenamente de acuerdo con el respaldo incondicional a la intervención militar de la OTAN, por tratarse de una operación necesaria, correcta y positiva, y la ayuda a los Estados vecinos. Sin embargo, hay un punto que echo en falta. +Por eso, en este caso, con respecto a Serbia y Kosovo, después de diez años de negociaciones intermitentes, de transgresiones de los derechos humanos, de violaciones, de matanzas, de destrucciones y de deportaciones, en el origen de las cuales nos encontramos siempre con Milosevic, ¡no existía, desgraciadamente, otra solución, como no fuese la utilización de la fuerza para detener estos crímenes! +Así pues, sólo hemos ofrecido a los PECO una sala de espera, unos plazos de admisión permanentemente diferidos, como si se tratase de un espejismo, lo que genera la exclusión, la discriminación, las frustraciones y las humillaciones. +En efecto, todos los Estados se enfrentan a los problemas de destrucción del medio ambiente, de contaminación o incluso de congestión de los centros urbanos. En este sentido, el objetivo de internalizar los costes externos generados por los diferentes modos de transporte está perfectamente justificado. +Por esa razón el paquete de medidas relativas a los ferrocarriles prevé explícitamente la concesión de subsidios a las líneas férreas cuando haya costos externos impagados en modos de transporte competitivos, como por ejemplo la carretera. +Y termino, señor Presidente, volviendo a agradecer sinceramente el informe ampliamente favorable presentado y la oportunidad que se me ha brindado de explicar la posición de la Comisión con respecto a las enmiendas que consideramos inadmisibles y que espero que puedan reexaminarse a la vista de lo que he dicho. +En primer lugar y antes que nada, quisiera agradecer a la ponente suplente, la Sra. Colombo Svevo, el duro trabajo realizado y la disposición que ha mostrado para recoger las enmiendas y sugerencias de la Comisión de Libertades Públicas y Asuntos Interiores. +¿Constituye la seguridad una prioridad para la Comisión, cuando ésta presiona a países como Suiza para que desmantele sus restricciones del trasporte por carretera o cuando impone la competencia y una liberalización en este sector, en detrimento del transporte ferroviario, a pesar de que este último sea más seguro y ecológico? +Señor Presidente, habrá sido necesaria la muerte de cuarenta personas en el túnel del Mont Blanc, en terribles circunstancias, para que las autoridades europeas tomen conciencia de las consecuencias del desarrollo incontrolado del transporte por carretera en las zonas de montaña. +Es evidente que los resultados de las investigaciones esclarecerán las circunstancias del drama, y en este sentido, debemos felicitar al Gobierno francés por haber actuado con rapidez y por haber hecho públicos los primeros resultados de las investigaciones. +Señor Presidente, en las pasadas semanas, el régimen birmano ha vuelto a caer en la infamia: la Sra. San Suu Kyi, nuestro Premio Sájarov, que no goza de libertad de movimiento, no pudo siquiera volver a ver a su esposo antes de que muriera. +Por otra parte, hasta que no se garanticen los derechos humanos y no se reanude ese proceso democrático deseado por la inmensa mayoría del pueblo birmano, será imposible establecer relaciones normales y, añado, entablar cualquier tipo de relación con ese país. +Es muy triste constatar que, sólo un cuarto de siglo más tarde, empieza a haber una pequeña posibilidad de que se trate con justicia a las víctimas. Pero incluso esta pequeña posibilidad amenaza con desaparecer si se oculta la implicación en el genocidio de los actuales dirigentes políticos. +La solución, por tanto, es solo una: un Tribunal Penal Internacional, un juez natural encargado de juzgar todos los crímenes contra la humanidad, cometidos por cualquier persona, en cualquier lugar y en cualquier tiempo. +A mi modo de ver, las modificaciones propuestas perjudican seriamente a los pequeños empresarios y al sector económico de que se trata, puesto que hasta la fecha éstas han sido las relaciones de suministro habituales y su eficacia ha quedado demostrada. +Estamos convencidos de que todos los ciudadanos estonios deben disponer libremente de información plural tanto sobre las ventajas como sobre los inconvenientes de la adhesión al igual que esperamos la celebración de un referéndum para decidir la pertenencia del país a la UE. +La felicito por ello, y también la felicito por haber dejado constancia de que las medidas propuestas por la Comisión no deberían agravar el coste del transporte, sino permitir una utilización de las infraestructuras más eficiente y más respetuosa del medio ambiente. +Las empresas de transporte europeas, trátese del ferrocarril, del transporte por carretera, del tráfico aéreo o de la navegación marítima e interior, son las más modernas del mundo. +Por lo demás, desearía que las cuestiones relativas a los derechos del niño figuraran en el orden del día prioritario de la Unión Europea, ya que únicamente de este modo podremos defender nuestro futuro y nuestra posición entre la comunidad de Estados civilizados. +Basarse en el artículo 235 del Tratado en lugar del 129, puede llevar a excluir del programa DAPHNE todos los temas relacionados con la violencia, la explotación sexual y la trata de mujeres y niños, con la excusa de que estos temas no atañen a la salud pública. +Apoyo rotundamente los esfuerzos de nuestras dos Comisiones, tanto la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer como la Comisión de Asuntos Interiores, que, como quisiera decir, han intentado ampliar de diferentes maneras la propuesta modificada de la Comisión Europea. +Por eso, he dicho que este procedimiento conduciría al absurdo, y el absurdo debe ser siempre rechazado en la interpretación de cualquier artículo, y mucho más en el caso de una moción de censura, que es un instrumento altamente político. +El envejecimiento, como la mayor parte de las fases en la vida de una persona, afecta de manera distinta a los hombres y a las mujeres, por lo que no se trata en absoluto de un fenómeno neutro con arreglo a la distribución entre sexos. +Numerosas organizaciones no gubernamentales han propuesto que en la próxima reforma del Tratado de la UE se incluya una relación de los derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos, entre los que figuraría el nivel de subsidio mínimo. +La Comisión propuso en la Agenda 2000 profundizar y ampliar aún más la reforma del año 1992, especialmente con vistas a mejorar la competitividad de la agricultura europea tanto en el mercado interior como en los mercados exteriores. +En la Unión se promueve la venta del almidón y de sus productos derivados por medio de ayudas a la producción cuando dichos productos se utilizan en sectores industriales sin mecanismos de protección ante la importación, tales como las industrias química o farmacéutica o la industria del papel. +Creo que también la investigación de los efectos en el ámbito que todavía hoy podemos calificar de producto de nicho, es muy importante, por lo que muchas gracias al Sr. Garot por haber puesto el dedo en la llaga y haber forzado a la Comisión a hacer algo con fundamento y orientación. +En el fondo, el tema de la alimentación animal rica en proteínas ya se trató en el acuerdo de Blair House, que hace referencia a las semillas oleaginosas transformadas trituradas. Pero dicho acuerdo resultó tan restrictivo que acabó dificultando el desarrollo del cultivo de semillas oleaginosas en la UE. +Pregunto a la Comisión si, de conformidad con los actuales cauces comunicativos transatlánticos en materia de agricultura, podemos comunicar a los Estados Unidos que estas medidas son similares a las que adoptan los Estados Unidos, y que, a raíz de ellas, ha quedado suprimida la restricción relativa al millón de toneladas de semillas oleaginosas trituradas. +La mayor parte de las ampliaciones de capacidad, llevadas a cabo para responder al crecimiento de la demanda, se realizan actualmente en su mayor parte fuera de la Unión Europea, ya sea en Estados Unidos o en países emergentes como China, la India o Brasil. +Pero, después de todo, corresponde al Parlamento y a la Comisión realizar el trabajo fino, y, sobre todo, aprovechar las oportunidades que aún existen en esos mercados y que ya no hay para los productos masivos. En los primeros las oportunidades están a punto. +Me parece que el Presidente de este Parlamento, que ha hecho todo lo posible para mantener este coloquio fuera de las salas del Parlamento, no ha actuado como un Presidente del Parlamento, sino como un correligionario del Sr. Aznar y lo lamento. +Como eso es particularmente importante antes de una campaña electoral, en la que algunos diputados honorarios están utilizando deliberadamente el título para dar la impresión de que siguen siendo diputados a esta Asamblea, quisiera instarle a que escriba lo antes posible a todos los que aún tienen ese título para informarles sobre el nuevo artículo y la nueva situación. +Ahora incoaré un proceso en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Luxemburgo con la cuestión de principios: ¿quién determina el orden de trabajos de los diputados elegidos, con todo tipo de sanciones económicas, nosotros mismos o la Mesa? +En otro orden de ideas, señor Presidente, cabría pensar si tiene sentido que, en las últimas semanas de la actual legislatura, esta Asamblea se pronuncie sobre la suspensión de la inmunidad parlamentaria de un colega que nos hizo saber que no se iba a presentar a la elecciones. +En lo sucesivo, a partir de la próxima legislatura, las competencias de esta comisión, de esta difunta Comisión de Reglamento, Verificación de Credenciales e Inmunidades, se repartirán entre dos grandes comisiones: la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de los Ciudadanos y la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales. +Esta estrategia implica la conveniencia de una eficacia mucho mayor en el control de los gastos del Estado, de una mejoría en la eficacia y calidad del gasto público. +Hay que aumentar el porcentaje de participación en los mercados de trabajo, garantizando una mayor flexibilidad de estos mercados, adaptando los sistemas de protección social y reduciendo los costes de trabajo, especialmente los de baja cualificación. +En orden a lograr un aseguramiento sostenible de un elevado nivel de empleo es preciso desarrollar una estrategia a más largo plazo destinada a descubrir potenciales sociales de creatividad, innovación, espíritu renovador, disposición a la inversión y al logro en el sentido de las directrices de la política de empleo. +Si mediante la cautela a la hora de elevar los salarios líquidos aumentan las ganancias y las inversiones en nuevos puestos de trabajo, no basta con despachar a los colaboradores con un agradecimiento por la prudencia mostrada. +Diré para concluir, señor Presidente, señoras y señores, que la Comisión suscribe con gusto su propuesta de proceder de modo sistemático a una evaluación anual de la puesta en marcha por los Estados miembros de las grandes orientaciones, lo que podría llevarse a cabo a partir de la primavera del 2000, sobre la base de estas recomendaciones por países. +Por lo que se refiere a la política macroeconómica, debe haber un intercambio de opiniones entre las instancias pertinentes sobre cada uno de los elementos de la combinación de políticas -política fiscal, tendencias salariales y política monetaria- para que cada una de ellas pueda contribuir plenamente al crecimiento y al proceso de creación de empleo. +En relación a la política monetaria, pudiera dar la impresión que existen diferencias respecto del año anterior, porque se tiene en cuenta el hecho de que ahora, a diferencia del año pasado, existe un Banco Central Europeo independiente y no conviene interferir en esa independencia. +Si continúa la buena colaboración de las últimas semanas entre el Parlamento, el Consejo y la Comisión, podremos aprobar aún antes de las elecciones europeas todo el aparato normativo para una oficina independiente de lucha contra el fraude. +No cabe duda de que el Consejo, así como el Parlamento y la Comisión, están haciendo todos los esfuerzos posibles encaminados a luchar contra el fraude y, en especial, también fuera del procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión. +Tampoco es de recibo que en contra de la normativa presupuestaria -repito, en contra de la normativa presupuestaria- sea usual, en especial en el ámbito de la investigación, pagar anticipos sin que se conozca el número de las participantes y de los participantes o los costes que se seguirán de las medidas en cuestión. +Pero al igual que el Tribunal Europeo de Cuentas y probablemente también el Parlamento Europeo, el Consejo concede también una gran importancia a que se emprenda una modernización total y una reformulación completa del reglamento presupuestario. +Pasando a los asuntos de fondo del informe que he presentado y que ahora debe figurar como anexo de esta resolución, había tres asuntos importantes que pusimos de relieve, todos lo cuales han quedado confirmados por el informe de la Comisión de Expertos. +Las decisiones sobre la aprobación de la gestión no han de representar una carga demasiado pesada y gravosa para el Parlamento, no podemos llegar a una situación en la que no nos atrevamos a aprobar la gestión presupuestaria. +Ya entonces, en diciembre, en el debate sobre la aprobación de la gestión para 1996, afirmé ya que realmente estoy sorprendido de la arrogancia que se refleja en los Tratados, de que no hayamos previsto el caso de la denegación de la aprobación de la gestión. +Como ustedes saben, la Comisión remitió el 1 de mayo al Parlamento y al Consejo una comunicación que indica con precisión las consecuencias de la entrada en vigor del Tratado para todas las propuestas que se han presentado con anterioridad y que todavía no han sido adoptadas. +Mi segunda preocupación reside en que colisionan dos modelos, precisamente en el caso de las hormonas: el famoso modelo americano, si me permiten ustedes denominarlo así, con un sistema diferente de asistencia sanitaria, y el modelo europeo que coloca con más fuerza en primer plano el elemento de la asistencia. +Lo que me preocupa es la cuestión de cómo podremos tratarnos mutuamente en el futuro y cómo conseguiremos ponernos de acuerdo acerca de un mayor volumen de estándares comunes en el marco de la nueva ronda comercial mundial y, por otro lado, cómo podremos garantizar un grado mayor de independencia y de autonomía en la autodeterminación de regiones y de estados. +Una de las conclusiones más sorprendentes fue que realmente no íbamos por detrás de los Estados Unidos en ningún terreno, salvo una excepción, en el terreno de los servicios, y en todos los servicios desde los más bajos hasta los más altos. +Pero, Señorías, cuando se trata de crear empleo, los Estados miembros deben ocuparse sobre todo de las medidas estructurales, la reducción de los costes laborales, la flexibilización del trabajo, el fomento del trabajo a tiempo parcial y, efectivamente, constatamos que queda mucho por hacer en este ámbito. +Si este es el consejo que le han dado sus servicios jurídicos, es también lo que los funcionarios de la Comisión nos contaron en la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y Política Industrial, y no nos convence del todo y quizá no sería mala idea volver a estudiarlo jurídicamente. +Quisiera decir al Sr. Prodi que en nuestro Grupo creemos que, como parte de su vocación europea para un nuevo milenio y para la nueva Europa ampliada, tal vez debería reflexionar sobre la conveniencia de introducir en el debate la idea de una constitución para Europa. +Es necesario abrir una verdadera nueva etapa en el funcionamiento transparente y eficaz de la Comisión y en su relación con el Parlamento, de forma que la responsabilidad colegiada no impida la responsabilidad individual de los comisarios. +Los Verdes han escuchado con atención su intervención de hoy, que además se ajusta bien a la carta que nos envió y en la que se presta una atención mayor que en su primera intervención al desarrollo sostenido, al medio ambiente y a la protección de los consumidores. +Lo cierto es que, por lo que a nosotros respecta, es fundamental que el Presidente de la Comisión disponga de una Comisión fuerte, tal como declaró el Profesor Prodi esta mañana, una Comisión transparente y puntual en su relación con el Parlamento, una relación jalonada por compromisos que se han de respetar en todo momento y que nos permitan trabajar y progresar conjuntamente sin entorpecernos mutuamente. +Señor Presidente Prodi, usted fue propuesto por el Consejo Europeo en las mismas horas en que la OTAN atacaba Yugoslavia en virtud del mandato del Presidente de los Estados Unidos y de muchos jefes de Gobierno de la Unión Europea que le han designado. +Tiene usted ahora la oportunidad de hacerlo, ya que, además de contar hoy con la presencia de todo el Parlamento, también se encuentra presente la mayoría de los Grupos políticos que ya abordaron este importante punto en el último período parcial de sesiones. +La fase que vamos a iniciar ahora tendrá que estar al servicio de la consolidación, la mejora y el fortalecimiento de lo ya conseguido, una época de reformas de la cabeza hasta las extremidades, como la describió Tony Blair. +Y la impresión que nos ha dejado es la de que no ha querido hablar de ese asunto. Y es una lástima, porque la claridad en estos asuntos es una condición necesaria para la aceptación de sus restantes y loables propósitos reformistas. +Sr. Herman, hay que distinguir entre las disposiciones previstas por el anexo del Reglamento para la aprobación de gestiones y las disposiciones previstas por el anexo del Reglamento para otras votaciones. +Lamentablemente no ha sido posible modificar dichas enmiendas de compromiso, algo que hubiera querido hacer, y puesto que no puedo resignarme a votar a favor de unos textos que no garantizan que el consumidor pueda distinguir fácilmente la miel importada de la miel de calidad producida en la Comunidad, me he abstenido. +Las reformas del mercado, que deberían constituir el tercer elemento, consisten en una combinación todavía no bien definida de propuestas desreguladoras y un marco de definiciones necesarias para una competencia leal en el ámbito del mercado único. +Del mismo modo que el Parlamento debe controlar la buena ejecución del presupuesto comunitario, debe verificar también la ejecución de su propio presupuesto por parte del Secretario General y por la totalidad de los funcionarios, cuyas honradez y cualidades no están en cuestión. +En términos más generales, apoyo a nuestro ponente en todas sus conclusiones, incluida la necesidad de devolver la decisión sobre la aprobación de la gestión en el ejercicio 1997 al Comité Económico y Social. +Permítanme que añada lo siguiente, desde la posición de alguien que en los años 1991 y 1992 lamentó, en el contexto de la política interior alemana, que se hubiese llegado a la desintegración de Yugoslavia -en la que el Sr. Milosevic tuvo un papel esencial- y que se consideraba un amigo de Serbia. +En el Grupo Liberal aceptamos la formulación actual del informe acerca de la estrategia relativa a Rusia, pero deseamos suprimir el punto del aplazamiento de la toma de decisiones en este ámbito. +En definitiva, el principio fundamental aquí es un principio que ha establecido la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia: el principio de colaboración leal entre las instituciones. +Por eso, aun compartiendo las críticas, en el fondo y en la forma, formuladas por el ponente, soy partidaria de una colaboración rápida y de una negociación entre el Parlamento y el Consejo que permitan concluir los trabajos sobre el Estatuto y aprobarlo. +Sin valorar la posición que acaba de mantener sobre el tema que nos ocupa, sí debo decir que -hoy como Comisario y ayer como parlamentario- he apreciado siempre, desde la coincidencia y desde la discrepancia, la fuerza de sus argumentos y el vigor de sus convicciones. +En este contexto también quiero decir que el plazo de pago para los nuevos edificios se ha determinado ahora definitivamente a 10 años en vez de los 15 años anteriormente previstos. Con ello se reducen los intereses en unos 60 millones de euros y se evita un préstamo oculto sobre futuros presupuestos. +El Secretario General nos ha asegurado en el debate que hemos tenido con el en la concertación y en la comisión que este es el inicio de una nueva política de personal que se basa sobre todo en que la calidad y no el pasaporte sea el principio para una promoción. +Sin embargo, el APG que hoy nos ocupa ya da los primeros indicios de que la Unión dispondrá de un nuevo marco financiero, que se ha encontrado un equilibrio entre el rigor que prevalece en toda Europa y las exigencias financieras de las políticas clave de la Unión. +Esta noche tenemos en la Asamblea tres diputados sumamente exigentes, excelentes y aunque los diputados conozcan mi historial político, que diverge del historial del Sr. Jarzembowski, nadie puede negar el afecto y el respeto que siento hacia él y hacia su trabajo. +. (DE) Señor Presidente, distinguida señora Comisaria, estimados colegas, también en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de los Ciudadanos el debate estuvo marcado por la cuestión de si aplicamos aquí el principio de la máxima armonización, propuesto por la Comisión o si permanecemos provisionalmente con la armonización de mínimos. +Por tanto, me parece que corresponde a los que desean una armonización máxima poner este caso no sólo en términos de lo que es bueno para el mercado y el mercado único, sino en términos de cómo pueden elevarse los niveles de información y protección en las etapas posteriores al debate de esta directiva propuesta antes de que vuelva para su segunda lectura. +La idea de que en cualquier circunstancia el hecho de tener un abogado a su servicio le garantiza la protección normal mínima que corresponde al consumidor no parece ser un punto que merezca mencionarse. +El largo procedimiento de conciliación que hemos pasado ha tenido una influencia decisiva a la hora de conseguir que el nivel máximo de restos de pesticidas en los potitos haya quedado fijado en un 0, 1 mg por kg, lo que en la práctica implica potitos libres de pesticidas, pues no es posible medir niveles más bajos. +Ciertamente usted hizo su aportación, siguiendo la excelente labor de su predecesor, el Sr. Hänsch, para garantizar que, en esos momentos concretos, estuviéramos en condiciones de hacer frente al electorado de manera que pudiéramos soportar las críticas y los cinismos de los que íbamos a ser objeto. +El Consejo considera que ante el umbral del siglo XXI, Europa no debe permitir que se hurten colectivamente los derechos al grupo de población más numeroso en Kosovo y que se ejerzan contra el mismo graves violaciones sistemáticas de los derechos humanos. +El texto de compromiso del Parlamento Europeo insiste pues en que en Colonia sea designado el alto representante para la PESC, que sea apoyado por la unidad de planificación y de alerta rápida y que esté en condiciones, por su personalidad, de desempeñar un papel importante. +Por lo que respecta a las reformas institucionales, debo dar las gracias al Sr. Biagio De Giovanni, Presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales, por las propuestas que pone sobre la mesa para que se tomen en consideración en la nueva legislatura y por la Presidencia actual y futura. +El cómo se comporte el banco Central Europeo, el cómo configure su política de tipos de intereses y monetaria, el cómo se amplíe la infraestructura y si no sería posible por fin ampliar más la infraestructura europea, todas estas son cosas que influyen esencialmente sobre la competitividad, el paro y la situación del empleo en Europa. +Los gastos agrícolas van a quedar limitados realmente por término medio en 40.500 millones de euros al año para las acciones de mercado más 13.000 millones de euros para el desarrollo rural en el período comprendido entre el año 2000 y el 2006. +Pero aún debemos hacer más, por lo que es correcto y necesario que el Consejo haya expresado su disposición a cubrir la necesidad de créditos adicionales para los Balcanes, llegado el caso, mediante una revisión de las previsiones financieras. +La cláusula de revisión en el sector de los cereales muestra que los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno no han excluido la posibilidad o incluso la necesidad de introducir mejoras posteriores. +Señora Presidenta, no otorgo mi confianza al Presidente propuesto, Sr. Prodi, porque ha justificado la guerra de la OTAN definiéndola como «necesaria»: una guerra europea iniciada y llevada a cabo vulnerando un principio de Derecho Internacional y menospreciando a las Naciones Unidas. +Para ello, es preciso reactivar la separación derecha-izquierda, hacer del Parlamento una verdadera instancia política y no buscar el consenso como han hecho los Gobiernos al designar al Sr. Romano Prodi. +Como único sueco en la comisión he seguido de cerca y he contribuido al debate durante medio año presentando, entre otras cosas, enmiendas acordes con los criterios del Partido del Medio Ambiente, es decir, me he opuesto a que se desligue a los diputados de los electores y de los países miembros introduciendo sueldos, impuestos y jubilaciones de carácter comunitario. +Para los países europeos se trata de rechazar esta lógica, con el apoyo y la cooperación recíproca de la Federación Rusa en el interés de la paz y de la prosperidad de todos. +Segundo: realizar una reforma de las políticas propias, especialmente en el sector de la agricultura y de los Fondos estructurales, por así decirlo, reactivar nuestras políticas y tercero: el aseguramiento de la financiación de estas políticas en los próximos siete años. +El plan maestro que había presentado para ello la Comisión no ha pasado sin cambios los más de dos años de debates en el Parlamento y en el Consejo y reconozco que esto no ha sido ventajoso para el asunto en todos los puntos. +La cohesión política y social es uno de los principios básicos del Tratado de la Unión Europea y creo que todas las instituciones de la Unión deben mantenerse firmemente fieles a este principio básico. +Señor Presidente, el compromiso de Berlín no es para celebrarlo, como ningún compromiso, y mucho menos en mi país -debo hablar también como griego- ya que el Gobierno griego ha aceptado regulaciones que nos ponen al mismo nivel que España, Irlanda y Portugal, países que no son tan pobres como el mío y que ya participan en el euro. +Hay otras cuestiones también en las que hemos hecho avances importantes: por una parte, en lo que atañe al respeto de las normas de comitología que existían, tratando de que no se modificaran bajo cuerda estas normas; por otra, en relación con la participación del Parlamento, con posibilidad de revisar anualmente el proceso. +Séptimo: en el marco de la reorientación de los fondos que, según sus ideas, queríamos llevar de FEOGA-Garantía al segundo pilar, sólo ha ido a parar a este segundo pilar una pequeña parte de lo que habría sido posible si hubiésemos impuesto la degresión. +El Consejo, que se ha alineado con esta lógica de la Comisión ha retenido sin embargo la idea de intervención pública «ad hoc» en caso de necesidad y la de instaurar una red de seguridad de 1.560 euros por tonelada. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, cuando en marzo de 1998 la Comisión presentó sus propuestas para la reforma de los Fondos estructurales, existían dudas sobre si se iba a lograr una auténtica reforma y sobre si los reglamentos se iban a poder aprobar a tiempo para que los nuevos programas pudiesen ponerse en marcha a comienzos del año 2000, conforme al plan trazado. +Sin embargo, puedo decirle lo siguiente: estamos dispuestos a volver a la fórmula anterior, es decir, que el review para el mercado lácteo se haga en el año 2003 y, naturalmente, la Comisión está también dispuesta a incluir en su análisis la cuestión la supertasa en el marco de este review . +Por todo esto el instrumento del Fondo Social Europeo es fundamental, así como es fundamental que las organizaciones no gubernamentales y el tercer sector, especialmente de cara a una política de integración concreta, vayan de la mano desde la etapa de programación. +Teniendo en cuenta todo esto, ¿puede explicar el Consejo la razón por la que sigue opinando que es legítimo hacer caso omiso de las normas que establece el Estatuto de los funcionarios así como del derecho de iniciativa de la Comisión establecido en el artículo 24 del «Tratado de fusión»? +El contenido de dicho informe fue debatido en el Consejo durante las deliberaciones sobre la propuesta de la Comisión para determinar las reglas exactas para la ayuda estructural de la Comunidad en el sector pesquero. +Toda mejora de las relaciones, inclusive las posibles negociaciones futuras sobre un Acuerdo de Comercio y Cooperación, dependerá de los posteriores progresos que Croacia haga en el cumplimiento de las exigencias establecidas en el marco de las condiciones. +Cuando mañana presenten su posición respecto de las decisiones de los ministros de agricultura así como de los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, aprobarán ustedes una reforma en la que también se puede reconocer la mano del Parlamento Europeo. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, señora Comisaria, señores Comisarios, este es el último gran debate de la legislatura, y se trata de un excelente debate sobre una cuestión muy emblemática: la Agenda 2000, además en Berlín. Berlín, con el canciller alemán, el Reichtag , que ha sido recuperado, al igual que el águila, e incluso la guerra. +Señor Presidente, permítame, para evitar estar sometido a la presión del tiempo, que haga algo que usualmente se suele hacer al final de las intervenciones, en concreto quisiera dar las gracias a la Sra. Wulf-Mathies por su cooperación constructiva con la Comisión de Política Regional de nuestro Parlamento. +Así pues, en junio de 1998, y de conformidad con la Declaración aneja al Tratado de Amsterdam, la Comisión presentó una propuesta para revisar la decisión sobre comitología de 1987 con el objetivo de simplificar y esclarecer el procedimiento, así como de abrirlo más al control del Parlamento. +Asume un pleno valor jurídico y permite un diálogo político con la Comisión en aquellas ocasiones en que el Parlamento considere que una medida propuesta proporcionaría excesivos poderes de aplicación a costa de la Asamblea, algo que ya ha expuesto de manera muy convincente el Sr. Corbett. +Quisiera finalizar dejando constancia del placer y la satisfacción que me produce todo lo que hemos logrado juntos a la hora de mejorar el capítulo de la política de empleo y la política social en la Unión Europea. +Y en último lugar, señor Presidente, porque creo que es perfectamente legítimo que si se trata de defender los derechos humanos -que, por cierto, dejan bastante que desear en México-, se defienden mucho mejor con un acuerdo que incluya una cláusula democrática -como ocurre en este acuerdo global- que con el acuerdo en vigor que no contiene esta cláusula democrática. +También me gustaría resaltar los puntos que, a mi entender, son más novedosos dentro de este acuerdo. Por ejemplo, la inclusión de la cláusula democrática como elemento esencial del mismo, ya que va a promover el respeto de los derechos humanos en este país latinoamericano. +Yo quiero asegurarles que la Comisión se compromete formalmente a mantener informado al Parlamento en todo momento -como ya se está haciendo- de los avances en la negociación en curso, así como del resultado final, antes de que se someta el Acuerdo al Consejo conjunto. +Estamos orgullosos de que al final la Presidencia alemana, de común acuerdo con los Estados miembros, haya logrado solucionar gran parte de los complejos problemas derivados de la confluencia de perspectivas políticas muy variadas que hasta el último momento han dificultado la integración de Schengen. +Por otra parte, la protección de los datos personales con el Sistema de Información de Schengen es una cuestión particularmente importante. No olvidemos, Señorías, que la Autoridad Común de Control ha adoptado un informe demoledor. +De otro lado, hay que averiguar cómo el control efectuado por el proveedor, que probablemente es el único control verdaderamente eficaz, puede ser perfeccionado en el futuro desde el punto de vista técnico y económico. +Señor Presidente, no estoy de acuerdo con su interpretación de cómo hacer la votación sobre el programa de los Fondos estructurales, porque el reglamento general es de hecho el reglamento que regula todos los demás aspectos de los reglamentos de aplicación. +Pero, en este caso, el lunes por la noche había varias reuniones importantes, entre ellas la de la Comisión de Presupuestos, y yo estaba ausente de la Comisión de Presupuestos porque estaba reunido con la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos. +A título informativo, el Parlamento Europeo tiene la intención, tras la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam y la ampliación de la codecisión, de cambiar de posición sobre 49 primeras lecturas inscritas en el marco de la cooperación y sobre 15 expedientes aprobados en primera lectura a título de la cooperación. +Y no olvidar que, más que un final feliz, la consulta popular será sólo un paso más, decisivo, cierto es, en la ya larga caminata que permitirá que el pueblo de Timor Oriental, después de siglos de colonización portuguesa y de un cuarto de siglo de brutal ocupación indonesia, sea por fin dueño de su destino. +Creo que seguramente es el deseo de todos nosotros hacer un llamamiento a la Comisión Europea para que haga todo lo posible para pacificar la situación en Timor oriental, con el fin de permitir la celebración pacífica de dicho referéndum el próximo 8 de agosto. +Estas tres cuestiones reflejan también los valores fundamentales que presiden nuestra Unión: la libertad de expresión, el Estado de Derecho, el poder del pueblo y los aspectos humanitarios. +En todos sus contactos con las autoridades del país, la Comisión ha reiterado su postura en cuanto al respeto de las libertades humanas fundamentales y el Estado de Derecho. +Ha reconocido que los riesgos de la energía nuclear en la Europa central y oriental han adquirido una dimensión totalmente nueva, aunque al mismo tiempo ha asegurado que las negociaciones con los países candidatos a la adhesión abren nuevas posibilidades. +En la República Checa se han concedido ayudas en el marco del Programa PHARE a las autoridades responsables de la seguridad nuclear y para mejorar la seguridad de la central nuclear de Duckovani. +En la actualidad, no existe un acuerdo formal con las autoridades checas en el marco de PHARE para que los organismos técnicos de seguridad de la Unión Europea lleven a cabo una evaluación global en materia de seguridad. +En relación con los aspectos económicos del proyecto de Temelin, la Comisión apoya el desarrollo de una estrategia en materia de energía que tome debidamente en consideración el rendimiento energético y la diversificación de las fuentes, y PHARE ha apoyado esa orientación en distintos proyectos. +En junio de 1997, la Comisión nos presentó dos propuestas para simplificar el reglamento de 1999, y ello con objeto de aliviar las obligaciones de las empresas -sobre todo de las PYME- en materia de declaraciones y de reducir los costes que pesan sobre las personas obligadas a declarar. +También doy las gracias a la Comisión por haberse comprometido a llevar a cabo un estudio en el ámbito de la iniciativa SLIM/INTRASTAT refiriéndose en particular a la calidad y a las cargas que recaen sobre las empresas. +La Alta Autoridad, a la que se entregaban los pagos sociales, figuraba en último lugar en la lista, mientras que primero el estado, luego los servicios sociales, después suministradores, los bancos, todo lo que se pueda nombrar, tenían prioridad a la hora de beneficiarse de lo que quedaba de la quiebra. +El Sr. Malangré lo ha señalado principalmente en la exposición de motivos que, otra vez, desde toda perspectiva resulta inmejorable, con las siguientes palabras: ya es hora de que se haga algo sobre la quiebra en la Comunidad, en el contexto europeo. +Es muy inquietante que un tema como éste sea debatido un jueves por la tarde cuando hay aquí tan pocas personas, la votación será mañana por la mañana y no ha habido en el seno de los parlamentos nacionales un debate propiamente dicho sobre el tema. +Tal y como ha subrayado tanto el informe del Sr. Schmid como la opinión de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, hay una serie de aspectos en los que hay que profundizar. +En la Comisión de Cultura nos hemos puesto repetidas veces a favor de que esta exposición no muestre sólo los éxitos económicos europeos, sino también la diversidad cultural y especialmente los programas exitosos de la Unión Europea. +Frente a las importaciones desleales, el sector textil, a pesar de haberse preparado para poder estar en condiciones de afrontar con éxito el reto de la competitividad internacional, no dispone de armas con las que defenderse. +De ahí que urja a la Comisión a que adopte cuantas medidas sean necesarias para poner fin a la competencia desleal de que es víctima este sector y garantizar así el pleno cumplimento de los compromisos contraídos por todas las partes en el marco de la Organización Mundial del Comercio. +He repetido en diferentes ocasiones que en este aspecto de la prevención se han dejado pasar de largo muchas cosas en los años pasados y ningún Grupo político ni ninguna Presidencia puede afirmar aquí que lo ha hecho todo bien para evitar esta guerra. +He vivido la fase final, desde Rambouillet hasta el inicio de las acciones militares, y no he encontrado a nadie en el lado occidental, tampoco los EE.UU, que haya mantenido una actitud activamente belicista sino que se intentó llegar literalmente hasta el último segundo a compromisos. +Señor Presidente, el Acuerdo de Berlín permitió desbloquear los principales dossiers de la Unión Europea, pero no garantizar el futuro de la Unión Europea a largo e incluso a medio plazo, porque el Acuerdo de la Agenda 2000 se quedó muy corto respecto de las necesidades existentes. +Se trata de un equipo de gran calidad, de un equipo bien equilibrado. Es el resultado de las constructivas consultas que llevé a cabo con los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, los cuales respetaron plenamente los nuevos poderes que el Tratado de Amsterdam ha conferido al Presidente encargado. +Hoy estoy aquí para presentar a la nueva Comisión y no para presentar su programa, sin embargo, puedo prometerles que el hilo conductor de todo nuestro programa será atribuir a la Unión Europea una mayor relevancia de cara a los ciudadanos europeos. +Por lo tanto, es tarea ineludible de esta Asamblea desprender a Europa de este apuro institucional en la fecha lo más temprana posible, y el único modo de hacerlo es coger a la Comisión disponible -no prejuzgo qué puede pasar en las audiencias- y hacer lo imposible para asegurarnos de que entre en funciones en la primera fecha disponible. +Sin embargo, se trata de un problema fundamental: en efecto, ampliar las competencias de esa institución, la Organización Mundial del Comercio, cuando resulta que no se ha hecho una evaluación seria y contradictoria de su funcionamiento, nos parece inaceptable. +Resulta tanto más imperativo cuanto que el asunto de la dioxina en Bélgica, que va a ser objeto de debates animados, afecta, sin lugar a dudas, directamente a la problemática de la seguridad alimentaria, vinculada, a su vez, directa y evidentemente, con el funcionamiento de la Organización Mundial del Comercio. +Pero, por lo que a nosotros respecta, queremos tomarnos las audiciones como lo que son, es decir, para permitirnos escuchar a los Comisarios, interrogarlos, formularles preguntas a fin de conocer mejor sus objetivos y sobre todo ver hasta qué punto hay una buena adecuación entre los cargos que usted les ha encomendado y sus conocimientos, sus competencias y su voluntad de trabajo. +Es necesario que la Comisión se dote con los medios para desempeñar -con sus estructuras renovadas, con sus funcionarios, cuyo talante seguramente habrá cambiado- sus misiones y que no vacile en decir al Parlamento y al Consejo: como nos piden que alcancemos objetivos, queremos pedirles medios para ello. +Creo que, a pesar de la singularidad constitucional de las relaciones entre la Comisión y el Parlamento, son fundadas las preocupaciones manifestadas en orden al equilibrio político que existe en este Parlamento y que no queda reflejado en el seno de la Comisión. +Por lo que respecta al resultado, cuando digo que es «equilibrado», entiendo perfectamente que hayan algunos Estados en los que hay descontento, pero esto es la política: equilibrado significa que las grandes fuerzas presentes en el Parlamento Europeo están fuertemente representadas en la Comisión tanto por las personalidades como por la importancia de las carteras. +Pues bien, atribuyo una extraordinaria importancia a este aspecto, así como al informe de los Sabios, pero creo asimismo que estos exámenes han de hacerse sobre la historia de los Comisarios y sus programas y han de hacerse con una gran capacidad de profundización y de serenidad política, porque, a mi entender, no pueden servir de instrumento para arreglar problemas que surgieron anteriormente. +El informe de los Sabios es un instrumento de gran alcance, debemos leerlo y meditar sobre él, pero la decisión es un peso que debemos soportar nosotros, y es en este sentido que el diálogo entre el Parlamento y la Comisión adquiere una importancia extraordinaria. +Los grandes retos del futuro, tales como los cambios acarreados por la moneda única, la ampliación hacia el este y la lucha contra la delincuencia internacional, deben ser afrontados con unas instituciones de la UE que tengan más capacidad de acción que en el presente. +La renovación de las instituciones de la Unión es un asunto central en el programa de actividad de la Presidencia finlandesa como ya señaló la Ministra Halonen en su intervención. +Una vez finalizado el conflicto lo que tiene una prioridad inmediata es apoyar los esfuerzos de la KFOR para restablecer la paz y el orden y reconstruir una administración civil que funcione bajo la dirección de las Naciones Unidas. +En cuanto al estatuto de los diputados europeos, la Presidencia finlandesa -y en eso hay que felicitarla- también ha tomado una actitud respetuosa con el hecho de que la iniciativa corresponde a esta Asamblea. +Señor Presidente, escuchando a la Presidencia finlandesa constatamos la ausencia de cambios sustantivos en la política de la Unión Europea, que no cesa de incrementar y agravar los problemas de nuestros pueblos. +Nuestro fracaso común en el caso Öcalan nos hace difícil mostrar claramente a muchas personas en Turquía, tanto si son turcas como kurdas, porqué estamos en principio contra la pena de muerte y, tal como ha dicho el Sr. Swoboda, no aboguemos contra la pena de muerte no sólo del Sr. Öcalan sino de todos. +Además, en el mismo marco de ejercicio del derecho, debemos ocuparnos de prestar todo tipo de colaboración al Tribunal Penal Internacional de la Haya, para perseguir a los criminales que se han quedado en Kosovo y, también, en Bosnia. +Ése era el mensaje que algunos esperábamos, inquietos ante ciertas informaciones sobre la ausencia de fondos específicos y temiendo que en esas condiciones se pudiera caer en la tentación de desvestir a un santo para vestir a otro y sacrificar acciones consideradas esenciales al establecerse el presupuesto. +De todas las promesas del Gobierno finlandés ninguna es más importante que la de ocuparse del problema de las personas -y sus familias- que no sólo padecen una enfermedad o discapacidad sino también una situación de desventaja y estigmatización. +El Consejo también pidió a la Comisión que haga un informe para finales de año sobre los progresos de la creación de la Oficina de Alimentos y Medicina Veterinaria y sobre la capacidad de la misma para cumplir sus funciones. +El Consejo exige a la Comisión que haga progresar el trabajo ya comenzado por el Comité de Piensos y Alimentos de Animales, en el cual se vuelve a examinar la legislación sobre piensos, y, en su caso, se presentasen normas adicionales y reformas para una armonización más estricta de dicha legislación. +Lo que sí sé es que la oficina de inspección por la que hemos luchado (tuvimos que batirnos para conseguir un presupuesto eficaz, para que se creara la oficina veterinaria en Bruselas y para asegurarnos que se aplicaría el principio de las inspecciones generales en la Comunidad) se encuentra amenazada y acosada. +Y ahora dada esta situación, como podemos decir que la propuesta de mirar hacia la Agencia Europea de Drogas y Alimentos, por bienvenida que sea, así como todos esos grandes gestos, puede funcionar cuando ningún inspector individual puede penetrar en el universo de crimen y fraude que caracteriza a algunos sectores de esta industria. +Me gustaría saber a dónde quiere llegar la Comisión, cuáles son los pasos concretos efectuados, y si la Comisión tendrá en cuenta los deseos expresados por el Parlamento, tanto en los informes sobre la EEB como en el Libro Verde sobre la alimentación, la resolución que hemos formulado al respecto. +En el caso concreto de la dioxina, entre la comunicación del Comité Veterinario Permanente y de la red de alerta pasaron 15 días, mientras que la Comisaria Bonino declaraba simplemente que ella no tomaba leche belga. +¿Tienen el deber las Autoridades responsables de eliminar estos agentes químicos de forma correcta y segura, siguiendo la normativa vigente, o están dejando deliberadamente de aplicarla y eliminando estos agentes químicos de forma equivocada? +No, señor Barón Crespo, teníamos una propuesta de resolución común que procedía de dos Grupos políticos, el Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo y Demócratas Europeos y el Grupo del Partido Europeo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas. +Esto pone de relieve, por un lado, la responsabilidad de las autoridades competentes para el control de esos productos. Por otro lado se ve claramente que el escándalo de la dioxina no es un problema ni un fallo de la agricultura. +Pienso, por ejemplo, en la sanción aplicada, también a Francia, por haber permitido reducciones de cotizaciones sociales a algunas empresas textiles por el hecho de contratar personal, en el marco de una situación internacional, que como Sus Señorías saben, es muy delicada, sobre todo debido a los acuerdos internacionales negociados, precisamente, por la Comisión. +En primer lugar, la propuesta de poner a la venta la totalidad de la taquilla en el mercado europeo no se ha aplicado nunca en ningún sitio con respecto a manifestaciones deportivas de esta envergadura, como lo acaba de recordar el Comisario Neil Kinnock. +De conformidad con el orden del día se procede al debate de la declaración de la Comisión sobre el curso dado al segundo informe del Comité de Expertos Independientes que se les ha remitido, como Sus Señorías habían solicitado, lo antes posible. +¿Podría el Sr. Kinnock comprometerse a poner fin con la mayor brevedad posible a ese procedimiento disciplinario, después de su toma de posesión, con la Comisión entera como colegio, de modo que el Sr. Van Buitenen pueda volver al trabajo de una forma ordenada y que sea rehabilitado por fin? +Pero la verdadera esencia de esto la constituye la Recomendación nº 59 que solicita encarecidamente el nombramiento de un fiscal general europeo, que solicita encarecidamente un ministerio fiscal europeo con fiscales delegados en los Estados miembros para crear un "área de libertad, seguridad y justicia tal y como consta en el Tratado". +Los esfuerzos acumulativos por modernizar no han sido, por tanto, suficientemente enérgicos para sustituir una trasnochada y deficiente cultura por las prácticas y los instintos de lo que generalmente se denomina nueva gestión pública tal y como se ha desarrollado en los últimos 20 años en otras diversas administraciones modernas. +La recomendación de establecer una fiscalía europea, como se propone, significaría la existencia de un mecanismo para interponer una querella criminal relacionada con el fraude en la UE en toda la Unión pero no afectaría a la jurisdicción de los tribunales nacionales. +En el informe se han detectado una serie de puntos débiles en el seno de las instituciones y las recomendaciones que aquí se hacen los son para corregir los problemas. +A pesar de estas puntualizaciones, estoy convencido de que la contribución y el apoyo del Parlamento posibilitarán la rápida adopción de la presente propuesta, de manera que quede garantizada la continuidad entre la actuación presente de la Comunidad y el programa cuya entrada en vigor se propone para el 1 de enero del 2000. +Volver sobre ello ahora y remitir a la mayoría de la Asamblea la decisión que usted había tomado tan prudentemente, sólo por la intervención del Grupo Socialista, me parece una razón bastante insuficiente, frente al principio que había aplicado usted y con el que todos estábamos de acuerdo. +De cara a ese debate, le adelanto que mi Grupo querrá alcanzar mayores concreciones en políticas de empleo, de cohesión económica y social, de modernización de nuestras economías que tengan en cuenta a las personas, a la ampliación, al Mediterráneo y a la defensa de los derechos humanos en todo el mundo, como ejes de nuestra política exterior. +Señora Presidenta, para comenzar, permítame decir en nombre de mi Grupo, que compartimos plenamente la perspectiva del Sr. Prodi de que a partir de mañana estaremos en el umbral de un nuevo comienzo, en particular, un nuevo comienzo entre nuestras dos instituciones, el Parlamento y la Comisión, y un nuevo comienzo para la propia Europa. +El cuerpo de los Tratados de la Unión Europea y, en particular, del Acta Única Europea, del Tratado de Maastricht y del Tratado de Amsterdam deben ser sometidos todos ellos a una nueva revisión en el contexto de la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental. +No me refiero a su actuación profesional, dado que su fortuna personal es notable -ha sabido emplear muy bien sus facultades -, sino que vamos a examinar lo que hizo cuando era presidente del IRI, el mayor organismo económico público italiano, y cuántos millardos -mejor dicho, hablando de liras, cuántos miles de millardos- especialmente de los contribuyentes padanos, consiguió dilapidar llevando a cabo una política desastrosa. +Como acabo de decir, por motivos aparentemente contrapuestos, porque uno de los temas que tenemos ante nosotros es, espero, sólo la aparente perplejidad y no la desconfianza de los ciudadanos europeos, como quedó demostrado por la escasa participación en los comicios del mes de junio, aunque, por otro lado, no hay duda de que existe una creciente demanda de Europa. +La comparecencia del Sr. Kinnock demostró así la falta de voluntad por parte de la Comisión para asumir toda la responsabilidad y todas las competencias directivas con respecto a los Directores Generales y sus empleados. +Los diputados aquí presentes, y que han realizado campañas en las que la urgencia social y la lucha por el empleo estaban en el centro del debate, están comisionados para avanzar de forma efectiva hacia una Europa del empleo. +El apartado 4 del artículo 29 de nuestro reglamento dispone que una declaración de grupo debe indicar la denominación del grupo, el nombre de sus miembros y la composición de su mesa. +Señor Presidente, los miembros Socialistas de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales creemos que la Sra. Diamantopoulou ha demostrado tener las aptitudes y los atributos necesarios para convertirse en una buena Comisaria de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales. +En efecto, una persona que ha de ser el Comisario responsable del mercado interior y que en su comparecencia no paró de pronunciar la palabra subsidiariedad denota un excesivo desconocimiento sobre las grandes tareas comunes de Europa. +Quisiera saber si, como Presidente de la Comisión, tiene intención de comprometerse personalmente con la resolución de los gravísimos problemas sociales que subsisten en el interior de la Unión Europea y que, para la Comisión, a mi modo de ver, deberían constituir una prioridad absoluta. +Dos semanas después de que se alertara al mundo del más brutal genocidio a raíz de las elecciones en un intento de establecer la misma esencia de la democracia que nosotros, como diputados, debemos defender ante todo, aún estamos en punto muerto y ningún comentarista nos considera importantes para encontrar una solución. +Señor Presidente, hoy se ha hablado largo y tendido sobre el cinismo y la hipocresía del pasado, pero quisiera decirle que nada es tan cínico ni hipócrita como el hecho de que comenten el proceso de audiciones quienes ya han anunciado que votarán en contra de la Comisión. +Ésta ha de incluir una aplicación consecuente de las normas de la competencia, y también una aplicación consecuente del Pacto de Estabilidad y Crecimiento, unas normas comunes mínimas en materia de impuestos, al igual que algunos principios fundamentales. +A pesar de que la redistribución parece necesaria para financiar esta nueva prioridad, hay que tener en cuenta el hecho de que una redistribución demasiado grande entraña el riesgo de desestabilizar el equilibrio presupuestario y político en las relaciones exteriores. +En ese caso, también debemos reconocer los delitos relacionados con la violación del derecho a la privacidad, delitos que comenten los servicios de inteligencia de Estados Unidos y de la Unión Europea las 24 horas del día. +En el espacio de justicia europeo la prevención de este tipo de delitos parece quedar sólo en manos de la cooperación entre la Policía, sin ningún control parlamentario o político y sin haberse elaborado nada al respecto. +La solución no es emplear sin ton ni son los recursos en trasladar a la población de los países pobres a Europa, sino dedicar estos recursos a trasladar el desarrollo europeo a los países pobres. +Sin embargo, el Parlamento Europeo correrá el riesgo de quedarse al margen del debate mientras se aferre desesperadamente a su propia utopía, aquella en la que el ciudadano va a ver finalmente la luz gracias a las ventajas impuestas con la ciudadanía europea. +Aún no hace tantos años que los Gobiernos de los Estados miembros se muestran dispuestos a colaborar con el Parlamento Europeo en asuntos tan importantes como la cooperación policial, los flujos migratorios o la política común en materia de asilo. +La paz y el bienestar internos no están destinados a durar mucho tiempo, porque tampoco está destinada a durar mucho tiempo la resignación de un mundo circunstante que vive en la inseguridad, la necesidad y el caos. +Y en ese afán de concreción, en lo que se refiere al espacio de libertad, creo que hay dos temas que merecen una atención preferente: la armonización de los procedimientos de asilo y la inmigración clandestina. +Hay que garantizar el derecho de los ciudadanos a recibir un trato igualitario -access to justice- y a acceder a los servicios de asistencia legal cuando se vean obligados a gestionar asuntos ante las autoridades de otros Estados miembros. +En el borrador de las respuestas del Sr. Kinnock, los funcionarios encima habían escrito que el problema radicaba en que el funcionario holandés, Sr. Van Buitenen, había entregado demasiados documentos a los presidentes de grupo. +Señor Presidente, voy a comenzar en francés, en su hermosísima lengua, para decir que tengo el deber de expresarle desde ahora mismo mi voluntad de no volver a hablar en esta lengua, mientras Francia no haya reconocido nuestra lengua vasca. +Ayer mismo, en su discurso, Romano Prodi volvió más clara su orientación cuando afirmó que era necesario "seguir reestructurando el Mercado Único y promoviendo la liberalización" y subrayó expresamente la continuación del proceso de liberalización de los sectores de bienes y servicios. +Mi consideración principal al juzgar a la Comisión Prodi es decidir si este equipo de 20 personas me ha convencido de que es capaz de restaurar tangiblemente la confianza pública en la Unión Europea y sus instituciones. +Lo que pediría al responsable del presupuesto del año 2000 es que tuviera en cuenta las necesidades del Comité de las Regiones y que viera si cabe ese puesto entre los puestos pensados en el presupuesto 2000 para el Comité de las Regiones. +En este momento tenemos ya una declaración del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas en la que se condena lo que sucedió en Timor, se reconocen los derechos de su pueblo y se ordena el envío de una fuerza de mantenimiento de la paz. +Por tanto, es necesario que toda la comunidad internacional y, por ende, el Parlamento Europeo, hagan un llamamiento en esos dos sentidos: para que el cuerpo de paz vaya lo más rápidamente posible a restablecer la paz en Timor Oriental y para que pueda llegar allí el auxilio humanitario. +Las violaciones permanentes de los derechos humanos, el terror contra un pueblo pacífico, desdichado y desarmado han llegado a ser moneda corriente allí, pero existían desde hacía 24 años: yo lo vi con mis propios ojos. +Queremos que se ponga término a la tiranía que ha padecido el pueblo de Timor oriental durante los 25 últimos años con la ayuda de los países de la Unión Europea, de América y de todas esas personas hipócritas que no se privan de vender armamentos a los tiranos de Indonesia y de otros países de todo el mundo. +Tendría que recordarle que un ministro socialista está condenado por un secuestro y que el Gobierno socialista de su líder, Felipe González, fue condenado por el Tribunal de Derechos Humanos por la expulsión de 103 emigrantes en la frontera de Melilla. +Exigimos, por lo tanto, del Consejo una respuesta a este problema que vamos a tener con la población migratoria nómada en toda la Unión Europea, una respuesta coordinada con los Estados miembros, en la que, al mismo tiempo, cada cual asuma su propia responsabilidad. +Como se discierne de la declaración de la Cumbre de Ginebra, el desarrollo de la capacidad europea para resolver las crisis no altera los sistemas de defensa de los Estados miembros. +Durante la Presidencia alemana, el 29 de marzo de 1999, el Consejo ratificó el artículo K.3 del Tratado de la Unión en cuanto a una posición común ante el proyecto de la Convención. +En cuanto al control político del equipo que está trabajando en el tema, la Presidencia finlandesa estudiará el asunto, pero en esta ocasión no puedo decir nada al respecto porque no tengo la información necesaria. +Señor Presidente, creo que el Sr. Diputado sabrá que no es competencia del Consejo gestionar ante Estados Unidos la supresión del visado obligatorio para los ciudadanos de la Unión, toda vez que Estados Unidos no está incluido en la lista anexa al Decreto CE/574/99. +De acuerdo con las estimaciones de las organizaciones internacionales, en Corea del Norte han muerto entre uno y tres millones de personas desde 1995 como consecuencia de la hambruna crónica debida a causas naturales y, además, al carácter del sistema nacional-comunista en el poder en Pyongyang. +¿Nos dirá, entonces, por qué, mientras que el Sr. Solana firma documentos secretos de la OTAN que demuestran que el UÇK está implicado en el tráfico de drogas, en la prostitución y en la delincuencia organizada, la Fuerza Internacional sigue apoyándolos y la comunidad internacional sigue armándolos, en lugar de desarmarlos como se había acordado? +El restablecimiento de un sistema democrático justo es una condición previa para un programa de reconstrucción y la responsabilidad política está tanto en las manos de la UE como la social y la económica. +Pienso que ésta es la ocasión de centrar la atención sólo en las cuestiones principales, esto es, que esta Agencia pueda actuar inspirándose en los principios de transparencia y de eficacia que, dada la situación existente en los Balcanes, son un elemento esencial. +Hace falta, pues, una política integrada, una estrategia común de desarrollo, de paz, de estabilidad y de colaboración en la región, tal como está empezando a delinearla el Pacto de Estabilidad y la Agencia de Reconstrucción que, con sede en Salónica, será una agencia eficaz cuando tenga exactamente esta línea integrada. +En respuesta al que ha sido un debate de gran calidad, me complace enormemente la compañía de mi nueva colega, la Comisaria de Presupuesto, Michaele Schreyer, cuya presencia es una muestra de su gran interés en este asunto y en sus repercusiones financieras y presupuestarias. +Ha sido diseñada para mantener el control necesario de la Unión Europea sobre el programa de reconstrucción y para salvaguardar su independencia y su derecho de iniciativa en el proceso. +Señor Presidente, como el Vicepresidente de la Comisión ha renunciado a decir algo sobre las cuestiones de la moneda y del UCK, ¿puedo partir del hecho de que no existe ninguna opinión de la Unión Europea sobre estas cuestiones? +La campaña de seguridad vial que se está llevando a cabo incluye los aspectos siguientes: más cámaras de control de velocidad, más pruebas de alcoholemia, un sistema de multas por puntos, un mejor cumplimiento de la ley que obliga a abrocharse el cinturón de seguridad. +En conclusión, los diputados del Grupo Unión por la Europa de las Naciones velarán, durante toda esta legislatura, por que la Europa burocrática y tecnocrática no se desarrolle, sino por que Europa evolucione en un marco armonioso y asumido por el conjunto de los ciudadanos de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. +Opinamos que es importante para el futuro de la Unión Europea la materialización de un ámbito libre, seguro y justo y damos la bienvenida a la iniciativa del Consejo de destacar esta materia en la Cumbre de Tampere. +En el tercer, cuarto y sexto guión del apartado 4, el Parlamento pide que sea el futuro "recinto" el que determine las competencias de su Mesa, así como la organización de sus grupos de trabajo y de su Secretaría, lo que supondría para éste una amplia independencia, para luego orientar el proceso a su antojo. +Está directamente conectada con un esfuerzo por fortalecer lo inaccesible y por reforzar los mecanismos de control y de represión, naturalmente no para corroborar los derechos de los ciudadanos, sino para manipularlos y así ejercer un control más efectivo de sus actividades. +Creo, pues, señor Presidente, que si hiciéramos algo útil y duradero - y querría escuchar también la opinión del Sr. Comisario sobre esto - sería que esta famosa organización sobre la que estamos debatiendo, para investigar los terremotos etc. tuviera principalmente una especie de, diría, código de conducta sobre la composición, la publicación, sobre cuándo, dónde, cómo, a quién van estas informaciones sobre los terremotos. +Además de estas medidas, la Comisión prevé la posibilidad de actuar en coordinación con el FMI para conceder a Turquía ayuda macrofinanciera encaminada a mantener el proceso de reformas en unas condiciones evidentemente difíciles. +Un conflicto violento en Daguestán, atentados con bomba en Moscú y, todo ello, rodeado de rumores sobre complots y aderezado con todo tipo de teorías sobre lo que habría detrás de esto y todo tipo de relaciones que se hacen con, por ejemplo, las próximas elecciones parlamentarias y los intentos de distintos grupos para socavar ese proceso. +La Comisión ha tomado parte en la reciente visita de la troika de la UE a Rangún, emprendida con el objetivo de allanar el camino para que se inicie un diálogo político con Birmania de acuerdo con lo establecido en las conclusiones del Consejo de 26 de abril. +Tal vez sería necesario hallar una forma menos formal de diálogo constante con usted, el Sr. Priestley y sus servicios para discutir las cuestiones del acceso y otras concernientes a la organización interna de este Parlamento. +Como punto final quiero decir algo sobre la separación de basura. A pesar de disponer en nuestro despacho de dos cubos para los diferentes tipos de basura, lo cual ya es un atraso en comparación con la situación anterior, ayer por la mañana fui testigo de que esos cubos se vaciaban en el mismo saco. +En cualquier caso, quiero pedir encarecidamente que se instale urgentemente un extractor en el servicio para evitar el engorro de lo que pueda suceder si un visitante decide ir al servicio justo después de que el diputado haya hecho uso del mismo (este problema también ocurre en los servios de la oficina de Bruselas). +Yo espero que cuando se cree una agencia de los alimentos la Comisión especifique la posibilidad de investigar retroactivamente los piensos empleados para alimentar el ganado y formule disposiciones jurídicas que castiguen las prácticas criminales y recompensen a los agricultores activos. +Así pues, quisiera aprovechar este debate general para insistir ante mis colegas y las demás instituciones sobre la necesidad de volver a algunos principios del sentido común que se han visto barridos por las grandes teorías demasiado económicas y no muy humanas. +En otras palabras, mecanismos de control implacables y normas muy estrictas. Las pruebas realizadas sobre carne de vacuno demuestran que algunos de los casos detectados no tienen su origen en la alimentación, sino que se deben a la contaminación, más en concreto a la contaminación con dioxinas a través de la industria o los hornos incineradores. +Es oportuno que los órganos públicos y los políticos, ya sea en los organismos locales o en los gobiernos, desempeñen un papel en la regulación de la producción y la elaboración de alimentos. +En este sentido África es el espejo de Europa: el estilo de vida egoísta en el que el puro placer sexual del individuo se convierte en norma, sin respeto del otro y responsabilidad social alguna, tiene un precio muy alto. +Es, en primer lugar, necesaria porque estos países intentan adaptarse a un nuevo entorno de relaciones económicas y comerciales que les crean problemas, de modo muy especial, precisamente, en la balanza de pagos, lo que a su vez afecta al funcionamiento general del mercado y a su desarrollo económico. +Incluso en lo que se refiere al propio proyecto del Fondo Monetario Internacional, en el proyecto global del Fondo sobre cómo van a definirse los presupuestos y los gastos de dichos países se deja ya claramente establecido que tendrá que comprometerse un determinado porcentaje de gasto para los gastos sociales. +Personalmente, el que más me gusta es el modelo danés: allí se ofrece un acceso transparente a la red, se aplica un impuesto energético que actúa como corrector de los precios, existen unos objetivos claros en materia de energías renovables, existe casi un mercado protegido. +Señor Presidente, el porcentaje de recursos energéticos renovables empleados en la producción energética de la Unión Europea está por debajo del 6 %, y la mayor parte de este porcentaje corresponde a la energía hidráulica. +Señor Presidente, concluyo felicitando de nuevo a la Sra. Ahern, dando las gracias a todas sus Señorías por la participación positiva en esta cuestión, al Parlamento por el apoyo prestado en este terreno a la Comisión, y, sencillamente, diciendo que estamos hablando de algo muy importante que es utilizar inteligentemente los recursos y la energía. +Para Sudáfrica el audaz paso con vistas a un acuerdo de comercio, desarrollo y cooperación con la UE es un símbolo de su compromiso con la estructuración económica y para recuperar plenamente el lugar que le corresponde en la comunidad internacional. +Contamos con hacer nuestro el elemento más valioso del plan de acción anterior, esto es, la llamada puntuación del mercado interior, y nos proponemos garantizar la existencia de sistemas eficaces de evaluación, de seguimiento y control y de adaptación de los objetivos. +La Comisión creó a finales de octubre de 1998, inmediatamente después de la investidura del Gobierno de Dzurinda, por iniciativa de mi antecesor, un grupo de trabajo bilateral de alto nivel con objeto de volver a dar el impulso necesario a los preparativos para la adhesión de Eslovaquia. +La ECHO presta ayuda para la reparación de viviendas privadas y para la entrega de productos distintos a los alimentarios para posibilitar la creación de alojamiento suficiente para los desplazados recién llegados de Kosovo. +Asunto: Sensibilización del ciudadano europeo en relación con la UE La UE desembolsa grandes sumas de dinero para la impresión de miles de folletos informativos sobre sus actividades, lo que lleva consigo, entre otras cosas, la utilización de grandes cantidades de papel, algo que resulta poco favorable para el medio ambiente. +Si de la inspección de la Consejería de Agricultura se desprenden indicios graves de irregularidad en las empresas de transformación del lino ¿deben pagarse las subvenciones correspondientes o se debe esperar el pronunciamiento de su Dirección general? +Señora Presidenta, este régimen obsoleto lo ha pagado también el propio pueblo turco con miles de muertes en los terremotos, muertes que no se tendrían que lamentar en un país en donde las leyes, el control de la democracia y de la libre prensa funcionan. +Para evitar cualquier malentendido, debo subrayar que el acercamiento de Grecia y Turquía, a pesar de su rivalidad histórica y de sus diferencias, de hecho constituye uno de los ejes principales de nuestra política exterior y de la seguridad política. +Estoy encantado en esta primera oportunidad, a la que se ha referido el Sr. Presidente, de tratar sobre este tema tan importante con ustedes como diputados a un Parlamento que, a fin de cuentas, ha demostrado un profundo y antiguo interés en los esfuerzos por alcanzar la paz en Oriente Próximo. +La Presidencia y la Comisión han reanudado su llamamiento a favor de que se celebre cuanto antes una reunión del comité de seguimiento del grupo de trabajo para el desarrollo económico regional. +El libre comercio necesita también precios justos para que el productor y el vendedor puedan obtener el debido beneficio, así como un etiquetado veraz del origen y los procesos del producto para satisfacer los requisitos de los clientes en materia de salud y elección. +El nuevo Gobierno israelí persiste en su política de colonización en territorio palestino y sigue estando secuestrado por el Partido Likhud que duplicó el número de asentamientos para obstaculizar el retorno a los territorios palestinos. +No he podido leer el texto en las lenguas de los demás países que forman parte de la Unión Europea, sin embargo, quisiera saber antes que nada si existe un trasfondo político en virtud del cual el texto italiano es incorrecto o si son incorrectos los textos francés e inglés. +La decepcionante participación en las elecciones Europeas de este año proporcionaron la prueba dramática, si hacia falta una prueba, de que debemos mejorar la imagen y la relevancia de este Parlamento a los ojos de la población de Europa. +la Unión Europea eliminará los derechos de aduana respecto al 86% del volumen total de las exportaciones de productos industriales sudafricanos hacia la Unión Europea; +Ustedes condenan en ellas "el egoísmo" de una industria que no hace otra cosa sino respetar las reglas del juego económico y comercial que, en el mejor de los casos, ustedes han aceptado y, en el peor, contribuido a establecer. +La Unión Europea se ha comprometido seriamente a promover la democracia, el Estado de Derecho y el respeto de los derechos humanos, entre los que se incluyen los derechos laborales básicos. +Las prácticas restrictivas en materia de acceso a los mercados, a los créditos y a la energía constituyen una de las causas principales -generalmente mal conocidas en nuestros países- del subdesarrollo, de la perpetuación de las desigualdades sociales y de la corrupción. +Los principios esenciales de negociación y enfoques de soluciones tratados en el documento de la Comisión de julio de 1999, han encontrado fundamentalmente hasta ahora un eco positivo en nuestros debates mantenidos en la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores y de Industria. +El problema, en mi opinión, reside en saber si la Organización Mundial del Comercio funciona sobre la base de normas justas para que el mundo, y no sólo Europa, evolucione hacia un desarrollo sostenible. +La apertura de un nuevo ciclo de negociaciones comerciales multilaterales es ante todo una decisión del Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, quien ha fijado el tempo -traduzco: una negociación acelerada, una agenda apretada-, quien ha fijado los objetivos... +Deberíamos apoyar esta ronda desde el inicio, deberíamos mostrar una actitud positiva para garantizar que impedimos el proteccionismo, fomentamos el libre comercio y ampliamos la prosperidad del sistema mundial a otras partes del mundo. +En segundo lugar, señor Presidente, espero que el Sr. Lamy se haga cargo de que todo el mundo tome plena consciencia de que si la OMC es importante para nosotros, si la OMC es importante para Europa, también lo será para los demás socios comerciales; y además, que esa OMC sólo podrá desempeñar su papel si cada Estado miembro se hace cargo y sigue consciente de que no puede vencer nunca un único interés nacional, sino que siempre habrá de ser el interés europeo, para que estas negociaciones nos pos puedan servir de algo. +Es una opción, pero no es la nuestra, y no deseamos que mañana, en Europa, la entrada de los servicios en el ámbito de la OMC exija que las normas de competencia y de apertura al mercado rijan sectores tales como la salud y la educación. +Muchas veces han sido equivocados los pronósticos de que los puestos de trabajo desaparecen del país porque se ha implantado una técnica más ecológica o un uso más eficaz o ecológico de la energía, cosas que queremos implantar. +En el Consejo de Colonia se habló de la capacidad de Europa para evitar crisis y para actuar con eficacia a la hora de controlarlas. Las referencias a una capacidad militar con credibilidad se hicieron en el contexto del control de las crisis. +Europa siempre ha estado a la cabeza de la protección de los derechos humanos, de la convivencia y de la tolerancia, que han hecho de este territorio el más avanzado en lo social, y no podemos permitirnos retroceder en estas conquistas, como usted ha dicho, de libertad, tolerancia y convivencia. +La verdad es que el formidable poder del que dispone el Banco Central Europeo a la hora de intervenir ante las instituciones económicas nacionales y los bancos nacionales ha sido recogido dentro de un esquema bastante críptico. +En cuanto a las regiones insulares, hay que señalar que en la Unión se ha tratado la problemática de las zonas atrasadas; por ejemplo, en muchas conclusiones de diversas cumbres y en otros comunicados se ha prestado una atención especial a las islas. +Asunto: Nuevo programa comunitario de lucha contra la pobreza Como bien sabe el Consejo, en el marco del Tratado de Maastricht, no se logró ningún progreso en cuanto a la adopción de un nuevo programa comunitario de lucha contra la pobreza. +Existen desde hace decenios, siglos y por ello también es muy importante que en nuestra resolución declaremos que la problemática debe ser tratada de forma general, al igual que debe buscarse una solución general, que sea relevante para la región, y de la cual se derive la estabilización y el desarrollo de la región en su conjunto. +Así mismo, el proyecto señala sobre este punto de la resolución que si, como se ha dicho desde el Parlamento, somos conscientes de que desde principios de siglo han muerto tantos soldados en guerras como hoy en día ciudadanos en conflictos, precisamente por esas armas ligeras, y si somos conscientes de las numerosas armas que se exportan, transitan o se fabrican en los Estados miembros, tenemos, entonces, una enorme responsabilidad colectiva. +Este Parlamento tiene una larga tradición en este sentido, y deseo rendir homenaje al trabajo de la Sra. Adelaide Aglietta que fue la primera ponente del informe sobre la pena de muerte en el mundo de este Parlamento. +La Comisión comparte la preocupación de los diputados de este Parlamento, e insta a los Estados miembros a que colaboren con las autoridades italianas para reunir todas las pruebas disponibles a fin de que se puedan dilucidar las causas del desastre. +Señora Presidenta, mi Grupo aprueba plenamente el acuerdo interinstitucional de 25 de mayo de 1999 relativo a las investigaciones internas que la Oficina Europea de Lucha contra el Fraude debe efectuar en las instituciones, órganos u organismos de las Comunidades, incluyendo el Parlamento Europeo. +Pero también es probable que hayamos ido demasiado rápido en relación con los diputados, y en este sentido me declaro culpable ante el Sr. Napolitano, presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, puesto que soy miembro de esta comisión, aunque quizá el debate en el Pleno pueda permitirnos advertir algunos olvidos. +En segundo lugar: el futuro de la actividad electrónica en materia jurídica y comercial depende esencialmente de si se logra mejorar la confianza, especialmente la de los usuarios, en la seguridad y, en concreto, tanto en la seguridad técnica, por ejemplo, en lo que respecta a las falsificaciones, como también en la eficacia jurídica de semejantes procedimientos. +Un punto decisivo de apoyo son las firmas electrónicas Mediante una firma tal en formato electrónico se puede garantizar que, por un lado, es constatable la identidad de quien haya emitido una declaración y la haya firmado, es decir, la identidad del firmante. +Tengo la convicción de que hemos encontrado tanto una solución rápida como también una solución correcta para fomentar la firma electrónica y, en consecuencia, la utilidad de los nuevos medios de información y de comunicación en la vida cotidiana. +También es importantísimo, como han dicho otros oradores, que haya una posibilidad de expansión en el plano internacional porque las fronteras de la Unión Europea son fronteras artificiales en lo que se refiere a esta cuestión. +En las esferas de rápido progreso tecnológico la Unión Europea tiene que esforzarse particularmente por evitar toda futura barrera del mercado interior como resultado de normas nacionales contradictorias, y debe establecer un marco jurídico europeo en una fase temprana. +En este contexto quisiera aprovechar mi tiempo de palabra para destacar las posibles repercusiones de las versiones propuestas "Amsterdamizadas" -si se me permite utilizar tan horrible término- de los Tratados de Bruselas y de Roma en cuanto se refieren al funcionamiento de esta parte del mercado único. +Esto es una propuesta importante y orientada al futuro porque los combustibles gaseosos se utilizan cada vez más -y me refiero, por ejemplo, a combustibles como el gas natural licuado y el gas de petróleo- y existe también la posibilidad de que el hidrógeno se utilice como combustible en el futuro. +Diré para acabar, señor Presidente, que el elemento final de esta propuesta es el recurso a un comité para mantener y poner de relieve el carácter técnico de esta Directiva, cosa que ya he mencionado en mi intervención. +Por esta razón apoyamos precisamente esta directiva y, naturalmente, también celebraríamos mucho que en Parlamento Europeo se hiciera en general algo más en pro de la seguridad en el transporte para que ésta se homogeneice en los estados miembros, pues las cifras de accidentes demuestran claramente que en este ámbito los jóvenes se ven afectados de manera especial. +¿Qué presupuesto es ése que, entre los gastos, obliga a distinguir entre dos categorías bien definidas, una - los gastos obligatorios - arbitrada por una autoridad, el Consejo y otra - los gastos no obligatorios - arbitrada por el Parlamento? +En el proyecto de presupuesto se ha previsto la creación de nuevos puestos de trabajo en el Parlamento y en el Comité Económico y Social, con el objetivo de dar más eficacia a la administración de esos edificios. +El Sr. Pittella también ha presentado un informe sumamente importante para nosotros; por lo tanto, yo quiero manifestar mi agradecimiento a los tres ponentes por la colaboración realmente constructiva que ha acompañado el procedimiento presupuestario de este año. +Desde este punto de vista creo que hay una especial contradicción entre el hecho de empujar hacia arriba las misiones asignadas a la Unión Europea, tirando hacia abajo los recursos necesarios para su cumplimiento. +Una nota final muy concreta, pero de gran importancia: es indispensable garantizar -si es que no se ha hecho ya- que en el comentario de la línea B-7 6000, relativa a las organizaciones no gubernamentales, conste una referencia al comité de enlace. +Nosotros nos guiamos por esos mismos principios pero, en este caso, después de lo que ha luchado el Parlamento durante años, esta revisión del acuerdo interinstitucional, una revisión de las perspectivas financieras tal como se definió en el acuerdo interinstitucional, es sumamente importante para el Parlamento. +Pasando a las otras instituciones, cuando hablamos, por ejemplo, de la cooperación interinstitucional, ¿qué rigor hubo en la información el día que nuestros colegas anteriormente acordaron que se tenía que hacer la Estructura Organizativa Común? o, ¿cuál es la realidad hoy en día cuando decidimos que hay que disolver esa estructura común? +Es necesario simplificar mucho el marco jurídico para estas empresas -en Europa tenemos 18 millones de PYME, un 50% de las cuales no tienen ningún empleado-, a fin de que puedan concentrarse en las exigencias fundamentales, o sea, en satisfacer las necesidades de los clientes y ofrecer los productos y servicios adecuados. +No obstante, por otro lado, yo creo que deberíamos mantener el importe que la Unión ya ha anunciado en el plano político, concretamente que se pondrán a disposición 500 millones de euros para el año 2000, con objeto de evitar causar la impresión de que la Unión se desdice de su compromiso político. +En este contexto, hay que tener siempre presente el hecho de que el Consejo de Gobierno actúa como órgano colegiado, y que todas las decisiones se deben comunicar al público de manera clara y coherente. +Finalmente, acojo igualmente con gran satisfacción que el Sr. Duisenberg haya comentado el punto tratado en el informe acerca de la necesidad de reducir los costes de los pagos transfronterizos, sobre todo en los pagos más pequeños que afectan a miembros individuales. +Por que, con la presencia de oficio del Consejo de Ministros y de la Comisión Europea, actualmente los Gobiernos nacionales de todos modos saben cuáles son los votos, y pueden ejercer sus presiones a su gusto, sólo que de forma totalmente incontrolable e invisible. +Dado que el debate de hoy es fundamentalmente entre el Parlamento y el Banco Central y no nos corresponde a nosotros jugar ningún otro papel, deseo señalar sólo, respondiendo a la preocupación de algunos parlamentarios, que tendremos ocasión de debatir aquí el problema de la coordinación de las políticas económicas, que es competencia de la Comisión. +La subida de los tipos de interés, en determinadas ocasiones puede asemejarse o estar más relacionado con levantar el pie del pedal que, por el contrario, con frenar el impulso de la economía y de ese modo avanzar más despacio. +Ciertamente tenemos previsto, para comenzar, estudiar el modo en que podemos crear el marcador que se nos ha solicitado como el medio para mantener la presión sobre nosotros, en primer lugar, pero también sobre otros, así como para garantizar que todo se realiza con la transparencia más completa posible en el futuro inmediato. +Nos congratulamos del compromiso asumido en el más alto nivel de actuar en cooperación con los países de origen y los países de tránsito a la hora de abordar las cuestiones de la inmigración. +Desde un punto de vista general, resulta muy significativo que el Consejo haya anunciado un calendario preciso para las medidas relativas al espacio de seguridad. +En la política migratoria ha sido importante decir con claridad que existe un acuerdo básico sobre el control, sobre la capacidad de absorción y de integración de un país y sobre la lucha contra los abusos en este campo. +Las declaraciones de Tampere sobre el espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia, el mejor acceso a la justicia, los esfuerzos por una lucha más intensa contra la criminalidad, son sin duda aspectos positivos del balance. +Me parece una buena noticia para la lucha contra el terrorismo, aunque la resolución del Parlamento no lo diga, la supresión del procedimiento formal de extradición en el caso de personas condenadas con sentencia firme. +Señor Presidente, esta Alta Asamblea aprobó con gran mayoría el 3 de abril del último año mi informe sobre la ampliación hacia el Este y la seguridad interior. En aquella ocasión se acordó crear una Academia Europea para la Seguridad Interior. +Con la misma intención de soslayamiento de los Estados, el informe Dehaene propone que en ciertos casos se pueda modificar el Tratado por simple decisión del Consejo o incluso por una decisión adoptada tan sólo por mayoría cualificada, cosa que resulta absolutamente inaceptable, pues es absolutamente contrario a nuestra concepción de una Europa que respete a sus naciones. +Los ciudadanos de la Unión necesitan una constitución democrática, con un catálogo de competencias en el que las responsabilidades estén claramente establecidas y en el que el principio de la subsidiariedad tenga un contenido real. +Señor Presidente, hay un perro que aún no ha ladrado en este debate, y quisiera llamar la atención sobre el fallo garrafal del informe Dehaene en lo que se refiere a tratar debidamente - sólo lo menciona de pasada - el aspecto regional del gobierno de Europa. +Si se ha producido un retraso en el nombramiento de un ponente ha sido porque el representante de los Radicales en la reunión de los coordinadores para elegir a un ponente pidió que se pospusiera el nombramiento. +La Comisión opina que la presencia de los Estados miembros en el Consejo de Administración sería en definitiva bueno para la Agencia y facilitaría la coordinación de las actividades de reconstrucción de la Comunidad y de los Estados miembros. +(El Parlamento aprueba la propuesta de la Comisión)- Propuesta de decisión del Consejo relativa a la aprobación, en nombre de la Comunidad, de la Decisión OSPAR 98/2 relativa al vertido de residuos radiactivos en el mar (COM(1999) 190 - C5-0014/1999 - 1999/0096(CNS)) (Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor) +Considera que la votación solamente constituye una cuestión de procedimiento, necesaria para poder continuar las negociaciones con el Consejo en cuanto a la creación del estatuto de los diputados al Parlamento Europeo. +Actualmente existen dos problemas que frenan el avance del comercio electrónico: la dificultad de verificar la identidad de los usuarios y los consumidores, y la incertidumbre respecto a si las operaciones en línea son legalmente vinculantes. +. (PT) El Banco Central Europeo, pese a desempeñar un papel fundamental en las políticas y en la economía europeas, funciona con independencia del Consejo, del Parlamento Europeo y de los parlamentos nacionales, lo que resulta inaceptable. +Entre otras medidas, los Gobiernos aprobaron también normas comunes relativas a la concesión de asilo político a los refugiados necesitados y la redacción de una Carta de derechos fundamentales. +La empresa tiene la responsabilidad de mantener al trabajador empleable y el trabajador tiene la responsabilidad de participar en su continua información y en el continuo desarrollo de sus capacidades y de sus habilidades. +Hay que disponer un aumento del poder de los asalariados y de sus representantes para hacer valer su derecho a impugnar el fondo de las razones económicas que motivan su despido, lo que nosotros llamamos la enmienda Wolbert-Michelin y que propondremos para que mañana la voten Sus Señorías. +Creo que ha quedado claro que, motivados por el problema de la Michelin, se plantea un tema que constituye el centro de las reflexiones en la Unión Europea en la actualidad. Es decir, por un lado, el tema de la competencia, y, por otro, el de la cohesión social. +Estoy convencida de que los movimientos por la paz contra las armas nucleares que tanto hicieron en los años setenta y ochenta, pueden reanudar su actividad en colaboración con nosotros y nuestro Parlamento, a fin de que podamos vivir de verdad en un mundo donde no exista este tipo de armas. +También hemos presionado para que adopten las medidas necesarias para que las agencias de ayuda visiten la zona para hacer una valoración sobre el terreno de las necesidades y espero que esta misión pueda llevarse a cabo en los próximos días. +Deberíamos apostar para que acontecimientos como la Capital Europea de la Cultura o el Mes Cultural Europeo puedan tener lugar en Irlanda del Norte o en el País Vasco, ya que en este nuevo marco político que es Europa pueden encontrarse soluciones válidas para estos dos conflictos. +En relación con la red de socios, de corresponsales y de otros organismos, su misión no se puede confundir - éste es un dato importante y fundamental, sobre el cual la comisión debatió ampliamente - con la misión y las funciones que tiene Eurostat en este sector. +El Observatorio Audiovisual Europeo elabora estadísticas para las empresas de la industria audiovisual, un trabajo del que se ocupan también Eurostat y los institutos nacionales de estadística, y hasta cierto punto su trabajo y el trabajo del Observatorio se solapan. +En ese momento se estableció -leo textualmente- que "el objetivo del Observatorio será mejorar la transferencia de información dentro de la industria audiovisual y promover una visión más clara del mercado, así como una mayor transparencia. +Me explico: es una realidad que muchas estructuras y organizaciones acaban quedando adosadas a su financiador público, y esta situación les tiende a alejar de su objetivo, que en este caso es el servicio público y la atención a los profesionales del sector audiovisual. +Informe (A5-0024/1999) del Sr. Gargani, en nombre de la Comisión de Cultura, Juventud, Educación, Medios de Comunicación y Deporte, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo [COM(1999)0111 - C5-0019/1999 - 1996/0066(CNS)] relativa a la participación comunitaria en el Observatorio Europeo del Sector Audiovisual +Es una cuestión de principios que todas las mujeres y los grupos que hacen campaña en su favor disfruten de igual acceso a los fondos comunitarios, sobre todo cuando su finalidad consiste en permitir que las organizaciones europeas estén representadas en la ONU. +Felizmente para el Parlamento Europeo el ridículo no mata, ya que tendría que haber denunciado claramente la actitud de la dirección de Michelin, que acaba de anunciar una reducción masiva de efectivos y despidos, ¡aun cuando los resultados y beneficios de esta empresa han aumentado considerablemente! +En cuanto a la segunda parte de la propuesta, que establece los términos bajo los cuales un transporte puede ser considerado transporte ad hoc, así como el procedimiento para la aceptación de las derogaciones, por lo que a mí respecta, apruebo y adopto la propuesta de la Comisión, más severa, sin duda, que la legislación hoy vigente. +La seguridad en el transporte siempre ha sido una de las grandes preocupaciones de este Parlamento, independientemente de los medios utilizados, aunque, evidentemente, el transporte de mercancías peligrosas ocupe a este respecto un lugar central. +A mi modo de ver es precisamente en estos ámbitos donde nuestro Parlamento y la política europea ganan en credibilidad, porque ¿de qué sirven las normativas nacionales -por ejemplo con respecto al transporte de mercancías peligrosas por carretera- cuando necesitamos normativas a nivel europeo? +No hace falta que convenzamos a los ciudadanos de la necesidad de una política común de medio ambiente ni de la necesidad de una política de seguridad europea en el terreno de las mercancías peligrosas. +Y, en este momento, hago una llamada especial para que la Presidencia finlandesa saque adelante en el próximo Consejo el Reglamento IFOP y la Comisión, señor Fischler, sea flexible en ese texto para acercarse a las posiciones del Parlamento Europeo. +Queremos, por otra parte, Señorías, una negociación rápida y queremos que, en todo caso, haya un apoyo económico significativo y suficiente para todo el sector afectado -armadores y trabajadores- ante un hipotético período transitorio en que no esté en vigor el derecho a pescar en aquellas aguas. +Una guerra verbal acerca de cuáles son los alimentos más inocuos en Europa tendrá un único resultado: la destrucción de la confianza de los consumidores en los alimentos provenientes de Europa, sea cual sea el lugar de producción. +Ante estas interrogantes fundamentales, como en el caso de los OGM, debería imponerse, pues, la prudencia más grande, con mayor razón puesto que muy próximamente vamos a disponer de un instrumento científico eficaz, las pruebas EEB, que nos permitirá juzgar el estado sanitario del conjunto de los rebaños. +Este tipo de contradicción entre el derecho nacional y el derecho comunitario existe también en el ámbito de la caza y en muchos otros ámbitos, como si los gobiernos firmaran compromisos europeos abstractos cuyas aberrantes consecuencias prácticas descubrieran después. +No obstante, los animales heridos y enfermos que mueren en los establos llegan a las instalaciones industriales, y el sebo de esos animales llega a la industria farmacéutica, a la industria de los cosméticos y, por lo tanto, a la cadena alimentaria. +Qué duda cabe de que la compensación financiera es un apoyo importante, pero, además, la presencia de la flota europea contribuye a dar una mayor sensación de estabilidad en el área, lo que sólo puede ser beneficioso para las relaciones internacionales con Angola. +He tomado nota con interés y ya he acogido con satisfacción la declaración hecha por la Ministra francesa de Comercio y Protección del Consumidor, Sra. Lebranchu, que, refiriéndose este fin de semana al informe unánime del Comité Directivo Científico, dijo que tranquilizaría a los consumidores. +A partir del año 2003 toda la carne de bovino llevará un etiquetado con el lugar de nacimiento, el lugar de engorde, el lugar de sacrificio, la raza y la edad del animal. +Si a ello unimos la disponibilidad de capacidad instalada, que puede aumentar dada la alta propensión potencial a la inversión, consecuencia de su elevada rentabilidad, se producirán cambios estructurales, que los responsables de la política económica deben tomar en consideración para adoptar sus respectivas decisiones. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, ante todo, yo quiero manifestar que nuestro Grupo acoge con satisfacción el diálogo macroeconómico como una innovación digna de encomio, puesto que implica por primera vez a todos los principales protagonistas de la política económica europea y les compromete a un intercambio directo de opiniones sobre el marco general de condiciones económicas. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, señor Comisario, creo que si los millones de parados europeos hubiesen escuchado esta primera declaración sobre el diálogo macroeconómico para fomentar el crecimiento y el empleo, se habrían llevado las manos a la cabeza. +Soy una de las personas que, al igual que Stephen Hughes, hubiera querido intervenir el viernes pasado y, asimismo, hubiera querido seguir el debate con el Banco Central sobre el aumento de los tipos de interés. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, el señor Presidente del Consejo ha utilizado la imagen de la carrera de relevos para señalar que el objetivo del diálogo macroeconómico es pasar el testigo al corredor siguiente. +Ninguno de los que toman parte en el diálogo, ni el Consejo, ni la Comisión, ni el Banco Central Europeo, tendrá que responder directamente si no se hacen efectivas unas soluciones europeas; únicamente a quienes hemos sido elegidos y ocupamos estos escaños nos exigirán responsabilidades directas los electores y electoras que nos han votado. +Eso plantea un peligro, la verdad, plantea un peligro para la revisión de la directiva general, de la que también se está ocupando la Sra. Smet, y es el siguiente: el sector ferroviario va incluido en la directiva. +Naturalmente, la responsabilidad de esta situación la tienen las políticas de los gobiernos que protegen la acción incontrolada del capital naviero que, de múltiples maneras, obliga a la tripulación a trabajar duramente, en condiciones excepcionalmente peligrosas, muchas veces rebasando los límites de la resistencia humana. +No veo, la verdad, cómo se puede supervisar satisfactoriamente esa medida, porque los puertos comunitarios y los países de la Comunidad Europea no tienen jurisdicción real sobre los buques de pabellón o propiedad extranjeros. +Si sale adelante, si, por ejemplo, se hubiese acordado que era posible cierta supervisión, no cabe duda de que no iban a tener cierta jornada laboral fuera de las aguas y los puertos de la Comunidad Europea y después cambiarla cuando se encontraran dentro de nuestra zona geográfica. +Naturalmente, las cuestiones relativas a la salud y la seguridad son una razón importante para limitar la jornada laboral, pero la pesca ya es objeto de códigos de prácticas y reglamentos supervisados por las autoridades competentes. +La jornada laboral máxima voluntaria negociada por la organización médica irlandesa y nuestro departamento de salud es 35 horas a la semana por término medio en turnos de 46 horas y no más de 72 horas de trabajo continuo. +No sólo hace ya algún tiempo que existe en Gran Bretaña ese plan de publicidad de los datos sobre el ahorro de combustible, sino que, además, la mayoría de los ciudadanos dan por sentado que el plan vigente es consecuencia de una directiva europea. +Señor Presidente, en primer lugar, deseo expresar mi más viva satisfacción por esta iniciativa, que constituye indudablemente un importante paso hacia la transparencia informativa en cuanto a las características ambientales del automóvil y que va, en este sentido, a facilitar la elección del consumidor. +Tenemos que agradecer al Consejo -la verdad es que esta vez no lo digo sólo en broma- que haya suprimido algunas de las peticiones formuladas por el Parlamento en la primera lectura, que seguramente se incorporaron debido a las prisas y que tampoco contaban con mi aprobación. +Otro tipo de medidas no legislativas que pueden fundamentar y reforzar el marco jurídico es la autorregulación, o mejor dicho, un enfoque en el que la regulación y la autorregulación estén integradas, es decir en el que figuren muchos aspectos regulados en la legislación y, además, distintos grupos de sectores interesados en lograr soluciones mediante la consulta mutua. +Existe el temor de que el comercio electrónico sea estrangulado al nacer por reglamentos que sometan en potencia a los comerciantes a 15 jurisdicciones europeas diferentes, pero no brinden a nuestros ciudadanos un acceso fácil y asequible a la justicia. +Esto es un claro indicio de que aún queda mucho camino por recorrer en el ámbito de la liberalización de los servicios postales o al menos demuestra que hay determinadas empresas del sector que no aplican esa liberalización como es debido. +Deseamos modelos inteligentes de trabajo, como la fábrica desahogada, en la cual se configura el tiempo de trabajo según el nivel de empleo, en la mayoría de las veces se acorta, pero no siempre, en vez de acortar unilateralmente el tiempo de trabajo con una plena nivelación salarial. +Y al oír hablar a la oradora anterior, la Sra. Theorin, debo decir que soy consciente de que el ponente se ha esforzado por incorporar el mayor número de enmiendas posible. Sin embargo, ya no se deben incluir en un informe todas las enmiendas tal y como se presentan, diciendo dos o tres veces lo mismo. +Es ésta la razón por la que pretendemos establecer en el cuerpo mismo de las directrices en materia de empleo un vínculo entre la creación de nuevas oportunidades para los desempleados y nuevos puestos de trabajo, por una parte, y la calidad de estos puestos y la protección social, por otra. +Por otro lado, el éxito de las políticas de empleo es fundamental de cara a un desarrollo sano de las finanzas públicas y es lógico ver el paquete sobre el empleo y la cooperación macroeconómica en el contexto comunitario. +Y en ellas incluso se reduce el apoyo activo a las iniciativas locales de empleo y se deja a un lado cualquier intento de examinar la calidad y la sostenibilidad de los puestos de trabajo creados. +Al no evaluar seriamente la sostenibilidad y la calidad del crecimiento, se corre el riesgo de subestimar la labor que aún quedan por hacer para conferir un carácter social a la construcción europea. +Nunca he entendido muy bien qué se pretende decir cuando se hace referencia a un empleo con contenido social, pero, por otra parte, sé que no es posible una perspectiva de valoración del empleo basada en la reducción de las protecciones y de los objetivos fundamentales de cohesión social. +No obstante, no aceptamos una conclusión clave sobre la moneda única, que dice que es un hecho que la realización de la unión económica y monetaria crea un clima propicio para la aparición de nuevos puestos de trabajo. +Junto al hecho evidente de que es muy importante que la Unión tenga ya, como uno de sus objetivos, un alto nivel de empleo y de protección social, vemos que los datos muestran aún un gap enorme entre las aportaciones realizadas y las necesidades de los que sufren en sus familias y personalmente la lacra del desempleo. +Los elementos cualitativos de este tipo constituyen el corazón de nuestro modelo social. En este sentido se tendrá que dar forma a las exigencias mínimas de protección y al grado de reducción de los sectores sumergidos. +Creo, por lo tanto, que el Sr. Menrad tiene razón cuando en las conclusiones generales hace hincapié en la necesidad de que la Comisión armonice los documentos sobre las directrices fundamentales de la política económica y sobre las directrices para el empleo. +Creo que podemos ser más optimistas y plantearnos objetivos europeos comunes en el ámbito de la información, porque no podemos hablar de convergencia de los Estados miembros si no se da la convergencia en un ámbito tan delicado como el de la sociedad de la información. +En nuestro país los comunistas están luchando en pos de la rápida aprobación de la ley sobre la representación sindical que también es un acto de democracia en los centros de trabajo. +Mejorar la inserción profesional, desarrollar la iniciativa empresarial, fomentar la capacidad de adaptación de las empresas y de sus trabajadores, reforzar la igualdad de oportunidades entre mujeres y hombres; estos son los principales pilares de esta política. +A los 25 años, tener, como se dice, "toda la vida por delante" , pero sin ninguna posibilidad de concebir un proyecto de vida, sin ninguna otra perspectiva que el desempleo y la renta mínima de subsistencia, ¿no es peor que una condena a muerte? +Señor Presidente, estimados colegas, se trata aquí de un proyecto de directiva en el marco del programa Auto Oil, que tiene por objetivo mejorar de aquí al año 2010 la calidad del aire mediante la reducción de las emisiones de gas procedentes de los vehículos a motor. +Estos vehículos se fundan en un concepto neutral de combustible y tecnología, basado en la mejor tecnología disponible, que permitirá a los Estados miembros o a las autoridades locales estimular el uso de los vehículos que respondan a la idea EEV mediante incentivos fiscales. +La violencia es un problema social de lamentable actualidad que supone una violación de los derechos humanos y un atentado a la salud en los aspectos físicos, mentales y sociales, y a la calidad de vida. +En Portugal, por ejemplo, la violencia contra las mujeres es estadísticamente mayor en los municipios con mayores niveles de vida o mayores niveles culturales, lo que no significa necesariamente que en ellos haya más violencia contra los niños y las mujeres; significa -en mi opinión- que hay más mujeres con independencia financiera, con más cultura y más valor para presentar denuncias a la policía. +A través del programa STOP y del trabajo en los ámbitos de la policía y de la cooperación judicial, la Comisión lucha activamente contra la explotación sexual de los niños, incluida la pornografía infantil en Internet. +El enfoque preponderante del Tratado se centra en el ciudadano como trabajador, lo que significa que los intereses de los niños no están contemplados, pues ellos no son más que el grupo destinatario de un programa de acción y unas pocas líneas presupuestarias eventuales. +Con vistas a la redacción de la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales, y a la creación del espacio común de libertad, seguridad y justicia debemos incluir un capítulo especial sobre la protección de los derechos de los niños. +Creo que estamos ante un problema que se puede analizar desde dos puntos de vista: por una parte, el de los derechos fundamentales y, por otra, el de la influencia de las políticas relativas a los niños en los sectores de acción de la Unión. +Efectivamente, es un secreto a voces que el Gobierno británico fue convencido sólo mediante la promesa de guardar cautela en la directiva sobre la información y consulta durante un año en lo que se refiere a la sociedad anónima europea con unos derechos mínimos de coparticipación. +Si aceptamos inmediatamente las enmiendas y vamos a la mesa de negociaciones con la nueva propuesta, entramos en el proceso de la unanimidad, que ya sabemos desde el principio, que tal y como van las cosas, no va a tener los resultados que queremos. +La decisión de recursos propios que hoy discutimos, que es la mera traducción por parte de la Comisión de la decisión política del Consejo Europeo, es la mejor prueba de este retroceso. +Si examinamos los casos de Holanda y Alemania, en cuyo nombre ha habido tantas quejas en este Parlamento, vemos que el Mercado Único les ha aportado beneficios inmensos y han tenido saldos extraordinariamente positivos en su comercio con el resto de la Unión a lo largo de los años. +En tercer lugar, la puesta en práctica del principio de flexibilidad dentro de ciertos límites para los gastos agrícolas, proponiendo las transferencias al siguiente ejercicio presupuestario de los gastos o de los recursos no utilizados. +Como he dicho, en general considero una evolución positiva que, debido a la evolución del mercado y de los precios en el sector agrícola, hayan sido necesarios menos créditos y que se hayan tenido que gastar menos fondos que entonces se pueden dedicar a programas de política exterior de gran importancia y urgencia, tal como los que hemos propuesto aquí. +La Unión ha fijado ya algunas metas claras en la esfera energética para reducir las emisiones de CO2 en un 8% a mediados del próximo decenio y, naturalmente, duplicar la contribución de las fuentes de energía renovable del 6% actual al 12% en 2010. +Como suelo repetir a menudo, tenemos que empezar dando ejemplo precisamente desde las instalaciones públicas, desde los edificios públicos, desde el sector público y de las instituciones de la utilización de la energía de una manera más eficaz y más racional. +Espero que la convención nórdica sea capaz de continuar adelante y apoyar los mismos objetivos, pero entonces necesitaremos también las explicaciones que había en el informe de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos acerca de esta propuesta. +En cuanto a la enmienda nº 5, nos parece que hace recaer una carga excesivamente pesada sobre las autoridades centrales en el marco de un sistema de la directiva en el que dichas autoridades centrales tienen una función puramente subsidiaria. +Creo que todos convenimos en que en lo relativo a las centrales nucleares y a las instalaciones nucleares es absolutamente esencial que se conceda la máxima prioridad a la seguridad: la seguridad de las operaciones, la seguridad de la construcción y del diseño. +Es precisamente para no penalizar a los Estados miembros que pudieron presentar sus propuestas en una etapa más precoz y en una forma aceptable, de conformidad con las disposiciones del reglamento, que la Comisión decidió aprobar la lista por grupo de país. +No obstante, quisiera tranquilizar a los señores diputados que podrían estar preocupados, precisándoles que la actividad de las inversiones sobre el terreno no se verá interrumpida, puesto que los recursos relativos al período actual, que todavía no se termina, deben ser integralmente entregados antes del 31 de diciembre de 1999. +En las circunstancias dramáticas como las que afectaron, hace unos años, a Portugal e Italia y, más recientemente, a Grecia, donde he estado en dos ocasiones, especialmente con nuestra colega Anna Diamantopoulou, hace un mes y luego hace apenas unos días, nos apoyamos sobre el mismo reglamento general de los Fondos Estructurales y somos responsables. +Nuestra principal preocupación, además de continuar en esa línea, es la de dar cumplimiento a la decisión del Consejo Europeo de Tampere, de encontrar definiciones, incriminaciones y sanciones comunes para los delitos de tráfico de seres humanos y abuso contra los niños. +Creo que este nuevo enfoque sobre la coordinación de las políticas interiores y de las políticas exteriores, y de los programas que se encargan de unas y de otras, puede ser un paso adelante muy positivo en la acción de la Unión en estas materias. +A su vez, los esfuerzos de la Unión a este respecto incidirán significativamente en las posibilidades de los países candidatos de lograr dicha modernización y, por lo tanto, también en nuestro interés común de lograr una ampliación efectiva lo antes posible. +Los pasados días 28 y 29 de octubre me desplacé a Kosovo junto con el Comisario Chris Patten, lo que nos proporcionó la oportunidad de reunirnos con todos los dirigentes políticos de ambas comunidades así como con los representantes de la misión de las Naciones Unidas en Kosovo y también de la fuerza internacional de seguridad para Kosovo, la KFOR. +Señorías, en medio de este espectro, de esta gama, debemos hacer un esfuerzo por potenciar aquellos instrumentos de protección de los ciudadanos y de cumplimiento de la ley, es decir, los instrumentos policiales, cuya necesidad imperiosa se ha puesto de manifiesto en las últimas crisis. +Tenemos que ser capaces de actuar de manera autónoma y es necesario que creemos las condiciones necesarias para ello, en el ámbito de los medios de transporte, de las comunicaciones, de la obtención de información, de los satélites modernos. +El reto real que se oculta detrás de la Europa de la defensa es el acceso al arma nuclear o, en su defecto, la desaparición a plazo fijo de la disuasión nuclear francesa que, como sabe todo el mundo, existe cuando no se comparte. +Por esto, es necesario procurar que en la Conferencia Intergubernamental se incorpore el artículo 5 del Tratado de la UEO al Tratado de la UE bajo la forma de un protocolo al que puedan adherirse todos los países sobre la base de su propia decisión soberana. +En el Tratado de Amsterdam se crea una célula de alerta temprana que tiene como objetivo estar atenta a lo que pueda ocurrir para tratar de evitar que ocurra y no tener que actuar ni militar ni colectivamente si somos capaces de hacer todo lo posible por la vía diplomática, por la vía de la prevención. +Por otra parte, es preciso que en las negociaciones de la OMC se pongan de manifiesto y se tomen en consideración asimismo los compromisos suscritos por la Unión en el marco de otros acuerdos internacionales, como los de la Organización Mundial de la Salud o de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo. +También debemos mantener, además, un diálogo permanente con el Gobierno, el Congreso y el pueblo de los Estados Unidos, que aclare nuestros motivos y fomente la mutua aceptación de un equilibrio razonable de intereses con nuestro socio. +. (EN) Señor Presidente, quisiera expresar mi agradecimiento al Sr. Schwaiger por haber elaborado un informe sumamente complejo y, en particular, a Erica Mann también, por haber coordinado gran parte del trabajo en la preparación de las enmiendas al informe. +Por ello, nuestro Grupo cree que antes de que nos abalancemos de cabeza a nuevas rondas comerciales en Seattle necesitamos hacer una evaluación exhaustiva de las repercusiones sociales y medioambientales de la liberalización que ya ha tenido lugar a raíz de las últimas negociaciones comerciales en la Ronda Uruguay. +En esta resolución, que no dudo recibirá mañana un apoyo masivo de nuestros colegas, sumamos nuestras voces a la del Consejo para condenar la acción en curso y pedir que se inicie una negociación sin más demora con los representantes elegidos de la población chechena. +Ya saben ustedes que los agricultores europeos deberán hacer importantes esfuerzos de adaptación para aplicar el compromiso de Berlín que ha representado, el pasado mes de marzo, el punto de equilibrio aceptable para los quince Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. +Esto va a ser cada vez más fundamental en nuestro futuro, del mismo modo que hay que resaltar la importancia de la agricultura en el ámbito de cada economía protegiendo con normativas adecuadas - y esto queda patente en el informe, aunque es necesario que cada uno de nosotros lo respalde cada vez más y con fuerza - la pequeña y mediana empresa. +Si conseguimos respetar estos vínculos y mejorar la calidad de vida con un desarrollo sostenible tanto en términos económicos como en términos medioambientales, seguramente habremos sentado las bases de una sociedad mejor en el nuevo milenio. +La globalización inevitable del mercado no puede suponer una rebaja de nuestra seguridad alimentaria ni de los derechos sociales de nuestros trabajadores, ni puede suponer tampoco el olvido de nuestras regiones más desfavorecidas. +La mercantilización de los servicios, aun de la educación, la sanidad y la cultura, persigue el objetivo de arrebatar a la clase obrera y a los pueblos en general muchas de sus conquistas de estos últimos cien años. +Asimismo, la reconocida prerrogativa de los Estados en esta política debería traducirse también en la posibilidad, para estos últimos, de su aplicación diferenciada en el territorio interno, de lo contrario -más allá de la simplificación de los procedimientos- la única condición seguiría siendo la flexibilidad del trabajo. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0058/1999) de los Sres. Dimitrakopoulos y Leinen, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, sobre la preparación de la reforma de los Tratados y la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental (C5-0143/1999 - 1999/2135(COS)). +El mercado común europeo ha generado una competencia entre los sistemas en este aspecto, que en el caso del impuesto sobre el valor añadido, por ejemplo, ha determinado una aproximación de los tipos impositivos. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, compartimos la convicción de que, con la próxima ampliación a la Europa del Este, la Unión puede seguir creando las condiciones para un enriquecimiento mutuo de los Estados, en vez de entrañar la ruina de unos para favorecer mejor la fortuna de otros. +Los actuales Tratados contienen numerosos casos - diferentes protocolos, partes del Tratado de la Comunidad Europea del Carbón y del Acero, por ejemplo - que son susceptibles de ser enmendados mediante el procedimiento simplificado, y la CIG debería analizar este aspecto desde una óptica constructiva. +En esto veo una significativa confirmación de esas orientaciones europeístas compartidas que históricamente han caracterizado el Parlamento Europeo en la relación con las demás Instituciones comunitarias, los parlamentos nacionales y la opinión pública. +El Tratado de Amsterdam estableció la legitimidad de ciertas formas de cooperación entre los Estados miembros, dentro del marco institucional de la Unión, para superar el nivel de integración ya alcanzado. +¿No considera el Consejo que la Unión Europea debería suspender su propia ayuda financiera al "proyecto talibán" e iniciar una profunda investigación sobre la eficacia y la correcta gestión de los fondos destinados al PNUCD? +Sin embargo, repito que los órganos competentes del Consejo están estudiando el modo de mejorar las posibilidades del público de conocer los documentos, de forma que todos sean accesibles al público en Internet, salvo los confidenciales. +Consejo. (FI) Señor Presidente, quiero señalar que es un hecho que Turquía ha adoptado medidas, también durante el año en curso, destinadas a mejorar los derechos humanos, pero la verdad es que, en este aspecto, todavía le queda un largo camino que recorrer, y los cambios no se producen rápidamente en ninguna sociedad. +La expresión «Petróleo para la democracia» muestra por sí sóla que al pueblo serbio se le está haciendo un chantaje sin precedentes: si quiere petróleo para la calefacción, si quiere calentarse, ese pueblo debe aceptar las concepciones de la Unión Europea sobre la democracia. +En el Parlamento obtuvo el apoyo unánime de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales la primera vez que se examinó, y la primera vez que lo examinamos aquí cada uno de los principales Grupos políticos hizo saber que apoyaba la propuesta. +Si esto se aprueba hoy aquí, y la crispación disminuye, deberíamos quizá tener el valor para examinar si, en la consecución de un fin justo, a saber, la inclusión de los parlamentarios en los mecanismos de control, podemos garantizar el libre mandato y quizás articularlo de forma distinta. +También tendremos la posibilidad de trabajar junto con otras instituciones europeas en la organización de una conferencia interinstitucional que examine la aplicación de la estrategia de la Unión Europea en materia de drogas, probablemente a principios del año que viene. +En segundo lugar, porque el propio reglamento - y me da vergüenza decirlo - excluye de manera escandalosa, a instancia del gobierno "socialista-ecologista-comunista" de mi país, el almacenamiento de impresiones dactilares de los inmigrantes ilegales controlados en el territorio de la Unión. +Y, sin embargo, resulta que son las principales víctimas del cambio de fecha porque los países ricos del Norte les han dejado sus viejos equipos informáticos que no están preparados para el cambio de milenio. +Coherentemente con ese deseo, cuando en primera lectura adoptamos una posición en cuanto al presupuesto para el año 2000, establecimos una línea específica de carácter plurianual y dotada con 30 millones de euros destinados a la reconstrucción de Timor Oriental, importe que se debe actualizar a la luz de la información proporcionada por la misión conjunta de evaluación. +Ha habido en este caso toda una serie de coincidencias que han originado en nuestro país un profundo movimiento de solidaridad al que, por supuesto, se han adherido el Gobierno, todos los partidos políticos y el resto de la sociedad. +Señor Presidente, por enésima vez nuestro Parlamento expresa su repulsa por el hecho de se mantenga a escala mundial el uso de métodos de castigo anacrónicos, antidemocráticos y de dudosa efectividad, y precisamente en países como los Estados Unidos, que últimamente enarbola como propia la bandera de la defensa de los derechos humanos. +Por ello, con el fundamento de nuestros valores europeos, y en nombre del respeto a los derechos humanos, lamamos a los gobiernos de todo los países con ejecuciones pendientes a que las revoquen inmediatamente y a que procedan a la abolición de la pena de muerte. +Hemos apoyado el proceso de paz mediante la financiación de las negociaciones que tienen lugar en Arusha, con una contribución de dos millones de euros, que, de lejos, es la más importante, y que debería bastar, junto con otras financiaciones exteriores, para que las negociaciones lleguen a un resultado. +Este modelo admite las tiendas de drogas, que en nuestro país se conocen injustamente con el nombre inglés de "coffeeshops", y parte de una diferencia entre drogas blandas, la marihuana, y drogas duras como la heroína o el éxtasis. +De acuerdo con este artículo, la Unión puede complementar las políticas nacionales con medidas dirigidas a la mejora de la salud pública, a la prevención, así como a reducir el daño causado por las drogas a la salud. +Estoy de acuerdo con las enmiendas propuestas por la Sra. Rühle, que expresan preocupaciones claras y reales acerca de la transparencia, la eficacia y la rendición de cuentas del BEI y acerca de su conformidad con los objetivos y las políticas de la Comunidad. +Por esta razón la Comisión siempre tiene margen para plantear esta posibilidad de incremento del Fondo de reserva, aunque no tenemos la sensación de que sea necesario hacerlo en el momento actual. +. Señor Presidente, la Comisión ha presentado una propuesta de reglamento para modificar otro reglamento comunitario, el Reglamento (CEE) nº 1911/91, que estableció el régimen jurídico especial para las islas Canarias. +. (EN) El reglamento del Consejo del 29 de junio de 1998 estipula que: "La Comisión presentará al Consejo un informe regular sobre la situación del mercado y evaluará si los astilleros europeos se ven afectados por prácticas anticompetitivas. +Además, la Comisión propone ahora prohibir toda renovación en los segmentos que no progresen al mismo ritmo que los demás y obligar a encontrar y a destruir una capacidad un 30% superior a la de barcos renovados en los segmentos que están al día en los objetivos de los POP. +Como vasco, quiero, con voz humilde y sencilla pero firme, trasladar al Parlamento Europeo el sentimiento de quiebra de una esperanza de paz que la sociedad española y especialmente la vasca han albergado durante todo este tiempo. +Tenemos también a una delegación del parlamento estonio, encabezada por su presidente, Sr. Tunne Kelam, y quisiera señalar el papel que desempeña la Comisión Parlamentaria Mixta en las negociaciones en curso que deben concluir, también en ese caso, con la adhesión a la Unión Europea. +Debo decir que la Mesa del Parlamento ha adoptado esta mañana, en su reunión, las medidas necesarias para velar por la aplicación idónea de las disposiciones de la resolución antes mencionada. +Pero si el dinero recaudado es distribuido a los clubes que se encargan de la educación, de la formación de los jóvenes, la acción de interés colectivo permite una exención de la norma de la competencia. +Si no cumplimos con nuestro deber de elaborar una directiva europea para la protección de los deportistas, incluidos los profesionales, no lucharemos contra las raíces y las causas del dopaje. +Actualmente, el paquete fiscal europeo atraviesa graves dificultades, sin embargo, dicho paquete no solo representa una importante iniciativa para luchar contra la competencia perjudicial en el campo fiscal, sino también un elemento esencial para nuestra estrategia para el empleo. +Pero volviendo a la posición del Parlamento -que creo que es una posición muy equilibrada- en relación con la Conferencia Intergubernamental, yo le diría al Consejo que no haga un planteamiento de vuelo bajo en esta cuestión. +Sin embargo, no se preguntó a los ciudadanos y éste es mi consejo de cara a esta conferencia gubernamental antes de que se ponga en marcha la construcción del imperio: pregunten a los ciudadanos europeos si desean que la evolución siga este camino. +La competitividad europea tampoco es ahora óptima, los mercados comunitarios no funcionan de la forma debida y se ha detenido la nivelación de precios de los bienes de consumo entre los Estados miembros en la zona de la UEM. +Sigue faltando un debate público en esos países y un diálogo social, una participación del ámbito regional y local. Todo esto, que entre nosotros se da por sentado, no puede tener lugar allí porque los instrumentos de la UE no lo permiten. +No obstante, también sabemos que los medios no militares y los medios diplomáticos a menudo sólo tienen un efecto real si existe una amenaza militar creíble en un segundo plano. +Yo quisiera señalar que en el informe provisional de la Comisión sobre la República Checa se citaba una ciudad checa de tamaño medio donde se ha construido una valla en una calle, mediante la cual los checos se mantienen separados de los gitanos. +Creo que en enero se podrá y se deberá comenzar porque tenemos en cartera muchos asuntos: Amsterdam, los flecos de Amsterdam, la cohesión, la codecisión, el tema de la seguridad y la defensa, la Carta de derechos fundamentales, así como la reforma del Tratado. +Supongo que este asunto interesa al Gobierno finlandés, pero a pesar de que he planteado esta cuestión ante un miembro del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores finlandés, seguimos sin obtener ninguna información y el hombre será juzgado hoy y mañana. +Su juicio se está celebrando en Rusia, y ya mucho antes de emprenderse el proceso judicial, la Unión Europea hizo un llamamiento para que la persona en cuestión tenga un juicio adecuado que cumpla con la normativa. +También he leído con agrado que la Presidenta Nicole Fontaine reaccionó prontamente ante la confirmación de esa sentencia y también que intervendría ante el presidente de la Gran Asamblea Nacional de Turquía para que ésta no confirmara la ejecución de la pena de muerte. +Negar las ayudas financieras propuestas por la Comisión para los próximos tres años y para la potenciación de la Unión Aduanera significaría, especialmente en este dramático momento que ve el país mediterráneo postrado a causa de un catastrófico terremoto, contribuir a aumentar en Turquía una espiral perversa, cuyas consecuencias son inimaginables. +La Comisión coincide con la Comisión de Medio Ambiente en que las condiciones de los espacios cerrados repercuten seriamente sobre la salud, pero no creemos que esta propuesta sea el vehículo para estudiar cómo debemos resolver este problema. +Para ello, convendrá que recordemos por un momento por qué tenemos esta directiva sobre la mesa y desde luego no es por el gusto de recoger algunos datos -ya se recogen suficientes-, sino que el motivo es que se alcanzó un compromiso voluntario con los fabricantes de automóviles. +En la segunda parte del fundamento se menciona al segundo y al tercer pilar en la estrategia para el dióxido de carbono y los turismos, es decir, a la información a los consumidores y al uso de medidas fiscales. +Creo que sería positivo, y también lo he planteado en la comisión, incluso he enviado una carta preguntando por qué no puede utilizarse la misma señal, la misma señal de advertencia, la pictografía que se utiliza en el mundo del transporte internacional. +Como ponente, estaría de acuerdo con la enmienda 23, si a la parte introductoria, que es objeto de esta enmienda, se le añaden tres palabras: Entonces la enmienda quedaría como sigue: " condiciones climáticas especiales de ciertas zonas alpinas o de zonas comparables a las regiones mediterráneas y nórdicas" . +La presente propuesta tiene como objetivo actualizar la actual legislación relativa a la comercialización de materiales forestales de reproducción para tener en cuenta el ingreso de nuevos Estados miembros a partir de 1975, el mercado interior y los avances científicos. +Propone que se le asigne a Portugal, a efectos de cálculo, una cantidad suplementaria de 83.468 toneladas para la campaña 1999-2000 y, para la campaña 2001, la diferencia entre la cuota calculada por la cantidad realmente transformada en 1997-1998 y la calculada al sustituir esta cantidad por 884 592 toneladas. +Señor Presidente, la actual organización común de mercados había dado muestras de agotamiento, ya que no era capaz de responder a los nuevos desafíos de un mercado como el de los productos pesqueros, muy globalizado y competitivo, en una Unión Europea muy dependiente de las importaciones. +Doy las gracias a mis colegas, a los funcionarios de la Comisión de Pesca y a los de la Comisión por su ayuda en la elaboración de este informe y quiero felicitar a la Sra. Fraga Estévez por la presentación de su amplísimo informe. +Y como aún están pendientes cuestiones como la pena de muerte, y en concreto la del líder kurdo Ocalan, desearía pedir la devolución de ambos informes a comisión, con el fin de que el Gobierno de Turquía dé una señal positiva ante la Unión Europea. +Ahora bien, la resolución, que, en el artículo 3, pretende situar la seguridad y la salud de los trabajadores por encima "de consideraciones de carácter puramente económico", se contradice a sí misma en el artículo 2, al negarse a "imponer obligaciones... [que] se opondrían a la creación y al desarrollo de pequeñas y medianas empresas". +Esta explicación de voto no altera la postura que hemos mostrado anteriormente a raíz de la tramitación por el Parlamento Europeo del informe de los Sres. Dimitrakopoulos y Leinen sobre los preparativos de la próxima conferencia gubernamental. +En efecto, el período transitorio de tres años habrá tenido, al menos, el mérito de demostrarnos que se puede vivir muy bien, por un lado, con un euro con vida propia -que, además, es más bien caótica en los mercados internacionales- y, por otro lado, con unas monedas nacionales que siguen en circulación, para mayor satisfacción de los consumidores. +Señor Presidente he votado en contra del Informe Torres Marques relativo a la introducción del euro, porque mi partido, el Partido Socialista de los Países Bajos, siempre ha sido contrario a la introducción de una moneda comunitaria. +Por eso hoy, al igual que el Consejo Ecofin de la Comisión Europea y que nuestra ponente, pienso que la reducción del período transitorio de tres años podría suscitar dificultades técnicas muy importantes, que pondrían en peligro el proceso del paso sin contratiempos al euro. +La actuación dinámica de la Comisión en estrecha cooperación con la delegación del Parlamento Europeo ha puesto de manifiesto que la Comisión con su completa estrategia de negociación había tendido los raíles que conducirían hacia un posible éxito. +Aunque es fundamental centrarse en los detalles de procedimiento, ninguna mejora de la organización compensará la mayor pérdida de Seattle, la pérdida de convicción política en los méritos de una liberalización del comercio abierta y basada en disposiciones multilaterales. +Por último, los miembros de la OMC deben por fin escuchar a las 1.200 organizaciones no gubernamentales de casi 100 países que han firmado una declaración exigiendo que no se siga adelante con la liberalización hasta que se examinen las repercusiones sociales y medioambientales de la actual liberalización y se solucionen los problemas. +Como muy bien ha explicado la Sra. Pack en su intervención, hemos llegado a un acuerdo que, para todos nosotros -y así lo han dicho claramente los parlamentarios-, es una piedra angular en la construcción de una Europa de los ciudadanos. +La próxima iniciativa legislativa podría atañer una vez más al sector de los seguros, en particular a alguna forma de armonización de las normas relativas a la indemnización del daño a la persona que tantas disparidades y tantas injusticias está creando en la Unión Europea. +Cuando pienso que solo el 30% del transporte de carburantes transcurre circunvalando Suiza, entonces debemos hacer uso de los contingentes para volver a aplicar el camino más corto posible en lugar de cargar en exceso a los países periféricos más allá de cualquier estadística. +Esta sustancia, utilizada como desinfectante agrícola principalmente en zonas bien delimitadas de cultivos de regiones mediterráneas, tiene ya una comercialización y utilización severamente restringidas en mi país y ha sido ya sustituida en todos los casos en que se ha probado la existencia de alternativas adecuadas. +La enmienda 27 introduciría un procedimiento acelerado para incluir en la normativa nuevas sustancias que agotan la capa de ozono, lo que sería de utilidad para aplazar inversiones poco prudentes, al tiempo que beneficia a la capa de ozono. +De hecho, los miembros de la comisión consideran que en estos momentos la Unión Europea está enfocando el tema de los alimentos genéticamente modificados de una manera bastante confusa. +Porque, se lo aseguro, mi opinión es que el talón de Aquiles del reglamento, que además creo que abre las puertas a la adulteración legal, a la transgresión y a la distorsión, es que no es posible definir en alimentos compuestos qué y cuánto contienen de un producto alterado genéticamente. +Por ello me asombra que se diga que la señora Comisaria Wallström no desea esperar a la revisión definitiva y que en su lugar ha respaldado la oferta de la industria de cumplir la revisión de la directiva sobre OGM, ya antes de su aprobación. +Con la propuesta de enmienda del Reglamento nº 1139/98, por el que se establece unos límites mínimos del contenido adventicio de material GM autorizado, respondemos al mandato del Consejo sobre el etiquetado de los productos alimenticios producidos a partir de OGM. +Me alegro de que el Consejo Europeo haya fijado las grandes líneas de la nueva política europea de seguridad y defensa desarrollando, en particular, las capacidades militares y no militares de intervención rápida de la Unión. +Recogiendo los deseos del Parlamento, también comentaré las opiniones de la Presidencia sobre la situación de Chechenia y repasaré los resultados más importantes de la cumbre de la OSCE celebrada en Estambul en el mes de noviembre. +Entre los desafíos que tenemos por delante se encuentran los cambios demográficos y el aumento de la competencia originado por la globalización, de los cuales se deriva la necesidad de fomentar la innovación y la reforma estructural. +¿Cómo se ha escapado del control de la Unión la Agencia Mundial Antidopaje, que actúa como doctor y supervisor de las enfermedades del deporte, sobre la que presentó un informe el 1.12. la Comisaria, Sra. Viviane Reding, y en la que la Unión debía desempeñar un importante papel? +No podremos impedir la desigualdad cada vez mayor entre los ciudadanos y entre las sociedades, si no somos capaces de regular los impuestos mínimos en toda la zona del mercado interno. +Siento una comunidad cultural mucho más fuerte con los turcos y los kurdos progresistas que luchan en favor de la justicia, la libertad y la democracia. Y es para mí motivo de alegría que un día se les pueda dar la bienvenida a una comunidad de cooperación europea. +En esta cuestión se logró alcanzar el objetivo que la Presidencia finlandesa se había fijado, a saber: ya en la Conferencia celebrada previamente en Helsinki, los Estados miembros y los países asociados estuvieron de acuerdo en que hay que trazar un plan de acción. +El ejemplo de la OMC ha demostrado que las cadenas europeas podrían haber tenido una presencia mucho mayor y que es importante que estemos en la primera línea de la cobertura informativa si queremos desempeñar un papel dirigente en el mundo. +¿No considera la Comisión que las empresas en cuestión utilizan la oferta de realizar nuevas obras de infraestructura para proteger su monopolio y que dichas obras contravendrían la política europea favorable a un equilibrio más ponderado entre los distintos medios de transporte? +Pero quisiera añadir lo siguiente: por mucho que se invierta en infraestructuras -y en la conferencia de donantes que se celebrará a comienzos del nuevo año examinaremos las promesas concretas-, por mucho que se gaste en infraestructuras, lo decisivo es fomentar un comercio más amplio y libre entre los países de esa región e incluso dentro de uno o dos países de esa región. +Al mismo tiempo, la Comisión seguirá acompañando el proceso de reformas políticas y económicas en ese país conforme al vigente acuerdo de cooperación y mediante el programa PHARE o el nuevo instrumento financiero que substituirá a PHARE. +En conclusión, señor Presidente, la Comisión no considera que la nueva política en materia de restricciones verticales pueda provocar en el sector de la cerveza y en el sector de la hostelería en Bélgica importantes cambios estructurales que pongan en peligro la cultura de la cerveza en ese país. +Se trata de pequeñas y medianas empresas que, con un elevado nivel de eficacia, requieren tan pocos empleados que cumplen los criterios de la UE para la concesión de ayudas estatales a las PYME, pero que, al mismo tiempo, pueden competir en desigualdad de condiciones y provocan una distorsión de la competencia en el mercado. +Poco satisfactoria porque -como también se ha visto en la Cumbre de Helsinki- tenemos un Consejo que hace promesas con una gran alegría y luego la autoridad presupuestaria, de la cual en cualquier caso también forma parte el Consejo, tiene que buscar la manera de que todo vuelva a cuadrar. +El Consejo Europeo de Berlín se obsesionó con los recortes presupuestarios, no sólo inició el declive de la dotación de las políticas estructurales respecto a los niveles alcanzados en 1999, sino que olvidó que había otras políticas comunitarias. +Los países ya pobres de la región son aún más pobres, las condiciones de vida de su población se ven agravadas y las bombas no han puesto fin a los chovinismos opuestos. +Señor Presidente, a medida que se amplían las competencias de la Unión Europea también crece la importancia del Tribunal de Cuentas Europeo, que desde el Tratado de Maastricht es un órgano autónomo de la Comunidad. +Los hechos del año pasado resaltan la necesidad de que tengamos un Tribunal capaz de criticar en caso necesario tanto a la Comisión como a los Estados miembros que, después de todo, son responsables de la gestión del 85% de los recursos, aproximadamente. +No obstante, sabemos que es en cierto modo obligatorio para la Unión Europea, según la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño de las Naciones Unidas, que el Comisario esté en condiciones de informar acerca de lo que se está haciendo en favor de los niños. +El proceso de armonización tiene la finalidad de alcanzar los niveles más elevados de seguridad y de protección medioambiental y representa un importante aliciente de cara a la calidad, con ventajas tanto para la industria como para los consumidores. +Las normas establecidas en el Acuerdo Paralelo coinciden con las del Acuerdo UNECE, sin embargo se prevé un procedimiento de toma de decisiones específico cuando un proyecto de reglamento no se examina en el marco del acuerdo de 1958. +Hace dos semanas celebramos aquí un simposio con varios congresistas americanos en el que se debatió de manera detallada esta cuestión, o sea, la elaboración de una filosofía común basada en las exigencias económicas y ecológicas con vistas a la armonización de las normas técnicas. +Esto me lleva a un asunto muy importante que el Parlamento también ha planteado en una resolución, a saber, la cuestión de la energía nuclear como opción para los proyectos de mecanismos de desarrollo no contaminantes. +Agradezco el compromiso del Parlamento de ayudar a divulgar la importancia de la lucha contra el cambio climático en toda Europa y entre sus homólogos de otros países, en particular el Congreso de los Estados Unidos. +Por eso, en la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, seguimos proponiendo las energías renovables y que se adopten medidas claras en el transporte; no sólo en el transporte por carretera que es el que más emisiones de CO2 produce, sino también en el transporte aéreo que también genera muchas emisiones y, hasta ahora, no se ha tasado como se debiera. +Tal como se señala en la resolución, creo que ha llegado la hora de que la UE muestre el camino a seguir y que se atreva a estar en la vanguardia, que deje tras de sí a EE.UU., con su falta de voluntad y con su inflexibilidad, y que ratifique el Acuerdo de Kioto junto a otros países. +Esto afecta, sobre todo, a los cupos del comercio de residuos y materiales contaminantes, el cual es un medio eficaz para reducir los desechos contaminantes, siempre que se regule para este comercio una normativa clara basada en los mecanismos de la economía de mercado. +Necesitaremos la colaboración y ayuda de la industria para salir adelante y se precisarán también las iniciativas de los ciudadanos, en todos los países miembros, para obtener la fuerza y el apoyo necesarios para la adopción de medidas. +Por eso, deseo manifestar todo el aprecio y el aplauso a las posiciones aquí adoptadas por los representantes de la Presidencia de la Comisión y sumarme de todo corazón al homenaje rendido por el Comisario Christopher Patten al gobernador Vasco Rocha Vieira. +Macao ofrece oportunidades para el comercio, para el diálogo y para el compromiso, que es el modo de llevar la libertad y la democracia a la dictadura comunista de la República Popular China. +Pero sí debe preocuparnos el mantenimiento del Estado de derecho, el mantenimiento de las libertades públicas, el mantenimiento de los derechos humanos, como señala el Sr. Watson en su valiosa rectificación. +Esto, sin embargo, no impedirá una colaboración continua y sustantiva a lo largo de todo este espacio de tiempo que nos permita a los quince Estados miembros confluir en posiciones comunes; y esa confluencia será factor decisivo tanto del contenido de las posiciones que mantengamos como de la fuerza con que contaremos para impulsarlas en junio. +Señor Presidente, los representantes de 189 países adoptaron en 1995, durante la cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer, organizada por la ONU en Beijing, una plataforma de acción y una declaración por las que los Gobiernos participantes se comprometían a mejorar la situación de las mujeres. +Debo recordarles que bajo la Presidencia española del Consejo la UE se pronunció con una sola voz a favor de la mujer y que, gracias a esta firmeza, pudo abordar puntos importantes en las negociaciones, que luego quedaron reflejados en la plataforma de acción. +Por esa razón, quisiera formular una pregunta muy concreta al Consejo, y esperamos que la respuesta revista la misma claridad. ¿Cuál será el papel de los diputados europeos en la próxima reunión de Nueva York, la Conferencia "Beijing más 5"? +No pretendemos formular nuevos objetivos; lo que queremos es analizar y evaluar sin ambages los siguientes aspectos. ¿En qué ámbitos han progresado los Estados miembros, dónde debemos poner más de nuestra parte, dónde necesitamos más esfuerzos para que la Unión Europea pueda conseguir en Nueva York una mejora de la situación de las mujeres en Europa y en el resto del mundo? +El debate se reanudará -señora Theorin, quizá fuera ésta su pregunta- después de la declaración de la Comisión y desgraciadamente también después de los debates del Informe Papayannakis y del Informe Keppelhoff-Wiechert, pero en todo caso se reanudará antes del turno de preguntas previsto para las 17.30 horas. +Hemos propuesto un modo de impulsar el programa TACIS que no penalice a otros países, que permita hacer una distinción entre el avance de la democracia y los derechos humanos, por un lado, y otros programas, por otro. +Creo, por lo tanto, que antes de adoptar cualquier medida se ha de averiguar prestando atención a los científicos y a los técnicos que avanzan en la ciencia continuamente, si es correcto continuar a prohibir a lo largo del tiempo determinadas sustancias y si, sobre la base de las investigaciones realizadas por los científicos, cada paso que damos es realmente importante. +Los estudios son particularmente ilustrativos: el nivel de ozono ha bajado entre un 6 y un 10% en veinte años; en 1996, el agujero se extendió a lo largo de 20 millones de km2 durante más de 40 días, y se ha observado una disminución sin precedentes del 46% de la capa de ozono sobre Escandinavia, Groenlandia y Siberia. +¿No es natural, no es normal, habida cuenta de lo que cada uno representa, en esta Asamblea, desde el punto de vista de las convicciones, de las corrientes de ideas, que la izquierda y la derecha no puedan estar completamente de acuerdo sobre estas cuestiones? +Se puso en relación la salud reproductiva con los derechos humanos, puesto que se estableció que los derechos humanos de la mujer incluyen su derecho a controlar y decidir libre y responsablemente en temas relacionados con su sexualidad, es decir, también la salud sexual y reproductiva. +En efecto, la Comisión ha adoptado el enfoque del palo y la zanahoria: la zanahoria han sido los grandes esfuerzos para reunir a las partes y conseguir que aprueben una solución a través de la negociación. +Lo que ha llevado a Francia a esta decisión es la insuficiencia de las garantías en cuanto a la definición y a la aplicación de programas de pruebas médicas, y sobre todo la ausencia de reglamentación en materia de etiquetado y de trazabilidad en el plano europeo. +Por otra parte, ¿acaso la Comisión y el Consejo no continúan oponiéndose, con mucha razón, al levantamiento del embargo sobre la carne de bovino tratada con hormonas, procedente de los Estados Unidos, a pesar de las exhortaciones de la OMC, basándose en un razonamiento similar al del Gobierno francés? +Creo que debemos saludar los esfuerzos de diálogo que se han emprendido por parte británica, desde el comienzo de la crisis de la "vaca loca", para mejorar la situación, para mejorar la seguridad alimentaria. +Preguntado por la naturaleza de las inversiones previstas por la empresa Gardaland, el BEI justificó la imposibilidad de facilitar los documentos pertinentes invocando el carácter confidencial de sus relaciones con sus clientes. +Quisiera preguntar si el Consejo, que está, y con razón, muy preocupado por la situación del centro de Europa, abriga también alguna preocupación por la situación de regiones como la región autónoma de las Azores, que en este momento padece grandes problemas, en particular después del desastre aéreo del pasado fin de semana. +Señor Presidente, con motivo de la celebración en agosto de 1999 del 50 aniversario de los cuatro Convenios de Ginebra, la Unión Europea aprovechó para ratificar su compromiso de fomentar el Derecho humanitario internacional en el escenario de todos los conflictos armados. +Ésta es la cuestión política, independientemente de otras cuestiones que tienen que ver, por ejemplo, con el potencial humano con el saber tecnológico para cuestiones afines, personas que se han quedado sin trabajo, en relación con los laboratorios de la Unión Soviética y algunas otras cuestiones. +La posición del Consejo, presentada en segunda lectura, sigue siendo débil en este sentido y, en particular, no protege las pequeñas y medianas empresas y la artesanía contra la ineficacia del aparato público y del poder excesivo de las grandes empresas. +La propuesta de la Comisión de una directiva sobre el retraso de los pagos comprende un conjunto de medidas para luchar contra dicho retraso en las transacciones comerciales en la Comunidad Europea. +Parece haberse acordado que si nosotros presentamos enmiendas a la propuesta de reglamento de la Comisión el Consejo no aprobará el procedimiento simplificado, a saber la aprobación del procedimiento de postergación en el marco de la codecisión. +Si lo desean usted y los diputados al Parlamento, podría referirme a las cuestiones para las que he venido; si no, podría responder, en la medida de mis posibilidades, a las preguntas que han formulado los dos oradores anteriores sobre las cuestiones planteadas ayer en el Consejo. +Y llega la Comisión el 15 de noviembre y nos dice: «No hemos podido concluir, por favor, una prórroga de un año.» Pero, añade que eso se hará sobre una nueva base legal, como de hecho debe hacerse después del Tratado de Amsterdam, según el artículo 152 del Tratado. +A fin de cuentas, éstos estaban obligados a crear las condiciones necesarias para un sistema fiable de identificación de la procedencia de los bovinos y garantizar el correcto funcionamiento de sus bases de datos electrónicas para el 31 de diciembre del año en curso. +Gracias a este procedimiento, el sistema obligatorio podrá introducirse antes de la fecha prevista en la propuesta de la Comisión y todas las partes implicadas tendrán tiempo suficiente para alcanzar una solución duradera y satisfactoria. +Si Francia debe pagar - será el Tribunal el que quizá lo diga - los políticos asumirán sus responsabilidades. Pero tampoco debemos olvidar que aquellos que no han respetado las normas sobre el tratamiento de las harinas y que nos han conducido a esta situación también deben pagar. +Cualquier enmienda del Parlamento a la propuesta de la Comisión que sea contraria a la orientación acordada ayer por el Consejo bloqueará con la misma seguridad los avances hacia la consecución de un acuerdo antes del final de este año. +Esta hormona no se utiliza nunca con fines terapéuticos, solamente se utiliza para producir más leche, y esto nos puede complicar la vida, puesto que somos excedentarios en productos lácteos y además pueden surgir problemas y reacciones negativas para nuestra agricultura, ya que pueden suscitarse contradicciones en las nuevas orientaciones de nuestra política agraria comunitaria. +Deseo aprovechar esta ocasión para agradecer, en nombre de mi pueblo, la atención y la solidaridad manifestadas por los diputados europeos al aprobar innumerables resoluciones de apoyo al ejercicio del derecho a la libre determinación de mi pueblo. +Desde la llegada del Representante Especial del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas estamos consolidando los mecanismos de consulta para que los timorenses tengan una voz en este proceso de transición. +Queremos aprender a ser responsables para con la comunidad internacional en el desarrollo de nuestro país, pero, después de un largo período de activismo político y de lucha, sentimos hoy que llevamos una gran carga sobre los hombros, porque somos responsables de la felicidad y la libertad que prometimos a nuestro pueblo. +Señora Presidenta, había pedido a la administración del Parlamento que garantizase la comunicación en forma pública al Parlamento de los miembros de la asamblea que van a participar en la Carta. Por vía administrativa se me respondió afirmativamente a tal petición. +Señora Presidenta, aprovechando la intervención del Sr. Poettering, quisiera señalar a su atención que yo ayer, a propósito de la resolución sobre Chechenia, planteé un problema de la misma naturaleza exactamente y señalé a la atención de Sus Señorías la necesidad de observación estricta del Reglamento. +En este sentido, debemos deplorar la falta de rigor del comisario encargado del presupuesto, quien, a solicitud de la Comisión de Presupuestos, resultó incapaz de dar una estimación en cifras de los importes necesarios en euros, ya que lo hizo solamente en dólares. +Dar a las empresas del Reino Unido la seguridad de introducirse en estos mercados contribuirá a alcanzar dicho objetivo, impulsará las relaciones comerciales, el crecimiento y el empleo tanto en el Noroeste como en toda Gran Bretaña. +Tenemos la impresión de ver un sistema institucional que va a la deriva, incapaz de imaginar su futuro, a menos que el Consejo lo sepa sin atreverse a decirlo, y que parece estar prisionero de las consecuencias de una decisión de ampliación que no logra dominar. +En consecuencia, tras una prudente ponderación de la situación, me declaro firmemente a favor de la continuación de este embargo, pues esto también supone una señal al ejército indonesio, y esperamos que lo sea también para las fuerzas democráticas indonesias, de quienes suponemos que se verán reforzadas por esta actitud. +Señor Presidente, estimados damas y caballeros diputados: la Comisión acoge con satisfacción este debate y se felicita igualmente por las intervenciones producidas hasta ahora en el mismo, pues ponen de manifiesto que la Unión Europea es consciente de su responsabilidad en la evolución de Indonesia y que seguirá esforzándose por el establecimiento de un orden político estable y democrático en este país. +Este derecho está establecido también en la Constitución de Kuwait, tal y como dice la resolución, y naturalmente es loable que el Gobierno kuwaití y el Parlamento hayan procedido a su implantación. Sólo que se ha hecho de una forma especialmente desafortunada. +El caso de las mujeres afganas nos sirve para visualizar el problema de la falta de respeto de los derechos humanos que se produce cada día en todos los rincones del planeta y también en nuestra Europa. +En un momento en que las Navidades se están acercando, esta circunstancia ofrece la oportunidad, entre la enorme cantidad de violaciones de los derechos humanes en todo el mundo, a los musulmanes y a los cristianos de unirse frente a la fuerzas del mar. +Nuestra intervención no puede basarse en los sondeos de popularidad de los diversos candidatos presidenciales y con referencia a los principales asuntos electorales en debate en un Estado soberano sobre los cuales se van a pronunciar en breve los electores de Nicaragua y sobre los cuales compete a ellos, y sólo a ellos, compete pronunciarse. +Un mes después, el espectáculo revelado por el descenso de las aguas ha confirmado las proporciones del desastre -más allá de las vidas humanas-, lo que exige que se vuelva a plantear un esfuerzo de prevención. +Hay que conseguir que las cosechas de referencia alcancen cuanto antes unos niveles acordes con la realidad, o bien empezar a reflexionar nuevamente sobre el fundamento y la consideración de las cosechas de referencia como compensación ante la caída del precio de los cereales. +En lugar de esto, ha decidido en el marco del antiguo Reglamento 820/97, de acuerdo con el artículo 19 de las disposiciones de ejecución, que los estados tengan ahora hasta el 1.9.2000 la posibilidad de continuar con el sistema voluntario Tampoco considero que esto sea acertado. +En consecuencia, la Comisión ha propuesto ampliar la validez de la Decisión 96/411/CE durante otros tres años, introduciendo algunos pequeños cambios, con los que se pretende, sobre todo, o simplificar la aplicación de este plan de acción o reducir los retrasos en el pago de las contribuciones comunitarias. +¿Qué postura adopta la Presidencia de la UE ante la declaración del Primer Ministro de un país que continúa manteniendo en vigor la exclusión del Partido Democrático Kurdo de las elecciones y es responsable de crímenes sin precedentes contra los pueblos que habitan en su territorio? +En el marco de la política exterior y de seguridad común, se han tratado en repetidas ocasiones y regularmente las iniciativas del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, sobre todo en el grupo de trabajo pertinente de la PESC. +El 29 de diciembre de 1998, la Presidencia ha emitido una declaración en nombre de la Unión Europea que apoya sin trabas los esfuerzos de las Naciones Unidas por lograr una solución justa y duradera. +Esta decisión va a hacer posible una distribución ordenada y a tiempo de las fuerzas necesarias para la ejecución del plan y al mismo tiempo va a facilitar la ejecución diaria de las operaciones de MINURSO. +Y si los Tratados establecen que, en esta materia, hay que progresar sobre la base de una decisión por unanimidad, pienso que el Consejo tendrá que apoyar las normas jurídicas que nos hemos dado nosotros y que se ha dado el Consejo en el Tratado de Amsterdam. +Eso explica seguramente que, en el caso de ciertos Comisarios -no digo todos-, lo que los expertos afirmaron, a saber, la pérdida de control de la administración, se haya debido en parte al papel cada vez más importante de dichos gabinetes. +Por tanto, si queremos mejorar el funcionamiento de la Unión Europea y de todas las instituciones europeas, ese mejoramiento dependerá enteramente de una aplicación consecuente y profunda del principio de la subsidiariedad en todos los terrenos. +La Comisión Europea, sin embargo, ha expresado un juicio crítico respecto a esta primera etapa considerando que los progresos, sobre todo en lo que se refiere a la transposición de la legislación comunitaria, han sido más lentos y más inciertos de lo que era necesario y posible hacer. +Es más, la tenacidad y la convicción con la que Praga ha perseguido su adhesión a la Alianza Atlántica subraya, si cabe, la convicción política del país para integrarse en las diferentes estructuras continentales, sean éstas cuales sean. +En esa dirección, me parece necesario volver a decir que es preciso una reforma institucional que prepare a esta Unión antes de la ampliación y, en segundo lugar, que es preciso que la Unión tenga los medios necesarios para hacer frente al reto de la ampliación. +Pero hablamos al respecto, por lo que debemos hacer ahora lo necesario para que esta visión que cada vez se hace más realidad sea una realidad palpable en un tiempo previsible y de este modo podamos dar la bienvenida a los pueblos de la Europa central en la Unión Europea y en el Parlamento Europeo. +La aplicación de la legislación medioambiental constituye un enorme reto para las administraciones de los países candidatos, por lo que es necesario apoyar desde la UE estas actividades también por medio de la formación y el intercambio de información. +Esperemos que todos los Estados miembros actuales se hayan dado cuenta y sean participantes en el régimen de moneda única antes de la ampliación, para que los candidatos no tengan ninguna posibilidad de elección sobre el particular. +Los actuales Estados miembros ya han logrado, previamente a la ampliación, grandes ventajas gracias a las reformas y los esfuerzos que han realizado los países candidatos con el fin de cumplir los criterios que se les ha impuesto. +La comunicación analiza algunas preguntas prácticas que son relevantes para la constitución de unas estrategias nacionales para la adopción del acervo por parte de los países de la Europa central y oriental, sin anticiparse sobre la asignación de los fondos procedentes de los instrumentos de preadhesión. +En sectores como el de la cerveza, pero también el de los hidrocarburos, en los que el planteamiento actual satisface a las empresas que actúan en el mercado, hay que hacer una excepción a la reglamentación general u optar por un planteamiento específico por sector. +Después de que el Consejo haya adoptado el Reglamento del Consejo, la Comisión presentará una propuesta de Reglamento por categoría para todos los acuerdos verticales por debajo de cierto umbral de partes de mercado. +Como conclusión, y al igual que han hecho todos los demás, también yo desearía expresar mi gratitud a nuestro anterior presidente, el Sr. Newman, quien ha llevado a cabo una labor excepcional a la hora de dejar de manifiesto la importancia de Comisión de Peticiones. +Señor Presidente, tengo la intención de hablar acerca del anexo del informe del Sr. Newman que trata de mi labor como mediadora del Presidente respecto de los niños secuestrados y trasladados fuera del país, pero antes que nada quisiera rendir homenaje al Sr. Newman. +Naturalmente, el meollo de la crisis y el motivo que condujo a la dimisión de la Comisión son la mala gestión económica y el hecho de que se ha perdido en parte el control de los gastos. +Desearía preguntar al Comisario Monti cómo esta preparando la Comisión este reglamento con arreglo al Tratado de Amsterdam, ya que su elaboración representa también un elemento esencial para solucionar esta crisis institucional que ha provocado su dimisión. +De ahí que naturalmente deba modificarse el apartado 2 del artículo 3 del Estatuto del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo para que el Defensor del Pueblo tenga acceso pleno y sin barreras a todos los documentos relevantes. +El control que, a través de Defensor del Pueblo, pueden ejercer los ciudadanos sobre el funcionamiento de nuestra administración no puede sino animarnos a trabajar mejor, a corregir nuestros errores y a aumentar la transparencia de nuestra labor. +El otro punto planteado por el Parlamento, por su Comisión de Peticiones y por el propio Defensor del Pueblo, se refiere al código de conducta administrativa destinado a las Instituciones y a los órganos europeos. +En mi opinión, esta actitud da muestras de una gran irresponsabilidad. ¡Este tipo de declaraciones sólo se hacen por ignorancia o porque el Sr. Ferber no ha leído ni el Libro Blanco ni el informe aprobado en comisión! +Aunque este informe no es un texto legislativo, representa, en términos de política de transporte, la culminación de una intensa labor que abarca muchos aspectos y que sin duda abrirá la puerta a una propuesta legislativa en el futuro. +Entre las mejoras que es preciso introducir figura un enfoque regional de la gestión de la pesca, que abarcaría a todos los Estados costeros y a todas las naciones que pescan en aguas distantes y que van a pescar el atún al Océano Índico. +El Acuerdo sobre los bancos de peces, de las Naciones Unidas, que se aplica al atún y a otros bancos de peces sumamente migratorios, estipula otras condiciones, con inclusión de una descripción detallada del enfoque cautelar. +Esta circunstancia exige modificaciones en las leyes internacionales -como por ejemplo en el seno de las Naciones Unidas-, una posibilidad que no ha sido aprovechada por los miembros permanentes del Consejo de Seguridad. +Naturalmente, supone muchos problemas prácticos y, por supuesto, existirá oposición, también tenemos esa experiencia en los Países Bajos, sobre todo si no se aclara que las inversiones y las tasas son necesarias para mantener los territorios densamente poblados, habitables y accesibles. +La Comisión, como he dicho, ya está examinando estos importantes problemas en un marco más amplio y se ha comprometido a afrontarlos adecuadamente cubriendo, entre otras cosas, el conjunto de las expectativas en materia de protección del portador. +Por otra parte, la Comisión ya se empleado a fondo para seguir con coherencia el conjunto de los problemas relacionados con la protección del portador en materia de dinero electrónico, unos problemas que, evidentemente, trascienden el problema del reembolso en sí. +Lamento que la comisión no haya estado de acuerdo con su ponente en este punto, el cual constituye, en mi opinión, una reivindicación muy concreta y muy importante de los consumidores europeos. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, querría expresar ante todo, en nombre del Grupo de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica, nuestro dolor ante la amplitud de esta catástrofe en el túnel del Mont Blanc, que ha causado la muerte de 41 personas. +Hay que efectuar un diagnóstico urgente sobre la seguridad en todos los túneles y, hasta tanto no se conozcan las conclusiones de la investigación, hay que tomar medidas de seguridad y de limitación del ritmo de circulación de los vehículos pesados. +Los representantes locales, las asociaciones de protección del emplazamiento y sus habitantes, no han esperado a que ocurrieran estos dramas para promover la cooperación transfronteriza y dar la voz de alarma. +Ese pueblo sigue padeciendo la situación creada por el Gobierno militar. Esta vez ha aparecido en las noticias porque no permitía la entrada en Birmania al marido de la Sra. Aung San Suu Kyi, gravemente enfermo. +Prefiero, en principio, que un mismo país tenga la responsabilidad de llegar a un arreglo en cuanto a semejante pasado. También mi Grupo opina que un tribunal ad hoc para el genocidio de Camboya ofrece más garantías de justicia para los camboyanos, ahora que las pruebas corren el riesgo de desaparecer. +Señor Presidente, el golpe de Estado en Níger, con el asesinato del Presidente Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, ha vuelto a sumir otro país africano en la oscuridad de los golpes militares y del bloqueo de un proceso, aunque parcial, de reconstrucción institucional. +El gobierno ha insistido verbalmente, pero también a través de los hechos, su «intención de lograr, para finales del año 2002, las condiciones de adhesión del país para la adhesión a la UE». +Yo también soy partidario de que se reduzca el transporte por carretera y se fomente el uso del ferrocarril y las vías navegables. Sin embargo, me niego a aceptar que el automóvil, los camiones y los autobuses se conviertan en chivo expiratorio de todos los males habidos y por haber. +Es imprescindible la cooperación para garantizar los derechos humanos fundamentales y, por lo tanto, también los derechos del niño; es igualmente necesario lograr la eficacia de esta cooperación entre los países candidatos y los actuales Estados miembros. +Asimismo, en las legislaciones de los países candidatos se deberán garantizar los derechos fundamentales tan claramente que sea posible actuar de una manera verdaderamente eficaz ante cualquier violación de los derechos humanos que tenga su origen en la violencia. +Ya se ha celebrado una reunión sobre el tema. El Bundesrat , la cámara de los länder alemanes, lamentó profundamente que el año 1999 no fuera designado año oficial de la lucha contra la violencia contra las mujeres, puesto que hubiera sido una baza complementaria importante. +Señor Presidente, en la página 9 del Acta se hace mención a tres intervenciones sucesivas, la mía, la del Sr. Fabre-Aubrespy y la del Sr. Wijsenbeek, relativas a la decisión, importante a mi parecer, de que la modificación de las competencias de las comisiones se vote por mayoría simple. +El efecto de una moción de censura estriba, según el párrafo segundo del artículo 144 del Tratado de la Comunidad Europea, en que los miembros de la Comisión deberán renunciar colectivamente a sus cargos. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0160/99) de los Sres. McMahon y Schiedermeier, en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, sobre «Los ciudadanos de la tercera edad en el siglo XXI: una vida por delante». +Las personas de edad avanzada -personas de la tercera edad o «panteras grises», como se los llama en los Estados Unidos; «poder gris» en el Reino Unido- representan una parte muy importante de la Comunidad. +Por un lado está el informe -una página y media- sobre las informaciones, congresos, resoluciones, peticiones e informes habidos hasta ahora, y, por el otro, el hecho de que desde la resolución de celebrar una conferencia a la que se llegó el 16 de Octubre de 1997 hasta la celebración de la misma los días 1 y 2 de Octubre de 1998 pasó casi un año. +Cesó toda actividad europea de apoyo y las asociaciones informativas existentes entre las organizaciones de las personas de edad a nivel europeo dejaron de ser financiadas, lo que condujo al letargo en una gran parte. +Quisiera referirme aún a un punto de la resolución concerniente a la participación de las personas de edad en procesos de decisión, incluidos los políticos, pues existe la tendencia de vanagloriarse de tener una lista de candidatos cuya media de edad sea lo más baja posible. +Lo lamento aún más porque todos hemos apreciado su trabajo en este Pleno, porque es verdad que se trata de una discriminación de personas mayores que cada vez serán más numerosas si colegas tan activos y lozanos como éstos no entran ya en la lista de candidatos. +Al contrario, son muchos los que, una vez jubilados, han emprendido nuevas tareas y proyectos, por no hablar de todos aquellos que lo primero que han hecho, una vez llegada la hora del retiro, ha sido materializar los sueños que habían venido alimentando durante su vida laboral. +En muchas regiones de Europa y, muy en particular, en la zona septentrional de los Países Bajos, el cultivo de patatas desempeña un papel primordial. Su desaparición perjudicaría seriamente la situación económica de dichas regiones. +Pero la aplicación de este sistema, desgraciadamente, sólo permite una compensación parcial de la desventaja, debilitando la posición de la industria europea en el mercado mundial, pero, asimismo, en nuestro propio mercado. +Por lo que respecta a la posibilidad de aplicar en Venecia las excepciones contempladas en la letra c) del apartado 3 del artículo 92, cabe señalar que corresponde a los Estados miembros notificar las regiones que cada uno de los países desea incluir en su mapa regional. +No contempla la posibilidad de volver sobre las decisiones que se han adoptado, sobre todo sobre una decisión que no ha sido sometida a votación, aunque hubiera obtenido el respaldo de la gran mayoría de la Asamblea. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0216/99) del Sr. Fayot, en nombre de la Comisión de Reglamento, Verificación de Credenciales e Inmunidades, sobre la modificación del Anexo V del Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo. +Finalmente, también hay una tercera propuesta -una propuesta de resolución- y, en esta propuesta de resolución el Parlamento hace sus observaciones sobre la gestión presupuestaria de la Comisión. +Si queremos asumir la responsabilidad derivada de ese número cada vez mayor de personas que se ven obligadas a recurrir a las modalidades atípicas de empleo, hemos de lograr que el trabajo de media jornada y las demás actividades laborales atípicas otorguen derecho a prestaciones en materia de seguridad social y pensiones. +Por consiguiente, son necesarias reformas estructurales muy considerables, que ha de impedir que las excesivas demandas del producto social por parte del estado, una presión fiscal excesiva y una excesiva sobrecarga por parte de la política social y de la política de subvencionamiento originen problemas por igual. +Usemos a la UE para generar las condiciones necesarias para la creación de empresas, de nuevos puestos de trabajo y para el crecimiento y no para asfixiar con burocracia a los empleos que necesitamos ni para sentarnos aquí y creer que podemos repartir o «palabrear» los nuevos empleos y las posibilidades futuras en nuestra Europa. +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores parlamentarios, antes de nada permítanme decirles que vertebraré mi intervención sobre los aspectos relativos a las grandes orientaciones de la política económica, o GOPE; el Sr. Mario Monti abordará el otro informe, es decir la ponencia Menrad sobre el pacto europeo para el empleo. +Por otra parte, en el contexto de una mejor integración del empleo en la política macroeconómica, su ponente sugiere la supresión del desdoblamiento actual entre las grandes orientaciones y las líneas directrices para el empleo. +Se refiere a la modernización de la protección social y de los sistemas impositivos para mejorar los incentivos y las oportunidades laborales para la entrada o el regreso al mercado laboral. +La Comisión de Control Presupuestario ha realizado sus deberes y en unión con la Presidencia alemana del Consejo ha logrado por unanimidad una posición común y aprobado recientemente el pertinente acuerdo interinstitucional. +En diciembre del año pasado la mayoría de esta Asamblea denegó la aprobación de la gestión y se devolvió a comisión porque había problemas de procedimiento que ahora se han resuelto, al modificarse nuestro Reglamento para que esté en consonancia con las disposiciones del Tratado. +En cuanto al Tribunal de Cuentas, solamente quiero decir que la típica manifestación de insuficiencia presupuestaria se ha podido resolver favorablemente, y casi sin esfuerzo, en el año 1997 gracias a la evolución favorable del euro -del ecu, en aquel momento- respecto de la moneda luxemburguesa. +Por esta razón, el Consejo y la Comisión, pero también el Parlamento, deben tener en cuenta lo que hemos decidido en el Informe Tatsos, por ejemplo, en relación con la financiación de los partidos, y debemos proceder de igual manera en la provisión de plazas y en los ascensos. +Planteamos la presentación de una moción de censura. Ello se llevó a cabo el 11 de enero por 70 diputados pertenecientes a todos los grupos políticos, quienes soportaron entonces condenas de toda índole, especialmente por parte del Presidente del Grupo Socialista. +No el problema reside en que 1998 se ha descubierto y yo quisiera pedirle, señor Liikanen, que comunique a sus colegas que en su día, en el verano, tuvimos un almuerzo arriba, en el piso 7 -entonces esto marchaba realmente con confianza y amistad- y les hicimos la siguiente oferta: sean ustedes francos, confiesennos sus errores, muestren sus fallos, estamos dispuestos a establecer compromisos. +Puesto que está sentada aquí la persona del Grupo Socialista que más cooperativamente se ha portado con nosotros, evitaré la crítica al Grupo Socialista. De lo contrario habría dicho yo lo siguiente: el Grupo Socialista es realmente el culpable del dilema ante el que nos encontramos hoy. +Es extraordinariamente importante intentar incluir todas esas pequeñas reformas en un reglamento financiero global y claro en el que se formulen claramente las funciones y los cometidos de cada uno de los copartícipes en la ejecución del presupuesto dentro de la Comisión, a saber, el ordenador, el interventor financiero y el contable. +Ella, la Sra. Palacio, se ha referido a su primera intervención y a la última, pero yo quiero decir que, entre una y otra, la actuación de la Sra. Palacio ha sido enormemente activa, competente e inteligente, y realmente nos hemos enriquecido todos, todas las instituciones, con el trabajo que ha venido realizando a lo largo de estos cinco años. +La decisión de la OMC en el caso de los plátanos exige de nosotros una regulación clara para los productores propios y para los productores ACP en lo que atañe al acceso adecuado de países terceros al mercado. +Ni la Comisión de Asuntos Sociales ni la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos entienden por qué la autorización a los Estados miembros para empezar un experimento no la puede dar la Comisión. +Por último, lo que me ha sorprendido y decepcionado un poco también, es el hecho de que la Comisión no se haya quedado con el control de la evaluación, de que ceda el control a los Estados miembros y de esta forma también la iniciativa para nuevas propuestas. +Las oportunidades de introducir reformas radicales que ofrece este nuevo comienzo sólo se podrán aprovechar plenamente si los tres órganos implicados -el Parlamento Europeo, el Consejo y la Comisión- mantienen una estrecha colaboración en un clima de plena confianza. +Ha habido cinco años de carencia absoluta, cinco años en que la Constitución europea ha sido tabú, y ahora portavoces de grandes grupos nos dan como el elemento fundamental del trabajo de la Comisión la elaboración de una Constitución europea. +Esto no siempre ha sido así en el pasado, y la cuestión del conflicto comercial sobre las importaciones de plátanos procedentes de los países ACP nos deja un sabor amargo. +Esperamos de usted un ejercicio firme de las prerrogativas del Presidente de la Comisión no solo como guardián de los Tratados y guardián del acervo europeo, sino también una valiente iniciativa de promoción de lo que queda por completar de la arquitectura institucional, al objeto de conferir realmente personalidad, identidad y fuerza a la Europa de después del euro. +La OTAN en primer lugar y en segundo lugar muchos países, pero también Europa que en el pasado siempre se distinguió en el plano de las ayudas humanitarias, no están a la altura del reto que se está planteando a raíz de esta guerra. +Cada año, a la hora de establecer el presupuesto y el programa de trabajo, deberemos examinar el estado de progreso de la realización del programa político que aprobaremos con el nuevo Colegio. +Cabría señalar, en mi opinión, que en la futura Comisión es necesaria también la contribución de aquellos comisarios actuales que hayan desempeñado bien sus funciones y hayan demostrado su compromiso renovador, ya que sin su participación no será posible emprender dichas reformas con la suficiente rapidez. +El Sr. Verheugen, en nombre de Consejo, ha subrayado la necesidad de un procedimiento rápido de toma de posesión y, por otra parte, el Sr. Cox, ha subrayado la conveniencia de un debate parlamentario de alto nivel sobre la aprobación de una nueva Comisión. +El Pacto Europeo por el Empleo por sí mismo no resolverá ese problema, pero puede hacer una contribución y constituye un reconocimiento digno de beneplácito por parte de los Estados miembros de que se pueden lograr más resultados mediante la cooperación que actuando cada país por separado. +Deberán ser normas internacionalmente garantizadas, entre las cuales ha de figurar la inviolabilidad de las fronteras frente al uso de la fuerza, la garantía de la seguridad, pero también de la autonomía de las minorías, no sobre el papel, sino en la práctica. +Ya se encuentren en Londres o en Pristina, las minorías no deben vivir con miedo a perder la vida o a padecer las consecuencias de una violencia azarosa encaminada a destruir sus hogares y sus medios de vida. +Debemos ser capaces de utilizar nuestra visión y, entonces, las palabras que ha pronunciado en su intervención -»mayo puede ser un mes de esperanza»- podrían ser un mensaje más tranquilizador respecto a nuestro futuro y, sobre todo, al futuro de paz y justicia para los Balcanes. +¿Ha intentado el Consejo de Ministros en esta ocasión poner los medios para elaborar una reflexión estratégica común y proponer sus elementos, desde luego, al Consejo de la Alianza, pero que tenga sentido para Europa? +Este uso de la fuerza contra las mujeres, de la tortura y la violación por motivos nacionalistas atiza la espiral de la violencia, el odio y la venganza con la que se pretende destruir cualquier esperanza de un Kosovo multiétnico y en paz. +En estas condiciones, el Sr. Spencer ha elaborado un equilibrado informe, una gran reflexión sobre esta cuestión en la que defiende la causa de la paz, la cooperación y el mantenimiento del diálogo entre las distintas partes. +Así pues, acojo con satisfacción el informe del Sr. Spencer puesto que, en lugar de establecer las condiciones políticas previas que acostumbra a fijar el Parlamento Europeo, presenta unos equilibrados planteamientos a la hora de examinar esta cuestión. +Dado que procedo de una ciudad situada a orillas del Danubio, también quiero agradecerle la aportación que ha hecho hoy cuando ha resaltado la importancia de esta franja que atraviesa Europa, que a menudo ha sido escenario de crisis y de guerras, pero que también podría ser una franja de paz y cooperación, de vinculación de la Europa Occidental y Central con los Balcanes, pero asimismo con Rusia, Ucrania y en último término también con Turquía, como él ha señalado. +Es preciso considerar la dimensión septentrional como un elemento fundamental, tanto en las relaciones exteriores de la Unión, como en la toma de decisiones para el desarrollo interior de la UE. +En último lugar, porque establece en detalle modalidades de administración incluso de los gastos de secretaría, de modo que adquiere el carácter de un reglamento minucioso y fastidiosamente burocrático e invade así el ámbito de competencia típico de las disposiciones que nuestro Pleno debería elaborar a través de sus propios órganos de autogobierno. +Por ello, el Grupo liberal, sobre la base de las propuestas del Sr. Rothley, ha formulado una propuesta, adaptada en determinados aspectos a la propuesta del Consejo, y espero que mañana obtengamos una mayoría favorable a ella. +Para la agricultura, si el acuerdo interinstitucional se acepta, significa que la nueva estructura del presupuesto hace posible distinguir claramente entre, por un lado, el gasto tradicional de mercado de apoyo a los ingresos que será obligatorio y, por otro, el nuevo gasto de desarrollo rural que será un gasto no obligatorio. +El informe que he recibido yo ahora con un número cero, ni siquiera con un número reglamentario, ni siquiera en mi propio idioma, envie el informe, la posición común, a la Comisión de Transportes que no se reúne. +Señora Presidenta, deseo empezar por agradecer a los diputados de esta Asamblea sus comentarios tan amables y también decir al Sr. Jarzembowski que se dará cuenta que respeto totalmente el rigor y la eficacia de su trabajo incluso si, en raras ocasiones, no estoy totalmente de acuerdo con sus conclusiones. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, en los pocos minutos que dura mi intervención quizás sea pertinente dar las gracias a la ponente y con ella a la Sra. Comisaria que también nos acompaña en este último debate sobre el consumidor de esta Asamblea y, en realidad, rendir homenaje al proceso de codecisión, que hemos aplicado y que quizás sea más representativo más en este ámbito que casi cualquier otro proceso. +Estos recursos son las reparaciones gratuitas, el reemplazo, la reducción del precio o la cancelación del contrato en el caso de objetos defectuosos. +Señor Presidente, creo que nadie duda a estas alturas de la necesidad de un nuevo programa -en esta ocasión hasta el 2004- de acción comunitaria en favor de la protección civil, aunque realmente no hay mucho entusiasmo en el hemiciclo por este programa. +En las enmiendas que la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor ha aprobado por una buena mayoría -una mayoría importante- se ha profundizado en algunos puntos de la propuesta presentada por la Comisión que nos parecen importantes: +Pero tengo, para finalizar, una pregunta para el Sr. Comisario competente, ya que la Directiva 77/537 sobre las medidas que deben adoptarse contra las emisiones de contaminantes procedentes de los motores diesel destinados a la propulsión de los tractores agrícolas o forestales sigue vigente. +Pero como se sabe, situaciones de crisis pueden también liberar fuerzas y desplegar una dinámica especial. La Presidencia alemana tiene confianza en hacer justicia a su responsabilidad en el desarrollo de la Unión Europea para convertirla en una comunidad paneuropea y al mismo tiempo con capacidad de actuar globalmente. +Hay que recordar que, desde el punto de vista del Parlamento, habría sido preferible dejar esto en manos de la Comisión y no seguir -como decía el Sr. Santer- convirtiendo a la Comisión en una especie de Secretaría del Consejo. +Necesitamos un nuevo Tratado, hoy, y lo más importante es dar la señal de salida e indicar con exactitud el camino a seguir, marcar las pautas que deben venir de Colonia, sobre todo porque la opinión pública, con la triste experiencia de Kosovo, demuestra que es más sensible que antes al papel que Europa puede desempeñar. +La política exterior y de seguridad común siempre ha sido algo así como el hijastro de la cooperación europea, entre otras razones porque algunos de los Estados miembros más grandes han querido preservar la propia primacía. +La preponderancia de las prácticas europeas en lo relativo al mercado laboral ha de quedar patente en el hecho de que un verdadero diálogo entre las organizaciones del mercado de trabajo nos permitirá mantener el crecimiento y la creación de empleo. +Hoy no puedo predecir si los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno van a aportar esta fuerte voluntad política, dar el paso necesario y abrir la nueva dimensión de la integración que necesitamos urgentemente, pero les prometo que vamos a trabajar con toda intensidad en ello. +Con la conclusión de la Agenda 2000 se respetó el calendario marcado en el Consejo Europeo de Cardiff y se demostró la capacidad de actuación de la Unión Europea bajo unas condiciones difíciles. +El límite superior de los gastos de la UE sigue siendo del 1, 27 % del producto social bruto de la Unión Europea y este límite superior tampoco va a seguir siendo empleado totalmente. +Aquí, la Comisión coincide plenamente con el Parlamento Europeo y estoy seguro de que el Parlamento va a seguir estando vigilante también en el futuro para que se tenga suficientemente en cuenta en la práctica diaria de la aplicación de la reforma de los Fondos estructurales. +Con la aprobación de las propuestas legislativas sobre la Agenda 2000, tienen el privilegio de colocar un importante fundamento no sólo para el cumplimiento de las esperanzas de nuestras ciudadanas y ciudadanos sino también para la Europa del futuro. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, tras las votaciones sobre el Informe Rothley relativo al Estatuto de los diputados, sólo puedo subrayar que la opinión emitida por la Comisión de conformidad con el apartado 5 del artículo 190 del Tratado de Amsterdam, sigue estando en vigor. +Ahora bien, sus compromisos no tienen mucho que ver con la esperanza y la expectativa de los pueblos que, habiendo elegido en la mayoría de nuestros países gobiernos socialistas o socialdemócratas, han manifestado su voluntad de cambio. +Lo más preocupante de la intervención del Sr. Prodi han sido sus puntos de vista acerca del empleo, el sector público y la regulación del mercado laboral. +El Sr. Prodi considera que el sector público es demasiado amplio y exige su racionalización y un recorte de gastos, pero, al mismo tiempo, no expone más que cándidos deseos para mejorar la situación del empleo. +Los socialistas portugueses apoyan una Comisión fuerte, que sea capaz de movilizar la voluntad de los europeos, que respete a los ciudadanos y los intereses legítimos de los pueblos, en particular de los países pequeños como Portugal. +A pesar de que me resultaría muy difícil aceptar la idea de un sistema fiscal comunitario -es algo que yo no podría apoyar- o aquélla de un incremento de nuestros salarios, debemos estudiar el modo de compartir los gastos de este Parlamento. +La única razón para que apoyemos partes del borrador de nuevo estatuto es que nos parece una condición previa para acabar con el derroche que durante muchos años ha existido en el Parlamento Europeo a costa del dinero de los contribuyentes. +Esto es tanto más grave en la medida que, remunerados con cargo al presupuesto europeo y abonándole un impuesto, los diputados nacionales ya no tendrían con sus pueblos el vínculo de las finanzas ni de la fiscalidad. +Tal como está, la directiva trata sobre este problema únicamente a través de la esperanza, expresada en el considerando 13, de que los productores de bienes de consumo comercializados en varios Estados miembros incluyan las direcciones de contacto en dichos Estados; luego está también la perspectiva de una futura revisión de la directiva, contemplada en el considerando 20. +Bajo la Presidencia británica, por ejemplo, logramos introducir un acuerdo muy esperado sobre las garantías para el consumidor por el que se establecen los derechos del consumidor cuando éste compra bienes de consumo en cualquier punto del mercado único. +Por ello, esta decisión es muy positiva, pues habría supuesto un paso hacia atrás si solamente hubiésemos realizado un etiquetado, como lamentablemente hemos hecho en el caso de los novel food , a pesar de que los consumidores se han pronunciado en contra de alimentos manipulados genéticamente. +Quiero expresar aquí mi agradecimiento a la Comisaria, la Sra. Wulf-Mathies, por haber apoyado la posición del Parlamento Europeo en estas cuestiones, al igual que en una serie de otros puntos. +Más grave aún, ésta socava los fundamentos de su cultura, de sus paisajes, de su gastronomía, y por tanto de una gran parte de su identidad. żCómo, así reformada, la Europa agrícola, tal como nos la presenta, podrá defender su proyecto político de agricultura y desarrollo rural en las futuras negociaciones de la OMC? +Nos hubiera gustado llegar más lejos en materia de asociación, pero esperamos que los Estados miembros tengan la visión de garantizar una asociación amplia y más profunda en la elaboración de programas y en la aplicación de los mismos. +Señor Presidente, señores Comisarios, señoras y señores diputados, en el primer informe que, en nombre de la Comisión de Pesca, presenté a este Pleno sobre el reglamento del Consejo relativo a las medidas estructurales en el sector pesquero, el Parlamento apoyó tres ideas básicas. +A raíz de su devolución a comisión, ahora estamos en condiciones de invitar a la Asamblea a aprobar la propuesta de la Comisión en la forma en que ha sido objeto de un acuerdo político en el Consejo. +Contrariamente a mis recomendaciones, el Parlamento Europeo no votó una revalorización sustancial de las primas a los rebaños de vacas lactantes, que sin embargo desempeñan un papel positivo en nuestros territorios. +El límite superior de 4.300 millones de euros al año debe considerarse por un lado como un aseguramiento de los créditos para las áreas rurales pero, por otro lado, existe el peligro de que los Estados miembros, debido a la exigida cofinanciación de estas medidas, no lo apliquen o sólo de un modo reducido. +El ponente ya participó en su día en la invención del método de las perspectivas financieras con ocasión de la crisis presupuestaria de 1987-1988, la que llevó al llamado «paquete Delors I», y también fue ponente del Parlamento para el acuerdo de 1993. +Por eso, ante los desafíos que significaban la implantación del euro, la ampliación a los PECO, así como las necesarias reformas de la PAC y de las políticas estructurales, el ponente recomendó en su día que se intentara firmar un nuevo acuerdo interinstitucional, aunque fuera en un contexto, si cabe, de mayor austeridad que anteriormente. +En lo que se refiere a las regulaciones transitorias sobre las que se ha hablado aquí o al hecho de que se tienen que excluir, no se trata de una maldad sino que es reflejo de que las regiones han realizado progresos y que tenemos que ocuparnos primero de los más pobres y no seguir ayudando a los ricos que llegan lentamente a alcanzar la media. +Al mismo tiempo no debemos escatimar esfuerzos para reforzar el elemento de la prevención, para impedir, en primer lugar, que las personas pierdan sus puestos de trabajo; un argumento muy bien defendido por la ponente. +Respecto a las acciones exteriores, existe el claro compromiso del Consejo de financiar las necesidades adicionales que se deriven de la situación en los Balcanes, en caso necesario, a través de una revisión de las previsiones financieras. +Espero que las negociaciones sobre la financiación de la Unión Europea para proyectos innovadores de las RTE en el actual Consejo Europeo confirmen la importancia de Galileo para los productores europeos y los usuarios europeos. +Con la noticia de hoy de COREPER de que el Consejo está dispuesto a dar su aprobación al compromiso reflejado en las enmiendas que hoy tenemos ante nosotros, puedo confirmar asimismo el pleno apoyo de la Comisión a la posición del Parlamento. +Yo querría finalmente agradecer a la Sra. Comisaria el eficiente trabajo que ha hecho para que la nueva política regional, la del período 2000-2007, vaya ligada a su nombre, en el sentido de que la suya ha sido una contribución importante. +Asunto: Desarrollo del apartado 2 del artículo 299 Ante la inminente entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, ¿qué medidas prepara el Consejo para el desarrollo del apartado 2 del artículo 299 relativo al estatuto de las regiones ultraperiféricas? +Señor diputado, en su pregunta ha descrito de un modo muy preciso el problema que tenemos y que no hemos podido solucionar hasta ahora; por un lado, queremos proteger a los productores de plátanos que están especialmente vinculados a nosotros pero también tenemos que respetar las normas de la OMC. +El Parlamento ha sido una voz importante a la hora de definir las directrices de esta reforma, pero debe serlo todavía más en su aplicación durante todo el período de programación. +Tal vez sea ésta mi última intervención, porque si bien volveré a estar disponible, mi partido no va excesivamente bien, y por tanto mi último llamamiento a la Comisión es el siguiente: Estemos especialmente atentos a todo esto; espero que, en caso de no salir reelegida, algún día pueda leer en la prensa que se me haya hecho caso. +Y no son aspectos positivos como el mantenimiento de la iniciativa comunitaria URBAN, por lo demás, contra la opinión de Berlín, los que podrán modificar una posición de profunda duda respecto de la bondad y la eficacia de la futura reglamentación de los Fondos estructurales. +Señor Presidente, después del cuidado estilo del Sr. Martinez, me temo que mi postura va a parecer muy gastada, porque yo realmente creo que el acuerdo sobre la Agenda 2000 alcanzado en Berlín, a pesar cualquier imperfección complementaria, queda registrado en el activo de la Presidencia alemana. +Casandra se ha equivocado y se han confirmado, tanto la prioridad que tiene para la Unión Europea la política de cohesión social y económica, como la admirable y, sobre todo, eficaz colaboración entre los órganos superiores de la Comunidad. +En el informe sobre la dimensión septentrional de la Unión se menciona que, de conformidad con lo adoptado por el Consejo Europeo en Viena, esta dimensión ha de estar también presente en todas las decisiones relacionadas con el desarrollo interior de la Unión. +Y para el conjunto de Europa, se ofrecen garantías para abordar las necesidades de zonas gravemente afectadas por la pobreza y el abandono, sin olvidar la ayuda a las grandes regiones que sufren el deterioro industrial. +Respecto de detalles puntuales se pueden hacer juicios diferenciados, pero hay algo que debe quedar claro: que hayamos mantenido el calendario es un beneficio enorme, de modo que esta revisión de los fondos estructurales en comparación con la de 1994 puede establecerse a tiempo y vamos a evitar volver a caer en el dilema de hace cinco años. +Siempre nos hemos declarado a favor de imponer la aplicación estricta del criterio de un PIB regional per capita menor del 75 % de la media comunitaria para la elección de las futuras regiones Objetivo 1. +Me doy cuenta de lo difícil que les resulta a mis colegas de otros Estados miembros comprender cuánto han bajado los salarios de los agricultores de mi país, Irlanda, a causa principalmente del hecho de que este país depende enormemente de sus mercados de exportación, tanto en la UE como en terceros países. +Como cualquier otro acuerdo en el marco de las disposiciones de diálogo social recogidas en el capítulo social, éste ilustra también una nueva faceta del déficit democrático, tal como ya ha explicado la ponente. +Finalmente, la Comisión confía en que el Parlamento considerará oportuno emitir su dictamen conforme de forma que el Acuerdo pueda entrar en vigor, y agradece una vez más el importante respaldo que ha recibido en todo momento de este Parlamento, no sólo para el fortalecimiento de las relaciones con México, sino también para el establecimiento de una verdadera alianza entre Europa y América Latina que, poco a poco, se va forjando. +Schengen es, por consiguiente, una de nuestras mayores preocupaciones tanto con respecto a la libertad de circulación de los ciudadanos de la Unión como a la libertad -que es indivisible- de los ciudadanos de los terceros países que viven en situación regular en cualquiera de los países de la Unión. +La única área en la que la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, cuya opinión represento, y yo mismo disentimos de nuestros amigos y colegas de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos es en el tema de si hemos ido por el buen camino en cuanto a protección de los consumidores. +La directiva no trata -por otra parte, no puede hacerlo- de cuestionar lo que se ha conseguido a través de la normativa sobre los derechos de autor y derechos afínes, aprobada hace poco, ni pretende -quisiera recalcarlo en concreto al Sr. Hoppenstedt-aplicarse a lo ya regulado y armonizado con la Directiva «Televisión sin fronteras», ni revisar definiciones ya consolidadas en la misma. +Quiero expresar mi agradecimiento a todos aquellos que con su colaboración me han brindado una experiencia tan fructífera, para mí inolvidable, y espero que se continúe atribuyendo a estos temas el espacio decisivo que les corresponde, con la determinación y con la coherencia que se reconocen unánimemente a nuestro Parlamento. +Se trata de incentivar la participación ciudadana en el plano europeo y de garantizar los derechos de las personas para impedir que pueda llegar a prevalecer una evolución negativa de estas características. +Creo que hay que tomar en consideración el elemento siguiente: los acuerdos interinstitucionales modifican -mediante el consentimiento de las instituciones- la distribución de los presupuestos anuales y forman parte de una visión del presupuesto, visión que hemos aceptado de común acuerdo. +Se trataba de una de las prioridades de nuestro Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos, cuya aprobación habíamos logrado en el Pleno de Estrasburgo del 19 de noviembre de 1998, y que teníamos que hacer aceptar por la Comisión y el Consejo. +El Informe Aglietta, que reivindica para el Parlamento Europeo el derecho de interponerse en las medidas de ejecución, concretamente a través del otorgamiento de un poder de revocación, nos parece, pues, que contradice la filosofía de las actuales instituciones de la Unión. +Es particularmente afortunado poder hacerlo cuando se vive un momento decisivo del proceso, con la firma del acuerdo alcanzado en el marco de las Naciones Unidas, en que se reconoció la posibilidad de que el pueblo timorense decidiera libremente su futuro. +Por la negativa obstinada del Gobierno indonesio, las cuestiones relacionadas con la seguridad y la creación de un clima de paz y sin coacción sobre la población no están debidamente garantizadas. +Señor Presidente, no sé si éste es mi último mandato. No sé si éste es mi último discurso, pero en cualquier caso, esté donde esté, permaneceré al lado de aquéllos que luchan por el derecho de autodeterminación de los pueblos y por los derechos humanos, por los que yo también seguiré luchando, puesto que Timor Oriental se encuentra en una de esas situaciones. +Señor Presidente, la Comisión, naturalmente, se felicita por el progreso histórico que se ha realizado en la ronda final de conversaciones tripartitas celebrada bajo los auspicios de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York por los Gobiernos portugués e indonesio para resolver el antiguo, delicado y dramático problema de Timor Oriental. +Muy probablemente se hubiera producido una escalada del conflicto y la decisión de los palestinos quizá pueda aumentar la confianza mutua necesaria para una paz duradera. +Los europeos que han vivido la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la época de Hitler siempre experimentarán un sentimiento profundo hacia los judíos víctimas de la persecución, sobre todo quienes, como yo, teníamos muchos amigos que perdieron la vida en esa catástrofe. +Pero en el fondo he tomado la palabra para agradecer en nombre de mi Grupo a dos miembros de esta Asamblea que, en este sentido, se han entregado en cuerpo y alma a la defensa de los derechos de los palestinos. +Señor Presidente, la Comisión Europea opina también que los responsables palestinos han tomado una decisión acertada en interés del pueblo palestino al aplazar la proclamación del Estado anunciada para el 4 de mayo. +Si este año 2000 tiene un gran valor simbólico hay que aprovecharlo realmente para enviar este mensaje de carácter universal: una moratoria para todos los casos en que existe una sentencia de condena a muerte. +Este intergroup que se ocupa del Tribunal Penal Internacional dice explícitamente que la justicia -el Sr. Dell'Alba es uno de los promotores de este intergroup - ha de ampararse en un fundamento jurídico. En la mayoría de los casos existe un fundamento jurídico a diversos niveles, tal y como sucede actualmente en Kosovo. +Creo que ésta es la razón por la que muchos de los conflictos que se han producido en los últimos diez o quince años han sido dirimidos con las armas y no han sido resueltos en el marco de un Tribunal o un Tribunal Penal. +La acción del Partido Radical transnacional «No hay paz sin justicia» ha contribuido en parte a hacer avanzar el que, en mi opinión, es uno de los más importantes mensajes que podemos dirigir al final de un siglo que ha sido el más sanguinario de la historia. +Hace algunos días se alcanzó un acuerdo marco -gracias también a la discreta pero importantísima labor del Presidente Michel Rocard, a quien felicitamos- que constituía y constituye una buena base para restablecer las condiciones necesarias para la convivencia entre las varias islas y la existencia misma de un Estado en las Comoras. +Por otra parte, la Comisión está estudiando, con los Estados miembros, la posibilidad de iniciar gestiones diplomáticas con vistas a la aplicación del Acuerdo celebrado en Madagascar el 29 de abril de 1999 bajo los auspicios de la OUA. +Coincido con la ponente en que el resultado de las negociaciones con los interlocutores sociales es tan deficiente que se plantea el problema del déficit democrático con respecto a la legislación basada en el diálogo social. +La integridad de las personas debe constituir un factor cada vez más importante en el debate sobre las medidas contra la delincuencia, por ejemplo, mediante una inspección más rigurosa de los datos. +Con razón el Consejo y la Comisión pidieron una decisión al Parlamento Europeo acerca de las compensaciones y la cuota de la fécula de patata. Era simplemente un requisito para que exista una buena administración. +Señora Presidenta, siempre me he sentido orgulloso de que en la política agrícola común se consiguiesen unir, razonablemente, los intereses de los primeros productores con los de la industria manufacturera, pero al mismo tiempo dando un gran equilibrio a los intereses del consumidor y del contribuyente. +De conformidad con el Orden del día, se procede a la discusión del informe (A4-0195/99) del Sr. Hoppenstedt en nombre de la Comisión de Cultura, Juventud, Educación y Medios de Comunicación, sobre la Comunicación de la Comisión al Consejo y al Parlamento Europeo «Expo 2000 Hannover» (COM(99)0131 - C4-0153/99). +Ha de llevar a cabo una renovación que le permita que estos productos o servicios sean capaces de tener, en el marco de una economía global, una aceptación suficiente como para lograr una buena participación en los mercados internacionales. +Entonces, la Comisión recobró el entusiasmo, no contra los Estados que rechazan la introducción de cláusulas sociales y medioambientales en la normativa del comercio internacional, sino contra los Estados miembros. +Al tratarse de la última sesión prevista para la presente legislatura, propongo a sus Señorías apartarse del apartado 2 del artículo 133 del Reglamento y aprobar, desde este momento, el Acta de la presente sesión, que se ha ido redactando a medida que se desarrollaban los debates. +El Parlamento Europeo ha recorrido un largo camino desde 1979 hasta ahora, y en Nicole Fontaine tenemos la persona adecuada para conducir hacia un buen futuro las competencias, las facultades y la dignidad de este Parlamento. +Nos parece importantísimo que ahora se ponga orden en el Parlamento para que un viaje que cuesta 300 euros no sea reembolsado con 1.000 euros y de esta forma el salario entre por la puerta principal y no escondido mediante beneficios en especie por la puerta trasera. +Los miembros de la UE no sólo mantuvieron su unidad y su capacidad de actuación en esta fase extraordinariamente difícil, sino que también demostraron una elevada capacidad constructiva. +La razón estriba en que la guerra de Kosovo volvió a poner de manifiesto el objetivo de fondo de la integración europea, que es la construcción de un orden pacífico duradero en nuestro continente. +En tercer lugar, con el fin de la cuarta y esperemos que última guerra yugoslava en Kosovo y la adopción del Pacto de Estabilidad, el Sureste europeo tiene ahora, por primera vez en su historia, una verdadera oportunidad de dejar definitivamente atrás el nacionalismo y la violencia y sumarse a la Europa de la integración. +Por consiguiente, en el futuro será ineludible una ampliación de los derechos del Parlamento Europeo más allá de las nuevas disposiciones del Tratado de Amsterdam, pero también una participación más adecuada de los Parlamentos nacionales. +... pero si el Sr. Poettering se dedica a proclamar que el Canciller Federal alemán no se entrevistó con un comisario designado antes de su nombramiento, yo debo recordarle que el anterior Canciller Federal Kohl hablaba muy a menudo con el Sr. Bangemann y ya ve los resultados que obtuvo, o sea, absolutamente ninguno. +La decisión de proceder a una intervención militar para cerrar el paso a una política racista, nacionalista y de deportación étnica en la Europa del siglo XXI fue acogida, como ustedes saben, con diversidad de juicios en el Grupo de los Verdes. +El desarme, la prevención de las crisis y la resolución civil de los conflictos, particularmente a través de una intensificación del papel de la OSCE, corren el riesgo de quedar abandonados en la cuneta. +Me parece -y se trata de una segunda enseñanza de estas elecciones europeas- que en numerosos países, en particular en Gran Bretaña y en Francia, los votantes han manifestado un euroescepticismo en aumento y creo que, al votar por los partidos de la oposición en los grandes países europeos, a Europa, en la que participan los Gobiernos, es a la que los ciudadanos han querido sancionar. +Puede que sí, desde el punto de vista de las declaraciones de intenciones, sin embargo, nos parece que todo sigue siendo muy nebuloso antes de poder afirmar en qué fecha la Unión llegará a convertirse en un sujeto político autónomo con su propia política exterior y de seguridad. +No obstante, su intervención de hoy me ha afectado mucho, pues ha dicho muchas más cosas que el hecho de que representa al mayor Grupo político de esta Asamblea y que ha llegado a una coalición con los Liberales para la elección del Presidente de la misma. +En definitiva, lo que les interesa no es quién resuelve sus problemas, sino el hecho de que por fin alguien se ocupe de estos problemas, que los consumidores puedan fiarse de los alimentos que compran, que los viajeros tomen el avión con toda confianza, que el mundo del deporte sea limpio. +Ahora se trata de concentrar todas nuestras energías en las tareas realmente importantes: reconstruir la casa de quien se ha encontrado sin hogar, recomponer las comunidades destruidas y, lo más importante, debemos ofrecer a los Balcanes un futuro político y económico claro que ponga fin a tantos siglos de continuos conflictos. +Hemos estado tan ocupados reconstituyéndonos nosotros mismos que aún no hemos sido capaces de hacer los deberes y la debida investigación, así que, si las audiencias sacan a la luz cuestiones de importancia y de interés público que aún desconocemos, esta Asamblea tendrá el deber para con Europa de actuar, y actuaremos -desde luego, mi grupo lo hará. +Este Parlamento ha madurado en los últimos meses y hemos aprendido una lección básica para los años venideros: ya no somos el socio de menos categoría de las instituciones políticas europeas. +El rechazo sistemático por parte de la Comisión de posiciones del Parlamento Europeo -aun adoptadas por mayoría aplastante- no es una buena actitud y la antigua Comisión es la responsable de ello, deseo señalarlo. +Ésta es la visión, el reto y para nosotros -nosotros los radicales- un criterio, un enfoque muy claro, el enfoque federalista de Altiero Spinelli que nos permitirá saber si nuestras Instituciones marchan o no marchan hacia el reforzamiento de la Unión, hacia más Europa, hacia la Europa política. +A la larga, estoy convencido de que, mientras se ponga el carro delante del caballo -con la Comisión ejerciendo una mayor influencia sobre la formulación de políticas que los miembros electos de este Parlamento-, los ciudadanos de toda Europa seguirán mostrándose apáticos hacia esta institución. +Conocemos las orientaciones que usted trata de dar a la Comisión y que hoy ha completado y precisado en lo a la reforma de la Institución se refiere, y usted conoce la orientación y las preocupaciones políticas del Parlamento Europeo. +Sin embargo, pensamos que hay que subrayar la conveniencia de evidenciar las razones por las cuales recientemente se ha hablado también de un Pacto por el Empleo, así como la necesidad de prestar mucha atención a los desequilibrios regionales que existen en Europa. +La Presidencia finlandesa de la UE, junto con la Comisión, debería estudiar qué progresos se están realizando en este importante tema en toda la Unión Europea a fin de que las preocupaciones de los consumidores sobre la nueva moneda sean plenamente atendidas. +Estamos de acuerdo con esto, dispuestos como estamos a participar en el proceso de solidaridad entre los Estados a través de una Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común por la que mi Grupo lucha desde el principio de su presencia en el Parlamento Europeo. +Por este motivo, el 29 de junio la Comisión ha exigido a las instancias turcas competentes que tenga en cuenta este rechazo de la pena de muerte por parte de la Unión Europea. +En cuanto a los asuntos institucionales, la Presidencia finlandesa tiene una responsabilidad enorme: la de poner en marcha los trabajos que llevarán a la conclusión de un estatuto sobre los derechos fundamentales. +Señor Presidente, señora ministra, coincido con usted en que la sentencia a muerte del líder kurdo Sr. Öcalan pone a la comunidad internacional frente a un reto importante, puesto que viola los requisitos mínimos de la justicia así como del respeto a los derechos humanos. +Por esta razón, a pesar de la violación de los derechos humanos y de la limpieza étnica contra los kurdos por el régimen de Turquía, nuestro Grupo no solicita que la Unión Europea ni la OTAN bombardee Turquía. +Y a ello hay que añadir la exigencia, por parte de la Unión Europea, de que el Gobierno turco dialogue con los kurdos, mediante un diálogo que consiga una solución para las reivindicaciones kurdas de autonomía dentro de Turquía, así como el respeto de sus derechos democráticos. +El señor Comisario Bangemann manifestó en su carta fechada el 29 de junio y dirigida al entonces Presidente Gerhard Schröder su intención de entrar al servicio de una empresa privada de comunicaciones, a saber, la empresa española Telefónica. +Esta crisis ha influido negativamente en nuestras exportaciones, y algunas medidas tomadas por socios comerciales de la Unión han desbordado las proporciones reales de la crisis en muchos aspectos, tanto por la gravedad de dichas medidas como por sus aplicaciones prácticas. +Desgraciadamente, la Comisión no fue informada sobre el problema por las autoridades belgas hasta el 27 de mayo. Inmediatamente, pusimos en marcha toda una serie de medidas con el fin de proteger la salud tanto de personas como de animales. +Debemos establecer una base jurídica para utilizar una cláusula de protección en caso de peligros que surjan en la Unión Europea relacionados con productos comestibles para animales y que puedan representar un serio riesgo para la salud de personas o animales así como para el medio ambiente. +A ello se sumó el hecho de que la decisión de la Comunidad sobre la retirada de los mercados de productos potencialmente contaminados fue ejecutada por parte de las autoridades belgas de un modo completamente insuficiente. +Esos fallos han provocado una situación dramática, en primer lugar, por supuesto, para la salud pública y en segundo lugar han significado un desastre económico para la agricultura y para todo el sector alimentario. +Nuestro Parlamento debe a los ciudadanos europeos algo más que la simple denuncia de un acto criminal, como en el caso de Bélgica, que, a propósito, Sr. Comisario, no ha hecho públicos todavía los nombres de las empresas que usaban alimentos para animales contaminados por la dioxina. +Aceptando reglas contrarias a nuestros intereses y disposiciones tales como la suficiencia de la prueba científica, que nos prohíben en práctica aplicar el principio de precaución, las Comisiones anteriores han causado estragos considerables a nuestra sociedad y a nuestras economías. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, Europa conoce, ya desde hace algunos años, una sucesión de escándalos alimentarios: tuvimos las «vacas locas»; nos interrogamos sobre los OGM y su etiquetado; actualmente experimentamos el problema de las harinas animales que contienen dioxina; vemos que se retiran de la venta bebidas muy comunes porque causan problemas... +De ahí que la Comisión deba redactar y formular propuestas para hacer una lista positiva de materias primas autorizadas para la alimentación animal, acompañada de un estudio sobre la incidencia en los costes de producción de la alimentación ganadera para evitar incompatibilidades con la PAC. +He recibido seis enmiendas y, una vez más, como acabo de decirlo, sólo reflejan la distribución entre Grupos políticos, es decir el intercambio de cargos en el interior de un mismo grupo o bien añaden un nombramiento en un puesto que se encontraba vacante. +El Parlamento Europeo, así como numerosas asociaciones de consumidores, ha tenido la oportunidad de dar elementos de respuesta que son otros tantos índices planteados para llevar a cabo una reflexión en favor de una nueva definición del enfoque alimentario de la Unión Europea. +Se trata das prioridad al interés de los consumidores, de hacer que prime el principio de cautela sobre cualquier otro principio y establecer un control integrado de la totalidad de la cadena alimentaria, del productor al consumidor. +Señora Presidenta, en esta Asamblea se ha convertido en una especie de tradición que los diputados se pongan en pie para decir que su nombre no aparece en la lista de asistencia del día anterior. +La Comisión consideró que estos factores -la aplicación sin precedentes de la ley, las convenciones relativas a anteriores ventas de entradas para torneos internacionales y la acción constructiva del CFO- justificaban la imposición de una sanción simbólica, más que de un castigo. +Quisiera señalar que las costas para cada diputado que participó en dicha acción legal fueron del orden, oh sorpresa, de las 1.000 libras, una suma bastante mayor que la multa impuesta a los organizadores de la Copa del Mundo. +Es un sentimiento universal en la Comisión, motivo por el que mi colega el Sr. Van Miert y sus colaboradores de la Comisión intentaron concretamente hacer algo eficaz para, de una vez por todas, evitar en el futuro y también en 1998 la aplicación de prácticas discriminatorias por parte del CFO. +Cuando escuchaba algunas de las intervenciones realizadas en el curso de este debate, no pude evitar la sensación de que, a veces, la primera víctima del fútbol es la verdad, porque ha habido una o dos intervenciones cargadas de pasión, pero que en general no reconocían los hechos. +Les recuerdo que en su reunión del jueves 9 de setiembre, la Conferencia de Presidentes había decidido someter la cuestión a la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, a fin de que elaborara un informe. +. Señora Presidenta, Señorías, la Comisión recibió el pasado viernes el texto del segundo informe del Comité de Expertos Independientes, que analiza la gestión administrativa de la Comisión y formula propuestas de cara a su reforma. +En mi modesta opinión, como Comisario con una larga experiencia, tengo curiosidad para saber cuál va a ser, en ese momento preciso, en el momento de la verdad, el comportamiento de todos nosotros ante un nuevo modelo de organización de la integración europea. +La diseminación de información sobre el alcance de amenazas de contaminación marina - hidrocarburos, sustancias radiactivas y otras sustancias dañinas - servirá para asegurar que se tomen las mejores medidas de mitigación posibles y gocen del completo apoyo y confianza del público. +Señor Presidente, agradezco a la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, y en particular a su ponente, la Sra. McKenna, así como a los miembros de la Comisión de Presupuestos, la labor realizada y el interés que han dedicado a esta propuesta. +Además, los convenios internacionales vigentes sobre protección del Mar Mediterráneo, del Mar Báltico y del Mar del Norte, en los que la Comunidad es parte contratante, siguen todos ellos el mismo planteamiento de no mencionar ninguna sustancia en concreto; +Nosotros sostenemos, en la materia, la petición de la Sra. Jackson de no contentarse con aprobar recomendaciones, sino de pasar a la fase de una verdadera directiva, que fije unos criterios precisos que todos los Estados miembros deberán respetar en sus inspecciones. +Cuando llegue el momento, mi Grupo tiene intención de contribuir, en el seno de la Asamblea y en los foros adecuados, a un debate que esperamos que se inicie sobre las lecciones que como Parlamento debemos aprender del proceso de audiciones. +En las audiciones, los comisarios se han mostrado tan conciliadores frente a la mayoría de diputados que incluso aquellos grupos que por razones extraeuropeas habían prometido mostrarse agresivos han enterrado el hacha de guerra con toda rapidez. +La próxima CIG es el mayor reto al que se enfrenta la Unión Europea como organismo político y económico desde las decisiones tomadas durante las negociaciones del Tratado de Maastricht que pusieron en marcha el proceso de la Unión Económica y Monetaria. +Le pedimos que sea muy ambicioso en esta dirección y que logre que la relación entre la Comisión y el Parlamento, como usted tuvo ocasión de manifestar en una reunión con los portavoces parlamentarios, no sume cero, sino que sea una suma positiva. +No cuando se pasan por alto todas las advertencias y se propone a comisarios sobre los que el primer informe del comité de sabios ha arrojado serias dudas; sin embargo, después de la conversación, en la comisión no se hizo ninguna pregunta crítica al Sr. Lamy durante su comparecencia oral. +Se ha hablado del equilibrio político de la Comisión, que no es una condición inscrita en los Tratados, sino un requisito que exige la prudencia política y también la consideración hacia esta Cámara. +Cuando los comisarios no tienen toda la responsabilidad y toda la autoridad sobre toda la administración, todas las referencias a una administración responsable suenan a hueco, y estoy seguro de que el Sr. Kinnock, al igual que la mayoría de nosotros, acostumbra a portarse mejor fuera de casa. +Sin embargo, es probable que con frecuencia se sientan solos en la mesa de debates de la Comisión, pues usted, señor Prodi, no tiene la menor idea sobre los intereses de las personas que viven en la Unión Europea, a pesar de que siempre habla del alma europea y la tiene a flor de labios. +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores diputados, no les sorprenderá que la delegación belga del PPE no pueda dar su aprobación unísona a este colegio de comisarios, pero para los próximos años mantendremos una posición constructiva para trabajar con todo el colegio de comisarios. +El Sr. Fischler expresó verbalmente el compromiso político de mantener la actual Dirección General de Pesca, modificando la declaración que había hecho por escrito en su cuestionario y aceptando, por lo tanto, mantener la actual Dirección General de Pesca. +Por eso le pido a usted que tome muy buena nota de ello; y también se lo pido al Sr. Kinnock, que está a su izquierda, como Vicepresidente encargado de la reforma, dado que es una condición sine qua non para el mantenimiento de la confianza parlamentaria que hemos otorgado al Sr. Fischler en nuestra comisión. +La mayoría de la comisión también se declaró satisfecha con las respuestas de la Sra. Palacio a la acusación de los socialistas en relación con la investigación de las subvenciones al cultivo del lino en España. +Que la Comisión haga su reflexión -nosotros la vamos a hacer también-, y luego vamos a intentar -las dos instituciones de la Unión Europea- llegar a un documento preparatorio para facilitar la adopción de acuerdos. +En resumen, señor Prodi, todavía puede convencerme con una medida activa, pero ésta deberá constituir una señal muy convincente para el Parlamento y la opinión pública o de lo contrario yo voy a votar en contra mañana, al igual que muchos otros, y mi voto negativo no será un "no" a Europa, sino un voto a favor de una Europa limpia, democrática y transparente. +Ello daba un carácter bastante irreal a su ejercicio ya que no podía, y con razón, integrar el drama de Kosovo y sus consecuencias financieras, y finalmente porque, por razones que no nos parecen muy satisfactorias, ésta se negaba a responder a las preocupaciones expresadas por el Parlamento en materia de reforma administrativa. +No es especialmente prudente que la Comisión de Presupuestos y el Consejo de la Presidencia hablen sobre la fundación de un solo puesto- C, mientras el Parlamento Europeo tiene 1776 puestos de este tipo. +En primer lugar, como ya dije en mi propia intervención, mi opinión es que el problema sobre la cobertura de las necesidades financieras de Kosovo va a ser con toda certeza una de las cuestiones esenciales del Otoño. +Yo dije que hemos decidido apoyar la investidura de la nueva Comisión a pesar de las reservas que mantenemos en relación con la Sra. de Palacio, cuya inocencia presumimos pero cuya concepción de la responsabilidad política en un tema que concierne al presupuesto comunitario no compartimos. +Quiero expresar mi satisfacción en lo referente a la urgencia del cumplimiento del artículo 13 de la Carta de derechos fundamentales, urgencia que la Ministra Halonen subrayó en su intervención y que yo comparto, así que yo también espero que la Comisión tome iniciativas al respecto. +La protección de la privacidad está regulada en la Declaración de los Derechos Humanos, en el Tratado Internacional sobre derechos políticos y ciudadanos, así como en el Tratado Europeo sobre los derechos del hombre. +Por una parte, se trata de seguridad y de derechos fundamentales, es decir, de derechos individuales inalienables. Por otra parte, se trata de la protección de esta seguridad y de la protección de estos derechos individuales por parte de los organismos públicos, y más en particular, por parte de los organismos públicos que han de crearse en Europa. +Pero presentimos, después del discurso que hemos oído aquí esta mañana, que puede serlo, puesto que lo que en el Tratado de Amsterdam estaba por fuerza destinado a ser "letra muerta" o mera música celestial, cobra cierto relieve público, propicia mayores consensos, se impone naturalmente por la necesidad, por lo que vuelve creíble un espacio común de libertad, seguridad y justicia. +Además, porque se da preferencia al método comunitario respecto de la cooperación intergubernamental tradicional, lo que propiciará una nueva identidad jurídica o institucional europea, más eficaz, moderna y próxima a los problemas que hasta hoy se van pudriendo, sin resolver, por el empecinamiento en el soberanismo y en el fetichismo jurídico-nacionalista. +Esa frase tiene al menos el mérito de mostrar que el Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión van a apoyarse mutuamente para aumentar sus poderes respectivos y pisotear las decisiones del Consejo. +Si lo que pretendíamos era hacer borrón y cuenta nueva, está claro que nuestro intento ha fallado porque con estos dos señores es imposible volver a empezar desde cero. Y no olvidemos que los ciudadanos europeos tienen derecho a que nosotros, diputados al Parlamento Europeo, controlemos que los miembros de la Comisión sean todos personas intachables. +Al contrario de la derecha europea, que ha intentado manifiestamente disfrazar sus divisiones mediante la virulencia de sus ataques, a veces personales e injuriosos, contra ciertos Comisarios, yo me propongo dar preferencia a la vía de la concertación y la colaboración con la futura Comisión. +Que los ciudadanos europeos recuperen la ilusión y la confianza en el proceso de construcción europea depende ahora de la Comisión que, bajo la dirección del Presidente Prodi, empieza hoy su andadura. +Por esta razón, en el debate de mañana habría que decidir que la Oficina de Reconstrucción se instale en Pristina, y que de ninguna manera sea adjuntada a la Oficina de Control del Tratado de Estabilización en Tesalónica. +(Verdes/ALE) -. (FI) Señor Presidente, quiero agradecer al Consejo de Ministros su firme actuación en la organización del referéndum para la independencia de Timor Oriental, entre otras cosas, enviando una Delegación de alto nivel, de la que formaban parte algunos de nuestros colegas en representación del Parlamento Europeo. +Durante mucho tiempo la comunidad internacional ha permitido que sobrevivieran las llamadas dictaduras del desarrollo, de Indonesia al Chile de los Chicago Boys, pasando por China y Corea, esos países en que, en nombre de la macroeconomía, hemos tolerado que las razones de mercado prevalecieran sobre las razones de los derechos humanos. +El suministro de esa información facilitará mucho la contribución del Parlamento al desarrollo de una política exterior de la Unión Europea más eficaz y más coherente, una política que deberíamos tener desde hace ya mucho tiempo. +Desgraciadamente no he estado nunca en Timor oriental pero me siento muy próximo del pueblo de Timor, que viene sufriendo desde que Indonesia llevó a cabo la anexión en 1975 y que ha perdido casi la tercera parte de la población, asesinada por los indonesios, una proporción de muertes aún mayor que en la ex Yugoslavia. +Cuando fue nombrado Secretario de Asuntos Exteriores, el Sr. Cook propuso una política exterior ética que, entre otras cosas, contenía la obligación de imponer un código riguroso de conducta en materia de controles para las exportaciones de armamentos. +El Consejo respalda la celebración de una reunión extraordinaria de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y el nombramiento de una delegación de investigación que sea enviada a la zona. +La central nuclear que se va a construir en Marruecos está relacionada con la desalinización del agua y desconozco si Marruecos tiene el mismo problema que nosotros planteamos en nuestra presunta sobre la central que se va a instalar en Turquía, es decir, el problema de la sismicidad, y precisamente después del terrible terremoto de hace pocos días en Turquía. +¿Puede indicar el Consejo cuáles son los Estados miembros de la Unión cuyos ciudadanos no requieren visado para viajar a los EE.UU. y qué gestiones piensa realizar ante dicho país con el fin de que la supresión del visado obligatorio afecte a todos los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea? +Señor Presidente, como menciona el Sr. Diputado, algunos de los países candidatos a la UE han solicitado en las negociaciones de adhesión periodos transitorios para seguir limitando la libre adquisición de inmuebles por parte de los ciudadanos y empresas de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, estoy de acuerdo con el Sr. Diputado en que sería conveniente incluir las normas laborales mínimas en la lista de temas de la próxima " Ronda del Milenio" de la OMC, y ya en los preparativos se ha partido de la base de que hay que sacar a debate estos asuntos. +Quisiera saber si el Consejo está dispuesto a estudiar algunas medidas de ese tipo con vistas a derribar ese régimen literalmente criminal, lo que nos evitaría, como en el caso de la Unión Soviética, llorar 30 o 40 años después de la tragedia. +La Comisión hace un llamamiento a todas las partes para que respeten la Resolución 1244 del Consejo de Seguridad, así como los acuerdos y las iniciativas militares en su totalidad, y espera que el despliegue de la KFOR y la UNMIK se complete plenamente sin grandes retrasos. +Entonces hay que plantearse también otro problema: ¿Cuáles han sido los perjuicios ocasionados por las acciones y los acontecimientos de Kosovo en otros Estados que, dentro del contexto de la Unión Europa, vivieron la proximidad en su propia carne? +Insisto, no obstante, en que la Comisión y el Parlamento comparten el mismo objetivo: potenciar al máximo la rapidez y la eficacia de los esfuerzos de la Comisión sobre el terreno en Kosovo para la población de la región. +Espero que la Comisión Europea tome la iniciativa, con la estrecha cooperación del Parlamento, de convertirse en un interlocutor más activo en Oriente Medio y no se mantenga al margen y permita que sean los estadounidenses los que toman la iniciativa. +El informe ha sido elaborado por la Sra. Morgantini, sobre la firma por la Comisión de un convenio con el Organismo de obras públicas y socorro de Naciones Unidas para los refugiados de Palestina. +Esta disposición ha regido anteriores contribuciones de la Unión Europea en el marco de sucesivos convenios y ha merecido reiteradas alabanzas del Organismo de Naciones Unidas, porque evita la erosión del valor de la contribución comunitaria. +La Asamblea será consciente de que, en el contexto del proceso de paz en Oriente Medio y de los acuerdos de paz de Oslo, el tema de los refugiados se dejó para las conversaciones sobre la situación definitiva. +Los planes presupuestarios presentados al Parlamento Europeo para su consideración incluían inicialmente la recomendación de reducir los fondos destinados a las campañas de seguridad vial en Europa en 1,5 millones de libras (1,9 millones de euros). +Señor Presidente, la resolución que acaba de aprobarse sobre las políticas de cooperación policial, judicial y circulación de personas para la preparación del próximo Consejo Europeo de Tampere revela algunos cambios, aparentemente favorables, en la posición del Parlamento. +Dicho esto, las Instituciones comunitarias deben, en mi opinión, pedir a las autoridades rusas competentes aclaraciones del empleo de los fondos destinados al desarrollo del país y para sus necesidades alimentarias. +Este efecto catártico nos permitiría sin duda a la Unión Europea formular un nuevo enfoque de nuestras relaciones con Turquía y desarrollar una colaboración más positiva en un espíritu de auténtica solidaridad, y Grecia debe demostrarse a sí misma que está dispuesta a participar en este proyecto. +Así pues, creemos que debe hacerse una intervención inmediata, disponer de los recursos exigidos por el segundo y tercer MCA y poder crear el mecanismo concreto, tal como los demás ponentes han solicitado también, para el blindaje antisísmico y la previsión de los daños procedentes de los terremotos. +El Consejo de Asuntos Generales de esta semana se ha comprometido a aprobar y aplicar cuanto antes los reglamentos y pide al Parlamento Europeo - y hablo por boca del Consejo - que lo tenga en cuenta en sus consideraciones. +No se pueden justificar de ninguna manera, pero, Señorías, no situemos este tipo de venganzas a la misma altura que las limpiezas étnicas y el terror sistemático que han existido en los últimos diez años. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, los temores manifestados hace un instante por nuestro colega, el Sr. Zimeray, están justificados por la reciente condena a muerte de cuatro personas, tras unas manifestaciones estudiantiles que tuvieron lugar en julio; el ahorcamiento, el año pasado, de un hombre de 60 años los confirma. +Considero imperdonable, que estemos subvencionando un programa millonario de tejados con energía solar y no hayamos invertimos nada en energías renovables, tanto en Bruselas como en Estrasburgo, ni practiquemos aquí ningún tipo de ahorro energético: por ejemplo, los vestíbulos de nuestros despachos se encuentran encendidos día y noche y no es posible apagarlos, y casos semejantes. +A este respecto quisiera decir que, al parecer, sólo por mi intervención ha sido posible que, por ejemplo, hoy esté abierta esta cafetería, que ciertos servicios estén funcionando Quisiera pedir que durante la semana de sesión este edificio pueda ser utilizado en toda su capacidad de lunes a viernes. +Me parecen excelentes estas iniciativas para solucionar los pequeños problemas pero, a mi juicio -y es el de muchos colegas-, no olvidemos que son pequeños problemas que se solucionarán y estamos ante algo por lo que hay que felicitar a las instituciones, al Estado francés, a los arquitectos y a los trabajadores. +No es aceptable que elaboremos a toda prisa un informe durante las vacaciones de verano para responder a la consulta del Consejo y que luego éste ni siquiera se dé por enterado de las enmiendas que proponemos y mucho menos considere la posibilidad de hacerlas suyas. +Nosotros quisiéramos que desde el momento en que se cree la Agencia quede absolutamente claro que su administración será rigurosa, que la Agencia de Reconstrucción con sede en Salónica estará estrechamente vinculada al Pacto de Estabilidad, cuyo cuartel general se establecerá también en Salónica, y que la agencia de Kosovo se establecerá allí como componente operativo de aquélla. +Y el 80% de los medios destinados a la agricultura se reparte entre el 20% de las empresas agrícolas. Ello significa claramente que hace años que la política agrícola europea se ha puesto de parte de la industria alimentaria en lugar de apostar por el pequeño agricultor y la calidad. +En este contexto, sin embargo, no podemos pedir a los productores que se sacrifiquen por una problemática que con frecuencia les ve rendidos y vencidos, derrotados ante el mercado por culpas ajenas y teniendo delante la perspectiva de plazos muy largos para volver a ganar una confianza conquistada a base de esfuerzos y con costes de producción muy a menudo subestimados o al menos no valorados plenamente. +Quisiera sin embargo reclamar la atención de la Asamblea y de la Comisión sobre un aspecto con frecuencia olvidado de toda esta problemática como es la dimisión de los responsables europeos, de la salud y seguridad de los consumidores sobre todo nacionales. +A la vista de todo esto, estimo que en beneficio de los ciudadanos y de los consumidores tienen que existir directivas claras, porque los niveles de exposición del ser humano a la dioxina y los BPC -que pertenecen a la misma categoría de las dioxinas- sean los más bajos posibles. +En líneas generales se requiere lo siguiente: en primer lugar, en el ámbito legislativo, hay que examinar la legislación comunitaria referida a los alimentos, a los piensos, a las materias primas, a los aditivos, a los conservantes, a las substancias contaminantes, como los biocidas, al etiquetado. +Así las cosas, no comprendemos cómo la Comisión Europea ha podido recortar el presupuesto inicial de los programas de ayuda a la lucha contra el sida, sobre todo en lo que a los terceros países se refiere. +Me refiero, como es obvio, al Convenio de Lomé, a ese acuerdo de asociación algo exclusivo y algo especial que siempre hemos anunciado que era la respuesta de la Unión Europea a las antiguas colonias, así como a otras realidades, pero que, en definitiva, se dirige al continente africano. +A5-0018/1999 del Sr. H.-P. Martin, en nombre de la Comisión de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo ((COM(99)0404 - C5-0099/1999 - 1999/0166(CNS)) relativa a la atribución de ayudas macrofinanciera a la antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia; +Lo cual significa que necesitamos un cambio de orientación estructural y que la política recupere la primacía en este ámbito y asuma la responsabilidad de promover un desarrollo económica y socialmente equilibrado verdaderamente estable. +Sin embargo, no creo que corresponda a la Comisión definir internamente en los presupuestos nacionales cómo se va a establecer el presupuesto global dado que, como decía anteriormente, estos fondos de los que estamos hablando no tienen en sí mismos un destino concreto de una u otra naturaleza. +Con respecto al informe Langen sobre el que intervengo más en concreto y las fuentes de energía renovables, todo el mundo conoce la importancia de esas energías en la reducción de la contaminación y en la preservación de los recursos naturales. +Como conclusión, diré que la votación de estos dos informes constituye una garantía para los ciudadanos europeos de la voluntad de la Unión Europea de proteger el medio ambiente reduciendo nuestra dependencia energética. +Una de las que conozco es la conversión de la energía térmica del océano, que utiliza la diferencia de temperatura entre las frías aguas de las profundidades de los trópicos y las cálidas aguas superficiales. +Pero en el terreno del ahorro energético los países de la Europa Central y Oriental pueden obtener mejores resultados que los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea, a pesar de realizar los mismos esfuerzos. En este aspecto su rendimiento es mucho mayor. +Mantener unas relaciones especiales con Sudáfrica es una manera de apoyar su desarrollo económico, a la vez que fortalecemos el potencial del país para dar un impulso positivo a toda la región +Para fomentar todo esto, el Parlamento Europeo debe aprovechar todas las posibilidades que se le ofrecen en el marco del diálogo político estructurado acordado y ofrecer a Sudáfrica el máximo apoyo posible en sus esfuerzos para alcanzar la estabilidad. +Señor Presidente, antes que nada quisiera dar las gracias a la ponente por su excelente informe, que comienza con la siguiente frase: "Después de cinco años de debate, dudas, evasivas, consultas y negociaciones, ha llegado el momento de aplicar un Acuerdo de Comercio entre la Unión Europea y Sudáfrica". +Confirma una clara determinación por parte de la UE de apoyar el proceso de cambio y reforma en Sudáfrica y refleja el deseo por parte de ambas partes de ampliar sus contactos políticos, comerciales y de cooperación en beneficio de Sudáfrica y, de hecho, de toda la región del África meridional en conjunto. +Estos han sido los temas que hoy se han debatido, amén de, como en toda reunión de la Comisión, una infinidad de aspectos relativos al procedimiento que, sin embargo, no conviene mencionar ante el Parlamento. +Toda las realidades políticas y administrativas de este mundo, siempre ha encontrado una nueva fuerza en su administración; aquí, por el contrario, la administración ha crecido por estratificaciones y no mirando al futuro. +Con todo, en mi opinión, tenemos tres niveles: el Presidente, los Comisarios específicos sobre los asuntos y la rutina que debe tratarse en la forma más rápida y transparente posible -por Internet o a través de comunicaciones por escrito- porque no merece un debate. +Mi respuesta es sí, de forma general, sin vincularse a tal o cual casa, podemos financiar con los créditos de los Fondos Estructurales estudios de prevención del riesgo sísmico tanto en Grecia como en otros países, con la condición de que el Gobierno griego nos lo pida. +Dicha fundación canalizará estos fondos a través de un centenar de organizaciones no gubernamentales para financiar actividades en los ámbitos de los derechos humanos, la protección del medio ambiente, la asistencia social, etc., entre otros. +- (DA) Asistí con gran interés al debate de esta mañana sobre la seguridad de los alimentos y tengo por ello una pregunta para el Sr. Comisario: ¿es el principio de cautela el que ahora debe someterse a prueba en la Comisión a raíz de la guerra de las hormonas con los EE.UU.? +El Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas (DO), que precisamente difunde la legislación comunitaria, tienen una tirada de 20.000 ejemplares para una población de 380 millones de personas. No es de extrañar que el acceso a la información sea difícil. +Paralelamente a la posible adhesión de la Unión a la agencia mundial antidopaje, estamos convencidos de que necesitamos un plan europeo, un plan que implique nuestra responsabilidad, con los Quince caminando al mismo ritmo para combatir la lacra del dopaje. +Tras mis largos años de experiencia como eurodiputado, yo tampoco concibo la política informativa exclusivamente en el ámbito de las "altas esferas" , sino que creo que también debe estar dirigida a los más jóvenes, a los niños, que absorben como esponjas la información que luego utilizarán a lo largo de toda su vida. +Como el Comisario, espero que esa decisión contribuya al desarrollo de un sector económico y social fundamental para las poblaciones europeas que viven de la pesca y, en general, para la alimentación de los ciudadanos europeos. +Espero sinceramente que la confianza surgida entre estos dos países como consecuencia de la distensión les dé la posibilidad de atacar con el mismo espíritu que el mostrado en los últimos debates las difíciles cuestiones relativas a la seguridad de la región. +Señora Presidenta, Señorías, los diputados franceses, flamencos e italianos de la coordinación de derechas europeas son favorables al establecimiento con Turquía de relaciones basadas en el respeto recíproco, las ventajas recíprocas, la no injerencia en los asuntos interiores. +El primero, que las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y Turquía son fundamentales para ambas partes en el presente y en el futuro, en todos los ámbitos y a todos los niveles y, en segundo lugar, que debe ser prioridad para la Unión Europea fomentar de manera inteligente la democratización de Turquía. +Si Turquía acepta, junto con las prerrogativas, también las obligaciones que vinculan, sin excepción, a todos los miembros que desean anexionarse a la Unión Europea, y si cumple consecuentemente los criterios y los calendarios que derivan de las decisiones comunes de Copenhague y de Luxemburgo, entonces podrá lograr sus objetivos europeos. +La inclusión de Turquía en la Unión Europea sería una carga excesiva para la Unión Europea e impondría a Turquía un cambio político radical que no puede cumplir en un plazo previsible y que, como sé, tampoco quiere realizar. +Señor Presidente, el carácter apasionado y apasionante de los debates celebrados la semana pasada en Bruselas en el seno de nuestro Grupo, así como los que se están celebrando en este hemiciclo, demuestran, si fuese necesario, la importancia de la cuestión que hoy se nos somete. +Es verdad que este punto de vista es de gran importancia, pero la colaboración económica y regional, que debe ser considerada en el conjunto de todas las partes implicadas, es un factor primordial para incrementar la confianza y asegurar la paz conseguida. +La Presidencia finlandesa entiende que hay posibilidad de conseguir cambios profundos en la zona y seguiremos trabajando con nuestros socios por la paz y por el interés común a través de todos los medios a nuestro alcance. +Los diputados recordarán, como ha dicho la Presidencia, que la Unión Europea es el mayor donante financiero de la ayuda mundial para llevar la reconciliación a la población de Oriente Próximo. +En vista de nuestra importante contribución a la ayuda a los palestinos que supera el 50% del total, la mayor parte de las futuras reuniones de coordinación de donantes deberían celebrarse, en nuestra opinión, dentro de la Unión y estar copresididas por el Estado miembro de la Unión Europea que ejerza de anfitrión de la reunión. +Señor Presidente, esta propuesta celebra la buena noticia, el éxito de las negociaciones de Sharm El Sheik y el acuerdo sobre el corredor de seguridad para los productos, los vehículos y la población palestinos. +En este contexto, acojo con satisfacción la decisión de la Unión Nacional Palestina de reafirmar la anulación de las disposiciones de la Carta Nacional Palestina, que pide la destrucción de Israel. +Además de las cuestiones relativas a la soberanía y la seguridad entre Israel y el Líbano, el regreso de los refugiados será de especial interés para el Líbano, país en el que el equilibrio étnico se ve afectado por la presencia de 250.000 refugiados palestinos en su territorio. +Señor Presidente, en el País Vasco hemos examinado con interés todo el proceso de paz palestino, porque en Euskal Herria también apoyamos la necesidad de superar el actual conflicto político a través de acuerdos democráticos. +Hemos dicho a los once países candidatos que el status de candidato a la adhesión es al mismo tiempo una promesa de adhesión y si esto es así se devalúa dicho status al concedérselo a Turquía pero diciendo al mismo tiempo que no se va a negociar. +Para alcanzar los objetivos de la Unión es muy importante convencer a los países en vías de desarrollo de las ventajas de una ronda amplia y de las buenas intenciones que hay detrás de esta postura de la UE. +Para la opinión europea también es necesario fortalecer la capacidad de creación artística en el ámbito audiovisual, sector clave de nuestra cultura, y la Unión debe responder a esta expectativa. +¿Tenemos la voluntad -sacando partido de nuestra dimensión, de nuestro peso en la economía mundial y de los progresos institucionales que hemos realizado- de reconquistar una soberanía que los mercados mundiales a veces nos disputan y de contribuir a una gobernabilidad global efectiva? +Defendemos el modelo europeo de agricultura que abarca por igual la producción de alimentos, la conservación de las explotaciones agrícolas familiares, de las áreas rurales y la protección del medio ambiente. +Pues sólo una Unión Europea con capacidad de negociar, podrá lograr que se llegue en el marco de la Organización Mundial de Comercio en el proceso de la globalización a un mejor equilibrio entre el modelo europeo y el norteamericano liberalizador. +Primera, la Comisión ya ha declarado que no tiene ninguna objeción a que en las conclusiones que se aprobarán en Seattle se incluya el texto sobre el papel del Parlamento Europeo en la organización y realización de la nueva ronda de la OMC. +Quisiéramos creerlo, pero nos lo impide la amarga experiencia adquirida, por ejemplo, con el antecesor del Sr. Lamy, Sir Leon Brittan, cuyos compromisos en este Parlamento de oponerse a la apisonadora estadounidense resultaron puntualmente incumplidos: véase el caso de la ley Helms-Burton y de la Organización Mundial de Comercio. +Señor Presidente, no es más que una radiografía del momento. En base a esa radiografía, creo que procede hacer un único llamamiento, y es el siguiente: ¿Cómo piensa la Comisión Europea mantener unidos a todos estos erizos amorosos, luego, una vez que se sienten alrededor de la mesa en Seattle? +Pretenden ampliar la liberalización cada vez a más sectores y a más países, incluidos la agricultura y los servicios esenciales para el desarrollo y la mejora de la calidad de la vida de las poblaciones, como la educación y la salud. +Estoy convencido de que este Parlamento no va a ratificar un Tratado en el que no tengan una posición elevada el principio de prevención, la protección del consumidor y la política sanitaria. +Recurrir a los impuestos como amenaza sin combinarlos con subvenciones para adecuar las centrales más antiguas de manera que se ajusten a los requisitos de emisiones aceptables y generalmente sin incrementar la inversión en la vigilancia de las emisiones no surtirá efecto. +En nombre de la Presidencia finlandesa puedo decir que consideramos importante que la Unión haga progresos en el establecimiento de una tasa común a la energía, incluso hemos propuesto la posibilidad de que los países que quieran, puedan avanzar más rápidamente en esta dirección. +¿Cuáles serán los criterios de reparto territorial de los Fondos estructurales relativos al Estado español y destinados legalmente a las Comunidades Autónomas del Objetivo n1 1 en el período 2000-2006? +Pero mi pregunta al Consejo es la siguiente: ¿piensa el Consejo presionar a los Estados miembros con tasas de ejecución de los Fondos estructurales inferiores a la media europea para que ejecuten mejor los fondos e impidan que se reproduzca el efecto "bola de nieve" ? +¿Qué piensa hacer el Consejo para impulsar la aprobación de un quinto plan de acción, con medios suficientes y un calendario preciso, y qué medidas va a tomar para fijar objetivos concretos y mensurables en el ámbito de la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres? +Asunto: Método único en las estadísticas de toxicomanía El Observatorio Europeo de las Drogas y las Toxicomanías con sede en Lisboa se encarga de analizar las estadísticas sobre toxicomanía procedentes de los Estados miembros. Ello permite estudiar el desarrollo de la toxicomanía a escala europea y comparar las estadísticas nacionales. +Así pues, es urgente que los ciudadanos europeos puedan entender que el aumento de los recursos asignados a la lucha contra las drogas corresponde, literalmente, a un aumento del consumo de drogas y, por lo tanto, que las políticas aplicadas son un completo fracaso. +¿Qué medidas va a tomar la Presidencia para combatir esta forma de purificación cultural y para consolidar el papel de las bibliotecas en aras de la democracia y la información? +Asunto: Regiones insulares periféricas Durante la Presidencia finlandesa, ¿va a definir el Consejo su política en torno a las regiones insulares periféricas de los Objetivos 1 y 2, en relación con las políticas de infraestructura, agricultura y empleo? +Teniendo en cuenta la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, ¿piensa el Consejo ahora hacer todo lo posible para lograr la adopción de un programa comunitario global de lucha contra la pobreza y puede indicar en qué medida piensa apoyar acciones de la UE en materia de alojamiento y en favor de las personas sin hogar? +Asunto: Acceso del público a las reuniones del Consejo Uno de los objetivos de la Presidencia finlandesa es que la mayoría de las reuniones del Consejo sean públicas y accesibles tanto a los ciudadanos como a los medios de comunicación. +Tenemos, por lo tanto, una gran responsabilidad para imponer nuestro peso político y el acuerdo comercial y de cooperación para detener esta guerra y procurar que el diálogo se reanude con el Presidente checheno y con el Parlamento Checheno elegidos bajo la supervisión de la OSCE. +B5-0169/1999 de los Sres. Frassoni y Wuori, en nombre del Grupo Verde/ALE, sobre el establecimiento de una moratoria universal de la ejecución de las penas capitales por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas; +Señor Presidente, me pregunto si la Comisión puede dar su apoyo a la propuesta que presenté para que la UE convoque una reunión con los representantes de la OSCE con el objeto de discutir la situación de los gitanos con todos aquellos que actúan en la zona. +La mayor parte de los problemas con que nos enfrentamos encajarán en cualquier lugar del marco establecido para la organización del apoyo y la restauración de la sociedad en Kosovo, o sea que me parece que basta con la organización actual, pero de todos modos les transmitiré su deseo. +Sin embargo, la Comisión sabe muy bien que la utilización conjunta del espacio aéreo por diversos usuarios, civiles y militares, puede ser la causa de problemas de seguridad, como ya es responsable en parte de la congestión y los retrasos del tráfico aéreo. +Ésa es, naturalmente, nuestra posición, pero ¿ha sido el accidente del otro día el estertor de muerte de la industria nuclear, o tenemos que seguir sufriendo el terror nuclear antes de que consigamos poner punto final a esta monstruosa industria? +Señor Presidente, cuando en los últimos años hemos hablado del empleo de la energía atómica para la generación de energía eléctrica siempre nos hemos referido a los peligrosos reactores del Este, que son de fabricación rusa. +En cuanto a la utilización de combustible MOX en centrales nucleoeléctricas, la decisión pertinente la adopta la empresa de servicios públicos de que se trate, tras haber recibido la oportuna licencia de las autoridades nacionales de seguridad. +Si queremos conservar las ventajas generales, sociales, humanas y ambientales de una atmósfera limpia, entonces las normas fijadas por la reciente directiva de la Unión Europea sobre las emisiones de los vehículos y la calidad del combustible deben respetarse rigurosamente. +Señorías, el informe y la propuesta de decisión que presento y que voy a explicar brevemente en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales se refiere a la aplicación del Acuerdo interinstitucional sobre las modalidades de las investigaciones antifraude. +Todos sabemos que esta regulación llega en un momento muy oportuno e importante, un momento de demanda generalizada de lucha contra el fraude, y contra las circunstancias que lo hacen posible, con el objetivo último de su total erradicación. +La propuesta del Sr. Napolitano, propuesta que, como él mismo ha dicho, fue aprobada sin objeción alguna por la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, constituye un paso claro, un paso muy concreto en esta dirección. +Una cuestión decisiva para la confianza de los participantes en la fiabilidad de los negocios jurídicos celebrados por vía electrónica es la cuestión de la eficacia jurídica de tales procedimientos. +En el ámbito de la armonización jurídica es preciso encontrar siempre un difícil balance entre la armonización necesaria, por una parte, y el respeto a las tradiciones jurídicas existentes en los Estados miembros, por otra. +En su primera lectura, el Parlamento se esforzó mucho por añadir un importante objetivo adicional, que consistía en abordar el problema del derramamiento de gasóleo en las carreteras, que viene planteando un riesgo cada vez mayor para los usuarios de las mismas, y muy particularmente para los motociclistas. +Por lo tanto, yo espero que, sobre la base de los acuerdos que adopte el Parlamento esta semana, el Consejo y la Comisión consideren la posibilidad de establecer definitivamente el procedimiento del comité consultivo. +En el pasado ésta era una esfera más bien ambigua, pero es de esperar que ahora, con la introducción de esas cuatro enmiendas, hayamos aclarado la situación por lo que se refiere a todas las personas que utilicen ese tipo de instalaciones. +Señor Presidente, señorías, quisiera sumarme a lo dicho por los dos oradores que me han precedido en el uso de la palabra para expresar mi agradecimiento y también mi aprobación por el trabajo efectuado por el ponente general y por la Comisión de Presupuestos. +Tercer objetivo: un refuerzo de los medios en materia de lucha contra la delincuencia y, cuarto, una línea presupuestaria que permita adoptar medidas en el marco del plan de acción de la Comisión 2000-2004 de lucha contra el tráfico de drogas. +No deberíamos correr el riesgo de restringir la protección jurídica en la Unión Europea, sobre todo cuando continuamente se proclama la voluntad de crear un espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia. +La falta de imaginación que ha manifestado hasta ahora el Consejo debe dar paso a una consideración más realista, también en lo que respecta a las futuras competencias del Parlamento, incluidas las competencias en el ámbito presupuestario. +Cultura no ha salido en el proceso presupuestario tan bien parada como hubiera deseado, pero las cosas nos van ahora mucho mejor que con la propuesta del Consejo de Ministros y nuestras cifras se acercan ahora al nivel de 1999. +Yo quisiera dirigir las siguientes observaciones al Consejo y a la Presidencia del Consejo: no hace falta que nos recuerden nuestra responsabilidad ante el contribuyente europeo, ni que también estamos obligados a respetar la disciplina presupuestaria. +Yo confío en que las declaraciones de hoy no se queden en un gesto aislado y que el Parlamento asuma también el año próximo esta responsabilidad de examinar críticamente en todas las comisiones si los recursos consignados se están utilizando debidamente. +En el marasmo presupuestario europeo no hay lugar para dos cocodrilos: para el cocodrilo del Consejo Europeo y para el cocodrilo del Parlamento Europeo, el cual, tras haber comido a la Comisión derribando a Santer, quiere ahora comer al Consejo. +Una vez más, el Consejo confundía el marco presupuestario plurianual, es decir, las perspectivas financieras, con el propio presupuesto: una miopía interesada que impidió la decisión política adecuada y oportuna y que nos obliga a una tramitación renqueante del presupuesto. +Refleja de forma fidedigna el sentir de muchos diputados socialistas y de otros sectores de la Asamblea que aquí acudieron a ofrecer su testimonio en el debate que en el pasado período parcial de septiembre celebramos sobre la situación en Timor Oriental. +Finalmente, en un momento en que Lusaka nos recuerda los desastres humanos y económicos del sida en África, estamos reduciendo los fondos que se le han asignado, contrariamente a las afirmaciones del Comisario Nielson, mezclándolas con la política de salud y natalidad. +Si llegáramos a unas ayudas que equivalen a un 50% aproximadamente del producto nacional bruto kosovar, y si nos guiamos por las previsiones más elevadas, este fenómeno podría producirse, me temo que las consecuencias, inflacionarias y otras, sobre la economía podrían superar a las ventajas de las ayudas. +En este marco, subrayo que el proyecto de presupuesto del Consejo representa menos del 1,10% del PIB comunitario, valor ya de por sí bajo y, además, muy inferior al límite máximo de 1,27% fijado en Edimburgo y confirmado en Berlín, lo que justifica una profunda reflexión por parte de quien desea mucho más de la Unión Europea. +En primer lugar, permítanme mencionar las extensas conferencias de prensa que el vicepresidente y yo mismo convocamos inmediatamente después de la primera reunión del Consejo de Gobierno cada mes, cuyas transcripciones, incluidas las de las sesiones de preguntas y respuestas, están también disponibles en la página web del BCE. +La función de nuestras previsiones internas dentro de la estrategia de política monetaria del SEBC difiere, por lo tanto, de la función de las previsiones de inflación en una estrategia dirigida directamente a la inflación. +Para enviar una señal clara al sector bancario y a los ciudadanos, el BCE publicó en septiembre una serie de objetivos que espera cumpla el sector y que debieran contribuir a unas mejoras sustanciales. +En la actualidad, no parece justificada una intervención operativa del BCE, puesto que ya hay indicios de que está aumentando el reconocimiento general del problema por parte del sector privado. +No quiero decir con esto que sea imprescindible la publicación de las actas literales, pero sería importante que pudiésemos disponer de actas resumidas con los argumentos -a favor y en contra-, que permitan apreciar el razonamiento que sigue en la práctica el Banco Central Europeo para determinar el riesgo de inflación o de deflación. +Al Banco Central Europeo le resultará mucho más difícil adoptar decisiones incómodas, como por ejemplo no bajar los tipos de interés, sino aumentarlos, cuando la situación económica se vuelva más difícil y la estabilidad de los precios se vea realmente amenazada. +En sus primeros meses de existencia, el Banco Central Europeo se ha ganado la confianza, pero para que pueda mantenerse firme en sus decisiones más adelante, en circunstancias como las descritas, es necesario que siga consolidando sistemáticamente dicha confianza en los próximos años, y tenga usted la seguridad, señor Presidente, de que pondrá contar para ello con el apoyo de mi Grupo. +No obstante, aplaudo los objetivos y la coherencia del Informe Huhne como base para definir la responsabilidad democrática del Banco Central, sobre el que quisiera decir algunas palabras, en particular sobre el tema de la transparencia y la responsabilidad democrática. +La tercera fase de la Unión Económica y Monetaria pone sobre el tapete, de manera más fuerte que en el pasado, la necesidad de una coordinación más robusta y más articulada de las políticas económicas. +La redacción de la resolución puede ser interpretada como si sugiriera que cuando la tasa de inflación se sitúe por debajo del 2% entonces el sistema del Euro estaría bajo la obligación de apoyar las políticas económicas generales de las Comunidades. +Señor Presidente, voy a hacer tres preguntas en nombre de mis compañeros socialistas de la Comisión de Desarrollo, que están aquí presentes en espíritu pero que físicamente están en la propia comisión, votando las enmiendas relativas a la Organización Mundial de Comercio. +Estoy de acuerdo en que los parlamentarios son naturalmente elementos importantes, aunque si tomamos países como Somalia, Sudán y otros lugares semejantes, estamos obligados a aceptar las estructuras de la sociedad civil existentes y tratar de ayudar a que estas estructuras se convierten en componentes de una sociedad civilizada. +En este momento, y desde este hemiciclo de las nuevas instalaciones del Parlamento Europeo, mi país tiene el privilegio de hablarle a Europa, en cabeza de los representantes elegidos popularmente por los quince países que actualmente conforman la Unión Europea. +La comunidad internacional es clarividente y nos mira con atención; nosotros, desde nuestra propia clarividencia, observamos igualmente lo que ocurre en el ámbito de las naciones y sabemos que es preciso actuar ahora, que no hay tiempo para perder; sabemos que es el momento de la cooperación, no de la confrontación ni tampoco de la intervención. +Es adecuado otorgar a las autoridades gubernamentales mayores poderes transfronterizos para perseguir a delincuentes, aunque el uso de estos poderes deberá estar supervisado por el Parlamento Europeo y los tribunales europeos, de cara a consolidar y defender enérgicamente los derechos civiles. +Por último, si bien el Consejo ha anunciado el aumento de las competencias y del mandato de Europol, instrumento necesario para luchar contra la delincuencia organizada, ¿qué decir del control democrático y jurisdiccional, en particular en lo relativo a la constitución de ficheros? +La reunión extraordinaria del Consejo de Tampere se presentaba aún más difícil de afrontar porque la justicia y los asuntos de interior se tomaban por primera vez para ser tratados en la agenda de la Unión Europea. +Su abnegación y su labor en el terreno ha permitido recrear una malla social y ha hecho retroceder en la vida cotidiana el racismo, el odio y el desprecio. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, señor Comisario, al cerrar la lista de oradores del Parlamento me parece que hay una cosa que me viene a la mente: ustedes han hablado del espíritu de Tampere y yo creo que hay además una señal de Tampere. +No es superfluo esperar que, al final del año 2000, se puedan sacar en el nuevo Tratado las consecuencias institucionales de las decisiones que podrían adoptarse de aquí a entonces, con el espíritu de Colonia, para la seguridad y la defensa del continente europeo. +La primera reforma apaciguará los temores de los ciudadanos de que se produzcan cada vez más transferencias de soberanía, y la segunda debería alentar a los ciudadanos a participar de un modo más evidente a la hora de elegir entre las opciones políticas que se nos presentan en Bruselas y Estrasburgo. +Algunas de ellas las considero perfectamente viables, por ejemplo, aquellas dirigidas a simplificar los Tratados o la propuesta de que en el futuro la norma general debe ser las decisiones mayoritarias cualificadas en el Consejo y la codecisión del Parlamento. +Su método: el Consejo de Colonia, el pasado mes de junio, se negó a nombrar un grupo de trabajo restringido para preparar la labor de revisión del Tratado. +Considero que lo más indicado hubiese sido poder votar esta enmienda porque, sobre todo en una materia tan delicada como la seguridad vial, es decir, la protección de la vida de los ciudadanos, habría podido ser muy útil. +Con la adopción de esta enmienda abrimos la puerta a la reanudación de la discusión con el Consejo sobre el futuro estatuto de los diputados al Parlamento Europeo, con la esperanza de que dicho estatuto se adopte cuanto antes. +Los Gobiernos de la UE han acordado crear un espacio común de justicia para combatir el problema común del crimen organizado, especialmente el narcotráfico y el tráfico de seres humanos. +Además, los británicos que deban hacer frente a problemas judiciales fuera de su país tendrán ahora un acceso más fácil a la justicia, incluido el acceso a ayuda legal y servicios de traducción, y a procedimientos simplificados por los que se rigen la compensación y la reclamación de deudas. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, Señorías, quiero comenzar mi intervención, como representante del Grupo del Partido de los Socialistas Europeos, en el debate sobre la reestructuración de las empresas con el mensaje de los asalariados de Michelin, que, a mi entender, entraña tres noes, aunque desagrade a mi colega Sr. Pronk. +En primer lugar, una vinculación directa entre las ayudas públicas y acuerdos que recojan una reducción de la jornada laboral con sanciones financieras para las empresas que no respeten sus compromisos, cuando hayan recibido fondos públicos. +Señor Presidente, yo celebro que este debate se desarrolle hoy aquí porque el Parlamento debe estar permanentemente atento a las necesidades de los ciudadanos y ser vanguardia en la construcción europea; y, para cumplir ese doble objetivo, el desarrollo de la dimensión social de Europa me parece fundamental. +Ya hay propuestas del Parlamento Europeo sobre las dos directivas a las que se han referido, la directiva sobre la comisión de la empresa europea y la directiva sobre los despidos colectivos. +Prohibe todo tipo de ensayos nucleares en cualquier lugar, también las explosiones nucleares llamadas pacíficas, las cuales fueron objeto de una acalorada discusión teórica en el nacimiento del Tratado de no proliferación de armas nucleares en los años 60. +El maravilloso periódico International Herald Tribune publica hoy un resumen de la intervención que realizó hace unos días en el Consejo de Relaciones Exteriores el asesor del Presidente para la seguridad nacional, Sandy Berger. +Esta propuesta que, casualmente, ha obtenido el apoyo del Parlamento Europeo y de mi país, Irlanda, presenta un nuevo modo de pensar sobre cómo adoptar medidas eficaces que defiendan la causa de un mundo sin armas nucleares. +Nunca he creído que suprimir la ayuda a las personas afectadas por la guerra, que se ven afectadas por las decisiones políticas que adoptan sus gobernantes, fuera la forma adecuada de responder a la crisis. +Aun cuando todos los participantes en las diversas fases del proceso tuvieron presentes esas preocupaciones, se observó que los puntos de vista del Consejo y de la Comisión, por una parte, y, por otra, este Parlamento no estaban completamente sintonizados. +Será un nuevo punto de partida para nuestros pueblos, que esperan que, aparte de las acciones económicas, pongamos al hombre, la cultura, las raíces, las diversidades que constituyen la riqueza de Europa en el centro de nuestras preocupaciones. +El programa propuesto permaneció bloqueado durante siete meses en el Consejo hasta que bajo la Presidencia alemana, el 28 de junio se llegó por fin a un resultado mediante una posición común, consistente en una propuesta de programa quinquenal dotado de 350 millones de euros. +Mediante la colaboración en los programas con participantes de diversos Estados miembros, los jóvenes descubren la realidad europea en su diversidad social y cultural y se abren a nuevas perspectivas, lo que aumenta enormemente los deseos de aprender un idioma extranjero. +Debo subrayar también la actitud, muy positiva, de la Presidencia finlandesa, que también ha hecho todo lo posible para que avancen los trabajos y creo que la cooperación instaurada entre las instituciones para hacer avanzar la negociación lo antes posible es en verdad ejemplar. +Aquí deben actuar los diferentes interlocutores a los más diversos niveles y me alegra que la Comisión haya realizado una propuesta realmente buena a sugerencia mía, consistente en colocar un Link claramente visible en su Homepage. +Permitir a Turquía participar en los programas "Sócrates" y "Juventud" , en consecuencia, no implica otorgar legitimidad a un Estado que aún no ha dado muestras concretas de madurez en lo referente al respeto de los derechos de las minorías, pero contribuye a ayudar a esos jóvenes a acentuar su lento y difícil proceso. +La cuestión es si esto debe ser tratado aquí, o sea después de una discusión en la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, o si se debe debatir detenidamente en una discusión sobre la reforma de la Comisión en su totalidad en todas las comisiones relevantes. +Tras la discusión en la Comisión de Presupuestos y con el conjunto de las comisiones competentes para opinión, hemos logrado unas propuestas globalmente satisfactorias para todos, pero a costa de rozar el límite del margen. +No contamos con la mayoría necesaria para aceptar la inclusión de una referencia al anexo en el propio Reglamento Interno, pero todavía hemos de decidir si queremos añadir a nuestro Reglamento el acuerdo interinstitucional en sí. +En cuanto al punto 11 del informe de Virrankoski, creo que el Parlamento, por su parte, ya se comprometió la primavera pasada a renovar su Reglamento de forma que las dietas por viajes serán retribuidas en función de los gastos reales. +El Consejo introduce las cantidades destinadas al desarrollo de iniciativas para la profundización de la Unión Aduanera UE-Turquía y para el desarrollo social y económico de Turquía, sin plantear las conocidas condiciones políticas, a fin de que se aprueben posteriormente, y sin vincularlas a acciones relacionadas con los terremotos. +Como miembro de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación, he estado particularmente atento a la evolución de la rúbrica 4, destinada a financiar las acciones exteriores de la Unión y a favorecer la ayuda al desarrollo. +Esta nueva articulación de la cooperación cultural europea reviste una importancia muy particular en vísperas de las negociaciones de Seattle, que me temo no dejarán de fomentar la hegemonía cultural norteamericana. +Los marcos nacionales de reglamentación difieren notablemente en ocasiones, por razones técnicas y climatológicas, principalmente, lo que conduce a una fragmentación del mercado en el seno de la Unión Europea en un grado incompatible con el mercado único. +Primeramente, la privatización de las redes ferroviarias, concretamente por lo que respecta a su mantenimiento, plantea problemas graves para la seguridad, lo que implica un aumento de los accidentes, provocando a veces verdaderas catástrofes humanas, como acabamos de ver en el Reino Unido. +Señor Presidente, tan sólo unas breves notas -ya que en nombre de mi Grupo intervendrá a continuación nuestro colega Salvador Jové Peres- para decir que éste es un asunto que cobra particular importancia y una gran actualidad tanto por lo que significa en cuanto al abastecimiento de pescado como por el número de puestos de trabajo directos e indirectos afectados. +El acuerdo debe, pues, buscarse dentro del respeto de las identidades comunes, de las soberanías y del respeto de lo que somos, unos y otros, reconociendo que la historia ha hecho de Marruecos si no una excepción cultural, al menos una excepción mediterránea para Europa, en general, y para Francia, en particular. +A este respecto, convendría tener en cuenta tres factores: primero, las frutas y hortalizas se cultivan en la Unión Europea en zonas donde también el empleo es una necesidad acuciante; segundo, las frutas y hortalizas se utilizan frecuentemente como moneda de cambio en los acuerdos comerciales con terceros países y, tercero, en la última reforma de este sector se desmantelaron importantes instrumentos públicos de gestión de mercados. +El problema de Marruecos es esencialmente con España, todo el mundo lo sabe, la flota española es mucho mayor, los españoles pescan en competencia con los marroquíes; la flota portuguesa es más pequeña, por lo que nuestra pesca no compite con la de los marroquíes. +Y, en nombre del principio de subsidiariedad, eso es lo que pido con vistas a la reflexión sobre la revisión de la Política Pesquera Común: un país miembro de la Política Pesquera Común debe poder concertar acuerdos bilaterales con terceros países, siempre que no haya acuerdos entre la Unión Europea y esos terceros países. +El sector cuenta aproximadamente con 40.000 trabajadores y, por eso mismo, un convenio internacional como el acuerdo con Marruecos desempeña un papel fundamental en el abastecimiento de los consumidores y las industrias de transformación con productos pesqueros a precios razonables. +Por último, una nota acerca del papel del Parlamento que deberá ver a los diputados como observadores asociados a todos los procedimientos de negociación, al objeto de velar por los intereses de la flota de pesca europea. +Es decir, la eliminación del llamado material de riesgo no aporta una seguridad absoluta, aunque no deje de ser una medida de seguridad, puesto que los animales abiertos en canal son susceptibles de transmitir la infección. +Hemos llegado al fin de un periodo de condiciones muy exigentes establecidas por la Unión Europea para la industria del bovino, condiciones que se cumplieron, y por lo tanto la Comisión debe aplicar decididamente el levantamiento de la prohibición a las exportaciones de bovino. +A lo largo del debate el Presidente de la Comisión, el Sr. Prodi, puso de manifiesto que para él la seguridad alimenticia constituye uno de los objetivos prioritarios, y la Comisión quiere y debe abrir una nueva página en la política de los consumidores. +Un debate específico del Parlamento que llevase a la formulación de un juicio político sobre el comportamiento de quien sea, sería disparatado y sobre todo no favorecería el buen funcionamiento global de las Instituciones europeas. +Señor Presidente, he disfrutado de verdad con algunas de las intervenciones de hoy, en particular con el discurso inicial del Sr. Donnelly, que parecía ser una crítica de la incapacidad, por parte de los Gobiernos francés y británico, de dar alguna solución a esta guerra comercial que va en aumento. +Tal como lo ha anunciado el Comisario Fischler, la Comisión enviará a sus Señorías los documentos pertinentes esta tarde, antes de la conferencia de prensa, a través del correo electrónico, y también se podrán consultar en la intranet del Parlamento. +Le han sido destinados 10,3 millones de euros, que sin duda es un importe considerable, y ni siquiera tenemos la garantía de poder disponer de recursos suficientes en caso de que Angola decrete una parada biológica para la captura de camarones. +(Verts/ALE). (FR) Señora Presidenta, la verdad es que no es una cuestión de orden, pero es cierto que los acontecimientos se suceden y me vi obligada a adoptar una decisión el viernes, cuando ya no había nadie para responder a mis preguntas. +"el Comité considera que las medidas adoptadas por el Reino Unido hacen que el riesgo para la salud humana del plan de exportación con calendario establecido resulte al menos comparable con el existente en otros Estados miembros europeos". +¿Es o no es cierto, señor Comisario, que hace un mes se presentó a la Comisión de Agricultura del Parlamento Europeo un proyecto de directiva en el que se decía que antes del 2003 no se podría indicar la procedencia del bovino en la etiqueta? +Por primera vez, se encuentran alrededor de la misma mesa, a nivel de la Unión, todos los agentes: el Consejo, la Comisión, el Banco Central Europeo y los representantes de los interlocutores del mercado de trabajo. +Esto refleja claramente que el Banco Central, por su parte, está dispuesto a participar en un diálogo abierto y directo, así como a argumentar sus puntos de vista y sus métodos de actuación. +En tercer lugar, me gustaría destacar que la discusión demostró claramente la utilidad de este tipo de intercambio directo, que permite a cada uno de los participantes expresar, de forma directa, sus puntos de vista y recibir las oportunas respuestas por parte de los restantes participantes. +Los 500 millones de euros suplementarios cuyo desbloqueo se pide al Banco Europeo con el pretexto de fomentar la creación de puestos de trabajo y los mil millones para las PYME de tecnología avanzada irán destinados oficialmente a la inversión. +En una sociedad con una división del trabajo muy acusada es imprescindible una coordinación de las actividades de los agentes económicos, bien a través del mercado, bien a través de la planificación política. +¿Qué sucederá en el futuro cuando tengamos un problema en nuestra economía y haya una grave sacudida externa o interna y haya que hablar con los interlocutores sociales y los demás agentes económicos sobre algunas medidas tal vez desagradables que se deben adoptar en el nivel europeo? +Se trata de un elemento de un plan global de propuestas presentadas por la Comisión el pasado mes de noviembre para intentar colmar las lagunas de los sectores que quedaron excluidos de la directiva original sobre la jornada laboral en 1993. +Las dificultades que ahora afrontamos en el Consejo de Transportes con la propuesta legislativa que la Comisión presentó se deben directamente a que no se lograron avances sobre la jornada laboral en el sector del transporte por carretera. +La duración del tiempo de trabajo forma parte, por lo demás, de la seguridad y salud en el lugar de trabajo, así como de las condiciones de competencia; ambos aspectos, competencias de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, sin duda alguna, adaptar la duración del tiempo de trabajo de los trabajadores de las naves con bandera de países terceros que utilizan puertos comunitarios a la duración de los de las naves comunitarias, es una medida positiva. +Tenemos, por parte del capital naviero, una intensificación del trabajo y de la explotación de los trabajadores en el mar, con la correspondiente agudización de los problemas relacionados con la salud y la seguridad en el mar. +Creo que, si bien todos los que formamos parte de esta Asamblea acogeríamos con beneplácito la oportunidad de garantizar un ambiente de trabajo más seguro, no sólo para los empleados, sino también para los consumidores y otros usuarios del transporte y demás, debemos velar por no reglamentar excesivamente en ningún sector determinado. +Uno de los aspectos que más les preocupan es que, como en Irlanda -y también en Gran Bretaña, por ejemplo- existe un sistema arcaico y de tipo feudal por el que los médicos auxiliares en período de formación son aprendices -empleo esta palabra en sentido amplio- de los especialistas superiores, tienen miedo a plantear demasiadas preocupaciones, porque eso podría afectar a sus futuras carreras. +La ratificación de los instrumentos de la OIT es, efectivamente, una condición necesaria para proceder a las inspecciones a bordo de naves extranjeras que hacen escala en los puertos de los Estados miembros, lo cual nos permitirá, entre otras cosas, evitar competencias desleales dentro de nuestros propios puertos precisamente. +En este marco, no puedo por menos de sumarme a las conclusiones de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Derechos Humanos, Seguridad Común y Política de Defensa, porque eso permite una mayor libertad de expresión para quienes trabajan en la esfera científica y tecnológica en China y en general. +Del mismo modo, deseo que la cooperación científica y tecnológica emprendida abarque proyectos prácticos de cooperación dirigidos a objetivos oportunos y que mejore la ejecución y la productividad de los proyectos financiados, entre otros, por el programa de cooperacion en materia de investigación, por el programa TACIS y por el programa INTERREG. +En las acciones emprendidas hasta ahora, ya se había hecho hincapié en la formulación de proyectos de colaboración con otros países de Mercosur, asociación en la que Argentina desempeña un papel importante, por lo que constituye como una cabeza de puente para nosotros respecto de otros países de América Latina. +En nuestra opinión, ello es debido a que los sistemas de desarrollo tecnológico que se emplean en la industria del automóvil dificultan mejoras globales del producto a causa de la alta especialización de los laboratorios de I + D de las compañías. +Tengo que reconocer que, a pesar de que ya no soy una parlamentaria del todo inexperta, la multiplicidad de apartados en los que está subdividida: objetivo estratégico, objetivo operativo, objetivos que se espera conseguir, medidas concretas de carácter legislativo y no legislativo, en realidad no me ha facilitado la comprensión del texto y de lo que desea comunicarnos la Comisión. +En este momento tenemos una amplia reglamentación comunitaria en quince Estados miembros, quince reglamentaciones nacionales diferentes y, en muchos casos, por ejemplo en los Estados federales o casi federales, mucho mayor. +Antes de pasar al último punto de mi discurso quisiera referirme a una observación del Sr. Berenguer Fust. Este diputado ha señalado que la defensa del consumidor no puede ir en detrimento del mercado interior. +Hemos intentado -y espero que en cierta medida lo hayamos conseguido- crear este equilibrio para evitar que la defensa de los intereses del consumidor y la protección del consumidor vayan en detrimento del mercado interior. +Sin embargo, la estrategia europea para el empleo, tal como se ha elaborado, se va poniendo en práctica poco a poco desde la cumbre de Luxemburgo y se caracteriza por unos fundamentos ideológicos discutibles y por una concepción poco dinámica de los procedimientos institucionales. +Por ello nos parece imprescindible evaluar el éxito o el fracaso de la estrategia europea para el empleo con ayuda de indicadores que midan simultáneamente el número de desempleados inscritos y los niveles de vida y la calidad de los puestos de trabajo creados. +Habida cuenta de que a escala europea las políticas en materia de empleo son políticas de sugerencia, de indicación, de impulso de coordinación entre los Estados miembros - por tanto, no existe un verdadero poder eficaz y decisorio, lo cual, después de todo, supone algo positivo en nombre del principio de subsidiariedad, sino un poder bastante limitado - creo que el Parlamento debería estar implicado plenamente. +No volvamos a abrir ahora el debate del otro día: la respuesta es la respuesta que he resumido, que recuerda los términos de la investigación que propuse y que todos aceptaron, y que fue realizada por el Secretario General y que ha dado este resultado. +En primer lugar, estimo que nuestra intervención, la intervención común de las Instituciones comunitarias de los Estados miembros, en el aspecto de las políticas de oferta para incrementar el empleo, es importante pero no suficiente. +En definitiva, porque seguimos pensando en el fondo que el mercado va a resolver un problema que no es un problema que pueda ser resuelto por el mercado porque no es un problema coyuntural, es un problema de modelo de sociedad. +El principal obstáculo a la creación de empleo de calidad y con derechos es la existencia de un Pacto de Estabilidad con criterios de convergencia nominal que imponen limitaciones a las inversiones públicas y condicionan las políticas económicas y sociales. +Se ha aceptado mi enmienda de mantener un ritmo anual para la revisión de las directrices a fin de que los Estados miembros no decaigan en el fomento activo del empleo. +También considero algo problemático el hecho de que las propuestas para las directrices del año 2000 empiecen a tratarse antes de que se hayan llevado a cabo completamente, o ni siquiera se hayan puesto en marcha, las medidas concretas de las directrices anteriores. +¿Disponemos de tiempo suficiente para poder tratar también este informe tan importante para el futuro de la Unión Europea ya ambos ponentes se han hecho acreedores de que su informe sea tratado en un tiempo adecuado? +Creo que esto no tiene sentido desde el punto de vista de la economía nacional cuando se sabe que los óxidos de nitrógeno y la emisión de partículas pertenecen necesariamente a la misma curva y cuando se modifica uno de los dos elementos tóxicos se siguen automáticamente consecuencias para el otro. +Los ciclos de pruebas para el registro de valores de emisión de vehículos tendrán que ser, lógicamente, en el término más breve posible, un reflejo representativo del estado real de la circulación. +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores, el informe que está hoy para debate sobre las emisiones de gases en los vehículos comerciales pesados prolonga, en mi opinión, nuestros continuados esfuerzos en pro de la mejora de la calidad del aire en Europa manteniendo la movilidad de nuestros ciudadanos. +Hemos perdido los límites morales o religiosos, y nuestra capacidad de indignación no se despierta como no sea ante hechos tan visibles como la enfermedad azul sobre una cara, o se hagan públicos a través de los medios de comunicación. +Las acciones del programa DAPHNE deben contar también con el apoyo de las ONG, como nosotros mismos proponemos en nuestras enmiendas, con el de la comunicación social, porque las mujeres, que se cuentan entre los ciudadanos europeos más reticentes en relación con la Unión Europea, han de saber y comprender que programas como DAPHNE existen y se refieren directamente a ellas. +Y sobre todo, ¿qué medidas tiene intención de adoptar para facilitar un acuerdo político al respecto, un acuerdo que es fundamental para que la Comisión, el Consejo y el Parlamento tomen una decisión definitiva en esta materia? +Señor Presidente, me gustaría unirme a la queja ante el hecho de que aún no se haya presentado por parte de la Comisión una revisión de la propuesta relativa a la información y la consulta de los trabajadores. +En este contexto, se debe poner especialmente en la picota la política del Consejo ya que en las Conferencias internacionales de los países contribuyentes realiza continuamente gastos a cargo del presupuesto europeo sin preocuparse también de los ingresos correspondientes. +Ya existen amplias zonas de consenso sobre las cuales se puede contribuir a la mejora de la financiación de la Unión, pero el resultado en la votación de la Comisión de Presupuestos demuestra que existen unos conceptos sobre los cuales el consenso está lejos de producirse. +En éste hay que estudiar de manera especial la concesión de las contribuciones, así como la posibilidad de crear un nuevo sistema de recursos propios vinculado directamente a los ciudadanos sin que ello suponga un aumento de la presión fiscal. +Esto significa que tareas como la ampliación de la Unión, el respeto de los derechos humanos en todo el mundo y la creación de unas condiciones generales para superar el grave desempleo no se pueden realizar ya con este marco. +El 11 de marzo votamos sobre todo en nuestra resolución, un apartado que decía: "Opina que el sistema de ingresos tiene que estar fundamentalmente libre de excepciones y normativas especiales,", etc., etc. Sabemos bien lo que el Consejo en Berlín hizo de esta resolución y sobre qué basó el Consejo su acuerdo de Berlín. +Pero antes de exigir más autonomía, debemos aprovechar todos los potenciales de ahorro en el presupuesto de la UE y explicar también a los ciudadanos de la Unión porqué nos permitimos gastos para dos Parlamentos y no encontramos sistemas más sencillos que desgraven a los ciudadanos de la Unión y no los graven aún más. +Señor Presidente, considero necesaria una reforma del sistema de recursos propios con vistas a un fortalecimiento de los principios de transparencia, equidad, solidaridad y cohesión, con su extensión a la esfera de los ingresos comunitarios. +Pero también digo con toda claridad que, en contrapartida, espero de los Estados miembros que aumenten del modo correspondiente las medidas para el control de los recursos propios y que no busquen más excusas, es decir, que tales medidas de control se apliquen realmente. +También creo que la Comisión ha estado más acertada al evitar la referencia a la energía nuclear en sus propuestas y quisiera aconsejarle que se atenga a ese planteamiento, porque es la propuesta que más puede provocar divisiones y, desde luego, nosotros no estaríamos de acuerdo con ella. +Una parte importante de esa estrategia es la fijación de metas jurídicamente vinculantes para las energías renovables, pero también está muy claro que debe haber una externalización de los costos internos en relación con la producción energética tradicional. +La presión del mercado también afecta a las emisiones de los servicios públicos: los focos de resistencia más eficaces a una libre competencia desenfrenada, las empresas públicas están amenazadas. +Por último, el ponente se sorprende, con toda razón, de que la Comisión deje totalmente de lado la energía nuclear cuando ésta contribuye a reducir las emisiones de CO2, incluso si esta energía debe ser más segura y más respetuosa del medio ambiente. +En conclusión, creo que se puede aprender mucho de un intercambio de opiniones entre los Estados miembros en materia de política energética y apoyo el llamamiento del Sr. Chichester para que la Comisión ponga de relieve ejemplos de métodos óptimos de integración de los objetivos medioambientales en la política energética. +La proporción de fuentes de energía renovables en la Unión Europea aumentará dentro diez años hasta un 62 por ciento. De hecho, resulta decisivo el desarrollo de plantas combinadas para la producción común de electricidad y calor que usan el carbón y el gas como combustible. +Espero por ello que la Comisión, cuando presente una nueva propuesta, lea su propia comunicación sobre la potenciación de la presencia del medio ambiente en la política energética comunitaria y contribuya activamente a consolidar el empleo de fuentes de energía renovables. +Ante todo, el de la seguridad de nuestros suministros y la dependencia energética de la Unión Europea, dependencia que va a aumentar y que corre el riesgo -se nos dice- de alcanzar el 70% en el año 2020, con todos los riesgos políticos que de ello se derivan. +La Unión Europea se ha fijado como objetivo incrementar la parte de estas últimas del 6 al 12% para el año 2010, pero es preciso encontrar los medios financieros y, hoy día, se está lejos de lograrlo, a juzgar por las últimas discusiones en la comisión de conciliación. +Indudablemente, Señorías, este es un debate al que hay que dedicarle toda la atención, y espero que, a lo largo de los próximos meses y, por supuesto, antes de que termine el mandato de esta Comisión, podamos desarrollarlo con plenitud, con transparencia, con intensidad y con calidad en las discusiones, como ha sido el caso de la discusión de este informe. +Mi marido -el Dr. Rhys Jenkins, actualmente médico general y que tiene una jornada laboral limitada- trabajó en el pasado más de 100 horas a la semana en el período de formación para llegar a ser doctor. +Respecto a este último tema, la propuesta inicial de la Comisión Europea proponía que los médicos en período de formación entraran en el campo de aplicación de la Directiva mediante un período transitorio de siete años. +De este modo se hará posible la creación de un espacio jurídico europeo que transmita por fin a los ciudadanos europeos en toda la UE una sensación común de seguridad jurídica y garantice un estado civil unitario en toda Europa. +Hasta ahora han surgido problemas en los matrimonios binacionales en la Unión Europea por el hecho de que documentos que certifican el estado civil al contraer matrimonio no han sido reconocidos del mismo modo por todos los Estados miembros. +¿Es acertado confiar al Tribunal de Justicia la tarea de definir la noción de responsabilidad parental, cuando la propuesta de reglamento preveía que se hiciera referencia al derecho interno del Estado miembro interesado? +Para que no sea una palabra vana, la circulación de las personas en la Unión Europea tiene que ir acompañada de las medidas necesarias en la esfera del derecho de familia. +Ahora que la aplicación de la directiva sobre los nitratos plantea al parecer problemas en tantos Estados miembros, ¿está dispuesta la Comisión a proceder a una nueva concertación sobre su mejora y aplicación progresiva con vistas a alcanzar la norma solicitada para los nitratos? +Señor Dell' Alba, señalé que cuatro países, de los doce países interesados en el Objetivo 2, habían sido objeto de una primera decisión de principio de la Comisión, de los ocho países que quedan, la situación de la República Federal de Alemania casi está finalizada en las discusiones que hemos tenido. +Desde 1997 la Comisión tiene el cometido de la ejecución de la acción DAPHNE, destinada concretamente a la lucha contra la violencia que padecen las mujeres, los adolescentes y los niños, a la que sucederá el programa (hoy mismo aprobado) DAPHNE - 2000-2003, que tiene el mismo objetivo. +La Comisión espera las opiniones del Parlamento y de los Estados miembros para elaborar las propuestas de acción posteriores con vistas a la consecución de los objetivos de la comunicación a la que acabo de referirme. +Al final de este año, no sólo podremos evaluar los avances de la legislación nacional para proteger a las víctimas de delitos violentos, sino también las medidas concretas que cada uno de los Estados miembros estén dispuestos a aplicar. +En efecto, la Comisión ha prestado, desde hace varios años, una atención especial al desarrollo de las provincias del norte de Marruecos, con ocasión de la ejecución de la cooperación técnica y financiera con el Reino de Marruecos. +Si consigo el respaldo por parte de la Comisión, lo que se pretende es impulsar un grupo de alto nivel donde participarían los principales responsables civiles, e incluso tendría también que contarse con los militares, para ayudar a la Comisión a desarrollar las orientaciones adecuadas. +Como sabrá la Asamblea, el Alto Representante goza de una alta y bien merecida reputación internacional por haber defendido los valores que se inscriben entre lo mejor de la historia europea de este siglo y cuya carencia ha sido también la causante de lo peor de nuestra historia. +El a la vez Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y Jefe de la Defensa de la Unión Europea, Sr. Solana, dijo bien a las claras que la reunión del lunes en Bruselas fue decisión para que la UE -como dijo su representante- ocupe en la escena mundial el lugar que le corresponde. +Se mantiene una actitud retorcida y mentirosa sobre la situación de Kosovo en el contexto político y del Derecho internacional y ante todo esta acción demuestra cómo los países pequeños se han visto enganchados al carro de los aliados. +Y, en ese sentido, me gustaría conocer cuál es la opinión que le merecen las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y China, especialmente a la luz del acuerdo comercial recientemente concluido entre los Estados Unidos y ese país. +Las decisiones de Colonia no deben conducirnos a que un día nos encontremos en la misma situación que Suiza, mi segunda patria, donde después de estudiar las amenazas del año 2000 se llegó a la conclusión de que estaban bien preparados para hacer frente a peligros que ya no existían. +La CPN existe todavía, pero el problema era y sigue siendo que no hay ni en la Comisión ni en el Consejo una estructura capaz de aprovechar de manera eficaz las experiencias y los conocimientos de la CPN y de otros organismos. +Nos hemos dotado, después de la Cumbre de Colonia, de instrumentos nuevos -uno tiene que ver con las estrategias comunes- que tienen que significar, sin ninguna duda, un cambio en profundidad en el modo de enfocar la política exterior. +Les puedo decir que, por parte de la Unión Europea, mañana y pasado mañana haremos todo lo posible para que la Organización para la Seguridad y Cooperación en Europa desempeñe un papel importante, a la altura de sus obligaciones, en un momento en el que se va a firmar una nueva Carta de Seguridad en Europa. +Así, por ejemplo, las normas laborales fundamentales y las cláusulas sociales se deberían contemplar en el marco de un foro de trabajo mixto OIT/OMC, y éstas se deberían incorporar y tomar en consideración en los debates, sin modificar no obstante la normativa de la OMC. +En tercer lugar, que se respeten las denominaciones de origen de los productos comunitarios tradicionales, para que no veamos más esa auténtica piratería que se practica impunemente con las marcas comunitarias, como, por lo demás, sucede actualmente en Sudáfrica con el vino de Oporto, el jerez, el uzo o la grappa. +La Comisión de Desarrollo quiere unas normativas de la OMC que no dificulten los planes de etiquetado ecológico ni las compras de productos biológicos por parte del público. +El excelente informe de Konrad Schwaiger -digno de consenso y de un apoyo mayoritario- deja claro que lo que se dirime es algo más que la política comercial, lo que está en juego es la participación en pie de igualdad de todos los países, el progreso social y el respeto de los derechos humanos. +Esto debe incluir, como mínimo, el derecho parlamentario automático de someter a aprobación cualquier acuerdo de la OMC, así como un acceso mucho mayor a los sumarios de las negociaciones en el seno del Consejo. +Al mismo tiempo, el Grupo ELDR se ha resistido a todos los intentos de sobrecargar el presente informe con una lista de la compra de peticiones específicas de los sectores. +Necesitamos un acceso libre de aranceles para los países menos desarrollados, no sólo para prácticamente todos los productos - es una frase que deja abierta una laguna gigante para que la UE siga protegiendo su propia agricultura - sino para todos los productos de dichos países. +Estimulados por ese precedente reciente y a la espera de un verdadero balance del ciclo precedente, nos parecía urgente esperar antes de lanzarnos a cuerpo descubierto a una negociación cuyas ventajas están completamente sin probar y cuyas reglas del juego, con toda evidencia, no parecen las mismas para la Unión Europea y para nuestro principal socio y competidor, Estados Unidos. +Informe (A5-0052/1999) de la Sra. Haug, en nombre de la Comisión de Presupuestos, sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo (COM(1999) 333 - C5-0092/1999 - 1999/0139(CNS)) relativa al sistema de recursos propios de la Unión Europea +En tercer lugar, quisiera que la Mesa me aclarara si la razón por la que va a proceder a la votación de la enmienda nº 31 antes de la enmienda nº 9 radica en el apartado 2 del artículo 130 de nuestro Reglamento, o sea, que esa enmienda se aleja más del original. +Hubiera sido mejor encontrar una solución bajo la forma de un mecanismo de corrección genérico, por ejemplo, mediante la introducción de una banda para las contribuciones nacionales a la UE. +La región está asolada por la guerra y mientras tanto el compromiso de la Unión Europea aumenta por las ayudas humanitarias y por la financiación del proyecto TRASECA para unir el mar Negro y el Asia central. +Señor Presidente, creo que, en tanto Parlamento, debemos adoptar una postura muy clara y manifestar nuestro apoyo a la población chechena y, por esta razón, creo que es importante que el Presidente del Parlamento Europeo reciba al Ministro checheno de Asuntos Exteriores para informarle de nuestra postura. +Es una cuestión muy difícil cuando, como ha dicho el ponente al principio, de lo que se trata no es de apostar por el libre comercio, sino de apostar por un libre comercio justo. +En nuestra concepción, el respeto por los derechos fundamentales de los trabajadores tiene como razón de ser una distribución más equitativa de los beneficios de crecimiento que aporta la liberalización de los intercambios. +Yo le contestaba lo mismo que voy a decir hoy aquí, que este no es el momento de las soluciones ni de las propuestas, sino el momento de ver de qué se va a ocupar la Conferencia Intergubernamental y cuál es el método que va a seguir en sus trabajos. +Resulta inquietante, alarmante incluso, lo que se está preparando en el ámbito de la llamada política exterior y de seguridad, la vehemencia con que se deja de lado el carácter hasta ahora civil de la integración europea y se pretende crear una Unión militar. +En primer lugar, es indispensable que la reforma que se desea sea democrática y democratizadora, es decir, que subordine los burócratas a los representantes elegidos y éstos a sus opiniones públicas nacionales y que se fortalezca su legitimidad democrática mediante la participación de los parlamentos nacionales y no quede substituida por asociaciones de representatividad dudosa o de supuestos expertos. +Por esta razón, la izquierda nórdica votará en contra de la mayor parte de esta propuesta de resolución que, entre otras cosas, implica más rasgos supranacionales, que limita la influencia en los diversos tratados y que aumenta la dominación de los grandes estados. +Creo que deberíamos aprender la lección de ese error del pasado y reconocer que la importancia de esta ampliación en particular, la reunificación de la familia europea, es algo que las sociedades de nuestros correspondientes países deben conocer durante la celebración de la CIG. +Este informe intenta continuar el desarrollo de la Unión como una Alianza de Estados centralizada, y no toma en cuenta en absoluto de qué modo influirá una ampliación tan intensa en el desarrollo institucional de la Unión. +Como en este caso nos movemos en la esfera constitucional y como el Tratado sigue siendo la norma superior de nuestros derechos internos, en el futuro habrá que sujetarse a una mayor precisión jurídica. +Es importante que podamos contar con un planteamiento integrado que aborde todos los aspectos de la reforma, desde las cuestiones sustanciales relacionadas con la decisión por mayoría hasta la reforma de las instituciones y el tratamiento de temas esenciales. +Estamos ante una modificación sustancial de la soberanía nacional en todo el mundo dado que la libertad de acción de los países está limitada, tanto hacia fuera como hacia dentro, y su capacidad de elaborar políticas y solucionar problemas se ve restringida por las relaciones internacionales y las interdependencias e interacciones transnacionales. +La Unión Europea apoya, en general, el trabajo que el PNUCD realiza de forma constante y eficaz en el campo de las drogas, y también estamos muy satisfechos con la colaboración de la Unión Europea y el PNUCD en otros terrenos. +Nosotros, ciudadanos y diputados del Parlamento Europeo, estamos extremadamente preocupados porque no vemos señales concretas de que la Comisión vaya a presentar una propuesta de esta naturaleza durante la Presidencia finlandesa, ya que nosotros de buena gana hubiésemos empezado su tramitación. +¿Cuál es la opinión del Consejo sobre un federalismo en que los diferentes Estados miembros renuncien al derecho de veto y a los criterios de mayoría cualificada para facilitar la adopción supranacional de decisiones? +La ampliación del marco de decisiones que sean adoptadas por mayoría cualificada en el seno del Consejo es uno de los asuntos que será debatido por los representantes de los Gobiernos en la Conferencia Intergubernamental, que se convocará a principios del año 2000. +Mi comisión parlamentaria se ha esforzado mucho por preparar la respuesta del Parlamento a la propuesta a tiempo para cumplir el plazo fijado por el Consejo y a tiempo para que el Consejo pueda examinarla el 2 de diciembre. +Por lo tanto, señor Presidente, creo que con las enmiendas que hemos introducido en la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales cumplimos el objetivo de acomodar una decisión de las tres instituciones a las características propias de la nuestra. +Señor Prodi, Señor Presidente, estimados colegas, expondré el punto de vista de los Verdes y la Alianza Libre Europea sobre Eurodac. Debo admitir que tras la introducción del ponente Pirker los matices introducidos por los oradores anteriores han sido de mi agrado. +De manera que cualquier solución unilateral, o cualquier solución de carácter administrativo que no contemplara en todas sus dimensiones el auténtico problema de salud pública y los aspectos médicos del asunto constituiría un craso error. +Nosotros somos partidarios no sólo de la transparencia total respecto al funcionamiento de todas las instituciones europeas, sino también a la elección y a la revocabilidad, en cualquier momento, tanto de todos aquellos que hoy son diputados, como de todos cuantos poseen una responsabilidad, independientemente del nivel jerárquico de que se trate, incluyendo la Comisión de Bruselas. +Además, habida cuenta del curso desfavorable reservado a las enmiendas que he presentado con mis colegas de la delegación socialista francesa y los Grupos GUE/NGL y Verdes/ALE, me he abstenido, señora Presidenta, en la votación del informe del Sr. Schwaiger. +Esta ausencia de balance puede analizarse como una voluntad de ocultar, según la apreciación de los pueblos de los países adherentes a la OMC, la evidencia de los efectos de la desreglamentación del comercio mundial. +Esta dimensión de un comercio justo basado en la ausencia de un dumping cualitativo, medioambiental, social y fiscal, si bien se menciona en el plano de los principios, no está confirmada, con todas sus consecuencias, como un objetivo prioritario de los negociadores europeos. +Yo he enunciado los principios para ello en una opinión disidente, aneja al Informe Dimitrakopoulos-Leinen, y el Grupo Europa de las Naciones ha desarrollado sus consecuencias presentando veintiuna enmiendas, que han sido rechazadas, desgraciadamente, por la mayoría de este Parlamento. +Nuestra convicción consiste en que el futuro pertenece a una Europa sin fronteras entre pueblos unificados de un extremo a otro del continente y liberada del poder de hecho de los grupos industriales y financieros, condición indispensable para un control real de los pueblos con respecto a sus instituciones. +- (DE) En el marco de la reforma de los principales ámbitos institucionales de los Tratados las propuestas contenidas en el Informe Dimitrakopoulos-Leinen abogan por una ampliación de la decisión por mayoría cualificada en el Consejo. +Hemos observado con gran satisfacción que el gobierno danés comunicó en la reunión del Consejo (Justicia y Asuntos Interiores) celebrada el 29 de octubre de 1999 su voluntad de participar plenamente en la cooperación Eurodac sobre una base interestatal. +La repatriación de las personas desplazadas está en curso: antes de ayer, del total de personas desplazadas, alrededor de 65.000 habían regresado, y el Gobierno indonesio nos ha asegurado que el proceso de repatriación voluntaria finalizará dentro de 100 días. +Por eso entiendo, señor Presidente, que nosotros, como Parlamento Europeo, tenemos que manifestar, en esta ocasión y en todas aquellas en las que se produzca un hecho parecido, un compromiso firme e indeclinable con el derecho a la vida, como lo hacemos en el texto de esta resolución común. +Nos parece una crueldad enorme, aterradora, que se piense en ejecutar a enfermos de esta clase y que se tenga a personas 21 años en la cárcel, como es el caso de un canadiense al que estaba previsto ajusticiar y media hora antes de la ejecución se aceptó un recurso suyo ante el tribunal. +La MINUK se ha dirigido a la Comisión, con miras a financiar el cuerpo de protección de Kosovo, y la semana próxima los Estados miembros tomarán una decisión sobre el programa que hemos sugerido en respuesta a esta petición. +Estábamos un poco orgullosos de haber contribuido con nuestra ayuda -aunque queda por ver si ha llegado a su destino- a la creación de este Tribunal que debía esclarecer los crímenes contra la humanidad y castigar a sus autores. +Muchos de estos proyectos se aplican a través de ONG y tienden a mejorar el alcance y la calidad de los servicios del sector social, particularmente en los ámbitos de la enseñanza primaria y de la atención sanitaria. +Se han presentado 128 enmiendas, y usted ha redactado tan sólo 17 ó 18 enmiendas de transacción, que deben servir para aunar esa cantidad de enmiendas propuestas de modo que al final salga de este Parlamento un informe lógico y concluyente sobre este Plan de acción. +A estos dos grupos, los partidarios del modelo sueco y los partidarios del modelo neerlandés, no les interesa una estrecha colaboración europea en este terreno porque temen que irá en detrimento de su política nacional. +Ello significa que países como Francia y Alemania deben redoblar sus esfuerzos en el ámbito del tratamiento de los toxicómanos en tanto que un país como los Países Bajos, por ejemplo, tiene que poner más empeño en la lucha contra la excesiva presencia de las drogas por causa de los "coffeeshops" y contra el turismo de la droga. +Tenemos que afrontar el hecho de que las fuerzas criminales involucradas en la producción y el tráfico de drogas están conectadas entre sí, disponen de recursos, tienen fuerzas que sobrepasan en mucho las posibilidades de los estados de derecho de detener este tráfico. +Ha llegado el momento de que consideremos la conveniencia de restar recursos a la lucha contra el suministro de drogas y de aumentar los recursos destinados a la lucha contra la demanda. +Cuarta: fomentar la cooperación entre las ciudades, basándonos en la idea de la European Cities Drug Policy como modelo de un proyecto, que reconoce a las drogas - legales e ilegales - como pertenecientes a la sociedad y se pronuncia a favor de un consumo de esas drogas autónomo y responsable. +Si a ello unimos el notable incremento que se ha venido observando en el consumo de bebidas alcohólicas por parte de jóvenes, que en muchos casos se une al consumo de drogas, especialmente de síntesis, se pone de manifiesto la necesidad de una urgente adopción de medidas que inviertan esta tendencia. +Se trata del periodo que transcurre hasta el año 2003, según mi propuesta justo hasta el 31 de enero del 2003, entonces tendría lugar una evaluación intermedia y una nueva estimación y respectivamente una prolongación hasta el 31 de enero del 2007. +El efecto multiplicador de la garantía bancaria hace que las inversiones resultantes de los créditos del BEI tengan una importancia decisiva en el marco de las políticas subvencionadas por el presupuesto comunitario. +Señor Presidente, quiero explicar el voto favorable al Informe Newton Dunn subrayando que el mismo, con sus medidas, se encuadra en la lucha contra la inmigración ilegal y contra los numerosos actos de delincuencia que muchos de los inmigrados ilegales, por fas o por nefas, cometen en perjuicio de todos los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea y en particular de los ciudadanos ancianos. +El Acta de adhesión de 1985 contenía una cláusula evolutiva -el apartado 4 del artículo 25- con objeto de evitar que, como consecuencia del desarrollo de la Unión Europea, Canarias pudiera quedar fuera de la construcción europea. +El desmantelamiento de las especificidades fiscales canarias en materia arancelaria pondría en peligro el desmantelamiento de una serie de pequeñas industrias locales -industrias de la alimentación, tabaco, pequeñas industrias de tipo comercial-, que desaparecerían si se suprimiera completamente esa pequeña protección que nos proporcionaban los arbitrios especiales canarios, concretamente el arbitrio sobre la producción y la importación. +Ha habido manifestaciones públicas a favor y en contra de la incorporación plena de las islas, se han producido crisis de Gobierno e incluso la dimisión del presidente de un Gobierno autonómico, que tuvo como causa, precisamente, las condiciones de negociación de la adhesión. +La exposición de motivos y la explicación que hoy nos ha dado el ponente son claras y establecen el largo camino que Canarias ha seguido en Europa para llegar al proceso de incorporación a la Unión Europea. +En caso necesario, la Comisión presentará una propuesta al Consejo basada en el Artículo 299 (2) sobre las medidas necesarias para no comprometer la existencia de ciertas actividades locales particularmente frágiles. +Desde hace tres años, más concretamente, he expresado en varias ocasiones a la Comisión mi preocupación por las distorsiones de la competencia a nivel mundial, agravadas por el hecho de que Europa se ha impuesto siempre un rigor desconocido para nuestros adversarios. +Hasta ahora, pese a los varios llamamientos realizados en este sentido porque el tema no es nuevo, la Unión Europea y la Comisión no han hecho nada efectivo para poner fin a esta subvención indirecta en Corea. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, la industria de la construcción y la reparación naval de la Unión Europea afronta graves problemas, como ya se ha dicho aquí, lo que demuestra que las fórmulas aplicadas hace unos años no están dando los resultados prometidos. +Al contrario de lo que decía el Consejo Europeo en 1998, cuando reglamentó las nuevas normas relativas a las ayudas a la construcción naval, al final no mejoraron las condiciones de competencia internacional. +La realidad es la que es y, lamentándolo mucho, señor Comisario, si no se adoptan medidas urgentes y enérgicas, este sector, como otros sectores industriales de la Unión Europea, se va a ir a la deriva, por mantener la debida compostura en la manera de hablar. +Yo quisiera también sumarme a la condena que se está expresando aquí, en este foro europeo, respecto a la ruptura de la tregua por parte de la organización ETA, y quiero expresar mi total rechazo a la utilización de la violencia para conseguir objetivos políticos. +Desde luego, es muy positivo poder escuchar ahora un gran número de opiniones sobre este importante problema, pero también podemos observar que otros colegas comienzan a manifestar asimismo su deseo de intervenir y, por lo tanto, yo creo que deberíamos empezar a trabajar normalmente en el marco del orden del día. La Comisión está presente. +El Comisario encargado de la educación y la juventud pondrá los programas Socrates, Leonardo y Juventud a disposición de la formación, de la colaboración entre los jóvenes, para que la lucha antidopaje llegue a ser algo deseado por las juventudes de Europa. +Son actividades lucrativas y, consideradas desde ese punto de vista, creo que la Comisión podría al menos intentar regular un poco el sector y sus condiciones de trabajo, ya que, como ha dicho muy atinadamente el Sr. Cohn-Bendit, si los deportistas se dopan es porque las competiciones lo exigen. +Como usted acaba de decir, el deporte ocupa un lugar importante en la vida diaria europea y, por lo tanto, tiene que ocuparlo también en el Parlamento Europeo, tal y como dijo el Presidente Prodi en su discurso inaugural. +Ante todo existen los temas específicamente mencionados en Amsterdam, esto es, el futuro de los Comisarios, la representación de los Estados miembros en el Consejo y la extensión de la votación por mayoría cualificada. +Yo quisiera recordar asimismo la importancia de que la Presidencia convoque una nueva Conferencia europea que insufle nueva vida a ese foro y de que los países que en el futuro serán miembros de la UE participen desde ahora en la remodelación de la Unión Europea. +La Conferencia Intergubernamental, la concretización de la política exterior y de seguridad común y la realización controlada de la ampliación son asuntos que requieren una preparación a fondo, tanto por parte de los países aspirantes a la adhesión, como por parte de la Unión Europea. +Y la preocupación es aún mayor cuando para defender la revisión que se quiere hacer, es decir, la del famoso triángulo institucional, se recurre al argumento de la eficacia y no a la visión global del proyecto europeo. +Respecto al tema más amplio relativo a la realización del mercado interior, permítame decir también que durante la Presidencia finlandesa hemos recibido algunos documentos estratégicos muy importantes, y la Comunidad debería realmente darles mucha más prioridad de la que les da en estos momentos. +La contribución de este informe para el futuro es que no sólo se ocupa de decisiones políticas, sino que también del papel de la sociedad en la creación de un clima en el que los derechos humanos tengan permanente y profundo arraigo popular. +Desde que el Consejo Europeo confirmara en diciembre de 1997 que Turquía puede optar a la entrada en la UE, se ha venido trabajando en crear las condiciones para prestar ayuda financiera de cara a promover la colaboración económica y acercar a Turquía a la UE. +Aunque hubo algún tímido intento por parte del Gobierno turco, la reciente sentencia a la pena de muerte dictada contra el líder kurdo Ocalan ha alejado todo posible acercamiento político de Turquía a la Unión Europea. +También quiero manifestar, no obstante, mi especial agradecimiento al Gobierno griego y al Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores Papandreu, que han dado un paso valiente, también desde el punto de vista de la situación política interna. +Creo que el Parlamento Europeo tiene que mantener su postura; tenemos que propiciar que ingrese en la Unión Europea no sólo Turquía, tiene que ingresar también el pueblo turco en la Unión Europea, y tenemos que intervenir para que en este camino ese pueblo acceda a los derechos de que está privado. +Las centrales eléctricas, las instalaciones de incineración de residuos, los hornos de cemento y los coches ofrecen posibilidades a la hora de reducir las emisiones de monóxido de carbono. +El asunto va mucho más allá del benceno y el monóxido de carbono y, por consiguiente, debe ser analizado en un marco más amplio y desde una perspectiva técnica; la Directiva 96/62 define el aire ambiental únicamente como el "aire ambiente" . +Y también queremos que se analice, en el informe que la Comisión debe presentar al Consejo y al Parlamento Europeo, si la reducción que pudiera haber de emisiones de CO2 se debe a las medidas técnicas de los industriales o a los hábitos de los consumidores. +Por lo tanto, permitan que completemos la directiva estos tres puntos, de manera que podamos disponer de un instrumento verdaderamente eficaz para controlar el cumplimiento del compromiso voluntario, que de hecho es un experimento para la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, se ha comprobado que el índice de sustancias orgánicas nocivas en el litoral y en alta mar del Golfo de Finlandia aumenta, en general, hacia el este, lo cual refleja la influencia de los vertidos contaminantes procedentes de Rusia en el índice de sustancias nocivas en el Báltico. +Pero hay un punto muy importante que debemos tener en cuenta: en la exposición de motivos se especificaba que se garantizaba la calidad exterior de los materiales; sin embargo, el punto d) del Anexo VII lo trata de modo muy genérico. +La experiencia nos ha mostrado que, a partir de determinados tamaños, la planta no tiene ninguna posibilidad de sobrevivir en un medio, como ocurre en muchas zonas del sur de Europa, en que las condiciones de sequía son muy extremas. +El euro no constituye una meta en sí mismo, sino un instrumento al servicio del ciudadano, de una economía fuerte, del empleo, de la posición internacional de la Unión Europea. +El considerando K, en el que se recoge una queja sobre la inexistencia de ventajas prácticas inmediatas del euro bancario, es un vestigio de las elevadas esperanzas que tenía la mayoría del Parlamento y que, por lo visto, continúa teniendo. +Con razón insiste la ponente en la necesidad de una cuidadosa preparación para la introducción del euro y nosotros vamos a ver que el euro obtendrá realmente la confianza de las ciudadanas y de los ciudadanos y no sólo la de los mercados ya que , entretanto, se encuentra ya asentado en éstos. +Pero no es menos cierto -y también se ha puesto de relieve a lo largo del debate- que el momento de la realidad, el momento de la verdad, será cuando entren en vigor las monedas y los billetes: el 1 de enero del 2002. +La situación del mercado, no sólo en lo que respecta a las negociaciones de la OMC, y la nueva comprensión de las costumbres tradicionales por las nuevas personas modificarán también los contenidos y la relevancia de los temas en la comisión. +Visto que -y ya se ha recordado esta mañana- según los datos facilitados por la Comisión, el 60% de los productos pesqueros que se consumen en la Unión Europea son importados, sería necesario respaldar considerable y ampliamente la acuicultura que representa una importante oportunidad económica para las comunidades marítimas. +No obstante, es sumamente importante que la propuesta trate también los requisitos en materia de la información que sobre la calidad del aire se debe proporcionar a la opinión pública partiendo de un seguimiento muy cuidadoso del nivel de benceno y de monóxido de carbono. +Las encuestas de opinión demuestran, en efecto, al menos en Francia, que el porcentaje de personas que se proponen abrir una cuenta en euros en un futuro próximo, disminuye regularmente desde el 1 de enero de 1999, y hoy sólo afecta a una pequeña minoría. +Pero el Parlamento Europeo desea sacarlos de su error y preconiza una vez más una campaña de información que, cito la resolución aprobada, "responda a las preguntas prácticas y explique el significado básico de la unión monetaria". +En cuanto al período que se inicia el 1 de enero de 2002, en que circularán simultáneamente dos monedas, período que, en los términos del Tratado, podría extenderse hasta seis meses, comparto la opinión de la Sra. Ponente y del Consejo Ecofin, según la cual este período debería reducirse a dos meses. +Cambiar la OMC afecta, por último, a su modo de funcionamiento actual, que sigue basado en la diplomacia de las cumbres y del secreto en el momento de la irrupción ciudadana en los asuntos del mundo. +Una prueba es la supremacía en la toma de decisiones de unas pocas decenas de países ricos. Otra prueba es el aumento de las desigualdades entre países ricos y pobres, y también en el interior de los propios países. +Europa, por último, no debe olvidarse de defender nuestras especificidades no solo económicas, sino también culturales y sociales, porque la globalización de la uniformidad, del achatamiento y de la explotación no ha de formar parte en absoluto del modelo de desarrollo europeo. +Ahora bien, todos sabemos que, sin un trato especial para la agricultura, no será posible garantizar un mínimo de preferencia comunitaria, ni, por consiguiente, la garantía de la función productiva primaria de la agricultura. +Se han puesto de manifiesto dos cosas.: la primera es que en el futuro seguiremos contemplando esta mescolanza de intereses en el marco de las negociaciones internacionales, y quisiera sumarme a la postura de muchos economistas relevantes que afirman que esto no ha sido más que el comienzo. +Ahora bien, para nosotros, no se trata de organizar mejor la liberación continua de los intercambios, sino de dar primacía a la defensa de los derechos sociales y medioambientales y permitir a todas las poblaciones controlar por sí mismas y decidir su futuro. +El presente informe reivindica la dimisión forzada de una Comisión descuidada y chapucera, y ha revelado un catálogo de irresponsabilidades de los Estados miembros que están dispuestos a criticar, pero no a actuar en contra del fraude y de las irregularidades. +Para finalizar quiero subrayar que la Comisión sigue pensando -como dice el informe que usted nos presenta- utilizar como principal indicador del éxito de su gestión financiera el grado de utilización de los créditos financieros asignados en el presupuesto anual. +Señor Presidente, el informe de 1998 del Tribunal de Cuentas, que ha sido debatido en toda Europa excepto -hasta hoy- en esta Asamblea, demuestra la clara necesidad de que la Comisión y los Estados miembros intensifiquen sus esfuerzos en la lucha contra el fraude. +En mi opinión, es acertado que exista una distancia temporal entre la publicación y el debate aquí en la Asamblea a fin de que todos los diputados dispongan de la posibilidad de conocer la totalidad del informe. +Ha sido una temporada especialmente mala para la Comisión y una etapa particularmente difícil para avanzar por todos los canales normales, puesto que tuvimos elecciones, las dificultades de la Comisión, etcétera. +El asunto de la financiación y del reparto de las cargas financieras debe ser el tema de un debate en el marco más amplio de las organizaciones regionales de pesca. +Se trata de una labor común del Parlamento Europeo, que tomó la iniciativa, y de la Comisión, que con el lugar de la indemnización ha mejorado considerablemente la propuesta original del Parlamento. +No estamos dispuestos a pasar de esta filosofía de derecho imperativo a otra absolutamente incierta y muy poco favorable para el ciudadano europeo, a un esquema de suscripción voluntaria. +Quisiera dar las gracias a Willi Rothley, el ponente, por la excelente preparación de este informe y por la iniciativa que entonces también había surgido del Parlamento. Pero también le doy las gracias a la Comisión y al Consejo por su aprobación sustancial. +Creo que el informe del Sr. Rothley debe ser aprobado en su conjunto, ya que es un compromiso de alto nivel y la síntesis de una serie de estímulos y conceptos innovadores, fruto de la colaboración entre las distintas instancias institucionales. +Según este acuerdo, Suiza autoriza un número máximo de camiones comunitarios de mercancías de más de 28 toneladas que podrán atravesar Suiza hasta el año 2005, fecha en que este país, adaptando su normativa a la comunitaria, no exigirá permiso alguno para los camiones inferiores a 40 toneladas. +Al proyecto de aplicación del acuerdo de transporte entre la UE y Suiza que arranca ahora anudamos la esperanza de que en el futuro sea más fácil la superación del espacio central alpino. +Al invitar a Turquía a una cooperación cada vez más estrecha, la Unión actúa de acuerdo a su misión fundamental de consolidar la paz y de fomentar el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos. +Sin embargo, en las conclusiones relativas al tema fiscal se ratificó que todos los ciudadanos residentes en los Estados de la Unión deberán pagar los impuestos aplicables al rendimiento de todos los ahorros. +La prevención de los conflictos con medios militares no es siempre preferente, y por cada euro invertido en la gestión militar de crisis hay que invertir al menos otro euro en la gestión no militar de crisis. +El paso que se ha dado en dirección a la apertura de las negociaciones con seis nuevos Estados candidatos y el reconocimiento de Turquía como Estado candidato forman parte indispensable de la política europea para consolidar la estabilidad y el bienestar en nuestro continente. +Tras la decisión unánime sobre el proceso de ampliación no puede y no debe subsistir ninguna duda en cuanto a la seriedad de nuestra voluntad y la voluntad de Turquía de que se cumplan lo más pronto posible los criterios de Copenhague. +Se trata de progresos mínimos, pero les garantizo -y éste es el mensaje importante que quiero dar- que en este sentido la Comisión y el Presidente del Parlamento han mantenido una misma línea para ampliar la presencia del Parlamento. +Yo espero que la Comisión preste un auténtico apoyo en este contexto, en el sentido de la contribución a la paz y a la prevención de conflictos en la región, lo cual es, en efecto, mucho más importante que las tropas decididas en Helsinki. +Las reformas destinadas a fomentar una competencia dinámica y la flexibilidad deben ser compatibles con la exigencia del mantenimiento, pero a la vez también de una modernización de los sistemas de seguridad social. +El trabajo no ha acabado con la Cumbre de Helsinki, que se ha desarrollado de manera muy satisfactoria en lo que respecta a este tema y en la que Grecia, sobre todo, ha mantenido una actitud muy destacable y Turquía también ha actuado de manera razonable a fin de cuentas. +Pero conviene que digamos aquí que no aceptamos que el Parlamento Europeo quede en una posición subalterna en cualquier proceso de debate tan importante como una revisión del Tratado de la Unión Europea de esa importancia. +En los presupuestos que estamos tratando, el Parlamento Europeo incrementa el número de nuevos funcionarios de una manera que no está en consonancia con la austeridad financiera. No lo está, al menos, en comparación con los incrementos de los últimos cinco años. +Todos nosotros tenemos que adaptarnos a esta nueva y -creo yo- esperanzadora metodología de trabajo con la Comisión, que es el debate libre, pero, como sabe Su Señoría, reglamentariamente este debate libre, en esta ocasión, tiene que ver directamente -y por eso se ha creado- con la declaración que la Comisión acaba de hacer y los asuntos en ella abordados. +Teniendo en cuenta las importantes consecuencias que puede tener este asunto, la Comisión hará un seguimiento del proceso y el expediente no se cerrará antes de que esta institución tenga la seguridad de que se cumplen los principios de transparencia y de igualdad de trato. +Tal vez Su Señoría quisiera plantear esa cuestión a los diversos Estados miembros, fomentar la participación en los grados inferiores de la categoría "A" para velar por que, con el paso de los años, haya más mujeres disponibles a fin de asumir puestos de dirección. +Si usted pretende financiar Kosovo, si quiere respetar los compromisos algo precipitados que el Presidente de la Comisión ha adquirido con respecto a esta región, pues bien, dénos los medios presupuestarios para ser serios y coherentes y dénos la posibilidad de revisar las perspectivas financieras. +La carrera por los precios mundiales y el alza de los rendimientos han puesto en peligro lo más preciado que tenemos: la calidad de nuestra alimentación y la supervivencia de nuestros empleos en las zonas rurales. +¿No hubiera sido mucho más sencillo aceptar antes estas solicitudes del Parlamento y haber evitado todas estas precipitaciones de última hora, que no benefician para nada la imagen de seriedad y eficacia que se supone en las instituciones europeas? +No es muy sano, como tampoco lo es el hecho de dedicar el 50 % de nuestros debates desde esta tarde a hablar de una provincia del Estado serbio que no es miembro de la Unión Europea. +Los enfermeros y los médicos de los hospitales franceses, que son la cumbre de la competencia, están hoy en huelga porque la austeridad presupuestaria viene a recortar los gastos hospitalarios y los gastos sanitarios. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0090/1999) de la Sra. Theato, en nombre de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, sobre el nombramiento de ocho miembros del Tribunal de Cuentas (C5-0231/1999, C5-0232/1999, C5-0233/1999, C5-0234/1999, C5-0235/1999, C5-0236/1999, C5-0237/1999, C5-0238/1999 - 1999/0820(CNS)). +Lamento que la Presidencia finlandesa del Consejo se retire ahora, puesto que los finlandeses también aspiran al nombramiento para un nuevo mandato de su miembro ya acreditado del Tribunal de Cuentas. +La crisis de la Comisión que acabamos de dejar atrás ha dejado sobradamente patente, en efecto, cuán necesario es disponer de un mecanismo eficaz para exigir responsabilidades a los funcionarios de la UE que cometan errores graves de gestión o incluso faltas más graves. +Consecuentemente, la redacción de la propuesta de reglamento por parte de la Comisión y del Consejo ha tardado en llegar, y aun así ha sido juzgada de poco concreta y de incompleta, ya que no incluye los procedimientos de ejecución. +Esto contribuirá decisivamente a mejorar la competitividad de nuestra industria automovilística en un plano mundial, a la vez que asegurará una seguridad mayor y el respeto a las exigencias del medio ambiente, para beneficio de los consumidores. +Señor Presidente, quisiera señalar que las medidas de seguridad desplegadas esta semana con motivo de la visita del Presidente francés han sido realmente ejemplares. Nos felicitamos de que el orden y la seguridad hayan estado presentes en todo momento. +Este Libro Verde nos brindará la oportunidad de celebrar un amplio debate entre todos los interesados sobre el enfoque que debemos adoptar para abaratar aún más los costes para nuestras economías de la reducción de los gases de efecto invernadero. +Pienso que este problema medioambiental es de tal magnitud que es capaz de interesar a la mayoría de los ciudadanos y a la opinión pública, ya que existe una verdadera inquietud por el cambio climático que se está produciendo. +Sin estar en contra del principio de una imposición sobre las emisiones contaminantes, creo, no obstante, que estas medidas deben respetar dos principios: por una parte, esforzarse por garantizar la neutralidad fiscal y, por otra parte, implicar al conjunto del mundo industrializado o, al menos, a la OCDE, para no crear distorsiones de competencia o de dumping ecológico. +La publicación del Libro Verde sobre energía sostenible en Irlanda debe ser vista como una contribución positiva del sector de la energía al debate sobre posibles soluciones a la amenaza del cambio climático +Pero esa necesidad, como lo expresa la resolución conjunta presentada, no significa que la Unión Europea se desinterese del futuro de un territorio tan vinculado a nuestra historia e incluso nuestra cultura. +Esa atención general de Europa es la mejor garantía práctica suplementaria que podemos dar, la mejor forma que tenemos, por nuestra parte, de asegurar que Macao verá resguardada su especificidad, de que seguimos tratando a Macao de un modo específico, sin diluirla en un magma general. +También podemos aceptar en principio la enmienda 26, a condición de que el texto especifique que los informes deberán enviarse a la Comisión antes del 31 de marzo de cada año, y la enmienda 27, a condición de que se le añada una referencia al Comité Científico de Evaluación de conformidad con el Protocolo de Montreal. +. (FR) Con ocasión de los debates que precedieron a la reunión de Seattle, muchos habíamos pensado, en esta Asamblea, que Europa debía empezar por pedir un balance de los ciclos anteriores y que se debía efectuar un diagnóstico junto con los países en vías de desarrollo, antes de lanzarse a un nuevo ciclo de liberalización. +Seattle es un fracaso para aquellos que deseaban continuar ciegamente la carrera hacia la generalización del librecambio y la mercantilización del mundo y es una victoria del movimiento ciudadano en su diversidad, del mismo tipo que la que había conducido al rechazo del AMI. +La Cnuced es el marco con mayor legitimidad para tratar la cuestión de las inversiones directas extranjeras, dentro del respeto del derecho democrático de los Estados de legislar en materia medioambiental y social. +Propusimos incluso una moratoria para el inicio de las negociaciones, con vistas a permitir la realización de dicho balance y a concretar una reflexión posterior sobre las vías que siguen las relaciones comerciales internacionales. +Como también resulta inevitable, por último, perfilar un nuevo orden comercial -en el marco de una mundialización basada en el progreso y en la solidaridad- que respete los derechos políticos fundamentales, del progreso social y del medio ambiente. +No es, pues, sorprendente que, como señala la resolución que se propone, los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea no hayan tomado las medidas necesarias para respetar sus compromisos de Kioto, cuando, al mismo tiempo, en Europa se está llevando a cabo una desreglamentación sistemática. +. (FR) Deseo felicitar a los miembros de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor, y en particular a su presidencia por esta propuesta de resolución relativa al etiquetado de productos que contienen OMG. +Con respecto al etiquetado de alimentos producidos a partir de OMG, el Consejo ha adoptado el Reglamento 1139/98/CE aplicable a los alimentos e ingredientes alimentarios destinados al consumidor final total o parcialmente obtenidos a partir de: habas de soja modificadas genéticamente, a que se refiere la Decisión 96/281/CE; maíz modificado genéticamente, a que se refiere la Decisión 97/28/CE. +También en este caso, nuestro colega vicepresidente ha faltado, en mi opinión, a las normas de su función, tanto para conmigo como para con el colega que había intervenido antes y para con otros colegas que deseaban intervenir, concretamente la Sra. Muscardini, a quien denegó la palabra y amenazó incluso con expulsarla. +Como diputados somos el nexo democrático directo con la población de la Unión Europea, y la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer es un nexo directo con muchas organizaciones y representaciones de mujeres. +Espero por ello que la Comisión hoy pueda asegurarme que la salud reproductiva tendrá un papel destacado en la conferencia comunitaria y que el Parlamento Europeo de una u otra forma pueda participar en Nueva York tal como sucedió con el convenio con motivo de las negociaciones de la OMC, donde sí que estuvimos representados. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la declaración de la Comisión sobre el curso que debe darse a la decisión del Gobierno francés de mantener el embargo sobre la carne de vacuno británica. +¿No se debe también, más allá de este caso específico, trabajar para imponer en los intercambios comerciales la primacía del principio de cautela antes que todas las demás consideraciones, tanto en la Unión como en los terceros países? +Una vez que hayan realizado su evaluación de los factores de riesgo presentarán su dictamen a la Comisión, en el momento en que la Comisión inicie el proceso de elaborar las leyes. +Como usted ya sabrá, ahora tendrá lugar el turno de preguntas al Consejo, que es el siguiente punto del orden del día, y a las 21.00 horas se reanudará la sesión y habrá un anuncio sobre los temas que ustedes preguntan. +La Delegación del BEI aprobó el 26 de marzo de 1997 la normativa sobre la publicación de documentos, que ha sido publicada en la página 13 del Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas C 243. +En relación con el examen obligatorio de los 79.000 recursos presentados, el Secretario General de la ONU no puede dar datos exactos sobre el calendario o la utilización de más personal para examinar en su totalidad dichos recursos. +Señor Presidente, pregunto si se van a asignar las partidas necesarias para la reconstrucción de cuanto fue destruido, si va a ser levantado el embargo y si el dinero se entregará al gobierno yugoslavo, al gobierno yugoslavo legalmente elegido, con observadores extranjeros, etcétera. +Señor Presidente, según el apartado 2 del artículo 1 del Reglamento del Consejo, es responsabilidad de la Presidencia anunciar las fechas de las reuniones del Consejo previstas para su período siete meses antes del comienzo del mismo. +Estamos convencidos de que a través del uso más eficaz de los sistemas informáticos de transmisión rápida de información se facilitará el reconocimiento de los envíos, de los comerciantes y de los países de origen y destino de estos envíos. +Quisiera hacer constar diversos agradecimientos antes de abordar la substancia de nuestra segunda lectura: a los servicios del Parlamento por trabajar con tanta rapidez con este informe, a la Comisión por todo su apoyo y a la Presidencia finlandesa por el cortés y minucioso asesoramiento que ha brindado a lo largo de todo el proceso. +Acudieron a una audición, organizada en el Parlamento, sobre los retrasos en los pagos y aportaron un asesoramiento muy válido de expertos y reconocieron que en el Mercado Único había problemas con los retrasos en los pagos. +Yo ya asistí a todo un debate anterior sobre este asunto y podríamos preguntarnos si el Parlamento está unido a la hora de aceptar el principio básico de las recomendaciones del Comité Científico. +El artículo 2 de la Decisión 94/936/CE del Consejo disponía que la Comisión encomendara a un grupo de trabajo de científicos independientes la tarea de evaluar los efectos de la utilización de la BST. +Señora Presidenta, en el punto 38 del Acta, que es el turno de preguntas al Consejo, he comprobado que hay un error en la versión española y alemana, por lo menos, y es que falta la pregunta 9. +La pregunta del Sr. Papayannakis se refería a otra cosa, a su informe. Se trata del sistema de registro de los animales de la especie bovina y del etiquetado de la carne de vacuno. +A título informativo para los diputados: con la votación que acaba de ganarse, los gastos totales ascenderán a un 1,11% del PNB de Europa, un porcentaje que se halla por debajo del tope máximo fijado para el año 2000 de las previsiones de financiación y por debajo del máximo de recursos propios, fijado en el 1,27%. +Agradezco al ponente de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Agrario, el Sr. Görlach, que en su carta dirigida al presidente de la Comisión de Presupuestos haya censurado igualmente este recorte. +Nos satisface la asignación de mayores recursos para el diálogo social, pensando en la importancia de comenzar en los países candidatos la construcción de un mercado laboral eficiente, con organizaciones sindicales fuertes y en buenas condiciones sociales. +- (DE) El reglamento que ha de modificarse, a propuesta de la Comisión, constituyó hace dos años, a la luz de la crisis de la EEB, un tema de gran importancia y una importante decisión en el marco de la protección al consumidor a nivel europeo +El hecho de que la propia ganadora del premio Sajarov, Leyla Zana, aún se encuentre en la cárcel indica claramente que en Turquía se está dando un trato infame al derecho de libertad de expresión y a los derechos humanos. +No cambia en nada el sentido de esta afirmación el hecho de que haya productos de imprenta que no cumplen estos requisitos. Tal excepción no puede alcanzar en este caso el rango de norma. +En tercer lugar, aquí no se trata simplemente, si bien es ése el punto de partida, de la cuestión del comercio transfronterizo entre Austria y Alemania, sino de la cuestión del papel que desempeñan los espacios lingüísticos, los ámbitos culturales. +Nosotros los austríacos tenemos claro que la sola posibilidad de dictar normativa de ámbito nacional no es suficiente, sino que se requieren una cláusula relativa a la importación y otra a la exportación, de conformidad con el modelo francés, pues espacio lingüístico y cultural significan más. +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores, la cuestión central es si el embargo de armamento en el marco de las medidas de restricciones adoptadas contra Indonesia, que fue acordado por el Consejo en septiembre de este año, debe extenderse más allá del mes de enero del año que viene. +A pesar de nuestro pasado fracaso en garantizar que no se asesinaría a la gente, tenemos de nuevo la obligación de garantizar que en el futuro no se envíe ningún mensaje de apoyo a las autoridades actuales. +Teníamos claro que sería una tarea muy difícil. Teníamos claro que deben crearse básicamente ex novo todas las condiciones para la constitución de un Estado de Derecho efectivo y estable en Sierra Leona y que la disposición a colaborar es limitada. +Este tipo de dictadura, este tipo de terrorismo contra la población y el mal empleo de los recursos en un gasto innecesario en armamento para un país de ese tamaño, es injustificable. +Estoy absolutamente dispuesto, señora Thors, a explicar a los candidatos a la adhesión la necesidad de firmar y ratificar este convenio. No obstante, creo que el señor Posselt ha afirmado con acierto a este respecto que mi posición en este asunto gozará de credibilidad cuando los Quince lo hayan ratificado. +También sabemos apreciar la importante contribución que en este ámbito han prestado las organizaciones no gubernamentales que dedican sus esfuerzos a la sensibilización de los Estados en favor del estatuto de Roma y su pronta ratificación. +Las sensibilidades de Irlanda del Norte son demasiado importantes como para permitir cualquier intento mal informado de arrimarse al sol que más calienta en el tema del Fondo Internacional para Irlanda. +, por escrito. (EN) El Parlamento Europeo facilitó la votación sin debate sobre el Fondo, que luego fue pospuesta por el Consejo, con el acuerdo de todos los Grupos, incluidos los Verdes, de que no habría ninguna enmienda. +Cualquier intento de mancillar la reputación de este Fondo es absolutamente inaceptable, no representa más que un caso de borreguismo político mal informado en el tema de las sensibilidades de Irlanda del Norte, y no es digno de este Parlamento. +Nunca he comprendido por qué la Comisión no ha aceptado que desde el 1 de enero próximo, estos dos datos, ya obligatorios el marco comunitario, se utilicen para permitir un principio operativo de rastreabilidad. +En cuanto al informe de la Sra. Redondo Jiménez, la Comisión puede aceptar las enmiendas 1, 2 y 3, pero no la enmienda 4, ni siquiera en su nueva versión modificada, ya que todavía implicaría imponer a los Estados miembros algunas obligaciones sobre las que aún no se ha discutido en el Consejo. +Si Tayikistán está hoy entregado a las dificultades económicas que enumera el informe, como tantos otros países del mundo por otra parte, es porque ciertamente es víctima de una apertura desconsiderada de las fronteras y del juego desmesurado de los imperios. +Distinguido señor Presidente, a pesar de grandes reparos, he votado a favor de la ayuda financiera, porque veo una posibilidad de establecer la economía de mercado democracia y la paz mediante estímulos financieros, como ha expuesto el Sr. Karas, y no a través de la violencia. +Asunto: Aplicación del programa Philoxenia El Parlamento Europeo, la Comisión y el Comité Económico y Social han emitido ya su dictamen positivo sobre la instauración de un programa plurianual en favor del turismo europeo denominado Philoxenia. +Así mismo, en la Declaración nº 30 aneja al Tratado de Amsterdam se reconoce que las regiones insulares sufren de desventajas estructurales vinculadas a su específico carácter insular, y se pide que la Unión tenga en cuenta dichas desventajas y que, siempre que sea necesario, se tomen medidas específicas con miras a integrar mejor dichas regiones en el mercado interior en condiciones equitativas. +Sin embargo, le quiero indicar que un territorio con un nivel inferior al 75 % del nivel de bienestar medio en Europa es un territorio de ayuda incluso según el Objetivo I de los Fondos estructurales. +A la vista de la importancia de los acontecimientos y de la posibilidad de que se agrave la inestabilidad en la región, ¿tiene previsto el Consejo redoblar sus esfuerzos diplomáticos para lograr un acuerdo en Jammu y Cachemira? +El Consejo Europeo subrayó en especial que debe profundizarse la coordinación económica para asegurar el éxito de la Unión Económica y Monetaria y apoyar un crecimiento que repercuta eficazmente sobre el empleo de un modo sostenido. +Señor Presidente, estamos ante un trabajo hecho con gran rigor, con brillantez, con una enorme claridad y con mucha valentía: un informe del Sr. Herman que responde a los objetivos que se ha propuesto de mejorar el funcionamiento de las instituciones. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, tras el debate de esta tarde sobre el conflicto en Serbia y las expulsiones en Kosovo, se ve aún más claramente porqué la ampliación de la Unión en países de la Europa central y oriental, junto a todo lo demás, es el instrumento más importante para el aseguramiento de la paz y va a seguir siéndolo también en el futuro. +Si se miran los datos económicos y se creen los pronósticos, Polonia es una de las economías más fuertes entre los países de la Europa central, con tasas de crecimiento superiores al 5 %, un desempleo y tasa de inflación inferior al 10 % y un crecimiento de los ingresos del 4, 5 %. +Desde entonces ha habido un cambio de gobierno en 1996 y se tomó la decisión de dejar en suspenso la solicitud y de ocuparse en su lugar de concertar un acuerdo de asociación reforzado. +En la última ampliación corrimos un riesgo al admitir a tres nuevos miembros antes de haber realizado las reformas institucionales necesarias para ocuparnos de las consecuencias del aumento del número de miembros. +Ese riesgo se agravó debido a la presencia en dos de esos países de minorías anticomunitarias muy importantes que, si llegaran a ser mayorías, podrían, a causa de lo inadecuado de nuestros actuales arreglos institucionales, haber anulado toda la labor realizada por las Comunidades. +Unos menores avances se obtuvieron en el plano de la adaptación al acervo, sobre todo en el campo del medio ambiente, y se requiere una aceleración del trabajo legislativo, así como de los esfuerzos para atraer inversiones en dicho sector del medio ambiente. +En cuanto al programa de reestructuración de la industria siderúrgica puedo elogiar a Polonia por la enorme cantidad de trabajo invertida, si bien deberán aumentarse los esfuerzos por aclarar todavía más toda la estrategia de privatización de las dos mayores empresas e introducir un claro calendario para la privatización y reestructuración. +En relación a la petición del Sr. Bertens acerca de la presentación de una propuesta para un mecanismo financiero, repito lo que ya he dicho antes en cuanto a Malta, que estamos trabajando en la sustitución del protocolo financiero. +Estoy aquí. No intervengo en las votaciones nominales en protesta por la no adopción por parte de los cuestores de una decisión apelable ante Luxemburgo, que solicité por escrito ya en agosto del año pasado, en relación con la retención ilícita efectuada por el Sr. Chamier sobre mis compensaciones de gastos. +Si los funcionarios públicos no pueden hablar ni escribir acerca de su labor cotidiana sin el consentimiento de sus superiores, no puede esperarse que haya una atmósfera motivada y buena en el lugar de trabajo. +Hay que exigir que tenga un presupuesto independiente que pueda utilizar de forma razonable, que tenga suficiente personal, lo mismo la Comisión de Peticiones que el Defensor del Pueblo, que son dos instituciones que realmente preservan los derechos de la ciudadanía europea. +Quisiera agradecer y felicitar a los ponentes, a la Sra. De Esteban Martín y al Sr. Newman, por sus informes que, como siempre sucede en esta comisión, son el producto final de la labor colectiva y de la aportación de todos sus miembros. +El Sr. Newman ha sido un verdadero «perro de presa británico» en esa comisión parlamentaria, y nunca ha dejado pasar la ocasión de intervenir en nombre de los ciudadanos de la Comunidad. +Por lo que respecta a la institución del Defensor del Pueblo, es evidente que desempeña una función cada vez más importante y un papel verdaderamente positivo para el conjunto del sistema comunitario. +Señora Presidenta, señor Defensor del Pueblo, Señorías, en virtud del Tratado de la Unión Europea es el Parlamento, y no la Comisión, el destinatario del informe anual del Defensor del Pueblo. +El Parlamento ha desempeñado una función importante también en otro ámbito: me refiero al código de conducta para el correcto comportamiento de la administración en sus relaciones con los ciudadanos. +El fundamento de la enmienda 8 no puede admitirse en la medida en que el comité en cuestión cumpla las mismas funciones del Comité de política aduanera. Volveré sobre este punto dentro de unos momentos. +Además de ello, en mi informe considero la posibilidad de complementar el sistema de tarificación basado en los costes sociales marginales con medidas en el ámbito de los impuestos relacionados con el transporte. Más en concreto, propongo que dichos impuestos se coordinen a escala europea y que, en su caso, se reduzcan. +Aparte de ello, es fundamental que se lancen campañas informativas en las que el sistema de transporte propuesto se promocione ante la población como un sistema sostenible respetuoso con el medio ambiente, dejando claro que no se trata de pasar una vez más factura al automovilista sin justificación alguna. +Por una parte, no presta la debida atención a los costes de construcción, capital y mantenimiento y, por otra parte, incluye sin diferenciación alguna la imputación de los llamados costes externos. Entre estos costes figuran entre otros los daños ocasionados al medio ambiente, la saturación del tráfico y los accidentes. +Para mí la solución es sencilla. De los estudios se desprende que en la actualidad el automovilista privado ya paga los costes de la infraestructura del transporte que se le quieren imputar en concepto de impuestos generales, impuestos sobre el combustible e impuestos sobre los vehículos. +Naturalmente, podemos pensar que este es un sistema imperfecto, pero -es un hecho- se ha impuesto en la historia como el único capaz de evitar un caos y un absolutismo aún mayores que los que son imputables a una u otra soberanía en particular. +Por no haber sabido crear el foro permanente de la gran Europa, formado por unas cooperaciones abiertas desde el primer momento a los PECO, sobre cuestiones tan vitales como la seguridad y la política exterior, nuestro continente vuelve a dividirse. +Resulta obviamente legítimo aspirar a conseguir una armonización de las distintas disposiciones en el sector de los transportes, especialmente si de esta manera se garantiza un funcionamiento más fluido del mercado interior. +Como sin duda saben sus Señorías, los Estados miembros pueden autorizar un peso máximo de 44 toneladas para los vehículos de motor de tres ejes que formen parte de un vehículo combinado de cinco o seis ejes a fin de evitar que semejantes vehículos deterioren demasiado las carreteras. +El informe que hoy se presenta es uno de esos informes de los que los miembros de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer se sientes orgullosos, porque efectivamente se basa en un amplio consenso y en la colaboración de todos sus miembros. +Aunque en el ámbito de este fundamento jurídico que, vuelvo a repetir, nos parece rígido y demasiado restrictivo, la violencia es ante todo, y lo reiteramos enérgicamente, una violación de los derechos humanos, motivo por el cual la acción contra la violencia deben ejecutarse a partir de un planteamiento multidisciplinario. +Nadie nos ha dicho si es verdad que el camión que entró por la boca francesa ya estaba en llamas a la entrada del túnel, y nos entretenemos en calcular una pequeña diferencia de minutos, uno o dos, entre la intervención francesa y la italiana. +Fue los días 6 y 7 de abril cuando perecieron 25 víctimas civiles de la milicia armada que responde al nombre de «Meraputi» con la connivencia activa de la brigada móvil de la unidad de política de elite de Indonesia. +Señor Presidente, le pido que envíe una nota de protesta al Dr. Mahathir acerca del deficiente juicio político de que ha sido objeto Anwar Ibrahim, una nota de protesta en consonancia con las numerosas resoluciones de crítica que ha aprobado este Parlamento en relación con Malasia. +La creación de un tribunal ad hoc es deseable, sin embargo, nunca se librará de la sospecha de que se trata de un tribunal especial que ya ha anticipado, por así decirlo, su sentencia y que no ha ofrecido al imputado las garantías que, incluso un imputado como Ta Mok, merece. +El Sr. Port, que tiene a su cargo la investigación, ha recibido un mandato total e ilimitado y la libertad de añadir recursos o de utilizar recursos para otros fines, según lo desee. +También debemos preocuparnos por las posibles consecuencias nefastas del hecho de que la Comisión recurra de forma generalizada a los servicios de un personal temporal procedente de las administraciones públicas nacionales o de la industria. +Lo que, en general, se deduce del informe del Defensor del Pueblo europeo es que la confianza de los ciudadanos europeos se basa en la transparencia, en el diálogo, en normas jurídicas claras que les permitan defender sus derechos. +Señor Presidente, la idea de aprobar un programa destinado a prevenir la violencia ejercida contra los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres es una idea generosa y noble que todos, naturalmente, pueden suscribir. +No obstante, también he dejado claro que nos preocupa especialmente la modificación de la base jurídica. Dije entonces que eso nos aguaría considerablemente la fiesta y ha empañado algo nuestra felicidad, ya que la violencia contra niños y mujeres, señor Comisario, no es, por supuesto, solamente un riesgo para la salud. +He recibido, en el día de ayer, una moción de censura contra la Comisión, la totalidad de cuyos miembros dimitieron de sus cargos de forma colectiva el 16 de mayo de 1999. +La finalidad de la moción de censura, en el Derecho parlamentario, es comprobar que un Ejecutivo ha perdido la confianza de la mayoría de la Asamblea o, en caso de rechazo, que mantiene esa confianza. +La información pública sobre la naturaleza delictiva de tales actos y el peso de la actuación penal deben sustituir al silencio y a la mansedumbre que aún les acompañan con demasiada frecuencia en nuestras sociedades no obstante desarrolladas. +Estamos deseosos de ver qué resultado darán las directrices sobre el empleo que la Comisión acordó en la conferencia de Luxemburgo y algunos de los debates sobre el Fondo Social Europeo y los trabajadores de edad avanzada. +Nuestros ponentes, los Sres. McMahon y Schiedermeier han llevado a cabo una excelente labor no sólo en la elaboración de su informe, sino también a la hora de preparar la conferencia de la tercera edad en cuyas conclusiones se basa ampliamente dicho documento. +Para ilustrar mis palabras, destaco el hecho de que el índice de autoabastecimiento del mercado estadounidense ha pasado del nivel cero a aproximadamente el 165 %, mientras que el autoabastecimiento del mercado europeo de lisina pasó del 84 % en 1991 al 54 % en 1997, y su tendencia es hacia el 38 % en el 2002 si no se producen cambios. +Como es probable que el maíz utilizando para la producción de la industria del almidón se siga vendiendo en Estados Unidos a un precio inferior al de los cereales comunitarios, parece lógico no sólo mantener el actual dispositivo de compensación del perjuicio estadounidense, sino reforzarlo considerablemente. +Como sabe Su Señoría, por ser uno de los autores del nuevo Reglamento, el apartado 3 del artículo 9 dispone que las cuestiones relativas a los derechos y privilegios de los antiguos diputados requieren una decisión de la Mesa. +Señor Presidente, acabamos de saber que el Consejo de Ministros ha tomado la decisión de incorporar a la administración europea a los asalariados del grupo de Schengen que trabajan para el Consejo. +En relación con la política monetaria, insistimos en la necesidad de independencia del BCE, para que pueda cumplir de la mejor manera posible su cometido en materia de estabilidad de precios, y asegurar las condiciones favorables para el crecimiento y el empleo. +Hay que felicitarse entonces, de que en vísperas de elecciones, tanto el Parlamento como la Comisión hayan podido hacer frente a las exigencias de la economía y resistir de forma relativamente honrosa las presiones de la opinión pública, de los medios de comunicación y de ciertos grupos de presión. +Señora Presidenta, distinguidas señoras y señores, cuando se escucha a la Sra. Van Lancker, que no quiere tener ningún libro de recetas neoliberal, no puedo menos que decir que nosotros tampoco queremos hacer de las orientaciones político-económicas ningún libro de cuentos socialista. +Se pretende con esto garantizar que las grandes orientaciones sean un test de gran envergadura para poner de manifiesto la voluntad de los Estados miembros de coordinar en la práctica, Sra. Lienemann, las políticas económicas utilizando los instrumentos creados a este fin. +Finalmente, Sr. Blot, usted manifiesta un temor que me permito el lujo de no compartir. Usted teme que la coordinación de los sistemas fiscales, después de la unión monetaria, elimine también una de las dos posibilidades residuales de estrategia contra los famosos choques asimétricos. +Sobre este tema la Comisión de Control Presupuestario ha aceptado hoy, antes del inicio de este debate, un informe que estará listo para ser votado el próximo jueves junto con el informe sobre el reglamento. +Es de esperar que la próxima contienda electoral trate también otros temas políticos importantes, sin embargo, es ahora cuando debe librarse la batalla de las grandes reformas mientras todavía haya la voluntad política para ello. +En este momento resulta que el fraude y el robo son una forma de vida, una ingeniería, y ahora la delincuencia organizada es una delincuencia elegante, que procede de los mejores medios, que estudia, que trabaja para robar. +Pero actuar con independencia, ¿es o no es una utopía cuando muchos Estados miembros tienen sistemas judiciales en plena crisis, cuando muchas veces el propio sistema judicial, influido por el poder ejecutivo -porque cada vez se respeta menos la separación de poderes de Montesquieu- deja prescribir casos absolutamente flagrantes de fraude en los que están miles de millones en juego? +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores colegas, bajo mi Presidencia el Consejo de Ministros de Economía y Finanzas adoptó el 15 de marzo de 1999 una posición clara: ninguna comprensión, nada de tolerancia para el fraude y la corrupción en la Comunidad. +Sobre la observación formulada por el Sr. Brinkhorst respecto de la cuestión de las agencias descentralizadas -a la que también se ha referido el Sr. Kellett-Bowman-, es esencial que el Consejo aborde esa cuestión, sobre la que el Parlamento y la Comisión están de acuerdo. +Esperemos que la nueva Comisión sea capaz de aprender la lección de los acontecimientos que hemos vivido para que gestione bien su mandato y que el fracaso de hoy despeje el camino hacia el éxito del mañana. +Hace más de un año, el 31 de marzo de 1998, el Parlamento Europeo decidía elaborar un informe sobre la concesión de la aprobación de la gestión a la Comisión para el ejercicio de 1996. +No se aprueba la gestión para 1996, sus cuentas se cierran, y sólo se podrá conceder la aprobación para 1997 -y esto lo acaba de decir usted, señor Bösch, con toda razón- cuando se hayan corregido las deficiencias. Lo hemos criticado nosotros y lo acaban de criticar también ustedes. +Por esta razón, tampoco se pueden cerrar, sin más, las cuentas del ejercicio presupuestario de 1996 mientras, por ejemplo, no se haya formulado la reclamación en el caso de nepotismo que se haya constatado. +Es cierto que la coincidencia de esta entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam con la última sesión plenaria del presente Parlamento no facilita las cosas, pero estamos convencidos de que la cooperación leal entre las instituciones permitirá resolver los posibles problemas. +En nuestra valoración global, si hubiéramos seguido esa vía de no prever la unanimidad, habríamos tenido dificultades de principio mucho mayores que las que tendremos a la hora de hacer pasar la propuesta en el Consejo. +Romano Prodi expuso a los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno sus primeras reflexiones al respecto en su reunión informal del 14 de abril en Bruselas. Está previsto que este intercambio de opiniones prosiga en el Consejo Europeo de Colonia del 3 y 4 de julio. +El hecho de que estemos aquí debatiendo la ratificación de un nuevo Presidente de la Comisión, seis meses antes de cuando correspondía según el calendario es un reflejo del cambio de funciones y perspectivas de la Unión Europea. +Esta es una constatación importante, señor Presidente de la Comisión: en Europa, en los países y regiones europeos donde no existe la encarnación de la Unión Europea, donde la Unión Europea no es solidaria, sigue existiendo la posibilidad de guerra. +Deseándole, no obstante, que lleve a cabo un buen trabajo, espero que usted pueda resolver los retos de la construcción de Europa teniendo muy presentes los problemas del medio ambiente, de la salud y de la paz que son parte integrante de los derechos de ciudadanía. +Estoy de acuerdo, señor Prodi, en la necesidad de afianzar el papel de la Comisión en materia de la cooperación dentro de la OMC, sin embargo, quiero alertar contra el riesgo de que por conseguir esto echemos por la borda la dimensión social y tomemos como rehenes a los consumidores y el medio ambiente. +Voy a repetirlo de nuevo claramente y sin rodeos: tenemos que fortalecer las fuerzas del mercado, pero también debemos tener claro que, en nuestro modelo, el mercado sólo puede funcionar si se reducen al mínimo el paro y las fracturas sociales en nuestra sociedad. +En consecuencia, sólo quiero decirles que me siento responsable de las grandes tareas asignadas a la Comisión que han señalado. Comparto plenamente su deseo de que la Comisión vuelva, mejor dicho, asuma definitivamente el papel que los Tratados le atribuyen -el papel de iniciativa y de propuesta política- y que lo desempeñe con gran transparencia. +Creo que las disposiciones aprobadas tienen un carácter coyuntural, relativo a encontrar una solución al problema del ejercicio 1996, y nunca es bueno modificar los textos generales para solucionar un problema en particular. +El Grupo Europa de las Naciones ha afirmado en reiteradas ocasiones la convicción de que existe una relación directa entre la reducción del tipo del IVA y la mejora del empleo. +Hemos votado efectivamente a favor de este informe, en particular, por su apartado 1 -puede quedarse, señor Dell'Alba, quédese unos instantes-, en particular, como decía, debido a su apartado 1, respecto al que, efectivamente, no discuto que no se ajuste fielmente a la realidad, pero que, en nuestra opinión, tiene un significado político muy claro. +Asimismo, ese día, hicimos nuestras y anexamos a nuestro informe las razones de la decisión de 17 de diciembre de 1998, razones que condenaban a la Comisión y deberían haber conducido, a partir de esa etapa, como nosotros propusimos, a una censura por parte de la mayoría parlamentaria. +Yo quisiera resaltarlo una vez más con toda firmeza y me congratulo de que finalmente no sólo se haya conseguido un endurecimiento de las sanciones de la UE contra Yugoslavia, sino también la ratificación del embargo de la UE contra el petróleo. +Nosotros también somos partidarios de que se haga todo lo posible en la región, pero lo cierto es que existen presiones y, por consiguiente, yo insto al Presidente del Consejo a que vele, junto con el Ministro de Asuntos Interiores alemán, para conseguir un mayor reparto y un reparto más equitativo de las cargas. +Señor Presidente, en vista del último discurso, vale la pena recordar a esta Asamblea que hace diez años que se practica la depuración étnica en Kosovo y que los refugiados se estaban viendo expulsados de sus hogares mucho antes de que la OTAN iniciara los bombardeos. +Necesita un hecho nuevo porque los bombardeos ya no tienen efecto: o se continúan bombardeando las cosas que ya han sido bombardeadas hasta este momento o se bombardean las ciudades. El camino de la guerra está prohibido, no existe. +Pienso que ha sido una muestra de incapacidad del Consejo no haber podido adoptar tal decisión, y pienso que en cierto sentido ha sido negarse a aceptar las consecuencias de nuestros actos. +El requisito previo es, sin embargo, en primer lugar, que Belgrado no tenga ninguna duda sobre la determinación de la comunidad internacional y, en segundo lugar, que comprenda que una solución militar no ofrece ninguna perspectiva para Serbia ni tampoco, muy personalmente, para el Sr. Milosevic. +Prepararlo apresuradamente sin la ayuda del Alto Representante y sin la realidad ni la estructura de consultas con el Parlamento es, a mi juicio, una muestra de orgullo desmedido. +La guerra actual en Kosovo ha demostrado una vez más que la capacidad de intervención militar de la UE en caso de crisis, que tanto se ha defendido en esta Cámara, es una necesidad perentoria. +La comunidad internacional ha lanzado por la borda este principio de paz a la vista de los atentados masivos contra los derechos humanos y las deportaciones étnicas cometidos en Kosovo. +Incluso la búsqueda de solución política intentada por Kofi Annan en su encuentro con el Presidente Yeltsin es condenada por quienes temen que si la lógica acaba imponiéndose, frente al despropósito y el absurdo que se retroalimentan, resultará dañado el prestigio militar de la OTAN y quedará ridiculizada la política de Clinton para Kosovo. +Es necesario partir de la dimensión septentrional en las relaciones exteriores a la hora de crear una estrategia específica común en la que las relaciones con Rusia desempeñen una función fundamental. +También hay que tener en cuenta que hemos de dar el paso hacia una política de defensa (en este sentido soy claramente partidario de la integración de la UEO en la Unión Europea) para poder responder así a los desafíos a los que nos enfrentamos en este momento. +A todo lo cual se suma, además, otro hecho: ¿qué les están pidiendo, de hecho, a los colegas? Pretenden que voten su proyecto, que supuestamente ha de resolver problemas existenciales, sin haber tenido oportunidad de examinarlo en comisión, sin que los Grupos políticos hayan tenido al menos la oportunidad de examinarlo. +Señor Presidente, el informe de nuestro colega Rothley muestra acertadamente una serie de carencias, insuficiencias e incluso errores del proyecto de estatuto para los diputados al Parlamento Europeo que nos ha presentado el Consejo. +Añado, no obstante, que estoy totalmente en contra de europeizar nuestra función, porque en este hemiciclo represento a Flandes y no a una especie de Eurosuperestado, porque soy totalmente contrario a las ventajas fiscales que entraña el estatuto europeo y porque sigo siendo partidario de un estatuto fiscal nacional que nos grave exactamente lo mismo que a nuestros votantes. +No puedo aceptar bajo ningún concepto el punto de partida de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos ya que no implica otra cosa que el aplazamiento sin fecha de esta cuestión. +Señoras y señores, primero quisiera transmitirles una información: en las votaciones de esta tarde, el Parlamento ha confirmado sus opiniones acerca de las propuestas de la Comisión en las que se modifica el procedimiento, a causa de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam. +Eso es un paso de gigante y he dicho al principio del debate: No puedo evitar la impresión, ya que estábamos en un punto muerto, de que siempre en el año, en el que cambiamos de Parlamento nos sobreviene una ola de promociones. +Por el momento, el APG no dota la iniciativa URBAN de la Comunidad, pero las decisiones en esta materia se incorporarán en la propuesta de presupuesto en una etapa posterior del procedimiento. +Por tanto, quisiera concentrarme en la sustancia de este tema, que es, tal como lo han afirmado el Sr. Sindal y el Sr. Swoboda, un asunto de esencial importancia, en lo que mi respecta, y en la medida en que afecta a la política del desarrollo del transporte público. +A través de Internet el proveedor puede ofrecer a los clientes sus servicios sin gastos adicionales pasando por todas las fronteras, y el consumidor, sin tener que desplazarse, puede comparar los servicios entre los diferentes proveedores de su propio país y de otros países. +Este derecho puede ejercerse sólo en dos casos: si el contrato se firmó antes de que el consumidor dispusiera de las condiciones contractuales y si se le ha incitado de manera desleal a celebrar el contrato durante el plazo de reflexión. +En cuanto a la otra enmienda, que es la famosa 22 al artículo 4 sobre el derecho de retractación, me sumo a la ampliación del plazo de treinta días para ciertos contratos. Pongo por ejemplo los que en dicha enmienda se mencionan -que yo llamaría de alto riesgo-, como es el del seguro vitalicio o el de las pensiones de jubilación. +Es cierto que, cada vez más -y debería ser todavía más frecuente y los datos que ha dado el Sr. Whitehead son interesantes-, debería usarse el campo abierto por Internet para las contrataciones, incluso de los servicios financieros, sector sobre el que los consumidores se muestran más reticentes en la actualidad; y es cierto, señor Whitehead, que never, never, never, at the expense of the consumer . +Lo último es sólo una recomendación, más no quiso el Parlamento por mucho que yo lo lamente, pero con el tiempo quizás muchos productores perciban esto como una posibilidad para obtener mejores oportunidades de comercialización de sus productos en todas las partes del mercado interior. +Si la solución no puede ser la reparación o el cambio, el comprador tiene todavía el derecho a una reducción adecuada del precio o a la anulación del contrato. +El único objeto de la propuesta es asegurar que en cualquier lugar que los consumidores hagan sus compras en la Unión Europea, gocen de un nivel mínimo de garantías y puedan apelar en recurso en su país de origen. +Ante la insistencia de esta Asamblea, las reparaciones gratuitas o el reemplazo también incluirán los gastos de envío, la mano de obra y los materiales. +Con las dificultades que la población tiene para sacar sus productos agrícolas de allí y las dificultades que tuvimos los eurodiputados para llegar a esas poblaciones, no me explico, cuando hay una catástrofe, cómo es posible que puedan afrontarla sin medios suficientes. +Señor Presidente, para ser breve, debido al gran volumen de asuntos que hemos de debatir en el Pleno esta tarde y habida cuenta de la hora tardía, propongo limitarme a unas pocas observaciones pertinentes sobre mi informe, que ha sido elaborado en nombre de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor. +Quiero expresar otra vez con claridad, que en el Parlamento nos hemos basado siempre en las afirmaciones de científicos, como por ejemplo las afirmaciones del ESPEGAM, que ha defendido la posición clara de que mientras no se tenía ADI para bebés, se debe aplicar un valor estricto de cuasi cero. +Le digo sinceramente, y eso lo sabe de los debates anteriores: hubiera preferido que se hubiera renunciado a la directiva sobre alimentos para deportistas, ya que esta nos lleva a una desinformación, ya que será muy difícil lograr disposiciones claras para los diferentes deportes, ya que la alimentación difiere mucho según el tipo de deporte y será difícil proponer determinados alimentos para determinados deportes. +No quiero referirme a ellos, pero sí quisiera aprovechar la oportunidad para indicar lo siguiente: por mucho que nos haya hecho avanzar Amsterdam en el parlamentarismo práctico, no debemos pasar por alto que nos falta todavía bastante para lograr un parlamentarismo real en la Unión Europea. +El éxito del procedimiento de codecisión, en los primeros años de su funcionamiento, fue sin duda, para la última Conferencia Intergubernamental, una señal clara para ampliar su ámbito a casi todas las principales actividades legislativas. +La decisión no tenía nada que ver con el hecho de que fuesen cuadros de un homosexual o no -cuestión que no conozco-, sino sencillamente con el hecho de que el contenido de la exposición se consideró ofensivo para una parte de la Asamblea y de las personas que transitan por ella. +Quinto: la preparación de nuestra institución para las próximas elecciones europeas; unas elecciones en las que no se elige al pariente pobre de las instituciones comunitarias, sino a un Parlamento que los ciudadanos ven por primera vez dotado de gran poder y capaz de ejercerlo. +No hay democracia viva donde no hay un parlamento vivo, ni parlamento vivo que no suscite el recelo y la incomodidad del ejecutivo de turno. +Por un lado, porque existe la necesidad de más Europa, existe la necesidad de un mayor papel de Europa en el mundo y el contexto histórico-político nos lo demuestra, y si no existirán instituciones renovadas y una fuerte voluntad política, esta necesidad de Europa no se podrá cumplir concretamente. +Señora Presidenta, señores Presidentes, estimados colegas, en esta Asamblea hemos visto que el funcionamiento de las Presidencias no es una cuestión que dependa tanto del correspondiente país o de las aptitudes de sus dirigentes sino de la dinámica de la Unión. +Creo que este Parlamento, en la resolución de noviembre a la que ha aludido el presidente De Giovanni, propuso algo original, y es algo tan original como simple: recurrir al método comunitario, al método al que estamos habituados, para preparar la reforma institucional. +Ahora es el momento para dar cuerpo a la identidad de la defensa europea, al menos si el Consejo Europeo comprende lo que hay en juego y convierte la Cumbre de Colonia en un éxito. +Por ejemplo, la República Federal de Alemania ya ha presentado su plan y está trabajando en su realización, ha puesto a disposición dos mil millones de marcos para un programa especial para la creación de 100.000 puestos de trabajo y de formación para jóvenes parados. +El Parlamento ha sido informado regular y totalmente sobre el progreso de los trabajos con la Agenda 2000 y las sugerencias del Parlamento ha sido incluidas en las consideraciones de la Comisión y del Consejo. +Sin embargo, voy a llamar la atención sobre el último ejemplo de disposición al compromiso del Consejo frente al Parlamento, a saber, la prosecución de la iniciativa comunitaria URBAN, que se ha logrado a instancias del Parlamento Europeo. +De este modo, no sólo se fortalece el desarrollo sostenible de las áreas rurales sino que además se hace posible la codecisión del Parlamento Europeo en cuestiones agrarias, pues estos gastos se van a reflejar en el futuro como gastos no obligatorios. +Los ciudadanos de Europa (los de los quince países miembros y los de los países candidatos a la adhesión, los de Europa oriental y los de Chipre) esperan y exigen que la Unión Europea sea una Unión real, política y social, con prestigio y fuerza, y que así pueda desempeñar un papel protagonista mundialmente ante el año 2000. +La respuesta de la mayoría de esta Asamblea en el día de hoy no está a la altura de sus compromisos con respecto a sus propios electores ni de las expectativas de la opinión pública. +Hemos votado a favor de la enmienda presentada por el Grupo Liberal acerca de la cuestión de los salarios y las indemnizaciones del Parlamento porque es la única posibilidad de alcanzar una reforma tan trabajosa y exigida como es ésta. +Espero con interés asistir a la evolución de este asunto, pero no puedo dar mi apoyo a la directiva en su estado actual y por ello me he abstenido en la votación final en que se ha aprobado el texto. +Por el contrario, la propuesta tiene que construirse sobre la base de reglas mínimas, que posibiliten a los países miembros el mantenimiento de sus normas más estrictas y les den libertad para hacerlas aún más rigurosas si así lo desean. +En mi país nos aseguraron una y otra vez que la Unión Europea no sería militarizada, y sin embargo, son muchos los informes que han pasado por este Parlamento durante los cinco años que he estado aquí que indican claramente que la UE avanza en esa dirección. +Como prueba, un pasaje emblemático: «el examen de la estrategia común con respecto a Rusia se inscribe en un contexto político que se ha modificado con la intervención armada de la OTAN contra la Federación Yugoslava. +La gran mayoría de mi grupo político va dar su voto afirmativo al Acuerdo Interinstitucional sobre la planificación financiera a medio plazo y, naturalmente, vamos a darlo también a las partes de la Agenda 2000 que precisan de nuestro asentimiento. +Espero que el compromiso del Sr. Van den Broek de examinar la posibilidad de que haya una línea especial en el presupuesto para la financiación de Chipre se haga realidad, porque no podemos tener dos pesos y dos medidas. +La conclusión que extraigo al respecto es que si no se logra definitivamente colocar el interés europeo por encima de los intereses nacionales, no lograremos llegar a una política de cohesión económica y social realmente avanzada. +Este procedimiento informal es un continuo intercambio de información, un diálogo fructífero que ha hecho posible la inclusión de las prioridades del Parlamento en el texto definitivo de Berlín, aunque quedan algunas exigencias que serán negociadas en reuniones posteriores a Berlín. +Asimismo, el Parlamento acoge con gran satisfacción la aprobación de la solicitud de que la Unión asuma un papel activo en la promoción de una paz duradera y de la prosperidad en Irlanda del Norte. +La primera prioridad era garantizar la continuación del Fondo, y el Consejo logró aprobar la opinión del Parlamento de que los objetivos básicos del Fondo de Cohesión siguen siendo hoy tan importantes como en 1992. +Estos proyectos marcarán una diferencia real y tangible en las vidas de millones de nuestros ciudadanos que viven en las regiones más remotas y menos desarrolladas de la Comunidad. +Un desliz del Parlamento, o simplemente un ejercicio no responsable de nuestras competencias, podría llevarnos a aprobar algunas enmiendas que impidiesen cerrar mañana este importante reglamento y que las regiones europeas no pudiesen, en consecuencia, programar sus actuaciones para el primero de enero del año 2000. +Aunque no exista ninguna determinación porcentual para la asignación de créditos, nos hemos puesto de acuerdo sobre un fortalecimiento de la política positiva de mercado laboral y de las ayudas específicas para las mujeres. +Por ello, es aún más importante que -y este es también un éxito del Parlamento- dispongamos de unas generosas regulaciones transitorias que garantizan que no se produzcan unas dolorosas y contraproducentes interrupciones de las ayudas y que las regiones tengan seis años de tiempo para adaptarse a los cambios. +Para lograrlo intensificamos nuestros contactos con la Comisión y el Consejo, multiplicamos nuestros diálogos tripartitos, e incluso celebramos un seminario informal con la Presidencia y la Comisión en Viena para tratar de la flexibilidad. +La Comisión de Presupuestos ha apoyado la propuesta de incluir capital privado en la financiación de los proyectos de las redes y ha planteado la posibilidad de incrementar dicha participación del 1 % hasta el 2 %. +Incrementando las posibilidades de las personas de mantener su puesto de trabajo, de conseguir un puesto de trabajo u otro mejor es algo que podemos hacer con ayuda del Fondo Social Europeo. +La Presidencia va a retomar el asunto tras consultar con los socios, en especial con Finlandia, en el marco del segundo Comité de Cooperación UE-Ucrania que se celebrará en julio y lo incluirá entre los asuntos oficiales de las conversaciones entre la UE y Ucrania. +Señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, con el mismo ánimo constructivo que, entreveo, subyace en su respuesta, ¿podría concretarme exactamente qué hará la Unión Europea para contribuir al cese de la violencia y qué medidas adoptará también para contribuir a que se combata la corrupción en Argelia? +Sin embargo, no se trata de un hecho aislado sino de una apreciación de carácter general de que la lengua sueca raramente se usa cuando los representantes suecos negocian en el Consejo. +Asunto: Miembro de la Comisión, competente para la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres De acuerdo con los artículos 2, 3, 137.1 y 141 del Tratado de Amsterdam, la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres ha de ser una de las preocupaciones mayores de la Unión Europea. +También he pensado preguntar si se ha discutido cómo se va a hacer para fomentar activamente la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres después de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, cuando todos los grupos, también las mujeres, quieran usar el artículo 13 sobre discriminación. +Tras la tímida propuesta de la Comisión, los acuerdos de Berlín han supuesto una marcha atrás en la limitación de las ayudas a las grandes explotaciones y el incremento del apoyo a las pequeñas y medianas. +¿Es de recibo, en un momento en el que todos legítimamente demandamos más Europa en el empleo y en general en la reforma estructural, en el proceso de ampliación de la UE, en la ayuda solidaria por una Europa mayor, celebrar como un éxito de Berlín que todos queramos que en el futuro Europa nos cueste menos? +La verdad es que el presupuesto no va a dar para ese «desarrollo rural», que sería, de hecho, la forma de equilibrar las regiones más desfavorecidas en relación con las más favorecidas. +Unas palabras finales sobre la Política Agraria Común y la reforma resultante de Berlín, es decir, la ausencia de reforma: Berlín no reequilibró ni promovió, de hecho, una inversión de las discriminaciones existentes entre producciones y agricultores. +Y es verdad que con respecto a la Agenda 2000 se plantean importantes interrogantes: la estrategia agrícola europea, nuestro futuro alimentario, la política estructural, la financiación de Europa, por no mencionar la apertura al Este. +También es indudable que el hecho de dedicarnos a introducir zonas de libre cambio en el mercado internacional representa un peligro -por ejemplo, el Sr. Martin lo mencionaba hace un momento con respecto a los viticultores, aludiendo al caso de Suecia e Irlanda, que se han convertido en zonas vitícolas, lo que les permite obtener mostos concentrados para quizá fabricar vinos industriales. +Loyola de Palacio ha ocultado que las 550.000 toneladas de aumento de la cuota lechera no tienen derecho a prima y, en el vacuno, los aumentos no compensarán la reducción pactada del 20 % de los precios, produciéndose una reducción de la rentas en este sector de unos 30.000 millones de pesetas. +El hecho de que las negociaciones se hayan traducido en resultados en un momento que coincide con la dimisión de la Comisión constituye una muestra más de la capacidad de actuación de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, voy a utilizar diez segundos de mi precioso tiempo para felicitar a los Comisarios y al Presidente aquí presentes, sobre todo por el estoicismo de estar aquí con nosotros a esta hora de la noche. +En esta renuncia han influido convincentemente las presiones ejercidas por la Comisión de Pesca del Parlamento, cuya unánime postura ha desempeñado un papel nada desdeñable a la hora de revocarse esta decisión. +Siempre ha sido un problema grave y serio que el Parlamento Europeo ha mirado a menudo con desconfianza, también porque no siempre resultaba claro quién era el responsable y de qué manera era posible cualquier control e información por parte del Parlamento Europeo. +Significa que el papel de la Comisión permanece inalterado, pero también se hace algo más fácil, porque la Comisión ya no se ve situada ante un frente uniforme de Estados miembros que dicen: Sí; sólo queremos volver exactamente a aquello que ya habíamos acordado en nuestra posición común. +Quisiera agradecerles a todos su cooperación con nuestro Grupo, así como al Parlamento y al Sr. Hughes, quien ha sido un excelente presidente en todo lo relativo a esta cuestión, muy perseverante, como los patinadores que empiezan la carrera con un poco de lentitud pero que, a base de continuidad, logra un excelente resultado al llegar a la meta. +Sí quisiera, señor Presidente, aprovechar este debate para decir dos cosas que me parecen importantes: primero, reiterar la observación que ha hecho la Sra. Miranda de que el Gobierno mexicano tiene que asumir el compromiso de retirar esa subida unilateral de aranceles. +Sin embargo, creo que la conclusión del acuerdo facilitará la continuidad del diálogo en torno a estas cuestiones, lo cual colocará a Europa en una posición mucho más favorable que si no hubiera salido adelante este acuerdo. +Otras modalidades de participación, como por ejemplo el estatuto de observador, no respetaban los deseos legítimos de Islandia y Noruega de seguir tomando parte en el proceso de toma de decisiones en materia de Schengen en el futuro. +Aparte del acuerdo de asociación que acabo de describir y cuyo borrador les he remitido hace poco, el Protocolo de Schengen prevé la aprobación de otro acuerdo que determine la relación jurídica entre Noruega e Islandia, por un lado, y entre Gran Bretaña e Irlanda, por otro, en los ámbitos del acervo de Schengen que se apliquen a estos Estados. +No cabe duda de que este control ha de desarrollarse de un modo eficaz, y es necesario exigir a Noruega e Islandia los mismos criterios que se exigen a los Estados miembros de la Unión en todo lo relativo al control de fronteras y a algunos aspectos de la lucha contra la delincuencia. +Pero al contrario de lo que ocurrió, por ejemplo, con la directiva sobre los derechos de autor en la sociedad de la información, en esta ocasión hemos tenido la oportunidad de mantener un breve debate esclarecedor al respecto. +Mi pregunta al Comisario Liikanen es si, no obstante, resulta aceptable la forma en que la enmienda 48 ha sido formulada por la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos ¿No convertimos así a los servidores de Internet en censores? +Y dado que, como decía un famoso escritor de mi país, «el mañana es incierto», aprovecho la ocasión para saludar y expresar mi agradecimiento a todos los colegas, funcionarios e intérpretes con los cuales he compartido estos cinco años fundamentales para la construcción europea. +Ello no significa, sin embargo, que las instituciones no dispongan de la suficiente autonomía para decidirse a incrementar las exigencias contempladas en el Tratado en determinadas ocasiones, sobre todo cuando está en juego el carácter vinculante del tipo máximo de aumento, tal como estipula el artículo 203. +Hace un año decidimos aprobar un acuerdo interino para que, mientras tanto, pudiéramos negociar el acuerdo global. Y en aquel momento dijimos explícitamente que no aprobaríamos el acuerdo global hasta que no se hubieran estipulado todos los elementos que lo componen. +El Gobierno laborista no perdió tiempo a la hora de establecer unos nuevos criterios estrictos para la vida pública en el Reino Unido cuando llegó al poder hace dos años. +Por otro lado, suscribo la idea de una simplificación de la gestión financiera. Creo asimismo indispensable responsabilizar a los Estados miembros y controlar la utilización de las subvenciones acordadas en virtud de estos fondos; de lo contrario, los riesgos de fraude se multiplicarán. +El futuro del mundo rural se presenta más incierto por cuanto la Comisión y el Parlamento, permanentemente preocupados por apropiarse de nuevos ámbitos de competencia, procuran realizar una política urbana integrada, sin tener en cuenta el principio de subsidiariedad. +Creemos además que la mejor manera de lograr una financiación más eficiente de la política europea pasa por concentrar dicha financiación en las medidas absolutamente más importantes, en lugar de crear minipresupuestos que engullen demasiado dinero de los Estados miembros. +Se trata de aquellos que amplían al infinito el ámbito de la reglamentación comunitaria, y que hoy, bajo el efecto de la obstrucción burocrática y administrativa que han provocado, exigen una simplificación de los procedimientos existentes. +Posteriormente, se debe convocar una conferencia internacional sobre los Balcanes bajo los auspicios de las NU y de la OSCE con el objetivo de estabilizar la situación en la región y de garantizar en Kosovo el establecimiento de una avanzada autonomía dentro de las fronteras actuales. +Esta violencia, precisamente, es la respuesta a vuestra violencia de Estado, como es la pena de muerte y también la justicia racista y la justicia de clase que ha condenado a Mumia. +Los abogados del Sr. Ocalan apenas tienen acceso al proceso, el Tribunal de Seguridad del Estado tampoco me parece el lugar adecuado y no se han admitido observadores internacionales. +No obstante, si, además, analizamos la unión aduanera con Turquía, desde que la acordamos, este país se ha apartado de nosotros y las recientes elecciones han puesto de manifiesto que vuelve la mirada hacia dentro, se vuelve, por tanto, más nacionalista. Con la experiencia de los Balcanes hay poco espacio para los sentimientos nacionalistas y los derechos de los kurdos o, quizá, precisamente sí. +Señor Presidente, lamentablemente, al igual que en diciembre de 1997, tenemos que volver a ocuparnos de las violaciones de los derechos humanos en Djibuti, en particular de la situación de los presos políticos que no solo se encuentran sometidos a detención ilegal -para nosotros inaceptable-, sino también a todo tipo de vejación que, en algunos casos, ha ocasionado la muerte de algunos de ellos. +El Gobierno de Djibuti se comprometió a respetar estos principios también a través de su participación en el Convenio de Lomé, cuyo artículo 5 prevé que cada parte firmante debe cumplir los principios de respeto de los derechos humanos y de democratización de su país. +Señor Presidente, señora ponente, Señorías, deseo ante todo felicitar a la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos y, en particular, a nuestra colega Gebhardt por el excelente trabajo que han hecho juntos y por la tenacidad que han demostrado en el procedimiento de conciliación. +A través de una feliz colaboración, entre otros con la Presidenta de las sesiones de conciliación, la Sra. Fontaine, ha logrado este compromiso gracias a su sentido común, su firmeza y su incansable perseverancia. +Puesto que las estadísticas de los intercambios de bienes intracomunitarios siempre son necesarias, se ha creado INTRASTAT, y las empresas han sido obligadas a proporcionar las variables necesarias para permitir que este organismo realice dichas estadísticas. +Por lo que se refiere a la primera propuesta, relativa a la reducción del número de variables recogidas, el procedimiento de conciliación permitió llegar a un resultado satisfactorio en relación con la propuesta inicial de la Comisión. +Y no niego que el contenido de la propuesta de la Comisión de principios de los años ochenta merece mi apoyo. Dicho de otro modo, suscribo el contenido, pero no apruebo el método intergubernamental. +Los gastos derivados de la instalación de mecanismos de interceptación corren a cargo del operador de la red de telecomunicaciones. Para evitar distorsiones de la competencia es imprescindible que estos gastos sean similares en todo el mercado interior. +Este proyecto de convenio constituirá el marco jurídico para la interceptación de todas las formas de telecomunicaciones en la UE que resulta necesario para poner en práctica el sistema de vigilancia UE-FBI. +El Sr. Schulz ha dicho con toda claridad lo que el Sr. Schmid ha expuesto por escrito: esta recomendación del Consejo no modifica en lo más mínimo la situación jurídica en los Estados miembros. +Señora Presidenta, señoras y señores, antes de nada quisiera felicitar al Sr. Hoppenstedt por haber sabido, en su última intervención, llevarnos con precisión al punto esencial de la cuestión: hacer compatibles al hombre, la naturaleza y la técnica moderna. +Estos dos cuerpos están desarrollando el programa detallado de actividades y las estrategias de comunicación de acuerdo con las líneas de comunicación de la Comisión y el informe de la Comisión de Cultura. +Señorías, nuestra actividad política no es desenfrenada, pero la podríamos comparar a un tren, no a un tren de alta velocidad, sino a un tren de mercancías, pero los trenes no avanzan si no hay raíles, y estos raíles son los que evitan que nos desviemos. +Por esta razón, podemos decir hoy, con independencia de dónde nos sentemos en esta Asamblea, lo siguiente: si existe una justicia política, incluso en este Parlamento Europeo, esta justicia política se ha hecho realidad con la elección de Nicole Fontaine para Presidenta del Parlamento Europeo. +Cuando dimos por cerrada la asamblea a finales de mayo, hubo un respaldo unánime y una fuerte ovación de todo el pleno por la forma tan magnífica en la que ha conducido las sesiones a lo largo de la última legislatura. +Con su contribución a la conclusión pacífica del conflicto de Kosovo, la potencia civil que es la UE consiguió avanzar un paso fundamental hacia una Política Exterior Común. +La elaboración de una Carta europea de derechos fundamentales que se decidió en Colonia tiene por objeto garantizar que los derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos reciban en el ámbito europeo la misma consideración que tienen en el ámbito nacional. +Es evidente que los últimos acontecimientos que hemos observado en la OMC y la forma como van a desarrollarse las nuevas negociaciones y, en particular, la designación del Director General querido por los americanos para el primer ciclo de la OMC son de muy mal augurio para los intereses europeos. +El último aspecto, el asunto de Kosovo, ha demostrado también, me parece, la impotencia europea y su total dependencia diplomática y militar de la potencia militar dominante y de la OTAN. +Respecto a las críticas a las reformas institucionales: hemos intentado hacerlas avanzar y cuando mantuve mi primera intervención aquí al hacerme cargo de la Presidencia del Consejo no estaba aún en absoluto claro si íbamos a obtener realmente la aprobación para una Conferencia Intergubernamental. +El reto que tenemos ante todos nosotros está en reconstruir la credibilidad de la Unión Europea ante sus ciudadanos y en asegurar que estos comprendan las ventajas que la Unión Europea ofrece a su vida cotidiana. +Cualquiera que diga hoy que debemos aprobar o rechazar la Comisión, quien diga esto aquí en el Parlamento o fuera de este Parlamento, lo está menospreciando pues los «hearings» son una parte importante de la totalidad del proceso y, una vez transcurrido, podremos decidir libremente si damos nuestro asentimiento a la Comisión o no. +Vamos a hacer todo lo posible -al menos mi Grupo político- para que en el marco de las audiencias se prevea también un tiempo suficiente para cada candidata y candidato pues una hora y media, tal como está previsto hasta ahora, no es suficiente sino que necesitamos al menos tres horas para que podamos mantener una buena conversación decisoria. +La Comisión es la defensora de los Tratados y usted ha empleado el concepto del Gobierno, un concepto que me gusta personalmente porque implica que este Gobierno tiene una responsabilidad parlamentaria y tiene que responder también ante el Parlamento. +Señora Presidenta, en septiembre tendremos las audiencias y, como ya he dicho, no deseo anticipar cómo deben desarrollarse, pero la gran preferencia de mi Grupo es que en septiembre -sujeto siempre a las reservas de que habrá que ver lo que va sucediendo- tendremos que tomar una decisión y desembarazarnos de un sentimiento de crisis. +La tragedia de Kosovo, y en sentido más general las tragedias del tipo de la sucedida en Yugoslavia, son buena muestra de que la estabilidad y la paz traídas por la integración de Europa aún no emiten sus rayos mucho más allá de las fronteras externas de la Unión. +El lanzamiento de la nueva moneda del euro sin duda ayudará a reducir los costes comerciales de las pequeñas y medianas empresas al convertirse las operaciones cambiarias en once países en algo del pasado. +Para estimular la capacidad competitiva, el crecimiento y el empleo, el Gobierno finlandés se propone, acertadamente, favorecer la coordinación de las políticas económica, de empleo y estructural y completar el mercado interior. +La UE tiene sin duda una oportunidad de oro de poner en marcha nuevas políticas en materia de derechos de los consumidores, seguridad alimentaria y ayuda a las personas mayores, así como en las áreas de protección del medio ambiente. +Ya antes de la reunión del Consejo Europeo en Colonia, la Comisión propuso a los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno fundar una Agencia especial para que se ocupase de la ejecución de las medidas de reconstrucción. +Me he puesto en contacto con el Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Eslovaquia, país candidato a miembro de la Unión, y hemos empezado a considerar la forma de solucionar este aspecto en las negociaciones con dicho país. +A este tema me referí cuando me dirgí hoy a los representantes de las juventudes europeas con ocasión de la entrega de los premios de literatura, en mi calidad de representante de la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo en el día de su estreno, señor Presidente de la Comisión, Señorías, formulé la pregunta sobre el caso Bangemann porque creo que plantea una cuestión de enorme actualidad, que es el comportamiento ético de los cargos públicos. +En este contexto, nosotros, también los diputados, tenemos que luchar por unos estatutos claros, unas reglas del juego claras y elaborarlas, pues no sirve de mucho tirar piedras al tejado de los demás y no ver que uno a veces está bajo el mismo techo. +Están los que dirían, y tienen, creo yo, la razón de su parte, que las disposiciones del artículo 213 del Tratado y sus referencias a la honestidad y discreción significan para cualquiera que comprenda los criterios requeridos en la vida pública, poco más se necesitaría decir, o nada. +Por descontado que hubiera deseado que nuestro primer encuentro durante el periodo de la Presidencia finlandesa hubiera ocurrido en otras circunstancias, lo cual me hubiera permitido exponer todas las prioridades esenciales de nuestro programa de trabajo. +Por ello no cabe la menor duda de que la legislación de la Comunidad ha de ser reformada con el fin de garantizar que la calidad de los productos de origen animal sea completamente fiable. +Déjenme decirle algo al Presidente del Consejo: en algunas partes ha dicho que el Consejo estaba preocupado, pues la crisis de la dioxina ha puesto de manifiesto que sus efectos afectan a toda la Unión, y que el Consejo quiere actuar de manera transparente y responsable. +Opino que en un desastre económico y ecológico de esta envergadura se tiene que tener valor para buscar y señalar las causas y en su caso también a los culpables, no por ninguna inoportuna forma de rencor, sino para evitar que se repitan este tipo de problemas en el futuro. +Y aquí quiero recordar, por ejemplo, cómo las instituciones comunitarias no han seguido las recomendaciones y exigencias del Parlamento, que pidió la prohibición de las harinas de carne y huesos en la alimentación animal. +Por consiguiente, proponemos lo siguiente: ábrase por supuesto una investigación, pero primero hagamos un estudio en profundidad de los sistemas para hacer frente a los pánicos sanitarios y alimentarios de todos los Estados miembros, empezando con una evaluación del sistema británico. +Las posibles reformas son reexpedidas a nivel de la Unidad de Lucha Antifraude y del propio Romano Prodi, que ayer nos explicó que iba a arreglar casi todo modificando el funcionamiento interno de la Comisión y proponiendo un código de conducta de sus miembros. +Esto habría supuesto, por ejemplo, aplicar medidas disciplinarias contra los organizadores del Campeonato Europeo de 1996, porque en aquella ocasión, los seguidores se beneficiaron de planes de venta de entradas que favorecían a los aficionados del país respecto a los aficionados del extranjero. +Los organizadores de la Eurocopa 2000 que se celebrará en Bélgica y en los Países Bajos, por ejemplo, ya se han puesto en contacto con la Comisión y, en consecuencia, han adaptado su sistema de ventas a los requisitos de la legislación comunitaria. +Si el Comisario Kinnock me está preguntando si yo creo que la Comisión Europea podría realmente ayudar al fútbol de base mejor que las sociedades anónimas multinacionales que sólo buscan beneficios, votaría por la Comisión Europea. +Señora Presidenta, nuestro antiguo colega Socialista belga Sr. De Coene y yo encabezamos el grupo de 30 diputados al Parlamento Europeo que llevó el caso ante el Tribunal Superior de París el año pasado. +Si la Comisión hubiera perseguido este incumplimiento del artículo 82 con la misma energía que persigue los incumplimientos en otros ámbitos de la industria, esta multa no habría sido de 600 libras, sino de 6 millones de libras o más. +Con ocasión de esta Copa del Mundo de fútbol, Señorías, hemos visto a miles de Zidane y de Marcel Dessailly en pequeño, que se desplazaron de los barrios populares de Marsella, de Tolosa y de Estrasburgo para aplaudir las proezas del gran Zidane, del gran Dessailly, y también del gran Owen, del gran Beckam, del gran Di Pietro. +¿Es sensato, dadas las circunstancias, exigir al fútbol grandes cantidades de dinero y depositarlo en las arcas de la Comisión Europea, o lo sensato es tomar medidas que garanticen que en el futuro no volverán a producirse ventas discriminatorias de entradas para el fútbol o cualquier otro torneo internacional? +Nosotros pagamos caro, tal vez, el no haber sido capaces de hacerlo, pero le pediría a este Parlamento un análisis sosegado del segundo informe del Comité. Y luego que, después de las explicaciones del Sr. Kinnock, comprendan que la Comisión necesitará algún tiempo, y que sean ustedes esta vez un poco más generosos. +Cuarenta y dos años después de la creación de esta institución, hay que recordar al antiguo Colegio, cito: la necesidad "de responsabilizar a los comisarios, desde la elaboración de una propuesta hasta su aplicación" . +Porque el Reglamento financiero nunca ha elaborado lo bastante el derecho de contratos" . Uno no puede dejar de tener la impresión preocupante, cuando lee una frase como esta, de que el razonamiento es incompleto. +Y, a fin de cuentas, ¿la teoría de la independencia de la Comisión, abonada por los federalistas, pero que conduce a debilitar los controles, no ha proporcionado acaso un terreno propicio para las irregularidades y los fraudes impunes? +Especialmente, la Comisión promete desplazarse sistemáticamente de la dependencia tradicional del control financiero ex-ante hacia un sistema integrado de gestión financiera en el que las responsabilidades de funcionarios individuales estén claramente definidas, evaluadas y reforzadas. +Considero urgentemente necesario que las recomendaciones hechas a este respecto por el Informe de los Expertos, y con independencia de las declaraciones que hayan hecho los comisarios designados, sean recogidas en el programa de la próxima conferencia intergubernamental y se impongan por la vía de los Tratados. +No es el momento de entrar en detalles, pues en la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, gracias a la propuesta que hemos realizado, tendremos oportunidad de seguir de cerca la tarea del Comisario Kinnock. +Señor Presidente, debatimos un informe de cerca de 200 páginas que contiene un análisis exhaustivo del funcionamiento estructural de los servicios de la Comisión, y sólo hemos podido contar con 48 horas para leerlo y reflexionar sobre el mismo. +Estarán ustedes de acuerdo conmigo en afirmar la importancia de este marco comunitario de cooperación con el que se pretende respaldar y completar la labor de los Estados miembros en el campo de la contaminación marina accidental, precisamente con el objetivo de hacerla más eficaz. +De lo contrario, frente a la primera crisis que sobrevenga ante la carencia de las inspecciones de un Estado miembro y de una lógica europea de las inspecciones, recurriremos a una agencia independiente, que será necesario crear para gestionar la cuestión de la alimentación, por ejemplo, como pudimos comprobarlo cuando debatimos dicha cuestión. +Creo firmemente que el Parlamento debería dar todo su apoyo a este informe y que se debería emitir un mensaje tanto a la Comisión como al Consejo de que tenemos la intención de que estas medidas esenciales no sean diluidas o debilitadas en ninguna forma. +La consecuencia sería que la producción se desplazaría al país donde rigieran las peores normas medioambientales; el medio ambiente sería entonces el gran perdedor y se castigaría a los Estados miembros que sí se toman en serio la legislación medioambiental. +No vaya a ocurrir lo que le ha ocurrido a ese líder espiritual de Occidente que es el Sr. Stoiber, Presidente del Gobierno de Baviera, que no consiguió que su ministro Sauter fuera chivo expiatorio y aceptase dimitir y ha tenido que recurrir al Parlamento correspondiente. +Las ofertas que nos formula, sustancialmente reclamadas por mi Grupo, constituyen un claro compromiso con la integración europea y toda una declaración de intenciones hacia la representación de los ciudadanos que ostenta este Parlamento. +El euro es un instrumento, una etapa intermedia: es una condición, un medio para poder llevar prosperidad a todos, para que se pueda pasar a esas políticas que son el capítulo fundamental que tenemos ante nosotros, y el objetivo final, esto es, más crecimiento, más desarrollo y más empleo. +Porque ha mencionado usted con todo acierto la palabra "responsabilidad" como concepto clave, no sólo en el primer informe de los sabios, sino también como necesidad para solucionar los problemas en el futuro. Responsabilidad colegiada, pero también individual, de los miembros de su Comisión y -opino también- responsabilidad de sus funcionarios. +Señor profesor Prodi, es usted un hombre de gran talento, está rodeado también de hombres y de mujeres también de gran talento: el profesor Monti, el señor Barnier, el señor Busquin, que sobrevivió donde la señora Cresson cayó por un tarro de mermelada, y esa Comisión llena de talento va a tener pronto la gran cita de Seattle. +La votación del jueves es una oportunidad importante para enviar a la nueva Comisión un aviso de que el principio por el que se guía Bruselas no puede ser la actitud de que aquí no ha pasado nada. +El nombramiento del Sr. Kinnock y del Sr. Patten subraya claramente la impresión de que el nombramiento para la Comisión es en efecto un premio de consolación para compensar el rechazo político en su propio país. +Esta mañana, señor Presidente, ha afirmado que desea una administración íntegra y eficaz, unos comisarios competentes y libres de toda sospecha, un programa político para los próximos cinco años en total comunicación con el Parlamento. +Como persona y como Presidente de la Comisión, cuenta usted con la confianza incluso de aquellos diputados de la Unión que ven con un gran escepticismo a su equipo, lo cual significa que usted personalmente podrá contar con el voto afirmativo de nuestro Grupo en ambas votaciones. +Señores Presidentes, el mundo, desde Kosovo hasta Timor Oriental, necesita a Europa, la Europa de las Instituciones de la Unión, y la Unión Europea necesita una buena relación entre el Consejo, la Comisión y el Parlamento para gozar de toda la confianza de sus conciudadanos. +Nosotros, los diputados griegos del partido Nea Dimocratía, más allá de toda reserva, le daremos el voto a su Comisión, en primer lugar porque esperamos que respeten ustedes los compromisos contraídos aquí la semana pasada, y en segundo lugar porque estamos de acuerdo con el contenido de su declaración de hoy. +El Parlamento tiene interés en defender los poderes de la Comisión y principalmente su derecho de iniciativa, sin lo cual el peso de los Gobiernos y de las burocracias nacionales llegaría a ser aplastante. +En especial es un escándalo que se haga pasar a un hombre como la mano derecha del antiguo Presidente de la Comisión, Sr. Delors, quien es responsable de la formación de los criticados servicios de seguridad, ante este Parlamento sin que reciba siquiera una sola pregunta crítica. +Nunca debemos permitir que un gobierno utilice la Comisión como casa de retiro de políticos que - utilizando un término afín a los consumidores - hayan sobrepasado su "fecha de caducidad" o como recompensa política a antiguos amigos o incluso para exportar a Europa un bochorno nacional. +Nosotras queremos que usted se encargue de lograr mejoras significativas en los ingresos, en el acceso al poder y al dinero, y que se una a nuestra lucha contra la discriminación cotidiana de las mujeres y contra la violencia. +Debido a que debíamos dejar tiempo a las delegaciones de otras comisiones, ni los diputados de mi Grupo ni nuestra comisión ni los miembros de las delegaciones tuvieron tiempo suficiente para formular todas las preguntas que deseaban a los candidatos Liikanen y Lamy. +También en este aspecto, yo puedo afirmar en nombre de mi Grupo que la Comisión parece tener la firme voluntad de regular en la ronda del milenio, entre otros temas, cuestiones como las normas agrosociales y también las disposiciones ambientales europeas. +Señor Presidente, le agradezco que me haya mencionado, aun involuntariamente, porque yo he llegado al Parlamento Europeo como líder del Partido de los Pensionistas que ha entrado por primera vez en este Parlamento para representar las necesidades de las personas mayores. +Me recordó a un famoso dúo de humoristas del Reino Unido - Morecombe y Wise - en el que Eric Morecombe aporreaba un piano de cola y hacía un ruido espantoso, y André Previn le dijo "te éstas equivocando en todas las notas" , a lo que él respondió, "las notas están todas bien, el problema es que no las toco en el orden correcto" . +Respecto a la Categoría 5, el lado triste es que no vemos que el Consejo proponga soluciones sobre el modo de resolver el problema de las pensiones en el seno de las instituciones. +En este contexto, es importante que el Parlamento Europeo, cuya acción este último año ha sido notable, haga oír su voz tras la resolución adoptada en su sesión plenaria de abril que ya estableció el marco político que ahora se precisa. +Como decía antes, la concretización de un espacio de libertad, de seguridad y justicia es un objetivo fundamental para acercar la Unión a sus ciudadanos, y esta cuestión forma parte de las preocupaciones cotidianas de los ciudadanos de la Unión. +Por otra parte, me alegro de que el Partido Popular Europeo, con el apoyo de los demás amigos de la seguridad de esta Casa, haya logrado imponer su iniciativa a pesar del Grupo de los socialdemócratas, que se negaba a examinar el tema. +Mucho se ha dicho acerca de la conveniencia de hacer la vida más difícil para los delincuentes, pero la armonización de delitos y sanciones es un proyecto ambicioso. +Este tipo de atentados contra la libre expresión, dejando de lado a los ciudadanos, cuando se prepara el espacio de seguridad y de justicia, despierta la sospecha de que ese espacio no será tan libre y transparente como exigen nuestras tradiciones. +Los países miembros de la UE, como condición previa para alcanzar la paz y la seguridad en Europa, han de trabajar más activamente por esta paz, seguridad, crecimiento económico y democracia en los países pobres limítrofes a la UE. +Es evidente que queremos que los primeros ministros ofrezcan protección contra amenazas como la delincuencia organizada, el tráfico de drogas, el terrorismo y los delitos sexuales, pero también tienen que ocuparse de las amenazas de la discriminación y el racismo. +Pido un aplauso para ellos tanto más cuanto que la noticia de otro grave temblor de tierra, en el noroeste de Turquía, este lunes, tan sólo unas semanas después de los trágicos acontecimientos que han afectado a esa misma región, nos ha inspirado una gran aflicción. +En nombre del Parlamento Europeo, quisiera expresar mi simpatía más profunda a la Gran Asamblea Nacional y al pueblo de Turquía por las graves pérdidas que les ha supuesto esa catástrofe natural. +Si se establecen derechos sociales y económicos cuya financiación sea demasiado dependiente del sector público, simultáneamente con la mejoría del nivel social dentro de la Unión van a crecer también los muros que nos separan del mundo exterior. +Estas políticas más bien tendrán que relacionarse decididamente con la política de desarrollo y cooperación, que, con el paso del tiempo, señora Presidenta del Consejo, y habida cuenta de los medios económicos que se han arbitrado, parece que no ha obtenido resultados. +Estimo que la Comisión tiene que reconocer también que el contenido ampliado del procedimiento de codecisión significa que el Parlamento tiene la misma autoridad en la promulgación de directivas y reglamentos de la Unión Europea que corresponden a 38 sectores económicos y sociales diferentes. +El procedimiento de codecisión abarca una amplia gama de actividades, con inclusión de las actividades del sector del transporte, asuntos regionales, cuestiones sociales, iniciativas en materia de empleo, financiación estructural, protección del consumidor, salud pública y las preocupaciones ambientales. +Me estoy refiriendo a la autonomía global, a la capacidad y competencia exclusivas que mantiene el País Vasco en materia fiscal, de recaudación de todos los impuestos, tasas y exacciones públicas, así como en los aspectos presupuestarios y de gasto público. +Tampoco hemos podido dar nuestro visto bueno a esta Comisión para el período siguiente ya que algunos de los candidatos no se han comprometido unívocamente a asumir la responsabilidad total e individual que corresponde al cargo que ocupan. +La intervención del Presidente de la Comisión pone fin a todo el trabajo en las comisiones, en las que se ha tenido la oportunidad de apreciar las posiciones políticas de los diversos Comisarios. +Respecto de las políticas exterior y de defensa, se ha subrayado la insistencia en el camino federalista y de fortalecimiento de las posiciones militaristas de la PESC, en vez de la apuesta decisiva por las políticas de cooperación. +La fuerte presión ejercida sobre los diputados del Parlamento Europeo para que aprueben la nueva Comisión, permitiendo de esta forma que volvamos a la "normalidad" en nuestras actividades, hay que contrastarla con las profundas dudas y reservas que caracterizan a algunos aspectos del equipo de Prodi. +Durante el invierno de 1998/1999 el Parlamento Europeo alcanzó la mayoría de edad, provocó la dimisión de la Comisión Santer y de esta manera estableció el lugar que le correspondía en el orden político europeo. +Esto demuestra que el Parlamento y la Comisión de Presupuestos actúan con total responsabilidad en las cuestiones de economía de la Unión Europea y en el desarrollo de diferentes políticas, y también es prueba de su capacidad de adaptación a nuevas situaciones. +Además esto haría que la intervención de una fuerza internacional de paz no se pueda considerar una injerencia en la soberanía indonesia, sino una ayuda de la comunidad internacional a un Estado independiente y soberano. +El Grupo socialista exigió desde el comienzo el fin de la ayuda económica del Banco Mundial y del Fondo Económico Internacional al régimen de Yakarta. +Ahora bien, en el contexto de la catástrofe que está sucediendo allí, Indonesia ha pasado a convertirse en un símbolo de lo mucho que un régimen sin escrúpulos, débil y brutal es capaz de hacer para imponer su poder y su control sobre todos los que, a su juicio, desafían su autoridad. +¿Qué sucede con las instituciones de Europa -el Parlamento Europeo, la Unión Europea en su conjunto- que nos impide que respondamos a las crisis del mundo como nuestros pueblos, nuestros electores, nuestros ciudadanos quisieran que respondiésemos? +El Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU ha adoptado esta mañana la decisión de enviar tropas de pacificación en un futuro inmediato, y se destinarán algunas fuerzas de choque a la zona de modo urgente. +El despliegue de la ayuda humanitaria es urgente, y sus prioridades son la protección de los deportados a Timor Occidental y el acceso de la ACNUR a la zona, así como el inicio de la distribución de alimentos y enseres por transporte aéreo. +Sería particularmente interesante escuchar las reacciones de París, Berlín y Madrid y de muchos otros lugares donde se ha interpretado la decisión de Colonia como otro paso más encaminado a la implantación de una defensa común. +¿Qué actitud tiene la Presidencia finlandesa respecto de la elaboración de leyes en secreto, porque en la actualidad el Consejo de Ministros no tiene su igual más que en Beijing y en Corea del Norte por lo que se refiere a la aprobación de leyes sobre ciudadanos en secreto? +La comunidad internacional se ha comprometido a aplicar en su totalidad la resolución 1244 adoptada por el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU, por medio de la cual se intenta crear un Kosovo democrático y multinacional dentro de las fronteras de la República de Yugoslavia reconocidas internacionalmente. +Señor presidente, creo que la respuesta del Presidente en ejercicio y el debate sobre la pregunta anterior han aportado datos sobre la manera selectiva con que la llamada comunidad internacional aborda los problemas existentes en todo el mundo, entre ellos la situación que reina en los Balcanes. +Sé que no es necesario convencer a esta Asamblea, pero como participante directo y principal en la tarea de paliar el sufrimiento y reconstruir la normalidad y como coordinador de los esfuerzos de otros, la Unión Europea debe asumir la máxima responsabilidad posible. +La Sra. Pack se ha mostrado especialmente valerosa al ordenar el desastre organizado por el Consejo y ha propuesto una solución totalmente lógica, es decir, establecer la agencia en Pristina y vincularla al pacto de estabilidad en Tesalónica. +Para ello destacaré tres aspectos: En primer lugar, para un solo despacho no hacen falta dos órganos de gobierno; en segundo lugar, la toma de decisiones ha de producirse donde se realice el trabajo u Agencia de Reconstrucción de Kosovo; y en tercer lugar, la colaboración con la población local es importante, y de forma expresa la cooperación pluriétnica tal y como se ha destacado. +Lógicamente, por tanto, la agencia debe tener su base de operaciones allí, aunque a la hora de defender esta opción, estoy seguro de que nadie olvidará los argumentos tan persuasivos que el Sr. Cohn-Bendit ha presentado en el debate de hoy sobre experiencias anteriores. +Por eso la comisión aprobó la necesidad de un apoyo continuo y riguroso a los refugiados y ha aceptado el décimo Convenio CE-OOPS para el período 1999-2001, que se ha sometido al dictamen del Parlamento Europeo y que representa una gran contribución. +Señor Presidente, este informe ha sido aprobado por unanimidad en la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación, y con mucho acierto, con las dos enmiendas presentadas por la Comisión de Presupuestos para que todo no quede sólo en palabras, sino que tenga un plan económico-financiero. +Por ejemplo, he tomado buena nota de que nuestra Asamblea acaba de rechazar la redacción original del apartado 6 de la resolución, que consideraba imposible realizar el espacio de libertad, de seguridad y de justicia manteniendo la regla de la unanimidad en el Consejo. +Los socialdemócratas daneses en el Parlamento Europeo nos hemos abstenido en la votación de la propuesta de resolución relativa al aumento de la integración en el espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia. +Además, tampoco apoyamos el deseo de que la cumbre de Tampere sea el pistoletazo de salida para la celebración de una nueva conferencia gubernamental sobre el aumento de la integración en el ámbito judicial. +Como sabrá la Asamblea, la situación financiera general en Rusia ha alcanzado una cierta estabilidad desde la espectacular caída del rublo en los mercados de divisas internacionales en agosto del pasado año. +Abarcan asimismo, en opinión de la Comisión, a la importante salida de capital de Rusia, que evidentemente ha contribuido a su vez a bajar el nivel de inversión internacional y ha frenado el crecimiento económico. +Ante semejante panorama, una medida oportuna del Presidente Yeltsin como es su aprobación de la propuesta de ley rusa sobre el blanqueo de dinero tranquilizaría a la comunidad internacional. +Asimismo, a raíz de la visita de la Presidencia finlandesa y del Comisario van den Broek a Turquía el 26 de agosto, se está reuniendo actualmente un paquete financiero de 30 millones de euros para contribuir a las actividades de auxilio y reconstrucción en curso. +Confiamos en que estas iniciativas de apoyo a corto, medio y largo plazo supondrán una ayuda continua a la población de Turquía y estamos seguros de que personas de toda la Unión Europea se unirán a nosotros en el deseo de que las arduas tareas de restablecimiento de las comunidades y de la moral tengan éxito. +La misma reafirma, finalmente, nuestro deseo de que el diálogo continúe sólo en la medida en que permita un avance en el ámbito de los derechos humanos en aquel país, a fin de que, en particular, se suspenda la ejecución de las condenas a muerte que han sido pronunciadas. +Entretanto, la situación internacional continúa deteriorándose y los reiterados llamamientos internacionales a las autoridades birmanas para que tomen medidas encaminadas a fomentar la democracia, los derechos humanos y la reconciliación permanecen sin una respuesta significativa. +Estas actividades deberían asimismo apoyar la Comisión militar mixta encargada de organizar el despliegue de una fuerza de mantenimiento de la paz y una fuerza de imposición de la paz. +Pues bien, en este despacho no hay ni una ventana ni una toma de aire y no sé si la fotocopiadora, sumamente ruidosa, produce emisiones perjudiciales para la salud de la persona que se encarga de la misma. +Para aprovechar de una manera eficiente este edificio, hemos de procurar celebrar aquí en su totalidad nuestra sesión plenaria, incluido el viernes, para que luego tengamos toda una semana, en la que, tal como ha propuesto nuestra colega, la Sra. Ludford, podamos dedicarnos de manera especialmente intensa a nuestras circunscripciones electorales. +Cualquiera que sepa cuál es la actividad política de un diputado, y la reserva de muchas de sus conversaciones y de sus actuaciones, puede entender que éste es, posiblemente, el defecto más profundo y más estructural y que, según decía la Sra. Presidenta, posiblemente no tenga solución. +Mi principal petición es que, como se necesitó un cambio del tratado para traernos aquí en primer lugar, con seguridad podemos presionar en nuestros partidos políticos, nuestros gobiernos, para conseguir un cambio del tratado que nos aleje a todos de aquí y gastar el dinero en algo útil que la gente pueda apreciar. +Cualquiera que ya se haya expuesto al uso de edificios nuevos, como es mi caso, sabe que es necesario un tiempo de rodaje; dentro de seis meses, estos detalles se habrán olvidado. +Igualmente, preveo que las bellas alfombras color crema puestas en algunas de las estancias de las comisiones estarán irreversiblemente llenas de manchas y sucias dentro de 3 meses y serán inutilizables, siendo una elección del color pobre y poco práctica y en última instancia un derroche de recursos. +Si otros Estados miembros comienzan a actuar del mismo modo, podríamos llegar a una situación en la que determinados artículos serían prohibidos en cada Estado miembro de la Comunidad en momentos diferentes, y no existirá ninguna garantía de que funcione debidamente el mercado único, por cuya creación y consolidación tanto nos hemos esforzado en este Parlamento. +Señora Presidenta, señor Presidente de la Comisión, si el PPE no deseaba que este debate tuviera lugar en el día de hoy no era por no considerarlo importante, sino simplemente para poder aclarar una serie de cosas y oir a una serie de expertos antes de pronunciarse. +¿Debe seguir contemplando el consumidor que la retirada de tierras agrícolas en la UE, o sea, la renuncia a cultivar cereales, mientras se incineran los cadáveres de animales y se alimenta al ganado con harinas animales? +En el debate tenemos que tener en cuenta -esto es importante - todos los problemas de la agricultura y primar la agricultura de calidad, así como asignar un espacio a la cuestión de la relación entre control técnico y control democrático, suscitada por la Sra. Roth-Behrendt. +El segundo es que, dada la prevalencia del sida en África y conociendo que miles de jóvenes atraviesan el Mediterráneo para entrar, a través de España o de otros países, en Europa, y teniendo en cuenta también el período de incubación de la enfermedad, que va de seis o siete años hasta doce años, se puede calcular que una tercera parte de estos jóvenes está afectada de sida y está viviendo en Europa. +La tercera consideración en pro de una votación favorable de esta propuesta es la cuantía relativamente escasa de la ayuda, que no ha de perturbar los planes económicos de la Comisión. +Segundo, que, lógicamente, corresponderá a la autoridad presupuestaria, a ustedes como Parlamento, a la Comisión en sus propuestas y al Consejo en sus decisiones, tomar las decisiones que estimen oportunas para el año 2000 sin que, sin embargo, en este momento prejuzguemos cuál es la solución definitiva. +El Parlamento aspira a que se incluya en el artículo 5 del programa ALTENER una referencia a los nuevos procedimientos para el ejercicio de las competencias en materia de ejecución, con objeto de reforzar la participación del Parlamento Europeo. +No basta con ver las cifras, totalmente insuficientes, que vamos a dedicar a las energías renovables, sería necesario quizá también dedicar un poco de tiempo a examinar las energías financieras que dedicamos a otras formas de energía, en particular a la nuclear. +Junto con el programa SAVE, tenemos en ALTERNER II una forma de mostrar al público de Europa que hay formas racionales de afrontar el desafío del cambio climático: eficiencia energética y fuentes de energía renovables. +En contraste con lo que ocurre en las grandes empresas energéticas, donde se están despidiendo trabajadores, este hecho significa que si lanzamos este programa y fomentamos las fuentes de energía alternativas, a la vez contribuiremos también, como europeos, a que la política de empleo reciba mayor atención. +Señor Presidente, señora ponente, señora Comisaria, quisiera manifestar mi gratitud hacia la ponente, la Sra. Ahern, por el dinamismo con que ha preparado el programa plurianual 1998-2000 de fomento de la eficiencia energética SAVE II para la segunda lectura, continuando la labor de la antigua ponente, la Sra. Bloch von Blottnitz. +Una mayor eficacia energética implicará, a corto plazo, menor consumo, la protección de las fuentes energéticas renovables, una menor dependencia de las importaciones de energía, así como una menor contaminación medioambiental. +La Comisión va a presentar en breve -está incluido en la agenda del próximo Consejo del 2 de diciembre- el plan de acción sobre eficacia energética, y entonces tendremos ocasión de discutir más a fondo estas cuestiones. +Ya se han barrido el racismo institucional y la intolerancia y el prejuicio legalizados han sido barridos y ahora la relación de la Unión Europea con Sudáfrica va determinada por el reconocimiento de ese logro transcendental. +Se han producido avances sustanciales en la escolarización de los niños, en el servicio médico de proximidad, en el acceso al agua potable y en el servicio de electricidad pero queda aún mucho, mucho por hacer. +Señor Presidente, aunque reconozcamos que el Acuerdo de Comercio, Desarrollo y Cooperación entre la Comunidad Europea, por una parte, y la República de Sudáfrica, por otra, contiene ciertamente elementos valiosos, compartimos las dudas de la ponente Kinnock y tenemos algunas preguntas y sugerencias para la Comisión y el Consejo. +Nuestra cuarta observación está relacionada con la virulenta crítica de la Sra. Kinnock cuando asegura que la Unión Europea "intentó hacer de Sudáfrica el rehén de las subvenciones de sus propios agricultores". Consideramos inaceptable que el Acuerdo haga caso omiso del sector de los vinos y de las bebidas alcohólicas. +Es de esperar que este acuerdo implique que desde Sudáfrica se perciba que ya no están la UE y Sudáfrica tan lejos, ni física ni psíquicamente, y que ya no hay tanta distancia entre los hechos y las palabras, como indudablemente han sentido que sucedía durante el período comprendido entre los años 1994 y 1999. +Señor Comisario, señoras y señores, cooperar con Sudáfrica, ayudarle a salir del subdesarrollo debería ser un deber elemental para Europa, cuyas clases dirigentes se han beneficiado ampliamente en el pasado del pillaje de sus riquezas mineras y de la explotación de sus masas pobres. +Señor Presidente, no cabe duda de que, desde el punto de vista político, el acuerdo alcanzado con Sudáfrica constituye en su conjunto un paso adelante para la Unión Europea, y en este sentido hay que considerarlo con especial agrado y satisfacción. +Sin entrar en la inadecuación en principio de ese tipo de indicaciones, deseo subrayar que las dos partes están trabajando muy denodadamente con vistas a encontrar una solución rápida y mutuamente aceptable para los problemas pendientes en materia de vinos y licores. +La conferencia de Lesotho se va a celebrar los días 13 y 14 de octubre y estamos dispuestos a examinar en ella con representantes de los países BLNS la forma de reestructurar el plan de apoyo para esos países. +No contestaré, por lo tanto, a esta pregunta concreta, pues no estoy en situación de hacerlo, pero aprovecho su invitación porque yo mismo, cuando empiezo a examinar los grandes porcentajes de gastos, encuentro que, más que las necesidades futuras, es la historia la que está marcando nuestro camino. +Las soluciones para el desempleo son exactamente las mismas que las correspondientes a la competitividad, es decir, la reducción de las contribuciones empresariales y los niveles de reglamentación. )Qué actitud adoptará la Comisión respecto de esos aspectos? +No obstante, si usted me pregunta cuál es el primer factor para Europa y sus problemas industriales, le respondo muy francamente: el problema de los recursos humanos como incentivo del empresariado que hay en nuestro continente y, por lo tanto, todo el problema del acondicionamiento de las estructuras financieras para el nuevo empresariado. +La Unión Europea no quiere que esta agencia tenga su sede en Lausanne, en la sede del Comité Olímpico Internacional, y, sin embargo, quiere que la tenga en uno de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. +La India es la mayor democracia del mundo y ha afrontado problemas horrendos precisamente porque es una sociedad libre que vive en un Estado de derecho, con una sociedad civil plenamente desarrollada. +Si bien acojo con beneplácito la pregunta y la respuesta que ha dado -convengo con él en que demasiada insistencia en las cumbres no es necesariamente oportuna-, me gustaría saber si considerará la posibilidad de ampliar el diálogo India/UE para que pase a ser un diálogo UE/subcontinente indio. +Se trata de un papel que la UE podría desempeñar útilmente: el de lograr que los indios, los paquistaníes o los bangladeshíes, etc., se reúnan en ese subcontinente para examinar sus problemas comunes y, en cierto sentido, hacer de corredor exterior desinteresado en los tratos entre los países de esa subregión. +Hasta ahora los Estados miembros, a tenor del artículo 296 (antiguo artículo 223), han exceptuado hasta ahora el tráfico de armas del ámbito de aplicación de las disposiciones de los Tratados de la Comunidad Europea. +Este primer paso consiste en conceder a Turquía el status de candidata para que se ponga en marcha el proceso y tengamos una oportunidad de poder hablar en un futuro próximo sobre el tema del inicio de negociaciones. +Señora Presidenta, estimadas y estimados colegas, tras las declaraciones realizadas por el representante de la Presidencia del Consejo y de la Comisión, hay que partir del hecho de que en la cumbre de Helsinki se va a acordar conceder a Turquía el status de candidata. +Señora Presidenta, nuestro Grupo se declara a favor de la trayectoria europea de Turquía, que podría llegar hasta su adhesión, y también se declara a favor de una política más generosa en las financiaciones, siempre que éstas puedan contribuir a solucionar los problemas a los que se enfrentan, especialmente, las numerosas víctimas de los terremotos. +El pueblo griego ha demostrado sus cordiales sentimientos hacia el pueblo turco en la tragedia de los terremotos. Creo que también el pueblo turco tiene sentimientos de afecto hacia el pueblo griego. +Esto habría que hacerlo reconociendo que a Turquía le queda un largo camino por recorrer, fundamentalmente en lo que se refiere a la situación de los derechos humanos y de los derechos de los pueblos y minorías, reconocidas o no, que integran la población de aquel país y también en relación con la actuación de Turquía respecto de Chipre. +La elección de un nuevo Gobierno más constructivo en Israel y la firma del Memorándum de Sharm El-Sheikh el mes pasado han allanado el camino para la reanudación del proceso de paz. +Las primeras retiradas de tropas, la liberación de prisioneros y el acuerdo alcanzado ayer sobre la apertura del corredor entre Gaza y Cisjordania demuestran que tanto israelíes como palestinos han reanudado sus esfuerzos por alcanzar una paz duradera. +Apoyo el derecho del pueblo palestino a constituir un Estado, pero un Estado que sea el fruto de la negociación y de la buena voluntad de todas las partes interesadas y no un Estado que surja como resultado de la coacción. +El presidente Pasqua ya ha hecho hincapié en el problema de la falta de traducción; hoy nuestro Grupo subraya que no solo existe una falta de traducción, sino que hay traducciones inexactas. +Hoy tenemos un ejemplo perfecto con la decisión de la Comisión de levantar el embargo de la carne de bovino británica, y la negativa de Francia y de Alemania de aplicar esta decisión. +A pesar de que la UE se ha comprometido a seguir de cerca y legislar la actividad del sector, en mi opinión, los involucrados tienen la responsabilidad moral de aprobar una serie de normas de obligado cumplimiento. +Por esta razón, la Unión considera importante que el desarrollo sostenible sea el punto de partida de las negociaciones y que las cuestiones medioambientales sean tomadas en cuenta en los acuerdos sobre los diferentes sectores. +Así, nuestro Parlamento ha aprobado una enmienda de mi Grupo, que solicitaba una revisión de los mecanismos de la OMC, del procedimiento de solución de conflictos, a fin de poder tomar en cuenta en mayor grado las cuestiones sociales, sanitarias, culturales y medioambientales. +Señor Presidente del Consejo, señor Presidente, señor Comisario, la comunicación de la Comisión a los Parlamentos nacionales es extremadamente reveladora a la vez de la maquinaria profundamente antidemocrática de la principal institución europea y de las condiciones en las cuales se iniciará el nuevo capítulo de negociaciones comerciales multilaterales. +Para los países en vías de desarrollo, esto significará libre acceso para todos los artículos, compensación por el aumento de precios en productos alimenticios básicos, exenciones de los acuerdos TRIPS y que la UE elimine los subsidios que producen competencia desleal, especialmente en los productos agrarios. +Y esa realidad es la de una agricultura multifuncional, que combina su función económica con la preservación del medio ambiente y de los paisajes rurales y garantiza la presencia del hombre en todo el territorio. +Así, es necesario, prorrogando el fenómeno y con objeto de crearse una relación de fuerzas favorables en el seno de la OMC, debatir, transmitir a toda Europa el sentido que debe darse a la globalización, a la liberalización de estos intercambios comerciales. +En nuestro grupo político, muchos son de la opinión de que el comercio sobre las emisiones, el rescate de la obligación de reducir las emisiones de CO2, no es defendible políticamente. +Me he referido a que preparamos la publicación de un Libro Verde que contendrá una propuesta concreta en este sentido, un sistema que evidentemente describirá la responsabilidad particular de cada país. +¿Significa esto que Finlandia, país militarmente neutral, está dispuesta a establecer una política común de defensa dentro de la Unión, con vistas a que la Unión cuente con una voluntad común, una política común y una voz común? +Le preguntaría al Sr. Ministro sobre la forma en que la Presidencia finlandesa está elaborando la habilitación de la mayoría cualificada en la toma de decisiones en materia de política exterior, seguridad y defensa común. +Este proceso está todavía en marcha, de manera que es imposible decir si afectará a la política exterior y de seguridad, aunque si nos fijamos un poco en la historia de este proceso de elaboración, hay que decir que la toma de decisiones vinculantes por mayoría cualificada, por ejemplo en materia de defensa, no es muy probable, al menos a corto plazo. +A él hay que añadir el artículo 30 que dispone que el depósito puede aumentarse con las divisas hasta diez veces más, es decir, 50.000 millones de euros; además, existe una disposición en el punto 4 del artículo 30 según la cual el BCE puede emplazar divisas, también por encima del máximo que está establecido en 50.000 millones de euros. +Siempre hemos tenido algún punto del programa que se ha tratado públicamente pero el resto de la reunión, en toda caso hasta ahora, ha sido a puertas cerradas y continuará siéndolo en el futuro, al menos durante la Presidencia finlandesa. +En segundo lugar, si hay criterios tan diferentes según los cuales se prohiben justamente las exportaciones de armas a Yugoslavia pero, por ejemplo, sí son permitidas a Indonesia, entonces es que hay otros criterios diferentes a los del código que son decisivos, en concreto, los intereses económicos y comerciales. +Es urgente porque todavía no hemos definido la forma de controlar la difusión de armas cortas y armas ligeras, ni hemos ampliado el código para que abarque las armas convencionales. +El significado último de la concesión de este premio es, desde la óptica altruista de esta abogada, que Bielorrusia no puede ser "una oveja negra" en el mapa geográfico europeo. +La transparencia es un valor al cual este Parlamento se ha referido con decisión en las primeras semanas de sus trabajos y la opinión pública tiene derecho a confiar en las instituciones políticas, así como en las militares. +En consecuencia, consideramos justo que el Parlamento Europeo pida a los Estados miembros que pueden colaborar en descubrir la verdad, que faciliten a la judicatura italiana toda la documentación necesaria para llegar a la definitiva determinación de las responsabilidades. +Esto recalca, en particular, la cuestión de la cultura general en materia de seguridad en la planta y el grado de capacitación del personal, así como la importancia de que haya una rápida difusión de la información. +El transporte de combustibles MOX se efectúa bajo el control de las autoridades nacionales de los países de origen y de destino, teniendo debidamente en cuenta la legislación apropiada de la Unión y las normas del OIEA. +Sin embargo, saben perfectamente -y nuestra experiencia, tanto en el seno del Parlamento Europeo como de la sociedad europea en general, lo demuestra- que la mera constatación no es suficiente. No es suficiente, si quieren, repetir el punto de vista de que "hay que hacer algo" . +En el caso de los diputados es precisa una decisión específica, que podría prever -por ejemplo, en relación con las investigaciones parlamentarias- un consejo de control aparte, elegido por nuestra Asamblea al comienzo de cada legislatura. +Por esta razón, la opinión pública espera que esta oficina posea una plena capacidad de trabajo, y esta plena capacidad de trabajo se refiere, por un lado, a las instituciones en las que la OLAF puede realizar investigaciones, razón por la cual, celebro el informe del Sr. Napolitano y las intervenciones que se han realizado aquí. +En segundo lugar, y con esto termino, quisiera insistir en lo importante y urgente que es poseer, por fin, regulaciones para los proveedores de servicios de certificación en lo que se refiere a su acceso al mercado, a la aplicación de los principios que rigen en el mercado interior, y a las regulaciones relativas a la responsabilidad. +El segundo es la disposición según la cual los requisitos técnicos se ampliarán en el futuro mediante un procedimiento de comité de regulación, a fin de introducir nuevas normas para los depósitos de combustible que contienen combustibles gaseosos. +Se pretende que el Comité Económico y Social y el Comité de las Regiones pasen a tener sus sedes en las antiguas instalaciones del Parlamento que han quedado desocupadas, es decir, en los edificios Belliard I y II, en los que previamente se harán obras. +Es muy natural que se exija que esa nueva obligación de gasto, que al mismo tiempo significaría la reducción de los gastos de los Estados miembros, no quede incluida en el límite máximo de los gastos anteriormente aprobado. +En primer lugar, en los tres cómputos que tenemos sobre la mesa, o sea, el anteproyecto de la Comisión y las propuestas del Consejo y del Parlamento, los gastos previstos para el ejercicio 2000 superan, de hecho, los importes de este año. +En el año 2000, la UE gastará menos de 2 euros por ciudadano en educación, en fomentar que los jóvenes participen en programas de intercambio o adquieran conocimientos sobre diferentes lenguas y culturas, o en informar a los ciudadanos sobre la futura evolución de la Unión Europea a la vez que se apoya a nuestra industria audiovisual. +No podemos oponer los pobres a los pobres, las buenas y las malas víctimas, y lamento que el Consejo haya planteado en cierto modo el problema en estos términos, sin aportar ninguna solución. +Por el lado de esas organizaciones es comprensible, porque la Comisión está fallando gravemente en sus deberes, cuando las organizaciones han de esperar durante un año y medio la asignación de subvenciones, o cuando se producen modificaciones intermedias de los criterios. +En lo que respecta a los Fondos Estructurales, la política regional europea se ha convertido en un verdadero obstáculo para Francia, al contrario de lo que dice una leyenda que se mantiene de forma complaciente, incluso por el comisario encargado en la actualidad de la política regional. +El mérito del ponente es el de haberlo realizado mediante un procedimiento presupuestario que se desarrolló además con la mayor tranquilidad, aunque el Parlamento está lanzando un desafío importante al Consejo, y creo que este desafío merece ser destacado. +No puedo dejar de subrayar, sin embargo, que el presupuesto de este año no podrá cumplir los objetivos fijados al principio, es decir, el relanzamiento de la economía de la Unión y, sobre todo, el crecimiento del empleo. +Nos ha hecho un hermoso estudio con una especie de popurrí de todo lo que ha escrito desde el mes de marzo y con un comportamiento de consejero del Tribunal de Cuentas francés. +En consecuencia, los esfuerzos realizados en pro de la carne de vacuno de calidad, de las frutas y hortalizas y de los productos lácteos corrían el riesgo de verse anulados mientras que esta acción forma parte de la de la Comunidad que podrá incluirse en la caja verde a nivel de la OMC. +Significa también que la invasión militar no es un método aceptable para ampliar las fronteras, sea quien fuere el autor de ese acto, sean cuales fueren los condicionantes y los intereses geopolíticos que intervengan. +Señor Presidente, en el tiempo de que dispongo quiero referirme a una única línea del presupuesto que es la del plan de distribución de leche en las escuelas, en la que la Comisión tiene propuestas para reducir la dotación de 96 millones de euros a 53 millones de euros. +Como los programas plurianuales deben ser, en todo caso, adaptados a la rúbrica presupuestaria correspondiente y a la perspectiva general de la financiación del presupuesto, considero indispensable que el Parlamento mejore su coordinación interna durante la lectura de los programas plurianuales y del presupuesto. +La expectativa de la contribución está convirtiéndose en el vínculo más fuerte para muchas comunidades, no sólo locales, una contribución que consolida más que otros vínculos ideales o de otro tipo. +Concedo una importancia especial - así como, según creo, la Comisión de Presupuestos - a que estos compromisos reciban una concretización escrita por encima de la carta, muy interesante, que la señora Schreyer nos ha remitido, a la cual el presidente Wynn ha contestado y que, creo, exige algunas precisiones complementarias. +Otro asunto, que aborda su comisión, es la contribución del BCE a la estabilidad financiera, y en concreto la cuestión del suministro de liquidez de emergencia a las instituciones financieras en dificultades. +Permítanme que añada, finalmente, que el cumplimiento de los criterios de convergencia se ha traducido en una estabilidad de los precios y de los tipos de cambio, y en una mejora de las finanzas públicas. +Hasta el momento no tenemos claro cómo se puede evaluar y cómo se evalúa la evolución de los precios de las mercancías y de los servicios, también en el caso de los mercados inmobiliarios o de los mercados de valores, por ejemplo. +Una decisión así comprometería al mismo tiempo el repunte del empleo en Europa y las inversiones en materia de ecología, principalmente las relativas a las economías de energía y a la lucha contra el efecto invernadero. +El ascenso permanente del consumo ha provocado observaciones de preocupación y de aviso por parte del Gobierno holandés, pero en sentido político reacciona con actuaciones equivocadas: con una reducción de cargas en lugar de con la reducción de la deuda. +A nivel institucional, el Banco Central juega un papel clave; y también quisiéramos que ese papel tuviera su contrabalanza en la transparencia exigible a las instituciones que emanan de los votos de los ciudadanos. +Pero ninguno de nosotros duda de la importancia de su papel porque un gobierno nacional de la zona del euro que se enfrente a la reactivación de una economía vacilante no tiene muchas armas a su disposición. +El Parlamento Europeo, en calidad de representante de los ciudadanos europeos, debe tener derecho a exigir que en el futuro, a semejanza de lo que sucede con los demás bancos centrales, también el BCE publique los argumentos presentados a favor o en contra de sus decisiones en materia monetaria. +Por último, quiero afirmar que apoyo calurosamente la propuesta relativa a la publicación de los informes sobre la situación económica y los diferentes indicadores económicos de los países de la zona del euro. +El BCE está en la actualidad completamente involucrado en todos los debates de todos los foros internacionales sobre el futuro de lo que ahora se denomina la "arquitectura financiera" del mundo. +Sabemos que en la práctica, en las operaciones diarias, vamos a tener que racionalizar los procedimientos tanto como sea posible pero, en general, esto no se ha identificado, en el conjunto del proceso de evaluación, como una de las cuestiones principales. +La manera en que la codecisión puede ser eventualmente puesta en práctica en las relaciones entre el Parlamento, el Consejo y los Estados miembros en la toma de decisiones en el ámbito de las actividades humanitarias es algo que debe seguir siendo discutido e incluso negociado. +Hoy el pueblo de mi país, como nunca antes en su historia, se encuentra unido para exigir que cese la violación a sus derechos humanos, en particular el secuestro como instrumento inadmisible de financiación de la guerrilla y de otros grupos generadores de violencia. +Por esto, quiero aprovechar esta excepcional oportunidad para invitar a todos los países de la comunidad mundial a que le demos pleno desarrollo al principio de lo que he denominado la "responsabilidad compartida" , para luchar contra el problema mundial de la droga. +Del mismo modo, lamento la renuencia de algunos Estados miembros a la hora de apoyar la idea de un fondo europeo para los refugiados, pese a que, como explicó claramente la Comisión, ese fondo no entrañaba gasto nuevo o suplementario alguno. +El Tratado de Prohibición Completa de los Ensayos Nucleares beneficia a todos los Estados del mundo, y la Unión Europea actúa correctamente cuando reitera su profundo compromiso de que el Tratado entre en vigor cuanto antes. +En primer lugar porque el tema de la seguridad interior ha sido llevada al nivel de los Jefes de Gobierno apartándose de los aspectos más bien competenciales de los Ministros de Justicia y del Interior. +Señora Presidenta, señor Presidente del Consejo, Señorías, Tampere ha sido un importante paso hacia delante y creo que con las iniciativas para crear una auténtica Europa de los ciudadanos en el campo de la política jurídica y de interior, se ha logrado un gran progreso. +Esta política "interpilares" abre posibilidades que pueden llevarnos a buen puerto, pero también me plantea muchas preguntas sobre quiénes y cómo van a desarrollar estos planes de acción y si el Consejo nos dará alguna vez información sobre los resultados del que ya se puso en marcha, que es el plan de acción relativo al Iraq. +El objetivo debe ser una Unión Europea abierta y segura que establezca asociaciones con los países de origen de los flujos migratorios y ponga a punto políticas de desarrollo conjuntas con los países de origen y de tránsito. +Del mismo modo como no se hace la paz no recurriendo simplemente a las armas, un espacio jurídico común europeo no se creará solamente si un puñado de Gobiernos anuncia su buena voluntad. +Así, pues, lo repito: la Comisión y el Parlamento Europeo desempeñan su papel al elevar los objetivos de esa conferencia y cuando recomiendan que se hagan ahora todas las reformas necesarias para que nuestra Unión pueda acoger a un gran número de Estados. +Esos asuntos -el número de Comisarios en una Unión ampliada, la nueva ponderación de los votos, el ámbito de aplicación de la mayoría cualificada- son, los tres, asuntos extraordinariamente difíciles, pero necesarios. +Por ello, como Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo de los Demócratas Cristianos y de los Demócratas Europeos decimos que queremos más de lo que se ha planteado como perspectiva en Amsterdam, queremos una reforma a fondo de la Unión Europea que sea capaz de una ampliación, lo que para nosotros tiene una gran prioridad. +Para ello, hace falta tener también el valor de modificar el artículo 4 del Tratado de la CE que define a la Unión de un modo clásico neoliberal como una economía de mercado con una competencia libre. +Tercero, la Comisión se encargaría de informar el año próximo sobre la posibilidad de extender las actividades de la Agencia a otros países balcánicos con un nuevo reglamento. +Una mayor seguridad del comercio electrónico en la UE debería incrementar la confianza de los consumidores y ayudar a los ciudadanos de la UE a beneficiarse de este ámbito de actividad con mayor tranquilidad y seguridad. +Las actas de las reuniones de su Comité de Política Monetaria, incluidos los registros de votaciones y los razonamientos, ahora son publicados al cabo de unas seis semanas. +La confirmación de la Convención de Ginebra sobre los refugiados "en su plena y más amplia interpretación" es una victoria importante para los Verdes y para muchas organizaciones no gubernamentales. +Creo que las propuestas en el ámbito legislativo, y sobre todo las propuestas en el ámbito de la colaboración entre los interlocutores sociales, constituyen una base para enfrentarnos a estos grandes problemas de nuestra época. +Un momento, Señorías, hay que ver los beneficios en Bolsa de todas las empresas desde hace un año, desde hace dos años, y he de recordar al Sr. Wurtz que participa o sus amigos participan en un Gobierno que nada hace para que cesen los beneficios en Bolsa. +Eso significa estudiar dónde podemos reducir la carga de normativas innecesarias que encarecen los costes para las empresas y estudiar qué medidas pueden reducir los costes no salariales de las empresas que, a su vez, les llevan a despedir a trabajadores como el mejor modo de economizar grandes sumas de dinero. +Tenemos, a nivel europeo, la estrategia europea para el empleo, y se aplica por primera vez, con 22 directivas que se han incorporado a los proyectos para el empleo de los Estados miembros; y también hay financiaciones importantes, a las que me he referido anteriormente. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede a las declaraciones del Consejo y de la Comisión sobre el rechazo por parte del Senado estadounidense del Tratado de prohibición total de pruebas nucleares. +Es una absoluta irresponsabilidad utilizar la ratificación de la moratoria de las pruebas atómicas como juguete arrojadizo en la lucha interna abierta entre el Congreso republicano y el presidente demócrata. +Por ello, espero que la Presidencia y la Comisión se sienten ahora juntas y desarrollen una estrategia en el marco de la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común que amenace con estos instrumentos económicos y obligue a Rusia a finalizar esta guerra. +Esta circunstancia tiene a su vez unos efectos positivos en la lucha por el respeto de los derechos humanos y contra el racismo, un nacionalismo exagerado y el antisemitismo. +En pocas palabras, tienen que adquirir esa capacidad de adaptación y esa velocidad en el intercambio cultural, la formación y la experiencia profesional que son los elementos que se solicitarán cada vez más en la sociedad del próximo milenio. +"Juventud" es un programa que puede alcanzar estos objetivos, ya que permitirá a los jóvenes con menos recursos y más desfavorecidos llevar a cabo unas experiencias transnacionales que llegarán a ser determinantes para su incorporación más adecuada al mundo laboral. +Por otra parte, la sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de 12 de mayo de 1998, relativa a los fundamentos jurídicos, imponía la dotación de un marco mejor definido en comparación con el pasado, precisamente por la confusión que existía anteriormente. +Asimismo, quisiera destacar que si se interrumpiera la participación comunitaria en el Observatorio, la Comisión se vería obligada a recoger esa misma información de otras fuentes; en la mayoría de los casos, sobre una base comercial. +Para mejorar la situación global del Parlamento y del Grupo de No inscritos, me asocio con los radicales. En consecuencia, no voy a participar en la aprobación del Acta ni en las demás votaciones, declarándome en huelga como ellos. +Evidentemente, Sus Señorías votarán libremente, pero deben saber que desde el momento en que aprueban una enmienda de gastos que superan lo acordado "en torno" , diría yo, de la Comisión de Presupuestos y no "por" la Comisión de Presupuestos, corren el riesgo de ponernos en una situación muy delicada con respecto al margen. +Informe (A5-0036/1999) del Sr. Napoletano, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales, sobre posibles modificaciones del Reglamento a raíz del Acuerdo interinstitucional de 25 de mayo de 1999 relativo a las investigaciones internas efectuadas por la Oficina Europea de Lucha Antifraude (OLAF) +El Consejo de Amsterdam, que ha dado su nombre al Tratado, había estudiado esta cuestión y rechazó explícitamente reconocer la existencia de partidos políticos europeos y, menos aún, otorgarles una financiación pública. +De cara al futuro, el mayor reto de la UE consiste en definir principios básicos comunes que contribuyan a la reactivación de la economía europea. De este modo, se podrá solucionar gran parte de los problemas relacionados con el mercado de trabajo. +Mis colegas que pertenecen a esta comisión elaboraron un proyecto de enmienda con el fin de ampliar la financiación de grupos de mujeres a una variedad más amplia de ellos. +Al mismo tiempo que acepto que se ha permitido la subsistencia de un acuerdo monopolístico, celebro la nueva autorización de 600.000 euros y celebraría nuevos incrementos en el futuro de esta cantidad, en la esperanza, claro está, de que contribuya a que puedan escucharse las voces de todas las mujeres. +Esta cotización constituiría uno de los elementos -aunque, sin duda, no sería el único- de un sistema de reajuste de los costes sociales, capaz de regular mejor el comercio internacional entre zonas heterogéneas, sin por ello privarnos de las ventajas del librecambio. +Es conveniente, en particular, que los asalariados puedan poner en entredicho el propio fundamento de estos despidos y su carácter de necesidad económica, antes de su ejecución y en una fase muy anterior del procedimiento. +La reestructuración y el traslado de empresas -en particular, de multinacionales- en toda Europa ha provocado decenas de millares de despidos, situación inaceptable y condenable por las graves consecuencias económicas y sociales para los trabajadores, la región y el país afectados. +Casos como el de Michelin en Francia y Renault, Grundig, Siemens y Texas Instruments, entre otros, en Portugal han hecho ver claramente que es urgente fortalecer la legislación europea y de los Estados miembros para proteger los derechos de los trabajadores, en particular su empleo, e impedir que las multinacionales sigan actuando de forma arbitraria, sólo para conseguir aumentar sus beneficios. +La razón del aplazamiento es que, a causa del retraso registrado en los trabajos de normalización del Comité Europeo de Normalización, las prescripciones RID de 1999 no incluyen normas para la fabricación y uso de recipientes y cisternas de transporte de gases de la clase segunda. +Así las cosas, no podemos sino conceder nuestro pleno apoyo al informe del ponente, el presidente de nuestra comisión, al tiempo que le damos las gracias por los esfuerzos que ha tenido que realizar. +Quiero, por último, hacer una breve reflexión al hilo de lo que ha dicho el Sr. Konrad respecto a la capacidad del transporte por ferrocarril y a la apuesta que se está haciendo por el ferrocarril en la Comisión y en los Estados miembros. +Este incremento va a ser el resultado de un incremento del desarrollo y del crecimiento en nuestros países y, de alguna manera, si no se produjera, daría malas indicaciones respecto a otros comportamientos de nuestra economía y, por lo tanto, también de nuestra sociedad. +Segundo punto de reflexión: el pasado día 26, el Sr. Comisario Fischler -según noticias de diversos medios de comunicación de mi país- parece que se mostró dispuesto a contemplar concesiones adicionales en la importación de frutas y hortalizas procedentes de Marruecos en la negociación del Acuerdo de pesca. +Nuevamente, como en setiembre de 1998, la lucha está encaminada a la obtención de libertad, de los derechos sociales elementales, de vacaciones pagadas, de seguridad social, de la jubilación a los 55 años y de la garantía de una renta mínima. +La Presidenta y el Vicepresidente deberían tomar nota cuidadosa de esto y tratar con los servicios de la Cámara la necesidad de que se establezca un lapso razonable entre la votación y el recuento de los votos. +Me parece que la decisión de la Comisión Europea de levantar el embargo es más política que científica, tal como lo manifiestan las divergencias de análisis y de puntos de vista en el seno del Comité Científico Europeo. +Este es un punto esencial que ha de incluirse de urgencia en el orden del día de la próxima Conferencia Intergubernamental y, como corolario, un punto que debe ser imperativamente renegociado en el marco de la OMC, de lo contrario toda aplicación de la subsidiariedad a nivel europeo tendrá la posibilidad de ser deformado. +No deja de ser cierto que las condiciones de la matanza con una pistola especial provoca que las partículas cerebrales o linfáticas pasen a la vena yugular y de allí a la masa muscular. +A este efecto, el Gobierno francés ha creado la Agencia Francesa de Seguridad Sanitaria Alimentaria para realizar una mejor evaluación científica de los riesgos alimentarios. +Así, es de una hipocresía absoluta invocar a los agricultores y sus intereses y oponerlos, explícita o implícitamente, a los intereses de los consumidores, sin denunciar la responsabilidad de los grandes grupos capitalistas productores y proveedores de alimentos para el ganado. +El científico de la comarca sostenía que el subsuelo era lo suficientemente sólido. El científico del municipio que se negaba a aprobar la ubicación del vertedero refutaba que el subsuelo era igual de sólido que una bañera sin tapón. +La solución a este problema no consiste en la creación de un ejército de funcionarios al servicio de la UE para vigilar la actividad de las explotaciones granjeras. +Por otro, existe la necesidad de proteger a los consumidores que es una de las máximas prioridades y cuyo alcance es tal que justifica las decisiones nacionales que contradicen las comunitarias, a condición de que estén motivadas desde el punto de vista científico e higiénico-sanitario. +He sacado fundamentalmente las siguientes conclusiones. En primer lugar estoy plenamente convencido de que las decisiones que tomemos de ahora en adelante, también las de la Comisión, han de basarse en el juicio de científicos independientes -es importante que sean independientes- y en los descubrimientos científicos más recientes. +En mi carrera de europarlamentario, breve pero llena de incidentes, y sobre todo después de la jornada de ayer, he advertido en esta Asamblea -que se atreve a autodenominarse "Parlamento" - un deseo de actuar como un sello de goma para la Comisión, y una vez más hoy siento que ése es nuestro papel. +Y, por eso, considero importante que se pueda considerar este acuerdo, además de un beneficio económico para una actividad de nuestro país, una ayuda al desarrollo de un sector económico y a la consolidación de la paz en Angola. +Pero quisiéramos recordar, señor Presidente, que entre la palabra "explotación" y la palabra "cooperación", pese a que tienen la misma desinencia, hay una diferencia y que la segunda de ellas corresponde a una situación en que las dos partes están de acuerdo, por lo que nosotros no creemos que Angola vea en este acuerdo tipo alguno de explotación; de lo contrario, no lo firmaría el día siguiente al de su conclusión. +Este boletín es excepcionalmente útil, llega a emisoras regionales, da a conocer, en todas las lenguas, la actividad de los diputados que hablan tal lengua o que proceden de tal nacionalidad, por eso es algo que nosotros, los antiguos diputados y el anterior Parlamento Europeo, conocemos muy bien y somos muy sensibles a este respecto. +Señor Comisario, ¿cómo explica usted que aquí, durante siete años, desde septiembre de 1989 a marzo de 1996, dos diputados -el socialista belga José Happart y yo- dijimos que había riesgo de zoonosis antes de que el Ministro de Agricultura británico lo reconociera el 24 de marzo de 1996 ante la Cámara de los Comunes? +La Sra. Jackson le ha preguntado, lo primero, si la existencia de otro comité para que examine nuestra seguridad alimentaria en toda la Unión Europea será mejor, en realidad, que el comité permanente actual y si los ciudadanos le prestarán, en realidad, atención. +El Consejo Europeo de Helsinki recibirá el informe del Consejo ECOFIN sobre el desarrollo de la coordinación de la política económica. Dicho informe impulsará este diálogo y la reflexión sobre el tema. +El Pacto por el Empleo en Europa, adoptado el verano pasado en el Consejo de Colonia por iniciativa de Alemania, es una iniciativa que promoverá la comprensión mutua y la renovación de las economías europeas. +Es decir, cuanto más se facilite el objetivo de estabilidad de la política monetaria mediante medidas presupuestarias y una evolución salarial adecuada, más favorables serán las condiciones monetarias al crecimiento y al empleo. +Durante estos dos días vamos a debatir el Informe Smet sobre la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo y los Informes Menrad sobre las políticas de empleo de los Estados miembros en los años 1999 y 2000. +Señor Presidente, el Consejo adoptó el Pacto Europeo por el Empleo en la Cumbre de Colonia con el objeto de lograr una disminución sustancial y sostenida del desempleo. +Este mundo se conoce en los Países Bajos como la economía de consenso, un circuito de consultas frecuentes y bastante estructuradas entre los principales actores socioeconómicos. +Es necesario que mañana aprobemos la posición propuesta por los ponentes y por la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales y digamos al Consejo que debe aceptar por fin esta cuestión y velar por que nadie tenga que trabajar con las inhumanas jornadas laborales que asignamos a nuestros médicos en período de formación. +En algunos países de la Unión Europea, entre ellos los Países Bajos, Bélgica y Finlandia, los empresarios del transporte por carretera tienen independizadas, por así decir, sus ruedas, esto es, los camiones y conductores, en el marco de una estrategia de adjudicación o flexibilización. +Esto lo vemos a gran escala en la lucha que se mantiene en la Organización Mundial de Comercio para lograr nuevos compromisos y, a pequeña escala, en la lucha que existe en los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea respecto de la ordenación del tiempo de trabajo. +No es casual que las excepciones se refieran en su mayor parte a los trabajadores móviles y a la gente que se gana el pan en el mar, con la pesca o con la extracción de petróleo. +Yo tengo mis dudas de que la publicación de los datos sobre el consumo y las emisiones cumpla una función orientativa decisiva en lo que se refiere a las decisiones de compra de los consumidores. +Existe una diferencia entre el caso de la persona que va a comprar un medicamento a la farmacia y allí le informan detalladamente sobre los riesgos, y la adquisición de un artículo corriente en el mercado. +Tampoco se considera el procedimiento previsto para la participación del Parlamento Europeo en el proceso de manera que sus derechos queden plenamente garantizados, ni se menciona el estrecho corsé temporal que supone el llamado ciclo anual que se prevé aplicar. +El reconocimiento mutuo es un principio que tuvo su importancia para evitar trabas a la libre circulación de mercancías, pero sólo es parcialmente válido para la construcción del mercado interior en ausencia de armonización de las legislaciones. +De esta suerte la elaboración de las directrices podría incluir también los resultados de una comparación de los mejores métodos en cada uno de los Estados miembros, a fin de poder aplicar así en todo el ámbito europeo estrategias exitosas. +A mi modo de ver, además de la formación profesional, existe otra importante posibilidad en la reducción deliberada de las cargas fiscales en aquellos ámbitos que de manera demostrable estén generando puestos de trabajo. +Ello no obstante, estimados colegas, creo que pese a todo hemos dado otro pequeño paso adelante porque, como ya ha dicho el ponente, ha sido la primera vez que el Consejo ha solicitado el dictamen del Parlamento de forma oficial. +La creciente presencia de la economía en nuestra sociedad y la introducción del principio de mercado en prácticamente todos los ámbitos sociales son dos factores que perjudican a la familia y ponen bajo presión a la humanidad. +En efecto, nunca se insistirá lo suficiente en que son estas políticas ultraliberales en el interior y ultramundialistas en el exterior y su culto a la apertura de las fronteras y al mercado-rey los que han llevado a nuestras economías al punto en el que se encuentran hoy en día. +Como Conservadores británicos compartimos la preocupación que se ha expresado desde todas las partes de esta Asamblea de que el alto nivel de desempleo en la UE en su conjunto es uno de los principales problemas y que el objetivo debe ser un descenso importante del mismo. +Sin embargo, ni el balance, ni el establecimiento de objetivos eximen a los Estados miembros y a los interlocutores sociales de su responsabilidad principal sobre la política de empleo en sus países, ya que aquellos son específicos. +No se trata, como algunos temen, de dar una receta a escala europea, sino de establecer una serie de instrumentos que efectivamente permitan alcanzar el resultado de crear empleo y cohesión social. +Aunque la responsabilidad principal del proyecto recae naturalmente sobre los Estados miembros, sería políticamente imposible llevar a cabo una reforma tan amplia en el mercado único sin una coordinación a escala de la Unión. +Este Parlamento Europeo apoya acertadamente en nuestra enmienda 13 el enfoque integral, así como el desarrollo de objetivos comparables a los que me referiré dentro de un momento y para los que pido el apoyo de todos en este Parlamento. +La Unión Europea cuenta con 20 millones de desempleados y con 60 millones de pobres y no hay en las directrices ninguna medida vinculante dirigida a impedir los despidos y los planes de reducción de plantillas. +Considero que el turno de preguntas constituye un derecho parlamentario elemental que, en contraste con otros puntos del orden del día está garantizado también expresamente en los Tratados, y, en consecuencia, quisiera insistir en que el turno de preguntas se realice en su totalidad. +Señor Presidente, cuando el Parlamento Europeo en el otoño de 1998 acordó la continuación del Programa Auto-Oil, el calendario preveía que el asunto volvería al Parlamento a tiempo para posibilitar una decisión del Consejo en la primavera de 1999. +Personalmente, creo que el Consejo prevé en su posición común toda una serie de disposiciones muy importantes como, por ejemplo, la reducción de los valores límite para el dióxido de carbono en un 30% en comparación con 1996 desde octubre del año 2000 o del 2001. +Sin embargo, podemos aceptar la definición de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, en la que se dice que la salud no es sólo la ausencia de enfermedades, sino un estado de bienestar físico, mental y social. +En enero se adoptó una decisión conjunta en la que se establecía un plan de acción para promover el uso más seguro de Internet y, por tanto, para proteger a los niños de la violencia y de la pornografía. +La Comisión, asimismo, emprende acciones en los campos social y educativo con la idea de mejorar la calidad de vida de los niños y las oportunidades para su desarrollo y educación. +Estamos en una absurda situación en la que los Estados miembros tienen que promover lo que es mejor para los niños en la legislación y en la política, pero en la Unión no existe una obligación legal de proteger lo que sea mejor para los niños. +Y mientras todo esto sucede en el mundo en vías de desarrollo, en el Occidente, supuestamente civilizado, la violencia, el abandono y la explotación sexual de los niños, mediante las redes internacionales, están tomando dimensiones espeluznantes. +En el período de sesiones del mes pasado, usted, señora Comisaria, calurosa y convincentemente afirmó que es voluntad de la Comisión fortalecer los derechos de los asalariados en cuanto a la información y la consulta sobre su destino. +Por último, Señor Presidente, la Comisión de Control Presupuestario opina que nosotros también hacia la mitad del mismo plazo debemos volver a estudiar un nuevo sistema de recursos propios, porque si va a haber más países el sistema actual puede resultar demasiado complicado. +Los acuerdos de Berlín son una combinación entre el nivel total y la composición del gasto, las reformas políticas y el sistema de recursos propios. +En Berlín, admitimos, en efecto, el principio según el cual algunos países ricos, los del norte de la Unión, pagaban demasiado, de allí una nueva ponderación de las partes proporcionales de financiación de los Estados miembros que tendrá como consecuencia una mayor participación de Francia por una cantidad del orden de varios miles de millones de francos. +Sólo un nuevo planteamiento de la cuestión de los recursos propios, que no aumente la carga fiscal soportada por los contribuyentes y que vuelva más transparente, simple y racional el sistema puede dar condiciones de afirmación a la Unión Europea. +La única justificación real de tal aberración es rebajar la factura holandesa, a pesar de que el saldo -para usar la terminología del Consejo- va hinchado en favor de las arcas bátavas por el efecto Rotterdam. +Acaso se piensa que podemos continuar mucho tiempo con una tasa conributiva tan limitada cuando la Unión Europea adquiere cada vez un mayor número de responsabilidades relacionadas con el prolongamiento de la unión monetaria, la ampliación de la Unión, el tener en cuenta las responsabilidades políticas extranjeras y de seguridad? +En la práctica, este techo depende del acuerdo entre los órganos, que resulta claramente inferior al de la política de gastos de agricultura Esto es otro claro indicio de la responsabilidad parlamentaria en relación a los presupuestos. +Respecto al PRS 5 permítanme que me dirija también a la Comisión para decirle que naturalmente sabía que éramos un nuevo Parlamento y a pesar de ello presentó en las vacaciones de verano un presupuesto suplementario cuando no estábamos en absoluto en situación de reaccionar porque el nuevo Parlamento no era aún operativo. +En consecuencia, el comité de la Comisión encargado del nombramiento ha realizado una selección y les puedo asegurar que hoy se les entregará en el curso del día la lista de candidatos que ha sido elaborada por este último comité. +Me permito observar que es una realidad político presupuestaria que en el curso de un ejercicio, de la ejecución de un presupuesto, surjan acontecimientos que no permitan una utilización total de todas las líneas presupuestarias. +Quiero replicar a la Sra. Dührkop Dührkop que, naturalmente, las prioridades que este Parlamento determine en el procedimiento presupuestario y para el presupuesto en si, son baremos que debe seguir la Comisión al actuar en el marco de la ejecución del presupuesto. +Mi Grupo parlamentario hace un llamamiento a la Comisión y a los Estados miembros para que introduzcan dicho impuesto de forma coordinada a fin de que no haya competencia desleal dentro de la Unión; este impuesto, por supuesto, no debe repercutir en nuestros ciudadanos. +No podemos hacernos cargo de los residuos nucleares, pese a que se han propuesto diversas soluciones imaginativas, incluida la de enviarlos a la Luna, y la verdad es que, si conviniéramos con el Sr. Chichester en que la energía nuclear es una solución, estaríamos en otro planeta. +La comunicación de la Comisión sobre el fortalecimiento de la integración medioambiental en la política energética comunitaria es muy digna de beneplácito, dado su planteamiento realista de la cuestión. +Esto supone -teniendo en cuenta el punto de vista medioambiental en su debida forma- que los Estados miembros preparen sus propias estrategias nacionales -dado que es una cuestión de decisiones de índole nacional- con tiempo suficiente para la sustitución y recolocación de inversiones. +Yo no era favorable a la aprobación de las enmiendas sometidas a la votación de nuestra Asamblea, que hubiera retrasado la entrada en vigor de este texto y, por tanto, la puesta en marcha de las inversiones y las estrategias industriales. +Mi Grupo volverá a presentar ciertas enmiendas que se presentaron en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior para intentar avanzar más aún, para que los sistemas que vamos a establecer resulten más accesibles y abiertos para los profesionales. +Los propios ponentes comprueban las diferencias tan marcadas en materia de derecho de las personas entre los Estados miembros, lo que explica las fuertes reservas formuladas en la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de los Ciudadanos. +Otro punto: a mí también me ha llegado ese estudio del Instituto para el Análisis de Riesgos del Senado de la universidad de Viena que analiza la cuestión de Yaslovske Bohunice bajo una perspectiva diferente. +Sólo Europa y, señor Comisario, le agradezco que lo haya comprendido, sólo una Europa unida puede ir al encuentro, no solamente de los países que piden entrar en la Comunidad Europea, sino también de todos aquellos que disponen de instalaciones nucleares no conformes con nuestras normas de seguridad para ayudarles a resolver el problema teniendo en cuenta sus propios imperativos económicos. +Usted ha indicado con razón que debemos tomarnos en serio las consideraciones científicas y parto del hecho de que los ganaderos británicos están interesados en vender lo más rápidamente posible una carne segura y no esperar dos años hasta que lo puedan hacer. +Creo que Su Señoría consideraría sensato por nuestra parte haber participado en la misión de evaluación del Banco Mundial y esperar a que nuestros funcionarios, que han participado en dicha misión de evaluación, presenten sus informes antes de recurrir a las autoridades presupuestarias para pedirles cantidades concretas de fondos. +Del mismo modo, la empresa "Mitilinaios S.A.", con inversiones superiores a 52 millones de dólares en las minas "RMHK TREPCA", hacen frente a objeciones y dificultades y sufren presiones, con el propósito último de anular sus derechos contractuales y reales en las minas citadas. +La KFOR está haciendo todo lo posible en circunstancias extraordinariamente difíciles y merece todo nuestro apoyo para intentar, por ejemplo, velar por que no haya una repetición del tipo de atrocidad contra ambos bandos que, por desgracia, ha desbaratado la vida en Kosovo en el pasado. +Existen diversas modalidades de financiación en los niveles nacional y de la UE -tales como los Fondos estructurales y los agromedioambientales- y se pueden utilizar para ayudar en la reconversión y en la gestión de sus repercusiones sociales durante un período transitorio. +El informe de la UE ejercerá una importante influencia en el desarrollo de las fuentes de recursos regionales, y por ello no puede surgir una ruptura entre los viejos y los nuevos programas. +Sencillamente quiero decir que en esos casos, mostraré pragmatismo para poder adaptar, según las demandas de las autoridades nacionales, la programación del Objetivo 1 o del Objetivo 2 para ayudar a estos países a reconstruirse. +¿Qué se está dispuesto a hacer para que los países que no contemplan en sus legislaciones la prohibición de ejercer violencia contra las mujeres en el seno del hogar también tengan estas normas? +Uno de los elementos esenciales de la comunicación de la Comisión es precisamente la ratificación por todos los Estados miembros del Convenio del Consejo de Europa de 1983 y puedo informar a Su Señoría de que el citado convenio fue ratificado por Alemania, Dinamarca, Finlandia, Francia, Luxemburgo, los Países Bajos, el Reino Unido y Suecia. +Pero no sólo esto sería necesario, sino también impulsar un diálogo con los actores principales, no sólo compañías aéreas y usuarios, sino también con los controladores aéreos y todos los aeropuertos, etc. Es decir, todos aquellos actores que participan dentro de ese complejo mundo del tráfico aéreo. +El lunes, en el Consejo de Asuntos Generales, los ministros dejaron bien claro que tenían voluntad política para decidir en Helsinki sobre cuál debe ser la capacidad militar colectiva de Europa para las misiones de Petersberg. +Es evidente que la Comisión no es un colegio de aficionados a jefes de personal y es evidente que queremos trabajar por el éxito con el Alto Representante y con el Parlamento para garantizar que Europa cuenta con la política de seguridad y de defensa que necesita y que sus ciudadanos quieren. +Dado que se ha referido extensamente a su responsabilidad como Alto Representante para la Política Exterior, querría mencionar un aspecto que creo que es importante: nuestra política exterior y de seguridad común será, fundamentalmente, una proyección y un desarrollo de nuestra fuerza interior. +Igualmente, no extraiga como única lección de esta terrible experiencia la exigencia de poder alinear más tropas, de poder incrementar nuestros gastos militares y de avanzar a marchas forzadas hacia la Europa de la defensa, además, en el marco de la OTAN. +Por ello solicito a la Comisión que informe al Parlamento con carácter de urgencia sobre las conversaciones relativas a la adhesión de China y, en particular, de cómo éstas pueden afectar a nuestros preparativos para Seattle, para que el Parlamento pueda votar mañana el informe del Sr. Schwaiger con pleno conocimiento de todos los datos relevantes. +Por tanto, repito, si el reglamento del comercio mundial está destruyendo los medios de vida de las personas y dañando el medio ambiente o la protección de los animales, debemos modificar el reglamento. +. (FR) La propuesta de reglamento del Consejo de Ministros, sobre la que nos pronunciamos en el día de hoy, pretende aportar algunas modificaciones que la decisión del Consejo Europeo de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno del mes de marzo en Berlín ha hecho necesarias. +Señor Presidente, señor Representante del Consejo, señor Comisario, tanto mis colegas como yo mismo hemos recibido con alivio anteayer la declaración del Consejo de Asuntos Exteriores de la Unión que condena vigorosamente el uso desproporcionado e indiscriminado que se hace de la fuerza en Chechenia. +También fuimos muchos los que lamentamos, con una mayoría de la opinión pública europea, el contraste sobrecogedor entre el estruendo de los bombardeos y el silencio prolongado de los gobiernos de la Unión Europea. +A pesar de su propio lastre moral, la Unión Europea debe actuar con todas sus fuerzas para que se llegue a una solución de la crisis de Chechenia siguiendo las pautas que el Consejo y la Comisión han expuesto aquí. +La Unión Europea pide una salida negociada -y dichoso aquel que cree en la posibilidad de una negociación- mientras en el Cáucaso los rusos distinguen entre los bandidos -aquellos que piden la independencia- cargándoles quizás de los colores islámicos, y los buenos, o sea, los que colaborar con ellos. +En realidad, tampoco ha sido libre comercio, ya que el Fondo Monetario Internacional ha avalado los riesgos tomados por los inversores norteamericanos y les ha compensado las pérdidas que ha originado el libre comercio de capitales. +Los diputados al Parlamento Europeo del Partido Comunista de Grecia votaremos en contra del Informe Schwaiger, porque se alinea con los planes de agresión del gran capital contra los trabajadores y los pueblos de todo el mundo. +Hay otros tratados internacionales, como los celebrados en el marco de la Organización Mundial del Trabajo, de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual y de los acuerdos multilaterales en materia de medio ambiente. +Y, desde ese punto de vista, señor Presidente, y para terminar, quisiéramos ofrecer todo nuestro apoyo y nuestra colaboración al Comisario Lamy en el propósito y los puntos de vista estratégicos que tiene bien presentes para defenderlos en Seattle. +Sin embargo, con la aprobación del Informe Schwaiger, el Parlamento decidirá y declarará mañana que el concepto de la protección del medio ambiente se debe tomar en consideración en todos los ámbitos del comercio mundial, no con una disposición ambigua, con un "puede" o un "debería" , sino con "debe" imperativo. +La suma de todos estos elementos nos lleva a recomendar un ciclo de negociaciones más amplio - y me alegro de la enorme coincidencia de puntos de vista en este sentido entre la Comisión y el Parlamento tal como se deduce, señor Schwaiger, de su informe. +En ningún caso tengo el mandato de admitir, en el marco de una negociación internacional, el cuestionamiento del poder de los Gobiernos de la Unión para regular o actuar en estos ámbitos. +. (DE) Señor Presidente, la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales debatió detenidamente este informe durante varias sesiones y yo creo que hoy presentamos al Pleno un informe con un contenido sustancial con vistas a la reforma de los Tratados. +En primer lugar, solicitamos la reforma de todas las instituciones y órganos, incluidos, por lo tanto, el Tribunal de Justicia, el Tribunal de Cuentas, el Comité Económico y Social y el Comité de las Regiones. +En este sentido, solicitamos que el Presidente de la Comisión pueda interponer la cuestión de confianza ante el Parlamento Europeo y que se incorpore al próximo Tratado el llamado "procedimiento Prodi" , o sea, la posibilidad de que el Presidente pueda destituir a un comisario. +Concretamente, pedimos que se refuerce el papel del Parlamento y se establezca el principio del voto por mayoría en el Consejo en algunos ámbitos en los que los Tratados ya asignan un papel clave a Europa, salvaguardando plenamente el principio de subsidiariedad. +Éste desempeñará un importante papel en los preparativos de la Conferencia Intergubernamental, y debo decir que respaldo con mucho gusto los objetivos generales fijados en este informe sobre la construcción de una Unión más eficaz, más transparente y más democrática. +Pero todo ello, señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, teniendo en cuenta una cosa esencial: no perder de vista lo que han significado las Comunidades Europeas en estos años ni lo que es más importante en las Comunidades, que es el principio de integración. +Señor Presidente, esta CIG contará con el apoyo de dos procesos paralelos: "el mundo feliz" de una nueva política de defensa europea y la definición de la ciudadanía europea en la preparación de la Carta. +Jamás aceptaremos que el poder ejecutivo en la UE se esté preparando ahora para otra conferencia gubernamental cuyo núcleo sea el traslado del poder de los electores y de sus representantes a oficinas cerradas en Bruselas. +La segunda enmienda analiza el tema de que el Tratado conste de dos partes: la parte constitucional, que analiza los principios fundamentales y las disposiciones institucionales, y la letra pequeña que trata sobre las políticas. +Para tener éxito, las reformas institucionales deben situarse, me parece a mí -y se lo digo con la experiencia que conservo en la memoria de la negociación anterior- en una perspectiva política más amplia e intentar responder juntas a esta pregunta fundamental: "¿Cómo deberemos hablarnos? +En primer lugar, las reformas institucionales tal como se planearon en Colonia: la composición de la Comisión, un Comisario por Estado miembro en lo que a nosotros se refiere; la ponderación de los votos, que debe guardar proporción con el número de habitantes; y las votaciones por mayoría cualificada. +La tercera cuestión es que debemos establecer una buena base legal en el nuevo Tratado para la adopción de un reglamento europeo relativo a la apertura de la administración y a la transparencia. +Quiero decir aquí que reformar un tratado en nombre de la eficacia me parece una operación de muy poca ambición ante el proyecto europeo y temo que tan sólo sea un simple juego de poder para permitir que un conjunto pequeño de países pueda constituirse en directorio y conducir y dirigir el proyecto europeo. +Además, se ha presentado esa solicitud con arreglo al artículo 112 de nuestro Reglamento, que remite al artículo 60, cuando resulta que el informe del Sr. Napolitano, como se dice muy claramente en los considerandos de dicho informe, remite al artículo 181, porque versa sobre el Reglamento interior de nuestro Parlamento. +Además, en consideración al derecho penal nacional, los esfuerzos para uniformar las definiciones comunes, los fundamentos para dictar autos de procesamiento y las penas, deben limitarse en una primera fase a algunos sectores determinados de especial importancia, tal como el mercado ilícito de drogas. +Es decir, que no se trata de fijar en concreto un inicio de las negociaciones, sino de ratificar la calidad de candidato a la adhesión y de considerar las medidas a tomar en consecuencia. +¿Puede indicar el Consejo si estas restricciones impuestas por Turquía son compatibles con los principios de la Unión Europea y si acepta que los intereses de los buques con pabellón de los Estados miembros de la Unión resulten perjudicados por un país que aspira a integrarse en la misma? +Me pregunto también por qué la Unión Europea se muestra tan tolerante con los infracciones cometidas por Turquía, y acepta que los intereses de la Marina Mercante europea sean lesionados por un país que no vacila en amenazar aun a la superpotencia, los Estados Unidos, para defender el comercio del plátano. +La segunda observación, y pregunta al mismo tiempo, que quiero dirigir al señor representante del Consejo es la siguiente: al régimen de Milosevic no lo reconoce la Unión Europea; se dice, antes incluso de que las propias fuerzas políticas de Yugoslavia, de Serbia, se pronuncien al respecto, que elecciones justas no pueden celebrarse. +Los esfuerzos desplegados para reducir el blanqueo de dinero deben intensificarse mediante la rápida adopción y subsiguiente aplicación de la enmienda recientemente propuesta para la directiva sobre el blanqueo de dinero. +Por todo lo antedicho confío en que tengamos el potencial y podamos disponer de la voluntad política de hacer frente a los nuevos retos en la perspectiva de la estrategia de la Unión Europea en materia de lucha contra la droga para los años 2000 a 2004. +Si votamos sobre el texto original de ese apartado, si terminamos la votación sobre la enmienda, en ese momento propondré que se vote sobre las palabras "and socially-balanced" del texto inglés por separado del resto del texto. +En adelante me gustaría pedir a ese Grupo que hiciera el favor de verificar cuántos diputados pueden presentar a título individual enmiendas en sesión plenaria; 15 diputados diferentes del PPE han presentado enmiendas de este informe, supongo que en nombre del Grupo, antes de desperdiciar nuestro tiempo en la sesión plenaria. +En la situación actual, hemos optado por votar a favor de la totalidad del informe en la votación final, puesto que votar en contra podría interpretarse como que no queremos que se regule la lucha contra el fraude. +Los derechos humanos fundamentales y la Declaración universal de 1948, los convenios de la OIT (Organización Internacional del Trabajo) o sobre el medio ambiente, son de naturaleza superior a las normas que rigen el comercio. +Pido a los negociadores de la Unión Europea que respeten nuestra resolución en favor del principio de la seguridad alimentaria y en favor de que no tenga efectos perjudiciales para los países en desarrollo en las negociaciones agrícolas. +Y resultan particularmente importantes -y cobran particular gravedad-, porque son igualmente evidentes las orientaciones que se les pretenden imprimir: liberalización y dominio total del comercio mundial, privatización sistemática de los sectores y servicios públicos que aún tienen esa naturaleza y desreglamentación y libre acceso a los mercados públicos. +¿Tal vez los pueblos de Europa que ven día a día restringirse sus derechos democráticos y sociales, que ven degradarse sus conquistas sociales bajo el lema de la competitividad y la presión, que soportan un sistema cada vez más autoritario? +Por el contrario, consideramos que la creación de Eurodac debe estudiarse a la luz de esta posibilidad de alcanzar una política de asilo humana y generosa en la Unión Europea. +Las medidas que hoy proponen, no sólo a través del Informe Pirker, sino también a través de los informes sobre la droga o la falsificación de documentos de viaje, son insignificantes frente a la amplitud de los peligros a los cuales ustedes exponen a los ciudadanos europeos. +Si sólo una parte de esta red de seguridad deja de funcionar por defectos digitales, el núcleo de uranio en el reactor, de aproximadamente 100 toneladas, se fundiría en dos horas si los dos generadores diesel de reserva no funcionan. +Los Estados Unidos y Rusia han establecido recientemente algunas líneas telefónicas de emergencia a fin de mantenerse en contacto acerca de los problemas del año 2000, y las siete líneas de emergencia que han establecido, con una sola excepción, han descubierto que estaban afectadas por el efecto del año 2000. +Por último, señor Presidente, nuestra intención es la de que la Comisión y el Consejo puedan hacer corresponder a las condenas y a los discursos políticos la adecuada expresión financiera y técnica de apoyo al proceso de independencia y reconstrucción de Timor Oriental. +Por eso, me parece que la propuesta del Consejo ante las Naciones Unidas, por importante y positiva que sea la iniciativa, es verdaderamente tímida porque apela textualmente a que los Estados que aún mantienen la pena de muerte -cito textualmente- "restrinjan progresivamente el número de crímenes para los que se impone" . +Otro problema es que los dirigentes albaneses o los que creen serlo no son capaces de construir conjuntamente un futuro para este país, para su patria. Por eso, es importante que también hagamos un llamamiento a los supuestos líderes. +Por eso, es imprescindible que la misión de la UE en Moscú cuando menos examine este caso. Pero también es importante que intervengamos en el diálogo desde un punto de vista político, que se reconozca el carácter meramente político del proceso y que Alexander Nikitin sea puesto en libertad. +Nosotros ya estamos actuando de este modo, sin mucho éxito, desgraciadamente, desde antes del conflicto - y comparto, desde este punto de vista lo que muchos de ustedes han señalado sobre el hecho de que todos debemos hacer un examen de conciencia bastante profundo en esta cuestión -. +La Comisión está considerando, con los demás proveedores de fondos, la oportunidad y los procedimientos para contribuir a la instauración de este sistema, en el marco de nuestra cooperación. +En una reunión mantenida en Nueva York a principios de este año, los proveedores de fondos de Burundi decidieron contribuir a la mejora de las condiciones de vida de las poblaciones más vulnerables y orientar su apoyo al reasentamiento de las poblaciones desplazadas. +En el marco de estas tomas de posición, la Comisión ha aprobado un programa de rehabilitación de casi 50 millones de euros, que podrá aplicarse en función de las condiciones de seguridad de este país. +(EN) La Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño es la convención de derecho internacional que más éxito ha tenido, y la han firmado todos los países del mundo excepto Somalia y los Estados Unidos de América. +Porque el modo y manera de ayudar a esa persona afectada a volver a la sociedad, el modo y manera de reducir su sufrimiento personal se nutrirán siempre de las experiencias regionales, locales y nacionales específicas. +En definitiva, impiden un verdadero debate científico y laico sobre este tema y eligen un planteamiento ético que se manifiesta frustrante, impotente y desastroso: un desastre que tratan de justificar con la falta de recursos financieros. +El 26 de octubre pasado en esta misma Asamblea el Presidente de Colombia, país desgraciadamente muy vinculado al problema de la droga, nos decía: "El narcotráfico ha sido un gran generador de violencia y ha cometido magnicidios de altísimo costo humano para nuestra nación" . +Esta decisión supone de hecho una victoria enorme para el Parlamento Europeo y por ello quiero decir que para mí ha sido motivo de alegría liderar esta lucha, ahora mi colega va a asumir esta responsabilidad y estoy totalmente seguro de que le van a adorar en el banco. +Para ello, es necesaria una auténtica "voluntad política fuerte y expresada sin ambigüedad", es necesario pasar de las palabras a los actos, movilizando los recursos financieros comunitarios necesarios para luchar contra esta situación dramática que afecta a millares de toxicodependientes y a sus familias. +Precisamente fue el Protocolo nº 2, al que antes me he referido, el que, ajustando al nuevo ordenamiento las que habían sido fórmulas tradicionales, estableció el llamado "APIM" , un arancel modesto con el que se gravan determinados productos a su entrada en Canarias, muchos de ellos procedentes del propio territorio peninsular español y otros llegados de otros Estados. +Esta misma semana, el Parlamento autonómico de Canarias, con ocasión de un debate político sobre esta cuestión, ha aprobado por unanimidad un acuerdo en el que se incluyen medidas en materia fiscal y se solicita a Europa que prevea el establecimiento de un impuesto similar al APIM. +Aquí está mi segunda pregunta: si mi información es correcta, una parte del salario de los obreros encargados de la construcción de dichos buques será costeada por la Armada estadounidense, con el fin de preservar la capacidad de las construcciones navales. +La consecuencia será que los astilleros buenos - que son muchas veces los más eficientes - sucumbirán a lo largo del periodo 2001-2002. Con los astilleros menos eficientes que queden después en la Unión Europea será mucho más difícil luchar contra Japón, el sureste de Asia y los Estados Unidos. +Como se dejó claro también en la reunión de Ministros de Industria y de Comercio de Finlandia, la UE no debe, sin embargo, responder con la misma moneda a la actividad de Corea del Sur, es decir, seguir planteando una vez más la idea de que tampoco se pondrá fin a las ayudas a los astilleros. +Concretamente, en mi país, el pasado miércoles tuvimos manifestaciones de obreros en todos los centros astilleros -Bilbao, Cádiz, Puerto Real, Sevilla y Asturias- además con un nivel de violencia importante, porque estamos amenazando la vida y seguridad de muchos millones de hogares. +Señorías, los informo de que el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de las Comunidades Europeas dictó el 25 de noviembre una resolución que, en relación con el caso que oponía a los diputados Sr. Martinez y Sr. De Gaulle al Parlamento Europeo, pone fin de momento el procedimiento de recurso que también incoaron dichos colegas. +Por esto el proceso de adhesión tiene que ser rápido pero prudente y, por mi parte, espero que la Cumbre de Helsinki apruebe la estrategia para la adhesión que recomendamos en octubre y tome la decisión de iniciar el año próximo, siempre que se cumplan las condiciones previstas, negociaciones de adhesión con Bulgaria, Letonia, Lituania, Malta, Rumanía y Eslovaquia. +Éstos se muestran muy preocupados por la actuación rusa en Chechenia. Por esto, es una señal adecuada que no empecemos a negociar únicamente con Estonia, sino también con Letonia y Lituania, con objeto de que los tres Estados bálticos sepan que tienen un lugar en nuestra Comunidad y que pronto serán miembros de la Unión Europea y, por lo tanto, estarán seguros. +La Unión Europea y los Estados miembros constituyen juntos el principal grupo de donantes con que cuenta la zona y aparte de la ayuda humanitaria, la región ha recibido este año ayuda de la UE por valor de 2.100 millones de euros. +Apoyo la idea de que nos esforcemos por alcanzar un acuerdo antes de que finalice el año próximo, pero del mismo modo no podemos, ni deberíamos, acelerar la introducción de posibles reformas fundamentales a los actuales Tratados de la Unión Europea sin la debida consideración y evaluación. +Mi intervención inaugural ante esta Asamblea fue el pasado mes de julio, y en aquella ocasión recomendé a la Presidencia finlandesa que diera prioridad a la sociedad de la información y a su programa de trabajo. +En cuanto a la cuestión de los gitanos que se ha planteado aquí, quisiera decir, por mi parte, que creo que es procedente tomar en cuenta los derechos humanos en general y, sobre todo, los derechos de las minorías tanto en la Unión Europea como, especialmente, en los países aspirantes a la adhesión. +La Comisión se comprometió a tomar el próximo paso, o sea, a diseñar un plan de acción, así que hemos conseguido nuestro objetivo cara al período de la Presidencia portuguesa. +Si consiguiésemos que ni los gobiernos ni empresas individuales pudiesen poner precio a la solidaridad de la comunidad de Estados democráticos a cambio de la conclusión de un acuerdo, dichos Gobiernos tampoco tendrían la oportunidad de contraponer una cosa a la otra. +Dicha aplicación debería abarcar tres aspectos importantes: el seguimiento de la situación de los derechos humanos, el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos y las estructuras de la política en materia de derechos humanos. +Si el Consejo Europeo hace suya esta propuesta, desde el punto de vista de Turquía ello sentaría la base para un diálogo de nuevo tipo con la Unión Europea, pues Ankara podría contar entonces con la perspectiva de una futura adhesión. +Allí señala en dos ocasiones que, al menos en lo que respecta al problema kurdo, no se observan progresos perceptibles y, cito, que a la vista del fortalecimiento del partido ultranacionalista MHP -es la terminología que emplea la Comisión- también considera y evalúa como dudosas las posibilidades de futuros progresos. +Señor Comisario, de hecho también quiero felicitarle -justamente porque se han escuchado algunos comentarios críticos contra la Comisión- y felicitar sobre todo también a sus colaboradoras y colaboradores, que se encuentran aquí y que han trabajado con gran dedicación en esta cuestión y han mantenido en todo momento una buena comunicación y un diálogo con el Parlamento. +Todos sabemos que el problema de la reducción de la presencia de sustancias nocivas en el aire ambiente es muy urgente, también desde el punto de vista del cambio climático. +La Comisión puede aceptar esa parte de la enmienda 7 que sumaría a la lista de medios a los que pueden recurrir los Estados miembros para informar a la opinión pública sobre la calidad del aire. +El Parlamento Europeo aprobó el 4 de noviembre de este año, en segunda lectura, la directiva sobre información a los consumidores, y por eso se la puede considerar como aprobada de acuerdo con los principios de la posición común; no hay, en suma, razones para discutir este asunto nuevamente. +Precisamente, debido al lamentable hecho de que los ministros estuvieran tan unidos, tan ansiosos de mantener relaciones estrechas lejos del escrutinio a nivel europeo, ahora tenemos este proceso que viene a introducir transparencia y claridad y que sin duda infundirá confianza a la sociedad europea. +El bosque es el hogar de la diversidad biológica, una importante trampa para el dióxido de carbono y, tal vez, el principal regulador del clima y del agua en la tierra. +En opinión de nuestros expertos alemanes, desde el punto de vista de la silvicultura alemana, esta directiva tendrá repercusiones permanentes muy negativas para la explotación de los viveros forestales. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, el Reglamento (CE) nº 2201/96 prevé unas ayudas a la industria transformadora de tomate con el fin de compensar la diferencia de costes de la materia prima comunitaria respecto al mercado mundial. +Este Parlamento apoyó sin reparos el proceso de paz de Irlanda del Norte, y yo también doy la enhorabuena, de todo corazón, al pueblo irlandés y a todos los ciudadanos del Reino Unido por su éxito. +Señor Presidente, termino diciendo que los niños de mi generación, durante 40 años, oímos machaconamente un discurso que decía que el mejor destino de las urnas era ser destruidas y que había que sustituir la dialéctica de las palabras por la de los puños y las pistolas. +Se me había informado de que el Comisario estaba ya comprometido con una reunión de los bancos centrales y que, al enterarse de que este debate iba a celebrarse a la misma hora, ha preferido optar por estar hoy aquí, en el Parlamento. +cuarta: campañas de información de intensidad en aumento hasta 2002, en particular para los grupos más vulnerables, mediante una acción sistemática en el sistema de enseñanza, de las ONG y de los medios de información en general, sobre todo la televisión en horario principal, telediarios y programas deportivos de gran audiencia; +En ese sentido -ya lo hemos debatido en la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos pero vuelvo a realizar la oferta-, estoy dispuesto a que nos pongamos en marcha para ver cómo resolvemos de forma más eficiente los problemas de comunicación entre unos y otros. +Había en la propuesta de la Comisión varios productos de los que hay producción comunitaria y producción comunitaria importante, como parece estar demostrando el estudio que, a instancias del Consejo y puesto que las cifras de la Comisión carecían de justificación, se está elaborando. +Un nuevo segmento de mercado en el ámbito de la cría de animales, que con una gestión eficaz garantiza una mayor estabilidad de la oferta y de la planificación, que la pesca no alcanza jamás. +En segundo término, en cuanto a las cuestiones relativas a la retirada y a la destrucción, se fija un precio de referencia, un precio de orientación, y se otorgan indemnizaciones en caso de que los productos de la pesca no se vendan. +Asimismo, el aprovisionamiento de los bancos en monedas y billetes debe empezar mucho antes del mes de enero de 2002, y el aprovisionamiento de los comerciantes minoristas y de las administraciones públicas debe iniciarse a principios del mes de diciembre de 2001. +La última reunión del Consejo en el presente año será el jueves y, si la Asamblea lo desea y da su conformidad, me gustaría proponer formalmente que en vez de un debate, celebremos una votación sobre el informe el miércoles. +Debemos preocuparnos por las repercusiones de dicha liberalización en los principales parámetros de nuestros modelos de desarrollo: derechos fundamentales de los trabajadores, protección del medio ambiente y de la salud, diversidad cultural, multifuncionalidad de la agricultura, calidad del medio ambiente. +La cumbre bilateral en la que nos reunimos esta semana nos permitirá verificar si es una señal de flexibilidad o si se trata tan sólo de la repetición de las posiciones americanas conocidas en pro de una ronda limitada al acceso al mercado. +Y la segunda para decir que sería muy útil -como ha dicho el Sr. James Elles- una labor conjunta con los Estados Unidos para aclarar las posiciones de ambas partes y poder así facilitar un entendimiento futuro. +Si tomamos el ejemplo de la agricultura europea, no puede seguir diciendo que va bien, que es multifuncional, que funciona de forma positiva, que a partir de ahora defiende a sus consumidores y al mismo tiempo mantiene una postura egoísta para con los países del Sur. +Lo que nos plantea claramente un problema más difícil es que los Estados Unidos tengan -como tienen- un programa medioambiental menos ambicioso que el nuestro, pues, si ni los países en vías de desarrollo ni los americanos apoyan nuestro programa, nos resultará muy difícil hacerlo avanzar. +Algunos han dicho que el Parlamento debe ser el primero en recibir el material que produce el Tribunal de Cuentas, ya sea nuestro informe anual o los informes especiales que elaboramos durante todo el año. +Pero lo cierto en este caso es que el Tribunal de Cuentas ha descubierto al responsable de las filtraciones del informe anual a la prensa y ha tomado las medidas oportunas. +Estoy de acuerdo con él en lo relativo a la necesidad de nuestro trabajo para garantizar a los contribuyentes que se hace un buen uso de su dinero, y subrayo asimismo, como ha hecho la Sra. van der Laan, la necesidad de que también los Estados miembros luchen contra el fraude. +El pluralismo en la cultura y en el modo de contemplar el mundo propicia cada vez más la comprensión recíproca y, así, un mayor conocimiento sobre el otro y el intercambio de información. +Señor Presidente, para comenzar, quisiera saludar a la Sra. Pack y a la delegación del Parlamento en el Comité de Conciliación por los esfuerzos que han dedicado a garantizar el mejor acuerdo sobre la segunda fase del programa SOCRATES. +Permítanme, Señorías, que les pida ayuda para que juntos consigamos construir puentes entre los sistemas de enseñanza de nuestras naciones y entre los nuestros y los sistemas de otras naciones para que, en número mayor que en el pasado, los jóvenes puedan atravesar esos puentes y se comprometan con la Europa del conocimiento. +La Comisión ha presentado una propuesta por la que se trasladan las recomendaciones de la NEAFC a la legislación comunitaria, que mediante la simplificación y la coherencia incorpora todas las experiencias acumuladas de la NAFO y se adecua a la anterior posición del Parlamento. +A pesar de las reservas y las críticas anteriormente mencionadas con respecto al momento de la presentación de la propuesta de la Comisión, esta importante pieza legislativa debe ser aprobada inmediatamente por el Parlamento. +Recuerdo que el Comisario Fischler declaró durante su audición ante la Comisión de Pesca el 30 de agosto que se proponía cooperar estrechamente con el Parlamento y con los comités permanentes del Parlamento en una colaboración activa. +En el caso del Gran Ducado de Luxemburgo se produjo un retraso en el nombramiento de los candidatos electos debido a que las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo tuvieron lugar simultáneamente con las elecciones al Parlamento luxemburgués. +Por lo tanto, señor Presidente, este es el telón de fondo del informe que mañana será votado en el Pleno del Parlamento y al que, como ponente, he presentado dos enmiendas que se justifican con lo que he explicado sobre las elecciones en Luxemburgo y con las palabras que he pronunciado. +Quisiera recordarles, tanto a la Comisión como al Consejo, una bella frase de un jurista alemán del siglo pasado. Éste dijo que el legislador debe pensar como un filósofo y hablar como un campesino, sencilla y claramente y comprensible para la gente. +Pero sin olvidar que esas modificaciones constituyen una aclaración en cierto modo ociosa -y tiene razón el Sr. Rothley-, porque una directiva en ningún caso puede afectar al Derecho internacional privado ni a las reglas de procedimiento. +Si a esto añadimos una dimensión internacional en la que las víctimas se encuentran en un país extranjero, los problemas pueden multiplicarse: idiomas y procedimientos diferentes, incapacidad de identificar o localizar a terceros, por no hablar de los trámites con las compañías aseguradoras. +Debo recordar que este número es muy pequeño, equivale a dos viajes diarios para cada país, y que la suma de todos estos permisos de atribución automática a lo largo de los cinco años no alcanza siquiera el 7% del total. +A través del mismo la Unión Europea establece las formas y los plazos para la progresiva eliminación de las sustancias que agotan la capa de ozono y le aseguro que no subestimo en absoluto la peligrosidad de la situación actual. +Ello no obstante, el informe de la Sra. Hulthén vuelve a proponer las enmiendas que no fueron aprobadas acortando indiscriminadamente el calendario para las prohibiciones de la producción, la comercialización y el uso de las distintas sustancias. +En la actualidad es indispensable este etiquetado por dos razones, primero porque no se conocen exactamente los peligros para la salud pública que proceden de productos alimenticios producidos a partir de OGM o sus derivados y consecuentemente es razonable seguir de cerca su trayectoria en el mercado. +Del mismo modo, se invita a la Comisión a que prepare una propuesta a largo plazo que integre estrechamente las políticas para el desarrollo sostenible desde el punto de vista económico, social y ecológico, la cual habrá de presentarse al Consejo Europeo en junio del 2002. +Ha sido un estreno por todo lo alto, porque ha sido capaz, en un momento histórico, cargado de signos, de cara al nuevo milenio, de apuntar una perspectiva creativa para la Unión Europea ante los desafíos a los que se enfrenta. +Mi Grupo, por mediación de esta Asamblea, trabajará junto con otros diputados y junto con la Comisión para intentar convencer a la próxima Presidencia portuguesa para que sea más ambiciosa en la reforma, sin por ello dejar de respetar el calendario. +Hemos de esperar que haya un pueblo que se atreva a decir no al penúltimo tratado antes de la Constitución y cree el caldo de cultivo para que la unificación y el centralismo sean sustituidos por la Europa de las democracias y de la diversidad. +Entre las decepciones se encuentran de nuevo ciertas cuestiones importantes desde el punto de vista del desarrollo del mercado interno y del sistema de toma de decisiones de la Unión. +En cuanto a la pregunta de si acudirán aquí los Ministros de Defensa, tampoco puedo responder negativamente, pero hay que tener en cuenta que el Consejo de Asuntos Generales se encarga de estas cuestiones y, si es necesario, participarán en el mismo los Ministros de Defensa. +Y nosotros sabemos que ése es el problema esencial, porque es un problema relacionado con la naturaleza del Parlamento Europeo, porque no se trata de un Parlamento que funcione con los sistemas constitucionales normales de nuestros países. +A nuestro parecer, la mejor alternativa es una vía diferenciada: cooperación en materia de seguridad, desarrollo de la Unión Aduanera, diálogo político permanente, en vez de promulgar un estatuto de candidato a la adhesión que en última instancia carece de todo valor y que contribuirá más bien a crear problemas que a su solución. +Las decisiones de Helsinki son de una gran trascendencia para el futuro de la Unión, concretamente, las decisiones sobre la estrategia para la ampliación, sobre la Conferencia Intergubernamental y sobre la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común. +Se financiarán nuevos programas: en el sector agrícola, de ayuda para infraestructuras y en los ámbitos del transporte y la protección del medio ambiente. Esto permitirá encauzar a los Estados candidatos por el camino de la aproximación a la Unión en aspectos importantes. +Dicho esto, yo quiero manifestar mi agradecimiento a los ponentes, Sres. Bourlanges, Virrankoski y Colom -aunque su informe no se debata hoy-, y sobre todo también al presidente y a los miembros de la Comisión de Presupuestos por el intenso trabajo que han desarrollado durante los últimos meses. +Las partidas presupuestarias para la Comisión de Medio Ambiente se refieren en general a cantidades muy pequeñas, pero nos han permitido iniciar la investigación preparatoria que nos ayudará a formular la cuestión de la competencia en materia de salud conforme al Tratado de Amsterdam. +El Presidente Romano Prodi ha expresado la posición de la Comisión sobre la interpretación de las decisiones de Helsinki hoy por la mañana aquí, ante el Pleno, y a esa declaración remito en cuanto a la posición de la Comisión. +Señor Presidente, en la audición del Comisario Sr. Vitorino, le dije que tenía la alegría de ver que era el único Comisario que se había preocupado de hablar de la educación como algo importante para incorporar al tercer pilar. +En opinión de la Comisión, la Carta que se presentará a los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno debe aportar un auténtico valor añadido y la forma mejor de lograrlo es centrarse en los derechos fundamentales resultantes de la propia Unión. +Esto no implica que el transporte ferroviario no tenga muchas ventajas en las distancias largas, ya que, con toda seguridad, - y eso también preocupa mucho al Sr. Messner - el entorno, el medio ambiente, sufre menos daño. +El actual comité de trabajo ha demostrado ser un foro importante para el debate y para el intercambio de información y experiencias sobre las políticas de calidad entre los Estados miembros y los países candidatos. +Creo -después de una investigación llevada a cabo durante 18 meses por un periódico del Reino Unido, a raíz de la investigación de la Comisión- que el tiempo apremia y la industria automovilística quiere ahora encontrar una solución para esa cuestión. +Por una parte, mantuvo una actitud demasiado vacilante en relación con la declaración formal del Acuerdo Interinstitucional y contrajo compromisos internacionales de carácter plurianual, pero en cambio en un primer momento manifestó la intención de resolver únicamente, como un primer paso, el problema de financiación para el año 2000. +Por tanto, nos hemos pronunciado a favor de una revisión razonable de las perspectivas financieras para varios años, y la propuesta de nuestro ponente general, señor Bourlanges, que pedía una revisión así para el capítulo 4, iba en la dirección correcta. +Por lo tanto, deberíamos iniciar serias negociaciones en el aspecto presupuestario y el Consejo puede felicitarse de que el Parlamento Europeo esté a la altura de sus responsabilidades en relación con estos temas presupuestarios y también se haya politizado en este aspecto. +El margen financiero necesario para ello se podría establecer en el marco de las decisiones de la Unión Europea, concretamente concediendo mayor importancia al agotamiento del límite máximo de los recursos propios en función del producto interior bruto. +El sentido de nuestro rechazo a votar el Informe Bourlanges es al mismo tiempo el de denunciar el carácter limitado e irrisorio de la ayuda considerada, pero también y sobre todo denunciar la política de las potencias occidentales en los Balcanes. +La Comisión valora los esfuerzos realizados por el Parlamento y en particular por el ponente y por la Comisión de Presupuestos, y también los esfuerzos que ha realizado la Presidencia finlandesa del Consejo. +Todos los futuros retos -la ampliación, la competitividad en las transacciones internacionales, el nivel persistentemente alto de paro- están relacionados con el tema financiero. El Tribunal de Cuentas podría modificar, además, su cometido en este aspecto. +Por consiguiente, se mantiene en pie el llamamiento a los Estados miembros para que también designen mujeres para esta tarea, pues seguro que entre tanto incluso en Europa habrá corrido la voz de que las mujeres saben de cuentas; el valor de señalar las deficiencias lo han tenido siempre. +El papel del Tribunal de Cuentas consiste en examinar todos los ingresos y los gastos para ver si los gastos han sido legales y normales y si la gestión financiera ha sido seria. +Por último, me gustaría preguntar al representante de la Comisión Europea, tanto respecto a este último punto mencionado como al informe en general, si va a tener realmente en cuenta las recomendaciones formuladas en el marco de esta consulta, una vez aprobadas por nuestro Parlamento. +En años anteriores, me he visto obligada a constatar, al igual que muchos otros colegas activos en Europa Oriental, que la utilización de los fondos de la UE en el marco de TACIS no siempre era la más eficaz. +Señor Valdivielso -espero que se trate de un malentendido debido a un error de la traducción-, yo creo que la continuidad del proyecto TACIS a favor de la democracia es muy importante justamente en Rusia y que es preciso seleccionar con mucho cuidado los ámbitos en los que efectivamente se debería suspender el programa TACIS. +En tercer lugar, en mi opinión, la ayuda debería dirigirse, en mayor medida que hasta hoy -y estoy pensando ahora, por ejemplo, en la concesión de dinero, que ha carecido de una dirección clara y de control durante largo tiempo-, en vez de a Moscú, al ciudadano común, a los rusos más desfavorecidos. +Y termino subrayando que el dictamen conforme sobre esta recomendación permitirá a la Comunidad Europea adherirse plenamente al Acuerdo Paralelo y confirmar su posición de líder en la armonización y en las políticas de ampliación de los mercados. +También nosotros coincidimos con el Consejo en el sentido de tender puentes a los países en desarrollo. Pero tender puentes a los países en desarrollo significa dos cosas: no intentar comerciar con ellos la compra-venta de cuotas y no recortar tampoco los fondos de desarrollo y de ayuda para que puedan tomar medidas en la dirección que nosotros planteamos. +La cuestión de los cambios climáticos y las correspondientes visiones apocalípticas son una manera enérgica, mundial, de llamar la atención sobre los peligros de la contaminación. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, señora Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, Señorías; Kioto, ciertamente, es uno de los grandes desafíos del siglo XXI. Pero la manera de solucionar el problema del cambio climático puede ser también muy significativa de la civilización del futuro. +Yo no quiero participar, mediante la aprobación de una propuesta de impuestos comunitarios sobre la energía, en la implantación de un principio que limite la soberanía de los Estados miembros en materia fiscal. +El comportamiento de cada uno de nosotros, los consumidores, tiene consecuencias en el clima, y el impuesto energético, un impuesto sobre el dióxido de carbono, es un método para que el precio se convierta en etiqueta ecológica. +Nos preocupa poder expresar nuestra opinión cuando creemos que se están tomando medidas que amenazan la continuidad del Estado de derecho; y no seríamos fieles a las promesas que hemos hecho a la población de Macao y Hong Kong, no seríamos leales a nuestros valores, si no protestamos cuando nos parezca que dichos valores se ven amenazados. +Podemos aceptar en principio la segunda parte de la enmienda 12, a condición de que el plazo se fije en el 30 de junio de 2002, y la enmienda 15, a condición de que la fecha para la prohibición del uso de hidroclorofluorocarburos virgen se fije en 2008 y que la prohibición del uso hidroclorofluorocarburos reciclados se fije en 2010. +Informe (A5-0092/1999) del Sr. Busk, en nombre de la Comisión de Pesca, sobre la propuesta de Reglamento (CE) del Consejo por el que se establecen medidas de control aplicables en la zona del Convenio sobre la futura cooperación multilateral en los caladeros del Atlántico nororiental (COM(1999) 345 - C5-0201/1999 - 1999/0138(CNS)) +La Unión Europea debe representar un papel de motor en las futuras discusiones. En efecto, como se ha visto muy bien, la Unión Europea ha sabido imponerse como un intermediario indispensable entre los Estados Unidos y los PVD. +La comisión competente debe nombrar un ponente, el ponente debe elaborar un informe, y la modificación, si se acepta, debe ser aprobada por una mayoría cualificada de nuestra Asamblea, mayoría que comprende más de la mitad de sus miembros. +Incluso aquí en el Parlamento Europeo se ha dicho que existe el objetivo general de fomentar la igualdad de oportunidades para hombres y mujeres en todos los programas políticos y en todos los sectores políticos. +¿Se podría realizar, además, un balance exhaustivo de los medios de que Europa, como tal, se dota desde hace varias décadas para construir la igualdad de sexos, sobre todo en materia de compatibilidad entre la vida familiar y profesional, así como para combatir los maltratos que sufren las mujeres? +Pero, no obstante, quiero subrayar, como ya lo han hecho algunas oradoras, que el cumplimiento de los compromisos de la plataforma de Beijing obliga principalmente a los estados miembros, obliga principalmente a los gobiernos. La estrategia horizontal de la Unión Europea se encuentra en segundo plano. +Anoche, según creo, el Consejo de Agricultura no sólo adoptó una posición sobre la resolución del Informe Papayannakis, que resulta algo precipitada, sino que además, creo, modificó el fundamento jurídico del texto sobre el que el Sr. Papayannakis elaboró su informe. +Los efectos de Seatlle también han pesado en esta decisión, por el hecho de privilegiar el principio de cautela y primar la salud de los ciudadanos antes que las reglas del mercado. +El Consejo instó a la Comisión a que entregara un informe especial sobre las medidas que se han aplicado últimamente y sobre las que se están aplicando para reducir los retrasos y los atascos en el tráfico aéreo europeo. +Todas las partes deberían colaborar en un ambiente inspirado en la confianza y abstenerse de emprender acciones que puedan poner en peligro una solución del problema del Sáhara Occidental basada en el respeto de los derechos humanos y de la democracia. +Además, la Presidencia finlandesa hizo una declaración el 21 de junio de 1999, en la cual se reiteraba el apoyo de la UE al plan de paz de la ONU y a las acciones relacionadas con el mismo. +Además, la eficacia del trabajo del Consejo se vería afectada notablemente, si las reuniones del Consejo dejasen de celebrarse durante una semana al mes y, por tanto, hubiera que insertarlas aún más apretadamente en las semanas restantes. +Ocho horas, como acertadamente ha dicho la Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, debería ser el límite máximo permitido en toda la Unión Europea para el transporte de animales vivos. +Pero vamos a crear un marco de prácticas legítimas; intentamos fijar reglas para una competencia sana, de tal modo que cada cual, de acuerdo con sus posibilidades y sus facultades, pueda avanzar hacia el futuro con la mejor perspectiva. +No creemos que la enmienda nº 18, relativa a la obligación de los deudores de entregar una letra de cambio en el caso de largos períodos de pago contractuales tenga posibilidad de ser aceptada por el Consejo. +Pero en nombre de la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural quisiera que se nos aclarara -como no está presente el Consejo agradecería que lo hiciera el Comisario Byrne antes de iniciarse el debate- cómo han de interpretarse las declaraciones y las conclusiones del Consejo que tenemos delante. +5) El Consejo ha examinado un documento de trabajo preparado por los servicios de la Comisión al respecto -14015/99- y ha tomado nota de la existencia de una gran mayoría a favor del fondo del texto; +Les llamo la atención, para ser precisos, sobre el hecho de que el régimen opcional de cada país, o de ciertos países, no se convierte así sin más en el régimen general obligatorio de toda la Unión. +Es un estado de cosas absolutamente escandaloso que estemos aquí sentados en una Asamblea parlamentaria con el noventa por ciento de sus escaños vacíos, una semana antes de Navidad, examinando un reglamento que nadie sabe cómo y cuándo entrará en vigor, con un Consejo que nos está tratando con desprecio. +Lamentable sólo se ha hecho en unos pocos países, mientras que en otros países está costando muchísimo poner en marcha esta decisión. En estos países ni siquiera se ha comenzado a construir el sistema de etiquetado. +Asimismo estamos discutiendo la conducta del Consejo y el comportamiento y la postura de la Comisión. Para el etiquetado de la carne de vacuno la Comisión nos ha presentado dos propuestas. +Es lamentable que los debates sobre esas cuestiones tan complejas e importantes hayan debido celebrarse en el marco de una decisión urgente con un plazo casi imposible de cumplir. +Obviamente, el uso de BST podría provocar un cambio de las costumbres de los consumidores. De este modo, el desequilibrio existente en los sectores de la leche y los productos lácteos y la carne de vacuno acabaría agravándose aún más. +En ese sentido seguimos confiando en el apoyo de Europa, un apoyo que vaya encaminado a la preparación de los timorenses, con la comprensión exacta de los valores universales, para no traicionar, en última instancia, el sufrimiento de nuestro pueblo. +En este premio veo el reconocimiento del Parlamento Europeo al valor de mi pueblo al luchar por una patria libre en la que el de pensamiento esté garantizado como derecho inherente a la condición humana. +Desearía dar las gracias a la Sra. Presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo por esta declaración tan clara, y también querría señalar en este sentido que, al hacerla anticipadamente, este es el único momento, durante todo el procedimiento presupuestario, que el Consejo ha logrado no sólo llegar a tiempo, sino incluso antes. +No a la Comisión, indudablemente, tal como lo demostró en Seattle, tampoco al Consejo, que en segunda lectura hace un recorte funesto de 450 millones de euros en los gastos obligatorios, tampoco -desgraciadamente- a este Parlamento, que, por medio de su ponente, pretende cuestionar la existencia de los gastos obligatorios. +El simple hecho, señor Presidente, señor Comisario, de que me dirija a ustedes en lengua alemana demuestra que el precio fijo del libro no constituye un problema de ámbito exclusivamente nacional, sino un asunto de índole transfronteriza que afecta también a diversas islas lingüísticas, además de a Alemania y a Austria. +En su propuesta de resolución, mi Grupo subraya que los libros son ante todo bienes culturales, y no deben, pues, someterse a las normas de competencia de la misma forma que el resto de las mercancías. +Ya indiqué que, por lo que respecta al caso específico alemano-austríaco que es objeto de un procedimiento, desgraciadamente, no puedo entrar en detalles; sin embargo, les puedo garantizar que durante los primeros tres meses de mi mandato me he empleado a fondo en reunirme con las partes y en buscar posibilidades de una solución positiva. +Quedan aquí igualmente comprendidos la eliminación de la corrupción, la solución de los problemas sociales vinculados a la crisis económica asiática y la necesidad de relanzar la economía nacional, seriamente quebrantada. +En este momento, dos ciudadanos de la UE esperan la ejecución de la pena de muerte: un español en el Yemen y un italiano en los EE.UU. Este último, el Sr. Barnabei, será ejecutado en el año 2000. +Se ha impuesto un código social salvaje, basado en la intimidación, la humillación y la coacción de una población femenina que ha sido simplemente despojada de todos sus derechos humanos fundamentales. +No podemos asociarnos a la protesta contra las condiciones de detención de los presos políticos en Djibouti sino afirmando claramente que, si bien los carceleros están en aquel país, los verdaderos responsables se encuentran en algunos de los palacios oficiales de la República Francesa. +En los últimos meses, se ha llevado a cabo por parte del Gobierno un debilitamiento sistemático de la Contraloría General, Este proceso de debilitamiento culminó en un pacto que celebró el Gobierno con un antiguo partido del Gobierno. +Como ya hemos oído, en este momento no tenemos que preocuparnos por la salud del señor Jarquín, pero observaremos con atención que recibe un trato adecuado, y nos preocupan sobre todo las informaciones según la cual su familia ­en particular su hija­ ha sido agredida físicamente. +Pero lo que es absolutamente incuestionable para cualquier observador imparcial es que aquí lo que se ha querido hacer es evitar precisamente la investigación de la corrupción con la connivencia, además, de los sandinistas y para quitar de en medio a quien iba a ser el jefe de la oposición en la República de Nicaragua. +Permítanme que sobre el asunto de las mujeres en Kuwait diga brevemente que la Comisión, al igual que los diputados al Parlamento Europeo, está muy decepcionada por el resultado de las votaciones del 30 de noviembre en dicho país. +La Comisión ha seguido con gran preocupación el curso de los acontecimientos que han conducido a la detención y encarcelamiento del Contralor General de Nicaragua, el señor Jarquín. Nos hemos unido a la iniciativa a este respecto de la troica de la Unión Europea, de 18 de noviembre. +Además, los Estados miembros de la Unión y la Comisión Europea han adoptado y apoyado una serie de iniciativas adicionales para el fomento de la ratificación del estatuto. +Tanto en el plano de los bienes privados y de los bienes públicos en materia de obras e infraestructuras pesadas como en el plano del instrumento económico, las necesidades son enormes: del orden de seis millardos de francos franceses, como se ha recordado. +Ya saben que desde hace años ya no existe una línea presupuestaria en los presupuestos de la Comunidad Europea destinada a afrontar las catástrofes naturales que se produzcan en los países de la Unión. +Están en consonancia con el procedimiento, aunque es cierto que habría sido mucho mejor si hubiésemos tenido la oportunidad de debatirlas en la comisión y, como se dijo a principios de la semana, ello habría constituido una oportunidad óptima de discutir el asunto. +Por tanto, debe ser prioritario para las instituciones poner los medios para que estos datos sean cada vez más completos, más fiables y más rápidos, por lo que las estadísticas agrarias deben ser cada vez más flexibles, más armónicas, más cohesionadas con los otros ámbitos estadísticos con posibilidad de incorporar nuevas fuentes. +Este expediente tiene una historia y, en realidad, hoy, lo que les propongo es concluir un expediente que se abrió en 1991 sobre un préstamo de 1 millardo 200 millones de euros a los nuevos Estados independientes, en el momento de la disolución de la Unión Soviética. +Tayikistán es efectivamente el país más pobre de los nuevos Estados independientes, que ha de estabilizarse totalmente, ya que un poco al igual que Chechenia y por otras razones, es un país que puede poner en peligro a toda la región, principalmente por su posición estratégica con respecto a Kazajstán y a Uzbekistán que son países muy ricos. +Las razones son las siguientes: la contribución financiera de la comunidad continuará siendo alta en una región cuya estabilidad se ha empeorado, tanto por la crisis financiera rusa como por la actual situación en el norte del Cáucaso. +Señor Presidente, ignoro si se trata de una corrección técnica pero acabo de descubrir que no figuro entre los diputados luxemburgueses en el Acta del miércoles, relativa al informe de la Sra. Palacio Vallelersundi sobre la verificación de poderes. +El artículo 158 del Tratado de Amsterdam, que constituye la base de la política de cohesión, ha sufrido una traducción errónea en alguna de las lenguas oficiales de la Unión. +La UE va a plantear también en el futuro al Gobierno sudanés cuestiones de derechos humanos con la finalidad de lograr de dicho Gobierno un cambio de actitud también en lo referente a la esclavitud. +La UE es de la opinión de que el diálogo entre la India y Pakistán es la clave para la solución del conflicto de Cachemira, que grava especialmente las relaciones entre ambos países. +No vamos a abordar aquí, con toda la profundidad que merecería el caso, el problema de Gibraltar, que es una colonia de un Estado miembro dentro de otro Estado miembro socio de la Unión Europea, lo cual es un anacronismo en el umbral del siglo XXI. +Señor Presidente, la resolución sobre la mejora de las instituciones sin modificar los Tratados constituye uno de los elementos aportados por el Parlamento para equipar la Unión Europea para el futuro. +Así las cosas, las reservas mentales, los recelos y la tendencia a encerrarse pueden aumentar, en lugar de disminuir, e influenciar la conflictividad entre los partidos y los representantes políticos creando cierta disgregación y algo de inseguridad. +He tratado de trabajar como su ponente en este sentido y, a dicho fin, me fueron muy útiles los trabajos de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa, así como las enmiendas presentadas. +Por lo que se refiere al caso particular de Malta, me congratulo de la recomendación de la Comisión según la cual el examen crítico de la legislación maltesa debería comenzar inmediatamente, a fin de que las negociaciones con ese país puedan iniciarse antes del fin de este año. +Sólo pudieron alcanzarse unos progresos limitados en relación al proceso de adaptación general y a la ejecución de las prioridades a corto plazo relativas a la colaboración para la integración. +En cuanto a Hungría puedo ser muy breve: Importantes progresos en algunas áreas, especialmente gracias a la aprobación de un paquete de reformas generales para la administración de justicia, así como a la conclusión de las reformas económicas estructurales. +Sin embargo, en algunas áreas, como la de la protección del medio ambiente, el proceso de armonización legislativa se está desarrollando más bien lentamente, y también la planificación del desarrollo regional se encuentra aún en su fase inicial. +Asimismo, se va reconociendo cada vez más el riesgo de que los acuerdos, si bien las empresas cumplen con las condiciones jurídicas para poder acogerse a la exención por categoría, en la práctica terminen surtiendo efectos de falseamiento de la competencia si se firman entre empresas con una fuerte posición en el mercado. +En tercer lugar, tengo una pregunta sobre el periodo de transición para los acuerdos en curso; me pregunto si los acuerdos firmados bajo el régimen actual podrán ejecutarse íntegramente bajo este régimen actual o si se les aplicará el régimen nuevo, en cuyo caso ruego que indique a partir de cuándo. +. Señor Presidente, Señorías, en primer lugar, quiero felicitar al Defensor del Pueblo y a sus servicios por la transparencia y rapidez con que han rendido cuentas sobre sus actividades, no sólo ante este Parlamento y la Comisión de Peticiones, sino directamente a los ciudadanos y asociaciones de los Estados miembros. +El derecho de petición lo pueden ejercer todos los residentes de la Unión Europea -y no solamente los ciudadanos de la Unión- así como las organizaciones basadas en la Unión Europea. +Yo me incorporé al Parlamento en marzo de ese mismo año y desde entonces no he dejado de ser miembro de dicha comisión. Ello me ha permitido observar de cerca hasta qué punto el Sr. Newman se ha esforzado por el bien de los ciudadanos. +Es, sin embargo, lo que sucede en este caso. Del informe anual del Defensor del Pueblo europeo para 1998 se desprende que su institución figura entre las más operativas y las más eficientes de la Unión Europea. +Hay una profunda ignorancia internacional acerca del derecho de familia y acerca de lo que sucede si el matrimonio se deshace y los niños tienen que ir a vivir a un país que no es el de su residencia habitual. +Quisiera proponer al Pleno que, dado la hora, inmediatamente después del informe del Sr. Valverde, avanzásemos en la votación sobre Kosovo, para expresar la posición del Parlamento sobre este tema tan importante. +Los diputados al Parlamento Europeo del PASOK representamos un país que sufre directamente las consecuencias de la guerra y que, desde el primer momento, ha prestado ayuda en el drama de los albanokosovares que se han visto obligados a abandonar sus hogares. +Una opinión pública segura de que sólo habrá ataques de cohetes y por aviación -pero no participación de fuerzas militares de combate que podrían tener bajas en el terreno- puede apoyar por algún tiempo los bombardeos, en nombre de la condena del injusto y abominable régimen de Milosevic y de su barbarie contra los kosovares. +Hemos querido que reinara el derecho en la sociedad internacional y hoy consentimos, de la manera más humillante, un abuso de autoridad norteamericano, sin que medie ningún mandato de la ONU. +Se ha querido inventar el principio de la ingerencia humanitaria selectiva, porque castiga a Milosevic por la limpieza étnica, pero ignora el problema kurdo en Turquía y abre inquietantes escenarios para las zonas calientes de Europa: Córcega, Irlanda y el País Vasco en España. +La intervención en la guerra, bajo el mando de la OTAN, no traduce, pues, una ausencia de política europea, sino una política europea errónea. +Este error político se inscribe dentro de una lógica que se remonta a la opción que el día siguiente a la caída del Muro de Berlín efectuó toda una generación de dirigentes y de responsables europeos. +Por ejemplo, el importe de los gravámenes sobre los vehículos pueden llegar a variar en 3.000 euros al año, existen nueve variedades distintas de tarifas para los transportes por ferrocarril y el grado de cobertura de los costes puede oscilar entre un 0 y un 100 %. +Estoy convencido de que en esta fase normativa comunitaria el enfoque diferenciado será más eficaz y además respetará cabalmente los legítimos papeles de los sectores normativos del transporte en otros planos políticos. +Todos sabemos que esta esfera, la cuestión de las tarifas por el uso de carreteras, de líneas férreas, de líneas aéreas o de líneas marítimas, está plagada de obstáculos y que el progreso, especialmente en el plano político, puede ser de una lentitud penosa. +Además, el Consejo no ha accedido a la petición del Parlamento de prever ventajas fiscales con idea de fomentar los modos de transporte alternativos. +Es sabido que las entidades de crédito tradicionales están, ya de por sí, autorizadas a emitir dinero electrónico, en aplicación del conjunto de las directivas bancarias, y por este nuevo servicio pueden valerse del pasaporte europeo. +También es posible que esta lógica se base, simplemente, en la obtención fácil de beneficios, en lugar de tener en cuenta el carácter de servicio de interés general que deberían tener los bancos, para toda una serie de consumidores. +Creo, pues, que se reúnen las condiciones para continuar el trabajo, y si se me permite expresar un deseo personal, éste consiste en que el Sr. Prodi integre al Sr. Monti en su nuevo equipo; ello no haría más que beneficiar tanto a la Comisión como al Parlamento. +Sin embargo, no es posible crear por ley un área financiera única al por menor en que las transacciones bancarias básicas sean económicas y eficaces, tal como ocurre en los sistemas nacionales, aunque el marco de actuación muestra cómo se puede llevar adelante este proceso. +Esto nos obliga a reiterar que, en lo que se refiere al sistema de transportes, la elección prioritaria de la Unión Europea debe ser la de trasladar gran parte del tráfico pesado de la carretera al ferrocarril. +En particular, tras el cierre del túnel, se están multiplicando las cancelaciones de reservas hoteleras en el Valle de Aosta. Por tanto, existe también un aspecto económico, relacionado con el turismo, sumamente importante para esta región, que deberá ser tomado en cuenta. +En lo que a las consecuencias del cierre del túnel del Mont Blanc se refiere, la Comisión empleará todos los medios dentro del ámbito de sus limitadas competencias para procurar que el desarrollo del tráfico no se vea seriamente alterado. +La verdad es que Birmania posee apoyos muy importantes, en particular -y lamentamos la ausencia de nuestro Comisario Brittan- Birmania está firmemente apoyada por China, tanto en el plano económico como en el militar, y eso es lo que le permite seguir reprimiendo e impidiendo cualquier tipo de desarrollo democrático. +Es cierto que el Sr. Van de Broek, que no tiene atribuciones en el ámbito de la Política de Competencia, no pudo sino leer aquello que los servicios de la Comisión, es decir, los servicios del Sr. Van Miert, le habían anotado. +Después de debatir un informe del mismo ponente sobre las políticas de la Unión Europea en mayo de 1998, aprobamos una resolución sobre la mejora del funcionamiento de las instituciones europeas. +La actualidad nos recuerda cada día las lagunas políticas de la construcción europea y la incapacidad de la Unión para hacer frente por sí misma a la mayoría de los grandes desafíos que se le presentan. +Esperamos que el gobierno se ocupe de que la campaña de información programada sea plural de tal forma que informe tanto sobre las ventajas como sobre los inconvenientes de la adhesión y que esta información esté disponible libremente para todos los ciudadanos de Malta. +La cooperación es asimismo una de las llaves maestras que caracterizan las relaciones entre la Comisión de Peticiones del Parlamento Europeo y el Defensor del Pueblo europeo. +Sin embargo, la ponente va demasiado lejos al exigir que también se incluya en el sistema de tarificación el transporte privado no comercial en automóvil, en nombre de un justo reparto de los costes entre todos los usuarios de la infraestructura de las carreteras. +En este contexto habría sido interesante que la Comisión nos hubiera especificado cuánto recaudan los Estados de la UE en concepto de impuestos sobre los vehículos, impuestos de consumo sobre la gasolina, el gasóleo, etc., y qué proporción de las tasas recaudadas se invierte luego en infraestructura y trabajos de reparación. +Igualmente estamos de acuerdo con la Sra. ponente en pedir a la Comisión que defina las prioridades sobre los planes seleccionados, a fin de utilizar con la mayor eficacia posible los recursos disponibles. +La Comisión aprecia también el importante papel que el Parlamento Europeo desempeña al incluir la lucha contra la violencia en el programa de trabajo de la Unión Europea. +La competencia en materia de protección jurídica de los consumidores debe atribuirse, a fin de garantizar la coherencia interna del texto aprobado, a la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Mercado Interior. +De ahí que considere muy grave la decisión que toma usted, señor Presidente, muy grave en el contexto actual -aunque este no sea tan grave- y muy grave también para el futuro de este Parlamento y para el futuro de la democracia en Europa. +Sea como fuere, nuestro Grupo ha presentado deliberadamente una enmienda con objeto de sustraer la protección jurídica de los consumidores a la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos. +Señor Presidente, tengo dos funciones: en primer lugar, como autor original del documento encaminado a cambiar las estructuras de las comisiones y, en segundo lugar, como presidente de la comisión encargada en este momento de la política relativa a los consumidores. +En este fin del siglo XX, la violencia en todas sus formas ejercida contra los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres ha ido tomando un cariz cada vez más preocupante. +Por ello es imprescindible que este programa de acción comunitario pueda inscribirse en un contexto general que a la vez mantenga una seguridad social fuerte y permita un crecimiento económico que genere puestos de trabajo duraderos. +Pero las estadísticas no reflejan a aquellos que por la jubilación anticipada u otras medidas no aparecen en las estadísticas de paro, es decir, que el desempleo de las personas de edad es, en realidad, más alto. +Señorías, ahora, en nombre del Grupo Confederal de la Izquierda Unitaria Europea/Izquierda Verde Nórdica, y, por el tiempo máximo de seis minutos, voy a dar la palabra a la Sra. Ilivitzky. +Esto se debe tanto al menor nivel salarial de las mujeres -que las mujeres sufren, por lo tanto, por partida doble- como al hecho de que las carreras profesionales de las mujeres son más cortas y discontinuas a causa de las tareas de asistencia. +Me permito recordar que esta situación es resultado de la concesión hecha a Estados Unidos, en el momento de firmarse el Tratado de Roma, de un derecho a la importación de soja a la Comunidad con un tipo cero. +La Comisión siempre se ha amparado en que la reducción de los precios redunda en beneficio de la competitividad de la UE. Supongo, pues, que podemos concluir que este razonamiento también se aplica al sector del almidón. +Igualmente quisiera expresar mi agradecimiento a la Secretaría de esta comisión, que ha hecho siempre un excelente trabajo para que nuestro reglamento estuviera a la altura de las necesidades del trabajo parlamentario. +Lamentablemente, éste no ha sido siempre el caso y al motivo concreto acaban de aludir expresamente ahora el Presidente de la Comisión de Reglamento, Ben Fayot, así como nuestro colega, el Sr. Corbett. +Nuestro colega, el Sr. Corbett, ha aludido a que en este Parlamento existía una opinión de hacer de este texto contractual, relativamente claro, algo diferente de lo que figuraba y figura en el texto del Tratado. +En cuanto a los aspectos positivos, quisiera subrayar que no hemos hecho una modificación ad hoc limitada al marco del ejercicio de 1996 sino que hemos logrado una reforma válida para los años venideros. +Es preciso votar reformas institucionales orientadas al fomento de una competencia dinámica y de la flexibilidad junto con la exigencia del mantenimiento, pero también de la modernización y de los sistemas de la seguridad social. +En los últimos meses hemos tenido de vez en cuando fuertes debates sobre si deberíamos elegir entre tener una política expansiva como quería el Grupo Socialdemócrata siguiendo el ejemplo del Sr. Lafontaine o si por el contrario deberíamos seguir las reglas que hemos acordado. +Considero urgentemente necesario que se mantengan los tres puntos más importantes, en concreto, el pacto para la estabilidad y el empleo, una política salarial orientada hacia la productividad y la necesidad de realizar reformas estructurales. +En estas condiciones, pues, hemos de evitar toda potencial división en el interior de la Unión y esforzarnos para que la adhesión a la Unión Económica y Monetaria de todos los países miembros sea una realidad lo antes posible. +Sin duda, esto no sería posible si todos los participantes en este proyecto -el Consejo, el Parlamento y también, tras algunas vacilaciones iniciales, la Comisión- no hubieran colaborado con un espíritu muy constructivo. +Quisiera destacar especialmente el papel constructivo de los Comisarios Anita Gradin, Karel van Miert y Mario Monti, pero quisiera elogiar también expresamente a la Presidencia del Consejo, a nuestro ponente, el Sr. Bösch, así como a las secretarías de las tres instituciones por el enorme trabajo que han realizado. +En el análisis del Informe Anual de 1997 del Tribunal Europeo de Cuentas el Consejo ha tenido también en cuenta todos los 25 informes específicos que se han presentado en el curso del año 1998. +Durante el proceso de aprobación de la gestión y a la luz del informe del Tribunal de Cuentas, formulamos una serie de preguntas muy inquisitivas a la Comisión. +Espero que, cuando la Comisión acuda de nuevo ante el Parlamento, acepte y utilice como plan de trabajo esas preguntas formuladas en el documento de trabajo, en particular sobre las políticas en materia de plantilla, sobre las Oficinas de Asistencia Técnica y Leonardo y la forma como se gestionan PHARE y TACIS. +Naturalmente, hemos trabajado un poco con una presión amigable, sobre todo, por parte de la Presidencia del Consejo y de nuestra Asamblea, para que la Comisión comprenda de una vez que no puede negar, sin más, las cosas que están sobre la mesa. +Se trata de un documento de trabajo excelente y, desde luego, yo personalmente comparto la filosofía del planteamiento, que es una filosofía clara y que, al mismo tiempo, especifica los puntos esenciales. +Nos parece importante que los ciudadanos europeos no tengan la impresión de que la Comunidad está condicionada en su capacidad de adopción de decisiones como consecuencia de la entrada en vigor del nuevo Tratado o de la elección parlamentaria. +La atención a los ancianos, el trabajo para minusválidos y proyectos de medio ambiente, etcétera, al igual que la Sra. Thyssen tampoco quiero hacer ninguna elección y dejo libertad a los Estados miembros para que elijan entre las posibilidades que ofrece la propuesta y para que miren lo que mejor les venga con sus necesidades y posibilidades. +Por último, he de subrayar que si, como presumo, todos nosotros deseamos la rápida adopción de esta propuesta por el Consejo, al objeto de cumplir los plazos señalados por la Sra. Thyssen, es decir, la entrada en vigor el 1 de enero de 2000, no puedo admitir las enmiendas. +Por lo tanto, en cierta medida -figúrense si no fuera así- puedo compartir sus aspiraciones que son las mías, en una valoración de realismo político en una materia que afecta al empleo y en que la urgencia es máxima. +En el punto 8, «Presentación de documentos», en el subpunto ab) se menciona el proyecto de decisión del Parlamento Europeo relativo al Estatuto de los Diputados al Parlamento Europeo y a continuación figura una referencia «C». +Es verdad que es un tema vinculado a la Agenda 2000, pero no encontramos ninguna razón que avale la urgencia pedida por el Consejo, puesto que la disposición debe entrar en vigor durante el año 2000 y, en consecuencia, hay tiempo suficiente para que el nuevo Parlamento pueda examinarla. +El Tratado ya ha entrado en vigor y su primera consecuencia es una mayor participación del futuro Presidente de la Comisión y del Parlamento Europeo en el nombramiento de la Comisión. +Quisiera subrayar también que esperamos que haya un equilibrio político, es decir, un equilibrio de concepciones y opiniones políticas y también cierto equilibrio que refleje el papel de las principales fuerzas políticas en este Parlamento. +Por último, esperamos verdaderamente que en caso de que asuma usted el poder, en cualquier caso se trabaje urgentemente en favor de una iniciativa balcánica y también se revise el calendario de la política de ampliación a la luz de los acontecimientos actuales. +Es interesante porque es socialista y porque es francés. Interesante porque es socialista y afirma que el problema del empleo se podrá afrontar sólo si se garantiza, sobre todo, un objetivo de crecimiento y se establece en un 3 %; interesante porque es francés y afirma la necesidad de empezar a considerar al Consejo del euro integrado por 11 miembros como primer ensayo de gobierno económico europeo. +En consecuencia, desafiados por una crisis internacional que vuelve a poner en tela de juicio la certeza del final de la II Guerra Mundial, esto es, que la guerra era imposible en Europa, tenemos que dotarnos de programas políticos nuevos y necesariamente ambiciosos, si queremos realmente volver a encontrar ese alma de Europa que usted tanto menciona. +Se requieren nuevos enfoques, bajo la forma de una participación reforzada de los Estados miembros; la subsidiariedad también en la ejecución de las tareas europeas descarga de trabajo a Bruselas y refuerza la conciencia de la corresponsabilidad de todos, una conciencia que hasta ahora no ha existido. +Este discurso, no obstante, no podemos hacerlo con cerrazón, no lo podemos hacer con un continente que pone sus propios límites, aunque se ha convertido en más grande: lo debemos hacer aceptando el reto que, en este caso, es también una responsabilidad. +Pasará a formar parte de la historia de su pueblo como el destructor de Serbia y no está haciendo más que repetir la experiencia que ya vivieron antes otros que antepusieron el adjetivo «gran» al nombre de su nación. +También se ha visto que la idea de que la OTAN podría constituir una alternativa a las Naciones Unidas -aunque sólo fuese para una región circunscrita, pero que se extiende mucho más allá de Europa- ha demostrado ser una conclusión errónea; yo siempre fui de ese parecer. +Todo eso significa un esfuerzo enorme y costoso, además del militar soportado por nuestros Estados miembros para aportar los miles de millones de euros que se necesitarán para financiar todas esas medidas de la comunidad internacional. +Por eso, aprovecho esta oportunidad, en nombre de la Comisión, para pedir al Parlamento y al Consejo que faciliten a la Comisión en su momento los instrumentos y fondos necesarios para hacer nuestra contribución a ese tremendo imperativo que tendremos que afrontar juntos. +He escrito una y otra vez a las personas competentes, es decir, al Presidente del Parlamento Europeo, al Presidente de la Comisión, a la OTAN y al Sr. Clinton. +En semejantes condiciones, la única victoria militar posible corre el gran riesgo de ser una victoria pírrica, lejos de las condiciones de una paz justa y duradera, que es lo que pedimos en estos momentos. +Una guerra que se planificó ganar en dos días pero que después de cinco semanas no ha decaído. Una guerra iniciada para salvar a gente de la limpieza étnica y que ha dado como resultado un millón de refugiados. +Los países de la Unión tienen que estar dispuestos a apoyar un Plan Marshall para la región de los Balcanes para reconstruir las ciudades destruidas y también para contrarrestar el odio que, de otro modo, va a permanecer durante generaciones como caldo de cultivo para nuevos conflictos. +Del mismo modo, no creo absolutamente ni por un instante, tratándose de un personaje tan bruto como Milosevic, que sea sensible a una medida como el cese unilateral de nuestros ataques para comenzar a negociar. +En los doce últimos meses ha habido el establecimiento del euro y merecemos una política exterior que esté a la altura de las perspectivas creadas en el resto del mundo por nuestra unión monetaria. +Aunque resulte doloroso, no hay otra explicación para una Unión dispuesta a reñir una guerra no por petróleo, no por conseguir poder, sino para oponerse a la perversión de la depuración étnica en el corazón de Europa. +Olvidamos, por nuestra cuenta y riesgo, que Constantinopla fue, durante siglos, la primera capital europea de la cultura, cuando nuestros antepasados del Consejo de Ministros actual estaban acampando en las ruinas de una gloria pasada. +Hemos pecado, en muchos sentidos, por complacencia: a menudo decimos que la justificación de la Unión Europea es la de librarse de las guerras dentro de las fronteras de Europa y olvidamos lo que está sucediendo justo delante de las fronteras de Europa y nuestra responsabilidad al respecto. +Esta circunstancia exige una diversificación en el interior de la Unión, la cual debería a su vez centrarse en torno a una unión entre Estados, una confederación, en lugar de una unión de Estados, una federación. +Señor Presidente, en la reunión de la Conferencia de Presidentes de esta tarde llegamos a un acuerdo para tratar de organizar la votación de forma que sea una votación clara que muestre quién está a favor de poner orden y quién no. +Por ejemplo, el tema de la inelegibilidad y de la incompatibilidad, la limitación del número de mandatos, la reducción del número de diputados, la superación efectiva de los conflictos de intereses. +La Comisión de Presupuestos opina, y yo comparto esa opinión, que el objetivo de no utilizar más del 20 % de la partida total de gastos administrativos para el Parlamento, un objetivo que ciertamente estamos cumpliendo desde hace años, debe cumplirse sin falta. +Es de agradecer que la administración nos haya asegurado que podrá cumplir todas las tareas adicionales que surjan después de entrar en vigor el Tratado de Amsterdam, así como las que se originen a causa la preparación de la ampliación, con el personal actual. +Por ese motivo, la Comisión de presupuestos ha apoyado fundamentalmente la nueva política de personal, cuyo punto central es la promoción según el criterio de los méritos conseguidos durante años, lo que tendrá como consecuencia que un ascenso se realice después de unos cinco años respectivamente. +Creo que un Parlamento que quiera cumplir con las tareas a las que está expuesto desde el Tratado de Amsterdam, debe disponer de una estructura de personal, también sobre una estructura de colaboradores personales, que le posibilite realizar esas tareas en su totalidad. +Por eso recomendaría al nuevo Parlamento, de volver a ocuparse de este punto, porque nos hemos detenido dos años por haber cumplido otras tareas, y también nosotros deberemos volver a tratar este punto, si queremos realizar un buen trabajo. +Con la aprobación del anteproyecto de presupuesto general para el ejercicio 2000, la Comisión ha iniciado el procedimiento presupuestario para la autoridad presupuestaria. +En mi opinión la posición común del Consejo, independientemente de lo defectuosa que sea por la no participación de la Comisión, se encuentra en la Comisión de Transportes, tal y como lo ha explicado el Presidente, y ésta no se reúne esta semana. +Si queremos encaminarnos hacia un mercado interior que funcione óptimamente, todos los consumidores deberían tener el derecho de poder disfrutar de un gran nivel de protección, igual en todos los Estados miembros donde compren, a través del campo extremadamente rápido de los nuevos medios de comunicación, tal como Internet y e-mail. +Ciertamente estoy de acuerdo con algunas de las enmiendas presentadas por el ponente, incluida la necesidad de establecer un plazo de siete días hábiles para que el proveedor devuelva el dinero recibido del consumidor. +La Comisión puede aceptar el principio establecido en la enmienda 21 de brindar a los consumidores antes de la celebración del contrato información adicional o resumida como una protección de las condiciones contractuales completas. +Si un consumidor monta un producto él mismo y se produce un defecto a causa de un fallo en la instrucción de montaje destinada al cliente, este fallo cae bajo el derecho de garantía. +Sin embargo, la propia ponente de opinión -que no sé si está aquí- reconoce que estos gastos administrativos pueden deberse al papel que juegan los expertos, a la conexión con la red, a los análisis, a la formación. +Visto que no hay diputados que participen en el debate, la Presidencia quisiera felicitarla por su informe y comentar que la falta de interés probablemente se deba más al consenso que suscita que a cualquier discrepancia con el tema. +Fue el Parlamento el que, aun antes de que el Tratado entrase en vigor, puso sobre la mesa del Consejo un texto completísimo en el que, con la máxima transparencia, se incluían todos los aspectos de nuestra situación, incluso aquellos en los que siempre ha sido nuestra competencia decidir. +En su calidad de Presidente de esta Asamblea, ha prestado oídos de una manera nueva e innovadora a los diputados noveles, algo que ha sido acogido con gran satisfacción y ha sido respetado por los diputados. +En los meses que he tenido el privilegio de dirigir a mi Grupo, puedo confirmar la cortesía que usted ha demostrado con mi persona -de lo que hoy doy fe aquí- y confirmar también la extraordinaria apertura con la que realiza su trabajo. +El Consejo ha acordado la pasada semana comenzar con la preparación de un pacto de estabilidad para el sureste de Europa, una iniciativa que entretanto es saludada abiertamente por la totalidad de la comunidad internacional. +Ya los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno han querido designar a un Presidente de la Comisión más político, encargado de explotar todas las posibilidades federalistas que ofrece el Tratado de Amsterdam. +Señor Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, creo que tanto en la intervención del Presidente Santer -que ha sido una intervención espléndida y quiero felicitarle por ello- como en las del resto de los colegas de este Parlamento va a encontrar usted una rara unanimidad. +Como ayuda a la preadhesión se han puesto a disposición aproximadamente 22.000 millones de euros para el acercamiento así como otros 58.000 millones de euros para gastos condicionados por la ampliación, es decir, que en el período de financiación se dispone de 80.000 millones de euros para la ampliación pero que solamente se pueden gastar si realmente se lleva a cabo la ampliación. +Si me permiten que realice una observación personal - probablemente es mi última intervención ante el Parlamento Europeo- es interesante ver que una Agenda como la Agenda 2000 es naturalmente una pugna de distribución entre los Estados miembros. +No es que los discuta, no es que niegue al Sr. Prodi su libertad de conciencia, pero, porque estoy vinculada a la laicidad, garante precisamente de esta libertad fundamental en todas partes y para todos, espero de un Presidente de la Comisión que vele por ello, y tengo algunas dudas sobre la materia. +Para el futuro, se gira hacia «la fuerza americana, en el sentido amplio del término, [que] se expresa simbólicamente por medio de los medios de comunicación; se considera, efectivamente, por algunos capaz de constituir la referencia unitaria para Europa en búsqueda de su alma. +Hemos de constatar que las reglas del comercio internacional que aplica la OMC y que nos impiden utilizar a propósito el principio de precaución, se han visto ratificadas en los acuerdos de la Ronda Uruguay por los propios europeos, extraviados ellos mismos por malos consejeros, como la Comisión, demasiado influenciada sin duda por intereses extranjeros. +Es preciso romper con la manera como está pensada en la actualidad la liberalización de los intercambios, sin reglas sociales y medioambientales, y es preciso contrarrestar la hegemonía política, económica y monetaria de Estados Unidos, que termina imponiendo el interés de las empresas americanas como un pseudo interés general. +La hipocresía del Consejo Europeo queda perfectamente patente por el hecho de que habrá que decidir sobre nada menos que 250 millones de euros para Kosovo en el plazo de dos semanas, lo que supone una utilización de más de las tres quintas partes de la base total para siete años. +En la lectura de los reglamentos que se aprobarán mañana, parece que la causa de las regiones insulares no habrá conocido avance significativo con ocasión de esta reforma de los Fondos Estructurales. +Este marco financiero de medio plazo tampoco da respuesta a cuestiones tan destacadas como la realización del euro y, en particular, los posibles choques asimétricos o los previsibles resultados de las próximas negociaciones en el ámbito de la OMC. +Siempre ha estado completamente abierta en todo momento a mantener conversaciones y debates, siempre comprensible, siempre amable con los miembros de la Comisión de Política Regional del Parlamento. +La Comisión, en su informe trienal sobre la cohesión, ha considerado esta situación como una de las causas fundamentales que marcan el retraso de estas regiones y condicionan su despegue definitivo. +El que para ambas partes existan compromisos factibles se debe sola y exclusivamente a nosotros, pues nos hemos dirigido a ustedes abiertamente con propuestas de compromiso para impedir que su terquedad nos llevase al Comité de Conciliación, pues esto habría significado la paralización de muchos proyectos, ya que entonces el dinero no habría venido a tiempo de Bruselas. +Solidaridad dentro de la Unión Europea y con los Estados de preadhesión, empleo concentrado de créditos, creación de puestos de trabajo, reducción de la burocracia y preparación para la ampliación hacia el Este, estos han sido desde el principio los objetivos de la reforma de los Fondos estructurales. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Consejo, el nuevo Reglamento para la política de fomento y desarrollo de las áreas rurales es sin duda un gran paso en la reforma de la Política Agrícola Común. +No es aún un auténtico árbol, pero si la Comisión y el Consejo se ocupan con la misma intensidad de este joven arbolito, resultará un árbol fuerte y con éxito para la política en las áreas rurales. +Señor Presidente, el objetivo de mi informe es el de dotar a la Unión Europea del marco financiero y presupuestario adecuado para afrontar los retos de los próximos años. +Conociendo estos compromisos, nos prepararemos del modo correspondiente para las nuevas negociaciones de la OMC y las negociaciones de ampliación y lo tendremos además en cuenta en la ejecución del reglamento de mercado durante los próximos años. +En lo tocante a la fecha de pago del 31-10, estoy dispuesto a examinar esta cuestión, si bien con la limitación de que no se debe producir por ello un aplazamiento del ejercicio presupuestario para los gastos obligatorios. +Considerar el trabajo como oportunidad económica, y al mismo tiempo como realización de uno mismo significa estudiar más y mejor a lo largo de toda la vida, significa luchar contra las desigualdades materiales y actuales que afectan a la posibilidad que toda persona tiene de planear libremente su futuro. +Pero, por otro lado, tampoco podemos aceptar una vía proteccionista como la estrategia con la que estábamos cavando nuestra ruina y en la que estábamos eludiendo las responsabilidades que tenemos ante el mundo, en particular con las zonas menos desarrolladas. +¿Qué medidas piensa adoptar el Consejo para evitar la repetición de este tipo de acciones y para garantizar la libertad de circulación de los ciudadanos en la UE? +Me gustaría darle las gracias por su respuesta, sin embargo, no entiendo por qué se dejan a un lado las disposiciones del reglamento de personal pues no existe nada que impida que en la integración se respeten las normas vigentes en el Consejo. +La pregunta concreta de qué se va a hacer para reducir de algún modo los daños ocasionados y, posiblemente, para plantear reclamaciones jurídicas por parte de la Unión Europea, es una pregunta que debe dirigirse a la Comisión y no al Consejo. +La Resolución 687 del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas instó a Iraq a cooperar con el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja con miras a la liberación de estos prisioneros. +En lo tocante a su pregunta más amplia sobre la estabilidad global de la región, el 26/27-4-1999 el Consejo llegó a la conclusión de comenzar con los preparativos para un pacto de estabilidad para el Sureste de Europa. +Pero igualmente es cierto que, también conjuntamente, no podemos negar el hecho de que un gran grupo de la sociedad, personas en una posición de desventaja, entre ellas las mujeres y las minorías, necesitan una atención adicional. +El modelo agrario europeo no sé exactamente cuál es ni nadie lo sabe, pero, en cualquier caso, pretendemos defender ese modelo, un modelo que mantenga al agricultor en la tierra y la tierra menos deshabitada. +Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, Señorías, el marco financiero decidido en Berlín es totalmente inadecuado e insuficiente para dar respuesta a las necesidades y a los objetivos de la cohesión, que deberían orientar la construcción europea y sus ambiciones actuales y futuras. +Espero que dejemos claro a todo el mundo y en todo momento que se han llevado a cabo las concesiones que se esperaban de nosotros en las negociaciones en la Organización Mundial de Comercio y que no se contempla ni una sola concesión más a los agricultores europeos hasta que hayan transcurridos estos siete años. +Este proceso ha acabado bien, ha tenido un epílogo feliz para los países de la cohesión y para las regiones más pobres, donde se concentran, de hecho, a partir de ahora, las ayudas estructurales. +Ha acabado bien, no puedo por menos de decirlo, para mi país, que va a recibir con cargo a las ayudas estructurales una media anual ligeramente superior a la media anual del período 1994 a 1999. +La seguridad nuclear es un bien importante, pero en el proceso de adhesión no podemos obligar así sin más al cierre de centrales nucleares, ni presionar de esa manera a los países. +Mi Grupo, el PPE, no puede más que constatar el resultado de la Cumbre de Berlín que, si bien representa una considerable mejora en relación con la propuesta original de la Comisión, se queda corta si tenemos en cuenta las necesidades de los productores. +En tercer lugar, si se producía el bloqueo a una medida y, después, se remitía de nuevo a la autoridad legislativa, esta devolución afectaba solamente al Consejo, no conjuntamente al Consejo y al Parlamento, aun si estas dos instituciones conforman conjuntamente la autoridad legislativa. +Realmente hay muchas razones para empezar a decir que México no tiene el marco de referencia, el marchamo democrático, etc. Pero creo que lo mejor que podemos hacer por México, por la democracia y por el acuerdo con la Unión Europea es decir que sí . +El hecho de que del total de las exportaciones mexicanas a la Unión Europea sólo el 9 % sean agrícolas y que exista una gran complementariedad en el flujo comercial, debería facilitar la rápida negociación y entrada en vigor de este acuerdo. +Señor Presidente, sólo quería recordar a algunos colegas, y en particular al Sr. Elles, que la formación de la voluntad de las instituciones, de acuerdo con una jurisprudencia consolidadísima del Tribunal de Justicia de Luxemburgo, no es materia dispositiva: es cuestión de orden público y está en los Tratados. +Señor Presidente, quisiera rendir un calurosísimo homenaje a mi colega, la Sra. Oddy, por este informe que, de modo característico, ha sacado adelante en los últimos días del Parlamento en una comisión en la que había otras preocupaciones y donde existían inmensas complicaciones jurídicas y técnicas. +Y votaremos en contra porque entendemos que rompen ese equilibrio, porque, pese a lo que ha dicho el Sr. Barzanti que, como filosofía compartimos totalmente, creo que flaco servicio se hace a los proveedores de contenido, en términos generales a los autores, en otros ámbitos y -contestando al Sr. Whitehead- a los consumidores, si hacemos voluntarismo jurídico. +En mi opinión, la Unión Europea debería mostrarse activa con vistas a establecer un movimiento favorable y eficaz para proteger los derechos civiles en las redes informáticas. +En la enmienda 36 se propone que los proveedores que presten servicios de la sociedad de información deberán conservar todos los datos que se requieran a la hora de investigar e identificar a los proveedores de material ilegal. +La mayoría de las enmiendas que contiene el informe de la Sra. Oddy aclaran y mejoran la propuesta inicial y me alegra indicar que la Comisión aceptará las enmiendas núms. 1, 2, 4, 6 -esta última sólo en la versión inglesa-, 7, 12, 13, 16-20, 22, 24, 32-34, 37, 40, 41, 43, 55-57, 62 y 65-67. +Ésta un área sensible y muy importante en la que se hicieron especiales esfuerzos en la propuesta original para llegar a una solución de compromiso razonable que tuviera en cuenta todos los intereses en juego. +He examinado también el argumento que usted ha expuesto sobre si esta decisión en sí entraña decisiones presupuestarias y también lo ha examinado atentamente nuestro Servicio Jurídico, es decir, si entraña decisiones presupuestarias para las que el artículo 272 exigiría mayoría cualificada. +Señor Presidente, estimados colegas, yo también quiero romper una lanza a favor de la argumentación de Detlev Samland, y eso por la razón siguiente. Señor Presidente, la jurisprudencia que usted cita estipula que las instituciones no pueden revisar a la baja las mayorías establecidas por el Tratado. +Si es realmente necesario que el Tratado exija en cada caso, de manera precisa, la mayoría cualificada, y limite los casos de ampliación de esta mayoría cualificada, dicho acuerdo interinstitucional, como acaba de sugerirlo el Sr. Colom i Naval, es inadmisible. +La Comisión Europea aprobó el pasado 28 de abril el anteproyecto de presupuesto de la Unión Europea para el ejercicio 2000, primer año de aplicación de las nuevas perspectivas financieras. +La tenacidad y la perseverancia de los miembros de la Comisión de Política Regional del Parlamento Europeo y de nuestros dos ponentes han dado finalmente sus frutos. +Éste obtiene una dotación complementaria de 15 millones de ecus para compensar la pérdida de su idoneidad respecto al Objetivo 1, mientras que el Hainaut francés, que es limítrofe, no obtiene nada: discriminación que no justifica ni el PNB ni la tasa de desempleo de las dos regiones. +Al término de mi mandato, en mayo de 1999, mis posiciones políticas sobre estas cuestiones sociales, como son la agricultura, la alimentación, el desarrollo rural y el medio ambiente, siguen siendo las mismas. +El hecho de querer fijar un límite máximo a las ayudas y de reducirlas regularmente constituye una aberración total con respecto al nivel de ingresos de estos productores. +Si se consiguen aprobar normas comunes que eleven el nivel de protección de los consumidores en todos los países, ya no tendrá tanta importancia que las normas vigentes sean las del país del remitente o las del país de origen. +Voto en contra de la propuesta de resolución sobre Kosovo, porque considero que no ayuda en absoluto a encontrar una solución política, ni al fin inmediato de esta guerra sin sentido - especialmente hoy, 45 días después, en que empiezan a vislumbrarse esperanzas de escapar de este trágico callejón sin salida. +Se trata sin duda de una situación compleja y espero, señor Comisario y Vicepresidente, que en nombre de la Comisión y en nombre de la Unión Europea se adopten las medidas oportunas para reforzar estas tendencias, puesto que en la actualidad Turquía se está alejando de Europa en vez de aproximarse a ella. +Nunca hemos querido justificar sus actos ni sus intenciones. Solamente esperamos que el Gobierno turco permita que se celebre un proceso abierto y justo, pero desgraciadamente nuestros angustiosos presentimientos no se ven en absoluto aliviados. +No es digno de la democracia que Malasia dice ser el hecho de que los ciudadanos que expresan pacíficamente sus puntos de vista políticos o religiosos sean objeto de arresto y encarcelación, y todo ello sin que se ofrezca una seguridad jurídica adecuada. +Es decir, en el plano internacional se está tomando conciencia de esta situación, y no hay que desesperar porque este tipo de batallas, como la que usted señalaba, finalmente, como suele ocurrir siempre con todos los problemas que afectan a la humanidad, es a base de un combate cotidiano y tenaz como se terminan consiguiendo resultados. +Por lo que a mí respecta, señor Presidente, deseo decir que lamento que el considerando G de esta propuesta de resolución común permita abrigar dudas sobre los comentarios que podría efectuar este Parlamento a propósito de las iniciativas tomadas por el presidente de la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación, el Sr. Michel Rocard. +Finalmente -y no insistiré demasiado en este punto-, la responsabilidad de Francia, ilustrada hasta la caricatura por la coincidencia entre el decimoctavo golpe de Estado en las Comoras y la apertura en París del juicio al mercenario Bob Denard, autor, en 1975, 1978, 1989 y 1995, de cuatro golpes de Estado en Moroni y sospechoso del asesinato de dos Jefes de Estado comoranos. +La República Islámica de las Comoras es un Estado que desde hace muchos años, prácticamente desde su independencia, sufre una crisis institucional y estructural muy grave, como han recordado los colegas que han intervenido antes que yo. +Quizá sepa que ha habido una declaración de los ministros del G8 ofreciendo unas condiciones para una solución en Kosovo mucho menos intransigentes que las cinco condiciones en las que se ha insistido hasta ahora y que vuelve a vincular de forma significativa al Consejo de Seguridad. +En cuanto al sistema, más general, de reconocimiento de títulos, estoy asimismo a favor de una mejora y de un refuerzo del reconocimiento de las cualificaciones, ya que si bien el reconocimiento de títulos es teóricamente satisfactorio, no se traduce suficientemente en los hechos. +El compromiso que se ha aceptado en la conciliación alivia la carga de las PYME, lo cual cabe esperar que aliente a estas empresas a orientar sus esfuerzos hacia objetivos más favorables y que fomenten la creación de empleo. +En la Unión Europea y en los Estados miembros se ha otorgado especialmente un papel fundamental a las pequeñas empresas con predominio de mano de obra a la hora de promover la creación de empleo. +Transcurrida una semana desde la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam, y habida cuenta de la importancia cada vez mayor que está adquiriendo el procedimiento de codecisión, creo que tenemos motivos para felicitarnos por esta victoria del Parlamento y de la democracia. +Asimismo estimo fundamental que nos hayamos propuesto reducir las variables obligatorias, no sólo en cuanto a la carga, sino también en lo que al número de variables se refiere. Por lo demás, somos partidarios de un nivel de información aceptable, es decir, de una buena relación coste-eficacia. +Señor Presidente, en el marco de la iniciativa SLIM, la Comisión presentó el 30 de mayo de 1997 dos propuestas de reglamento con el fin de simplificar la normativa básica del sistema INTRASTAT. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A4-0234/99) del Sr. Malangré, en nombre de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y de Derechos de los Ciudadanos, sobre los procedimientos de insolvencia. +En el año 1995 se acordó mediante una resolución de estas características lo que debía entenderse por interceptación en sentido técnico, si debía registrarse únicamente el contenido de la conversación telefónica o también la hora y el número de teléfono de los interlocutores. +A consecuencia de estas importaciones masivas que apenas cubren, por otro lado, el precio de la materia prima, gran número de empresas textiles europeas están registrando actualmente pérdidas y ven amenazada su supervivencia, lo que pone en grave riesgo el mantenimiento de los puestos de trabajo. +De conformidad con el artículo 13 del Reglamento, las candidaturas a las funciones de Presidente del Parlamento Europeo deberán presentarse, con el consentimiento de los interesados, por un Grupo político o por treinta y dos diputados como mínimo. +Señora Heidi Hautala, en los últimos días hemos ya trabajado bien juntos, y una expresión de esta buena colaboración es, ciertamente, que usted como Presidenta del Grupo de los Verdes se encuentra sentada en la primera fila, igual que el Presidente de los Liberales, el Sr. Pat Cox. +Esta Europa inicia la legislatura en un momento de gran dificultad por lo que sucede en nuestras fronteras: de gran dificultad porque el proceso de unificación política y el proyecto de política económica siguen estando lejos de nuestro alcance. +Una Presidencia fuerte, atenta y capaz, equilibrada y justa, como la que usted ya demostró que puede ejercer, nos da esperanza y confianza de cara a trabajar juntos, todos juntos, a fin de satisfacer las necesidades de esos ciudadanos europeos que siguen esperando de nosotros una respuesta clara acerca de su futuro. +Como les manifestaba hace un instante, llamo la atención de Sus Señorías, puesto que al no exceder el número de candidatos del número de puestos por cubrir, les propongo que se elija por aclamación a estos catorce candidatos para los puestos de Vicepresidentes. +Señora Presidenta, deseo intervenir en relación con el acta porque entiendo que, en el día de ayer, la Conferencia de Presidentes y todos los Grupos políticos suscribimos conjuntamente una objeción a la constitución del llamado «Grupo técnico de diputados independientes» y yo creo que dicha objeción debe constar explícitamente en el acta. +Pese a todas las críticas relativas a casos particulares, hay algo que no deberíamos olvidar, a saber, que sin el trabajo tenaz y comprometido de la Comisión tampoco hubiésemos podido resolver los numerosos y difíciles problemas justamente bajo la Presidencia alemana. +Señorías, en la fase que ahora iniciamos tendremos que aprovechar la dinámica que se ha configurado en el pasado semestre, como resultado de la tensión entre la crisis y las necesidades de reforma, para dar nuevos pasos hacia la integración. +Pero las decisiones que se han adoptado en los últimos seis meses, bajo la Presidencia alemana del Consejo, marcarán el futuro de la Unión Europea hasta bien entrada la próxima década. +Se ha vuelto a admitir en sociedad a la guerra como medio de la política y se continuará avanzando por este funesto derrotero con la integración del pacto militar de la UEO en la Unión Europea y la creación de fuerzas de intervención. +Me gustaría preguntar si esos tres Estados miembros, que hicieron en Amsterdam del fortalecimiento de las instituciones una condición indispensable y, por tanto, previa para la conclusión de las primeras negociaciones de adhesión, corroboran sus reservas anexas al Tratado de Amsterdam o si han atenuado su posición entretanto. +Esto presupone nuestra firme decisión de oponernos en caso necesario con medios militares cuando ya no exista otra posibilidad, a aquellos que piensan que pueden imponer la política del nacionalismo con la violencia, el asesinato, el terror o las expulsiones en masa. +En primer lugar, porque no hizo una reforma de la financiación de los recursos propios a partir exclusivamente del producto nacional bruto, que es la única base contributiva justa, equitativa y transparente. +Además, necesitamos la integración de las directrices sobre la política de empleo y económicas y, lo que es muy importante, necesitamos una revisión del marco institucional del pacto europeo por el empleo. +Necesitamos pues más democracia y no un aumento del déficit democrático como consecuencia del pacto europeo por el empleo y este Parlamento lo ha exigido en el período de legislatura anterior. +Esta Asamblea sabrá que hemos vuelto a entrar en una fase crítica en el proceso de paz de Irlanda del Norte, un proceso que han respaldado las sucesivas presidencias. +El reto que debemos afrontar consiste en replantear, adaptar y mejorar la organización para convertirla en más eficiente y eficaz, al objeto de luchar contra los fraudes a todos los niveles y de poner a la Institución al servicio de los ciudadanos europeos. +No pretendo que Europa tenga todas las respuestas a estos problemas; lo que quiero significar es que debemos mostrar nuestro empeño para contribuir a resolver, a escala europea, estas cuestiones, ya que, por su misma naturaleza, superan las fronteras puramente nacionales. +En efecto, ciertos acontecimientos recientes, tales como la guerra de Kosovo y la nueva crisis en la esfera de la seguridad alimentaria que se ha producido en Bélgica, pero tiene, evidentemente, repercusiones en toda Europa, son acontecimientos particularmente significativos y creo que las respuestas que se deben dar -y usted ha dado algunas señales interesantes a ese respecto- son respuestas que deben ser ambiciosas. +El Presidente Sr. Prodi muestra interés respecto a la Conferencia Intergubernamental, pero me parece que no valora lo suficiente el hecho de que el estado crítico de las Instituciones y de la relación de falta de confianza con los ciudadanos no es indiferente ni política ni socialmente. +Desde esta perspectiva, la cuestión de la sede de los organismos que se ocuparán de la reconstrucción es muy importante, y quiero creer que se mantendrá la elección de Salónica como punto nodal estratégico desde el que se desarrollarán todos los planes necesarios para esta reconstrucción sustantiva. +El Consejo de Asuntos Generales de la Unión Europea resaltó el lunes pasado que la Unión seguirá ayudando al pueblo serbio, el cual sufre las consecuencias de una nefasta política. +Los diputados del Parlamento Europeo han subrayado en diversas ocasiones el papel tan importante que la Unión desempeña como motor y como aval del desarrollo pacífico y armónico de nuestro continente. +Partí en mi exposición de la idea de que la Unión puede tener éxito en sus funciones sólo a través de una colaboración estrecha y transparente entre todas las partes de la misma, así como por medio del apoyo activo de los ciudadanos de Europa. +También necesitamos un fortalecemiento de la credibilidad de la Unión para intervenir con propiedad en asuntos graves de nuestra competencia; el establecimiento de plazos concretos para la reconstrucción de Kosovo es el más agudo. +Pero también ha producido heridas en algunos Gobiernos carentes de una clara política exterior. Sea como sea, ha marcado el fracaso de diez años de diplomacia y ha puesto en evidencia las incurias, las carencias y a veces los derroches de la cooperación internacional. +La impresión que se tiene es que no se pensó tanto en las actividades de reconstrucción inmediatas y para las que debería ser competente esta Agencia sino en las necesidades generales de ayuda económica en la totalidad de la región. +Hemos de aprender a combinar la mano de hierro de la OTAN con el guante de seda económico de la UE y ofrecer cooperación y ayuda para el desarrollo económico y democrático. +Éste es el punto fundamental del caso Öcalan, esto es, el mantenimiento en demasiadas legislaciones de normas que castigan como delito el ejercicio del derecho de autodeterminación de los pueblos en su acepción extrema de facultad de secesión, incluso con medios no violentos y democráticos. +De la misma forma que hay Comunidades autónomas en España, Länder en Alemania o Comunidades en Bélgica, etc., también haría falta una solución parecida dentro de Turquía para los kurdos, para que puedan disfrutar, lo mismo que usted señalaba de Finlandia, de poder hablar cada uno su propia lengua, tener prensa libre sobre sus problemas, tener un Parlamento regional. +Tenemos que impulsar la lucha contra el narcotráfico, contra el crimen organizado, contra la inseguridad ciudadana; tenemos que invertir en la protección de los ciudadanos y no transigir con esa cara oculta que constituye la relación entre terrorismo, tráfico de armas, crimen organizado, tráfico de material nuclear. +Dinamarca fue el primer país que propuso la importancia de los métodos no militares, pero Finlandia, en su calidad de Presidente del Consejo, es el país que debe llevar a la práctica lo más contudentemente posible, y con la colaboración de todos, esta plausible iniciativa. +Quiero señalar también que es muy importante la misión del Tribunal internacional encargado de juzgar los crímenes de guerra, y en particular el tribunal encargado de Yugoslavia es en este momento un importante colobarador nuestro en toda esta cuestión. +El proceso de reformas ha comenzado en todas las instituciones, entre otras cosas gracias a que el Parlamento Europeo en muchas ocasiones ha llamado la atención sobre esos asuntos. +La Asamblea estará familiarizada con el artículo 213 que, entre otras cosas, exige concretamente que los miembros de la Comisión respeten «los deberes de honestidad y discreción, en cuanto a la aceptación, una vez terminado su mandato, de determinadas funciones o beneficios». +Un sencillo ejemplo que puedo dar a la Asamblea de los juegos internos a los que se han dedicado los jefes de gabinete -no los comisarios- en un tema concreto de personal sirve como botón de muestra de cómo se manejaron estas cosas. +Yo saludo la decisión -que creo que ha sido muy rápida- del Consejo en este caso y también las explicaciones de la Comisión en relación con su actuación en este caso, que ha sido de una enorme rapidez. +También hay que reconocer que la contaminación de los piensos con dioxina muestra que ni la legislación actual ni las medidas de protección vigentes son suficientes para impedir la contaminación de los piensos con sustancias nocivas, como la dioxina. +Refiriéndome a las medidas tomadas por el Consejo recordaría que los ministros de Agricultura y de Sanidad han seguido muy de cerca la crisis de la dioxina y han debatido sobre ella en la primera oportunidad que se tuvo, a saber, en las reuniones convocadas en junio. +Antes de terminar mi exposición quiero observar que la crisis de la dioxina ha demostrado claramente que las consecuencias de este tipo de acontecimientos no se limitan a las zonas, ni siquiera a los países, en que se producen. +Ningún país del mundo está libre de la dioxina, y se podrían traer a colación toda una serie de ejemplos de contaminación por dioxina que en los últimos años han aparecido en los titulares de los países más variados. +Lo lamento mucho, y me temo que el único que en este tema va a movilizar realmente al Consejo va a ser el acuerdo que hemos cerrado recientemente con los americanos, es decir, el acuerdo de que los americanos podrán controlar si en Europa se cumplen los estándares higiénicos que también nosotros esperamos de ellos. +En consecuencia, señor Presidente, insisto especialmente en la propuesta hecha por nuestro Grupo de que el Parlamento cree una comisión provisional que se ocupe en conjunto de todos los asuntos relacionados con la seguridad de los alimentos y con la salud pública, y no sólo de detalles parciales. +He de decirles, señor Comisario, señor Presidente, que me alegré con las medidas que acaban de anunciar ustedes, pero sí que quisiera recordarles que algunas de esas medidas de hecho fueron propuestas por el Parlamento Europeo, hace ya tiempo, desde la conclusión de la Comisión de investigación sobre las vacas locas. +Pero, finalmente, señor Comisario, señor Presidente, me gustaría subrayar, al igual que nuestros colegas, que jamás podremos resolver el problema de la seguridad de la alimentación si no empezamos a pensar en un drástico replanteamiento de nuestra agricultura, de nuestra producción alimentaria. +Por otro lado, he de decir que para mi es totalmente inadmisible que en esta crisis de dioxinas el sindicato de agricultores belgas se niegue a colaborar en la reestructuración agraria y en la reducción del censo ganadero en Bélgica. +Muchos de los ingredientes son idénticos (prácticas displicentes e incluso deleznables en la preparación de algunos productos alimenticios de origen animal en un mundo de agricultura intensiva y pánico y engaño en algunos de los Estados miembros afectados cuando se descubre inicialmente el origen de la contaminación) +Por ello, abogo por la constitución de una comisión de investigación parlamentaria temporal, encargada de supervisar que se pongan sobre la mesa todos los problemas y se estudie todo el conjunto de las enseñanzas que debemos sacar. +Quiero destacar que a esta grave crisis de salud se está haciendo frente con instrumentos que fueron concebidos para otros objetivos ligados a la Política Agraria Común, como es el Comité Veterinario Permanente destinado a entender de la sanidad animal en sí misma. +Señora Presidenta, habría peido la palabra esta mañana temprano en la aprobación del Acta si hubiese sabido que el anexo 3 no había repartido por nuestros escaños. +Pienso, por ejemplo, en la falta de transparencia de la parte del Gobierno belga, que tardó en alertar a la Comisión Europea, así como a la falta de información de los consumidores. +En consecuencia, le ruego que la Mesa dilucide y trate esto con la mayor celeridad, pues de esta suerte entramos en la pausa de verano con una situación totalmente confusa en lo que se refiere a las delegaciones y esto no debe suceder en este Parlamento. +Multar al Comité Francés Organizador equivale a privar al fútbol de base y al fomento de este deporte de unos fondos para ingresarlos en las arcas de la Comisión Europea. +Con ocasión de la Copa del Mundo de 1998, de los dos millones de entradas vendidas, la mayor parte de las mismas fue directamente gestionada por la Federación Internacional de Fútbol, que envió cupos a las 203 asociaciones nacionales de fútbol, reservando un mayor porcentaje para los 24 países clasificados, entre los que se encontraba el Reino Unido. +Finalmente, en cuarto lugar, es normal que, con respecto a un deporte popular y a un país organizador que invirtió nueve millardos de francos en este acontecimiento, se procure que los habitantes del país organizador aprueben y participen en el acontecimiento, lo que también constituye un elemento clave del éxito. +Ya dije diez minutos antes de que interviniera el Sr. Ford que los organizadores belgas y neerlandeses del campeonato de Europa se han puesto en contacto con la Comisión y que no se pondrá a la venta ni una sola entrada de modo discriminatorio. +Éste es un debate para mirar hacia adelante, hacia el futuro de la Unión Europea y para fortalecer sus instituciones y, en particular, la Comisión Europea, cuyo papel central en la construcción europea nadie puede poner en tela de juicio. +La modernización y la reforma son, por tanto, necesarias y hay que llevarlas a cabo si queremos que la Comisión pueda, no sólo ejercitar su papel básico de guardiana de los Tratados, sino también de impulsora del proceso de toma de decisiones y de gestora correcta de los programas y proyectos que se le atribuyen. +En realidad ha ocurrido algo que considero muy importante -y en este sentido creo haber entendido también muy bien a mi predecesor en el uso de la palabra-: es preciso extraer las consecuencias de los errores y de la mala actuación de la Comisión. +Dice que tampoco las Instituciones ni las autoridades presupuestarias se dieron cuenta con rapidez de una serie de irregularidades ni actuaron en la manera más correcta y más sabia para evitar las consecuencias que hubo. +El Comité de Expertos Independientes avanzó los argumentos para establecer un comité para las reglas de la vida pública en el ámbito europeo. +Presidente, las palabras claves del segundo informe aquí presentado son temas como la subsidiariedad, la delegación de competencias y la importancia de la lucha independiente contra el fraude. +El grado de esmero con que tratemos este símbolo podría determinar en gran medida recuperar la confianza de los ciudadanos. Vigilaremos que la Comisión, y en especial el Sr. Kinnock, realice las promesas que hizo en las audiencias con respecto al Sr. Van Buitenen. +La Comisión, a fin de cuentas, ha actuado en muchos puntos. Pero en el caso de la EEB sólo ha actuado por presión, también ha actuado en estas cuestiones sólo por la presión de la opinión pública. +En los procedimientos realizados hasta ahora, muchos de los Comisarios designados han tenido la amabilidad de prometer por adelantado un estatuto de reformas para sus propios ámbitos y han aludido a sus compromisos con políticas concretas. +Los 350 millones de personas que constituyen la asociación de la Unión Europea no se sentirán agradecidos al Parlamento Europeo ni a la Comisión Europea si la opinión pública considera que existe algún tipo de irritación en las relaciones que mantenemos. +Y recuerdo que cuando era presidente del Consejo italiano le fue retirada la confianza por el Parlamento, incluso por aquellas fuerzas políticas que cambiando de chaqueta -vete a saber con qué cara y con qué valor- están dispuestas a votar a su favor, después de haber votado en su contra en Roma. +En este contexto, señor Presidente de la Comisión, permítame que señale que en las audiencias algunos miembros de su Comisión aún no parecían haber dado este paso para acceder a la condición de Comisarios europeos. +En lo que concierne al turno oral, ha sido un trabajo y un esfuerzo colosales tanto para los miembros del Parlamento como para los comisarios propuestos y trabajadores tanto de la Comisión como del Parlamento. +Permítame decir de paso que creo que estas audiciones, de esta forma, que empujan a los comisarios candidatos a adoptar compromisos que sus pueblos no aprobarían, introducen a mi juicio una distorsión real en la lealtad de los procedimientos. +Me permito hacer esta observación a modo de advertencia porque la renovación de la confianza que usted mismo ha pedido con razón, señor Prodi, también depende naturalmente de que encabece usted una Comisión que pueda realizar su trabajo libre de tales reparos y que se ha de diferenciar de su antecesora justamente en este aspecto. +Hemos escuchado con atención las repetidas declaraciones del Presidente y sin prejuicios las audiciones de los miembros de la Comisión, y esto nos ha permitido apreciar un compromiso que plantea una relación diferente entre la Comisión y el Parlamento. +Hoy nos encontramos en la etapa posterior al euro y, como dice el Presidente, en una etapa de reactivación, sin embargo, el desempleo masivo es la condena de esta política ortodoxa. +Por ello, el Partido Independentista del Reino Unido aboga por la retirada de nuestro país de la Unión Europea a través de la revocación del Acta constitutiva de las Comunidades Europeas que tan equivocadamente suscribió el Primer Ministro Heath en 1972. +Éstas son, señora Presidenta, señorías, las razones por las que apelamos a la prudencia de la Asamblea, a su moderación y sobre todo al respeto por los derechos de las minorías por las cuáles, hay que decirlo, hasta ahora ésta no se había honrado especialmente. +No hubo reacción a sus reiteradas y claras respuestas a la misma pregunta, y se repitieron hasta la náusea asuntos que afectan a la política interior belga y que nada tienen que ver con el futuro cargo del Sr. Busquin, habida cuenta de que ésta es una Asamblea multilingüe. +En los puntos 3 y 5 (a), (b) de nuestra resolución queda claro que si el Parlamento pierde la confianza en un comisario, debe ser suficiente con que haya mayoría simple para pedir al presidente, Sr. Prodi, la dimisión del comisario en cuestión. +Yo tengo presente que, en su calidad de Presidente designado de la Comisión, ya ha aceptado usted algunas exigencias políticas fundamentales que le planteamos, con el fin de hacer posible la aplicación de la responsabilidad individual. +En esta región, sin embargo, se encuentran las fronteras más extensas entre los países que han solicitado la adhesión a la Unión, así como la única frontera con el gran estado europeo de Rusia. +El informe del grupo independiente de expertos indica que las estructuras de la Unión Europea y la Comisión han sido confusas y desorganizadas durante años respecto de las relaciones de poder y de la responsabilidad. +Hemos realizado un buen comienzo con la audición, y después de la votación de mañana, permitamos que las fuerzas progresistas de esta Asamblea colaboren con la Comisión para proporcionar a la población de Europa lo que desea. +Usted merece la alabanza de este Parlamento por el trabajo que ha realizado en los ámbitos presupuestarios y especialmente en algunos de los ámbitos en los que ha intentado cambiar las cosas en el seno de la Comisión. +En el acuerdo interinstitucional se declara que antes de superar los marcos de financiación hay que buscar otras formas de disponer la financiación y así el Consejo ha actuado según su propio punto de vista. +Señor Presidente, yo sólo quisiera preguntarle a la señora Ministra si se ha considerado la posibilidad de incluir al Fondo Monetario Internacional en las citadas conversaciones sobre los recursos financieros para Timor oriental, Turquía y Kosovo, de manera que todo el peso no tenga que recaer exclusivamente sobre nosotros. +En primer lugar, es preciso desarrollar grandes estrategias que permitan controlar los flujos migratorios sin poner a prueba la capacidad de integración de los Estados miembros y los ciudadanos y ayuden a evitar la aparición de conflictos sociales. +Por otro lado, el incremento de la cooperación entre los Estados miembros nos obliga a examinar los derechos de los ciudadanos desde un punto de vista más amplio que el de los estados nacionales. +Y para seguir aplicando esos principios, es importante que el Parlamento cuente con una representación igual a la del Consejo a la hora de decidir sobre los derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos. +Bien está que haya un régimen temporal de protección, pero únicamente en circunstancias excepcionales y a condición de que no sea un régimen que niegue el derecho al examen individual de las solicitudes de asilo. +Si la Comisión va a adoptar este tipo de doctrina en la esfera del delito y de las drogas, etc., ¿cuál va a ser el futuro de esta Unión Europea? +Señora Presidenta, Señorías, el objetivo del Consejo Europeo de Tampere -como se recordó aquí en un consejo extraordinario- es el de determinar las orientaciones políticas y las prioridades en materia de creación de las zonas de libertad, seguridad y justicia. +Y como la participación de los Parlamentos nacionales en el proceso se limita a la presencia de representantes individuales tampoco está representada la pluralidad de las tendencias políticas. +Cabe recordar aquí el importante papel de la operación UNAMET de la ONU y dar las gracias a su personal por ese trabajo incansable que hizo posible la organización de un referéndum en unas circunstancias muy difíciles. +La Sra. Emma Bonino va a explicar por qué, en nombre de la afinidad política de aquellos que creen en los parlamentos, la democracia, en el Derecho y que aborrecen la partitocracia, la burocracia y la falsedad, no estamos votando ni vamos a votar. +Pero quisiera aprovechar también esta explicación de voto para referirme a la resolución paralela que agrupa varios compromisos contraídos por la Comisión Prodi en esferas en muchos casos técnicas, pero importantes, relacionadas con el código de conducta, la ética y la transparencia. +Pero, sobre todo, hay una cosa que usted puede hacer a favor de nuestra paz, y esa cosa es propiciar el respeto a los derechos históricos de los vascos, entre los cuales está la soberanía fiscal, como la tiene cualquier otro Estado miembro de la UE. +Señor Presidente, estimados colegas, nuestro voto negativo al nombramiento de la nueva Comisión por el resto del mandato actual se fundamenta entre otros argumentos en el hecho de que alberga a cuatro ex comisarios que formaron parte de un órgano colegial que se vio obligado a dimitir por mala gestión. +Las prestaciones con medias tintas de algunos de los candidatos, aparentemente aún reticentes cuando de lo que se trata es de mencionar la Europa social o el empleo, o incluso la audición muy poco convincente de la Sra. Palacio, no deben ocultar una impresión de conjunto globalmente satisfactoria. +A diferencia de su antecesor Helmut Kohl, que hace cinco años aceptó la propuesta de la oposición para la Comisión -a mí me costó votar por Monika Wulf-Mathies en 1994-, Schröder no se mostró dispuesto a tener en cuenta a la oposición actual CDU/CSU, por más que ganara las elecciones europeas en Alemania. +La Comisión también reconoce que la reasignación de esa suma no es posible ya en la categoría 4, sino que dice que hay que hacer un esfuerzo extensivo a una reasignación en el conjunto del presupuesto. +Todos sabemos que el Comité de las Regiones y el Comité Económico y Social contaban con una estructura organizativa común, la SOC, pero que, a raíz del Tratado de Amsterdam y su puesta en funcionamiento, se decidió que se suprimiera esta estructura organizativa común. +La propuesta trata del desvío de unos créditos de compromiso por valor de 137 millones de euros. 30 millones de ellos se destinan a Turquía, sobre todo a las acciones de ayuda para el alojamiento provisional de cara al invierno, es decir, ayudas de emergencia. +Y aún más: la Unión Europea acaba de decretar un embargo de material militar durante cuatro meses a los indonesios. ?Qué son cuatro meses después de veinticuatro años de venta compulsiva de armamento a Indonesia, conociéndose como se conocía el genocidio que hubo hace veinticuatro años en Timor? +Pero si no modifica su política, dejará de encontrar socios en Europa mientras los responsables de la situación actual continúen en el poder, ya sea en el Ejército, el Parlamento o el Gobierno. +Si no se detienen las matanzas, también en otras regiones, y si el Gobierno indonesio no ofrece una protección, nuestra opinión es que las Naciones Unidas deberán pasar a la acción también en esas otras regiones de Indonesia. +A la deuda que tenemos desde hace veinticuatro años con Timor Oriental, se añade el hecho de que en estos días hacemos alguna manifestación en favor de Timor Oriental, sin embargo, no se toma en cuenta la hipótesis política de que, con todo, tendremos que pasar una vez más por el hecho de implorar a los Estados Unidos la posibilidad de una intervención militar. +Además, este artículo también afirma que la política de la Unión en este aspecto no influye en las características especiales de las políticas de seguridad y defensa de los Estados miembros. +Nuestro objetivo principal es la abolición de la pena capital, pero como entre los países que la aplican se encuentran estados de mucho peso, la congelación de las relaciones no se presenta como una buena solución. +Señor Presidente, el Consejo es consciente de que los países con mucha extensión costera son responsables en gran medida de la seguridad de la navegación y de la defensa del medio ambiente marítimo, así que deben cumplir las normas que se han regulado al respecto. +Tanto en su calidad de Presidente en ejercicio de la Unión Europea, como a nivel nacional, Finlandia no apoya la liberación de la política en materia de drogas y tampoco la posibilidad de legalizar ciertas sustancias. +Sin embargo, hay que tomar en cuenta que en las conversaciones al respecto se ha hecho evidente que muchos países, sobre todo los países en vías de desarrollo, temen que la Unión exija determinadas normas laborales con la intención de hacer imposibles las importaciones desde esos países. +El Sr. Korakas ya nos ha hecho saber que considera que no deberían haber sido reagrupadas, pero así se ha decidido y yo confío en la habilidad de las respuestas del Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo para que las dos tengan la respuesta apropiada. +Para nosotros la estructura que se nos propone -y el Tribunal de Cuentas comparte nuestras preocupaciones- presenta un serio peligro de desmembramiento de la autoridad administrativa de la Comisión, en beneficio de un personal directivo intergubernamental, que no podemos aceptar. +Así pues, desearía simplemente que reflexionáramos sobre las estructuras autónomas de decisión en Pristina, que darían a la población el poder de decidir con nosotros los trabajos que deben ser emprendidos, y que no existiera una "superburocratización" en Bruselas, ligada a la lógica de funcionamiento de la Unión Europea. +Todos los esfuerzos por elevar la enseñanza y la asistencia médica a un nivel aceptable, por muy valiosos que en sí mismos sean, no han podido solucionar el problema de los refugiados. +(EN) Señor Presidente, es para mí un placer comentar el hecho de que en este breve debate hemos tenido tres intervenciones inaugurales, incluida la de la Sra. Schröder que, a sus 21 años, es la diputada más joven a este Parlamento. +Cuesta creer que en los quince países de la Unión Europea se pierdan nada menos que 7.500 vidas sencillamente porque las personas no utilizan el cinturón de seguridad en los asientos delanteros y en los asientos traseros. +En el futuro, el Parlamento Europeo no permitirá que otras instituciones de la UE recomienden ningún tipo o forma de reducción en los presupuestos disponibles para las campañas de seguridad vial. +Hay dificultades del mismo tipo en el control parlamentario, cuya consecuencia es que sea cada vez más incontrolable la acción de la policía y de los servicios secretos y los proyectos en el sector de la seguridad pública. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, en el momento en que decimos con la nueva Comisión que es preciso dar un papel principal al Parlamento Europeo, es natural que al mismo tiempo se tenga que pensar en el relanzamiento de la política exterior del propio Parlamento. +Por ello me gustaría que la nueva Comisión - y se lo pido ahora al Comisario Kinnock - realice una evaluación general de la eficacia del programa TACIS y luego nos informe sobre cómo piensan mejorar el programa para el presupuesto del año 2000, para que podamos votar con mayor confianza a favor del programa TACIS. +Georgios Papandreou, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Grecia y el Sr. Tzem, quien ostenta el mismo cargo en Turquía, han decidido que se incluya el tema de la colaboración heleno - turca para la lucha contra las catástrofes naturales en la agenda del diálogo de Atenas y Ankara. +Las declaraciones oficiales de Moscú en el sentido de que ni la crisis en Daguestán ni los atentados de Moscú servirán de pretexto para declarar el estado de excepción y, por consiguiente, posponer las próximas elecciones a la Duma, han tranquilizado a la Comisión. +Comprendo que deberíamos discutir con el Consejo de Europa para intentar negociar un arreglo con ellos, pero debe usted reconocer que técnicamente ya no tenemos acceso a ese edificio porque ya hemos dejado de pagar el alquiler. +Entonces me parece bastante penoso que la legislación francesa dé por lo visto tanta importancia a la propiedad artística de unos pasillos imposibles, luces y escaleras pero por ejemplo no al ahorro energético, mientras que en mi país por lo menos una tercera parte de las viviendas nuevas disponen de paneles solares. +Quiero añadir mi voz a los numerosos comentarios que ya se han hecho y señalar que encuentro totalmente incomprensible que estemos aquí en primer lugar, cuando tenemos oficinas, salas de reunión y cámaras muy buenas en Bruselas, y que es absurdo que todo el "Euro-circo" haya tenido que ser penosamente trasladado a Estrasburgo para tres o tal vez cuatro días al mes (perdón, cinco días esta semana). +Me gustaría decir, a pesar de que como muchos de los diputados también lamento el circo de desplazamientos entre las diversas sedes del Parlamento Europeo, que estoy plenamente satisfecho con el diseño de mi oficina de Estrasburgo, especialmente si, como me prometieron, se instala un armario con cerrojo. +Estimados colegas, aquellos de ustedes que hayan asistido a este Parlamento durante los últimos años saben que en esta Asamblea son muy pocos los que, como yo cuando presidía la última comisión para EEB, se han dedicado tan intensamente y -casi podríamos decir- con tanto entusiasmo, a la cuestión de la seguridad de la carne, especialmente la de la carne de vacuno británica. +Las soluciones se reconducen a tres frentes muy concretos: 1) el consumidor; 2) una nueva revolución agrícola y medioambiental; 3) una precisa indicación política que debe venir precisamente de los órganos comunitarios. +La crisis de las vacas locas y las noticias de los últimos meses han puesto de manifiesto que la seguridad alimentaria merece un trato prioritario, aunque también han demostrado que sólo nos acordamos de ello en momentos difíciles. +Me alegro especialmente de que hoy se encuentre usted aquí personalmente para informarnos sobre un asunto tan importante, aunque creo que el tiempo transcurrido desde el nombramiento de la nueva Comisión Europea es demasiado poco para que, tanto usted como los comisarios competentes, hayan podido ultimar propuestas concretas. +Si en los Estados Unidos el incumplimiento de las leyes sobre el medio ambiente puede sancionarse con la publicación del nombre de la empresa y del director de la misma, no veo por qué nosotros en los Países Bajos no podemos hacer algo similar. +Sin embargo, no puedo sino mostrarme perplejo y preocupado tanto en mi calidad de científico como de político ante las conclusiones a las que se ha llegado en esa decisión, esto es, fijar un techo máximo tolerado de BPC de 200 nanogramos de grasa tanto en la volatería como en las carnes de cerdo y sus derivados. +Señora Presidenta, las recientes crisis sucesivas en el ámbito de la seguridad alimentaria han puesto de manifiesto del modo más convincente que la protección de la salud pública ha de ser prioritaria frente a todas las demás políticas. +Resulta digno de beneplácito y tranquilizador que desde el comienzo mismo el nuevo Comisario, Sr. Byrne, haya demostrado un compromiso inequívoco con la recuperación de la confianza de los consumidores en la industria alimentaria. +Espero que ésta sea la principal prioridad de nuestros trabajos de la semana próxima en el contexto ACP y que se convierta, señor Comisario, en una propuesta que la Comisión y la Unión Europea hagan suya, al objeto de que por fin podamos hacernos cargo de este problema seriamente. +En menos de dos decenios, un período muy corto en el mundo de las enfermedades infecciosas, el SIDA ha llegado a ser la causa principal de muerte en el África subsahariana. +Dada la diferente naturaleza de estos fondos respecto a los proyectos normales en los cuales se aporta dinero al presupuesto, me temo que en este caso esa idea de control presupuestario, que todos aceptamos y que todos defendemos, no es exactamente aplicable. +La fórmula que yo les propondría ahora y a la que me puedo comprometer es que antes de que se produzca este tipo de pagos se informe, por ejemplo, a los presidentes de las comisiones implicadas en estos temas, de tal forma que el Parlamento tenga conocimiento de los mismos sin que, por ese deber de confidencialidad que tenemos que mantener en algunos temas, se nos plantee alguna dificultad. +¿Debemos introducir una solución específica consistente en modificar, por la vía de una decisión concreta del Consejo, las perspectivas financieras para un punto concreto? +Efectivamente, en la medida en que ello sea posible hemos de sobrepasar el estadio de las declaraciones de intenciones tan frecuentemente oídas en el transcurso del último decenio para encontrar aplicaciones concretas enérgicas si deseamos alcanzar este objetivo, a fin de cuentas modesto, de un 12 %. +Señor Presidente, quisiera felicitar al Sr. Langen, el ponente, por su informe sobre la aprobación del programa multianual para el fomento de las fuentes de energía renovable en la Comunidad, Altener II. +En realidad, puede que ni siquiera se asigne esa cantidad, dado que la enmienda n1 5 al apartado 3 (nuevo) del artículo 1 dice, en realidad, que se podría reducir la cantidad de fondos, si no es compatible con la perspectiva financiera para el período de que se trata. +Muchos serán planes pequeños, a escala de la comunidad, específicos del lugar, ya utilicen el viento, las olas, la energía solar, la combinación de calor y electricidad o incluso la biomasa. +Quisiera reiterar mi agradecimiento y decir que espero que en la última revisión podamos encontrar la fórmula definitiva y, por lo tanto, dar un empujón al programa ALTENER, que es un impulso claro a la utilización de las energías renovables en Europa. +En lo que se refiere a la enmienda 4, existe una clara necesidad de complementariedad, como decíamos hace un momento al hablar del programa ALTENER, en cuanto a las acciones en el ámbito de la eficacia energética y de las energías renovables. +Pero no es menos cierto que ha habido momentos en que apreciamos, por parte de los negociadores europeos así como por parte de tal o cual Estado miembro, comportamientos excesivamente burocráticos, defensivos y hasta cicateros, como también nos preocupó percibir a veces en nuestros interlocutores sudafricanos una tendencia a dar marcha atrás y a reabrir cuestiones que parecían ya cerradas, con lo que el proceso se demoraba más y más. +La decisión de la Cumbre Económica Mundial, celebrada en Colonia este año, de cancelar 100.000 millones de dólares de deuda del tercer mundo fue importante a ese respecto y debe surtir un efecto catalizador para la adopción de otras medidas por todos los países de la UE y no sólo unos pocos. +Por otro lado, los firmantes del acuerdo no lo ocultan y dicen que "las disposiciones relativas a la cooperación pretenden facilitar la reestructuración y la modernización de la industria sudafricana y estimular su competitividad" . +Por lo demás, han resultado divididas las interpretaciones y las opiniones del Parlamento Europeo que quería un acuerdo que se acercara más a las condiciones del Convenio de Lomé, y de la Comisión que se ha pronunciado por una adhesión, digamos, condicionada. +Y, sobre todo, que, en consonancia con las conclusiones del Consejo de Asuntos Generales de julio de este año, se subscribe el acuerdo específico sobre vinos antes de la entrada provisional en vigor de la parte comercial del acuerdo, prevista para enero. +Mientras no se aplique el acuerdo sobre vinos y licores, no entrarán en vigor ni la asistencia financiera especial -15 millones de euros- al sector vinícola sudafricano ni el contingente de vino libre de derechos de 32 millones de litros. +Tampoco se ha acordado aún que la UE liberalice las importaciones de productos automovilísticos sudafricanos en el plazo de tres años, como parece anunciar el informe en la página 9. +Durante las próximas semanas y meses, seguiré estrechamente el proceso preparatorio con vistas a esa fecha a fin de velar por que todas las concesiones comerciales importantes de la UE a Sudáfrica inicien su andadura en esa fecha acordada. +¿Puede indicar la Comisión qué acciones puede emprender para encontrar urgentemente fondos (por ejemplo, MCA restantes, otros programas comunitarios), con el fin de que en todo el territorio griego se dé un control preventivo inmediato de la adecuación estática de edificios públicos, escuelas, hospitales, etc., así como de lugares de trabajo en masa, como fábricas, para que se verifique la resistencia de las edificaciones en cuestión en casos de seísmos de gran magnitud? +Con la Sra. Diamantopoulou hemos comunicado esta misma tarde, a la Comisión, las acciones que son posibles en el marco de los Fondos Estructurales para apoyar a Grecia y ayudar a la reconstrucción, a la reparación. +El complicado acceso al valle del Panshir, la situación sumamente explosiva y la acusada sensibilidad política, que caracterizan la situación en el lugar, exigen una intervención que debe ser coordinada entre las diversas organizaciones humanitarias a fin de evitar fallos de estimación y malas decisiones. +Creo que precisamente la cuantía de la ayuda humanitaria comunitaria a Serbia subraya claramente nuestro deseo de apostar a favor de la población y hasta ahora hemos sido capaces de identificar necesidades claras y justificadas de carácter humanitario. +La mayor parte de los escolares va a tener o ya tiene una dirección de correo electrónica propia, la mayoría de los que trabajan ya la tienen y hay muchos cursos sobre Internet para pensionistas. +El índice de abstención registrado en las recientes elecciones al Parlamento Europeo ha demostrado, sin embargo, que los ciudadanos no están sensibilizados en la medida que sería conveniente en relación con la UE y sus objetivos. +En segundo lugar -y esto reviste una importancia inmensa y lo examiné en las Naciones Unidas con el Secretario General y el Secretario General Adjunto-, la cuestión de la financiación de la administración civil a corto y medio plazo. +También estoy convencido de que no sólo estamos obligados a apoyar a los círculos democráticos y sus modestos éxitos por razones morales sino también porque una Turquía democrática que pueda solucionar sus problemas en Turquía será de positiva para la seguridad interior de la Unión Europea. +Por ello -independientemente de cuál sea el calendario y el procedimiento exacto a seguir- en Helsinki hay que mandar una señal de esperanza a las personas de origen turco y kurdo así como a la democracia en Turquía. +Habida cuenta de la importancia geoestratégica de Turquía y del papel que siempre ha desempeñado en la defensa de Europa, creemos, finalmente, que también convendría incluir en el orden del día de los trabajos las cuestiones de política exterior y de seguridad. +Señor Presidente, el Sr. Romano Prodi declaró en su discurso de presentación al Parlamento Europeo que tenemos por delante un periodo de ampliación de veinte o incluso treinta años, durante el cual el número de miembros ascenderá a veinticinco, o quizás a más. +Si se aceptase a Turquía en calidad de país candidato a la adhesión, los criterios de Copenhague supondrían una especie de camino o cauce para la evolución futura del país y contribuirían a orientar el desarrollo del mismo hacia los valores que aquí representamos. +Creo que cuando se haga perceptible que este acercamiento a los valores occidentales le ofrece a Turquía mejores posibilidades de desarrollo económico y más campo de acción política, es posible que los países islámicos tomen a Turquía como ejemplo positivo y que se consolide de esta forma el desarrollo de las zonas vecinas. +La cooperación entre Europa y Turquía podría ser un ejemplo alentador y esperanzador sobre cómo culturas que son vecinas y que conviven pueden encontrar una vía conjunta para lograr la paz, la democracia y el Estado de derecho al igual que oportunidades de bienestar para sus habitantes. +En este sentido, ruego al Parlamento Europeo que nos conceda la posibilidad de hablar de un modo creíble con Turquía, de contribuir creíblemente a que se produzcan cambios en Turquía y aquí se incluye que cumplamos también realmente los compromisos contraídos frente a este país. +La Presidencia finlandesa ha considerado el proceso de paz en Oriente Próximo como uno de los asuntos más importantes de la política común de la Unión en materia de asuntos exteriores y seguridad. +Reconocemos el papel crucial de los Estados Unidos que han luchado durante tanto tiempo y con tanta tenacidad para llevar la paz a esa afligida región; y rindo un cálido homenaje a dichos esfuerzos - por ejemplo, a la capacidad negociadora y a la determinación de la Secretaria de Estado. +En este sentido, el Presidente Arafat y el Primer Ministro Barak ya han firmado el memorándum para la aplicación del Acuerdo de Wye River y reanudar las negociaciones sobre la situación final. +Acojo con satisfacción la declaración de la Autoridad Palestina, en el sentido de que adoptará medidas para combatir el terrorismo, mientras que el Primer Ministro Barak ha reconocido con carácter informal que intentará limitar la expansión de los asentamientos. +Si embargo, a la hora de defender el derecho de autodeterminación, consideramos que todas las partes deben ser exhortadas a emplearse a fondo especialmente contra el terrorismo a fin de garantizar la seguridad de los pueblos. +Así, serios obstáculos para lograr una paz justa, como el constante establecimiento de colonias judías en territorios palestinos o el desprecio de lo que Jerusalén Este significa para palestinos, árabes y musulmanes en general, han llenado de dificultades el camino hacia la paz, concepto que no debe ser definido como la mera ausencia de guerra. +El Parlamento Europeo - la única institución de la UE que es elegida directamente por los ciudadanos - tampoco fue consultado en ningún momento durante los dos años que duraron las negociaciones sobre el contenido del Convenio. +Según los franceses, es evidente que si aún se registran cada año 3.000 casos de "vacas locas" en el Reino Unido, a pesar de todas las medidas de precaución que han sido tomadas, sigue existiendo, en la transmisión de esta enfermedad, algún elemento que aún no se ha podido explicar. +Por ello, este país precisa de un apoyo máximo, pues el nuevo Gobierno ha demostrado cómo se puede proporcionar estabilidad con un espíritu europeo en una de las regiones más peligrosas del mundo. +Tras la celebración de esa reunión, informaré de inmediato sobre los detalles de las resoluciones allí tomadas y comunicaré la postura del Consejo a las Comisiones de Industria, Comercio Exterior, Investigación y Energía. +En el plano agrícola, las orientaciones del Consejo Europeo de Berlín sobre la Agenda 2000 nos ofrecen una base sólida para realizar, en materia de liberalización, progresos compatibles con el modelo agrícola europeo. +Pero hay también algunas otras cuestiones abiertas en la cooperación entre el Consejo y la Comisión, por un lado, y el Parlamento Europeo, por otro, en el marco de la Ronda del Milenio. +Por ello, hay que crear para los países en vías de desarrollo unas condiciones mejores de acceso al mercado suprimiendo al mismo tiempo todas las subvenciones a la exportación de la UE para los productos agrarios. +Me parece vergonzoso que hayamos tenido que aceptar que muchos países en vías de desarrollo y que participan contractualmente en el marco de este debate y que se ven sobre todo afectados, no puedan estar sentados ni siquiera a la mesa negociadora por motivos financieros y que la participación de la opinión pública sea tan pequeña. +Este modelo, basado en la preferencia comunitaria, garantiza la calidad de los productos, la seguridad alimentaria, la supervivencia y la expansión de nuestros sectores agrícola y agroalimentario. +Con respecto a los problemas sanitarios y educativos, no pensamos y no deseamos poner en tela de juicio objetivos de política pública en estos ámbitos a título de lo que se propone en el campo de la liberalización de servicios en la próxima Ronda. +Este atropello ha de verse como un ataque contra la libertad de expresión y el derecho ilimitado de los ciudadanos a la cultura, que no tiene parangón ni en la UE ni en los demás países democráticos. +El Consejo considera que son los Estados miembros los que deben encargarse de mitigar las consecuencias sociales de la supresión de las ventas libres de impuestos y los problemas que puedan surgir en las zonas fronterizas. +En los casos en que la Presidencia haya tenido la intención de celebrar reuniones públicas, pero no lo haya logrado, ¿qué Estados miembros son los que, con su oposición, han puesto trabas a la transparencia? +Señor Presidente, estamos asistiendo una vez más a un conflicto de intereses, podemos llamarlo así, entre el principio de integridad territorial de los Estados y el principio de autodeterminación de los pueblos. +Y es preciso y urgente que tomemos todas las medidas a nuestra disposición para que se restablezcan los derechos humanos en la región, para que los refugiados cuenten con toda la ayuda humanitaria que precisan y para que, finalmente, puedan regresar a sus hogares porque se ha restablecido la paz. +Realmente es pecar por exceso de credulidad el imaginar que el Gobierno británico no podía haber interrumpido la entrega de esos aviones de combate que llegaron a su destino unas cuantas horas antes de que las fuerzas indonesias mataran por lo menos a cinco manifestantes en Yakarta. +Y pido a la Comisión que se emplee a fondo para aplicar estos objetivos, con el fin de convertir a Europa en la patria mundial de la acción política contra la pena de muerte. +Al mismo tiempo, este Parlamento tiene que dar su decidido apoyo a esta acción y velar para que en el futuro se alcancen acuerdos obligatorios en Ginebra en todas las situaciones que tengan relación con los derechos humanos, además de cumplir la resolución que espero que se apruebe en Nueva York en el otoño. +Así pues, es también una manera de reafirmar, en este sentido, la importancia de legislar definitivamente, al nivel de las Naciones Unidas, sobre la abolición de la pena de muerte. +He escuchado el debate de hoy y lo considero como una contribución muy sensata y muy sobria a la consecución de esas esperanzas que, a mi juicio, se pueden realizar con lo que yo denominaría un "aterrizaje suave" para Indonesia y para todas las poblaciones de Indonesia. +No me queda más remedio que decir hoy que también tenemos que dejar de echar la culpa a los trabajadores, trabajadores a quienes la radiación ha sentenciado a muerte como consecuencia de las actividades ilegales y criminales de la industria nuclear. +Pero en Tokaimura, las propias autoridades japonesas han reconocido que los procedimientos de seguridad, tanto en la planta de conversión como en las instalaciones de producción de combustible, no se han respetado. +La orientación hacia la energía blanda y hacia las fuentes de energías renovables se da a conocer cada vez más como la única solución al problema energético de la sociedad postindustrial. +Las cuestiones referentes a la inspección del combustible en la planta MOX de Sellafield son de la incumbencia de las autoridades nacionales y han sido notificadas a los servicios de inspección de instalaciones nucleares del Reino Unido. +El Gobierno irlandés ha preparado un Libro Verde sobre la energía sostenible que ocupará un lugar especial en nuestro Plan Nacional de Desarrollo para el período 2000-2006. +Entiendo que es importante para la Cámara, es importante para la institución del Parlamento Europeo estar una vez más a la altura de las demandas de los ciudadanos europeos, demandas que se han expresado de modo muy nítido últimamente y, por supuesto, durante las últimas elecciones europeas. +Señor Presidente, siempre he sido bastante escéptica ante las actitudes moralistas o policiales que incluso fomentan la denuncia, para las cuales los fraudes se evitan sólo a través de la creación de instrumentos de control de las personas cada vez más evidentes. +En el caso presente estamos ante una nueva realidad tecnológica y social que podemos configurar jurídicamente desde el principio mediante una legislación originariamente europea y con la que al mismo tiempo nos podemos acreditar de una manera especial como comunidad jurídica europea. +Un antiguo ejemplo aplicable aquí es que si las leyes de los Estados miembros exigen presencia simultánea, entonces no será posible para una pareja casarse mediante este tipo de firmas a través de la red. +Para muchos de nosotros, y me sorprende que la Sra. Thors no lo haya mencionado, esto es un fenómeno estimulante, igualador y liberador porque el mundo antiguo estaba dominado por los grandes centros y las periferias estaban en una situación desventajosa en relación con los centros. +Con la directiva sobre las condiciones marco para la firma electrónica la Unión Europea da un importante paso hacia la eliminación de los obstáculos al comercio electrónico. +Con respecto al plazo, parece razonable, teniendo en cuenta el retraso que se está produciendo con esta directiva, que se amplíe para los ciclomotores del 1 de enero al 1 de julio de 2002, para que haya un poco de tiempo de adaptación de la industria. +En cuanto a la llamada cuestión de las oficinas de asistencia técnica, la gran reforma propuesta por el Parlamento tal vez no haya sido aún suficientemente ponderada para que se pueda realizar en el ámbito del presupuesto para el ejercicio 2000. +He notado que también el Parlamento Europeo tiene intención de proponer asignaciones que superan el límite máximo de la categoría 4 y piensa hacerlo para que sea posible poner asignaciones a disposición de las acciones en Timor Oriental y en Turquía que necesiten financiación y también para concretar el acuerdo de pesca con Marruecos. +La Comisión me ha encomendado que les comunique que la Comisión va a proponer otra solución, que tomará en consideración tanto la necesidad de establecer prioridades políticas como el principio de disciplina presupuestaria. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, las relaciones entre la Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural y la Comisión de Presupuestos durante los trabajos de elaboración del Presupuesto no se han desarrollado nunca sin tensiones. +Estamos dispuestos a dotar a la Comisión de los recursos necesarios para financiar las tareas administrativas y de gestión de todos estos proyectos si se garantiza la debida participación del Parlamento en las reflexiones sobre la reforma. +Permítanme que recuerde también lo que ha manifestado el colega Perry: los programas plurianuales, como SÓCRATES y LIFE, responden de hecho a las expectativas de los ciudadanos y debemos garantizar su calidad y dotarlos de los recursos necesarios como parte de los procesos de desarrollo y de integración europeos. +También quisiera dar las gracias a todos los miembros de las diferentes comisiones que nos han hecho llegar sus aspiraciones y que en su mayor parte han manifestado una gran comprensión ante el hecho de que, cuando nos movemos en un marco limitado, aunque muchas cosas son deseables, no todas son posibles. +El Presupuesto de la Unión Europea para el ejercicio 2000 tiene un carácter especial, no sólo porque empezó a examinarlo el antiguo Parlamento y luego se alcanzó un Acuerdo interinstitucional, que es vinculante para nosotros, en el que también participamos y que se aceptó mantener después de las elecciones. +De la misma manera que mi Grupo no defiende un aumento imprudente de los gastos de la Unión, más importante nos parece, si es necesario, lo cual ocurre claramente en este caso, utilizar el margen de incremento de gastos autorizado por los acuerdos firmados entre los propios Estados miembros. +Si el mismo rigor presupuestario prevalece tanto en el ámbito de los Estados como de la Unión, éste responde sobre todo aquí a las reivindicaciones de algunos países miembros y sabemos que la primera víctima de este rigor será la política agrícola común. +Por lo tanto, debemos asegurarnos no sólo de que haya la debida coherencia entre las agencias que trabajan sobre el terreno, sino también, señora Presidenta del Consejo, de que no adoptar decisiones que supongan gastar dinero inútilmente por una decisión del Consejo de trasladar a unas personas a otro lugar a 100 millas de distancia. +No nos cabe la menor duda de que será posible consignar nuevos recursos para la financiación de Kosovo, pero en cambio consideramos que otras medidas -Turquía, el Acuerdo de pesca con Marruecos- se deben financiar en el marco de los gastos actualmente previstos en el Presupuesto. +En efecto, la nota más destacada de este presupuesto estriba en la manifiesta insuficiencia de las asignaciones para afrontar determinados objetivos, pues en la categoría IV, "Política exterior y cooperación", es en la que esa insuficiencia se manifiesta de forma más evidente. +Es el primer presupuesto que va a rozar los 100 millardos de euros si se adoptan las enmiendas Bourlanges y, hablando del señor Bourlanges - que es el financiero de "la cabaña del tío Jean Monnet" -, es su primer informe tras el informe general, después del de la señora Dührkop, del señor Tillich, del señor Lamassoure u otros. +Hemos puesto en marcha una iniciativa -y quiero resaltarlo muy claramente- que también propone buscar una solución impecable para la gestión de los recursos presupuestarios que debemos administrar directamente desde el Parlamento, entre los cuales quiero destacar en particular los gastos de viajes. +Señor Presidente, el ponente y algunos de los oradores que me han precedido ya han aludido, obviamente, al que para mí es uno de los elementos políticos cruciales -si no el elemento crucial- de este proyecto de presupuesto. +Desde que se inició la política de creación de un espacio económico liberalizado a escala mundial se está teniendo lugar una transferencia masiva de recursos de los pobres a los ricos, tanto dentro de cada sociedad como entre los Estados. +Pienso en la importancia de aumentar la base popular en las actividades de la Unión y de que nos concentremos en asuntos trascendentales como, por ejemplo, en combatir el desempleo y en la ampliación hacia los nuevos países candidatos. +La ayuda humanitaria para las víctimas de la guerra o para los refugiados en Kosovo, para las víctimas de los terremotos en Turquía y para las víctimas inocentes en Timor Oriental, son obvias exigencias que se hacen a la Unión Europea. +Señor Presidente, con este debate el Parlamento Europeo tiene la oportunidad de ejercer de forma consecuente la afirmación de su voluntad en cuanto al futuro de la Unión Europea. +La vinculación entre la comisión competente en cuanto al fondo y la Comisión de Presupuestos no debería interrumpirse con la primera lectura del Parlamento, después de la cual puede transcurrir aún algún tiempo hasta que el asunto quede finalmente resuelto. +Sin embargo, no deberíamos olvidar los objetivos de la Unión Europea. El más importante es la eficacia de nuestras líneas presupuestarias desde el punto de vista del empleo. +La Comisión propondrá, por lo tanto, que se utilicen los tres instrumentos, a saber: la redistribución de los créditos, el instrumento de la cláusula de flexibilidad y una revisión de las perspectivas financieras. +Por tanto, le pediré, señora Comisaria, que tenga a bien, con sus colegas y en los términos que considere apropiados, concretar los compromisos que acaba de asumir, con el fin de que podamos votar el jueves con total conocimiento de causa y sobre la base de compromisos claros que excluyan cualquier malentendido entre nosotros. +Por el contrario, el SEBC debe tener una visión de toda la zona del euro al hacer su valoración de la situación económica en general y del panorama de estabilidad de los precios en particular. +En primer lugar, en un entorno de estabilidad de los precios, el mecanismo del mercado asignará los recursos de forma más eficaz a sus usos más productivos. +La clara división entre las competencias de actuación que acabo de describir refuerza la credibilidad de las políticas monetaria y económica en Europa, aumenta la transparencia y facilita la responsabilidad democrática. +Además, en operaciones que guarden relación con la política de la moneda única, los órganos de toma de decisiones del SEBC se ocuparán de valorar si las operaciones previstas con compatibles con el objetivo de la estabilidad monetaria. +Puede que alcance sus objetivos de estabilidad de los precios, pero sin apertura no estará claro si dicho objetivo se ha logrado por diseño y, por lo tanto, se podrá repetir en el futuro, o por un accidente afortunado que podría exigir entonces la introducción de alguna mejora en sus métodos de trabajo. +En un orden jurídico democrático, la independencia institucional y política de una institución sólo es posible si al mismo tiempo también está garantizada su legitimación democrática, y esto exige la transparencia de las decisiones, pero también que éstas sean comprensibles. +Yo tengo el convencimiento de que la colaboración en un clima de confianza entre el BCE y el Parlamento también puede contribuir a fomentar la seguridad y la confianza de la opinión pública. +Para evitar esto nuestro Grupo propone una enmienda que llama la atención del Banco Central Europeo sobre su mandato que es el de asegurar la estabilidad de los precios en los dos sentidos. +Señor Duisenberg, sucede usted así sin embargo - aunque la escasa asistencia que hoy tenemos no parece ir en el sentido de mis palabras - a los emperadores y a los papas que desde Carlomagno han soñado con reunificar nuestro continente por medio de la fe o de la fuerza. +Sin lugar a dudas, el Informe Huhne contiene elementos positivos, sobre todo en lo que respecta a la solicitud al Banco Central Europeo de mayor información sobre los motivos de las decisiones adoptadas mediante la publicación de un acta sucinta que contenga también las opiniones disconformes. +El Banco Central Europeo ha realizado un buen trabajo, se ha ganado la confianza de los ciudadanos gracias al trabajo realizado en los últimos meses, y así vamos a manifestarlo también en la resolución. +Señor Presidente, este primer informe anual del Banco Central me da ocasión para hacer una evaluación globalmente positiva del trabajo realizado hasta aquí por el Banco Central Europeo y del funcionamiento de la zona euro. +Señor Presidente, el Banco Central Europeo continua siendo una institución que toma decisiones de importancia crucial para los millones de ciudadanos de la Unión Europea, sin estar sujeto a ningún control democrático y político. +Un hundimiento de la credibilidad del Banco o la creencia de que éste no estaría dispuesto a seguir una política antiinflacionista a toda costa podría tener graves repercusiones económicas en el conjunto de la Unión. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Banco Central Europeo, el informe anual del BCE demuestra que la actividad del banco se inició a buen ritmo y que los pasos dados hasta este momento van en la dirección correcta. +Es necesario recordar que, aunque en la zona del euro se practique una política monetaria única, seguimos teniendo once políticas económicas diferentes, cuya coordinación incumbe a los Estados miembros, dentro del marco establecido en el Pacto de Estabilidad y Crecimiento. +A largo plazo, la Comisión desarrollará una estrategia coherente para la zona gris, es decir, la zona comprendida entre la ayuda humanitaria y la cooperación al desarrollo más a largo plazo y encaminada al futuro. +Muchos han preguntado a raíz de nuestro trabajo en este campo -no sólo ECHO y la ayuda humanitaria- si no "ponemos el carro delante del caballo" al insistir en celebrar rápidamente unas elecciones. +Mientras la capacidad militar de los violentos aumenta, en gran parte gracias a los dineros del narcotráfico, la población civil pide que se le aparte del conflicto, pues ha entendido que ella es ahora la gran afectada y son sus derechos fundamentales los que se violan día tras día. +He dicho y quiero repetirlo ante ustedes: hoy el narcotráfico es el peor y el primer enemigo de la paz, y ésta no se logrará cabalmente sin el desmantelamiento de las organizaciones que se dedican al negocio maldito de la droga y sin que logremos alternativas y soluciones sostenibles económica y socialmente. +Ustedes representan a quienes han optado por la vida, por la paz y por la defensa de los derechos humanos; ustedes son expresión de quienes creen en la democracia, en la libertad y en un medio ambiente sano para las próximas generaciones. +Las lecciones de Bosnia y Kosovo refuerzan nuestra convicción de que conviene persistir en la explicación de nuestras intenciones, como esperamos que suceda hasta el final del corriente año, en particular en el marco de la preparación del presupuesto para el año 2000. +Lamento que no haya sido tan frecuente la presencia del Consejo en las comisiones del Parlamento, porque ello nos hubiera ayudado a poder debatir y conocernos mejor y a poder avanzar conjuntamente. +El Consejo de Colonia encomendó al Gobierno finlandés, como titular de la Presidencia, establecer las condiciones necesarias para la ejecución de este proyecto a tiempo para la Cumbre de Tampere. +Como presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos de los Ciudadanos, quisiera sugerir al Presidente en ejercicio que se conceda mayor reconocimiento al papel de este Parlamento a la hora de tratar con los ciudadanos. +Un espacio de justicia dará forma y fundamento al tercer pilar y permitirá una lucha más intensa contra la delincuencia organizada en todas sus trágicas facetas: tráfico de mujeres y de niños, pederastia, corrupción de menores, producción y tráfico de drogas, explotación de la prostitución, fomentados todos ellos por la inmigración ilegal en estos últimos tiempos. +Lamento que ya se haya apartado a las asociaciones de defensa de los derechos humanos y antirracistas, así como los interlocutores sociales, de la elaboración de esa carta. +En todos estos ámbitos, la Comisión debería tomar la iniciativa a fin de lograr una configuración más completa de la agenda, y el Parlamento debe prepararse para desempeñar el papel que le conviene. +No obstante, el cambio debe llegar no sólo para los tres asuntos pendientes de Amsterdam, la extensión de la votación por mayoría cualificada, el tamaño de la Comisión y la ponderación de votos en el Consejo. +La segunda reforma fundamental es la eliminación del veto nacional de las cláusulas de cooperación reforzada; y la tercera será conceder a la ciudadanía el derecho de acceder directamente al Tribunal Europeo. +Lo mismo es aplicable al artículo 105 del Tratado de la CE, para que el BCE tenga el mandato políticamente establecido contractualmente de fomentar con su política monetaria el crecimiento y el empleo. +Por supuesto, al leerlo se da uno cuenta de que no se mencionan ni los sueños, ni los objetivos, ni los desafíos con los que se encuentra la Unión Europea de cara al siglo XXI; pero, por lo menos, se dan algunas líneas directrices generales relacionadas con una serie de cuestiones de carácter institucional que deben ser reguladas. +El círculo interior estaría formado por una federación europea, compuesta por los Estados miembros de la Unión que estén más avanzados en la integración: aquéllos que sean miembros de la OTAN y pertenezcan también a la zona del euro. +Mañana viajaré a Kosovo con Don Javier Solana para evaluar personalmente nuestra actuación, por tanto dispondré de las opiniones del Parlamento para apoyar mi claro convencimiento de la necesidad de poner en marcha la Agencia lo antes posible. +Espero que el Parlamento comprenda que no hemos escatimado esfuerzos para encontrar una solución de compromiso a este asunto tan sumamente importante y espero que podamos trabajar con el Consejo de tal modo que merezca la aprobación del Parlamento. +La delegación europea del PvdA ante el Parlamento Europeo, y algunas otras, se han esforzado en el pasado por lograr esa disposición del Parlamento a la adopción de compromisos y lo continuarán haciendo. +El SP continuará luchando en el nuevo Parlamento Europeo por un estatuto justo, que cuente con un sistema transparente de dietas basado en los gastos efectuados y, por tanto, está de acuerdo con las propuestas que el Consejo ha realizado sobre este asunto. +Hay que dejar que los sistemas de protección se desarrollen lo más eficazmente posible a través de los agentes de mercado, y, paralelamente, hay que procurar que se mantenga la confianza de los ciudadanos en las posibilidades de la firma digital. +En vista de esa diferencia de situación, teme mucho más que los otros la explotación de sus conflictos internos por tal o cual de los países miembros y, para remediar ese peligro, se ve obligado a ser dos veces menos transparente. +He hablado con muchas personas sobre el tema y creo que la sociedad acogería con satisfacción una mayor capacidad de actuar contra la delincuencia internacional y el crimen organizado que cruza nuestras fronteras en proporciones cada vez mayores. +Ese espacio, que surge vinculado al avance de la supresión de las llamadas "fronteras interiores" de la UE y al fortalecimiento de sus "fronteras exteriores", no puede transformar a la UE en una fortaleza. +Se repite con frecuencia, Señorías: el progreso sólo vale si es compartido y eso entraña para nosotros que en un mundo en constante mutación se deje de hacer que recaigan los esfuerzos y sacrificios esenciales sobre los asalariados para después hacer que los más ricos y los más poderosos se beneficien prioritariamente de los efectos positivos de dichos esfuerzos y sacrificios. +Su provocador anuncio se sitúa en el marco de una auténtica gangrena que no podemos dejar que se desarrolle sin reaccionar, si no queremos renunciar nosotros mismos a control alguno del desarrollo económico y social y, por consiguiente, a la ambición de promover, en plena mundialización, un modelo social europeo. +Se lleva la palma -triste palma- Renault, que, al liquidar sin miramientos los puestos de trabajo en Nissan, satisface a sus accionistas, aun a riesgo de exportar al Japón la imagen más detestable de Europa, no sin suprimir, de carambola, varios millares de puestos de trabajo en la propia Unión Europea. +Incluso en los casos en que existen derechos en la legislación europea, derechos, por ejemplo, a ser consultados con la debida antelación sobre decisiones de despidos colectivos y otros cambios importantes que afectan a las vidas de los trabajadores, la ley no se cumple o no se aplica como es debido. +Esa violenta expresión del desprecio de los asalariados y de su vida contradice fundamentalmente los objetivos anunciados en pro del empleo, de la cohesión social y territorial y del modelo social europeo. +Se ha mencionado el sector bancario, que es uno de los problemas que vamos a tener ante nosotros pero, claro, Europa tiene una gran historia y experiencia en estas reestructuraciones, que empiezan desde la industria textil y naval y llegan hasta las industrias actuales. +No escatimaremos esfuerzos para convencer al Congreso de la importancia que tiene el Tratado de prohibición total de las pruebas nucleares para nosotros, para los Estados Unidos y para los esfuerzos internacionales encaminados hacia la no proliferación. +Esta irresponsabilidad ha supuesto un duro golpe para todos los esfuerzos internacionales dirigidos a impedir la difusión de estas armas y coloca al desarme nuclear ante una grave crisis. +Pero la entrada en vigor de este Tratado en los EE.UU habría sometido a presión a potencias nucleares regionales para adherirse al Tratado. Por ejemplo, India y Pakistán, que están estableciendo su equilibrio regional del terror, o Corea del Norte o Irán, Irak o Israel. +La sospecha que tienen precisamente las potencias emergentes o regionales del Tercer Mundo de que el Tratado de Non Proliferation sirve en primera línea al aseguramiento de las reservas nucleares de los grandes y que discrimina a los pequeños, obtiene nuevas alas como consecuencia del fracaso del Tratado sobre Ensayos Nucleares en los EE.UU. +Quisiera decir unas palabras sobre esto y centrarme más tarde brevemente en otros dos temas que han dominado nuestras conversaciones: la aplicación del Acuerdo de Asociación y Cooperación y la ampliación de la Unión Europea hacia el Norte. +Estos obstáculos incluyen una certificación y unos requisitos de pruebas excesivos, así como problemas específicos como el mantenimiento de las tasas que deben pagar las compañías aéreas internacionales por sobrevolar Siberia. +La postura de nuestro Grupo es que ya no son suficientes los deseos y las conversaciones de gabinete, sino que la ayuda económica dirigida a Rusia debe limitarse a la ayuda humanitaria y a la de protección del medio ambiente. +Me he reunido recientemente con el Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores armenio para tratar sobre sus preocupaciones por la estabilidad en la región surcaucásica, y también para escuchar sus inquietudes por Chechenia y el Cáucaso del Norte. +El sistema de conocimientos, las emociones humanas que sólo las Artes y las Letras pueden producir, la cultura en suma, se encuentran en lo más profundo de aquello que los europeos tenemos en común y, por consiguiente, son la base de la ciudadanía europea. +Para finalizar mi lista de ejemplos, me referiré a la conexión entre Larkhall en Lanarkshire y un programa francés, en el que los jóvenes han colaborado en la construcción de un carril bici en el sur de Escocia. +Por consiguiente, la referencia al papel de la familia creo que debería incluirse en el programa Juventud de la Comunidad Europea, que aspira a analizar los factores que fomentan o dificultan la integración social de los jóvenes. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, quien desee informarse para saber porqué es bueno el Observatorio del Sector Audiovisual debería echar un vistazo sobre el índice de cualquier edición de IRIS, el observatorio jurídico, por ejemplo en la edición de septiembre de 1999. +Entiendo que esta consulta de las publicaciones del Observatorio, en particular el anuario y el boletín jurídico Iris, es una práctica habitual de los servicios de la Comisión que se ocupan de temas audiovisuales. +En la Conferencia de Presidentes celebrada hace catorce días, el Sr. Prodi hizo hincapié precisamente en que la UE debe trabajar para que Turquía cumpla los requisitos de Copenhague y también dijo que la UE debe abrir un diálogo político más estrecho con Turquía. +En la primera lectura, la Comisión subscribió las enmiendas propuestas por la Comisión de Cultura, cosa que agradezco a su ponente, encaminadas a alentar la ejecución de acciones preparatorias. +Señora Presidenta, siguiendo las manifestaciones del Sr. Bourlanges, con la última enmienda que hemos votado hemos ido más allá de los márgenes de la Categoría 3, lo cual significa que toda enmienda que no se ajuste a las recomendaciones de la Comisión de Presupuestos va a darnos serios problemas. +Hay que ser ponente para saber hasta qué punto el ritmo infernal de este procedimiento perturba la vida general del conjunto de los colaboradores de la Secretaría de la Comisión de Presupuestos, y creo que hay que ser conscientes de ello. +He aquí, en pocas palabras, una triple irregularidad: no existen partidos políticos europeos; no se establece ninguna contribución pública en su favor y la Comisión no tiene ningún derecho a preparar dicho estatuto, contrario al Tratado. +Dentro de una lógica de reducción generalizada de los créditos otorgados a la ayuda al desarrollo, la Comunidad Europea es y debe continuar siendo el principal socio de los países más desfavorecidos. +(EL) Tanto el anteproyecto de la Comisión como sobre todo el proyecto de presupuesto de la UE para el ejercicio 2000 presentado por el Consejo se caracterizan por la estricta austeridad y por los drásticos recortes, incluso en relación con lo acordado en el Consejo de Berlín. +Existe una clara necesidad de trazar una distinción entre los asuntos de los órganos de dirección, que son responsabilidad de la Mesa, y los asuntos que atañen a los diputados, que son responsabilidad del Pleno. +Este hecho provoca intensa inquietud sobre la profusión de armas nucleares, sobre la escalada armamentística en determinadas regiones del mundo y sobre la actualización de las armas de destrucción masiva. +Las últimas revelaciones sobre la propagación de armas y cabezas nucleares a terceros países que no constituyen potencias nucleares, y, por supuesto, con el desconocimiento de sus pueblos, confieren nuevas y espeluznantes dimensiones al peligro de catástrofe nuclear. +Garantizar especificaciones de calidad y seguridad del más alto grado en el transporte de mercancías peligrosas por ferrocarril ha de ser el cuidado principal de toda iniciativa legislativa de la Unión Europea en este sector. +A este respecto quisiera manifestar mi gratitud al Presidente de la Comisión, el Sr. Prodi, por el empeño que pone en este asunto, confiriéndole un lugar prioritario en el programa de gobierno de la Comisión. +Al remitir la materia substantiva del reglamento IFOP a un reglamento de aplicación, la Comisión hizo que la pesca fuese la única esfera en el sector agrícola y estructural que no se decidió en el primer semestre de este año. +La opinión expresada el 30 de septiembre de 1999 por AFSSA, relativa al levantamiento de la prohibición de las exportaciones de carne bovina y productos bovinos provenientes del Reino Unido, es desfavorable porque se basa en argumentos relacionados con cuestiones científicas y de control. +El Acuerdo de Florencia, al que llegaron los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la UE el 21 de junio de 1996, establece seis condiciones previas que el Reino Unido debe cumplir antes de que se levante la prohibición de exportar carne de bovino. +Los ciudadanos británicos esperan que Francia respete la legislación europea, y también esperan que la Comisión Europea actúe con decisión para terminar con la prohibición ilegal de las exportaciones de carne de bovino británica. +Por el futuro de la Unión Europea, por el futuro de nuestra unidad en las conversaciones de noviembre sobre el comercio mundial, que se celebrarán en Seattle, necesitamos que los dos mayores socios comerciales europeos resuelvan estas diferencias. +Los franceses no plantearon objeciones en mayo, cuando la Organización Veterinaria Internacional puso en práctica unas condiciones menos rigurosas que las previstas por el programa de exportación de la base de datos. +La subsidiariedad impone, pues, la necesidad urgente de reconocer que los Estados tienen el derecho de ir en contra de toda medida de armonización cuando se proponen adoptar normas más protectoras en materia de salud pública, como también de medio ambiente. +Luego, unas semanas más tarde, la Comisión Europea imponía el embargo y reconocía que los Estados alemanes habían tenido razón. Sin embargo, la Comisión Europea había, evidentemente, cedido a una biología política. +Considero, en cambio, que tiene que pedir a la Comisión y a las demás Instituciones comunitarias competentes que informen sobre lo realizado en cuanto a las mismas, al objeto de permitir al Parlamento formular valoraciones críticas que sean propedéuticas de cara al perfeccionamiento de la legislación comunitaria vigente en la materia. +En cuanto a la inspección, comparto la opinión de quienes han expresado aquí su deseo de que el nivel de control sea similar en toda Europa, alegando que no basta con implantar únicamente un sistema de control eficaz en Gran Bretaña. +Por todo ello, y esperando que, tal como solicita el informe del Sr. Cunha, la Comisión informe al Parlamento del resultado de la aplicación de este Protocolo, nuestro Grupo, señor Presidente, pide la aprobación del Informe Cunha. +Señor Presidente, el excelente informe del Sr. Cunha ha merecido mi pleno apoyo, puesto que hace especial hincapié en el principio del rendimiento sostenible que no puede faltar en una política de pesca orientada hacia el futuro. +En su dictamen, el Comité Directivo Científico confirmó que no había necesidad de examinar la decisión de levantar la prohibición de las exportaciones de carne de bovino del Reino Unido. +¿No le parece que, en principio, la medida adecuada ante un brote de EEB -y el camino que se debería haber seguido desde el primer momento, desde la óptica de una protección preventiva de los consumidores- tendría que ser la separación y sacrificio de los rebaños infectados? +Lo que quisiera que el Comisario reiterara tan sólo una vez más aquí y ahora, para que quede totalmente claro, es su convencimiento de que ese retraso va a ser de sólo unos días y que prevé que ese proceso habrá concluido, a más tardar, el martes del período de sesiones de Estrasburgo y -a ser posible- antes. +Una fuerza como la del Partido Popular Europeo-Demócratas no puede estar de acuerdo con esto, porque apunta al libre funcionamiento del mercado que lleva a la libre distribución de las rentas, sobre todo a partir de las rentas de los trabajadores. +Los Ministros de Hacienda comparecen ante la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos del Parlamento Europeo y los interlocutores sociales comparecen también ante el Parlamento Europeo. +Sin embargo, me veo obligado a señalar que el Consejo Europeo de Colonia delimitó muy claramente los participantes en el diálogo propiamente dicho, y la Presidencia finlandesa no tiene más remedio que cumplir esta limitación. +Esas tres propuestas -el acuerdo, la directiva sobre la jornada laboral de la gente del mar y el Convenio de la OIT- van a entrar en vigor al mismo tiempo, a mediados del año 2002. +En primer lugar, respecto de los trabajadores, la exclusión de los trabajadores independientes de la definición someterá a ese grupo a los rigores sin paliativos de la directiva original sobre la jornada laboral. +Sus modalidades laborales dependen de factores fuera de todo control, tales como las condiciones climatológicas y los movimientos de los peces, por lo que resulta difícil imaginar cómo se podrían aplicar las limitaciones de la jornada laboral en ese sector. +Señoras y señores diputados, creo que el tema más importante y más difícil para el grupo de esta conciliación, para llegar a algún resultado, va a ser el problema de la directiva sobre los médicos, sobre el que he hablado anteriormente. +Se respeta el artículo de la directiva anterior, según el cual los pescadores que trabajan por cuenta propia están sujetos a las legislaciones nacionales en lo que se refiere a sus permisos y a la elección de las condiciones de trabajo. +Esto se aplicará especialmente a la mejora de la protección medioambiental y a la limitación de los efectos negativos del crecimiento y de la urbanización en el bienestar del pueblo chino. +Mediante la cooperación científica y tecnológica también será posible impulsar el aprovechamiento de los enormes recursos naturales de la parte noroccidental de Rusia, los cuales tendrán una gran importancia en el futuro desarrollo económico, tanto de Rusia como de la Unión. +La falta de claridad en el ámbito nuclear y nuestra inquietud ante este asunto serían realmente suficientes para formular una reserva y decir, por ejemplo, que queremos que ambos acuerdos concluyan al mismo tiempo. +Respecto a otras posibles cooperaciones, debemos seguir un orden lógico de prioridades, empezando, como se ha propuesto, por los países miembros de la citada área, es decir, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brasil y Argentina, y continuando por sus países asociados -Chile, Bolivia, etc.-, con los cuales, como todos saben, la Unión Europea se encuentra en una fase de conversaciones para una asociación interregional. +Anuncios en la sala de exposición en los que se mencionen los datos de todos los modelos de coche que se vendan en la misma. Asimismo, deben mencionarse el consumo de combustible y las emisiones de CO2 cuando se haga publicidad sobre los nuevos automóviles, también. +Un segundo punto al que debe prestarse atención en la revisión es que el Parlamento solicitó que la directiva también fuera de aplicación en el caso de los coches de segunda mano, de los coches de directivos y de los vehículos con permiso de circulación de un día. +Mientras en Bonn otros intentan eludir su responsabilidad y se niegan a reducir las emisiones de CO2, nosotros adoptamos instrumentos eficaces, adoptamos disposiciones legislativas y ofrecemos al consumidor la posibilidad de reducir personalmente las emisiones de CO2 +Las posibilidades que implica este enfoque tan sólo acaban de empezar a aparecer en el ámbito rápidamente cambiante del comercio electrónico, por ejemplo en relación con los procedimientos de resolución de los conflictos en línea. +Los mercados nacionales de los países candidatos deberán integrarse en el comunitario sin sacudidas y, en consecuencia, será necesario prever, en su caso, medidas transitorias por si dichos países no estuviesen preparados; sin embargo, nuestro objetivo debe ser el de ayudarles a estar preparados desde el día siguiente al de la adhesión. +Asimismo, el plazo que finaliza el jueves de la semana anterior a la semana en que se tramita la pregunta, dado que las preguntas se tramitan el martes, supone nada menos que ocho días laborables, lo cual excede de cualquier interpretación. +La opinión de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios y de la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades se encuentran añadidas a este Informe nº 2 del orden del día de hoy. +. (SV) Señor Presidente, las líneas directrices del empleo para el año 1999 hacen hincapié en que las ideas sobre igualdad de oportunidades para hombres y mujeres deben formar parte de todos los planes de acción y medidas que se propongan en el ámbito de los cuatro pilares de la estrategia de empleo de la UE. +El hecho de que las condiciones sean complicadas queda demostrado porque con frecuencia nuestro acuerdo y nuestra convergencia en estos objetivos pueden acabar por desmoronarse a la hora de definir las terapias, las estrategias de actuación. +No me parece, sin embargo, que el Comité de las Regiones participe en la valoración de las actuaciones de los Estados en orden a abordar políticas de empleo a escala local que se confían, frecuente y exclusivamente, al activismo y a la voluntad de los interlocutores sociales. +De modo que creo que deben ser más diligentes en la Comisión para que, como se dice en mi país, "no le den gato por liebre" y a ver si, por fin, en el año 2000 tenemos unos criterios y unos niveles para medir cualitativamente y no solamente cuantitativamente nuestros objetivos, nuestros medios y nuestros resultados. +Naturalmente, cabe criticar la política seguida hasta aquí, en especial las acciones nos falta tenacidad, nos falta luchar contra la exclusión de los trabajadores de más edad, y estamos constatando que en todos los Estados miembros, incluso en Suecia, las mujeres no participan igual que los hombres en el ámbito productivo. +Señor Presidente, la propuesta de la Comisión relativa a las líneas directrices para las políticas de empleo en el año 2000 no introduce ninguna novedad respecto a los documentos anteriores. +El hecho de reconocerlo no supone eliminar las competencias de los Estados miembros, sino sostener que, en una visión más amplia y coherente de las problemáticas ocupacionales, se puede actuar con mayor eficacia para resolver uno de los mayores problemas de nuestro tiempo. +Además, la aproximación de las políticas económicas de los países de la zona del euro, derivada de la política monetaria común, posibilita la búsqueda de los mejores modelos, o sea, el llamado bench-marking. +Señor Presidente, el informe del Sr. Menrad me parece muy correcto cuando asigna a la modernización del trabajo un papel fundamental para aumentar la productividad, la competitividad y, por lo tanto, el empleo. +Señora Presidenta, quisiera informar a sus Señorías que de hecho se ha suprimido prácticamente el artículo 51 del Reglamento que permite a los diputados firmar declaraciones escritas que, en el caso de que hubieren sido suscritas por la mayoría de los diputados, se transmiten a las Instituciones mencionadas en las propias declaraciones. +Puesto que me opongo por principio a la fijación de metas cuantitativas en la estrategia de empleo no he dado mi respaldo al objetivo de reducir las diferencias de remuneraciones en un determinado porcentaje dentro de cinco años (enmienda 22). +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede a examinar el proyecto definitivo de orden del día establecido, de conformidad con el artículo 110 del Reglamento, por la Conferencia de Presidentes (en la reunión del jueves 11 de noviembre). +Los ministerios de medio ambiente se han tomado muy a pecho la propuesta del parlamento y ahora es nuestro deber exigir a la industria una actitud igual de firme en relación a las emisiones de nitrógeno. +Hemos hecho grandes progresos en los últimos años, en lo relativo a la solución de estos problemas, por ejemplo con los sistemas instalados en coches que ya hayan recorrido 80.000 kilómetros y fabricados hace más de cinco años, para controlar la duración del equipo anticontaminación. +Señor Presidente, en mi intervención quisiera subrayar el fundamental papel desempeñado por el Parlamento Europeo, en particular por la Comisión de Derechos de la Mujer e Igualdad de Oportunidades, en aras a debatir hoy, espero, la aprobación definitiva de este programa. +Hubo un debate muy profundo con la Comisión ejecutiva sobre todo en lo referente a modificación del fundamento jurídico y, por ende, a la reducción que hemos vislumbrado en la propuesta en comparación con la propuesta originaria. +Por ejemplo, ¿no es violencia obligar a las mujeres, a las madres de familia, a cumplir turnos nocturnos en las cadenas de producción para rentabilizar mejor las máquinas y aumentar los beneficios de los accionistas? +Señor Presidente, quiero dar las gracias a la Sra. Avilés por este informe, pues ha puesto en nuestras manos una herramienta más para proceder contra la violencia ejercida sobre las mujeres y los niños, pero también, sobre todo, para mostrar cómo y dónde tiene lugar la violencia. +La Comisión ya está aplicando la iniciativa Daphne para combatir la violencia contra los adolescentes y los niños, y a esto seguirá, como hemos visto en el debate anterior, el programa Daphne 2000-2003. +Los Estados miembros, en la próxima revisión de los Tratados deben adoptar una base legal clara sobre los Tratados de la UE para favorecer los intereses del niño. +Y en lugar de las soluciones ortopédicas o represivas, sería el momento de preferir las soluciones preventivas, que creen un contexto familiar diferente, lo que permitiría al fin evitar sufrimiento individuales y sociales inútiles y practicar una verdadera política de inserción y de socialización desde el nacimiento. +Creo que el foro adecuado para el debate de las perspectivas de la consagración de un derecho fundamental de los niños debe ser la misma que para la Carta de los derechos fundamentales. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede a la pregunta oral (B5-0034/1999) del Sr. Rocard, en nombre de la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, sobre la información y consulta de los trabajadores de la Unión Europea. +El Parlamento Europeo ha aprobado una serie de enmiendas orientadas ante todo a especificar las modalidades y la definición de información y consulta, especialmente en lo referente al momento en que la información debe ser transmitida. +Con todo, me parece que el intento de instrumentalizar también en este Pleno una batalla política que la izquierda está llevando a cabo en Italia contra la paridad del sistema educativo es absurdo e incompatible con los trabajos de este Parlamento. +La ponente aplica ciertos criterios cuestionables, por ejemplo acusar a la Comisión de haberse limitado a aplicar las directrices del Consejo. +En su informe, la Sra. Haug hace bien en comprobar los cambios arbitrarios introducidos subrepticiamente por la Comisión mediante una operación matemática relativa al límite máximo de recursos propios. +Característica de este refuerzo es el carácter preventivo de las medidas propuestas, que expresa una nueva concepción y se materializa en un aumento paralelo de los poderes de gestión de la Comisión Europea. +Vamos a entrar en unas negociaciones muy difíciles y en el marco de tales negociaciones flotan de nuevo en el aire unas cifras de las que todos no estamos tan convencidos de que sean realmente una base adecuada. +Ahora que el desarrollo sostenible es un objetivo del tratado, también sería lógico que se incorporara un articulo sobre la energía en el Tratado que facilite un enfoque integral de la energía y el medio ambiente. +La enmienda 3 señala que con la aplicación de la energía nuclear, aparte de una posible reducción del CO2, entran en juego otros efectos medioambientales, como son el almacenamiento de los residuos radioactivos. +Hasta la misma semana pasada, la Comisión estaba dispuesta a presentar una propuesta de nueva directiva comunitaria que establecería drásticas limitaciones a los regímenes de ayudas nacionales a las energías renovables. +Para hacer frente a estos retos y vencer estas contradicciones, se precisa, pues, muy rápido, una concertación a todos los niveles, en los Estados y con los países candidatos, adherir a los países candidatos a la Unión Europea y trabajar en el contexto del Quinto Programa Marco. +En la cumbre de Helsinki, que se celebrará en diciembre, los Jefes de Gobierno abordarán el tema de la integración del medio ambiente y del desarrollo duradero en diferentes políticas sectoriales, y de manera especial la energía. +Me sorprende todavía más el hecho de que los transportes por carretera queden excluidos del campo de aplicación de la Directiva que limita el tiempo de trabajo y las reservas manifestadas sobre este tema con respecto a los trabajadores "off-shore". +Comparto también el criterio de Wallis, mi colega de Grupo, en el sentido de que tenemos que seguir avanzando, por una parte, apoyando sus enmiendas y, por otra, espero que el Comisario descubra nuevas posibilidades de avance en esta materia a la luz de la Cumbre de Tampere., Tomemos como ejemplo los litigios por alimentos. +¿Sería fácil, para el Tribunal de Justicia, aportar una definición a la noción de responsabilidad parental independientemente de la existencia de un derecho matrimonial común, lo que no se desea, ni se prevé actualmente? +No cabe duda de que subsistirán problemas importantes, especialmente el tema de la disparidad de los derechos aplicables al divorcio y a sus consecuencias, pero este reglamento es solamente una primera etapa y felicito a la ponente por esta iniciativa. +También convengo en que, en el caso de países que dependen en gran medida de las centrales nucleares para su electricidad y energía, es esencial que se escalone la ejecución de los programas de cierre a fin de dar tiempo para que se disponga de capacidad substitutiva. +Señalé que, si hay una derogación que nos permita poner en marcha el cumplimiento de los compromisos contraídos en mayo de 1998, se lograría un ataque global contra la expropiación de propiedad, no sólo en Cuba, donde el acuerdo de mayo de 1998 recibió ataques muy fuertes. +Es de interés para todos que haya una derogación del Título 4, es de interés para todos, incluidos los posibles inversores, que no haya una diferencia comercial que no sólo ahuyenta la inversión, sino que, además, envenena nuestras relaciones globales. +He de decir que me inspira mucha confianza que Sergio Vieira de Mello vaya a ser el administrador de las Naciones Unidas en Timor Oriental: es una persona con la que trabajé estrechamente en mi anterior cargo, en Hong Kong, para abordar el problema de los refugiados y de los inmigrantes ilegales. +En la directiva vigente se pueden encontrar todos los instrumentos para una gestión correcta del nitrógeno en los campos y en las cuencas hidrográficas, en cuanto se aplique adecuadamente en todas las zonas de agricultura y ganadería intensivas de Europa. +De modo que no son necesarias nuevas directivas provisionales ni la revisión de las vigentes; lo que hace falta es aumentar las presiones para lograr su aplicación eficaz en las zonas vulnerables y en el nivel de las explotaciones agropecuarias. +Para los otros siete países, entre los que se encuentra Italia, nos queda, a partir de las propuestas recibidas en mis servicios, por verificar, país por país, que el mapa de zonas propuesto corresponda efectivamente al conjunto de los criterios del Reglamento de los Fondos Estructurales. +Como siempre, esta autorización reclamaba determinados compromisos por parte de la empresa, compromisos destinados a garantizar la recuperación real de la compañía y a reducir las repercusiones en la competencia y dentro del mercado único. +Señor Presidente, la Comisión sabe perfectamente la importancia que tiene la reforma de los sistemas de seguridad social de los países candidatos en el contexto de su adhesión a la UE. +. Señora Presidenta, Señorías, es un gran placer para mí y un gran honor comparecer ante el Pleno de este Parlamento en mi nueva calidad de Secretario General del Consejo y Alto Representante de la Unión para la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común. +Nuestra petición, en lo que se refiere a cuestiones de derechos humanos, ha obtenido una respuesta que me atrevería a calificar de alentadora, con la confirmación de que se han cursado invitaciones a las organizaciones no gubernamentales activas en el ámbito de los derechos humanos para que visiten Argelia. +Creo, señora Presidenta, Señorías, que el debate del lunes reveló asimismo que los ministros desean que la Unión se dote de los medios adecuados para evaluar las crisis y disponga de procedimientos también adecuados y claros para la toma de decisiones en caso de que fuera necesario actuar. +Pero la Comisión sí cuenta con los medios y la experiencia necesarios para realizar una contribución importante a la dimensión no militar de la seguridad. +Quiero agradecer asimismo a los presidentes de los demás Grupos el acuerdo alcanzado el jueves de la semana pasada con objeto de que la Comisión Europea, representada en esta ocasión por Chris Patten, también pudiera intervenir en la sesión de hoy. +Por esto afirmamos que la Asamblea de la Unión Europea Occidental, que ha cumplido un papel importante en el pasado, debe transferir estas tareas al Parlamento Europeo elegido por sufragio directo. +Dicho esto, quiero recalcar de nuevo - y afortunadamente ya lo han hecho otros oradores - que, en mi opinión, la fuerza de la Unión Europea reside o debería residir en la gestión de las crisis y en la prevención de conflictos. +Esta posición es tan sorprendente que me pregunto si algún Ministro ha leído la enmienda y los datos, porque esto resulta totalmente incomprensible. A menos que no sea verdad los que algunos sospechan, esto es, que esta posición moralista y rigorista sirve para sacar de apuros a algunas grandes potencias no especialmente interesadas por la propuesta de moratoria. +Naturalmente, como los europeos no proponen ningún ejército adicional, la capacidad de acción autónoma de la UE se limitará principalmente al proceso de toma de decisiones políticas. +¿Podemos realmente permitirnos estratégica y financieramente una dotación por duplicado de personal y comités, la proliferación de fuerzas europeas y el derroche y la confusión de someter a nuestras fuerzas armadas a dos doctrinas operativas y regímenes de planificación distintos? +A menos que corrijamos este aspecto, todo el tema de la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común y de una identidad de defensa europea no pasará de ser una fantasía. +Cuando empezamos a ocuparnos de la crisis de Bosnia hubo un desarrollo en la planificación militar, en el despliegue de las fuerzas -recuerden que se desplegaron 60.000 soldados en Bosnia-, que fue muy por delante del de la planificación civil que habría que haber realizado. +Entre éstos figura, por ejemplo, el principio de cautela, la necesidad de que éste se defina claramente, de poder contar con una definición en la línea de la que se adoptó en la Conferencia de Río sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo. +Es necesario mejorar la transparencia de dicho procedimiento, con el cual hemos tenido repetidamente dificultades en el pasado, y muchos de los conflictos han estado relacionados con aspectos de la política medioambiental, la protección del consumidor y la protección de los animales. +Lo que, por ejemplo, no se puede repetir es que las restricciones europeas a la exportación estén clasificadas en la "caja verde" y, por consiguiente, tengan que reducirse en seis años y los créditos americanos a la exportación, que tienen la misma naturaleza exactamente, no estén sujetos a imposición restrictiva alguna. +La opinión de la Comisión de Asuntos Sociales y Empleo es unánime: es necesario apoyar muy especialmente la integración en la economía mundial de los Estados que cumplen las normas sociales y medioambientales fundamentales. +. -. (FR) El programa Daphne, todos nosotros, los diputados, lo hemos deseado, pero también todas las organizaciones, las no gubernamentales y otras, y asociaciones que trabajan en el ámbito delicado de la violencia contra los niños, los adolescentes y las mujeres. +Si creamos un impuesto europeo, el Consejo perderá poco a poco sus medios de resistencia y vamos a dar una ventaja decisiva a las instituciones que buscan un incremento del presupuesto. +Se han aumentado las retenciones hasta el 25 por ciento a fin de compensar tanto a Bélgica como a los Países Bajos por la carga por gastos que procedía de la sustitución progresiva de la contribución del IVA por la contribución del PNB. +En segundo lugar, la mayoría de las personas (y creo que es también el caso en toda la Unión Europea) reconocen que sería un error histórico comenzar el próximo siglo bloqueando a Rusia de los asuntos europeos como hicimos a comienzos de este siglo. +Por último quisiera decir que el Sr. Ivanov ha sugerido en sus conversaciones conmigo que podría ser de utilidad una intensificación de los contactos entre el Parlamento Europeo y la Duma, incluida quizás una visita a Moscú de un grupo de representantes de sus Señorías. +Señor Presidente, las últimas semanas han demostrado, tal como acaba de exponer el orador que me ha precedido, que las dimensiones del conflicto del Cáucaso son, de hecho, considerable más amplias y éste se extiende también al conjunto de la zona del mar Caspio. +En este contexto, se plantea un debate y también un interrogante de otro orden totalmente distinto. El Parlamento Europeo siempre ha dejado claro en todas sus resoluciones que Chechenia forma parte de la Federación Rusa. +Yo no acabo de comprender cómo es posible que un supuesto Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores autodesignado de Chechenia, que de conformidad con el Derecho internacional no puede existir, mantenga una conversación oficial con la Presidenta del Parlamento Europeo. +Señora Presidenta, Señorías, señor Comisario, el Grupo Liberal adopta una postura positiva respecto del acuerdo relativo a la reducción de las barreras comerciales bilaterales que alcanzaron el domingo China y Estados Unidos. +Esto no implica que estemos en presencia del mercado perfecto y, precisamente por esto, conociendo sus beneficios y sus degeneraciones, hemos de tratar, a través de acuerdos como los propuestos por la Organización Mundial de Comercio, de crear normas y reglas con el fin de protegernos de este tipo de excesos. +Señora Presidenta, señor Comisario, en un mundo cada vez más interdependiente, en el que los problemas que nos afectan suelen tener sus causas en nuestras antípodas, estamos obligados a trabajar junto con los demás países para gestionar adecuadamente los recursos del planeta, respetando unas reglas que sean comunes a todos. +Pero, ¿no puede ocurrir en cambio que el régimen se fortalezca mediante un crecimiento económico que beneficiará a las minorías urbanas pero que creará decenas de millones de nuevos desempleados, sin seguridad social, cuando se desmantelen brutalmente las fábricas estatales y simultáneamente millones de campesinos vayan al paro por la nueva competencia en materia agrícola? +En segundo lugar es preciso confinar a la OMC, limitar de forma estricta su papel y mantener fuera de su campo de competencias sectores que ponen en juego la identidad misma de las sociedades y que deben continuar dependiendo de la soberanía de los ciudadanos y de sus instituciones elegidas. +Y, desde ese punto de vista, reafirmamos aquí la necesidad de respeto de las cuestiones medioambientales, respeto del consumidor, respeto de los derechos humanos y los derechos sociales. +Finalmente, la apuesta no es un comercio sin reglas, sino al contrario, actuar de tal manera que el formidable crecimiento del comercio sirva al desarrollo duradero de todos y no al enriquecimiento predador de los más fuertes. +Debemos ocuparnos de que haya sitio para los aspectos sociales y ecológicos y para una participación gradual y dirigida de los países del Tercer Mundo en la economía mundial en un mundo con un tráfico comercial liberalizado. +Su aprobación será una señal clara con respecto a nuestros socios, que confirma que la Unión Europea no se conformará con un planteamiento minimalista, orientado solamente a una mejora del acceso al mercado en algunos sectores. +El riesgo de parálisis de los órganos legislativos -el Consejo y el Parlamento- y de inoperatividad de la Comisión para aplicar la legislación es un problema fundamental. +Una administración de justicia buena y a tiempo constituye, al fin y al cabo, una parte esencial de todo Estado de Derecho, y debemos procurar que en la Unión Europea la esencia del procedimiento prejudicial y la protección jurídica general continúen estando garantizadas. +Otras propuestas que se han sugerido, tales como la petición de que el Parlamento Europeo participe en la elección de los jueces y que la competencia del Tribunal de Justicia debe extenderse al llamado tercer pilar, están siendo estudiadas. +Por último, hay que lograr la introducción de una clara jerarquía de las normas jurídicas que permita una separación precisa entre todas las diferentes decisiones legislativas y las decisiones de aplicación. +Desgraciadamente, ni los dos ponentes ni la Comisión de Asuntos Institucionales han querido aceptar las enmiendas de la Comisión de Industria relativas a la política energética y al Euratom. +Esto es ya un punto firme que todos tendrán que tener en cuenta. El Parlamento y la Comisión se mueven en la misma dirección y están igualmente convencidos de que la Conferencia Intergubernamental no debe marcarse un horizonte limitado, un planteamiento reductivo, una agenda reducida. +Nadie puede descuidar los problemas de fortalecimiento de la Europa política y de cambio institucional que nos han planteado el nacimiento del euro y del Banco Central Europeo, la lección de Kosovo, la extendida aspiración a un espacio garantizado de seguridad y de justicia, el desencanto de demasiados ciudadanos electores. +Como ha recordado el presidente de nuestra Comisión, Sr. Napolitano, no se trata de zanjar entre maximalistas y minimalistas, habrá que ser perfeccionista, sin dejar de ser progresista, en lo relativo al desarrollo futuro de la Unión Europea. +Al lado del éxito de la Unión Monetaria -innegable- es necesario avanzar también en la Unión Política y en campos que amplíen las competencias de la Unión Europea para evitar las asimetrías existentes; yo diría las clamorosas asimetrías existentes. +El método actual está bastante agotado pero, en todo caso, sería imprescindible que el Consejo se comprometiera a tener en cuenta las propuestas que hagan en su momento la Comisión y el Parlamento de manera adecuada. +En este sentido me sumo a lo que acaba de decirse. Deberíamos incluir un procedimiento de revisión menos estricto para la segunda parte de la nueva configuración de los Tratados, además de incorporar una cláusula sobre la cooperación reforzada en una Europa de 27 o 30 países. +En 1999, la producción creció respecto al año anterior más del 100 por cien y ha alcanzado el mayor volumen de todos los tiempos, que se estima en unas 4600 toneladas, y, en parte, esto es consecuencia del notable incremento de la superficie dedicada al cultivo del opio. +Como ya ha dicho el autor de la pregunta, las actividades en Afganistán se ven dificultadas por la amplia base del gobierno del país, y, por lo tanto, por la falta de un socio adecuado que merezca credibilidad. +Quisiera pedir al Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo que me confirme si la información relativa a qué país votó en qué sentido no se facilita cuando el Consejo emite sus comunicados de prensa al final de cada reunión del Consejo. +Según el programa general del Reglamento del Consejo 793/93 sobre apreciación y control de los riesgos de sustancias existentes, actualmente hay tres productos ignífugos con bromo que se están investigando. +Otras preguntas específicas que se formulen en esta materia también serán de competencia de la Comisión, que como responsable de las políticas comunitarias, tiene las herramientas y la información necesaria para dar respuestas fiables y actualizadas. +De conformidad con el artículo 112 del Reglamento, el Grupo de los Socialistas Europeos y el Grupo de los Liberales, Demócratas y Reformistas me han solicitado la aplicación del procedimiento de urgencia. +El artículo 112 de nuestro Reglamento remite al apartado 1 del artículo 60: "la urgencia del debate de una propuesta que sea objeto de consulta al Parlamento, conforme al apartado 1 del artículo 60...". +Habida cuenta que el informe del Sr. Napolitano se refiere a un texto de carácter legislativo, creo que nos situamos en el marco del apartado 1 del artículo 60, al que remite el artículo 112 del Reglamento. +Paso a las normas mínimas. Una política de control como la que se propone aquí solamente es aceptable si todos los países aplican unas normas mínimas en lo que a la tramitación de las solicitudes de asilo se refiere. +No existe ninguna norma elemental de seguridad jurídica en lo relativo al procedimiento de registro y al acceso a la transmisión de estos datos de los que disponen los Estados miembros y la Comisión. +Todo ello me lleva a pensar que algunos pretenden utilizar el sistema Eurodac tal vez no exclusivamente pero sí principalmente para designar a un Estado miembro responsable, que deberá cargar con las consecuencias del fraude en materia de inmigración ilegal y asilo, y no parecen tener mucho interés en impedir este tipo de fraude. +Es importante que comprendamos que, al tiempo que impulsamos una política de prevención con objetivos a largo plazo, tendremos que ejercer políticas con objetivos más a corto plazo, como son las políticas dirigidas a la represión del narcotráfico y a la terapia y rehabilitación de los drogodependientes, de tal suerte que contribuyamos a que la prevención acabe teniendo éxito, o, al menos, a que la situación se estabilice. +Por lo que se refiere a la reducción de la demanda, los programas y las medidas preventivos para niños y jóvenes, en vez de centrarse exclusivamente en las drogas ilegales, deberían tratar de la adicción en general, con inclusión de aspectos del consumo de alcohol y tabaco. +Finalmente, la OLAF no acomete las causas de la corrupción, que residen en la supresión de las fronteras nacionales, lo que permite que el dinero de la droga circule libremente, así como el fraude y la delincuencia financiera. +En segundo lugar, se ha otorgado a la Comisión un mandato de negociaciones globales con respecto a toda una serie de cuestiones, algunas de las cuales son de competencia comunitaria, pero otras, como los servicios o las inversiones, son claramente de competencia nacional. +En cualquier caso, estaremos atentos a la manera en que la Comisión negocia, y aun cuando el tono de este informe enmendado nos parezca todavía demasiado liberal, nosotros, los Verdes, nos convertiremos en los más encarnizados defensores de dicho texto, si el Comisario Lamy descendiera por debajo de las recomendaciones que aquí se han hecho. +Pero creo que uno de los hechos más importantes en vísperas de esta nueva ronda, y que la distingue de las anteriores, es la irrupción de la sociedad civil, de las ONG y de la opinión pública internacional en el debate. +Es de esta duda, por otro lado, de donde surge mi preocupación: el hecho de que, por no desembocar en este punto, estemos obligados a no respetar compromisos muy antiguos con respecto a los países en vías de desarrollo, y sobre todo frente a los países ACP, a los cuales los convenios de Lomé nos vinculan desde hace veinte años. +Pero es evidente que para eso hay otras vías, muy distintas de las actuales y de las que se trazan, lo que introduce en el orden del día la necesidad de una moratoria relativa a las negociaciones sobre las relaciones comerciales internacionales. +Por otra parte, nadie impide a los países en vías de desarrollo que lleven a cabo una política agraria adecuada. Es decir, pueden evitar o reducir la importación de estos productos baratos que perjudican su propia agricultura mediante la fijación de exacciones a la importación. +La agricultura europea ha sufrido, durante los años de la Ronda Uruguay, la mayor disminución de población activa que haya conocido nunca, lo que ha provocado una verdadera desorganización del mundo rural. +Para los estados neutrales y no alineados las tareas de Petersberg implican la posibilidad de participar en conflictos y en el manejo de crisis y, por este motivo, no hay razón para integrar totalmente a la UEO en la Unión Europea. +Así, la protección de los derechos fundamentales de las personas de que se trate exige que no se avance hacia la creación de un sistema central de control de datos personales, pues, por principio, ninguna de esas personas puede ser tratada como un individuo delincuente o sospechoso de serlo. +El riesgo de una guerra nuclear desatada por equivocación fue una de las razones de la propuesta de la Comisión de Camberra en el sentido de que las armas nucleares deben estar preparadas para su uso inmediato. +Nuestra segunda exigencia para disminuir el riesgo de guerra nuclear fue que todas las armas nucleares deberían desmontarse de los aparatos que las transportan, para dar así suficiente tiempo a las negociaciones políticas serias. +Aunque ningún elemento de los sistemas determinantes para la seguridad resulte afectado, otros sistemas, concretamente aquellos que transmiten información al operador, podrían verse afectados y su fallo podría poner en peligro indirectamente la seguridad nuclear, al sobrecargar a los operadores, según se ha señalado. +En primer lugar, porque aún existen atropellos a la dignidad humana y a los derechos humanos de los timorenses que se encuentran refugiados en otras zonas de Timor, en particular en Timor occidental y que desean regresar a Timor Oriental y es necesario que las autoridades de Indonesia faciliten urgentemente la acción humanitaria, en particular de las organizaciones no gubernamentales. +Ya hay un cálculo aproximado de los costos de reconstrucción -250 millones de euros, en tres años- y el día 17 de diciembre se celebrará una conferencia de donantes. +Se debe simple y llanamente a que nos concentramos en la ayuda económica y nos olvidamos de las cosas fundamentales como el ejercicio de la tolerancia, el ejercicio de la democracia y el apoyo en el ámbito social. +Para nosotros, la abolición de la pena de muerte es un elemento intrínseco de nuestra política en materia de derechos humanos, mientras que para muchos países dicha cuestión - esta es, al menos, su tesis - incumbe exclusivamente a los asuntos criminales. +Creo que la Comisión y, con ella, toda la Unión Europea ha hecho saber, claramente, desde el principio, que nosotros condenábamos todo tipo de violencia étnica, sin importar quien fuese su autor y su víctima. +Ahora bien, en esa resolución nos referimos a una investigación independiente, lo cual nos permite expresar nuestro deseo de que las partes implicadas y, por tanto, el Gobierno de Burundi no se limiten a contar su versión de lo ocurrido sino que, aparte de eso, salgan a la superficie los hechos. +Señor Presidente, Sr. Comisario, colegas, he trabajado en Ruanda y conozco el país desde 1984, he nacido en Tanzanía y he vivido en el país muchos años, y hablo el principal idioma africano de la región de los Grandes Lagos de África. Creo que puedo decir, por lo tanto, que hablo de esta cuestión con experiencia y con conocimiento de causa. +No es posible ninguna reconciliación nacional sin un verdadero tratamiento judicial de esta cuestión, y esto atañe tanto a la justicia nacional rwandesa como al Tribunal Penal Internacional para Rwanda. +Nosotros consideramos que la reanudación completa de la cooperación guarda relación con los resultados del proceso de paz, así como con la instauración de un marco político y constitucional que conduzca, finalmente, a la democratización. +El intento de demostrar que el actual primer ministro, Sharif, participa en una conspiración criminal y ha creado un sistema de nepotismo no puede convertirse en un simulacro de proceso. +Mientras Pakistán no reúna todas las condiciones necesarias para las urgentes e imprescindibles reformas económicas, sociales y humanas no podrá recuperar su calidad de miembro de la Commonwealth ni podrá beneficiarse del acuerdo de cooperación con la Unión Europea. +Primero: todos nosotros, progresistas o conservadores de este Pleno, debemos tener claro, y creo que lo tenemos, que el planteamiento de la política de drogas ha de partir siempre de un presupuesto: los drogodependientes no necesitan por principio de la pena y la persecución, sino de la ayuda y del apoyo. +La semana pasada, el Presidente de la Comisión señaló que se ha desarrollado en el seno de la Unión un "mercado interior para el tráfico de drogas". +El problema principal de mi informe radicaba en que a medida que transcurría el trabajo se iba haciendo más evidente que el Banco Europeo de Inversiones en lo que concierne a la moderna gestión de empresas, a la transparencia y a trabajar públicamente se encuentra ciertamente retrasado. +En mayo de 1999, mi predecesor, el Sr. Blak, Vicepresidente de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario, formuló 26 preguntas concretas acerca de presuntos fraudes, mala gestión, corrupción y encubrimiento -he dicho "encubrimiento" -en las actividades del Banco, operaciones de caja incluidas, a lo largo del período 1993-1998. +No se puede seguir reduciendo los "gastos sociales" para cumplir con los criterios impuestos a los presupuestos nacionales por el Pacto de Estabilidad, mientras se repiten bonitas palabras de apoyo social que después no se materializan en la práctica. +Precisamente en este ámbito los astilleros europeos medios han desarrollado una riquísima inventiva, pero la investigación y el desarrollo, y no solo la producción y la adquisición, requieren dinero, y aquí es donde intervienen las subvenciones. +Desde 1997, Corean-Gaz restringe las licitaciones para la construcción de buques metaneros a los astilleros coreanos, lo que constituye igualmente, en mi opinión, una violación de las reglas internacionales de liberalización de los contratos públicos. +La Unión Europea, señor Comisario, con todos los medios políticos, económicos, financieros y comerciales a su alcance, tiene que hacer valer las normas internacionales y poner freno, de una vez por todas, al dumping coreano, porque el sector europeo puede ser viable en un entorno competitivo leal. +Los Estados Unidos, que se presentan con una imagen de propaganda como los campeones del librecambismo, del mercado libre, sólo tienen esa posición para lo que les interesa: para el sector audiovisual, para el sector agroalimentario, para todo lo que les interesa. +Es una tragedia constatar que todavía en la Unión Europea hay ciudadanos indefensos ante la violencia sectaria de unos pocos, teniendo que pagar un altísimo precio por mantenerse en sus convicciones frente al chantaje terrorista. +Ojalá que disfruten durante muchos años y décadas de una política democrática en Irlanda del Norte y le ruego, señora Presidenta y también a través de nuestro colega aquí presente Jim Nicholson, a quien incluyo en el liderazgo de Irlanda del Norte, que transmita los mejores deseos de este Parlamento a todos ellos. +Hoy ocupo deliberadamente el escaño de John Hume, porque como ganador del Premio Nobel de este Parlamento y porque ha dedicado toda su vida a garantizar el proceso de paz, creo que es importante que le honremos ya que se encuentra convaleciente en su casa de Irlanda del Norte. +Quiero, en primer lugar, felicitar a los gobernantes, a los partidos políticos, a los intermediarios y sobre todo al pueblo británico y al pueblo de Irlanda por ese camino de paz que han encontrado, cediendo todos en sus posturas originarias. +No es posible permitir a la representante de un gran Grupo hablar durante tres minutos y no conceder el uso de la palabra a un representante de un Grupo pequeño, aunque no estemos de acuerdo con él y aunque haga daño lo que va a decir. +Señora Presidenta, como usted comprenderá, en esos dos planos, el mundial y el europeo, a partir del año próximo vamos a hacer de la lucha antidopaje una punta de lanza de nuestra política deportiva. +En segundo lugar, existen las cuestiones que de ello se derivan como, por ejemplo, el hecho de que la ampliación repercutirá en las demás Instituciones y en todos los órganos europeos como el Tribunal de Justicia y, sin duda, también en este Pleno que, a medida que vayan ingresando nuevos miembros, deberá prepararse para acoger hasta 700 y no más de 700 representantes. +La mayoría del Grupo dice: si Turquía pasa a ser miembro de la Unión Europea, la Unión -y es algo que debemos tener claro- experimentará un cambio cualitativo desde el punto de vista político, económico y cultural. +Una CIG que no enmiende el modo de revisar los Tratados en el futuro y permita que los sectores políticos los debiliten amenazaría con paralizar la Unión cuando ésta intente modernizarse tras la adhesión de los nuevos Estados miembros. +Y una Unión que teme reforzar su carácter liberal y parlamentario será una Unión poco atractiva para los Estados miembros que se incorporen y un interlocutor poco fiable en el panorama mundial. +A nuestro juicio, habría que considerar modelos de distinto grado de adhesión y habría que aspirar a una Unión concéntrica, en la que hubiera un núcleo de Estado Federal y un círculo externo menos integrado. +Queda por hacer notar que en la cumbre de Helsinki se definirá con más precisión la política de la Unión Europea en su dimensión nórdica y, gracias a ello, se podrán reforzar los instrumentos para la estabilidad y la seguridad de Europa del Norte. +La defensa de la democracia y la lucha contra los movimientos extremistas parten de la base de la justicia social, lo que significa, entre otras cosas, que hay que acabar con el desempleo. +Hoy estamos asistiendo a un mínimo histórico dentro de la breve historia del euro, y creo que el Consejo Europeo de Helsinki debería consagrar algún espacio al tema de la representación exterior de la zona euro. +No estoy en absoluto de acuerdo: se trata de una Cumbre de extraordinaria importancia que hemos preparado -el Parlamento, la Comisión y la Presidencia en ejercicio del Consejo- con sumo cuidado, con fuerza, y el reto de la ampliación es un reto histórico, cuya importancia es crucial. +Partimos ciñéndonos al documento presentando anteriormente, con propuestas fuertes y también con el ánimo de que, después de esta ampliación, se planteará de verdad el problema de definir con cuidado, con atención y con un debate muy amplio los que son los límites y la naturaleza de Europa. +Existen acuerdos que pueden conducir a una estrategia de cierre de estas centrales que ofrezca seguridad y que al mismo tiempo deje a estos países la posibilidad de superar sus problemas de manera realista y compartida. +Por ejemplo, podríamos tomar en cuenta con más detalle en el futuro las cuestiones relacionadas con el asilo político y con los refugiados, ya que ello encierra un factor trascendental desde el punto de vista de los derechos humanos. +El Tratado de Amsterdam y las disposiciones sobre los derechos humanos que acaban de entrar en vigor mejoran las posibilidades de actuación de la UE para promover los derechos humanos. +Pero la publicación de este documento me incita a poner la mira en el futuro próximo, la redacción de una Carta de Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea. +Se necesita más concreción y desarrollo y unos análisis más profundos. El Parlamento volverá sobre este tema con un informe que se votará en marzo del año próximo y que tendré el honor de ser su ponente. +El Consejo debe tener el valor político de prestar más atención a la situación interna de los derechos humanos en la UE en el próximo informe anual. +Asimismo, son expresión de los valores cristianos que durante dos mil años han constituido una parte imprescindible del acervo cultural y espiritual europeo y que, ante el nuevo milenio, son una magnífica base para continuar la lucha en favor de los derechos humanos. +En relación con el importante proceso de ampliación hacia el Este, las exigencias sobre suspensión y posterior abolición de la pena de muerte han influido, tanto en los conceptos éticos como en las legislaciones, para potenciar la vida, incluso en nuestro propio continente. +A ese respecto, el foro cuya creación pidió nuestro Parlamento debería desempeñar un papel importante; podrá apoyarse en las estructuras ya existentes, en particular en el Comité Económico y Social de la Comunidad Europea. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, una vez más, pocas semanas después del debate sobre la extensión del programa Sócrates a la juventud turca, este Parlamento vuelve a ocuparse de la controvertida cuestión de las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y Turquía. +Señor Presidente, Señorías, yo quiero manifestar, en nombre del Grupo del Partido Popular Europeo (Demócratacristianos)/Demócratas Europeos, que la presente propuesta de directiva constituye una nueva aportación a la construcción de la política europea en favor de la calidad del aire. +El desarrollo de la directiva marco sobre la calidad del aire ambiente prevé la adopción de directivas derivadas para una serie de sustancias nocivas. +Los requisitos establecidos por la Comisión Europea y las enmiendas de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Política del Consumidor que los amplían son muy exigentes desde este punto de vista. +Un tercer objetivo de la Directiva Marco sobre la Calidad del Aire, así como de la presente propuesta es garantizar que los Estados miembros evalúan la calidad del aire de manera coherente y comparable. +Por eso proponemos la siguiente nueva redacción: "En los informes de los años en que deberán cumplirse los objetivos parciales y finales se mencionará si las disminuciones obedecen a medidas tecnológicas adoptadas por los fabricantes o si existen otros factores, tales como cambios en la conducta de los consumidores." +Dicho esto, hay cosas que sí podemos hacer a nivel europeo, entre las que se incluye un cambio de la cultura, la cultura del lugar de trabajo y la cultura de nuestro modo de vida. +Tal como el ponente señaló en su intervención y en el informe, las enmiendas a los Anexos 3 y 4 del convenio sobre el medio marino en el mar Báltico ya han sido aprobadas y entrarán en vigor dentro de un mes. +Por consiguiente, los Estados miembros tienen que poder definir sin trabas burocráticas los criterios de selección del material de reproducción, pues nada sería tan nefasto como unas consecuencias ulteriores que perjudicasen al conjunto de las reservas forestales. +La calidad externa de la planta tiene un fuerte impacto, no sólo en el porcentaje de las plantas que sobreviven, que puede pasar del 85% al 20%, sino también en el desarrollo futuro en las extremadamente duras condiciones de su transplante en este clima. +La posibilidad de efectuar el cambio de forma brusca nos continúa resultando atractiva, pero no todos los Estados miembros están convencidos. De ahí que hagamos un llamamiento para que los períodos de circulación paralela sean, de todas formas, mínimos. +La introducción del euro ha de resultar sencilla para los ciudadanos y los consumidores, minimizando los problemas que afecten a colectivos particulares y haciendo todo lo posible para que la introducción del euro se produzca sin problemas en las regiones más alejadas. +La presente propuesta para un Reglamento del Consejo contiene cambios en cuanto al área y al calendario de restricciones diseñadas para proteger el desove de los arenques del Banco Douglas en el Mar de Irlanda. +Se trata y se trataba del aprovisionamiento del mercado europeo con pescado y de la producción destinada a la exportación con el fin de conservar los puestos directos e indirectos de trabajo en el mar y en tierra. +En lo que respecta a la información a los consumidores, estoy plenamente de acuerdo con la Comisión cuando propone la obligación de un etiquetado que indique la denominación de la especie, la captura y la zona de captura. +En ese marco, la regulación de la oferta y la demanda de los productos pesqueros debe responder a una doble consideración: atender las necesidades de los consumidores y preservar el desarrollo del sector pesquero propio. +Su reglamentación se ha adaptado a ellas, y hay que considerar este informe como una etapa suplementaria en la construcción de una organización equilibrada entre la producción y la gestión de los recursos pesqueros. +Por ello quiero recomendar el aplazamiento de la tramitación de este punto hasta que el Parlamento turco haya demostrado su voluntad de respetar los derechos humanos fundamentales en Turquía. +Esta Asamblea se ha pronunciado en favor de más derechos humanos, en pro del respeto a los derechos de las minorías, a favor de la mejora en las relaciones entre Turquía y Grecia, en pro de una solución de la cuestión chipriota. +En primer término, aunque se haya efectuado una gran campaña de promoción del euro, sobre todo en el momento de su lanzamiento, aunque ahora esté jurídicamente en vigor y conozca incluso algunos contratiempos candentes en los mercados internacionales, los ciudadanos parecen haber olvidado completamente su existencia. +Quisiera dar las gracias a los colegas italianos que han puesto este maravilloso belén frente a la entrada de la Sala de Plenos y quiero pedir a todos los colegas que contemplen esta pieza de cultura europea. +Gracias al mundo árabe, gracias a la cultura árabe, Europa hoy en día tiene todo lo que es la herencia griega; gracias al mundo árabe, tiene todo lo que es el reconocimiento de la cultura griega. +Quiero que este Parlamento haga un llamamiento a la Comisión para que estudie este asunto por primera vez desde la perspectiva de la Unión Europea y restablezca los plenos derechos civiles y políticos de estas familias. +Me imagino que, si el Sr. Swoboda y sus compañeros hubieran sabido que ese tema relativo a Nicaragua podía figurar en el orden del día, habrían votado de forma diferente sobre la propuesta relativa a los presos políticos en Djibouti. +Esa experiencia positiva refuerza mi convicción de que se debe seguir contando con una participación más estrecha del Parlamento Europeo en la formulación de la política comercial común. +Uno sobre el fondo, intentando construir alianzas y preservar el apoyo en pro de un planteamiento amplio de la ronda y otro sobre la forma, el plan institucional y los procedimientos, para establecer lo que necesitaremos a lo largo de las próximas negociaciones. +Naturalmente, tenemos los acuerdos de Marrakesh y no estamos obligados a obtener un resultado, pero es necesario que permanezcamos vigilantes para que los acuerdos por separado sobre la agricultura y los servicios no hagan entrar por la ventana lo que hayamos expulsado por la puerta. +Estoy de acuerdo con el Sr. Staes en que el informe no es la mejor lectura para antes de dormir, y sentí una gran preocupación cuando comenzaron a apagarse las luces, aunque la valiente intervención del Sr. Dell'Alba puso remedio a la situación. +Por esta razón va dirigido mi agradecimiento especial a la ponente, la Sra. Pack y a la Sra. Comisaria Reding quienes conjuntamente con el comité de Conciliación le han arrancado al Consejo 300 millones de euros. +En mi calidad de diputado que representa a la mayor parte de la región irlandesa de Gaeltacht de habla irlandesa, me complace constatar que el programa incluye la lengua irlandesa, que es una de las lenguas del Tratado. +Se ha conseguido que una cláusula de revisión permita que a más tardar en el año 2004 se reconsideren las consecuencias financieras derivadas de la futura adhesión de países candidatos a la adhesión y que se deba presentar un informe por parte de la Comisión. +La calidad de su trabajo es conocida, sobre todo para los que desde hace cierto tiempo ocupan escaños en este Parlamento, y además no se trata de su primer informe sobre Sócrates que, en cierto modo, es un hijo suyo, pues fue ponente ya en 1994 del programa Sócrates I, y también de la revisión presupuestaria en 1997. +Todo esto gracias a que hay hombres y mujeres inteligentes que, sencillamente, han comprendido que no construiremos la Europa de mañana sin el aporte de los jóvenes que hayan tenido la ocasión de conocer otras culturas, otros sistemas educativos. +La única diferencia reside en que la víctima del accidente, siguiendo este ejemplo el francés, no tiene que dirigirse directamente a la aseguradora italiana en Italia, sino al representante de la aseguradora italiana en Francia. +Pero también, y sobre todo, vinculamos al reglamento previsto la esperanza de que con ello, antes o después, vamos a conseguir realizar una aportación esencial a una política de transportes de la Unión nueva, mejor, más eficiente y también más humana y ecológicamente viable. +En la Unión Europea debemos ayudar al Tercer Mundo y a los países en desarrollo a implantar rápidamente nuevas tecnologías que no dañen la capa de ozono y a no utilizar productos químicos que agoten la capa de ozono. +La prohibición gradual de los HCFC, solicitada en la enmienda, junto con los profundos motivos de carácter científico, reconoce asimismo motivos sociales, porque muchas personas corren el riesgo de perder su puesto de trabajo. +La Comisión no puede aceptar las enmiendas 2 y 10 porque traerían consigo las primeras reducciones de producción y utilización de bromuro de metilo en unas fechas demasiado tempranas para ser realistas - el 1 de enero de 2000 y el 1 de enero de 2001 respectivamente. +Si eso es así, estamos hablando de cantidades realmente muy pequeñas y son varios los miembros de la comisión los que creen que, fundamentalmente, esta propuesta que analizamos esta noche no es aplicable y que es un nuevo caso en que la Comisión Europea ha creado algo que parece bueno, pero que en realidad no funciona en la práctica. +Me hubiera gustado saber esta noche el tiempo que aun va a durar este compás de plegarse a la presión de la industria de los forrajes, o si van a poner en práctica lo prometido aquí por el Sr. Prodi, en concreto, mayor transparencia para los consumidores. +La propuesta tiene por objeto resolver el problema del etiquetado de productos alimenticios cuando los operadores han intentado evitar la utilización de material GM y pueden demostrarlo, aunque los productos contengan pequeñas cantidades de material GM. +En nombre de la Comisión, estoy dispuesto a asumir el siguiente compromiso: "La Comisión revisará la propuesta de directiva por la que se enmienda la Directiva 1139/98 en el plazo de un año a partir de su entrada en vigor. +La necesidad de seguridad en Europa y de una más amplia zona europea de paz está ampliamente ilustrada por la situación actual en Chechenia, respecto a la cual el Consejo Europeo aprobó una declaración muy concreta. +Respecto de la defensa, acogemos con el mayor beneplácito la creación de la fuerza de reacción rápida y sus importantes y necesarios avances: lo sucedido en Kosovo nos ha hecho comprender, a costa de pagar un alto precio, su necesidad. +¿De verdad creen ustedes, Señorías, que con la incorporación de Turquía, el país más poblado de Europa, con una gran historia propia, sólo se añadirá un vigésimo octavo Estado a la Unión Europeo y ésta no adquirirá una nueva calidad? +A mi juicio, nos encontramos ante cuestiones tan fundamentales que, puesto que han de ser ratificadas por los Parlamentos nacionales, debemos tener tiempo suficiente para debatir estos asuntos en los Estados miembros y para conseguir que los Parlamentos nacionales apoyen estas reformas. +Señor Presidente, señor Comisario, estimados colegas, el Consejo ha dado un paso definitivo hacia la militarización de la Unión Europea con la decisión de desarrollar un cuerpo militar para la gestión de crisis. +De cómo entiende la Unión Europea las crisis nos ha dado una muestra al participar en la desintegración de Yugoslavia, y especialmente con el ataque bárbaro y asesino contra el pueblo yugoslavo. +Nuestra tarea en la Alianza Libre Europea es la de conseguir que se reconozca y se remedie con la ayuda de nuestros colegas del Grupo de los Verdes/Alianza Libre Europea. +Es importante que Turquía muestre que, queriendo formar parte de la familia europea, respeta los derechos humanos, la democracia, los países vecinos y que realmente desea la solución tranquila y pacífica de los problemas a los que se enfrenta. +Igualmente, quiero darles las gracias a los coordinadores de los grupos de trabajo, en particular, al Sr. Böge del Grupo PPE y al Sr. Walter del Grupo PSE por su estupenda colaboración, y a todos los miembros de la comisión. +Deseo simplemente manifestar, en nombre de la Comisión de Cooperación y Desarrollo, toda mi preocupación acerca de este presupuesto del 2000 que, en ausencia de una revisión de las perspectivas financieras, hace recaer íntegramente los sacrificios sobre los países más pobres. +El procedimiento en relación con Autostrade s.p.a. podría tener un resultado positivo, dado que las autoridades italianas han mostrado su unánime disposición a cooperar con la Comisión y se han dado pasos para privatizar la empresa. +Afecta no sólo a las relaciones económicas bilaterales entre Serbia y los países vecinos, sino también a otros países a lo largo del curso del río, que tradicionalmente lo han utilizado como ruta de navegación entre el Rhin y el Mar Negro. +Los Estados miembros y la Comisión están examinando actualmente una acción común cuya aprobación está prevista para antes del final de este año con vistas a la aplicación de los aspectos de la estrategia común sobre Rusia relativos a la seguridad y la no proliferación. +Hoy hemos debatido el presupuesto para el año próximo y la dificultad de la Unión Europea para conseguir fondos suficientes con vistas a financiar la operación en Kosovo. +Estoy seguro de que está muy por encima de un simple Comisario de Asuntos Exteriores, pero espero que el año próximo no me vea obligado a explicar en el terreno esas complejas cuestiones constitucionales a personas de los Balcanes o de cualquier otra parte del mundo que no reciban el apoyo que merecen. +¿Es consciente la Comisión de que los líderes del mercado no sólo se dedican a comercializar sus productos, sino que también se encargan del apoyo financiero (préstamos interesantes), material (suministro de la instalación para servir cerveza de barril, mobiliario, cristalería, etc.) y técnico (frigoristas)? +De hecho, constituirá una base esencial para el próximo debate sobre el futuro marco jurídico con vistas a la distribución de automóviles después de que expire el reglamento actual el 30 de septiembre de 2002. +¿Puede, además, la Comisión indicar si sigue considerando suficientes las normas vigentes relativas a la concesión de ayudas estatales a las PYME, por ejemplo, la norma que establece la limitación de 250 empleados? +Ante la opción del Consejo Europeo, una opción que pretende ser dinámica, de ampliar el círculo de los candidatos a la adhesión, ¿no sería conveniente revisar también las perspectivas financieras? +Nos interesa contar con una base de trabajo seria que nos permita trabajar conjuntamente a partir de un fundamento sólido, en vez de limitarnos a saltar de un problema a otro, y que sirva para varios años, pues el problema de los Balcanes no es un problema de un año. +La primera observación que se puede hacer al procedimiento presupuestario de este año es que tanto la Comisión como el Consejo han procurado que se haga pública la cantidad de dinero disponible para una determinada finalidad, pero sin que se sepa muy bien cómo se debe llevar a cabo la financiación. +El plazo de tiempo y las posibilidades de adaptar los presupuestos actuales son cruciales para el Grupo de los Verdes y de la Alianza Libre Europea. +En efecto, el Consejo debe tomar buena nota de que no se pueden transferir, por un lado, cada vez más tareas al ámbito europeo, sin iniciar al mismo tiempo, por el otro lado, una seria negociación con el Parlamento para determinar cómo se van a financiar estos gastos adicionales. +En este contexto, me dirijo esta noche al Sr. Liikanen para pedirle que se haga cargo del problema de la inseguridad que afecta a miles de mis votantes empleados en la fábrica BMW-Rover de Longbridge, en Birmingham, donde se planea una inversión de gran importancia para producir nuevos coches pequeños destinados al mercado mundial. +Al Sr. Lange, debo decirle que, como sabe Su Señoría, cada nuevo elemento de la legislación comunitaria que se debe adoptar a través del proceso de Ginebra tiene que ser aprobado por el Parlamento, ya sea por consentimiento según el Acuerdo de 1958 o por codecisión, según el Acuerdo Paralelo. +Quisiera pedir que se envíe una circular a los diputados y al personal dando a conocer los procedimientos normales de evacuación, y quisiera preguntar si en un caso como éste podrían utilizarse las pantallas situadas por todo el edificio para informar a los diputados sobre la situación. +Debemos comunicar de forma oficial a la opinión pública los nombres de los miembros del Parlamento Europeo designados para formar parte de la comisión, puesto que ésta iniciará sus actividades oficialmente el viernes. +A nivel de la Comunidad, Finlandia ha procedido a integrar la política climática en las demás políticas a través de estrategias medioambientales en los sectores de la energía, del transporte y de la agricultura, entre otros. +Hasta ahora, Europa ha efectuado muchas declaraciones maravillosas, pero si no se adoptan medidas extraordinarias, las emisiones de los gases de efecto invernadero en la Unión Europea habrán aumentado un 8 por ciento en el 2010 en lugar de disminuir un 8 por ciento. +Señor Presidente, desgraciadamente se demora la solución internacional para acabar con el efecto invernadero y me parece muy elocuente que tan solo un país, una pequeña isla de los Mares del Sur, haya ratificado el Acuerdo de Kioto. +La posición del Partido Popular Europeo acabó aceptada por otras fuerzas políticas, por lo que consideramos esencial que este debate se celebre aquí y en este momento, en el día en que, por afortunada coincidencia, nos visita una delegación del parlamento chino. +Nuestra subscripción de la resolución común aquí presentada, pese a mantener aún algunas diferencias de opinión, atestigua nuestra firme voluntad de colaborar en el desarrollo de esas relaciones amistosas en este momento histórico que acogemos con el mayor beneplácito. +En relación con la conferencia de Nueva York, hay que señalar que se trata de una conferencia gubernamental y por ese motivo no hay una delegación oficial de la Unión Europea, sino delegaciones de los Estados miembros. +Asimismo, la Comisión puede aceptar en principio la enmienda 32, a condición de que vuelva a redactarse el texto para especificar que todo uso necesario de una sustancia prohibida en el Protocolo de Montreal necesitará también la aprobación de los miembros de dicho Protocolo. +Hay que promover por todos los medios la cooperación entre los Estados miembros de la UE en actividades importantes para los ciudadanos que fomenten el ejercicio activo de las cualidades cívicas y también el empleo. +Las condiciones de circulación de los vehículos pesados están estrictamente reglamentadas, lo que permite hacer una elección en favor de una verdadera calidad de vida en los valles alpinos, medida positiva para el medio ambiente y para las poblaciones. +Este movimiento social expresado por muchas ONG, asociaciones cívicas, sindicatos, ha exigido otro tipo de mundialización, que no esté dominada solamente por la lógica de la rentabilidad ciega, sin tener en cuenta a las personas y a las sociedades. +Le pregunto, sin embargo, si no sería más correcto que, si estos productos genéticamente modificados son nocivos, la Unión Europea, el Parlamento decidieran prohibir su producción y comercialización o, en el caso de no serlo, permitieran su comercialización. +La defensa del consumidor exige que haya una información muy precisa y completa sobre los alimentos, incluida la relativa a los nuevos alimentos para animales y al etiquetado de productos exentos de OGM. +(EN) Creo que los consumidores tienen derecho a conocer cuando se utilizan OGM en la elaboración de productos en cualquier circunstancia; esto concierne no sólo a los productos alimenticios que consumimos los humanos, sino también a los piensos para animales, y requiere un etiquetado claro en cualquier circunstancia. +Porque han predicado en Kosovo con el ejemplo del desprecio a los organismos internacionales y a los métodos pacíficos de resolución de las diferencias. Y también por la inquietud que crean con su agresiva ampliación hacia el este, que provoca reacciones de nacionalismo y violencia en el ámbito de Rusia. +Comprobamos que una verdadera realización del plan significará cambios en la dinámica interna de las instituciones y organizaciones, incluidos los valores, las conductas, las reglas y las costumbres que afectan a la situación de la mujer. +Celebro que la Comisaria y también la representante de la Presidencia hayan expresado esta mañana su voluntad y compromiso de organizar la Conferencia Europea y participar en los trabajos preparatorios de la reunión "Beijing + 5" de Nueva York. +Yo, por supuesto, me comprometo absolutamente, por parte de la Comisión, no sólo a una colaboración permanente, a una información permanente, sino a la infraestructura hasta el último día de las propuestas y los trabajos del Parlamento Europeo. +Señora Presidenta, quisiera tan sólo decir que esta cuestión del etiquetado de la carne de bovino, desde el punto de vista político, es una de las cuestiones más delicadas de la política agraria y agroalimentaria. +Si se trata de un problema de sentido común, resulta que los consumidores franceses no quieren este tipo de carne británica, y la discusión no hará que cambie nada. +Ese Libro Blanco incluye muchos de los temas sobre los que he tratado aquí y en la Comisión de Medio Ambiente en reiteradas ocasiones. Pero incluye además un capítulo relativo a la agencia de seguridad alimentaria. +Señor Presidente, bajo la Presidencia finlandesa ya se ha adoptado la decisión de que los órdenes del día de las sesiones del COREPER sean accesibles al público, y éste es un paso en la dirección deseada por el formulador de la pregunta. +¿Qué posición y qué iniciativas políticas piensa adoptar el Consejo para contribuir al respeto de la fecha prevista por la ONU para la celebración del referéndum, el 31 de julio del año 2000? +El Secretario General de la ONU añadió que presentaría en diciembre al Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU una estimación realista de las medidas futuras en su próximo informe. +Señora representante del Consejo, hemos escuchado el informe de Kofi Annan sobre los últimos datos con respecto al referéndum y hemos estado en la 25ª Conferencia de apoyo europeo de las organizaciones no gubernamentales al pueblo saharaui hace pocas semanas en Canarias. +Señor Presidente, como acabo decir, el Consejo no quiere involucrarse directamente en el funcionamiento de otras organizaciones internacionales, pero, naturalmente, el Consejo está pendiente a la evolución de este asunto en la medida que progresa, y más tarde serán consideradas las posibles consecuencias. +En este contexto, la UE acogió de forma positiva el reciente informe del Secretario General de la ONU sobre la protección de la población civil en los conflictos armados. +En efecto, los principios básicos del Derecho internacional humanitario, que contienen los Convenios de Ginebra, son valores que hay que mantener como fundamento de la construcción europea y promover desde la acción institucional. +Señor Presidente, en primer lugar, el problema mencionado en la última parte de la pregunta reside en que hay muchos antiguos militares desempleados tanto en los países aspirantes a la adhesión, como en terceros países cercanos a la UE. +La importancia de dicha directiva radica en que nos ayudará a abordar la situación de las empresas, a provocar, en realidad, un cambio de costumbres para que pasemos de los retrasos a la prontitud en los pagos como norma dentro del Mercado Único europeo y no, como ocurre actualmente, lo contrario. +Tenemos que tener presente que 450.000 trabajadores han perdido su trabajo en un clima social en el que el problema más importante al que la Unión Europea ha de enfrentarse es precisamente la lucha contra el paro. +Según la Comisión, el retraso es debido a que los informes de trabajos en curso de los Estados miembros, que sientan las bases para la normativa general de un sistema obligatorio, se han presentado demasiado tarde. +No podemos aprobar sin reservas un nuevo aplazamiento de un año, puesto que nadie nos garantiza que el año próximo por esas mismas fechas no se nos vuelva a obligar a conceder otro aplazamiento porque determinados Estados miembros no hayan hecho sus deberes. +Tal vez no dispongamos de suficientes periodistas con formación científica y que puedan expresar en cifras cuestiones como la del riesgo o tal vez un titular sensacional en portada que aumente la venta de un periódico sea -como sospecho yo- más importante que dar información a los consumidores para que puedan adoptar sus decisiones a la hora de comprar. +Vemos que el Reglamento nº 820/97 se nos escapa de las manos para caer en una ciénaga de prácticas voluntarias observadas a medias y sin perspectivas inmediatas para el plan obligatorio, que, como saben todos los diputados a esta Asamblea, es necesario. +Se ha acordado aceptar la recomendación del Comité Científico como base para todas las decisiones sobre el aspecto de la producción de alimentos relativo a la salud pública. +Por desgracia, las condiciones atmosféricas en Bruselas ha obligado a la cancelación del vuelo de esta mañana y, por esa razón, no he podido estar presente en persona para informar al Parlamento sobre la controversia relativa a la EEB. +Finalmente, desearía repetir lo que había dicho tras la primera lectura, es decir, nuestra profunda consideración por los servicios prestados por la Comisión de Presupuestos, cuyos miembros se han desvivido -esa es la palabra- durante este doble procedimiento, en primera y segunda lectura, y a quienes creo que nuestra Asamblea les debe una profunda gratitud. +Desde 1998 los presupuestos recogen una minipartida de 15 millones de euros, un 50% de la cuantía de los programa nacionales para la mejora de la producción y la comercialización de la miel. Y esto es así en virtud de un reglamento que hemos criticado por insuficiente. +Gracias a la etiqueta, reinará la seguridad alimentaria, los consumidores estarán protegidos y nuestros colegas Verdes estarán satisfechos de haber asegurado la supervivencia de la humanidad alimentaria... +El objetivo original de la Comisión, restablecer la confianza en la protección al consumidor a nivel europeo, se convertiría en su contrario mediante la adopción de una medida de ese tipo. +Espero que encuentre continuación el acercamiento que se ha producido hasta ahora entre la Comisión y el Parlamento Europeo, el cual ya ha abordado varias veces esta problemática en las legislaturas anteriores, tanto en la Comisión de Cultura como en Pleno. +No obstante, algunos meses más tarde, tras la creación de la nueva Comisión, la Dirección general de competencia empuja otra vez a la Comisión a actuar contra los acuerdos transfronterizos y el precio único del libro. +Es una verdad de Perogrullo decir que los libros no son mercancías como la mantequilla, loe huevos, el queso, sino un bien cultural, y por tanto, desde el punto de vista del Derecho de la competencia, no pueden ser tratados como mantequilla, huevos, queso. +Como ya se ha dicho, sería absolutamente inaceptable que se levantase el embargo de armas, especialmente a la luz del hecho de que los militares indonesios no han desarmado a la milicia. +De la llegada de las fuerzas de la UNAMSL, la misión de las Naciones Unidas en Sierra Leona, dependerá en los primeros meses si se produce un nuevo impulso del proceso de desarme y con ello una mejora de la seguridad. +Esto no ha sido consecuencia de la política del régimen talibán, al estilo del apartheid, con respecto a las mujeres, sino de la protección ofrecida por los talibanes al Sr. Bin Laden. +Entre estos presos enfermos se encuentra Mohamed Kadamiousouf, representante en Europa del Frente para la Restauración de la Unidad y la Democracia, ilegalmente extraditado de Etiopía en 1997, y que, por falta de asistencia médica corre el peligro de perder la vista. +Así pues, echar la culpa sólo al Gobierno de Djibouti significa, en el mejor de los casos, disimular las responsabilidades del Gobierno francés, pero, en realidad, es avalar una política de apoyo a un régimen autoritario y represivo. +La Comisión confía en que las autoridades nicaragüenses tendrán en cuenta estos argumentos aportados por la Unión Europea, así como por otros miembros de la comunidad internacional, y en que se rectificarán las medidas adoptadas contra la oficina del Contralor General y contra él mismo. +Sería irresponsable hoy no reconocer públicamente la decepción que nos produce el hecho de que al cabo de año y medio tan sólo 91 Estados lo hayan firmado y apenas 5 o 6 lo hayan ratificado cuando -como ha dicho la Sra. Schörling- son precisas 60 ratificaciones para que el Tribunal entre en ejercicio. +Por ello reviste una importancia capital el que exista un tribunal penal único para todo el mundo para juzgar el genocidio y los crímenes contra la humanidad, así como que existan medidas penales únicas para todo el mundo, para que así todos sepan que no importa con qué pretexto, ideología o nacionalidad actúen: lo ilícito es siempre ilícito y debe ser perseguido. +Señor Presidente, estimadas señoras y señores diputados, la Comisión comparte plenamente el objetivo de la solicitud sobre la que se está debatiendo aquí, y considera que la iniciativa del Parlamento Europeo es útil y provechosa, pues nosotros también sostenemos que es necesario dar más pasos significativos si el Tribunal Penal Internacional se convierte finalmente en realidad. +Ya he hecho mención de los problemas de orden constitucional, y estamos dispuestos a compartir nuestras experiencias en procesos de ratificación y nuestros conocimientos especializados en esta materia con los Estados interesados. +Señor Presidente, señora ponente, señorías, todo el mundo se pone de acuerdo aquí para señalar la necesidad de disponer en el plano comunitario, de estadísticas agrícolas tan precisas, fiables y coherentes como sea posible, de forma que se puedan medir de manera efectiva las consecuencias de las decisiones adoptadas en el marco de la PAC, principalmente en el medio rural. +Señor Presidente, simplemente quiero agradecer y felicitar al Sr. Mayer por el informe que ha hecho, que atañe a todos aquellos países productores de lúpulo en esta Comunidad y, en el caso de España, a mi región, Castilla-León, en la zona de León. +El año 1997 está marcado también, señorías, y entramos en la cuestión central del tema, por una guerra civil en Tayikistán, una horrible guerra civil entre el poder instalado y la oposición islámica. +Sí estoy de acuerdo con esta ayuda concreta relativa a la parte del préstamo, por motivos humanitarios. Sin embargo, la parte de la donación debe eliminarse por las razones ya mencionadas. +Armenia y Georgia van a tener dificultades para entender que la comunidad disminuye su ayuda a pesar de los grandes esfuerzos realizados por ambos países, con respaldo del FMI y de otros organismos de ayuda, para disminuir su deuda con ella. +Le ruego pida a sus servicios que examinen de nuevo la enmienda 20. Estoy segura en un 99,9% de que no es el texto que votamos o, en cualquier caso, no el texto que se debía haber presentado, ya que no es el resultado al que llegó la Comisión de Industria. +¿Qué medidas tiene intención de adoptar el Consejo, también en el marco de la reforma de los Fondos estructurales y de la iniciativa comunitaria Interreg, para materializar todo lo previsto a este respecto en el Tratado de Amsterdam? +Había un texto de la Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas en el documento Agenda 2000 en virtud del cual estas regiones ultraperiféricas quedarían exentas del requisito del 75 % del PIB comunitario per cápita para permanecer como regiones de Objetivo 1. +El Consejo estará al corriente de que la India realizó una prueba el 11 de abril con un misil balístico de medio alcance, el Agni II, capaz de hacer diana a 2 000 kilómetros de distancia y que puede ir dotado con una cabeza nuclear. +En consecuencia, el Consejo estudiará la consulta que le presentó el Presidente del Parlamento Europeo el 11 de marzo de 1999, es decir, examinará si es posible una participación individual de diputados del Parlamento Europeo. +Como ya he dicho, la cuestión de la participación del Parlamento Europeo en la Conferencia de Río se va a tratar en base a los principios acordados por el Consejo. +Así, pues, había cierta inadecuación entre la metodología de la Comisión, su estructura, su tradición, y las tareas que se le encomendaron después y para las cuales ni el Consejo y -me atrevo a decirlo-ni el Parlamento le concedieron los medios convenientes. +Son repartidas muy correctamente entre los distintos Estados y, como también dice con razón el ponente, no existen Estados Miembros antiguos que aún no tengan ninguna agencia y estamos convencidos que para los Estados Miembros nuevos ya se encontrarán otras agencias nuevas. +Los puntos más importantes son: primero, en la Comisión tienen que delimitarse claramente los ámbitos de trabajo de los Comisarios y suplentes, de modo análogo a los Ministros y secretarios de Estado en los Gobiernos nacionales. +Creo que es bueno recordar este refrán a todos aquellos que piensan que el déficit democrático, la falta de control, la negligencia en la gestión y, en último lugar, pero no por eso menos importante, el ya notorio «profitariado» a nivel europeo puedan reducirse traspasando aún más competencias y más instrumentos y posibilidades a ese nivel. +Así, ha unas semanas, el Gobierno presentó un programa nacional para la adopción del acervo comunitario y una serie de leyes muy importantes en materia de IVA y de impuestos especiales, así como sobre el derecho a adquirir bienes inmuebles. +Lo que no ayuda a solucionar nada son las manifestaciones de algunos Estados Miembros, incluido mi propio país, Holanda, en las que más o menos se sigue rechazando la adhesión de Chipre mientras no se haya puesto fin a la partición de la isla. +Es obvio que todo esto no depende únicamente de la legislación que se adopte, sino que es importante asimismo realizar esfuerzos en favor de las organizaciones locales, tanto aquellas de carácter voluntario como, por ejemplo, Urban Forum, que ya desempeña sus actividades en la Unión, a fin de permitir su expansión y su funcionamiento en la Europa Central y Oriental. +Confrontados con la necesidad de determinar sus posiciones en las negociaciones, los países candidatos han introducido en un plazo relativamente corto considerables mejoras en su organización y coordinación internas. +En muchos países, y dicho sea de paso que no sólo ocurre en los países candidatos, sino también en los Estados Miembros, se producen largos retrasos en los procedimientos judiciales, frecuentemente causados por la falta de plantilla del poder judicial. +Por tanto, mi primera pregunta a la Comisión es la siguiente: ¿Qué razones convincentes han motivado a la Comisión a sustituir un sistema que funciona bien, que no perjudica a la competencia en el mercado y que resulta satisfactorio para todo el mundo del sector? +Una aceptación de las enmiendas conllevaría una modificación del objeto del actual procedimiento legislativo e implicaría la toma de una decisión sin consulta previa de todas las partes implicadas. +En cuanto a la pregunta formulada también por la Sra. Lulling, de cuáles son las razones convincentes para modificar las normas para el sector cervecero, la respuesta es que la actual exención por categoría exime el cierre del mercado. +Cuando el informe anual correspondiente a 1997 se examinó en el Parlamento, algunas voces críticas sugirieron que el Defensor del Pueblo Europeo sólo había tenido éxito en un pequeño número de casos. +Todos los miembros de nuestra comisión subrayan unánimemente la necesidad de que siga existiendo una Comisión de Peticiones independiente para que el contacto directo con los ciudadanos se mantenga en el futuro. +Y el hecho de que uno de estos ámbitos en que se reciben peticiones sea medio ambiente muestra ejemplarmente cómo los ciudadanos y las organizaciones no gubernamentales, de quien parten las denuncias, tienen una preocupación extraordinaria por la preservación del medio natural. +Ante esta situación, invito a cada uno de los miembros de esta Casa a que lean con detenimiento los anexos del informe del Sr. Newman. Así se percatarán de que realmente es absurdo repartir las competencias de esta comisión entre las demás comisiones. +También se ha desprendido hoy esto del informe que ha presentado el Defensor del Pueblo al Parlamento. Le agradezco que haya defendido tan firmemente la necesidad de una administración transparente. +La Comisión de Peticiones y el Defensor del Pueblo no bastarán, en el futuro -más allá de sus méritos-, para paliar las incoherencias y los excesos de una maquinaria tecnocrática. +La decisión adoptada por el tribunal alemán nos ha alegrado muchísimo, pero demasiado a menudo ese tipo de causas se juzgan ante jueces que, o ignoran la legislación relativa al secuestro de niños, o están mal informados acerca de ella. +Además, se ha presentado una enmienda en la que se insta a la Comisión a que elabore criterios destinados a controlar la eficacia de los Estados miembros en la administración de la recaudación de los derechos de aduana. +Esta enmienda también debe ser contemplada en relación con la enmienda 18, de la que la Comisión estima que puede aceptar el primer apartado insertándolo, sin embargo, en el texto del artículo 3 de la propuesta inicial de «Aduana 2000», donde encuentra su razón de ser. +Hasta el momento ha habido una muy buena comunicación y, por tanto, pienso que el programa saldrá adelante sin un procedimiento de conciliación, ya que opino que algunas de esas objeciones son tan secundarias que creo que mis colegas del Parlamento no pondrán reparos. +Señora Presidenta, estimados colegas, en septiembre del año pasado la Comisión nos presentó el Libro Blanco titulado «Tarifas justas por el uso de infraestructuras: Estrategia gradual para un marco común de tarificación de infraestructuras de transporte en la UE». +Yo opino, no obstante, que la única forma eficaz de llevar a la práctica el principio de que el usuario paga consiste en implicar a todos los usuarios de la infraestructura de transporte, sin excepción. +El Parlamento tiene derecho a manifestar su descontento por algunas de las acciones de la OTAN, en particular el bombardeo de objetivos civiles y la utilización de armas que muchos consideran como armas de destrucción en masa. +Los diputados al Parlamento Europeo del PASOK, votamos en contra de la resolución del Parlamento Europeo sobre Kosovo porque consideramos que no ofrece servicios positivos encaminados a encontrar una solución del problema. +En efecto, no olvidemos jamás que la diplomacia consiste en hacer aceptar, a través del diálogo, a una u otra parte en conflicto, una cesión parcial de sus reivindicaciones iniciales, de sus exigencias o incluso de sus derechos. +Deseo, naturalmente, una salida diplomática europea con el apoyo de los Estados Unidos y de Rusia, pero una salida que no suponga ninguna renuncia de los principios democráticos y de los derechos humanos. +Pero limitarse solamente a este análisis, significa olvidar que el compromiso militar de la OTAN contra Yugoslavia es el resultado de una voluntad europea unánime, que se manifestó en la Cumbre de Berlín y de la que los federalistas se felicitaron y se congratularon, considerándola como la verdadera partida de nacimiento de la PESC. +También hay que imaginar una nueva concepción de Europa, válida para todo nuestro continente: la de una familia de naciones destinadas a convivir en la confianza, la identidad recobrada y reconocida y el respeto recíproco. +Con la propuesta que apoya una mayoría de la Comisión de Transporte y Turismo se corre el riesgo de incrementar aún más los costes derivados del sector de los transportes. +En el Grupo del PPE hemos elaborado una serie de enmiendas para contrarrestar estos efectos. Hasta el momento no hemos logrado ningún apoyo para estas enmiendas. +Quisiera contribuir firmemente a mejorar los requisitos conforme a los cuales se realiza el recorrido que corresponde a la carretera del trayecto de un transporte combinado. Y no, en último término, mediante la disminución de los costes muchas veces desproporcionalmente elevados de partes limitadas del trayecto por carretera del transporte combinado. +La presente comunicación de la Comisión se titula: «Establecimiento de un marco de actuación». Se trata de un documento muy útil para examinar todas las cuestiones que se plantean con respecto a los servicios financieros. +Señor Presidente, una de las cuestiones muy sensibles del sector guarda relación con la supervisión y el control prudencial. Esta actividad se basa actualmente en las fronteras y el mercado nacional. +Con respecto, en primer término, a la necesidad para una Comisión, incluso dimisionaria, de no interrumpir la tarea emprendida, creemos que el hecho de continuar lo que ya se ha comenzado forma parte de la gestión de los asuntos corrientes. +Quisiera resaltar que, en lo que se refiere a la posibilidad de una supervisión mejor de los servicios financieros en el ámbito de la Unión Europea, nuestra atención se debería centrar en los grupos financieros complejos. +El informe que hemos elaborado y las enmiendas que presentamos son el reflejo del debate en cuya virtud este Pleno aprobó, el pasado mes de marzo, una resolución sobre la violencia contra las mujeres. +Se trata de una zona fulcral para la estabilidad en el mundo y creo, por tanto, que debemos votar a favor de una resolución que una vez más transmita la palabra del Parlamento Europeo de apoyo a ese pueblo de Timor Oriental, que tanto ha sufrido de genocidio. +Señor Presidente, 48 partidos políticos se preparan para las elecciones. Se manifiestan corrientes políticas entre los partidos caracterizadas por el islamismo, el nacionalismo, el liberalismo, el apoyo a la planificación central y el mantenimiento del statu quo . +Debe insistirse al Gobierno indonesio para que deje de apoyar a las organizaciones paramilitares, limite la presencia militar, restablezca el estado de derecho y verdaderamente arreste a los culpables y los lleve ante los tribunales. +Desgraciadamente, debemos hacer de nuevo un llamamiento al Gobierno birmano para que los derechos fundamentales de su pueblo se respeten con carácter general. De nuevo, debemos condenar firmemente el desplazamiento forzoso de pueblos y la utilización de personas como trabajadores obligatorios. +Al mismo tiempo, creo que, respecto a Birmania, además de las necesarias iniciativas de aislamiento, es preciso fijar una estrategia política para favorecer un cambio en ese país, un cambio que, según hemos visto, también el pueblo birmano desea firmemente. +Es nuestro deber instar a la Comisión a que ejerza presión sobre los países vecinos para que Birmania acabe aislándose, el Gobierno se halle en la obligación de dimitir y deje de maltratar a los habitantes de los pueblos que son obligados a realizar trabajos forzados o que son deportados en bloque. +Al mismo tiempo debemos animar y emplazar al Consejo a que interrumpa todas las actividades en las que esté colaborando conjuntamente con los países de la ASEAN y Birmania, aparte a Birmania de dichas acciones y procure que la Presidencia alemana deje de otorgar visados de entrada, al igual que los demás países comunitarios. +Aún queda algo de esperanza puesto que la oposición ha manifestado su deseo de darle una oportunidad al Ejército para que restituya el poder a un Gobierno civil en el plazo de nueve meses. +La Comisión examina por el momento, tal como se ha sugerido desde esta Casa, qué disposiciones puede adoptar en vista de los recientes sucesos y una de las posibilidades es que proponga al Consejo paralizar parcialmente la cooperación al desarrollo conforme al conocido por todos ustedes artículo 366 bis del Convenio de Lomé. +Es preciso constatar, una vez más, que el ambicioso objetivo del Parlamento se ha visto obstaculizado por la oposición de aquellos Estados miembros que se obstinan en rechazar las consecuencias lógicas de la aplicación del mercado único. +Nuestros agricultores no entienden la importación, procedente de terceros países, de productos agrícolas modificados genéticamente destinados a la alimentación animal, ya que existen sospechas en cuanto a los efectos a largo plazo, respecto a la calidad de la carne, de la utilización de OMG. +Sus instituciones están sólidamente establecidas y garantizan la existencia de un Estado de derecho, el respeto de los derechos humanos, así como el respeto y la protección de las minorías. +Teniendo en cuenta el principio de subsidiariedad, consideramos clara y decididamente que la UE debe establecer únicamente unas tarifas mínimas y que corresponde a los respectivos Estados miembros gestionar dichas tarifas, entre otros motivos porque la Unión Europea no debe disponer bajo ningún concepto de derechos en el ámbito fiscal. +Se aboga acertadamente en este informe por que también se apoyen los proyectos encaminados a encontrar a las víctimas, eventuales víctimas de secuestros que, por ejemplo, desaparecen en la prostitución y que tal vez vuelven a aparecer en estas fotos, que con fines comerciales son ofertadas en la red por determinados criminales. +En consecuencia, ha incluido en el título «Salud pública» un ámbito al que, a nuestro entender, debería aplicarse por mayor coherencia el artículo 308 de dicho Tratado. Es decir, el que, en definitiva, atribuye poderes de acción no expresamente previstos, cuando una acción de la Comunidad resulte necesaria para lograr uno de los objetivos de la Comunidad. +Sin embargo, la probabilidad de que sus autores sean llevados ante los tribunales es considerablemente menor que en el caso del tráfico de drogas o de armas. Ello se debe principalmente a la falta de pruebas válidas. +Su ampliación gradual a los países que ingresen en la UE, como han mencionado varios diputados, y a los países de la AELC, reviste importancia vital, en vista de la dimensión transnacional de muchas de las formas de violencia. +Disponemos de un informe del asesor jurídico del Parlamento que nos orienta entre otras cosas acerca del tema de los asuntos corrientes. Dicho dictamen recoge disposiciones fundamentales respecto a la cuestión que estamos debatiendo ahora. +En este sentido, aunque la simple asimilación a la moción de censura no parece indicada, parece conforme al espíritu del Tratado buscar soluciones que sean compatibles con el principio de confianza parlamentaria. +De modo que, si tenemos 75 millones de personas que superan los 60 años y un 42 % de los votantes tienen más de 50 años edad, es evidente que las cuestiones de los ciudadanos de la tercera edad y de las personas de edad avanzada van a ser importantes en la campaña. +Espero que la Comisión presente un programa de acción sobre la salud de las personas de edad avanzada y para toda la Comunidad de conformidad con el artículo 137. +(DE ) Señor Presidente, la historia de esta conferencia, «Las personas de edad en el siglo XXI: nuevas perspectivas de vida», pone de manifiesto la diferencia que hay entre el dicho y el hecho cuando se trata de las personas de edad avanzada. +Se debe adaptar el trabajo a las capacidades y las necesidades de las personas, en lugar de exigir a los trabajadores una adaptación a las exigencias de la actividad laboral. +Si no se logra formar a los trabajadores más mayores para desempeñar nuevas tareas, estas personas se encontrarán expuestas a una situación de discriminación en los puestos de trabajo, al mismo tiempo que numerosos sectores sufren escasez de mano de obra. +Además, el informe no se detiene en el enorme potencial de conocimientos que posee una persona de 65 años y la actual tendencia del mercado laboral a seguir contando con los ciudadanos de la tercera edad. +Es un motivo de satisfacción que en el informe se haga hincapié en el enorme potencial que ofrecen las personas mayores y en la necesidad de actuar a fin de explotar este potencial. +En uno de los ejemplos se hace referencia a la necesidad de garantizar a los ancianos un nivel suficiente de ingresos. a menudo, la situación de las mujeres más mayores es considerablemente más desfavorable que la de los hombres. +¿No sería una buena idea que en zonas ecológicamente sensibles, como los lagos fineses, se impusiera en la medida de lo posible el uso de productos elaborados a partir de productos agrícolas, por ejemplo materias plásticas a base de almidón, biolubricante en todos estos lagos fineses, elaborado a partir de productos con alto contenido en proteínas en el sur de Europa. +Si, tal como, según parece, es obligado observar hoy en día, se hacen algunas concesiones a los estadounidenses, sobre todo en el tema del gluten de trigo, en el que son estos últimos los que nos agreden sin que hayamos presentado aún ninguna queja ante la Organización Mundial del Comercio, ciertamente podemos albergar legítimas preocupaciones. +Hemos desarrollado los aceites biológicos, que pueden ser introducidos en zonas acuosas protegidas, en el Lago Constanza o donde sea, así como también en el ámbito del ocio donde el daño es cada más mayor si no se utilizan esos aceites. +Las de tipo tecnológico, esto es, las medidas para las que hay tecnología disponible, son las que fundamentalmente han atraído la atención de la Comisión de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico y Energía del Parlamento Europeo. +El fenómeno del acqua alta que, cuando se manifiesta, cubre alrededor de medio metro el centro histórico, se produce unas diez veces al año y crea crecientes molestias a los ciudadanos y, aún más, a las actividades económicas de Venecia Laguna, la parte insular de la ciudad. +El Grupo de Independientes por la Europa de las Naciones solicita que se retire del orden del día el informe de la Sra. Miranda de Lage sobre el acuerdo de colaboración entre la Comunidad Europea y los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. +Se cumplían los requisitos que, en este caso, nos hacen remitirnos del Acta de 1976, a la regulación sobre privilegios e inmunidades en el Derecho primario, y de ahí a la Constitución portuguesa e incluso al Derecho procesal portugués. +¿No pudo ser que en el pasado -y espero que sólo en el pasado- los grandes Grupos de esta Asamblea tenían un interés mayor en proteger a la Comisión que en llamarla a la responsabilidad y en fortalecer al propio Parlamento? +De esta suerte, el procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión se ha votado por mayoría simple, pero la denegación de la aprobación de la gestión se ha votado por mayoría absoluta. +Señora Presidenta, como acaba de decir el presidente Fayot, en este informe ha habido una excelente colaboración entre la Comisión de Reglamento y la Comisión de Control Presupuestario. +Señora Presidenta, originariamente el presente informe de la Comisión de Empleo debía versar, sobre todo, acerca de una comunicación de la Comisión sobre el artículo 127 del Tratado de Amsterdam y, en concreto, en relación con el mainstreaming de las políticas de empleo a nivel comunitario. +Debe contener medidas concretas y comprometer a todos los implicados a cumplir acuerdos claros, tanto al Banco Central Europeo, a los interlocutores sociales, como al Consejo del ECOFIN y al Consejo de Asuntos Sociales. +Ha sido el Consejo en particular, que en algunas cuestiones muy importantes, por ejemplo el desplazamiento de los impuestos sobre el empleo hacia tasas medioambientales y energéticas, no quiere avanzar y probablemente ahora se haya quedado de nuevo bloqueado. +Señora Presidenta, el informe de la Comisión sobre las grandes orientaciones, que este año se caracteriza por una mejora cualitativa, presta al empleo una atención especial, y acentúa la necesidad de auténticos cambios estructurales. +Es como si los gobiernos y los interlocutores sociales por sí solos pudieran influir la política económica y como si el BCE no tuviera también un papel en relación con el apoyo de la política económica. +Señor Presidente, en nombre de mi colega el Sr. Flynn, quisiera comenzar felicitando al Sr. Menrad por su informe y agradeciendo a la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales su rápida labor sobre el proyecto de resolución. +En Viena el Consejo Europeo pidió una mayor sinergia entre los dos procesos y la Comisión respondió a esa petición con sus grandes directrices de política económica más recientes y su comunicación sobre el artículo 127. +Pero yo creo ser capaz de tranquilizarle. La estrategia de coordinación fiscal propuesta por la Comisión y adoptada por unanimidad por el Consejo «Ecofin», defendida entre otros por el ponente, Sr. Fourçans, no es evidentemente una estrategia de armonización atractiva. +En segundo lugar, el director está obligado expresamente a contactar e informar a las autoridades judiciales nacionales competentes, si en las investigaciones internas sus colaboradores encuentran estados de cosas que pudieran ser relevantes desde el punto de vista penal. +De esta suerte la Comisión renunció, afortunadamente, a la estrafalaria idea de confiar la competencia en materia de irregularidades y de fraudes a una agencia externa con, pásmense, 48 empleados, es decir, con un funcionario para proteger un promedio de 2.000 millones de euros. +Por esta razón la creación de este nuevo órgano de lucha contra el fraude significa una gran oportunidad para la Comunidad y un objetivo importante de nuestra Presidencia del Consejo. +Señor Presidente, el informe del Sr. Bösch y la decisión de la Comisión de crear una oficina europea de prevención del fraude indica el final de un largo proceso que se inició en 1995. +Los objetivos primordiales eran los de subrayar las obligaciones del personal de cooperar en las investigaciones y al mismo tiempo proteger los derechos del individuo. +Las enmiendas de noviembre de 1998 al reglamento presupuestario posibilitaron una modernización del control financiero, en especial en lo que respecta a la asignación de los recursos no utilizados. +Sobre el procedimiento, quisiera expresar mi agradecimiento a los colegas de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario que han hecho contribuciones a este proceso de aprobación de la gestión. +También corresponde al carácter político de este informe la coalición del procedimiento de aprobación de la gestión en una perspectiva más amplia. +No se deben considerar ciertas peticiones al Tribunal de Cuentas para que participe en ciertos estudios como una anulación de la responsabilidad de la Comisión y del Parlamento respecto de las medidas que adoptan. +Pero el Tribunal de Cuentas ha desempeñado un papel muy importante y muy útil en ese proceso entre el Parlamento, la Comisión y el Consejo. +En mi condición de ponente, he recibido un papel en el que de hecho se refleja la pérdida de miles de millones en inversiones erróneas y que este dinero se halla oculto en las cuentas o ha sido encubierto. +Resulta bastante gracioso, porque, si Sus Señorías retroceden un año o dos, verán que el Tribunal de Cuentas criticaba a los funcionarios de Dublín que utilizaban los fines de semana como parte de su misión: evidentemente, les gusta hacer un viaje a su país al mismo tiempo. +Señor Presidente, espero con interés el día -y no creo que esté demasiado lejano- en que el Tribunal de Cuentas pueda dar a esas dos agencias un certificado de garantía por «no meterse en líos», por decirlo así, y por obtener buenos informes del Tribunal. +Señor Presidente, señor Presidente del Consejo, señor Comisario, la Comisión de Desarrollo y Cooperación debe aprobar año a año la gestión del Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo pero no tiene influjo alguno sobre la manera en que se utiliza este Fondo, porque hasta ahora no ha sido presupuestado. +Si algo positivo ha resultado del informe correspondiente a 1996, ha sido el acceso que la Comisión de Control Presupuestario ha tenido a las personas y los documentos. +El aplazamiento constituye pues, la solución más justa técnicamente, solución que tiene un valor político de gesto de apaciguamiento hacia la nueva Comisión sin excluir en ningún caso la más estricta vigilancia y una cierta firmeza. +Como considero natural que se transfieran a la próxima legislatura, permítaseme, entretanto, que intervenga, como ponente para la concesión de la aprobación de la gestión al Comité Económico y Social relativa al ejercicio de 1996, para afirmar que no se le podrá conceder sin que antes se pronuncie la UCLAF sobre las irregularidades en ella detectadas. +La defensa de los liberales, de aquellos que siempre han reconocido en el rule of law el eje de su acción política, siempre se ha basado en el principio de que no se podían poner objeciones a los textos. +Señor Presidente, quisiera responder a las preguntas formuladas por el Sr. Elles sobre la preparación de los diferentes documentos basados en el programa que el Sr. Santer presentó en enero y a los que se ha hecho referencia en muchos de los informes sobre la aprobación de la gestión. +Se han iniciado las negociaciones técnicas en busca del consenso con las organizaciones del personal y también se han celebrado las primeras sesiones políticas en busca del consenso. +De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate de la Declaración de la Comisión sobre el procedimiento OMC para el arreglo del conflicto entre la Unión Europea y los Estados Unidos de América. +Señor Presidente, señor Vicepresidente de la Comisión, en esta guerra comercial -los plátanos, las hormonas- hay un apéndice que, como todos sabemos, afecta a empresas y sectores económicos europeos que no tienen nada que ver con los sectores objeto del conflicto. +Esta mañana en Bruselas, antes de venir aquí, he celebrado una reunión con representantes de la industria textil europea y entiendo perfectamente la gravedad de la situación para ella y para otras personas que se encuentran en la situación de víctimas. +Justamente porque se trata de un experimento, la mayoría de la Comisión de Asuntos Económicos estuvo de acuerdo con los criterios generales y no con la delimitación del ámbito de aplicación a determinados sectores. +Este Parlamento ha propuesto que la Comisión, en concertación con el Parlamento Europeo y, por ejemplo, sobre la base de los dictámenes de altas personalidades y en concertación con los parlamentos nacionales, dé una nueva oportunidad a esta dinámica institucional. +Igualdad de oportunidades para hombres y mujeres, para blancos y negros, para todos los colores, sobre la base de la dignidad humana de cada individuo. Esta es la característica más notable de la Unión Europea, su inmenso rostro humano. +Sin embargo, no habrá que abordar únicamente la gran reforma estructural de la Comisión, para la cual también el Parlamento ha presentado ya propuestas concretas. Es preciso reconocer que el Parlamento Europeo se tendrá que reorganizar de manera parecida para poder cumplir debidamente sus tareas. +Baste pensar en la disputa entre los Estados Unidos y Europa por el comercio de pieles de animales capturados de forma cruel, el comercio de plátanos y de carne con hormonas y en concreto por los organismos manipulados genéticamente, especialmente después del fracaso, debido a la intransigencia estadounidense, de la Cumbre sobre Bioseguridad de Cartagena de Indias. +Es cierto que en los últimos años, como consecuencia de la caída del muro de Berlín, de la ampliación a nuevos países de la Europa Central y del Norte, en la perspectiva de una ampliación a los países de la Europa Central y Oriental, Europa se ha desplazado hacia el norte y hacia el este. +La votación a favor del Sr. Prodi y la votación a favor del nuevo Colegio, en mi opinión, consagrarán un pacto de confianza entre el Parlamento y la Comisión que debe durar cinco años. +La segunda cosa que me gustaría mencionar hoy es su trabajo a la hora de reformar el trabajo y los métodos de trabajo de la Comisión -la nueva cultura empresarial. +Lo cierto es que Europa no ha podido avanzar con la velocidad debida por estos grandes caminos del nuevo crecimiento que incluyen sobre todo los nuevos sectores: software , telecomunicaciones y también, como se ha recordado con relación a mi anterior discurso, las que he llamado «las ciencias de la vida». +No pierdo la esperanza de que en el transcurso de la próxima legislatura nos presten más atención, porque mi lucha en defensa de los productores de miel y en defensa de sus productos de alta calidad, en Europa y en la Comunidad, continuará aquí o fuera de este Parlamento. +Las líneas fundamentales de la política económica son extraordinariamente vagas e imprecisas en esta ocasión y, por lo tanto, vienen a decir que de momento se seguirá actuando sencillamente como se ha hecho hasta ahora, lo cual resulta sumamente problemático a la vista de los problemas acumulados. +Pensamos, por consiguiente, que hay que poner fin cuanto antes a la escalada militar, a las simplificaciones de la propaganda, y consagrar toda nuestra energía a volver sobre el terreno de la búsqueda de una solución política. +Para alcanzar dicho pacto de estabilidad en los Balcanes, cuyas perspectivas positivas nos ha expuesto, señor Presidente del Consejo, los europeos deben tener el valor, si realmente les preocupa y tienen sentido de la independencia, de interrumpir la lógica de la escalada bélica. +El drama humano se ha transformado en desastre, las víctimas de los hipócritas accidentes colaterales se multiplican, el pretexto de Rambouillet ha desaparecido, la autonomía de Kosovo y los derechos étnicos no se han restablecido. +Es algo que uno no le desea a nadie, y mucho menos a un pueblo serbio y a unos niños serbios que han sido conducidos al desastre por la locura de su líder, del mismo modo que ha deportado de centenares de miles de otras personas. +Protección temporal de un número sustancial de refugiados en nuestros Estados miembros y todo el apoyo posible en sentido material a los países de la región, también cuando haya pasado la crisis: eso es lo que nosotros propugnamos. +De conformidad con nuestro Reglamento, invitaremos al candidato seleccionado a que intervenga ante la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, Seguridad y Política de Defensa el 21 de junio para que podamos formular una recomendación positiva al Pleno de Julio. +Yo declaro también que mientras no haya cambios interinstitucionales en lo que se refiere a la intervención del derecho de control democrático del Parlamento Europeo, las posibilidades de influencia en materia de política exterior serán inferiores a las que teníamos hasta ahora. +El Parlamento hace una propuesta que necesita la autorización del Consejo, el Consejo fija las condiciones para la autorización, y el Parlamento tiene la posibilidad de considerarlas y discutirlas de nuevo. +Queríamos que se oyera nuestra voz y, en cambio, nos encontramos enfrentados a un Consejo que naturalmente, en cuarenta y ocho horas, nos presenta su versión, la forma en que él, el Consejo, quiere tratar a los diputados y, por tanto, también las dietas, los gastos de misiones, etcétera. +Si la intención hubiese sido que se aplicase el procedimiento de codecisión, tal como se establece en el artículo 189 b, los redactores del Tratado de Amsterdam habrían inscrito en el texto: se aplicará el procedimiento del artículo 189 b. +Por último, quiero agradecerle a pesar de todo al Sr. Rothley que se refiriera a mi propuesta para permitir a los países con un impuesto sobre la renta alto añadir un impuesto adicional al impuesto comunitario. +Como se recoge en la propuesta del Consejo, los diputados al Parlamento Europeo han de estar dispuestos también a someterse a un control sobre la utilización apropiada de los fondos en materia de gastos administrativos. +Esperamos que se llegue próximamente a una solución aceptable para el Parlamento y el Consejo, si bien comprendemos que el Parlamento debe decidir si la posición actual del Consejo es aceptable total o parcialmente, y confiamos en que pronto se pueda llegar a un acuerdo. +En relación con la cifra total de asuntos que debe abordar esta institución comunitaria, el número de personal del Defensor del Pueblo es considerablemente inferior al de las otras instituciones equivalentes en los Estados miembros. +Hay que reconocer que, hasta el momento, el Parlamento ha mostrado una actitud relativamente favorable a las propuestas del Sr. Söderman para resolver los problemas más acuciantes de la Unión en materia de personal. +Quiero fundamentarlo de la siguiente manera: en la última semana, en la Comisión de Transportes hemos debatido sobre estas cuestiones, pero la situación ha cambiado con la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Amsterdam. +También sería urgentemente necesario un acuerdo entre las dos directivas relativas a la comercialización a distancia con la directiva sobre las transacciones comerciales electrónicas, cuando conozcamos su forma definitiva. +Si queremos un mercado interior real en el campo de los servicios financieros, hay que garantizar al consumidor y al proveedor que gozarán de los mismos derechos dentro de toda la Unión. +Por lo tanto, flaco servicio le vamos a hacer al consumidor si, a través de una directiva sectorial, empezamos a desequilibrar el complejísimo edificio de las relaciones -se ha mencionado el principio de subsidiariedad- entre Derecho comunitario y Derecho de los Estados miembros. +Sin embargo, nuestra propuesta nos parece benéfica tanto para las empresas como para los consumidores porque ambas partes sabrán cuáles son reglamentaciones que han de aplicarse y ambas partes pueden confiar en que se aplican las mismas reglamentaciones de comercialización, sin importar la procedencia de los servicios. +Un producto defectuoso está definido como producto que no se corresponde con lo establecido contractualmente y también se incluyen en este concepto las declaraciones públicas que el fabricante o el comerciante realizan en la publicidad o que se encuentren en la etiqueta. +Para garantizar que no se engañe al consumidor, las garantías deben contener informaciones claras y transparentes, entre otras la declaración de que la garantía no afecta a los derechos legales del consumidor. +La directiva asegura que los Estados miembros hagan la transposición del derecho internacional para enero de 2002, creando con ello un conjunto mínimo de reglamentaciones que concedan al consumidor derecho a apelar un recurso. +Si vemos el calendario, me alegra especialmente que estoy hablando de los últimos aspectos de esta directiva en el último período parcial de sesiones de nuestro Parlamento -que también para mí es la última sesión, al menos en lo que atañe a los asuntos de los consumidores. +Por lo tanto, es imprescindible tener una mayor sensibilidad ante los problemas que estas regiones tienen.d)Se resalta la importancia de la formación de la población para que contribuya a su propia autoprotección. Se incluyen también las situaciones de emergencia medioambiental. +El objetivo de esta propuesta, como es bien sabido y se ha mencionado también, es garantizar la continuación del actual programa de acción en materia de protección civil, fundado en la resolución del Consejo de 1998 que expira el 31 de diciembre de 1999. +Resulta que la enmienda 19 y varias partes de la enmienda 23 van encaminadas a aumentar la participación de las ONG en la protección civil, algo en lo que estoy de acuerdo naturalmente y que, por tanto, acepto también en principio porque otorga a las ONG la posibilidad de tomar parte en el intercambio de expertos. +La Comisión de Medio Ambiente, Salud Pública y Protección del Consumidor ha hecho sentir su presencia en el ámbito cada vez más importante de la legislación medioambiental y sé que seguiremos haciéndolo. +Mis compañeros en el Parlamento querían esta directiva, sin embargo, creo que en este caso debemos escuchar a las organizaciones de diabéticos, las cuales han manifestado unánimemente que la comercialización y el fácil acceso a los productos para diabéticos crean una falsa necesidad entre los diabéticos. +Es de esperar que el compromiso del Consejo de recabar ahora un dictamen al Comité Científico de Alimentos tenga por resultado el abandono de la idea de elaborar una directiva al respecto. +Esperamos que el siguiente paso sea que la UE mejore también las posibilidades de los agricultores ecológicos de producir los productos necesarios de forma competitiva, algo que no hace lamentablemente la Agenda 2000. +Por ello debe servir para que el Parlamento Europeo vea cómo en las directivas de carácter técnico hay un contenido político que no puede dejarse en manos de un comité de expertos. +Espero que el Parlamento apruebe el jueves el Informe Aglietta relativo a las condiciones para el desempeño de las competencias ejecutivas atribuidas a la Comisión para que esta historia de éxitos en el caso de los potitos se vea refrendada por muchas otras más. +Así que en este punto hemos abandonado nuestra posición que mantenemos siempre y que seguiremos manteniendo de basar nuestras medidas legislativas en conocimientos científicos, con la excepción de que existan realmente causas de peso que nos digan que debemos seguir únicamente al principio de prevención sin conocimientos científicos. +El Tratado de Amsterdam también modifica el procedimiento propiamente dicho, y eso se sabe menos, proporcionando una igualdad absoluta entre el Parlamento y el Consejo en el curso del procedimiento. +De hecho no era un cometido sencillo por muchas razones, pero, sobre todo, también porque el Consejo no siempre comprendió en grado suficiente la transcendencia y complejidad de esta reforma y -creo- tampoco tuvo suficiente conciencia, y más concretamente en periodo reciente, de que no podríamos permitir que se infringieran determinados principios de un Parlamento libre. +Desde mi Grupo pedimos la evaluación de las políticas y, con todas las críticas que hemos podido hacer desde el Grupo, la labor que ustedes han hecho en esta legislatura, saliendo de distintos Grupos políticos, ha sido muy estimable. +El período de su actividad ha tenido un gran éxito y esta no es la opinión sólo de mi grupo político. Ha realizado unos grandes servicios a este Parlamento. +Creo que, de conformidad con el Reglamento que usted siempre ha mantenido y respetado escrupulosamente, permitiéndonos así funcionar respetandolo, en el balance colectivo debía usted haber incluido que este Parlamento finaliza su legislatura y no ha podido evitar una guerra en territorio europeo. +Un gran apoyo ha obtenido aquí la idea de incluir en el futuro diálogo sobre la política fiscal, salarial y monetaria también a los interlocutores sociales y al Banco Central Europeo. +Ya sea el empleo, Kosovo, la ampliación o el funcionamiento de las instituciones, la Unión Europea ha de aprender a hablar con una sola voz para los 15 Estados miembros pero también para las instituciones. +En resumidas cuentas, necesitamos que sobre la mesa de la Conferencia Intergubernamental haya un documento lo más autorizado posible y esto porque otro tipo de preparación de la Conferencia Intergubernamental puede garantizar un resultado más seguro en materia de reformas. +Señora Presidenta, el Tratado de Amsterdam que podría definirse como el Tratado de las ocasiones perdidas, ha entrado en vigor sólo desde hace algunos días y ya hace falta integrarlo y completarlo con esos capítulos relativos a las cuestiones institucionales no resueltas en Amsterdam. +Un elemento importante de esta tarea lo constituyen la aprobación y la aplicación práctica de las actuaciones recomendadas en la dimensión septentrional, que ya se ha aceptado. +El Consejo se ha declarado además dispuesto a negociar en su momento sobre la puesta a disposición de hasta 200 millones de euros de la reserva de flexibilidad del presupuesto como compensación para las medidas innovadoras. +El Parlamento también ha logrado imponer su criterio en la unificación de todas las medidas estructurales para la pesca en la Categoría 2 y en la programación horizontal unificada. +Ahora bien, aceptar un Estatuto de los diputados europeos sería como pasar de una naturaleza jurídica de derecho internacional a una naturaleza de derecho constitucional interno. +La reducción del papel del Estado, la creencia ciega en las reglas de la competencia o de la liberalización para crear empleo son recetas que ya hemos conocido. +En esta coyuntura crítica que están atravesando Europa y el mundo entero, la elección del Sr. Prodi (a quien voto gustoso) como Presidente de la Comisión Europea, por parte de este Parlamento, da comienzo a una nueva época en la Unión Europea. +Hemos presionado en favor de un sistema transparente de pagos de dietas, de un mismo salario para los diputados al Parlamento Europeo de todos los países y en favor de un método adecuado de pagos directos para el personal. +El nuevo estatuto se caracterizaba por el rigor y la transparencia en cuanto a los derechos y deberes entre todos los representantes elegidos y permitía que se acabara, de una vez por todas, con las indefiniciones y las elucubraciones, que son el recurso preferido de todos cuantos, por esa vía, procuran debilitar el valor de la acción política. +Pero cada uno de nuestros colegas que se ha pronunciado a favor del Informe Rothley deberá asumir sus responsabilidades frente a la opinión pública y al retroceso del Estatuto único de los Diputados europeos. +Estamos firmemente convencidos de que los diputados al Parlamento Europeo han sido elegidos por la población de los países miembros para representar los intereses de los electores en la UE. +Consideramos que los puntos fundamentales de esta reforma son una remuneración única, una imposición fiscal nacional y el reembolso de los gastos de viaje con arreglo a los gastos reales. +Lo que lamento mucho en el compromiso es el hecho de que los Estados miembros a la hora de aplicar las directrices tengan la posibilidad de introducir una reclamación de dos meses. +Sólo puedo desear que muchos Estados miembros no hagan uso de esta posibilidad de la reclamación en dos meses pues así los consumidores tendrían la posibilidad de prolongar la garantía a dos años. +Por otro lado, si la OMC obligara a la UE a liberalizar totalmente el comercio de plátanos, podríamos abrigar la certeza absoluta de que tarde o temprano se acabaría con el régimen de apoyo a los productores comunitarios de plátano. +La cuestión social, si bien aparece con menos nitidez en los conflictos comerciales se ve, desafortunada y sistemáticamente perjudicada en la lógica de la apertura del mercado tal como prevalece en estos momentos, es decir, sin normas sociales y ambientales. +Ha llegado el momento de basar los necesarios intercambios internacionales y la apertura de los mercados con otros principios, con otro marco que el que dictan la OMC, el GATT o la nueva cooperación trasatlántica. +A partir de estos dos ejemplos, sólo podemos constatar que los acuerdos del GATT que dieron origen a la Organización Mundial del Comercio son perjudiciales para los intereses de los ciudadanos de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. +Estoy fundamentalmente en contra de cualquier tipo de ejército europeo, de un cuerpo policial europeo o de una identidad de defensa europea en el seno de la UE. +En tercer lugar, la necesidad de contar con programas nacionales, y no sólo regionales, para garantizar la coherencia de la política estructural con los planes de ordenación plurianuales de las flotas. +Por ello, quiero aprovechar la ocasión y expresar a las Presidencias del Consejo y, en especial, a la alemana, mis felicitaciones por haber logrado crear una base viable para el sprint final. +Con los nuevos objetivos de ayuda 1, 2 y 3 y las iniciativas comunitarias INTERREG, LEADER, EQUAL y URBAN disponemos de unos eficaces instrumentos con los que podemos realizar una importante aportación al fortalecimiento de la competitividad de las regiones y a la creación de puestos de trabajo. +No obstante, en un contexto más amplio, es importante decir hoy que a pesar de todas las dudas que existen acerca de algunos detalles del acuerdo interinstitucional y de la perspectiva financiera, es mejor tener algo que es ligeramente inadecuado en opinión de algunos, pero que ya ha sido aprobado, que seguir buscando la perfección y no conseguir nada. +Lo comprenderá si es posible que las medidas de acompañamiento, que los gastos para las áreas rurales se imputen a los gastos no obligatorios, lo que no significa que no nos sintamos obligados a que tengan que gastarse, pero eleva el margen general de configuración del Parlamento para esta creciente política. +De esta manera podríamos permanecer en la lógica de nuestra votación parlamentaria y al mismo tiempo garantizar una mayor seguridad a nuestros ganaderos, con tal de que el Consejo y la Comisión tengan la sabiduría de seguirnos. +Incluso yo diría que la Comisión Europea -impulsora de la acción de la Unión Europea-en su gestión de las propuestas de la reforma ha dado la impresión de no saber muy bien hacia dónde se dirige. +He escuchado la respuesta del Sr. Presidente en ejercicio del Consejo, he oído la síntesis de las posturas de los 15, es decir, que la Unión Europea espera que Turquía respete lo que está en vigor con relación a temas graves de este tipo. +Asunto: Ayuda humanitaria a las personas necesitadas en Ucrania Según fuentes dignas de crédito, en aplicación de la Ley para la defensa de los productores locales de Ucrania los paquetes de pequeño tamaño en los que se envían a aquel país alimentos, ropa e incluso medicamentos se marcan como «productos agrícolas» a su llegada y se devuelven al remitente. +Asunto: Aumento de la mortalidad y míseras condiciones de vida en el Iraq por las draconianas sanciones económicas Según denuncias recientes de la presidenta de la Asociación Médica para la Prevención de la Guerra, Sra. Sue Wareham, entre 4.500 y 6.000 niños mueren mensualmente en el Iraq por el hambre y las enfermedades debido a la trágica falta de alimentos y medicinas. +El Consejo recibió el informe del Tribunal de Cuentas sobre la formación de empresas comunes en el sector pesquero el 9 de diciembre de 1998. +En esta propuesta de la Comisión se contienen determinadas medidas dirigidas a eliminar las irregularidades mencionadas en el informe del Tribunal de Cuentas sobre la gestión de las empresas comunes. +En principio, quiero decir sobre la interpretación de la lengua sueca que existe un programa del Consejo para la colocación y formación de intérpretes en lengua sueca que ha sido entregado también al Gobierno sueco y que este programa se encuentra ya en fase de aplicación. +Señora Presidenta, el Secretario de Estado Verheugen se ha comportado como el diplomático más avezado. No ha mencionado en absoluto que, naturalmente, el Presidente del Consejo puede entablar negociaciones con los Estados miembros para que éstos presenten una relación equitativa de mujeres y hombres como candidatos a la Comisión. +Esta posibilidad la tiene el Presidente de la Comisión confirmado hoy por sus Señorías. Y este Presidente de la Comisión, que ha sido elegido también porque se le supone que va a poder hacer uso de modo eficaz de los derechos que le competen, persigue el objetivo que usted ha mencionado. +Por otra parte -y esto es lo peor, en opinión de mi Grupo-, no se han puesto los medios para corregir los desequilibrios existentes entre las producciones continentales y las mediterráneas y entre las pequeñas y las grandes explotaciones. +A tal fin, es necesario intensificar a todos los niveles la cooperación con las autoridades regionales y locales y los operadores socioeconómicos, más cercanos a la realidad cambiante de la región. +En efecto, Italia, mi país, podría verse perjudicado sobremanera a la hora de establecer el techo del Objetivo 2, ya que a la reducción máxima garantizada del 33 % se añadiría la provocada por la inclusión de las regiones que saldrán del Objetivo 1. +Estoy estudiando actualmente las repercusiones que tendrá el paquete de la Agenda 2000 para una región como ésta que, a pesar de sufrir unas condiciones climatológicas desfavorables en relación con las regiones agrarias de Europa central, depende de la actividad agrícola. +Otro sector piensa que para los países que participan en la unión monetaria el Fondo de Cohesión ha alcanzado su objetivo y ha contribuido a la convergencia nominal. +También a mí me gustaría unirme a los agradecimientos a la Comisión, a los comisarios aquí presentes y a todos los que han llevado a cabo una dura labor durante el tiempo que he ocupado mi escaño en este Parlamento. +Por lo tanto estamos satisfechos con esta reforma y considero que ha sido éxito magnífico del Parlamento que haya habido un acuerdo tan amplio en la organización del mercado del vino. +Señor Presidente, en noviembre defendí la continuación de la iniciativa comunitaria Urban, puesto que también las ciudades pequeñas y medianas que se sitúan fuera de las áreas de aplicación, las áreas de los débiles y enfermos, tienen sus problemas. +Señor Presidente, señoras y señores Comisarios, señor Presidente del Consejo, quisiera brevemente volver sobre el informe de nuestro colega el Sr. Barón Crespo y declarar que nos estamos preparando para una ampliación que se caracteriza por que delante de nuestra puerta se encuentra una serie de países, lo que hace diez años era prácticamente inimaginable. +No obstante, las fórmulas actuales ideadas por los negociadores resultarían aceptables a efectos de la Comisión siempre y cuando no existiera una doble red de seguridad que ofreciera al Consejo los medios para rechazar una medida ejecutiva propuesta. +He de expresar mi reconocimiento al Sr. Hughes, Presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Sociales y Empleo, quien ha sido el promotor de este intenso debate sobre la seguridad y el trabajo. +Por consiguiente, la Comisión estima que las enmiendas propuestas por el Parlamento Europeo son fundamentales para el establecimiento de una estrategia sólida y coherente contra los riesgos derivados de las atmósferas explosivas. +Y es que, en primer lugar, las negociaciones no han terminado; en segundo lugar, que ha habido falta de transparencia, falta de participación y falta de información; y en último lugar, que no hay un mecanismo de seguimiento de las cláusulas medioambientales, sociales ni de la cláusula democrática. +Señor Presidente, desde que llegué a este Parlamento en 1994, esta Asamblea ha tenido muy claro que el porvenir de la Unión Europea se juega aquí, en este terreno fronterizo del tercer pilar, en este terreno de los derechos y libertades. +Para concluir me gustaría tratar de dos aspectos que la Presidencia alemana ha reconocido que entran en el ámbito del primer pilar: la protección de datos personales y la cuestión de los visados. +La enmienda 63 del Sr. Glante introduce un elemento muy importante y a la vez muy peligroso, puesto que vuelve a poner sobre el tapete el tema de las excepciones a la definición de la radiodifusión. +Sería muy lamentable que el Parlamento Europeo fuera a resultar menos liberal que la Comisión, teniendo presente que estamos hablando de un área con una tecnología muy avanzada y en rápida transformación en la que Europa se encuentra en grave peligro de quedar cada vez más atrás con respecto a Estados Unidos. +Creo que no nos corresponde a nosotros como legisladores legitimizar una práctica que autoriza a los publicistas a invitarse ellos mismo a usar las facturas de teléfono de los demás y a usar la infraestructura de los proveedores de Internet para pagar su marketing. +Señor Presidente, en pocos años se va a rebasar la barrera de los 500 millones de personas conectadas a la red. Como acaba de exponer muy bien el Sr. Hoppenstedt, se ha abierto un mercado completamente nuevo que sienta las bases de una futura fuente de crecimiento en Europa. +Señor Presidente, el lunes pasado, la Comisión de Presupuestos decidió sobre la aprobación o el rechazo del Acuerdo Interinstitucional en una reunión que fue convocada en toda regla y contó con su autorización. +Las repetidas incomprensiones con la Comisión y el Consejo nos han expuesto al riesgo de anular el resultado de tantos esfuerzos, con el peligro de reducir las negociaciones a pulsos entre las Instituciones. +Con el fin de aliviar la carga de los cuatro Estados beneficiarios del Fondo de Cohesión, se hizo pagar por segunda vez a los demás Estados -entre los que se encuentra Francia- el precio de los criterios de convergencia. +El conjunto de los miembros franceses del Grupo Europa de las Naciones han votado en contra de la resolución legislativa, lo que ha permitido validar, en este punto, el compromiso de Berlín. +Señor Presidente, como muchos franceses y otros ciudadanos de los países de Europa, estamos horrorizados por la intensificación del éxodo de los albaneses de Kosovo y por la intensificación paralela de los bombardeos de la OTAN. +La guerra en Yugoslavia, la llamada (¡¡¡)»Guerra Humanitaria»(!!!) en una apoteosis de eufemismo hipócrita, ha causado grandes pérdidas en la población civil y ha agudizado la tragedia de los refugiados. +Por desgracia, parece que la violencia va en aumento en toda la región y las noticias de una nueva masacre perpetrada esta semana por el ejército indonesio confirman una vez más su reputación de violencia despiadada. +El problema de Timor ha sido abordado aquí muchas veces durante la legislatura y tal vez sea de los temas de política internacional y de defensa de los derechos humanos más abordados en este Parlamento. +Es preciso también reafirmar la denuncia y la condena de aquellos países que de forma hipócrita siguen aclamando los derechos humanos, pero no vacilan en seguir vendiendo armas a un régimen culpable del genocidio de un pueblo. +Si no se garantiza una fuerza militar neutral en Timor, la verdadera opción del referéndum no será entre la autonomía y la independencia, sino entre la integración o la vida. +Esta cuestión, en principio, deberá ser resuelta por el Consejo de ministros, que determinará, en el marco de Naciones Unidas, respetando los términos del acuerdo entre Indonesia y Portugal, las modalidades que se van a seguir para la participación. +Igualmente, señor Mendes Bota -usted lo señalaba y otros parlamentarios también, particularmente el Sr. Newens-, claro que compartimos la preocupación por la presencia continuada de milicias armadas que, obviamente, están creando una interferencia en este proceso político que tiene que llevar a la realización del referéndum. +En el supuesto de que las partes demuestren la necesaria voluntad política de avanzar, la Unión Europea seguirá ayudándoles para facilitar la aplicación de todas las cuestiones pendientes. +Por lo tanto, se reúnen todas las condiciones para pasar a una ofensiva que sin duda no sería final, pero que podría constituir un paso decisivo orientado a la abolición definitiva de la pena de muerte en el mundo. +No es digno que una persona se enfrente a una pena de más de veinte años de cárcel por haber mantenido una relación homosexual. Se trata de una violación de los derechos humanos fundamentales. +Lamentablemente, esto es sólo un aspecto de una estrategia de opresión étnica y política que priva a la inmensa mayoría de la población de ese país de los derechos fundamentales. +Deseo recordar que todo el Cuerno de África está devastado por conflictos de todo tipo. Ahora les corresponde a las autoridades de Djibuti decidir si hunden a su país en la violencia, la inestabilidad y la ilegalidad o si, por el contrario, reconstruyen las condiciones para una convivencia asentada en nuevas bases. +Estimo que dicho artículo 5 debe ser tenido en cuenta, porque si no se remedia la contingente situación de los presos políticos y, más en general, la situación de los derechos humanos, la aplicación de dicho artículo y de las medidas que de él se derivan deberá ser una eventualidad a tomar en consideración. +Pienso, efectivamente, como lo ha dicho la Sra. Maes, que debemos aprovechar la reciente elección del nuevo Presidente Guelleh, para señalar muy clara y enérgicamente la posición de la Unión y decir que haremos todo lo que esté en nuestras manos, lo antes posible, para que se aplique ese famoso artículo 5. +Las acciones personales, las acciones a título particular de los políticos o de los países son importantes, sin embargo, sólo un esfuerzo conjunto de la Unión Europea podrá convertir en modélica una experiencia, hoy por hoy, cargada de vicios y de dificultades. +El Organismo Internacional de la Energía Nuclear establece en el apartado de las normas técnicas de seguridad para centrales nucleares requisitos mínimos que incluso están al alcance de las centrales nucleares del tercer mundo. +Los estados candidatos son la parte más débil en la relación con la Unión, y espero no tener que persuadir a nadie de que el difícil cometido de la política es preocuparse por que se haga justicia con la parte más débil. +En esta óptica, aprobamos la resolución común que nos ocupa prestando especial atención a las normas de protección medioambiental que, por otra parte, constituyen la única garantía de cara a la salvaguardia y la protección de la salud de los ciudadanos. +Con esta conciliación, el Parlamento tiene la posibilidad de enviar un mensaje político a la Comisión también por lo que respecta a otra cuestión en fase de preparación, lo cual demuestra igualmente el poder que tiene este procedimiento de codecisión. +En la primera propuesta, se reducía la lista de variables que hay que proporcionar en las declaraciones y en la segunda se simplificaba la nomenclatura de productos utilizada para clasificar los productos objeto de los intercambios. +Ahora bien, en caso de insolvencia, la confusa situación jurídica creada por las 15 regulaciones diferentes en materia de procedimientos de insolvencia da lugar a un amplio margen de manipulación, ocasiona gastos inmensos debidos a la enorme complejidad de los procedimientos y dificulta considerablemente la distribución equitativa del patrimonio del deudor. +Es posible controlar las comunicaciones de tal manera que se pueda saber dónde se encuentra una persona, en qué momento se encuentra allí, qué sitios de Internet está consultando, qué mensajes electrónicos está enviando, qué pagos electrónicos está haciendo; básicamente se puede saber todo sobre la vida privada de una persona. +La resolución que estamos debatiendo hoy pretende unificar las normas técnicas, lo cual es imprescindible para tener la posibilidad de proceder a la interceptación en la lucha contra el crimen organizado. +Con la ayuda de una cuenta bancaria virtual los chantajistas pueden ingresar su dinero sin problema alguno. Abren una cuenta bancaria virtual y cobran el dinero extorsionado por esta vía. +El desarrollo de las telecomunicaciones de Internet no puede disminuir la capacidad de los Estados miembros para luchar contra la delincuencia y para mantener la seguridad nacional. +Señora Presidenta, en enero presenté al Consejo una pregunta escrita prioritaria sobre los cinco parlamentarios apresados en Angola en diciembre del año pasado, y que, sin haberse presentado ninguna querella contra ellos, y sin que hayan sido procesados, continúan encarcelados, aun cuando se ha rebasado el período legal de nueve días que está vigente en ese país. +Pero esto no es nada fácil, como ustedes saben. Por ello ya durante el año pasado buscamos intensamente financiación en el presupuesto de 1999, y la conseguimos gracias a aquellos y aquellas colegas que reconocieron la importancia de la participación de la Unión Europea en la Expo de Hannover justamente en el año 2000. +Sin embargo, no resultó ser demasiado tarde, pues la Unión Europea se ubicará en un pabellón de la Dirección General de la Expo y ocupará un lugar destacado en la parte superior de la Avenida de Europa, cerca de la Plaza. +Es importante, en primer lugar, por la exposición de la Unión Europea de cara al interior, para los ciudadanos y ciudadanas de la Unión, pero también por su exposición de cara al exterior, para los visitantes de todo el mundo. +Los organizadores, bajo la dirección del Comisario General de la Expo, se han comprometido a presentar opciones actuales y futuras sobre cómo lograr una coexistencia armoniosa y equilibrada de los tres elementos del tema. +La ocasión, no obstante, me es muy grata para dar a cada uno de ustedes una calurosa bienvenida en este Pleno, del cual ya tuve el honor de formar parte durante algunos años, al igual que formé parte en su día del Parlamento nacional de Italia, mi país. +Recuerdo que, de conformidad con el Reglamento, bajo la presidencia de edad no procederá debate alguno cuyo objeto sea ajeno, desde el punto de vista del procedimiento, a la elección del Presidente o a la verificación de credenciales. +El Artículo 1, párrafo 2º del Anejo I de nuestro Reglamento de Procedimiento establece que antes de la toma de posesión todo miembro del Parlamento debe haber cumplimentado debidamente la Declaración de intereses económicos. +Al ser elegida hoy Presidenta de nuestra Asamblea, usted mantiene también este equilibrio político necesario entre las instituciones, con vistas a un futuro canalizado, a un trabajo común respecto a Europa, a la reforma interna y a toda la Asamblea. +Señora Presidenta, le aseguro, y volveré a repetirlo esta tarde en esta misma sala cuando exponga el programa de actividad de la Presidencia finlandesa, que también es objetivo nuestro estrechar aún más la colaboración entre el Parlamento, la Comisión y el Consejo. +La he probado yo misma esta mañana, al hacer todos los recorridos previstos e indicados mediante todos los signos habitualmente utilizados para dar esas informaciones. +El comienzo de la Presidencia alemana coincidió con un paso histórico para la Unión Europea: la introducción de la moneda común, el euro. +El imperativo democrático se hizo evidente en el conflicto en torno a la dimisión de la Comisión, en el que se plantearon los temas fundamentales de la transparencia, el control democrático y la legitimación de las actuaciones europeas. +Yo también quisiera decirle personalmente, señor Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, en nombre de nuestro Grupo político, unas palabras de agradecimiento y de reconocimiento por su firme y convincente defensa de los derechos humanos, exponiéndose incluso a las agresiones físicas que se han atrevido a lanzar contra usted. +La ausencia del Presidente alemán del Consejo, del Ministro de Finanzas, en el momento de la introducción del euro es otro caso. +El Sr. Poettering ha preguntado qué habría ocurrido si las decisiones adoptadas bajo la Presidencia alemana del Consejo se hubiesen tomado bajo una Presidencia de su color político. +Las circunstancias fueron extraordinariamente difíciles y nosotros opinamos que se superó bien la prueba. Una Comisión Europea tocada, que finalmente se ve obligada a extraer las consecuencias y dimite, pero que con ello también deja al descubierto los grandes déficits institucionales de Europa. +El peso de la Unión, a pesar de la ambigua tendencia de algunos Gobiernos a intervenir por propia iniciativa, resultó irrelevante de cara a los objetivos de la acción militar y Europa, aun en el respeto de las alianzas, no fue percibida como voluntad autónoma. +De la respuesta a esa pregunta dependerán, desde mi punto de vista, las etapas ulteriores e indispensables, si queremos dar un contenido concreto a las disposiciones que figuran en el capítulo J IV del Tratado de Maastricht. +Apelo a todos los que están a favor aquí de una política de paz preventiva para que trabajen activamente en favor del éxito a largo plazo del pacto de estabilidad, pues esto significaría extraer la consecuencia acertada de la guerra de Kosovo, de las guerras derivadas del desmembramiento de Yugoslavia. +Señora Presidenta, señor Presidente de la Comisión, Señorías, nuestro Grupo se dispone a valorar a la Comisión sobre la base del itinerario que tenemos ante nosotros, de las audiencias y de la presentación en su conjunto del programa anunciado para septiembre. +En las orientaciones fundamentales que ha trazado usted, en particular -permítame decírselo- en materia institucional, he encontrado motivos para tranquilizar, de ser necesario, mi confianza en las medidas que se propone adoptar y en las orientaciones que indica para la Comisión. diff --git a/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-target-apertium.txt b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-target-apertium.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31c7d41 --- /dev/null +++ b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-target-apertium.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10000 @@ +To4-0149/99 of the Mr. *Donner, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Estonia in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0705 - *C4-0110/99).-To4-0154/99 of the Mr. *von *Habsburg, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Hungría in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0700 - *C4-0113/99).-To4-0151/99 of the Mr. *Speciale, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Eslovenia in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0709 - *C4-0112/99).-To4-0157/99 of the Mr. Ram *González, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by the Czech Republic in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0708 - *C4-0111/99).-To4-0148/99 of the Mrs. *Hoff, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Polonia in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0701 - *C4-0109/99).-To4-0159/99 of the Mr. *Bertens, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Chipre in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0710 - *C4-0108/99).-To4-0165/99 of the Mrs. *Malone, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the Report that updates the *dictamen of the Commission on the appeal of adhesion of Malt to the European Union (*COM(99)0069 - *C4-0163/99)-To4-0123/99 of the Mrs. *Myller, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, on the Communication of the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee, to the Committee of the Regions and to the countries candidates of the *Europa central and oriental relative to the strategies of adhesion in matter of environment: Accept the challenge of the enlargement to the countries candidates of *Europa Central and Oriental (*COM(98)0294 - *C4-0380/98). +I have not voted in favour of the relative final resolutions to the reform of the *PAC by the following reasons: 1. It #do not guarantees a *reequlibrio internal among the different components of the *PAC neither a greater equity among agriculturalists, productions and territories; 2. It #do not contributes to the economic and social cohesion of the half rural European: they have not created mechanisms of weighting of the productivities to end to favour the agricultures of performances lower, *contrariamente to it approved by the European Parliament; 3. It #do not presents any special measure of support to the small agriculturalists, that are the most vulnerable and run the greater risk of abandonment; 4. It #do not reinforces sufficiently the politics of development rural, by it that #do not guarantees the practical application of the #european model of agriculture and of *multifuncionalidad with *él associated; 5. It #do not defends the #european agriculture in front of the negotiations of the new round of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade; 6. It #do not tackles the resolution of the main problems of the #portuguese agriculture: they have not increased the strategic quotas, like the *regadío or the bovine or the *ovino; it has not achieved increase the productivity of reference for the cereals and the *oleaginosas; it has not achieved community finance for the restructuring of the sector *lechero; 8. Finally, because #this has been a reform of the status *quo , without political value, unable to prepare the #european agriculture for the imperative greater that poses the *mundialización and so that it was more favourable to the agriculturalists and the most efficient agricultures. +The Parliament, in fact: - *opuso to the *condicionamiento of the Bottom of Cohesion to the Pact of Stability, because it believes that the Bottom of Cohesion has to be considered to #all the effects a structural instrument; - it considered that the Bottom of Cohesion had to subject to #the same norms on association that apply in the structural Bottoms and that his operations scheduled , together with the structural operations, inside a frame integrated in the that they took part the regional and local administrations; the Parliament wished likewise that in the Bottom of Cohesion took into account of #the same mood that in the structural Bottoms the integration of subjects horizontal like the employment and the equality of opportunities; - it asked that the resources of the Bottom of Cohesion in the fields of the transport and the mobility used to fund projects that improved the regional cohesion and *interregional, the interoperability and the *intermodalidad, and that in the field of the environment used besides to fund projects allocated to keep and recover the biodiversity and to preserve the natural reservations; - it underlined the importance to be able to group small projects in a greater entity and requested, therefore, that around the 5 % of the total financial endowment put to disposal of projects of this type. +We #can be proud of the results in four concrete fields: the universal agreement on the absolute priority of the unemployment and the mission of the Social Bottom to support the #european strategy for the employment; second, the confirmation of the thematic structure of the regulation of the bottoms and the scope of the five political fields, that cover from the active politics for the market of work, happening by the social inclusion, the training along #all the life and the adaptability, until the positive action in favour of the women; in *tercer place, have kept and reinforced the commitment to support to the no governmental organisations and to struggle against the social exclusion -share the opinion that the Regulation has to force to the States members to provide small helps, by means of modalities of special access, to the no governmental organisations and the local associations; in chamber place, once again with support of the Parliament, have reinforced the relative disposals to the equality of opportunities and to the principle *mainstreaming of the Regulation. +*Eso Is it that have voted and *me congratulate that, after #a lot of meetings, after #a lot of negotiations, our proposals converge with the point of sight of the Council, mainly in the structural plane, #where accepts the principle of the right to the growth: the crops *vitivinícolas that have a market in development will be able to obtain supplementary rights; mainly regarding the length of these rights of plantation, that has prolonged with the end to preserve the necessary rest for the floor; regarding the relative structural measures to the renewal and rejuvenation of the strains -have achieved that it concede a help-; regarding the cooperatives have contributed #few modifications, simply an agreement that allows to suppress the relative measures to the extension of his can and reserve, only for his members, the missions that *les have assigned; regarding the recognition of professions of a common field also, *concediéndoles a juridical statute required in the community right with the end to avert that the States members no producing put it in doubt; in the practices *enológicas also the maintenance of the traditional methods has been recognised; in matter of labeling has approved a direct disposal of labeling. +It is to say that, although we #can receive with big satisfaction that the European Union have to create *algo #as well as the conditions for the construction of a #european model of *pólderes in the field of the economic politics and of employment, have to warn, nevertheless, against the risk that #would suppose that this construction do not go accompanied at the same time also of a content, or was, of the modification of the orientation of the economic politics, and specifically of an economic politics oriented to concede sure enough priority to a more durable and reasonable employment, an economic politics that restart the subject of the redistribution of the work, an economic politics that also go back to include sure enough inside his perspectives the necessary tasks in the field of the promotion of the sustainability, of the fulfillment of the commitment of River, of the solidarity in the relations with the #european neighbours and in the context of his stabilisation, in comparison to the economic politics understood like a species of aggregation of the *micropolítica of the great companies, #such as it has occurred during the last twenty years with the negative results already known and predictable that now suffers #all *Europa. +I bill the points very in brief: the reform of the budgetary procedure, with the put to the day of #the same; the extension of the *codecisión budgetary; the integration of the peripheral institutions in the community system; the consolidation of the financial perspectives in form of an authentic financial program to half term; the reform of the system of resources own with the end to ensure the autonomy and the financial efficiency of the Union, by a part, and the transparency of the community budget, by #another, which supposes that there #be *codecisión around the determination of the global level of own resources; the introduction of the possibility to have of fiscal instruments to scale #european; the possibility that the budgetary authority take part #all the years in relation with the mix of the different categories of income; and the extension of the *codecisión legislative and the taking of decisions by qualified majority to the financial regulations in #all the programs or instruments that comport community costs, to the regulations of the *PAC and to #all act that believes an executive agency. +The goals of this proposal are the following: guarantee the existence of the right to the information and the regular query of the workers on the economic and strategic progresses of the company and on the decisions that *les affect in #all the States members of the Union; consolidate the social dialogue and the relation of confidence in the field of the company to end to contribute to the forecast of the risks, the development of the flexibility and of the organisation of the work in the frame of the security, the promotion and the sensitisation of the workers regarding the need of adaptations; include the situation and the promotion of the employment in the company in the subjects of information and query; guarantee that the workers are informed and consulted before they adopt decisions that #can suppose substantial changes of the organisation of the work and of the contractual relations; guarantee the efficiency of said procedure introducing specific sanctions against #that that break seriously said obligations in these sectors. +Regarding the evolution of the political process, are following actively the strategy to keep the pressure on *Belgrado, a pressure directed to achieve the fulfillment of the five points that the European Union was the first in adopting, among #all the international organisations, that afterwards were assumed by the NATO and that the General Secretary of the UN has adopted like base of his own position, to know: the return of #all the deported, the return of #all the refugees, his return without restrictions to some safe surroundings in *Kosovo, guaranteed by an international strength of peace, stood out in application of a resolution of the Nations Joined based in the foundation of the Chapter *VII, with a central core of strengths of the NATO and a considerable participation of #the same, but in the that also #would take part *Rusia, *Ucrania and neutral countries, accompanied of the simultaneous withdrawal of the strengths of fight and also of the strengths *paramilitares and of the special police of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia and of the #serbian State like part of #the same. +How glorious challenges #can *usted confront in name of the Fifteen? Impose like actor to the one hundred by one hundred in Orient Next to contribute to fix a just and durable peace, now possible; *relanzar the negotiations of *Lomé on new bases that integrate the worries of our 71 partners of the south, with the end to save the spirit of this only Convention in the world; take that it hear a different voice regarding the international financial institutions, for example in favour of the cancellation of the debt of the today blocked countries in his development by this mechanism *infernal; launch a true international crusade in favour of the disarmament, in particular the nuclear, in some moments of enormous danger of proliferation; convert in spokesman, in *portaestandarte of a revaluation of the system of the Nations Joined, of the respect by his Letter, by the promotion of a type of relations international civilised that *destierren for ever the war like half to resolve the differences and in it immediate, by favour, that put end of another form that was not by means of formal communiqués to the inertia *insoportable of the Union in the wild war of *Chechenia. +#5.el Report *Garot, in the that the competition and the tenacity of the speaker have allowed *salvaguardar, in part, the sector of the meat of *vacuno, especially regarding the cows *nodrizas, that conserve the landscape, structure the rural productions, guarantee an income to the productions of quality without hormones and protect the environment.#6.el It inform #Martin, in #whose case my colleagues and *yo same have modified deeply the text of the proposal in a favourable sense to the group of the chain of production of the sector *vitivinícola -#some interested like this *nos have said it-, specifically in it *concerniente to the definition of the wine, to the prohibition to elaborate #european wines with musts mattered of third countries and to the maintenance of the practices *enológicas traditional and, therefore, of the quality that serves of base to our cultural identity #europea.7.el Report *Fantuzzi relative to determined crops *herbáceos, although the treatment that gives to the products *oleaginosos and *proteaginosos still is distant a lot to be satisfactory.I am persuaded that the agriculturalists and the #european consumers will comprise, as, the sense of my vote, and will be conscious of the fights that still are pending so that the #european construction have a future in this field. +Like this, I go to refer very in brief the decision that finishes to take takes #few days for the application of the project on the *risk capital, on the investments of capital of high risk, that the past week approved the Commission and that they are an important tool, mainly for the new small companies, the measures to boost the innovation *interfronteriza; the measures to promote the mobility of the employees by means of the transfer of his rights and of his pensions; special programs for his training and, of course, the exceptional quantity of the structural bottoms for the goal 3, to the that belong #all the countries, a quantity of the order of 24.000 millions of euros for the next seven years, that by means of the goal 3 and by means of the programs of the structural bottoms and, of course, by means of the strategy for the employment, #can structure national and political politics connected to #european level that concern to the *empleabilidad, the operating capacity, the adaptability of the companies and of the workers. +#1.el Report *Görlach do not allows, in his current state, with a budgetary endowment too much scarce, apply a true politics of rural development, in spite of being more that never necessary to guarantee a #worthy and sustainable future to the rural zones of the EU (80 % of the territory of the EU).#2.el Report *Mulder remembers in a considering the possibility of the *cofinanciación, that *nosotros have combated because it #would mean, in the long run, the disintegration of the *PAC and of the goals of the #Tratado.3.el Report *Graefe *zu *Baringdorf has not allowed to present a coherent mechanism of *reorientación and of fixation of maximum limits of the agricultural helps according to social and environmental criteria, and the own speaker, after the amendments approved in commission, probably do not recognise a text amended, so different of the #original.4.en what to the Report *Goepel on the milk, #this guaranteed, of course, the maintenance of true *statu *quo , but established the possibility to suppress the quotas #lecheras.en change, have voted in favour of the reports in the that the firm position of the Parliament had taken to retreat significantly the *intransigencia or the *inadecuación of the proposals of the Commission: +Among so much, like the Assembly is to the so much, the main characteristic of the common position reached in the present managerial are the fixation of a minimum tax of the tax by vehicle to the levels of the existent directive and without differentiation in accordance with *Euroclass, the maintenance of determined measures of transition on the taxes of the vehicles, the establishment of types maximum of taxes by the utilisation of the roads with a structure differentiated #such as it proposes it the Council, the disposal of a #enabling power so that the types of tolls #can differentiate according to the class of broadcasts of the vehicle and the hour of the day of utilisation of the road, the disposal allocated to *Austria to apply a toll in relation with the cost of the infrastructure in the tract that goes of *Kufstein to *Brenner and the disposal of a 50 % of reduction of the taxes by the utilisation of the roads for vehicles registered in #Grecia. +An event like *Tampere, that woke up *tantas expectations, #can seem an end in himself/hisself same, but only is the beginning of a process. The Commission believes, nevertheless, that *Tampere transmitted the suitable message to #a lot of audiences: to our citizens, in the first place, that a subject *prioritario for his personal interests also wins importance among the political priorities of the Union; to the national administrations, that there #be not gone back backwards and that his own Bosses of Government have engaged to introduce improvements, included the institutional improvements of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, and to work as it is had to; to the world of the delinquency, that the Union is *movilizando all his potential to combat his activities that are a threat for our freedom and our welfare, and even for our democratic diets; and finally, to the external world, that an inwardly safe Union do not means a Union fortress and that our commitments with #that that need protection are holy. +Here they find reports on a resolution of directive of the European Commission that imposes to the States members that adopt the necessary measures so that any society of telecommunications notable in the market #can explode his network of television by wire through #the same juridical person or on the project of a wide project of #french law on the society of the information that, among other things, wants to regulate the questions related with the free employment of keys, the reliability in the traffic of data, of the protection of the rights of author or the necessary instances of regulation; or also, on the last sentences of the European Court of Justice on the Human Rights, with the that they have refused 13 demands against *Turquía, #if well the Court in eleven of the thirteen cases followed to the *demandantes recognising rapes of the right of free expression of opinion. +Now well, of granting in granting, *nos find in the day of today, in name of the logic of the iron of the pact of stability budgetary, in the first place with some estimates and some financial needs for the reconstruction of *Kosovo that have dropped mysteriously of 500 millions of euros -enciphers advanced by the Commission, the World-wide Bank, the States members and the media- to 420, afterwards to some 300 millions; second in front of a reduction of the credits that had voted for *Timor oriental to the equal that for the victims of the earthquake of *Turquía, in *tercer place in front of the cuts in the credits assigned to the cooperation, to the alimentary help, to the help to Palestinian and to the countries of the south of the Mediterranean, to the program *Tacis bear *Europa of the East, to the support to the human rights and finally, confronted to cuts of a total of some 2 *millardos for the credits of payment. +Like chamber point, the global figures also are, obviously, *indicativas of the work made by the commissions and, in particular, by the speakers, and *yo wanted to appreciate, therefore, very sincerely in name of the Commission the report of the Mr. *Virrankoski on the projects of budget for the European Parliament, the Council, the Court of Justice, the Court of Accounts, and the Social Economic Committee and the Committee of the Regions, the report of the Mr. *Pittella on the project of budget operative of the European Community of the Coal and of the Steel, and also very especially the report of the Mr. *Bourlanges. #This shows once again that it is an excellent speaker and a teacher in the presentation of proposals very sophisticated "" . +On the other hand, the purpose manifested by the Commission -and that also is #worthy of *beneplácito- to elaborate annual reports on the relations of the European Union with *Macao #would not have to dispense to the European Parliament to loan, to his time, the greater attention to this subject, very in particular following regularly his evolution from 20 December, tightening to #that *respecto the exchange of informations and cooperation *interinstitucionales, creating his own group of contact, of mutual links, analysing and debating the periodic reports that *le present, appreciating, finally, the evolution of #all the looks of the *coyuntura related with *Macao with seen to the transformations of the international relations in the Extreme Orient and of the changes that announce in this zone, without forgetting the new situations that it #can comport the entrance of Chinese in the *OMC and the evolution and/or qualitative modification of his relations with the States Joined of *América. +I have to say, gentleman President, that have achieved a series of goals important in this terrain: by a part, #the same Commission amended to himself/hisself same, modifying his initial project, modifying even the title of the regulation in the line that requested; and on the other hand, among the two readings have celebrated a series of meetings with the Presidency of the Council that, to my trial, have been positive in the measure in that we have been able to develop the criteria in relation with the application of the program *PHARE, that is basic of face to the organisation and to the institutional reinforcement of these countries, to the inclusion of criteria political in relation with the democracy and with the strengthening of the civil society, in a word, of face to the reinforcement of these societies. +*B4-0461/99 of the deputies *Swoboda and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0473/99 of the deputies *Dupuis and #others, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-047/99 of the deputy *Manisco, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0480/99 of the deputy *Cars, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0496/99 of the deputies *Lenz, *Soulier and *Oomen-*Ruijten, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0502/99 of the deputies *Aglietta and #Orlando, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the pity of death and the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of penalties capital; +Further of this resolution, will insist in four points: the maintenance of the restrictions with regard to the circulation of vehicles heavy and his harmonisation on the base of the restrictions at present more extended; second, a more forceful action regarding the reduction of the hours of work and of driving of the truck drivers; in *tercer place, the consolidation of a priority of the rail transport of freight in the zones of mountain and in the zones of risk; in chamber place, the need to undertake an action decided with regard to the cooperation of the rail societies to end to harmonise the norms, the materials and the training of the personnel. +. (*SV) In the plan of action common that the EU and #EE.UU. They signed in *Madrid on 3 December 1995, signal under the title "Reaction in front of global threats" the increase of the collaboration in the fight against the illicit trade with drugs, the measures of cooperation among the competent #american authorities and *Europol, the collaboration to give support to the program of drugs of the UN, the coordination of programs of alternative development to combat the preparation of *estupefacientes and the creation of channels of cooperation among community organs as, for example, the European Centre for the Control of Drugs and *Toxicomanías and the #Inter-American Commission for the control of *drogodependencias. +To finalise, gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, #if the European Commission wishes really contribute to the development of the naval sector in *Europa, *le suffices with defending clearly the principle of the just trade during the negotiations of the *OMC, leave to the States members the freedom to take part directly in this strategic sector to reorient technologically #some dockyards to segments of market with future, favour the cooperation among the companies to contribute to improve the global efficiency of each #one of our types of dockyards and, finally, in the frame of the common politics of fishing, adopt the decisions that are necessary to make possible a renewal controlled of our fleet *pesquera, the *perpetuación of the experience of our dockyards and the vitality, gentleman President, of our dependent maritime regions of the fishing. +After the wide internal debate celebrated in April of 1997, affirm in a conference of press the need to reform the system of subsidies, the defence of a global approach, guaranteeing the maximum transparency and a greater control of #all the costs, that, in case that #any of the subsidies of trip had to serve to compensate *algo, #would have to pay only the trips sure enough facts and by the corresponding value to it that sure enough cost, the consideration of the distance and of the time of transfer by means of a *escalonamiento in the subsidy of stay with a new appropriate instrument; the deputies to the European Parliament do not have to receive *emolumentos equal, but that they have to be in accordance with the situations *salariales of the States members of origin of his representatives chosen. +Improvement of the norms and of the financial organisation; -renewal of the upper levels of the parliamentary administration and introduction of new systems of promotion and of mobility to #all the levels; -increase of the presence of women in the places of direction, although no still in the proportion that to me *me had enjoyed can make; -regulation of the transparency in the administrative decisions, to request of the Defender of the Village; -compilation and *clarificación of the existent norms so that, from now, deputies and civil servants know *cuales are his rights and obligations, according to clear rules that avert the *arbitrismo or the favour to the friend.Also it has achieved resolve of satisfactory way the technical problems and of relative finance to our buildings of *Bruselas, culminating like this the obstinacy of my predecessors for endowing to the deputies of facilities more functional and concentrated. +Gentleman President, take note and comprise the point of sight of the committee in his final considerations about that there #be not an only measure that #can treat the problem of the mentality, but believe that a wide and clear strategy of reform, some effective mechanisms to reckon and insist *vigorosamente in the achievement of goals, the quality of the public service and the assessment of the money, the vocational training in the technicians and the ethical of the management, a promotion strictly *meritocrática, some just disciplinary procedures firm and reliable, the continuous emphasis in the professionalism and the #probity in the school and in the services #can *moldear the mentality. +This Parliament has taken a very clear position, since it has predicted that, before the enlargement, have to make *obligatoriamente #some great institutional reforms #if we want to avert that *Europa convert only and exclusively in a big zone of *librecambio, prey of an extraordinary capacity of indecision by a regulation and by some obsolete internal rules. It has indicated likewise that they do not suffice the decisions on the vote by majority and the composition of the Commission to give a new impulse and a new strength to *Europa, but that it is necessary to take other paths as, for example, the of the Letter of Rights Fundamental and of #some of the things that had to join #all the big #european movement, logically, inside the respect of the nations, of his feelings, of his history, of his tradition that consider very important. +How new answers contributes *usted to this thirst of resistance that, in front of the career *desenfrenada by the profitability is manifesting in #all *Europa, for example, in this same moment, in my country, to *través of the enormous movement of charm to the workers of the group *Michelin that finishes to announce 7.500 suppressions of employment in *Europa, after having increased his benefits in a 20 %?How new answers contribute *ustedes to those and to #that that expect that *Europa promote a real dynamics of alternatives to the globalisation of exclusion today in practice, already treat of employees, of peasants, of literate persons that argue the rules of the world-wide trade, or of two #guinean youngsters victims of the exodus of the misfortune, without an international order that recognise to each human being the right to the life, to the work and to the dignity? +Therefore, I believe that -understanding totally even the narrow current mandate for the Conference in it that concerns to the review of the institutions as a result of the Treaty of *Amsterdam- it is necessary to tackle the necessary reform and in depth of our Court of Justice and of our Court of First Instance, the reform of the nomination of the judges -in the that this Parliament has to have an important participation-, the reform of the cast of competitions among the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance, so that the citizen #can have an idea *cabal and clear of #which is this #european justice that also is his direct justice, and the reform, in end -and #that already is of another chapter- of the *justiciabilidad of the acts. +How another thing #can mean the proposals that listen , and that in general are collected in the report, on the changes in the votes of the Council, on the change of the number, or of the competitions, of the commissioners, on the decrease of the popular representation in the *PE after the increase of the number of states of the EU, but the *reforzamiento of the position of the rich countries of the EU, the *reforzamiento of the position of the companies *monopolistas, that in his majority have his headquarters in these countries, the attempt to minimise any resistance of the villages, or even of the countries, to the *antipopulares resolutions of the EU that affect or #can affect even to national interests? +That it reestablish the peace to allow political negotiations and the immediate end of the military aggression to a sovereign State are not horizons of this majority that before prefers to justify the intervention of the NATO, the *servilismo of the EU and of his States in front of the strategic interests Americans, the *inobservancia of the order and the international rights and of the Letter of the Nations Joined, before prefers to defend the climbing of the war and the approval of orientations political that they have to put by strength in risk solve negotiated and the resolution of the relative fundamental questions to the regional autonomies and his ethnic minorities. +Of course this effort of revaluation of the Union in his group concerns also to the responsibilities of the European Parliament and of the Council -and #this also go it to argue with the new Commission- #as well as to *usted, a political guide that convert to the Commission in a strong speaker with regard to the great open questions and of the that depends the evolution and the identity of the Union, some political questions that *revisten a big institutional importance, as *recalcaba, for example, the Mr. President *Martens to the hour to tackle the subject of the relation among the Institutions regarding the institutional reforms, key subject of the next years. +To #that *respecto, have to stand out the principle of the mutual recognition of the decisions and sentences, to the that has to contribute the adoption of definitions and common sanctions in #all the States members against some criminal activities of character *transfronterizo, as, for example, in the spheres of the delinquency organised, of the illicit traffic of drugs, of the traffic of human beings or of the delinquency against the boys; I have to stand out equally the creation of the network *EUROJUST, that is without place to doubts the beginning of the construction of a judicial component of the European Union that it was instrument of support and of control of the action of *EUROPOL with seen to guarantee the inner security and also an instrument of defence of the rights of the #european citizens. +It considers the Council that statements like the effected by the #danish Minister of External Subjects, Mr. *Petersen, the one who affirmed that the decision quoted transmits the correct message that the democracy and the wish of reforms obtain his *recompensa, express the point of sight of the EU and of the designated international community on the respect of the freedoms and the fundamental democratic values, and that the decision of character #blackmailer of *Luxemburgo is a "message" that promotes the democracy, pushing to a village and his political representatives, by means of the *coacción, to follow practices *antidemocráticas with the end to survive, in place to guarantee the normal democratic operation of the institutions in the next elections? +It takes fault a complete review of the politics of the European Union that include and confront: the democratisation of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade; the support to the familiar model of agriculture; the necessary mechanisms for the *dignificación of the workers of the *Tercer World, so that it do not prejudice his productive and commercial statute; the protection of the environment; the diffusion of the technology in the poorest countries; the treatment of the international debt of the feeblest countries; the protection of the cultural diversity of the planet in front of the *superpotencia North American of the show. +While this morning a colleague put of self-evident the fact that the three institutions of the European Union managers to sign the budget were chaired by women and saw in this fact #one *figuración of it that it #can represent the *tercer #millenium for the consolidation of the equality of rights and of opportunities man-woman, in *Afganistán see how the #taliban diet no only denies to the woman -to millions of women- the exercise of his more elementary rights -like the rights to the education, to the health or to exert a profession-, no only this diet exerts violence on *ella by the mere fact to be woman but that, with the negation of these rights, *le is also denying the freedom to live his own life, *le is denying his condition of person. +*B4-0466/99 of the deputies *Swoboda and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0469/99 of the deputies *Dupuis and #others, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0476/99 of the deputy Saws *González, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0483/99 of the deputy *Cars, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0492-*B4-0498/99 of the deputies *Oostlander and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0501/99 of the deputies *Aglietta and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the ratification of the Statute of the International Penal Court; +The conflict, amply fed these two weeks, among the Parliament and the Council, do not has to *hacernos forget #some essential questions: regarding the help conceded to the region of *Kosovo, #can *sorprendernos the fact that this help was not conditioned by the definite return to the peace, it that, alas, do not occurs, as it remembers it a recent report of the *OSCE; regarding the amounts assigned, the members of the Commission of Budgets have assisted in the distinct commissions to a true dribble, since the institutions took *malabarismos with the millions of euros, without that nobody have taken really the work to reckon the needs of the region, since #all said that *Kosovo #can not at present absorb #such amounts, equivalents to the half of his *PNB. +*B4-0380/99 of the deputy *Pasty, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0381/99 of the deputies *Wijsenbeek and *Fassa, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0396/99 of the deputies *Florio and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0401/99 of the deputies *Simpson, *Cot and *Bontempi, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0406/99 of the deputies *Moreau and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0414/99 of the deputies *Leperre-*Verrier and *Dell'#Alba, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0417/99 of the deputies *Cohn-*Bendit and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the accident in the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc. +1.Complaint and conviction of the most conclusive form the catastrophic bombardment to the studies of the television in *Belgrado (22 April 1999).2.It expresses, *consternado, his weigh in front of the grave losses in human lives (ten dead persons and *decenas of injured) among workers of the information.3.It considers that it treats of a barbaric hit against the fundamental human rights, against the right to the freedom of word and of expression, to the freedom of press.4.It believes that it is inadmissible, in this case, any reference to bellicose «or» humanitarian «needs»!!!5.It asks to his President that transmit the present resolution to the Council, to the governments of the States members, to the Government of *Yugoslavia, to the International Union of Journalists and to the NATO.- Common resolution - European Council of Colony +So that with the #finnish Presidency will progress the militarisation subordinated to the NATO of the European Union, under the Presidency precisely of a country that do not belongs to the NATO and that it was known up to now by his pacifist orientation; it will renew the participation of the European Union, in the breast of the new NATO, in similar crimes, or even worse, to the imperialist aggression to *Yugoslavia; it will intensify the frontal aggression to the workers, will increase the unemployment and the *marginalización, will sharpen the social and territorial disequilibriums; it will keep , *veinticinco years afterwards, the occupation of the 40 % of *Chipre by the #turkish diet with the support of the European Union, #as well as the genocide of the village *kurdo, #whose fight is described of terrorist. +In front of *nosotros are the economic and social challenges arisen as a result of the introduction of the only coin, the realisation of a deep reform of the Institutions and the attribution of a concrete sense to the rights of the citizens; from the point of sight external, a strategic gap of at least ten years that it is necessary to satisfy regarding the dramatic crisis of the *Balcanes, the resumption of a #mediterranean politics backed by the process of peace that has restarted his career, the dramatic crisis of *Rusia, the defence of the human rights and of the minorities of the world. +Gentleman President, since the controversial decision of the #turkish government that debate constitutes a case more of fault of respect and of rape of the right of the sea by part of *Turquía after the known decision of the Big National Assembly Turkish to empower to the #turkish government to consider «*casus *belli» and declare the war to #Grecia in the case that #Grecia exerted his legitimate right to expand the #greek territorial waters in accordance with the convention of the UN that only *Turquía has denied to sign, ask to the Council #if it proposes signal also this subject in his request to *Ankara and in the conversations that, during the imminent European Council of *Helsinki, will keep , on the relations of the European Union with *Turquía and on the criteria that #this, as *nos has said the Mr. Minister, will have to fulfil. +Although the proposal of regulation of the Commission began to negotiate before the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, in the Commission of Subjects Juridical -that approves in general the proposal of regulation, since it goes directed to delay the disarmament of the *arbitrios #canarian and, therefore, has a protective function- think that after the entrance in vigour of the article 299.2 it that proceeds is not a simple *suavización of the limitation of the special treatment but paralyse the elimination of this special treatment because, predictably, in the measures that have to propose the Commission for the regions *ultraperiféricas of compliance with said article 299.2, that foresees special measures in matter of fiscal politics, the Commission will allow predictably a small rearm so as to that the small local industries affected do not result prejudiced. +Along these months, of these last years, consider the article 6 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam the reaffirmation of the weight and of the paper that in the European Union have the principles of freedom, of democracy, of respect of the human rights or, even, the constitution of the International Penal Court or the need that #all warn to give greater strength to the article 7 of the Letter of the Organisation of the Nations Joined with the object to be able to guarantee the respect of the human rights preventing the exercise of the eventual humanitarian interferences to logics that are not linked pure and simply to the respect of said rights: all #this *nos shows that they have made great progresses. +The first is the greater attention loaned to the access, to the market of work after the process of training; the second is the field of the technology of the information, in the that it takes a big effort -to the that is not extraneous the imminent initiative of the Commission on the society of the information- for linking the problem of the employment to the computing; the third is the active paper of the local instances -in relation with the *cual urges and encourages to the States members to that they recognise a greater specific weight to the municipal authorities-, and, of course, the paper of the social agents. +Report (To5-0103/1999) of the Mr. *Colom *I Naval, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the review of the financial perspectives *anejas to the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 6 May 1999 on the budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure (*SEC(1999)1647 - *C5-0322/1999) and on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the instrument of flexibility (point 24 of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 6 May 1999 on the budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure) (*SEC(1999)1647 - *C5-0314/1999) +Subject: Summit of River of *Janeiro Had account of the impulse that the European Parliament from his institutional position has come giving to the relations among the European Union and the countries of *América Latin, the increase of the main budgetary lines of cooperation with the region that the European Parliament has come approving in the last years, the presence that the European Parliament has come keeping in the Formal and Informal Summits of the Bosses of State and of Government of the European Union #as well as his participation in the meetings of the Ministerial Conferences of Saint #José and of the Group of River, +#Some examples: *España follows vetoing the creation of the indispensable anonymous societies #european, the Realm Joined protects put of work in *Londres and denies to accept the fiscal harmonisation, not even regarding the tax on the capitals, *Francia prefers to attend to the community courts before that liberalise his electrical market of the form that establishes the rule of the Union, the #german Chancellor *infringe #all the rules of the economy of market and saves a company of construction in failure to harvest political laurels in his country, the war of the meat of *vacuno against *Inglaterra prolongs , *rebasando the necessary limits from the point of sight sanitary. +The most significant innovations that we want to introduce are the following: the attentive consideration of the consequences of the *morosidad in the payments of the perishable alimentary products; the recognition of the right to demand the *resarcimiento of the derivative costs of the collection of the credit; the clause of reservation of command in favour of the seller; the certainty that an executive title #can be taken effective in the term of 60 days from the date in that the creditor formulate the demand; finally, the greater transparency in the relation among the administration *adjudicadora and the contractor, #as well as in the relation of outsourcing. +*B4-0459/99 of the deputies Mr. *Newens and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0467/99 of the deputies *Maes and *Dupuis, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0470/99 of the deputies Mr. *Pasty and #others, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0474/99 of the deputies #Miranda and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0478/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0494/99 of the deputies *Cunha and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0510/99 of the deputies *Hautala and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the situation in *Timor Oriental. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0023/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [8076/1/1999 - *C5-0024/1999 - 1996/0130(*COD)] with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the decision of base relative to the program #Socrates with the end to include to *Turquía among the *beneficiarios; and the common position of the Council [8077/1/1999 - *C5-0025/1999 - 1996/0131(*COD)] with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the decision of base relative to the Program "The Youth with *Europa" (third stage) with the end to include to *Turquía among the countries *beneficiarios (Speaker: Mr. *Gargani) +Have to remember in brief that in the group presented by the Commission the past year appeared in the first place an amendment to the whole of the directive of 1993, on the that *versa the report of the Mrs. *Smet, a directive on the transport by road that, lamentably, is totally blocked in the Council of Transports in this moment, as have understood; the third, a directive of application of the agreement among the social speakers on the persons of sea, was approved in form of directive in June of this year, by it that this element already is dismissed, and, finally, the proposal of the that go to talk today, a directive on the application of the labour day on board of fuselages that take scale in the ports of the Community. +More specifically, regarding the #french legislation -to the that the Mr. *Rothley has taken reference- #such as it was drafted in the moment of the sentence of 10 January 1995 dictated in the procedure *nº 229/93 *Leclerc "*Au *blé *vert" , the Court of Justice declared that, in the field of a national legislation that establishes a diet of price fixed of the book, are measured of equivalent effect to the restrictions to the import, forbidden by the article 28 (ancient article 30) of the Treaty, the norms "that, with regard to the sale of books published in #the same Been member affected and *reimportados, previous export to another Been member, force to observe the price of sale imposed by the editor, unless they do not exist founded reasons to consider that said books were exported with the only purpose of his *reimportación allocated to evade said law" . +*B4-0463/99 of the deputies *Berès and *Vecchi, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0468/99 of the deputies *Pradier and *Hory, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0477/99 of the deputy *Wurtz, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0482/99 of the deputy *Fassa, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0497/99 of the deputy *Lehideux, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0504/99 of the deputies *Telkämper and *Aelvoet, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the situation of the human rights in *Djibuti; +In effect, is necessary the abolition of the internal borders protecting the security of the citizens, the harmonisation regarding the admission and circulation of citizens of third countries inside the European Union, creating a politics of immigration and of asylum more uniform and *solidaria, the coordination of the actions of prevention and the fight against the delinquency and, in particular, the delinquency organised (especially, the terrorism, the traffic of human beings, the offences against the boys, the traffic of drug and arms, the corruption and the fraud) and, finally, the guarantee in the #european level of the rights and fundamental freedoms. +The Commission recommends with #a lot of taste the amendments of commitment presented by the speaker, Mrs. *Jöns, relative to: add to the article 1 the social integration in the market of work, to know, the amendment 1; the new formulation of the *tercer system of social economy in the article 2, to know, the amendment 8; the importance that so much the Commission like the Parliament consider that it has to attribute to the principles of equality of opportunities and of adaptability, to know the amendment 9; and the best conditions that proposes the Parliament for the granting of small helps with disposals of special access for the no governmental organisations, to know the amendment 10. +*B4-0460/99 of the deputies *Colajanni and *Swoboda, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0479/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0486/99 of the deputy *Pasty, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0488/99 of the deputies *Wurtz and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0495/99 of the deputies *von *Habsburg and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0503/99 of the deputies *Gahrton and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the process of peace in the Orient Next and the term of 4 May 1999. +Without embargo, *yo have the *convencimiento that an event occurred in *Europa finished for giving the last impulse to the Government of Of *Klerk, constituted to finals of 1989, and *le allowed to gather the necessary value to open the doors to a radical change of the system and with *ello to his own disappearance. The fall of the wall of *Berlín, as last visible symbol of the end of a system, in #whose name had not defended precisely the freedom and the democracy in the *África *Austral, finished with the subjective perception of the *surafricanos white that #if they celebrated some democratic elections of compliance with the principle "*one *man, *one vote, eleven to vote " (a man, a vote, an only vote) #would finish living another time in a system *monopartidista, and also in an economy *estatalizada, fruit of the expropriation. +For example, the enlargement of the Council "General Subjects" to the ministers of defence, formula already experienced the past Monday; the set up of a permanent political organ, the "*COPS" , commissioned to follow #all the relative questions to the external politics and of common security, included the relative to the defence; the set up of a military committee; the creation of a strength of intervention fast of some 50.000 men, etc., etc.; and I do not forget that the #finnish Presidency has conceded #a lot of importance to the improvement of the no military means of security, mainly to preventive title. +I have wanted that each boss or *subjefe of cabinet was a citizen of a distinct State of the State of the Commissioner and that in each cabinet there are persons of three States different members like minimum; the rules to appoint to the high civil servants will be more strict and transparent and inside the Commission will increase the mobility of the high civil servants; the General Directions of the Commission will identify with brief and clear denominations, instead of with numbers; it will create a stronger service in the sector of the means and of the communication to guarantee that the politics of the Commission take public with professionalism, so as to get to #all the #european citizens. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0033/1999) of the Mr. *Harbour in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market on the common position of the Council ((8697/1/1999 - *C5-0031/1999 - 1998/0071 (*COD)) relative to the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive of the Council 70/221/*CEE of the relative Council to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the deposits of fuel liquid and the devices of protection rear of the vehicles to engine and of his trailers. +Second, it is equally desirable and urgent the voluntary participation of the workers in the capital of his company, so much as it indicates it the speaker in his amendment 12 to the guidelines for the employment, and *ello by two reasons. In the first place, by reasons funded relative to the need to improve the endowment of capital own of the companies to resist to the *imposiciones of the great bottoms of investment and protect the employment, but also by a human reason that resides in the evolution of the places of work with future, the *cuales that demand a level of training increasingly high and a personal commitment that only #can take advantage of and boost intelligently by means of the participation. +In the first place it appears the concept of health public that have interpreted of wide form of compliance with the definition of the World-wide Organisation of the Health -the health is a state of welfare physical, mental and social total- in line, therefore, also with the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice, #as well as the same concept of violence that covers the looks quoted: the violence no only is a rape of the psychic and physical integrity of the that the suffer, but that constitutes a grave social damage that prejudices, cost the redundancy, to #all, is to say, to the victim, the aggressors and the citizens. +Of way more general, do not believes the Commission -seen the situations of #crisis and the increasing threat that represent the numerous diets *antidemocráticos present in this region of the world- that the development of a strategic relation, political, economic and cultural among the EU and the Indian -the most populated democracy of the world- #would allow to join, of significant and exemplary way, in an alone political, the will to establish political and economic relations privileged with the countries governed by the principles and the rules of the democracy and of the State of Right, #as well as economic and commercial interests very understood? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, results *reconfortante that in a so important negotiation like the of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade the fifteen States members have adopted a common position to establish, in the field of the agriculture, some rules of game stable that allow a loyal competition in the world-wide stage and confront with clarity the challenges of the new #millenium, since they have taken like central base the positions adopted in his day in the diary of the agreement of agriculture of the Round *Uruguay and in the Diary 2000 of *Berlín, #as well as the maintenance *multifuncional of the agriculture. +In relation with the libraries and the promotion of the democracy and the culture, the Council leaves proof that in the article 151 of the Treaty of the Union indicates that the community efforts to boost the cultural development in the States members, respecting his national and regional diversity, have to orient to boost the collaboration among the States members and, #if it is necessary, support and complete his activities -in the first place- to improve and spread knowledges on the history and the culture of the #european villages -second- to conserve and protect the *acervo cultural that have meant for *Europa -in *tercer place- for cultural exchange no commercial and -in chamber place- for the artistic and literary creation, included the audiovisual sector. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the recommendation (To5-0023/1999) for the *segunda reading, in name of the Commission of Culture, Education, Media and Sport, on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council (8076/1/1999 - *C5-0024/1999 - 1996/0130(*COD)), by the that modifies the Directive of base relative to the program #Socrates with the end to include to *Turquía among the countries *beneficiarios, and on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council (8077/1/1999 - *C5-0025/1999 - 1996/0131(*COD)), by the that modifies the Decision of base relative to the program The Youth with *Europa *III with the end to include to *Turquía among the countries *beneficiarios (Speaker: Mr. *Gargani). +And it is it because, although *Turquía is a country that has shown #any difficulty in this terrain - *le confess, gentleman President, that in the commission has listened the echo of this problematic, of this difficulty to the hour to accept this idea in the #european field, in the *Europa so opened to the culture, as they have reiterated along #all the afternoon the distinct orators in his speeches on the four measures that, in some mood, are interrelated - believe that this decision will carry to describe to *Europa in his whole like a group of States that watches to the new countries of open way and with big dignity and offers great possibilities of development from the point of sight of the freedom and of the culture. +In fact, in 1994 the report commissioned by the European Commission in the that it examined #all this sector of the auxiliary doctors and in period of training put of relief seven looks that require the adoption of measures immediate: the excessive labour day in #some countries; the question of the policemen; fixation of turns little realistic; prolonged periods of permanent service; the distribution of the services among the auxiliary doctors and the upper doctors; the no official pressures that suffer the doctors in period of training; the vulnerability of the periods of rest in front of the pressure of the necessary service. +Lady deputy, although the Council -say it very on purpose to the principle- concedes really a big importance to the measures for the promotion of the equality of opportunities among men and women and to the concrete application of the corresponding disposals of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, it that it is applicable to #all the organisations, institutions and corporations that know in *Europa, from the European Parliament until the Commission and also to #the same Council, lamentably, have to *indicarle that roots exclusively in the field of responsibilities of the the States members propose to the members of the European Commission of compliance with the disposals of the Treaties and that the distribution of tasks inside the Commission is, by it other, an internal subject of the Commission. +We have to react it before possible, especially by what know the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone: the *hidroclorofluorocarburos (*HCFC), used mainly in the facilities of refrigerated and of air conditioned, as dissolvent and for the production of plastics *esponjados of isolation; the bromide of methyl, allocated mainly to the fumigation of the earths of crop to combat the harmful animals and the illnesses of the plants, classified by the WHO in the category of substances "highly poisonous" ; the chlorofluorocarbons (*CFC), used in the systems of refrigeration and used before in the manufacture of plastics *esponjados, of dissolvent and like gases *propelentes for aerosols; the *halones use to combat fires, in particular in areas #where the extinction of fires is subjected to hard controls of quality (specifically in the planes), and in products of replacement no dangerous. +Subject: Content of the informal Council of Ministers of External Subjects of the EU According to #news published in the press, immediately after the kidnapping of *Ocalan by secret services and in circumstances of reservation without precedents, celebrated near of the #german capital an informal extraordinary meeting of the Ministers of Subjects External of the EU, with the participation of his homologous Swiss, that had by object coordinate the action directed to dismantle the logistical infrastructure of the PKK, establish codes of cooperation and mutual information among the secret services and «face up» to the network of communications of the *kurdos in *Europa, #whose main elements are the channel of television *MED-TV and the diary *Özgür *Politika. +*B4-0383/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0395/99 of the deputies *Maij-*Weggen and *Oomen-*Ruijten, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0397/99 of the deputies Muds *Moura and *Marinho, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0405/99 of the deputies #Miranda and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0413/99 of the deputies *Dupuis and *Maes, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0415/99 of the deputies *Hautala, *Telkämper and *McKenna, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the situation in Indonesian and in *Timor Oriental. +Had account that the Report #Adam on the nuclear security approved in the past month of March by our Plenary, asked, among other things, that limited the employment of reactors *RBMK, #as well as of the reactors of construction #soviet *VVER that now the #czech authorities have foreseen to use in *Temelin, subscribe the conclusions presented by the spokesman of our delegation of Alliance national and speaker for opinion, that have served like corollary to the Report #Adam; to know: first, the security is the fundamental element of the strategy of *preadhesión; second, has to reinforce the international rule in matter of systems of security; third, the control on the application of said normative has to entrust to an independent organism. +The States members agree in that it is necessary to avert the contradictions among the project of Convention and among the guidelines of performance elaborated by the Union, as they are, for example, the measures of action common adopted on 3 December 1998 regarding the bleaching of money, the recognition of the instruments and benefits of the offences, the methods of persecution, the freezing of bottoms and the sentences of embargo and expropriation, and also the measures adopted on 21 December 1998 on the *involucración of the authorities in the criminal activities. +More intense has to be #ours worry in front of the attempts to avert and to substitute the convention of Gin, that is the basic source of International Right by the that govern the refugees, with the approval of a "diet of protection provisional", and also in front of the considerations on the modification of the Agreement of *Dublín on the asylum, on the hardening of the relative legislation to the procedure of processing of the requests of asylum, and on the most effective application "" of the procedures to move away to the persons #whose requests of residence are refused +#This is the reason by the *cual the Commission of Freedoms Public proposed that, from now, in the field of the politics of asylum and of immigration there are two budgetary instruments: the first, a #european bottom for the refugees allocated to fund of a structural way the necessary measures for the received, the integration and the voluntary repatriation of the refugees in case of a normal flow; and the second, #one *segunda budgetary line to allow the adoption of measures of emergency in the case of influx massive of refugees. +Gentleman President, the commitment of the European Union, confirmed in the Report *Schwaiger, in favour of the creation of a permanent forum of work among the International Organisation of the Work and the World-wide Organisation of the Trade to treat of the subjects related with the trade, the globalisation and the work is the only road to accompany the liberalisation of the trade and the exchanges in general to the respect to the fundamental rights of the work, without dropping in the selfish protectionism and *hipócrita or in the disloyal competition and *autodestructiva. +It is necessary that the Parliament say, before that the Council decide the creation of an organ commissioned to draft the project of Letter, that #can not accept a number of representatives of the inferior European Parliament to the of the representatives of the bosses of Government of the States members and that ask an attentive query before deciding #if the essential contribution of the national parliaments has to guarantee through the participation of a true number of his representatives in the planned organ or through other more effective channels. +On 25 September the military administration gave beginning to the expropriation of earths #palestinian pertaining to 79 villages in the zone of the Green Line, some earths cultivated and inhabited, to the equal that in the adjacent village to *Hebrón; in *Jerusalén This to the women and the men *les withdraw the documents of identity to reduce his presence, through an operation that the Centre of Rights Human #israeli has designated silent deportation; it remains without resolving the drama of the #palestinian refugees. +Has foreseen the Council keep his decision on the review and request to the Commission that guarantee that the airports in the zones of Goal *nº 1 and zones of Goal *nº 1 in transition do not see prejudiced by the loss of income like result of the suspension of the free sales of taxes, it that inevitably will conduct to a rise of the prices for the consumers, the loss of benefits for the aerial lines, the companies of transport maritime, ports and airports, and that encloses a threat for the employment in the sectors and the small companies that supplied products to the free shops of taxes? +We think, without embargo, that in the following questions #can not coincide with the Parliament: the fusion of the humanitarian help and of the assistance to the reconstruction in an only organism, the separation of the income of the Agency of the credits assigned to the programs, the exclusion of the contributions of other sources of the budget of the Agency, the approval of the endowment of personnel by part of the budgetary Authority and a report on the possible settlement of the Agency to the cape of 24 months. +When transmitting of the most forceful mood the demand of the pacifist movement all over the world, demand immediate concrete initiatives directed to the destruction of the nuclear arms and of #all the arms of destruction massive, the definite general prohibition of the nuclear proofs, the prohibition to install nuclear arms further of the borders of the countries that the possess, in accordance with the Treaty of No Nuclear Proliferation, the withdrawal of the nuclear arms installed or stored in other countries and the prohibition to export nuclear waste. +Also therefore has the greater sense and *reviste the greater political opportunity the adoption of a clear position, able to express the aspirations founded and the commitment of the villages of the Union concerning the future of the special administrative region of *Macao in the political frame of Chinese and of the relations of *Europa with both in matter of defence and promotion of the human rights, of the other values of the State of right and of the specific juridical frame applied to the region in virtue of his new statute and of the principle "a country, two systems" . +Since the respect of the human rights constitutes an essential element of the cooperation and of the development among the European Union and the Republic of *Djibouti, ask, inside the respect of these principles, the release of #all the political prisoners, the access to the medical assistance of #all the arrested persons -and especially the urgent provision of medical assistance to the Mr. #Mohamed *Kadamiousouf, loomed of blindness-, that guarantee the freedom of expression and the political pluralism, indispensable for #all democracy, #as well as the cessation of the repression against the opposition. +To4-0119/99 of the Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín, in name of the Commission of Requests, on the relative annual report to the activities of the Defender of the European Village during the year 1998 (*C4-0138/99); -To4-0117/99 of the Mr. *Newman, in name of the Commission of Requests, on the deliberations of the Commission of Requests during the parliamentary year 1998-1999.Before going in in this conjoint debate, the Defender of the European Village, to the *cual *le give once again the welcome to the Parliament, will expose his report of activities and his special report. +Equally, by the emphasis that puts in the fight against the unemployment.-Third, on the chapter that refers to the own resources, express my satisfaction by the adoption of a juster system that favours to the less developed countries, but without omitting that my posture is the that it takes lacking to change the system of the own resources to end to increase, sure, the community budget, and like this can answer to the needs and fulfil the ambitious goals that has marked the European Union.-Finally, it wanted to congratulate to those that have contributed to this historical agreement of *Berlín, especially to the Mrs. Commissioner, Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies, by his efforts, and also to my Gentlemen colleagues by his valuable interventions. +The regions in industrial and rural decline (before Objective 2 and 5*b) will see as it reduces his quota of finance with regard to the period of programming previous, with a maximum limit of reduction guaranteed of the 33 % of the population affected; to said percentage, without embargo, will add the corresponding to the inclusion of the zones that will go out of the Goal 2 it that will prejudice *ulteriormente to said regions; without having the case of *Abruzos -the only region that went out of the Goal 1 before the end of the current period of programming- that, in *vilo among the transitory help and the inclusion in the Goal 2, runs the risk of not finding the place that *le corresponds in the frame of this reform. +#This is it that asked the European Parliament in his resolution approved the past 11 March, in the that considered substantial -recognising the fundamental right of the #palestinian population to found his own State- that the *garantes international of the Agreements of *Oslo reaffirmed solemnly his commitment to fulfil #all the goals of the process of peace ensuring like this to the Palestinian National Authority the necessary backrest to justify an enlargement of the period of application of the provisional agreement further of the date of 4 May 1999. +In the chapter of the conclusions of the Council that treats the nuclear security in the context of the enlargement of the European Union, underlines that in the case of countries that use types of reactors, #whose modernisation to fulfil with the norms of security accepted internationally result more expensive of it reasonable, the energetic strategies have to contemplate the suppression of these reactors in the shortest term possible, the *cual will be agreed with each country candidate to the adhesion taking into account his needs and fulfilling the requirements of the agreements of management of the nuclear security. +In *primer term, regarding the pity of death, #would wish to say some words no already on the bottom of the question, that His *Señorías treat in his project of resolution, and that, obviously, has the agreement of the Commission regarding the position adopted on the pity of death - believe that #this do not deserves wide comments; we agree in this point -, but on a concrete point, that has mentioned during the discussion, is to say, the relative subject to the project of resolution on the pity of death, that the Union had presented in front of the 3ª commission of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined. +To4-0242/99 of the Mr. #Spencer, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the paper of the European Union in the world: Application of the external politics and of common security in 1998-To4-0219/99 of the Mr. #Spencer, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, that contains a proposal of recommendation of the European Parliament to the Council on the common strategy to the Federation of *Rusia-and of the statement of the Council on the nomination of the High Representative for the External Politics and of Common Security. +*Nos Moved the interest to contribute to the construction of an international community *asentada on the democratic principles, the State of right and the full respect to the human rights; the interest to reaffirm in the international debate that is possible to conclude bilateral commercial agreements compatible with the World-wide Organisation of the Trade; the interest of *dinamizar our economies and, therefore, to promote the growth of the world-wide trade; and, finally, the interest to consolidate our respective presences in geographic zones that need mutually. +Having #this in account, is the #willing Commission to tackle actions of help to the #serbian civil population in fields so important like the environment or the education - think specifically in the increasing environmental threat *ocasionada by the bad state of the debuggers, the refineries and the chemical factories, for example in *Novi *Sad and *Pancevo; or in the possibility to allow that the students have access to the foreign universities and to other contacts, breaking with a situation of isolation that the conviction to a future without hope and contributes to an escape of brains that in at all benefits to the country? +Gentleman President, as it says in the introduction of the report of the Commission on the project of communication to the Council and to the European Parliament, in the public opinion European exists today, by luck, an every time greater worry and give the consequent debates on the repercussions of the commercial liberalisation in the employment, in the distribution of the wealth, in the development, in the environment, in the health and in the protection of the consumers and in the cultural diversity, #as well as in the increase of the *marginalización of the poor countries. +Gentleman President, in the first place want to congratulate to the speaker by his report and want to also give the thanks to the members of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary, as the work has not developed really in optimum conditions and, in consequence, want to give the thanks to the administration by his support, as the subject is important and, in spite of the increase continued of the figures of unemployed, to my mood to see and to the eyes of the Commission the unemployment and the politics of employment, in general, do not have still the rank that deserve to have here among *nosotros, in the European Parliament, and in the #european plane. +These amendments have relation, in the first place, with the necessary reference to the notion of integrity physical and emotional of the person #as well as to the of his dignity, of #such mood that exert a physical violence, sexual or psychological is to deprive to the person of his human rights, second, the definition of «health public» #such as the conceives the WHO, is to say, no only like the absence of illness or injury, but like a state of welfare physical, mental and social, collects in the report; in *tercer place, has signalled the stimulus that has to contribute to the organisations and associations in general, that work in this sector. +But it wanted to know -already it is a question, sure enough, recurrent because the presented to the representative of the Presidency in exercise in the Conference of Presidents of Delegation- #if the #german Presidency supports, as it seems to give off of the sense of it that has manifested this morning the own Chancellor *Schröder on *le paper that has to correspond to the Parliament in the process of integration #european, that the Parliament take part -as it takes part already in the ministerial Conferences of River and of the Group of Saint #José- and #if, as it is logical, goes to have an active presence, since the subject is not *desdeñable and #can not say that in this Summit do not go to take budgetary decisions that affect or #can affect to the competitions of this Parliament. +In the report of the Mr. Ram *González indicate a series of areas *prioritarias in the that the Czech Republic #would have to reinforce his measures of *preadhesión, as, for example, the adaptation of the legislation to the *acervo in general, but also the reform of the administrative device of the State, the reform of the administration of the justice, the privatisation of the state banks, the politics on the subventions of the State, the protection of the environment and a greater integration -also was signalled with reason by the Mr. *González- of the blunt minority. +Shortly they will begin the commercial negotiations in the frame of the Round of the #Millenium and demand that the Commission assume a firm position and determined, #this is, that defend, in the field of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, the supremacy of the social rights, of the defence of the environment, of the protection of the agricultural model European and of the consumer regarding the world-wide trade; that have the value to go back to propose the triangulation regarding the helps to the countries in roads of development. +By the contrary signal the path of the creation of a new institutional frame that guarantee the freedom, the security and the justice in the European Union; an institutional frame that, to #the same time advance in the proposal of politics concrete on a series of subjects delicate, as they are -already the have quoted- the enormous problem of the immigration, the enormous problem of the asylum, on the that have alas experiences that show that we need a new conception, and the enormous problem of the criminality; in end, create, and to nobody *le escapes, that the list is quite long. +*Cuando *nos Manifest from the Parliament in favour of a review limited of the Financial Perspectives in the context of a public debate that turns around the *saneamiento of the Budget and to the adoption of measures of saving, take it with the calm consciousness, since in the last years always have shown that the Parliament was able to assume, on the one hand, his responsibility to establish the necessary priorities in the field of the #european politics and to take it, by the #another side, in the frame of the effort to promote a budgetary procedure more transparent and effective +Talking of the report that *nos occupies, *me #would enjoy to signal that the Agreement of fishing with *Angola supposes a continuation of the politics *pesquera common of the European Union regarding the international agreements of fishing, that contribute to consolidate #one of the *pilares fundamental of said political, #such as it was signalled in this Assembly in the report of the Mr. *Crampton, in the previous term of office, in the that it said that these agreements were a fundamental condition to try reduce the commercial deficit in the European Union in matter of fishing, in procurement *pesquero, and for *salvaguardar the direct and indirect employment in the fishing and in the industries of the sector in #european regions very dependent of the fishing. +This regulation is a signal of improvement creative of the community juridical order and means the birth of a new group of common norms, apt norms for *tutelar the civil relations of the #european citizens transforming a #european space fractionated, regarding the *tutela of rights and the *imposición of duties, in a more organised space and structured in the that it already is possible to each #one of the citizens exert no only his national right, but also a common right applicable European to the families in any part of the territory of the Union that do not invoke exception to #that *respecto. +It #would have to analyse the repercussions of the liberalisation on the investment, the norms of competition, the unfair subventions, the labour conditions mentally handicapped persons, the protection of the environment, the rights of property intellectual, the facilitation of the trade, the public agreements, a better access to the agricultural markets, a better access to the commercial markets, included the services, the protection of the consumer and the generation of capacity. +Lady Speaker, have passed 18 weeks since the European Commission ordered the lifting of the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british; 18 weeks during the *cuales *Francia and *Alemania have resorted to evasive, committing a flagrant contempt to the law; 18 weeks during the *cuales the #naïve attempts of *apaciguamiento of the Commission and of the unlucky #british Government have been refused in some circumstances that have humiliated deeply to #both; 18 weeks during the *cuales the producers of meat of *vacuno British follow suffering catastrophic losses, aggravated by the titanic efforts of the #french Government to discredit to international level the good name of the meat of *vacuno #british. +#If the European Parliament has helped to reinforce this consciousness, no only thanks to the Mr. *Dupuis, that has commissioned to request systematically the inclusion of the pity of death in the agenda, but also thanks to that this Parliament has not tired to call an and another time the attention on #all a series of facts important, maybe have contributed a bit to improve the situation of the human rights. +To reestablish the peace takes fault a clear strategy, on a long-term basis, based in the reconstruction, the reconciliation and the approach: the reconstruction to repair the damages of the war; the reconciliation of #all the parts involved, included the #serbian village; the approach of this region to the European Union, including the perspective of a future belonging to the European Union for #all the countries of the region, #if and *cuando show apt from the point of sight political and economic. +The publication of the forecasts, the possibility to have access to the records of the meetings and a global report of the economic evolution of the States members are elements that #would contribute -as it has manifested the Commission of Subjects Economic through the intervention of his speaker, the Mrs. *Randzio-*Plath, and collects in the report of the Mr. *Huhne- to consolidate the level of acceptance internal and international and, of course, of transparency, no only in front of the public opinion but also in front of the experts in monetary subjects. +It considers the #finnish Presidency that among the basic requirements to recognise to *Turquía like country candidate to the adhesion to the European Union explain , at least, the cancellation of his requirement of recognition international of a "State *turcochipriota" in the busy territory of the Republic of *Chipre with seen to that initiate the dialogue among the two communities, his consent to the research of solutions for the *litigios *grecoturcos on the base of the international Right and his institutions #as well as the start of conversations on the democratic and cultural rights of the *kurdos? +#One of the most important things that have to ask is that it remit this file to the Mr. #Solana; said file #can not be more in hands of Presidencies, that, as we know, change each six months; we need a constant speaker that #can, under his authority, organise the works of the different delegations of the States members in New *York, so that the next year have a totally coherent position. *Ello *nos #Would avert this really tragic position, that, on the other hand, has posed difficulties to #a lot of fellow third countries of the European Union, beginning by *Méjico, that had engaged vigorously in the defence of a position of transaction perfectly acceptable. +We take it in #day of the European Council of *Helsinki in the *cual goes to decide the possible candidature of *Turquía to the European Union and are taking it in a context in the that have seen that the Supreme Court of *Turquía has confirmed the conviction to pity of death of the Mr. *Abdalá *Ocalan, to the that has followed the appeal of suspension by part of the European Court of Human Rights and a statement of the #turkish authorities, by mouth of the prime minister Mr. *Ecevit, in the that self-evident that prefers that it fulfil the *iter judicial, included the resource of the pleaded defenders, before taking public the position of the Government and before subjecting to the parliament the subject. +The suppression of the article 5, the attempt of the Commission to create new suspensions *arancelarias to products so sensitive like the loins of tuna, the request of creation of laboratories of reference, the inclusion of the aquaculture, the improvement of the relative regulation to the information to the consumers in the commercial labels of the products *pesqueros, the percentages of the compensatory payments of the tuna, the *flexibilización of the withdrawals are, in end, by not quoting at all more that #some examples, improvements very important introduced in the Report *Fraga, by it that congratulate to the speaker once again. +Very to weigh our, therefore, have to adapt our ancient hopes to the current needs and the only solution seems to be the that it #can engage in a new type of pact, in the field of the Union and before it expand to new members, to the countries that have #the same interest by an external politics and of common defence and by common laws that guarantee the fight against the delinquency organised, the drug, the uncontrolled immigration, some countries that want to go back to have of his common right to struggle against the rapes of the human rights and to take part actively against of the barbarisms and the holocausts. +*Eso Is really it that try to take and, in fact, call to this European Parliament, in the that have the honour of *encontrarnos, to vote morning by big majority the text that subject, and call to the Commission to value in his real dimension the text that go to *dirigirle, but, especially, call to the Council to warn that we #can not proclaim in #all the forums that are by the right, #can not proclaim in #all the forums our sensitivity to the places of work that have to create, #can not proclaim in #all the forums that the small and medium enterprises constitute the vertebral column of the economy, and *negarnos, on the other hand, to vote and to adopt the theses of this European Parliament. +The consistent practice in developing effective negotiations and without difficulties about the reports of the Defender of the European Village in the European Parliament has remained now established of suitable and official form, harmonising the Regulation of the Parliament with the Statute of the Defender of the European Village and prescribing on purpose that the competent parliamentary commission -the Commission of Requests- occupy of the annual report of the Defender of the European Village and of the special reports that #can present. +To4-0222/99 of the Mr. *Fourçans in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and Industrial Politics on the recommendation of the relative Commission to the great orientations of the economic politics of the States members and of the Community, elaborated according to the paragraph 2 of the article 103 of the Treaty of the European Community (*COM(99)0143 *C4-0208/99) and-To4-0239/99 of the Mr. *Menrad in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects on the contribution of the European Parliament on the European Pact for the Employment. +Gentleman President proposed, his hit will measure by his aptitude to return to the Commission the paper that the parents founders of the European Union *le assigned, to know, the of an independent organ that has the mission to find the greater common denominator -and no the minor- so that it advance the #european unification only in those fields in that it is necessary and indispensable, and *ello respecting faithfully the institutional balances, corresponding the power of decision to the Council and to the European Parliament, the only politically responsible before the #european citizens. +With the approximation of the elections fixed for 7 June, with the approximation also of a crucial stage of the negotiations, with the *égida of the Nations Joined, among the #indonesian Government and the #portuguese Government on the future of *Timor Oriental, are witnessing attacks already was against the *comitiva of *D. *Ximenes *Belo, the Prize *Nobel of the Peace, or against civilians that found praying in a church, attacks to #all a population that is crossing by a period of big panic, because they proliferate military brigades that no the defend, but that the attack, in a moment in that *Xanana *Gusmãor still has not recovered the complete freedom, thing that have come demanding here, in the European Parliament, repeated times. +A program that has converted the fight against the acts of violence *perpetrados in the homes, with the maltreatments and the sexual abuse of the boys and of the spouse, and the *perpetrados in the daily life, with the rape, the sexual aggressions, the bullying, the intimidation in the place of work, #etcetera, in a true battle of values and of civilisation; a program that, to tenor of the truth, do not foresees simple solutions, since it contemplates numerous factors that *interactúan among himself/hisself: education, style, questions of economic independence and of employment, juridical and judicial systems, services of assistance in favour of the victims, sanitary questions. +It That no longer want to is a feeble Commission, politically non-existent, unable to control and to manage his bureaucracy, in the that the Commissioners transform in *pastorcillos that follow to the herd and in the that even #some civil servants, as #if they were directors of an agency a so much peculiar, show like true tyrants of office imposing his will and wishes to his commissioners, manifesting #this, on the other hand his ignorance and *desinterés in the matter, even *cuando treats to execute an amendment to the community budget voted by the #european Parliament, that do not poses any budgetary difficulty, no more of course that any problem of base legal to the hour of the execution. +No only to follow *desregulando the world-wide trade, but to have of instruments with that struggle against the fraud and the disloyal commercial practices and to guarantee the reciprocity in the fulfillment of the norms that govern the international trade, to achieve a simplification and generalisation of the procedures *aduaneros under the direction of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, to take, in a word, that the opening of the markets constitute an authentic opportunity, thanks to the *cual create occupation and contribute to the welfare of the citizens of the European Union. +In *Seattle, simultaneously to the meeting of the governments, will gather thousands of organisations no governmental, thousands of men and women of the civil society that ask with strength that the World-wide Organisation of Trade do not convert in #one of the headquarters of this world-wide government, based in the growth and the supremacy of the *librecambismo wilder, that do not takes into account the increase of the poverty of the populations of the less industrialised countries and feebler, the destruction of the environment, the defence of the natural resources and humans neither the differences and diversities of each country, in name of a globalisation that continues generating wealth for #one #few and poverty for #many. +Likewise, I ascertain, also by #news of this week, that is producing to this *respecto a clear approach, that self-evident in the recognition of the national systems of fixed price and in a #inspired rule in the #french Right; I ascertain also, gentleman Commissioner *Monti, that *usted is had to *sopesar the cultural looks of the question, that from the Treaty of *Maastricht form part of the Treaty *CE, with the article 85 of the Treaty *CE, the *cual *le imposes to *usted, in his quality of Commissioner of the Competition, watch by the equality of conditions competitive and contribute to that the consumers do not remain *relegados in these relative questions to the competition. +As well, it is very grave that the last act of this Parliament was the vote of a text that says *algo that it is false, or was, affirms -from an instance, repeat, of the that expects the respect of the *rule *of *law - that *nosotros, after having returned to commission, #this is, refused the proposal of the Mr. *Elles, speaker on the approval of the management of 1996, or was, the proposal to concede the approval of the management to the Commission -whereas it that in reality wanted to say was that the European Parliament did not approve the management- that *nosotros, repeat, after having refused this proposal, have gone to commission and today vote a text that says exactly a lie. +Also we wanted to that the space of freedom, security and justice tended to go up the level of the guarantees for #all -so much for the citizens of the Union as for the no community citizens- and that no *nos limited to enumerate the formal guarantees, but that thought in developing the fundamental guarantees like the of the work, the social security, the personal freedom, the equality among men and women and #a lot of more, for the time being, sacrificed in the altar of the competition: this global competition, so appreciated by the Commission and by his President. +But the experiences of the past have shown that sometimes it has not been east the case, that the participation has been very *ad *hoc, already was in the delegations #where sometimes had the impression of that the European Commission was the that negotiated there and the members of Parliament that were likewise present only were *figurantes, already treated of the formulation of the mandate or, like example especially negative, of the question of the *autocompromiso of reduction of the CO2 and his negotiation by part of the Commission with the corresponding speakers, especially in the last times with the #japanese manufacturers and Koreans of cars. +As *me have informed the services of the Session, the Tuesday 26 October, a no identified person appeared in front of said services to withdraw a proposal of resolution that had been presented by the Groups *PPE, *PSE and *UEN, #as well as the proposal of resolution presented by the Group *ELDR, without the consent neither the compliance of #any of the signatories and, it that it is graver, these proposals of resolution were substituted by a supposed proposal of common resolution, without signatures, and in the that appeared, in addition to #all a series of names of deputies that had added , the of part of the deputies signatories of the first proposed of resolution. +In my field of action, more strictly, the the police and judicial cooperation, have to say to His *Señorías that the fight against the traffic of boys, the fight against the abuse and the crimes related with the boys, at the same time that the prevention of the juvenile criminality, constitute priorities in the action of the Commission, recognised by the Summit of *Tampere, and that go to *desarrollarlas in the frame of the programs of cooperation police and judicial that will put in knowledge of His *Señorías *cuando present the summary of the situation asked by the bosses of State and of Government. +In a moment in the that are treating to popularise the euro and to achieve a greater adhesion to the Union, in the that besides, also by part of the Council -and *yo hail this initiative-, is initiating the work of editorial and of debate of a Letter of Rights Fundamental with participation of the European Parliament and the national parliaments, results a so much *chocante that pose a process to enclosed door in the that, until the day of today, the Council not even has accepted to say #if it goes to include a representation of the European Parliament. +*Me Cheer #a lot of that the report have not centred only in the reform of the treaties and of the procedures, that have not limited to the general looks, but that, at the end, have opted for establishing and consecrate a series of priorities. Among *ellas appears the need to reach advances that *redunden in benefit of the security of *Europa and of the citizens in the frame of the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice, #as well as the consecration of the susceptible procedures to convert said space in reality. +The main general goals for the strategy of the European Union against the drug in the five next years #can *resumir of the following way: considerable reduction of the incidence of the abusive use of illicit drugs among youngsters of less of 18 years of age; substantial reduction of the number of demises related with the drugs; considerable increase of the number of *toxicómanos treated with hit, and substantial reduction of the number of offences grave related with drugs, included the bleaching of money and the illicit traffic of precursors. +The consciousness that of the problematic #canarian had those who in *España negotiate the adhesion of our country to the European Communities and the successive Treaties that get until the of *Amsterdam, and the constant worry by that that specific situation was always taken in account remained reflected in the special Protocol *nº 2 of the Record of Adhesion of *España and *Portugal, already in 1985, in the Regulation (*CEE) *nº 1911/91 of the Council, that approved said Protocol and in the own section 2 of the article 299 of the Treaty *CE, that describes the peripheral regions of the Union with special quotation to Canarians and prescribes the precise flexibility for the application of the general norms to cases so determined and vulnerable like the that here *nos occupies. +#This include, for example, the relative amendments to the Protocol of *Kioto, to the importance of the data collected for the suitable control of the fulfillment of the voluntary agreement to reduce the broadcasts of CO2 of the tourisms until the year 2003, #as well as to the obligation of the European Commission to communicate also to the European Parliament the relative data to the follow-up of the broadcasts provided by the States members and finally also an enlargement of the data that will have to communicate . +The Commission of Subjects Economic defends that said period do not exceed of two months, and so that #this was like this is necessary that the #ECB, the Commission and the national administrations take a series of measures, of the that #some already have quoted here: cater to consumers, dealers, and banks with the necessary quantity of coins and notes before 1 January of the 2002, generalise for 1 January of the 2001 the double indication of prices, take advantage of this process for *modernizar our systems of payment and adopt the precise disposals to ensure a suitable legal protection that prevent the fraud. +Subject: Opening of the Council of Ministers in plough of the transparency In how stage finds at present the resource interposed by the #swedish journalists in front of the Court of Justice of the relative European Communities to the existent conflict among the no democratic character of the confidentiality of the documents of the Council of Ministers and the obligation of transparency of #all the documents that imposes the excellent #swedish law on the freedom of information *promulgada 200 years ago? +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, put this morning have listened to the Chancellor *Schröeder say that the bombardments of the NATO make in name of the human rights and in *pro of the #albanian minority of *Yugoslavia, as I believe that neither *ustedes understand the human rights according to the case, or «*à the *carte», and since yesterday in the #turkish press said that it has not authorised neither goes to authorise the presence of observers international in the trial of *Ocalan, #would wish that *me said specifically #which will be the attitude of the Council to *Turquía, a country candidate to the entry in the EU, #if finally they are not authorised the observers. +It suits to signal that the resolution asks likewise a cooperation *transfronteriza narrower among the squads of protection civil, recognises in the cooperation with the #swiss authorities the desirable solution to confront in the short term the problems caused by the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, and invites to #all the States members to that they consider the need to instrument the tunnels, that still *carecen of *ella, with a gallery of service to allow a fast evacuation in case of accident, a gallery of service that, as we know, alas, did not exist in this case. +With this curtain of bottom, achieved adopt a common position in front of Chinese, in Orient Half, in relation with the politics of rights human and in #many other difficult subjects in the field of the external politics, and reach finally in Colony a series of decisions important, like the approval of the first common strategy regarding *Rusia and a calendar for the creation of a Politics of Security and #european Defence, #as well as the designation of #Javier Adret like the best possible candidate for the place of *Mister *PESC. +The proposal to celebrate a *mini-session in *Bruselas a Wednesday - of course *cuando the deputies already are in *Bruselas to assist to the meetings of the Groups and of the commissions - #would have allowed to the President of the Commission assist to the Parliament and inform on the results of the weekly meeting of the Commission, and show like this to the citizens that the Commission is responsible in front of the Parliament and elevate our profile to *través of the announcement in the breast of this institution of the important initiatives of the Commission. +Like this it occurs in the case of *Olivetti, that, after having found the necessary capitals for his substantial *OPA on *Telecom #Italia, programmed the suppression of 13.000 places of work, in the of *Alcatel, that, to recover the confidence of his financial shareholders, took to know, to #the same time, that had obtained 15.000 millions of frank, is to say, 2.300 millions of euros of #net benefits and that went to suppress 12.000 places of work, in the of the banking sector, in the that the arrival of the euro has meant an authentic *latigazo for the fusions-acquisitions *devoradoras of places of work and has displaced the work of the banking to financial activities, #if no speculative. +To answer to the Mrs. *Ries, in relation with the #rwandan national justice, have to signal that the Commission has piped his interventions to *través of the institutional support to the ministries, to end to strengthen the right of defence and of the civil parts, in the frame of the improvement of the conditions of life in the prisons and of the support to the survivors of the genocide, #as well as in the frame of the observance of the human rights. +#If the combination of politics #european has consisted up to now in some recommendations for the budgetary politics of the governments, the monetary politics of the central banks and the politics *salarial of the social speakers, the arrival of the euro and the #ECB are apparently reason for the European Commission not to give already an active paper to the monetary politics in the combination of politics #european. +Lady Speaker, ladies and gentlemen deputies, is for me an honour come in front of *ustedes, the representatives of #one *Europa that full of optimism, conforms the political reality more successful of integration that has known the present century and that shows that yes it is possible arise of the death to the life, of the *irrespeto to the human being to the veneration of his rights, of the pessimism to the hope; that shows besides that the peace is possible there #where the development, the social justice, the defence of the feeblest, the solidarity and the coexistence install ; that *ellos determine the culture, give felt to the freedom and open the path that conducts to the attainment of dip shared. +The European Council of *Tampere had like goal schedule and give course to the materialisation of the "Space of Freedom, Security and Justice" decided in the Treaty of *Amsterdam with seen to the achievement of a greater coordination or even the existence of politics common, as in the case of the immigration, of the asylum and of the politics of visas, it that, to our trial, and taking into account the importance of the sector of the public freedoms, justice and security, demands that it guarantee the process of decision by unanimity in the Council, with respect of the sovereignty of the States members. +It #would be important - and #this was the amendment that wanted to present - that, among the tasks of this Observatory, precisely from the optics of a #european integration that it has to be increasingly a political integration, an integration of the societies and of the way to take politics, an integration of the to scale #european information, existed, for example, the follow-up and control of the presences in the distinct televisions of #all *Europa and of the political activity member of parliament of the political strengths so much to scale national like European, that in this way #can have a point of reference in the Observatory. +#If, in place to abstain in the Council, there was, to the equal that *Alemania, voted in favour of the maintenance of the embargo in front of the absence of elements indispensable of *rastreabilidad, the embargo #would be in vigour, the consumers #would be in security, the proofs #would be preparing bear *ilustrarnos, #would have averted the *desencadenamiento of *chauvinismo of the another side of the Stain for honour of the big #british village and our conservative friends #would not have had to complain of the principle of sovereignty to the that are legitimately *apegados. +I believe that it is insufficient, wanted colleagues, because we still follow treating of the problem as #if it treated of a circumstantial problem, *cuando in reality *Europa is suffering a structural problem of some historical dimensions, fruit of a change in the mood of production, fruit of an increase of the productivity in the work that carries to that increases of the product and of the wealth do not accompany with increases of the persons employed and that this increase of the wealth distribute it the companies and the workers that have work and leave out of the feast to those who are worse situated: to the women, to the youngsters without qualification, to the unemployed of long length. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0043/1999) of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, concerning the common position adopted by the relative Council to the proposal of Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 88/77/*CEE (5734/1/1999 - *C5 - 0028/1999 - 1997/0350(*COD)) of the Council, relative to the approximation of the States members on the measures that have to adopt against the broadcast of gases and particles *contaminantes pertinent of engines *diesel allocated to the propulsion of vehicles (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer) (Speaker: Mr. *Lange). +#One *Europa directed by a directory #would be the negation of a stimulating process of #european integration that have lived -with imperfections, true is, but with the participation of #all the countries-, by it that the cooperation reinforced, in our opinion, has to be an exception and no a rule of the work inside the European Union, because many times there #be political will to cooperate, but there are not conditions, from the point of sight economic or from another point of sight, to take reality this will of cooperation reinforced. +The result of the unofficial meeting of the Ministers of Subjects External, celebrated in *Saariselkä, and that it was published in the conclusions of the Council of Subjects General of 13 September, #as well as the participation of the Minister of Subjects External, Mr. *Cemin, in the breakfast of the Council of Subjects General are signals that, in opinion of the #finnish Presidency, mean a new constructive beginning in the relations among the European Union and *Turquía. +Therefore, with the hand in the chest, *cuando read the newspapers, ascertain that even in the breast of the European Union our goals, *ora the goals of politics of environment, *ora the goals of politics social, *ora the essential labour norms, were presented of protectionist way; #if among *nosotros, in the European Union, have not been able to share our goals, so much less in the breast of the group of states of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +Gentleman President, although it is positive that the European Union want to expand to other countries to consolidate in *ellos the development of the democracy and to strengthen his economic capacity of face to confront the world-wide market -in the *cual, reiterate it by *enésima time, have to defend the national productive peculiarities struggling against the homologation and the *nivelación, indisputable causes of the loss of the specific cultures and of the quality of the products- is equally necessary that the Parliament reiterate firmly that the entry of a new country has to be subordinated to the effective application in #the same of the criteria that already fixed in *Amsterdam. +As well, in front of this certainly complex situation, #one *constatación: there #be not transitory right, there are not transitory disposals in the Treaty of *Amsterdam and, therefore, have to take an interpretation *integrador and constructive from the principles that *subyacen to the Treaty; an interpretation that, for the Parliament, bases in three points: answer to our responsibility bear with the citizens preserving the competitions that the Treaty *le awards to the Parliament and by #whose observance have to watch, #as well as *cuando the attribute to other institutions, as they #can be the new queries to the Committee of the Regions or to the Economic and Social Committee. +#All these cases, these commercial clashes, that have in this moment with the States Joined or also with *Canadá constitute in principle cases test in the that it tests in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade the limit of until where gets the grade of the independence and of the autonomy of the states in the field of the self-determination of determined political, was the protection of the consumers, was the sanitary assistance, was the question of how #can take politics in the frame of the countries in roads of development, as in the case of the bananas, or was in the case of the standards. +In the economic and social plane, the axes of action tackle the restructuring of the companies, the public finances, the banking system or the accesses to the international financial markets, the norms and the certification, the politics of competition, the access to the market, the technological cooperation and the development of the agricultural reform and the social dialogue. +#If, after his statement in the European Parliament, #can not put in doubt the will of the Roman Mr. *Prodi of *sanear and improve the operation of the Commission, neither #can put in doubt his will to continue the construction of #one *Europa liberal in the that the workers do not take in consideration: neither a word on the social dialogue, neither a word on the public service, neither a word on the need to constitute this base of the fundamental social rights without the *cuales will have *deslocalizaciones by «*dumping» public prosecutor. +*B4-0465/99 of the deputy *Swoboda, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0481/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0490/99 of the deputies *Vinci and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0493/99 of the deputies *Pasty and go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0509/99 of the deputies *Aelvoet, *Tamino and *Ceyhun, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the process of the Mr. *Ocalan and the future of the question *kurda in *Turquía; +Our proposal of resolution will contain especially the dynamic elements that have been treated already by the President of the Council and also by the Commissioner *Lamy and that contain our ideas for a better inclusion of the financial provision, for a politics of investments and of competition in the frame of the *OMC, for a back reduction of the tariffs on the industrial products and for a better inclusion, even *Mainstreaming, of the protection of the environment and of the consumer in the regulatory drama of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +*Yo Expect, therefore, that, after this first communication of the Commission, the present Commission in front of the Parliament a strategic program, with a necessary legislative package, with more time by part of the Commission and by part of the Parliament, but expect also that, along this term of office, the inner market convert in a reality and that, when converting in a reality, take in benefit of the citizens, take in benefit of the workers and that allow to follow consolidating this social model European that *yo #would say that, in this moment, constitutes the envy of the countries that do not belong to the European Union. +Gentleman *Lamy, *yo *le urge, therefore, to that *usted and the Commission take also #his these points that finish to enumerate, to the equal that #others wider, and concretise and guarantee the inclusion of these fundamental looks already in the inaugural round of negotiations, so that in the next years #can follow working in the frame of the Round of the #Millenium so that the World-wide Organisation of Trade was it that wish that it was, an organisation of the just and respectful trade with the environment that *nos allow to develop the commercial exchanges, but allowing at the same time the existence of our persons and of our environment. +Personally I have been able to check that to an applicant of asylum #nigerian *le was conceding asylum on the base of a false passport of #Liberia, that a #albanian family took happen by natural of *Kosovo, that another Nigerian had borrowed his #british passport to his cousin and taking happen by *él had been able to go in in the Realm Joined, #where committed an offence, and that a #algerian was living with the identity of a #french citizen and had bought his document of identity in the #black market of #París. +Therefore, in name of the Spaniards that in this moment are enormously concerned by the subject, expect that the Commission transmit to the Council our worry, our disagreement with the last resolutions of the Council of Ministers of Industry -that seems #willing, in a sweet *laissez *faire, to abandon it little that *nos remains of naval sector European- and the hope that or well take measured to avert this disloyal competition that is producing or, of not to take like this, proceed to a rearm of the community helps to compensate the inequalities, incompetences and bad forms that are producing today in #all the centres of the naval construction. +*Permítame Take advantage of this opportunity to signal that the speaker of the Commission of Control Budgetary, the Mrs. *Theato, and *yo have taken part together in front of a committee for the taking of contact of #all the presidents of the Courts of Accounts national of the States members and of the Court of Accounts to communicate to these key persons that the fight against the fraud to the community bottoms is also a national task. +In the level of the European Council, it that decided was that the Bosses of State or of Government #would occupy again of the matters related with the justice and the subjects of interior in the European Council of June of the year 2000, the Council of Saint #Maria gives *Feira, to appreciate more in detail the called external dimension of the justice and the subjects of interior, is to say, the implications in the sphere of the external politics of the European Union of the new priorities approved by *Tampere for the sector of freedom, security and justice. +Gentleman President, this report shows that, #if there was political will, #would be possible, with the current Treaty, reform the operation of the Commission in the sense to take of *ella a true organ of political impulse for the #european construction and an independent organ of the Governments and of the private interests and reform the operation of the European Parliament to end to take of *él, like organ chosen directly by the citizens, the centre of the political life in the European Union. +*B4-0374/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformist, and of the deputies *Bourlanges and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0390/99 of the deputies *Pasty and Go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0400/99 of the deputy #Harrison, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0407/99 of the deputies *Vinci and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0422/99 of the deputies *Telkämper and *McKenna, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre *Camboya; +The Commission considers in any case like a special merit of the European Parliament that the necessary discipline of costs do not take to charge of the poorest of the Community. This discipline of costs *nos allows to #the same time establish an important package of enlargement and in the sectors of politics internal and in the administrative tasks have reached *márgenes of additional performance bear, on the one hand, accompany of mood directed the economic impulse and of employment that initiates and, by #another, put to the administration in situation to take charge of the new additional tasks. +In front of the criteria to go conforming an agricultural politics that take more in account the structural nature of #some realities through a politics of development rural able to correct #some of the situations of our rural world, as it is the need to diversify his activities, to offer to his new citizens opportunities and to avert the continuous losses of population, opts by a politics of development rural minimum and without authentic fortress. +Second, avert that the Commission and the Committees that the assist adopt an act of character legislative without following the procedure of *codecisión normal; third, guarantee to the European Parliament the faculty to take part quickly to the effect of *oponerse to the legitimacy and to the content of a norm of execution, a point that wakes up some satisfaction in the negotiation, and chamber, achieve a real simplification and no limited to the elimination of the variants of the Committees with arrangement to the decision of 1987. +To the *respecto, *nos has satisfied to attract in his words the will to loan greater attention no only to it that to the work refers , but also to the right to the health, a greater attention, for example, to the quality of the alimentary products, because the damage that cause cases like the chicken contaminated by dioxin or the crazy cows, to the global credibility of the community Institutions, is an enormous damage that no *palia with words and that, lamentably, in #a lot of cases gives place to the need to have of long, a time that no always explain the Institutions. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0033/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position (8697/1999 - *C5-0031/1999 - 1998/0071 (*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 70/221/*CEE of the relative Council to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the deposits of fuel liquid and the devices of protection rear of the vehicles to engine and of his trailers +Like only instrument of finance and programming for the cooperation, CULTURE 2000 bills a group of goals directed to attend, more and better, these needs, with it that it #can represent a decisive step with seen to a cultural politics #worthy European of this name, is to say, an instrument that allow the contact reiterated, interactive and child-bearing among the cultures of the diverse countries members so that the variety of the sectors considered and the *multidisciplinaridad of the realisations are increasingly an element *vivificante of the own *humus of the #european identity without damage of the pluralism and of the essential diversity of these cultures. +*GOODYEAR, *RENAULT, now *MICHELIN -adapting to the models of development promoted with the creation of the only inner market, and stressed with the Treaties of *Maastricht and *Amsterdam and with the Economic and Monetary Union-, have cost of the conditions of immunity that have gone creating, with the progressive disappearance of #all notion of responsibility social and of protection of the workers, and that have deprived of his employment to an every time greater number of persons, *empujándolas to the space of the unemployment and of the social marginalisation. +Also the President of the Government of Canarians has announced his wish to visit *Marruecos to keep a dialogue and a road of communication direct with the #moroccan Government, in the line of fine *vecindad that it has to characterise the relations among two neighbouring villages and civilised, since, many times, the viscosity of the reality -as well it said the #another day the Mr. *Obiols in the debate in *Bruselas, in relation with the common destination among *Europa and *Marruecos- do not allows many times act of the most convenient way. +The report of the Central Bank European explains that there are #some distortions to reach some greater levels of growth -or a greater stability in the European Union or a greater competitiveness in a process of economy open, needs even more stressed taking into account the perspective of the Round of the #Millenium-, precisely because lacking for deepening still in #some structural looks: from the labour markets until, as it has quoted , the system of training, or well looks that are equally important, as for example an improvement in the levels of investigation and development. +And it receives an impulse balanced, because it treats , on the one hand, to favour the Inner Market, to favour the economic integration with the directive on judicial acts and *extrajudiciales in civil and commercial matter, but, on the other hand, treats also to give primacy to the rights of the persons, to the rights of the human beings, to the rights of the boys, that, in addition to having to suffer the trauma that is always a divorce, do not have to suffer the trauma of the bureaucratic drama of the recognition of the judicial decisions. +Essentially, establish it following: a reduction of the current content in tar of the cigarettes; the introduction for the first time of a limit of the content in nicotine of the cigarettes; the introduction of limits of monoxide of carbon; greater and better labels in the packages of cigarettes relative to the dangers of the habit to smoke, to the content in tar, nicotine and monoxide of carbon of the cigarettes; controls on an utilisation of the soft "qualifications" and "low content of tar", etc.; and new *salvaguardias on the additives of the tobacco. +Gentleman President, is an insult to the consciousness and to the ethical #european politics that, after a military intervention of the NATO and of the European Union against *Yugoslavia, under the flag of reasons humanitarian, by the condemnable ethnic cleansing made by the #yugoslav Administration among the Albanians, in this moment are pretty much calm and sympathetic in front of a violence against the #serbian, #gipsy and other minorities, caused this time by the Albanians, besides with a comparatively upper proportion. +I have said that the report is excellent no only because, precisely, goes back to centre the two terms of the question -action combined of reduction of the demand and of reduction of the offer- but also, *permítame that say it Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, by the sincerity with that criticises it that continues being insufficient in the proposal of the Commission so much from the point of sight financial and economic -#can not bill the importance of a battle and afterwards not being consistent in financial terms- as from the point of sight, say it like this, of the political timidity of the initiatives that the States still have not taken. +As a result of said resolution, the Technical Group of Independent Deputies (mixed Group) is considered existent and assimilates it to the other political Groups in #all the planes: in the plane of the parliamentary activity, the Group has immediately of #all the rights recognised by the Regulation to the political Groups properly constituted and in the administrative and financial plane said Group has right to the necessary personnel for his operation, #as well as to the credits assigned to the political Groups, according to the keys of cast existent. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0074/1999) of the Mr. *Pronk, in name of the Delegation of the Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the conjoint text, approved by the Committee of Conciliation, of directive of the relative Council to the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of the health and the security of the workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres (*Decimoquinta Managerial specific with arrangement to the section 1 of the article 16 of the Directive 89/391/*CEE) (*C5-0221/1999 - 1995/0235(*COD)). +Subject: Assignment of the 1 % of the *FSE for a bottom of capital social In the context of the reform of the structural Bottoms, #can the Council guarantee that it will keep the proposal of the Commission to allocate the 1 % of the *FSE to a bottom of capital social given the importance to provide a fast access to the help of the *FSE to the *ONG and taking into account also the experience of a system of this type in the «Program of Peace and Reconciliation» of *Irlanda of the North? +That the financial Regulation do not adapts to the requirements of a modern management and of an effective control, or even that the investigations of the unit of fight against the fraud tend to prolong too much time, to obtain microscopic results. #This *constataciones correspond to it that my Group poses from takes long, to the equal on the other hand, that the technical solutions that propose , already treat to reinforce the internal audit, the fight against the fraud, the transparency and the obligation of *rendir explain by the Commission. +Regarding the measures in the field of the rural development, *yo already had signalled that I also consider this second *pilar of the agricultural politics like a complement important and the Commission will propose, therefore, an increase limited of the endowment for measures of promotion of the rural development, also with the purpose to offer to the States members an incentive so that they make greater efforts in the field of the protection *agroambiental and in the creation of structures that guarantee the security of the alimentary chain. +They are, of course, the budgetary question, the question of a fragmentation or *pulverización of the actions considered excessive and liable to diminish the public relief of the Union and, in consequence, the question of an option in the that concede preference to lines that support a greater dimension and *espectacularidad of the initiatives, for it that had foreseen the participation of agents and cultural operators that cover a high number of countries like minimum, it that, to our understand, #would comport a grave risk of hypertrophy of #some networks of cultural operators, to the *conferirles an excessive concentration of means and powers, with it that #would put in *entredicho the normal operation, and even the existence, of #many of the remaining. +In a period in the that the popular movements struggle by the complete abolition of the nuclear arms and the world-wide public opinion glimpses the risks of a *reavivamiento of the nuclear antagonism and demands the reduction of the military costs and the *alejamiento of the danger of a nuclear disaster, the *EUA take #gala of a posture extremely *provocativa that mine #all attempt of stabilisation of the international relations and undermines deliberately the configuration of a climate of peace international and security. +Pose seriously the problem of the full employment #would be to put in *entredicho the relevance of the elimination of the borders, but on *eso will not have a conversation , as it #would be necessary *oponerse to the *mundialismo; it #would be to pose the question of the relevance of the excess of taxation and of the bureaucracy, but on *eso will not have a conversation , as it #would be necessary *oponerse to the doctrines of the socialism; it #would be to pose the question of the relevance of the politics of immigration, that weighs on the employment, by not talking of the costs that induces, but on *eso will not have a conversation , because it #would be necessary *oponerse to the only thought. +*Ello Includes from obtaining a distribution and a greater flexibility in the management of the aerial space in his civil and military uses -and *eso in #some countries #can achieve with #one some rapidity, it is necessary to promote it and are working in *ello- until, also in the short term, take part in the management that are taking the airports and also the aerial companies of his forecasts of flights and in the organisation of these flights, to improve the use and the efficiency in the use of the spaces in the airports, the *slots. +As I entrust in that it will deploy #all his efforts to ensure that our external politics answer to criteria of balance, in that it will reaffirm definitely his priority in the process of homologation in terms of political and economic development of #all those countries that, as *nosotros takes already almost 25 years, *transitan of an autocratic diet to #another of freedoms, in that *asentará for ever the peace in #european floor, but also will ensure our leadership in #all the #mediterranean extension, another priority so much in economic terms as of security, and in that *salvaguardará with efficiency our interests in *América Latin, for example ensuring the fulfillment of the commitment subscribed with the Government of the States Joined around the application of the Law *Helms-*Burton. +I #can manifest, for having chaired yesterday the meeting of #all the groups of this Parliament during the put ready of a project of resolution common that, to the contrary that #some #others, will not be a text of commitment, and in any form of a commitment among divergent positions, but a synthesis enriched of the proposals of each #one of the political families gathered, in a common will to contribute the contribution of this Parliament to a political solution to the drama that is *ensangrentando *Chechenia today. +And especially, it #would say, in relation with #one of the fundamental questions, that is the *litigio *grecoturco on the *Egeo, do not exists, is not a necessary requirement the recognition express by *Turquía, no of the points of sight of another country, but yes of the commitment that it will respect the international right, the commitment that it will not resort to the violence and will not loom with resorting to the violence, and that in the case that they persist the differences will attend to the International Court of The there #be Is #this a necessary condition for his recognition like country candidate to the adhesion? +The importance of the negotiations that go to celebrate in the field of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, that will initiate in *Seattle the next day 30 November, has to , obviously, to an agenda that includes vast spheres of the human activity: of the agriculture to the cultural looks; of the transports to the education and the health; of the rights of author and the denominations of origin to the foreign investment; and all *ello amalgamated in a world-wide perspective and as #if all *eso was not but simple "commodities" that #can be object of transactions. +Finally, I want to underline only two points that, on the base of our #italian experience, result especially important and significant: first, the importance to support the scientific investigation of base to know better the phenomenon and, to be possible, know with *antelación #which will be the calls drug of the future, in particular know the power *devastador of the synthetic drugs; second, the importance to involve in our actions to the main actors, #that that are in first line, in the trenches #all the days and that loan help to the *toxicómanos, or was, the experience of the centres of detoxication. +Regarding the practical application, it important now is that the Commission of the EU and the States members manifest also in the concrete cases the will of not to limit to ascertain the rapes of the human rights and, therefore, also of an essential component of the agreement, but to apply also the planned juridical sanctions in each case, that by general rule begin with a query and #can get until the partial suspension of the agreement or even of his whole. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, after the report published the year happened on *Turquía by our colleagues the *Srs *Macmillan-#Scott and *Swoboda, #as well as the resolution of our Parliament of the past 6 October, that put of relief the importance of the deepening of the #european strategy bear with this country, our Assembly #would have to can adopt tomorrow two proposals of regulation of the Parliament and of the relative Council to the execution of actions directed to the economic and social development of *Turquía, the first, and to the deepening of the Union *Aduanera among the European Community and *Turquía. +In the measure in that the new necessary changes of the institutions, or even institutions entirely new, like the new military body so important that has decided , *nos situate in front of difficult dilemmas on how assign the power among the national and community authorities, do not forget the message of the *UEM: that the community institutions succeed *cuando applies correctly the principle of subsidiariness and *cuando the strength of his powerful partners sees balanced by the consolidation of the rights of the feeblest partners. +The intervention of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission will contribute no only to protect with greater solidity a group of interests that specified opportunely, but also to reaffirm an authentic leadership of the European Union so that Chinese #can not leave to see in *ella a preferential speaker in a *geoestrategia linked to the peace, the construction of the democracy, the *salvaguardia of the human rights, the development, the dialogue and the modernity in the plane of the world-wide scene. +Lady Speaker, this report contains #some interesting confessions: I read in the considering *F that exists a persistent differential of growth with the States Joined; in the considering *J read that the very high fiscal pressure of the majority of the #european States do not favours neither the consumption, neither the growth neither the employment; in the paragraph 4, the speaker recognises, with reason, the modest performance of the European Union in terms of growth and of employment; in the paragraph 16, ascertains that the public investments no always enjoy of preference concerning the costs of operation; in the paragraph 23, the speaker says that it is convenient to keep #alert in front of eventual perspectives *deflacionarias. +From 1998, the Commission has funded programs of humanitarian help of the order of a million of euros to improve the situation of the population of *Anjouan in matter of nutrition and health, and the Commission finishes to approve a new program, by an amount of 730.000 euros, allocated to the sanitary assistance of primary character, and is studying the suitability to concede an additional program of humanitarian help given the existent needs in the three islands by cause of the political unsteadiness. +*Me Allow to suggest that to avert surprises in the future, the Council and the Parliament watch very of wall the mission of maintenance of the peace of the Nations Joined, the plan of help humanitarian of *Europa, the integrity of any current program or future allocated to put term to the suffering of the population of *Timor to guarantee his full independence and his free sovereignty of #all threat, interference or pressure *proveniente of the #indonesian soldiers and of his #american advisers. +It do not fits doubt that the resumption of the process of peace after the end of the Government of the Mr. *Netanyahu, the election of #Barak and the new agreement signed in *Sharm the *Sheikh are a step advance with regard to the *tinieblas of the past, after the murder of the prime minister *Rabin; without embargo, the path is still difficult before achieving a stable and durable peace that the Palestinians #can live, #such as it establishes in the resolutions of the Organisation of the Nations Joined, in a Palestinian State that expect that it was democratic and #can *coexistir peacefully with the State of #Israel. +The support of the Commission to the reconstruction and to the development #would have to centre then in the following fields: in the first place, the establishment of the state of right and the democratisation of the national institutions; second, the demobilisation and the socioeconomic reintegration of the belligerent groups; in *tercer place, the restoration of the environment, especially in the provinces of *Kivu and *Orientale; in chamber place, the reconstruction of the infrastructure of transports; and finally, the improvement of the services of health and sanitary. +Likewise *me cheers that the Mr. *Vitorino have announced the Monday in the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects that the Commission goes to present early a study on the concrete realisation of this project as I create really that #if #ours police forms jointly in the #european spirit and #if, #such as it foresees in the resolution, includes also from the principle to the police of the countries candidates -proposed that comes from also of this Assembly-, then will give an important concrete step to #one *Europa of the right and of the inner security. +With our amendments wanted to reach a simplification of the structures, an improvement of the communication with the objective group, a transparent configuration of the executive procedures, a greater participation of disadvantaged groups and a greater diffusion of the informations on the program to reach a better access and, finally, #one *flexibilización of the limits of age of the participants to find to the dessert an approach of solution horizontal in the *comitología. +#If I have accepted, finally, *adherirme to the resolution that will subject to vote of our colleagues, is because I have been able to *percatarme of the true emotional state of a part of the world-wide public opinion; these worries, joined to the words pronounced previously on the reaction of the #japanese Government and of other international organisms, that ask to the populations that take cautions, that procure reservations of foods, in forecast of this end of the world announced, *me confirm in the idea that the cautions *preconizadas by our Parliament are, because of his prudence, able to appease the fears, and, therefore, #can be useful. +#The same works in the definition of a system of courts of arbitration in the line of the traditional practice, in that the courts are constituted by citizens chosen in the different levels of the local administration, and that will judge, in principle, three categories of accused: the common murderers, on the one hand, the accused to strike and injure without *ocasionar the death, by #another, and, finally, the *saqueadores, of #such mood that the instigators and the ideologists of the genocide and of the slaughterings are sure enough judged by ordinary courts, that treats , in some mood, to organise to face up to this task. +Of this way the youngsters, especially the less accommodated and more disadvantaged will be able to see in the program *SOCRATES a possibility of integration, cultural enrichment and professional training, but first of all a possibility to have a personal experience, a vital experience to purchase the flexibility and the necessary mental opening to confront it better possible the occupational challenges of the world of the work. By #this *SOCRATES is a big investment for the #european youth. +The text of the amendment that *les propose #would be the following: "According to the Resolution of the European Parliament of 18 November 1999, the conclusion of agreements allocated to *sufragar actions in favour of *Rusia in the frame of the budget of the financial exercise 2000 remains suspended, excepting the line *TACIS for the democracy, until it find a satisfactory solution to the conflict of *Chechenia, in accordance with the recommendations of the European Union and on the base of the clear-cut procedure in the article 13 of the present Regulation" . +A concrete action made in this sense was the requirement presented by the #finnish Presidency in the session of the 54 General Assembly of the UN that the international community aspire with *tesón to find the solutions and the timely answers to confront the new and unpredictable challenges in the frame of the international humanitarian Right; likewise, the EU has the intention to take out to *relucir this question in #all the international contacts. +Among #others, on the type of interest legal that will apply *cuando produce the delay of a payment, the extension of the period of activation of the interests, in case that it have not stipulated a period of payment in an agreement; of retention of the title, while there #be delay of the payment; the paper of the public sector and the treatment of the public agreements; and the claims of compensation caused by delays of payments. +Taking into account that #one of the fundamental causes by the that the insular regions #can not *concurrir in equality of opportunities in the only market are the extra costs of the transport of persons, commodities and energy, and that the article 129 *B (new 154) mentions explicitly the need to establish links among the insular regions and the central regions of the Community, how measured specific has the Council intention to take to procure the effective integration of the insular regions in the inner market in equality of conditions? +*B4-0375/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0384/99 of the deputy *Maij-*Weggen, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0389/99 of the deputies *Pasty and Go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0399/99 of the deputy *Colajanni, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0410/99 of the deputies *Dupuis and #others, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0416/99 of the deputies *Telkämper and *McKenna, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre *Birmania; +it Has mentioned *usted the employment, but has not talked a lot on the need to struggle against the social exclusion, on the fight by #one *Europa impartial and just bear with #all our citizens, the need to support to the States members in the eradication of the poverty, in particular among the youngsters and the elderly of our societies, the need of equality of opportunities for the men and the women, for the #black citizens and whites of the European Union. +First, no *nos gave time to request to our Group time of use of the word to present the question in the debate of yesterday.-Second, #such as *usted will see in the Record, neither the Minister of Outsides, Mr. *Fischer, neither the Commissioner, Mr. Go give *Broek, answered satisfactorily to the questions that present in the debate of yesterday.Our question concerned to the consequences that, in the environment and in the public health, go to have the bombardments that is suffering *Kosovo and, by favour, debate today in the afternoon in the Council, as it had been determined, my question and the questions of my gentlemen colleagues, that clear that they are *concernientes. +Like the Court of Accounts European and also the Commission of Budgets of the Parliament have valued positively precisely these elements of the proposal of the Commission, entrust in that in this way they have created the previous conditions so that the Commission, the European Parliament and the Court of Accounts European #can control in the better future that up to now the financial management and the efficiency of the credits employed. +*Yo See it as it follows: the winners are the States members that enjoy of the Bottom of Cohesion, especially the three that, in our opinion, no longer #would have to be in #the same, the Objective regions 1 that have an endowment of resources greater that up to now the new Goal 2, the urban zones, that, lady Commissioner, also enjoy of the community initiative *URBAN, and the countries candidates in the that entrust that it do not arise an economy of market, as it has said our colleague the Mr. *Schröder, but a social economy of market. +Professor *Prodi, the confidence of the Group *PPE in his person bases in the liberal spirit and in the political courses that *usted has signalled: a political renewal for *Europa, in favour of the competitiveness, the liberalisation and the free trade and in favour of the collaboration and of the peace, with a transparent and #worthy administration of credit, in addition to a EU that occupy of common subjects of importance, with the object to win the confidence of the citizens of the EU in the next century. +On the base of the current data consider #this as sufficient, but of course are had to debate also on this subject *cuando complete the information, because, as #all know, the approval of the budget demands that the two responsible organs of the budgetary power reach an agreement on the subject, as to the principle declared, a fine cooperation and the confidence, #as well as the will to look for common solutions is the half, with #whose help will be able to, with #all security, conclude *felizmente the approval of the budget for the year 2000. +Had account that the Army of Release of *Kosovo (*ELK) continues freely his illegal activity, organising a traffic of arms and of drugs, as it collects the international press, and consummating with impunity the execution of numerous innocent #serbian citizens, #can indicate the Council how initiatives thinks to adopt so that it summon immediately the Council of Security of the Nations Joined so as to clear the circumstances of the slaughtering of *Gnjilane, examine as a whole the situation of the human rights, evaluate the paper of the *KFOR in *Kosovo and take immediate and concrete decisions in relation with the *ELK, #as well as measures of protection of the #serbian population, #gipsy and other communities that remain in *Kosovo? +The Commission, as it will know the Assembly, regrets deeply the continuous rapes of the human rights by part of the military authorities in *Birmania: in particular, the treatment *opresivo that suffer the ethnic minorities, the persecution of *Aung Saint *Suu *Kyi and other members of the *LND, the denial of rights basic to the unions and the practice of works forced, the prohibition of the free operation of the political parties, the innumerable arbitrary arrests and the continuous state of violence. +The goals to board a political dialogue are to explain the common position of the European Union on the situation of the human rights and the nonexistence of a state of right and of democracy in *Birmania, and to contribute to the creation of some favourable conditions so that it initiate a political dialogue among the military joint in the power, the *SPDC, and the democratic opposition and representatives of the ethnic minorities. +On the other hand, it #would wish to call the attention of our colleagues on #some amendments of my Group in favour of a study on the application of the tax *Tobin in favour of the world-wide cultural heritage classified by the UNESCO in the countries of the Union, in favour of the freezing of the help to *Turquía, exception taken of course of the help to the victims of the earthquake, in so much the authorities of this country do not change of attitude regarding the village *kurdo, of the question of *Chipre and of the problem of the human rights in general. +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the new Annex of the Agreement on the protection of the half marine of the relative Atlantic Northeast to the protection and conservation of the ecosystems and the biological diversity of the maritime zone, the Appendix 3 corresponding and the Agreement on the meaning of #some concepts that appear in the new Annex (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0013/1999 - 1999/0095(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer) +Suits to stand out that, in spite of the worry for consecrating relative principles to the respect of the rights, the freedoms and the guarantees in this particularly delicate sphere and to the need to adopt measures that comport cooperation, as, for example, in the fight against the delinquency organised and the bleaching of capitals, the traffic of drug and of arms, the traffic of human beings, it will be necessary to loan particular attention to the coherence and the consequences of the politics and measures sure enough adopted. +In some times in that #all form of protection of the workers is *quebrantada and abolished, in that all right is *pisoteado *provocadoramente, the *agrupamiento, the fight, the common front of the workers against of the options of the monopolies and of the Economic and Monetary Union, the fight by the full employment, by the improvement of the conditions of life and by a true social development, by the prosperity, is his road, is the road of the workers. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report To5-0022/1999 of the Mr. *Cunha, in name of the Commission of Fishing, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of the relative Council to the celebration of the Protocol that determines, for the period comprised among 3 May 1999 and on 2 May of the 2000, the possibilities of fishing and the *contrapartida financial planned in the Agreement among the European Community and the Republic of *Angola on the fishing in front of the coasts of *Angola (*COM(1999)389 - *C5-0170/1999/0169(*CNS)). +To #all the mobile workers in the sectors of the transport apply , in any case, the four basic principles that appear in the common position concerning the proposal of directive and that, on the other hand, also are applicable to the persons of the sea and to the doctors in training, especially the four weeks of annual holidays rewarded, an annual limitation of the length of the time of work, the corresponding times of rest and the medical controls in the nocturnal work. +This morning, in the that the subject of the social provision for the persons with disabilities are object of a big public debate in my country, the Realm Joined, receive with satisfaction our example of the new agreement for the persons with disabilities that tries to delete the barriers providing personal advisers to local level through it that knows like the only road, that serve of flexible budgets for the employment and the Social Security in the case of the persons with disabilities that are unemployed and allow really find the measures that *les help to incorporate to the world of the work. +This time, in place of the culture, the purpose of the #european intervention is in the support to the social and economic development of this #mediterranean country and, by *enésima time, the question that each #one of *nosotros formulates is always #the same: *Acaso the European Union #can and has to back by #all the means a geographically near State, even contiguous, *circundado by #the same sea that bathes the coasts of *Europa meridional, although this State seems very far in the plane of the respect of the human rights? +Subject: Execution of the sentence of the European Court of Human Rights in the that condemns to *Turquía The past month, the Commission of representatives permanent of the Council of *Europa approved to report to *Turquía by not fulfilling the condemnatory sentence of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of the Mrs. Titin *Loizidou, in rape of his fundamental obligations in virtue of the article 46 of the European Agreement of Human Rights, that has categorically the execution of the sentences of the Court. +I have to say, gentleman Commissioner, that the modification of the juridical base that has established the group of work of the Council, with the that without #a lot of enthusiasm and with #a lot of scepticism have had to *conformarnos, threat with putting end to a considerable part of our joy and threat, likewise, with *aguarnos the party. As #Maria #Colombo *Svevo finishes to say, the violence against the boys and the women do not constitutes only a risk for his health; it is a true rape of his fundamental human rights. +#That is the reason by the that have indicated in the Annex *V of our Regulation that needed no a simple majority, but also a special majority of the deputies to the Assembly -an absolute majority- for *denegar the approval of the management, because, #if no, the denial of the approval of the management #can have been an exit by the door of backwards to censor to the Commission by a lower majority that the usually necessary, with arrangement to the Treaty. +By it other, demand intelligent models of work and the reduction of the extraordinary hours, flexibility in place of a unilateral reduction of the labour day with a compensation *salarial total, a *aligeramiento public prosecutor of the factor work, a harmonisation of the *imposición public prosecutor to the companies to prevent the *deslocalización of the companies by reasons exclusively fiscal and, finally, some regular meetings of the political subjects that adopt the decisions with the social speakers and with the Central Bank European with the end to agree common strategies. +We have seen that the EU occupies of sectors and questions that now affect to the lives of the citizens of the European Union of form very direct: the launching of the euro, that early will not be a simple instrument for the banks and the institutions, but also the coins and the notes that will carry in the pocket our citizens, and this week the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam with his greater insistence in politics that affect to the citizens and, in particular, in the creation of places of work. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0225/99) of the Mrs. *Sandbaek in name of the Delegation of the European Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation on the conjoint text, approved by the Committee of Conciliation, of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 89/398/*CEE relative to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the alimentary products allocated to a special feeding (3607/99 - *C4-0154/99-99/0076(*COD)) +The fact to have in the core of the system of the taking of decisions an organism of representatives of complete time with #all the diversity that represent, calling to the doors, taking #telephone calls, taking uncomfortable questions, *sondeando, interrogating, studying in detail the subjects and going back to the regions to talk of *ello with the groups of interest, the unions, the employers, the groups of consumers and the local governments in his regions. +Now well, this agreement of *Berlín has remained still very far of the positions of the European Parliament: it do not has *reequilibrado the *PAC properly in the sense of the equity and the cohesion, the disadvantaged and peripheral regions follow loomed of depopulation and desertisation, have not created conditions to apply in the practice the #european model of agriculture, have not created conditions so that the European Union present with an offensive posture in the next negotiations of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +The disloyal competition to the that confronts the sector -a sector that goes, on the other hand, from the production of fibres, *hilados and tissues, until the of the finishings-, sees aggravated, besides, by the barriers *arancelarias and no *arancelarias that #all the norms established in the breast of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade prevent his access to the markets of countries like the Indian, States Joined or #the same *Turquía, as #if these norms only governed for the community markets, to the that these countries -the products of these countries- yes #can access freely. +Leave that the States members reduce the VAT in services with a big component of hand of drama and that do not have repercussions *transfronterizas; renew the upsetting that takes in the investigation and the development and take a more imaginative use of the money of the European Bank of Investments, for example, with the creation of a line of credit #european for the technology; introduce changes in the organisation and the time of work with the end to share better the available work. +From the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, on 1 May, the procedure of *codecisión, that supposes the maintenance of narrow relations among the Parliament, the Commission and the Council, covers at present a wide series of politics that comprise #among others the sector of transports, the regional subjects, the social subjects, the initiatives for the employment, the structural Bottoms, the protection of the consumer, the public health and the environmental looks. +It That *sucedió after the referendum deserves the greater conviction, of course, because Indonesian executed a plan of genocide that #can not leave doubt #any on his nature: demographic genocide, promoting the escape of hundreds of thousands of *timorenses; cultural genocide, because from the *primer day of terror the central white, from the point of sight of the institutions, went the #catholic Church, the temples, the episcopalian houses, the parents, the sisters, the faithful, is to say, the traditional institution in that the *timorenses deposited his confidence. +I want to take advantage of the opportunity that *me offers the presence here today of the Commissioner to propose - to the light of the exceptions that already exist in the European Union for the audiovisual companies, that *nos leave a true *margen of manoeuvre, that *nos offer besides the capacity to evolve with the sector and to take a gesture after some rules of the game more *equitativas regarding the States Joined - that, when building the infrastructure for the negotiations, have to be the sufficiently flexible to watch by our needs here in *Europa. +The Council has time for the reflection and the decision on the means: time for the reflection because *nos will gather on 25 November - by Saint #Catalina any tree ruins and expect that the budgetary tree throw roots -, and the decision on the means *le corresponds to *usted, lady Speaker - and his colleagues, since I know that it #can not it all and regret it -, choose among two roads: the review of the financial perspectives of the category 4 that *nos will allow to vote this budget facing up to the new priorities of compliance with the commitments that have assumed during the negotiation of this agreement. +In his meeting of 16 July, the Council of Budgets treated of the reallocation of the endowments in favour of *Kosovo and in that moment said that the Commission #would not have to prejudice to the less developed countries and to the poorest groups and remembered also the commitment assumed by the Commission with the international strategy for the development, #whose goal is the to reduce to the half the poverty in the world of here to the year 2015. +On the other hand, I wish to take reference to the speakers that have to take into account in the dialogue *macroeconómico and *yo *me *atrevería to suggest that it is necessary to incorporate three more: the representatives of two institutions of the own European Union, as they are the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions -two institutions that represent an economic and social dimension of a big importance and, in the case of the regions, obviously, #some of *ellas play an absolutely indispensable paper to ensure these goals- and, finally, the organisations of small and medium enterprises. +In this sense, is necessary to review the feasibility of the technology, because still they are developing the devices of control of the able broadcasts to answer to the strict limits of oxides of nitrogen; although in the proofs of laboratory these devices promise a lot, still there #be not security of the operative efficiency on a long-term basis of the devices that the convert in a possible technical solution and durable to make the control of the broadcasts in the long term. +The first are the agreements in matter of investments based in the principles of the statement of the *OIT on companies multinationals and the guidelines of the *OCDE on the rights of the workers. The second is the constitution of a mixed permanent forum *OMC/*OIT commissioned to examine the inclusion of the fundamental labour rights, as for example the abolition of the work *forzoso and the slavery, the proscription of the childish work, the prohibition of the discrimination. +The Report *Schwaiger loads *comprensiblemente more the accent in the *tutelas, nevertheless, believe that it shows a substantial tuning with the proposal of the Commission and, therefore, a full confidence in the work of the Commissioner Mr. *Lamy also regarding this delicate subject, always with the consciousness that the liberalisation of the exchanges also in new fields - as in the case of the investments - answers to the important interest of the countries of the European Union and of #all the countries by a durable and sustainable development of the world-wide economy. +Although the Conservative Party British *opone officially in principle to that in virtue of the article 63 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam move to the *primer *pilar the politics in matter of visas, immigration and asylum -by which *me see forced to be in disagreement with it that has said our speaker about this question-, instead are resolved adherents that there #be cooperation *intergubernamental in relation with the *tercer *pilar by means of the collective action of the Council about the exchange of this type of information, included the related with the documents of trip falsified, to end to struggle against the delinquency and in particular against the international delinquency that do not respects the national borders. +Of #where have to take out the conclusion that it #can not in fact work of another way that the that there #be, as we argue on legal bases, debate absurdly on illegal immigration - #this is very well for the Congress of the Party *Tory, but is not effective in *Europa -, and lose from #all point of sight the opportunity to take it that necessarily #would have to, #this is, an effective legislation to limit the fake of documents so much by #that that like this buy a way to go in illegally in *Europa as also by #that #others that, as it has explained very well the Mrs. *Gebhardt, circulate by *Europa with a case of heroine and false documents. +And #if the integration of *Turquía to the European Union answers to the requirements of the great industrial groups and commercial, especially #european and accessorily #turkish, will not contribute to improve the conditions of the hard-working mass of this country, of #the same mood that the Union has not protected of the unemployment and of the degradation of his conditions of existence to the workers of the already integrated countries. +To the light of #that *dictamen of the Scientific Committee on the Health and the Animal Welfare, the Commission - to #mine initiative in his meeting of 28 October- approved a decision in the that proposed a permanent prohibition of the commercialisation and the utilisation of the *BST in the Community from 1 January 2000, of compliance with the disposals established in the Decision 98/58/*CE of the Council on the protection of the animals of breeding. +And we reiterate that the security in the sector of the transports has to be a priority in the #european politics of transports and, therefore, ask, as I took in a question to the Commission, that the own Commission elaborate in the short term, better said, urgently a directive on the systems of security compulsory for the tunnels and the galleries of roads and underline the fundamental importance of a directive that establish the protocols and controls in road of the reliability of the commercial vehicles that circulate by the roads of *Europa. +By #all these reasons, urge to the European Parliament to that it approve a resolution in the that signals to the attention of the entities of Indonesian the need to reestablish the legality, the need to finish with the slaughterings, the need that the strengths armed defend to the populations and no the attack, the need to release to *Xanana *Gusmãor, the need that the Nations Joined follow supporting the management that has taken *Portugal so that it reestablish the peace in *Timor Oriental and in #all Indonesian. +Gentleman President, all #that that read in a book of history on the recent past of *Camboya and all #that that have had the luck, among *comillas, to take a trip by this country, #can not conceive that at all it have manifested the intention to create an international court to judge to the authors of the *killing *fields and of the massacre that, as very well has signalled the Mr. *Bourlanges, constitutes #one of the most regrettable crimes *acecidos after the *segunda world-wide war. +This situation has to to a large extent to that the simplest tasks have disappeared of our societies, to that the differences in the performance of the persons are increasing enormously and to that determined labour activities are *remunerando with wages truly exaggerated, even #if other activities #can in fact result more productive in the traditional sense of the term, in case that they followed forming part of the labour market; but all #this do not results of any acceptable way from a point of sight social or of respect to the human dignity. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, distinguished colleagues in a period of big agitation, was by the conflict of *Kosovo, was by any #another, have in the European Parliament once again the obligation to talk of a subject that *nos comes occupying from takes long, the commercial fight with the #EE.UU. The States Joined insist in a posture, was in the case of the bananas that perhaps to his mood to see was solved, was now in the case of the hormones, in the that it is extraordinarily difficult to put the measure in his spot so that also out of the European Union #can comprise , as the *disensiones commercial of the that treats here constitute hardly the 2 % of the common trade. +#Many of *nosotros, therefore, expected that today *usted, to move away the #sad and unfair initial coincidence that hangs on his new mandate and after 40 days of war in *Kosovo, *Montenegro, Serbian and *Voivodina, #would find the appropriate words to take a call to the immediate #alto the fire, and the words of solidarity by #all the innocent victims, of #all the parts involved, #as well as practical proposals for the reconstruction of the territories devastated and for the fast return of the refugees: the research, gentleman President *Prodi, of a #european soul, as it said a day in this Plenary. +A formal convergence, by the contrary, conducts to unconformities in the results of the politics.2.An only economic politics, managed by the Union, constitutes a grave rape of the national independence and a rape of the national parliaments. The prerogatives of #this in matters of economic politics constitute an indispensable part of the #democracia.3.la political defended in the report (and in the speech) represents a unilateral theoretical thought and a singular political theory. +To which adds that the Council also has *infringido doubly the spirit and the sense of the Treaty, since, with the introduction of an extraordinary tax allocated to adapt the income of the #european deputies to the national diets *desvirtúa the goal of the Treaty to establish the equality of deal among the #european deputies and goes back to introduce the inequality by the rear door, for saying it like this. +The explanation of #some administrative services that already we had to it have known the past week and that we had to have anticipated and thought it that we wanted to take #can be very interesting from the point of sight of the juridical theory, but is not of receipt that today have a first reading, that the report send to the Commission of Transports, that to his time do not gathers , and that the administrative service modify my report of the past week and declare that there #be a report for the *segunda reading. +In the text *nos have agreed with the Council that before the approval of the budget of the European Union always take place a meeting *tripartita additional, in the that among the Council, the Parliament and the Commission agree the form in the that #can cover an eventual need -the past year had the help to *Rusia- with resources no released of the common budgetary year or also how have to treat needs of the consecutive budgetary year and how have to *ponernos entirely of agreement before the approval of the Budget. +Gentleman President, is natural that exist fields in the that *nos had enjoyed to get more far after two years of negotiations about the #european regional help for the next seven years. It fits to mention, #among others, some clearer commitments, frames of association by part of the local and regional authorities, more guarantees still for the respect of the terms in the payment to the contractors of the projects and the establishment of a specific figure for the capital of risk social in favour of the voluntary organisations smaller. +While we follow expecting the adoption of measures concrete directed to respect the agreements *multilaterales on the environment -in particular, on the climate and the biodiversity- or to reflect in facts the decisions of the Summit of *Copenhague in matter of fight against the poverty, the committees of the *OMC impose his law to the democracies -and, in particular, to the European Union- and gives to the freedom of the exchanges the priority on #all the other considerations, already treat of public health, environment, human rights or social rights. +In the meeting Council of Justice and Interior of 3 December 1998 approved a plan of performance of the Commission and the Council with regard to the effective application of the points of the Treaty of *Amsterdam for the creation of a #european space of freedom, justice and security; among the measures to carry out in the next two years contemplates the editorial of a list of the countries, #whose citizens will be able to travel to the States members of the EU without visa, and of the countries that will need it. +In front of this situation, the diet no only do not shows a minimum will to initiate political and economic reforms, but that, by the contrary, reinforces the submission of the population *norcoreana and keeps a total control on the missions of experts and on the medical and alimentary help supplied by the international community to the population *norcoreana (600.000 tonnes of cereals in 1998 and 530.000 in 1999) to the not allowing to the international organisations verify the utilisation and the efficiency of the help. +In this sense had been unforgivable that, *cuando in *Sudáfrica dismantles that diet *odioso, *cuando the #south african take history and give example producing an admirable reconciliation, surpassing with hit the always difficult transition of a civil war and a dictatorship, transition of the diagrams of a movement of release to the constitution of a Been pluralist, democratic and of Right, had been scandalous, say, that *cuando *ellos, the #south african, have not defrauded our confidence in his behaviour, *nosotros Europeans did not know to be to the height of the circumstances and defrauded the confidence that from *África of the South has deposited in *nosotros. +Subject: On the possible suppression of the General Direction of Fishing Is true - as they finish to announce the media - that, in spite of the word given by the Commissioner of Agriculture *Fischler in his appearance in front of the Commission of Fishing of the European Parliament, the European Commission has decided to suppress the General Direction of Fishing (General Direction *XIV), measure that prejudices clearly to the interests *pesqueros #european and, especially, to the interests of regions dependent of the fishing, as it is the case of *Galicia? +To follow forward with the contrary politics to the capital pity, to consolidate the attainments of the Committee of Rights Human and to carry the question of the pity of death to the program of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined, the States members of the European Union have resolved to present a resolution in the Third Commission during the *quincuagésimo chamber period of sessions of the General Assembly. +It #would be #naïve, clear, expect a distinct approach by part of the organisms of the EU, *cuando the community budget and the national budgets move in the hard and *antipopular mark of the criteria of *Maastricht and of the *draconianas reductions of costs; *cuando the external politics of the EU characterises by a hypocrisy that did not knows limits, by the control more *opresivo, and by the every time greater submission of the countries, #as well as by the open intervention and generalised in his internal subjects, as they show the process of enlargement and the Pact of Stability for the *Europa *suroriental. +This conception #would conduct directly, according to the ancient professional deformation of the Commission, to concede the primacy to the free circulation of the commodities on the health of the consumers, as we finish to see in the subject of the embargo of the meat of bovine #british, in the that it #would be necessary, lady Speaker, expect to that have of the proofs, it that *nos conducts, by it other, to the extraordinary following conclusion: the that inside the European Union did not applies the principle of caution, whereas it tries take that it prevail in the relations with third countries, in particular with the States Joined. +The Commission also #can support the relative amendments to the enlargement of the directive to include other alternative fuels, in east marry ethanol; the amendment that refers to the fiscal incentives applied to the *reequipamiento of old vehicles; the amendment that includes the heavy vehicles in the community general strategy referred to the dioxide of carbon and the relative amendment to the commercial quality of the liquid petrol. +It has had knowledge the Commission of the opening of an investigation, or of appeal of information or of recommendations to reach agreements, by part of the Department of State of the #EE.UU., directed to the Group Sun-*Meliá, with previous character to the application to this group and to other companies of the EU (Club *Med, *LTU), in frank rape of the Agreements reached among the European Commission and the Administration #Clinton, in the frame of the Transatlantic Summit, that excluded of the field of application of the Law *Helms-*Burton to the #european companies? +#If we split of the premise that a world-wide trade freer and juster has been the foundation that has allowed to improve the level of welfare of #a lot of States and his populations, especially in the case of the countries in development, then also have to recognise that the European Union, in his quality of greater commercial power of the world, has an elementary interest in continuing promoting this favourable evolution and in that an increasing number of villages and of States take part in #the same. +To measure that increases the number of competitors international in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, precisely in the rich nations and especially in the States Joined, that are those who more have benefited of the liberalisation of the markets, is growing -paradoxically, wanted to add *yo- the scepticism and the worry in front of the possibility that the globalisation also carry rigged an impoverishment, the destruction of the environment and the loss of sovereignty national. +The Commission of Control Budgetary proposes answer in his writing of opinion to the *interrogante on the suitability to tackle the development of the controls and an effective protection of the community finances by means of the creation of a charge of public prosecutor #european according to the diagram proposed in the "*Corpus *Juris" , but in the sense of the subsidiariness, #such as *nos posed and cleared the past week in the session of *Bruselas the gentleman Commissioner *Barnier. +They have achieved pose with considerable clarity and of consistent way the political requirements associated to the cooperation with *Turquía, in particular the need that they respect and develop the human rights, among *ellos the rights of the village *kurdo, the requirement of the abolition of the pity of death, the strengthening of the civil society, a greater participation of the no governmental organisations and the reduction of the social disadvantages and of the regional underdevelopment. +In this sense, tomorrow will propose -to the contrary of it that, apparently, think #others- the postponement of the vote of the two reports for a period of sessions back and ask to the Speaker of the European Parliament that, in name of the institution that chairs, formulate a request expresses to the European Council of *Helsinki so that, #if it keeps the decision of the #turkish authorities, the Council adopt a very firm position in relation with the candidature of *Turquía to the European Union. +Without leaving to respect the confidentiality of the conversations, *yo #can *decirles, in any case, that my personal impression is that the #turkish Government did not wishes to take in any case a decision on the execution of the sentence while it last the procedure of *Estrasburgo, but that his strategy is directed rather to take advantage of the like this won time to abolish the pity of death in *Turquía. +But I believe that no *le #can dribble to the Presidency in exercise of the Council the merit that they have produced substantial advances in the field of the external politics and of common security reorganising the works of the Council, giving a clear impulse to the no military management of the crises, adopting the common strategy on the case of *Ucrania and adopting also a statement in the case of *Chechenia, although to *nosotros *nos had enjoyed that it went a bit more conclusive and believe that the time *nos will give the reason. +Also it suits to remember that, in the report of the Court of Accounts that finishes to #make and that have debated this week, have not found in #all the agricultural sector any indication of swindle massive or fraud on a large scale, but have observed that seems to have *muchísimos problems to the hour to reckon the number of livestock, the quantity of hectares by help to surface, etc. Exist small errors in a very wide field and *eso constitutes a grave problem that owe *encarar. +I have to say again that the political intentionality of the Treaty was the to integrate the Secretariat of *Schengen existent in the also existent General Secretariat of the Council without hiring new collaborators or summon procedures of selection of any type, as it #can not be reasonable that #if a task has been made up to now by a Secretariat that goes to be integrated afterwards in #another, solvent the subject planting to 80 new persons according to the applicable norms to the general Secretariat and that put in the street to the 80 persons that have taken until then the work of the Secretariat of *Schengen. +In the European Union today, for well or for bad, although still there are national cultural traditions, the basic principles, the principles of order public, the principles of the protection of the morals, of the right and of the minors, follow valid and, therefore, believe that, in this moment, really a directive like the current goes to facilitate the integration of our legislations by means of the defence of some common principles to #all the States members. +Lady minister, from the past 11 February, in that it reacted in front of the first informations on the slaughterings in *Kosovo, our Parliament has not ceased to report the atrocities committed in this province, in the that unchained once again the *infernal gear of the violence and of the fear, cause of *tantos sufferings by the systematic rape of the most elementary rights of the human being, in first row of the *cuales appears the to remain in the floor that has seen it be born and conserve the culture in the that has raised . +This approach of the interior of the crisis that crosses the Commission (crisis to the that confront #all the #european institutions) #would contribute, in my opinion, to situate effectively the analyses of the independent experts in his global political context, characterised (to use the terms of the document of the mentioned Cell of *Prospectiva) by the exhaustion of some form to organise the public action, by a crisis of authority that affects of full to the Union. +In the category *I "agricultural costs, support to the markets" are already to the limit of the *margen; in the category *IV "external actions" - will go back on *ello - the category literally explodes, in the category *V do not know it that will cost the administrative reform of the Commission, but see with #a lot of worry how outlines the problem of the retirements without that have foreseen the costs adapted; and in the category *VII allocated to the *preadhesión, the movement in favour of a faster enlargement and wider, #if it #can say like this, do not enjoys of the credits adapted. +The Scientific Committee has shown clearly his *convencimiento that the meat of bovine #british is so innocuous like any #another meat of bovine of any part of the European Union and in these circumstances am safe that the Commissioner will suit *conmigo in that a delay of only some days is better that the of two or three years in the courts, it that finishes frustrating to #everyone, do not satisfies to nobody and, in particular, do not satisfies to the #british graziers that have observed the law, have taken it that *les has asked and are now in conditions to sell an excellent product in #all the European Union. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0056/1999), in name of the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities, concerning the common position, approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to a program of action community (Program *DAPHNE) (2000-2003) on preventive measures allocated to combat the violence exerted on the boys, the teenagers and the women [9150/1/1999-*C5-0181/1999 - 1998/0192(*COD)] (Speaker: Mrs. *Avilés *Perea). +I believe that it is just to affirm that it exists general consensus in the European Union - among the Council, the Parliament and the Commission - on the two following proposals: in the first place, in spite of the comprehensible indignation by the appalling acts of terrorism in *Moscú, in the *Cáucaso North and in other parts - that like citizen of a country that has suffered *demasiadas experiences of terrorism condemn totally -, the #russian action during the last weeks has supposed a reiterated deployment of a disproportionate military strength, the reiterated contempt of the need to look for a political solution and the reiterated contempt of the tragic consequences for the persons. +Without embargo, fifty years after the Universal Statement of the Human Rights, know that they do not exist rights conquered #all at the same time and for ever: I think in the *Tíbet, *Birmania, *Timor and in the #asian countries in that it explodes the childish and feminine work; I think in *Kosovo, in *Chechenia or in *África, a continent *demasiadas far times and forgotten; I think in the 790 millions of persons that happen *hambre in the world or in the 300 millions of boys that are forced to work; I think, besides, in the 1.625 executions fulfilled the year happened in the 72 countries that in his legislations keep the pity of death; finally I think in the destination of the leader *kurdo *Ocalan, #whose life has to be saved by means of the effort of #all *nosotros. +And all *ello because, although this Parliament has expressed an indeclinable commitment in favour of a moratorium of the pity of death, as we took in the debate of the last session *plenaria -believe that the Speaker has directed already to the #turkish authorities by this reason- think that the European Union has to fulfil his commitments and, to #the same time, that #can not leave to recognise that in the last fifteen years in *Turquía has not executed any pity of death. +It is not only the case *Ocalan that *me takes to say that the candidature of *Turquía is not mature still. Among other things, *Ocalan went practically delivered by the Government of the Mr. *D' *Alema -#one dishonours for #Italia- but, on the other hand, precisely of the penal Code Italian *Turquía has copied this article 155 of his penal Code that has allowed the conviction of *Ocalan - the article 155 of the penal Code Turkish, copied of the article 241 of the penal Code Italian- and, therefore, also the position of the #italian Government in this case no *me has *extrañado at all. +Report (To5-0074/1999) of the Mr. *Pronk, in name of the Delegation of the Parliament for the Commission of conciliation on the text attach, approved by the Commission of Conciliation, on the proposal of directive of the relative Council to the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of the health and of the security of the workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres. (Commission of Social Subjects and Employment, *Décima *quinta managerial individual relative to the article 16(1) of the Directive 89/391/*CEE (*C5-0221/1991 - 1995/0235(*COD)) +will signal that, from fifteen years ago, in *Turquía exists a moratorium in fact on the pity of death; that the goal of the report that, precisely, subject to vote is to incite to the #turkish Government to that this moratorium in fact convert in moratorium of right; and that, in any case, *me ask #which #would be the reaction of our colleagues #if, in his countries of origin, existed, as *ellos wish, an intrusion of the political power in the judicial power. Since at present the cause of the Mr. *Ocalan is subjected to the Court of Security of *Estrasburgo. +The technical obstacles that #would pose the greater difficulties to reduce the transitory period are, specifically: the terms of manufacture of the notes and of the coins in euros; the considerable importance of the computer adaptations that they have to make, and also the fact that the transition to the euro of the public administrations has been scheduled for the year 2002, to end to take in consideration the complexity of the changes that have to introduce in this sector. +Of compliance with the article 245 of the constitutive Treaty of the *CE, with the article 45 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community of the Coal and the Steel and with the article 160 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community of the Atomic Energy, the Council #can change the disposals on the maintenance of the secret only to request of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0101/1999) of the Mr. *Papayannakis, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council that modifies the Regulation (*CE) *nº 820/97 of the Council by the that it establishes a system of identification and register of the animals of the bovine and relative species to the labeling of the meat of *vacuno and the products to base of meat of *vacuno (*COM(1999) 487 - *C5-0241/1999 - 1999/0205(*COD)). +By evident reasons, that have relation with the geography but also with the history, seemed necessary to the Europeans engage, during the years 70, an action of cooperation of *envergadura with the countries of *África, of the *Caribe and of the Peaceful, under a quite original form known with the name of Agreement of *Lomé, and that allowed that our partners of the south benefited of stable prices for the products of the that extract his main resources, *ello to the coat of a free change in #all directions of the that it only that sees is how ruins today the most fragile economies. +*Ustedes Will remember the appointment: «this day will happen to the history like a day of infamy», and *ello because the Secretary of State North American, that was perfectly to the common, took to expect in the antechamber during varied hours to the #japanese ambassador that had attended to deliver the statement of war, with the only goal to take out party of the indignation by the attack in front of the North American public opinion and international. +As I believe that it always is possible attenuate the negative effects, stand out three: the reform of the *PAC, to the that associate the feeble expression of the concept of «development rural», as the benefited and prejudiced go to follow, at the end, being #the same of always; the reduction of the public copartnership in private projects producers of income that, when prejudicing to the companies, lessen the employment; the concentration of bottoms of the next community frame in the first years, that, together with the balances that go out of *él, will create complex conditions of utilisation of the structural Bottoms, as known is that, #if they do not use , lose . +Likewise it wanted to express the opinion shared by the absolute majority of the Commission of Freedoms Public and of Inner Subjects that it do not treats of the rights of the Parliament, by important that are, but that the Parliament pretends *erigirse in lawyer of the fundamental rights, the rights of the citizens and the rights of the person in the European Union. Now well, it results enormously difficult to assume this have to that we have to fulfil of face to the #european citizens *cuando the Council *nos excludes of his activities. +Without embargo this question follows without answer and is: -#If it knows the Council that, in accordance with the complaints and informations that spread the international media, the bombardments of the NATO and the war of *Yugoslavia have caused catastrophes or damages *irreparables in monuments of the cultural heritage European -among the *cuales also there are churches and #christian monasteries (#orthodox).-#If they show that these data are correct: to)How it thinks to take so that it do not continue this loss *irremediable, *yb)how thinks to take to restore- in the measure of it possible- the damages?Obviously, this question refers , in concrete, to a «cultural crime of war» that takes place in *Europa, in *Yugoslavia, in #where it also takes place a «environmental crime of war». +The withdrawal of the directive on the cars of the meeting of the Council of Ministers by dictated of the Chancellor is a never seen fact and *inaudito, as it neither has precedents in the recent history of the European Union his decision to prevent by dictated the participation of the Minister of Economy #german in the meeting of the Council of Ministers that celebrated in *Finlandia. +We aspire to that of #the same way in that today it takes it the Parliament, the Council direct from *Tampere an audible message to the #european citizens, the message that the European Union really interests and works by his more vital interests: the *reforzamiento of the inner security, the free circulation, the free access to the justice, the fight against the delinquency organised international, the control of the borders, the respect of the rights and fundamental freedoms. +The proposal of the Commission to create a #european agency for the reconstruction is based mainly in the recommendations of the Parliament for the reconstruction of *Bosnia - recommendations that aptly take upsetting in the need to decentralise the management of the help to *través of the increase of the participation of personnel local and the contribution of mechanisms that adapt better to the urgency of the requirements of the reconstruction. +Lady Speaker, in virtue of the article 111 of the Regulation of the European Parliament, propose an amendment to the agenda of this partial period of sessions to include a statement of the Commission on the refusal of the #french Government to raise the embargo of meat and his decision to prevent that the meat of *vacuno of the Realm Joined cross his territory, that is a route forced to get to *España and #Italia. +Subject: Decision on the reconstruction of the regions affected by the seisms in #Grecia After the strong tremors of earth that have affected to the #greek region of the *Ática, causing *decenas of dead persons and damages of a magnitude still no established, #can indicate the Council #if it thinks to proceed to the urgent publication of a decision on the subscription of a loan for the bonus of interests, with regard to reconstructing the economic and social infrastructure, included the house, and reestablish the means of production, #such as it took by means of previous #his decisions in favour of *Portugal, in 1993, and in favour of #Grecia, in March of 1981 and in September of 1986 (Decision 81/1013/*CEE of 14.12.1981 and Decision 88/561/*CEE of 7.11.1988? +Said #this and considering that *nos find in a historical moment of the #european construction with the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice, in front of a debate on a Letter of rights fundamental, and considering likewise the powers awarded to the Council by the Treaties to carry out actions that guarantee these rights of the #european citizens, *me #would enjoy to know the attitude of the Council with regard to the content of said Letter of fundamental rights in matter of protection of sexual freedom and of sexual option more that of sexual orientation. +Without embargo it is necessary to develop painstakingly this system of documentation, extending it also to the torture and to the means employed for the other inhuman and degrading deals, so that the information was to disposal of the national parliaments #as well as of this Assembly before it produce a greater diffusion and like this the control on the export of arms was effective, having of the suitable political instruments and juridical to take part the transgression of the norms on the systems of control. +In these lines guidelines and in the finance of #many of these politics are included #many of the proposals that have listened in this hemicycle, #such like special fiscal reductions for the workers and for the small and medium enterprises, like a support to the education or to the training of the workers with seen to the dismissals or to the restructurings, #as well as social packages to reinforce the social network in case of great restructurings, the continuous training and the provision of workers with new aptitudes so that they #can answer to these restructurings. +The amendment 7, that *versa on the actions integrated in agreements of transnational cultural cooperation, composes of two parts: in the first place, the relative to the paper of the committee and more in particular the obligation by part of the managers of the projects funded to present a balance of the actions undertaken directly to the committee, as this control *incumbe to the Commission, that has to also commission of the management of the program; second, the relative part to the addition of the precision "specialists of the heritage". +#If the Central Bank European considers dangerous a rhythm of growth upper to the 2,5% and, according to the assessments of the Commission, has to have a rhythm of growth upper to the 3% to reduce the employment to the 7% in 6 or 7 years, then the only path that *les remains, and of course follow *ustedes with coherence, is *presionar to the labour market to cancel the labour relations, impose the work to half day and, more generally, *flexibilizar the employment, reduce really the wages and finish with the social security. +I want to appreciate to the speaker and to the and the colleagues of the Commission of Industry the inclusion in the final report of #many of the looks approved in the Commission of Environment, which #can not give by discounted neither neither occurs always, and that our aspirations have found fit in the amendments of the speaker and in the amendments of commitment, so that big part of the questions that the Commission of Environment considers important with seen to *Seattle have remained integrated in the report of the Mr. *Schwaiger. +It is an exceptional democratic event that thousands of men and women have debated and have manifested by a distinct economy, directly linked to the daily life and the democracy, because the fact that 134 governments form part of the World-wide Organisation of Trade do not guarantees of by himself/hisself neither transparency neither democracy in the processes of taking of decisions because, further of the formal statutes, it that *subsiste really is the contractual power of the strongest Governments and of the multinationals that exert it. +Has to include also in the Treaties this Letter of rights fundamental that goes to elaborate in the next months; contemplate the taking of decisions by majority -like general norm- and, logically, of simultaneous way, the procedure of *codecisión in these moments; expand also the powers of the European Parliament, for example the capacity to ratify #all the international treaties, was *cual was his type or type; and, of course, contemplate that the next reforms take in accordance with a much more open method, transparent, democratic and participatory that the current. +Gentleman President, with occasion of the presentation of this bulky report on the human rights, will mention the constant rapes of said rights committed with the foundation of a legislation *estalinista against the intellectuals of #all the specialities that have brave to issue critical opinions or simply independent concerning the history of the last world-wide war, #whose drama *concentracionario *obnubila increasingly to the media, to the education, to the press, to the service of interests very distinct of the exclusive defence of the memory of the victims. +Apart from his strictly economic meaning, that do not leaves to be great, these institutions have offered to our villages the real proof that the creation of new community institutions attendants of the exercise of a politics integrated in the place of the governments or of the national institutions of the States members do not constitutes a betrayal, but a conjoint exercise more effective of our national sovereignty. +We consider important that there are two representatives of the European Parliament in the preparatory group, but already consider less #worthy for the European Parliament that his Speaker, instead of relating exclusively with the bosses of State and the prime ministers, see immersed in a dynamics in the that the hear before the meetings of the members of the Council of Subjects General and #that is not a #worthy deal for this European Parliament. +We have seen that the Court of Justice has ratified the faculty of the States members to take decisions in this matter and besides, regarding the point that *usted has underlined relative to the distribution inside the territory of a State, have to add that the norms in matter of competition and the principle of no discrimination do not force to the States members to take in account looks of regional character to the hour to award the licences for the casinos neither other permissions to organise games of chance. +It has needed , as, more of a year and varied meetings of the Committee of Conciliation to reach an agreement on this program, #tending to promote the quality of the education to *través of the promotion of the cooperation, of the intensification of the mobility and of the development of the #european dimension in #all the educational sectors, with the end to complete the actions of the States members in this field. +In the case of *Kuwait, it that has *sucedido to finals of November, *cuando with 32 votes against and 30 in favour the Parliament has refused the proposal that the women #can vote and be voted, do not constitutes only a rape of the human rights and a repulsive political action, but also is an infringement of the own #kuwaiti Constitution, that in the article 29 has that #all the citizens are equal in front of the law, independently of the sex, the religion, the race or the ethnic origin. +I have to say that #if we talk of defence and of promotion of the human rights like a fundamental element of the #european identity and of his projection in the world, certainly today *Birmania is #one of the banks of proof fundamental and believe that the best way to express our felt condolence to the Saint Mrs. *Suu *Kiy is intensifying the initiative against the #burmese diet and increasing his international isolation so much from the point of sight political and diplomatic like economic and commercial. +By the contrary, a greater cooperation in the national politics through a consistent put in practice of the guidelines and of the plans of action of the politics of employment, #as well as an improvement of the possibility of control mean #one *plusvalía #european, the *cual together with the effect stabilizer of a solid common coin will contribute also to half term in the inner market European to that we reach more put of work and have less unemployed. #This is an important *prerrequisito of the social dimension of the European Union. +To finalise, #some points that, although they go to be decided by the next Parliament, *nosotros #would have to set up in the next weeks -and, #if it is possible, before the Council *ECOFIN of 25 May- in the frame of the Group of high level: we need a proposal *consensuable in relation with the five members of the Committee of Surveillance, need a profile of the director of the *OLAF so that it #can publish the announcement of the squares; we need an organisation chart of the *OLAF as *prerrequisito and like base of a supplementary budget, as they have recommended it already in his opinion our colleagues of the Commission of Budgets. +The report is in it true when underlining the need to establish a narrower coordination among the great orientations of economic politics and the guidelines in matter of politics of employment, taking into account the need of a coherent strategy for the employment, the growth, the stability and the economic reforms and for an improvement of his content and his opportunity and the relation among the commissions of the Council interested. +The General Secretary of the UN was invited to the extraordinary Summit of the Bosses of State and of Government and has reinforced equally his implication, taken by the *cual also *nos *congratulamos explicitly. Have likewise the satisfaction to be able to *anunciarles a news of the maximum actuality, to know, that after the meeting of yesterday in *Bonn of the Political Directors of the *G-8, in the *cual achieved to reach an agreement on a common foundation, the Thursday will celebrate in *Bonn a meeting of the Ministers of the *G-8 on the subject of *Kosovo. +The Commission has the impression of that this managerial #such as it exists at present represents a *primer useful step to a fixation of prices just and effective of the transport of commodities by heavy vehicles by road and *nos cheer of the fine disposal of the Parliament and of the Council to give this step. Likewise, we follow taking upsetting in the need to work more in the quantification of the external costs for #all the moods of transport. +We propose to substitute the pact of stability by a true pact of growth with, among other priorities, the relaunching of the productive investment, the continuation of the descent of the types of interest of selective form in favour of the employment, the set up of a process of reduction of the time of work without decrease of wage, the arrest of the process of liberalisation and deregulation, the fixation of a minimum wage in each Been member. +Meanwhile, the taking of decisions after the Summit of *Berlín has carried to the instauration of a budgetary category separate for the adhesion, section *séptimo, in the that will include also the helps *Sapard, for the that will impose some financial rules more strict in relation to the *prefinanciación and the management and financial justification that the that they #would be applicable #if the measures had followed in the category 1, agriculture, as it had proposed the Commission, or in the category 2, to the that #would have belonged the measures in case that these countries sure enough had converted in States members. +Anyway, *ustedes are conscious that the Commission has kept some reservations about the common position, for example, in matter of suitable supervision and regarding the suppression of #some elements of the Annex 2 relative to the additional risks derived of cut of the electrical supply, #as well as to the need to delete manually the automatisms in case that the automatic processes separate of the conditions of operation planned and, finally, regarding the need to be able to spread or isolate quickly the energy accumulated in case of cut of the supply by #any emergency. +#If deal to find a conductive thread in my commitment, modest, but *tenaz and passionate, along the fifteen years that have worked here, *me seems that I #can find it in the will to contribute to endow to *Europa, to #ours loved *Europa, of effective instruments to guarantee the pluralism of the information, the protection of the creativity, the support to the circulation of the #european dramas, a new impulse to the audiovisual production *valorizando the *irreducibles differentiate of the cultures and converting in strength an apparent weakness. +Therefore, we wanted to direct a concrete message to the Council of Colony, so as to that the #german Presidency ask that it appear in the agenda of the next General Assembly of the Nations Joined this subject and that the #finnish Presidency was the attendant to execute this decision so that -in the month of August, to more take- this subject appear in the agenda and #can be examined sure enough in the next General Assembly of the Nations Joined. +My Group no only pretends to express his worry by the security of the citizens of the European Union, the Czech Republic and the bordering countries, but that, besides, want to loan help to the innovation, to the alternative energies, to other forms of efficiency energetic, in other words, want to boost the use of energies that do not require of nuclear head offices and do not produce the corresponding consumption of electrical energy. +It is an opportunity to explore his promise to collaborate with the Parliament and embrace *decididamente our interest for examining the application of the process of reforms and also his constructive commitment with our worries like deputies by a #european economy that was based in the knowledge, the aptitudes and the creativity and a #european society based in the inclusion, the diversity and the cultural wealth. +So much today, in the speech of the Speaker of the Council, as two weeks ago, in the audition of the Commissioner *Vitorino, have appreciated -*nosotros, the deputies, *habituados to the "*langue of *bois" of the Council and of the Commission- elements of philosophical rigour on the fundamental budgets of this true inner market of the freedom and the justice, is to say, the market of the values -and no already the of the commodities and the services- that *nos inspire an optimism reserved on *Tampere and his consequences. ?Why? +Subject: Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC The past June, the Bosses of State of the European Union, gathered in the Summit of Colony, agreed that the next commercial negotiations of the "Round of the #Millenium" of the *OMC had to include the labour norms, alleging that: "Some negotiations that cover a wide fan of subjects, included the norms of work, environment, development and transparency, constitute the most appropriate base to reach substantial results and balanced in benefit of #all the members of the *OMC". +Subject: Installation of a nuclear head office in a highly exposed zone to seismic movements as it is the region of *Akköy in *Turquía The *tremendo seism, so much in extension as in intensity, that recently has shaken *Turquía, no only has caused considerable damages, but that also *replantea of dramatic form the project of construction of a gigantic nuclear head office of production of electrical energy in the region of *Akköy, to the southwest of *Turquía, project in the that persists the #turkish Government, in spite of treating of a zone that comports a high seismic risk as they confirm #all the studies carried out by specialists. +. (*FR) The deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of the Nations have voted against of the group of the amendments approved in the Commission of Environment, #tending to transform the recommendation of the Commission in directive, and *ello by three essential reasons: relative reason to the bureaucracy, relative reason to the juridical foundation and relative reason to the structure of the bodies of control in the States members of the European Union. +*Cuando The philosophy that conditions the relative proposals centres in the concept of "citizen according to the law" and of the need of "attribution of responsibilities to those that loom the freedom and the security of the persons and of the society", only #can ascertain the comeback of those theories that in countries like the #ours, went in the happened the base of the laws and the limitations *antidemocráticas, the base to penalise the political and #sindical action. +By a part, the agricultural employers, from takes time and strongly stuck to the train of the rigid conditions of production, guarantee and back fully, as they show it the history and the actuality, the maturity of the consumer; by #another, the possible path to solve the problem is tied to the *proprio consumer that has comprised perfectly the #european politics in matter of marks and of typical products giving validity to the local products Europeans, perfectly able to avert the *aplastamiento in the international competition that, by the contrary, prevails the foods *masificados. +Without embargo, wanted to urge to the Commissioner to that it take *algo more: #if his colleagues and *él are decided to recover the confidence of the consumers and of the alimentary industry in the relative structures to the *inocuidad of the foods of the EU, has to create a #european agency attendant of the similar foods to the Administration of Foods and Medicines of the #EE.UU. Said agency #can assume the current functions of the Commission in matter of inspection and executive in relation with the veterinary legislation, phytosanitary and relative to the hygiene of the foods. +Gentleman President, before going in in matter and of *referirme to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the application of the program *ALTENER with arrangement to the procedure of *codecisión, a time approved the Treaty of *Amsterdam, #would want to express in the first place my satisfaction, my recognition, my gratitude by the support that the Commission has found in #all moment in the European Parliament precisely in the field of the renewable energies. +- (OF) Gentleman President, regarding the subject of the crop of the linen and the problems that there #be had in *España in this context, the Commission already proposed to the Council, in the frame of the package of prices for the year 1996, that established a maximum surface guaranteed for the crop of the linen and fixed some lower helps for the rest, except in the case of the linen *recolectado with traditional methods. +To these foundations it #would be necessary to add, in my opinion, the strategic value of the agriculture in #some exporting regions of the European Union, that, besides, have had in the Treaty of *Amsterdam a singular recognition, as they are the called regions *ultraperiféricas, that need a special consideration in the negotiations of the Round of the #Millenium so that the decisions that take in *Seattle leave to except his agricultural interests and guarantee his social survival, cultural, economic and environmental, especially after the summit of Colony. +The European Parliament also has worked *denodadamente to put in vigour legislative norms that reduce the utilisation of gases of CO2; for example, the new directive of the European Union on the regulation of agents *contaminantes forces to the oil companies to engage to achieve that the content of sulphur of the vehicles remain reduced to a third part, and that the content of sulphur of the fuel *diesel remain reduced to #one *séptima splits for the year 2005. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for *segunda reading (To5-0029/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position of the Council (*COM98) 285 - *C5-0029/1999 - 1998/0163(*COD)) with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the velocimeter of the vehicles of engine of two or three tyres and by the that modifies the Directive 92/61/*CEE of the relative Council to the homologation of said vehicles (Speaker: Mr. *Ferri). +In front of the next negotiations with the *OMC, in the that goes to include the audiovisual sector, sees every time with greater clarity it important that are some independent and reliable informations on the situation of the market in *Europa for the attendants to adopt the political decisions, like the community organs, the Governments of the States members, for the organs *decisorios economic and social of the States members and of the regions and for the industry devoted to the investigation, the Universities and the media. +We believe that #if the Commission decides to advance in the review of the total of the directive on the ordination of the time of work and poses from the principle the subject of the rest *dominical, that has been a very debated subject and on the that already there are decisions of the European Court, simply run the danger of not to debate it never and to get another time to a dead end, for looking for *utópicamente it *inmejorable. +#One of the main political conclusions of the extraordinary meeting of Bosses of State or of Government signals the need, with seen to a true politics of migration, to go out of the traditional limits of the justice and the subjects of interior and resort to a series of instruments, in the field of other politics of the Union, conception #this that already advocated the Commission from 1994 and that always has deserved the support of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the Report *DEHAENE includes a proposal of scope historical. It pretends to divide the Treaties in two parts: a constitutional and institutional part that, as it has been the case up to now, only will be able to modify by unanimity by means of a Conference *Intergubernamental and a procedure of ratification of the States members, and a special part reserved to a series of politics concrete for the that the procedure of ratification substitutes by the *dictamen satisfied of the Parliament. +The problem is not only that it register an increase of the synthetic drugs and of the import of cocaine in *Europa, although the heroine follows being the main problem; it is that in the last years the drugs have converted in a conscious threat that emanates of the relation among the crime organised with the traffic of drugs and with the traffic of arms and of nuclear materials, #as well as of the creation of new pertinent criminal organisations of the *Europa Central and Oriental. +These countries have been supported in his work by the International Agency of Atomic Energy, that has reviewed his analyses on the importance of the problem regarding a significant number of head offices; the Mrs. *Plooij-go *Gorsel has mentioned the works made up to now, and #this is my answer, Lady: the works of the Agency and of the countries that explode these head offices have not revealed to have problems of "*bug" in the essential systems for the security. +Also we request the *engarce of this philosophy *arancelaria with a new tax of similar structure to the old *APIM, so as to incorporate it to a package of measures specific of fiscal character that the Council, to proposal of the Commission, has to set up the next year -as they finish to indicate the deputies *Ripoll and *Martínez of *Bedoya and *Medina *Ortega- to *través of the announced permanent statute for the regions *ultraperiféricas -among the that find the Canarian islands- like development of the article 299.2, that foresees a treatment differentiated, as *ustedes know, of the application of the disposals of the Treaty. +The case of *Corea is, as they already have said varied colleagues, the result of the combination of situations and factors, some interns, other external: the crisis of #Asia, the *hiperdesvalorización in more of the 30% of the national coin -of the *won- and the concomitant support of the #FMI have been the factors that have conducted to this eccentric only -situation, #can say- in that it finds *Corea, by not talking of the disloyal form as *nos has taken the competition in the last times. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the communication of the Commission on the *salvaguardia of the current sportive structures and the maintenance of the social function of the sport in the community frames, the plan of support community to the fight against the doping in the sport and the participation of the Commission in the Anti-doping World-wide Agency. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0086/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, concerning the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the safe of civil responsibility derived of the circulation of vehicles cars and by the that modify the Directives 73/239/*CEE and 88/357/*CEE (*cuarta Managerial on safe of vehicles cars) (Speaker: *Rothley) +Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Czech Republic, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9726/1999 - *C5-0191/1999 - 1997/0273(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +- Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Slovakian Republic, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9727/1999 - *C5-0192/1999 - 1997/0274(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +*Permítanme say, to finish, that believe that it will have to exist an interrelationship, some relations among the scientists and the jurists and the evaluation of the factors of risk to guarantee with total security that the managers to draft the laws comprise it that say the scientists, and that the scientists are satisfied with the mood in that the jurists draft the laws so that they contemplate the criteria that *ellos have expressed in his *dictamen in the field of the evaluation of the factors of risk. +In the basic shots of the economic politics of the States members and of the Community for 1998/99 underlines of similar mood that the economic politics of the States members, especially, his financial and monetary politics, that now drops inside the exclusive competition of the Community, #as well as the structural reforms have to support among #if to reach a low inflation that goes parallel to a sustainable and effective growth for the employment. +For being #this much more elevated in the transport by road, with the noise, the atmospheric pollution and the accidents, as *evidencian the charts presented by the speaker, is justified that it was greater the payment that have to take his users, in consonance, by it other, with it that already *sucede now, when paying the users of the roads (in taxes on the fuels and the vehicles and in tolls) the double of the cost that with *ellas takes , *cuando the users of the roads *férreas pay the 56 % and the of the navigable roads the 18 % of the respective costs. +#If well it is true that the crisis of the *EEB has allowed to modify the procedures of taking of decisions in the breast of the Commission, wish to signal, in name of my Group, that these procedures, further of the file of the «crazy cow», have to expand to end to manage of the best possible way the principle of prevention and to avert that they exert political or economic pressures on the scientific committees and through the experts of the Commission. +We want to give the thanks to the Mr. *Fayot by his work in the Commission in general, and the fact that this Commission do not go to exist more in this form, do not has to involve now -and #this is a last point in the that coincide with our colleague, the Mr. *Corbett- a negative trial of the work of the Commission and, less still, of the work of his president, but that treats properly that in the future want to have grouped the questions that are important from the point of sight of his content. +Lady Speaker, wanted colleagues, the interest of the Report *Fourçans do not resides only in the fact that it subscribes totally the recommendations of the Commission, but that also involves clearly in the political debate that so much has agitated the #european environments, included this Parliament, is to say: now that already it has created the euro, it #would be necessary to soften the budgetary and monetary discipline that has allowed the historical decision of May of 1998, with the end of *relanzar an economic activity rather *titubeante? +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0255/99) of the Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens, on the consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam (relation of legislative proposals slopes in the Council to 1 May 1999, with indication of the new juridical foundation, #as well as a possible modification of the legislative procedure after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam) (*C4-0134/99 + *SEC(99)0581 - *C4-0219/99). +In effect, the main amendments presented pursue substantially the following goals: insist in the favourable effects that the measure has in the employment of hand of drama no qualified or little qualified and in the environment, #as well as in the reduction of the illegal work; foresee that the Council #can take decisions by qualified majority regarding the permission to apply the type reduced and foresee that the Commission elaborate a report of assessment global accompanied, in his case, of appropriate proposals. +Gentleman Minister, *me direct to *usted with the look put in the Summit of Colony, and *le say that have in his hands a historical opportunity to create in Colony the conditions and the budgets to achieve that the new Conference *Intergubernamental suppose for the external politics it that *Maastricht and *Amsterdam supposed for the economy. A #european external politics that -*usted better that nobody knows *algo of his history- #can not exhaust in the diplomatic activity, but that it has to include answers to challenges like the that constitute the economy, the environment and the culture. +But here I find #one some allusion *anodina, #if no dangerous, with regard to the minors of age, because the minors of age, logically, have the protection of the civil Right, no only in this point of the contracting based in the honesty or in the fine faith, but also regarding that it will be invalid #all agreement *cuando, according to the civil Right, the minors have not reached the necessary age according to the class of sakes and of agreements that it treat . +*Yo #Can not forget #some of the environmental emergencies of my country and also in the rest of *Europa.And)we Highlight the necessary effort in the national levels, *suprarregionales, regional and venues in matter of prevention, cooperation and exchange of experiences.*f)And propose to detect and study the causes of the catastrophes and publish the conclusions of this study so that they are useful for the prevention.We ratify the position of the *PE regarding the necessary committee for the execution of the program, that has to have consultative character, approving the amendment of the Commission of Budgets that proposes that it was more transparent and participatory. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To4-0220/99) of the Mrs. #Miranda of *Lage, in name of the Commission of Relations Economic External, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the celebration of the Agreement of collaboration economic, political coordination and commercial cooperation among the European Community and his States members, by a part, and the States Joined Mexicans, by another (*COM(97)527-11618/97 + 11620/97 + *COR 1 - *C4-0023/98-97/0289/(*AVC)). +To this *respecto wanted to underline that the minister *Schily took part here in the Plenary the day 14 January and that talked in front of the Commission of Freedoms Public and of Inner Subjects on 19 January and on 30 March. *Yo Appeared in front of the Commission of Freedoms Public and of Inner Subjects on 23 November and the Mr. *Eisel, the director of the together competent service *conmigo, was two times in the commission the past week so as to *facilitarles information. +To said end, is necessary to intensify to #all the levels the cooperation with the regional and local authorities and with the socioeconomic operators, nearer to the realities *cambiantes of the regions. It is necessary, without embargo, take into account the disequilibriums caused by the differences of competitiveness among the regions, owed to the distinct levels of employment, of quality of the infrastructures, of the natural environment and of development, especially in this so delicate stage that opens with the determination of the regions admitted in the Goal 2. +Have the communication to the press of the Fiscal Ministry of the Court of Security of the State in *Ankara, signed by the fiscal lawyer, Mr. *Tzerdet *Volkan; said communication excludes the participation in the trial of «observers of any institution or organisation» and foresees the participation of simple citizens, as long as they have a permission of a special office of the Court, that will not be valid for #all the days of the trial, and will take in consideration, only, the capacity of the hall. +Nevertheless, *nosotros had presented in first reading #some amendments to limit the charge that weighs on the companies, to suppress the no pertinent variables -for example, the modality of transport- and the variables *facultativas, to limit the number of #SME forced to facilitate statistical variables detailed and, also, to simplify the utilisation of the nomenclature combined, without separating of an only nomenclature regarding the exchanges *intracomunitarios and the exchanges with the third countries. +It wanted to besides appreciate to the President of the European Parliament, the Mr. #Gil-Oaks, for having received very seriously my initiatives to finish with the criminality in and around the #european institutions; also to the president of group *Martens, that has promised not forgetting in *Bélgica this subject for a future and follow *apoyándonos; and, of course, also to the representative of the Council, that promised to put also to *ello, and, finally, to the *cuestores and to the Conference of Presidents, #where this subject is now a subject of actuality. +Lady Speaker of the Council, as #others have said before that *yo, his Presidency produces in a very particular moment, *cuando the crisis has burst in *Kosovo and the European Union has contributed his contribution to go out of *ella, after an institutional crisis of the that still have not gone out, after the training of a new Parliament in conditions very particular, in the that the constituents *desinteresan increasingly of an institution that every time has more powers and, finally, after the European Council of Colony, that launched important works for the future. +The elect deputies of the List *Bonino have treated to explain in an open letter to #all his *Señorías the reasons of this constitution, the reasons of the discriminations that they are object the No inscribed deputies in this Parliament and, in consequence, the reasons of our initiative, #as well as of #another that expect that it announce what before, #this is, the proposal of modification of the Regulation, and especially *les has invited to vote with *nosotros against of this interpretation. +*Le Appreciate the interest and urge to the Commission to that it comprise with clarity that the question of *Timor goes to follow, by misfortune, slope during *algún time and demands urgency in the double humanitarian sense and in the political sense and of security, in the measure in that the announcement of the intervention of an international strength do not guarantees by himself/hisself alone the conditions of security in the territory, because it will have to take part without condition of any class imposed by the #indonesian authorities and the urgency of the humanitarian support is URGENCY in own sense. +I do not have of sufficient time to develop the subject, but wanted to call the attention of the Commission on the need, no only of preventive actions, but also to hold responsible to #all the official controllers, to #all the experts, with the end that the principle of caution do not convert in a principle of irresponsibility for #that that have the duty to watch by the alimentary security and the health of the consumers. +Regarding the possibility for the countries in roads of development to access to the technicians of the commercial liberalisation, to the *OMC and to his groups of experts, #etcetera, is truth, as it has said , that #this poses a problem: said goal is not, for the moment, near at hand of #many of *ellos, and the utilisation of these complex mechanisms is reserved for those countries that have of means, of here our proposal of a technical assistance (mentioned in the document of the Commission) so that these countries #can by himself/hisself same possess and use the necessary juridical technology. +The Council recognises, the same that the European Parliament, in the first place, that the politics of equality of opportunities for men and women follows being very important; second, that the program of action constitutes the community instrument more valuable for the fulfillment of the obligations contracted in the program of action of the Conference of *Pekín and, finally, that the best way to achieve a realisation with hit is integrating the perspective of equality of opportunities for men and women in #all class of politics. +In front of the flagrant *incumplimiento of it had in said Regulation, the delays incurred in the communications of the lists, the increase of number of ships that use #that *artes, the damages to the *pesquería of the tuna and to the marine ecosystem, the grave economic damages to the fishermen of the *Cantábrico Northwest and the total fault of answer of the EU to the recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna (*ICCAT) against the overexploitation of this species: +With #everything, although we consider the proposal of resolution common too much bent to the hypothesis of the aerial missile more that to the of an artefact planted in the interior and, especially, although we consider the own proposal too much indulgent and diplomatic with the #italian political authorities, share the need to ask at last the cooperation of #all the States members of the European Union so that they facilitate it that went *menester for a timely and suitable deepening of the investigations, so as to that #can discover the *ejecutores, the *inductores and the reasons of this absurd slaughtering. +Gentleman President, in my own name and in the of other members of the Parliament, although respecting fully the solemn character of the session of today, wanted to signal a question of order relative to the article 19 of the Regulation, based in the worry by the human rights, since the visit of today of the President of *Colombia limits to his address in front of the Parliament until the official dinner with the bosses of the political groups. +*Tampere Has shown that the Union has the political intention to trace common politics in questions that are intimately tied to the daily life, as it is to reinforce the feeling of security of the citizens by means of the fight against the crime organised, especially in the drugs, in the wash of money and in the traffic of human beings, with the judicial cooperation and the mutual recognition of the decisions. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0029/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position (6884/171999 - *C5-0029/1999 - 1998/0163(*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the velocimeters of the vehicles of engine of two or three tyres and by the that amends the Directive 92/61/*CEE of the relative Council to the reception of the vehicles of engine of two or three tyres (Speaker: Mr. *Ferri) +It Is necessary to highlight likewise the need that the Union subject his interventions in this matter to a more rigid control and establish systems of review so much of the implication and of the information to the #sindical representatives of the workers, as of the effective goodness no only economic, but also social of said interventions, had account that no always the helps of the Union to the companies have had like answer the stable development of the activities of #the same and the *salvaguardia of his taxes of employment. +*Yo Believe that it pertinent, taking into account, besides, that the report of the Court of Accounts produces a series of consequences on the own parliamentary activity -and think particularly in the approval of the management-, it that we have to take, is *plantearle to the President of the Court of Accounts it that has occurred, reach that it engage publicly, apart from presenting excuses #if *ello was pertinent, to an investigation to be able to control this subject, that improve the system of distribution and information to the Parliament, but, in any case, understand that, at the end, it that go to take is *sancionarnos to *nosotros same through this behaviour. +Therefore, it is our duty, in this end of century, *preguntarnos on these millions of boys that are subjected to the prostitution, that *suicidan, that drug and, in moments in that our continent hardly #if it begins to discover the *estragos of the *pedofilia, in front of the that during *muchísimo time have closed the eyes, owe *preguntarnos #which is the cause that, in our democratic countries and economically developed, that #all the years celebrate with pride a new anniversary of the Statement of the the Rights of the Man, these same rights see *pisoteados until this point *cuando refer to the feeblest, is to say, to our boys. +In addition to the three points mentioned of the Statements of Colony, have arisen in different fields, among other questions, the Court of Justice of the *CE, the Court of Accounts, the distribution of the seats of the Parliament, the flexibility and the division in two parts of the Treaty of creation of the *CEE. In our report will present, in base the conversations kept and to the points of sight received, our own visions on it that consider that it is possible and recommended. +To #that *respecto, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, *permítaseme present an example: #if in the Council there was a modification in the weighting of the votes, in the that, in fact, the countries with more population and the greater countries had more can, and the enlargement of the qualified majority to the process of *codecisión took that this tendency stressed also in the European Parliament, ask: #which will be the paper in this *Europa of the small countries or of the poor countries of the European Union? +. (IN) In the weeks that have preceded to the agreement on this resolution, #a lot of deputies of the European Parliament have procured to achieve that the attitude of the Union *propicie really a "Round of the Development" in the *OMC, that the countries in development have the possibility to be associated of right plenary in the process of negotiation, and stand out that the benefits of the trade have to centre in the fight against the *agravación of the poverty in our world. +With the argument of the enlargement -#whose materialisation no *nos poses problems of principle, but no *nos seems that it #can carry out without measuring the consequences, in diverse levels- and in name of the efficiency and the democracy, pretends a modification of the Treaties in particular in the institutional sphere: abandonment of the unanimity and enlargement to new spheres of the decisions by qualified majority, new weighting of the votes in the decisions of the Council by qualified majority and modification of the composition and of the operation of the institutions (number of Commissioners, Presidency of the Council, composition of the *PE or even consecration of the tongues of work...) +The industry, the States Members and the Commission have to collect #all the necessary information to prepare and present a complaint on the regulation of the commercial tariffs and evaluate the suitability to resort to the action of the *OMC, the Commission has to continue his efforts of supervision of the market in cooperation with the industry and, finally, #all the parts involved have to encourage for establishing a field of action for the sector. +By this reason, *yo believe that the Conference *Intergubernamental occupies a central place inside the triangle formed by the enlargement, the Conference *Intergubernamental and the external politics and of security. In this context, also has to remain absolutely clear that in any moment, already was with 12 or with 13 candidates to the adhesion, #can admit any deviation of the criteria of *Copenhague, and this Assembly do not goes to allow that it produce and do not goes to ratify any treaty in this sense. +Especially, also it has reached an agreement -the Parliament also conceded #a lot of importance to this look, *justificadamente to my seem- that it answers to #one *constatación political important, to know, that the tasks of the European Union in *Kosovo and in the region of the *Balcanes are tasks of varied years and that his fulfillment in the financial look #can require an increase of the costs in the field of the external politics regarding the planned at the beginning of this year, on the base of a distinct political situation. +In the first place, the European Parliament; of course, the no governmental organisations, and in this point, and since it has posed the question, want to say that the movement of the woman and the no governmental organisations have exerted and exert a paper *excepcionalmente important and have been really the strengths *motrices of the politics that have gone configuring in the #european field; and, of course, they will take part also the Commission, with #many of his services, the states members, and the Presidency. +Challenge to the #scottish minister of Agriculture to that it evade *Londres and support the request of the Scottish Nationalist Party, that delivered yesterday to the #french Government, in the sense that the #french authorities study thoroughly and with character of urgency the scientific proofs, the capacity to determine his origin and the situation of the labeling in *Escocia; and I take a call to #all the #french colleagues of this Assembly so that they defend this line in front of his Government. +An important part of the process of enlargement of the European Union are the different programs of existent cooperation among the Union and the aspiring countries to the adhesion, and the point of game is precisely the improvement of the economy of these countries of face to create possibilities of employment in his own territories, so that his inhabitants do not see forced to emigrate by economic reasons. +Like solution offers the #french rule, the *cual, as I complement of the national diet of fixed price, contains likewise relative disposals to the import, export and *reimportación, is compatible with the Right of the European Union and has shown his efficiency in the practice. Thus, gentleman Commissioner, the European Parliament, above his division in political Groups, as it will be able to check easily, expects the green light for a rule of character legal or contractual in *Alemania and *Austria to put good end once and for all to this interminable history. +I believe that #if there #be a reasonable solution from a point of sight economic, with the that the publishers agree; #if there #be a solution that takes into account the diverse linguistic fields and cultural; #if there #be a solution that neither comport the greatest restriction of the competition in application of the prohibition of *sopesar contained in the article 85, then are in the correct path to give with a suitable rule. +It is the question of #if the Commission engages to fulfil with the promise of the services for the politics in matter of competition of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, in the sense that before it accept definitively the general diet of exemption by category and before they fix definitively the orientations, the present Commission his proposals to the Parliament and that still have the opportunity to elaborate a report on *ellas. +(OF ) Gentleman President, as I no longer am the youngest of the 626 deputies, as *me occurred in October of 1965 *cuando was member for the first time of this Parliament, is natural that the report on the new perspectives of life of the persons of age in the century *XXI *me interest especially, also in quality of representative of a national organisation and a big #european organisation of women #where, by true, the most ancient members are the most active, without #whose work from his charges *honoríficos these organisations -like #a lot of #others also- #can not *subsistir, because the youngsters are so overloaded of familiar and labour obligations that hardly are for activities *honoríficas. +The speakers, with #all the reason, have not forgotten the cultural looks, especially in the section 28, in the that it insists in the need to promote the image of the greater persons in our society and, in this sense, have to say that rather we have retreated regarding the ancient societies, especially the #Grecia classical, to the that we have to it essential of our civilisation and that, with reason, valued the cumulus of experience and wisdom that represented the elderly. To this *respecto, *nos confront to an authentic ideology of *desvalorización of the past. +The immunity, therefore, is a question of order public and in the case that *me occupies, the of the Mr. *Moniz, the Mr. *Moniz in a moment determined asked that *le raised the parliamentary immunity, *algo that has been taken into account in the resolution of the Commission of Regulation, that by unanimity voted the suspension of the immunity, but no by reason of the will of the Mr. *Moniz to appear in front of the Administration of Justice, but because they fulfilled the requirements. +Fortunately, the president of the #ECB *Duisenberg put of self-evident the Monday of the past week in the last session of the Parliament that the descent of the types of interest of 8 April was precisely an attempt to contribute *algo to the economic reflation of the Union, said of another mood, has recognised *textualmente that the monetary politics also has an economic function. +#If they do not modify the relations that there #be in this moment among the countries and the regions of greater economic development and those countries and regions in the that this economic development is lower, #can *encontrarnos with #one *Europa economic and social of two speeds, because the countries and the regions that have a greater economic development, like the Professor *Prodi knows very well, have a tendency to consolidate his economic evolution and, instead, #that #others that are in a situation of worse economic development #can perpetuate in a situation of inferiority. +The main disposals of this directive include it following: the consumer will have of a period of 14 days before celebrating an agreement that *le will give time to compare diverse proposals and study the agreement in detail before giving his final agreement; the consumer will have of a period of 14 days of right of retractation, 30 days for the credits *hipotecarios, the insurances of life and the operations of retirement individual to renounce to the agreement without penalties neither obligation of justification. +In the measure in that it #can consider the possibility to hire to the current collaborators of the secretariat of *Schengen in the institutions of the EU, the disposals of the article 7 of the Protocol of *Schengen do not prevent of mood #any that the Council hire to the possible interested applying the norms established in the Statute of the civil servants or resorting to the procedure of contracting alternative foreseen in the article 24 of the «Treaty of fusion». +Subject: Support to a new program *LEADER *III #Can *esbozar the Council his current plans with regard to the development of a rural politics fully integrated to scale of the EU, and #can guarantee that a part of this political will be a support continued to the new program *LEADER *III and the maintenance of his denomination, that has been synonymous of endowment of the instruments of management and help and of a positive image for the European Union? +It wanted to warn to the Council that, in spite of the progresses that has carried out in matter of transparency, #if the group of work continues showing so *restrictivo in front of the right of intervention by part of the Parliament, there will be agreement and will follow, legislative procedure after legislative procedure, blocking the measures of *comitología and *oponiéndonos to the approval of measures *restrictivas of this type, at the same time that will follow *mostrándonos very *restrictivos in the votes on the budgets and the credits that will take possible in the future the meetings of the committees of character *comitológico. +To the hour to confront this challenge, without embargo, *nos find in front of a paradox: the European Union will be in first line to the hour to offer his contribution; nevertheless, the impact of his help #can dispel in a complex network of structures that compete among himself/hisself: the Mission of the Nations Joined for *Kosovo, the Pact of Stability, the Group of the Seven of big importance for the economic coordination, the Office of the High Representative for *Bosnia, the Sent Special for the Republic of *Yugoslavia, #etcetera. +It is a confidence *mermada: *mermada as it shows it the fact that it is increasingly under the number of the that choose to the European Parliament; and *mermada, to our understand, no only by the events that caused the resignation of the previous Commission, but also, and *yo #would say especially, by the fact that the #european citizens often see in the Commission the source of *imposiciones bureaucratic, sometimes costly, sometimes no indispensable and neither urgent, sometimes obtuse and even hurtful, *imposiciones that at all have to see with the process of construction of a *Europa joined and that, by misfortune, in #a lot of occasions prejudice the ideal Europeans. +More even, although the poured direct of industrial materials, included the military deposit of residual ammunitions, is a practice that has been amply abandoned by the States members, the locations of these poured follow constituting a real threat for the resources *pesqueros and, in #some occasions, for example, no very far of my own coast, *Beaufort *Dyke, a threat for the human security and, often, the lives of the fishermen are in danger, to the equal that are it the health and the welfare of the persons that visit the coast or well live there. +Finally, I believe that it has got the moment that they adopt the proposals to the *respecto presented by #Grecia, among the that include the materialisation of the "fast access of the citizen to the justice" by means of the resource to alternative procedures, like the mediation and the action *conciliatoria before the trial, #as well as the creation of a system harmonised of public order and of resolution of differences, based in the principles of freedom and democracy, and in the respect of the fundamental freedoms and the state of right. +The answer of the Commissioner *Nielson went of it more wanders, and *me surprises to check that today the European Parliament have been able to give green light to the signature of this agreement of *librecambio, *cuando even the principle of the protection of the denominations of origin is not clearly recognised in the annex of the agreement neither establishes guarantee #any regarding the evolution of the imports of type #zero and to his consequences on the group of the sector *vitivinícola #european. +Postpone the approval of this agreement *interinstitucional or, it that it #would be still worse, not to approve it, and, therefore not being able to apply it in our internal field, #would plant in a very embarrassing situation to the European Parliament, a situation that #would lessen the fine work that this Parliament has made with regard to reestablishing the credibility of the European Union in the questions referents to the fraud and to the bad financial management. +Regarding the #others lines of the relative budget to the external actions of the category 4 of the financial perspectives, a reduction of the fixed amount of the assignments attributed goes to avert, to his time, that adopt decisions precipitated on the rectification of the maximum limits of this category, because, as I already have said, the evaluation of the real needs of the reconstruction has not concluded still. +Without damage of the positive results that to a large extent finishes to underline the President in exercise of the Council, #can not leave to recognise that in #some points the Commission expresses some disappointment. The Commission regrets that the European Council did not adopt the concept of system only of asylum, that corresponds, to our understand, to an ambition, but also to the need *imperiosa to tackle the questions of asylum of collective and coherent form. +We want to report also the attempt of activation of the games allocated to *Turquía, in the frame of the union *aduanera and of the impulse to the relations *euroturcas; parallel attempt to the presentation of proposals for the approval of the corresponding juridical base necessary, *cuando is known that the situation of the human rights has not improved in *Turquía, that keeps #the same politics regarding the question *kurda, that keeps the occupation of a big sector of *Chipre. +In the report asks also to the Commission that support the process of integration of these environmental goals in the energetic politics by means of investigations on the repercussions of the climatic change and on #all the possible technologies, by means of investigations to determine the best indicators with seen to calibrate the attainments in the reduction of the broadcasts and by means of the presentation of reports periodic to the Parliament. +This proposal constitutes the first, and only the first, of these measures, because it offers uniform norms on the competition of the courts of the States members in matter of divorce and separation, #as well as in matter of relative processes to the regulation of the parental responsibility, and offers also a clear and coherent frame for a fast and practically automatic recognition in each #one of the States members of the decisions adopted in another Been member in the field of the application of the regulation. +To the *respecto, the bilateral agreement that the States Joined have signed with Chinese to prepare the entry of this last in the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, has to consider by the European Union, apart from an important contribution to the process *multilateral, also and especially a fundamental moment to check the substantial weight that the human rights have and will have in front of the opportunities that offers a market that enjoys of enormous potentialities like the Chinese. +We are *precipitándonos in a road without exit when despising the prerogatives of the deputies, when despising the history of the parliamentarism of the European Union and of #all his States members and, as we do not want to correct an error that committed six months ago, are had to institutionalise the delation in our Parliament, to allow that any assistant or civil servant of this Parliament take a complaint, because it suspect that the premium of the coined of *Fulano or *Mengano have committed maybe a fraud! +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0063/1999) of the Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the communication of the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions on a plan of action of the European Union in matter of fight against the drug (2000-2004) (*COM(1999) 239 - *C5-0093/1999 - 1999/2095(*COS)) +The Commission prefers, as, that his manager call Mr. *Brittan or Mr. *Lamy, *mermar by anticipated our positions on the principle of caution, the sanitary security and the protection of the environment, #as well as the economic interests of the rural zones, and, in the frame of the banana, loan *poca attention to the traditional and privileged relations that our countries keep, in the frame of commitments international, with the countries *ACP. +For *nosotros, the introduction, in the resolution, of a specific reference to the principle of the sovereignty of the States #would have involved the risk to put in *entredicho the attainments of the system of the Nations Joined and, specifically, of the world-wide Conference of 1993, that had that "the promotion and the protection of #all the human rights is a legitimate worry of the international community". +Without embargo, have to think once again, *Señorías, that the report foresees that, #if we adopt the text, the financial cooperation #can suspend in case of a rape of the democratic principles of the State of Right, of the human rights or of the fundamental freedoms do not means #this that #if today we concede the financial advantages, the slat in matter of human rights, #etcetera, already has fixed and that, in consequence, only a shrinking concerning the current situation #can give place to the suspension? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, although the two regulations that today debate do not have, in reality, any relation with the debate that will take place next Monday in the Council of Subjects General and some days afterwards in the European Council of *Helsinki, *yo comprise, of course, that #can not dispense of the political and temporary context and that, obviously, are forced to consider also, together with said regulations, the general problem of the relation of the European Union with *Turquía and vice versa, #such as they already have taken the majority of the orators this afternoon. +Regarding the amendment 9 on the content of the annual report, the speaker wants to add an article to clear the content of this report that, among other things, will have to comprise an analysis of the influence of the actions of the manufacturers and of the factors related with the strategy for the tourisms and the dioxide of carbon in the eventual changes that produce in the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon. +Only I #can confirm that it is a positive answer to the challenge of the will of the States members to struggle against the fraud, to put order in his own house, to improve the systems of control, a challenge that, as we signal in the annual report, #can that this year it was still greater, although neither by a moment diminishes the paper and the responsibility of the Commission in this context. +Without embargo, already has of a very precise study of the World-wide Bank and the relative Commission to reconstruction of *Kosovo, of the *cual gives off clearly that the total of resources financial pertinent of the external help required will be of 2.300 millions of dollars, or of euros, during the next years, since in addition to the damages caused by the war, exist other damages accumulated because of the disastrous repercussions of the political situation of the last years for the persons of *Kosovo. +Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Republic of *Hungría, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9725/1999 - *C5-0190/1999 - 1997/0272(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +- Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Republic of *Polonia, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9728/1999 - *C5-0193/1999 - 1997/0275(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +- Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Republic of *Bulgaria, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9729/1999 - *C5-0194/1999 - 1997/0276(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +Also give the thanks to the Commission, included the Commissioners that today are presents, for signalling untiringly the fault of dynamics, the need of changes, especially with regard to the paper of the governments and of the Parliament, in the taking of measures that relieve the fiscal pressure, that stabilise the public finances and that improve the operation of the labour market and of the education in the States members. +And it was thinking that, really, #few parliamentary will have had the fortune and the honour to begin his parliamentary career -that besides coincided with his première in a political forum institutionalised- with the directive on suffrage in the municipal elections of the citizens of the resident Union in a Been member of the that are not national, and *terminarla with this report on the consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam in relation with the legislative proposals in course. +The European Union confronts with great challenges: the transposition of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the negotiations for the enlargement, the enlargement of the zone euro, the round of negotiations of the *OMC, the improvement of the common politics in the field of the justice and the subjects of interior, and especially the strengthening of his paper in the field of the external relations. +I remember that the transparency bases in the definition of the responsibilities and assume the commitment of *emplearme in depth in this field that was #one of the decisive problems of the last crisis: the transparency among the collective political responsibility of the Commission, but also individual of the responsible Commissioners of the wallets, #as well as of his management, and the big administrative responsibility that, by the contrary, corresponds to the structure of the Directions. +In the amendment 3, asked to the General Secretary that provide to the Commission of Control Budgetary a report on the reasons and the circumstances that have carried to the decision of *escindir to the General Direction of the budget, of the personnel and of the finances, on the effects of said decision, on the efficiency of the management of the budget and the politics of personnel. +Together with our speaker, *nos cheer of the advances registered in the implantation of the new budgetary tools and accountants that will guarantee a greater transparency in the breast of the Foundation of *Dublín, #as well as of the signature of an agreement of cooperation among #this and the European Agency for the Security and the Health in the Work of *Bilbao, with seen to avert the *despilfarros and the useless repetitions, to the time that develop #all the possible synergies. +Finally, although it was not it less important, trying prepare the improvement of the economic and political relations of the EU with #all the countries of the *Balcanes Western by means of agreements of stabilisation and association, like element and *pilar important of the pact of stability that it has talked the Presidency, with seen to the achievement of the security, the democracy and the economic development and, to #the same time, the supplementary perspective of the adhesion to the #european and #euro-atlantic structures. +For quoting an example, lady Commissioner, a same problem -the *despoblación- tackles in the Diary 2000 of three distinct forms: by a part, the #nordic zones *despobladas access to the Goal 1, is to say, to the main structural Bottoms; on the other hand, the *Highlands #scottish obtain only a special bottom to mood of compensation; and finally third - form to tackle the problem of the density of population-, other territories -as it is the case of *Aragón- that suffer #the same problem remain *marginados of these helps. +In the 55ª Conference of the Commission of Rights Human of the UN celebrated of the 22 to 30 April of this year in Gin, the European Union has taken the initiative of a resolution on the situation of the human rights in the *Iraq that, among other things, appeals to the direction *iraquí to continue the cooperation in the application of the program «oil by foods» and to a just distribution of the humanitarian imports. +The increase of the competitiveness among the regions #can not leave to take into account the danger of the disequilibriums created by the differences of level of employment and of the human resources, the quality of the infrastructures, the natural environment and the development, especially in this so delicate stage that has opened from the determination of the regions that #can admit in the Goal 2. +It is not the moment of *analizarlas in detail, but want to underline that the relative problems to the assignment of the budgetary resources, to the protection of the financial interests of the Union, to the fight against the fraud, to the management of the agreements or to the decentralisation constitute subjects that involve solutions and answers that need of the active cooperation of the European Parliament and also, and especially, of the States members gathered in the Council of Ministers. +We want to call his attention on questions like the following: #if it takes seriously the right of self-determination of the villages, #this involves also that they have to take seriously the constitutional parliaments of the States members, of the regions, of the cultural communities, and that will occupy a place in the *Europa subsidiary of the future, because the right of self-determination is a holy principle for #all the villages of the world and *eso do not comports exclusively to the States, since the concepts no always coincide. +To which it is necessary to add other 45 millions of euros that will disburse during the next three years in the frame of a special budgetary line devoted to the countries in development of the different regions of the world, to the equal that 20 millions euros allocated to a regional program *quinquenal for the countries *ACP and other additional bottoms in the frame of programs *indicativos, directed #among others to the countries *ACP, without explaining besides, for example, the *cofinanciación of organisations no governmental or of a program of investigation. +But, as it has said very well the Mr. *Patten, do not owe *subestimar the difficulties that still threaten in the horizon, that surely *nos will take to drop in critical situations - *ojalá *pasajeras - in the that #all had to have especially presents two considerations: in *primer term, that the method to follow advancing has to be always a sincere dialogue, opened and direct among the parts and, second, that, anyway, #israeli and Palestinians share an enemy -the terrorism- expressed in #any one of his forms, that do not has another goal that the destruction of the peace, of the freedom and of the respect of the human rights. +A wanton mind #can, firstly, signal to the Commission that this sentence *nos removes our illusions, since *nosotros thought -knows God #if we are not fed up to hear it- that it was to the European Union to the that *le owed, from 50 years ago, the stability, the economic growth, the peaceful solution of the *litigios, #etcetera; but a simply curious mind #can ask to the Commission it that thinks on purpose of the continuous decline, decade after decade, of the annual tax of half growth of the countries developed. +#If I listen to the Council, to the Commission and to the Deputies of this Parliament, seem rather to some hedgehogs taking the love; with fear to puncture and knowing that in #all the important subjects -and step to *enumerarlos once again-, the social looks commented still by the Mr. *Hansenne, the sustainable development, the culture, the preventive principle in the feeding, the agricultural file, the countries in roads of development, the welfare of the animals, seems that we are #all simply of agreement. +#Some examples: #would have to impose to the companies a term of six months of suspension of any plan of restructuring to allow a *peritaje #sindical independent; #if the company has received public helps -already has said -, included the Europeans, the *inobservancia of the norms established #would have to comport his return; in #the same sense, in the directive on the committees of company #european, #would have to strengthen noticeably the paper of said committees, #as well as the protection of the delegates of the personnel. +By it that refers , more precisely, to the nuclear question and of my colleague the Mr. *Lamy, His *Señorías know -to *ello has referred the Mrs. *Maes- that the Mr. *Lamy has sent a letter to the president of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, Mr. *Westendorp, today same, in the that takes balance of the situation and says very clearly -and with #this answer also to the Mrs. *Maes- that still is missing the official confirmation by part of *Rusia for the signature of the decision of 12 December 1994. +Like member of the academic profession, *me bothers a lot that it go back to pose the question of the readers of tongues foreign in the #italian universities without that there #have been a resolution to the cape of eleven years, after they have dictated three sentences in favour of the rights of these common citizens and currents that try to exert the free circulation and enjoy of the fundamental principle of the Union and of the Inner Market of no discrimination by reasons of nationality. +It is truth that no only in the national level, but also in the community, the main action that #can carry out is an action of complaint, of #alert, of information, that has to run to charge of the no governmental organisations; on our part, the goal to the that *nos have devoted is the sensitisation of the public authorities, of the police, to the that reports or do not reports , of the judges that have to judge each concrete case, so that #all comprise the criminal scope of the violence against the women although it practise in the family. +I believe that it is the person that has shown in this moment, in #all this historical process, be the ablest to take a complex evolution in the that has gone developing the #european identity of defence, in the that #the same NATO and our North American partners go accepting the need of a *pilar strong European no only in the military terrain, but also in the industrial dimension that has to support it, and also the paper of stabilisation and consolidation of the democracy in *Europa and in the Mediterranean. +In reality, uses with an excessive *discrecionalidad owed, with frequency, to political or economic interests particular: this principle of interference that to date has shown his fatal failure because the diet of *Milosevic is still strongly anchored in the power in a country that has stepped backwards in the history and in the economy of at least thirty years, while the greater part of the #albanian village has returned to his territories, the 10% of the #serbian #kosovar and the whole of the populations of *etnia #gipsy are convicts to the exile. +In the last years has come loaning attention to the fact that the neighbouring countries of the European Union, or was, the countries associated of *Europa Central and of the East or the countries integrated in the European Association of Free Trade and the that belong to the Economic Space European take part in #all the important activities of the European Community related with the use of sources of renewable energy and with the development of the energetic performance. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the Council has communicated in different occasions to the authorities of *Myanmar his worry by the situation of the country, and the last time took in the session celebrated the 11 and on 12 October, in the that the Council *prorrogó by six months the conjoint posture in front of *Myanmar and went back to urge to the Government of *Myanmar to that it begin quickly to apply concrete measures to boost the respect of the human rights, the democracy and the national reconciliation. +In this occasion, the European Council remembered that the narrowing of the relations among *Turquía and the EU presupposes also political and economic reforms, #such as the respect and the protection of the minorities, the creation of relations satisfactory and stable among #Grecia and *Turquía or the backrest to the negotiations to find a political solution to the situation of *Chipre, that carry out under the auspices of the UN. +The three main conflicts, relative to the sector of the banana, to the production and to the incorporation of organisms modified genetically and to the import of meat of bovine North American, finish to be arbitrated by the own Commission, against of the interests of the producers of bananas #european and of the countries *ACP, against of the interests of the #european consumers and, of course, against of the interests of our graziers and of our agriculturalists. +The solid core of the security of the citizens of a committed democratic Union with the economy of market and defender of the principle of the State of Right has to be constituted by the growth of the economy and of the employment, by the internal security in front of the delinquency and by a political system of common security that cover the external politics and the defence. +Specifically, after having suffered during 78 days the inclement bombardments of the NATO, with active participation of the European Union, this village suffers today, with the pretext of the democratisation of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia, an inhuman blackmail: it has to demolish to his legitimate government so that it was raised the embargo of fuels and so that they concede the games for the reconstruction of what was destroyed by it bombardments of the NATO and of the European Union. +In the 27 bilateral Conference of the #Red Cross and of the Half #Red Moon, celebrated among 30 October and on 16 November 1999, the European Union issued, for the first time, a statement in the that underlined that so much the conflicts armed of the last times, like the that are taking place, have shown that the war or well directs increasingly against the civil population, especially against the women and the boys, or well the civil population is used like instrument of war. +In consequence, want *invitarle, gentleman Commissioner, to *relegar to a flat second the interests of the great companies in benefit of the culture, of the cultural diversity, but also of the skilled trade; to that it adopt his decisions in the subject Rid with arrangement to the principles of the #french Right, and to that it concede to the sector of the trade of the book of *Alemania and *Austria the sufficient time to adapt his rule on the only price of the book to said principles. +The Mr. *Herman, therefore, will approve also that *yo take advantage of the opportunity to wish from this place to the President *entrante and, later, to his new squad, *muchísimo hit with the new strengthening of the European Commission, *dándola again the paper that the citizens expect of *ella, to which #can add that also the current Commission has been able to appreciate that the crisis in the that *nos see submerged #can have his positive sides regarding the consolidation of the democratic quality, of the democratic content of the institutions like #such. +Memory perfectly it that *me impressed the *enterarme, in a symposium celebrated the year happened on the waves of the #Black Sea, that a very high percentage of the pollution that is finishing with the #Black Sea do not comes from of the States *ribereños but of the *escorrentía of nitrogen and agricultural chemical products *provenientes of *Austria and of *Alemania, used in the earths of the heart of *Europa like consequence of #some of our environmental politics that work badly in the frame of the common agricultural politics, and #whose consequences leave feel to hundreds of miles, to the another side of the continent. +It has to remain very seated that #if the challenge of the decade of 1980 for the European Union was the creation of an only market, and the challenge of the decade of 1990 was the creation of an only coin, the challenge for the first years of the next #millenium will consist in expanding the European Union for *darle greater depth and, also, to create a zone of stability in #all the continent. +By #all #this, have voted against of the resolution of transaction approved on *Kosovo and, in particular, against the immense hypocrisy of the considering *H -that holds responsible to the Nations Joined of the rape by part of the NATO of the Letter of the Nations Joined- and against the point 2, that pretends to legitimate the bombardments, pretending that it is not at all that it have to see with *nosotros, although it had approved in particular the condemnatory points of the diet of *Milosevic, the support to the refugees and the #tending measures to the stabilisation of the region. +Regarding the situation in *Albania and *Macedonia, is absolutely evident that the criminal goals of the war do not include only the alteration of the ethnic composition, of the demographic composition of the population of *Kosovo through the expulsion of the population *albanokosovar by means of the most brutal strength, but that with this expulsion pursues at the same time a criminal objective second, that is the *desestabilización of the neighbouring States and with *ellos of #all the region. +Like this, as, *permítaseme say without *acritud to the Mr. *Truscott and to other colleagues that, #if they had listened my speech to the principle, #would have seen that, when accepting the amendment 2, relative to the recommendation on *Rusia -that it is an amendment of the Socialist Group-, suppresses the reference to the «postponement» of the approval of the common strategy with *Rusia and the *substituye by a very valid statement, in my opinion, on the content that has to have the recommendation. +Although the agreement of *Berlín foresees a reduction of the prices of the cereals of only a 15 % in front of the commitment of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture, #one *equiparación of the helps to the *oleaginosas to the helps reduced to the cereals #as well as the start of the reform of the dairy sector only from the year 2000, without embargo this reform follows being definitely the widest that never has made the Union in the agricultural sector. +After repeated *incomprensiones with the Commission with regard to the course of the works that #can have cancelled the result of the efforts, at last have got no only to the texts of the new regulations, but also to a point of game for an effective collaboration in the management of the Bottoms to *través of the Code of behaviour among the Commission and the Parliament with regard to the realisation of the structural politics. +The NATO has won the war, *Europa has to build the peace: #this is the challenge with the that owe *enfrentarnos already from this time on, in the clear and firm definition of the paper that *Europa will know to exert in the construction of the process of peace, in the political wisdom, in the quality of the actions that will know to carry out to avert that the important migratory flows, by the *cuales is and will be *arrollada in the next years, determine elements of religious conflicts, economic and social, especially in territories in that the unemployment reaches taxes increasingly alarming. +The Council of *Tampere #can and has to take cost the new possibilities offered by the Treaty of *Amsterdam and reach important advances in crucial fields as they are, in the first place, the harmonisation of the politics of migration and of asylum, in the sense, of course, to guarantee the maximum protection and the rights of the refugees; second, the just distribution of the derivative charges of the received of persons displaced, pertinent especially of regions in crisis, as recently the *Balcanes; in *tercer place, the *reforzamiento of the inner security of the citizen, and no only by means of the adoption of measures police. +To the *unísono with it that *sucede in our country, #where the village, in mass, has gone out to the street to manifest and manifest his repudiate in front of it that we #can consider a betrayal of Indonesian and in front of the atrocities that it has been victim the *martirizado village of *Timor (in my country there #be had an unanimous reaction; by fortune, also in #many other countries), *nosotros, here, when working in the diverse political Groups to establish a document that #can be approved by this Parliament with a very wide majority, #if no unanimity, have taken it that corresponded to follow this popular feeling. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0010/99) of the Mrs. *Morgantini, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that approves the text of a *Décimo Agreement *CE-*OOPS for the period 1999-2001, before the signature of the Agreement for the Commission and the Organism of Dramas Public and Aid of the Nations for the refugees of Palestinian in the Near Orient [*COM(1999)0334 - *C5-0059/1999 - 1999/0143(*CNS)] +The politics of the European Union is based, therefore, in the opinion that the results of the conflict of the Great Lakes has to be tackled in his three main dimensions: regional, having present the interests of the neighbouring countries; national, taking into account the interests of the Government, of the rebellious groups and of the democratic opposition; and local, regarding the crashes among communities owing to the ethnic rivalries and the strong social pressures. +In consequence, exists a very real worry by that the rhythm and the amplitude of the elimination of the tariffs to the pertinent imports of the EU surpass the capacity of the industries of the region to improve his efficiency, it that indicates the importance that the rhythm and the *escalonamiento of the agreements of free trade are the ideal to avert negative repercussions in other countries of the region. +I agree with the invitation to collaborate to know the truth directed to these countries that #would be involved, and ask likewise that the European Parliament do not forget this event in the most delicate moment to discover the truth, #this is, the public debate and watch, in consequence, through his representatives, through his organs, so that this event achieve at last a word of justice and for real, according to it requested by #all the #italian and #european community. +Often it has the impression of that these technical directives do not mean big thing for the consumers, but *permítanme that *les say, on the base of my experience like engineer of the car industry, that #if we give to the engineers the possibility to concentrate in the manufacture of vehicles safer and with broadcasts cleaner instead of having to fulfil #all a series of norms different, at the end *eso *redundará in benefit of the consumers and of the users. +The Group of the *PPE/OF defines like a political Group that supports the independence of the #ECB and the consolidation of the politics of stability, so much in the slope of the stability of the prices as in the of the monetary stability, that supports the reduction continued of the public debt, that supports the new growth and the creation of employment, and that backs the credibility of the monetary politics. +By this reason, *Colombia presents to the international community an alternative of politics for the eradication of the illicit crops with base in an alternative development that offer to the population peasant, involved today in illicit crops, a stable exit to his economic and social problems, replacing the illegal crops by commercial companies, mining, agricultural, agro-industrial and of services, endowed of the necessary infrastructure that *les allow to compete adequately in a world of economy *globalizada. +The recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0042/1999) of the Mr. *Hughes, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the fulfillment of the relative disposals to the length of the time of work of the persons of sea on board of fuselages that take scale in ports of the Community (8639/1/1999 - *C5-0035/1999 - 1998/0321(*COD)); +The Parliament -especially, as it is natural, the members of the Commission of Environment, competent in this matter- did not receive with like that no *les conceded the possibility to take part, like part of his task, in the negotiations and the conclusion of the Agreement among the European Union and *losa #japanese manufacturers and Koreans. Lady Commissioner, *yo believe that in this look #would have to define *usted clearly a *modus *vivendi that guarantee the owed participation of the Parliament, in his quality of organ legislative, in the voluntary commitments. +After having said that the economic politics European has like goal the employment, after decreeing it and declaim it high and strong, without verifying in any moment of way realistic and pragmatic it justified of this affirmation, records in the marble of the treaties a relation of subordination among it economic and it social, that finishes reducing #this last to a management of the competition of #all and of each #one by a place of work in a labour market increasingly reduced. +Regarding the possibility of a horizontal communication of the Commission, believe that thanks to *ella will be able to focus his organisational effects, alluded in the suggestions of His *Señorías: the creation of a unit in the Commission and the assignment of budgets allocated to the protection of the boys to improve the public control on the participation of the Union like #such in the politics of protection to the boy. +The pretence is to achieve a backrest first to the proposal that go to pose -so much to the Commission as, in his moment, #if the Commission the takes #his, to the Council of Ministers and to the Parliament- precisely for no only follow forward in the incorporation of the Commission to *Eurocontrol, but also advance in it that it is the field of the fifteen countries to treat to achieve an only space and, therefore, a common management of this only space of the fifteen countries. +*Eso Supposes that the Mr. #Solana no only will have to occupy of the most immediate dimension of the prevention of #crisis, but also -and #any experience has in *ello- of our paper in relation with the world, is to say, with the Nations Joined, with the Round of the #Millenium, with the future of the #FMI and of the *FAO; also it is important in the measure in that the Europeans, building the Union, also are taking *algo important for the future of the humanity and for his stability. +In this way it has reinforced even more, #if it fits, the guarantee that already appeared in #a lot of parts of the text, of the full respect of the Protocol on the privileges and the immunities -of the *cual want to mention especially the article 10 that it is very precise and exhaustive- #as well as of the relative planned norms in the article 6 of the Regulation that, in application of the orientations of the Protocol, in the article that finish to mention, regulates with more precision, #if it fits, the immunities of the deputies. +Regarding the minimum age my opinion is that we have to *atenernos to the commitment on the minimum age of 14 years, that was it suited in previous negotiations, with the amendment of the Parliament that leaves very seated that the taking of prints digital has to effect of compliance with the European Agreement for the Protection of the Human Rights and with the Convention of the Nations Joined on the Rights of the Boy. +How another thing #can mean the attempt of generalisation of the system of majorities and the substantial suppression, and maybe even formal, of the right of veto, in spite of the knowingly interposed complaints *cual curtain of smoke, but the limitation of the possibilities of intervention of the popular element, at least *cuando #this *opone to the options of the capital in the smallest «countries»? +3) in consequence, accepts, when giving white letter to the Commission to propose it, a readjustment of the weight of the States, in the trail of it that already is *sucediendo in the administrative and functional organisation of the community executive, that puts in *entredicho the constitutive and historical principle of the #european project that always has based , with hit, in the fault of *proporcionalidad among the population and the weighting of the votes; +Sure enough, we have considered that #some of the numerous amendments presented by the countries to the *cuales our position poses problems are, in our opinion, unacceptable, especially the #tending amendment to incorporate in this resolution a reference to the section 7 of the article 2 of the Letter of the Nations Joined, in virtue of the *cual "any disposal of the present Letter authorises to the Nations Joined to take part in the subjects that are essentially of the national competition of a State". +I want to, without embargo, call the attention on the fact that it #would be timely that #all the costs, #all the men, #all the means employed in the past to watch the internal borders of the European Union - for example, among #Italia and *Francia, *Francia and *Alemania, #etcetera, or was, among the #european States that now have a common border - employed in the external borders of the European Union, so as to combat better this phenomenon of delinquency and of illegal immigration. +Therefore, my invitation goes directed to #all #that that believe in #this dip, in these goals - and here have in front of *nosotros to the President *Prodi that has declared it in reiterated occasions and that know that it believes in *ello - an invitation to be decided, determined; an invitation to the European Parliament so that, immediately after finalising the Summit of *Helsinki - #if, as I fear, the conclusion will be an advance, but too much limited - gather and with big opening, with big value assume #all his determinations saying in this moment and thinking, as in other moments of the #european history, that the Parliament has in front of himself/hisself a big opportunity and a big task. +The first has reached with the inclusion of the products of the aquaculture and the *marisqueo, for the that it was not foreseen any help to the commercialisation, *cuando #both are *subsectores that they have to remain, to the equal that the fishing, fully included in a system #whose goal is to adapt the offer to the demand and *cuando, as in the case of the aquaculture, are sectors in roads of growth that have to have a fine planning of the production already from the beginning to avert, in it possible, crisis like the that periodically suffer, for example, the producers of salmon. +Even the *anunciadísima total suppression of the rights of customs in the products of the no developed countries goes to accelerate the *usurpación of the wealth of these countries, whereas, on the other hand, will flood the market with cheap articles that will displace the corresponding articles of countries like the #mine. The World-wide Organisation of Trade has not created to protect the interests, neither the of the villages neither the of the workers. +The Commission will go by the road that the Parliament recommended already takes time, that the Mr. *Karlsson finishes also to show and that *yo same signalled also in August in my answers by writing to the parliamentary questions, in concrete, the trip to the administration of those functions of control financial that they are competent for the programs of the cost, is to say, decentralisation and with *ello, to #the same time, increase of the financial responsibility in the administrative services that make the costs. +Support absolutely this systematic *follow *up and, in consequence, celebrate to a large extent that the Commission in the frame of his package of reform for the financial management have decided to give to this systematic *follw *up a fixed structure so that in the future was possible to take advantage of of real way for the improvement of the financial management the precisions of the Court of Accounts. For this wide project of reforms ask the support of the European Parliament. +Also it wanted to appeal to #that that have the possibility to benefit of the program #Socrates, that #can take advantage of the possibilities of training, that go to be able to follow forming in the future, so that they contribute to that *Europa grow jointly, so that in the course of his training recognise that we #can not, with our vertiginous rhythm that presents at present in the development of #all the programs, is to say, that to #all #that that #can not advance so fast *les take of the hand, since the quality, the level and the training also demand that we do not give sideways to the feeblest. +We consider that an important opportunity to examine the concrete contribution of the Union to the creation of new places of work in *Europa the will provide the next summit of *Lisboa in March, that will be the moment and the place to take an evaluation of the three processes that finish to mention -Colony, *Luxemburgo and *Cardiff-, by a part, and, by #another, to formulate the strategy, the synthesis of the politics *macroeconómicas, the innovation *microeconómica business and the imperative of the new society of the information. +This plan proposes likewise measures allocated to different sectors of consumers designed to improve the sensitisation on the consumption of energy, the experience and the practice in fields #such like acquisition of appliances, the consumption of energy in the home, the facilities of buildings, the systems of heating and the management of the energy in the industry, the sector of the services and also the public sector. +Gentleman President, on a question of order: although tonight no *nos accompanies the representative of the Council, *permítaseme ask #if the Commission or a representative of the secretariat of the Parliament know the reports of an agency of press that have seen, according to the *cuales yesterday adopted in the Council the decision of *prorrogar the voluntary plan during 12 months, with it that overlooked the procedure of *codecisión and this debate and the vote of morning result irrelevant. +Gentleman President, the most palpable character, in our opinion, of the European Council that finishes to celebrate in *Helsinki is the absence of #all political vision on a long-term basis of the bosses of State and of government, that have decided an enlargement of an unpublished importance with the possible addition of thirteen new members, without giving in any moment the conceptual tools that allowed to imagine the able institutional structures of *asumirla. +By #this ask to the Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission and to the Nations Joined that they do not recognise the diet of the Talibans and that promote a plan of action in favour of the no governmental organisations that operate in *Afganistán after the fundamental freedoms of the #afghan women and his economic and social emancipation and in favour of the no governmental organisations that help to the #afghan women refugees. +Gentleman President, as it has announced, substitute to the Mrs. *Aglietta that this afternoon #can not be here, and it first that I want to take before presenting my report on the *comitología, is to express my gratitude to the Mrs. *Adelaide *Aglietta and recognise the seriousness and the importance of his work, a competent work, subtle, acute and effective; a work that, of course, has had the support of #all the secretariat of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, in particular of the Mrs. *Patrizia *Prode, #as well as with the continuous help of the Mrs. #Monica *Frassoni. +But although they #can not take schematic analyses, *yo #can not *obviar in this context a comment: the Common Agricultural Politics and the World-wide Organisation of the Trade are promoting increasingly the research of a competitiveness exacerbated like fundamental element, thing that *me seems absolutely worrisome because this type of *sacralización of the competitiveness above #everything it other surely conducts to practices of risk, like the utilisation of hormones or antibiotics, for example, among the matters prevail for the animal feeding. +Like immediate measure, the control of the organisations of assistance technical is carrying out of form more rigorous and specific, and the radical reform will ensure the meridian definition of the core of the functions of service public of the civil servants of the Commission and the effective supervision and the responsible management of the executive agencies. +In this frame, have to express the enormous worry that feels my Group in front of the debate that will celebrate in *Tampere on the police cooperation, the fight against the drugs, the protection of data, the democratic control of *Europol and the System of Information of *Schengen. We fear once again that the participants will not give the size in these important points that have a deep impact on the democracy in *Europa. +It do not treats only to ensure, in the frame of the globalisation of the economy, an able growth to create durable and sustainable employment, or to propose an institutional reform in depth of face to the next Conference *Intergubernamental; neither it treats only to carry forward the subject of the enlargement of the Union to contribute, like this, to the welfare of the *Europa global, in spite of the importance *innegable of these challenges. +The European Council in Colony examined the capacity of *Europa to carry out the functions established in the article 17 of the Treaty of the Union, calls of *Petersberg, functions related with the humanitarian help and with the measures of rescue and pacification, #as well as with the definition of the mission of the groups of fight in the control of the crises, included the pacification, a time that *Europa have solvent military means. +Among #others, the suffering and the death of members productive of his societies and -thing very important- the *apartamiento of the women of the employment to devote to loan cares and the deviation of resources of the families and the communities to devote the savings to pay the costs of attention of health and, in fact, as it has to know, sure, *usted, the incessant burials that see in countries like *Zimbabwe, #if *te remain stopped in the corner of a street. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner *Lamy, gentleman Minister *Sasi, the Round of the #Millenium will have to promote necessarily forms of cooperation and integration among the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the International Organisation of the Work, the International Monetary Bottom and the World-wide Bank, so as to that the liberalisation of the commercial exchanges go accompanied of a renewed stability of the monetary market, of politics of full employment of the human resources, of networks of social protection and of the respect generalised of the fundamental labour norms. +Lady Speaker, have written #a lot of beautiful words after the celebrated summit in *Tampere; nevertheless, the fundamental premise so that these beautiful words convert in reality, is to say, so that they fulfil the principles humanists, is of course that the persons #can go in in Strong *Europa, that begin of serious form to put in practice a politics in the that it was possible to separate the politics of asylum of the immigration, that begin to put in practice a serious politics of collaboration with the *ACNUR to end to solve the problems of the refugees of *Europa and of the world. +On the question of the fundamental rights, the creation of the frame that allow to this Parliament take his contribution to the preparation of a letter is an element, but go to celebrate debates on the bottom, as, for *nosotros, this letter has to have direct effects, is to say, that the citizens have to can *invocarla to appeal to the Court of Justice and this letter has to *versar on new rights for the Europeans of the century *XXI. +I expect then, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, that the European Commission obtain a mandate of his institution regarding the development of these rights of the citizens of third countries, and that #this develop in the widest sense, according to the respect of the principle of no discrimination, also *cuando treat of the right of vote, the right to live in family and the right to the free circulation of persons, even *cuando the Summit has not manifested on *ello. +(*IT) The fact that the Commission have exhausted the last term to ask the fixation of a date for the negotiation is, definitely, regrettable, especially to the sight of the global course of #all the question that already in the previous years saw to arise a conflict in the institutional frame of the query with reference to the paper of the Parliament in an agreement that has important budgetary repercussions. +In particular, the fault of consensus on the content of the politics *macroeconómicas in the previous period to the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Maastricht and of the first orientations of economic politics played a fundamental paper in the amplification of the negative effects, of the external crashes and in the development of obstacles greater to the growth and to the employment. +But today, remembering *algo that said here in the last Plenary -with *Tampere launches the signal to the #european citizens that *Europa has left to be only a market-, to me *me #would enjoy to say #alto and clear that, with this strategic document on the inner market that *nos has presented to the Parliament and that it is today object of this intervention, the citizen goes to have a clear idea of the coherence of this market and that this market has like last and main protagonist *él same. +The participation of the European Parliament *nos seems fundamental, no only because in the #european construction the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission constitute the three points of the triangle that have to conform a construction balanced, but also because the popular representatives gathered in this Parliament are the most indicated to transmit the opinion of the citizens that, after all, is it that matters, so that the Commission #can take out the timely conclusions. +In #one misses an approach *macroeconómico, in #another is missing the realisation of reforms structural, in the third, there #be not an adjust among the economic politics and the politics of employment. It is evident that have increased the preventive measures as, for example, the insertion of the unemployed of long length in the market of work, or active measures as, for example, stimuluses to the research of work and to the creation of places of work. +It goes the Commission to adopt in this time of negotiations, in the possible decisions of commitment, the necessary measures so that it apply it that *usted has announced during the audiences in his nomination, is to say, the test and the labeling for the meat of *vacuno, that by it other goes to be compulsory already from the 1-1-2000, #if we do not get to another regulation in relation with the suspension of this prohibition of import and his *imposición in front of the countries that have agreed the prohibitions of import? +Subject: Law *HelmsBurton Has had knowledge the Commission of the demonstrations taken by the Secretary of State of the States Joined, Mrs. *Albright, relative to the impossibility by part of the Congress of the #EE.UU. To modify the title *IV of the Law *Helms-*Burton, breaking like this #one of the essential elements of the Agreement among the European Commission and the Administration #Clinton, in the new frame of the Transatlantic Summit among #EE.UU. And the European Union of May of 1998? +Gentleman President, ask the word to remember once again that, from the principle of the term of office, the radical deputies do not take part in the votes neither the Plenary neither in the commissions. And #this to call the attention of the Presidency and of his *Señorías on the fact that to a part of the deputies *le denies the possibility to contribute with #the same rights and #the same means, to the parliamentary life. +Subject: Restrictions to the freedom of navigation imposed by *Turquía On 27 May 1997, the #turkish authorities adopted a Decision registered with the number 2646 and signed by the Secretary of State of Maritime Subjects, Mr. *Nazmi *Kumral, in virtue of the *cual forbids the access to *Turquía of #all those fuselages *mercantes with #cypriot pavilion or that belong to *armadores Cypriots or of other nationalities, included the of the States members of the European Union, *cuando his place of origin or of destination was *algún port of the free zone of the Republic of *Chipre. +This discussion that have had in the Commission of Subjects Constitutional relative to the road so that any possible illegal activity was put in knowledge of the *OLAF, believe that *nos has carried to find the suitable road, because a political organ has to have a filter that examine #if sure enough these informations are or no founded and #if they attack or no against the immunity or the inviolability of word that have the deputies. +Of this way will be able to have of financial assistance with charge to the community budget for the reception, the integration and the voluntary return of the refugees, the persons displaced and the applicants of asylum and will have an important instrument that gives a human dimension to the politics of asylum of the Union, as #one of the deputies finishes to ask takes some moments. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, had wished that the debate and the vote of this report had not taken place necessarily today, because *nosotros -and #this want to say it to the principle of my intervention -, because of the circumstances that *nos have forced to modify the agenda, and because of the fact that the hour of votes has extended so much owing to the long length of the reports *Napolitano, *Leinen, *Dimitrakopoulos and *Schwaiger that the report of the Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou will vote it tomorrow early. +In accordance with the philosophy that inspires the new diet of the regions *ultraperiféricas -that besides has confirmed the European Council of Colony asking to the Commission that before 31 December present measures for the regions *ultraperiféricas- in this moment the incorporation of these regions to the European Union do not happens necessarily by a harmonisation *arancelaria and fiscal, but that allows a treatment differentiated, for example the maintenance of the *octroi of *mer in the #french departments of *Ultramar and the of special diets in *Azores and *Madeira. +Another question that have to consider *cuando talk of the construction of ships new is the problem of the waste and the means to treat the waste, and no only *me refer to the waste that derive of the operation of the ships but also to the rubbish produced during the trip, because the pollution of the sea is an important fed up question and the ships are in very fine responsible measure of *ella. +I coincide fully in his assessment that it is absolutely necessary to reaffirm the international presence of the European Union in the international scene, especially in the looks of security and defence, for the that the #finnish Presidency -and it is necessary to say it with legitimate pride- has given a decisive impulse with this historical meeting of ministers of External Subjects and of ministers of Defence, that is the first time that produces in the history of the European Union. +*Yo Always repeat that *Turquía already #would have advanced more in the approximation to *Europa #if it had adopted before, in the timely moment, other more radical measures in the field of the human rights, of the rights of the minorities, especially regarding the problem *kurdo, and of the democracy in the frame of the relations with #Grecia, and had contributed to the solution of the problem of *Chipre. +With the time, obviously, #any one that request it and fulfil with the requirements will find a place in the political level; without embargo, #if today we do not proceed quickly in this sense and think in expanding bending almost the number of the States members without institutional reforms *meditadas and checked -no longer there #be time to experience- condemn to death to the dream of #one *Europa political able to respect the identities, the cultures and the traditions and to contribute, nevertheless, to create a new model of #european citizen. +Also they have to value with #a lot of caution the improvements ascertained by the Commission and the Presidency of the Council in the interior of *Turquía, #if have present the ratification of the conviction of death of the Mr. *Ocalan, that the awarded with the Prize *Sajarov *Leyla *Zana continues imprisoned for having claimed his right to the freedom of opinion, the fault of solution to the problem *kurdo and all it that expresses in said document in relation with the progresses of *Turquía. +- Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and *Rumanía, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9730/1999 - *C5-0195/1999 - 1997/0277(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +Support that the taxes of the heavy transports are taxed in accordance with his real level of pollution and that the destination of these amounts devote to investments in the railway and to investments in the transport combined among road and railway and, finally, aim the idea to deliver the 91% of the permissions that do not distribute according to an equal quota among #all the States members attending no only to the needs of the transport in himself/hisself same but also considering the origin and the destination, for example, of the commodities that cross pertinent Swiss of airports or ports like *Hamburgo, *Rotterdam, *Génova or *Marsella. +Gentleman President, the past Monday try, from the Socialist Group, include in the agenda of this Plenary a proposal of resolution that highlighted the 50º anniversary of the Agreements of Gin, put of self-evident the commitment of the European Parliament with the principles of the humanitarian international Right and expressed our support to the International Committee of the #Red Cross. +The Council, after having examined the proposal of the Commission directed to postpone during a year (of 1 January to 31 December 2000) the introduction of a compulsory system of labeling of the meat of bovine and keep during this period the plan of labeling voluntary established in the Regulation (*CE) *nº 820/97, has adopted the following conclusions: +Gentleman President, for me the greater problem that presents the text that go to vote tomorrow -finish to collect it in the distribution- resides in the article 3 of the proposal of the Commission, according to the *cual #would forbid these substances inside the European Union -pray to the Commission that *me listen, because I want to ask an explanation-; as *eso, it that #would vote is that we forbid these substances inside the European Union, but admit that this prohibition do not affect to his manufacture and commercialisation inside the European Union, since the #would send to another Been member with seen to the export to third countries. +The Scientific Committee on the Health and the Animal Welfare approved on 10 March 1999 his report on the looks of the utilisation of *somatotropina bovine relative to the animal welfare and declared that the *BST increases the risk of *mastitis clinical and the length of his treatment, increases the incidence of disorders in the legs, #can affect negatively to the reproduction and induce varied severe reactions in the zone of the injection. +Regretting that the Council have decided to accept to *Turquía like candidate to the adhesion, expect that, at least, do not give new steps while his Government have not adopted the necessary measures in the field of the human rights, of the international right regarding the delimitation of borders, of the application of the resolutions of the Nations Joined on *Chipre and of a political solution for the question *kurda; +Without embargo, it #would be necessary to abstain of an excess of zeal putting in *entredicho a system that has worked well, especially #if this review of the politics of the competition on the vertical restrictions runs the risk to put in danger #all a sector that, thanks to exclusive agreements of distribution, in particular the agreements of beer, has worked well until the present, giving satisfaction to a time to the *cerveceras, by a part, and, by #another, to the sector of the coffees, hotels and restaurants. +Gentleman President, #would wish to take part about an only question, of a subject of the greater importance for the European Parliament: *usted has engaged in the exert of his activities like President of the Commission to undertake of way *convincente the reforms that this Parliament expects of the new Commission, by it that *cuando, got the moment, carry out the work of selection together with the Governments of the States members, will have to demand individually to each #one of the future members, #as well as to the group of the Commission, this same commitment of reform. +The participation of *Rusia means first of all that will renounce to exert the blockade in the Council of Security, so that it was possible to adopt a resolution on the base of the Chapter *VII, with an international juridical foundation clear, founded in a decision of the Council of Security like titling of the monopoly of the use of the strength in the frame of the international political system. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0224/99) by the Mrs. *Kuhn, in name of the Delegation of the European Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the conjoint text, approved by the Committee of Conciliation, of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on determined looks of the sale and the guarantees of the sakes of consumption (*C4-0042/99 - *C4-0171/99-96/0161(*COD)) +Quote *textualmente: «*Nos pleases the statement of the European Rabbit of *Berlín with regard to the process of peace, in particular regarding the right of the Palestinians to the self-determination without reservations, included the right to create a State, with regard to the *cual the European Union is had to foresee his recognition in his moment, #as well as the commitments assumed by the European Union regarding the future solution to the conflict». +*Manisco And *Marset Fields, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left - Nordic Green Left; -*B4-0499/99 of the Mr. *Chichester and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European; -*B4-0500/99 of the Gentlemen *Weber and *Hudghton, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European; -*B4-0505/99 of the Mr. *Voggenhuber and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the European Parliament, on the nuclear head office of *Temelin. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *les appreciate very sincerely this debate that has been deep, clear and, in #a lot of cases, exhaustive and that, in his group, has put of self-evident a wide confidence in our future work: a wide confidence because #all the orators, even the that have directed critical to the composition of the Commission, have recognised the need of a big and solid work in common, #as well as the fact that the future of the European Union assent in the collaboration among the Parliament and the Commission. +Yes, gentleman President, the arms *callan, but the mines *antipersonal continue taking *estragos. The horror of the war has finished, but no the horror of the finding, day after day, of the common pits, tragic and heartbreaking testimony of the contempt of the right to the life of the persons and of the villages that *nos is more that the respect to the diversities, to the identity of a village by #whose affirmation will struggle in this Plenary and struggle in our national Parliaments. +Although obviously I #can not force to my colleague the Mrs. *Loyola of Palace, that in these moments is *felizmente deputy in this Parliament, regarding his politics and his relations with this Assembly, do not is missing the one who considers that it has got the hour that the Commission and the Parliament deepen in his negotiations on the procedures and the conventions of this Assembly that, as it is known, gathers in more of a place, #as well as on the conventions and the procedures of the School. +To the sight of these circumstances, wanted to *recalcar once again that the problem of the refugees no only has not resolved , but that converts each day in more dramatic, as I have been able to check in my recent trips to the fields of refugees #palestinian in *Líbano, *Jordania and Syrian, #as well as in the distinct reports of the *OOPS and of the Mr. *Menéndez of the Valley, in his quality of Representative of the humanitarian help of the European Union in *Jordania. +With #everything, want to say simply that congratulate to #all his *Señorías by his interventions, because *algo has emerged with strength: further of the rapidity with that it is necessary to carry out the program, it important is that the European Union and the European Parliament exert a very active paper, very strong so that in Orient Half, and especially among Palestinian and #Israel, establish a stable and durable peace, so as to find a solution to the problem of the refugees and so that a #palestinian State #can live peacefully with the #israeli State. +They exist two basic principles of the operation of the *OMC: by a part, the discrimination, impassable, among products #whose processes of production are different -*me refer to the environmental conditions or the social conditions in the *cuales elaborates the product-; on the other hand, the fact that it is necessary to reduce to the minimum the negative effects on the *librecambio of #all relative political measure to the public health, to the protection of the environment or to the social protection. +But the Council, afterwards, opened the box of #Pandora introducing two purportedly technical amendments: #one, to the article 3, in the that establishes a species of legislation delegated, with a continuous reference to the Regulation of the Economic Commission for *Europa of the Nations Joined; and #another, to the article 6, expanding the term of entrance in vigour of the directive because of the need of a time of adaptation of the industry. +The Commission #can accept the spirit, on condition that they introduce modifications in #some cases to the text of the relative amendments to the complementary measures, the participation of the local communities in the reconstruction, the coordination with organisations no governmental, the query to the Parliament before the Agency extend his activities to other zones of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia and, of course, to the budgetary transparency. +(The Parliament approves the legislative resolution)- Report (To5-0037/1999) of the Mrs. *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, on the Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council - Repercussions of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on the legislative procedures in course in the field of the juridical subjects and the inner market (*SEC(1999) 581 - *C4-0219/1999) +Although the decisions on the possibility by part of *Turquía to receive to the programs in the frame of the current proposals do not allow an immediate effective participation of this country, will allow to the European Union send a positive signal to the #turkish civil society and express once again his will to develop the sectorial cooperation with *Turquía. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0040/1999) of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the common position of the Council [5617/2/1999 - *C5-0037/1999 - 1998/0272(*COD)] with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the information on the consumption of fuel facilitated to the consumer when commercialising vehicles of new tourism (Speaker: Mr. *Sterckx). +*Yo Am absolutely convinced that it was an error -and want to signal it by a time- that the ancient European Commission did not continue, *cuando initiated the previous legislative period, the work on a right of obligations #european, that already had initiated the Mr. *Lando and his commission, although this Assembly, that the Parliament, already had put to disposal the corresponding resources. +It did not has to be it to scale #european neither, obviously, neither to scale national, because *cuando exists the social dialogue - that in reality consists in the dialogue among the great unions of workers, often of the most traditional sectors of the economy, and the big company - with frequency are dialogues, cooperations, *concertaciones that have like result exclude to the one who today remains to the *margen of the economic systems Europeans, is to say, the unemployed, the immigrants, the convicts to remain out of the system of the privileged, the that they find out of the system of work guaranteed. +Gentleman President, in his proposal on the guidelines for the politics of employment of the States members in the year 2000, the Commission splits of a consideration of bottom: the progresses made by the process of employment, after the launching taken in the extraordinary Summit, are considerable; it signals data - a million #eight hundred one thousand places of work created in *Europa - and confirms, therefore, the structure based in four *pilares and the fundamental character of the guidelines. +We do not share the document on the guidelines for the politics of employment, since it inspires in the ideas and the principles of the economic liberalism; without embargo, the European Parliament proposes #some indications to improve the equality of opportunities among men and women in matter of employment, the constant research of the dialogue among the social speakers and the necessary query and information of the workers by part of the companies. +But I believe that, for a so difficult directive - and the Parliament knows perfectly that it is difficult - have to take into account the reality of each country, the data of the social dialogue and the postures of the social speakers, the distinct nuances, in #all the points that have mentioned previously, and afterwards take a surgical combination, find a very fragile balance to have the greater possible hit. +It do not fits the lower doubt that in this important matter of the right of family, the extensive zone of absence of resultant right of the loss of efficiency of the judicial decisions in front of the borders has affected juridical and morally to thousands of citizens and has prejudiced to the social and psychological stability of the families, in particular his more fragile links that are the women and the boys. +The improvement of the relations among #Grecia and *Turquía, no longer like merit of the earthquakes, but like a fact aside, and the change of attitude that notes in *Turquía with regard to the juridical and constitutional reform, in relation with the human rights and regarding the posture in front of the *kurdos are #worthy advances of applause, as also they are it the commitments and the recognition of the reality that give off of the letter that the Mr. *Bülent *Ecevit directed to the #german Chancellor, Mr. #Gerhard *Schröder, in May of the present year. +This proposal of resolution constitutes a clear signal to the international community that, in spite of that the #news on *Timor have disappeared of the main #european newspapers or have left to be the first #news of the most important televisions in *Europa, the attention of the international community and of the European Union on this problem has to continue. +There #be not doubt that the seventeen years that *Mumia *Abu-#Jamal finishes to happen rotting in the runners of the death, after a parody of process, are related with the fact that it is #black, with his fight against of the institutional racism, with the freedom of opinion that has practised this journalist, when having the value to report the corruption that reigns in the rows of the police of *Filadelfia. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0050/1999) of the Mr. Newton *Dunn in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects on the initiative of the Federal Republic of *Alemania for the adoption of a decision of the Council (8357/1999 - *C5-0011/1999 - 1999/0804(*SNS)) relative to the improvement of the exchange of information to combat the documents of trip false. +The fact that the #german Government have procured to avert the parliamentary examination posing this question in the field of the *tercer *pilar and the fact that the #finnish Presidency have not come at least to answer to our questions, was in the parliamentary commission, was in session *plenaria, regret to say that it is a stain for the reputation of the Finns, that up to now had an excellent reputation of opening and democracy. +In the time that remains until *Helsinki, is fundamental that analyse also the state of Right, the situation of the human rights, the respect to the minorities, the protection and the recognition of his cultural identity and the support to the measures directed to abolish the capital pity, that is #one of the amendments to the Report *Morillon presented in our commission this week. +The proposal of the Commission do not tackles specifically the problems of the pollution of the air acclimatise in the countries candidates, and had account of the imminent enlargement, consider little responsible that the Parliament do not receive any relative information to the levels of pollution in countries like *Polonia and the Czech Republic, #as well as on the #likely cost and the calendar that will be necessary to achieve that these countries adjust to the new norms. +Gentleman President, when hailing the Report of the Court of Accounts, so useful, and that this Assembly has to support because like this we support to *Europa, #can not avert *referirme to the unrest that produces the that again they have been #some media the that have advanced partial versions and interested of the report, taken that apart from producing, gentleman *Karlsson, unnecessary damages to citizens, civil servants and institutions, gives the impression of that the Court of Accounts is a political organ that it has to *rendir accounts to the constituents through the public opinion. +And *yo believe that really this Parliament, with an action a bit more audacious of the Commission, a bit more ambitious and also -why not to say it- a bit more engaged with the process of reform of the institutions, #can achieve that the *desencuentros that have produced in the past transform in harmony in the future and that we #can #all promote this project of reform of the European Union, knowing, as we know, that, #if they do not take in consideration and leave to the *margen the worries of our citizens, these reforms will not be able to concretise and will not be able to culminate with hit. +Only to confirm to the Mrs. *Riis-*Jø*rgensen, #whose continuous and deep interest by the relative questions to the state help is very known and appreciated by the Commission, that the investigation goes to continue, that the effective applicability of the relative disposals to the #SME is #one of our worries and that in the analysis of #all the investigations on state help have very present his effects in the trade among the States members. +Without embargo, also want to manifest with #the same clarity, so that it do not remain place to doubts, that the corresponding statements of the institutions, also on the subject of the review limited of the financial perspectives, that expect to receive of the Commission from the month of April, and the consequent answers of the Council, represent an operation of change, as #if it treated of an office of change of currencies, for saying it like this. And the one who do not credits the change, loses his credit. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation (To5-0079/1999) of the Mr. *Bodrato, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the celebration of the Agreement on the establishment of regulations technical world-wide applicable to the vehicles of tyres, and to the squads and pieces that #can mount or use in said vehicles ("Parallel Agreement") (10167/1999 - *COM(1999) 27 - *C5-0073/1999 - 1999/0011(*AVC)). +I go to mention #some of the actions assumed by the Commission, to stress that I am convinced that there #be a big field for a still greater activation so much of the Commission as of the states members and that, of course, requires a specific politics for the treatment of these subjects, so much in the frame of the preparation of the meeting of follow-up of the Conference of *Beijing, as, later, in the frame of the *quinto plan of action for the woman. +On the base of the restructuring of the collaboration among the EU and *Centroamérica in the frame of the Congress of Saint #José in #Florencia in 1996, and of the documents of strategy elaborated in 1999 for the collaboration among the EU and *Nicaragua, have to indicate that, in the collaboration for the development with *Nicaragua in particular, the European Union concentrates *primordialmente in the strengthening of the State of Right and the promotion of a just social politics. +The fact is that the only person that really knows the finances of the European Union, to know, the Boss of our Court of Accounts, the Mr. *Friedmann, do not takes long was in our group of work Bread-*Europa here in the European Parliament and in his exhibition *nos said that the costs of this enlargement exaggerate enormously as never they include the costs of the no enlargement. +Equally it is important that continue in the future the fine cooperation that have come developing among the Commission of Requests and the Defender of the Village, and that #this succeed to his time with the defenders of the national village or with the corresponding institutions to be able to, of this way, combat the rapes of the rights of the citizens that commit precisely in the community legislative frame. +Gentleman President, when talking today here, fifty-eight days before the elections to the European Parliament, in the last days of the operation of this European Parliament, seat that the conjoint debate on the Commission of Requests and on the Defender of the European Village has a special significance and comes, like a balance of #all a term of office *quinquenal, to give a message in these next elections. +Gentleman President, wanted to present a brief oral amendment that #would involve that the competition regarding the new article 13 against of the discrimination continued *recayendo in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens, but as with this amendment pretends endow also of competitions to the Commission of Subjects Social and Employment, #would wish to present to this *respecto an oral amendment in the sense that, also by it that *respecta the Commission of Rights of the Woman, #would fit to take a small observation. +Although #some community legislative norms apply to the users of vehicles deprived -for example the taxes on fuel, the taxes on the consumption, the VAT-our current approach in matter of *tarificación centres in the commercial traffic, as it treats of a problem that only #can resolve with hit through a community statutory frame, that protect the operation of the inner market of transports to #the same time that integrates totally the environmental goals. +In effect, the fusions and the economies of scale in this sector, the tendency to the «*megabancos» and to the agglutinations, the #tending technological developments to improve the productivity, the pressures on the employment or even on the actors of dimensions more regional, have his own logical, the *cual do not coincides necessarily with the general interest or with the goals of employment. +In reality, our Community has employed in depth in the fight against the violence underlining the value of the right to the life, the security, the freedom and the physical and mental integrity with #all a series of programs like the that today we treat to perfect: the program *DAPHNE that struggles against the violence against the women, the teenagers and the boys. +In the votes of yesterday in the morning, of the proposal of decision on the number and competitions of the parliamentary commissions, the Parliament approved two contradictory amendments regarding the competitions in matter of juridical protection of the consumers, to know, the amendment 31, of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists, and the amendment 60, of the Group of the Popular Party European. +Like this as, have two requirements that formulate to #european level: that the calculation of the restitutions to the production take from the price of the corn to world-wide level, and no from the price of the wheat, because it is in the industry of the corn in the that bases the industry of the starch; and, second, that procure likewise -as they have remembered takes a moment our mates *Sonneveld and *Mulder- conserve a true balance among the starch and the starch produced from the cereals. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, wanted colleagues, of the recent conflicts with the States Joined have learnt two things: first, the need to develop the dialogue no only with the Americans but also with other regions of the world because we will need and, in fact, already need new allies, and second the need of a greater surveillance by part of the European Union of the negotiations of the *OMC, having besides in account his increasing importance, all *ello is obviously a collective problem that *atañe also to the #european Parliament. +Like this the things, no *me remains more that *decirles with the maximum clarity that am deeply conscious of this difficult moment and of the big confidence that have, #as well as of the fact that *me are putting to proof *ustedes and more still, #if it fits, the next Parliament, in front of the *cual will have to go back with the squad of the Commission to the complete and, to *través of the squad of the Commission, will have to offer a concrete guarantee of the promises and of the commitments that have assumed in the debate of 13 April and in the debate of today. +We coincide, in wide majority, in the radical conviction of the criminal practices designated of ethnic cleansing, of the that it is guilty *Milosevic, in that we have to show solidarity specifically with the refugees, in the affirmation of the right of these last to return to his country and in the need to guarantee the respect of this right by means of the presence of an international strength in a *Kosovo to the that *le concede a real autonomy and, finally, in the perspective of a conference on the *Balcanes. +In relation with the #another proposal that the Council has been asking, to know, the audits of our general diets of secretariat, there #be not reason so that on 20 July, #if we do not have an agreement on the statute of the deputies, do not have to say that will carry out an annual audit of the general diets of secretariat that have to present to the Parliament, made by auditors of *bona *vide and that it was precise to present to the Parliament so that the deputies receive his annual diets. +The Commission approved the text of the conjoint statement in his meeting of the past 9 March; the Council took it the past week, and corresponds now to the Parliament give his agreement, with the end that the three Presidents #can confirm the agreement of his institutions to the conjoint statement in a ceremony of signature this week. +Basing in this strategy, the Parliament, in his first reading, integrated in an only regulation so much the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the structural measures of the sector *pesquero, integrated in the Diary 2000, as equally the proposal of regulation of the Council by the that they defined the modalities and conditions of the interventions with structural purpose in the sector of the fishing. +Has a stable democracy, and although for both countries has *prorrogado a year the financial protocol do not exist structures for a stage of *preadhesión, and #if it thinks in a species of *mini *PHARE, then #would request that the Commission showed prompt to these candidates the perspectives under the *cuales #can begin his stage of *preadhesión, so that they receive #the same security of planning that the other since precisely *nosotros the that come of the States members greater of the European Union also #would owe *sentirnos managers of the small candidates. +I consider that this case confirms also the fine diplomatic utilisation of a recently arisen argument in the international political scene: that the international community #can not use two weights and two measures; that the international community, *cuando demands the respect of the human rights in *Kosovo, has to be consistent with the requirement of his respect in other parts of the world. +Regarding the pity of death and the establishment of a universal moratorium of the capital executions, as *ustedes know, the past 28 April, precisely the European Union took the initiative to present in front of the Commission of Rights Human a project of resolution on the question of the pity of death. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0253/99) of the Mrs. *Gebhardt, for the Delegation of the Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes a mechanism of recognition of titles for the professional activities to that refer the directives of liberalisation and of transitory measures and completes the general system of recognition of titles (3612/99 - *C4-0209/99-96/0031(*COD)) +Like general indication of the opinion that *sustenta the Commission about the questions that poses the proposal subjected to the Assembly, remit to His *Señorías to the final section of the statement of the Commission of 1 July 1999, in the that manifested the opinion that «it #would be advisable of face the future clear the application of the article 213 regarding the activities of the members of the Commission after having ceased in his charge». +#Such as I have commented previously, have been speaker in a series of questions, and #can take a brief outline of *cuán extensive will be this review and of it that will cover: universal services, frequencies, satellites, regulation, licences, interconnections, numbering, mobile telephones, convergence of the *radiotelevisión, the transmission of data and the telecommunications; which means an explosion of legislation and affects to an enormous segment of the industrial and commercial base of the European Union by own right, but also like helping of #many other industries. +It is true, of course have arisen some gigantic problems in *Bélgica and of course the European Commission, with reason, has said that in the #belgian situation have committed some grave errors; but the colleagues Deputies, that to these heights know at least *algo of the file, know that the #belgian Government has taken some very drastic measures and that now #can give guarantees to #all the consumers of #all the #european Union. +With regard to the subjects that the President designated has posed on the reform, that the Commissioner *Kinnock will present the next month of February with the owed query, the program of politics of the next month of January, the imperative moral and politician to confront the challenge of the enlargement and the preparation of the Conference *Intergubernamental, promise that my Group will assume a positive and constructive commitment with the Commission in this sense. +As frankly I believe that in the attempt of #some in moving his domestic debates to the community institutions; in #some governments that play with the #european charges to satisfy requirements of pacts in his countries, and also in #some parties in the opposition that want to elevate to other instances it that do not achieve home, like the of the Mr. Baron, in *España, to the one who *le have commanded to prolong the internal electoral debate attacking -and *él knows it- of unfair and disloyal way to the vice-president proposed of the European Commission. +Tomorrow, a group of deputies of diverse political groups will initiate the works to create a *intergrupo that work in this sense, with the intention to create a spirit of cooperation with the Commission and with the Institutions of the Union in the sense that the collective rights and his recognition are a prolongation of the recognition of the individual rights. +Product of the negotiations among governments, his paper is the to contribute to create the most favourable conditions for the multinationals in his permanent efforts for increasing his benefits to coast of his own employees, the most recent example is the of *Michelin, and besides, in damage of the majority of the population of the European Union and of the poorest villages. +Since tomorrow we will not be able to vote in favour of determined Commissioners and place that #can not take state with my individual vote in this Assembly that my colleague Mr. *Patten #would be an excellent Commissioner of External Subjects, simply do not have more option that vote against of this Commission in his group to send the message to the Mr. *Prodi and to his colleagues that #if they go out chosen, will have to answer in front of this Parliament, accept that the things #can not follow as up to now and that we have to change of habits #if we want *infundir to the population of *Europa the confidence that have to have in this Parliament and his institutions. +As they explain the workers of help humanitarian of the international community, the employees of Cross #Red International and of other organisations of rights human were forced to abandon the zone, with the end to be able to commit the crimes without the presence of witnesses foreign. +The Council also has expressed his worry by the fact that, in addition to the #serbian population, other ethnic groups no *albanos have seen forced to abandon *Kosovo; in this sense, the Council has remembered that in virtue of the resolution 1244 of the Council of Security of the UN, #all the refugees and the displaced have right to return to his zones of origin. +)#Can, then, be acceptable that, after the competent organ of the European Union considered timely to raise the prohibition, determined States, without presenting neither take public a clear justification from the point of sight of the *inocuidad of the foods, keep the relative prohibition to the meat of bovine? This decision, adopted by the #french Government the past week, constitutes another hit particularly last for the *criadores of bovine livestock of *Escocia, #whose herds are fed predominantly with grass and that, first of all, did not have problem of *EEB. +Without embargo, as it has affirmed here, the subject did not remains resolved with this program, but that the increase of the sustainable use of the sources of energy renewable demands still #a lot of study, pilot projects, the exchange of results in the investigation, the harmonisation of the legislation, the review of the attitudes, campaigns of information #as well as private and public investments, that will amortise only in the future. +It is a modern agreement that adjusts to the needs of our times. It loans special attention to the liberalisation of the rates, to the creation of a zone of free trade, to the commitments in the field of the development and of the economic cooperation, to the commitments in the terrain of the science and the technology and to the relative commitments to the political dialogue. +Subject: Measures of the Commission to restrict the transfer of armament and promote the, disarmament Taking into account the *primer annual report that will publish *próximamente on the #european code of relative behaviour to the transfer of armament for 1998, #can indicate the responsible commissioner for the external relations #if it #would support an enlargement of the competitions of the Commission to include the subjects referents to the trade of arms in the next Conference *Intergubernamental? +In consequence, to my understand, it is necessary to ask to the President of the Commission, to the Council and to #all *nosotros that keep and respect #all the agreements with the #turkish State, and that keep besides a punctual action and it more specific possible of the competent organs of the Community, oriented to follow attentively that the process of democratisation and the peaceful solution to the divergences with the other States carry advance specifically and no only to hit of statements of the #turkish State. +We happen to other three subjects: the protection of the environment, the health of the consumers and the audiovisual sector, that, further of the existent tensions among technical progress and cultural traditions, reflect shots of civilisation that *singularizan to *Europa: the requirement of quality -for example, in the field of the feeding-, the cultural identity in an open world, the preference by it "no *vendible" in some number of activities. +Subject: free Sales of taxes #Can the Council inform of his strategy to help to the airports, ports, aerial lines and companies of maritime transport of *pasajeros of *Irlanda to surpass the loss of income that results of the suppression of the free sales of taxes? How it foresees the Council protect to the consumers against the *encarecimiento of the notes, boost and protect the employment and support the development of infrastructures essential, *cuando all *eso took before thanks to the free sales of taxes? +I have said "another angular stone" , because from the year happened this Parliament has to observe the most rigorous disposals of the that apply to almost #all the other #european parliaments by it that refers to the statement of the financial interests of his deputies and has already in the Regulation #one of the groups of disposals more rigorous that apply to the behaviour of groups of interest in the frame of the institution. +Gentleman President, with rhythms of development underneath of the 2%, with a new promotion of the interests, with deflation and with a rigorous application of the pact of stability, intensifies the pressure to the rights of security social and to the social rights of the workers, and the immediate result is the impairment of the conditions of life and of the labour conditions of the workers. +Although it do not fit doubt that the transparency has increased and, for example, the sessions of information after the meetings of the Council of Government have represented a clear improvement in the methods of work, the goal has to be the continuation of the increase of the opening, #as well as that the operation of the Bank consolidate and was possible to leave backwards the problems of the initial stage. +Regarding the transparency, to the *cual define like the *ofrecimiento to the public or to the Parliament of the maximum possible information on the evolution of the economy, on the monetary evolution, on the result of the deliberations of the Council of Government, create -and like this *me manifested in my introductory intervention-, that the Central Bank European #can watch directly to the eyes of any central bank of the world. +In #a lot of States members - the history of these years *nos remembers it - exist cases of restructuring: the history, as I finish to say, is full of cases of restructurings, *deslocalizaciones, closings of companies - the Mr. *Wurtz has referred to #some of *ellos - that no only reduce the employment, but that put in danger the economic and social cohesion of the zones affected, create a climate of insecurity social among the workers and a climate that do not favours at all the development and the growth. +Even I believe that have #a lot of interest, in the field of the legislative and institutional interventions, the proposals on the transfer of the taxation, of the territory of the labour cost, of the taxation of the workers, to the territory of the environment. And already there #be a *primer positive breath of the directives on the employment, in this direction. +Regarding the nuclear arms, exist two essential documents. By a part is the Treaty of no proliferation of nuclear arms, in the that the countries with this type of armament have forced to *desactivar his nuclear arms to change that other countries no the manufacture and, by #another, the Treaty of prohibition total of nuclear proofs, that is extraordinarily important since the proofs are to develop the nuclear armament. +Gentleman President, to the time that *subscribo the words of the colleagues that *me have preceded, wanted to express, in name of the Group *Europa of the Nations, the enormous joy that, in a many times motivated world by a hierarchy of interests and no by a hierarchy of values, this Parliament recognise to a valuable man that struggled by a value, the of the freedom of his village, and *le concede the prize *Sajarov. +Nevertheless, in my quality of Austrian, have to manifest, second, that this dialogue among the social speakers, among the political institutions, among the fiscal politics and the political mandators, comes developing and practising under an analogous form from takes years in my country, *Austria, and has contributed of appreciable way to that *Austria #can present now like a country with a high level of employment and some figures of unemployment inferior to the of other countries. +In a moment in that the economic recovery #would allow at the same time a reduction of the public deficit and a politics of support to the growth, an effective coordination of the budgetary politics centred *prioritariamente in the investments *infraestructurales, the investigation, the education and the training #can have an effect of reflation economic durable. +In these proposals demands to the States members that force to reach a balance among men and women in places of direction, to appoint to #the same number of men and women in the committees and groups of work in the EU, to improve the legislation of the labour market so that #this reflect the problems and needs of the women and to form to the persons that design the national guidelines of politics of employment so that they integrate more effectively criteria of equality of opportunities in his work and, finally, to that in the countries members establish goals *mensurables of annual character. +It do not has felt that we have to negotiate with the European Commission, after #all the events of the last months, a new code of behaviour that, among other things, insist in that, *cuando there are subjects of importance, the Commission has to come to say to this Assembly #which are these subjects first, and afterwards has to initiate a procedure, like the annual report of the Court of Accounts, and say: there #be had a leak, is unpleasant, but follow with the subject as #if #nothing had happened. +Already it has remembered in other interventions that, takes #some years, the European Parliament had promoted pilot projects in support of the no governmental organisations and of the local authorities that, from takes time, confront with actions of fight against the violence to the women and the boys: a phenomenon, #this of the violence to the women and the boys, by misfortune, no only very spread, but that goes in increase and that self-evident under forms increasingly sophisticated and, therefore, more difficult to combat. +Insist in the current logic of the cost, in the that stands out the corresponding to the Common Agricultural Politics, that, in addition to putting in *entredicho any goal of equity recognised like principle in the Treaties, of politics only has the denomination, insist in the system of income in vigour, fruit of diverse and contradictory interests among yes, results *indefectiblemente *inconciliable with the wish of deepening of the project of enlargement of the geographic space. +It suffice to think in the Indian, #whose legislation do not foresees right of copyright on the medicines or the foods, to weigh that in the Indian produce and of the Indian proceed grasses that serve to the multinationals and to *nosotros for our illnesses; or to the *Sudáfrica of *Mandela that like reprisal to his attempt to convert in more accessible the treatment for the patients of AIDS, has seen impose by the World-wide Organisation of Trade the withdrawal of the cheapest medicines. +Only it wanted to highlight a look that #can consider that it constitutes the foundation of our conjoint resolution on *Chechenia: the suffering of the civil population, the hundreds of victims mortal, the 200.000 refugees and the situation in the that find with the arrival of the winter, the disproportionate reaction of the #russian Government and the bombardment *indiscriminado of the civil population. +To risk that *nos *remuerda the consciousness, #would wish to remember the example of the banana: the multinationals (Of the Mount, *Dole and *Chiquita), that with the support of the States Joined commercialise in the #european market the pertinent bananas of the slavery, produced, besides, in some conditions of security alimentary more that doubtful, have reached *hacernos pin the knee; it treats of a file in the that #be to capitulate without conditions, leaving that they break hundreds of thousands of producers no only of the countries *ACP, but also the community producers, that are the of #Guadalupe and *Martinica! +The Commission signals repeatedly in his report of situation on the progresses made in the adaptation to the *acervo community that, in numerous looks, the countries candidates, so much the of the group of head like the of the second group, still advance of way very *vacilante in the transposition and adaptation to the *acervo community; for example, in relation with the social subject, but also regarding the subject of the environment and the energy and even in the subject of the human rights and the daily democracy. +In front of an extraordinary event and the unilateral initiatives of peace like the decision of the PKK to abandon the fight armed and suspend the hostilities, in front of the decision of numerous leaders of the PKK to deliver to the #turkish authorities to reiterate his option to negotiate the peace, the #turkish Government has given negative and pejorative answers. +I want to remember the attentive attitude of our speaker and his *receptividad in front of the demand to the Commission of new complementary information, reason of the delay of the vote in the Plenary of his report until so much the Commission did not satisfy his request referred to the last scientific reports that endorsed the coverage of the geographic area delimited in the #Douglas *Bank *Box and the redesign of the conditions and his extension. +I do not propose to dismiss definitively the candidature of *Turquía to the European Union. But it is necessary, previously, demand to *Turquía firm and definite commitments, and check that they fulfil : the recognition of the rights of the village *kurdo, the abolition of the pity of death and a new trial for *Ocalan, the release of *Leyla *Zana and of #all the political prisoners, the application of the resolutions of the Nations Joined for the solution of the #cypriot problem. +So that it do not give here a mistaken impression this morning in relation with the process of peace and the international bottom for *Irlanda, want, like deputy to the Parliament by the border counties, take state here -and create to talk in name of the village of *Irlanda- that appreciate fully the important, positive and practical paper that the European Parliament and the #european institutions have exerted in the process of peace and believe that say it contrary do not reflects the opinion of the #irish village. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0086/1999), in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, concerning the common position (14247/1/1999 - *C5-0027/1999 - 1997/0264(*COD)) adopted by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the safe of civil responsibility derived of the circulation of vehicles cars and by the that amend the Directives 73/239/*CEE and 88/357/*CEE (*Cuarta Managerial on the safe of vehicles cars) (Speaker: Mr. *Rothley) +Report (To5-0101/1999) of the Mr. *Papayannakis, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council that modifies the Regulation of the Council (*CE) *nº 820/97 by the that it establishes a system of identification and register of the animals of the bovine and relative species to the labeling of the meat of *vacuno and of the products to base of meat of *vacuno (*COM(1999) 487 - *C5-0241/1999 - 1999/0205(*COD)) +Although the #turkish Prime minister have declared the next day of the Summit that the belonging to the European Union was for *Turquía, quote: "a right of birth" -it that gives, by it other, an idea of the modesty with the *cual is decided to open the door of the European Union-, is evident for #all the observers that conserve the free mind that his entrance #would change deeply the nature of the Union. +#A lot of States members of the European Union have to answer to #a lot of questions by it that refers to his own support in the past to the #indonesian authorities *cuando #this *oprimía to the village of *Timor Oriental, and by the fact that these countries and his companies of manufacture of armament have obtained enormous benefits to coast of innocent lives, of the welfare and of the right of the persons to live freely, without being subjected to tightness #any neither to rapes of the human rights. +In summary, it is necessary to say that, in any case, the enlargement of the European Union eastwards will have a positive repercussion in the #european environment, since the adhesion will see accompanied by an environmental rule more strict in these countries candidates, the economic growth will endow of a sustainable base and the own countries will be able to fulfil the international agreements in environmental matter. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0136/99) of the Mrs. *Peijs, in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Decision of 19 December 1996 by the that adopts a program of action for the customs in the Community ( "Customs 2000») (*COM(98)0644 - *C4-0639/98-98/0314(*COD)). +That the military aggression of the NATO was the cause of the dramatic aggravation of the humanitarian situation of the region of the *Balcanes, put in risk the stability of the political future of that region and in grave danger the world-wide peace remains to *obscuras for the political blindness of this majority that before prefers to insist in agreements that never were accepted by the negotiators, are only *imposiciones negotiators of the NATO and put in risk sovereignty, borders and ancestral realities. +I wish to underline the urgency and the need of the intervention of the NATO in the region to protect the fundamental rights of the population of *Kosovo and signal that this tragedy perhaps #would have been able to avert #if the European Union, in addition to being an economic and monetary institution, had been from takes time also a unitary political reality. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the second inform (To4-0114/99) of the Mr. go *Dam, in name of the Commission of Transports and Tourism, on the proposal of directive of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 96/53/*CE of the Council by the that establish , for determined vehicles of road that circulate in the Community, the maximum dimensions authorised in the national and international traffic and the maximum weights authorised in the international traffic (*COM(98)0414 - *C4-0486/98-98/0227(*SYN)) +In *tercer place, *les signal that, apart from the regulate attention that the Council of Ministers loans to the #burmese question, this attention has manifested also in the suspension of the conference EU-*ASEAN, foreseen for the past month or six weeks ago in *Berlín, since it #can not reach an agreement regarding the participation of *Birmania and because the special formula offered by the Council so that the question of the human rights in *Birmania #can treat with the #burmese, was not accepted by the *ASEAN. +Also they will be able to enjoy of fiscal advantages the small and medium enterprises that believe employment in the city without prejudicing the surroundings. These actions complete with the creation of models of sustainable tourism that #can include a rule that regulate the access to the city in periods of maximum influx and measures of support directed to the local economy that base in the sustainable use of the natural resources and the historical heritage of the city. +To initiative of the Commissioner *Flynn, the Commission has examined the problem of the future of the social security and have #a lot of taste in saying -recently to instances also of the #german Presidency and of the European Parliament- that very prompt go to present a communication on the bottoms of pensions, in the that will take out the conclusions that give off of the application of the Green Book. +Therefore, the proposal that take, and that know that it is studying the General Direction *I, is the to create a bottom of compensation and to propose to the budgetary Authority include in the budget, precisely for *facilitarles to *ustedes, to our common commercial politics, the means, a bottom, a reservation that #can compensate to the #european companies that they are innocent victims of this just and necessary common commercial politics. +The goal of these proposals is the modernisation of the administration and the politics of personnel, the solution of the problems in the field of the budgetary management, the financial control and the fight against the fraud, #as well as the reform of the financial management by means of a financial control more effective. +But it is likewise contrary, evidently, to the Letter of the Nations Joined, that establishes explicitly that the use of the strength, except in case of legitimate defence, will be reserved to the permissions of the Council of Security, to the that has ignored with an incredible cynicism in despise of this fundamental law of the international society: it has not requested the permission of the Council of Security, because it knew that the Council #would not give it. +Gentleman President, *cuando #one visits *Belgrado #can not leave to feel ire and indignation in front of the show of the destruction and the death caused by the bombardments of the NATO, neither #can leave to feel admiration by the strength and the value of the #serbian village, to feel *conmovido by the form and the content of the demonstrations of a village that transforms in alive shield to protect the bridges of *Belgrado. +In the meantime, in the world-wide level and in spite of the manipulation generalised, the public opinion self-evident and demands the intervention of the Nations Joined and a political solution that allow the return of the refugees and the respect of the current borders, the Americans and the #european Governments subordinated #his talk of terrestrial operations, answer with the called «total war» that all considers it strategic white, rehabilitate and rearm a movement that till lately #all considered terrorist and fundamentalist. +But fortunately, it achieved this commitment in *Berlín, to the that *sucedieron negotiations among the Council, the Parliament and, of course, the Commission, that brought three positive changes: the *primer change concerned to the community initiative *Urban; the second to the European Bottom of Regional Development, on the actions by the culture and the tourism, and the *tercer change *atañe to the special emphasis that the Regulation of the European Bottom of Regional Development puts in the insular regions. +They are not the financial pot of the that #one #can serve freely *cuando in *algún that another spot needs money but that they are a half to boost a very concrete goal, to know, the to boost the economic and social cohesion of this Union and stand out in the practice the principle that the solidarity is #one of the essential foundations for the existence of the #european Union. +The Council of «Subjects General» has underlined in his meeting of 26 April 1999 the intention of the European Union to respect fully the last decision of the *OMC in the war of the banana and to modify of the corresponding mood and without delay the diet for the bananas of the EU. +Subject: Contracting of civil servants without the previous celebration of an opposition In his answer to my relative question to the intention to hire to pertinent collaborators of the secretariat of *Schengen, the Council indicates that, of compliance with the article 7 of the Protocol of *Schengen *anejo to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, is forced to integrate to the personnel of *Schengen, since this Protocol has to be considered like part of the Treaty and, therefore, like part of the primary community Right. +Gentleman President, my colleague, the Mr. *Hoppenstedt already has explained -and very well- the position of my Group on the report of the Mrs. *Oddy, to the one who *le give the graces; but, in the agitated debate that has developed on purpose of the electronic trade in *Europa and of the difficult question of the content in line, of his origin, of his destination, of his legality, #can say and underline that in the public networks, like Internet, has to have spot for the freedom of expression. +Gentleman President, *permítame that conclude my intervention with the following words. I expect of #all heart -*usted will be able to check it in person- that the next Parliament continue this debate, that do not sacrifice it in name of the economic subjects or the subjects related with the enlargement, by important that are, but that consider the question of the human rights like a political goal #whose materialisation depends of the politics of the #european Union, and especially of the external politics and the politics in matter of enlargement. +#Can *usted confirm that the Table agreed yesterday send a delegation to see to the Mr. *Rugova and, #if #this is the case, #can *usted call the attention of the political groups on the Article 9.1 of the code of behaviour, Annex 1, Articles 1 and 2, that establishes that before a Deputy #can be appointed *válidamente for the exercise of a mandate, or take part in an official delegation, has to have completed in the form owed the planned statement in the Article 2? +I declare restarted the period of sessions of the European Parliament, interrupted on 7 May 1999, and opened the planned session in the section 3 of the article 10 of the relative Record to the election of the representatives in the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, #as well as in the section 3 of the article 10 of the Regulation of the Parliament. +Of course it is well that in Colony have *desbrozado the path for the reforms, but *nosotros have an answer for the *interrogantes that has posed *usted here, gentleman President of the Council, in relation with the widest perspective of an enlargement of the European Union and the institutional configuration of our Union, for #this *interrogantes have an answer and this answer is clear: we wish a big reform of the previous institutions to the enlargement. +#All this process of change will require time, but already have set up a first reorganisation of the Commission: it will simplify and *racionalizará the bureaucratic device reducing the number of Directions General; the Commissioners will have his offices, or was, the cabinets, in #the same building of the General Directions to his charge; the cabinets and the Commissioners will be more agile and more *supranacionales. +*Me States, like speaker of the recent managerial on the filling of earth, that it that is occurring is that the European Commission is proposing norms on the base that they go to be approved and adequately applied in the States members whereas, to #the same time, #the same general direction of the European Union knows perfectly that in #a lot of areas of the politics do not exist able inspections of *averiguar #if these norms are applied in #some States members of the European Union. +And in front of this dangerous panorama no only do not remain indifferent, no only condemn it, and vote against of the new Commission, but that besides call to the workers and to the villages of *Europa to carry advance his fights, to raise a wall against the disastrous plans that *ciernen on his future, the call to *darle the turn to the current situation, by #one *Europa different, by a *Europa of the villages, of the peace and the solidarity, of the mutually beneficial collaboration. +Thus I believe that our more urgent task consists in fulfilling the previous conditions to the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice. In concrete, have to begin for elaborating a Letter of rights fundamental #european place that do not treats only to centralise the state and police power, but that also is necessary *europeizar the rights of the citizens. +I have taken it so much more easily what that the procedure chosen for said auditions has allowed to remember the commitment contracted by the Commission to present, before the end of the year 1999, a group of proposals allocated to give at last concrete content to the section 2 of the article 299 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, that consecrates the specificity of the regions *ultraperiféricas and *instituye in *pro of *ellas the right to particular disposals, derogatory, for *permitirles confront his structural difficulties. +On the other hand, for treating of the *PTU associated to the European Union, the Commissioner *Nielson has recognised the need to present with the greater shortness a group of proposals directed to give to these countries a statute adapted to his current situation with seen to the next agreement of association, with the consequence in particular of the renewal of the financial instrument assigned to his development. +It treats of a political decision that the parliamentary commission and the Commission of Control Budgetary have to adopt, and the message that, therefore, it is necessary to transmit to the Mrs. *Schreyer -#if it do not comes from of *usted, Mr. Commissioner, that come from, at least, of the services of the Commission- is that we want to celebrate early a meeting with the Mrs. *Schreyer to argue about the content of a *PRS5 that it will have to present to the Parliament it before possible and, it that it is even more important, include the additional personnel for *OLAF. +This Agreement went in in vigour on 24 October 1996 and his goal is to reach and keep a high level of nuclear security to scale world-wide, developing national measures and tightening the international cooperation, #as well as cater to the nuclear head offices of effective protections in front of possible radioactive leakages so that the individuals, the society and the environment find to save of the harmful effects of the pertinent ionic radiations of these head offices. +Support it that has said before the Mr. *Swoboda, but in front of the situation that have at present in *Turquía, is to say, in front of the disposal to take advantage of the relations with the #european speakers, in the proposal of resolution of today #would have to talk of a mood much more concretise on the helps to *Turquía and show to our #turkish friends that are here *cuando need our help and *transmitirles the feeling of that they are not seen by *nosotros of a general mood like enemies, it that before the earthquake with frequency was like this. +The main purpose is to give a break to the budget *rectificativo and supplementary *nº 4/99, approved the past 16 September, proposing, in accordance with the proposal formulated by the Commission in this moment, fund greater credits; to know: for *PHARE 98 millions of euros, for *TACIS 68 millions of euros, for the humanitarian helps to *Turquía 15 millions of euros, for *Kosovo 21 millions of euros, for the cooperation with *Sudáfrica 20 millions of euros, for the environment and the tropical forests 10 millions of euros. +#If I have not understood badly, the next week will be *usted available also to examine the relative questions to the enlargement, but, like general principle, it that has initiated *usted today here is important and #would appreciate the opportunity to continue this dialogue among our two institutions by means of appropriate mechanisms and formalised, already take part *usted personally or by mediation of other members of the School of Commissioners, as it proceed, in other weeks of celebration of partial periods of sessions, in function of the agenda. +In equality of conditions, #if it wants to, #can situate it in the first place, without embargo, in my opinion, the problem of the human resources is dramatically important for our continent and, #if no *le put remedy with urgency by means of a very wide program that take part in this sector, believe that not even the reduction of the taxes, in spite of having a content and to offer a very strong contribution, will suffice to achieve the development of the #european industry. +The *segunda question, that is related with the main object of my question, is #if it has not thought the Commission that, of #the same way that there #be a directive, the directive *SEVESO, that foresees the protection of the workers and of the citizens, in the zones of the facilities, in front of accidents in industrial companies, it #would be necessary to take #some measures for the protection, of the industrial companies especially, in front of natural catastrophes like the seisms. +It That then *sucedería is that the European Union *jactaría to having reduced his pollution, to having reduced his broadcasts, but to the price of, in the first place, the loss of places of #european work, and second, the world #would not have reduced his levels of pollution in it more minimum; simply it #would have exported the pollution. +This plan proposes also measures oriented to diverse sectors of consumption and allocated to intensify the knowledges in matter of energy and the practice in spheres like the acquisition of appliances, the utilisation of energy in the home, the facilities of the buildings, the systems of heating, the energetic management in the industry, the sector of the services and the public sector. +It wanted to add that, along the debate celebrated on 14 October in the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, and to the sight of the worry shown in particular by the article 2, #all the members of the commission agree an amendment that now appears like last paragraph of the article 2 and that prays it following: "Said article will apply without damage of the requirements of confidentiality established in the law, or was, in the Treaties, or established in the Regulation of the European Parliament" . +It is, for the European Union, the occasion to reaffirm his moral duty that consists in tending the hand to the world in development; the occasion to show until how point want to struggle against the poverty, against the injustice, against the discriminations of #all type, against the fault of democracy, against the attacks to the human rights and against the freedom. +In front of this Central Bank or to this saint Bank - do not know exactly how describe it -, of the *cual his vice-president, the Mr. *Noyer, *nos explained recently of a form affected, but in English, until how point #this felt manager of the long term *cuando the governments yielded to the whims of the short term since they were subjected to the uncertainties of the universal suffrage, front, therefore, to any power of this Bank, the excellent report of the Mr. *Huhne demands more transparency, without *atreverse on the other hand to *reclamarle it that it #can happen by exhibition, is to say, go out of the anonymity of the decisions. +The #european citizens, gentleman President, interest and concern mainly by the content of the politics of the Central Bank European, of the European Union and of the States members; a politics that gives absolute priority to the called monetary stability and to the interests of the big financial capital, and the price that have to pay is a dramatic reduction of the employment and the total destruction of the called social model European. +The monetary orientations of the #ECB, that base in the fulfillment of the Pact of Stability and of his criteria of convergence nominal and prevail the stability of prices, finish being determinants for the national and #european politics in the most diverse economic and social spheres, included the budgetary perspectives of the European Union and of the States members. +As probably it expected the Parliament, the summit was dominated inevitably by the direct conversations on *Chechenia, as it has indicated the Presidency, in the that the European Union *presionó by a reduction of the climbing, by the turn to the political dialogue, by a proportional utilisation of the strength to cut across the terrorism and by that find a solution to the humanitarian crisis. +In this sense, want to manifest my coincidence with the Mr. *Hatzidakis and with *algún another orator and regret that the European Committee of Normalisation have not reached still an agreement that #would allow to the States members legislate according to it that it has to be the definite rule; and not to see *abocados, #if it is that today and along the next weeks are not able to modify the current Managerial, to legislate to go back to change shortly time the legislation, with #all the problems that *ello #would involve. +In the case of *Marruecos and of this agreement of fishing, neither is possible to go back to ignore the rights of the village *saharaui, beginning by his right to the self-determination, his right to constitute an independent State, #if it opts thus, and to protect the natural wealths of his territory, already treat of the *yacimientos of phosphate or, in particular, of the resources of his maritime seaboard, that find loomed by this agreement. +The question of the alimentary security has converted in a look of crucial importance in our societies, #would say even a requirement of our *conciudadanos Thus, think that it is precise to proceed to scientific examinations more exhaustive in the breast of the Scientific Committee taking into account #all the most recent data in wait of the proofs of diagnostic precocious that #can apply to the alive animals and reinforcing the controls to #all the levels. +In the first place, #that, like the social speakers or the Central Bank, that have a direct influence in the factors of the equation #such as the training of the wages or the level of the types of interest and afterwards, second, in a particular group, the European Commission and the advisers of the Commission with seen, for example, to the combination of politics. +The recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0041/1999) of the Mrs. *Smet, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 93/104/*CE of the relative Council to determined looks of the ordination of the time of work, to include the sectors and activities excluded of said Managerial (8642/1/1999 - *C5-0036/1999 - 1998/0318 (*COD)). +And among the socialist amendments, there #be #one, that put of relief the Mrs. *Wallis, that signals the special position of the regions *ultraperiféricas, that find totally separated of the community territory, very #move# away of *él and that, therefore, in the application of the community Right, of compliance with the new article 299.2 of the Treaty, #can not be regulated by #the same norms that apply to the community inner market in the continental field. +In effect, like European Union and like States members, #would have to have the value to ask and favour the entrance of *cientos of thousands of persons that, today, only by the fact to come of out of the European Union #can cover the works with a level of innovation higher because it is not only the training of the hand of drama, of the strength of work at present existent inside the European Union that it #can take it. +. (IN) Gentleman President, the Commission has the pleasure to take part in it that it is the final step for the adoption of the Program *Daphne 2000-2003, a program of action community, of four years of length, based in the experience of the initiative *Daphne, *cuando the European Parliament in 1997, for the first time, included budgetary games to combat the violence against the boys, the teenagers and the women. +The Commission has employed in the last years credits to ensure the security of service of the nuclear head offices on the that today talk here while no *desconecten, #if well #such measures centre in improving the culture of security in these countries, in the creation of authorities supervisory independent or in the training of persons that #can exert #such supervision. +Known is that in the European Union keeps in levels elevated the violence against the boys, the teenagers and the women, it that constitutes a rape of his right to the life, the security, the freedom, the dignity and the physical and emotional integrity, #as well as a grave threat for the physical and mental health of the victims of the violence. +The central goals in the case of *Afganistán are, #among others, the achievement of a stable peace, the promotion of the internal dialogue in *Afganistán backing, in particular, the fundamental paper of the Nations Joined, the advance of the stabilisation and of the development of *Afganistán by means of the peace and the intensification of the fight against the illegal drugs and the terrorism. +But, to answer to the question, #would signal that in *Yugoslavia, taking into account, for example, the measures of the police and his aggressive behaviour to the demonstrations, #as well as the attitude of the diet of *Milosevic to the press and to the freedom of information, the current circumstances are #such, that, by the moment, do not give the necessary conditions to organise some free democratic elections in *Yugoslavia. +Without embargo, this report collects fundamental principles that *nos seem essential, like the principle of caution, the norms on the methods and the procedures of production; the report takes upsetting, in particular, in the labeling of the foods, to guarantee the application of the alimentary security, and in the need to adopt a more favourable position to the countries in roads of development. +This building *antipopular, *antidemocrático and authoritarian, built to serve to the big capital, will be demolished by the own villages, by means of the resistance, the intervention, the change of the correlation of strengths. To build the *Europa of the peace and the cooperation, of the friendship and the equality among the villages, of the true Democracy and of the Freedom, of the economic prosperity in benefit of the workers. +It is important that in this legislative diary collect the special treatments that establishes the section 2 of the article 299 of the Treaty *CE for the #french departments of *Ultramar, the *Azores, *Madeira and the Canarian islands, because, of not being like this, #would get to a position and to a situation in the *cual these #european regions, vital for each #one of our States and for the European Union, #would find in absolute disadvantage regarding the group of the European Union. +Curiously, this disarmament *arancelario of the *APIM has not produced the effect wished in the sensitive industries of Canarians, by it that the #spanish authorities, the #canarian authorities and the economic operators affected have requested to the community authorities the modification of the Regulation *nº 1911/91 so as to paralyse the disarmament of the *APIM until June of the year 2000, subject that the European Commission has understood. +And finally, *permítanme take a reference to an absolutely key subject for *nosotros: the growth, the stability and the employment, subject in the that the line initiated in *Luxemburgo, followed in *Cardiff, Colony and *Helsinki, has to concretise in the next summit of face to the #portuguese Presidency because we understand that, to have a prosperous future in the Union, have to be able to be more competitive and generate more economic growth, but putting the emphasis in the employment and in the social cohesion, that is and has to be #ours first priority. +*Yo Believe that #all agree in that the citizens and citizen of *Europa have right to breathe a healthier air, and in the last publication of the European Agency of Environment signals that in the majority of the cities reigns a pollution of the air that results hurtful for the health and that in the 115 #european cities of greater size almost 40 millions of persons are subjected to an upper level to the established in the guidelines for the quality of the air of the WHO, regarding a *contaminante at least. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5­0064/1999) of the Mrs. *González *Álvarez, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the common position adopted by the Council with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes a plan of follow-up of specific broadcasts averages of dioxide of carbon of the new tourisms (*COM(1998) 348 *C­0041/1999 1998/0202(*COD)). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0044/1999) of the Mr. *Sjöstedt, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the proposal of decision of the Council on the approval, in name of the Community, of the amendments to the Annexes of the Agreement on the protection of the half marine of the zone of the sea *Báltico (Agreement of *Helsinki) (*COM(1999) 128 - *C4-0218/1999 - 1999/0077(*CNS)). +To reflect in the text of the proposal a suitable treatment of this no resolved problem, in the breast of the Council is *consensuando the incorporation of a new point 7 in the that they collect the external characteristics that they have to gather, for his commercialisation in the #mediterranean areas of the Community, the better forest species adapted to his difficult conditions of floor and climate. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, #all agree in that the common coin constitutes the previous condition so that the inner market work, in that a stable coin constitutes also a contribution to the social and economic security of *Europa and in that, by this reason, the euro is also, in definite, a successful history as it has had like consequence the reduction of the deficit in our States members and a descent of the inflation. +Although in this subject the commitment in our commission was especially arduous, the facts seem *darnos the reason since, after the political agreement reached in the Council of ministers last, so much the loins of tuna like the herring go out of the system of suspensions *arancelarias, in addition to another series of corrections that affect to other products comprised in the annex *V. +In it *concerniente to the organisations of producers, is truth that it is necessary *responsabilizarlas even more, #if it fits, so much regarding the organisation of the market as to the rational management of the resources; without embargo, #would be convenient -and in this sense underline the relevance of the amendment 67, presented by my political Group- that the States members #can concede complementary helps to the organisations of producers that boost measured of assessment of the species fished and of *adecuación of the offer to the demand through structural actions of the *IFOP. +Gentleman President, the Commissioner *Lamy and other orators have referred to the meeting of *Seattle like a failure, but follow believing that #if the European Union and the States Joined, in particular, learn the lesson of these last weeks, the meeting of *Seattle #can happen to the history no like a failure, but like the moment in that the leaders of the world gave account at last that they have to focus the international trade of a radically different way. +In general terms, treats of an approach or, better said, of an intention *loable and in line with the Protocol of *Montreal that to #the same time, without embargo, do not takes into account #some facts. In the first place, the fact that the other countries signatories of the Protocol, among the *cuales are the States Joined, foresee terms longer for the cessation of the production of the *hidroclorofluorocarburos; second, that the *hidroclorofluorocarburos, to the sight of the current knowledges, represent the only true alternative, in the field of the *antiincendio, to the *halógenos, main enemies of the coat of ozone, #whose use is generalised in the countries in roads of development. +. Gentleman President, the Program *TACIS has devoted his best efforts to support to *Mongolia, *Rusia and the rest of the New Independent States in the realisation of reforms and in the political and administrative restructuring of his social and economic institutions to facilitate the construction of a democratic society that support in an economy of market free. +To finalise wanted to reiterate my gratitude to #all the colleagues of the Commission of Environment, Public and Political Health of the Consumers for having given green light to the amendments presented by the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development. I consider fundamental that the European Parliament talk today with an alone voice and issue a univocal signal regarding this crucial subject for the consumers. +We criticise the decision to develop the means of the European Union for the military management of crisis, in the field of a #european common politics reinforced in matter of security and defence, conceived in the development and the strengthening of the *pilar #european of the NATO, of #the same mood that refuse the militaristic vision of resource to the war for the resolution of conflicts international. +On our part, we do not see any better solution that the restoration of a new international order of the trade, that respect the sovereignty of the States, his rhythm and his modalities of development, that respect his traditions also, traditions that will not dissolve of a hit of wand magic because we will have imposed the elections, the human rights and it that call, too much *apresuradamente, democracy. +We have had #news that the sent special of the Mr. *Baker, that, as it knows *usted very well, has mediated among *saharauis and #moroccan with enough hit -also is #sad that was a North American and no a European the one who have mediated-, have had #news, say, that the Mr. Chat *Dunbar, special representative of the Mr. *Baker, has thrown the towel because it has said that it #can not bear that continuously the Realm of *Marruecos was against of the proposals that the Nations Joined take to speed up and to guarantee a just referendum regarding the autonomy of the *Sáhara. +The resolution approved yesterday by this Parliament will remain in the political history of this hemicycle like a characteristic central piece of the total absence by heart political, *definidora of the political hysteria that today is imposed by the manipulation *mediática to the service of interests *belicistas and aggressors and takes to forget the values of the peace, the justice and the sovereignty of the nations. +In the first place, it is truth that the calendar of execution is ambitious but it true is that we are progressing well, with the agreement on the *Euroinsignia ready of *concertarse; directives on the rail transport in front of the Council; the survey on the port costs in power of the States members; proposals on taxes of airports; aerial rates in study; the Committee of Experts Governmental has gathered and has commissioned to the group of high level that inform on the methods followed to reckon the costs. +In this stadium, *nos seems that in the case of the States members that have insular character, already has signalled in this House, has to *reflexionarse on the possibility of a relative regulation to the most strict weight that the proposal initially by the Commission. #This by the obvious reason that the communications with the rest of the #european market do not take place exclusively by road. +The frame of performance is directed to the European Parliament. The Parliament will exert a key function in the process of modernisation of the frame of the financial services, on the base of the results achieved by the group in that they take part the representatives of the ministers of Finances and of the report of the Parliament. +*Nos Serves of *algún comfort the fact that the program will see the light under the auspices of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and that the new article 152 on the public health allows to the European Community a wider action, more forceful and, expect, also more synergistic in the field of the prevention and of the fight against the illnesses, #as well as of the prevention of the violence. +Like the breweries *luxemburguesas #would not take at all in reaching said ceiling given the reduced dimensions of his market, this rule #would end in a totally absurd situation. It #can give the case that a big #german brewery, as for example the *Bitburger, #whose production surpasses with grow the of the greater brewery *luxemburguesa, #can follow signing agreements of supply of beer in *Luxemburgo with the bars *luxemburgueses, since it still #would not have reached the limit of the 40 % in the enormous market of #german reference, whereas the brewery *luxemburguesa no longer #would have this right and #would remain deleted. +This discussion comes of long and *yo say therefore that the European Commission acts in #this as #if it was the secretariat of the conservative strengths of the #ECB, that argue that the *segunda task that has the #ECB according to the article 105 of the Treaty, is to say the support to the economic politics *cuando the stability of prices remains sufficiently ensured, already is it sufficiently attended guaranteeing the stability of prices same. +*Cuando In the preparation of the Summit of *Luxemburgo presented the proposal on the designated social VAT -by true, was not the first because already *me had preceded #some *selectos members of this Parliament- was convinced to act following the spirit of the White Book of *Delors, that already had signalled that in *Europa *nos had dipped in the head a system that has #put a lot the work, very expensive in comparison with the *despilfarro of energy, of matters prevail and with the total freedom of circulation of capitals. +*Usted Has situated the market in the central place and has declared that it is precise to take advantage of fully and in his whole the opportunities that #this offers, since #this is the most adapted road to promote the growth and the employment, but also has mentioned the frame of conditions and rules of the game *equitativas that they are necessary, since the market no the establishes by himself/hisself same. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0128/99), of the Mr. *Fitzsimons, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the measures that have to adopt against the broadcasts of gases *contaminantes and of particles *contaminantes pertinent of engines allocated to *propulsar agricultural or forest tractors and by the that modifies the Directive 74/150/*CEE of the Council (*COM(98)0472 - *C4-0512/98-98/0247(*COD)) +To the equal that the interim Agreement, this new Agreement collects with special emphasis it that has been #one of the main requirements of the European Parliament and to the that the Commission and the Council of ministers has awarded the maximum priority: the clause of respect to the democratic principles and to the fundamental human rights, like essential element and foundation of this relation. +The #german Presidency of the EU always has marked like goal inform to the European Parliament on the advances of the *preparativos related with the integration of *Schengen. Therefore, *me cheer to have the opportunity to show it in the context of this debate, since the subject of the information and the form in the that #this has given to know have exerted a fundamental paper. +This morning we have proposed that they are the president of the Commission of Subjects External, the president of the Subcommittee of Rights Human, the Vice-president of the European Parliament, *Renzo *Imbeni, and the president of the Delegation for the Relations with the *Europa *Sudoriental those who go to *verle so that *les inform of the situation in *Kosovo, his own experience and his proposals for the future. +I entrust in that the request of the European Parliament carry so much to the Council as to the Commission to quantify the financial endowment and/or the number of population admitted and the possibility to be able to award helps of State, without damage of *falsear the competition, on the base of the letter *c) of the section 3 of the article 92 of the Treaty, as it has taken in other cases called special. +The Group of the Greens votes against the recommendation on the regulation of the Bottom of Cohesion because in *él has not had seriously in account almost #any of the innovative requests formulated by the European Parliament in the first reading with the end to strengthen and integrate the paper of the Bottom of Cohesion inside the #european structural politics. +As *eso is like this and no of another way, *me see forced to *decidirme after a long reflection to back definitively the report on the reform of the Common Agricultural Politics in the frame of the Diary 2000 to end to give green light so that the political decision adopted by the ministers of Agriculture and the Summit of *Berlín #can be approved by the Council of Ministers in his legislative version. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, sure enough, as *usted has mentioned, the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers had presented a proposal of resolution but, to the sight of the presented so much by the Group of the European Popular Party as by the Group of the Party of the European Socialists, do not have any problem in *sumarnos to #the same, and #this is the reason by the that have withdrawn the #ours. +The negotiation on the *OMC, the world-wide trade, will be the bank of proofs for *Europa, to see #if it will be able to condition the absolute primacy of the free exchange of commodities, today dominant, to the needs of protection of the conditions of the workers in the world, of the environmental and sanitary conditions of the populations of the world and of *Europa in particular. +Finally, since have the time explained, wanted to simply *lanzarle a call saying that the Commission is not only the *ejecutante of the decisions of the Council or of the European Parliament and that now maybe have lost a bit the taste by the discreet charm of the norms with the lengths of the springs of elevators and that #would wish more initiatives of the Commission in relation with the problems of the civil society. +In effect, #if it reaches to carry to good term at the same time the extraordinary Summit of *Tampere, that *versará on the security of the citizens, the preparation of the *Europa of the defence by means of the integration of the *UEO in the European Union, the launching of a new round on the enlargement in December and, finally, the application of the Pact of Stability for the *sudeste of *Europa, the #finnish Presidency will have been a big Presidency of transition to the century *XXI. +I believe that, in front of the seriousness of the subject, had been preferable to have a statement of the President of the Commission, with seen to the document that expect of the Mr. *Kinnock, on the institutional reform, expect to a report elaborated by the competent organ of this Assembly and pose, in this moment, the position of the Parliament on the future operation of the Commission. +Regarding the transparency -already have said it, gentleman President- our Group *le awards his full confidence, a confidence that, obviously, depends of the results that *usted and his Commission will reach, a confidence that depends of the demonstration of the force of these great moral qualities and professional of each #one of the Commissioners, on the *cuales go to watch with #all the means and in #all the forms, also in those better forms of transparency that *usted *nos has guaranteed. +And it do not treats of simple general subjects that have to resolve in a future, but that urge on purpose to the Council to that in virtue of the last tendencies in the field of the flows of refugees and in matter of asylum introduce by means of decision of the Council, the vote by majority in these subjects in the term prescribed of five years, with the automatic consequence that foresees in these cases, to know, the respect of the rights of *codecisión of the European Parliament. +#If well we underline the interesting movement initiated in the relations among this institution and the Parliament, #as well as our will to work in *pro of the hit of the administrative reform announced, expressed the *convencimiento that, to answer to the hopes *apremiantes of our *conciudadanos, #would have taken is missing to take the initiative of changes significant that affect no only to the operation of the Commission, but also to his own political orientations. +The proposals on the help in the police and judicial collaboration in the penal questions, #as well as the distinct proposals on the creation of the juridical field European, conceal the help and the back enlargement of the operative possibilities of the *Europol and of the national authorities putting in grave danger the fundamental democratic rights and the public freedoms. +But precisely these same feelings *solidarios to the #turkish village, are the that demand that this catastrophe of the earthquakes was not considered like #one *coartada and that do not unblock the bottoms of finance #if the #turkish diet do not advances in the fulfillment of the conditions on the respect of the human rights, of *Chipre and of the question *kurda, of #such way that show that, anyway, has the intention to give determined steps. +In *tercer place, finally, it is necessary to add, in the scientific field, the need to examine in detail and complete the knowledges and scientific methods that we have for the production of foods and *piensos safe; likewise, the methods of detection and the maximum of the different substances that contaminate the foods, #as well as the *adecuación of the pertinent alimentary ingredients of different animal or vegetal waste or of the recycling, as, for example, of the recycling of oils. +It Same fits to say on the review of the financial perspectives that it is necessary also owing to the help to *Kosovo, of the repair of the damages of the earthquakes of *Turquía and the agreements of fishing of *Marruecos, and is not *desligada of the fact that in the category *IV there #be not in this moment sufficient money to make #all these projects that the Council and the Commission want to carry out with his proposals. +The evaluation put of relief that *SAVE is a valuable normative instrument to boost the energetic efficiency, but underlined that it was necessary a clear and coherent strategy for the experimental actions, that the diffusion of the results is the key for the hit on a long-term basis and that the efficiency on a long-term basis requires to improve the permanent supervision and the analysis of the repercussions. +Of course, it is precise that work together with other organisations and thus had special care in giving account of our work with the #Red Cross, with the World-wide Program of Foods, with the *ACNUR and with other organisations involved, for example, the WHO, precisely to achieve that it remained clear that #this is a humanitarian operation; without embargo, believe that it also is positive that the population and the #serbian political class see that the rest of the world also is prepared to help of this form. +The statute of candidate and the signals of opening are well, always that it have the value to repeat first of all to *nosotros same that it will be difficult to receive to *Turquía in the European Union while the #turkish Government follow ignoring the resolutions of the Council of Security on the invasion of *Chipre, while I continued denying the existence of a minority *kurda talking *genéricamente of terrorists, and while *Öcalan do not remain free of the threat of the pity of death. +*Le #Would ask to the President in exercise of the Council -since it do not has data on the reduction of the populations of tuna- #if has news on the failure of the *desovación of the salmon during the last year in the river of *Tornio, among *Finlandia and *Suecia, and #if the President in exercise of the Council will call the attention of the responsible Commissioner of fishing on the fact that the fishing with networks of mesh to the derives #would have to be limited also in the *Báltico and no only in the zones mentioned of the #atlantic tuna. +The market of work, the initial training and the continuous training are key sectors for the active promotion of the woman, and the measures of accompaniment, as for example the attention of the dependent persons, are very important precisely in the case of the women and contribute to *facilitarles the access to the market of work. +Also we have problems with the other categories, as for example in the category 3, that includes the that have been traditionally the central points of our politics: the environmental politics, the programs of training of the youngsters, the investigation, the networks *transeuropeas, with his opportunities for the creation of employment and the improvement of our to scale world-wide competitiveness. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, wish first of all congratulate to the #finnish Presidency by the hit that has been *Tampere when opening a new stage in the development of the #european citizenship, attending to the always difficult balance among freedom and security, and *ello shows that no only are taking a Union based in freedoms for the commodities, the services and the capitals, but also to answer to the freedom of establishment and of trip of the citizens and the citizens. +This reform, that #all know, in it deeper of *nosotros, that is necessary, is not only and neither in the first place question of time, is in the first place a question of will political, of lucidity on our own current operation and his insufficiencies; it is question of value, of collective value, that will have or will not have, to concede this time the priority to the Union, to concede the priority to a vision on a long-term basis, that surpasses -know it perfectly, although it was difficult- the prudences and the immediate interests. +And #this because, in spite of the fine will of each #one and of #a lot of colleagues - to those who *les give the graces - this Institution has not found any solution to the situation of the no inscribed deputies, a situation that is intolerable from the point of sight administrative and financial and even more from the point of sight of the parliamentary prerogatives. In effect, do not have faculties neither of amendment neither of resolution. +Before beginning to expose the position of the relative Commission to the amendments approved by the Parliament on 16 September, *permítanme take upsetting in that the Commission has tried to examine the suggestions of the Parliament with #the same spirit with the that am sure that the presented the Parliament, to know, #which is the best way to make our collective effort European on the terrain in *Kosovo and in #all the region. +In some mood, the cynicism of the method "*Michelin" has had like consequence #one *decuplicación of the phenomenon of rejection that causes increasingly this modern capitalist strategy, the of *share-*holder *value, the creation of values for the #shareholders, that consists in subordinating it all, and in the first place these costs *insoportables, in his opinion, that represent the places of work, to the requirements *bulímicas of the financial shareholders of the company. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0027/1999) of the Mr. *Hatzidakis, in name of the Commission of Transports, Regional Politics and Tourism, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 96/49/*CE on the approximation of the legislations of the States relative members to the transport of commodities dangerous by railway [*COM(1999)0157 - *C5-0005/1999 - 1999/0087(*COD)]. +But helping of the best possible way to both parts: to *Angola, on the one hand, and to the States of the European Union and to the regions that fish, by #another, with the control of this Parliament and in accordance with the amendments that the Commission of Fishing has presented with regard to this important Agreement, that has, as it finishes to be reflected here, a remarkable political dimension, in addition to some economic and financial dimensions. +I believe that #if we do not tackle the look of the production of form integrated, is to say, from the moment in that they choose the matters prevail of the car happening by the *manufactura of #the same, the process of production, the use and, finally, the recycled or final disposal of the car *cuando no longer uses it the buyer, do not go really to achieve take measures that are really significant in the field of the reduction of the gases of effect *invernadero. +I am totally in accordance with the observations of the Mr. *MacCormick on the situation of the artists, that it #would be necessary to extend to #all the field of the intellectual creation, that finds with a deficit inside the European Community, especially in matter of external competitiveness, and am also in accordance with his observation on the need to guarantee the free circulation and the free exercise of the intellectual profession inside the European Community. +There #where the nuclear energy contributes to reach the goals of reduction of the broadcasts of CO2, increase simultaneously our environmental problems by the nuclear waste and *eso goes against of the goals of the communication of the here presented Commission, that pleads by a more effective integration of the environment in the energetic politics. +Without embargo also believe that it exists a contradiction that perhaps have to see in his whole with the fault of decision that exists in the energetic politics inside the European Union *cuando *usted sees to the dessert the security in the cases mentioned in the closing -in it that coincide with *usted-, but *cuando treats of nuclear head offices *equiparables in the States of the *CEI, wants to guarantee said security by means of modernisations and the impulse of the measures of security by part of the European Union. +It thinks the European Commission keep the commitment purchased by the Commissioner Mr. *Brittan, in front of the Commission of Subjects External of the European Parliament, that of not to fulfil entirely the terms of the Agreement, the European Union #would go back to request the opening of a signpost in front of the instances of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade? +As it put of self-evident in the historical meeting -is the adjective that, aptly, has used the High Representative- that has celebrated this week the Council of Subjects General to the that assisted the ministers of Defence, the States members believe that a greater cooperation in the field of the security and the defence in the European Union will contribute two main advantages. +In effect, of compliance with the article 18 of the Treaty of the European Union, the European Commission has to take part fully in #all the looks of the External Politics and of Common Security and our Group proposes defend, therefore, in #all moment the interests of the Commission, because #this are also the interests of the European Union, and by #this go to collect also his collaboration in interest of *Europa, a collaboration that *yo believe that the personality of #both guarantees that it will be excellent. +And regarding the paper of the Parliament, believe that we have shown in these years our capacity of help and of accompaniment and understand that, from the point of sight of it that they #can and have to be the dimension and the development of the defence and the common security of the Union, #can exert an important paper in relation with the rest of the world; I believe that in this occasion have to offer our collaboration and #ours better attitude. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0056/1999) of the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities, on the common position of the Council (9150/1/1999 - *C5-0181/1999 - 1998/0192(*COD)))with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that approves a program of action community (Program *DAPHNE) (2000-2003), on preventive measures allocated to combat the violence exerted on the boys, the teenagers and the women (Speaker: Mrs. *Avilés *Perea) +The second look *atañe to the agriculture for the *cual, together with a greater liberalisation of the market in favour of the countries in development, it is necessary to ask, apart from the maintenance of the community principles -the support to the environmental politics, the definition of an alimentary politics in defence of the consumer- the protection of the characteristics and of the agricultural products typically national +According to the article 18 of the conjoint Resolution of the Parliament and of the Council on the network of communications to #european level, the States members deliver regularly to the Commission his national programs and the programs that design to develop the network of communications to #european level, especially, the projects specified in the Resolution and that affect to the common interests. +Precisely the diffusion of the pity of death represents #one of the most intolerable rapes of the dignity and of the right to the life of each individual: a rape that regret deeply and to the that we want to face up remembering, for example, that #the same process of enlargement of the Union is showing no only like a factor of peace and of security of the Continent, but also like a path so that the countries candidates surpass said barbarism. +It wanted to respect roughly my time of use of the word, but in the frame of this debate suits to remember that we do not have to take in consideration only the point of sight #nordic, neither the passion *desbordada of the *enamorados of the #austrian forests, but that go in in our zone, in the centre of the EU, and also in *Alemania, concede a big importance to the clauses of liberalisation, so as to that #all the approach follow being really feasible. +On #one of these products, for putting an example, the of the loins of tuna, said study is establishing levels of deficit of among 1.500 and 3.000 tonnes, is to say that, cheerfully and without data contrasted, the Commission was had to drown a community sector with thousands of places of work, #as well as his own systems of help to the development to the countries *SPG-Drugs and *ACP by a need of import real inferior to 3.000 tonnes that #can cover perfectly with the current system of contingents *arancelarios. +Also it foresees the Regulation that #if an elect deputy abandoned the Parliament before it approve in the Plenary the present report, will examine his vacancy and the provision of #the same, of compliance with the article 8 of our internal Regulation and in accordance with the applicable disposals of the Record of 20 September 1976, in a separate procedure, independent of this report and that will take place in the timely moment. +Since we consider to *Turquía like a fellow country, *nosotros wish that it achieve to build an authentic civil society, that achieve to concede a true identity to the *kurdos, as it splits ethnically differentiated of the population, obviously inside the #turkish state unit and in the frame of the #turkish nation, and entrust in that the military power Turkish, that is #allied of Occident -and #this is in reality it tragic-, also take into account the *proporcionalidad of the means in front of the problem *kurdo and, every time that they arise problems with the *kurdos, do not try *resolverlos by military means in place to resort to the dialogue. +The European Council of Colony decided that it drafted a Letter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union before the European Council of December of 2000 and that the editorial ran to charge of an organ composed of 15 representatives of the Bosses of State or of Government, 16 deputies to the European Parliament, included His *Señoría, 30 deputies to the national parliaments and *yo, in representation of the President of the Commission. +Gentleman President, the budgetary discussion of this year has been so odd that, even among the speech of the general speaker, to the beginning of the debate, and my own intervention has *sucedido, by chronological order, it following: an informal meeting of the Commission of Budgets, a meeting of the budgetary Council and a meeting of the political groups. +Fifteen members are five less of the that has the Commission, but in a relatively small institution as it is the Court of Accounts, any new enlargement will suppose a marked increase of the weight of the cusp and a greater inertia, that already self-evident very *nítidamente in the actuality in the excessive slowness of the necessary procedure until the Court of Accounts #make his report. +The plan no *carecía of this requirement and, therefore, focus this debate on the base that the plan of export in base to the date did not demand the establishment of said terms #would induce to deception, because it #would be unfair for the scientists that determined the necessary measures to guarantee that the export of meat of *vacuno #british did not encloses any danger, and also #would be unfair for the Commission in the approach that has adopted up to now. +I do not believe that they estimate adequately neither that take seriously in consideration, at least to judge by the debates that have kept up to now -am new euro-deputy- the economic and social repercussions of the phenomenon of the illegal immigration, or, #if it wants , of the real immigration, even to *través of the legal procedure, by the parallel flow of illegal immigrants and the imminent pertinent flow of countries that will be community after the enlargement of the European Union. +The third question treats of my worry by these #round-up, because it do not believes *usted that because of the #round-up through other States members of a same linguistic territory is very easy *torpedear the only price of the books and that results little effective to protect the special value of the book like cultural object and the special meaning of the market of the book for the culture? +It That has reached in one hundred years in the space *germanófono among *Austria, *Alemania and Swiss; it that has taken possible and guaranteed a big diversity; it that do not deletes in any case the competition, but that has by consequence ensure the to scale general supply by means of great and small bookshops in the cities and in the field, #can not abandon to the *desenfrenada #blackmailer pressure of the strongest operators in the market, neither in the business of the bookshops, neither in the of the sale by catalogue, neither in the electronic trade. +This Parliament, the European Parliament, has the moral obligation to express his solidarity with the #afghan women, to request to the UN that take part more actively, to ask to the States members that follow without recognising the diet of the Talibans until #this access to respect the human rights and put end to the discrimination of the woman. +Subject: The euro and the speech of the Mr. *Joschka *Fischer on 12 January 1999 In his speech in front of the European Parliament, the President of the Council said that the introduction of the euro supposes no only great changes but also an equal risk of great, for example, #if, like logical consequence of this audacious step, the EU did not give also equal steps of audacious to a total integration. +Second, an investigation made by own initiative concerning the public access to the documents, supported by the parliamentary commission by pipe of the report of the Mrs. *Thors and by the European Parliament, has taken that #all the institutions and the community organs interested have adopted norms on the public access to the documents, except in the case of the Court of Justice. +Regarding the governments of the States members -that when seeming are not represented today- by pipe of his representations in front of the European Union or collectively in the Council, his cooperation with the Commission did not #be *rebasar the minimum possible level and are not had to send civil servants to the parliamentary commission to argue with his members about the value of a request. +Gentleman President, gentleman Defender of the Village, as every year, the discussion of the relative annual reports to the activities of the Commission of Requests and of the Defender of the Village *nos offers the occasion to remember the importance that *revisten these two organisms in the establishment of bonds of confidence among the community institutions and the citizens of the States members. +I ask likewise that the European Parliament *erija in promoter of an initiative of solidarity, also economic, in favour of the inhabitants of *Apulia that no only have received and follow receiving generously to *decenas of thousands of #albanian and #kosovar refugees, but that pay *duramente the cost of the war in terms of logistical difficulties with the closing of the airports of the region and with the damages *ocasionados to #all the tourist sector *pullés that suffers the cancellations of the that renounce to happen his holidays in said region. +Like an important part of common effort, the Commission proposes to give the possibility to the companies of transport of the Community to use a maximum weight of the vehicle of 44 tonnes, but exclusively *cuando the transport by road referred to a specific part of a transport combined and only in routes relatively short of the total distance of the transport combined. +We have given #ours more cordial thanks to the president of the Commission of Regulation, the Mr. #Ben *Fayot, -and in this point coincide fully with our colleague, the Mr. *Corbett- for having treated of a so fast way and so cooperative the wish that manifested the Commission of Control Budgetary to the Commission of Regulation, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities. +Besides I have to *decirles, *Señorías, that the economic orientations here presented only follow betting by a politics of saving even more strict for #a lot of States members, with the idea that it #can create employment with flexible wages, with a deregulation of the labour market and with the dismantlement of the social protection, and *eso is not exactly my idea of a #european strategy for the employment. +This vote, with the that the deputies exert our condition of representatives of the #european citizens without any *condicionamiento of the national Governments, goes to be decided in the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left in accordance with the commitments that purchases the candidate in his political orientations generals and in a clear program of reforms of the own Commission. +Gentleman President, so much in the statement of the President proposed, Mr. *Prodi, of the past month as in the of today, have valued the commitment to make the necessary reforms to renew and reinforce the European Institutions, and especially the commitment of an increasingly transparent Commission, school and effective, #as well as the of a greater paper of the Parliament and of the enlargement of the vote by majority of the Council. +In this proposal of modification, the Commission inserts, in the article 28 of the directive, a section 6 new, by the that introduces a procedure of permission so that the Council resolve by unanimity to proposal of the Commission, allowing that the States members that wish it apply a type reduced to determined local services with big intensity of hand of drama and that fulfil precise requirements, during the period comprised among 1 January 2000 and on 31 December 2002. +Gentleman President, the great orientations of the economic politics for the next year are dominated by an unexpected shadow to the eyes of the official experts: #one *desaceleración of the growth in *Europa of roughly the 2 %, joined to the maintenance of a tax of unemployment elevated, of roughly the 10 % in the whole of *Europa, whereas the States Joined register a growth of more of the double and an unemployment of two lower times. +But the Commission of Environment has accepted a series of proposals with the intention to intensify seriously the protection of the consumer. Without embargo, am convinced that with a minimum directive, a right of retractation of 30 days, the delivery during the negotiations of a complete agreement complicated *jurídicamente and a summary, did not achieves the goal that pretends . +In the big debate that today *nos occupies on the minimum and maximum harmonisation, the that defend, as it takes it the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, the minimum harmonisation, take it no because they wish to put *coto to the demands of Internet, but because they do not want to see diminish the protection to the consumer of way significant in each Been member in it individual, it that it #can *suceder, had explains the level of information provided in the managerial #such as it is. +It is a hit that today #can it debate, since with this regulation will take an important contribution for the protection of the environment, but also facilitates the commercialisation of these tractors inside the European Community #as well as also the access of manufacturers #european to the market of third countries through the equivalence created among the community legislation and the regulation of the *EC-UN *nº 96. +His serenity, his capacity to mediate among the differences and opposite points *nos have impressed really of deep mood and personally have learnt to know in *usted beside his sense of impartiality also his understanding by the increasing tasks of this Assembly, as this Assembly has grown in this period of term of office at least a head. +I consider that, in a context of austerity budgetary, the Council and the Commission have had the good sense to concentrate helps in the Objective regions 1, it that goes to allow that, in terms of help *per *cápita , keep the current levels of support and that, besides, keep the Bottom of Cohesion, collaborating to accelerate the recovery of the structural dynamics in the less prosperous States. +It suffices with saying that, like result of the debates that have taken place during the #austrian and #german presidencies -the last of the *cuales has carried out great and *loables efforts to be able to get to an agreement with the Council before finals of June-, and thanks to the remarkable parliamentary contribution by means of the resolution of the past September and, now, of the report of the Mrs. *Aglietta, #everything seems to indicate -like this expect it- that we have got to the final stage of the negotiations. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To4-0155/99) of the Mr. *Pronk, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the proposal of directive of the relative Council to the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of the health and of the security of the workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres (13836/4/98 - *C4-0003/99-95/0235(*SYN)). +Once again, the Group of Independent by the *Europa of the Nations reiterates his wish that the European Union allocate his efforts to the existent common politics (*PAC, *PCP...), in place to disperse among some fields always more numerous, to risk to aggravate the dissemination, necessarily ineffective, of the public bottoms and to boost an inflation, always *perniciosa, of the public cost. +In this look, the European Union has expressed his conviction that the creation of a #palestinian State sovereign, democratic, viable and peaceful, on the base of the existent agreements and by the road of the negotiation #would be the best guarantee of security for #Israel and of regional acceptance, by it that has declared had to consider in his moment the recognition of a #palestinian State. +The fault of commitment with the basic principle of no discrimination, the character limited of the field of application relative to the persons and to the objects and the definition little *convincente of the obligations are sufficient reasons to ask how the European Parliament #can *erigirse in front of the affected like *garante of minimum norms and minimum commitments *cuando the representatives of his interests do not know to negotiate. +Gentleman President, *me *congratulo that my last intervention of this term of office refer to an important sector: the textile industry and of the #european preparation, an industry that employs generally hand of feminine drama, a pertaining industry to the frame of the #SME that often covers the rural zones, an industry, finally, #whose future depends closely of the application of norms commercial *equitativas. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, *Señorías, of course the #german Presidency of the Council has seen *eclipsada by the war of *Kosovo. Thus, it is necessary to ascertain that the position of the Presidency, of the that it is responsible the Federal Government German in this question, only has been able to keep because it has been supported without reservations by the parties of the Union whereas *usted, estimated colleague *Fischer, #would have left abandoned *gustosamente to his own followers in his shoes of sport #if it is that still the carry. +For *reconquistar said confidence have to act with decision, without embargo, will reach it only #if we confront those problems that have an authentic importance in the daily life of the citizens as, for example, the employment, the economic growth and the challenge of the sustainable development to ensure the balance among the creation of wealth, the social justice and the quality of life. +Here yes, gentleman President, #would take lacking flexibility, no of the market of work, but of the Pact of Stability, to reach perhaps his suspension and, anyway, to be able to consider out of *él the investments of the growth and to be able to propose a politics of expansion of quality, things without the *cuales do not exists possibility #any neither of *paliar the democratic deficit neither to reduce the distrust that the #european populations have to his current Institutions. +As well, #if *usted considers that, in these conditions, *Pristina constitutes an ideal place to install a centre of direction, a central administration of the program for the group the *Balcanes, no only for *Kosovo, then *me fear that his observations are not sincere, his observations are loaded of political intention, and *me ask how a Commission that *carece already of political mandate and #whose credibility is in *entredicho, especially as a result of the case *Bangermann, *atreve to adopt position and rush forward against the decisions of the Council of Ministers. +Gentleman President, is a pity that in the first intervention that *me allows to make as new deputy have to talk of some grave errors committed in my country, in the first place in companies that supply the matter prevails of the *piensos for animals, afterwards in the services of control commissioned to discover any failure that produce and to limit his consequences; also, and especially, in the Administration of #that then that was losing the time during weeks and that *nos has prejudiced enormously by not communicating to time to the European Commission and to the States members it that was occurring. +And *yo wanted to, through *usted, ask to the European Parliament that, in the first place, support the efforts of #all the political strengths for *propiciar a dialogue among #all the political representatives; second, that this Parliament request *encarecidamente to ETA the definite abandonment of the violence, and, in *tercer and last place, that also #can agree programs to help to the victims, to the *reinserción of the prisoners and by the education for the peace in the Basque Country and in *Irlanda of the North. +They have despised the capacity of this Parliament to exert of autonomous way the competitions that *le attribute the Treaties, with the result of the current situation: the impression, in the public opinion, that we #can not *pronunciarnos on the future Commission without a report that, by very important that was and by very expert that they are his authors, is not determinant for our political decision. +A complex organism like the European Union #can not dispense of the continuous relation with his inhabitants, final addressees of #all his decisions and political; without embargo, the process of unification #can not advance without the conscious backrest of the citizens, without the disappearance of the unemployment and the creation of a new economic development. +Gentleman *Prodi, the Group of the Environmentalists *le has suggested to modify the cast of wallets in the breast of his squad because, in addition to the integrity and the competitions of each commissioner, consider that his personal commitment and his determination to defend the matters that *les have entrusted in the perspective of #one *Europa federal are also an element of assessment important. +In the first place, the commitment to gather what before with the members of the commission to conceive a new program of social action that cover #all the mandate of the new Commission and recognise the realities of the new world that has brought achieve the euro and the new possibilities that give off of the Treaty of *Amsterdam to boost the employment and the opportunities and struggle against the insecurity and the exclusion. +Gentleman *Prodi, estimated candidates to Commissioners, the enlargement, the external politics and of security, the strengthening of the free trade in the world, the opening of new markets, the continuation of the liberalism in *Europa with a greater competitiveness for our common coin and a forceful environmental politics, are subjects for the that *Europa goes to need a strong Commission and that work well in the that *usted, professor *Prodi, goes to have our confidence and approval for his squad. +The European Parliament, by his part, loans to the game with *delectación, since the text presented to vote titles "Project of decision on the election of the Commission designated", *cuando, in reality, results more that evident that do not treats of an election neither in the level of our Assembly, in the that of it that treats *jurídicamente is of the approval of the designation of the Commissioners, neither to *fortiori in the level of the constituents that, at least in *Francia, and surely in #many other countries never have heard to talk of the Mr. *Prodi. +In wait of an indispensable *reorientación of the political axes of the Commission and a debate on the future action, has to interpret the positive vote of today like the option in *pro of not multiplying the crises, the blockades, in our institutions, like the refusal to look for individual piacular goats *cuando it that is in *entredicho is the political orientation and the model of civilisation of *Europa. +Therefore, it is necessary a firm political will to end to support the following steps of the international community so that there are not #indonesian conditions in relation with the intervention of these strengths and so that, was *cual was the grade of conflicts in the territory, #can guarantee the peace and the security to the *timorenses and the humanitarian support and the development that *Timor so much needs. +Also we want to take part actively in the corresponding negotiations and *asegurarnos that the instruments of the Union are in concordance with the future Convention. With this end, the last Presidencies of the Union, after the request presented by the Council in October of 1998, have conciliated his positions regarding the fight against the delinquency organised in the meetings in *Bruselas of mixed commissions and of the Committee *K.4, the *cual works in fulfillment of the article 36, #as well as in the negotiations that celebrate in *Viena. +Among my dispatch and the services of the Parliament has glided *algún error and #would want to say, to facilitate the things to the President in exercise, that the question is the following: whereas the citizens of the States Joined go in freely in #all the countries of the European Union, the citizens of determined countries of the European Union need visa of the North American embassy to go to the States Joined. +Subject: Construction of a nuclear head office in the south of *Marruecos Has knowledge the Council of the project of construction of a nuclear head office in the south of *Marruecos for *desalinizar waters of the sea and, in his case, #can consider argue with the alternative #moroccan government to this project, in view of his eventual environmental effect and of the dangers for the security of the zone? +To begin, *permítame express the gratitude of the Commission by the thorough report of the Commission of Development and Cooperation and by the support received during the procedure of query to the efforts of the Commission of face to the celebration of the *Décimo Agreement among the Community and the Organism of dramas public and aid of Nations Joined for the refugees of Palestinian in Orient Half. +By these reasons, receive with *beneplácito the commitment of the Commissioner *Byrne to concede the maximum priority to the *inocuidad of the foods and also the statement that took the President of the Commission, Roman *Prodi, in this Assembly on 23 July, *cuando said that #one of the first tasks of his Commission #would be the to restore the confidence of the consumers in the security of the alimentary products. +In this context, two have to be, to my trial, the immediate goals of this Assembly: take operative the parliamentary structures of the forum *euromediterráneo in the understanding that it #can mean an useful instrument to ensure the peace, and translate to the practice the initiative of the Speaker of the Parliament, the Mrs. *Fontaine, to make #one turns by the region. +Now well, the States Joined are *signatarios of the International Agreement of Civil Rights and Politicians, of the Agreement against the Racial Discrimination, #as well as of the Agreement against the Torture, that applies in the case of *Moumia, since the racial factor weighed a lot in his process, and the seventeen years that has happened in the runner of the death constitute, according to these treaties, an unfair punishment, equivalent to a torture. +Gentleman President, costs the pity stand out that we are getting at the end of a period of five centuries during the *cual the only way to authenticate documents and transactions was the signature written or the signature certified, etc. Now, in less time that the half of the life of a person, go in in a world that goes to be dominated by the electronic trade, by new technologies and by signatures that do not exist in the ancient meaning of the word and that, therefore, it will be necessary to authenticate of an unpublished way. +The most important has been that this year have had to live the experience of a war in #european territory, a war caused by the gravest rapes of the human rights and by the politics of expulsion of population and ethnic cleansing carried out by the diet of *Milosevic; a political that #one *Europa democratic and a democratic community of nations, engaged with the defence of the human rights, #can not tolerate. +In this context *yo also wanted to highlight, nevertheless, that no only treats to begin to give answer to the priorities in the field of the external politics, as for example the reconstruction of *Kosovo, but that to be able to *organizarlas and *impulsarlas of reasonable way is precise that the Council also approximate to the position of the Parliament regarding the organisation of this help and to the operation of the future agency for the reconstruction of *Kosovo. +Without embargo, *me disappoints that they are taking reductions in the global budgetary endowment, but expect that the European Council, *cuando get the moment to review the *segunda reading of the budget of the EU for the year 2000, take into account the recommendation of this Parliament to increase the finance of the program until 67 millions of euros or 53 millions of #irish pounds in the assignment of the next year. +Given the commitment collected in the Treaty of *Amsterdam to incorporate the interests of the consumers to #all the other areas of performance of the EU and the level *irrisorio of the budget for the politics of the consumers, that situates in a 0,25% of the total of the cost of the EU, is necessary to begin by *asegurarnos that they keep valuable programs like the plan of distribution of milk in the schools. +It has to treat of a misunderstanding because it that the Federal Reservation publishes two times to the year in his report *Humphrey *Hawkins for the Senate is a series of figures for #one those that indicators constituting the series the individual forecasts of the members of the Federal Committee of the Open Market, *provenientes of the regional banks of the Federal Reservation. +It is an integral strategy and unified oriented to strengthen the fundamental subjects of the country like the research of the peace, the reflation of our economy and the generation of employment, the protection of the human rights, the strengthening of the justice and the increase of the social participation. +#If the package is wider, #can result easier reach an agreement and easier his ratification in our States members, but in name of my Group #can affirm that we are had to that the Parliament collaborate closely with the Commission in the spirit that finishes to indicate the Mr. *Barnier, so that together #can put on the table of the *CIG a package balanced of proposals that *él and our representatives in #all the meetings of the *CIG #can defend: a package that prepare to the Union so that it work *cuando have more of 20 States members. +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the Decision *OSPAR 98/4 relative to the maximum limits of broadcast and poured to the production of chloride of vinyl *monomérico, and the Decision *OSPAR 98/5 relative to the maximum limits of broadcast and poured in the sector of the chloride of vinyl (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0016/1999 - 1999/0098(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer) +By it other, *Señorías, this new and grave case, that has impressed in *Francia to the media and to the political world, sample, #if it still was necessary, the urgency of measures firm and pertinent in *Europa to conciliate the economic performance and the social guarantees, the growth and the employment, the freedom of company and the defence of the wages. +#If now the Commission do not uses #all the necessary energy to protect this *pilar fundamental of the common politics of the fishing, as they are the agreements *pesqueros, then the pressure of the professionals of the sector #would be important and founded, to end to demand the *cuestionamiento of the politics *pesquera common and the *restablecimiento of a bilateral frame, that allow the direct celebration of agreements of fishing among States members and third countries, that #would respect and #would defend better the vital interests of our villages. +There #be an agreement reached among the two parts of the industry of the maritime sector, there #be a relative specific proposal to the persons of the sea that take scale in ports of the Community, but also there #be an Agreement of the *OIT, the *nº 180, and, in fact, the agreement among the two parts of the industry of the maritime sector based in very big measure in the Agreement 180 of the *OIT. +Sure that it is not a fully satisfactory solution for the doctors, but in this so complex subject have to take into account the politics of the States members on the systems of health national, on the reality of each country, on the period in the that the doctors are in training and that it is a transitory period and like this try find, with realism, an intermediate solution that *nos allow, finally, step but. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0048/1999) of the Mrs. *Quisthoudt-*Rowohl, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the conclusion of the Agreement of cooperation scientific and technological among the European Community and the Russian Federation [*COM(1999)0324 - *C5-0083/1999 - 1999/0133(*CNS)] +The amplitude of the discussion and the varied suggestions that produced in the breast of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects and that referred of way very general to the politics of employment *me moved to make in the project of my report a division in conclusions, on the one hand, and in a legislative part, by #another, the *cual concentrates in the proposals for the guidelines of the year 2000 that they have to be adopted by the Council of Ministers in December of 1999. +*Me Seems insufficient the coordination among the labour politics, of employment, of government of the market of work and the politics that *inciden in the structural factors and in the frame *macroeconómico; *me seems insufficient the level of structuring, of investment in effective community Institutions and able to govern these processes for the *cuales no only is sufficient the respect to the competitions and to the prerogatives of the national states. +And since they have listened #a lot of interventions and proposals of his *señorías on the paper of the Commission in the institutionalisation of goals for a more resolved action, want to stress that the #european strategy for the employment happens by the support and the impulse of the national politics and in this frame try to keep the narrowest collaboration possible with the States members. +Gentleman President, have to say that it manifested by the Mr. *Vattimo do not corresponds to the reality because the Speaker of this Parliament limited to mention *cual was the vote in the Plenary on a resolution of the European Parliament that invited to #all the States members to respect the commitment of the parity of the educational system, or was, to facilitate the parity of the educational system. +Regarding the question of the permeability among these two categories, *me allow to call the attention on the fact that we will debate on how #can *reagrupar the credits that in the agricultural sector -and here in the categories 1To and the measures of regulations of market that did not employ because of the evolution of the prices and of the market and that then #can be available for other measures- in the frame of the debate on the next report. +In my opinion, only the EU is able to take it, needing an active strategy that, by a part, take upsetting in the efforts in the community field and in the active cooperation, especially with the countries in development, *ayudándoles so that his energetic systems are more ecological and, by #another, show that in fact it #can change of course without great costs, since they are #many the environmental benefits that obtain when limiting the dependency of the fossils. +The Commission follows very concerned by that there have not been tangible advances up to now by part of the States Joined in his commitment with seen to the modification by the Congress of the Title 4 of the law *Helms-*Burton, especially because the Government of the States Joined has remembered periodically that, of not to take this modification, the President is forced to impose the application of the Title 4. +They cover, among other things, the compensation, the psychological treatment and doctor, the assistance to the victims for the collection of the debts, the transmission of the decisions of a Been member to #another to improve the protection of the victims or ask to the courts that accept the testimonies written of the victims that #can not assist to the seen of the courts against his aggressors for living in another Been member. +Besides, the Council has communicated that is had to support, using #all the means near at hand of the European Union and of the States members, the development of other sources of energy electrical to substitute to the nuclear head offices little reliable, taking into account, to #the same time, the global situation and the characteristics and own needs of each country. +My question to the Council is the following: had account of this terrible precedent, is had the Council to consider the possibility of *presionar to the authorities of *Myanmar so that they declare a total amnesty for this type of prisoners political and, in this same sense, has treated in #any occasion the Council on the possibility to impose economic sanctions to *Myanmar until it adopt a political more humanitarian? +. (*FR) The cycle of the #Millenium, that will initiate *próximamente in the breast of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, the *OMC, has to be the occasion, for *Europa -place that *nos has imposed the condition to have to talk with an alone voice-, to show no only joined during the course of the negotiations, but also show the greater firmness regarding the results, specifically regarding the agriculture and to the cultural exception. +It True is that this goal appears around questions so notable like the alimentary security, the public services or the "intellectual property", always in favour of a blind liberalisation of the financial capital and without respecting the labour norms of the *OIT and the environmental norms internationally approved and with consequences *nefastas for the cultural identity of the villages and the own development of *decenas of countries, in particular of the poorest. +It did not fits the lower doubt that the difficulties are still #many, already was in the sphere of the humanitarian help or in the of the support to the reconstruction or even because they follow producing grave rapes of the human rights, especially in the western part of *Timor, with the activity of the militias, that have prevented the *reagrupamiento and the return of the refugees of *Timor Oriental to his houses and to his earths. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the report (To5-0063/1999) of the Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, of Justice and of Inner Subjects, on the communication of the European Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on a plan of action of the European Union in matter of fight against the drug (2000-2004) (*COM(1999)239). +I say it also in name of our absent mate #Jan *Andersson, the one who - now will go back on *ello -, in what #swedish deputy, was in an especially difficult situation because *Suecia is #one of the States members that has a very special approach in politics of resultant drugs of his experience and of his national tradition and, without embargo, create, has procured, precisely in the amendments of transaction, Mrs. Deputy, get to a wide agreement with *usted in the final editorial of this report. +I believe that the words of the Mr. *Medina *Ortega have been *clarificadoras regarding the approach and to the posture -to the that it has got by unanimity in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market- with regard to a transcendental subject, an important subject for the Canarian islands, but that has a reflection on the rest of regions *ultraperiféricas of the European Union. +It knows that this country has *subscrito agreements to inferior price to the real cost of the production benefiting of the international supports, by mediation of the International Monetary Bottom, after the #asian crisis, it that is disturbing the wallets of requests of the countries of the European Union, as they have manifested the business organisations of the sector. +Finally, wish *referirme, because I proceed also of a peripheral region, to the enormous impact in the regional development that has the naval industry, *asentada in #many of these regions, in big part included also in the Goal *nº 1 of the #european regional politics, with *importantísimos dockyards generators of #a lot of direct and indirect employments, a social balance of the that so needed are the countries of the cohesion, that demand the #european solidarity. +The works initiated in *Tampere with seen to the preparation of a Letter of rights fundamental and the possible reform of the Treaty to separate the fundamental and essential acts of the disposals of application: in this way, they #would convert in more comprehensible the essential acts and #would speed up the procedure of modification of the less essential acts. +I believe that this Parliament did not has to conform with asking take part in the works of the Conference, #as well as in the of the preparation of the Letter of rights fundamental, but that it has to pretend act like a true Parliament and pretend likewise that, with occasion of the Conference *Intergubernamental, *le return the right to decide *autónomamente his place of meeting not to be forced to work with his Secretariat in three different forums. +Finally, it wanted to remember that, #if the relative disposals to the group of the planned helps, comport a finance in three years of 150 millions of euros, the balance in favour of the Union of the commercial scales among *Turquía and the European Union duplicated from the entrance in vigour onº 1 January 1996 of the agreement on the Union *Aduanera and in four years happened of four one thousand millions to eight one thousand millions of euros. +The monetary politics did not goes to be in conditions to reinforce the credibility of the #european integration in favour of the growth, of the employment and even of the investment, #if to #the same time that in the unification and centralisation of the monetary politics the States members of the European Union do not put of agreement also in the signals against the *dumping public prosecutor, against the *dumping social and in favour of a greater employment. +. (*FR) In spite of his very limited character and clearly insufficient in attention to the problem treated, *nosotros will vote positively the relative directive to "the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of the health and the security of the workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres", in the measure in that it #can represent a progress in the countries in that the workers are less protected. +Also in relation with the day of the Monday, is to say, today, concerning the recommendation for the *segunda reading on the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone and the proposal of resolution on the labeling of edible produced from organisms genetically modified, the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer asks that they displace these two points, in view of that his examination in the Plenary #would coincide with the meeting of the Commission, it that #would not be practical precisely. +The negotiations have to restart in the field of the World-wide Organisation of Trade and *Europa has to be fully conscious of his paper, a paper of balance and responsibility, with regard to a globalisation with human face, open and available to the changes and to the accelerations of the economy, but also able to protect the right to the work and to the defence of the environment and of the health. +I believe that *ustedes have put in clear that the European Union is in conditions no only to assume a paper leader in the frame of this round of negotiations and also in the frame of the next world-wide round, that do not take part here like players of *póker to impose our interests but that also are had to receive on board to the other nations, especially to the nations in roads of development and to the less developed countries. +The Parliament wished to go further of it that proposes the Council in the fight against the juvenile unemployment and of long length, especially by means of an integration on a long-term basis in the market of work through an intensification of the active measures in front of the passive, or was, increasing the proportion of unemployed that receive initial professional training and of improvement or of professional reconversion, as the fault of places of work is only a face of the coin. +Since it listens and it reads with frequency that the responsible networks of the traffic in question have his main bases in *Ucrania, the Czech Republic and *Rusia, that the cities of *Estambul and *Budapest constitute the most important centres of said traffic and that big part of the transport of the material in question makes by routes that cross the *Balcanes, #many of the *cuales cross *Kosovo, #which is the posture of the Commission in this grave question and how the confront those countries in #whose territory takes place this dangerous illegal traffic? +Taking into account the existent bonds among the Council *ECOFIN and the Council of Governors of the *BEI, #can indicate the Council #if it thinks to take measures to take more transparent and accessible the relative information to the decisions of the *BEI, in particular *cuando these decisions have important repercussions in the development of a region, and #if it do not considers that it is necessary to improve the efficiency of the activities of the *BEI introducing procedures of management and financial accounting in the that they take fully in consideration to the costs related with the environment? +Subject: 50 anniversary of the Agreements of Gin In the context of the 50 anniversary of the Agreements of Gin, and to the sight of the conflicts armed that they have developed in the world in the last years, especially the that have had like stage the #european continent, how reflection #can take the Council on the state of fulfillment of the humanitarian International Right that contain the mentioned agreements of Gin? +Gentleman President, the Council *le remembers to the Mr. deputy to the Parliament that the Council adopted the Directive 91/628/*CEE, that remained modified by the Directive 95/29/*CE, on the protection of the alive animals during the transport, by means of the *cual remained ratified the applicable rule to the transport of animals in #all the territory of the EU, included the norms on the maximum time of transport for different animal species. +Since it listens and it reads with frequency that the responsible networks of the traffic in question have his main bases in *Ucrania, the Czech Republic and *Rusia, that the cities of *Estambul and *Budapest constitute the most important centres of said traffic and that big part of the transport of the material in question makes by routes that cross the *Balcanes, #many of the *cuales cross *Kosovo, #which is the posture of the Commission in this grave question and how the confront those countries in #whose territory takes place this dangerous illegal traffic? +The Council has not agreed that it produce a postponement of a year, but that has given by fine a conclusion that is of the following tenor: #if the Parliament accepts an amendment to this report, that treats of the labeling, and do not leaves to happen the proposal of the Commission without presenting amendments, the Council, then, will not accept this modification and will not follow the procedure simplified. +Subject: The insular regions in the new context of the Treaty of *Amsterdam The article 158 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam establishes that the Community will propose reduce the delay of the less favoured regions or insular and the statement *nº 30 *aneja to the Treaty recognises that «the insular regions suffer of structural disadvantages linked to his insular character #whose permanence prejudices to his economic and social development». +*Me Seems, in this sense, important #emphasize the importance of the acceptance by part of *Praga of the principles in the that is based the external politics and of common security and that, even, have been the Government of the Czech Republic the one who have taken the initiative to reinforce the political cooperation among the countries candidates to the adhesion to the European Union. +In the current proposal, the Commission presents it following: integration in a budgetary line of #all the activities in the field of the customs, training of the civil servants and computer projects. The creation of another committee of representatives of the States members has to conduct to a greater implication of the States members in the program and, as *tercer point, the opening of the program to the countries associated. +From the point of sight of the industrial development there are responsibilities, also of the #italian Government: the development of the petrochemical company of Carry *Marghera has revealed , definitely, *desestabilizador for the delicate balances of the lagoon, without embargo, #if we want to #one *Europa -as it said the President commissioned Mr. *Prodi- that head the new business initiatives, our obligation is to reach that these new business initiatives have in #Venecia #one of his main centres propellants. +#All know that in numerous occasions the Parliament has shown favourable to the introduction of a #european tax, and in this case, *socarronamente, when declaring in favour of a text that allows to the States members reduce the taxes, tries to modify the juridical foundation of the Treaties modifying the procedure of approval of the fiscal proposals of the Commission in the breast of the Council. +From Colony has to split a signal in this direction; it has to take a decision that give start to the political union; it has to remain patent the will to follow this path and has to remain clear that the European Union has the intention of *erigirse in subject active in the international relations and in the eventual crises, because has the purpose to endow of #all the necessary instruments, indispensable and apt to guarantee his sovereignty and autonomy. +With regard to the financial system: the European Council has recognised the existence of disequilibriums budgetary in the finance of the Union and has foreseen modifications in the system of resources own existent that have more in account the financial capacity of the States members establishing like this a greater justice in the contributions. +In this frame and, #if well *nos #would enjoy to support and *incentivar unconditionally the new agreement *interinstitucional by reasons of principle and to guarantee the stability and allow the planning, is not less true that the commitment that comports regarding the financial frame approved with the quoted characteristic *nos arouses #some reservations, that increase more by the absence of a deep reform of the *PAC, that advocate, or also by the tenor *innegablemente limiting of the norms that will regulate #some of the instruments related with the cohesion, but on these looks will pronounce other members of my Group. +I go to conclude my intervention, gentleman President, but did not want to *acabarla without taking a call of attention on a fact that *me seems important: the modernisation of the fleet *pesquera is certainly important, the structural intervention is of big importance, but the development of the fishing, for our fleet, depends to a large extent of the existence of agreements international with third countries that allow to find *caladeros in the *cuales fish and develop the performance of this fleet. +In particular, has not modified neither the article 4 of the Treaty of the European Union, that converts to the Council (and, therefore, to the hierarchy of the different Councils) in the centre from #where promote the politics of the Union, neither the article 202 of the Treaty *CE, that entrusts only to the Council the committed to determine the competitions of execution that will confer to the Commission. +After having taken *alarde during the #german electoral campaign that with the rise to the power of the socialists #would change all and #would begin a path *modélico that #would create #a lot of places of work, investing the negative tendency that lives *Europa from takes at least a decade, did not take initiative #any in this direction and neither debated any proposal in favour of the development of the #european economy. +First of all it wanted to say to #all those colleagues that in January and February *opusieron to the motion that created the Committee of Experts Independent thinking that it treated of a species of hit of hand to sink it #everything through the creation of a committee, that think that now they give account that *equivocaron of plane so much of point of sight as of reasoning, and that, at least, #would have to withdraw #all the criticisms that took then to this dynamics undertaken, *me seems that positively, by the European Parliament, by #that that voted in favour of the creation of the Committee of Experts Independent. +In the European Union that day to day develops more his relations with third countries; politics that, as #all comprise, is connected with #some looks of the chapter on justice, security and freedom in *Europa, as, for example, the look of the immigration and the asylum. The Council of *Tampere is called also, *señorías, to confront the questions of the freedom, the security and the justice for the citizens in relation with the new realities that result of the new challenges that compose the step of the century *XX to the century *XXI. +Also it is true that the experiences of the past have carried to the Parliament to *desconfiar and to suspect that the reallocations of resources pertinent of budgetary lines no exhausted in the bottom are a practice *premeditada, since the budget always includes priorities of the Parliament that do not enjoy of #a lot of popularity and that the other institutions are not had to apply unconditionally. +The "#european letter of the fundamental rights" , that supposes has to elaborate the European Council of *Tampere, will not be more that a group of words hollow #if it do not contains like minimum the total freedom of circulation and of installation for #all #that that reside and work in the European Union, #any one was his nationality of origin, #as well as the complete equality of rights, included the right of vote. +I believe that, in the first place, it recommends aptly the foundation of an organisation, but that do not has to limit to the investigation of the seismic phenomenons and to the prevention of the earthquakes, that until the moment is scientifically impossible, #such as they ensure the *sismólogos, and #this #would have to know it our colleagues, that propose the creation of an institute for the prevention of earthquakes, but that it will have to indicate regulations and specifications of constructions *antisísmicas, of materials of construction adapted, etc., and will have to contribute to the best information of the #european citizens, loomed by the diverse calamities #as well as to that comport adequately in #this. +But I believe that #all have to recognise, gentleman President, that have had five years of prolonged and tortuous negotiations on #all class of products: from the apples, the pears and the asparagus until the flowers, the fish, the wine, the port and the sherry, but now see that in his moment there will be an agreement and is to expect that the Monday firm in *Sudáfrica. +Therefore I approve the amendments presented by the Mr. *Langen, to demand that the Commission exert a more active paper to end to boost a strategy of promotion coordinated in the breast of the States members and to develop the potential of *Europa in the field of the export of the relative technologies to the renewable energies. +#If it do not wishes to engage in this road, will correspond then to this Parliament go back to the strict application of the Treaty, article 272, and give the means - *algo that it #can take - so much in the field of the commitments as of the payments, to vote the credits to the height of the commitments that are the political commitments of the European Union and in the strict respect by the Treaty. +The *ECON also considers that it is an absolute priority the finance of measures on the taxation, because this sector follows being a field of irregularities in the inner market and, therefore, the line *B5-3001 on the application and the evolution of the inner market will have to keep in the level that has proposed the Commission in his project. +To my seem, in the decision of the Thursday happened also influenced the already registered descent and the *ulteriores reductions that expect in the prices for the consumer in the sectors of the telecommunications, the electricity and the financial services, like result of the competition and the liberalisation of the markets, to the equal that the fall of the prices of the oil. +To part of the fact -and #this #can be *algo embarrassing- that virtually, in the Council of Government, never vote, so that never there #be at all that publish, do not go to repeat #all the arguments against of #this, the *cuales already have presented to the Parliament in previous occasions, but it is necessary to remember that the decisions of the Council of Government of the system of the Euro adopt of collegiate form and therefore only it arises an only decision. +For *ello have set up a wide politics of State to struggle inside the frame of the law against the groups armed to the *margen of #this; to guarantee the security, protection, support and freedom of action for the defenders of the human rights; to attend to the persons displaced by the violence; to adopt the legal instruments that protect the human rights and strengthen our device of justice. +Another point has been the adoption of measures concrete in relation to the fight against the crime organised, as, for example, a greater operative competition for the *Europol, an Academy of Police European or measures more strict against the wash of money and the cooperation with the countries candidates, as with frequency are the countries origin of the crime organised. +*Segunda Contradiction: the Council of *Tampere announces the platonic will to administer the migratory currents and struggle against the immigration *clandestina in the origin, but to #the same time proclaims firmly, in varied occasions, that it is necessary to concede to the legal immigrants -quote- "a group of rights uniform so next as it was possible to the of the citizens of the Union" and that has to apply *prioritariamente a politics of integration that *les allow to remain. +Already it is more that hour to act in the level of the Council and of the Commission and -*me *atrevo to say it like conclusion of my intervention- of *ello depends, of course, the coherence of our societies, the social peace, the own survival of the #european idea, but also the very understood interest of the company in his *globalidad and, therefore, the solidity of the #european economy. +In the last years, included the #spanish democratic stage, have known varied situations #where the fishing always has been a pending subject among the parts by the subject of the existent dispute to the hour to define our territorial waters in relation to the #african neighbouring villages. +Memory that, with occasion of the negotiation of the Agreement of fishing that now expires, the Group of Left Unitary European *opuso to that got to the signature of the Agreement *pesquero by means of the granting of contingents additional for the import of fruits and vegetables in the frame of the parallel negotiation of the Agreement of association. +On the one hand, there #be the need of *sustanciar the same existence of the European Union converting in effective in #all the States members the application of the decisions taken in the competent instances in the matters of competition community and, in particular, in the cases like the tackled, susceptible to invalidate #one of the fundamental suppositions of the Union, is to say, the free circulation of commodities. +Goals that, in accordance with the strategy of the great orientations of economic politics, are not another thing that achieve facilitate the goal of stability of the monetary politics by means of some budgetary measures and an evolution *salarial suitable and more favourable, in these conditions, to the growth and to the employment, included the types of change and the types of interest on a long-term basis. +In the agenda of morning appears the debate of the question of the Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi on the strategy for the realisation of the only market European and the past week examine in *Estrasburgo the possibilities to deepen and consolidate the dialogue *macroeconómico with the Parliament, in the context of the debate of the report of the #ECB. +From this point of sight, of the dialogue *macroeconómico with the representatives of the *empleadores and of the workers, it only that it #can go out well is the adaptation of the collective negotiations and the readjustment of the wages to the requirements of the financial capital, of the euro and of the predominant economic politics that sees expressed in the *UEM and in the pact of stability. +Gentleman President, *me seems that the #many things that have said #can schematise of the following mood: or the dialogue *macroeconómico is a pure hypocrisy for *paliar the fault of a true economic politics for the Union, and then it that said the other colleagues is totally useless, a calque and a loss of #time; or well the dialogue *macroeconómico is *algo true, substantial, and then there #be hypocrisy by the #another side, is to say, tries hide with words *insustanciales a danger that, in my opinion, evolves to the *dirigismo in the #european economy. +Certainly it is to appreciate that it recognise the fundamental paper of the school to win the unemployment, without embargo, lacking any reference to the need that the school act in the field of a global territorial planning that see the participation of the social speakers, the local entities and the business world. +Wish, in particular, take #some observations on the reasons that *me have carried to vote in favour of the strategy for the inner market, but before taking it, *permítanme say also that have voted against in the question of procedure to postpone the vote on the subject of the fishing, because *me will be of the all impossible assist to *Estrasburgo inside two weeks and #would have wished enormously express my solidarity with the fishermen to the part of *Escocia, in particular, with #that of the islands and zones separated. +The European Parliament and the Council buy to very low price his tranquility of consciousness, because in addition to the private violence and of the relative to the sexual exploitation, it is necessary to recognise the increase of the social violence, that results of the aggravation of the poverty and of the intensification of the misfortune in the popular classes. +The insistence in the need to influence on the reflections of the population and the habits of consumption and to establish currents of communication with the citizens and the small and medium enterprises confirms the importance that will have the political leadership on the change of our habits of consumption and the promotion of a sustainable development. +The resolution of the Parliament *nos remembers to #all the external dimension, #this is, the process of enlargement and the relations with third countries, especially with the countries in roads of development; *nos invites to adopt a realistic approach, balanced and flexible in the preparation of politics, look especially important to the hour to examine the energetic combination and his evolution in the time. +And, finally, in relation with the amendment *nº 19, comprise the sense of the proposal, but signal to the attention of His *Señorías that the relative norm to the translation of the decisions do not fits in a regulation on competition, recognition and execution of judicial decisions: the own place for the norm on translations is the directive on the transmission of the acts, the #another instrument that today debate and in the that it establishes precisely his possibility of translation. +In my quality of speaker of opinion of the Commission of Subjects External for the report on the actions in the nuclear sector in favour of the *PECOS and of the new independent States, approved by unanimity on 27 October of the past year, have underlined the capital importance of the security *considerándola a requirement for the adhesion to the Union of new States members. +The Council of the Union, in his Common Action of 24 February 1997 relative to the action against the traffic of human beings and the sexual exploitation of boys, requests to the States members that proceed to a review of the legislation and of the procedures in vigour in these spheres to end to watch by that the types of behaviour mentioned are object of effective penal sanctions. +Gentleman President, is a question that arouse to the protect of the section 2 of the article 112 of the Regulation in relation with an appeal of statement of procedure of urgency that have presented three hours ago regarding the Report *Napolitano in application of the article 115 of the Regulation, so that it announce to the Assembly the presentation of this appeal of debate of urgency and proceed in consequence, so as to that we #can respect the terms of debate and vote that fix when elaborating the agenda. +Therefore, to respect the Regulation of this Assembly and the Regulation by the that they govern the deputies, to guarantee that the deputies enjoy of the rights that *les awards said Regulation, the Socialist Group and the Liberal Group, with support, as it announced before, of the Group *PEE, requested the postponement to guarantee that *nos adjusted to the article 112 of our Regulation on the application of the procedure of urgency. +It #would be the #willing #finnish Presidency to recognise that they still have to celebrate varied meetings of the Council before it finalise his Presidency and that it #can *utilizarlas like a very useful precedent to establish his *credenciales in terms of opening - *algo that, *me fear, do not exists in these moments - guaranteeing like minimum that *cuando publish the communiqués of press at the end of the meetings of the Council, said communiqués of press collect exactly the sense of the vote of each country on each #one of the subjects subjected to vote? +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0059/1999) of the Mr. *Pirker, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of the Council (*COM(1999) 260 - *C­0082/1999 - 1999/0116(*CNS)) relative to the creation of the system "*EURODAC" for the comparison of the digital prints of the applicants of asylum and other foreigners. +Regarding the enlargement of the *OMC so that it include also the investments, volume notes with satisfaction that the European Parliament has manifested *fírmemente #one and another time in the sense that it do not is necessary to repeat the errors of *AMI, that the responsibilities of the investors according to the guidelines of the *OIT and of the *OCDE have to define to #the same time that the right of the investors, and that -by a clear majority- it is necessary to establish a European Code of Behaviour for companies multinationals (amendment 15). +4) in accordance with the positions that always have defended in this Parliament, on purpose of the review of the Treaties of *Maastricht and of *Amsterdam, in the sense to keep consecrated the historical balance founder among great and small States, #can not approve this resolution that opens the "box of #Pandora" for a Treaty that accepts like just the supremacy of some States on #others, in comparison with the principle of equality among #all the #european citizens. +I know well that the alcohol produces dependency and also that there are persons that dies owing to the abuse of alcohol, without embargo, there #be a fundamental difference in the case of these substances, because in the majority of the cases to the persons *le results possible to control his consumption of tobacco and alcohol in a different measure to the that *les is possible to the immersed youngsters in the abuse of drugs. +In general lines, also is favourable the trial on the strength of intervention fast of the European Union, although there #be had #some #discordant voices regarding this matter, as it always has *sucedido in the history no only of the European Parliament, but of #a lot of national Parliaments, *cuando treats of problems that in some mood *atañen to military looks, that #can or #can not talk of a #european army. +Recently the Court has confirmed that, although a Been member authorise the games of chance, #the same has the faculty to put limits to the offer gave said games and *ello in consideration to the goals of interest public like the control of the wish to play, the prevention of the frauds or of the offences and the employment of the benefits obtained for ends of public interest. +*Me #Would enjoy to know #if the Commissioner #would suit in that the two last deputies that have asked to the Commission the adoption of measures #would take better in asking to the leader of his own party, Mr. *Blair, that reduce the very high level of the pound -kept in a level too much #alto by the high types of interests of the Realm Joined- to a realistic level and also achieve that the Mr. *Blair initiate the campaign to adhere to the euro, with it that there #would be greater transparency. +Therefore, to the sight of the previous experiences and also of the statement of today, *yo want to direct a very clear warning to the Council: #if for the spring has not reached a satisfactory solution for the programs *plurianuales bear *Kosovo and the *Balcanes western, accompanied of the corresponding commitment of the Council, will have to manoeuvre in waters very difficult in the frame of the budgetary procedure of the year 2001. +It is true that, in the #european budget, acts worse *cuando carries out of the #european continent: 10 millions of euros for #Asia central, 14 millions and half for the populations *desarraigadas of *América #latin, 4 millions for the human rights in *África *austral and in *Timor, etc. *Eso #would be well #if, during this time, did not consider the possibility to reduce in 5 millions of euros the credits in favour of our beekeepers, by true, to the that take the competition the imports of honey adulterated of the foreigner. +#One of the advances achieved in the meeting of the Monday of the Council of Environment is the adoption of a common posture by part of the Council, in relation with the strategic Managerial call of evaluation of repercussions in the environment, the *cual offers a splendid instrument to evaluate the effects in the environment of different programs and activities, included the effects of the atmospheric broadcasts. +The Committee of conciliation has got likewise to a commitment according to the *cual the program *Socrates will contribute to the development of a "#european dimension of the education and of the training" , in place of "an educational space European" , as it had asked the Parliament, or of "an educational cooperation" , formulation of character feebler, that the Council had preferred to the principle. +It That has put in *entredicho is not the existence of norms #tending to organise the international trade or the own existence of a world-wide organisation of the trade, but the fact that the *OMC pretends to be the source of #all normative, the referee of #all the things, the supreme judge of the future world. +According to the rules of the external politics and of common defence, according to the *cual the States members coordinate, after all, his performance in the international organisations, the initiative and the power of decision are totally in hands of the Council, in the practice, in hands of a group of civil servants skilled that have a natural tendency to concentrate in his own problems. +By #everything *ello, in the 50º anniversary of the Agreements of Gin, and *cuando owe *comprometernos #all -the Parliament, the Commission and the Council- to boost the knowledge of the humanitarian international Right and support to the organisations that have like responsibility his defence, *le occurs to the Council #any concrete initiative to spread the humanitarian international Right among the citizens of the Union? +#If the Mr. deputy to the Parliament wants to know more of the real conditions of the transport of animals or wants to put the subject in knowledge of the Commission, perhaps was convenient that *le formulate the question directly to the Commission, since it is specific task of the Commission control the fulfillment of the disposals of the valid Directives or take part in the subject *cuando the disposals are not fulfilled. +Improve the small and medium enterprises and favour measures that contribute to improve his competitiveness has been #one of the goals of this Parliament by the fundamental paper that exert in the creation of employment and for considering that #any one actions oriented to the small and average economic operators boost the economic growth European in general and signal a safe path to reach the economic and social cohesion of the Community. +#If well the current normative capacity in the frame of the European Union did not allows still the adoption of a legal diet *transfronterizo in this field, expect that in a future #this was possible, especially after the Ministers of Culture of *Austria and *Alemania, in February of the past year, considered that this question, in what #such, *reviste a character *transfronterizo and like this have manifested it by writing. +I believe that it is very important that explain that the terrible rapes of the human rights, like the that have lived and live in #Sierra Lion, are *algo that to *nosotros like Europeans *nos *incumbe, because according to our conception the human rights and the human dignity are indivisible all over the world and because we are not had to tolerate this selective conception that conducts to that we allow that the acts of violence that produce in our vicinities *nos seem more conclusive that the eruptions of violence, like the that witness in #Sierra Lion from takes #a lot of years. +Like this as, in spite of the disappointment that *me produces the fact that the President in exercise was trying to reach an agreement among the two States members, #this is beyond all doubt a field in the that the Council #can adopt positive measures attending to his worry by the human rights and respecting the norms of an institution that, #if well it did not forms part of the EU, yes has his respect and remains mentioned in a part of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Anyway I want to take advantage of also this opportunity to appreciate of heart to the Parliament, especially to the speakers and to #all the that have shown a big interest or that have been involved in the debate of the process of enlargement, for having given spirit #one and another time to the Commission so that it took also his own initiatives with the end of *salvaguardar the good rhythm of the process of the enlargement. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, wanted to say in the first place that the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary *congratula of the presentation of these two directives because the enlargement to entities no banking of the broadcast of money electronic *nos seems a fine measure to increase the competition in this matter and, therefore, improve the quality of the service loaned and the prices that will earn to the consumers. +It treats of the problem -and the problem is only east- of the minimum prudential norms that, ensuring the stability and the solidity of the entities of money electronic, open the path to the mutual recognition of the permission and the supervision and, through this road, to the free circulation of the operators and of the services. +#This #can seem dared regarding some definitions that appear in the national public rights, but had account at the same time of the urgency that exists and of the pressure of the Council by that respect the terms established -have some calendars-, is indispensable to continue the work, and *nos satisfies the request formulated in this sense, especially because have in front of our Assembly to a commissioner that has shown that dominated perfectly these questions, that knew to listen it that asks the Parliament and that has authority in front of the governments and, specifically, to the Council *ECOFIN. +The Group *Europa of the Nations has presented six amendments that clear the principle of prevention, that expand the of sanitary security of the alimentary products, including the organisms modified genetically, the phytosanitary products or the hormones used like factor of growth, #as well as the prohibition to use pertinent meats of the slaughterhouses or bones of animals for the manufacture of flour animal. +In this sense, this crisis, that began with the approval or no approval of the management for 1996 and of the continuation for 1997, concerning the *cual neither recommend any approval of the management in this week but a postponement of the approval of the management, has been a necessary crisis to extract of here the positive approaches that *nos #would enjoy to have taken get still, gentleman *Liikanen, to this Commission. +Our Group has been coherent in his position; graces also to the *tozudez or to the rigour of our speaker, the Mr. *Elles, #all the Plenary has followed at the end this approach, and today register a hit that in principle only have to appreciate it to a person, in concrete, to the speaker, the Mr. *Elles, by his report on the approval of the management of the budget 1996. +The nomination of the Roman Mr. *Prodi in the extraordinary meeting of the European Council of *Berlín was the *primer step. The Bosses of State and of Government have shown with the designation of the Mr. *Prodi the capacity of performance of the European Union and his determination to resolve of fast way and *convincente the crisis occurred. +In his intervention has mentioned *usted almost #all the key words for the next five years: the agriculture and the cities, the competition and it social, the youth, the greater persons, the anonymous societies, the small and medium enterprises, the protection of the consumer and the liberalisation, the enlargement and the relation with States Joined. +The that we have voted in favour of the proposal of the Council obeys to the fact that the present majority in this Parliament will follow earning in the practice 1.000 euros by a trip that costs 400 crowns, for example, and *nosotros want to give priority to the process of renewal and cleansing regarding the *viáticos before that to our opposition to some labour conditions and *retributivas common, taking special emphasis in this point in the need that it was possible to tax the community wage nationally. +To the contrary that some fears that have expressed , seems that *Europa is closing rows in front of the crisis and that the processes of integration are winning inwardly and also *exteriormente a new dynamic, simply because the #european alternatives #can see better that never in this time of #crisis. On the one hand, the alternative that represents this Parliament, the *Europa of the integration, that means #one *Europa in peace, with stability and welfare and, on the other hand, the old image of *Europa that find in the wars of the *Balcanes: nationalism with the consequence of wars, trips and misfortune. +Regarding the amendments 3 and 4, the Commission has approved a conjoint statement in the Regulation according to the *cual, the Commission will provide #all the oral information to the Council and to the Parliament on the economic situation of the countries *beneficiarios that receive loans, #as well as on the risks that have explained to the hour to present the annual report. +It is #this the main protest, the most vehement protest, that *les transmit by part of the commission. And in name of #the same urge to the Presidency of the Council to that it promote a culture of collaboration with the radically new Parliament in a field #where the state authority and the power on the rights of the citizens and the fundamental rights leave feel with special virulence. +The #one of May, the Council decided by means of procedure written integrate to the personnel of the Secretariat of *Schengen in the General Secretariat of the Council. I expect that like this we reach to put final point to the debates on this subject that have come *sucediendo lately and that the Presidency, the States members and also the personnel of the Secretariat of the Council #can go back to concentrate fully in the work that *nos awaits in these two last months of the #german Presidency. +We have to achieve a balance among the civil freedoms, the freedom of expression, the freedom of the persons to put in Internet it that they want to, without more *entrometimiento official of it that there #would be in the postal services or in the telephone, and *contrapesar the #another argument that the companies do not have why find with persons that *infrinjan the rights of property intellectual, that *infrinjan his logos and pretend to be a company that are not. +Although in the immediately back period to the resignation of the president *Suharto there was great hopes that at last it #would remain opened the path to a peaceful solution of the problems of *Timor Oriental, after a chamber of century of *derramamiento of blood in the that has died a third part of the population like consequence of the #indonesian invasion of 1975, those hopes have not fulfilled . +Gentleman President, the security of the existent nuclear plants and of the that are building , represents a goal *prioritario in front of the perspective of the adhesion, #such as they have highlighted in reiterated occasions the Parliament and the Commission with occasion of the relative package to the Diary 2000, #as well as the Council in the field of the nuclear security with regard to the future enlargements of our Union. +The strict fulfillment of the norms of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade and of the Agreement on the Textile, in particular the calendar of the liberalisation, the control of the *dumping and the fraudulent practices, the access to the market of third countries and the limitation of the bilateral agreements, will have to constitute requirements *ineludibles of the European Union. +I am not *yo the one who has to *recordarle that #this *Europa has 20 millions of unemployed -the unemployment is a problem that mine his social cohesion-, that #this *Europa is in *entredicho in the conquests of civilisation made like the of the welfare, by politics *neoliberales, these same politics *neoliberales of the *cuales *usted has *ensalzado the *ulterior need of flexibility in his previous speeches and that, by the contrary, has supposed a decrease of the quality of the work and of the quality of life, to difference of it that proposes for the future. +The fault of the Mr. *Bangemann consists in having taken patent this basically corrupt system, so that any #european voter #can see it and in consequence prefer to remain home the day of the elections, as it already took the majority the days 10, 11, 12 and 13 June depriving of this form to this assembly of any type of legitimacy democratic. +Obviously, #this is not the opinion of my Group, neither neither the opinion of the Committee of Experts, that in the chapter 7 declares *pertinentemente that the distinction in the breast of the Commission among politics and management is not *defendible, quote, neither *jurídicamente neither in the practice, that this distinction allows to skew the political responsibilities, that it logical is that it was deleted in benefit of the hierarchical subordination regarding the politically responsible commissioners. +*Usted *nos Has presented in the person of the Mrs. *Schreyer to a politics experienced that it still will need a shooting in #any that another subject of field #european, since first it will have to adapt to #some moods of operation, but that has put to the day quickly and of exhaustive way on the very complex subject of the budgetary politics and that it is very conscious of the future challenges in this field. +Gentleman President of the European Commission, #would wish to begin in the point in that it has remained the Mr. *Donnelly, the *segunda splits of his mission, the program of work, because I believe that, more that of the collective or individual responsibilities, that, of course, consider also important subject, the work of restoration of the prestige and of the creativity of the European Commission depends especially of the program of work. +I have to say that so much to the pensioners that *me have commanded to this seat number 270 of the European Parliament, as to me *nos has satisfied the comment of the Commissioner designated Mrs. #Anna *Diamantopulu that, when answering to #one of my questions during the auditions -with regard to the *cuales it is necessary to remember so much it that it was very as it that - did not answer that has very in account the problem of the greater persons that expect a pension and that the fifteen States members no longer is in situation to pay, since the Insurances are feeble and have deficit. +To his time, at all has advanced on the need of *imposición public prosecutor to the movements of capitals, regarding the need of adaptation of the national social diets to the current demographic tendencies, it that shows that, to end of accounts, the goal is not a greater social justice, but, to the contrary, #one *agravación of the social inequalities. +I request that the institutions of the European Union support the sending *urgentísimo of a strong civil mission and of a strength of security of the Nations Joined, of proportional dimension to the gravity of the situation, to achieve that *Timor constitute like independent State, it that will demand long along the *cual the Nations Joined will have to keep an unambiguous support and the European Union a help *apolítica and economic indispensable. +The *segunda is the following: I Want to take an urgent appeal to our European Parliament so that, when talking of the #indonesian question, take a clear distinction among the military diet of Indonesian, the elections that celebrated and that they were a reflection of a long and deep process of transformation that only finishes to begin in an enormous empire of the that *Timor Oriental is not more that a small fragment, and the big suffering of the #indonesian village. +The concealment of a common pit in the that *yacían the bodies of 15 #serbian murdered around the middle of July in the outskirts of *Gnjilane, zone under responsibility of the #american troops, poses serious *interrogantes around the paper of the call *Afuerza of peace@, since in function of his tolerance or support, the #serbian population of *Kosovo is victim of an extended ethnic cleansing that shows the difference of sensitivity of the international community about the protection of the human rights, that gives by safe. +Without embargo, regarding the composition of the council of direction of the agency, do not comprise the reasons that #would have to induce to the Parliament to foresee the nomination of seven independent experts only by part of the Commission and #this against of the proposals formulated by the own Commission that, in dissonance with the Committee attach to #the same, has foreseen, by the contrary, the presence of a representative of each #one of the States members. +In the section 3, the European Parliament demands "an open and innovative approach on the character of the Letter, the nature of the rights that will have to appear in *ella, #as well as on the paper and the position of #this in the constitutional evolution of the Union" , it that shows his will of not to limit, simply, to collect the rights in vigour, as it asked the Council. +A fraudulent escape of the money of help foreign, a flight of capital #russian in the last ten years estimated among the 150.000 and 300.000 millions of dollars and a #russian economy that has gone back to the trade of barter *nos prevent to have really contrives of the *envergadura of the financial crisis in the Russian Federation. +Lady Speaker, in my opinion the Parliament #would not have to leave without taking advantage of the opportunity to take a statement on the mandate in the turn of the *WTO, because the Council of Ministers will give the mandate to the Commission on 13 October and #would be really a pity #if this mandate awarded without knowing it that thinks the Parliament of *Europa on the subject. +Of course, it results ironic, as we said yesterday in the Commission of Development, that the Commission of Budgets voted the past week to reduce the budgetary line on the attention of the reproductive health and the work in matter of *HIV/AIDS to the half -of 25 millions to 12 millions of euros- and that now are examining the need of investment in this sector. +Therefore, welcome are the campaigns of information oriented to sensitise to the public opinion on the subjects related with the energetic saving, without embargo, do not see how the adoption of measures legislative excessively strict #can be the most effective method to improve the energetic intensity of the final demand. +Consistently with his obligation to defend the interests of his States members; consistently with the values of equity and social progress that proclaim like #ours; consistently with the project of world that want to contribute to build, more balanced and more *solidario; but consistently also with the performance kept by #many of *nosotros and #many of our compatriots in *Europa during four decades *esforzándonos for finishing with the apartheid and dreaming with the instauration in *Sudáfrica of a diet of freedom and of dignity for #all the #south african. +Our new Parliament sends today a new and clear signal of forceful -support and sustained- to a process of peace that goes to open the path to the progress, the democracy, the respect to the human rights and the hope in the future for #all the villages of the region and for the peaceful coexistence among #Israel and the independent state of Palestinian. +We have to respect these measures, because of another mood will be encouraging of *facto the politics of colonisation, and *eso that the European Union, together with the rest of the International Community, States Joined included, always have condemned this politics and #all know that the #israeli politics of settlements constitutes a big obstacle in the long path to the peace and to an authentic #palestinian State. +So that in this occasion the road of hope that opens after the signature of *Sharm The-*Sheikh do not remain again closed in the future, is necessary that the sensitivity and the political intelligence of the new ruling of the State of #Israel, #whose security want guaranteed, promote able measures to create a confidence sustained in the #palestinian part, so that the peaceful road, recently reopened, scope, it before possible, the dip definite. +Regarding the external politics, believe that it is necessary to insist in the fact that no only have commercial commitments, but that are linked by agreements *multilaterales on the environment, by relative international agreements to the respect of the human rights, and in my opinion -that create share #a lot of colleagues-, these commitments have at the same time in the ethical plane and in the political plane a more important value that the *librecambio. +Anyway, I have to say that the negotiations of the Round of the #Millenium do not have to prejudice the essential elements of the agricultural model European neither the necessary reforms so that, in addition to it agreed in the Diary 2000, protect the internal development of the territories of the goal 1 with familiar exploitations based in the earth, in front of the interests of the great industrial companies and of big distribution. +To me *me #would enjoy to ask to the Council, that no to the Commission, how values in general lines the development of this campaign; #if it is truth that #this has been a good year for the tuna and #if therefore they have averted the conflicts among the distinct fleets that fish in the *Cantábrico; how number of ships has reduced each country like consequence of the moratorium; #if this method is revealing as valid to brake the pressure on the populations of tuna. +Regarding the question of the assignments for the structural measures, the divergences among the Council and the Parliament summary in two points: in the first place, the amount of the advance of the relative payment to the new structural actions and, second, the calendar of the settlement of the ancient permissions that still have not paid . +Since a big part of the community budget executes by means of the States members, *yo *le #would recommend sincerely to the Council that watch by the efficiency, the transparency and a clean execution in this field, so that the Commission do not go back to see forced to follow resorting in the future to the procedure of approval of the management in interest of a clean execution of the budget. +*Yo Want to express, therefore, first of all my *congratulaciones and my gratitude to the Monetary Institute European, to the national banks, to the Central Bank European, represented today here by his President, Mr. *Duisenberg, but likewise to the States members, that promoted through numerous necessary political reforms the *ulteriores structural and institutional reforms and fulfilled the criteria of convergence, and also to the citizens, that are supporting with an increasing consensus this necessary step to the #european integration +Our Group receives with satisfaction the training of an organ for the preparation of the Letter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in the belief that the wide parliamentary scope of his composition reflects the realisation of the process of democratisation of the better EU that the usual Conference *Intergubernamental. +They remain, without embargo, two obstacles: firstly, the abandonment of the community preference in the agricultural field, and already know the problems that exist in the sectors of the tomato, or of the horticulture; and, the second point, with regard to the *cual #can not yield, #would consist in an exchange of the right of fishing for the Spaniards by a supplement of immigration, in #one *Europa that has 18 millions of unemployed. +By it that refers to the report *Cunha on the celebration of a new Protocol by the that they fix the possibilities of fishing and the financial compensation, foreseen in the Agreement with the Republic of *Angola for the period comprised among 3 May 1999 and on 2 May of the 2000, wanted to signal that it treats of a classical protocol, that makes possible the access to the resources *pesqueros during a period determined and fixed #one *contrapartida financial. +With my innocence and naivety, *yo had thought that, *cuando the Managerial Committee Scientist gathered the past week and took his announcement -in fact, took it the Mr. *Pascale, French *él, like President of said Committee-, in the that indicated the unanimous approval of said committee, in the sense that the meat of bovine British is so innocuous like any #another meat of bovine of the EU or possibly more that #any of the world, already had got to the top of the pyramid. +Gentleman President, wanted to congratulate to the speaker Mr. *Hughes, regarding the ordination of the time of work of the persons of the sea, by his proposal to the Parliament to approve, without modifications, the common position of the Council with regard to the application of the labour day of the persons of the sea on board of the ships that use community ports. +Also I expect that the procedure by the that *nos have seen forced to examine the present Communication in the Parliament do not take like model for the future, since it also has been the cause, gentleman colleague *Lehne, that we have not had the opportunity to debate the amendments in commission and *nos to forced to proceed of a very atypical way for this House. +But a true social support to the goals that determine with the persons in difficulty in the frame of procedures formalised is the only mood that the helps and incentives for the research of employment *surtan #all his effects, no only in the own access to the employment, but also in *algo that is intimately associated to #this, is to say, the *reinserción durable of some persons that are totally #wear# out by the destructive process of the unemployment. +We consider important that carry out in the stage of programming to allow to the workers anticipate the change, expand the field of application of the directive and guarantee that #the same contain minimum prescriptions to scale community that #can not break but in the most favourable sense for the workers, #as well as extend the content to the matters that affect directly to the rights of the workers and his future. +This strategic option referred , first of all, to the approval of the directive on the #european company and afterwards to the approval of the directive on the query and the information; and all #this in the logical that #if had priority the directive on the that are debating, #would be *complicadísima the vote of the directive on the employment that, as well they know, carries in the table of negotiations more of 14 years. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, agrees with my considerations that with the proposal that *usted takes, practically suspend the obligations of the Council derived of the compulsory credits but that keep his rights, to know, the reduction of the credits no employees, and that in this way happen in fact of the compulsory credits to the no compulsory without that the Parliament obtain the rights of sovereignty on this sector in the budget? +In the breast of the Western European Union, the subject of the guarantee of defence mutual has even more forces that in the breast of the NATO; in the neutral countries, the general opinion in these moments is that the commitment of defence mutual is not applicable. +And as I have heard to say to the gentleman *Bourlanges in the debate that the next Conference *Intergubernamental #would have to decide the creation of a #european tax, *yo #would say, to the contrary, in name of the Group *Europa of the Nations, that #if the *CIG has to treat this problem, is precise to decide the creation of a clear system, transparent, *equitativo and, especially, controlled closely by the national democracies, *me refer of an annual contribution of the States based in a percentage of his *PNB identical for #all. +We have presented a proposal of strategy to combat the drug in the EU during the period 2000 - 2004 following the lines guidelines of the Council of *Europa, the work that made the previous country that had the Presidency, the communication of the Commission and the contributions that have taken the States members and different groups of work to the communication of the Commission. +Considering that of agreement to the article 255 the general principles and the limits of the right of the citizens to the access to the documents of the quoted institutions have to establish before 30 April 2001, in compliance with the procedures of decision of the European Parliament, the Council will begin to study a proposal of regulation so prompt as it was possible. +Lady Speaker, to win time, now that the amendment 70 of the Group *Europa of the Nations has remained refused by an overwhelming majority, perhaps #can apply *usted the disposals of the section 7 of the article 130 according to the *cual, after the approval or the rejection of a concrete amendment, the President will be able to decide that other amendments of content similar or with similar goals subject to vote jointly. +The position initial negotiator of the European Union, ambitious in his goals, is allocated to not going out strengthened of a cycle of negotiations that #can *eternizarse and stagnate to cause, in particular, of the predictable attitude of the States Joined, that will try constantly destroy the unit of this mandate that possesses the Mr. *Lamy, and that do not represents more that an apparent unit, unable to dissemble the divergences of interests among the Fifteen. +The only solution is to reestablish the controls in the inner borders of the Community; to endow to the services of police of the States members with the human means, financial and materials to fulfil his mission of protection of the persons honoured; renounce to award to the irresponsible of *Bruselas any type of competitions in police matter, judicial and of entrance and permanence of foreigners. +The situation of retard aggravated by the vindictive destruction *perpetrada by the strengths armed #indonesian, the small dimensions of the territory, associated to the circumstance that there #be another half of the island, the coexistence with neighbours and powerful interests, the nonexistence of an administration, are elements that contribute to the complexity of the task and give idea of it necessary that it is the participation of the *timorenses and it important that is the international solidarity. +We will loan our full support to the responsible of Nations Joined, the Mr. *Kouchner, and his ancient colleagues, *cuando at last begin to set up an administration in *Kosovo in place to leave this committed in hands of the false and illegitimate Government of the *ELK, *cuando the municipal authorities and the city councils of the villages and of the cities leave to be governed by the *ELK, *cuando these tasks and other #many that remain for taking in *Kosovo are carried to good term, #if no by other #Kosovar, by other agents of Nations Joined. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0051/1999) of the Mrs. *Rühle in name of the Commission of Budgets on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999)142 - *C5-0039/1999 - 1999/0080(*CNS)) by the that concedes to the European Bank of Investments a guarantee of the Community to absorb the losses that derive of loans for the realisation of projects out of the Community (*Europa central and oriental, *Balcanes western, #mediterranean countries, *Latinoamérica and #Asia and Republic of *Sudáfrica). +Gentleman President, wanted colleagues, take the word in this point to express my support and the of the Socialist Group to the work and to the conclusions on the proposals that today presents in front of the Parliament, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical, my good friend and mate the professor #Manuel *Medina, with the hope founded that #ours Assembly approve with #all his weight the proposals in question. +Gentleman President, have taken the word to show first of all my surprise after having listened it that *nos has declared the Speaker in exercise of the Council regarding the Conference *Intergubernamental. The Mrs. *Halonen not even has quoted the resolution of the European Parliament of 18 November and the proposals contained in #the same referents to the diary of the Conference. +Economic problems, problems of human rights, of democracy, of respect to the minorities. Problems, in end, of security and stability in the *sureste of *Europa, by what *Turquía bases his external politics well in the violence declared, as in the case of *Chipre with the prolonged occupation of the north of the island, well in the threat to use the violence, as *cuando the #turkish Parliament declares officially *casus *belli the exercise of the #greek rights of sovereignty on the territorial waters of the *Egeo. +In fact, the liberalisation of the market, the cancellation of the subventions, the impunity of the investments, the commercialisation of the services, even of the education, of the health and of the culture are loaning service to the great interests of the capital *monopolístico to increase his benefits; without embargo, are not at all appeals for the workers neither for the villages. +Here it is precise rather play in the future a preparatory paper more intelligent and more marked to end to take patent how interests represent really in common in these world-wide rounds and why the need: in concrete, to control the globalisation, to contain the spontaneous growth that, in any case, #would produce without the world-wide round, and to carry out here an intelligent strategy of solution of the global problems. +Already I have underlined the importance that the Commission assume also his responsibility regarding the States members, but *cuando treats of internal politics, the external help and the administration of the personnel, #can impose requirements clearer to the Commission and #can also tackle the subject of way different *cuando treats of the Statement of reliability, *algo that have begun to take and that will follow taking. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0097/1999) of the Mrs. *Pack, in name of the delegation of the European Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the conjoint text, approved by the Committee of Conciliation, of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the *segunda stage of the program of action community in matter of education *SOCRATES (*C5-0267/1999 - 1998/0195(*COD)). +As a result of the queries that have made to the Common Centre of Investigation and to the States members in particular, have got to the conclusion that the 1% is the commitment that better fulfils two purposes: in the first place, the goal to establish a level of tolerance very low that involve the effort of the operators; and second, that take into account the necessary feasibility in #all the chain of production. +In the first place, it wanted to *decirle that his small delay is perfectly justified by the importance of his communication and also that the Parliament *congratula that it was possible this form of debate practically immediate and instantaneous among this Assembly and the Executive and takes votes by that this new method get for real to create a space of debate political current, that by strength has to *enaltecer to this Assembly and his relations with the Commission. +In the first place, it wanted to say to His *Señoría that share the worry that finishes to express concerning that the #european institutions in his group are able to formulate a politics of information and of communication that allow to take get to #all the #european citizens no only the tenor of the debates, but also the value added that for his daily life have the decisions of the Parliament, of the Commission and of the own Council. +As it planned, will be necessary *ponderar the actions in relation with the civil situation, economic and social of the distinct New Independent States and of *Mongolia using two parameters: the solution to the problem of the destitution and of the social and economic marginalisation, without privileges and graduations, and the evaluation of the civil strategic value, economic and social with regard to *acercar the villages of the New Independent States and *Mongolia to the European Union. +The European Union has to take all it that was in his hand during the next year so that they find the most efficient solutions possible from the point of sight environmental and of the reduction of broadcasts, solutions that was possible to approve at length, with the end to get to an agreement on the rule of the mechanisms of *Kioto and of the application of the Agreement. +#This is it that #would have wanted to say to the Mr. #Martin, #if #this, of a way that estimate little *cortés and little according to the requirements of the democracy, to the respect of the right of the minorities and to the parliamentary habit, had not decided from the principle, without at least *haberme listened, that the observation that *yo thought to take regarding the articles 180 and 181 of our Regulation was not a statutory question. +*Nos Find in a back procedure to the decision of 1997 and it more #likely is that we go back to *encontrarnos in a back procedure to the current decision. Without embargo, by the sake of the consumer #would have to have elaborated previous query to the Parliament a plan of work to guarantee a correct application of the system of identification compulsory inside the term established. +In spite of the previous resolutions of the Parliament, supported in the report of the International Federation of Human Rights -that confirms the precariousness of the conditions of arrest of the political prisoners-, the maltreatments, the humiliations, the attacks to the physical integrity of the individuals, are common coin in the prisons of *Djibouti, especially in the of *Gabode. +Regarding the exclusion of Party Popular Democratic of the elections, the gentleman deputy definitely will know that the Constitutional Court Turkish refused unanimously on 8 March 1999 the appeal of the Fiscal General of the State on the provisional decision for the prohibition of the participation of this Party. +Up to now, and although the *PE has requested it clearly, these purposes have not materialised from the point of sight operative in a program integrated for the insular regions of the EU, #where live 14 millions of citizens of 12 States members, so as to that they #can compete in the market in conditions *equitativas with the other continental regions that do not suffer from the principle of the derivative geographic disadvantage of the *insularidad. +I am in favour without place to doubts of the enlargement to these new countries, but fear that, given the situation of the financial perspectives and for being these less rich countries that the current members of the Union, stress the *perifericidad and the eccentricity of some regions like *Galicia and *Portugal with the decreases of the structural Bottoms, with it that will hamper the necessary economic cohesion and social #european. +So much more I express our hopes -and #can not hide my worry to the *respecto- that it #can go back to study thoroughly the Law of the language and the Law of elections parliamentary and municipal, that were approved after the publication of our last report, since these laws, according to a first #ours impression, #can go in in conflict with the international norms in this field. +Since, in virtue of the article 255, to the Commission *le corresponds the task to elaborate a relative legislative proposal to the general principles and to the limits that regulate the exercise of said right, our Institution will present in useful time his proposal to the *respecto and the Plenary will have like this the possibility to manifest his position in the procedure of *codecisión. +The posture adopted so much by the Commission as by our economic commission is more *matizada: while the stability of prices keep and was guaranteed, #can *permitirnos a monetary politics more flexible, to condition of course that it keep and consolidate the budgetary discipline; sure enough, by fault of the enormous debt accumulated and of the important resources consecrated to the service of said debt and to the finance of the deficit, have had to reduce during years the productive private investments. +Regarding the most concrete proposal, face to #many of His *Señorías, on the tax reduced of the VAT of the services with high index of hand of drama, have #a lot of taste in observing that today, with the #german Presidency, has celebrated the first meeting of a group of work of the Council on this subject and tonight go to debate the Report *Thyssen also on this subject. +The agenda signals the report (To4-0207/99), of the Mrs. *Thyssen, in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, on the proposal of directive of the Council to modify the directive 77/388/*CEE regarding the possibility to apply to experimental title a type reduced of VAT to the services that apply hand of drama of intensive way (*COM(99)0062 - *C4-0169/99-99/0056 (*CNS). +Certainly, gentleman President, *usted today has remembered the need of an ecological tax to face up to the challenges that poses, for example, the climatic change -and #this *me satisfies- and has talked of sustainable development, without embargo, how not highlighting the contradiction among these affirmations and his exaggerated confidence in the results that will derive of the full liberalisation of the commercial exchanges in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade? +The 112 or 115 deputies that have voted in favour of these amendments honour with *ello to our Parliament, because they express the conviction that the Parliament is in his right to control to the Commission, control the execution of the community budget by the Commission, and that #this has the duty to respect the Treaties and provide to the Parliament the necessary information. +*Yo Consider that it treats of an important step with seen to the preparation of a resolution of the Council of Security based in the foundation of the Chapter *VII and wanted to take advantage of the occasion to urge also to the permanent members of the Council of Security to that they assume an active paper in the preparation of a resolution of these characteristics. +The politics that has developed up to now the European Union regarding *Rusia no always has been exemplary, but even so *yo want to manifest my confidence in that the combination of a global strategy and the new Regulation of *TACIS that it has to go in in vigour in the year 2000 will translate in a clear improvement of the adoption and execution of the decisions of the European Union in the field of the relative politics to *Rusia. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate on the recommendation for the *segunda reading of the report (To4-0245/99) by part of the Mr. *Jarzembowsky in name of the Commission of Transports and relative Tourism to the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the relative Council to the application of *gravámenes to the heavy vehicles of transport of commodities by the utilisation of determined infrastructures (13651/3/98 - *C4-0037/99-96/0182(*SYN)). +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, before happening to tackle the subject of the institutional reforms, like president of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, when opening my last public intervention, *yo also wanted to express publicly my gratitude to the President of our Parliament by the common work that have made. +*Cuando, on 13 December, said that the Treaty of *Amsterdam *le gave the possibility to the Parliament, for the first time in his history, to adopt a uniform statute for his members, that this statute had to go in in vigour in the moment in that the ratification of the Treaty of *Amsterdam provided the necessary juridical base for his approval, left believe that we were smart to approve a statute. +We go back to present it in the second Inform #Martin, because we #can not *rendirnos. In benefit of the health of the #european citizens have to follow defending the positive effects of the moderate consumption of the wine in front of the groups of the population that do not know that the wine is the preventive medicine more effective and more pleasant against the #Alzheimer, the cancer, the *senilidad and #others #a lot of illnesses. +When violating knowingly the agreement of *Wye *Plantation, of October of 1998, the *cual forbids any unilateral measure that #can complicate the negotiation on the final statute of the territories, the #israeli Government pursues a deliberate strategy that consists in *vaciar of his substance the future negotiation and in removing a territorial continuity to *Cisjordania, to prevent like this the feasibility of a future #palestinian State. +I consider that it is necessary that carry out two things: in the first place, the *restablecimiento of a constitutional and civil order and the end of the coup d'état that -as they said my colleagues- is the *decimoctavo from the half of the years seventy; second and to #the same time, is precise to continue the process of agreement national also with these strengths that no only are military and that pretend to follow keeping the hegemony of some groups of population of an island with regard to the other. +Finally, some last words directed to the Mr. *Poettering, without the spirit of *referirme of special way to the political decisions interns, since I consider that we are in the European Parliament and here #would not have to talk of *Alemania like main subject. Without embargo, *yo #can *asegurarle a thing, gentleman *Poettering: precisely the green Party learnt the lesson of *Bosnia and also has learnt now the of *Kosovo, and also #would have assumed this responsibility with another composition of the Government. +To the colleague of the *PDS that, on the one hand, *nos has criticised that have ignored the #french positions #as well as the goals of the #french politics but that, to #the same time, *nos has thrown strongly in face the deficient results of the commitment of the agricultural market of the summit of *Berlín, only #can *decirle that they are looks in some mood interrelated. It #would have to examine more exactly #if at the end, by like this say it, do not drops *usted same in a tangle of contradictions. +Gentleman President, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, repair the dramatic material consequences and, especially, morals of the drama that has lived *Kosovo, collaborate with the International Penal Court so that the crimes committed do not remain *impunes, seat the bases of the economic development of the zone to end of *propiciar the reconciliation of the village *albanokosovar and of the #serbian village have to be questions absolutely *prioritarias for the European Union. +It #would give *usted to the majority of the Assembly, of circumstantial form, the possibility to pronounce on the political affinities that they #can exist among #such or *cual deputy that has stamped his signature to the foot of the writing of constitution of a group and know very well that exist, also in the breast of the majority groups, factions that are not neither with a lot of agreement among *ellas on a common political program. +Therefore, it wanted to go back to remember that in the last session *plenaria *yo signalled that, of compliance with our Regulation, the Assembly decides on the composition of the tables of the delegations *interparlamentarias, but corresponds to the mixed parliamentary commissions proceed, as they take it also the parliamentary commissions, to the election of his tables, #such as we have taken it in the Commission of Subjects Inner, for example, and in #all the commissions. +For example, it is not possible to detain the delinquency organised, the traffic of persons, the bleaching of money and the terrorism only through the police collaboration, #if to #the same time allows the free circulation among the countries members, so much of the community citizens as of #all the other, and much less #if the surveillance of the external borders sees weakened, it that it is unavoidable with the enlargement of the Union. +It #can not admit that the key field of the justice, that no only affects to the protection of the citizen of face to the outside, but that also guarantees the protection of the citizen in front of the state institutions, do not take into account the protection against erroneous executive measures neither the corresponding control in benefit of the citizens. +Amen of *eso, has not had any objection in accessing to the proposal of the #french Government to assign to Pascal *Lamy the wallet of Trade External, although this gentleman is the architect of the "system #Jacques *Delors" . With this system has implanted in the Commission a financial structure totally #abstruse. +Always I have been of the opinion that a military intervention foreigner only had to take place in the national interest of the nation-Been that it treat , and without embargo the grave deterioration and the spiral of violence in the region required the adoption of measures and fulfilled the conditions of the new external politics ethical concerning the *cual *Portugal is Been member of right plenary. +In the resolutions adopted in June of 1999 on the *preparativos of the third meeting of the Ministers of the *OMC, the Council remitted clearly to the agreements of the Bosses of State in the Summit of Colony the days 3 and 4 June 1999, in the *cuales supported some negotiations that cover a wide fan of subjects, among *ellos the labour norms, like the best half to achieve substantial results and balanced in benefit of #all the members of the *OMC. +The Commission already has remitted a document to the Presidency of the Council and to the Parliament in the that proposes a clear division of the functions of the services of the agency and of the personnel among *Pristina and *Salónica, with #all the operative services centred in *Pristina and the director of the agency rooted there in his centre of operations. +Report (To5-0010/99) of the Mrs. *Morgantini, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999) 334 - *C5-0059/1999 - 1999/0143(*CNS)) by the that approves the text of the *Décimo Agreement *CE-*OOPS for the period 1999-2001, before the signature of the Agreement by the Commission and the Organism of Dramas Public and Aid of the Nations Joined for the refugees of Palestinian in the Near Orient +Likewise, the services of the Commission, that has managed the helps to *Rusia, have to elaborate a report on the modalities of employment of the bottoms and, finally, asks the creation of a commission of investigation, composed by the Council, the Commission, the European Parliament, the *BEI and the *BERD, that check how many and #which finances sent to *Rusia have used for the planned ends, for example, the program *TACIS. +Regarding #Grecia, already it has said , the damages also have been great, have thrown roots in the population - have visited the zone - the anxiety by the morning, especially for having ascertained that, in the construction of the houses, it that predominated was the benefit and no the care to the persons that were paying for buying a house. +The *avispados advisers that are to my side *me say that according to our Regulation, has been correct the behaviour of the Parliament and of the President of session, my predecessor, as in the agenda says that among the 15 and 16 hours will take place the statement of the Commission on the financial crisis in *Rusia and that the debate of urgency will begin immediately after the statement of the Commission or to more take to the 16 hours. +The *segunda will be the of how competitions will transfer *usted of the Commission to this new agency and maybe to #some of the that already exist, so that they #can exert better his tasks and assist to the agency commissioned of the *inocuidad of the foods in the resolution of the relative problems to the foods in *Europa. )How it will guarantee the surrender of accounts of these new agencies? )It #would examine *usted, for example, the possibility to celebrate auditions here, in the European Parliament, to choose to the directors of said agencies? +Alas, to date, in #a lot of cases, the citizen only receives with hindsight information on these subjects of the daily life that *le affect, *cuando in a so delicate field the performances #would have to have preventive character, of #such mood that the alimentary chain ensure really the corporal and mental welfare of the consumers and do not convert in object of speculation for the economic interests. +The resolution is at least a statement of our position on our relations with our big neighbour, and #if the Parliament had not expressed his opinion on this important subject, #would have supposed a *incumplimiento of his responsibility like international parliament, and a #sad indication that the politics of the Fortress *Europa is alive and receives more support of the that had to in the breast of this Assembly. +In the Protocol of *Kioto, and also in the agreement on the climate, stipulates that #if a community of nations with economic cooperation, as it is the case of EU, do not fulfils in his group the commitments purchased, the responsibility *recae on each #one of the integral states of the community, is to say, that #if #some States members do not fulfil the goals, #all the Union suffers the consequences. +But also it has to ask to the services of *Euratom that effect a complete analysis of the group of the official regulations of security of our head offices, and around the head offices, in *Europa, to know #if it respects the group of the conditions of security; to know #if still they #can add procedures of urgency in case that they produce regrettable human negligences, that are worse, especially in these last years, that an unpredictable accident that, by definition, #can seed the panic. +I #can not finish my presentation without *indicarles that #this is not the only solution of the problem and that our Parliamentary Commission wishes to put of relief the need that other parliamentary commissions occupy of this risk for the security in the next directive on broadcasts of commercial vehicles weighed and also in other norms of proof of vehicles, for *cerciorarse that the cover defective of deposits of fuel withdraw of the circulation, was in full road, was in annual proofs of the commercial vehicles. +Concerning the worry of the Parliament by the possible resultant consequences of the transfer of the assignments of the category 4 allocated to the provision of help to the less advanced countries, do not have to forget that, of compliance with the Agreement of *Lomé, the European Bottom of Development funds the helps of the EU to these countries. +Our positions of principle in this sense, together with the balance among independence, reliability, transparent advertising and the necessary consolidation of the monetary dialogue, are from our point of seen decisive elements to judge the work of the #ECB and also for the formulation of our report and the approach of the procedure of work of the Parliament. +Wail, therefore, that frustrated in the stage of commission and have not presented today in front of this Assembly the attempts to demand to the Bank that published the names of the assistants, the vote on the monetary measures, after a period of grace of some two years, #as well as the publication of the models *econométricos of the #ECB. +The Commission will open also a debate on other important political fields. The prevention of conflicts, the previous forecast to the crises and to the catastrophes and the humanitarian help based and focused to the human rights, is to say, the humanitarian help that centres more in the human rights of the victims. +The new global approach that has decided give to the subjects of immigration and asylum, #as well as the commitment of the European Council to apply entirely the Convention of Gin on the Statute of the Refugee and the decision to aspire to a #european system of asylum are steps in the correct direction. +Lady Speaker, the Council of *Tampere that finishes to devote to the #european space, called of "Freedom, Security and Justice" adopted #some positive technical decisions to intensify the cooperation in the fight against the delinquency and favour the judicial coordination, by means of a greater utilisation, for example, of the mutual recognition of the judicial resolutions in civil or penal matter that *usted same, lady Speaker, recommended, by it other, in his preliminary speech. +My Group had expressed the wish that like this it was from the case "*Michelin": said of another mood -as it finishes to repeat -, the simultaneous announcement fact by the direction of this big company, in front of financial analysts, of the #obtaining of benefits substantial, by a part, and, by #another, the decision to suppress in *Europa 7.500 places of work. +#One, that *me #would seem quite positive, #would consist in creating an instance of *concertación of experts in the #european level without subtracting the minor can of decision to the national states on the fundamental matters, the most next to the worries of the citizens; the #another, that *me #would seem much more negative, #would consist in creating a supplementary element to deprive to the nations of his right of *salvaguarda, that, without embargo, is inalienable. +The transparency of the process, regarding the preparation of the general guidelines of economic politics and the guidelines in matter of politics of employment, consolidates more with a *dictamen official and public of the Economic and Social Committee that with a query of character *tripartito that, at most, #can *tipificarse like obligation of prudence and diligence #Can the Commission answer the question of how sees the relation among the dialogue *macroeconómico proposed and the Economic and Social Committee already existent? +By the contrary, why #can not say that #if we are able to invest the tendency to the *decremento of the economic growth, thanks to the liberalisation and thanks to knowing accept openly the challenges of the new economy, there will be wealth and will exist the possibility to increase the wages *vinculándolos to the productivity and to the results of the companies in place of *vincularlos to the national collective agreements or Europeans. +Of here that *me seem regrettable that now, to the principle of the process, the parts give the impression to protect in the importance of his own autonomy in the field of his competitions: the administrations concerning his budgetary politics, the social speakers concerning the negotiations *salariales, and the Central Bank concerning the monetary politics. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated and estimated colleagues, the present managerial form splits of the strategy of reduction of the broadcasts CO2 in the field of the transport of the EU, the *cual supports in four *pilares: information to the consumers -the present managerial-, fiscal stimuluses of the States members, surveillance of the broadcasts of CO2 of the vehicles of tourism and the Agreement among the commission and the car industry. +The fact that it was difficult remains shown by two circumstances: a common agreement almost general on the urgency and the importance to adopt effective politics to struggle against the unemployment and with regard to that #this occur inside a frame in that the necessary support to a positive economic process keep the social cohesion and the social model European. +The structural unemployment possesses varied indicators: labour costs excessively high, deficient flexibility in the labour days and in the biographies of the workers, an industry of services insufficiently developed, a regulatory density excessively high by part of the state and of the bureaucracy, speeds of innovation too much slow, periods too much long of transfer among the scientific knowledge and his put in practice in the production. +In this sense, think to treat the subject in the next ministerial meeting of the European Conference of the Civil Aviation, that will take place on 28 January next, and, #such as I have indicated before, the communication of the Commission devoted to this question will present to the Parliament to finals of this year and to the Council of Ministers of Transport, specifically in the meeting of 6 December. +To his *Señorías *les corresponds a fundamental paper to the hour to reflect these points of sight and to contribute to the preparation of an external politics and of common security more effective, more coherent, nearer to the worries of the citizens and that reflect the values and the principles that have forged our identity like Europeans. +It had wished, gentleman #Solana, that was more explicit on the bottom of this essential question and that *nos said how, in the field of the *PESC, went to contribute to correct, in the measure in that it still was possible, the most disastrous consequences for our continent of the actions that *usted same, #if it has not ordered, at least has protected in *Yugoslavia whereas General Secretary of the NATO and that today have in front of *nosotros. +In these decisions are also the commitments of the States members to build a specific military strength that strengthen the capacity of the EU to make #worthy actions of credit, in accordance with the principles of the Convention of Nations Joined, without that put in cloth of trial the particular interests of *algún Been member and without that the EU take #his the fundamental missions of the NATO. +The main focus of attention has to be the consolidation of a world-wide order of the trade and the opening of the markets or have to put in a *primer plane the defence of our economic and social model European, of the social and ecological economy of market and of the community politics that come developing in favour of the interests of the citizen and of the consumer? +Gentleman President, it that it is necessary to appreciate in the Report *Schwaiger is the attempt to conciliate it that up to now has resulted *irreconciliable, and the considerable effort of the speaker notes , definitely, from the *primer considering, in that to the recognition of the strong increase of the world-wide exchanges, thanks to the relations *multilaterales, #can not but *contraponer the fault of a substantial reduction of the economic inequalities in the world. +By the contrary, #if we take a road integrated of the bond among intellectual property and development, simultaneously to the extension of his guarantees, have to watch for boosting the direct investment like main vehicle of transfer of technology to these countries, #as well as for developing with *ellos agreements of technological cooperation and perhaps -launch this idea- by *reflexionar on the reinforcement of the #european investment in fundamental investigation on the living beings to share the benefits with *ellos. +Had account that the proposals of the Commission -and to this *respecto am very grateful to the Mr. *Barnier- foresee a similar division for the procedures of modification, *me seems a sample of *pusilanimidad that the Commission of Subjects Constitutional of this Parliament yes approve the division in two of the Treaties, but do not accept the differentiation of the procedures. +Without embargo, want to indicate that, from the point of sight of the Union, probably is quite better the politics to adopt a constructive attitude so that *Turquía do not give entirely the back to the European Union and leave to try fulfil with the principles that *nosotros have added in the criteria of *Copenhague for the adhesion and in other #ours resolutions. +For example, the final mandate awarded by the Council, on 22 October, do not mentions the defence of the principle of the community preference, in spite of having been approved by the Council "Agriculture" of 27 September, the *cual had not been of the all satisfactory, when forgetting the principle of the alimentary independence in *Europa. +How they #can sue the villages of *Europa the *reforzamiento of the international paper of the EU with the creation of a new political entity and juridical and with the impulse of a defence and common security, *cuando the EU is responsible, beside the NATO, of the first action of war after the *Segunda World-wide War, the aggression, in break of #all notion of right international, against *Yugoslavia? +But #this has posed inconvenient, because the problem that has Canarian, like other regions *ultraperiféricas -*Azores, *Madeira and the #french departments of *Ultramar-, is that they are regions very #move# away of the community territory, divided in small insular territories, with markets very reduced, with some problems of transport enormous and, besides, with derivative difficulties, for example, of the excess of population, of a diet of rains very irregular and of poor floors, that prevent that they develop normal activities. +*Cuando Prepared yesterday my intervention on the Reports *Morillon, in a text of the European Parliament, of the Secretariat of the Group of Work for the Enlargement, of International and Institutional Relations of the General Direction *IV, under responsibility of the Mrs. *Martine *Chariot, in the point 6 of the report on the relations of *Turquía with the European Union affirms *algo surprising and of the all unacceptable: +But also I want to say that in the Basque Country is absolutely necessary a political commitment as in *Irlanda, of #such form that do not costs the *cerrazón, even the reactionary character -#would say *yo- of the postures of the #spanish Government, that denies to accept a political commitment with the national parties Basques in the course of the process of peace. +A last information: the Mrs. *Maj *Britt *Théorin, speaker of the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities, has adopted an initiative that *me seems of it nicer, the to send to #all our masculine colleagues a letter for *animarlos to carry a white bow like signal of his public commitment of not committing violences neither *excusar or *callar the violence against the women. +In the Anti-doping World-wide Agency, in view of that there #be parity among the world of the sport, on the one hand, and, by #another, the of the governments and that #all the members of the council of administration, therefore, also the federations and #all the national olympic committees, have engaged to put in practice, each in his field, the decisions adopted by the agency, there are hopes. +In the future, beginning with the budgetary exercise 2001, the procedure of configuration of the budget of the EU will have to follow the political priorities more *marcadamente that up to now ,and to this *respecto the decisions about the priorities do not have to cover only the operative means but also the necessary personal resources so that it take a greater assignment of personnel there #where are the political priorities. +But it had celebrated that owing to the adjusted result of the vote that had in the commission -a vote of difference- had shown *algo more of disposal for the commitment by part of the speaker and of his group, since -I say it today very clearly- #if we vote the Wednesday and our amendment 7, the reduction of the contingents of base to 500, is not approved go to vote against of the whole of the report. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0077/1999), in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, concerning the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the regulation of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone (5748/3/1999 - *C5-0034/1999 - 1998/0228) (Speaker: Mrs. *Hulthén). +As a result of the European Council of *Helsinki, on the *cual has celebrated this morning here, in the Plenary, a debate with the presence of the President of the Commission, #this has approved a proposal of decision of the Council with seen to the official approval of the lines guidelines for the politics of employment of the States members in the year 2000. +From the point of sight purely financial, in addition to the technical assistance with charge to *PHARE -22 millions of euros- and the financial protocol, a subvention for the payment of the interests of the loans of the *BEI that rises to 20 millions of euros, have devoted 143 millions of euros of exceptional assistance to help to this country to confront the consequences of the crisis of *Kosovo. +And the paper of the European Union, of the Commission and of the European Parliament in this sense is important, since, as it has signalled , there are #a lot of agreements signed among the European Union and *Macao. It is well that, during the next 50 years, the European Parliament and our #european institutions #can follow the evolution of *Macao, a lucky evolution, create *yo. +Regarding the decisions on the granting of credits of the European Bank of Investments, the mentioned project *Gardaland has been treated before in the Parliament in the turn of questions oral to the Commission and, according to the information received by the Council, in this occasion exposed very in detail the arguments that defend this project and his advantages, so that I do not go to go back to *repetirlos. +Likewise, the Council loaned attention to the approach of the Commission in relation with a structural reform of the aerial space wider, #whose goal is to create an aerial space uniform in *Europa, and received also with satisfaction the purpose of the Commission to create a Group of high level that study the looks of this subject and present to the Council a report *aclaratorio the next June. +The Council is conscious that, in the case of the Mrs. Titin *Loizidou, the European Court of the rights of the man considered that *Turquía had violated the European Treaty for the protection of the rights of the man, to the *inculparse in the undue appropriation of the rights of property in *Chipre of the North, and condemned to *Turquía to effect compensations. +The Council underlines that #all the States members voted in favour of a transitory resolution on the subject, that was approved by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of *Europa on 6 October 1999 and in the that signalled that the conditions of payment proposed by the Government of *Turquía #can not be considered satisfied with the obligations imposed by the sentence of the Court and also exhorted to *Turquía that reviewed his posture. +In the Directive 98/58/*CE of the relative Council to the protection of the animals of breeding declares that it will not administer to an animal #any another substance, with exception of the administered for therapeutic ends or *profilácticos, unless scientific studies of the animal welfare or of the experience established have shown that his effect is not hurtful for the health or the welfare of the animal. +Have the security that our European Parliament is very satisfied for having taken part in the pressures of the international community, that have contributed to that the #indonesian President *Habibie have released it the past 7 September, little after the referendum of 30 August, in the that the 70,5% of the population of *Timor Oriental pronounced in favour of the independence. +Therefore, *señorías, the commitment to the that get with the Commission of Budgets consists in not approving more that the loan of 75 millions of euros, agreeing - a position of the Commission of Industry that has comprised , create, by part of the Commission of Budgets - in that *Tayikistán #would owe also can enjoy of a supplementary help to lighten the monthly charge of the debt, 200.000 euros, *algo that it is *insoportable for this country. +The conversations that have come celebrating with the speaker and #some of the remaining deputies to the Parliament since it took place the debate on the report of the Mr. Go *Dam, previously of the Mr. *Wijsenbeek, during the session *plenaria of February have reinforced even more my *convencimiento, in this case the of the Mr. *Kinnock, that we agree on the need to improve the incentives and the competitiveness of the transport combined. +Especially regarding the questions of discrimination of greater persons, the problems of sight and hearing, the questions of unemployment -that, with frequency, affect to the most greater- or the social exclusion, is important that aspire by means of the training in the breast of the public opinion to avert in #all moment the exclusion of any social group. +Regarding the Grandstand of Justice, here fits to highlight the fine utilisation that has taken of the system of rent-buys of the buildings annexes to the *Palais and, on the other hand, regarding the anticipation of the 50 millions of *ecus that carried out, *yo only #would highlight here *algo that in his moment -the year 1997- *nos concerned: the series of commitments that kept the Government *luxemburgués with the Parliament and that did not know in that moment #if the #would fulfil or no... +We do not agree with the editorial of the paragraph 1 and wish to suppress the definite «word» of this paragraph, because in the Parliament has not celebrated in any moment a vote on the question of the approval of the corresponding management to 1996, recommended by the Commission of Control Budgetary to this Assembly. +In both reports, in the report of the Mr. *Elles, and here include also to our speaker, the Mr. *Brinkhorst, for 1997, it is necessary to take into account really two things: we have not voted on conditions for the granting of the approval of the management, have added documents of work; #this is an unusual procedure, but believe that it has been hit and here has said it that go to take get like suggestions, and also like requirements, to the next Commission. +The Commission presented his resignation as a result of the procedure of said management. Although it has reached introduce numerous improvements, explanations and positive solutions in this process, runs the danger that the procedure of approval of the management and of the distinct questions #can be too much wide, since, in accordance with the fundamental regulation of the EU, corresponds to the Parliament approve the budgetary management. +But especially, gentleman Commissioner, taking into account the problems posed by the previous agreements to the *OMC on this type of products, wanted to *preguntarle #if it #can engage to reopen the *dossier of the *OMC in two points: a better definition of the principle of caution, especially through the investment of the charge of the proof in case of doubt, and, a second point, a better definition of the *dictamen *pericial, since the alimentary code #can not consider like legitimate univocal reference. +In effect, this sector -in concrete the clothes of bed of cotton and the pieces of cashmere- to the equal that other sectors, specifically the that appear in the list that accompanies to the statement of the sentence of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, will see increased his tariffs to the exports in a 100 % after the decision adopted by part of the organ of arbitration of the *OMC. +In this sense, the Commission and his President will have to boost, with the collaboration of this Parliament, the scarce political will of the Council to define an external politics and of #european common security, without character *subalterno regarding the States Joined, that serve to guarantee at the same time the human rights in the *Balcanes and all over the world and also the fulfillment of the international Right. +It do not treats of an abstract question, but that affects to the solution to questions like the enlargement, the institutional reform in strict sense and the creation of a structure of politics external and of common defence that, as we see in the conflict of *Kosovo, *Europa needs absolutely, because it shows that *carece of an autonomous capacity to answer to the crises like the that are registering in this region. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, gentleman *Prodi, the circumstances with that confronts are difficult and at the same time also easy. Difficult to the sight of the challenges that will have to confront the European Union in the next five years and easy because a renewal of the Commission had not explained never with a so wide support of the Parliament, of the Council and of the #european public opinion. +#Ours dip on a long-term basis has to be, by means of a fast development of the cooperation and opening the doors to the EU, the achievement in the *Balcanes of it that have achieved in the European Union: ensure the democracy, build an economy that give welfare to the persons and surpass the limits among the countries, so that our national identities have lower importance and that do not matter #if we are #german, #portuguese, Greeks, Dutches or #swedish for our possibilities of life. +It is necessary an act of the strongest part and more reasonable that put end to the bombardments to see the letters that are on the table, to restart the negotiations and to find an exit to the problem, without damage, as it is obvious, to guarantee through a military strength the right of the refugees to return to *Kosovo. +The Commission has proposed to continue the efforts of the last years treating to centre the internal politics on growth and the costs related with the employment, especially the investigation and the technical development, the networks *transeuropeas, the education and the training, #as well as the small and medium enterprises, that has been a parliamentary initiative. +To)it Is necessary a greater and more effective development of the cooperation among the States members, as there #be not sufficient cooperation.*b)It is necessary to contribute to that the protection of the persons and the sakes accompany of a better and more intelligent relation with the nature that allow to avert the avoidable catastrophes. #Many of *ellas are it.*c)Has to take a reference expresses to the isolated regions and *ultraperiféricas and to the difficulties that suffer by his geographic conditions, orographic and social. +Finally, but above #everything, is correct the way in that the text recognises the equality of the Parliament and the Council: the committee will be chaired jointly; it will gather alternatively in the venues of the European Parliament and of the Council: the texts have to be signed jointly by both presidents; the letters have to be signed by the *copresidentes; even the formalisation by the Jurists-Linguists will carry out by the European Parliament and the Council. +*Señorías, have begun with a personal balance and *me has gone out a collective balance. The of some realisations that correspond to the work, to the obstinacy and to the tarpaulin of #all *ustedes, with the active and loyal collaboration of #all the civil servants of the General Secretariat that loan his services to this Assembly, of the *free-launch , of the parliamentary assistants, of #all. +Now I belong to the group of the veterans of this Parliament and memory how the Presidents of group in #that then were the first to the hour to squander in the costs, were the first, *cuando it was necessary to travel in limousine with driver to charge of the Parliament demanding afterwards the diets of trip to the box of deputies by these same trips. +Only I want to ascertain that the European Union has shown his unit and decision in front of the events in the *Balcanes during the past weeks, beginning by the conjoint statement of the Bosses and State and of Government of 24 March until the last hardening of the penalizing measures by part of the Council of Subjects General the past week. +Regarding the management of the market, this Parliament voted the maintenance of the public intervention and the reinforcement of the control of the production, and *ello *contrariamente to the wishes of the Commission that proposed to balance the markets by effect of the descent of the prices to the production and the instauration of the private storage from the 2002. +In front of the need that the agricultural politics also answer at the beginning of economic and social cohesion and correct #some excesses, like the concentration of the helps in #few hands, the Commission answers that they will be the States members the attendants to reduce the amounts, leaving of a side a necessary community approach and the incorporation of principles general. +Subject: Fraud in the sector *pesquero in the south of *Europa Knows the Council the report of the auditors in the that it criticises to the Commission by have not taken the necessary cautions to avert the fraud committed with the community bottoms allocated to the modernisation of the fuselages of fishing, the majority of *ellos located in the south of *Europa? +#One of the paramount goals in the conception of the structural measures for this sector of face to the next #millenium has to be *mantenerlas it simpler and coherent possible, with the end to guarantee that they are it sufficiently flexible to answer to the specifically regional needs in the field *pesquero, in the dependent regions of the fishing or there #where exist important communities of fishermen. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0248/99) of the Mrs. *Oddy, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to determined juridical looks of the electronic trade in the inner market (*COM(98)0586 - *C4-0020/99-98/0325 (*COD)). +After the conclusions of the European Council of *Berlín, our Commission of Politics Regional had to struggle in a significant front for the group of the #european citizens: the creation of #one *cuarta community initiative, *URBAN, allocated to the economic and social rehabilitation of the cities and urban cores in crisis, with regard to promoting a development *durable. +#The same has made a gesture of wide political scope and of unilateral generosity in benefit of the process of peace, has averted a dramatic transition, a negative influence in the #israeli elections and a grave crisis of the process of peace, with the danger of a resumption of the conflict in military terms. +This subject *reviste a special importance in the case of the nuclear head offices, especially in it that to the construction, the operation, the circuit of the fuel and the storage refers . #Everything *ello purchases a particular dimension of face to the agreements of enlargement, since we #can not accept that the States candidates to the adhesion apply a normative less rigid that the that demands at present in *Europa Western. +Gentleman President, the Commission congratulates by the adoption of a common project on recognitions of diplomas by part of the Committee of Conciliation and, in name of the Commission, #would wish to express my gratitude particularly to the Mrs. *Gebhardt, #as well as to the president and to the members of the delegation of the Parliament in said conciliation, by #all the efforts made during these last four months to obtain this conjoint text. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam had not resolved the problem of the operation of the Institutions and, regarding the external politics, the only advance was to appoint to *Mister *PESC that, without embargo, was not still in functions during the crisis of *Kosovo that, without expecting the delays and the continuous absences of *Europa, burst like a scourge and renewed the crimes of the ethnic cleansing that already had *gangrenado *Bosnia. +Our goal is to increase the transparency and the efficiency of the performances of the Council; we consider that a greater transparency is indispensable condition so that the citizens approve #all the project of the Union.Also we want that the Council of Subjects General assume his paper in the direction of the Council of Ministers. +Among the measures *prioritarias that have to fund in the frame of the credits *OPNOVA include , among #others, the cleansing of mines, the purchase of materials for the reconstruction of houses and of public buildings, the help to the companies of services public, to the customs and a program of employment and local rehabilitation. +In the letter, the Mr. *Santer specified that the Mr. *Bangemann #can not undertake his new tasks and activities while it had not completed the procedure established in the article 215 of the Treaty, and said likewise that #would subject to the School of Commissioners the question of the compatibility of the planned nomination with the article 213 of the Treaty. +Of course, the Mr. *Bangemann is personally responsible of his mood to act, but a politics that orients preferably to the economic interests and especially to the interests of the great companies, is necessarily subjected to the danger that his main representatives reproduce this mood to think as *ejecutores of this politics and that devote to *maximizar his personal benefits against of any moral code. +The Government, first did not know how was it that was happening, adopted a posture of total indifference, next wanted to throw earth on the subject until after the elections and finally took manager of a reaction of panic evidently exaggerated that caused all over the world a boycott of the products called #belgian but of the that the first victim has been my country, *Flandes, since the greater part of the exports called «#belgian» of course are exports of *Flandes. +Lady Speaker, to difference of the previous orators, that were #all of #english nationality - watch by where!-, *yo #would wish to protest against the decision of the quite surprising -Commission, to my mood to see- to impose a sanction to the #french Federation of football by a supposed discrimination in the sale of entrances in the last Glass of the World of football. +Although my rules of hygiene mental for the weekends *me have prevented to devote to the reading of the report the hours that definitely deserves, believe that has an additional virtue little appreciated by my predecessors in the use of the word: in #a lot of points collects positions of the Parliament and proposals that were not received *favorablemente in his day. +#One of the extenuating circumstances on the lacks of the Commission, that *trasluce along the report, is the fault of means with the that explain the services of the Commission to carry out the politics that *nosotros, deputies, agree in the field of the cooperation for the development and of the humanitarian help, flags both of the community external action. +I comprise the comment of the Commissioner about the subsidiariness, but are arguing because in the Parliament there #be a directive of frame minimum that did not invades the subsidiariness and that solves the problem when creating the obligation in the States members to establish an inspection inside some wide guidelines. +It say here that the commission of investigation on the linen in the Congress of the Deputies already has approved his conclusions, declare clearly that this commission has exempted of any responsibility to the Mrs. Of Palace, situating the responsibility of the management, control and granting of the helps in the #spanish Autonomous Communities, notoriously in the governed by #one of his *correligionarios in *Castilla-The Stain. +Finally, regarding the space of justice, our purpose #would have to be the to take all it possible so that the citizen have the feeling to find , in #all the territory of the European Union, in front of a frame of justice that was suitable and in the that they protect his rights of way similar, no only in front of the criminals, but also even in front of possible excesses of the public powers. +The constructive participation of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence and the Commission of Budgets of the Parliament also deserve my gratitude, and inside a moment will happen to comment the amendments presented by the Commission of Budgets, subject to the that has referred the Mr. *Khanbhai. +The paper of the Commission and of the #european institutions has to, in the very concrete case of the alimentary security, limit to negotiate the principle of caution in the frame of the international agreements and to coordinate the politics of the States members and of the European Union. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0016/99) of the Mr. *Langen, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to a program *plurianual of promotion of the renewable energies in the *Comuniad (*ALTENER) (1998-2002) (7122/1/99 - *C5-0032/99 - 97/0370(*COD)). +The Parliament expresses, besides, in the section 1 of the article 1, the will that it carry out the campaign allocated to promote the penetration of the sources of energy renewable, #such as already it advocates in the White Book of 1997, and that also they develop new instruments and mechanisms that allow to boost a penetration accelerated and coordinated in the market of #all the sustainable energetic technologies. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation (To5-0020/1999) of the Mrs. *Kinnock, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, on the proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Agreement of Trade, Development and Cooperation among the European Community, by a part and the Republic of *Sudáfrica, by another (8731/1999 *COM(1999) 245 - *C5-0154/1999 - 1999/0112(*AVC)). +And finally I want to take a question on the budget: taking into account that almost #all the transfers centre in the category *cuarta, #this is, in the external actions of the Union, and that #this is #one of the points that produces more dissatisfaction in my Group and, in general, in the Commission of Budgets, did not believes the gentleman President that #would be convenient to review the financial perspectives regarding the external politics of the Union? +Has foreseen the Commission use methods of communication more modern as, for example, the acquisition of #time of advertising, of 3 to 5 daily minutes, issued among the #news and the sport of the main newscast of the television network with greater audience of each Been member, to present with character of divulging the attainments and goals of the EU, directing mainly to the social coats that usually do not read and that definitely are not the addressees of our material? +Support firmly the observation that has taken my colleague of the *PPE, Mr. *Bowis, that we do not owe of any way export our problem of the world developed, through the taxes on our old head offices with levels of problematic broadcast and move these places of work and these units of production to regions less developed, #where are less prepared to cut across the degradation of the environment. +Of course, they exist limits to our realism; of here that we also want to use today this moment to protest by the situation in this country, and take an urgent call to the Government of *Bielorrusia so that it take *algo in front of the disappearances and occupy that the missing are found, so that #this constitute a reason in himself/hisself same to initiate really a dialogue that allow the celebration of elections free and just, expect, the next year. +Among these political goals the human rights occupy a place stood out, together with the free access to the informative means, the end of the bullying against the opposition, a constructive dialogue among the opposition and the government, and the backrest to the program *TACIS of development of the civil society. +#Some of *ustedes have *percatado surely that the plastic materials use increasingly in the industry of vehicles of engine and this norm of proof uniform will offer to the designers the possibility to concentrate in the fulfillment of an alone norm, instead of having to consecrate his efforts to the fulfillment of #all a series of norms different. +We have voted in this sense an amendment that corresponds to an important political commitment of this Parliament, although we vote it above the category 4, it that it wants to say that to the day of today there #be not statute of amendment, but that corresponds to a commitment of this Assembly to vote these credits with occasion of the *segunda reading, mainly regarding the agreement with *Marruecos, that is a political priority of this Parliament. +They give account that it will be necessary to reduce in a 10 % the efforts against the mines *antipersonas, that also appear in our budgetary lines, or the measures of support to the no governmental organisations that work in the countries in development, as for example in *Guatemala or in other regions of the world, because we are unable to use the imagination, because we do not want *detenernos to consider exactly of where go to go out these resources? +In the first place, no *me seems #worthy of credit that from the European Parliament demand, on the one hand, to #all the other institutions and very especially to the Commission the most rigorous control and expect that the organisation chart of the personnel adapt to the new requirements, and *nos propose that #this remain reflected, besides, in the #european Budget, while by the #another side are not had to act in #the same sense in our own field, regarding the budget and the administration of the Parliament. +Already it has signalled in brief that the report occupies especially of the year 1998, the year in the that *dictaminó how countries -eleven in total- fulfilled the criteria of convergence, decided where #would have his headquarters of the #ECB, proceeded to the absorption of the *IME, initiated the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union, and the Council of the #ECB decided his strategy of stability, based in the two *pilares already known. +Regarding his #dutch past, the Central Bank of the Low Countries, that chaired during #a lot of years, found in the centre of the field of strengths social #where developed the economic and social politics and *yo see it like a model for the implication of the Central Bank European in the dialogue *macroeconómico #european. +The report of the experts contained proposed on how #would have to concretise this bridge to make the transition to the help to the development or to other instruments of support to the development, as for example the programs *PHARE and *TACIS? And it has determined #if the problems have his origin in the help of THROW and in the design of the project, or #if they are imputable to the other helps? +Without these minimum measures and #others, accompanied of concrete measures against the transfers of companies inside the European Union and other measures against the *dumping social in the outside, the social model European, so expensive to #some of our politicians, included the of rights, will not be never another thing that an empty speech, it that #would contribute to strengthen a feeling *antieuropeo diffuse in our countries and in numerous employees. +#If a part of the social speakers, the that are suffering the world-wide competition and on the that #all are, really, of agreement in that they have to be helped and protected -because *nos interest the #european companies that they #can compete worldwide- expresses his restlessness by the society and by the maintenance of the social balance, have a significant argument for the development and the support to the social dialogue. +In effect, in this delicate stage for the European Union, while it is setting up the enlargement to the East and while they are making #all the economic and financial reforms related with the introduction of the only coin, do not have to forget the value "culture" , the specificities and the diversities of the #european culture, his assessment and diffusion. +Gentleman President, to initiative of the socialist Group and with the backrest of the #others Groups, the Commission of Fishing has formulated this oral question to the European Commission and to the, once again, absent Council of Ministers so that it expose in front of the #european citizenship #which is the current situation of the contacts kept with the #moroccan authorities, with seen to the negotiation for a future Agreement of fishing European Union-*Marruecos. +After the expiration of the previous agreement, gentleman Commissioner, produced a tie up that it lasted seven months, to the that it was necessary to add the natural biological stops and other stops no so biological and more arbitrary, imposed by the #moroccan Administration to a European Commission that did not know to defend the interests of his persons, as they test it the numerous *apresamientos *injustificados and #some even out of the economic zone #moroccan scoop. +It proposes that the European and Chinese Union close a specific agreement of scientific and technical cooperation so as to increase and expand the cooperation, #among others fields, in fields like the energy, the environment, the sciences of the nature, the sciences of the materials, the transport, the telematic, and the technologies of the information and the communication. +A projection of these figures indicates that the #european industry invests surely among 20.000 and 10.000 millions of frames in efforts of investigation out of the European Union and #if it achieved use the credits that the European Union puts now to disposal for *movilizar also private resources in the field of the investigation, #this #would contribute to that countries like Argentinian leave to be only extensions of the #european facilities to take part directly in the investigation and the technological development. +Already I posed the question and, very amiably, the Speaker *me has given an answer that, without embargo, consider no adjusted to the Regulation, because #if the Regulation talks of a week, a week #can not understand like seven working days: seven days #can understand like natural or working and no like a week, to the equal that a month or a year that, for example, #can not consider of 365 working days. +Besides, we support totally the proposals of the speaker on the reduction of the broadcasts of CO2, so that we reach the goals of *Kioto, #as well as the fiscal incentives for the technical adaptation of the most ancient vehicles and the adaptation of the cycles of proofs, so that they register the real broadcasts of the vehicles in circulation, at least on a long-term basis. +In previous reports of the European Parliament already said that the big culture of the car was the main manager of the pollution of the air in *Europa, and the Parliament exerts now an active paper in the establishment of the maximum values of the distinct *contaminantes to reach the control of this environmental problem. +I create and I expect, as, that the Parliament #can, from this report, receive income especially through this reference #as well as through #others, and seen the elements that #this contain, #one to a formal claim to authorise to the Conference *Intergubernamental to tackle at the same time the reforms that *nos propose and to this fundamental look of the total participation of the Parliament no only regarding the "costs" but also to the "income" of the budget of the Union. +Therefore, it is urgent to unify this energetic debate with the purpose to determine exactly our options of investment and put a #alto to these contradictions that take that five members, at least, of the European Union -*Austria, #Italia, *Dinamarca, *Portugal and #Grecia- that do not resort to the nuclear energy, #would be forced to fund a politics that is, in more of a 50%, still subsidised by the European Union in matter of nuclear energy. +I respect the reasons by the that the #british delegation has abstained concerning the amendments *núms. 5 and 8 -auxiliary doctors-, but *yo have not followed this line, because, in the first place, treats of a position negotiator and, second, my immediate familiar experience of #one *comadrona of the *SNS, overwhelmed by an excessive work, no *me allows to impose to some decisive medical personnel labour days longer of it absolutely necessary. +*Ello Has caused that the current #greek authorities have taken a very important decision, specifically the nomination of a new direction, resorting to expert of companies -in concrete the *Speedway, a subsidiary of *British *Airways- that they have to update the plan of reflation of the company and that, am safe, will be able to *ofrecernos along this month sufficient data and the necessary guarantees so that, once and for all, #can authorise the last tract of helps to *Olympic *Airways and reach that #this takeoff adequately and take the flight without greater problems. +It has shown a big opening, which *nos has allowed to reach commitments, no in the sense of the commitments that hide the positions that defend the different Groups, but that have struggled and have taken a true effort to achieve a #european commitment, a #european approach that express the general support to the position of the Council and of the Commission. +Thus it is indispensable that the Commission achieve a harmonisation of the tariffs and the elimination of the beaks *arancelarios and of the progression *arancelaria, #as well as the suppression of #all the technical barriers to the trade, understanding that to the less developed countries *les has to guarantee the free access to the international market of #all his products so that they #can benefit also *ellos of the commercial liberalisation. +To finish, also *yo want to congratulate to the speaker by his excellent report and by his will to get to a consensus it wider possible on a so important subject like the next Round of the #Millenium, of the *cual depends the consolidation of a commercial system *equitativo that ensure, to world-wide level, an economic order based in the social justice. +The adherents of the liberalisation of the trade whereas engine of prosperity are so much more reluctant to this balance in the measure in that it is difficult to argue the aggravation of the situation in these last years with the reinforcement of the inequalities among the countries with delay in development and the countries advanced, like the development of the inequalities in the same breast of the countries developed. +At present, in spite of the good work of the speakers, the proposal of position of the Parliament runs the risk to be more conservative that the of the Commission, and the Group of the Party of the Liberal, Democrat and European Reformers has presented varied amendments directed to centre the approach of the report and to accelerate the development of #one *Europa parliamentary. +Nevertheless, the construction of #this *Europa do not involves to deprive to the villages and to the homelands of the *margen of autonomy that *les allows to dominate his own destination, is to say, that only #can undertake #if it supports in the respect of the national sovereignties, in the adhesion of the villages, in the social consensus and politician, in the opening and the transparency of the processes and in the respect of #all the integral countries. +Subject: Prohibition of supply of fuels and threat of humanitarian catastrophe in *Yugoslavia Is being very questioned and has given place to forceful reactions the opposition of the EU -manifested in the frame of the Council of Ministers of External Subjects celebrated in *Luxemburgo- to supply fuel and products of first need to the inhabitants of *Yugoslavia so that they #can confront the next winter, #as well as the final decision to supply oil, under the lemma "Action for the democracy", only to two #serbian populations, *Nis and *Pirot, controlled by the opposition. +But where it is the protection of the workers, in particular against the drama of the unemployment, even in the richest countries of the European Union, precisely #that that #would have *sobradamente the means to eradicate the unemployment, #if the main worry of his governments did not go the gains of the great companies and the enrichment of his owners and shareholders? +The public and social services, like the education or the health, and also #that in the that are in game the security of the users and the collective interest, like the public transports or the aerial control, the culture and the artistic creation, #can not subject to the balances of a commercial negotiation. +Given the existence of the international agreement reached by means of the Extraordinary Assembly of the Organisation of Nations Joined in June of 1998, for a treatment balanced of the problem, so much in the slope of the decrease of the offer, as in the slope of the decrease of the demand, wanted to underline the possibilities that offers the new Treaty in his article 152. +Gentleman Newton *Dunn, as *nosotros are of the opinion that in the weighting of his proposal, by it other #worthy of attention, and of the intention that the #german Presidency of the Council had in his moment, *nos remain with the that aspires to a wider goal, will refuse his amendments, and no only those referred to the legal base, but #all #that that do not alter the fact that *usted has made an accurate work. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0054/99) of the Mr. *Seppänen in name of the Commission of Budget on the proposed decision of the Council by the that concedes to the European Bank of Investments a guarantee of the Community to absorb the losses that derive of the loans for the realisation of projects of reconstruction of the zones affected by the earthquake in *Turquía. +They serve of example the group of prevention of *estupefacientes, that acts in the breast of the Centre of Investigation and Development in the sanitary and social sector of *Finlandia, #as well as the group *Pompidou, group of cooperation of the Council of *Europa created in the decade of the 70 by initiative of the President of *Francia for the fight against the drug addiction and that has slopes #a lot of projects for the reduction of the offer and the demand of *estupefacientes. +I believe that have the obligation bear with our *conciudadanos -and talk to the Speaker in exercise of the Council of a #nordic country that always takes #gala of the transparency- to reach a transparent process in the that, in the first place, the Parliament was properly represented and *me #would enjoy that the Speaker denied those voices that say that the Presidency *opone to a full representation of the Parliament in the Conference *Intergubernamental with two representatives. +Gentleman President, the Speaker in exercise of the Council affirms that it always enjoys *cuando attends to the Parliament, therefore it results quite extraordinary that in his intervention have not answered to #any of the proposals of the Parliament for the Conference *Intergubernamental, it that comes to confirm the #news appeared in the press, that are reason of worry, that the European Council has chosen an agenda restricted for the *CIG and that the Letter is only *optativa. +During 1998 and 1999 with the approval of the programs of the Commission of the European Parliament through a group of work *interinstitucional, *Turquía received bottoms inside the Program *Meda and the Commission of Control Budgetary has approved the creation of this group of work during the debate of the budget of the year 2000. +*Yo Particularly think -and had the occasion to say it in the debate that kept in the month of October- that, for the first time, #all the pieces of the #turkish puzzle find on the table: the problem of the islands of the Sea *Egeo, the problem of *Chipre, the problem of the human rights and the problem of the minorities. +In consequence, *nos seems timely that in this occasion give another very clear signal that the preservation of the human rights and the protection of the minorities in *Turquía follows being the essential condition so that the European Parliament express his solidarity from the point of sight of the cooperation and of the support to this country. +In spite of the diverse political initiatives directed to reduce the pollution and improve the quality of the air, splits of the base that the needs of transport of *pasajeros will go back to increase drastically in the next ten years and the number of vehicles will increase in a 25%, it that will suppose a still greater charge for the quality of the air. +Other elements of said strategy are an agreement with the car industry on the reduction of the broadcasts of CO2 inside a term *preestablecido and a system of labeling that indicate the consumption of fuel and facilitate the election of the consumer in the moment of the purchase of a new tourism. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, as it indicates the speaker, Mrs. #Carmen *Fraga *Estévez, the presentation of the proposal of the new regulation of the Council by the that it establishes the Common Organisation of the Market in the sector of the products of the fishing and the aquaculture produces in a moment in the that #all the countries of the European Union constitute #one of the greater world-wide markets of products *pesqueros. +Perhaps these demonstrations served of pretext to the official protagonists of the Summit -#that that seated of right plenary around the table of work- not to assume until the bottom the political responsibility of some certainly difficult negotiations but extremely necessary in matter of social rights and of protection of the health of our citizens, some negotiations that no longer #can expect. +#That is the reason by the that the budget of this year had to reflect in truth the need to reinforce the procedures of control budgetary and, like speaker of the budget for 2000 and in name of the Commission of Control Budgetary, wanted to receive with *beneplácito once again the creation of a new organ to struggle against the fraud and the new places of the *OLAF reflected in the budget for this year. +Subject: Publication of compliance with the article 5 of the Regulation 19/65/*CEE of the Council of 2 March 1965 Has taken into account the Commission the specificity and diversity of the sector of the hospitality industry in *Bélgica, *afamado by the big quantity of friendly bars in the that they serve beers of the most diverse classes, and the repercussions of the application of the Regulation of reference especially among the small employers of the sector that will see affected? +Sure enough, there #be a *desfase remarkable among the noisy proclamations of the Union on his wish to exert a more offensive paper in the solution of the great international problems, by a part; and by #another, the discussions of dealers of carpets to the that have had to *entregarnos with the representatives of the governments *cuando treats to look for finance for new priorities. +Without embargo, have to say that, to the contrary of it that *sucede in the national field, in *Europa have observed that the practical politics develops above the parties and, in front of the material problems, the European Parliament is conscious of his responsibility, that of course increased and happened to occupy an even more stood out place to the sight of the low participation in the #european elections. +#Such as it establishes the article 35 of our Regulation, the Commission of Control Budgetary, competent for this matter, listened and interrogated individually to the candidates proposed the days 22. And 23 November 1999. In said audiences, *nos guide, on the one hand, by the disposals of the Treaty, that demand that the candidates form part or have formed part in the past of an organ of control of accounts or are especially qualified for the exercise of said charge. +From the point of sight of the countries in development, the important questions are the creation of the conditions to develop his capacity to register the indexes of pollution and the development of his capacities of performance in general, #as well as the promotion of the transfer of technology. +. (IN) In the first place, it wanted to recognise, to the equal that am safe that it recognises #all the Parliament, the paper that has exerted the distinguished deputy Mr. *Soares no only in the restoration of the democracy, the human dignity and the human rights in #one of the great countries of *Europa, but also the historical paper that has exerted at the end of the empire and in the conclusion of an empire with #all the #decorum that has been possible, without forgetting *Macao. +The second problem is, definitely, the most important: although it mentions in the preamble, this text do not answers to an essential problem, *cual is the investigation directed to illnesses that are not little frequent, but concerning the *cuales do not exists market for the pharmaceutical industry, in particular the illnesses that affect to populations that #can not pay his treatment: it treats , especially, of the tropical illnesses, even of the malaria and of the tuberculosis. +Whereas the previous rounds carried out inside the greater discretion, among negotiators *sagaces and taking into account only the commercial interests of his country, the next round, #whose date of start is up to now unknown, only will be able to make in the transparency and integrating in the debates #all the questions linked with the trade, to know: the social norms, the environment, the protection of the consumers, the culture. +Subject: Granting of humanitarian help to Serbian Has the Council the intention to undertake initiatives directed to send humanitarian help to the #serbian village, now that the winter is in doors, since the maintenance of the embargo -on the that has manifested his reservations even the coordinator of the Pact of Stability, Mr. *Bodo *Hombach- affects to the #serbian village in greater measure that to the diet of *Milosevic? +Of here that it value very positively the Report *Murphy and that it have voted in favour of #the same by what said report introduces again looks that the Council had deleted when elaborating his common position, but that represent an unquestionable benefit for the #SME, in particular the obligation to fix by law the establishment of some same terms of collection in the commercial transactions and the that this obligation *incumba also to the public powers. +Given the importance of the tourism, by a part, regarding the creation of places of work and, by #another, regarding the diffusion of the #european culture and taking into account the constant postponement of the approval of the program in question by part of the Council of Ministers of Tourism, #can indicate the Council for when has foreseen the definite approval of the program? +I create also that it is necessary to elaborate and draft this code of fine administrative behaviour that #would help so much to the Commission of Requests as to the Defender of the Village in his work. Help to the Defender of the Village and to the Commission of Requests in his work is not more that help to that the #european construction was more credible for the #european citizens. +It is by #this that, giving follow-up to the investigation of initiative carried out by the Defender of the Village on the procedures of infringement, the Commission has engaged to facilitate, in #the same moment in that it informs to the author of a complaint of his intention of *archivarla -*cuando #this is the intention- also the reasons by the that estimates that it do not exists violation of the community Right. +*Me Give account that the politics and the Institutions have to involve in the situations that produce and, by #this, when confirming my trial on the conflict, back any initiative directed to find a positive solution from the point of sight political, ethical and juridical, entrusting especially in the paper that the UN, the European Union, the NATO and *Rusia #can and have to exert. +Affirm that it gave this deal to the Nations Joined because two permanent members of the Council of Security blocked the action of the NATO (#such as have right to take basing in the statute of the UN...), it is a monument to the arbitrariness and a dangerous sample of totalitarian logic, is to say, *acaso the Nations Joined are only useful *cuando agree with the NATO? +*Me Cheer especially that, in spite of the hit that has suffered lately the Commission -although the Mr. Commissioner is above #all this history- have not ceased to boost this so useful work in the sector of the financial services. +*Me Upset the words of the Mr. *Prodi, that seems more concerned for respecting the tradition of bulimia of power of the Commission, that for clearing how this last will apply the principles of prevention and of just trade (on the *cuales the next President of the Commission *calla) during the commercial negotiations in the that goes to represent the interests of the States members. +Gentleman President, the title sounds very promising, but, to my trial, the greater misfortune that suffer the greater persons in this moment -*yo *me include among *ellos- is the resignation of the Commission, since, as a result of *ella, the proposals of the Commissioner *Monti to elaborate a directive allocated to liberalise the market of the bottoms of pensions will remain in the inkwell by long. +We identify also like signals of identity of a progressive politics the protection of the environment integrated in #all the community politics and the review of the ceiling of the own resources in the financial perspectives of the Diary 2000, #as well as the maintenance of the internal solidarity of the Union through his structural Bottoms and of cohesion. +We have initiated this path: it has begun shyly the path of the harmonisation of the economic politics; the Mr. Commissioner *Monti has elaborated a project for the harmonisation of the fiscal politics that will have to be approved, and in the next European Council of Colony will tackle the subject of the European Pact by the Employment. +These agreements, for the time being, more that a liberalisation have caused a concentration of the market in hands of some #few multinationals that have imposed a system of control *monopolístico; after the agreements *GATT have not fulfilled the clauses of protection of the environment, of the health, ethical and of defence of the most disadvantaged villages of the world. +Also I support the request by part of the speaker of investment public/private to achieve a modern infrastructure of transports and communications in the Union and also his request to the Commission and to the Council so that they find the mechanism of finance appropriate, as, for example, an enlargement of the paper of the *BEI. +Any solution of #alto the fire that do not regulate unambiguously this look will not be able to achieve, to my seem, a true #alto the fire. The return of the refugees has to go accompanied, in effect, of the deployment of a strength of peace solid with a strong participation of the NATO, but also of neutral countries, of *Rusia and of other countries. +When encouraging the secession of the #Kosovar of tongue #albanian, that no always have been *exentos of exactions, justifies with hindsight precisely *aquello that wanted to condemn and, in particular, to the Government of *Milosevic, because although the #albanian claims on *Kosovo are legitimate in name of the rights of an ethnic majority, in this case *Milosevic has foundation to demand for Serbian the annexation of the *Krajina Croat, populated in his majority by #serbian, or the annexation of a part of *Bosnia, equally populated in part by #serbian. +I believe that the crisis of *Kosovo shows to #that that did not want to recognise it that need a ministry and a minister of Subjects External, a ministry and a minister of Defence and Security, and that already is hour that it endow to *Europa of the necessary instruments to reach said goal in ten or fifteen years, as *Europa knew to take it takes ten or fifteen years in the case of the Economic and Monetary Union. +But it will be necessary the improvement of the judicial system, of the public administration, of the strengths of police and of the regional authorities by means of the training, the support to the reforms, the strengthening of the relations among the political means Europeans and Russians, #as well as of support to the *ONG and to the independent social media. +Inside the socialist Group there #be the one who thinks that yes there #be a reasonable base of negotiation and that it is *eso it that we have to take. No only by the media, no only by the public opinion, no only by the constituents, but to be in peace with *nosotros same and show that *cuando talk in name of the villages of *Europa, in name of the democratic constituents, have a minimum affinity with the common persons and that we have to put end to a series of practices, what before, better. +The want to have available, anyway, before the first reading of the European Parliament, because #if we #would not be in hands of the Council, *cuando treat of the additional means that will put really to disposal for the category 5. Because #if the notification gets after the first reading by part of the Parliament, then only will be able to make the rectification #if both parts of the Authority of Budgets, or was the Council and the Parliament, approve it. +Second: in this statutory page of a report that never have signed, puts that today in the meeting, on 4 May the President of the European Parliament has announced the confirmation of the common position and that has transacted this common position to the Commission of transport and Tourism, like corresponding commission. +#If it takes into account that in the year 1998 the disasters called «natural» -*yo no the #would consider always natural- have caused 50.000 dead persons and 12, 4 trillions of pesetas in losses (floods, fires, hurricanes -like the *Mitch- or environmental catastrophes -always memory *Doñana, that follows *coleando and with problems-) has taken indispensable that the organisations of protection civil play an important paper in each #one of these disasters, especially #if said organisations work well, his integral are very formed and at the same time form part of a network of cooperation community. +His goal is to offer, on the one hand, a commitment among having uniform requirements and, by #another, facilitate the access of the European Union to the world-wide markets approximating the industrial specifications of the European Union to the widest requirements established in the Regulation of 1995 of the Economic Commission for *Europa of the Nations Joined. +It has chaired during #one of the most extraordinary periods of the history of the European Union and of the life of this Parliament, as *usted same has said in his intervention: splitting of the Conference *Intergubernamental, happening by the introduction of the euro and until the unexpected process of ratification of the new Commission, of the that also *nos have occupied, although it was not in the calendar neither expected to take it. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, in the Congress of The there #be in 1998, the #european movement regretted that the Union seemed today condemned to advance in a big conceptual gap and appeared *desprovista of any political perspective, precisely in the moment in that it is launching to the two great adventures of his history: the only coin and the enlargement. +I believe that it is important to stand out that the structural Bottoms, with his downward profile of costs, represent an important contribution to the consolidation of the budget. It guarantees the community solidarity to the highest level of the last period of the helps, is to say, the level of helps of 1999 for the regions of structures feebler. +In his moment voted in favour of the investiture of #Jacques *Santer for the Presidency of the Commission, considering that it had been the Prime minister of a small country like the #mine, but much less affected by the immigration *extraeuropea, by the unemployment and by the taxes, giving the voice of #alert for having accepted at the front of the different departments to the worst and to the best. +We underline also the importance that the Roman President *Prodi attributes to the #mediterranean politics, that plants in a similar plane to the of the enlargement to the SIN, his will to contribute to a greater dynamism of the #european economy and to a reduction of the unemployment and, thing for *nosotros essential, the defence of the economic and social cohesion. +And it that it is more important, for me personally, the jewel of the crown reached as a result of the back informal negotiations to *Berlín in *Estrasburgo was that the Council gave his approval to the appeal of the European Parliament to modify the decision of the Summit of *Berlín to add a new initiative *URBAN with the 0, 35 % of the bottoms added to the community batch. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, lady Commissioner, gentleman Commissioner, the repercussions of the basic agreement on the agricultural reform «Diary 2000» on the agriculture in the European Union and on the agricultural incomes, are less negative that in the primitive proposals of the Commission since the reductions of prices have resulted lower in the cereals and the meat of *vacuno. +Subject: Free circulation of persons in the EU So as to prevent his participation in a demonstration (authorised) on 27 March in #París, the #french authorities blocked to 3000 Italians in the border the night of 26 March. This grave fact violates the right of demonstration and the freedom of circulation in the European Union +For example, a proposal to fund #the same measure with charge to the *IFOP for the regions of the Goal 1 and 2 but with charge to the sector of guarantees of the *FEOGA for other regions #can not encourage more that the «hunting of bottoms», in the that the companies of the sector *pesquero #can go back to establish in the Community with the simple goal to endorse the bottoms for a determined project. +The bad news is that an overwhelming majority of the commission has criticised and even has protested with vehemence against the form and the method in that said decisions and disposals have seen the light. I expect that this Assembly add to our complaints, since *revisten a special importance in it that to the parliamentary control and the *codecisión of the Parliament in the field of the inner security refers . +On the other hand, it wanted to signal that as a result of this behaviour of the Council arises once again the doubt of #if the theory of the *legitimación indirect of the Council like legislator in terrains so crucial follow being sustainable to these heights. As no only the European Parliament proceeds to the debate without having of the corresponding documentation, no only the European Parliament remains to the *margen of the decisions and the *preparativos of the Council, but that have proof that also the national Parliaments are informed late and badly. +It is not correct, in the first place, because it did not exists absolute majority, as *usted same had signalled it on purpose of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 17 July 1998 on the external politics and of common security, agreement to the that *yo *me there was opposite together with my Group; and, second, it is not correct because it did not exists any type of ratification by the national Parliaments of texts that add, modify or complete the Treaties, often of substantial way. +In effect, the amendments incorporated to the proposal of the Commission, and that the Council affirms to be had to accept, improve noticeably the access to the information on procedures of community decision too much secret, well treat of the committees, of the documents that argue , of the agendas, of the list of participants, or well -even-of the calendar of the works of the committees. +On this false base, the resolution of the European Parliament, that tackles especially the preparatory works of the future reform, proposes that the Commission initiate -and afterwards direct- the process, and that, without abandoning his supposed political responsibility, entrust the editorial of a *primer document to a group of experts, formula that already used in the preparation of *Maastricht. +But I want to signal that the placing of #all the process of query electoral under the responsibility of the Council of Security of the Nations Joined will force necessarily to an intervention of strengths of appropriate security, #if Indonesian did not fulfils with his duty to disarm to the militias and watch by that the process pass without interference of the terrorist groups and armed. +I have had the honour to take part this week in three occasions, in my last apparition in front of this Parliament, to talk about the freedom and of the peace in *Kosovo, in favour of the efforts of the EU in his fight against the pity of death and in favour of a court for the crimes of war. +And with arrangement to this opinion and had account that the Mr. *Anwar #Ibrahim already has happened almost seven months in the prison without having the possibility to resort to a bail, the Commission considers that the process, that the appeal of the lawyers of the defence already announced, has to carry out with arrangement to the criteria accepted internationally to consider a trial like just. +A high level of nuclear security is a priority of the process of adhesion, and the Commission is had to cooperate with #all the States candidates to help to improve the nuclear security, guaranteeing that the levels of security technological and of operation adjust to the practices, at present valid in the Union in matter of security. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0226/99) of the Mrs. *Lulling, for the Delegation of the Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the Regulation (*CE) of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the statistics of the exchanges of sakes among States members so as to reduce the data that have to provide (3608/99 - *C4-0172/99-97/0155(*COD)) +Thus *le invite to that, of compliance with the article 38 of the Regulation (statements to explain decisions of the Commission), ask to the Commission, *cuando finish the agenda of today, that avenges to this hemicycle to explain the decision that took yesterday to impose to the French Federation of Football a fine by a quantity *irrisoria of 650 pounds by a clear violation of the community norms. +To #all #that that are in favour of a politics of peace preventive -on it that exists a wide consensus in the national Parliaments and in the European Parliament- by #everything it that has not reached *Dayton -it that did not supposes a criticism to *Dayton, as probably then did not exist another possibility-, want *decirles that a strategy of approach on a long-term basis for the *Sudeste of *Europa to the *Europa of the integration to integrate to continuation really in *ella, has converted now in operative politics. +Regarding the considerations of party, is evident that the Commission has to represent the great political strengths of the European Union and that in the level of the Parliament will have to follow practising with #all the great Groups -and did not treats only of two Groups- a politics of cooperation necessary to carry to term our legislative work. +It suffice to remember the paper that had the Mr. *Bangemann in the proposal reviewed of the Commission on the rights of author and the society of the information, the pressures that carried out #Telephone to introduce changes in the proposal of directive previously refused by the Parliament, the active politics of #Telephone of face to achieve penetrate in the means, and even in relation with the rates. +Also it #would say that the Mr. *Kreissl-*Dörfler had reason in insisting, together with the Mr. *Duff -in a *primer speech very interesting-in that #if #all the institutions do not show the highest levels of *rectitud for himself/hisself same, and by himself/hisself same, the criteria will be imposed from out, well in form of punishment by part of the public opinion, in principle by means of his apathy and *desinterés, but perhaps of other more direct ways, also political, or well that the Council assume a responsibility that #others do not seem to be had to show. +Therefore, I believe that the Commission has applied wrongly the article 82 of the Treaty, because in this case did not treat to take advantage of *abusivamente of a dominant position, but to benefit , of an absolutely just and comprehensible way, of a very particular situation from the point of sight fiscal. +First, the Committee of Experts Independent recognises that, although the last responsibility of the management *recae in the Commission, did not fits to ignore that the administrations of the States members execute at least the 80% of the community budget and that his attitude in front of the fraud is not always diligent although afterwards these ministers are the that *despotriquen against the community management. +Also with regard to #this, to my opinion, *nos find in front of a true fraud, because undress of authority to the free will of some persons that organise on the base of an article of the Regulation, is not an act of democracy and of freedom; before well, #if a deputy thought that this act has inspired only in it that it is the economic budget of the groups and of the assistants, then *nos find in front of an authentic case of fraud. +But the question that it #would be necessary to take is #if it will not have got the moment that, #if the European Community wants to have protected sure enough his financial interests, exist a penal community Right that allow to configure like community offence, with a competent penal jurisdiction, the fraud against the financial interests of the Community. +In *tercer place, #if the Commissioner of Agriculture designated also loans greater attention to the amendments presented by the Parliament and to the own members of parliament, always that #that, just is to say it, no *rebasen the budgetary limits and do not derogate juridical acts already existent, the majority opinion of my Group is that the experience, competition and commitment of the candidate allow to conclude that it will make a fine work like member of the Commission. +Without embargo, a part of our group do not expects of the Commission an ecological approach in his performances, and from now on #all our group will commission that the Commission respect the principle of development sustainable and make possible the creation of a *Europa of the citizens, so that both goals are always present to the hour to take decisions. +The Ministers of Justice and Inner will elaborate the subjects of his competition in an unofficial meeting that will celebrate in *Turku the days 16 and 17 September, and the Council of Subjects General began the *preparativos of the European Council in a meeting that took place the past Monday, for *cerrarlos definitively in his meeting of the 11 to 12 October. +Report (To5-0013) of the Mrs. *Pack, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the Council (*COM(1999)312 - *C5-0062/1999 - 1999/0123(*CNS)) by the that it modifies the Regulation (*CE) *nº 1628/1996, of 25 July 1996, relative to the help to *Bosnia and *Herzegovina, *Croacia, the Federative Republic of *Yugoslavia and the ancient Yugoslav Republic of *Macedonia and, especially, by the that it creates the European Agency of Reconstruction +Inform (To5-0013/99) of the Mrs. *Pack, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of Regulation (*CE) of the Council (*COM(1999) 312 - *C5-0062/1999 - 1999/0132(*CNS)) relative to the modification of the Regulation (*CE) 1628/96 relative to the help to *Bosnia-*Herzegovina, *Croacia, Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia and to the ancient #yugoslav Republic of *Macedonia, mainly by the creation of a European Agency of Reconstruction +In *tercer place, in terms of economic support and support to the development, the commitment of the Commission in the frame of the Agreement of *Lomé #can and #would have to be reactivated with two conditions: in the first place, an improvement of the situation of the security in the *RDC and, second, a result of the national debate that guarantee a stable political disposal in the *RDC and in the that respect the fundamental elements of the Agreement of *Lomé. +Of the recent past and of his *productivismo *descabellado inherit a situation that, in the common agricultural field - with *demasiada frequency -, has put the politics to the service of the great economic groups *agroalimentarios and of the distribution on a large scale. Result: crazy cows, chickens that poison "to the dioxin" , oil of casting in the oil for the consumption, muds of purification in the flours for the livestock, and do not quote more... +*Algo Very distinct to Big *Bretaña: it has not produced eradication of the illness and the tax of animals ailing situates still in a too much elevated level to avert any risk of pollution and to guarantee to the consumers a healthy product. +We will have to organise, therefore, a big conference on the AIDS, but without *dejarla only in hands of the countries that afterwards have to manage specifically some so dramatic consequences, but a conference, as *auguramos from takes years, in 1993, on the pandemias, the AIDS, that under our responsibility face up to this situation and arbitrate measures that correspond to an international authority, to the sight that the WHO is totally unable to offer concrete answers. +The answer of the Parliament in the form elaborated by the Commission of Budgets is that it important in this stage is to review the financial perspectives and of this form ensure also in fact the arrival to destination of the general assistance given by the Parliament and by the European Union #as well as the possibility to carry to good term these subjects. +The help to the scales of payments is a help to reinforce the reservations of a country of #such form that #can face up to his problems of payments external, that always have a compensation: always it pays or by the provision of a service or by the acquisition of a commodity. +Thus, I give my approval, of course, to the amendments presented by the gentleman *Langen that demand of the Commission a more active paper to boost a strategy of promotion coordinated in the breast of the States members #as well as to develop the potential of *Europa in the export of the relative technologies to the renewable energies. +The technical advances of the last years have improved clearly the efficiency of the sources of energy renewable, and in place to allocate *tantos resources to the #european atomic industry, as obviously it takes the Commission, owe *redoblarse the efforts for promoting the sources of energy renewable. +The *primer moment of *apogeo of this process of democratisation were the democratic elections of 1994, the first celebrated for #all the #south african, that constituted a visible expression of the release no only of the majority of the population until then *oprimida, but in reality also, create *yo, of the privileged by the ancient system; of his release of the pressure *autoimpuesta to have to justify a system that *ellos same knew, at least in his *fuero internal, that was *injustificable and that also *les was *distanciando progressively of the persons of *Europa and *Norteamérica with the that felt cultural and ethnically identified. +There are other chapters like the tax on the value added that require some harmonisation because, of it contrary, #would distort the competition; likewise they exist other chapters, to know, the tax of societies and the tax on performances of the capital furniture that, by the contrary, have to be harmonised in the part in that the fault of harmonisation involves a distortion of the competition. +The one who do not recognise now that has got the hour of the truth neither recognise that it has to give a clear and sincere answer to *Turquía, will run the risk that it do not reach all *aquello that want of *Turquía but that produce a very different evolution of the that we will be also responsible in the case that *Turquía do not look for already the path to the family of the community of values democratic in *Europa but in any #another spot. +Finally, it do not leaves to be, definitely, interesting observe that the cooperation that seals of this way with this big country of the South #can contribute to the creation of effects synergistic useful for the European Union in the frame of the delicate negotiations that go to initiate in the breast of the *OMC, from the Conference of *Seattle of the next month of November. +In effect, a fault of control on our part #would have dramatic consequences for the society, gravely affected by the unemployment (40% of the active population) and #would go totally against of the efforts that the European Union makes from takes #a lot of years, through the structural Bottoms, to favour the economic and social development of the island. +But not even they have the value of #Emma *Tuahepa, the one who has brave to ask to the #african governments it that had taken and it that are taking with the money of the #african, and it only that *ustedes have limited to signal is that #any of the eleven Bosses of #african State *dignó to assist to the Conference, or the importance of the cultural and religious factors in the propagation of the plague. +I think, for example, in an excessive *enfatización of the clauses of protection social, of the *dumping social there #where knows perfectly that #this will be mere *declamaciones after the *cuales there will be swim more not even effective controls and that, in fact, only will be the sword of #Damocles protectionist for the countries in development, for the countries of recent industrialisation, that will be able to be used *cuando the old *Europa, the old *Europa of the bureaucracies, of the #sindical bureaucracies and of the industrial decadence, will find with the water to the neck. +On 25 May 1999 the agreement was signed by the President of the Parliament, Mr. #Gil-Oaks, the President of the Council and the President of the Commission; the Council and the Commission adopted on 25 May and on 2 June, respectively, the timely decisions of his competition with seen to the application of the agreement in the breast of said Institutions. +It #would be suicidal, *contrariamente to it that #some have affirmed today, think that the #european rulers #can exert pressures so that the Central Bank *supla his inability to reactivate the economy through the structural reforms, the liberalisation of the markets, before #all the of work, and the budgetary rigour that it has to go accompanied of a reduction of the fiscal charge on the persons and the companies. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Central Bank European, *Señorías, this debate celebrates *cuando have fulfilled the first nine months of the life of the euro, in some conditions that allow to ensure that his introduction has been a hit, although it only was in the sense limited that the transition to the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union has produced without greater *sobresaltos. +Another big difference is that it is very easy to try take a false note with modern technicians of photocopied it that constitutes the reason by the that the precise details of the notes go to be given to know amply but only little before his introduction to reduce the risk of the fake and not confusing to the public that is not even familiarised with the notes. +Our Group will take use of #all the means to his scope to influence in the community budgets so that they believe the bases of a #european bottom for the refugee; subject #this, that now only went object of quotation in the decisions of the Council, urging to the Commission to study the possibility to " consider the creation of *algún bottom of reservation for situations, in the that great groups of refugees need temporary protection." +A strong signal of *Tampere that *Europa has left to be only a market and that the #european citizen no longer is only a consumer and a worker; that the citizen, whereas citizen, with #all his dimensions, with #all his worries, with #all his needs, with #all his demands, is in the centre of the #european construction. +In this occasion will have to give a clear signal so that the process of preparation of the Letter and the Conference *Intergubernamental of the Union, that will develop simultaneously, express two convergent dynamics, with seen to guarantee the conditions of enlargement and strengthen the foundations of the State of right in our Union of right. +Still they do not circulate the notes of the #european coin and, watches by where, already talked in June, in Colony, of a #european army and, in September, in *Tampere, of a #european penal justice, is preparing a Letter of Rights Fundamental and, finally and especially, the Commission asks to the European Council that accept the perspective of a *Europa expanded until the #Asia Lower and until the western borders of the *Irak and of the will go. +Report (To5-0021/1999) of the Mr. *Hatzidakis, in name of the Commission of Politics Regional, Transports and Tourism, on the Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council - Repercussions of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on the legislative procedures in course in the field of the regional politics, of the transports and of the tourism (*SEC(1999) 581 - *C4-0219/1999) +Have to confess -already with #any experience in the relations among the European Parliament and the Congress of the States Joined- that in the Congress of the States Joined have #a lot of friends and speakers, but that have not been able to board in any moment a positive debate with the senator *Helms, that seems that it do not has not even of North American passport and that considers, no only in this subject but in #others #many, that *él is the that imposes his law to the world. +Gentleman President, wish to support the program Culture 2000 and congratulate to the speaker, the Basque Mr. *Graça *Moura, for having enriched the group of the text with new contributions directed, by a part, to achieve greater participation of the countries and of the *beneficiarios and, by #another, to insist on the need to diversify the announcements, #as well as with his recommendations in defence of the deconcentration of the activities and great cultural events. +More specifically, regarding the agricultural chapter of the budget, is evident that even before they begin the negotiations *multilaterales of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the EU proposes coordinate with the North American the reduction of the protection and of the interventions, by means of the reduction of the resources allocated to the different agricultural products, fact that comports new reductions in the income of the producers and new limitations to the crops. +The Managerial Committee European Scientist has to pronounce on the relevance of the #french arguments since the Monday, the group *ad *hoc that gathers to the #european specialists of the illnesses of *priones has not been able to get to an unanimous conclusion and has transmitted to the Scientific Committee European the results of his works. +It #would suit *conmigo in that the relative situation to the meat of bovine has contributed now, in front of the public opinion, to create the chaos regarding the *aceptabilidad of the trials issued in the #european level on the *inocuidad of the foods and that *eso do not presages at all good for the plan of the Mr. *Prodi to create a #european agency of alimentary security? +#If #this do not locate and are not recognised like the real causes of the problems to the that they confront the workers of the sea, #can not talk neither of measures neither of the creation of mechanisms of control, for example of the rest of the workers of the sea, that only #can give of ineffective form and *hipócrita, perpetuating like this the diet of intensification of the work and of the exploitation. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0049/1999) of the Mr. *Gahrton, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that celebrates the Agreement of cooperation scientific and technical among the European Community and the Popular Republic of Chinese [*COM(1999)0287 - *C5-0038/1999 - 1999/0123(*CNS)] +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0045/1999) of the Mr. *Linkohr, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council [*COM(99) 0292 - *C5-0040/99 - 99/0125(*CNS)] by the that celebrates the Agreement of cooperation scientific and technical among the European Community and the Argentinian Republic. +In the main document *nos likes in particular -as to #others- the insistence in the need of a coherent approach of the regulation of the network Internet and of the electronic trade and also in the intellectual property, the sale to distance and the protection of data, looks collected, #all *ellos, to protect the rights of the consumers and guarantee suitable norms of feasibility. +Therefore, the goals consist, first, in establishing in #all the European Union and in #all the countries applicants, networks of communication among the organisations that occupy to struggle against the violence exerted on the women and the boys, as these organisations are the that know the field; second, in creating consciousness among #all the Europeans about the nature of this bad and of the need to eradicate it and to allocate bottoms to *ello. +In this report underlined also the need that we promoted the celebration of an exceptional European Council on the future of the familiar politics and of protection of the infancy in the European Union, and that it presented to the Parliament a comparative annual report of the legislations of our countries in this subject. +Regarding the amendments, have to say that the European Commission has accepted fully nine, has accepted 7 of *ellas of entrance; but we have not advanced more and it #would want to explain why: During the #finnish Presidency, that as *ustedes know is responsible to boost the complementary directives and the planning of the semester, gave a strategic option that had communicated to the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects. +#If there #be not resulted until finals of year, my intention is, in the #portuguese Presidency, introduce a change of strategy, a distinct approximation to the problem and a base of negotiations distinct, to boost said managerial with steps faster and, explaining already with a first reaction of the Council, that the Commission advance in the new approximation, that #would say that it is *algo easy. +More that some words, #would want simply ask, like witness alas very near, that further of the message of compassion -and is truth that the families of the victims will appreciate it- #can, in our quality of Parliament European, initiate a procedure of solidarity by means of helps that #can attribute to this region of the big South so *duramente affected, in favour of the families, first, and afterwards of #that that have lost it all, without embargo also in it that touches to the economic instrument that has remained destroyed. +I share also the point of sight that a just configuration of the budget #can not make exclusively in the side of the income of the budget and share also the opinion that it do not is necessary to expect until the year 2006 to keep a debate on the reform but that it has to make with his support inside this period of term of office. +Also it signals in this resolution -and is perhaps the most important point, the section 4- that ask this Plenary that approve the decision to increase the amount of the project of budget *rectificativo and supplementary 5/99 in 25 millions in credits of payment allocated to the program *PHARE, in consonance, lady *Schreyer, with the urgent needs of this program that *nos has signalled the Commission. +In *Europa have to take our contribution and give good example to the rest of the world, even recognising that the greater pressure for the energetic consumption in the future will owe to countries like the States Joined, that is quite *despilfarrador in his consumption of energy, and also to the countries in development that, to measure that his economies grow and increase his level of life, go to need a greater energetic consumption, that probably will proceed of sources of energy quite *contaminantes. +The unitary confrontation of the #european citizens on the familiar differences and the questions that accompany to the custody of the boys in case of divorce is clear that go to avert to thousands of families the tiredness and the complications with the bureaucracy and also will reinforce the feeling of security and of confidence of the citizens in the European Union. +These two instruments constitute #one of the first stones of the community building that are building, #whose fundamental goal is the to offer to #all the citizens and to the juridical agents of the Union an easier access, faster and more effective to the justice like *salvaguardia of the norms of security juridical. +Subject: Application of the directive on the nitrates Is conscious the Commission (and are it in particular the responsible commissioners of environment and agriculture) that the #european directive on the nitrates (91/676/*CEE) do not offers absolute guarantees by it that refers to the quality of the subterranean waters, seen that the directive centres in the pertinent nitrates of *abonos of animal origin, leaving like this sideways other sources of nitrates? +I do not try to hide the military dimension of the security, but #where more hurts is, to my trial, in this continuous strategy to see *obnubilada by the military look in detriment of a politics *paneuropea of prevention of the conflicts that was to the measure of the tensions and the fractures of the cold #postwar period in our continent. +We have heard with relief this morning the taking of position very firm of the gentleman #Solana on this subject and the commitment that has assumed to exert #all his influence this afternoon in *Estambul so that in this territory respect the international right and the of the persons, and with relief finish of *oírle say, gentleman Commissioner *Patten, that will go immediately to add on the terrain his efforts to the of the gentleman #Solana. +It takes fault a European Parliament general legislator of the Union, like the Council, that take part of right plenary in the designation of the members of the other Institutions and able to establish a relation of confidence with the European Commission that no longer will see weakened by the double majority qualified today necessary for the motion of censorship. +I demand that have true capacity of decision in it referred to the fundamental looks of the common politics of fishing and the regulations of base, for example in the field of the organisation of the market, the conservation and the exploitation of the resources *pesqueros, the measures of control and the instruments of the structural politics. #This calls *codecisión of the Parliament. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0066/1999) of the Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the Office of Fight against the Fraud (*OLAF). +#One, the speaker of the Commission of Control Budgetary, the Mrs. *Theato, that is a bit the mother of the *OLAF and of #all this regulation; the #another, to the that consider the father of the current regulation, is the Mr. *Napolitano, that has had a big *mesura, a big intelligence and, especially, #a lot of prowess to the hour to confront a difficult solution. +It #would have to be compulsory that there was a greater coherence among the norms that govern the trade, the work, the environment, the animal welfare and other norms of acceptance international and the principles of the "fine management of societies" by means of a better cooperation among the *OMC, the *OIT, the Nations Joined, the agreements *multilaterales environmental and other international institutions. +#Such as it had required it the president *Pasqua during the general debate that took place in the Plenary at the beginning of October, and as it finishes to remember it *pertinentemente my colleague #Georges *Berthu, before initiating a new cycle of negotiations is indispensable to make a clear and precise balance, goal, therefore independent and contradictory, with the end to perceive the economic consequences, social, environmental and of alimentary security of the previous agreements of the Round *Uruguay. +Under the threat of the delay of the enlargement or even of the dissolution of the Union, by his own creators, in the attempt, without rules neither laws, for conquering new markets and deliver the booty, the capital *monopolista treats to surpass his internal contradictions, that were and follow being important, with #such to serve to the common interest of *sobreexplotar to the workers and obtain the maximum benefit. +In spite of the positive measures that adopted after the resolution of this Parliament, in the past day 16 September, in particular the entrance of the international strength of peace and security with the *égida of the Nations Joined, the *INTERFET, the situation in matter of humanitarian security follow being grave so much in the territory of *Timor Oriental, #where is essential that get means to support the reconstruction, as in the case of the wall of 250.000 displaced by force to Indonesian, in particular to the western part of *Timor. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the succession of seisms that have seeded the destruction in the northwest of *Turquía *nos has moved to consider essential the reinforcement of the assignments for this country and, therefore, vote *favorablemente, in first reading, a review of the financial perspectives that establishes a support of emergency to *Turquía, to the pair with the priority that concede to the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental. +In accordance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0053/1999) of the Mr. *Medina *Ortega, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that it modifies the Regulation (*CEE) *nº 1911/91 relative to the application of the disposals of the community Right in the Canarian islands (*COM(1999) 0226 - *C5-0127/1999 - 19990111(*CNS)) +Have known that an American dockyard -that did not build ships from took more of forty years- has received the commission to build two transatlantic fuselages allocated to the service of communication of the islands *Hawai, since the American law reservation to the dockyards of his country the construction of the crafts that make inner transports. +Although it has decided renounce openly to the dockyards, the most recent events in *Corea of the South #can conduct to that in the Union begin to confuse the old forms of support to the dockyards and the measures of the guidelines of1997 #whose goal is not the politics of competition, but simply the of a politics according to the doctrine of the stable development and of *safety *of *the are. +Also I have tried to convince to the aspiring countries of the importance of these subjects *diciéndoles that, although no #all the subjects are in the list of negotiations, #can be that #this wake up so much interest in the Parliaments of the States members, that the best form to ensure a fast integration is to begin to work with time to resolve these questions, that, nevertheless, will earn big importance *cuando consumes the adhesion. +I take advantage of this occasion for *pedirle to *usted, to the President of the Parliament, to the Presidency in exercise of the Council, to the Commission, an urgent initiative to take a call to the States Joined so that they suspend the execution of *Derek #Rocco *Bernabei, because the battle against the pity of death is a battle of *civismo that it has to rid always that it was precise and in #all the possible forms. +Today we have debated with the Presidency in exercise of the Council and with the President of the Commission the problems that pose , the proposals that has taken the European Commission in the frame of his report to the summit of *Helsinki and also regarding the attitude that presumably goes to follow the Council of ministers. +By this reason precisely, not to give a hit to the strengths that struggle today by the democracy, to send a message of solidarity to the *represaliados, a message of pressure by the authentic democratisation of the diet, *les invite to not voting these two proposals, or, at least, to *devolverlas to the Commission, until *Turquía give concrete samples of democratisation and of respect to the international right. +To the sight of the transformations that is experiencing the sylviculture in my country, in the sense of a reduction of the natural spaces, of a massive decrease of the demand of plants and also of a fault of resources public, *me see forced to signal this fact. +Some that the system of payments in great operations has worked very well, whereas -and #all agree- the problem of the excessive commissions in the current moment in the changes is generating a negative environment, because had some expectations of improvement in the cost of the changes of coin during this period, expectation that has not seen fulfilled. +Also I celebrate that the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer have toughened in his report the requirements regarding that there are data easily accessible and comprehensible of #such form that the public opinion keep informed in any moment of the quality of the air and of the possible problems of pollution derived of the dangerous broadcasts. +The Liberal give our compliance in the final vote to the common resolution, but affirm to #the same time that has not modified the position in the question of the reform of the Treaties, of the preparation and execution of the conference *intergubernamental , #such as it has put of self-evident in his behaviour of vote on the Report *Dimitrakopoulos/*Leinen. +Also there was another reason *circunstancial, the self-evident inability by part of some delegations to engage with a true process of negotiation of the agenda and, from this point of sight, it is necessary to ask #if it was lucky the coincidence of the inauguration of the conference with the of the beginning of the electoral campaign in the States Joined. +The common fundamental goal to the two programs consists in contributing to the progressive construction of #one *Europa of the knowledge, able to transmit to the youngsters and to the adults the qualifications and the necessary competitions to insert in the market of the employment and, it that also is important and often forgets , in the society. +The relative measures to the conservation of the populations of fishes and to the control of the activities of the fishing have to be the content of the agreements signed in the frame of the regional organisations of fishing, and these organisations have to fulfil the functions of platform of the international cooperation. +And now, in the moment in that it has given this step -and it is necessary to remember that the relation with *Turquía did not comes of yesterday, comes of 1963-, *nosotros expect that *Turquía also know to answer of positive way, so much in his process of democratisation internal as also in his relations, no only with the Community, but fundamentally with the country that has given the most important step that believe that it is necessary to hail: #Grecia and his Government. +It is likewise evident, without embargo, that the enlargement in the terms foreseen did not allows neither the immediate realisation of a common external politics neither the definition of a project of politics economic, although this last was extremely urgent, also to the sight of the rise of the dollar with regard to the euro and of the disappointing results of *Seattle. +In said document that traces back to the month of October of this year aims , among other things, that so as to guarantee the global and sustainable competitiveness of the industries of the European Union based in the sylviculture or related with #the same, will be precise to guarantee some surroundings that boost the competition and boost the adaptation of the industry of the European Union to a competition more *aguerrida. +I am not economist, am civil engineer; but I want to underline the exceptional work that the Mr. *Bourlanges and his *coponentes have made, and expect that *nos help in a debate to evaluate notable subjects, to end to be able to judge, with the results in the hand, in how measured materialises the Commission the political decisions expressed in the budgets and did not has, at the end, other pertinent consequences of his application. +Seen that now we have been debating very thoroughly the Budget 2000 and the Parliament wanted to mark some criteria so as to that in the zones affected by the war, as for example in the *Balcanes, make a planning *plurianual of the finance, #would have to adopt with greater frequency this optics, instead of *dispersarnos excessively in small programs and isolated projects, that do not allow an effective control and that represent some costs of personnel upper to the really necessary for the goals that wish achieve. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0081/1999) of the Mr. *Valdivielso of *Cué, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of regulation (*CE, *Euratom) of the relative Council to the granting of assistance to the New Independent States and to *Mongolia in his effort of reform and economic recovery (*COM(1998) 753 - *C4-0038/1999 - 1998/0368(*CNS)). +The past week knew that the Commission, that had to pronounce on a package of helps of the #british Government, thought to answer to this need that the plant purchase a world-wide scope, has *postergado his decision once again, and this delay affects to the confidence of the consumers and to the future of the factory. +*Limitándome To the last events in the Council, the #finnish Presidency has prepared a form directed to #all the countries members and to #all the #european institutions on the subject "The women in the processes of decision" #whose answers have made possible to the #finnish Presidency the editorial of a report that contains nine indicators and #some recommendations. +Recommendation (To5-0079/1999) of the Mr. *Bodrato, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the celebration of the Agreement on the establishment of regulations technical world-wide applicable to the vehicles of tyres and to the squads and pieces that #can mount or use in said vehicles ("parallel Agreement ") (10167/1999 - *COM(1999)27 - *C5-0073/1999 - 1999/0011(*AVC)) +Now *nos gets the news that the connection of the computer system of the European Parliament in *Bruselas with Internet will not be available among 22 December and on 4 January: #this involves for the #european deputies the prohibition, the absolute impossibility to work among 22 December and on 4 January in his dispatches in *Bruselas. +It #can indicate the Council #if it has posed this subject during the contacts among the EU and the countries that have expressed his wish of *ingresar in the Union? How measured thinks to propose with the end that it limit the uncontrolled flow of economic refugees to the EU, that has clear secondary effects of economic and social type (for example, increase of the criminality) in his States members? +On the other hand, #if the Community endorses with his true budgets types of credits of the European Bank of Investments, for example, the credits of projects that make in third countries, the Council has stipulated that in these cases the *BEI has to deliver an annual report, so much to the European Parliament as to the Council, on the measures that have carried out with the credits endorsed by the budgets. +According to the article 255 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community, the Council and the Parliament, in a term of two years after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, have to ratify in procedure of *codecisión the general principles on the access to the documents and the pertinent limitations in plough of the private interest or public. +Then, the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fishing will be able to take into account, with *algo of fine will by his part our amendments and adopt the legal text to the sight of #the same, Propose that we vote on the Report *Papayannakis and that *usted choose the sharpest feather that have in his arsenal and write to the Council in name of the Parliament, with the hope that the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fishing no pass without more by #alto it that agreed yesterday, but that take into account our amendments. +It is not *usted of agreement *conmigo in that the absence of a price *transfronterizo *vinculante, or well his suppression, comports, especially for the small companies -and with *ello go back to the subject of the employment-, the risk that the national systems remain without effect owing to the big volume of the imports; the risk of disappearance of the small bookshops, especially in the half rural and in the small cities, and that with *ello reduce the accessibility? +And *nos find precisely in this debate. Thus *le invite to define with clarity the notable market in this context like a linguistic and cultural space; to that it clear the existence of the clause of import beside the possibility to dictate a rule to national level, and to that it resort to the #french Right in his decision and in his considerations. +From the point of sight of the Commission, only will be able to surpass the regional tensions and the claims of greater autonomy or of independence #if in Indonesian establishes a diet, a system that guarantee sure enough a clear political responsibility and the transparency in the direction of the State and that fulfil the wishes of the big majority of the citizens and citizen, of clear democratic ascription. +The European Union wait that #this mean a correct deal #as well as a public process, the respect of the norms of a State of right in front of an independent Court, access to a defence of his election and the permission of observers international to the process. +In the conclusions to the that got the European Council in the meeting of *Viena in December of 1998, stands out among other things that the euro goes to strengthen the capacity of *Europa to promote the employment, the growth and the stability and that the introduction of the only coin will intensify the need of coordination economic. +Although the immense majority of the political strengths in *Eslovenia follows manifesting in favour of the goal of the adhesion to the European Union, #this no always seems to translate in a common impulse. The citizens do not seem involved fully in the attainment of said goal, as it shows it the fact that the campaign of information gives -and #this *me seems significant- the impression that finishes to begin and is *algo toneless. +The spheres to the that more takes reference are the social security and the problems of pension that often arise *cuando a worker emigrates, the free circulation of persons, the recognition of the qualifications, the taxes included the VAT, the environmental questions and the questions of the welfare of the animals. +I will finish saying that, being as I am the only deputy of the European Parliament that has formed part *cabal and actively of the Commission of Requests of the European Parliament since it founded in January of 1987, 12 years ago and half, expect that the members of the European Parliament chosen for the new Parliament achieve that it follow respecting the right of the residents and #european citizens to present requests to the European Parliament. +Therefore, in the next term of office, perhaps was necessary to find a more agile method among the Commission of Requests, the European Commission and the States members, and demand to the States members that give immediate answer to the requirements of the Parliament and of the European Commission and that no *mareen the partridge -as we say in *España- with terms excessively long, because *eso #can have perverse effects. +Regarding the prudential norms, with regard to the *cuales the speaker proposes that the present Commission a report on the efficiency of the norms at present in vigour, believe that the recent crises and the form in that the European Union has faced up in general to these crises, show the substantial goodness of these prudential norms. +This tragedy illustrates, besides, by #if it was necessary, the absolute need to control the influx of circulation by road -especially of the heavy vehicles-, to promote the rail traffic and to establish the norms of operation that guarantee the maximum security in the breast of a #european market of transports sufficiently diversified. +The report of the Mr. *Herman on the improvement of the operation of the institutions without modifying the Treaties constitutes the complement of another report approved the past year, allocated to the practical actions with regard to reducing the democratic deficit in the management of the economic and monetary union. +Regarding the inclusion of #Venecia in the goal 2, fits to signal that in the proposal of the relative Commission to the application during the period 2000-2006 of the new goal 2 of the structural Bottoms establishes the responsibility shared among the Commission and the States members regarding the definition of the apt regions to perceive the helps. +Undoubtedly, that the *imputación was founded do not wants to say that the Mr. *Moniz was guilty, but for *eso are the courts and, in this case, the Mr. *Moniz, as #any one of *nosotros, has to understand that be representative of the #european citizens mean to be a citizen more in #everything it that *respecta to the responsibilities, and only in those looks in that it is in game the interest of the representation that has , has to have some true *salvaguardias against those who #can abuse, in detriment of the institution, in detriment of the Parliament, in detriment of the citizenship, of the procedural procedures. +The approval of the management governs by the article 206 of the Treaty. The decision of the approval of the management conceived like a mechanism of character *primordialmente financial that bases in the report of the Court of Accounts, although it have purchased with the step of the years a political dimension. +*Le #Would invite rather to consider the problem in the following terms: with the current integration of the markets, #if there was not any form of coordination of the fiscal politics, in this case the States members yes that #would lose increasingly sovereignty in benefit of anonymous markets, and in this case #would have every time less possibilities to implant with efficiency a fiscal politics. +We have to find a cancellation; but also I am of the opinion that here it did not concede the approval of the management, as #if we see the result of the vote of December, was clear that the previous points that motivated the agreement, that had been declared like positive report by the Commission of Control Budgetary, were refused by the Plenary. +In the countries of right #anglo-saxon, in the *cuales did not exists a Constitution, *me seems that the *rule *of *law is the cardinal principle that governs these better countries, more still, much better and that the has defended against this type of vision, according to the *cual in a moment given the majority #can decide all it that wants: they exist the laws and the texts, without embargo, did not matters, #can say it contrary, is sufficient that want it the majority. +In general, it will be necessary to establish with clarity the political priorities, adapt the structures of the Commission to his future tasks, expand the decentralisation also in the field of the management of the resources, *racionalizar the works of the Commission and improve his efficiency, and finally, to my seem, also #would be necessary to adopt a code of behaviour for the Commissioners and the personnel. +His capacity to show that it has exerted a #worthy paper of the President of the Commission to the hour to decide #who have to form part of the commission and #which have to be his wallets are things, #all *ellas, that will give to his presidency and to his Commission his initial strong points and, in fact, will be able to *darle also his initial lean points. +Definitely it defends it *usted and definitely will encourage *usted in *darle an impulse with the new Commission, to the equal that definitely will carry *usted to cape the political union and likewise will give to the European Union the means and the capacity to exert an important function in *Europa and in the world through his external politics and of common security. +And afterwards, #everything will go back to begin to final of year, since *cuando expire the mandate of the current Commission *dimisionaria, will have to request, once again, the confidence of the European Council and of the European Parliament by a mandate of five years, mandate that #can see interrupted in any moment by the vote of a motion of censorship that -like #all know-has left to be a theoretical hypothesis. +*Yo Believe that, knowing it occurred with the previous Commission, *usted will undertake the necessary institutional reforms and will tackle equally the relative looks to the personal responsibility, to the internal control and also to the financial control, to the improvement of the efficiency and to the right of control of the European Parliament regarding the Commission associated to #everything *ello. +In the next weeks and the next months also will have to define, of course, the roads to organise the interaction among the Commission and the European Parliament, in his quality of organ of control, included the presentation of reports and the obligation to inform to the commissions of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, personally regret deeply that the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer have proceeded of form so precipitated to the vote of the amendments of commitment to the report of the Mr. *Lannoye on the proposal of directive relative to the honey, that the final the has weakened. +Gentleman President, am safe that we will get to a prompt solution and here -and #this are my last words-, when taking the word by last time in this term of office in name of the Popular Party European for the reply to the Mr. *Rothley, *me comes to the memory a lovely speech of the parliamentarism *constituyente #spanish of the Constitution of 1812 in #where a member of parliament said to #another -and *yo create, gentleman *Rothley, that *usted deserves it - that it was #be and firm in the defence of the arguments and loyal with the opponent. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0190/99) of the Mrs. *Oomen-*Ruijten in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the commercialisation to distance of financial services allocated to the consumers and by the that modify the Directives 90/619/*CEE, 97/7/*CE and 98/27/*CE (*COM(98)0468 - *C4-0647/98-98/0245(*COD)) +the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the preparation of the European Council of the days 3 and 4 June in Colony; -the oral questions *B4-0334/99 and *B4-0335/99 of the Mr. Of #Giovanni, in name of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, to the Council and to the Commission respectively, on the institutional reform. +The Union has to have some modern norms of administration and transparency according to the #nordic model, with open meetings in the Council of Ministers, with a principle of advertising that give right to #all to know the public documents, with registers in #all the community institutions and with freedom of communication, #this is, right to inform to the means of information and to #others on errors or infringements in the administration. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, have got at the end of this debate on the Diary 2000, and tomorrow the Assembly will approve surely these regulations. *Yo Believe that, with these regulations, have reached an improvement of the economic and social cohesion, that is #one of the fundamental goals of the Union: an economic and social cohesion and a better territorial cohesion. +Subject: A just process for *Ocalan A common point in the positions of #all the institutional organs of the European Union on the subject *Ocalan is the requirement of the celebration of a just process *ypúblico, as this concept understands in the juridical systems of the modern societies and civilised. +I #can not leave to manifest my *extrañeza in front of the fact that the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development of this Parliament have refused an amendment presented by my Group to correct this situation, and that this amendment have been declared inadmissible to be voted in the Plenary, in application of the article 60 of the Regulation. +Second, because it has not recognised the specificity of the #portuguese agriculture neither have expanded the different types of quotas of production, in spite of that *Portugal is the country more *deficitario of the European Union, neither has considered the possibility to increase the quotas of *regadío, that will be indispensable, since in *Portugal the *regadío is fundamental for the modernisation of his agriculture, the most retarded of the European Union. +In the conclusions remained reflected the priorities of the Assembly, and like condition *sine *qua *non to adopt a future agreement with this country, the clause of *condicionalidad or of human rights, the political dialogue and the parliamentary dialogue were priorities, #as well as the regional development, the social promotion, the attention to the women in situation of precariousness and a long #etcetera. +*Yo #Would say that in #all the sector of the electronic trade, of the electronic activities of the intellectual property, the electronic signature, in general all it relative to the services of the information, including the subjects of property intellectual, *nos are moving in a field in the that the national States *nos have remained small. +It gives the consumers the opportunity to request the commercial information that wish; it gives to the *anunciantes the possibility to direct his messages to #that that wish *recibirlos; it gives to the providers of Internet, that provide access to the network, the possibility to follow providing a service of post electronic fast, effective and sure. +Although it remains a lot for taking in the new community market, have shown that it is possible to protect the interests of the employers, of the dealers, especially of the small and medium enterprises, and to #the same time, defend to the citizens in his condition of consumers, that are the goal and the end of the work of the so much public companies like private. +As until the Monday was not possible to vote the corresponding amendments and as a result of *ello *usted *nos authorised to celebrate an exceptional meeting, since the conversations *tripartitas had not taken place until the week before and went then *cuando knew the results of the Council, the Commission of Budgets adopted the amendments that adjusted to the main decision immediately after the vote of #the same. +It has not passed neither a year since the Parliament ratified the provisional agreement splitting of the base that the clause of rights human that contained #would put to proof the seriousness of the Government *mejicano to the hour to guarantee that the cooperation in matter of human rights was essential in the relations with the EU. +Gentleman President, the European Parliament has supported unambiguously the cause of the village *timorense and his inalienable right to the free determination and the independence and from always has contributed to a large extent to that his fight have not dropped in the silence, by it that *congratula that the term of office finish with a reaffirmation of positions and discern his materialisation. +Equally, the Commission judges positive the establishment by part of the Nations Joined of a *transfund bear said query and, in this sense, *les have to inform that in this same week, probably tomorrow, approve definitively the financial participation of the European Union in this *transfund , surely with the quantity of a million of euros that will go allocated precisely to study the modalities of the insertion of the European Union in the process. +I do not believe that any #another Parliament of the world loan *tanta attention to the cast of the fundamental rights and the human rights like this Parliament to the hour to debate the rape of the fundamental rights of the citizens with reason of the creation of a space of justice #european. +The proposal of the quota, together with the decision on the compensations for the crop of the industrial potatoes, do not influences, of any way, in the situation of competition of the industry *manufacturera. In fact it reduces the production of starch of potato somehow, and in *eso do not have why put objections the producers of other starches. +I believe that our effort now, in the next weeks, will have to be convince to the #european citizens of the importance of his participation in the elections to this Parliament and believe that, at least the deputies that are here today, have taken all it possible so that our work was not a trivial work, but that it was an important and definite work for the #european construction. +Without embargo, have known through a source that, generally, is very informed, that already is circulating a species of preliminary draft of report by this Assembly, among the Committee of Wise persons, the services of the European Parliament and the services of the European Commission, a species of report preliminary. +A last comment on the intervention of the contrary side of the Assembly regarding the investiture of the new Commission: *nosotros *nos deny -and now talk in name of the socialist Group- to subordinate the procedure and the calendar of the Parliament to the presentation of a report of a group or a committee *extraparlamentarios. +But #if this pact pretends to be a pact allocated to intimidate of *algún mood to the Governments *socialdemócratas or to *crearles problems, the Mr. *Poettering and his political Group have to know that #this no only #would create difficulties to the Governments *socialdemócratas neither neither only to those Governments, as for example, the Austrian, in the that takes part also a conservative party, a Popular Party Christian, but that #would create difficulties to the process of unification #european. +It takes some moments remembered with nice irony the electoral emblem with the that *me presented -the emblem of the donkey- and *me invited to the *tozudez: an invitation that do not need because I am *tozudo by nature; without embargo, want to remember that the election of the donkey took also reading a passage of #Leonardo da Vinci that, when describing to the donkey -do not know #if it is truth, because I do not have proofs- said that it is an odd animal, since it is able to die of thirst before that to drink dirty water. +It wanted to know #if, by initiative of the #finnish Presidency, will be able to deploy at last, with the support of the #Red Cross and other international organisations, an action determined to force to the criminal of war *Milosevic to not taking it that *tantas times takes: use the blackmail, use to these persons that today are in his hands and of the that at all knows to force once again to the European Union to release pieces. +*Nos Risk to remain trapped among two fires in these conflicts, unless the #european contingents do not assist powerless to the last stage of an ethnic purification that do not has *conmovido too much to the fine universal consciousness: the elimination of the last #serbian inhabitants of this region, that have happened to be minoritary in his country. +In the future years, the alimentary security of our *conciudadanos will depend fundamentally of the way in that the new Commission know to defend, in the course of the next negotiations of the round of the #Millenium, the full legitimacy of a model of zone #european distinct with an upper agricultural quality. +But also I affirm that *me seems absurd that the States members that in the past, by general norm, do not have *atenido never to #european norms of security, want to forbid like general norm the animal flour; or that now the Commission take a general question of the utilisation of the rests of food in a document of work on purpose of the utilisation of oils and fats. +The second inform of the Committee of Experts Independent *nos helps in the guidelines, #many of the *cuales already appeared in the indications of the Parliament and *usted same has anticipated with clear commitments like the of the new criteria for the training of the cabinets and of a greater transparency in the relations with the European Parliament and with the public opinion. +Finally, the rage of the Mrs. Of Palace in the tyre of press back to the audition no *augura swims good for somebody among #whose competitions include the relations with the European Parliament and, although I recognise that the Mrs. Of Palace *disculpó later by his observations, awake without new embargo doubts about his capacity to exert this concrete charge in the breast of the new Commission. +We admit that the commissioners subjected to the trial of the Parliament, to judge by the audiences and by the statement today of the Mr. *Prodi, have, individual and collectively, of the capacity and the necessary resolution to serve faithful and *inquebrantablemente to the goals of the European Union, in detriment of the interests of the group of the workers and of the villages of *Europa. +We #can not ignore the challenges of the globalisation to the that at present it confronts the Union, the peak of the audiovisual sector and of the society of the information, the need of an educational capacity of big *calado and amplitude and, finally, the need to establish the legitimacy of our institutions and give new vigour to his forms. +Of face to this preparatory meeting that will take place in *Turku tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and had account of the increasing presence in *Europa, by misfortune, of the delinquency organised, of the criminality related with the world of the drugs, of the traffic of human beings and of other similar offences, *me seemed incomprehensible that this House *enzarzara in a discussion about #if it suits or not opening a debate on this question here in the European Parliament. +Likewise, the participation of the States members in the council of administration will allow to guarantee that a time that the Commission have decided the annual program, #all the other relative decisions to the projects take on the terrain, without going back to resort to the committee of management formed by the States members in *Bruselas. +The absence of an independent electoral commission, the absence of a just access to the media, the absence of guarantees to be able to carry out an electoral campaign, have conducted to the opposition, majority, to boycott the legislative elections of the spring. +The total liberalisation *indiscriminada, #such as it has carried out in *Alemania, already is creating a difficult situation bear to the projects of *aprovechamiento of the biomass and also for the projects of energy solar. In the social field, is evident that early will give place to #a lot of cases, of lower dimensions, like the of "*Michelin" , because of the suppression "*racionalizadora" of employments to take go up the *cotización in bag of the energetic companies. +I have to say, gentleman President, that the *primer program *ALTENER and more advance the white Book on the renewable energies, that has developed the community strategy and the plan of action for the year 2010, have been possible graces, insist once again, to the collaboration among our two institutions, Parliament and Commission, and that the new politics of the European Union in matter of renewable energies has built precisely thanks to the good understanding among *nosotros. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0015/99) of the Mrs. *Ahern, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that approves a program *plurianual of promotion of the energetic efficiency (*SAVE) (1998-2002) (7123/1/99 - *C5-0033/99 - 97/0371(*COD)). +It is not precise to resort to the figures of exchanges commercial, investment and cooperation to the development to deduce the weight of the European Union in the region, but the tested economic solidarity of the European Union has to be so valued like his capacity to contribute effectively to a peaceful solution of the conflict. +Why we do not take to see to *Turquía that his recognition like country candidate to the adhesion constitutes the exception of what have demanded to the other countries (as for example, to *Eslovaquia) and that this exception takes by special reasons (that we #would have to refer with clarity...), for *facilitarle the progress to the regulations demanded; and that his course the will be observing the European Parliament and that, at the end, #this will judge his real appeal to the adhesion to the European Union? +On the other hand, our society is legitimately concerned by the challenges that the phenomenon of the globalisation *nos poses: the respect of the human rights and of the fundamental social freedoms, the protection of the environment and the preservation of the nature, #as well as the protection of the health of our consumers. +With the solemn Statement of the month of June of 1998 the 174 countries members of the World-wide Organisation of the Work engaged to promote the four fundamental rights of the work: the right of association, the respect of the labour minimum age, the prohibition of the works *forzosos and the no discrimination. +In the frame of the current agreement of the common position, the requirement of the amendment *nº 5, to know, create a directive of the EU with some goals *jurídicamente *vinculantes for the renewable energies, is the minimum previous condition so that the document #can be taken seriously at least of an approximate mood. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0028/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position approved by the Council (*COM(93) 646 - *C5-0030/1999 - 1994/0011(*COD)) with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the facilities of transport of persons by wire (Speaker: Mr. *Miller). +Having present that the own Defender the Village of the Government of *Colombia informs of a massacre by each day of this year and that the Commission of Jurists Colombian attributes the 78% of #the same to the *paramilitares, with the knowledge of the #colombian official strengths, #can *usted occupy, like President of this Parliament, that during his private conversations talk of the subject of the human rights? +The first is to give the graces once again to the Mr. *Duisenberg for ensuring to this Assembly that the process of cooperation among the #ECB and the national central banks is now sufficient, even in the case of a grave crisis in the that a financial institution of the zone of the euro #can need support. +From this point of sight is a provocation for the feel democratic of the villages that the European Parliament consider an advance the fact that they give , with regularity, conferences of press after the meetings of the Council of Government of the #ECB or the fact that, apart from the annual report publish monthly reports of the Central Bank European. +#This has to be the signal so that the great political strategies, budgetary and monetary do not pose always according to the approach of the one who sees the novelty of an only coin, but of the one who has to take into account the long term to give stability to the euro and to the States members, and especially to reactivate the economy of the Union and the chapter of the employment that so much *nos concerns to #all in this Parliament. +Like this, it is necessary that there #be another form of intervention of the #ECB and an effective democratic control of his operation and that in the #european politics concede priority to the resolution of the economic and social problems of the European Union and of his States members, in particular the politics of growth and creation of employment. +In the first place, it is necessary to encourage and boost to the #european citizens, the associations and the small #european companies of the sector, to benefit of this program it more possible averting concentrate the already scarce finances only in #few great events, in benefit of some those that privileged networks that, in the long run, as *nos teaches the previous experience, finish for having the monopoly of said finances; second, it #would be timely to take all it possible to increase the planned financial endowment for this program. +I consider that the Parliament, in the moment in that it approves a measure of this type, offers a big opening to the #turkish youngsters that complaining of the errors of his parents, #can watch to *Europa like a reality of big freedom, like a union of States in the *cuales the culture, his diffusion and the solidarity among the youngsters are important and fundamental elements. +By this reason and to end to guarantee a high grade of security in the so much national transport like international and eradicate the distortions of the competition, the European Union adopted the Directive 96/49 on the approximation of the legislations of the States relative members to the transport of commodities dangerous by railway. +And that constitutes a reason of pride particular, since this prize carries the name of a scientist, *Andrei *Sajarov, that subjected his prestige to hard proofs of #all type to struggle by the freedom of the villages of the countries of the East against #one of the most #hideous forms of totalitarianism that has known this century. +But I #can comprise part of the anger that feel the graziers and the consumers of Big *Bretaña *cuando *enteran that they have found silts *cloacales in the *piensos that employ in *Francia, *cuando *enteran that the #british Government knew #this from the month of June but decided not touching the subject in the European Commission, and *cuando *enteran that in the Realm Joined still sacrifice 60.000 heads of livestock because have more of 30 months of age and #can not go in in the alimentary chain, although they are animal perfectly healthy. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, #would suit *usted *conmigo in that it results very surprising that #some States members ask now new explanations and additional explanations *cuando #this already debated during a year and half with these same States members in the Permanent Veterinary Committee? And it #would suit *usted *conmigo in that the States members that keep the prohibition of the imports #would have to present new scientific data or of it contrary only give the impression of that they want to follow postponing until a distant future the realisation of the only market? +Lady Speaker, want to signal that the dialogue *macroeconómico forms part of the complex process of the pact of the employment and that, as it has exposed well the Presidency in exercise of the Council, is consequence of the decisions of Colony, trying, by means of the establishment of this dialogue among social and responsible speakers of the economic politics and budgetary politics with participation also of the Central Bank European, achieve the goals that, at the end, pretend. +We #can begin to abandon concepts like #that? We #can begin maybe to adopt a more realistic opinion in the fixation of the types of interest, with it that #would recognise the change of the conditions, by it that now #can begin to contain the increases of the types of interest, to measure that diminishes the unemployment, not to suffocate a fragile growth? +Definitely, in his common position the Council has adopted #some important points as, for example, the compulsory implantation of values limit in two stages, a greater requirement on the durability of the squads of control of broadcasts in the commercial vehicles weighed and buses, a system of #diagnosis *on.*board, a control of field. +Although my Group #would have put *gustosamente other accents *algo different in #some points of the program *DAPHNE, for example the connection with other community programs as *PHARE, *TACIS and *MEDA, because in #this there #be big quantity of resources to set up in the countries preventive measured candidates and campaigns, agree with the Mrs. *Avilés regarding reaching a fast consensus and avert a procedure of conciliation, and recommend only six amendments to the common position. +The Commission will ensure specifically that this program was a notable road to pipe the synergies of the public authorities and of the *ONG to conserve the physical and psychic integrity and the social welfare of the boys, the teenagers and the women in #all the fields of activity. +*Ellas Express better of it that #would take it *yo the way in that the boys are excluded of the politics of the European Union and in that the laws and the politics that takes the European Union have a very real impact in the lives of the boys, an impact that is not #the same that have in the lives of the adults. +At present, this subject is in the centre of a political debate very lit in my country and *me seems totally inopportune, by not saying, inadmissible that our Speaker, given his institutional position, support so ardently to #one of the parts involved and besides ignore that an article of the #italian Constitution refers on purpose to the freedom to open centres of education deprived without costs for the State. +#If I use a very critical tone, do not take it fundamentally against *usted, lady *Schreyer, as *usted has not been the responsible person during the last weeks, but #if like Parliament at the end of a year, in autumn, elaborate a budget, then split of the fact that in this budget determine some priorities and that these priorities are also the that in the course of procedure budgetary apply really, *surten effects and expect that it that consider important apply also really in form of politics. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate on the report (To5-0039/1999) of the Mr. *Chichester, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the communication of the Commission to the Council (*COM(1998) 571 - *C4-0040/1999) and to the European Parliament "Promotion of the inclusion of the environmental dimension in the energetic politics of the Community" . +Gentleman President, this proposal that will resolve -like this expect it- by means of a community regulation the difficulties that find the citizens and the families to consequence of the fault of recognition of the judicial decisions on the end of the matrimonial bond and the exercise of the homeland authority deserves our applause and our charm. +Regarding the amendment *nº 11 -and expect to that formulate a new oral proposal to be able to *pronunciarme on the new version-, *cuando forces to take into account the interests of the boys, *nos seems that it opens the door for a trial -regarding the bottom by part of the State that has to receive the judicial decision- that do not has fit in the frame of this type of instrument. +The Commission is commissioned also of the execution of the program *STOP, #whose goal is the to give the necessary training and information to the professionals, in particular to the judges, to the services of police and to the services of assistance social, in the fight against the traffic of human beings and the sexual exploitation of women. +Regarding the group of high level, #if the Commission and the Council approve it -as I already have said, the Commission will take it predictably the next day 24 of this month, the Council on 6 December-, the pretence #would be that this group of high level began to work to first of the month of February or even to finals of the month of January. +An international rule in matter of competition has to establish some minimum norms that prevent contrary behaviours to the competition, like the creation of cartels for the control of the prices or the cast of zones, the abuse of position dominant or vertical restrictions and horizontals of the competition, #all the *cuales distort the competition. +The attacks against columns of refugees and zones inhabited, the closing of the borders and the fetters to the performance of the international organisations of help that loan humanitarian help, no only contravene in #all the cases the Convention of Gin on protection of the civil population in the zones in war and other international commitments, but that they are performances simply inhuman and of the all unacceptable. +The norms that regulate the international economic relations and the trade have to respect the fundamental social rights, have to serve to the interests of the workers, contribute to the development of the less developed countries, respect the environment and create the necessary conditions for the development of #all the villages. +We have considered, in base to the Statement of Colony, that the works *preparativos have to concentrate, in the practice, in three particular points: the size and the composition of the Commission, the weighting of the votes in the Council and the extension of the qualified majority; in addition to these three points, also will treat institutional questions related closely with #the same. +The amendment 18 of my Group, that requests that the Parliament was consulted on the annual economic orientations, the decisions that concern to the budgetary deficits and #all another important decision that have to take in the frame of the Economic and Monetary Union, leaving, of course, to a side the independence of the Central Bank European. +To #the same time, also wanted to *replicarle to the Mrs. *Kaufmann, that finishes to quote to the newspaper of the enemy of class, "*Die *Welt" , that the party to the that *ella belonged has been the only #german party that has summoned to a war of aggression after the *Segunda World-wide War, specifically against *Checoslovaquia, and to the sight of *ello, #would have to abstain to take comments like the that finishes to pronounce. +Subject: political Prisoners in *Myanmar #Can the Speaker in exercise of the Council inform on #all the celebrated debates and the decisions adopted recently by the Council of Ministers of External Subjects in relation with the politics followed by the EU regarding *Myanmar and, in particular, on the possibility to achieve of the Government of this country an amnesty for the political prisoners? +#If we do not approve today the report *nos will find in an unsustainable situation, as only the deputies of the European Parliament #would be above the law to #that *respecto: a text that applies in the Council by the same to the politicians and civil servants, in the Commission by the same to the politicians and civil servants, #would apply in the Parliament only to our civil servants and no to the deputies of the European Parliament. +The best demonstration, anyway, of #which is the security that promotes is the own Treaty of *Amsterdam, the incorporation of it already achieved in *Schengen, the creation of some community police, the police #index card of the citizens by his political convictions, his ideological orientation, his #sindical action, even by his loving relations. +*Me Seems that the Mrs. *Giannakou has taken a big effort for adopting a posture of consensus concerning the Plan of action, directed to integrate the different perspectives that there #be no only among the different *filiaciones political, but also among the different national traditions, to integrate also the different looks of the question and the diverse and in contradictory part interests. +Therefore, *me #would enjoy that my explanations went satisfactory, that the Parliament #can reconsider his requests, that gave the maximum urgency to the acceptance of this decision with the guarantee that, #if in the future there were problems from the point of sight financial, the Commission will pose the need to go more far regarding the Bottom of reservation. +For no *alargarme more, want to manifest that our Group supports the 19 amendments and supports the legislative text, but demands that we do not attend to #one *segunda reading, but that approve this Regulation in the planned terms, demands that the Commission was sensitive to it exposed by the speaker, to it exposed by the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market and that, by favour, the Regulation approve inside the planned terms because, in contrary case, the situation for Canarians #would be worrisome. +To the time that receive with satisfaction the contribution of the Parliament, also want to recognise the contribution of the European Commission along the years, and in particular the of the ancient Presidents, the President *Delors, our colleague and ancient President #Jacques *Santer and now the President *Prodi, the one who in his statement of yesterday engaged to keep the bottoms allocated to the distinct programs of *Irlanda of the North. +Among #all the human rights, the freedom of expression occupies a special place, since without a free and independent information #can not fulfil the other human rights and fundamental rights, neither neither #can report effectively the grave rapes of the human rights, as, for example, the crimes against the humanity. +Why they have not included other relative problems to the human rights that know that they exist in the Union, #such as the bad deals in the prisons and in the stations of police, the murders committed by political Groups armed and the situation of the objectors of consciousness, by so only appoint the most evident subjects? +Only it wanted to *describirles a small consequence of this approximation. To my mood to see, is a big progress that #greek journalists and Turkish are collaborating in the actuality to avert that in the media stood out of his countries continue the defamation to the that have assisted in the last years and give erroneous information to the population on it that *sucede in the neighbouring country. +Concerning the proposals presented in the report, also consider that it is necessary a reform, since the current situation has perverse effects -as it already has shown the experience-, but is precise to take into account that any reform #can leave to consider the results of the current campaign and the potentialities of the #portuguese production in normal climatic conditions. +In this sense, the recommendations on the politics of communication and information that contains the Report Towers Mark play an essential paper, but do not owe *conformarnos with that the euro perfect the only market neither with that the euro allow, for example, a comparison of prices easier or a decrease of the cost of the transactions. +#This reflects #one of the lacks of the proposal of the Commission, that #would have to have completed the frame of the *OCM with a mechanism of maintenance of the income of the workers of the fishing that allowed to limit the incidence of the falls of prices and, with *ello, take unnecessary the resource to the withdrawal and destruction of the products of the fishing. +#One of the means to obtain said support #would be the to keep our offer for the less advanced countries and *reflexionar together on the coherence among the action of the *OMC and the of the other international institutions so that the commercial liberalisation reflect in a sustainable development for #all the countries in roads of development, beginning by the poorest populations. +*Me #Would enjoy that the countries that bear the charge of the effort of the economic internal cohesion and social did not employ this type of arguments, since they are the countries that receive bottoms of the European Union the most interested in the efficiency of this effort of solidarity of the countries that bear this effort. +Without embargo, said frustration converts in even more deep, #if it fits, *cuando, to the sight of the new scientific elements, as in the case of the substances that determine the destruction of the ozone, the bureaucracy and the emotiveness taking the forward to the politics and the science, prevent that they admit new and effective amendments from the point of sight scientific. +#If the conditions observed still do not allow to initiate the negotiations with *Turquía, but so only *concederle the statute of candidate to the adhesion, with which do not creates therefore a particular juridical instrument, the conclusion -#can *leerla in the text- is that it is precise to resort to the UN for the definition of the disputes. Of compliance with the resolutions of the UN, #this #would have to resolve before the year 2004. +#If at all it justifies the past and present politics of *Milosevic regarding the #albanian village of *Kosovo, neither regarding his own village, the crumbs launched only for the reconstruction of *Kosovo, crumbs in comparison with the money spent in the war, #can not dissemble the fact that once again the western intervention in the *Balcanes no only do not resolves the problems in this region of the world but that the aggravates. +Of compliance with the section 3 of the article 247 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community and the corresponding disposals of the Treaties *CECA and *EURATOM, the Parliament has issued his *dictamen previous on the candidates before the Council proceed to the nomination by unanimity of the members of the Court of Accounts by a period of six years, that #can repeat mandate. +Of then it is also the agreement for the creation of indicators, and have assisted in April of 1999 to the publication of the first resulted of these common indicators, that take in consideration the place of the woman, in the economic field, in the political field and in the social field, in relation with the programs of development that approve . +From this Assembly urge to the Commission to give preference to a review of #all the structures of consultancy and of decision, to end to obtain a just distribution among the sexes, and to request to the States members that fulfil with the recommendation of the Council of 2 December 1966, on equality among men and women in the processes of decision. +From the platform of *Beijing, and of the commitment of the 189 countries around this platform, there #be, by it that *atañe to the European Union, to our region, three fields of action: first, the of each #one of the states members; second, the of the political strategy of the group of the European Union; and, third, the of the politics of the European Union to the countries in development. +The question is not, as, #if they go to concede #some thousands of litres of oil to the orphanages and the asylums, but #if *le go to deliver the necessary games to *Yugoslavia, to his legally chosen government -respect of a time the international right!- And no *selectivamente, to confront the damages and put end to the political genocide suffered by the #serbian village. +The amendments that has proposed the Parliament treat to cover this grave gap and have an ambitious goal, #this is, create a legislative system that, in spite of devoting special attention to avert create useless bureaucratic complications, allow to the great productive potentialities of the Union express it better possible in the inner market facilitating, therefore, his action also in the world-wide. +In these days in the that so much it talks of the paper and of the future of the community Institutions, wanted to remember that the credibility of an organ like the Parliament or the Council is closely linked to his capacity to resolve the problems that disturb the daily life of the citizen or to take part positively to the *respecto. +I have to confess that, *cuando returned again to *Timor Oriental, remained *desolado in front of the ruins of the systematic destruction and no *me imagined that it #would come to *Estrasburgo and #would have the rare opportunity to know and visit the corridors and the living rooms of the centre of the democratic power of *Europa, #one *Europa that shared with *nosotros the pain and the suffering of the genocide, but also the prowess and the strength to resist the destroyer action and murderer. +Likewise, it encourages for finding a solution to the regional riots, already mentioned here, in *Aceh and *Iria *Jaya and to the ethnic tensions in the *Molucas by the road of the peaceful dialogue and of the constitutional reforms; I consider particularly important that exist a National Commission for the Human Rights that treat the relative questions to #such rights. +Gentleman President, like member of the Group of the Green/Free Alliance European and like #basque deputy, have to say in the first place that already the European Union, by diplomatic road, directed to the Government of *Nicaragua the past 18 November so that it found a fast solution to this subject that *nos occupies today and finished with the obstacles that *oponían to the *Contraloría General of the Republic of *Nicaragua and for *decirles also, very categorically that, #if it is not transparent, #can lose the bottoms of the European Union. +Already it has remembered in this Plenary his implication in the subjects related with the paper of the citizens in the procedure established in the article 169, the editorial of a code of behaviour of the civil servants, the access to the documents of the Institutions and of the organs controlled by *usted. +The fact that the Parliament renounced to his proposal to build some common customs in the procedure of conciliation celebrated in the frame of the previous report do not means that #this have left to be our final goal. +The report of the Mrs. *Schmidbauer is #worthy of praise because it treats of the development of a gradual approach concerning a frame of infrastructure for the rates of the common transports inside the European Union, #as well as of a gradual harmonisation of the relative principles to the rates of #all the main means of transport. +The reason is that, as we have been able to check in the audience of scientists and experts celebrated in the Commission of Transports and tourism the day 17 February 1999, the system of the social costs *marginales proposed by the socialist commissioner of transports #Neil *Kinnock do not serves to impute the costs of the infrastructure of transport. +The article 135 establishes that the attributions of the commissions appear *anejas to the Regulation, but do not excludes at all the absolute majority, and, treating of a text that defines at all less that the competitions of the parliamentary commissions, #would be paradoxical that, as it finishes to occur, the composition of a competent commission in an essential field -as it is the of the immunities- fix , simply, with #some votes of difference. +»Collateral damages», #this is the language used by the NATO to define the death of civilians: during centuries in the *Balcanes will have to bear the called *collateral *damages , since the bombs of uranium employed by the NATO already have contaminated the #yugoslav territory preventing, in fact, the return of the #Kosovar to his country, unless they run the risk of illnesses, malformations and deaths by radiation. +*Señorías, wanted to underline, nevertheless, the need that the Commission elaborate a program of helps in favour of the #italian and #french populations that will suffer considerable damages and damages owing to the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, so much by the excessive traffic of other arteries receptors of an excess of traffic, as by the shortage of traffic and of tourism owed to the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc. +The Council in his statement of the past 7 April, when pronouncing on #this, added that the #indonesian Government has given #some steps that have been clearly celebrated. *Eso Also has to see, among other things, with the elections, with new laws for the political parties, but also with determined economic measures that have announced to stabilise the economic situation. +The impressive number of operations of traffic that effect every year in the European Union and the importance of the sums that are in game #would suffice by himself/hisself alone to show the urgency in concluding the computerisation of the diet of traffic community and to guarantee to #the same time a maximum transparency in the group of the politics *aduanera #european. +It will give a big step the day in that the space situated among the Parliament and the season was at last conditioned, of #such way that facilitate the personal relations and result friendly: for *ello is necessary to unblock the necessary means, it that will require #one *concertación active among the society of the Space *Léopold, the Parliament (by his moral paper) and the #belgian authorities affected. +It is necessary that the European Union tackle these negotiations with the real will to defend the principle of prevention, #as well as the social norms, environmental and on the welfare of the animals, necessary for a healthy and durable trade that respect the group of our economies and of our consumers. +It is necessary to expand and improve the measures in matter of prevention, information and protection of the victims, #as well as the cooperation and the coordination with the justice, the police, the responsible authorities and, especially, with the competent governmental organisations, in the States members of the European Union, among the States members of the European Union and also in collaboration with the third countries involved. +Both amendments supported in the valid Regulation, and now have agreed that are in contradiction with *él. According to the current Regulation, for a transfer of credits of the reservation is competent the Commission of Budgets and for the rest of the transfers - am talking in general terms - the Commission of Control Budgetary. +The exchange of experiences that produced in the preparation of the conference among the Group of the Popular Party, the Union of the Persons of Age and #a lot of experts has served to obtain #all a series of knowledges valuable on the matter. +In this context wanted to ask to the Commission #if the regulation of application collects this look, since I consider very important that the current system of balance among the starch of potato and the starch of corn respect . To keep said balance is fundamental that keep the system of premiums compensatory to the starch of potato. +It wanted to express my gratitude very especially to his speaker the Mrs. *Theato, that alas #can not be among *nosotros, and also of course to the speaker of the particular opinion of this commission, the Mrs. *Kjer *Hansen, #as well as to #all the members of this commission, that have taken an excellent work, since these contributions have had direct relation with the development of this procedure. +It supposes also an important innovation when allowing separate on the one hand, the closing of the accounts -a species of procedure technical simple, as, to verify #if they have carried well the accounts- and by #another, the discussion or the opinion of the Parliament on the management of the Commission in budgetary matter. +In the norms appears now a very important distinction among a technical postponement and a political postponement, that has to have some clear foundations, to the equal that appears also a clear separation among the technical closing of the accounts and the political posture that #can adopt on the question of #if we approve or no the accounts. +In concrete, the report of the Commission of Employment sues it following: increase of the proportion of unemployed that receive an active measure of promotion, like professional training, or measures of creation of work, in front of the proposals that exist in the guidelines, the autonomy of the Central Bank European and the autonomy of the social speakers, #as well as greater efforts directed to consolidate the public finances. +The existence, in this moment, of the Economic and Monetary Union shows that it do not treats of a formality, but of a dynamic treatment of economic and monetary subjects, that presupposes besides the coordination no only of the monetary politics, but also of the economic and social politics of the states of the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, wanted colleagues, is a bit surprising to see as on the one hand our European Union poses a debate on the great orientations of the economic politics extremely prolix, with concrete obligations and with a pact of stability rigorous, and on the other hand a politics of employment to base only of wander orientations, while *nos happen #all the time saying that the big problem of *Europa and of the Europeans is the employment. +*Me Interests especially take this brief intervention first of all for *recalcar the important paper exerted by the Mr. *Bösch, the *cual -even in the moments in that it was very difficult to carry forward this speech- always has been very coherent to the hour to sustain the need of an independent organ, to the sight of the gravity of the cases and of the difficulties for *afrontarlos. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, the report of the that *me has commissioned *informarles tonight in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic refers to the proposal of the Commission to modify the *sexta managerial relative to the VAT of #such mood that the States members have the possibility to apply, with experimental character, the type reduced of the VAT on the services of big intensity of hand of drama. +Our Group *le sues to develop fully his paper in the election of the commissioners to obtain a substantial renewal of the school and a presence of men, and also of women, able to face up, by his qualification, to the great political challenges of the Union and to the own reform of the Commission. +And although, in effect, *usted has gone back to announce that the Commission goes to develop the liberalisation of the market of sakes material and services, instead have not heard at all on the public services, on the services of interest economic general, as they appear now with total clarity in the article 7*D of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +The five points that pose the European Union, the NATO and the General Secretary of the UN are not five points that *equivalgan to a total war against Serbian, but five points that take possible the security and the stability for #all in *Kosovo and that at the same time guarantee and allow the development of the security and the stability in the region. +In the first place, to the classical international Right, according to the *cual a war only #can initiate after having been declared, it that has not been the case; how the Government of the States Joined of *América abstain in the future of *enseñarnos the images of archive of the speeches of *Roosevelt after the bombardment of *Pearl *Harbour by part of the #japanese squadron. +The reason *nos #would have pushed, for example, *cuando began the crisis -perhaps is very easy to say it now to the sight of the events- to value the relation among the political goals and the political effects of the bombardments and the noble goal that *nos proposed, the to put end to the ethnic cleansing. +As they will remember, the very good report of the Mrs. *Schmidbauer on the White Book of the Commission in relation with the payment by the utilisation of infrastructures also specified this look and, at present, are tackling the task to quantify the external looks with the help, clear is, of a group of experts. +To contribute to the reflection, the Commission will present to the European Council a communication on the best way to integrate the goal of a level of employment high in the definition and the application of the politics and of the actions of the Community. +#If we had not suffered the crisis that has shaken to the Commission, *nos #would have found in a situation in the that, in spite of the demands of this Parliament, the European Council had decided without taking into account the opinion of the constituents that will go to the urns of the 10 to 13 June. +In a similar situation, the buyer has to return the product in the place of the purchase so that *le return his money, repair the product, etc. #Would have been much better -and #would have contributed authentic advantages to the consumers- #if #this had right to negotiate said compensation or repair, etc, with a representative of the company -in case that it exist- in his country of residence. +The vote, in session *plenaria, ratified entirely the positions defended by this Commission of Fishing and, from this moment, our commission, and fundamentally his speaker *doña #Carmen *Fraga, went in in contact with the Council, the national administrations and the professional organisations, organising a public audience that allowed to check how the political position of the Parliament was amply shared. +Like speaker of this file, have to remember that the Commission, in his initial proposal, had prioritised especially the orientation of a reform based in a substantial descent of the prices with the goal to increase our parts of the market to the export in the frame of the obligations imposed by the *OMC. +Regarding the political advances, #would have to underline, as more important and new, the following: it consolidates a series of agreements punctual pre-existing; it offers a definite solution to the dispute on the classification of costs compulsory and no compulsory, that drags from 1982; they happen costs of the Common Agricultural Politics to costs no compulsory. +His goal is to allow to the persons progress to the new #millenium; take possible that are the own persons the that make said progress through the training and the education, increasing his possibilities to achieve a place of work, of *ayudarles to progress with the time to access to a place of work better and to a better level of life. +I appreciate to the President in exercise his answer, but *permítame ask #if it has foreseen a suitable protection for the entrance of bananas pertinent of *Lomé and of the Canarian Islands, in spite of the changes that have produced to adapt the diet of the banana of the European Union to the norms of the *OMC. +Neither it has presented to the Presidency of the Council any complaint of *Suecia in the sense that it neglect his language in the guilds of the Council, by it that it wanted to *aconsejarle that perhaps #would not have to bet necessarily by an anonymous news of an agency of #news but by the official communication that receives here of the Presidency of the Council. +It is an end to measure, since with the favourable vote to the proposals of the Diary the Parliament, in the last session of this term of office and to #the same last time session under #german Presidency, seats the bases of the future development of the European Union and no only of the future Agricultural Politics Common. +My group has expressed from the principle in favour of a reform of the structural and regional promotion that concentrate the available financial resources in the regions with the greater demand of development and that at the same time award a greater level of responsibility to the States members, especially there #where complete regions remain excluded of the structural helps of the EU. +The relations among the Commission of Fishing and the committees quoted have two main looks. By a part the Commission of Fishing receives information on the activities of the committees and, by #another, the members of the commission have the possibility to take part like observers in the meetings of the committees referred. +The juridical looks today examined constitute the indispensable base to regulate and harmonise the electronic agreements, the use and the future developments, always that Internet was accessible to #all, accessible but no regulated, to defend to the most exposed classes, especially the boys; protect against the electronic illegality, the *intrusismo by wire, but boost all *aquello that it #can generate places of work and expand our culture. +The bottoms of the EU contributed likewise to transform *Manchester in a big cultural core and tourist, when helping to build the centre of exhibitions *G *Mex, the hall of concerts of *Bridgewater, the Museum of the Science and the Industry of *Manchester and the Imperial Museum of the War (North). +It is inadmissible that the report, #such as it presents it the Commission of Budgets, contain an amendment that goes much more there of the object of the own report, until the point that #this results totally ambiguous, since *cuando had examined it in the Commission of Budgets, on 29 April, did not treat , in this moment, to approve the text of the agreement. +Like member of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development and coordinator of the Group *Europa of the Nations, have voted against of the group of the amendments presented in the Commission of Agriculture by our speaker, the Mr. *Graefe *zu *Baringdorf, since his proposals were totally incoherent regarding the economic situation that knows the #european agriculture. +Therefore, we #can not leave to value -to the contrary that #some colleagues- the yesterday assumed commitment that the query of 8 August will make with the *égida of the Nations Joined and of his Council of Security and that, in addition to the strength of police that here it has talked , was possible to have the presence of a strength of security. +Of course, gentleman President, *Turquía has not suffered any type of pressure special -and, of course, am not talking of the abominable bombardments that know other countries- for *avenirse to the norms of a State of right current. By reasons that the Council of Ministers, so sensitive or severe in other cases, has not achieved *explicarnos! +A time established these responsibilities, the European Union has the duty of *paliar the inability of the usual protagonists of the stage *comorano, launching an initiative of reconciliation *inter-islands, a significant humanitarian help, in particular directed to *Anjouan, and an original plan of urgent economic help for the State *comorano. +In the case of the #czech head office of *Temelin, the attainment of the levels of maximum security demanded to the candidates to the adhesion in matter of nuclear head offices did not seems at all reliable, especially to the sight of the planned employment by the authorities of the Czech Republic of these reactors of type #soviet -the *VVER 100- presented like squads of last generation, although they give proofs of scarce reliability. +The Commission understands that the reactors of *Temelin are of a type that, in principle, #can improve to reach levels of acceptable security and, as it indicates in the Diary 2000 and in the communication of March of 1998, the general goal of the Commission, by it that refers to this type of reactors, is to guarantee that the improvements undertaken by the corresponding countries apply of fast and effective way and carry to satisfactory results. +It says: there #be an agreement of 1995 that has not been signed by #all the States members and the Commission is thinking to adopt an initiative #Can have a promise of the Commissioner regarding that the Commission goes to adopt a proposal, was a directive, was a regulation -leave it to the Commission-, so that it no longer take lacking expect to the States members *titubeantes? +The goal precisely is not a militarisation of the European Union, but follow promoting his development so that it was an effective peaceful power and with capacity of performance that was in conditions of *relegar definitively to the happened the war like instrument of the politics in *Europa, in favour of the empire of the Right and of the renunciation to the use of the strength, #such as it has taken in *Kosovo. +The first refers to the point 53 of the conclusions of the Presidency in exercise of the Council and *me #would enjoy to ask to #that with regard to the gentleman #german Minister of External Subjects how interpretation it is necessary to give to the mandate of the Conference *Intergubernamental and, in particular to -quote- the possible enlargement of the vote by qualified majority in the Council -end of the appointment-, had account of the statement of *Bélgica, *Francia and #Italia attach to the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +The *primer reason: in the era of the globalisation, the national State European only will be able to keep it that appreciate and want to conserve in *él #if #this *Europa unifies as, under the conditions of globalisation, the peace, the security, the welfare and the democracy for his citizens and citizens, only will be able to guarantee #if they join to #european level, is to say, #if we have of a subject European, a European Union that it was able to act. +Of compliance with the agenda, the Speaker in exercise of the Council proceeds to take a statement on the program of activity of the #finnish Presidency, the economic and social reconstruction in *Kosovo and the project of Pact of Stability for the *sudeste of *Europa and the conviction of the Mr. *Öcalan to the capital pity. +The concept of dimension #nordic of the EU, that is shyly going out to the light although among *candilejas, covers sectors related with the internal security, as they #can be the nuclear security, the environmental and the collaboration with external neighbouring zones to the Union.It is necessary to materialise in programs of concrete activity the ideas presented around the #nordic dimension of the Union . +Regarding *Öcalan, it minimum that we #can take by this person to the that #many describe of terrorist of #the same way, clear, that described of terrorist to *Arafat, or to the IRE, before being recognised leaders and leaders of his villages, it minimum that we #can take, after the sinking in this subject of the politics of asylum of the European Union and the one who has said it has #a lot of reason, is *salvarle the life, to avert like this a new *lacra in our leaf of services. +The Council studied immediately this case and took the resolution on 9 July to carry the subject to the courts of the European Community, basing in the paragraph 2 of the section 3 of the article 213 of the Letter *Magna and in pertinent articles of *Euratom and of the Community of the Coal and the Steel. +The Commissioners will have to, in case that like this *les demand, leave that the Committee of Subjects Ethical examine the type of work to the that will incorporate during the term of a year after having left the Commission, with the end that #this #can confirm the compatibility of the new work with the functions fulfilled in his quality of Commissioner. +Lady Speaker, want *referirme to the comment that took yesterday the Mrs. Speaker, the Mrs. *Fontaine, on the prohibition of the use of telephones mobile inside this hemicycle because I believe that at all there #be more important, inside the Parliament, that talk and *comunicarnos, but in the debates, no with external means like the mobile telephones, with the bells and the distortion that #this causes. +The reasons that *nos have carried to this situation, against the that the president of my Group carries warning from the month of June, have to see with that it has not known put the limit of the institutional responsibility to those groups that thought that the content of the report #can condition the investiture of the new Commission and, therefore, have insisted in that it debated now. +The Group of the Party of the European Socialists has kept a line of behaviour coherent along #all the process, that *resume in the affirmation of the need to surpass positively the institutional and political crisis that paralyses to the Union from December of the past year. +Lamentably, gentleman President, although the Mrs. Of Palace answered to our questions on transport of satisfactory way, and that like Group will not doubt in backing morning to the Commission, have to take state our reservation on the candidature of the Mrs. Of Palace #waiting for the definite results of the *OLAF and of the investigations of the #spanish authorities, and because of the mood in that it answered to the interrogation on this subject during the audition. +Answering to the comment of Baron *Crespo, that yesterday in the morning signalled that a minister *recalcitrante of *Baviera had not resigned, *permítanme that *le put to the common of the situation: the alluded resigned yesterday before the vote in the Parliament; without embargo, a lot *me fear that surely it will have to pass another century before the European Commission reach the level of efficiency of the #bavarian administration. +The *segunda splits refers to the interpretation that has to include like note to the Regulation, without embargo, the first part says: "The statement of constitution of the technical group is not according to the section 1 of the article 29 of the Regulation" . *Usted *nos Commissioned this subject and *nos awarded the possibility to formulate our interpretation like note to the Regulation *valedera also for the future. +The deputy, Mrs. *Roth-*Behrend has called the attention on a *importantísimo subject. The Commission, when fixing the own priorities and propose the approval of #this has to have in mind the subjects that really matter to the citizens like the questions of environment, a sustainable development completely #as well as the requirements of protection of the consumers. +Fifteen executives that displace to *Bruselas, exert there his legislative work, go back act followed to his respective capitals and apply the laws dictated by the Council, or was, by *ellos same. This method of work takes that the executives exclude increasingly to the national Parliaments -*Europol and the preparation of the convention *Europol are a clear example of *ello- without *traspasar the legislative function to the European Parliament. +But the truth is that, later, so much the Nations Joined like the international observers and the own #indonesian authorities, that considered that the scrutiny passed of free and just form in spite of #all the pressures and of the campaign of intimidation carried out by the militias adherents of the integration, the truth -said- is that, *cuando took public the results, again installed the terror in *Timor Oriental. +It is very clear that the authorities have to take in account the possibility of movements seismic when examining the suitability of place chosen for the construction, and have the obligation to ensure , through the pertinent structural solutions, that a possible seism neither affect to the security of the head office. +In this sense consider important to take a more global assessment, to the light of the politics in matter of interventions that, as I have read in the report on the budget of the Union of the next year, foresees a strong restructuring of the politics of attention to the present small and medium enterprises inside the territory *transfronterizo. +From beginnings of year have produced #news *alentadoras on the recovery of the industrial production, mainly like result of the replacement of the imports, the control relatively tighten of the inflation and a solider situation of the scales of payments, produced mainly by the strong rise of the price of the exports of oil. +From it takes *algún time, the Commission has recognised that exists a connection among the flight of capital and the corruption and the criminality in *Rusia, and comprise also the threat *acumulativa that represent these conditions for the transition of the country to a democratic system and an economy of market that govern by the state of right. +Meanwhile, the Commission considers that, in particular in #day of said elections, has to continue the politics of opening *cautelar of the relations with will go through a wide dialogue, with seen to encourage to the Government of the Mr. *Khatami and to the defenders of the reform, #many of the *cuales are showing a considerable prowess in his efforts by the change in some extremely difficult and dangerous circumstances. +They will continue our efforts to achieve the support and the durable stability, and of course, also will follow trying keep to this fully informed Parliament, because we value enormously the commitment with our common goals to guarantee the stability and the maintenance of the peace in this so ailed region of problems. +Nevertheless, *me ask #if *Europa really #can carry out an autonomous politics in this field. Until how point will defend the Commission our autonomy in the international scene and in how measured will struggle for saving the power of decision #european in matter of alimentary security and the political decisions in the field of the alimentary products? +Nevertheless, more that of a new action treats to see #if the considering *nº 25 did not reflects already this need to give priority to the exports to improve the position of the #european industry, world-wide leader in some renewable energies, and to it that have taken reference #some of the orators, because it is truth that here have some very clear advantages with regard to other producers. +In conclusion, and to the light of said considerations, wanted to call the attention on the need to make, in matters so complex in that the market and his rules confront to the collective welfare, analysis of cost-benefit #whose temporary reference was the long term for the introduction of measures directed to reduce the energetic intensity of the final demand. +An agreement that establishes the total liberalisation of the 95% of the #south african exports to the EU along a period of ten years with the elimination of the corresponding tariffs to the 86% of his industrial products covers a too much long time for a country that confronts economic and social problems so grave. +With #such reason, want to ask #if the Commission will present the agenda of the meetings of the Commission and the documents of work more important before the meeting of the Commission so that like this it #can appear #any information on the documents in the press before the celebration of the meeting and exist greater interest by the meetings by part of the press. +The inclusion of *Turquía -by the moment #can not say at all concretise in name of my political group since we are keeping still a debate to the *respecto, although personally I believe that it has to have the status of candidate to the adhesion to the European Union, #such as it has said the Mr. *Verheugen- is urgently necessary no only for the democratisation of *Turquía but also for the peace and stability in the *Balcanes and in the *sudeste of *Europa. +The peace among the two States, #Israel and Palestinian, will not be durable but with the condition that his economies develop in the frame of a favourable regional cooperation to a sustainable and just development for #all the parts, a cooperation that in *primer term has to take into account the most vulnerable territories: we think, for example, in the problem of the water. +Subject: common Politics In past July, the #finnish minister of External Subjects took the word in *Estrasburgo, in his quality of representative of the Presidency of the Council, to affirm that the goals of *Finlandia are that the Union have of a common will, a common politics and a common voice. +Nevertheless, it exists a wide majority in the Parliament in favour of the #european participation, no only with the exchange of the best practical or the procedures of cooperation, with it that agree, but also with the utilisation of #some of the previous programs that existed in the past; in particular, the programs of Poverty *I and Poverty *II and the mood in that #this tackled the problems using an approach that split from the base. +*Permítame *preguntarle, gentleman President in exercise, #if it #would be had to present an initiative in the breast of the Council to ask to the Commission that believes a new relative program to the poverty that take use of it better of the past, but that it was an authentic program, no only a group of experts that exchange ideas neither the celebration of meetings in exotic places of the Union. +Taking into account the circumstance that #such nuclear accidents do not detain in the national borders, #would be now forced *decirles to the countries candidates to the adhesion to the European Union, #if they continue with his risky nuclear politics, looming in this way to #all the European Union -am thinking in *Temelin, in *Krsko, in *Bohunice and in *Mochovce, that under these conditions #can not neither has to produce any adhesion. +Lady Speaker, in the note that *le gave said that had the intention to pose the question of the visits of the President of Chinese to *Francia and to the Realm Joined, and his repercussions for the rapes of the human rights in Chinese, and the arrests effected by the police and his authoritarian performance in *Francia and in the Realm Joined. +In chamber place, after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the European Union has to answer also to #a lot of new requirements. I #can quote the fields of the inner politics, the space of freedom, security and justice, the chapter devoted to the employment or the greater possibilities in the field of the protection of the health and of the consumer. +It is necessary to set up a more conscious administration with the costs and has to delete the *despilfarro, of the that have been innumerable witnesses occasions and that the reports of the Court of Accounts have taken out to the light along these years, #if it wants that the community citizens see in the community organs serious partners in the process of development of *Europa. +Clearly, follow being too much prompt to judge the results of the mandate of the #ECB, but, also to this *respecto, #can indicate already #a lot of positive signs, not being the minor of *ellos the that the investors are had to loan his money to the governments of the zone of the euro with some types of interest very low. +It has talked here a lot of independence; and it is truth that, with the Treaty of *Maastricht, the that believed that the stability of prices was an indispensable condition for a development sustained and the that believed that to dominate the inflation was necessary a Central Bank, have won. And the that believed that it #can take any thing with the monetary politics or with the economic politics with #such to grow in the short term and artificially, have lost. +Although *me *percato and appreciate that the wish to see published the votes or the records by part of the Council of Government do not appears in the proposal of resolution that will be voted tomorrow by his Parliament, in this debate has loaned #a lot of attention, more of the that expected, to the phenomenon of the transparency, that culminates with the publication of the votes. +This wide evaluation covers an extensive series of indicators that include, of course, the evolution of the real economy, the variations of the employment and the unemployment, an analysis of the evolution of the type of change in so much have influence on the level of prices in the zone of the Euro. +In this same road, also have to register pleased the recent conclusion of the Presidency of the European Council of *Tampere in front of the bleaching of capitals, in the that signals the decision of the Council to "guarantee that they give the concrete steps to proceed to the follow-up, preventive embargo, seizure and *decomiso of the benefits of the offence" . +A realistic politics of the immigration #would have to consist, to the contrary, in hampering the situation of the immigrants in *Europa suppressing, in particular, #all political social -help that it is, by it other, the of the #american Congress-, diminishing the economic helps to the countries that boost the immigration and organising of systematic form the transfers until the border. +We need a big debate also on the geographic enlargement of the European Union, on his contents and demand to the Council of Ministers -the ladies and knights that are there represented- that have value to direct to *Europa to a positive future, as it treats of the stability, of the peace and of the democracy in the century *XXI in our continent. +I expect that the Commission and *usted, in the proposal that *nos go to present, have the prowess to fly higher and know to motivate with *algo more exciting that the mere *refundición of the garbled texts of the Treaties, the need to define a constitutional part in the fundamental texts of the European Union. +Of course, still it has not inscribed any credit in this game, but, instead -and is my second point- has inscribed an enormous credit (60 millions of euros) in a reservation for the statute of the deputies, *algo quite garbled since this statute still do not exists, and that, anyway, although it approved a statute of the deputies, is evident that #would not apply in the current term of office. +Gentleman President, at any rate, wanted to remember that when deciding not raising the embargo against the #english bovine meat, *Francia do not takes in this case but apply the Treaty, that leaves the possibility to each State to forbid or to limit his imports by reasons of protection of the health and the life of the persons and the animals. +The first is that we are in the European Parliament and have celebrated, the past Friday, a debate without the Commission and without the report of the experts, debate during the *cual believe that the Assembly and, of course, my Group treated to situate the subject in the frame that *le corresponds, is to say, inside it that they are our competitions and our obligations like #european deputies, of face to #ours *conciudadanas and *conciudadanos. +As now we know that the cars are responsible of the 12% of these broadcasts; and that the persons that buys cars is not at all conscious that a vehicle also is an instrument *contaminante and of how much contaminates, whereas yes it knows, for example, how means the so much by one thousand of alcohol in the blood; *yo yes know that #if I buy a car that consumes three litres of fuel each 100 kilometres is a car of low consumption, is urgent that *concienciemos to the consumer of the pollution *ocasionada by the cars. +It is fundamental to boost the local initiatives of employment, support the social economy *garantizándole a juridical recognition, recognise really, even by means of public finance, to the *tercer sector, this form of economy that is arising among the traditional public sector and the yielding sector, based in the creation of activities useful for the life in society. +Gentleman President, treats of an interesting report and of proposals that probably obtain *bastantes votes of the Parliament; but, further of it that *nos proposes the Commission, that consists simply, *me seems to me, in restarting the process of *Luxemburgo, poses a doubt: why the Report *Monti do not occupies the centre of the worries *cuando shows clearly that the absence of convergence social and fiscal convergence slope put of work in #all the countries of the Union? +It Important is not the preparation of a catalogue of the rights, but achieve that #all have consciousness of it important that is the first infancy, to avert that in the following years configure a society in the that the youngsters, by have not enjoyed of his rights during the infancy, #can not express by any half that was not the alteration of the order. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, in name of the Commission, wanted to *congratularme in the first place by the approval of the *dictámenes on the proposal of directive relative to the notification of the judicial acts and *extrajudiciales in civil and commercial matter, #as well as the proposal of regulation on the competition, the recognition and the execution of decisions judicial in matrimonial matter. +Therefore the question -and comprise and appreciate his fine will, gentleman Commissioner- is the following: it Is had the Commission, in front of the *hostigamiento and the pressures that are suffering #european companies, to take *algo more that express his consternation and his worry, and to take *algún type of measures -and to *ello engaged his predecessor, the Mr. *Brittan, in front of this Parliament: I know it well because *yo *le formulated the question in his day- in the case that #that *incumplimiento follow being absolutely evident and *palmario? +Subject: Initiatives of the Commission to contribute to the preparation of the countries candidates to the adhesion The adhesion to the EU, and therefore to the inner market, of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental will involve a pressure in the field of the competition that will take that it accelerate the process of changes structural in these countries. +With regard to the question of the transitory regulations that they #can request the countries candidates in the frame of this chapter of the negotiations for the adhesion, the basic point of the negotiations of the European Union consists in that #such measures only are possible in exceptional cases and for a term of #time and field of application limited. +In my Group exists an important number of pertinent members of neutral countries and no neutral that *oponen *frontalmente to #all this idea to create an identity of defence #european, and the debate in the breast of the neutral countries is being conducted of a very deceptive way. +Here in this Parliament today has remained perfectly clear and the majority has been very sincere to the *respecto: they want an identity of defence #european, want an industry of armament #european that it was competitive and want a #european army; but nobody has consulted to the public opinion of the States members. +The European Union has to have an only goal: take part in the *restablecimiento of the peace, reach a statute for *Chechenia, of compliance with it foreseen in the agreement signed by *Rusia and *Chechenia on 31 August 1996, and has to likewise assume the commitment to remember that #this *Europa #if it wants to defend the human rights, #can not continue endorsing the fact that *Rusia consider the strength and the army the only instrument to take politics. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the report (To5-0062/1999) of the Mr. *Schwaiger, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the communication of the Commission to the Council (*COM(1999) 331 - *C5-0155/1999 - 1999/2149(*COS)) and to the European Parliament on the approach of the EU on the Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC +In effect, given the challenges posed, is evident that the next Round #can not limit to expand the normative frame, by important that *ello was, neither #can neither watch only so that the commercial liberalisation contribute to the economic and social growth of the less developed countries, although it share fully this goal, but that it has to also establish the norms that have to take effective the opening of the markets and guarantee the fulfillment of #the same. +And now, gentleman Commissioner, wanted to *preguntarle in the first place #if it confirms his intention of not accepting in the agenda of the next negotiations #any *reconsideración of the agreement on the textile sector in the preparation and, second, how considers that it goes to affect to the #european textile industry the entrance of Chinese in the World-wide Organisation of Trade, taking into account that this country is the *primer world-wide exporter of textile products. +Said #this, the round of negotiations of the *OMC do not serves to create *algo *supranacional, as it fears often, that oust the international Rights or that prevent to take fluctuate the free market, but especially to give true rules to #all *nosotros, #as well as to watch by #some fundamental rights like the right to the health, the education or to the social functions in a frame of *salvaguardia of the rights of each citizen. +The liberalisation of the world-wide trade is a positive process that generates development and that it #can be hindered no only by the protectionist practices of the States, but also by the creation of situations of distortion of the competition like the abuses of position dominant, the cartels, the *dumping - think, for example, in the so hurtful - dockyards for *Europa. +In the field of the structural politics is evident, for example, that what greater was the number of States members, more #unlikely will be that they #can reach reasonable decisions according to the principle of the unanimity, #if they pretend apply the scarce bottoms, the scarce resources, so that they benefit really to the poor regions and to the poor groups of the European Union +Without embargo, the Council finishes to initiate, without expressing it clearly, an irreversible process that #can conduct it, #if nobody detains it, to award a mandate of negotiation complete to the Commission, and in this way, in application of the new article 133.5 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, *desposeer to #all the national Parliaments of his power of ratification definite, but always, obviously, without expressing it with clarity. +The Council expects that the guarantees that has given the provisional administration, as it designates , on the respect of the human rights and of the civil freedoms are respected without condition #any and that #all charge of indictment against the Prime minister *destituido, the Mr. *Nawaz *Sharif, was pursued inside the respect of the legality in front of a civil court and public. +To answer specifically to the question of the Mr. *Duff, the Union, after the coup d'état, has cancelled the signature of the new agreement of cooperation among the Community and *Pakistán, and have suspended our political dialogue, to send, simply, to the new masters of *Pakistán, a message on our worries with regard to the coup d'état and to his consequences. +As it is clear that the problem of the *Cáucaso #can not be solved of the form in that they want to solve it the Russians. Therefore same, *me seems very important that no *nos remain with the arms crossed, that the Commission take #his this call and loom with categorical measures, as for example the freezing of the new agreements *TACIS, and that the papers get to the offices of the #russian civil servants, so that we are not *nosotros the only in having all #this by writing. +Likewise, it takes lacking to concentrate our attention -and our budgetary efforts- in programs of evaluation of the practices that follow in the field of the prevention, of the therapy and of the *reinserción, #as well as in the field of the social and sanitary consequences, so that the corresponding results guide to the countries members and candidates to the hour to trace his national politics. +Gentleman President, also *yo wanted to back the content of the #german initiative directed to improve the exchange of information on the documents of trip falsified and to reinforce the security of the borders of the European Union so much for States members like the *mio, the Realm Joined, that do not forms part of *Schengen, as for the that they find in the perimeter of the European Union. +To finish, also expect that the #finnish Presidency remember to the Governments of the States members in the Council of *Helsinki that for the creation of an only market is necessary that allow the acquisitions *transfronterizas and the restructuring of companies key without that produce any political interference by part of the Governments of the States members. +In the forum of the human rights of this morning have talked with #one of the #finnish colleagues of the Speaker in pertinent exercise of the Ministry of Subjects External Finn on a concrete case on the that has treated recently the European Parliament, the case of #Alexander *Nikitin, a man that will be processed to #few kilometres of distance of *Helsinki by high betrayal. +*Nosotros, in the Parliament, adopt a resolution in the month of October that marks clearly the line that #would have to follow the European Parliament, although, as it has exposed here -and has said it the Mr. *Poettering in name of my Group-, there are #some discrepancies inside our Group on the importance, the character and the scope that it is necessary to give to this candidature of *Turquía. +Without embargo, #this #can not suppose the suppression of #any of the requirements regarding the democratisation of the Constitution and of the political reality, a fundamental improvement regarding the respect of the human rights, a political solution of the problem *kurdo and the end of the occupation of the north of *Chipre. +Precisely by #this, *yo #can not approve #some of the amendments that obtained a majority backrest in the Commission of Environment and, especially, neither the that have presented the Mrs. *Breyer and his Group, #some of the *cuales are *superfluas and do not contribute to improve the text of the legislative proposal and #others do not have at all that see with the present proposal of directive, since they do not save relation with his field of application. +The public information has insisted in that the proposal of directive has a fundamental importance and offers the opportunity to back legal measures, included the right of the society to appoint and disfigure to the governments that do not adopt the necessary measures to fulfil this directive. +The Commission will take in account #this and will draft again the text of the following way: " The Commission studies the possibility to present suitable proposals for the harmonisation of the procedures of measurement of the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon of the pertaining vehicles to the category *M1, in compliance with the annex 3 of the directive 70/156." +There #be diverse questions that *nos follow concerning, like the cut in the finance, that remain out of the field of application sectors of increasing importance like the of the aquaculture, the *poca concretion of the informations that will receive the consumer -specifically the Mrs. *Fraga expressed it in regard to the distribution of zones proposed by the Commission-, or the fault of other notable data like the minimum size. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the proposal of the Commission of a new *OCM for the products of the fishing and the aquaculture do not attends adequately the needs and specificities of this sector in the diverse States members neither takes into account the potentialities that still exist, it that results so much more incomprehensible what that the own Commission recognises that the European Union matters the 60% of his consumption of products *pesqueros. +The report of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence encourages in mentioning the question of the human rights. But, after having amended the proposal of the Commission, the report pronounces in favour to continue the deepening of the Union *aduanera with *Turquía. +In the special report of the Court of Accounts on the activities of the *UCLAF have signalled a series of proposals that consider that they #would have to undertake the Parliament and the States relative members to the nomination of a #european public prosecutor and other measures to continue the fight against the fraud. +In *Dinamarca have had from the century nineteen a stupendous tradition of permanent education and precisely the writer, priest and #one of the creators of the #danish constitution, *N.*F.*S. *Grundtvig Appears like #one of the *pilares fundamental of #all the #danish movement of the popular upper schools. A movement that contributed to the education of the common persons in a period in the that #this was *algo out of it normal. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0075/1999) of the Mr. #Aparicio *Sánchez, in name of the Commission of Transports, Regional Politics and Tourism, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that it establishes the distribution of permissions for the vehicles of transport heavy of commodities that circulate by Swiss. (*COM(1999) 35 - *C5-0054/1999 - 1999/0022). +Of course, regarding the statistical data on #whose base proposes the granting of permissions for the vehicles of transport heavy, the data of the external trade that we have until today, essentially #can not be correct, since with the current limit of the 28 tonnes in Swiss, the transports by road to big distance, as for example from my country, from #Grecia, are not economically profitable and therefore do not make . +Certainly, with the forecast of the transmission of the return of the permissions that have not been attributed until 15 September, in place of 15 November that proposed the Commission, reduces the possibility to be unfair in the final attribution, that has to take according to the real needs, and helps to the companies in his programming. +It is essential that the citizens comprise the true goal of this package, since it do not treats simply -although it is important- to warn the competition *tributaria disloyal or to guarantee the correct operation of the inner market, concepts #this, repeat, very important, but that to the majority of the persons #can seem bureaucratic or distant, but that treats , rather, to take *algo very concrete for the daily life in *Europa: it treats to create places of work. +The achieve affirm the majority like rule in the Community, like base of the political operation of the Union (very important for the Parliament in the measure in that we #can *codecidir), the have the juridical personality, the that they include in the Conference decisions that has taken the Council, as, for example, draft a Letter of rights fundamental... Bear how serve all #this #if it do not includes in the Treaties? +The European Union has bent also by means of the Presidency of *ustedes by an option *atinada when insisting in that the process of reform of the Treaties has to have concluded and go in in operation in the year 2002, to more take, so that it facilitate a prompt adhesion, because it is important to watch by that the process of reform do not convert in the enemy of the process of enlargement. +The Commission *sufraga the greater part of the costs of administration of the Office of the #Alto *Comisionado for the Human Rights of *Colombia and finishes to approve a program *plurianual to support the human rights in the #andean region with a finance that rises to 11,5 millions of euros, roughly, the greater part of the *cual will go allocated to *Colombia. +Gentleman President, #any one that are the games of hands budgetary to fund the help to the reconstruction of *Kosovo, the Council, like the Parliament, denies to tackle the true problem, that is the reconstruction of *Kosovo #as well as the reconstruction, also necessary, of Serbian, #would have to fund with charge to the military budgets of the responsible States of the bombardments. +#One of the most important decisions adopted during the last autumn has been the commitment contracted in the summit of *Helsinki, by means of the *cual the Community and his States members show his will to ratify the Protocol of *Kioto before the Conference of River 10, that will take place in the year 2002, and also will undertake #all the necessary measures so that said ratification was possible. +Our question is the following: how measured propose adopt the Commission and the Council to guarantee that the Parliament converts in a real speaker in the preliminary work, #as well as in the contribution of the European Union to "*Beijing more five" and in the official delegation of the European Union in the conference of New *York? +- Report (To5-0088/1999) of the Mr. #Miranda, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, on the communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council - Consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on the legislative procedures in course to 1 May 1999 in the field of the development and of the cooperation (*SEC(1999) 581 - *C4-0219/1999) Confirmation of the first reading: *COM(1994) 289 - *C4-0090/1994 - 1994/0167(*COD) - ancient 1994/0167(*SYN) +In the first place, wanted to congratulate to the speaker, Mr. #Aparicio *Sánchez, by the work that has carried out in relation with this question, and protest by that it have not received the integral text of the agreement among the European Union and Swiss before that the part of the distribution of the permissions, that is not more that a part of the global agreement. +I believe that before June will be able to find the definite formula, that, as they know, do not bases in the decision of the Commission -not even of the Council, #would say-, since it is thing of the Organisation of Nations Joined and those who take part are the states, but, in any case, repeat, give the political will and the political budgets, since in #a lot of subjects the points of sight are identical, to advance together. +Obviously it will have competition in the field of the evaluation of the elements of risk and to evaluate said elements of risk, the scientists that work in the agency will not be able to depend only of his own opinions and criteria, but that they will have to consult also to other scientists of the States members. Because an agency of these characteristic -agency or authority or it that it was- no only will have to be independent, but besides will have to keep in contact with other scientists of the States members. +In the territory of the European Union there #be not a negative attitude in front of the legal immigration, but that the problem in himself/hisself is the existence of the illegal immigration and even of the illegal traffic of persons of third countries, problem that yes fits to combat; but it has not tried in no way hamper the legal immigration. +Gentleman President, the rule on the procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, in virtue of the article 321 of the Treaty of the *CE, of the article 33 of the Treaty on *EURATOM and of the article 29 of the Treaty on the *CECA, establishes that the deliberations of the Court of Justice of the European Communities will be secret and will remain secretly. +Gentleman President, am entirely satisfied with the answer of the Council, but before concluding this session wanted to *preguntarle to the Presidency of the Parliament when will keep the debate on the big group of questions proposed in the report of the Mr. *von *Wogau, in relation with the politics in matter of competition and of state subventions; in a principle, this debate had to have taken place already this morning, but has gone delaying #some hours along the day. +The amendments only pretend to avert that the Bottom take *algo that in any case #can not take; the purpose of the Regulation proposed is to allow the continuation of the financial contribution of the EU to the Bottom. It do not pretends in any case modify the essence of the current Regulation (*CE) *nº 2614/97, reason by the *cual approved the procedure of urgency in the first place. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0089/1999) of the Round Mrs. *Jiménez, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Decision 96/411/*CE relative to the improvement of the community agricultural statistics (*COM(1999) 332 *C­0042/1999 1999/0137(*COD)) +Of course, since the common agricultural politics is evolving of a situation in the that pay subventions in the moment of export or in the moment of entrance in intervention to a situation in the that subsidise each individual animal by acre or each hectare of crop planted, is evident the enormous importance that has know exactly how many animal there #be in the Union, how many hectares, how many *olivos, etc. #All this information is fundamental. +Subject: Statements of *Ecevit after the arrest of *Ocalan The #turkish Prime minister, Mr. *B. *Ecevit (The one who in 1974 gave the order of attack against the Republic of *Chipre, Been member of the Nations Joined and country candidate, in the actuality, to the entry in the EU), declared in front of journalists *tucos and foreigners, immediately after the arrest of the leader of the PKK, To. *Ocalan, that *Turquía will not accept indications of any #european country in relation with the trial of *Ocalan. +It #can indicate the Council #which were the reasons of the announcement of said informal extraordinary meeting, why was surrounded of #such reservation, #which were his conclusions and decisions, how paper is called to exert *Europol, how other services of police judicial national, international or Europeans are engaged in the application of the decisions quoted and #if #this affect exclusively to the organisations *kurdas or also to other organisations and movements that act in countries of the EU? +By it that refers to the internal structure of the Commission, multiplied the directives to end to give occupation to an every time greater number of Commissioners and, #if it continues this impulse, as it goes to happen of twenty to thirty Commissioners, go to create again #others *tantas directions and his multiplication, that do not corresponds to an internal coherence, to the homogeneity of the tasks that exert, will give disastrous results. +In this sense, an important step that have to give to achieve this tuning among the community institutions and the citizens, #would be precisely the preparation of a code of behaviour that facilitate the relations of confidence among the civil servants and the public and that this code was accessible and comprehensible for the citizens. +It wanted to signal -now that are voting the questions related with the Commission of Rights of the Woman- that, obviously, in the amendments 1 and 2 relative to the Commission of Freedoms Public and of Inner Subjects and the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects has to remain clear that to said commissions no *les #can attribute competitions in matter of discriminations in reason of the sex, since of *ello commissions the Commission of the Rights of the Woman. +These two proposals are directed to open to other operators the new market of the broadcast of money electronic in a normative frame of neutrality from the point of sight competitive, taking into account, on the one hand, the interest that it develop a correct competition in the sector and, by #another, the existent realities in #some States members. +The deputies to the European Parliament #can not take another thing that demand to the Commission that interrupt the cooperation in the frame of the Agreement of *Lomé and that beg to those who have designated to himself/hisself same like leaders of the *Níger that respect the fundamental laws, that *restituyan the power to a civil Government and that respect the freedoms and the human rights. +But *yo #would want to signal that, not to persist in a bad tradition, at least #would be necessary to leave that it debated the subject the Commission of Regulation, since in my opinion #would be abusive or, anyway, an interpretation *tendenciosa, allow that a simple majority #can modify the competition of the commissions or, in any case, *vaciar of content #that in the that this relative majority did not assume the presidency. +In a note of 7 April, that directed to the Mr. *Priestley, #ours *jurisconsulto concluded: «a motion of censorship against the Commission #would be admissible to clear the juridical situation in the that finds and to limit more the exercise of his powers, although it considers that the value added, from the point of sight juridical, #would be quite feeble». +It #would wish to congratulate to the speakers for having reached incorporate #all the fundamental looks of this question: the situation of the greater persons in the labour market, his specific needs in the field of the training, the questions related with his *sustento and his needs regarding the services. +The different costs of production of the glucose in the industries of #EE.UU. And of the European Union #can suppose usually among the 30 % and the 100 % of the price of sale, inconvenient that is impossible to surpass by means of the technological advance or the increase of the productivity, even more taking into account that the majority of the #european industries suffer also of a disadvantage of size. +The recent evolution of the monetary variables, Mrs. *Metten, reinforce the confidence of the economic agents and have to have positive repercussions, especially in the behaviour of the private investment, but *usted knows perfectly that I never comment the decisions of the Central Bank European, not to be accused to transgress the *sacrosanto principle of his independence. +Of course that it is still insufficient and #that is the reason by the that have presented the *GOPE, precisely to put on the table an economic strategy, that follows from takes years, and like the speaker has underlined, there #be not reason to change of economic strategy, to the contrary, it is necessary to keep the course and *redoblar the efforts to keep the growth and struggle against the unemployment. +The office did not has only the function of the external control; #this is, definitely, very important, as the States members are those who administer the 80 % of the community resources. The office will be also an independent guardian of the community interests in the breast of the organs and of the institutions of the Community. +The European Foundation for the Improvement of the Conditions of Life and of Work *subscribió a memorandum of understanding with the Agency of Health and Security to avert the duplication of functions, because #one of the things in that it insists the Parliament is the that it did not has to have duplication of functions in the work of these agencies. +There #be a big obstacle: the rule that the proposals of the States members for the application of the VAT reduced have to be approved unanimously by the Council, *cuando the VAT no longer is the base for the contribution of the States members to the European Union, argument that always was used to say that *vaciaba this base. +As a result of a decision of the Council of *Viena of the pasts 11 and 12 December, the Commission finishes to present to the European Parliament a proposal of modification of the Directive 78/388/*CEE relative to the possibility to apply, with experimental character, a type reduced of the VAT on the services of big intensity of hand of drama. +*Permítanme That add a warning in relation with this point: more important that an abstract decision, adopted in the table of negotiations, on the definition of the borders and #who #can or #can not coexist with #who, will be to impose the fulfillment of some norms -some norms situated under the empire of the Right- and repress the command of the massacres and the *puñales. +*Nos Causes satisfaction the financial help and *macroeconómica of the World-wide Bank and the #FMI, but the EU will have to adapt his economic and financial politics, because the humanitarian help #can not never compensate the descent of the opportunities of export and counter the blockade of the links and communications with the Union. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0267/99) of the Mr. *Rothley, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens, on the project of decision of the relative European Parliament to the Statute of the deputies to the European Parliament (7528/2/99 - *C4-0217/99-00/0823(*COS)). +Regarding the information before the celebration of the agreement, the amendments occupy of the information to the consumers before celebrating an agreement and the amendments refuse the concept of a right of reflection based in a project of agreement #such as it introduced it the proposal of directive. +The area of force covers to #all the products of consumption, so much new as of *segunda hand; the legal guarantee is of two years; in the cases of the products of *segunda hand, the States members will be able to decide, #if the buyers and the sellers #can agree mutually a limitation of the time of guarantee to a year. +The draft of statute contained #a lot of profitable things: a uniform wage that #would have made possible the payment of taxes national in the countries that like this had wished it, clear rules on statement of the interests of the deputies, transparency in matter of repayment of costs and repayment of the real costs of trip. +With these supports, the Parliament celebrated varied informal meetings with the Presidency of the Council and, with true satisfaction, have to stand out that the greater part of our aspirations have been collected by the Council, until the extreme that, after the European Council of *Berlín, has formulated a new proposal of regulation titled now, at last, «relative Regulation to the Financial Instrument of Orientation of the Fishing». +In front of some initial and radical proposals directed to that the #european agriculture take more in account the indications of the market and the international references, finally has accepted *matizar his terms and even exclude to #any of the sectors for reforming -as it is the case of the dairy products-, #whose reform postpones for the campaign 2005 and that surely will see meanwhile aggravated his disequilibriums. +In front of the initial proposals to deepen the relation among agriculture and environment to put end to #some deteriorations reported, like the degradation of floors and of water, attacks to the biodiversity, etc., the Commission proposes in the horizontal regulation that are the States members the that they define the compulsory environmental norms and general and determine the sanctions, escaping like this of a community approach. +After having subjected the case to the Court of Justice, #this, abandoning his jurisprudence *integracionista classical -that *perduró until the number of members got to nine-, limited to take a strictly formal interpretation of the texts, against #all logical and against the fundamental principles of a coherent juridical interpretation. +The Agreement is composed of three main axes: the institutionalisation of a political dialogue to the highest level; the extension and deepening of our cooperation -to this *respecto foresees explicitly and for the first time the cooperation in matter of human rights and democracy and include fields so important like the social, the fight against the poverty, and the protection of the environment and of the consumer. +From a point of sight more essential, believe that it basic, in this question, is that the Parliament, the last day, pretends to subject during seven years to his successor and to the successor of his successor to a substantial limitation of the budgetary powers established in the Treaty, budgetary powers that this Parliament exerts, in general, by qualified majority. +The Group *Europa of the Nations has not voted positively the Report *Aglietta on the competitions of execution attributed to the Commission, mainly because the European Parliament treats to alter the sense of #some of the new disposals of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, to modify in own benefit the institutional balance. +Gentleman President, the resolution that finishes to approve the European Parliament on the method that it #would be necessary to follow to reform the #european institutions after the Treaty of *Amsterdam did not contributes, in our opinion, any improvement regarding the past, and will conduct, as of habit, to make operations of reform from up, without hardly have the initiative and the participation of the villages of *Europa. +It is the culmination sure enough of a long process in the that the Parliament and the European Union have exerted his paper, in the that without place to doubts the village of *Timor Oriental, with his fight, has exerted a paper determinant, but #can not leave to signal the importance of the diplomatic hit yesterday achieved by the Government of *Portugal in New *York. +In any case, in it that concerns to the European Union already *les have said that they have taken already #all the disposals and *les announce more: already we are beginning to work, precisely to request of the #portuguese Government, in #any one of the hypotheses, in the need to increase the lines of cooperation with the territory, of course respecting the popular will. +It was necessary to expect to that the Palestinians renounced to the military methods, to that heaved the civil disobedience by means of the *intifada and boarded patient negotiations with an enemy that had by fascist and racist, it was necessary to expect, as, to #all #this so that the Palestinians reached to advance and put in foot a process of peace that has achieved now that a big part of the world was had to support his legitimate requirements to establish an independent State. +As *ustedes know, the Commission reacted immediately, communicating to the Boss of State Greater, Colonel *Azali *Assoumani, the disapproval of the European Union and calling his attention on the principles of our cooperation, #whose essential elements are the respect of the human rights, the democracy and the State of right. +We have got to the following commitment: place that did not exists a common position on the nomenclature, have been able to obtain a statement of the Council by the that promises to examine the position on said nomenclature, taking into account the amendments of the European Parliament and the results of the discussions that at present carry out in the frame of a second exercise *SLIM. +In the Union only has to allow matter pertinent products of third countries #whose operators respect the social norms *promulgadas by the *OIT *atinentes to the conditions and to the length of the work, #as well as to the childish work, before that the Union impose these norms in the global frame of the international agreements that negotiates and, in particular, of the rounds of negotiations of the *OMC. +Will have #all the support of the Party of the European Socialists no only to effect the indispensable internal reforms -in *primer term, the statute of the deputies and the of the assistants-, but also to open wide open the windows of the institution to #ours *conciudadanas and to our *conciudadanos, in #all the *Europa of the Fifteen and further of his borders, because no only are building this palace, but also #one *Europa more joined. +#If we had not got to an agreement -and think in it that #would have meant, in the context of the beginning of the war of *Kosovo and the crisis in the that found simultaneously the Commission, that the Summit of *Berlín had divided without getting to a commitment-, *Europa #would have precipitated in a grave historical crisis. +*Me Refer, of course, to the approval of the Diary 2000, that went a political exercise, diplomatic and of balance of own interests inside the very difficult Union, and to #all the consequences that derived of the, maybe, greater problem of actuality, by his repercussions inside the own European Union, that has been the conflict of *Kosovo and #all the circumstances that have surrounded it and the consequences also that they derive for the future. +*Cuando The Western European Union finally disappear, in addition to the national Parliaments, it will be necessary to have a Parliament that assume the #european responsibility and, in consequence, the competitions in matter of external politics, of security and of defence will owe *recaer increasingly in the European Parliament, so as to that in the European Union any field remain to the *margen of the Parliament and the democracy. +The consolidation of the peace broken in the legendary Field of the Blackbirds of *Kosovo *Polje demands that it exist an optimum collaboration among the international organisations involved, the Nations Joined for the return of the refugees, the *OSCE, of face to the democratic construction, and the European Union for the economic and social reconstruction. +I know that the money that *le has offered #Telephone hardly #can justify with the description of a bunch of silver and, of course, is asking to cries the question of *cuán seriously will take the members of this Assembly to a company like #Telephone *cuando avenges to take pressure, as probably it will take on the subject of the review and the future legislation in this field. +In the last Council, as it already has mentioned the President of #the same, reached a political agreement on diverse measures and previously had reached in the Council of Ministers of Agriculture a political agreement on a rule referred to the biological crops and to his extension to the animal products. +Maybe already it is hour that *nosotros, like #european Deputies, have the *sensatez to recognise that *tantos years of agricultural politics European *nos have carried in fact to the almost total destruction of an agriculture of quality, *per know of small scale, and to an all-powerful industrial agriculture #european, to the *omnipotencia of some agro-industrial groups that only look for the lucre and that trick of the public health and of the norms of quality. +In the bottom is a species of disaster natural and in fact #would have to say: we Are here in front of a subject for the European Administration; I want to support the defence that took the Deputy *Thyssen so that the Commission was more generous in this point and debate with the Parliament on how act in front of this type of situations in the future. +It is very clear that it has to be explicit and #if it already is implicit do not see *cual is the problem to ensure that it was explicit place to measure that happens the time the radioactive substances go to suppose an even greater danger and - as I finish to say - have had #a lot of luck that even it have not produced a serious accident. +*Señorías, #if perhaps by contempt to the right of the minorities, by the expression of a hegemonic will of the great groups, adopts *usted an interpretation that go further of the letter, very clear without embargo, of the Parliament, wish to call the attention on the fact that it #would create a very important and hurtful precedent that #can go back *algún day against #any one of the groups or subgroups of this Assembly. +The meeting of the European Council in *Tampere the days 15 and 16 October is a historical attempt of *esbozar a common politics of the European Union in the fight against the international delinquency organised, in the creation of a space of justice #european and in subjects of immigration and asylum. +To #the same time know #which are the lean points of our credibility in front of the #european citizens. We do not waste this opportunity to involve to the no governmental organisations and to each #one of the citizens in the process of gestation of the Letter *sirviéndonos of an unknown formula to date. +Like this, it is precise that this Parliament, with the new attributions that *le conferred the Treaty of *Amsterdam, take #his the goal to advance to the creation of this space of freedom, security and justice respecting the national differences and taking always an effort to approximate *Europa to the citizens with clarity regarding the goals that pretends achieve and to the form as they transmit to the public opinion. +#This is a fully justified case, no only because it is a system that is not prepared for the "effect 2000" , but that, besides, takes into account a migration of systems and, is more, is #all a complicated system that goes to cover from the *primer moment, from the conception of the text, until the publication, without that it mediate any #another system, or was, that *yo believe that it is *algo that goes to leave to the Court of Justice in an optimum level for his work. +The cause of the enormous current suffering of the *timorenses is clear: the militias *proindonesias try to drown in a bath of blood the aspirations to a political independence of the big majority of the population. Attention!: It is the most absolute negation of the result of the referendum of 30 August 1999. +In this sense, *me add to the appeal formulated in this Plenary and also by the Senate of the Republic of my country, that foresees that the #european Governments and the UN recognise without delay the sovereign State of *Timor Oriental and that #this leave to be a subject tackled in scoop also in this Plenary. #This honours to the #portuguese deputies and to the deputies of #any another nation. +Subject: A common defence of the EU In the course of the campaign for the #european elections, the #swedish Prime minister, *Göran *Persson, affirmed that it is impossible that the idea of a common defence of the EU materialise , since *Suecia will put the so prompt veto like the subject go out to *relucir. +Gentleman President, like the Mr. Deputy knows, in the article 17 of the Treaty of the Union determines that " the politics of security common covers #all the questions related with the security of the Union, included a politics of defence that will go defining gradually and that it will be able to end in a common defence #if the European Council like this decides it" . +*Él Said that an army of the Union #would be unnecessary, extremely expensive and directly harmful for the relations with #EE.UU. *Permítanme Then add that *nosotros do not want a community army and that are not members of the NATO but, still like this, the same that the immense majority of the #swedish village, his government and the party that represent, want that the EU take greater responsibility in the peace and the security of *Europa. +Subject: juvenile Delinquency, drugs and the European Council of *Tampere How guarantees #can give the #finnish Presidency that the European Council on subjects of justice and inner that will celebrate the next days 15 and 16 October in *Tampere will adopt a common strategy that have like goal tackle the juvenile delinquency and transmit a clear message in the sense that the EU will not adopt a politics *permisiva in matter of drugs? +With the often listened western confidence in the social institutions parallel #Kosovar, is to say, in the state in the #albanian shadow during the pasts ten years, like point of ideal link for a new beginning for this apple of the territorial discord, fits anyway a critical observation. In #some essential social fields this advantage applies without more. +The budgetary transparency is evidently necessary, as it proposes the Parliament, to take a clear distinction among the contribution with charge to the community budget and the contributions of origin distinct, #as well as to distinguish among the cost in the physical reconstruction and in the creation of institutions. +Happening to the relative specific observations to the rapes of the human rights, posed by the Mr. *Zimeray, Mr. *Morillon and the *Srta. *Malmström, wanted to say that the #finnish Presidency is *ultimando the *démarche of the troika of the relative Union to the convictions to the pity of death of four students, management that includes the opinions expressed by this Parliament. +With reason of the scandal of the *EEB, are promoting the restructuring of the scientific committees of the European Union, so that the scientists are designated by means of a public procedure, that know his path and his financial interests, that the agenda of the sessions, the records and also the minoritary opinions spread through Internet. +Therefore, to take #this, the Union will have to invest more in the security of the alimentary chain, in each stage of the process, and decide for example - already has talked of *ello - on the utility or no to create this agency, this famous independent agency for the alimentary security, that was inspired in the #american example or in #another. +The paper that the regions and the historical nations of the EU #can exert in the creation of bonds economic and cultural with the diverse regions of *África is decisive and has to be an essential previous requirement for his perspectives in the future, as also the elimination of the debt. +It is a history that knew in the year 1997 and, when seeming, up to now has not taken at all so that the persons involved have received the just punishment and to initiate, by part of the Commission, an investigation in depth, of course *quitándoles the agreement to the persons that in this moment have it and that they are the managers of the situation that there has created . +How data #can offer the Commission on *España and the EU in relation with the evolution of the crop of the linen, the perception of subventions, the control of the requirements to avert the fraud, the resultant transformation oriented to his commercialisation and the fires *providenciales become in some transformative companies? +Therefore, #if, by a part, so much like #christian Catholic and like political man have to take upsetting in the need that in *Turquía show specifically a greater respect of the civil rights and of the fundamental values, in particular in matter of human rights, by #another, it is necessary to consider that #all the commitments assumed by *Turquía with the Community in the last years so much in matter of external politics as of cooperation and of economy, #as well as in the cultural field, have fulfilled in #all moment. +The European Union bases his identity in the fact to be a State of right, that is a very important step and a much more significant condition that coin a common coin or reach a politics of defence common. +Firstly, the rejection of the #turkish Government to recognise the genocide committed in the past against the *armenios; second point: the fact to show *renuente to apply the norms of Right international in his *litigios with #Grecia; *tercer point: the maintenance of troops #turkish of occupation in *Chipre; chamber point: the negation of the fact *kurdo. +I communicate to the Assembly that, in the meantime, has gone taking seat in the official grandstand a delegation of the National Institute of Administration of the Chinese Popular Republic under the direction of the Mr. *Wang *Zhongyn, member of the Council of the State and General Secretary of the Council of Subjects of the State. +To continuation, exists the need to define norms and to consolidate the institution, is to say, the *OMC, to strengthen his character *multilateral, improve the effects of the globalisation on the sustainable development and warn the risks for the environment and the health, inherent to a no oriented confluence among national norms and levels of different production. +Likewise I receive with satisfaction the frankness with the that the Mr. *Lamy has initiated his relations of work with this new Parliament, #as well as his support to the modification of the Treaty in the next conference *intergubernamental, of face to reinforce the paper of the European Parliament in the common commercial politics. +In this sense, and previously to the adoption of measures like the tax on the energy, it #would be necessary to ensure the adoption of these strategic performances, #as well as the reliability of the measures of production of gases of effect *invernadero, so that we #can make an effective follow-up of the evolution of the problem in #all the countries. +Therefore I ask to the Assembly that approve no only the resolution against the pity of death, but also the amendment that adds the following section: "The European Parliament takes an urgent call to the Governor of *Pensilvania, so that it abstain to sign a new mandate of execution against *Moumia *Abou #Jamal and go back to present the appeal of review of his process" . +The drivers of the vehicles of engine of two and three tyres have to respect in #all moment the limits of speed in vigour in the States members and #that #would not have to have possibility to allege the nonexistence of legislation on this matter to avert the consequences #if *infringen the limits of speed. +Gentleman President, wish to call the attention of this Parliament on the fact that the project of budget 2000 has not foreseen to endow to the line *B1-3800 relative to the promotion of the agricultural products, #whose amount allows only clear the past, and wanted to give the thanks to the speaker of course, #Jean-#Louis *Bourlanges by his understanding #as well as to the support of the gentleman *Böge and of the gentleman *Görlach. +*Me Refer to the point 11 in the that it says that the Parliament considers that "the reduction of 0,50 points in the types of interest of 8 April 1999 was a positive measure and approves the reasons of #the same" , leaving to understand that the descent of the types has *sustentado the economic politics generals of the Community. +In so only little more of a year, by means of the dialogue, have agreed already a diary of negotiation that comprises twelve points, and the past Sunday, in a historical fact in our nation, have given start to the process of negotiations that have to conduct to our homeland by the *senda of the construction of a true and durable peace. +Besides, there #be another important dimension, lady Speaker, and is that *nos find in this moment in doors of the new wave of enlargement, as it has said the President in exercise of the Council, and also are living a series of results electoral that constitute a clear warning for #all *nosotros in the measure in that determined xenophobe and racist attitudes are *incidiendo in the population of #some of our countries. +The problem of the women and of the boys exploded and directed to the prostitution, and the relation among these worlds and the drug trafficking, in addition to being great problems from the point of sight of the public security, are, from the point of sight human, *algo dramatic and *penoso that requires our concrete intervention. +I wish to underline that the Commission #would not have been able to exert his paper, #if it had not been able to have the support of the #finnish Presidency and in particular of the Prime minister Mr. *Lipponen, to the that wish to appreciate once again his cooperation and his work in *pro of the hit of *Tampere, #as well as with the support, always critical and watchdog, of the European Parliament. +Among the prudence and the temerity, among the realism and the utopia, there #be -are convinced- a place and a path for a true reform of our institutions, for a more effective operation and more democratic of the Union, no to delay the enlargement, but to reach that it was a hit. +In the relative question to the external politics and of security, this report squanders long -to the equal that the Bosses of State and of Government- in analysing the development of the politics of security and when taking #this forgets that the politics of security is a function of the external politics. +Of course I am conscious of the special importance that the European Parliament attributes to two questions in particular: the first is relative to that the headquarters of the Agency establish in *Salónica and his centre of operations in *Prístina, to that his mandate extend to #all the western region of the *Balcanes and to that his activities situate in the frame of the Pact of Stability. +In the political part will begin the day 8 November and will be the first time that feel in the table the social speakers that express his social restlessness by the problem of the employment, the banks, that express the monetary politics, and the States members, that are the political powers of *Europa. +Gentleman President, gentleman representative of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, finish *ustedes to remember, of form very complete, the importance that *reviste this treaty of prohibition, directed essentially to strengthen the disposals of the Treaty of no proliferation and, together with *él, to keep under control the development of the nuclear arms, to limit, therefore, the proliferation of said arms and of the necessary technologies for his manufacture. +I have tested, without embargo, to substitute the young "word" by the elderly "word" in the program that are debating and have checked that went out an extraordinary project, fully valid, because, as it said the Mrs. #Taylor is true that #this is the first generation that has a #european identity and, as it said the Mrs. *Gröner, that the future of *Europa begins with the youngsters. +The liberal-democrats of the Realm Joined vote in favour of this budgetary line, #such as it has been proposed by the Commission of Budgets, but has to celebrate with previous character a debate to know the substantive points of *D. #Jan *Mulder, Member of the European Parliament, and find more financial resources inside the global without reducing the reservations neither request to the Commission that provide new bottoms. +. (*FR) The Group *Europa of the Nations has associated to the common resolution on the restructurings of companies in front of the globalisation, since #the same reveals the beginning of a new mentality, *distanciándose, in part, of the *librecambismo and, to #the same time, asks that it focus the international trade "in function of the most complex goal of the sustainable development" . +I want to appreciate especially to the Mr. *Fischler his punctual presence, #as well as my gratitude by the fulfillment of the promise that took in front of the Commission of Fishing, in the audience of the day 30 August, *cuando *nos said that it #would give priority to the Agreement of fishing with *Marruecos, it that #can corroborate by the rapidity in formulating a proposal of mandate of negotiation. +Regarding the real application of the norm of more of thirty months, that means that any animal that have more of 30 months of age #can go in in the alimentary chain, and to the methods improved to delete the material of risk signalled of the bovine skeletons, are conditions that fulfil thanks to the application of the measures of control before signalled. +Sure enough, our #british friends have taken cautions in relation with the *rastreabilidad, have introduced a passport for the bovine, has suppressed the flours from 1990, have modified the conditions of the slaughtering, have withdrawn the ganglions, the spinal marrow, the lymphatic tissues, only export the bovine lower of thirty months. +It has been an inferior behaviour to the planned for the first part of the year and, without embargo, the upward tendency that goes to produce in the *segunda splits of the year will favour a next growth to the 3% for the average of the two last years, reaching with *ello alike figures or even upper for the year 2000 to the that had foreseen in the forecasts of spring. +In #Italia, the *concertación with the social speakers has blocked #all the strategies and the hypotheses of reform of the crucial points: I think in the market of work, think in the public cost and, in particular, in the social cost, a law in matter of labour market that is a calque of the of the years 70. +It wanted to remember to the Parliament that the Council adopted the past month of June the Directive 99/63, that incorporates to the community Right the agreement on the ordination of the time of work of the persons of the sea, subscribed by the social speakers of the sector of the maritime transport. +I coincide with the speaker in that it has to support this cooperation in #all the Latin American area and facilitate the advance of the negotiations of the agreement with *Mercosur, agreement that -all it is necessary to say it- believe that it is a bit unemployed person or, said of another form, has not gone to the speed that expected the year 1995 *cuando approve it and *cuando signed the agreement of adhesion among the European Union and *Mercosur in *Madrid. +Also *me #would enjoy to stand out that we are in front of a good example of how a country that still has not reached his maximum quota of development, through this agreement of cooperation scientific and technological goes to engage to a form of growth sustained and respectful with the environment thanks to the use of energies renewable. +The present managerial offers to the consumer the possibility to adopt a decision based no only in the power and the maximum speed, but also in the broadcasts of CO2 and purchase a car taking in consideration also a list, a hierarchy, of the ten more favourable from the point of sight of the consumption. +In effect, although we #can share the idea that the helps or stimuluses to the employment #can not subject totally to some conditions of control *tecnocráticas and rigid that loom with excluding of said helps to a part of the applicants of employment in difficulties, our conception *nos induces to propose no a control, but a positive and constructive support in the steps that give , the *cuales, already know it, follow being difficult. +The trucks and the cars of line are *causantes of an every time greater part of the pollution, given our big progress in relation to the broadcasts of the tourisms by means of the improvement in the quality of the fuel and to the fiscal facilities, #such as it finishes to say the Mrs. *Myller. +It is not necessary to clear that the European Parliament has to support #all a group of measures to control the environmental pollution, to end to apply the Agreement of *Kyoto, in the that it established the obligation to reduce a 8% the level of broadcasts of six gases of effect *invernadero in the European Union, for the years 2008-2012. +The common position mentions on purpose to the victims of exploitation and sexual abuse that will be covered by the program, #as well as the common establishment of priorities, promoting the innovation and the exchange of experiences on the actions undertaken by the States members, included an exchange of information on the different legislations and the results obtained. +The already posed suggestion to create a unit for the boys inside the Commission believe that it deserves a study, especially to ensure that they will take in account the human and financial resources available in these moments. +When presenting the *PRS 4 and in the dialogue to three bands, the day 7, before the adoption of #that *PRS 4, the Commission already *nos announced that the credits of payment supplementary and necessary -650,5 millions bear in particular *PHARE, *TACIS, *Obnova and *FYROM - covered or went to cover by means of three instruments: the *PRS 4, the global transfer and the *PRS 5, that today is the object of our debate and of the resolution. +It #would be an error that this reference to the nuclear energy distracted the attention of the main look of this report, that is the improvement of the energetic efficiency, the #obtaining of greater supply from renewable sources and the integration of our environmental goals in our energetic politics. +Also I ask to the Commission that support to the Commissioner *Byrne in his management to adopt a preventive attitude in the assistance of health public watching by the protection of the attention of the patients and the health and the training of the doctors of hospital no specialists. +#This is for me especially problematic as the fact that the negative resolutions are not considered like *vinculantes in #all the States, to the dessert #can mean that in the State in that it has produced a negative resolution do not find recognition the positive resolution of another State, so that it arise again a disparity on it how is right in the European Union and #this is it that do not want that it occur. +#Many of *nosotros, varied States members of the European Union already have confronted the subject of the tutor of the boy precisely in the moment in that the families cross an especially difficult situation of his life as it is the separation of the spouses, with #all the effects - especially in psychological terms - that finish *repercutiendo in the boys. +Gentleman President, is clear that with the directive that proposes the European Commission steps important in the path to the creation of a common space of freedom, protection and justice by means of the *comunitariarización of the judicial collaboration and the approval of norms only in the sector of the private international right, in #where, really, there was a big gap. +I have to say sincerely that, in front of the correlation of strengths in the country and to the fact that the disposal to the closing of *Kosloduj goes to employ against the Government in the next elections that are just around the corner, the steps that has given the #bulgarian Government up to now are in front of this background some brave steps. *Algo Similar goes to happen in *Eslovaquia and *Lituania. +The question formulated by his mate, the Mr. *Samuli *Pohjamo *me gives the opportunity, *Señorías, to remember the method that use to establish the list of regions admissible for the Goal 2, #as well as the modalities of programming respecting the general regulation of the Structural Bottoms. +The foundation of my question is very clear. Among the 15 and the 20 percent of the women are abused during the pregnancy, the 50 percent of the women murdered have been victims of his husbands or *convivientes; the violence is the greater threat that *cierne on the women, #a lot of greater that the rounds and the accidents of traffic together; only the two or three percent of the rapists are imprisoned. +Finally, I appreciate that our colleague *Schwaiger have insisted in the principle of caution, with the end to integrate the environmental politics in the commercial politics, and share his restlessness on the risks of a supposition *ecoproteccionismo that #would not have at all that see with the defence of the health of the citizens. +The amendments 12 and 33 serve to recess the costs of collection until the 10 percent for the quantities established after 31 December of the 2000; #this #can complement with a flexible premium, in function of the results that the States members reach with the collection of the traditional own resources and the measures of fight against the fraud. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, is undoubted that the greater commercial development and the new challenges that has generated the globalisation, #as well as the need to consolidate a commercial system *equitativo that contribute to a sustainable development and #whose benefits reach also to the less developed countries, demands a reinforcement of the norms that govern the international trade. +In this Assembly have given priority to the protection of the consumers, have established the familiar agricultural exploitations like the agricultural model and like basic unit of production, have converted the rural development and the conservation of the rural communities in the second *pilar of the reform of the *PAC. +Like this, the action "#european market" will happen of a 5 % to *X %, the internal helps will be residual, the helps to the export will have condemned , the rights *arancelarios, the beaks *tarifarios no longer will be, the direct investments will have obtained thanks to *Lamy, to fault of the *AMI, and the market will have converted in world-wide, a species of *Fukuyama commercial, an end of the history of the *GATT. +In my opinion, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical, takes upsetting in that it has to modify the frame of the organisation and procedure of the Court and of the Court of First Instance to end to surpass the delay that exists in this moment, and believe that #this has to go further of a redistribution of the halls and of the increase of the number of judges. +*Nos *oponemos Also to the idea of the *constitucionalización of the Treaties, #as well as to the integration of the future Letter of Fundamental Rights in constitutional process European #any, as we follow considering that the #european citizenship only complete the national citizenship and, therefore, the formulation of the duties and the fundamental rights of the citizens of each nation competes to the citizens of said nation. +Of this way #would be surely to the height of the circumstances, to the height that sues the reality and #would give fulfilled answer to the challenge to recover the interest of the citizens by the process of construction #european; interest -mathematically shown- low, in accordance with the level of abstention registered in the *comicios of 13 June. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the Council, like the other Institutions, takes use of his competitions @atener to the conditions and to the goals that have been determined, by a part, by the article 5 of the Treaty of creation of the *CEE, #as well as by the modifications and additions executed by the back Treaties, and, on the other hand, by the disposals of the Treaty of the European Union. +In place to proclaim *urbi *et *orbi the need of #granting #european, better #would be that the Commission reaffirmed vigorously the need to correct, in the interest of #all, the lacks and the errors of the agreement of *Marrakech regarding the fundamental social rights, to the environment, to the public health. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #would wish *expresarles in #few words that my generation had the luck of not knowing the slaughtering of the #algerian in #París, in 1961, of have not lived, on 9 November 1938, the "night of glass" neither the start of the persecutions of the #jewish in the different countries of *Europa, and especially the luck to assist at the end of the apartheid in *Sudáfrica. +In virtue of the agreement of association and cooperation, that no only is *vinculante bear *Rusia but also for *nosotros and that includes a clause on the human rights, *nosotros as EU also are forced to struggle acutely by the Mr. *Nikitin, by the improvement of his conditions of seclusion, by his put in freedom and, as already it has said , by a just deal according to the State of right. +His reaction gives more weight to our opinion that in the previous diet there were #a lot of bad things, for example the fault of protection of the rights of the religious minorities and the every time greater abuse of the Law of blasphemy that *promulgó after the military coup d'état of 1958. +For the future no longer #can be sufficient that the bank limit to the *comprobación isolated of individual projects -for example a tract of motorway- also has to evaluate the projects in a context -for example in the frame of a plan of development of roads- to be able to recognise eventual duplicities and to develop an assimilable and financially sustainable alternative. +Gentleman President, *me #would enjoy to take two comments, #one on the fundamental object of the subject of debate of today, the guarantee of the budgets of the Union to the external loans of the *BEI, and #another on the subject that see that it concerns especially to the Assembly, the elements of transparency and the fine utilisation of the resources of the Bank. +This modification establishes three or four very important changes: in the first place, Canarians incorporates to the Common Agricultural Politics and to the Politics *Pesquera Common; second, it incorporates to the Union *Aduanera community, with which remains subjected to the ordinary community tariffs; and in *tercer place, disappear the figures of taxation special that had, specifically the *arbitrios insular -the called diet of special fiscal licence-, directed to protect the local industry. +Like consequence of this reference to the article 299.2 and of the philosophy that am exposing in this moment, the Commission of Subjects Juridical has proposed a series of amendments to the annexes of the regulation so as to that it do not continue the disarmament *arancelario in #any of the concepts that in this moment are valid. +After the Council of Ministers of Industry, the past day 9, and the report of the Commission on the situation of the world-wide market of the naval sector, produces today this statement of the Commission in front of the Parliament, it that indicates that it exists a restlessness generalised in the breast of #all the #european institutions. +Thus, I ask to this Assembly, that represents to #all the citizens of the European Union, the solidarity with the #basque society in defence of the freedom, of the respect to the laws and of the peaceful coexistence that from takes so much time #all long for, with the conviction that, from the tolerance to the other and the love to the life, will reach the peace. +I believe that we have to contribute of constructive and serious form to that produce a public debate on the European Union in #all the States members, and #can reach it #if, for example, leave to talk of the absurd matters that move away the attention of the real problems that treats the European Union, this type of matters that alleges #all the delegation headed by the Mr. Go give *Berg. +Also *me engage explicitly to offer to the European Parliament a wide previous information on the concrete steps that go to give, also regarding the projects that will develop and will execute jointly with *Turquía, of compliance with the relative regulations to the finance, so that the participation of the European Parliament in the development of the relations with *Turquía will be guaranteed in any case. +*Yo Believe that it is very important that the EU establish for the first time a value wide limit for a substance *carcinógena and, precisely because of his high risk for the health, specifically to the risk of cancer, but also by his hurtful repercussions in relation with other substances *carcinógenas still no regulated, is essential that the value limit that establish in this directive begin to apply it prompter possible in the practice. +It #would wish to ask to the Commission #if it #would not have to take an initiative to call the attention of the Central Bank European and of the national central banks on this problem, to know: the necessary change of #all the #european coins that will disappear in 2002 with the effective introduction of the euro. +Like European Commission, like European Parliament, like Government of the States members have to set up also a new initiative, so that the political discussions on the value of the euro do not conduct to that the citizens and the citizens think that they live in the Monetary Union, but that #this no *les has contributed any value added European, but that live merely in a period of a new monetary reform. +In reality, the problems and the contradictions of the world-wide economy continue on the table, no resolved and current: the doubts on the organisms modified genetically, the exploitation of the childish work, the negative social repercussions of a process of globalisation wild and without rules. But there #be more. +And we have to take patent also that here it has struggled *duramente by the environmental criteria and by the security of the alimentary products, that here, in the European Union, achieve #this with difficulties, that the legislation is argued and *cuando reach *fijarla, take it owing to our responsibility in front of the persons of the European Union , in front of the *cuales are forced to *rendir explain in our condition of deputies and deputies chosen, and no by reasons of a tactical protectionism. +It finishes to say that we wanted to more money because for *nosotros the training and the continuous training *revisten a special importance for the reduction of the unemployment, for the achievement of new places of work, for the strengthening of the economic enclave, social and of employment that is *Europa and for the good operation of the inner market, that precise like previous condition a formative space European. +The measures adopted to cut across the degradation of the coat of ozone are considered like #one of the hits of the international environmental legislation, and from mediated of the ninety seem to have *ralentizado the reduction of ozone, mainly thanks to the efforts for reducing the broadcasts of substances that exhaust the coat of ozone. +Although the Commission feels affinity by the amendment 20, that #would forbid the production of products that contain *hidroclorofluorocarburos for the export during the three following years to the corresponding prohibition of his use in the country, have to keep the balance among the suitability for the environment and the risk that the production displace to other countries. +Gentleman President of the Council, his work, the of his Minister of Subjects External and also the of the minister *Kimmo *Sasi are a proof that the States members smaller also #can make a fine work and *nosotros appreciate it very especially, since it has been the first occasion in the that the #finnish Republic assumed the Presidency of the Council. +But, when receiving, as we take it, with *beneplácito this decision, insist in that these strengths *modernizadoras have to reach with determination advance to the fulfillment of the #european norms of respect of the human rights and of the relation among civil and military society, to the abolition of the pity of death, to the clear respect of the minorities, in particular the minority *kurda of *Turquía. +My question is, therefore, the following: #if they have to *incoar already a procedure by *incumplimiento of the Treaties, without expecting to know at least the results of said proofs, *cuando #this not even have made -the Mr. *Byrne still has to present a proposal- and *cuando even do not has neither of logistical means to guarantee the identification, how #can pretend that *Francia and *Alemania raise already his restrictions to the import in these conditions? +As of habit, the requirement of efficiency to justify the action of the European Union sees again prejudiced, and will not go back on the political decisions that have produced neither on the negotiations that have agitated the main part of the budgetary debate among the Council and the Parliament. +Therefore, Mr. *Liikanen, to the *preguntarle #if it #can *usted resolve #this quickly, with his colleague the Mr. *Monti, also *le ask to the Commission that establish an agile mechanism and adapted to treat these subjects in the future because, while we do not have it, the car industry European will see affected his world-wide competitiveness, and will not be able to obtain #all the possible advantages of the diet proposed by the Mr. *Bodrato. +Gentleman President, #one of the greater challenges in the fight by a sustainable development is the reduction of the enormous broadcasts of CO2 and *me #would enjoy to underline to mood of introduction that the atomic energy is not a source of energy renewable and that thus it #can not be included inside the flexible mechanisms of *Kioto as, for example, the mechanism in favour of the sustainable development. +It is to say, that *Macao represents *emblemáticamente almost five centuries of peaceful coexistence and of reciprocal advantages in a frame of the most diverse diplomatic activities, cultural and mercantile, allowing the contact among the #european civilisation and the #chinese civilisation, the promotion and the protection of the external trade of Chinese and an important expression of the #european interests. +Gentleman President, the Court of First Instance derogated in his sentence of 17 June 1998 the decision 174/95, adopted by the Council on 6 July 1995, according to the *cual the *demandante did not have right to receive determined documents of *EUROPOL neither even receiving to the decision of the Council 93/731/*CE on the right of the citizens to access to the documents of the Council. +The Council adopted in 1996 the decision that the States members of the EU took part in the plan of action strategic of the World-wide Organisation of Customs for the route of the *Balcanes, #whose goal is to speed up the international cooperation and the development of the fight against the illegal traffic, especially in the region of the *Balcanes. +Subject: Program integrated for the insular regions of the *UEA the light of the articles 154 and 158 of the Treaty of the EU and of the Statement *aneja to the Treaty of *Amsterdam (30), the *DG *XVII of the Commission has elaborated a communication on the resource to the renewable energy in the insular regions of the EU. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, my question refers to a special type of islands, those included among the regions *ultraperiféricas that collects the section 2 of the article 299 of the new Treaty of *Amsterdam, for the that foresees a special statute; but it treats of a question for #whose answer, probably, the Mr. *Verheugen will not have not even that consult his notes because I believe that *él was present in the night of the European Council of *Berlín. +But yes *me #would enjoy *formularle a very concrete question, that did not refers to a philosophical approach but simply to the fact of #if the Presidency in exercise considers that the European Community is a Community of Right, and that the juridical norms, in this case the Treaties, only conceive qualified by the obligation of *cumplirlas. +The Commission has to draft an agreement of adhesion and establish a program of assistance financial for the previous period to the adhesion, to end to help to the authorities of Malt to satisfy the economic difference that follows having among Malt and the European Union. +Regarding the most known sector of *Polonia, the agriculture, and already said it also the Mrs. *Hoff, am entirely in accordance with the analysis of *ella of the that gives off the need to get more far with the structural reforms, especially in the terrain of the rural development and the improvement of the veterinary and phytosanitary services. +In #some cases, for example in the field of the recognition of the academic titles or the professional aptitudes, the granting of the social provision and the environmental risks, our work has given his fruits and even have been able to solve the problems of the *peticionarios. +Gentleman President, gentleman Defender of the Village, *me pleases that we #can get here to an unanimous agreement in the sense that, until the moment, the Defender of the Village has shown to be a very important figure for the EU and, especially, an institution of special importance to the hour to reach a greater transparency in the Union. +That the bombardments and the military offensive of the NATO in *Yugoslavia continue and cause the destruction of a country and the death of a number *indiscriminado of persons, #serbian and #kosovar, men and women, elderly and boys, as it occurred yesterday same to more of half hundred of refugees, interests little to the majority of this Parliament, that only regrets the loss of lives human and the «collateral damages». +We request firmly to the Commission that make an active follow-up of his operation in relation with the protection of the consumers, that watch also of active way the fulfillment of the recommendations on the security of this type of means of payment and that, with the greater shortness, undertake the necessary measures to protect to the consumers. +Now well, gentleman Commissioner, *nosotros, in the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary, consider that the electronic money in his different variants is extraordinarily important to implant it more quickly possible the euro before they exist the notes and the coins: already it was in form of virtual money integrated in the computers by the electronic trade or in form of cards *interoperables. +Gentleman President, know that the Commission and the Council already have reserved #a lot of money to support the elections. Without embargo, *me amazes that, although the Parliament insists year after year in the question of the democracy in Indonesian and the groups of the opposition request now that they send observers of the Parliament, the Table of the Parliament have decided not sending observers. +These circumstances show the importance that *reviste the national component in the direction of the bodies of #Aduanas.3.el report represents an affront against the States members put that, in spite of the contrary position of the Council, tries *instituir a normative #conflictiva.4.es possible establish fully an effective cooperation among the authorities *aduaneras of the distinct members in the plane *interestatal.- Report go *Dam (To4-0114/99) +Check that from the dissolution of the commission of follow-up on the *EEB, the #decease of the persons victims of the illness of *Creutzfeldt-#Jakob follow accelerating of way very alarming (10 dead persons in the last quarter of 1998), since, even today, the #decease occurred in Big *Bretaña follow being object of register, and taking into account the period of incubation of 5 to 30 years, still will produce #a lot of cases of illness, because of the variant of the *EEB. +This paradoxical way to proceed, that consists in taking out a positive conclusion of a definitely negative fact #can not, obviously, take wane our interest by the cases of bad administration reported to the Defender of the Village and by the form in that #this answers to the catchwords of the #european citizens. +The no governmental organisations and the deputies of the European Parliament #can, and even #would have to, suggest a clearer approach -a game of guidelines easier to use by the interested- that of this way #can be more pertinent and more effective to reach the goals *apetecidos. +Said motion of censorship is expression of the principle of confidence parliamentary, that has seen reinforced from the Treaty of *Maastricht with the norms that recognise the parallelism among the length of the term of office and the of the mandate of the Commission, #as well as the approval, by part of the Parliament, of the nomination of the Commission and his president. +This report is the result of the conference that celebrate in October on the persons of age advanced, in the that presented the opinions of the citizens of age advanced of the Community, it that they #can wish for the future and the type of recommendations that #would take for the International Year of the Third Age of the Nations Joined. +In the recent study of the European Union on the politics of the agricultural helps in the #EE.UU. Hardly it takes reference to this subject, although the current *farmbill American has introduced the instrument of the compensation by commercialisation for practically #all the important agricultural products because of his big efficiency in the field of the competitiveness. +*B4-0156/99 of the deputies *Estevan *Bolea, *Malerba, *Ligabue, *Danesin and *Castagnetti, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European; -*B4-0158/99 of the deputy *Ripa gave *Meana, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left; -*B4-0160/99 of the deputy *Dell'#Alba, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical *Europeasobre the situation of #crisis in #Venecia. +A situation frankly *grotesca that #can not less that attribute to an interest *fortísimo, and expect that the great coalitions, that have planted the rights of control of the Parliament behind the protection of the Commission, have learnt of the events of the past months and show in the future more loyalty to the Parliament that to his Commissioners. +#If manipulate the types of interest and increase the deficit of the public arks is not painful, reestablish the balance of the social security, reinforce the flexibility of the market of work and reduce the costs *salariales of the less qualified workers are, by the contrary, unpopular measures. +The speaker, when expressing in name of a commission dominated by the Groups *PSE and *PPE, of course #can not manifest a point of sight different of the of the dominant Groups and report the fact that the socialist politics implanted in 13 of the 15 States members #would plant to *Europa in a competitive situation *desventajosa in the world-wide market. +Already I have had occasion, Mrs. *Metten, to present in detail the recommendation of the Commission in front of his Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and Industrial Politics, and given the little time that *nos has conceded this afternoon, wanted to, #if *me allow it, concentrate my intervention with the end to answer with rapidity to the questions and comments of his speaker, and to the that have mentioned this afternoon. +Gentleman President, this Parliament will happen to the history no so much for being the Parliament that motivated the collective resignation of the Commission what for having been the Parliament *causante of the structural changes already in course in the organisation and operation of the Commission, institutional organ by excellence for the impulse of the #european integration. +It is extraordinarily important that #all #that to the that *nos concerns the future of the Union, the correct execution of the community budget and the value of the money of the taxpayers try to use all *eso to reach a deeper reform with clear goals and a big capacity of execution that #can *propiciar the achievement of results. +In the Report *Herman treats the reform of the institutions that is possible to make without modifying the Treaty, for example, the reduction of the number of wallets in the Commission and the rational occupation of #the same, #as well as a just balance among the collective and individual responsibilities of the members of the Commission. +#If now there #be a problem with an interim Commission that has lost his morals and his political authority to act, the problem has to , in my opinion, to that the Council did not listen to the Parliament and did not appoint an effective interim Commission. +The Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left invites to the future president to pose and develop economic and social politics creators of employment, *le invites to struggle against the social exclusion and the poverty and by the promotion of the public services in the European Union. +It is not sufficient, as *usted has taken, signal the environmental suffering of the #european cities, without facing up to the problem that generates it: the anomalous increase of the private transport, because of the dictated of the incentives in favour of the industry of the car, and the corresponding decrease of the public transport. +Gentleman President, gentleman candidate to the Presidency of the Commission, take part in my condition of Speaker of the Commission of Rights of the Woman of the European Parliament. It #would wish *recordarles the statement of the Parliament with date of 23 March, in the that this institution demanded a considerably greater presence of women in the new Commission. +And it has added that, in consequence, is necessary to establish a base of conditions essential in the field of the environmental politics, of the social politics, of the politics of defence of the consumers and of the guarantee of the competition by means of controls of #the same and of the subventions, so as to that the inner market work like #such for #all *Europa and no only in small plots. +The enlargement of the European Union is, definitely, #one of the fundamental tasks that will have to carry out during his mandate, but also will require a round of contacts institutional -that *yo believe that it #would have to develop very prompt-directed to create the conditions for the enlargement, by means of a greater application of the procedure of decision by majority, for example. +By #his indication and after declaring that it takes with immediate character, finish to approve a modification of the article 5 of the Regulation, that says that, regarding the granting and the denial of the approval of the management, #can not present amendments to the proposal of decision relative to the approval of the management. +#One of two: or it takes like foundation the ethnic rights, but in this case, obviously, each #one has to obtain his part of the cake, and #would take fault an international conference to go back to define the borders, or well, and #this is my position, insists in the respect of the international borders like a big principle of security in the international relations, but then that it do not divide said principle. +It has achieved to create dangers and restlessness in #all the region, humiliate to the UN, and of course, wing #european political unit, *algo that definitely found in the intentions of the #american nationalism, and to it that our #european leaders contribute from his fears and his local ambitions, leaving to a side the possibility of a collective and autonomous path. +In the plane of the stability and the security it is necessary to propose to *Rusia common initiatives in matter of external politics by means of contacts by part of the High Representative for the *PESC, the increase of the #russian participation *cuando the European Union uses the Western European Union for the called operations of Saint *Petersburgo, #as well as the strengthening of the cooperation in matter of control of the disarmament. +I believe that said balance reflects it hit of an axiom: that the external dimension of the Union depends and is very related with his inner strength and, therefore, do not suffices with that *nos *quejemos and *nos regret that we still have not consolidated the external politics and of common security, but that we have to put #all the means to achieve that this external politics and of security -and also of defence- answer to our interests and to our responsibilities. +In the first place, because *lesiona and limits the autonomy of the Parliament, although the Treaty of *Amsterdam *le recognises a paper *prioritario -even in the logic of a correct agreement *interinstitucional in that they take part fully the Commission and the Council- to the hour to establish the Statute of his members and to fix clearly the material conditions of exercise of his work. +For the delegation of the Parliament the approval of this amendment was very important, because for this date the greater part of the citizens of the European Community will receive for the first time the euro like coin and #can expect that by the transparency of prices will make more shopping in the inner market above the national borders. +The present managerial of guarantee includes in the index of the directive on inhibitory actions in matter of protection of the interests of the consumers and to facilitate to the consumers the shopping in the inner market *les recommends to the producers that sell products in varied States members attach a list with a direction of contact in each country #where commercialises the product. +Finally, *me #would enjoy to give the thanks to the Mr. *Santer and to the Mr. Ear because after twenty years of work has achieved that the internal #telephone directory of the Commission distribute officially accompanied of a letter in the that says that #all the other will be able to obtain it in the course of a pair of months *cuando the draft have converted in a true #telephone directory. +They have posed two fundamental points: the need of a Conference *Intergubernamental in the short term in the year 2000, with a method and a calendar to argue, and the question of the Constitution that have ascertained with #a lot of satisfaction that this morning has gone back to arouse the Mr. *Verheugen. +The #portuguese socialist deputies have voted against of the today approved resolution in the European Parliament, because it prevents the entrance in vigour of the Statute of the Deputies, #such as it was proposed by the Council of Ministers, that represents an important strengthening of the credit of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, *señorías, the reform of the *OMC «meat of *vacuno» represented #one of the delicate files of the new *PAC of the years 2000-2006 had account of the structural disequilibriums of the market of this production, of the consequences of the phenomenon of the «crazy cows» in front of the consumers and also of the place that represents the *ganadería in the occupation of the territory. +First: although I share the opinion that it is necessary to intensify the politics for the development of the rural areas, without embargo, a reduction of the actions for the disadvantaged regions without an increase of the credits, #would mean that we #would have to take these credits of other actions for the development of the rural areas. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the problem of the *comitología poisons literally the relations among the Parliament and the Council, and even more: it takes the times of screen in front of the public opinion, because the complexity of this mechanism of *comitología has reached to take denser the opaque mist of the taking of decisions in front of the citizens. +It treats of #one *segunda reading and in fact it that have tried is to consider the common position of the Council, *comparándola with the original proposal of the European Commission to the light of the evolution lived through the amendments proposed by this Parliament -although no by me like speaker; *yo the supported later- and afterwards have believed necessary -again in narrow collaboration with the European Commission- present another series of amendments. +Gentleman President, the Commission of Freedoms Public and of Inner Subjects, in #whose name take part here, feared that the Council #would not reach to put of agreement on the relative decisions to the incorporation of the Agreement of *Schengen to the frame of the European Union in the planned term and that this juridical matter #would happen automatically to form part of the *tercer *pilar. +I have incorporated in our amendment the request that the Annex *II vote as it elaborated in the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, since in my opinion, our version of the Annex *redunda in benefit of the development of the common market, of the inner market. +To the equal that occurs in the competition, in the States Joined, also here is necessary that it was the State the that no only assume the costs of the fight against the delinquency, but also the that it adopt the decisions around the strict norms and to the necessary technical possibilities to combat with firmness the cases of offence very grave. +Now well, *yo believe that in a moment in that it debates the right of interference humanitarian, in a moment in that it recognises that the international order has to have of instruments that allow to defend the fundamental human rights, in those points in that they are flagrant and gravely violated, is definitely paradoxical that there are delays in it that we #can consider a judicial instance of the right of interference, that #would be exactly #this. +It That are debating today here, in the version that has examined the European Parliament, modifies the requirements of 1995 to end to include data on the users of Internet as they are the direction #IP, the electronic direction assigned to a part, the account number and the direction of post electronic (*ENFOPOL 10951/98 *REV2). +A protection, on the other hand, no free but in fulfillment of some disposals, of some requirements established in the norms that govern the World-wide Organisation of the Trade and, on the other hand, in the norms that the own European Union has given to govern the trade with the third countries, with the countries in roads of development. +It That I want to say today in this partial period of inaugural sessions is that we expect can have the new President of the Commission, with the President in exercise of the #finnish Council and, of course, with the Mrs. *Fontaine, to continue this big work of support to the process of peace and that #this was a priority in the visits of our Speaker to *Irlanda of the North. +The President of the Commission has signalled #some subjects, the health of the citizens, the doping in the sport and the aerial traffic to illustrate symbolically this attitude to the program, although afterwards *me seems precipitated the attention that offers to two points: the subject of the reconstruction of *Kosovo and the Conference *Intergubernamental of *Helsinki. +To the equal that the majority of the States members of the EU, the Commission is likewise of the opinion that the last modifications of the #turkish laws have opened the possibility that the procedure against the Mr. *Öcalan and the pronouncement of the sentence transfer to a civil Court. +It is our firm purpose treat, from the reports of the Commission, to #all the countries candidates with the greater possible equality and pretend to adopt the pertinent decisions it more aptly possible, so that said countries #can *cerciorarse that they progress in the negotiations in accordance with his own and real capacity, and that the process of adhesion evolves until the end of form just, efficient and answering to beneficial goals for #all. +Gentleman President, the Group *Europa of the Nations considers absolutely unacceptable the attitude of the Commissioner *Bangemann, commissioned of the telecommunications in the previous Commission -or in the current: no longer we know exactly it that we have to say-, that finishes to accept a place very well *remunerado in the council of administration of a society that corresponded before to the sector of his competition. +I conclude saying that the Mrs. *Laguiller took a very valuable contribution to this debate because, to the equal that #others, *dramatizó the subject perfectly attracting the attention to the economic lagoons of the society and the form in that said divisions in fact serve to insist in that it is absolutely essential that the that have the big luck to occupy elective public charges and by nomination act with absolute honesty and discretion. +*Me #Would enjoy *pedirle to the Commissioner that elaborate a politics that do not centre so much in putting a fine to an organisation that has *quebrantado #one or another law, but that elaborate a politics to control to the great organisations, to take that a World-wide or European Championship #can be a party for the citizens in general and no a commercial party. +But yes it is the first time that the legal authority of the competition has put end to this fraud, has put end to the discriminatory sale, and is the first time that an authority of the competition all over the world averts that in the future apply discriminatory methods in the sale of entrances. +Lady Speaker, believe that it is timely that, of #the same form that have saved a minute of silence by the victims of the earthquakes in #Grecia and *Turquía -and with more reason because, with independence of the quantity of dead persons, has a very deep political meaning-, #would have to save, in this moment, a minute of silence by the victims of the #indonesian repression in *Timor Oriental. +Of #the same mood guarantee that the complete review of the financial management of the Commission and the systems of control will be intensified, taking into account fully the specific recommendations made by the Committee on #all the questions including those posed by the that they have referred in the debate to the subsidies and the rest of subjects. +*Cuando In the Report of the Experts, that do not distinguishes on purpose among political and administrative responsibility, demands , among other things, that the President of the Commission has to possess the faculty to resign to individual members of the Commission this demand do not agrees, in my opinion, with the *gentlemens' *agreement among the President *Prodi and the Commissioners that have been designated. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the Report (To5-002/99) of the Mrs. #Jackson in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer on the proposal of recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council (*COM(1988)0772 - *C4-0073/1999 - 1998/0358 (*COD) (before 1998/0358(*SYN)) on minimum criteria of the environmental inspections in the States members. +The reform of the common politics of fishing, foreseen for the year 2002, will be a big challenge and a big proof that will have to confront this new Commission. Because the sector *pesquero expects of this reform that the politics *pesquera convert in an authentic common politics #european and that the Commission the dowry of the value added community necessary. +Of #the same way that, with #all reason, has delayed this morning the vote in the measure in that it did not have of the Record on the that it had to pronounce the Assembly, is very evident that will not be able to take it more that on the disposal that appears in the Record, that is a disposal of order general and no on the particular conclusions that give off of *ello. +In our political assessment *reviste big importance the program of the Commission that wants to value the conquests of the past and deepen the commitment in favour of the peace and the security, of the stability and the employment, of the welfare of #all the Europeans, #as well as of the other countries that are wall of *nosotros, in the east and the south. +I regret to say that the Mr. *Busquin did not satisfy to the majority of the colleagues of the commission neither with his answers on his participation in ancient financial scandals neither with his answers on his competition for the wallet neither on #if had the sense of responsibility and of suitable leadership to face up to the tasks that await to this Commission. +My Group receives with clear satisfaction in this context the statement of the Mr. *Fischler in favour that the fundamental juridical acts relative to the general conception of the orientation of the agricultural politics transact by the procedure of *codecisión and his will to defend actively this position in the future Conference *Intergubernamental. +Lady Speaker, in spite of the brilliant intervention of the Speaker of the Council, Minister *Halonen, have to call the attention on the secret that has surrounded the preparatory works of the meeting of *Tampere, thing that *ocasionó an incident *grotesco the past week after the publication by the #danish diary *Berlingske *Tidenden of an article, in the that it said that it #would try reduce the immigration from third countries, even through campaigns of *atemorización and threats. +His statements, #as well as the interventions of our colleagues, situate by it that to the collaboration among the European Parliament, the national Parliaments and the Council and the Commission refers , in a juridical field that houses an enormous danger. In concrete *me refer to the risk that the legislation finish moving away of the #european citizens. +To finalise, the idea of #one *Europa that was not only market and only coin is very beautiful, especially of #one *Europa that it was a space of freedom, security and justice, but is important that this challenge win really so much to *través of the progressive strengthening of the community Institutions as boosting the collaboration and the cooperation among the States members, more that resorting to decisions by qualified majority that did not represents of by himself/hisself the solution to the problems. +Lady Speaker, *señorías, when taking the word in our Parliament #few hours after the terrible accident, #can not leave to express publicly it very affected that it finds the #greek representation and it a lot that regrets the tragic loss in fulfillment of the have to of the *Viceministro of External Subjects of #Grecia, *Yannos *Kranidiotis, a big politician with #european vision that has loaned great services especially to the cause of the peace and the cooperation in the *Balcanes, to the reconciliation among #Grecia and *Turquía. +Also I want to appreciate the work of the Minister of Subjects External of *Irlanda, Mr. *Andrews, like representative of the Speaker of the Council in the inspection of the headcount of votes in *Timor Oriental, #as well as the of the Minister of Subjects External of Big *Bretaña, Mr. *Cook, that represented to the Speaker of the Council in the meeting of the *APEC. +#If the fine public management is a fundamental previous requirement to loan help for the development, why the fine public management did not has to be also a fundamental criterion for the international recognition, the bilateral relations and the development of the trade? +I think likewise that it also is important and it is necessary *recalcar the fact that today we owe *plantearnos the question of the reconstruction of a social tissue, economic and morals in a context in that surely a wider vision of *Europa *suroriental #can not constitute an element of division with regard to the elections of the Agency with headquarters in a place instead of #another. +The Commission has made efforts to improve and take clearer the Agreement that today has in front of himself/hisself the Assembly for his consideration with seen to take his more transparent application and also to take into account the pertinent disposals approved in the global agreement among the European Community and Nations Joined. +Instead, the members of the Group Union by the *Europa of the Nations have voted in favour of the group of the other amendments, including the amendment 22, that limits the right of initiative of the Commission and that allows to the committee *ad *hoc establish his agenda, his records, #as well as the statements of interest of his own members. +Definitely the report of the gentleman Commissioner *Kinnock has been exhaustive and important, nevertheless is necessary to consider especially the political side of it that becomes in *Rusia in this moment, is to say, that #all #this will be able to *desestabilizar the international politics in the next period, #as well as the commercial relations of the Community with the own *Rusia, without thinking in the grave consequences that suffers the *empresariado community that has invested in this country. +I think that the Commission is very situated to take part to this level, and had explains that the question of the #kosovar prisoners situates in the humanitarian plane, the European Union #can show *renuente in the sending of the help to the #serbian authorities, while #this do not leave in freedom to #all the #kosovar prisoners. +In the Conference of Presidents, is to say, to the Presidents of Group, *les have said, with the backrest of a big majority, that in this moment do not wish a resolution on the *OMC, because even *subsiste the need of debate, and now #would not have to elaborate a resolution in the procedure of urgency, because with *ello #one go to take wanted to here and there. +Fifteen days ago, the recent veterinary committee permanent of the Union took the decision to raise the embargo that weighed on the exports of *vacuno #belgian. It has recognised in this way the seriousness of the proofs and the severity of the norms that, in the actuality, imposes the #belgian Government. +Gentleman *Prodi, *nos upsets especially the fact that, these last years vital subjects for the human existence, related with the quality and the security of the foods #as well as with the protection of the health of the #european citizens, jump continuously to the *primer flat of the actuality through processes and mechanisms that do not guarantee always the validity and the credibility of the information. +The European Parliament has underlined with frequency the importance of the adoption of measures in matter of energetic efficiency and the Council has underlined also the need of the saving of energy and a reduction of the broadcasts of CO2 in a series of resolutions. +As up to now the Community has not been able to put of agreement on #which is the most effective instrument for the reduction of the gases *termoactivos -to know, the taxation of the consumption of energy-, the Commission and the Council consider the program *SAVE *II a "important and necessary instrument". +I expect, therefore, that the companies of the sector of the energy of the States members of the EU that have a wide experience in projects related with the energetic efficiency #can transmit his knowledges to these countries. Lady Commissioner, entrust in that said companies are considered like real candidates to the hour to award the agreements and do not see displaced by the North American companies. +Gentleman President, independently of the *calificativos that they #can use in #one or another language, is true that the negotiations on this Agreement of Trade have lengthened of an inconceivable form. As it remained of self-evident in #all a series of resolutions approved by this House, went a really shameful show, especially #if it takes into account that *Sudáfrica finished to make a very brave transition to a free and democratic Government. +I want to appreciate to the Parliament and, in particular, to the speaker of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, Mrs. *Kinnock, the form, fast and flawless, as it has taken the preparatory work for the approval of the *dictamen satisfied of the Parliament on the result of our negotiations with the #south african and by the form, very active and *comprometidísima, as it has contributed to this process along the years. +Regarding the European Union, asked the intervention of the Office of Fight against the Fraud, the *OLAF, so that it invited to the #spanish judicial authorities to investigate #if the management and the control of the community subventions to the crop of the linen have been correct and #if there #be had performances that #can consider criminal. +I am new in this Assembly and wail that the first question #whose answer went to listen in this Assembly #can not be answered *oralmente by reasons of time, but wail doubly that *ello have to , precisely, to the attitude of #some that, when arousing in this Assembly question that, in my opinion, are not for this Assembly, *nos deprive of the pleasure to listen to the Mr. *Fischler talk today of the problem of the bread of our fishermen, for example. +Thus I request, lady Speaker, that write a letter in name of the European Parliament to the #british Prime minister for *expresarle #ours weigh and our horror by the magnitude of this terrible disaster, and *pedirle that transmit #ours deeper condolence to the families of the persons that have lost the life, #as well as to the familiar of the that have resulted gravely injured together with the wish of a total recovery. +Gentleman Commissioner, the ball is in the field of *Turquía and is of here of #where has to come the following movement, because by part of *Europa already have had *bastantes things to encourage and do not see, by part of *Turquía, in the official field and no by part of the #turkish village, that also is bearing the diet that *le has been imposed, the answer that need to give *nosotros the following step. +Like this, in our opinion, shows once again, that the hypocrisy, in #all his greatness, is #one of the basic principles of the European Union. The politics of the two weights and the two measures, the politics of the selective sensitivity in front of the human rights and in front of the respect of the international Right. +The politics of the two weights and the two measures, that bases in the political and economic interests of the powers that govern in the European Union, *les takes to close the eyes in front of it that is *sucediendo in the actuality in *Turquía. #This denies to the democratisation, to the respect to the human rights, violates #all the principles of the international Right. +Nevertheless, I create important, by a part, make immediately a study in depth, with the end to determine it more exactly possible the effects, in his case, of this agreement in the economy of The Meeting and, on the other hand, establish a permanent mechanism of able control to create the conditions for a fast intervention. +But #if here our paper consists in reflecting the worries, the *interrogantes and the expectations of our *conciudadanos #european, conserve in our mind the world-wide dimension of the challenges, the challenges of the countries in development that today debate among the hope of the integration in the world-wide economy and the fear to the marginalisation. +In this field, said countries confront to a double difficulty: his internal markets are generally hoarded by monopolies or oligopolies, #whose *primer effect is the to take *repercutir in the local consumers, and mainly in the poorest, some too much high prices, whereas the second effect is the to block the arrival of new countries and of *obligarlos to confine in the informal economy. +Since the Mr. *Sasi has had the friendliness to accept the invitation to the meeting of the Commission of Industry, External Market, Investigation and Energy of the European Parliament of 12 October, suggest that it present his official answer to these two points in the frame of the meeting. +I do not go to follow making assessments here to the *respecto, but believe that the reduction of the CO2 is not an optional charge but that has also an economic effect and offers the opportunity to paginate the improvement of the quality of life with the employment, by it that think that it do not has to defend the negotiate on some boundless broadcasts. +Therefore, *le offer another opportunity to answer: it thinks the Council order an audit of the States members to determine how States have a discriminatory legislation against lesbians and *gays, that do not guarantee the equality of rights, the equality of rights civil to lesbians and *gays and that do not offer #the same protection in virtue of the law to lesbians and to *gays? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, will not have need of three minutes for *expresarles the fundamental importance of the subject of the resolution that subjects to our approval, relative to the code in matter of export of arms, for the extension of a zone of peace and of stability in the world, it that certainly constitutes #one of the most important mandates that have received of our constituents. +(*FR) The fact to reduce drastically the broadcasts of gases that cause the effect *invernadero by part of the rich countries is a duty of solidarity in front of the future generations, but also in front of the populations of the countries in roads of development, that will suffer every time with greater hardness the natural catastrophes caused by the climatic change. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0036/1999) of the Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the agreement *interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the Office of Fight against the Fraud. +It is necessary, without embargo, underline once again the sensitivity that distinguishes to the House, the sensitivity that distinguishes to the European Parliament in the subject of the fraud, a sensitivity materialised in the internal decision of the European Parliament, and a sensitivity that besides renews , *reformula in the report and in the proposal of the Mr. *Napolitano. +It has posed a question to #that *respecto but believe that the resolved satisfactorily in the parliamentary commission with the amendment of transaction presented by the Mr. #Gil-Oaks and by me, in the that specifies that the application of this agreement *interinstitucional do not lessens any legislative disposal neither of our Regulation regarding the obligation to respect the confidentiality concerning the deputies. +To judge by the analysis that has taken the Mr. *Ferri is evident that are talking of legislation in matter of vehicles of engine no only in the #european plane but in the plane of the Economic Commission for *Europa of the Nations Joined, that during #a lot of years has been recognised by the car industry like entity that establishes #all a range of norms world-wide. +#This is the reason by the that proposed, with the support of the Commission of Budgets, group #all the politics and the relative budgetary lines to the creation of this space of freedom, of security and of justice under an only title, with five chapters that correspond to the great political directed to the realisation of the space of freedom, of security and of justice. +The reason advanced to try justify these dark cuts is the unforeseen apparition of new priorities totally legitimate in principle, like the help to the reconstruction of *Kosovo, the contribution to the *edificación of *Timor oriental at last released, the solidarity with the victims of the earthquake of *Turquía and the finance of an agreement of fishing with *Marruecos. +The Mr. *Bourlanges has confronted to a double paradox: the of a debate on the budget that occupies of costs but no of entrances and the of a budget subjected to the double and *contrapuesta pressure of the increase of the tasks of the European Union and of the objective decrease *tendencial of the percentage of the #european #GDP that *transita to *través of the budget of the Union. +It has said here that the goal *prioritario is the inflation, but is not the only: we have to talk, among other things, of an economic pole, of the responsibility, of the international representation of the euro and of the supervision of the banking institutions in a moment of great fusions among the financial institutions. +This principle involves that we have to confront together the grave world-wide problem of the drugs, in each #one of the links of the chain, is to say, the production, the distribution, the consumption, the wash of money, the deviation of the chemical precursors and the sale of arms. +The Bosses of State or of Government recognised, like this, the obligation to respect the solemn commitment that assumed in *Tampere. The Commission, basing in the dialogue and the cooperation with the European Parliament, is had to take all it possible to reach that it was a reality a Space of Freedom, Security and Justice, above #everything, balanced in his three components: freedom, security and justice. +The Parliament wished, of course, that in this Summit reached #european commitments more ambitious, but, frankly, is very positive that these important questions appear now in the #european diary with a frame, with a clear order for the European Commission and also, therefore, with a mission for the European Parliament, by it that I want to congratulate to the Presidency and, especially, to the Commission. +Finally, in the moment in that it finishes to be born a committee of company "*Michelin", has to modify the community legislation so that the employees or his representatives, affected by plans of collective dismissal by economic reasons, #can promote judicial actions without expecting to that pronounce on the dismissal the competent territorial jurisdiction and impugn the foundation of this decision. +I consider that in this level, by means of the general frame of the lines economic guidelines, or of the lines guidelines for the employment, have #a lot of things that learn; no only in the national field, but also, #if *ustedes prefer, #can have a *benhmarking, an exchange of informations and of models applied with hit to national level to solve this terrible problem of the restructurings that, of course, will have it in front of *nosotros in #all the sectors. +They are based in an entirely realistic assessment, according to the *cual *Europa, that is a place with strong social powers, *cuando there #be not social cohesion will suffer social conflicts, and the social conflicts will have immediate consequences in the economic stability, is to say, in the indispensable surroundings for the development of the competition and of the companies. +A look by the that seat special interest is the negotiation with hit of the program *multilateral of environment and nuclear security. It tries guarantee that western donors provide technical assistance and financial help for the storage and the elimination of waste nuclear in the Northwest of *Rusia, #all these terrible nuclear submarines that *oxidan, #as well as the rest of waste nuclear. +To finish, wanted to underline that in a society oriented to the telematic networks and Internet and that invests increasingly in his utilisation for the communication, the information and the services, is quite ridiculous that the Council have not accepted the amendments in *pro of the creation of a spot Internet totally devoted to the youngsters. +It treated to know #if it created a line by key action, as it had established the Commission of Budgets, or #if it kept a global line for the investigation, as it wished the executive Commission, to change that they gave guarantees regarding the information on the movement of bottoms among the key actions inside this line. +#If the #ours is the Institution that, with #all security, has made the greater efforts in the fight against the fraud in the Institutions of the European Community, how go to understand the citizens that the only persons to the that do not affects the *OLAF to effects of internal investigations are the deputies of the European Parliament? +How device has foreseen , gentleman Commissioner, in case that there #be a blockade of the situation, so that the directly affected fuselages, so that #all #that that take part in the sector *pesquero, so that the regions involved and, in particular, the zones of the goals 1 and 2, that depend of the fishing, as it expresses our common resolution, do not accuse of front the catastrophic consequences that tended the no renewal of the agreement? +The sector *pesquero that affects to the Realm of *Marruecos is formed by small employers, by *armadores to the *cuales *les results absolutely impossible to create mixed companies of #moroccan majority and, therefore, the type of agreement new has to be an agreement *continuador, modifying the necessary clauses, of the agreement in this existent moment, taking into account that -how no- *nosotros respect that this agreement benefit to the economic and social development of *Marruecos. +And I take it by economic reasons, that already have explained varied of the orators that have taken part in this Assembly, but also, to similarity of it that *sucedió yesterday in the debate on the Agreement of Fishing among the European Union and *Marruecos, by reasons of help to a country that, in spite of being rich in natural resources, is poor by fault of the political situation in that it finds and, in particular, of the climate of war. +In spite of an absolutely essential rejection the past month of June, without going more far, in the elections to the European Parliament of the *lejanía and of the *secretismo of our institutions collectively, this first meeting of the next week will increase the democratic deficit, in the sense that the Parliament will remain excluded and do not seems to have a valid reason for *ello. +In this case have added an additional disposal in the that will ask a review to the cape of five years in the that they take part the two parts of the industry in the #european level to see how works the diet in this sector, with particular reference to the health and the security of the workers interested. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the oral question (*B5-0032/1999) of the Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, on the Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council titled "Strategy for the realisation of the only market European" . +According to my experience, #this also affects in particular precisely to the relative subjects to the legislation in matter of protection of the consumer, in the that with big frequency there #be had contradictions among the different managerial and among the different norms of #european field, for example in the determination of the terms of complaint or the terms of protection of the consumer, that often have varied. +First: how we go to convert in effective the only market #if the States tend to adopt protectionist measures - have seen #some cases, even lately - and how pretends the Commission use better the procedure of infringement converting it in faster and encouraging to the citizens and his associations to report the rapes of the community Right that register daily in the distinct States members? +The plans of the Commission to take a more strict follow-up of the efforts and the results obtained in the field of the national politics are *bienintencionados, but *me fear that *surtirán the contrary effect. Especially #if it opts by a quantitative method that consists in adding the number of measures, instruments of support and projects of creation of employment. +But there #be more: it #can not treat only of moderation *salarial and of flexibility like #such, because #this *desvirtuaría the character and the spirit of the national dialogues, the maintenance of the social protection and #all the instruments of programming negotiated in the territory, sensitive no only to the small and medium enterprise, but also to these sectors more *congeniales to the tradition and to the characteristics of the territory. +Likewise, the document not even mentions the paper of an active politics of credits to support to the company - in this sense, the system *crediticio European follows being to years light of the American - and believe that the efforts of the European Union and of the States members for *darle a distinct orientation have been to date very scarce. +And, although it is *algo that do not says in high voice, this problem is linked to the own luck of our democracies, as, as the history *nos teaches, the democracies do not base so only in the production of wealth, but that his health depends also of a wide distribution that has to reach to the big majority of the population, and #this is thing that in the contemporary societies involves to guarantee the employment. +Report (To5-0048/1999) of the Mrs. *Quisthoudt-*Rowohl, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the conclusion of the Agreement of cooperation scientific and technological among the European Community and the Russian Federation (*COM(1999) 324 - *C5-0083/1999 - 1999/0133(*CNS)) +Report (To5-0045/1999) of the Mr. *Menrad, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that creates the Committee of Employment (*COM(1999) 440 - *C5-0173/1999 - 1999/0192(*CNS)) and on the proposal of the Commission of guidelines for the politics of employment of the States members in the year 2000 (*COM(1999) 441 - *C5-0147/1999 - 1999/0816(*CNS)) +An important reason is, to my mood to see, that to the Europeans, in contrast with the Americans in general *nos is missing the attitude of risk and fault also a positive motivation in the population that contribute to that through a good economic growth reach also a positive politics of employment in *Europa and in the national states. +We need laws simpler and, especially, do not have to commit an error -even in this Assembly- to create so much in the national plane as by means of #european norms, by means of regulations or by means of directives, #one *superreglamentación that treat to the population like a herd and, consistently, #this shop in definite to not running risks, to not to take independent, to not undertaking active occupations, but to act rather in a field ensured, which at the end *nos goes to conduct to a new vertiginous increase... +The directive on the improvement of the quality of the fuels #as well as the technician, already existent, of the catalysts allow in this point to the Council and to the Parliament an absolutely ambitious project, without overloading with taxes to the industry and to the sector of the transport. +The program *Daphne 2000-2003 goes to be an extremely important instrument in the fight against the violence and will procure a value added to the local actions, regional and national in this field by means of the creation of networks, the exchange of information, better practical and cooperation, and a greater awareness of the society in general. +In #day of the new #millenium, gentleman President, #can say that a support *vigoroso of the European Parliament to this program will be the best and clearer of the signs that the Union awards the maximum political priority to the effective fight against the violence that suffer the boys, the teenagers and the women. +Gentleman President, this year fulfils the *décimo anniversary of the Convention of the Nations Joined and is an opportunity *inmejorable for the European Parliament and for the Commission, no simply to pronounce #some solemn speeches on this anniversary, but mainly for *decidirnos to act more, to facilitate but resources and to take initiatives and measures that constitute a politics integrated and *conectiva that protect with efficiency the human values and the dignity of the boys. +It is, clearly, the base of a healthy budgetary administration. Without embargo have to underline that the budgetary discipline do not has to constitute an end in #if same and do not has to cancel the correct and effective application of the essential disposals of the community legislation, neither neither in this case, touch the basic principles of the *PAC. +To5-0057/1999 of the Mr. *Gebhardt, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of the relative Council to the competition, the recognition and the execution of resolutions judicial in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility on the common children [*COM(99) 220 *C­0045/1999 1999/0110(*CNS)]. +The goal of the regulation is to guarantee that the resolutions on the divorce and other forms of separation that have produced in the States members are recognised with rapidity by the other States members and besides provide some suitable rules to the times and unitary in it *tocante to the parental responsibility by the common children of the spouses. +In reality, #would have to work in favour of a global agreement in this field, without embargo, with this initiative step in this path, as it do not fits doubt of the big importance -a point in the that have been in general #all the orators of agreement- that we recognise the resolutions of the other in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility, especially in a period like the that live now, in the that the familiar structure is suffering violent transformations. +Before the presentation of a proposal of action concrete to #that *respecto, the Commission asked, basing in the quoted communication, to the States members, in the level of the Council, and to the European Parliament that communicated his observations on the points tackled in the communication on the protection of the victims of the delinquency. +I am safe that the Commission goes to guarantee the coherence of the external politics and of the inner politics of the Union -of the programs *transfronterizos and of the programs of help to the development- and that it also is of the interest of the States *beneficiarios of the cooperation *transfronteriza -*Marruecos and *España- that advance proposed that they correspond to #the same worry. +*Yo Believe that #if we fulfil with our committed in our quality of Europeans, will contribute to strengthen the group of the Alliance of the Atlantic North and #if from here assume these tasks, #such as they finish to manifest the Gentlemen #Solana and *Patten, and *usted, gentleman #Solana, also engages to have a conversation with *nosotros, as already it takes it the Commission, always that we consider it necessary, #can have the security that my Group will be to his side. +. (OF) Gentleman President, Gentleman Commissioner, estimated and estimated colleagues, the report of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy on the approach of the EU on the Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC links with the works made by the previous Commission of External Economic Relations, that adopted in #all the cases by a big majority his position regarding the rounds of negotiations of *Marrakech, *Singapur and Gin. +Nevertheless, the news that the agents negotiators of the European Commission informed hardly a week before the agreement of the States Joined that dismissed the possibility of the #chinese adhesion in a next future *nos carries to think that the European Union has not negotiated with the conviction that #would fit to expect. +Report (To5-0057/1999) of the Mrs. *Gebhardt, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the proposal of regulation of the Council (*COM(1999) 220 - *C5-0045/1999 - 1999/0110(*CNS)) relative to the competition, the recognition and the execution of resolutions judicial in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility on the common children +This Parliament, that has had an important paper in this process, in addition to cheering by the development of the events in *Irlanda of the North, #would have to involve in the effort so that the #others two violent conflicts that *subsisten in the breast of the Union -the of *Córcega and, especially, the of the Basque Country- walk by the *senda of the definite peace. +Gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President of the Council, no only want to direct the attention to the environmental damages caused in *Europa by pertinent products of other countries, but that also loan greater attention to the methods of treatment and production employed in other countries and that no only debate the subject of the identification, but also the possibility to adopt commercial measures that allow to avert environmental damages all over the world. +Said decision no only condemns to the inhabitants of *Yugoslavia to happen the winter *carentes completely of the necessary means of heating, after the enormous *destrozos caused in the public infrastructure by the bombardments of the NATO, but that affects of mood *provocador to the pride of #all a village, that results victim of the blackmail and the annihilation because Occident do not approves to his political leader. +Imagine that they #can open investigations to deputies in virtue of grave facts tied to the exert of his functions a juridical concept created #ex *novo, indeterminate and contrary to the constitutional tradition of the fifteen States members, that #can open investigations #if the deputies break analogous obligations to the derivative of the disciplinary Right of the civil servants, a disciplinary Right of the civil servants of the that *carecemos, some similar obligations that do not exist! +Like this, we take a call to the States members, to the institutions of the European Union and to #all the international community so that they keep in the agenda #all the support to the village of *Timor Oriental, initiate the steps for the international recognition of the State of *Timor Oriental and the establishment of the diplomatic relations with *él. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the one who at the beginning of this year #can not more with the murders, the expulsions, the *saqueos and the pillages that the army and the #serbian militia carried out in *Kosovo and in virtue of these reasons pronounced in favour of a called humanitarian intervention, has to ask now #if the war -that alas did not go directed against the that committed the crimes but against the #yugoslav population-, the war that lasted more of two months and half and that cost varied thousands of millions of euros, really gave the result that expected. +In my opinion, the letter of rights fundamental requires a debate in depth. I create, besides, that the right of the boys #can not *desvincularse of the right of the parents, of the rights of the family and of the right of education of the parents in the family. +The politics of fight against the drug - *me direct to the Commissioner of Security Inner - means, as, by the side of the reduction of the offer also a consistent persecution of the suppliers of drugs, especially in the sector of the bleaching of money. +To #the same time, are different the relations that have to board among the Union in his group and the action of each #one of the States members, among the principle of subsidiariness and the need, that nevertheless has precisely affirmed, that the Union endow of a common politics with regard to this phenomenon that concerns for real our present, but especially our future. +It is a system of register and a system of comparison, an instrument, in definite, that *nos helps in the fight against the illegal immigration and #all type of entrance illegal in the country, #as well as also against the commission of acts criminal low false identity. +Have the obligation to remember that this constant current of illegal immigration represents an enormous charge, in particular in the cities of the interior, for our national services of health, our social services and our system of security social, in addition to exerting strong pressure on the limited number of available houses. +In any case, *nos seems fundamental that the next review of the Treaty consecrate the European Bank of Investments like a fully community institution, subject to the supervision of the Court of Accounts and of the European Parliament and that do not answer only in front of a general assembly of the States members, as at present it pretends. +We have taken an analysis in depth, with #all detail, and, in accordance with the available information, on the base of the suppositions of utilisation maximum there #be a remainder still in the year 1999 of 33 millions of euros, of 8,7 in the 2000, of 7 millions -roughly- in the 2001 and, although it is true that in the year 2002 the situation will be absolutely adjusted, go back to exist remanent in the 2003. +To my mood to see, #if all it that *usted has exposed, #everything it that has to present in the Council of *Helsinki, has truly sense, the unavoidable conclusion is that the European Union #can not occupy only of sentences like the of the case *Bosman or of the looks of the competition in the field of the sport, but that it has to give value to the sport quoting it sure enough in the Treaty. +In the subject of the Conference *Intergubernamental, believe that after the turn of the Prime minister of his country, lady Speaker, do not fits a so optimistic situation; it #would be a pity lose this opportunity to give an impulse to the project of integration #european and *nos *arrepentiremos of not taking advantage of as it is owed this occasion. +#Many of his *Señorías have mentioned it, have posed it in reiterated occasions to the Parliament and repeat it today: I believe that, in parallel to the culmination of the enlargement -that is an irrefutable reality, since the enlargement that will decide, expect, in *Helsinki is an enlargement that do not poses doubts neither problems neither vacillations- will have to open a debate on the nature and the characteristics of *Europa, since we will be *nosotros the that will establish these limits, the that will decide the nature of *Europa: we #can not simply answer to the, of by himself/hisself legitimate, appeal of the countries that ask to go in in *Europa. +The *tercer change that it wanted to signal is that the #turkish Minister of European Integration and Human Rights -that has a very curious combination of competitions, that without embargo marry well- finishes to declare officially, after the ratification of the conviction of death by the Court of Appeal, that the execution of this conviction #would not favour the interests of *Turquía. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0076/1999) of the Mrs. Towers Mark, in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary, on the report of the Commission to the Council (*COM(1999)174 - *C5-0108/1999) 1999/2111(*COS)) on the length of the transitory period for the introduction of the euro. +Still it is a lot, in view of that the prices of the herring in the Community in this moment are lower that never, owing to the saturation of the market of the EU with cheap fish and herring frozen of Norwegian, and of the establishment, by part of the #german companies, of units of production of low cost in *Polonia, to process the free #norwegian fish of taxes for his export to *Alemania. +Regarding the enlargement of the negotiation to #all the speakers, included the countries in roads of development, the European Union adopted also the initiative to initiate the conference with the *ofrecimiento to guarantee to the less advanced countries a wide access with invalid rights to the markets of the countries industrialised. +Like the liberal politician that am, maybe a #european politician very liberal, wanted to say that in the breast of the EU #would have to think in the form to modify the units of production agricultural and the future of the Diary 2000, in addition to studying how delete the subventions that affect to the trade. +In 1995, indirectly, through an amendment that presented accepted the training of adults in the program #Socrates *I. From here also it has developed along the year in #all *Europa the wish by the training of adults and by the continuous learning so that *nos is possible to say that the answer *sustentada by the branch *Gruntvig of the program #Socrates is the correct answer. +In terms of the capacity of the program to be the tip of spear of the values of the Parliament, the hit has been enormous. It is fundamental for the expansion of the educational capacity of our youngsters, no only in terms of his cultural capacity, but also in terms of his economic base. +The European Union always has been pioneering in the cessation of the production and of the employment of substances harmful for the coat of ozone and the Parliament has been the environmental political consciousness of this European Union. +Gentleman President, in the first place wanted to say it a lot that admire the work that the speaker has made in this report; already it was quite difficult that surpassed the first reading in the Parliament and has been even more difficult in the *segunda reading, because there #be had #a lot of points of sight divergent, contradictory scientific opinions and pressures from the distinct groups of interest of the sector with regard to determined substances. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the conjoint debate on the meeting of the European Council of the days 10 and 11 December in *Helsinki and the statement of the Presidency in exercise of the Council on the semester of activity of the #finnish Presidency, #as well as on the situation in *Chechenia and on the Summit of the *OSCE. +In the course of the treatment of the budgets has incorporated a new game of costs that includes, first, 500 millions of euros for *Kosovo proposed by the summit of the European Union and, afterwards, 190 millions of euros in concept of the Agreement of Fishing with *Marruecos, *Turquía and other complementary subjects, it that represents in total 700 millions of euros, or was, the 15 percent of the financial forecasts of the section. +So as to reduce the estimate of the corresponding costs to the enlargement -the financial frame of *Berlín includes, in effect, the costs from the year 2000-,go to propose likewise to the Commission that make a permanent evaluation of the economic situation and of the necessary costs for the enlargement that of #this give off. +Therefore, from the point of sight financial, the new period of programming 2000-2006 will be able to initiate and like this will take , in effect, with a new program, in the that it has taken state on purpose that the helps with charge to the structural Bottoms have to contribute to boost likewise the equality of opportunities among men and women, the goal of protection of the environment and the employment. +In narrow articulation with this communication, the Commission has approved also #another, accompanied of a proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council and of a proposal of decision of the Council, relative to a program of support to the #european audiovisual industry, the program MEDIATES PLUS 2001-2005. +It treats to prepare to *Europa so much in the plane of the infrastructures as in the of the industry of the production of programs, for the imperative of the digital era, it that means, of course, accept that *Europa has an ambition in matter of participation in the new digital economy and in the new society of the culture, the to scale world-wide information. +Therefore, it is better that, in place of *fijarnos a more ambitious program that probably #would pose difficulties in matter of subsidiariness and maybe had the effect to reduce the general enthusiasm, follow applying a strategy directed to encourage to the States members so that they take advantage of to the maximum the opportunity to learn -and apply- the initiatives adopted in the #european countries in general. +In 1996 an evaluation of the repercussions of the two programs of positive action with seen to the achievement of the equality of opportunities in the Commission revealed that there had been important changes in the situation of the feminine personnel in the Category To and in the places of direction, in particular to consequence of the dip annual adopted by the Commission. +Like this, apart from the protection to the scientific specialists that have the technical knowledges and do not have to be carried by tortuous paths owing to his knowledges or of his economic weakness; I believe that, go in in a logic of conditions political on it that happens or leaves to happen in his regions, is a condition *sine *qua *non for the countries candidates to the adhesion. +Subject: Venues of game The Court of Justice has recognised that, in the field of application of the Treaty *CE, the organisation of games of chance constitutes an economic activity of provision of services, #if well with the precision that the disposals of the States members to authorise the opening of venues of game have to be provided and no discriminatory (Subject *Schindler *C-275/92). +The harmonisation in the sphere of the application of the national penal right and of the administration of the justice in the States members presupposes, necessarily, the harmonisation of the legislation on the fight against the fraud and #any one other illegal activities in the community budget. +Memory that, after that revolution, like minister of External Subjects, *me gathered in the Nations Joined with the minister of Subjects External of Chinese and the worry of the #chinese minister of External Subjects of then was the to say "for *nosotros, *Macao is not a colony; therefore, *ustedes, that are taking the decolonisation, do not touch *Macao; in his moment, already *regularizará" . +Gentleman President, my answer goes to develop around two axes: the first refers to it *sucedido until today from the Conference of *Beijing and to how the European Union has supported the actions contemplated in the common platform then adopted; and the second, to the paper of Parliament by it that *atañe to the meeting of Nations Joined foreseen for the summer of the 2000. +Far to hail this effort in favour of the protection of the environment, the European Union only has a goal in the bilateral negotiations with Swiss: force to that this country renounce to his regulation, with the pretext that it hinders the free competition and that it boosts the inequality of deal among #european territories. +It #would not have won time, by the contrary, beginning by the principle, being more modest and loaning greater attention to the opinions of the citizens and of the villages that are not very convinced of the balance of #this *OMC, of the results of his realisations regarding the *agravación of the inequalities of development among the North and the South? +These twelve partial fields of interest will be examined in the following groups under the titles *mainstreaming generals: the gender in the politics of the development, is to say as it takes part the equality among the sexes in #all collaboration of the European Union with the countries in development, the participation of the women and the human rights. +#If it fits still add *algo to the previous answers, #can signal that #one of the causes of the delays of the flights is that, in the current system, the planes do not obtain the permission of takeoff until it have not confirmed the green light of landing in the airport of destination. +The States members of the EU have engaged to adopt an effective politics of no proliferation of armament and to take part in the systems of control of export, or was, in the actions that carry out in the frame of the Committee of the group *Zanger of exporters of the nuclear sector, of the group *Australia and of the mechanisms *Wassenaar. +In conclusion, expect that the Council manifest #the same firmness that the European Parliament for *salvaguardar and promote the system of the only price of the book, that, as it signals our resolution, treats of the best system to improve the production and the distribution of dramas literary, without deleting the competition. +Gentleman President, *me take echo of the opinions of the two previous orators when giving the sincerest welcome to this proposal of resolution to condemn unambiguously the *tremendo #record of rapes of the human rights of the #taliban diet Afghan, and in particular the persecution of the #afghan women in the name of the religion and of the culture. +Nevertheless, the appeals of help to the agriculturalists in the form of help in front of natural disasters #can examine in the frame of the article 33 of the Regulation (*CE) *nº 1257/99, of the Council, of 17 May 1999, on the help to the rural development to charge of the European Bottom of Orientation and of Agricultural Guarantee. +Without embargo, have to signal that the procedure is not ideal, the Mrs. *Doyle and the other deputies have reason, but the problem to the that *nos confront in the Commission of Politics Regional, Transports and Tourism that is the competent commission, is that the Council *nos asks urgency in the last minute because, somewhere, somebody has given account that we need a resolution of this Parliament to continue with the Bottom in question. +By this reason *yo also agree in that we have to unify it more possible the statistics on the movement, the politics and the commercialisation of our agricultural products and that it #would be well that did not have each State, at least in his statistics, a distinct representation of the relative facts to our agricultural economy. +In the economic terrain, in the past exercise *Polonia has experienced a high index of annual growth, as it already has said the Mrs. *Hoff, with a reduction of the unemployment and of the inflation, a stable coin and a growth of the direct foreign investments. +From this Parliament have defended always the institution of the Defender of the Village, as *garante of the protection of the rights of the citizens to the hour to report cases of possible bad administration by part of the institutions and community organs, and the need to intensify the relations among said institutions and the citizens. +This action of divulging has to be carried out by the community institutions through the media and audiovisual, and like this #would avert, among other consequences, that, for example, more of the 69 % of the claims presented in front of the Defender in the last years were out of the field of his competition as, for example, the big number of *ellas that have like object the restrictions to the free circulation, and that present every year in front of the Defender. +To end to amend the current informative deficit in the field of the rights of the citizens of the EU urge to the services of the Parliament and of the Commission to that they set up direct lines of query in the different States members and that take advantage of in depth the possibilities offered by the telematic and the technology of the information. +It True is that, after the European Council, the 25 % goes back to the pockets of the States members, but the idea of the criteria of execution common follow being absolutely essential and to #that *respecto will ask to the Commissioner how repercussions has had, in his opinion, the European Council concerning the attitude of the authorities *aduaneras common and #if they are now less concerned that before. +*Nosotros Defend the rights of the human person against the rights of an inhuman and totalitarian State that launches by the routes of the exile to a population *aterrorizada, destroys the houses, threat and kills to women and boys; *nosotros defend the freedom and wish that the criminal are punished; therefore we support without reservation the brave decision of the Bosses of State and of #european Government. +For wanting to play with the international borders -the of *Yugoslavia from 1991, the of *Macedonia and of *Albania tomorrow-, for ignoring the lessons of the history, for pretending *desconocer the paper of *Rusia in this region, for looking for a military punishment more that a political solution, for wanting to especially suppress to the #serbian village of this *Europa by the that has worked so much, go to cause probably the *conflagración that simulate to want to avert. +Besides, the proposal of resolution affirms that the Nations Joined and the Council of Security « have not been able to» (!) Take part in the decision of the NATO on the aerial incursions, although it is clear that this decision has taken breaking the principles of the Nations Joined, that in this case have seen humiliated and abused of form *irremediable. +They are dangerous postures of frivolous advisers on the editorial of the proposal of resolution, that *envilecen #all serious effort for building an order and a really international community, that #can apply of plausible and viable form #such principles, without selective interventions and without the illogical utilisation of the violence. +The Commission is in total agreement with the gentleman speaker with regard to that, nevertheless the progresses reached with regard to the realisation of an only market of the financial services, the sales *transfronterizas of financial products to the by minor to the consumers follow being more the exception that the rule inside the European Union and continue existing still disparities of price very considerable among the States members. +I agree with the speaker in that for the authorities of regulation and of supervision, said advances represent new challenges that #can confront through a cooperation and effective coordination among the financial authorities of regulation and of supervision, with a clear cast of the responsibility of supervision and with solid financial regulations, necessary to manage the global institutional risk, #as well as the risk of the systems. +Like this as, #if today we have to give a fast and effective answer to the problems posed, is to say, indemnify to the families of the victims and *darles a moral and material support, #as well as pipe the influx of traffic that, because of the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, converges to the tunnel of the *Fréjus; also it is necessary to consider the question as a whole. +Of these seven millions, five allocate to the electoral information by means of the *ONG, is to say, to the electoral training and to the information, and two millions to the sending of some sixty observers by the States members to Indonesian by a period of two weeks, but in the frame of the electoral observation wider organised, among other organisations, by the Nations Joined. +*B4-0382/99 of the deputies *Fassa and *André-*Léonard, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0394/99 of the deputy *Pasty, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0409/99 of the deputies *Hory and *Castagnède, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0420/99 of the deputies *Aelvoet and *Telkämper, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre *Níger; +285 members of parliament have gathered in a group that pretends to reestablish the Parliament #would not be positive that the European Union loaned all his backrest, so that the Parliament, that was dissolved in his moment, have the opportunity to collaborate from another perspective in the preparation of a constitution that modify deeply, once and for all, the #burmese situation? +Of a side, wail deeply the murder in cold blood of a woman that put his personal life and professional to the service of the defence of the human rights, and of #another, *me saddens to have to check that here in the European Union, to the equal that in the rest of the world, determined strengths try to undermine with terrorist acts a process of peace in course. +The direction of the administrations *aduaneras from the EU is #one *intromisión in the national sovereignty that did not has to take place.2.The decisions adopted in the past by the EU have weakened the border controls among the States members, favouring the illegal activities and boosting the circulation of commodities of smuggling. +The juridical protection of the rights of the consumers has to follow being competition of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens and the rights of the consumers have to follow being competition of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, as it finishes to explain the Mr. *Collins. +The social speakers, the governmental organisations, the States members and the EU have to take, each #one in his field of responsibility, the timely countermeasures, is to say, coordinating and collaborating *sensatamente in the relative subjects to the third age in the EU and not acting *centralizadamente each #one from his field of responsibility. +Without embargo, exists a field related with the third age that presents great difficulties to the hour to introduce improvements, so much from a point of sight concrete as by means of the #european cooperation. *Me Am referring to the reciprocal recognition of social provision -like the subsidies by illness and the pensions- that affect in numerous occasions to the greater persons. +Gentleman President, the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development of our Parliament proposes , in effect, subject to the executive Commission the problem of the deficit of the European Union in vegetal proteins inside the feeding allocated to the animals and the strategic challenge that comports this situation for the biotechnologies in the *Europa of the Fifteen. +Today, really, it did not has felt that they still exist *muchísimas differences among some representatives and #others, *cuando the reality is that, from the Treaty of *Maastricht and, more still, of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, goes opening step the reality of this #european citizenship that demands to voices that his representatives take part of a common diet in #all the looks, but, of course and in particular, in the look of the suspension of the parliamentary immunity. +*Usted Agrees that the examination of the *anejo *V in our commission began with a letter of the Mrs. *Theato, speaker of the Commission of Control Budgetary, that tackled specifically the question of #if the article 5 of this *anejo *V that foresees the absolute majority to refuse the approval of the management, was compatible with the disposals of the Treaty. +New earth were also the plans of action national and, to the contrary of the orator that *me has preceded, *yo believe that the guidelines of *Luxemburgo and the plans of action national, among other things, have derived of the fact that have a tax of unemployment lower. +It #would not treat to concede today the approval of the management to the Commission, against of it that the Council has taken acting with lightness and *despreocupación, since, as so well has explained *Laurens #Jan *Brinkhorst, #would not have to concede the approval of the management to a Commission *dimisionaria that no longer is qualified to assume commitments on future orientations in front of the #european Parliament. +On the other hand, the fact that the measures do not affect to #all the countries of the European Union supposes a grave distortion of the rules of the competition in the only market, aggravating the negative consequences on those companies that yes will see affected by these high tariffs imposed by States Joined in his sanctions. +The political solution that try to reach is a political solution that suspend the use of the strength on the base of the respect of the human rights, of the common security, of the return of #all the refugees, on the base of the international community of nations. +In interest of the agreement, consider that *ello is admissible always that #such exceptions limit in the measure of it possible and suppose a step to the creation of an only and uniform Statute and, especially, serve to reach the establishment, it before possible, of a diet of reward equal for #all the deputies to the European Parliament. +Therefore, the preliminary draft of budget general has to postpone the subject of the possibility to hire new personnel and his previous endowment until they remain clear the *márgenes that possibly have in the frame of the new institutional agreement and until the new Commission have the opportunity to define his requirements. +Fulfilled the community juridical obligation to approve a new directive to replace the directive cancelled, to my trial it more important, is a vital step to a common frame to differentiate the systems of *gravámenes in the group of the European Union. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the goal of the proposal is to facilitate the sale by telephone, by *fax and by Internet of financial services #such as the banking, the insurances, the investments and the credits *hipotecarios, protecting at the same time to the consumer against the fraud, against the high pressure of the arguments of sale and against #some uses no requested of the technicians of communication to distance. +Therefore, in my quality of member of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, always have supported, to the pair of the Mrs. *Kuhn and the Mr. *Whitehead, measures that guarantee that it provides a real protection adapted to the needs and worries of the consumers thanks to the #european legislation. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0124/99) of the Mrs. *González *Álvarez, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that creates a program of action community in favour of the civil protection (*COM(98)0768 - *C4-0072/99-98/0354(*CNS)) +Never will forget like *yo, as young President of my party at the beginning of the years seventy, took part together with his father in a rally in a hall of cinema of *Madrid, with scarce public and under some difficult conditions, #where already in #that then under the direction of his father gave expression to the ideal and convictions of our philosophy, to the values and principles *democristianos and, especially, also, to our #european federalistic conviction. +It is evident, without embargo, that at the side of the indispensable budgetary consolidation, *Europa has to accelerate the structural reforms of the markets of the employment, of the sakes, of the services and of the capital, and is in this spirit in the that the Commission finishes to approve the relative recommendation to the great orientations of economic politics. +In front of #all the forecasts, the #german Presidency closed the package of the Diary 2000, that seemed difficult to close, and now, for the European Council of Colony, the Presidency *nos finishes to announce a quite ambitious program. I congratulate also to the #german Presidency by the ambition of this program. +Of this resolution and of the debates that celebrated *permítome stand out #one or two looks that, for me, are the most important: the idea that opened and opens path of a #european constitution, the verification or the wish of verification of a power *constituyente specific in the community level and some interpretation -*permítome say it like this- *correctiva of the article *N of the Treaty. +In place of a clear *reorientación of the #european politics in the *primer year of the euro to a new type of economic development that #can solve the problem of the unemployment in mass, *nos gives a European Pact by the Employment that remains very by behind it that in his day contained the initiative *Santer and the proposals *originarias *provenientes of the Presidency elaborated by the #german Ministry of Inland revenue. +No only for the fruitful cooperation among the institutions but also to ensure of durable mood it that reach in the Conference *Intergubernamental and that his application succeed, in the future will be necessary that the Parliament take part more acutely that in the past in this Conference -do not employ consciously the expression of Conference *Intergubernamental although it was the usual practice but the of Conference of the States members. +It That we want to it is to contribute to facilitate the things to the Governments, and therefore, with the agreement in his day of the President *Santer -to the one who want *rendir homage thus-, think that a possibility, a fine possibility, is that the European Commission prepare a project, that argue it with the Parliament and that take part also the national Parliaments in this reflection, that will be a mere reflection, gentleman President. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, the questions related with the employment have happened to occupy the position that deserve in the politics of the European Union and *Alemania is exerting in the actuality pressures to reach a #european agreement in matter of employment with reason of the Summit of Colony. +Gentleman President, apart from that *me seems quite surprising that *nos see forced to *comportarnos as in a fair to have right to take the word in this Parliament *cuando are deputies, wanted to say simply that it is the first occasion in the that see that, in an Assembly like #this, *cuando pronounce two contrary opinions, a pertinent of the competent services and the #another of the president of the Commission of Regulation chosen by his equal, considers the of the services in question. +After #a lot of years of efforts, had seen the light an as a whole acceptable proposal and the Council had shown had to negotiate with this Parliament, in the moment of the result of the vote of today, with seen to reach a commitment. +In the case of the bananas, do not allows to the EU take a commercial granting to small countries that they were his colonies (countries *ACP) and in the that the bananas represent the *pilar main of his economies, it that results particularly grave because this politics of the EU inscribes in the spirit of the Agreements of *Lomé, that date of 1963, and are, therefore, very previous to the current Agreement of Trade *Multilateral (Treaty of *Marraquech - 1994). +And I finish remembering an already mentioned point by the Mrs. *Jöns: it is incomprehensible that the Council was not had to include of explicit form the *gender *mainstreaming -and is it especially after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam that considers the equality of opportunities the fundamental principle of the Union- that constitutes likewise #one of it four *pilares of the #european strategies in matter of employment. +Since to date the #turkish Government *deniega this just process and public through evident actions (obstacles for the defence, rejection of the requests that they are observant presents, etc.), how measured thinks to take the Council to protect the physical and psychic integrity of the leader *kurdo #as well as the rights, evident for the societies civilised, that have #all the accused in front of the justice? +*Yo Want to *referirme specifically to the structural Bottoms, to the Bottom of Cohesion and to the politics of cohesion, saying that I agree in the «how », as it has projected it the Commissioner -and even take advantage of once again to say that we have to congratulate to the Commissioner and to the *DG *XVI because we have been with *ella, and *ella *nos has helped deeply in the advances of the cohesion in the *periplo of these five years and *yo believe that, in his design, of the next-. +In the course of the negotiations reached for the zones of crop more northern of the EU, that also are to #the same time the most northern of #everyone, a pair of #granting important so as to balance the costs derived of the adverse climatological conditions. +I receive *favorablemente the decision of the Commission to revoke his proposal to demand to the fishermen the acquisition of a 30 % additional of *tonelaje, which, in case that it had prospered the proposal, only #can have described like a penal law directed to hinder the urgent need of *modernizar and renew the fleet. +The intermediate posture, to the that also adheres the Presidency, pretends to incorporate the development and the operation of the *SIS #as well as the majority of the categories object of register to the *tercer *pilar whereas the category of the denial of visas and the relative disposals to the protection of the personal data #would be also present in the *primer *pilar. +The big work to know where stop, because this directive has a special characteristic, and is that it do not tries *reglamentarlo #everything, but it that *reglamenta it *reglamenta with sense and with an idea behind, with a conductive idea and guideline, and *yo believe that this Parliament #would take badly in changing these balances, #would take badly in trying modify this so delicate situation and that, in my modest opinion, is frankly very achieved. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #some of the colleagues that have talked before that *yo already have remembered the article 5 of the Agreement of *Lomé, signed also by *Djibuti, that establishes a true interrelationship, a functional link among the respect and the enjoy of the political and civil rights, of the fundamental human freedoms and the help to the development. +Likewise it is necessary that the international community, also through the Organisation for the African Unit, but with an active paper of the European Union, guarantee said agreement and act with regard to elaborating a program of helps economic so much urgent as on a long-term basis that they allow an economic reconstruction of the island. +By a part, the States members began to negotiate on the base of the ancient article 220 of the Treaty *CE an agreement #whose object was to regulate of horizontal mood the effects *intracomunitarios of the failure, determining the judicial competition and the applicable law to declare the insolvency of a company. +It is the case of countries of the *sudeste #asian, #Asia central, of the ancient #soviet Republics and of the Republics *bálticas, to the that has added the increase without precedents of the imports *provenientes of *Turquía owing to the closing of the #russian market and of the industrial capacity of this country, of *Turquía, that has *sobredimensionado in the course of the last five years. +*Yo Believe that only it appreciates it that do not has and the fact that the #european institutions have endowed of a Parliament, with #all his defects and with #all his problems, and that this Parliament convert in this term of office in a fundamental piece of the community mechanism, is *algo that the #european citizens #would have to begin to value. +The coincidence in the time of the resignation of the Commission, the beginning of the war of *Kosovo and the European Council of *Berlín subjected to a dramatic proof the capacity of performance of the European Union in an extremely critical moment. +#If *Europa had to pursue the goal that signalled the President *Prodi -offer to the *Balcanes a political and economic future clear- #would reach *algo great, but #would not exert fully his task that is the to contribute substantially to build a path of development democratic, certainly economic, but fundamentally social and cultural, conscious that the reconciliation is so much stronger and stable what more is *tolerante and respectful with the diversities. +In this case -the experience of the *EEB- the Commission is amply innocent, and the States members have gone back to take his games under the mantle of the subsidiariness without having had prowess for, for example, have elaborated of a time a directive mark relative to foods that constituted an advantage for *Europa and to the that *atuviesen the countries members. +More that #that *peroratas ideological of another period that ask the return of the ancient collusion *supranacional among the Parliament and the Commission against the Council, had preferred to listen, of the mouth of the Mr. *Prodi, the concrete way in that it thinks to repair, in a field of his competition, the *estragos caused by the Commissions precedents and the negotiations of the Round *Uruguay. +Lady Speaker, as it has said the deputy *Sánchez, there are errors in the record, but no only because the Mr. *Sánchez was included in the Group of the European Radical Alliance, that do not exists -case that *le has occurred also to the deputies #Bautista, *Hudghton and *MacCormick- but that *yo same, that belong to the Group of the Green/Free Alliance European, appear in the Group of No Inscribed. +The reading of the second inform of the Committee of Experts puts of self-evident that had #a lot of reason in asking to the five experts that continued his investigations and his reflection further of the case of #one or another commissioner, in particular, to take a more general diagnostic on the group of the institution. +In effect, quote the report: "For *incoar a penal procedure to the civil servants of the Commission, the national jurisdiction that it treat has to request the suspension of the official immunity treating of suspicious, of the professional secret treating of witnesses and of the inviolability of the buildings of the Commission in case of registers and to be able to have access to the documents" . +Why, #if there #be *tanta worry in the States members, do not asks to these States members that the communities and the municipalities make a debate in the Parliament, on the results and the destinations of the bottoms, so that in these countries take place a public debate that was in relation with our work and that these two questions are not separated among *ellas? +In the meantime, we have to negotiate an agreement mark that it constitute a solid base to improve our institutional relations, with measures of transparency and information, as they are the have of the documents of work of the Council, of the records of the meetings of the School of Commissioners, except *cuando agree his confidentiality, or a system of information on the works of the *OLAF with the owed discretion. +*Europa Has taken to transmit a project, and in these times of globalisation in the that the citizens have the feeling of that #all the important decisions take in another part, and especially in the world of the finances, is important to recover the idea of a project for *Europa that comprise the citizens and defend the institutions. +*Yo Share fully the content of his program, devoted to the *glasnost, that do not proposes a small "*reformilla" of the institutions, but a reform of big *calado, that pursues the creation of places of sustainable work by means of a consistent liberalisation, that concedes a very important place to the subsidiariness, that considers necessary to answer of suitable way to the demographic evolution in *Europa. +*Me Has bumped -have to confess it- that it have been clear regarding the freedom of trade and to the requirements of competitiveness of the companies and have omitted -or have shown wander to the *respecto- the fight against the unemployment, the poverty and the social exclusion, true *flagelos of the European Union. +Gentleman President designated, the members of the #french socialist delegation have the worry by the effective operation of the institutions, which means the instauration of a strong Commission, in the sense of the respect by the Treaties, is to say, with the coincidence among his mandate and the #ours. +#If we do not want to lose in solidity it that win in extension, #if we want to give a soul to the *Europa of the market and of the only coin, #if we want to go back to win the confidence of the citizens and of the villages, have to work in common -Commission, Parliament and Council- in it only that it #can offer a solid base and a new impulse: the #european citizenship, a letter of rights, a true constitution. +And as *me accused of *deslealtad, it only that I want to say in this moment is that, in accordance with these criteria and with the demonstrations of the President *Prodi in relation with the responsibility of the Commissioners, believe that, #if today it approves in this Assembly the resolution of content political, *consensuada by #all the Groups, on the new Commission, the Mr. *Galeote goes to find in an Assembly of disloyal. +Already they discern points of agreement. For example, regarding the importance that concedes to the access to the justice, to the preparation of a coherent strategy in matter of immigration and asylum, to the protection of the feeblest groups and more exposed to the discriminations, or to the strengthening of the mechanisms used in the fight against the delinquency organised. +Also it remains out of the democratic control the preparation of the document 19 of *Enfopol and also another type of offences, #such as the related with the performances of the police cooperation *Ilets, the collaboration in matter of espionage *Echelon and the bilateral treaties of the Services of Security of States Joined and the European Union. +While it last this parliamentary gap will be impossible to create a space of security, freedom and justice on a truly democratic base, since the realisation of said space involves the presence of a structure integrated by the right to the individual protection and the possibility to take part in the individual surroundings. +I recognise that it has engaged to fulfil five requests of the Group of the *EVP, among *ellas the that refer to the right of the *PE to present legislative proposals, to the behaviour of the Commissioners in case that it produce a vote of censorship and to the need to board a permanent dialogue on the reform of the Commission. +Subject: Help of the EU for the maritime services of *Irlanda since *Irlanda possesses #one of the greater maritime zones of patrol of the EU, responsibility so important for *Irlanda as for the EU in his group and that covers activities like the surveillance and interception of loads of drugs, protection of the industry *pesquera and security of the navigation, #would want the Council expose how initiatives that #would have to take to scale of the EU in help to the efforts made by *Irlanda in this sector? +To facilitate his fulfillment, in the regulations and managerial of the Union specify the procedures of collaboration and exchange of information among the States members, with the end to avert simultaneous performances and to facilitate the identification of the ships, achieving so they harmonise the moods to proceed of the distinct countries. +*Me Seems a frankly problematic solution put that really it do not treats of the fusion of two structures but of a process of adhesion. And although I consider the possibility to establish transitory periods, as it took before, do not conceive that a country candidate #can go in to form part of the European Union without that it have assimilated the *acervo community in his whole. +In this frame, the perspective to create a "social order European" based in the practice of *Schengen #can not be more that the arsenal *antidemocrático that, in a determined moment, #can use against the political and #sindical action, against the reactions of the workers in front of the politics *antipopular of the European Union and of the States members. +Although they have produced #some changes in the political situation from then, regret to say that the requirements for the resumption of the cooperation for the development and the full normalisation of the relations with *Togo - the respect of the democratic principles, the state of right and the human rights - still do not fulfil satisfactorily. +The Commission considers that the European Union, together with the rest of the international community, has to take conclusive measures to contain the repercussions of the crisis in the countries of the region of the Great Lakes that, as they have affirmed the deputies, loom of distinct forms the security and the stability in #all *África. +I want still *recordarles to #all the colleagues that takes only a pair of weeks the Parliament, when accepting the Commission, approved a statement in the that underlined that it wishes progress to work in the negotiations on the international treaties and even in the distinct stages of the negotiations, so that it #would be really regrettable, #if the Parliament left this opportunity without taking advantage of. +I am not sure of #if it is allowed to take an explanation of vote in this stage of the debate, but #if it is like this, wanted to say that, from the point of sight of the population of *Escocia, believe that it is a pity that tomorrow debate on the alimentary security without including a case in the that a Been member is challenging the *dictamen of the Community in this matter. +As they know #all *ustedes, *Señorías, the sources of energy renewable, in the systems of support -except the energy of origin hydraulic, #where himself/hisself achieve results very competitive with regard to another type of sources energetic-, #can not compete with the energies of type traditional. +It wanted to indicate to the Mr. *Prodi that #a lot of economists believe that the most important factors for the competitiveness in the industry #would be, in the first place, a reduction of the taxes of societies and of the business contributions and, second, of the enormous and in intolerable truth charge of regulation that plants to *Europa in a situation very *desventajosa in relation with other parts of the world. +As a result of the approval of the Common Action, the Commission took part in a series of management of the troika, directed to present the Common Action to #all the Governments and the important regional organisations and collect his political support for his goals. +Gentleman President, believe that this debate and the motion that today are debating put openly of self-evident the will of this Parliament to send a signal of opening clear, strong and amicable, a signal that takes note of the change of attitude of the #greek Government regarding the #turkish Government. +I receive with satisfaction the proposal of commitment relative to *Turquía, because it achieves a correct balance among the need to confirm to *Turquía his right to incorporate to the EU and the need that *Turquía undertake a series of reforms economic and political before his appeal take 'effective' . +To be able to establish the suitable commitments among the different and complex problems to that confronts at present the system of the international trade, seems fundamental that the conversations cover a wide diary that include from the reductions of the traditional tariffs until crucial subjects like the environment and norms of work, in addition to new looks like the competition and the investment. +By this reason expects that the Council, during the #finnish Presidency, get to conclusions for his realisation and by the that the Council gives the welcome to the intention of the Commission to present, so prompt as it was possible, a proposal for a new plan of action that boost the equality of opportunities among men and women and to ensure that #this will follow applying *cuando remain without vigour the current. +Also we explain to these effects with the article 13 of the Treaty on the European Union, but *cuando treats of concrete cases have to take into account that the Union do not has own police, but that the responsibility on the security of the citizens *recae in the governments and in the strengths of the order of each country. +According to the article 48 of the statutes of the #ECB, the States members that are not included in the zone of the euro will have to pay a lower percentage of the that *les #would correspond, #if like this it decides it the Managerial Joint of the #ECB, in concept of participation in the costs of operation of the #ECB. +It will be an enormous quantity, already treat of *Dinamarca or of another country, and this maximum fixed, very understood, by means of decision by majority of the Council on the base of a proposal of the Council of Government, that likewise takes his decisions by majority, since each country has the weight of vote, to the that *le authorises his contribution. +The question has like this a political solution - do not see possible the bellicose solution- and in this way now have the opportunity to help to *Rusia, that in any case finds in a difficult political situation, loaning help to find a solution and achieve some relative negotiations to the question of *Chechenia. +The #russian army has gone in in the territory of the republic and has invaded, according to his own versions, a third of the territory of #the same *ocasionando deaths, destruction and the massive exodus of more of 100.000 refugees -women, boys and elderly- that are received in the neighbour *Ingushetia, #whose President talks already of humanitarian catastrophe and asks an international help that do not finishes to get. +I do not know #if, in addition to the results achieved by the #italian judicature lately, will have or will not have other stages like the that, lamentably, *nos have accustomed to see through the judicial avatars of *Ustica in these years; without embargo, today *nos find in front of a sentence that proposes the hypothesis of a contest of planes of varied countries in the accident of *Ustica of 27 June 1980. +#Few minutes after the disaster the military planes and the secret services of the countries involved in the military operation - the Italians in the first place - set up a gigantic and shameful operation to hide, by not saying, destroy the proofs to end to prevent that the judicial authority discovered how was it that *sucedió really in the sky of *Ustica. +Therefore, it wanted to direct finally a call to the Council so that it fix the common position on these projects of directive with the greater possible rapidity, with *tanta amplitude as it was possible, of course, on the base of the amendments of this Parliament in the first reading, to end to present the common position in *segunda reading to the Parliament. +The *derramamiento of fuel owed to that the cover of the deposits of fuel were not very installed, and the Directive that the Parliament has now in front of yes, with the amendments taken by the Parliament in *segunda reading with regard to giving greater rigour to these disposals, occupies of this question demanding that the deposits of fuel of the vehicles of engine possess mechanisms of appropriate closing so that the covers was always very adjusted. +On the base of this orientation and of the knowledge of the that they will be #all the parameters examined from a point of sight *exquisitamente technical, ask, #if it is possible, that the Parliament and, in particular, the commission, are informed and especially ask #if it is possible that the Commission *nos inform on #which goes to be the course that will give to the application of this directive from the point of sight *exquisitamente technical. +#This has to -suits to highlight it-to the following reason: the necessary outlays, particularly in the case of the structural politics, will increase the next year like result of the commitments subscribed in previous years and the Commission coincides fully with the Parliament in that it is not possible to consign inferior totals to the necessary to cover the already subscribed commitments. +*Yo Entrust in that, on the base of the previous work made by #all the institutions and especially of the present reports of the Parliament, will achieve to reach, through a process of negotiation adapted and open, an agreement on the Budget 2000 that take justice to our big political responsibility in the field of the #european politics. +In effect the politics is not a game among the Commission, the Council and the Parliament, that practise in own interest, but that our purpose is to create the best possible conditions for the development of the European Union and to offer some favourable conditions to the persons for the that work. +In *tercer place, the maintenance of the stability of the prices serves to the interests of justice social and help to protect to the feeblest members of our society, like pensioners and unemployed, that depend of #a fixed income and #can not protect of the costs of the inflation with other sakes, for example properties or actions. +In this context, *yo wanted to *recordarle to the Mrs. *Randzio-*Plath that the Treaty expresses of way very clear that the *primer goal of the Central Bank European is the stability of the prices and that only will be able to try reach the other goals *cuando *ello do not put in danger said stability of the prices, and also that the stability of the prices has in himself/hisself same -#such as it has manifested the President- social and economic effects positive +Likewise, my Government promoted the approval of a new Penal Code Soldier that includes substantial advances regarding the competition of the civil courts to judge to the soldiers in crimes like the genocide, the disappearance *forzosa and the torture, and sign the Statute of the International Penal Court. +The so proclaimed space of freedom, security and justice is not another thing that the affirmation of a bureaucratic concept and *represivo of the politics in the *cual talks so much of security and little of freedom and of justice, as they show it the dense series of conferences *intergubernamentales, *Dublín, *Europol, *Eurodac, *Eurojust and the mutual assistance in judicial matter that exclude the democratic control of the Parliament, #as well as of the Commission and of the Court of Justice. +Against the idea that #ours Union has to be exclusive or mainly of economic character, the Council, in the line that the Parliament came already defending from took a lot, happened to occupy of the citizens, of his freedom of circulation, of his security and of the recognition of the right to the justice, rights that have to recognise no only to the citizens of the Union, but also to #all those that by diverse circumstances find legally in our territory. +Like this and #everything, wanted to recommend to the Commission - do not know #if it is here the gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen but, anyway, already argue it in the general debate - some urgency in the case that it had to present a rule mark *concerniente to #all the matters, to end to tackle, organic and thoroughly, a so delicate subject from the point of sight institutional. +The special Summit of *Tampere, to the time that has centred in the politics of immigration and asylum, also has treated seriously the subject of the traffic of human beings that has not left to grow during the last years. +In January will have the final proposal on the observatory, on the that *me reserve the right to debate with the European Parliament to see #if it has to have an observatory for the small and medium enterprises, that the report on it that goes to *suceder, and that also have felt of connection to national level of the local observatories so that the companies are all it prepared that they #can for the future changes. +#This is a principle that has to apply even in the case that the helps loan to a no community company, in #whose case considers that an agreement of cooperation with the country of the company, there #where did not exist, no only #can define and integrate better the interventions of the Union in favour of this country, but that, in the new desirable contingency, #can facilitate the execution of said sanction. +And I think that, really, have things that learn of the States Joined of *América in the subject of the monetary stability or in the subject of the utilisation of high technologies and of fast operations to this level; but of course, it exists a big difference in *Europa: the cultural model, social and historical of *Europa is based in the powerful social powers and in the balance among the society and the economy. +Gentleman President, in the first place wanted to say, in name of my Group, that are very disappointed by the fact that it have not included in the resolution a call to #all the States members of the European Union and to #all the countries candidates so that they support the new proposal of coalition in the agenda that is on the table of the 55ª General Assembly of Nations Joined. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0038/1999) in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [13175/1/1999 - *C5-0022/1999 - 1998/0197(*COD)] with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the program of action community "Youth" (Speaker: Mrs. *Gröner). +The Group of the Party of the European Socialists, in #all the process of preparation of the budget, has defended with energy the ideas of solidarity and of commitment of the Union regarding the most disadvantaged, to end to satisfy the goal of eradication of the poverty. +#If the enormous resources allocated to the nuclear proofs and to the *armamentismo release and pipe to productive investments in the direction of the economic and social cohesion, to the education, the culture and the protection of the environment, #can reinforce the factors of reconciliation and peaceful coexistence of the villages and contribute to the *reforzamiento of the bows of *reprocidad and of cooperation *paritaria. +Like this, as, we have to signal the dangers that of *ello give off and here have also now new and unavoidable consequences, in particular the requirements that there #be more #moroccan fishermen in the community crafts, the licence of fishing *restrictivamente related with new mixed companies, the obligation of the disembarkment of the fish in the #moroccan ports, in addition to #granting in the agricultural sphere, etc. +And the Commissioner did not finishes to get to the Commission, is a Commissioner that proceeds of the previous Commission and precisely with #the same wallet and #the same file, by it that has a specific responsibility and own politics and very concrete no only in the resolution of this problem, but also in the of the problems posed until it concretise again the agreement. +My political Group wishes that there #be a just agreement and balanced with the Realm of *Marruecos by part of the European Union, but also think that, to avert these periodic marketings that generate enormous anxieties and difficult situations for the fishermen, the future agreement #would have to remain consolidated in the frame of the Agreement of association. +But #all this discussion evidence the need of an independent organism that occupy of the alimentary rule in the EU, that avert the undue influence of the national organs, very often conditioned by a personal interest, and that control the corresponding practices in #all the European Union. +In #Italia the *concertación among the social speakers and the Governments has converted in a pact among the representatives of the interests constituted - #sindical, *patronales, politicians - directed to defend the interests constituted and the incomes in place of the possibility to achieve a space in the new economy of the unemployed and of #all #that that are not represented in the *concertación. +*Exigirles That work an average of 60 hours to the week during a period of four weeks is an exploitation, by a part, of these young individuals that have to fulfil with his practices to obtain his professional title and, by #another, of #all *nosotros, of the public, that have to consult to these medical youngsters in practices in the services of assistance and of urgency. +In the Realm Joined, for example, the proposals are more advanced that this directive and have been received with *beneplácito by #Andrew *Hobart, president of the committee of doctors auxiliary, the one who says that it is loved with that have reached an agreement on a new agreement for the auxiliary doctors that will guarantee in advance a safe labour day in the Realm Joined. +By it that refers more fundamentally to the political question formulated on *Chechenia, is evident that share with His *Señorías #the same questions, #the same anxieties, but the question posed is the following: until the present, the European Union has not suspended neither reduced his diplomatic relations with *Rusia, because we think that it always has to have courses of dialogue with *Rusia to transmit our messages, included the relative to our restlessness by it that is occurring in *Chechenia. +Still today it has the idea that the inner market is a subject of multinationals, of great companies, of *burócratas, of *Bruselas, of *tecnócratas that are far of the worries of the persons of on foot, of #a lot of initiatives that *apilan #one on #others without order neither concert, without conductive idea that, in #a lot of cases, are perceived like #one *pesadumbre more in the already heavy charge to live in a community developed or to have a small or an average business. +And in this sense wanted to highlight that the Commission will have #a lot of taste in listening every year in the appropriate dates the observations and the ideas of the European Parliament *cuando get the hour to examine thoroughly and follow developing the concrete goals in the frame of the annual cycle. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0040/1999) on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the information on the consumption of fuel facilitated to the consumer when commercialising vehicles of new tourism (5617/2/1999 -*C5-0037/1999 - 1998/0272(*COD)) (Commission of Environment, Public and Political Health of the Consumers) (Speaker: Mr. *Sterckx) +But then, by coherence, our Parliament #would have to reconsider the decision that his majority judged that it had to adopt about a Group that had respected the independence of vote of his members and the had taken to appear in his internal regulation, it that did not excludes the existence of affinities political in the sense of the quoted article 29. +#If we decide to postpone this subject -as it thought the majority in the Conference of Presidents-, #one of the tasks to make from this time on until December, will be the to request to the President of the Court of Accounts that undertake a wide investigation, to know #if the leak produced in the Court of Accounts or in #any another institution. +Lady Speaker, the legislative project subjected to debate results very significant from the point of sight of the environmental protection, since it affects directly to the quality of the breathable air, is to say, to the content of dioxide of nitrogen and to the resultant ozone, affects all *ello to the grade of acidity and to the level of *entropización. +Gentleman President, in moments in that it celebrates the *décimo anniversary of this Convention, in #whose text recognises to the boy like subject singular, and *le attribute own rights (right to the life, right to the identity and to a family, right of expression, right to be fed and polite), know very well that in our continent, each thirty seconds abuses , violates or *descuartiza and indoctrinates to a boy, victim of some unsuitable politics, of familiar and economic changes, and victim also of the fact that we do not apply this international Convention. +Regarding the first, to the fundamental rights, in the breast of the Union, of compliance with the article 6 of the Treaty, are forced to respect the fundamental rights and, specifically, the freedoms and the fundamental rights of the man, #such as they result of the common constitutional traditions to our States members. +On the failures of security in *Bohunice do not need to debate, only *me allow to stand out the three more important points: it follows without having any replacement for the concrete armed that lacking, do not exists any reduction of the pressure or other systems of security. The modernisation is not sufficient from a point of sight *sismológico. +*Señorías, in the year 1994 took a series of decisions -precisely to concede helps to distinct #european companies- so as to carry out a restructuring of #the same that allowed, on the one hand, his eventual privatisation but, in any case, finished of a time with the subventions and helps of State that, somehow, distorted the only market and the free competition among the distinct actors in the aerial market liberalised. +The European Commission has indicated by it other to the countries candidates in diverse occasions the so important paper that #can exert the social speakers in the process of adhesion and has remembered to #the same time that have more in account the social problems presupposes that it develop the social dialogue in the countries candidates. +Lady Speaker, to finish, *les will say very in brief that in these four last weeks have had #many other profitable meetings: with the President of *Colombia, that was received also here in this Parliament in session *plenaria, with the President of *Letonia, with the minister of Subjects External of *Chipre, to treat to see the mood to promote the meetings that go to begin surely on 3 December in New *York. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0062/1999) of the Mr. *Schwaiger, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the communication of the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament - The Approach of the EU on the Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC (*COM(1999)331 - *C5-0155/1999 - 1999/2149(*COS)). +To my seem, with *él has achieved to transmit three signals: a signal of the unit of the European Union, directed to our speakers all over the world; a signal of the human face of the globalisation, directed to our population; and a signal of the parliamentary dimension of the process of the *OMC, directed to our citizens. +The lady *Barchawski, special representative of the president #Clinton for the trade, that has conducted with hit the battles of #Washington on the banana, the *OGM and the meat of *vacuno #american, has asked to the centres of businesses #american, that *le have provided a document of 31 pages detailing the wishes of his industries. +This project has like goals centre the attention in the violence to the woman, strengthen the contrary attitudes to the violence, diminish the cases of violence, #as well as develop and take more effective the services directed to attend so much to the victims, as to the authors of acts violent. +We initiate this new round of conversations with the advantage of the wisdom that gives the experience and with the knowledge that the States Joined, when getting to his position negotiator, to the equal that in the past, will have investigated the unseen agenda on how establish means to divert of said agreement and help to his producers, whereas to #the same time demand to *Europa that fulfil faithfully with his commitments. +Gentleman President, believe that the Round of the #Millenium is an important occasion to boost the opening of the international markets to the competition, to expand the guarantees against the practices directed to avert the competition and to tackle at last the subject of the investments. +It is important that the Report *Schwaiger and this Parliament recognise in the World-wide Organisation of the Trade the appropriate forum for a serious negotiation in matter of investments looking for the certainty and the transparency of the right for the protection of the investments, #as well as, obviously, the *tutela of the state legislations in social matter, environmental and cultural. +#If *Europa and the States Joined argue now on the genetically modified organisms and the use of the hormones and antibiotics in the industry grazier, the improvement of the access to the market of the countries in roads develop and his participation in the world-wide economy loom with happening to a flat second. +From 1950 until 1970 the world-wide economic growth was quite parallel to the expansion of the world-wide trade, but from then the economic growth has gone growing only to the half of the rhythm of the world-wide exports: therefore, at all it shows that a greater trade conduct automatically to a greater economic growth. +It is precise that #this establish clearly, to the equal that also has to remain clear that the *codecisión of the European Parliament in the field of the agricultural politics in reality do not covers, rigorously talking, the group of the legislation in matter of agricultural politics, but only a small part of the 3.000 legislative acts -some 20 or 30 maybe-, without embargo has to award to the European Parliament power of *codecisión in said fields and also full competitions in relation with the agricultural budget. +This program splits of the commitment of the *PNUCD to fund activities of development in specific zones of crop of opium, and, as *contrapartida, the Talibans have accessed to not allowing the crop of opium in new zones, to that the *PNUCD supervise the crops of opium and to begin to take measures to struggle against the illegal traffic of drugs and to destroy the laboratories *clandestinos. +It wanted to express also my sincerer gratitude to the Parliament, and in particular to the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, of Justice and of Inner Subjects, #as well as to the speaker, Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, by the quality of his work and by the speed with the that have recommended the communication of the Commission on the fight against the drug in the period 2000 to 2004. +Report (To5-0059/1999) of the Mr. *Pirker, in name of the Commission of Freedoms, of Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the proposal of Regulation (*CE) of the relative Council to the creation of the system "*Eurodac" for the comparison of the impressions *dactilares of the applicants of asylum and other foreigners (*COM(1999) 260 - *C5-0082/1999 - 1999/0116(*CNS)) +is not more that the representative of the industrial and of the financial groups more powerful of the European Union, rival of the *trusts North American or Japanese in the *imposición of onerous sacrifices to the planet, but #all are exclusively concerned for increasing his gains, in detriment of the workers of his own countries and of the villages of the poor countries. +. (*NL) By the present the #dutch delegation of the *PSE declares not being able to support the Report *PIRKER, that has approved today, on the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the creation of the system "*Eurodac" for the comparison of the impressions *dactilares of the applicants of asylum and other foreigners. +In *Irlanda varied successive governments have manifested to varied governments of the Realm Joined his restlessness by the tax of accidents in the facilities *nucleoeléctricas of Big *Bretaña, particularly the tax of accidents in the plant of *Sellafield, situated in the western coast of the Realm Joined that it is the less populated, but only to some those that miles of our oriental coast, that is the most populated. +Finally, it suits to reaffirm that the relative decisions to the process of independence of *Timor Oriental *incumben to his village, with respect of his sovereignty, by it that the decisions on his present and his future have to be adopted in narrow collaboration with the National Council of the Resistance *Timorense and no *incumbe to the international organisations *substituir to the village of *Timor Oriental, but -*eso yes- *darle #all the necessary support. +By it that refers to the judicial procedures of a sovereign State, the European Commission will follow watching to achieve that the Mr. *Nikitin was object of an impartial trial and public based in the principles of the European Agreement for the Protection of the Human Rights and in the Russian Constitution. +The military hit in *Pakistán deserves an unambiguous and cutting conviction. We ask to the leaders that restore the State of right and the constitutional order and that by means of the instauration of a civil government of transition and in accordance with a previously established calendar celebrate elections and reestablish the parliamentary legitimacy. +There are proofs that the delinquency organised has found an easy and yielding business with the illegal traffic of human beings, that often are had to pay it that had saved during #all his life to end to be able to go in in the rich western countries, with the hope to be able to initiate a new life. +And now the Mr. Newton *Dunn, with the pretext that the Parliament #can not influence so much in the third column as in his juridical base, has posed to change #this, and for *ello has limited the group of reference corresponding to those affected by the politics of security of the first column of the European Union. +The special *empecinamiento of the *BEI in questions of public control and transparency *propició that the *ECOFIN manifested it following the 8.10.1999, and I quote *textualmente: "taking into account the important financial task that the Treaty and a series of regulations community award to the European Bank of Investments #would owe this keep an exemplary position in the fight against the fraud and allow to the *OLAF make the pertinent investigations #if it gave the case. +The speaker #Manuel *Medina has explained of rigorous form and with #all luxury of arguments juridical how Canarian has come defending from takes centuries, inside the #spanish context, with distinct mechanisms that allowed to those distant islands surpass the negative circumstances to the that before *me have referred, and with the wit, the *tesón and the effort of his men and women resist first and afterwards go constituting little by little in societies reasonably modern and prosperous. +Then it fixed a transitory period of ten years so that the integration of the #canarian economy in the community world did not go traumatic for #some productive sectors venues and, of *facto, established , #among others looks, a *arbitrio on the production and on the imports, the *APIM, so as to protect the integration of the small basic industries Canarians in the territory *aduanero community. +It will be necessary to watch very attentively so that the next negotiations of the *OMC allow to put end to the unacceptable practices of *dumping that carry out #some countries, and that do not put in danger to a sector that is subjected to an intense world-wide competition, since it gives work to #a lot of hand of drama hardly *automatizable and subjected, therefore, to strong pressures in favour of the trip to countries in the that the costs of the hand of drama are very inferior to the existent in the European Union. +And it that it wanted to ask to the Government of the #spanish State and to the political parties Spaniards from this forum is #the same height of watch that they have had the British and Irish, so that we #can #all find a path of peace and a solution for the #basque conflict, that is so #european like the conflict of *Irlanda of the North. +And neither it is necessary to forget, of course, the component *represivo and in this field the Commissioner commissioned of the relative subjects to the *tercer *pilar, is to say, the of the politics of interior, goes to offer the plans and programs already existent to sensitise to the strengths of the order and the justice on this anti-doping fight. +Gentleman *Napolitano, wanted to *tranquilizarle also regarding the proposal to carry out some preparatory works of accompaniment, and insist in the word accompaniment, since with regard to the subject of the review of the Treaties exist technical looks very precise and specific, #can not be accused of have not posed a deep vision, a complete analysis of these looks. +(To5-0071/1999) of the Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the actions directed to reach the economic and social development of *Turquía (*COM(1998) 600 - *C4-0670/1998 - 1998/0300(*COD)); +The *Viceprimer #turkish Minister *Bahceli, of the *MHP, declared on purpose of the ratification of the conviction of death of *Ocalan -perhaps #this only publishes in the #german press- that did not have to encourage a still greater interference of *Europa in the #turkish subjects and the President *Ecevit manifested that it was not forced to accept a possible decision of the Court of *Estrasburgo. +Enough significantly, the calls of the speaker and other colleagues, that have presented amendments directed to *Turquía to end to look for finally the true path and hardly *transitable to a democratic State of Right, coincide with our objections of principle concerning the confirmation of the character of candidate to *Ankara Why did not plays clean now the European Union? +Outraged by the ratification of the conviction to pity of death of the president *Ocalan and joined to the hour to ask a gesture to the #turkish Government, the moratorium of the conviction to pity of death, is #likely that suspend the sentence, in spite of the grave decision of the Government of not answering to the appeal of the Court of *Estrasburgo. +The *segunda managerial derivative in the frame of the improvement of the quality of the air acclimatise in *Europa also has to fulfil, obviously, the same that the previous directives, the following goals, to know: the definition and concretion to scale #european of goals in matter of quality of the air acclimatise and the establishment of criteria of evaluation of the quality of the air based in uniform methods. +In relation with the already signed agreements, or that are arguing , on decrease of the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon of the tourisms, the Commission has signalled in reiterated opportunities that goes to consider the possibility to dictate norms on maximum values for these broadcasts #if the car industry did not fulfils with his commitments. +. (IN) Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, to begin wanted to express my gratitude to the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development and, of course, to his speaker, the Mr. *Pesälä, for having focused with a so positive disposition the proposal of the Commission, and the Commission appreciates the fine received that has had his proposal. +We are not, therefore, in front of a debate #any one but in front of #one that affects to #one of the four *pilares of the politics *pesquera community, and #would wish that said debate was so fruitful and responsible like the that have had in the Commission of Fishing, since the report, #whose approval request, has been the fruit of a very worked commitment among the political Groups and the distinct sectorial interests and national. +#One of the most remarkable things about the fishing is that, whereas the fishermen have seen in difficulties and the places of work have reduced , the consumer has found with that in *Europa the price of the fish, almost only like alimentary product, has increased without ceasing through the years. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0085/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Decision of 19 December 1996 by the that adopts a program of action for the customs in the Community "Customs 2000" ) and that revokes the Decision 91/341/*CEE (9601/1/1999 - *C5-0183/1999-1998/0314(*COD)) +True that follows posed the problem of the sinister become in third countries. I entrust in that it achieve find a solution respecting the approach of the Parliament that wants to expand the field of application of the directive to these cases and, to #the same time, leaving to except the worries of the Council with a view to the respect of the principles of the international Right deprived. +It wanted simply check #if there will be an opportunity to examine this question another day of this week, because #one of the things that have not examined in this Parliament is the paper that the industries of armament are exerting in the process of peace of *Irlanda of the North. +The Presidency asks that the juridical departments of the Commission and of the Council inform in squad, still during the course of this week, on the points of sight juridical of the question. The Commission has right of initiative in this subject and the Council adopts the definite decision. +To be able to fund these additional needs during the next years and no *rebasar, especially, the general frame agreed in *Berlín for the next years, maybe was necessary a modification, a review of the financial perspectives; like this it demands it precisely the incorporation of new priorities without leaving to keep the budgetary discipline. +Subject: Action of the EU against the traffic of material *ABQ In spite of the grave indications of traffic of appropriate materials for the construction of arms atomic, bacteriological and chemical (*ABQ), do not undertake substantial initiatives to combat the problem, whereas the celebrated debates to the *respecto by the most diverse parts and the agreements of control of materials *ABQ reveal insufficient. +My Group supported his strategy, that pretended to situate to the Council in front of his responsibilities: or well we achieved the financial means that allowed to respect our political commitments, or well resorted to the article 272 of the Treaty, that *nos authorises to determine *nosotros same -undoubtedly inside some strict limits- the no compulsory costs. +In the frame of the program of action on the climatic change, that announced to this Assembly in October, the work of the Commission centres at present in the creation of a list of measures *prioritarias in the field of the climatic change that it will be presented to the Council of Environment in March. +Now well, objectively talking -#can say from the perspective of the one who observes the battle from a flat second- is true that has progressed in the deliberation about the designation of the groups of work. But on the other hand, it has not reached it advance #any in the main field, that is the of the problem of the rights of broadcast and the broadcasts in himself/hisself. +In the resolution signal #a lot of steps that #can conduct to take reality the protocol of *Kioto #if *Europa assumed the *lierazgo: reduction of the broadcasts in the national field, concrete plans for the reduction of the broadcasts in the main sectors, especially in the industrial, in the that the broadcasts increase more quickly, adoption of measures of economic character, fast ratification of the protocol of *Kioto and intensification of the dialogue among *Japón and the countries in roads of development. +The European Union considers very important that in *Macao apply entirely the Treaty of the UN on the economic rights, social and *educacionales and the Treaty on the civic rights and politicians, #as well as the basic labour norms ratified by the general treaties of the World-wide Organisation of the Work. +And it same it is necessary to say also regarding the principle of autonomy and to the current economic systems and social of *Macao, #as well as, in a wider plane, to the relations of the European Union with that zone of the Extreme Orient, since the experience encloses *virtualidades that they #can be of extraordinary importance in this part of the world. +For *eso, in particular in name of my Group of the Green/Free Alliance European, and *sumándonos to the conjoint resolution, want to underline the need that *salvaguarde the autonomy of *Macao consolidating his civil society and the democracy with freedom of political association, keeping opened the Union to the inhabitants of the territory and strengthening the commercial relations by means of *él. +In the durable signals that fits to underline in this moment of transition is the absolute singularity of *Macao, the open cultural tolerance among villages and cultures, the religious freedom, strokes of specific #symbiosis and a juridical culture *moldeada with the principles and values of the State of right and the human rights. +The Council has accepted, equally, introduce a clause of review tied to the financial consequences of the adhesion of new States members, that will allow to define the repercussions from the point of sight financial of the enlargement in the frame of the *codecisión, since the Parliament has voice and vote in a strict foot of equality with the Council. +*Europa Had not had to begin for demanding a restructuring of the organisation and of his operation, #as well as a clearer delimitation of his field of competitions -inside the respect of the other organisms and international conventions-, in particular in relation with the environment and the social rights? +The Council has offered his support to the Ambassador *Eagleton, that is the special representative in the *Sáhara Western of the General Secretary of the UN, and the Council is had to boost a peaceful solution that base in a deep examination of the next report of the UN. +Subject: Action of the EU against the traffic of material *ABQ In spite of the grave indications of traffic of appropriate materials for the construction of arms atomic, bacteriological and chemical (*ABQ), do not undertake substantial initiatives to combat the problem, whereas the celebrated debates to the *respecto by the most diverse parts and the agreements of control of materials *ABQ reveal insufficient. +In this sense, *cuando the question includes also the look of how takes the European Union regarding the countries candidates to the adhesion *cuando in his territory *trafica with these materials, or conceal #such practices, it that poses precisely is how political commitment or how political commitments goes to impose to these countries so that they advance his processes of adhesion. +It wanted to know #if *usted approves this behaviour of the Council that *supedita the approval of the procedure simplified in the frame of the *codecisión to the condition that the Parliament do not take to cost his right to modify the proposal that the Commission presents to the Council, all *ello to conclude that #if we decide to exert our right *nos exclude of the procedure of *codecisión. +Neither we #can accept the argument adduced by the Commission that the delay in the presentation of his proposal has to to that the Court of Justice of the European Communities still has not pronounced on the demand presented against the Council regarding the juridical foundation of the Regulation 820/97. +In Indonesian #ours experience has shown that in the diet of the *Orde *Baru (New Order), headed by *Suharto and his generals, that occupied my homeland during more of two decades, the methodology of repression and suppression were applied by means of the *imposición of a doctrine, the *Pancasila, that *uniformizaba the thought and, in consequence, the human action, in an attempt to destroy the capacity to think of individual form, collective and especially free. +Thus, the #christian democrats, that always have defended the road of the dialogue and the reconciliation, want to reiterate #ours more forceful conviction of the acts of violence and the attempts against the human rights that follow *perpetrándose and *deplorar the delay in the development of the process of peace. +The European Parliament, always sensitive to the cause of the human rights, #can not remain *impasible in front of it that it is the greater of the violations of these rights: the systematic discriminations and the violence that the woman is object today in *Afganistán and of the that the public execution of *Zaarmeena is not more that a tragic sample. +The #nicaraguan village, after having suffered *tantas natural catastrophes, needs help urgently, but a cooperation of the European Union with the Government of *Nicaragua only is possible #if they respect the basic norms of the democracy and the human rights and #if the administration of bottoms is guaranteed in accordance with the laws. +The only logical sense of this article, thanks to the *addenda taken by the Council of *Amsterdam, is the to consider to #all the insular regions of the Union among the less favoured regions owing to his *handicap geographic, source of the increase of the costs, for example, in the sectors of transport or of the energy. +Finally and already concluding, Gentleman President, have curiosity for knowing the posture of the Commission in front of the amendment 9ª relative to the professional secret of the juridical advisers, #as well as the posture that will adopt the Commission in front of the sector of distribution of cars *cuando expire the regulation of exemption by category for this sector in the year 2002. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, is *loable, of course, that the Commission, and especially his competent Commissioner, the Mr. Go *Miert -that is not among *nosotros, but to the that want to say, anyway, that #can not manifestly *reprocharle that it have lost the control of his administration- watch by the ideal application of the Treaty to avert #all distortion of the competition in the Only Market. +Perhaps it #would be timely that the Presidency sent a note to the different national Governments, #as well as to the different national parliaments to end to signal this possible difficulty, is to say, a disequilibrium among the decisions of the European Parliament and the eventual decisions on the incompatibility that #can be distinct of the that *nosotros have taken. +Unfortunately, *me see forced to *dirigirme to determined sectors of this Parliament with a last question. How they think to defend the rights of his constituents *cuando decide to remove leadership to the fundamental right of request, suppressing the corresponding commission, or *cuando pretend to modify the name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens substituting it by Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of the Consumers? +The right of request is a very important conquest in the field of the political rights of the citizens and *me seems useful to remember once again, to the equal that the speaker, that this right has found his full recognition in the Treaty of the European Union. +The own *condescendencia of the speaker, when proposing the extension of the term of application of the computerisation of the diet of traffic until 30 June of the year 2003, the system *TRANSIT, is *algo that reflects very negatively the assessment of the up to now obtained results to #that *respecto. +The explosion of the commercial exchanges that goes to know the world in the next years do not pities with these delays under pity to prejudice gravely the treasures of the Union, *expoliados in important measure of his own resources more important: the rights *aduaneros, the rights *niveladores agricultural. +The most important task of the EU in these moments is to formulate a political solution, detain the ethnic cleansing, help to the refugees, put end to the bath of blood and undertake the necessary actions to allow the return of these refugees. +In effect, as they signal it, for example, the organisations of consumers, the valid #european legislation in this field *privilegia the offer, whereas the dimension of the demand to the service of the interests of the consumers and of the small companies occupies a little important place. +Gentleman President, after expressing my *condolencia by the victims of the accident and my emotion by the value of the squads of rescue, wanted to *detenerme in a point that complements it manifested by the Mr. *Florio and that wakes up the worries of the local entities and of the economic operators of the regions of *Saboya and of the Valley of *Aosta. +Gentleman President, #one of the most #sad things that have seen in these last times has been the image of the children of *Rosemary #Nelson that accompanied his coffin to the grave the past month, after the brutal murder that it was victim this defender of the human rights in *Irlanda of the North. +In the current context, #would wish to take upsetting in the fact that the staff of the #european public administration, that very watched results relatively scarce -*me refer specifically to the Commission-, has not followed the exponential curve of the tasks that *le have been entrusted from the fall of the Wall of *Berlín. +In #the same order of ideas, sustain the idea of the Defender of the Village in the sense to suggest that the Treaty *CE mention explicitly the roads that they have the particular to present resources, #as well as the possibilities to present claims to the Defenders of the national Village. +Have reason in highlighting that the persons of age have of a big *acervo of experience, wisdom, training and values to the that #can not renounce; that it is necessary a general reflection on determined expectations of role and traditional attitudes; that it has to produce a social change of mentality with the goal to struggle against the multiple discriminations and social exclusions that suffer the greater persons inside and out of the labour field. +In the report signals the significance of the continuous training: in accordance with the proposal of the Commission, is precise to loan more attention to the needs of the most greater workers in the frame of the training along #all the life, that represents to his time an element of the strategy in matter of employment. +Wail, finally that the *autocensura that has chaired this report -has been by own will, perhaps #can not have taken of another form- have carried to the speaker to limit his work to questions basically technical and, often, of *relumbrón, without tackling the true questions of bottom, of political nature, that pose to our economies and that it will be necessary to tackle a day in front of our villages. +The abuse of the money of the citizens of the Union damages the image of the Community, the headlines of press on the subject weaken the support of the population to the integration and plant the hits of the Union in the last plane. +#This is the suggestion that wanted to that this Parliament approved, although to #the same time wanted to encourage the studies that are making so that it was a concrete proposal and so that the new financial perspectives and the new budget contain a *PM, a precise reference to this complementary weapon for our common commercial politics. +The goal in this case is not the of *ultimar a project that always is evolving, but contribute to clear for the citizens #all the sense of the complex of documents that have produced in form of Treaties, the priorities that have for the Union and the limits, because, of course, #some are concerned also by the excesses of the Union. +*Usted Has referred to the euro and *le want to remember -although *usted is economist and #this #can not but *sonarle to *algo fed up known- that, #if before carrying out a common monetary politics had had the capacity to make a political economy or an economic politics, probably today the euro #would not find in inferiority of conditions with regard to the dollar, conditions that register in the markets of #everyone. +I receive with particular *beneplácito the request of the speaker so that it concede priority to the #SME, reinforce the activities of investigation and innovation and boost the environmental protection, the participation of the tertiary sector, the improvements of the education and the training and the disappearance of the social exclusion. +We expect with interest the debates in the Council of Subjects General, foreseen for the end of this month, with seen to add some elements of these great projects directed to take a substantial contribution to a more durable stability in the *Balcanes Western in the next century. +We have acted late and badly, and the question that, today, *nos poses -said it the Mr. *Dupuis with other words- is that we have to *darnos explains that it has got the moment of an initiative of information massive, to bomb with information to the #serbian village, so that also the #serbian village #can say that *nosotros have the reason and the strength, *nosotros and no *Milosevic. +#If like this it was the case, the members of the Council #would have to receive #the same wage, and also the members of the embassies of the community countries and even the experts without taking into account #if they represent to an agricultural organisation of a rich country or of a poor country. +I give to *ello #a lot of importance because we treat the report on the application of *gravámenes for the utilisation of roads, because the European Court of Justice has declared invalid the first managerial by legal failures, or was by the fault of participation by part of the Parliament, and has kept his effects only until there #be a new decision. +But here it has reached a consensus with Swiss that the open, that the adheres to the #european integration, also regarding the politics of transport, but to #the same time leaves clear, that the principles of a politics of transport that protect to the environment takes viable with the introduction of the *viñeta #european, with the deviation of the transport by road to the transport by railway. +Under this point of sight *me cheers that the corresponding commission also have got to the conclusion to refuse the inclusion of a term of reflection, that in my opinion is a *disparate so much juridical like practical, and instead of *ello have introduced a general right of *revocación. +It is true that the globalisation of the markets and the diffusion of the new technologies of treatment of the communication and of the information have unchained economic and social changes that are revolutionising the way in that the markets serve to the consumers, to the time that these changes have transformed the expectations of #this. +To define a food like allocated to the special feeding, has to fulfil some specific nutritional needs for some categories of persons, that #can not *ingerir common foods, well because have digestive problems or of metabolism well because by his physiological state *les results especially beneficial the consumption controlled of some substances that find in the foods. +Equally, the possibility to invite to *reflexionar to the European Parliament before refusing definitively a proposal has left to be necessary given the possibility to begin the political debate among the political groups and the institutions in the first reading. +Third: the set up of the euro, in the that have taken part of active and constructive mood, taking care that the step to the new coin did not take to coast of the consumers, watching by that the new directors of the Central Bank European had the preparation and necessary independence, and obtaining for the Parliament of #all the Europeans a suitable information in matter of monetary politics. +In any case, will observe very attentively the result of the summit and will see how makes the division of tasks among the national States and the #european level regarding the politics of employment, so that it do not arise an erroneous impression of #european responsibility in the erroneous place. +Here it includes a solid financial frame until the 2006, substantial reforms of the Common Agricultural Politics and of the structural politics #as well as modifications of the resolution on own resources that have more in account the financial capacity of the States members and contribute to a juster distribution of the charges. +It was decided to vote in favour of the investiture of the Mr. *Prodi like President of the Commission, satisfied so much of the rapidity as of the efficiency with the that the Council took the decision #as well as of the #european height of a man that had directed, with *brío and knowledges, a #italian government of lefts in some difficult conditions conducting to #Italia to the *UEM. +I believe that it is forced in this moment take a brief reminder of the *emplazamiento and of the historical mission that supposes the enlargement, no only in the Diary 2000 but also for the European Union, in the measure in that the villages of the *Europa central and oriental and also of the Mediterranean, the greater part of the *cuales have *recobrado the freedom do not takes a lot, want to associate to our collective historical adventure. +For example: *domeñar the until then *desaforado growth of the agricultural cost; consolidate and develop the politics of cohesion, fundamental for the economic convergence and for the political solidarity; integrate in the community budget events like the #german reunification; open a *brecha in the competitions of the Council in the field of the compulsory costs. +This suspension in fact of the agreements on the free circulation of citizens *reviste a gravity that, definitely, no *le escapes, nevertheless, his prudence in matter of competitions among the Institutions -that #can comprise- no *le exempts to give a political answer: The European Union #can accept that 3.000 citizens are retained with police pretexts with the end of *impedirles exert his right plenaries of #european citizens? +#If it #can not show that these more rigorous norms are justified, will consider a technical commercial fetter and now says on purpose in the new environmental guarantee that #if it #can show that the most rigorous norm that a country want to adopt *redunda in fact in benefit of the consumers, the EU will have to assume the normative group. +Since it applies from finals of 1996 the program «oil by foods», the States members of the European Union have had the presidency in the commission of sanctions against *Iraq of the Council of Security and always have pronounced in favour of a flexible application and a continuous improvement of the program. +With his active participation in the debates in the previous stage to the elections, the #algerian citizens have shown the big importance that concede to a transparent electoral process and pluralist, #such as they have announced the #algerian authorities. They had promised some elections like this. +In the last *comprobación relative to the conditions of 9 November 1998, the Council got to the conclusion that *Croacia has to follow perceiving autonomous commercial preferences but that still have not fulfilled the conditions for the help of the program *PHARE and that the negotiations on an Agreement of Trade and Cooperation #would be still too much precipitated. +First, in the agriculture, for keeping the community character of the agricultural politics, in spite of the intense pressure that exerted to approve measures of *cofinanciación.-Second, by the structural actions, is to say, by that keep a greater help *per *cápita of the structural Bottoms and of the Bottom of Cohesion for the countries of the cohesion. +Gentleman President, *yo #would say that the main merit of the Commission of Fishing consisted, takes a year, in presenting the proposals of the Diary 2000, diagnose quickly the grave failures that there was in the proposals on structural politics *pesquera and, immediately, elaborate a strategy that was defended seriously by #all the speakers of opinion, #as well as, of course, by the Mr. *Arias *Cañete, speaker for the bottom. +In the first place, no only we have guaranteed that they go to tackle directly -for the first time- the poverty and the abandonment in the urban zones, but that also, and against of #all the expectations, have achieved to keep an urban initiative in the community plane oriented to the small and average cities that, in the actuality, benefit of less of the 10 % of the bottoms. +The reduction of the prices of intervention for the meat of *vacuno and of the cereals #can not avert but in spite of *ello it is necessary to give the graces, among #others to the influence of the European Parliament, by that the reduction have not reached the intensity that the Commission proposed initially. +The promise of a full compensation by the cuts of prices of 1992 has not fulfilled in the relative decisions to the Diary 2000, with it that the agriculturalists suffer enormously the reduction of prices at the same time that continue increasing the costs of the Common Agricultural Politics. +Gentleman President, also to me *me #would enjoy to express my more cordial gratitude to the speaker -to the one who have seen to assume in numerous occasions the responsibility in matter of health and security-, to *usted, gentleman Commissioner, and to his services for speeding up a big part of the necessary legislation in this field, #as well as by his assistance, so much official as officious, to the hour to help to the Parliament to comprise it that #can and it that #can not take. +When being today our last day of work, invite to our President, Mr. #Gil-Oaks, #as well as to the president of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, to that they consider the opportunity to send immediately, in the next days, to a small delegation of the European Parliament so that it gather with the Mr. *Rugova in Blunt, #where finds , because I do not know how *sucederá inside a month, month and half or two months. +How we will be able to explain that this Parliament has not had in any moment the opportunity to exert his right to issue a *dictamen, that to date no *nos has got any documentation detailed about this subject and that the Parliament sees forced to treat this subject without having of the necessary information? +As they have underlined it the majority of the orators of my Group, believe that it do not has to , to protect to the consumer -worry that do not leaves to be legitimate-, deprive it, to #the same time, of #all the advantages and of #all the benefits that this development #can contribute so much in the plane of the employment as in the of the economy. +It is the case of the amendments directed to restrict the exceptions enumerated in the Annex 2 of the proposal (amendments *núms. 21, 68 and 74) and of the amendment 61, relative to the demands in the courts, although on this last subject the Commission recognises that it is necessary to improve the possibilities of repair legal, especially in the agreements *transfronterizos. +#A lot of graces, gentleman *Mendes Bounces, am sure that #all *nosotros wish also can celebrate in September it that *usted has signalled in the last part of his intervention and, as *usted has announced that #this goes to be the last in this hemicycle, *permítame that *le wish it better for the future and that wish also that we follow keeping a fine relation so that, are #where are, #can cooperate so much in the fight for culminating the process of the European Union as in the solidarity with #all the villages that the need. +In this sense, the Commission considers that the approval, by part of the President *Habibie of Indonesian, of the presence of observers of the Nations Joined, that go to supervise the query organised by the #indonesian authorities in *Timor Oriental, constitutes a step to forward, and entrusts in that this presence guarantee the that this announcement celebrate in a peaceful climate, of impartiality, of freedom and of security. +And, therefore, *me seems that it #would be necessary to take an important call, in particular that the countries, and mainly the States members and the great countries, ratified the statute and renounced explicitly to the clause of exclusion concerning the crimes of war so that *instituya like this a true judicial instance, compulsory, thanks to the *cual #can legitimate a right of interference. +And regarding the ratification of the Statute of the International Penal Court create, of course, that *ustedes have signalled a point of sense common: what before begin to work this Court, easier will be to tackle and begin to resolve problems like the of the *Balcanes -for quoting the case of more actuality, *Kosovo- and #others that there #be in the world. +We have reached this result because, in the conciliation, #can *esgrimir in front of the delegation of the Council the decisions of the Council *ECOFIN of 18 January 1999, the *cuales ascertain -irony of the destination- that the current system *INTRASTAT contains more variable of the necessary, that had to simplify, that it #would be necessary to limit the costs and modify the regulations of 1991. +Our gratitude also to #some that do not see #all the days, but of the that have a daily reflection: the that elaborate the *Info-Session , the document that informs in brief of the session, and that have the virtue that, in an inscrutable jungle as it is the quantity of things that treat in the Plenary, know to choose the species and the tree that corresponds to each moment. +The importance of the European Union like international actor has remained patent also in the numerous conferences *interregionales, in the Latin American Summit of River, in the Conference of the Mediterranean of *Stuttgart -a platform that now #can purchase a very considerable significance in the context of a possible new dynamics of peace-, in the *ASEM celebrated in *Berlín and in #many other meetings. +In this context #would have to leave sideways a strictly juridical interpretation and understand rather under the term Constitution a compilation of the values and the fundamental principles, of the mechanisms of operation of the #european coexistence, included the operation of the European Union like political construction *sui *generis . +Now we know that #one of the persons proposed by the Federal Government German not even had the opportunity to gather with the Federal Chancellor before #this interviewed with the Mr. *Prodi. Or it was, that the Federal Chancellor had not kept any previous conversation with the person that proposed. +The *burdo blockade of the #european directive on the old cars in exclusive interest of a car consortium German resulted so outrageous like the designation by surprise of the #ex Minister of the Chancellery *Hombach like Representative in the *Balcanes or the fault of understanding of the goals and the forms of the #french politics. +To the one who today celebrates like a big hit the Pact of stability for the *Sureste #european, more *le #would have cost no *despilfarrar the money in bombs, missiles and soldiers, and present instead a pair of months before said pact, like part of a political project and wide civilian of the European Union for the region, and endow to the *OSCE of the necessary resources. +Varied subjects of actuality, #such as the #nordic dimension of the Union and the relations with *Rusia, will be treated then with #all security, but wanted to still take out to *relucir another question of actuality: the expectations to carry to good term the process of peace of Orient Next are the best of the last *añostras the rise to the power of the government of #Barak. +Yes, it results *chocante that a #european Commissioner #can obtain *indebidamente personal advantages of his functions. But much more *chocante still is that great very rich companies #can obtain private benefit, of form totally legal, of the subventions of the #european institutions, *cuando results that these same institutions in at all help -that *yo know- to the eighteen millions of workers reduced to the unemployment in the territory of the Union, as neither to #that other millions that have to live with wages that grieve *les allow to survive. +*Nos Abstained in the vote of this point, since the proposal of statute of the European Parliament is not #satisfactoria.3.el relative point to the next governmental conference, as we think that the conference only has to treat the enlargement and not to see complicated by the question of the extensive reforms for taking. +In general, the opening of a credible #european perspective and realistic #whose final goal was the adhesion to the EU with responsibility and #ours help, is besides the only solution for the stabilisation *substantiva and for the creative development of the relations among #all the #balkan countries, and among *ellos and the rest of *Europa and of the world. +The Commission of Subjects Constitutional requests that it integrate to the section 1 of the article 29 of our Regulation the following interpretation: "it #can not admit with arrangement to this article the constitution of a group that denies openly all political character and #all political affinity among his components" . +Definitely, with a critical content, that shows, once again, it that always have checked whereas Commissioner and that I want to declare in front of this hemicycle: the human and professional quality and the integrity of the women and of the men that are part of the #european public function and that no only loan to *ella his work, but also his personal delivery. +Our Group, after having listened the repeated statements taken in front of the Parliament by the President designated, after having voted his investiture in May and after having taken part with seriousness and without prejudices in front of #any of the 19 candidates to Commissioners, considers that the long crisis that has affected to the Commission has to finalise with a clear and strong investiture of *usted, gentleman President, and of the Commission proposed by *usted, in virtue of the powers that *le awards the Treaty. +The Greens propose a series of measures relative to the active reduction, global and massive of the time of work, and the support to durable economic activities, creators of employments, in sectors like the construction of houses, the collective transports, the renewable energies. +No thus it leaves to be dangerous, as the groups of pressure federalistic go to *apropiarse the conclusion of Colony to try start the defence of the rights of the citizens to the national constitutions and for *englobarlas in an upper text, a supposed #european constitution. +Lady Speaker, President of the Commission, the year 1999 has been difficult for the main institutions of the European Union because the problems that have arisen in relation with questions like the surrender of accounts about varied initiatives of the Union, have created tensions in the relations among the European Parliament and the Commission. +The Roman Mr. *Prodi was proposed like President of the Commission by the current Government of the Italian Republic, of the *cual my party is active part and entrusted in that the strength of his personality #can guarantee a valid leadership of the Commission and surpass the limits and the incongruences that exist in his program and in his composition. +But it is fundamental to recognise that Indonesian did not fulfil with the commitments contracted in the Agreement of New *York, that demanded the intervention of the Council of Security of the Nations Joined by means of the sending of a strength of peace, with precise mandate and length determined, to guarantee the security and the peace in the territory and avert a new genocide. +Gentleman President, is not with spirit of barren recrimination but by our interests and by our alarm in front of the form in that it is evolving the situation by it that *nos feel forced to remember and *recalcar the direct and indirect responsibility of the States Joined of *América by the slaughterings and the ethnic purification, that in these moments characterise to the situation in *Timor oriental. +Along the years the Realm Joined has achieved to have a high and effective military capacity and in spite of *ello the strengths armed of the Realm Joined are now excessively scattered and the greater part of the States members of the European Union consecrate to the defence a proportion of his inferior #GDP to the of the Realm Joined. +The Humanitarian Office of the European Union (THROW) has taken part from the principle in the estimate of the thickness of the necessary help and in the coordination of the cast of the help of the Union to the most needed places. +*Yo Think that from the moment in that it exists the European Union, from the moment in that there #be freedom of circulation, from the moment in that it exists the agreement of *Schengen and exists a unit in the subject of the circulation of persons among the countries members, #can not a *tercer country, the States Joined, come to *quebrantar this politics and discriminate to a country like #Grecia. +At present the priorities are to put in order the banking system, collaborate closely with #others *pilares and with the *KFOR to provide the basic supplies, accommodation and transport of face to the winter, prepare together with the World-wide Bank and the #FMI a budget simplified and work in fiscal subjects, #as well as elaborate together with the World-wide Bank a frame for the investment to half term that will be presented in the next conference of future donors. +Likewise, I believe that these 15 representatives of the States members work in this council of administration in accordance with a swearing of the charge that *les forces to back and boost, *cuando was possible, the interests of his country, and no on the base of a #european swearing of the charge that #can demand that they respected to the maximum the ideas and #european interests and no only the national. +The European Union and in particular the European Parliament have not left to express his unconditional support to the attempts to promote the process of peace in Orient Half and to provide help to this region. +In the resolution of the month of March of 1999, relative to the process of peace and to the future help to Orient Half, the European Parliament has underlined precisely that, although they confirm the agreements of *Wye *Plantation, as like this it has been, the most important problems, especially the statute of the refugees, have to resolve. +A last question. Even highlighting the need to follow conceding humanitarian help to *través of the *OOPS, believe that the European Parliament is especially interested in finding a just political solution and objective to the problem of the #palestinian refugees, a solution that was according to the resolution 194 of the Nations Joined. +The waves of refugees, in increase, do not solve reinforcing the measures *represivas, but exerting an international politics that reduce the tensions and contribute to the political solution *pacificadora of any type of difference, and that do not resort, as in the case of *Kosovo, to the criminal measures of a military intervention. +Reinforce the activities of exchange of informations, of filed, and of preparation of these informations, well in the field of the *Europol, well directly among the States members, increases the dangers of an uncontrolled use of these archives and legalises #all activity of surveillance and of police signing, with the excuse to warn the criminal acts. +I quote: "in so much in they will go it prevail the opinion to define to the that think of another way like the that have another belief and that the right to decide on the life and the death or to control the destination of the country derives of the religion, the political climate will remain poisoned and it will be necessary to have that it produce violence by political reasons" . +In consequence, the Union supports the forensic investigations on the presumptive crimes of war and, this same week, the Council of Subjects General has expressed in his conclusions his deep worry by the fact that it follow without resolving the question of the varied thousands of missing; in his big majority *albanokosovares. +The Commission receives with satisfaction the positive will of progress that showed the Government in the opposition in the agreement mark, but is necessary to follow advancing substantially - as for example, with the celebration of some just legislative elections, foreseen for the next year - before being able to *plantearnos the possibility to restart a regular cooperation. +At any rate I believe that it #would be necessary to follow working to treat to look for the possibility that there was an independence among the deputy and the assistant, since our work requires this independence, in the conversations, in the subjects to treat and even in other factors that do not come to the case. +Lady Speaker, of compliance with the article 41 of the Regulation, formulated a question for the turn of questions and fulfilled the terms that in the point 13 of the section To of the Annex *II, foresee that "the questions will have to present to the President a week before, like minimum, of the beginning of the turn of questions. +After the statements of the President *Prodi in front of the European Parliament, the Commission proceeds to an analysis in depth of the situation created by the multiplication of the cases of doping in the sport and considers the possibility to set up concrete measures that it #would be possible to adopt in the community field. +I have suggested to use the commercial television in commercial time and, is more, have asked #if the Commission #would be had to choose the space of #time among the general #news and the sportive #news, because in #such case the wide popular coats #would not be taking zapping. +Gentleman Commissioner, there #be not worse attitude that try close ahead of time an investigation of the type of the investigation on the linen, on the implication of high charges of the #spanish Government in a plot of collection illicit of subventions and the fraud in these helps for the transformation of the crop. +Finally, it wanted to *recordarle once again that the *FEOGA is investigating varied campaigns in these moments and #if the verifications at random allow to ascertain irregularities in the management of the system of organisation of the markets, *España has to have present that will deduce a compensation to so much heaved, is to say, that the already disbursed subventions will reduce *retroactivamente in a global total that will depend of the gravity of the irregularities detected. +It goes to propose the Commission to the European Council more of it same or, by the contrary, the Commission, on the base of the requirement of the criteria of *Copenhague and of the own *convencimiento internal of the Turkish, goes to offer to the Turkish the possibility of not losing the train of the future? +Without embargo, like deputy of #turkish origin support the help and economic cooperation and support also to *Turquía in his inclusion in the European Union #if well they have to fulfil the conditions of *Helsinki. For example, the question of *Chipre, the of the human rights and the question *kurda have to solve politically, abolish the pity of death and concede a general amnesty to #all the prisoners. +I know that the European Parliament follows of wall the evolution of the process of peace in Orient Next and that, in his breast, exists a deep knowledge of the subjects of the zone, as well it shows the report on the process of peace published by the Parliament in May of the present year. +Lady Speaker, in name of the radical deputies here present and no inscribed, *le confirm that we do not go to take part in the vote until they do not resolve the problems of the rights and of the prerogatives of #all the elect deputies in this Parliament and while it do not allow to #all the 626 deputies have #the same rights and #the same duties. +Likewise, they are known the difficulties that find these energies to penetrate the market, #as well as the reasons of this situation: the sources of energy traditional have a relatively low and stable price; the absence of measures #tending to promote the *FER. +Without embargo, in my opinion, exist risks founded that *Europa, in this field of the international trade and in the Round of the #Millenium, adopt positions of *retaguardia and do not assume, instead, as it #would have to, a leadership of civilisation, a leadership that wants to direct the novelty of the 2000 of the international trades in a field of norms reliable for #all. +It is a pity that the Mr. *Pasqua have left ; it said that in this Assembly there #be not debate, but wanted to *remitirle to the results of the economies of Big *Bretaña and the States Joined, countries integrated in the system of trade world-wide that have achieved high indexes of growth, the reduction of the taxes of unemployment and low types of interest. +By #this have to defend also the #european agriculture, the tradition of the typical products that *engloban the textile sector, of the footwear and of the industry, remembering that the elimination of some products comports the modification of habits or even of the surroundings: we think in the oil, the *lúpulo and the malt. +I believe that our deliberations of today have turned in fine measure around the key subjects of the environment and the agriculture and also to the subject of the social clause, but want to call his attention on the specific needs of the industry of the culture and of the audiovisual sector. +By this reason the Council approved on 28 June 1999, in accordance with the procedure of *codecisión with the European Parliament, a common position to take the decision to create an only instrument for the finance and planning of programs oriented to the cultural collaboration. +Gentleman President, consider very significant that in the debate on the budget have approved , for now in the breast of the commission, some amendments that back and ask to the Commission that support the campaigns and the actions in favour of the moratorium of the capital executions and, on a long-term basis, the suppression of the pity of death. +By a part, the great world-wide powers -#EE.UU and the *URSS - found near of the diplomatic split and, by #another, assisted to the progressive deterioration of the relations among the Atlantic Alliance and #some #islamic countries, in the first place Libyan, whereas in #Italia, in particular the extreme left did not leave to question the #italian participation in the NATO. +Therefore, lady Speaker, consider that it is necessary to subject to the deputies to a system of control internal rigorous -am the first in saying it-, but do not believe that the text that will govern the application of this control have to tread, simply, of the decision applicable type to the group of the personnel of the community administrations. +Now well, in this moment are adopting #a lot of to scale #european decisions that do not appear reflected directly in the Budget of the European Union, but the Budget 2000 follow being, even so, a foundation determinant and that marks the guideline for the performance in #a lot of fields of the #european politics during the next year. +We begin to *atisbar the amount of the needs for the *Kosovo, there #be had an earthquake in *Turquía and a political cataclysm in *Timor Oriental, without having the need to endow the Agreements of fishing with *Marruecos, that the Government of the main country interested had to to forget in the negotiation on the piano of *Berlín. +To #the same time, *me surprises that *Finlandia, that at present occupies the Presidency, follow so strictly the mistaken opinion of the Council, according to the *cual the world-wide events will not have any influence in the evolution of the budgetary process neither in the total amount of the budget of the EU. +In fact, the transfer of a basic competition of the modern State, the monetary politics, to a truly #european and independent organisation like the #ECB has to consider like a historical event that marks a grade without precedents of political and economic integration inside the European Union. +*Déjenme Finalise insisting in it that it is the specific posture of the Liberal Group, that demands, happened the transitory period of two years, the publication of the votes, of the diverse positions in the meetings of the Executive Committee and of the models *macroeconómicos, that understand that it #would allow to take some forecasts more *convincentes and correct precisely by part of #that that operate in relation with the Central Bank European. +We coincide, likewise, in the measures proposed for the increase of the transparency and in the need of *clarificar how is it that understands in the Central Bank European by monetary politics, further of the stability of prices -obviously, his main function-, because *ello #would contribute, definitely, to a suitable and balanced *policy *mix that have like goal the promotion of the sustainable development and the durable employment. +But we #would not owe *sorprendernos in front of the limitations of the powers that remain to disposal of the national governments of the zone of the euro put that it never has constituted a secret of the parents founders of the only coin that it that had in mind was the creation of a political union and some states joined of *Europa. +Inside the #dutch tradition exist also #some forms structured of implication of the *Nederlandse *Bank in the economy of consensus, for example with the existence of a council of the bank, that advises to the bank, in the that take part also the social speakers, #as well as because the *Nederlandse *Bank has a seat in the Social Economic Council, that is the *primer organ adviser in the economic and social field. +#If there are not #others that take part, will not work, so that it splits of the answer on it that we have to take now is to be more active in the discussion marry by case -in the frame of the groups of friends of #Sierra Lion, for putting an example- trying organise a more coordinated answer for *alejarnos of the immediate demands of the crisis. +The Commission *subscribe the dynamic perspective of the consecration of a #european concept of access to the justice, like instrument for the exercise of the right of free circulation of the persons without obstacles of legal type and official. Also it is necessary that this right of free circulation go accompanied now of the necessary legislative measures so that it #can take reality in the shortest space of time. +They agreed priorities and political orientations and the Commission will have to present a proposal of *scoreboard, group of evaluation of the advances reached and of the fulfillment of the terms established by the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the plan of action of *Viena and the own conclusions of this European Council, pragmatic initiative that *augura fine results and that had the obstinacy of the Commissioner *António *Vitorino, the one who also therefore it deserves our congratulation. +Of this mood, insisted in the convergence and in common norms in the process of asylum, in the creation -although it wanders- of a financial instrument for situations of temporary protection of refugees, in the intensification of the judicial cooperation, in the recognition of the judicial decisions, etc. The principles are formulated and are as a whole positive. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0034/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position (*C5-0026/99 - 1998/0191 - (*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to a community frame for the electronic signature (Speaker: Mr. *Lechner). +The concomitant announcements of the suppression of 7.500 places of work and of the enormous increase of his benefits, of the closing of the factory *Wolber-*Michelin in *Soissons -described of error of communication by the leaders of the company- show until how point the cynicism and the disdain are the engines of the industrial strategy of this multinational. +"*Le Have taken the funeral" , even said *pomposamente the senator *Jesse #James, known by his extremism, not to giving account - or maybe giving perfect account - that with the signature of this Treaty had begun to convert in reality the hope of not going back to repeat it that the States Joined took with the nuclear holocaust of *Hiroshima and *Nagasaki. +Gentleman President, the recent decision of the Senate of the States Joined on the rejection of the Treaty of Prohibition Total of Nuclear Proofs creates an unpleasant antecedent in the effort that take the villages of the world by a durable peace and by the stability. +I want to say with #all clarity that the European Union has to modify his politics to the *respecto, that has to pronounce clearly by the human rights of the village *checheno, for which, the *OSCE, the Agreement of armistice of 1996 and also the condition of member of *Rusia in the Council of *Europa offer an instrument to the equal that our Agreement of Cooperation with *Rusia. +It treats of two different things: while the community organism is oriented to the compilation harmonised and organic of general statistics, pertinent of the distinct States, with the public and the administrations like main customers that, therefore, provide work, the Observatory has objective more specific, more directed and oriented in function of the market and of the statistical needs of the companies and of the professionals. +We owe *circunscribirnos, as, to the current editorial of the article 191 of the Treaty, the ancient article 138 To, that mentions, of way enough wanders, the action of the political parties, quote: "to scale #european", which is very different -anyway, the Council and the Treaty like this wanted it- of the notion of "party political European" *stricto *sensu. +It is also a problem of relation among two countries of a zone of the world that needs peace and tranquility and, therefore, this agreement is strategic no only from the point of sight of these communities *pesqueras, but also from the point of sight of the balance, of the peace, that only #can reach by means of diverse modalities of cooperation, since it treats of an exemplary case. +It That the fishermen need to know, in relation with this concrete point, is not that the Commission go to adopt initiatives, is not that the Commission was available for *ayudarlos, it that the fishermen need to know, gentleman Commissioner, is how type of initiatives go to adopt and, especially, #which is the value of the community subvention that goes to concede for the help to these fishermen and during how much time is had the Commission to apply it. +Because, as it has said my colleague *Miguélez, the problem of the fishermen is not the to be funded in the inactivity, is the to be supported by the European Union so that they #can exert his professional mission, that is the to be able to work and with *ello contribute to the national wealth and to the community wealth. +Besides, the community presence contributes to the area the elements of a responsible fishing and #can be an important factor of balance in front of the presence of other fleets, mainly the Russian, by not talking of the helps for the programs of investigation scientific that includes this Protocol. +Lady Speaker, wanted to that *nos gave an information, *cuando *usted judge it convenient on a possibility that, to be true, believe that it will be a disaster for the political information of the European Parliament, to know, on the supposition that leave to publish the bulletin of the Session *Plenaria in #all the tongues of the European Union. +I believe that the debate of the Friday, without the Commission and without the report of the committee of experts, went a positive step because *nosotros have the obligation to generate confidence and give answers to the problems that has the persons; we do not have to *enzarzarnos always in debates among *nosotros that they #can be very interesting but as long as they indicate a line of group. +The combination of the complete realisation of the only market with the only coin, in a context of reforms structural and of strong international competition, will allow to reduce the risks of "neck of bottle" that #can appear in the case that the budgetary politics and *salariales are not suitable. +Of course, it seems indisputable that require global and coherent strategies to promote the growth and the employment, and *yo *me *congratulo that the own denomination, growth and employment, already dismiss a prejudice propagated often by the left, to know, the idea that it is possible *contraponer growth and employment, the value of the money and the stability of prices and the measures in favour of the employment. +Without embargo, know #a lot of cases of Governments national that have comprised that exists an important *interdependencia among the effects of the monetary politics, financial and *salarial, and that, as in the cases of *Austria, the Low Countries, *Irlanda or *Dinamarca, for example, have extracted the owed consequences, with positive effects for the market of work and for the consolidation of the budgets. +The same that the demand of the Central Bank European in the frame of the dialogue, also have to ask transparency and the direct participation of the European Parliament to the Council of Ministers of Finances, to the Councils "jumbo" , to the Council of Ministers of Social Subjects and to the European Council. +It has to satisfy, of a time for ever, the claim of a labour week of five days, 35 hours, with 7 or 8 hours of work to the day without reduction; but with an increase of the wage, and the cancellation of the regulations that force to the worker of the sea to 12 hours of work to the day in normal conditions. +I recognise that the Mr. *MacCormick has aimed an important data when referring to the situation of the travelling artists in the #european frame, to the artists that work in different countries, as it #can be the case of the *pianistas or the companies of dance, when referring to these exponents and producers of the culture. +Like this and #everything, the interpretation of the Regulation #can not be neither of the Table - here quotes a meeting of the days 22 and 23 November 1979 - neither of the Table to proposal of the President, in accordance with the presidents of the political Groups, according to the decision of the day 19 November 1992. +Each #one of *nosotros has #a lot of unemployed persons among his #Ours voters obligation #would have been to refuse the regrettable idea of the Commission that the unemployed #would have to receive by means of a greater deregulation of the market of work and by means of social impulses stimuluses to interest by the work or for taking part in the measures of politics of employment. +Like this, as, it is necessary a modification of these politics to end to consider *prioritaria the fixation of goals clear and the materialisation of structures effective for the creation of employments durable and with rights and the consequent important reduction of the unemployment. +*Cuando Affirm that the reduction of the fiscal pressure on the labour cost do not has to engage the *saneamiento of the public finances neither the financial balance of the systems of security, propose a quadrature of the circle that only #can resolve through a strong economic growth. +In effect, although *me cheer of the decrease of the to scale #european unemployment (9,4% of the active population in 1999 in front of the 10,1% in 1998), the gross reality in figures do not has to in any case mask the difficult economic situation human and social of the most disadvantaged regions of the community territory. +This program, as I have said, will be an important instrument in the fight against the violence to the women, the teenagers and the boys and will serve to sensitise to the society and to the media on the need to help and protect to the victims of the violence. +In the previous term of office, presented in name of the Parliament a report on the protection of the infancy and of the family, in the that requested an important budget for our boys and that created in the Commission a specific unit, attendant of the protection of the infancy and of the family. +#If embargo, and lo and behold the reason of this oral question, still has not presented a proposal reviewed that it indicate clearly his position with regard to the amendments of the Parliament, neither neither - and have to say it with weighing, since, instead, *nos expected that the #finnish Presidency took in account this problem - has shown the political will to transact this *dossier. +Regarding the possible legislative measures, in this report asks to the Commission that examine the possibility to modify the valid legislation or introduce new measures that strengthen these goals, but also *le asks that it check and study the effects of #all the legislative measures adopted up to now and report of his cost and his total efficiency to the Parliament. +The recent nuclear accident had in the *Japón has revealed once again the criminal negligence of the nuclear industry and the recent fake of the verifications of security by part of *BNFL in *Sellafield are a proof more that there #be reason to feel #a lot of worry by the nuclear industry and his operation. +It remains a lot for taking so that the right to the energy was a reality in #all the places, in the poorest countries as in the countries industrialised, #where #all the categories of the population do not have access to the energy in equality of conditions: therefore, they do not satisfy the needs and the energetic questions purchase crucial importance. +#All have confronted *algún day the dramas and the resultant paradoxes of the absence of freedom of circulation of the sentences that has reflected in absence of justice for the individuals and self-evident absence and omission of compulsory #european instruments and imperative that, to scale of the common space, *suplieran the incongruences of the juridical fractionation that the national systems produce of course. +The previous orator, the Mrs. *Echerer, already has said that there #be not any "*Containment" neither neither exists a security of service sufficient of the plant even in opinion of the competent #slovakian authority for the security of the nuclear head offices. +The Commission already has carried out a complete study of the eutrophication and the relative problems to the subterranean waters and the States members have indicated the relative problems to the subterranean waters and the vulnerable zones. +It takes a week was convinced that #if it negotiated arduously existed some hope to reach an agreement that established a just balance among the reasonable protection to the companies and to the agriculture of the EU, on the one hand, and the access to the market for the sakes of the countries in development, by #another. +We have supported #all the efforts directed to reinforce the position of the countries in development in the system of the world-wide trade, without forgetting take upsetting in the indispensable need to continue with the reform of the Common Agricultural Politics of the EU. +It is important in the context of the next round of the structural Bottoms of the EU for 2000-2006 that the measures that include in the distinct community programs are analysed with the end to guarantee that they adjust to the national and community legislation in the field of the equality of opportunities. +Now well, from the moment in that it is foreseen that the amounts reduced or suspended happen to charge of the community budget, as very late in the following exercise, this intervention will translate *obligatoriamente in measures more severe in the course of the following years, with a risk of weakening of the principles of the common agricultural politics. +While it do not surpass the eagerness of *apropiarse of these sakes, of the resources of the zone -#this also is true in the case of *Europa and of #many other States-, will not cease the conflicts in the region, and also #would owe *reflexionar on the need to find a wide solution of general character on a long-term basis. +A last thing: it tries include in the negotiations of the Round of the #Millenium *demasiados subjects, *demasiadas appeals of another type, perhaps to save the consciousness, *cuando afterwards -and think in the pity of death- *Europa in his own headquarters, in the UN, do not achieves to form a common front and have the strength to impose #some things. +#Many criticise today to the World-wide Organisation of Trade for having a too much unilateral vision of the trade, for considering it like a goal in himself/hisself same without seeing the complex existent relations among the commercial exchange, the human rights and the respect to the environment. +The field of action and the influence of the *OMC will grow of considerable form in the Ministerial Conference of *Seattle; therefore, the EU #would have to commission that the consequences of the liberalisation of the trade and of the performance of the *OMC are continuously reviewed from the point of sight of the equality and of the environment. +I believe that also the Council -that among our institutions is, in some mood, the that more has *fragmentado with the multiplication of Councils skilled and a myriad of committees annexes- has to preach with the example, but no only thinking in the future but also thinking in the need to have a democratic and effective community. +#Everything *ello, and with #this finish, gentleman President, results even more necessary to the sight of #that #another big mandate, #whose launching will be the brooch of gold of the #finnish Presidency -the excellent #finnish Presidency, #whose *muchísimos tarpaulins have once again the honour to recognise in this hemicycle and that has supposed a point of inflection in the behaviour of the Council. +Subject: Suitability to fund the programs of the *PNUCD The *PNUCD (International Program of the Nations Joined for the Control of Drugs) has taken publics the data of the annual poll on the production of opium according to the *cuales the total production estimated of gross opium in *Afganistán will have duplicated with grow this year, happening of the 2100 tonnes of 1998 to the 4600 foreseen of 1999. +It wanted to ask to the Council how form proposes take take part to the Parliament, *cuando have traced these roads, in the formulation of this new financial instrument, as it do not fits doubt that it will take fault a new financial instrument, in the measure in that it that exists at present in mood #any is adapted for the current situation of the countries and the territories of *Ultramar and results unsuitable for the aspirations of said countries. +In the first place, I #can say that the colleague Baron *Crespo, to the one who do not consider an accomplice, but, even with #all the political differences, an estimated colleague, has exposed the situation of mood correct, in the measure in that *le communicated of word that *nosotros, the Group of the Popular Party European and the European Democrats want to that it proceed to vote on the Report *Napolitano. +On my part, I consider - and, I repeat, #this is it that *me has guided in my reflection, but go to ask to the Mr. *Napolitano #if it agrees *conmigo - that the object of the report of the Mr. *Napolitano is the application of a text of character legislative, since it treats of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, relative to the investigations effected by the *OLAF. +The mandate was and follow being only east, it that it is necessary to decide is only #this: include in our Regulation, or was, in our internal legislation, the Agreement *Interinstitucional so that it #can apply in the field of the Parliament, on the base of a *dictamen of the Commission of Control Budgetary; modify the Regulation introducing the new article 9 *bis and not modifying the Agreement *Interinstitucional. +Gentleman President, the immense majority of my Group is *resueltamente adherent of this report, that consider like #one of the angular stones for the *restablecimiento of the credibility of the European Union concerning the question of the form in that it investigates the complaints of fraud and occupies of *ellas; probably it do not costs for nothing more, but perhaps it help to show that #many of these complaints *carecen often of foundation, although alas it was not always like this. +We ascertain, second, an inability of coordination substantial, and #this means that the #portuguese Presidency has at all costs that assume the initiative that conduct to the creation of a council *interinstitucional that gather at least a time to the year to coordinate #all the actions in the interior of the Union, so that *coadyuve to the international coordination. +#If in the #european Summit do not understands -because we think that the Summit has to occupy directly of the subject- that treats of the political problem number #one, with enormous consequences for the future; #if it do not understands that the inability to tackle it *multilateralmente, that is as it has to tackle, has begun has to take increasingly patent, with the subsequent disappointment of our villages, then will not be able to in a prudential time stabilise the situation. +It is true that, in this Parliament, the Court of Accounts do not has good sign, since the President *le has denied a hall of conference of press, *cuando do not exist problems for *acordársela to the most incredible associations, to the personalities of the most doubtful representativeness or to any dog guardian of the only thought, with #such that bark strong. +. (*SV) Want to *puntualizar that the establishment of a system to compare the impressions *dactilares do not constitutes in himself/hisself a guarantee to reach a politics of asylum human and generous, that mean that the States members *solidariamente award to the applicants of asylum right to a shelter. +By it that refers to the international organisms, have to watch by that the program of repatriation of the *ACNUR continue his activities without that it trip with any gender of difficulty, since there #be had a series of incidents in the last times that seem to indicate that it exists the deliberate intention to procure *desorganizar the program of repatriation of the *ACNUR. +But the fight against the traffic of drug and the bleaching of capitals demands also an action/coordination in the level of the EU (and in the of the Nations Joined) in the fight that has to carry out against the powerful criminal organisations that, with activities and illicit money, *minan the economic and financial system and *entremezclan with *él. +In the Record of adhesion of *España and *Portugal to the European Communities -in the article 25 and in the Protocol 2 *anejo to said Record- established for Canarians a special diet characterised by that Canarian was not integrated in the Common Agricultural Politics and, besides, by not being subjected to the Union *Aduanera community, to the diet *arancelario community, neither to the Tax on the Value Added. +There #be had besides another element: already in the Treaty of *Maastricht of 1992 incorporated a statement recognising the special situation of the regions *ultraperiféricas -Canarian, *Azores, *Madeira and the #french departments of *Ultramar- and the section 2 of the article 299 of the Treaty *CE, after his modification by the Treaty of *Amsterdam of 1997, foresees a special diet for the regions *ultraperiféricas. +Therefore, *me #would seem timely that the Commission approved or manifested his agreement with the proposals of the Parliament -of the Commission of Subjects Juridical-, that are very reasonable and agree with the philosophy of the Commission but *reforzándola with the reference to the new article 299.2, that goes to foresee and allow the development of a special diet. +*Yo Do not go to gloss now his political path -*usted finishes it to take very well, lady Speaker-, but yes wanted to leave proof, publicly in front of this Assembly, of his human quality, of his personal value, of his dignity, of the integrity and of the value with that *ella has carried his illness until the last moment. +The inform that in said resolution the President of the Court orders to postpone the execution of the act of the European Parliament of 14 September 1999 by the that the Parliament adopted the interpretation of the article 29 of his Regulation, proposal by the Commission of Subjects Constitutional. +#One of the special subjects in questions of employment under the #finnish Presidency has been the position of the workers of more age, subject that treated in an unofficial meeting of the Council of Subjects Social and Labour; likewise, also it celebrated a conference to ministerial level that treated precisely on the equality. +As we promised, in *Helsinki celebrated a meeting to ministerial level on the #nordic dimension, and although it was not very high the participation of the Ministers of Subjects External of the States members - *yo was the only there -, instead, were present other Ministers and also #all the Ministers of the countries that belong to the field of the called #nordic dimension. +Second, the report do not drops in the cheat to present the human rights like a #european attainment, but that takes it from the universality and handles a world-wide optics, loaning #a lot of attention to the performance of the EU in the frame of the Nations Joined. +We check with bitterness that from the year 1996, year in that the crisis of the sea *Egeo induced the European Community to block the Agreement of union *aduanera with *Turquía, has not given any step advance to get to the full respect of the civil rights and to the protection of the minorities. +After the conversations that have kept in the last days with the #turkish Prime minister and of the diverse meetings with the Minister of Subjects External Turkish, #can *comunicarles that the #turkish Government is fully conscious of the need of this fundamental change in the political field, economic, social and cultural. +The #finnish Presidency of the Council is making a serious effort to take use of the new legislative possibilities planned in the Treaty of *Amsterdam and begin to apply already the proposal after the first reading, a time incorporated the amendments of the European Parliament. +This material do not reflects this tendency to the increase of the index of substances harmful satisfied advances eastwards, but that the high indexes of harmful substances give in zones that accuse the influence of the local activities: the agriculture, the industry and the houses of *veraneo. +For the European Parliament, #this are facts consummated by the vote of the Council and it only that *nos remains is *explicitar that this measure has caused enormous unrest in the rest of the producers of the States members, say that the *excepcionalidad of this measure is not foreseen in the regulation, and signal that also other States members had climatic conditions *desfavorables in his moment and, without embargo, did not have it that now *le is giving to *Portugal. +In summary, the socialists want to ensure the defence of the producers, of the consumers and of the importing Europeans, and believe that with the report that has approved the Commission of Fishing, with the excellent work that has made the speaker Mrs. *Fraga, to the that I want to congratulate, and with the agreement to that has got in the Council of ministers #can, in big part, remain satisfied. +Besides, #this *OCM did not guarantees the income of the fishermen neither takes into account that in #some countries, as *Portugal -#where predominates the small coastal fishing that resupplies to the consumers of fish cool fish in his territorial waters-, the organisations of producers are very feeble, by it that no *les #can concede *tantas attributions without taking into account the necessary financial means. +It is necessary *escucharlos, commented with wisdom the Mr. *Somavia, the current General Director of the International Organisation of the Work, that four years ago was the soul of the International Conference of *Copenhague, in the that #all the Bosses of State of the world engaged to reduce the poverty to the half of here to 2015. +The #european #SME, that find in command in the development of alternatives, have shown that the fast elimination of the remaining substances that exhaust the coat of ozone promotes the development of companies sustainable, #as well as a greater protection of the coat of ozone. +*Nosotros, by this reason, will have to think it very thoroughly before voting the posture of the Commission and are expecting that *ustedes *nos say that with the process of the *codecisión go to bring again the proposal of regulation, basing in the new scientific data, in the new methods of measurement, so that we #can regulate these subjects much better, particularly regarding the compound foods produced from *OGM or his derivatives. +How plans has the Presidency to initiate a dialogue with the Parliament on the questions of security and defence and when will take the Minister of Defence of the Presidency a statement on the formulation of a common politics for the security and the #european defence? +Equally it has been necessary a big courage for the Government of #Grecia, for the Prime minister *Kostas *Simitis, bet by the hit of this change, to entrust in the possibility of a favourable result, and tend his hand to *Turquía and accept that it goes to negotiate with *Turquía as with the other #european partners, with the members of the Union. +It treats of an instrument that will have a length of five years and will allow, like this, in a frame of programming *plurianual, give an effective support to the measures allocated to improve the conditions of received, promote the integration and facilitate the voluntary repatriation and the reintegration in the countries of origin of refugees and persons displaced. +Regarding the look of the juridical security, have to examine how #can contribute the Letter of the European Union to the improvement of the grade of protection of the fundamental rights inside the European Union and results difficult to see how #can a text no *vinculante contribute to clear and *transcender the current system of protection. +The recommendation on the evaluation of the quality and the upper education approved in September of 1998 and a proposal of recommendation on evaluation of the quality of the school education constitute proofs of the importance of the examination of the quality of the education in the #european level. +*Me Pleases that the Commissioner, together with my Secretary of State of Trade and Industry of my country, Mr. *Byers, has the impression of that the car industry European is taking the peel to the consumers of the Realm Joined, but have to say that I #can not suit with *usted in that it is a simple question of types of change, as *eso #would not explain that #some cars cost some four one thousand pounds more in the Realm Joined that in the Low Countries, for example. + *le Has asked that it clear his solemn statement, made at the end of the debate this afternoon and that says, #if I have understood well the translation that *me have given, that the Council had opposite to a permanent review -do not go to say how is a permanent review, but since it says it *usted, has to know it that it wants to say- to a permanent review "by the moment" . +A fundamental appeal that the Union *Europa has to direct to the New Independent States is the respect of the civil rights to root increasingly the democratic principles and the cultural pluralism, religious, politician and ethnic, so as to improve the quality of life of the persons. +I appreciate the references that have taken to the Governor of *Macao, to the that, by it other, had the honour to appoint for this place in the moment in that it was President of the Republic and #can say that the governor *Rocha Scallop has been really a man that has honoured to *Portugal and has taken that *Portugal withdraw of the territory of *Macao with the very high head and with fine consciousness. +*Señorías, taking advantage of this intervention and the occasion that *nos offers the presence among *nosotros of the president *Xanana *Gusmãor, want to manifest to His *Señorías my belief that, taking into account his peremptory needs and our common identity, the European Union has to establish immediately some special links with *Timor to guarantee his economic and social development and his independence. +We promised to increase the participation of the women in the resolution of conflicts and protect to the women of the conflicts armed, but the women follow constituting the immense majority of the victims of the conflicts armed, follow absent in the negotiations of peace and in the initiatives of transition to the peace. +As it is very known, in 1995, simultaneously to the Conference of *Beijing, drafted and #make a document of the European Commission that adopts the principle to incorporate to #all his politics of development the relative politics to the treatment of the problems that *atañen to the question of the equality among the sexes. +The European Community has the delicate task to decide #which is the better path to follow forward with the progress and think in the care, the health and the environment of the children of the children of the children of the children of our children. +I stand out this situation because *nosotras, the women of the rich countries, is to say, also of the EU, have to remember #all the time that the that decide and with *ello also decide on our sisters in the countries in roads of development, *Kosovo, in the *Balcanes, etc., follow being men and that with *ello runs the risk that the result of our work, the programs in general, do not answer fully to the wishes and needs of the women. +See it like an important task for *ustedes, colleagues in the Parliament and colleagues in the Commission, assume his responsibilities and occupy that these subjects have the highest rank, so that they also are a reality in the national parliaments and in the governments, in the European Parliament, in the Commission and in the Council. +In front of the evident samples that the #french Government has undertaken the *artero game of the mouse and the cat with the Commission and the #british Government and that, evidently, never has had intention to raise the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british from a beginning, has got the moment of *pedirle accounts. +In this context, and had account of the little time of the that have, *me interests to clear a thing. #If to conciliate these two postures pretends to introduce a compulsory proof, and the possibility or the obligation to label the meat of *vacuno, is indispensable that in the moment of the lifting of the embargo to the import #can entrust in that this proof make and carry out the labeling. +But a time that has taken place the process of query and a time that the scientists of the States members and of the agency have got to a conclusion on #which is the suitable mood to proceed in a situation determined, especially in matter of alimentary security, will impose the *dictamen of the agency, will have to respect, will have to fulfil and nobody will be able to challenge it. +In similar circumstances the authority of an agency of these characteristics *calará in #all the European Union and no only will be a fine authority in the field of the security and of the public health, but that besides will provide a confidence among the consumers that consider absolutely fundamental and that will constitute the foundations to follow advancing. +Reduce the length of 90 to 60 days, as it proposes in the amendment *nº 23, #would take that the Council went back to the ancient version of the proposal of the Commission and excluded the period that needs the debtor for his defence, it that in the majority of the countries #would add 30 days and the result #would be similar to the version that now have. +The fault of proofs will force to the Commission to follow very of wall #all the scientific investigations on the possible hurtful effects in the human health of the exhibition by means of the diet to products derived of cows treated with *BST and, in necessary case, take recommendations with seen to the adoption of other supplementary preventive measures. +Besides, I believe that it prejudices a characteristic and genuine look of the trade *intraeuropeo, looming reduce the circulation of the literature by *Europa to the level of the pornography sent by post, as *me ensure reliable sources, in *sobres of paper of *manila brown without *remitente, and in the free world reducing the legitimate trade of books to the level of the import and export of smuggling to the *Europa of the East of the called subversive literature. +It do not surprises, with this record of attainments reached by #kuwaiti women highly qualified, that on 16 May 1999 His *Alteza the Prince of the State of *Kuwait dictated an official decree by the that conceded to the best the right to the vote and to present to the Parliament. But it went the Parliament #who threw it down. +Gentleman President, estimated ladies and gentlemen deputies, my colleague #Michel *Barnier affirmed here on 16 November that the Commission follows with big attention the problems *ocasionados by the floods produced in the four departments of the south of *Francia, regrets deeply the loss of lives human and will take all it possible for taking get to the zones affected the suitable help in the frame of his competitions and possibilities. +To carry this sentence to the practical will be necessary the unanimous consensus of the Council and the ratification by the States members to modify the current law in virtue of the *cual the residents in the Realm Joined have right to vote in the #european elections, but no like this the residents in *Gibraltar. +Of face to the *quintas direct elections to the European Parliament of mediated of June and in the frame of a campaign of information projected by the #polish Government, has to take advantage of the occasion to explain more acutely to the population the sense and goals of the enlargement of the EU or of the adhesion to the EU. +In the first place it is necessary to mention the possible advantage that they enjoy, especially, in the agricultural sector, in the that the economic situation *les allows the possibility to develop the agricultural activity from a point of sight ecological distinct to the that have come applying in the Union. +And finally, but no therefore less important, *Chipre: I will begin for saying that we value very positively and that in some sense *nos has reassured also -affirm it said by the Mr. *Bertens- the fact that the President *Klerides have shown his wisdom, averting tensions in the island with his decision to cancel the placing of those missiles of defence. +Besides, we have sustained a fruitful dialogue through the reports of commissions parliamentary on the annual reports of the Defender of the European Village, beginning with the *primer report of the Mrs. *Ahern and following with the reports of the Mr. *Papakyriazis, the Mr. *Newman and, this year, the Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín. +No in vain the institution of the Defender of the Village constitutes #one of the most important elements of the #european citizenship and of the improvement of the democratic control on the community administration, democratic control that it #can attribute to this Assembly, like organ that represents directly to the community citizen. +I am convinced that the collaboration among the Commission of Requests, with #all the possibilities that offers, and the Defender of the Village, with his very varied competitions, will finish occupying an increasingly important place by it that to the democracy of the European Union and the respect of the rights of the citizens refers . +The Commission no only understands fully the worry of the Parliament by the delay in the application of the system computerised for the traffic, but that already had the opportunity to explain it that is taking in concrete to carry to term with rapidity the project. In this sense, want to give the thanks to the Gentlemen +Finally, the second separated of the amendment 20 do not respects the general principles adopted by the Commission, the Council and the Parliament in his Statement of 6 March 1995 on the registration of disposals financial in juridical acts and, by this reason, said section #can not be accepted. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0111/99) of the Mrs. *Schmidbauer, in name of the Commission of Transports and Tourism, on the White Book of the Commission titled: «just Rates by the use of infrastructures: gradual strategy for a common frame of *tarificación of infrastructures of transport in the EU» (*COM(98)0466 - *C4-0514/98). +By it other, adds in his report that apart from including the tourisms in the new system of *tarificación suits to impose complementary taxes more elevated to the motorists of the sensitive regions -here go in the mountainous zones and also the great cities as you Bear, *Hamburgo, *Frankfurt, etc.-. His concept #can not work and in case that it worked, #few States members #would know to resist to the temptation of *estafar to the motorists. +Meanwhile, the creation of a new juridical order international, that comport suitable means of «humanitarian interference» bumps with the irreducible opposition of great powers, like the States Joined of *América and #others, in relation with the reform of the Nations Joined, or the States Joined of *América, *Rusia, *Francia or Chinese, in relation with a compulsory jurisdiction of the International Penal Court. +I do not go to vote in favour of a proposal of resolution of conciliatory character and that consists, essentially, in a unilateral and inaccurate analysis, in *bastantes points, of the situation, whereas his postures and his proposals serve *mínimamente to a peaceful solution, political and viable of the crisis; neither so at least they serve to the tragic problem, by excellence, of the refugees. +In effect, #if to the beginning of the #balkan crisis that initiated at the beginning of the years ninety, *Europa had acted of common agreement and with decision to the hour to take univocal decisions *cuando began the *desmembración #yugoslav and #if, even recently, *Europa had presented of unitary and compact form to the recent Summit of *Rambouillet, maybe #would not assist to the massacres and to the ethnic cleansings of these days. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0111/99) of the Mrs. *Schmidbauer, in name of the Commission of Transports and Tourism, on the White Book of the Commission about just rates by the use of infrastructures: gradual Strategy for a common frame of *tarificación of infrastructures of transports in the EU (*COM(98)0466 - *C4-0514/98) +The publication of the *primer inform of the experts on the tragedy of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc has added *algo of farce to a tragedy that has cost the life to more of 40 persons -#this is the balance, still provisional, of victims- and has opened the debate on the responsibilities that the #italian authorities and French happen of #one to #others with absurd excuses and *injustificables. +Gentleman President, *permítame that, before it close the turn of word on human rights, express in high voice my satisfaction by the fact that today the Minister of Interior #british have decided that it continue the process of extradition of the General *Pinochet, in the line in that it expressed the European Parliament. +Too much can, a control and an insufficient and deficient transparency, and the nonexistence of a register on the negotiations undertaken; lo and behold #some of the reasons to explain the deficiencies that present in the actuality the institutions of the EU, especially of face to his relations with the public opinion. +They exist still deep divergences on #some points among the European Parliament and the Commission, #among others: the repayment of the costs *ocasionados by the human victims and his families so much from the point of sight financial as from the point of sight of the psychological support. +Without embargo, in spite of the favourable economic evolution and of the significant structural reforms (reform of the administration, of the health, of the system of retirements), take fault still greater progresses in varied fields (inner market, absence of a system of control of state helps, privatisation of the great state companies). +It treats in this case of #one *décima splits of the members of the Parliament, 66 pertaining deputies to #all the political groups: 5 of the Group *PSE, 8 of the Group *PPE, 4 of the Group *ELDR, 6 of the Group *UPE, 6 of the Group *GUE, 9 of the Group *V, 3 of the Group PLOUGH, 15 of the Group *I-*EDN and 10 no inscribed. +Already we had approved it takes a pair of years a program for the third age that, nevertheless, was blocked in the Council by the conservative governments German and British of then with the spent argument that there was not any juridical base that served of support, and that it was finally an exclusive responsibility of the States develop this politics. +The Commission has begun to *reflexionar on the way to adapt the social security to the development of the demographic structure of the #european societies. To this same *respecto, is examining also the level of income of the greater persons. +They #can take part other factors, extraneous to the agricultural look, as they are the costs in hand of drama, the cost of the energy, the normative disposals on environment, the vicinity of the markets, etc. The economy of scale, like the that it #can appear, for example, in States Joined, that has of enormous units of production, sometimes integrated in the industry of manufacture of starch, #can give place likewise to comparative advantages. +This approval of the management do not involves *forzosamente the motion of censorship, although logically it induces to the Parliament to *reflexionar, and have suppressed the anomaly that appeared in the regulation, that pretended that the rejection of the motion of censorship approved by absolute majority of the members of the Parliament. +The decision to approve the management is an only act that #can not dissociate of the political decision of approval of the management, a decision of closing of accounts that has to adopt simultaneously; #such dissociation #would modify the institutional balance and #would demand a review of the Treaties. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0240/99) of the Mr. *Bösch, in name of the Commission of Control Budgetary, on the proposal modified of the Regulation of the relative Council to the investigations effected by the Office of Fight against the Fraud. +To measure that advance to a new stage, a new situation in the that do not treats of the Commission or the States members, but of the Commission and the States members, wanted to ask to the President of the Council that study this question of the activities among the Court of Accounts and the organisms *fiscalizadores national in the future. +We take advantage of also the document of the approval of the management of the year 1997 to remember that the Commission of Control Budgetary #would have to can have the necessary means to control the credits referents to the political groups and to the costs of secretariat of #the same. +Without embargo, #if *Yugoslavia represents the reality and besides the metaphor that describes it difficult that is to create, for the time being, some conditions of coexistence among *etnias different, then is necessary to recognise -to the equal that *usted- that only in the #european field and no in the constitution of small States increasingly enclosed and monolithic from the point of sight ethnic, will be able to reach the conditions of a real coexistence. +It is equally contrary to the Letter of the NATO, is to say, to the Treaty of the Atlantic North, a purely defensive alliance initially and that it is transformed, by the circumstances, in an offensive alliance that takes part out of his geographic sphere, since *Yugoslavia never has formed part of the perimeter of the NATO. +We want that there #be a High strong Representative, a planning of politics strong and a unit of #alert fast, a strong structure of the Commission with a coherent squad of Commissioners that occupy of the external relations. +Gentleman President, in the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence have debated simultaneously two very important reports related among himself/hisself as they are the report of the Mrs. *Piha on the northern dimension of the European Union and the report of the Mr. #Spencer on the strategy of the Union regarding *Rusia. +In my quality of coordinator of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists *permítame *decirle that the group will support the report #such as it is with the amendment of the Commission of Budgets voted the relative previous night to the extraordinary promotions *ad *personam . +Thus, I believe that they #would have to can correct the irregularities that register in the promotions of the personnel, especially now that the Mr. *Priestley has ensured that it treats of a rectification of character only and that in the future will apply a practice subjected to a big control, based in criteria and disposals related exclusively with the aptitudes of the civil servants and that will adapt to the principle of transparency. +The fundamental reason of #all these reforms was and is -and also #this suits that they know it the citizens- increase the efficiency and the transparency of the Parliament, leaving in inheritance to the deputies of the next term of office an Assembly prepared to confront with hit his institutional paper and the challenge derived of a greater attention by part of our *conciudadanos. +*Señorías, have had the privilege to chair the work of this Assembly from the firm conviction that *potenciarla, *hacerla each more present day in the life of the Europeans, is the best mood to reduce the democratic deficit of the Union. +I believe that with his help, especially *cuando have treated on #many of the delicate political controversies of the last months, and the Conference of Presidents, have been able to keep together a coherent parliamentary vision, in spite of the tensions, the pressures and the distinct emphases that the Groups contribute to the debates. +It has gone back to open the table on the institutional reforms and #this, it is necessary to say it, has been the big merit of the #german Presidency, from the statement made by the President in exercise of the Council in front of this Parliament in the month of January. +Certainly the that accustom to call in community language «the triangle of *Amsterdam; without place to doubts, the qualified majority that, as #all know, is not at all a technical question, but deeply political, because it puts in discussion the sovereignties of the national States and certainly it that *atañe to the question of the composition of the Commission and the weighting of the votes. +Gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, have heard and read with #a lot of attention the resolution of the Mr. Of #Giovanni, to the one who take advantage of to congratulate and appreciate the exemption, the rigour and the impartiality, also like #mine president that it is of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, in the that have worked in the last years. +Although the financial credits for the next period of helps remain *algo underneath of the proposal *originaria of the Commission, is an essential hit that continue the grade reached of community solidarity with the poorest regions and of structures feebler of the Union without removing at all and that the Bottoms of cohesion continue. +I have had the weakness to believe that, to go out of the institutional and political crisis that has caused the resignation of the Commission with the bottom of the war of *Kosovo, his future President, the Roman Mr. *Prodi, *nos #would transmit an ambitious message. +To answer to these world-wide challenges, #would owe *forzosamente «reform the model of the *welfare» , «review the rules of the market of work and of the markets of the professions, to reduce the obstacles to the access of the market and [...] Create an employment that react more to the economic growth». +#If we join #this to the elections to the European Parliament of 13 June 1999, the European Union has to confirm his firm dedication to the principles of the democracy, of the solidarity, of the justice, of the transparency, of the stability and of the peace. +It is like saying that the Council and the Commission consider that the insular regions of the Union have known an economic development #such that questions the political will, expressed a year and half before by the Conference of *Amsterdam, to take in consideration of effective form the insular fact? +Since the Parliament has expanded the rights of the citizens and citizens with a wide principle of participation in the project of regulation -and only #this is the base so that the planning #can apply also of sustainable mood-, the Council leaves that this subject of interest common decide it to his *arbitrio the States members. +The European Parliament has opened the possibility so that to the hour to choose the measures and projects #can use the consultancy of a small group of experts in the terrain of the *acervo community and of the problematic of the economic development of the countries of the ancient communist block. +The additional costs for actions in the rural areas are a discretionary disposal so much regarding the endowment of credits as to his application and are not a substitute by the loss of capacity acquisitive caused by the reduction of the prices. +In addition to the relative looks to the control of the vineyard and to the conditions of production of grape, form part the whole of the relative rule to the practices *enológicas, is to say, to the transformation of the wine, to the equal that the relative rule to the labeling. +Like this as, it is a political answer the that *le ask, gentleman, since I am in front of a minister, and wanted to know #if in the Councils of Ministers get *ustedes to talk no only, of course, of the immigrants, of problems of security, *algo that takes *usted very well -the #austrian and #german Presidencies reveal it #all the days- but also of the right of the citizens, together with the right of the capitals, to circulate freely. +In the frame of the bilateral conversations, the Federal Government German, in his quality of Presidency of the Council, has urged -even very *insistentemente- in diverse occasions to the #ukrainian part so that it modified these disposals by humanitarian reasons. Lamentably, these efforts have not had up to now any hit. +Subject: The dispute among the EU and the States Joined in relation with the diet of the banana #Can the Council make a statement on the last pertinent #news of the Organ of Solution of Differences of the *OMC that analyses the community diet of the banana and indicate how answer will give to his conclusions? +I include in my gratitude to #all the civil servants that *nos helped to get to a commitment in the that appear three of the main basic aspirations that had in this Parliament: have of a juridical instrument of horizontal character; of an only financial instrument, the *IFOP; and reach, besides, that in the regulation base collected , at last, #all the financial structural measures. +For example, the continuity of actions #tending to keep a modern fleet, safe and competitive; or #that that have shown to be instruments very effective of politics *pesquera, like the mixed companies with third countries, to the that the proposal of the empty Commission of content, *cuando #can be an excellent formula of cooperation with third countries, as surely it will show in the future in the case of *Marruecos. +In a field it is necessary to praise to the Commission -the Mr. *Fischler has needed long until presenting a so good project, but *usted also has rejected during long withdraw the ancient project-, to the Presidency of the Council, to the Mr. *Funke, and also to the colleagues of the Parliament. +#The same States members have urged to the social speakers to undertake negotiations with the goal to reach an agreement -to any level- that promote the adaptability, balancing the flexibility in the places of work and without forgetting the security of the workers. +Gentleman President, in the page 8 of the Record, with the title «Election of the President of the Commission», alludes to the vote of the Parliament referent to the approval of the designation of the Mr. *Prodi by the Bosses of State and of Government, and expresses that the President congratulated to the elect President. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, like Speaker of the Commission of Freedoms Public and Inner Subjects, *me satisfies, of course, to the equal that to #all the colleagues that have taken part, that have achieved an agreement and that the Presidency *nos have been able to communicate that the Agreement of *Schengen has integrated , in effect, in the Treaty of the Union. +The *segunda area in the that agree with *ella is that, in the question of the «*opting-*in» or «*opting-*out», choose it that wants to receive or refuse it that do not wants to receive, have to give to the consumer the right to take #this last, but the fact to prescribe how #can or #can not put in the network supposes to restrict of #such mood the expansion of this traffic that #would produce a negative effect in the own only market. +Odd political is #this, that *nosotros ask to the Council a tendency that, apparently, *nosotros do not want to respect going against of the Treaties, against of our own Regulation, against of the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice and against of the same common sense, that says that, *jurídicamente, an act is an act and has the value of this formal act. +Regarding the Bottom of Cohesion, #this occupies a place aside, since his logic of finance is the of the finance by project and no by program; in spite of occupying a place aside, exerts a paper determinant in the sense to help to the economic and social cohesion, that is #one of the committed of the European Union. +Since we wish austerity in #everything it relative to the budget of the EU, #as well as a budgetary program marked by the rigour and some very founded priorities, *nos showed contrary to the increases proposed in the budget of the EU for the next exercises and have voted in favour to return the proposal to the commission. +A person like #Simon *Peres, for example, and other collaborators of the Party *Laborista, represent an unambiguous politics to the *respecto. In front of this situation, #can not but express our hope that also the #israeli part declare categorically that wishes to engage in depth with the peace and that will put end to the numerous measures *represivas that, unfortunately, have come *sucediendo from the taking of the power of *Netanyahu and his nomination like Prime minister. +Gentleman President, the Palestinians have adopted a very brave decision and expect that the #israeli Government - so much the current Government like the future - show #the same determination. We need a #palestinian State sovereign, need that it respect fully the sovereignty of the *Líbano and of Syrian and, obviously, also need guarantees regarding the sovereignty and the security of #Israel. +The arrest, out of the borders of *Djibuti, of #some leaders of the opposition -specifically in *Etiopía and in the *Yemen-, his extradition to *Djibuti and his imprisonment, the conditions in the *cuales find arrested persons, the absence of trial, the absence of lawyers, the particularly difficult and painful conditions of his arrest: *nosotros know all *eso and is evident that #can not admit it. +Now well, the resolution that present fixed the goal to obtain the ratification of at least 60 countries until the end of the year 2000 so that in this year the International Penal Court #can go in in functions and asks to the Council that inscribe this goal in the agenda of the European Council of Colony. +By a part, takes a call to the sense of the responsibility of those who employ this freedom. But on the other hand, it corresponds to the public organs find suitable solutions to put *coto to the bad use of these hurtful freedoms for the society in general and especially for the taxes and the collection of taxes. +It is besides *algo favourable the fact that it do not tackle only the culture of the EU, which #would give foot to some type of nationalism of the Union, but that take upsetting also in the culture of other countries to the *margen of the EU and that extract favourable conclusions of the pertinent cultural looks of other parts of our planet. +It That Is producing in the last months, especially -as it has mentioned the Mrs. Commissioner, Mrs. *Gradin- in the #asian zone, *nos concerns enormously, because the effort that has taken the textile industry -very positive- to put to the day, to be competitive, to have an optimum position and quota in the international market, #can shatter in little time. +Of the report of the European Council and of the statement of the Commission on the meeting of the European Council celebrated in Colony the days 3 and 4 June, -the statement of the Council on the semester of activity of the #german Presidency. +To difference of it that occurred in 1991/92, in this occasion the EU adopted a common position in the *Balcanes and took it because the #european States finally comprised that it that there was in game was not only a moral commitment or the future of a peripheral #european region, but his own security, the security of #all *nosotros. +The question of the #net taxpayers or the new regulation of the financial frame has been *esgrimida to the principle by the Federal Chancellor German especially in front of the #german public opinion but afterwards has *fracasado *miserablemente to the hour to solve the problem. +To #that *respecto, *me #would enjoy to ask to the Mr. *Fischer #if it sees, further of the conclusions of Colony, a perspective to short or to half term so that they adhere the countries that still have not taken it to the article 5 of the Treaty of *Bruselas modified, is to say, to the clause of assistance mutual that links to the countries at present members of the Western European Union. +The second motivate is, it that has shown again clearly the war of *Kosovo, and perhaps exert here also a paper the different political experiences, very especially in the *Europa central, that only exists an only security in this continent: we #can not allow in this continent the nationalism, the racism or a primitive form in gross of the fascism. +Likewise we have ratified the conjoint resolution of the Council of Subjects General and of the Bosses of State on the location of the Department of reconstruction and have decided to summon a summit for the agreement of stabilisation of the *Sudeste of *Europa in *Sarajevo. +It is important to insist, as it has cleared the Minister of Subjects External in his intervention, in that the internal renewal of the Union and the consolidation of the national societies in #all *Europa will be the angular stone of the development of the EU in the future. +And I want to finish, gentleman President, with a question directed to the Speaker in exercise of the Council of Ministers External: #if *Turquía do not offers guarantees on the life of *Öcalan, #if *Turquía do not gives #some steps in the direction of the recognition of the political rights of the *kurdos, considers the #finnish Presidency that we have to advance in *Helsinki to the statute of country in process of adhesion? +Related with #this, the Council asked to the Commission that checked that the execution and operation of the systems of alarm of the EU are *homogéneos and effective, and in case to be necessary, presented propositions for *mejorarlos, and to his time considered the form to expand the systems of control current to fill up the possible lagoons. +In relation to the procedure of infringement #can *comunicarles that the Commission has initiated a fast procedure on *Bélgica on the base of the *art. 226 *TCE because the #belgian State did not fulfil with his obligation to inform immediately to the Commission and to the States members on the intoxications by dioxin neither acted entirely according to the Resolution 1999/389. +I do not want to get to the extreme to affirm that in the last five years have produced #one *renacionalización, but with #all security, the Council, for example, to the hour to confront the consequences the crisis of the *EEB has not shown a greater prowess to mark true #european goals that they were susceptible of control and also of sanction. +Second, it wanted to *indicarles that the annex 3 contains the composition of the tables of the delegations, by it that ask #if yesterday, *cuando vote this point -which took-, #if yesterday, as, were available also the lists with the names and with the composition, or #if yesterday we have voted without knowing the composition, which *me #would seem *inaudito, to the not existing the corresponding documentation. +Later it will integrate to the Regulation; but #if tomorrow, before the approval of the Record, a political group, or well 32 deputies like minimum, of compliance with the section 4 of the article 180 of the Regulation, impugn this interpretation, the question will subject then immediately to our Assembly, that will pronounce , as it is established, by simple majority, in presence of the third part of his members like minimum. +Therefore the priority of my Group is *eliminarlos and subject to the Commission to the common right, before that look for other solutions, like the to create the figure of the #european public prosecutor, that #would satisfy the federalistic manias, but #would not contribute much more with regard to the powers of the *OLAF in the fight against the fraud. +No *me force to remember here his names, but do not have to watch very far to see in these same seats to #who now applauds the proposal to create a *fiscalía #european, but that did not have *empacho in voting against of *ella *cuando takes a pair of years the proposed the Mrs. *Theato and *yo same, anticipating certainly that #this #would require to advance in the creation of a judicial space European and modify the Treaties. +Twisting the arm to the politicians of the European Parliament, leaving the path *expedito to the ideas on common defence, common taxes, a common politics of social provision, on the that on recommends his reduction, leaving in end the path *expedito to this politics, in spite of it that think to the *respecto the #european population. +Yesterday I went back to remember it in the moment to proceed to the approval of the Record of the Friday of the session *plenaria previous and the Record signals now, on the one hand, that required the content of my intervention, without collecting how said really, and by the #another side, to continuation adds a relation of #all the members of the tables of said mixed parliamentary commissions. +The only instrument to enhance this responsibility to progress in the control of the resources #as well as the improvement of the Administration is a delegation to be able to and responsibility more restricted. To #the same time #can improve essentially a problem so *palpitante like the slow circulation of payments of the European Union. +They are in game the possibility and the need to issue a signal, to leave clear that *nos take very seriously the subject of the security and of the justice, to underline that in the Summit of *Tampere treats to collect information in benefit of the security and the freedom of the #european citizens. +Lady Speaker, the candidate to Commissioner *Vitorino signalled in the round of questions that the goal of the preparation of a regulation of rights human #would not be only to find a common denominator among the States members but that the regulation #would be an independent statement of rights. +I create, to finish, lady Speaker, that the goals of the European Council of *Tampere are very ambitious, but think that only being ambitious in our obstinacy for taking reality this space of freedom, of security and of justice will achieve that the citizens of the European Union see in our works an effective instrument to face up to his problems. +. I have given my positive vote to the Commission chaired by the Mr. *Prodi, in the first place, because his President answers fully to the profile that sue the challenges to the that it has to face up the European Union when crossing the threshold of the *tercer #millenium, and because, in general, the Commissioners have given proofs of his capacity to answer to said challenges of effective way. +Gentleman President, this *burden *of *the *future of the that *usted talked takes years in the Commission of Budgets already is the ballast of the present, because I believe that we have taken case *omiso to his "warning" and have not been it sufficiently strong like Parliament not to yield to this deceptive saving by part of the Council, that presents a budget of payments forgetting warily that the commitments have to fulfil. +Without embargo, also the Commission #would go out winning #if the proposals went adapted in the sense that suggests the Parliament, so much in it that to the financial responsibility as to the structure of the Agency for the reconstruction refers , since it did not suffices with assigning the resources. It is #this the only form to guarantee an effective procedure, transparent and justifiable. +It satisfies to our group that the Council have collected with this diligence, as already it said it the Mr. *Wynn, the idea of the Commission of Budgets and that it have studied the fault of cost of the bottom of guarantee agricultural. +It is necessary that the Council and the Commission *prorroguen the suspension of the support to the economic and military cooperation, because Indonesian, gentleman President, did not attends to the argument of the human rights, only attends to the argument of the economic sanctions and of the military interests. +#If his strategy consists in discrediting to the Government of *España with falsities and, besides, in showing a *sectarismo *falsario, irrational and irresponsible, shows a self-evident inability to comprise #which is his mission in this Parliament -that is not precisely the to use the tragic death of a boy-, and then is really worrisome that his career begin of this way. +In view of that the Treaty of *Amsterdam concedes the maximum priority to the protection of the human health and in sight also that the European Parliament has now powers of *codecisión with arrangement to the Treaty, #can the Council ensure to the Parliament that #all proposal related with the lenses of contact of multiple use in experimental stage will happen by this Parliament so that the see and #can *aprobarla? +Subject: Situation in *Kosovo *Algo more of two months after the installation of the *KFOR in *Kosovo, no only has not achieved appease the situation in the region, neither contributed to consolidate a climate of stability, security and peaceful coexistence of the distinct communities, but that, by the contrary, has exacerbated and gone back even more taut the unstable situation originated by the bombardments of the NATO. +I share the objections concerning the election of the headquarters of the agency in question - in our opinion, *Pristina and no *Salónica.-, #as well as the objections about the apparent unilateral possibility - therefore, in opinion of the Council - to expand the activities of said Agency to other regions of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia without before at least consult to the Parliament. +To the equal that in the case of #all the current community agencies, the Commission proposes that the States members are represented in the council of administration, so that his presence guarantee the full coordination of the activities of the European Union with #that developed on the terrain by the States members. +The pending problems follow being #many: the 70% of the territory of *Cisjordania and *Gaza is occupied militarily; the statute of *Jerusalén without defining; the #israeli settlements and the expropriation of the earth and of the water; the more of 2.200 political prisoners in the prison; the question of the #palestinian refugees of the *primer exodus of 1948 and of 1967 that rise to some 4 millions. +In the *primer and second script of the section 4, the Parliament asks that the number of his representatives in the "enclosure" commissioned to draft the Letter was equal to the number of the representatives of the States members, is to say, fifteen like minimum; simultaneously, it removes of in half to the national Parliaments, suggesting that only it proceed to "a query of his presidents" . +We expect that the graphic and even thrilling demonstrations that have witnessed this afternoon in the Assembly and the so human gestures that have shown so much Greeks like Turkish in the last weeks, conduct to the strengthening of the relations among both neighbouring countries, #as well as among *Turquía and the European Union. +Also it #would have to examine seriously the enlargement of the mandate of the *OSCE from a point of sight financial and personal. I ask to the Mr. *Kinnock that commission to the Mr. *Patten that *nos inform in the Commission of Subjects External on the results of this analysis so that we #can adopt other resolutions. +The first -besides say it like historian of the medicine- refers to the fact that, in a continent that has been destroyed by the colonisation, as it is *África, is not a chance that have arisen the epidemic of the AIDS but that it is the consequence of the impoverishment of this continent and, thus, are responsible, as ancient colonising metropoles, to help to *África. +#If well it is evident that the available technical potential for the production of energy aeolian and solar, from the biomass, hydroelectric and geothermal #would allow to cover quite more of the 12 % of the consumption of energy until the year 2010, without embargo the taxes of increase registered in the past *nos indicate that they will require great efforts to reach only this 12 %. +In the first place, regarding the proposal that today debate to fix in the 1,5% to the year the improvement of the energetic intensity of the final consumption - amendment to the considering 15 and to the article 1 - consider said goal undoubtedly ambitious, but little realistic, #as well as hurtful for the users that already have achieved with hit, but no without great efforts, the clear-cut goals in the program *SAVE *I (1991-1995). +A time approved, this program will convert in an important component of the program mark *plurianual of the energy, contributing a greater grade of transparency and a better coordination of our programs in the sector of the energy, allowing that the Parliament #can exert his competitions of supervision in interest of the #european citizens. +And no only it is using the support that are loaning of bilateral way #some countries -as also it is carrying out a bilateral collaboration with countries of the *Europa central and oriental- but that also has to take into account the support that receive to *través of the program *SAVE and of other community programs, #where it that takes is to hire with companies -that are the that give this type of support, of education, of education, of diffusion of technicians of good use- and, obviously, among *ellas there are companies of the European Union. +But certainly no *me will join to the demonstrations of *autosatisfacción of the #european institutions, that have even the pedantry to pretend that they have contributed of significant way to the disappearance of the diet of the apartheid in *Sudáfrica, *cuando the responsibility of the great powers, included the Europeans, is overwhelming in the maintenance of an infamous diet during so much time. +Precisely now, in the meeting of the Commission that finishes to celebrate , the gentleman Commissioner *Bolkenstein *me has *resumido of a mood that consider absolutely correct and require the reason by the *cual there are #some chapters of the fiscal politics that do not require any harmonisation and that live in the diversity as, for example, the taxes on the income of the persons. +But they will see *ustedes in the new organisation chart of my general direction that there #be a service to the citizen that, truly, pretends to be to the service of the citizen and that tries to answer to #all the questions of the citizens using, as it has asked the lady *Cederschiöld, the new technologies, but also using the support paper *cuando do not have of other means. +Like this, as, it is important to understand the difference that exists in this moment among problems caused by the appeals that #can not attend by budgetary considerations and the processing of the commitments, in the that, in spite of the difficulties had to beginnings of this year, the situation has improved, and costs the pity remember that #some of the problems had to beginnings of this year had little that see with the delay in the reception of commitments in December. +It is really incredible that this performance repeat and that every time that there #be a question of a deputy, especially socialist, the Popular Party use the turn of questions to cover the shames of his Government and that do not take any question to the corresponding Commissioner. +The debates of today take place in a moment in that the relations among the European Union and *Turquía have the opportunity to leave in a new direction: precisely two months before the meeting of the European Council in *Helsinki, of the that expect important decisions related with the process of enlargement in his whole and especially also in relation with *Turquía. +Lady Speaker, exists a quite grave problem: this proposal of resolution prays in the section 15 of the #italian text it following: "it Invites to the religious authorities to that they cooperate fully in the application of the programs of prevention and to that they take part *constructivamente in the action of prevention of the AIDS" . +I believe that so much the EU like the Governments of the States members have to follow toughening the control on the general operation of the field of the genetic investigation and, in particular, the application of programs that do not adjust of the all to the guidelines established regarding the ethical, the environment and the consumers. +Gentleman President, am very satisfied that the European Parliament occupy acutely of *Macedonia, as we have to have clear that *Macedonia is the #european country that at present sees subjected to a greater danger by the unsteadiness of his neighbours, but on the other hand has made enormous progresses in the peaceful reduction of the problems of the minorities and of the tensions with the neighbours. +We pretend *convencerlos through the negotiation that the half more effective to attract to his countries external direct investments, road of privileged access to the technology and to the international markets, is first of all creating a safe and predictable frame for the foreign investors, already are *originarios of countries industrialised or of other emergent countries. +In the European Council stood out that the development of the capacity of *Europa to control the crises #would improve the possibilities to take part to international level in the promotion of the peace and the security, following the criteria of the Fundamental Letter of the UN. +In the last legislative period have asked to the Council that occupy of consistent mood of the security of the employees and of the population of *Bruselas and do not want *desaprovechar this occasion to ask to the Council that adopt an initiative of security for *Bruselas and against of the criminality in the cities. +As it already has *sucedido in the past *cuando this Parliament, the Council, varied bosses of state and the world-wide public opinion *movilizaron to obtain a suspension of the execution, have to take once again all it that we #can to save the life of this victim of the racial hate and of a clear perversion of the justice. +*Nos Likes that the Government of *Bielorrusia and the opposition are encouraging for boarding a constructive dialogue to end to suit in acceptable conditions for the celebration of elections just and free, restoring of this way the State of right in the country. +Gentleman President, after almost twenty years and in spite of the efforts of the #italian judicature and of the association of the families of the victims, do not know still the truth on the tragedy of *Ustica, a tragedy that affected to the #italian public opinion, #as well as to #all the #european public opinion. +Finally, *permítanme that propose two corrections: in the first place, our amendment 6, in the that ask that it do not go back to put in operation the head office while it have not carried out an investigation, leaves very seated that are talking of the plant of conversion and no of the plant of *reelaboración of *Tokaimura, that is a different plant situated in a *emplazamiento distinct of the that occupies a distinct company ... +Lady Speaker, our colleagues of the Commission of Fishing have warmed up always the wish that the relative questions to the fishing did not go argued only in the Fridays and have heard that in the afternoon of the Thursday there #be still sufficient time to argue a subject. +The communications and the commercial transactions world-wide electronics in the sphere of the services of the technology of the information are products #whose importance increases without ceasing, and the services in the sphere of the technology of the information will increase in more of the 100% in the European Union of here to the year 2001. +Although the budgetary lines that they are responsibility of the Commission of Environment, Public and Political Health of the Consumers are not great in monetary terms, exert an important paper in facilitating the development of the politics of the Union and, especially, in *acercar more to the Union and satisfy the needs and wishes of the citizens of on foot. +Now well, in percentage of the gross inner product of the Union, the volume of the project of budget of the Council is inferior to the of the preliminary draft of the Commission, that already was inferior to the agreement of *Berlín, the *cual was to his inferior time to the ceiling fixed by the agreements of *Edimburgo. +I accept totally the need to perfect and introduce efficiency in the management of east and other plans and to improve the performance, but a more effective way to take it regarding modification of the budget #would be to describe the improvements and contribute a plan of execution for the future. +From the point of sight of the method, *me ask why the Parliament, when debating the report of the Central Bank of 1998, feels the need to include the approval of a specific measure of the *cual the Central Bank European will give account in the next report, is to say, the of 1999. +The fact that it was imminent a new review to the heaves of the types, as yesterday they gave to understand so much the economist boss of the Central Bank, Mr. *Issing, like the vice-president Mr. *Noyer, did not shows perhaps that the decision of the month of April was mistaken, had account that meanwhile we have not assisted to any unforeseen impact? +Said #this, owe *alzarme against the true statement of war against the workers and the unemployed of the European Union that constitutes the goal affirmed by the vice-president of the #ECB *cuando talks to "reduce the rigidities of the market of the work" , or also "*emprenderla with the habits rooted and the purportedly purchased rights" . +In the first place, we are not planning neither expect any change related with the distribution, as in the case of the *ONG and the organisations of Nations Joined and other organisations, carried out by our management or our politics. We answer to the calls and to the crises and resort to any organisation that #can make a good work in the specific circumstances. +Regarding the part of the question *concerniente to the paper of the members of parliament in it that take -and is another form to see the question-, want to say that in my opinion are decisive the own debate, the own dialogue among the Commission and the Parliament around the politics that have to carry out, and is of there of where take out the decisive inspiration. +It is not a lot it that asks my country: only that each member of the world-wide community fulfil with his part of the task, in development of the principle of responsibility shared. And that #all #can assume the costs of the durable solutions in the measure of the possibilities and of the available resources. +It has stepped in relation with the *cuarta freedom of the Treaty of Blunt. The access to the justice further of the national borders, thanks to the mutual recognition of the sentences, and the possibility to combat the delinquency organised and the bleaching of money above the national borders. +In the field of the access to the justice, need that the mutual recognition go accompanied of some minimum common norms and #would have been well that had taken decisions on the rights of the persons to obtain the freedom under bail *cuando are accused in a State that is not the own. +This same year, the European Council of Colony decided to draft a chapter on the fundamental rights that gather in an integral document #all the applicable fundamental rights to level of the European Union with the end of *hacerlos more visible to the eyes of the citizens. +It is to say, it goes to make the definition of acts punishable, a harmonisation of the penal right material, the reciprocal recognition of sentences, goes to create *EUROJUST and a protection for the victims of offences, is to say, a fan of measures that mean that it is a hit. +Even it observes a weakness of the Union in the outline of a strategy to end to combat the social causes of the migration and to provide help to the countries of origin with seen to reduce the pressure to the European Union. +In the last seconds of this debate *me matters to highlight the judicial construction, the fact that the citizen, in addition to the security, in addition to the police, in addition to the fight against the crime, wants to know that the justice is #his, that is his justice, in any point of *Europa; that, in front of any judge, will have his justice. +Finally, the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary of the European Parliament has withdrawn the corresponding part of the project of resolution not to have problems with the Mr. *Duisenberg and the European Parliament finishes to back this *dejación. +In front of the current tendency to *desreglamentarlo #everything, the European Union #can, #if it wants to, endow of instruments that allow to promote a politics like this, from the *imposición of a taxation by the speculative operations until the application of a selective credit that incite to the creation of places of work and deter to the companies to take the suppressions in mass of places of work. +For my Group, Union by *Europa of the Nations, the frame inside the *cual poses the question is quite delicate, because it exists a danger that consists, on the one hand, in configuring the suppositions of an imperfect competition and, by #another, in limiting the action of the States members in this matter, against of the principle of subsidiariness. +In a period of situations and *coyunturas critical in the international system, the negative option of the, only *superpotencia real poses a fundamental question. The of the reaffirmation of the political will of the world civilised to control with effectiveness the production and expansion of the arms that cause massive disasters. +The general of four stars Reads *Butler, responsible of the strategic strengths Americans endowed of nuclear armament and that has had his finger on the #red button during #a lot of years, is totally convinced that the mere existence of nuclear armament, that #can use in compliance with a political decision but also like result of a technical failure, is very grave. +Gentleman President, wail *verme forced to abandon the session with the Mrs. Speaker of the Parliament, and thus I want now signal, as it already said the Commissioner, Mr. *Patten, in his intervention, that the Union did not accepts the terrorism, but neither accept, in any case, the use exaggerated of the strength, that #can not be tolerated in any circumstance. +#If besides I see it that says in the conjoint statement of the summit on *Chechenia, the most important subject by the moment in the cooperation with *Rusia: there it says that the European Union and the Russian Federation exchange his positions on the situation in the north of the *Cáucaso. +The #ours is not only a necessary homage to the culture, but also a sober political trial that is born first of all of the *convencimiento to have like speaker to a State - in this case *Turquía - that is far still of the full recognition of the human rights and of the principles of freedom and democracy in the *cuales assent the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, the agreement of fishing with the Realm of *Marruecos is with a lot the most important of the that has celebrated the European Union, because of the number of fuselages community affected, to the possibilities of fishing that opens, to the employments that depend directly of the sector -more of 8.000 fishermen and of 20.000 workers-. +The Parliament, this same morning, has fulfilled with his have to when including in the budget of the year 2000 a game of 125 millions of euros, that had not been foreseen in the financial perspectives negotiated in *Berlín, in virtue of the Agreement *Interinstitucional among the Council and the Parliament, but that it is fundamental so that it #can begin the negotiation. +It did not throw hand of the resources that have seen takes little, like the of the liberal democrat that drags a sack of meat #british by the airport with the hope that *algún *infortunado official *aduanero the arrest and, like this, #can take a timely photo, or the of the conservative that assaulted the *Bastilla two weeks ago in #París, also to take a timely photo. +The Mr. *Graefe *zu *Baringdorf, colleague of my Group, #one or two times in his intervention referred to the #english "meat" , but already knows that in the Realm Joined there are four distinct countries, and in *Escocia, that is the #mine, the agriculturalists have #all the right to feel abused, because, in the first place, do not have a serious problem of *EEB. +From the point of sight juridical, remains of self-evident that the #french law of 1 July 1998, that creates the Agency of Security Sanitary Alimentary, *sobrentiende that *Francia has of a sovereign power for *salvaguardar the health of his inhabitants. +It #can have problems to the principle, but the imperative of #all the that take part in the formulation of the relative legislation to this agency will be the to watch by that the competitions of each #one of the diverse institutions -already correspond to the community level or to the of the States members- have suitable reciprocal effects and each part know exactly where begins and finishes his competition. +That *usted declare now -the Mr. *Böge already has posed this question- that will not be able to impose until the year 2003 the compulsory labeling and the identification of the origin of the animal from the moment of his birth is, to my seem, #one of the causes of the gangrene that supposes #all this crisis of the *EEB. +The Parliament has in front of himself/hisself relative proposals to the labeling, as it says His *Señoría, with arrangement to the article 152, relative to the procedure of *codecisión, and His *Señoría is in it true when saying that these disposals on labeling establish the obligation to facilitate information on the animal from the birth, by it that the disposals on a thorough labeling are a valuable instrument. +From the point of sight of the States members by separate, the risk do not finds in the inflation, but in the disproportionate increases of the nominal wages, increases that *ocasionarían a drastic descent of the competitiveness and profitability of the companies and, in consequence, a loss of places of work. +#All the actors agreed in the need to keep the stability of prices and negotiate agreements *salariales compatible with the goal to continue with the process of *saneamiento budgetary -in accordance with the programs of stability of each country- and to complete the structural reforms in accordance with the processes of *Luxemburgo and *Cardiff. +The Commission published a White Book in 1997 to end to finish with these irresponsible exceptions; in 1998, it presented a communication in the that appeared, among other things, a proposal of directive to modify the relative directive to the ordination of the time of work. +It is a plan *quinquenal directed to reduce the deaths in the road and the quantity of traffic in the roads and to watch by that the quality of the vehicles in the roads correspond to the highest levels possible to protect the environment. +It That we have to guarantee it is that it #can give to the patients the ideal level of attention of health and of protection of the health in the sanitary service and also that the auxiliary doctors receive the highest level of possible training with ideal norms for his conditions and labour day -it that will mean a reduction of the hours that work- and also the #others obligations that have to fulfil simply to loan his services. +And for *eso need a clear juridical order, a juridical order of the inner market, with his principles, that *irradie to #all the #others political and through the *cuales the citizens have a clear idea of it that has been taking from 50 years ago and that now, through these initiatives, believe that will have a vocation of future absolutely ensured. +Also it wanted to mention our feeling -like the of *usted- that the common citizens and currents have to see an increase in the rapidity and the efficiency of the procedures of infringement against the States members in the that the rights of the citizens of the European Union exerted inside the Inner Market result violated or *denegados. +To5-0045/1999 of the Mr. *Menrad, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the proposal of decision of the Council [*COM(1999)0440 - *C5-0173/1999 - 1999/0192(*CNS)] by the that creates the Committee of Employment and on the proposal of the Commission "Lines guidelines for the politics of employment of the States members in the year 2000" [*COM(1999)0441 - *C5-0147/1999 - 1999/0816(*CNS)]; +we Happen to it essential and *démonos explains that it is not possible to have a politics of employment better #if, happened the stage of convergence economic and monetary, do not want to establish the full social convergence and fiscal, with some common norms for #all the countries of the Union. +Thanks to the constructive proposals for the politics of employment of the States members in the year 2000, proposals based in a hit analysis of the conjoint report on the employment, the report of the Mr. *Menrad traces the path to follow so that *Europa take advantage of of optimum form his extraordinary human capital. +The analyses show that the States members have tackled #a lot of very significant initiatives, that #this take with more seriousness and give more importance that in the past to the qualification and to the continuous training of the workers and that by means of this politics of employment have created also new places of work and, in concrete, gentleman *Brie, also want *decirle #this, in the sector services. +The European Commission has reason *cuando criticises in his report the fault of progress in matter of employment for these less favoured communities of the States members and takes a call in favour that it put a greater emphasis in the principle of "*mainstreaming" in our programs of employment regarding measures to struggle against the discrimination. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0041/1999) on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 93/104/*CE relative to determined looks of the ordination of the time of work to include the sectors and the activities excluded of said managerial (8642/1/1999 - *C5-0036/1999 - 1998/0318(*COD) (Commission of Employment and Social Subjects) (Speaker: Mrs. *Smet) +Precisely because I agree, believe that this Parliament #would have to take advantage of the occasion to indicate to the Court of Accounts his big restlessness in front of the fact that a document of the substance of the that has prepared the Court have filtered , in correct or wrong terms of content, to the newspaper *Der *Spiegel of 8 November. +*Me Refer to the fact that in the common position takes reference to the health in his physical looks, psychic and social, to the quality of life, to the violence in what rape of the human rights and, in particular, to the fact that this program includes also to the victims of abuse and sexual exploitation. +The program has like solid base the recognition of the need to sustain the human rights and the of the boy, according to the Convention of the Rights of the Boy *promulgada by the Nations Joined in 1989, as also the of the women, #such as they expressed in the Statement of *Beijing and in the Platform of Action of 1995. +I consider that the sum of this initiative with the open perspectives by the meeting of *Tampere will end, in a near future, in common definitions, in common penal procedures and in common sanctions that the States members will apply to the crimes of the traffic of persons and to the crimes against the boys. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, in the month of April of 1999 the European Parliament approved in first reading his legislative resolution on the proposal of the Commission by the that created a general frame in the field of the information and the query of the workers of the European Union. +The problem of bottom to the that *nos confront #can *resumirse simply like this: or well the system of resources own *nos gives in copartnership, forms part of a package of measures that the Parliament will ask to examine in the Conference *Intergubernamental so that it was -as it #would say *yo- more democratic, more participatory, or well, only #can check, lamentably, on this point that touches to move piece to the Council, it that it #can last long #if our proposals do not take in account. +It has taken reference to the Inner Market, that is the most important frame in the that now we act: in *él it is necessary to put end to the great subventions for the coal and the nuclear energy and the support to the renewable energies, like important look that is of the environmental politics, has to be realistic. +Without embargo, in spite of the positive general evaluation of the directive, believe that they still remain #a lot of problems for solving, like the full application of the new diet for the citizens of countries third that live in the European Union, and also for #that that coexist out of the narrow familiar frames traditional. +#If it was necessary to invoke an alone reason, #would be the interest of the children and doubt that #if our Parliament approved these two amendments, *ello *redunde in the interest of the children, that expect a lot of the fast establishment of a regulation that *les recognise the mere right to not having to suffer the election of his parents to live in different #european countries. +We are in the stage of query of the committees, integrated especially by other States members, and therefore #can, before finals of this year, propose an informal definite decision for the approval of the map of the Goal 2 of his country, as probably of the #others three countries that went object of the first decision of the Commission, on 26 October. +Subject: Violence exerted against the women The majority of the actions allocated to solve the problem of the violence exerted against the women are of character *curativo and go directed to women and girls. It is the case of the subventions to special centres in the that the women #can *refugiarse with his children, or the of the rehabilitation of the victims of the violence. +And the *segunda: How opinion *le deserve the actions of pressure that is exerting in these moments the Administration of the States Joined against #some #european companies -*me refer to the #spanish chain Sun *Meliá and to other companies like the Club *Méditérranée and the German *LTU- and #which are the measures that, to his trial, #would have to take the European Union? +The initial difficulties also indicate, nevertheless, and do not owe *hacernos illusions to the *respecto, that the ancient consensus that determined the combination of liberalisation of the world-wide trade and establishment of some compulsory commercial norms, and that always took for granted that #this #would influence of way predominantly positive on the national tendencies, said consensus has begun to crack . +The citizens, the no governmental organisations and the companies of the European Union go to follow the negotiations of *Seattle with greater attention that in #any another previous occasion and will put the point of watches in the possibilities that the world-wide trade was as a whole juster, social and *equitativo and take in consideration #all the interests. +Particularly in the field of the agriculture, have to respect the conclusions of *Berlín like absolute minimum criterion in the frame of the negotiations, as it is not possible to leave to take into account the situation of the small agricultural exploitations familiar and of the agriculturalists with a difficult geographic location. +First direction, concretise the principle according to the #which these negotiations have to be useful to the countries and populations with difficulties, with the affirmation of the right for the Union and the States members to defend his politics of development and the specific agreements with the *ACP and the rejection to see the agreements of *Lomé put in *entredicho by the *OMC. +In contrary case, exists, with reason, the danger to finish in a *American *world that defends the trade with enthusiasm, but that forgets the remaining values of the *European *dream, is to say, the solidarity in addition to the competitiveness, and the responsibility in addition to the economic growth #can not be that the goal consist in subordinating #everything to this only paradigm, in that it have to preach from *Seattle to the rest of the world? +As, alas, the other parts negotiators *nos follow to #a lot of distance, the EU needs the additional help of the no governmental organisations- in his work for converting to the *OMC in an organisation *perdurable from the point of sight of the environment, of the health and of the welfare. +#All coincide in that before the enlargement of the Union and the incorporation of new States is necessary to make a fundamental reform that allow to keep the effective operation of the European Union and improve also, add *yo, the transparency and the possibilities of control of the decisions in the field of the #european politics. +To #the same time, there are not obstacles to argue the subject in the meetings of the Ministers of Health and like this treat to create no a collaboration, but yes contacts, and perhaps exchange information among the different countries to treat to develop these methods in the different countries of the Union. +Subject: Greater federalism in the adoption of decisions of the EU The minister of Subjects External of *Finlandia took part in July in *Estrasburgo in name of the country that exerts the Presidency of the Council and indicated that, in accordance with the goals of *Finlandia, "the Union has to have an only will, a common politics and an alone voice". +The Commission of Subjects Constitutional, in fact, has admitted three amendments of the Mr. *Méndez of *Vigo by means of the *cuales, as a result of the application of the Agreement *Interinstitucional reached in the Parliament, has awarded a special paper to the own President of the Parliament, to the *cual will transmit the informations on the deputies. +We #can accept likewise the principle of the amendment 6, that leaves very seated that two games of digital prints are equal *cuando are identical, and no *cuando are only similar. Also we accept the principle of the amendment 12, that is directed to clear that the data #can not send never to the country of an applicant of asylum neither use inside a Been member for extraneous ends to the question. +It requires a complete application and adapted of the resolutions of the Organisation of Nations Joined and of the Extraordinary Assembly, and requires , gentleman President and gentleman Commissioner, a special clause against the drugs, that include in #all the agreements with third countries, a clause of #the same level and consideration that the clause on the human rights. +In the agreements on the intellectual property, *Europa has to deny to patent the life, has to guarantee the maintenance of the exceptions to the general norms of the trade concerning the medicines used in the fight against the AIDS and the other grave illnesses established by the WHO. +I reproach to the conservative Group of this Parliament that have procured to suppress the relative considerations to the development in the Permanent Forum with the *OIT that has proposed , and that have encouraged it *indecible by *desviarnos of our consistent goals in reaching a balance *equitativo in it social, #as well as a free trade. +2) it centres the review in an agenda that only has to see with, essentially, the questions of the power of decision and corresponding to the new balance among States members, when reducing, in name of the equity, the weight of the States economically less developed in favour of the economically more powerful, to the *cuales pretends to attribute the mechanisms of a reinforcement of influence; +To fault of another better thing, will vote in favour of the resolution, by the that asks a moratorium on the pity of death; but I consider that the fact of no *atreverse to adopt a position in favour of the immediate and unconditional abolition of the pity of death constitutes an abdication in front of the barbarism. +Second, in *Kosovo no longer is the #yugoslav army, but our armies. By a part, and from any point of seen, are making a glorious work in the fields of the reconstruction, the protection of the citizens and the reorganisation, but, of another side, are exasperated because they do not reach to protect to the persons to the that they have to and want to protect. +The current report speech with total clarity in a series of points and aims in any case with enough clarity that #if no *redoblamos our efforts against the instigators and the capitalists of the *narcodelincuencia and his wash of money, the states of Right, the populations and our youth will lose this war. +Have understood that *usted has directed today a writing to the Defender of the European Village, but #would wish to know when will have the deputies the opportunity to answer to the appeal of the Defender of the European Village to comment his query of initiative own. +A substantive politics, of course, and provable by part of *Turquía, of advance by this path. By the path of the state of right, clear is, by the path of the fine *vecindad and of the peaceful coexistence, by the path of the abandonment in #all the fields of the military methods, especially in *Chipre, but also, how doubt fits, in the question *kurda.. +The Mrs. *Halonen so only has achieved to insert a quotation of the society of the information - believe that in the last sentence of his intervention - and without embargo, according to a document that received of the Commission the past week, in *Helsinki will present a relative initiative to "and-*Europa" , a document titled "Society of the Information for #All" . +In virtue of #the same, the persons and his fundamental rights also remain excluded of the right of sovereignty of the #another splits signatory, further that we always have kept that the requirement of the respect of the human rights do not constitutes an interference in the internal subjects of a country. +*Turquía, nevertheless, keeps the pity of death. Now well, although it #can be difficult change the mentality of the policemen, change the situation of the prisons, suffices a law, suffices a parliamentary vote to abolish the pity of death, as they have taken #all the countries of the European Union. +In this moment, *yo do not know how decision will adopt the next week in *Helsinki. Nevertheless, in any case, am firmly convinced that the decision that has to adopt the European Parliament on these two regulations will influence on the result of the deliberations still in course and also on the decision that adopt the European Council the next week. +Taking in consideration the request of the European Parliament in the first reading, the Commission gives now the *primer step to incorporate to the legislation the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon and the consumption of fuels of the light industrial vehicles, is to say, of the vehicles of the category *M1. +And in this sense go the amendments that have presented to this proposal of modification of regulation: two in the *considerandos, in the that considers that the formula of helps to the transformation is really important, that the quota is insufficient and that the Commission goes to present, before the start of the next campaign, a proposal to happen of quotas to thresholds. +With regard to the problem of the double fixation of prices, agree with the idea that we will have to define a moment from the *cual the double fixation of prices was absolutely compulsory and is the only form to begin to make #any comparison, although #all are conscious that only in the last months of the year 2001 the public opinion, the citizen, will begin for real to take the comparisons. +The Parliament will ask the acceptance of the essence of the measures and resolutions of 25 October 1996, the Report *Gallagher, and of his opinion of 26 April 1998 on the application of measures technical in the politics *pesquera community. +#If they take into account, among #others, his considerations and relative criticisms to the *parco presupposed that *le attributes the regulation and to the exclusion of the Common Organisation of Market of almost #all our aquaculture, #as well as his partial criticisms to the norms referents to the information of the consumers and to his defence of the contingents *arancelarios, *cuando exists community production, will improve definitely the regulation. +The first consists in saying that the European Union has not been *recompensada by the efforts made and that, beyond all doubt, at all has to expect of the #turkish Government, since after the application of the agreements on the Union *aduanera, has not effected , according to #some of our colleagues, any sensitive progress. +We regret that in the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer have not treated to look for a reasonable point of #inspired commitment in the principle of the realism. +The agenda includes the questions that remained without solution in *Amsterdam, that are the size and the composition of the Commission, the weighting of the votes in the Council and the possible extension of the vote by qualified majority in the Council, #as well as other subjects related with the Institutions in the frame of the quoted questions. +The fault of transparency has hampered, especially, the taking of decisions in the Council; the #finnish Presidency has begun to put in new practice procedures to increase the transparency, and is to expect that #this root before elaborating an official rule. +The fulfillment of the austerity in the budgetary politics #can not, neither has to, remain under the responsibility of the Commission of Budgets, but that the main responsibility, regarding the Parliament, *recae logically in the Conference of Presidents and also in the Spokesmen of the political Groups. +The #finnish Presidency of the Council has achieved to fulfil a truly important program; the Summit was a hit, a good final brooch for the year 1999 and a good point of game for the future, with the Statement of the #Millenium. +The proposal of the Commission has like goal the that the amount of 26 millions of euros was distributed by the States members with some criterion, in a table of distribution that take into account, above #everything, the number of appeals of asylum that each Been member have received in the three last years and the number of refugees that found in the territory of each #one of the States members in the three last years. +*Yo Believe that the collection of tolls also #can contribute in the long run to a reduction of the costs of the mobility, #if they achieved the goals that pursue , or was, reduce the jams and the accidents and, especially, improve the protection of the environment, no only in relation with the pollution of the air and the noise, but also in #many other looks. +Therefore, *yo owe *decirle with #all clarity to the Council that with his fault of initiative, to the not considering the proposals of the Parliament in the frame of this third alternative that have presented, this week *nos have put in a very difficult situation, next to the limit of it in accordance with the regulations admissible. +The increase -as they said our mates- of two grades of the temperature, that foresees of here to the year 2010, #if they do not take measures, the increase of the level of the sea, the disappearance of small islands and #many of the catastrophes of the two last years that, according to the experts, have to see with the climatic change, are taken that they had to *obligarnos to adopt immediate and concrete measures already. +We promised to guarantee the equality of access of the women and his full participation in the structures to be able to and in the taking of decisions, although in any #another field is so great the inequality of deal among both sexes of swear and of *facto that in the field of the taking of decisions. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0077/1999) of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, concerning the common position (5748/1999 - *C5-0034/1999 - 1998/0228(*COD)) adopted by the Council with seen to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone (Speaker: Mrs. *Hulthén) +*Nosotros said that it no longer was possible follow to the *OMC without comprising the requirement to include as *primer point of the agenda the principle of caution, the cultural diversity, the social rights, the protection of the environment and the reduction of the inequalities of development. +*Europa Has to support in this movement, in this new public opinion world-wide, to promote another type of regulation of the international economy, based in the redistribution of the wealths and in a distinct balance among it that depends of the market and it that it has to follow *incumbiendo to the democracy, among it that depends of the *librecambio and it that it has to depend of the cooperation. +. (*FR) Have voted against of the project of resolution on the labeling of products alimentary produced from organisms modified genetically, since has by only object give green light to the Commission with seen to propose a regulation by the that it establish that *cuando an alimentary product contains *OMG that are underneath of the limit of the 1%, the labeling that signals his presence #would not be compulsory. +Lady Speaker, lady Commissioner, do not fits the lower doubt that the *quinta conference of the UN on the woman, the Conference of *Beijing, constituted #all a milestone in the path to the equality among the sexes, since there surprisingly produced the agreement of #all the countries of the UN around a common planetary platform of action. +Since they have suggested some parallelisms with *Seattle, wanted to remember that the institutional frame is not #the same, neither neither is #the same the institutional paper that the Commission exerts in New *York and in the Conference of *Beijing that the that exerted in *Seattle, but swims *nos prevents -#if there #be political will- that collaborate the Presidency, the Commission and the Parliament, along these months, until June, that join his strengths. +The application of this rule will carry, among other things, to a more effective control of the borders and to the reduction of the illegal immigration of the citizens of the aspiring countries to the adhesion or that get to territory of the Union through these countries. +It fits to remember also that, although the Ministers designated by the States members for the Council of Governors of the *BEI #be to be #the same that take part in the sessions of the Council of *ECOFIN, the Council of *ECOFIN do not has competitions of any type to give instructions to the European Bank of Investments on his politics of credits or on his informative politics. +We do not ask information on the reasons by the *cuales the European Bank of Investments awarded the credit, ask simply #which were the general criteria that justified it and on the base of how assessments considered the project -that, on the other hand, affects to #one of the richest regions of #Italia that, among other things, characterises by a delicate environmental balance- and conceded the credit. +The Council kept a deep debate in the session of the days 9 and 10 December 1999 on the communication of the Commission on the new control of the aerial traffic titled " Communication to the Council and to the European Parliament on an aerial space uniform European" . +Gentleman President, as I already have indicated before, the Council has begun to take part in this problem of delays in the aerial traffic and has demanded that the Commission act in this question, and, as I said in my answer, also have taken progresses in the course of the autumn. +Subject: Referendum of self-determination in the *Sáhara Western The #moroccan minister of the Interior, *Driss *Basri, affirmed on 3 November 1999 in The *Aaiún that the referendum of self-determination of the *Sáhara Western, foreseen for 31 July of the year 2000, "will be postponed two or three years" because of the 71.420 resources presented against the provisional census of voters that elaborates the Mission of Nations Joined for the referendum of the *Sáhara Western. +In the meeting kept on 14 September with the #finnish Presidency, the Ambassador *Eagleton urged to the EU to that it transmitted the message to *Marruecos and *Argelia that the international community aspires to achieve the balance in the region of the *Magreb and to that it left clear that, without this balance, is difficult to support the economic recovery of the region. +The interpretation recommended by the Mrs. deputy to the Parliament has his virtues and his defects, to the equal that occurs with the current practice to observe the valid rule in the procedures of the Court of Justices of the European Communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0099/1999) in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establish measured of fight against the *morosidad in the commercial transactions (8790/1999 - *C5-0125/1999 - 1998/0099(*COD)) (Speaker: Mr. *Murphy) +Gentleman President, today debate at last the definite prohibition of the put in the market and the circulation of the *BST in the European Union. It is to expect that with #this reach to put end to a process of ten years in the that the definite decision remained postponed #one and another time with the argument that it did not have of definite scientific knowledges that legitimated said definite prohibition. +At the beginning of 1997, in full crisis of the crazy cows, the Council had decided to create a system of identification of the animals of the bovine species from the place of production, #as well as a labeling of the meat, *facultativo in a first stage, but that it #would be compulsory from 1 January of the 2000. +It has to say that the evolution of the situation is particularly #baffling, had account that the Emir of *Kuwait, the Boss of State, in a brave decision that the Commission has received with satisfaction, has proposed to recognise to the women the right of suffrage active and passive. +But, in definite, it that here go to take in these last debates of the year and of the century is to recognise public and formally that #this is a pending subject, with it that *ello has to suppose also of commitment of no *cejar in our efforts until seeing fulfilled the goal that *nos fix with the approval of the statute of the Court, *presionando also to the Council and to the Commission so that they act in this same sense. +There #be another look that wanted to signal to the Commission and to the Council with regard to the amendment 5, that expect was taken into account, as the data in *ella requested, according to the Regulation (*CE) 1390/99, that went in in vigour on 23 November 1999, in his article 2, establishes that "each Been member will keep to disposal of the Commission #all the data classified by budgetary games that *le will be transmitted to appeal of the Commission in a maximum term of 30 days" . +It decided put in practice two types of financial contests: by a part, loans, in that moment had reserved 245 millions of euros for the loans to these three countries, and on the other hand, a donation of 130 millions of euros that had like essential goal the to reduce the charge of the debt and improve the capacity of repayment of these countries. +It That *nos proposes the Commission is finally reproduce it that took by #Georgia and *Armenia, is to say, foresee, a new loan that #would allow *reembolsar the previous, but in some much more favourable terms with the end to give a bit of oxygen to this country, and foresee a donation of 35 millions of euros for the period 2000-2004, with the end to relieve the charge of the debt. +A modification of the law on the general and direct elections of deputies to the European Parliament #would presuppose that the Council, with the assent of the European Parliament, decreed unanimously the corresponding norms and the recommended to the States members for his approval according to his constitutional norms. +And, especially, I do not accept that it pretend create two categories, to know, Commissioners and *subcomisarios of the European Union, the same that exist Ministers and Secretaries of State, *cuando to #the same time says -and *me *congratulo that the speaker have accepted my proposal in this sense- that the distribution of competitions among the Commissioners do not has to be a form of *jerarquizar small and great States. +Another point that have to underline refers to the increase of the tax of unemployment in the Czech Republic, that, according to the Commission, has to mainly to the *ralentización of the economic activity and of the effect of the process of restructuring industrial and economic of the country. +A tendency, very favourable also, affects to the reinforcement of the administrative device of the #hungarian State by means of the enlargement of the staff -it that in the Commission of course has caused some envy- and the organisation of some programs of training to half term. +Seen the limited available time, #this has not allowed the formulation of a proposal on the paper. Yes it is clear that the self-evident Commission a posture *complaciente, seems that it is prepared to satisfy the objections of the European Parliament and, for *ello, goes to admit modifications in the current proposal. +In the High Half Age, the introduction of the penny of silver endorsed by the prince was #one of the fundamental instruments to boost the economic development in #all *Europa. With this measure pretended surpass the derivative difficulties of the private money. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0175/99) of the Mr. *Fayot, in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and Industrial Politics, on the communication of the Commission on the financial services: establishment of a frame of performance (*COM(98)0625 - *C4-0688/98). +#One of the things that expect of the only coin is that #one the monetary market in *Europa and carry it to the dimension of the monetary market American, so that, of here, #can take out the necessary investments to increase the activity of the #european economy and absorb a part of the unemployment. +The politics of the Union #would have to base in a pragmatic approach centred in three key sectors: first, it is vital that to the buyers of services financial *les facilitate a clear and comprehensible information; second, the procedures of claim are fundamental of face to the confidence of the consumers. +I seat that the Mrs. *Benassar *Tous #can not take part especially because we had wished -or at least *yo had wished-*agradecerle sincere and personally his work, since it has achieved that it approved this program keeping a difficult balance among the spirit and the political meaning of #the same and the limitation of a juridical foundation that, lamentably, consider very *restrictivo with regard to the goals of the own program. +We are #all in accordance with that it is necessary to ask to this country a provisional agreement to treat to solve the problem of the alpine ports; without embargo, have to remember the road characteristics of Swiss, an authentic cheese *gruyer with the tunnel of the Saint *Gotardo of 17 kilometres and 3 narrower metres that the of the *Mont *Blanc. +Without embargo, this important file #can not refer only to the good operation of the inner market or of the distribution of the resources among the States members and the Community, treats to struggle of the most effective way possible against the international fraud and the delinquency organised. +Firstly, because it centres in the goal to strengthen the independence of the Commission, as it develops it the exhibition of reasons, whereas the recent experience, after the resignation of this institution by reasons of irresponsible management, carries to the conclusion that, by the contrary, is necessary to reduce his independence and strengthen the controls that exert on #this. +The current environmental problems in the countries applicants are resulted of great broadcasts in the atmosphere *provenientes of industrial activities, of the production of energy and of the transport, #as well as of an insufficient finance and of the oversight by it that refers to the supply of water and the management of wastes. +Gentleman President, *cuando have had to explain the opinion of the Commission of Freedoms Public and Inner subjects in replacement of my colleague, the Mrs. *Zimmermann, have said that this Parliament is particularly satisfied with the initiative of the Commission and that appreciate it to the acting Commissioner *Liikanen, in name of my #others two colleagues. +Lady Speaker, the violence is a specific characteristic of the contemporary society and a *enigma of the open society, a society that has lost his values and that creates new idols and new symbols *trastrocando at the end these traditional values that, by the contrary, always have constituted the base of our coexistence civilised. +We have to manifest explicitly our satisfaction by the fact that this intolerable demonstration of the maximum human contempt have left to be *tabú. Every time they are more frequent the debates that treat this subject #as well as the programs of action that pretend to combat it. +«Treating of a collective resignation of #all the members of the Commission owing to the loss of confidence of the Parliament, seems that the planned case in the Treaty that presents greater analogy is the of the article 144, that contemplates the case of a motion of censorship decided by the Parliament. +The section 7 includes a series of ideas on how a more flexible perspective and updated of the labour market and of the greater persons #would allow to reach new modalities of transition of the labour life to the retirement by means of new models, like the half labour day for the most greater. +Third proposal: authorise, in accordance with the #italian Government, exceptions to the article 92 of the Treaty that refers to the helps awarded by the States, so as to concede fiscal benefits and incentives to #all the employers that set up -and have the intention to set up in the future- and keep in active able initiatives to guarantee employment, #as well as and especially an autochthonous life to #Venecia. +We remember: in the procedure of approval of the management for 1996 took patent irregularities and contraventions of the Treaty because precisely the Annex *V had had for the denial of the approval of the management a greater majority that the that prescribes the own Treaty in the article 141 of the Treaty *CE. +In the commission have argued also the question of #if it #would be necessary to put in practice and fund to #european level special programs of employment for specific groups, like the youngsters or the unemployed of long length and, in concrete, with additional character to the programs of action national and to the measures of the structural Bottoms in the States members; #this #would be mistaken. +Now it arises also by part *socialdemócrata a true support in the field of the set up of this type of measures structural, that precisely are of importance to procure that it guarantee the internal stability of the euro: a low inflation that comports costs lower, that also makes possible by means of these structural measures give employment to more persons. +From my point of sight, and say #this without exaggerating, #if the Commission had presented to beginnings of December a relative reasonable proposal to the improvement of the fight against the fraud *nos #would have saved probably the denial of the approval of the management little before Christmas and with *ello *nos #would have saved all it that came to continuation. +Gentleman President, first of all want to add also my voice to the praise to the efforts for the creation of the *OLAF, and have to say that the session of today is *revestida of some solemnity, since those that work in the Commission of Control Budgetary see today materialise some attempts that have demanded efforts and that have known moments of proof in the that it decided #if the proposals #would prosper or #would not prosper. +There are observations on it that has conducted to this situation that finishes to describe my colleague the Mr. *Elles, a new politics of personnel, relative questions to the Offices of Assistance Technical, the report of the Commission of Experts and also #some guidelines for the reform of the Commission. +Now well, in our statutory texts, without damage of the modification of the Regulation that go to vote tomorrow, the form in that it regulates the procedure of approval of the budget is written, is there, black on white. #Can be in disagreement, but there #be not gone back of leaf, since #if a text presents in the Plenary and refuses the proposal with the *cual has agreed said text, the proposal returns to commission. +It is to say, there #be not text of the Council, there #be a draft of negotiations taken before the entrance in vigour of the Treaty and, therefore, of course, there #be not any official text of the Council and has not sent any text to any part. +A work of boss of company that *le will carry definitely to coordinate better the responsibilities of the commissioners, to go back to define the tasks that have to make, to suppress #some of #the same and to develop other new, and that *le will carry also to reform the methods of management, the methods of granting of agreements, to resort to the *consultores, etc. +Gentleman President proposed, value his determination to put ready quickly the elements of an organic proposal for this region, so as to that establish a stable relation that give a perspective to the current conflicts and to the potentials that -and here agree with *usted- #can temper and resolve through a strong relation with the European Union. +Without embargo, *cuando observe how act the Ministers of Finances and, in particular, the paper that exerts the group «Euro 11», *me see forced to ascertain that the decisions glide progressively to the plane *intergubernamental and that #this offers a scarce *legitimación democratic for some decisions of politics economic and monetary important, that go couples to the independence of the Central Bank European. +For the first time, we have written that *nos deny to concede said approval of the management, although the past 17 December refuse simply a proposal that *nos got, on the other hand, of the Socialist Group and that had been approved in extremis by a very scarce majority in the breast of the Commission of Control Budgetary, proposal that *nos requested to concede the approval of the management. +We do not combat against the legitimate interests of the #serbian village, but that it that wish is the return of Serbian to the breast of *Europa and an evolution of Serbian to the incorporation to the *Europa of the integration, on the base of the democracy and of the legitimate rights of the #serbian village. +We do not owe today increase the errors of trial initial that gave place to the premature interruption of the process of *Rambouillet, to jump the Council of Security, to *marginar to *Rusia, to not appreciating in his just measure the effect of the bombardments on the #serbian village. +Gentleman President, is evident that in front of the terrible tragedy of #all the village of *Kosovo, literally *masacrado and expelled of his country by this horrible ethnic cleansing of the tyrant *Milosevic, and in front of the consequent and necessary intervention of the NATO -a necessary action, but painful, that certainly nobody has wanted neither wished- no *nos #can *atrincherar in the formalisms of the international Right or in the evident questions of formal character. +In subjects so concrete and so clear as they are the prerogatives of this Parliament, that is not lower of age and to the that, therefore, the Statute has to give a *margen of manoeuvre -#that is the sense of the structuring in text base and annexes- so that it #can execute and establish the disposals of execution of this statute with a distinct diet of the established by the article 190.5, so heavy, that demands unanimity in the Council. +#If we do not achieve it, #if it do not adopts a statute this week or in the short term, wish to #all my mates #a lot of hit in the confrontation with a public opinion that will have #all the right to doubt that in the European Parliament remain somebody with a minimum of sense of the responsibility. +I believe that it is necessary *matizar the allusion that takes to the agreement of credit *hipotecario, because also in this point it is necessary to remember that eleven or twelve of the States members protect better this credit *hipotecario by means of the notarial writing and the registration in a territorial register, and, therefore, it is necessary to understand that in the text alludes to a stage *precontractual. +Gentleman President, *me refer to a letter that the services of the Cabinet of the President of this Parliament *me directed on 20 April happened in reply to the appeal of information on the formality given to the request presented by the spokesman of the unitary platform of neighbours of *Areeta, province of *Álava -populate #where have been born and #where alive, by it that have big interest in this subject-. +In matter of external politics and of politics regarding the Nations Joined, whereas European Union have progresses that make and things that say on the two essential questions that are the ratification of the statute of the permanent Penal Court and the moratorium of the capital execution that has been asked by a vote of the Commission of the Nations Joined in Gin. +But first I want to take advantage of this occasion to congratulate so much to the President of the Council as to the President of the Commission for having taken out continuously to collation the politics of employment and by *haberla followed with perseverance although, lamentably, the plan *Santer have not been followed sufficiently and there #be *fracasado in the Council. +#One *Europa that no only embrace the economic and monetary cooperation, but #one *Europa that also attend to the employment, to the fight against the poverty, to the care of the handicapped persons and of the greater persons, is to say a *Europa that no only want to take out benefit but that also want to be profitable for a society in the that have big weight the human values. +The two first steps are as it that have said: first, the famous *leftovers of *Amsterdam, with the additional analysis of the question of #if our current situation in it *tocante to the relation among the organs forces to other modifications of the Treaty and the Letter of Rights Fundamental, of the that have said that it has to be developed by the Parliaments. +In it *tocante to the execution and to the management, go to bet in the future of mood consistent by the decentralisation, a clear distribution of tasks and responsibilities, an enlargement of the cooperation to #all the levels and a substantial improvement of the monitor, the control and the evaluation. +After #everything *eso hid a real attempt to recognise that the Report *Rothley *simpliciter of the past December, evidently, #would not obtain the unanimous approval of the Council; that the text of the Council of the past week, evidently, #would not obtain the support of this Assembly. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #all the insular of the European Union cheered , the night of 2 October 1997, when ascertaining that the Treaty of *Amsterdam signed by the Fifteen contained the first explicit quotations that recognise *institucionalmente the structural and permanent obstacles that suffer the insular regions and the need of *ponerles remedy. +On the other hand, in the measure in that *me seems also necessary to get to a commitment with the Council and the Commission, have suggested simply to the Commission of Agriculture of this Assembly, -that the has taken #his- an amendment of commitment that consists in boosting the network of security *llevándola of 1.560 to 2.000 euros by tonne. +In the moment in that *Europa is looking for his soul and *cuando the President of this Commission, gentleman *Prodi, *nos says that the will find in the #american culture, *me ask #if it #can not transmit a bit of enthusiasm to the #european villages *permitiéndoles exert *algo stimulating and that form part of his culture, is to say, the solidarity in the fight by the human rights through the borders. +But, from the point of sight of a member of parliament that, even representing to the whole of *España, represents particularly the interests of the regions *ultraperiféricas, of #any form #would be interesting that the Council took an initiative so that the new Commission #can consider the subject from the principle, since the special diet needs a back development. +Anyway, #if in accordance with the regulations they had assigned by writing this question to *usted or to another member of the Assembly, himself/hisself had been able to proceed like this but, in this case, the Regulation limits the answers by writing to those questions that have not been able to formulate in the course of the hour and average of the turn of questions. +It #can ensure besides that it goes to carry out a coherent approach of the rural development keeping #the same groups of action local and contributing like this to avert the times of wait excessive that they #can constitute an important obstacle to the same rhythm of the development? +It wanted to give the thanks to the speaker, the Mr. *Colom *I Naval, since it has included the amendments of the Commission of Control Budgetary in his report on the financial forecasts and the agreement *interinstitucional, and to #the same time wanted to comment the most important, and also the most logical, of these amendments. +Like speaker in the shadow will be able to *pronunciarme on the amendments that have arisen like a commitment of the negotiations of the Council, *cuando the Council and the Commission *nos ensure that the corresponding modifications go to be really adopted and of this mood #can not arise the danger of a third reading. +It Peculiar of the system of the European Union is that, during #all these years in that the Council has acted like the legislative authority, has shown also his will to delegate the measures of application in the Commission with the only condition that #this carried out his committed jointly with committees of national civil servants. +And I take advantage of this occasion - since the quote, lady #Miranda- bear *agradecerle his big work, like the of the that the have preceded: the Mr. *Newens, #others that have occupied also of this field and that have taken part, like the Mr. *Salafranca, the Mrs. *González *Álvarez, and, in general, even #that that always have shown critics or have opted by a much more critical approximation to our relations with *América Latin in his group. +To end to protect to the patient, is to say, to the consumer, and think especially in our youngsters, is indispensable that remain guaranteed the application of the Directive 92/28/*CEE of the Council, of 31 March 1992, relative to the advertising of the medicines of use human in the field of the electronic trade of medicines. +It wanted to take advantage of the occasion to signal that the Commission of Subjects Juridical has characterised always by the big inner work, the big effort of coordination that take among *nosotros, and to *ello have contributed #many of the that in this moment are here taking part and, especially, #ours speaker, the Mrs. #Christine *Oddy, that, with his good take, has facilitated and facilitates always the work inside our commission. +Therefore, taking into account #all these facts and not to incur in a defect that *nos #can carry to that there were resources in front of the Court of Justice and the lost -as it already has occurred in another occasion-, do not have more remedy that keep the criterion of the Juridical Service that this vote is by simple majority, and by simple majority will decide . +I believe that #this are the lessons that have to remember, that it is necessary to expect that the release of the smallest villages in the future produce following the #palestinian method, that #this convert in the normal method and that the #kosovar method was not more that a regrettable exception in the world-wide history. +After all, gentleman President, *Turquía and his village, was *cual was his ethnic and linguistic origin, belong to the #european aspiration and to *ellos also *atañen the humanitarian «and» liberal «statements» that the majority of the governments of the European Union, that are members of the NATO, affirm to want to apply in our wider region. +By #everything *ello, consider fundamental that the European Union act with big firmness and declare that his States members will be of the first in backing the ratification of this International Penal Court. We have to put #all our obstinacy in that the Court carry to the practice and #can not leave this committed in hands of #some other States that have deployed a #worthy enthusiasm of praise. +It results that this attitude, that #many of *ustedes *tildaron in his moment of *antiprogresista, has imposed with the time because of the impossibility to solve the problems related with the nuclear energy, the impossibility to solve the problems related with the security, the storage and the costs. +The Commission and the Parliament have to satisfy urgently the lagoons of the #european social legislation regarding the protection of the atypical employees and have to tackle without more *tardanza the corresponding democratic deficit: through an Agreement *Interinstitucional that *allane the path for the next modification of the Treaty! +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0243/99) of the Mr. *Schmid, in name of the Commission of Freedoms Public and Inner Subjects, on the project of Resolution of the Council on the legal interception of the telecommunications in relation with the new technologies (10951/2/98 - *C4-0052/99-99/0906(*CNS)) +The proposal of the Commission to reduce now the quotas for the production and to increase the compensations of payment for the starch of potato *me seems a fine idea, especially because there #be determined advances inside the world-wide market that *nos #can surprise in the future. +The goal of the participation of the Union in the *Expo 2000 is to present the crucial paper that is exerting the European Union through his institutions, like a dynamic and progressive actor in the stage of the world in the primes of the century *XXI. +We #can not go back to commit #the same errors that committed in *Bosnia, with a bureaucratisation and delay of #all the process, but that the European Union has to act with celerity and without bureaucracy; the Council of Ministers, the Commission and the European Parliament have to assume jointly this challenge so that the suffered persons of *Kosovo, of the #ex-*Yugoslavia and of the *Balcanes have a perspective of future. +The opinions in this Assembly on #if the war was justified or #if it #can have prevented diverge considerably, but the #german Presidency has reached -and here want to mention especially to the Minister of Subjects External- act from a clear position regarding the crimes of the diet of *Milosevic, but also looking for with *ahínco the peace in the *Balcanes. +The national Governments delegate with reason with the #european pact by the employment the responsibility by the politics of employment no to the level of the European Union, but know that in the era of the globalisation it is necessary to find a common answer and #this is hit. +Then all it that say on *Salónica, *Pristina or *Sarajevo no longer will have #the same sense, because today in the form to reconstruct with the Nations Joined, on the one hand, the European Union, by #another, and the *OSCE, by #another, created -and in *eso *estriba the danger- institutions of dependency in the that the reconstruction of the *Balcanes depends of our will, but do not finishes to reach the free determination of the #balkan villages to administer to himself/hisself same. +#This is the core of the subject and #this is the criterion that have used during the debates and in the study made on the enlargement of the European Union, a state of Right democratic, #this is the centre of our movement, of our Union. +#If we talk of a Pact of Stability, is not correct to cover the mouth to the persons that are demanding the instauration of the right and, besides, is necessary that exist a just peace, it that demands that there #be action and no the most absolute silence of the serious criminal acts. +The resignation of the Commission puts of self-evident that do not need only institutions, but also mechanisms of control and will *comn to award to the Commission the paper that deserves and surpass the democratic deficit, a deficit #whose causes, to my seem, it is necessary *buscarlas no in the paper of the European Parliament, but in the relations of the own Council with the Commission. +*Cuando #One, as profane in the matter, whole that they recycle #all type of wastes with destination to the *piensos for animals, that years after the illness of the crazy cows follows feeding to the herbivores with animal flours and that, besides, in the base of the *piensos for animals introduce products totally *descontrolados, pertinent of the darkest countries of origin, really begin to *preguntarte #if sure enough #all these decades of politics agricultural European #would not have to describe honestly of total failure. +It That are seeing now is exactly #the same approaches that perhaps in his day treated to avert: the panic of the consumers and the protection of the market (a market that now confronts really to a greater threat by the form in that it has developed the crisis). +I am, by the contrary, convinced that only *cuando open credible and realistic perspectives of reconstruction of the group of the country, and of his incorporation from this time on to the #european project, only then will produce positive changes in the political scene of *Yugoslavia, included the weakening of the diet of *Milosevic and of #all what of unacceptable represents today regarding the paper of his country in the world. +His *Señorías will remember, definitely, that during his meeting of the 27 and 28 July past, the Commission of Subjects Constitutional examined an appeal of interpretation of the section 1 of the article 29 of the Regulation, formulated by the Conference of Presidents in his meeting of 21 July. +The Commission of Subjects Constitutional got to the following conclusion: "The statement of constitution of the Technical group of Independent Deputies-Mixed Group, is not admissible according to the section 1 of the article 29 of the Regulation of the European Parliament" . +#If we had explained although it only went with the type of inspection that proposes the Mrs. #Jackson, protecting the earth and the half urban, #would have protected, even indirectly, to the majority of the dead persons, to the injured and to the thousands of persons that have lost his houses these days in our capital. +This assessment tempered little afterwards by Pascal *Lamy, but without that comprised very well how half #would use to control the globalisation without demanding a deep change of the rules of game, mainly by means of the introduction of the concept of cost social or environmental in the international negotiations. +An act that will make without any type of reservation so that the Union go back to have a strong Executive, renewed no only regarding the persons, but to the perspectives *programáticas and first of all to the way in that it will tackle the important internal politics and international that require democratic institutions, effective, transparent and respectful of the mutual autonomy and, nevertheless, *cooperantes. +A #european democracy requires a process of *constitucionalización, an order of peace demands the value to assume the responsibility by the own security, and to take reality the social and ecological space will be necessary that the politics *emancipe of an ideology *neoliberal increasingly aggressive. +Will have new tensions and wars, as we have had in the *Balcanes, resulted of the politics of the two *varas to measure in the field of the respect to the human rights and of the independence of the villages; will have increase of the unemployment, intensification of the privatisations, ruin of the small and average peasants, professional, and artisans, restriction of the social rights, constriction of the democratic freedoms. +Gentleman President, of course there are #a lot of fields in the that it is necessary to issue trials on the Commission, but, to my trial, in the first place has to pose very simply the question of the confidence; with other words, #can as parliamentary, like representatives of our villages, presuppose reasonably that the new Commission will not take #the same path that conducted to the fall of the Commission *Santer? +We know and we reaffirm the legitimate doubts in front of the criteria that chaired the individual designation of the members by the governments and see with worry that in the composition of the Commission have not taken into account the results of the last #european elections, neither the previous tradition of greater political pluralism. +Second, it wanted *recordarle also that the Mr. *Fischler *nos announced the mandate written for the negotiation of the *importantísimo agree of fishing with *Marruecos, question of the maximum urgency so that this Parliament #can follow keeping the budgetary reservation of the game agreed by the Council and that was not his Commission, gentleman *Prodi, the responsible that there #be not finance for this agreement in the future. +It has not celebrated any individual vote in any commission on any Commissioner, neither any Commissioner has seen forced to withdraw like result of the questions on his suitability and any Commissioner has assumed any type of responsibility by it occurred in the past. +#If we reach to strengthen the paper of the European Union by means of the creation of a space of justice and of an effective fight against the delinquency, will be able to, to #the same time, deleted the known distrust in the possibilities to tighten even more the cooperation in the breast of the Union. +Lady Speaker, the route of the Presidency of the Council by the #european capitals has allowed to identify three spheres to the that the Speaker in exercise has referred this morning: the asylum and the immigration, the fight against the delinquency *transfronteriza, and the establishment of a juridical space European. +Lady Speaker, lady Speaker of the Council, is true that with these pertaining questions to the juridical field and the reflections about the preparation of a Letter of rights fundamental have got to a decisive stage in the evolution of the European Union. +The European Council of *Tampere, fruit of the initiative -because all it is necessary to say it- and the obstinacy of the President of the #spanish Government, #José #María *Aznar, has to confront this subject with #the same political will that manifested in the extraordinary summit of *Luxemburgo to confront the grave problem of the unemployment. +The gradual absorption and historical integration of the Basque Country by the #spanish State, always consequence of bellicose defeats in the past, #as well as of the massive arrival of pertinent immigrants of other areas of the Iberian Peninsula, has supposed a *desdibujamiento and dilution of our personality, of our idiosyncrasy *originaria #basque. +This "examination of step" of the school executive future in front of the representatives chosen by the #european citizens represents an important stage of the democratisation of the #european institutions that constitutes the horse of battle of the socialists. +Second, also was a bridge regarding the political priorities that this Parliament wanted to establish to the future, to the new #millenium, especially in the category 4 -the external actions-, #where the European Parliament took an effort to increase the credits of commitment. +At present it has initiated an urgent program of immediate humanitarian help and generous by part of the Union, but a time conquered the independence requires a support to the economic development, and equally important will be our support to the constitution of institutions democratic. +Now I want to add three requirements to the already presented: in the first place, it is necessary to demand that the military controls, that know that they have taken part in the terror, are expelled immediately; second, it is necessary to send humanitarian help it before possible to *través of the program of the THROW and coordinate this performance in a program on a long-term basis; and finally, like the groups *paramilitares follow *aterrorizando to the population, is absolutely necessary to send international troops of pacification. +Nowadays, in front of the spiral of atrocities in the country and the evidence that these aircraft have used in attacks against the population of *Timor oriental, the Mr. *Cook has effected an amazing twist of 360 grades: the past Saturday cancelled the agreement and introduced a temporary embargo of armaments. +Also we #would have to ask to the Mr. *Cook why the money of the #british taxpayers has used to fund this scandalous episode and, besides, why the Ministry of Defence of the Realm Joined took part specifically for *cerciorarse that it had invited to the exercise #indonesian to assist the next week to an important fair of armaments in Big *Bretaña. +Subject: Establishment of a universal moratorium for the execution of the capital penalties In numerous occasions, the *PE has asked that the EU promote an initiative in the breast of the Nations Joined in favour of the establishment of a universal moratorium for the execution of the capital penalties. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, is important that the Union follow of wall the development and realisation of this type of projects and that try by #all the means contribute to that the head offices are it safer possible and to that his use or his structures do not represent any danger for the security of the citizens of the Union, neither neither for the of the countries in question. +They will allocate back games to condition the roads for the winter, to the twinning of municipalities, for it that is requesting help of the States members and, later, the public services, the public buildings, the reconstruction of the economy and the creation of institutions. +In other terms, in place, simply, of *centralizarnos in *Tesalónica or in *Pristina, #would have to take out the lessons of *Bosnia, and treat to create able autonomous structures to decide, in *Pristina, the way to proceed to the heavy reconstruction, is to say: bridges, houses, streets, #etcetera, and to #the same time the way to reconstruct the tissue of the civil society. +Gentleman President, the situation in *Kosovo characterises by the *pertinaz effort of the *UÇK for exploding the presence of the strengths of the NATO and of the *KFOR, with seen to impose the total ethnic cleansing to coast of the #serbian, of the #gipsy and of any #another nationality, except the Albanian, that live in *Kosovo, and to build his own state embezzling the region of the #serbian state. +In the section 2, the European Parliament thinks that the preparation of the Letter *incumbirá jointly to the Council and to the own Parliament, *cuando is evident that today the fundamental rights are protected by the national Constitutions and that #all exercise referent to these rights #would have to affect of way *prioritaria, #if no exclusive, to the national Parliaments. +It is an odd coincidence that a judicial procedure, of #whose cleansing and correction am not fully convinced and that a sentence, of the that am still less convinced by fundamental considerations, to know the sentence of death against the Mr. *Ocalan, have taken that it exist a big opportunity to finish with a terrible internal war inside *Turquía. +The Group of the *PPE hails thus the serious efforts of almost #all the political strengths of *Togo so that it was irrevocable the course to the democracy and to prepare for the next months some elections to the National Assembly that are democratic and free of pressures of the army and of the President of the State and of his surroundings. +In April of the present year, the common position of the European Union consolidated the political decision of October of 1998 with the inclusion of the visas of traffic and the prohibition of visits tourist to affine persons to the #burmese authorities. +I believe that the big interest that today is arousing the building here gives samples that there #be had, to my trial, a fault of debate previous with the members of the parliament, a fault of debate previous with the users. +It #can not be that the General Direction *III was competent for the foods transformed, the medicines and the genetically modified organisms, that the General Direction *XXIV in reality also was it a bit, and that, besides, the General Direction SAW and the General Direction *XI have also #any competition in relation with the foods for the animals. +*Me Pleases that in this examination go to tackle the main reasons of worry of the Parliament in his resolution of July, #such like sufficient controls in the chain of production of *piensos for animals, a register of #all the producers of *piensos for animals, *rastreabilidad of the ingredients of the *piensos for animals and the fixation of limits for the content in dioxin. +To the sight of this modification of the juridical foundation, immediately after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the European Commission modified and reviewed in depth his proposal on 21 May 1999, on the base of the *dictamen of the Parliament of 11 March 1999. +Without embargo, is important that in the debate of today, in #day of the debate in the Parliament on the Conference of follow-up of *Kioto that celebrated in *Bonn, but also #few days after the second nuclear accident graver of #all the times (this time in a country of advanced technology), also situate the program *ALTENER inside a wider context. +The energetic efficiency means lower consumption, conservation of the sources of energy no renewable and reduction of the dependency of the imports of energy, but especially means inferior levels of environmental pollution owed to hurtful substances, #such as the CO2, #one of the most important causes of the effect of *invernadero. +In function of the military operations, the situation of the refugees #can aggravate considerably in the case that an offensive of the Talibans launched among 180.000 and 200.000 refugees more to the Valley of the *Panshir. With the arrival of the winter, this region #can convert in the valley of the death. +Subject: Purposes of the Commission in relation with the fight against the drug and the prevention of the doping in the sportive field The Championship of the World of Athletics of *Sevilla went back to put on the *tapete the question of the doping of the sportsmen of elite. +Since in my opinion the sportive organisations have to assume his responsibility in the fight against the use of drugs in the sport, *me ask #if there are plans to initiate *algún type of collaboration with the sportive organisations Europeans to end to resolve this problem that has arisen in the last years. +It takes some ten days celebrated in New *York an extraordinarily positive meeting, together with the Presidency and the Minister of Subjects External of *Portugal, with the Regional Association of the #Asia Meridional, headed by his splendid President, the Minister of Subjects External of *Sri *Lanka, that was -gives the chance- #mine mate of faculty. +By it other, in February of this year ask to the #spanish authorities that watched with special attention the conditions of crop, crop and transformation, so as to avert the "hunting of premiums" Today same have had news through the newspapers that a region of *España also has taken letters in the subject and has withdrawn the subvention to varied producers. +*Usted Knows, gentleman Commissioner, that in *España today no only the newspapers of more thrown but practically #all the #spanish press brings in cover the grave irregularities found by the inspection of the Council of Agriculture of the Joint of Communities of *Castilla-The Stain in the transformative companies of linen that were in *litigio and that have been heard and analysed by the commission to the that has taken quotation. +Second, in the question *kurda have given some first steps -although under the miserable circumstances of the conviction to death of *Ocalan- to a political solution and in the field of the human rights no only has produced the release of *Akim *Birdal -although it only was by reasons of health- but that have produced also #some legal changes that expect carry likewise to the practice. +My Group believes that the discipline of the condition of candidate will comport a more serious preparation of *Turquía for the adhesion, a firmer dialogue and a greater exhibition to the culture and the politics of the European Union. +The #turkish public opinion, the public opinion advanced, political, social and business *nos sues a clear message, but this message includes the approximation among the European Union and *Turquía and, to #the same time, the impulse of the democratic values that, sure enough, today follow without fulfilling . +The international legality do not looms with using the violence, do not serves of the political blackmail to predominant states, of the doubt on the borders and of the bonds that derive of the international treaties, and in general, of the posture *provocadora in the international life. +The appeal of *Turquía has to evaluate on the base of the following criteria: his geographic and economic situation of strategic importance and the repercussions for *Europa; the fundamental paper of *Turquía like member of the NATO and how #can keep said association #if we follow continuously *dándole with the door in the noses; *Turquía, that as future responsible member of the EU #can convert in the *apaciguador of the dissatisfaction that arises in Orient Half and further. +The agreement of *Ankara is not sufficient reason as from this agreement with the *CEE, *Europa has shown his disposal and capacity by means of three modifications of the Treaty, the European Only Record, the Treaty of *Maastricht and the Treaty of *Amsterdam, to transfer more competitions of the national level to the European and deepen in this way *Europa. +The goal #would be to deepen the questions that still pose problems: the questions related with the human rights and the minorities, as it is natural, but also those questions that have to see with the economic relations, on purpose of the *cuales *Europa has to fulfil his commitments on the union *aduanera and accelerate the preparation of the corresponding financial protocol. +With reason of these technical votes on veterinary and phytosanitary questions, #would wish to remember the importance that has the fact that the countries members of the European Union conserve, *soberanamente, in the national plane, his freedom of trial and of decision on #all the relative questions to the alimentary security. +Also we have the responsibility to choose among the fears *milenaristas, the resistance to the change, and the opportunity to make, in the frame of the globalisation for the growth, the human development and the protection of the environment. +Gentleman President, the agriculture will follow being, as, #one of the most important files of the next negotiations of the *OMC, and our #european institutions seem to put of agreement so that it recognise our agricultural model European, so that it protect to the consumer and to consider that the agreement of *Berlín is the frame of the mandate of the negotiation of the Commission. +Therefore, it will comprise *usted, gentleman Commissioner, our worry with regard to the apparent absence of points of common sight, in the breast of the Union, before the beginning of the negotiation, *cuando the States Joined seem to have very clear his opposition to the system of helps #european, *disculpándose elegantly of the payments of flexibility. +*Cuando Celebrate our debate in the audition with the Commissioner takes roughly a month, my commission, the Commission of Environment, was really quite divided with regard to the suitability to present relative measures to the trade of the broadcasts, but believe that it costs the pity explore this line. +Nevertheless, my question to the Council is the following: it do not believes the Council that the own #european institutions have the duty to give example in the subject of the equality, and is satisfied the Council with the current situation of the personnel of the institutions? +These facts are of a special gravity in a territory like the of the European Union, #where the protection of the human rights is a fundamental subject, more still in these moments in that it works in the preparation of a European Letter of the Fundamental Rights. +With the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on 1 May, according to the new article 13, the Council has the possibility to adopt measures for the fight against #everything of type of discrimination, included the discrimination by reasons of sexual orientation, but always inside the frame that establishes the Treaty and without limiting the application of other regulations. +Subject: *Incumplimiento of the regulation 1239/98 on reduction and disappearance of the networks of derives The Council of ministers that took place in *Luxemburgo in June of 1998 decided the disappearance of the networks of derives in the fishing of the tuna for the 1.1.2002, and, by means of the regulation 1239/98, the minimum reduction of the fleet in a 40% for the year 1998 and the annual preparation of lists. +It results even more surprising that the General Secretary of the European Parliament, violating perhaps unintentionally the duty of reservation, take a preface in the that *elogia this yearbook, and in the that it #can read, in particular, that is an useful reference for the men of business and that even constitutes a true public service! +I am fully convinced that I #can support, together with my Group, the report of the president Mr. *Napolitano, because the modification of the Regulation and the proposal of decision answer seriously to the worry of not subjecting to the deputies to excessive and arbitrary controls, a worry that finishes to show also the Mr. *Dell' #Alba. +Gentleman *Bourlanges, *usted signals with #all the reason that no only takes part the question of a more suitable control and some more ideal agreements -that also are important looks-, but that besides is precise to answer to a fundamental question, to know: of how subjects has to take charge the public administration and #which #can entrust to low private companies determined conditions? +The perspectives of *Edimburgo *nos fix a higher ceiling and the Council *nos gives a budget always more reduced, which takes that it was necessary *arañar of the actions in matter of development, for example, of human rights and #many other actions, to fund the priorities that fix , and is not #ours fault #if *Europa is the big treasurer of the external politics. +#If there #be not possibility to access to the services of health reproductive, #all the family suffers the consequences, especially the boys, that in the worst of the cases also die *cuando dies the mother or leave to assist to the school and are badly fed. +#This reflects the fundamental orientation of the #european institutions, attendants to facilitate the activity of the great capitalist groups, included it that *ella has of more *nefasto for the society, like the plans of dismissals that are responsible of the gravity of the unemployment and of the extension of the misfortune. +Have the possibility to leave clear in front of the citizens and the citizens #which are our goals to *través of the program directed to the youngsters, of the program #Socrates, of the cultural program, of the relative looks to the women and to the equality of opportunities. +In what they fulfil the relative conditions to the processing and the internal procedures *interbancarios, the banking sector #would have to can reduce substantially the price of the transfers of credit *transfronterizas and reduce the time of execution to the necessary for the domestic payments more a day. +*Yo Support, therefore, the request of the report of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary by the that urges to the #ECB to that it adopt immediate measures to take fully effective at least the specific relations with the European Parliament that foresees the Treaty of the EU. +*Nosotros Believe in the independence of the Central Bank, but this Central Bank is much more independent that the *Bundesbank or that the North American Federal Reservation, because it do not is born of an act of the Parliament neither #can be modified with an act of the Parliament, because it do not coexists with an economic Government. +We expect that, in base to the decisions of the Council to create on a long-term basis some common procedures of management of the asylum and to concede a situation of equality in #all the Union for the legal refugees, have opened a path that convert to *Europa in a zone *homogénea in matter of asylum and shelter. +The second significant look is -by it that *Tampere has constituted a hit- that for the first time has produced a clear delimitation in the politics of asylum, the politics of migrations labour and in the politics for the received of the displaced by wars, of temporary refugees, with some first concrete measures to the *respecto. +According to the record of this conference, the specificities of the #european villages #would have to melt, in effect, as in a *melting *pot world-wide, in the that -quote- "the rights and the obligations of the *migrantes #would have to be similar to the of the citizens of the European Union, the statute of the citizens of third countries #would have to be similar to the of the citizens of the States members" and *ello in function of a supposed principle of no discrimination. +The invitation to the Commission to value the possibility to create a budgetary reservation to the *respecto will be important, but follow being very little still. It is precise that the European Union in his group take charge of the extraordinary influx of immigrants no community with a strong action of solidarity to the most exposed States, in particular #Italia. +In effect, the *scoreboard is not so only an instrument of programming legislative, is also an instrument of strengthening of the transparency and the responsibility of #all the #european institutions bear with the citizens, because the citizens are the owners of the Space of Freedom, Security and Justice. +*Señorías, do not talk of a definite reform of the #european institutions, but of a sufficiently strong reform to avert the blockade of the institutions or his asphyxia; of a sufficiently strong reform, as it said the #another day #one of His *Señorías, that allow in the future other evolutions. +And in any case, from the European Parliament, #can not but encourage to that this text include a systematic approximation to #all the looks of the European Union so that the new conference *intergubernamental occupy , one by one, of #all the subjects and the problems that *nos occupy in this moment; taking into account the #aristotelian logic, is to say, that political is the art of it feasible. +Now well, the same that the economists grouped in the Association by the Monetary Independence of *Francia, consider that this goal is not desirable and that onº 1 January 2002 it will be necessary to conserve simultaneously, by a part, the national coins and, by #another, the euro, that will exert the paper of coin common. +The release of capitals, the suppression of the economic borders, the change of models owing to the high technology and of the society of the information, the world-wide competition, are elements that many times comport changes and brusque restructurings in the industrial production. +#That is the spirit of the resolution that propose to His *Señorías and only with these conditions will keep *Europa his political paper when allowing an economic development for real durable of the companies and when protecting the rights of the employees that are -do not is necessary to forget it never- his alive strength. +In particular, consider that the case that today are debating has to represent the occasion so that the Commission assume, today, in front of the European Parliament, the commitment to value and review the directive on the dismissals and the closing of companies, so as to *convertirla in more effective in terms of protection of the places of work. +It That the European Union has claimed with firmness has been: in the first place, that with independence of the worry by the terrorism *checheno - that it is comprehensible - is the argument of weight to cut across the problem of a proportional way; second, we defended with *tesón a reduction of the climbing and the political dialogue. +#All know that our cultural coordinates have to see with our mood to be in the world in what #european and that an action of bottom linked with the cultural life in his multiple expressions is a condition *sine *qua *non for the strengthening of a consciousness of identity #european. +It will allow the valorisation of a common cultural space allocated to boost the creation, the cooperation, the exchanges, *salvaguardar and give to know better the heritage and the history of the #european villages and boost the full development of the cultures. +Obviously, it is necessary to avert reopen the debate that already have made this morning so much on the agreement reached among the Groups on #if it had or did not have to mention the company of the that so much has talked this morning as on the specific question of #if the signatories of a determined text of commitment knew or did not know that it had changed a part of the text. +We have communicated to the Moroccans that are had to contribute to the solution of the existent problems in the frame of the program *MEDA, but as I already have said, the #moroccan part still has not engaged to the definite implantation of the system proposed. +Lady Speaker, wanted to take a relative explanation to my observance of the Regulation of the Monday happened on the distribution of a repertoire of the House of Trade American in *Bruselas that contained informations gravely erroneous on me, on the deputies of my Group, but also on numerous other deputies of this hemicycle. +In the bottom, sure enough, the crisis has to to the obstacles raised so much by the European Union as by the *OMC to the application of the principle of caution. The way to apply adequately the principle of caution is to go back to a true subsidiariness, no *trastornarla as it has taken in name of the ideologies *librecambistas and federalistic +Gentleman *Fischler, and also *me direct to the gentleman *Byrne, the last events in the crisis of the *EEB, or the *beef *war, that no longer limits to *Francia and Big *Bretaña -in this moment also the States *federados of *Alemania adopt a frankly negative posture-, leave clear that *nos find in front of an enormously difficult task and that before that at all we have to elaborate a politics of the responsible and transparent consumers. +In relation with the agency, it only that *puedoe take is to remit to His *Señoría to the answer that have given to the Mrs. #Jackson, in the sense that I am convinced that the creation of an agency of security alimentary centralised in the level of the Commission will be a big step to delete this type of difficulties. +And #this *sucede because managers of the dramatic promotion of the unemployment are the own politics that is applying and the initiatives that are developing . A politics that gives absolute priority to the economic look in relation with the social, to the *sostenimiento monetary in front of the social security and that proclaims like maximum law the pact of stability, that has to apply without hesitating. +It That fear is that the dialogue *macroeconómico try to export to scale #european the method and the system of *concertación in #Italia, that is the method that has carried our country to the levels of growth lower, to the taxes of unemployment higher and to the levels of inflation higher. +Like this, the subjects now are the transitory disposals on the doctors in training, the subject of the period of application of the total of the directive and the limits of the time of work for the crews of the fuselages *pesqueros. +By #this, in my quality of speaker, *yo recommend that this democratic look integrate in the scientific and technical cooperation, is to say, that the members of parliament of Argentinian and of the European Union, or was, the European Parliament, also keep a dialogue in scientific matter and of investigation, and possibly also establish new priorities. +That at present they transport to thousands of kilometres of distance through *Europa #some isolated components of a product, for afterwards return a part of #the same to the country of origin, no only indicates that the costs of the transport are too much low, but also that *algo fails in the system, in the system of restitutions by the exports, for example, or in the of the regional denominations of origin. +It is *algo that it has to determine in each case, although it wanted to underline a look that also remains of self-evident in #one of the paragraphs of the resolution proposed. With *eso *me refer to the big importance of the mutual recognition of norms, since this procedure guarantees a fast application, a big flexibility in a world that changes very quickly and a greater respect of the purpose of the subsidiariness. +Regarding the readers of universities #italian that do not possess the #italian nationality, #can communicate to the Mr. *MacCormick that today same have signed a letter to the *respecto #whose addressee was a member of the European Parliament that had formulated a complaint in this same sense. +*Nos Please the comments of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary that it #would have to take special upsetting in the need to reduce the administrative costs and the fiscal charges for the #SME and that #this represent #one of the greater obstacles for the growth of the employment. +The three commissions to the that belong #can identify with his excellent work -made under a considerable pressure of time-, anyway the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects and the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and only with #any reserves the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities to the *cual is applicable *aquello that less it #would have been better. +*Me *congratulo That the Treaty of *Amsterdam recognise to the European Parliament the possibility to add more closely to the application of the European Pact for the Employment and that, thus, our Assembly have been able to manifest about the guidelines of the States members for the year 2000 in matter of fight against the unemployment. +In *tercer place, the Council showed #one some reservation in the introduction of an especially compatible vehicle with the environment -in this point have proposed #some additions- and in the strict control of the avoidance of the *cycle *beating, as it has *sucedido also in the States Joined, is to say, that the manufacturers #can delete without more the values limits by means of electronic manipulations. +Likewise *me seems especially significant the recognition of the important paper that exert the no governmental organisations and the networks *multidisciplinarias, #as well as the public organisms that already make a valuable work, in particular in the field of the prevention, the support and the protection of the victims. +In 1999, to celebrate the *décimo anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Boy, gave an active priority to the rights of the boys inside the #european initiative for the democracy and the human rights, chapter *B. 7/7 of the budget of the European Union. +Therefore, we have to proceed jointly to be able to include the existent procedures and that for the Commission are formal procedures, to know, the intervention of the supervisory committee and on the other hand the right of the Parliament to listen to the candidates and to know the position of the supervisory committee. +Gentleman President, gentlemen Commissioners, although the weight of the environmental values has grown along the years, the goal of the energetic politics of the Union has to follow being the security in the supply of energy in the national economies, #as well as in the industry of *Europa, to competitive prices. +To the light of the statements of the Commissioner *Byrne, see it that says the Group of Work Permanent of Medical European Auxiliaries: "The investigations have shown that long periods in sail like the that confront the auxiliary doctors (that they work *demasiadas hours) reduce the performance to a similar level to the of the excessive consumption of alcohol". +. (*FR) In spite of his general title, a time withdrawn the paper of gift, early remains of self-evident that the proposal of resolution presented by the Mr. *Chichester is allocated first of all to boost the nuclear industry with the pretext that it produces little CO2, at least in the relative stage to the head offices. +I consider very problematic to apply other scales out of the Community, including the here mentioned cases and believe that #all #would take well #if we took of the closing a scale no only for the *Europa oriental but also for the energetic politics inside the European Union and did not put in danger the existent possibilities like consequence of an additional deregulation. +As I said in that occasion, #one of the goals of the establishment of similar system of proofs was the to watch by that there was a system of proofs equal in #all the European Union to end to determine the levels of contagion in #all the EU and, in particular, determine how other measures #can be necessary. +Since it treats of community companies and that there are proofs of protection concealed by part of representatives of the European Union in said actions of *hostigamiento, how concrete actions have undertaken to ensure the interests of the companies mentioned? How it goes to guarantee that they develop freely his activities, with the end to prevent his illicit replacement by other companies and interests and illegal circuits organised? +To combat the violence requires a double strategy: by a part, is necessary to centre in the structural causes that the cause, is to say, in the attitudes and the masculine behaviours; by #another, is necessary to have of a legislation that forbid #all type of violence against the women, included the domestic violence. +My Group, the Group of the Party of the Liberal, Democrat and European Reformers, feels firmly engaged with the general concept to develop a capacity of action autonomous European that has been identified aptly like capacity of fast intervention with the necessary logistical support. +At all it shows it with greater clarity that the case of the agriculturalists of bananas *caribeños, that find among the most vulnerable producers of the world, #whose access to the markets of the EU has been now declared contrary to the regulation of the *OMC, as a result of which confront to the devastation of his means of life. +In my country, *Finlandia, is already in course a project for the years 1998-2002 on the prevention of the violence exerted on the woman, directed by the Ministry of Health and Social Subjects; also from this point of sight, the approval of the program *DAPHNE has had a big importance. +Considering the deficient confidence in the Union shown, among other things, in the low figures of participation in the elections, and the importance that the EU keep the character of a Union so much of citizens as of States members, think that it is not correct to aspire to the financial autonomy or to the total independence of the contributions of the States members. +The Nordic Green Left (*NGL), composed by the #scandinavian members of the Group *GUE, has voted today in favour of the relative report to the recognition and the execution of resolutions judicial in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility on the common children. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, finishes to produce an extremely important announcement: the process of peace in *Irlanda of North, even with #all the difficulties that have gone presenting, has given today same a step advance with the decision of the IRE to board negotiations with the Commission for the Disarmament. +In the sector of the agricultural production, in addition to taking into account the principle of caution, it #would be necessary to talk to favour the vicinity of the production to the spots of consumption and to support the regional alimentary chains. +By #this *yo *le ask to the Mr. *Cunha, for example, that in his quality of speaker of the sector of the agriculture take into account also to the sector of the fishing, although the methods of exploitation are basically distinct, #all time that *él also is my coordinator in the Commission of Fishing. +In my quality of speaker general of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer for the negotiations in the frame of the *OMC, *yo want to appreciate very especially the clarity with that has expressed the Mr. *Schwaiger on the subject of the trade and the environment. +First, our effort for putting in #few pages a series of points of sight shared by a big majority, no only of this Parliament, but also of #european citizens; and, second, for showing *nítidamente that the European Parliament aspires always to be, and in fact is, present in the great decisions, in the great processes that orient to improve the European Union. +It #would be tragic to advance in the improvement of the European Union, in the improvement of the politics of the European Union, without taking in consideration a so important look, that is directly tied to the daily life, to the life of the #european citizens. +In the session of October, said that the existent contradiction among the enlargement and the consolidation of the EU only #can resolve #if the Union configures inwardly a model to the mood of the onion or a system of circles concentric. +It thinks the Presidency adopt initiatives to coordinate the positions of the #french Governments and Spanish with the end to abandon definitively #all the projects of development of the network of roads, had account that this solution converts in useless of face to the future the *travesía rail, in particular for the transport of commodities? +Subject: nuclear Head offices in next territories to the European Union To the sight of the grave damages that generated in the European Union the nuclear accident of *Chernobyl, how political proposes follow the Council to advise to neighbouring countries and cooperate with *ellos in the development of sources alternative of energy? +In how group of work of the Council goes to prepare the proposal, in a group *ad *hoc with representatives of the ministries of Justice, for example, or in the group of information already existent in the breast of the Council, that in the actuality commissions to manage the demands of documents? +Subject: Requirements for the inclusion of *Turquía among the countries candidates to the adhesion to the European Union The European Union had denied to board negotiations of *preadhesión with *Eslovaquia and #some countries *bálticos because they did not fulfil the criteria of *Copenhague referents to the democratic freedoms or the respect of the minorities. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, do not go to characterise of schizophrenic the answer, *me will limit simply to ascertain, as #any one of *nosotros #can ascertain, that the *reforzamiento of the bows among the European Union and *Turquía is a subject of the maximum priority for the Council. So much it is so they leave to the *margen the budgets that the own Council had posed so that it advanced #that *reforzamiento of the bows. +Therefore, according to the Regulation, have not passed the *veinticuatro necessary hours to proceed to the debate and to the vote. In consequence, wanted to *preguntarle to the President #if also this time go to apply an urgency totally *extrarreglamentaria, because to be like this #can throw the Regulation and decide that #all the urgent subjects #can transact , suffices with agreeing that they are urgent. +Instead, by it that have not struggled and to it that *nos *oponemos of the most forceful form, and besides consider that it puts in grave danger the position of the Parliament and the free mandate, is to that they #can open investigations to deputies chosen freely no only #if they exist suspicions, but also in the case of mere presumptions; to that establish a system that forces to the delation; to that, in end, here do not treat of fraud or corruption, but of a general permission bear, quote "to act in case of grave facts tied to the exert of his functions" . +#If it is necessary to create a register of impressions *dactilares, want that under any circumstance mix to the applicants of asylum neither with the legal immigrants neither with the illegal and will propose that in this diet only take the impressions *dactilares of those persons condemned for having committed an offence. +In this new proposal says that the digital prints of the illegal immigrants -because we are talking of the extension of the existent program *EURODAC to the illegal immigrants- will be collected only to apply the Agreement of *Dublín, is to say, only to know #if these immigrants have asked asylum in another Been member of the European Union. +#If well the pretext to create said Office is to exert a control on the civil servants and the deputies of the #european institutions, neither the mood of designation of this Office neither the absence of reference on the mood in that the own Office will be controlled *nos inspires the lower confidence. +Given the no democratic character of the organisms of decision of the European Union, the creation of the *OLAF supposes a totally insufficient measure, allocated to look that it exerts a control, *cuando do not exists any real and democratic control. +#If well it has to boost and strengthen, in the frame of a system *multilateral, the organisation of a free world-wide trade and juster, also is necessary to procure guarantee to #all the nations, rich and poor -and *me refer, in particular, to the #african countries-, the fact that they #can take out party of the advantages that supposes will contribute this cycle of negotiations. +The decision to leave the nuclear arms without possibility of immediate disposal and to separate the nuclear heads, is to say, the nuclear arms of the devices that the transport, #can, to #the same time, be the beginning of a serious nuclear disarmament. +Therefore, have the duty to put end to any expulsion, also to the of *Kosovo, and have the duty to struggle because the prohibition of the expulsions and the right to the homeland convert in foundations of the international juridical order to end to avert that this type of horrors repeat . +I entrust in that the #portuguese Presidency serve of his aptitudes and his renowned experience to expose the opinion of the European Union about the problems with that confronts *Pakistán, and *me #would like to know the opinion of the Mr. *Lamy on the current state of the Agreement of Cooperation. +*Intransigencia Absolute with the hard drugs, including the ecstasy, in combination with some effective measures that allow to withdraw to the victims of the criminal circuit in the frame of a sanitary program. And, besides, fortunately there are other #european countries that begin to follow our example. +My predecessor of the Socialist Group, Mr. #Freddy *Blak, the Mrs. *Rühle that it is the author of the report, #a lot of deputies of the Parliament and the Court of Accounts have expressed his opinion about the fault of transparency in the operations of the *BEI. +With the new systems, the Commission treats to support to the #european naval fleet more respectful of the environment and safer, on it that already adopted a decision in 1997 in relation with the relative guidelines to the state helps to the maritime traffic. +The Commissioner commissioned of the investigation goes to put the programs of investigation of the *quinto programs-frame and other means to the service of the anti-doping fight, already was the fundamental investigation or the investigation applied, to strengthen #all the means of this fight. +In this look wanted to receive with *beneplácito the availability of the #portuguese Presidency to recognise to the representatives of the European Parliament in this *CIG or even the statute that goes to concede to the Commission regarding the personal representatives of the Ministers of Subjects External. +#If we observe the European Union and the ethnic conflicts that here exist, included in *algún marry terrorist attempts, *yo believe that #if *nos found in the reverse situation and the Czech Republic already formed part of the Union, surely *le #would say to a determined Been member: fellow #mine, #if they do not resolve *ustedes his conflict, surely will have to expect other twenty years to get to be members. +A possible road to reach a greater balance in the future #would be to adopt a more thematic approach, centring, for example, the attention in the groups that require a special protection, like the women and the boys, or in specific subjects, as for example the observation of elections. +By this reason, #would be recommended that, in the activities of the Union in matter of follow-up and information on the respect of the human rights, *le give greater weight to the respect of the freedom of expression and to the guarantees and improvement of the rights and possibilities of work of the journalists, for example, *dedicándole to this look a chapter or own section. +I do not go to *extenderme on the reasons of this blockade, in the that the crisis that *sobrevino in the sea *Egeo exerted a predominant paper, but in the that they had also very in account the #european interests in the essential spheres of the respect of the human rights and the protection of the minorities. +But, neither the constitution neither the penal code have democratised , not even has abolished the pity of death, neither the question *kurda has resolved politically; regarding the problem of *Chipre, «has left to exist», according to some statements of the #turkish rulers. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0065/1999) of the Mrs. *Breyer, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the values limits of *benceno and monoxide of carbon in the air acclimatise (*COM(1998) 591 - *C4-0135/1999 - 1998/0333(*COD)). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0068/1999) of the Mrs. *Ayuso *González, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of regulation of the Council that modifies the Regulation (*CE) *nº 2201/96 by the that it establishes the common organisation of markets in the sector of the products transformed to base of fruits and vegetables (*COM(1999) 376 - *C5-0140/1999 - 1999/0161(*CNS)). +In this point take part the direct advantages of his use, that has not had a satisfactory development in the zone of the euro in it that refers , for example, to the service of change of currencies and to the realisation of payments above the normal limits. +I expect, as it had sued it also the Mrs. *Fraga, that *ello *nos have allowed to hit fully in the paper, reserved precisely to our Commission of Fishing, of thorough control of the activity of the European Commission and of the application of the corresponding scientific reports by part of the community institutions. +By it that refers to the report of the Mrs. *Fraga, *nos find in front of a fundamental matter, *pilar of the politics *pesquera common: the common organisation of markets, #whose scope to #all the activity *pesquera is evident, reason by the that this glorious -report- has required time for his parliamentary processing and his final adoption in our commission the past day 22. +Further of the technical obstacles, the reduction of the transitory period #would put in danger #one of the most important elements of the attainment of the euro, *cual is the confidence boarded with the economic and social actors (#whose preparation is still insufficient), with regard to a precise calendar and respected. +Now well, the week happened a group of delegates of pertinent class of a school of *Francia #can not visit, as it was foreseen, the European Parliament in *Bruselas, as #some of the students, citizens of a country of out of the European Union, #can not have to time of a visa of exit and entrance for the territory that it treated . +It is thus by it that the Group *ELDR expects that the Commission, the Council and this Parliament ship in an attempt of initiative own of *relanzar the political cause in favour of a greater liberalisation of the trade in general and of a new integral round, instead of an intermediate round, in particular. +The past week, in the context of the report of #Carmen *Fraga *Estévez on the common organisation of the market of products *pesqueros and of the aquaculture, this Assembly voted for the first time in favour of the granting of subventions to the sector of the aquaculture, once again, *mermando the limited budget for the fishing. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0084/1999) of the Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, relative to the decision on the verification of the *credenciales after the *quinta direct election of the European Parliament, of the 10 to 13 June 1999. +Said substances have a capacity of destruction of the very low ozone -1200 lower times that the *halógenos- and are much more tolerated that the substances like the *HFC and the *PFC, lamentably authorised by this Parliament, although they are more harmful for the environment because have a big capacity of global warming and continue in the atmosphere during 6 or 7 one thousand years. +Lady Speaker, wanted to *pedirle, in a so special day as today, that know *disculpar in front of the President of the #french Republic the absence of #some deputies as, in the case of the that come from of countries more #move# away of the centre of the European Union, his absence do not has to to fault of will but to fault of means to exert adequately his parliamentary work. +*Turquía Has to manifest clearly his will to abolish the pity of death the next year or the following, #as well as his will to put in freedom to the political prisoners inside the same term and his will to tackle the question *kurda inside this term. +In this House already express very clearly takes two months and half #ours request that the Council suspended #some parts of the Commercial Agreement and of Cooperation and also the financial helps and that transferred the bottoms of the programs *TACIS to the humanitarian help, so as to take comprise of palpable way to *Rusia that #can not continue *perpetrando this genocide. +Have the rests of *Amsterdam, have the consequences that for the Treaty have the questions of defence and, got the case, the Letter of the Fundamental Rights, but there #be an open door -*yo #would say an open window- so that the #portuguese Presidency #can take *algún miracle. +And from this point of sight the Commission has an essential paper so that the agenda of the *CIG do not govern by #the same common denominator of the interests of each State, but that have a global vision of the project of the European Union. +The Commission of Control Budgetary celebrated auditions with the candidates and presented a list of three candidates and, as have understood, tonight goes to celebrate a meeting to try adopt a decision among the representatives of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission. +In the frame of the internal reform of the Commission and as a result of the affirmation of his commitment with seen to review the politics of *externalización of services, the Commission has approved also a communication in the that appear the orientations and the calendar for the application of this politics of *externalización. +Regarding the management of said bottom, the Commission proposes that it was especially *cofinanciado by the States members and delegate in *ellos, with the specific goal to engage to #all the States in the application of the concrete actions that allow the improvement of the situation of the *asilados and the refugees in the States of our Union. +To the light of the debates on the report, the Commission will propose the form to tackle the indicators and the criteria of quality of the education in the frame of the renewable program and the annual Conference of European Ministers of Education. +Regarding the properly said budgets, *me ask, in the first place, how felt has have undertaken, takes already three years, the exercise of the budgets for the agriculture included in the category 1 To. It set up the called procedure *ad-*hoc, that consisted in basing in the last estimates for the next year and, according to *eso, fix the budget for the compulsory costs. +Lady Speaker of the Council, has to know *usted that this Parliament, that has been had to say that it was necessary to review the Conference *Intergubernamental and ask a pile of things, will hail probably tomorrow the fact that they have decided *ustedes in *Helsinki *darnos two observers, in place of two representatives, and that it wants to limit to the subjects that the Parliament had considered totally impossible to argue. +Besides, it agreed the creation of a plan of action that, in my opinion, will make possible the adoption of the necessary decisions to proceed to ratify the Protocol of *Kioto already the next autumn, with occasion of the *sexta Conference of the Parts of the Agreement on the Climatic Change of The there #be (*COP-6). +The nuclear industry is the only bunch of the industry that has included in the price of his energetic product #all the costs that originate during the vital cycle of #the same and assumes, therefore, #all the responsibility on the security of the final deposit of the waste. +In distinct circumstances, painful and very hard, *Timor is, in Orient, as *Macao: another promise of advance of the human rights, the freedom and the State of right in #Asia, another light of hope linked with the #european culture also by means of the culture and the #portuguese experience. +Report (To5-0097/1999) of the Mrs. *Pack, in name of the delegation of the Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the conjoint text, approved by the Committee of Conciliation, of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the *segunda stage of the program of action community in matter of education #SOCRATES (*C5-0267/1999 - 1998/0195(*COD)) +The European Union has to put order in his house: it do not exists any #tending regulation to limit the broadcasts of gas carbonaceous, to example of the relative regulations to the substances *contaminantes atmospheric local or to the products that destroy the coat of ozone. +This evolution of the events *ocasiona considerable problems of unemployment in the interior of the countries of the Union and increases the charge that bears the already problematic system of social security, especially in those countries (as, for example, #Grecia) that limit with States that recently have decided to establish the diet of market free and confront to a crisis *polifacética *causante of infinity of unemployed. +It #can the Speaker in exercise of the Council pose this subject to the Council of Ministers, talk it with his #french colleagues, in particular, and *responderme, perhaps by writing later, unless it was in conditions to take it today, on the measures that #can adopt to guarantee the security of the places of work of these more veteran pilots. +I appreciate that the Speaker in exercise of the Council agree *conmigo in this subject. But, how importance #would be *usted had to *concederle to the foundations of the sentences and to the fact that at present, especially in the context of the cases that have given place to controversies, the particular opinions of the judges and the foundations of right discretionary remain buried for ever? +Had account of the importance that will have the actions of the European Union and our relation to the States members, the companies and the workers in the future, think that the four reports have to debate and expose thoroughly in the Plenary and in front of the public opinion in a more timely moment. +Instead, yes it appears #who took part in the question 9, but it is necessary to correct the that it do not happen of the question 8 to the question 10 without mentioning the question 9, that *yo took yesterday to the Council, and, sure enough, it that explains here, that is the intervention of the deputy *Martínez *Martínez is not, of course, relative to the question 8, as here it appears, but to the question 9, that has not been quoted. +On our part, *nos cheer that the European Council kept and seem to want to keep the method *intergubernamental in the centre of the institutional system of the Union and *nos separate of the blindness that carries to #many to claim it #everything for the European Parliament, despising and cancelling the paper of the national parliaments of the #european process: unacceptable error. +The committed of the competition consists in combating the signs, the abuses of positions dominant and the concentrations, #as well as in offering greater spaces of economic freedom, without embargo, know that with frequency the economic freedom goes joined to the civil freedom, as it shows it the past experience of the countries that *carecían of economic freedoms. +They show his contempt by the wishes and the will of the international community regarding the right of the village to live in peace, the right of the village to not living in the tightness, the right of the villages to not being murdered with arms manufactured by western countries. +We have affirmed from this same grandstand that there #be not any sentence to just death, that there #be not any human being that #can condemn to death and execute to another human being, that there #be not any appeal to law #any, any appeal to sovereignty #any, to independence #any of the States, that #can justify this attempt against the own life. +So that this collaboration #can develop #all his potentiality and #can reach his goals, the individuals have to suit in common values for the observance of the rules of the democratic game, and among #such values finds the respect to the independence of the institutions, #such as it was foreseen in the respective constitutional text. +The Commission shares the here defended criterion that this Penal Court do not has to have a purely symbolic meaning, but that, sure enough, #can have a direct effect of preventive character and will contribute to that in a future do not commit the most appalling crimes. +#If we follow with attention the fluctuations of the market and the needs of the agriculturalists in this concrete product, there #be had, occasionally, interventions in the *primer regulation, and the last intervention has been the decision of the Council, that determined an only volume of help to the producers by a period of five years +Neither the urgent call made by the #FMI and the World-wide Bank to the European Union to end to increase the support to *Tayikistán, neither the argument of the moral obligation by the debts that has *Tayikistán with the Union are reasons, in himself/hisself same, to concede the help. +Gentleman deputy, comprise his disappointment, but the Presidency only #can *decirle so much like the countries members are had to take and in this case the situation is #such that a series of countries members has some objections very of bottom against this program for the promotion of the #european tourism and do not wish it at all. +The #german Minister of the Interior summoned a Conference because of the incidents produced after the arrest of *Abdulah *Ocalan on 23 February 1999. In said conference took part the Ministers of the Interior of varied States members of the European Union and of Swiss #as well as representatives of the Commission and of the Secretariat of the Council. +In #all the countries members of the European Union and in #all the States of right the conversations kept by the managers of the inner security on sensitive subjects, as for example, on the #obtaining of informations, #can not give to know to the public opinion. +Of this way is possible to guarantee two of the main points of my report, to know, that the questions of the environment have to represent an important priority in the negotiations of adhesion and that it is precise to incorporate these environmental questions in #all the process negotiator by means of the principle of permeability. +The environmental problems of the countries candidates have his origin in some deficiencies that have *sucedido during long, in the oversight of the management of the waters and the waste, and in the derivative broadcasts of the industry and the energetic production and, more recently, of the increasing traffic of vehicles. +An observation of type general on the economic criteria: it has reached an important advance to the economy of the market in #all the countries with the that are in negotiations, but more specifically have reached great economic progresses in countries like *Estonia, *Hungría and *Polonia that, besides, since they published the recommendations have encouraged *ininterrumpidamente in *pro of the reforms. +Already we have commented it thoroughly with his Government during a visit to *Liubliana. I want to express my confidence that will carry out a career of overtaking, because I agree with the that have devoted some words of his intervention to *Eslovenia and that have said, like the Mr. *Tindemans #among others, that is a country that has of #all the capacities to make possible a prompt and fast integration. +Like this, they have approved #some important laws, #among others in the terrains of the VAT, of the tariffs, of the right of societies and of the banking Law, and has approved a program of government for 82 Laws *prioritarias relative to the *acervo, that before finals of the present year will happen by some parliamentary procedures abbreviated. +Although it has asked that it expand the mandate of the Defender of the European Village so that it occupy also of the claims against the national authorities, especially in cases referents to the freedom of circulation, follow thinking that it is preferable to create an effective system of cooperation with the defenders of the national village and analogous organs. +By it other, the doctrine of the «right of interference humanitarian» -that advances, but has not been recognised by the Nations Joined- #can not impose by the strength of a powerful armament and complex that goes destroying no only the military whites, but also #all the economic infrastructures of a country. +For *eso is precise to say that the solution was not -as already it has shown - the enlargement of the NATO to the East, but the enlargement of the EU and a politics of associations and economic support that favour the economic and political integration and struggle against the nationalisms *irredentistas. +In place to invent the *Europa of variable geometry, able to offer new perspectives of coexistence inside the cooperation to #all the States of the continent, these #european managers *obstinaron in following the method *Monet, *erigido in dogma, without giving account that it no longer was pertinent to gather to the big diversity of countries of the new #european continent. +The method of calculation proposed has to conduct to a situation in the that the modalities of transport less hurtful for the environment reach a higher quota in #all the market of the transport. In this sense, has to be possible correct the principle «the user pays». +It treats of a field in the that it comprises well that it manifest #any doubts on the competition of the European Union taking into account, in particular, the distortions that arise *cuando follow different criteria of country to country, independently that it was near or far of the borders, *cuando there are countries in the that the infrastructures are paid by the users by means of the taxation of the fuels and the tolls and #others in that they are it with charge to the public budgets. +Wish before that swims to give the thanks to the Mrs. *Thors, speaker of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of Citizens, and to the Mrs. Towers Mark, speaker of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, because his contribution to the examination of the proposals has been very valuable. +Without embargo, this situation shows that it is necessary to give a jump of quality in the politics adopted with the #african countries, so as to that the promotion of the human rights, the democratisation and the prevention of the conflicts -condition *sine *qua *non for a true development- convert in essential elements of the cooperation. +By a part, in effect, is quite #likely that the disposals of the Diary 2000 carry to the agriculturalists to reduce his production of *oleoproteaginosas in benefit of the cereals, save, of course, #if they take wise measures in favour of the crops of the no alimentary sector; on the other hand, in *Europa is diminishing the capacity of production of amino acids, especially of the *lisina of synthesis. +Now it wanted to take a brief comment about the fixation of the prices of the corn in the world-wide market. It #would appreciate to the Commission that *me explained #if the granting of compensations by commercialisation, that is implanting in the Stadiums Joined, is susceptible to reduce the price of this product. +Gentleman President, taking like base his answer of the Mr. *Eriksson, in the that *usted explained the reasons not to authorise the exhibition *Ecce *Homo here in the Parliament, ask: How it is possible that authorised an exhibition of a group of pressure #italian that pleaded against the abortion, against of the right of the woman to the abortion? +#If we are able to give stability to our financial position -and are the States members the that they have to take it, and in this sense am very satisfied with the example that has given the Commission and that the Mr. *Fourçans subscribes also in his report- to procure that also in the future believes more employment and that we #can reinforce our competitiveness in relation with the States Joined #among others. +The Commissioner of *Silguy has proposed that the monetary politics was not an element of the combination of politics, whereas the Commissioner *Monti has referred to the monetary politics like an important element of the combination of politics. +How it has been of these elements: the codes of behaviour that ask, the review of the statute, the nomination of places To1 and To2 to watch by that have the greater quality in the top of the Commission and the report on the previous control? +As last homage to his work, *me #would enjoy that now the Council, like recognition of the work that has carried out, agreed the changes in the statutes for the agencies of the *segunda generation: changes in the question of the own resources, in the financial control and in the approval of the management that allow to the Parliament exert his committed adequately. +It says , according to a conception that has his origin in the culture of the Communist Party, in a reflection of the sociological left, that, although they exist texts written, #this #can modify #if like this it wants it the majority or a dominant group of the public opinion or of the political strengths. +Gentleman President, the procedure of approval of the management for 1997 and the procedure of approval of the management for 1997 have introduced movement in the cooperation among the institutions and also in the field of the budgetary control, up to now only had it in the field of the budget. +Regarding the reports on the approval of the corresponding management to 1997, the Commission takes note that the Commission of Control Budgetary has proposed the postponement of the approval of the management by institutional reasons related with the resignation of the Commission. +It will have to watch, especially, to resist to the pressures of the that it will be able to be object by part of the Council or of the European Parliament so that it expand his radio of action to fields no established on purpose in the Treaties and for the that, by *añadidura, as we have been able to observe in the recent past, *usted will not have of the administrative or financial means necessary to face up to #the same. +The goals of the negotiation have to require with total clarity in the mandate of negotiation conceded by the Council, with the agreement of the European Parliament, to #whose representatives will have to keep closely informed on the development of said negotiations, to the equal that *sucede in the practice with the members of the Congress of the States Joined. +Already I have enumerated #some points and have not mentioned the transparency, the change of the organisational models, the change in the relations among the Commission and the Parliament, the change in the relations with the administrative structures. +The first observation is in answer to the words of the Mr. *Herman of takes a moment and relative to the fact that *usted there #be decide to subject to approval the modifications of the Annex *V to the Regulation by absolute majority of the deputies to the Parliament; *usted was in it true when proceeding of this way, because it adjusts to the Treaty. +It is the reason by the that I want to take upsetting, together with our speaker, in that the Court of Accounts is in #all moment in his right to control the compliance of the utilisation of the group of the credits assigned to the budget of the Parliament with the norms in vigour. +It is not of receipt that in answer to the grave conclusions of the annual report of the Court of Accounts on the previous exercise, the Economic and Social Committee have considered inopportune that the *UCLAF have access to this *dossier and commission to define any possible implication and administrative responsibility, as it demands *insistentemente the Parliament. +It is true that the most visible things are the tragic conditions of the fields, without embargo, his *Señorías, have to know that the immense majority of the deported are received, as #all know, by #albanian families or *macedonias very poor and #one of the greater efforts that are making is the help to the families precisely to avert that they arise social tensions and to avert that, after a month of generous received, are expelled and arise social problems. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0227/99) of the Mrs. *Müller in name of the Commission of budgets on the preliminary draft of state of forecasts of income and of costs of the Parliament and the state of forecasts of income and of costs of the Defender of the Village for the exercise 2000. +The Council did not agree and added the article 99 of the Treaty like juridical foundation as a result of the point of sight of the ministers, that consider that the relative disposals to the annual taxes by vehicle in the Chapter 2 the take a fiscal measure extremely important. +The preparation of a Letter of this type #would be a typical task for the deputies -are the most indicated for *ello and, therefore, have to take it- and our proposal on how has to develop in the practice the Letter of Rights Fundamental will have in any case fully in account this look. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, believe that, in addition to the enlargement, the European Union confronts today the need to give concrete political answers and perceivable by the citizens and -will say more favourable- «» for the citizens, the men and the women of *Europa, concerning a group of problems of the that a lot it depends our future. +It has been missing political will to use in this sense the current Treaties and fear that, finished the «cold war», there #be the one who *aventure to lose the will of integration political that it is the base of our realisations and of the peace in *Europa. +Like instrument of the politics of market labour and of the development of the human resources, this Bottom goes to be to #the same time a central element of the #european strategy of employment and of an active politics of labour market. +In this frame, have to say that the European Commission moved in the correct direction in his proposals on the Diary 2000 and wanted to, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European, congratulate by his posture, and also by the that kept during the negotiations, to the Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies, to the Mr. *Fischler and to the Mr. *Flynn. +Our amendment 2 had by object force to the Commission to review the parameters of the bottom of guarantee in his annual reports, and now, after the political decision, the Commission will have to review the parameters of the bottom of guarantee with each new adhesion. +This fundamental part of the package of the Diary 2000 has the double attribute to be the *primer juridical text arisen of the Diary 2000 that reaches a common position in the Council and, without embargo, is the last in being approved by the Council and the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, also *yo go to talk of the Social Bottom European, but from the point of sight of the external economic relations, for having been *yo the author of the opinion of the Commission of Relations Economic External. +Besides, #if we go in in this dynamics of defence of territorial interests in the that has gone in the European Council in *Berlín, like deputy chosen by the citizens of a concrete zone of *Europa -a region called *Aragón-, neither #can vote in favour of the Diary 2000 because, with this agreement, the citizens to the that represent go out very prejudiced in regard to the current situation. +Since, in reality, these resources #can not obtain by means of the creation of the tax on the CO2 , as they think *Ripa gave *Meana or the Greens, because never it has seen that the carbonaceous gas produced imposed -of it contrary, the *Pinatubo #would launch probably euros-, only remains, as, a source of resources: the #european tax on the income. +The contradictions of the proposals of the Commission for the restructuring of the fleet that is object of these norms, that demand a national programming by comparison to the regions of the Goal 2 that remain subjected to the regional programming, #would serve only to increase the confusion in other questions. +It is precise *oponerse and modify a clearly discriminatory redesign as it #would be a less favourable formulation of the coastal regions of the Goal 2 in relation with the dependent regions of the fishing of the Goal 1, with it that #would suppress distant regions of the coast that demand structural finance to support activities of aquaculture and processing. +Gentleman President, did not fits any doubt that the Diary 2000 will bring achieve enormous changes in the European Union, already was for the agriculture or for the regional politics. In this last field, have to admit that *me has produced a deep disappointment the fact that *Irlanda of the North do not appear already inside the Goal 1. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report (To4-0169/99) of the *Sra *Aglietta, in name of the Commission of Subjects Institutional on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that establish the modalities of the exercise of the competitions of execution attributed to the Commission (*COM(98)0380 - *C4-0501/98-98/0219(*CNS)). +By a very simple reason: the *comitología is, as #all know, a hell; it is an apparently technical problem, without embargo, in reality, is a deeply political problem because, to end of accounts, treats of the problem of the control of the execution, of the responsibilities in the control of the execution. +In last place, but no thus less important, appears the procedure *reglamentador. To this *respecto, consider unlucky that after the discussions in the breast of the Council have *desestimado the proposal of the Commission regarding the return to the Parliament and, often, to the *colegisladores, *cuando a committee have not issued a favourable opinion. +Also I want to express our satisfaction because the explanations and explanations that *nos has provided tonight the Mr. *Marín satisfy fully the claim expressed by the Commission of Subjects External -in the opinion of the that *yo have been speaker- that the Parliament went informed of the evolution of the negotiations before his conclusion. +In this moment, the session of today has a character *nostálgico, because we are at the end of the term of office, and #some of the colleagues will not go back, #others perhaps go back, but, in definite, the current Parliament dissolves , and in this moment there #be a true element *nostálgico, a #twilight environment in this session. +The politicians create the conditions and the suitable climate so that it produce this growth. The electronic trade has an enormous potential for the #european industry, by it that we have to watch by that it do not adopt any political decision that force to the providers in Internet to establish out of the Union. +In consequence, has taken a technical assistance to the consistent Palestinian Authority in an international squad that goes to work during two years with the #palestinian authorities so as to that it was the Palestinian Authority the that take the responsibility of the management of the hospital. +Of this form, the countries mentioned by the Mr. *Cars perhaps drop in the account that the pity of death really is the worst instrument so that #one #can recover the human dignity. And it is that #all person has to have the opportunity to amend his errors. +To the Commission follows *preocupándole the possibility that the persistence of the restrictions of the fundamental human rights #such as the right of meeting peaceful and the freedom of expression and opinion, have like result a climate of unsteadiness and social agitation in *Malasia. +Afterwards, in the current crisis it is necessary to underline -and neither is of style say it in this enclosure- the responsibility of the Organisation of the African Unit, theoretically commissioned to reconcile to the populations of the Big *Comora and of *Anjouan, after the secession of this last island. +Gentleman President, in 1993, the entrance in vigour of the only market and the dismantlement of the border controls have involved the suppression, in the statements of the VAT, of the statistics of the exchanges of sakes among States members, #whose reliability was guaranteed by the services of customs. +I have voted against of the #european textile market because the proposal is too much protectionist and do not loans sufficiently attention to the importance that the export of products textile and of the preparation *reviste in the poor countries that try to reach the development of his economies. +Possibly it #can result difficult that get to the 626 members, it more logical #would be that #if, truly, exists a report #such, and #if *usted corroborates it, deliver , for example, to the President, to the Table of the Commission of Control Budgetary, and to the coordinators of #all the Political Groups that are represented in the Commission of Control Budgetary. +By it other, *me seems that the designation like representative of the External Politics and of Common Security of the General Secretary of the NATO crimps pretty much the curl and remembers this sentence of a diplomatic French that said that so *ilusorio is to want to take a #european defence with the time like taking the Central Bank European in *Fort *Knox. +The Parliament will have to take use in his whole of his right of audit and of his right of control with regard to the institutions, also included the Commission, but in this difficult situation will have to assume his responsibility in it that concerns to the need that the new Commission #can begin to work it before possible. +I do not want to talk of the nomination of the #german candidate that, in view of the elections, has been a slap, by it that to finalise want to expose a wish: while the dictator *Milosevic was to the control in Serbian do not has to flow neither a peseta neither any euro of the #european taxpayer to Serbian. +Without damage of the management of the Commissioner *Fischler, went almost a reform of the status *quo that did not guarantee the wished balance among agriculturalists, regions and cultures and in the that the #mediterranean agriculture resulted once again abused by the *PAC, did not guarantee the put in practice of the #european model of agriculture, in #whose field did not take almost swims to help to the small agriculturalists, and, finally, went #few the advances in matter of rural development. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, in the month of January of this year, our Parliament approved the report of the Mr. *Brok that asked that, preferential and mostly, the new Commissioners went members of the European Parliament and persons with experience in the #european Institutions, that guaranteed a suitable equality among men and women and a just balance of the political tendencies. +To finish, believe that it is indispensable in this occasion encircle no only to the that they will be the facts, taking it with a logic that was not the to move to this Plenary the avatars of the national controversies, but especially take it through a narrower relation among the Institution that *usted chairs and the Parliament. +Some that the creation of an Agency did not resolves of by himself/hisself the problem; without embargo, already will see how will structure and will convert in operative this organism that #would wish that it guaranteed fast interventions, effective, useful, rational and balanced with the just participation in the reconstruction, especially of the that, as #Italia and *Apulia in particular, as a result of the war and of the migratory phenomenons, have seen prejudiced in economic terms of tourist flows and of global image. +The question is #if the group of the Council is decided, and #if #all *nosotros are decided in a hard period, characterised by the #a lot of competition and by the challenge of a globalisation to #whose height pretend to be to give answer, by a part, to the problems of #all, is to say, to the development and to the *Tercer World, that has truly need of the support of *Europa, and, on the other hand, to accelerate the enlargement. +Without embargo, will result, definitely, more economic for the European Union install it in *Salónica and do not know #if the Commission has taken his duties and has comprised that will pay wages much higher, that there #be not infrastructure in *Pristina, that will see forced to pay a lot to guarantee the security of his civil servants, that will run danger in an unsure territory. +We think that the Council of Ministers has had reason when subjecting this subject to the Court of Justice of compliance with the article 213 of the Treaty, that forbids to the Commissioners accept, even after the cessation of his functions, put that the #would plant in a delicate situation concerning his obligations in matter of #probity and delicacy. +Finally, we want to review the valid norms on the indications of the initial products, specifically, the norms on the signs that have to carry the labels of the pastures, *piensos or thread mixed, in the sense that, in a future, indicate the quantity used of initial products used, although no his breakdown according to the different products. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, #if *me allow, wanted to concentrate my intervention in *usted, gentleman President of the Council, because I believe that the European Council has played a very small paper in the #european discussions of the last years and has kept a so much *distanciado *cuando treated to take out the chestnuts of the fire. +Without embargo, *yo #would wish to insist to the *respecto, lady Speaker, because in spite of being a lower question, without great consequences for the life of our countries, exist other much graver questions, in #whose case the Commission guides by #the same extremist mentality, it that it #can involve distortions very grave in the economy of our countries and in the situation of the employment. +#If the Glass of the World resulted a hit also in this plane, #if the number of incidents was relatively limited, *ello obeys to that said control of the *taquilla allowed, for example, that the cooperation *anglo-#french in matter of security was effective with regard to the received, the follow-up and the control of the groups of followers and that averted #some phenomenons of vandalism, that do not wish that they go back to repeat in our continent. +My group do not ignores the light trip of the centre of gravity of the Commission to the Parliament that finishes to produce in the measure that #this confirms in front of the eyes of the public opinion that #can achieve that they move the centres to be able to, even those considered like *intocables, which is very important. +In particular, the relations among the European Parliament and the European Commission have to be based in the work and the harmony, to guarantee the maximum possible efficiency in the approval of the key elements of our community legislative requirements. +It has *rasgado the Letter of the Organisation of the Nations Joined, the international helps, the predominance of the States Joined was the only reason of this war -the affirmation of his geopolitical vision- and has caused worry in the old friends of the States Joined of *América as *Helmut *Schmidt. +*Ustedes Propose an ambiguous answer regarding the Organisation of the Nations Joined, subordinated to the States Joined in the military terrain, in a totally dogmatic condition with regard to the processes of globalisation of the world-wide economy that *merman strongly the #european autonomy. +*Me Odd the fault of a strong speech and original of the Commission in the terrain of the culture, of the communication of mass, of the artistic and cultural production, in that it is posing a challenge and a simple and deaf resistance by part of *Europa to a North American penetration. +Without the realisation of this deepening in that it assent the new institutional order that will have to assign to *Europa a paper in the world, *nosotros will not be some effective promoters of the peace and the justice neither will be able to conciliate the needs, sometimes found, of the northeast and #european southwest. +In matter of fiscal politics, in particular, *nos have seen especially disappointed by the feeble conviction expressed by the commissioner proposed in the subject of the development of the coordination of the fiscal diets and of the need to happen to the rule of the qualified majority in the next *CIG. +I have received of the technical Group of independent deputies, of compliance with the paragraph 4º of the article 180 of the regulation, an impugnation of the interpretation proposed by the Commission of Subjects Constitutional to the paragraph 1º of the article 29 of the regulation. +It took a statement that to me *me seemed very *convincente, specifically said: "Yes, we go to respect the principle of subsidiariness, or was, that the first decision corresponds to the States members and to the regions, but in my quality of Commissioner *yo will be the manager that they fulfil the goals of the regional politics and *me propose to fulfil with my responsibility." +As well, together with our adherents will take all it possible so that our life was it shorter possible, but fear that #this was not sufficient, and therefore, expect that at last the European Parliament and the Commission take to hear his voice, so as to that the elderly of #all the fifteen States members obtain the respect that deserve and have first of all some norms that *les allow to keep intact the money that pay monthly and *obligatoriamente to have a pension in the future. +But *yo had requested the word, in accordance with the article 122 of the Regulation, to consume a turn of intervention by personal allusions, in relation with the indictments that yesterday took to my person the Mr. *Galeote during the debate of investiture of the President *Prodi. +The Constitutions of the States members, the *CPDH and other treaties already offer sufficient protection to the citizen. So it swims to bank #all type of diets legal, as it proposed the week happened the Minister of the Interior of the Low Countries. +We #can *resumir like this the questions that have formulated the public opinions: ?In how it contributes *Europa #one *plusvalía and improves our systems of adoption of decisions? ?*Nos Has contributed *Europa an upper economic growth, a greater welfare in the daily life or a hope to take part in a big adventure? +Said of another mood, the object of the next *CIG #would not have to be the to strengthen this institutional process, but, to the contrary, the to lighten it, is to say, limit the competitions of the Union going back to a respectful Common Market of the environment and of the public health. +Gentleman President, the #french delegation of my Group, as also the #danish delegation, already have exposed in the main debate why fundamental reasons #can not support to a Commission that the gives to be the government of *Europa, without that, by it other, the citizens have approved never explicitly similar statute. +The crisis of confidence of the citizens in the #european institutions that has revealed clearly the abstention in the last elections demands no only "a modern and effective administration", but also new politics that answer positively to the problems *económicosociales that live in the countries members of the European Union. +The disposal of the Council to modify his proposals concerning the council administration, #can show to the citizens #which is, in fact, the reason of the Council and *cúanto detests to squander, since the realisation of the reconstruction of *Kosovo will be in #a lot of cheaper cases #if it takes from the region that #if it takes from the States members. +To finish, will say that until it have not found a just and global solution to the problem of the refugees, the support of the Union to the *OOPS, like provider of state-owned services in *Cisjordania, *Gaza, the *Líbano, *Jordania and Syrian, is of vital importance to relieve the difficult situation of the 3,5 millions of Palestinians that live in the fields of refugees. +In effect, in a moment in that the international community and #all the world-wide press highlight the importance of the scandal that produces in *Rusia, have to adopt initiatives to comprise the gravity of said scandal, how explanations gives the #russian Government to these indictments and #which are, by the contrary, our reports on the community finances with *Rusia. +A vision of the cost, the most tragic, is joined to the quantity of lives human that have lost , to families undone, to the psychological shock that have suffered #all the inhabitants of the regions affected by the fear to a possible back earthquake. +Precisely in the times of peace among #Grecia and *Turquía have an opportunity of *acercar jointly here in the European Parliament to the villages of both countries and to surpass at last it that *me has tried *inculcar and probably also to *ellos in the books of history in the school, to know, that the Greeks and the Turkish hate reciprocally. +In these moments, the Commission, jointly with other integral of the international community, takes a call to the #russian authorities so that the utilisation of the strength was proportional to the fight in the territory of *Daguestán, #as well as to the operations of persecution through the border *chechena. +The first question is until how point has been funded this building entirely by *Francia and #if it has been really a gift of the #french government because my constituents want to have the security that his taxes, is to say his #dutch taxes, have not come to stop here. +We recognise the importance of a debate in the Parliament on the alimentary security, but the proposal presented was in favour to celebrate a debate with character of urgency on the question of #if a Been member has right to decide by himself/hisself same of compliance no with the community politics, but with it that suits to his own political interests in a moment given. +But had account of the free market, of the open borders and of the practically boundless import, especially #if it proceeds of third countries, is indispensable that impose a series of norms community properly controlled in matter of security and environment, no only inside the European Union, but also in the countries of origin of our foods. +The problem sharpens even more by the liberalisation of the market, #whose result is the circulation of products no subjected practically to control, #as well as by the competition without limits, that offers to the monopolies the *coartada for the resource even to irregular methods of reduction of costs and increase of benefits, and by the nonexistence of an effective control of the quality, that remains at the expense of the own consumers. +In this context, of course calls the attention that, in relation with the subject of the identification, the States members, but also the Commission, consider the possibility to postpone the identification of the livestock *vacuno and the labeling of the meat until after 1 January of the 2000. +Therefore, *yo #would ask to his *Señorías that do not include this reference on the modification of the financial perspectives having, very understood, two things: first, that, obviously, anyway the Commission goes to pose a modification of the financial perspectives in the future in the that will take into account no only this element but other elements linked to the subject of *Kosovo. +They know also the difficulties that hinder the penetration of these energies in a liberal market in the that the energetic resources more traditional are with frequency to a lower price, without forgetting the fault of measures oriented to promote of way *voluntarista the new energies. +The community program *SAVE for the efficiency and the energetic saving constitutes #one of the key elements of the strategy of the European Community in favour of an effective energetic consumption or, it that it is it same, a reduction of the broadcasts of CO2. +It That is in *entredicho is the respect of a fundamental principle of our own survival in the future, that is the of the denominations of origin of our genuine products, protected, by it other, by the World-wide Organisation of the Trade to the protect of the rights of property intellectual. +By means of the agreements of *Wye *River and of *Sharm the-*Sheik, the new political situation in #Israel, a direction of the *OLP decided and a deeper consciousness in the #arab world, has created a new situation that favours a real and sustainable solution of agreement to the interests of the region. +The new #israeli Prime minister, Mr. #Barak, has formed a Government with a majority it sufficiently wide as for *permitirle restart the negotiations in the process of peace with the necessary parliamentary backrest to his declared intention to go back to promote the process of peace. +The #european contribution to the peace in Orient Next do not manifests only through the economic and financial help, also consists in following being categorical with regard to the political principles of a just and durable arrangement, in #whose definite solution will finish for leaving a #european print. +On the other hand, it results particularly grave that #can separate this agreement of the global negotiations of the general agreement, it that #would cause his postponement, with the damages of *ello resultant, and #would seat bad precedents from the point of sight of the defence of the denominations of origin community in the *OMC, in particular regarding the denomination "Port". +It exists a point, without embargo, on the that wish to call the attention so much of our Parliament as of the Council and of the Commission: it treats of the influence that #can exert this liberalisation of the exchanges, even by a period of ten years, in the economic development of the regions *ultraperiféricas, and in particular of The Meeting, #european territory of full exercise situated near of *Sudáfrica. +This exception to the international regulation, inscribed of irresponsible way in an agreement that links to the European Union, constitutes a dangerous precedent, able to generalise to other States, specifically to the new producing countries of wines (*América Latin, *Oceanía, #etcetera), #if like this they request it to the European Union. +When denying to put end to the immigration in *Europa, when denying to *controlarla seriously, when denying to impose a systematic detection of the AIDS in the possible immigrants that proceed of these countries of *África, will expose to the Europeans no only to the *seropositividad, but also to #a lot of opportunist illnesses, like the tuberculosis, that had been eradicated of our continent. +This Round of the #Millenium do not has to determine the defensive attitude in front of the North American position in the imports to the European Union of agricultural products treaties with genetic engineering but that the European Union #would have to find partners for his global dynamic strategy. +*Segunda, #can confirm the Mr. *Sasi that the Presidency will present new proposals to facilitate the most complete provision possible to the European Parliament of the documents negotiated in the Committee 133 of the Council, accompanied, in his case, of the special procedures of face to protect the confidentiality? +It do not leaves to be odd that the Commission of *Bruselas, in the moment in that it asks to the States members that give green light to go back to initiate, leaving sideways all it other, a new cycle of commercial negotiations *multilaterales, do not seats the need to take a balance *mínimamente objective of the *OMC, and especially of his device of solution of *litigios. +Obviously, we have to defend the values and the principles that are fundamental for the countries of the Community, without embargo, have to take it of wise and flexible form having always in account that before that at all it is the need to carry forward this fundamental strategic interest for the liberalisation of the international trade to the that *me finish to refer. +We want to avert that they contemplate *diferenciadamente the classical services of the new -the mood of transfer do not changes at all the nature of a service- and a better access to the market of third States for commodities and services, included the services of telecommunication based in the electronic commercial traffic. +Subject: structural Bottoms The corresponding sums to the structural Bottoms allocated to the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *n1 1 no the delivers the #spanish State in accordance with objective criteria of population and of income by inhabitant, with it that applies a politics that do not seems to respect the own goals of the #european Bottoms. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, want to say that, regarding the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *nº 1, the #spanish State, in spite of the competitions of the Autonomous Communities, reserves for politics centralised, no applied in general in the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *nº 1, the 55% of the bottoms that get to the #spanish State. +Second, only it wanted to that *usted confirm #if the Council, against of the will of #one of the States members, #can increase this quantity so that this country #would have to pay more, is to say, that *le #would force to deposit a greater part of his reservation of currencies in the Central Bank and that there #be not a maximum limit. +The European Union reaffirms in his disposal to support and boost the process of renewal in *Argelia, especially inside the frame the collaboration *euromediterránea, that involves, among other actions, the immediate resumption of the negotiations on the Treaty of Association of the Countries *Euromediterráneos. +According to the article 6 of the Treaty of the European Union, the Union assent in a series of principles common of the States members, principles on freedom, democracy, respect to the human rights and to the fundamental freedoms, in addition to the principle of the legality. +Gentleman President, in the first place, have been able to observe personally that the majority of the most important airports follow having big activity in spite of the suppression of the free sales of taxes. And as I indicated in my previous answer, consider that it is function of each Been member take charge of the consequences and other problems, loss of employments in his majority, that the suppression of these free sales of taxes #can involve. +Moratorium for the pity of death - *B5-0144/1999 of the Mr. *Thors, #among others, in name of the Group *ELDR, on the vote of a resolution by the General Assembly of the Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties; +Therefore, I ask to the Council that do not block with philosophical debates, but that procure that this text contain the mechanisms that *nos allow to continue said battle and that #can , it before possible, conclude the editorial to begin, in the Council and in the Commission -the Mr. *Patten *nos has ensured it-, the task to convince to the 180 States members of the Nations Joined. +As #all know, the European Parliament already showed his sensitivity in this subject *cuando, takes so only some months adopted a decision, collected by the Mr. *Napolitano in the text of his report, that includes articles very concrete on how have to work and #which are the points that have to take in consideration so that the goal of the fight against the fraud convert in reality. +To #the same time, #would be an omission on my part not mentioning in this moment the big worry and, #if they want to, the contribution of the Commission of Control Budgetary of the European Parliament, that through an opinion, included also in the report of the Mr. *Napolitano, established really bases very solid. +I #can *asegurarles that the Commission is fully conscious of #which is the paper that plays the fight against the fraud in the assessment of the #european politics to the eyes of the citizens and of the citizens and thus I celebrate once again in name of the Commission the report and the work that has made . +We are conscious of the rapidity with that is evolving this system and that the world of Internet, is to say, the world of the users of the society of the information, is very advanced in it *concerniente to the validity of the agreements and the transactions to *través of the electronic system. +And #if, as I estimate, the erosion of the principle of the country of origin looms fundamentally to the only market of electronic services in *Europa -which, to his time, #would constitute an important example for the operation of the electronic trade in our globe-, then the results #would be *tristísimos and *dañosísimos for the citizens of *Europa. +The project of proposal is linked directly to the technical requirements of the Norm 34 of the Economic Commission for *Europa of the Nations Joined, that treats of the prevention of the risk of fire and in particular of the applicable disposals to the deposits of fuel manufactured with plastic. +We have to leave that the States members and the Commission take his proposals and afterwards have to *ocuparnos of #some of the essential initiatives and expose the point of sight of the citizens, the companies, the users of the road and the drivers in #all the European Union. +In the European Union have to *preocuparnos by #all the looks of the security in #all the forms of transport, no only the vehicles of two tyres, or the vehicles of four tyres, or the railways, or the aircraft, or the fuselages or it that it was, but also in relation with the *telecabinas and the facilities of transport by wire. +*Yo Add, besides, that will be precise to include in the Budget 2000 15 millions of corresponding euros to the contribution of the European Union to the initiative of condonation of the debt of the poorest countries that, as #such, has to fund directly with charge to the Budget, or was, no with pertinent resources of the Bottom of Development. +Our commission considers also that it has to constitute a priority for the Union the provision of informations statistical of high quality, especially now that the Economic and Monetary Union has applied in the zone of the euro and have already the perspectives of the enlargement of the Union. +Even so, we consider particularly important that have not accepted the linear reduction introduced by the Council and, especially, that foresee a moderate increase in the field of the veterinary and phytosanitary costs, to the equal that in the field of the support to the commercialisation. +Gentleman President, the project of budget for the year 2000, 92 *millardos of euros, a *margen of flexibility for this Parliament of 1,5 *millardos of euros had account of it that they are the financial perspectives, linear reductions of #all the credits, or, anyway, agricultural credits, #few ambitions, always the *espolvoreamiento and the *clientelismo budgetary: it is to say, a project of budget without great novelties, and the gentleman *Bourlanges has the big merit to try encourage technically the debate. +The solution of the paradox *nos has been suggested and consists in not accepting that the priorities of morning are funded with the sacrifice and the priorities of today and of yesterday and, in consequence, in funding the new and *irrenunciables priorities of the external actions with a review to the heaves of the financial perspectives of the category 4. +Two final observations: the first is the difficulty to understand and, therefore, to explain, why has , as it has to be, of a juridical foundation to support to the victims of catastrophes natural in any place of the world, as with justice go to take for *Turquía, and do not has of said foundation bear inside the Union. +The Treaty by the that it establishes the European Community contains varied disposals allocated to guarantee the democratic responsibility of the #ECB, #one of #whose angular stones is definitely the presentation of the Annual Report to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union. +To this normality has contributed, definitely, the fine direction and management of the Central Bank European, and to *él and especially to his President it is necessary *felicitarlos due to the fact that, in the first months of the establishment of the euro, *cuando fixed the first orientations, had to surpass -and took it with tarpaulin- #some adverse circumstances in some certainly delicate moments to level so much internal like international. +To my mood to see, #this contradicts the article 113 of the Treaty of the EU, that establishes the obligation of the #ECB to present an annual report to the Parliament on his activity and on the economic and monetary politics. +These gentlemen of the Central Bank European comport like spokesmen of the big *patronal that is, in effect, "reducing the rigidities of the market of the work" , destroying thousands of employments as in this moment in *Michelin, *Renault-*Nissan, *Alsthom, *Rhône-*Poulenc and *Hoest #Marion *Roussel and #a lot of #others, or generalising the precariousness with wages that sink to an increasing part of the population in the poverty while it increases the fortune of the great shareholders. +It do not has power to fix types of interest, any power on the types of change, little can on the public cost, restricted by the Pact of Stability, and #if it was in the hand of #many of the members of this Parliament, any power on the own fiscal types. +The union of the two wallets of development and humanitarian help increases the possibilities to reach this goal, especially #if we take into account the fact that so much the field of work of THROW like the field of competition of the responsible commissioner of the politics of development are global. +Regarding the actions in matter of fight against the drug for the period 2000-2004, the Council now *nos urges to approve to #all haste this document whereas, as it admits the own Commission, has not taken any systematic and rigorous assessment of the presumptive results of the previous plan. +It has talked to "open" the Council to the public scrutiny and to study other reforms, and has expressed his hope that the #finnish Presidency leave a durable print in the Union in this sense. +Nevertheless and said was of step, is true that the special situations demand a special effort -and was necessary a special bottom to cover this special effort- so that they are not the projects already in course the that they go to pay the special situations, as it seems that it exists now the risk that it was *África the that go to pay the efforts that the *EU will take in *Kosovo. +To #the same time, want to ask to the Presidency of the Council that, of compliance with the document of the Commission, in the *preparativos of the Conference *Intergubernamental open the possibility to present an own proposal to apply of a reasonable mood some methods of work. +#All these actions and other more that affect to the security of the citizens of the European Union, have to be undertaken on the base of the full respect of the fundamental rights of #that that live in the territory of the Union, because the key of the future space of freedom and security are precisely the fundamental rights *irrenunciables. +Gentleman President, for the very cold and rational heads the year 2000 is of course a year like #another #any one, but no only the no romantic #can embezzle to the start of a new century to #one some magic, to elevate the head above his own activities and adopt in front of his own future *algo #as well as an attitude of project. +This Council of Wise persons do not devotes neither a critical word to the second and *tercer *pilar of this democratic non-existent country of the cooperation among the Governments neither neither makes any proposal to link it to a #european democratic reform. +In my opinion, when developing a frame of reference #european for the utilisation of the digital signature, the European Union always has to act also to international level so that the legal guidelines of the system are ratified. +By #this a concrete principle to justify the intervention of the Union in this matter is the of the possible social insecurity that #can produce the restructurings of companies inside the Community and, was as it was, inside the States members, a principle that, on the other hand, already was foreseen in the Treaty of Blunt of 1957. +Gentleman President, when refusing the Treaty of prohibition of nuclear proofs, the American Senate has taken an irresponsible gesture assuming to #the same time the responsibility to put to the world in front of the serious danger of the nuclear holocaust. +These strengths are #the same that follow *perpetrando the pity of death and not paying the quotas owed to the Nations Joined contributing of this way to the loss of legitimacy and functionality of an organism that has like constitutive element the right of the villages to rid of the wars. +This attitude of the Senate of the #EE.UU is in contradiction with the final statement of the *CTBT that, as *usted gentleman President of the Council has mentioned, has gathered in *Viena of the 6 to 8 October underlining the importance of a global and verifiable prohibition of the nuclear essays and urging to #all the States to sign and ratify with rapidity said Treaty. +But perhaps it #can go a bit more far and affirm that it really hurtful for the European Union #would be #if, after having reaffirmed the cause in favour of an external politics and of common security, after having defended the cause of an initiative by the security and the defence, *nos remained short in it that take regarding our rhetoric. +Of Compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0026/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of Council (13328/2/1998 - *C5-0023/1999 - 1998/0169(*COD)) with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes an only instrument of finance and of programming of the cultural cooperation (Program "Culture 2000" ) (Speaker: Mr. *Graça *Moura). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0024/1999) of the Mr. *Gargani, in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999) 111 - *C5-0019/1999 - 1999/0066(*CNS)) relative to the community participation in the European Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector. +It was constituted in the month of October of 1989, under the auspice of the program *Eureka Audiovisual, acts in the frame of a partial agreement reached in the breast of the Council of *Europa and among his members has 34 #european members and the Commission of the Union *Europa in his group. +To personal title, without embargo, want to say that the third amendment did not have my approval, in the sense that, in the text *originario, the decision that #be to approve and that the Commission already has anticipated, had to expire the last day of the last month of the *quinto year, while the Commission has reduced this term to three years. +Without wanting to question the authority of the president of the commission that finishes to take part and to the sight of the appeal of the greater parliamentary Group, meeting wiser act with greater prudence because, as it has shown , did not fits doubt that the necessary absolute majority converts, at least, in difficult the vote. +I expect of the capacity of the gentleman Commissioner, of the attitude of the Commission, of our Council and of our Governments, that conclude *felizmente an agreement that allow, on the one hand, continue with our activity *pesquera and, by the #another, why no, that *Marruecos and the #moroccan citizens benefit of this privilege that have when administering some waters that have a bank *pesquero so important. +The European Parliament, in the amendments that presents the Commission of Fishing, asks to the Commission that follow the subject, that inform to the Parliament and to the Council, at least three months before the expiration of the agreement, so as to have the security of his continuation. +In this moment, since it has modified the juridical foundation -and east is the reason of the new regulation- and the procedure that has to apply no longer is the of the article 37, or was, the of query, but the of the article 152, or was, the of *codecisión, the Parliament has the duty and the responsibility to reduce this term of the 2003. +A technical analysis allows to get to the conclusion that the *desaceleración of the tendency of growth in the European Union explains by a combination of crashes external, amplified by divergences of the national politics, in a context of rigidity structural. +The unification of the coins has induced the unification of the financial politics; the of the financial politics, the unification of the economic politics; the of the economic politics, the unification of the social politics. +The #finnish Presidency also pleads by the transparency in this subject, although the point of game was the confidentiality; #this, to his time, is owed in big part to that each *dialogante talks of his own subjects and of his specific field without pretending get to common agreements, but that it that looks for is the mutual understanding. +In the marine sector, with the amendment *nº 6 have examined the question by extensive and in depth to try give with a formulation that guarantee the achievement of a collective agreement that offer the maximum flexibility allowed by the directive, is to say, the annual computation of the labour day. +The Parliament had asked that it take into account that the air conditioned or another additional squad #can increase the pollution. That the juridical responsibility of the manufacturer and of the distributors has to delimit of form more precise and that, therefore, included the cars of directors and the vehicles with permission of circulation of a day. +The collateral effects and the adaptation of the actions will base in his greater part in the frame of the inner market that the Commission formulates two times to the year and in the report of *Cardiff on the operation of the markets of products and capitals. +As half against the unemployment the report mentions also the increase of the capacity of adaptation of the companies and to this *respecto is precise to ensure, for example, through minimum standards, the participation of the workers, the information and query of #the same in the timely time and, with #this, his possibility to adapt to the change. +The project of the *UEM creates unemployment, and regarding the active labour politics is obvious that #this presupposes local and national initiatives by the reason that the labour markets of the community countries are organised of form so distinct among himself/hisself that results of the all impossible put in practical any #another measure that are not the normal measures and no *vinculantes included in the existent proposals. +*Yo Expect proposed like #this of the new Commission, knowing, gentleman President, that in this moment will find the social object of the Union, is to say, a greater social wealth and a no based employment in partial measures but in an economic development and in some fully profitable and reliable companies. +The high taxes, the social redistribution of the income and a politics *salarial *inflexible #be to conduct to the societies to a situation degraded, in the that the work no longer is for the individual a stimulating alternative from the point of sight economic. +Like this and #everything, in the *mundialización of the markets, *Europa runs the risk to suffer the competition of the great economies that invested and invest more in the diffusion of the technologies and in the investigation, #as well as in the professional training of the youngsters, #this is, in the future of the most advanced industries technologically. +Report (To5-0049/1999) of the Mr. *Gahrton, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that celebrates the Agreement of cooperation scientific and technical among the European Community and the Popular Republic of Chinese (*COM(1999) 287 - *C5-0038/1999 - 1999/0123(*CNS)) +Report (To5-0047/1999) of the Mr. *Linkohr, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that celebrates the Agreement of cooperation scientific and technological among the European Community and the Argentinian Republic (*COM(1999) 292 - *C5-0040/1999 - 1999/0125(*CNS)) +Lady Speaker, believe that the proposal that has taken the Table is the best solution in this case, is to say, that the debate on *Chechenia celebrate of the 15.00 to the 16.00 hours because like this, in place to interrupt the debate on the conference *intergubernamental, will begin the session of the afternoon on said conference an hour later, believe that, of this way, will be able to debate the two subjects more correctly. +To continuation, have the proposal of the Mr. Baron *Crespo to suppress the hour of questions to the Council, proposal varied by the Mr. *Leinen, that asks that this hour of questions celebrate during the nocturnal session, after the institutional debate, it that *me seems to coincide with the criterion of the Mr. Baron *Crespo. +Lady Speaker, the Parliament already has voted a resolution to the *respecto, but today poses a problem: the World-wide Bank has to pronounce *próximamente on the relevance of the project, and think that, given the projection that has on the villages of #Chad and of *Camerún, #would be very received a message of the European Parliament. +The first proposed of the Commission is of May of 1998, and in the last 18 months the procedure survived no only to a change of base legal, but also to a change of the Treaty, to a change of *comitología, to a change of the Parliament and to a change of the Commission. +With that have seen the apparition of organisations criminal devoted to the sale of boys, mothers to the that *les steal the children, mothers to the that bribe so that they separate of his children, mothers to the that *engatusan *diciéndoles that the boy goes to enjoy of a good beginning in the life and afterwards return with his family, *cuando, of course, did not exists this intention. +The question that, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, want to take to the lady Commissioner that, on the other hand, has shown #a lot of sensitivity to these subjects, is the following: *Nos #can say #which are the conflictive looks of the question and the reasons by the *cuales has not presented a proposal reviewed still? +Likewise, #if we decide to transfer the competition, put by case, of the cooperation for the development of the States members to the European Union, believe that we #can reach *muchísimo more in the world with #the same quantity of money and #can increase our resources without thus increase the fiscal charge that *recae on the citizens of the European Union. +But it that still lacking and it that still has not reached the ancient Commission and that expect reach at last, is a #european directive in the that no only regulate technically the feeding of the current *proveniente of sources of renewable energy but also that, in accordance with the right of competition #european, specify the moods on how #can boost *contractualmente in the Community a current produced in this way. +It exists coincidence in considering that the conservation of energy, the rational planning and the renewable energies constitute the most important form, apart from the tax to the CO2, on the that, as I already have said, has not got still to an agreement. +*Me Go to refer now to the part *jocosa of the subject: the *UJD, the #slovakian authority supervisor of the nuclear facilities, did not concedes already from 1995 the usual permission of service for varied years but only a provisional extension of a year with the purpose to force to the *explotadores to make the necessary modernisations. +High gentleman Representative, did not fits doubt that the institution of his charge and in particular his nomination has created great expectations in this sector of the public opinion - that create majority - that thinks that *Europa has to endow of an external politics and of common security #if it wants to, as *usted has said, be credible further of the commercial exchanges or of the economic gigantism. +Surely it will coincide the Mr. #Solana *conmigo #if *le say that the dip that *nos have traced those who today have #any greater or lower responsibility in the process of integration #european #would take *palidecer the most optimistic ambitions of the #european leaders of *cuando, for example, *usted chaired the Council of Subjects General of the European Community. +The goal of the debate of today is *clarificar and evaluate, from the point of sight of the European Union, the global approach of the to scale world-wide negotiations and situate it in the political context of a global strategy. +The increasing tendency to the fusion of companies that develop activities of transnational character and the impotence of the national States in front of the constitution of monopolies, oligopolies and cartels put in danger the goal of the world-wide trade to contribute to the welfare and the peace all over the world. +Besides, also it is particularly important that have clear that the *aminoración of the growth of the world-wide economy also saves relation with the unsteadiness of the international financial system, that characterises by enormous and swift financial transactions to scale world-wide and, although it has *desgajado of the world-wide economy, without embargo *repercute on the investments, the growth and the employment. +Second, that fix rules of common game to #all with respect of the matters at present no treated or insufficiently treated by the Agreement of *Marraquech, examples of the *cuales are the sanitary hygienic-modalities, the environmental effects and of health of some methods of production intensive or the respect of the sensitivity of the consumers. +#This is particularly important, since #many of the subjects, especially the new -#a lot of colleagues have signalled it already- have a strong emotional charge, as, for example, the question of the links of the investments to a new regulation of the competition and to the social and labour norms, but also #many #others. +But it is in the haste of the that gives proof and to the that the report *Schwaiger takes reference with #a lot of obstinacy #where reside the reasons to raise legitimate suspicions, especially #if it wants to remember that these same principles finish to see ridiculed in the recent files of the banana, of the *OGM and other meats of *vacuno with hormones, in the *cuales the defeat of the European Union through the Commission is so discreet like fast. +*Rusia -And #this results particularly painful for the #european left- did not constitutes an exception in this sense, but that acts, to his mood to see, exactly the same that it took it the NATO in *Yugoslavia and *me seems an opportunism of the worst class that those who have applauded to the Mr. #Solana to first hour, applaud now the intervention of the Mr. *Cohn-*Bendit. +It will have reached, in the final act, a quotation on the principle of caution, in the sanitary look, even in the phytosanitary, a forum *OIT-*OMC, a recognition of the environmental principles, in the measure that have been already recognised in *Kioto. +In these decades, in these last *lustros, the international trade -*Europa is the homeland of #David #Ricardo- has allowed, thanks to a new international division of the work, generate wealth and inclusion, #as well as win a poverty that, with the increase of the population and without the international trade, #would be much graver that the current. +The education, the health, the public and social services, the public transports, the culture , are #others *tantos sectors that #can not put in the scales of a commercial negotiation and #can not depend of a court of trade international. +But the next cycle of negotiations has to tackle also new subjects: the development, the environment, the health and the sanitary security, the fundamental social norms, the competition and transparency of some minimum rules in matter of investments and the promotion of the cultural diversity. +It has got the hour, without embargo, to be able to send parliamentary representatives to #all the meetings and to take part in the *CIG, in our quality of institution community, in equality of conditions that the Commission to defend our positions and our proposals and, in his case, *rebatir the proposals that present #others. +The Commission, with the power of orientation, the new authority, recognised to his President, #would have to preserve -will not be easy, *permítanme say it, now that am inside the Commission- his school character, his efficiency, his form of decision by simple majority of the members that the compose. +It takes lacking to integrate, for example, the functions of the Western European Union in the Union to avert new *Kosovos, but also boost the coordination of the economic politics, the fiscal harmonisation and the creation of an authentic *Europa social and of the employment that *nos allow to confront the worries of the citizens. +This lack self-evident with special virulence in the point of intersection among the Economic Union and the Monetary Union, by a part, and in the point of intersection among the Political Union and the Economic and Monetary Union, by #another. +Like this *me allow *recordarle #one of the looks that with #a lot of tarpaulin has stood out the Mr. *von *Boetticher, to know, the package of proposals also has to foresee that in the general and essential part of the Treaties establish a frame that define clearly the competitions of the European Union. +In this context, the Council wishes to remember the conclusions that issued on 25 May 1994 related with the nuclear security in the production of electricity of the countries of *Europa Central and of the East, #as well as in new independent states, in the *cuales the Council expressed his posture in front of this question. +All citizen of the Union, #as well as #all physical or juridical person that reside or have his social domicile in a Been member, will have right to access to the documents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission, with arrangement to the principles and the conditions that will establish of compliance with the sections 2 and 3. +The Council, with arrangement to the planned procedure in the articulate 251, will determine the general principles and the limits, by reasons of public or private interest, that regulate the exercise of this right of access to the documents, in the term of two years from the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, only want *indicarle and *asegurarle to the Mr. deputy to the Parliament that the Council is perfectly conscious of the need to simplify and take more effective the mechanism of finance of the Countries and Territories of *Ultramar, but, as I already have said, by the moment *nos has sent only a communiqué, in the that they present three possible models of performance. +#If it is not possible to vote on the report today, it better #would be that we asked to the services of the Parliament #if it is not possible to sustain this debate today in the afternoon and vote the Wednesday of the partial period of sessions of December, it that *nos #would allow to communicate the results to the Council before the Thursday; we #can ask also to the Commissioner that took part about the Council in relation with this question? +Thus, in my opinion #would have been preferable to resort to the original proposal of the Commission of Control Budgetary contained in his opinion directed to the Commission for Constitutional Subjects, in the that excludes #all this group of questions and only regulate the rights and obligations of the deputies. +Also there #be a concrete reference in the preamble to the Protocol on privileges and immunities, and a reference to the fact that the pertinent article #can not go in detriment of the requirements of confidentiality that #can fix concerning the deputies of the European Parliament. +Now well, although it was necessary to expect to that it finalise the cycle of negotiations, to be able to express a trial on the bottom in relation with the results obtained, it true is that, regarding the frame, the global result #can not consider totally negative #if the #european nations #can obtain a regulation more *vinculante of the international norms in matter of competition. +Regarding the point 27, think that it has been a big advance that the called tasks *Petersberg of the document of Colony (humanitarian actions and of rescue, actions for the maintenance of the peace and actions armed in relation with the handle of the crises, included the measures for the maintenance of the peace) incorporate to the own tasks of the EU. +The fact to demand today the immediate and unconditional abolition of the pity of death in the whole world, means no only promote the human dignity, but also give a sense to the Universal Statement of the Human Rights. +By the contrary, the pity of death is the weapon preferred by the totalitarian diets because it constitutes a symbol of the power of the state and of the humiliation of the individual in front of the state power; and we know, besides, that is used to annihilate to the opponents. +Thus, we think that #if the European Union did not condemns and puts remedy to this criminal behaviour, the conclusions #would be obvious: in the first place, the European Union #would convert in accomplice of the slaughterings of #serbian and #gipsy organised by the criminal bands and *mafiosas of the *UCK; second, it #would show that there #be two *varas to measure in Occident; and in *tercer place, #would say that the goal of the intervention was to destroy to the #serbian village. +Finally -besides, of course, to loan a very special attention to the *TPI bear *Rwanda-, so that it do not forget this conflict, that already seems very far, too much far for #some, the paper of the European Union consists, in my opinion, in being present beside the #rwandan village in this occasion. +Although it was not very revolutionary and although the step forward was too much small, have the hope that it allow to compare *bad *practices splitting of some reliable data and that feels the bases for a politics of drugs human and effective in the frame of a European Union integrated. +Our problem in the actuality is the existence of youngsters #whose life in family is fine but that to #the same time feel that his existence is so empty that need a tablet or a *tripi the Saturdays in the discotheque and like this reach *entonarse with the help of a drug on the that *les has induced to think that it is *inofensiva. +It wanted to congratulate to the Mrs. *Giannakou by his valuable report, and by the importance that concedes to the international cooperation and to the consolidation of the annual systematic meetings of the council *interinstitucional, for a better follow-up and assessment of the actions, #whose main goal is to achieve the decrease of the offer of substances *estupefacientes. +I will not be able to forget never that a time, *cuando was responsible minister of the fight against the drug, went to visit to a youngster that had lost the health, his friendships, his relations, his family, his placing, his perspectives and even the respect of himself/hisself same. +With his reduced expectations of the payment of the interests of the owners of his capital and like this his possibly reduced *gearing *rate, #this is the relation among the volume of loans concerning the own capital around the 2,5 -*cuando the *ratios in the market usually surpass the 10- the bank enjoys of big confidence in the markets of capital. +The speaker and the Commission of Budgets stand out especially that the projects of the Bank have to support important goals, #among others, decisions of the European Parliament as, for example, in matters #such as the fight against the poverty and the protection to the democracy, to the human rights and to the environment. +As I have said before, gentleman President, the Commission of Subjects Juridical approved by unanimity the regulation, but proposes a series of amendments allocated to signal that the article 299.2, that already is in vigour, establishes an additional base for the proposal of regulation of the Commission. +The worry that this modification has caused in Canarians -and of the that *nosotros *nos take echo- has grown in #the same measure in that it goes arising #one some distrust regarding the capacity of the own Government of my country to comprise the true entity and gravity of this problem and regarding his will to confront to #the same in the referred negotiation with the Commission. +The report suggests that the States Members and the forums #FMI World-wide Bank take measured to verify #if the conditions and the suppositions under the that it has conceded to *Corea the package of rescue directed by the #FMI have respected in his whole in the case of the dockyards. +In July of 1999, the Ministry of Transports and Communications of *Finlandia even notified to the Commission the program of bonuses of interest conceded to the naval acquisitions, #whose goal was *fomentarlas acquisitions and the repairs of fuselages of respectful charge with the environment and insurances, essential in the conditions of the north, #where have to displace among the ice. +The Union #can not hide the self-evident fact that together with the European Bank for the Reconstruction and the Development will have to exert a paramount paper in terms of financial contributions and technical help to guarantee the security of #all these nuclear reactors what before better. +The effort for examining relative obvious questions to the human rights in the EU is very partial Why has the discrimination by reason of race or of ethnic origin a deal of favour and, for example, the discrimination of the women and of the homosexuals do not mentions or hardly takes ? +And #this is the background of these relative proposals to an assignment of bottoms during a period of three years enciphered in 15 millions of euros for the set up of the adoption of the *acervo normative community and the consolidation of the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía and in 135 millions of euros for the development of the economically retarded regions of *Turquía, respectively. +Gentleman President, believe that it that proceeds in this case is to congratulate to the Mr. *Morillon by the realisation of these reports, that has had to take in circumstances very difficult, with a big haste of time, and believe that it has taken creditor to the recognition of #all: like this it has seen *recompensando with the vote that has produced in the Commission of Subjects External. +Like the planned quantities for the year 1999 were not *presupuestadas, it #would be necessary to prolong -to *ello has referred today the speaker- the budgetary frame of the program in a year, until the year 2002, and it #would be necessary to include the credits of the year 1999 in the project *rectificativo and supplementary. +The Union has to ensure that #all the countries candidates -included, of course, *Turquía- will respect the international treaties and the international right, will cooperate with the neighbouring countries by the peace and will resolve his eventual differences respecting the international right and resorting to the international instances of justice, like the Court of The there #be. +It do not has felt to affirm that only *cuando *Turquía have given determined steps, perhaps *le will give an affirmative answer. The usual reaction of *Turquía is to retort that, to the sight that *Europa do not fulfils his promises, do not have a clear #european perspective and, therefore, #can not undertake the risky path of the reforms. +The sustainable harmonisation, from the point of sight of the *Báltico, of the ecological needs, of a viable agriculture, of the industrial politics, of the use of zones *vacacionales and of #the same enlargement supposes, obviously, a big challenge so much to administrative level, as to political level. +The incorporation of the #nordic and #mediterranean countries to the European Union has been the main reason that it pose the update of this directive, at present in vigour, that regulates the commercialisation of seeds and forest plants and that from 1975 had not been modified substantially. +#If well in these last months the evolution of the value euro/dollar has been *desfavorable for the euro, *ello no only obeys to the existent current difference among the North American and #european economies from the point of sight of the dynamism and of the performance. +Like speaker, believe that it is just to recognise that the initial proposal of the Commission improved to a large extent the *OCM current, especially when reinforcing the fundamental paper that the organisations of producers have in the commercialisation of the products and to the *otorgarles more and better mechanisms for the correct operation and to exert a fishing and a more responsible commercialisation. +This proposal on the common organisation of the market in the sector of the products of the fishing and of the aquaculture *reviste a central importance for the politics of fishing common in the European Union. +I will signal to the Assembly that, in said agreement on the Union *aduanera, the European Union is the that has resulted benefited -and *sobradamente- by the commitments subscribed, since the balance of the commercial scales among the European Union and *Turquía has duplicated in favour of the European Union, from the application of these agreements. +In *tercer place, in the next agricultural negotiations #would have to occupy a central place the *multifuncionalidad of the #european model of agriculture, in concrete, a greater development of the rural space, the production of products agricultural of quality, environment even in relation with the article 20 of the agreements of the *OMC on the agriculture. +Therefore, #ours main mission follows being political and no technical, to know, reopen the public cause in favour of a greater liberalisation of the trade, no only in benefit of the companies and the #european consumers, but especially because the open trade is the only viable solution on a long-term basis to struggle against the poverty in the world in development. +The first was an obsessive reference to the substantial reduction of the internal supports to the agriculture, without that had *mínimamente in account the diversity of the productive structures of the different countries and neither an objective classification and *homogénea of the diverse types of subventions conceded to the agriculture; +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Court of Accounts, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the utilisation of the fiscal resources with arrangement to clear political priorities, according to the principles of the saving and of the efficiency, are the goals that #would have to impose #all the that they have to see with a public budget. #Such is the goal that has imposed the new Commission. +For *nosotros, the European Parliament, the achievement of a #european consciousness, a #european identity, the respect by the diversity of cultures, tongues, ideas and religions, is in his group *indivisiblemente tied to a politics of training #european aggressive. +Through the soup and with the help of the program *SOCRATES, the result of this project was an increase of the motivation of students and personal, a greater sensitisation of his own surroundings, #as well as of other places and a greater knowledge of the technology of the communications. +Gentleman President, finishes to appear in the press and have checked it in the Commission of Fishing. It treats of the fishing of cod in the Atlantic northeastern and, besides, of a bilateral agreement among *Rusia and Norwegian, two states that together with #others like the European Union, *Islandia and *Polonia are parts in equality of rights in the Commission for the Fishing in the Atlantic Northeastern. +The present report on verification of *credenciales, therefore, refers to the results of the *quintas elections to the Parliament celebrated of the 10 to 13 June past, and bases in the official communications of the distinct States members on the group of the electoral results, included the names of the possible substitutes and the order of *prelación resultant of the vote. +Thus, the #spanish delegation of the Popular Party European estimates necessary to keep in the Plenary the relative amendments to the *primer paragraph of the section 2 of the article 3 and to the last paragraph of the article 21, in the that concretise the exceptions and conditions for the use of the bromide of methyl after 2006. +The limit of the 1% in any ingredient -that as *nos has informed to me and to #others already is being surpassed by the supermarkets, #among others, like requirement for alimentary products- is besides a limit that, as I have been able to know, #can fulfil it easily #any one that wish to avert that in the label of the alimentary products appear the indication that they contain organisms genetically modified, owing to the adventitious pollution, that go *usted to know it that *eso means. +We expect that it recognise to the European Parliament the right of *dictamen satisfied on the modifications of the Treaties and follow supporting the proposals of *Dehaene, *Weizsäcker and *Simons, in the sense that it #would be hit to establish a fundamental Treaty and a Treaty expanded, so as to that the citizens of *Europa #can know how field will be competent in each case and how will configure the European Union in the century *XXI. +Although *me seat satisfied, and with reason, by the fine qualities of direction of the Government of *Finlandia and because in the great groups of questions, or well have achieved great progresses, or well have resolved entirely his subjects, is evident that the fine results of this period derive of the will of #all the Union to develop a #european common structure. +We go to take a review, a Conference *Intergubernamental another time, without a community method, without a paper for the Commission, with an insignificant paper for the European Parliament, without contact with the national Parliaments and, finally, without transparency neither responsibility in front of the civil society. +Gentleman President, am particularly satisfied, of course, with the confirmation by the Council of the already proposed position by the relative Commission to that the enlargement of the European Union was a process in the that #all the countries of *Europa Central, that have presented like candidates, are involved, without any distinction, in accordance with his own merits. +His *Señoría has to know definitely that the authorities of *Belgrado are trying *presionar to the international community so that they raise the sanctions against the *RFY and reconstruct the bridges destroyed when putting like condition for the reopening to the navigation of the #serbian sections of the *Danubio the to receive assistance of the international community to reconstruct the bridges. +In first reading, my Group pronounced against any reduction of the credits assigned to ancient but always important priorities -and especially of the credits allocated to the cooperation and to the development of the countries of the south- to fund these new costs: never it has been a good sign of political creativity undress to #one to dress to #others. +Gentleman President, in the first reading of the budget, the European Parliament pronounced clearly in favour of a review of the Agreement *Interinstitucional, so as to be able to answer to the derivative obligations of the Agreement of fishing, of the help to *Kosovo and to *Timor Oriental, and of the support to the victims of the earthquake. +Also they are steps in the correct direction the initiatives of the Commission on the plans of action of the Community and the proposal that is elaborating about the development of the system of the trade of waste and material *contaminantes inside the Community. +I will say simply that the conferences on the *recalentamiento of the planet are #all equal, because the question that #can *formularnos is: "how many natural designated catastrophes there will be still that expect to take really in consideration the effects *nefastos of the *recalentamiento of the planet and, especially, his consequences in the economic and social development of our societies, here in *Europa, but also was, in the rest of the world?" +By it that *atañe to the participation of the European Parliament, have to recognise that from takes years the European Parliament has been no only the locomotive of the sensitisation, of the #european public opinion and international, but also the locomotive of the decisions, is to say, has influenced in decisions of the Council and of the Commission. +Report (To5-0081/1999) of the Mr. *Valdivielso of *Cué, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of regulation (*Euratom, *CE) of the relative Council to the granting of assistance to the New Independent States to *Mongolia in his effort of reform and economic recovery (*COM(1998)753 - *C5-0038/1999 - 1998/0368(*CNS)) +The European Union, that had prepared very well for the discussions and #whose position has been very coherent, has not yielded regarding the agenda that wished that it approved , to know: a wide agenda, that did not limit only to the agricultural questions and to the services, as they wanted the States Joined. +I do not question the big capacity of the Mr. #Martin to chair with celerity our works, but that -to the equal that other colleagues of this Parliament- report a practice that, to be general, consider, without embargo, totally contrary to the letter of our Regulation and to the spirit of the parliamentary institutions. +The #german Government has conformed with hiding after the skirts of the French during #all this controversy, throwing the fault to the complexities of his system of government federal to postpone the lifting of the embargo in *Alemania. +Today, in spite of that asked to the Commission of Agriculture and to the Commission of Environment of this Parliament that examined the possibility of this extension and to that the amendments proposed were practical and reasonable and #can have approved with arrangement to the *codecisión, the Council has decided to overlook this Assembly and change the juridical foundation for this decision. +The question of the identification of the products of meat of bovine and the certainty that they are reliable is so fundamental for the divergence among *Francia and the European Union like the worries by the *inocuidad that have warmed up in the two last years the Commission of Agriculture and the Commission of Environment. +In effect, have to say that seldom I have seen a budgetary procedure of this nature, in that up to now- and until this positive statement, that allows to close the agreement -*nos found still in front of two lists of possible votes: a list taken in accordance with the Council and a list established on the base of a fault in accordance with the Council. +In this context, receive with satisfaction the new proposals presented by my colleagues of the Socialist Group for the creation of a #european court for small claims, with the end to help to the persons to face up to the damages caused owed by clashes in the breast of the EU. +Gentleman President, every time that hear to talk in this Parliament of the deprivation of rights human basic, like the right to vote and the right to present to some elections, #would have to serve for *fortalecernos in our determination in promoting and promote the democracy in #all the parts of the world. +The employment of the resources of the structural bottoms no spent in the period of programs 1994-1999, by against, #can not take in consideration, since the available resources already have been assigned to determined measures, and besides, in this concrete case, in narrow collaboration with the competent #french authorities. +In this context, the Council believes that the task of the regional politics consists in developing #all the potentials to compensate the disequilibriums and *atrasos structural and accelerate the economic and social transformation in the less favoured regions, included the islands. +It is evident that this report do not requires more comments by part of this Commission and even do not has to have more comments of *ella, but that it is rather a subject for the next President of a new Commission that definitely will take advantage of *gustosamente of so rich experience reflected in *él -the experience of the Mr. *Herman the one who, as have understood, with this report and political will in fact sacks of the European Parliament-. +*Cuando Examine the environmental consequences and the challenges of the enlargement no *nos will encourage for imposing to these States that want to add to *nosotros in the process of appeal #the same type of projects environmental disastrous that often have adopted during the 40 last years by mere ignorance of our Union. +It is not a chance that both institutions have like fundamental goal the defence of the rights of the citizens and, thus, this collaboration has to continue guaranteeing, of conjoint way, these rights and the democratic work of the Union, *proporcionándole to our administration a greater credibility. +It takes little time, precisely the Mr. *Newman chaired a delegation of the Commission of Requests -in the that were the mates #Laura of #Esteban and Barbaric *Schmidbauer- to *Doñana in a trip that wanted to attend precisely to the worry of the citizens, that had expressed in numerous requests to the Commission of Requests, by the natural space, that is reservation of the biosphere, of *Doñana. +The Commission is convinced that, with the institution of the Defender of the #european Village, the #european citizenship has enriched considerably and that the fine administration of the #european Institutions, the transparency and the equity of his operation are right fundamental of #all the citizens of *Europa. +Therefore we agree with the excellent report of the Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín *cuando invites to #all the #european Institutions to sensitise even more, #if it fits, to the citizens with #all the possible means on the possibilities that they have to take cost his rights and, in particular, obviously, on the possibility to direct to the Defender of the Village. +How #can struggle against the fiscal fraud and the delinquency organised or protect the financial and budgetary interests of the Union, #if the different computer systems *aduaneros follow without being interconnected, in spite of the possibilities that offer the program Customs 2000 or the program GONE for the computerisation in the sphere *aduanera? +With #all security, the paramount paper in this attempt has to have it the European Union that, in collaboration with the General Secretary and with the Council of Security of the Nations Joined, will proceed to the necessary actions that carry to solve the problem. +But this intervention of the NATO, decided to the *margen of the Nations Joined and with unsuitable means for the goals declared to neutralise the #serbian military capacity to continue the called «ethnic cleansing» no only has not resolved the question, but that, besides, has aggravated #all the problems. +We regret, nevertheless, that have not posed a terrestrial presence European to #the same time that the aerial offensive and that simultaneously have not programmed a humanitarian action of big *envergadura to receive the wave of refugees *desprovistos of resources, that launch to the roads. +By the contrary, when proposing, in his considering *J, weaken and *marginar the notion of sovereignty national, that, in spite of #all his imperfections, constitutes, with #everything, the fundamental regulatory principle of our international community, the resolution introduces a factor #whose consequences will not be able to be but extremely *desestabilizadoras and *perturbadoras in the international life. +The broadcast of money electronic, want to underline it, is so only an element of the much wider frame of the electronic trade of the systems of payment and, in the field of these last, of the electronic payments. +From it takes years, the Parliament exerts a prominent paper in the fight against the violence by means of parliamentary reports, by means of the initiative to make a campaign against the violence in relation with the women. But especially, by means of special budgetary lines with the that we #can support on the terrain the very interesting initiatives of the numerous *ONG. +Gentleman President, believe that #all are fully of agreement on the analysis of the events that finish to take place in *Níger and the need of a return, it before possible, to the rules of right and to the operation of the democracy in this country, after the coup d'état and the murder of the President #Ibrahim *Baré *Mainassura. +The Commission is satisfied with the recent statement of the Prime minister *Hun *Sen, in the that is in favour that the judges and the foreign public prosecutors exert a central paper in *Camboya in the process of the leader prisoner of the *Jemeres #red, *Ta *Mok, to end to guarantee that the planned process adapt to the international norms in vigour. +We go to ask to the government that occupy that #all the #polish citizens have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect that it fulfil his promise to celebrate a referendum on the belonging of the country to the EU. +The attempt to control by #all the means the increasing traffic #can not convert in pretext so that the citizens and the companies of transport that use the railway, the road, the aerial transport or the navigable roads are subjected each two by three to new taxes. And after all it is #this it that occurs. +The fight against the violence, without embargo, has marked the limit of the regulation, of the juridical definition of the systems of resource, #this is, has found in the article 152 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam the juridical foundation of the program. +Or to this sector no *le remains more remedy that *resignarse to that always there will be a difference of price among the corn of the world-wide market and the corn of the EU by the simple reason that in the EU there #be a deficit of corn? +Lady Speaker, the Commission received to finals of January an exhibition of reasons of the #italian authorities in the that collected the official position on the start of a procedure in relation with the subject *C-81/97, published in the Official Diary of the European Communities of 18 February 1998. +*Eso Was contradictory and the Parliament saw forced to tackle this subject by means of a motion of censorship by separate of the Commission, with it that destroyed the direct links among the denial of the approval of the management and the consequence of the exit of the Commission. +From this situation the president of the Commission of Control Budgetary asked on 15 January 1999 in this Assembly by commission of the commission that the Commission of Regulation cleared how is it that the Treaty foresees exactly or that neutralised this accumulation of no approvals of the management and of possible votes of distrust. +*Permítaseme Say that, in spite of the unavoidable difficulties owed to the rule of the unanimity, results *innegable that now -to instances of the #german Presidency and with the support of this Parliament- are reaching advances in the application of the strategy against the harmful fiscal competition and have fixed varied goals for the European Council of *Helsinki. +Of #the same mood have to say that the group of the representation of the Popular Party European in the Commission of Control Budgetary has shown in #all moment his support to the speaker, has presented battle and has reached the goal proposed. +*Permítaseme Examine also another subject of bottom of the original report on the approval of the management in the exercise 1996: the program of reform, that the President in functions *Santer took #his on 11 January in his program of reform of the Commission. +Exactly by this reason have initiated an evaluation of the risks and already have of the provisional results of *ella, that, as have understood, derive in part of a new examination of the bibliography published with arrangement to criteria established by the organ of appeal and in part of the provisional conclusions of #some of the seventeen new studies that have commissioned. +#If we had carried out an economic politics, #would have offered the references, the orientations, the guidelines, the future that #this *Europa had to follow economically and perhaps #would have been able to reduce in *algún point the unemployment and *reconquistar of this form this confidence that the citizens are beginning to lose. +In definite, has not advanced at all in the improvement of the conditions of the rural world, there are difficulties from the point of sight of the agricultural politics and there are difficulties, of course, by the fault of a #european politics of economic and social cohesion. +The hegemony, in this case specifically the hegemony of the market, also *me concerns in my quality of economist and of defender of the economy of market. In effect, in #ours *Europa have developed a model of economy social of market, that concerns especially by the reduction and prevention of the unemployment. +The Report *Menrad proposes restart the subject of the politics of employment #european -and in this sense results pertinent the recent intervention of the Mr. *Berthu on the economic political situation-, anticipating to the adoption of the #european package in matter of employment that definitely will approve in Colony. +Said #this, create, to the equal that the speaker, that for now and from a point of sight technical, is important to take note of the accounts of the budget of the corresponding European Community to the exercise 1996. It is necessary that continue the examination of the accounts of the back exercises. +#All the neighbouring countries, #all the bordering states, except the of *Milosevic, wish three things: they wish the internal democracy and wish *garantizarla by means of the external security in the frame of the NATO and to *través of the economic development in the breast of the European Union. +We will accept then a peace, based in a #russian mediation, that do not fulfil with the requirements proposed, that do not guarantee the limits and the territorial integrity of *Kosovo, that do not make possible a safe return of the refugees and expelled of *Kosovo and that give to *Milosevic the possibility to appear as victorious in front of the #serbian? +We do not have to, without embargo, hide the every time greater unrest of our public opinions by the intensive and systematic bombardment of a #european country and of his capital, by the every time greater number of civil victims that cause daily our bombardments. +Already it is hour that the European Parliament take part to reestablish the conditions of democracy valid in our western countries, because there #be still representatives and militants of the party of the opposition in the prison and #some deputies have been deprived of the parliamentary immunity. +By #this, in spite of #all the fine arguments that have listened, the alternative only #can be a political solution, but on the base of the renunciation to the use of the strength, of the respect of the human rights and of the return of the refugees. +We had to have claimed the right of *darnos a statute -#this had to have been the strategy- a statute with the and capital that comprised the incompatibilities, the prerogatives of the deputy, the #status of the deputy and no our financial diet that it is an internal subject. +By his part, the Parliament approved this question already takes more of half year, by it that is justified in part the criticism that here has exposed in the sense that the Parliament has not had of the sufficient time to study the document of the Council. +But during the first six months invests the weight of the proof, *eso means, that believes that a defect existed already in the moment of the delivery, #if the seller #can not show a damage caused by the customer or #if the type of the product do not allows this possibility. +Gentleman President, share fully the words of the Mr. President and *me #would enjoy to take advantage of this occasion to appreciate to the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer and especially to the speaker, Mrs. *González *Álvarez, the work that has carried out and the interest that has shown along the processing of this proposal. +The modifications contributed to the ancient procedure are three: the suppression of the designated negative version of the third reading, thanks to the *cual, #if it had not got to an agreement in conciliation, the Council #can follow advance and approve his own text for afterwards present it to the Parliament *confrontándolo to refuse it by absolute majority in the term of six weeks. +I want to congratulate also to the Mr. *Manzella and to the Mr. *Corbett, #as well as to the negotiators of the three institutions by the excellent work made and for having known find a point of balance among a dynamic application of the disposals and the obligation to respect fully the Treaty. +#If the Union and the Presidency gave value to these two files in the European Council to indicate the road, to adopt a decision that was the of the Union in the coming months, #would have a firm commitment in two fields that, to my trial, will be decisive of face to the *tercer #millenium. +The responsibility by this *asoladora violence, by the civil victims, by the destruction of the foundations of life and the civil infrastructures in Serbian and by the use of arms forbidden, the have #all #that that now do not reestablish the empire of the right and do not finalise this war. +I wish to express my deep disappointment by it that *sucedió yesterday, *cuando my Group presented to other Presidents of group the possibility to try find a reasonable mood to advance, and that taking into account that the Council gathers tonight and tomorrow, took a more definite decision, but #some colleagues resorted to procedures of this Assembly to block said possibility. +But, *cuando in the day of today refuses our amendment 18, that said that *nosotros *nos showed had to take it necessary so that this statute went in in vigour to the start of the next term of office, remove the masks and takes in #the same day. In #the same week adopts a new mood of repayment of costs of trip, purportedly based in real costs, *cuando conserves a global character. +Whereas a solid juridical base #would allow the put in practice of a true politics integrated in favour of the insular regions by half, mainly, of the Structural Bottoms, the Council and the Commission have decided another thing, overlooking besides the recommendations of the European Parliament on this question. +With the firm position of the Parliament, that has allowed that the Commission retreat to a position less *intransigente thanks to the perseverance and to the tenacity of #some States members, the commitment is satisfactory in the short term regarding the abandonment of the *cofinanciación, to a descent of the agricultural prices guaranteed more moderated of it planned and to the «*statu *quo» of the quotas. +When separating of the politics of support to the agriculture by means of the prices, when compressing to a nationalisation, *fragilizándose by a new increase of the direct helps to the income, *Europa moves away increasingly of his mission and of the principles founders of the agricultural common market. +On this point, am in big part satisfied of the commitment of *Berlín oriented to put in his spot, #if it gets the case, the line agricultural guideline to the thread of the successive enlargements and on the consideration, in the financial perspectives, of an adjust automatic annual to take into account the inflation. +Said approval will consolidate #a lot of months of efforts that this Parliament has devoted to guarantee the best possible agreement for the development balanced of our regions and the growth of the economic and social cohesion of the European Union. +The agreements *interinstitucionales and his financial perspectives have been an element of progress in the Community and have allowed a peaceful development and ordered of the #european budgetary life #as well as the achievement of a big series of political goals. +We have defined on purpose the scope of the bottom so that it #can answer to the evolution of the economy and of the labour market during the next seven years, always with seen to encourage and to take possible that a greater number of persons have an active participation in the labour market. +Among the #others important elements of the regulation modified include , first, a really new modality for the investment of the bottoms allocated to the *RTE in bottoms of capital of risk so as to have access to some resources, that #can be very great, of finance on a long-term basis that the companies of insurances and the bottoms of pensions put to disposal to fund public projects of infrastructure. +*Yo Create, lady Commissioner, that has carried out a fine reform, positive, of the structural Bottoms, with his projects of concentration, of simplification and with a *partenariado effective by means of the contribution of the regional and local authorities, that #can reach an efficient development in the effective application of these structural Bottoms. +The Union supports besides #all the #tending initiatives to improve the operation of the program «oil by foods» and remits in this context especially to the proposals presented on 30 March 1999 by the signpost of the Council of Security of the UN on the humanitarian situation in the *Iraq. +Neither it is acceptable that, to the contrary, by it other, of it that the European Parliament approved here in November of 1998, keep the *condicionalidad of the Bottom of Cohesion concerning the Pact of Stability and that now, for example, the Commission of Politics Regional propose a favourable opinion to the proposal of regulation that has exactly #that *condicionalidad. +The results are not perfect, but, in spite of the budgetary insufficiencies, of the timidity of the reform of the *PAC and of the injustices and disequilibriums that keeps, has averted , anyway, a grave crisis in the European Union and #can say that in the next years the European Union goes to advance with confidence and stability. +Without embargo, #would wish *rendir homage to the Prime minister and to the *Viceprimer Minister of the Assembly of *Irlanda of the North by the support that *me have loaned, and to the Council and to the Commission because I consider that we have reached a reasonable and positive agreement for *Irlanda of the North on a long-term basis, by it that am satisfied treats of a commitment, but of a commitment that is good for my region. +Nevertheless, have the impression of that it exists a real need to go back to orient, situate and consider the goals that have not been able to reach in the past, all *ello to guarantee no only a suitable cost of the bottoms, but also to bequeath positive looks there #where has allocated #european money. +But yes I wish to reiterate my request to the Commission so that now finally elaborate a directive on the social security, so that the Council #can not follow hiding behind the excuses that has used up to now, so that at last really debate a directive on the social security to level of the Council. +Regarding the amendments on the creation of a *vademécum and on the criteria for the provision of information to the companies, especially to the #SME, agree in that a simple statement in the record of the Council is not a guarantee of follow-up sufficient. +Also I want to appreciate to those who have cooperated in this obstinacy along these years and -how no!- To #all those members of the secretariat of the Commission *REX, that also have put his obstinacy in these goals, and to #all #that that have believed that the cooperation with *América Latin was a very interesting cooperation for *nosotros. +I am not of course any follower of the politics *neoliberales, but the suppression of the commercial barriers is a reality and the entrance in vigour of the Agreement of Free Trade of the Atlantic North has increased the #mexican dependency of the trade with the States Joined. +*Me Upset the #news of *México in the sense that no *nos has offered #all the necessary information, that it has *marginado to the civil society, and that the interests of the multinationals and the private capital have happened to occupy a too much predominant position. +It wanted to ask here to the Presidency of the Council how the #european institutions, and especially the #european deputies freely chosen, #can explain to the citizens and the citizens of *Europa that adopted a decision of these characteristics without the participation of the Parliament, without that the Parliament was properly informed, without that it was consulted. +The Report #Orlando, approved airily the past Tuesday, without that not even it have celebrated a vote, is a reflection of the speech of investiture of the President *Prodi with the end to demand this #european politics with regard to the cities. +This result is especially important for the cities, since it reinforces and converts in more credible the Plan of action for a sustainable city, presented by the Commission the past month of November in *Viena, and because it reinforces the instruments contained in the Goals 1 and 2 of the structural Bottoms in favour of the cities. +From it takes varied years, the villages of the Union refuse every time with greater clarity the politics *ultraliberales and the damages that #this *ocasionan to the employment, to the income, to the diets of protection social and to the public services, to the environment and to the ordination of the territory. +Afterwards, the fact that the candidate President have to present his political orientations in front of the European Parliament -it that the Roman Mr. *Prodi has designated precisely his «program of government»-, forces it to reach a majority in the Parliament, on the that will support his action. +Gentleman President, have to say, to the equal that my colleagues, that to guarantee the process of peace, the Palestinians have accepted - showing in this way his fine will- postpone the date of the statement of the #palestinian State, that the Agreements of *Oslo had fixed for 4 May. +Gentleman President, believe that #all will recognise that the approval by the Conference of Blunt, on 18 July 1998, of the Statute of the International Penal Court Permanent represented a progress in the international institutions and in the international juridical order of the human rights. +I believe that the European Union #would have to help to the Czech Republic to endow of another system of production energetic, using soft «energies», but #would not have to release bottoms to build a head office of the #soviet type *VVER 1000, that, in my opinion, presents #a lot of risks. +In December of 1998, *nosotros kept our amendments against the common position, and lo and behold that in January of 1999, the Council discovers that it is necessary to modify the Regulation 330/91, *cuando the modification proposed by the Commission was on of the table from 2 June 1997 and *cuando in this enclosure already had effected two readings. +Gentleman President, the Commission congratulates by the initiative of the Parliament to support the adoption, to community level, of a rule that allow to determine the juridical and economic effects derived of the failure of the companies that operate in the breast of the inner market. +Proposal of regulation (*CECA, *CE, *EURATOM) of the Council by the that they insert the corresponding quantities to *Austria, *Finlandia and *Suecia in the article 13 of the Annex *VII of the Statute of the civil servants of the European Communities, relative to the diets by mission inside the #european territory of the States members of the European Union (*COM(99)0133 - *C4-0226/99-99/0076(*CNS)) +agreed fix greater compensations for the *cultivadores of industrial potatoes of the that the Commission had proposed, giving at the end prevail by the number of hectares, on condition that the number of hectares went reducing appropriately. In this way the decision in his group #would have a neutral budget, in accordance with the original proposal of the Commission. +I believe that it has achieved give a big step when inaugurating in front of the pavilion of the EU or of the exhibition of the EU a square devoted to #Robert *Schuman. I believe that it also has been a #ours common attainment explain how importance has had precisely #Robert *Schuman for the development of *Europa and how importance purchases this square that will remain for back uses. +The result of this confluence of elements negative is that to the textile employer European *le serves of little have proceeded -as it has proceeded- to important investments in high technology and ambitious restructurings for *modernizar his company, have specialised in the quality, in the style, in the design, in the #european mark. +In the first turn, in the *cual the election of the President of the Parliament did not have to the principle any possibility that it produced , *nosotros had decided to present the candidature of the Mrs. #Laura *González, to strengthen our specific presence in the breast of the left. +Besides, the congratulate no only for being President, and a President of sex feminine, but also for being from takes varied years a big colleague, and *le wish a good work that *redunde in benefit of the Parliament, of the internal reform, but especially of the Assembly and of *Europa, because I know his big personal adhesion to *Europa, to our common vision. +The second point is that to keep the capacity of negotiation of a *Europa expanded is indispensable that resolve to time and of exhaustive way before the enlargement the three institutional questions that remained slopes in *Amsterdam: the size and composition of the Commission, the vote *ponderado in the Council and the enlargement of the procedure of vote by majority. +*Me Seems very important -for our Group, anyway- that in the reform of the institutions that goes to undertake concede a greater weight to the national democracies and to the national parliaments, in place to leave that *Europa follow sinking and moving away of the citizens, when creating a democracy that have called virtual. +We expect of the Commissioners that board the dialogue with the deputies to the European Parliament in the earliest moment possible of the process of adoption of decisions, but especially expect that they respect the principles of transparency and subsidiariness and also our democracies and his traditions. +The last facts related with the pollution of #some foods with dioxin in *Bélgica have caused a particularly grave situation, no longer only by the risks that involves for the health of the persons but also because it has weakened the confidence in the *piensos, in the chain of production of foods and in the control of the authorities. +Apart from the urgent measures already announced, the services of the Commission are working now, and east is the most general frame, in proposals for the improvement or, #if it is the case, the hardening of the valid disposals in the Community on alimentary products for animals and persons. +In relation with the meeting summit that *clausuró the works of the Council under the #german Presidency, want to insist from a principle in the good work effected by this Presidency, in a dangerous international context and in a period of «doubt» by part of the #european opinions. +In this case, as in *tantos #others, the facts are more *elocuentes that the words, and in it that to me concerns, and in it that concerns to the President and to the Commission designated #this is a maximum and a reality that goes to *modelar the task *reformadora of the Commission from the principle, #if #that is the result of the vote of this Assembly the Wednesday. +It reinforces enormously the fine intention of the Commission but really #would produce recommendations frankly *insustanciales for the procedures of inspection that #would not guarantee the achievement of improvements and provides a program of action detailed to ensure that the existent laws are applied inside a realistic calendar but adjusted. +The preparation for the enlargement will not be an easy task and will not see facilitated #if the Parliament and the Commission do not collaborate closely to guarantee that they take firm decisions on these subjects or study in some surroundings of understanding and with a common purpose. +There #be not doubt that #if in the decade that finishes this year, had prevailed the sensitivity by the different realities of the villages in the #european position with regard to the ancient *Yugoslavia, in place of *obsesionarnos with the concept of State, the things had been very distinct and, definitely, no so disastrous. +Gentleman President, gentleman President designated of the Commission, *yo go to vote tomorrow in favour of his Commission, but before *me will take an analgesic for the headache and surely will need a double dose, seen the denouement and the results of the audiences, of the that has gone out *airosa a Commission announced like excellent, but that has not had a brilliant performance. +Without embargo, the #belgian government has designated in the person of the Mr. *Busquin a candidate to commissioner that during years has been president of #one *association give *malfaiteurs, an association of malefactors, of the Socialist Party *Valón, an association that is a true model of scandals of *sobornos, finance with traffic of arms, fraud, political nominations, *malversación of public bottoms and #european subventions. +On the great files that have in front - negotiations on the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, Conference *Intergubernamental, debates on the Mediterranean subject - the President of the Commission has communicated likewise his will to associate like able actors to adopt decisions to the deputies of this Parliament. +Gentleman *Prodi, his agreement with the gentleman *Poettering is signal of a new was, a possibility to achieve a totally new culture inside the Commission, precisely directed to recover the confidence and the interest of part of the citizens by #ours EU. +The Parliament has to consider very seriously his paper, especially after the scarce participation in the recent elections in #a lot of States members - a clear sample of the *desinterés, and more probably of the cynicism and disdain of our citizens - our mission today is to answer to the audition of the Commissioners designated and to the question posed by the President designated, Mr. *Prodi. +We ask that the School of Commissioners and *usted same, in his quality of President of #the same, develop the ambition to promote the integration of the goals of equality among the men and the women in the general politics, an ambition that translate in progresses and improvements *mensurables. +The new Commission only will go in in functions a time that have approved tomorrow his election in our quality of Parliament and after the Commissioners and Commissioners have sworn his charges in front of the Court of Justice European the Thursday to the 12.00 hours, in *Luxemburgo. +We do not mix this debate with the debate of morning on the budgets *rectificativos and supplementary 1, 3 and 4 for 1999, because *cuando the President in exercise affirms that this spirit of cooperation is based in the mutual confidence (*eso is it that have written) among the institutions, do not have more that remember to the Council it that took with the budgets *rectificativos and supplementary 1 and 3 and #which was #ours reaction. +The principles of clarity, transparency and of *rectitud ethical have to chair the taking of decisions in the breast of the Union, so much in the looks of culture administrative intern as in the referents to guarantee the security and the rights of the citizens. +The proposal do not includes any reference to these central solutions and has like only object promote the federalistic development of the European Union, a development that the majority of the population of my country, *Dinamarca, refused in the referendum on the Treaty of *Amsterdam celebrated in 1993. +#If really they wish to create a democratic space of security, freedom and justice have to guarantee that the European Parliament convert in legislator with equality of rights in #all those fields in that they already have taken the decision -although of form certainly *titubeante- of *conferirle this competition in a future no very far. Of it contrary, run the danger that the European Union *distancie even more of his citizens. +There #be a point of the proposal of resolution by the that seat big charm and is the point *séptimo *b in the that it censors the fact that the texts of the decision in matter of the cooperation *Schengen still have not been given to know, although #this have happened to form part of the community right from May of this year. +But it more important of the proposal of Colony is the method. In place to leave these questions in hands of the national Governments pretends create a species of assembly in the that have representation the national Parliaments, the European Parliament and the Governments. +More that of the Letter of the fundamental rights treats of the implantation of a new procedure of collaboration among the national Parliaments, the national Governments and the European Parliament that it #can award to the European Union the big *legitimación that *le allow to put final point to his task. +Finally, #ours *Europa has to *proscribir #all form of discrimination in the employment, the house and the access to the leisure and remember to #all those that deny the existence of the houses of gas and that believe that the races are uneven that the racism is not an opinion, but an offence. +The means that #would have to use, in my opinion, lady Speaker, are three: the police cooperation -having very in account the progresses that have achieved through *Schengen-, the prevention of the crime and the external relations, since the security in the Union #can not isolate of the of the rest of *Europa neither of the world. +Lady Speaker, gentlemen deputies of the European Parliament, the European Union has supported, already from the principle of the conflict, the attempts of *Portugal and Indonesian to get to a solution for *Timor Oriental that was accepted by the international community, endorsed by the UN and that was based in the self-determination of his citizens. +The organisation armed ETA has established a #alto the fire and the majority of the political parties, unions and #basque civil organisations have signed an agreement in *Lizarra-*Estella (*Navarra) that pretends *reconducir the #basque conflict by the roads of the dialogue and the negotiation. +In *ella appears a point *b) that tackles, in my opinion, a point of subjection essential of the #european institutional architecture: the right of initiative of the Commission, that has to act *colegialmente and be the only that have the right to propose #european legislation. +In my opinion, of it that treats especially is to recover a credible speaker, put end to a situation of transition interminable and allow to the #european executive restart his difficult task and advance at last, in narrow *concertación with the #european deputies, in relation with the questions determinants that affect to *Europa and to his citizens. +*Eso Do not removes so that the statements that Roman *Prodi has taken from his presentation in front of the European Parliament have to disappoint by strength and upset to those who expect of the European Union fast answers, audacious, to reorient *Europa to the service of the villages and of the men and no of the finances and of the powerful cavalier Gift Money so that *Europa affirm like an option in front of the *mundialización liberal. +We have to warn to #all the managers. #If of here to little it do not produces a change in the politics of Indonesian, *nos will see forced -and now *me direct to the Council and to the Commission- to loom to this country with #all the economic means that have to our scope to end to achieve the cooperation of the #indonesian managers. +It considers the Presidency of the Council in exercise, like the *PE, that already give the conditions so that the majority of the members of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined pronounce this year in favour of the establishment of a universal moratorium for the execution of the capital penalties? +Now well, there are #a lot of borrowers, particularly in *Irlanda, that have hired mortgages of fixed interest, sometimes to a type of interest that is three more elevated times that the current type, and the institutions borrowers do not want to adjust the types of interest without imposing considerable financial sanctions. +The juvenile delinquency *nos seems a problem of big *embergadura and is taking it in account, as we will be able to influence in the evolution of the delinquency in the future, since the illicit guidelines of behaviour purchased in the youth are harmful on a long-term basis, so much for #the same criminals, through the consequences of the offences, as also for the society in his group. +Regarding his headquarters share the wise point of meeting proposed by the Mr. *Swoboda and, finally, *me has enjoyed the image of the ray of sun employed by the Mr. Go *der *Waal, although *yo #would be more realistic: it opens a ray of hope important, yes, but remains without resolving the political knot. +As a result of the appeal of the European Council of Colony to create an agency, the proposal of the Commission bases mainly in the model of #all the other current #european agencies: a structure with own juridical personality and with powers to take decisions and in #whose council of administration are represented the States members. +Among the maximalist positions, that demand the recognition of the right to the return, *obviando the real problems that #would generate the massive return of refugees and the irreducible positions, that do not assume the existence of the problem, there are intermediate options that suits to explore, boost and set up. +Other innovations in this agreement are the Article 4 on payments, the Article 8 on visibility of the community contribution, the Article 9 on arbitration and the Article 12 on the entrance in vigour, #all *ellos directed to increase the transparency and the surrender of accounts for his approval. +First, the goal of the proposal of decision of the Council is not the to regulate an appeal of information *interinstitucional, but the to approve the text of the Agreement *CE-*OOPS and authorise to the Commission the subscription of #the same in name of the Community. +Regarding the amendments approved in the Commission of Environment, *nosotros have voted against the group of amendments that ask to the next coastal countries to the European Union that use the programs *PHARE, *TACIS and *MEDA, to contribute financially to create a community frame of cooperation. +For example, in the section 10 says that the European Parliament, quote: "it considers urgent that, to facilitate the integration of the citizens of countries third residents legally in the territory of the European Union, #this tackle the relative principles to the statute of these persons" . +In relation with the point 19, that treats to give to *Europol operative faculties, think that it has to interpret like that it is a development of the collaboration of *Europol #whose goal is to boost the fight against the international delinquency, but #this has to make in the frame of the right of the States members to have full control on the police activity inside his territory. +In addition to the grave structural problems like the fault of investment, the public debt, in particular the external debt, has experienced a fast growth and in these moments is not clear how propose the authorities pay the interests of this heavy debt. +The conflict in *Daguestán no only turns around the crash among the #russian army and the #islamic militants *chechenos. Also it turns around questions like the weakness of *Rusia, the oil of the Sea *Caspio, and the poverty in the *Cáucaso northern, aggravated by the fault of support economic of *Moscú. +The European Union has to follow acting under the #finnish Presidency so that they reestablish what before the relations with *Birmania, but on the base of the respect to the human rights, to the result of the elections and with release of the #british prisoners arrested for defending the democracy. +We appeal in any case to the President of the State and to his Government so that it put of agreement together with #all the political strengths of the country on an electoral procedure that concede #the same opportunities to any political group that respect the democratic rules of the game. +Before they precipitate *ustedes to leave , the General Secretary has agreed that, as they still appear #many of *ustedes in the list of orators, will consider #all the letters that *nos get like an explanation of vote that will publish in the Record of today, always that they send the letters before the end of the next week so that they #can take his proposals. +*Me #Would enjoy to begin congratulating to my colleague #James *Provan by the excellent presidency of the debate that has been the first to the that have assisted being *él the president and that has resulted a very interesting and useful exercise in the goal to improve the conditions of our environment of work. +The Commissioner *Byrne is -have to add- #worthy of *encomio by his prompt acceptance of the preparation of a White Book on the legislation of the EU in matter of back date of this year and also give a more strict character to the system of #alert fast for the emergencies in matter of foods. +And *cuando talk of the wide and modern concept of the human rights, also the recently born boy and infected with the *HIV in *Zimbabwe is our mate regarding the human rights and no the circles that consciously close the eyes and do not share with the population it that know on the forms of treatment and especially of prevention. +*Permítanme That *les remember also that the implantation of the alternative energies includes two significant subjects: the hydroelectric energy and the aeolian energy, that proportionally already represent a so important part that takes necessary boost very acutely #all the remaining, as for example the solar energy, but also the *aprovechamiento of the biomass. +The insistence in the diffusion of information in *ALTERNER *II is very important in truth and am desirous to see, #if it still is available, the spot of the Centre *Agores in the Mesh *Multimedios World-wide, that is allocated clearly to gather #all class of information on the renewable energy so that #everyone #can *consultarla and keep to the day. +An essential part of the Agreement is, besides, the commitment of the parts to defend the democratic principles, the human rights, the State of Right and the responsible administration of the State. +No *me allow to judge the subjects posed by his *Señorías, but wanted to say that maybe this moment of dialogue with the Commission #would have to circumscribe to the debate and to the decisions taken by the Commission, because, of it contrary, runs the risk to finish in another instrument, the that goes to begin inside some instants, is to say, the turn of questions. +Personally, I am favourable to the idea, that *yo consider important in front of the citizens and to the problems that arise, of a #european strength of civil security to act better together, with more rapidity and of a more visible form in case of natural catastrophe, so much in the territory of the Union as in the outside and God knows that catastrophes do not are missing, as it shows the actuality. +To tenor of an agreement with the humanitarian agents more representative, the help will go especially directed to consolidate the humanitarian structures already existent in the zone and to help to the local population to help to the displaced with medical help, alimentary help and hostel. +Subject: conjoint Service for the community help to the countries no members (*SCR) there #be not time to give to the Commission with the litany of problems to that they have to face up the *ONG of the north and of the south by it that refers to the reception of credits for projects already agreed by the ancient *DG *VII. +These attempts have a fine base in the correspondence kept among the #turkish Prime minister, *Ecevit, and the previous Presidency of the European Union: the Prime minister confirmed in a letter that *Turquía splits of the criteria of *Copenhague to carry out his integration in the Union. +To advance in this terrain need the support of the European Parliament in the granting of helps financial concrete and a general backrest to the approach and development of the relations among *Turquía and the European Union. +With regard to the amendment 1, the Commission always has been of the opinion that the politics on the renewable energy and the politics on the energetic efficiency are closely related among himself/hisself and have to be coordinated in common, but *nos ask #if it is not premature a letter on the renewable energy. +This resolution goes to encourage to the #turkish diet to intensify the politics of repression against the villages *kurdo and Turkish; to continue with the occupation of *Chipre, to follow with #the same *intransigencia and contempt to the decisions of the UN and, finally, goes to exert a negative paper. +And second, in our own house, the Commission has to put his things in order because in this moment the services of the Commission commissioned to attend the claims in front of the organism of solution of conflicts of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade are absolutely deficient. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, believe that to these heights #all in this Parliament coincide in the need to tackle the problem of the climatic change of rigorous form, no only for fulfilling a commitment assumed by the European Union but also by the indisputable global importance of the problem. +Has knowledge the President in exercise of the Council that the suspension of the free sales of taxes, against of the majority opinion of the States members, has weakened the strategy of airports, aerial lines and companies of maritime transport of *pasajeros to keep the rates it more possible drops? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the tragedy of *Ustica, with more of 80 dead persons, almost twenty years of investigations, in addition to the 15 victims that it is necessary to relate with this tragedy during and after the investigations, has to *obligarnos to *reflexionar on three crucial points: the transparency, the responsibility and the arrogance of some type of power military and no only military. +Of #the same mood that the tragedy of the mount *Cermis did not go only a #italian problem and tackled to scale international, also *Ustica deserves this forum, deserves an explanation and deserves our respect in front of it that is taking the magistrature that will have to get until the bottom to end to determine the responsibilities and *atribuirlas to the one who correspond. +It has to have a complete cooperation among #all the States members of the European Union #if we want to be in conditions to exert the part that *nos corresponds in the reduction of the level of the broadcasts of gases of effect *invernadero, that so destructive paper are exerting at present in our own world-wide environment. +Now well, *nos have *percatado that the reason that the Commission wished to formulate the statement the Friday was that the Thursday there was a meeting of the veterinary scientific Committee that goes to occupy of this question, and therefore the Commission wanted to be in conditions to give more informations the Friday. +An Office of Fight against the Fraud, created, as it is logical, to watch by the fine execution of the community budget, has *algo that see with the establishment of a control in #all the directions applied without discrimination #any no only to the agents, but also -like somebody already has signalled- to the members of the institutions? +It was a very important decision in *pro of the creation of this office, as the fight against the fraud exerts a central paper in the assessment of the #european politics by part of the citizens and of the citizens of the States members. +Finally, the directive constitutes also a good example of a consistent performance of the European Union in the field of Subjects Inner, in the inner market, but, to #the same time, constitutes an opening to the international cooperation. +We need the advantages for the security that indicate in the Directive of the Mr. *Ferri, but also need to focus with #a lot of greater amplitude the form of *ocuparnos of the world-wide technical norms in an industry of importance capital for the European Union. +The European Union has assumed the commitment to fund the reconstruction of *Kosovo. At present, in *Kosovo no only is necessary to reconstruct the bridges, the schools, the technical infrastructure, but also reestablish, of general way, a democratic civil society and peaceful in the region. +Without embargo, #this did not means that it #can opt for following the road of the discounts and think that they will be able to release quietly resources to fund the politics in other fields by means of linear cuts in the agricultural sector, that did not includes only the costs allocated to the agriculturalists, but also for the group of the rural space. +Also it #can create *algo of space, and maybe was an idea for the negotiations with the Council, to take out of the bottom for the humanitarian helps the 89 millions allocated to the humanitarian actions in *Kosovo and *incluirlos in the integral package for the finance of the region. +This year, that is a key year with the war of *Kosovo, the events of *Timor, the earthquakes of *Turquía, the commitments of a Union that pretends more responsible in the international scene, the Council *nos proposes a budget of 92 *millardos, is to say, 4 *millardos less that the budget of the previous year. +On the other hand, also it is necessary to elaborate -in this look do not agree with #some of the orators that *me have preceded- a statute of the political parties Europeans. In effect, *yo believe that it also is necessary a greater transparency and a greater efficiency in the field of the finance of the to scale #european parties. +In fact, we do not have to forget that the true competitor are *ellos and that, therefore, only the budgetary politics directed to protect the investments and the economic growth, *nos will allow to seat the bases of a Union surely stronger from the point of sight structural and economic. +Without embargo, and assuming that the fishing is a community politics #whose finance gives off of the Treaties, has found among #all a formula that allows not refusing in first reading the amendments of the Council, included the referred to the fishing, but differ his approval until the moment in that it achieve a financial agreement with the Council. +*Yo Want to remember that the Parliament has supported to said federation of associations that groups to the organisations of women #european and *le has entrusted the transposition of the platform of action of *Pequín in the field of the no governmental organisations, and *me seems that it #would be disastrous that any organisation of women #can benefit now of said budget. +Our politics of communication awards a clear priority to keep and improve the credibility of the *SEBC and the confidence in the euro, being both things -the credibility and the confidence- crucial elements for the fine course of the monetary politics. +The commission also refused the point of sight of the Greens, expressed in his amendment of today, that it #would be necessary to modify the relative mandate to the stability of the prices to take into account the difficulties to the that #would confront only the manufacturers #if they dropped his prices. +In effect, on the one hand, #all *nosotros have appreciated the increasing paper that said Institution - and to #the same time, of reflection, #all the Union - has come exerting in the last times in terms of economic politics and, especially, labour; by #another, #this has not sufficed so that the euro did not suffer the effects of the speculations and weakened in front of our competitors - that do not have to exclude at all - that they are the States Joined and the *NAFTA. +It has been the first meeting of this type since the European Parliament ratified the new School of European Commissioners, and the new President, Roman *Prodi, has declared many times his sincere commitment to explain much more with the Parliament in the taking of decisions in the future. +In *tercer place, this summit has been important because although until then we had reached to take reality the Economic and Monetary Union, without embargo, this special summit has given a *primer step to a Union of the Security, to a space of freedom, security and of the right for the citizens of *Europa. +Before yielding the use of the word to my colleague #Michel *Barnier, that goes to present to His *Señorías the goals of the Conference *Intergubernamental, wish to appreciate again to the Parliament the support that has loaned to the Commission in this project, project of *Tampere, spirit of *Tampere, letter of *Tampere, but especially project of the citizens of our common Union. +It is not *superfluo work in *pro of a reorganisation of the Treaty to go back it more readable and more accessible to the citizens and to imagine a day a more comfortable modification of the common politics, by opposition to the fundamental principles of the Union. +It deletes the right to veto, diminishes the influence of the small nations, the President of the Commission transforms in a species of Prime minister in a European Commission increasingly powerful, and the EU #would be a military Union. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0028/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position (14248/3/1998 - *C5-*COD 1994/0011) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the facilities of transport of persons by wire (Speaker: Mr. *Miller) +A madness, the committed by the #american Senate, that, as it said the Commissioner, Mr. *Patten, probably not even has committed by strategic calculations, but by internal fights, it that worsens the question and, especially, as it has *recalcado, incites to other countries that already are nuclear powers, to not ratifying the Treaty, and incites to other countries to purchase nuclear arms. +Gentleman President, do not need to go back to go in in the subjects that so *sucintamente has *resumido the Mr. *Patten in particular - except that *me #would enjoy to go back to take upsetting in the danger that this action of the Senate send the mistaken message to the falcons of the *Duma #russian that up to now have not answered to the initiatives directed to the nuclear disarmament. +Gentleman President, am very satisfied that the speech of this Parliament was so unanimous, and is well that the Commission, the Parliament and the Council have *recalcado the importance of the support of the European Union to the Treaty of prohibition total of nuclear proofs. +In relation with *Rusia, always are in the agenda #the same subjects, #any one that was the institution involved, so much #if it treats of questions of the fight against the criminality, of economic reforms, of a reasonable legislation in *Rusia, for example, on the bunch of the Banking or the taxes and in any point #can detect that they produce some effective progresses. +#Can accept the amendment 11, relative to the paper of information of the points of contact, on condition that his regional actions, that #can complement his national paper, base in the disposals in vigour in the different States members and do not comport increase #any of the financial contribution of the Community. +I have taken fine note -with joy, have to say it- of the enthusiasm that has expressed in this enclosure, of the enthusiasm with the that young deputies and less youngsters have engaged so that the youngsters of our continent #can in the future -more still that in the past, because #everyone agreed also in underlining that the program "Youth" has contributed already a lot to millions of youngsters- build on it that already has taken well. +#This #would have to facilitate the payment of the community contribution to the budget of the European Observatory of *Estrasburgo for 1999, is to say, for the year in course, #whose delay hampered and hampers the operation of the institution, and *yo create - although #all the commission thinks it same - that his operation is important and fundamental for the European Commission and the 34 States members that form part and that continue incorporating actively to the Observatory. +Without embargo, has been missing a juridical foundation *vinculante and #this is it that wants to create now on the base of the section 3 of the article 130 to of the Treaty of the *CE, taking into account that the centre of information has to contribute fundamentally to strengthen the competitiveness of the audiovisual industry improving the flow of informations. +We finish to decide -have to remember it- that the common rule contained in the Agreement *interinstitucional and accompanied by the necessary measures allocated to facilitate the development flowed of the investigations of the service, of compliance with the decision of the Parliament that attaches to the Regulation like Annex, will apply inside the Parliament. +. (THE) The *altanería of the *superpotencia #american, put already clearly to the discovered in the criminal bombardments against *Yugoslavia, adopts dimensions of own provocation of a conception of empire only in front of #all the villages of the earth, with the continuous decisions of the Senate on the investigation and the development of arms nuclear. +After the recent decision of the Senate to return to the actuality the known "war of the stars" , voting in favour of *financiarla, in clear transgression of the Agreement *ABM, the refusal to ratify the Treaty of No Nuclear Proliferation supposes a *provocativo contempt to the world-wide demand of general and definite cessation of the nuclear proofs. +Main goal of this community legislation is the extension of the regulation mentioned, that regulate the international rail transport of dangerous commodities (*RID), to the field of the national transport, is to say, the transport that takes place in the national territory of each #one of the States members. +It is therefore by it that this report, seen like an isolated initiative, #can cause the impression to encircle to a very concrete question, but when situating it in the #european frame, remains clear that goes much more there of the specific subject of the transport of commodities dangerous by railway. +On the other hand, these subsidies never go to get to a part of the population affected by east tie up: to the Mrs. #Manuela, that has a fishmonger; to the Mr. #Antonio, that has a shop of appliances; not even, to the carpentry of bank, that practises in a school-workshop of *Galicia, in *Rianxo, because they do not go to have ships that repair. +Gentleman President, take part in this debate to show my position and to show also our wish of support to #all the postures that contribute, so much in the Parliament as in the European Commission, to the attainment of a new agreement of the European Union with the Realm of *Marruecos. +This granting is, in our opinion, a good incentive for #all the women and #all the men that in the world, in our regions, struggle by the application of the peace, by the defence of the human rights, by the freedom and the democracy. +The *segunda reason is that, in the past and also very recently, this subject has loaned to operations of image that #can have been amused in *algún case, like the image to take smuggling of meat among two countries of the Community, but do not think that it was necessary to go back to resurrect some wars among our countries because *eso #can seem a parody concerning a subject that is very serious. +They refer to five subjects: *rastreabilidad, supplementary proofs, relative questions to the derivative products, supplementary information on the controls, the inspection and the controls of the Alimentary and Veterinary Office in the facilities of *Truro, in *Devon, in the that sacrifices and exports this product and, by *ultimo, on the question of the labeling. +Of course, still they have not adopted official decisions and, as I have said to His *Señorías takes a moment, the constitutional structure of said agency is still for deciding and also his reciprocal effects with the other institutions of the European Union and with the national agencies of alimentary security of the States members. +In effect, #if the Central Bank says the clear things, takes , by like this say it, the *haraquiri; #if, when talking with #this other actors, do not says the clear things - neither will have to take it because the Central Bank has to take other things - then talks for talking and loses the time. +Also it treats that it establish sure enough a dialogue with the Parliament, since our participation is necessary in the practice so that the dialogue define also some very concrete guidelines in favour of the citizens and the citizens, that #can *confluir afterwards in the Forum on the employment, under the #portuguese Presidency. +I have to say to the President of the Council *ECOFIN and to the Commissioner *Solbes Watches that it that initiate in the dialogue *macroeconómico in the next days will not refer so only to it that is occurring at present, but that will serve to create the ideal atmosphere so that, in case that there #be a problem or difficult questions, #can *sentarnos, in reality, with the social speakers and contrive solutions for our problems. +#All *nosotros, a new Parliament and a new Commission, have to materialise a decision that was taken in the Council of Colony, before being here *nosotros, and believe that it is our political will develop, change, give a distinct form to this dialogue a time that have tested it, *cuando have the first experiences and *cuando see in how direction will have to make the changes. +These persons have more difficulties that his colleagues of other economic sectors to the hour to defend in front of the discriminations, especially, because they do not work with his colleagues of form permanent and neither in a place that was fixed and easily accessible for the #sindical representatives. +I have to underline that there #be a big distance among the proposal of the Council and the of the European Parliament; and the Commission comes with a conciliatory proposal, of a transitory period of 7 years for the application of a maximum level of 48 hours. +The EU goes to provide technical help to develop the energetic resources, to boost the effective use and the saving of the energy, and to cater clean and renewable energy, in addition to the use of technicians that are respectful of the environment. +Finally, I believe that it is of big importance the establishment of these regular contacts among the European Parliament and the Argentinian, and no only in this matter but also in the economic terrain, social and cultural, since it is an obligation of the European Union consolidate our presence in this country with the that the Europeans have *tantas things in common. +In our quality of organ legislative European, will not be able to avert have to establish in the future some maximum values and some clear terms with seen to achieve a perceivable reduction of the broadcasts of gases harmful. +I expect that the strategy on the inner market *nos give the opportunity to expand this cooperation to the preliminary stage, in the that fix the priorities of action; and to the stage of execution, in the that it is necessary to occupy that the rules work of optimum form. +Have the greater opportunity never known to take that the Only Market was a reality for #a lot of exclusive agents and #SME in our States members that before #can have not thought in selling out of his immediate place. +Each fixed country his own priorities in matter of politics of employment and to this *respecto, like members of the *ELDR, go to *permitirnos celebrate the fact that during these last years was promoting in the majority of countries members a politics of employment liberal that takes upsetting in guaranteeing the suitable incentives in matter of fiscal and social politics. +In the amendment 1 say that "we urge especially to the creation of a strategy of convergence social similar to the process of *Luxemburgo for the employment, with #whose help #can ensure the priority of the model of cohesion social in the economic politics and of employment" . +It calls the attention and invites to the reflection the fact that the countries situated out of the zone euro have a tax of activity higher and #if we abandon the European Union, find even a tax of activity even more high, *me refer to our Norwegian neighbour. +Therefore, the Commission #can accept, in principle, the need to study the possible expansion of the scope of this concept, to include other characteristics of the vehicles, as they #can be the noise and the consumption of fuel and other technologies of propulsion. +Gentleman President, as they signalled previous orators, the best way to celebrate this convention is that it have converted in a powerful and important tool for the European Union, so much for his inner politics as for the external. +Big part of #everything *eso has to to the cruelty or the negligence of the adults and it minimum that they #can take the adults is to watch by that, *cuando a boy *carece for real of family, *le apply the disposals of the Agreement of The there #be to the hour to offer to this boy an opportunity in the life by means of the adoption. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0052/1999) of the Mrs. *Haug, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999)333 - *C5-0092/1999 - 1999/0139(*CNS)) relative to the system of resources own of the European Union. +And we do not forget how much time has happened since it began his application and how many positive changes there #be had during this time. It #can mention as main the creation of the *UEM from 1 January 1999, the aspired enlargement, with the countries of *Europa central and oriental, *Chipre and Malt and, finally, the Diary 2000, that prescribes, among other things, the modifications that have to take in the agricultural sector. +I believe that in rare occasions has occurred that a speaker had to occupy during a budgetary exercise of more of 60 transfers of credits and five supplementary budgets, a big number of modifications and *complementos to the budget *originario, it that in the last debate on the budget *rectificativo and supplementary *IV *le has moved to say that it no longer recognised to his own boy, is to say, the budget 1999. +And *le take the word so that in the year 2000, in a conjoint work, much more intense and more open, from the principle #can avert that priorities like the regions *bálticas or the actions in favour of the boys are not the first affected, because #one has the suspicion that perhaps they are not *ustedes those who do not want to execute *eso, but other instances that are behind. +The report *nos remembers that to reach an important improvement of the measures of protection of the world-wide environment and the reduction of the broadcasts, need the dialogue and the consensus with our commercial competitors and with the countries in development. +Another challenge, of capital importance, refers to the contradiction -that *me seems especially strong- among the liberalisation of the energetic networks, favourable certainly, to a drop of the prices, but also, to #the same time, to the waste, and to the promotion of a rational and economic utilisation of the energy. +The directive on great facilities of combustion to reduce the dioxide of sulphide and the oxides of nitrogen and the program Car *Oil to face up to the problem of the quality of the air in the cities are some very stood out examples. +And to conclude, gentleman President, varied orators have taken reference to a wider debate in the that they contemplated #all the relative looks no only to the looks of demand and environmental but also to the look of our energetic sources and of our energetic dependency according to the forecasts of future. +Gentleman President, have had knowledge that the services of the Parliament -do not know #if by instruction of the Speaker- have forbidden a conference of press of the President of the Court of Accounts of the European Union in the venues of the Parliament. +In this frame, our Parliament already had the occasion to approve the proposals of modification of varied directives allocated to improve from the point of sight technological the engines and the quality of the fuels. +In effect, while it keeps very wanders in relation with the greater part of the relative environmental questions to the sector of the energy, this resolution asks that, in the countries of the European Union, the production of electricity of nuclear origin conserve, in the future, at least the part that has at present. +Today we have voted in this Assembly on the report of the colleague *Chichester and have said in this context of a very clear mood that refuse any *imposición or any type of recommendation indirect to change to the nuclear security. +For the States of the that it treats is an important argument because they know that the European Parliament has to give his assent at the end of the negotiations of adhesion, is to say, that without the European Parliament #can not be and is by #this by it that the wishes of the European Parliament are of the greater importance in this question. +In relation with the deficiencies in the registers of the livestock and other, the application of the plan of export according to a calendar established, #such as *yo understand it, protects the public health and guarantees the alimentary security in relation with the export of meat of bovine of the Realm Joined. +Gentleman President, the Commission presented recently to the Council, to the European Parliament and to the Economic and Social Committee a communication subordinated to the subject "The victims of the delinquency in the European Union - reflection on the norms and the measures that have to adopt ". +To reach the economic and social stability, increase the social welfare of the citizens of the countries candidates and avert the risk of *dumping social in the current States members, the enlargement will demand that the countries candidates *modernicen his systems of security social. +The adoption of the Letter of the Security in *Europa, #if it signs in the next days, will be definitely an element that will enhance the authority of the Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in *Europa, and will be definitely a valuable complement of the development of the politics of security of the Union. +*Cuando *usted Was General Secretary of the Western European Union and #this integrate in the European Union, #this will pose, of course, a new task of parliamentary control and the European Parliament will have to assume this function together with the national Parliaments, that will conserve likewise his function of control in this field. +We achieve, definitely, have a common coin, have advanced in the field of the economy and has got the moment to advance in the field of the politics, and very specifically in the field of the external politics and of the politics of security. +The #french delegation of our Group *opone to this modification of the juridical nature of the act, in the sense that the regulation allows to take better in consideration the impact of the budgetary discipline in the States members as in the community institutions. +Without embargo, also think that, #all time that the Russians *nos have asked that we act like observers in the elections to the *Duma, have to consider very seriously the suitability to answer to this request of the Parliament, since *ello #would constitute a new contribution to the dialogue and to the development of the democracy, and perhaps also of a political more suitable, in *Rusia. +It Important is that *le take to know to *Rusia that this message is explicit, that it is necessary to finish with the use of the violence against the civil population, that it is necessary to begin the negotiations with the representatives chosen legally in *Chechenia, that the humanitarian help is necessary and has to get to his destination and that the *OSCE #would have to have a paper determinant in the solution of this conflict. +But the peasants, that will have been deleted, the liberal professions *marginadas, the textile industry, the chemist, the footwear, the heavy vehicles, the pieces of furniture, the fuselages, the toys, #everything *eso that will have delivered to the competition *extraeuropea, how will take with *ello? +Thus I expect can cover, comprise and recognise the aspirations of the world developed and of the world in roads of development, and recognise the enormous advantages of the free world-wide trade, to the time that recognise also the need *imperiosa to reach the transition that allow and confer powers to the world in development to convert in a speaker in equality of conditions of the globalisation. +The *mundialización leaves to feel his effects in the social field in #all the countries, but is necessary to ascertain that, in a series of countries less advanced, the norms of work international admitted in the frame of the International Organisation of the Work do not respect sufficiently. +From the point of sight of our interests *multilaterales #as well as of our own interests all depend of the content of the agreement that has signed ; the #american Congress has wanted to have the novelty of the content of the quoted agreement, procedure by the *cual this Assembly #would have to have more charm that antipathy, although *me complicate the life. +We ask that it apply the community method, by analogy with the article 48, expect that the present Commission a concrete proposal that serve of base for the negotiations and also expect can reach a consensus with the Council and with the Commission on the agenda and on the procedure of the next Conference *Intergubernamental. +To our opinion, the double legitimacy of the Union, like Union of the States, on the one hand, but by the #another side also like Union of the villages, has to remain reflected in the recognition of the power of *codecisión of the Parliament in the relative looks to the content of the futures Treated in the future negotiations with seen to the review. +The political tensions that have characterised the start of this term of office are not preventing the necessary convergences among the distinct, important, the most important, parliamentary Groups in the terrain of the strengthening of the Union, of his Institutions and of his politics. +Gentleman President, *le appreciate that *me concede the use of the word some instants in this moment of the debate, in the that have been able to listen with attention to the speakers to the that it already had heard, but also to the representatives and to the orators of the different Groups that occupy the seats of this Parliament, is to say, to #many of His *Señorías. +*Dimitrakopoulos And *Leinen the fact to having seated the bases of a new *foedus, of a luck of pact after the #european unit that organises around the differences, tries the mediations and, especially, treats to find some principles and some fundamental units. +The Commission presented afterwards to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions his communication containing the plan of action to combat the drugs during the period 2000 - 2004. +My opinion is that in this meeting argued the subject of the drug of way correct, more coherent, to design the future strategy, especially in it that *atañe to the trade with drug and affine terrains as, for example, the fight against the wash of money. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, as I have said, the intention of the Commission is to take out to *relucir this subject in the bilateral conversations related with the taking of a preferential agreement on the liberalisation of the services and of the acquisitions of the public sector among the EU and *Turquía. +Report (To5-0066/1999) of the Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the European Office of Fight against the Fraud (*OLAF) +*Señorías, it that go to say *reviste some importance, since they have contributed modifications to the text that did not obtain the necessary qualified majority in this Plenary in the partial period of sessions of the month of October, to instance of the greater political Group that then expressed reservations and posed requirements of greater explanations. +The commission likewise has accepted an amendment of the Gentlemen *Nassauer and *Brok, by means of the *cual -read literally the amendment that converts in the new article 4 of the project of decision- "have to follow without changes the relative norms to the parliamentary immunity and to the right of the deputy to no *testificar" . +My Group has examined very painstakingly the report and have got to the conclusion that it treats of the technical materialisation of the agreement that signed the Parliament in relation with the parliamentary immunity, and that they will not cancel the privileges without having followed the procedure prescribed. +Report (To5-0066/1999) of the Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the European Office of Fight against the Fraud (*OLAF) +#can not refuse in advance the requirements of other countries members of the *OMC so that we reform our agricultural politics in the Round of the #Millenium, taking that this agreement really get to be an instrument of development that contribute to diminish the differences among poor and rich countries. +Now well, nobody doubts that during the negotiations, this text of commitment, given to light with pain, will be object of multiple pressures by North American part, *cuando the Union did not presents more that an apparent homogeneity and did not has of a comparable juridical arsenal to the of the States Joined, able, #if it was necessary, to deter to the North American part. +The second principle #would have to be the "confinement" of the *OMC to represent a strictly delimited paper, and keep out of his field of competitions sectors that only #can depend of the sovereignty of the States and of the institutions chosen by the citizens, since said sectors *atañen to the own identity of each society. +Thus, although the text of the resolution subjected this morning to vote was acceptable with regard to the general goals that *nos had fixed, graces especially to the numerous amendments presented by the members of my Group, have not voted in favour of said text, to respect the commitments that have assumed in front of the constituents of the #french Departments of *ultramar (*D.Or.*M.). +Like this, it is fundamental that the European Union, the States members and #all the international community keep a strong pressure on the #indonesian authorities so that, with the greater urgency, disarm and control to the designated "militias" and believe the conditions of security necessary for the return of the refugees to *Timor Oriental, #whose territorial integrity has to be respected entirely. +It wanted to stand out also the proposal that has taken of sending of a new delegation of the European Parliament to *Timor Oriental, precisely to verify *in crazy how is passing and occurring this process of reconstruction and have of #all the necessary elements that allow to follow keeping the of *Timor Oriental like a subject that deserves the unanimous attention of #all the #european deputies. +They have to cooperate without reservations with the Sent Special of the European Union, with the European Union, with the Nations Joined, with the Organisation of the African Unit and with #all the agencies of help humanitarian to take all it that it was necessary to end to carry peace and stability to *Ruanda and to the region of the Great Lakes of *África in general. +Only it wanted *decirles that in principle was adherent of this resolution, as it is logical, but to my mood to see has initiated a very dangerous game that consists in using systematically the resolutions to open an ideological debate on the letter of rights fundamental. +Nevertheless, wail deeply that our amendment, in the that express our wish to suspend temporarily in the frame of this war the agreement of association and cooperation in virtue of the clause on the human rights that carries included, have not deserved the support of this Assembly. +It is a vice that weakens the will, that complicates to the individual in a dependency that enslaves it and depersonalises it, that finishes with the bows and the social relations, that engenders delinquency, increases the insecurity and feeds the criminal networks of world-wide field, that challenge to the law and to the power of the States. +The action in the field of the education, of the family, the economic cooperation with associations and *ONG, and very especially in the field of the leisure and of the sport, complement some performances that owe *desterrar of the life of our youngsters this valve of leakage that sometimes *les supposes to attend to forms of evasion that finish *destruyéndolos. +In spite of direct and indirect support of the European Union to the bank, the *BEI enjoys to present publicly like a totally normal bank and like this has justified in the happened his relative inaccessibility, in comparison with other public institutions like the World-wide Bank, in questions of cooperation and of control in front of the administration. +We have struggled *duramente from the Commission of Control Budgetary during six years to be able to throw a glimpse to the accounts of the bank and yesterday reach at last an agreement on the control of the bank by the office against the fraud, the *OLAF. +The subject is of special importance, given the urgency of the subject, in the measure in that we no longer have excessive time to set up the new procedure, since the current system finishes to finals of the month of January and it is necessary to reach a bilateral agreement among the Bank and the Commission. +And it has promised to present a recommendation in the that will collect #all the relative subjects to the public health, the health of the sporty youngsters, the health of the sportsmen in general, with seen to a big action *concertada of the States members in the fight against the doping. +Today we fulfil with our mandate, lady Speaker and *Señorías, because the Commission has decided to present a relative plan to a communication on the *salvaguardia of the current sportive structures and on the maintenance of the social function of the sport in the community frame. +Lady Commissioner, the congratulate by it that has had to see in relation with the set up of the Anti-doping World-wide Agency, although I also ask, as sporty, that, the same that they go to impose to the athletes some strict norms in the subject of the doping -sew that *me seems very well-, *les listen to *ellos and put his interests above the economic and commercial interests, thing that no always has taken up to now. +Gentlemen of the Council and of the Commission, today the Union is an institution that did not respects the minimum principles of the democracy and of the State of right and by #this, to *nosotros, the radicals, federalistic Europeans, promoters of the States Joined of *Europa like the posed *Altiero *Spinelli, *nos results difficult to consider as true progresses the small, really small, reforms that appear in the diary. +Wail also that our proposal of resolution common do not mention the problems linked with *Eurodac, in the precise moment in the that the Council finishes to announce, in contradiction with the Treaties, that this organ #would have to follow being purely *intergubernamental, it that excludes to the Parliament and to the Court of Justice of #all control to the *respecto. +It is necessary to have care: #if in *Helsinki the Council and the Governments will not open the diary of the Conference to essential institutional subjects and already mature, will not be credible the speech on the enlargement and will put of self-evident that do not knows pose a vision *previsora of the development of the Union in #all his dimensions. +It treats of a general problem and, therefore, go to include, no in the section of the enlargement, but in the agenda the general assembly of the summit, that so much the States members like the aspiring to the adhesion have to improve the fulfillment of the rights of the minorities. +Also there #be a section devoted to the priorities and to particular subjects of the human rights, as, for example, the rights of the woman, of the boys and of the minorities, #as well as the rejection of the pity of death and of the racism. +In opinion of the Commission, so as to offer a more complete panorama of the situation in matter of human rights in the field of the European Union, #would suit that the report considered in the future of way more balanced the three *pilares of the European Union. +The challenge that have for the next #millenium is to leave that the needs of the boys guide the social work in #all his forms, having like point of game the right of the boys to a father and to a mother and to grow in some safe familiar surroundings. +In the proposal of the relative Commission to the bottoms for the promotion of the economic and social development of *Turquía and the consolidation of the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía proposes that #this *englobe the period 2000-2002 because *nos have dipped so much in this year that it has taken too much late to establish new budgetary lines with this end in 1999. +The financial help to *Turquía #can not separate of the commitments in the fields of the social development and of the democracy, of the State of Right and of the respect to the human rights and the rights of the minorities. +Gentleman President, feelings of solidarity and fraternity with the village of *Turquía *nos carry to be against of the entry of this country in the European Union, and *ello because, like the experience of the #greek village already has shown, the village of this country do not has at all positive that expect of #such entry. +Although I appreciate and I appreciate the contents of the Report *Morillon, consider that a strong signal has to be the to postpone this decision until the #turkish Government do not confirm the suspension of the pity of death and open a negotiation to solve the question *kurda. +To the contrary, the Commission of Environment wishes to leave clear with his proposal, that is more concrete and also more rigorous regarding the norms of exception, that #can not admit a politics of environment of double road, but that the goal has to be achieve a high level of protection for #all the persons in the EU. +By this reason, there #be not at present plans to study the incorporation of other types of vehicles, for example the trucks, because it supposes that his efficiency of combustion is high, or the vehicles of two tyres, by his scarce contribution to the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon. +Those that more auditions celebrate and more reports read on these subjects, more *me convince am that the tendency generalised is, on the one hand, to a drastic shortening of the period of transition of the double circulation of the national coin and of the euro and, by #another, to the materialisation of a period of *front-*loading advanced at least to 1 December 2001. +Rather, it #would compete by the title of greater construction *fallida of the world, as it goes directed to endow to the greater commercial block of the world of an only coin founded on a base that until his introduction only has been able to sustain during a period of five years of the #postwar period in *Alemania. +I create, therefore, that with these two great modifications that have incorporated in commission, beside #others, like a greater precision in the labeling and the information to the consumers, the Parliament contributes to avert that a text -that believe that has also his fine parts, as I already have signalled- #can have converted, by unreal, in dead letter swims more be born, and ask thus sincerely to #all the approval of this report. +Report (To5-0071/1999) of the Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the actions directed to reach the economic and social development of *Turquía (*COM(1998) 600 - *C4-0670/1998 - 1998/0300(*COD)) +Have the taste to give the welcome, in name of the European Parliament, to the members of a delegation of the #moroccan Parliament, headed by the President of the Council of the Moroccan Parliament, Mr. *Jalal *Essaïd, delegation that finishes to get to the grandstand of invited. +It has to to that this law to amend the #italian Constitution has been presented to the Senate in three or four occasions and has bumped always with the opposition of the left, although #this has talked of filter on the possibility to change the law to allow his return. +It #would be it for the producers and the workers of the less favoured countries and no, as it has said , for the multinationals that, in spite of #everything, #would find, as they always have found, the channels to increase his industrial and commercial penetration in any place of the world. +The Court of Accounts has the task to check #if this goal reaches ; has the task to check #if the financial performance adjusts to the disposals of the budgetary diet and gives to the Commission instructions about it that it is necessary to modify for an ordered budgetary execution. +An idea that in the countries of the north always has had rooting, in *Austria, in the #scandinavian countries, in *Alemania, also in *Inglaterra has existed always the question of the training of adults, but in the countries of the south has not been so rooted. +The Community has to encourage to ensure the hit of this plan of control, that to continuation will be an example for other regional organisations, and the support given by the Parliament to this proposal shows that, in this field and also in #others, gentleman President, and *usted knows it very well, share #the same point of sight. +These statements -is not of more remember it- refer , by a part, to that the deputy do not exerts #any of the charges enumerated in the article 6, incompatible with the mandate in the Parliament and, by #another, to that contain exact informations on the professional activities, rewards obtained or other functions exerted and any economic support, in personnel or in material. +Like the system of permissions contains a mechanism to deliver among the countries the no used permissions, #can reassure to the Parliament that it do not exists any risk that *despilfarren or that they do not use the permissions that have been attributed like part of the basic contingent. +Second I expect of *usted a clear demonstration about how much time more goes to last the dilatory manoeuvre of the Commission regarding the Novel Regulation *Feed, and #if it considers *usted timely, so that the users have at last clarity, support this proposal, in concrete tackle this moratorium, that besides already went partially formulated by the Council of Ministers. +The decision to follow boosting #all the possibilities of the technologies of the information to improve the competitiveness of the Union and the aspiration to that *Europa occupy the *primer place to world-wide level like society of the information are essential parts of the development of the economic security. +The politics of the European Union concerning the countries of this region is disintegrated Why do not takes advantage of the EU the existence of the *OSCE to reach a pact of stability for the *Cáucaso jointly with these countries, with the #russian Federation, the States Joined and *Turquía? +#If we contrast said propositions with the promise to concede the statute of candidate to *Turquía and the simultaneous announcement of the celebration of a conference in the that will not take part *Turquía in the spring of the 2000, jumps to the sight that the granting of said statute of candidate has been too much precipitated, that is a cheque in white in discovered. +It do not considers the Commission that the renewal of said public agreements contravenes the Directives on the procedures of adjudication of the public agreements of services (92/50/*CEE, 93/37/*CEE and 89/440/*CEE), in view of that it has not summoned any public bidding and that any #another company of the EU has remained excluded of this important market? +With the vote in the Plenary to the planned hour -or was, the Thursday-, the Parliament will have fulfilled his obligation and issued punctually his *dictamen, with the end to guarantee in it that of *nosotros depends the relief without interruptions of the members of the Court and the necessary collaboration with #the same. +The new article 280 of the Treaty attributes also to the Court of Accounts new committed in the construction of a legal body that provide an equivalent effective protection against the fraud or #any one other illegal activities in the States members. +The Court of Appeal has revoked the *dictamen of an inferior court and has condemned to two men by *injuriar the flag in a peaceful demonstration, although the legislation of the territory includes the International Pact on the Civil Rights and Politicians. +To instance of the Commission already are taking part in the *preparativos of the content of the conference, that will take place in February. We expect to receive a similar signal by part of the Council put that this institution still has not pronounced on the presence and the number of representatives of the European Parliament in New *York. +Proposal of regulation of the Council (*CE) on the distribution of the quantities of cereals foreseen in the title of the Agreement of Help Alimentary 1995 for the period of 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 (*COM(1999) 384 - *C5-0258/1999 - 1999/0162(*CNS)) (Commission of Development and Cooperation) +The European Union, shaken besides by the resignation of the Commission *Santer in the course of the preparatory works, has followed a politics of research of commitments with the #others great powers, moving away of the claims of the countries in development and of the interests of the civil society. +Second, to #the same time that in the field of the car take #a lot of efforts to reduce the pollution of the new engines, #would have to elaborate a #european program very *voluntarista, to end to delete quickly the ancient car park, often very *contaminante (no *me refer to the cars of collection). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the oral questions to the Commission and to the Council, in name of the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities, and on the course given by the Union to the program of action *Beijing. +The Commission took the caution to entrust these fears to his Managerial Committee Scientist so that *le gave an opinion on #if #this questioned the decision to raise the embargo and the terms of the plan of export in base to the date in particular. +Nevertheless, we cross, and I say it another time, a stage in *Europa in the that, perhaps, the feeding never have been so safe and, without embargo, the confidence of the consumers in the foods diminishes each day, no only in *Francia and in *Alemania, but also in other countries, due to the fact that this discussion lengthens in absence of a political dynamism. +My opinion is that the additional negotiations and the protocol of agreement that reached among #all the parts and experts involved offer new guarantees to the consumers of the European Union -and no #all are #french- that the meat of *vacuno exported according to the plan based in the date is so safe like any #another of the European Union. +In addition to the periodic contacts that keep in the frame of the enlargement, the Council takes a follow-up of the situation in the aspiring countries through a group of evaluation that was created by means of conjoint action of the Council on 29 June 1998. +With the end to conserve the confidence in #all the looks, the *BEI #can not take publics the documents or the information in his power, in the measure that concern to the subscribers of credits or to other parts involved in the preparation or realisation of projects, without the consent express of the interested. +The fact that the delays and the jams are more usual in some #european regions that in #others is, of course, *algo very regrettable, and perhaps the fastest form to influence in this subject was that the national authorities examine it that #can take to improve the situation in each Been member. +With the end to take more effective the application of the international humanitarian Right, the EU issued a statement on the arms of hand, the light armament and the mines of infantry. +Regarding the smuggling in relation with the aspiring countries to the adhesion, treats of a problem that, as I already said in my answer, tries to combat by means of conjoint operations against the illegal traffic carried out annually by the General Direction of Customs of the EU, in the *cuales have been invited to take part third countries *cuando has been necessary. +*Me Ask #if the Council of Ministers thinks that the greater opening that possibly there will be in the EU also will have to comprise the documents that the Council of Ministers present in front of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0098/1999) of the Mrs. *Keppelhoff-*Wiechert, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of decision of the Council on the put in the market and the administration of *somatotropina bovine (*BST) and by the that derogates the Decision 90/218/*CEE of the Council (*COM(1999) 544 - *C5-0250/1999 - 1999/0219(*CNS)). +. (*SV) In relation with the presentation of the annual report of the Court of Accounts, signalled that his current President, the Mr. #Jan Or. *Karlsson, had adopted measures against the person that had catered to the means of information data on the content of the report. +The most important point is, in my opinion, the cultural mission of the book and the obligation of the society in front of the literature and the art; especially in a period of new media the book has to enjoy of a help and particular protection. +The European Parliament there was then reacted vigorously adopting, almost by unanimity, on 20 November 1998, a resolution that defended the only price of the book, and asked to the Commission that adapted to the cultural requirements his community politics on the agreement in matter of price of books. +No only by the fact that stood out North American jurists signal that here it #can exist a judicial error, as it #be to occur, but also because it treats of a citizen of the EU, ask to the Commission and, of course, to this Parliament that take all it possible to convert this pity of death perhaps in a pity of chain perpetual or for *aplazarla in a *primer moment. +Meanwhile, we continue working in concretise it supporting initiatives like the of the region of *Toscana allocated to collect bottoms to allow to #Rocco *Barnabei subject to the proof of DNA to show his innocence and *invitándole to *usted, gentleman President, to that it employ #all the roads that it has to take get the voice of the Parliament and of the #european Institutions to the American authorities. +*Rasha To the-*Sabah, from takes long *Subsecretaria of Upper Education, *le have joined the Dr. *Fayezah To the-*Khorafi, Rector of the University of *Kuwait; His Excellence *Nabila To the-*Mulla, that is ambassador of the State of *Kuwait in *Austria; *Siham *Ruzuqi, the *Subsecretaria Assistant of the Ministry of the Oil; another *Subsecretaria Assistant: #Sarah *Duwaisan, in the Ministry of Planning; and in the civil society: *Shaikha *Hussah To the-*Salim To the-*Mubarek To the-*Sabah, the Speaker of the Give To the-*Athar To the-*Islamiya, the Islamic Museum of *Kuwait. +The resolution that today debate has to be a contribution more to put brake to the situation of the women of a country, *Afganistán, #where the diet of the Talibans is seeding, with his authoritarianism, the terror among the population and the international alarm. +For the #afghan women, the freedom of expression, the right to the work, the right to assist to courses on the health and the familiar planning, the access to the education, #all these things, #such as the know, simply do not exist. +In the case of *Nicaragua in this case sustain a distinct opinion of the of #others that have taken part here treats unambiguously of the State of Right like #such and, therefore, that in a State of Right the individual has to be protected in front of the arbitrarinesses of the upper powers of the State. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, *Tayikistán no only is the poorest country of the resultant states of the ancient Soviet Union but also the that in the last five years has suffered more the eddy of the ethnic fights until #this have expanded finally to a civil war. +Without embargo, the financial help in form of *empréstito #would have to award only #if it is possible in fact a suitable control of the financial help by part of the European Union, #if it continues the process of reconciliation national and #if they organise of free and democratic way in March of the 2000 the elections, especially, the elections to the parliament. +Then it results obviously interesting to know #if the Council of Ministers of the EU is had to use his position and his can -although we give economic help for the development of *Marruecos- bear *presionar to the government of this country, so that it do not go back to call to a plebiscite that *postergue for the future, but that really #this make . +Of compliance with the article 6 of the Protocol for the inclusion of the *acervo of *Schengen in the frame of the European Union, for the execution and back development of said *acervo, the Republic of *Islandia and the Realm of Norwegian will be associated on the base of the agreement signed on 19 December 1996 in *Luxemburgo. +True is that his experience of speaker and the so remarkable contribution to the advances of the European Union take that this text go to be a base of reflection indispensable for the next Commission of Institutional Subjects. +The Parliament by his side has answered to the Mr. *Herman with the approval of the modifications of the relative regulation to the votes and the amendments, #as well as with the reduction of the number of commissions on the that will decide still in this session of today. +The conclusion of said recommendation was, in *resumidos terms, that regarding the political criteria Malt do not presents problems, but that in the economic area sure enough need some complementary or structural reforms, while this interruption of two years in the *preparativos of Malt for his adhesion has caused also some delay in his adoption of the *acervo community. +So that all #this #can regulate of form *jurídicamente coherent, also will have to adapt the field of application of the Regulation 17/62, and like this proposes it the Commission; finally, the Commission wants to introduce the possibility to exempt with retroactive strength from the date of his subscription those agreements that did not go presented individually, but yes have right to exemption. +In *tercer place, *me will refer to the idea of a code of fine administrative behaviour, that mentioned by first time in the Report #Perry on the own activities of the Commission of Requests in 1996-1997 and that it was supported in the Report *Newman on the annual report of the Defender of the corresponding European Village to 1997. +Like this as, it did not is necessary *extrañarse that the application of the group of these absurd community norms believes a cumulus of difficulties, that give place to the presentation of resources in front of the Commission of Requests and the Defender of the Village. +In consequence, the Commission attributes #a lot of importance, at the end of this term of office, to the fact to put to the day in the processing of the requests, so as to be able to examine, with occasion of the two last meetings of his Commission of Requests, chaired by the Mr. *Fontana, the greater part of the *dossiers still pending. +*Me #Unworthy the fact to ascertain that, *cuando #all the political parties, with exception of the extreme right, recognise in the arrest of *Pinochet the new virtues of an international justice, have followed having a conversation with *Milosevic, although has the most bloodstained hands and that they weigh more «crimes against the humanity» on his consciousness. +In place to integrate in his breast to the ancient *Yugoslavia and favour, in this way, his political democratisation and his economic and social progresses, the European Union -with the European Parliament in command- has boosted his *desmembramiento and created, at least indirectly, the conditions so that they produced , yesterday, the wars of *Croacia and of *Bosnia and, today, the of Serbian. +The utilisation of vehicles private poses big quantity of regional and local problems that, of compliance with the principle of the subsidiariness, require a type of approach lightly different, that have been elaborating mainly by pipe of the program of action for the network of citizens. +Little afterwards, the members of the Commission of Transports and the representatives of the European Commission *deliberaron. After the consequent debate in the Commission of Transports, had to ascertain that the majority of his members did not has *retractado of the position adopted two months ago. +Nevertheless, I create -and already it has said here- that *nos find in front of the typical case in that a concept that in principle back and approve, to know the promotion of the transport combined so as to reduce the transport by roads and take advantage of the possibilities offered by the railway and the navigable roads, goes out bad unemployed person by cause of a specific measure. +In place to allow that the consumers benefit of the competition, the current situation characterises by the existence of a big diversity of prices with regard to the cards of credit, the loans *hipotecarios and other services -the communication contains indications very important in this sense-. +The debate on the control of the country of origin regarding the control in the country of reception has prevented up to now an important evolution to systems of #european control or to the establishment of a #european supervisory authority. +#This was reason of anxiety, since it did not is necessary to forget that, after three years of work, the program *DAPHNE needed, by a part, a solid juridical foundation and concrete before 1 January of the year 2000 and, by #another, the juridical foundation that *nos proposed #can not deny the political line that had originated it. +*B4-0391/99 of the deputies *Banotti and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0398/99 of the deputy *Malone, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0421/99 of the deputies *McKenna and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the murder of *Rosemary #Nelson. +We are not *hipócritas *erigiéndonos in teachers of these countries that are crossing a difficult fed up period. After all they finish to go out of #a lot of years of occupation foreign and dictatorship, *algo that always has gone accompanied of #one some disintegration of the moral structures. +We go to ask to the government that occupy that #all the #cypriot citizens have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +It is truth, of course, that in spite of the *interrogantes specific that arouses in the relations among mandators and *mandantes in this end of century, the right of request is #one of the privileged means through the *cuales the Parliament exerts his control on the Commission and the Council -#as well as on the States members-, in benefit of the #european citizens. +To conclude, #would wish, to the sight of the big quantity of work that represents the processing of the requests received, support explicitly a review in depth of the methods of operation of the Commission of Requests, in #whose case is not difficult to comprise that #this interrogate on the best way to face up to the task that *le *incumbe. +It did not fits the lower doubt that the resultant experiences of the initiative *DAPHNE will be beneficial to the hour to structure the new program *quinquenal. By means of this program will be possible to support the cooperation among the no governmental organisations and the local authorities. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, «the violence against the women is a problem of the men». The international day of the Woman, the Commissioner *Gradin invited precisely with these words to the men to take the word on the violence against the women. +Regarding this concrete look, believe that it runs the risk that it remain in a gesture of fine will, since they do not go to vary the current taxes of growth and that the already persistent unemployment goes to keep in the future, an unemployment that, on the other hand, affects very especially to the youngest generations. +Gentleman President, the Commission continues his active politics with the end to reduce the dependency of the Community of the import of proteins vegetal and to increase the use of cereals in the *forrajes for the livestock. +The reform of the Common Agricultural Politics that undertook in the year 1992 has given place to a considerable increase of the use of cereals in the *piensos, wall of twenty millions of tonnes to the year, #as well as an important fall of the import of *forraje and -especially- of vegetal proteins for the livestock. +The Commission has assumed always his responsibilities to the hour to guarantee the competitiveness of the #european industry of the starch, of his industry of processing and, in particular of the sector *biotecnológico that uses the starch and his derivatives like matter prevails. +Therefore, gentleman President, have estimated *proponerle, following our jurisprudence, following our norms established that the parliamentary immunity do not protects to the same member, but to #all the Assembly and to this Parliament, that do not suspend the parliamentary immunity. #This say it in particular because we think, in the line of my illustrate precursors, #Georges *Donnez and #Jean *Defraignes, that treats here in some mood of the «*fumus *persecutionis». +I think that there will be a *reforzamiento and a better follow-up of the relations among the Parliament and the Commission in matter of control of the budgetary management and expect that, with this regulation, our Parliament #can take a still better work in matter of control of the budgetary management of the Commission. +Therefore, the European Bank of Investments and the Bottom have to release more bottoms and, on the other hand, the States members have to have the possibility of *oxigenar his economy through his own budgetary politics, not taking the pact of stability even more strict but by means of a more flexible interpretation. +*Cuando #Everything concludes, wanted to express on my part the wish that this institution prosper, and so that it prosper *carecen of importance the old clashes among the Commission, the Parliament and the Council; #all joined have to take care this plant that now *brota, so that it #can *medrar and *fructificar, for well of the European Union and of his finances, and, especially, for well of the taxpayers, is to say, of the citizens of the European Union. +The reason of the resignation was, as it is known, the report of the Committee of Experts independent on the responsibility of the Commission and of individual members of the Commission by cases of fraud, corruption and nepotism that have produced in the course of a series of years. +As it puts of relief the speaker for the procedure of approval of the management for 1997, our colleague, the Mr. *Brinkhorst, the administrative cooperation among the Commission and the States members, #as well as the of the States members among yes, has to take more intense put that the budget executes to a large extent by the States members. +At the beginning of the month of December, following -it is necessary to remember- the position of the Socialist Group, the Commission of Control Budgetary decided without embargo recommend to the Plenary the granting of the approval of the management to the Commission. +On this approval of the management, on this report of our colleague, the Mr. *Brinkhorst, have elaborated also #some specific documents. I owe *decirles that am a so much irritated by the fact that we have not received, at all, any reaction of the current Commission to documents that shortly go to have three months. +Second, the question of the decentralisation and the transfer of competitions of the Commission, in particular in the sphere of the external programs, is extraordinarily important, but need norms very strict for the delegation of the management of the community politics and always have to pursue actively. +And said #this, gentleman President, *nosotros *nos confront today to a change that *resume very well the philosophy of the Parliament, a change that, in words of the Commissioner Mr. Ear, endows, from the first of May, to the European Union «of an instrument more *performante, more opened to the dialogue with the citizens, more democratic and more projected to the external world». +It has to have a serious debate among the scientists of both sides of the Atlantic, because I do not believe that the States Joined are indifferent in relation with the health of his citizens: they are not still convinced that it exist a danger and, #if we have of proofs, is adapted *presentarlas to the States Joined and to the rest of the world. +Without embargo, *me see forced to call his attention on the fact that the permission to apply a type reduced is a disposal that *atañe to the harmonisation of the relative legislations to the Tax on the Value Added, contemplated in the article 93 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, ancient article 99. +Roman *Prodi is a *europeísta convinced, a *reformador economic and politician of tested hit, a politician *avezado in administrative subjects, that contributes likewise the necessary vicinity to the citizens, and after listening his previous intervention *yo wanted to add also that it is a candidate that *aúna the vision of a project, the sense of the reality, the pragmatism and a clear consciousness of the needs. +#If *ustedes, in his quality of deputies of the European Parliament, take #his the proposal of the Bosses of State and of Government and approve the day after tomorrow the nomination of the Mr. *Prodi, the Governments will proceed to continuation, as following step, to designate of common agreement with the President nominated to the personalities that propose appoint like members of the Commission. +Finally, it is necessary that approve a reform directed to increase the transparency so that the Parliament, at least, have access to a document of the so prompt Commission like #this deliver it to a committee, to a company, to a country, to a journalist or to any #another person that do not form part of the institution. +It adds likewise the important subject of the effort to convert in more dynamic the #european economy -in his speech appear #a lot of indications to the *respecto- inside a balance that has to be new, but that it has to exist, is to say, the balance of character social of the #european economy. +In effect, in his statements prevails an idea of development understood like continuous growth without loaning attention to the natural limits of the resources: an infinite growth is a dangerous utopia of the economists that #can not find an answer in the reality. +It has been missing an action in the past, but also in his intervention, with regard to how warn the conflicts and #can not forget that the #italian Government that *usted chaired, in #one of his last decisions, on 12 October 1998, put to disposal of the NATO the #italian bases with seen to a possible war in *Kosovo. +Said amendments of commitment no *surtirán the effect expected, is to say, limit the negative consequences for the consumers and the producers of honey #european of a regulation that do not protects sufficiently the quality of the fine #european honeys against the honeys mattered and, it that it is worse, that favours the fraud. +I #can not by less that regret that the Commission and the Council have not followed the example of the Parliament, that approved by unanimity my two reports on the situation of the #european apiculture and on the improvement of the production and of the commercialisation of the honey. +So much the States members like the Commission have coincided in underlining that any delay in the adoption of the strategy #can give place to false interpretations by #russian part and *yo believe that to #all *nos interests that they do not intensify the tensions among the European Union and *Rusia in the complex international situation current. +The new institution, «the gentleman or the external political lady», has to have a predominantly preventive function and collaborate with the *OSCE, the UN, etc. #All #can regret not to have it reached in the *Balcanes and that at the end was necessary the intervention, without embargo, also is necessary to signal that we have to be had to *ello *cuando produce rapes so grave and evident of the human rights. +But there #be an amendment of the liberal Group, that #a lot of deputies think to support, in the *cual proposes -on the base of the text that the Council *nos has offered in the contrary sense- an alternative text that believe #can obtain the approval of the Council. +Gentleman President, #can not talk of the Statute of the deputy and of it that #this means today without taking an effort for containing a true dose of indignation, caused by the climate in the *cual have developed the debates, under the pressure of the complaints formulated in #some media, that have caused a true distortion in the discussions. +Never I have understood to the socialists, that in a principle demand a big increase of the *gravámenes for the utilisation of roads, but that afterwards throw backwards in front of the requirement that the Parliament, in his big majority, believed correct in the year 1997 and that it was more elevated of it that the Council has proposed now. +Said writing was inscribed in the register of entrance of the post of the European Parliament the past 12 April, and *me announce that they expect that the official announcement of the register #can formulate next Monday 3 May, the day before yesterday, in the opening of the Plenary of the European Parliament. +The creation of an identity of security and of #european defence is now the central element of the process of integration #european after the creation of the inner market and of the Economic and Monetary Union. +The process of *Luxemburgo consolidates and begins to give his fruits in terms of national politics for the most systematic employment, more integrated, more ambitious and, to initiative of the #german Presidency, will step supplementary in the road of this #european Pact by the employment, of the that *yo recommended his application already in January of 1996. +The only question that *nos poses is #if, taking into account the reduction that has taken of the financial perspectives of the 2000 to the 2006, the European Union goes to have in the next years of sufficient resources for an own politics of the employment, since practically #all the community politics have had to be *recortadas. +But, even in the supposed that #all these worries went object of examination with seen to the Summit of the bosses of State or of Government, will not suppose a sufficiently adapted answer to the gravity of the crisis of *Kosovo and no *suplirán the patent absence of *Europa in this specific flank of the continental actuality. +Colony has to give a signal also in this field to make this economic politics that establish the goals that have to reach as, for example, a different relation with the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the relaunching of the quality of the #european product, the no *imposición of the companies. +In the agricultural politics, thanks to a more intense orientation to the world-wide market and to the environment, the agriculture in the countries candidates to the adhesion obtains already today some important foundations of planning for the orientation of his agricultural production. +After the resignation of the Commission, after the problems of fraud and of bad economic management, how #can justify the majority of this Parliament that this Assembly reveal unable to reform any thing that have relation with our assignments and the financial management of this institution? +I urge to the Commission so that it take really seriously his function of control and carry out in his programs the marked goals in the new regulation -develop sustainable, promotion of the employment, promotion of the equality of opportunities of women and men, improvement of the environment and of the small and medium enterprises-, and that do not retreat again in front of the States members. +It is a package of bottoms to launch to our regions to the new #millenium, seven years of support for our communities and regions more *marginadas that need our commitment and our community solidarity, for the youngsters, for the unemployed of long length and for the women repatriated: persons that want to have active part in the regeneration of *Europa. +The work that have taken in representation of the Parliament in this report, in narrow contact with my colleagues -the Mr. #Walter and the Mr. *Sonneveld-, has treated precisely to coordinate #all this process of help and, besides, to include the criteria of the Parliament. +*Tercer Point: here it do not treats of the question of the granting in the sense of justice or injustice or of the envy but that the pressure of prices that exert the exploitations that follow living with an excess of compensation by the high payment of premiums, will affect to the small *amenazándolas in his existence. +With the new introduction of measures for the rural areas and with the strengthening of the measures of accompaniment existent from the reform of 1992, has given another step to a global agricultural politics for the rural areas. +*Yo Believe that this message encloses a double danger: first, because it puts of self-evident, in mouth of the author of the reform, that the current measures of reform will not be sufficiently effective, and #this even before applying ; and second, because it is not possible that the agriculturalist and the #european grazier develop his activity and schedule his future without a frame of minimum stability. +A time that have implanted the relative Regulation to the Social Bottom for the new period, the Social Bottom *recobrará new life thanks to that takes greater upsetting in the dimension of the employment in #all the community politics and in the structural Bottoms in particular. +Because it is crucial. Of it contrary, will not constitute the bananas a precedent so that other pertinent products of other less developed countries lose his markets, and #would not give *ello place, on a long-term basis, to amendments to the world-wide system of the trade to protect to the poor against the multinationals? +#This illustrates the point contained in the question of the Mr. deputy that the diet of *Sadam *Husein uses the situation of need of the civil population to impose the suspension of the sanctions without fulfillment of the conditions of the Resolution 687 of 1991 on the armistice. +Gentleman President, according to the article 7 of the Protocol, that integrates the *acervo of *Schengen in the Annex to the Treaty of *Amsterdam in the frame of the European Union, the Council agrees with majority qualified the details of the integration of the Secretariat of *Schengen in the General Secretariat of the Council. +Subject: The interpretation in the Council According to data of the agency of #news *TT of 30 March 1999, in the meetings of the Council three of each four #swedish representatives see forced to use a foreign tongue in the negotiations. +Subject: Agreement with *Croacia Taking into account that, as a result of the clashes armed in the neighbouring countries, the economy and the tourism of *Croacia have resulted considerably damaged and that the country has seen militarily loomed, the celebration of an agreement of trade and cooperation with *Croacia #can contribute decisively to the stability of #all the region. +These looks of the initial proposal have been modified after a negative vote of the Parliament takes some months and, of this way, the final proposal establishes a unitary instrument of intervention in the sector of the fishing. +Likewise we regret that in relation with the possibilities of cooperation national do not yield the election of the zones of the Goal 2 that remain out of the strict criteria to the States members, but that, as before, remains limited by the Commission through some criteria and a reservation of consent. +It is fundamental to guarantee that #all the regions with communities *pesqueras follow having an every time greater access to the structural bottoms for the sector of the fishing without that produce any attempt for reducing the levels of finance or for excluding said access increasing the complexity of the procedures. +As already it has signalled in the course of this debate, the system provides obviously an important bond among the Commission and the representatives of the national authorities presents in the committees and that assist to the Commission in his executive function. +Of course, the Commission will follow contributing actively in this work with the hope to be able to get to an agreement, before it finalise the #german Presidency, that satisfy to the three institutions and that, therefore, *redunde in benefit of the citizens of the Union, to those who have to serve, and that will be undoubtedly by millions awaiting awake to these hours of the night the result of this debate. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report (To4-0261/99) of the Mrs. *Jöns, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the proposal of directive of the relative Council to the agreement mark on the work of length determined celebrated by the *UNICE, the *CEEP and the *CES (*COM(1999)0203 - *C4-0220/1999). +The #german Presidency recognises fully that the integration of the *acervo of *Schengen in the frame of the EU *reviste a special importance of face to the future activities of the European Parliament and understands that the Parliament have #a lot of interest in following of wall the previous steps to said integration. +The agreement establishes, besides, that a considerable part of the disposals of the *acquis of *Schengen, especially the disposals that have to see with the free circulation of persons, asylum, immigration and border controls, *comunitariza in his greater part and, therefore, the Parliament and the Court of Justice will see involved in the future in the development of this politics. +*Señorías, #if we want to struggle against the increasing illegalities, is necessary that the that offer services through the network are able to facilitate #all the necessary information to look for and find to the providers of contents illicit respecting, as it is obvious, it that has the community Right regarding the respect of the personal data. +In this moment debate a directive, that is the relative directive to determined juridical looks of the electronic trade in the inner market, that treats to harmonise determined looks of the Right of the States members through this procedure -a directive- that, in reality, are looks of private Right. +As it occurs always that it has a subject that interests to #a lot of groups of pressure, #one of the problems that arise is that the groups of pressure cancel #one to #others, which shows how the deputies of the European Parliament have to be able to face up to the that exert the pressures, to the equal that have to be able to face up to the journalists. +In matter of responsibility of the operators of networks in line, the initial proposal of the European Commission, without denying the relative problems to the illegality of the content, distinguishes the responsibility of the different actors, in function of his real activity. +The limitation of responsibility affects to #all the on-line illegal activities of third, #such like disloyal competition, deceptive advertising, but also to the piracy in the field of the right of author, like this deduces of the explanation of the proposal of the Commission. +It is also the case of the amendments that try to modify the field of application of the directive of a way that is not coherent with other directives on services of the society of the information (amendments *núms. 27 and 63) and of the amendment 31, that modifies the definition proposed of the commercial communications. +*Nos Cheer that, together with the texts of the new Regulations, have seated the bases for an effective collaboration in the management of the bottoms, also thanks to the Code of behaviour among the Commission and the Parliament with regard to the application of the structural politics. +The contingent of 600 representatives of the Nations Joined to organise and observe the process *referendario is constituted by civilians disarmed, to the that in his moment will add also 250 also disarmed policemen, without possibility #any to defend to nobody, neither to himself/hisself same, in front of the activity *impune of the militias *prointegracionistas that seed the terror in *Dili and in the rest of the territory. +*B-0462/99 of the deputies #Harrison and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0491/99 of the deputies *Pasty and go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0506/99 of the deputy *Telkämper, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the political manipulation of the trials in *Malasia; +And, second, the Council #be to agree a formula that will provide a juridical base for the remote access to a terrestrial season for satellites that there #be in #Italia by means of the introduction of a new clause in the project of agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal questions. +The present proposal basically takes case *omiso of the European Agreement for the Protection of the Human Rights and of the Fundamental Freedoms and of the disposal that appears in the article 8 on the protection of the private life of the persons. +Finally, it wanted to take #this like reason to appeal again to the Council so that we are proud no only by it that take in the cultural field, but also by *preocuparnos that these programs find a suitable finance, because it do not reaches at all #if we excite to the public with these wonderful programs of the European Union but afterwards *les assign a ridiculous financial endowment. +After the exhibition of the year 2005, for my big joy, have been already assigned to *Japón, specifically to *Nagoya, wanted to *recordarles that in the exhibition of *Osaka got to a series of errors bureaucratic scandalous, and *cuando had built already a pavilion of *Europa, denied to plant the statue of *Coudenhove-*Kalergi. +To fault of a positive action of the Commission, #whose plan of #tending action to strengthen the competitiveness of the sector, that examine in 1998, has not had up to now a concrete result, #some States members, as *Francia, *España, *Portugal, have taken measures to brake the escape of places of work to the third countries. +*Usted Has been Vice-president under my Presidency and the that have followed, and has won in this house a big appreciate by his work, first like Vice-president, especially in the delicate votes, but also, of very ancient, by his #european commitment, that *nos has carried to collaborate in other tasks and other claims. +His big energy after #one *Europa free and joined politically, his respect to the democratic institutions, his creed in a Parliament that keep at last a strong relation, conscious and transparent with the Commission, no *nos leave more that expect some years in that at last the *asociacionismo of *antaño remain *relegado to the past and begin a true collaboration among #all the Groups of this Parliament. +Lady Speaker, in name of the Group of the Green/ Free Alliance European, wanted to *sumarme to the term that *usted has fixed so that the second inform of the Wise persons was in hands of #all the members of the European Parliament before 30 August, is to say, before they give beginning the audiences with the new Commission. +The Federal Government German #would have wished, of course, greater progresses in #some fields, as for example in the Agricultural Politics, field in the that it will be indispensable to tackle very prompt new reforms with reason of the round of the *OMC, but in spite of #all the commitment in his group constitutes a very fine base, an extraordinary base for the entrance of the Union in the century *XXI. +Under the #german Presidency of the Council was foreseen the transposition of the Diary 2000, an ambitious project of reform, with the end to deepen the integration of *Europa and prepare to the EU for the enlargement to the East by means of some substantial reforms. +Gentleman President, the Greens think that during the century *XXI the paper of the no violent methods for the solution of conflicts #would have to be more important that the of the military interventions and that the strength, that *excepcionalmente #can be necessary, only exerted previous mandate of the UN. +The #european public has lost his confidence in the national authorities and #european attendants of the control of the medicines and of the control of foods; no longer *fía neither of the Government neither of the Governments neither neither of the scientists. +This precise goal a strong synergy among the Commission and the Parliament, a Parliament that has the democratic representation of the #european citizens and that, therefore, has to offer a fundamental contribution to the reforms of the #european Institutions. +The increase of the sessions to open doors of the Council, the facilitation of the access to the documents and the publication of the diary of meetings and of agendas of the different committees and commissions boost of concrete form the principle of transparency. +With regard to the process against *Öcalan: the Commission shares the opinion issued on 29 June by the #german Presidency of the Council after the Court of Security of the State condemned to death to *Abdulah *Öcalan and expresses again his basic rejection to the pity of death. +So my question to the President in exercise of the Council and to the Commission is the following: until how point have *meditado in depth on the political measures and the economic and financial commitments that result necessary to build a Serbian free and democratic and *reintegrar the Serbian free and democratic to the economy and the political body Europeans? +In this look *me #one to the here presented postures pleading by the security of the defenders of the freedom of expression and also to the reflections on the different means with the that we #can contribute to the materialisation of this freedom of expression in the country in question. +And we are not judging only to a Commissioner that has had an unacceptable behaviour, are talking of an ancient member of this Assembly, a distinguished member of parliament that went even president of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament, of a #ex minister of Economy of *Alemania and of a Commissioner with a long leaf of services. +I believe that *cuando #this *perseverantes colleagues resolve in this case that has posed in front of the Court of Justice, and advance to the events failing without celebrating dress #any that are in front of a clear rape of the object of the article 213 and that withdraw to this man his rights of pension, *arrogarán a function that competes to the courts. +When talking of the pollution of the dioxin it is necessary to say that the investigations of the #belgian authorities and the inspections of the Commission indicate that the pollution produced when adding a no adapted substance in the process of manufacture. +Before happening to treat the approach agreed in the Council of Agriculture wanted to *recordarles the effective and timely performance set up by the Commission and supported by the Permanent Committee of Veterinary Medicine of the countries members, performance by the that established #all the measures of exception required by the principle of prevention. +I expect that it bear #this *Bélgica #can have the solidarity of the Union, because it is clear that do not matters #if a crisis like #this have been caused by an illness, by an accident or even by a criminal act. To the consumer, to the agriculturalist or to the company that have been the victim *le will give the same. +Therefore, the States members have to give, or have to go back to give, to the Commission, a clear and firm mandate so that #this was the spur of #one *renegociación intelligent of the rules of the *GATT, that today day constitute an obstacle to the application of the principle of caution in the sanitary and alimentary fields. +We have to be able to say, as it takes the motion of the Socialist Group, that has to *imperar the principle of legality, that are a Community of Right, and that unless we take a universal application of #this, it that never took with the derivative rule of the *EEB, the situation will not be able to improve. +To the hour to evaluate the situation, consider decisive to have of a more global vision of the question, #as well as treat to find solutions that, in the field of the elasticity of the structure, #can *evidenciar #some looks related with the problems of these territories of the south of #Italia. +Without embargo, #if *usted reads the Regulation will check that in the paragraph 6 of the article 170 says that the constitution of the mixed commissions -that they are *algo distinct to the delegations *interparlamentarias-, is to say, that the constitution of the mixed commissions with the countries associated has to make under #the same conditions that the constitution of the commissions. +In the taking of this decision, the Commission took into account the fact that it did not exist any previous decision of the Commission neither any precedent of the Court of Justice that served of reference in the case of the *CFO with regard to his politics of sale of entrances. +Given the circumstances, therefore, is not #willing, gentleman Commissioner, to recognise that the fans to the football will think that the fine of 1.000 euros is absolutely ridiculous -that it is it that paid roughly in the #black market by an entrance for the party *Inglaterra-Argentinian-, that the *revendedores of entrances will think that it is a fine news and that the true fans to the football will feel disappointed? +I believe that #if #this had produced in the sector of the telecommunications or in any #another, the idea that we went back with a symbolic fine in circumstances in that #some have increased his benefits in 200 or 300 millions of pounds #would have been so ridiculous as *le seems to the fans to the football the symbolic fine. +In effect, continues the Commission of Subjects Constitutional: "The statement of constitution of this Group, in particular the annex 2 of the letter of constitution, directed to the President of the European Parliament, excludes #all political affinity. +It will correspond to the new Commission establish a deeper assessment of this second inform and, to this *respecto, the responsible Vice-president of the reform of the Commission, the Mr. *Kinnock, will answer along the debate to the most concrete points that pose to the future. +For frustration of #that of the Commission and of this Assembly that have promoted the reform, and finish to listen to the Mr. *Dell'#Alba, the advances that have made until the moment have been sporadic and no *preconcebidos and have not been put in practice like consequence of the management of a program of change. +I do not want to anticipate the debate of the Thursday, but wanted to say already with #all clarity that, for example, the relative discussion to the creation of the Agency of Reconstruction in *Kosovo aims in this direction so much regarding the juridical situation as regarding the administrative structures that have foreseen . +It is necessary to remember, for example, that only four States have ratified the Agreement of the European Union on the cooperation in the fight against the fraud in the European Union and that in these moments, therefore, there #be not juridical foundation to struggle against the fraud. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5­0003/99) of the Mrs. *McKenna, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that establishes a community frame of cooperation in matter of accidental marine pollution. +After having doubted a bit, *me have left to convince by the arguments of the Mrs. #Jackson to fix in a directive some minimum criteria for the environmental inspections and not to limit to the proposal of the European Commission of a recommendation no *vinculante. +#A lot of colleagues also have formulated questions on the suitability to separate the #ex competition in front of on the budgetary control of the #ex competition *post on the application or formulation of the budget in the breast of the Commission. +I think mainly in a statement that has taken the ambassador of States Joined takes #some days in front of the European Union in the that cheers that the group of work *biotecnológico of transatlantic economic association have got to a project of agreement on the processes of approval of new varieties *transgénicas. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the long path for the nomination #be to finish: it finishes a period agitated from the point of sight institutional of the life of the Union, a period that has allowed to the Parliament express his potentialities and reaffirm with conviction his democratic vocation. +Gentleman President designated of the Commission, have valued his statement regarding the enlargement of the European Union and the reform of the Institutions, #as well as the consolidation and the economic growth of #all the Union, and the sustainable development to create new places of work. +#If we want to recover the confidence of the citizens and the citizens need transparency in relation with the execution of the budget of the EU in #all his details, felt of the responsibility in the handle of the bottoms of the taxpayers and budgetary efficiency in the application of the community politics. +The Mrs. *Diamantopoulou, #whose wallet also includes the equality of opportunities, in addition to the employment and the social dimension, has given samples of a big commitment but, how will be able to act, gentleman *Prodi, #if *usted already the has gagged of entrance and has left in other hands the fight against the violence and the discrimination? +Lady Speaker, like the previous orators, believe that the creation of a judicial space European, by a part, and the instauration of norms general for the control of the immigration, by #another, in mood #any will solve the problems of the delinquency *transfronteriza neither of the immigration. +It has to conclude, as, that independently of the question that treat , already was the asylum, the immigration, the migratory flows, *Europol or the Letter of the fundamental rights, exists a direct relation among each #one of the #european citizens and the subject of interest. +Lady Speaker, after the problem of the work, the most urgent demand that the #european citizens formulate to the community Institutions is the to face up to the need of security that, by his characteristics, #can not be resolved *autónomamente by each #one of the States members. +It Only that pretend to say with #this is that to the *traspasar the competitions to a level determined logically also have to move the legal obligations and the own competitions of the parliamentary cooperation #as well as the rights of decision corresponding to the level that it treats because, of it contrary, #would create a legal gap and member of parliament. +In *Tampere will give also political orientations on delicate questions, like the politics of immigration, that require a new approach of the relations North-South; like the free circulation, that requires a true harmonisation of the politics in matter of granting of visas in *Europa; like the right of asylum and the right to the health for #all the refugees. +A time begun the process to achieve some minimum rules, #can combine with terms, creating like this a strength that promote to the achievement of a reliable juridical field, which is a requirement so that the citizens #can circulate freely, with security and confidence, but also to create guarantees of security to the hour of the enlargement. +Finally, because it takes of the public relief of this new #european space the stone of touch of the confidence of the citizens without reducing the problem to the traditional controversy "freedom against security", but that recognises the magnitude of the new imperative and worries #whose resolution expect of *Europa the #european citizens. +The Council expressed the day before yesterday his deeper indignation in front of this performance and also in front of the attempts that they have been object so much the citizens of *Timor Oriental, like the workers of organisations humanitarian, the representatives of the Church and the defenders of the human rights. +Also it is very stimulating the wish of the Mr. *Prodi to boost the enlargement of the Community, to give the maximum priority to the creation of places of work, and to work in narrow collaboration with the Parliament in the Conference *Intergubernamental. +But in reality, am optimistic because I believe that #one #can familiarise quite well with this matter, in spite of the words of #some of our colleagues that compare the Commission of Budgets with a market of livestock, giving to understand that the resources move of a side for #another and that sometimes the documentation is worse prepared that the that presents in any municipal assembly. +Alas this government has had #a lot of friends in this Parliament during years and years, and #a lot of governments of the European Union have given priority to the lucre of his industries of armaments concerning the fundamental human rights of the miserable village of *Timor oriental. +*Me Gives the impression of that *él, to the equal that the spokesman of his delegation, Mr. *Galeote, has diverted the turn of questions to the Council to take an unacceptable personal disqualification to a colleague that has expressed political opinions entirely respectable. +Estimated gentleman *Korakas, *cuando get to the questions that has decided answer in common, *yo *le will give an explanation, but have to follow an order, have to respect this order so that the session #can have a good end and *yo am not had to consent that there #be more previous questions or of order that prevent the normal operation of the turn of questions. +Since the ideas on the Union are so different and that the interpretations of the decisions of Colony are so contradictory in different places of the Union, #can not say then clearly that "yes, are advancing to a common defence" or well "no, there will be a common defence" ? +In October of 1998, the Council requested to the Presidency that proposed common positions, according to the article *K.3 of the *TUE, in relation with the project of Convention of the Nations Joined and his Protocols. Of this way, the Council pretended to contribute to the negotiation and avert contradictions among the future convention and the community instruments. +To be the case, has taken already the Presidency in exercise the initiative to inscribe this point in the agenda of the General Assembly of the next autumn or has intention to take it in the next days with arrangement to other modalities of procedure? +The Council has decided recently continue his politics in this sense in #all type of forums *multilaterales and present for the first time a project of resolution for the pity of death in the session *nº 54 of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined. +Gentleman President, the Council has taken postures in diverse occasions on the negotiations in matter of the world-wide trade and in reference to the " Round of the #Millenium" ; the last time, in the conclusions of the meeting of the Council of Subjects General, the 21 and 22 June 1999. +*Ello #Would improve the paper of the Parliament, that already receives a quarterly report on the activities of the agency and has the important mission to approve the management of the director of the agency in the application of the budget. +#Can reinforce perfectly the collaboration in the civil and penal subjects there #where was necessary, respecting fully the tradition of the International and Civil right, the democratic rights, ensuring the traditional principles of the material right and of the procedural right. +Thus, the Commission has made, and will follow making, profitable efforts to help to *Rusia in his arduous transition by means of actions as it is to centre the technical assistance in the fight against the bleaching of money and the crime organised, and support the efforts to advance in the state of right in general. +Lamentably, neither in the agreement *Kumanov concluded among the NATO and the #yugoslav Government neither neither in the resolution of the UN that has awarded the mandate for the international presence in *Kosovo, mentions with an alone word the situation of the #albanian prisoners in *Belgrado and of the missing. +It is necessary to recognise, gentleman President, that this building has an important structural defect: in relation with the building of *Bruselas supposes for the deputies the decrease of his dispatches, no by the square metres that #can have of less each dispatch but by the fact that they have to share it in #all his activities with the assistant. +Affected by a crisis of the *cual *ellos are not the cause and of the *cual neither control his consequences, the #belgian agriculturalists expect on the other hand that the #european solidarity concretise , that this crisis of the dioxins recognise like *epizootia, to #the same level that the crisis of the "crazy cows" in Big *Bretaña. +On this subject have a Green Book, go to have a White Book and 800 directives, but the bottom of the question, the reality, is that #this is a consequence of the politics and the decisions *economicistas that have taken in *Europa, and of the globalisation. +Besides, the inept form to tackle these questions by part of the respective governments and of the own EU has undermined gravely the public confidence in the capacity of the politicians to tackle these crises in the alimentary chain. +Memory, afterwards that #others, that the project of budget of 2000 foresees a spectacular fall of our help, a reduction of two thirds of the credits of commitment that will happen of 16,5 to 5,5 millions of euros, in the same moment in that it that imposes is precisely a reinforcement of the international mobilisation. +Some better statistical and a better knowledge by part of the rest of the world of it bad that is the situation #can be #some of the factors that increased the understanding of our populations about the need to make greater efforts in favour of *África, also in the general plane. As this problem is related with the grave situation of *África. +The review of the financial perspectives is in any case *algo significant also by other reasons and is related totally with *aquello in that it founds the question of the reasons of the finance, is to say, that the war of *Kosovo has caused a situation that is surprising and new, for the that had not taken reservations in the financial forecasts. +It wanted to also, in my first appearance in front of this Assembly, insist once again in *algo that already took in the Commission, and is in the need to establish the best possible relations among my responsibilities in the Commission and the managers of this Assembly in the corresponding subjects. +The amendment 3, especially a time adopted the document of work of the services of the Commission on the campaign of takeoff, that has been transmitted to the Parliament and to the Council, no only accepts but that the Commission *les gives the graces and the receives with big satisfaction. +Gentleman President, #would wish to go back to congratulate to the Mr. *Langen by his contribution to the continuation and consolidation of the program *ALTENER, since it do not is necessary to forget that this program is our main instrument, although no financial, to carry out the strategy of the European Union on the renewable energies. +This intellectual political-isolation, the economic sanctions and the material outlay every time greater that demanded the maintenance of the old order finished conducting to the economic stagnation and to the political recognition that this situation #can not continue. +It is of common sense that #if this agreement was ratified by the national parliaments #whose main function, and say it among parenthesis, is once again verified, #all third country #can use a denomination of origin controlled #european with the end to negotiate afterwards a financial transaction. +After a meeting among the two parts, celebrated to the beginning of September, the European Union considers that the agreement has that the #south african do not have to follow using the denominations "Port" and "Sherry" after the period established of twelve years, by it that it is necessary, from this time on same, think in substitutive names for the #south african products that it treats . +I expect sincerely that this agreement, seen from the concrete angle of the cooperation for the development, contribute to the eradication of the poverty and the promotion of the prosperity in *Sudáfrica with full respect of the democratic principles and the fundamental human rights. +But I finish of *decirle, #if #such Government or #another -sure enough, no only affects to #Grecia: they have produced catastrophes or shaken of diverse intensity in other countries, but of lower gravity- now well, #if #such or *cual Government requests it, *nosotros #can help and fund with charge to the Structural Bottoms the studies of prevention that #would allow to know the existent risk in places inhabited, as it mentioned *usted same in his question, but also for the factories, with the secondary risks of industrial catastrophe that *ello #would involve. +My question based in a visit that took three weeks ago to *Belgrado and in renewed contacts that took the past week with the democratic strengths, with #all the political parties in the opposition, with humanitarian organisations, etc. that sent signals of help to counter the bad image of the rest of the world that propagates *Milosevic. +The Commission asked also to his Scientific Committee of Veterinary Measures related with the Public Health that issued a *dictamen on the possible negative effects for the human health of the administration of the six hormones with seen to intensify the growth of the animals. +Before the case *Öcalan nobody put in cloth of trial the optimum relations with a State that always had declared his will to keep an increasingly narrow cooperation with the Community until the point to ask his adhesion to #the same. +Precisely the military line invariably hard of *Ankara in front of the question *kurda, in spite of the call to the dialogue by part of the PKK that includes the renunciation to the fight armed, underlines the utility and need to contrast the situation with the criteria of evaluation. +*Me Pleases to inform, therefore, that the President *Arafat has backed the report #make recently on the strengthening of the #palestinian institutions, elaborated by an independent operative group sponsored by the Council of Relations External with an important help of the European Union. +The political benefit of the genetic investigation for the humanity sees gravely eroded by the interests created, that take an use of the technology that is not compatible with the sustainable development, and that often goes in in conflict with the acceptable ethical norms. +To the hour to examine these fields, is especially important that analyse the problems that will have to surpass in these sectors: for example, the index of growth that at present is of the 13% in the EU, it that shows the capacity and the scope of the regulation negotiated; #as well as his complexity. +I believe that #if we develop our own agricultural production, the States members of the Union will be competitive in the sector, perhaps no so much in the prices, but it is necessary to take into account the quality and also the fact that the importance of the autochthonous production grows increasingly among the consumers. +For example: for #one of the main producers of tomatoes of Big *Bretaña that at present pays 363.000 pounds by his consumption of gas and 60.000 pounds by his consumption of electricity, the introduction of the tax proposed of the climatic change in Big *Bretaña #would increase his receipt of the light in 149.000 pounds. +I call the attention of our colleagues on the danger that supposes for the credibility of our Parliament the excessive utilisation of this procedure of urgency, especially *cuando treats , as in this case, to examine a text elaborated by an external organism. +In what it refers to the function of the Commission, wanted to *recalcar that up to now, basing in the Article 296, the States members have exempted to the trade of arms of the field of application of the norms of the Treaty, it that has prevented #all intervention of the Community. +To request of the Council, the Commission is preparing a communication on the congestion and the delays of the aerial traffic and there #be not doubt that it will occupy of this question again and will propose initiatives in the sphere of the management of the aerial space. +Without wanting to *adelantarme to the decision of the Assembly, call the attention on the fact that the Conference of Presidents has included this point in the agenda of the Friday because the Thursday is foreseen a meeting of the experts on said subject. +Lady Speaker, to end to avert any misunderstanding and ambiguity regarding the functions and respective competitions of an Institution like the European Parliament and of an Office as it is the *OLAF, wish to underline that so much in the *quinto considering as in the separated second of the article 1 affirms without shadow of doubt that have *salvaguardado and respected fully the disposals of the Treaties in general and, in particular, of the Protocol on the privileges and the immunities. +It #would have to *habernos surprised -since #this do not exists in #a lot of parliamentary democracies- the fact that the deputies of the Assembly chosen #can be controlled by an organ that depends in greater or in lower measure of the executive, and although, in this case, the *OLAF is controlled by a committee of control independent, is directed by a manager designated by the Commission. +The #another subject very important in the project of budget is the strengthening of the resources of the Court of Justice of the EU, that results especially visible in the improvement of the conditions of utilisation of the services of translation. +After these measures, is to expect that the Court #can execute much better his work, reduce the number of texts no translated and serve with greater efficiency to the States members, the citizens and the companies, in the interpretation and the application of the community legislation. +The Commission proposes that the necessary bottoms fund , in the first place, by means of a redistribution inside #the same *rúbrica of measures of external politics, second, using a minimum part of the reservation of flexibility and, in *tercer place, by means of a redistribution among the politics in the different fields, which will force to modify the financial perspectives. +The Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary (*ECON) considers that this effort follows being an absolute priority of the politics and that still is necessary to make a big work until they put in circulation the notes and the coins in the European Union. +And it is necessary to remember also that the Council of *Berlín approved the financial perspectives after an extraordinarily complicated consensus, with some initial positions very distant among the Governments and, besides, with a European Commission resigned and a European Parliament at the end of his term of office. +By #this, the Group of the Popular Party European has commissioned a study that examine the possibilities to organise the promotion of the personnel and the assignment of tasks in our services, for the ends of our own administration. +Therefore, it is possible to continue the promotion of the products of quality without asking supplementary costs, and thus I ask to the Commission that do not detain the promotion of the products of quality, since after #this find difficult regions, products of the earth and the entry of our familiar exploitations. +Now well, I manifest my total concordance with the speaker #Jean-#Louis *Bourlanges -to the that congratulate by the quality of his work- regarding the obligation that in the budget for the year 2000 attend important needs recently arisen in the field of the category *IV, "external Actions", without putting in *entredicho #others previously formulated, as it pretends to take the Council. +In the Annual Report of the #ECB takes an exhibition detailed so much of the preparatory work end made by the *SEBC in #day of the introduction of the only coin as of the main economic events and monetary occurred in the European Union in 1998 and in the first weeks of 1999. +It is a reason of special satisfaction for me that his President have gone back to highlight today that the Central Bank European also contemplates the protection of the consumer like an important task in the frame of the Monetary Union. +Now well, #if I know to read well the Treaty of the European Union, treats of an essential element of the balance looked for by #that that have set up the Economic and Monetary Union, with the hit that know had account of the conditions of the step to the euro on 1 January of this year. +It knows *usted that this institution has shown with clarity the will to exert fully the competitions that *le awards the Treaty; it has biased to hear to each #one of the members of his directory, gathers with *usted regularly and takes of this appointment, in the day of today, the point *culminante of this performance. +Finally, I want to take advantage of the presence of the Commission in this debate to remember *algo that also has been repeated many times by this Parliament and that, anyway, is very important for our Group: the economic politics do not finishes in the coin, do not finishes in the monetary politics. +The other way around, it has worked well in #a lot of cases and agree in that it is necessary *presionar with the end that they establish the formal democratic structures external and is in this point #where the so prompt -members of parliament as it have produced - will be the fundamental agents, also in the civil society. +We do not pretend the creation of a rigid system and the special character, the capacity to act and the identity of THROW like #such, are an all that consider important to avert that I THROW, in so much an organisation of aid humanitarian, involve in the heavy machinery of taking of decisions of the Commission in general. +We expect with interest the creation of the organism that will have to elaborate the letter of rights fundamental and #would be suitable that was chaired by a representative of this Parliament and that present a document that confer direct rights to the citizens of the EU and *les allow, like individuals, exert his rights in the European Court. +It is necessary to take more *solidario the social model European, so that it was in conditions to warn the marginalisation and to boost the independent establishment of the persons, #as well as to promote the equality of opportunities for #all the groups of citizens, also for the immigrants. +Without embargo, the Council do not has brave to get to an agreement on the development of a common system European of asylum and of a bottom for the refugees, #such as they had proposed the European Parliament and the Commission and no *limitarnos simply to a convergence of norms and of procedures. +*Me Concerns that, simultaneously to the common norms, have not posed effective measures of solidarity among the States members *cuando like this demand it the need to answer to situations of urgency, as in the case of the massive flow of #albanian citizens and of the *Balcanes to #Italia as a result of the political crisis of these countries. +In the first place, concerning the calendar, this reform -*permítanme, *Señorías, *expresarles my conviction- is the last occasion for a true reform before the big enlargement of the Union, before the meeting of the States and of the #european villages in a big political community and economic. +Proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the leading protection against the *empotramiento of the vehicles of engine and by the that modifies the Directive 70/156/*CEE of the Council (*COM(1999) 32 - *C4-0094/1999 - 1999/0007(*COD)) (Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market) +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that amends the Directive 92/61/*CEE of the relative Council to the reception of the vehicles of engine of two or three tyres (*COM(1999) 276 - *C5-0012/1999 - 1999/0117(*COD)) (Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market) +The contradiction results frankly ridiculous in the case of the #french Government, that *subscribió in the Treaty of *Amsterdam the financial and physical distribution of the refugees among the countries of the Union and now retreats in front of the consequences of his own signature. +Finally, taking loaned another time proposed and ideas of the report *Gillenhammer, have to say that I am had to send a letter to #all the companies with more of 1.000 persons, to #european level, *pidiéndoles that elaborate, voluntarily, a report titled "directing the change" to take a form of *benchmarking among the own great companies on how #can foresee the restructurings without creating great social problems and grave. +Finally, the #european socialists insist so that it review the #european directive on the creation of a committee of company #european, so that it facilitate an authentic information to the employees, in a normal and timely term, and celebrate queries for real, it that supposes that they concede half sufficient storms and means of *peritaje autonomous for the employees. +How felt has affirm that the benefits of *Michelin went up in a 17%, without saying #if they are greater or minors that the of *Bridgestone or of *Goodyear or of the other competitors, without saying that *Michelin is a company with a turnover of 106 dollars by worker, against the 141 of *Goodyear, without saying that *Renault that, #if no *me *equivoco is a company taken part mostly by the #french Government, goes to *Japón, buys the company *Nissan and, for no *cerrarla, sees forced to sack to 21.000 workers that, without embargo, when being #japanese, *nos interest less. +It is to say, that the *margen was very reduced and, therefore, #can be useful -and without place to doubts will be useful- that our Parliament take to hear his voice after the of the Bosses of Government, that, in *Tampere, regretted the attitude of the #american Senate, when underlining that it constituted -quote- "an inopportune signal for those who seat the temptation to endow of the nuclear weapon". +And in the Union, in #where #all have ratified the Treaty of prohibition of the nuclear proofs, have political arguments and morals for *dirigirnos to our American partners and *recordarles that have the grave responsibility to treat to stabilise the world and that have our help #if truly it #can collaborate with *ellos. +A look that have to argue with *ellos, and that remains reflected in the article that quoted his *Señoría, gentleman *Elles, is that the unilateral character that today defend #some Republican, although no #all, to take justice to the Senator *Logan, corresponds to a politics of "only *nosotros" , for quoting the historical lemma Irish, and that #would result so disastrous for the world as it went it after the First World-wide War. +We need to boost there the values of the tolerance and of the respect to the cultural diversity and to the freedom of the villages to decide democratically his future and promote the coexistence, the solidarity, the sense of the justice and the peace. +*Me Take echo of the words of the Mr. *Gargani *cuando say that #all the subjects on the that have treated tonight in the Assembly try to guarantee that the culture was considered a priority; it is to say, no only, for example, that the euro or the places of work and the employment will guarantee the hit of the #european project. +The Commission is convinced that the participation of *Turquía in the programs allocated first of all to the youngsters, programs of exchange and meetings that strengthen the civil society, the democracy and the respect of the human rights, will favour the understanding and the understanding among the villages and the cultures. +And like this it suited , but here we are treating of another question, #this is, that presented a proposal of resolution in the *cual appeared, in his last point, a question almost of courtesy, and is that it went to remit the resolution to the president of this company, and it that happens is that the resolution of transaction that presented carried this name. +Like this as, #if it approves this commitment, will be necessary to vote the comment of the line *B1-4050, amends 507, with a favourable opinion of the Commission of Budgets and by means of vote by parts, requested by the Group of the Greens, #as well as the comment of the line *B1-406 on the amendment 69, this time by means of nominal vote. +In #such sense, *nosotros #can not accept the proposal of the Council to operate a reduction of the 10% of the credits assigned to the cooperation and to the development to fund the reconstruction of *Kosovo, #as well as the help to *Turquía, after the earthquake, or even the help to *Timor Oriental. +The worker is called, with the gun of the unemployment in the temple, to show *solidario with the increase of benefits and accept agreements *humillantes regarding the terms, the conditions and the wages, as in the case of *MICHELIN, to finish losing definitively the place of work. +Lady Speaker, first of all, give the thanks to the Commissioner *Fischler by his intervention, and *le remember that the Wednesday of the next week expect that the President *Prodi or the Commissioner *Byrne avenge to the Parliament to take a statement about the measures that the Commission thinks to adopt after the publication of the scientific conclusions known to last hour of today. +I ask to the Commissioner *Fischler that, *cuando the School gather next Wednesday, present immediately a proposal to create the European Alimentary Agency because, in my opinion, to having existed already this organism, the current discrepancy never #would have arisen. +We are #all of agreement in that the subjects of the alimentary security and the public health have to be the maximum political priority in #all *Europa, but the meat of bovine #british, #such as it has declared it today the Commissioner *Fischler, respects the goals of the public health established by the European Union. +It That, by the contrary, seems timely and desirable is that they take advantage of these occasions to restart the work of organisation of the community Institutions, of the *cual this Parliament, in virtue of the mandate of #all the Europeans that represents, has to take load integrating the paper exerted up to now by the national Governments in the community construction. +No only we are determining and establishing his level of competition, but that, besides, *revestiría considerable importance determine clearly and signal the jurisdiction that the agency of security alimentary #would have in the community level and #which #would be his reciprocal effects with the agencies in the level of the States members. +Finally, it #would suit *usted *conmigo in that, although it existed -repeat, existed, in subjunctive- the agency that wishes to create the Mr. *Prodi and that still has not examined thoroughly in this House, even in this case #can repeat #one and another time this same situation, as obviously they #would follow existing the national Agencies, that in any moment #can affirm that they have of new scientific data, so that his hope that said agency allow to avert situations like #this is a mere illusion? +Of course, have #a lot of taste in giving an explanation in relation with *eso, but have to remember to His *Señorías *algo that -am sure- know: they do not take exports of meat of bovine elaborated with arrangement to the plan of export according to a calendar established from the Realm Joined, because in the first place it is necessary determine and approve some facilities for this end and the authorities of the Realm Joined no the have proposed. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, in name of the Liberal Group, support this initiative that consider very timely to ensure the necessary consensus in the economic and social field, absolutely indispensable to achieve the climate of stability, growth and greater occupation in the European Union. +It is essential that look for new and -better forms- with seen to the achievement of the goal of a development balanced and sustainable of #such mood that satisfy our needs and the of the environment and that do not have negative repercussions in the levels of life of the poor regions of the world. +It is to say, on the one hand, bankers, the Ministers of Economy and the associations of industrial, and by #another the Ministers of Work and the social speakers in the field of the unions, debate, and situate in the centre of the common politics the subject of the employment. +In spite of #everything, the sector of the transport in his whole, the maritime activities and the activities of the doctors in period of training remain excluded of the field of application of the relative directive to the ordination of the time of work of 1993. +Like speaker, have looked for a balance no only among the proposal of directive of the Commission, the first reading of the Parliament and the common position of the Council, but, especially, among the security and the health so much of the workers as of the remaining parts involved. +It treats , therefore, to limit the length of the time of work to protect the security and the health in the place of work, especially in the distinct sectors of the transport, the maritime activities and the doctors in period of training. +Regarding it that today has posed with the amendment *nº 10, that is *algo that finishes to get to our hands, #would say that, by the first introduction that have of my collaborators, seems that the article 17, section 2 the include; But to be able to be clearer and treating of a first approximation, believe that for morning will be able to have a final answer on the subject of this amendment. +The agreement will allow to the two parts explode #all the potential linked with the capacities of investigation advanced of the countries in roads of durable development, as it has underlined , but also, as they #can appreciate His *Señorías, in the sphere of the concrete program "Energy-environment", in the sphere of the renewable energies, had account of the commitments of *Kyoto. +According to my experience, in the last five years, lamentably, the legislative norms on concrete looks of the only market always have debated in this Assembly of way *fragmentaria, for saying it like this, without contemplating #all the links and interrelationships with other legislative subjects. +Of course, in our Group want that the attainment of the Inner Market comport a balance -as it has said *usted same, gentleman Commissioner- among the freedom of market and the need to protect the environment, the health and the confidence of the consumers. +Finally, from the point of sight of the active politics in matter of market of work, training and *recualificación, lines guidelines #all *ellas important, *me seems insufficient the level of convergence in reliable indicators of the efficiency of these politics inside the national plans of employment, in that the dimension of the community Institutions is anyway linked to controls of hit and of result. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, believe that it is intelligent and forced initiate this brief contribution to the debate on the guidelines of the employment *felicitándonos #all by the fine data that offers the #european reality and appreciating the work of #all the that have *empeñado it better of his intelligence in taking possible the that, at last, #can have a process of coordination in matter of employment, as it signals the article 128 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Now well, in relation with the of the report *Dimitrakopoulos, *Leinen, so that at least it #can have an intervention by group in a so important report, *yo #would propose that in this case suppressed the turn of questions to the Council, with which #all the groups #can express, because it is a very important question for the Parliament. +The date of ends of the 2002 #would allow to the Commission take a total assessment of the effects of the new cycles of proofs type of approval, that will introduce from the next year for the regulation of the broadcasts of particles *contaminantes of the new #european vehicles. +I want to manifest that the amendments numbers 3 and 5 go to be substituted by new amendments that modify the considering 18 and the articles 5, 6 and 7 to adapt the text that present to the editorial that has elaborated the Committee of Conciliation #Socrates and that goes to suppose a horizontal solution for the committees in the majority of the programs. +Without embargo, my Group has approved it with great objections and only because the Council has recognised and has used like foundation the definition of the World-wide Organisation. Of the Health , according to the *cual the concept of health has to be considered like a state of full corporal welfare, spiritual and social, and no only like the absence of illness and of weakness. +The Commission will study attentively the reports of this debate, and will undertake the necessary action to satisfy the worries of the Parliament, no only to celebrate the *décimo anniversary of the Convention but also to improve concrete politics, to end to fulfil with the goals established in this Convention. +It is of the opinion that the #finnish Presidency and, *eventualmente, the following, the #portuguese Presidency, have the worry that, for example, Big *Bretaña will happen to the field enemy in the dispute on the rights of copartnership of the workers in the #european anonymous society? +But since there #be a delay, that already has regretted , expect that the time of this delay use *constructivamente, and that the Council and the Commission, and also the Parliament, *reflexionen on the form to put the things it better possible in it that definitely is a key sphere. +This mood to proceed of the Council with the income of the European Union is not as very serious -it that formulate of a very soft mood- and, in front of the next process of enlargement, #can convert in an authentic mortgage that *nos prevent the possibilities of development. +On a long-term basis, it has to exist a direct relation among the finance of the costs of the Union and the citizens and to #that that now shout again gone up " of the taxes ", *les say incidentally that the charge of taxes and similar #can not increase in total for the citizens and citizens and that #this is the position that already adopt in March. +Besides, we are of the opinion, and *eso already had put it of self-evident with anteriority the Commission of Control Budgetary same, that it is necessary that believe some reservations in the costs allocated to the European Bottom of Orientation and of Agricultural Guarantee, to be able to face up to the unforeseen costs. +Firstly, it is essential that the current disequilibriums of the budgetary participations because of the discounts that perhaps explain historically dismantle of gradual way, progressive, but *pertinaz and that the contributions of each country adapt to his just measure from the point of sight objective and countable. +In the summit of the Council of *Berlín agreed modifications for the part of the income in it *tocante to the maximum proportion of taxes on the value added that it delivers to the Union, in it *tocante to the discount in the #british contribution and his finance and in it *tocante to the proportion of the *gravámenes agricultural and *aduaneros that the States members #can retain. +Gentleman President, believe that the report that are debating, with his proposals, #such as #this took form in the Commission of Budgets, contributes to the creation of a half balanced, austere and effective to reinforce the budgetary discipline that it is subject of #all and #whose application guarantees only with the essential collaboration of the institutions and, of course, with the collaboration of the States members. +In it *tocante to the question of #if the costs that are foreseen in the frame of the enlargement for the agricultural sector will be sufficient, definitely will be necessary to observe continuously how evolves the situation in the States candidates to the adhesion and of how supposed has split in *Berlín for the assessment of the necessary costs. +Without embargo, want to remember that the Parliament or the Union in general have developed during the years happened the procedure *Nootenbom until #such point that the transfers of credits to finals of year were almost impossible to see with clarity. Thus, we have insisted in this budget *rectificativo and supplementary to reach like this a greater transparency. +In addition to the report of the Mrs. *Dührkop, have heard before how have debated the subjects of the own resources, of the budgetary discipline, and the truth is that it swims of #everything *ello *redundaría in benefit of the taxpayer #if we did not advance in the efficiency of the fight against the fraud. +They have exposed three goals: first, promote the energetic efficiency; second, increase the participation in the production of the energetic sources less *contaminantes -the dip is the 12% of renewable in the year 2010-; third, reduce the environmental repercussions of the production and the utilisation of products energetic. +We have taken investments to increase the use of the sources of energy renewable and have declared our firm purpose to take into account the requirements of a stable energetic economy inside a process of enlargement. +The Commissioner *Byrne, declared it following in his appearance: the future of the politics in matter of public health do not have to circumscribe to the crisis of the moment, that has to have a high level of protection of the health in #all the community politics that we have to adopt a preventive attitude in matter of attention of public health. +I am safe that the Speaker will have to well write, in name of the European Union, to congratulate to #all the parts interested by his actions, his courage and his determination to carry out the process of peace and the disarmament and am safe that His *Señorías will suit *conmigo in that the peace in *Irlanda of the North *infunde hopes to #everyone and everywhere. +I will not mention the delivery *deshonrosa of an elderly of 90 years of part of Swiss to *Francia, since it treats of a country that is not member of the European Union, but will mention simply the legislations increasingly *represivas that pretend to dictate the political and historical speech and of the that do not wish that they #can find favourable terrain to extend of a #european State to #another. +By it that refers to the proposal of directive, when reducing the terms of transmission of the judicial acts and *extrajudiciales of a Been member to #another are adopting an instrument that will allow that the judicial processes develop in the best conditions of celerity and juridical security preserving the rights of #all the interested in the causes. +It do not aspires only to *subyugar to a proud village that insists in defining freely, *él only, the path of his country and the #his own, but that signals, of multiple ways, a self-evident intention of the imperialist Americans to impose his will, his law in the relations and economic and commercial activities international. +On purpose of #this, see by the communiqués of the agencies of #news of this afternoon that, after his mission, the World-wide Bank has reckoned that they will need among 260 millions and 300 millions of dollars of the #EE.UU. For the reconstruction to half term in #that *Timor Oriental in ruins and that will procure that the majority of these bottoms the contribute donors in the conference that will celebrate the next month in *Tokio. +The majority of the measures that appear in the annexes *II and *III are very effective to reduce the losses, for example, of resultant phosphorus of the agriculture and the future managerial-frame on the water the will complete with an instrument of plans of management in the level of the hydrographic basins. +Left lady Red, am totally of agreement and believe that the conclusions of the European Council of *Tampere underline the fact that there #be a horizontal approach among *pilares that cover the politics of immigration and asylum and the #others political of the European Union, inside the *cuales have the politics of help to the development. +These helps gave with the condition that the companies had a commercial management -and therefore there was not a presence of the authorities of the countries or of the administrations of said countries-, that it carried out the suitable process of restructuring and that, at the end, obtained some profitable companies and that they #can develop without need of new public helps. +In the frame of the chapter 24 of the negotiations of adhesion, that refers to the cooperation in the fields of the justice and internal subjects, treated on the controls in the external borders and the politics of visas of the EU. +I do not wish to repeat #all the points that so well has posed the High Representative, but had account that I have been invited to take part in this debate, it that *me full of satisfaction, wanted to say some words on the opinion of the Commission with regard to the creation of a politics of security and #european defence. +But the measures that #can adopt with the goal to warn the conflict and the human suffering include besides #many other things, like watching by the fulfillment of the law, the creation of institutions and the politics of trade. +And #if it remains another evident in the dictionary, is the following: while it follow being manager of the current competitions, neither a paper to smoke, or perhaps after the announcement that took yesterday #David *Byrne on the tobacco #would have to say any tissue of paper, will separate to the Commissioner of Relations External of the High Representative. +I understand that his opinion is that yes and, in this case: How opinion *le deserves the decision of the Council of Ministers that, in the first reading of the budget of the year that comes, has reduced the amounts to an inferior level to the of the amounts of the year 1996? +*Usted Has referred to the reallocation of the resources and to the possibility to have appropriate means Agrees *conmigo in that, in this moment, the reallocation of the resources inside the European Union is much more important that pose the increase of the maximum limits of defence? +From 1990, since it came down the clash among blocks, has gone back to be possible to rid conventional regional wars in *Europa, that open again the doors to the ancient traditional clashes among ethnic groups, to the disputes by the outline of the borders, etc., and to the resumption of the ancient cycle of the violence. +Along #all the Round of the #Millenium #would have to can formulate specific recommendations -of compliance with the section 5 of the article 97 of the Regulation of the European Parliament- that *nos allow to influence on the works before the conclusion of the new Agreement, follow his development and leave feel properly the weight of our opinions. +The seven fundamental norms develop the four human rights basic in the work: the right to the freedom of organisation and of meeting without fetters, the right of syndication, the right to not making works *forzosos, the right to enjoy of the childhood. +I have enumerated only #some of the essential looks, #whose importance also have signalled in repeated occasions #others and other colleagues, because #any of *nosotros will tire to insist in the need that the subjects related with the environment and the protection of the consumers debate in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Another element reinforces also the powers awarded to the Commission in the frame of the proposal in study: the possibility to reduce the amount of the direct helps or to suspend the payment of the monthly advances. +They have forced to the Department of State to trace a strategic map of the possible routes: the most important #would be the route among the sea *Caspio and the #turkish port of *Ceyahn that affects to the axis among *Baku and the #russian port of *Novorossijsk. +Although we know that #this will hamper enormously for the European Union the conversations and negotiations on the *incumplimiento of the commercial agreement and of the agreement on the steel by part of the Russians. The terrorism #can not and do not has to combat by means of the employment of the military strength against #all a village. +Finally, keep the principle of the cultural exception, that recognises the possibility for the Union and the States members to preserve his capacity to define with freedom his audiovisual cultural politics in name of the development of an alive diversity and *enriquecedora. +We expect, finally, that the European Parliament #can exert an active paper in the Round of the #Millenium beginning by the previous knowledge of the study of the Commission on the hypotheses of impact of the effects of the new normative process. +And so that this free trade was a free just trade, is evident that have to conciliate the commercial norms with the norms that refer to the protection of the environment, the rights of the workers, the agricultural model European or the protection of the consumers. +But I believe that #if we work joined of an open way with the common goal to improve the quality of life of #everyone, will be able to really confuse to the critics of the globalisation and show that the globalisation and the liberalisation #can be an authentic decisive strength for the sake. +In addition to strengthening in our own continent the legitimacy of the performance of the Union, the participation of the global group of the no governmental organisations- #can help to our negotiators to achieve the goals of the Union. +#That to those who concern the human rights, the protection of the animals and the environment have some a lot better perspectives to guarantee improvements in said fields inside a juridical frame and in a World-wide Organisation of the Trade, that in #one *gresca or law of the jungle. +Gentleman President, in any case and to #all the effects, take to state that I have presented this appeal three hours ago, with my signature and the of the president of the Liberal Group and with the agreement of the President of the Group of the *PPE, although it have not signed. +And #this supposes, among other things, that the goal of the new Conference *Intergubernamental has to be the improvement of the previous institutions to the reception of the new members, the improvement of the mood of operation of the institutions and of the #european politics. +Therefore, that first small reform, in the that only was necessary to talk of the Commission and of the weighting of the votes in the Council and to the that the Statement of Colony had added also the possible extension to qualified majority, do not has too much sense, answers to a distinct political logic. +*Nosotros, the Group of the Popular Party European and the European Democrats, #can and want to collaborate in this direction #if the problems of the Report *Napolitano resolve of a reasonable form, and the problems are in the limit of it that *nosotros #can support with our vote, #if well we are not in mood #any truly satisfied. +We expect that the Parliament brake once again this frontal attack to the Convention of the Nations Joined on the refugees, to the Statement of Rights of the Boy and to the juridical security of the citizens of third countries that find inside the borders of the Union. +*Cuando Convert the Agreement and the Protocol *EURODAC in a community Regulation, modify it so that it was in total consonance with the community legislation on the protection of data, included the new Article 286 of the Treaty, that fixes the disposals of protection of data for the community institutions. +The two questions that more seem to have concerned to the Parliament are the question of the minimum age for the taking of prints digital and the norms for the destruction of the data saved in the central base of data. +#If we had to destroy #all the data on the applicants of asylum in what the interested #can benefit of any class of condition juridical, the Regulation *EURODAC #would not apply already to the situations in the that an applicant of asylum receives permission to remain in any #another quality during a brief space of time and, at the end of this period, goes to another Been member and requests asylum in *él. +The debate of today #can, nevertheless, contribute to a better knowledge by part of the House of the increasing threat that constitute the drugs, on the real and no imaginary database, and *coadyuvar to the achievement of improvements to short and long term of the critical current situation. +Without more preambles, gentleman President, declare that we agree, that approve the plan of the Commission; have, without embargo, reservations that formulate; reservations, that shares the own Commission, owed to the non-existent evaluation of the programs and to the insufficient general approach in relation with the existent real threat. During the last fifteen years, gentleman President, the drugs do not constitute simply a threat. +After the European Council of *Tampere it will be necessary to give priority to the prevention of the juvenile delinquency, urban and related with the drug, and to the gradual harmonisation of the legislation of the European Union on the traffic of drugs illicit. +Second, the *ORD (Organ of Solution of Differences), created in the breast of the *OMC, has demanded of the European Union that renounced to his own norms in fields so fundamental like the sanitary and alimentary security or even to his politics of cooperation in the question of the banana of the countries *ACP and of the regions *ultraperiféricas. +It is necessary to go back to examine the situation of disequilibrium that gives off of the fact that only the commercial agreements *multilaterales have ended in the creation of an organism of nature judicial, *cuando *ello has not been like this neither with regard to the agreements on the environment neither to the of the *OIT. +This doubt refers to our capacity -and to our real will- to convert to the *OMC in an instrument of regulation, with the end to happen of a globalisation wished by #one #few and suffered by #all to a world-wide trade truly *reglamentado, that benefit to the group of the planet. +With the argument that it is necessary to simplify the application of the Agreement of *Dublín, the Council pretends to repeat previous attempts of *cercenar fundamental rights of the citizens of third countries by means of the creation of a mechanism of collected of digital prints controlled by a central unit, that cover no only to the refugees and applicants of asylum, but also to #all the citizens of third countries that find in irregular situation. +*Nosotros Support these efforts of *saneamiento, contributing in the activities of two scientific centres and international technicians, the of *Moscú and the of *Kiev, and, #if it was necessary, are had to provide a supplementary help to these programs, very understood that, as *ustedes have said it during the debate, are now very near of the step to the year 2000 and that it essential has been to begin to concern thus opportunely. +#If they do not have future, or better said, do not have a #worthy future, since "they are enclosed among the #albanian terror in *Kosovo and the repulsion and the discrimination of other countries, with the aggravating that the humanitarian help in the central part of the *Balcanes is getting to his end". +Equally, we agree a plenary and total support to the efforts carried out by the *MINUK, to create an operational civil administration, in conditions to assume the functions of police that at present are in hands of *KFOR and to create a society *multiétnica peaceful, able to take charge of the reconstruction of *Kosovo and of the *restablecimiento of his society. +In accordance with previous statements, the European Commission has left very seated that any new judicial formality related with the contribution taken by the Mr. *Nikitin to the Report *Bellona has to be in full compliance with the principles and the norms of acceptance international in matter of justice and human rights. +The fact to say that it is intolerable that there are boys forced to work in place to go to the school, that #can not eat it sufficient, that the boys are sold like commodities, that are victims of physical violence or morals by part of the adults, is already a big step that, of course, has to translate in our political acts and in our daily life! +By #everything it aforesaid, estimate that this initiative is a step in the fine direction, with the utilisation of the modern technology of digitalisation of images with computer to help to the organisms commissioned to take fulfil the law and to the ministries of the interior to cooperate in #all the Union. +The debate *nos teaches that all it that collects in our approach no *fructifica because the conjoint work of the governments do not suffices to take a new legislation in matter of structures of security on the base of the problems that poses the inner market and the speed of integration that #this involves. +*Yo #Would wish that this principle of opening that has produced in the relations with the Bank follow advance and that at the end #can get to a result that was satisfactory for the Parliament and for the European Bank of Investments, without forgetting, as it said previously, that the *BEI is a financial institution that it #can give information without any restriction of subjects of #any nature. +Without embargo, as *sucede in #many other areas, the reasons that the agreements have been awarded to countries like *Corea are surely the conditions that in *ellos exist: for example, the workers of these countries receive wages very low, have labour conditions and measures of security very deficient and unsatisfactory due to the fact that the health and the security of the workers are not a priority. +Without embargo, seems that now the civil servants of the the General Direction of Competition of the Commission have the firm purpose to interpret the program in question like help to the dockyards, although the program do not affects to the competitiveness of #the same, since the ship that benefit of the help will be able to commission in any country. +To finish, wish *preguntarle to the gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen, how #can be possible for a Been member trace a politics of navigation, #if it #can not entrust in the instructions given by the Commission How the Commission in his recent correspondence with the governmental authorities has considered the Records of adhesion of *Finlandia with regard to the mentioned political?. +Lady *Doyle, *le appreciate his intervention and have to *decirle that *me have allowed *adelantarme to the wish of His *Señoría and, in name of the European Parliament, already have written to #all the bosses of the main parties *norirlandeses bear *comunicarles the admiration that feel by it that have reached and *enviarles our best wishes, the more *calurosos, for the continuation with hit of the process of peace. +Without our recognition, #some of these countries #can demoralise and *volvernos the back: his economies #would begin to diverge and the advances to the democracy and the respect of the human rights #would run the risk to detain and #would lose maybe for ever a big historical occasion. +Without embargo, declare with #the same firmness that #if it exists the risk that the enlargement conduct to the dissolution or #one *desvirtuación of the European Union, in the sense that we finish being only an economic and financial administration, but no a political Union, #if the enlargement comported this risk, then #would have to *rechazarla. +Gentleman President, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, expect that the Speaker in exercise of the Council have time to read, before the summit, our resolution on #the same and also the report that approve on the Conference *Intergubernamental the month of November, because I have thrown in fault a bit the reflection on #some of the arguments that bear *nosotros are absolutely keys. +The Council *apresta to exclude - like this believe it - of shameful way to the European Parliament of the Conference *Intergubernamental and, especially, has to ensure that the Conference occupy only of three points of functional improvement of the Institutions and, therefore, to leave of the all *inalterado this incomprehensible castle of *naipes that they are the Treaties of the Union. +Finally, I want *expresarle to the Mrs. Speaker in exercise of the Council my sincerer congratulations because it has achieved, without need to modify the rule, thing that had not achieved still, increase clearly the transparency in the European Union and, in particular, in the process of taking of decisions of the Council. +Likewise, in front of the multiplication of the systems of signing (*Europol, *Eurodac), the European Parliament #would have to have reiterated his request that it saw the light an independent commission on computing and freedoms to end to preserve our individual freedoms, in addition to the democratic control and *jurisdiccional. +Of the subjects that *nos has exposed the Presidency in exercise of the Council, the subject of the design in the new frame of the enlargement do not poses problems neither to this Parliament neither to the proposal of the Commission, neither neither to the Council of ministers. +Said communication, that the Commission foresees to adopt in the *primer semester of the 2000, will complete the report of the Council on the human rights, since it will occupy especially of the concrete actions that it #can undertake the Community to promote the respect of the human rights in third countries, so as to back our statements and *darles consistency by means of serious and concrete initiatives. +(To5-0070/1999) of the Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the realisation of actions directed to deepen the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía (*COM(1998) 600 -*C4-0669/1998 - 1998/0299(*CNS)). +Without embargo, the Commission of Environment do not agrees with the intention of the Commission to concede in some mood a cheque in white that allows exceptions without limit. In effect, the proposal foresees that the countries that have it that designates like socioeconomic problems #can request a transitory period of five years, that to continuation #can *prorrogarse other five years more. +*Yo Believe that #if we achieve it and the Commission, as I expect, also #can take #his the proposals of our commission, will have marked truly a milestone in the improvement of the quality of the air acclimatise and also will have contributed a lot to leave clear that to the substances *carcinógenas no *les has lost at all in the environment. +The proposal taken by the European Commission, reinforced by the report of the Mrs. *Breyer, that goes more far, poses the principle of the evaluation and the management of the quality of the air acclimatise by it that refers to two sources *contaminantes important -the *benceno and the monoxide of carbon- produced the two by the circulation by road. +The Commission #can accept the amendment 15 in part and considers that this proposal #would have to adjust to the Directive 1999/30 inserting the words "in those cases in that it exist more of a season of measurement in the zone or in the urban core, at least #one has to be situated wall of the traffic and at least #another has to be oriented to the urban bottom" . +The proposal of the Commission contemplated a calendar of execution too much fast, and, by this reason, has *prorrogado the entrance in vigour of the directive until the year 2003, date in that the States members will have been able to adapt his legislations to the requirements of this directive. +In any case, neither the Commission of Agriculture neither this Parliament pretend that no *le facilitate to *Portugal this supplementary quota so that it go adapting and taking increasingly competitive in his production of tomato, but yes #would be an important occasion to happen of the system of quotas to the of thresholds by countries. +Today it wanted to accompany my intervention with a pair of considerations that, to my seem, do not refer to an exclusively technical question, but that also represent a fundamental approach, as I think that also in the field of the agricultural politics #would have to reason in terms much more global, already from his approach. +It is well that in the monetary dialogue of the European Parliament with the Central Bank European take patent, take transparent #one and another time, *cuán important is the stability of the prices for this independent monetary authority, and that, thus, #this concern that this goal impose keeping the vicinity to the citizen. +Therefore, the community preference constitutes for the socialists our commitment with the sector of the community fishing, with our persons, with the fishermen, the workers of the industry *pesquera and the *armadores, that expect can keep his activity and his places of work. +Report (To5-0070/1999) of the Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the realisation of actions directed to deepen the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía (*COM(98) 600 - *C4-0669/98 - 1998/0299(*CNS)) +Far to identify with the *adalides of his own countries in the planetary economic war, #one and #others *fustigaban together the capitalism of the multinationals, the profitability to *ultranza, the *mercantilización of the nature until the patented of the living beings, the *nivelación of the cultures, the *ahondamiento of the inequalities practically everywhere and, in particular, among the North and the South. +Gentleman Commissioner, *Seattle do not has *fracasado neither by it unsuitable of the Common Organisation of Markets neither by the electoral campaign of the States Joined that it also has contributed to the failure: *Seattle has *fracasado because the political will of the most important countries was to brake the international trade, in place to accelerate it. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, believe that *Europa with his secular tradition of the economy of market, of the free trade and of the economic freedom -that it is freedom without adjectives- has to affirm that the goal of the integration of the markets and of the freedom of trade is a goal of by himself/hisself that it has to conquer for *nosotros and for #all the other countries. +Gentleman President, the negotiations of *Seattle allowed to put of relief some political opening to #some of the positions of the European Union on the agricultural file, as in the case of the environmental worries, the *inocuidad of the foods or the development of the rural communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0092/1999) of the Mr. *Busk, in name of the Commission of Fishing, on the proposal of Regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that they establish measured of applicable control in the zone of the Agreement on the future cooperation *multilateral in the *caladeros of the Atlantic northeastern (*COM(1999) 345 - *C5-0201/1999 - 1999/0138(*CNS)). +It is an important directive, in the first place, because -as it has said the speaker- is #one of these cases of tarpaulin full of set up of the possibilities that awarded the ancient article 138 *B of the Treaty of *Maastricht, is to say: that this Parliament launch an initiative that was restarted by the Commission and followed by the Council. +Besides, the calculations on the assessment of the needs of the permission of traffic, base in the current traffic by the *Alpes, mainly by *Austria, without taking into account that this traffic is regulated by the limiting system of *ecopuntos, in the that they have reckoned other quantitative analogies for the States members. +#Many of the amendments go directed to shorten the terms for the elimination by stages of the *hidroclorofluorocarburos and the bromide of methyl, goal that certainly shares the Commission to the light of his important and increasing contribution to the fight against the exhaustion of the coat of ozone. +With #everything, *me is *grato *anunciarles that the efforts of the Commission to guarantee that the European Parliament #can exert the paper that *le corresponds in the Conference *Intergubernamental have been *recompensados: the Parliament will have a statute of observer of right plenary in the group of the personal representatives. +In the Letter includes the proposal of the European Union on a model of cooperation among the international organisations, designated platform, that #would apply , especially, in the prevention and management of crisis, and that #would reinforce the capacity of the Organisation to act with rapidity in the no military management of crisis. +Without embargo, *me had seemed more careful that, even treating of a Summit devoted to the enlargement, had situated in a *primer plane the group of subjects relative to the Conference *Intergubernamental, highlighting in this way that neither the most modest enlargement will be able to work #if before they do not resolve the pending questions and the institutional subjects. +Already we have achieved to open a bit the door, but, frankly, have to signal that the Summit of *Helsinki has not adopted the recommendations made by the Committee of Experts, chaired by the Mr. *Dehaene and based in the excellent proposals that prepared the European Commission under the direction of the Commissioner *Barnier. +There are #some progresses and the #can analyse with serenity: two representatives of the European Parliament will take part in #all the sessions of negotiation and will be able to take part to the principle of each meeting of the Conference *Intergubernamental; likewise, in each meeting of this type will have conversations among the President of the Parliament and the bosses of State and of Government. +It That pretend is that, with this program, in the next five years the global quota of the audiovisual products of #european origin increase to a large extent by means of a politics of support to the creation, the production and the diffusion of products audiovisual *auténticamente #european. +Subject: Letter of the fundamental rights of the EU From the point of sight of the Commission, #would have to be *vinculante to juridical effects the Letter of the fundamental rights of the EU that is drafting under the mandate of the Summit of *Tampere #would have to be *vinculante to juridical effects? +The Commission initiated a series of actions special to support to the national authorities participants in the fight against the illicit nuclear traffic pertinent so much of the States members of the EU as of the States candidates, included seminars, programs of training and technical assistance. +I understand the constitutional arguments, the political arguments, but try *explicarlos to somebody that *carece of a ceiling on his head in *Kosovo, try *explicarlos to a pensioner that wants to receive the social subsidy in *Montenegro, try *explicarlos to somebody of the *ARYM that think that the difficult measures that have adopted in this country in the last years deserve quite more support of the European Union. +*Nosotros Follow keeping the offer that already made the Parliament, with #a #symbiosis of discipline budgetary, on the one hand, and by the #another side, the will to consider cuts very concrete and no linear, as they pretended *ustedes, and to contemplate to #the same time the necessary political priorities and *financiarlas. +On the other hand, the President of the Court of Accounts has devoted yesterday, in this enclosure, «the persistence of the culture of the costs in the breast of the Community, that is more concerned by the volume of the costs that by his quality». +Gentleman President, with the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam have increased considerably the attributions of the European Parliament, that has assumed new powers of *codecisión in the sphere of the prevention and the fight against the harmful frauds for the financial interests of the Community. +Therefore, already it is hour to finish with tight compartments among the Common Agricultural Politics, the structural Bottoms, the own resources of the Community and his internal and external politics and ensure that it exists an alone weight and an alone measure for #all *ellos. +The decision to carry out visible actions satisfies the condition of *evidenciar the positive paper of the European Union regarding the demolitions that ten years ago left after himself/hisself the communism and puts to proof the goodness of the western democratic system in front of the *fracasado *dirigismo previous. +Second, also *me has concerned that, in reality, the Commissioner do not propose to give #a lot of support to the *ONG, and #this is, exactly, it that says #a lot of persons that works in favourable projects to the democracy: that go to stop to the section of the budget that refers to the democracy and to the human rights, in place to achieve greater efficiency inside other projects. +Gentleman President, the present recommendation invites to the Parliament to issue his *dictamen satisfied on the proposal of the relative Council to the technical harmonisation in the sector of the car *considerándola an important factor for the development of the world-wide market. +I do not know #if it treated of a diabolical attempt of my #italian friend Mr. *Dell' #Alba so that we abandon *Estrasburgo, #if they were my Conservative colleagues of the Realm Joined that *equivocaron the day of the visit of the President *Chirac or #if it treated of a gift *navideño of *chocolatinas #belgian that now will be hit to the walls of the playground. +Besides, I create -and it *deploro- that there #be a big absent in this resolution: they are the citizens, since we do not have to forget that further of the measures that #can take the States of the Union, are the citizens, the consumers, those who, through his habits, of his behaviours, will induce the change and will impose it to the managers. +It #would wish that our Parliament expressed again his reservations express regarding the system of the rights of pollution, the mechanism of flexibility, since, #if well we want to resolve the enormous problem of the effect *invernadero, #can not accept this process in that all #can buy or sell and in that they #can buy the rights of pollution. +The abandonment of the nuclear energy #can be the subject of conversation of the populist in the countries developed of *Europa and in this Parliament, of the populist to *ultranza. It do not exists realistic alternative in any place, not even in the countries to the that the Union will expand in the future. +Gentleman President, the Popular Party European has affirmed repeated times that considered fundamental the adoption by part of the Council and of the Commission of a public position before the day 20 December, date in that it will produce the transmission of sovereignty of the territory of *Macao to the Popular Republic of Chinese. +The conjoint statement *luso-#chinese -to the that already has referred here the Commissioner *Patten- is a fine statement and in *ella appear, in group, the great lines that #can orient the territory of *Macao in the next 50 years like specific zone, with his own specificity inside the #chinese whole, is to say, respecting #all the legislation that applied the #portuguese in *Macao. +- Report (To5-0091/1999) of the Mr. *Chichester, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive of the Council 80/181/*CEE relative to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on units of measure (*COM(1999) 40 - *C4-0076/1999 - 1999/0014(*COD)) +Report (To5-0075/1999) of the Mr. #Aparicio *Sánchez, in name of the Commission of Transports, Regional Politics and Tourism, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (*CE) by the that it establishes the distribution of permissions for the vehicles of transport heavy of commodities that circulate by Swiss (*COM(1999)35 - *C5-0054/1999 - 1999/0022(*COD)) +In other words, #if the enlargement works, #if the program of the Diary 2000 reaches to improve the economic situation of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental, *ello will reduce by himself/hisself same the flow of refugees economic pertinent of said countries to the current States members of the European Union. +Probably, it #would fit to indicate still on this subject that #one of the important previous conditions to approve the finance of #all the projects reviewed and elaborated by the European Bank of Investments is that it take in account the point of sight ecological, and like this took in the case of the project *Gardaland. +It is conscious the Council that this problem affects to the information that facilitates in the press on the results of the sessions *plenarias of the Parliament, since the journalists only #can be in a spot to #the same time (and usually gives priority to the meetings of the Council in *Bruselas? +The #finnish Presidency demanded to the international community in the session of the 54 General Assembly of the UN that find the solutions and the timely answers to confront the new and unpredictable challenges in the frame of the humanitarian Right. +Gentleman President, the prevention and the fight against the illegal traffic of appropriate materials for the construction of arms atomic, bacteriological and chemical is the goal of the cooperation among the authorities *aduaneras, judicial and police in the frame of the cooperation of the Union in matter of delinquency, goal that tries to reach directly or well through *EUROPOL. +From this point of sight want to signal that it takes #some days, *cuando in *Helsinki adopted the political decision to expand the European Union, with #all correction fixed the political criteria of the *Europa of the fifteen, the criteria of *Copenhague, but it is necessary to consider that the new countries candidates to the adhesion have problems that up to now the fifteen did not have. +So that the citizens have the possibility to control that the application of law by part of the Court of Justice fulfils the criteria of independence and objectivity, traditionally inherent to the judicial system, #would be necessary that the application of the law occurred with transparency. +#All the that was present in the different commissions during the previous deliberation of the reports *Von *Wogau, *Rapkay, *Jonckheer and *Langen knows until how point the politics of competition and the future of the politics of the inner market *inciden in the future development of the economy, the growth and the employment of *Europa. +Gentleman President, receive with *beneplácito this opportunity to take a brief contribution to this debate and begin with the observation that a prompt and satisfactory solution of the controversy on the *inocuidad of the foods *reviste paramount importance for the consumers, for our graziers and, in fact, for the alimentary industry. +The Commission #can not accept the amendment proposed to suppress the requirement of a real debate among the Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the main proposal based in the article 152 of the Treaty. +Therefore, in the Record and in the Literal Record of the session, so much on purpose of the intervention on *Macao as in the Literal Record, on purpose of the interpellation to the Table with occasion of the resolution on *Chechenia, *yo appear identified like #Luís *Queiró, my colleague that seats in the seat 571, and no with my own name, *Ribeiro and *Castro, that *me seat in the seat 662. +In my opinion the *primer point is that it underline the importance of the trade of the skilled book, that bet by the quality and no by the quantity, that need the skilled advice and a special offer of the scientific and skilled bibliography, #as well as a service and attention *individualizados. +#If in the section 4º of the resolution includes that it will displace a delegation to *Kuwait, also will have to treat the problematic of the local Administration, #as well as the question of the procedure, because it results extraordinarily clumsy that a proposition of law of #this *envergadura #can not approve by a fault of procedure. +The Bottom created to promote the urban and rural development, the development of the communities, to increase the qualities and to improve the quality of the environment; the justifications quoted in the amendments of the Greens are false. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0083/1999) of the Mr. *Xaver *Mayer, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of the Council that modifies the Regulation (*CEE) 1696/71 by the that it establishes the common organisation of markets in the sector of the *lúpulo (*COM(1999) 302 *C­0081/1999 1999/0128(*CNS)) +In my opinion this space constitutes the *Balcanes of the future, #one *Balcanes to scale world-wide. And by #such reason is of vital interest for *nosotros, so much more what that there has seat a series of powers nuclear, stabilise that space and prevent that the ethnic conflicts of there have effects especially the world. +Anyway I wish to reassure to #all the honourable deputies, to the equal that have taken it with the countries candidates, with the certainty that on our part the, *llamémosla, institutional crisis to the that *nos confront in this moment and that of course *repercute also in some sense in the work of the Commission, did not has to carry and will not carry to delays in the process of the enlargement. +It wanted to conclude saying, also to the own countries candidates to the integration, that has been and follow being, also today, our philosophy that has to value each country candidate by his own merits and by his own progresses, although #this #can conduct to some differentiation, at the same time that it is especially important that leave clear that, while #some in a moment determined #can have advanced more that #others, #all the family of the enlargement will follow being an alone family. +Regarding the posture of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics ascertain that in bold strokes it shares the opinion of the Commission *cuando #this affirms that the modifications proposed will allow that in the future the politics in matter of competition will adjust more to the economic reality. +As #this is probably my last speech in front of the European Parliament gathered in session *plenaria, wanted to give thanks to #all the persons with the that have worked during the 15 years that have formed part of the European Parliament and, in particular, to the fine citizens of the *Greater *Manchester Central, to the that have had the honour to represent from 1984 in the frame of the system of *circunscripciones individual. +The Commission shares likewise the importance that his speaker and #the same Defender of the Village attribute to the strengthening of the confidence of the citizens in the #european Institutions, in particular *cuando the citizens report situations that do not consider satisfied to the #european disposals. +*Cuando Directs a claim to the European Parliament, the citizen no only reports *algo that to his trial constitutes a bad application of the community legislation, but that to #the same time expresses his confidence in the Parliament and the other Institutions expecting that #this repair the injustice. +Regarding the first sentence of the text, taking into account the diversity of the subjects to argue in the field of «Customs 2000», the Commission prefers to leave to the States members the possibility to take part with more of a representative, so as to be able to debate specific arguments. +It treats of a complex question, especially *cuando treats of the question of the rates for the use of roads, but the deputies do not have to forget that #a lot of States members possess already plans to fix a price to the utilisation of the roads and that other countries expect *introducirlos. +Step now to our second argue. Also we refuse the concept of the Commission because it advocates consciously a preparation and an application in three stages, which comes to say that the distortions of the competition among the moods of transport and the companies of the different States members keep in foot. +The NATO #can not be at the same time leading in a conflict and, according to the diary *Le *Monde , speaker of the *UCK, that *le provides information on the #serbian positions that they have to be destroyed; it #can not be a new police strength international that fulfils with a duty of interference and at the same time a humanitarian organism... +And it is *irrisorio that the proposal of resolution ask (in the section 3) the application of the decisions of the Nations Joined or that applaud (section 4) the «initiative» of the General Secretary of the UN, Mr. *Annan, without mentioning, although it was in two words, his content! +In this frame, results particularly *chocante that, by this reason, do not apply the tolls in the metropolitan zones, in the that live the persons with greater incomes and #where #would suit *desincentivar the utilisation of vehicles private, and keep in zones more disadvantaged in the that, by not having popular demonstrations neither electoral costs, increase #all the years. +From a point of sight formal, #this is a correct attitude. After all, the Commission had not presented officially new proposals or proposals modified from the rejection of the proposal of the Commission by the European Parliament. +It wanted to also congratulate to the speaker, Mrs. *Thors, by his report and *congratularme that the Commission of Subjects Juridical have integrated practically #all our proposals, the proposals of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary, in his report. +To the *respecto, the speaker suggests to examine the favourable looks to the institution of a *Ombudsman , or Defender, of the European Union for the financial services; *yo #would propose to go even more far and examine more amply the measures of claim that they have at present the users of services financial in #all the Union. +The rhythm of the changes in the markets and in the financial intermediations has put of self-evident the possible limits of a sectorial approach and this phenomenon increases with the process of integration financial global. +I want to underline that, among other things, in the text asks to the Commission that elaborate a #european rule, for the time being, lamentably non-existent, that guarantee elevated standard of security in the tunnels of roads and rail, and to the Council that adopt without more delay the proposal of directive on the controls of the commercial vehicles. +The Commission has promoted a relative wide legislation to the norms for vehicles, of the that also form splits minimum norms on the *inflamabilidad of the vehicles of engine, like part of his legislative program for the homologation EU of the vehicles of engine. +We take really a call to the European Commission so that *presione to Indonesian to end to achieve that it improve the situation, and *presionamos especially to the European Commission so that also it concern by that the elections develop well and by that, in these elections, concede rights to the minoritary groups of the smallest islands. +Gentleman President, the previous orators already have taken upsetting in the intolerable attitude of the Government of *Birmania, that denied to concede a visa of entrance to the Dr. #Michael *Aris just before his demise. Also they have referred painstakingly to the support that receives this frightful diet by part of Chinese. +Gentleman President, there #be not any difference of opinion among the Commission and this House on the continuous and grave rapes of human rights occurred in *Birmania. The next 26 April will appear this country again in the agenda of the Council of Subjects General. +On the other hand, to the speaker no *le #can deny the merit to having insisted in that the measures proposed #can not give place to a *encarecimiento of the transport. It adds that in case that the result was sure enough an increase of *losimpuestos, it #would be necessary to diminish in another place the charge for the users of the transport. +*Nosotros That we are the managers of his education and that, like politicians, #would have to be the most faithful interpreters of the needs of the citizens, have the obligation to report the origins of this violence and define the methods of fight more effective. +(OF ) Gentleman President, *me direct to *ustedes from my special situation, as I am the only deputy of this Assembly that came to the world before the *I World-wide War, that besides was chosen for this Parliament *cuando already had surpassed amply the age of retirement and that afterwards has enjoyed of 20 years of life and parliamentary work. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the oral question (*B4-0155/99) of the Gentlemen *Colino *Salamanca and *Garot, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, to the Commission, on the supply in vegetal proteins and the situation in the industry of the starch. +In this sense, the European Commission has elaborated proposals of action extremely positive that pretend to boost the sustainable urban development in the European Union. Like this, they foresee fiscal incentives for the restoration of houses and obviously contemplate special conditions for zones *extremamente sensitive, as it is the case of #Venecia. +It is the *noveno report of this term of office but no *le go to bore with #all the statistics; it regrettable is that it is not a very pleasant question really and here do not treats of a legislation or the promotion of the #european integration, but of a subject of immunity parliamentary. +Gentleman President, the problem that *nos takes to see the suspension of the immunities that today we treat is not neither more neither less that a part of a general problem. This general problem is that this Assembly do not explains still with an only statute for his deputies. +Another problem that arose was the that in that moment probably there was not neither a majority in the Assembly to concede the approval of the management neither an absolute majority for *denegarla, by it that the Parliament was prisoner among these two requirements of different majorities of his Regulation. +Obviously, the pact for the stability was celebrated by *nosotros, but no *nos satisfies to #all *nosotros with a politics of stability that *estrangula the public budgets and that *les deprives of #all political space of manoeuvre and also of the need to create conditions mark in the education, in the investigation and in the professional training. +I will finish with the subject of the set up of the *GOPE saying that the Commission expects *encarecidamente that, to the contrary of it that occurred the past year, the States members #can, along this *primer year of the euro, put of agreement on a content *prescriptivo precise, operative and no *edulcorado of the great orientations of the economic politics, especially regarding the recommendations by countries and to the politics of employment. +Maybe the fundamental characteristic went the deficiencies of the structure of management, that remains very clear in the paragraph 19 of the document attach, in the that it says : «The deficiencies in the structure of management *propiciaron operative distortions in the application of the politics». #Who knows? +Second, as it already has said the Mr. *Elles, gives an indication to the new Parliament -#if well never have to pretend reign after dying and, of course, no a speaker that goes to abandon the Parliament- on the type of questions that #can use to judge to the new Commission during the appearances. +Gentleman President, wanted colleagues, with the examination of the report of our colleague *Brinkhorst on the postponement of the approval of the management for the exercise of 1997, our intention is not *hurgar in the grave wounds that have devastated to the Commission these last years *forzándola to resign. +I fear that his interpretation in contrary sense had a *tufillo of electoral campaign in place of the exercise of the pure reason, because it that have said has been very simple: while it exist the prohibition, #can not have risk for the health, because the meat with hormones is not allowed in the European Union. +#This allows to the States members orient his experiments to those sectors of the #can expect the maximum benefit, #if the experiment is wider, more data go to have with hindsight and greater goes to be the possibility to get to some definite measures very founded that they conduct to the creation of more stable employment and *eso was precisely of it that treated . +The recent experiences indicate that, in any case, #would suit to examine the possibility of the individual cessation, already was by initiative of the President of the Commission, of the Parliament or of the Council, with the participation in each case of the other organs. +Although there #be not doubt that the Parliament will confirm tomorrow his safe -nomination that by #one *holgada majority-, in September will have to face up to a much more difficult proof in front of the Parliament in big part renewed and in front of the *cual, will have to present to his School in plenary, #as well as a program of action that no *le will engage only to *usted, to personal title, but that will engage *colegialmente to the new Commission in his group. +#If it do not wants to trip in the successive obstacles that will have to *sortear, will have to have very present that his legitimacy, like President of the Commission, is a legitimacy delegated, that will be exerted under the permanent political control of the Council and of the European Parliament, that, political and directly, are the managers in front of the #european population. +This coincidence, that was not foreseen in the normal calendar, gives to this debate and to the back vote a character *algo dramatic, because, in some mood, is the political will of the *primer European Parliament that it was able of *presionar to the salient Commission until the point of *obligarla to resign. +We have to remember that, #if we have to give a hope to the *Tercer World, with regard to the *cual now have a big responsibility -#can not forget, in effect, that *Europa is the greater economic structure of the world, repeat, the greater economic structure of the world- then is undoubted that also have to guarantee a world-wide economic order. +The opening of the trade has allowed, in the last years, some spaces of growth to #some countries that were totally excluded of the world-wide game and has brought achieve -understand it and has gone back to remember in his interventions- *gravísimas consequences for #some #european sectors and #some #european countries. +In consequence, have to ask the *imputación of *Milosevic; an enormous pressure on the Mrs. *Harbour so that it explain finally how wants to take in the next hours; the informative bombardment and the integration of country that, gentleman *Fischer, are asking from takes more of twenty years, #if we think that in 1981 Frame *Pannella asked in this Parliament the incorporation of the that then was *Yugoslavia in the #european Community. +*Yo Also pray to the Commission and to the Council that take note that in our quality of members of parliament #can take *algo more that celebrate these debates, that no always result too much interesting neither stimulating, and that the Council and the Commission have to include more closely to the members of parliament in the formulation, but also in the execution of the politics. +Given the calendar of the Parliament, the Council considers that said query is not possible #if it wants to adopt the common strategy in the Summit of June, #all time that the definite project of the document will not be available until 17 May. +*Yo Wanted to highlight in particular my opposition to the efforts of the speaker so that it postpone the adoption of the relative common strategy to our relations with *Rusia, that is of the maximum importance in these moments, since said strategy *rebasa with grow the frame of the bilateral relations with this country. +#If we do not take advantage of now the opportunity to solve an illegal situation that is in conflict with the article 6 of the Treaty and, among other things, delete the discrimination by reasons of nationality that have kept from takes years, no longer will go back to present the occasion; now we #can take it in justice and in *concertación with the Council. +It #can be that his exhibition of reasons technical-juridical have been fine, but have the impression of that #some of his adherents hide an unseen motivation and that it that really do not want to is that it touch to #some of his privileges. Because they serve of a series of arguments very odd. +About the buildings wanted to leave also *algo clear -#this goes directed to *usted, lady Speaker, and to the Presidency: we Have declared our disposal to assume finally the promotions *ad *personam , that presented in an amendment delivered to the Mrs. *Müller, under the condition that the Presidency fulfil it agreed and make the finance of the buildings in a term of 10 years. +We take it essentially because we accept that Internet is a form surprisingly *excitante to make new transactions -expand the trade, the industry and the employment in the breast of the Community- but never to coast of the individual consumers in any Been member of the Union and, in the measure of it possible, *protegiéndolos no only inside the borders of the Union, but also out of #this. +So that this proposal of directive on the measures that have to adopt against of the pertinent pollution of the engines allocated to *propulsar the tractors follows the orientations of the directive of 1997 on the pertinent broadcasts of the engines installed in the mobile machines no of road. +The balance among the #european institutions, in effect, has changed to be the that the Treaties of *Maastricht and *Amsterdam pretended: it is to say, we have got to a Commission #whose nomination and political action do not base already only in the confidence of the Council but of decisive mood in the confidence of the Parliament. +And the that we have reached this condition of Parliament mature and adult is very important for the democracy, because the democracy do not works only with fine intentions or with personal contributions, as #all know, but with institutions that go further of the human beings, that take that the work of the deputies that do not go to go back have continuity in other deputies. +Of course, it is a bit difficult that the Council congratulate to the President of the Parliament, as #if the praises are too much intense interprets as #if it had taken *algo badly. Thus, I want to say that *usted is a speaker of the Council, an uncomfortable speaker, conciliatory but *inflexible *cuando treats of the defence of the rights of the Parliament. +In Colony will treat the following questions: first, the European Pact by the Employment; *segunda, the calendar for the institutional reform in *ciernes; third, the European Letter of Fundamental Rights; *cuarta, the common strategy for *Rusia and *quinta, the development of the European Politics of Security and of Defence. +It is clear that the collective defence in *Europa goes to follow being task of the NATO, but the European Union has to develop the capacity also for an own military management of crisis *cuando from the perspective of the Union or of the *UEO exist need to act and *cuando the North American do not want to or #can not take part. +We ask, to the equal that in the text of the month of November of 1997, #this is, in the resolution *Méndez Of *Vigo and *Tsatsos, a document of the Commission that #can constitute the base of #one *concertación *interinstitucional in the that are involved the representatives of the civil society, the national parliaments and the regions. +And *yo believe that, #if the Commission is in this line, #if the European Parliament is in this line, #if the national Parliaments have been involved, the legitimacy that will have this document will be enormous, and any Presidency in exercise and the Governments will be able to accept a document of reflection. +I consider that it is on of the table the need of an effective coordination of the economic politics and of a pact for the employment, it that demands the political will to use for this end the possibilities created by the euro. +The speeches pronounced in the Parliament have outlined little by little the outlines of a thought on *Europa with #a lot of positive looks, in particular the wish to guarantee the autonomy of the Commission and carry out a deep reform of his administrative uses. +Of course, it is also a big hit in the balance of our political group, as the amendment of the Group of the Greens has been the only that has obtained an absolute majority and that has taken that the Commission and also the Council move . +In the last years have assisted to successive positions of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade in relative subjects to the trade of sakes agricultural and alimentary and to the odd coincidence of these positions with the interests and pressures of the States Joined of *América. +The case of the banana reveals that the interest of the signatures multinationals explains one thousand times more that the development of the villages, and the market wins the hand to the necessary solidarities that it is necessary to develop in the breast of a political community. +Sure enough, regarding the relative conflict to the banana, in name of the liberalism and of the globalisation of the exchanges, the States members of the European Union lose his capacity to operate a specific and privileged politics with #some countries in roads of development with the *cuales kept historical exchanges. +Precisely in the case of the social Bottom, that produces with grow some great services to *Europa, already was in the politics on handicapped persons, in the preventive politics of labour market or in the helps to the women, #a lot of things have been very questioned until the last moment. +I want to express my congratulations especially to the speakers, the Mrs. *McCarthy, the Mr. *Hatzidakis, the Mr. *Collins, the Mr. #Walter, the Mr. Baron *Crespo and the Mr. *Arias *Cañete, also in his quality of president of the Commission of Politics Regional. +Apart from the useful increase of bottoms, the new financial regulation supposes an important advance for being a suitable instrument to provide finance on a long-term basis for projects on a long-term basis, because it includes programming *plurianual, it that means that the promoters of the projects will be able to schedule with a security without precedents on the finance that #can expect with charge to the budget for the networks *transeuropeas. +Like this it has to be, #if we want the maintenance of the social model European -of the that #can *enorgullecernos-, but with the idea that it has to be a realistic model, in the that the improvement of the conditions of work was a reflection of the improvement of the conditions of productivity. +they are carrying out In cooperation with the pertinent international organisations and regional initiatives and, especially, with the States of the region, with the goal to make a Conference on the pact of stability for the *Sureste of *Europa to level of high civil servants that will be summoned by the Presidency of the European Union in *Bonn the 27-5-1999. +The position of the Commission of Agriculture neither has supposed an advance in this sense and go back to have to regret the statement of *inadmisibilidad of an amendment of my Group in relation to the subject of the modulations of the helps. +I believe that it has been #one of the greater hits of this Parliament, but do not is necessary to forget thus that, in it that to the regulation of application refers -and #this is the *segunda splits of the Report *Arias-, still have to ensure the continuity of some actions; continuity without the *cual, in my opinion, the structural politics *pesquera loses big part of his sense. +We go to take use of this power, gentleman President, and wanted to warn to the Council that are decided to take it to guarantee, in the first place, the opening and the transparency -and here *me *congratulo by the efforts that has made to this *respecto the group of work of the Council- and, second, to guarantee that it exists #one *ecuanimidad among the Parliament and the Council. +In fact, we consider that the common position of the Council represents a step advance to reach a better protection of the health and the security of the workers exposed to the risks of atmospheres explosive, that cause fatal accidents each day. +This agreement, that includes the commercial goals of the interim agreement, incorporates a social philosophy, #one *panoplia of possibilities for the cooperation in questions #such as the professional training, the regional development or the support to the cultural diversity. +And finally, gentleman President, by #all these reasons, wanted to say that my Group is adherent that the European Parliament approve this *dictamen satisfied, and with #the same decision and with #the same hardness with the that *nosotros condemn in his day the rapes of the human rights that had produced in this country, with #the same firmness, repeat, ask that in this moment support this *dictamen satisfied. +In the previous stage to the decision of the Council #can check how part of the personnel of the Secretariat of the Council *opuso *frontalmente to the absorption of the employees of *Schengen *arguyendo that had not happened by the procedure of selection usual. +Formally, it do not needs to consult to the Parliament, but politically is not correct, since the integration of *Schengen in the Treaty, the election of the juridical base, determines how will develop the future *acquis and, therefore, #which will be the paper of the Commission, the Parliament and the Court of Justice. +We do not forget, without embargo, that by #a lot of that the *SIS have incorporated to the *tercer *pilar in virtue of the mechanism contemplated in the Protocol of *Schengen, the supervisory instance that watched by the correct application of the Agreement of *Schengen will continue exerting his work and will guarantee that the System of Information of *Schengen respect the protection of the personal data. +In the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens go to miss his open attitude, his constructive and independent character, even #if *nosotras two have had discrepancies regarding my use of his maternal tongue, the English. +Gentleman President, is a luck that *le have precisely to *usted in this moment of President of the Plenary of the Parliament because #this is #one of the last reports, #if no the last, of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and *usted has been during #a lot of years member very effective of this commission. +I appreciate to the Commission the have fulfilled his commitment to elaborate in #the same mandate the Green Book and the White Book of the trade, reaching that for the first time the Institutions tackled the sector of the trade in #all his looks. +His attitude -#if it allows that this law approve by simple majority- will suppose that, in the future, a Friday in the morning of a day *nublado, with a majority of 48 votes against 47, a Parliament, by chance, will be able to abolish and destroy no only the financial perspectives, but the group of the building of cooperation *interinstitucional built during the twenty last months. +But, instead, I believe that this amendment is not admissible: it #can not approve, by means of an amendment, after having argued a report that carries a different title, the text of an agreement, that, on the other hand, modifies noticeably varied parts of the report, although it treat -in addition to the exhibition of reasons- of #some sections. +The that today *nos have abstained in the vote of the report of the Mrs. #Miranda of *Lage relative to the decision of the Council by the that establishes an agreement of association economic and of coordination and political collaboration among the European Community and his States members on the one hand and the States Joined Mexicans by the #another obeys to varied reasons. +#If in the next General Assembly of the Nations Joined took really this decision of a moratorium, believe that we will have directed a positive message to #all the countries of the world and will have posed a problem also in those countries that refuse to confront with decision this subject. +The *quinto look perhaps was the most positive of #all the process. It takes some days a president of the Constitutional Court has declared that #many of the legal disposals of *Turquía have to be modified because they attack against the human rights, because they attack against the rights of the democratic States. +It has chosen a new President in *Djibuti. It is a good moment to remember that it has to put end to the rapes of rights human, to the deal *humillante of the political prisoners, to the fault of rights of these prisoners, to the fact that *les enclose in prisons without *otorgarles cares. +It is with this wish, gentleman President, that *me allow to express, through his person, my gratitude to the Table by the work developed in these five years, #as well as to the colleagues, especially the that take part in the meetings on the human rights and the problems of urgency, by the work made up to now and by #everything it that have learnt of *ellos. +Gentleman President, do not know how is it that it #would be necessary to take from the point of sight of the procedure, but *le ask, to *usted that it is an understood in #the same, that devise *algún mood that we #can take into account this event and show that sure enough we are to the so much of the real process in place of *aferrarnos to some dogmatic postures that do not contribute at all new and do not contribute in at all to resolve this tragedy. +The Commission has engaged to continue with the initiative *SLIM/*INTRASTAT and the actions *EDICOM in favour of the companies, of compliance with the position of the Council on the needs of information in the frame of the Economic and Monetary Union. +On this question said, and then was to the Commissioner *Cristoffersen: #this #can not follow like this, since there are #a lot of different systems of failure in the European Union; already it is hour that we #can create a #european anonymous society, no only to regulate jointly his creation but also his dissolution. +*B4-0338/99 of the deputies *Ferrer, *Peijs and *Chanterie in name of the Group of the Popular Party European on massive imports to low price in the textile market European, and-*B4-0339/99 of the deputy *Moniz in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists on massive imports to low price in the textile market European. +I think, in concrete, in the instruments of defence commercial that it has the European Union to delete the obstacles to the trade of the community products and also in the measures of *salvaguardia foreseen in the agreements of the Round *Uruguay that, maybe, the Commission #would have to adopt. +On the other hand, in the resolution on the communication of the relative Commission to the textile sector and of the preparation, and in #the same plan of action that afterwards elaborated the Commission, figure already a series of proposals in this direction. +A massive import in unsuitable conditions from diverse zones, among #others the Asian, that of a clearer way *nos concerns (and celebrate the special comment of the Mrs. *Gradin), #can give to the fret with the possibilities of this industry that -insist- has taken a big effort of adaptation. +#This considered that the reductions of charges social #can *falsear the competition among #european producers. It declared illegal the textile plan French, asked to the companies impossible repayments to satisfy and paralysed the enlargement to other sectors of this device allocated to save employments. +I will conclude mentioning the worry originated, in this sense, by the first statements of the Mr. *Prodi, that translate a very ideological conception of the notion of competition, since *él assimilates any regulatory action or *correctiva that carry out a State to a distortion of competition. +Gentleman President, *usted knows that I #be to be present in the sessions of the Fridays, but seldom ask the word because almost always are with #a lot of haste, have to take the planes, etc. Today, *excepcionalmente, being the last day of the present term of office and taking into account it early of the hour, *yo, in name of the Socialist Group, want *expresarle my recognition by his work like president of session. +Gentleman President, for the first time after ten years go to vote to choose to the President, or to the Speaker, of the European Parliament, without that it mediate #any of these previous agreements among the Groups *democratacristiano and socialist, that symbolised, in my opinion, a species of condominium that blocked the democratic debate. +In the breast of the Liberal Group have decided to support his candidature no to form a political coalition, but like political expression with regard to the partial period of constitutive sessions, because from time to time they require political balances among the great political Groups Europeans. +With the decision of Colony relative to the celebration of a new Conference *Intergubernamental on the institutional subjects have opened, besides, the door to surpass very prompt the big second internal obstacle for the enlargement. +The #news that *Belgrado had accepted the conditions of peace got during the Summit of Colony of the month of June; and the resignation of the Commission after ten weeks of Presidency neither has facilitated at all the things. +Although our Group hailed explicitly the decision of the Summit of Colony to strengthen in the future the fundamental rights of the citizens and citizens and proposes *apoyarla of active way, also criticise with #the same firmness the Pact in favour of the employment. +In the war of *Kosovo have seen how much weigh has to launch *Europa in the cymbal of the scales also under the perspective of the possibilities of configuration political that exist, of the possibilities that exist so that it #can practise an external politics and of preventive peace, so that it #can promote a solution to a conflict *cuando #this sharpens . +It is not a pomp of soap but that it is at last a concrete approach to get further of some guidelines by the employment to a coordination of the economic politics of the European Union, to organise a greater growth. +Without embargo, *me seems totally unsuitable not seeing the devastations that has produced the war, besides that in the *Balcanes, in the international legislation, in the international laws crushed, in the UN discredited and in the significant reduction of the autonomy of *Europa with regard to the Atlantic Alliance and the States Joined of *América. +Taking into account that a #roman donkey follow being it out of the #italian capital, as on the other hand it shows it the emblem of the list that, for the elections to this Parliament, carries his name, by coherence #can not *otorgarle my confidence for the Presidency of the Commission. +*Eso Showed perfectly, from the principle, his will of independence and his will to take that the Commission was without place to doubts, independent of the countries, independent of the national mentalities and also of the #ours political options here, in the Parliament, as it establishes the Treaty. +The range of resources to use in the external relations has to be consolidated with the end of *hacerlas more efficient, it is necessary to improve our capacity to warn the crises and it is necessary to increase our availability to react after the crises. +The commitment of *Europa #can not understand directed only to the reconciliation of the parts involved in the conflict, but that will measure by the global capacity that will know to show to the hour to conciliate the Pact of Stability, the reconstruction and the unemployment always more increasing. +And here we have to be conscious of the fact that #if the development has to be harmonic, have to take upsetting in the word «justice», have to promote the #european judicial network, have to be able to give effectiveness to the sentences, take that the sentences are executive, so much the penal like the no penal, and have to facilitate the direct relation among the judges. +The development of the Union to a centralist federal model like the American it is necessary to avert it, and it is necessary to pursue a more decentralised Union #whose paramount principle *acerque more to the model of confederation #swiss. +*Nos Seems an extraordinary fault of sensitivity in this concrete moment, in the current climate, having an interim Commission, that somebody #can in this situation simply say two days later that it wants to go to work for a private company that it is #one of the main operators in the field of the telecommunications of the that is responsible. +Although it treats of an observation that do not has at all that see with the debate in course, take advantage of this occasion to say that *me surprised very negatively the fact that usually, *cuando took part in the Committees of conciliation, the Commissioners were present and were #all mainstays less #one: the gentleman Commissioner *Bangemann, in spite of our complaints, did not take part never and sent to some civil servants. +With this end, the competent services of the Commission have gathered regularly with the third states and have taken advantage of the session *plenaria of the *OMC/*SPS of the days 7 and 8 July to inform on the state of the question and of the legal performances undertaken. +It treats of it following: *dígale to the Parliament how many veterinary and inspectors need , concern that the procedures to occupy the squares are faster and that the assignment of places inside the Commission was more dynamic, and then will be able to put in practice a better system of internal control in the Commission and also under his control. +We go to go back to open the negotiations with the *OMC and, to the equal that this Parliament in his group, expect of *ustedes, the Commission, that finally there are norms of health, environmental norms and social norms that avenge to limit, frame this theory, that day to day takes more dangerous, of a free market #whose gain is the engine number #one. +Practically it has not taken out any education, from the point of sight institutional, of the so important crisis that the past month of March translated by the collective resignation of the Commission, because of an irresponsible management. +It was an open popular party and friendly, that gave a big image of the sport, an image of the diversity of our squads and of our nations, an image of the existent fraternity in the breast of our continent. +In this moment see that there are some deputies in the Hemicycle that carry banners supporting a cause concerning the *cual the big majority, included *yo same, shares #the same favourable feeling, but #can *usted *indicarnos #any norm, #any rule or contribute #any guideline to this Assembly concerning demonstrations of any form that are not the interventions that make according to the Regulation of the Parliament? +This Commission, the salient Commission, has celebrated it that probably went his last meeting the past Wednesday and, therefore, has not had occasion, in the brief lapse of time passed from the delivery of the document, to analyse in depth his content and take definite positions on #the same. +On the background of #all these considerations and the statements of today of the political leaders in this Assembly, guarantee by part of the Commission designated that the report goes to be treated like a fundamental ingredient of the proposals of reform of the Commission. +I believe that #this is precisely the decisive point: we have to learn to practise a successful management in the #european plane and #this only will reach -it is necessary to say it with #all clarity to the Commission- #if we get here to common solutions among the Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +I say it because on 15 September - the Wednesday of this week, *cuando go to occur #a lot of things - is the date limit that it has given the Commission of Poured Radioactive of the Convention of *Ottawa to the #british Government to contribute proposals about how #can proceed better to reduce the poured of radioactive substances in the half marine. +The *segunda #inspired -observation, clear is by my anxiety and by my big pity after the earthquakes of *Atenas- is that our environmental legislation, that will have to review and apply, did not includes still, or did not includes sufficiently, #if they want to, disposals referred to the uses of the earth, to the half urban, to the aggressions to the environment in the urban space. +The President designated of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, has left perfectly clear that proposes guarantee that the European Commission and the European Parliament will work in narrow collaboration in the application of a program of work global in the Union during the next five years. +The impulse has given it the gentleman *Prodi, that has appointed a committee of experts to produce a *preinforme in name of the Commission *cuando the Council of Colony had refused explicitly this idea of the committee of wise persons. +In effect, in spite of the recommendations of the *primer inform of the committee of experts independent confirmed by the second inform that it finishes to publish , has not set up any initiative to modify the methods and the moods of operation of the Commission. +And #this because, further of the political balances in the distinct Institutions, there will be anyway a paper of the Council like representative of the Governments and a paper of the Commission and of the European Parliament, some Institutions with community and federal vocation and in what #such, engines of the integration. +In front of the Council that expresses the will of the national Governments and in front of a Parliament that is the expression of the villages, is necessary a strong Commission, responsible, call to propose apt initiatives to guarantee the aspirations of the #european citizens. +Gentleman President designated, along his intervention, *usted has insisted in a subject that *nos interests to a large extent, is to say, the need to undertake a fight by the #european identity, a fight without the *cual #can not reach the ambitious goals that #all the villages of *Europa, this Parliament and #all the Institutions want to reach. +We expect that it impose like priority the transparency in the operation of the European Commission, and that the main goals that pose are the politics of protection of the citizens, of employment, of cultural progress, #as well as of solidarity bear with the villages that suffer by the fault of democracy and by the poverty. +Gentleman President designated of the Commission, #if today we had to choose among his *opositores and the reasons that have exposed and *usted, *nos #would find in difficulties perhaps until the point to have to *abstenernos or even vote to his favour, by it poor and unlucky that *nos seem the arguments that *esgrimen in this Plenary the last communist and the allies of *Milosevic against the NATO and our States, the conservative British and other. +Insisting in the political repercussion that have had the results of the recent elections to the European Parliament in the breast of the European Commission, until where have to get regarding restricting and impose to the national governments his election of the Commissioner? +#One third part of his candidates did not answer to the question of the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of relative Opportunities to, the integration of the goals of equality among the men and the women in the general politics (*gender *mainstreaming). +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Commission, do not go to repeat it that already have expressed my colleagues of the *PPE and, in my quality of member of the #belgian delegation, do not go to introduce the #belgian inner politics in the debate. +The Mr. *Prodi *nos has said that it wants to that the Commission was an authentic #european Government and the Mr. *Poettering, president of the main political Group of this Parliament, has talked, even, also of this paper of the Parliament in relation with the European Commission. +So that the fight against the delinquency was effective, needs a narrower cooperation among the States members, thing that translates in an approach of the legislations, in the improvement of the police collaboration and in the coordination of the investigation of the offences. +The political challenge constituted by the asylum and the immigration requires a balance among the need of *salvaguardar the asylum like individual right and to offer the owed protection to the refugees, and the wish to offer resistance to the economic migration. +The extraordinary European Council of *Tampere has, beyond all doubt, a special importance, and *ello because it is called to configure political more complete for the freedom, the security and the justice in the European Union. In the European Union under his current form. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, receive with satisfaction the celebration of a European Council devoted in part to the space of freedom, security and justice, that testifies the taking of consciousness by part of the #european institutions and the States of the importance of the indispensable questions for the future of *Europa. +I observe with satisfaction that the Council and the Commission, with spirit *solidario, have adopted the necessary measures to guarantee to the #turkish authorities the help of the European Union and to cooperate with *ellas to end to relieve the sufferings of his village. +It is by it that our Commission of Subjects Constitutional asks that the European Parliament do not occupy a merely secondary place in a so important process, but that it #can collaborate in foot of equality with the Council, enjoying of #the same capacity of initiative and of decision. +It #would owe also establish, as it foresees it the own Treaty of *Amsterdam, an effort *equitativo among #all the States members to confront the consequences that derive of the received of refugees, persons displaced or the strong migratory pressures that have nature exclusively economic, like the that have his origin in the #mediterranean third countries or the flank south of the Union. +Of course, lady Speaker of the Council, that the migratory politics is inseparable part of the external politics, but in #a lot of occasions the external politics subjects to #others *designios, *designios that they #can finish going back against the humanitarian look related with the politics of asylum and with the migratory politics. +Although it have been engendered among the fifteen prime ministers, #this is now his own government, released of the control of the countries members, *distanciado of the national parliaments, to years light of the constituents of on foot and of the fiscal taxpayers and without having been subjected still to the control of the European Parliament. +In these historical moments in that the Basques bet by the #european construction like democratic path of understanding, conciliation and peaceful coexistence with #all the Spaniards, #as well as with #all the other villages of *Europa, it that less need, it that more #can affect to the peace that look for and long for is that it do not respect #ours residual fiscal sovereignty, our economic concert. +The maintenance of the criteria of *Maastricht and of the Pact of Stability deprives of the lower credibility to the "European Pact for the Employment", it that, together with the insistence in the *flexibilización of the relations of work, reveals clearly that it bets by #one *desreglamentación every time greater of the labour relations. +On the other hand, the evaluation of the capacity of the Commissioners to answer to the enormous expectations that have aroused and to introduce a very different type of behaviour and of culture in the new Commission, *nos took to expect the demonstration of a capacity to effect true reforms, transcendental and radical. +President *Prodi, wish #a lot of luck and #a lot of hit to the Vice-president Palace, that will commission of the relations with the European Parliament and of #whose qualities am more that convinced, #as well as to #all the active commissioners in my field of work -the Mr. *Patten, the Mr. *Verheugen and especially the Gentlemen *Reding and *Vitorino, that have been #ours colleagues during years-. +The assignment of these bottoms supposed an important challenge for the credibility of the European Union, and the fact to have approved without modifications in the Commission of Budgets is a proof of this big responsibility to the that *me referred. +The behaviour of the national authorities in these subjects has to adapt to the valid legislation of each country under the control of his political and juridical organs, and has to respect the international norms of protection of the human rights. +But it is that, besides, I believe that the Council has answered correctly and #would be well that the socialist deputy, that besides is spokesman of his delegation, took the duties and studied a bit more how is *eso of the #european construction and did not leave in ridiculous to his parliamentary group with questions on questions that are not community competitions and that they have to solve in the national field. +But the necessary coordination #can not give place never to that any Been member of the European Union evade his own responsibility: neither the State neither #any of the administrations that compose the territorial political-division, as it has occurred in the case of reference in my country. +The States members, in the measure of it possible and to instances of the country President of the Union, will continue his work of *adecuación of the common positions with the project of Convention and also will try to get to agreements in the questions that influence of important form in the interests of the Union. +In the Council of Subjects General of the past June took a decision, by the *cual the Commission will have to present during the month of September a proposal that ensure that the politics of the Union in the sector *platanero fulfil the norms of the *OMC. +As it will know the Assembly, the proposal of the Commission is relative fundamentally to the creation of an agency that commission to apply the programs of reconstruction community, initially in *Kosovo, but later, *cuando the circumstances allow it, also in other regions of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia as Serbian and *Montenegro. +To take into account the evolution of the political situation in the region, the article 6 of the Agreement establishes that, at the end of the year 2000, will be reexamined the advances in matter of refugees and will evaluate likewise the eventual programs of the *OOPS relative to the incorporation of the #palestinian authorities to his functions. +After it that have said before and also after it that has said the Mr. Commissioner *Kinnock this morning in name of the Commission and of it that *nos informed yesterday the #finnish Presidency of the Council in the sense that by the moment did not exists any *margen of performance to attend our amendments, pray to the colleagues that give his favourable vote. +Practically, in each section of his resolution, the European Parliament expands the interpretation of the decision of the Council of Colony, to end of *ensoberbecerse, of *marginar to the national Parliaments and to prepare the transformation of the future Letter in #european Constitution. +The workers have #all the interest in resisting to the projects that are boosting , in putting to the discovered the hypocrisy of the European Union and of the States members and in changing, with his fight, these changes that put in danger his public freedoms. +But #all repeat it same: they are discouraged by the corruption; the conditions of investment are very *desfavorables, because it did not exists a viable fiscal system on a long-term basis, the laws change constantly, the infrastructure is scarce and, it that it is worse, the rights of property, included the rights of property intellectual, are deficient and garbled. +Gentleman President, seems that *Encélado is very angered with #Grecia and *Turquía and that, as it is a perfect ignorant of the dialogue and of the relations, has given loose rein to his rage of a catastrophic form, seeding the death, the anxiety, the pain, the despair and the crying in the two countries. +Gentleman President, the fight by the power in the Islamic Republic of will go among adherents of the conservatism and adherents of the reformism continues without diminishing until today, with #all the consequences that #this comports for the State of Right, is to say, the no application of the general principles of the State of Right. +When opening the session, *usted has announced that they have approved #some initiatives and that have given concrete answers to the parliamentary press, but, repeat, believe that it is necessary to take more to convert in easier the work of the journalists, so as to take to know to #all the European Union the important work that makes this Parliament. +Lady Speaker, *me cheer that Unit already have tackled the problem of the communication because apart from the failures - *yo #would say - human of this building, that on the other hand is very prestigious *arquitectónicamente, but inside the *cual there #be really #a lot of #stray space that #can not use, believe that there #be also #a lot of problems of transport. +The massive industrial pollution of the foods by the use of additives, without respecting a reliable maximum limit, creates in the consumer the impression justified that the production of *forraje is yielding terrain in front of the utilisation of *piensos. +It wanted to say that the list of possible functions at all is exhaustive and, #if it existed the obligation to prepare an annual report and #if his civil servants appeared periodically in front of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer of the Parliament, #can guarantee also his surrender of accounts. +All *ello with the end to be able to warn always the problems, in place to run preys of the panic *cuando the problems already have produced and have *quebrantado the confidence of the #european citizens, in addition to causing grave damages to the public health. +Like this, the most affected states by the illness #would have to enjoy of the right to the compulsory licences that *les allow to produce, to the lower cost, generic treatments *anti effective HIV to avert the apparition of illnesses opportunist that conduct inevitably to the death. +This fact has a scope and a gravity without precedents by the form in that this illness affects very especially to a continent with the *cual the European Union keeps some relations and some peculiar bonds that, to my understand, have *entibiado totally in these years and that have failed entirely his goal. +Thus the Commission of Budgets has proposed to the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy that demand a partial review of the financial perspectives and has achieved to include in this report a positive quotation on the subject. +*Yo Appreciate a lot and *me *congratulo, lady Commissioner, that the responsibility in this so important field *le correspond to *usted, as in his quality of #ex-Minister of #spanish Agriculture *usted already knows well that, in the frame of the #european agricultural politics, surely results much more reasonable to reduce the #obtaining of *excedentes that devote useful surfaces to the *aprovechamiento energetic of the biomass. +Gentleman President, *acaso it that more cheers of this agreement is that with *él happen of the rhetoric to the facts and the European Parliament, that has *propiciado and has followed of wall the process of negotiation giving impulse and acting like spur, #would owe today affirm that it will put #the same energy in the follow-up of the application of the agreement and his results. +In conclusion, #if well I receive with satisfaction that *Sudáfrica have reached a participation in important #european markets, expect that we also take advantage of the educations that give off of this agreement and watch by that in the future the rhythm, the *escalonamiento and the field of application of the agreements of free trade reflect more faithfully the different needs of the countries participants. +All it that the #european institutions offer to *Sudáfrica in matter of cooperation is a commercial agreement painstakingly negotiated so that the interests of the trade and of the #european industry are advantageous, an agreement that will not benefit to *Sudáfrica, only to this *ínfima minority of exporters of lovely stones and of agricultural products that have been the main *beneficiarios of the apartheid. +On the other hand, we do not imagine, gentleman Commissioner, that consider the possibility to increase the current level of the imports of the European Union in #south african wines -*les remember that they are 320.000 *hectolitros- without preserving a minimum of rights *arancelarios, save to risk to disturb gravely #all the #european sector. +After the transfer of some number of Directors General the past week, today have decided to take public the vacancies for the following places: general director of the General Directions of Companies, Agriculture, Education and Culture; *vicedirectores generals of the following Directions: Education and Culture, Competition and External Relations. +The difference among the parliament of a dictatorship and a democratic parliament is that the parliament of a dictatorship is always full and applauds , and a democratic parliament is not very full, because the persons is working in other spots. +Clear that it is a challenge, in addition to it that said before when answering to the question of the Mr. *Cox: begin to conceive a type of bureaucracy suitable for the goals that want to achieve and afterwards select to the better persons, with some consequences that, in #some moments, *descompensan notably the balances among the States. +I confirm to the European Parliament that, in the frame of the regulation of the Structural Bottoms, with the at present available credits #can contribute a substantial help to the #greek population that has seen affected, is to say, wall of 20.000 homes, without talking of varied *cientos of victims. +The help to the displaced loans through the International #Red Cross, whereas the Federal #Red Cross and the national societies of #Red Cross find immersed in the enlargement of a program of canteens public, to the that the THROW will follow loaning his help. +Subject: Celebration of the first annual summit *UEIndia In his report To4-0066/99 of the 12.3.1999, on the communication of the Commission on the increase of the association Indian-EU, the *PE asks "to the Council and to the Commission that propose to the #indian Government celebrate annually a summit #indian-euro". +*Turquía Has to work still a lot and is necessary that advance still of considerable mood so much in the political field as in the economic, but in front of the enormous strategic importance of *Turquía for the future of *Europa, for the security, stability and the peace in *Europa, #would be a grave error *negarle the inclusion with #the same rights in the process of enlargement. +Nevertheless, to speed up this process believe that it is necessary *sopesar seriously the proposal of the president Mr. *Pöttering to fix a diary of meetings regular among *Turquía and the European Union, so as to debate of democracy and human rights, of minorities, of economic and social development, of security and external politics. +The process is a complex process - has remembered it the gentleman Commissioner *Patten - and, without embargo, today have even terms and steps in the *cuales will take place some facts that allow to discern the final solution, is to say, the recognition of two sovereign States and independent that #can coexist on the base of a reciprocal security. +And *ello in spite of it stipulated in the article *K.6 of the Treaty of *Maastricht, in the sense that the ministers of the EU will consult regularly to the Parliament on the main looks of the activity in the fields of the justice and of the subjects of interior and will watch by that his opinions "take properly in account" . +Without embargo, the contradiction among the #european decision to raise the embargo and the #french refusal to take it creates an unsustainable situation, that shows, *cuando still have not fulfilled six months from the ratification of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the *inconsecuencia of #the same that the have supported. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen Deputies, this debate that have wished to celebrate on the new cycle, poses, in my opinion, an important question: The Union contributes, by his own action, to the governments and to the #european citizens supplementary means to adapt with hit and to dominate the globalisation? +*Finlandia Has proposed that the Council declare his intention to continue in the future Presidencies developing indicators and *benchmarking for other critical fields determined in the plan of action of the Conference of *Pekín and to engage to study periodically the advances in the matters that argue . +It is precise and urgent that from #all the institutions of the European Union take a serious call to the Governments of *Rusia and of *Chechenia to finish with the bellicose climbing, to take *callar the arms and restart the political dialogue, using for *ello #all our springs -of the type that went- to be able to be listened. +*B5-0171/1999 of the Mr. *Salafranca *Sánchez-*Neyra and the Mrs. *Grossetête, in name of the Group of the *PPE, on the vote of a resolution of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties. +The urgency is owed to that a fiscal substitute of the #italian Republic has presented an order in that they appreciate grave responsibilities of high controls of the aeronautical for having concealed, have *silenciado and have not contributed to say it that knew so that it cleared this case that *sucedió almost twenty years backwards. +Lady Speaker, wish to pose a statutory question put that the deputies finish to receive a yearbook, edited, when seeming, by the House of Trade American in *Bélgica, in the that it takes a repertoire of the deputies to the European Parliament, indicating his references. +Already it is hour that it believes juridical security by means of the approval of norms only for the providers of services of certification, on the one hand, and, also for the users, by #another, the *cuales -the same that in the utilisation of the cards of credit- will know with accuracy in how measured *les looms the danger of a responsibility. +I was the only speaker, together with the Mr. *Bourlanges, that gathered with representatives of the agencies and have listened fine arguments so that they increase the bottoms of the that have for the work that take with the countries candidates of *Europa central and oriental and to introduce in the market medicines no commercial that are of vital importance for a relatively small number of persons with difficult illnesses to treat. +Gentleman President, lady Speaker of the Council, lady Commissioner *Schreyer, *Señorías, the women are the half of the sky, as it already said an ancient #chinese proverb, and is very logical that the women of the European Union take part also in this proportion in the budget of the Union. +It True is that the Council in fact has declared in this context: we want to fund an important task for the future and also in the actuality, that surely will prolong varied years, specifically, the help for the population of *Kosovo, and for *financiarla go to apply a cut of the 10 % in #all the budgetary lines. +Like effect, the initiatives of the #european citizens precisely see braked, and therefore the reform of the Commission will have to contribute to an improvement of the service by means of a more effective cost, transparent and in accordance with the political elections of the budgetary authorities. +We have treated to answer to the no written norm to avert an excessive number of games and notes in the budget. +This amendment foresees the *consignación of a credit of 50 millions of euros in the financial reservation for the finance of the actions of the producers or States members that establish a control of quality integral in the whole of the alimentary chain. +Likewise, the European Parliament has invited to members of the Executive Committee of the #ECB and of his personnel to take part in other audiences on varied specific subjects, among *ellos the external representation of the *SEBC, the preparation of the notes of euros and questions of statistics. +The #ECB will act like catalyst of the change and, together with the national central banks of the *SEBC, will treat these subjects with the banking sector of the zone of the euro to end to exert a paper of support and coordination in this sense. +#This is the first occasion in the that the European Parliament has given his point of sight about the advances of the Central Bank European and, in this context, is my *grato owe the congratulate to the #ECB and to the Mr. *Duisenberg, like president, by his hit until the moment. +Thus, gentleman President of the Central Bank, believe that the meeting of this day, and mainly the *contrapoder ridiculous that tries to exert the Parliament in regard to the considerable can that *le has entrusted to *usted, #can not more that concern to #all the that believe in the national sovereignty, that for the villages only is a form to control his destination. +Also I believe that the financial markets and the citizens of *Europa will not expect less of this new Central Bank, and that this Parliament will have to be relentless when pursuing the goal of a Central Bank open and democratic European for the near future. +But in the Treaty of *Maastricht did not take out the institutional consequences that *dereivaban of this decision, and therefore we are talking today of the independence of the Central Bank, of the lace of the Central Bank with other institutions and of the pending problems. +In any case, have got to the majority position of my Group, basing this decision in the fact that the point of sight mentioned #can diminish, instead of increasing, the confidence of the market in the activity of the Bank. +For example, it exists our document that publishes immediately after the meetings of the Council of Government that contains the considerations that have been important in the definite decision of the Council of Government in the case that they have changed or no the types of interest. +By the contrary the editorial "without damage" clears, and #that is his intention, that the system of the euro did not has any obligation to act of this mechanical form #if it estimates that take it like this #would engage the stability of prices in the future. +And third question: #can deduce of it that today have argued that THROW will keep his full identity to pipe the humanitarian help of the European Union in situations of crisis, or, rather, that the performance of THROW and the own humanitarian help will dilute progressively inside the general politics of cooperation for the development of the Union? +They are too much numerous the politicians and the politics, the journalists, the defenders of the human rights and the citizens that have paid with the life his fight by a juster society and more human. +It did not treats to create a new instance of review of the catalogues of rights fundamental national, but yes a juridical right that affect to the performance of the #european institutions and to the legislation that takes for the citizens. +#If we consider it in his whole, the report of the Mr. *Dehaene pretends, on the one hand, the extension of the qualified majority and, to #the same time, the *constitucionalización of the Treaties and his division in two parts, a subjected to a very strict procedure, that requires unanimity for the reform, and #another by majority. +This last initiative of the EU, that comes to complement #others to national level, will help to create the suitable regulatory frame that allow to the #european companies be to the avant-garde of the development of services commercial electronic. +Like this, when favouring the free circulation of the capitals in the world-wide level, when pretending liberalise even more the investments, the #european governments transform the bottoms of pensions #anglo-saxon in authentic *regentes of the economic and financial markets. +I believe that, by the contrary, it is necessary to put in cloth of trial the social model European that is the social model of the *Europa of the unemployment, of the taxes, of the *Europa with a union that has an enormous power that blocks the economic growth and forbids to millions of #italian unemployed, French and Germans, #as well as to millions of immigrants find work, to protect situations that, with frequency, are not more that situations of privilege. +*Eso Wants to say that inside the Union it is necessary to get to a true coordination of the fiscal politics and to a formulation of norms social comparable for #all so that they do not go back to produce the distortions of the competition that still result very sensitive today. +*Cuando A simple operation of communication allows to the *cotización of a company win the 12%, in spite of not to have created value #any, not to have produced neither sold any supplementary tyre, taking believe that simply they #can appear spontaneously wealths by the simple mechanism of the financial markets, is a total contempt of the human work. +The European Union adopted in July of 1999 a common posture, #whose goal is to intensify the cooperation in the frame of the to scale international actions to achieve the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of prohibition total of nuclear proofs. +The Union supports the works *preparativos of the commission commissioned to create the Organisation of the Treaty of prohibition total of proofs and to elaborate to time and with efficiency the system of *comprobación of the planned form in the treaty. +It is necessary to guarantee to the less talked tongues the finance that deserve, of it contrary, excellent innovative projects - the theatre, the translation of literature after the end of the project *Ariane - and the education of languages, among other things, will suffer the consequences. +It wanted to say simply that the amendment 4 on the *comitología is accepted in principle by a simple reference in the text to the procedure of management established by the disposal of the Council, of 28 June 1999, by the that fix the modalities of the exercise of the competitions of execution conferred to the Commission. +The report of the Council of *Europa on Politics of coherent family and integrated says: "The families have a paramount paper in the socialisation, because they transmit the values, the norms, the habits and the behaviour of the social group to the that belong his children. +Gentleman President, want to say in the first place that, of compliance with the article 157, by means of letter of 6 July 1999, the Council consulted to the Parliament on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the participation of the Community in the European Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector. +It wanted to take upsetting in that the activities of the Observatory and of *Eurostat do not coincide in terms of the period that covers, the geographic scope or the result, and #can be coordinated of an useful way to reach a clear vision of the complex reality of the audiovisual sector. +In this moment, the terrorists have been detained, the hostages have been released, but had account of the gravity of it occurred, and #if His *Señorías agree, will express, in name of the European Parliament, our solidarity and our condolence to the village *armenio, in a letter directed to the President of the Republic of *Armenia. +Gentleman President, in name of the Socialist Group *me #would enjoy to say that we support the approval of the agreement *interinstitucional, a fundamental piece in the *restablecimiento of the credibility of the European Union by the form in the that tackles the problem of the fraud and treats the indictments of fraud +The coincidence of the announcements has put to the nude, of flagrant way, the scandalous and unfair look of the current economic logic and of this financial capitalism, that has finished for dominating *Europa and the world. +The present proposal pretends an extension of the transitory period previously mentioned until 1 July of the 2001, or even more, for the case of the transport of some squads to pressure, on the that they do not exist technical specifications detailed or sufficient quotations in the corresponding #european norms. +I am conscious, without embargo, of the need of *prorrogar the periods of the directive 96/49, with the end that the States members do not see in the need to modify his national legislations for a brief space of time, thing that #would involve additional costs for the states and for the industry. +Like this as, today it is urgent to detain the privatisations, increase the personnel and occupy seriously of his training, establish the necessary budgets allocated to the maintenance and to the control of #the same, create committees of control professional/users on the traffic, impose a right of veto in front of the transfers *cuando the risks are real. +These negotiations will take place in a concrete context, marked by two new elements; by a part, the disappearance of His Majesty *Hassán *II, the last giant of the history of the century *XX and, on the other hand, the principle, accepted takes #some days, of the candidature of adhesion of *Turquía. +Without embargo, it is necessary to regret the *tardanza, that has created a social alarm and a state of nerves in the fleet that #can have averted, and the speculations and pronouncements that #can take worse that well to some negotiations that, by the importance of the agreement, #would have to develop in a discreet frame, calm and cordial. +Think it that think of the agreement of fishing, regarding the consequences for the local population or for the fleet of fishing #european, there will be *poca persons that want to put to #the same level the humanitarian disasters like the had in *Kosovo, *Timor Oriental and the earthquake of *Turquía with this agreement in matter of fishing. +On 30 November it is next and seems that it goes to conclude a new agreement, therefore, with a scarce attention by part of the Commission to the economic level of the regions of the Goals 1 and 2 that, depending to a large extent of the exercise of the fishing, warm up serious worries of face to the maintenance of the employment in the sector. +In the summit of #Florencia, celebrated in January of 1996, the Bosses of Government agreed that the decision to raise the embargo to the Realm Joined #would take "pure and exclusively on the base of the public health and of scientific criteria goals, in accordance with the existent procedures that satisfy to #such criteria" . +We want common sense and want to base our decisions in the science because, in the differences that produce in the future -and will produce #many about the *inocuidad of the foods, because the consumers are very concerned now by the foods that buy-, the scientists, the objectivity and the independence of the scientists is absolutely crucial. +*Yo #Would not say it same of #all the sectors of our #european relations; neither it #would say it of our relations with the third countries, without embargo, in the breast of the Union, exists beyond all doubt a common agricultural politics and a responsibility of #all with regard to this politics. +Although in the frame of the #european politics the infringement of the Treaties was a fundamental criterion for #all *nosotros, like deputy of my electoral district #can not *mantenerme out of the political debate with this argument in the current circumstances. +It finishes to know that the Minister of Agriculture #british, that belongs to his party, not even has established the dialogue with his homologous French, *algo that results ridiculous, #if it considers the form in that they are *caldeando the spirits in the process of this commercial war. +The Commission has taken well in agreeing a protocol of only a year, so much more what that during the last years the #angolan authorities have been victims of intense abuses, especially by part of the #russian fleet. This situation has caused a spectacular fall of the activities *pesqueras. +Although, sure enough, they have to complete some data or statistical on the that the Commission *nos has promised that goes to be strict, and having also in account the delicate situation in that it finds that country -in state of war-, consider that the signature of this protocol of application provisional is very positive, #waiting for the renewal by a year or to that elaborate a new Agreement. +So that the euro receive the weight that deserves, no longer only in the international economy, but also in the economic political-dialogue in the area of the Union, it is necessary to deepen in the common visions, especially, in matter of economic politics in the zone of the euro. +Our own investigations reveal that the economic development in the traditional sense is resulting limited in some zones by fault of the fault of water drinkable and because the European Union produces already more toxic waste that the that it #can tackle like by-product of the economic growth. +According to this institution, the own drivers, the carriers that work out of the sector of the transport, #such as the transport of concrete in the sector of the wood and of the construction, belong to the category of workers mobile. +The Commission of Employment and Social Subjects of the Parliament refuses this interpretation, in part, because these workers remain, then, partially out of the field of application of the relative existent directive to the ordination of the time of work. +The time that the Council concedes to the States members and, therefore, to himself/hisself same to adopt the directive that modifies the current relative directive to the ordination of the time of work, situates , according to the common position of the Council, in four years. +The effect of this amendment will be the to try limit to a year the period of reference available for the annual computation of the calculation of the labour day or, said of another mood, watch by that it was possible said annual computation, but no more. +Gentleman President, in a free market with boundless competition, the company that produce to a better price has the best opportunities of survival, also *cuando the product only #can be cheap by the bad labour conditions, the low wages, the environmental pollution or the cruelty with the animals. +Also it exists another look of the agreement that is surrounded of #a lot of secret. I take for granted that *cuando apply the point 5 of the annex on intellectual property do not take of a literary way, but that more in concordance with the general rules of opening that fortunately govern in the actuality in our Union. +In the first place, they are agreements that approved quickly, by it that it wanted to appreciate to #all the speakers, #as well as to the members of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence and of the Commission of Budgets, that have examined the proposals in brief terms. +In the Realm Joined there #be a particular interest in the saving of fuels by the excessive levels of taxes fixed by our Government *laborista for the fuels, that pose particular problems to the residents in rural zones, like the #mine, in the that many times the public transport is non-existent. +*Yo Believe that #this is in reality #one of the central points of the directive: sensitise to the consumer on the problem so that it begin to concern a bit by the reduction of the broadcasts of CO2 *cuando treats of his favourite mate, the car, and include also this look in his considerations. +In the first place, from the Parliament want to be intimately associated with #all and each #one of the steps of the cycle that poses in the inner market with the selection of the strategies, with the selection of the goals of second level and with the selection of the concrete goals. +And here *yo wanted to signal to the Mr. *Lehne that, definitely, has not read the strategy of the Commission when saying that the social considerations were out of #this, because the strategic goal number 1 that has fixed the Commission is to improve the quality of life of the citizens. +To the directive on the electronic signature *le will follow surely, among #others, the directives on the electronic trade and the rights of author in the society of the information, and on the protection of the consumers in the sale to distance of financial products. +This sentence *nos carries to the question of the *conceptuación of the defence of the consumers like a requirement *inexcusable to prevent the free circulation of commodities, in the sense of the jurisprudence *Dassonville, *Cassis of *Dijon, etc. In definite, *nos conducts to the principle of the mutual recognition, that seems to be very wanted by the Mr. *Bolkestein. +It is precise to conciliate the reforms directed to the promotion of the dynamic competition and of the flexibility with the requirement of the maintenance, and also of the modernisation, of the system of security social. Like this I understand the #european model. +Gentleman President, *yo also appreciate to the speaker his excellent work and have to put of relief that the irrefutable data that has seen to drop the unemployment of the 10,1 to the 9,4 has to be valued positively, to the equal that the politics carried out by the European Union in matter of employment with the four *pilares fundamental, to the *cuales *me allow to add, anyway, the linguistic training and the problem of the immigration. +It has remained patent that from Colony advance some processes, the processes of the autumn and of the spring, but, how doubt fits, am always #waiting for proposals and practical procedures of materialisation of this narrower collaboration, that, anyway, gives in a first stage in the corresponding commission, is to say, in the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects. +Only a Parliament that treats of *desterrar the political statements and the political signatures to the basements, a Parliament that, in fact, is governed by bureaucratic logics #can allow that the situation of discrimination of the no inscribed deputies that have less right that the other deputies, follow being #the same, from takes months. +Lady Speaker, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, although #all have supported the relative reports to the situation of the employment, are of the opinion that the tax of unemployment in *Europa is dramatically high and that against #this *nos *nos occurs any effective recipe so much in the national states as in the #european plane. +The European Union and the States national members in #all moment have to work in narrow relation with the #european industries of the car and of the oil to guarantee that, of a time for ever, will disappear the pollution in a near future. +This program is important and answers to the commitment that *nosotros have to reach a high level of protection to the health in the European Union, as *nos follow tripping still with frequency with the effects of the violence in the Community. The *cuales constitute a very grave threat for the health. +Gentleman President, of course that I do not have at all against of the fact that a part of the budget devote to the preventive measures against the violence exerted on the boys, the teenagers and the women, always that it apply to a financial help awarded to the associations that occupy of these subjects. +The present proposal will guarantee minimum standards of information and query that it is necessary to apply in #all the territory of the Union harmonising these fundamental rights of the workers - that already are presents in #a lot of States members - and contributing to the strengthening of the #european social dimension that it is the goal that #all have. +In fact, we attribute special importance to #the same and besides forms part of a wider matter that it has to see with the preparation and the accompaniment with a view to the changes in course in the labour market, so as to that #this do not produce negative results, especially in it that to the security of the workers and of his place of work refers . +I have proposed that *instituya a suspension of six months for #all plan of restructuring, to allow an independent #sindical advice, and also have proposed that, #if the company receives public helps but do not respects the norms established, has to return the sums perceived. +Gentleman President, in my quality of speaker of the Agreement *interinstitucional of the *cual derives this decision, wanted to know the position of the Commission, because it has not pronounced to the *respecto, on the proposal that take to exclude of the guideline the planned costs for the future adhesion. +Independently of it that think on this source of electricity, do not fits doubt that it supplies an important part of our electricity in *Europa and takes it of a mood that do not produces broadcasts of CO2 neither of other gases that cause the effect of *invernadero and #that is the reason -the only reason- by the that has mentioned in this report. +The sustainable development is not only a noble goal, is an obligation imposed by the Treaties, by it that it has to constitute the fundamental principle of any future energetic politics #european and to #the same time it is necessary to reach a balance. +I support the initiatives in the #european level that contribute to the measures adopted by the States members to fulfil his commitments with arrangement to the Protocol of *Kyoto on the limitation of the broadcasts of gases that cause the effect of *invernadero by part of the energetic sector. +It is necessary to keep the quota of energy atomic for the electrical production at least to the current level and perhaps there #be even that *aumentarla lightly to be able to get to the ambitious goal of reduction of the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon, to the that *Ustedes, estimated friends, lady *Plooij- go *Gorsel and lady *Ahern, #as well as #all the other in this Hall, have engaged . +In the practice, a similar proposal #would translate in the arrest of the development of the renewable energies in the 5% as in any country there #be a minister of Inland revenue that want to fund the development of projects in other countries. +Gentleman President, in the first place want to appreciate and congratulate to the Mr. *Chichester by his positive and constructive report on the communication of the Commission to the Council and to the Parliament with regard to the consolidation of the environmental integration of the community energetic politics. +Without place to doubts this regulation supposes a remarkable step forward, by it that *le give the thanks to the Mrs. speaker, without embargo, will have to go back to tackle this subject regarding the nomadic boys, the boys of race #gipsy and, in consequence, to #all the internal problems of these families, among the that they explain the related with the mobility in *Europa. +Said installation is obsolete, according to the classification taken by the Executive in the Diary 2000, in the *cual the nuclear head offices divide in three categories: the of #soviet or obsolete type that they have to dismantle for being dangerous; the head offices that it is necessary to reform for *permitirles reach levels of acceptable security by part of the Union and the of western type, #whose number is lower, that #can follow working, with #such that the level of security follow being elevated on a long-term basis. +The abandonment of the use of the nuclear energy with civil ends do not appears in the agenda and is necessary to have present the implications of character economic and social of the decisions that the Union demands that they adopt the countries of *Europa central and oriental. +It remains of self-evident that it is in #one of these fields, to know the threat that represents the existence of *tantas nuclear head offices, but also of #all these armaments accumulated in the territory of the ancient Soviet Union, #where #any of the States members #can not pretend, only, act in favour of the security of the group of the continent. +Concerning the situation in *Alemania on the that *me has asked His *Señoría my conversations with the competent minister of *Alemania *me have allowed, as I have said before, conclude that the Federal Government of *Alemania wishes to advance to the lifting of the prohibition and that the resultant conversations of the difference with *Francia will dissipate #all the worries that #can *subsistir in *Alemania. +#This is my answer: the relative directive to the nitrates covers no only the pertinent nitrogen of the animal muck, but also of the #fertiliser chemists regarding the quantities employed, see the article 5 and the annex *III, and to the methods and periods of dissemination, that appear in the annexes *II and *III. +The Commission believes that the majority of the measures that have to adopt the States members -for example, the supervision of the transposition, the indication of the zones and the codes of fine behaviour, the programs of action and the presentation of reports- are simple. +The reality is that -as it signals the information supplied by the own #greek authorities- has produced an excessive presence of the Administration in the direction of the company, and the commitments of the year 1998 #would have to have put end, once and for all, to this situation. +Subject: legislative Harmonisation in the Czech Republic Has the Commissioner knowledge of a study directed to the Commission elaborated by four #czech parties of the opposition in the that it examines the slowness of the transposition and the legislative harmonisation in the Czech Republic and how conclusions extracts of #the same? +Another party that has governed before, #one of the great parties of the opposition, has said that it #can have an adhesion to the letter; it talks in addition to a #turkish status, of a political discount and wanted to *preguntarle #if it considers feasible #such theoretical models or #if it puts like previous condition the full application of the *acquis *communautaire. +Even *me *atrevería to say, in name of the Green/Free Alliance European, that the majority of our Group seems to have taken to the idea that the European Union #can develop common performances for the management of the crises. But we want to establish conditions and guidelines very defined for this management. +*Me #Would enjoy to know, gentleman #Solana, #which are the political means, the economic and budgetary means -had account of the principle of "the that pay commands" , that *usted knows very well of his period of Secretary General of the NATO-, to achieve a strength that #can keep the peace and avert situations so dramatic like the that have lived recently in the *Balcanes. +*Yo Also consider the Council of the historical Monday, but in negative sense and by #others #a lot of reasons and here *me refer to the position adopted - incomprehensible - with regard to an initiative, promoted by a time by the European Union, #this is, the moratorium to the pity of death. +Gentleman Commissioner, is not very difficult to comprise that it that we had to have taken was to win supports through a serious negotiation, moderate countries that do not apply the pity of death, but that had positions and sensitivities with regard to the preamble - insist in the preamble - of reference to an article of the Letter of the Nations Joined. +I have to say that the relative legitimate worry to the military capacity do not disappears with the "*europeización" of the defence, that answers to a fundamental political plan and is a look of the process of integration political #european. +The round of negotiations on the world-wide trade has, therefore, an extraordinary importance and is precise that *Europa express in said negotiations with an alone voice, so that the world-wide trade also contribute to promote the social and environmentally sustainable growth. +First, because we have taken two important reforms in the term of seven years -a big effort- and, second, because, to the contrary of the sacrifices imposed to the #european agriculturalists, the States Joined of *América have increased his subventions in 15.000 millions of dollars, in the two last years, in self-evident contradiction with the arrogant attitude *propagandística that at present adopt against the *PAC. +We ask with *usted that deploy immediately the necessary humanitarian help to help to the *cientos of thousands of persons displaced by cause of the fights, but ask, gentleman Commissioner *Patten, that consider , in a *primer moment, a suspension of the economic help to *Rusia #if #this do not finds the alternative of resource to the negotiation and #if it continues his attacks *indiscriminados against the civil population. +Although of course we have to support the agricultural sector of the EU, as it recognises in the report of the Mr. *Schwaiger, also have to recognise the need that the economies in development, in addition to reaching the markets, have to have access to the alimentary security so that the population have sufficient to eat. +Thus, I am very satisfied with the Report *Schwaiger because precisely it signals that, to #the same time that showed an open attitude to the world, owe *aferrarnos to it that for *nosotros has an essential value; and because this report tends, besides, a bridge among the political reality and it that *nosotros, in so much parliamentary, #can defend in front of the citizens. +We have had two important conflicts -the of the banana and the of the hormones- that the European Union has lost, and there #be had a conflict that not even *nos have brave to pose in front of the system of solution: *me refer to the #american laws *Helms-*Burton and *d' *Amato of application *extraterritorial to #european companies. +An activity *pesquera effective -#who #can argue it?- It constitutes, in spite of his reduced budgetary weight, a part no *desdeñable of a commercial politics and budgetary dynamics of the EU and has to consider like an autonomous economic sector and a significant branch for the supply of foods. +In this sense is in the that are against of sectorial negotiations and in favour of global negotiations and are in favour that they see the *OMC and his negotiations like an instrument for the creation of a juster society, of a more sustained development, in the that the man was sure enough the centre of #all the decisions. +The greatest States of the EU as *Francia, *Alemania and the Realm Joined had a volume of trade equivalent to roughly the 30% of his #GDP in the years sixty, in comparison with the current 60%, but then enjoyed of an economic growth much faster that now. +In *tercer place, why differ the negotiation of norms, that demands with reason our civil society and that expect the countries in roads of development to integrate the liberalisation of the exchanges and the development sustained, in fields like the health, the environment and the fundamental rights of the workers? +As they have underlined with #a lot of relevance the two speakers, this next conference has to centre in the institutional subjects, in #all the institutional subjects, with the remarkable and politically essential exception of the debates in course on a #european politics of security and defence. +#Everything *ello #can guarantee it an amendment that have presented jointly some colleagues and *yo and in the that conclude and demand that the constitutional part of the Treaty include a catalogue of competitions that define and delimit clearly the competitions of the Union and that impose the respect of the principle of subsidiariness. +As a result of different samples of opposition and of environmental considerations have blocked the dramas of the road, and so much the national authorities like the Commission have initiated a reflection to review the strategies in relation with the different means of transport and consider the rail link like a future network *transeuropea *prioritaria. +Now well, the past 13 September restarted the dramas in the road of the valley, in spite of which, the European Union is funding a study of feasibility of the *travesía rail and the Presidency in exercise affirms in his program that has to consider *prioritaria the reflation of the railway in *Europa. +My question, therefore, is #if they will follow forward by this disastrous path that no only affects to *Afganistán: the problem, in reality, is that the European Union continues funding the *PNUCD in the field, for example, of the programs on the hardening of the penal codes in countries like Chinese and *Birmania, countries in that the simple consumers of drugs are condemned to death and *nosotros, indirectly to *través of the *PNUCD, collaborate and fund this type of projects. +By the contrary, the Republic of *Chipre, in spite of being victim of the #turkish aggression since a 37% of his territory is occupied of illegal form by the #turkish army, do not imposes any restriction to the access to his ports of fuselages pertinent of ports situated in *Turquía. +The attacks of the police to the peaceful demonstrations, that repeated constantly during the month of October in *Belgrado, show clearly that the fundamental values of the democracy, as they are the freedom of expression and of opinion, will not be respected in Serbian while *Milosevic and his Government remain in the power. +*Señorías, to finish want to remember that #if the experience of the application of this Agreement *Interinstitucional will suggest that #some of his looks have to go back to debate with the other Institutions, is *algo that it will be able to take in the future Today, without embargo, consider that have the duty of no *restarle value to the signature with the that have recognised our commitment to apply this Agreement *Interinstitucional. +The application of the five main indicators harmonised -demand of treatment by the *drogadictos; number of demises of *drogadictos, mortality and causes of demise among *drogadictos; incidence of illnesses *transmisibles related with the drug; *comparabilidad of the surveys on the utilisation of drugs, and behaviour and attitudes in front of the drug in the population in general, and, finally, the *comparabilidad of the estimates of the problem of the abusive use of drugs- exerts an important paper to this *respecto. +During decades, diverse governments, chosen but corrupt until the marrow -the last was the of the Mr. *Nawaz *Sharif- have allowed that in *Pakistán the rape of the human rights, the work in conditions *infrahumanas, the social catastrophe and an external debt *incontrolable are to the agenda and have destroyed the country. +These same governments have loaned his support to the diet fundamentalist of the #taliban murderers in *Afganistán and constitute a permanent and immense danger for the peace in the region, since they support and encourage the terrorist activities carried out against his #indian neighbours in the border region of *Kashmir. +Regarding the specific points that *ustedes have posed in the relative resolutions to the programs and to the projects of help to the development to *Pakistán presented by the Commission, suits to underline that #this affect almost exclusively to the poorest coats and more disadvantaged of the population. +The State, in his attempts for facilitating a juridical base for the protection and the deal of the boys, has to accept the preeminent right of the progenitors by it that refers to the protection, the breeding and the *salvaguardia of his children. +Second, we have to demand *insistentemente to the States members that work with methods and uniform data, so that it was possible to select the best models for the fight against the drugs. We have to boost the cooperation among the police and the justice in the #european States to struggle against the traffic of drugs and protect to the youth. +Sure enough, the report of our mate is important and has to be debated carefully, among other things because the discussion of the report has put of self-evident that the politics of drugs in the European Union is #one of the most controversial subjects on the that we never have had to *pronunciarnos. +Thus I want to mention the importance that in the work, that carries out under the auspices of the Union, include like central element an informative campaign allocated to the youngsters, that today #can see induced to a large extent by mates of his same age and by other persons to test substances that *les are presented like *inofensivas, as *algo that is not more harmful that take a glass more of beer or a bit more of *güisqui. +Gentleman President, the report of the speaker, the Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, on the plan of action of the European Union in matter of fight against the drug of the Commission is a categorical document in the that the European Parliament *opone clearly to the drugs. +In effect, treats of a problem of today day and worrisome; we know perfectly that the drug affects to #all the countries and #all the social groups; we know also that the enlargement of *Europa to the East imposes, dramatically, the urgency of measures effective, since the control, that already results difficult, will find greater difficulties; we know that it treats of a problem in increase. +Recently my country, the Realm Joined, has experienced an enormous increase of the arrival of persons; in my previous place of work like doctor in the Central Hospital of *Londres, #can observe that there was an important grade of illegal immigration and of fraudulent abuse of our generous politics of asylum. +*Me Said the Mr. #Martí, #one of his vice-presidents, that the *BEI is property of the States members and that, therefore, according to the Treaty is not an institution of the European Union that have the obligation to answer to the European Parliament, to the Court of Accounts or to *OLAF. +Anyway, the debate *me has seemed of big interest and expect that it that today have heard here was not an obstacle, without embargo, so that we #can follow forward in the approval of the distribution of resources, of the distribution of loans, from the next year and that do not delay the community procedures. +After examining the *APIM/*Arbitrio on production and and imports of the Archipelago, the Commission concluded that although the majority of the economic sectors #can adapt to the requirements of the only market, the disappearance of the *APIM on 31 December of the year 2000 #can affect *irremediablemente to some sectors of production. +This situation and these proposals involve a worrisome aging of the fleet *pesquera #european, deter to the youngsters to invest, cause an important loss of market for the sector of the skilled dockyards, weakening dangerously to #some of *ellos, and take to run an evident risk in matter of security to our sailors shipped. +The valid directive in matter of naval construction contains #all class of muddy regulations of help regarding the investigation and the development, the environment, the innovation and the politics of support regional, with the consequence that it punishes to the fine dockyards and rewards to the bad. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, is an absolutely extraordinary fact that in the meeting of the Council of Industry of the last week approved by unanimity the list of measures to delete the situation of competition disloyal created by the Republic of *Corea. +The Europeans were the that open the world through the navigation: the Scandinavians in the north, the #portuguese and Spaniards to *América, *África and #Asia, the Dutches, the #danish, the English, the French have sailed #all the waters with ships taken in our earths and our dockyards. +By it other, is impossible *evitarlas, but are talking of a political question very delicate and in this sense is important that the Commission and the Council know that in this Parliament exists a big consensus in relation with this subject and a big worry on the need that we find a solution for the problem. +*Permítame *pedirle That transmit to #all the political leaders of *Irlanda of the North and as we #be to say in *Irlanda "of the another side of the puddle" , to the #british Prime minister and to #all his colleagues, and also to the *taoiseach #irish *Bertie *Ahern and to his predecessors, the predecessors of both parts, our sincere gratitude by it that *nos have helped to achieve. +Besides, this agency has to occupy, of course, to establish the list of the products forbidden, watch the laboratories, elaborate systems of control, establish controls out of the competitions, exert the repression, is to say, struggle against the mafias that devote to the trade of the products forbidden, but also of the prevention so that the youngsters *disocien psychological and actively of the *flagelo of the doping. +My question is the following: it understands the Commission that the politics that has to develop in relation with the sport, and especially with the concentration to be able to that it generates in relation with the audiovisual means, has to conduct to a conjoint action among his station and the that occupies of the defence of the competition? +*Yo *le #Would ask to the Parliament that intensify his efforts for *presionar in this sense and procure to influence of cooperative way and *convincente on the Government, so as to that the sport obtain a foundation in the Treaty, specifically -which #would be very desirable, since it also #would go oriented in the sense of the subsidiariness- in #the same terms that the culture. +Some that talk of dates of adhesion seems difficult, although it #would be useful, extraordinarily useful, to boost to the public opinion of the countries affected, since it is increasingly evident a risk: some too much long negotiations #can cool the enthusiasm so much in the States members as in the countries candidates, as it remained patent in the recent polls made in *Polonia and as I #can check personally in this country, of the *cual returned yesterday. +I believe that we have to examine this question much more thoroughly for *presionar to the countries that have a shameful behaviour; we have to call the attention to the governments known like "*arrancadores of nails" , and the European Parliament has to be the institution that take the initiative to guarantee that the human rights appear among our main priorities. +But *déjenme say, to the thread of it that have said the two orators that *me have preceded in the use of the word -with those who do not agree-, that the fact that *Europa, and in particular the European Union, take of the human rights his flag, really his only flag, has this greatness. +Gentleman President, this report of the Council deserves our respect and there #be #all type of reasons to congratulate to the #finnish Presidency by his stake. Although I have to say that I regret a lot that the delegation of the Presidency in exercise finish to abandon the hall. +With the right to the life like central reason, the EU has to continue in his consistent line against of the pity of death and, through Nations Joined, has to challenge to the countries that consider ethical and morally *defendible the right of the state to remove the life to the persons. +This evaluation has to analyse the situation of the human rights, pronounce on the available measures to improve the situation, review the effect that exert these measures in the situation and take estimates on the result of #the same, #as well as publish reports on the assessments made and the results obtained. +It is hour to make the idea of the European Parliament on the creation, in the breast of the Commission, of an organ of control on the politics in matter of human rights that facilitated the execution of said political and informed on subjects related with the human rights. +In the *primer case, treats of the finance in the three next years of a total of 135 millions of euros in virtue of the article 130 of the Treaty of the European Community and that requires the application of a procedure of *codecisión, whereas in the second, that establishes for #the same period the commitment of 15 millions of euros, will be able to be object of a simple procedure of query. +In his intervention in front of this Assembly on 13 October, the Mr. *Prodi suggested that an association for the similar adhesion to the associations established with the countries official candidates also #would contribute to that *Turquía advance with greater firmness to the fulfillment of the criteria of adhesion. +The majority of this Parliament yes has taken it after heavy debates, since the acceptance #would suppose a stimulus so that the #turkish Government reach an acceptable politics of human rights, a true democratisation and a political solution for the problem *kurdo. +*Yo Believe that the report is very important because with *él the European Parliament adheres to the idea that the #european strategy constitutes a half adapted to expand the relations among the European Union and *Turquía, and that the application of said strategy requires a financial support. +To my mood to see, the true political priority is that they respect the values limit in #all the zones, also in the of the called "hot points" and is precise to avert that some norms of exception wide open the door to that they do not move the values applicable limit to the *benceno. +It do not treats , *Señorías, of *infundir fear, but is necessary -create *yo- take consciousness and take that it take consciousness of the dangers that run, #if we do not adopt now realistic measures and necessarily severe that present the less possible exceptions to evaluate, control and limit to the minimum the broadcasts *contaminantes of these two harmful gases, so much more what that #this are more dangerous for the boys, the persons of age and #all those that suffer cardiac or pulmonary conditions. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0072/1999) of the Mr. *Pesälä, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of directive of the relative Council to the commercialisation of the forest materials of reproduction (*COM(1999) 188 - *C5-0128/1999 - 1999/0092(*CNS)). +*Yo Wanted to remember today the enormous catastrophe of the avalanche of takes a year in *Galtür, since #this shows *cuán important is the care of the nature, that has to be a worry of #all, and also that the alpine territory is precisely a very vulnerable zone, as they see forced to ascertain repeatedly the connoisseurs of the region. +I do not go to repeat it that already has mentioned the respectable speaker on the concrete form in that we have to tackle the transitory period of the national coins to the euro. Yes I want to take two observations in the context of his report. +*Me Pleases to signal that the scientific committees, technician and economic supported the proposal, after examining the report of the committee adviser of the management of the *pesquerías during his session of November of 1999, in addition to the specific provisions on the use of networks of siege of *jareta #danish in the bank of *platijas. +Lady Speaker, want to congratulate also to the Mr. *Gallagher by his excellent work and want to say here that carry two years arguing long and tended about the community market of the fishing and that, at last, today *le corresponds to the Plenary of this Parliament fix his posture with this report that has been -and it is necessary to say it- approved by wide majority in the Commission of Fishing. +They have to know that from yesterday #all the ports *pesqueros of the #mediterranean seaboard are in strike, because the fishermen protest against the price of the diesel and the collapse of the prices of the #blue fish, of the tuna, of the sardine and also of the eels, that no longer sell . +The own European Commission has seen forced to recognise that, from the application of the Union *aduanera, "in *Turquía has not made any significant progress in the field of the human rights and of the democratic reform". +A village, a nation, #one *Europa that by a badly understood correction do not conserve his own culture runs the risk to disappear, by it that ask to my colleagues that undo of the leaf with the text of the EU and use the beautiful cards *UNICEF #such as they are. +*Nosotros Also had a real house #whose sins are much more hovers of the current period, and wanted to declare, at least like spokesman of the Socialist Party *Panhelénico, that bear *nosotros is of the all inadmissible debate this type of things, because #this is to take part in questions very delicate, that have to debate in our country before getting to the #european field. +And it costs the pity reaffirm that, regarding the content, follow struggling by the questions of the environment, the protection of the consumers, the social rights, the human rights, the cultural diversity and the paper *multifuncional of the agriculture. +The truth is that the agreement in perspective was very bad for the agriculture, as *nos left in the point of game in a position weakened to negotiate in the future, but at the end are, more that never, in conditions to have an offensive posture in this new Round. +It treats here of a juridical act that pursues it following: a coherent and durable system of measures of surveillance of #all the parts *contratantes in the areas mentioned: the experiences of the commissions of fishing of the Atlantic northeastern and of the Atlantic *noroccidental have to be moved to the community right of the EU. +This report on the verification of *credenciales brings cause and has his juridical foundation in the article 11 of the relative Record to the election of the representatives in the European Parliament *aneja to the decision of the Council of 20 September 1976. +The artistic style, in the attempt to reach a commitment, results the majority of the times in a defeat to the hour to legislate, with which of this principle the discussion no longer #can centre in talking simple and clearly. +By #another, *carecemos of definite and complete statistics on the current flow of transport of commodities among Swiss and the European Union although this study is next to finalise, foreseeing in #the same regulation that in the year 2000 #can modify the current figures of distribution in the case that the real data divert significantly of the that now they foresee . +And, without embargo, the only opportunity of employment that has offered in *Derry up to now with the process of peace in course has been the of *Raytheon, the third company in importance of manufacture of arms of the #EE.UU. So that I consider a contradiction in the terms talk of a process of peace and facilitate places of work in the industry of armaments for persons that have been decimated by the violence. +It is precise to endow to the European Union of a politics *auténticamente democratic, oriented in favour of the human rights, that the convert in a factor of stability, in a factor in favour of the peace, of the development, of the human rights and of the democracy in *Europa in the century *XXI. +Of course, it #would be extraordinarily difficult and unfeasible request the support of the #european public to introduce the unanimity for the changes in matter of fiscal harmonisation or for relative decisions to the questions of politics external and security in the level of the European Council. +Also it has conceded to *Turquía the condition of candidate for the adhesion to the EU, although it will have to fulfil the political criteria established for the future adhesion, among *ellos the show, of course, that the respect of the human rights is intrinsic part of the #turkish life. +The world is in roads to have a new *superestado at the side of the #EE.UU. Well it is truth that has approved that the community army is not a community army because it do not has permanent existence; but in this case, neither exists a *Eurocuerpo or some strengths armed of the NATO. +They have achieved great progresses in the field of the external politics and of security, but *yo throw in fault #one, to know, some authentic links so much of the High Representative as of the Commission and the Commissioner of Subjects External to the structures *decisorias of the direction of the organs. +As it finishes to expose the Mrs. *Siimes, exists an agreement among the Council and the Parliament on the possibility to devote the whole of the reservation of flexibility to the finance of the costs of the help to *Kosovo. +It achieved reach an agreement to include in the Budget of the year 2000 other 300 millions, in addition to the 60 pertinent millions of the transfer of remainders of this year, and consider like part of the commitment for the year 2001 the 140 committed millions in the conference of donors. +In the document of the Commission on strategic questions approved on 10 December concluded that they did not have to subcontract the fundamental tasks in matter of public services and that the Commission had to have to his disposal a much more flexible group of relative disposals to tasks no fundamental in matter of public services. +I said literally that, in these moments, the Council did not considers necessary the permanent review of the bunches of the project of budgets for the exercise 2000, and have offered the application of the instrument of flexibility for the category 4. +Although it corresponds to the Bosses of State or of Government decide the definite statute of the Letter, the organ will have to examine in his proposal how combine the two pending questions: a text *jurídicamente *vinculante and smart to be included in the Treaty or a solemn political statement. +Like logical consequence of this circumstance, the masses of ice blocked #can elevate to a large extent the level of the waters of the *Danubio, it that it #can give place to floods truly dramatic. To his time, the floods #would elevate the costs of the reconstruction, it that #would not correspond in mood #any with the interests of the Commission. +In his report on the application of the Regulation 1475/95 relative to the distribution of cars, that is foreseen for the end of the year 2000, the Commission will evaluate the repercussions of the system of distribution *exento in the prices of the cars. +The differences in the taxation of the different types of cars are, of course, a factor, but *eso *nos poses the question of the ease or the difficulty that *reviste for the European Union the adoption of any relative decision to the fiscal subjects. +I do not say it so much by me -*yo have time-, but by a consideration that to #a lot of and #a lot of colleagues, especially to the recently got, *les escapes: in the development of a session *plenaria like #this do not take part only the that *nos find here in front and the and the interpreters that #can see in his cabins, but that behind have a gigantic device, that occupies , for example, that *ustedes #can have tomorrow early of the literal Record of the session. +In a modern economic system, #this are the vertebral column of the economy. By #this, *yo propose in an amendment that the investments do not limit to a maximum of the 25 % of the total volume, but that adapt to the capacity of absorption of the country *beneficiario. +Without embargo, have to remember that the security in the European Parliament is object of debate from takes long. Therefore, maybe it #would not be of more that created a group of work that likewise informed to the deputies of the existent possibilities in the European Parliament to guarantee the security of his members. +In the SAW Conference will have to take a decision on the mood to guarantee the environmental correction like part of the global package of decisions, and the position of the relative Community to the subject of the maximum limits has not changed. +And *cuando say "to convince to his partners", treats perhaps first of all to convince to the own countries of the European Union, because *Europa talks, but the fifteen States members of the European Union are had to make the necessary efforts and to respect, to apply, the numerous directives that vote here, in this hemicycle? +This question has, from the point of sight of the Union, two fundamental looks, and the first of *ellos is the performance of the European Union to reduce his own broadcasts, look that is key also for the international credibility of the European Union. +I agree with #a lot of things that have said here on the value of the integration of the environmental looks in #all the sector of the transports and in the politics of transports In the Commission have given #some first important steps, but still remains a lot for taking. +As it has signalled the last orator, Mr. *Gollnisch, is true that *Macao represents a free society: a free city in the extreme of Chinese, in the extreme of #Asia, as it signalled the Mr. *Graça *Moura to the start of our debate; an extraordinary crossing go in Orient and Occident from the century *XVI. +*Hong *Kong And *Macao are two great international cities; they #can exert a very important paper in the continuation of the development and in the opening with hit of Chinese to the rest of the world; and in the exert of this paper, *Macao will have our best wishes for the thrilling period of the history that am safe *les offers the future. +(*FR) Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, as I informed to the with regard to the Commission *INDU on 6 December past, *cuando attended to present the conclusions of the Council "Investigation" of 2 December, the ministers gave his agreement to a new complementary program 2003 regarding the reactor of high flow of *Petten, situated in the Low Countries. +(*FR) Have to express my satisfaction when seeing that, finally, have gone out of the stagnation in the that were the discussions among the European Parliament and the relative Council to the program *Socrates *II, since the Parliament has known to show very firm in his position during this long procedure of conciliation. +The Group of the Greens and European Free Alliance have refused the proposal to diminish the number of permissions to distribute among the States members, as it had posed by the Group of the Popular Party European. +The future enlargement of *Europa, confirmed by the conclusions of *Helsinki, poses the question of the respect, by the countries candidates, of the criteria of construction of the equality of sexes, #as well as of the criteria of promotion of the freedom of the women. +It has to answer in front of the #european courts, and the procedure has to be by the fast road to guarantee that they pay compensations to the sector of the *vacuno #british, no only by the loss of the trade with *Francia, but also by the loss of our trade all over the world, like consequence of the damage *ocasionado to the reputation of our products of high quality. +In principle, the four important debates on the politics of competition -four reports related among himself/hisself- were foreseen for the morning of the Wednesday, but have remained postponed until the afternoon and afterwards until the night. By #everything *ello, urge to the Presidency to that it consider the possibility to celebrate said debates the Tuesday of the partial period of sessions of January. +By a part, has insisted *metódicamente in that the States members have to adapt his legislations to the rule of the EU in matter of asylum, immigration and control of borders, #as well as to the stipulations of *Schengen, that have happened to form part of the rule of the European Union through the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Like this as, the European Bank of Investments *atiene to this rule regarding the documents and to his publication, #if well the goal has to be, in general, the extension of the principle of access to the information and of transparency in the measure that do not put in danger the commercial secret. +We have not protested neither *nos have denied, have put hands to the drama and have worked. In this context wanted to give the thanks to the speaker, the Mr. *Papayannakis, to the Mr. *Kindermann, speaker of the Commission of Agriculture, and also to the administration and to the juridical service. +The second point on the that wished to call his attention, before beginning the year 2000, is the following: we do not expect until November, as we have taken this year, to put on the table the definite regulation, that has to allow an immediate application, as it establishes it, on the other hand, the excellent report of the Mr. *Papayannakis. +The protocol on the protection and the welfare of the animals, *anejo to the Treaty by the that it creates the European Community, asks to the Community and to the States members that, when formulating and apply his agricultural politics, have fully in account the requirements in matter of health and welfare of the animals. +Only I want *asociarme to the words of the previous speakers and remember a political norm: that the prudence no *nos goes to take never treacherous, and therefore I appreciate enormously the solidarity and firmness of the Commission of Budgets, that *nos has allowed to save the interests of the Parliament like institution. +In the last term of office have voted repeated times against the budgets because, in spite of the reports on the worrisome situation of the apiculture in *Europa, approved by unanimity the Commission has denied to put to disposal the credits for the measures of conservation of the apiculture that had demanded. +In consequence, want that the relations with this important partner do not base in the *ilusoria perspective to obtain the condition of member, but in the narrowest collaboration in an economic frame by means of the fulfillment of the derivative obligations of the Agreement of Union *Aduanera. +The most important result of the summit was the ratification by part of the EU of the ambitious plans on the enlargement of the EU, it that involves, among other things, the announcement now of a governmental conference that take possible this admission of new States members. +Here it includes the help to #Sierra Lion, to the refugees in the neighbouring countries of #Liberia and *Guinea and, as already it has commented here, the help for the *ORN, the psychosocial help in the camps of displaced, that have initiated programs of help for the boys soldered *desmovilizados and that tackle the frightful problem of the boys mutilated for *ofrecerles #any perspective of life. +Gentleman President, in the twilight of the century *XX, of a century that has been positively signalled by the peaceful revolution of the women, is really regrettable that there #be still countries like *Kuwait and *Afganistán, in the that the half of the population, the women, is deprived even of the fundamental rights. +A resolution of this nature on a Been member of the European Union #would have more felt that on a *tercer country, but #would constitute, even in this case, an attack to the operation of the institutions of this State and to the capacity of his citizens to resolve internally this problem. +We #can not *comprometernos during decades to the support to the producers of the most favoured regions of *Europa by descents of the prices occurred sometimes in the happened The solution #would consist in harmonising the helps by hectares of the most egalitarian form possible for #all the space of the EU. +His antecedent is the Decision 96/411/*CE of the relative Council to the improvement of the community agricultural statistics, that has put to disposal of the Commission a flexible tool that *le allows to adapt the statistical applications to the distinct needs of information to measure that go producing changes. +Obviously, the *lúpulo is not the typical example to appreciate the importance that has the Common Agricultural Politics for the agriculturalists of the European Union, but shows his depth and his extension in the assistance to our agriculturalists. +Now well, to #the same time multiply the financial helps, exceptional calls, to the most diverse countries of the planet, without that *propicie any plan of group, so that our politics of cooperation only is #one wanders and immense dispersion, is to say, in sum, that no longer is a politics. +I believe that the proposals of the Mr. *Herman go very oriented, always that our successors have the political will to finish with this *rotatividad *paralizadora among the two great Groups and are able to take place for the political debate, is to say, for the voice of the citizens of the European Union. +In spite of the improvements that have introduced in the legislation, especially the relative to the born boys from 1992, seems that the political class leader in *Estonia is contributing to keep a notion -in my conservative- opinion regarding the question of the citizenship. +Sometimes it is not easy *explicarles that a juridical culture really applied in the practice of the justice and of the Courts is precisely previous condition for an inner market that work, of #the same mood that a democracy is of course previous condition for the political Union. +I want to begin for underlining once again, and am talking by #all #that that inside the Commission are commissioned of the preparation for the enlargement, that are deeply conscious of the historical and only opportunity that has the European Union to bring the peace and stability to a greater part of this continent. +In the next autumn, the Commission will elaborate more reports on the progresses, but also is our intention make in October of the present year, is to say still before the summit of *Helsinki, an adaptation, or say better a readjustment, of the associations for the adhesion that *usted knows, in function of the progresses and developments ascertained in this moment. +#Some sectors that have his own specific rules that have shown his validity in the practice, as, especially, the agreements of distribution of beer, are working satisfactorily for the hospitality industry, for the great and small breweries, for the wholesalers and for the consumers. +With an assessment of the effects of the vertical agreements #can register better the situation in the inner market that with strict formal criteria. #This is like this besides since then the small participants in the market #would benefit of the simplifications of the formal requests. +They #can not fix thresholds in a small country like the #mine, in the that maybe there #be #one *cervecera dominant, but in a very limited market, whereas #one *cervecera like the «*Bitburger», contiguous to *nosotros, that has a much stronger position and a volume of businesses much more important no this considered dominant, because *Alemania is enormous concerning the Big Duchy of *Luxemburgo. +Also I give thanks to the President of the Commission of Requests, Mr. *Fontana, and to #all the members of the parliamentary commission by his positive attitude in his contacts with the office of the Defender of the European Village. +Likewise, I consider fundamental for the work of the Defender of the Village -and like this signal it in the report- the modification of his statute to achieve that the access of the Defender to #all the notable documents in the procedures that *él follows produce it more effectively possible. +Regarding the performance of the office of the Defender of the Village in matter of information and communication, believe that said performance is a good example for other #european institutions, especially regarding the utilisation of the new technologies of the communication, as, for example, the approach of the citizenship to this institution through Internet. +It is very important that examine in detail the Statute of the civil servants and that introduce the necessary modifications to establish directly the obligation to the civil servants to signal the irregularities that #can perceive in the exert of his functions about the operation of the community organs. +The Commission, nevertheless, had the intention to convert said code in #one of the three axes of a more ambitious reform of the group of his internal and external performances that, without embargo, has not been able to get still to good end by the reasons that the Parliament knows perfectly. +Regarding the modification of the Statute of the Defender of the Village, with regard to this point or to the of the testimonies of the civil servants, obviously *le corresponds to the Plenary take the initiative in accordance with the article 138 And. Afterwards it will be task of the Commission -of the next Commission, obviously- issue his *dictamen to the *respecto. +These relative problems to the computer system were very present in the relative report to the approval of the management of 1996, that finally conducted to the fall of the Commission. From then, the European Commission has taken table *rasa. +We do not owe *sentarnos to expect the compatibility that have detailed in a document of work for the Commission of Transports, since before #this *suceda, will have happened ten years and *eso #can use like excuse to reckon the real costs by the use of the roads. +Gentleman President, like member of the Greens and fervent adherent of the resolution of commitment that have approved in this Parliament, wanted to express my respect to #all the collaborators of the NATO that in this moment are working in defence of the human rights in the neighbouring countries of *Kosovo. +As it knows the Parliament, the Commission adopted in the year 1997 a recommendation in this matter and is examining his application; it #would be, therefore, premature that engaged from this time on to adopt a proposal of directive, since it will not be able to value adequately the situation until it do not conclude the examination in course. +The Bosses of State and of Government gave a political impulse to said process in the Summits of *Cardiff and of *Viena, impulse that has to end, in the Summit of Colony, in a report on the necessary measures for the realisation of an only financial market. +I know that the authorities of the valley of *Chamonix have reported in #a lot of occasions the step of thousands of trucks by this narrow valley and by this tunnel, that, obviously, had not built for a so important traffic. +Of this drama, that #would have been able to avert, have to take out the consequences and exert pressures no only in front of *usted, gentleman Commissioner, but also in front of the Council, so that at last it develop a true political «railway-road» in the sector of the transports of commodities, and *ello so much for the difficult zones as for the group of the national territory. +Said #this, gentleman President, wished to signal, in name of my Group, that will not vote in favour of the four amendments presented on this resolution, no because we refuse the bottom or because we do not share the worries that express, but because we consider that perhaps this Parliament will have the occasion, in another moment, to go back to manifest, as a whole, his opinion on these problems. +It is regrettable that in #a lot of places of the world, and also in *Irlanda of North, the lawyers and the judges have found in first line, #where the conflicts are more intense. The murder of *Rosemary #Nelson *nos shows once again the danger that #many of these professionals run *cuando defend the human rights more fundamental of his customers. +The call in favour of an independent inquiry has to to the fact that it has the conviction that an inquiry of the #irish police on the death of the Mrs. #Nelson #would not be all it rigorous that it #would have to be, as all indicates that the Mrs. #Nelson feared by his own life and that during long considered in situation of grave danger. +It #can not deny the implication of the heavy vehicles in the mortal accidents, since, in addition to some conditions of work too much difficult, the weight is also an aggravating factor, by what often is associated to an excessive speed. +In this debate on the loyal competition have to be conscious that in the field of the railway the wages are higher and the places of work occupy usually for life. It More #likely is that in the sector deprived these conditions do not get to give never. +It #can not give credit to my hearings *cuando #one of the experts invited to the celebrated audience with reason of the White Book signalled that by environmental reasons it was necessary to tax the fuel for the aviation with 4 *ecus the litre. Rates of *Concorde in the daily life, #who the goes to pay? +Lady Speaker, first of all, wanted to congratulate to the Mrs. *Bennasar *Tous, although absent, and also to the Mrs. #Colombo *Svevo that so *dignamente *nos has presented the subject this morning; but especially, it wanted to congratulate to the Mrs. speaker by his valuable contribution to the proposal of the Commission on the program *DAPHNE, #as well as by the form in that it has treated a so important question. +*Nosotros Support the request that, in the Consultative Committee, there #be a representative of the European Parliament and a representative of the *ONG, #as well as the request that it present a report on the progresses made a time to the year, and no each three years. +Lady Speaker, the Commission wishes to give thanks to the Mrs. *Bennasar *Tous and to the Commission of Rights of the Woman by the report prepared, that supports firmly the initiative of the Commission and underlines in admirable form the need and the urgency that it adopt the program *DAPHNE with sufficient *antelación at the end of the year. +In my report, that had been approved by the Commission of Transports and Tourism without that the point 1 suffered modification #any, asked that it introduced a system of rates uniform for #all the vehicles of transport «and that had in the social costs limit #one of his foundations». +Had account that the Council has approved the regulation that collects the relative general norms to the structural Bottoms, each #one of the States members has to propose to the Commission #which are the regions that gather the conditions established in said regulation and that, in opinion of the States, find in a situation more *desfavorable. +#Many of the that here we are have been witnesses of his important action in the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects of this Parliament, that was not but a demonstration more of his constant dedication to the social and #sindical subjects that *le brought to this Assembly. +Certainly, the regulation of the privileges and immunities -that dates of the year 1965- traces back to a moment in that this Parliament was a mere parliamentary assembly in #where, still, his grade of representativeness of a #european citizenship was in the realm of the utopia. +Today we have the euro, today is indisputable that his proposals are hit and that the report of our colleague, the Mr. *Menrad, that occupies of the dimension of the politics of employment is also a very good report that it #can be argued here with the Report *Fourçans. +The solutions for the elimination of the chronic unemployment in *Europa are not in a #european program of employment neither in an economic politics, *homogéneamente configured, of the States members of the Economic European Union and Monetary, but in the structural reforms. +Only there #be a point, the relative to the structural reforms, on the that it wanted to call the attention, for *precisarles that the Commission is had to value the liberalisation of the sectors of the telecommunications, the transports and the energy. +Gentleman President, distinguished colleagues of the European Parliament. As *ustedes know, on 19 April had already the opportunity to expose to his Commission of Control Budgetary the position of the Council in the procedure of approval of the management for 1997. +I see that already they have applied adequately the diverse relative disposals to the staff and have understood that, of #all the staff of the Centre, only remain vacancies two places of the category To. I do not hesitate it more minimum in recommending the approval of the management also for the *CEDEFOP. +I am surprised to see that the Socialist Group has presented an amendment so that it delete the point 1 of the Report *Elles, that is the important, is to say, in the that remember our final decision of not approving the management of the Commission of the year 1996. +But there #be had a problem, #can recognise that, *cuando have adopted in the political level clear decisions and oriented in the correct direction, the capacity of the Commission to apply the decisions in #all his services of #the same form has been mentally handicapped person. +From here, there #be another important principle that to *nosotros *nos links and that also has to see with this responsibility bear with the citizens of the that talked before: it is the principle of conservation of the acts, the principle to be it more effective possible and give the fastest and better answer to the citizens. +Sure enough, have now precisely #this: any emotion, but the scientific demonstration -and precisely as it has demanded , the qualitative security, no the quantitative- that the utilisation of hormones is harmful, that represents a threat for the health, that is *cancerígena, that causes the early apparition of the puberty of the girls. I translate it that is written here. +And of here also that *yo defend the creation of a bottom of compensation for the companies that see affected by #such sanctions, since, of it contrary, #many of *ellas #can see immersed in a deep crisis that #can *llevarlas to the disappearance, with the consequent loss of places of work precisely in some moments in that we are promoting -want to promote from the Union- some politics in benefit of the occupation. +#If the Commission yields the evaluation and the capacity of initiative for new proposals as it occurs in this proposal, then is undermining really his right of existence and is destroying in fact it that it is a principle determinant in the Union, and east is the right of initiative. +Thanks to the community spirit have been possible in *Europa the State of right, the dialogue, the democratic institutions, the recognition of the minorities, and with this spirit #can put end also to a conflict that carries *martirizando to the villages of the *sudeste #european from takes more of ten years. +The Greens expect of *usted, gentleman *Prodi, regarding this Parliament, that engage in the Conference *Intergubernamental to bet firmly for strengthening this House until it was a Parliament of plenary right, with full powers of *codecisión legislative also in matter of agriculture and of compulsory costs, and with right plenaries of control of the application of the politics. +This cure of *adelgazamiento has to make before the nomination of the new Commission, by it that exist #a lot of general reasons to postpone the approval of the Mr. *Prodi, without embargo, my group also has a political reason: The Mr. *Prodi wishes the States Joined of *Europa. +In #some moments, the problem of the balance among these two looks has found #any solution; for example, the Mr. *Delors treated to *través of the White Book to take a synthesis and to find a point of balance, looked for the balance among these two looks. +*Europa Has not set up still the cell of #analysis for the active politics of prevention of the conflicts -like European Parliament approve a proposal of this type- has to recover the dignity, the ambition and the responsibility of an initiative. +We think that it is necessary to restore a true monetary flexibility and adapt the euro to the specific situations of the different countries leaving *subsistir, on 1 January 2002, the national coins in front of the euro, that #would convert like this in a simple common coin. +*Confrontados To the new challenges engendered, in particular, by the fall of the Wall of *Berlín and the *mundialización of the economy, so much #one like #another never have doubted in increasing the charge of work of the Commission, although without taking out #all the logical consequences, especially in matter of contracting of personnel. +It fits to expect, therefore, that the Foundation will engage to answer of the so positive way that seems to indicate our speaker to the pending questions or that finish to be posed with occasion of the examination of the procedure of approval of the management in the exercise 1997: costs of mission and agreements of study. +Gentleman President, have received of the office of the President of the Parliament a letter that *me says that my question directed to the Council, that had to debate tomorrow, will not debate then because today it #would take place the debate on *Kosovo and in *él #would include also my question, that refers to the question of the environment in *Kosovo, that has been *auténticamente destroyed. +We loan, instead, attention to the #european voices each more numerous day, stronger and more significant, of *Oskar *Lafontaine to the 180 #italian deputies of the democrat majority of left, #christian democrats, that, in name of #one some vision of *Europa, ask, to the equal that take *nosotros, the end of the bombardments. +We are practical in the short term: support the initiative of *Chernomirdin, *salvaguardar *Montenegro of the bombardments in the measure of it possible, keep the demographic balance in *Macedonia with the received of #kosovar refugees in the EU, so that it #can not produce another climbing of the conflict in the region and, gentleman President, contain the transport of arms for the *UCK as it has taken #Italia. +We have to begin to explain to the Mrs. *Harbour -and is the Council the one who has to take it- that #if *Hitler had not been accused because it #can not test #who were the bosses of the distinct fields of extermination, #would not have been able to show the chain of control existent among *Berlín and *Auschwitz. +It That it has to occur it is that, *eventualmente with the agreement of peace of the that talked right now the Mr. Minister, in the *Balcanes define the conditions to establish the State of right and the democracy, the eradication of #all the sources of aggression that in this instant exist, especially in the diet of *Milosevic. +The situation is extremely difficult and only the intervention armed -#if before *Milosevic do not yields with regard to the conditions imposed by the NATO and the European Union- #can give a break and create a cord of protection with seen to this space of peace and security of the that have talked. +In the next days, will go back to go to the region, without embargo, *les pray that *nos help to transmit this message: for the time being, the fundamental element of the humanitarian help are the elections *prioritarias, the discipline and the coordination, of it contrary fear that also the big generosity of #all finish in a big confusion. +I recommend to this Assembly and to the President in exercise the initiative of His Holiness the *Patriarca of *Constantinopla to organise the religious symposium, scientist and environmental that will celebrate in September and in the that representatives of the five great religions of the #orthodox -and #catholic region, #protestant, #jewish and #muslim- will sail from *Ratisbona until the #Black sea in *pro of the environment and of the reconciliation. +The position expressed this morning by the Mr. *Prodi and what *nos has said now the President in exercise of the Council on the importance that for the hit of the great political of the Union, like the enlargement and the *PESC, will earn the Russian Federation in the immediate future *nos fill of hope. +This common strategy proposes the democracy, the State of right of the public institutions, the integration of *Rusia in an economic and social space European and the imperative common that confronts the #european continent. +In this sense, is particularly important that leave clear in front of the Council that the procedure of approval of a report with recommendations to the Council on a common strategy constitutes an exceptional solution, motivated by the particular circumstances of an electoral year. +The efforts of *Rusia to reach a solution of the conflict of the *Balcanes do not take more that highlight once again the importance of said country for the #european architecture of the security and, in consequence, *yo back explicitly the wishes of the President of the Council that it adopt it before possible this strategy. +The text of the section 5 of the article 190 of the Treaty says that «the Parliament will establish the statute and the general conditions of exercise of the functions of his members, previous *dictamen of the Commission and with the approval by unanimity of the Council». +*Yo Believe that the Council -and the Governments- have shown his fine will regarding the Parliament, in the first place accessing to *algo that *nosotros believed that it was very difficult, that is the inclusion in the Treaty of *Amsterdam of this article precisely, that ask from the Parliament and that #all believed that the Council -or the Governments- did not go to accept. +I expect that they #can increase of systematic way in the properly said budget the resources of the Defender of the Village, since #this will be the best way to boost the confidence of the citizens in the general activities of the EU. +The Mrs. *González *Álvarez mentioned the question of the comments of the Commission of Budgets relative to the part of costs administrative inside the budget of exploitation global and made #some observations very wise to the *respecto. +In the meantime, the European Parliament, our Parliament, has gone developing until converting in a political institution inside the European Union that already is *ineludible and that has exerted his faculty of control political and budgetary vigorously and with big independence. +With regard to the Parliament, wanted to say also that the characteristic note of this term of office is that we have left the short trousers -am talking from my masculine condition, and therefore I put this example of the short trousers, of course, without going in in any example *sexista-. +But above #everything *eso, recognise that it is *usted a man of firm convictions, that has #a lot of natural human qualities; a person of big energy and determination and a person that always has shown positive and *ecuánime; a person *alentadora and also a person that #can be very firm and authoritarian *cuando it is necessary to show this type of authority, as we have witnessed in #some occasions. +The pact has to be expression of an active politics of labour market that bet more that up to now by the avoidance of the unemployment, is to say, especially, by the reduction of the juvenile unemployment and of long length #as well as by the ending of the discrimination of the women in the labour market. +The events occurred at the beginning of this year and that have conducted to the resignation of the Commission and to a debate on his reform, are reason to examine in this context also the relation among the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission. +Any delay in the reinforcement of the institutions and of his operation only #can engage the effective enlargement of the Union; this new reform has to prepare to the institutions for the enlargement, but has to allow also answer to #some failures of institutional operation that have appeared in the last months. +Of course, we do not put in cloth of trial #some fundamental looks like the article *N, but that say that in the preparatory stage are necessary some novelties because we have checked the deficiencies of the method *intergubernamental and, therefore, the need to prepare of another form the result of the Conference *Intergubernamental. +The quantity of States that in this moment request the entry in the European Union #would suppose a change -in the case that they went admitted in the qualitative current-conditions in the structure of the European Union. +In his intervention of yesterday *le hear to talk of his political responsibility, of the capacity of direction political of the School, of his function of orientation political, of the need that it adopt a big political initiative. +After the European Summit of Colony, opt once and for all by a *Europa #where #all the legislation and #all the budget situate definitively under the supervision of the European Parliament and in the that the European Commission was forced to offer a maximum transparency with a free management of #all fraud. +Among the central elements of the package of reform includes the enlargement of the politics for the development of the rural area, included a better impulse to the compatible economic methods with the environment. +Thus, it has not been surprising that before the summit of Colony of #one or another spot have come from critical to the strategy of the Presidency or to the mood to carry the negotiations, but after the summit of *Berlín the assessment is totally different. +I expect that it concretise the political will affirmed by *Prodi to recover the institutional balance to end to allow that the Commission go back to exert his indispensable paper of political impulse, like independent organ of the national governments and of the private interests. +Lady Speaker, in the plane of the procedure, wanted to signal to the Mr. *Cox and to the Mrs. *Green, although they have gone , that *yo presented, on 13 December, an amendment of #the same type that the global amendments, that already have debated amply, and that this amendment in his moment - perhaps because it was #mine -, was declared inadmissible. +But, how it occurs with the future?The reform allows to answer to the tracks for a durable agriculture presented by the Commission, in contradiction with the proposal modified of the agricultural section of Diary 2000?&#*x017*C;it has reinforced the cooperation among the European Union and the countries *ACP? +Second -and very linked to the ordination of the territory-, #ours *segunda amends of transaction asks that the *FEDER contribute to establish the necessary links among the regions that geographically suffer permanent disadvantages by his *alejamiento, peripheral character or *insularidad, to boost the exchanges among the periphery of *Europa and the central regions of the Community. +In the reform of the structural Bottoms there #be not any reason for a joy exaggerated but have found a viable commitment that guarantees that the #european solidarity do not derive in the future to a mere statement of lips outside. +Finally, and it is the will of the members of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, is indispensable to introduce a program of action and of information in front of the consumers with the end that they know essentially the effects of the products of the vineyard in his health. +We freeze the third category; in the *cuarta only offers a statement by #if the crisis of *Kosovo needed a review of the financial perspectives, and *nos announces that the Council #would be had to accept a review before the entrance in vigour of the financial perspectives that want that we adopt today. +*Me Seems that also the *isleños coincide with the wide majority of the Parliament and of the Commission in that the principle of the economic and social cohesion shows especially in the deal that gives to the regions of structures feebler, by it that we want to assign to these regions the 70 % of #all the credits, so much #if they live in firm earth as in islands. +#If we are sincere #one with #others, know that it do not has any sense take only of the *insularidad a look of the that derive the helps, as the point of game of the structural helps, like this appears also in the Treaty, is to compensate the disadvantages of regions and social groups and is to #this to it that *nos have to adhere in his own interest. +Here it has to take part the Diary 2000 to provide the indispensable means for his *prosecución with the infrastructures *cofinanciadas by the *FEDER, by the *FEOGA-Orientation or by the Bottom of Cohesion, #as well as the training or reallocation of the hand of drama, for it that requires the support of the Social Bottom. +Of compliance with the Presidential Decree 738/98 on the entrance of help humanitarian *proveniente of the foreigner, from then only recognises like addressees of humanitarian help that do not become tariffs to the juridical persons of public utility recognised in his statutes but no to the particular persons. +Whereas the initial administrative difficulties of the program «oil by foods» already have surpassed in his greater part, today day the main problem of the program represents it the scarce capacity of export of the *Iraq and the distribution of the materials of help medical to the population. +The European Union underlines his disposal to support the process of reforms in *Argelia, especially, in the frame of the European Cooperation for the Mediterranean, and to continue the political dialogue initiated with the #algerian authorities. +Gentleman President, in it *tocante to a possible *upgrading of the contractual relations among the European Union and *Croacia believe that the Mr. Deputy will have clear that #this makes in the frame of the regional strategy of the EU, #such as it determines in the conclusions of the Council of Subjects General of the 29-4-1997. +I believe that the Social Bottom European is a half to give a support to the development of the employment in *Europa, to the equal that the bottom for the rural development is a half that it will be able to take possible the big toning that will have to take great parts of the agricultural sector. +In any case, appreciate also the efforts that has made the salient Commissioner, the one who carried out a very hard work, no only to the hour to visit the regions depressed of the Union, but -especially- in #everything it relative to *Irlanda of the North and to the programs *transfronterizos. +Like speaker for the approval of the management of 1997 in relation to the bottoms, wanted to signal a problem that is the that a country as, for example, *Holanda, continuously sees reflected negatively in the reports of the Court of Accounts, due to the fact that there they have a more precise form to inform that in any #another country. +To end to achieve this goal, the Commission is had to incorporate the most modern media so that the Parliament #can exert his scrutiny of way continuous and using the technical means more recent. +They have reached important progresses in the debate on the definition of his content and his incorporation to the juridical foundations of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community and of the Treaty of the European Union and fault little so that we #can give it by finished. +Without embargo, in political questions so important like the incorporation of the Agreement of *Schengen and the Agreement of association with two countries of special significance, believe that the Council #would owe *haberlas subjected to query of the Parliament and #would have to have taken into account the points of sight that had been able to expose this institution. +They arise doubts regarding the security, the operation, the payment, the treatment of the confidential information, the abuse of data personal, the quality of the products and the fault of advice. +I support the amendments that improve the directive, without embargo, do not support the legislative text in his group and the Movement of June neither supports the legislative text in his group because it follows splitting of the principle that takes reference to the country of the *remitente. +It is true that, in electronic matter, precisely by the big rape of the privacy that #can suppose the fact that we introduce in our houses the computer and that, in the screen, our children, our friends, our familiar #can see exposed to a bombardment of information, probably no wished, takes that they appear principles of public order. +A possibility #would be the to approve the report now and retain the communication to the Council until the Committee of the Regions decide #if it pronounces or no to the *respecto, and another possibility #would be to postpone the vote to morning, as it seems that the Committee of the Regions #can give a favourable report morning. +The ideal rural regions for the Goal 5*b will explain among the main victims of this situation: in *Francia, the third part of the ideal population in relation with this goal will leave to receive structural Bottoms after the period of transition. +The final result, although it do not answers totally to the demands of the Parliament, went amply influenced by this last to *través of the work of the Commission of Politics Regional, of the speakers and of the group commissioned of the negotiations. +The Socialist Party #european member of parliament *opone to the amendment 7 of the report because it repeats unnecessarily existent legislation of the EU and #suffer of fault of specific clarity on the subject of the adaptation of the machinery or the replacement of #all the machinery was or was not practical to take it. +Our external politics and of common security has worked correctly in this case as this statement was important to guarantee the peaceful and constructive continuation of the process of peace in spite of the expiration of the *primer interim period fixed by the Agreements of *Oslo. +We consider, without embargo, that has got the moment of an extraordinary action: we wanted to take advantage of this famous year 2000 -a year that has a big symbolic value for #all the countries of the world and no only for the that have some tradition, history and religion- to carry out an extraordinary gesture. +As it finishes to remember the colleague *Imbeni, has got the hour to use also this year 2000 to give this qualitative jump and present to the General Assembly of the Nations Joined a proposal of moratorium universal. +Have in the countries in development, in the countries *firmatarios of the Agreement of *Lomé #a lot of examples *modélicos of countries that, graces precisely to the *restablecimiento of the democratic rules, follow a path of development economic, and #that's why we have to reiterate with greater strength to *Djibuti that respect this contractual agreement that has signed with his #european partners. +Gentleman President, the existent difficulties to punish to those who have incurred in offences #such like genocides, crimes of war and, in general, offences against the humanity have shown *sobradamente the need of the instauration of an International Penal Court, that was active what before and in conditions to proceed effectively to the persecution of these offences so that they do not follow *impunes. +In the century *XIX to the *Comoras the designated «the archipelago of the *sultanes *batalladores», because the Big *Comora and *Anjouan are dominated by #some familiar organisations purportedly noble that contest the power from takes centuries, that impose his privileges to the immense majority of the population, and keep great social inequalities, economic monopolies *injustificables and a truly mediaeval organisation of the society. +I quote of the report of the International Commission for *Temelin. In this moment, the capacity of production is upper to the needs and the electricity produced by the nuclear head office of *Temelin so only will serve to reduce the production in other fields. +*Me Joins a personal bow to the subject that is treating . My *primer report, a modification of the Treaty of the European Community of the Coal and of the Steel, analysed the failure of *Ferrovie Saint'#Anna, *algo that then was *inusitado, a steelworks that went to the failure. +The Commission agrees with the Mr. *Hoppenstedt in that the pavilion of the Union has to present the best possible image of the European Union in the century *XXI: a European Union that it is democratic, transparent, respectful of the law, socially just, *tolerante and culturally diverse. +In my country, #where this sector represents the 25 % of the employment of the transformative industry and the 30 % of the exports, #where there are regions almost exclusively dependent of *él, by it that conditions the life of the generality of the familiar groups, thousands of workers and employers expect the future with expectancy and hope, but also with #a lot of doubts and questions. +Our position, no only in relation with the textile industry but with the productive system European in general, adjusts to the need, first, that the sector has to accept the conditions of a global economy, and, second, that has to take an effort to increase his levels of productivity and of competitiveness. +In *tercer place, is a big misfortune that after having spent so much money of the taxpayer in this new building, #can not give true example for the century *XXI -for the new #millenium- of the type of society open that the European Parliament wants to see in the future. +It treats no only of a *combatiente *encarnizado of the democracy in his country, of a big man that has helped in the process of decolonisation and to build a juster world and more open, but that also embodies admirably the dimension -say- sportive, that it is necessary *reconocerle to the democracy. +To #all *nos costs a lot understand #which was this message of the Commission, apart from that for the resales supposes fine #news, and bad #news for the fans to the football, that give to understand that #one #can go out really with the #his and *infringir the law always that it was had to give some *monedillas to the European Commission in a back moment of the process. +#If we had accepted *pasivamente the existence of a nationalism *sanguinario, of an aggressive nationalism in our continent, the destination of the own #european integration, the greater attainment of the #european history more recent, #would have been in game. +The European Union and his States members supported actively under the #german Presidency of the Council the war of the NATO in the *Balcanes, that *quebrantó the international Right and ousted to the UN, at the same time that remained sealed the transformation of the Community in a called defensive Union. +In name of my political Group want to say very clearly that we do not go to *enjuiciar to the Commission and to the new Commissioners by his political membership but by his capacity, the clarity and accuracy of his positions in the past and in the present. In our opinion, east has to be the only criterion of assessment. +In particular, will have to find an apt system to guarantee the continuous and exhaustive information of the Parliament on the course of the reform respecting, to #the same time, the autonomy of the Commission in the management of his competitions. +I do not share this analysis: for me the Conference *Intergubernamental is a crucial appointment for the #european Institutions and is our opportunity, the last perhaps, for *prepararnos for the possible duplication of the number of members of the States of the Union. +*Le Propose that *reflexione on the need to correct the route, and the two banks of proofs *me seems that they have suggested in this debate: the first refers to the relation among *Europa and the world, the second refers to *Europa among the #european construction and the different realities of the distinct countries. +The enlargement presupposes an adaptation of the institutions of the Union: we have begun already the *preparativos of the Conference *Intergubernamental of the countries members with the goal to take a report on this subject, of #whose editorial will commission the President and that it will be exposed in the summit of *Helsinki. +In the summit of *Tampere, that will treat, among other things, the problems of the shelter and of the political asylum, #as well as of the international delinquency organised, it will be necessary to take concrete propositions of the measures to take to improve the internal security. +We have to accelerate by #all the means the preparation of said report and his owed discussion in the European Parliament, but #can not deliver the legitimate rights of the Parliament in hands of an organ of investigation unofficial neither *atenernos to his diary to elaborate the report. +The politics to follow for the»#nordic dimension», concept already ratified by the European Union, has to take into account, among other things, the collaboration with the countries *Bálticos, and also the materialisation of the strategy to follow with *Rusia, subject that also has been decided in principle. +This goal sees *desmoronado by the principle according to the *cual the EU has to have a will, a politics and an only voice. This principle was refused by the 70 percent of the Finns that have not voted in the elections of the European Parliament. +Nobody has talked of *ello before me, but exists a problem that has not confronted or at least no with the determination wished by the European Union: it is the of the three one thousand #kosovar prisoners, literally *raptados by the Mr. *Milosevic and his *esbirros during the last days of the international intervention in *Kosovo and moved by the strength to the prisons of Serbian. +The External Politics and of Common Security will allow to reach, from the *Balcanes, with the urgency and the obstinacy that, for the time being, imposes the situation, the goals of the peace, of the economic welfare, of the certainty of the respect of the human rights. +We entrust in that it was a reconstruction no only material, but also immaterial: reconstruct roads, schools, ports, aqueducts, but also the confidence of persons that during years have seen deprived of the right to live with his affections in his earth, with his work and that today aspire to achieve carry this calm life that *les was denied during years. +As, *acaso #can admit a situation in that a Commission *demisionaria follow exerting his functions from the past month of March and taking part to try weaken the application of an only price of the book and to formulate the mandate of the next negotiation in the *OMC, #whose importance for the coming years is known? +In fact, I suspect that #many of our colleagues are not so *duchos in technology as they had to be, but this technology goes to have an enormous effect in the opening of the only market and before that at all we owe *asegurarnos that the legislation do not limit the capacity of the persons for *innovar and introduce changes and new forms of electronic trade. +On 29 June 1999, to the President of the Commission, Mr. *Santer, *le communicated the decision of the Mr. *Bangemann to leave the Commission to assume a place in the private sector two days later, on 1 July 1999. +I believe that now we have to have the value, that have to ask the value of the Council and of the Commission, in the first place to learn of the errors of the past, to cut with the agricultural politics carried out up to now, and take finally an election rope, wise and necessary by a #european agriculture of quality. +How many times will be still require that have accidents repeated, in this type of utilisations, so that it put end to this absurd system according to the *cual the earths are in fallow, the agriculturalists need to work, take live the heritage and the landscape of #ours *Europa, but find in the inability to take it because *privilegia the utilisation of the recycling of wastes and, in particular, of animal wastes. +His mandate has been expanded in relation with it that foresaw the article first of the Protocol on the institutions attach to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, since the Council of Colony has added, by own initiative, the possibility of extension of the votes with qualified majority. +Excellent the statement on the need of a *Kosovo *plurinacional; now well, the that the resolution advocate that this national plurality was guaranteed by the *UCK do not seems of receipt, unless it was necessary to interpret it in key of #black humour. More still *cuando in a paragraph asks the disarmament of the soldiers and *paramilitares of the own *UCK, suppose that because it considers that it constitutes a threat for the progress (*plurinacional) of *Kosovo!!! +Ladies and Gentlemen, believe that for the European Union, in matter of sport, today is *prioritario avert that it sanction to a country member that reached to organise with hit this event, and initiate in particular, as it said it yesterday Roman *Prodi, a true #european fight against the doping, for example; it is to say, deny to that only the logic of the money finish with the beauty and the own spirit of the sport. +*Cuando In these last times, the European Parliament has treated to strengthen his control on the Commission, and the theory of the independence had to, as, as it is logical, retreat, see like #this *resurge and strengthens with a new strength; no already regarding the commissioners, but to the services. +With #the same spirit, the Commission goes to answer to the report establishing a service of audit internal, as it recommends the Committee, and reiterate our commitment for reinforcing the financial cells in #all the general directions. +For me today it is a reason of satisfaction -that want to take public- have listened in this Assembly to the still Commissioner #Manuel *Marín refer to the future of the Commission with #the same honesty of the that has taken #gala along his mandates and with #the same dignity with the that has assumed the problems of the previous School of Commissioners. +I want to finalise my intervention appreciating to the Mr. *Marín his big work during #all these years in his responsibilities in the Commission and the last, especially, like President in functions of the Commission and *deseándole to the Mr. *Kinnock #a lot of luck, #a lot of touch and good tempt in the difficult tasks that *le expect in the next months and years. +We expect to develop the program of action for the reform together with the responsible Commissioner and although we have not had time to study it in detail, believe that it #would be just *pedirle to the Commissioner a debate and a clear justification of why do not undertake some measures #if #some of the recommendations remain excluded. +. Gentleman President, in reality, in the report that has presented the Mrs. #Jackson there #be a point that do not refers so much to the content as to the juridical form that #can choose to try resolve the problem of the environmental minimum criteria in the States members. +It is just to affirm that in the past existed the opinion generalised that the European Parliament and the European Commission had to work almost in a state of collusion permanent to take charge of the rights purchased of the States members and boost like this the #european integration. +It is an ideal fight to give to the Europeans the sense of a common destination, of a common mission, of a common identity, of a common civilisation and of a common homeland. +I wish to remember also that the competitiveness of the agriculture do not measures only in the world-wide markets, but also to the light of the balance of the territories, of the maintenance of the rural tissue and of the conservation of the natural heritage. +Gentleman President, the great challenges that *nos expect - the enlargement, the deepening in a #european reality that respect the national identities by means of a new approach of the subsidiariness, the *salvaguarda of our agriculturalists, the construction of #one *Europa more human in matter of employment and more generous - are of #such importance that is precise that the confront together. +The group of the subjects that have debated *nos allow to express our vote of confidence with regard to it that the Mr. *Prodi has defined "a new start" : a common expression that *atañe to the Commission, but that, to my trial, also concerns to this new Parliament. +We will vote in the frame of the Socialist Group of the European Parliament no on a base of politics *partidista, but on the objective base of the auditions and the answers to the questions that have formulated during the last weeks. +Second, in the audience occupied an important space no only the pending subjects regarding the enlargement of the Union, but also the inclusion of the agricultural model European in the future negotiations in the frame of the *OMC to scale international and especially his defence. +In my quality of deputy of a border region among *Bélgica, *Alemania, *Luxemburgo and the Low Countries, *yo #can *transmitirles the expectations of #a lot of Europeans in the field of the daily life, but especially also his *incomprensión in front of the countless fetters that still exist among the States members. +#Some of His *Señorías will remember definitely that *Yannos *Kranidiotis was deputy to the European Parliament of January of 1995 to February of 1997, date in the that it was appointed Prime minister of the Government of #Grecia and will remember that in our Parliament was member of the Commission of Subjects External and of the Commission of Budgets, as also vice-president of the Delegation in the Mixed Parliamentary Commission European Union/*Chipre. +Finally, we need that *Tampere was a summit that *movilice to the public opinion, that adapt his ambitions to the human and financial resources that we have, but that *nos offer guidelines to show the importance of the freedom, the security and the justice to the man of the street. +That they encourage for providing to the #european citizens protection against the injustice, so that the that they are detained far of his countries #can have assistance *letrada, services of interpretation and conditional arrest instead of treating to harmonise the juridical diets Europeans; that they begin for achieving that there #be a justice *transfronteriza for the persons that suffocate with the *mordaza of an onerous bureaucracy. +The experience purchased like minister of Interior of #Italia *me takes to say that it is indispensable to accelerate the path to norms and common politics, exactly it contrary of the invocation of politics strictly national and that, regarding the immigration and the asylum, the better base is the that appears in the text of the #austrian Presidency of autumn of the year 1998. +The #european judicial network is, undoubtedly, the less developed of the three areas that *nos occupy and, in this sense, believe that the creation of a stable unit, attendant to give continuity to the judicial cooperation and to be the judicial speaker of *Europol, #can be adapted. +Lady Speaker, our presence here in *Estrasburgo has his origin in the extraordinary tradition of #Robert *Schuman, #whose Community of the Coal and of the Steel no only meant an important step to the economic integration, culminated recently with the arrival of the euro, but that also *redundó in benefit of the political integration. +As well, in the Summit of *Tampere the Council has the opportunity to create *algo #as well as a community of the coal and of the steel of the justice, the freedom and the security in the breast of our European Union. +Therefore, *yo believe that it is indispensable that in *Tampere take decisions that *clarifiquen the situation, that are steps to forward on the decision, already positive, adopted in Colony; on the character, on the content, on the relation with the Conference *Intergubernamental, on the procedures of preparation and on the own approval of the Letter of rights fundamental. +As well, by part of the Commission of the European Union have subjected to criticism, have put in cloth of trial determined #tending fiscal measures to improve the economic activity and to reduce our high level of unemployment, measures that were adopted by the #basque institutions in exercise of his sovereignty and *autogobierno in the matter. +Then I backed with decision his work of government and no *escatimé efforts to avert that the Government of centre left that chaired *sumiera -precisely takes a year- in a crisis favoured by the initiative of the political Group led by the Mr. *Bertinotti. +The #european institutions, in particular the European Commission and the European Parliament, go out *engrandecidas of the auditions of the Commissioners designated and the #european citizens, that the have followed (by the press), will be able to find in *ellas -expect- reasons to interest more by the #european construction. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0009/99) of the Mrs. *Dührkop *Dührkop and of the Mr. *Fabra *Vallés, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on the projects of budgets *rectificativos and supplementary *nº 1, 3 and 4 to the budget of the European Communities for the exercise 1999 (*C5-0021/1999, *C5-0074/1999 and *C5-0130/1999). +Or, and *eso *me seems more #likely, is that the budgetary authority, to the hour to elaborate the budgets, do not takes into account in sufficient measure the needs of credit and the capacity of absorption real of the different programs? +In the greater part of these situations it is necessary to recognise that a timely action of the international community based in evaluations and early #alert of the situations #can have saved beyond all doubt #a lot of lives and have reduced *muchísimo the misfortune and the human sufferings. +Subject: Convention of the Nations Joined against the delinquency organised In the article *K.1 of the *TUE, the States members engage to warn and combat #all the forms of delinquency international and contemplate the fight against the delinquency organised like a subject of interest common. +The elimination of mines terrestrial, the customs and the acquisition of supplies basic for the rehabilitation of the houses, the public buildings and, in particular, the Hospital of *Mitrovica are the main points of attention. +The initial results of this examination of the damages that have suffered the houses and the local infrastructure were published in the conference of donors organised by the Commission and the World-wide Bank the past July. +The achievement of a just peace in Orient Half, by the that plead in the Socialist Group, only is possible #if, beside the negotiations on the subjects that compose the diary of peace of this complex conflict, solves the problem of the refugees. +Gentleman President, our Group withdraws the amendment 1, because it has agreed that on the need of squads permanent sent under the supervision of Nations Joined to zones of international crises debate with general character in the Committee of Subjects External, *cuando #this do not extends , obviously, to *Timor Oriental. +The Commission already has manifested to *Rusia with #all clarity that to invest the tendency of flight of capital is necessary an urgent improvement and integral of the surroundings of investment and a better protection of the rights of the investors in *Rusia. +The recent death of two #guinean youngsters in a plane with destination to *Bruselas, tragic luck that the Speaker remembered when opening, this Monday, the partial period of sessions, is a cry of alarm that has to *preocuparnos, to the #european deputies, and that it has to *hacernos react. +In this context, the Union is making important efforts of mediation and of promotion of the dialogue to the different levels of the conflict, and the Commission is had to work by the hit of the agreement of #alto the fire of *Lusaka in the following fields. +Lady Speaker, this Parliament, as we said along the debate on the investiture of the President of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, will exert an increasingly important paper, and believe that the works of this Parliament will have to be increasingly known in #all the States members of the European Union. +Finally, *me upsets the design *chillón and the combination of colours of #some *alfombrados in the zones of bars, that remember, as it already has said another deputy, to a cheap nocturnal bar in place to evoke the atmosphere dignified wished for this Assembly. +Estimated colleague *Hautala, in it that concerns to the representatives of the Parliament in the Conference of the *OMC in *Seattle already have declared of common agreement that the European Parliament has to be represented in the number of 15 deputies to the equal that the #american Congress that takes like reference, is to say, this position remains invariable independently that finally we adopt or no a resolution. +Like this as, to ensure an alimentary security in front of it unknown, believe that further of the practice of the scientific committees as it takes too much in States Joined - and it *deploro, even among *nosotros, in the European Union - with decisions adopted to enclosed door, is precise first of all guarantee a true and complete information to the consumer already from the sources of production. +As it is obvious, share the premises of the decision *nº 640 of the Commission of date 23 September 1999, in the *cual *recalcó that, according to the WHO, the dioxin is #one of the substances more *cancerígenas that exist, reason by the *cual the WHO has recommended to keep an admissible daily dose the same to 1-4 *picogramos by kilogram of corporal weight. +The difficulty *nos #can pose for the next year and, in fact, in the own decision of the Commission, #if his *Señorías see in the page 7, in the section 4 the reference to this subject, says of form very clear that, given the existent budgetary restrictions, #can pose #any difficulty and an adjust in the category 4. +The upper increase to the average registered in *Dinamarca, in *Alemania and also in *España *nos shows the narrow relation that exists among the conditions of access to the networks and the taxes of increase of the corresponding part to the pertinent electricity of sources of renewable energy. +I receive with *beneplácito the amendment *n1 6 to the letters and) to) (new) of the article 2 on the need to boost the export of technologies for the renewable energies of the European Union and boost to the European Council of Export of Renewable Energies. +In the first place, an energetic politics according to the environment, an energetic politics that bet by the future of our planet, is *algo that it has to be present no only in the energetic politics but in any #worthy politics of this name *cuando are in the primes of the century *XXI. +By it that refers to the amendment 6, wanted to remember here the favourable received of the Commission to the report presented by the Parliament on the new perspectives of the European Union in matter of export of technology and services for the utilisation of the renewable energies *cuando was presented in the Plenary of the past 15 January. +According to the valid economic principles, the offer of energy cheap is totally incompatible with the reduction of the consumption. In #such context the measures allocated to boost the energetic saving tend to *difuminarse. +Regarding the proposal of recommendation for the *segunda reading, wish to take two considerations and remember that the program *SAVE is oriented mainly to improve the investigation and the exchange of knowledges technical, #as well as to supervise and control the results reached in the sector (article 2), although with an endowment limited of financial resources. +Gentleman President, want to appreciate again to the Parliament, and very especially to the Mrs. *Ahern, the work made and the support reiterated to the politics of the Commission, specifically regarding the improvement of the utilisation of the energy and to the increase of the energetic efficiency that contemplates the program *SAVE. +The past week make a series of changes significant in the maximum administrative levels of the Commission, on the base of a concrete cultural change of the systems of nomination. +I have to add that so much the gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen as *yo have the intention to act so that, in the future, the Commission centre in the most horizontal questions of the business politics, because the sectorial speeches the leave for other organs of decision. +Of this form will be able to establish #if the decision of the #french Government took on the base of facts new, in #whose case will have his value, or #if, by the contrary, took against of the general norms and then is clear that it will have to withdraw of a form or of #another in the next hours. +In February of 1998, as a result of the criticisms of the Organ of Appeal of the *OMC, the Commission launched 17 studies with the end to facilitate supplementary information concerning the risks in sectors #such as the toxicology, the undue use and the environmental looks. +I am convinced that this Parliament goes to exert an essential paper in the debates that go to take place in a next future, especially *cuando after the decision of *Helsinki to concede to *Turquía the status of candidate, begin the wide process of approximation of the legislations, of the "*screening" . +Finally, #all, or the majority of *nosotros, know that the diet of the individual freedoms, of the freedom of press, the diet in the prisons and of the police interrogations of *Turquía do not have at all that see with the democracy in the #european civilisation. +It is not sufficient the politics of the promises: it that serves is the politics of the concrete facts, the respect of the human rights, the abolition of the pity of death knowing, without embargo, that the question *kurda is not a #one question that affects to *Turquía exclusively. +The question of the security, without embargo, #can not hide the illegality of the military occupation or of the bombardments against the civil personnel like the that they produce in the south of the *Líbano, or the existence of prisons like the of *Qian, although it follows being *prioritaria the #palestinian question. +The help of the European Union to *Cisjordania and the Strip of *Gaza among 1994 and 1998 elevated to a total of 1.500 millions of euros and the help of the European Union to the Organism of dramas public and aid of Nations Joined during #the same period rose to roughly 505 millions of euros. +Lady Speaker, the proposal of the Conference of Presidents for the calendar of sessions of the European Parliament for the year 2000 got to my hands only after the closing of the term for the presentation of amendments. +In this moment *me gave account that there #be a *plenario in *Estrasburgo, specifically the of 12 June of the 2000, that coincides with the Monday of *Pentecostés, that is a day of party official, and therefore a no working day in varied of the States members of the European Union, that are *Bélgica, *Dinamarca, *Alemania, *Francia, *Luxemburgo, Low Countries, *Austria and *Suecia. +Gentleman President, in the first place, want to say that I am very satisfied with this vote on the calendar, no owing to a governmental commitment, like the colleague *Berthu, but because I am convinced that only by means of the full use of the labour week will keep our capacity of work, is to say, #if of a Thursday do not takes a Friday. +We make, simply, a distinct assessment of the principle of caution. As it occurs often, the Commission gives a high grade of priority to the free circulation of products, and is interesting to check that, by a time, *Francia situates the alimentary security of his citizens to an even more high level. +It wanted to that it cooperate immediately of a much more intense mood with *Turquía of it that has taken up to now, that release the financial protocols and that take reality a narrow cooperation to a level underneath of the full adhesion, whereas #that that have voted in favour of the resolution, propagate in part the goal *incumplible of a full adhesion so that they #can *utilizarla to humiliate and *vejar to *Turquía. +The President of the Commission left clear his orientation, *cuando, in the speech of investiture, affirmed that it was necessary to follow restructuring the Only Market and boosting the liberalisation and underlined on purpose the continuation of the process of liberalisation of the sectors of sakes and services. +Therefore, it #would expect of the Commission and of the States members that, in the new editorial of the text of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, established an independent and impartial system of solution of controversies that no *nos put in front of the feet of the horses as it has occurred in the past. +Thus, I want to suggest two things: in the first place, we #would owe *adherirnos to the requirement of the colleague *Lange to coordinate closely with the Parliament the trade on the broadcasts, as a so gigantic interference in the commercial politics is hardly to carry out against the Parliament. +#Such as it stipulates in the article 6 of the Treaty on the European Union, the Union bases in the common principles to the States members of freedom and democracy, of respect of the fundamental rights and of the basic freedoms, #as well as in the of the State of Right. +How measured thinks to adopt the Council to guarantee the rigorous fulfillment of the community legislation in this field? Has the Council the intention to urge to the Commission so that it incorporate to the community legislation the recommendations of the *ICCAT? +Finally, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, want *preguntarle #if the fact that a number -and *usted *me will say #which- of #european ships have substituted the networks of mesh to the derives by other *artes of high performance means greater protection for the *pesquerías of tuna or #if, by the contrary, is detecting the contrary effect of the that wanted, is to say, an increase of the pressure on the populations of *túnidos. +When approving the new rule of the structural Bottoms the past month of June, the Council determined in the basic regulation the main goals, the general principles and the procedures of programming for the period 2000-2006. +But like the Council *le commissioned to the Commission the application of this rule, the Council do not has competitions to determine the strategies to follow in the different sectors of the peripheral regions of the Goals 1 and 2, that are under this rule. +In the moment in that a North American study reveals racial inequalities in the administration of the pity of death in *Filadelfia, the North American Government #would honour in taking position against this flagrant rape of the International Agreement of Civil Rights and Politicians. +Therefore the Commission has *preconizado in the past in his White Book on the *descongestión of the aerial space European, that the aerial space European has to be object of a central management carried out by a strong international organisation that occupy of #all the looks of his use. +It is necessary to devote more bottoms to the alternative energetic resources and when seeming has the impression of that in the future will happen of the utilisation of fuels solid and oil to the natural gas and to the sources of energy renewable and of generation of electricity. +We have not gone it sufficiently fast, because treating of civil servants think that it was useless to expect to finals of October to take a decision of application with regard to the agents of the Parliament; it had sufficed a simple decision of the Table, adopted on the base of the section 5 of the article 22. +My colleague, the Mr. *Wuermeling, has cleared already with reason that the directive leaves in hands of the States members determine, when an electronic statement of will that goes. *Provista Of a digital signature has to equate to a statement with handwritten signature or to a statement for the *cual the Law prescribes the form written. +In the field of the security and of the technology, without embargo, *revisten a big importance the technical data, the parameters, the characteristics and the materials that use , #as well as the levels of maintenance and the terms of programming. +How presupposed is the that links until #such point to the budgetary authority with legislative acts, that #some figures, #some great reflected in the legislative acts and in the programs are so *vinculantes that tend to reduce the budgetary procedure to a group of arbitrations legislative already effected? +In the costs of the Parliament is inscribed a reservation of 7,4 millions of euros referent to leases of the building *Belliard, because the agreement of lease among the owner and the *arrendatarios, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, even is not concluded. +#If it concludes the agreement of lease before the end of the year, will deduce the sum quoted of the budget of the Parliament; in fact, the budget of the Parliament represents in this moment the 20,11% of the *rúbrica 5 and the maximum limit fixed by the own Parliament is of the 20%. +It seems that also they #would have to reassign the endowments allocated to humanitarian help for *Kosovo, specifically because big part of the refugees has gone back already to *Kosovo and because the humanitarian help #would constitute a *primer step in the path of the reconstruction of *Kosovo, providing, in the point of game, the protection to the persons during the winter. +Second, by the contrary, in the three proposals, the forecasts for possible new commitments are in part very inferior to the amounts *homónimos for the present year. And #this although it foresees a big increase of the relative games to the actions in the frame of the *preadhesión, or was, the credits for the candidates to the adhesion. +I appreciate the commitment that have shown in the fight against the fraud in the European Union and, in particular, the supplementary commitment that have decided: the Commission of Budgets has voted in favour of a supplementary quantity of 9 millions of euros for the *OLAF. +*Nos Occupy of the programs of energy, the relative to the industry, included the small and medium enterprises, the programs of investigation made inside the programs mark, which *equivale, of course, to pretty much the 60% of the cost in internal politics of the European Union, and the lines on trade and technical assistance. +Using the quantities decided the past year by means of the conciliation on the report *Whitehead, the budgetary lines devoted to questions of consumption will follow generating confidence in the public opinion, *dándoles the tranquility that no only are #one *Europa opened to the businesses, but that also take campaign in favour of the rights of the citizens like consumers. +Step now in brief to the transport, #if *me allow it, only to say to the deputies that expect that they #can support the initiatives of the Commission of Budgets for *restituir the cuts in the line devoted to the security in the transport and the cuts in the line on sustainable mobility. +I share the rejection of the speaker regarding the proposal of the European Commission to organise from now the cooperation for the development through some geographic lines and to reduce the thematic budgetary lines. +Still there #be #one or two countries in the that the Commission and the Parliament follow separated regarding the structure and have to be especially alerts in the cases in the that more of the 75% or the 80% of the credits devote to pay the wages and the buildings in place of to some suitable informative politics. +In the field of this strategy *nos pleases to take note that *Timor constitutes #one of the priorities of this budget and, in particular, *nos *congratulamos of the acceptance by the speaker of the registration of a new line to confront the reconstruction of this territory, as, by it other, proposed and approve in the Commission of Development and Cooperation. +Simultaneously, without embargo, have to treat to modify the contents and the logic of the budget with the sight put in the challenges that the Union will have in front of yes in the next years and, especially, in the fact that the true enemy to beat in each #one of the States members is the unemployment. +An active presence of the European Union in the world-wide stage and his convinced availability to progressive politics of enlargement also to the *Europa *suroriental, to the *Balcanes in this perspective of enlargement virtual and parallel of the peace and of the security outlined by the Mr. President *Prodi, are #one of the #few and safe guarantees of stability and prosperity in *Europa that #can not be neglected. +Still it is not concluded the work of evaluation of the costs of the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental, #as well as of the back financial plan international of support, by it that still is not possible a calculation *cabal of the #european participation in the costs of the reconstruction. +So that the incorporation to the EU constitute a notorious and profitable change for the citizens, will be necessary to change the reality, that the companies and his employees believe a labour market so dynamic like just for the workers. +The Agreement *Interinstitucional constitutes a good common legacy for the preparation of the Budget 2000 and for a fine collaboration, and in this sense, after the present debate, *yo have the confidence that we will achieve to reach of common agree a solution shared and a responsible budget for the year 2000. +Some contradictory messages about the decisions adopted by the #ECB and of the underlying reasons #can cause some expectations of market *injustificadas and increase the uncertainty, going like this against of the same goal of transparency with regard to the development of the monetary politics. +It wanted to *recalcar that the information provided in the conferences of press celebrated after the meetings of the Council of Government, together with the analysis included so much in the Monthly Bulletin of the #ECB as in the #others channels of communication approximates a lot, in it essential, to the publication of some "records *resumidas" . +Guarantee the fine public management in the finances is a half to improve the conditions of stability of the prices and to achieve a solid sustainable growth that give place to the generation of employment. +The #ECB has to be watchdog, but like the tax of inflation half of the euro-11 follows still far of the level of the 2 %, believe that I #can expect that the Council of Governors give an opportunity to the growth and, therefore, to a supplementary reduction of the unemployment. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, before that at all we have to analyse the *primer period of activity of the Central Bank European that, as #all know, initiated his career takes a year with the hope to convert , with the time, in a fundamental institution to take part in the economy of the States members of the Union. +Simultaneously, without embargo, will have to watch the stability of prices to be able to control this greater evil that #all know, or was, the inflation, #as well as keep low the types of interest to boost the investments and reactivate the #european industrial sector converting it in competitive regarding other States. +And *eso has carried to #some to talk of a species of aristocracy platonic of a series of experts independent to the that it entrusts the decision on the monetary politics thinking -probably with reason- that the money is too much serious so that *nos occupy of *ello the politicians. +Also the publication of the summaries of the meetings of the Council of Administration is a fundamental act, but these summaries have to show with clarity the justifications of the decisions adopted so that the agents of the market #can adopt also his own decisions. +Concerning the coins - will know that *yo do not have responsibility on the coins, #this is a question for the ministers of economy - the big difference resides in that it is impossible to obtain #the same guarantees in it that concerns to the coins, since the coins are put in circulation, generally, by the sector of sales and no by the banks. +*Colombia Expects can fund jointly with the countries that of #one or another form see connected to the chain of the business of the drug, the infrastructure of the project and wait, likewise, link the private capital, so much national like foreigner, to the economically productive companies so that they incorporate advanced technologies and new capitals. +(*PT) Lady Speaker, *Señorías, in the conclusions of *Tampere combine a firm political message on the priority conceded to the construction of a Space of Freedom, Security and Justice and the worry for establishing priorities centred in the questions that affect directly to the daily life of the citizens. +The Commission proposes with #a lot of taste act in the sense to apply the ambitious program of action of fight against the bleaching of capitals, that comports modifications so much in the external position of the Union as in the plane of the legislation of each #one of the States members. +*Yo Believe that it is #one of the basic freedoms that we have to defend, and in this sense, an only system of asylum is very important, and say it coming of a country in the that the political asylum allowed to #a lot of fighters by the freedom save his life and continue in other #european countries. +The Commission no only *atreve to affirm that the goal is far to be reached, but that ascertains besides that grow the traffic and the consumption of *estupefacientes, it that involves that a fine part of the money spent up to now has not resulted to be an investment against the drug, but to boost his diffusion. +Splitting of my experience in the charge, now believe that the circulation without any control of the persons in world-wide terms during the next 20 or 30 years, so much #if it bases in economic subjects as in climatic subjects, represents a colossal challenge for the order established and the democracy. +The limit that #everyone will comprise and will respect is the that in this same moment neither the Commission neither the European Parliament have formulated of precise form and detailed his position and his proposals for the next institutional negotiation that will initiate to the beginning of the next year. +The Commission, *despechada by have not been able to block the debate, *apresuró to appoint by his account a group of work restricted, to the that in followed described of group of experts, *cuando results that his members are not more expert that the majority of the here present persons. +The members of the #european delegation of the *PvdA have voted in favour of an amendment that consolidates *procedimentalmente the resolutions of the European Parliament of 3 December 1998 and of 5 May 1999 related with the statute of the deputies to the European Parliament. +I have voted against the resolution of the relative European Parliament to the annual report 1998 of the Central Bank European (#ECB), as it approves said report, that, to his time, situates in the perspective of the step to a monetary system European entirely unified. +In #day of the start of the negotiations of the *OMC, have to remember that #all strategy of companies -included the multinationals- has to take into account, in plan of equality with the economic and financial data, the human data so that millions of #european employees #can conserve his places of work and his dignity. +*Michelin Has reduced -true is- the number of his places of work in 25.000 in twenty years, but -have to remember it to #some- treats of 25.000 disappearances of places of work owed to the efforts of productivity comparable in #all the industrial sectors and, in particular, in the of the car and of the tyres: of these 25.000 only 186 have been dismissals. +The European Union considers the Treaty of no proliferation of nuclear arms like a key instrument in the system of security international, instrument that offers the global guidelines to promote the no proliferation of nuclear arms and the nuclear disarmament. +It #would wish that they took advantage of any opportunity to explain and highlight to his colleagues of the Senate why #would have to reconsider his vote on the Treaty and how a commitment renewed with the no international proliferation and the control of arms will benefit to the American interests in matter of security, #as well as a greater security and international stability. +The *detractores Americans of treaties like the that today *nos occupies forget the fact, aims, that the States Joined already have left to make proofs and that the Treaty helped to freeze the world-wide advance of nuclear arms *cuando States Joined enjoys of an enormous strategic advantage. +The majority of the orators have made the *importantísima distinction among the States Joined and the Administration of the States Joined, on the one hand, and the American Senate and the Republican majority in particular, by #another, as they have signalled the Mr. Baron, the Mr. *Haarder and the Mr. *Elles #among others. +Gentleman President, now has remained perfectly clear that the majority of the colleagues of this Assembly share my *convencimiento that the tragedy of *Chechenia #can have averted #if the European Union had shown a firm attitude with regard to the #russian aggression. +Although it is simpler to understand through the plots of agencies and institutions, a basic purpose of the program will be to break this barrier and favour the culture of the bases of the society, since his function is not to create an official culture. +On the other hand, the just worry expressed by the Mr. #Perry, signatory of said amendment, regarding that the Parliament had to control in these years the cost and the budget of the Observatory, follows valid from the moment in that we leave the five years, is to say, leave to the Observatory the possibility to program organic and amply the valuable functions that has. +The transparency to establish in this way is a previous condition *irrenunciable for the political performance in the road of *Europa to the society of the information, although perhaps #this no *les enjoy too much to #that that want that they open wide open without limitations the doors to some interests of power in the market. +In the future, the Commission foresees to expand the activities that makes the Observatory, in particular, in two concrete fields: the application of a statistical structure to treat the information in the frame of *Eurostat and the preparation for the negotiations of the *GATT 2000. +Nevertheless these difficulties and the *recrudecimiento of the problems registered lately, said idea has carried to the Parliament to extend to *Turquía the proposal in the session of the past 25 February and, takes some days, to the Commission to take a measure in this sense. +I create, simply, that the problems that have posed in this occasion will be examined by the Commission of Budgets, in the frame of the group of work created by the president *Wynn, on the group of the politics of subvention of our institution. +The articles 2 and 4 of the Annex of the Regulation collect #some disposals that contradict clearly the Protocol on the privileges and the immunities in it that to the condition of the deputies refers and that, besides, regulate the question of the immunity of a form that moves away of it stipulated in the corresponding rule of the mentioned protocol. +Decide *impulsivamente and by majority a question of this type attributing to the subject of the *anejos a meaning that do not takes into account that these agreements affect to fundamental questions, supposes, in some mood, be missing to the fundamental reason, to the purpose to be of the norm that are treating. +1) we Wish that it underline the importance of the no resolved problems by the Round *Uruguay (and #whose harmful effects today begin to suffer) in the fields of the social costs that *yo mentioned before, but also in the of the environment, of the public health, of the feeding, #etcetera. +With #everything, is necessary to remember that, solos against #all, or almost, *nos had denied to approve the Round *Uruguay, so much in the #french National Assembly as in the European Parliament, precisely by this reason: we thought that it was very dangerous to accept important reductions of tariffs *aduaneros, without having resolved before the essential collateral problems. +Support, in this sense, and have said it on purpose ten pertaining deputies to the subgroup Free Alliance European of the Green Group/European Free Alliance, the resolution presented by the Popular Party European, by the Socialist Party European and by the Group *UEN. +It affects to a form of life that populates our coasts, of #the same form that with the agriculture populates our inner territory and -why not to say it- affects to a fundamental contribution of the feeding of #all the group of the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the #french study confirms that in the case of the *EEB do not exist reliable scientific criteria to determine the cause, the mood of transmission and the period of incubation of the illness, not even regarding the human variant of the *EEB. +To continuation both parts signed a new protocol that establishes the technical and financial conditions in the frame of the *cuales the crafts of the Community #can fish in the waters of *Angola for the period comprised among 3 May 1999 and on 2 May of the 2000. +This type of agreements -always that they conserve the biological resources, is to say, that do not produce #one *sobrexplotación- also benefits to the countries in the that it carries out the activity, so much by the monetary contribution of the European Union as by the help that provides , for example, in matter of professional training and of scientific investigation. +The opacity that accompanies to the processes of the dialogue *macroeconómico, the absence in east, even of the European Parliament, take more intense #ours worry by *encontrarnos, once again, in front of an attempt to revoke the fundamental rights of the workers and of *minar it that it #can remain in *Europa of the social model European. +As well, these four actors are an extraordinarily dangerous mix that, on the one hand, treats to delete the true problem for *Europa, is to say, the fault of a true economic politics and, by #another, treats to toughen the system with negotiations little clear, to spite of the unemployment and of the market. +Have a dialogue among the that direct the monetary politics, is to say, the Central Bank European; the political strengths of *Europa, to those who represents the Council and the Presidency; and the social speakers, that represent to the strengths of the production and of the work. +Still it will take long in seeing the light and maybe is better that like this was, but anyway yes agree with the Mr. *MacCormick in that the fiscal situation of the artists that work in different countries of the Union deserves our attention. I am had to confront this problem as long as *me get wise suggestions to the *respecto. +#If it results that in some countries the social norms are more demanding that in #others, #if it results that #some norms allocated to the conservation, the defence and the protection of the environment are more demanding and more strict in some countries that in #others, will not be able to prevent that said countries go further of the generally accepted criteria. +Finally, we do not accept that it was the EU the that establish prescriptive norms to the States members on the key subject of the unemployment and consider an evil presage the suggestions that have made deputies of the another side of the Assembly this morning in the sense that they #would have to reinforce the guidelines or even *hacerlas *vinculantes. +It is necessary, nevertheless, that the guidelines and the to scale #european recommendations translate in concrete and quantifiable goals, to the *cuales the States members have to tend with his respective national plans. Some concrete goals that establish dip *mensurables to half term, convergent in terms of tax of employment and of reduction of the *gap existent among masculine and feminine employment, even through investments in infrastructures and in the services, of promotion of the juvenile employment. +*Señorías, has formulated repeatedly the proposal of a more systematic collaboration among the Commission and the European Parliament to the service of a more effective impulse of the strategy for the #european politics. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0042/1999) on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the Council on the fulfillment of the labour schedule of the persons of sea on board of the fuselages that use community ports (8639/1/1999 - *C5-0035/1999 - 1998/0321(*COD)) (Commission of Employment and Social Subjects) (Speaker: Mr. *Hughes) +Lady Speaker, on the presentation of the report of the Court of Accounts, is true that, in this moment, the report of the Court of Accounts -that before happened almost unobserved- has converted in an important news and of actuality of face to the press. +By this reason, neither #would have to hesitate now in the last stone of the legislation and choose here the road of the Committee of Conciliation, since, obviously, the Council do not has brave to give the last jump and has shown very *remiso in a pair of points. +I want to signal that the European Commission and the European Parliament have boarded wide queries about #all these subjects with the #european industry of the car, that, voluntarily, accepted a calendar for *recortar the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon in the new cars a 25% for the year 2008. +#If our decisions mean that the simplest solution is the most used ,is to say, develop the technician to clean the gases of the combustion using catalysts that require great quantities of solution of *amoniaco, then the alone distribution of this solution of *amoniaco to #all the *gasolineras of *Europa will take that it lose a fine part of the environmental benefit. +The program *Daphne has like goal support and recognise the work made by the no governmental organisations, #as well as other organisations -included the public authorities that occupy of the violence-, and procure that they collaborate among *ellas, the exchange of fine practices -included projects pilot to scale community on the prevention of the violence-, and the support and protection of boys, teenage and women. +Has to measure the real impact of the distinct types of violence on the victims to determine the timely answers, evaluate the types and the efficiency of the measures and practical to warn and detect the violence, support to the victims and warn a future exhibition to #the same. +The European Parliament and, in particular, the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities have exerted a paper of paramount importance when including firmly in the #european agenda the question of the violence against the women and the boys. +This week the world celebrates the *décimo anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Boy, that is the treaty on human rights more ratified in the world and the legal statement wider of the rights of the boys all over the world. +We have to *propiciar a collective reflection on the conditions of life of the boys in #all the #european countries, especially in the urban zones, and engage a collaboration and the bottoms of help to the families needed, especially the *monoparentales or with handicapped parents. +By this reason, the European Parliament has to send an influential message to #all the institutions of the European Union, to the international organisms and to the no governmental organisations that say that we have to take disappear this current shame. +Finally, I will say that *cuando take the *segunda reading, #if *nos take seriously the creation of employment, #if *nos take seriously the need to keep the competitiveness of our industries, #if we are serious regarding supporting to the companies, #some of *nosotros perhaps think that we have gone too much far and that has got the moment to put a limit. +To #such end have achieved that it adopted an amendment that foresees the obligation of the Commission to present in the year 2003 an exhaustive report to show how is it that has improved thanks to the work of this Commission of investigation. +We do not believe, without embargo, that was the moment neither the place to put dates of caducity to the #british cheque and to the discounts conceded to determined countries in the finance of said cheque, more still *cuando these proposals of decision have not been approved still in the different national Parliaments. +*Me Cheers that the Parliament have occupied again so acutely of the question of the structure of finance and *me cheer personally even more to having been able to ascertain #a lot of common points among the positions that have exposed today in the debate and my basic position. +The costs of agriculture constitute a very delicate question in the breast of the EU, since the agricultural politics is the only sector in the that the EU *incide in the direct income of the citizens. +#If we matter more of the 50% of the total consumption of energy of the European Union, then owe *preguntarnos how #can guarantee a security of supply in front of the climatic modifications that no only *nos #can and *nos go to reach in front of the broadcasts of CO2 that take place all over the world #if we do not react, but especially also #if they produce modifications in the political climate. +Goal of the European Union is to create a space of freedom, security and of the right in the that it guarantee the free circulation of the persons and in the that the citizens of the Union #can demand his rights with #the same guarantees that have in front of the Courts of his own country. +The entrance in vigour of this regulation goes to close a lagoon in the field of the international private right and represents an important step to take of the Union a space of freedom, security and of the right. +Gentleman President, treating of the report of the Mrs. *Gebhardt, do not put in doubt the fine intentions of our speakers and share his worry for strengthening the juridical security of the persons in the frame of subjects matrimonial so delicate like painful for the interested. +In relation with the development of the procedures of execution -it that calls the *exequátur of the foreign trials- his development is beyond all doubt useful in civil matter, as in matter of divorce or of parental right, as they are useful some looks of the judicial mutual help, but is precise to take care of not going too much far by this path. +#If #one about realistic mood to the things, it is necessary to concede of course to the countries a term of #time for the adaptation to the corresponding standards of security and not proceeding according to the method of or *desconectar immediately or leave in operation to the reactors until the end of his useful life. +What before recognise our neighbours that the nuclear security is our common worry, so much before will be possible to keep the negotiations with our neighbouring countries of a constructive and open mood and conclude also the negotiations on the enlargement. +When listening it, when listening to my mates along the debate, remembered the recent electoral campaign and the answers that had to give, in this moment, to our constituents on the needs to found and to finish the #european construction. +In this political solution, no only has to consider how is it that *nosotros wish -are perfectly that this subject has an enormous importance in #some States members and, #such as it has shown the debate, at present especially for *Austria-, but that in a political solution it is necessary to see of course also that this subject has purchased meanwhile in the countries candidates almost a theological importance. +(IN) In relation with the scientific information and his evaluation and other, treats of a question that am examining no only by the events of the last weeks, *cuando the agency of security alimentary of the Been member that it treats adopted a different opinion of the of the Managerial Committee Scientist. +The goal is rather the to establish a frame in the that there #be exhaustive information on the tobacco and his dangers, that will complement the community prohibition of advertising of the tobacco to counter the efforts of this industry with seen to attract to new smokers, in particular young. +But no *me fits the lower doubt that it will expect of *nosotros that take a considerable contribution to the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental, #if well *me imagine that His *Señoría will suit *conmigo in that #others have to take contributions also and *me imagine that His *Señoría #would consider also wise on our part that we took out the educations of the activities of reconstruction in other places, in particular in *Kosovo, to watch by that the bottoms that contribute in *Timor Oriental employ of the more effective and fast form possible. +Without embargo, *permítaseme answer to his question and say without vacillation that the resolution 1244 of the Council of Security of the Nations Joined comports a complete authority, there #be not attempt #any of *diluirla: by it that to me *respecta, is the foundation of our activity in *Kosovo and do not wish *apartarme of said resolution and of his application neither a centimetre. +Subject: Agreement of 1983 relative to the compensation to the victims of infringements violent Recently, the Commission has taken a call so that #all the States members ratified the Agreement of 1983 relative to the compensation to the victims of infringements violent. +And I believe that the #greek taxpayers have to know with how difficulties finds the Commission in the file *Olympic, #which are the problems that has found and that *le take, from time to time, hesitate so much in front of the requests of the #greek authorities and that follow, by it that have understood in his answer, taking that the Commission doubt, even now, on the subject of the *tercer term of the help to *Olympic *Airways. +Nevertheless, #everything *ello #would remain protected then by the credibility and the common interest, and in this way #would create a base to continue advancing to the designation of the Mr. #Solana like General Secretary of the *UEO and the full integration of #the same, without need to continue keeping a capsule allocated to house the article 5. +It is not necessary to say that I disagree of my #irish colleague the Mrs. *McKenna, because I believe that the establishment of a politics of defence of the EU is a requirement for the authentic #european integration so important like the only coin. +We wanted to that the European Parliament adopted a strong and clear position and that the right to the dignity, to the health, to finish with the poverty, to the house, to the freedom was above the liberalism, above the benefits. +Like this, as, there #be a contradiction that have signalled to his attention, gentleman President; in front of this contradiction, from my point of sight, has to give faith it that has read the President, that is "gross national product", and no it that says the original version, that is another thing, is "gross inner product". +Gentleman President, *yo also have thought that perhaps *le interest to know that today it has produced an advance very *gratificante in the process of peace of *Irlanda of the North: the announcement of the IRE that has intention to appoint to a representative that commission to coordinate with the General #John of *Chastelain the *decomiso of arms of the *paramilitares. +Nevertheless, now it is possible to negotiate the rules that will govern the trade of products and services, and is possible to act so that the freedoms of the capital do not propagate to a so wide part of the planet like system of exploitation, to the equal that has occurred with the electronic capitalism. +In this sense, remember that the 174 countries members of the International Organisation of the Work that engaged to respect the four categories of fundamental rights in matter of work, even in the case of not ratifying the agreements, are in his majority also members of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +Finally, we want some exchanges that produce a durable development, creating a bond among the agreements of trade and the #others great international commitments on the fundamental rights of the work, on the alimentary security, on the protection of the environment. +*Cuando The fault of integration has to in the first place to a fault of resources or to insufficient capacities, is precise to provide to the countries in roads of development a technical and financial assistance to increase his capacity of negotiation and to apply the measures decided in the *OMC. +The Parliament is had to collaborate in a wide reform of the Treaties and to watch by that the European Union follow being in conditions to adopt the necessary decisions after the enlargement, without losing on the other hand his transparency for the citizens, so as to that #this #can *comprenderla and also *aceptarla. +*Yo Believe that the Parliament, in his quality of representative of the citizens and the citizens, will have to continue working acutely in the context of the next Conference *Intergubernamental to ensure that #this answer really to the great expectations of the inhabitants of the Union and also of the countries candidates to the adhesion. +*Amsterdam Already was *algo better that #others *CIG previous in the sense that it was prepared by a group of reflection in the that took part the Parliament and in the sense that it published a report detailed giving to know #all the proposals presented in the *CIG and *haciéndolas of the public command, and also because the Parliament #can send to two representatives to at least #some of the meetings. +The European Union has condemned in diverse occasions the rapes of the human rights occurred in *Afganistán, especially, the systematic discrimination and constant of women and young girls, the shootings without previous trial and the own system, based in a severe discipline and in the tightness. +It That *ustedes perhaps consider worrisome, it that go to read, is not a decision of the Parliament, is the project of decision that is integral part of the Agreement *Interinstitucional, already published - with #the same identical words - in the Official Diary of the past 31 May. +#If the governments and the citizens #can have the security that we have effective means to decide how #Be is responsible of the examination of an appeal of asylum and to confront with the problem of the multiple appeals of asylum, *nos will facilitate the work to promote norms of asylum elevated and *equitativas. +I take advantage of this opportunity to give the security to the Mrs. Clod *i *Cusí that the digital prints of the immigrants only use for the planned concrete purpose in the Agreement of *Dublín -is to say for his analysis- or was to see #if they have requested asylum in another Been member. +Now it treats to know #if it #can accept that, little by little, decision after decision, resolving #all the problems with the pretext to fix *litigios commercial, the *ORD finish by *erigirse in a species of Court Supreme world-wide, and impose his points of sight to the governments and to the parliaments chosen. +It is necessary to defend the principle of the community preference and, therefore, the system of restitutions to the export, including the products designated "out of the annex 1", is to say, pertinent alimentary products of agricultural products Europeans that commercialise to an upper price to the international price. +It is that, as it says the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of the Inner Market, in normal circumstances only will be able to be collected the impressions *dactilares of criminals and suspicious individuals to having committed penal infringements and no of applicants of right of asylum, refugees or citizens of third countries in irregular situation in the territory or in the border of a Been member. +The Monday the Council decided to withdraw the motion that had presented, with the pretext that it collected a fundamental article of the Universal Statement of the Human Rights; the Tuesday approved texts that quoted again the fundamental articles of #the same. +The pity of death is an extreme sanction, and this Parliament and the #european institutions have to take part with the maximum firmness in front of *Rusia so that it go back to reconsider the question, withdraw the indictment and respect our call in favour of the immediate release. +It do not is necessary to see, as, in this decision neither the absence of an external politics neither the fact that we have yielded in front of #any pressure, but that treats of an assessment by the Union of the risk that existed - had account of the amendments proposed - of *encontrarnos, in name of this legitimate fight, and that *nosotros share, underneath of #that that had won before. +By #everything *ello, is urgent that reinforce in collaboration with the Nations Joined #all the contacts that have like European Commission to boost the development of a pact of stability. We have to promote the attention and the political energy of #all #that that are working in the zone so that the pact of stability convert in reality. +This release is, in reality, enough *sintomática of the fault of will to effect the balance of the genocide, and especially of the will of *silenciar the implication of the #european countries, in particular of *Francia, #whose complicity, at least passive, has put in evidence a recent parliamentary investigation. +This proposal of resolution *equivoca when mentioning the need that it go back to *instituir or implant the democracy: rather it #would have to take a call in favour of the progress to the democracy, and propose a practical program for the European Union that facilitate this progress. +Whereas the opening to the capitalist economy translates by the fall of the production and by a considerable impoverishment of the majority of the population, the war swallows important sums, by not talking of the cost of the corruption that the accompanies. +It is true -and #some of *ustedes have posed it- that, regarding the relations with the Court of Accounts, there #be a problem of legislation primary that obviously will be necessary to modify, #if it wants to apply to the European Bank of Investments #the same deal that to the community institutions. +It fits to remember the mandate of the European Council of Colony to the Commission; it fits to remember that before finals of 1999 had to have a specific and special treatment that still has not got; it fits to remember that, in these moments, are debating the legislative diary of the Commission for the year 2000. +Without embargo, #can *asegurarles, Mr. President and Mr. speaker that, in the next negotiations on a proposal *concerniente to the Canarian Islands on the base of the Article 299 (2) of the Treaty, the Commission will take in consideration his comments on the question #as well as the observations of the Parliament during the debate. +In the last years, because of #european politics and to politics of the successive governments, have lost 6.000 places of direct work in the siderurgy, 6.000 places of direct work in the *minería, 10.000 small agricultural exploitations, have lost places of work in the manufacture of arms and have lost places of work in the naval sector. +The title says «Situation in the *Egeo», and the author of the text in a #ours document, of the European Parliament, presents to the islands of the *Egeo, integral part of the #greek territory, in accordance with the international treaties, like a region #whose sovereignty contested #Grecia and *Turquía. To show it more clearly to *usted, lady. +In view of that we do not have #all the possibilities wished to allow to this world-wide agency succeed -of course, will take all it possible for *ello, but the other have to *seguirnos-, have decided to elaborate simultaneously a plan of action #european against the doping and this time will have #all the freedom to fulfil with our obligations. +Without embargo, *cuando there #be a clear conflict on purpose of the norms of the competition, but the federations engage to use the bottoms collected for *dedicarlos to the education and the social action in the sport, #some practical #can remain *exentas of the norms of the competition. +I believe that we have to be extremely accurate with this subject in the Summit of *Helsinki. And *ello because it #can take a *constatación related with the question: the *constatación that *Turquía with his political path sample not comprising that a narrower relation with *Europa happens by the satisfaction of determined requirements, the requirements that have been fixed in texts and resolutions of the European Union. +Regarding the Letter of Rights Fundamental, is important also that it #can no only expand the rights that today already are established in letters and treaties, but also recognise rights of the social and economic spheres, and especially that it was innovative and creative in the sphere of the new rights related with environmental questions and with the protection of the rights of the consumers. +Finally, gentleman President, also support it *cuando pretends that they approve the strategic lines established in the conclusions of the Council of *Tampere, in particular in the fight against the traffic of drug and expect that the #portuguese Presidency was available to approve in the next semester his plan of action. +It #can take a list of countries to the that, in the bottom, *les #would interest and #would wish to go in to form part of this *Europa *confiriéndole afterwards a distinct nature of it that is not: *Europa is not a treaty *aduanero, is not a zone of *librecambio; *Europa is a union of countries and by #this the have called European Union. +Like this, in my city of *Lyón, a young historian without resources and to the that *yo did not know, the Mr. *Plantin, has been condemned by the simple offence to having mentioned, like bibliography, in a scholarly review that edits, dramas that rectify historical errors to the that no longer it adheres any serious historian, was *cual went his orientation. +It has invoked against *él *ora the law on the publications that corrupt to the youth, that #can find other fields of application, *ora the law of the communist French *Gayssot, that forces, for example, to follow attributing to the Germans the slaughtering of thousands of #polish officials in *Katyn, in spite of that the #soviet recognised *haberla committed. +Against, without embargo, of it that defend the Council and the Commission on the progresses of the democracy in *Turquía -to judge by which seems that said progresses happen in the first place by the businesses of the multinationals-, the reality *nos shows of the most graphic mood that has registered an impairment of the situation. +#If it is like this, *yo *me ask how explains that somebody like *Akim *Birdal was in favour that we adopt a new strategy, how explains that other #turkish representatives are likewise in favour that we adopt a new strategy and how explains that #all the contrary opposition to the Government and also the civil society are in favour that we adopt another strategy, #if #this only represents a measure of support to the Government. +#If the initial goal was the to reach that the public have easily access to an information updated, the speaker goes more far when requiring no only the frequency of the facilitation of information, but also the diversity of media to the that resort to spread said information and is not *poca thing. +The strategy is definitely consistent, since it knows that around the half of the total broadcasts of CO2 are associated to the traffic of vehicles, but also is precise to consider that roughly a 12% of the total of broadcasts of CO2 generate in the European Union, whereas the rest of the world issues a 88%. +Personally, I believe that the commission of *Helsinki #can offer the guidelines, in addition to for his own main function, or was, the protection of the half marine, also for the execution of the program of the Diary 21 and, probably, for the coordination of plans regional rational. +Nevertheless, this agreement of the Council of ministers has produced an important unrest among the producers of the rest of the countries, specifically *España, #Italia and #Grecia, that really are very competitive in the transformation and in the production of tomato. +From the point of sight of the citizens, it essential is not it that last the possibility of the optional use of #one or another coin, but during how much time the banks will accept the conversion of the old coin in the new euro of free form. +The fact to underline the importance that the decisions base in data and scientific studies and technicians is fundamental, did not concerns so only to the common organisation of the market of the products of the fishing but also to the general management of the fishing. +We support the common organisation of the markets and the strengthening of the organisations of producers, but have problems, first of all, regarding the risk that the costs see unnecessarily increased, and also regarding the concrete form in that here it is fixed the age of intervention, although we recognise that it has to be greater. +. (GIVE) The *socialdemócratas #danish in the European Parliament have voted today in favour of the proposal of *codecisión relative to the *preparativos of the meeting of the European Council in *Helsinki the days 10 and 11 December 1999, since in general we agree with the recommendations of the proposal regarding the important subjects in matter of employment, environment, enlargement, etc. that appear in the agenda. +We follow thinking that the Bosses of State and of Government have to fix in the first place a realistic agenda that take possible to close the governmental conference before the end of the year 2000, of #such form that do not arise relative obstacles to the Treaty for the next enlargement of the EU. +The text says like this: "take upsetting in that the development of the *PESC has to base mainly in the principle that the conflicts and the crises have to be warned and handled with civil and peaceful means and that the military means only have to use like last resource, having to #this be sufficiently protected by a mandate of the UN or of the *OSCE, and without that it mean increase of the military costs." +Since #this is a very sensitive question and place that finish to return of *Turquía of a brief trip of the parliamentary delegation, wanted to *pedirle an explanation, lady Speaker, and, in concrete, especially taking into account that already there #be had a time agreements that the European Union is a #christian community. +Gentleman Commissioner, *Europa also has contributed to *ello overloading the agenda with subjects that swims had to see with the international trade and offering #one *coartada to the one who had special interest by *ralentizar the process of integration of the world-wide markets: an interest that surely, repeat, was not neither the of the #european consumers neither neither of the #indian workers or *paquistaníes. +No only it will favour the democratic transparency of the *OMC, but that will help to provide a continuous link with the no governmental organisations, and besides will favour the gradual evolution of the no commercial subjects of the agenda. +Gentleman President, lamentably, as already it has said , the balance of *Seattle has not been especially positive. The only true leading were the demonstrators that, in spite of claiming #a lot of fine reasons that #can share perfectly, thought, *equivocándose, that the failure of the Summit #can represent of by himself/hisself a victory, a solution to the grave problems posed. +In said elections #some candidates presented his candidature so much to the European Parliament as to the national Parliament and, besides, #some candidates were potential members of the future Government *luxemburgués, it that, in accordance with the section 1 of the article 6 of the quoted Record of 20 September 1976, is incompatible with the quality of deputy to the European Parliament. +We do not go to achieve that it leave to use the bromide of methyl for shortening the terms; rather we run the risk to go in in an unwanted dynamics of *incumplimiento and fraud that goes to give a contrary result to the wished by #all. +The European Union, as it has said this afternoon, has to be to the avant-garde, without embargo, in matter of recovery of the coats of ozone in the stratosphere, #as well as of containment of the effect *invernadero, the result do not measures by the step of *Europa but in the context of a global vision. +The decision to award to *Turquía the statute of country candidate to the adhesion is, definitely, a political gesture bear with the #turkish diet, although *Turquía has not taken it more minimum to fulfil the known requirements that #the same EU has imposed. +This decision encourages to the #turkish diet to continue violating the human rights, to follow forward with the genocide of the village *kurdo, with the occupation of the 38% of the #cypriot territory, to follow projecting his territorial pretences in the *Egeo. +The European Union do not has to commit #the same errors that the Council of *Europa, that accepted to *Turquía, in his moment, although it was *flagrantemente against of the criteria of belonging to this relative organisation to the protection of the minorities and of the human rights. +There #be had advances, definitely, in relation with the previous Conference *Intergubernamental, but it more worrisome is that the Council had on the table a proposal that #would have given more leadership to the European Parliament, that *le #would have recognised a similar place to the that goes to have the Commission in these negotiations, and no the approved. +But we know that, alas, after the route of the silk, came the route of the oil, afterwards the of the cocaine, to continuation the of the heroine and now, alas, happen to the route of the traffic of #such materials, that are very dangerous for the peace and the security of the citizens. +Recently the #italian Government has refused the appeal of a city council with a clear tourist vocation, *Taormina, to open a casino and, to #the same time, has authorised the casino of #Venecia to open a branch in *Mestre. +In the first place, the proposal of *exoneración by categories of agreements excepts the agreements of supply of beer that contemplate a clause that forbid the competition, celebrated among the manufacturers of beer that possess a quota of market inferior to the 30% and the owners of bars or public venues. +Regarding the specific characteristics of the forest sector, takes #few date the Commission has taken public a communication on the competitiveness of the industries of products forest and of the industries *conexas of the European Union. +We have left clear that the consumer is it only that *nos concerns in *Europa. With this object, have reinforced the Service of Security of the Foods, to end to transmit a signal in this sense, and have consigned in the presupposed resources in favour of the socially disadvantaged, that *nos allow to advance in the fight against the unemployment. +*Señorías, *les communicate that this morning it has found a suspicious package in the *alrededores of the building *Louise *Weiss and that the #french police, in collaboration with our services of security, has forbidden the entrance to the building and has effected a control, #whose result, has been negative. +For example, the elimination of the broadcasts in the traffic and a reduction of the 10 percent in the sectors of the home, industry and the own production of energy. The measures of the EU to limit the broadcasts of CO2 of the trucks are necessary. +To stabilise the climate and reassure to the inhabitants, without using too much the notion of protection of the environment -that has wanted to leave for the environmentalists-, *esgrime the protocol of *Kioto, the "crazy cow", the dioxins and the debate on the *OMG. +To end to fulfil with the commitments collected in the Protocol of *Kioto, the EU has to help instead to promote the renewable energies and look for suitable solutions from the point of sight environmental of #such form that reduce the current level of broadcasts of CO2. +Recently, a private commercial conflict that affected to the financial interests of political leaders of Chinese gave place to the kidnapping in *Macao of a man of businesses #australian innocent of #chinese origin, the Mr. #James *Pang, that was condemned to seven years of prison in Chinese by false charges. +Like speaker of the European Parliament had the opportunity to assist to the Forum of the *ONG in *Beijing #as well as to the Governmental Conference of the 189 States. Obviously, I have followed very of wall the events of the last five years, no only in the European Union but also in the countries in roads of development. +The Treaty *Euratom do not establishes the query of the Parliament, but, of compliance with the Agreement *interinstitucional that exists with the European Parliament, the Council has engaged to not formalising his agreement but after having requested the *dictamen of the European Parliament. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0080/1999), in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, concerning the common position (9616/1999 - *C5-0182/1999 - 1998/0240(*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the orphan medicines (Speaker: Mrs. *Grossetête) +Follow requiring the debate around the *equiparación and the reforms in the EU, without embargo, above #all has to take an active stake in front of the countries in roads of development and in relation with the help allocated to *Kosovo, the *Balcanes, etc. to end to guarantee also the incorporation and the participation of the women in the development and in the reconstruction. +With seen to the meeting of the UN in New *York, needs that we accelerate our process of preparation, in what European Union, #if it is that really we wish to have a substantive participation and to the height of the prestige of the Union so much in the preparatory works as in the own meeting. +The Commissioner has stood out the situation of the Parliament and his important paper, has mentioned also the insufficiency of the plan of action, the need to develop it and the importance to assume clear political positions. +Lady Speaker, when denying to raise the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british, the #french Government has preferred to face up to a punctual and momentary crisis with his #european partners before that risk to that, inside some months or years, burst a scandal related with the illness of *Creutzfeld-#Jacob. +From the beginning of the crisis of the meat of *vacuno, the deputies of the Scottish Nationalist Party of the Parliament have defended *insistentemente an evaluation by separate of the situation in *Escocia, with seen to the staggered resumption of the export. +With regard to the question of #if it produced a delay or #if the procedures will carry in last instance in front of the courts later of it that #would have taken according to the procedure of notification official, have to say that the first letter that sends the Commission demands usually an answer in the term of two months. +In case of *litigio in front of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the processes no only celebrate among the immediate parts -in this case, the Commission and *Francia-, but that also the States members have #all the right to take part in #the same: the Realm Joined or any #another Been member. +The Council remembers that, inside the frame of the treaties of association that have signed with each #one of the aspiring countries, specified the particular needs of each #one of *ellos in relation with the legislation and procedures in this matter, #as well as the goals that each #one of the aspiring States has to reach. +*Permítame Mention an example that know well, that is not #another that the of my country: in #Grecia, that has ten millions of inhabitants, already there #be in this moment a million and half of immigrants, of economic refugees or of other categories of immigrants, it that means that the active population of the country has increased in a twenty percent. +Subject: Compliance with the community politics and access to the information of the European Bank of Investments (*BEI) In March of 1998 the European Bank of Investments conceded a credit of 60.000 millions, roughly, to the company *Gardaland *S.*p.To., for the enlargement of the park of attractions of #the same name. +Gentleman President, as I indicated in my first answer on this subject, the Commission will deliver to the Council his proposal to the *respecto in January of the 2000, and a time that the proposal of the Commission was in being able to of the Council, the Council will begin *considerarla and will determine his posture in front of this subject. +This problem went back to be treated in the session of the Council of 6 October 1999 and decided that in the following session of the Council, in December, #would keep a wide debate on the subject, basing in the report that was elaborating the Commission. +Likewise, the Council urged especially to the Government of *Rusia to avert civil victims and to guarantee the arrival without obstacles to his destination of the humanitarian help, also of the help allocated to the increasing group of persons forced to displace to *Ingusetia from his places of origin.. +The first stipulates that the States members have to implant the compulsory identification of the meat of *vacuno from 1 January of the year 2001. The *segunda proposal establishes that it will apply a transitory rule, is to say, a system of identification *facultativo, until 31 December of the year 2000. +Lady Speaker, illustrated deputies, ladies and gentlemen, the exercise of our more basic right to choose our own future, like free and independent country, already left to foresee tragic consequences, but our village did not hesitate in showing, once again, that is firmly determined to defend his freedoms. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0099/1999) of the Mr. *Murphy, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position of the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establish measured of fight against the *morosidad in the commercial operations (8790/1999 - *C5-0125/1999 - 1998/0099(*COD)) +To finish, still wanted to express, of #the same mood, my gratitude to #all the attendants of the Commission of budgets, that have had to act really during days followed, giving the thanks to the same time to #all the Parliament and especially to my own Group by his firm and *vigoroso support in #all the stages of this subject. +Finally, I want to underline that in the modern conception of the study of the consequences of the penal trial, the pity has to have a function *reeducadora and allow the rehabilitation of the citizen that has mistaken to reach that it go back to occupy his place in the civil society. +It seems that the members of the Legislative Assembly -in that #all, of course, are men- are not engaged in virtue of the Constitution of the country neither by the laws, neither by his international commitments, neither by the political will of the leaders of the country that subjected to vote the decree in question. +Gentleman President, *yo had asked the word before proceeding to the vote to say that our Group had presented a project of resolution specific on the natural catastrophes in *Francia and that, of course, are *cofirmantes of the common resolution. +Also in the reform of the structural Bottoms and of cohesion in the frame of the Diary 2000, #one of the goals of reform more important is the concentration of the help in the especially needed regions and poorer. +The authorities of Malt have introduced the VAT, but still is necessary *promulgar #a lot of new legislative norms to achieve that the legislation of Malt was in accordance with the situation in the European Union. +Now we have to respect also the committed contemplated in the Treaty of *Amsterdam, that *nos force to integrate the environmental politics in #all the process *decisorio of the European Union. The put in practice of these obligations of the Treaty of *Amsterdam by part of the distinct countries will subject to examination in the next summits of the European Union. +Of general form, the diverse speakers of the Commission of Subjects External underline the difficulties that it will be necessary to surpass and congratulate of the already reached advances and urge to that the reforms go accompanied of measures directed to attenuate the social consequences. +It did not fits to think in enlargement #any unless the States applicants are in conditions to add to the only coin without that *ello comport a threat for his integrity and his condition, and are had to adhere to avert that it worsen even more the Union with his present structure of two classes. +The obstacles that, alas, #some countries members have pretended to interpose, linking the negotiations to the solution of the question *politicomilitar that from 25 years ago tortures to the island, constitute, said was with indulgence, glide diplomatic that, without embargo, *oponen to the philosophy of the European Union and to the of the enlargement, and that, in any case, take *peligrar his happy culmination. +The need of this strategy derives directly of the proposals of the Diary 2000 in the that recognises that the adoption of the *acervo environmental will require an enormous effort by part of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental, that only will be able to be possible on a long-term basis and only with some very high costs -in #that then talked of some quantities of 100 to 120 one thousand millions of euros-. +Since the financial support of the Union only covers a very small part of the necessary means, is absolutely essential that get to a very focused approach, effective and strategic of this process of approach. +In chamber place wish to obtain a public confirmation of the promise of the Commission to inform to the Parliament and *darle the opportunity to elaborate a report on the proposed Regulation of exemption by categories and on the orientations, before the Commission take his definite decision. +Of comparable mood to the evolution in the States Joined from finals of the last century, the authority *anti *trust of the European Union has evolved in the last years until converting in the tip of spear of the European Union. +Yesterday, during the vote on my report and the report of the Mr. *Chanterie, the Mr. *Collins announced to the Parliament that in the gallery there was a photographer that was taking photos of the papers of #some deputies and of the lists of vote. +This year they have presented in total 1.372, 191 more that the previous year. This circumstance shows that the citizens consider necessary the activity of the Defender of the Village to correct the presumptive irregularities that #can produce in the administration of the European Union. +The analysis of the procedures of infringement from 1996 indicates that there #be had a minimum of 97 cases linked with requests of a total of 535 cases referents to direct complaints concerning the *cuales the Commission sent letters of official notification, initiating of this way the procedures of infringement. +Gentleman President, the facts have repaired the honour of this man, but the Commission considers still necessary that the disciplinary procedure continue and, besides, *le has relieved of his competitions in the control of the finances, field in the that, without embargo, has made a work stood out. +Lady Of #Esteban #Martín, *permítame take a subsection and express my sincere gratitude to the Mr. *Newman by the help that *nos has provided to #all with his example; because in the fifteen years that has been to the service of the European Parliament, *nos has helped even more in the operation, and no only in *él, of this commission. +Possibly it #can find a solution, so that the committee of directors general yield the execution of the program to a committee delegated -therefore, really there #would be two levels inside the committee-, but the general directors continue being managers. +Before the Summit of *Berlín, especially *Alemania and the Low Countries doubted concerning the quantity of the sum, without basing, by it other, the doubts regarding the content. *Alemania And the Low Countries are really essential in the work of the #european administrations of customs. +It wanted to go back to appreciate to the commissions, the speakers and the Parliament in general the enormous and constructive work made in this so concrete terrain that *reviste, to #the same time, a big symbolic importance, #as well as concrete, for the operation of the European Union. +To *ello adds that, by general rule, the collection of the taxes did not coincides with the utilisation of the infrastructure and the majority of the times the taxes do not adjust to the ecological costs or the other external costs. +So much the calendar, #whose last stage finishes in the year 2004, like the creation of committees of national experts seem to guarantee a realistic application of the concept proposed, so much more what that in this way do not impose to nobody an enclosed concept. It That pretend is that the 15 States collaborate in the preparation of the solutions. +The speaker no only has worked with *ahínco on this report but that also has recognised the complexity of the question, the sensitivity that arouses this subject, and has produced a report drafted with great care that deserves the support of #all our Parliament. +Estimated lady *Schmidbauer, the recommendation of the majority *rojiverde of the Commission of Transports and Tourism that we urge to the Commission to that it include the transport deprived no commercial in the new system, of the that for the moment remains excluded, by means of the community Right -no, as it is usual, to scale national- *nos seems too much *aventurada -not even the Commission *atreve to go so far-. +Gentleman President, the speaker of the Commission of Rights of the Woman, the Mrs. *Hautala, has tried to present an oral amendment to the amendments 1 and 2 to end to delimit the discriminations in reason of the sex that *incumben to the commissions 1 and 8. +Regarding the amendment of the Liberal, that #would delete the payment of subsidies planned in these agreements to the fishermen, the Greens the support for estimating that the fleets that fish in waters very distant do not have to perceive subsidies so important, especially *cuando pose *tantos problems the agreements to #whose protect operate. +To #the same time, the offensive of the NATO -instead of isolating to the dictator *Milosevic and his diet- is having the undesirable effect to reinforce the nationalist unit to his around against a foreign intervention. +As they see, we have treated to elaborate a wide strategy, because #one *Europa that it is able to create an only market and a common coin has to be able to find the moods and the forms to face up jointly to a problem of this *envergadura. +The *Relator special of the Nations Joined on the independence of the judicial power and of the lawyers, the High *Comisionada of the Nations Joined for the Human Rights, the International Commission of Jurists and, last night, members of the Congress of the States Joined have expressed his weigh by it *sucedido. +My congratulation is *extensiva to #all the members of the Commission of Rights of the Woman and to #all the deputies that have contributed to formulate the program and plan of action to combat the violence against the woman and the boys. +Respect a lot to #all the signatories, as to #all the deputies of this Assembly, but is responsibility of #this choose the suitable course, or well in front of the Court of Justice or well through the pertinent resolutions put that the Regulation allows #a lot of ways to express this will. +The system adopted allows *clarificarlo so that they keep the competitions that treated to keep exactly in the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, and to #the same time that keep the logical competitions in the Commission of Subjects Juridical. +*Ella *me Remembered that, in a preparatory conference that celebrated in *Viena in 1998, the Commission of the Woman of the Nations Joined had listened especially to Europeans that manifested his pain, his suffering, the abuses, the *penalidades suffered during the dramatic nationalist confrontations in the territory of the ancient *Yugoslavia. +It #would want equally express my congratulation with reason of the conference that celebrated in *Bruselas the past month of October under the consigns «The citizens of the third age in the century *XXI: a life by in front». To personal title, believe that it treats of #one of the most fruitful conferences to the that have assisted since I am deputy to the European Parliament. +A chamber of the #european population is affected in these moments, and *nosotros pretend to put the self-esteem of this social group in the centre of attention so that they #can fulfil his task and his social role of the mood in that *nosotros now *nos imagine it. +Has foreseen the Commission boost the use of biofuel and *biolubricante now that the Summit of *Berlín has taken upsetting in the need to deploy an agricultural politics more forceful in the field of the no alimentary applications? +I admit that these products #can go out *algo more expensive that the conventional products, but the ecological benefits are so great that the European Commission really #would have to elaborate active proposals in this sense so that the products mentioned #can open path in the #european markets. +And, second, that the companies that have the value to follow living and producing in #Venecia with costs much higher that the other, have some fiscal helps, and that the Commission withdraw some sanctions that has begun to instruct because the #italian Government has conceded these helps. +I believe that no *nos corresponds to *nosotros go in in the debate of the experts about the specific options that they #can solve the problem of the *acqua high, but consider that it is necessary to think in #Venecia as in a zone with specific problems, in that #all help and #all care, directed to keep a viable economic context, are necessary. +It is to the light of #this that it wanted to ask an explanation, a fine explanation -have said a very fine explanation- of the Table and of the School of *Cuestores on the reasons not to allow the exhibition that *yo had invited and to the that previously had given permission. +Yes I know that the Socialist Group has delivered a very short text with only some questions and maybe the #others texts offer the possibility to modify it a bit but, President, do not understand why suddenly postpones to the Tuesday *algo that we #would have to have taken already the past week. +To #mine request has drafted a report in the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects on the taxes of productivity and the green taxes and of *él gives off that, #if it introduces this type of taxes to #european level, #can have great effects for the employment. +Without some coordination of the economic politics more general, the monetary politics will not have neither the efficiency neither the vigour that want that have, of #such luck that the coin of the European Union exert his true paper. +In the report of the Court of Accounts there #be, certainly, a series of comments negative about the execution of the budget -on #some will talk immediately- but #would be a lightness #if they attributed only to the Commission the deficiencies that have produced . +*Me Encourage, in consequence, the wish and the hope -the certainty, #would say- that with the structural changes already in course in the organisation and operation of the Commission, will be easy for the next Parliament -that will have the support of the Commission and will not have to confront to it that *nos have confronted *nosotros the last three years- receive explanations and find solutions. +The Commission keeps the position that to the deficiencies of procedure criticised by the Court of Accounts #can put *coto establishing a minimum grade of competition, especially, in the procedures of the public contests and in the procedures of adjudication. +The Commission has understood that the to adopt clear decisions and strictly political that tie the hands of the new Commission in a moment in that the Commission has resigned is a question that has to consider attending to the particular circumstances of each case. +Finally, it wanted to underline that, since the institutional calendar and the political circumstances take to coincide the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam with the renewal of the Parliament and of the Commission, will have to be both institutions renewed the that take the dialogue on this matter with the Council. +*Sir *Brittan, in the field of the drugs fits to accept a secondary effect, in the field of the alimentary products do not has to have these secondary effects, and here has to take the investment of the proof so that #that that produce and wish to apply these means have to show his *inocuidad. +We do not have to fear by a negative budgetary reflection because fix in the reduction of the VAT in the crop of the ornamental plants. The sales went up so much in my country that the arks of the state collected 340 millions more. +The Mrs. *Peijs *me has asked flexibility in the sense to achieve the result it more quickly possible and, therefore, interpret the paradoxical appeal and precisely in the sense of not admitting the amendments that #would not take another thing that *ralentizar the process. +I have to remember that, for example, even the exceptions based in the article 27, that in the bottom are disposals of application and no a new legislation, require the unanimity; I have to remember the great difficulties that are finding regarding the Committee of the VAT that, by his nature, is merely *aplicativo, although the States members resist to that it happen a norm by qualified majority. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman candidate President of the European Commission, *Señorías, the resignation of the salient Commission has left very clear first of all that it is necessary a balance of powers more democratic among the Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +We #would have appreciated that this availability had been clearer takes some months, *cuando, for example, tackled the Statute of the deputies to the European Parliament or the technical and statutory terms in the *cuales had to vote to the President of the Commission. +It #would wish to signal that the small countries neither have any privilege regarding this question, by it that #would have to demand that the States members smaller, that have a member of the Commission, recognised that the women also have experience and are qualified, #as well as that it is possible to find candidates to occupy a square in the Commission. +Finally, I want to require that the improvement of the production and of the commercialisation of the honey, that went object of my report on the regulation *ad *hoc and in the frame of the *cual have obtained 15 millions of euros to the year, although *yo had requested 65, raisin by a high level of requirements in matter of quality, of control and of labeling of the honey. +The debates that it has been surrounded the denial by the Parliament of the approval of the management of the Commission in the budgetary exercise 1996 of the European Communities have had the political consequences that #all know. +Also we receive with satisfaction #all the steps that is giving the UN and urge to the President of the Council to that it begin at last to give steps, after the experiences of *Bosnia and of *Kosovo, so that it proceed to adapt at last the Letter of the Nations Joined of the year 1949 to the real circumstances. +*Me Gathered with numerous political representatives of the Government and of the opposition: the president of the Parliament, Mr. *Ginuisynis, the minister of Integration European, Mr. *Lakori that pleads by the association of *Albania to the European Union, and the boss of the opposition, Mr. *Berisha. +#This is the first time that a regional alliance of nations takes part in defence of the human rights, to reestablish some stable conditions in a zone of *Europa that is living from eight years ago a reaction in chain of attempts of this type and always by #the same reasons. +The world-wide organisation to the that before has taken reference has *fracasado, without embargo, completely, since it has not known *insuflar life to his Letter and to the International Right, but that in big part have remained reduced to dead letter, and neither has prevented the conflicts, that is the end for the that in fact it was created. +And to finish, the last question, in the situation in that now *nos find, gentleman President, #can *decirnos #if the Council is conscious of the urgent need to develop, in the frame of the Alliance, of course, a capacity of #analysis and a capacity of defence that are ideal for *Europa? +It That *le #can say is that the Commission, at least from the point of sight humanitarian, #as well as #all the humanitarian agencies, have not been informed by the States members, although in addition to seating in the Atlantic Council take it in the European Union. +Since the President of the Council has initiated today the debate asking where find the political solutions, *yo wanted to add a complementary question: how it has taken in the last years of the prevention of the crises, of the preventive measures? +As well, the reservation is a typical pure instrument and hard of international Right public, and the juridical instrument chosen by the Council to dip of *rondón #that *descomunitarización, this differentiation, this discrimination among the #european members of parliament is, precisely, the reservation. +#If we accepted the project of the Council and the amendment of the liberal, instead of the text elaborated in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens under the direction of the Mr. *Rothley, *nos #would be *desautorizando again in relation with a decisive subject and that *nos affects directly. +In wait of a decision to the *respecto in the course of this year, the Commission of Budgets has assigned appropriately a reservation of 60 millions of euros and has created a reservation of personnel for the increase of the administrative work that #this goes to suppose. +Now that the European Parliament aspires to debug the European Union and exert with responsibility his function like budgetary authority, *me results personally problematic the fact that 490 civil servants of the European Parliament go to benefit of a promotion in the year 2000. +But, gentleman *Jarzembowsky, results cynical that *usted, that has tried #everything to avert that it got to a regulation and that has tried #everything to avert that they include external costs for example in the taxes of toll or in the *gravámenes for the use of determined infrastructures, now take as #if this agreement went too much low and did not adapt to the situation of the environment. +For example, the credits of commitment do not contain an explicit disposal to include the external costs in the *gravámenes existent, although it allows, and in #some cases demands, the differentiation of the *gravámenes existent with the purpose to reflect the environmental look and other effects. +Finally, I have to applaud the allusion that takes to the cards of credit, because truly there #be had in *ellas an enormous abuse, and believe that the amendment to the *respecto, that is the 25, has to carry with #all rigour, since without signature, simply with retaining a number of card, give abuses that #all know and, therefore, in this point it is necessary to be very rigorous. +But, besides, it is necessary to remember here that the norms of execution *hipotecaria subject to the competition of the courts of the place in that it situates the well, and have to remember to the *respecto the article 16.1 of the Agreement of *Bruselas of 1968 that, obviously, the community Right has to respect, and has to respect, in definite, gentleman *Whitehead, for the good end of the interests of the consumers. +Therefore, I will insist in that the #european building is a juridical construction, a construction in Right, and or have the lawyers, in general with the persons of the Right, like belt of transmission among the rules and the social reality or badly will go the #european construction. +So that the amendment 61, that introduces a right to renounce to the right to obtain information before the celebration of the agreement means that the Commission has to refuse the article 11, had account that establishes that the consumers #can not renounce to the rights that *les confers the directive. +Finally, I expect that the Parliament contribute with his collaboration to guarantee a fast approval of the current proposal that ensure the continuity among the program of action community at present in course and the program proposed that will go in in vigour on 1 January of the year 2000. +I have to admit that in the *segunda reading of the Managerial frame agreed with the Council in that the Directive mark was not the correct frame for the disposals of the relative specific directive to the level of *pesticidas in the *potitos, although of course also was totally in accordance with the Mrs. *Breyer in the need that the *potitos were free of *pesticidas. +I am -and my Group also- very satisfied with the result of the procedure of conciliation, since in the course of the procedure of conciliation accepted this principle, of course no like integral part of the procedure of conciliation, but politically like part of the negotiations. +Now only we #can expect that the producers of the EU effect a fast change in the production of foods for babies and small boys, because a thing is clear: the feeding of babies and small boys has to be free of any poisonous substance. +Now, in the frame of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, is possible the simple rejection by part of the Parliament *cuando *nos *oponemos to a text in place of a rejection in two simpler -stages, easier and plants to the Parliament in a stronger position. +It recognises the practical that the negotiations do not carry out among 15 and 15, but in a more reduced group: the president and speaker of the competent commission with the President of the Council and the Commission, informing later to the Committee of Conciliation in plenary. +It will say that the subject do not has depth, but these subjects are sensitive in communities that are suffering a restructuring, as it treats of a village that carries four years trying that the debugger of waters residual of the zone in the that *ellos live put 2 or 3 kilometres more down to avert the bad smells. +In this sense, will have to receive the supports and the necessary means. Second, the Union will have to occupy to define a true strategy, a strategy of group for the stability in the *Balcanes, and Colony will be a key moment in this road. +The Council of Ministers of Finances will subject to the European Council a report on the international financial architecture, the #asian and #russian crisis have *evidenciado the need of reforms in this field. +It has taken well the Council in proposing quickly the Presidency of Roman *Prodi, but #all know -and finishes it to say the Mr. President *Santer- that exists the problem of the need to reinforce and define the political paper of the Commission. +I create -and already I am talking in name of my Group- that in front of the options that poses, for example, the self-evident of the Prime ministers of Big *Bretaña and *España, #Tony *Blair and #José *Mª *Aznar, that means more deregulation and more *flexibilización, *nosotros #would opt by a #italian frank-proposal, with a relaunching of the active politics of employment and a relaunching also of the public investments. +I believe that, #if we achieve to give priority to the idea of a constitutional pact and of citizenship, has to mean before that swims a political will reinforced of political integration, of *superación of the nationalism -and *permítanme remember it here in a moment in that it goes back to *prender the war in the *Balcanes-, our path has to be the of the integration, because, as it said here *Mitterrand, «the nationalism is the war». +The costs for the EU of 15 members until the 2006 will rise to 686.000 millions of euros, keeping to a real constant price, is to say, that for the first time it that have already reached in the States members, budgetary discipline and discipline of strict costs #as well as limitation of the growth of the budgets in function of economic prescriptions, reach it now also to #european level. +I have voted against of the proposal of the Mr. *Rothley because I regret that we have not collected the document of the Council. We have left to happen of long the big opportunity to have at last to finals of the legislative period a Statute of the deputy. +The European Parliament has lost an opportunity without pair to resolve a fundamental question for his prestige and dignity, in a moment, besides, in that debate and demands in *Europa the transparency and the efficiency in the operation of #all the community institutions. +From it takes long, a majority of this Parliament *parapeta after the fault of initiative of the Council in this subject for *excusar his fault of will to see how goes out forward an only statute of the #european deputy. +In effect, in accordance with #some national statutes, existed a discrimination of assignments among the #german deputies, #whose flourishing economy allows some noble parliamentary assignments and the #portuguese colleagues, #whose modesty of the economy comported some parliamentary assignments equally modest. +The Group of Independent by the *Europa of the Nations exhorts to the #european managers to keep this embargo of the *STB, that is a hormone produced by bacteria genetically modified and alters of clear way the health of the livestock *vacuno and of way very #likely the health of the persons that the consume. +The result of 525 votes goes to impress to the Commission of #such mood that goes to keep the prohibition of the hormones and goes *reiniciar the conflict in the signpost of the *OMC to show clearly that we do not want to impose to our population this dangerous meat treated with hormones. +The reports of the Mr. #Spencer *nos show that the European Union begins to affirm like political power and express with clarity the idea that the self-evident European Parliament the will to contribute his contribution in this field. +It is precise to add the decision of the Congress of States Joined to develop, under some conditions, a system of defence antimissile that, from the point of sight #russian, #would put in cloth of trial the Treaty *ABM». +I recommend, as, the approval of the Regulation, and much more now, that the majority of the positions that has expressed the European Parliament, already from last November, have been approved and have reached , this last month, additional positive changes in the negotiations with the Council. +It wanted to invite to the Commission at the end of our mandate to accept the offer of the City council of *Manchester to go to see the changes that are taking possible the #european bottoms on the local communities of the region. +Gentleman President, to begin *permítame that in my quality of speaker for the agricultural finances of the Diary 2000 express my appreciate by the German Presidency by the possibilities offered by the German Government for the celebration of a *triálogo on the agricultural politics. +Going back to my recommendation for the *segunda reading on the granting of helps financial community in the field of the networks *transeuropeas, this work has carried out of compliance with the ancient Treaty and now recognises the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Only like this it understands that the initial proposal of the Commission, that already of by himself/hisself supposed a reduction of the structural Bottoms and of cohesion with regard to the levels of the current period, have seen diminished with the final agreement reached in the European Council of *Berlín. +Gentleman President, *le ask pardon because I do not have the Regulation, but my question of order refers to #if we have abandoned the practice that used up to now in the turn of questions, according to the *cual, after a question formulated by a deputy, and after the answer of the Council, other deputies have right for it that calls in groins a *follow *up . +It underlines that the foods and the medicines depend officially of the diet of the sanctions imposed to the *Iraq after the invasion of *Kuwait, but the bureaucratic structure of the system of supplies and the limited income that obtains the country of the legal sales of oil restrict the imports. +It is the President in #willing exercise to recognise that the program «oil by foods», although *loable, comports #a lot of deficiencies of type bureaucratic and collateral sanctions, and that follows without *suplir the needs of the boys, whereas his parents #can take very little to put end to the inhuman dictatorship of *Sadam *Husein? +It is intention of the Presidency adopt a definite decision on this proposal in the Council of Ministers of Fishing that will celebrate in June. The previous condition for *ello is that until then it have concluded in the Parliament the training of an opinion to the *respecto. +All *resume to the fact that, apart from presenting a proposal of resolution in the 55ª Meeting on the Human Rights in Gin, in the that declare #which was #ours position, have not gone back to take at all from then, because we follow without the lower information on the 598 men and the seven #kuwaiti women that were sent to prisons *iraquíes. +To the equal that the *Europa *librecambista, the *Europa of the big only market has *mentido, had not said that it treated of the *Europa of the 20 millions of unemployed, of the 50 millions of excluded; and the *Europa *ultraliberal is *mintiendo, do not says that in the perspective of the year 2006, will be the *Europa of the taxes and the *Europa of the #european tax on the income. +This granting, gentleman Minister *Funke, the take today with satisfaction although the fishing is a relatively feeble branch of the #european economy and needs a specific treatment, #all time that the zones that depend of the fishing in his majority *carecen of places of alternative work. +In this order of things, have very clear, as it occurs in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice, that any adaptation or update of the juridical acts will not be able to comport modifications of the essential elements of the juridical act original. +*Cuando Write the history on the evolution of the social politics and of employment, a time that have abandoned my charge in the Commission, the period 1993-1999 will stand out like an important period of changes, of approaches advanced and of support to the modifications of the Treaty. +The approval of the report that debate will reinforce our political position and *nos will allow to use this instrument to take the follow-up of the negotiations in political matters, social and economic that includes, and very especially, the relative section to the democratisation and to the human rights. +It wanted to request, therefore, that present a proposal according to the article 286 that foresees the creation of an organism of surveillance. Besides, I ask a proposal in the frame of the *tercer *pilar for the protection of the personal data, since in #that *pilar still do not have a guarantee in this sense. +We #can not *infravalorar the possible sanitary risks that #can derive of the possibility that opens the proposal of directive regarding the acquisition of medicines through Internet without the corresponding professional advice, as it already has warned the Mrs. *Heinisch. +*Ello Means that of compliance with the last paragraph of the section 9 of the article 203 apply the following majorities. I quote: «... By means of agreement among the Council, by qualified majority, and the European Parliament, by majority of the members that compose it ...», taking into account that this appointment refers to the establishment of the maximum type. +Gentleman President, takes a moment, *cuando have requested, taking use of my right in application of the article 129, the return to commission of the Report *Colom *i Naval, the president *Samland *me has questioned *deplorando my absence of the meeting of the Commission of Budgets, the Monday at night. +I add, on the other hand, that *yo had assisted to the previous meeting, the that mentions the report, the meeting of 29 April, and that had voted against of the Report *Colom *i Naval, that has not modified too much in the meeting of the commission of the Monday at night. +The Bottom of Cohesion has been created, specifically, to favour the adhesion of #some States members to the only coin: the community manna attributed to be able to bear the diet of reduction budgetary imposed by the criteria of *Maastricht. +This disastrous evolution, contrary to #all the guarantees that *nos had given to the start of this war, and contrary to the humanitarian goals of the own war, #can not but increase the doubts that had expressed from the principle on the strategy used. +But, #if well it has remained clear in this agreement that for the first time -and it is necessary to congratulate to Indonesian thus- it recognises the right to the free determination and the independence in *Timor, want to stand out -and it is necessary to stand out this look, because it is an important political change of the situation of *Timor Oriental that sincerely receive with *beneplácito- that has to take into account also #any hypocrisy of behaviour already tackled here. +We have to elevate our voice, expose our arguments with greater firmness and resolution without showing never -and it is necessary to take upsetting in this point- an attitude of superiority moral, but that we have to share our points of sight in our condition of friends concerned and committed. +I do not know #if #any time has served for *algo, but take to know to my successors and to his successor and to the successor of the Commissioner that #this is the only half so that the European Parliament leave *traslucir that also feel *algo by the persons that are out of this Parliament, out of *Europa and that *nos concern by *algo more that the wage and the pension of #one same. +In the first place, they follow keeping his law of security internal that, against of #all usual conception of the human rights, allows that they are detained the that express peacefully some so much religious opinions like politics that are argued with the of the Government and that *les *deniegue a representation *letrada suitable or even a just trial. +The ratification of the Statute of the Court, without exclusions to the operation of #this, #would show that the commitment with the fulfillment of the Right, with the defence of the freedoms and of the human life, are objective of the Union so *prioritarios at least like the commercial. +The office of the Commission in the *Comoras follows of wall the evolution of the situation and, according to the last informations, #this is of calm and the army has boarded the first contacts for the establishment of a Government of transition according to the celebrated Agreement in *Madagascar. +The proposal of resolution of the Council on the legal interception of the telecommunications no *incide in the national Right. We have to *conformarnos with this state of things, *nos enjoy or no, since it is #this the character that *revisten the resolutions adopted in the field of the *tercer *pilar. +Lady Speaker, on 15 March of this year, presented a question by writing to the President of the Parliament on a statement that #this had taken on the place of work of *Luxemburgo and the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the European Parliament. +Lady Speaker, lady Commissioner, the textile sector and of the #european preparation is seeing gravely affected in these moments by the massive imports to prices abnormally low pertinent of economic zones that cross a deep recession or that have seen closed the markets to the that directed usually his production. +Our goal was to prepare the structures and procedures of the Union for his transformation of a Western European Union in a Union of #all *Europa, endowed at the same time also of capacity of performance in the field of the External Politics and of Security, which has to suppose likewise that it was a more democratic Union. +Afterwards it imposed simultaneously both names to the President of the Commission, to his President designated. With this performance, the #german Chancellor did not loan any service neither to Roman *Prodi, neither to the #european institutions, neither to the Federal Republic. +*Yo *le Wish, gentleman Minister of External Subjects, that in the future know to answer to this confidence in the stability and in the reliability of the #german #european politics, because #this is important for the progress of the European Union and for the future of our #european continent. +Lamentably, the Council has not promoted of way equally consistent the institutional decisions, #if well we have to express our special gratitude to the Minister of Subjects External *Fischer, precisely in this context, by his important initiatives and his important work. +Gentleman President, the Presidency of the European Union finishes to happen of #german hands to #finnish hands, by it that goes being hour to take an analysis on the past semester and, besides, hour to issue a trial about the #german Presidency. +Therefore we regret that the #german Presidency have not taken in account the recommendation of the European Parliament to the Council to make a pilot study directed to the creation of a civil contingent of peace. +*Yo Believe that, with the approval of the Diary 2000, reached to put of agreement to #that that had taken his currency of the unfair and selfish "*I *want *my *money *back' »and to #all #that, championed by the Government of my country, that believe that the European Union is a political project #where the cohesion and the solidarity are fundamental pieces. +Gentleman *Fischer, #if in *algo have agreed #all the orators that have taken part this morning has been in saying that the summit of Colony did not constitutes a base for a reform of the institutions of the Union. +In this context want to underline with #all clarity it following as continuously it talks of the politics of security: #this did not consists in a militarisation of the European Union but in taking into account #all the instruments of the politics of security and in taking it that #can take *preventivamente. +*Le Ensure, without embargo, that will not be the change of the number of the General Directions, the fact that they identify by a name and no by a number, the fact that the Commissioners are disseminated by #all *Bruselas or that reinforce to the spokesman, it that *acercará the Institutions to the public, to the that *usted referred . +To achieve a democratic structure will have to change along the years so that the Parliament was not the servant of the Commission but that the Commission was the servant of the elect representatives of the #european electorate. +We support fully a strategy that splits of the *convencimiento that it is essential to respect the Pact of Stability and share the idea that today the fundamental question is to convert to *Europa in a more competitive system to restart the path of the development with regard to struggling against the unemployment. +It is an indisputable reality that the confidence of the citizens in the system of taking of decisions will not be recovered without a reform of the procedures, and #this applies to #all the institutions: to the Commission, to the Council and to the Parliament by equal. +In it that concerns to the #finnish posture, has remained very clear that, regarding the process of enlargement, it is necessary to take very seriously the questions related with the environmental protection and with the security of the citizens in the frame of the development of *Europa. +The total budget of the humanitarian help for *Kosovo and the neighbouring countries rises to 378 millions of euros, constituting the central points the delivery of foods of vital importance and other sakes #as well as medical help, sanitary facilities and accommodations. +On 13 July it gathered the managerial group of high rank, the guild for the coordination of the help of the international donors in the frame of the crisis of *Kosovo, headed by the European Commission and the World-wide Bank. +On my part I want *centrarme in two points: having present the future of the Union, the most important tasks of the Council are, on the one hand, the enlargement and, by the #another, the development of the system of taking of decisions of the Union. These two goals articulate among himself/hisself. +In this Parliament expect and wanted to act so that the reconstruction carry out in the respect and the valorisation of the human resources and of the dignity of each #one of the parts involved in the conflict and no by means of the colonisation of *Europa, of the World-wide Bank of the States Joined. +Like this it prays the article 125 of the Penal Code Turkish that, as it manifested here in *Estrasburgo by the #turkish ambassador Mr. *Kaleli, is a calque of the article 241 of the Penal Code Italian, *promulgado in the fascist and still valid period. +A question that has not mentioned in the debate is that this same year has to take a big review of #all the legislation on telecommunications and that the Commission already has initiated part of this low work to the mandate of the Mr. *Bangemann. +But, #if even then it results necessary to be more specific on #which are the consequences of the honesty and the discretion -and am conscious to be *supeditado to the fact that this subject finds now in front of the Court-, *me cheer that the Assembly receive *favorablemente the changes that will produce like consequence of the initiative adopted by the President designated. +In addition to the already published legislative program, have to *agradecerle to the Commission the constant informative task that has carried out with third countries and in particular with the World-wide Organisation of Trade, #as well as the explanations on the performances of the Community to solve the crisis of the dioxin. +Frankly I do not know, because *carezco of technical knowledges, himself/hisself #all the range of oils vegetal recyclable that now contemplate like source of risk #would have to subject to a total prohibition, or #if simply they #would have to catalog like *algún type of culinary residue without any links with the animal alimentary chain in first instance. +I estimate that the fact to having established a structure decentralised and flexible to improve his efficiency is a very important element, an element that, without embargo, has to situate in the perspective of a more global evaluation. +To difference of the Mr. *Ford, that represents to the Southwest, but supports to the *Manchester *City, *yo no support to any club of football, but yes support the right of the #european citizen to be protected against the discriminatory practices and the abuses of a dominant position. +That the Commission resorted to the Office of Assistance Technical to escape to the budgetary control. That in the costs of management conjoint, the Commission and the States members refuse reciprocally the responsibilities. +A complete review of the politics of personnel goes to take place and goes to concentrate particularly in the feeblest areas identified by the report and in other places #such as the rigorous report of the own Commission, especially in the recruitment, discipline, professional promotion and training. +I confess that, when seeing the product that *nos rids the Committee of Experts Independent, do not dissipate my initial doubts on #if his nomination did not mean in the bottom a true recognition of inability of our own functions of control and of political orientation. +In fact, the opinions of the Experts put of self-evident that in *Europa need a new culture of the responsibility and wanted to add, gentleman *Kinnock, that precisely in relation with this point #would be stimulating to continue the audiences of the past week as in it that to definition and clarity refers need to follow being elaborated #some things of the audiences that have remained little clear and of the that *nos #would enjoy to know how go to be and how go to work in the future. +It is to say that, theoretically, it #can occur that somebody carried #all the money of the European Community and that #if this person is carried in front of a court, a jurisdiction in the that is not *tipificado the fraud against the institutions of the European Community, this person not even #can be processed by fault of juridical foundation for *ello. +Besides it is necessary to expand the definition of pollution marine accidental to include the operational and radioactive pollution and other harmful substances, the accidental marine pollution and the operational. +The nature *transfronteriza of the half marine, that involves that the pollution of a zone #can have impact in a greater area, conducts to the need of a community frame for the cooperation in the field of the accidental marine pollution. +Share information on hydrocarbons, radioactive substances and other harmful substances transported by sea and on poured to the sea that have made like part of diets of historical waste, is #one *precondición to prepare and coordinate any necessary answer to mitigate the impact of incidents *contaminantes on the environment and the human health. +Gentleman President of the Commission, from his nomination for the Presidency of the Commission and the designation of the nineteen commissioners, neither *usted same neither neither the members of the new School have *escatimado efforts to take get to the European Parliament a very clear message. +It will promise solemnly the Mr. *Prodi in front of this Assembly that no longer there will be in the Commission more documents that #can be studied in the GLASS, in the national delegations, at the side of the *cabilderos of the companies, of the journalists, but no to our side, that are the only that have been chosen by the village? +I have to *recordarle also the statement of *Copenhague on the social development that treats of form very ambitious the differences North-South and the differences in the interior of the North among poor and rich? The European Union has adopted commitments in this sense, but until the day of today #any of *ellos has kept . +The second inform of the committee of experts independent argued in the Plenary this Monday has not got, or takes very little time that has taken it, to the majority of the deputies, which *nos has prevented to take a serious study. +After the disaster of the previous experience, produces , proposes an appreciable innovation of the that forms part the commitment to present an annual report on the state of the Union: an innovation of the form to act that we appreciate. +This request has been blocked #one and another time; *nos have seen unable to ask accounts to the distinct Commissioners, and the Conservative deputies to the European Parliament have not had more option that the of *oponerse by reasons of democratic principle to the squad *entrante of European Commissioners. +The Mr. *Busquin enjoys of strong protection, #this has reported open and publicly in the press of my country, and in any case was personally responsible, and #this has recognised it and admitted *él same, to having presented an accounting of the party knowingly *falseada, that conducted to an illegal finance of his party. +Finally, regarding the codes of behaviour, need to know that the personal promotion will be based in the merit and that the promotion until the highest levels of the Commission comports a competition in matter of management, it that no always has been the case up to now. +We take note of the commitment of *consultarnos on the reform of the Regulation of the personnel that correct #some of the worries of the Mr. *Elles, the new responsibilities assigned to the persons that report corrupt practices inside the organisation and the need to develop new disciplinary procedures. +It wanted to take advantage of the occasion that *me offers this debate to say that, although we have kept exchanges very severe in occasions, always have appreciated his talent, his seriousness and the open and nice character of the collaboration that have kept with the Mr. *Liikanen. +The Court of Accounts experienced a significant increase of resources in the year 1999 and the total number rose in 49 employees The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions increased his staff with 10 employees in total. +The space of freedom, security and justice has to support in the solid guarantee of the respect of the corresponding rights to the realities of the contemporary societies, it that adjusts to the open and innovative approach that wishes the European Parliament. +Also it #can take a lot in questions of mutual recognition, but *cuando treat of the #european judicial sphere from the point of sight of the penal subjects perhaps are thinking in the possibility to operate as #if there were not juridical borders in *Europa. +The ignorance is not any virtue, although sometimes it #can be a doubtful debatable blessing, but the ignorance based in the secret #can not be accepted in a mature political system, that is the that we have to build in the *Europa of the persons and of the citizens. +On these bases, entrust likewise in that, when treating to create a common space of freedom, security and justice, inspire in the principles of solidarity and of inclusion and do not think in making a *Europa community, peaceful and rich in his interior and impenetrable for the that *presionan from the outside, pushed by the *hambre, the war and the social needs. +#Many of *ellos are not really concerned by the enlargement of the vote by majority described, by important that #can be, but instead expect anxiously that there are progresses regarding the rights of the citizens, progresses regarding the freedom of circulation, progresses regarding #one *Europa truly integrated in the that the persons know and comprise his rights and his responsibilities. +Like this the things, *le ask that it take advantage of this occasion to convert to *Tampere in an important milestone that contribute to *Europa a true political integration, beginning by the inner security and the judicial cooperation, since it treats of key elements of the State and, therefore, of the Community. +Without embargo, this proposition supposes a clear intervention in the fundamental competitions of the national states, in the right to conserve his juridical systems and to exert the control on the *acatamiento of the laws in his territories. +The greater problem, without embargo, is the unseen side, the connection of the crime organised, of the terrorism, of the traffic of drugs and of other activities that *nos force to follow to big distance the performance of these persons, and especially of the crime organised, without that we #can *hacerles front. +Gentleman Commissioner, #if really we wish to go in in a systematic and operative dynamics is indispensable that the Commission devote to put order in his subjects of here until December, until the *segunda reading. Of it contrary, the year that comes will go back to *encontrarnos in #the same situation that this year, so much more what that the own Commission recognises that it #can not foresee how will be the question of the payments in the year 2000. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, visitors, like deputy of the Basque Country wanted to believe that raise our voice and ask the intervention and the help for *Timor will be a step more to finish, no only with the slaughtering to hands of persons protected by the #indonesian soldiers, but, especially, to finish with the hypocrisy that chairs the international politics. +Gentleman President, want *sumarme to the convictions and to the words already *proferidas by the other colleagues, but want to affirm here that the death in *Timor Oriental did not get to this territory after the referendum: before *él, more of #two hundred one thousand *timorenses lost the life in front of the passivity of the international community, that observed to the village of *Timor Oriental as #if it was a village *prescindible. +More still, #if the author of the rape, gentlemen of the Council, is a democratic Government, *Señorías, in the defence of the human rights there #be not third roads neither there #be possibility to escape , not even giving an answer in this Parliament. +But we #can not leave to take into account that no only in my country, in *España, but also in the rest of the European Union, in the next years go to follow having a migratory pressure of nomadic communities, as it is the case in *España of the community of origin *rumana and of *etnia #gipsy. +According to the conclusions of the Summit of Gin, the common mission is to reinforce the capacity of the Union to take part in the crises, and no the creation of a system of defence territorial. +The European Union took for the first time an initiative, in concordance with his principles, on a project of resolution for the pity of death in the session *nº 55 of the European Commission of the rights of the man celebrated in Gin this year. +Without embargo, #can not *decirnos the President in exercise of the Council #if, in those countries with the that keep political and economic relations, as with Chinese, #can influence , keeping a clear and concrete posture in favour of the disappearance of the pity of death that so well supports this European Parliament? +Subject: Acquisition of terrains in the States candidates to the adhesion #Which is the position of the Council regarding the efforts of the countries candidates of the *Europa Central and Oriental to be able to, after the adhesion, follow limiting or forbidding the free acquisition of terrains by part of the citizens of the Union, at least during a transitory period? +The Commission, in a principle, has tried to find a solution that contemplate a system with *algún type of contingents, but has been very difficult to get to an understanding with the producing countries and with States Joined, as these countries have interests very different and refuse the system of contingents. +Second, undertakes the open intimidation to the #yugoslav village, shattered by the criminal bombardments of the NATO, to a village that now has to subject national, social and politically and has to purchase a leadership of the like of the Americans and of the NATO to have perspectives to be able to reconstruct his *asolado country. +I estimate that it treats of a true problem of face to treat to create a situation inside the *cual #can fulfil the possibility to introduce in the context of the Mediterranean a more complete assessment and that first of all offer a big perspective in this sense. +In it that concerns to the rapidity, efficiency and transparency of the action of said Agency is important to treat to consider this appointment a fine occasion no only to be able to reconstruct *prioritaria and quickly in the existent situation in *Kosovo, but to try create a condition so that the problem of the migratory flows in the Mediterranean watch with special attention. +The proposal of the Commission reflects the need to create an instrument for the fast management, decentralised and effective of the help for the reconstruction so that it take into account the urgency of the situation and the exceptional efforts that are necessary. +Before we proceed to the last vote, wanted to explain to the colleagues that have thought that perhaps I have been *algo severe regarding the votes by separate, the nominal votes, etc., that the reason that we follow the Regulation to *rajatabla is that there are Groups that prepare his whips basing in the information of the Presidency. +Likewise, to finals of July celebrated an agreement with the #FMI and other financial institutions on the resumption of the help with direct credits, and little afterwards reached an agreement in the Club of #París on the *renegociación of the payment of the #russian sovereign debt. +Like this as, no only #Grecia but also other seismic countries, have to take #all those measures of *blindaje *antisísmico necessary so that they do not repeat tragedies like #this; because it is a fact that, although of the earthquakes #can not take responsible to the governments and the persons, concerning the damages that #this *ocasionan, his responsibility is *tremenda, and like this have shown it the earthquakes in #Grecia and in *Turquía. +I #can imagine that the conjoint mission of evaluation, similar to the that finishes to request , that at present carry out in the zones of the disaster THROW, the representation of the Commission in *Ankara, Nations Joined and the World-wide Bank will present a more exact picture of the needs. +In the frame of the celebrated meetings with the Government *iraní the past December and in May of this year, the troika of the Union put on the table the subject of the deal that receive the members of the religious minorities in will go, in particular the of *Baha' *is. +Already it is hour to go back to the fundamental principles, to win height and trace for our *conciudadanos the perspective of the peaceful organisation of our continent, respectful of the human rights and based in a #european model of economic and social development. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Commission, the conventional agricultural production employs increasingly chemical substances, additives, *coadyuvantes, antibiotics, hormones -#can continue the list- and our alimentary industry has more the look of a chemical complex that of some facilities allocated to the preparation of foods. +The modality of the final control constitutes, in fact, an invitation to the criminal behaviours, since they take advantage of the possibilities of adulteration, which has conducted -fits to suppose- to the systematic addition of toxic substances in the field of the production of *piensos. +The damage caused by the *sobresalto caused by the dioxin is incommensurable, so much regarding the destruction of the confidence of the consumers as to the economic consequences to having blurred the reputation of sectors industrial fundamental and creators of export. +Lady *Maij-*Weggen, *yo expect that his Group contribute to that the decisions of the Commission of Budgets of the that have had news #can be reconsidered and #can modify in the Plenary, with the withdrawal of the cuts in relation with the proposals of the Commission of Development that now are on the table. +I believe that the European Commission, the European Parliament and the governments of the States members have to intensify his measures in matter of campaigns of information on the public health; they have to take it by means of the Departments of Health or by means of voluntary groups that so important paper exert to help to the affected by said illnesses. +And the answer, as they have affirmed the Mr. *Wurtz and other orators, has been the bureaucratic answer to reduce first of all the relative budgetary costs to the investments in the field of the AIDS. +The Council has taken a decision on this finance, but has taken it without having had available the corresponding resources and this fact is the that has called the attention of the Commission of Budgets. +The Parliament #can ascertain now that so much the Commission like the Council have taken #his to a large extent our proposals and, therefore, in my quality of speaker of the Commission of Industry, wanted to appreciate sincerely the collaboration and the spirit of cooperation that the has chaired. +The commission approved with the greater possible consensus, or was, by unanimity, the proposal to restart varied important aspirations of the amendments proposed in the first reading that were not attended by the Council, although we receive with big satisfaction -and *yo also want to manifest it here, gentleman *Langen- the wide coincidence with the Parliament. +Even so, we go to devote, for #the same annual period, sixty millions of euros for the fission in front of fifteen millions for the renewable energies, and #two hundred millions of euros for the fusion; *ello *nos gives an idea of the real politics that follows the European Union. +And it is undoubtedly through the possibility to have access to the network, to be sufficiently flexible in the proposals that take, that allow to give coverage to the distinct instruments that the distinct States members have used and that are not *homogéneos and that they are distinct, as we will be able to guarantee that the renewable energies no only keep but that duplicate , *Señorías, in the next years. +Said analysis are possible *cuando exist transparent markets, in the *cuales each subject, the final user - company or consumer - #can value in #all moment until how point the energy is effective, thanks to a process of maduration technological and economic backed by a valid investigation and by an information it more complete possible. +In spite of our criticism on the attitude of the European Union, support fully the basic goal of the Agreement, to know, the economic development of *Sudáfrica and the integration of this country in the world-wide trade. +A "rich country" of #one of the poorest continents #where the social relations are still very uneven, until the point that the *PNUD classifies to this country in the place 93 by the index of development human. +For *nosotros is indispensable to know #if *Sudáfrica has adopted or no the necessary measures so that a series of denominations essential, among *ellas the of Port and Sherry, do not use already in his exports to the European Community and, in a term of five years, see suppressed for #all market to the export. +Gentleman *Prodi, *me fear that in this subject *usted and his colleagues have not taken into account the point of sight of the European Parliament and of numerous constituents that think that this civil servant, that has given the voice of alarm, do not deserves any reprimand, but all it contrary. +Finally, since I have talked of lessons that have to extract of this natural catastrophe, have to signal also the attention that concede - and have said it in the breast of the school - to the idea, underlined in the European Parliament, to coordinate better the means of the different States in matter of civil protection. +*Yo Want to highlight especially in this context the Commission introduced the agreements of purchase compulsory among the producers and the primary transformers and afterwards established also the requirement of a permission for #all the companies of transformation. +In this hypothesis, is evident that today #can not know, when voting the calendar for the year 2000, #if the agenda of the partial period of sessions of November of the year 2000, for example, will be overloaded and #if it is necessary, in #such case, add a *minisesión the days 29 and 30 November, is to say, inside fourteen months exactly (more of a year). +In May of 1997, the ministers of Justice reached an agreement on a protocol by the that it concedes the immunity against the *enjuiciamiento of the personnel of *Europol by any "word said or written or actions made in the exercise of his official functions" and by the treatment of data no authorised or wrong. +Although I receive with satisfaction the recent commitment of *Monsanto of not commercialising the "technology of termination of the seed" , this subject is too much serious to leave it in hands of the that are directly involved and that #would have acted of another mood of have not existed the surveillance of the consumer. +The utility of the globalisation has to benefit proportionally by the same to the regions and nations of the world, #if well the interests of the European Union, of the remaining #european States, of the #EE.UU, of the other States industrialised and of the emergent countries and in roads of development have to be carried to a better balance. +And in this measure, the *OMC #can not limit to the commercial questions; it has to also tackle fundamental questions, like the quality and *inocuidad of the foods, the animal welfare, the environmental protection and the respect of the consumers and his sensitivity. +Gentleman President, yesterday have celebrated in this same hemicycle a debate on the reinforcement of the alimentary security in *Europa, whereas in the breast of the Union have developed the conflicts on the principle of caution, and simultaneously the North American look for reprisals *injustificadas. +The EU has converted in an important actor of the world-wide economy by means of the integration of the #european economy, and will be only through a round of negotiations that contemplate different sectors as we will be able to guarantee the stability of the economic growth. +We have to know, with #all -said was among *nosotros-, that, in group, the balance of the application of the mechanisms that have created after *Marrakech is totally correct from the point of sight of the Union, treating of the relation among the number of cases that have subjected and the cases won or #stray. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the next world-wide conference on the climatic changes of 25 October to 5 November 1999 in *Bonn: application of the Agreement of *Kioto. +The growth of the forests like factor *eliminador of the dioxide of carbon follows and has to follow being debated of open form, and in this debate will be able to include also the increase of the multipurpose of the forests to contribute to the protection of the half and brake the climatic changes. +Like this as, the Council supports #all the initiatives directed to struggle against the poverty that help to facilitate information, that make possible the exchange of information and of experiences, that promote the adoption of new methods for the fight against the social marginalisation and that look for forms to evaluate the experiences had. +Now that the fight develops in the breast of the UN it is necessary to have care with *contrapropuestas *traicioneras, that although perhaps they have an innocent appearance, come from distinct spots to weaken a taking of position forceful by part of the General Assembly of the UN. +Along these 19 years, *nos have found with numerous hits of effect to the hour to discover the truth that, as it seems, do not achieves to open path by the complicity of the one who is interested in that it do not know despising the legitimate rights of the families of the victims and mortifying the fundamental principles of our democracies. +To be truth, the facts show that *Nietzche had reason *cuando said that the madness is *algo rare in the person, but, instead, is common in the parties, the groups and the organisations, and precisely therefore we need an individual and independent surveillance of the daily work in the nuclear plants. +It wanted to insist in that the publication of the Green Book on sustainable energy in *Irlanda has to be considered like a positive contribution to the debate on the form to occupy of the threat that poses the climatic change, inside the energetic sector. +Lady Speaker, believe that in this concrete stage proceeds to say that they have been the conservative British, the *PPE, those who have asked that this point inscribed in the agenda of the Friday simply because, as it has said the Mr. *Watson, the Commission will not be able to formulate his statement until the Friday in the morning. +It treats of the personnel subjected to the statute of the civil servants and agents of the Communities, #as well as, quote, "the members, leaders or members of the personnel of the institutions, of the organs and of the organisms of the no subjected Communities to the statute" . +I do not pretend that it except to the elect members of #all control or that are not object of any investigation referent to his activities, including the of #european deputy in the exercise of his mandate, but fear that this agreement give place to suspicions and to an assimilation airily, without perspective, as it has occurred during the last months of 1999. +It treats of *algo so *grato for #all that in the European Union #would have to *esforzarnos for creating a suitable frame for this form of trade: A suitable frame for the mutual confidence among citizens of different countries since, after all, #if there #be *algo that do not bear mention in the borders, #that *algo is Internet. +Gentleman President, there #be not in the budget #such juridical base, and believe that #this is a grave lack, because it #can reveal, as it has revealed in the case of #Grecia, but also in other cases, a fault of sensitivity in front of the unpredictable misfortunes that #can suffer #ours *prójimo, in the that we #would have to show some generosity. +To the Commission of Fishing *le concern very especially the budgetary line *B2-901, relative to the operations of control and of surveillance made by the States members, the line *B2-903 relative to the support to the Politics *Pesquera Common, and the line *B7-8000, relative to the international agreements of fishing. +I have to give the graces besides, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, to #the same time to the general speaker of the budget, gentleman *Bourlanges, and to the Commission of Budgets, #as well as to his president, gentleman *Wynn, by the position that have adopted in this question. +By #this propose that in the next period carry out an analysis of the programs, with the relative lines of credit, no longer by periods of four, five or six years, but by periods more reduced: of #one or two years at most, since the logics of market and of investment in an economy *globalizada no longer answer to the criterion with the *cual has structured the budget. +#If the Council has not found another way to fund the reconstruction of *Kosovo that through a linear cut of the external actions of the Union, is logical that the European Parliament want to now defend these lines. +#If #all the parts interested respect the fundamental distribution of these competitions and act in consequence, the achievement of the goals of #all the areas of performance will be the natural result of his decisions of performance individual. +Finally, the debate on a "combination of politics balanced and adapted" did not have to use to divert the attention of the structural reforms that so urgently need to face up to the grave structural problem of unemployment in the zone of the euro. +The irrational exuberance that characterises to #some bags, the excessive indebtedness of the #american families and of some economic sectors in the important countries take that it weigh a true threat on the world-wide economic stability. +The workers concern because the Central Bank European considers a danger, for the famous monetary stability, a rhythm of growth greater that the 2,5%, *algo that carries to the fight against the unemployment to an indeterminable future. +We are keeping a debate *algo wander and results interesting to read the words of the gentleman speaker in the exhibition of reasons, is to say, that the European Parliament " ... It is responsible so much to receive and debate the annual report of activities of the #ECB as to control the #ECB" . +It wanted to signal that the Realm Joined and the Conservative Party British -to the that belong- never have been hostile to the euro like coin for those States members that really wish to join, since #all are tied as a result of our belonging to the only market, so that a sinking of the confidence in the euro #can *afectarnos to #all, are inside or out of the *UEM. +Also it is essential, in my opinion, that encourage to the Bank to follow the example of other great central banks, like the Federal Reservation American, and to take of the transparency a fundamental look of #all his activities. +The historical examples do not are missing to this *respecto and the warning is not *ociosa in the current moments, in the *cuales the economic recovery in *Europa do not finds , neither *muchísimo less, confirmed, and in the that, to the own time, assist to speculations on the imminence of a monetary politics more strict. +Gentleman President, gentleman *Duisenberg, *nosotros the deputies, as we have manifested varied times tonight, have a fundamental paper that exert in relation with the only coin put that this Assembly is the only place in the that the village of *Europa #can exert a democratic influence in the mood in that it manages his only coin. +The system of the Euro, to the principle, left clear during a short period of time that the provision #would not constitute a problem taking into account that it #can ensure that the money guaranteed to the banks or to other organisations will not go in in circulation before 1 January of the 2000 - is to say, in general circulation. +The results of the application of this politics see reflected in the notorious decrease of the complaints by rape of the human rights produced by the public strength, #such as they recognise it the reports of organisms *intergubernamentales and the *ONG that act in this field. +The Commission *congratula of the principle of *equiparación, so wide as it was possible, of the rights and duties of the pertinent citizens of third States that reside of durable form in the Union with the recognised to the national citizens of the States members of the Union and consider that it has to advance with concrete proposals in this sense. +In *Tampere #can not still adopt the idea of a Public Ministry European, even limited to the protection of the financial interests of the Community. *Me Allow to propose that the next debate on the Conference *Intergubernamental was a fine occasion so that it collect this #ours idea. +#If these decisions, when going back of the field of the high level to the grey *cotidianeidad of the councils of the Ministries of Interior and of Justice, go back also routine and do not happens at all in three or four years, *Tampere will happen to the history like the summit of the statements *irrealizadas. +*Me Propose to consider like political and philosophical foundation of the Space of Freedom, Security and Justice #all the relative questions no only to the fundamental rights of the citizens of the States members of the Union, but also to the of the citizens of third States that reside legal and *duraderamente in the territory of the Union. +The past week have kept a debate with #Jean-*Luc *Dehaene -the gentleman Commissioner #Michel *Barnier was present- and want to *decirle, gentleman Commissioner, that have a full confidence in that *usted will make his contribution to guide the European Union to a positive future and will have #all our support in this task. +#This *CIG, without embargo, will not treat so much on expanding the field of responsibility or of competition of the European Union; it will treat on the structural reform, the institutional reform, the reform that give greater opening to the Union, that the take more efficient, more democratic and more transparent. +It is the question of the coding and simplification of the Treaties, a subject that this Parliament was the first in putting of relief in the preliminary stage of the negotiations of *Amsterdam; a task initiated by *Amsterdam, but that is far to be completed and that it is #another of the arguments in the that takes upsetting the report *Dehaene. +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the Decision *OSPAR 98/3 relative to the elimination of facilities maritime in disuse (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0015/1999 - 1999/0097(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer) +Receive with enormous satisfaction this intelligent step to cut across #one of the key problems that brake the potential of the electronic trade in *Europa, to know, the difficulty to verify the identity of the users and the consumers. +I support the proposal of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary in the that asks that they facilitate to the *PE succinct records of the meetings of the Council of Governors, in the that present of explicit form the arguments "in favour" or "against" of the decisions adopted and the reasons that motivate said decisions. +The European Union believes that the Treaty of prohibition total of nuclear proofs is an important step in the path to the no proliferation of nuclear arms and to the nuclear disarmament, and his entrance in vigour results beneficial for #all the states. +As a result of the nuclear proofs made by Indian and *Pakistán, the Commission has taken part in the international operative units for the development of measures of confidence and of guarantees and so that these countries undertake constructive negotiations on the no proliferation and the control of arms in the zone. +But anyway, it is important that there #be a clear expression and *comprometedora of the political will of the international factors and of the that they #can guarantee the world-wide peace and the stability that the no expansion of the nuclear arsenals is elevated and constitutes a no negotiable priority. +*Permítanme Add some words on the finance of the military campaign that, in my opinion - an opinion that do not seems to share the Russian Prime minister - believes that it has been able to *repercutir on the recovery of the #russian economy during these last months. +#If now, with the unanimous support of the commission contribute other 13 amendments, #this refer in first line to the endowment of credits, to the term of application and to the requirement directed to the States members so that they suppress the obstacles in the access to the program. +Precisely *nosotros the radicals perhaps were the first in creating of autonomous form a centre of audience in the audiovisual sector attendant of the follow-up and control of the presences, for example, politics in the distinct spaces, the distinct newscasts and the media. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading(To5-0038/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [13175/1/1999 - *C5-0022/1999 - 1998/0197(*COD)] with seen to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the program of action community "Youth" (Speaker: Mrs. *Gröner) +Is especially *inquietante the fact that, simultaneously to the reduction of the costs of support to the markets of products agricultural, assist, in the frame of the called second *pilar of the *OMC, to the systematic increase of the costs devoted to ruin to the small and average agriculturalists. +It Same fits to say of the social costs, extraordinarily limited, and oriented no to reduce the unemployment and to improve the quality of life of the workers, but to facilitate measures for the destruction of the frame of relations labour. +But wish underline that, without embargo, are not #naïve: the fact that the Parliament wish to substitute the terms "cultural cooperation" by the cultural "political terms" reveals the temptation *uniformizadora of a supposed cultural politics #european, that #would substitute the politics of the States members. +They do not take fault already neither pretexts in this jungle in the that *impera the law of the most violent competition and of the immunity of the big capital; of here that *MICHELIN announce to #the same time an increase of the benefits of the 17% and 7.500 new dismissals, that add to the 15.000 of the immediately previous years. +Equally, it is necessary that adopt the necessary measures to increase the rights and the conditions of intervention of the committees of company #european established in the Directive 94/95, in particular regarding the right to the suspension of the licences. +In effect, as it has been signalled aptly by the Mr. *Hatzidakis, this Directive foresees some transitory disposals, valid until 1 January of the year in course, with the end to allow the ending of some works of the European Committee of Normalisation. +The widest possible, that has to include also the cooperation *extractiva, as #if *Europa is the main market of export of the #moroccan fish, circumscribe the cooperation to the commercialisation and transformation #would not be it desirable, since the market controls from the centres of consumption more that from the centres of production. +Gentleman President, the innumerable pressures that so much the Council and this Assembly like the sector *pesquero had to exert on the Commission have given like fruit that finally, grieve a month before finalising the Agreement of fishing with *Marruecos, have obtained a mandate of negotiation. +Gentleman Commissioner *Fischler, three months ago that am here and already have seen it prejudice the interests of *Portugal three times: with the crazy cows, subject in the that his decision results inconceivable; in the *ganadería swine, in the that his will of persecution is unacceptable; and now in the fishing, in the that the inaction of his Commission neither has pardon. +Nobody pretends to put in cloth of trial effective instruments of cooperation with *Marruecos through negotiations that reinforce, inside it possible, the interests so much of the community operators as of the Moroccans underlining this sense of the solidarity that, on the other hand, also in the distinct sectors of the *exquisitamente economic, has shown daily especially among the countries of the south of *Europa, in the #mediterranean zone. +On the other hand, the #european fleet so attentive to exert the fishing fulfilling the concrete norms of environmental compatibility - biological stops, fields of fishing, prohibition of fishing with *jábega and with networks of drag, #etcetera - needs socioeconomic measures of compensation after an agreement that limits even more, #if it fits, his activity, included the industry of transformation. +I do not know #if they are some, but *me have said that in the #french markets sells meat joined still to chips of medullary and cerebral tissue: the corresponding organism #can occupy to control the too much low norms of agricultural hygiene in *Francia; the #french supermarkets do not demand the presentation of the reports on *pesticidas. +Gentleman President, comprise to our #british friends, as I comprise to our #portuguese friends, that also see affected, as I comprised to our #belgian friends in the subject of the dioxin and as I comprise still better to the French in the subject of the slimes of debugger. +But neither it is necessary to lose of sight that the catastrophe of the illness of the crazy cows that has affected to our #british mates #would have been able to affect to #any one of our countries, since #all practise #the same agricultural politics *productivista contrary to the nature, increasingly subjected to the *librecambismo world-wide. +It will adopt measured against *Francia after the meeting of the Commission on 10 November, #if, to these heights, after having had varied days to digest the unanimous decision, the #french Government has not adopted measures to raise this prohibition? +It is a special consultative group that takes his contribution to the legally established committee, established to exert the function to advise to the Commission in relation with these subjects, is to say, to the Managerial Committee Scientist. +It remains clear in advance that the end of this dialogue in two times is not the to understand on common orientations or commitments *apremiantes; like this, as, this dialogue will not conclude with an agreement of coordination #ex in front of of the different fiscal politics, budgetary, monetary or even contractual. +#If the community interests do not situate in the *primer flat, the Union will not be able to carry advance the necessary politics to complete the ordination of the #european market in the sense of a social economy of market environmentally sustainable. +It That is in game is not a question of confidence or of confidentiality -that the members of parliament and members of parliament also know to respect-, but that it that in reality *dirime is how go to configure our future in the century *XXI and in this context #can not *escamotear any information, any analysis, any prognosis, but that all has to #make of way really affordable. +It #can the restructuring in the labour market, the restructuring and the reforms that have to take in the markets of products and of services, in accordance with the decisions of *Cardiff, #can #all these reforms, create the conditions so that the monetary politics move in another frame? +But I believe that we have to see the positive side politically. That it that concerns so much to the villages of *Europa -because #all the deputies represent to the villages of *Europa, by *ellos have taken use of the word in this hemicycle- by this subject *candente and interesting that is the employment and the unemployment, comes to the centre of the dialogue *macroeconómico. +The fact of not being physically seated in the table of the dialogue do not wants to say that there #be not a possibility of presence of the Parliament, a possibility to transmit his ideas. +The formulation of the common position #would have allowed simply to the *empleadores abandon the attempts to reach a negotiation on the annual computation of the labour day and then the States members #can have allowed said annual computation. +In any case, gentleman President, *nosotros support the just claims of the workers of the sea, are to his side and, in spite of #everything it positive that have these directives, #can not vote his approval because they are in a direction that, still with his possible improvements, goes to perpetuate the current inadmissible situation. +From the principle have to underline that today we are debating a modification of the relative directive to the bunch of the workers that had been excluded of the directive on the ordination of the time of work, that carries debating six years. +Although we do not have news of cases of persecution or imprisonment of scientists by his scientific work, *yo wanted to remember that a series of scientists have been pursued or imprisoned in the last years owing to his political ideas and, to our opinion, #would have to take advantage of also this occasion to express clearly that these persons owe *recobrar his freedom. +*Me Seems that all it that have witnessed during these last months shows it contrary: the multiplication of the arrests of #dissident, the persecution of the supposed sect *Fa-*Lung-*Dung, etc. Obviously, #can conceive a strategic relation with a no democratic country, with a dictatorial country. +The question that imposes is #if with the effective execution of this agreement, the #european interests will correspond of sufficient form with the of *Moscú Concedes the #russian Government, for example, to be concrete, #the same importance that *nosotros to the situations of emergency ecological? +Have here a data that *me encourages and that it #would be necessary to project to scale of the European Union. The chemical industry German devotes 12.300 millions of annual frames to investigation and development, to the *cuales it is necessary to add other 5.000 millions of frames allocated to the investigation abroad; generally in States Joined, is true, but the countries of *América Latin and #others also take part increasingly like investors in the sector of the investigation. +The European Union has to give a direct juridical frame to allow the free circulation and the free provision of services and avert the conflicts and the obstacles to the free circulation owed to legislations too much #discordant in the distinct States of the Community. +In consequence, by reasons of procedure today has taken necessary present two reports, #one relative to the guidelines on politics of employment for the year 2000 and the creation of a commission of employment, and another relative to the conjoint report on the employment in 1999 that contains the conclusions approved in the commission. +#This states, to his time, of two parts: in the first place, of the proposal of decision of the Council by the that creates a Committee of Employment and, second, of the relative proposal to the guidelines of the politics of employment for the year 2000. +This regulation will guarantee fundamentally that the States members support the programs that take into account the character *cambiante of the world of the work, the need to boost the business spirit, #as well as the support to the local programs of creation of employment. +The Union #would have to be ambitious regarding the utilisation of money for the employment, controlling the public helps delivered to the companies and applying a politics of credit that penalise the destructive practices and favour the creation of employment. +I create, besides, that the report, integrated by the contributions that the Mr. *Menrad has had to well collect, is in fact the best possible report in the field of those limitations that the *márgenes of the subject, the competitions of the Parliament and the constructive modalities of *Europa allowed. +Also we receive with satisfaction the general call in favour of a fiscal review with seen to reduce the fiscal charges and the *cotizaciones to the social security, #as well as the formalities, all which increases the unemployment and weighs on the places of work. +The report inscribes perfectly in the frame of the process of *Luxemburgo that, on my part, *yo #would have preferred that it had presented some goals in figures, and inscribes besides in our will to know the balance that proposes the Commission for the national plans of annual employment. +It is indispensable that the workers take part in the decisions that *les affect and #if, in his moment, the Mr. *Schweitzer, president of *Renault, had consulted to the consultative committee European, created and proposed by our Assembly, definitely #would not have had the subject *Vilvorde, as perhaps we #would not have had the subject *Michelin. +Nevertheless, we have to consider that from the moment in that we recognise that the unemployment is not so only a quantitative magnitude, but also qualitative, has to expand the quantification of the qualitative parameters of the employment, that have to include references to the level *salarial, to the time, and to the special conditions of work. +The surveys that have made among the youngsters that finalise his school cycle and among the students that initiate his professional life, have given, for example, like result that the 60% of our youngsters in place to initiate an active occupation, prefer to undertake a career *funcionarial. +*Austria Has assumed a paper of avant-garde with a law of protection against the violence that exists from 1997, the designated right of expulsion, in the that the men that have *perpetrado violent actions are expelled of the home and the women do not see forced already to have to escape with his children to houses for women and to similar centres. +In consequence, invite to the Mrs. Speaker to that it put greater attention - while it was in course a political debate in #one of the States of the Union - so much in not taking party by #one of the parts as in respecting or, at least, in taking into account the existence of the valid constitutions in the distinct States of the Union. +It is a countable system that allows a wider base of the resource *PNB and, consistently, some greater financial resources, without exceeding the relative index on purpose signalled in the agreements of *Berlín and in the agreement *interinstitucional. +Finally, in relation with the increases of the powers of management of the Commission, by means of the *cuales #this #can reduce the amount of the direct helps or suspend the payment of the *anticipos monthly to the States, estimate that it do not associates to the Parliament it sufficient in the adoption of these measures. +The reason for *ello is that this proposal breaks with the freedom of election of the States members to the hour to regulate so much the labour day like the time of rest, as it remains established in the Agreement *núm. 180 of the *OIT on labour day of the *navegantes. +In this context has to have of course in account that the closing of head offices nuclear *ocasiona also economic problems in diverse countries. They see affected the supply of energy, the prices of #the same and the possibilities of export and also #can arise environmental problems #if it changes to the old-fashioned and defective energetic plants. +The decision in relation with the hormones in the meat of bovine and his import bases in scientific proofs -that facilitated to the Commission, before *yo occupied my place, the appropriate scientific committee-, in the sense that #one of the hormones in particular -17 beta-*estradiol- is a complete *carcinógeno. +Also it wanted to signal to the attention of His *Señoría the statement that appears in the communiqué of the Scientific Managerial Committee that the meat of bovine exported with arrangement to the plan of export according to a calendar established is so innocuous like any #another meat of bovine of the European Union. +The Commission remembers that the decisions adopted and the statements taken in the summit European Union-States Joined, of 18 May 1998, on the laws *Helms-*Burton and will go-Libyan went directed to prepare the terrain for a definite solution of this important bilateral disagreement. +The *UNMIK, attendant of the provisional civil administration of *Kosovo, is devoting energy and considerable resources to reactivate the economy of *Kosovo, it that comports, among other things, the *restablecimiento of a juridical and institutional frame and the coordination of the considerable quantities of assistance of donors that are sustaining the economy. +Nevertheless, because of the supplementary terms fixed for the approval of the smart -terms, finish to say it, of the that the Commission is not responsible- the approval of the programs will have to take place in the course of the second semester of the year 2000, for the greater part of these eight States members. +#That is the reason by the that are insisting a lot in the programs of cooperation judicial and police to sensitise more to the authorities -to the policemen that take charge of these cases #all the days- on how confront this class of incidents. +#If well I recognise that His *Señorías wish to use this communication and *debatirla in the Parliament like an instrument to increase the pressure on the States members, wanted to *instarlos to that they exert this pressure now and do not limit to expect until this document happen by #all the necessary courses in the EU. +Gentleman President, only want to issue a brief personal statement. It was not at all my intention suggest that the Commissioner has received *algo, being missing to the truth but that in the public means Czechs has said that *le had sent said study and that had not reacted up to now. +The three deputies of the Communist Party of #Grecia, in forceful protest by the presence today here of the Mr. #Solana -#one of the greater managers, in his quality of Secretary General of the NATO, of the crime *perpetrado against *Yugoslavia-, and by his nomination like "gentleman *PESC" , abandon symbolically the Hall. +For the first time, the Council of Subjects General gathered with the additional participation of the ministers of Defence of the Union and kept a debate -to my trial, important- on the formulation of a #european politics in matter of security and of defence. +I believe that #that is a dimension that has to inspire his performance and, to #the same time, like Secretary of the Council, expect that *le allow to help to reform and to give coherence to this institution, that, in this moment, is perhaps the most needed of an impulse of rationalisation in the group of our institutions. +In this context wanted to mention that the network of prevention of conflicts *CPN, been born of an initiative of #Michel *Rocard in the European Parliament, alerted on the explosion of a conflict a lot before the confrontation of *Kosovo, #such as also they took it #a lot of delegations of the Parliament that visited the region. +For example, our minister of Subjects External affirmed that it felt very happy with the decisions adopted: it said that they had taken into account the interests of the neutral countries and that #this had respected in the opinion that presented the Political Committee of the EU. +Our approach of the negotiation has to reflect our importance like the greater commercial region of the world and at the same time also our responsibility to promote a balance among the economic interests to scale world-wide, especially in relation with the countries in development. +The model of the #european agriculture, based in agricultural exploitations environmentally sustainable, that together with the production of foods, also characterises by the preservation of the rural space, of the environment and of the quality of our products, has to keep . +*Nosotros Want to link the liberalisation of the world-wide trade with the basic subjects of the future politics, of our future, the subjects of the social harmony and the requirements of the environmental politics. +Gentleman President, *yo only want *rogarle that *le transmit to the Speaker of the Parliament our gratitude for having received to a Government chosen under the supervision of the *OSCE, that besides has his headquarters inside the territory of the Council of *Europa and #whose election carried out of compliance with the #russian Constitution. +The absolute liberalisation of the market, the suppression of the subventions, the control by the *OMC of the negotiations on the immunity of the investments, will convert to the small countries in hostages in hands of the powerful and to the villages in instruments of the monopolies. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman Minister, *Señorías, take use of the word to reaffirm #some of the points that already have signalled here #a lot of #mine mates of the Party of the European Socialists, in the sense that we are adherents of a round of negotiations, but no a round #any one of negotiations. +We think that the development of the economy and of the competitiveness of the #european countries #can take in a favourable frame to the modernisation of the social systems without renouncing to the fundamental requirement of the solidarity. +Gentleman President, estimated and estimated colleagues, *yo want to appreciate to the #finnish Presidency and to the Mr. *Sasi the commitment with the that have assumed the difficult task to define the mandate and express also my gratitude to the speakers by the frankly excellent work that are making. +I prefer the cohesion to the efficiency and *cuando the Commissioner *Barnier posed takes little the question that in *Europa there will be 27 countries, *yo *le say, gentleman Commissioner, that for me is more important that in the decisions of this *Europa of 27 #all the countries seat *partícipes of the process of decision that debate #if, with 27, #can adopt decisions in an hour, in less of two hours or in three hours. +With the commitment of the common position of the month of January of 1998 the Council said that the Union #would back #all the efforts of the *PNUCD in *Afganistán and has taken it, with his finances The problem is the result of these finances. +I ask: it estimates *usted that the Commission has juridical foundations to sustain in his reports, among other things, that are conditions for the association the dismantlement of the #slovakian nuclear head office with the difficult name that begins by "*B" , *Bohunice, and the dismantlement of the nuclear head office in *Bulgaria? +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the register of documents of the Council directed to the public, that was created through the decision of the Council adopted on 19 March 1998, was included in the pages of Internet of the Council on 1 January 1999. +Our position, like deputies of the European Parliament, remains, therefore, protected, and the deputies that fear sincerely that we are elaborating a species of "Letter of the *fisgones" or *algún another right again coin given to the civil servants so that they #can inform confidentially about any unfounded act of the deputies #can be calm, because it do not treats of *eso at all. +Report (To5-0062/1999) of the Mr. *Schwaiger, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the Communication of the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament: The approach of the EU on the Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC (*COM(1999) 331 - *C5-0155/19 - 1999/2149(*COS)) +Are fully in accordance with the control of the institution by part of the *OLAF, but no *nos identify at all with the "politics of complaints" proposed in the frame of the Institutional Agreement among the Commission, the Council and the Parliament that, besides, attentive against the free mandate of the deputies. +And the recent statements of the Commission are not directed to *aplacar said worry: "it Is necessary, declares #this, detain the war of the banana because it intoxicates the transatlantic relation and because the Union #would send a message *desfavorable to the world, to the beginning of the new commercial negotiations". +Gentleman President, in the first editorial of the Report *Dimitrakopoulos-*Leinen, on the future Conference *Intergubernamental, read the following considering: "Considering the index of abstention in the last #european elections, that shows an increasing loss of interest of the citizens with regard to the current operation of the Union...". +Besides, *me *opongo to the creation of a common military defence, especially in the points 26 and 27, that requires a "compulsory calendar" for the realisation of a politics of security and common defence that guarantee the external borders of the Union. +With the modifications introduced to the proposal of the Commission and that contain in the report, that involve that the minors of age #can not be registered and the strengthening of the right to the personal integrity, give our support to the report. +Our States members endowed of nuclear head offices work in this question from two years ago like minimum, and the informations that act in our power *nos indicate that the measures *correctivas today are practically finished, to the equal that #all the relative works to the planning of urgency. +And, #if well it is positive the approval of the budgetary line for the next years, is essential that the dowry of the necessary assignments for the economic and financial support to the reconstruction and the transition of *Timor Oriental to the independence. +It is not of *extrañar that in a situation of despair absolute in the that *cientos of thousands of persons were displaced systematically by the political violence -and here is the enormous difference with the current acts of punctual revenge, although no therefore less condemnable-, *Rugova have lost the control of the strengths. +Gentleman President, as it has remembered the lady speaker, the European Commission sustains that, regarding the plan of action and of fight against the drug of the period 1995-1999, neither the normative instruments neither the programs have been object of a sufficient assessment. +In the sector of the treatment, #would have to give support to programs of quality, directed to the community in general, to the school means, included the oriented to the imprisoned population, accompanied of initiatives allocated to promote the reduction of risks, an example of the *cuales is the program of exchange of syringes. +Also in this point there was in the past #some criticisms to the bank, went to his investments in the sector of the health in my country of origin, that especially ensured structures aged, or went in the sectors of the traffic and the environment in *Europa oriental. +It That *sucede is that *ello #would involve a modification of the at present applicable norms, which, to his time, #would give place to a delay in the process of taking of decisions on the humanitarian help, #one of #whose main characteristic is the urgency, to be able to *paliar quickly the existent problems in *Turquía. +I go to read in Italian the text for his *Señorías: "it Considers that the work of rehabilitation of the *toxicómanos is, to the equal that #others, a *pilar fundamental for the fight against the drug, in what it takes part in the front of the demand. To said end, backs and encourages the important social work developed by the centres of detoxication, #whose capacity of intervention is precise to intensify" . +We have had knowledge or, more exactly, have had the confirmation that the European Commission had in his power the first part of the report of follow-up of the world-wide market elaborated in application of the Regulation of the Council that *usted has remembered. +The type of conditions that have to bear to resist in the great ships is not acceptable, by it that #if they go to build new ships, owe *asegurarnos that they fulfil the best possible criteria and take measured to ensure that, *cuando transport to the animals in sea in great ships, take #all the measures to optimise his conditions. +I want to take advantage of the opportunity and Ask to the Commissioners how thinks the Commission ensure a development of the maritime traffic that increase the security and the respect to the environment, #if it do not allows the follow-up in the development of his activities. +Lady Speaker, come from of *Donegal, a border county of the historical province of the *Ulster, and to the equal that my #irish colleague the Mrs. *Doyle seat a very special gratitude by the advances achieved in *Irlanda of the North lately and, in particular, by the events of these last days. +On 29 July of the present year, the Defender of the European Village directed a writing to this Parliament in relation with a query by his own initiative in the that requested a code of fine administrative behaviour and asked an answer before 30 November. +Second, we have to *explicarles to our political strengths, to our national parliaments and to our societies why take the Conference *Intergubernamental, why want a Letter of rights fundamental, why want the enlargement and why have the responsibility to take that the Community work like #such. +And #this because the strength of the European Union is increasingly the of a bureaucratic power, of a penetrating bureaucracy that wants to occupy of #everything, with the ideological illusion that the Right and the parliamentary procedure are an obstacle that *ralentiza pointlessly the reforms. +We want that in *Helsinki adopt the necessary decisions to begin to undertake concrete initiatives in the no military and military looks of the common politics of defence, and that indicate the necessary operative capacities and the institutions that will have to adopt the decisions. +Regarding the participation of the European Parliament, am not in conditions of *aventurar #which will be the solution of the summit of *Helsinki, but already said a time before and go back to repeat that *nosotros have a positive experience of the participation of the Parliament in the last occasion. +Gentleman President, the annual report in question is an important and valid novelty, and his value sees highlighted by the fact that in the recently concluded Forum on Human Rights, organised by initiative of the #finnish Presidency, the organisations *nogubernamentales, the *ONG, have taken part in the debate in equality of conditions. +Gentleman President, there #be not doubt that with the presentation of this report, the awareness of the public opinion regarding the importance of the subject of the civil rights and of the human rights shows that it gives a new step forward. +In the resolution of the Parliament of 6 October decide to accelerate the relative procedure to the technical and financial assistance necessary for the realisation of the Union *Aduanera; and we took a call to the Council so that it backed the necessary measures. +It imposes , therefore, that the #european strategy with regard to *Turquía take to understand with clarity to the #turkish political class, and to the #turkish society, that there will be a special statute for this country, that will have to fulfil #all the criteria of *Copenhague and of *Luxemburgo so that it advance his #european perspective. +In *tercer place, the voluntary commitment of the car industry -so much the European, as also the Korean and the Japanese- refers to technical measures of reduction of the broadcasts of CO2, by means of the improvement of the engines, light bodyworks, etc. #This also has to control. +The Commission foresees in the first part of the letter *b) of the section 2 of the article 5 that the procedures that guarantee the evaluation of the environmental risk and other notable elements #would have to be equivalent to the established in the Directive of the Council 90/220. +And it suits to observe that this supplementary quantity do not compensates at least the whole of the potential production in normal climatic conditions: so only it serves to attenuate the losses quoted in the moment of the cast of the contingents by the States members. +It is much better that the Central Bank European and the European Commission, in collaboration with the commercial banks, occupy that it exist suitable information and detailed to the public on the design and the characteristics of security of the coins and notes in euros, to begin on 1 November of the 2001, to more take. +Therefore, I ask that these elements -the acceptance and the confidence, the *aproblematicidad and the previous distribution are regulated of #such way that in this stage reinforce the confidence of the citizens and #this includes the *front-*loading and a sufficient information in the campaign of the euro. +#If it loans attention to the common goals of the *considerandos of the proposal, fits *apoyarlos full and entirely the responsible exploitation of the banks, the improvement of the competitiveness of the sector, the liberalisation of the market, etc. #All these affirmations have my total compliance. +The use of methods of *crierios wide for the adaptation of the offer and the demand by part of the organisations of producers #would have to be a fundamental support for the competitiveness and the general efficiency of the sector *pesquero in group. +I want *congratularme here of *ella, because it is evident that the European Parliament has to give a very clear signal of defence of the values in that it believes, in particular in a country that is not a country #any one, is a country that has in course a process of adhesion to the European Union. +We go to approve the budget of the year that comes with important quantities allocated to the plan of reconstruction of *Nicaragua after the damages caused by the hurricane *Mitch, and believe that our function is to support and sustain the democratic institutions, that watch by the healthy fulfillment of the rules of the game. +By the contrary, wanted to support to the that have said that no only headed a coherent delegation, but that the disposals of order practical for *nosotros -the greater parliamentary delegation that never has assisted to international conversations on the trade- was in mutual benefit. +It is very significant that have detected the greater percentage of material errors in the department of management internal because inside this department the same Commission has the exclusive responsibility of the financial management. +It wanted to underline it that has said the Mrs. go *der *Laan in relation with the fraud in the Union, and signal that, to judge by the #news of the press on the fraud in general and the attacks to the public budgets, fits to think that the community budget is more vulnerable that any #another. +It wanted to hail of special form that the Council have approved that in the granting of helps of trip at last #can have in consideration the possibility that only they award to #that that really the need, so that #that that by financial reasons #can not take part yes #can take it because of this form the money #would put to his disposal. +Second, although I do not have intention to recommend that we vote against of the report of the Mr. *Busk, believe that it costs the pity call to the caution with regard to the appeal of the speaker of a greater financial participation community in the tasks of inspection and control of the *caladeros. +This participation involves more budgetary resources and, as my colleagues of the Commission of Budgets do not leave to repeat, the size of the cake is limited, by it that every time that cut a new chip, means that it will remain less bear *algún another equally important sector. +On the other hand, the section 2 of the article 7 of our Regulation establishes that the mandate of a deputy only will be able to purchase validity after #this have formulated the statements by writing to that is forced in virtue of the article 6 of the Record of 20 September and of the Annex *I of the Regulation. +The Commission neither #can accept the amendment 19 that forbids the sales of squads that contain *hidroclorofluorocarburo in a term of five years from the prohibition of his use, since it #would increase the probability of practices illegal of poured and broadcasts to the atmosphere of *hidroclorofluorocarburos. +The Summit of *Estambul offered likewise the occasion for the signature of the version modified of the Treaty on the strengths armed and conventional in *Europa, for the adoption of the document of *Viena of 1999 and for the signature of the Letter of Security European. +It #would not be good for the European Union that talked of a #european common defence but afterwards did not endow to the Union of the means to assume said defence and at the end finished causing, by *añadidura, a distance of our #american partners inside the NATO. +The States members have engaged to renounce to the control of control on 50.000 soldiers in favour of the *euroejército and have yielded the equivalent thickness to a body of army to the common service of the EU. +Gentleman President, has announced , aptly, the Summit of leaders of the EU celebrated in *Helsinki like the of the enlargement of the European Union and did not fits doubt that this meeting of the European Council has been to the height of the hopes in *ella put. +Gentleman President, the President in exercise of the Council and Prime minister, Mr. *Lipponen, and the President of the Commission, Roman Mr. *Prodi, have taken a good summary on the central decisions adopted under the #finnish Presidency and on the pending tasks in the future. +Also it forces to the European Parliament to expand his own field to the sphere of the defence, in particular *cuando *clausure the Assembly of the Western European Union, so that it #can have an appropriate democratic examination of this delicate and controversial sphere. +The fault of recognition by part of *Turquía of the rights of the *kurdos is the most important cause of his rapes of the #european democratic norms and in matter of human rights and the pretext so that his State was dominated by the soldiers. +*Yo Ask to the Council and to the Commission that adopt immediate measures to guarantee the effective reconversion of the help in the frame of *TACIS, as we #can not continue subsidising a combination of campaign electoral bloody and colonial war *sanguinaria. +*Me Cheer that the Mrs. *Schreyer have referred before to the supplementary bottoms for the Veterinary Office, that are particularly important, #if we want that it tackle the problems that have arisen owing to the crisis of the *EEB, the crisis of the dioxin in *Bélgica and, of course, the continuous work in *Portugal. +The Commission has adopted, besides, three decisions of application of the Regulation *nº 4064/89, relative to the control of the operations of concentration among companies, and of the Regulation 17/62, of compliance with the articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty, by the that they impose fines that go of 100.000 to 3.000 euros to each #one of the companies that communicated wrong informations in answers to requests of information that *les had formulated. +In reality, these programs have like fundamental goal the to support the training of professionals of the #european audiovisual industry and promote the artistic creation and the investigation of the Europeans in the audiovisual sphere. +Gentleman President, since *nos gives the opportunity to debate freely: I have read today in the morning in the *Libération the statement of the Mr. *Ecevit, the one who affirms that after the admission of *Turquía like country candidate to the adhesion to the European Union, has declared: "Inevitably, the borders of *Europa will advance more to Orient... It goes to include #Asia central and finally #all the #asian continent. +Subject: Renewal of the public agreements of services to the companies commissioned of the management of the motorways in #Italia The #italian Government has intention to renew the public agreements to the 20 companies that in these moments manage the #italian motorways. +#If the services of the competent Commission in matter of transport and of the competition work joined, #can advance an important step to a politics of transfer of the transport of commodities heavy of the road to the railway. +In other words, there #be #a lot of interest in this subject, but still, by it that *yo know, has not got to a point in the that it #can adopt a decision, but his *Señoría knows that it is not #one of my competitions, talk, therefore, with *mesura and caution, although I #can *decirle that the European Commission is not elaborating still #such directive. +Second, I have said specifically, no only now in this Assembly, but along #a lot of years and also has shown it by means of the measures adopted in my twelve weeks of competent Commissioner to the *respecto, that are not at all satisfied with the number of women in upper places or, in fact, in the categories "To" in general in the Commission. +At present the Commission is centring in the help for the persons displaced inside the country, among seven and eight millions of euros, by half term, to the year, and in the financial supports to diverse initiatives directed to promote the human rights in the country. +Consistently, the Commission will value, in the first place, the effective incidence of the agreements in matter of competition; #if the incidence was remarkable, the Commission will be able to take into account the economic benefits derived of said agreements of prohibition of competition in his evaluation on the possible applicability of the agreements of *exoneración individual in virtue of the section 3 of the article 81. +Subject: Distribution of vehicles of tourism and political of competition Is conscious the Commission that the car market of the Realm Joined has the most expensive prices for 62 of the 75 models of vehicles of tourism more sold and that the citizens of the Realm Joined have to face up to numerous problems to the hour to buy vehicles in other States members? +*Yo *les Pray that they do not anticipate now a quantity, but that *atengan to the fact that the Commission goes to present an exact and concrete estimate for this period and for said region, that will be able to and will have to be examined afterwards by the Commission of Budgets, the budgetary authority and the Parliament. +The merits of an organ, of an institution, depend *empero of the persons that have the responsibility of #the same. By #this is particularly important the nomination like members of the Court of Accounts of professional persons and technically competent, but also with a strong and independent personality. +While it procured to interest to #all, from the local authorities of the transport in *Kishinev until the minister of energy in *Uzbekistán, had the following experience: as in *tantos other fields of the politics of the EU, in the projects *TACIS perhaps are treating to take too much, further of *demasiadas geographic borders, in *demasiados sectors. +I consider that the European Parliament has to debate and approve the new instrument that substitutes the program *TACIS, although at present *Rusia, the greatest of the New States, is object of a just initiative of the European Parliament that suspends the agreement of cooperation technological as a result of the war against *Chechenia. +To *nosotros *nos corresponds to create the conditions of peace, cooperation, support, help and association and to the New Independent States, to *Mongolia and first of all to *Rusia, the responsibility to deserve our offer respecting the objective conditions of defence of the fundamental principles of the citizens and of the communities governed. +The Ministers of Environment that took part in the Conference *COP 5 had solid opinions on this subject. But a task that presents especially difficult is the intervention of the Community in the tendency of his own broadcasts of gases of effect *invernadero, as this tendency is to the heaves in these moments, *cuando, by the contrary, #would have to be downward. +The #irish Government has published a Green Book on the sustainable energy, that will obtain a special category in the frame of the plan of development national for the period 2000-2006. +In particular, the communication takes upsetting in the central importance that attribute to the faithful fulfillment of the conjoint statement, in the that ensures that, to the equal that in the case of *Hong *Kong, the Commission will follow of wall this subject and -once again to the equal that in the case of *Hong *Kong- will publish an annual report on *Macao. +*Segunda Coincidence: it celebrates the meeting *interparlamentaria with the Popular Republic of Chinese, it that *nos offers the opportunity to transmit directly to our pairs of the #chinese delegation the depth of our feelings and the liveliness of our hopes regarding *Macao and to the future. +Besides, the program has supported financially hundreds of transnational projects for the development of the #european dimension and the improvement of the quality of the upper and primary education, the education and the learning of tongues... +It is necessary to extract the educations owed of the absence of results of the Ministerial Summit of *Seattle, allocated to fix the program for the "Round of the #Millenium", in the level of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +This decision bases in the scientific conclusions of the #french committee of sanitary security of the foods, that, without leaving to recognise that they had made progresses, considers that they still exist serious potential risks, as it shows it the persistence of the illness. +The hierarchical system that exists in the judicial processes no *nos allows to imagine neither by a moment that a court of appeal of #any one of the States members request to the Court of Justice of *Luxemburgo that pronounce in virtue of the article 177 and afterwards, *cuando have pronounced and no *le enjoy his opinion say "no the will apply" . +Subject: economic Refugees in the EU These last years, the countries of the EU are receiving thousands of pertinent economic refugees of the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental. Said persons add to the thousands of refugees pertinent of *Turquía and other countries of Orient Half and #Asia that, during years, find shelter in the EU. +On the other hand, the aspiring States take part actively in the work of the *CIREFI. The *CIREFI is a group of work of the Council, in the that the States members exchange the most recent data on the illegal immigration and on the routes used by #the same, well of routine form, well *ad *hoc. +It fits to put in doubt the opportunity to concede a credit to a company that has of an active important and that is situated in a flourishing region from the point of sight economic and possessor of special value and big importance from the point of sight ecological. +*Yo Do not know #if the Mr. *Dupuis is a member of parliament or a false member of parliament, but it that yes want to say is that *yo have finished *haciéndole a very clear question, asking #if had the Council #any concrete initiative for the diffusion of the humanitarian international Right. +The cooperation and the capacity of performance conjoint in this field, that also goes in inside the competitions of the EU, have to be increased clearly by means of this type of operations and also to *través of the general process of the enlargement. +In virtue of these reasons, is to say, owing to the problems related with the terms and the importance of these four reports on the politics of competition, request that they subject to debate during the first week of sessions of the next year, in January -preferably the Tuesday-, in *Estrasburgo. In name of #all the speakers ask that this appeal proceed. +No only I think in the no disintegrated waste of *BST that store in the organism, but also in the possible modification of the composition of the milk, by not talking of the increase of the dose of antibiotics that administers to the ailing cows. +In spite of the so difficult conditions of his imprisonment, *usted has found the value to take advantage of this time, to end to elaborate strategies of resistance, study languages and Right, #as well as to draft wonderful poems and to paint pictures that has had the big delicacy of *entregarme takes a moment. +Yes, the bureaucracy considers to the greater citizens that ask the pensions some numbers -*les remember that I am the representative of the Party of the Pensioners and have seen it many times- by #this #would wish that in the files put the photos of these citizens and that our citizens went labelings and considered at least like the *bueyes. +#One of two: or it knows the origin of the bovine animals and #can raise the embargo on the #british meat, or #can not label to these bovine animals, by not to know the origin of the meat, but then, in #such case, #can raise the embargo? +The Council also knows that they do not fulfil the criteria for his entry and that neither there are expectations that they go to fulfil, had account that *Turquía not even is had to modify fundamental disposals of his Constitution, as for example the relative to the influence of the Army. +And, in the external plane, regret in particular the fault of quotation #any to the *gravísima situation *angolana and of reservations to the agreement *concertado with *México, that #can favour as a whole to the countries of the *TLC, aggravate the inequality in the reciprocal access to the markets and prejudice gravely the interests of industries #european. +Also it #can be the point of game so that the fixed price of the book call it, with arrangement to the #french law, "European" suppose a clear signal of the national States that they assume the responsibility to this *respecto and that do not answer with the usual *muletilla: "*eso decides in *Bruselas" . +To impulses of the #french Governments and German, the Council supported in the position of the European Parliament to approve, on 8 February 1999, a resolution by the that asked specifically the continuity of the existent systems of price of the book. +I #can *asegurarles that without fixed price of the book #would not have been able to *subsistir. Thus his arguments only *me cause disappointment, and his exhibition has left very clear that the question of the fixed price *transfronterizo of the book looms with converting in an interminable history. +The fundamental purpose of the competition is to protect the interests of the consumer so much from the point of sight of the prices as of the quality, #as well as protect the small and medium enterprises against, in #a lot of cases, the excesses of the great. +Gentleman President, today do not invoke an abstract principle, but that take part in favour of #Rocco *Derek *Barnabei, a youngster *italoamericano of 33 years that from six years ago lives in the runner of the death of a prison of #Virginia, with the daily nightmare to die by an offence that, very possibly, did not commit. +Because, as it says it #one of these brave women that resist and heave his voice to say to the world *algo abominable, the quote: "the discriminations against the women have converted in a platitudinous problem in the current world, but it that the women are living in *Afganistán is only and without precedents". +I want to signal two of these minimum norms, to know, the case in that it imposes the pity of death to persons that in the moment of the facts did not have at least 18 years, or the case in that it imposes the pity of death to persons with psychic disabilities. +A time the #french authorities have finished to evaluate the damages, the Commission, in the frame of the new planning of programs for the years 2000 to 2006 will be able to loan specific helps for the protection against natural risks by means of the *cofinanciación of investments. +In 1997 it presented a modification of this same Decision that *prorrogaba by two years more the term so that the States members sent his reports and the term with that explains the Commission to elaborate the report of progress for the Parliament and for the Council. +Therefore, I request a commitment express of the Commission that it will define every year, among the plans *prioritarios of technical action that *le are proposed by the Permanent Committee of Agricultural Statistics, it requested in our amendments 4 and 5, since in contrary case *nos #would take to lengthen the process of *codecisión and *ello #would hamper the preparation of his statistical reports by part of the States members. +From the point of sight political, the most important message is the content in the amendments 4 and 5, in the that advises the tabulation crossed of the helps offered, among other things, in function of the extension of the statistics. +This information is especially significant when considering the social look of the agriculture, being important to support even a system of investigation that piped the greater part of the help to the latifundiums of the agricultural regions more favoured. +In consequence, and logically, the Commission of Budgets *nos has signalled, to *nosotros, the Commission of Industry competent regarding the bottom, that in any case #can endorse donations that are not today *presupuestadas, and that are not in the financial perspectives, mainly the category 4, of the that know *ustedes that is already under pressure to try fund *Kosovo. +Second, regarding the actuality of the subject of the tourism, has considered the Council the repercussions of the #yugoslav crisis in the tourism, that will affect to #a lot of zones of the *Balcanes, among *ellos, probably the north of #Grecia, #if it did not resolves quickly the crisis? +Subject: *Interreg for the islandsThinks to back the Council the demands of inclusion of a specific line of cooperation *interinsular in the program *Interreg, #such as it requested in diverse amendments of the Parliament in the first reading of the Report *Varela *Suanzes-*Carpegna on the European Bottom of Regional Development? +Gentleman President, the Council did not knows up to now any case of accumulation. The Commission neither has presented to the Council any proposal that have like goal a modification of the prohibition of accumulation determined in the statute. +We have finished the turn of questions, have sacked to the Mr. *Verheugen and, now, as *usted has asked the word for a question of order, *usted has to direct to the presidency because it is the presidency the one who has to answer to the questions of order. +By it other, gentleman speaker, his conclusions coincide, by fortune -as it has remembered *usted-, with the intentions expressed yesterday by the Mr. *Prodi by it that refers to the Commission, *cuando talked of the strengthening of the paper of the President, of the efficiency, of the transparency and of an individual and collective responsibility. +I expect that also the General Secretariat of the Commission and the managers of the administrations follow the recommendations. But I am not very safe that like this it was, because his decision of not rehabilitating to the Mr. Go *Buitenen in his previous charge takes to fear it worse. +#If on the one hand the vertiginous economic growth offers possibilities to improve the situation of the environment, by the #another, also accelerates increasingly the pollution of the ecological surroundings. To avert this pollution will have to introduce simultaneously an environmental legislation more rigorous. +In any case, at present #can say that they have gone in in vigour each #one of the ten agreements for *Europa, and that the help for the *preadhesión on the that the European Council of *Berlín has reached an agreement, will include a duplication of the financial support to the countries of the *Europa central and of the east. +In *Polonia, with the entrance in vigour of the new Penal Code and of the Law of *Enjuiciamiento Criminal, #as well as with the instauration of a Commissioner for the protection of the civil rights, have obtained important results in the terrain of the political criteria. +Regarding the adoption of the *acervo have reached some acceptable advances, especially inside the context of the union *aduanera. But they need still considerable back efforts in the terrain of the inner market; and here again I am talking, especially, of the fiscal and financial field. +#I.la Proposed of regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that it modifies the Regulation 19/65/*CEE, relative to the application of the section 3 of the article 85 of the Treaty to determined categories of agreements and practical *concertadas (*COM(98)0546 - *C4-0628/98-98/0287 (*CNS)); #Ii.la proposed of regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that it modifies the Regulation 17, *primer regulation of application of the articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty (*COM(98)0546 - *C4-0628/98-98/0288 (*CNS)).Has in the first place the word, like speaker, the Mrs. *Thyssen. +Also it is essential that the Statute of the Defender of the European Village contain a clear disposal in the sense that the Defender has right to inspect #all the archives and necessary documents, to avert unnecessary controversies and prolonged with the institutions. +But this protection of the rights of the community citizens #would not be sufficient #if we did not promote a narrow collaboration and cooperation among this Parliament, and in concrete the Commission of Requests, competent in this matter, and the Defender the Village. +The brochure of information public of the European Parliament about the right of request declares that the requests reveal often in a Been practical member that they are contrary to the letter or to the spirit of the community legislation. +Like result of the requests, the European Parliament has had positive effects in the daily life of the citizens and has been able to act to find a solution of the cases that include questions of the competition of the Community. +It is important that this commission #can continue his work, but expect that the Commission was had to offer #the same commitments about an agile processing of the requests, to the equal that has taken with the article 169 of the Treaty *CE, around the claims. +In this sense, wanted to express my gratitude to the Parliament by the support that in #all moment has loaned to the Commission in the launching of this big operation of information that is «Citizen of *Europa» (*Citizens *First) that has allowed, for the first time, to the citizens be very informed on his rights. +We are in presence of a horizontal politics in front of a sectorial politics; more still, among the recently attributed competitions to this commission appear: «The relations with the local and regional powers and with the Committee of the Regions». +It accepts likewise the amendment 23, to exception of the point 2: technically #the same #can not suppress because, in the case of exceptions with regard to the application of the first and *segunda managerial banking, #would not state the corresponding definitions to the competent authorities neither to the own bottoms. +The Commission of Subjects Economic underlines in his report the importance that *reviste for the young companies and the innovative companies of the sector of the high technologies a #european market of capital of risk *circulante and efficient. +Therefore, it is indispensable to initiate the reflection on a new type of international cooperation, and for *ello, it is necessary to consider, for example, the definition of a norm of the European Union that serve of base to the new regulation and to the new prudential control in the breast of the Union. +Gentleman President, the political task is clear: the Commission has to present to the Council *ECOFIN a plan of action on the financial services, and the aforementioned Council has to subject this plan to the approval of the European Council of Colony. +The fight against the violence is particularly complex. It supposes the collaboration of the police and the justice, #as well as a possible modification of the legislation, and the information and sensitisation, no only of the public opinion, but also of the official services involved. +The Commission already had decided that it made a study on the security of the tunnels inside the *quinto programs frame of investigation and development. Specifically, in relation with the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, the Commission has foreseen to fund the improvements of the tunnel in the frame of the networks *transeuropeas. +And from here we send a message of solidarity to *Xanana *Gusmãor, the man that in 1992 was condemned to twenty years of prison and is at present in domiciliary prison, but loomed to go back to the prison, to the total prison, only because it took a call in *pro of the self-defence of the village *timorense. +It prefers rather bomb, despising the principle of sovereignty and running the danger to unchain a third world-wide war, to the #serbian village, that, in his province, *Kosovo, cradle of his nation, tries to put to except his national and religious identity. +The Commission is satisfied with the new politics of the #indonesian Government that includes the recognition, by part of #this, of the need to celebrate direct elections in *Timor to end to determine in how measured are acceptable the criteria for the autonomy that now are negotiating in New *York. +I think that on it that it is necessary to interrogate -taking into account that by a time the Union, together with the Commission and the Commissioner *Marín in particular, together with the Council (and #this is rather exceptional) and, obviously, together with our Parliament, has had a very clear position in relation with *Birmania- is #if, as it asked the Mr. *Vecchi, *Birmania is really isolated. +Gentleman President, this Parliament, to the equal that the other democratic institutions, has to launch a signal and a warning to leave clear that the rape of the human rights is an intolerable offence that did not forgets with the time. +These amendments have a political value in the sense that they express our priorities. We #can not accept, for example, that the small breweries of my country see forced to abandon his activity simply because they no longer #can sign the agreements of supply of beer as the know now. +The report takes a call to the government so that it keep a dialogue regulate with the opposition and the social speakers to end to create a favourable political environment for the integration of *Hungría in the EU. +The amendments of the Mrs. *Bennasar, that have received the support of the Commission of Rights of the Woman, enhance more the participation of the no governmental organisations in the execution of the program *DAPHNE. +But, especially, I create *yo, the right to the life, the right to the dignity, the right to the freedom and integrity of each #one. It supposes a clear reference to the human rights by it that this program, perhaps, #can be *algo wider and his content *originario, the that there was before, #can recover. +The main goal of the program *quinquenal *DAPHNE proposed is to support and boost to the no governmental organisations and to the voluntary organisations so that *mancomunen his efforts and protect to the boys, to the youngsters and to the women against #all type of violence. +The discrimination follows being very high in #all the fields, and believe that #all these persons do not want to be treated like objects of the public assistance, but that demand with reason to the society and to the political his right to a life without discriminations in some safe social surroundings. +Finally, *me seems regrettable, instead, the silence of the report regarding the demographic looks -although *les speakers talk of *ello in a *primer moment, from the beginning of his report- because anyway at all will be possible -although it was not more that in the financial plane- #if it do not corrects the demographic pyramid of *Europa, that is *reveladora of a true tragedy. +But also it treats , since *nos find in a world-wide market, to impose in the next negotiations of the *OCM that will take place in *Seattle on 30 November, that treats really to disassemble the rigidities of the market and that the European Union #can act here exactly with #the same equality of rights that in other great sectors. +In the first place, it treats of the competitiveness of the #european industry of the starch; it treats of the agreements of *Berlín on seeds *oleaginosas and on plants *albuminosas that, as #all know, are entirely insufficient and do not suffice to diminish the deficit that there #be in these markets, no *pudiéndonos, therefore, serve of any big help in the current form. +I have listened with satisfaction that the gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen, in some mood, recognises to the Been member the possibility to say the last word regarding this politics, but fear the sanction that the General Direction *IV, responsible of the competition, reservation usually to the state helps. +In effect, *usted has taken the decision to declare inadmissible a motion of censorship presented by 66 pertaining deputies to #all the political groups. Of this form *usted has questioned an inherent right to #all deputy. +Lady Speaker, #if well an absolute hit of the euro #would improve the competitiveness of the European Union, #would wish to call the attention on the fact that the structural unemployment represents to his time a threat for this same competitiveness. +Always *me has upset a lot hear these great statements *vanagloriándose of the reduction of the public helps to the companies, without wanting to accept that, in the meantime, the majority of the companies, of the great companies privatised, no longer invest in basic investigation neither in *I+*D, taking that our technological level retreat. +At present we have thirteen socialist governments. So much his voters like the #european villages expect that they put in practice a politics no only to the service of the employment, but also to the service of a social model that do not base in the precariousness. +To me, in any case, no *me #would enjoy to finish -since it is a conjoint debate- without saying that, regarding the management of 1996, my delegation -my delegation and *yo same- fix already our position, and that, in these moments in that the Commission has resigned, believe that no thus they #would have to forget the commitments of the Mr. *Santer, that #would have to be assumed by the new President *Prodi. +In the proposal of resolution that tomorrow will have *ustedes that vote, *Señorías, attaches a document of work that enumerates the points that need explanation by part of the Commission, so that the resultant Parliament of the elections #can proceed to the approval of the corresponding management to 1997. +In the case of the resources for the *cofinanciación the Commission criticises that the realisation of projects concrete hard too much time and that, especially, the flow of the resources involves with great frequency problems for the no governmental organisations. +Changes, in end, and very important, of politics, of content, of ambition, of inspiration, of underlying political principles in those matters that happen of the *tercer to the *primer *pilar in the field of the justice and of the subjects of interior and the big change that supposes the integration of the social Protocol in the same Treaty. +In this sense, gentleman President, the Parliament do not goes to admit that any institution *le impose his interpretation on questions of procedure, questions that have to be seen -and *eso says it very well the report of the Commission- on the base that the act adopted will be it with arrangement to the Treaty of *Amsterdam and that #that is the procedure that has to respect. +The report of the Mrs. Palace proposes a procedure that confirms the that it already chose the European Parliament after *Maastricht and that supposes the confirmation, by part of the Parliament, of the legislative procedures already initiated and #whose juridical foundation or procedure have seen modified in virtue of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +And in the case of the two agreements on the transmission of acts and on the recognition of decisions in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility -proposed that the Commission will approve morning on the base of the Treaty- will transmit immediately to the Council and to the Parliament. +The European Union and the States Joined, *Canadá, New *Zelanda, *Australia, have each #one a vote in the *OMC, but *cientos of countries in roads of development that expect in the *OMC with the hope that also they take in account his interests do not have to be separated by the continuous *reyertas among the European Union and the States Joined, as it treats also of other essential problems. +The nominations that take for his office, the character or the tonality multinational or no of his personnel, the balance among the sexes, #all these things will purchase a totally disproportionate importance concerning his real importance. +Regarding his intervention about the need that in the great countries there #be a commissioner of the majority party and a commissioner of the opposition, *le will say that in *Alemania abuses of this possibility to leave sideways to the Greens, partners of the coalition. +Likewise, in front of the war in *Kosovo and first of all it that this war reveals of the fragilities of *Europa, wish ardently that the European Union cessation to tackle the future of our continent -the *Europa Central and Oriental, *Rusia, the Mediterranean- with a so careful vision that is too much narrow and finishes for being imprudent. +It exists an institutional and political lack that is to the sight of #all, that is the challenge of the next term of office and that it #can be a suggestion to take to the new generations: the invitation to no *escatimar efforts in favour of the adventure of the culmination of the construction of *Europa. +The President of the Central Bank European, Mr. *Duisenberg, do not tires to repeat: «*Me have assigned the task to keep the value of the euro and to keep the stability of prices. +Regarding the future, only has referred to a generic and, in this moment, *fumosa international conference on the *Balcanes that evades the imminent and more urgent problems, and has evoked the unhappy image of the «*Europa of the sword», term that the President #Jacques *Delors abhorred. +During his mandate, will have to achieve *usted simultaneously two attainments, to know, the consolidation of the European Union, #whose tasks and dimensions have increased spectacularly in the last years and the last decades, putting order in those looks in the that it was necessary, so that, although they do not introduce novelties, the Commission was truly able to work and work. +*Yo Believe that the Council, the Commission and the Parliament still will have to take *algún institutional effort to avert that #everything *ello escape in the practice of the frame *auténticamente community and that the Ministers of Finances convert by this path in the new masters of *Europa. +Regarding the vision of a project, *usted has mentioned the need of an external representation and the capacity to take *extensivo to #all *Europa through the enlargement, but also to the *Balcanes, for example, the order of peace that have created in his breast. +Finally, although I have appreciated his proposal for the stability of *Europa of the South and Oriental and an international conference on the *Balcanes, have to say that the interventions armed never have carried the peace, #if *acaso have detained the clashes, but no deleted his causes. +From my point of sight, the excessive *tecnicismo, the excessive *economicismo of the European Council of *Berlín has to be corrected by a community economic politics that take in consideration #all the interests of #all the regions and #all the countries of the European Union. +This affirmation is not some, because the bilateral parities among the #european coins fixed on 1 May 1998 -takes precisely a year- and the goal of the rigid fixation of the coins among yes prevails from takes varied years. +*Nos Surprises to ascertain, in particular, that the growth is feebler in the countries that find in the centre of the system euro and that they are taxpayers to the system of the structural Bottoms, and stronger in the most peripheral countries or *beneficiarios of the #european subventions. +Like this they will be able to *escucharme, because, in part, agree with my friend *Hervé *Fabre-*Aubrespy *cuando say that *eso already have seen it before in this Parliament, but that the application with immediate character, to the following minute, of an act that has to still be consecrated by means of the Record is *algo entirely new and that, on the other hand, adjusts to the spirit in the that approve the Report *Elles. +#If we had approved the amendment of the Socialist Group, *algo that lamentably have taken 212 colleagues, there #would be denial of the approval of the management and said comments #would not have any juridical value, comments that, repeat, condemned to the Commission. +It #would be paradoxical that the Parliament pronounced before the end of his mandate on said approval of the management, without having of #all the elements, *cuando the second inform of the Committee of Wise persons expects for the autumn and *cuando still do not give the conditions for *pronunciarnos with definite character. +The war of *Kosovo *nos shows also another thing and wanted to go back to remember the words of #François *Mitterand, although it also #can quote to *Helmut *Kohl, the one who said that in *Europa are in game the war and the peace, and no only the economy, the ordinations of the market and the prices of intervention, by important that also was all #this. +Without this guarantee of security, the refugees, the deported, will not return and the consequence #would be that *Milosevic #would have reached his purpose and #would live in #one *Europa that no longer #would be #ours *Europa, the that in fact defends this Assembly, in his quality of Parliament of the *Europa of the integration. +Also we regret the involuntary civil victims of the aerial attacks, but *nos feel morally forced to follow supporting the goal to detain the greater evil, is to say, the racist politics of *Milosevic and those who surround it. +With the *resurgir of the nationalism in *Rusia and the social deprivation in increase of the majority of the #russian village, have the duty and the interest that *Europa collaborate with *Rusia to intensify the democracy, the security and the prosperity of #all our citizens. +I believe that for the Parliament and for the members of parliament is very important the stability and fixation of his juridical diet and that, therefore, the Council and the Parliament #would have to follow working by this road without thinking in a clash without any solution of commitment. +Well, lady Speaker, *yo *me take #this very seriously and expect that the *servcios that review #this objectively, get tomorrow to the conclusion that the report -the report that was and with the number that have, *yo on my part *me refer to the report To-0245 that is in the agenda and that has a determined content, do not put in the agenda. To me *me #would result very doubtful that the report was modified by the services and that afterwards was put in the agenda. +I do not doubt in saying that the campaigns of promotion of the banks and other agencies of credit are contributing in big way to the prices *inflacionarios of the house, putting with *ello the house out of the scope of the youngsters that wish to install his *primer home. +The common position *les gives to the States members the possibility to introduce an obligation of claim in the course of two months, or was that the consumer will have to discover and report the defect in the course of two months. +It #can say that these procedures always go very fast, but in this case have a model in the that #many of the reservations expressed in a principle, #many of the fears with regard to the commercial interests, #many of the fears of the deputies, appeased thanks to the way in that said procedures carried out. +And *nos concerns that the normal foods that have special characteristics that the take especially ideal for the sportsmen, as they are the paste and #a lot of drinks, happened to remain included inside the specific directive, it that *les #would create big confusion to the consumers and #would bump clearly with this simplification of the norms that the managerial #would have to promote. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0206/99) of the Mr. *Manzella, in name of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, on the relative common statement to the practical modalities for the new procedure of *codecisión (article 251 of the *TCE) +Think in the principle of equality fiscal among #all the deputies, that #can admit transitory exceptions but never definite; in the respect to the rights purchased by the deputies in matter of pensions in years of work inside and out of this Parliament, or in other questions of detail that is not necessary to enumerate now. +It is necessary to begin already to prepare the peace and collaborate with the countries of the region to build a stable system of cooperation among *ellos and boost a development that *les allow to adhere what before to a Union that bases in the respect to the one who is different and in the integration of his wealths and cultural and human diversities. +Of course, the lean point of the European Union follow being the external politics and of common security. The #german Presidency has insisted in the need to develop the article 17 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Regarding the institutional calendar, are totally of agreement in that it is already an imperative that take the institutional reform, that fix the stages that carry to a Conference *Intergubernamental, and #can *decirle to the Council that the Parliament has worked during #a lot of years in establishing a true catalogue of fundamental rights. +Obviously, the European Parliament goes to boost this governmental evolution and, to begin, will take it by means of the resolution that definitely goes to vote in some instants and that pretends to give to the Commission a paper engine in the institutional reform. +Without embargo, before adopting any decision #would be more careful to expect the second inform of experts of the that the European Parliament, with #all prudence, has postponed his publication until after the #european elections and that certainly *clarificará of interesting form the operation of the institutions. +It is clear that in spite of #all the respect by the Presidents and Majesties that there was to the beginning of the unification of *Europa and of the common contractual drama, today day are the fundamental rights the that they have to constitute the central point. Fundamental rights in the that it declare that the citizens and citizens want to build *Europa in freedom, peace and solidarity. +The gradual approach of the prices of support, accompanied by direct payments, to the level of prices in the world-wide market prepares to our companies for the back liberalisation of the world-wide trade that already is outlining. +With regard to the structural politics: the clear *disciplinamiento of the structural politics by means of the internal concentration, is to say, with less objective of help and less community initiatives and by means of a concentration of the stage of the helps, contributes an increase of the efficiency. +Central look of #all the structural Bottoms will be thus the creation of places of work with future, it that means growth with intensive generation of employment, strengthening of the competitive and innovative capacity of the regions, sustainable development and promotion of the qualification and of the equality of opportunities. +Gentleman President, the representatives of the Council approved yesterday the prohibition in #all the European Union of *amianto white, in spite of which exists #one some restlessness that they produce unnecessary delays in the signature of this document, in the that the Parliament has exerted a positive paper to promote it. +The question of the hormones in the meat shows that they do not take in account the requirements of health and protection of the consumers and the scarce importance of the «principle of caution» in front of the dominant economic interests. +The three conflicts that have at present among the European Union and States Joined regarding the World-wide Organisation of the Trade are relative to the sector of the banana, of the meat with hormones and of the noise of the planes in the takeoff and in the landing. +The social consequences in #some of these countries are very important: the States members of the European Union lose progressively, after the *OMC, his circle of influence regarding the #african continent especially, and *ello in benefit of the continent *sudamericano #whose agricultural resources are exploded or *valorizados in big part by companies dominated by #american capitals. +It is precise that #that that negotiate in name of the *OMC take out shine to his arms and *nos reassure: the alignment of the community regulations with the rules of the game of the world-wide market never will be able to constitute an agricultural political goal for the European Union. +In effect, how #can be satisfied with a commitment that involves an important descent of the income of the #european agriculturalists, consecutive to a descent of the partially compensated prices, expecting his total suppression to satisfy the requirements of the *OMC? +Perhaps in this context of austerity budgetary earn #all his dimension the imperative established in the relative Treaty to that #all the community politics -and no only the structural- have to orient from the perspective of the economic and social cohesion. +Also we think that it is important -and #this is in line with my report- that the conclusions of *Berlín indicate clearly that in *Europa will have to loan a greater attention to the quality of the feeding, the security, the protection of the environment, the respectful deal with the animals, etc., to #european level. +Thus, with the end to avert this threat, vote in the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development an amendment that excludes any possibility to expand the viticultural zone to any #another Been clear-cut member or required in this amendment. +Our will *nos carried in December to withdraw the called «strategic amendments» to the budget for the year 1999, and #few days before the European Council of *Berlín, the president *Samland sent a letter to the fifteen ministers of Inland revenue *informándoles of the figures that the European Parliament considered absolute minima, the called «*minima *minimorum» . +Before I have explained the basic principles of the reform of the structural Bottoms, by it that no *les go to bore now with concrete opinions on the different amendments as I have understood in #all his interventions that go to follow the procedure #such as it has agreed . +We regret that in the European Council of *Berlín have agreed a significant reduction of the money that goes to allocate so much to the structural Bottoms as to the Bottom of Cohesion, but understand also that his application will be positive in the next seven years. +And I believe that we have to take into account that these structural Bottoms are practically the last that apply to the fifteen States members, since the perspective of the enlargement to the States of the centre and of the east of *Europa will modify the politics of action regional for the next years. +Gentleman deputy, in the last times has indicated with clarity to *Turquía that his behaviour in the case *Ocalan, the guarantee of a process according to the norms of a State of right, goes to have repercussions on the relations among the European Union and *Turquía. +Of how mood thinks to take part the Council so that it guarantee the effective protection of the human rights in the *Iraq, in sight, besides, of the debates in the breast of the Council of Security of the Nations Joined on the lifting of the economic sanctions? +And as we believe that we are in favour of the protection of the human rights -and are it, and take well in being it-, #would want *preguntarle #if the innocent population, #if the innocent citizens of *Iraq are not included in the category of the population on the that is in vigour the defence of the human rights. +Thus, it #can the Council confirm or deny these data? They go to take measured to ensure that the #swedish tongue receive #the same treatment that the great community tongues, and that, from now on, the #swedish representatives #can use his tongue and have an interpreter? +Go back to the article 203 of the Treaty, as they defend #many of this Parliament, in my opinion is not the correct path, will carry to a greater increase of the costs of the Union. Especially the States members that are #net taxpayers hardly will be able to accept it. +Gentleman President, before dissolving , this Parliament has achieved to pronounce on the set up of the reform of the structural Bottoms and has reached to affirm his positions in the that has run the risk to convert , once again, in a confrontation among the #european Institutions. +In any case, the *PAC follows being -of course- #one *PAC thrown off balance, in the measure in that, for being based in the concept of productivity historical, the richest countries result clearly much more favoured that the poorest, #if well no *me happens by the head take of the poor rich and of the rich poor. +Without damage of the cheques distributed by the diverse countries, the regulation of the structural Bottoms, in particular by means of intermediate evaluations of the reservation of efficiency and of levels generally inferior of *cofinanciación, goes to take that, in the practice, the financial endowments happen to be of «limit of costs», whereas they were «objective of costs». +In this reform of the market of the wine have imposed the requirements of the European Parliament, and #can not more that go back to highlight that it #would be desirable that the Parliament #can *codecidir in the future, because the trade *vacuno dominate it so well like the Council. +#If to #this #can not call «by the *pelos'...!; They are the eleven less chamber of the night and the Parliament is working to full performance, even with the presence of the Council, by which *me *congratulo, gentleman President of the Council, since I never have seen before to the Council here in this Parliament to the eleven less chamber of the night. I appreciate it , it is not other that say it. +Previous detailed examination and after keeping numerous informal contacts to #all the levels, the Parliament #would have to be now in position to issue his opinion about the proposal, so that the Council #can continue his work with a crystalline knowledge of the wishes of the Assembly. +We have wanted to treat it in this last session and the Commission simply has followed his usual guideline; #if #this had not been the last session, #would have included in the session of the next month. +#If the Council had wanted to exert *algún paper, #would have to have worked in reaching an agreement *interinstitucional that put end to the anomalous situation signalled in the that the European Parliament, in formal terms, sees involved in insufficient measure in the results of the social dialogue. +Gentleman President, gentleman vice-president of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen deputies, with this debate that initiate on the known and already famous global agreement with *México, closes a cycle of five years in the that the Parliament has worked and collaborated actively with the European Commission to renew and deepen the relations with the group of the countries of *América Latin and also with *México. +This decision is unlucky because it contributes to accelerate the deterioration, increasingly evident, of the commercial flows, affected, from five years ago, by the dynamism of the *NAFTA, and that, in this period, has reduced our quota in the #mexican market of a 11 % to a modest 6 %. +Now well, said #this, and remaining clear that want an agreement with *México, *nosotros #can not *obviar the quantity of questions posed by the different organisations no governmental, that are not #one neither two, and that are not little important: International Amnesty, *Human *Rights *Watch , the League of Rights Human International, *Intermon. +It treats rather to look for a #worthy exit for a group of persons that during #a lot of years have put all his obstinacy in the cooperation of *Schengen and that #can not see prejudiced by the integration of *Schengen in the frame of the Union *Europa. +Nevertheless, it #can not deny that the definite texts so only got the Monday to the Parliament, that so only the Monday #can argue the final result of the negotiations and that, besides, the query to the Parliament really is pure theatre, since it already is all decided. +Without embargo, also is truth that the proposal of the Commission and the report of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens contribute numerous solutions. To my mood to see, both have made an excellent work. +The Group of the Popular Party European and big part of the Commission of Subjects Juridical back the proposal of the Commission, but there are #some amendments that do not deserve our support, especially the that refer to the responsibility of the intermediaries. +In summary, gentleman President, the Popular Party European backs, in a very important measure, the report of the Commission of Subjects Juridical, backs #any amends posed by the Liberal Group and, to exception of the that has mentioned so much the Mr. *Hoppenstedt as *yo same, will vote in favour of *ellas in general terms. +It treats of a historical moment in the that exists already the possibility to make a follow-up of the to scale world-wide persons, in the that -for the first time- the civil rights #can not protect with help of the borders, as it has come occurring until the moment. +I remember #a lot of moments in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and, among *ellos, the shared with the Mrs. *Oddy that, in subjects that began in the previous term of office about the new technologies concerning his incompatibility with the rights of author, always have got to similar positions. +In the world of the communications in line, the consumer receives an avalanche of information and the States members #can not protect in the national legislation because the electronic trade *rebasa the borders of the countries. +Especially, it #would wish to express to my colleagues of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens how much have appreciated the work that have made during these five last years, #as well as formulate to the Commission of Subjects Juridical my best *augurios with regard to the next mandate. +*Cuando This morning *me have *enterado by chance that the debate on this report #would not take place until this afternoon to the 18.00 hours and #would proceed to the vote tomorrow in the morning, have got to the conclusion that it is a deeply unfair decision put that it that is in game is the future of the persons, of the young persons. +#One of the amendments that go to vote, specifically the number 4, that forms part of the commitment that have agreed with the Council, involves a modification of the section first of the article 3 of the Regulation, adding a new initiative, the community initiative *Urban. +#This is not the only reason by the that request that we split of the idea that this vote require a qualified majority. *Me Base equally in the political need that a decision of these characteristic review character highly *vinculante for the Council, the Commission and also for the Parliament. +In general lines are in favour of the reform, without embargo, have to formulate #some reservations in regard to #some looks that still have not deepened it sufficient as, for example, the impact in the regions that, in name of the principle of concentration, run the risk to suffer a stagnation in his process of development. +#This is the reality, while it seems that they discern #some hopes of negotiation after the trip to Blunt of #Ibrahim *Rugova and the release of the three #american soldiers, this Parliament, in his last hours of work, chooses with this vote on *Kosovo the path *mortificador of the propaganda of the NATO and *fracasa in his political paper. +The Mrs. *Danze-*Serfaty is the wife of the Mr. #Abraham *Serfaty, the one who remained imprisoned during 17 years in the prison of *Tazmamart in quality of political prisoner, and that it was received with #all the honours in this Assembly, after his release, that produced , especially, thanks to the interventions and resolutions of our Parliament. Without embargo, #can not go in in *Marruecos, *cuando no longer *recae on *él any indictment. +The Commission, as #all *ustedes, applauds the signature during the past morning of the agreement that establishes the frame of the autonomy of the territory, the modalities of query and the organisation of the referendum and, also, the disposals in matter of security. +On the other hand, during these two years, and from the common position of the Council of Ministers, elaborated a program of help humanitarian and of rehabilitation of urgency that took on the base of *Cáritas, by the importance that had the Catholic Church in *Timor Oriental and, particularly, the Prize *Nobel Archbishop *Belo. +Regarding the question that presented the Mr. *Bertens and the Mrs. Go *Bladel on purpose of the hospital, the hospital of *Gaza is a hospital of the *UNRAC, is not a hospital of the European Commission or fact by the European Commission, is a hospital of the *UNRAC. +Gentleman President, is very significant that this Parliament, that has concerned enormously by the question of the human rights, go back once again on the subject of the International Penal Court in the last session of urgency on the human rights of this term of office. +It invites to mayors, managers, engineers and architects to collaborate in a common project that pretends to take advantage of in the new constructions the energy facilitated by the sun instead of building of #such form that need #a lot of pertinent electricity of the nuclear energy to heat the houses. +Generally, the small companies do not have neither of the means neither of the professional capacity to make a follow-up of the monetary situation that *les allow to follow with a sufficient security the behaviour of the money. +So much before as after this resolution, the juridical conditions that regulate the supervision of the #telephone calls, the interception and the control of the access to Internet belong exclusively to the field of application of the national Right. +Report (To4-0259/99) of the Mr. *Jarzembowski in name of the Commission of Transports and Tourism on the proposal of directive of the #european Parliament and of the relative Council to the application of *gravámenes in the heavy vehicles of transport of commodities by the utilisation of determined infrastructures ((*COM)96/0331 - *C4-0027/97-96/0182(*COD)) - before 96/0182 (*SYN) +The first proposed of the Commission broke seriously the balance among the starch of potato and the grain. These proposals #would have had disastrous consequences for the income of the producers of the starch of potato. +Nevertheless, and in brief, I believe that the Group of the Greens #would have to follow give advance and *ofrecerle his support, but also consider that it #would have to carry out a suitable assessment of this type of events so that we #can take advantage of the experiences of face to the future and to the coming exhibitions. +The Commission expects to continue the cooperation with the European Parliament and his services to ensure that the participation of the Union in the *Expo 2000 was an important event that *acerque more the European Union and his institutions to his citizens. +Of habit, the Fridays receive to my groups of visitors and #can *asegurarle that for the citizens of my country that have had the privilege to visit the European Parliament, *usted is the President of session more popular. +I create deeply in the parliamentary institution and am deeply convinced that the *legitimación democratic of #all the process of integration #european assent on this Parliament, the full recognition of his paper and his capacity of cooperation with the national Parliaments. +The pirouettes that finishes to execute *usted here, gentleman *Poettering, show nevertheless that the fall of the folds of his suit #can not be and never will get to be so attractive like the of the that adorn the face of our Minister of Subjects External. +I want to congratulate personally of special mood no only to the Federal Chancellor but also to the Minister of Subjects External, the President of the Council that is here present, gentleman *Fischer, by have not saved efforts to go out of this difficult bellicose situation. +Thus, it is necessary to put prompt to disposal the necessary money for *ello and create the corresponding organisation so that we do not devote the greater part of the work to that an organisation coordinate with the #another but that the essential part of the work devote to help sure enough to the *Balcanes and that convert at last in a peaceful region of this *Europa. +Gentleman President, the serious and negative repercussions of the financial crisis, of the *desaceleración of the economic growth in the European Union, -also in the era of the Economic and Monetary Union- have shown clearly of dramatic mood it necessary that it was the #european pact by employment of Colony. +*Les Want to ask on his disposal, his personal disposal to accept that they have to *rendir accounts and answer in front of the citizens of *Europa by #everything it that take together with his president, #as well as in front of this Assembly, with a clear public understanding and absolute that #this is the public forum of the #european democracy in front of the that owe *rendir accounts and answer publicly. +Nevertheless, it wanted to plead by that, when acting like this, do not launch to the boy with the water of the bath and comprise well that sometimes #one of the causes of failure of the previous Commission was the loss of the notion of function public. +Without a #european strategy in this sense, runs the risk that an economy like the #ours bend to concentrate his resources in the strongest zones leaving to the *margen the feeblest, although #some have made remarkable progresses in the last times. +Gentleman President, gentlemen representatives of the Presidency of the Council, *Señorías, ladies and gentlemen, is not timely that the representative of the Commission in functions expose of extensive mood his opinion here on the program of the #finnish Presidency of the Council as it treats of a program that will apply in first line with the new Commission. +Without embargo, believe that the President of his country *nos has contributed the formidable demonstration of the contribution that the Europeans #can contribute to the peace in the continent and to the preparation of a #european solution to the #european problems. +Finally, concerning the pity of death, *me will allow that it signal to his attention and *le insist so that the Presidency take part with #all his weight in *Estambul and also in *Teherán, as in this last there #be thirteen #jewish that run the risk -know it-to be condemned to the pity of death simply for having been accused of espionage in favour of #Israel. +I am of the seem that #if we do not recognise the errors of the past, will not be able to advance in the future, and it is necessary to say that, in it fundamental, the question from now is #if we will be able, without resorting to the arms, to pipe the subjects related with the democratic transformations. +On 9 July 1999, #such as the Assembly will have heard to say to the Mr. *Sasi, the Council decided to remit the subject to the Court of Justice protecting in the article 213 of the Treaty; after said decision, now *le corresponds to the Court pronounce on the questions aroused. +It foresees besides a procedure of examination and of decision that include the specific capacity of the Commission to remit the question to a deontological committee *cuando the planned occupation of the commissioner was related with his wallet. +Perhaps the Assembly wish to know besides that, during the conversations of this month, #some members of the current Commission that always have respected fully his solemn commitment to fulfil the obligations of honesty and discretion have reiterated of fine wins and voluntarily said commitment. +It That *nos remains to *nosotros is to take a reflection about the fault of consideration of #some members of the salient Commission on the need to adopt a rigorous approach regarding the high exigible criteria in the public life. +The *desenvoltura of the Commissioner *Bangemann, that not even has had the decency to expect some months until the end of the agony of the Commission, *nos reveals until how point believe in this institution above the laws and of the public opinions. +Really it is of it more *censurable that there #have been no only an apparent *mofa of the official norms for the commissioners, but also a rape of the spirit of transparency and confidence that had to constitute the base of the work among this Parliament and the commissioners. +After a deep debate, the Council reaffirmed in his conclusions of the past June and remitted to the common political will, so much of the Commission as of the countries members, to carry out the measures that require said conclusions in #all his amplitude and of immediate form. +The Council applauded in general lines the program proposed by the Commission, related with the deep review of the legislation, on #whose details are *ustedes to the common, and that pretends to be adapted to the legislation on foods of animal origin and to the measures to take regarding the animal wastes. +But it is clear that in the moment more *álgido of the crisis is absurd that the Commission and his technical services lose the time with discussions with the #belgian authorities and the technical services of #this, since there are not norms and since it do not knows how much dioxin #can have any product. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, the crisis of the dioxin, after the crisis of the crazy cows, the American pressures directed to impose the meat with hormones, are examples of the fearsome threats that weigh today day on the alimentary security of our *conciudadanos. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, for me at least has been a comfort the that neither in this Assembly, neither in the European Commission, neither in the Council, nobody have considered the crisis of the #belgian dioxins like a purely #belgian problem. +Sure enough, the problem of the #belgian dioxins is also a #european problem, and the that it was a #european problem of course has to see with the only market, with the politics in matter of competition, with the failure of the agricultural politics. +We take into account that the necessary liberalisation of the markets and the opening to third countries are imposing to the agriculture and to the *ganadería #european some heights of competitiveness hardly *superables and that #if they do not take effective preventive measures the career by *abaratar costs of production *nos will carry, before or afterwards, to a new similar case. +Lady Speaker, *nos says *usted that only treats of modifications or of changes, but *nos #would enjoy that the Group of the European Socialists *nos said, in relation with his amendment 1, #if it treats to add a nomination or of a change, and #would wish to have #the same answer in relation with the amendment 4 of the Group of the European Socialists. +A look in the that want *centrarme of it that has said the Mr. *Ford, is that the Commission, as it alleges, is issuing a message to the organisers of the European Union managers of the championships of *Europa 2000 and perhaps of the Glass of the World that they #can take case *omiso of the norms. +I want to urge to the Commission to that it show more prowess in front of the governments and to inform to the Parliament *cuando the governments hinder attitudes and clear decisions of the Commission through his dilatory behaviour, of his absence of decision or of the utilisation *improcedente and unsuitable of his influence. +It treats , of course, as it #can read in the conclusions of the report of the experts, further of the own bad operation, of a problem of mentality, that, obviously, do not puts in *entredicho to the civil servants of the Commission, but that reveals structural lacks of this institution, that are not of technical character, but of political order. +The control by the European Parliament, of course, and, for example, our Assembly #would have to, after this report of the experts, request new audits on concrete points, or even appoint an or varied commissions of investigation to launch light in #some fields still dark, like the evaluation of the real effects of the community subventions. +It is much better, in place to pretend an environmental inspection *supranacional, with #all the difficulties related with the right of entrance, that #can ensure that the valid legislation guarantee that the environmental inspectors of #all the States members (to) exist and (*b) carry out his tasks pretty much according to #the same guidelines. +And once again *nos find in front of a dilemma that is the authentic alternative of the devil: *cuando the European Commission proposes a recommendation *ustedes want a directive, and *cuando the Commission proposes a directive, it is necessary to take recommendations because it is necessary to respect the principle of subsidiariness. +To know the personality and the suitability of the candidates to exert his charges believe that the public audiences have been a positive exercise of democracy and transparency, without that they have triumphed the that pretended *convertirlas in a hunting of witches. +*Ello Only #would contribute to erode the confidence of the society in the institutions of the Union, it that #would suppose a step backwards for #all the parts interested, in particular, to the light of the decisive challenges that await to the Union like political and economic entity. +Gentleman President, the statement of the President designated of the Commission confirms his previous interventions, mainly in front of this Assembly, the days 13 April or 4 May last, and the #french deputies of my group will see therefore forced to vote against. +Therefore, our more important priority #would have to be go back to achieve the participation of the constituent *desencantado: a European Commission reformed, a European Parliament reformed, that relate of a firm way, but mature, is the only path by the that have #any real hope to achieve it. +To appeal of the groups, and especially of the #ours, the gentleman *Prodi has assumed clear commitments regarding the transparency of the actions of the Commission, to the *concertación with the Parliament, to the responsibility of the members of the Commission in front of this Assembly. +*Yo Wanted to require it following: in the first place, *yo did not have any intervention to the beginning of the session and, second, the precision of yesterday did not seems to have served of at all, since again it did not appears in the Record it that really said and the following point contradicts the content of my words. +Conscious that #that is the main task of the Commission, manifest to the professor *Prodi and to the members of the Commission the wish of a good work and declare that it will have the vote of the #portuguese deputies of the Popular Party European. +We have appreciated his introduction, expect that it give a positive answer to the sections of our resolution, and have confidence in the capacity of the Mr. *Prodi to direct the Commission of way responsible and expert. +The operation and the management of the Direction of Transports have been exemplary and believe that with his experience in the modernisation of the Party *Laborista of the Realm Joined, has the necessary aptitudes to undertake this work. +Determined opinions that #can *resumir of the following mood: in the first place, we know that *Europa has taken from two strengths *dialécticamente constructive: #that that, conscious of the weight of the history, defend the *pervivencia and the force of the national State and #that #others that, with greater launch, think in a future of greater integration, #whose political definition still is not among *nosotros, and perhaps was #that #one of the advantages of this construction. +To win these resistances needs originality and energy, Mr. President, and wish that have *usted of unseen reservations of these genders, as to judge by the speeches that until today *le have listened, #many of *nosotros think that no *nos have provided sufficient indications of *ello, and especially do not warn indications that it exist the new mentality that precise for *encarar so much the deep crisis of confidence in that it has *sumido *Europa like the problems of the unemployment and the security. +Although these cuts is *algo usual in this stage of the budgetary procedure, this year come to add to a substantial redistribution of 430 millions of euros in the category 4 - external actions - to fund the reconstruction of *Kosovo by value of 500 millions of euros. +In the bottom, gentleman President, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, *señorías, have to say that no *nos had seduced the preliminary draft of budget of the Commission. No *nos had seduced the preliminary draft of the Commission and *nos disillusioned the project of budget of the Council. +I want to ask to the Council that *replantee his proposal and that guarantee that the representation of the European Parliament in this organ correspond to it that in reality is the European Parliament, is to say, that was reflection of #all the political strengths, #all the currents, #all the opinions that give in this moment in *Europa. +Lady Speaker, the European Council of Colony had the unlucky idea -without that any national parliament *le have demanded, that *yo know, at all to the *respecto- to launch the preparation of a Letter of Rights Fundamental of the European Union. +The Cut occupies of the question of the impunity and offers an impartial forum for the trials, with it that will help to facilitate the international tensions and to promote the peace and the security in the national plane and in the international. +Lady Speaker, *yo expect that, after the statement that has taken the Speaker in exercise of the Council, this Summit of *Tampere #can suppose a firm commitment of political will by part of the Union, #where collect #all a series of orientations clear and precise that *nos allow to follow advancing. +In the previous term of office, this Parliament said yes to the Monetary Union, said yes to the social integration taking of the employment the centre and engine of the #european social politics, and now have to say also yes to a #european space of freedom, of security and justice. +Lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, Mrs. *Halonen, his speech, with the concrete proposals that has included, *me has satisfied especially because it reinforces the conviction that *Tampere #can really suppose a moment summit, an authentic milestone, a new impulse to the process of construction #european. +To similarity of my mates of the Party of the European Socialists, particularly attentive and *asiduos with occasion of the auditions of the candidates to Commissioners, *me congratulate of this procedure that offers #a lot of educations on the personality and the intentions of those who will be our privileged speakers. +Therefore, #if well I go to vote this midday without a state of spirit particular the investiture of this Commission *deseándole spirit and luck, inside some weeks will be particularly attentive to the program that will announce for the year 2000 and the term of office. +In the agricultural sector has insisted in the great orientations of the *PAC -Political Agricultural Common- and a greater liberalisation of the markets, keeping the injustices in the distribution of the supports and subventions, with clear damage for the familiar agriculture and of countries like *Portugal in the that predominate the small agricultural exploitations. +The silence of the Mr. *Prodi on the need to defend the social model European, his *consternadora abstemiousness and even his frequent omissions concerning a #european politics in *pro of the employment, his careful generalities on the institutional modification inspire more reservations. +My argument is that the President of the Commission, Roman *Prodi, obtained in May of the year in course the vote of an important majority of the European Parliament to carry out with a squad *intachable a wide program of reforms with seen to the necessary *saneamiento of the Commission. +Had account of the serious doubts on the professional aptitude of the #belgian #Philippe *Busquin and his consequent capacity to assume the wallet of Investigation, without forgetting the *sinfín of recriminations to the that have given place his muddy businesses, *Prodi #would have to have denied categorically to accept to this candidate! +It Bad is that in this moment *yo am not able to estimate #if with the *quinto budget *rectificativo will get to final of year or #if to December already will be with the *nº 7, which do not has to *extrañar #if it takes into account that the same Commission has contributed in his document of work assessments very different to the hour to motivate the resources required. +I appreciate to the #finnish Presidency the action that carries out in the Nations Joined on the question of the abolition of the pity of death and *me cheer a lot to know that, thanks to the #finnish Presidency -and no only to *ella, of course-, this year will have a resolution in New *York. +#One of the roads of management of this problem, necessary although no only, is the help to the refugees, without damage that in the frame of the negotiations of peace reach a permanent solution further of the therapeutic of the help. +The Council has proposed an ineffective procedure, by it that pray that they comprise that we accept the headquarters in *Tesalónica like operative part, like a part of the Agency of Reconstruction for the whole of the *Sudeste of *Europa with headquarters in *Tesalónica, but that it has to be linked very closely to the headquarters of the pact of stability in *Tesalónica. +The deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of the Nations consider that in this field of the accidental marine pollution, the existence of a true common interest justifies the creation of a community frame. +In effect, these three programs at present do not establish any action in this sector and is not desirable to favour a dispersion of the means, in detriment of the programs *prioritarios for the economic development of next countries to the European Union, candidates to the adhesion. +For *nosotros, the body of control #european has to follow being the current, is to say, a body that allow to check, to his time, #if the bodies of control of the States members apply the community regulation, to avert, of course, distortions of competition among the different States members. +The resolution that finishes to approve the European Parliament on the preparation of a Letter of the fundamental rights of the Union illustrates perfectly the risk that they produce unfit, as I reported in my intervention of yesterday, during the main debate. +In the meantime, the decision on an answer to the speculations and allegations of bad utilisation of the bottoms of help is, mainly, responsibility of the #FMI, the World-wide Bank and the countries of the *G7, since they are #this obviously the main providers of the direct financial help. +Gentleman President, do not want to interrupt the debate but like this debate and the explanation of the Commissioner *Kinnock have to to the urgent wish of #some political groups, wanted to *rogarle that transmit also to the Conference of the Presidents the wish that said political groups have present at least a minimum of deputies. +#If we want to follow investing in the #russian economy, have to find the means to support and develop the local economic activity - as it finishes to say our colleague - so that it attend to the needs of the population and provide a feeling of stability and of participation. +Has to ask to the Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in *Europa that present a report to our Parliament, the Commission and the Council. The present conjoint appeal of diverse political groups pretends especially that it #can obtain it before possible and of reliable mood an information of this type. +In that occasion were reasonable and *nos put of agreement. Now our task is the to help to the persons that there live in his development, that perhaps #can pass of similar mood but that in any case *les open a future in the that it was ensured his existence and in the that they #can take his destination in his own hands. +Still they are cool in the memory the murders committed in autumn of the year happened on four independent minds and, of course, do not is necessary to forget the extraordinarily brutal performance of the gang of bullies of the conservative faction of the *jurisconsulto supreme *Khamenei. +This apparent contempt by the international obligations is #one of the main obstacles so that they improve the relations among the ancient Republic of *Yugoslavia and the European Union, and an obstacle also for the reintegration of the ancient Republic in the international community. +In terms of political support, the European Union proposes continue and encourage the efforts that already has undertaken our special representative for the Great Lakes with seen to facilitate the necessary grade of dialogue among the different factions that take part in the conflict of the *RDC. +*Me #Would enjoy that the space that surrounds to the Living room of Plenaries considered part of *él, so that neither the houses, neither the assistants, neither the representatives of the groups of pressure or the members of the public *nos block the exit and *nos prevent to get to our offices. +To #all *nos concerns the good use of the money of the #european taxpayer and *yo regret sincerely the rage of the #dutch colleague that, against of #all idea of solidarity #european, has considered timely to assume the defence of "his" taxpayers. +I understand, lady Speaker, that there #be had an orator in favour of the proposal and another orator, that finishes to incorporate to his seat, that has presented the idea to celebrate a debate on this subject to final of month, in the second partial period of sessions of October. +The Council and the Commission wanted to take the measure of this restlessness, but in the actuality seem little able to provide other different solutions to some regulations *puntillosas but pusillanimous, that the most cunning and the less *escrupulosos will follow evading in detriment of the alimentary security. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, every time results clearer that the problem of the public health and the healthy feeding is a true #european problem, a world-wide problem, and that is not the problem of a solo Been member. +#If like this we take it, I believe that we will be able to *decirles to our citizens and our citizens: at all it #can guarantee with security in the life, but *les are offering the maximum grade of security, welfare and health that at present *les #can offer from the point of sight of the human possibilities and the scientific recommendations. +Now well, *nos have *enterado with stupor that, against of the opinion of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, the budget for the AIDS #would have reduced to the half, which #would be a scandal, in front of the urgency of the situation, and contradictory with the words of the gentleman *Nielson. +And -it that is not less important- is *usted had to procure the cooperation with the pharmaceutical companies, by a part, to accelerate the work with seen to the #obtaining of a vaccine and, second, manufacture medicines more accessible for the poor of this world? +During the debate around the question of the employment of the condom also have taken fine note of the wide existent consensus on the decisive importance to put to disposal of the population cheap condoms and *informarles of precise and honest form, as it has *sucedido in *Tanzania, *Uganda and *Senegal. +We believe that *eso *nos #would pose a difficulty of respect of the budgetary authority and to analyse the subjects of form *parcelada, of #such form that #can not have a global vision of the difficulties that *nos #can pose. +The evaluation showed also that the actions with charge to *SAVE *propiciarán also indirectly the achievement of the goals of the program of investigation and innovation in matter of energy no nuclear by means of the creation of a half positive for the diffusion and the application of the new technologies in matter of renewable energies. +Since up to now it has reached an improvement of the energetic efficiency of the 1% annual, roughly, in the final consumption, the Commission advocates #one dip of reduction of the energetic intensity in the final demand of a point *porcentual more to the year. +#If the European Union was not able to guarantee these principles, #would lose entirely the face in the negotiations that in brief go initiate in the field of the Round of the #Millenium of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +As it sees , the respect of the values and the cultural preferences requires a strict application of the principle of subsidiariness, *conque have to respect also the cultural differences on the system of information of the different States members. +How measured has adopted the Commission and #which thinks to adopt in the future to apply the common Action and Resolution on light arms adopted by the Council and *subsiguientemente the Resolution of the Council of Development of the EU on light arms? +Gentleman Commissioner, this question forms part of an electoral setting organised by the Working Socialist Party Spanish to the thread of the electoral campaign of the past #european elections to attack to the then head of list of the Popular Party, *Loyola of Palace. +Also they pretended to accuse to the then Minister of Agriculture of a supposed fraud in the adjudication of the helps, but results that the competition of control and payment of the helps of the *PAC is of the regional governments, according to the cast of competitions of the #spanish State. +Besides, also we have tried to create the necessary conditions for the advance of the process of peace, for the distention of the situation and so that satisfied an environment of opinion favourable to this process. +The help to the development and the technical assistance in subjects like the agreement of zones stable and the operation of the Administration have been the fields to the that it has allocated and will follow allocating our help. +*Permítame Likewise express my gratitude to the Committee of Development and Cooperation and to #all the Parliament by the thorough report and by his support, in the frame of the procedure of query, to the efforts of the Commission for *ultimar the agreement. +Gentleman President, #all celebrate the relaunching of the process of peace in Orient Next; without embargo, know that the history and the circumstances of the conflict are dramatic and that, along the years, diverse initiatives, that seemed to open a future of hope, have finished blocked owing to the *intransigencia, fault of political will or *cortedad of watch of #one of the parts. +The agreements recognise the right of the Palestinians to the self-determination, in the frame of a State, but also guarantee the right of #Israel to live in a frame of security inside some safe borders and recognised. +With this end, have elaborated two strategies in the frame of two programs *plurianuales complementary that form part of the program mark of actions in the sector of the energy: *SAVE *II (boost a more effective utilisation of the energy) and *Altener *II (boost the renewable energies). +Of course, I have taken note of the disposals contained in the section 2 of the article 23 of the agreement, that allow to take measures of control or of *salvaguardia in case that the economic development of "the most #move# away regions of the European Union" suffered a grave deterioration. +It is necessary to take into account that the posture of the EU of a wide round has to be harmonised with the posture of States Joined, favourable to an approach by sectors that contemplate the reduction of tariffs, and with the most reserved posture of the countries in roads of development. +The inclusion of the competition in the agenda of the *OMC do not pretends to transform #this last in a world-wide authority of the competition, but fix, simply, a body of principles and of procedures allocated to promote the application of politics of internal competition, compatible among himself/hisself. +Gentleman President, in name of the Group *ELDR, wanted to signal our firm support to the efforts of the European Commission and of the Council to persuade to our international speakers of the virtues of a new round of wide negotiations in the breast of the *OMC that cover a big variety of subjects. +This wave of liberalisation justifies , obviously, in name of the general interest and of the employment, as *usted has affirmed it during his audition, gentleman *Lamy, indicating that to the Community *le interests the progressive opening of the markets, so much for the commodities as for the services. +Perhaps, gentleman Commissioner, the Commission together with the American Administration #can present *algún type of green Book in the that *esboce where root the differences and where the common interests among States Joined and *Europa, because as it knows of his previous function, unless States Joined and *Europa reach an agreement on the main guidelines in an international round like #this, will not finish never. +It treats , especially, to take get in #all moment to the negotiator of the European Union the problems that this round poses to our citizens, as it has seen already by the that have taken part before, and the solutions that these citizens sue of the negotiators. +Gentleman President, wish first of all formulate a question to the Council and to the Presidency, referent to the transparency: when it will transmit to the European Parliament the project of statement final that the #finnish Presidency has presented to the Council? +Gentleman President, #can not stand out sufficiently the economic importance and for the employment of the Round of the #Millenium and of the world-wide trade for the #european economy, that is the commercial partner more important of the world. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, support the present conjoint resolution of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer and, to the contrary that #others of my political group, support also the passage on the tax on the broadcasts of CO2. +The *CDU in *Alemania -have debated it takes little with our President, the Mr. *Schäuble- do not believes that because the Government *roji-green commit #such *sinsentidos to national level on the subject of the ecological tax, have to to leave to follow working in finding a #european solution. +We are in front of an increasing importance of the structural Bottoms, fundamentally, but results that in #some countries this money that gets of the structural Bottoms is used by the Been member under pretext that it employs it in programs *plurianuales, of #such way that the money that gets to the autonomous communities, to the regions, is a money *minorizado. +In base to this article, the Central Banks of the no included countries in the zone of the euro paid in concept of costs of operation of the #ECB a five percent of the total of the part that *les corresponded in the subscription of the capital. +In this line, the Council, that no the Commission, gentleman President, adopted in 1998, in this line of conservation of the resources, a relative decision to the progressive disappearance of the networks of mesh to the derive, also designated "*volantas" . +Gentleman President, after the referendum on the Law of Concord National, celebrated in *Argelia on 16 September 1999, the #finnish Presidency, in name of the European Union, issued a communiqué that answers by himself/hisself same to the question formulated by the Mrs. deputy. +*Ustedes Know that *Moscú has gone back to recognise and to activate the council *pseudoparlamentario that had signed and that had established before the #alto the fire and in this way, by his part, has broken brutally the agreement that had concluded under the supervision of the *OSCE. +We have to explore #a lot of different forms -perhaps unforeseen forms- to resolve the problems of logistics that poses the provision of assistance to the persons that the need, but is difficult to promise a concrete form to act in this case. +*B5-0155/1999 of the Mr. *Schori, in name of the Group of the *PSE, on the vote of a resolution by the General Assembly of the Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties; +*B5-0159/1999 of the Mr. *Manisco, #among others, in name of the Group *GUE/*NGL, on the vote of a resolution by the General Assembly of the Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties; +As it occurs after the debates in the breast of the Council, run the danger to obtain a feeble text, a simple reproduction of the that have been approved during these three last years in Gin and that no *nos allow to continue this battle, that do not establish new terms, neither mechanisms that allow to check the steps and the progresses made. +The #serbian, the #gipsy, the Egyptians, the Muslims are the victims of this attempt of cleansing ethnic that, from takes months, the strengths of the *UÇK are carrying out systematically, and for *ello serve of the presence of the strengths of the NATO and of the *KFOR. +As well, immediately afterwards, in the following days, in the following weeks, in the following years, there was an extraordinary criminal action oriented to hide the proofs, to *silenciar and to achieve that it did not know the truth. +Besides, the Commission estimated that it was better to entrust this work to *Eurocontrol and no to a community organ, because the national governments perhaps trip with less difficulties to allow that this organisation exert this function concerning the military utilisation of the aerial space. +Always regarding the session of the Thursday, the Group of the Popular Party European requests to advance to the Thursday the oral question on the agreement *pesquero among the European Union and *Marruecos, foreseen in the agenda of the Friday. +In the last days #a lot of Europeans have seen with big indignation and stupor, that in a country with the that *nos join bows of friendship and to the that the Europeans, and especially my country, have so much that appreciate, is to say, in the States Joined of *América, is possible still, to the protect of the Law, carry in front of the courts to boys -and no *me refer to youngsters of 17 or of 18 years, but to boys of 11 and of 10 years- and *sacarlos of his houses manacled and with *grilletes in the feet. +Now well, when reading my references and the of varied deputies of my Group, do not see the name of my party or of my Group, *Europa of the Nations, but a totally subjective assessment: opposite nationalist to the European Union. +Lady Speaker, in relation with #the same question of the reception of programs television that has posed my colleague the Mrs. *Plooij-go *Gorsel, wanted to express the hope that the technical problems that at present prevent the reception of BBC1 and BBC2 #can resolve . +Nowadays, talk of the community contributions is to talk the majority of the times that the poor of the rich countries see taxed with taxes that *redundan in benefit of the rich of the poor countries and thus #any of *nosotros wants to carry out a politics of cast, and fundamentally #this *sucede through the numerous diets of community help. +Therefore, I celebrate to a large extent, and to *ello has referred already in brief the orator that *me has preceded, that the directive no only contemplate to the persons that find precisely in the interior of the cabin of an installation of transport by wire, but also to those persons that descend in the seasons or that expect the game. +As it has said it takes some moments, opens the path to the competition in this sector that, in the field of the technology and of the security, purchases a fundamental look because the competition is it that it is: it serves to improve the technician. +Now well, from my point of sight, how doubt fits that the technical disposals that will follow this directive and that will establish in other forums and after other meetings, will constitute the fundamental element to define the permission of this directive in #all the States members. +For *nosotros is essential that the speaker and the speaker for the year 2001 study in *algún moment how parts exactly belong to the part To of the budget and how parts belong to the part *B. And I am talking especially of the category To 30. When an organisation of help #can resort to the #european bottoms? +To #that *respecto, want to manifest no only a deep disagreement with the horizontal reductions and *indiscriminadas that proposes the Council for this category, but also affirm the agreement in general with the strategy that *nos proposes the speaker and that, in it essential, goes directed to a review of the Financial Perspectives to end to give answer to new priorities, without that thus they result affected previous goals. +The Commission of Rights of the Woman presented, the same that the past year, a comment and a budget for the line To-3037, corresponding to the *Lobby European of Women, but the comment says now that this line remains opened for #all the no governmental organisations. +By #this have to procure boost the innovation in the schools, have to strengthen the initiative, the innovation in the centres of education -from the primary school until the university-, so as to generate a new impulse and open also new opportunities in this field. +Since the information that contains the annual report is of nature *autoexplicativa, perhaps result more useful to centre my observations here and now in #some of the subjects that treat in the project of resolution elaborated by his Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary. +In *tercer place, the #ECB had to debate of periodic form the evolution in each #one of the States members of the zone of the euro for like this have a positive influence on the evolution of the prices and the wages that, #such as it has signalled aptly the Mr. *Duisenberg, have to vary of a Been member to #another. +In the first place, the no self-evident report, to my seem, so much by his content as in his editorial, a sufficient will by part of the Central Bank European to subject to the democratic control of the European Parliament. +It exists the suspicion, better said, more that the suspicion, that this decision took by political pressures - think, for example, to *Oskar *Lafontaine - and that, through the approval of today, the Parliament pretends to confirm the tendency to a Central Bank subordinated to the requirements of the politics or even of the electoral interests. +But, as I said it takes #some days in front of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined, do not want a peace to any price, but a peace that strengthen really the democracy, that preserve the territory and that allow to each #one of the citizens the full exercise of #all his rights and freedoms. +The central decision in the creation of the space of justice #european has been to establish like base of the cooperation the mutual recognition of the decisions and judicial sentences, so much in subjects of civil right, as of penal right. +The decisions of the Council do not contain #any another appointment on the mood to deliver, inside the Union, the derivative economic charges of the refugees and of the applicants of asylum. +Regarding the relative measures to the right of asylum and to the immigration, result totally indeterminate and little *apremiantes; the only fine news is the respect of the Agreement of Gin and the reaffirmation of the fight against the racism. +I subscribe fully the statement issued by the leaders of the EU *cuando expressed his deep to weigh in front of the decision of the Senate of the States Joined of not ratifying the Treaty of Prohibition Complete of the Nuclear Essays. +Under this look and taking into account the decision of the relative Council to the competitions of the Agency, #would have to get to agreements to reach of durable mood a reconciliation in the whole of the *Balcanes and establish some links with the pact of stability. +The subject of the asylum, the immigration and the delinquency *transfronteriza, #as well as the administration of justice *repercuten on the fundamental subjects of the human rights and the civil rights of the individual. +Gentleman President, the results of the summit of *Tampere *me seem a basically positive signal for the citizens of the European Union because they put on of the table question that *nos affect to #all, but, especially, because they open the door to the development of some politics that demand the own citizens. +Gentleman President, do not fits doubt that the Council of *Tampere is a qualitative jump in the path to the #european integration and that in this work, has been very important the contribution of the #finnish Presidency, to the *cual *le give my more cordial *enhorabuena. +By a part, measures *intergubernamentales, directly executable road plans of action, but essentially directed to brake the immigration. On the other hand, mandates directed to the European Commission, regarding the politics of asylum common and the protection of the applicants of asylum. +It wanted to, gentleman President, express our gratitude to the Prime minister #Jean-*Luc *Dehaene, to the President *von *Weizsäcker and to *Lord #Simon by the quality of his contribution and give the graces also to His *Señorías, here, by his received and by the attention that loan to his report, in particular in the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, lively and chaired by the Mr. *Napolitano. +Although #if they stopped to think a moment, #would not take in giving account that his country, any country, probably lose more of the vetos issued by other countries that it that win taking use of the own in #a lot of fields of competition of the European Union. +In the questions related with the reform of the institutions, remits to a concept *tecnográfico of increase of the efficiency and of capacity of performance without throwing at least a glimpse to the so necessary and urgent question of the construction of a #european democracy. +I am very appreciated by this opportunity that *me offers to comment the amendments of the Parliament and *permítanme take advantage of the opportunity to present my respects to his *Señoría and to his colleagues for having taken so much interest in this so important subject. +The *segunda question that has given place to a series of amendments is the wish to situate the Agency under the only and direct responsibility of the Commission, that #would be the manager to appoint to his director. +The previous rule was abolished and, in consequence, is urgent to adopt a position regarding the procedures of modification of the distinct norms that go approving, especially in those important and delicate matters, #this is, #if it has to prevail the opinion, the opinion of the Commission or of the Council. +In effect, believe that, #if well it is necessary to cheer that the advances of the computer facilitate the commercial exchanges, no thus it is necessary to leave to be watchdogs and watch by a just balance among the interests of the borrowers of services and the protection of the consumers. +Until the day of today in the European Union there #be an institutional frame that consists in two directives: the directive on the collective dismissals and the directive on the #european commission of the company. +The only possible politics for the full employment of the #european workers is the of *reconquistar the inner market, protect it against the disloyal competition, renounce to #one *mundialización criminal and antisocial; it is the to reestablish the necessary norm of the community preference. +*Permítanme, first of all, hail the fact that there #be practically unanimity among the Council, the Commission, and expect that the Parliament, on a so crucial subject in a moment in the that we have to give decisive steps in the configuration of an external politics and of common security. +The value and the judicial independence of the judge *Gimblett - the value of #Angela *Zelter and of his mates contrast strongly with the *petulante rejection by part of the American Senate of the Treaty of prohibition total of the nuclear proofs. +The Russians, *comprensiblemente, are showing a big interest by the process of enlargement, and the European Union is had to undertake a serious dialogue with *ellos in the frame of the Agreement of Association and Cooperation. +Especially, it provides a human face to the far bureaucratic politics #european, plants to the citizens in the central point of the performances and of the debate, #such as it occurs in the program "Youth" and in the program of training "#Socrates" . +On the other hand, we agree with the Council in the need that the actions of Culture 2000 are visible for the public opinion, but the best way to achieve it are the small performances or the average, the disperse, the near to the citizens, and no the great events. +It #would consider especially unaware that the Parliament did not follow the recommendations of the speaker, since it #can not follow saying that it is regrettable that every time vote less persons in the #european elections or that it is *desconsolador that of each survey result that *Europa is increasingly far of the Europeans and, go to save in those projects that, precisely, have like goal *acercar *Europa to the persons. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated and estimated colleagues, on 28 August 1998 the Commission presented a proposal for a resolution of the European Parliament and of the Council with the goal to introduce the common program of action "Youth" for the period comprised among the 2000 and the 2004. +Regarding analysing the factors that have boosted or *entorpecido the social integration of the youngsters, consider fundamental to include an analysis of the influence of the family or of the fault of family in the development of the youngsters. +As it has posed this question, wanted to signal concerning the relative information to the Young "programs" that the network *Eurodesk, that is a combination of spots in Internet and councils for the youngsters, is available in #all the countries and in #all the tongues of the Union. +Said commitment no only has deserved the agreement of the Commission of Budgets, but also the of the competent commission for the bottom, especially with the support of the Mrs. *McNally, his speaker, to the one who give the graces by his cooperation. +From the point of sight, no of my political Group, but of the previous Parliament, of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, that approved by unanimity this report, really, there #be not any fault of clarity. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0026/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [13328/2/1998 - *C5-0023/1999 - 1998/0169(*COD)] with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes an only instrument of finance and of programming in favour of the cultural cooperation (Program "Culture 2000" ) (Speaker: Mr. *Graça *Moura) +Alas the position of the Council did not favours neither the democratic freedoms neither the human rights in *Turquía; neither neither the solution of the problem of *Chipre, neither the of the question *kurda; neither neither the support to the tragic victims of the earthquakes registered in *Turquía. +Therefore, in spite of having full consciousness that the progression of the community costs is sometimes difficult to bear by the public finances of the States members, have voted in favour of the resolution proposed by the general speaker of the budget. +. (OF) The delegation of the Liberal Party Austrian will refuse in his whole the proposal of resolution of the Mr. *Bourlanges (Section *III - Commission) #as well as the of the Mr. *Virrankoski (other sections), since the budget did not fulfils the basic criteria of transparency and efficiency. +As it has said the Mr. #Gil-Oaks, and *yo had said previously, *nos find at present in a situation in the that the institutional agreement, regarding the *OLAF, applies to the Commission, to the Council and to the personnel of this Institution, but did not applies to the deputies of this Institution. +It is true that in the Agreement *interinstitucional talks explicitly of the members of the institutions, but *cuando reads this expression in his context, *nos give account that it treats rather of salaried members, like the members of the Commission, and that the disposals adopted do not adapt to members chosen, like the deputies to the European Parliament. +The *insensibilidad and the cynicism no only are accepted by the EU and his organs, but that they are besides funded in the frame of a politics of reinforcements economic direct or indirect #whose goal is the competitiveness in the world-wide field. +It is to say, gentleman *Fischler, on 1 December will lose his employment 7.000 #european fishermen, 477 community fuselages will remain tied up in our ports, 10.000 places of work in the industries *conserveras and of transformation will be in danger, and #others #a lot of thousands of employments more, related with the commercialisation and with the port activities, also *peligrarán. +But also because, to these heights, the unemployment of the activities *pesqueras seems unavoidable, it that forces, as it occurred in the moment of the expiration of the previous agreement, to look for extraordinary community bottoms to fund the time of stop of the fleet. +But yes I want to insist in that, by #all these so known reasons, the fleet is in *vilo, and as also *ella has to pay an every time greater part of the agreements of fishing, already has declared that it is not had to not receiving information of it that happen during these negotiations. +We conceded to *Marruecos a commercial agreement without limit of term and obtained an agreement of fishing with limit of term: it that means that *Marruecos plants to will his products in the territory of the European Union, but *nosotros only #can fish in the #moroccan waters until 30 November 1999. +In this moment, are treating of the future of the neighbouring countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental by means of his incorporation to the European Union, but also have to *preocuparnos by the future of the neighbouring countries of the bank south of the Mediterranean. +By it other, the Committee of Experts #british do not impugns these figures that were repeated by the director of the public health in *Escocia, that declared: "have present the fact that in this country exists a risk for the human health". +Gentleman President, first of all wanted to affirm that I am in favour of the principle of caution in a field #where the health of the consumers is directly loomed, but the debate that here takes place among the adherents and the opponents of the embargo is of a total hypocrisy. +On the other hand, this Protocol supposes a natural step until the signature of the new Agreement, that #can run risks given the political situation of the country and the presence of other fleets #if the European Union *ausentara of the zone. +In the last seven years the taxpayers of the European Union have paid 1.400 millions of euros to his Governments and to other institutions and, even with the neutral words of the Commission, is difficult to control the destination that gives to this money. +And I disagree absolute and radically of the posture of the orator that *me has preceded in the use of the word, the one who has manifested a politics very little *solidaria with the States members of the European Union, very little *solidaria with the fishermen, a posture that is, fortunately, minoritary in this Assembly. +To begin, wanted to inform to His *Señorías on the *dictamen adopted by unanimity by the Managerial Committee Scientist the past Friday and based in the scientific foundations of the *dictamen of the French Agency of Security of the Alimentary Health (*AFSSA) concerning the applicable measures to the exports of meat of bovine #british. +The plan of export according to a calendar established conceived by the Commission with the advice of the scientists is, in my opinion and in the of other scientists that advise to the Commission in these subjects, the that will give this security to the consumers. +It fits to stand out that the change of diet introduced from the set up of the Economic and Monetary Union has facilitated the task of the managers of the politics *macroeconómicas national and is helping to surpass these obstacles, so that the growth #can be more durable. +With regard to the diagnostic on the *coyuntura, #all the participants agreed in that the perspectives have improved of significant form, and in that the negative external crash of the year 1998 seems that it has absorbed already with the internal development of the own European Union. +Regarding the economic politics -the second document already gives answer to the challenge that constitutes to transform the circumstantial backstitch in a durable process of growth higher-, each #one of the participants exposed his point of sight of form very frank. +In the budgetary procedure have found #all class of means to reach an agreement of work so that this institution, together with the Commission, keep the confidentiality and #can take the same in the case of this dialogue. +It is a social catastrophe even in the countries of *Europa that affirm to have less unemployed and, watches by where, the European Council of Colony and the European Commission content with *atiborrarse with words talking of #european pact in *pro of the employment, but, had account of the amplitude of the problem, the planned measures are ridiculous. +Of #the same mood, wanted to take part next Monday in the political debate on #which will be the effects of the rise of types of interest, that predictably will produce tomorrow, and no only of the effects on the types of *cotización of the day, but also the effects on the real economy. +It wanted to underline that the goal of the dialogue *macroeconómico, #such as it outlined also in Colony, has in his core the need to combine the development and the employment. And debate and apply for the first time a #european politics for the employment is #one of the most important questions of the *Europa of today. +The two parts of the industry accepted to be included in the general directive, as long as they reached parallel advances in the sector of the transport by road, because, as it is natural, fear to suffer a disadvantage in matter of competition, #if they establish disposals very wide on the labour day and the sector of the transport by road do not takes it own. +The labour day for more of a chamber of million of doctors in period of training in the European Union is a question of health and security for the own doctors, that have to have #the same rights to *salvaguardar his health and his personal life that #that to the that treat. +I believe that #everyone in this Assembly #would receive with *beneplácito the opportunity to give a very positive and affirmative vote in favour of the proposals presented by the Mrs. *Smith in his report concerning the reduction of the transitory period to four years. +*Cuando Formulated the directive on the labour day of 1993, some sectors remained excluded of his field of application and the reason is very clear: the own specific characteristics of #some of the sectors interested required a legislation that took into account said characteristic and particular needs. +. (*SV) Gentleman President, is obvious that it is an enormous event the that the EU celebrate the Agreement of cooperation scientific and technical with the Popular Republic of Chinese, since #all know that Chinese is a big country that goes to decide a fine part of our common future. +Besides, His *Señoría has talked, with reason, of the question of the private companies and think also, as His *Señoría, that the presence of companies in the project of collaboration is an element stood out in #all the program-mark and that results particularly important in this type of agreement. +The European Economic Community and the Argentinian Republic have #a lot of interest in collaborating in the mutual help because, without damage that Argentinian is a young country, *yo believe that it is very important that #all this Latin American area associate fully to the *quinto programs frame of investigation and technological development. +And inside this strategic goal, treats to achieve, among the operative goals, the boost the employment and ensure the coordination of the social protection and #all the field of the protection of the rights of the citizens. +The strategic document subjected to our examination represents, without place to doubts, an important step in the only market and expands and consolidates the idea of an only market that it is #one of the fundamental cores in the #european construction. +To this *respecto, the Mr. *Harbour and the other members of this Parliament #can be safe that the Commission seeks to be *responsive *and flexible, for saying it with the words of the Mr. *Harbour, so that this flexibility *nos allow to confront the needs of the moment without losing of sight the interests of the consumer. +I do not want *referirme now of way *particularizada to the conclusions, without embargo to the sight of the debate that took place yesterday in the Plenary about the dialogue *macroeconómico wanted to mention a point: the European Parliament #would have to be included also in the preparation and put in practice of the #european pact on the employment. +The majority of the proposals that the Commission of Rights of the Woman and *yo have presented already has approved by the commission, but a pair of subjects essential were refused, in particular the amendments 37, 38 and 39. +Instead, a committee, a committee *apolítico runs the risk to be a house of compensation in that it treats to subtract *dramatismo to the debate, to find political alternatives that exist in virtue of a precisely neutral consensus and *apolítico to the that believe that it is impossible to get in matter of employment. +The goal announced with the introduction of the only coin seem to be the to establish the confidence in the economic politics through the stability of the monetary politics, of prices and budgetary, #as well as by means of the moderation *salarial and the flexibility. +Without embargo, today the dialogues *macroeconómicos national have moved to the regional field; the *concertación has involved the regions and the territory and his capacity of programming in the utilisation of the structural instruments and in conceiving models of local development. +Likewise, it reserves a fundamental paper to the social speakers in the strategies of employment and of social integration and do not exists still a clear definition of the paper of #the same, especially in his facet of organisations no governmental. +Gentleman President, the figures of the unemployment and of the poverty in *Europa follow being catastrophic: sixty millions of poor, a 9% of unemployed, a 25% of juvenile unemployment; it is not precisely it that says a positive balance, especially taking into account that the calm of 1999 has to more that swims to an improvement of the *coyuntura in the that neither the governments, neither the European Union have had at all that see. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, as it #can check in the reports on the politics of employment of the States members, there #be a high *incumplimiento of the guidelines on the employment and the levels of unemployment keep very elevated -in particular, in the of long length-, it that affects especially to the youngsters and to the women. +By this reason, consider important the two parts that now are *resumidas in the Report *Menrad as, by a part, the peace and the security and, by #another, the growth and the employment constitute the supreme priority of the politics of the European Union. +In *tercer place, have to promote the innovation in the field of the training, as with his training #a lot of youngsters and also #a lot of unemployed of long length do not find occupation in this market of work by *carecer still of the necessary qualification for the new technical developments. +To day of today the lines guidelines for the employment have debated in the Commission of Employment and in the Commission of Subjects Economic, and keep intense conversations to get to the Council, #where believe that they will adopt without reservations and will debate officially on 29 November, in the mixed Council of Ministers of Economy and Ministers of Work. +#If it applies #the same norm to the small Groups that to the great, or to the great Groups that to the small, do not believe that *ello carry to the conclusion that it #would suit to dissolve the Group *PPE by the fact that #such or *cual national faction have in this Parliament of independence of vote. +We take note of the indication of the European Parliament to link the fiscal incentives to the companies "so that they contribute really to the creation of places of work and no to the restructurings and to the *deslocalizaciones that involve dismissals" , so as to not repeating the scandal of the company *Michelin. +To this *respecto, the new section 2 of the article 299 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, when recognising the peculiarities of the #french departments of *Ultramar like regions *ultraperiféricas of the Union, *nos offers the possibility to adopt measures of exception to the community right in benefit of his development. +The political call "of employment" will remain in the best of the cases reduced to #some vain sentences, in the worst of the cases will follow serving of pretext to subsidise to the in depth #stray companies, whereas they will not take authoritarian measures to forbid that the great #european companies suppress put of work while have benefits. +The fact that, precisely in this field, the #european States grouped in the Union refuse to adopt measures *vinculantes shows that his main worry is the to go clearing the obstacles, included the social, so that the great companies take out the maximum benefit, and in no way to put end to the unemployment. +The Group of the Greens and the Group of the Party of the European Socialists request that it inscribe in the agenda, of the 9 to the 10 hours, the presentation of the annual report of the Court of Accounts. +Lady Speaker, believe that it is a question that explains by himself/hisself alone in the measure in that we already debate in the previous Plenary the importance that the Parliament adopted the norms of development and application of an agreement *interinstitucional, that has been already *concertado in the past term of office and ratified by the Parliament. +Perhaps, so that our colleagues have clear the subject, as it argued in the Conference of Presidents, #can require that, given the predictable absence of the Mr. *Patten, have suggested the name of the Mr. *Verheugen no to personal title, but because it is #one of the Commissioners that devote to the international subjects. +In my opinion, the Speaker of the report, *Lange, is entirely in it true *cuando proposes to carry the question of the heavy vehicles to the sphere of a common strategy to reduce what before the broadcast of CO2 in the roads. +Now there are car industries that for the values limit of *NOx more strict take like point of reference the 2005, the first reading of the European Parliament. #Others take the reference of the 2008, the common position of the Council, and #others the of the 2006, the proposal of review for the *segunda reading. +The Council of Ministers of Environment adopted on 20 December of the year happened some valuable amendments of our colleague *Hautala, that consisted in #one value strict limit to combat the pollution and the broadcast of particles *cancerígenas of the heavy vehicles. +Finally, it wanted to take advantage of the presence of the Commissioner *António *Vitorino, that was in the Summit of *Tampere, for *pedirle that *nos say how goes to concretise, in the practice, the final decision of the Council, that applaud, of *tipificar like penal offence the violence against the human beings, in particular against the boys and the women. +As we have seen in the debate precedent, the Commission already is working in varied relative fields to the boys, although the competition of the action in the majority of the important spheres of these fields follows in hands of the States members. +It did not argue in the table of negotiations on the directive that are talking and wanted to answer also to the question of the Mrs. *Ghilardotti on #which are the data on the that still there are doubts and the data in the that there #be disagreement among the national Parliaments. +In the *primer report of March has exposed #all a series of questions positive, an ecological tax, a tax on the broadcasts of CO2, a tax on the *gravamen of speculative benefits in the short term and the benefits of the #ECB. +#If the European Union decides, by a democratic procedure, that the own resources are simply a direct percentage of the #GDP collected by the States members and transferred in a global quantity, as very well: *eso will be the own resources and will be democratic. +These changes, #as well as the reinforcement of the budgetary discipline, that is visible so much in the conclusions of the Presidency of *Berlín, as in the new Agreement *Interinstitucional, provide the basic stimuluses for the need to modify and complete the valid decision with new mechanisms. +I say it because in the Agreement *interinstitucional appear as merely *indicativos and out of the financial perspectives, in the Annex *II; it only that they are financial perspectives is the Annex *I. Instead, the proposal of the Commission includes some costs that do not form part of the financial perspectives inside the guideline. +In this context want to say also that in brief *deliberaremos in the commission with big detail together with the Commission on how additional regulations are necessary in the sector of the electrical current and of the gas, as against of #all the affirmations made follow without having still a #european market but 15 different markets. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, the Mr. *Chichester has declared with #a lot of tarpaulin in his report, that the environmental approach has to contain a better energetic politics that the of before, but assuming the States members a basic responsibility in accordance with this principle, fundamental in matter of energetic politics. +Like private lawyer that exerts the profession in the Realm Joined, with frequency have had to *lidiar with a battery of books to find the pertinent norms and the ideal form to proceed in name of my customers in these circumstances. +The boy has to have the possibility to be listened in front of the Court to show like this clearly that it takes into account his welfare and expect that the solution of commitment of my colleague *Watson do not believes here additional problems and that we #can regulate this important subject in favour of the boy. +The #european construction has ignored during too much time the right of the persons, and the *Europa of the citizens, #whose expression are *nosotros, has to take into account from now on, said it yesterday in the afternoon with reason of the *X anniversary of the international Agreement, the concrete worries of the families and the welfare of the boys. +The amendment *nº 3, except better opinion, do not contributes at all new to the disposal, in the measure in that the States members that will designate an only authority, is to say, a central authority, are precisely the that in his right do not admit the direct transmission of decisions. +*Señorías, the regulation foresees a term of four months for the presentation of the plans of development economic by part of the national authorities and another term of five months for the approval of these proposals. +As, in the first place, there are some measures that are in course and that there #be continue and promote, like the adhesion of the European Community to *Eurocontrol, process that will allow no only incorporate a greater political responsibility by part of the European Union but, besides, that set up the last convention and, therefore, that #can adopt measures in function of majority votes, by majorities, and not having to resort systematically to the unanimities. +As they know, the Council of the past Monday, two days ago, has condemned the disproportionate use and *indiscriminado of the strength in *Chechenia, that has caused great sufferings to the civil population and has forced alas to #a lot of *decenas of thousands of persons to displace to other zones of the country. +In this sense, the #finnish Presidency has made an extraordinary work, that will reflect in a report to the European Council of *Helsinki on the no military instruments for the management of #crisis. +I expect that we #can have the continuous support of the Parliament to the hour to develop procedures more flexible and faster and, as I am safe that the High Representative will be had to recognise, do not lose any opportunity to pose this same question to the Council. +Like this, the permanent research of effects in the short term in detriment of the long term, the need of glorification personal of a #french president, a zero, #all these discussions and other protocols of *Nuremberg #can damage the subtle relations of geopolitical strength that existed from takes *lustros among States Joined, *Francia, Big *Bretaña and *Alemania. +In this line, had the opportunity of *preguntarle in his appearance in front of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence #which #would be the political means -and thought, fundamentally, in the Conference *Intergubernamental- to take advantage of the next Conference *Intergubernamental in benefit of the *PESC. +Gentleman President, the backrest of the greater part of my Group to the construction of the #european identity of defence has a lot that see, although no #everything, with the lesson learnt in the war of *Kosovo and the idea that, in #some cases, alas, is necessary an intervention armed in front of the massive rapes of human rights. +In the field of the services -the market with a greater potential of expansion, especially for the #european providers-, is precise to improve the access to the markets with the inclusion of new fields, #if well it is indispensable that consult explicitly to the European Parliament in this look. +Gentleman President, have presented a question of order relative to the Report *Haug, because the original version is #german and, by misfortune, do not talk #german and the #english version said *algo entirely distinct of the #portuguese version regarding the amendment *nº 31. +Without embargo, the services *me have informed -and confirm this information- that the original text, the #german version is the authentic and, therefore, the versions in the other tongues will adapt to the #german version, with the consequences that *usted has aimed. +The politics of the European Parliament with regard to *Chechenia sees *importunada by the fact that, by his part, the western countries have acted of a mood that *les has taken to lose the moral authority to condemn *contundentemente the errors that *Rusia commits at present in *Chechenia. +All #this, while the call "*virtuosa" international community justifies the #russian intervention with the excuse of the fight against the terrorism and the International Monetary Bottom subsidises in depth lost the power of *Yeltsin, in spite of the *millardos of dollars diverted by the #russian authorities. +Like this, in the year 1994, the #russian army took part to show that *Rusia controlled the operative oil pipelines that allowed to export the production of the sea *Caspio, not to run the risk to remain excluded of the big #american game. +By #this ask a political dialogue, demand a political solution and plead also by the application of the means of pressure to our scope, which means also the freezing of new projects in the frame of *TACIS or the denial of the alimentary help to *Rusia. +I support the idea that we attend to *Moscú in December with occasion of the elections, as I already have exposed, and that *presionemos to *Moscú and to #all the *Cáucaso to take part in a conference for the peace, in the that resolved , in addition to this partial problem, also the other problems, since in the *Cáucaso carry out bellicose actions in half dozen of countries and the threat of extension of #the same is quite evident. +The representative of the Council has said this morning that the agreement of *Berlín is the point of game in these negotiations, but has said, to his time, that the agriculture #can constitute a grave problem, and believe that *Europa has to be more offensive in this subject. +It did not want to *yo that the century *XXI was also marked by a crisis of the humanism because the trade, the money, #would prevail on the development of the man, on the fundamental values that constitute the life of the man. +The desirable entry of Chinese, in favour of the *cual also the European Union is negotiating actively, will convert definitely to the World-wide Organisation of the Trade in more representative and will expand his potential capacity to consolidate a free global trade but, to #the same time, regulated. +#One of the fields, on the that *yo will not say at all, since in the distribution of competitions among the two speakers has assumed it the colleague and fellow Mr. *Leinen, is the method and the procedure; the depth, #if they want to, the scope of the reform of the institutions. +And the signatories of the Treaty like this recognised it, since they incorporated a protocol, the Protocol on the institutions in the perspective of the enlargement of the European Union, precisely to see how #would have to resolve these questions in the future. +To the contrary that the Round of the #Millenium, still have not achieved that the public opinion, the no governmental organisations and the colleagues #be by this subject that is distant still a lot to occupy the thoughts of #all. +The European Parliament #can not - as often it takes the Commission - have the Governments like only speakers and, therefore, has to treat to open and to pose a perspective of character, by like this say it, constitutional so that the instruments for an effective democracy are clear for #all and no only for #few specialists. +Gentleman President, in our relative debate to the mandate of the next *CIG, wanted to say in the first place some words on a question that did not appears in the agenda of this conference, but of the that will get a day in that our Assembly will owe -*me seems to me- occupy and evaluate the results of #all the operation. +We have to work in a reform of these cooperations reinforced that it allow the establishment of an authentic avant-garde of the Union, opened inside the Union, to end to follow progressing by the road of the security, the democracy and the stability of our continent. +#If we ascertain that the crime organised moves thousands of millions and that the introduction of these means in the legal economic circuit of our systems regulated prejudices to the society in his group, is clear that need to *Europol, is clear that need a #european cooperation in the field of the justice. +It is #this the only way that the Union #can strengthen his capacity of action and limit his activity of form effective to a series of politics determined without that *ello go accompanied of a weakening of the rights of the States members. +. (*SV) Basing in the strategy of the European Union for the period 1995 - 1999, in December of 1988 the Council of *Europa urged to the institutions to develop a strategy integrated and balanced against the drug for the back period to 1999, taking in consideration the new possibilities that awards the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +It did not considers the Council that the utilisation of the bottoms of the European Union by part of the *PNUCD for programs applied in accordance with diets that do not respect the human rights minima supposes a grave *incumplimiento of the principle of *condicionalidad that inspires the action of the European Union? +Gentleman President in exercise, *me pleases *oírle say that the nuclear energy is safe, because it do not fits to expect, in financial or economic terms, that countries that at present produce among the 30 and 40% of his energy in nuclear head offices the substitute by renewable energies or by means of the combustion of fuels fossils without causing terrible additional damages to the environment in said countries, that already present high indexes of pollution. +The Council has declared that will support with #all the means to the Sent Special of the General Secretary of the UN, Mr. *Alvaro of *Sotoa, in his future functions, and has decided to go back to review the conjoint posture in base to the results of his work. +Without embargo, like the Union considers very important the humanitarian questions and place that neither accepts that the actions of the rulers *redunden in damage of the citizenship, has set up an experimental project, to *través of the *cual will supply oil to way of proof, first, to the populations of *Nis and *Pirot, but is possible that later supply also to other populations. +In consequence, with arrangement to the *Eurodac, all Been member is forced to collect the impressions *dactilares of #all the applicants of asylum, of #all the that they are arrested persons when crossing the borders, with the end to check #if they already have presented an appeal of asylum in another State. +Also I go to present a proposal of instrument on procedures of asylum, a time that have received the opinion of the Parliament about our document of work on the establishment of norms common in matter of procedures of asylum. +By it that refers to the norms for the destruction of the data, the amendments approved by the Commission of Rights of the Citizens have that the data destroy in what the person to the that apply the Regulation have legalised his situation. +The establishment of mechanisms voluntary of surveillance concerning the new chemical products that use for the illicit manufacture of synthetic drugs, #as well as a better cooperation in the commercial sector, will be the main priorities in this sphere. +In addition to that it always will be indispensable that this regulation inspire in principles of cooperation and development, even the respect of the social and environmental norms consecrated internationally, that respect wills, interests, peculiarities and different levels of development of the States interested, that observe and promote preferential agreements, like the of *Lomé, that refuse the treatment of some human activities, like the education and the culture, as mere commodities. +Wail that have not taken advantage of this opportunity to look for a greater consensus on this frankly important subject, since it is necessary that #can take the necessary measures against those who cross the borders of the European Union with criminal intentions. +The safest solution #would be to detain the operation of these plants during the change of #millenium, but is not easy that a country like *Lituania #can detain the operation of the plant of *Ignalia, that provides the 75 percent of his capacity of generation. +Therefore we ask to the Council in the section 9 of this resolution that, in the negotiations with third countries, examine the possibility to incorporate the abolition of the pity of death to the clause of rights human. +It is evident that the problem resides, as, in the absence of will political, and #can imagine the reasons of *ello: pressures by great countries, like the Popular Republic of Chinese, the States Joined and the *Japón, the *cuales have procured that this politics that had decided the Union went literally betrayed to last moment. +In this sense are very significant the following words pronounced by #one of the negotiators of the delegation of *Rambouillet: "they Ask to a #albanian politician by a date *anodina, by an insignificant event of the history and *le will inform with #all luxury of details. +In the context of the previous debate on the suppression of the pity of death, believe that really it proceeds that we demand of the #russian authorities that respect our opinion, that is the opinion of *Europa, about #if the Mr. *Nikitin has to be object of an indictment and how sanction *le has to impose. +Today it is necessary that the European Parliament reaffirm clearly that, to guarantee the stability of the region, is necessary to create the conditions of a peace based in the justice and in the persecution of the managers of violences ethnic. +We recognise the need to help to the *ONG and to the associations of the civil society, to strengthen the democratic institutions of the country, and as, definitely, will know, the capacity of absorption and the importance of numerous *ONG in this field, in *Pakistán, are, alas, limited. +The purpose of the Convention explains his international hit without precedents: it treats of the adoption of measures of international right to protect the rights of the citizens of the most innocent world and more vulnerable. +Alas, there are proofs that big number of the applicants of asylum have displaced through *Europa continental following the suggestion that they direct to our ports of the Channel, knowingly that have a politics *permisiva that recognises instantly the right to the house and to the benefits of the social security. +In this point wanted to go back to give the graces on purpose by the previous works of the Commission of Control Budgetary, that *me have allowed to finish this report in this short time, and especially to the Mr. *Blak and to the Mrs. *Theato. +On the other hand, from the point of sight practical, the change of the percentage #would not have a more appreciable meaning that the of an adjust global in the quantity of #all the loans, since the guarantees -in what instruments *pagaderos- rare times leave to be effective. +Gentleman President, a question of procedure or an almost worrisome question, #some deputies of this side of the House have warned that maybe it has lost *usted his jacket and in in a day of snow #can *ofrecerle #one of the #ours in case that have cold. +The Council of Ministers of Industry analysed the report of the Commission in his meeting of 9 November 1999 and issued a conclusion of the Council on the world-wide situation of the dockyards. +After the meeting of the Council, have kept bilateral conversations with the #korean government, in particular with the *Viceministro Korean of Trade and the corresponding civil servants in the General Direction for the company and the General Direction for the trade. +The irony of the situation resides especially in that the unseen subventions also have been possible thanks to the credits of the International Monetary Bottom allocated to surpass the financial crisis of the Extreme Orient. +Regarding the fuselages of passage and to the fuselages *mercantes, segments characterised by an intense competition and by the utilisation of #a lot of hand of drama, also have to protect and develop in *ellos the considerable experience and the technical capacities that they have the States members and not leaving that they go out out of *Europa. +In this sense, it is necessary *reflexionar on the example of the dockyards of the Atlantic, #whose brilliant takeoff after a period of #crisis has been especially spectacular, and the paper that has exerted in this evolution the #french State. +And also I want to say that #Carmen *Díez of *Rivera, that was a woman with a personality *fascinante, went besides a big #european deputy and, #if *me allows to say it, went a person that played an absolutely key paper for the history of my country and for his democratic transition. +Lady Speaker, regarding the historical occasion of the meeting of the Government of *Irlanda of the North, exists #one some irony in the fact that *yo take the word with reason of the fine new, *cuando our colleague has to inform on the problems of the Basque Country. +The Commission has intention to employ in depth with the end to give concrete execution to the decisions that will take the bosses of State and of Government, in particular regarding the procedures of granting of help in the case of #crisis international. +Keep the unanimity involves to condemn to the most total paralysis and reduce any question to a common minimum denominator, a luxury that no *nos #can allow in the current world in that they take lacking immediate interventions in sectors of vital importance for the future of the European Union. +*Yo *les Ask to the other Groups that #if the Group of the *PPE assumes, like Group, the text of transaction, to his time accept the inclusion of an amendment by the that asks that at last it open a debate on the geographic enlargement of the European Union. +#One *CIG that do not guarantee to the citizen a greater access to the European Court means that the Letter will be more an exercise of relations public that a new solid definition of the #european citizenship. +*Yo Have received with satisfaction the observation that has taken the President of the relative Commission to the presence of the European Parliament in the Conference *Intergubernamental, but *me #would enjoy that this pronouncement took it also the Presidency in exercise of the Council. +So that the criteria on human rights and minorities earn importance like requirements for the adhesion, is necessary that the obligations of the countries candidates in relation so much with the human rights, as with his minorities, have #the same weight in the negotiations of adhesion that the other fundamental criteria.. +The union *aduanera with *Turquía had to go accompanied of a special budgetary help and of a series of loans special of the European Bank of Investments, to the *margen of the programs that found foreseen in the frame of the procedure and of the program *MEDA. +Also it has been a risky step, motivated definitely also by the situation in *Chipre and by the attempt to promote a greater approximation of *Chipre to the European Union and open likewise the possibility of a political solution in the own *Chipre. +In the vicinities of the mouths of the rivers give indexes very high of harmful organic substances, like consequence of the massive transfer to the sea of compounds of nitrogen and pertinent phosphorus of the fields of crop and of the activities *agropecuarias. +Gentleman President, the replacement of the Treaty on protection of the marine zones of the *Báltico by the Agreement of character general of 1992 is an important step in the improvement of the environmental situation of the region. +The agriculturalists contribute a lot to this cultural identity of a region of a country, as it that cultivates , or was, the autochthonous production, has marked during generations no only the kitchen, but also the habits and the philosophy of the life of this population. +The traditional kitchen, that has developed from the products of crop regional -the *cuales of course had to adapt to the climate- no only constitutes, without embargo, a pleasure for the palate of the autochthonous population, but also for those who watch further of his own *calderos. +Like result, diminished visibly the production of tomatoes, which determined to his time a reduction of 83.468 tonnes in the #portuguese quota of tomato concentrated in the distribution of the quotas for the campaign 1999/2000 and the corresponding increase of the quotas of other three States members. +The Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary, to #mine proposal, showed satisfied with the enlargement of his field, as meanwhile the subject proposed has been surpassed by varied contingencies, among *ellas the own electoral process of the European Parliament. +#This were necessary no only in the previous years to the beginning of the Monetary Union, but that also have to follow in course along the period of the Monetary Union and in this point #can not entrust this task only to the Central Bank European. +To5-0025/1999 of the Mr. *Gallagher, in name of the Commission of Fishing, on the proposal of regulation of the Council (*COM(1999)141 - *C4-0224/1999 - 1999/0081(*CNS)) by the that it modifies by third time the Regulation (*CE) *nº 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of resources *pesqueros through technical measures of protection of the juvenile of marine organisms. +The Group of the Greens/*ALE is favourable to a labeling detailed of the products, from the first commercialisation until the last, so that it know the place of fishing of the product, the form, and also #if it treats of a product fished or pertinent of the aquaculture. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0064/1999) of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that establishes a plan of follow-up of the specific broadcasts averages of dioxide of carbon of the new tourisms (5621/2/1999*rev2 - *C5-0041/1999 -1998/0202(*COD)) (Speaker: Mrs. *González *Álvarez) +. (*FR) *Nosotros Will not vote positively the resolution of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, since, in spite of the subtle formulation, the pretended worries on the human rights do not reach to dissemble the purely mercantile interests. +The sense of our rejection to approve the resolution is to protest at the same time against the conditions of the workers of this country, against the tightness of the village *kurdo and against the no respect of the elementary freedoms by the #turkish State. +#That is the reason by the that plead, gentleman President, by an authentic work of critical evaluation of the past experience, followed of an offensive paper of the Union in *pro of an organisation democratised, opened to the civil societies, really universal and that surpass *resueltamente the hiatus among commercial worries and requirements of development *solidario and durable. +It #would be a misfortune for the consumers of the #european countries, in particular for the less favoured consumers that #would experience the frustration of not being able to choose among the numerous pertinent products of #everyone to prices lower that the that they #can find in the national markets. +*Nosotros Are safe that the popular reactions all over the world have been a factor determinant in the failure of the conversations. No only because the demonstrators frustrated the official ceremony of the inauguration, but also because they created a climate #such, that not even those who believe to control the planet, #can ignore it. +The report that has presented no only *nos goes to serve of base for the next works of the approval of the management for 1998, but also *nos will serve like important document for the reform of the structures of the administration and will be used of constructive way to make the necessary improvements. +I am convinced that it treats of an opportunity for the #european youth and that it constitutes a proof that *Europa #can not be only the *Europa of the figures and of the economy, but that precisely the training and the culture have to be the stones of touch so that *nos comprise, so that regions that are so different in his cultures complement and are *tolerantes in it that *atañe to the differences. +Of compliance with the section 5 of the article 7 of our Regulation, #all deputy occupies his seat in the Parliament and in his organs with *plenitud of rights although it have not verified his *credencial or have not resolved on a possible impugnation. +. (*FI) Lady Speaker, ladies and gentlemen deputies to the European Parliament, want to appreciate, first, this occasion to talk with the European Parliament on the most important events occurred under the #finnish Presidency, a time already *clausurado the European Council of *Helsinki. +Because it is true that in the enlargement has manifested an open and political criterion expanding to #all the countries the possibility to be able to integrate, to be able to *concurrir in a spirit of emulation and to be able to take part in our adventure. +After the Summit of *Helsinki, the Bosses of State Greater of the Defence of different countries will integrate the Military Committee of the EU, on the that there #be not any type of control democratic. +We are in the path of a federation of States to a federal State and #this only is still the penultimate treaty before the Constitution of a federal State, as nobody wants to renounce to the right to veto in matter of modifications of the treaty, collection of new taxes and sending of soldiers to the war. +I have to say that the Commission do not remains at all out of the decision of the Conference *Intergubernamental and have to say likewise that the paper of the Parliament has increased with regard to *Amsterdam, although with a lower progress with regard to it that so much the Commission like the President of the Parliament exposed in the debate of *Helsinki. +The decisions of *Helsinki *evidencian that, after the appearance of the democracy, after the hollow speeches on the human rights, hides the fascism of the imperialist interests, hides the violence against the villages that resist to the new order. +As I create to have understood, also it has offered a solution for the last point of discrepancy among the Council and the European Parliament in the context of the general procedure, specifically, that reduce in 2.000 millions of euros the credits of payment. +It has been a historical year in #a lot of senses, as the Commission #would prefer -am sure- forget #some of the most dramatic moments of the past spring, as also #some of *nosotros #would prefer to forget #some of the most spectacular results of the elections of the summer! +Gentleman President, estimated and estimated colleagues, in my quality of speaker of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, have to say that the budget that now presents is a social budget, as in this case, a time incorporated our rectifications, has clearly in account the measures in matter of politics of employment. +Subject: *Machismo administrative Taking into account that the problem of the *subrepresentación and exclusion of the women of the #alto put do not resolves with the presence of men very intentional, how measured will propose the Commission to change the current situation, in the that the 90 % of the #alto put are not women? +In effect, in front of the fault of agreements of the industries *cerveceras, the operators with great quotas of market will leave to make investments in the bars in the that commercialise his products, to happen to allocate said bottoms to great advertising campaigns allocated to strengthen his position in the market. +I consider that a transparency of prices every time greater and the introduction of the euro are inducing increasingly to the consumers of the markets of prices high to purchase his vehicles in other States members. +Although it is possible that the helps in question are compatible with the #german systems and the Treaties, the Commission feels a strong worry by the distortion that #the same cause by the concentration of an increasing quantity of capacities in this specific industrial sector. +I have summoned a special meeting of the Commission of Budgets for morning to the 9.15 of the morning or to the hour in that it finish the vote, and then will vote the Report *Colom and, #if it is necessary, will vote the changes of the report of the Mr. *Bourlanges. +But although we negotiated while it bombed *Kosovo, the Council denied to adapt the category 4 to *algo so obvious like the fact that, to the cape of some months, the Union #would see involved in his reconstruction, #would have to contribute humanitarian help and, surely, #would have to compensate also to *Rumania and other countries by the losses suffered in the trade of the *Danubio. +It goes to conclude an additional agreement motivated only by the specific interests of a country of the another side of the Atlantic, which #can contribute to delay the process of definition of some common norms, since said Agreement demands, for example, the unanimity. +Without embargo, *yo *le pray that *nos say clearly of how mood #can take part the Parliament in the processes of decision, how #can guarantee that we #can take part to time, how #can guarantee the permanent transmission of the information -for example, by means of permanent speakers or of small groups of experts-, how #can fulfil the goal of the conjoint control of the Agreement of 1958 by part of the Commission and of the Parliament. +Gentleman President, #if we want to guarantee #all the social benefits that has the pure air for the humans and the environment, will have to fulfil rigorously the norms established by the recent managerial of the EU on the broadcasts of the vehicles and the quality of the fuel. +*Portugal Was the *primer #european empire and goes to be the last #european empire and #can say that it closes the cycle with "key of gold", in the measure in that, on the one hand, takes the peaceful and amicable transmission of the territory of *Macao to the Popular Chinese and, by #another, *Timor gets of happy form to his independence. +I expect that the Council and the Commission *nos guarantee that they will not throw backwards to the hour to express the indignation of *Europa in front of the continuous attacks to the human rights and to the human freedoms, it that for *nosotros supposes an important challenge in the next century. +They include the nine indicators proposed for the next evaluation of the plan of action of *Pekín and mention the commitments of the States members to reach an egalitarian participation of men and women in #all the levels to be able to and decision, in compliance with the plan of action of *Pekín. +It wanted to likewise that it took into account the fact that also the attitude of the States depending of the sensitivity of each #one and, therefore, of his culture, has shown that what more literate is a village, less external wars, less civil wars, less injustices there #be in the regions in the *cuales the culture has given steps forward. +Certainly, it #would have been preferable that the group of the groups of left had treated to express of common agreement, inside the respect of his plurality, and am convinced that it was possible to join, around these questions, to a #european plural left, #whose voice *Europa needs. +Today the Council asks #one *flexibilización to the Commission, with the pretext that, in some cases, the industries #can not avert an accidental minimum pollution of his products by matters modified genetically, during the transport or the process of transformation. +These words appear in the following questions: it meant the fall of the wall that the market assumed the power and that like result of *ello in *Beijing accept seriously the word "*mainstreaming" , that the men have withdrawn -#if no a bit to the bottom- a bit at the side and that with *ello have yielded *algo to be able to and now want to experience *algo of the *sarampión? +The internal group of the European Parliament on reproductive health has called the attention in repeated occasions on the existent relation among the fight against the poverty, the *equiparación of the woman and the reproductive health. +Gentleman President, the project *Gardaland, approved in December of 1997 by the Council of Governors of the European Bank of Investments, is a subject that already has arisen in the Parliament previously, in the turn of questions oral to the Commission. +Gentleman President, as it already has indicated the Council in his answer, the European Bank of Investments is a bank and, therefore, #can not work @atener to #the same rule of publication of documents that the legislative organs of the European Union. +Subject: Coincidence of the sessions *plenarias of the *PE with the meetings of the Council of Ministers Of the 41 meetings of the Council of Ministers programmed among the months of September and December of 1999, 18 coincide with dates in the that the European Parliament celebrates his partial periods of sessions in *Estrasburgo or *Bruselas. +Subject: Advertising of the activity of the Court of Justice of the European Communities The recent events become in the European Union have shown the need that the process of taking of decisions of the Union was transparent. +Without embargo, the secret of the deliberations stipulated in the Treaties has the argument that it is a half effective of *salvaguardar the independence of the judges, the approval of the sentences and also the conjoint interpretation of the community Right. +Gentleman President, consider that the Council has answered already to the question of the mentioned journalist, and want to call the attention on the fact that the Council modified his posture in relation with the publication of the documents of #such form that so alone a document was not facilitated. +Have also that have clear that #can not admit of any way the illegitimate practices of free finance that follow #some companies -included the public sector, that is the worst delinquent that there #be in the European Union-, and condemn to death, to the inaction, to the business castration, to thousands of companies, as I already have mentioned. +We are had to award an extension of eight months so that the States members #can recover the #stray time, but on 1 September of the year 2000 the compulsory system has to introduce definitively in #all the States members and for #all the dealers of meat of bovine. +As already it has signalled , the Commission, to avert a legal gap, #would see forced to present a third proposal, that #would be based in the article 19 of the valid Regulation (*CE) *nº 820/97 and *prorrogaría the valid disposals on the voluntary labeling. +The truth is that today we forbid the meat of bovine #american, because it contains these hormones, but also know that, #if we allowed to the Americans sell this meat of bovine in our market, to an interesting price for our consumers, and #if we indicated in a label that contained these hormones, #would follow *comprándola. +At present, and *usted *me said it even takes a moment, #everything is for building, even for reconstructing, from the point of sight logistical and of the training, in the sectors of the health, of the justice, of the public services. +#This is it that occurs with a rigorous budgetary discipline dictated to the States members, whereas the Union do not imposes to himself/hisself same #the same rigour; in effect, this budget 2000 will cost very expensive to the States, since the agricultural line, once again, pays the heaves of the external actions. +The proposal of directive by the that establish measured of fight against the *morosidad of the commercial transactions constitutes, in this sense, a good instrument to finish with the excessive and many times abusive terms of payment that apply to determined basic sectors and that they are the main cause of failure and of the financial difficulties and of investment to the that they have to face up the #SME. +We expect that the voice of the Parliament was listened by the Council and that finally #can establish some rules of game contractual harmonised in the #european field thanks to the *cuales finish with the *morosidad and the dominant positions of #some creditors in matter of terms of payment and improve like this the competitiveness of the #SME. +*Nosotros Thought that it was not neither much less the suitable moment, to the sight that the question *kurda is very far of *acercarse to a solution regarding the right of self-determination of the village *kurdo and that is not finishing at all with the rapes of the human rights. +The #european dimension of the cultural programs that deserve economic support finds beyond all doubt contained in the book in #all his potentiality, and to the Union no *le supposes any extra cost, only to the consumer. *Permítanme That call to the dear "consumer reader" . +By means of this procedure, that supported in the respect of the #european norms of competition, the Commission pretended, in reality, put in cloth of trial the system of the only price of the book, that allows especially support the literary creation and guarantee the survival of the small publishers and bookshops. +The States members of the European Union and the European Commission have accredited his attitude in favour of the international penal justice collaborating closely with the courts for the crimes of war in *Ruanda and in the ancient *Yugoslavia and *apoyándolos amply. +#The same *rebasa the 0,7 *millardos of euros and the compensations to the particular will reach the sum of 0,5 *millardos of euros. The damages in the public command encipher in more of a *millardo of frank, since they have produced #a lot of *estragos in the roads and in the roads *férreas, in the electrical and #telephone lines, in the buildings and public facilities. +*Me Seems just to signal that, taking into account the time of the that had, the commission and the Parliament have worked of the more effective and fast way possible in it that resulted to be difficult circumstances, so that the money #can be allocated to this so important Bottom the next year. +Therefore, it wanted to that so much the Commission like the Council *repensasen the subject and that the next proposal that subject to this Parliament establish the forcing of the application in #all the States members, with an only juridical foundation in the statistical subject. +It is totally incoherent to postpone a year the application of the compulsory labeling of the meat of *vacuno and condemn to #the same time the application by part of *Francia of the principle of caution, in base precisely to the fault of a compulsory labeling. +It has produced an agreement of peace among the different parts, that has applied and respected as a whole, although the security in this country follow being little stable by the presence of gentlemen of the war and by a strong advance of the fundamentalism *wahhabita present in *Afganistán. +Only in the last months has got to a true *tranquilización of the situation, after having suspended the hostilities the parts confronted in the civil war and have decided to constitute *próximamente a government of coalition. +Second, *me surprises the fact that *usted *desconozca the existence of a back resolution that forbids finally the participation of the party *ADEP in the elections and that, therefore, deprives to twenty millions of *kurdos of the right to express his political will in the elections. +Gentleman deputy, the Council takes use of #all his political and diplomatic possibilities to show clearly to the #turkish Government it that they are the #european standards of human rights and that expects of *Turquía the respect of said rights in #all the individual cases and in #all the situations. +It is necessary to consider always to *Gibraltar under two juridical systems different as it knows that the current borders of *Gibraltar do not correspond to his historical borders, is to say, there #be a part of *Gibraltar that definitely is part of Big *Bretaña and there #be another part, the situated north that, #if like this it wants , is #spanish territory under #british administration. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0158/99) of the Mr. *Herman, in name of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, on the improvement of the operation of the institutions without modifying the Treaties. +Like east is the last report of the colleague *Herman, want *expresarle my congratulations in name of the Group of the European Socialists of this Assembly by the work of twenty years, especially, by his dedication and commitment and by #everything it that has contributed to that it advance the institutional sector. +But yes it is necessary to say that it is a work that has faced up to a problem: the grave problem to the that confronts the Commission in front of the *desfase existent among his competitions, the tasks, the management of programs that *le entrust, by a part, and the means that it has, by #another. +It wanted to say to #all my colleagues how much *me have thrilled his samples of esteem and his assessment of my report and *me *apresuro to add that #this is the result of a collective work, that is not the reflection exclusively of my worries. +But also there are sectors in the that the reforms have already hit: the administrative reform, is to say, the reduction of the number of *voivodías, the sanitary reform, the introduction of boxes of illness or the reform of the pensions. +A community expanded without before have proceeded to the necessary reforms will suffer a greater and permanent vulnerability concerning the disagreements that #can prevent the progress to our last goal, that is the training of the States Joined of *Europa. +The transformations that have taken place in these countries to incorporate to the economy of market *nos have provided new markets and places of work, and this greater stability *les has helped to *sobrellevar better the #russian crisis, with it that *nos have rid to take part with programs of help. +The Commission proposes to introduce from now on an only general diet of exemption by category for #all the categories of agreements, in it that refers so much to the resale of commodities as to the services, the sakes of intermediaries and the rights of property industrial. +The #SME of #all the sectors will be able to take out benefit of the deregulation that derives of the reform of the politics, and the application of the thresholds of the parts of the market will avert that the dominant companies #can close the market. +To fulfil #all these goals that have enumerated is necessary that the office of the Defender of the European Village give reply to our citizens effectively and, thus, in the report congratulate to the Mr. *Söderman by the worry shown in that his secretariat work of suitable way. +It expected also have the occasion to appreciate personally to the President #Gil-Oaks his continuous support of my work of mediator concerning the boys kidnapped, and to give graces also to the Mr. *Söderman by his excellent work like Defender of the European Village. +It is not a trial to talk of the custody of the boys, is a legislative instrument that demands that the boys return to the country in the that reside usually, to argue the case and adopt a decision on his custody. +I believe that the most significant function that has exerted, and that follows exerting, the institution of the Defender of the Village resides, without place to doubts, in his efforts for reaching a greater transparency in the group of the EU, look #this that constitutes a look of big importance. +Lady Speaker, am totally in accordance with the Mr. *Söderman in that #if the EU had had a culture of transparency in the management #where the citizens #can examine the subjects of the civil servants, *cuando are finished, #can have averted #a lot of cases of fraud and numerous irregularities. +Gentleman President, wish to appreciate to the speaker, Mrs. *Peijs, his contribution and his support to this proposal of the Commission that modifies the program «Customs 2000». The scope and the importance of the proposal have been explained very clearly by the lady speaker, #as well as by the Gentlemen +Although the Commission comprises the reason of the modification, the first part of the text that restarts a wider subject in matter of own resources, #would find better spot in the field of the legislation on own resources, more that in this proposal. +The specific disposals for the opening of the program will decide in the field of the councils of association competent and the participation of the countries candidates in the meetings will form part of #such decisions. +#If *le suits the absolute majority, *cuando suffices the simple majority: protest; #if the Regulation establishes the absolute majority, as in the case of the approval of the management of the Commission: it #would wish that it applied the simple majority. +We are forced to remember in this Assembly that, to take part, the NATO has dispensed of a mandate of the Council of Security of the UN and that the #french Parliament has found in front of a fact consummated. +These procedures are perhaps complexes for #some, but definitely #would have allowed *ralentizar the process, argue more, and give explains that in this case the bombardments constituted a simplistic method that went to cost very expensive, human, morals and financially, including the collateral damages of the that *nosotros same will be victims -is the satisfy!-, without that thus we contribute a viable solution. +So much in the deliberations with the representatives of the European Parliament, as during the meetings of the Commission of Transports, has shown that was prepared for *replantearse the points in the that the European Parliament had effected insuperable objections. +Also *nos seems quite worrisome a situation in that each country have his system *interbancario own and, therefore, there #be not Inner Market regarding the banking systems, #as well as that consider international, with the inherent costs, the payments that take inside the Inner Market. +Thanks to this report of the Parliament, and after the queries that the Commission has effected with the professionals, the Mr. *Monti is in conditions to propose a catalogue of performances in the Summit of Colony. +In this sense, propose that it study the nomination of a Mediator of the European Union for the financial services in the markets to the by minor, independent of any national or community institution, #as well as of any type of interests created. +It #would wish to add that it is indispensable a legislation on the financial intermediaries in the field of the credit to the consumption and of the credit *hipotecario, #as well as in the of the insurances, with the end to protect to the consumers in the markets *transfronterizos. +Likewise, *nos seems too much premature to predict a chaos in the transport and the Commission insists, in it that to *eso *respecta, in keeping the cold head and follow the situation to end to determine #if the transport by road and the transport by railway #can not resolve by himself/hisself same the problems. +The Commission considers that the recent incidents take necessary the presence of the Nations Joined in this territory, and insists in that it allow the free entrance in *él to the International Committee of the #Red Cross and to other international humanitarian organisations. +The Commission repeats until the satiety that supports the current conversations on *Timor Oriental, the *cuales, in our opinion, constitute the only possibility that it reach a peaceful solution, just and durable that take into account the right to the self-determination of the inhabitants of *Timor Oriental and the interests of #all the parties. +The #aggregated juridical of the FBI has said that, in his professional opinion, the best possibilities to discover to the managers *estriban in that the #irish police take part in the investigation, because it knows the situation and the persons that #can *ayudarle. +*Cuando Condemn this particular act do not have to forget that they are terrorist of #one or another edict the that they encourage knowingly for undermining an agreement that has received the overwhelming support of the village of *Irlanda, so much of the north as of the south, and that #can not leave that they go out with the #his. +Finally, in *tercer place, the fact to authorise these vehicles, represents to increase the broadcasts *contaminantes, since it requires an additional power to drag these trailers, it that contradicts the wishes manifested by our rulers and by the European Parliament in matter of environmental politics. +We are convinced that #all the #hungarian citizens have to have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +We are convinced that #all the #slovakian citizens have to have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +To this *respecto *nos seems fundamental that #all the #czech citizens have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +This State, that is the greatest and the most populated of the candidates to the adhesion, *nos has put in knowledge his legitimate wish to join to the European Union from 1994. Only four years later initiated the true negotiations. +It is probably in this *constatación #where it is necessary to look for the explanation of the excellent cooperation of the Commission with the works of the Commission of Requests and of the persistent doubts of the Council in taking part to the common effort. +Now we have a juridical base for the program, a budget and a plan to launch a campaign of awareness #european to combat the violence against the woman. +The modern technician #would allow to condition the territory so that the persons lived in quarters and places of human dimensions, #where #all know ; it #would take place then a spontaneous social control, more effective that the judicial repression or the administrative support to the victims. +Likewise, I want to take a special call to the Commission, and simultaneously to my colleagues, so that it insist firmly to the representatives of the Council so that it generalise a wider interpretation, a field of application wider of the program *DAPHNE. +It do not fits doubt that in the majority of the cases the violence exerted against the women, the boys and the teenagers affects seriously to the physical and psychic health - an important data- of the victims. +We #can not allow that a so serious subject *trivialice until this point. Already it has said : the violence exerted against women, boys and teenagers has to consider like a grave rape of the human rights and deserves the corresponding punishment, without conditions and restrictions of any class. +The article 13 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam *proscribe the discrimination by reasons of age, sex, gender, disability, sexual orientation, etc. Now offers to the Commission a juridical support to introduce measures in *pro of the persons of age advanced and of the persons of the third age. +It wanted to express my gratitude to #all my Group, especially to the colleagues *Ria *Oomen-*Ruijten and *Bartho *Pronk, to my collaborator the Mrs. *Stein and to the collaborators of the Group in the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects #as well as to the secretariat of the Group. +It treats of the *splitting of the rights to a pension purchased by women during the marriage that left his profession to devote to the family, the *cuales, after the separation after 20 years or more of marriage and without right to incomes are in the immense majority of the strongly affected cases by the poverty. +In *Suecia, #if well the Parliament adopts decisions mark, the managers of the care and the attention of the greater persons are the regional organs and the municipalities, the most next instances to the citizens. +I know that the task to fulfil in the negotiations of the *OCM is very extensive owed in part to the bad results of the Summit of *Berlín in the agricultural sector, but suppose that the Commission and the corresponding representatives of the European Union will defend with firmness our interests. +These convergent tendencies translate the fault of appeal of the #european space, #whose main factor is the cost of the matters prevail *amiláceas, that comes to add to the other disadvantages suffered by this industry that remembered takes a moment. +The diet of restitutions to the export and to the production guarantees a compensation by the difference of prices of the matter prevails among the world-wide market and the market of the Union. +The #italian authorities requested by means of a writing of the Permanent Representation of this country dated in December of the year happened a postponement of the term fixed for his answer until 15 January 1999. +It knew, first, develop to *través of the trade and, afterwards, convert the own city of #Venecia in a big cultural centre world-wide, a centre that saw to be born, for example, the contemporary publishing industry and that always enjoyed of civil freedoms and politics a lot greater that the of the neighbouring countries. +When taking it, express our disappointment concerning the #belgian authorities, that, after formulating grave indictments on #one of our colleagues and the administration of his office and the payment to his assistant, has not contributed -in my opinion, at least- suitable documentation. +We want to give the thanks to the Mr. *Fourçans by his excellent work and also by the fact that the Commission of Subjects Economic have assumed important points of the opinion of the Commission of Subjects Social. +In effect, the *GOPE are the indispensable central instrument for an effective coordination of the economic politics in *Europa, that situate the employment, Mrs. *Lienemann, definitely, in the centre of the priorities of our governments, but also of the Commission and, of course of the Assembly. +When reiterating the support of the Parliament to the process of *Luxemburgo and insist correctly in the support that the Social Bottom European has to give to the #european strategy in *pro of the employment, the report and the resolution have sent timely messages. +At the beginning of 1998 the speaker of the Commission of Control Budgetary, the Mrs. *Theato, and *yo agree a procedure to inform to the commission *in *camera on the investigations in course of the *UCLAF and the reports of audit internal of the *Interventor financial. +Regarding the statement of reliability the Council is deeply concerned by the fact that the Court of Accounts have not been able to issue similar statement, as they continue producing #a lot of failures in the execution of the payments. +Second, I expect that this document was to disposal of the new Parliament and of the Commission in functions and his new President designated, the Mr. *Prodi, so that the deputies to the new Parliament have the information that need to end to watch by that the nomination of Commissioners take of effective form. +And now it comes the Economic and Social Committee, that is the only point in that have a problem: as *ustedes well know, is slope still the approval of the management of the Economic and Social Committee, since it is expecting a report of the *UCLAF. +By against, it that we want to it is a fully responsible Commission of his acts and of his decisions, transparent in the institutional dialogue and that assume his functions of control of the operative politics that the services commission to execute. +While the Commission follow despising the right of the Parliament to access to the informations, there will be confidence #any among the institutions and will not grow the confidence of the citizens and of the citizens in the institutions. +Graces, gentleman President, with #all respect, *Sir *Brittan, have to celebrate now the discussion and #if *usted says that there #be not any reason for the panic as have already the prohibition, then have to say that we have been very near to renounce to this prohibition and treats here surely, as it says the Mrs. *Mann, of the question of the *way *of *life in *América and in *Europa. +*Sir *Brittan, in this point it is necessary to consider *prioritaria the protection of the consumer and #this is not a juridical question, but that the juridical question has to subordinate to the protection of the consumer and to the prevention in favour of our citizens. +It That *me irritates also to a large extent is that precisely those States members that have the full mouth of the word subsidiariness have put the greater hit to allow it to the States members that say: it listens, it is not the only half but do not leaves to be a half that we want to apply for the creation of more employment. +Although the European Commission is not convinced of the character or potential of this measure to create employment, the economic and social centre of the #dutch small and medium enterprise got to the conclusion after a study, that with *ella #can create 66.000 places of work. +Lo and behold a case in that *Bruselas do not wants to more powers, but go back to award more powers to the States members so that they are *ellos the that they take the decisions; lo and behold a case in that the fiscal coordination will not involve imposed higher, but taxes lower; lo and behold a case that is totally directed to the employment. +I entrust in that the States members cost of this subsidiariness that *les concede, without *escudarse -as it fears the Mr. Go *Velzen- in the comfortable situation to have an obstacle posed by the European Union not to see exposed to the weight of the decisions taken under his responsibility. +We #can not *quedarnos blind in front of the paper and the responsibility that has to assume the European Union to contribute to put end to the #european drama of *Kosovo, #where are ignoring the most elementary values. Elementary values, human values with the that *nos enjoys *identificarnos. +I create, gentleman President proposed, that *usted has tackled #a lot of important points, without embargo, in name of National Alliance, *me allow to remember that perhaps it is precise loan greater attention to the politics of the Mediterranean, especially because *usted same has estimated timely to affirm that #this *Europa, projected to the East, is obviously #one *Europa that it #can - *sobrentiende- have left to be it sufficiently attentive to the grave problems of our Mediterranean. +We are against of any reduction of the political paper of the Commission and consider the political balance among the Commission, the Parliament and the Council the fundamental axis of the #european democracy. +With #this step to my following observation: to measure that go rooting the Inner Market and the *UEM, is indispensable that the poor regions of the Union achieve the regional bottoms, social, agricultural, of fishing and of appropriate cohesion for *garantizarles the possibility to compete in equality of conditions with #all the other States members of the Union. +#If in the context of this fundamental subject of the values, of this debate, presents #one *Europa like the that claimed in an occasion *Václav *Havel in front of this Assembly, also will be able to go back to obtain the approval of our citizens, that do not wish only #one *Europa of the markets. +It considers the current institutional frame in that it assent the Commission -the principle of parity, of equality of the States members- like principle *estructurador and historical of the Union or adheres to the most recent motivations that incite to a hasty and urgent review? +The interrogations of *les displaced made by representatives of the mission of verification of the *OSCE and by the Nations Joined, and also national interrogations, like the made by the federal Army German in the camps of refugees, reveal a picture *pavoroso of massive shootings, rapes, *saqueos and systematic destruction of the houses and properties of the *albanokosovares. +Taking *preparativos for the rehabilitation and the reconstruction after it have reached a political and diplomatic situation, that #would comport also the participation of the EU in a temporary administration of *Kosovo, in wait of the final determination of his statute. +Gentleman President, by the friendship that *me joins to the Mr. #Spencer, will say that the intervention of the Mr. *Fischer confirms that our Parliament has gone back shier that the Council in his proposals of reform of the External Politics and of Common Security. +By these reasons, and also because we have to follow improving our relations with *Rusia in the frame of the grave crisis of *Kosovo, support the decision adopted on 26 April by the Council, when approving a proposal of strategy common relative to *Rusia. +*Permítaseme Say in this moment that the fundamental conclusion of the report of the Mr. #Spencer on *Rusia, to know, that have to postpone the agreement on a common strategy until after the Summit of Colony of June is -and believe that #many suit in *ello here- a diplomatic madness. +#If the Liberal Group had not pleaded by a fast treatment in the Commission of Subjects Juridical, had not had a report on 3 December. +#Such as it signalled it yesterday the president of the Commission of Budgets, in the Commission of Budgets there #be a problem with the calendar: how guarantee that both branches of the budgetary authority #can occupy correctly of the letter *rectificativa. +Also it #would have to expand the list of the exceptions of the right of retractation, especially regarding the credits *hipotecarios and to the agreements, that have effected with a wide notarial advice, like the that it already has mentioned the Mrs. speaker. +In conclusion, also *me cheer that the Treaty of *Amsterdam have gone in in vigour three days ago and that the European Commission have of powers wider to take fulfil the legislation in the field of the consumers taking special upsetting in the protection of the human health. +*Me Seems well that it suppress the right of reflection *cuando there #be a sufficient information, and *me seems timely the allusion to the principle of honesty in the transactions, that *yo #would relate with the more *señero, older, of the fine faith in the civil Right. +A second point: the States members follow thinking that it is inadmissible to subject really the agricultural politics to a parliamentary decision, especially in the budgetary section and in the modification of the Treaty our right of query is still very little developed. +Gentleman President, going back on #the same relative question to the possible utilisation of uranium impoverished in Serbian and *Kosovo, directed a specific question so that it was included in the Turn of questions, a specific question, no a general question, as on the that treated yesterday the President in exercise of the Council. +*Yo Have to recognise that *me had forgotten completely that it went to celebrate this solemn session, and therefore it that am moving, to personal title, to the Assembly has not happened by any political sieve, and *le #can say that the evaluation that *yo #can take in these moments is that it #would go back to *votarles, so much to *usted as to the Mr. *Hänsch. +Yesterday, in the debate that celebrate, neither #can put brake to the multiple crimes of war, crimes against the humanity, and this Parliament transformed , with the resolutions, with the debate, with the interventions of the Council and of the Commission, in a washing machine of these crimes! +The Treaty of *Amsterdam has gone in in vigour only takes #one #few days and have to accumulate still experiences with *él as already now, in the wide debate on the future development and configuration of the European Union, sees every time with greater clarity that beside the European Parliament have to include also to the national Parliaments and a spectrum it wider possible of social groups. +It is true that the European Union will have to exert a very important paper in this sense, and *ello already from the stage of reconstruction, in the that the Commission - beside the World-wide Bank - will have a function of coordination. +Why each country of the *G7 has to present his own plan of reduction?Why we leave to our partners - and mainly #american - organise by *nosotros the external representation of the Community in the field of the euro, without giving *salia to the decision of the European Council of *Viena? +The principle of the *colegialidad of the political decisions *me seems indispensable, today the same that yesterday, for the own legitimacy of the Commission and of the institutional system European, without that *ello have to without embargo conduct to a fault of responsibility individual in #some situations in the that the decisions are not - and #can not - be collegiate. +The ambition manifested by the Mr. *Prodi regarding the political authority that wishes to exert with his colleagues and the European Parliament is an excellent *augurio and take votes so that this European convinced succeed, appreciating also to the Mr. *Santer it that has taken in the course of his mandate. +In this moment, by it that *me seems to perceive, the citizens of the States of the Union are concerned by the war, the misfortune, the social exclusion, the unemployment, the traffic of drug and the delinquency in general. +It is that there #be not in *Yugoslavia or in Serbian a million of innocent, a million of just, that allow to stop the stage of the bombardments, of the shatter of infrastructures generalised and the collateral damages and happen to a political solution after the punishment that received, no only the diet of *Milosevic, but the population in general? +I go to give a small example to the *respecto: *cuando the week happened the Council urged to the Commission so that it presented a proposal for the start of negotiations of association with *Albania and *Macedonia, *nos advance among 10 and 20 years, as under some normal circumstances #this #would be *algo on it that #would have thought at least in ten years. +In it that to the financial prevention refers , already have indicated that *nos remain underneath of the upper limit of the own resources, is to say, that have a very considerable *margen of financial performance of the 0, 14 % of the gross social product of the Union for unforeseen costs. +With the postponement of the reform in the dairy sector until finals of the period 2000-2006, only have displaced the costs of the reform to the following period of finance but do not surpass the disequilibriums of the market. +The President proposed, Mr. *Prodi, #can have taken -assuming like this an influential paper and balanced, and in consequence, decisive for the future work of the Commission- a call to the parts so that, in name of the «#european soul», cease immediately the ethnic massacres and the bombardments. +Of here that it result necessary to establish a new system of wages and repayments in the that the repayment of the costs go accompanied of the presentation of the bill and the payment remain conditioned to the signature by the deputy of a statement in the that appear that the costs have made in the exert of his mandate. +Lady Speaker, the World-wide Organisation of the Trade has fixed for 13 May next the date *tope so that the Europeans raise the embargo that *ellos have imposed to the imports of meat #american treated like hormones and mainly the *STB. +Besides, the speaker refuses the direct subventions to *través of the budget of the EU for the equipment and the exploitation of a supermarket and of the services of catering of the buildings of the Parliament. +In front of a so poor result for the insular cause, is *innegable that remains #everything for taking in the perspective of an effective consideration, and no only theoretical, of the specificity of the insular regions of the Union. +For the economic and social cohesion and, in consequence, for the core of the social model European, is of existential importance that have reached conclude to time the new regulation before finalising the electoral period to the European Parliament. +Said of another mood, this Parliament, that represents to #european citizens, has pronounced by our agricultural model European, by a greater equity, by a rural development balanced, by a greater quality, by the protection of the environment, as it gave off of the report *Cunha. +Like this as, *permítame, gentleman President, *plantearme a question: in this context, #which is the future of the rural world with the development of the Structural Bottoms for the urban world, with the new negotiations of the *OMC and with #one *PAC that goes against of the European Union? +Gentleman President, first of all, today have to be conscious of our responsibilities here in the last partial period of sessions of the Parliament, no only of our legislative function, but also of our commitment to provide this new round of #european bottoms to our regions and local communities punctually. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, like speaker for the *ISPA, the instrument of *preadhesión for the countries of enlargement and like person that has followed continuously the general reform of the structural Bottoms, am really happy that the Parliament conclude with hit this week the negotiations on the Diary 2000. +Anyway, today we get at the end of the agricultural reform contained in the Diary 2000 and *yo wanted to express my critical support to a reform that partially has gone losing his common #european approach and *desfigurándose before the pretences of east or that Been member. +Only that no #everything is perfect and a new advance of decisions of the Council *me concerns and *me seems inadmissible, mainly pretend introduce in the viticultural zone to new States members that have not been traditionally producers of wine: *Irlanda, *Dinamarca and *Suecia. This decision, to be applied, #would put in doubt our commitment regarding the bottom, the spirit by the that have got to an agreement. +In front of a situation of this type, had in principle two possibilities. A rigid and increasing control of the offer to take of #the same the central element of the Common Agricultural Politics or well adapt our politics of #such mood that #can attend new markets of additional sales. +In *Berlín have given also an important step to the sustainability of the agriculture as we have reached to include more acutely the environmental looks in the politics of market and in the politics for the development of the rural areas. +*Segunda: In opinion of the Commission, the shopping of intervention to some upper prices in the sector of the meat of *vacuno #would conduct to the training of new *excedentes no *vendibles and #would exert a considerable pressure on the budget #as well as on our prices of market. +The financial forecasts for the period 2000-2006 and the agreement *interinstitucional on the budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure constitute an essential part of the package of the Diary 2000. +Regarding the administrative cost, the agreement #would allow the finance of some 1.000 new places for the community institutions, and fund also the new Statute of the Deputies to the European Parliament, although it still do not discerns a solution to this subject, as *ustedes know. +Nevertheless, of the article 7 of the Protocol of *Schengen, deduces only that the Council has to adopt relative concrete disposals to the integration of the secretariat of *Schengen in the General Secretariat of the Council, is to say, the functions of the secretariat of *Schengen and no necessarily his personnel. +By causes that come to the case, publications of press also in the day of today, want to indicate that the General Secretariat of the Council is not responsible of the tensions that at present exist in #the same but that the only cause of said tensions is a political decision of the Council that is protected by the Treaty. +Of course, childbirth of the fact that the Commission will use the so evident data of a report of the Court of Accounts to defend with the maximum energy the interests of the European Union. +In the 55ª meeting of the Commission of Rights Human celebrated of the 23-3 to the 30-4-1999 in Gin, the European Union presented a project of resolution by the that it demands to the *Iraq that cooperate with the pertinent international organisations and that communicate the #whereabouts or destination of the persons that follow disappeared. +Having #this in account, #would be interesting to know #which are the plans of the Council to achieve a participation balanced of men and women in the future Commission, and how opinion *le deserves to the Council the idea to appoint to a member of the Commission that commission exclusively of the equality of opportunities among men and women. +I believe that the subject of the right of the employees to call the attention on irregularities and to take criticise public is not an internal subject related with the determination of the charges #etcetera, but that it is a subject of principles, on transparency. +In general lines, are in favour of the reform, without embargo, have to express #some reservations with regard to the grey zones that present looks that have not deepened still as, for example, the impact in the regions that, in virtue of the principle of concentration, will suffer a paralysis in his process of development. +*Me Ask #if *ustedes do not have a *tercer model, that *yo #would designate «agricultural model Austrian». Austrian, because in front of the North American #wagnerian productions, #would exist the agriculture of «operetta»: the agriculturalists #would protect the landscape, the nature, the environment, so that *Sisí #can give a walk the weekends. +To allow the operation of the inner market and the integration, #among others looks, of the free trade of the alimentary products like an element more of #the same, is fundamental that in the countries candidates respect the norms that has established the EU in matter of hygiene and health. +The results in the regulation of the measures of intervention in the sector of the fishing #can be considered like satisfactory graces, precisely, to the attitude of the Commission of Fishing that, from the *primer moment, *opuso to the initial design of the Commission. +The fact that we are planning to spend more money in the *Europa rural, to the that joins the data that every time it is lower the number of persons related with the agriculture, guarantees a level of life minimum for the agriculturalists during the next seven years. +#If well my region has reached to keep inside the Goal 1, #this is not more that a Goal 1 of transitory character, since the amount of money that has received with arrangement to this goal is #a lot of minor that the quantity *per *cápita that perceived during the last program. +It #would wish also take state my gratitude to the salient Commission because, in the *fragor of the debates, nobody has stopped to think in the members of the Commission that have developed an arduous work in favour of the #european citizens, these same citizens to the that represent. +As I already have said in reiterated occasions, the greater part of the projects of development rural #can not succeed without the fundamental business activity, the agricultural activity, since these projects do not advance by himself/hisself alone. +Had account that the consumption has descended *vertiginosamente and that the other countries have increased his confidence in the own production without resorting to the import, the collapse of the #russian economy has not taken more that weaken a market already of by himself/hisself fragile. +It is by this reason that in #some moments the European Parliament has felt the need of *radicalizar his position getting even to block the process of taking of decisions with regard to the finance of the Committees to *través of the community budget. +This guarantee *reviste a big importance, since it is the principle on the that will insist and, in case that it did not get to an agreement on this question, #can *comunicarle to the Council that, one after the other, #all the procedures of *codecisión will get to the stage of conciliation and that, #one and another time, will pose difficulties to this problem. +The most important of *ellos is the enlargement of the field of the regulation to other modalities of work atypical, like the employment of rent or the work to distance, that have increased *vertiginosamente in the last times. +The opinions of the Commissions of Subjects External and of Development and of Cooperation insist in the need to deepen and improve the conditions for his development, the same that the Commission *REX, that goes back to insist on *ello in a section of this report. +In the first place, gentleman President, is evident that #all the commissions involved of this Parliament, the Commission of Relations Economic External, the Commission of Development and Cooperation and the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, have asked it. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the Agreement of association economic, *concertación political and cooperation that today subjects to ratification of this Parliament constitutes an essential stage in the ambitious route that initiate takes already four years to establish a new relation with *México to the height of our ambitions. +Already in the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the solutions offered with regard to the implantation of the Agreement of *Schengen, the institutional questions, the subdivision and the procedures were highly debatable and little clear. Not even they form part of the Treaty, but that they are object of a protocol. +#All share pretty much with #all our heart the goal to establish a politics of refugees human, without embargo, have the feeling of that the democracy «finds better protected in the pockets of the citizens», using a #danish expression. +To avert that the #european citizens remain excluded of these new technologies of the information no only is indispensable that the training in new technologies give from the first stages of the education, but that adopt suitable measures in the field of the training along #all the life. +Gentleman President, when taking the word by last time in name of the Popular Party European giving answer to the Mr. *Barzanti, the one who has taken previously the word in name of the Socialist Group European, #can not by less to say, in an alone sentence, it that believe that we are #many in feeling, and is that *le go to throw a lot of less. +To the Mr. *Samland, that has used a no juridical argument but politician, *yo *le #would remember that this Assembly has asked many times to the Council that abandon the unanimities and the qualified majorities to go to adopt the agreements by majority. +The credits for commitments proposed for the structural actions are satisfied to the decision of the European Council; #this elevate to 32, 678 *millardos of euros, delivered among the structural Bottoms (30 *millardos) and the Bottom of Cohesion (2, 6 *millardos of euros), it that represents an effective decrease of the 7 % regarding 1999, is to say: a lot, and, in some measure, too much. +How it #can say of the consistent budgetary initiative in fixing a goal of costs in place of a maximum limit of costs, in looking for at all costs projects to spend the credits approved in place to assign credits to the existent projects? +Besides, it #can surprise the fact that during the negotiations have sacrificed the Goal 2, allocated to the industrial and rural regions in roads of economic restructuring, to the Goals 1 and 3: his endowment, for the period 1999-2006, will be of 22, 5 *millardos of *ecus, figure pretty much similar to the of the period 1994-1999. +The fact that the committees work in a frame of opening and of transparency means a progress, but *apartarlos of the national realities in the exercise of his function, for *situarlos under the authority of the Commission, constitutes a deviation that refuse. +So that it was accepted the result of the referendum on the autonomy for *Timor Oriental, foreseen for 8 August with the backrest of the Nations Joined, the plebiscite will have to celebrate in some conditions of justice and freedom that #can not entrust in that it guarantee the #indonesian army. +This agreement is the culmination of fifteen years of diplomatic management and produces *veintitrés years after the annexation by the strength of this ancient #portuguese colony in the that died hundreds of thousands of persons, victims of the civil war and of the brutal repression of the #indonesian army. +And I take votes so that #all the that they continue have the happiness to celebrate the next month of September a big victory of the village *timorense, by the expression of his free will to decide his own future in the referendum that will celebrate the next day 8 August. +I expect that after *tantos years of suffering, reestablish finally the legality, that finally the right of self-determination also was a fact and that the perspective of the referendum give a true opportunity to the democracy, in place to increase the violence, #such as *sucede in this moment in varied zones of Indonesian. +It exists a majority of 101 countries of the 190 that form the international community -and did not treats of a theoretical majority, since the Treaties approved and the constitutional modifications carried out by numerous countries like this show it-, that are favourable to the establishment of a universal moratorium. +#If today *les explain #this is for *decirles that my eyes will not go back to dampen , but that this emotion *perdurará until we have reached this moratorium, until we have reached to abandon the roads of the past, the roads of the barbarism and advance by the path of the future and of the *humanización. +This weakness is not related only with *Ocalan, but with the *importantísima question of the human rights and of the citizens for #all the Turkish, and especially, for the big minority *kurda of *Turquía. It did not recognises his identity, his tongue, his education, his political expression. +In this context, is to regret that any Been member of the European Union have ratified the Statute of said Court, especially #if we take into account that the Union has pretended to characterise for being a space no only of pluralism and of diversity, but, especially, for being a community of Right. +In concrete, from 1 January 2001 will dispense to the small and medium enterprise to present five variables, although the States members will conserve the faculty to request the variable «conditions of delivery», «modality of transport» and «statistical diet» to the companies that surpass a true threshold. +To the contrary, believe that the Parliament #would have to be the that it advanced for *esclarecer this relation of balance with the free society of the information without getting, nevertheless, to allow -as it has said the Mr. *Schulz- that Internet was a market for the commission of offences. +Lady Speaker, *me deserves #all the respect of the world that have turned off today the lights to sack of a cordial way of #all the colleagues that have been present here the Fridays, and for the that today it will be the last day in this Assembly. +The proposal of the Mr. *Malangré bases in the article 65 of the Treaty *CE, modified by the of *Amsterdam, and *yo the support; but, by a part, understand that it did not treats only of a question *procedimental and, on the other hand, with the article 65 #would be in front of a case in the that it demands the unanimity in the Council. +The organisation of the market of the starch of potato is closely related with the of the grain. With reason the producers of starch of potato operate, in big part, in #the same market that the industry of the starch of grain. +It That occurs is that these proposals are not materialising and, #if they do not promote really of an urgent form, #can disappear an important part of a very rooted sector in the #european industrial reality and that, especially, offers a big number of places of work. +#Some countries in roads of development that are members of the *OMC #would be in fact interested in reforming the agreement of the textile industry and of the preparation to accelerate the liberalisation of #all the quantitative restrictions that it will have to complete in date so next like 1 January of the year 2005. +It treats to ask a positive action by part of the Commission to ensure that the practices of trade international in relation with the products derived of the textile industry have a suitable treatment. +Gentleman President, since #this is the last session of the term of office in the that *Finlandia has converted in member of right plenary of the European Union, #would wish, as faithful *contertulio that I am of this group of the Fridays, that also the tongue *finesa took act of presence in the literal record of the last partial period of sessions. +Always it has been a joy *cuando at the end -*yo was often, although no always-, after a long and difficult work, closed with a note of humour, and wish that this spirit that *usted always has had and that today also #many have manifested it in his interventions, was also the that it chair the next Assembly. +I have received of the Group of the Popular Party European the appeals of nominations of deputies of the following commissions: Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of the Citizens, the Mr. *Wieland; Commission of Regulation, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities, the Mr. *Gahler in replacement of the Mr. *Wieland. +Therefore, every time that there #be an election -*nos go well or *nos go badly individually- is a party, is a reason of joy, because have the security that at all it is upper to the popular will to the hour to choose to his representatives. +We know, because the know very well, that is *usted a demanding personality but also that has *usted a deep sense of the balance, thing that surely *nos will help in the future, to establish a fundamental point, a new style in the relations among the European Parliament and the Commission. +The conflict of *Kosovo has gone back to situate in the centre of our consciousness the point of game of the integration: the construction of an order of peace #european. +By #this, want to express our gratitude to our political friends of the Christian Democrat Union (*CDU) and the Christian Social Union (*CSU) and also to the Liberal by the firm support *solidario that have offered to the Presidency of the Council. +The #european Commissioner German designated *Verheugen manifested after the Summit of Colony that the fast agreement to strengthen the External Politics and of Common Security of the Union hardly #would have been possible without the war of *Kosovo. +It is impossible, therefore, form a trial on the Presidency that finishes to conclude without taking into account the low profile of his predecessor and the hopes conceived as a result of the birth of the euro that afterwards have finished in the at all and have remained on the paper. +By it that refers to this last, the war of *Kosovo *nos remembers it founded of the criteria of *Copenhague, that take of the respect of the human rights and of the minorities a previous condition for #all the countries candidates to the adhesion to the European Union. +From my point of sight, a politics of defence of the Union will remain in a *atolladero regarding it essential while the Fifteen have not accepted the indivisible character of the security of the territory of the European Union. +The #finnish Presidency has requested an explanation to know #if the decision of Colony means that the EU only will be able to take part previous mandate of the UN or #if, #such as it has taken it the NATO, *ella also #can act of agreement to his own seem. +To measure that go happening the days, have increasingly the worrisome feeling of that the capacity to take the war surpasses with a lot the capacity to coordinate the reconstruction of the devastation that has suffered the life of the populations. +Some that aggravated by the crisis of confidence caused by the *descrédito of the Commission, exists a democratic deficit that affects to this Parliament, exists an abysmal distance among this Parliament and the daily problems of the #european populations. +Of course, #some have expressed -truth, gentleman *Cox?- Some weigh when seeing to ancient present Commissioners in his Commission, but *eso shows that maybe the Mr. *Cox, leaving carry by a wish of controversy, had not read well the ancient report of the experts, that precisely absolved very clearly to these Commissioners. +We go to back to his Commission and to those who doubt of his independence, gentleman President, alleging that has *demasiados socialist Commissioners *les will answer that, *cuando was designated *usted by a majority of Governments socialist and *socialdemócratas, the Group that felt more surprised by his first public statements was precisely the Socialist Group. +It is on *nosotros and our collaboration that *reposará the possibility to go out of the current crisis that has been so deep that has reduced to minimum percentages in the political history European the number of #that that went to vote in the last elections. +I #can not but *extrañarme of the attempt of the group of rights of the Parliament of *prorrogar the nomination of the Commission demanding a report on the case, report that will be drafted by a group of experts neutral. +Apart from these considerations, our candidate to the Presidency of the Commission, the Roman Mr. *Prodi, has shown before the constructive and creative spirit with the that conceives the contribution of the Commission to the next Conference *Intergubernamental. +Lady Speaker, *Finlandia, with the big experience to having survived peacefully in difficult conditions, with difficult neighbours, is the ideal country to head our efforts, that today take urgent, for the reconstruction of the *Balcanes, and, in fact, the president *Aatisaari has contributed already to the process decisively. +It Same #can say of the question of the code of behaviour for the high charges, because in the Commission, along the last years, the management definitely has relaxed regarding internal organisation, #such as it underlined the report of the wise men. +Only it #can *especular on until how point had engaged the Mr. *Bangemann with some norms of game just in this look of the inner market *cuando is wishing to sell his knowledges to #Telephone, important operator in the European Union and further. +The Council highlighted especially the need to clear in brief the question of form deep and impartial, #as well as the possibility to reform the current legislation in case to be necessary. +The Council took #all the ordinary procedures on taking of decisions to guarantee a fast explanation of the proposals of the Commission, with seen to finish this work, always that it was possible, before finals of the present year, as it has proposed the Council. +#That that at present take pressure to follow in the road of the total integration in the world-wide market with the purpose to satisfy the American demands have to give account of the so great responsibility that assume. +This week, the Commission has issued a formal statutory decision against the local organisers of the tournament of the Glass of the World of football celebrated the past year in *Francia. +Besides, it is important to add that the *imposición of a more elevated fine to the organisers of the Glass of the World of 1998 in *Francia #would have forced to the Commission to pose undertake action against the organisers of previous important tournaments, that used exactly #the same politics of sale of entrances. +Already they have begun to observe the norms, establishing the precedent, and in #all the future occasions, #that will be the mood to manage the subjects in the European Union. +Lady Speaker, the second inform elaborated by the independent experts that *nos finishes to remit is remarkable by the importance and the quality of the work made in so #few months and also by the will to describe with frankness the bad internal operation of the Commission. +We #can take #all the #european directives, #all the recommendations, #all the laws that want: #if the inspections do not guarantee his application, believe that the deep doubt of our *conciudadanos on the #european efficiency, #as well as on the interest of these norms, #can increase. +I have proposed a pair and #one of the delights to make a *primer speech in this Assembly is that #one has the feeling that these words go to be studied according to his merit and no simply judged by the background of the political party. +In the long process of gestation of the Commission of the #millenium, get to the decisive moment: his investiture, with the democratic legitimacy that *nos have given the recent #european elections to the European Parliament. +Like conclusion of the process, have decided to support the investiture of the new Commission in spite of the reservations that keep in relation with the Mrs. of Palace, #whose innocence boast, but #whose conception of the political responsibility in a subject that concerns to the community budget do not share. +The appearances of the Commission in the Parliament have not been at all an useless act or a vain representation, but absolutely essential and *usted same *nos has affirmed aptly the past week, that in any #another parliament the executive organ has to give explanation detailed #any. +But #if well no *le give neither a bounced cheque neither a cheque in white, *le communicate our will to work in common to give to #all the villages of *Europa, in spite of the difficulties and of the conflicts, reasons to believe in his own destination and entrust in his common future. +As, for example, a clean atmosphere and drinkable water, safe foods, that do not poison to the persons, or, for example, the protection of his economic interests workforces or also, for example, the definition of some basic norms in matter of health in the European Union. +Gentleman President, the right to give the approval to the Commission goes implicitly to the pair with the duty of the Parliament to verify the aptitude of the future commissioners to exert his mandate. +I go to begin with a general observation: #if the level of requirement applied to evaluate the qualification of the Commissioners went the that showed the colleague *Ingo #Friedrich in the audiences and that also has manifested in the debate of today, #any *nos #would pose difficulties. +#Both kept a debate of *primer order in the commission and offered an authentic demonstration no only of his technical qualification, but also -it that it is almost more important- of the new political culture to the that *usted same has referred , gentleman Commissioner, and of the dialogue among the European Parliament and the Commission. +It bear I satisfy, that the Mr. *Busquin have not shown the lower sensitivity, by not talking already of a commitment to defend the use of the Dutch in the #european institutions, supposes an insult for six millions of #flemish. +We want that these elements include in our agreement on the operation among the Commission and the Parliament, because the number of abstentions or of votes against in the final vote of morning on the Commission will depend of the advances that produce of here to morning in it that to these elements refers . +Without embargo, in the citizens, in the #european villages has remained an impression of fragility, by not saying of impotence; an impression of worrisome weakness precisely in front of a crucial question, in front of the question on the that arose *Europa: guarantee the peace in our continent. +*Usted Has signalled precisely like *primer goal the enlargement of the Union to the countries that are prepared and afterwards has staggered the forms of cooperation drawing concentric circles of virtual participation with the nearest countries but no prepared still for the entry. +And in the case *Dessault-*Augusta has remained among so much very clear that *él was to the common of the existence of a box *B. *Yo *me Ask: #who *nos guarantees that in the future there are not other boxes *B in the Commission, in the *DG *XII or where was, #if this subject do not resolves of way more suitable that up to now? +The *presupuestación based in the activity, the cast restricted of assignments, the responsibility in the bureaucratic device, the effective control of the economic traffic #as well as the emphasis in the economic responsibility demand without embargo #a lot of work. +In my opinion in the so mentioned pertaining assignments to the Section 4 there #be without embargo an increase in comparison with the budget of the past year and on the other hand, under the Section 4, there #be besides some points in the that they have not made cuts at all. +Regarding the orientation on the new agreements *interinstitucionales and other different instruments for the references so much of *Wynn as of *Bourlanges, warn that the Council thinks that it is possible the finance of a reservation for *Kosovo with a new orientation or trip of bottoms, but with security also the Council will respect the agreement *interinstitucional and #all his points. +Lady Speaker, the Mr. *Galeote took an intervention out of place because it did not treat of a motion of censorship to my person but of the debate of investiture of the Mr. *Prodi, and criticised it that *yo had said of the Mrs. of Palace. +Of compliance with the agenda, the Presidency of the Council -hail to the Speaker in exercise, lady. *Halonen- And of the Commission proceed to take *sendas statements on the preparatory works of the meeting of the European Council the next days 15 and 16 October in *Tampere. +As it is natural, expect that in the field of the judicial cooperation remain guaranteed the juridical security of the citizens to the time that implants a fast and effective system of police persecution *transfronterizo. It is to say, agile procedures, immediate exchange of documents, harmonisation of the penal Right and help for the victims. +On the other hand, we #can not lose of sight that the European Union has experienced an evolutionary process that has ended in the creation of a juridical order European and some #european institutions endowed of a series of competitions. +Other important questions are the politics of integration that affect also to the cultural rights of the minorities, the right to live in family with #all dignity and the political rights for #all the citizens that reside in *Europa. +The *JSA, authority *fiscalizadora, has directed hard criticisms against of the bad use given to the data, to the deficient information to the refugees on his rights and to that the same authority has not had access to the register of way suitable. +*Conque Leave to separate to the mothers of the children, to withdraw the permission of residence to a worker that has lost his employment and to violate the right of asylum. +It swims more far of the truth. Only we had the luck that thanks to the intervention of the NATO and to the return of the *albano-#Kosovar and his eagerness to initiate what before the reconstruction of his country, the flow of refugees dissolved ahead of time. +The Council of Subjects General approved the day before yesterday the measures of the European Union directed to relieve the situation of the island and decided to forbid the export to #the same of arms, ammunitions and #all type of armament that #can be used in acts of terror and repression. +*Cuando Results that the Commission hardly is going out of the gravest crisis of his history and the European Union in group has reasons for *meditar on the signal of alarm without precedents that finish of *dirigirle millions of constituents and constituents, the moment loaned so that they adopted #some measures that #can open new perspectives, to measure that took *renacer the hope. +Thus, the Basque Country keeps a political conflict with the #spanish State that has given place to demonstrations of violent type, violence that refuse the majority of *nosotros, but that has seeded and left a trail of deaths, wounds, pain, extortion, fear and #a lot of innocent victims. +By #a lot of that the resolution approved have to consider like a list of commissions that entrusts to the Commission *Prodi -that did not has our support- #can not *aprobarla, because in *ella the fundamental requests that formulates this Parliament to an administration in functions of the EU remain reflected for ever, as #if of eternal truths treated . +The Mr. *Prodi, so much by his fidelity to the principles that gave life to the current European Union as by his capacity of management tested, am safe that goes to conduct to the new Commission by the path and to the rhythm that the current circumstances require. +Thus, further of the individual questions that *atañen to #some Commissioners and that, anyway, belong to the past, have given my vote of confidence, to the new Commission, in the *convencimiento, besides, that the Parliament has of the necessary mechanisms to revoke this confidence marry to be betrayed. +By these reasons, and had account of the generally recognised competition to the Commissioners and of the will manifested by the majority of *ellos to work in narrow collaboration with the Parliament, have voted in favour of the investiture of the European Commission. +So much the reconstruction of *Kosovo like the humanitarian help for the northwest of *Turquía, after the catastrophes that have produced there, do not admit more delay. It is the moral obligation of the European Union have the necessary financial means. +#If, in the case of *Kosovo, was not necessary to ask the permission to the Council of Security neither expect to the consent of *Milosevic, ?Why in the case of *Timor Oriental is necessary to expect the permission of the Council of Security and obtain the consent of the Mr. *Habibie? +Gentleman President, from the #dutch link with Indonesian, in the first place want to say that *me has amazed to a large extent that in the international juridical order and his maintenance by part of the Council of Security, the world-wide order have shown , again, so extraordinarily #naïve. +In the west do not collect a resolution of the Nations Joined to bomb the #ex *Yugoslavia owing to *Kosovo, that still follows being part of *Yugoslavia, and without embargo up to now have not achieved *decidirnos, by the reasons that are, to launch a military intervention in name of the inhabitants of *Timor. +In this perspective, to initiative of the Council or of the States members, the Commission of Rights Human of the Nations Joined has adopted during the three last varied years resolutions that *preconizan the universal abolition of the capital pity. +Subject: reciprocal Suppression of the compulsory visa among the European Union and other countries In determined States members of the European Union, has suppressed the compulsory visa for the American citizens that travel to countries members of the Union. +A time that the Commission have presented his proposal on these regulations, the Council will consider, following the principle of reciprocity, the countries that will be *exentos of visa in the States members of the European Union. +Without embargo, want to indicate that the Ministry of Subjects External of States Joined has declared that the competent organ of the program *Attorney General yes has accepted to #Grecia as participant, but that it is necessary to expect the definite processing so that the #greek citizens #can go to States Joined without visa. +The Union underlined to the principle of the negotiations, on 31 March 1998, that the transitory periods that concede do not have to affect to the norms of the Union neither to his politics or to the normal operation of #the same. +The concrete question that take is #if the Council do not thinks that *le #can offer to *Marruecos the possibility to take a more rational procedure, because build a nuclear head office to produce 600 *Mw of electricity is "to kill flies to *cañonazos" and believe that it #would be convenient that our neighbours did not take it. +The report of the Mrs. *Pack that are debating today, with the amendment *nº 2, already takes quotation to the collaboration with the *albanokosovares that are desirous to reconstruct his state and *les has to help to take part in the projects of the European Union and loan his contribution to #the same. +Gentleman President, is very positive the fact that the Parliament involve for the first time in this subject, has competition *jurisdiccional and, especially by means of the delegation *interparlamentaria, #can take a follow-up of the operation of this service, that, of course, has to organise also the execution of the measures of accompaniment for *reinstalar to the refugees. +The Agreement proposed, #as well as the nine previous signed after the year 1972, establishes the contribution *CE to the budget of the normal programs of the Organism for the next *trienio 1999-2001 and foresees likewise annual negotiations on the contribution of the *CE to the budget of the alimentary help. +The Mrs. *Morgantini has elaborated an excellent report that has my support and the of my Group, and the two amendments are very important, because they ask an annual report and the access to the places, #as well as information on the looks of the finance. +In effect, the deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of the Nations are favourable to #one *Europa able to boost the coordination among the different States members, more that to #one *Europa bureaucratic that *preconice a strict regulation and no adapted to the diversities of the geographic and cultural situations. +In the juridical plane, wish to remember that the paper of the European Parliament consists in adapting to the current juridical foundations and that did not has to, in any case, create #one new, no according to the Treaties signed by the governments of the States members. +In the proposal of resolution appear collected, #among others points, a wish of *traspasar the police collaboration of the *tercer to the *primer *pilar, a wish to award operative competitions to the *Europol and a call to the creation of a Fiscal Ministry common European (*Corpus *Juris). +Besides, it is not casual that the already limited extension the competition of the Court of Justice in the questions that *atañen to the justice and to the internal subjects excepts on purpose the subjects related with the public order and the security. +The Assembly will know perfectly the sophisticated aptitudes of the international criminals to take advantage of of the different legal disposals and statutory all over the world and infiltrate in the economic and financial systems without repairing in the national borders. +It is incredible that the Central Bank have debugged the help conceded to #the same by the International Monetary Bottom through the corporations of paper that has in the fiscal paradise of the island of Jumper. +These foods Are selling in the #russian shops, and of this mood ruins the value of the agricultural production and of the #russian foods #as well as the possibilities of the agriculturalists, and engages his own production. +We have to take all it that was in our hand to turn off the there unchained fire, so that the persons of this part of the world have the possibility to develop his autonomies peacefully and have a future as we have reached already in *Europa. +Without embargo, expect that the president #can take out strengths of the massive support that received in the urns and that act so that the revolutionary court cancel the penalties of death and like this Will go #can continue the path of reforms and of construction of the civil society. +Varied States members contribute in the mission of the 90 military observers of Nations Joined that are deployed in the capitals of the region and in the general barracks of the rebellious groups with the end to supervise the fulfillment of the Agreement of *Lusaka. +Of course, also it #would agree with the call that, #among others, has taken the Mrs. *Maes in favour of the strict suspension of the traffic of arms that follows feeding the conflict in the region and that often has his origin here in the European Union. +The Group of the European Party of Liberal, Democrat and Reformers requests that it do not include a statement of the relative Commission to the refusal of the #french Government to raise the embargo of the meat of *vacuno #british. +*Cuando Takes some months asked to the representatives of the Commission in the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer on the relative information to the illegal recycling of muds *cloacales in *piensos for animals in #some States members, nobody #can *decirme it that it was the mud *cloacal, where was using or why. +I believe that *Europa has the obligation to transmit his knowledges and his experience in matter of the AIDS and to back economically to the #african countries that wish to loan his collaboration in his fight against the AIDS and the consequences of #the same. +The loss of youngsters in the flower of the life is *devastadora for the economic development and the productivity, the education, the agriculture and a pile of spheres socioeconomic. +I believe that the question of our obligations to this *respecto and his moral slope #can take that it progress the debate or also that it #can see this debate to the light of the concept of *condicionalidad, of the that do not refuse to take use in regard to these very poor countries that have need of our collaboration and help. +Therefore, exist or it do not exist agreement with the International Monetary Bottom, there will be support to the *ARYM, although it is evident that with the general condition that it apply the program of reforms necessary so that these bottoms at the end have a concrete effectiveness. +The Commission and the Parliament share the common goal to increase until the 12% the corresponding part to the renewable energies in the gross consumption of energy inside the Community until the year 2010. +The energetic politics elaborates , in effect, with a curtain of bottom: we want to protect the environment, want to reduce the CO2 and, therefore, have to consider, in particular, #if the liberalisation of the #european market of the electricity, #such as it is carrying out in these moments in #some States members, do not results *contraproducente. +The utilisation of the sources of energy renewable constitutes a model of development and application of the most modern technologies, that at the same time also contribute to the protection of the environment, but also has #one *segunda facet. +It treats of *algo that support clearly in the Socialist Group, but am not of the all safe that the commitment go accompanied of the political resources -that it is #one of the reasons by the that ask that the campaign encourage and boost the renewable energy- or -it that it is more important- of the financial resources. +Of #the same form in that *Pretoria #can receive to the preferences *arancelarias conceded by the European Union, #would have to offer some facilities to his neighbours, since the economic development is indispensable to guarantee the political stability and the peace in the region. +The #south african preference of game had relation with a near agreement to the disposals of the Agreement of *Lomé and the *CNUCED predicts an uneven impact on the currents of exchanges bilateral in detriment of the #south african products. +Gentleman President, like representative of an agricultural country as *Francia, and more still a country that has linked his name and his politics to a true concept of the cooperation with *África, #can not go in #the same sense that the Mrs. *Kinnock and approve the called agreement of trade and cooperation with the #South african Republic, by reasons of form and of bottom. +In our case, in the #italian case, #the same happen by some commissions ascribed, for example, to the Ministry of Industry and to the *cuales, in spite of the work that make in the commissions, hardly #can have access, so as to reach that the bottoms assign to the States members in measure every time greater. +Only I want to remember that the cultural revolution demands a period of #time longer: in this case, it only that have taken is to change #some places that was of vital importance change because it was necessary to give an example of mobility by countries and by persons; it was necessary to show that the charges are not *vitalicios for nobody. +I am fully in accordance with the points that has mentioned: the reduction of the taxes that tax the societies and his harmonisation are very useful for the #european competition, to the equal that the tax on the performances of the work. +My question has relation with the humanitarian help in the valley of the *Panshir, is to say, in the zone controlled by the resistance to the totalitarian and criminal diet of *Kabul and of the Talibans, of the *cual knows too much the appalling destination that reserve to the women. +The Commission is conscious of the scope and the possibilities of the different media and carries out two annual surveys of the public opinion with two questions: on the information that have the citizens about the subjects of the EU and how prefer to be informed. +Regarding the programs of rehabilitation. The Commission is in narrow contact with the World-wide Bank and other main donors to formulate a coherent plan, with it that will avert the duplication of the contributions of donors. +Afterwards they said that it existed a plot organised to earn helps, but the familiar of high charges of the Ministry of Agriculture that earned the helps already cultivated linen before being high charges, before the Mrs. of Palace was Minister of Agriculture and before even that the Mrs. of Palace *les knew. +The past year, more of the half of the total imports of *Turquía proceeded of the European Union, and almost the half of the total of the exports of *Turquía in #the same year directed to the European Union. +First: had to especially to the initiative of the #greek minister of External Subjects, to the one who want to express here my recognition- has reached a relation much better -#if well still no optimum- among *Turquía and our country member, #Grecia, having given also a step to the solution of the so important #cypriot question. +The Chancellor *Srenter has declared, also in *Atenas, after a meeting with the Prime minister, Mr. *Simitis, that #would consider an error refer in a public debate, in a conference of press, the conditions that will have to fulfil *Turquía to be considered like country candidate to the adhesion, *algo that gives to understand, create, lady Speaker, that *Turquía has to assume determined conditions before *considerarla country candidate. +Without embargo, the internal development of these countries and, especially, his capacity to fulfil the requirements of the Union, to enjoy also of his rights in #the same, do not adapt to a term of adhesion so fast like the that *ellos wish. +*Europa, for *nosotros, the liberal democrats, has to follow backing firmly the process of peace and of cooperation in Orient Next, although it has to engage, besides that from the point of sight economic, also in political and cultural terms purchasing a size and a political weight recognised in the region and in the world. +In the #french text and in the #english text says that "it asks to the religious authorities that cooperate without reservations" - it that, already from the point of sight lexical, differs of the #italian text - but especially "that they take part in the distribution of condoms" . +The approval of these two reports constitutes a guarantee for the #european citizens of the will of the European Union to protect the environment and to reduce, at the same time, our energetic dependency. +Now well, #if well we believe necessary associate *Turquía to the Union to avert #one derives *islamita in this country, also believe that his pure and simple integration to the current structures of the Union, like the European Parliament finishes to request, is impossible. +During decades the #turkish state has pursued to the village *kurdo and *le has denied the obvious right of the minorities to his political rights, social and cultural #as well as the right to his own language, to his own schools and to his own culture. +An important part of the development of the principle of the competition is the liberalisation of the international trade, that in our opinion will not be complete until the *OMC #can take part in the elimination of the obstacles and *tergiversaciones commercial created by private companies. +In our position -and the Presidency of the Council finishes, with reason, to remember it--, exists first of all the worry that the Union do not enclose in a sectorial negotiation, inscribed in the conclusions of the Cycle of *Uruguay, limited to the agriculture and the services. +#This is especially an appeal to the Council so that it find a uniform #european position and concede to the Commission the full confidence *otorgándole to time a general mandate of negotiation, clearing to #the same time the formal participation of the Parliament. +It Less that #can say is that these statistics do not endorse totally the idea according to the *cual the progressive dismantlement of the obstacles to the exchanges, after eight cycles of negotiations (from the beginning of the decade of the years 50 until 1994), favoured the economic growth. +The hormones in the beefs are not the most recommended recipe; the elimination of the barriers #can not carry achieve the elimination of the security and of the quality of the products. +The situation in the agricultural fields and *agroalimentario has aggravated from takes #some years, *cuando theoretically were protected by the cycle of *Uruguay and the agreements of *Marrakech, that supposed guaranteed and organise the access to the markets, the helps to the exports and the internal helps. +The result of #this is that, in this moment, the European Community is subjecting to an international organism the compulsory solution of his international controversies without having the guarantee that there #be sufficient impartiality. +I believe that in the case of the economy is not necessary, still *cuando do not treat of an exact science, since the majority of the economists consider, by the reasons that have indicated takes a moment, that the liberalisation of the exchanges goes by good path. +#This is not so evident with regard to the environment, until the point that the Commission has taken the initiative to initiate a study of the impacts in the environment in relation with the Round that go to launch. +We did not take it because in this period had not thought in *ello, did not have the means for *ello, and the fact to take it today on the base of the cycle of *Uruguay #would not have felt from the point of sight methodological. +It #would be interested in listening it that think the Commissioner and the President in exercise of the Council on the evolution of the common energetic tax, without the *cual the European Union will not be able to carry out his goals in this matter. +According to a report of the *IPCC, for the year 2010 requires a reduction of the broadcasts of the CO2 of a 35% regarding the year 1999 to be able to limit the promotion of the temperature and of the level of the water of the seas. +Regarding the ratification of the Protocol of *Kioto, #would indicate that as it has not got to agreements on the norms of control of the fulfillment of the commitments, neither on the regulations of the mechanisms of performance, *nos find with that we #would not know for sure it that are ratifying. +The coordination of the structural Bottoms to the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *nº1 is elaborated by the Commission and the Been member in question. Like this as, the cast of the structural Bottoms is not competition of the Council, but of the States members. +Obviously there #be *incumplimientos, there are delays of more of four months in the communications of lists, there #be more ships that before -among a 57% and a 63%, more in *Irlanda and in *Inglaterra- *cuando had to have less, there are damages to the ecosystem, there are damages to the economy of the persons and are not incorporating the recommendations of the *ICCAT. +Gentleman President, like the Mr. deputy knows, so much in the preferential deal in the commercial relations as in the granting of the bottoms *PHARE and in the subjects related with the agreements will apply the regional approaches foreseen by the European Union foreseen for the *Sudeste of *Europa. +Regarding the agreements, the Council signalled that the negotiations for the agreement of cooperation and stabilisation, that is the new modality of bilateral agreement among the Union and the countries of the *Sudeste of *Europa, will be begun, *basándonos in the reports of the Commission, *cuando *Croacia fulfil the criteria established. +The States members #can resort to the instruments that have created to community level for *paliar the possible effects of the suppression of the free sales of taxes, instruments that were exposed by the Commission in a communiqué directed to the Council on 17 February 1999. +We go to explain shortly with reports of varied governments, therefore, this project of resolution results extremely current. The resolution remembers once again to the governments, to *través of the Parliament and of the Council, that, like Parliament, - *me cheers a lot that #all the groups have put of agreement on this project of resolution -take really upsetting in that, in fact, present serious reports. +I think that we are wall to obtain a *primer big result in the General Assembly of the Nations Joined and that suits to concentrate to procure that the final text was a true text, a text that *nos allow to continue this battle, that -as they have said other orators- this Parliament takes so seriously. +Indonesian will not survive #if it did not knows find a solution for the violence that reproduces in #a lot of islands, #if it did not reaches the respect of the minorities inside a democratic structure and #if there #be not place for the regional autonomy. +. (IN) In relation with the capital pity: during the three last years the Commission of Rights Human of the Nations Joined has approved a resolution on the pity of death with an every time greater number of *copatrocinadores. +The Commission, by pipe of his programs of assistance in the sphere of the democratisation and the human rights, follows supporting the measures allocated to boost the confidence and the dialogue among the different communities. +This Parliament has to force to #all the States involved and to #all the Institutions to close this chapter that represents #one of the #many #italian mysteries that do not find the path of the truth and that certainly has his roots in the high spheres and the collusions. +Of course, *nos impresses the fact that in a country in the that already there are 51 reactors and the commitment to build other 20 but, do not have the suitable knowledges and the sufficient experience to avert these events. +The questions posed in the proposals of resolution about the manufacture, the transport and the utilisation of oxides mixed -the fuel *MOX- do not have at all that see with the accident of the head office of *Tokaimura. +I conclude, after giving the graces again to the Mr. President of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, #as well as to the Commission of Control Budgetary, with a pray to the House: that it approve the report of the Mr. *Napolitano. +With this directive in the that treats of the first normative frame of this type all over the world, the European Union gives a *primer decisive step to the regulation and, to #the same time, to the promotion of the electronic trade in the breast of the Community. +On the one hand, they establish #few rules, but clearly clear-cut, on the requirements that have to fulfil the electronic signatures, but, on the other hand, the States members #can decide in how cases instrumented these signatures to the traditional demonstrations of will, for example to the signature of fist and letter, to the form written or to other documentary proofs. +As I understand the situation, these versions #can pose a grave threat for the market due to the fact that #some of his disposals seem to lessen the principle of the country of origin, that, as it knows the Parliament, is the base in that it founded the only market. +Of course the velocimeters are adapted to introduce automatically a threshold of inhibition during the driving, because of it contrary -#this is like this, lamentably- the very elevated speeds for the that these vehicles are not prepared, as have the centre of gravity very high, etc., will have effects *desfavorables. +Besides, the velocimeter already is #one of the accessories of series in the majority of the available vehicles in the market of the EU, without that #this influence of significant way in the final price of the vehicle. +It has got the moment that in the European Union opt by a *presupuestación based in the activity, by an administration in the that *rindan explain by means of the results, by the delegation of powers and competitions to inferior levels and by the explanation of the personal competitions. +The first was to conciliate the budgetary nomenclature in relation with the clear-cut priorities in the Treaty of *Amsterdam and, especially, the fact that from now the creation of a space of freedom, of security and of justice is #one of the fundamental goals of the Union. +Finally, gentleman President, talking like member of the #greek representation, wanted to express my weigh, because the #european institutions still have not found a correct juridical base to be able to loan help to a Been member that recently has suffered the consequences of the natural catastrophes. +Also I seat that the Commission of Budgets did not approve to move the training of the nuclear inspectors in the ancient Soviet Union of the line of politics external to the of energy, with the that said training #can make of form much more effective. +The supplementary bottoms conceded for the new places of the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Office of *Dublín will convince to our citizens that are taking measured to protect the quality and the security of the food that put in the plate. +The Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities asks that it apply in this context a wide interpretation of the concept of health, that include so much the physical welfare as also the psychic and social welfare. +By this reason want to underline that the backrest of the majority of the Group *ELDR to the strategy presented by the speaker, Mr. *Bourlanges and that has by object *rebatir the general cut of a 10% of the external costs is not sample of fault of will to find forms to save. +It is evident that the circumstances of the years happened -the resignation of the Commission and the reports of the Committee of Experts- *nos warn of the need that *nos procure a base that *nos take to entrust in a wise administration of the bottoms. +And we want to that the States members face up to the exceptional circumstances, and the reconstruction of *Kosovo is an exceptional circumstance, with exceptional solutions that do not have to look for through a simple linear cut tax to the Parliament in his lines and in his programs. +#This do not has to suppose at all an increase of the public cost in *Europa, but demands that each State, #all the #european States are had to transfer to the Union the corresponding resources to the transfer in fact of the competitions. +During this long and intense month of transactions, the Parliament encouraged in taking see to the Council that no only of *FEOGA and structural Bottoms lives the Union, and that the remaining 20% of the budget also served to the goals of the Union and that, often, affected to subjects very sensitive politically. +In consequence, the reasons to approve or refuse the Budget only #can base in the grade in that the definition of the central axes of the political answer to the own approaches and in #if the endowment of resources financial for said political is sufficient. +In a world *cambiante, have to be in conditions to undertake adjust of the budget much more quickly, so that without increasing the global budget #can answer to new needs, for example and very especially, to the development of the new countries members of *Europa Oriental, but also to the humanitarian help in cases of catastrophe and to the reconstruction of the *Balcanes, that do not have to be funded with reductions in the help to the *tercer world. +The new Commission proposes apply the different criteria that *ustedes have gone back to expose for the adjudication and supervision of the works hired with offices of technical assistance, so as to determine clearly of how looks will have to commission the public administration and #which will be able to entrust to the offices of assistance technical. +Without embargo, since these visits to the #ECB are of character more informal, is not necessary to say that they have to consider like a supplementary instrument of communication among both institutions and that #can not consider a substitute of the periodic public audiences in the European Parliament. +Try use the monetary politics to increase the real economic activity above his sustainable level will not take but produce in the long run a still greater inflation, no an economic growth faster. +Although the contribution that takes when keeping the stability of the prices do not has to overlook, the monetary politics clearly #can not resolve the grave structural problem of the unemployment in the zone of the euro. +Said coordination #would tend to diminish the democratic responsibility, to reduce the transparency of the political frame of face to the public opinion and to increase the uncertainty on the sectorial performances, looming potentially with *desestabilizar the economy. +In the actuality, the results of the systems of payment to the by minor *transfronterizos carry a clear delay regarding the political goals of the Economic and Monetary Union and, even, to the expectations of #a lot of citizens and small #european companies. +After the introduction of the notes and coins of euros on 1 January 2002, these differences regarding the levels of service of the national payments and *transfronterizos inside the zone of the only coin will take even more evident. +#This shows that the #ECB takes seriously his responsibility to support other common economic goals, in particular the of the employment, and *nosotros know that the circumstantial bonanza in the European Union, in spite of the evolution differentiated inside the zone "euro 11" , will follow requiring support. +*Unicamente A total transparency of the report among the goals fixed by the Treaty and the actions of the members of the Council will allow to the Europeans appreciate #if the members of the Council fulfil correctly with his mission, *algo that *nosotros do not doubt. +Gentleman President, nine months after the launching of the euro and blurred the enthusiasm by his future paper like the main currency of international reservation owing to the weakness of the types of change, #can not announce to the four winds a hit without *calificativos. +Also it resulted garbled yesterday listen that the Mr. *Issing, economist boss of the #ECB, when seeming had declared in *Londres that the Bank #would not publish his economic forecasts for the territory of the euro, perpetuating a culture of the secret. +I believe that it #would be well that thought in a new system and that #would owe *preguntarnos how #can guarantee a better parliamentary collaboration with a series of countries in roads of development and with the countries of *Europa Central and Oriental, to the that go to help, and do not say it because the *ONG do not go to follow being there, but because I believe that it is an image *algo mistaken the that give of the consolidation of the democracy #if we say that only the *ONG #can take part actively. +Gentleman President, his visit to the European Parliament produces in a moment in the that #all the #colombian population in his group has manifested #alto and clear his wish of peace civil, of democracy and of respect by the human rights. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report of the European Council and the statement of the relative Commission to the results of the European Council of the past days 15 and 16 October in *Tampere. +Like this it takes in the conclusions of the necessary form to attend the legitimate worries of the citizens in matter of security and judicial guarantee of his rights, as it is norm in a Union that pretends to base in the principle of *prevalencia of the right and of the law. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, Prime minister *Lipponen, *me #one to the vision that the European Council of *Tampere #can be considered historical, due to the fact that it is the first time that the Council has treated and has put in command of the #european diary the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice. +Our Group adds to the idea of the Council that the Union and his States members reinforce the opening of the Union to the rest of the world in the field of the personal relations, cultural, political and economic. +And in this sense, believe that here it opens a new important front and support also -as we have taken with the initiative of the Parliament- the creation of the bottom of refugees, that believe that it #can be a very decisive element. +I will give only an example among the #many that #can give : the priority awarded to the cooperation against the juvenile delinquency in the cities *nos seems *algo odd and out of place, since for *reprimirla really the States #would take better in intensifying his efforts of cooperation to eradicate the delinquency organised that acts increasingly to scale international. +*Me Seems also that the Commission, in the new spirit of *Tampere and like watchdog of the community juridical legislation, #would have to take fulfil the directives to pursue the bleaching of money, #whose *incumplimiento is preventing an effective judicial cooperation, as, for example, in the case of *Gibraltar. +But in a more general plane, and in particular *cuando has treated of questions of immigration, the Council has sunk in two contradictions that, by it other, remit, the two, to his fault of value political or to the mutual paralysis of his members: we do not know well. +Without embargo, a restructuring #can be intelligent, is to say, #can take into account the social and economic cost; and it #can be short of sight, is to say, #can take into account today the economic cost and pay the social cost a lot afterwards, because they are #many the factors that go to influence negatively in a company that do not takes into account the social dimension. +In front of the new technologies and to the revolution of the information, there #be place for a new conception of the productivity, based no in the rationing of the social costs, but in the promotion of the human capacities. +Then they have value to watch of front the reality: the employees of *Michelin are not victims of the direction of *Michelin, but of His *Señorías, merchants of the *mundialismo, as also they are it the employees of the banking sector, of the insurances, of the car sector and #many #others, #whose companies merge , move or restructure to be able to survive. +Yesterday this Parliament asked to the President *Duisenberg that subjected the monetary politics to the needs of growth of #one *Europa that do not knows to reform, that do not knows to reform the economies and that neither knows to liberalise the markets, especially the market of work. +In this frame, *nos find in front of the difficult problem of the transfers: difficult, as, obviously, destroy put of work in *Europa; difficult, as #the same that the *vilipendian today demand, simultaneously, that *Europa multiply the investments in the countries in roads of development and facilitate to the maximum the entrance in the territory of the European Union of pertinent products of these countries. +But, said *eso, the that believe in the market and *militamos in this part of the Hemicycle, far of the autarchic temptations of a side and #another of the Assembly, believe that the principle of compensation social has to balance the principle of a market that work. +In this document refers, as, "the #european companies consider that they are an inseparable part of the society; #this means that they act of a socially responsible way: they consider the benefits his main goal, but no the only reason of his existence. +Perhaps it owe to that fear difficulties in the verification and to that the prohibition #can allow to countries like *Corea of the North and *Irak make proofs of low level, or perhaps fear that by means of the permanent cessation of the proofs, the States Joined #can see *mermados his nuclear arsenal and his strength of deterrence. +To finalise, wish to support again it that the Parliament agreed on 18 November of the past year; it supported the statements of the eight States of 9 June 1998, the *new diary *coalition, a definite elimination and total of the nuclear arms. +Gentleman President, want to have hopes in that the decision of the Senate of the States Joined is a form of *esquivar provisionally the ethical obligation that has the *superpotencia world-wide in front of the world-wide public opinion, like country that has to be *vanguardista in the politics of reduction of the nuclear danger. +*Muchísimos States have abandoned of voluntary form the possession of this type of arms. The great states, that have of nuclear arms, have reduced considerably his arsenals of arms nuclear, but #can not be really satisfied with *ello. +It wanted to ask to the Commissioner *Patten, #if still *me listens, #if it agrees *conmigo in that #this reinforces the need of an external politics and of effective #european defence, that *nos allow to undertake measures with independence - no already depend, but rather protect our security so that it do not see *vapuleada constantly by the winds of the national politics American and by the presidential elections of the States Joined. +I expect with interest the end of the discussion that has announced the speaker of the Commission of Budgets in relation with the form of assignment of the means in the chapter To 30 of the budget for the year 2001. +Now that talk of the *Europa of the next century, the new and big *Europa, the *Europa of the enlargement, #would not result, perhaps, advantageous launch in this moment, once and for all, a brave cultural politics, since the culture is not *algo on it that have to treat of #the same form that treat the purportedly important subjects. +*Permítaseme Also an observation by it that refers to the amendment 12: this amendment is accepted keeping some flexibility to end to be able to approximate, on this concrete point, during the stage of conciliation, the positions of the Council and of the Parliament. +The Commission accepts the amendment 13, that proposes criteria *indicativos of budgetary distribution among the great cultural spheres, to the time that increases of 9% to 11% the percentage in favour of the actions in the sector of the book and the reading, #whose mount annual #would diminish noticeably in comparison with the program *Ariane. +The new line affects to the preparatory measures of the audiovisual sector and do not takes any reference to the section 3 of the ancient article 130, relative to the industrial development and to the decisions in #whose virtue of established the program *Eureka Audiovisual. +It is to regret that, like result of the vote of the commission of culture, youth, education, communication and sport, go to present that the finance of the Audiovisual Observatory guarantee for only three years, against of the posture, in #others, of the president of said parliamentary commission, Mr. *Gargani, that presented a report to the *respecto. +Now well, in the budget of the European Parliament, in the *rúbrica 3710, read with surprise the following formulation: "Contributions in favour of the political parties Europeans" , with the following explanation: "The Commission #would have to, it before possible, subject a statute of parties political Europeans" . +The past year, the Court of Justice of the Communities condemned severely the fact to engage budgetary costs without legal base by the Commission, with the complicity of the European Parliament. +The countries industrialised, in group, and the States members of the Union, in particular, do not owe *desentenderse of the help to the development, since *ello #would have sanitary repercussions, social, economic and grave politics in the always fragile balance of the most disadvantaged countries. +*Me Seems a grave political error that, #if the Council and the Commission have established a system by means of the *cual his own members, the Commissioners, the Ministers and Bosses of Government of the States members, #can be investigated in case of irregularity, #can not be it the deputies. +The company *Michelin, that finishes to proceed, in *Francia, to a series of dismissals controversial, finds , precisely, in a situation of this gender, since his main competitor produces pneumatic in the countries of the East, to coast of wages five less high times. +The truth is that the Managerial frame went in in vigour in January of 1997 and the present proposal of the Commission treats to resolve the problems of application of the transitory disposals on the containers for the transport of gases and on the *cisternas. +In another order of things, to the Mr. *Pohjamo *le #would answer that the Directive 96/35 on the advisers of security, that will go in in vigour from 1 January 2000, has to contribute to the application of the legislation on transport of dangerous commodities, *hacerla more transparent and more in accordance with it that #all pretend. +In front of *usted, gentleman *Fischler, believe that it is not necessary to insist once again in the importance of this agreement with *Marruecos for some States members, as *España and *Portugal, and for determined autonomous communities, as *Galicia, *Andalucía and Canarian, #all *ellas, as it is known, inside the Goal 1, very dependent of the fishing and, for the time being, without *caladeros alternative for his fleets and with a business structure that disables some forms of cooperation. +It was *usted a Commissioner in functions and *yo *me adhere to the simile of my mate *Varela *Suanzes-*Carpegna bear *decirle that here has *usted a good bull, a *miura bear *lidiar; it undertake *usted a fine negotiation, *llévela to good port, defend *usted, gentleman Commissioner, the interests of the #european fishermen like the #moroccan Government will defend the interests of the #his. +Therefore, to the equal that the sector, believe that this time -and in this case seat especially that it was not the Council, because to *él is to the one who mainly *me direct- have to *plantarnos and give the signal that, #if well we carry years asking and begging that *nos allow to take part, as simple observers, in the negotiations of the agreements of fishing, now already, gentleman President, #can not postpone this participation. +They #can be insurances of a thing: although to the principle of the present debate have not enumerated #all the factors that leave of self-evident the importance of this agreement, especially for the sector *pesquero #spanish and also for the economy *pesquera #portuguese, am very conscious of the transcendence that has. +Have understood that my colleague the Commissioner *Byrne and the president of the Scientific Committee Director have summoned a conference of press in *Bruselas for this afternoon to the 18 hours, in the that will give to know the results of the meeting of the scientists. +Perhaps the Mr. *Parish #can send a copy of his speech to the boss of his party, because lamentably, in Big *Bretaña, the boss of his favourable party that forbid the import of products #french in the Realm Joined. +With an embargo and a prohibition of export do not combats the illness *EEB. In this way, it proceeds to the location of the problem and creates an instrument that allows to implant the rule of security #european stipulated by the Commission. +In *Francia, this Agency of Security Sanitary Alimentary established thanks to the pressure of the population, of the consumers and, clear is, of the environmentalists and of the Group of the Greens in the European Parliament. +Meanwhile, the authorities of the Realm Joined have prepared his own system of relative labeling to the plan of *inocuidad of the meat of bovine and have indicated that this system of labeling, with voluntary character, #would work in relation with the exports to *Francia and to other countries. +This Committee is the that celebrated the vote and issued a *dictamen unanimous, after having examined #all the information that appeared in the report of the Special Committee and #some other documents facilitated by the Special Group and, obviously, applying his own scientific knowledges. +The Commission has of an unanimous report of the best scientists and veterinary of the European Union, that have expressed his opinion that the meat of bovine #british exported with arrangement to the plan of export according to a calendar established is so innocuous like any #another of *Europa. +Gentleman President, the #european pacts on the employment, the processes of *Cardiff, of *Luxemburgo, of Colony and the combination among *ellos, the dialogues *macroeconómicos, the technical organs and politicians of these dialogues do not tend to boost the employment in *Europa positively for the workers. +*Me Seems to understand that, further of #some statements of principle, there #be not at all effective, do not exists any proposal, there #be not any rigorous analysis, although the analysis of the state of health of #a lot of #european economies, in particular continental, #would have to be it. +By #this *nosotros want *hacerles a very concrete question: When they go to reach agreements in the that they establish concrete criteria that allow to evaluate in how measured #can contribute the public investments to the consolidation of the process of growth, with effects also clearly positive in the market of work? +How resulted #can have the structural unemployment, the unemployment of long length, the juvenile unemployment and the efforts made with the politics of the employment and the 22 lines guidelines, with the plans of action of the countries members? +In fact, *yo go to go more far and ask the exclusion of the workers that take part in the preparation of fish cool -and underline: cool fish-, because in the case of the fish there #be not a continuity of supply. +According to the study of the Commission, in the moment in that it approved the original directive on the labour day in *Irlanda the doctors of hospital no specialists worked more of the 65 hours allowed to the week and exerted tasks *indistinguibles of the of his upper colleagues. +The quoted study enumerates also the following questions: fixation of turns no realistic, prolonged periods of continuous service, distribution of the tasks among auxiliary and upper doctors, pressures no official to the doctors in period of training, vulnerability of the periods of rest and the rhythm of pressures and needs of the service. +The problem that *nos poses in the case of Chinese -already has signalled *justificadamente and also *nos poses with other countries- is the of the human rights, to the *cual it is necessary to add, in the case of Chinese, the problem of the *Tíbet, the gestures *amenazadores to *Taiwan, etc. +By it that refers to the possible contribution of the network Internet, think that by means of this type of contacts and also, as it has said His *Señoría on purpose of the electronic trade, thanks to this type of agreements scientific there will be #any forms of possible dialogue in the future. +*Nos Have seen forced to work quickly, but on the other hand, also *me *atrevo to say that I regret the that my Group have not reached the agreement of the commission on a series of points that consider *prioritarios. It is therefore, gentleman *Pronk, by it that have decided to go back to present these amendments that *nos seem fundamental. +To our opinion, is recommended that also in this field the States members guide by the behaviour of the three countries of the Union that obtain the best results, as it has come taking in the frame of the Economic and Monetary Union European and the own politics of employment. +Frankly hardly I #can believe that this proposal to initiate a process of *Luxemburgo for the social security have been refused in commission by our colleagues of the *PPE, in spite of constituting the core of the Report *Pronk that vote in the previous Parliament. +Thus, we think like members of the *ELDR that with the package on the employment has found a fine solution to the problem of how conciliate the principle of subsidiariness with the wish to guarantee a coordination of the politics of employment. +The reports of the countries members on the mood in that they fulfil the guidelines no only show how these countries the are fixing by separate but that also open the path for a reciprocal inspiration, in the *cual some countries #can learn of the fine results of #others. +The *UEM has succeeded in the measure that a coordination of this nature has made possible to reach the common goals that the countries proposed for the inflation, for the types of interest and for the budgetary deficit. +*Cuando The money #would have to be using to answer to the needs of women and men, to the needs of our societies, the subject *Michelin symbolises the dictatorship of the law of the money on the economy and the persons. +Investigations that finish to publish in *Gales, country that represent, show once again that the women follow having a very low representation in the places of direction of the companies and that do not rise in the professional career with the rapidity that #would fit to expect of his aptitudes. +In this context, *me remit also to the experiment of reduction of the VAT in the sector services, the *cual was approved properly by the Council, but seem to be that the States members are not it setting up, except #some exceptions. At least regarding my country, *Finlandia, had wished a different solution to the *respecto. +Before we happen to the next batch of votes on the report *Smet, #can concede to the Mrs. *Smet the opportunity to clear, so that it state in Record, a look that did not have the opportunity to clear at the end of the debate of yesterday in relation with the fishermen to the part that are autonomous. +It is necessary, especially, tackle a reform and a modernisation of the education and in the training that benefit to #all, without any discrimination that base in the half social or in the person, and that incorporate the technological and computer changes, #as well as combat *encarnizadamente #all the forms of unemployment and of precarious work. +It treats of a subject essentially politician in the that it sees to the conservative right flirt with the precariousness and to the strengths of the left try put in foot the social convergence, insisting in the relation among the employment, his quality and the social protection. +The use of facilities fiscal like "carrot" for the renewal of the old and heavy *utilitarios, is entirely justified, #as well as the fiscal advantages directed to the respectful vehicles with the environment: all #this so that it accelerate the introduction of vehicles less *contaminantes. +Gentleman *Lange, perhaps #can *usted try once again reach with the Council a commitment in a nocturnal session, so that *nos see free of a decision in consciousness to vote against of his excellent report, in favour of the *cual *me #would enjoy to vote, or -almost is necessary to say it now- against of the environment, since all goes back again to the tail of wait. +The Commission believes that the state of development of the necessary technology to apply limitations so severe to the oxides of nitrogen hampers in these moments the acceptance of a previous date to October of the 2008. +Besides, *cuando in the 2001, in the Nations Joined, take a balance of the First World-wide Summit of the Boys, suggest that in our Parliament believes a European Parliament of the Boys, prepared with *ellos, to celebrate this European World-wide Summit in the 2001. +But also I want to believe that, under the responsibility of the Commission, #can think in promoting a comparative study of the incorporation of the Convention of the Rights of the Boy to the national legislations of #a lot of States members. +The reason of this question is to ask to the Commission no only that it express of clear form respect to the proposals of the Parliament, but especially *preguntarle by the modalities and the terms of presentation of his version reviewed in relation with the position of the Parliament. +Although after the elections outline in this Assembly a new and distinct majority and although there are amendments that the members of the *ELDR appreciate more that #others, yes, although there are elements of the proposal that *nos had enjoyed that they had remained was, back this initiative on the query and the announcement of the action. +On the other hand, the *segunda big amendment said that #if the direction of a company retained information to the representatives of the workers, had to take possible of a sanction, and no only in the case of the retentions of information that the directions of the companies judged important, that is a concept very little precise. +Like this, the worse salaried workers paid and even the unemployed or the that *carecen of domicile, when paying the VAT on his foods, contribute to fund the #european institutions that, without embargo, have not taken an alone measure in his favour. +In the current system did not exists already the transparency because of the numerous individual regulations relative to the tax of collection of the VAT, to the #british discount and his finance. +Besides, the Commission refers to this evolution, #as well as to the experience purchased of his application until the actuality to get to his current proposal that aspires to modify and reinforce the valid directive the *cual *atañe, especially, to the sector of the agricultural costs. +But in the global transfer, that forms part of the three instruments, and that the Commission *nos had presented to increase the credits of payment, part of this group did not happens by this procedure in the Plenary. +But, as I already have indicated, it has not loaned attention to another big number of environmental looks. Of this form #can not talk here at all of a more effective integration of the environmental dimension in the energetic politics. +We believe that the fishermen will be able to enjoy of a better protection regulating the labour day or the time of rest by days or by weeks, as it proposes the Council, before that by a fixed limit of 48 hours inside a period of reference of 12 months. +There #be not, gentleman President, formal #european citizenships, there #be #european citizenship *cuando in the most next of #all the branches of the right, the civil right, *Europa also has legitimacy and strength to guarantee rights of the citizens and impose the justice. +But it exists -and here the words of the Commissioner have been very clear- the absolute need to plant in *primer plane the nuclear security and expect that #this #such as it has said it *usted, gentleman Commissioner, was the guideline and the base of the negotiations with our neighbours of the *Europa Oriental. +From then it finds *algo *empolvado in a drawer of the Minister for the Protection of the Consumers, the Mrs. *Prammer. But thanks to the positive cooperation with the *ONG occupied in environmental subjects, knew of the existence of said study and from the past Thursday *nos have been able to occupy in depth of his content. +To fault of official procedures to raise the prohibition inside the EU, the situation results even more difficult, as they testify it the #british management to reach the lifting of the prohibition in third countries, included the States Joined, and in his partners of the *Commonwealth. +It wanted to *decirle to the gentleman Commissioner that here there #be had some agreements that have established clearly two obligations by part of both sides: the States Joined engaged to modify the title *IV of the law and to not applying the law to #european companies. +Subject: *Timor Oriental In the session of the European Parliament of the past 5 October, the Commissioner *Patten informed of the absolute priority that concedes the European Commission to the subject of the humanitarian help and to the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental. +The Commission is preparing guidelines on the supervision and the presentation of reports together with the States members that will allow to take comparisons and add the results and the maps from the year 2000, *cuando the States members inform on the repercussions of his first programs of action. +I know that it has to , of course, and the Commission knows the important economic measures and social that have to adopt the States members with a very intensive production to adapt the structures and the methods *agropecuarios to the requirements of the directive. +In it that refers , gentleman *Pohjamo, *Señorías, to the list of the admissible regions, wanted to remember that the Commission had directed to the States members a letter, on 1 July 1999, *pidiéndoles present his proposals before 31 August 1999. +I want to require, #if have the time, that requires a big flexibility, open, for each Been member, but have to find, in the map that will be finally approved in the frame of the Goal 2, at least the half of the population that initially identified like inhabitant in the eligible zones of compliance with the community criteria. +I expect that at the end of this year we receive the reactions of the States members and of this Parliament so that we #can begin immediately to the beginning of the year 2000 to present a specific #european legislation on this question and follow exerting pressures for the ratification of the Agreement of 1993. +Second, in the field of *Eurocontrol, and no only in the of *Eurocontrol but in #all the fields, have to guarantee the efficiency and transparency in the operation of the providers of services aerial and, besides, carry out the division among it that they are the statutory responsibilities and the provision of services. +It #can the Commission describe the general situation regarding the measures adopted by the countries candidates for *modernizar his systems of security social and, on the other hand, inform of the measures adopted and foreseen to contribute to the effort of the countries candidates to this *respecto? +It is it that have taken in the past and will follow it taking in the future, #if well I want *indicarle that here the practical is very diverse, is to say, that is not true that the majority of the candidates to the adhesion was by behind the standards of the States members in this question. +Subject: The enlargement of the Union and the agreement of *Schengen The countries candidates will have to assume the legislation of the EU in matter of expedition of visas and controls of entrance in the borders of the EU. #This involves a considerable change in the practices of #some of these countries. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Secretary of the Council and High Representative for the External Politics and of Common Security, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, in the first place want to hail the appearance of the Mr. #Solana in his triple condition of General Secretary of the Council, High Representative for the External Politics and of Common Security and General Secretary of the *UEO, for the moment *in *pectore. +In the exercise of his new responsibilities, will have *usted in my Group to a demanding speaker, #if it gets the case, severely critical, but deeply convinced that the European Union has to be more present, be more active, more *voluntarista in the international scene. +And more *parabienes, but #this seriously, as simple suggestion, for the external politics and of common security. Probably follow the procedure of the Economic and Monetary Union with regard to a diplomatic union and soldier #can be a fine suggestion to translate the statements of principle in steps more concrete. +The permanent dialogue with the previous Commissioner, *Sir *Leon *Brittan, along 1998 and in the first months of 1999 contributed, on the other hand, to that the Communication of the Commission of 14 July 1999 incorporated #many of the approaches of the European Parliament and all his content. +We consider likewise fundamental the principles of caution and alimentary security, because we do not want that *nos invade the foods *transgénicos, and by #this consider necessary to invest the charge of the proof and that the experts are really independent of the interests of the Governments and of the multinationals. +The point of game of the Report *Haug was that the position of March past, especially the relative point to the elimination of #all the clauses of exception, has to carry now to the practice. +I create, thus, *parafraseando it that the Mr. *Patten said during his intervention, that is bad to trade with states that violate the human rights of massive form - *él referred then to Chinese in answer to a #ours question - and that, in fact, also is well not forgetting the financial and economic measures *cuando treats to issue a clear signal. +Our negotiators have to encourage by that these countries really take part to *través of the institutional support, the free entrance in our markets, the fulfillment of the #granting agreed -for example, *cuando treat of the textile products- and the prevention of the called "green protectionism" . +The one who pleads by the demolition of the #european agricultural politics, pleads, simultaneously, by the destruction of #everything it that in *Europa has reached in the field of the rural politics, of the welfare of the animals and of the welfare of the persons. +By the contrary, *cuando the deficit of integration results of the internal politics or of deficient development, the extension of the terms of application, the multiplication of measures preferential, do not constitute fine solutions. +I take the word, in this case in name of the Commission of Budgets, to mention the main points that said commission considers important that treat in the Conference of reform of the Treaties, splitting of the base that the that lives out of the budget in politics lives in the error. +#This includes also the division of the Council of Ministers -#such as it proposed the Report *Dehaene- in a Council of Ministers executive, that #can celebrate his sessions to enclosed door, and a Council of Ministers legislative, #whose meetings #would have to be public. +The positions expressed in the report of the Gentlemen *Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen were reinforced by the illustrated to the Parliament, with the communications of the President *Prodi and of the Mr. *Barnier, in name of the European Commission the day after the vote in our commission. +In any case, the problem that poses the *legitimación of a space or a market without State requires that we take an attempt, that has to go accompanied of the creation of a #european civil society and the training of a #european public opinion. +In October, in the special meeting of the Council of *Europa in *Tampere on the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice, took upsetting, among other things, in the importance to confront the problems derived of the drug in his whole. +The complementary question that take to the Council is #if it #can consider the possibility to go in in contact with the #moroccan Government so as to avert that it undertake now this absolutely dangerous adventure for *Marruecos and, of course, for *nosotros, his more next neighbours. +Gentleman President, do not take the word to take part on the content of bottom of the question of the Mr. *Alavanos, but to take a comment and direct afterwards a question to the Mr. Minister on purpose of the answer that has given. +It #would be necessary to clear it before possible the obstacles for the opening of the *Danubio, but has not been possible to begin to cooperate in this sense, and *Jugoslavia neither has adopted any measure to open the *Danubio, although yes it #would be #his responsibility in virtue of the international agreements. +Now well, #if we do not have time to examine the question this morning, #if there #be *demasiados orators inscribed to take the word in relation with the Report *Napolitano and with the Report *Giannakou, then will second the proposal of the Mr. *Pirker that we do not vote tomorrow on the question. +Gentleman President, so only want to remember that the article 115 of the Regulation, already applied regarding the Report *Napolitano, foresees that "except in the cases of urgency foreseen in the articles 50 and 112, only will be able to proceed to the debate and to the vote of a text #if #this has been distributed with *veinticuatro hours of *antelación like minimum" . +Five months ago that the Parliament #would have to have accepted this agreement, and *me seems that the public opinion simply will not appreciate a new refusal to follow advance and to establish a rigorous diet but *equitativo for the Parliament, the same that for the other organs. +#This constitutes a general permission to an authority, that no only leaves to the deputies to favour of any complaint, but that creates a system of delation and of political agitation that supposes an insult to the free mandate and to a free Parliament. +Without embargo, estimate that the debates of this Parliament, of our parliamentary commission have been sufficient to be able to elaborate a good report like #this with the support of the greater part of the political Groups and congratulate to the speaker by his work. +In my opinion, the communication of the Commission represents a good point of game for the development of a world-wide #european strategy, *multidisciplinaria and integrated of fight against the illicit drugs in accordance with the that approved the General Assembly of the Nations Joined in 1998. +I believe that a Parliament that do not has the value to amend a situation of patent discrimination that reaches to #some of his members and to millions of #european citizens, is a Parliament that #can not teach, as it #would want to and as it #can, the democracy to #a lot of countries that have condemned even this morning. +As *ustedes have underlined it, simultaneously to the promotion of the foundations of the economy, the emergency of a political power that was to the height of his task and the development of the necessary institutions will be essential elements. +Against of it that finishes to say #ours colleague, think that in this occasion exist reasons more that sufficient so that *nos congratulate by the fact that the European Union, by unanimity, have presented a resolution in front of the Nations Joined so as to ask a moratorium for the pity of death. +Gentleman President, am totally in accordance with the Mrs. *Díez *González on the need to treat to convince to the Council, so that it introduce in the agreements with the third countries a clause on the pity of death and his abolition. +And while all *eso occurs, the *LIV General Assembly of the UN did not approve the proposal of resolution of the #finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union that advocated the suspension of the executions of penalties of death. +*Nosotros Have taken part immediately, to title of the humanitarian help, with an amount of more of a million of euros, in three successive operations, and are had to continue taking part to answer to the most urgent needs of the next year. +We are absolutely conscious of the deplorable situation in the that find #a lot of boys, and especially the girls, in *Pakistán; but we think that the most effective way to improve this situation is contributing to guarantee a universal primary education of quality and affordable. +The Convention on the Rights of the Boy recognises that the progenitors are responsible to provide the had to taken care and the owed attention to his children, #as well as the right of the children to receive this care, this orientation and this love. +Thus it #can not have a politics of drugs #european *reglamentada, but a #european frame inside the *cual #can help to the person affected, that has to be the centre, from the respective specific experiences of the local and regional instances competent. +Everywhere #where reach to prevent that the pertinent illegal money of the traffic of drugs transform in legal money, give a big step forward, because the fight against the traffic of drugs and the bleaching of money are two phenomenons related. +Finally, I want to signal that, in this field, the European Observatory of *Lisboa exerts an important work, and am convinced that in the next years the data and the information that there collect will show the effectiveness of the #european cooperation, and international, in this fight. +*Cuando This Parliament and the public opinion were surprised by informations transmitted by the press, according to the *cuales an institution, that, as we thought, devoted only to structural investments, had lost sums very elevated in speculative operations in the short term, resulted clear the need to examine of form *cabal the politics of investments of the *BEI. +We are convinced that, with the suitable means, the European Observatory of the Drug and the *Toxicomanías, situated in *Lisboa, #can take an important contribution to the deepening of the study and of the proposals of measures to struggle against this *flagelo of the drug. +With #everything, is the fact that the debate and the vote have taken place in spite of the article 115 of the Regulation, had account that the last #french version was distributed to the 21.52 hours of the Wednesday and have proceeded to the debate a lot before they fulfilled the 24 hours. +Nevertheless, #some of *nosotros, like pertinent deputies of the Canarian islands, in addition to considering reasonable that *prorrogue the force of this tax in accordance with the proposal presented by the Commission, have requested through amendments that affect to the most sensitive products, to #all the sensitive products produced in Canarians. +Projects of transport like the *road *to was for the relief of the networks of roads traditional require crafts of #all type like the *just *in *time *feeder and the ships of transport of containers, fast ferries and yachts of high speed, multipurpose ships for the fishing and *guardacostas, ships of luxury for the so much great tourism like small, etc. +From *Viana *do *Castelo until *Margueira and *Mitrena, happening by the dockyards of the districts of Port, *Aveiro and *Figueira gives *Foz; the workers demand a politics of valorisation of the naval sector, of defence of the stable employment, of quality and with #worthy wages and that promote the *aprovechamiento of the existent capacities. +To comprise the current situation, is necessary to remember that it is not fulfilling the international agreement of 1994, relative to the elimination of the helps to the naval construction in the frame of the liberalisation of the sector. +It is necessary also that the Commission give priority to this problem and to his resolution, recognise the need to review ancient positions and facilitate to the European Parliament #all the informations on the damages caused to the #european naval industry. +Therefore, the Council has decided aptly that for the moment it did not goes to break the agreement to put end to the generic help of the industry of the naval construction from 1 January 2001. +Lady Speaker, gentlemen deputies, *yo also am #basque; I am a #basque woman; a socialist and #basque woman; #one more of the 92% of the citizens of the Basque Country that have voted in *Euskadi in favour of the Statute of Autonomy and that have voted by the democracy. +*Les Put another concrete example: #if, with occasion of a big championship, sell tickets of access to the stadium only to the national citizens and *deniega the possibility of *comprarlos to the no national citizens, to the other #european citizens, contravene the norms of the competition and, therefore, here is necessary to act with rigour. +My task #would have resulted much simpler #if it had had the possibility to elaborate an authentic politics in the field of the sport on the base of an article of the Treaty. +#If we want to be represented like European Union in the field of the world-wide economy *globalizada and in the increasing *intervinculación political of the world is precise that endow at last to the European Union of juridical capacity, so that the representatives of the European Union also #can act in name of the Union. +And *yo #would give also an enormous dimension to *algo that hardly has been mentioned: we are taking a parallel exercise of *constitucionalización of the Treaties, with the preparation of a Letter of rights fundamental, to the time that poses the Conference *Intergubernamental. +There #be a fundamental point to the that want *ceñirme in my intervention, *me refer to the comment of the Commission collected in his report for the summit that the conference *intergubernamental that is preparing will be able to close with hit before the year 2000 #if the political will is it sufficiently strong. +So that it state in record, wanted to leave clear that, in accordance with our colleagues of the Green Group/European Free Alliance, in the Scottish Nationalist Party are engaged with the idea of a collective security in *Europa and receive with satisfaction the performance of the Council in this sense. +And we have to take advantage of this economic cycle and the statement that goes to take on the #finnish Presidency concerning the #millenium and the new society of the information so that we #can register, with creativity, a growth sustained and so that the goal of the full employment was not rhetorical, but that materialise . +The proposal of resolution that have seen this morning did not contain any quotation of any relative initiative to the inner market neither to the society of the information, in spite of the works made under his Presidency. +To begin, regarding the subject of the employment, *nosotros consider it very important and have prepared it, as I already said in my intervention, with seen to that the first summit of the employment of the history, that will celebrate under the #portuguese Presidency, was #all a hit. +I will mention so alone #one in the that *me seems that the European Union has to dump in depth: the constitution of the International Penal Court, that #would finish, gentleman President, with the situation in that now *nos find, in the that the international social demand did not corresponds at all with the instruments *jurisdiccionales that are to our disposal. +We know that it will be a long and difficult path. Proof of *ello is the fault of debate in the Organisation of the Nations Joined of the resolution of the European Union on the moratorium to the capital executions. +The report in question, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, the first of this type, deserves #all type of praises and constitutes a *primer step to a politics of rights human in the that the Council, the Commission and the Parliament have to work of conjoint form. +Besides, the Commission of Control Budgetary wishes that it take reference to the Agreement *interinstitucional of 6 May of this year and that indicate that the quantities *indicativas for the period 2000-2002 form part of the financial frame *plurianual of the Program *Meda so that it remain clear that did not treats of a new cost. +Have an only technical comment to the amendment 15 of the relative report to the economic cooperation in the that says that the Council with qualified majority or the European Parliament #can decide the suspension of the collaboration. +*Yo Appreciate a lot the debate that has developed , as it has been an objective debate, a debate that has contributed observations very valuable and important, especially also for *Turquía, that will have to value also #which is the political climate in *Europa regarding his aspirations of adhesion to the European Union. +#This is a very important step and *yo even #would affirm that the fact that for the first time it define a value limit for a substance *carcinógena, specifically for the *benceno, that #can cause leukaemia, marks a milestone in the field of the legislation on the quality of the air acclimatise. +We do not back this part of the amendment, since it has to have a reference to the community goal of 120*g/*km. The European Parliament has left sideways in his amendment the date in that it will have to fulfil with this goal, is to say, the year 2010. +The Commission proposes another alternative, with the following text: "The Commission studies the possibility to establish a frame of reference for the fiscal measures that boost the use of tourisms of low consumption of fuel." +More that modify the regulation, it that takes the proposal is to assume an agreement of the Council of ministers; it is really an exception to the regulation, because *Portugal did not achieve to reach the quota that had awarded in the campaign 1997-1998 by some bad meteorological conditions, as they affirm. +Like this, we think that it is more correct to increase and improve the current system of calculation of the contingents, with parallel increases of the total sums of help to the production and no *orientarnos to a system of thresholds global that #can comport damages for #all the producers and no only for the that *rebasaron the contingents. +To5-0067/1999 of the Mrs. *Fraga *Estévez, in name of the Commission of Fishing, on the proposal of regulation of the Council (*COM(1999) 055 - *C4-0141/1999 - 1999/0047(*CNS)) by the that it establishes the common organisation of markets in the sector of the products of the fishing and of the aquaculture. +In view of the fine current situation of the populations of herrings, the changes of the proposal admit a reduction of the area and of the temporary period of the restrictions of fishing. +The Parliament, the Commission and the Council have to issue a clear message for the industry *pesquera: the correct behaviour will respect , and the fishermen that observe the technical measures of conservation, elaborated by #european scientists accredited and by the own fishermen, will benefit amply. +Lady Speaker, ladies, gentlemen, wanted colleagues, today *me congratulate to take use of the word for the first time in this Assembly, since I am new, and *me congratulate to take it on purpose of the fishing and of the excellent report of the Mrs. *Fraga *Estévez, because I am mayor of *Mèze, in *Hérault, in the south of *Francia, that is a small municipality, #one of the first ports of coastal fishing of the Mediterranean, near to *Sète, that constitutes the main port *pesquero. +. (*FR) Gentleman President, *Señorías, have followed with #all the attention that #can imagine the debates of yesterday, and the unanimity in the praises on the form and on the bottom of this report has not left of *preocuparme lightly, since it is impossible, further are *cuales are the qualities of commitment, content to #everyone at the same time. +It is a question of order, precisely to regret that the President no *me have conceded the use of the word in the moment in that the have asked, since I was the only deputy that yesterday announced that it went to propose this suspension. +Concerned, also, for reaching a learning without setbacks of the utilisation of the euro, the commission *EMAC has presented a proposal, that support, #tending to that the consumer #can begin to change his national coin in coins and notes issued in euros, from principles of the month of December of 2001. +But to freshen the memory of the colleagues, the proposal that has circulated in the Parliament treated on the *restablecimiento of the rights of the ancient real families of *Europa, in particular the of *Austria and #Italia, to the that *les follows denying his civil rights and politicians like citizens of the European Union. +The call of the President #Clinton in favour of the introduction of norms of work in the commercial agreements with the countries in development and other parts of the world was the hit of grace that sentenced these conversations. +#If we admit this fact -that now, to a week of distance, *me seems shown-, results precisely that, *cuando decides , orients and controls the commercial liberalisation, is *cuando the countries in roads of development comprise the interest that represents for *ellos and surely consider that it is better for *ellos that a *statu *quo or the development of the bilateral relations that do not play to his favour. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Court of Accounts, ladies and gentlemen, have the intention to review the report of the Court of Accounts, sector by sector with the administrations and, especially, also with the States members, and analyse the question of why have produced the errors. +*Permítame Take upsetting in #which is the paper of the Court of Accounts in this context: offer to the Parliament #all the material that estimate suitable and advisable present and leave to the Parliament the political decision to concede the approval of the management. +Also I want to say that in the Group of the Popular Party European and European Democrats my gratitude directs to the president of the commission of culture, the Mr. *Gargani, that contributed amply to the positive result of the conciliation. +. (*FR) Congratulate and give the thanks to the speaker, Mr. #Niels *Busk, by the excellent report that has presented on the proposal of the relative Commission to the adoption in the community legislation of the plan of control of the Commission of *Pesquerías of the Atlantic Northeastern. +This proposal states therefore of a regulation and of a series of permissions, the designated permissions to full charge, and will offer for the first time the possibility to make a number *preestablecido of distances in #swiss territory with trucks of the European Union with a maximum weight of 40 tonnes. +It exists the real fear that #some of the very intentional amendments presented by the speaker in reality #can aggravate the situation; in particular, that *nos result more difficult to delete gradually all over the world, and especially in the nations developed, the harmful chlorofluorocarbons that are much more hurtful for the coat of ozone that the substances mentioned in this report. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the proposal of resolution (*B5-0313/1999), in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the *dictamen of the Parliament, in regard to the labeling of products alimentary produced from organisms modified genetically. +The #net result of this regulation, *cuando go in in vigour, will be that the big majority of the alimentary products of the supermarket will follow exactly the same that now -without labeling-, because the big majority of the alimentary products #can contain a small quantity of organisms genetically modified, underneath of the limit. +We want to help to *Turquía so that it undertake the path to the full respect of the criteria of *Copenhague and, now that the European Council *nos has given free road, will be able to establish the specific modalities of our help in the frame of a strategy of *preadhesión for this country. +With the end to induce to *Rusia to a political solution, the European Council issued a particular statement on the situation of *Chechenia and his consequences in the relations of the European Union with *Rusia. +The European Council underlined this look and considered necessary to follow loaning support to the human rights, to the State of Right and to the society of the citizens, #as well as continue with the relative projects to the nuclear security. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, first of all *yo wanted to manifest in name of the Group of the Popular Party European (*Democratacristianos)/European Democrats our sincere gratitude to the #finnish Presidency of the Council by the work made and by the fine disposal that has shown. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, in the first place, my Group wants to express his recognition to the representatives of the #finnish Presidency because they have improved *ustedes in #a lot of fields the transparency and the expensive information to the European Parliament. +Now we owe *ocuparnos that the progress in the negotiations also was balanced and that it loan the sufficient attention in the countries candidates to the social security, to the equality among men and women, to the labour questions and to the protection of the environment. +With reason, the Mr. *Poettering already has referred to the three loose capes of *Amsterdam, that is a minimum package and, especially, to the fact that the taking of decisions by qualified majority continue being an important point of discussion in the Council. +It has reached likewise an almost general agreement regarding the problem of *Chechenia and in the need of not using two weights and measures in our external politics, but to reaffirm the principles in the that it assent the European Union. +*Europa #Can not be only #one *Europa of the oil companies, but that also has to be #one *Europa of the human rights. In this line, the Group of the Greens requests that it summon a Conference on the *Cáucaso in collaboration with the *OSCE, that allow to contribute at last to the peace in the region. +The #Alto Curated for the Minorities has taken a good work, the *OSCE has mediated in *Belarús among the Government and the opposition, the *OSCE helps to find an exit to the problems in *Moldavia and boosts a greater reduction of the conventional arms. +Finally, it wanted to stand out, gentleman President, two points of the future #portuguese Presidency: the Summit on the employment, that *me seems important and #would have to have been object of greater analysis in this Parliament, and the priority conceded to the defence of the public health and the alimentary security. +#All have consciousness that the percentage of products audiovisual of #european origin that consume in the #european space is very scarce, even considering jointly the values of the national production of each #one of the States members and of it that it is a #european production because it comport the collaboration of more of a Been member. +It wanted to ask to the Mr. Commissioner, since the Commission has supported with enthusiasm the candidature of *Turquía, #if these statements are compatible with the spirit with that the Council and the Commission proposed to declare to *Turquía like member candidate and #if #this constitutes a sample of the future behaviour of this country in this sense. +But already right now it wanted to *preguntarle: it is this program, in affirmative case, compatible with another position of the Commission according to the *cual have to protect of the competition the audiovisual products Europeans, in particular in the sphere of the television, it that the French call "the cultural exception"? +The Commission has initiated takes little a horizontal investigation on the existent situation in #all the States members to observe the community problems and the that affect only to a determined Been member and, like this, tackle this problem of a more structural form. +Gentleman President, by it that have understood in the first part of the answer of the Mr. Commissioner, the Commission is totally indifferent in front of the consequences that involve the bridges shattered of the *Danubio and, of it only of it that occupies is of how take use of this natural disaster -to the that *ella same has contributed- to overthrow to the leaders of *Yugoslavia, chosen legal and democratically. +#All the licences conceded to date in #Italia have allowed only the opening of four casinos (in front of the 119 of the Realm Joined and to the roughly 102 of *Alemania), #all *ellos situated in the North of #Italia, it that originates an evident discrimination in detriment of the regions of the goal 1, that #can obtain important benefits in terms of income by tourism and of economic expansion with the opening of venues of game. +In the report that will be smart at the end of the year will not appear still proposed, but that will analyse in *él the repercussions of the system of distribution *exenta, that will go in in vigour at the end of 2000, and will appear in *él a complete analysis of the repercussions of the exemption by categories, that will constitute the base for back decisions. +I want to remember, in particular, the subject of the costs of trip of the civil servants in active service -a problem that also is precise to resolve with urgency- and other looks that to my mood to see already resolved neatly in the first reading and that now at last will be able to approve as it corresponds. +Gentleman President, suit with the strategy of the European Parliament in the first reading of the budget for the year 2000 and consider now that the European Parliament #can not, or do not has to, lose the face, under pity to lose also the credit. +The gentleman *Wynn *le has asked, lady Speaker in exercise, #if "by the moment" meant that the Council *oponía to a review of the financial perspectives for the exercise 2000, it that *nos seems perfectly coherent with the commitment that is in roads to go out forward, or #if, "by the moment" means *algo more wander. +The President of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, exposed in the Summit of *Estambul of the *OSCE the political tasks for #all the region of the *Balcanes western and announced that the Commission is considering a contribution of the order of the 5.500 millions of euros like necessary support, specifically for the period 2000-2006. +In these conditions, suggest that at least *nosotros say, about the partial suspension of the program *TACIS in the budget of the year 2000, *algo entirely compatible with it that decided in *Helsinki: first and mainly that, #if we want to save the *rúbrica of the democracy in the budget, also #would have to save the *rúbrica that applies to the security of the nuclear projects. +The need of a constant follow-up and control of the execution of the projects, foreseen in the text, puts to covered the European Union of the flagrant attempts of fraud registered in the past and aims to the realisation of initiatives evident and, therefore, *comprobables. +In consequence, is precise to carry out the interventions to create a frame of security among, on the one hand, the New Independent States and, by #another, the European Union and his States members, so as to create some conditions of peace and of stability increasingly strong. +In his resolution, the European Parliament has #all the reason when affirming that the existent commitments do not suffice to limit the increase of the temperature to half grade in a century, but that, in addition to the existent, it is necessary to contract new commitments. +I want to answer to the Mr. *Pottering that has formulated a request to the principle of the session. The European Councils of Colony and of *Tampere created an organ commissioned to elaborate a Letter of Rights Fundamental. +. (*SV) Gentleman President, comprise really the interruption to deliver the prize to *Xanana *Gusmãor, that support totally, and wanted to, in name of the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities, ask #if it is not a discrimination to the women not continuing with the debate directly to the three, thing that *me had seemed quite normal. +Had account that the *concertación seems unavoidable, the Commission will exert a full and constructive paper to the hour to facilitate a commitment to avert the failure of the directive, it that *nos #would affect to #all and #would go in considerable detriment of the motorists that travel by the European Union. +From this point of sight, the deviations that have taken place regarding the biotechnologies, and that constituted a *cuestionamiento potential of the protocol on the biodiversity, are not acceptable by what did not correspond at all to the #european mandate and to the position adopted by the Parliament. +I have to say that I share the opinion issued in this text and according to the *cual the legislation in vigour in the breast of the European Union on this particularly controversial question is not to the height of the necessary protection and information of the consumers. +It did not fits doubt that #this is because of the system chosen by the computer services of this Parliament, is to say, watch to the #european deputies and filter his access to Internet, with the result that the connections are practically impossible from takes a pair of weeks. +There are three previous appointments to the meeting of June: the Economic Committee European, that will gather in January; the European Conference on the subjects of *Beijing, that will celebrate in February; and the session of the Commission of the Woman of the UN, that will take place in March. +It #would say, on purpose of the observation of the Mrs. *Theorin, that do not have the possibility in this stage to prevail four or five fields, since have the mandate of *Beijing to consider equally *prioritarios the twelve fields; we #can, clear is, even *cuando debate on the *quinto program of action concentrate there our attention *cuando fix priorities in the #european field. +The Commission has centred his efforts in the establishment that the original decision to raise the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british do not encloses any danger for the public health. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the statement of the Commission on the course that has to give to the decision of the #french Government to keep the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british. +It has taken a part of the path, but still treats only of a part, as it shows it this rumour according to the *cual in the #british schools communicates regularly to the parents that has not included meat of bovine in the menu of the canteen. +Likewise it will be necessary that the Juridical Service and *yo determine #which is the suitable answer, in function of the answer of the #french authorities to the *dictamen motivated #whose sending approved yesterday, because, fundamentally, is the juridical document by the that it establishes the legal position and expect that the answer was in similar terms. +The instruments that the Council approved in the frame of the Section *IV of the Treaty on the European Union, before the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, integrate in the first stage of the harmonisation of the legislations and procedures in matter of immigration. +Besides, it wanted to remember that, nowadays, the application of the rule on the immigration of citizens of the aspiring countries or of third countries to the territory of the European Union is only competition of the authorities designated to national level by each #one of the States members. +*Me Ask #if the Council #would be had to recognise that the best mood to contain the flow of refugees economic raisin by the improvement of the economic conditions of his country of origin. +The Council expressed his worry by the problems originated by the delay of the flights, that are every time greater, and considered that there #be take measures to find solution to these problems and offer like this a better service in accordance with the requirements of the #european citizens. +The maximum sanction for a State that have signed the Agreement and deny to fulfil the sentences of the Court is the complaint or the suspension of his participation in the organs of the Council of *Europa. +With the end to focus the control with more precision, the States members of the European Union are working to take more effective the methods of forecast of risks and the exchange of information in matter of prevention. +*Cuando The *dossier moved of the Commission of Subjects Economic to the Commission of Industry, *me felt truly *aturdido. But the coordinator and the new speaker of the *EVP *me admitted in the Commission of Industry, compensating in a lot the previous embarrassment, by it that I want to express my gratitude to the two. +1) The Council agrees the following common orientation: the proposal of the Commission is acceptable without another modification that the addition of the article 37 to the letter *b) of the section 4 of the article 152 like juridical foundation; +6) #If the Commission presented an official proposal of Regulation of the corresponding Council to the text of the document of work that received the support of the Council, #this will approve said regulation proposed before 31 December 1999; +In the commercial negotiations that still have not begun in *Seattle, in the that our competitors in the world-wide trade will have big interest in frustrating our efforts so that our sector *agropecuario and alimentary have a solid and competitive base, has to reflect this fact. +Apart from the material reconstruction, our obstinacy is the to promote the civil society, the education on human rights and on the democracy and the exact conception of the justice. And we need the support of His *Señorías. +Report (To5-0095/1999) of the Gentlemen *Bourlanges and *Virrankoski, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on the project of budget general of the European Union for the exercise 2000, modified by the Council (#all the sections) (*C5-0600/1999) and on the notes *rectificativas *nº 1/2000 (11568/1999 - *C5-0313/1999) and 2/2000 (13482/1999 - *C5-0311/1999) +All #this is not very serious, and #would loan even to prank #if, to #the same time, the budgetary politics of the Union and the danger of a review of the financial perspectives were not so contrary to the national interests. +Said of another way, this same week #can not at the same time force to *Francia to raise the embargo, basing in #one *trazabilidad safe of the meat, and refuse the labeling, basing in the technical impossibility to follow the trace of the bovine animals. +Thus we have observed with satisfaction how the European Council has left clear that do not goes to create a #european army, but that the efforts go to centre in the prevention of conflicts and in the control of #crisis. +I create also that #this also contributes to the promotion of the #SME, #whose conservation supposes a very important look inside the European Union, and #this is it that is taking here with an exemplary tarpaulin with the trade of the skilled book. +To take into account the evolution of the technologies, #would suit equally that the directive on the electronic trade included the requirements expressed by the different national legislations on the only price of the book, to prevent that it skew . +In the relation of the European Union and of his States members with the Republic of Indonesian only has, for now, felt keep the decisions of the Council of 16 September and 11 October, in the that they established restrictions, among *ellas an embargo of the sale of arms. +Gentleman President, after eight years -as *nos has remembered- of #one *cruenta civil war, the agreement of peace, signed on 7 July of this year, supposed the opportunity to close this tragic period and resolve of peaceful and durable way a conflict that has caused immense sufferings to the population. +In the concrete case of the #spanish citizen, *Nabil *Nanakli, gives the circumstance, besides, that there #be not sufficient information on the trial, on the arrest and on the current situation of the *reo, thing that, besides, has *movilizado to #all the #muslim community. +Equally we pray to the spokesman of the National Assembly that take all it possible so that the subject go back to examine and that take justice to the women so that, until the next elections of the year 2003, the women of *Kuwait enjoy of political rights plenaries: it is to say of the right to vote and be voted. +Like member of parliament, therefore, take a call to my parliamentary colleagues to the of here and to the of our national parliaments also so that they invite to the #kuwaiti members of parliament to concede to the women the right of suffrage active and passive. +Therefore, the deputies of the Parliament have voted against, in #many of the cases, by fear to the own bases -do not exists there a structure of parties political, but that the deputies are chosen of direct form- and by fear to lose the own position. +We want to demand of the international community, especially of Nations Joined but also of the European Union and of his States members, that take part with #all the means to his scope to finish with the situation of discrimination extreme that suffers the #afghan woman. +The constitution of courts penal international, the *imprescriptibilidad of crimes against the Humanity, and the absence of submission of the politics of rights human to commercial interests of the State are principles and goals that consider essential. +It #can , obviously, question the means that the Mr. *Jarquín has employed for an absolutely lawful end, as it is the to investigate the corruption *galopante in *Nicaragua, corruption that reaches to the highest magistratures and, for example, to multiply almost by 1.000 the heritage of the President of the Republic. +Gentleman President, will talk of the natural catastrophes that affected south of *Francia in the night of the 12 to 13 November 1999, and that *revistieron an absolutely exceptional character by his violence and the abnormal proportions of the damages: 35 victims and among three and four *millardos of losses. +It is very regrettable that *nosotros, to scale #european, the institutions that organise the common agricultural politics, of the that depend the agriculturalists of the Union for his *sustento, are not able to obtain some reliable data in the that base an effective politics. +This last decision changes the obligations of the Commission, the *cuales were the result of the previous diet, is to say, of the annual help; the States members no longer have the need to concede helps to form groups of production. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0093/1999) of the Mr. *Savary, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council that modifies the Decision 97/787/*CE by the that concedes exceptional financial assistance to *Armenia and #Georgia so as to *hacerla *extensiva to *Tayikistán (*COM(1999) 391 *C­0171/1999 1999/0172(*CNS)) +To continuation some amendments that remit to the Council and to the Commission to his contradictions *diciéndoles that it #would be desirable to concede a direct help, but *financiándola in another line, think in *TACIS. Finally, some amendments of *condicionalidad: control of the employment of the bottoms, political and democratic conditions and control of the Parliament. +But #if they reestablish the capacity *crediticia and the solvency of *Tayikistán #would be to celebrate also a proposal in the budget of the #2000.el speaker, Mr. *Bourlangues, *me finishes to confirm that it will foresee in #the same a comment in the sense that in this case #can award again a determined form of financial help in the frame of the program *TACIS. +To the equal that has taken it the Mr. *Blokland in his intervention, wanted to *decirle to the Commissioner Mrs. *Wallström -that removes the dream to the #italian pensioners, Greeks and Spaniards by the ancient vehicles that they have to be deleted quickly- that #would appreciate that it controlled the destination of the helps conceded to *Tayikistán and to other States. +The *DG *XII had commissioned with anteriority a study on the investigation and the technological development in the insular regions and the *DG *XI had elaborated a code of fine behaviour for the management of the waste in the islands. +On the exact endowment of the regulation on the regional Bottoms Europeans, so important in this context, are still in course the negotiations with the European Parliament in the frame of the *concertación informal and of the legislative procedure. +I want to indicate besides that the Commission has communicated takes little that it is necessary to devote a special attention also to the inclusion of the insular regions in the measures of the community initiative *INTERREG *C. #This *me seems also reasonable, without that with *ello want to establish a trial advanced on the back procedure. +The Council gives the maximum importance to the electoral right to the European Parliament and in this context to the realisation of the principle reflected in the article 138 of the Treaty of the *CE of celebration of general and direct elections. +It has dictated a sentence -and no by a small but by a wide majority, fifteen votes in favour and two against- in favour of the principle that, from the point of sight of the human rights, the citizens of *Gibraltar have to can vote in the #european elections. +#This is -at least, like this create it- the central core and the base for *resanar some institutions that #all without exception -#would be ridiculous that from the Parliament signalled with the finger exclusively to the Commission-, that #all without exception have won an image -*me fear that in fine part justified-to be some institutions *entrometidas, *despilfarradoras and *improductivas. +I have known only in these days through the newspapers that, for having criticised said decision in the mixed commission European Parliament/Parliament *Esloveno, a deputy in exercise was object of an anomalous procedure in the parliamentary and democratic traditions. +In the report of the Commission of November of 1998 on the advances reached, *Polonia is described like a country with a social situation and stable politics that advances in the development of an economy of market effective. +The adaptation that requires the adhesion of these countries to the EU do not has to take place to coast of the most disadvantaged, in form of an increase of the unemployment and of the inequalities among the citizens, or of the discrimination of determined ethnic groups. +The system of exemptions by category that carries using the Commission from takes more of thirty years, today day no longer has the necessary flexibility to follow the rhythm of the fast transformations of the structures of distribution. +The Law protects the confidentiality of the communications written among an independent jurist and a company, so that it prevents that the Commission #can use #such documents like proof for the application of the #european rules on the competition. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam -*nos has remembered it the Mrs. *Hautala- has sanctioned this notion of transparency conceding to the citizens a true right of access to the documents of the Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission. +Regarding an analogous question, although distinct, the Commission shares the opinion of the lady speaker, according to the *cual the Defender of the Village has to have, inside it that fits, a wide access to the files and documents, in power of the Institutions, necessary for his investigations. +The consideration with the that it wanted to finish and to the that, personally, attribute the maximum importance, is that in the base of a fine relation among the citizens and the Institutions is precisely the transparency: a transparency in sense very wide that involves before that swims that the citizens are very informed about the rights that have. +In this context have adopted also the amendments of the Commission of Budgets directed to harmonise the work of the Committee of tariffs *aduaneros common, so that an alone committee of general field #can occupy of the rates *arancelarias common. +My Group accepts also with pleasure the principle billed by the Mrs. *Schmidbauer that the users of the infrastructures have to pay the costs, included the environmental, #as well as the cost of other external factors taxes in the point of utilisation. +Besides, but it is not less important, the decision to launch military attacks, with the strengths determinants of the States Joined of *América, stresses the hegemony of #this and the *subalternidad political of the EU, that by this path never will have #one *PESC neither a common defence. +In these conditions, do not see how will be possible to avert the division of this province, which, after all, *nos will force to reconsider the most ancient solution of the world to reestablish the peace: trace a border among the villages. +*Me Have abstained to vote the common resolution on *Kosovo because from the principle have not shared the decision of intervention military of the NATO that consider an error and, besides, avoidable. +In *Rambouillet, in effect, to tenor of the statements of #some participants authorised, existed some favourable political conditions to other initiatives that, to my mood to see, were effective and that #would have been able to avert the death of *tantos innocent and the dramatic deportations of *cientos of thousands of #kosovar citizens, victims of the absurd nationalism of *Milosevic. +From this point of sight, any #european country is safe: it will suffice that it blow the wind so that the very fine dust of uranium was dragged to #Italia, *Alemania, *Hungría and to #all *Europa, with #the same effects of death caused in *Arabia #Saudi by the bellicose pollution caused in *Iraq during the war of the Gulf. +The fact to @atener to this ancient conception of *Europa has had like consequence discourage, weaken and *marginar, in the SIN, to the leaders and pertinent managers of the dissident sectors, to the *reformadores, that fixed his look in *nosotros, and allow that the pertinent persons of totalitarian systems *recobraran prestige, of the that *Milosevic constitutes his archetype. +#If it was not because neither in the Council exists unanimity and with security, *me *atrevería to say, neither a big base of consensus, and even, do not exists at all understanding, the Council #can have coincided with the Commission and the decision #can have adopted, although the Parliament had decided another thing. +Of this way, pretend to favour the trip of the traffic of commodities by road to other branches of the transport that are more sustainable, safer and save energy, whereas, besides, increases the possibility of election for the users of the transport. +As I have said, these matters tackle from a point of sight horizontal, in a wider frame, in the field of other works that the Commission is making and, in consequence, #can not accept said amendments. +*Cuando The commercial exchanges or even the consumption *transfronterizo accelerate , see clearly that the financial services do not accompany this new reality or that even do not adapt to #this, but that or well continue enclosed in his national and sectorial logic, or well seem to consider that this sector *reviste scarce interest. +The third observation is that, with regard to the decision *originaria to take build this tunnel to guarantee the traffic through the *Alpes, the enormous increase of the heavy traffic has converted it in a structure #whose dimensions have remained rigorously narrow. +In relation with *Timor Oriental, the Commission shares the worry of the deputies to the European Parliament regarding the recent increase of the violence and, in this point, also *nos add to the statement effected by the Presidency the past 12 April. +Now, *Camboya. On this country want to say in brief that the troika of the EU has undertaken a diplomatic management with the Prime minister, the one who personally has declared to agree with the basic principle that the leaders of the *Khmeres reds owe sure enough *rendir accounts by the crimes committed. +The disciplinary measures proposals by the commission of follow-up, the administrative actions against the Realm Joined, is to say, in front of the #british Government, by the fault of appearance, up to now have not had effect. +Therefore I have hailed the value of the speaker, the *cual, in spite of the costs of infrastructure, underlines clearly the advantages of the rail alternative from the point of sight of the security and of the environment. +Part of the report on the program *DAPHNE contains information about the #european campaign allocated to improve the awareness about the question of the violence against the woman, that initiated the month happened in Colony under the #german presidency. +These organisations need help precisely to the hour to create the distinct networks, to reach an effective diffusion of the information, to find associated and to boost a mutual exchange. +I believe that it is also very important expand gradually this program to the rest of the countries, especially to the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental, since the violence, in #all his modalities, has a dimension *transfronteriza, for example in his variant of trade sexual or of childish pornography through Internet. +Without embargo, the rights of the consumers, as #such and the relative politics to the consumers, in the measure in that it affects, for example, to the security of the foods and other, will follow being competition of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer. +Although the diets of pensions are of course distinct in each #one of the States members, believe that it #would be convenient to establish to scale of the European Union a level of subsidy minimum that each State #would have to guarantee to #that that #can not work or for the that it do not exists labour offer. +To the equal that the other #european citizens do not want to suffer fiscal damages *cuando decide to continue our professional activity after the entrance in vigour of our pension, and *eso no only in our country of origin, but also in the other States members of the Union. +With #this do not want to say that the report was not useful, but yes believe that it has remained *atascado in the philosophy of the welfare. Besides, it do not answers at all to the title «The citizens of the third age in the Century *XXI: a life by in front». +Of entrance, it is necessary to know that, according to the estimates, the deficit *proteínico of the European Union *equivale to the 70 % of the inner consumption and represents, therefore, a big dependency of the European Union in front of the #american continent, of #where come from our imports. +By means of the program of the Diary 2000, the Commission will continue taking use of these instruments of management of market while they keep the considerable differences that exist among the prices of the world-wide market and the of the inner market of the Union. +But it do not exists the risk that for the future of the sector of seeds *oleaginosas of the EU the remedy was worse that the illness? It is not to fear that because of the reduced help by hectare the agriculturalists opt by other crops? +*Nos Give account immediately that the state helps allocated to #Venecia are not the state helps allocated to any #another zone of the European Union: they serve to protect a heritage that is #ours, that have not created *nosotros and that have inherited, but that, precisely for having it inherited, have to transmit to the future generations. +As well, here I have to *hacerme spokesman of the resolution of the Commission of Regulation, that will incorporate to this doctrine that, with proof and along the years, comes establishing, and is that this Parliament do not dissolves and that this Parliament has to regulate, has to resolve on the problems that *le pose from the *primer until the last day of his mandate. +It wanted to reassure it *diciéndole that the commission do not goes to remain absorbed in the Commission of Subjects Institutional: it goes to combine with this commission to create a new Commission of Constitutional Subjects, that will be very important in this Assembly. +Of here that it want to express my gratitude to my colleagues and especially to the Mr. *Fayot by the very constructive cooperation that has kept as a result of the modification of the Regulation and especially want *agradecerles the understanding and the positive predisposition that have shown to the opinions that have posed. +Said of another way, it is necessary to continue in the direction of the *policy-*mix with an evolution of the equivalent wages to the increases of the productivity with the object to favour the growth and the employment. +Finally, my wanted colleagues, it is necessary to continue with the liberalisation of the sectors of telecommunications, energy and transports, guarantee a better finance of the #SME and set up a reform of the fiscal and social systems, #as well as of the educational systems and of professional training. +Since the calls to the coordination of the fiscal systems -and alas in the paragraph 34 the speaker decants thus- they finish for embezzling this second mechanism of adjust to the States members, *nos remains then the unemployment like instrument of regulation, or also the pressure on the wages. +But also it is true that a situation with types of stable interest, with stable prices, with types of low interest opens to the States members of the European Union a space of action considerably wider that up to now to delete the chronic unemployment. +*Ay #If a bureaucratic mentality had to throw to hammer it that, by the contrary, has to be a novelty: it treats of a novelty from the point of sight institutional and also has to be it from the point of sight of the results! +Also by #this has felt the idea of the *OLAF, as the office is called to act in the global strategy of fight against the fraud and also will put to disposal his experience of face to the preparation of approaches preventive. +The European Council has stood out once again in *Viena that awards a big importance to the effective fight against the fraud, the corruption, and other activities that go in detriment of the financial interests of the European Union. +Lady Speaker, like relative question to the Regulation wanted to give to know #which is the sentence that said literally, owing to the attacks of the Mrs. *Roth-*Behrendt: «we #would have to renounce to a war of religion, so much transatlantic like European, in front of *dictámenes concrete and expect with tranquility a global vision of the science, before acting.» +*Cuando The *OMC examined our prohibition of the hormones -that, of course, existed a lot before it created the *OMC-, got to the conclusion that the process by the that we had considered necessary said prohibition was not an evaluation of the risks that fulfilled the reasonably exigible criteria before applying a prohibition. +I #can ensure to His *Señorías that the possibility that the States Joined apply sanctions in relation with this question is much graver, by it that say that it is logical that take public it before possible these conclusions is to act in *pro of the interests of the #european consumers, the #european citizens and the #european employment. +I #can ensure that the Commission, in virtue of these relations and on the base of the data that it has, will take a global assessment and will present, in his case, at the end of the period of experimentation, the corresponding proposals to give follow-up to the essay. +Like conclusion, for me, as *londinense, this weekend *nos has taken to see very graphic and tragically the importance of the support to a *Europa of impartiality and justice for #all our citizens, the need that *nos engage in the fight against the intolerance, the racism and the hate, against these conceptions. +The resumption of the institutional dynamics, the establishment of these clear lines also is a need to give an opportunity to the enlargement of the European Union. +That *ustedes take managers of it that today are saying in this Assembly in front of the public opinion European in favour of this #european Constitution, so that the citizens know his rights and his duties above the fights and of the interests of the States members. +Now it goes to produce the relief and the Parliament has to ensure that before no *prorroguen the agreements with his friends neither treat to rise to some persons or to move to the employees of his own cabinets to the administration. +Perhaps #many of these things are surpassed at present. The problem to make a synthesis among these two elements will be #one of the greater political problems no only of the Commission, but of the Parliament and of the European Union in the next years. +The Group *Europa of the Nations wants to reestablish the growth in *Europa, in the first place, by means of the decrease of the compulsory exactions allocated to the structural Bottoms, to continuation by means of the lifting of the rigidities that characterise the management of the euro. +#If there had not been five independent experts, appointed by the Parliament, so that they express with total clarity his opinion on the operation of the Commission, #would follow having #the same Commission that #would not have resigned neither #would have been censored. +In this case in particular, seem to be that the conjoint attention of our speaker and of the Court of Accounts finds in the breast of the Foundation a real will to answer to the observations issued. +I was in Tyrant the days 21, 22 and 23 April and there warned the need that it felt the presence of the European Parliament that no *me seems that to date it have organised an official presence in this region, thing that probably #would be timely to take. +*Yo #Would contribute two basic reflections: the first -that saves relation with the intervention of the President in exercise of the Council, the minister *Fischer- is that we are initiating a new stage that goes to characterise by the nomination, by part of the Council, of the High Representative for the *PESC. +#If the Treaty establishes a mechanism, that is totally atypical in the sense that it is to the Parliament to the that *le corresponds the articulation of the text whereas the approval corresponds to the Council, do not change this balance also of *rondón and by the door of backwards. +Which results more unacceptable still #if it considers that, *cuando adopt a decision to the *respecto in the session of December, approve a text very *ponderado and balanced. Of compliance with #the same, the diets of the #european deputies will be inferior in the future to the of the three States members more populated of the European Union. +And talking of promotions, precisely of this section 2 in that it talks of *ellas, the Mr. *Filippi and *yo same go to present an amendment in the that, in addition to accepting the revaluation of 490 places, go to support also the permanent places and the temporary places that have accepted already, #as well as the three promotions *ad *personam . +This midday, in a conversation with the Mr. *Prodi, have signalled that with the current planning of dates, foreseen by the Parliament for the nomination of the new Commission, or was to *crearla it but prompt around the middle of September, only will remain 14 days to present this notification *rectificativa. +This morning, in the first reading have gone back to collect with #all reason the procedure and have gone back to repeat in the *primer reading this point of sight of the Parliament of the first previous reading. +*Me #Would enjoy to take #some observations to this proposal. By a part am not satisfied with the way in that it has voted the proposal in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and in the Commission of Protection of the Consumer. +We have to take upsetting especially the application of the principle of the information before the celebration of the agreement, so that the information offered provide a value added to the delivery of information already foreseen in the vertical directives. +Gentleman President, wanted to express my gratitude to the Presidency of the Council and especially to the Mrs. *Bonino and to his collaborators for having got to an agreement of form *tripartita that it was agreed by the Council and by the delegation of the Parliament. +So that they do not produce problems of interpretation that *desfavorezcan to the consumer, in the result of the conciliation went back to reiterate clearly, that the free creation of the contractual state of a commodity means, that the necessary costs, #such like costs of sending, of hand of drama and of material will run to charge of the seller. +The intention of the proposal was to create a harmonisation of minima of the legal disposals inside each Been member in particular on the need of guarantees legal, that already mentioned with #all eloquence the Mr. *Whitehead. +Besides, when establishing value limit more strict, will have to consider the available technology and especially the principle that have proposed for #all the measures on the environment and that has been recognised also by the Parliament, the principle of the relation of costs and of benefits. +But *yo believe that it treats of important points, and -the Mrs. *Sandbæ*k already has mentioned it- the *plaguicidas in the foods of the babies was a point of controversy very strong, and in these cases treats of the health of babies and small boys. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the Mr. *Corbett no only has the merit to substitute of excellent form to the speaker but that also has detailed very explicitly the practical development and the advances in the procedures of *codecisión in the that it bases this report. +Gentleman President, have received a letter of the services of the Cabinet of the President in the that *me said that like the debate on *Kosovo went to celebrate yesterday in the afternoon, did not go to argue the questions that my gentlemen colleagues and *yo had presented for today in the afternoon to the Council. +It is to expect that the presidents of group obtain the backrest of the majority of the new Parliament that form after 10 June to finish to clear and order the question of the *viáticos. As *nosotros still have not achieved it. +Like this, after forty-five years with a secret directory, inside a pair of months will be possible for the normal and common persons put in contact with the person of the Commission, for example, attendant of the delivery of the #telephone directories. +The European Council of Colony will have to save these omissions and seat the premises for the reform of the Commission, the enlargement of the vote by qualified majority and the *reponderación of the votes in the breast of the Council. +*Cuando Argue of institutional reforms, think also that it did not treats only of figures but that the fault of strength of the Parliament regarding the cooperation with the Council and the Commission -*me refer here to the absence of procedure of *codecisión- plant really in the agenda in this Conference. +The central elements are: majority vote like norm, new weighting of the votes in the Council, structural transformation of the Commission #as well as the right of the European Parliament to issue *dictámenes of compliance in #all the modifications of the Treaty. +Of compliance with the section 2 of the article 37 and of the section 5 of the article 40 of the Regulation, have received eight proposals of resolution on the European Council of Colony and the oral questions on the institutional reform. +The services of the Plenary *nos have informed that this conjoint debate on the Diary 2000 will initiate with a statement of the Council and of the Commission and, to continuation, will take part the first orators of the Groups, no the speakers. +By means of the almost anticipation -go it to describe like this- of *Amsterdam, the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament have shown going out #one to the meeting of the other that it is possible to reach in a relation of tension positive resulted that they take to advance to the EU in his whole. +It did not proposes any serious strategy in favour of the employment, conforming with suggesting that it continue , pure and simply, #the same politics *macroeconómica monetarist that makes from takes years, and that has not given proof of efficiency for *asentar a growth sustained and durable and to take that it reduce the unemployment of form massive. +In the draft, the Council presents a series of proposals of statute, in the that appears reflected, for example, that the payment of the compensations will carry out by means of the presentation of *justificantes, in addition to diverse proposals more directed to establish the labour conditions of the assistants. +The Conservative Group and the *Socialdemócrata have put in danger today with his attitude the credibility of the European Parliament when refusing the proposal of the Liberal Group for a Statute of the deputies. +Regarding the commercialisation of the meats with hormones, in addition to the consequences that #can know in terms of disequilibriums of production in an agricultural activity *estructuralmente *excedentaria and very *fragilizada after the crisis of the *EEB, the consequences for the human health of the consumption of meat with hormones are far to be *desdeñables although they are known partially. +The World-wide Organisation of the Trade, #such as it has been negotiated by the Commission and imposed to the States members, tricks of the principle of caution and sanitary security that each State has to can keep to preserve the security of his national. +Gentleman President, is by conviction and no by taste by the contradictions by it that will not vote the whole of resolutions legislative relative to the Inform Diary 2000, with exception of the relative to the *OCM of the wine, since we are against of the positions of the Commission and of the Council that result of the commitment of *Berlín. +It wanted to warn to any political Group that was thinking in playing to the politics *partidista with this vote, that the blockade of these proposals #would mean to have to expect until the new Parliament #can vote in autumn, and *ello #would take *peligrar more of 200.000 millions in resources and #would comport interminable delays for the communities and the local projects. +It was not easy the #exegesis of the approaches of the colleagues, but have found a formula that has allowed, with four amendments of transaction, achieve the majority withdrawal of other and, at the same time, keep the spirit of the proposal of our commission. +In the first place, the need to guarantee the existence of resources budgetary community sufficient to cover the needs of the sector in the frame of the structural politics *pesquera. +#One of *ellas -that saves relation with the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam- is that in opinion of the speaker -that did not triumph in the Plenary, but that now, with the Treaty of *Amsterdam in vigour, purchases full sense- have to consider #all this process like a process of strategy conjoint of the Union that has to conduct to conjoint actions. +But in my opinion, the European Parliament has put more in the place of the countries candidates to comprise how is it that mean the conditions of the European Union in the practice of the political life of said countries. +#This is a central point from the perspective of the Parliament. For *nosotros, also is important that the countries *beneficiarios use this instrument to know the rules and mechanisms of the structural politics and that, in this way, the back adhesion was easier. +The Council decided likewise separate of the original proposal of the Commission and increase the objective amount until the 9 %, instead of the 8 % proposed by the Commission, like coefficient of the bottom for the group of commitments pending of the Community. +*Me Allow to remember it that the Commissioner *Fischler said in an occasion: this political is so important because we always have to answer to the question of how #can take in the labour market the brother and the sister of a young agriculturalist that inherits the exploitation? +*Sintéticamente, #this #would be the basic points that carried to the Commission of Budgets to change the Monday at night his position of rejection to the Agreement *interinstitucional and propose to the Plenary that accept it, together with the financial perspectives *anejas. +We have supported #Galileo, the #european proposal in matter of global system of navigation, and have supported to the Commission of Transports in his wish to allocate the 55 % of the bottoms to the railways and a maximum of the 25 % to the roads. +I express my gratitude -no only in name of the Commission, but in a much wider plane, in name of the public in general of the Community and of the sector- by the forecast and the commitment shown by the Parliament in this subject. +#If tomorrow the Parliament did not get to the agreement to give his approval to an Agreement *Interinstitucional, will not have then of the financial frame on the that have debated and on #whose base have agreed both agreements: the *Quinto program mark of investigation and the networks *transeuropeas. +A last decision of the Council, to instances of the Parliament, has included #one *cuarta community initiative, the *cual also believe that it will benefit in looks very concrete to some populations determined of the European Union, although it do not have the community dimension that have the #others three initiatives. +Subject: safe Foods During the months of winter and spring are taking place, in #all the countries of the European Union, campaigns of national field around the subject of the security of the alimentary products and the health. +The capacity of export of the *Iraq is being at present increased with a *subprograma of the program «oil by foods», but because of the terms of planning and supply will apply fully only from the spring of the 2000, #if well *ustedes know that the price of the oil supposes a factor of insecurity in both directions. +Also it #would wish that *me gave his opinion on #if in the case of *Iraq no *infringe the treaty of *Viena, that forbids the starvation of citizens like form of war; it Considers that no *infringe the Proclamation of the Human Rights and the Agreement on the Rights of the boys? +Gentleman representative of the Council, perhaps will have observed *usted that, in his communication of 23 March, the European Parliament takes for granted that in the new Commission there will be a considerably greater number of women that in the actuality. +By the contrary, fortunately, only in exceptional cases the administration of the Council has seen promoted to proceed strictly against civil servants that have not respected the norms of behaviour professional in the exercise of his tasks. +We work exclusively in base to the experience that have accumulated in the Program of Peace and Reconciliation in *Irlanda of the North and also of #some programs of environment that have had #a lot of hit there and in the that the *ONG have taken the initiative and have received help with charge to the bottoms of the European Union. +It is not own of the Presidency take observations on the bottom of what has said; but I believe that yes it is it the *darle the thanks to *usted and to his Gentlemen colleagues of the #german Presidency because I believe that they always have shown respect and eagerness of collaboration and because they have had a presence really live in this Assembly. +Therefore, my political Group, the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left, will not give his support to a reform of the *PAC that will suppose, in fact, the deepening of his main disequilibriums. +Without embargo, my main objection against the employment of the article 203 is the following: we will take that the finance of the enlargement depend of the uncertain results of the annual budgetary conflicts among the Council and the European Parliament. +The Council and the Commission have declared #willing, in relation with the calendar of ratification of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, to recognise amply to the Parliament those rights that, especially in the capitulate of the structural reform, #can demand formally from 1 May of this year. +The villages of *Europa no *nos will concede any credibility #if on the one hand we say: we want to control a series of problems and take it having for *ello a series of bottoms, but on the other hand take to disappear this money in the pockets of some organisations and persons to those who do not corresponds. +It is evident that #if in *Europa there was some modulation among the richest zones and the poorest, the poorest #would not need, of course, this resource that calls «rural development», idea enough wanders and quite bad endowed of bottoms, that, as we know #all, #can serve for #everything, as in a «#spanish inn». +It is an unlucky fact and, besides, the regulation takes impossible that #can go back to present this amendment, which means that we will not be able to obtain a nominal vote on the fact that the members are not *ateniendo to the question of the transparency. +Without embargo, in my opinion, has not taken reference to a circumstance, in concrete to that go to have to reinvent the economy of market #if we want that the villages of *Europa central and oriental, the new democracies of *Europa central and oriental reach *algún day the #status to convert in members of the European Union. +Gentleman President, during five years have heard and learnt in the Commission of Budgets that the only possibility to prepare a good budget and take advantage of #all his possibilities consists in reaching an agreement *interinstitucional that guarantee the financial perspectives during seven years. +#If #any time has existed a recipe to reach a dissemination and a discrimination against the traditional local companies, able to increase the unemployment of way unnecessary, has been #this. +Now *nos find in a different stage: *nos find in front of a decision of the Commission and this report -lo and behold his importance- collects the *dictamen of the European Parliament that gets after #a lot of months of negotiation with the Commission and the Council. +It has to , as, congratulate to the social speakers for adding this new agreement on the agreements with a length determined to his previous agreement on the temporary work, and expect that they reach quickly a new agreement on the workers employed by means of agencies of temporary employment. +Of course, in addition to the goal of the commercial liberalisation, asked also that the agreement included guarantees for the environmental protection and the respect to the basic labour norms of the International Organisation of the Work. +And together with the progresses, also have to be conscious and recognise the difficulties that represents the inclusion in the field of the European Union of the Agreement of *Schengen, that is an enclosed world and that, besides, builds to the *margen of the European Union to be able to work. +But of here to two or three years, the reality surely will surpass the forecasts, until #such point that, to be true the figures that stir at present, in the year 2001 *ciento ten millions of #PC will be allocated to the use of the electronic trade, that will move #two hundred one thousand millions of dollars. +The fact that especially the *Länder Germans insist in withdrawing the similar services to the broadcast - as they formulate here - of the field of application of the electronic trade, has his origin in the #german internal situation. +Nevertheless, *Señorías, this Parliament adopted two months ago an amendment to the article 5, section 1, that establishes that #that *cashing drops in the field of the directive on rights of author, is to say, in the judicial protection of the author, whereas the *cashing like #such do not involves an exploitation of the information transmitted. +This same morning also have requested that the President and the Table, that in this moment were not present, give green light so that in the next days a delegation of this Parliament displace to Blunt so as to interview with the Mr. *Rugova. +This morning we have had votes according to the new procedure of *Amsterdam, in the that have not been able to *quedarnos with #some isolated amendments like the amendment 28, that #would demand a clause of review of this perspective that extends -as they already have said #some speakers this morning- along seven years without any review. +The birth of the only coin #can involve an aggravation of the disequilibriums among States because of the acceleration of the *deslocalizaciones, well to States or regions more competitive that #others, or well of regions that cross difficulties to the dominant economic axes that already outline (the northwest of *Alemania, the *Benelux, Island of *Francia, the north of #Italia). +The debates on the Diary 2000 have lasted more of a year and have constituted the most important part of the works of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Parliament. +I #can not by less to say that the results of the Summit of *Berlín in the field of the reform of the common organisations of market in the sectors of the milk, the meat of *vacuno and the cereals no *me excite too much. +The Commission, that already *detenta a monopoly of the initiative, *apropiaría like this of the executive power European, to convert in the Government of the European Union, since the Council #would limit to exert a paper of *segunda parliamentary house, that pronounces by majority. +When listening the interventions of the deputies during the debate that has taken place in this hemicycle, #as well as the interventions of the President of the French Republic, *me surprises to check that the analysis of the errors limits essentially to a *cuestionamiento personal of *Slobodan *Milosevic, of his family and of his gathered. +Regarding the next institutional reform, is very desirable that the voice of the Parliament have greater weight and that, *contrariamente to the ancient method, that had disappointed seriously, the reform centre in a true dialogue *interinstitucional, which is perfectly expressed in the points 8 and 12 of our resolution. +It is important that the two legislative institutions of the Union issue a same *dictamen and, therefore, that the centre of gravity for the taking of decisions was situated in an equidistant point among the Council and the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, like our debate on the problems of actuality, urgency and special importance will treat amply the relative questions to the human rights, *yo #would wish to inform of a relatively grave fact that produced in *Marruecos against a #french citizen, the Mrs. *Danze-*Serfaty. +I ask to the President of the European Parliament that direct to the #moroccan authorities to protest against this expulsion of a #french citizen and to demand the right of #Abraham *Serfaty to return to his country. +#If it follows killing to the leaders, #if the populations have to escape to the mountains and have fear to go to vote, #if the thousands of persons that were moved in the last year to *Timor, *proindonesios, have right to vote, #if leaders like *Xanana *Gusmãor follow prisoners, believe that it will not be possible to celebrate a free and just referendum for *Timor Oriental. +The Nations Joined, the European Union and the international community in general has to keep the pressure on Indonesian so that #this accept a military presence that guarantee the neutrality of the referendum and prevent that it convert in a farce of unpredictable bloody consequences. +Gentleman President, *Timor Oriental is #one of the symbolic files in the that are in game the human rights and in the that the absence of rights of the villages and the absence of a true recognition of the right of self-determination conducts daily to a terrible drama. +On the other hand, gentleman President, this week have presented a question written in the that request the amnesty of 250 arrested persons in the #palestinian territory no *enjuiciados, but his service *me has communicated that the answer to this question will not have already place and neither his publication. +In the short term -as it affirms also in the Statement of *Berlín-, the European Union follows concerned by the stagnation of the process of peace and to this *respecto is fundamental that after the elections in #Israel, the parts go back urgently to a whole application of the respective commitments subscribed in the Memorandum of *Wye *River. +I am the first deputy in the history of the European Parliament that has penetrated in the runners of the death, the past 21 April, fourteen days ago, for *reunirme with *Mumia *Abu #Jamal, political prisoner convict to death, in #whose favour often our Parliament has approved resolutions. +I will conclude this last speech, this last cry of the that they do not have voice, taking the signal of meeting of the blacks -are #many the blacks that today struggle in the States Joined against the pity of death, together with whites, Indians, *amerindios, Hispanics- and pronouncing the words: "*On *the *move!» . +Like conclusion, have to urge to the authorities *malasias to that they recognise that the development of a greater political cooperation and economic among the European Union and *Malasia will depend to a large extent that it initiate a serious dialogue that end in the that in *Malasia give steps for the observation of the fundamental human rights in said country. +#A lot of graces, gentleman *Vecchi, by his words, by the obstinacy with that has followed to the countries *ACP and by the obstinacy put in the breast of the commission that has followed #all the looks of the cooperation and of the development. +We #can entrust in that it find , sure enough -and it is indispensable that the Union contribute to *ello-, a solution that allow to stabilise the relations among the three islands -#if #this is possible, and anyway is it that wish- and that take into account the specific needs, particular, of the populations of each #one of these islands, that, although they do not find very #move# away #one of #others, possess these specificities that finish to mention. +The military coup d'état that, obviously, condemn, produced as a result of the grave incidents caused in Big *Comora by pertinent persons of the Island of *Anjouan, #as well as by the objective inability of the civil authorities to guarantee the process of reunification and of pacification of the State. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, this Assembly always has conceded special importance to the nuclear security, since #all know that in case that it produce an accident in a nuclear head office, #this no only affects to the persons that work in *ella and that live in the *inmediaciones, but that prejudices to #all the inhabitants of *Europa. It is therefore by it that we have to watch of wall the norms of security. +It had wished that #all the that today they have presented a resolution, *me refer especially to the Group of the Popular Party European, *nos had backed more firmly in the past and that #all the that have signed the resolution that have in front had put more obstinacy in convincing to his *correligionarios. +Lady Speaker, in the decision of the Council of Agriculture have adjusted the compensations by the discount of prices of the grain with the compensations in the crop of the industrial potatoes. +The Euro, like element of the development of the last years, of so big importance especially for the future, will have his place, and have achieved, by means of requests to the distinct commissions, can use the Euro like electronic money in the most different sectors. +To this disequilibrium it is necessary to add the multiplicity of agreements preferential, signed already or ready to be it, with third countries by part of the Union, just *cuando the announcement of a new cycle of negotiations *multilaterales puts in question the suitability of these bilateral agreements. +It is to say, that was considered a sector *marginal, condemned to disappear with an attitude *conformista and a fatalistic determinism that #would cause inevitably the unemployment of millions of workers, it that coincided with the moment chosen by the European Union for the fight *prioritaria against the unemployment. +Like this as, lady Speaker -and according to the #french Academy is perfectly correct-, #would wish *felicitarla no only for having been chosen now Speaker of our Assembly, for the next years, but also for being the first woman that after twenty years, as *usted already has said it, has *sucedido like Speaker to my ancient colleague, the Mrs. #Simone *Veil. +It #would wish also say to our #portuguese colleague, *Mário *Soares, that congratulate it for having taken part in this election, for having given to the Assembly the faculty to contest the place, because in *eso consists the true political, the true democracy. +Lady Speaker, am here present for *rendir honours to the powers with that the Europeans have *revestido to this Parliament and to offer my sincere wishes of collaboration to build a better future for our citizens, but having present to #the same time that also are part of the world, the *cual is of #all. +This perception *relativizó the particular national interests and generated in #all *Europa the will to advance a decisive step in the historical task to complete the #european integration. +Finally, I see an enormous paradox in the election of yesterday by the right of this hemicycle of a candidate totally *estimable, but #whose federalism is shown, *cuando, in reality, at all is #that -*me seems to me- the message directed by the constituents -and, in particular, by the constituents of rights- in the #european countries. +It results very evident that said reform was and follow being a previous condition for the negotiations that go to initiate in the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, that is -well that we see it- an instrument in hands of the dominant economy, is to say, of the #american economy. +Wish to the new Parliament it better and also to the next new Commission, a time happened the difficult audits -the Commissioners and Commissioners still for appointing in the house of torture of the European Parliament freely chosen-, it that say of course of an ironic mood and, of course, only *retóricamente. +Specifically, it #would want *darle the graces in name of the Commission of Politics Regional and, of course, of the socialist deputies, by the glorious work made during the period in the process of reform of the structural Bottoms. +#If in any moment *yo was not satisfied of how leave the things, will not doubt in using the powers that *me confers the Treaty until changing the competitions and the wallets, or in asking to each #one of the Commissioners his resignation. +I am convinced that the best way to reach this goal is to *través of the method that the Community already used with hit in the past: in the first place ask to the parts that cooperate among yes, that begin to work in common in questions of daily importance, that believe unions *aduaneras, that constitute common institutions and that affirm the peace through common interests. +I believe that #that's why the Commission refused, for example, take out of the budget, assigned by the program of reconstruction *OBNOVA, some 45 millions of euros, to pay the wages of the 700 persons that work for the Office of the High Representative for *Bosnia, it that *equivale to an amount of around 17 millions of euros of the 45 totals. +And in relation with the process of reforms of the absolutely necessary -Union, no only for the enlargement but to take a more democratic Union and more effective-, lady Speaker, think that, of course, it that #can not take is a new Conference *intergubernamental to enclosed door. +It will reach *recobrar the confidence #if there will be more transparency, but especially #if there will be a greater respect to the hour of *promulgar the directives, to the that they are the cultures and the national peculiarities, #as well as a greater and more frequent resource to the principle of subsidiariness. +*Les #Can ensure that it will be very important to keep a balance among the need of freedom of the trade, that is #one the bases of *Europa, and the protection of the great rights, among the *cuales the right to the health is a fundamental right. +The security of the persons do not resides only in that there #be not war, but also in the economic stability, in the fulfillment of the human rights and in the protection offered by the states of Right. +The Parliament begins his work with a new squad and with new competitions conceded by the agreement of *Amsterdam, the previous Commission, that resigned in the middle of his term of office, has to be substituted and, finally, in the Council are preparing for the renewal of the methods of work. +In consequence, while the European Parliament *focalice his attention only in the execution or no of the president *Öcalan, without tackling in depth the question of the self-determination of the villages, will penetrate in the surface of the problem, but never will achieve to resolve it. +Since we expect that *Turquía also #can be welcome in the breast of the European Union inside #some years, no only *le ask that it suspend the execution of the pity of death of *Öcalan but also that it commission of the abolition of the pity of death in the country. +And *cuando there #be a neighbouring country and it same #would occur #if the problems, gentleman Commissioner, gave in *Hungría and it was necessary to create *algo in the neighbour *Austria for the corresponding intervention the question is #if the *vecindad #can and has to be useful, and #if there #where there are problems the neighbouring countries #can really offer his experience on it that occurs in the region. +#Such as it will have known the Assembly by reports of press, in said document specify some clear obligations for the future commissioners that propose occupy *algún put during the back year to the termination of his mandate to inform with time to the Commission of his intentions. +I have been speaker in a considerable number of relative directives to the liberalisation of the sector of the telecommunications and so much *yo like my colleagues have acted of fine faith in this work and had taken for granted that the #ex Commissioner *Bangemann had taken it same. +Also it wanted to take advantage of this opportunity for, in a context *algo wider, *darles to know a brief outline of #some plans and projects directed, firstly, to situate this case in a greater context, and, second, that this case *nos give a reason for *reflexionar on it that we #would have to and have to improve in our legislation on edible for animals and foods. +#Ours *Europa will not work, the confidence in #ours *Europa will not work, #if we do not have the capacity to happen of this species of coordination of the control to a true *comunitarización of, at least, a part of these alimentary controls. +Because the citizens and the agriculturalists have right to expect of the Administration a suitable reaction in front of a crisis of this type, that maybe was not a natural phenomenon, but yes that *acerca a lot to *ello #if we consider #which have been his effects. +I do not want to signal to nobody, but, with #all evidence, have jumped preventive measures and have not taken into account the exhaustive controls that there #be in a so delicate field like the of the human alimentary chain. +More precisely, regarding the decisions taken, hail the reference to the employment and to the decision of a «#european pact in favour of the employment», *me see forced to express my dissatisfaction regarding the assignments released and to the concrete proposals presented. +The vote of this resolution is a signal *reveladora of the will of the European Parliament to clear #all the details of this subject and answer to the legitimate worries of the consumers. +In effect, have to foresee solutions in the short term to resolve the problems engendered by the pollution of the alimentary products in *Bélgica and, to longer term, has to initiate a debate on numerous questions already mentioned during the crisis of the crazy cows and that arise again because of this new alimentary crisis. +It was the *primer case in the community history in that it resorted to the article 82 of the Treaty to penalise a discriminatory practice in damage of the interests of the consumers, but that did not have a significant effect on the market. +The fans to the football and the fans to other sports now will know, with #all reason, that have the protection of the law, and the organisers of the championships will know that *les will impose an authentic and strong sanction #if they break the rule at present in vigour. +Along the almost #three hundred pages the experts rush forward without compassion against the problems related with the management, the mechanisms of control, the fight against the fraud, the politics of contracting of personnel and the business culture. +In this document #can read, for example, a criticism of bottom of the propensity of the Commission -like the of other administrations- to, quote: "act in his field according to his own logical, listening to determined *lobbies and without having sufficiently in account the consequences out of his field of competition" . +But the alone control of the European Parliament on the Commission will be insufficient by two reasons: firstly, because the European Parliament shares the goals of the Commission and, besides because #this is not subjected to the pressure of the public opinion. +The values that sustain the institution #would have to centre in an ethical of the fine management, in the assessment of the money, in a clear communication, in the merit and the service to the citizens and taxpayers of the European Union. +Without embargo, to the sight of this responsibility, that has been refused of *facto, results also difficult to take seriously the statements of the commissioners to obey in the future a request of resignation of the President of the Commission. +It is very interesting that the Committee of Experts affirm in the final warning that the administration of the Community tends to *privilegiar the tasks of the conception and of the negotiation in detriment of the tasks of management and of control. +And thus, the Socialist Group is had to contribute, from the institutional responsibility that has to have the Parliament, to a better operation of the community institutions, so much of the Parliament as of the Commission, and demand it to the Council. +Rather by fortune that by a fine planning even there #be not had a big accident that have resulted in a radioactive spill produced by a ship that transported radioactive materials, although it takes #some years sank a ship that transported *hidrofluorido of uranium of *Francia to *Riga, although this registered that apparently they recovered the containers without that produced any spill. +The world is to a large extent a world of poverty, a world of AIDS, inside the that the *Europa that *esboza *usted is an island of welfare and of peace, based in the knowledge, that still follows being a far dream for #a lot of human beings. +Gentleman President, the vote of our Group, with the *cual deny the backrest to the Commission, is not fruit of a *animadversión to the persons, the members of the Commission, and the President, but fruit of the political assessment of the programs. +The Commission will be strong #if it will be able to fulfil fully his function of initiative in accordance with the Parliament that sues a greater participation in the preparation of the legislative proposals and an institutional relation constant with the Commission. +The answer is "at all" , because there #be not at all that it justify his program to control the political life of the nations of *Europa furtively, helped and induced by the Bosses of Government of the States members, without forgetting to the of the Realm Joined. +Regarding the measures of harmonisation that *le correspond, not even improve the situation in those countries in the that the legislation is more favourable for the hard-working classes and the disadvantaged categories or discriminated, mainly women and immigrant, since the harmonisation, *cuando the there #be, takes by down. +#If we watch to the past, has taken #a lot of upsetting in the collective responsibility. But when reading the report of the wise persons, the last report that finishes to appear, sees that the practice has been very distinct. +On the auditions, agree with the Mr. *Corbett that it has been a good beginning, but there are things that have to improve *cuando go back to arise this subject in 2004, for example, the possibility that we make individual votes on each Commissioner, after a vote in commission or at least *indicativa to know #if the commission was really in favour or no. +The Mr. *Barnier finds in an optimum position to comprise, apply and move the regional politics, given his political experience is his quality of minister national, but also like president of a regional assembly. +It #can that it was #that the moment to introduce those measures that the Committee of Experts Independent proposes, and that in the majority of the cases are measured of common sense that do not know why have not been already made. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, the Bosses of State and of Government took takes almost a year the initiative to summon an extraordinary meeting of the European Council that was devoted fundamentally to the realisation of a space of freedom, of security and justice. +By decision of the Secretary and of the Spokesman of the Parliament of *Finlandia *le has forbidden the entrance to the sessions of #the same, by indefinite time, to a reporter of television #finnish that took public some documents little *reveladores, provided by *algún deputy, on the *preparativos of the meeting of *Tampere. +The #finnish Presidency *nos has presented his proposals. Lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, to this *respecto wanted to call his attention on a point that consider fundamental in the frame of the debate on the realisation of the space of security, freedom and justice. +In part, treats to build a *Europa strong, #whose need has been caused, #among others factors, by the own politics of the European Union; although mainly all turn around the fact that these parts of the judicial culture are the central nervous system of the democracies. +Lady Speaker, consider that in the resolution presented appear #all the assessments and the proposals that is timely that this Parliament approve to end to offer his immediate contribution so as to that the Council of *Tampere begin to fulfil specifically the solemn promises taken to the #european citizens by the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +It is important to struggle against the illegal immigration and against the abuse of the laws of asylum, but the governments have to respect the obligations that have contracted in the frame of the Agreement of Gin and give asylum to the true refugees, and *tratarles with compassion and with dignity, instead of *temerlos as to demons. +Finally, it wanted to express the wish that the debate that *ustedes go to celebrate today and morning with the Table of the Delegation of the European Parliament give fruit and that the dialogue among our two parliaments continue prompt in the frame of the Mixed Parliamentary Delegation. +It has not taken into account the paper of the European Parliament like representative of the #european villages, in virtue of the *cual the catalogue of rights fundamental #would have to emanate of our institution. By #everything *eso, #can not accept the function that *nos attributes. +Those who conform with little will say that at least *algo changes, but is important that *nosotros, the deputies to the European Parliament, are ambitious and keep opened the possibility to incorporate the Letter in the Treaties and in a #european common Constitution of the that even #can be the embryo. +In the Council of Subjects General of April of 1999 decide to ask to the Commission that prepare a program of performance economic and social to make possible the creation of the necessary institutions in *Timor Oriental. +The Union has demanded with firmness in #all moment that Indonesian take manager of the order and of the security, but alas, as we already have seen, the authorities of this country have not fulfilled his obligations in this look. +Like European Parliament is our obligation talk with an alone voice *cuando are in game fundamental decisions for the future of *Europa. The resolution #would have collected even more support #if #one of the Groups had had to his disposal the translation in a language determined. +My conviction is the that *Europa will recover his letters of nobility in the opinion and the charm of #a lot of villages of the world when affirming clearly, in front of the breaker *neoliberal, his own values and his project. +This trial will base in the measure in that this Commission approximate *Europa more to the village, confront with the frauds and the inefficiency inside his own services, and, especially, arm to *Europa to face up to the offence, the unemployment and the social exclusion. +Gentleman President, a time that have seen that it foresaw reassign #all the content of the *PRS 4 inside the category 4, in view of that the Parliament and the Council have decided to fund these credits in the title *B-1 Agriculture, *me go to allow *desviarme a bit because my problem are not the *PRS. +Because here the Commission *nos says literally that, although we already have taken this effort of finance with reallocation, is necessary an amount of 570,5 millions more, that the Commission proposes reassign in the global transfer or in a complementary transfer in this exercise. +Any deputy of this Parliament that was not familiarised with the function of #Washington in the tragedies of Indonesian and of *Timor from 1966 until the last genocide *perpetrado by the soldiers on 30 August, #would have to read the analysis published today by the #Washington *Post and the *Herald *Tribune in first page: "The Pentagon says that the military contacts with Indonesian are useful" . +It is evident that it is necessary to exert international pressure on Indonesian and #many of *nosotros have asked that it suspend already the financial assistance of the World-wide Bank and of the International Monetary Bottom and that suspend the exports of arms and the military cooperation. +I do not believe that it was appropriate in #all the cases that the Europeans react in military plan in front of crisis that take place in zones very far of his borders, but the crisis of *Timor oriental has put of relief the difficulties with that trip the Europeans to answer to a new task of maintenance of the peace. +While we talk here, the Council of Security of the Nations Joined has approved a resolution with arrangement to the Chapter 7 of the Letter of the Nations Joined that allows that a strength of maintenance of the peace under #australian control go to *Timor oriental. +Perhaps we #would have to reconsider now this definition and promote an international debate to determine #if democracies like the #ours have to give equality of recognition, deal and *respetabilidad to diets of #everyone that *deniegan the democracy and the State of right, the human rights and the fine public management. +The main candidate of the Party *Socialdemócrata in the #european elections, #Pierre *Schori, affirmed also that exists a fundamental difference among it that the EU designates an effective management of the crises and a common defence. +In the conclusions of the European Council of Colony *recalca that the creation of a #european politics of security and of defence presupposes the whole participation and in equal conditions of #all the States members, included the neutral militarily, in the operations of the European Union. +Although there #be #any request of word, have to apply the rules of the game, and in the article 4 of the annex *II of the Regulation says that #all deputy will be able to formulate, in this turn of questions to the Council, only a complementary question. +Subject: Suppression of the use of lenses of contact of multiple use in experimental stage Determined reports of press appeared in June affirmed that, in Big *Bretaña, had recommended to the optical suppress the use of the lenses of contact of multiple use in experimental stage by fear to that they #can transmit a new variant of the illness *Creutzfeldt-#Jakob. +Gentleman President, believe that the medical specialists and the optical know perfectly #which are the risks that #can cause the lenses of contact, but, as well we know, the Commission is the attendant to study the evolution of the situation in the practice. +But in spite of *eso, runs the voice that it #can get to a deal; it is to say, the relative transitory periods to the free market of work and other similar subjects of the EU #can link to transitory periods in the countries candidates to the adhesion. +Obviously, it is a far country, but no thus it leaves to be true that the valid diet is literally criminal; the Union #would have to devote to demolish this diet; of it contrary, *nos will see forced, as in the case of *Kosovo or of other regions, to use the great means. +But in the case of *Corea of the North the problem resides in that the country is *herméticamente isolated of the rest of the societies of the world and, therefore, is *extremamente difficult take get the information to this country, #if well it #would be to wish that like this it occurred. +Gentleman President, as a result of the recent decision of the Council on the lifting of sanctions in relation with the crisis of *Kosovo, the Commission has presented the proposal to exonerate to *Kosovo and *Montenegro of the special sanctions of the *CE against the ancient Republic of *Yugoslavia. +It is comprehensible that today are debating the economic reconstruction of *Kosovo, that without embargo, is directly connected with political suitabilities of the States members, and also with the effort of these last for distributing the bottoms allocated to the reconstruction of *Kosovo among the companies of the States members. +And #this to say that it do not treats of a question of research of a previous control on the character of the global help proposal, in spite of that the amount of #the same, 1.900 millions of euros in the next 5 years, like this #would advise it. +The European Union, that beyond all doubt has a main paper in the solution of the problems, has acted correctly when deciding extend the regulation, especially creating the service of reconstruction of the region. +It is clear that the mandate of the agency do not includes the assistance in the #others countries of the ancient *Yugoslavia neither in other #balkan countries, because this structure is the specific instrument of the European Union for the reconstruction of *Kosovo. +The disputes that *ocasionan delays are obviously inadmissible, had account of the need to find a fast solution to the problem and, therefore, the Commission is opened to an agreement of commitment that respect these goals of rapidity and efficiency. +Therefore, it wanted to ask: it #can transmit our wish to the Conference of Presidents that in the future, #if it goes back to celebrate a debate in the that it exist a conflict with the Council, #this organise of #such form that the Council was present and #can give a direct clash? +To concede to #both the opportunity of *recapacitar and to get to a better understanding of the subject and reach to continuation together with *nosotros a greater efficiency, request the return of the final vote to the Commission of Subjects External. +It More surprising of this manipulation is the attitude of the Council: during #all the negotiation of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, had resisted *encarnizadamente to the *reagrupamientos, in a special title of the Treaty, of #all the rights of the citizens, *dispersos in said text. +Likewise, the program of supply of foods to *Rusia, launched this same year, is subject to a narrow surveillance that, among other things, includes controls of the utilisation of the bottoms generated by the sale of these alimentary products in the local markets. +The past November was in *Moscú with a group of the Parliament, that displaced to that country to evaluate the need of help humanitarian, and #can check that the country simply is not in conditions to put order in his subjects. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, perhaps there #be a reason to remember that in *Rusia have occurred #a lot of things. More of 5000 nuclear heads have been taken out of circulation, In *Rusia have created democratic institutions and #this possesses media that are able to criticise to the Government and have the value to take it. +Without embargo, to finish, estimated colleagues, wanted to take out to collation a question that also have posed #some of our colleagues, to know, the need to create a centre of investigation for the study investigation and systematic application of new methods of prevention of the earthquakes. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, estimated colleagues, the news of the Sunday happened about the convictions to death for the four persons that took part in the student disorders of the summer in will go created a wave of indignation and repudiate in the village *iraní and in the rest of the world. +To continuation, the preparation and application by a military commission joined that it has to be previous to the establishment of a strength of peace; and #this has to, to his time, occupy of the disarmament of #all the militias armed and to prepare the national reconciliation. +At present the journalists follow working in conditions no totally optimum; therefore I consider timely, for example, the transfer of the hall of press perhaps under the hemicycle, since the current hall continues being too much far and often is not easy for the journalists come to talk with the deputies, especially with occasion of important sessions. +This morning *les take the promise -*sobreentendiéndose that no *les #can promise it impossible: I #can not *prometerles that go to have of planes #all the days for *llevarles to his capitals and vice versa- that I will take all it that it #can, with the cooperation of the mayor and of the competent authorities, to improve of appreciable form the situation also in this look. +Gentleman President, in my *primer speech in front of this House *me had enjoyed to talk of the adjust electronic of the row of elevators to increase like this his efficiency, of the ventilation in the services, of the air conditioned and of the carpets totally *insulsas that there #be in the bar. +Also I regret the fault of monitors of TV in the zones of bars and restaurants that #would have to be to disposal of the deputies that take a pause to take coffee so that they #can follow the course of the debate and, #if they have to take part, so that they #can measure adequately his entrance in the Hemicycle. +Gentleman *Prodi, go to *citarle an example that *usted definitely will comprise very well: this principle has to be so important for the Union and has to have a so high priority like the that has, for example, the criterion of the stability of prices for the Central Bank European. +In spite of *ello, along the last diverse years States members have seen forced to face up to odd forms of alimentary intoxication and hardly have of mechanisms of susceptible control to prevent that the industry of the foods introduce #all type of *desperdicios and waste in the alimentary chain. +I believe that *Europa has to assume the part of the responsibility that *le corresponds in this subject. It #would have to help economically to the small agriculturalists and to the other agricultural employers that have been victims of *algo that in some mood is not but a derailment of the #european agricultural politics. +Definitely, the debate celebrates today, and since we are here and have heard to the gentleman President *Prodi, have been able to sure enough take in consideration it that *nos announces, is to say, the creation of an independent #european agency, the research with character *prioritario of the alimentary security, the reinforcement of the controls, etc. +These slimes contain heavy metals, #among others, considerable quantities of cadmium, and precisely thus in my country and in general in the #nordic countries this residue #can not disseminate by the arable surfaces, because the cadmium goes in in the alimentary chain and through #this in the persons. +Gentleman President, since it debated two years ago the Green Book of the foods, expect that it conclude the White Book, that will include, expect, the concrete initiatives and the responsibilities of the #european politics in the alimentary field. +In our opinion, the deep cause is that the social system puts the benefit by on even of the health of the persons. Especially *cuando treats of the benefits of the great companies and of the health of the workers. +Lady Speaker, Commissioner *Prodi, Commissioner *Byrne, the crises of the *EEB and of the dioxin, together with the relative current controversy to the genetically modified foods, have combined to undermine gravely the confidence of the consumers in the *inocuidad of the foods. +Gentleman President, at the beginning of the years eighty, *cuando the first alarming #news on the AIDS seeded the panic in *Europa and States Joined, the prognoses about the scope and the social implications of this illness purchased some catastrophic dimensions. +It treats especially of young adults economically active that, in #a lot of cases, have to his charge to #all a family. Said of another mood, the AIDS affects mainly to a generation that in the majority of the countries constitutes the vertebral column of the society. +In the frame of the principle of caution sanitary, the European Union will have to therefore defend the application of this right to the compulsory licences in the Round of the #Millenium. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, with more of 2 millions of dead persons to the year and 4 millions of new infected in the #african continent, and with the certainty that the 70% of new *seropositivos registers in the #african continent, how doubt fits that *nos find in front of a pandemia that is the first cause of death for the citizens of a #african country. +*Irlanda Of the North is in the periphery of this Union and is a peripheral part of the Union and, even so, are seeing the beginning of a terrible propagation in our country, related to a large extent with the traffic of drugs. +We #can not, especially because a series of States members have decided to break with the nuclear politics, with the politics of the fission, accept that the Union like #such continue funding the politics of the nuclear energy until four times more that #others. +Together with *ALTERNER and the investigation on renewable energy in the *Quinto Program Mark, that expect that it was very important, need the adoption of measures collateral urgent, #such as the directive on the access to the network for the market of the electricity. +The White Book *infundió hopes and are desirous that it set up the exciting campaign with his million of facilities photovoltaic, his big farm with aeolian energy, his biomass and -it more exciting of #all- his 100 communities in the that #all the electricity will proceed of renewable energy. +In the first place, *me seems that the available quantity is too much small and, second, #if we expect the duplication of the quantity of energy renewable, #would have to have a marked increase in the quantity of bottoms assigned for a period of #time. +It has a very scarce budget and, therefore same, our Group receives *favorablemente the proposal of the speaker to increase the resources of the program *SAVE in 4,4 millions of euros, until reaching a total of 68,4 millions of euros. +Regarding a last subject that *me had remained in the inkwell, that is the participation of #some countries of the centre and east of *Europa, wanted to say that, in the actuality, there are ten countries that are benefiting of programs *SAVE to incite to an improvement in the energetic efficiency. +Here it is the supplementary illustration of the collusion among the Commission and the Parliament for *desposeer to the #european Council of it that to my trial is of his exclusive competition, is to say, the external politics. +It was the fight of the #black masses the that imposed the end of the segregation institutionalised, but #this have not been able to unfortunately put end to the social segregation that takes that the workers and the unemployed of this country follow living in the misfortune. +Like this and #everything, the philosophy of bottom, *me seems the following: there are #some subjects that prejudice or go against of the competition and that, in consequence, have to be harmonised deeply; #others, instead, with regard to the *cuales the harmonisation, in my opinion, #would be hurtful, thing that do not occurs in the current States that even allow some diversity among his regions. +This figure, that includes to 350.000 refugees of *Croacia and *Bosnia-*Herzegovina, 120.000 displaced #serbian and #gipsy interns of *Kosovo and 300.000 unprotected socially, has been reckoned by the squad of evaluation conjoint for the alimentary help of the *ACNUR and of the World-wide Program of Foods, that visited the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia in July of this year. +The most unprotected groups of Serbian find in these institutions, and the THROW wants to loan the support that was necessary in form of additional alimentary help -fundamentally the alimentary help will deliver to *través of the World-wide Bank of Foods- and besides wants to complete it with other articles that are not foods and heating. +In the frame of this analysis, take in consideration the resolution of this Parliament of December of 1998, #as well as the conclusions of the Presidency of the Council after the two informal meetings of the ministers commissioned of the sport. +To me *me #would enjoy to ask to the Mrs. Commissioner #if, to achieve our goal, #would not be better *aunar #all our strengths and, with the backrest of #all the States members, present an only #european candidature like headquarters for this International Agency against the Doping. +I create, and I disagree a bit of *usted regarding the last part of his answer, that the important signals that gives the European Union in other regions of the world, but that are very near of the Indian, thanks to the organisation of events like the summits, have to be countered. +The #european employers, the #european political class, the #european public opinion, to the equal that the of the Indian, need an important signal, that #can not be another that a summit. +Further of #all #this, *yo wanted to add, without embargo, to finish that we follow considering necessary a deep reform in this field and the Commission has foreseen to present, therefore, before end of year a proposal to reform amply the system of subventions and of organisation of the markets in the sector of the linen and the hemp. +Now we are not in the #spanish Parliament, not even in the assembly of the region that has been mentioned, but in the European Parliament and #can not prejudge neither know in advance any criterion and respect the right of expression of the ladies and gentlemen deputies. +The main obstacle for the entry of *Turquía is his inability to fulfil the political criteria established in *Copenhague, especially regarding the democracy, the human rights and the rights of the minorities, in particular of the village *kurdo. +#If we advance in the proposal of the Commission and of the Council, #can *ustedes be safe that the diet of *Turquía do not goes to advance to the democratisation, will strengthen in continuing and worsen the inadmissible politics, inhuman current that is developing #as well as the provocations against #Grecia and against the humanity. +Here it includes for example the requirement to take seriously no only *verbalmente the financial commitments of the European Union in front of *Turquía on the base of the financial protocol, but also the to put to disposal the corresponding bottoms. +The vicinity of the term to fulfil an intermediate stage of the process of peace, established for 4 May of the present year in the agreement of *Oslo, took that the situation went even more unsure. +The situation in Orient Next is still far of #this, but do not fits doubt that the election like prime minister of *Ehud #Barak in #Israel and the peaceful option of the Palestinians have offered an opportunity to the peace: they show it the recent progresses of the agreements of *Oslo in his version modified of *Sharm-the-*Sheikh. +The authentic difficulties will appear in the frame of the negotiations on the final situation, that includes the contentious subject of *Jerusalén, the control on the rights of the water and the return of the refugees. +Without embargo, this agreement has a considerable political significance: it marks the unblock of the process of peace, after the years of stagnation and even of deterioration during the government of *Netanyahu, that never had accepted the logic of *Oslo. +Lady Speaker, once again, with occasion of the vote on the calendar of periods partial of sessions for the year 2000, have had to face up to a round of amendments with seen to reduce the length of the partial periods of sessions in *Estrasburgo. +In effect, as it has remembered the Mr. *Dell' #Alba to the principle of the turn, with the participation in the votes, do not think to endorse a situation that in fact discriminates to millions of #european citizens, to #whose representatives *les denies the full exercise of his parliamentary mandate. +In effect, had explains that the energetic saving on the consumption has improved up to now around the 1% annual, the European Commission *preconiza a supplementary reduction of a point of the percentage of saving on the final demand. +It is true that *Turquía #would have to, in this look, satisfy the criteria fixed by the European Council of *Copenhague, among the *cuales appear the existence of institutions stable that guarantee the democracy, the human rights and the respect to the minorities. +I do not go to vote in favour of the common resolution on the course of the relations European Union - *Turquía because in *ella there are reasonings and political contradictions, #as well as a fine dose of hypocrisy, things that are not own of a serious institution like our Parliament. +They debate the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the opening of the Round of the #Millenium in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade of 30 November until 3 December in *Seattle. +These countries fear that the negotiation of the labour rights minima in the breast of the *OMC was an attempt to take part in his low labour costs and, therefore, in his relative advantage in this look. +These progresses have to allow reconcile the demographic growth and the economic growth with an endowment limited of natural resources, since it is the technical progress it that moves away the border of the durable utilisation of these resources. +Likewise, the hits obtained by the countries industrialised and the emergent economies of #Asia -because of the liberalisation of the exchanges-, have taken *tambalear the confidence of the communist diets and have conducted to his radical transformation in *Europa and #Asia. +Finally, the globalisation reflects the perceptions of the coming generations, the of the next century, that, through the media and of his own *peregrinar, live the world like a *aldea #where the *interdependencia promotes the solidarity and #where expresses the taste by the difference and the confluence. +These norms refer , firstly, to the investment and to the competition, two questions in front of the *cuales our partners doubt, by very diverse reasons, and that, because of the precedent of the *AMI, arouse reservations and resistances by part of some countries in roads of development, *cuando no a radical hostility in #some of our no governmental organisations. +It is a very dangerous path, as they show it already the consequences of the application of the norms of the *OMC, with the aggravation of the social inequalities, of the unemployment and of the poverty in the world. +For example, still they have not seen the benefits for the textile sector and of the preparation, neither neither have seen any benefit of the liberalisation of the trade of products agricultural. +By the contrary, in the majority of the countries of the European Union, the concentration of the CO2 has not taken more that grow regarding the levels of 1990; therefore, they will need drastic additional measures to fulfil with the agreements of *Kioto. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, it is necessary *agradecerles to *ustedes that they have coincided in the majority of the points with the resolution of the European Parliament, that collects neither more neither less that the philosophy of the European Parliament regarding the climatic change. +The intervention in the control of the crises is in accordance with the military neutrality of #some States members. In the conclusions of the meeting of Colony said explicitly that the Union will not take part in the solutions adopted by the States members in matter of defence. +Gentleman President, the #finnish Presidency has prepared the enlargement of the qualified majority *enviándoles to the States members a questionnaire, in the that it asks in how fields are had still to enable the qualified majority in the taking of decisions. +In the *primer paragraph of the article 29 of the statutes of the Central Bank European regulate the criteria of the cast of the subscriptions of the capital of #the same, according to the *cuales the Bank of *Dinamarca #would have to contribute with a 1,6709 percent of the own capital of the #ECB. +On the other hand, the Council neither has received still any proposal to apply the recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna (*ICCAT) against the overexploitation of this species. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the Council has a positive attitude to the possibilities that offer in the field of the fight against the social marginalisation contemplated in the paragraph 2 of the article 137 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, after the entrance in vigour of #the same. +Only it wanted to ask, in view of the problems of supply, #if the Commission goes to urge to #Georgia to that it build the 700 *m of road that are missing until the border *chechena, that did not build owing to the #russian pressures, so that in the future the humanitarian help #can reach the border *chechena. +The Code has improved the mutual understanding about the politics of the States members, has established an effective mechanism of query and has boosted the dialogue about the application of his disposals. +Gentleman President, the fight against the pity of death in the world is first of all a fight of civilisation by this right of interference humanitarian that is opening step in the world-wide consciousness. +We demand to the #indonesian Government that put end to the violence and that believes the necessary conditions so that, also *nosotros, from the European Union, #can help of suitable form to repair the damages and to loan the necessary humanitarian help. +It will be especially important #if this Parliament achieves to exert an appropriate political paper and concrete, so as to contribute to launch new light on this dark event and to take justice to the 81 victims and to his families that from takes more of 19 years are expecting to know that it occurred, why and #who are the managers. +In the European Union, the national authorities of the States members have to demand of the companies that inform to the apprentices and workers that #can remain exposed to the radiations, of the dangers for the health that comports his work and that *les qualify in the protection *radiológica. +In effect, the "right to contaminate" #can not buy, and a simple payment or an exchange #can not release to the richest to take #all the possible efforts to respect the common law. +Lady Speaker, for my Group this agreement *interinstitucional is another angular stone for the *restablecimiento of the credibility of the European Union regarding the form to occupy of the frauds and of the bad financial management. +The agreement *interinstitucional *nos carries even more far in another direction as it #would impose to #all the deputies and to the personnel the obligation to use the appropriate procedures to inform to the future services of *OLAF, so that #all complaint of fraud #can be investigated adequately. +I celebrate can contribute in my first oral intervention, like recent member of this High Assembly, to a fine part of the #european legislation and wish that produce a wide compliance here and a fluent approval of the directive in the Council of Ministers. +I expect that in the vote that #be to make affirm with strength the will of the Parliament to open immediately the path to this disposal that will allow immediately a greater visibility, a greater transparency and a greater access of the citizens to our democratic life. +In this point urges to the Commission to that it go in in contact with third countries and with international organisations with a view to find suitable solutions To this *respecto it will be necessary to take into account of special way how proposed develop in this field the Commission of the Nations Joined for the International Mercantile Right (*CNUDMI), the *OCDE and the *OMC. +*Yo Celebrate can signal also in my first oral intervention in the Plenary of this Assembly that in my own homeland; *Austria, the facilities of transport by wire constitute an angular stone of the tourism and, therefore, of the national economy. +Therefore, *yo *me *congratulo that among the Parliament, the Council and the Commission exist an absolute consensus, an absolute coincidence, regarding the will to put to disposal the necessary credits for *Kosovo with charge to the Budget of the EU. +*Yo Believe that the #european taxpayers #would not comprise that they demanded simply additional bottoms to fund the costs in *Kosovo, without visiting to #the same time the difficult path of the definition of priorities, or was, precisely, of a redistribution of the credits. +The *multifuncionalidad of the agriculture in the fields of the feeding, the conservation of the landscape, the protection of the nature and also of the tourism like sector of employment with perspectives of future, that surely will not contract but that will follow growing, constitutes an important worry for #all the Parliament. +They manifested numerous discrepancies: in the first place, regarding the *IFOP; second, regarding the support of the Council and of the States members to the Politics *Pesquera Common, especially regarding the international agreements of fishing, as in the recent case of the Agreement with *Marruecos; and, in *tercer place, on the relations of the EU with other international organisations. +Through measures of support directed specifically to the women in the frame of the politics of population and of development will be able to contribute to create a more social base stable, to the transformation of the existent structures and to the development of other new. +With the statements of the Mrs. *Schreyer in the sense that it will procure redistribute the cost, resort in lower measure to the reservation of security and modify perhaps the Financial Perspectives, the Commission has given a *primer step of approximation to the positions of the Parliament. +The position of the Parliament is unanimous. We need a review limited of the Financial Perspectives so that no *nos see forced to go out of the step another time with a series of budgets complementary and *rectificativos, as it has occurred this year. +Second, regarding the external politics, specifically regarding *Kosovo, the audience that organise takes some days with the Commission of Subjects External and the Commission of Budgets to me *me resulted very *reveladora, especially the fact that #this was not a commitment in the short term. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0035/1999) of the Mr. *Huhne, in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary, on the annual report 1998 of the Central Bank European (*C4-0211/1999). +Like this, whereas the Treaty demands that the #ECB publish a quarterly report on his activities, the #ECB has decided to publish said report *mensualmente with the Monthly Bulletin, in the that it takes an exhibition detailed of the economic and monetary evolution. +The publication by part of the #ECB of reports detailed of each country that takes part in the zone of the euro #would go against of the necessary creation of a perspective of #all the zone when developing, debate and think the monetary politics. +Therefore, an indispensable condition to achieve a substantial improvement in the processing of the payments to the by minor *transfronterizos is definitely that the banking sector establish some common characteristics for the processing among the banks. +*Yo Urge to the #ECB to that it contribute of constructive way to the hit of the Pact in favour of the growth and the employment, and that express with #all clarity how proposes take part in the dialogue *macroeconómico to contribute to the definition of a combination of politics balanced. +#All the central or international banks of the great countries owe , in #one or another form, to this democratic responsibility in front of the socioeconomic community, in the #anglo-saxon countries to *través of the Parliament, in *Alemania through the Banks *federados of the *Länder. +Gentleman President, our Parliament receives in the day of today to the President of the Central Bank European, is to say, the president of the first institution to the *cual the #european nations - did not knows why disorder - have decided to entrust, give a sovereign power, at least eleven of *ellas. +Without any doubt, *usted will have after all more can or influence that *ellos, although it was less brilliant, since in this end of #millenium that seems *erigir to the money like last universal value, is *usted *detentando the temporary power and the spiritual power in the breast of the European Union. +What greater was the equality in the level of the distribution of the information in the society, greater will be the efficiency with that individual options orient the development of the economy and the invisible hand of the market. +In the Low Countries made a study of the economic institute of the small and medium enterprise, the *EIM, of the that definitely will agree . They have ascertained that the retail trade will have to have available a 100% of his volume of sales daily in coins of change, in front of the 7 % current. +Going back to the current situation, wanted to repeat that the strategy of politics monetary of the system of the Euro, that has presented very clearly in front of the Parliament, bases in two *pilares, both designed with a horizon of future on the half term. +Wish that know, gentleman President, that will give our support to #all the efforts that go directed to finish with the terrorist actions, to control the strengths *paramilitares and to sign the supremacy of the civil power on the military power. +We need to build a new nation in #where the respect of the human rights, the application of the justice and the reconstruction of our social tissue are the solid foundations that *nos allow to conform a society in the that the factors generators of violence eradicate once and for all. +The Commission supports the clear affirmation of the importance of the prevention in the fight against the delinquency, already was financial, urban or juvenile, and sees recognised his management so that they stood out in particular the rights of the victims of the criminal activities. +#If well it is true that #can have finished worse, #a lot of worse, especially for the citizens of the third countries that find in *Europa or that aspire to come to *ella pushed by the need, #this did not removes that it has lost a fine occasion to begin to build specifically a space of freedom, justice and security. +There #where the States members no longer #can go more far as they have got to the limit of his possibilities goes in in action the Union -in the politics of asylum, in the of migration, in the fight against the crime organised and in the cooperation with the justice. +On the immigration, believe that *Tampere represents an important stage, when integrating it that we #can call a strategy of *codesarrollo, is to say, when recognising that, to resolve the question of the immigration, it will be necessary to tackle fully the causes that originate the phenomenons of refugees. +Gentleman President, seat the bases of the creation of a #european space of freedom, security and justice was the goal of the European Council of *Tampere, an important goal because it affects to the fundamental values of our western civilisation. +It wanted to insist, in name of my Group, in that they apply fully, in #all his looks, the principles of the Convention of Gin in the two slopes of the politics of migration, and that the Commission and the Parliament are entirely involved in #all the looks. +In *Tampere has produced a mutation *cuasiconstitucional, because the Council has given a mandate to the Commission to establish, to #his proposal, common norms for the admission and the stay, for the lawsuits of small quantity, and for #many other questions. +The advances reached will be no only acts of the Council, of the Commission and of the European Parliament, but also of the States members in the measure in that *les entrust some tasks of the bookmark in virtue of the principle of subsidiariness. +This proposal, combined with the maintenance of the monopoly of initiative of the Commission, *propiciaría, as we know, a considerable strengthening of the powers of this last and a correlated reduction of the right of the States. +It recognises -thing that *nosotros have said always- that the cooperations reinforced of the Treaty of *Amsterdam #can not serve at all to resolve the double program of the every time greater heterogeneity and the total impossibility to abandon powers of sovereignty to procedures of decision by qualified majority and, more still, in a *Europa of thirty States or more. +The social dimension of the European Union, a previous condition for a #european democracy, neither mentions with an alone word in this report of the Council of the Wise persons. +After which will have still #a lot of work, among 10 November and the beginning of the negotiation, since the Commission will have to present a document of the that *yo same have said that it #would be a solid political document, global, structured so that it was useful to the negotiators and facilitate this negotiation. +Also it is true that our goal is it that before have called intelligent restructuring and there are three characteristic elements that #a lot of companies have taken into account; because in the past, in the European Union, have cases of the two forms of behaviour that have mentioned previously. +But #all know that, in this period, the alone legislation or the legislation in #if same #can not solve the *tremendo problem of the restructuring of the industry, especially *cuando the #european industry did not has to only compete inside the borders, but that it has to take part and face up with hit to the world-wide competition. +Finally, in #day of the start of the negotiations of the *OMC, wish to underline the need that *Europa affirm his political wills, also in matter of industrial politics, and plant in the centre of *ellas "the employment, the creation of wealth, the development of the territories". +By his part, my Group goes to direct to the main #sindical organisations #european to exchange our experiences and, got the case, launch a #european request that allow to our *conciudadanos influence in the future decisions. +*Me Refer also to the thousands of workers of companies like *Michelin that have invested his time, his energies, his knowledges, his aptitudes, his hopes and his aspirations, in addition to the of his families, in the company in the that have worked during *tantos years. +In any case, #would want *asegurarles that the continuous communication with the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, and with the commission of the companies, will help continuously to the Commission to carry to good new term essential interventions and it more flexible possible in this sector. +Like this as, the European Union has regretted deeply that the Senate of States Joined, in his decision of 13 October, have refused the Treaty of prohibition total of nuclear proofs. +The Commission shares the disappointment that finishes to express the President of the Council in front of the rejection by part of the American Senate of the Treaty of prohibition total of the nuclear proofs. +Among the arguments adduced in the States Joined, #some considered that it had not got the moment to renounce the nuclear essays, *cuando results that *Corea of the North deploys efforts to endow of his own arms and Chinese follows developing his arsenal. +It That *nosotros criticise deeply is this attitude of the republican majority in the Senate that answers more to it that it was *otrora the doctrine of the "self-evident destination" of the States Joined, much more that the of the moral leadership, in addition to the military, that have in this moment. +I hail the initiative of the President #Jacques *Chirac, of the Federal Chancellor #Gerhard *Schröder and of the Prime minister #Tony *Blair, those who have directed in an open letter to the North American public opinion in *pro of a ratification of the Treaty *CTBT. +The European Union aptly is expanding the opportunities of the #russian companies to export to the markets of the European Union to promote the #russian economy. +In this sense, took greater #granting and accepted a minimum number of three States participants in the *coorganización of concrete projects and of five States participants in the agreements of cooperation cultural and of big *envergadura and procured find the road of a greater *flexibilización of the devices of organisation. +There #be infinity of agents and cultural operators that will remain *desprovistos of #all class of means for the action that carry out, and #whose value is invaluable, #if it did not concludes this file before the end of the common year to end to allow the entrance in vigour of the program already at the beginning of the next year. +The informal contacts with the Presidency of the Council and with the Commission allow to expect that it get here to a unification of criteria, as the youngsters and his associations expect that the performance and relation among the institutions was not bureaucratic but pragmatic. +In the session of the day 23 July, the President of the Parliament proposed to the commission that chair the examination of the bottom, and in the meeting of 27 July, the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media And Sport *me appointed speaker. +Nevertheless, since the bottom of this proposal " only" is to limit the period of helps of 5 to 3 years, there #be time to examine #if *Eurostat and the national institutes of statistical #can satisfy our needs of data and statistical informations. +As *usted will comprise, gentleman President, do not have intention to go in in the details of the amendments presented by the Parliament, but *me pleases *comunicarle that the Commission shares the interest to guarantee the hit of the small and medium enterprises, by it that accepts the relative amendment to #the same. +In the frame of the budgetary procedure, although we opt by a period of five years, the Parliament has #all the years the possibility to take modifications, to interrupt the payments, is to say, to sanction, #if it results necessary. +Lady Speaker, during the conclusion of my intervention in the debate of yesterday on the restructuring of the companies, signalled to the Vice-president that chaired the session that had produced an anomaly in the conjoint resolution that go to vote later today. +Memory very well that in the Conference of Presidents -the colleagues that are here to my right definitely will agree , *Pat *Cox, the Mrs. *Hautala, my colleague Baron *Crespo and #others more- argue on the question of #if we talked of *Michelin or of the globalisation and the restructuring of the companies in general. +And *yo, therefore, ask to the Speaker that there #be a rigorous control in the register in relation with the no authorised modifications of the proposals, which is a problem, in my opinion, of modification and of falsity in public document of the Parliament. +There #be not form of *reintroducir, from the point of sight of the procedure, the amendment of the Mrs. *Scallon, since it do not exists any base of commitment to present an oral amendment. +Besides, in place to pose the political conditions that invariably posed the European Parliament, limits to the quotation of the "Comments" to an institutional mechanism of control of doubtful effectiveness, as the experience with the program *Meda has come putting of self-evident. +It results particularly important that loan special attention to the granting of any type of supports to these companies, that always have to be conditioned to the maintenance of the employment, and have to establish severe sanctions and force to the return of the assignments, *cuando was not like this. +Every time that the European Parliament tackles #this and other questions, *me give account that it treats of a field of action that requires measured to scale #european. It is the case of the railway and is the case of the transport of commodities dangerous. +Gentleman President, want, in the first place, appreciate to the Mr. *Hatzidakis, speaker and president of the Commission of Transports, Regional Politics and Tourism, the excellent report that has made on the proposal of modification of the Directive mark relative to the transport of commodities dangerous by railway. +It is true, as it says, that in #some zones of the network *nos find with a situation of overload, with some infrastructures that are already very used and very taken advantage of fundamentally in the transport of persons, that is the that in these moments has the priority in the politics of the railway in #all the States members. +And, to #that *respecto, #can not leave to underline the error that constituted, takes four or five years, the *concertación of an agreement of fishing out of the widest frame of the agreement of cooperation *concertado among the European Union and *Marruecos. +They have happened years and neither the Commissioner *Bonino neither the Commissioner *Fischler neither the respective ministers have had the diligence neither the necessary agility so that we were not debating here it that we have to take in front of a hurtful event, *cuando is missing a month so that it produce . +Far of *oponer among himself/hisself the interests of the workers of the sector *pesquero of the #european countries and of the #african countries, is necessary to look for a convergence concerning his claims and of his fight in front of the powerful capitalist interests. +But to #the same time have to get it before possible to a reasonable agreement that take into account the interests in matter of environment and external politics and of security and that do not commit the error to introduce demagogic elements that *desestabilicen to our neighbours. We have to avert that *nos drop the bandage of the eyes *cuando was too much late, as *sucedió in the *Balcanes or in the *Cáucaso! +It treats of: application of a plan of slaughterings selective; introduction of an identification of animal effective and of a system of register and of movements that already applies completely; legislation for the elimination of meat and meat with bone of the factories of *piensos and of the agricultural establishments. +This House, through his Commission of Investigation on the *EEB, and the European Commission were the that recommended the measures that now are applying to guarantee the security in #all the European Union of those who consume #british products and #british meat. +It is paramount that base our decisions in scientific proofs, and #if today the majority of the scientists thinks that it #can raise the prohibition to export meat of bovine #british, expect that the #french authorities act inside #few days, and expect that the Commission undertake the pertinent legal actions, #if it do not occurs it expected. +This endemic persistence poses a fearsome question, the to know #if they do not exist other moods of transmission of the illness that the that detected up to now: the feeding with animal flours and the maternal transmission. +The charge of the sufficient scientific proof that weighs on the instance concerned for protecting the health of his population brakes or prevents in the practice the application of the principle of caution. +Gentleman President, after the excellent interventions of the Gentlemen *Souchet and *Martinez in favour of the maintenance of the #french embargo on the #british bovine meat, only wanted to add three reflections from the point of sight juridical, morals and politician. +Going back to the specific case, consider that the Parliament do not has to ask to the Commission that investigate the existence of recommendations formulated by the national Agencies managers of the alimentary security against of the community decisions. +I believe that the Commission is taking a good work, but our fundamental worry in this moment is the maintenance of the activity *pesquera and, in concrete, of an activity in the that there #be not *sobrexplotación, but conservation of the natural resources. +From *Marruecos *nos get #news that the #moroccan fishermen, with big despair, see the immense damage that takes to his banks of fishes, so only to resupply to the #european markets of sardines and other common species of the that depend the same lives of *ellos and his families. +Therefore, gentleman Commissioner, in this question and in the that refers to the agreements of fishing in general, as it put of self-evident yesterday in the important debate that kept in relation with the Agreement of fishing with *Marruecos, always will have the favourable opinion, in general majority, of the Commission of Fishing, and expect that the follow having of this Parliament. +In the first reading of this concrete proposal the Parliament did not take amendments, but the speaker, #Hugh *McMahon in that moment, formulated the observation that it was absolutely essential that these three instruments went in in vigour to #the same time to avert any disadvantage in matter of competition. +I expect that the Council of Transports loan attention to this message and there are #some advances to reach that the transport by road remain comprised; of it contrary, see a real danger for the rail sector to consequence of the review of the general directive. +#If the speaker believed timely to propose that it postpone said Agreement, the Commission of Subjects External #would support fully a proposal in this sense that, to the sight of the war of *Chechenia, *nos seems that it #would be a reasonable measure to take upsetting in this question. +Since the Popular Republic of Chinese has a chamber of the world-wide population and has a big economic potential, is very important his implication in the #european investigation and in the technological projects. +The technical backrest to favour the energy-efficiency, the saving of energy and the sources of energies clean and renewable will allow that Chinese reduce the broadcasts of CO2. +By it that refers to the questions of biotechnology, have to answer to the Mr. *Gahrton that #all the proposals of investigation in the sphere of the biotechnologies have to satisfy *imperativamente the applicable ethical conditions to #all project of the program-mark. +Therefore, in this line and sharing the worries of the Parliament on the gravity of the situation in *Chechenia, neither create -and comprise perfectly the position of His *Señorías to #that *respecto- that this agreement was the best half to manifest our interests and our questions in front of it that is *sucediendo. +Since this year it celebrates the centenarian second of the trip of #Alexander *von *Humboldt to *Venezuela, *yo wanted to remember that *Humboldt no only contributed *algo, specifically the eagerness to know, but that also returned with *algo to *Europa, specifically with a knowledge on the tropical plants and on the geography of this interesting continent. +That, in spite of the practical more ecological that #can introduce #one or more States members, apply it that appears in the directive of the most uniform form possible, and that do not exist an excess of bureaucracy for the manufacturers or for the points of sale in this context. +We are adherents that there are actions no legislative, as many times it is not necessary the legislation since, sometimes, suffices with the *soft *law, but these initiatives do not owe *hacernos lose of sight that it is necessary to avert a false idea of harmonisation, it is necessary to avert the juridical insecurity, #as well as the false expectations on the inner market. +The Parliament finds in a fine position to set up the discussion on this type of initiatives. Especially, maybe, for giving to know the worries of the half citizen, to the one who, perhaps, no always listens in the form owed in *Bruselas. +To avert #one overloads of the Court of Justice, which is comprehensible, the Commission has foreseen to leave in hands of the national judges the decision on the granting of exemptions in the frame of the section 3 of the article 85. +I do not want *detenerme in the juridical subjects that already have been perfectly tackled by the Mr. *Lehne and the Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi; *me interests more *detenerme in #some political subjects that still do not tackle of the all in the document, although it do not fits doubt that they will be object of debate in this Parliament, since, thanks to #the same, grows the idea of *Europa. +As well, the *primer strategic goal of the document that have presented and that are commenting here pretends precisely guarantee the balance among the inner market, by a part, and the defence of the interests of the consumer and of the environment, by #another. +We do not leave to escape this opportunity to reinforce the #european guidelines in matter of employment and to initiate to #the same time a process directed to the creation of places of work of quality and to a fine social protection. +This measure also takes in consideration the fact that in the operation of an inner market follow existing #a lot of social problems in the urban zones, #as well as in the rural zones of *Europa, and of course in my country, *Irlanda. +The local communities of the private sectors, public and of the volunteering #would have to can *aunar his collective talents in an effort for creating employment in the sector of the small and medium enterprises in his respective zones. +I consider positive, for example, the guidelines directed to the strengthening of the regional initiatives and venues of employment and the greater insistence in the *equiparación of the women in the politics of employment and to this *respecto believe that here it follows being valid the criticism of our colleague, the Mrs. *Theorin. +The correct reading, anyway, by part of the States members will have to be that the main part of the programs will not have to base in pertinent activities of the past, but in those #whose main goal was the acquisition of aptitudes creative. +The services develop of two contrary moods: by a part have the conversion in services of #all the productive sectors, included the agricultural -that is not mentioned-, it that conducts to the abolition of the limits among *ellos, and, by #another, the industrialisation of the sector services. +In the field of the politics of employment and of the standards of the social model European, among the States members produces a competition that do not favours the achievement of the goals that declare that we want to pursue and in the conditions that guarantee in theory. +Of the debate that here keeps from two hours ago believe that it derives an optimistic conclusion, since it results patent that the European Parliament no only follows the problem with attention and thinks to the *respecto, but that, especially, takes proposed in a subject so *excepcionalmente delicate as it is the #european strategy for the employment. +Gentleman President, invoke our dignity of deputies because it is necessary to award to the signatures for the politics and the political statements, #the same dignity and #the same space that reserves to the signatures for the assistances and the money. +They exist varied technologies to reduce simultaneously the broadcasts of particles and the broadcasts of oxides of nitrogen until the level demanded by *nosotros in the first reading well by means of the addition of *amoniaco, well by means of an intermediate refrigerator combined with a filter of regeneration. +Have a possibility to conclude with a solution of first class the successful history of the relative legislation to the broadcasts of gas for the improvement of the quality of the air. +The report of the Mrs. *Avilés on the common position has been approved also after a hard fight around the change of foundation juridical of the article 235 to the article 152 on the procedure of *codecisión. +Equally, in other reports on the world-wide conferences of the UN in the cooperation with third states , on #all with the states *ACP, have conceded a political priority very high to the needs of the boys +In the last debate that celebrate in this assembly on the case of the *Michelin, said that it is impossible to have restructurings of velvet, *velvet *changes, and #this is like this because we live a period in that the restructurings are *grandísimas; have the entrance of the technology, changes of the labour diet, there #be also a big enlargement of the phenomenon of the *mundialización. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, in occasion of the debate of 27 October happened on the subject *Michelin, remembered that the Parliament had amended the directive on the information and the query to the workers, and that expected that the Commission recovered these amendments. +It conducts to some terms of transition interminable in the environmental field for other states candidates, because of another mood, and quote it of the official document: "#this #would carry to an increase of the financial effort". +I share the point of sight -#such as I already underlined in my audition in front of this Parliament in September- that a reform of the system of finance has to have like goal a greater financial responsibility own of the Community. +When finishing, gentleman President, wanted to *puntualizar the fault of participation in the procedure of this report, because, except the Commission of Agriculture and #some of my colleagues that have helped in the amendments, #can not say that there #have been a big participation. +It Correct, instead, is to proceed to reexamine the line guideline before the first enlargement on the base of the real needs not to block a series of credits orientative with total uncertainty on his *adecuación *respecto so much to the total as to the calendar. +In the report asks to the Commission that boost the optimum methods, the exchange of opinions and experiences, to increase the awareness of the population without thus leave to respect the principle of subsidiariness. +The imperative more decisive of the energetic and environmental politics, to the *acercarnos to the change of #millenium, is the to fulfil the commitments of *Kyoto and to #that *respecto, a tax on the CO2, #would exert, of course, an important paper. +By this reason, believe that the Report *Smet means an important step for the improvement of the situation of *cientos of thousands of workers and to avert that the length of the labour day convert in a half illicit to increase the competitiveness. +To5-0060/1999 of the Mr. *Lechner, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, on the proposal of directive of the relative Council to the notification or transfer in the States members of judicial documents and *extrajudiciales in civil or mercantile matter [*COM(99) 219 *C­0044/1999 1999/0102(*CNS)]; +By means of the new proposal of the Council for a regulation on the competition, recognition and execution of resolutions in familiar subjects and in the relative procedure to the parental responsibility, guarantees now to the citizens and citizens of *Europa a unitary civil state. +In this sense only #can express my joy in front of the fact that every time there #be more countries -also countries members of the EU- that recognise the marriage among two persons of #the same sex and that comprise that #such couples #can wish have children and that #this is a wish that have right to see fulfilled. +#One of the conditions imposed to *Bulgaria for the opening of the negotiations of adhesion is specifically the fixation of a reasonable calendar for the closure of the unit 1-4 of the nuclear head office of *Kozloduy that it has to elaborate before it finalise the year 1999. +Second, in how felt exactly poses problems *Francia? And it #can the Commissioner confirm that to consequence of the problems posed by *Francia only there will be an explanation to the French and do not change #any in the plan of export #british according to a calendar established? +*Me Fear that the request to exclude to the #european companies of the application of this criminal law, by very useful that was this exception for the #european companies, in essence, do not solves the problem. +And I have to say that I did not have doubt that #that was his intention, because this Assembly knows the *curriculum of the Commissioner, in particular his step by *Hong *Kong, that *nos reveals an unambiguous commitment with the defence of the human rights and of a democratic system no limited so only to *Europa. +Afterwards I see the dimensions of our program in #Asia, that rises to some 350 millions of euros to the year, and *me *rasco the head thinking in how go to be able to loan the level of assistance necessary to the that it #can be #one of the greater and more important democracies of the world. +Subject: Protection of the interests of the community companies in *Kosovo The Organism of Telecommunications of #Grecia (*OTE) and the #italian company *STET *International, owners of the 49% of the *Srbija *Telekom, confront in *Kosovo threats and pressures of the *ELK and "#others", with the goal of *expulsarlas of the region, in violation of the international agreements of the two companies, only legal owners of rights of network in *Kosovo. +*Cuando The Council examine, at the end of this year, the results of the Common Action of 1997 in the fight against the violence that suffer the women, #would be the occasion to take the balance of the situation that His *Señoría finishes to describe. +The granting of helps distinct of the authorised that it has produced along these years has allocated , especially, to fund the social field of the plan of restructuring, specifically complementary compensations to the employees sacked. +High gentleman Representative, have to mention that, personally, have struggled against the Council that *usted chairs more of two years, no with military means, but in the courts, to access to some document related with the fulfillment, by part of the States members, of the criteria that regulate the export of arms. +The European Union, with a common coin, a common market and a common legislation has a common interest in that #everything *ello translate also in a politics of security and #worthy common defence of credit. +Before being able to express my satisfaction by this proposal, wish that delete the ambiguity arisen as a result of the observations made by the minister of Defence #british, #Geoffrey *Hoon, to know, treats of an army *francobritánico or of an army of the EU? +Although, in the Low Countries, #some want to exert the #british paper regarding the forced maintenance of the #atlantic relations, and *me refer to the previous #british paper, is not, without embargo, comparable with the questions concerning the *IESD that pose in the States members of the neutral EU and without commitment. +And *permítame say to the Mr. *Patten that receive with satisfaction it that has said on armaments, but proposes the Commission take a follow-up of his previous communications acting with determination in this field and agrees *conmigo in that the project meteoric Missile is of crucial importance for the future of the industry of defence #european? +*Nos Add to the demands of the #african countries of the south that ask not negotiating the fact that the vegetables and the animals or the human cells #can be patented subtracting wealth to the less favoured and taking greater the multinationals. +Report of the Mr. *Lechner (To5-0060/1999), in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the proposal of directive of the Council (*COM(1999) 219 - *C5-0044/1999 - 1999/0102(*CNS)) relative to the notification or transfer in the States members of judicial documents or *extrajudiciales in civil or mercantile matter +The European Commission, of course, analyses very thoroughly #all the plans of action in matter of employment that the States members of the EU present to the Parliament on an annual base, so as to guarantee that they support integral measures and more modern in favour of the equality. +The Nordic Green Left (*NGL), composed by the #scandinavian members of the Group *GUE, has voted today in favour of the relative report to the notification of documents judicial in civil and mercantile matter. +I ask to #all the groups and members of parliament of this Assembly that involve in this effort so that the different groups and political strengths take a new effort by the dialogue so as to that these processes of peace inside the Union have a positive end, as it seems that it is *sucediendo, fortunately and at last, in *Irlanda. +It is especially worrisome that the Government of *Rusia -in spite of his promises- have not begun to look for still a political solution to the crisis, but that follows *presionando only with military measures. +We were #many the that condemn in this Parliament the methods employed by the #russian army to crush under his fire #all possible resistance to his advance without taking in consideration the losses caused in the civil population. +I agree with that it informed to the Groups -and appreciate #a lot of have had the opportunity to talk of this subject with the Mr. *Ajmádov-, but in this House never had celebrated up to now an official interview of this type. +Part of the motivation that hides behind the Diary 2000 is the to fulfil, of credible way, with the regulation of the world-wide trade and of step, of course, convert to *Europa in a key speaker in the world-wide trade; *algo that will not want the Americans. +The members of the *OMC have to keep the possibility to concede priority in his politics to the public health, to the welfare of the animals, to the environmental protection and to the solidarity with the countries in development. +It wanted to urge also to the Commission and to the States members to that they look for a commitment *vinculante of the *OMC that allow to #all the pertinent exports of the less developed countries the free access of tariffs to the #european markets before the year 2003. +Also I defend a #red protectionism, in the that it aspire to guarantee the rights of the workers and to prevent the use of methods unfair of work, as, for example, the utilisation of hand of childish drama. +To #the same time, #can not be that the world enrich thanks to a new agreement of the *OMC, but that, simultaneously, impoverish in the field of the culture and of the environment, or in the field of the agriculture and horticulture, and that lose in these terrains that have an essential value for *Europa. +Only I #can, then, take emphasis in that the negotiators of the European Union print his seal to the conversations, so that, to #the same time, consolidate the current basic right of the International Organisation of Trade of face to the future. +The best guarantee for the security of the foods is the transparency of the alimentary chains and the existence of a clear assignment of the functions of control and of the *incumbencia of the responsibilities. +#This, without embargo, did not supposes that we created that #many of the inherent problems to the fundamental rights in Chinese are resolved or in roads of solution, neither that *callemos that, in the past, #the same States Joined adopted two weights and measures to the hour to demand the fulfillment of the social clause. +The defence of the traditions and specific shots of the own regions by means of restrictions to the politics of trade looms with undermining the bases of the exchange, of the development and of the divulging of knowledges, culture and welfare. +The Council of Ministers has to tackle simultaneously to the Conference *Intergubernamental an internal reform, #such as it requested in the document *Trumpf-*Pires, and the core of #the same has to be the adoption of the vote by majority like norm and the *codecisión of this House, associated to #the same, in #all the legislative acts. +Without embargo, this enlargement of the number of actors in the #european stage will pose institutional problems and will generate appreciable operative weaknesses #if they do not adopt opportunely the suitable measures and reforms deeply the current system before the enlargement. +The #german diary "*Die *Welt" described yesterday like this the proposal: the classical defence of *Europa will follow being exclusive task of the NATO and the body of intervention of the EU will not compete with this last, but that it will be #one *baza more to his disposal. +Like this, we consider that the adoption of new federal powers in the level of the Union do not takes another thing that stress this disequilibrium and the moves away of the villages that the compose, as it is *sucediendo a bit in each #one of the reforms, as they show it the high taxes of abstention, in #all *Europa, in the #european elections. +The Governmental Conference will have to fulfil a very difficult calendar, since it is precise that complete his committed in the planned term for no *ocasionar any delay in the enlargement and, to #the same time, his committed is to prepare to the European Union for said enlargement, is to say, that is subject to some adjusted *márgenes temporary and confronts with a big challenge. +We have to group, in interest of the transparency and the efficiency, the constitutional parts of the Treaty, included the regulation of the competition, and gather the remaining parts in another Treaty of category inferior. +As in the continuation of the question has mentioned the *travesía rail of the *Pirineos among *Francia and *España, want to signal that, in fact, this rail link is not included, by the moment, in the network of communications to #european level, #such as #this understood when being approved in 1996 by the Council and by the Parliament. +In consequence, to the sight of the concrete failure, checked of said political, the question is: we will follow funding this type of projects that in reality reinforce some totalitarian diets, some in fact criminal diets and *opresores of the human rights? +*Me Ask #if in the assessments that, as *nos has said, is carrying out the Council, has included also an assessment costs/benefits of it that cost to the #european taxpayers #all these actions of fight against the drug and how benefits are giving in the practice. +Gentleman President, wanted to consider positive the fact that they have taken some management in front of *Turquía, but want to signal to #the same time my disappointment *cuando the restrictions imposed by *Turquía to the freedom of navigation commercial of #everyone, included the fleets *mercantes of the European Union are described simply of performances. +In effect, the purpose of the agreement consisted equally in finding a solution to the problem of the called *whistle *blower, #as well as to the following question: how it takes a civil servant *cuando has knowledge of the existence of a fraud or of indications of corruption, but by the reasons that was do not wants to take it know to his upper? +And #if, besides, I think that of compliance with this text the members of the Parliament are forced to collaborate with the activities of the *OLAF and are forced to *delatar to his colleagues, get to the conclusion that this attentive rule against the essence of the free mandate. +To reach a politics of this nature require measures and #a lot of efforts to reach unanimity among the States members with regard to the need to have a politics of asylum human and generous. +But even with the small modifications approved in the European Parliament, included the minimum limit of age of 18 years and the limitation of the number of comparisons of digital prints to avert more possibilities of error, is unacceptable this proposal directed to create a *Europa fortress, closed to the #others citizen. +This organisation of the Nations Joined is the most indicated organ to solve the nuclear problems that arise in any part of the world. +On the other hand, it is precise to punish to the managers of the slaughterings and of the attempts against the humanity no only so that it take justice in *Timor, but also so that, in fact, #that was an example that present in other parts of the world, #where, by misfortune, still exist and persist attacked against the dignity and, especially, against the life that, to our understand, is an inalienable right. +Gentleman President, although the situation in *Timor Oriental has taken another look thanks to the change of power in Indonesian and thanks to the arrival of the strength of peace, the conditions in the that find the citizens of on foot in *Timor Oriental and the refugees in *Timor Western continue being very worrisome. +#All have seen the poignant images of the last *reo executed by the Court of *Florida and therefore no *les *extrañará to #any of the colleagues that the first person that appears in the text of the common resolution was the #spanish citizen -and therefore of the European Union- #Joaquín #José *Martínez, #whose conviction ask that it review and #whose pity of death ask that it suspend . +Finally, it is necessary, as they have defended other colleagues, that the European Union and the Council impose the abolition of the pity of death by means of a special clause in the political and economic agreements with third countries. +The European Union, gentleman *Lamy, #would be had to represent a paper in this sense, to avert in the future this type of excesses, that are disastrous for the populations that wish the truth and the justice? +In the breast of the family is #where the boys learn the values of the "peace, dignity, tolerance, freedom, equality and solidarity" (Preamble), #as well as the necessary aptitudes to carry to the practice these values in the society during #all his life. +*Me Satisfies of joy can support the proposal of resolution that have today in front of *nosotros, that tends to achieve that these rights recognise : the rights of the progenitors to raise his children, and the rights of the children to this protection and to this support. +Of his work expect a lot regarding a greater knowledge of the phenomenon, of the existence of data and comparable informations and especially of the surveillance, the identification and the proposal of prohibition of dangerous substances planted in the market. +The own Commission of Juridical Subjects, that has occupied of this subject, has adopted unanimously, repeat, unanimously, this position with the vote of #all the groups and after an examination detailed. As I already have said, it #would want that this measure cost for #all the offences. +I believe that we have advanced of form very substantial in the measure in that the European Bank of Investments has accepted that the *OLAF have #all the information and have of #everything it necessary to analyse the loans *bonificados with community bottoms, it that beyond all doubt has to be the fundamental object of our worry. +Gentleman President, after the approval of the amendment presented by the Mr. *Lisi, member of the Group of the Popular Party European, elect in the lists of Strength #Italia, express with greater satisfaction the explanation of my favourable vote to this measure. +The Mr. Newton *Dunn chose the *primer *pilar, *nosotros were of the opinion that we #would have to leave the procedure in the *tercer *pilar, because in #this the group of criminals that make fakes of passports is greater that in the first, #where the Mr. Newton *Dunn has included it, and #where concentrates the persecution of the fake of documents exclusively on the illegal immigrants. +With *ello the Record of adhesion treated to keep in the measure of it possible the special statute that Canarian had had inside the #spanish State from his incorporation to the Crown of *Castilla in the century *XV. +As it will know the Mr. Commissioner, the week that comes celebrates in *Bruselas a meeting of *partenariado in the that the Commission will argue with the Governments of *España, *Francia and *Portugal and with the Governments of the autonomous regions and the #european members of parliament of these regions the proposals to the *respecto. +Gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen, from takes varied years come treating, first in the frame of the Commission of Subjects Economic and now in the of the Commission of Industry, the reports and the relative questions to the industry and to the naval construction. +It is *algo of it that has to talk *cuando treat the question to have in *Europa a field of game equal for the sector; in fact, it that need is a field of game equal for the to scale international workers. +This sector, that #can seem, from a point of sight global, enough *marginal, exerts without embargo an essential paper in the balance of the economic and social tissue of our maritime coastal zones. +Without embargo, two years ago the European Commission froze the community help, and the of the States members, to the construction of new ships while they had not reached the clear-cut goals in the plans of orientation *plurianuales of scrapping of fuselages. +I want to remember especially to the gentleman Commissioner that, in relation with the negotiations for our adhesion, the Union promised to loan attention to the far situation and to the climatic conditions of *Finlandia when taking decisions on the goals of the politics of navigation continental. +Like this they have affirmed it the civil servants of the General Direction *VII of the Commission, according to letter of #the same dated the 4.8.1999 when calling the attention on the fact that the help do not saves relation with the dockyards of the EU. +I believe that it is fundamental that the European Union exert a strong pressure to get to an agreement of *autolimitación of the production by part of *Corea, in addition to #everything it that already has said concerning the norms allocated to avert this distortion of the competition. +But to judge by the current panorama, only #can *decirles that the majority of the Governments are acting against of the incorporation of a relative article to the sport in the Treaty. There are #some Governments that wish to advance in this direction. +As sporty, like #european citizen and like member of this Parliament wanted to, on the one hand, manifest very vigorously my disagreement with this proposal of the Council and, on the other hand, *preguntarle how measured thinks to take the Commission so that the sport have presupposed in the European Union and so that like this we #can work from here by the #european sport. +Obviously, the negotiations of adhesion will not be able to begin until *Turquía do not fulfil the political criteria of *Copenhague that put on purpose the accent in the human rights, the respect of the minorities and the religious freedom without limitations. +From a point of sight more general, wish to remember that the politics of security and defence requires the creation of a military industry to scale #european, able to compete with efficiency in the technological and financial plane. +These particular subjects form part of the important group of the agenda of the European Council of *Helsinki, and, as already it has indicated here, this group conforms a dynamic #such, that, to succeed, the summit of *Helsinki will happen to the history. +I expect that the Speaker in exercise of the Council regret, as I take *yo, the *intromisión of the General Secretary of the NATO in the politics of the party, #whose logical repercussion is an attack to the politics of defence of *Finlandia and of other States members. +Without embargo, in a historical moment like #this, in the *cual or has the value to give a big step advance or #if it do not runs the risk to be condemned to a long impotence, consider that the audacity and the value explain more that the realism. +*Me #Would enjoy to underline that the editorial of the Letter of Rights Fundamental is a subject of the maximum importance. And will have to watch by that it do not remain in a simple statement and convert by the contrary in a text of character *vinculante. +I go to answer in an a bit distinct order to the of the interventions, but as I see that the Mr. *Harbour is still present, also *le will say that the Commission will present to the European Council of *Helsinki a wide initiative on the society of the information. +Finally, I want *comunicarles that the colleague #Chris *Patten, that regrets a lot not being able to be present today here because of a political commitment outside, has to present, jointly with *Poul *Nielson and *conmigo same, a communication on the requirement of the respect of the human rights and of the democratisation in our external relations. +How it is possible to keep the pity of death and ask *ingresar in the European Union is *algo that do not leaves of *asombrarme; without embargo, it that *me surprises even more is that it talk to concede this statute of candidate to the one who still has not abolished the pity of death. +Gentleman President, back the reports of the Mr. *Morillon relative to the actions directed to reach the economic and social development of *Turquía, #as well as to deepen the union *aduanera among the EU and this country; especially now, after the two earthquakes that has suffered *Turquía this year. +In a report of this year, the WHO get, besides, to the conclusion that the pollution of the air caused by the traffic of vehicles causes even more died that the accidents of circulation. The costs *macroeconómicos are also high. +We suggest a light modification of the text so that it adjust to a standard terminology; it is to say: "Considering that the *benceno is an agent *cancerígeno *genotóxico for the humans and that do not exists an identifiable threshold underneath of the *cual do not comport any risk for the human health" +After having listened the interventions made in the course of the debate, the Commission thinks that the States members #would have to can request terms longer to fulfil the value limit of *benceno in those cases in that the term of 2010 #can involve serious socioeconomic problems. +This look already is contemplated among the requirements of notification general of the Directive 96/62 and the corresponding Decision of the Council 97/101 on the reciprocal exchange of information on the quality of the air. +I coincide with *él in that the planned term for the entrance in vigour of the directive #can not be on 1 January of the year 2000, but that it has to have an enlargement of at least three years to give time to the States members to adjust to the directive. +It goes in , for example, the sector of the tourism in the concept of trade, in the *front-*loading, in the *predistribución , #if we think that precisely in the period of Christmas and New Year #a lot of citizens of our States members find in tourist zones, in zones of practice of the sport of the ski? +This false opinion, that still finds spread, due to the fact that the parity among the euro, the dollar and the yen, has followed, lamentably, a *derrotero different to the that seemed to show still the day 4 January, do not has to conduct to that impose mistaken ideas on the value of the euro. +The conditions agreed in the international program of protection of the dolphins for the use of networks of siege of *jareta, that will apply provisionally in group in the Community, determine that it incorporate in this regulation a review of the size of the tights for two species of *pintarroja. +On the other hand, the fact that *yo was the representative of the greatest island of the Mediterranean -*Sicilia- and the president of the province of *Catania, in the *cual is very elevated the number of persons that devote to the fishing, *me #would allow to contribute examples of daily experiences. +Report (To5-0065/1999) of the Mrs. *Breyer, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and the Council on the limits of *benceno and monoxide of carbon in the air acclimatise (*COM(1998)591 - *C4-0135/1999 - 1998/0333(*COD)) +The fact to favour "the #european implantation of *Turquía", as it expressed it #Jacques *Chirac in *Estambul, on 18 November, recognising the statute of candidate to *Turquía, will be perceived by the #turkish authorities like a stimulus to continue with #the same politics. +Have the *sensatez of not changing this situation, gentleman President, and entrust in the means of payment modern, like the banking cards or the electronic wallet, to facilitate the life of the travellers and of those who live in border zones. +#If we examine by a moment this reason of bottom, believe that we have to recognise that the *OMC do not has to be already the one who supervise a negotiation of liberalisation among countries industrialised and that this situation has been modified of two forms: in the first place, no longer we #can *limitarnos to reduce the obstacles *arancelarios and no *arancelarios to the exchanges. +In truth, #if it do not appears this reference expresses, means that the agriculture will be treated like a normal economic activity, with it that they will be every time greater the pressures of our competitors to finish with #all the types of supports achieved. I underline it of "#all the types". +The *segunda thing that have seen -and believe that here neither #would owe *hacernos illusions-: the interest of the civil society, #such as it has manifested in *Seattle, has not been merely an interest by the world-wide round, but also a demonstration against #everything it that do not likes to the persons. +In the Country of *Gales, of #where come from, receive important sums with charge to the structural Bottoms, but the line that separates the creation of a place of work and the *salvaguarda of a place of work is badly clear-cut and, therefore, *nos results difficult to evaluate it effective that have been said structural Bottoms. +In the next years will have to exert a fundamental paper regarding the examination of the financial frame and of the frame with seen to the enlargement, because it will be then *cuando see until where gives of himself/hisself *SOCRATES *II and his capacity to attend to the new European Union expanded. +Definitely, a badly formed person is not able to insert in the society, in spite of #all his unseen or visible aptitudes, and think that it is a loss no only for the market of the employment but also for the society in general. +The proposal has two fundamental goals: on the one hand, the creation of a system of control and obligation of the parts *contratantes and on the other hand, the set up of a program allocated to boost the fulfillment of the norms of the *CPANE by the fuselages of third parts. +Gentleman President, this directive represents the *primer case in that the European Commission answers with a proposal to an appeal presented by the European Parliament in virtue of the power of initiative legislative indirect that *le awards the Treaty of *Maastricht. +It is an important and notable fact of face to the balance *interinstitucional because it shows that the Parliament #can find to an attentive and available speaker *cuando, with arrangement to the planned procedures in the Treaty, asks to the Commission that give follow-up to an initiative founded. +Gentleman President, two years after the negative result of the referendum in Swiss on his integration in the Economic Space European, the Council authorised to the Commission to negotiate bilateral agreements with that country in the fields that went necessary. +I declare my full compliance with the subject of bottom, is to say, with the method of calculation that proposes to distribute the number of permissions among the different States members and that, in the circumstances mentioned, is the most objective, rigorous and *equitativo of the possible. +Gentleman President, the proposal of the Commission has by object deliver the 90% of the permissions to the States members that have the greater part of the circulation with Swiss and guarantee to #the same time a basic contingent for #all the States members of 1500 permissions to the year. +Sometimes it has the impression of that, according to a determined way to understand the protection of the environment, the affirmation of principle, by not saying the concept, at the end is more important that the concrete result. +The Commission #can not accept the amendment 30, #whose goal is to expand the possibilities to concede exceptions in the case of substances that already have left to use . +The greater problems find in the unsatisfactory internal situation, in the anomalies in the operation of the democratic system and in the rape of the human rights, included the rights of the minorities. +We need to clear varied things, #such as the paper of the members of the EU that are not it of the NATO in this strength and the paper of members of the NATO that are not it of the EU concerning this strength, #if they wish to take part. +*Me #One to the wish of the Prime minister, Mr. *Lipponen, that #if *Rusia exerted better in the future his quality of member of the world-wide community, #would take possible carry out a cooperation *transfronteriza among the Union and *Rusia in the border north, and *ello #would confer *substancialidad to the #nordic dimension. +Gentleman President, in the presentation of the conclusions of *Helsinki, the President has formulated two propositions: a process of enlargement effective and #worthy of credit has to have continuity, and the countries candidates take part in equality of conditions in the process of adhesion. +The Commission has approved also a communication in the that formulate the goals and the principles of politics audiovisual community to half term and formulates a strategy for the call "was of the digital means". +The first proposal refers to the materialisation of a program of training for the professionals of the #european industry of audiovisual programs, the called Half "program-Training", in the that appears a financial endowment of 50 millions of euros for the period 2001-2005. +Therefore, this bottom is simultaneously a bottom that has a component of emergency, but that, to #the same time, has like goal the to guarantee the finance of measures of structural politics of support to the received, the integration and the voluntary repatriation of refugees and *asilados. +Now well, I believe that the greater consumption of audiovisual products Europeans requires rather a pedagogy directed to the own Europeans, the stimulus to the taste and to the assessment of the #european culture and the rejection of *tantos products of bad quality that *nos get of other parts of the world. +In this directive is foreseen that the boys that *reagrupan with a familiar that was permanent legal immigrant in the countries of the Union will have right to the total education in #the same conditions that the children of the citizens of the States members. +I #can *garantizarle that so much the General Direction of Justice and Subjects of Interior like the General Direction of Employment and Social Subjects have very clear consciousness that it is of strategic importance guarantee the access to the education of the boys of the legal immigrants in the countries of the Union. +Without embargo, in this context *yo *les #would pray that they take into account that perhaps it #would suit to procure establish some links among the competent services in matter of transport and the competent services in the field of the competition, so as to advance in the adoption of decisions of general character in matter of politics of transports in *Europa. +*Permítanme That *recapitule a moment to remember that said granting goes to award, but still has not awarded , with the condition and the commitment that the pertinent income of the motorway will invest in the tunnel of the base of the *Brénero, or was, in the railway. +In the committee of work on indicators of the quality and in the ministerial level examine explanatory factors, like the plan of studies, the training of the professors, the resources, the evaluation and other. +To my trial the agenda of the Council of Ministers of Education of the past 26 November had been able to receive the proposal of a permanent committee on the quality of the education. +It do not considers the Commission that all #this constitutes a clear discrimination inside a same Been member and, besides, forces to the inhabitants that #would want to play in the regions of the centre and of the south to resort to other States members -exist *cientos of casinos in *Europa- before remaining to play in the north of #Italia? +Subject: Price of the cars of tourism In front of the advertising of the subject, the Commission will have proof that the manufacturers of cars of tourism are earning much more in the Realm Joined that in other countries of the EU by identical cars. +#If *yo organised a round table with the industry -with the sellers and the manufacturers-, #would be *usted had to assist and examine with *ellos how #can find a form to finish with this problem, without thus leave to resort to the instruments in matter of competition, #if it do not remains more remedy? +Regarding the category 1 *B, estimate very timely the decision of the Council to accept the amendment of the Parliament to get to a politics of quality for the agricultural products Europeans. +My Group will support, besides, the rest of the amendments of the category 1 *B. Now that take place the negotiations of the *OMC, and *cuando #everyone talks that it carry out a fine rural politics, is important that the European Union exert an active politics in this field. +#If the problem has to to the *inadecuación of the system of income of the European Union, it will be necessary to recognise the need to modify the system of finance of the European Union to solve it. +Specifically, it proposes the nomination for the first time of the Mr. *Reynders of *Bélgica, the Mrs. *Geoghegan-*Quinn of *Irlanda, the Mr. *Caldeira of *Portugal and the Mr. *Fabra *Vallés of *España, and the nomination for a new mandate of the Gentlemen *Mohr of *Dinamarca, *Salmi of *Finlandia, #Clemente of #Italia and *Karlsson of *Suecia, quoted following the alphabetic order of the countries that the have designated. +*Eso Wants to say that it competes also to the Court of Accounts watch by that the protection of the financial interests of the Community take from a *corpus *juris only and leave to take , as up to now, from legislation disperses, unconnected and contradictory, that treats the diverse attempts against the financial interests of the Community in accordance with the politics to the that refer and no in accordance with principles *equitativos. +The possibility to suspend the action in the *nefasta hypothesis of explosion of a crisis is, definitely, a strong *disuasivo that will force to the New Independent States and *Mongolia to find a solution negotiated to the clashes and to *reducirlos to a dialectic normal politics. +The purpose to reach an agreement on some common norms is hit in the context of an economy *globalizada, but also from the point of sight of the global requirements in matter of protection of the environment. +In the debate on the adhesion to the Agreement of 1958, in the frame of the Report *Kittelmann elaborated in that moment, already kept a vehement discussion on until how point *ello put in *entredicho the political participation of the Parliament, specifically his right of *codecisión. +And it do not treats only of questions so popular like the rise of the level of the sea and the disappearance of the small States *isleños or the flood of the lowest zones of *Bangladesh or of the Low Countries. +It is urgent, as, that now adopt important measures to associate to these citizens to the takings of decision in the matter, to end of *responsabilizarlos in front of the phenomenon of the climatic change, by means of, for example, the instauration of wide advertising campaigns, that act on the behaviours of each #one. +Of here that *me *extrañe that nobody from then have taken quotation to this fact in the concrete proposals with the sight put in the fulfillment of the commitments of *Kioto and *me #would enjoy to ask to the Commission #if #this specifically forms part of the reflections of the Commission. +The *segunda: that, at last, in the field of the car, further of the norms that have approved, have of a strategy of renewal of the ancient park, a park that contaminates considerably more, in comparison with the park of vehicles recent. +The argument, according to the *cual the nuclear energy is not a sustainable method of production of energy owing to his waste and, therefore, #can not be included in the field of the mechanisms of development no *contaminante, is not an argument *defendible in no way. +They have to allocate more bottoms to the sources of energy alternative and announces likewise that the utilisation of fuels solid and oil will give step to a greater utilisation of natural gas and renewable energies and to the generation of electricity in the future. +The European Union underlines this special identity of *Macao and considers important that conserve the rights and the freedoms of his citizens in compliance with the conjoint Statement of Chinese and *Portugal, issued in 1987, and with the Constitution of the special autonomous region. +In our opinion are created the conditions so that they develop the economic and cultural relations with a base of cooperation and mutual benefit among the Popular Republic of Chinese, in particular by means of *Macao, the European Union and his States members. +Report (To5-0084/1999) of the Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, relative to the decision on the verification of the *credenciales after the *quinta direct election to the European Parliament, of the 10 to 13 June 1999 +. (IN) The Commission considers that the common position is a pragmatic and efficient solution that solves satisfactorily the problems of the majority of the accidents in the that the two parts involved are #european, is to say, the that occur in the interior of the European Union. +Gentleman President, wanted to call the attention in the amendment 13 on an important difference among the #german text -that of course is the original text of the Mr. *Rothley- and the #english versions and believe that also the French. +The true solution resides no in the tolerance of a fault of information of the consumers, but in the greater efforts that make to separate the products modified genetically of the conventional products, in #all the process of production. +A #european conference #can celebrate simultaneously to a meeting of the UN, only #if, by a part, endows of a political #european intern and #if, on the other hand, shows a common determination in the frame of the dynamics of the UN. +The Commission of the Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities of this Parliament has explicitly included in his goals the follow-up and the realisation of the international agreements, #such as the Platform of Action of *Beijing. +The unanimous opinion of the Scientific Managerial Committee that there #be not need to review the decision to raise the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british was enormously *tranquilizadora in this sense. +I support the call of the Mr. *von *Wogau, but also wanted to *referirme to the appeal of the Mr. *Goepel, because it has taken a constitutional suggestion very interesting, to know, that the representative of the Council take part in connection with the Report *Papayannakis. +*Cuando The French Agency of Health and Security in the Foods challenged this decision, *algo that was in his right to take, *me imagine that in terms of his own competition, the case was put in hands of the Scientific Committee, that backed by unanimity the security of the meat of *vacuno #british. +Regarding the referendum, the Council, instead, has taken note of the report of the General Secretary of the Nations Joined that it remits to the need of *reflexionar thoroughly on the possible consequences that #can have this subject, also the related with the date of the referendum. +Gentleman President, the European Union has not taken part on purpose in the treatment of this subject, but, without embargo, studies the means to contribute of constructive form to the advance of the process of peace in the region of the *Sáhara Western. +In this context, the #finnish Presidency confirmed that the European Union considers important the fulfillment of the four Agreements of Gin and of the two complementary Protocols, that constitute the fundamental treaties of the international humanitarian Right. +By a *desencuentro among the Groups of this Assembly -believe that more of formality that by disagreement on the bottom of the proposal-, did not include #this for the debate, but will insist in next Plenaries in attention to the importance of the subject, very highlighted by the answer of the representative of the Council. +It has foreseen to influence the Council so that, when reforming the procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the own Court adopt the principle of advertising and give greater transparency to the process of taking of decisions? +Although -for example, in the Realm Joined- exists the legal right to impose interests to the payments delayed, there #be not practically forms to achieve his materialisation and the judicial actions are not practical to recover small debts. +We propose a maximum term of eight months. And with amendments, of course, approved by the Commission of Environment, gentleman President, substantially coincide also *nosotros with the proposals to leave to a side the *codecisión, so that we do not lose time and the forcing was a reality it before possible. +Without pretending minimise the gravity of the situation, the repercussions in the confidence of the consumers have been a lot greater, in my opinion, that the real threat to the public health. +It That do not has explanation is that #all the States members of the European Union matter dairy products with *BST -the pertinent majority of the *EEUU, the Czech Republic, *Eslovaquia or *Bulgaria- that get to the table of our consumers from takes long, for example the cheeses elaborated with milk obtained by means of this technician. +His compatriots, the international opinion, know that his conviction was solid, when declaring to his exit of the prison: "Like free man, *me engage to take all it that was in my power to bring the peace to *Timor Oriental and to my village". +The community budgets for the year 2000 approved today in the European Parliament are an important step in the correct direction, is to say, so that the EU assume an every time greater responsibility by his citizens. +(*FI) Consider reasonable that attend the next year to the relative financial needs to the crisis of *Kosovo by means of the use of the flexibility in general. Regarding the Chapter 4, has not proceeded still to the review of the financial perspectives. +The book is a very cultural, the writing is the first form of fixation of the language, of identification of the language. And I create, even being important the fulfillment of the norms of the competition, that the cultural look of the subject has to consider of equal importance and rank. +Why the Commission #would not collect our proposal to extend the possibility to apply the system of the only price of the book to the group of the States members? +I want likewise ensure to #all the participants in the debate that, to the equal that *ustedes, the Commission and *yo attribute #a lot of importance to the culture, to the book, recognise the cultural importance of the book and are had to take into account these specificities. +By this reason, the EU #would have to *prorrogar his embargo of sale of arms to Indonesian, that already hard four years, as #if we had to raise said embargo of armament, the message that #would send to the soldiers #would be, undoubtedly, that accepts his performance and the recognise, whereas, as I finish to signal, *eso is far to be the case. +We have to command a clear message to the #indonesian authorities in the sense that we do not go to accept by more time his contempt by the wishes of respect of the human rights and of peace of the international community. +Gentleman President, sure enough, once again the European Parliament has to pronounce against of the pity of death, against of the greater rape of the human rights that follows committing in the world, many times and for our collective shame, to the protect of laws that have elaborated men that represent the popular sovereignty. +Therefore I want to call the attention on the point 5 of our Resolution, that says that we reiterate our appeal to the Council that it incorporate in the negotiations with third countries -with #all- "the abolition of the pity of death like clause of respect of the human rights" . +Gentleman President, for a Christian the request of moratorium to the pity of death and his abolition is not only a duty or an obligation, but an ethical election of respect to a person that has mistaken and that it #can and has to redeem. +The public execution of *Zaarmeena, the obligation to carry the *burka, the negation of the right to the health and to the education of the women are only #some examples of the flagrant rapes that against the human rights commit in said country. +Gentleman President, am outraged by the conditions of arrest of the political prisoners in *Djibouti, but am equally outraged by the hypocrisy of the leaders of the #french State, those who #can, #if they wanted to it, put end immediately to the authoritarianism and to the bad deals that it is responsible the diet of *Djibouti. +This circumstance do not prevents that #such electoral process contradict the agreements of the Nations Joined for the elimination of #all form of discrimination, and that likewise contradict the international pacts on civil rights and politicians. +The European Union fixed his opinion on *Afganistán in a Common Position adopted on 25 January 1999, in the that affirmed clear and unambiguously that will demand the respect of the human rights in *Afganistán and, in particular, will defend the rights of the #afghan women. +We have to hear the calls of the International Federation of the #Red Cross and loan attention to the grave situation in that it finds these persons, that in the past remained decimated by things #such as the orange agent, employed by the #EE.UU. Now, the natural catastrophes *les cause problems still greater. +To title of example, and among *tantos #others, the General Council of *Pirineos Oriental has approved a help of 42 millions of frank, the region *Languedoc-*Rosellón, a help of 50 millions, the Senate, a help of 400.000 frank and, finally, the #french Government announced a help of 1,2 *millardo. +Gentleman President, only want to say that the liberal do not want to take part in these votes on the natural catastrophes because we think that this subject do not competes to the European Parliament and believed to have understood that we no longer #would have to treat this type of decisions. +*Eso *me Allows *decirles that the Speaker had wanted to be with *ustedes in these moments, but, lamentably, as *ustedes know, is delicate of health these days and, therefore, in his name, in the of the Table and in the #mine own, *les wanted to express to #all *ustedes his best wishes for these Christmases, for this next year and went to say the next #millenium. +And without embargo, of this product live *bastantes families of agriculturalists in the producing countries, and especially, in *Baviera, that do not have to be abandoned to his luck in a period in that the prices drop constantly, #as well as they neither have to remain empty determined agricultural zones by temporary difficulties caused by the irregularities in the operation of the market. +This change carries to cancel determined articles of the ancient regulation and #this is it that takes the new regulation, and takes well; *nosotros vote in favour of the new regulation together with the amendments of the Mr. *Mayer, signalling that this proposal of regulation do not has any sequela on the budget. +The Commission backs #many of the amendments that have proposed , especially #that that mention a budgetary control more severe, by #if it produced a political evolution refusal in the country, and also the proposal so that it deliver a final report the year 2004. +In the Council is not forming a consensus on this question, by it that regret *muchísimo *tenerle that say that I do not see the most minimum possibility that during the #german Presidency #can conclude this subject, in any case no of a positive mood. +Insisting in the question, do not believes *usted that it #would be better that the European Union took in his hands -no only supported- his charitable influence on *Marruecos to demand that in these six months, that are very sensitive, achieved this just referendum that so much expect the *saharauis? +Subject: Measures of support to the insular regions of the *UniónSegún the article 158 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, #one of the obligations of the Union is the adoption of measures to reduce the delay of the regions or islands less favoured. +I know that in the next days will begin in *Nairobi the negotiations of peace on the internal situation in *Sudán and, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, *me ask #if it #can not pose this same question in said negotiations, so as to that the Government of *Sudán perceive the strong pressure of the international community. +#Which are the modalities of participation that the Presidency in exercise of the Council has foreseen for the European Parliament in the next Summit of Bosses of State and of Government of the European Union and of the countries of *América Latin and of the *Caribe, that will take place in River of *Janeiro the next month of June? +A possible participation of deputies of the European Parliament in the Conference of the Bosses of State and of Government of the European Union, *Latinoamérica and the *Caribe that will celebrate to finals of June of 1999 in River of *Janeiro, regulates according to the procedure that the Council agreed on 30 October 1998. +By it that refers to the Commission, this institution has been already object of a particular report of the Mr. *Bourlanges, that this Assembly approved do not takes a lot and that comports a series of proposals directed to improve his operation. +#If also in the future the Parliament will follow showing some prudence to the hour to entrust increasingly tasks to the Commission, will mean that it will have known *perseverar in the spirit of the resolution of the colleague *Herman, to the one who with #a lot of taste go back to *rendir homage. +Finally and especially, transparency, democracy and rigour for the Council, #if it wants to be a day a true government, but with #this go out surely of the field of the Report *Herman and even of the Report *Bourlanges to go in in the of the future conference *intergubernamental that this morning announced -*me has seemed to hear- the President in exercise, thing of the that *me congratulate #if *nos confirms. +Certainly, it treats of a subject that will have to be resolved of a global way and, for *ello, is indispensable, before that at all, a new cultural approximation of the group of the #czech society but corresponds to the Government of *Praga activate #all the legislative measures that favour this integration. +In this sense, create absolutely pertinent the initiative of the #german Presidency to extend the program *PHARE also to the support of the social dimension of the economy of the countries candidates. +Like this as, from the point of sight of the diversity of the nature, the situation of these countries #can consider even very fine or, at least, considerably better that in the greater part of the States current members. +As I already have had opportunity to say many times in these debates, in my opinion the greater deficiency of these countries is the administration and the judicial system, #as well as the fault of modernisation and of investments. +*Eslovenia, the penultimate in the row of the countries with the that are negotiating: especially in the report on the progresses of November remained clear that regarding the harmonisation in general *Eslovenia had not taken the sufficient progresses. +By error -*me has signalled it the Mr. *Speciale, the one who was speaker for *Eslovenia-have signalled a series of delays suffered by *Eslovenia in the *preparativos for the adhesion, without that it have pronounced the following positive sentences that *me #would enjoy still went included in the record on the subject, #if it #can be. +We #would have to find a balance among the situation that gave in the past *cuando had to pray that *nos came to visit and the present situation in that the visitors are so numerous because the European Parliament, graces also to our work, has converted in more important. +The civil servants of the Commission cooperate a lot in our work and *les remain appreciated thus, but, for this minority of requests that the Commission has not been able to resolve, is evident that is not a fine practice the entrust so much in the personnel of the Commission. +I believe that the Defender of the Village has defended of sufficient form the transparency and the information, and finish, gentleman President, with a *alegato in favour of a change of style, so that *Europa do not represent the *hermetismo and the bureaucracy, but the democracy and the transparency. +Keep disposals by the that the community institutions #can deny to facilitate to the Defender of the Populate documents receiving of form properly reasoned to his professional secret or because the civil servants and the rest of employees pronounce in name and following instructions of his administrations, no only is not necessary, but especially improper. +In September of 1997, the Commission wanted to concede 35 millions more to the program. The European Parliament called to the order to the Commission because in the case of a simple budgetary increase is not necessary the procedure of *codecisión. +These amendments procure to improve the fight against the fraud and the Mrs. *Peijs has *percatado of the most important of #all, that treats of the form to relate the costs of collection with the criteria of execution. +To #the same time *emplazo to the Commission to that take very seriously the application of the White Book so that the concept that my Group and *yo back #can take reality. I am convinced that this White Book opens the path to a sustainable mobility on a long-term basis in *Europa. +Like Group of the Popular Party European *nos see forced to refuse the proposal of the Commission to introduce a uniform system of *tarificación for #all the moods of transport on the base of the called social costs *marginales. +And to me *me seems that it #would be important that this Parliament showed the priority that attributes to the relations with the regional and local authorities, that represent the intermediate levels of #all can, of #all institutional political structure; in definite, with *ellos share our elective character. +The Greens have voted against of the proposal of agreement of fishing with the *Seychelles as we also have voted against of other agreements of fishing, no because *nos *opongamos to the agreements of fishing in principle, but because we estimate that it is precise to modify the approach that follows the EU. +On the other hand, I am fully in accordance with the unconditional backrest to the military intervention of the NATO, for treating of a necessary operation, correct and positive, and the help to the neighbouring States. Without embargo, there #be a point that throw in fault. +Therefore, in this case, regarding Serbian and *Kosovo, after ten years of intermittent negotiations, of transgressions of the human rights, of rapes, of slaughterings, of destructions and of deportations, in the origin of the *cuales *nos find always with *Milosevic, did not exist, alas, another solution, as it did not go the utilisation of the strength to detain these crimes! +Like this as, only we have offered to the SIN a hall of wait, some terms of admission permanently differed, as #if it treated of a mirage, it that generates the exclusion, the discrimination, the frustrations and the humiliations. +In effect, #all the States confront to the problems of destruction of the environment, of pollution or even of congestion of the urban centres. In this sense, the goal of *internalizar the external costs generated by the different moods of transport is perfectly justified. +By this reason the package of measures relative to the railways foresees explicitly the granting of subsidies to the lines *férreas *cuando there are external costs *impagados in moods of competitive transport, as for example the road. +And I finish, gentleman President, going back to appreciate sincerely the amply favourable report presented and the opportunity that *me has offered to explain the position of the Commission regarding the amendments that consider inadmissible and that expect that they #can reexamine to the sight of it that have said. +In the first place and before that at all, it wanted to appreciate to the acting speaker, the Mrs. #Colombo *Svevo, the hard work made and the disposal that has shown to collect the amendments and suggestions of the Commission of Freedoms Public and Inner Subjects. +It constitutes the security a priority for the Commission, *cuando #this *presiona to countries like Swiss so that it dismantle his restrictions of the transport by road or *cuando imposes the competition and a liberalisation in this sector, in detriment of the rail transport, although this last was safer and ecological? +Gentleman President, will have been necessary the death of forty persons in the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, in terrible circumstances, so that the #european authorities take consciousness of the consequences of the uncontrolled development of the transport by road in the zones of mountain. +It is evident that the results of the investigations *esclarecerán the circumstances of the drama, and in this sense, have to congratulate to the #french Government for having acted with rapidity and for having public fact the first resulted of the investigations. +Gentleman President, in the past weeks, the #burmese diet has gone back to drop in the infamy: the Saint Mrs. *Suu *Kyi, our Prize *Sájarov, that did not enjoys of freedom of movement, #can not at least go back to see to his husband before it died. +On the other hand, until they do not guarantee the human rights and do not restart this democratic process wished by the immense majority of the #burmese village, will be impossible to establish normal relations and, add, board any type of relation with this country. +It is very #sad to ascertain that, only a chamber of century later, begins to have a small possibility that it treat with justice to the victims. But even this small possibility looms with disappearing #if it hides the implication in the genocide of the current political leaders. +The solution, therefore, is only #one: an International Penal Court, a natural judge attendant to judge #all the crimes against the humanity, committed by any person, in any place and in any time. +To my mood to see, the modifications proposed prejudice seriously to the small employers and to the economic sector that it treats , since to date #this have been the relations of supply usual and his efficiency has remained shown. +We are convinced that #all the citizens *estonios have to have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +The congratulate thus, and also the congratulate for having left proof that the measures proposed by the Commission #would not have to aggravate the cost of the transport, but allow an utilisation of the most efficient infrastructures and more respectful of the environment. +The companies of transport #european, treat of the railway, of the transport by road, of the aerial traffic or of the maritime and inner navigation, are the most modern of the world. +By it other, #would wish that the relative questions to the rights of the boy appeared in the agenda *prioritario of the European Union, since only in this way will be able to defend our future and our position among the community of States civilised. +Base in the article 235 of the Treaty in place of the 129, #can carry to exclude of the program *DAPHNE #all the subjects related with the violence, the sexual exploitation and the treats of women and boys, with the excuse that these subjects no *atañen to the public health. +Support categorically the efforts of our two Commissions, so much the Commission of Rights of the Woman like the Commission of Subjects Inner, that, as it wanted to say, have tried to expand of different ways the proposal modified of the European Commission. +Therefore, I have said that this procedure #would conduct to the absurd, and the absurd has to be always refused in the interpretation of any article, and much more in the case of a motion of censorship, that is a highly political instrument. +The aging, like the greater part of the stages in the life of a person, affects of distinct way to the men and to the women, by it that do not treats at all of a neutral phenomenon with arrangement to the distribution among sexes. +Numerous organisations no governmental have proposed that in the next reform of the Treaty of the EU include a relation of the fundamental rights of the citizens, among the that #would appear the level of subsidy minimum. +The Commission proposed in the Diary 2000 deepen and expand even more the reform of the year 1992, especially with seen to improve the competitiveness of the #european agriculture so much in the inner market as in the external markets. +In the Union promotes the sale of the starch and of his products derived by means of helps to the production *cuando said products use in industrial sectors without mechanisms of protection in front of the import, #such as the chemical or pharmaceutical industries or the industry of the paper. +I believe that also the investigation of the effects in the field that still today #can describe of product of niche, is very important, by it that #many thanks to the Mr. *Garot for having put the finger in the sore and have forced to the Commission to take *algo with foundation and orientation. +In the bottom, the subject of the rich animal feeding in proteins already treated in the agreement of *Blair *House, that takes reference to the seeds *oleaginosas transformed *trituradas. But said agreement resulted so *restrictivo that finished hampering the development of the crop of seeds *oleaginosas in the EU. +I ask to the Commission #if, of compliance with the current communicative courses transatlantic in matter of agriculture, #can communicate to the States Joined that these measures are similar to the that adopt the States Joined, and that, as a result of *ellas, has remained suppressed the relative restriction to the million of tonnes of seeds *oleaginosas *trituradas. +The greater part of the enlargements of capacity, carried out to answer to the growth of the demand, make at present in his greater part out of the European Union, already was in States Joined or in emergent countries like Chinese, the Indian or *Brasil. +But, after all, it corresponds to the Parliament and to the Commission make the fine work, and, especially, take advantage of the opportunities that still exist in these markets and that no longer there #be for the massive products. In the first the opportunities #be. +*Me Seems that the President of this Parliament, that has taken all it possible to keep this colloquium out of the halls of the Parliament, has not acted like a President of the Parliament, but like a *correligionario of the Mr. *Aznar and regret it. +As *eso is particularly important before an electoral campaign, in the that #some deputies *honorarios are using knowingly the title to give the impression of that they follow being deputies to this Assembly, wanted to *instarle to that it write it before possible to #all the that they still have this title for *informarles on the new article and the new situation. +Now *incoaré a process in the Court of First Instance of *Luxemburgo with the question of principles: #who determines the order of works of the deputies chosen, with #all type of sanctions economic, *nosotros same or the Table? +In another order of ideas, gentleman President, #would fit to think #if has sense that, in the last weeks of the current term of office, this Assembly pronounce on the suspension of the parliamentary immunity of a colleague that *nos took to know that it did not go to present to the elections. +From now on, from the next term of office, the competitions of this commission, of this deceased Commission of Regulation, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities, will deliver among two great commissions: the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens and the Commission of Subjects Institutional. +This strategy involves the suitability of an a lot greater efficiency in the control of the costs of the State, of an improvement in the efficiency and quality of the public cost. +It is necessary to increase the percentage of participation in the markets of work, guaranteeing a greater flexibility of these markets, adapting the systems of protection social and reducing the costs of work, especially the of low qualification. +With a view to reach a *aseguramiento sustainable of a high level of employment is precise to develop a strategy to longer term allocated to discover social potentials of creativity, innovation, spirit *renovador, disposal to the investment and to the attainment in the sense of the guidelines of the politics of employment. +#If by means of the caution to the hour to elevate the liquid wages increase the gains and the investments in new places of work, did not suffices with dismissing to the collaborators with a gratitude by the prudence shown. +I will say to conclude, gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, that the Commission subscribes with taste his proposal to proceed of systematic mood to an annual evaluation of the set up by the States members of the great orientations, it that it #can carry out from the spring of the 2000, on the base of these recommendations by countries. +By it that refers to the politics *macroeconómica, has to have an exchange of opinions among the pertinent instances on each #one of the elements of the combination of political -fiscal politics, tendencies *salariales and monetary politics- so that each #one of *ellas #can contribute fully to the growth and to the process of creation of employment. +In relation to the monetary politics, #can give the impression that exist differences concerning the previous year, because it takes into account the fact that now, to difference of the past year, exists a Central Bank independent European and did not suits to interfere in this independence. +#If it continues the fine collaboration of the last weeks among the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, will be able to approve still before the #european elections #all the normative device for an independent office of fight against the fraud. +It did not fits doubt that the Council, #as well as the Parliament and the Commission, are taking #all the possible efforts directed to struggle against the fraud and, especially, also out of the procedure of approval of the management. +Neither it is of receipt that against of the budgetary rule -repeat, against of the budgetary rule- was usual, especially in the field of the investigation, pay *anticipos without that know the number of the participants and of the participants or the costs that will follow of the measures in question. +But to the equal that the European Court of Accounts and probably also the European Parliament, the Council concedes also a big importance to that undertake a total modernisation and a complete reformulation of the budgetary regulation. +Happening to the subjects of bottom of the report that have presented and that now has to appear like annex of this resolution, there were three important subjects that put of relief, #all it *cuales have remained confirmed by the report of the Commission of Experts. +The decisions on the approval of the management do not have to represent a too much heavy charge and *gravosa for the Parliament, #can not get to a situation in the that no *nos *atrevamos to approve the budgetary management. +Already then, in December, in the debate on the approval of the management for 1996, affirmed since really I am surprised of the arrogance that reflects in the Treaties, that we have not foreseen the case of the denial of the approval of the management. +As *ustedes know, the Commission remitted on 1 May to the Parliament and to the Council a communication that indicates with precision the consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty for #all the proposals that have presented with anteriority and that still have not been adopted. +My *segunda worry resides in that *colisionan two models, precisely in the case of the hormones: the famous #american model, #if *me allow *ustedes designate it like this, with a different system of sanitary assistance, and the #european model that plants with more strength in *primer plane the element of the assistance. +It That *me concerns is the question of how will be able to *tratarnos mutually in the future and how will achieve *ponernos of agreement about a greater volume of common standards in the frame of the new commercial round world-wide and, on the other hand, how will be able to guarantee a greater grade of independence and of autonomy in the self-determination of regions and of states. +#One of the most surprising conclusions was that really we did not go by behind the States Joined in any terrain, except an exception, in the terrain of the services, and in #all the services from the lowest until the highest. +But, *Señorías, *cuando treats to create employment, the States members have to occupy especially of the structural measures, the reduction of the labour costs, the *flexibilización of the work, the promotion of the work part time and, sure enough, ascertain that it remains a lot for taking in this field. +#If #this is the council that *le have given his juridical services, is also it that the civil servants of the Commission *nos explained in the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and Industrial Politics, and no *nos convinces of the all and perhaps #would not be bad idea go back to study it *jurídicamente. +It wanted to say to the Mr. *Prodi that in our Group believe that, like part of his #european vocation for a new #millenium and for the new *Europa expanded, maybe #would owe *reflexionar on the suitability to introduce in the debate the idea of a constitution for *Europa. +It is necessary to open a true new stage in the transparent and effective operation of the Commission and in his relation with the Parliament, so that the collegiate responsibility do not prevent the individual responsibility of the commissioners. +The Greens have listened with attention his intervention of today, that besides adjusts well to the letter that *nos sent and in the that loans a greater attention that in his first intervention to the development sustained, to the environment and to the protection of the consumers. +It True is that, by it that to *nosotros *respecta, is fundamental that the President of the Commission have of a strong Commission, #such as it declared the Professor *Prodi this morning, a transparent and punctual Commission in his relation with the Parliament, a relation *jalonada by commitments that have to respect in #all moment and that *nos allow to work and progress jointly without *entorpecernos mutually. +Gentleman President *Prodi, *usted was proposed by the European Council in #the same hours in that the NATO attacked *Yugoslavia in virtue of the mandate of the President of the States Joined and of #a lot of bosses of Government of the European Union that *le have designated. +Has *usted now the opportunity to take it, since, in addition to explaining today with the presence of #all the Parliament, also finds present the majority of the political Groups that already tackled this important point in the last partial period of sessions. +The stage that go to initiate now will have to be to the service of the consolidation, the improvement and the strengthening of it already achieved, a period of reforms of the head until the extremities, like the described #Tony *Blair. +And the impression that *nos has left is the that it has not wanted to talk of this subject. And it is a pity, because the clarity in these subjects is a necessary condition for the acceptance of his remaining and *loables reformist purposes. +Mr. *Herman, it is necessary to distinguish among the planned disposals by the annex of the Regulation for the approval of management and the planned disposals by the annex of the Regulation for other votes. +Lamentably it has not been possible to modify said amendments of commitment, *algo that it had wanted to take, and place that #can not *resignarme to vote in favour of some texts that do not guarantee that the consumer #can distinguish easily the honey mattered of the honey of quality produced in the Community, *me have abstained. +The reforms of the market, that #would have to constitute the *tercer element, consist in a combination still no very defined of proposals *desreguladoras and a frame of definitions necessary for a loyal competition in the field of the only market. +Of #the same mood that the Parliament has to control the fine execution of the community budget, has to verify also the execution of his own budget by part of the General Secretary and by the whole of the civil servants, #whose honesty and qualities are not in question. +In terms more general, support to our speaker in #all his conclusions, included the need to return the decision on the approval of the management in the exercise 1997 to the Economic and Social Committee. +*Permítanme That add it following, from the position of somebody that in the years 1991 and 1992 regretted, in the context of the #german inner politics, that had got to the disintegration of *Yugoslavia -in the that the Mr. *Milosevic had an essential paper- and that considered a friend of Serbian. +In the Liberal Group accept the current formulation of the report about the relative strategy to *Rusia, but wish to suppress the point of the postponement of the taking of decisions in this field. +In definite, the fundamental principle here is a principle that has established the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice: the principle of collaboration loyal among the institutions. +Therefore, even sharing the criticisms, in the bottom and in the form, formulated by the speaker, am adherent of a fast collaboration and of a negotiation among the Parliament and the Council that allow to conclude the works on the Statute and approve it. +Without valuing the position that finishes to keep on the subject that *nos occupies, yes have to say that -today like Commissioner and yesterday like member of parliament- have appreciated always, from the coincidence and from the discrepancy, the strength of his arguments and the vigour of his convictions. +In this context also want to say that the term of payment for the new buildings has determined now definitively to 10 years instead of the 15 previously planned years. With *ello reduce the interests in some 60 millions of euros and averts an unseen loan on future budgets. +The General Secretary *nos has ensured in the debate that have had with the in the *concertación and in the commission that #this is the start of a new politics of personnel that bases especially in that the quality and no the passport was the principle for a promotion. +Without embargo, the *APG that today *nos occupies already gives the first indications that the Union will have of a new financial frame, that has found a balance among the rigour that prevails in #all *Europa and the financial requirements of the political key of the Union. +Tonight we have in the Assembly three extremely demanding deputies, excellent and although the deputies know my political record, that diverges of the record of the Mr. *Jarzembowski, nobody #can deny the affection and the respect that seat to *él and to his work. +. (OF) Gentleman President, distinguished lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, also in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens the debate was marked by the question of #if we apply here the principle of the maximum harmonisation, proposed by the Commission or #if we remain provisionally with the harmonisation of minima. +Therefore, *me seems that it corresponds to the that wish a maximum harmonisation put this case no only in terms of it that it is good for the market and the only market, but in terms of how #can elevate the levels of information and protection in the back stages to the debate of this managerial proposal before it go back for his *segunda reading. +The idea that in any circumstance the fact to have a lawyer to his service *le guarantees the minimum normal protection that corresponds to the consumer do not seems to be a point that deserve to mention. +The long procedure of conciliation that have happened has had a decisive influence to the hour to achieve that the maximum level of rests of *pesticidas in the *potitos have remained fixed in a 0, 1 *mg by *kg, it that in the practice involves *potitos free of *pesticidas, as it is not possible to measure levels lower. +Certainly *usted took his contribution, following the excellent work of his predecessor, the Mr. *Hänsch, to guarantee that, in these concrete moments, were in conditions to face up to the electorate so that we #can bear the criticisms and the cynicisms of the that went to be object. +The Council considers that in front of the threshold of the century *XXI, *Europa do not has to allow that they steal collectively the rights to the group of population more numerous in *Kosovo and that exert against #the same grave systematic rapes of the human rights. +The text of commitment of the European Parliament insist as in that in Colony was designated the high representative for the *PESC, that was supported by the unit of planning and of fast #alert and that was in conditions, by his personality, to exert an important paper. +Regarding the institutional reforms, have to give the thanks to the Mr. *Biagio Of #Giovanni, President of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, by the proposals that puts on the table so that they take in consideration in the new term of office and by the current and future Presidency. +The how comport the Central bank European, the how configure his politics of types of interests and monetary, the how expand the infrastructure and #if it #would not be possible at last expand more the #european infrastructure, #all #this are things that influence essentially on the competitiveness, the unemployment and the situation of the employment in *Europa. +The agricultural costs go to remain limited really by half term in 40.500 millions of euros to the year for the actions of market more 13.000 millions of euros for the rural development in the period comprised among the year 2000 and the 2006. +But still we have to take more, by it that it is correct and necessary that the Council have expressed his disposal to cover the need of credits additional for the *Balcanes, got the case, by means of a review of the financial forecasts. +The clause of review in the sector of the cereals shows that the Bosses of State and of Government have not excluded the possibility or even the need to introduce back improvements. +Lady Speaker, do not award my confidence to the President proposed, Mr. *Prodi, because it has justified the war of the NATO *definiéndola as «necessary»: a #european war initiated and carried out *vulnerando a principle of Right International and despising to the Nations Joined. +For *ello, is precise to reactivate the left right-separation, take of the Parliament a true political instance and not looking for the consensus as they have taken the Governments when designating to the Roman Mr. *Prodi. +As only #swedish in the commission have followed of wall and have contributed to the debate during half year presenting, among other things, amendments *acordes with the criteria of the Party of the Environment, is to say, *me have opposite to that *desligue to the deputies of the constituents and of the countries members introducing wages, taxes and retirements of community character. +For the #european countries treats to refuse this logic, with the support and the reciprocal cooperation of the Russian Federation in the interest of the peace and of the prosperity of #all. +Second: make a reform of the own politics, especially in the sector of the agriculture and of the structural Bottoms, by like this say it, reactivate our politics and third: the *aseguramiento of the finance of these politics in the next seven years. +The master plan that had presented for *ello the Commission has not happened without changes the more of two years of debates in the Parliament and in the Council and recognise that #this has not been advantageous for the subject in #all the points. +The political and social cohesion is #one of the basic principles of the Treaty of the European Union and believe that #all the institutions of the Union have to keep firmly faithful to this basic principle. +Gentleman President, the commitment of *Berlín is not to celebrate it, like any commitment, and much less in my country -have to talk also like Greek- since the #greek Government has accepted regulations that *nos put to #the same level that *España, *Irlanda and *Portugal, countries that are not so poor like the #mine and that already take part in the euro. +There are other questions also in the that have taken important advances: by a part, in it that *atañe to the respect of the norms of *comitología that existed, treating that they did not modify under rope these norms; by #another, in relation with the participation of the Parliament, with possibility to review annually the process. +*Séptimo: In the frame of the *reorientación of the bottoms that, according to his ideas, wanted to carry of *FEOGA-Guarantee to the second *pilar, only has gone to stop to this second *pilar a small part of it that #would have been possible #if we had imposed the *degresión. +The Council, that has ranged with this logic of the Commission has retained without embargo the idea of intervention public «*ad *hoc» in case of need and the to establish a network of security of 1.560 euros by tonne. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *cuando in March of 1998 the Commission presented his proposals for the reform of the structural Bottoms, existed doubts on #if it went to reach an authentic reform and on #if the regulations went to be able to approve to time so that the new programs #can set up to beginnings of the year 2000, according to the plan traced. +Without embargo, #can *decirle it following: we are had to go back to the previous formula, is to say, that the *review for the dairy market take in the year 2003 and, of course, the Commission is also had to include in his analysis the question the *supertasa in the frame of this *review . +By #all #this the instrument of the Social Bottom European is fundamental, #as well as it is fundamental that the no governmental organisations and the *tercer sector, especially of face to a politics of integration concrete, go of the hand from the stage of programming. +Taking into account all #this, #can explain the Council the reason by the that follows thinking that it is legitimate to take case *omiso of the norms that establishes the Statute of the civil servants #as well as of the right of initiative of the Commission established in the article 24 of the «Treaty of fusion»? +The content of said report was debated in the Council during the deliberations on the proposal of the Commission to determine the exact rules for the structural help of the Community in the sector *pesquero. +#All improvement of the relations, included the possible future negotiations on an Agreement of Trade and Cooperation, will depend of the back progresses that *Croacia take in the fulfillment of the requirements established in the frame of the conditions. +*Cuando Tomorrow present his position concerning the decisions of the ministers of agriculture #as well as of the Bosses of State and of Government, will approve *ustedes a reform in the that also #can recognise the hand of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, lady Commissioner, gentlemen Commissioners, east is the last big debate of the term of office, and treats of an excellent debate on a very emblematic question: the Diary 2000, besides in *Berlín. *Berlín, with the #german chancellor, the *Reichtag , that has been recovered, to the equal that the eagle, and even the war. +Gentleman President, *permítame, to avert be subjected to the pressure of the time, that take *algo that usually #be take at the end of the interventions, in concrete wanted to give the thanks to the Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies by his constructive cooperation with the Commission of Politics Regional of our Parliament. +Like this as, in June of 1998, and of compliance with the Statement *aneja to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the Commission presented a proposal to review the decision on *comitología of 1987 with the goal to simplify and *esclarecer the procedure, #as well as to open it more to the control of the Parliament. +It assumes a full juridical value and allows a political dialogue with the Commission in those occasions in that the Parliament consider that a measure proposed #would provide excessive powers of application to coast of the Assembly, *algo that already has exposed of way very *convincente the Mr. *Corbett. +It wanted to finalise leaving proof of the pleasure and the satisfaction that *me produces all it that have reached together to the hour to improve the chapter of the politics of employment and the social politics in the European Union. +And in last place, gentleman President, because I believe that it is perfectly legitimate that #if it treats to defend the human rights -that, by true, leave enough that wish in *México-, defend much better with an agreement that include a democratic clause -as it occurs in this global agreement- that with the agreement in vigour that did not contains this democratic clause. +Also *me #would enjoy to highlight the points that, to my understand, are newer inside this agreement. For example, the inclusion of the democratic clause like essential element of #the same, since it goes to promote the respect of the human rights in this Latin American country. +*Yo Want to *asegurarles that the Commission engages formally to keep informed to the Parliament in #all moment -as already it is taking- of the advances in the negotiation in course, #as well as of the final result, before it subject the Agreement to the conjoint Council. +We are proud that at the end the #german Presidency, of common agreement with the States members, have reached to solve big part of the complex problems derived of the confluence of perspectives political very varied that until the last moment have hampered the integration of *Schengen. +On the other hand, the protection of the personal data with the System of Information of *Schengen is a particularly important question. We do not forget, *Señorías, that the Common Authority of Control has adopted a report *demoledor. +Of another side, it is necessary *averiguar how the control effected by the provider, that probably is the only control truly effective, #can be perfected in the future from the point of sight technical and economic. +Gentleman President, do not agree with his interpretation of how take the vote on the program of the structural Bottoms, because the general regulation is in fact the regulation that regulates #all the other looks of the regulations of application. +But, in this case, the Monday at night there was varied important meetings, among *ellas the of the Commission of Budgets, and *yo was absent of the Commission of Budgets because it was gathered with the Commission of Subjects Juridical. +To informative title, the European Parliament has the intention, after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and the enlargement of the *codecisión, to change of position on 49 first readings inscribed in the frame of the cooperation and on 15 files approved in first reading to title of the cooperation. +And not forgetting that, more that a happy end, the popular query will be only a step more, decisive, true is, in the already long trek that will allow that the village of *Timor Oriental, after centuries of #portuguese colonisation and of a chamber of century of brutal #indonesian occupation, was at last owner of his destination. +I believe that surely it is the wish of #all *nosotros take a call to the European Commission so that it take all it possible to pacify the situation in *Timor oriental, with the end to allow the peaceful celebration of said referendum the next 8 August. +These three questions reflect also the fundamental values that chair our Union: the freedom of expression, the State of Right, the power of the village and the humanitarian looks. +In #all his contacts with the authorities of the country, the Commission has reiterated his posture regarding the respect of the fundamental human freedoms and the State of Right. +It has recognised that the risks of the nuclear energy in the *Europa central and oriental have purchased a totally new dimension, although to #the same time has ensured that the negotiations with the countries candidates to the adhesion open new possibilities. +In the Czech Republic have conceded helps in the frame of the Program *PHARE to the responsible authorities of the nuclear security and to improve the security of the nuclear head office of *Duckovani. +In the actuality, do not exists a formal agreement with the #czech authorities in the frame of *PHARE so that the technical organisms of security of the European Union carry out a global evaluation in matter of security. +In relation with the economic looks of the project of *Temelin, the Commission supports the development of a strategy in matter of energy that take properly in consideration the energetic performance and the diversification of the sources, and *PHARE has supported this orientation in distinct projects. +In June of 1997, the Commission *nos presented two proposals to simplify the regulation of 1999, and *ello so as to relieve the obligations of the companies -especially of the #SME- in matter of statements and to reduce the costs that weigh on the persons forced to declare. +Also I give the thanks to the Commission for having engaged to carry out a study in the field of the initiative *SLIM/*INTRASTAT referring in particular to the quality and to the charges that *recaen on the companies. +The High Authority, to the that delivered the social payments, appeared in last place in the list, whereas first the state, afterwards the social services, afterwards supplying, the banks, #everything it that #can appoint , had priority to the hour to benefit of it that remained of the failure. +The Mr. *Malangré has signalled it mainly in the exhibition of reasons that, another time, from #all perspective results *inmejorable, with the following words: already it is hour that it take *algo on the failure in the Community, in the #european context. +It is very *inquietante that a subject like #this was debated a Thursday in the afternoon *cuando there #be here so #few persons, the vote will be tomorrow in the morning and there #be not had in the breast of the national parliaments a properly said debate on the subject. +As it has underlined so much the report of the Mr. *Schmid like the opinion of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens, there #be a series of looks in the that it is necessary to deepen. +In the Commission of Culture *nos have put repeated times in favour that this exhibition do not show only the economic hits Europeans, but also the cultural diversity and especially the successful programs of the European Union. +In front of the disloyal imports, the textile sector, in spite of having prepared to be able to to be in conditions to confront with hit the challenge of the international competitiveness, do not has of arms with the that defend. +Of here that *urja to the Commission to that it adopt those that measured are necessary to put end to the disloyal competition that it is victim this sector and guarantee like this the plenary fill of the commitments contracted by #all the parts in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +I have repeated in different occasions that in this look of the prevention have left happen of long #a lot of things in the past years and any political Group neither any Presidency #can affirm here that it has taken it all well to avert this war. +I have lived the final stage, from *Rambouillet until the start of the military actions, and have not found to nobody in the western side, neither the #EE.UU, that have kept an attitude actively *belicista but that tried get literally until the last second to commitments. +Gentleman President, the Agreement of *Berlín allowed to unblock the main *dossiers of the European Union, but not guaranteeing the future of the European Union to long and even to half term, because the Agreement of the Diary 2000 remained very short concerning the existent needs. +It treats of a squad of big quality, of a very balanced squad. It is the result of the constructive queries that carried out with the Bosses of State and of Government, the *cuales respected fully the new powers that the Treaty of *Amsterdam has conferred to the President commissioned. +Today I am here to present to the new Commission and no to present his program, without embargo, #can *prometerles that the conductive thread of #all our program will be to attribute to the European Union a greater importance of face to the #european citizens. +Therefore, it is task *ineludible of this Assembly give off to *Europa of this institutional difficulty in the date it earlier possible, and the only mood to take it is to take to the available Commission -do not prejudge how #can happen in the audiences- and take it impossible for *asegurarnos that it go in in functions in the first available date. +Without embargo, treats of a fundamental problem: in effect, expand the competitions of this institution, the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, *cuando results that it has not taken a serious and contradictory evaluation of his operation, *nos seems unacceptable. +It results so much more imperative what that the subject of the dioxin in *Bélgica, that goes to be object of lively debates, affects, without place to doubts, directly to the problematic of the alimentary security, linked, to his time, direct and obviously, with the operation of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +But, by it that to *nosotros *respecta, want *tomarnos the auditions as it that they are, is to say, for *permitirnos listen to the Commissioners, *interrogarlos, *formularles ask to end to know better his goals and especially see until how point there #be a fine *adecuación among the charges that *usted *les has entrusted and his knowledges, his competitions and his will of work. +It is necessary that the Commission endow with the means to exert -with his structures renewed, with his civil servants, #whose disposition surely will have changed- his missions and that do not hesitate in saying to the Parliament and to the Council: as *nos ask that we reach goals, want *pedirles means for *ello. +I believe that, in spite of the constitutional singularity of the relations among the Commission and the Parliament, are founded the worries manifested with a view to the political balance that exists in this Parliament and that do not remains reflected in the breast of the Commission. +Regarding the result, *cuando say that it is «balanced», understand perfectly that they have #some States in the that there #be dissatisfied, but #this is the politics: balanced means that the great present strengths in the European Parliament are strongly represented in the Commission so much by the personalities as by the importance of the wallets. +As well, I attribute an extraordinary importance to this look, #as well as to the report of the Wise persons, but create likewise that these examinations have to take on the history of the Commissioners and his programs and have to take with a big capacity of deepening and of political serenity, because, to my understand, #can not serve of instrument to fix problems that arose previously. +The report of the Wise persons is an instrument of big scope, have to read it and *meditar on *él, but the decision is a weight that have to bear *nosotros, and is in this sense that the dialogue among the Parliament and the Commission purchases an extraordinary importance. +The great challenges of the future, #such as the changes involved by the only coin, the enlargement eastwards and the fight against the international delinquency, have to be confronted with some institutions of the EU that have more capacity of action that in the present. +The renewal of the institutions of the Union is a central subject in the program of activity of the #finnish Presidency as it already signalled the Minister *Halonen in his intervention. +A time finalised the conflict it that has an immediate priority is to support the efforts of the *KFOR to reestablish the peace and the order and reconstruct a civil administration that work under the direction of the Nations Joined. +Regarding the statute of the #european deputies, the #finnish Presidency -and in *eso it is necessary *felicitarla- also has taken a respectful attitude with the fact that the initiative corresponds to this Assembly. +Gentleman President, listening to the #finnish Presidency ascertain the absence of changes substantive in the politics of the European Union, that do not ceases to increase and aggravate the problems of our villages. +Our common failure in the case *Öcalan *nos takes difficult to show clearly to #a lot of persons in *Turquía, so much #if they are #turkish like *kurdas, reason are in principle against the pity of death and, #such as it has said the Mr. *Swoboda, do not plead against the pity of death no only of the Mr. *Öcalan but of #all. +Besides, in #the same frame of exercise of the right, owe *ocuparnos to loan #all type of collaboration to the International Penal Court of the there #be, to pursue to the criminal that have remained in *Kosovo and, also, in *Bosnia. +#That was the message that #some expected, restless in front of some informations on the absence of bottoms specific and fearing that in these conditions #can drop in the temptation of *desvestir to a saint to dress to #another and sacrifice essential considered actions when establishing the budget. +Of #all the promises of the #finnish Government #any is more important that the to occupy of the problem of the persons -and his families- that no only suffer an illness or disability but also a situation of disadvantage and stigmatisation. +The Council also asked to the Commission that take a report for finals of year on the progresses of the creation of the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine and on the capacity of #the same to fulfil his functions. +The Council demands to the Commission that take to progress the already begun work by the Committee of *Piensos and Foods of Animals, in the *cual goes back to examine the legislation on *piensos, and, in his case, presented additional norms and reforms for a more strict harmonisation of said legislation. +It That yes know is that the office of inspection by the that have struggled (had to *batirnos to achieve an effective budget, so that it created the veterinary office in *Bruselas and for *asegurarnos that #would apply the principle of the general inspections in the Community) finds loomed and harassed. +And now given this situation, as we #can say that the proposal to watch to the European Agency of Drugs and Foods, by welcome that it was, #as well as #all these great gestures, #can work *cuando any individual inspector #can penetrate in the universe of crime and fraud that characterises to #some sectors of this industry. +*Me #Would enjoy to know to where wants to get the Commission, #which are the concrete steps effected, and #if the Commission will take into account the wishes expressed by the Parliament, so much in the reports on the *EEB as in the Green Book on the feeding, the resolution that have formulated to the *respecto. +In the concrete case of the dioxin, among the communication of the Permanent Veterinary Committee and of the network of #alert happened 15 days, whereas the Commissioner *Bonino declared simply that *ella did not take #belgian milk. +Have the duty the responsible Authorities to delete these chemical agents of correct and safe form, following the valid rule, or are leaving knowingly of *aplicarla and deleting these chemical agents of mistaken form? +No, gentleman Baron *Crespo, had a proposal of resolution common that proceeded of two political Groups, the Group of the Popular Party European and European Democrats and the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformist. +#This puts of relief, on the one hand, the responsibility of the competent authorities for the control of these products. On the other hand it sees clearly that the scandal of the dioxin is not a problem neither a failure of the agriculture. +I think, for example, in the sanction applied, also to *Francia, for having allowed reductions of *cotizaciones social to #some textile companies by the fact to hire personal, in the frame of an international situation, that like His *Señorías know, is very delicate, especially because of the international agreements negotiated, precisely, by the Commission. +In the first place, the proposal to put to the sale the whole of the *taquilla in the #european market has not applied never in any spot regarding sportive demonstrations of #this *envergadura, as it finishes it to remember the Commissioner #Neil *Kinnock. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the statement of the Commission on the course given to the second inform of the Committee of Experts Independent that *les has remitted, as His *Señorías had requested, it before possible. +It #can the Mr. *Kinnock engage to put end with the greater possible shortness to this disciplinary procedure, after his takeover, with the whole Commission like school, so that the Mr. Go *Buitenen #can go back to the work of a form ordered and that it was rehabilitated at last? +But the true essence of #this the constitutes the Recommendation *nº 59 that requests *encarecidamente the nomination of a general public prosecutor European, that requests *encarecidamente a fiscal ministry European with public prosecutors delegated in the States members to create a "area of freedom, security and justice as it states in the Treaty". +The efforts *acumulativos by *modernizar have not been, therefore, sufficiently forceful to substitute a *trasnochada and deficient culture by the practices and the instincts of it that generally designates new public management as it has developed in the last 20 years in other diverse modern administrations. +The recommendation to establish a *fiscalía #european, as it proposes , #would mean the existence of a mechanism to interpose a *querella criminal related with the fraud in the EU in #all the Union but #would not affect to the jurisdiction of the national courts. +In the report have detected a series of points feeble in the breast of the institutions and the recommendations that here take the sound to correct the problems. +In spite of #this *puntualizaciones, am convinced that the contribution and the support of the Parliament will make possible the fast adoption of the present proposal, so that it remain guaranteed the continuity among the present performance of the Community and the program #whose entrance in vigour proposes for 1 January of the 2000. +Go back on *ello now and remit to the majority of the Assembly the decision that *usted had taken so cautiously, only by the intervention of the Socialist Group, *me seems a quite insufficient reason, in front of the principle that had applied *usted and with the that #all agreed. +Of face to this debate, *le advance that my Group will want to reach greater concretions in politics of employment, of economic and social cohesion, of modernisation of our economies that take into account to the persons, to the enlargement, to the Mediterranean and to the defence of the human rights all over the world, like axes of our external politics. +Lady Speaker, to begin, *permítame say in name of my Group, that share fully the perspective of the Mr. *Prodi that from morning will be in the threshold of a new beginning, in particular, a new beginning among our two institutions, the Parliament and the Commission, and a new beginning for the own *Europa. +The body of the Treaties of the European Union and, in particular, of the European Only Record, of the Treaty of *Maastricht and of the Treaty of *Amsterdam have to be subjected #all *ellos to a new review in the context of the next Conference *Intergubernamental. +No *me refer to his professional performance, since his personal fortune is remarkable -has known to employ very well his faculties -, but that go to examine it that took *cuando was president of the *IRI, the greater economic organism #italian public, and how many *millardos -better said, talking of lyres, how many thousands of *millardos- especially of the taxpayers *padanos, achieved *dilapidar carrying out a disastrous politics. +As I finish to say, by reasons apparently *contrapuestos, because #one of the subjects that have in front of *nosotros is, expect, only the apparent perplexity and no the distrust of the #european citizens, as it remained shown by the scarce participation in the *comicios of the month of June, although, on the other hand, there #be not doubt that it exists an increasing demand of *Europa. +The appearance of the Mr. *Kinnock showed like this the fault of will by part of the Commission to assume #all the responsibility and #all the managerial competitions regarding the General Directors and his employees. +The here present deputies, and that have made campaigns in the that the social urgency and the fight by the employment were in the centre of the debate, are *comisionados to advance of effective form to #one *Europa of the employment. +The section 4 of the article 29 of our regulation has that a statement of group has to indicate the denomination of the group, the name of his members and the composition of his table. +Gentleman President, the Socialist members of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects believe that the Mrs. *Diamantopoulou has shown to have the aptitudes and the necessary attributes to convert in a fine Commissioner of Employment and Social Subjects. +In effect, a person that has to be the responsible Commissioner of the inner market and that in his appearance did not stop to pronounce the word subsidiariness denotes an excessive ignorance on the great common tasks of *Europa. +It wanted to know #if, like President of the Commission, has intention to engage personally with the resolution of the *gravísimos social problems that *subsisten in the interior of the European Union and that, for the Commission, to my mood to see, #would have to constitute an absolute priority. +Two weeks after it alerted to the world of the most brutal genocide as a result of the elections in an attempt to establish #the same essence of the democracy that *nosotros, like deputies, have to defend first of all, still are in deadlock and any commentator *nos considers important to find a solution. +Gentleman President, today has talked long and tended on the cynicism and the hypocrisy of the past, but wanted to *decirle that at all is so cynical neither *hipócrita like the fact that they comment the process of auditions those who already have announced that will vote against of the Commission. +#This has to include a consistent application of the norms of the competition, and also a consistent application of the Pact of Stability and Growth, some minimum common norms in matter of taxes, to the equal that #some fundamental principles. +Although the redistribution seems necessary to fund this new priority, it is necessary to take into account the fact that a too much great redistribution comports the risk of *desestabilizar the budgetary balance and politician in the external relations. +In this case, also have to recognise the offences related with the rape of the right to the privacy, offences that comment the services of intelligence of States Joined and of the European Union the 24 hours of the day. +In the space of justice #european the prevention of this type of offences seems to remain only in hands of the cooperation among the Police, without any parliamentary control or politician and without having elaborated at all to the *respecto. +The solution is not to employ without a purpose the resources in moving to the population of the poor countries to *Europa, but devote these resources to move the #european development to the poor countries. +Without embargo, the European Parliament will run the risk to remain to the *margen of the debate while it grasp desperately to his own utopia, #that in the that the citizen goes to see finally the light thanks to the advantages imposed with the #european citizenship. +Still it did not takes *tantos years that the Governments of the States members show had to collaborate with the European Parliament in subjects so important like the police cooperation, the migratory flows or the common politics in matter of asylum. +The peace and the internal welfare are not allocated to last long, because it neither is allocated to last long the resignation of a world *circunstante that lives in the insecurity, the need and the chaos. +And in this eagerness of concretion, regarding the space of freedom, believe that there are two subjects that deserve a preferential attention: the harmonisation of the procedures of asylum and the immigration *clandestina. +It is necessary to guarantee the right of the citizens to receive an egalitarian deal -*access *to *justice- and to access to the services of assistance legal *cuando see forced to manage subjects in front of the authorities of other States members. +In the draft of the answers of the Mr. *Kinnock, the civil servants on had written that the problem rooted in that the #dutch civil servant, Mr. Go *Buitenen, had delivered *demasiados documents to the presidents of group. +Gentleman President, go to begin in French, in his very beautiful tongue, to say that have the duty of *expresarle from this time on same my will of not going back to talk in this tongue, while *Francia have not recognised our #basque tongue. +Yesterday same, in his speech, Roman *Prodi went back clearer his orientation *cuando affirmed that it was necessary "to follow restructuring the Only Market and promoting the liberalisation" and underlined on purpose the continuation of the process of liberalisation of the sectors of sakes and services. +My main consideration when judging to the Commission *Prodi is to decide #if this squad of 20 persons *me has convinced that it is able to restore *tangiblemente the public confidence in the European Union and his institutions. +It That #would ask to the manager of the budget of the year 2000 is that it took into account the needs of the Committee of the Regions and that saw #if it fits this place among the places thought in the budget 2000 for the Committee of the Regions. +In this moment have already a statement of the Council of Security of the Nations Joined in the that condemns it that *sucedió in *Timor, recognise the rights of his village and orders the sending of a strength of maintenance of the peace. +Therefore, it is necessary that #all the international community and, therefore, the European Parliament, take a call in these two senses: so that the body of peace go it more quickly possible to reestablish the peace in *Timor Oriental and so that it #can get there the humanitarian help. +The permanent rapes of the human rights, the terror against a peaceful village, miserable and disarmed have been common coin there, but existed from took 24 years: *yo saw it with my own eyes. +We want that it put term to the tyranny that has suffered the village of *Timor oriental during the 25 last years with the help of the countries of the European Union, of *América and of #all these persons *hipócritas that do not deprive to sell armaments to the tyrants of Indonesian and of other countries of #everyone. +It #would have to *recordarle that a socialist minister is condemned by a kidnapping and that the socialist Government of his leader, #Felipe *González, was condemned by the Court of Rights Human by the expulsion of 103 emigrants in the border of *Melilla. +We demand, therefore, of the Council an answer to this problem that go to have with the migratory population nomad in #all the European Union, an answer coordinated with the States members, in the that, to #the same time, each assume his own responsibility. +As *discierne of the statement of the Summit of Gin, the development of the #european capacity to resolve the crises do not alters the systems of defence of the States members. +During the #german Presidency, on 29 March 1999, the Council ratified the article *K.3 of the Treaty of the Union regarding a common position in front of the project of the Convention. +Regarding the political control of the squad that is working in the subject, the #finnish Presidency will study the subject, but in this occasion #can not say at all to the *respecto because I do not have the necessary information. +Gentleman President, believe that the Mr. Deputy will know that it is not competition of the Council manage in front of States Joined the suppression of the compulsory visa for the citizens of the Union, #all time that States Joined is not included in the list attaches to the Decree *CE/574/99. +In accordance with the estimates of the international organisations, in *Corea of the North have died among #one and three millions of persons from 1995 like consequence of the chronic famine owed to natural causes and, besides, to the character of the national system-communist in the power in *Pyongyang. +*Nos Will say, then, why, whereas the Mr. #Solana signs secret documents of the NATO that show that the *UÇK is involved in the traffic of drugs, in the prostitution and in the delinquency organised, the International Strength follows *apoyándolos and the international community follows *armándolos, in place of *desarmarlos as it had agreed ? +The *restablecimiento of a just democratic system is a previous condition for a program of reconstruction and the political responsibility is so much in the hands of the EU like the social and the economic. +I think that #this is the occasion to centre the attention only in the main questions, #this is, that this Agency #can act inspiring in the principles of transparency and of efficiency that, given the existent situation in the *Balcanes, are an essential element. +It takes fault, as, a politics integrated, a common strategy of development, of peace, of stability and of collaboration in the region, #such as it is beginning to *delinearla the Pact of Stability and the Agency of Reconstruction that, with headquarters in *Salónica, will be an effective agency *cuando have exactly this line integrated. +In answer to the that has been a debate of big quality, *me pleases enormously the company of my new colleague, the Commissioner of Budget, *Michaele *Schreyer, #whose presence is a sample of his big interest in this subject and in his financial and budgetary repercussions. +It has been designed to keep the necessary control of the European Union on the program of reconstruction and for *salvaguardar his independence and his right of initiative in the process. +Gentleman President, like the Vice-president of the Commission has renounced to say *algo on the questions of the coin and of the *UCK, #can split of the fact that it do not exists any opinion of the European Union on these questions? +The campaign of security *vial that is carrying out includes the following looks: more houses of control of speed, more proofs of *alcoholemia, a system of fines by points, a better fulfillment of the law that forces to lace the belt of security. +In conclusion, the deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of the Nations will watch, during #all this term of office, by that the *Europa bureaucratic and *tecnocrática do not develop , but by that *Europa evolve in a harmonious frame and assumed by the group of the citizens of the States members of the European Union. +We think that it is important for the future of the European Union the materialisation of a free field, sure and just and give the welcome to the initiative of the Council to stand out this matter in the Summit of *Tampere. +In the *tercer, chamber and *sexto script of the section 4, the Parliament asks that it was the future "enclosure" the that it determine the competitions of his Table, #as well as the organisation of his groups of work and of his Secretariat, it that #would suppose for #this a wide independence, for afterwards orient the process to his *antojo. +It is directly connected with an effort for strengthening it inaccessible and for reinforcing the mechanisms of control and of repression, of course no to corroborate the rights of the citizens, but for *manipularlos and like this exert a more effective control of his activities. +I create, as, gentleman President, that #if we took *algo useful and durable - and #would want to listen also the opinion of the Mr. Commissioner on #this - #would be that this famous organisation on the that are debating, to investigate the earthquakes etc. had mainly a species of, #would say, code of behaviour on the composition, the publication, on when, where, how, to #who go these informations on the earthquakes. +In addition to these measures, the Commission foresees the possibility to act in coordination with the #FMI to concede to *Turquía helps *macrofinanciera directed to keep the process of reforms in some obviously difficult conditions. +A violent conflict in *Daguestán, attacked with bomb in *Moscú and, #everything *ello, surrounded of rumours on plots and prepared with #all type of theories on it that there #would be behind #this and #all type of relations that take with, for example, the next parliamentary elections and the attempts of distinct groups to undermine this process. +The Commission has taken part in the recent visit of the troika of the EU to *Rangún, undertaken with the goal of *allanar the path so that it initiate a political dialogue with *Birmania in accordance with it established in the conclusions of the Council of 26 April. +Maybe it #would be necessary to find a less formal form of constant dialogue with *usted, the Mr. *Priestley and his services to argue the questions of the access and #others *concernientes to the internal organisation of this Parliament. +Like final point want to say *algo on the separation of rubbish. In spite of having in our dispatch of two cubes for the different types of rubbish, which already is a retard in comparison with the previous situation, yesterday in the morning was witness that these cubes *vaciaban in #the same sack. +In any case, want to ask *encarecidamente that install urgently a *extractor in the service to avert the nuisance of it that it #can *suceder #if a visitor decides to go to the just service after the deputy have taken use of #the same (this problem also occurs in the *servios of the office of *Bruselas). +*Yo Expect that *cuando believes an agency of the foods the Commission specify the possibility to investigate *retroactivamente the *piensos employed to feed the livestock and formulate juridical disposals that punish the criminal practices and *recompensen to the active agriculturalists. +Like this as, it wanted to take advantage of this general debate to insist in front of my colleagues and the other institutions on the need to go back to #some principles of the common sense that have seen scannings by the great theories too much economic and no very human. +In other words, mechanisms of relentless control and norms very strict. The proofs made on meat of *vacuno show that #some of the cases detected do not have his origin in the feeding, but that owe to the pollution, more in concrete to the pollution with dioxins through the industry or the ovens *incineradores. +It is timely that the public organs and the politicians, already was in the local organisms or in the governments, exert a paper in the regulation of the production and the preparation of foods. +In this sense *África is the mirror of *Europa: the style of life selfish in the that the pure sexual pleasure of the individual converts in norm, without respect of the #another and social responsibility #any, has a very high price. +It is, in the first place, necessary because these countries try to adapt to some new surroundings of economic and commercial relations that *les create problems, of mood very special, precisely, in the scales of payments, it that to his time affects to the general operation of the market and to his economic development. +Even regarding the own project of the International Monetary Bottom, in the global project of the Bottom on how go to define the budgets and the costs of said countries leaves already clearly established that it will have to engage a determined percentage of cost for the social costs. +Personally, the that more *me enjoys is the #danish model: there it offers a transparent access to the network, applies an energetic tax that acts like corrector of the prices, exist some clear goals in matter of renewable energies, exists almost a market protected. +Gentleman President, the percentage of resources energetic renewable employees in the energetic production of the European Union is underneath of the 6 %, and the greater part of this percentage corresponds to the hydraulic energy. +Gentleman President, conclude congratulating again to the Mrs. *Ahern, giving the thanks to #all his *Señorías by the positive participation in this question, to the Parliament by the support loaned in this terrain to the Commission, and, simply, saying that we are talking of *algo very important that is to use intelligently the resources and the energy. +For *Sudáfrica the audacious step with seen to an agreement of trade, development and cooperation with the EU is a symbol of his commitment with the economic structuring and to recover fully the place that *le corresponds in the international community. +We have to take #ours the most valuable element of the plan of action previous, #this is, the called punctuation of the inner market, and *nos propose to guarantee the existence of systems effective of evaluation, of follow-up and control and of adaptation of the goals. +The Commission created to finals of October of 1998, immediately after the investiture of the Government of *Dzurinda, by initiative of my ancestor, a group of work bilateral of high level so as to go back to give the necessary impulse to the *preparativos for the adhesion of *Eslovaquia. +The THROW loans help for the repair of houses private and for the delivery of products distinct to the alimentary to make possible the creation of accommodation sufficient for the displaced recently got of *Kosovo. +Subject: Sensitisation of the #european citizen in relation with the EU The EU disburse great sums of money for the impression of thousands of informative brochures on his activities, it that carries achieve, among other things, the utilisation of great quantities of paper, *algo that results little favourable for the environment. +#If of the inspection of the Council of Agriculture give off grave indications of irregularity in the companies of transformation of the linen have to pay the corresponding subventions or has to expect the pronouncement of his general Direction? +Lady Speaker, this obsolete diet has paid it also the own #turkish village with thousands of deaths in the earthquakes, deaths that #would not have to regret in a country in #where the laws, the control of the democracy and of the free press work. +To avert any misunderstanding, have to underline that the approach of #Grecia and *Turquía, in spite of his historical rivalry and of his differences, in fact constitutes #one of the main axes of our external politics and of the political security. +I am loved in this first opportunity, to the that has referred the Mr. President, to treat on this so important subject with *ustedes like deputies to a Parliament that, to end of accounts, has shown a deep and ancient interest in the efforts for reaching the peace in Orient Next. +The Presidency and the Commission have restarted his call in favour that it celebrate what before a meeting of the committee of follow-up of the group of work for the regional economic development. +The free trade needs also just prices so that the producer and the seller #can obtain the owed benefit, #as well as a truthful labeling of the origin and the processes of the product to satisfy the requirements of the customers in matter of health and election. +The new #israeli Government persists in his politics of colonisation in #palestinian territory and follows being kidnapped by the Party *Likhud that duplicated the number of settlements to hinder the return to the #palestinian territories. +I have not been able to read the text in the tongues of the other countries that form part of the European Union, without embargo, wanted to know before that at all #if it exists a political background in virtue of the *cual the #italian text is wrong or #if they are wrong the #french texts and English. +The disappointing participation in the European elections of this year provided the dramatic proof, #if to fault a proof, that we have to improve the image and the importance of this Parliament to the eyes of the population of *Europa. +The European Union will delete the rights of customs with regard to the 86% of the total volume of the exports of products industrial #south african to the European Union; +*Ustedes condemn in *ellas "the selfishness" of an industry that do not takes another thing but respect the rules of the economic and commercial game that, in the best of the cases, *ustedes have accepted and, in the worst, contributed to establish. +The European Union has engaged seriously to promote the democracy, the State of Right and the respect of the human rights, among the that they include the basic labour rights. +The practices *restrictivas in matter of access to the markets, to the credits and to the energy constitute #one of the main causes -generally badly known in our countries- of the underdevelopment, of the *perpetuación of the social inequalities and of the corruption. +The essential principles of negotiation and approaches of solutions treated in the document of the Commission of July of 1999, have found fundamentally up to now a positive echo in our debates kept in the Commission of Subjects External and of Industry. +The problem, in my opinion, resides in knowing #if the World-wide Organisation of the Trade works on the base of norms just so that the world, and no only *Europa, evolve to a sustainable development. +The opening of a new cycle of commercial negotiations *multilaterales is first of all a decision of the President of the States Joined of *América, the one who has fixed the tempo -translate: a negotiation accelerated, a diary tightened-, the one who has fixed the goals... +We #would have to support this round from the start, #would have to show a positive attitude to guarantee that we prevent the protectionism, boost the free trade and expand the prosperity of the world-wide system to other parts of the world. +Second, gentleman President, expect that the Mr. *Lamy take charge that #everyone take full consciousness that #if the *OMC is important for *nosotros, #if the *OMC is important for *Europa, also will be it for the other commercial partners; and besides, that #that *OMC only will be able to exert his paper #if each Been member takes charge and follows conscious that it #can not win never an only national interest, but that always will have to be the #european interest, so that these negotiations *nos *pos #can serve of *algo. +It is an option, but is not the #ours, and do not wish that tomorrow, in *Europa, the entrance of the services in the field of the *OMC demand that the norms of competition and of opening to the market govern sectors #such as the health and the education. +Many times they have been mistaken the prognoses that the places of work disappear of the country because it has implanted a technical more ecological or a more effective or ecological use of the energy, things that want to implant. +In the Council of Colony talked of the capacity of *Europa to avert crisis and to act with efficiency to the hour of *controlarlas. The references to a military capacity with credibility took in the context of the control of the crises. +*Europa Always has been in command of the protection of the human rights, of the coexistence and of the tolerance, that have taken of this territory the most advanced in it social, and #can not *permitirnos retreat in these conquests, as *usted has said, of freedom, tolerance and coexistence. +The truth is that the formidable can of the that has the Central Bank European to the hour to take part in front of the national economic institutions and the national banks has been collected inside a diagram quite *críptico. +Regarding the insular regions, it is necessary to signal that in the Union has treated the problematic of the zones retarded; for example, in #a lot of conclusions of diverse summits and in other communiqués has loaned a special attention to the islands. +Subject: New community program of fight against the poverty As well it knows the Council, in the frame of the Treaty of *Maastricht, did not reach any progress regarding the adoption of a new community program of fight against the poverty. +They exist from it takes decades, centuries and thus it also is very important that in our resolution declare that the problematic has to be treated of general form, to the equal that has to look for a general solution, that was notable for the region, and of the *cual derive the stabilisation and the development of the region in his group. +Likewise, the project signals on this point of the resolution that #if, as it has said from the Parliament, are conscious that from principles of century have died *tantos soldered in wars as nowadays citizens in conflicts, precisely by these light arms, and #if we are conscious of the numerous arms that export , *transitan or manufacture in the States members, have, then, an enormous collective responsibility. +This Parliament has a long tradition in this sense, and wish *rendir homage to the work of the Mrs. *Adelaide *Aglietta that it was the first speaker of the report on the pity of death in the world of this Parliament. +The Commission shares the worry of the deputies of this Parliament, and urges to the States members to that they collaborate with the #italian authorities to gather #all the available proofs so that they #can elucidate the causes of the disaster. +Lady Speaker, my Group approves fully the agreement *interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations that the European Office of Fight against the Fraud has to effect in the institutions, organs or organisms of the Communities, including the European Parliament. +But also it is #likely that have gone too much fast in relation with the deputies, and in this sense *me declare guilty in front of the Mr. *Napolitano, president of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, since I am member of this commission, although perhaps the debate in the Plenary #can *permitirnos warn #some *olvidos. +Second: the future of the electronic activity in juridical and commercial matter depends essentially of #if it reaches improve the confidence, especially the of the users, in the security and, in concrete, so much in the technical security, for example, regarding the fakes, as also in the juridical efficiency of similar procedures. +A decisive point of support are the electronic signatures By means of a signature #such in electronic format #can guarantee that, on the one hand, is *constatable the identity of the one who have issued a statement and the have signed, is to say, the identity of the signatory. +Have the conviction that we have found so much a fast solution as also a correct solution to boost the electronic signature and, in consequence, the utility of the new means of information and of communication in the daily life. +Also it is *importantísimo, as they have said other orators, that there #be a possibility of expansion in the international plane because the borders of the European Union are artificial borders regarding this question. +In the spheres of fast technological progress the European Union has to encourage particularly for averting #all future barrier of the inner market like result of contradictory national norms, and has to establish a juridical frame European in an early stage. +In this context wanted to take advantage of my time of word to stand out the possible repercussions of the versions proposed "*Amsterdamizadas" -#if *me allows to use so horrible term- of the Treaties of *Bruselas and of Blunt in what they refer to the operation of this part of the only market. +#This is an important proposal and oriented to the future because the gaseous fuels use increasingly -and *me refer, for example, to fuels like the natural gas liquefied and the gas of oil- and exists also the possibility that the hydrogen use like fuel in the future. +I will say to finish, gentleman President, that the final element of this proposal is the resource to a committee to keep and put of relief the technical character of this Directive, thing that already have mentioned in my intervention. +By this reason support precisely this directive and, of course, also #would celebrate a lot that in European Parliament took in general *algo more in *pro of the security in the transport so that #this homogenise in the states members, as the figures of accidents show clearly that in this field the youngsters see affected of special way. +How presupposed is #that that, among the costs, forces to distinguish among two very clear-cut categories, #one - the compulsory costs - arbitrated by an authority, the Council and #another - the no compulsory costs - arbitrated by the Parliament? +In the project of budget has foreseen the creation of new places of work in the Parliament and in the Economic and Social Committee, with the goal to give more efficiency to the administration of these buildings. +The Mr. *Pittella also has presented an extremely important report for *nosotros; therefore, *yo want to manifest my gratitude to the three speakers by the really constructive collaboration that has accompanied the budgetary procedure of this year. +From this point of sight believe that there #be a special contradiction among the fact to push upwards the missions assigned to the European Union, throwing downwards the necessary resources for his fulfillment. +A final note very concrete, but of big importance: it is indispensable to guarantee -#if it is that it has not taken already- that in the comment of the line *B-7 6000, relative to the no governmental organisations, state a reference to the committee of link. +*Nosotros *nos Guide by these same principles but, in this case, after it that has struggled the Parliament during years, this review of the agreement *interinstitucional, a review of the financial perspectives #such as it defined in the agreement *interinstitucional, is extremely important for the Parliament. +Happening to the #others institutions, *cuando talk, for example, of the cooperation *interinstitucional, how rigour there was in the information the day that our colleagues previously agreed that it had to take the Common Organisational Structure? Or, #which is the reality nowadays *cuando decide that it is necessary to dissolve this common structure? +It is necessary to simplify a lot the juridical frame for these companies -in *Europa have 18 millions of #SME, a 50% of the *cuales do not have any employee-, so that they #can concentrate in the fundamental requirements, or was, in satisfying the needs of the customers and offer the products and suitable services. +Nevertheless, on the other hand, *yo believe that we #would have to keep the amount that the Union already has announced in the political plane, specifically that they will put to disposal 500 millions of euros for the year 2000, so as to avert cause the impression of that the Union *desdice of his political commitment. +In this context, it is necessary to have always present the fact that the Council of Government acts like collegiate organ, and that #all the decisions have to communicate to the public of way clear and coherent. +Finally, I receive equally with big satisfaction that the Mr. *Duisenberg have commented the point treated in the report about the need to reduce the costs of the payments *transfronterizos, especially in the smallest payments that affect to individual members. +By that, with the presence of craft of the Council of Ministers and of the European Commission, at present the national Governments anyway know #which are the votes, and #can exert his pressures to his taste, only that of form totally *incontrolable and invisible. +Since the debate of today is fundamentally among the Parliament and the Central Bank and no *nos corresponds to *nosotros play any #another paper, wish to signal only, answering to the worry of #some parliamentary, that will have occasion to debate here the problem of the coordination of the economic politics, that is competition of the Commission. +The rise of the types of interest, in determined occasions #can *asemejarse or be more related with raising the foot of the pedal that, by the contrary, with braking the impulse of the economy and of this mood advance more slowly. +Certainly we have planned, to begin, study the mood in that we #can create the bookmark that *nos has requested like the half to keep the pressure on *nosotros, in the first place, but also on #others, #as well as to guarantee that all makes with the most complete transparency possible in the immediate future. +*Nos *congratulamos Of the commitment assumed in the highest level to act in cooperation with the countries of origin and the countries of traffic to the hour to tackle the questions of the immigration. +From a point of sight general, results very significant that the Council have announced a precise calendar for the relative measures to the space of security. +In the migratory politics has been important to say with clarity that exists a basic agreement on the control, on the capacity of absorption and of integration of a country and on the fight against the abuses in this field. +The statements of *Tampere on the space of freedom, security and justice, the best access to the justice, the efforts by a more intense fight against the criminality, are definitely positive looks of the balance. +*Me Seems a fine news for the fight against the terrorism, although the resolution of the Parliament do not say it, the suppression of the formal procedure of extradition in the case of persons condemned with firm sentence. +Gentleman President, this High Assembly approved with big majority on 3 April of the last year my report on the enlargement eastwards and the inner security. In that occasion agreed create a European Academy for the Inner Security. +With #the same intention of *soslayamiento of the States, the report *Dehaene proposes that in some cases #can modify the Treaty by simple decision of the Council or even by a decision adopted so only by qualified majority, thing that results absolutely unacceptable, as it is absolutely contrary to our conception of #one *Europa that respect to his nations. +The citizens of the Union need a democratic constitution, with a catalogue of competitions in the that the responsibilities are clearly established and in the that the principle of the subsidiariness have a real content. +Gentleman President, there #be a dog that still has not barked in this debate, and wanted to call the attention on the failure *garrafal of the report *Dehaene regarding treating properly - only mentions it of happened - the regional look of the government of *Europa. +#If it has produced a delay in the nomination of a speaker has been because the representative of the Radicals in the meeting of the coordinators to choose to a speaker asked that it postponed the nomination. +The Commission thinks that the presence of the States members in the Council of Administration #would be in definite well for the Agency and #would facilitate the coordination of the activities of reconstruction of the Community and of the States members. +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the Decision *OSPAR 98/2 relative to the poured of radioactive waste in the sea (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0014/1999 - 1999/0096(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer) +Considers that the vote only constitutes a question of procedure, necessary to be able to continue the negotiations with the Council regarding the creation of the statute of the deputies to the European Parliament. +At present they exist two problems that brake the advance of the electronic trade: the difficulty to verify the identity of the users and the consumers, and the uncertainty with regard to #if the operations in line are legally *vinculantes. +. (*PT) The Central Bank European, in spite of exerting a fundamental paper in the politics and in the #european economy, works with independence of the Council, of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments, it that results unacceptable. +Among other measures, the Governments approved also relative common norms to the granting of asylum political to the refugees needed and the editorial of a Letter of rights fundamental. +The company has the responsibility to keep to the worker *empleable and the worker has the responsibility to take part in his continuous information and in the continuous development of his capacities and of his skills. +It is necessary to have an increase of the power of the employees and of his representatives to take cost his right to impugn the bottom of the economic reasons that motivate his dismissal, it that *nosotros call the amendment *Wolbert-*Michelin and that will propose so that tomorrow the vote His *Señorías. +I believe that it has remained clear that, motivated by the problem of the *Michelin, poses a subject that constitutes the centre of the reflections in the European Union in the actuality. It is to say, on the one hand, the subject of the competition, and, by #another, the of the social cohesion. +I am convinced that the movements by the peace against the nuclear arms that so much took in the years seventy and eighty, #can restart his activity in collaboration with *nosotros and our Parliament, so that we #can live for real in a world #where do not exist this type of arms. +Also we have *presionado so that they adopt the necessary measures so that the agencies of help visit the zone to take an assessment on the terrain of the needs and expect that this mission #can carry out in the next days. +We #would have to bet so that events like the European Capital of the Culture or the European Cultural Month #can take place in *Irlanda of the North or in the Basque Country, since in this new political frame that it is *Europa #can find valid solutions for these two conflicts. +In relation with the network of partners, of correspondents and of other organisms, his mission #can not confuse - #this is an important and fundamental data, on the *cual the commission debated amply - with the mission and the functions that has *Eurostat in this sector. +The Audiovisual Observatory European elaborates statistics for the companies of the audiovisual industry, a work of the that occupy also *Eurostat and the national institutes of statistics, and until some point his work and the work of the Observatory *solapan. +In this moment established -read *textualmente- that "the goal of the Observatory will be to improve the transfer of information inside the audiovisual industry and promote a clearer vision of the market, #as well as a greater transparency. +*Me Explain: it is a reality that #a lot of structures and organisations finish remaining attached to his *financiador public, and this situation *les tends to move away of his goal, that in this case is the public service and the attention to the professionals of the audiovisual sector. +Report (To5-0024/1999) of the Mr. *Gargani, in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the proposal of decision of the Council [*COM(1999)0111 - *C5-0019/1999 - 1996/0066(*CNS)] relative to the community participation in the European Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector +Is a question of principles that #all the women and the groups that take campaign in his favour enjoy of equal access to the community bottoms, especially *cuando his purpose consists in allowing that the #european organisations are represented in the UN. +*Felizmente For the European Parliament the ridiculous do not kills, since it #would have to have reported clearly the attitude of the direction of *Michelin, that finishes to announce a massive reduction of effective and dismissals, although the results and benefits of this company have increased considerably! +Regarding the *segunda splits of the proposal, that establishes the terms under the *cuales a transport #can be considered transport *ad *hoc, #as well as the procedure for the acceptance of the derogations, by it that to me *respecta, approve and adopt the proposal of the Commission, more severe, definitely, that the today valid legislation. +The security in the transport always has been #one of the great worries of this Parliament, independently of the means used, although, obviously, the transport of commodities dangerous occupy to this *respecto a central place. +To my mood to see is precisely in these fields #where our Parliament and the #european politics win in credibility, because of how serve the national rules -for example regarding the transport of commodities dangerous by road- *cuando need rules to #european level? +It do not takes fault that convince to the citizens of the need of a common politics of environment neither of the need of a politics of security #european in the terrain of the dangerous commodities. +And, in this moment, take a special call so that the #finnish Presidency carry out in the next Council the Regulation *IFOP and the Commission, gentleman *Fischler, was flexible in this text for *acercarse to the positions of the European Parliament. +We want to, on the other hand, *Señorías, a fast negotiation and want to that, anyway, there #be a significant economic support and sufficient for #all the sector affected -*armadores and workers- in front of a hypothetical transitory period in that it was not in vigour the right to fish in those waters. +A verbal war about #which are the most innocuous foods in *Europa will have an only result: the destruction of the confidence of the consumers in the foods *provenientes of *Europa, was *cual was the place of production. +In front of these *interrogantes fundamental, as in the case of the *OGM, #would have to impose, as, the greatest prudence, with greater reason put that very *próximamente go to have of an effective scientific instrument, the proofs *EEB, that *nos will allow to judge the sanitary state of the group of the herds. +This type of contradiction among the national right and the community right exists also in the field of the hunting and in #many other fields, as #if the governments signed abstract #european commitments #whose aberrant practical consequences discovered afterwards. +Nevertheless, the animals injured and patients that die in the stables get to the industrial facilities, and the tallow of these animals gets to the pharmaceutical industry, to the industry of the cosmetics and, therefore, to the alimentary chain. +How doubt fits that the financial compensation is an important support, but, besides, the presence of the #european fleet contributes to give a greater feeling of stability in the area, it that only #can be beneficial for the international relations with *Angola. +I have taken note with interest and already have received with satisfaction the statement taken by the #french Minister of Trade and Protection of the Consumer, Mrs. *Lebranchu, that, referring this weekend to the unanimous report of the Managerial Committee Scientist, said that it #would reassure to the consumers. +From the year 2003 #all the meat of bovine will carry a labeling with the place of birth, the place of fatten, the place of sacrifice, the race and the age of the animal. +#If to *ello join the availability of capacity installed, that #can increase given the high potential propensity to the investment, consequence of his high profitability, will produce structural changes, that the managers of the economic politics have to take in consideration to adopt his respective decisions. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, first of all, *yo want to manifest that our Group receives with satisfaction the dialogue *macroeconómico like a #worthy innovation of *encomio, since it involves for the first time to #all the main protagonists of the #european economic politics and *les engages to a direct exchange of opinions on the general frame of economic conditions. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, believe that #if the millions of unemployed #european had listened this first statement on the dialogue *macroeconómico to boost the growth and the employment, #would have carried the hands in command. +I am #one of the persons that, to the equal that #Stephen *Hughes, had wanted to take part the past Friday and, likewise, had wanted to follow the debate with the Central Bank on the increase of the types of interest. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the gentleman President of the Council has used the image of the career of reliefs to signal that the goal of the dialogue *macroeconómico is to happen the witness to the following runner. +#Any of the that take part in the dialogue, neither the Council, neither the Commission, neither the Central Bank European, will have to answer directly #if they do not take effective some #european solutions; only to those who have been chosen and occupy these seats *nos will demand direct responsibilities the constituents and constituents that *nos have voted. +*Eso Poses a danger, the truth, poses a danger for the review of the general directive, of the that also is occupying the Mrs. *Smet, and is the following: the rail sector goes included in the directive. +Of course, the responsibility of this situation the have the politics of the governments that protect the uncontrolled action of the capital shipowner that, of multiple ways, forces to the crew to work *duramente, in conditions *excepcionalmente dangerous, many times *rebasando the limits of the human resistance. +I do not see, the truth, how #can supervise satisfactorily this measure, because the community ports and the countries of the European Community do not have real jurisdiction on the fuselages of pavilion or foreign property. +#If it goes out forward, #if, for example, it had agreed that it was possible some supervision, do not fits doubt that they did not go to have some labour day out of the waters and the ports of the European Community and afterwards *cambiarla *cuando found inside our geographic zone. +Of course, the relative questions to the health and the security are an important reason to limit the labour day, but the fishing already is object of codes of practices and regulations supervised by the competent authorities. +The maximum labour day volunteer negotiated by the #irish medical organisation and our department of health is 35 hours to the week by half term in turns of 46 hours and no more of 72 hours of continuous work. +No only it takes already *algún time that exists in Big *Bretaña this plan of advertising of the data on the saving of fuel, but that, besides, the majority of the citizens take for granted that the valid plan is consequence of a #european directive. +Gentleman President, in the first place, wish to express my more alive satisfaction by this initiative, that constitutes undoubtedly an important step to the informative transparency regarding the environmental characteristics of the car and that goes, in this sense, to facilitate the election of the consumer. +We have to appreciate to the Council -the truth is that this time do not say it only jokingly- that it have suppressed #some of the requests formulated by the Parliament in the first reading, that surely incorporated because of the hastes and that neither had my approval. +Another type of measures no legislative that they #can base and reinforce the juridical frame is the *autorregulación, or better said, an approach in the that the regulation and the *autorregulación are integrated, is to say in the that they appear #a lot of looks regulated in the legislation and, besides, distinct groups of sectors interested in reaching solutions by means of the mutual query. +It exists the fear that the electronic trade was *estrangulado when being born by regulations that subject in power to the dealers to 15 #european jurisdictions different, but do not offer to our citizens an easy and affordable access to the justice. +#This is a clear indication that it still remains #a lot of path for visiting in the field of the liberalisation of the postal services or at least shows that there #be determined companies of the sector that do not apply this liberalisation as it is had to. +We wish intelligent models of work, like the factory *desahogada, in the *cual configures the time of work according to the level of employment, in the majority of the times shortens , but no always, instead of shortening unilaterally the time of work with a full *nivelación *salarial. +And when hearing talk to the previous orator, the Mrs. *Theorin, have to say that I am conscious that the speaker has encouraged for incorporating the greater number of possible amendments. Without embargo, no longer have to include in a report #all the amendments as they present , saying two or three times it same. +It is #this the reason by the that pretend to establish in the same body of the guidelines in matter of employment a bond among the creation of new opportunities for the unemployed and new places of work, by a part, and the quality of these places and the social protection, by #another. +On the other hand, the hit of the politics of employment is fundamental of face to a healthy development of the public finances and is logical to see the package on the employment and the cooperation *macroeconómica in the community context. +And in *ellas even reduces the active support to the local initiatives of employment and leaves to a side any attempt to examine the quality and the sustainability of the places of work created. +To the not evaluating seriously the sustainability and the quality of the growth, runs the risk of *subestimar the work that still remain for taking to confer a social character to the #european construction. +Never I have understood very well how it pretends say *cuando takes reference to an employment with social content, but, on the other hand, know that it is not possible a perspective of assessment of the employment based in the reduction of the protections and of the fundamental goals of social cohesion. +Nevertheless, we do not accept a key conclusion on the only coin, that says that it is a fact that the realisation of the economic and monetary union creates a favourable climate for the apparition of new places of work. +Beside the evident fact that it is very important that the Union have already, as #one of his goals, a high level of employment and of social protection, see that the data show still a *gap enormous among the contributions made and the needs of the that suffer in his families and personally the *lacra of the unemployment. +The qualitative elements of this type constitute the heart of our social model. In this sense will have to give form to the minimum requirements of protection and to the grade of reduction of the sectors submerged. +I create, therefore, that the Mr. *Menrad has reason *cuando in the general conclusions takes upsetting in the need that the Commission harmonise the documents on the fundamental guidelines of the economic politics and on the guidelines for the employment. +I believe that we #can be more optimistic and *plantearnos objective common Europeans in the field of the information, because we #can not talk of convergence of the States members #if it do not gives the convergence in a so delicate field like the of the society of the information. +In our country the communists are struggling after the fast approval of the law on the #sindical representation that also is an act of democracy in the centres of work. +Improve the professional insertion, develop the business initiative, boost the capacity of adaptation of the companies and of his workers, reinforce the equality of opportunities among women and men; #this are the main *pilares of this politics. +To the 25 years, have, as it says , "#all the life by in front" , but without any possibility to conceive a project of life, without #any another perspective that the unemployment and the minimum income of subsistence, is not worse that a conviction to death? +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, treats here of a project of directive in the frame of the program Car *Oil, that has by goal improve of here to the year 2010 the quality of the air by means of the reduction of the broadcasts of gas pertinent of the vehicles to engine. +These vehicles found in a neutral concept of fuel and technology, based in the best available technology, that will allow to the States members or to the local authorities boost the use of the vehicles that answer to the idea *EEV by means of fiscal incentives. +The violence is a social problem of regrettable actuality that supposes a rape of the human rights and an attempt to the health in the physical looks, mental and social, and to the quality of life. +In *Portugal, for example, the violence against the women is *estadísticamente greater in the municipalities with greater levels of life or greater cultural levels, it that do not means necessarily that in *ellos there #be more violence against the boys and the women; it means -in my opinion- that there #be more women with financial independence, with more culture and more value to present complaints to the police. +To *través of the program *STOP and of the work in the fields of the police and of the judicial cooperation, the Commission struggles actively against the sexual exploitation of the boys, included the childish pornography in Internet. +The predominant approach of the Treaty centres in the citizen like worker, it that means that the interests of the boys are not contemplated, as *ellos are not more that the group addressee of a program of action and some #few eventual budgetary lines. +With seen to the editorial of the Letter of the Fundamental Rights, and to the creation of the common space of freedom, security and justice have to include a special chapter on the protection of the rights of the boys. +I believe that we are in front of a problem that #can analyse from two points of sight: by a part, the of the fundamental rights and, by #another, the of the influence of the relative politics to the boys in the sectors of action of the Union. +Sure enough, it is a secret to voices that the #british Government was convinced only by means of the promise to save caution in the directive on the information and query during a year regarding the anonymous society European with some minimum rights of copartnership. +#If we accept immediately the amendments and go to the table of negotiations with the new proposal, go in in the process of the unanimity, that already know from the principle, that as they go the things, do not goes to have the results that want. +The decision of resources own that today argue, that is the mere translation by part of the Commission of the political decision of the European Council, is the best proof of this shrinking. +#If we examine the cases of *Holanda and *Alemania, in #whose name there #be had *tantas complaints in this Parliament, see that the Only Market *les has contributed immense benefits and have had balances extraordinarily positive in his trade with the rest of the Union along the years. +In *tercer place, the put in practice of the principle of flexibility inside some limits for the agricultural costs, proposing the transfers to the following budgetary exercise of the costs or of the no used resources. +As I have said, in general I consider a positive evolution that, because of the evolution of the market and of the prices in the agricultural sector, have been necessary less credits and that have had to spend less bottoms that then #can devote to programs of external politics of big importance and urgency, #such as the that have proposed here. +The Union has fixed already #some dip clear in the energetic sphere to reduce the broadcasts of CO2 in a 8% around the middle of the next decade and, of course, duplicate the contribution of the sources of energy renewable of the 6% current to the 12% in 2010. +As I #be to repeat often, we have to begin giving example precisely from the public facilities, from the public buildings, from the public sector and of the institutions of the utilisation of the energy of a more effective way and more rational. +I expect that the #nordic convention was able to continue advance and support #the same goals, but then will need also the explanations that there was in the report of the Commission of Subjects Juridical about this proposal. +Regarding the amendment *nº 5, *nos seems that it takes *recaer an excessively weighed charge on the central authorities in the frame of a system of the directive in the that said central authorities have a purely subsidiary function. +I believe that #all suit in that regarding the nuclear head offices and to the nuclear facilities is absolutely essential that concede the maximum priority to the security: the security of the operations, the security of the construction and of the design. +It is precisely not to penalise to the States members that #can present his proposals in a more precocious stage and in an acceptable form, of compliance with the disposals of the regulation, that the Commission decided to approve the list by group of country. +Nevertheless, it wanted to reassure to the gentlemen deputies that #can be concerned, *precisándoles that the activity of the investments on the terrain will not see interrupted, since the relative resources to the current period, that still do not finishes , have to be *integralmente delivered before 31 December 1999. +In the dramatic circumstances like the that affected, takes some years, to *Portugal and #Italia and, more recently, to #Grecia, #where have been in two occasions, especially with our colleague #Anna *Diamantopoulou, takes a month and afterwards takes hardly some days, *nos support on #the same general regulation of the Structural Bottoms and are responsible. +Our main worry, in addition to continuing in this line, is the to give fulfillment to the decision of the European Council of *Tampere, to find definitions, *incriminaciones and common sanctions for the offences of traffic of human beings and abuse against the boys. +I believe that this new approach on the coordination of the inner politics and of the external politics, and of the programs that commission of #one and of #others, #can be a step forward very positive in the action of the Union in these matters. +To his time, the efforts of the Union to this *respecto *incidirán significantly in the possibilities of the countries candidates to reach said modernisation and, therefore, also in our common interest to reach an effective enlargement it before possible. +The past days 28 and 29 October *me displaced to *Kosovo together with the Commissioner #Chris *Patten, it that *nos provided the opportunity of *reunirnos with #all the political leaders of both communities #as well as with the representatives of the mission of the Nations Joined in *Kosovo and also of the international strength of security for *Kosovo, the *KFOR. +*Señorías, in the middle of this spectrum, of this range, have to take an effort for improving those instruments of protection of the citizens and of fulfillment of the law, is to say, the police instruments, #whose need *imperiosa has put of self-evident in the last crises. +We have to be able to act of autonomous way and is necessary that believe the necessary conditions for *ello, in the field of the means of transport, of the communications, of the #obtaining of information, of the modern satellites. +The real challenge that unseen behind the *Europa of the defence is the access to the nuclear weapon or, in his defect, the disappearance to fixed term of the #french nuclear deterrence that, as it knows #everyone, exists *cuando do not shares . +By #this, is necessary to procure that in the Conference *Intergubernamental incorporate the article 5 of the Treaty of the *UEO to the Treaty of the EU under the form of a protocol to the that #can adhere #all the countries on the base of his own sovereign decision. +In the Treaty of *Amsterdam creates a cell of #alert early that has like goal be attentive to it that it #can occur to treat to avert that it occur and not having to act neither military neither collectively #if we are able to take all it possible by the diplomatic road, by the road of the prevention. +On the other hand, it is precise that in the negotiations of the *OMC put of self-evident and take in consideration likewise the commitments subscribed by the Union in the frame of other international agreements, like the of the World-wide Organisation of the Health or of the International Organisation of the Work. +Also we have to keep, besides, a permanent dialogue with the Government, the Congress and the village of the States Joined, that clear our reasons and boost the mutual acceptance of a reasonable balance of interests with our partner. +. (IN) Gentleman President, wanted to express my gratitude to the Mr. *Schwaiger for having elaborated an extremely complex report and, in particular, to *Erica *Mann also, for having coordinated big part of the work in the preparation of the amendments to the report. +Thus, our Group believes that before *nos hurl of head to new commercial rounds in *Seattle need to take an exhaustive evaluation of the social and environmental repercussions of the liberalisation that already has taken place as a result of the last commercial negotiations in the Round *Uruguay. +In this resolution, that do not doubt will receive tomorrow a massive support of our colleagues, add our voices to the of the Council to condemn the action in course and ask that it initiate a negotiation without more delay with the representatives chosen of the population *chechena. +Already they know *ustedes that the #european agriculturalists will have to take important efforts of adaptation to apply the commitment of *Berlín that has represented, the past month of March, the point of balance acceptable for the fifteen States members of the European Union. +#This goes to be increasingly fundamental in our future, of #the same mood that it is necessary to highlight the importance of the agriculture in the field of each economy protecting with suitable rules - and #this remains patent in the report, although it is necessary that each #one of *nosotros back it increasingly and with strength - the small and medium enterprise. +#If we achieve to respect these bonds and improve the quality of life with a sustainable development so much in economic terms as in environmental terms, surely will have seated the bases of a better society in the new #millenium. +The unavoidable globalisation of the market #can not suppose a discount of our alimentary security neither of the social rights of our workers, neither #can suppose neither the forget of our more disadvantaged regions. +The *mercantilización of the services, even of the education, the health and the culture, pursues the goal to snatch to the working class and to the villages in general #many of his conquests of these last one hundred years. +Likewise, the recognised prerogative of the States in this political #would have to translate also in the possibility, for these last, of his application differentiated in the internal territory, of it contrary -further of the simplification of the procedures- the only condition #would follow being the flexibility of the work. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0058/1999) of the Gentlemen *Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on the preparation of the reform of the Treaties and the next Conference *Intergubernamental (*C5-0143/1999 - 1999/2135(*COS)). +The common market European has generated a competition among the systems in this look, that in the case of the tax on the value added, for example, has determined an approximation of the types *impositivos. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, share the conviction that, with the next enlargement to the *Europa of the East, the Union #can follow creating the conditions for a mutual enrichment of the States, instead of comporting the ruin of #one to favour better the fortune of #others. +The current Treaties contain numerous different - cases protocols, parts of the Treaty of the European Community of the Coal and of the Steel, for example - that they are susceptible to be amended by means of the procedure simplified, and the *CIG #would have to analyse this look from a constructive optics. +In #this see a significant confirmation of these orientations *europeístas shared that historically they have characterised the European Parliament in the relation with the other community Institutions, the national parliaments and the public opinion. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam established the legitimacy of some forms of cooperation among the States members, inside the institutional frame of the Union, to surpass the level of integration already reached. +It do not considers the Council that the European Union #would have to suspend his own financial help to the "#taliban project" and initiate a deep investigation on the efficiency and the correct management of the bottoms allocated to the *PNUCD? +Without embargo, repeat that the competent organs of the Council are studying the mood to improve the possibilities of the public to know the documents, so that #all are accessible to the public in Internet, except the confidential. +Council. (*FI) Gentleman President, want to signal that it is a fact that *Turquía has adopted measures, also during the year in course, allocated to improve the human rights, but the truth is that, in this look, still *le remains a long path that visit, and the changes do not produce quickly in any society. +The expression «Oil for the democracy» shows by himself/hisself *sóla that to the #serbian village *le is taking a blackmail without precedents: #if it wants oil for the heating, #if it wants to heat, this village has to accept the conceptions of the European Union on the democracy. +In the Parliament obtained the unanimous support of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional the first time that examined , and the first time that examine it here each #one of the main political Groups took to know that it supported the proposal. +#If #this approves today here, and the *crispación diminishes, #would owe perhaps have the value to examine #if, in the achievement of a just end, to know, the inclusion of the members of parliament in the mechanisms of control, #can guarantee the free mandate and perhaps articulate it of distinct form. +Also we will have the possibility to work together with other #european institutions in the organisation of a conference *interinstitucional that examine the application of the strategy of the European Union in matter of drugs, probably at the beginning of the year that comes. +Second, because the own regulation - and *me gives shame say it - excludes of scandalous way, to instance of the socialist "government-communist-environmentalist" of my country, the storage of impressions *dactilares of the illegal immigrants controlled in the territory of the Union. +And, without embargo, results that they are the main victims of the change of date because the rich countries of the North *les have left his old computer squads that are not prepared for the change of #millenium. +Consistently with this wish, *cuando in first reading adopt a position regarding the budget for the year 2000, established a specific line of character *plurianual and endowed with 30 millions of euros allocated to the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental, amount that has to update to the light of the information provided by the conjoint mission of evaluation. +There #be had in this case #all a series of coincidences that have originated in our country a deep movement of solidarity to the that, of course, have adhered the Government, #all the political parties and the rest of the society. +Gentleman President, by *enésima time our Parliament expresses his rejection by the fact of keep to scale world-wide the use of methods of anachronistic punishment, *antidemocráticos and of doubtful effectiveness, and precisely in countries like the States Joined, that lately *enarbola as own the flag of the defence of the human rights. +Thus, with the foundation of our #european values, and in name of the respect to the human rights, lick to the governments of #all the countries with pending executions to that the revoke immediately and to that they proceed to the abolition of the pity of death. +We have supported the process of peace by means of the finance of the negotiations that take place in *Arusha, with a contribution of two millions of euros, that, of far, is the most important, and that it #would have to suffice, together with other external finances, so that the negotiations get to a result. +This model admits the shops of drugs, that in our country know unfairly with the #english name of "*coffeeshops", and part of a difference among soft drugs, the marijuana, and hard drugs like the heroine or the ecstasy. +In accordance with this article, the Union #can complement the national politics with measures directed to the improvement of the public health, to the prevention, #as well as to reduce the damage caused by the drugs to the health. +I agree with the amendments proposed by the Mrs. *Rühle, that express clear and real worries about the transparency, the efficiency and the surrender of accounts of the *BEI and about his compliance with the goals and the politics of the Community. +By this reason the Commission always has *margen to pose this possibility of increase of the Bottom of reservation, although we do not have the feeling of that it was necessary to take it in the current moment. +. Gentleman President, the Commission has presented a proposal of regulation to modify another community regulation, the Regulation (*CEE) *nº 1911/91, that established the special juridical diet for the Canarian islands. +. (IN) The regulation of the Council of 29 June 1998 stipulates that: "The Commission will present to the Council a report regulate on the situation of the market and will evaluate #if the #european dockyards see affected by practices *anticompetitivas. +Besides, the Commission proposes now forbid #all renewal in the segments that do not progress to #the same rhythm that the other and force to find and to destroy a capacity a 30% upper to the of ships renewed in the segments that are to the day in the goals of the POP. +Like Basque, want, with humble and simple voice but firm, move to the European Parliament the feeling of failure of a hope of peace that the #spanish society and especially the Basque have housed during #all this time. +Have also to a delegation of the parliament *estonio, headed by his president, Mr. *Tunne *Kelam, and wanted to signal the paper that exerts the Mixed Parliamentary Commission in the negotiations in course that have to conclude, also in this case, with the adhesion to the European Union. +I have to say that the Table of the Parliament has adopted this morning, in his meeting, the necessary measures to watch by the ideal application of the disposals of the before mentioned resolution. +But #if the money collected is distributed to the clubs that commission of the education, of the training of the youngsters, the action of interest collective allows an exemption of the norm of the competition. +#If we do not fulfil with our duty to elaborate a #european directive for the protection of the sportsmen, included the professionals, will not struggle against the roots and the causes of the doping. +At present, the fiscal package European crosses grave difficulties, without embargo, said package no only represents an important initiative to struggle against the hurtful competition in the fiscal field, but also an essential element for our strategy for the employment. +But going back to the position of the Parliament -that believe that it is a very balanced position- in relation with the Conference *Intergubernamental, *yo *le #would say to the Council that do not take an approach of flight low in this question. +Without embargo, did not ask to the citizens and #this is my council of face to this governmental conference before it set up the construction of the empire: they ask to the #european citizens #if they wish that the evolution follow this path. +The #european competitiveness neither is now optimum, the community markets do not work of the form owed and has detained the *nivelación of prices of the sakes of consumption among the States members in the zone of the *UEM. +It follows being missing a public debate in these countries and a social dialogue, a participation of the regional and local field. All #this, that among *nosotros takes for granted, #can not take place there because the instruments of the EU do not allow it. +Nevertheless, also we know that the no military means and the diplomatic means often only have a real effect #if it exists a credible military threat in a flat second. +*Yo Wanted to signal that in the provisional report of the Commission on the Czech Republic quoted a #czech city of half size #where has built a fence in a street, by means of the *cual the Czechs keep separated of the #gipsy. +I believe that in January will be able to and will have to begin because have in wallet #a lot of subjects: *Amsterdam, the fringes of *Amsterdam, the cohesion, the *codecisión, the subject of the security and the defence, the Letter of rights fundamental, #as well as the reform of the Treaty. +I suppose that this subject interests to the #finnish Government, but although I have posed this question in front of a member of the Ministry of Subjects External Finn, follow without obtaining any information and the man will be judged today and morning. +His trial Is celebrating in *Rusia, and already a lot before undertaking the judicial process, the European Union took a call so that the person in question have a suitable trial that fulfil with the rule. +Also I have read with I like that the Speaker #Nicole *Fontaine reacted *prontamente in front of the confirmation of this sentence and also that #would take part in front of the president of the Big National Assembly of *Turquía so that #this did not confirm the execution of the pity of death. +Deny the financial helps proposals by the Commission for the next three years and for the *potenciación of the Union *Aduanera #would mean, especially in this dramatic moment that sees the #mediterranean country *postrado owing to a catastrophic earthquake, contribute to increase in *Turquía a perverse spiral, #whose consequences are *inimaginables. +The Commission coincides with the Commission of Environment in that the conditions of the enclosed spaces *repercuten seriously on the health, but do not believe that this proposal was the vehicle to study how have to resolve this problem. +For *ello, will suit that we remember by a moment why have this directive on the table and of course is not by the taste to collect #some data -already collect sufficient-, but that the reason is that it reached a voluntary commitment with the manufacturers of cars. +In the *segunda splits of the foundation mentions to the second and to the *tercer *pilar in the strategy for the dioxide of carbon and the tourisms, is to say, to the information to the consumers and to the use of measures fiscal. +I believe that it #would be positive, and also have posed it in the commission, even have sent a letter asking why #can not use #the same signal, #the same signal of warning, the *pictografía that uses in the world of the international transport. +Like speaker, #would agree with the amendment 23, #if to the introductory part, that is object of this amendment, *le add three words: Then the amendment #would remain as it follows: " special climatic conditions of some alpine zones or of comparable zones to the #mediterranean and #nordic regions" . +The present proposal has like goal update the current relative legislation to the commercialisation of materials forest of reproduction to take into account the entry of new States members from 1975, the inner market and the scientific advances. +It proposes that *le assign to *Portugal, to effects of calculation, a supplementary quantity of 83.468 tonnes for the campaign 1999-2000 and, for the campaign 2001, the difference among the quota reckoned by the really transformed quantity in 1997-1998 and the reckoned when substituting this quantity by 884 592 tonnes. +Gentleman President, the current common organisation of markets had given samples of exhaustion, since it was not able to answer to the new challenges of a market like the of the products *pesqueros, very *globalizado and competitive, in a European Union very dependent of the imports. +I give the thanks to my colleagues, to the civil servants of the Commission of Fishing and to the of the Commission by his help in the preparation of this report and want to congratulate to the Mrs. *Fraga *Estévez by the presentation of his very wide report. +And as they still are pending questions like the pity of death, and in concrete the of the leader *kurdo *Ocalan, #would wish to ask the return of both reports to commission, with the end that the Government of *Turquía give a positive signal in front of the European Union. +Now well, the resolution, that, in the article 3, pretends to situate the security and the health of the workers by on "of considerations of character purely economic", contradicts to himself/hisself same in the article 2, when denying to "impose obligations... [That] *opondrían to the creation and to the development of small and medium enterprises". +This explanation of vote do not alters the posture that have shown previously as a result of the processing by the European Parliament of the report of the Gentlemen *Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen on the *preparativos of the next governmental conference. +In effect, the transitory period of three years will have had, at least, the merit of *demostrarnos that #can live very well, on the one hand, with a euro with own life -that, besides, is rather chaotic in the international markets- and, on the other hand, with some national coins that follow in circulation, for greater satisfaction of the consumers. +Gentleman President have voted against of the Inform Towers Mark relative to the introduction of the euro, because my party, the Socialist Party of the Low Countries, always has been contrary to the introduction of a community coin. +Therefore today, to the equal that the Council *Ecofin of the European Commission and that #ours speaker, think that the reduction of the transitory period of three years #can arouse technical difficulties very important, that #would put in danger the process of the step without setbacks to the euro. +The dynamic performance of the Commission in narrow cooperation with the delegation of the European Parliament has put of self-evident that the Commission with his complete strategy of negotiation had tended the rails that #would conduct to a possible hit. +Although it is fundamental to centre in the details of procedure, any improvement of the organisation will compensate the greater loss of *Seattle, the loss of conviction political in the merits of a liberalisation of the trade opened and based in disposals *multilaterales. +Finally, the members of the *OMC owe at last listen to the 1.200 no governmental organisations of almost 100 countries that have signed a statement demanding that it do not follow advance with the liberalisation until they examine the social and environmental repercussions of the current liberalisation and solve the problems. +As very well it has explained the Mrs. *Pack in his intervention, have got to an agreement that, for #all *nosotros -and like this have said it clearly the members of parliament-, is an angular stone in the construction of a *Europa of the citizens. +The next legislative initiative #can *atañer once again to the sector of the insurances, in particular to #any forms of harmonisation of the relative norms to the compensation of the damage to the person that *tantas disparities and *tantas injustices is creating in the European Union. +*Cuando Think that only the 30% of the transport of fuels passes *circunvalando Swiss, then have to take use of the contingents to go back to apply the shortest path possible in place to load in excess to the peripheral countries further of any statistics. +This substance, used like *desinfectante agricultural mainly in zones very delimited of crops of #mediterranean regions, has already a commercialisation and utilisation severely restricted in my country and has been already substituted in #all the cases in that it has tested the existence of alternatives suitable. +The amendment 27 #would introduce a procedure accelerated to include in the new rule substances that exhaust the coat of ozone, it that it #would be of utility to postpone investments little careful, to the time that benefits to the coat of ozone. +In fact, the members of the commission consider that in these moments the European Union is focusing the subject of the genetically modified foods of a quite garbled way. +Because, I ensure it , my opinion is that the heel of #Achilles of the regulation, that besides believe that it opens the doors to the legal adulteration, to the transgression and to the distortion, is that it is not possible to define in compound foods how and how much contain of a product altered genetically. +Thus *me amazes that it say that the lady Commissioner *Wallström do not wishes to expect to the definite review and that in his place has backed the offer of the industry to fulfil the review of the directive on *OGM, already before his approval. +With the proposal of amendment of the Regulation *nº 1139/98, by the that it establishes some minimum limits of the adventitious content of material *GM authorised, answer to the mandate of the Council on the labeling of the alimentary products produced from *OGM. +*Me Cheer that the European Council have fixed the great lines of the new #european politics of security and defence developing, in particular, the military and no military capacities of fast intervention of the Union. +Collecting the wishes of the Parliament, also will comment the opinions of the Presidency on the situation of *Chechenia and will review the most important results of the summit of the *OSCE celebrated in *Estambul in the month of November. +Among the challenges that have by in front find the demographic changes and the increase of the competition originated by the globalisation, of the *cuales derives the need to boost the innovation and the structural reform. +How it has escaped of the control of the Union the Anti-doping World-wide Agency, that acts like doctor and supervisor of the illnesses of the sport, on the that presented a report the 1.12. The Commissioner, Mrs. *Viviane *Reding, and in the that the Union had to exert an important paper? +We will not be able to prevent the every time greater inequality among the citizens and among the societies, #if we are not able to regulate the minimum taxes in #all the zone of the internal market. +I seat a cultural community much stronger with the Turkish and the *kurdos progressive that struggle in favour of the justice, the freedom and the democracy. And it is for me reason of joy that a day *les #can give the welcome to a community of cooperation #european. +In this question reached reach the goal that the #finnish Presidency had fixed , to know: already in the Conference celebrated previously in *Helsinki, the States members and the countries associated agreed in that it is necessary to trace a plan of action. +The example of the *OMC has shown that the #european chains #can have had an a lot greater presence and that it is important that are in the first line of the informative coverage #if we want to exert a paper leader in the world. +It do not considers the Commission that the companies in question use the offer to make new dramas of infrastructure to protect his monopoly and that said dramas #would contravene the political favourable European to a balance more *ponderado among the distinct means of transport? +But it wanted to add it following: by #a lot of that it invest in infrastructures -and in the conference of donors that will celebrate to beginnings of the new year will examine the concrete promises-, by #a lot of that it spend in infrastructures, it decisive is to boost a more wide and free trade among the countries of this region and even inside #one or two countries of this region. +To #the same time, the Commission will follow accompanying the process of reforms political and economic in this country according to the valid agreement of cooperation and by means of the program *PHARE or the new financial instrument that *substituirá to *PHARE. +In conclusion, gentleman President, the Commission do not considers that the new politics in matter of vertical restrictions #can cause in the sector of the beer and in the sector of the hospitality industry in *Bélgica important structural changes that put in danger the culture of the beer in this country. +It treats of small and medium enterprises that, with a high level of efficiency, require so #few employees that fulfil the criteria of the EU for the granting of helps state to the #SME, but that, to #the same time, #can compete in inequality of conditions and cause a distortion of the competition in the market. +Little satisfactory because -as also it has seen in the Summit of *Helsinki- have a Council that takes promises with a big joy and afterwards the budgetary authority, of the *cual in any case also forms part the Council, has to look for the way that all go back to square. +The European Council of *Berlín obsessed with the budgetary cuts, no only initiated the decline of the endowment of the structural politics with regard to the levels reached in 1999, but that forgot that there were other community politics. +The already poor countries of the region are even more poor, the conditions of life of his population see aggravated and the bombs have not put end to the opposite chauvinisms. +Gentleman President, to measure that expand the competitions of the European Union also grows the importance of the Court of Accounts European, that from the Treaty of *Maastricht is an autonomous organ of the Community. +The facts of the past year highlight the need that have an able Court to criticise in necessary case so much to the Commission as to the States members that, after all, are responsible of the management of the 85% of the resources, roughly. +Nevertheless, we know that it is in some compulsory mood for the European Union, according to the Convention on the Rights of the Boy of the Nations Joined, that the Commissioner was in conditions to inform about it that is taking in favour of the boys. +The process of harmonisation has the purpose to reach the most elevated levels of security and of environmental protection and represents an important inducement of face to the quality, with advantages so much for the industry as for the consumers. +The norms established in the Parallel Agreement coincide with the of the Agreement *UNECE, without embargo foresees a procedure of taking of specific decisions *cuando a project of regulation do not examines in the frame of the agreement of 1958. +Two weeks ago we celebrate here a symposium with varied #american congressmen in the that it debated of way detailed this question, or was, the preparation of a common philosophy based in the economic and ecological requirements with seen to the harmonisation of the technical norms. +#This *me carries to a very important subject that the Parliament also has posed in a resolution, to know, the question of the nuclear energy like option for the projects of mechanisms of development no *contaminantes. +I appreciate the commitment of the Parliament to help to spread the importance of the fight against the climatic change in #all *Europa and among his homologous of other countries, in particular the Congress of the States Joined. +Therefore, in the Commission of Environment, follow proposing the renewable energies and that adopt clear measures in the transport; no only in the transport by road that is the that more broadcasts of CO2 produce, but also in the aerial transport that also generates #a lot of broadcasts and, up to now, has not priced as it had to . +#Such as it signals in the resolution, believe that it has got the hour that the EU show the path to follow and that *atreva to be in the avant-garde, that leave after yes to #EE.UU., with his fault of will and with his *inflexibilidad, and that ratify the Agreement of *Kioto beside other countries. +#This affects, especially, to the contingents of the trade of waste and material *contaminantes, the *cual is a half effective to reduce the wastes *contaminantes, always that it regulate for this trade a clear rule based in the mechanisms of the economy of market. +We will need the collaboration and help of the industry to go out advance and will require also the initiatives of the citizens, in #all the countries members, to obtain the strength and the necessary support for the adoption of measures. +Therefore, I wish to manifest #all the appreciate and the applause to the here adopted positions by the representatives of the Presidency of the Commission and *sumarme of #all heart to the homage *rendido by the Commissioner #Christopher *Patten to the Basque governor *Rocha Scallop. +*Macao Offers opportunities for the trade, for the dialogue and for the commitment, that is the mood to carry the freedom and the democracy to the communist dictatorship of the Chinese Popular Republic. +But yes it has to *preocuparnos the maintenance of the State of right, the maintenance of the public freedoms, the maintenance of the human rights, as it signals the Mr. *Watson in his valuable rectification. +#This, without embargo, will not prevent a continuous and substantive collaboration along #all this space of #time that *nos allow to the fifteen States members *confluir in common positions; and this confluence will be decisive factor so much of the content of the positions that keep as of the strength with that will explain for *impulsarlas in June. +Gentleman President, the representatives of 189 countries adopted in 1995, during the *cuarta World-wide Conference on the Woman, organised by the UN in *Beijing, a platform of action and a statement by the that the Governments participants engaged to improve the situation of the women. +I owe *recordarles that under the #spanish Presidency of the Council the EU pronounced with an alone voice in favour of the woman and that, thanks to this firmness, #can tackle important points in the negotiations, that afterwards remained reflected in the platform of action. +By this reason, wanted to formulate a very concrete question to the Council, and expect that the answer review #the same clarity. #Which will be the paper of the #european deputies in the next meeting of New *York, the Conference "*Beijing more 5"? +We do not pretend to formulate new goals; it that we want to it is to analyse and evaluate without *ambages the following looks. In how fields have progressed the States members, where have to put more of our part, where need more efforts so that the European Union #can achieve in New *York an improvement of the situation of the women in *Europa and in the rest of the world? +The debate will restart -lady *Theorin, perhaps was #this his question- after the statement of the Commission and alas also after the debates of the Report *Papayannakis and of the Report *Keppelhoff-*Wiechert, but anyway will restart before the turn of questions foreseen for the 17.30 hours. +We have proposed a mood to promote the program *TACIS that do not penalise to other countries, that allow to take a distinction among the advance of the democracy and the human rights, on the one hand, and other programs, by #another. +I create, therefore, that before adopting any measure has to *averiguar loaning attention to the scientists and to the technicians that advance in the science continuously, #if it is correct to continue to forbid along the time determined substances and #if, on the base of the investigations made by the scientists, each step that give is really important. +The studies are particularly illustrative: the level of ozone has dropped among a 6 and a 10% in twenty years; in 1996, the hole extended along 20 millions of *km2 during more of 40 days, and has observed a decrease without precedents of the 46% of the coat of ozone on *Escandinavia, *Groenlandia and *Siberia. +It is not natural, is not normal, had account of it that each #one represents, in this Assembly, from the point of sight of the convictions, of the currents of ideas, that the left and the right #can not be entirely of agreement on these questions? +It put in relation the reproductive health with the human rights, since it established that the human rights of the woman include his right to control and decide free and responsibly in subjects related with his sexuality, is to say, also the sexual and reproductive health. +In effect, the Commission has adopted the approach of the stick and the carrot: the carrot have been the great efforts to gather to the parts and achieve that they approve a solution through the negotiation. +It That has carried to *Francia to this decision is the insufficiency of the guarantees regarding the definition and to the application of programs of medical proofs, and especially the absence of regulation in matter of labeling and of *trazabilidad in the #european plane. +On the other hand, *acaso the Commission and the Council do not continue *oponiéndose, with #a lot of reason, to the lifting of the embargo on the meat of bovine treated with hormones, pertinent of the States Joined, in spite of the *exhortaciones of the *OMC, basing in a similar reasoning to the of the #french Government? +I believe that we have to hail the efforts of dialogue that have undertaken by #british part, from the beginning of the crisis of the "crazy cow", to improve the situation, to improve the alimentary security. +Asked by the nature of the planned investments by the company *Gardaland, the *BEI justified the impossibility to facilitate the pertinent documents invoking the confidential character of his relations with his customers. +It wanted to ask #if the Council, that is, and with reason, very concerned by the situation of the centre of *Europa, warms up also #any worry by the situation of regions like the autonomous region of the *Azores, that in this moment suffers great problems, in particular after the aerial disaster of the past weekend. +Gentleman President, with reason of the celebration in August of 1999 of the 50 anniversary of the four Agreements of Gin, the European Union took advantage of to ratify his commitment to boost the international humanitarian Right in the stage of #all the conflicts armed. +#This is the political question, independently of other questions that have to see, for example, with the human potential with the technological knowledge for affine questions, persons that have remained without work, in relation with the laboratories of the Soviet Union and #some other questions. +The position of the Council, presented in *segunda reading, follow being feeble in this sense and, in particular, do not protects the small and medium enterprises and the craftsmanship against the inefficiency of the public device and of the excessive power of the great companies. +The proposal of the Commission of a directive on the delay of the payments comprises a group of measures to struggle against said delay in the commercial transactions in the European Community. +It seems to have agreed that #if *nosotros present amendments to the proposal of regulation of the Commission the Council will not approve the procedure simplified, to know the approval of the procedure of postponement in the frame of the *codecisión. +#If they wish it *usted and the deputies to the Parliament, #can *referirme to the questions for the that have come; #if no, it #can answer, in the measure of my possibilities, to the questions that have formulated the two previous orators on the questions posed yesterday in the Council. +And it gets the Commission on 15 November and *nos says: «we have not been able to conclude, by favour, an extension of a year.» But, it adds that *eso will take on a new legal base, as in fact it has to take after the Treaty of *Amsterdam, according to the article 152 of the Treaty. +To end of accounts, #this were forced to create the necessary conditions for a reliable system of identification of the origin of the bovine and guarantee the correct operation of his electronic databases for 31 December of the year in course. +Thanks to this procedure, the compulsory system will be able to introduce before the planned date in the proposal of the Commission and #all the parts involved will have sufficient time to reach a durable and satisfactory solution. +#If *Francia has to pay - will be the Court the that perhaps it say it - the politicians will assume his responsibilities. But neither we have to forget that #that that have not respected the norms on the treatment of the flours and that *nos have conducted to this situation also have to pay. +Any amendment of the Parliament to the proposal of the Commission that was contrary to the orientation agreed yesterday by the Council will block with #the same security the advances to the achievement of an agreement before the end of this year. +This hormone do not uses never with therapeutic ends, only uses to produce more milk, and #this *nos #can complicate the life, since we are *excedentarios in dairy products and besides #can arise problems and negative reactions for our agriculture, since they #can arouse contradictions in the new orientations of our community agricultural politics. +I wish to take advantage of this occasion to appreciate, in name of my village, the attention and the solidarity manifested by the #european deputies when approving innumerable resolutions of support to the exercise of the right to the free determination of my village. +From the arrival of the Special Representative of the General Secretary of the Nations Joined are consolidating the mechanisms of query so that the *timorenses have a voice in this process of transition. +We want to learn to be managers bear with the international community in the development of our country, but, after a long period of political activism and of fight, feel today that carry a big charge on the shoulders, because we are responsible of the happiness and the freedom that promised to our village. +Lady Speaker, had asked to the administration of the Parliament that guaranteed the communication in public form to the Parliament of the members of the assembly that go to take part in the Letter. By administrative road *me answered *afirmativamente to #such request. +Lady Speaker, taking advantage of the intervention of the Mr. *Poettering, wanted to signal to his attention that *yo yesterday, on purpose of the resolution on *Chechenia, posed a problem of #the same nature exactly and signalled to the attention of His *Señorías the need of observation strict of the Regulation. +In this sense, owe *deplorar the fault of rigour of the commissioner commissioned of the budget, the one who, to appeal of the Commission of Budgets, resulted unable to give an estimate in figures of the necessary amounts in euros, since it took it only in dollars. +Give to the companies of the Realm Joined the security to introduce in these markets will contribute to reach said goal, will promote the commercial relations, the growth and the employment so much in the Northwest as in #all Big *Bretaña. +Have the impression to see an institutional system that goes to the derive, unable to imagine his future, unless the Council know it without *atreverse to say it, and that seems to be prisoner of the consequences of a decision of enlargement that do not reaches to dominate. +In consequence, after a careful weighting of the situation, *me declare firmly in favour of the continuation of this embargo, as #this also supposes a signal to the #indonesian army, and expect that it was it also for the #indonesian democratic strengths, of those who suppose that they will see reinforced by this attitude. +Gentleman President, estimated ladies and cavalier deputies: the Commission receives with satisfaction this debate and congratulates equally by the interventions produced up to now in #the same, as they put of self-evident that the European Union is conscious of his responsibility in the evolution of Indonesian and that will follow encouraging by the establishment of a stable political order and democratic in this country. +This right is established also in the Constitution of *Kuwait, as it says the resolution, and of course is *loable that the #kuwaiti Government and the Parliament have proceeded to his implantation. Only that it has taken of an especially unlucky form. +The case of the #afghan women *nos serves to visualise the problem of the fault of respect of the human rights that produces each day in #all the corners of the planet and also in #ours *Europa. +In a moment in that the Christmases are *acercando, this circumstance offers the opportunity, among the enormous quantity of rapes of the rights *humanes all over the world, to the Muslims and to the Christians to join in front of the strengths of the sea. +Our intervention #can not base in the polls of popularity of the diverse presidential candidates and with reference to the main electoral subjects in debate in a sovereign State on the *cuales go to pronounce in brief the constituents of *Nicaragua and on the *cuales competes to *ellos, and only to *ellos, competes to pronounce. +A month afterwards, the show revealed by the descent of the waters has confirmed the proportions of the disaster -further of the human lives-, it that demands that it go back to pose an effort of prevention. +It is necessary to achieve that the crops of reference reach what before some levels *acordes with the reality, or well begin to *reflexionar again on the foundation and the consideration of the crops of reference like compensation in front of the fall of the price of the cereals. +In place of #this, has decided in the frame of the ancient Regulation 820/97, in accordance with the article 19 of the disposals of execution, that the states have now until the 1.9.2000 the possibility to continue with the voluntary system Neither consider that #this was hit. +In consequence, the Commission has proposed to expand the validity of the Decision 96/411/*CE during other three years, introducing #some small changes, with the that it pretends , especially, or simplify the application of this plan of action or reduce the delays in the payment of the community contributions. +How posture adopts the Presidency of the EU in front of the statement of the Prime minister of a country that continues keeping in vigour the exclusion of the Democratic Party *Kurdo of the elections and is responsible of crimes without precedents against the villages that inhabit in his territory? +In the frame of the external politics and of common security, have treated in repeated occasions and regularly the initiatives of the General Secretary of the Nations Joined, especially in the group of work pertinent of the *PESC. +On 29 December 1998, the Presidency has issued a statement in name of the European Union that supports without fetters the efforts of the Nations Joined for reaching a just and durable solution. +This decision goes to take possible a distribution ordered and to time of the necessary strengths for the execution of the plan and to #the same time goes to facilitate the daily execution of the operations of *MINURSO. +And #if the Treaties establish that, in this matter, it is necessary to progress on the base of a decision by unanimity, think that the Council will have to support the juridical norms that *nos have given *nosotros and that has given the Council in the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +*Eso Explains surely that, in the case of some Commissioners -do not say #all-, it that the experts affirmed, to know, the loss of control of the administration, have owed in part to the increasingly important paper of said cabinets. +Therefore, #if we want to improve the operation of the European Union and of #all the #european institutions, this improvement will depend entirely of a consistent and deep application of the principle of the subsidiariness in #all the terrains. +The European Commission, without embargo, has expressed a critical trial with regard to this first stage considering that the progresses, especially regarding the transposition of the community legislation, have been slower and more uncertain of it that it was necessary and possible take. +It is more, the tenacity and the conviction with the that *Praga has pursued his adhesion to the Atlantic Alliance underlines, #if it fits, the political conviction of the country to integrate in the different continental structures, are #this *cuales are. +In this direction, *me seems necessary to go back to say that it is precise an institutional reform that prepare to this Union before the enlargement and, second, that is precise that the Union have the necessary means to face up to the challenge of the enlargement. +But we talk to the *respecto, by it that we have to take now it necessary so that this vision that every time takes more reality was a palpable reality in a predictable time and in this way #can give the welcome to the villages of the *Europa central in the European Union and in the European Parliament. +The application of the environmental legislation constitutes an enormous challenge for the administrations of the countries candidates, by it that it is necessary to support from the EU these activities also by means of the training and the exchange of information. +We expect that #all the States current members have given account and are participants in the diet of coin only before the enlargement, so that the candidates do not have any possibility of election on the particular. +The current States members already have reached, previously to the enlargement, great advantages thanks to the reforms and the efforts that have made the countries candidates with the end to fulfil the criteria that *les has imposed. +The communication analyses #some practical questions that they are notable for the constitution of some national strategies for the adoption of the *acervo by part of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental, without anticipating on the assignment of the pertinent bottoms of the instruments of *preadhesión. +In sectors like the of the beer, but also the of the hydrocarbons, in the that the current approach satisfies to the companies that act in the market, it is necessary to take an exception to the general regulation or opt by a specific approach by sector. +After the Council have adopted the Regulation of the Council, the Commission will present a proposal of Regulation by category for #all the vertical agreements underneath of some threshold of parts of market. +Like conclusion, and to the equal that have taken #all the other, also *yo #would wish to express my gratitude to our previous president, the Mr. *Newman, the one who has carried out an exceptional work to the hour to leave of self-evident the importance of Commission of Requests. +Gentleman President, have the intention to talk about the annex of the report of the Mr. *Newman that treats of my work like mediator of the President concerning the boys kidnapped and moved out of the country, but before that at all it wanted to *rendir homage to the Mr. *Newman. +Of course, the heart of the crisis and the reason that conducted to the resignation of the Commission are the bad economic management and the fact that it has lost in part the control of the costs. +It #would wish to ask to the Commissioner *Monti how #this preparing the Commission this regulation with arrangement to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, since his preparation represents also an essential element to solve this institutional crisis that has caused his resignation. +Of here that of course it have to modify the section 2 of the article 3 of the Statute of the Defender of the European Village so that the Defender of the Village have full access and without barriers to #all the notable documents. +The control that, through Defender of the Village, #can exert the citizens on the operation of our administration #can not but *animarnos to work better, to correct our errors and to increase the transparency of our work. +The #another point posed by the Parliament, by his Commission of Requests and by the own Defender of the Village, refers to the code of behaviour administrative allocated to the Institutions and to the #european organs. +In my opinion, this attitude gives samples of a big irresponsibility. This type of statements only take by ignorance or because the Mr. *Ferber has not read neither the White Book neither the report approved in commission! +Although this report is not a legislative text, represents, in terms of politics of transport, the culmination of an intense work that covers #a lot of looks and that definitely will open the door to a legislative proposal in the future. +Among the improvements that is precise to introduce figure a regional approach of the management of the fishing, that #would cover to #all the coastal States and to #all the nations that fish in distant waters and that go to fish the tuna to the Ocean *Índico. +The Agreement on the banks of fishes, of the Nations Joined, that applies to the tuna and to other banks of fishes extremely migratory, stipulates other conditions, with inclusion of a description detailed of the approach *cautelar. +This circumstance demands modifications in the international laws -as for example in the breast of the Nations Joined-, a possibility that has not been taken advantage of by the permanent members of the Council of Security. +Of course, it supposes #a lot of practical problems and, of course, will exist opposition, also have this experience in the Low Countries, especially #if it do not clears that the investments and the taxes are necessary to keep the densely populated territories, *habitables and accessible. +The Commission, as I have said, already is examining these important problems in a wider frame and has engaged to *afrontarlos adequately covering, among other things, the group of the expectations in matter of protection of the bearer. +On the other hand, the Commission already employed in depth to follow with coherence the group of the problems related with the protection of the bearer in matter of electronic money, some problems that, obviously, trascend the problem of the repayment in himself/hisself. +I regret that the commission have not agreed with his speaker in this point, the *cual constitutes, in my opinion, a very concrete claim and very important of the #european consumers. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #would want to express first of all, in name of the Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left, our pain in front of the amplitude of this catastrophe in the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, that has caused the death of 41 persons. +It is necessary to effect an urgent diagnostic on the security in #all the tunnels and, until so much do not know the conclusions of the investigation, it is necessary to take measures of security and of limitation of the rhythm of circulation of the heavy vehicles. +The local representatives, the associations of protection of the *emplazamiento and his inhabitants, have not expected to that they occurred these dramas to promote the cooperation *transfronteriza and give the voice of alarm. +This village follows suffering the situation created by the military Government. This time has appeared in the #news because it did not allow the entrance in *Birmania to the husband of the Mrs. *Aung Saint *Suu *Kyi, gravely ailing. +I prefer, in principle, that a same country have the responsibility to get to an arrangement regarding similar happened. Also my Group thinks that a court *ad *hoc for the genocide of *Camboya offers more guarantees of justice for the #cambodian, now that the proofs run the risk to disappear. +Gentleman President, the coup d'état in *Níger, with the murder of the President #Ibrahim *Baré *Maïnassara, has gone back to *sumir another #african country in the darkness of the military hits and of the blockade of a process, although partial, of institutional reconstruction. +The government has insisted *verbalmente, but also through the facts, his «intention to reach, for finals of the year 2002, the conditions of adhesion of the country for the adhesion to the EU». +*Yo Also am adherent that it reduce the transport by road and boost the use of the railway and the navigable roads. Without embargo, *me deny to accept that the car, the trucks and the buses convert in goat *expiratorio of #all the evils had and for having. +It is indispensable the cooperation to guarantee the fundamental human rights and, therefore, also the rights of the boy; it is equally necessary to reach the efficiency of this cooperation among the countries candidates and the current States members. +Likewise, in the legislations of the countries candidates will have to guarantee the fundamental rights so clearly that it was possible to act of a truly effective way in front of any rape of the human rights that have his origin in the violence. +Already it has celebrated a meeting on the subject. The *Bundesrat , the house of the *länder #german, regretted deeply that the year 1999 was not designated official year of the fight against the violence against the women, since it had been #one *baza complementary important. +Gentleman President, in the page 9 of the Record takes quotation to three successive interventions, the #mine, the of the Mr. *Fabre-*Aubrespy and the of the Mr. *Wijsenbeek, relative to the decision, important to my seem, that the modification of the competitions of the commissions vote by simple majority. +The effect of a motion of censorship *estriba, according to the paragraph second of the article 144 of the Treaty of the European Community, in that the members of the Commission will have to renounce collectively to his charges. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0160/99) of the Gentlemen *McMahon and *Schiedermeier, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on «The citizens of the third age in the century *XXI: a life by in front». +The persons of age advanced -persons of the third age or «grey panthers», as the flame in the States Joined; «grey power» in the Realm Joined- represent a very important part of the Community. +On the one hand it is the report -a page and average- on the informations, congresses, resolutions, requests and reports had up to now, and, by the #another, the fact that from the resolution to celebrate a conference to the that got on 16 October 1997 until the celebration of #the same the days 1 and 2 October 1998 happened almost a year. +It ceased #all #european activity of support and the existent informative associations among the organisations of the persons of age to #european level left to be funded, it that conducted to the lethargy in a big part. +It wanted to *referirme still to a point of the resolution *concerniente to the participation of the persons of age in processes of decision, included the politicians, as it exists the tendency of *vanagloriarse to have a list of candidates #whose average of age was it more possible drop. +I regret it even more because #all have appreciated his work in this Plenary, because it is truth that treats of a discrimination of persons greater that every time will be more numerous #if colleagues so active and *lozanos like #this do not go in already in the list of candidates. +To the contrary, are #many the that, a time *jubilados, have undertaken new tasks and projects, by not talking of #all #that that it first that have taken, a time got the hour of the retreat, has been to materialise the dreams that had come feeding during his labour life. +In #a lot of regions of *Europa and, very in particular, in the northern zone of the Low Countries, the crop of potatoes exerts a paramount paper. His disappearance #would prejudice seriously the economic situation of said regions. +But the application of this system, alas, only allows a partial compensation of the disadvantage, weakening the position of the #european industry in the world-wide market, but, likewise, in our own market. +Regarding the possibility to apply in #Venecia the exceptions contemplated in the letter *c) of the section 3 of the article 92, fits to signal that it corresponds to the States members notify the regions that each #one of the countries wishes to include in his regional map. +It do not contemplates the possibility to go back on the decisions that have adopted , especially on a decision that has not been subjected to vote, although it had obtained the backrest of the big majority of the Assembly. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0216/99) of the Mr. *Fayot, in name of the Commission of Regulation, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities, on the modification of the Annex *V of the Regulation of the European Parliament. +Finally, also there #be a third proposed -a proposal of resolution- and, in this proposal of resolution the Parliament takes his observations on the budgetary management of the Commission. +#If we want to assume the derivative responsibility of this every time greater number of persons that see forced to resort to the atypical modalities of employment, have to reach that the work of half day and the other atypical labour activities award right to provision in matter of social security and pensions. +Therefore, they are necessary structural reforms very considerable, that has to prevent that the excessive demands of the social product by part of the state, an excessive fiscal pressure and an excessive overloads by part of the social politics and of the politics of *subvencionamiento originate problems by equal. +We use to the EU to generate the necessary conditions for the creation of companies, of new places of work and for the growth and no to suffocate with bureaucracy to the employments that need neither for *sentarnos here and believe that we #can deliver or «*palabrear» the new employments and the future possibilities in #ours *Europa. +Gentleman President, ladies and parliamentary gentlemen, before at all *permítanme *decirles that *vertebraré my intervention on the relative looks to the great orientations of the economic politics, or *GOPE; the Mr. #Mario *Monti will tackle the #another report, is to say the report *Menrad on the #european pact for the employment. +On the other hand, in the context of a better integration of the employment in the politics *macroeconómica, his speaker suggests the suppression of the current splitting among the great orientations and the lines guidelines for the employment. +It refers to the modernisation of the social protection and of the systems *impositivos to improve the incentives and the labour opportunities for the entrance or the return to the labour market. +The Commission of Control Budgetary has made his duties and in union with the #german Presidency of the Council has reached by unanimity a common position and approved recently the pertinent agreement *interinstitucional. +In December of the year happened the majority of this Assembly *denegó the approval of the management and returned to commission because there were problems of procedure that now have resolved , when modifying our Regulation so that it was in accordance with the disposals of the Treaty. +Regarding the Court of Accounts, only want to say that the typical demonstration of budgetary insufficiency has been able to resolve *favorablemente, and almost without effort, in the year 1997 thanks to the favourable evolution of the euro -of the *ecu, in that moment- concerning the coin *luxemburguesa. +By this reason, the Council and the Commission, but also the Parliament, have to take into account it that have decided in the Report *Tatsos, for example, in relation with the finance of the parties, and have to proceed of equal way in the provision of squares and in the promotions. +We pose the presentation of a motion of censorship. *Ello Carried out on 11 January by 70 pertaining deputies to #all the political groups, those who bore then convictions of #all type, especially by part of the President of the Socialist Group. +No the problem resides in that 1998 has discovered and *yo wanted to *pedirle, gentleman *Liikanen, that communicate to his colleagues that in his day, in the summer, had a breakfast up, in the floor 7 -then #this left really with confidence and friendship- and *les took the following offer: they are *ustedes frank, *confiesennos his errors, show his failures, are had to establish commitments. +Since it is seated here the person of the Socialist Group that more *cooperativamente has carried with *nosotros, will avert the criticism to the Socialist Group. Of it contrary #would have said *yo it following: the Socialist Group is really the #culprit of the dilemma in front of the that *nos find today. +It is extraordinarily important to try include #all these small reforms in a global financial regulation and clear in the that they formulate clearly the functions and the committed of each #one of the *copartícipes in the execution of the budget inside the Commission, to know, the computer, the *interventor financial and the accountant. +*Ella, the Mrs. Palace, has referred to his first intervention and to the last, but *yo want to say that, among #one and #another, the performance of the Mrs. Palace has been enormously active, competent and intelligent, and really *nos have enriched #all, #all the institutions, with the work that has come making along these five years. +The decision of the *OMC in the case of the bananas demands of *nosotros a clear regulation for the own producers and for the producers *ACP in it that *atañe to the suitable access of third countries to the market. +Neither the Commission of Subjects Social neither the Commission of Subjects Economic understand why the permission to the States members to begin an experiment no the #can give the Commission. +Finally, it that *me has surprised and disappointed a bit also, is the fact that the Commission have not remained with the control of the evaluation, that it yield the control to the States members and of this form also the initiative for new proposals. +The opportunities to introduce radical reforms that offers this new beginning only will be able to take advantage of fully #if the three organs involved -the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission- keep a narrow collaboration in a climate of full confidence. +There #be had five years of absolute lack, five years in that the #european Constitution has been *tabú, and now spokesmen of great groups *nos give like the fundamental element of the work of the Commission the preparation of a #european Constitution. +#This no always has been like this in the past, and the question of the commercial conflict on the imports of bananas pertinent of the countries *ACP *nos leaves a bitter flavour. +We expect of *usted a firm exercise of the prerogatives of the President of the Commission no only like guardian of the Treaties and guardian of the *acervo #european, but also a brave initiative of promotion of it that remains for completing of the institutional architecture, so as to confer really personality, identity and strength to the *Europa of after the euro. +The NATO in the first place and second #a lot of countries, but also *Europa that in the past always distinguished in the plane of the humanitarian helps, are not to the height of the challenge that is posing as a result of this war. +Every year, to the hour to establish the budget and the program of work, will have to examine the state of progress of the realisation of the political program that will approve with the new School. +It #would fit to signal, in my opinion, that in the future Commission is necessary also the contribution of those current commissioners that have exerted well his functions and have shown his commitment *renovador, since without his participation will not be possible to undertake said reforms with the sufficient rapidity. +The Mr. *Verheugen, in name of Council, has underlined the need of a fast procedure of takeover and, on the other hand, the Mr. *Cox, has underlined the suitability of a parliamentary debate of high level on the approval of a new Commission. +The European Pact by the Employment by himself/hisself same will not resolve this problem, but #can take a contribution and constitutes a #worthy recognition of *beneplácito by part of the States members that they #can reach more resulted by means of the cooperation that acting each country by separate. +They will have to be norms internationally guaranteed, among the *cuales has to appear the inviolability of the borders in front of the use of the strength, the guarantee of the security, but also of the autonomy of the minorities, no on the paper, but in the practice. +Already they find in *Londres or in *Pristina, the minorities do not have to live with fear to lose the life or to suffer the consequences of a violence *azarosa directed to destroy his homes and his means of life. +We have to be able to use our vision and, then, the words that has pronounced in his intervention -»May #can be a month of hope»- #can be a message more *tranquilizador with regard to our future and, especially, to the future of peace and justice for the *Balcanes. +It has tried the Council of Ministers in this occasion put the means to elaborate a common strategic reflection and propose his elements, of course, to the Council of the Alliance, but that have felt for *Europa? +This use of the strength against the women, of the torture and the rape by nationalist reasons *atiza the spiral of the violence, the hate and the revenge with the that pretends destroy any hope of a *Kosovo *multiétnico and in peace. +In these conditions, the Mr. #Spencer has elaborated a balanced report, a big reflection on this question in the that defends the cause of the peace, the cooperation and the maintenance of the dialogue among the distinct parts. +Like this as, I receive with satisfaction the report of the Mr. #Spencer put that, in place to establish the previous political conditions that accustoms to fix the European Parliament, presents some balanced approaches to the hour to examine this question. +Since I proceed of a city situated to banks of the *Danubio, also want *agradecerle the contribution that has taken today *cuando has highlighted the importance of this strip that crosses *Europa, that often has been stage of crisis and of wars, but that also #can be a strip of peace and cooperation, of links of the *Europa Western and Head office with the *Balcanes, but likewise with *Rusia, *Ucrania and in last term also with *Turquía, as *él has signalled. +It is precise to consider the northern dimension like a fundamental element, so much in the external relations of the Union, as in the taking of decisions for the inner development of the EU. +In last place, because it establishes in detail modalities of administration even of the costs of secretariat, so that it purchases the character of a thorough regulation and *fastidiosamente bureaucratic and invades like this the field of competition typical of the disposals that our Plenary #would have to elaborate through his own organs of *autogobierno. +Thus, the liberal Group, on the base of the proposals of the Mr. *Rothley, has formulated a proposal, adapted in determined looks to the proposal of the Council, and expect that tomorrow we obtain a favourable majority to *ella. +For the agriculture, #if the agreement *interinstitucional accepts , means that the new structure of the budget takes possible to distinguish clearly among, on the one hand, the traditional cost of market of support to the income that will be compulsory and, by #another, the new cost of rural development that will be a no compulsory cost. +The report that have received *yo now with a number #zero, not even with a statutory number, not even in my own language, *envie the report, the common position, to the Commission of Transports that do not gathers . +Lady Speaker, wish to begin for appreciating to the deputies of this Assembly his so kind comments and also say to the Mr. *Jarzembowski that will give account that respect totally the rigour and the efficiency of his work even #if, in rare occasions, am not totally in accordance with his conclusions. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, in the #few minutes that hard my intervention perhaps was pertinent to give the thanks to the speaker and with *ella to the Mrs. Commissioner that also *nos accompanies in this last debate on the consumer of this Assembly and, in reality, *rendir homage to the process of *codecisión, that have applied and that perhaps was more representative more in this field that almost any #another process. +These resources are the free repairs, the replacement, the reduction of the price or the cancellation of the agreement in the case of objects defective. +Gentleman President, believe that nobody doubts to these heights of the need of a new program -in this occasion until the 2004- of community action in favour of the civil protection, although really there #be not #a lot of enthusiasm in the hemicycle by this program. +In the amendments that the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer has approved by a fine majority -an important majority- has deepened in #some points of the proposal presented by the Commission that *nos seem important: +But have, to finalise, a question for the Mr. competent Commissioner, since the Directive 77/537 on the measures that have to adopt against the broadcasts of *contaminantes pertinent of the engines *diesel allocated to the propulsion of the agricultural or forest tractors follows valid. +But as it knows , situations of crisis #can also release strengths and deploy a special dynamics. The #german Presidency has confidence in taking justice to his responsibility in the development of the European Union for *convertirla in a community *paneuropea and to #the same time with capacity to act as a whole. +It is necessary to remember that, from the point of sight of the Parliament, #would have been preferable to leave #this in hands of the Commission and not following -as it said the Mr. *Santer- converting to the Commission in a species of Secretariat of the Council. +We need a new Treaty, today, and it more important is to give the signal of exit and indicate with accuracy the path to follow, mark the guidelines that have to come of Colony, especially because the public opinion, with the #sad experience of *Kosovo, shows that it is more sensitive that before to the paper that *Europa #can exert. +The external politics and of common security always has been *algo #as well as the stepson of the #european cooperation, among other reasons because #some of the States members greater have wanted to preserve the own primacy. +The *preponderancia of the practical Europeans regarding the labour market has to remain patent in the fact that a true dialogue among the organisations of the market of work *nos will allow to keep the growth and the creation of employment. +Today I #can not predict #if the Bosses of State and of Government go to contribute this strong political will, give the necessary step and open the new dimension of the integration that need urgently, but *les promise that we go to work with #all intensity in *ello. +With the conclusion of the Diary 2000 respected the marked calendar in the European Council of *Cardiff and showed the capacity of performance of the European Union under some difficult conditions. +The upper limit of the costs of the EU follow being of the 1, 27 % of the gross social product of the European Union and this upper limit neither goes to follow being employed totally. +Here, the Commission coincides fully with the European Parliament and am safe that the Parliament goes to follow being watchdog also in the future so that it have sufficiently in account in the daily practice of the application of the reform of the structural Bottoms. +With the approval of the legislative proposals on the Diary 2000, have the privilege to plant an important foundation no only for the fulfillment of the hopes of our citizens and citizens but also for the *Europa of the future. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, after the votes on the Report *Rothley relative to the Statute of the deputies, only #can underline that the opinion issued by the Commission of compliance with the section 5 of the article 190 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, follows being in vigour. +Now well, his commitments do not have a lot that see with the hope and the expectation of the villages that, having chosen in the majority of our countries socialist governments or *socialdemócratas, have manifested his will of change. +It More worrisome of the intervention of the Mr. *Prodi have been his points of sight about the employment, the public sector and the regulation of the labour market. +The Mr. *Prodi considers that the public sector is too much wide and demands his rationalisation and a cut of costs, but, to #the same time, do not exposes more that *cándidos wishes to improve the situation of the employment. +The #portuguese socialists support a strong Commission, that was able of *movilizar the will of the Europeans, that respect to the citizens and the legitimate interests of the villages, in particular of the small countries like *Portugal. +Although *me #would result very difficult to accept the idea of a community fiscal system -is *algo that *yo #can not support- or #that of an increase of our wages, have to study the mood to share the costs of this Parliament. +The only reason so that we support parts of the draft again statute is that *nos seems a previous condition to finish with the waste that during #a lot of years has existed in the European Parliament to coast of the money of the taxpayers. +#This is so much graver in the measure that, *remunerados with charge to the #european budget and *abonándole a tax, the national deputies no longer #would have with his villages the bond of the finances neither of the taxation. +#Such as it is, the directive treats on this problem only through the hope, expressed in the considering 13, that the producers of sakes of consumption commercialised in varied States members include the directions of contact in said States; afterwards it is also the perspective of a future review of the directive, contemplated in the considering 20. +Under the #british Presidency, for example, reach to introduce a very expected agreement on the guarantees for the consumer by the that they establish the rights of the consumer *cuando #this buys sakes of consumption in any point of the only market. +Thus, this decision is very positive, as it #would have supposed a step to backwards #if only we had made a labeling, as lamentably we have taken in the case of the novel *food , although the consumers have pronounced against of foods manipulated genetically. +I want to express here my gratitude to the Commissioner, the Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies, for having supported the position of the European Parliament in these questions, to the equal that in a series of other points. +Graver still, #this undermines the foundations of his culture, of his landscapes, of his gastronomy, and therefore of a big part of his identity. &#*x017*C;How, like this reformed, the *Europa agricultural, #such as *nos the present, will be able to defend his political project of agriculture and rural development in the future negotiations of the *OMC? +*Nos Had enjoyed to get more far in matter of association, but expect that the States members have the vision to guarantee a wide and more deep association in the preparation of programs and in the application of #the same. +Gentleman President, gentlemen Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen deputies, in the *primer report that, in name of the Commission of Fishing, presented to this Plenary on the regulation of the relative Council to the structural measures in the sector *pesquero, the Parliament supported three basic ideas. +As a result of his return to commission, now are in conditions to invite to the Assembly to approve the proposal of the Commission in the form in that it has been object of a political agreement in the Council. +*Contrariamente To my recommendations, the European Parliament did not vote a substantial revaluation of the premiums to the herds of cows *lactantes, that without embargo exert a positive paper in our territories. +The upper limit of 4.300 millions of euros to the year has to consider on the one hand like a *aseguramiento of the credits for the rural areas but, on the other hand, exists the danger that the States members, because of the demanded *cofinanciación of these measures, do not apply it or only of a mood reduced. +The speaker already took part in his day in the invention of the method of the financial perspectives with occasion of the budgetary crisis of 1987-1988, the that carried to the called «package *Delors *I», and also was speaker of the Parliament for the agreement of 1993. +Therefore, in front of the challenges that meant the implantation of the euro, the enlargement to the SIN, #as well as the necessary reforms of the *PAC and of the structural politics, the speaker recommended in his day that tried sign a new agreement *interinstitucional, although it was in a context, #if it fits, of greater austerity that previously. +Regarding the transitory regulations on the that has talked here or to the fact that they have to exclude , do not treats of a maliciousness but that it is reflection that the regions have made progresses and that we have to *ocuparnos first of the poorest and not following helping to the rich that get slowly to reach the average. +To #the same time do not owe *escatimar efforts to reinforce the element of the prevention, to prevent, in the first place, that the persons lose his places of work; an argument very very defended by the speaker. +With regard to the external actions, exists the clear commitment of the Council to fund the additional needs that derive of the situation in the *Balcanes, in necessary case, through a review of the financial forecasts. +I expect that the negotiations on the finance of the European Union for innovative projects of the *RTE in the current European Council confirm the importance of #Galileo for the #european producers and the #european users. +With the news of today of *COREPER that the Council is had to give his approval to the commitment reflected in the amendments that today have in front of *nosotros, #can confirm likewise the full support of the Commission to the position of the Parliament. +*Yo #Would want to finally appreciate to the Mrs. Commissioner the efficient work that has taken so that the new regional politics, the of the period 2000-2007, go tied to his name, in the sense that the #his has been an important contribution. +Subject: Development of the section 2 of the article 299 In front of the imminent entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, how measured prepares the Council for the development of the section 2 of the article 299 relative to the statute of the regions *ultraperiféricas? +Gentleman deputy, in his question has described of a very precise mood the problem that have and that have not been able to solve up to now; on the one hand, we want to protect to the producers of bananas that are especially linked to *nosotros but also have to respect the norms of the *OMC. +The Parliament has been an important voice to the hour to define the guidelines of this reform, but has to be it even more in his application during #all the period of programming. +Maybe it was #this my last intervention, because #if well I will go back to be available, my party do not goes excessively well, and therefore my last call to the Commission is the following: we Are especially attentive to #all #this; I expect that, in case of not going out reelected, *algún day #can read in the press that *me have taken case. +And they are not positive looks like the maintenance of the community initiative *URBAN, by it other, against the opinion of *Berlín, the that they will be able to modify a position of deep doubt concerning the goodness and the efficiency of the future regulation of the structural Bottoms. +Gentleman President, after the taken care style of the Mr. *Martinez, *me fear that my posture goes to seem very spent, because *yo really believe that the agreement on the Diary 2000 reached in *Berlín, to weigh any complementary imperfection, remains registered in the active of the #german Presidency. +*Casandra Has mistaken and have confirmed , so much the priority that has for the European Union the politics of cohesion social and economic, like the admirable and, especially, effective collaboration among the upper organs of the Community. +In the report on the northern dimension of the Union mentions that, of compliance with it adopted by the European Council in *Viena, this dimension has to be also present in #all the decisions related with the inner development of the Union. +And for the group of *Europa, offer guarantees to tackle the needs of zones gravely affected by the poverty and the abandonment, without forgetting the help to the great regions that suffer the industrial deterioration. +Concerning punctual details #can take trials differentiated, but there #be *algo that it has to remain clear: that we have kept the calendar is an enormous benefit, so that this review of the structural bottoms in comparison with the of 1994 #can establish to time and go to avert go back to drop in the dilemma of five years ago. +Always *nos have declared in favour to impose the strict application of the criterion of a regional #GDP *per *capita minor of the 75 % of the community average for the election of the future Objective regions 1. +*Me Give account of it difficult that *les results to my colleagues of other States members comprise how much have dropped the wages of the agriculturalists of my country, *Irlanda, to cause mainly of the fact that this country depends enormously of his markets of export, so much in the EU as in third countries. +As any #another agreement in the frame of the disposals of dialogue social collected in the social chapter, #this illustrates also a new facet of the democratic deficit, #such as it already has explained the speaker. +Finally, the Commission entrusts in that the Parliament will consider timely to issue his *dictamen satisfied so that the Agreement #can go in in vigour, and appreciates once again the important backrest that has received in #all moment of this Parliament, no only for the strengthening of the relations with *México, but also for the establishment of a true alliance among *Europa and *América Latin that, little by little, goes forging. +*Schengen Is, therefore, #one of our greater worries so much regarding the freedom of circulation of the citizens of the Union as to the freedom -that is indivisible- of the citizens of the third countries that live in regular situation in #any one of the countries of the Union. +The only area in the that the Commission of Environment, #whose opinion represent, and *yo same dissent of our friends and colleagues of the Commission of Subjects Juridical is in the subject of #if we have gone by the good path regarding protection of the consumers. +The directive do not treats -on the other hand, #can not take it- to question it that has achieved through the rule on the rights of author and rights *afínes, approved takes little, neither pretends -wanted to *recalcarlo in concrete to the Mr. *Hoppenstedt-apply to it already regulated and harmonised with the Managerial «Television without borders», neither review definitions already consolidated in #the same. +I want to express my gratitude to #all #that that with his collaboration *me have offered a so fruitful experience, for me unforgettable, and expect that it continue attributing to these subjects the decisive space that *les corresponds, with the determination and with the coherence that recognise unanimously to our Parliament. +It treats of *incentivar the citizen participation in the #european plane and to guarantee the rights of the persons to prevent that it #can prevail a negative evolution of these characteristics. +I believe that it is necessary to take in consideration the following element: the agreements *interinstitucionales modify -by means of the consent of the institutions- the distribution of the annual budgets and form part of a vision of the budget, vision that have accepted of common agreement. +It treated of #one of the priorities of our Group of the Party of the European Socialists, #whose approval had reached in the Plenary of *Estrasburgo of 19 November 1998, and that we had to take accept by the Commission and the Council. +The Report *Aglietta, that claims for the European Parliament the right to interpose in the measures of execution, specifically to *través of the *otorgamiento of a power of *revocación, *nos seems, as, that contradicts the philosophy of the current institutions of the Union. +It is particularly lucky can take it *cuando lives a decisive moment of the process, with the signature of the agreement reached in the frame of the Nations Joined, in that it recognised the possibility that the village *timorense decided freely his future. +By the wilful refusal of the #indonesian Government, the questions related with the security and the creation of a climate of peace and without *coacción on the population are not properly guaranteed. +Gentleman President, do not know #if #this is my last mandate. I do not know #if #this is my last speech, but in any case, are #where was, will remain at the side of #that that struggle by the right of self-determination of the villages and by the human rights, by the that *yo also will follow struggling, since *Timor Oriental finds in #one of these situations. +Gentleman President, the Commission, of course, congratulates by the historical progress that has made in the final round of conversations *tripartitas celebrated under the auspices of the Nations Joined in New *York by the #portuguese and #indonesian Governments to resolve the ancient, delicate and dramatic problem of *Timor Oriental. +Very probably it had produced a climbing of the conflict and the decision of the Palestinians perhaps #can increase the necessary mutual confidence for a durable peace. +The Europeans that have lived the *Segunda World-wide War and the period of *Hitler always will experience a deep feeling to the #jewish victims of the persecution, especially those who, as *yo, had #a lot of friends that lost the life in this catastrophe. +But in the bottom have taken the word to appreciate in name of my Group to two members of this Assembly that, in this sense, have delivered in body and soul to the defence of the rights of the Palestinians. +Gentleman President, the European Commission thinks also that the #palestinian managers have taken a decision hit in interest of the #palestinian village when postponing the proclamation of the State announced for 4 May. +#If this year 2000 has a big symbolic value it is necessary to take advantage of it really to send this message of character universal: a moratorium for #all the cases in that it exists a sentence of conviction to death. +This *intergroup that occupies of the International Penal Court says explicitly that the justice -the Mr. *Dell'#Alba is #one of the promoters of this *intergroup - has to protect in a juridical foundation. In the majority of the cases exists a juridical foundation to diverse levels, as *sucede at present in *Kosovo. +I believe that #this is the reason by the that #many of the conflicts that have produced in the last ten or fifteen years have been *dirimidos with the arms and have not been resolved in the frame of a Court or a Penal Court. +The action of the transnational Radical Party «there #be not peace without justice» has contributed in part to take advance the that, in my opinion, is #one of the most important messages that #can direct at the end of a century that has been the more *sanguinario of the history. +It takes #some days reached an agreement mark -graces also to the discreet but *importantísima work of the President #Michel *Rocard, to the one who congratulate- that it constituted and constitutes a fine base to reestablish the necessary conditions for the coexistence among the varied islands and the same existence of a State in the *Comoras. +On the other hand, the Commission is studying, with the States members, the possibility to initiate diplomatic management with seen to the application of the celebrated Agreement in *Madagascar on 29 April 1999 under the auspices of the *OUA. +I coincide with the speaker in that the result of the negotiations with the social speakers is so deficient that poses the problem of the democratic deficit regarding the legislation based in the social dialogue. +The integrity of the persons has to constitute an increasingly important factor in the debate on the measures against the delinquency, for example, by means of a more rigorous inspection of the data. +With reason the Council and the Commission asked a decision to the European Parliament about the compensations and the quota of the starch of potato. It was simply a requirement so that it exist a fine administration. +Lady Speaker, always *me have felt proud that in the common agricultural politics achieved join, reasonably, the interests of the first producing with the of the industry *manufacturera, but to #the same time giving a big balance to the interests of the consumer and of the taxpayer. +Of compliance with the Agenda, proceeds to the discussion of the report (To4-0195/99) of the Mr. *Hoppenstedt in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education and Media, on the Communication of the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament «*Expo 2000 *Hannover» (*COM(99)0131 - *C4-0153/99). +It has to carry out a renewal that *le allow that these products or services are able to have, in the frame of a global economy, a sufficient acceptance as to reach a fine participation in the international markets. +Then, the Commission *recobró the enthusiasm, no against the States that refuse the introduction of clauses social and environmental in the rule of the international trade, but against the States members. +When treating of the last planned session for the present term of office, propose to his *Señorías separate of the section 2 of the article 133 of the Regulation and approve, from this moment, the Record of the present session, that has gone drafting to measure that developed the debates. +The European Parliament has visited a long path from 1979 up to now, and in #Nicole *Fontaine have the suitable person to conduct to a good future the competitions, the faculties and the dignity of this Parliament. +*Nos Seems *importantísimo that now put order in the Parliament so that a trip that costs 300 euros was not *reembolsado with 1.000 euros and of this form the wage go in by the main door and no hidden by means of benefits in species by the rear door. +The members of the EU no only kept his unit and his capacity of performance in this extraordinarily difficult stage, but that also showed a high constructive capacity. +The reason *estriba in that the war of *Kosovo went back to put of self-evident the goal of bottom of the #european integration, that is the construction of a durable peaceful order in our continent. +In *tercer place, with the end of the *cuarta and expect that last #yugoslav war in *Kosovo and the adoption of the Pact of Stability, the *Sureste European has now, for the first time in his history, a true opportunity to leave definitively backwards the nationalism and the violence and add to the *Europa of the integration. +Therefore, in the future will be *ineludible an enlargement of the rights of the European Parliament further of the new disposals of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, but also a more adapted participation of the national Parliaments. +... But #if the Mr. *Poettering devotes to proclaim that the Federal Chancellor German did not interview with a commissioner designated before his nomination, *yo owe *recordarle that the previous Federal Chancellor *Kohl talked very often with the Mr. *Bangemann and already sees the results that obtained, or was, absolutely #any. +The decision to proceed to a military intervention to close the step to a racist politics, nationalist and of ethnic deportation in the *Europa of the century *XXI was received, as *ustedes know, with diversity of trials in the Group of the Greens. +The disarmament, the prevention of the crises and the civil resolution of the conflicts, particularly through an intensification of the paper of the *OSCE, run the risk to remain abandoned in the ditch. +*Me Seems -and treats of #one *segunda education of these #european elections- that in numerous countries, in particular in Big *Bretaña and in *Francia, the voters have manifested a *euroescepticismo in increase and believe that, when voting by the parties of the opposition in the great #european countries, to *Europa, in the that take part the Governments, is to the that the citizens have wanted to sanction. +It #can that yes, from the point of sight of the statements of intentions, without embargo, *nos seems that all follow being very *nebuloso before being able to affirm in how dates the Union will convert in a subject autonomous politician with his own external politics and of security. +Nevertheless, his intervention of today *me has affected a lot, as it has said #a lot of more things that the fact that it represents to the greater political Group of this Assembly and that has got to a coalition with the Liberal for the election of the President of #the same. +In definite, it that *les interests is not #who resolves his problems, but the fact that at last somebody occupy of these problems, that the consumers #can *fiarse of the foods that buy, that the travellers take the plane with #all confidence, that the world of the sport was clean. +Now it treats to concentrate #all our energies in the really important tasks: reconstruct the house of the one who has found without home, *recomponer the communities destroyed and, it more important, have to offer to the *Balcanes a political and economic future clear that put end to *tantos centuries of continuous conflicts. +We have been so busy *reconstituyéndonos *nosotros same that still have not been able to take the duties and the owed investigation, so, #if the audiences take out to the light question of importance and of public interest that still *desconocemos, this Assembly will have the have to bear with *Europa to act, and will act -of course, my group will take it. +This Parliament has matured in the last months and have learnt a basic lesson for the coming years: no longer we are the partner of less category of the #european political institutions. +The systematic rejection by part of the Commission of positions of the European Parliament -even adopted by overwhelming majority- is not a fine attitude and the ancient Commission is the manager of *ello, wish to signal it. +#This is the vision, the challenge and for *nosotros -*nosotros the radicals- a criterion, a very clear approach, the federalistic approach of *Altiero *Spinelli that *nos will allow to know #if our Institutions leave or do not leave to the *reforzamiento of the Union, to more *Europa, to the *Europa political. +In the long run, I am convinced that, while it put the car in front of the horse -with the Commission exerting a greater influence on the formulation of politics that the elect members of this Parliament-, the citizens of #all *Europa will follow showing apathetic to this institution. +We know the orientations that *usted treats to give to the Commission and that today has completed and required in it to the reform of the Institution refers , and *usted knows the orientation and the political worries of the European Parliament. +Without embargo, think that it is necessary to underline the suitability of *evidenciar the reasons by the *cuales recently has talked also of a Pact by the Employment, #as well as the need to loan #a lot of attention to the regional disequilibriums that exist in *Europa. +The #finnish Presidency of the EU, together with the Commission, #would have to study how progresses are making in this important subject in #all the European Union so that the worries of the consumers on the new coin are fully attended. +We agree with #this, had as we are to take part in the process of solidarity among the States through an External Politics and of Common Security by the that my Group struggles from the principle of his presence in the European Parliament. +By this reason, on 29 June the Commission has demanded to the competent #turkish instances that take into account this rejection of the pity of death by part of the European Union. +Regarding the institutional subjects, the #finnish Presidency has an enormous responsibility: the to set up the works that will carry to the conclusion of a statute on the fundamental rights. +Gentleman President, lady minister, coincide with *usted in that the sentence to death of the leader *kurdo Mr. *Öcalan puts to the international community in front of an important challenge, since it violates the minimum requirements of the justice #as well as of the respect to the human rights. +By this reason, in spite of the rape of the human rights and of the ethnic cleansing against the *kurdos by the diet of *Turquía, our Group do not requests that the European Union neither the NATO bomb *Turquía. +And to *ello it is necessary to add the requirement, by part of the European Union, that the #turkish Government have a conversation with the *kurdos, by means of a dialogue that achieve a solution for the claims *kurdas of autonomy inside *Turquía, #as well as the respect of his democratic rights. +The gentleman Commissioner *Bangemann manifested in his letter dated on 29 June and directed to the then President #Gerhard *Schröder his intention to go in to the service of a private company of communications, to know, the #Telephone #spanish company. +This crisis has influenced negatively in our exports, and #some measures taken by commercial partners of the Union have *desbordado the real proportions of the crisis in #a lot of looks, so much by the gravity of said measures as by his practical applications. +Alas, the Commission was not informed on the problem by the #belgian authorities until 27 May. Immediately, we set up #all a series of measures with the end to protect the health so much of persons as of animals. +We have to establish a juridical base to use a clause of protection in case of dangers that arise in the European Union related with edible products for animals and that they #can represent a serious risk for the health of persons or animal #as well as for the environment. +To *ello added the fact that the decision of the Community on the withdrawal of the markets of products potentially contaminated was executed by part of the #belgian authorities of an entirely insufficient mood. +These failures have caused a dramatic situation, in the first place, of course, for the public health and second have meant an economic disaster for the agriculture and for #all the alimentary sector. +Our Parliament has to to the #european citizens *algo more that the simple complaint of a criminal act, as in the case of *Bélgica, that, on purpose, Mr. Commissioner, has not taken publics still the names of the companies that used foods for animals contaminated by the dioxin. +Accepting contrary rules to our interests and disposals #such as the sufficiency of the scientific proof, that *nos forbid in practical apply the principle of caution, the previous Commissions have caused *estragos considerable to our society and to our economies. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *Europa knows, already from takes #some years, a succession of scandals alimentary: had the «crazy cows»; *nos interrogate on the *OGM and his labeling; at present we experience the problem of the animal flours that contain dioxin; we see that they withdraw of the sale drunk very common because they cause problems... +Of here that the Commission have to draft and formulate proposals to take a positive list of matters prevail authorised for the animal feeding, accompanied of a study on the incidence in the costs of production of the feeding grazier to avert incompatibilities with the *PAC. +I have received six amendments and, once again, as I finish to say it, only reflect the distribution among political Groups, is to say the exchange of charges in the interior of a same group or well add a nomination in a place that found vacant. +The European Parliament, #as well as numerous associations of consumers, has had the opportunity to give elements of answer that are #others *tantos indexes posed to carry out a reflection in favour of a new definition of the alimentary approach of the European Union. +It treats you give priority to the interest of the consumers, to take that it prevail the principle of caution on any #another principle and establish a control integrated of the whole of the alimentary chain, of the producer to the consumer. +Lady Speaker, in this Assembly has converted in a species of tradition that the deputies put in foot to say that his name do not appears in the list of assistance of the previous day. +The Commission considered that these factors -the application without precedents of the law, the relative conventions to previous sales of entrances for international tournaments and the constructive action of the *CFO- justified the *imposición of a symbolic sanction, more that of a punishment. +It wanted to signal that the coasts for each deputy that took part in said legal action were of the order, oh surprise, of the 1.000 pounds, a quite greater sum that the fine imposed to the organisers of the Glass of the World. +It is a universal feeling in the Commission, reason by the that my colleague the Mr. Go *Miert and his collaborators of the Commission tried specifically take *algo effective bear, once and for all, avert in the future and also in 1998 the application of practices discriminatory by part of the *CFO. +*Cuando Listened #some of the interventions made in the course of this debate, #can not avert the feeling of that, sometimes, the first victim of the football is the truth, because there #be had #one or two interventions loaded of passion, but that in general did not recognise the facts. +*Les Remember that in his meeting of the Thursday 9 September, the Conference of Presidents had decided to subject the question to the Commission of Control Budgetary, so that it elaborated a report. +. Lady Speaker, *Señorías, the Commission received the past Friday the text of the second inform of the Committee of Experts Independent, that analyses the administrative management of the Commission and formulates proposed of face to his reform. +In my modest opinion, like Commissioner with a long experience, have curiosity to know #which goes to be, in this precise moment, in the moment of the truth, the behaviour of #all *nosotros in front of a new model of organisation of the #european integration. +The dissemination of information on the scope of threats of marine pollution - hydrocarbons, radioactive substances and other harmful substances - will serve to ensure that they take the best measures of *mitigación possible and enjoy of the complete support and confidence of the public. +Gentleman President, appreciate to the Commission of Environment, and in particular to his speaker, the Mrs. *McKenna, #as well as to the members of the Commission of Budgets, the work made and the interest that have devoted to this proposal. +Besides, the valid international agreements on protection of the Mediterranean Sea, of the Sea *Báltico and of the Sea of the North, in the that the Community is part *contratante, follow #all *ellos #the same approach of not mentioning any substance in concrete; +*Nosotros sustain, in the matter, the request of the Mrs. #Jackson of not to content with approving recommendations, but to happen to the stage of a true managerial, that fix some precise criteria that #all the States members will have to respect in his inspections. +*Cuando Get the moment, my Group has intention to contribute, in the breast of the Assembly and in the suitable forums, to a debate that expect that it initiate on the lessons that like Parliament have to learn of the process of auditions. +In the auditions, the commissioners have shown so conciliatory in front of the majority of deputies that even those groups that by reasons *extraeuropeas had promised to show aggressive have buried the axe of war with #all rapidity. +The next *CIG is the greater challenge to the that confronts the European Union like political and economic organism from the decisions taken during the negotiations of the Treaty of *Maastricht that set up the process of the Economic and Monetary Union. +*Le Ask that it was very ambitious in this direction and that reach that the relation among the Commission and the Parliament, as *usted had occasion to manifest in a meeting with the parliamentary spokesmen, do not add zero, but that it was a positive sum. +No *cuando overlook #all the warnings and proposes to commissioners on the that the *primer report of the committee of wise persons has launched serious doubts; without embargo, after the conversation, in the commission did not take any critical question to the Mr. *Lamy during his oral appearance. +It has talked of the political balance of the Commission, that is not a condition inscribed in the Treaties, but a requirement that demands the political prudence and also the consideration to this House. +*Cuando The commissioners do not have #all the responsibility and #all the authority on #all the administration, #all the references to a responsible administration sound to hollow, and am safe that the Mr. *Kinnock, to the equal that the majority of *nosotros, accustoms to carry better out of house. +Without embargo, is #likely that with frequency seat alone in the table of debates of the Commission, as *usted, gentleman *Prodi, do not has the lower idea on the interests of the persons that live in the European Union, although it always talks of the #european soul and the has to flower of lips. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen deputies, no *les will surprise that the #belgian delegation of the *PPE #can not give his approval *unísona to this school of commissioners, but for the next years will keep a constructive position to work with #all the school of commissioners. +The Mr. *Fischler expressed *verbalmente the political commitment to keep the current General Direction of Fishing, modifying the statement that had taken by writing in his questionnaire and accepting, therefore, keep the current General Direction of Fishing. +Therefore *le ask to *usted that take very fine note of *ello; and also I ask it to the Mr. *Kinnock, that is to his left, like Vice-president commissioned of the reform, since it is a condition *sine *qua *non for the maintenance of the parliamentary confidence that have awarded to the Mr. *Fischler in our commission. +The majority of the commission also declared satisfied with the answers of the Mrs. Palace to the indictment of the socialists in relation with the investigation of the subventions to the crop of the linen in *España. +That the Commission take his reflection -*nosotros the go to take also-, and afterwards go to try -the two institutions of the European Union- get to a preparatory document to facilitate the adoption of agreements. +In summary, gentleman *Prodi, still #can *convencerme with an active measure, but #this will have to constitute a signal very *convincente for the Parliament and the public opinion or of it contrary *yo go to vote against tomorrow, to the equal that #many #others, and my negative vote will not be a "no" to *Europa, but a vote in favour of #one *Europa clean, democratic and transparent. +*Ello Gave a quite unreal character to his exercise since it #can not, and with reason, integrate the drama of *Kosovo and his financial consequences, and finally because, by reasons that no *nos seem very satisfactory, #this denied to answer to the worries expressed by the Parliament in matter of administrative reform. +It is not especially careful that the Commission of Budgets and the Council of the Presidency talk on the foundation of an alone place- *C, while the European Parliament has 1776 places of this type. +In the first place, as I already said in my own intervention, my opinion is that the problem on the coverage of the financial needs of *Kosovo goes to be with #all certainty #one of the essential questions of the Autumn. +*Yo Said that we have decided to support the investiture of the new Commission in spite of the reservations that keep in relation with the Mrs. of Palace, #whose innocence boast but #whose conception of the political responsibility in a subject that concerns to the community budget do not share. +I want to express my satisfaction regarding the urgency of the fulfillment of the article 13 of the Letter of rights fundamental, urgency that the Minister *Halonen underlined in his intervention and that *yo share, so *yo also expect that the Commission take initiatives to the *respecto. +The protection of the privacy is regulated in the Statement of the Human Rights, in the International Treaty on political rights and citizens, #as well as in the European Treaty on the rights of the man. +By a part, treats of security and of fundamental rights, is to say, of inalienable individual rights. On the other hand, it treats of the protection of this security and of the protection of these individual rights by part of the public organisms, and more in particular, by part of the public organisms that they have to create in *Europa. +But *presentimos, after the speech that have heard here this morning, that #can be it, since it that in the Treaty of *Amsterdam was by strength allocated to be "dead letter" or mere music celestial, earns some public relief, favourable greater consensora, imposes of course by the need, by it that goes back credible a common space of freedom, security and justice. +Besides, because it gives preference to the community method concerning the cooperation *intergubernamental traditional, it that *propiciará a new juridical identity or institutional #european, more effective, modern and next to the problems that until today go rotting, without resolving, by the *empecinamiento in the *soberanismo and in the nationalist juridical-fetishism. +This sentence has at least the merit to show that the European Parliament and the Commission go to support mutually to increase his respective powers and *pisotear the decisions of the Council. +#If it that pretended was to take *borrón and new account, is clear that our attempt has failed because with these two gentlemen is impossible to go back to begin from zero. And we do not forget that the #european citizens have right to that *nosotros, deputies to the European Parliament, control that the members of the Commission are #all persons *intachables. +To the contrary of the #european right, that has tried manifestly disguise his divisions by means of the virulence of his attacks, sometimes personal and *injuriosos, against some Commissioners, *yo *me propose to give preference to the road of the *concertación and the collaboration with the future Commission. +That the #european citizens recover the illusion and the confidence in the process of construction #european depends now of the Commission that, under the direction of the President *Prodi, begins today his career. +By this reason, in the debate of morning it #would be necessary to decide that the Office of Reconstruction install in *Pristina, and that of any way was attached to the Office of Control of the Treaty of Stabilisation in *Tesalónica. +(Green/*ALE) -. (*FI) Gentleman President, want to appreciate to the Council of Ministers his firm performance in the organisation of the referendum for the independence of *Timor Oriental, among other things, sending a Delegation of high level, of the that formed part #some of our colleagues in representation of the European Parliament. +During long the international community has allowed that they survived the called dictatorships of the development, of Indonesian to the *Chile of the *Chicago *Boys, happening by Chinese and *Corea, these countries in that, in name of the macroeconomy, have tolerated that the reasons of market prevailed on the reasons of the human rights. +The supply of this information will facilitate a lot the contribution of the Parliament to the development of an external politics of the European Union more effective and more coherent, a politics that #would have to have from takes already long. +Alas I have not been never in *Timor oriental but *me seat very next of the village of *Timor, that comes suffering since Indonesian carried out the annexation in 1975 and that has lost almost the third part of the population, murdered by the #indonesian, a proportion of deaths still greater that in the #ex *Yugoslavia. +*Cuando Was appointed Secretary of External Subjects, the Mr. *Cook proposed an ethical external politics that, among other things, contained the obligation to impose a rigorous code of behaviour in matter of controls for the exports of armaments. +The Council backs the celebration of an extraordinary meeting of the Commission of Rights Human and the nomination of a delegation of investigation that was sent to the zone. +The nuclear head office that goes to build in *Marruecos is related with the desalinisation of the water and *desconozco #if *Marruecos has #the same problem that *nosotros pose in our presumptive on the head office that goes to install in *Turquía, is to say, the problem of the seismicity, and precisely after the terrible earthquake of takes #few days in *Turquía. +It #can indicate the Council #which are the States members of the Union #whose citizens do not require visa to travel to the #EE.UU. And how management thinks to make in front of said country with the end that the suppression of the compulsory visa affect to #all the citizens of the European Union? +Gentleman President, as it mentions the Mr. Deputy, #some of the countries candidates to the EU have requested in the negotiations of adhesion transitory periods to follow limiting the free acquisition of real estates by part of the citizens and companies of the European Union. +Gentleman President, agree with the Mr. Deputy in that it #would be convenient to include the minimum labour norms in the list of subjects of the next " Round of the #Millenium" of the *OMC, and already in the *preparativos has split of the base that it is necessary to take out to debate these subjects. +It wanted to know #if the Council is had to study #some measures of this type with seen to demolish this literally criminal diet, it that *nos #would avert, as in the case of the Soviet Union, cry 30 or 40 years after the tragedy. +The Commission takes a call to #all the parts so that they respect the Resolution 1244 of the Council of Security, #as well as the agreements and the military initiatives in his whole, and wait that the deployment of the *KFOR and the *UNMIK complete fully without great delays. +Then it is necessary to pose also another problem: #Which have been the damages *ocasionados by the actions and the events of *Kosovo in other States that, inside the context of the Union *Europa, lived the vicinity in his own meat? +I insist, nevertheless, in that the Commission and the Parliament share #the same goal: improve to the maximum the rapidity and the efficiency of the efforts of the Commission on the terrain in *Kosovo for the population of the region. +I expect that the European Commission take the initiative, with the narrow cooperation of the Parliament, to convert in a more active speaker in Orient Half and do not keep to the *margen and allow that they are the Americans the that take the initiative. +The report has been elaborated by the Mrs. *Morgantini, on the signature by the Commission of an agreement with the Organism of dramas public and aid of Nations Joined for the refugees of Palestinian. +This disposal has governed previous contributions of the European Union in the frame of successive agreements and has deserved reiterated praises of the Organism of Nations Joined, because it averts the erosion of the value of the community contribution. +The Assembly will be conscious that, in the context of the process of peace in Orient Half and of the agreements of peace of *Oslo, the subject of the refugees left for the conversations on the definite situation. +The budgetary plans presented to the European Parliament for his consideration included initially the recommendation to reduce the bottoms allocated to the campaigns of security *vial in *Europa in 1,5 millions of pounds (1,9 millions of euros). +Gentleman President, the resolution that finishes to approve on the politics of cooperation police, judicial and circulation of persons for the preparation of the next European Council of *Tampere reveals #some changes, apparently favourable, in the position of the Parliament. +Said #this, the community Institutions have to, in my opinion, ask to the competent #russian authorities explanations of the employment of the bottoms allocated to the development of the country and for his alimentary needs. +This cathartic effect *nos #would allow definitely to the European Union formulate a new approach of our relations with *Turquía and develop a more positive collaboration in a spirit of authentic solidarity, and #Grecia has to show to himself/hisself same that is had to take part in this project. +Like this as, we believe that it has to take an immediate intervention, have of the resources demanded by the second and *tercer *MCA and can create the concrete mechanism, #such as the other speakers have requested also, for the *blindaje *antisísmico and the forecast of the pertinent damages of the earthquakes. +The Council of Subjects General of this week has engaged to approve and apply what before the regulations and asks to the European Parliament - and talk by mouth of the Council - that #take in his considerations. +They #can not justify of any way, but, *Señorías, do not situate this type of revenges to #the same height that the ethnic cleansings and the systematic terror that have existed in the last ten years. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the fears manifested takes an instant by our colleague, the Mr. *Zimeray, are justified by the recent conviction to death of four persons, after some student demonstrations that took place in July; the *ahorcamiento, the past year, of a man of 60 years the confirms. +I consider unforgivable, that are subsidising a #millionaire program of roofs with solar energy and do not have invest at all in renewable energies, so much in *Bruselas as in *Estrasburgo, neither practise here any type of saving energetic: for example, the halls of our dispatches find lit day and night and is not possible *apagarlos, and similar cases. +To this *respecto wanted to say that, when seeming, only by my intervention has been possible that, for example, today was opened this café, that some services are working Wanted to ask that during the week of session this building #can be used in #all his capacity of #Monday to Friday. +*Me Seem excellent these initiatives to solve the small problems but, to my trial -and is the of #a lot of colleagues-, do not forget that they are small problems that will solve and are in front of *algo by it that it is necessary to congratulate to the institutions, to the #french State, to the architects and to the workers. +It is not acceptable that elaborate to #all haste a report during the holidays of summer to answer to the query of the Council and that afterwards #this not even give by *enterado of the amendments that propose and much less consider the possibility of *hacerlas #his. +*Nosotros Wanted to that from the moment in that it believes the Agency remain absolutely clear that his administration will be rigorous, that the Agency of Reconstruction with headquarters in *Salónica will be closely linked to the Pact of Stability, #whose general barracks will establish also in *Salónica, and that the agency of *Kosovo will establish there like operative component of #that. +And the 80% of the means allocated to the agriculture delivers among the 20% of the agricultural companies. *Ello Means clearly that takes years that the agricultural politics European has put of part of the alimentary industry in place to bet by the small agriculturalist and the quality. +In this context, without embargo, #can not ask to the producers that sacrifice by a problematic that with frequency *les sees *rendidos and won, defeated in front of the market by extraneous faults and having in front the perspective of terms very long to go back to win a confidence conquered to base of efforts and with costs of production very often *subestimados or at least no valued fully. +It wanted to without embargo demand the attention of the Assembly and of the Commission on a look with frequency forgotten of #all this problematic as it is the resignation of the #european managers, of the health and security of the especially national consumers. +To the sight of #all #this, estimate that in benefit of the citizens and of the consumers have to exist clear directives, because the levels of exhibition of the human being to the dioxin and the *BPC -that belong to #the same category of the dioxins- are the lowest possible. +In general lines requires it following: in the first place, in the legislative field, it is necessary to examine the community legislation referred to the foods, to the *piensos, to the matters prevail, to the additives, to the preservatives, to the substances *contaminantes, like the *biocidas, to the labeling. +Like this the things, do not comprise how the European Commission has been able to *recortar the initial budget of the programs of help to the fight against the AIDS, especially in it that to the third countries refers . +*Me Refer, as it is obvious, to the Agreement of *Lomé, to this agreement of association *algo exclusive and *algo special that always have announced that it was the answer of the European Union to the ancient colonies, #as well as to other realities, but that, in definite, directs to the #african continent. +To5-0018/1999 of the Mr. *H.-*P. #Martin, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council ((*COM(99)0404 - *C5-0099/1999 - 1999/0166(*CNS)) relative to the attribution of helps *macrofinanciera to the ancient Yugoslav Republic of *Macedonia; +Which means that we need a change of orientation structural and that the political recover the primacy in this field and assume the responsibility to promote an economic development and socially balanced truly stable. +Without embargo, do not believe that it correspond to the Commission define internally in the national budgets how goes to establish the global budget since, as it said previously, these bottoms of the that are talking do not have in himself/hisself same a concrete destination of #one or another nature. +Regarding the report *Langen on the that take part more in concrete and the sources of energy renewable, #everyone knows the importance of these energies in the reduction of the pollution and in the preservation of the natural resources. +Like conclusion, will say that the vote of these two reports constitutes a guarantee for the #european citizens of the will of the European Union to protect the environment reducing our energetic dependency. +#One of the that know is the conversion of the thermal energy of the ocean, that uses the difference of temperature among the cold waters of the depths of the tropics and the warm superficial waters. +But in the terrain of the energetic saving the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental #can obtain better resulted that the States members of the European Union, in spite of making #the same efforts. In this look his performance is #a lot of greater. +Keep some special relations with *Sudáfrica is a way to support his economic development, at the same time that strengthen the potential of the country to give a positive impulse to #all the region +To boost all #this, the European Parliament has to take advantage of #all the possibilities that *le offer in the frame of the political dialogue structured agreed and offer to *Sudáfrica the maximum possible support in his efforts to reach the stability. +Gentleman President, before that at all it wanted to give the thanks to the speaker by his excellent report, that begins with the following sentence: "After five years of debate, doubts, evasive, queries and negotiations, has got the moment to apply an Agreement of Trade among the European Union and *Sudáfrica". +It confirms a clear determination by part of the EU to support the process of change and reform in *Sudáfrica and reflects the wish by part of both parts to expand his political contacts, commercial and of cooperation in benefit of *Sudáfrica and, in fact, of #all the region of the *África meridional in group. +#This have been the subjects that today have debated , amen of, as in #all meeting of the Commission, an infinity of looks relative to the procedure that, without embargo, do not suits to mention in front of the Parliament. +#All the political and administrative realities of this world, always has found a new strength in his administration; here, by the contrary, the administration has grown by stratifications and not watching to the future. +With #everything, in my opinion, have three levels: the President, the specific Commissioners on the subjects and the routine that has to treat in the more fast and transparent form possible -by Internet or through communications by writing- because it do not deserves a debate. +My answer is yes, of general form, without linking to #such or *cual marries, #can fund with the credits of the Structural Bottoms studies of prevention of the seismic risk so much in #Grecia as in other countries, with the condition that the #greek Government *nos ask it. +Said foundation will pipe these bottoms through a hundred of organisations no governmental to fund activities in the fields of the human rights, the protection of the environment, the social assistance, etc., #among others. +- (GIVE) I Assisted with big interest to the debate of this morning on the security of the foods and have thus a question for the Mr. Commissioner: it is the principle of caution the that now it has to subject to proof in the Commission as a result of the war of the hormones with the #EE.UU.? +The Official Diary of the European Communities (*DO), that precisely spreads the community legislation, have a thrown of 20.000 copies for a population of 380 millions of persons. It is not of *extrañar that the access to the information was difficult. +Simultaneously to the possible adhesion of the Union to the anti-doping world-wide agency, are convinced that we need a #european plan, a plan that involve our responsibility, with the Fifteen walking to #the same rhythm to combat the *lacra of the doping. +After my long years of experience like euro-deputy, *yo neither conceive the informative politics exclusively in the field of the "high spheres" , but that believe that it also has to be directed to the youngest, to the boys, that absorb like sponges the information that afterwards will use along #all his life. +Like the Commissioner, expect that this decision contribute to the development of an economic and social sector fundamental for the #european populations that live of the fishing and, in general, for the feeding of the #european citizens. +I expect sincerely that the confidence arisen among these two countries like consequence of the distention *les give the possibility to attack with #the same spirit that the shown in the last debates the difficult relative questions to the security of the region. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, the #french deputies, #flemish and Italians of the coordination of rights #european are favourable to the establishment with *Turquía of relations based in the reciprocal respect, the reciprocal advantages, the no interference in the inner subjects. +The first, that the relations among the European Union and *Turquía are fundamental for both parts in the present and in the future, in #all the fields and to #all the levels and, second, that has to be priority for the European Union boost of intelligent way the democratisation of *Turquía. +#If *Turquía accepts, together with the prerogatives, also the obligations that link, without exception, to #all the members that wish to annex to the European Union, and #if it fulfils consistently the criteria and the calendars that derive of the common decisions of *Copenhague and of *Luxemburgo, then will be able to reach his #european goals. +The inclusion of *Turquía in the European Union #would be an excessive charge for the European Union and #would impose to *Turquía a political change radical that #can not fulfil in a predictable term and that, as I know, neither wants to make. +Gentleman President, the passionate and exciting character of the debates celebrated the past week in *Bruselas in the breast of our Group, #as well as the that they are celebrating in this hemicycle, show, #if it was necessary, the importance of the question that today *nos subjects. +It is truth that this point of sight is of big importance, but the economic and regional collaboration, that has to be considered in the group of #all the parts involved, is a paramount factor to increase the confidence and ensure the peace achieved. +The #finnish Presidency understands that there #be possibility to achieve deep changes in the zone and will follow working with our partners by the peace and by the common interest through #all the means to our scope. +The deputies will remember, as it has said the Presidency, that the European Union is the greater financial donor of the world-wide help to carry the reconciliation to the population of Orient Next. +In view of our important contribution to the help to the Palestinians that surpasses the 50% of the total, the greater part of the future meetings of coordination of donors #would have to celebrate, in our opinion, inside the Union and be *copresididas by the Been member of the European Union that exert of host of the meeting. +Gentleman President, this proposal celebrates the fine news, the hit of the negotiations of *Sharm The *Sheik and the agreement on the runner of security for the products, the vehicles and the #palestinian population. +In this context, receive with satisfaction the decision of the Palestinian National Union to reaffirm the cancellation of the disposals of the Palestinian National Letter, that asks the destruction of #Israel. +In addition to the relative questions to the sovereignty and the security among #Israel and the *Líbano, the return of the refugees will be of special interest for the *Líbano, country in the that the ethnic balance sees affected by the presence of 250.000 #palestinian refugees in his territory. +Gentleman President, in the Basque Country have examined with interest #all the process of peace #palestinian, because in *Euskal *Herria also support the need to surpass the current political conflict through democratic agreements. +We have said to the eleven countries candidates that the status of candidate to the adhesion is to #the same time a promise of adhesion and #if #this is like this devaluates said status when conceding it to *Turquía but saying to #the same time that do not goes to negotiate. +To reach the goals of the Union is very important to convince to the countries in roads of development of the advantages of a wide round and of the fine intentions that there #be behind this posture of the EU. +For the #european opinion also is necessary to strengthen the capacity of creation artistic in the audiovisual field, key sector of our culture, and the Union has to answer to this expectation. +Have the will -taking out split of our dimension, of our weight in the world-wide economy and of the institutional progresses that have made- of *reconquistar a sovereignty that the world-wide markets sometimes *nos contest and to contribute to #one *gobernabilidad global effective? +We defend the #european model of agriculture that covers by the same the production of foods, the conservation of the familiar agricultural exploitations, of the rural areas and the protection of the environment. +As only a European Union with capacity to negotiate, will be able to reach that it get in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade in the process of the globalisation to a better balance among the #european model and the North American *liberalizador. +First, the Commission already has declared that it do not has any objection to that in the conclusions that will approve in *Seattle include the text on the paper of the European Parliament in the organisation and realisation of the new round of the *OMC. +We wanted to believe it, but *nos prevents it the bitter experience purchased, for example, with the ancestor of the Mr. *Lamy, *Sir *Leon *Brittan, #whose commitments in this Parliament of *oponerse to the American compacter resulted punctually broken: see the case of the law *Helms-*Burton and of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Gentleman President, is not more that a X-ray of the moment. In base to this X-ray, believe that it proceeds to take an only call, and is the following: How it thinks the European Commission keep joined to #all these loving hedgehogs, afterwards, a time that feel around the table in *Seattle? +They pretend to expand the liberalisation every time to more sectors and to more countries, included the agriculture and the essential services for the development and the improvement of the quality of the life of the populations, like the education and the health. +I am convinced that this Parliament do not goes to ratify a Treaty in the that they do not have a position elevated the principle of prevention, the protection of the consumer and the sanitary politics. +Resort to the taxes like threat without *combinarlos with subventions to adapt the most ancient head offices so that they adjust to the requirements of broadcasts acceptable and generally without increasing the investment in the surveillance of the broadcasts no *surtirá effect. +In name of the #finnish Presidency #can say that we consider important that the Union take progresses in the establishment of a common tax to the energy, even have proposed the possibility that the countries that want to, #can advance more quickly in this direction. +#Which will be the criteria of cast territorial of the relative structural Bottoms to the #spanish State and allocated legally to the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *n1 1 in the period 2000-2006? +But my question to the Council is the following: it thinks the Council *presionar to the States members with taxes of execution of the inferior structural Bottoms to the #european average so that they execute better the bottoms and prevent that it reproduce the effect "ball of snow" ? +How it thinks to take the Council to promote the approval of a *quinto plan of action, with sufficient means and a precise calendar, and how measured goes to take to fix concrete goals and *mensurables in the field of the equality of opportunities among men and women? +Subject: only Method in the statistics of *toxicomanía The European Observatory of the Drugs and the *Toxicomanías with headquarters in *Lisboa commissions to analyse the statistics on *toxicomanía pertinent of the States members. *Ello Allows to study the development of the *toxicomanía to scale #european and compare the national statistics. +Like this as, it is urgent that the #european citizens #can understand that the increase of the resources assigned to the fight against the drugs corresponds, literally, to an increase of the consumption of drugs and, therefore, that the politics applied are a complete failure. +How measured goes to take the Presidency to combat this form of purification cultural and to consolidate the paper of the libraries in plough of the democracy and the information? +Subject: peripheral insular Regions During the #finnish Presidency, goes to define the Council his politics around the peripheral insular regions of the Goals 1 and 2, in relation with the politics of infrastructure, agriculture and employment? +Taking into account the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, thinks the Council now take all it possible to reach the adoption of a global community program of fight against the poverty and #can indicate in how measured thinks to support actions of the EU in matter of accommodation and in favour of the persons without home? +Subject: Access of the public to the meetings of the Council #One of the goals of the #finnish Presidency is that the majority of the meetings of the Council are public and accessible so much to the citizens as to the media. +Have, therefore, a big responsibility to impose our political weight and the commercial agreement and of cooperation to detain this war and procure that the dialogue restart with the President *checheno and with the Parliament *Checheno chosen under the supervision of the *OSCE. +*B5-0169/1999 of the Gentlemen *Frassoni and *Wuori, in name of the Green Group/*ALE, on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties by the General Assembly of the Nations Joined; +Gentleman President, *me ask #if the Commission #can give his support to the proposal that presented so that the EU summon a meeting with the representatives of the *OSCE with the object to argue the situation of the #gipsy with #all #that that act in the zone. +The greater part of the problems with that *nos confront will fit in any place of the frame established for the organisation of the support and the restoration of the society in *Kosovo, or was that *me seems that it suffices with the current organisation, but anyway *les will transmit his wish. +Without embargo, the Commission knows very well that the conjoint utilisation of the aerial space by diverse users, civil and military, #can be the cause of problems of security, as it already is responsible in part of the congestion and the delays of the aerial traffic. +#That is, of course, our position, but has been the accident of the another day the rale of death of the nuclear industry, or have to follow suffering the nuclear terror before we achieve to put final point to this monstrous industry? +Gentleman President, *cuando in the last years have talked of the employment of the atomic energy for the generation of energy electrical always *nos have referred to the dangerous reactors of the East, that are of #russian manufacture. +Regarding the utilisation of fuel *MOX in head offices *nucleoeléctricas, the pertinent decision the adopts the company of services public that it treat , after having received the timely licence of the national authorities of security. +#If we want to conserve the general advantages, social, human and environmental of a clean atmosphere, then the norms fixed by the recent managerial of the European Union on the broadcasts of the vehicles and the quality of the fuel have to respect rigorously. +*Señorías, the report and the proposal of decision that present and that go to explain in brief in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional refers to the application of the Agreement *interinstitucional on the modalities of the investigations *antifraude. +#All know that this regulation gets in a very timely and important moment, a moment of demand generalised of fight against the fraud, and against the circumstances that take it possible, with the last goal of his total eradication. +The proposal of the Mr. *Napolitano, proposal that, as *él same has said, was approved without objection #any by the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, constitutes a clear step, a very concrete step in this direction. +A decisive question for the confidence of the participants in the reliability of the juridical businesses celebrated by electronic road is the question of the juridical efficiency of #such procedures. +In the field of the juridical harmonisation is precise to find always a difficult balance among the necessary harmonisation, by a part, and the respect to the existent juridical traditions in the States members, by #another. +In his first reading, the Parliament encouraged a lot for adding an important additional goal, that consisted in tackling the problem of the *derramamiento of diesel in the roads, that comes posing an every time greater risk for the users of #the same, and very particularly for the *motociclistas. +Therefore, *yo expect that, on the base of the agreements that adopt the Parliament this week, the Council and the Commission consider the possibility to establish definitively the procedure of the consultative committee. +In the past #this was a rather ambiguous sphere, but is to expect that now, with the introduction of these four amendments, have cleared the situation by it that refers to #all the persons that use this type of facilities. +Gentleman President, *señorías, wanted to *sumarme to it said by the two orators that *me have preceded in the use of the word to express my gratitude and also my approval by the work effected by the general speaker and by the Commission of Budgets. +*Tercer Objective: a reinforcement of the means in matter of fight against the delinquency and, chamber, a budgetary line that allow to adopt measures in the frame of the plan of action of the Commission 2000-2004 of fight against the traffic of drugs. +We #would not have to run the risk to restrict the juridical protection in the European Union, especially *cuando continuously proclaims the will to create a space of freedom, security and justice. +The fault of imagination that has manifested up to now the Council has to give step to a more realistic consideration, also regarding the future competitions of the Parliament, included the competitions in the budgetary field. +Culture has not gone out in the budgetary process so very stopped as it had wished, but the things *nos go now much better that with the proposal of the Council of Ministers and our figures *acercan now to the level of 1999. +*Yo Wanted to direct the following observations to the Council and to the Presidency of the Council: it do not takes fault that *nos remember our responsibility in front of the #european taxpayer, neither that also are forced to respect the budgetary discipline. +*Yo Entrust in that the statements of today do not remain in an isolated gesture and that the Parliament assume also the next year this responsibility to examine *críticamente in #all the commissions #if the resources consigned are using properly. +In the *marasmo budgetary European there #be not place for two crocodiles: for the crocodile of the European Council and for the crocodile of the European Parliament, the *cual, after having eaten to the Commission demolishing to *Santer, wants now eat to the Council. +Once again, the Council confused the budgetary frame *plurianual, is to say, the financial perspectives, with the own budget: a myopia interested that prevented the suitable political decision and timely and that *nos forces to a processing *renqueante of the budget. +It reflects of reliable form the feel of #a lot of socialist deputies and of other sectors of the Assembly that here attended to offer his testimony in the debate that in the past partial period of September celebrate on the situation in *Timor Oriental. +Finally, in a moment in that *Lusaka *nos remembers the human and economic disasters of the AIDS in *África, are reducing the bottoms that *le have assigned, *contrariamente to the affirmations of the Commissioner *Nielson, *mezclándolas with the politics of health and natality. +#If we got to some helps that *equivalen to a 50% roughly of the gross national product #kosovar, and #if *nos guide by the highest forecasts, this phenomenon #can produce, *me fear that the consequences, *inflacionarias and #others, on the economy #can surpass to the advantages of the helps. +In this frame, underline that the project of budget of the Council represents less of the 1,10% of the community #GDP, value already of by himself/hisself low and, besides, very inferior to the maximum limit of 1,27% fixed in *Edimburgo and confirmed in *Berlín, it that justifies a deep reflection by part of the one who wishes much more of the European Union. +In the first place, *permítanme mention the extensive conferences of press that the vice-president and *yo same summon immediately after the first meeting of the Council of Government each month, #whose transcriptions, included the of the sessions of questions and answers, are also available in the page *web of the #ECB. +The function of our internal forecasts inside the strategy of politics monetary of the *SEBC differs, therefore, of the function of the forecasts of inflation in a strategy directed directly to the inflation. +To send a clear signal to the banking sector and to the citizens, the #ECB published in September a series of goals that expects fulfil the sector and that they had to contribute to some substantial improvements. +In the actuality, do not seems justified an operative intervention of the #ECB, since already there are indications that it is increasing the general recognition of the problem by part of the private sector. +I do not want to say with #this that it was indispensable the publication of the literal records, but #would be important that #can have of records *resumidas with the arguments -in favour and against-, that allow to appreciate the reasoning that follows in the practice the Central Bank European to determine the risk of inflation or of deflation. +To the Central Bank European *le will result much more difficult to adopt uncomfortable decisions, as for example not dropping the types of interest, but *aumentarlos, *cuando the economic situation go back more difficult and the stability of the prices see really loomed. +In his first months of existence, the Central Bank European has won the confidence, but so that it #can keep firm in his decisions more advance, in circumstances like the described, is necessary that follow consolidating systematically said confidence in the next years, and have *usted the security, gentleman President, that it will put to explain for *ello with the support of my Group. +Nevertheless, I applaud the goals and the coherence of the Report *Huhne like base to define the democratic responsibility of the Central Bank, on the that it wanted to say #some words, in particular on the subject of the transparency and the democratic responsibility. +The third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union puts on the *tapete, of way stronger that in the past, the need of a more robust coordination and more articulated of the economic politics. +The editorial of the resolution #can be interpreted as #if it suggested that *cuando the tax of inflation situate underneath of the 2% then the system of the Euro #would be under the obligation to support the economic politics generals of the Communities. +Gentleman President, go to take three questions in name of my socialist mates of the Commission of Development, that are here present in spirit but that physically are in the own commission, voting the relative amendments to the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +I agree in that the members of parliament are of course important elements, although #if we take countries like *Somalia, *Sudán and other similar places, are forced to accept the structures of the existent civil society and treat to help to that these structures convert in components of a society civilised. +In this moment, and from this hemicycle of the new facilities of the European Parliament, my country has the privilege of *hablarle to *Europa, in head of the representatives chosen commonly by the fifteen countries that at present conform the European Union. +The international community is *clarividente and *nos watches with attention; *nosotros, from our own clairvoyance, observe equally it that occurs in the field of the nations and know that it is precise to act now, that there #be not time to lose; we know that it is the moment of the cooperation, no of the confrontation neither neither of the intervention. +It is suitable to award to the greater governmental authorities powers *transfronterizos to pursue to criminals, although the use of these powers will have to be supervised by the European Parliament and the #european courts, of face to consolidate and defend vigorously the civil rights. +Finally, #if well the Council has announced the increase of the competitions and of the mandate of *Europol, necessary instrument to struggle against the delinquency organised, how say of the democratic control and *jurisdiccional, in particular regarding the constitution of files? +The extraordinary meeting of the Council of *Tampere presented even more difficult to confront because the justice and the subjects of interior took for the first time to be treated in the diary of the European Union. +His abnegation and his work in the terrain has allowed to re-create a social mesh and has taken to retreat in the daily life the racism, the hate and the contempt. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, when closing the list of orators of the Parliament *me seems that there #be a thing that *me comes to the mind: *ustedes have talked of the spirit of *Tampere and *yo believe that there #be besides a signal of *Tampere. +It is not *superfluo expect that, at the end of the year 2000, #can take out in the new Treated the institutional consequences of the decisions that #can adopt of here to then, with the spirit of Colony, for the security and the defence of the #european continent. +The first reform will appease the fears of the citizens that they produce increasingly transfers of sovereignty, and the *segunda #would have to encourage to the citizens to take part of a more evident mood to the hour to choose among the political options that *nos present in *Bruselas and *Estrasburgo. +#Some of *ellas the consider perfectly viable, for example, those directed to simplify the Treaties or the proposal that in the future the general norm has to be the qualified majority decisions in the Council and the *codecisión of the Parliament. +His method: the Council of Colony, the past month of June, denied to appoint a group of work restricted to prepare the work of review of the Treaty. +I consider that it more indicated had been can vote this amendment because, especially in a so delicate matter like the security *vial, is to say, the protection of the life of the citizens, #would have been able to be very useful. +With the adoption of this amendment open the door to the resumption of the discussion with the Council on the future statute of the deputies to the European Parliament, with the hope that said statute adopt what before. +The Governments of the EU have agreed to create a common space of justice to combat the common problem of the crime organised, especially the drug trafficking and the traffic of human beings. +Besides, the British that have to face up to judicial problems out of his country will have now an easier access to the justice, included the access to legal help and services of translation, and to procedures simplified by the that they govern the compensation and the claim of debts. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, want to begin my intervention, like representative of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists, in the debate on the restructuring of the companies with the message of the employees of *Michelin, that, to my understand, comports three *noes, although it dislike to my colleague Mr. *Pronk. +In the first place, some direct links among the public helps and agreements that collect a reduction of the labour day with financial sanctions for the companies that do not respect his commitments, *cuando have received public bottoms. +Gentleman President, *yo celebrate that this debate develop today here because the Parliament has to be permanently attack to the needs of the citizens and be avant-garde in the #european construction; and, to fulfil this double goal, the development of the social dimension of *Europa *me seems fundamental. +Already there are proposals of the European Parliament on the two directives to the that have referred , the directive on the commission of the #european company and the directive on the collective dismissals. +It forbids #all type of essays nuclear in any place, also the nuclear explosions peaceful calls, the *cuales were object of a warmed up theoretical discussion in the birth of the Treaty of no proliferation of nuclear arms in the years 60. +The wonderful newspaper *International *Herald *Tribune publishes today a summary of the intervention that made takes some days in the Council of Relations External the adviser of the President for the national security, *Sandy *Berger. +This proposal that, casually, has obtained the support of the European Parliament and of my country, *Irlanda, presents a new mood to think on how adopt effective measures that defend the cause of a world without nuclear arms. +Never I have believed that suppress the help to the persons affected by the war, that see affected by the political decisions that adopt his rulers, went the suitable form to answer to the crisis. +Although #all the participants in the diverse stages of the process had present these worries, observed that the points of sight of the Council and of the Commission, by a part, and, by #another, this Parliament were not entirely *sintonizados. +It will be a new point of game for our villages, that expect that, apart from the economic actions, put to the man, the culture, the roots, the diversities that constitute the wealth of *Europa in the centre of our worries. +The program proposed remained blocked during seven months in the Council until under the #german Presidency, on 28 June got at last to a result by means of a common position, consistent in a proposal of program *quinquenal endowed of 350 millions of euros. +By means of the collaboration in the programs with participants of diverse States members, the youngsters discover the #european reality in his social and cultural diversity and open to new perspectives, it that increases enormously the wishes to learn a foreign language. +I have to underline also the attitude, very positive, of the #finnish Presidency, that also has taken all it possible so that they advance the works and believe that the cooperation established among the institutions to take advance the negotiation it before possible is in exemplary truth. +Here they have to act the different speakers to the most diverse levels and *me cheers that the Commission have made a really fine proposal to #mine suggestion, consistent in planting a clearly visible Link in his *Homepage. +Allow to *Turquía take part in the programs "#Socrates" and "Youth" , in consequence, do not involves to award legitimacy to a State that still has not given concrete samples of maturity regarding the respect of the rights of the minorities, but contributes to help to these youngsters to stress his slow and difficult process. +The question is #if #this has to be treated here, or was after a discussion in the Commission of Control Budgetary, or #if it has to debate thoroughly in a discussion on the reform of the Commission in his whole in #all the notable commissions. +After the discussion in the Commission of Budgets and with the group of the competent commissions for opinion, have reached some as a whole satisfactory proposals for #all, but to coast to brush the limit of the *margen. +We do not have the necessary majority to accept the inclusion of a reference to the annex in the own Internal Regulation, but still have to decide #if we want to add to our Regulation the agreement *interinstitucional in himself/hisself. +Regarding the point 11 of the report of *Virrankoski, believe that the Parliament, by his part, already engaged the past spring to renew his Regulation so that the diets by trips will be rewarded in function of the real costs. +The Council introduces the quantities allocated to the development of initiatives for the deepening of the Union *Aduanera EU-*Turquía and for the social and economic development of *Turquía, without posing the known political conditions, so that they approve later, and without *vincularlas to actions related with the earthquakes. +Like member of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, have been particularly attack to the evolution of the *rúbrica 4, allocated to fund the external actions of the Union and to favour the help to the development. +This new articulation of the #european cultural cooperation *reviste a very particular importance in #day of the negotiations of *Seattle, that *me fear will not leave to boost the North American cultural hegemony. +The national frames of regulation differ notably in occasions, by technical and climatological reasons, mainly, it that conducts to a fragmentation of the market in the breast of the European Union in an incompatible grade with the only market. +Firstly, the privatisation of the rail networks, specifically regarding his maintenance, poses grave problems for the security, it that involves an increase of the accidents, causing sometimes true human catastrophes, as we finish to see in the Realm Joined. +Gentleman President, so only some brief notes -since in name of my Group will take part to continuation our colleague #Salvador *Jové *Peres- to say that #this is a subject that earns particular importance and a big actuality so much by it that means regarding the supply of fish as by the number of places of direct and indirect work affected. +The agreement has to, as, look for inside the respect of the common identities, of the sovereignties and of the respect of it that we are, #one and #others, recognising that the history has taken of *Marruecos #if no a cultural exception, at least a #mediterranean exception for *Europa, in general, and for *Francia, in particular. +To this *respecto, #would suit to take into account three factors: first, the fruits and vegetables cultivate in the European Union in zones #where also the employment is a need *acuciante; second, the fruits and vegetables use frequently like coin of change in the commercial agreements with third countries and, third, in the last reform of this sector dismantled important public instruments of management of markets. +The problem of *Marruecos is essentially with *España, #everyone knows it, the #spanish fleet is #a lot of greater, the Spaniards fish in competition with the Moroccans; the #portuguese fleet is smaller, by it that our fishing do not competes with the of the Moroccans. +And, in name of the principle of subsidiariness, *eso is it that ask with seen to the reflection on the review of the Politics *Pesquera Common: a country member of the Politics *Pesquera Common has to can *concertar bilateral agreements with third countries, always that there are not agreements among the European Union and #that third countries. +The sector explains roughly with 40.000 workers and, therefore same, an international agreement like the agreement with *Marruecos exerts a fundamental paper in the supply of the consumers and the industries of transformation with products *pesqueros to reasonable prices. +Finally, a note about the paper of the Parliament that will have to see to the deputies like observers associated to #all the procedures of negotiation, so as to watch by the interests of the fleet of fishing #european. +It is to say, the elimination of the called material of risk do not contributes an absolute security, although it do not leave to be a measure of security, since the open animals in channel are susceptible to transmit the infection. +We have got finally of a period of conditions very demanding established by the European Union for the industry of the bovine, conditions that fulfilled , and therefore the Commission has to apply *decididamente the lifting of the prohibition to the exports of bovine. +Along the debate the President of the Commission, the Mr. *Prodi, put of self-evident that bear *él the alimentary security constitutes #one of the goals *prioritarios, and the Commission wants to and has to open a new page in the politics of the consumers. +A specific debate of the Parliament that carried to the formulation of a political trial on the behaviour of the one who was, #would be absurd and especially #would not favour the good global operation of the #european Institutions. +Gentleman President, have enjoyed for real with #some of the interventions of today, in particular with the initial speech of the Mr. *Donnelly, that seemed to be a criticism of the inability, by part of the #french Governments and British, to give #any solution to this commercial war that goes in increase. +#Such as it has announced it the Commissioner *Fischler, the Commission will send to his *Señorías the pertinent documents this afternoon, before the conference of press, to *través of the electronic post, and also will be able to consult in the intranet of the Parliament. +*Le Have been allocated 10,3 millions of euros, that definitely is a considerable amount, and not even have the guarantee to be able to have of sufficient resources in case that *Angola decree a biological stop for the capture of shrimps. +(*Verts/*ALE). (*FR) Lady Speaker, the truth is that it is not a question of order, but is true that the events *suceden and *me saw forced to adopt a decision the Friday, *cuando no longer there was nobody to answer to my questions. +"The Committee considers that the measures adopted by the Realm Joined take that the risk for the human health of the plan of export with calendar established result at least comparable with the existent in other States #european members". +It is or it is not true, gentleman Commissioner, that takes a month presented to the Commission of Agriculture of the European Parliament a project of directive in the that it said that before the 2003 #can not indicate the origin of the bovine in the label? +For the first time, they find around #the same table, to level of the Union, #all the agents: the Council, the Commission, the Central Bank European and the representatives of the speakers of the market of work. +#This reflects clearly that the Central Bank, by his part, is had to take part in an open and direct dialogue, #as well as to argue his points of sight and his methods of performance. +In *tercer place, *me #would enjoy to stand out that the discussion showed clearly the utility of this type of exchange direct, that allows to each #one of the participants express, of direct form, his points of sight and receive the timely answers by part of the remaining participants. +The 500 millions of supplementary euros #whose unblock asks to the European Bank with the pretext to boost the creation of places of work and the one thousand millions for the #SME of technology advanced will go allocated officially to the investment. +In a society with a division of the very accused work is indispensable a coordination of the activities of the economic agents, well to *través of the market, well through the political planning. +How *sucederá in the future *cuando have a problem in our economy and there #be a grave shaken external or intern and it was necessary to talk with the social speakers and the other economic agents on #some measures maybe unpleasant that have to adopt in the #european level? +It treats of an element of a global plan of proposals presented by the Commission the past month of November to try satisfy the lagoons of the sectors that remained excluded of the original directive on the labour day in 1993. +The difficulties that now confront in the Council of Transports with the legislative proposal that the Commission presented owe directly to that they did not reach advances on the labour day in the sector of the transport by road. +The length of the time of work forms part, by it other, of the security and health in the place of work, #as well as of the conditions of competition; both looks, competitions of the European Union. +Gentleman President, beyond all doubt, adapt the length of the time of work of the workers of the ships with flag of third countries that use community ports to the length of the of the community ships, is a positive measure. +Have, by part of the capital shipowner, an intensification of the work and of the exploitation of the workers in the sea, with the corresponding *agudización of the problems related with the health and the security in the sea. +I believe that, #if well #all the that form part of this Assembly #would receive with *beneplácito the opportunity to guarantee an environment of work safer, no only for the employees, but also for the consumers and other users of the transport and other, have to watch by no *reglamentar excessively in any sector determined. +#One of the looks that more *les concern is that, as in *Irlanda -and also in Big *Bretaña, for example- exists an archaic system and of feudal type by the that the auxiliary doctors in period of training are apprentices -employ this word in wide sense- of the upper specialists, have fear to pose *demasiadas worries, because *eso #can affect to his future careers. +The ratification of the instruments of the *OIT is, sure enough, a necessary condition to proceed to the inspections on board of foreign ships that take scale in the ports of the States members, which *nos will allow, among other things, avert disloyal competitions inside our own ports precisely. +In this frame, #can not by less of *sumarme to the conclusions of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, because *eso allows a greater freedom of expression for those who work in the scientific and technological sphere in Chinese and in general. +Of #the same mood, wish that the scientific and technological cooperation undertaken cover practical projects of cooperation directed to timely goals and that improve the execution and the productivity of the projects funded, #among others, by the program of *cooperacion in matter of investigation, by the program *TACIS and by the program *INTERREG. +In the actions undertaken up to now, already had taken upsetting in the formulation of projects of collaboration with other countries of *Mercosur, association in the that Argentinian exerts an important paper, by it that constitutes like a head of bridge for *nosotros concerning other countries of *América Latin. +In our opinion, *ello is due to the fact that the systems of development technological that employ in the industry of the car hamper global improvements of the product owing to the high specialisation of the laboratories of *I + *D of the companies. +I have to recognise that, although I no longer am a member of parliament of the all *inexperta, the multiplicity of sections in the that is *subdividida: strategic goal, operative goal, goals that expects achieve, concrete measures of legislative character and no legislative, in reality no *me has facilitated the understanding of the text and of it that wishes *comunicarnos the Commission. +In this moment have a wide community regulation in fifteen States members, fifteen national regulations different and, in #a lot of cases, for example in the federal or almost federal States, #a lot of greater. +Before happening to the last point of my speech wanted to *referirme to an observation of the Mr. *Berenguer *Fust. This deputy has signalled that the defence of the consumer #can not go in detriment of the inner market. +We have tried -and I expect that in some measure have achieved it- create this balance to avert that the defence of the interests of the consumer and the protection of the consumer go in detriment of the inner market. +Without embargo, the #european strategy for the employment, #such as it has elaborated , goes putting in practice little by little from the summit of *Luxemburgo and characterises by some debatable ideological foundations and by a little dynamic conception of the institutional procedures. +Thus *nos seems indispensable to evaluate the hit or the failure of the #european strategy for the employment with help of indicators that measure simultaneously the number of unemployed inscribed and the levels of life and the quality of the places of work created. +Had account that to scale #european the politics in matter of employment are political of suggestion, of indication, of impulse of coordination among the States members - therefore, did not exists a true effective power and *decisorio, which, after all, supposes *algo positive in name of the principle of subsidiariness, but a quite limited power - believe that the Parliament #would have to be involved fully. +We do not go back to open now the debate of the another day: the answer is the answer that have *resumido, that remembers the terms of the investigation that proposed and that #all accepted, and that it was made by the General Secretary and that has given this result. +In the first place, I estimate that our intervention, the common intervention of the community Institutions of the States members, in the look of the politics of offer to increase the employment, is important but no sufficient. +In definite, because we follow thinking in the bottom that the market goes to resolve a problem that is not a problem that #can be resolved by the market because it is not a circumstantial problem, is a problem of model of society. +The main obstacle to the creation of employment of quality and with rights is the existence of a Pact of Stability with criteria of nominal convergence that impose limitations to the public investments and condition the economic and social politics. +It has accepted my amendment to keep an annual rhythm for the review of the guidelines so that the States members do not wane in the active promotion of the employment. +Also I consider *algo problematic the fact that the proposals for the guidelines of the year 2000 begin to treat before they have carried out entirely, or not even have set up, the concrete measures of the previous guidelines. +We have of sufficient time to be able to treat also this so important report for the future of the European Union already both speakers have taken creditors that his report was treated in a suitable time? +I believe that #this do not has felt from the point of sight of the national economy *cuando knows that the oxides of nitrogen and the broadcast of particles belong necessarily to #the same curve and *cuando modifies #one of the two toxic elements follow automatically consequences for the #another. +The cycles of proofs for the register of values of broadcast of vehicles will have to be, logically, in the most brief term possible, a representative reflection of the real state of the circulation. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the report that is today for debate on the broadcasts of gases in the commercial vehicles weighed prolongs, in my opinion, our continued efforts in *pro of the improvement of the quality of the air in *Europa keeping the mobility of our citizens. +We have lost the moral or religious limits, and our capacity of indignation no awake as it was not in front of facts so visible like the #blue illness on a face, or take publics through the media. +The actions of the program *DAPHNE have to explain also with the support of the *ONG, as *nosotros same propose in our amendments, with the of the social communication, because the women, that explain among the #european citizens more reluctant in relation with the European Union, have to know and comprise that programs like *DAPHNE exist and refer directly to *ellas. +And especially, how measured has intention to adopt to facilitate a political agreement to the *respecto, an agreement that is fundamental so that the Commission, the Council and the Parliament take a definite decision in this matter? +Gentleman President, *me #would enjoy *unirme to the complaint in front of the fact that it still have not presented by part of the Commission a review of the relative proposal to the information and the query of the workers. +In this context, has to put especially in the pillory the politics of the Council since in the international Conferences of the countries taxpayers makes continuously costs to charge of the #european budget without concerning also of the corresponding income. +Already they exist wide zones of consensus on the *cuales #can contribute to the improvement of the finance of the Union, but the result in the vote of the Commission of Budgets shows that they exist some concepts on the *cuales the consensus is far to produce . +In #this it is necessary to study of special way the granting of the contributions, #as well as the possibility to create a new system of own resources linked directly to the citizens without that *ello suppose an increase of the fiscal pressure. +#This means that tasks like the enlargement of the Union, the respect of the human rights all over the world and the creation of some general conditions to surpass the grave unemployment #can not make already with this frame. +On 11 March we vote especially in our resolution, a section that said: "it Thinks that the system of income has to be fundamentally free of exceptions and special rules,", etc., etc. Know well it that the Council in *Berlín took of this resolution and on how based the Council his agreement of *Berlín. +But before demanding more autonomy, have to take advantage of #all the potentials of saving in the budget of the EU and explain also to the citizens of the Union reason *nos allow costs for two Parliaments and do not find systems simpler that *desgraven to the citizens of the Union and no the tax even more. +Gentleman President, consider necessary a reform of the system of resources own with seen to a strengthening of the principles of transparency, equity, solidarity and cohesion, with his extension to the sphere of the community income. +But also I say with #all clarity that, in *contrapartida, expect of the States members that increase of the corresponding mood the measures for the control of the own resources and that do not look for more excuses, is to say, that #such measures of control apply really. +Also I believe that the Commission has been more hit when averting the reference to the nuclear energy in his proposals and wanted to *aconsejarle that *atenga to this approach, because it is the proposal that more #can cause divisions and, of course, *nosotros #would not agree with *ella. +An important part of this strategy is the fixation of dip *jurídicamente *vinculantes for the renewable energies, but also is very clear that it has to have #one *externalización of the internal costs in relation with the traditional energetic production. +The pressure of the market also affects to the broadcasts of the public services: the foci of resistance more effective to a free competition *desenfrenada, the public companies are loomed. +Finally, the speaker surprises , with #all reason, that the Commission leave totally sideways the nuclear energy *cuando #this contributes to reduce the broadcasts of CO2, even #if this energy has to be safer and more respectful of the environment. +In conclusion, believe that it #can learn a lot of an exchange of opinions among the States members in matter of energetic politics and support the call of the Mr. *Chichester so that the Commission put of relief examples of optimum methods of integration of the environmental goals in the energetic politics. +The proportion of sources of renewable energy in the European Union will increase inside ten years until a 62 percent. In fact, it results decisive the development of plants combined for the common production of electricity and heat that use the coal and the gas like fuel. +I expect thus that the Commission, *cuando present a new proposal, read his own communication on the *potenciación of the presence of the environment in the community energetic politics and contribute actively to consolidate the employment of sources of renewable energy. +First of all, the of the security of our supplies and the energetic dependency of the European Union, dependency that goes to increase and that runs the risk - *nos says- to reach the 70% in the year 2020, with #all the political risks that of *ello derive . +The European Union has fixed like goal increase the part of these last of the 6 to the 12% for the year 2010, but is precise to find the financial means and, today day, is far to reach it, to judge by the last discussions in the commission of conciliation. +Undoubtedly, *Señorías, east is a debate to the that it is necessary *dedicarle #all the attention, and expect that, along the next months and, of course, before it finish the mandate of this Commission, #can develop it with *plenitud, with transparency, with intensity and with quality in the discussions, as it has been the case of the discussion of this report. +My husband -the Dr. #Rhys *Jenkins, at present general doctor and that has a labour day limited- worked in the past more of 100 hours to the week in the period of training to get to be doctor. +With regard to this last subject, the initial proposal of the European Commission proposed that the doctors in period of training went in in the field of application of the Directive by means of a transitory period of seven years. +In this way it will take possible the creation of a juridical space European that transmit at last to the #european citizens in #all the EU a common feeling of juridical security and guarantee a unitary civil state in #all *Europa. +Up to now they have arisen problems in the marriages *binacionales in the European Union by the fact that documents that certify the civil state when contracting marriage have not been recognised of #the same mood by #all the States members. +It is hit to entrust to the Court of Justice the task to define the notion of responsibility parental, *cuando the proposal of regulation foresaw that it took reference to the internal right of the Been member interested? +So that it was not a vain word, the circulation of the persons in the European Union has to go accompanied of the necessary measures in the sphere of the right of family. +Now that the application of the directive on the nitrates poses when seeming problems in *tantos States members, is had the Commission to proceed to a new *concertación on his improvement and progressive application with seen to reach the norm requested for the nitrates? +Gentleman *Dell' #Alba, signalled that four countries, of the twelve countries interested in the Goal 2, had been object of a first decision of principle of the Commission, of the eight countries that remain, the situation of the Federal Republic of *Alemania almost is finalised in the discussions that have had. +From 1997 the Commission has the committed of the execution of the action *DAPHNE, allocated specifically to the fight against the violence that suffer the women, the teenagers and the boys, to the that *sucederá the program (today same approved) *DAPHNE - 2000-2003, that has #the same goal. +The Commission expects the opinions of the Parliament and of the States members to elaborate the proposals of action back with seen to the achievement of the goals of the communication to the that finish of *referirme. +At the end of this year, no only we will be able to evaluate the advances of the national legislation to protect to the victims of offences violent, but also the concrete measures that each #one of the States members are had to apply. +In effect, the Commission has loaned, from takes varied years, a special attention to the development of the provinces of the north of *Marruecos, with occasion of the execution of the technical and financial cooperation with the Realm of *Marruecos. +#If I achieve the backrest by part of the Commission, it that pretends is to promote a group of high level #where #would take part the main civil managers, and even #would have also that have the soldiers, to help to the Commission to develop the suitable orientations. +As it will know the Assembly, the High Representative enjoys of a high and very deserved international reputation for having defended the values that inscribe among it better of the #european history of this century and #whose lack has been also the *causante of it worse of our history. +The at the same time Minister of External Subjects and Boss of the Defence of the European Union, Mr. #Solana, said well to the clear that the meeting of the Monday in *Bruselas was decision so that the EU -as it said his representative- occupy in the world-wide scene the place that *le corresponds. +It keeps an attitude twisted and liar on the situation of *Kosovo in the political context and of the international Right and first of all this action shows how the small countries have seen stuck to the car of the allies. +And, in this sense, *me #would enjoy to know #which is the opinion that *le deserve the relations among the European and Chinese Union, especially to the light of the commercial agreement recently concluded among the States Joined and this country. +The decisions of Colony do not owe *conducirnos to that a day *nos find in #the same situation that Swiss, my *segunda homeland, #where after studying the threats of the year 2000 got to the conclusion that they were very prepared to face up to dangers that no longer existed. +The *CPN exists still, but the problem was and follow being that there #be not neither in the Commission neither in the Council an able structure to take advantage of of effective way the experiences and the knowledges of the *CPN and of other organisms. +*Nos Have endowed, after the Summit of Colony, of new instruments -#one has to see with the common strategies- that have to mean, without any doubt, a change in depth in the mood to focus the external politics. +*Les #Can say that, by part of the European Union, morning and the day after tomorrow will take all it possible so that the Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in *Europa exert an important paper, to the height of his obligations, in a moment in the that it goes to sign a new Letter of Security in *Europa. +Like this, for example, the fundamental labour norms and the social clauses #would have to contemplate in the frame of a forum of work mixed *OIT/*OMC, and #this #would have to incorporate and take in consideration in the debates, without modifying nevertheless the rule of the *OMC. +In *tercer place, that respect the denominations of origin of the traditional community products, so that we do not see more this authentic piracy that practises with impunity with the community marks, as, by it other, *sucede at present in *Sudáfrica with the wine of Port, the sherry, the *uzo or the *grappa. +The Commission of Development wants some rules of the *OMC that do not hamper the plans of labeling ecological neither the shopping of products biological by part of the public. +The excellent report of *Konrad *Schwaiger -#worthy of consensus and of a majority support- leaves clear that it that *dirime is *algo more that the commercial politics, it that is in game is the participation in foot of equality of #all the countries, the social progress and the respect of the human rights. +#This has to include, like minimum, the automatic parliamentary right to subject to approval any agreement of the *OMC, #as well as an a lot greater access to the summaries of the negotiations in the breast of the Council. +To #the same time, the Group *ELDR has resisted to #all the attempts to overload the present report with a list of the purchase of requests specific of the sectors. +We need a free access of tariffs for the less developed countries, no only for practically #all the products - is a sentence that leaves opened a giant lagoon so that the EU follow protecting his own agriculture - but for #all the products of said countries. +Boosted by this recent precedent and #waiting for a true balance of the cycle precedent, *nos seemed urgent to expect before *lanzarnos to body discovered to a negotiation #whose advantages are entirely without testing and #whose rules of the game, with #all evidence, do not seem #the same for the European Union and for our main partner and competitor, States Joined. +Report (To5-0052/1999) of the Mrs. *Haug, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999) 333 - *C5-0092/1999 - 1999/0139(*CNS)) relative to the system of resources own of the European Union +In *tercer place, wanted to that the Table *me cleared #if the reason by the that goes to proceed to the vote of the amendment *nº 31 before the amendment *nº 9 roots in the section 2 of the article 130 of our Regulation, or was, that this amendment moves away more of the original. +It had been better to find a solution under the form of a mechanism of correction generic, for example, by means of the introduction of a band for the national contributions to the EU. +The region is *asolada by the war and in the meantime the commitment of the European Union increases by the humanitarian helps and by the finance of the project *TRASECA to join the #Black sea and the #Asia central. +Gentleman President, believe that, in so much Parliament, have to adopt a very clear posture and manifest our support to the population *chechena and, by this reason, believe that it is important that the President of the European Parliament receive to the Minister *checheno of External Subjects for *informarle of our posture. +It is a very difficult question *cuando, as it has said the speaker to the principle, of it that treats is not to bet by the free trade, but to bet by a free just trade. +In our conception, the respect by the fundamental rights of the workers has like reason to be a distribution more *equitativa of the benefits of growth that contributes the liberalisation of the exchanges. +*Yo *le Answered it same that go to say today here, that this is not the moment of the solutions neither of the proposals, but the moment to see of how goes to occupy the Conference *Intergubernamental and #which is the method that goes to follow in his works. +It results *inquietante, alarming even, it that is preparing in the field of the external political call and of security, the vehemence with that leaves sideways the up to now civil character of the #european integration and pretends create a military Union. +In the first place, it is indispensable that the reform that wishes was democratic and *democratizadora, is to say, that subordinate the *burócratas to the representatives chosen and #this to his national public opinions and that strengthen his democratic legitimacy by means of the participation of the national parliaments and do not remain *substituida by associations of doubtful representativeness or of expert suppositions. +By this reason, the #nordic left will vote against of the greater part of this proposal of resolution that, among other things, involves more shots *supranacionales, that limits the influence in the diverse treaties and that increases the domination of the great states. +I believe that we #would have to learn the lesson of this error of the past and recognise that the importance of this enlargement in particular, the reunification of the #european family, is *algo that the societies of our corresponding countries have to know during the celebration of the *CIG. +This report tries to continue the development of the Union like an Alliance of States centralised, and do not takes in account at all of how mood will influence a so intense enlargement in the institutional development of the Union. +As in this case *nos move in the constitutional sphere and like the Treaty follows being the upper norm of our internal rights, in the future it will be necessary to attach to a greater juridical precision. +It is important that #can have an approach integrated that it tackle #all the looks of the reform, from the substantial questions related with the decision by majority until the reform of the institutions and the treatment of subjects essential. +We are in front of a substantial modification of the national sovereignty all over the world since the freedom of action of the countries is limited, so much to out as to inside, and his capacity to elaborate political and solve problems sees restricted by the international relations and the *interdependencias and transnational interactions. +The European Union supports, in general, the work that the *PNUCD makes of constant and effective form in the field of the drugs, and also are very satisfied with the collaboration of the European Union and the *PNUCD in other terrains. +*Nosotros, citizens and deputies of the European Parliament, are extremely concerned because we do not see concrete signals that the Commission go to present a proposal of this nature during the #finnish Presidency, since *nosotros of fine wins had begun his processing. +#Which is the opinion of the Council on a federalism in that the different States members renounce to the right of veto and to the criteria of majority qualified to facilitate the adoption *supranacional of decisions? +The enlargement of the frame of decisions that are adopted by qualified majority in the breast of the Council is #one of the subjects that will be debated by the representatives of the Governments in the Conference *Intergubernamental, that will summon at the beginning of the year 2000. +My parliamentary commission has encouraged a lot for preparing the answer of the Parliament to the proposal to time to fulfil the term fixed by the Council and to time so that the Council #can *examinarla on 2 December. +Therefore, gentleman President, believe that with the amendments that have introduced in the Commission of Subjects Constitutional fulfil the goal to accommodate a decision of the three institutions to the own characteristics of the #ours. +Gentleman *Prodi, Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, will expose the point of sight of the Greens and the European Free Alliance on *Eurodac. I have to admit that after the introduction of the speaker *Pirker the nuances introduced by the previous orators have been of my like. +So that any unilateral solution, or any solution of character administrative that did not contemplate in #all his dimensions the authentic problem of public health and the medical looks of the subject #would constitute a *craso error. +*Nosotros Are adherents no only of the total transparency with regard to the operation of #all the #european institutions, but also to the election and to the *revocabilidad, in any moment, so much of #all #that that today are deputies, as of #all those that possess a responsibility, independently of the hierarchical level that it treat , including the Commission of *Bruselas. +Besides, had account of the course *desfavorable reserved to the amendments that have presented with my colleagues of the #french socialist delegation and the Groups *GUE/*NGL and Green/*ALE, *me have abstained, lady Speaker, in the vote of the report of the Mr. *Schwaiger. +This absence of balance #can analyse like a will to hide, according to the assessment of the villages of the countries *adherentes to the *OMC, the evidence of the effects of the *desreglamentación of the world-wide trade. +This dimension of a just trade based in the absence of a *dumping qualitative, environmental, social and fiscal, #if well it mentions in the plane of the principles, is not confirmed, with #all his consequences, like a goal *prioritario of the #european negotiators. +*Yo Have billed the principles for *ello in a dissident opinion, *aneja to the Report *Dimitrakopoulos-*Leinen, and the Group *Europa of the Nations has developed his consequences presenting *veintiuna amendments, that have been refused, alas, by the majority of this Parliament. +Our conviction consists in that the future belongs to a *Europa without borders among villages unified of an extreme to #another of the continent and released of the can in fact of the industrial and financial groups, indispensable condition for a real control of the villages regarding his institutions. +- (OF) In the frame of the reform of the main institutional fields of the Treaties the proposals contained in the Report *Dimitrakopoulos-*Leinen plead by an enlargement of the decision by qualified majority in the Council. +We have observed with big satisfaction that the #danish government communicated in the meeting of the Council (Justice and Inner Subjects) celebrated on 29 October 1999 his will to take part fully in the cooperation *Eurodac on a base *interestatal. +The repatriation of the persons displaced is in course: before yesterday, of the total of persons displaced, around 65.000 had returned, and the #indonesian Government *nos has ensured that the process of repatriation voluntary will finalise inside 100 days. +Therefore I understand, gentleman President, that *nosotros, like European Parliament, have to manifest, in this occasion and in #all #that in the that produce an alike fact, a firm and indeclinable commitment with the right to the life, as we take it in the text of this common resolution. +*Nos Seems an enormous cruelty, *aterradora, that think in executing to patients of this class and that have to persons 21 years in the prison, as it is the case of a Canadian to the that was foreseen to execute and half hour before the execution accepted a #his resource in front of the court. +The *MINUK has directed to the Commission, with regard to funding the body of protection of *Kosovo, and the next week the States members will take a decision on the program that have suggested in answer to this request. +We were a bit proud to having contributed with our help -although it remains for seeing #if it has got to his destination- to the creation of this Court that owed *esclarecer the crimes against the humanity and punish to his authors. +#Many of these projects apply through *ONG and tend to improve the scope and the quality of the services of the social sector, particularly in the fields of the primary education and of the sanitary attention. +They have presented 128 amendments, and *usted has drafted so only 17 or 18 amendments of transaction, that have to serve for *aunar this quantity of amendments proposed so that at the end it go out of this Parliament a logical and conclusive report on this Plan of action. +To these two groups, the adherents of the #swedish model and the adherents of the #dutch model, no *les interests a narrow #european collaboration in this terrain because they fear that it will go in detriment of his national politics. +*Ello Means that countries like *Francia and *Alemania owe *redoblar his efforts in the field of the treatment of the *toxicómanos whereas a country like the Low Countries, for example, has to put more obstinacy in the fight against the excessive presence of the drugs by cause of the "*coffeeshops" and against the tourism of the drug. +We have to confront the fact that the criminal strengths involved in the production and the traffic of drugs are connected among yes, have of resources, have strengths that exceed in a lot the possibilities of the states of right to detain this traffic. +It has got the moment that we consider the suitability to subtract resources to the fight against the supply of drugs and to increase the resources allocated to the fight against the demand. +*Cuarta: Boost the cooperation among the cities, *basándonos in the idea of the *European *Cities *Drug *Policy like model of a project, that recognises to the legal - and illegal drugs - like pertaining to the society and pronounces in favour of a consumption of these autonomous and responsible drugs. +#If to *ello join the remarkable increase that has come observing in the consumption of drinks alcoholic by part of youngsters, that in #a lot of cases joins to the consumption of drugs, especially of synthesis, puts of self-evident the need of an urgent adoption of measures that invest this tendency. +It treats of the period that passes until the year 2003, according to my just proposal until 31 January of the 2003, then #would take place an intermediate evaluation and a new estimate and respectively a prolongation until 31 January of the 2007. +The effect *multiplicador of the banking guarantee takes that the resultant investments of the credits of the *BEI have a decisive importance in the frame of the politics subsidised by the community budget. +Gentleman President, want to explain the favourable vote to the Inform Newton *Dunn underlining that #the same, with his measures, places in the fight against the illegal immigration and against the numerous acts of delinquency that #many of the immigrated illegal, by *fas or by *nefas, commit in damage of #all the citizens of the European Union and in particular of the elderly citizens. +The Record of adhesion of 1985 contained an evolutionary clause -the section 4 of the article 25- so as to avert that, like consequence of the development of the European Union, Canarian #can remain out of the #european construction. +The dismantlement of the #canarian fiscal specificities in matter *arancelaria #would put in danger the dismantlement of a series of small local industries -industries of the feeding, tobacco, small industries of commercial type-, that #would disappear #if it suppressed entirely this small protection that *nos provided the *arbitrios special Canarians, specifically the *arbitrio on the production and the import. +There #be had public demonstrations in favour and against of the full incorporation of the islands, have produced crisis of Government and even the resignation of the president of an autonomic Government, that had like cause, precisely, the conditions of negotiation of the adhesion. +The exhibition of reasons and the explanation that today *nos has given the speaker are clear and establish the long path that Canarian has followed in *Europa to get to the process of incorporation to the European Union. +In necessary case, the Commission will present a proposal to the Council based in the Article 299 (2) on the necessary measures not to engage the existence of some local activities particularly fragile. +From three years ago, more specifically, I have expressed in varied occasions to the Commission my worry by the distortions of the competition to world-wide level, aggravated by the fact that *Europa has imposed always an unknown rigour for our opponents. +Up to now, in spite of the varied calls made in this sense because the subject is not new, the European Union and the Commission have not taken at all effective to put end to this indirect subvention in *Corea. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the industry of the construction and the naval repair of the European Union confronts grave problems, as already it has said here, it that shows that the formulas applied takes some years are not giving the results promised. +To the contrary of it that said the European Council in 1998, *cuando *reglamentó the new relative norms to the helps to the naval construction, at the end did not improve the conditions of competition international. +The reality is the that it is and, regretting it a lot, gentleman Commissioner, #if they do not adopt urgent and forceful measures, this sector, like other industrial sectors of the European Union, goes to go to the derive, for keeping the owed composure in the way to talk. +*Yo Wanted to also *sumarme to the conviction that is expressing here, in this #european forum, with regard to the split of the truce by part of the organisation ETA, and want to express my total rejection to the utilisation of the violence to achieve political goals. +Of course, it is very positive can listen now a big number of opinions on this important problem, but also #can observe that other colleagues begin to manifest likewise his wish to take part and, therefore, *yo believe that we #would have to begin to work usually in the frame of the agenda. The Commission is present. +The Commissioner commissioned of the education and the youth will put the programs *Socrates, #Leonardo and Youth to disposal of the training, of the collaboration among the youngsters, so that the anti-doping fight was *algo wished by the youths of *Europa. +They are yielding activities and, considered from this point of sight, believe that the Commission #can at least try regulate a bit the sector and his conditions of work, since, as it has said very *atinadamente the Mr. *Cohn-*Bendit, #if the sportsmen dope is because the competitions demand it. +As *usted finishes to say, the sport occupies an important place in the #european daily life and, therefore, has to occupy it also in the European Parliament, as it said the President *Prodi in his inaugural speech. +First of all they exist the specifically mentioned subjects in *Amsterdam, #this is, the future of the Commissioners, the representation of the States members in the Council and the extension of the vote by qualified majority. +*Yo Wanted to remember likewise the importance that the Presidency summon a new #european Conference that *insufle new life to this forum and that the countries that in the future will be members of the EU take part from this time on in the remodeling of the European Union. +The Conference *Intergubernamental, the *concretización of the external politics and of common security and the realisation controlled of the enlargement are subjects that require a preparation in depth, so much by part of the aspiring countries to the adhesion, as by part of the European Union. +And the worry is still greater *cuando to defend the review that wants to take , is to say, the of the famous institutional triangle, resorts to the argument of the efficiency and no to the global vision of the #european project. +With regard to the widest subject relative to the realisation of the inner market, *permítame say also that during the #finnish Presidency have received #some strategic documents very important, and the Community #would owe really *darles #a lot of more priority of the that *les gives in these moments. +The contribution of this report for the future is that no only occupies of political decisions, but that also of the paper of the society in the creation of a climate in the that the human rights have permanent and deep popular rooting. +Since the European Council confirmed in December of 1997 that *Turquía #can opt to the entrance in the EU, has come working in creating the conditions to loan financial help of face to promote the economic collaboration and *acercar to *Turquía to the EU. +Although there was *algún shy attempt by part of the #turkish Government, the recent sentence to the pity of death dictated against the leader *kurdo *Ocalan has moved away all possible political approach of *Turquía to the European Union. +Also I want to manifest, nevertheless, my special gratitude to the #greek Government and to the Minister of Subjects External *Papandreu, that have stepped brave, also from the point of sight of the political situation intern. +I believe that the European Parliament has to keep his posture; we have to *propiciar that *ingrese in the European Union no only *Turquía, has to *ingresar also the #turkish village in the European Union, and have to take part so that in this path this village access to the rights that it is deprived. +The electrical head offices, the facilities of incineration of waste, the ovens of cement and the cars offer possibilities to the hour to reduce the broadcasts of monoxide of carbon. +The subject goes much more there of the *benceno and the monoxide of carbon and, therefore, has to be analysed in a wider frame and from a technical perspective; the Directive 96/62 defines the environmental air only like the "air acclimatise" . +And also we want that it analyse , in the report that the Commission has to present to the Council and to the European Parliament, #if the reduction that #can have to broadcasts of CO2 has to to the technical measures of the industrial or to the habits of the consumers. +Therefore, they allow that we complete the directive these three points, so that we #can have of a truly effective instrument to control the fulfillment of the voluntary commitment, that in fact is an experiment for the European Union. +Gentleman President, has checked that the index of substances organic harmful in the seaboard and in high sea of the Gulf of *Finlandia increases, in general, eastwards, which reflects the influence of the poured *contaminantes pertinent of *Rusia in the index of substances harmful in the *Báltico. +But there #be a very important point that have to take into account: in the exhibition of reasons specified that it guaranteed the external quality of the materials; without embargo, the point *d) of the Annex *VII treats it of mood very generic. +The experience *nos has shown that, from determined sizes, the plant do not has any possibility to survive in a half, as it occurs in #a lot of zones of the south of *Europa, in that the conditions of drought are very extreme. +The euro do not constitutes #one dip in himself/hisself same, but an instrument to the service of the citizen, of a strong economy, of the employment, of the international position of the European Union. +The considering *K, in the that it collects a complaint on the nonexistence of advantages practical immediate of the banking euro, is a trace of the high hopes that had the majority of the Parliament and that, apparently, continues having. +With reason insists the speaker in the need of an accurate preparation for the introduction of the euro and *nosotros go to see that the euro will obtain really the confidence of the citizens and of the citizens and no only the of the markets since , meanwhile, finds already *asentado in #this. +But it is not less true -and also has put of relief along the debate- that the moment of the reality, the moment of the truth, will be *cuando go in in vigour the coins and the notes: on 1 January of the 2002. +The situation of the market, no only regarding the negotiations of the *OMC, and the new understanding of the traditional habits by the new persons will modify also the contents and the importance of the subjects in the commission. +Seen that -and already has remembered this morning- according to the data facilitated by the Commission, the 60% of the products *pesqueros that consume in the European Union are mattered, #would be necessary to back considerable and amply the aquaculture that represents an important economic opportunity for the maritime communities. +Nevertheless, it is extremely important that the proposal treat also the requirements in matter of the information that on the quality of the air has to provide to the public opinion splitting of a very accurate follow-up of the level of *benceno and of monoxide of carbon. +The surveys of opinion show, in effect, at least in *Francia, that the percentage of persons that propose open an account in euros in a next future, diminishes regularly from 1 January 1999, and today only affects to a small minority. +But the European Parliament wishes *sacarlos of his error and *preconiza once again a campaign of information that, quote the resolution approved, "answer to the practical questions and explain the basic meaning of the monetary union". +Regarding the period that initiates on 1 January 2002, in that they will circulate simultaneously two coins, period that, in the terms of the Treaty, #can extend until six months, share the opinion of the Mrs. Speaker and of the Council *Ecofin, according to the *cual this period #would have to reduce to two months. +Change the *OMC affects, finally, to his mood of operation current, that follows based in the diplomacy of the summits and of the secret in the moment of the citizen irruption in the subjects of the world. +A proof is the supremacy in the taking of decisions of some #few *decenas of rich countries. Another proof is the increase of the inequalities among rich and poor countries, and also in the interior of the own countries. +*Europa, finally, do not has to forget to defend our specificities no only economic, but also cultural and social, because the globalisation of the uniformity, of the *achatamiento and of the exploitation do not has to form part at all of the model of development #european. +Now well, #all know that, without a special deal for the agriculture, will not be possible to guarantee a minimum of preference community, neither, therefore, the guarantee of the primary productive function of the agriculture. +They have put of self-evident two things.: The first is that in the future will follow contemplating this *mescolanza of interests in the frame of the international negotiations, and wanted to *sumarme to the posture of #a lot of notable economists that affirm that #this has not been more that the beginning. +Now well, for *nosotros, do not treats to organise better the continuous release of the exchanges, but to give primacy to the defence of the social and environmental rights and allow to #all the populations control by himself/hisself same and decide his future. +The present report claims the resignation forced of a Commission neglected and #amateurish, and has revealed a catalogue of irresponsibilities of the States members that are had to criticise, but no to act against of the fraud and of the irregularities. +To finalise want to underline that the Commission follows thinking -as it says the report that *usted *nos presents- to use as main indicator of the hit of his financial management the grade of utilisation of the financial credits assigned in the annual budget. +Gentleman President, the report of 1998 of the Court of Accounts, that has been debated in #all *Europa except -until today- in this Assembly, shows the clear need that the Commission and the States members intensify his efforts in the fight against the fraud. +In my opinion, is hit that it exist a temporary distance among the publication and the debate here in the Assembly so that #all the deputies have of the possibility to know the whole of the report. +It has been an especially bad season for the Commission and a particularly difficult stage to advance by #all the normal channels, since had elections, the difficulties of the Commission, #etcetera. +The subject of the finance and of the cast of the financial charges has to be the subject of a debate in the widest frame of the regional organisations of fishing. +It treats of a common work of the European Parliament, that took the initiative, and of the Commission, that with the place of the compensation has improved considerably the original proposal of the Parliament. +We are not had to happen of this philosophy of right imperative to #another absolutely uncertain and very little favourable for the #european citizen, to a diagram of subscription voluntary. +It wanted to give the thanks to *Willi *Rothley, the speaker, by the excellent preparation of this report and by the initiative that then also had arisen of the Parliament. But also *le give the thanks to the Commission and to the Council by his substantial approval. +I believe that the report of the Mr. *Rothley has to be approved in his group, since it is a commitment of high level and the synthesis of a series of stimuluses and innovative concepts, fruit of the collaboration among the distinct institutional instances. +According to this agreement, Swiss authorises a maximum number of community trucks of commodities of more of 28 tonnes that will be able to cross Swiss until the year 2005, date in that this country, adapting his rule to the community, will not demand permission #any for the inferior trucks to 40 tonnes. +To the project of application of the agreement of transport among the EU and Swiss that starts now knot the hope that in the future was easier the *superación of the alpine central space. +When inviting to *Turquía to an increasingly narrow cooperation, the Union acts of agreement to his fundamental mission to consolidate the peace and to boost the fulfillment of the human rights. +Without embargo, in the relative conclusions to the fiscal subject ratified that #all the resident citizens in the States of the Union will have to pay the applicable taxes to the performance of #all the savings. +The prevention of the conflicts with military means is not always preferential, and by each euro invested in the military management of crisis it is necessary to invest at least another euro in the no military management of crisis. +The step that has given in direction to the opening of the negotiations with six new States candidates and the recognition of *Turquía as Been candidate form indispensable part of the #european politics to consolidate the stability and the welfare in our continent. +After the unanimous decision on the process of enlargement #can not and do not has to *subsistir any doubt regarding the seriousness of our will and the will of *Turquía that they fulfil it prompter possible the criteria of *Copenhague. +It treats of minimum progresses, but *les guarantee -and #this is the important message that want to give- that in this sense the Commission and the President of the Parliament have kept a same line to expand the presence of the Parliament. +*Yo Expect that the Commission loan an authentic support in this context, in the sense of the contribution to the peace and to the prevention of conflicts in the region, which is, in effect, much more important that the troops decided in *Helsinki. +The reforms allocated to boost a dynamic competition and the flexibility have to be compatible with the requirement of the maintenance, but at the same time also of a modernisation of the systems of security social. +The work has not finished with the Summit of *Helsinki, that has developed of way very satisfactory regarding this subject and in the that #Grecia, especially, has kept a very remarkable attitude and *Turquía also has acted of reasonable way to end of accounts. +But it suits that we say here that we do not accept that the European Parliament remain in a position *subalterna in any process of debate so important like a review of the Treaty of the European Union of this importance. +In the budgets that are treating, the European Parliament increases the number of new civil servants of a way that is not in accordance with the financial austerity. It is not it, at least, in comparison with the increases of the last five years. +#All *nosotros have to *adaptarnos to this new and -create *yo- hopeful methodology of work with the Commission, that is the free debate, but, as it knows His *Señoría, in accordance with the regulations this free debate, in this occasion, has to see directly -and therefore it has created - with the statement that the Commission finishes to take and the subjects in *ella tackled. +Taking into account the important consequences that #can have this subject, the Commission will take a follow-up of the process and the file will not close before this institution have the security that they fulfil the principles of transparency and of equality of deal. +Maybe His *Señoría wanted to pose this question to the diverse States members, boost the participation in the inferior grades of the category "To" to watch by that, with the step of the years, there #be more available women to end to assume places of direction. +#If *usted pretends to fund *Kosovo, #if it wants to respect the commitments *algo precipitated that the President of the Commission has purchased regarding this region, as well, *dénos the budgetary means to be serious and coherent and *dénos the possibility to review the financial perspectives. +The career by the world-wide prices and the heaves of the performances have put in danger it more esteemed that have: the quality of our feeding and the survival of our employments in the rural zones. +It had not been much simpler to accept before these appeals of the Parliament and have averted #all these precipitations of last hour, that do not benefit for nothing the image of seriousness and efficiency that supposes in the #european institutions? +It is not very healthy, as neither it is it the fact to devote the 50 % of our debates from this afternoon to talk of a province of the #serbian State that is not member of the European Union. +The nurses and the doctors of the #french hospitals, that are the summit of the competition, are today in strike because the budgetary austerity comes to *recortar the hospitable costs and the sanitary costs. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0090/1999) of the Mrs. *Theato, in name of the Commission of Control Budgetary, on the nomination of eight members of the Court of Accounts (*C5-0231/1999, *C5-0232/1999, *C5-0233/1999, *C5-0234/1999, *C5-0235/1999, *C5-0236/1999, *C5-0237/1999, *C5-0238/1999 - 1999/0820(*CNS)). +I regret that the #finnish Presidency of the Council withdraw now, since the Finns also aspire to the nomination for a new mandate of his already accredited member of the Court of Accounts. +The crisis of the Commission that finish to leave backwards has left *sobradamente patent, in effect, *cuán necessary is to have of an effective mechanism to demand responsibilities to the civil servants of the EU that commit grave errors of management or even lacking graver. +Consistently, the editorial of the proposal of regulation by part of the Commission and of the Council has taken in getting, and even so it has been judged of little concrete and of incomplete, since it do not includes the procedures of execution. +#This will contribute decisively to improve the competitiveness of our car industry in a world-wide plane, at the same time that will ensure a greater security and the respect to the requirements of the environment, for benefit of the consumers. +Gentleman President, wanted to signal that the measures of security deployed this week with reason of the visit of the #french President have been really exemplary. *Nos Congratulate that the order and the security have been present in #all moment. +This Green Book *nos will offer the opportunity to celebrate a wide debate among #all the interested on the approach that have to adopt for *abaratar even more the costs for our economies of the reduction of the gases of effect *invernadero. +I think that this environmental problem is of #such magnitude that is able to interest to the majority of the citizens and to the public opinion, since it exists a true restlessness by the climatic change that is producing . +Without being against of the principle of a *imposición on the broadcasts *contaminantes, create, nevertheless, that these measures have to respect two principles: by a part, encourage for guaranteeing the fiscal neutrality and, on the other hand, involve to the group of the world industrialised or, at least, to the *OCDE, not to create distortions of competition or of *dumping ecological. +The publication of the Green Book on sustainable energy in *Irlanda has to be seen like a positive contribution of the sector of the energy to the debate on possible solutions to the threat of the climatic change +But this need, as it expresses it the conjoint resolution presented, do not means that the European Union *desinterese of the future of a so linked territory to our history and even our culture. +This general attention of *Europa is the best practical guarantee supplementary that we #can give, the best form that have, on our part, to ensure that *Macao will see protected his specificity, that we follow treating to *Macao of a specific mood, without *diluirla in a general magma. +Also we #can accept in principle the amendment 26, on condition that the text specify that the reports will have to send to the Commission before 31 March of every year, and the amendment 27, on condition that *le add a reference to the Scientific Committee of Evaluation of compliance with the Protocol of *Montreal. +. (*FR) With occasion of the debates that preceded to the meeting of *Seattle, #many had thought, in this Assembly, that *Europa had to begin for asking a balance of the previous cycles and that had to effect a diagnostic together with the countries in roads of development, before launching to a new cycle of liberalisation. +*Seattle Is a failure for #that that wished to continue blindly the career to the generalisation of the *librecambio and the *mercantilización of the world and is a victory of the citizen movement in his diversity, of #the same type that the that had conducted to the rejection of the *AMI. +The *Cnuced is the frame with greater legitimacy to treat the question of the foreign direct investments, inside the respect of the democratic right of the States to legislate in environmental and social matter. +We proposed even a moratorium for the start of the negotiations, with seen to allow the realisation of said balance and to concretise a back reflection on the roads that follow the international commercial relations. +As it also results unavoidable, finally, outline a new commercial order -in the frame of a *mundialización based in the progress and in the solidarity- that respect the fundamental political rights, of the social progress and of the environment. +It is not, as, surprising that, as it signals the resolution that proposes , the States members of the European Union have not taken the necessary measures to respect his commitments of *Kioto, *cuando, to #the same time, in *Europa is carrying out #one *desreglamentación systematic. +. (*FR) Wish to congratulate to the members of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, and in particular to his presidency by this proposal of resolution relative to the labeling of products that contain *OMG. +Regarding the labeling of foods produced from *OMG, the Council has adopted the Regulation 1139/98/*CE applicable to the foods and alimentary ingredients allocated to the final consumer total or partially obtained from: beans of soya modified genetically, to that refers the Decision 96/281/*CE; corn modified genetically, to that refers the Decision 97/28/*CE. +Also in this case, our colleague vice-president has been missing, in my opinion, to the norms of his function, so much for *conmigo as it bear with the colleague that had taken part before and bear with other colleagues that wished to take part, specifically the Mrs. *Muscardini, to the one who *denegó the word and loomed even with *expulsarla. +Like deputies are the direct democratic link with the population of the European Union, and the Commission of Rights of the Woman is a direct link with #a lot of organisations and representations of women. +I expect thus that the Commission today #can *asegurarme that the reproductive health will have a paper stood out in the community conference and that the European Parliament of #one or another form #can take part in New *York #such as *sucedió with the agreement with reason of the negotiations of the *OMC, #where himself/hisself that were represented. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the statement of the Commission on the course that has to give to the decision of the #french Government to keep the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british. +It do not has to also, further of this specific case, work to impose in the commercial exchanges the primacy of the principle of caution before that #all the other considerations, so much in the Union as in the third countries? +A time that have made his evaluation of the factors of risk will present his *dictamen to the Commission, in the moment in that the Commission initiate the process to elaborate the laws. +As *usted already will know, now will take place the turn of questions to the Council, that is the following point of the agenda, and to the 21.00 hours will restart the session and there will be an announcement on the subjects that *ustedes ask. +The Delegation of the *BEI approved on 26 March 1997 the rule on the publication of documents, that has been published in the page 13 of the Official Diary of the European Communities *C 243. +In relation with the compulsory examination of the 79.000 resources presented, the General Secretary of the UN #can not give exact data on the calendar or the utilisation of more personal to examine in his whole said resources. +Gentleman President, ask #if they go to assign the necessary games for the reconstruction of what was destroyed, #if it goes to be raised the embargo and #if the money will deliver to the #yugoslav government, to the #yugoslav government legally chosen, with foreign observers, #etcetera. +Gentleman President, according to the section 2 of the article 1 of the Regulation of the Council, is responsibility of the Presidency announce the dates of the meetings of the Council foreseen for his period seven months before the beginning of #the same. +We are convinced that to *través of the most effective use of the computer systems of fast transmission of information will facilitate the recognition of the sendings, of the dealers and of the countries of origin and destination of these sendings. +It wanted to take state diverse gratitudes before tackling the substance of #ours *segunda reading: to the services of the Parliament for working with *tanta rapidity with this report, to the Commission by #all his support and to the #finnish Presidency by the *cortés and thorough advice that has offered along #all the process. +They attended to an audition, organised in the Parliament, on the delays in the payments and contributed a very valid advice of experts and recognised that in the Only Market there were problems with the delays in the payments. +*Yo Already assisted to #all a previous debate on this subject and #can *preguntarnos #if the Parliament is joined to the hour to accept the basic principle of the recommendations of the Scientific Committee. +The article 2 of the Decision 94/936/*CE of the Council had that the Commission entrusted to a group of work of independent scientists the task to evaluate the effects of the utilisation of the *BST. +Lady Speaker, in the point 38 of the Record, that is the turn of questions to the Council, have checked that there #be an error in the #spanish and #german version, at least, and is that it is missing the question 9. +The question of the Mr. *Papayannakis referred to another thing, to his report. It treats of the system of register of the animals of the bovine species and of the labeling of the meat of *vacuno. +To informative title for the deputies: with the vote that finishes to win , the total costs will rise to a 1,11% of the *PNB of *Europa, a percentage that finds underneath of the *tope maximum fixed for the year 2000 of the forecasts of finance and underneath of the maximum of own resources, fixed in the 1,27%. +I appreciate to the speaker of the Commission of Agriculture and Agricultural Development, the Mr. *Görlach, that in his letter directed to the president of the Commission of Budgets have censored equally this cut. +*Nos Satisfies the assignment of greater resources for the social dialogue, thinking in the importance to begin in the countries candidates the construction of an efficient labour market, with strong #sindical organisations and in fine social conditions. +- (OF) The regulation that has to modify, to proposal of the Commission, constituted two years ago, to the light of the crisis of the *EEB, a subject of big importance and an important decision in the frame of the protection to the consumer to #european level +The fact that the own winner of the prize *Sajarov, *Leyla *Zana, still find in the prison indicates clearly that in *Turquía is giving an infamous deal to the right of freedom of expression and to the human rights. +It do not changes in at all the sense of this affirmation the fact that there are products of printing that do not fulfil these requirements. #Such exception #can not reach in this case the rank of norm. +In *tercer place, here do not treats simply, #if well it is #that the point of game, of the question of the trade *transfronterizo among *Austria and *Alemania, but of the question of the paper that exert the linguistic spaces, the cultural fields. +*Nosotros The Austrians have clear that the alone possibility to dictate rule of national field is not sufficient, but that require a relative clause to the import and #another to the export, of compliance with the #french model, as linguistic and cultural space mean more. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the central question is #if the embargo of armament in the frame of the measures of restrictions adopted against Indonesian, that was agreed by the Council in September of this year, has to extend further of the month of January of the year that comes. +In spite of our past failure in guaranteeing that it #would not murder to the persons, have again the obligation to guarantee that in the future do not send any message of support to the current authorities. +Had clear that it #would be a very difficult task. Had clear that they have to create basically #ex *novo #all the conditions for the constitution of a State of Right effective and stable in #Sierra Lion and that the disposal to collaborate is limited. +This type of dictatorship, this type of terrorism against the population and the bad employment of the resources in an unnecessary cost in armament for a country of this size, is *injustificable. +I am absolutely #willing, lady *Thors, to explain to the candidates to the adhesion the need to sign and ratify this agreement. Nevertheless, I believe that the gentleman *Posselt has affirmed with tarpaulin to this *respecto that my position in this subject will enjoy of credibility *cuando the Fifteen have ratified it. +Also we know to appreciate the important contribution that in this field have loaned the no governmental organisations that devote his efforts to the sensitisation of the States in favour of the statute of Blunt and his prompt ratification. +The sensitivities of *Irlanda of the North are too much important as to allow any bad attempt informed to come close to the sun that more heats in the subject of the International Bottom for *Irlanda. +, by writing. (IN) The European Parliament facilitated the vote without debate on the Bottom, that afterwards was postponed by the Council, with the agreement of #all the Groups, included the Greens, that there #would be any amendment. +Any attempt of *mancillar the reputation of this Bottom is absolutely unacceptable, do not represents more that a case of *borreguismo bad politician informed in the subject of the sensitivities of *Irlanda of the North, and is not #worthy of this Parliament. +Never I have comprised why the Commission has not accepted that from 1 January next, these two data, already compulsory the community frame, use to allow an operative principle of *rastreabilidad. +Regarding the report of the Round Mrs. *Jiménez, the Commission #can accept the amendments 1, 2 and 3, but no the amendment 4, not even in his new version modified, since it still #would involve to impose to the States members #some obligations on the that still has not argued in the Council. +#If *Tayikistán is today delivered to the economic difficulties that enumerates the report, as *tantos other countries of the world on the other hand, is because certainly it is victim of an opening *desconsiderada of the borders and of the immoderate game of the empires. +Distinguished gentleman President, in spite of great objections, have voted in favour of the financial help, because I see a possibility to establish the economy of market democracy and the peace by means of financial stimuluses, as it has exposed the Mr. *Karas, and no through the violence. +Subject: Application of the program *Philoxenia The European Parliament, the Commission and the Economic and Social Committee have issued already his *dictamen positive on the instauration of a program *plurianual in favour of the #european tourism designated *Philoxenia. +Likewise, in the Statement *nº 30 *aneja to the Treaty of *Amsterdam recognises that the insular regions suffer of structural disadvantages linked to his specific insular character, and asks that the Union take into account said disadvantages and that, always that it was necessary, take specific measures with regard to integrating better said regions in the inner market in conditions *equitativas. +Without embargo, *le want to indicate that a territory with an inferior level to the 75 % of the level of welfare half in *Europa is a territory of help even according to the Goal *I of the structural Bottoms. +To the sight of the importance of the events and of the possibility that it aggravate the unsteadiness in the region, has foreseen the Council *redoblar his diplomatic efforts to reach an agreement in *Jammu and Cashmere? +The European Council underlined especially that it has to deepen the economic coordination to ensure the hit of the Economic and Monetary Union and support a growth that *repercuta effectively on the employment of a mood sustained. +Gentleman President, are in front of a work taken with big rigour, with brilliance, with an enormous clarity and with #a lot of courage: a report of the Mr. *Herman that answers to the goals that has proposed to improve the operation of the institutions. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, after the debate of this afternoon on the conflict in Serbian and the expulsions in *Kosovo, sees even more clearly reason the enlargement of the Union in countries of the *Europa central and oriental, beside #everything it other, is the most important instrument for the *aseguramiento of the peace and goes to follow being it also in the future. +#If they watch the economic data and believe the prognoses, *Polonia is #one of the strongest economies among the countries of the *Europa central, with taxes of upper growth to the 5 %, an unemployment and tax of inferior inflation to the 10 % and a growth of the income of the 4, 5 %. +From then there #be had a change of government in 1996 and took the decision to leave in suspense the appeal and to occupy in his place of *concertar an agreement of association reinforced. +In the last enlargement ran a risk when admitting to three new members before having made the necessary institutional reforms for *ocuparnos of the consequences of the increase of the number of members. +This risk aggravated because of the presence in two of these countries of minorities *anticomunitarias very important that, #if they were majorities, #can, owing to it unsuitable of our current institutional arrangements, have cancelled #all the work made by the Communities. +Some lower advances obtained in the plane of the adaptation to the *acervo, especially in the field of the environment, and requires an acceleration of the legislative work, #as well as of the efforts to attract investments in said sector of the environment. +Regarding the program of restructuring of the industry *siderúrgica #can *elogiar to *Polonia by the enormous quantity of work invested, #if well they will have to increase the efforts for clearing even more #all the strategy of privatisation of the two greater companies and introduce a clear calendar for the privatisation and restructuring. +In relation to the request of the Mr. *Bertens about the presentation of a proposal for a financial mechanism, repeat it that already have said before regarding Malt, that are working in the replacement of the financial protocol. +I am here. I do not take part in the nominal votes in protest by the no adoption by part of the *cuestores of an appealable decision in front of *Luxemburgo, that requested by writing already in August of the past year, in relation with the illicit retention effected by the Mr. *Chamier on my compensations of costs. +#If the public civil servants #can not talk neither write about his daily work without the consent of his upper, #can not expect that there #be an atmosphere motivated and fine in the place of work. +It is necessary to demand that have an independent budget that #can use of reasonable form, that have sufficient personnel, it same the Commission of Requests that the Defender of the Village, that are two institutions that really preserve the rights of the #european citizenship. +It wanted to appreciate and congratulate to the speakers, to the Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín and to the Mr. *Newman, by his reports that, as always *sucede in this commission, are the final product of the collective work and of the contribution of #all his members. +The Mr. *Newman has been a true «dog of #british prey» in this parliamentary commission, and never has left to happen the occasion to take part in name of the citizens of the Community. +Regarding the institution of the Defender of the Village, is evident that exerts an increasingly important function and a truly positive paper for the group of the community system. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Defender of the Village, *Señorías, in virtue of the Treaty of the European Union is the Parliament, and no the Commission, the addressee of the annual report of the Defender of the Village. +The Parliament has exerted an important function also in another field: *me refer to the code of behaviour for the correct behaviour of the administration in his relations with the citizens. +The foundation of the amendment 8 #can not admit in the measure in that the committee in question fulfil #the same functions of the Committee of politics *aduanera. I will go back on this point inside some moments. +In addition to *ello, in my report consider the possibility to complement the system of *tarificación based in the social costs *marginales with measures in the field of the taxes related with the transport. More in concrete, propose that said taxes coordinate to scale #european and that, in his case, reduce . +Apart from *ello, is fundamental that launch informative campaigns in the that the system of transport proposed promote in front of the population like a respectful sustainable system with the environment, leaving clear that do not treats to happen once again invoices to the motorist without justification #any. +By a part, do not loans the owed attention to the costs of construction, capital and maintenance and, on the other hand, includes without differentiation #any the *imputación of the called external costs. Among these costs appear #among others the damages *ocasionados to the environment, the saturation of the traffic and the accidents. +For me the solution is simple. Of the studies gives off that in the actuality the motorist deprived already pays the costs of the infrastructure of the transport that *le want to impute in concept of general taxes, imposed on the fuel and taxes on the vehicles. +Of course, we #can think that #this is an imperfect system, but -is a fact- has imposed in the history like the only able to avert a chaos and a still greater absolutism that the that they are imputable to #one or another sovereignty in particular. +By have not known to create the permanent forum of the big *Europa, formed by some open cooperations from the *primer moment to the SIN, on questions so vital like the security and the external politics, our continent goes back to divide . +It results obviously legitimate to aspire to achieve a harmonisation of the distinct disposals in the sector of the transports, especially #if of this way guarantees a more flowed operation of the inner market. +As definitely they know his *Señorías, the States members #can authorise a maximum weight of 44 tonnes for the vehicles of engine of three axes that form part of a vehicle combined of five or six axes to end to avert that similar vehicles deteriorate too much the roads. +The report that today presents is #one of these reports of the that the members of the Commission of Rights of the Woman seat proud, because sure enough it bases in a wide consensus and in the collaboration of #all his members. +Although in the field of this juridical foundation that, go back to repeat, *nos seems rigid and too much *restrictivo, the violence is first of all, and reiterate it vigorously, a rape of the human rights, reason by the *cual the action against the violence have to execute from an approach *multidisciplinario. +Nobody *nos has said #if it is truth that the truck that went in by the #french mouth already was in flames to the entrance of the tunnel, and *nos entertain in reckoning a small difference of minutes, #one or two, among the #french intervention and the Italian. +It was the days 6 and 7 April *cuando perished 25 civil victims of the militia armed that answers to the name of «*Meraputi» with the active collusion of the mobile brigade of the unit of politics of *elite of Indonesian. +Gentleman President, *le ask that it send a note of protest to the Dr. *Mahathir about the deficient political trial that it has been object *Anwar #Ibrahim, a note of protest in accordance with the numerous resolutions of criticism that has approved this Parliament in relation with *Malasia. +The creation of a court *ad *hoc is desirable, without embargo, never will rid of the suspicion that it treats of a special court that already has anticipated, by like this say it, his sentence and that has not offered to the imputed the guarantees that, even an imputed like *Ta *Mok, deserves. +The Mr. *Port, that has to his charge the investigation, has received a total and boundless mandate and the freedom to add resources or to use resources for other ends, as it wish it. +Also we owe *preocuparnos by the possible consequences *nefastas of the fact that the Commission resort of form generalised to the services of some pertinent temporary personnel of the national public administrations or of the industry. +It That, in general, deduces of the report of the Defender of the #european Village is that the confidence of the #european citizens bases in the transparency, in the dialogue, in clear juridical norms that *les allow to defend his rights. +Gentleman President, the idea to approve a program allocated to warn the violence exerted against the boys, the teenagers and the women is a generous and noble idea that #all, of course, #can subscribe. +Nevertheless, also I have left clear that *nos concerns especially the modification of the juridical base. I said then that *eso *nos #would water considerably the party and has blurred *algo our happiness, since the violence against boys and women, gentleman Commissioner, is not, of course, only a risk for the health. +I have received, in the day of yesterday, a motion of censorship against the Commission, the whole of #whose members resigned of his charges of form collective on 16 May 1999. +The purpose of the motion of censorship, in the parliamentary Right, is to check that an Executive has lost the confidence of the majority of the Assembly or, in case of rejection, that keeps this confidence. +The public information on the criminal nature of #such acts and the weight of the penal performance have to substitute to the silence and to the *mansedumbre that still *les accompany with *demasiada frequency in our nevertheless developed societies. +We are desirous to see how resulted will give the guidelines on the employment that the Commission agreed in the conference of *Luxemburgo and #some of the debates on the Social Bottom European and the workers of age advanced. +Our speakers, the Gentlemen *McMahon and *Schiedermeier have carried out an excellent work no only in the preparation of his report, but also to the hour to prepare the conference of the third age in #whose conclusions bases amply said document. +To illustrate my words, stand out the fact that the index of *autoabastecimiento of the American market has happened of the level #zero to roughly the 165 %, whereas the *autoabastecimiento of the #european market of *lisina happened of the 84 % in 1991 to the 54 % in 1997, and his tendency is to the 38 % in the 2002 #if they do not produce changes. +As it is #likely that the corn using for the production of the industry of the starch follow selling in States Joined to an inferior price to the of the community cereals, seems logical no only keep the current device of compensation of the American damage, but reinforce it considerably. +As it knows His *Señoría, for being #one of the authors of the new Regulation, the section 3 of the article 9 has that the relative questions to the rights and privileges of the ancient deputies require a decision of the Table. +Gentleman President, finish to know that the Council of Ministers has taken the decision to incorporate to the #european administration to the employees of the group of *Schengen that work for the Council. +In relation with the monetary politics, insist in the need of independence of the #ECB, so that it #can fulfil of the best possible way his committed in matter of stability of prices, and ensure the favourable conditions for the growth and the employment. +It is necessary to congratulate then, that in #day of elections, so much the Parliament like the Commission have been able to face up to the requirements of the economy and resist of form relatively *honrosa the pressures of the public opinion, of the media and of some groups of pressure. +Lady Speaker, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, *cuando listens to the Mrs. Go *Lancker, that do not wants to have any book of recipes *neoliberal, #can not less that say that *nosotros neither want to take of the economic political-orientations any book of tales socialist. +It pretends with #this guarantee that the great orientations are a test of big *envergadura to put of self-evident the will of the States members to coordinate in the practice, Mrs. *Lienemann, the economic politics using the instruments created to this end. +Finally, Mr. *Blot, *usted manifests a fear that *me allow the luxury of not sharing. *Usted Fears that the coordination of the fiscal systems, after the monetary union, delete also #one of the two residual possibilities of strategy against the famous asymmetric crashes. +On this subject the Commission of Control Budgetary has accepted today, before the start of this debate, a report that will be smart to be voted next Thursday together with the report on the regulation. +It is to expect that the next electoral contention treat also other important political subjects, without embargo, is now *cuando has to rid the battle of the great reforms while still there #be the political will for *ello. +In this moment results that the fraud and the theft are a form of life, an engineering, and now the delinquency organised is an elegant delinquency, that proceeds of the best means, that studies, that works to steal. +But act with independence, is or is not an utopia *cuando #a lot of States members have judicial systems in full crisis, *cuando many times the own judicial system, influenced by the executive power -because every time it respects less the separation of powers of *Montesquieu- leaves to prescribe cases absolutely flagrant of fraud in the that are thousands of millions in game? +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen colleagues, under my Presidency the Council of Ministers of Economy and Finances adopted on 15 March 1999 a clear position: any understanding, swims of tolerance for the fraud and the corruption in the Community. +On the observation formulated by the Mr. *Brinkhorst concerning the question of the agencies decentralised -to the that also has referred the Mr. *Kellett-*Bowman-, is essential that the Council tackle this question, on the that the Parliament and the Commission agree. +We expect that the new Commission was able to learn the lesson of the events that have lived so that it manage well his mandate and that the failure of today clear the path to the hit of the morning. +It takes more of a year, on 31 March 1998, the European Parliament decided to elaborate a report on the granting of the approval of the management to the Commission for the exercise of 1996. +It do not approves the management for 1996, his accounts close , and only will be able to concede the approval for 1997 -and #this finishes it to say *usted, gentleman *Bösch, with #all reason- *cuando have corrected the deficiencies. We have criticised it *nosotros and finish it to criticise also *ustedes. +By this reason, neither #can close, without more, the accounts of the budgetary exercise of 1996 while, for example, have not formulated the claim in the case of nepotism that have ascertained . +It is true that the coincidence of this entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam with the last session *plenaria of the present Parliament do not facilitates the things, but are convinced that the loyal cooperation among the institutions will allow to resolve the possible problems. +In our global assessment, #if we had followed this road of not foreseeing the unanimity, #would have had difficulties of principle a lot greater that the that will have to the hour to take happen the proposal in the Council. +Roman *Prodi exposed to the Bosses of State and of Government his first reflections to the *respecto in his informal meeting of 14 April in *Bruselas. It is foreseen that this exchange of opinions continue in the European Council of Colony of the 3 and 4 July. +The fact that we are here debating the ratification of a new President of the Commission, six months before *cuando corresponded according to the calendar is a reflection of the change of functions and perspectives of the European Union. +#This is #one *constatación important, gentleman President of the Commission: in *Europa, in the countries and #european regions #where do not exists the incarnation of the European Union, #where the European Union is not *solidaria, follows existing the possibility of war. +*Deseándole, nevertheless, that carry out a good work, expect that *usted #can resolve the challenges of the construction of *Europa having very present the problems of the environment, of the health and of the peace that are integral part of the rights of citizenship. +I agree, gentleman *Prodi, in the need to strengthen the paper of the Commission in matter of the cooperation inside the *OMC, without embargo, want to alert against the risk that for achieving #this throw by the embroiders the social dimension and take like hostages to the consumers and the environment. +I go to repeat it again clearly and in no uncertain terms: we have to strengthen the strengths of the market, but also have to have clear that, in our model, the market only #can work #if they reduce to the minimum the unemployment and the social fractures in our society. +In consequence, only want *decirles that *me seat responsible of the great tasks assigned to the Commission that have signalled. I share fully his wish that the Commission go back, better said, assume definitively the paper that the Treaties *le attribute -the paper of initiative and of political proposal- and that exert it with big transparency. +I believe that the disposals approved have a circumstantial character, relative to find a solution to the problem of the exercise 1996, and never is well modify the general texts to solve a problem in particular. +The Group *Europa of the Nations has affirmed in reiterated occasions the conviction that it exists a direct relation among the reduction of the type of the VAT and the improvement of the employment. +We have voted sure enough in favour of this report, in particular, by his section 1 -#can remain, gentleman *Dell'#Alba, remain some instants-, in particular, as it said, because of his section 1, with regard to the that, sure enough, do not argue that it do not adjust faithfully to the reality, but that, in our opinion, has a political meaning very clear. +Likewise, this day, took #ours and attach to our report the reasons of the decision of 17 December 1998, reasons that condemned to the Commission and #would have to have conducted, from this stage, as *nosotros proposed, to a censorship by part of the parliamentary majority. +*Yo Wanted to highlight it once again with #all firmness and *me *congratulo that finally no only have achieved a hardening of the sanctions of the EU against *Yugoslavia, but also the ratification of the embargo of the EU against the oil. +*Nosotros Also are adherents that it take all it possible in the region, but it true is that they exist pressures and, therefore, *yo urge to the President of the Council to that it watch, together with the Minister of Subjects Inner German, to achieve a greater cast and a cast more *equitativo of the charges. +Gentleman President, in view of the last speech, costs the pity remember to this Assembly that ten years ago that practises the ethnic purification in *Kosovo and that the refugees were seeing expelled of his homes a lot before the NATO initiated the bombardments. +It needs a new fact because the bombardments no longer have effect: or they continue bombing the things that already have been bombed until this moment or bomb the cities. The path of the war is forbidden, do not exists. +I think that it has been a sample of inability of the Council have not been able to adopt #such decision, and think that in some sense has been to deny to accept the consequences of our acts. +The previous requirement is, without embargo, in the first place, that *Belgrado do not have any doubt on the determination of the international community and, second, that comprise that a military solution do not offers any perspective for Serbian neither neither, very personally, for the Mr. *Milosevic. +Prepare it *apresuradamente without the help of the High Representative and without the reality neither the structure of queries with the Parliament is, to my trial, a sample of pride immoderate. +The current war in *Kosovo has shown once again that the capacity of intervention military of the EU in case of crisis, that so much has defended in this House, is a peremptory need. +The international community has launched by the embroiders this principle of peace to the sight of the massive attempts against the human rights and the ethnic deportations committed in *Kosovo. +Even the research of solution political tried by *Kofi *Annan in his meeting with the President *Yeltsin is condemned by those who fear that #if the logic finishes imposing, in front of the *despropósito and the absurd that *retroalimentan, will result damaged the military prestige of the NATO and will remain ridiculed the politics of #Clinton bear *Kosovo. +It is necessary to split of the northern dimension in the external relations to the hour to create a common specific strategy in the that the relations with *Rusia exert a fundamental function. +Also it is necessary to take into account that we have to give the step to a politics of defence (in this sense am clearly adherent of the integration of the *UEO in the European Union) to be able to answer like this to the challenges to the that *nos confront in this moment. +To #all which adds , besides, another fact: how *les are asking, in fact, to the colleagues? They pretend that they vote his project, that purportedly has to resolve existential problems, without having had opportunity to examine it in commission, without that the political Groups have had at least the opportunity to examine it. +Gentleman President, the report of our colleague *Rothley shows aptly a series of lacks, insufficiencies and even errors of the project of statute for the deputies to the European Parliament that *nos has presented the Council. +I add, nevertheless, that am totally against of *europeizar our function, because in this hemicycle represent to *Flandes and no to a species of *Eurosuperestado, because I am totally contrary to the fiscal advantages that comports the #european statute and because I follow being adherent of a national fiscal statute that *nos grave exactly it same that to our voters. +I #can not accept on no account the point of game of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens since it do not involves another thing that the postponement without date of this question. +Ladies and gentlemen, first wanted to *transmitirles an information: in the votes of this afternoon, the Parliament has confirmed his opinions about the proposals of the Commission in the that modifies the procedure, owing to the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +*Eso Is a step of giant and have said to the principle of the debate: I #can not avert the impression, since we were in a deadlock, that always in the year, in the that change of Parliament *nos *sobreviene a wave of promotions. +By the moment, the *APG do not endows the initiative *URBAN of the Community, but the decisions in this matter will incorporate in the proposal of budget in a back stage of the procedure. +Therefore, it wanted to *concentrarme in the substance of this subject, that is, #such as they have affirmed it the Mr. *Sindal and the Mr. *Swoboda, a subject of essential importance, in it that my *respecta, and in the measure in that it affects to the politics of the development of the public transport. +Through Internet the provider #can offer to the customers his services without additional costs happening by #all the borders, and the consumer, without having to displace, #can compare the services among the different providers of his own country and of other countries. +This right #can exert only in two cases: #if the agreement signed before the consumer had of the contractual conditions and #if *le has incited of disloyal way to celebrate the agreement during the term of reflection. +Regarding the #another amendment, that is the famous 22 to the article 4 on the right of retractation, *me add to the enlargement of the term of thirty days for some agreements. I put for example the that in said amendment mention -that *yo #would call of high risk-, as it is the of the insurance *vitalicio or the of the pensions of retirement. +It is true that, increasingly -and #would have to be even more frequent and the data that has given the Mr. *Whitehead are interesting-, #would have to use the open field by Internet for the contractings, even of the financial services, sector on the that the consumers show more reluctant in the actuality; and it is true, gentleman *Whitehead, that *never, *never, *never, *at *the *expense *of *the *consumer . +It Last is only a recommendation, more did not want the Parliament by #a lot of that *yo regret it, but with the time perhaps #a lot of producers perceive #this like a possibility to obtain better opportunities of commercialisation of his products in #all the parts of the inner market. +#If the solution #can not be the repair or the change, the buyer has still the right to a suitable reduction of the price or to the cancellation of the agreement. +The only object of the proposal is to ensure that in any place that the consumers take his shopping in the European Union, enjoy of a minimum level of guarantees and #can appeal in resource in his country of origin. +In front of the insistence of this Assembly, the free repairs or the replacement also will include the costs of sending, the hand of drama and the materials. +With the difficulties that the population has to take out his agricultural products of there and the difficulties that had the euro-deputies to get to these populations, no *me explain, *cuando there #be a catastrophe, how is possible that #can *afrontarla without sufficient means. +Gentleman President, to be brief, because of the big volume of subjects that have to debate in the Plenary this afternoon and had account of the late hour, propose *limitarme to some #few pertinent observations on my report, that has been elaborated in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer. +I want to express another time with clarity, that in the Parliament *nos have based always in the affirmations of scientists, as for example the affirmations of the *ESPEGAM, that has defended the clear position that while it did not have *ADI for babies, has to apply a strict value of *cuasi zero. +*Le Say sincerely, and *eso knows it of the previous debates: it had preferred that it had renounced to the directive on foods for sportsmen, since #this *nos carries to #one *desinformación, since it will be very difficult to reach clear disposals for the different sports, since the feeding differs a lot according to the type of sport and will be difficult to propose determined foods for determined sports. +I do not want *referirme to *ellos, but yes wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to indicate it following: by #a lot of that *nos have taken to advance *Amsterdam in the practical parliamentarism, do not have to overlook that *nos is missing still enough to reach a real parliamentarism in the European Union. +The hit of the procedure of *codecisión, in the first years of his operation, went definitely, for the last Conference *Intergubernamental, a clear signal to expand his field to almost #all the main legislative activities. +The decision did not have at all that see with the fact that they went pictures of a homosexual or no -question that do not know-, but simply with the fact that the content of the exhibition considered offensive for a part of the Assembly and of the persons that *transitan by *ella. +*Quinto: The preparation of our institution for the next #european elections; some elections in the that do not chooses to the *pariente poor of the community institutions, but to a Parliament that the citizens see for the first time endowed of big can and able to exert it. +There #be not alive democracy #where there #be not an alive parliament, neither alive parliament that do not arouse the distrust and the discomfort of the executive of turn. +On the one hand, because it exists the need of more *Europa, exists the need of a greater paper of *Europa in the world and the historical context-politician *nos shows it, and #if they will not exist institutions renewed and a strong political will, this need of *Europa will not be able to fulfil specifically. +Lady Speaker, gentlemen Presidents, estimated colleagues, in this Assembly have seen that the operation of the Presidencies is not a question that depend so much of the corresponding country or of the aptitudes of his leaders but of the dynamics of the Union. +I believe that this Parliament, in the resolution of November to the that has alluded the president Of #Giovanni, proposed *algo original, and is *algo so original like simple: resort to the community method, to the method to the that are *habituados, to prepare the institutional reform. +Now it is the moment to give body to the identity of the #european defence, at least #if the European Council comprise it that there #be in game and converts the Summit of Colony in a hit. +For example, the Federal Republic of *Alemania already has presented his plan and is working in his realisation, has put to disposal two one thousand millions of frames for a special program for the creation of 100.000 places of work and of training for youngsters stopped. +The Parliament has been informed to regulate and totally on the progress of the works with the Diary 2000 and the suggestions of the Parliament has been included in the considerations of the Commission and of the Council. +Without embargo, go to call the attention on the last example of disposal to the commitment of the Council in front of the Parliament, to know, the *prosecución of the community initiative *URBAN, that has reached to instances of the European Parliament. +In this way, no only it strengthens the sustainable development of the rural areas but that besides takes possible the *codecisión of the European Parliament in agricultural questions, as these costs go to reflect in the future like costs no compulsory. +The citizens of *Europa (the of the fifteen countries members and the of the countries candidates to the adhesion, the of *Europa oriental and the of *Chipre) expect and demand that the European Union was a real Union, political and social, with prestige and strength, and that like this #can exert a leading paper worldwide in front of the year 2000. +The answer of the majority of this Assembly in the day of today is not to the height of his commitments regarding his own constituents neither of the expectations of the public opinion. +We have voted in favour of the amendment presented by the Liberal Group about the question of the wages and the compensations of the Parliament because it is the only possibility to reach a reform so *trabajosa and demanded as it is #this. +I expect with interest assist to the evolution of this subject, but #can not give my support to the directive in his current state and thus *me have abstained in the final vote in that it has approved the text. +By the contrary, the proposal has to build on the base of rules minimum, that make possible to the countries members the maintenance of his more strict norms and *les give freedom for *hacerlas even more rigorous #if like this they wish it. +In my country *nos ensured #one and another time that the European Union #would not be *militarizada, and without embargo, are #many the reports that have happened by this Parliament during the five years that have been here that indicate clearly that the EU advances in this direction. +Like proof, an emblematic passage: «the examination of the common strategy regarding *Rusia inscribes in a political context that has modified with the intervention armed of the NATO against the Yugoslav Federation. +The big majority of my political group goes to give his affirmative vote to the Agreement *Interinstitucional on the financial planning to half term and, of course, go to give it also to the parts of the Diary 2000 that require of our assent. +I expect that the commitment of the Mr. Go give *Broek to examine the possibility that there #be a special line in the budget for the finance of *Chipre take reality, because we #can not have two weights and two measures. +The conclusion that extract to the *respecto is that #if it do not reaches definitively plant the #european interest above the national interests, will not reach to get to a politics of cohesion economic and social really advanced. +This informal procedure is a continuous exchange of information, a fruitful dialogue that has taken possible the inclusion of the priorities of the Parliament in the definite text of *Berlín, although they remain #some requirements that will be negotiated in back meetings to *Berlín. +Likewise, the Parliament receives with big satisfaction the approval of the appeal that the Union assume an active paper in the promotion of a durable peace and of the prosperity in *Irlanda of the North. +The first priority was to guarantee the continuation of the Bottom, and the Council reached to approve the opinion of the Parliament that the basic goals of the Bottom of Cohesion follow being today so important as in 1992. +These projects will mark a real and tangible difference in the lives of millions of our citizens that live in the most remote regions and less developed of the Community. +A *desliz of the Parliament, or simply a no responsible exercise of our competitions, #can *llevarnos to approve #some amendments that prevented to close tomorrow this important regulation and that the #european regions #can not, in consequence, program his performances for the first of January of the year 2000. +Although it do not exist any determination *porcentual for the assignment of credits, *nos have put of agreement on a strengthening of the positive politics of labour market and of the specific helps for the women. +Thus, it is even more important that -and east is also a hit of the Parliament- have of some generous transitory regulations that guarantee that they do not produce some painful and *contraproducentes interruptions of the helps and that the regions #be six years old of time to adapt to the changes. +To reach it intensify our contacts with the Commission and the Council, multiply our dialogues *tripartitos, and even celebrate an informal seminar with the Presidency and the Commission in *Viena to treat of the flexibility. +The Commission of Budgets has supported the proposal to include capital deprived in the finance of the projects of the networks and has posed the possibility to increase said participation of the 1 % until the 2 %. +Increasing the possibilities of the persons to keep his place of work, to achieve a place of work or another better is *algo that we #can take with help of the Social Bottom European. +The Presidency goes to restart the subject after consulting with the partners, especially with *Finlandia, in the frame of the second Committee of Cooperation EU-*Ucrania that will celebrate in July and will include it among the official subjects of the conversations among the EU and *Ucrania. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, with #the same constructive spirit that, glimpse, *subyace in his answer, #can *concretarme exactly how will take the European Union to contribute to the cessation of the violence and how measured will adopt also to contribute to that combat the corruption in *Argelia? +Without embargo, do not treats of an isolated fact but of an assessment of character general that the #swedish tongue seldom uses *cuando the #swedish representatives negotiate in the Council. +Subject: Member of the Commission, competent for the equality of opportunities among men and women In accordance with the articles 2, 3, 137.1 and 141 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the equality of opportunities among men and women has to be #one of the greater worries of the European Union. +Also I have thought to ask #if it has argued how it goes to take to boost actively the equality of opportunities among men and women after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, *cuando #all the groups, also the women, want to use the article 13 on discrimination. +After the shy proposal of the Commission, the agreements of *Berlín have supposed a course backwards in the limitation of the helps to the great exploitations and the increase of the support to the small and average. +It is of receipt, in a moment in the that #all legitimately sue more *Europa in the employment and in general in the structural reform, in the process of enlargement of the EU, in the help *solidaria by #one *Europa greater, celebrate like a hit of *Berlín that #all want to that in the future *Europa *nos cost less? +The truth is that the budget do not goes to give for this «rural development», that #would be, in fact, the form to balance the most disadvantaged regions in relation with the most favoured. +Some final words on the Common Agricultural Politics and the resultant reform of *Berlín, is to say, the absence of reform: *Berlín no *reequilibró neither promoted, in fact, an investment of the existent discriminations among productions and agriculturalists. +And it is truth that regarding the Diary 2000 pose important *interrogantes: the #european agricultural strategy, our alimentary future, the structural politics, the finance of *Europa, by not mentioning the opening to the East. +Also it is undoubted that the fact of *dedicarnos to introduce zones of free change in the international market represents a danger -for example, the Mr. #Martin mentioned it takes a moment regarding the *viticultores, alluding to the case of *Suecia and *Irlanda, that have converted in viticultural zones, it that *les allows to obtain musts concentrated for perhaps manufacture industrial wines. +*Loyola Of Palace has hidden that the 550.000 tonnes of increase of the quota *lechera do not have right to premium and, in the *vacuno, the increases will not compensate the reduction *pactada of the 20 % of the prices, producing a reduction of the incomes in this sector of some 30.000 millions of pesetas. +The fact that the negotiations have translated in results in a moment that coincides with the resignation of the Commission constitutes a sample more of the capacity of performance of the European Union. +Gentleman President, go to use ten seconds of my lovely time to congratulate to the Commissioners and to the here present President, especially by the stoicism to be here with *nosotros to this hour of the night. +In this renunciation have influenced convincingly the pressures exerted by the Commission of Fishing of the Parliament, #whose unanimous posture has exerted a paper swims *desdeñable to the hour to revoke this decision. +Always it has been a grave and serious problem that the European Parliament has watched often with distrust, also because no always resulted clear #who was the manager and of how way was possible any control and information by part of the European Parliament. +It means that the paper of the Commission remains *inalterado, but also takes *algo easier, because the Commission no longer sees situated in front of a uniform front of States members that say: Yes; only we want to go back exactly to *aquello that already had agreed in our common position. +It wanted to *agradecerles to #all his cooperation with our Group, #as well as to the Parliament and to the Mr. *Hughes, the one who has been an excellent president in #everything it relative to this question, very *perseverante, like the skaters that begin the career with a bit of slowness but that, to base of continuity, reaches an excellent result when getting to the dip. +Himself/Hisself It wanted to, gentleman President, take advantage of this debate to say two things that *me seem important: first, reiterate the observation that has taken the Mrs. #Miranda that the #mexican Government has to assume the commitment to withdraw this unilateral rise of tariffs. +Without embargo, believe that the conclusion of the agreement will facilitate the continuity of the dialogue around these questions, which will plant to *Europa in a much more favourable position that #if it had not gone out forward this agreement. +Other modalities of participation, as for example the statute of observer, did not respect the legitimate wishes of *Islandia and Norwegian to follow taking part in the process of taking of decisions in matter of *Schengen in the future. +Apart from the agreement of association that finish to describe and #whose draft *les have remitted takes little, the Protocol of *Schengen foresees the approval of another agreement that determine the juridical relation among Norwegian and *Islandia, on the one hand, and among Big *Bretaña and *Irlanda, by #another, in the fields of the *acervo of *Schengen that apply to these States. +It did not fits doubt that this control has to develop of an effective mood, and is necessary to demand to Norwegian and *Islandia #the same criteria that demand to the States members of the Union in #everything it relative to the control of borders and to #some looks of the fight against the delinquency. +But to the contrary of it that occurred, for example, with the directive on the rights of author in the society of the information, in this occasion have had the opportunity to keep a brief debate *esclarecedor to the *respecto. +My question to the Commissioner *Liikanen is #if, nevertheless, results acceptable the form in that the amendment 48 has been formulated by the Commission of Subjects Juridical do not convert like this to the servers of Internet in *censores? +And since, as it said a famous writer of my country, «the morning is uncertain», take advantage of the occasion to hail and express my gratitude to #all the colleagues, civil servants and interpreters with the *cuales have shared these five fundamental years for the #european construction. +*Ello Do not means, without embargo, that the institutions do not have of the sufficient autonomy to decide to increase the requirements contemplated in the Treaty in determined occasions, especially *cuando is in game the character *vinculante of the maximum type of increase, #such as it stipulates the article 203. +It takes a year decide to approve an interim agreement so that, in the meantime, #can negotiate the global agreement. And in that moment said explicitly that we #would not approve the global agreement until they had not stipulated #all the elements that compose it. +The Government *laborista did not lose time to the hour to establish some new strict criteria for the public life in the Realm Joined *cuando got to the power two years ago. +On the other hand, I subscribe the idea of a simplification of the financial management. I create likewise indispensable to hold responsible to the States members and control the utilisation of the subventions agreed in virtue of these bottoms; of it contrary, the risks of fraud will multiply . +The future of the rural world presents more uncertain by what the Commission and the Parliament, permanently concerned by *apropiarse of new fields of competition, procure to make an urban politics integrated, without taking into account the principle of subsidiariness. +We believe besides that the best way to reach a more efficient finance of the #european politics raisin for concentrating said finance in the measures absolutely more important, in place to create *minipresupuestos that *engullen too much money of the States members. +It treats of #that that expand to the infinite the field of the community regulation, and that today, under the effect of the bureaucratic and administrative obstruction that have caused, demand a simplification of the existent procedures. +Later, has to summon an international conference on the *Balcanes under the auspices of the *NU and of the *OSCE with the goal to stabilise the situation in the region and to guarantee in *Kosovo the establishment of an advanced autonomy inside the current borders. +This violence, precisely, is the answer to your violence of State, as it is the pity of death and also the racist justice and the justice of class that has condemned to *Mumia. +The lawyers of the Mr. *Ocalan hardly have access to the process, the Court of Security of the State neither *me seems the suitable place and have not admitted international observers. +Nevertheless, #if, besides, we analyse the union *aduanera with *Turquía, since the agree, this country has separated of *nosotros and the recent elections have put of self-evident that goes back the look to inside, goes back , therefore, more nationalist. With the experience of the *Balcanes there #be little space for the nationalist feelings and the rights of the *kurdos or, perhaps, precisely yes. +Gentleman President, lamentably, to the equal that in December of 1997, have to go back to *ocuparnos of the rapes of the human rights in *Djibuti, in particular of the situation of the political prisoners that no only find subjected to illegal arrest -for *nosotros unacceptable-, but also to #all type of vexation that, in #some cases, has *ocasionado the death of #some of *ellos. +The Government of *Djibuti engaged to respect these principles also through his participation in the Agreement of *Lomé, #whose article 5 foresees that each part signatory has to fulfil the principles of respect of the human rights and of democratisation of his country. +Gentleman President, lady speaker, *Señorías, wish first of all congratulate to the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens and, in particular, to our colleague *Gebhardt by the excellent work that have taken together and by the tenacity that have shown in the procedure of conciliation. +Through a happy collaboration, #among others with the Speaker of the sessions of conciliation, the Mrs. *Fontaine, has reached this commitment thanks to his common sense, his firmness and his tireless perseverance. +Since the statistics of the exchanges of sakes *intracomunitarios always are necessary, has created *INTRASTAT, and the companies have been forced to provide the necessary variables to allow that this organism make said statistical. +By it that refers to the first proposal, relative to the reduction of the number of variables collected, the procedure of conciliation allowed to get to a satisfactory result in relation with the initial proposal of the Commission. +And I do not deny that the content of the proposal of the Commission of principles of the years eighty deserves my support. Said of another mood, subscribe the content, but do not approve the method *intergubernamental. +The costs derived of the installation of mechanisms of interception run to charge of the operator of the network of telecommunications. To avert distortions of the competition is indispensable that these costs are similar in #all the inner market. +This project of agreement will constitute the juridical frame for the interception of #all the forms of telecommunications in the EU that results necessary to put in practice the system of surveillance EU-FBI. +The Mr. *Schulz has said with #all clarity it that the Mr. *Schmid has exposed by writing: this recommendation of the Council do not modifies in it more minimum the juridical situation in the States members. +Lady Speaker, ladies and gentlemen, before at all wanted to congratulate to the Mr. *Hoppenstedt for having known, in his last intervention, *llevarnos with precision to the essential point of the question: take compatible to the man, the nature and the modern technician. +These two bodies are developing the program detailed of activities and the strategies of communication in accordance with the lines of communication of the Commission and the report of the Commission of Culture. +*Señorías, our political activity is not *desenfrenada, but the #can compare to a train, no to a train of high speed, but to a train of commodities, but the trains do not advance #if there are not rails, and these rails are the that avert that *nos divert. +By this reason, #can say today, with independence of where *nos seat in this Assembly, it following: #if it exists a political justice, even in this European Parliament, this political justice has taken reality with the election of #Nicole *Fontaine for Speaker of the European Parliament. +*Cuando Gave by closed the assembly to finals of May, there was an unanimous backrest and a strong ovation of #all the plenary by the so glorious form in the that has conducted the sessions along the last term of office. +With his contribution to the peaceful conclusion of the conflict of *Kosovo, the civil power that is the EU achieved to advance a fundamental step to a Common External Politics. +The preparation of a #european Letter of fundamental rights that decided in Colony has by object guarantee that the fundamental rights of the citizens receive in the #european field #the same consideration that have in the national field. +It is evident that the last events that have observed in the *OMC and the form as they go to develop the new negotiations and, in particular, the designation of the General Director wanted by the Americans for the *primer cycle of the *OMC are of very bad *augurio for the #european interests. +The last look, the subject of *Kosovo, has shown also, *me seems, the #european impotence and his total diplomatic dependency and military of the dominant military power and of the NATO. +With regard to the criticisms to the institutional reforms: we have tried *hacerlas advance and *cuando kept my first intervention here to the *hacerme load of the Presidency of the Council was not still at all clear #if we went to obtain really the approval for a Conference *Intergubernamental. +The challenge that have in front of #all *nosotros is in reconstructing the credibility of the European Union in front of his citizens and in ensuring that #this comprise the advantages that the European Union offers to his daily life. +#Any one that say today that we have to approve or refuse the Commission, the one who say #this here in the Parliament or out of this Parliament, is despising it as the «*hearings» are an important part of the whole of the process and, a time passed, will be able to decide freely #if we give our assent to the Commission or no. +We go to take all it possible -at least my political Group- so that in the frame of the audiences foresee also a sufficient time for each candidate and candidate as an hour and average, #such as it is foreseen up to now, is not sufficient but that need at least three hours so that we #can keep a fine conversation *decisoria. +The Commission is the defender of the Treaties and *usted has employed the concept of the Government, a concept that *me enjoys personally because it involves that this Government has a parliamentary responsibility and has to answer also in front of the Parliament. +Lady Speaker, in September will have the audiences and, as I already have said, do not wish to anticipate how have to develop, but the big preference of my Group is that in subject -September always to the reservations that it will be necessary to see it that goes *sucediendo- will have to take a decision and *desembarazarnos of a feeling of #crisis. +The tragedy of *Kosovo, and in sense more general the tragedies of the type of the *sucedida in *Yugoslavia, are fine sample that the stability and the peace brought by the integration of *Europa still do not issue his rays much more there of the external borders of the Union. +The launching of the new coin of the euro definitely will help to reduce the commercial costs of the small and medium enterprises when converting the operations *cambiarias in eleven countries in *algo of the past. +To boost the competitive capacity, the growth and the employment, the #finnish Government proposes , aptly, favour the coordination of the economic politics, of employment and structural and complete the inner market. +The EU has definitely an opportunity of gold to set up new politics in matter of rights of the consumers, alimentary security and help to the greater persons, #as well as in the areas of protection of the environment. +Already before the meeting of the European Council in Colony, the Commission proposed to the Bosses of State and of Government found a special Agency so that it occupied of the execution of the measures of reconstruction. +*Me Have put in contact with the Minister of Subjects External of *Eslovaquia, country candidate to member of the Union, and have begun to consider the form to solve this look in the negotiations with said country. +To this subject *me referred *cuando *me *dirgí today to the representatives of the #european youths with occasion of the delivery of the prizes of literature, in my quality of representative of the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council in the day of his première, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, formulated the question on the case *Bangemann because I believe that it poses a question of enormous actuality, that is the ethical behaviour of the public charges. +In this context, *nosotros, also the deputies, have to struggle by some clear statutes, some rules of the clear game and *elaborarlas, as it do not serves of a lot throw stones to the roof of the other and not seeing that #one sometimes is under #the same ceiling. +They are the that #would say, and have, create *yo, the reason of his part, that the disposals of the article 213 of the Treaty and his references to the honesty and discretion mean for #any one that comprise the criteria required in the public life, little more #would need say, or at all. +By discounted that it had wished that #ours *primer find during the period of the #finnish Presidency had occurred in other circumstances, which *me had allowed to expose #all the essential priorities of our program of work. +Thus it do not fits the lower doubt that the legislation of the Community has to be reformed with the end to guarantee that the quality of the products of origin animal was entirely reliable. +*Déjenme *decirle *algo To the President of the Council: in #some parts has said that the Council was concerned, as the crisis of the dioxin has put of self-evident that his effects affect to #all the Union, and that the Council wants to act of transparent and responsible way. +I think that in an economic and ecological disaster of #this *envergadura has to have value to look for and signal the causes and in his case also to the guilty, no by any inopportune form of grudge, but to avert that they repeat this type of problems in the future. +And here I want to remember, for example, how the community institutions have not followed the recommendations and requirements of the Parliament, that asked the prohibition of the flours of meat and bones in the animal feeding. +Therefore, we propose it following: open of course an investigation, but first take a study in depth of the systems to face up to the sanitary and alimentary panics of #all the States members, beginning with an evaluation of the #british system. +The possible reforms are *reexpedidas to level of the Unit of Fight *Antifraude and of the own Roman *Prodi, that yesterday *nos explained that it went to fix almost all modifying the internal operation of the Commission and proposing a code of behaviour of his members. +#This #would have supposed, for example, apply disciplinary measures against the organisers of the European Championship of 1996, because in that occasion, the followers benefited of plans of sale of entrances that favoured to the fans of the country with regard to the fans of the foreigner. +The organisers of the *Eurocopa 2000 that will celebrate in *Bélgica and in the Low Countries, for example, already have put in contact with the Commission and, in consequence, have adapted his system of sales to the requirements of the community legislation. +#If the Commissioner *Kinnock *me is asking #if *yo believe that the European Commission #can really help to the football of base better that the anonymous societies multinationals that only look for benefits, #would vote by the European Commission. +Lady Speaker, our ancient Socialist colleague #belgian Mr. Of *Coene and *yo head the group of 30 deputies to the European Parliament that carried the case in front of the Upper Court of #París the past year. +#If the Commission had pursued this *incumplimiento of the article 82 with #the same energy that pursues the *incumplimientos in other fields of the industry, this fine #would not have been of 600 pounds, but of 6 millions of pounds or more. +With occasion of this Glass of the World of football, *Señorías, have seen to thousands of *Zidane and of #Marcel *Dessailly in small, that displaced of the popular quarters of *Marsella, of *Tolosa and of *Estrasburgo to applaud the exploits of the big *Zidane, of the big *Dessailly, and also of the big #Owen, of the big *Beckam, of the big Say #Pietro. +It is wise, given the circumstances, demand to the great football quantities of money and deposit it in the arks of the European Commission, or it wise is to take measures that guarantee that in the future will not go back to produce discriminatory sales of entrances for the football or any #another international tournament? +*Nosotros Pay expensive, maybe, the have not been able to take it, but *le #would ask to this Parliament an analysis *sosegado of the second inform of the Committee. And afterwards that, after the explanations of the Mr. *Kinnock, comprise that the Commission will need *algún time, and that they are *ustedes this time a bit more generous. +Forty-two years after the creation of this institution, it is necessary to remember to the ancient School, quote: the need "to hold responsible to the commissioners, from the preparation of a proposal until his application" . +Because the financial Regulation never has elaborated it quite the right of agreements" . #One #can not leave to have the worrisome impression, *cuando reads a sentence like #this, that the reasoning is incomplete. +And, to end of accounts, the theory of the independence of the Commission, credited by the federalistic, but that conducts to weaken the controls, has not provided *acaso a favourable terrain for the irregularities and the frauds *impunes? +Especially, the Commission promises to displace systematically of the traditional dependency of the #ex financial control-in front of to a system integrated of financial management in the that the responsibilities of civil servants individual are clearly clear-cut, evaluated and reinforced. +I consider urgently necessary that the recommendations taken to this *respecto by the Report of the Experts, and with independence of the statements that have taken the commissioners designated, are collected in the program of the next conference *intergubernamental and impose by the road of the Treaties. +It is not the moment to go in in details, as in the Commission of Control Budgetary, thanks to the proposal that have made, will have opportunity to follow of wall the task of the Commissioner *Kinnock. +Gentleman President, debate a report of wall of 200 pages that contains an exhaustive analysis of the structural operation of the services of the Commission, and only have been able to have 48 hours to read it and *reflexionar on #the same. +They will be *ustedes of agreement *conmigo in affirming the importance of this community frame of cooperation with the that it pretends back and complete the work of the States members in the field of the accidental marine pollution, precisely with the goal of *hacerla more effective. +Of it contrary, in front of the first crisis that *sobrevenga in front of the lack of the inspections of a Been member and of a #european logic of the inspections, will resort to an independent agency, that will be necessary to create to manage the question of the feeding, for example, as we #can check it *cuando debate said question. +I create firmly that the Parliament #would have to give all his support to this report and that #would have to issue a message so much to the Commission as to the Council that have the intention that these essential measures are not diluted or weakened in any form. +The consequence #would be that the production #would displace to the country #where governed the worst environmental norms; the environment #would be then the big loser and #would punish to the States members that yes take seriously the environmental legislation. +It do not go to occur it that *le has occurred to this spiritual leader of Occident that is the Mr. *Stoiber, President of the Government of *Baviera, that did not achieve that his minister *Sauter was piacular goat and accepted to resign and has had to resort to the corresponding Parliament. +The offers that *nos formulates, substantially demanded by my Group, constitute a clear commitment with the #european integration and #all a statement of intentions to the representation of the citizens that has this Parliament. +The euro is an instrument, an intermediate stage: it is a condition, a half to be able to carry prosperity to #all, so that it #can happen to these politics that are the fundamental chapter that have in front of *nosotros, and the final goal, #this is, more growth, more development and more employment. +Because it has mentioned *usted with #everything hit the word "responsibility" like key concept, no only in the *primer report of the wise persons, but also like need to solve the problems in the future. Collegiate responsibility, but also individual, of the members of his Commission and -think also- responsibility of his civil servants. +Gentleman professor *Prodi, is *usted a man of big talent, is surrounded also of men and of women also of big talent: the professor *Monti, the gentleman *Barnier, the gentleman *Busquin, that survived #where the lady *Cresson dropped by a pot of jam, and this full Commission of talent goes to have early the big appointment of *Seattle. +The vote of the Thursday is an important opportunity to send to the new Commission a warning that the principle by the that it guides *Bruselas #can not be the attitude that here it has not happened at all. +The nomination of the Mr. *Kinnock and of the Mr. *Patten underlines clearly the impression of that the nomination for the Commission is in effect a prize of *consolación to compensate the political rejection in his own country. +This morning, gentleman President, has affirmed that wishes a whole and effective administration, some competent and free commissioners of #all suspicion, a political program for the next five years in total communication with the Parliament. +Like person and like President of the Commission, explains *usted with the confidence even of those deputies of the Union that see with a big scepticism to his squad, which means that *usted personally will be able to have the affirmative vote of our Group in both votes. +Gentlemen Presidents, the world, from *Kosovo until *Timor Oriental, needs to *Europa, the *Europa of the Institutions of the Union, and the European Union needs a fine relation among the Council, the Commission and the Parliament to enjoy of #all the confidence of his *conciudadanos. +*Nosotros, the #greek deputies of the party *Nea *Dimocratía, further of #all reservation, *le will give the vote to his Commission, in the first place because we expect that they respect *ustedes the commitments contracted here the past week, and second because we agree with the content of his statement of today. +The Parliament has interest in defending the powers of the Commission and mainly his right of initiative, without which the weight of the Governments and of the national bureaucracies #would be overwhelming. +Especially it is a scandal that take happen to a man like the right hand of the ancient President of the Commission, Mr. *Delors, the one who is responsible of the training of the criticised services of security, in front of this Parliament without that it receive at least an alone critical question. +Never we have to allow that a government use the Commission like house of retreat of politicians that - using an affine term to the consumers - have exceeded his "date of caducity" or as *recompensa political to ancient friends or even to export to *Europa a national embarrassment. +*Nosotras Want to that *usted commission to reach significant improvements in the income, in the access to the power and to the money, and that #one to our fight against the daily discrimination of the women and against the violence. +Due to the fact that we had to leave time to the delegations of other commissions, neither the deputies of my Group neither our commission neither the members of the delegations had sufficient time to formulate #all the questions that wished to the candidates *Liikanen and *Lamy. +Also in this look, *yo #can affirm in name of my Group that the Commission seems to have the firm will to regulate in the round of the #millenium, #among others subjects, questions like the norms *agrosociales and also the #european environmental disposals. +Gentleman President, *le appreciate that *me have mentioned, even unintentionally, because *yo have got to the European Parliament like leader of the Party of the Pensioners that has gone in for the first time in this Parliament to represent the needs of the greater persons. +*Me Remembered to a famous duet of humorists of the Realm Joined - *Morecombe and *Wise - in the that #Eric *Morecombe *aporreaba a piano of tail and took a frightful noise, and *André *Previn *le said "*te #this *equivocando in #all the notes" , to it that *él answered, "the notes are #all well, the problem is that no the touch in the correct order" . +With regard to the Category 5, the #sad side is that we do not see that the Council propose solutions on the mood to resolve the problem of the pensions in the breast of the institutions. +In this context, is important that the European Parliament, #whose action this last year has been remarkable, take to hear his voice after the resolution adopted in his session *plenaria of April that already established the political frame that now precise. +As it said before, the *concretización of a space of freedom, of security and justice is a fundamental goal for *acercar the Union to his citizens, and this question forms part of the daily worries of the citizens of the Union. +On the other hand, *me cheer that the Popular Party European, with the support of the other friends of the security of this House, have reached to impose his initiative in spite of the Group of the *socialdemócratas, that denied to examine the subject. +A lot it has said about the suitability to take the most difficult life for the criminals, but the harmonisation of offences and sanctions is an ambitious project. +This type of attempts against the free expression, leaving sideways to the citizens, *cuando prepares the space of security and of justice, awake the suspicion that this space will not be so free and transparent as they demand our traditions. +The countries members of the EU, like previous condition to reach the peace and the security in *Europa, have to work more actively by this peace, security, economic growth and democracy in the bordering poor countries to the EU. +It is evident that want that the prime ministers offer protection against threats like the delinquency organised, the traffic of drugs, the terrorism and the sexual offences, but also have to occupy of the threats of the discrimination and the racism. +I ask an applause for *ellos so much more what that the news of another grave tremor of earth, in the northwest of *Turquía, this Monday, so only some weeks after the tragic events that have affected to this same region, *nos has inspired a big affliction. +In name of the European Parliament, wanted to express my deeper charm to the Big National Assembly and to the village of *Turquía by the grave losses that *les has supposed this natural catastrophe. +#If they establish social and economic rights #whose finance was too much dependent of the public sector, simultaneously with the improvement of the social level inside the Union go to grow also the walls that *nos separate of the external world. +These politics rather will have to relate *decididamente with the politics of development and cooperation, that, with the step of the time, lady Speaker of the Council, and had account of the economic means that have arbitrated , seems that it has not obtained results. +I estimate that the Commission has to recognise also that the content expanded of the procedure of *codecisión means that the Parliament has #the same authority in the promulgation of directives and regulations of the European Union that correspond to 38 economic sectors and social different. +The procedure of *codecisión covers a wide range of activities, with inclusion of the activities of the sector of the transport, regional subjects, social questions, initiatives in matter of employment, structural finance, protection of the consumer, public health and the environmental worries. +*Me Am referring to the global autonomy, to the capacity and exclusive competition that keeps the Basque Country in fiscal matter, of collection of #all the taxes, taxes and public exactions, #as well as in the budgetary looks and of public cost. +Neither we have been able to give our seen well to this Commission for the following period since #some of the candidates have not engaged *unívocamente to assume the total and individual responsibility that corresponds to the charge that occupy. +The intervention of the President of the Commission puts end to #all the work in the commissions, in the that has had the opportunity to appreciate the political positions of the diverse Commissioners. +Concerning the external politics and of defence, has underlined the insistence in the federalistic path and of strengthening of the militaristic positions of the *PESC, instead of the decisive stake by the politics of cooperation. +The strong pressure exerted on the deputies of the European Parliament so that they approve the new Commission, allowing of this form that go back to the "normality" in our activities, it is necessary *contrastarla with the deep doubts and reservations that characterise to #some looks of the squad of *Prodi. +During the winter of 1998/1999 the European Parliament reached the majority of age, caused the resignation of the Commission *Santer and of this way established the place that *le corresponded in the political order European. +#This shows that the Parliament and the Commission of Budgets act with total responsibility in the questions of economy of the European Union and in the development of different political, and also is proof of his capacity of adaptation to new situations. +Besides #this #would take that the intervention of an international strength of peace #can not consider an interference in the #indonesian sovereignty, but a help of the international community to an independent State and sovereign. +The socialist Group demanded from the beginning the end of the economic help of the World-wide Bank and of the International Economic Bottom to the diet of *Yakarta. +Now well, in the context of the catastrophe that is *sucediendo there, Indonesian has happened to convert in a symbol of it a lot that a diet without scruples, feeble and brutal is able to take to impose his can and his control on #all the that, to his trial, challenge his authority. +How *sucede with the institutions of *Europa -the European Parliament, the European Union in his group- that *nos prevents that we answer to the crises of the world like our villages, our constituents, our citizens wanted to that we answered? +The Council of Security of the UN has adopted this morning the decision to send troops of pacification in an immediate future, and will allocate #some strengths of crash to the zone of mood urgent. +The deployment of the humanitarian help is urgent, and his priorities are the protection of the deported to *Timor Western and the access of the *ACNUR to the zone, #as well as the start of the distribution of foods and utensils by aerial transport. +It #would be particularly interesting to listen the reactions of #París, *Berlín and *Madrid and of #many other places #where has interpreted the decision of Colony like another more directed step to the implantation of a common defence. +How attitude has the #finnish Presidency concerning the preparation of laws secretly, because in the actuality the Council of Ministers do not has his the same more that in *Beijing and in *Corea of the North by it that refers to the approval of laws on citizens secretly? +The international community has engaged to apply in his whole the resolution 1244 adopted by the Council of Security of the UN, by means of the *cual tries create a *Kosovo democratic and multinational inside the borders of the Republic of *Yugoslavia recognised internationally. +Gentleman president, believe that the answer of the President in exercise and the debate on the previous question have contributed data on the selective way with that the called international community tackles the existent problems all over the world, among *ellos the situation that reigns in the *Balcanes. +I know that it is not necessary to convince to this Assembly, but like direct and main participant in the task of *paliar the suffering and reconstruct the normality and like coordinator of the efforts of #others, the European Union has to assume the maximum possible responsibility. +The Mrs. *Pack has shown especially *valerosa when ordering the disaster organised by the Council and has proposed a totally logical solution, is to say, establish the agency in *Pristina and *vincularla to the pact of stability in *Tesalónica. +For *ello will stand out three looks: In the first place, for an alone dispatch do not take fault two organs of government; second, the taking of decisions has to produce #where make the work or Agency of Reconstruction of *Kosovo; and in *tercer place, the collaboration with the local population is important, and of form expresses the cooperation *pluriétnica as it has stood out . +Logically, therefore, the agency has to have his base of operations there, although to the hour to defend this option, am safe that nobody will forget the arguments so *persuasivos that the Mr. *Cohn-*Bendit has presented in the debate of today on previous experiences. +Therefore the commission approved the need of a continuous and rigorous support to the refugees and has accepted the *décimo Agreement *CE-*OOPS for the period 1999-2001, that has subjected to the *dictamen of the European Parliament and that represents a big contribution. +Gentleman President, this report has been approved by unanimity in the Commission of Development and Cooperation, and with #a lot of tarpaulin, with the two amendments presented by the Commission of Budgets so that all do not remain only in words, but that have a financial economic-plan. +For example, I have taken fine note that #ours Assembly finishes to refuse the original editorial of the section 6 of the resolution, that considered impossible to make the space of freedom, of security and of justice keeping the rule of the unanimity in the Council. +The *socialdemócratas #danish in the European Parliament *nos have abstained in the vote of the proposal of resolution relative to the increase of the integration in the space of freedom, security and justice. +Besides, neither we support the wish that the summit of *Tampere was the starting signal for the celebration of a new governmental conference on the increase of the integration in the judicial field. +As it will know the Assembly, the financial situation general in *Rusia has reached a true stability from the spectacular fall of the rouble in the markets of currencies international in August of the past year. +They cover likewise, in opinion of the Commission, to the important exit of capital of *Rusia, that obviously has contributed to his time to drop the level of investment international and has braked the economic growth. +In front of similar panorama, a timely measure of the President *Yeltsin as it is his approval of the proposal of law #russian on the bleaching of money #would reassure to the international community. +Likewise, as a result of the visit of the #finnish Presidency and of the Commissioner go give *Broek to *Turquía on 26 August, is gathering at present a financial package of 30 millions of euros to contribute to the activities of help and reconstruction in course. +We entrust in that these initiatives of support to short, half and long term will suppose a continuous help to the population of *Turquía and are safe that persons of #all the European Union will join to *nosotros in the wish that the arduous tasks of *restablecimiento of the communities and of the morals succeed. +#The same reaffirm, finally, our wish that the dialogue continue only in the measure in that it allow an advance in the field of the human rights in that country, so that, in particular, suspend the execution of the convictions to death that have been pronounced. +Meanwhile, the international situation continues deteriorating and the reiterated international calls to the #burmese authorities so that they take measured directed to boost the democracy, the human rights and the reconciliation remain without a significant answer. +These activities #would owe likewise support the mixed military Commission attendant to organise the deployment of a strength of maintenance of the peace and a strength of *imposición of the peace. +As well, in this dispatch there #be not neither a window neither a taking of air and do not know #if the photocopier, extremely noisy, produces hurtful broadcasts for the health of the person that commissions of #the same. +To take advantage of of an efficient way this building, have to procure celebrate here in his whole our session *plenaria, included the Friday, so that afterwards we have #all a week, in the that, #such as it has proposed #ours colleague, the Mrs. *Ludford, #can *dedicarnos of way especially intense to #ours *circunscripciones electoral. +#Any one that know #which is the political activity of a deputy, and the reservation of #many of his conversations and of his performances, #can understand that #this is, possibly, the deepest defect and more structural and that, as it said the Mrs. Speaker, possibly do not have solution. +My main request is that, as it needed a change of the treaty for *traernos here in the first place, with security #can *presionar in our political parties, our governments, to achieve a change of the treaty that *nos move away to #all of here and spend the money in *algo useful that the persons #can appreciate. +#Any one that already have exposed to the use of buildings new, as it is my case, knows that it is necessary a time of shooting; inside six months, these details will have forgotten . +Equally, I foresee that the beautiful carpets colour cream put in #some of the stays of the commissions will be *irreversiblemente full of stains and dirty inside 3 months and will be unavailable, being an election of the poor and little practical colour and in last instance a waste of resources. +#If other States members begin to act of #the same mood, #can get to a situation in the that determined articles #would be forbidden in each Been member of the Community in different moments, and will not exist any guarantee that it work properly the only market, by #whose creation and consolidation so much *nos have encouraged in this Parliament. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, #if the *PPE did not wish that this debate took place in the day of today was not by not to consider it important, but simply to be able to clear a series of things and *oir to a series of experts before pronouncing . +It has to follow contemplating the consumer that the withdrawal of earths agricultural in the EU, or was, the renunciation to cultivate cereals, while they incinerate the corpses of animals and feeds to the livestock with animal flours? +In the debate have to take into account -#this is important - #all the problems of the agriculture and prevail the agriculture of quality, #as well as assign a space to the question of the relation among technical control and democratic control, aroused by the Mrs. *Roth-*Behrendt. +The second is that, given the *prevalencia of the AIDS in *África and knowing that thousands of youngsters cross the Mediterranean to go in, through *España or of other countries, in *Europa, and taking into account also the period of incubation of the illness, that goes of six or seven years until twelve years, #can reckon that #one third part of these youngsters is affected of AIDS and is living in *Europa. +The third consideration in *pro of a favourable vote of this proposal is the relatively scarce quantity of the help, that did not has to disturb the economic plans of the Commission. +Second, that, logically, will correspond to the budgetary authority, to *ustedes like Parliament, to the Commission in his proposals and to the Council in his decisions, take the decisions that estimate timely for the year 2000 without that, without embargo, in this moment prejudge #which is the definite solution. +The Parliament aspires to that include in the article 5 of the program *ALTENER a reference to the new procedures for the exercise of the competitions in matter of execution, so as to reinforce the participation of the European Parliament. +It did not suffices with seeing the figures, totally insufficient, that go to devote to the renewable energies, #would be necessary perhaps also devote a bit of time to examine the financial energies that devote to other forms of energy, in particular to the nuclear. +Together with the program *SAVE, have in *ALTERNER *II a form to show to the public of *Europa that there are rational forms to confront the challenge of the climatic change: energetic efficiency and sources of renewable energy. +In contrast with it that occurs in the great energetic companies, #where are sacking hard-working, this fact means that #if we launch this program and boost the sources of energy alternative, at the same time will contribute also, like Europeans, to that the politics of employment receive greater attention. +Gentleman President, lady speaker, lady Commissioner, wanted to manifest my gratitude to the speaker, the Mrs. *Ahern, by the dynamism with that has prepared the program *plurianual 1998-2000 of promotion of the energetic efficiency *SAVE *II for the *segunda reading, continuing the work of the ancient speaker, the Mrs. *Bloch *von *Blottnitz. +A greater energetic efficiency will involve, in the short term, lower consumption, the protection of the renewable energetic sources, a lower dependency of the imports of energy, #as well as a lower environmental pollution. +The Commission goes to present in brief -is included in the diary of the next Council of 2 December- the plan of action on energetic efficiency, and then will have occasion to argue more in depth these questions. +Already they have swept the institutional racism and the intolerance and the prejudice legalised have been swept and now the relation of the European Union with *Sudáfrica goes determined by the recognition of this attainment *transcendental. +They have produced substantial advances in the schooling of the boys, in the medical service of vicinity, in the access to the drinkable water and in the service of electricity but remains still a lot, a lot for taking. +Gentleman President, although we recognise that the Agreement of Trade, Development and Cooperation among the European Community, by a part, and the Republic of *Sudáfrica, by #another, contains certainly valuable elements, share the doubts of the speaker *Kinnock and have #some questions and suggestions for the Commission and the Council. +#Ours *cuarta observation is related with the *virulenta critical of the Mrs. *Kinnock *cuando ensures that the European Union "tried to take of *Sudáfrica the hostage of the subventions of his own agriculturalists". We consider unacceptable that the Agreement take case *omiso of the sector of the wines and of the alcoholic drinks. +It is to expect that this agreement involve that from *Sudáfrica perceive that they no longer are the EU and *Sudáfrica so far, neither physical neither *psíquicamente, and that no longer there #be *tanta distance among the facts and the words, as undoubtedly they have felt that *sucedía during the period comprised among the years 1994 and 1999. +Gentleman Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, cooperate with *Sudáfrica, *ayudarle to go out of the underdevelopment #would have to be an elementary duty for *Europa, #whose classes leaders have benefited amply in the past of the pillage of his mining wealths and of the exploitation of his poor masses. +Gentleman President, did not fits doubt that, from the point of sight political, the agreement reached with *Sudáfrica constitutes in his group a step advance for the European Union, and in this sense it is necessary to consider it with special like and satisfaction. +Without going in in the *inadecuación in principle of this type of indications, wish to underline that the two parts are working very *denodadamente with seen to find a fast and mutually acceptable solution for the pending problems in matter of wines and liquors. +The conference of *Lesotho goes to celebrate the days 13 and 14 October and are had to examine in *ella with representatives of the countries *BLNS the form to restructure the plan of support for these countries. +I will not answer, therefore, to this concrete question, as I am not in situation to take it, but take advantage of his invitation because *yo same, *cuando begin to examine the great percentages of costs, meeting that, more that the future needs, is the history the that is marking our path. +The solutions for the unemployment are exactly #the same that the corresponding to the competitiveness, is to say, the reduction of the business contributions and the levels of regulation. )How attitude will adopt the Commission concerning these looks? +Nevertheless, #if *usted *me asks #which is the *primer factor for *Europa and his industrial problems, *le answer very frankly: the problem of the human resources like incentive of the *empresariado that there #be in our continent and, therefore, #all the problem of the conditioning of the financial structures for the new *empresariado. +The European Union did not wants that this agency have his headquarters in *Lausanne, in the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, and, without embargo, wants that the have in #one of the States members of the European Union. +The Indian is the greater democracy of the world and has confronted #hideous problems precisely because it is a free society that lives in a State of right, with a civil society fully developed. +#If well I receive with *beneplácito the question and the answer that has given -suit with *él in that *demasiada insistence in the summits is not necessarily timely-, *me #would enjoy to know #if it will consider the possibility to expand the dialogue #India/EU so that pass to be a dialogue EU/*subcontinente #indian. +It treats of a paper that the EU #can exert usefully: the to reach that the Indians, the *paquistaníes or the *bangladeshíes, etc., gather in #that *subcontinente to examine his common problems and, in some sense, take of selfless external runner in the deals among the countries of this *subregión. +Up to now the States members, to tenor of the article 296 (ancient article 223), have excepted up to now the traffic of arms of the field of application of the disposals of the Treaties of the European Community. +This *primer step consists in conceding to *Turquía the status of candidate so that it set up the process and have an opportunity to be able to talk in a next future on the subject of the start of negotiations. +Lady Speaker, estimated and estimated colleagues, after the statements made by the representative of the Presidency of the Council and of the Commission, it is necessary to split of the fact that in the summit of *Helsinki goes to agree concede to *Turquía the status of candidate. +Lady Speaker, our Group declares in favour of the #european path of *Turquía, that #can get until his adhesion, and also declares in favour of a political more generous in the finances, always that #this #can contribute to solve the problems to the that they confront , especially, the numerous victims of the earthquakes. +The #greek village has shown his cordial feelings to the #turkish village in the tragedy of the earthquakes. I believe that also the #turkish village has feelings of affection to the #greek village. +#This it #would be necessary to take it recognising that to *Turquía *le remains a long path for visiting, fundamentally regarding the situation of the human rights and of the rights of the villages and minorities, recognised or no, that integrate the population of that country and also in relation with the performance of *Turquía concerning *Chipre. +The election of a new Government more constructive in #Israel and the signature of the Memorandum of *Sharm The-*Sheikh the past month have *allanado the path for the resumption of the process of peace. +The first withdrawn of troops, the release of prisoners and the agreement reached yesterday on the opening of the runner among *Gaza and *Cisjordania show that so much #israeli like Palestinians have restarted his efforts for reaching a durable peace. +I support the right of the #palestinian village to constitute a State, but a State that was the fruit of the negotiation and of the fine will of #all the parts interested and no a State that arise like result of the *coacción. +The president *Pasqua already has taken upsetting in the problem of the fault of translation; today our Group underlines that no only exists a fault of translation, but that there are inaccurate translations. +Today we have a perfect example with the decision of the Commission to raise the embargo of the meat of bovine #british, and the refusal of *Francia and of *Alemania to apply this decision. +Although the EU has engaged to follow of wall and legislate the activity of the sector, in my opinion, the involved have the moral responsibility to approve a series of norms of forced fulfillment. +By this reason, the Union considers important that the sustainable development was the point of game of the negotiations and that the environmental questions are taken in account in the agreements on the different sectors. +Like this, our Parliament has approved an amendment of my Group, that requested a review of the mechanisms of the *OMC, of the procedure of solution of conflicts, to end to be able to take in account in greater grade the social questions, sanitary, cultural and environmental. +Gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the communication of the Commission to the national Parliaments is extremely *reveladora at the same time of the machinery deeply *antidemocrática of the main #european institution and of the conditions in the *cuales will initiate the new chapter of commercial negotiations *multilaterales. +For the countries in roads of development, #this will mean free access for #all the articles, compensation by the increase of prices in basic alimentary products, exemptions of the agreements *TRIPS and that the EU delete the subsidies that produce disloyal competition, especially in the agricultural products. +And this reality is the of an agriculture *multifuncional, that combines his economic function with the preservation of the environment and of the rural landscapes and guarantees the presence of the man in #all the territory. +Like this, it is necessary, *prorrogando the phenomenon and so as to create a relation of strengths favourable in the breast of the *OMC, debate, transmit to #all *Europa the sense that has to give to the globalisation, to the liberalisation of these commercial exchanges. +In our political group, #many are of the opinion that the trade on the broadcasts, the rescue of the obligation to reduce the broadcasts of CO2, is not *defendible politically. +*Me Have referred to that prepare the publication of a Green Book that will contain a concrete proposal in this sense, a system that obviously will describe the particular responsibility of each country. +It means #this that *Finlandia, country militarily neutral, is had to establish a common politics of defence inside the Union, with seen to that the Union have a common will, a common politics and a common voice? +*Le #Would ask to the Mr. Minister on the form in that the #finnish Presidency is elaborating the habilitation of the qualified majority in the taking of decisions in matter of external politics, security and common defence. +This process is still in course, so that it is impossible to say #if it will affect to the external politics and of security, although #if *nos fix a bit in the history of this process of preparation, it is necessary to say that the taking of decisions *vinculantes by qualified majority, for example in matter of defence, is not very #likely, at least in the short term. +To *él it is necessary to add the article 30 that has that the deposit #can increase with the currencies until ten times more, is to say, 50.000 millions of euros; besides, it exists a disposal in the point 4 of the article 30 according to the *cual the #ECB #can *emplazar currencies, also above the maximum that is established in 50.000 millions of euros. +Always we have had *algún point of the program that has treated publicly but the rest of the meeting, in #all case up to now, has been to enclosed doors and will continue being it in the future, at least during the #finnish Presidency. +Second, #if there are criteria so different according to the *cuales forbid precisely the exports of arms to *Yugoslavia but, for example, yes are allowed to Indonesian, then is that there are other different criteria to the of the code that are decisive, in concrete, the economic and commercial interests. +It is urgent because we still have not defined the form to control the diffusion of arms short and light arms, neither have expanded the code so that it cover the conventional arms. +The last meaning of the granting of this prize is, from the altruistic optics of this lawyer, that *Bielorrusia #can not be "a #black sheep" in the geographic map European. +The transparency is a value to the *cual this Parliament has referred with decision in the first weeks of his works and the public opinion has right to entrust in the political institutions, #as well as in the military. +In consequence, consider just that the European Parliament ask to the States members that #can collaborate in discovering the truth, that facilitate to the #italian judicature #all the necessary documentation to get to the definite determination of the responsibilities. +#This *recalca, in particular, the question of the general culture in matter of security in the plant and the grade of qualification of the personnel, #as well as the importance that there #be a fast diffusion of the information. +The transport of fuels *MOX effects under the control of the national authorities of the countries of origin and of destination, having properly in account the appropriate legislation of the Union and the norms of the *OIEA. +Without embargo, know perfectly -and our experience, so much in the breast of the European Parliament as of the #european society in general, shows it- that the mere *constatación is not sufficient. It is not sufficient, #if they want to, repeat the point of sight that "it is necessary to take *algo" . +In the case of the deputies is precise a specific decision, that #can foresee -for example, in relation with the parliamentary investigations- a council of control aside, chosen by our Assembly to the beginning of each term of office. +By this reason, the public opinion wait that this office possess a full capacity of work, and this full capacity of work refers , on the one hand, to the institutions in the that the *OLAF #can make investigations, reason by the *cual, celebrate the report of the Mr. *Napolitano and the interventions that have made here. +Second, and with #this finish, wanted to insist in it important and urgent that is to possess, at last, regulations for the providers of services of certification regarding his access to the market, to the application of the principles that govern in the inner market, and to the relative regulations to the responsibility. +The second is the disposal according to the *cual the technical requirements will expand in the future by means of a procedure of committee of regulation, to end to introduce new norms for the deposits of fuel that contain gaseous fuels. +It pretends that the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions happen to have his headquarters in the ancient facilities of the Parliament that have remained *desocupadas, is to say, in the buildings *Belliard *I and *II, in the that previously they will take dramas. +It is very natural that demand that this new obligation of cost, that to #the same time #would mean the reduction of the costs of the States members, do not remain included in the maximum limit of the previously approved costs. +In the first place, in the three computations that have on the table, or was, the preliminary draft of the Commission and the proposals of the Council and of the Parliament, the planned costs for the exercise 2000 surpass, in fact, the amounts of this year. +In the year 2000, the EU will spend less of 2 euros by citizen in education, in boosting that the youngsters take part in programs of exchange or purchase knowledges on different tongues and cultures, or in informing to the citizens on the future evolution of the European Union at the same time that it supports to our audiovisual industry. +We #can not *oponer the poor to the poor, the fine and the bad victims, and wail that the Council have posed in some mood the problem in these terms, without contributing any solution. +By the side of these organisations is comprehensible, because the Commission is failing gravely in his duties, *cuando the organisations have to expect during a year and half the assignment of subventions, or *cuando produce intermediate modifications of the criteria. +Regarding the Structural Bottoms, the regional politics European has converted in a true obstacle for *Francia, to the contrary of it that says a legend that keeps of form *complaciente, even by the commissioner commissioned in the actuality of the regional politics. +The merit of the speaker is the to have it made by means of a budgetary procedure that developed besides with the greater tranquility, although the Parliament is launching an important challenge to the Council, and believe that this challenge deserves to be stood out. +I #can not leave to underline, without embargo, that the budget of this year will not be able to fulfil the goals fixed to the principle, is to say, the relaunching of the economy of the Union and, especially, the growth of the employment. +*Nos Has taken a beautiful study with a species of *popurrí of #everything it that has written from the month of March and with a behaviour of adviser of the Court of Accounts #french. +In consequence, the efforts made in *pro of the meat of *vacuno of quality, of the fruits and vegetables and of the dairy products ran the risk to see cancelled whereas this action forms part of the of the Community that will be able to include in the green box to level of the *OMC. +It means also that the military invasion is not an acceptable method to expand the borders, was the one who went the author of this act, are *cuales were the conditionings and the geopolitical interests that take part. +Gentleman President, in the time that I have want to *referirme to an only line of the budget that is the of the plan of distribution of milk in the schools, in the that the Commission has proposed to reduce the endowment of 96 millions of euros to 53 millions of euros. +Like the programs *plurianuales have to be, anyway, adapted to the *rúbrica budgetary corresponding and to the general perspective of the finance of the budget, consider indispensable that the Parliament improve his internal coordination during the reading of the programs *plurianuales and of the budget. +The expectation of the contribution is converting in the strongest bond for #a lot of communities, no only local, a contribution that consolidates more that other ideal bonds or of another type. +I concede a special importance - #as well as, as I create, the Commission of Budgets - to that these commitments receive a *concretización written above the letter, very interesting, that the lady *Schreyer *nos has remitted, to the *cual the president *Wynn has answered and that, create, demands #some complementary precisions. +Another subject, that tackles his commission, is the contribution of the #ECB to the financial stability, and in concrete the question of the supply of liquidity of emergency to the financial institutions in difficulties. +*Permítanme That add, finally, that the fulfillment of the criteria of convergence has translated in a stability of the prices and of the types of change, and in an improvement of the public finances. +Until the moment do not have clear how #can evaluate and how evaluates the evolution of the prices of the commodities and of the services, also in the case of the real-estate markets or of the markets of values, for example. +A decision like this #would engage to #the same time the backstitch of the employment in *Europa and the investments in matter of ecology, mainly the relative to the economies of energy and to the fight against the effect *invernadero. +The permanent promotion of the consumption has caused observations of worry and of warning by part of the #dutch Government, but in political sense reacts with mistaken performances: with a reduction of charges in place of with the reduction of the debt. +To institutional level, the Central Bank plays a key paper; and also we wanted to that this paper had his *contrabalanza in the exigible transparency to the institutions that emanate of the votes of the citizens. +But #any of *nosotros doubts of the importance of his paper because a national government of the zone of the euro that confront to the reflation of an economy *vacilante do not has #a lot of arms to his disposal. +The European Parliament, in quality of representative of the #european citizens, has to have right to demand that in the future, to similarity of it that *sucede with the other central banks, also the #ECB publish the arguments presented in favour or against of his decisions in monetary matter. +Finally, I want to affirm that I support warmly the relative proposal to the publication of the reports on the economic situation and the different economic indicators of the countries of the zone of the euro. +The #ECB is in the entirely involved actuality in #all the debates of #all the international forums on the future of it that now designates the "financial architecture" of the world. +We know that in the practice, in the daily operations, go to have to *racionalizar the procedures so much as it was possible but, in general, #this has not identified , in the group of the process of evaluation, as #one of the main questions. +The way in that the *codecisión #can be *eventualmente put in practice in the relations among the Parliament, the Council and the States members in the taking of decisions in the field of the humanitarian activities is *algo that it has to follow being #discussed and even negotiated. +Today the village of my country, as never before in his history, finds joined to demand that it cease the rape to his human rights, in particular the kidnapping like inadmissible instrument of finance of the guerrilla and of other groups generators of violence. +By #this, want to take advantage of this exceptional opportunity to invite to #all the countries of the world-wide community to that *le give full development to the principle of it that have designated the "responsibility shared" , to struggle against the world-wide problem of the drug. +Of #the same mood, regret the *renuencia of #some States members to the hour to support the idea of a #european bottom for the refugees, in spite of that, as it explained clearly the Commission, this bottom did not comport new or supplementary cost #any. +The Treaty of Prohibition Complete of the Nuclear Essays benefits to #all the States of the world, and the European Union acts correctly *cuando reiterates his deep commitment that the Treaty go in in vigour what before. +In the first place because the subject of the inner security has been carried to the level of the Bosses of Government separating of the looks rather *competenciales of the Ministers of Justice and of the Interior. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Council, *Señorías, *Tampere has been an important step to in front and believe that with the initiatives to create an authentic *Europa of the citizens in the field of the juridical politics and of interior, has reached a big progress. +This politics "*interpilares" opens possibilities that #can *llevarnos to good port, but also *me poses #a lot of questions on #who and how go to develop these plans of action and #if the Council *nos will give #any time information on the results of the that already set up, that is the plan of action relative to the *Iraq. +The goal has to be an open European Union and safe that establish associations with the countries of origin of the migratory flows and put ready political of conjoint development with the countries of origin and of traffic. +Of #the same mood as it did not takes the peace not resorting simply to the arms, a common juridical space European will not create only #if a bunch of Governments announces his fine will. +Like this, as, I repeat it: the Commission and the European Parliament exert his paper when elevating the goals of this conference and *cuando recommend that they take now #all the necessary reforms so that our Union #can receive to a big number of States. +These subjects -the number of Commissioners in a Union expanded, the new weighting of the votes, the field of application of the qualified majority- are, the three, subjects extraordinarily difficult, but necessary. +Thus, like Group of the Popular Party European of the Christian Democrats and of the European Democrats say that we want to more of it that has posed like perspective in *Amsterdam, want a reform in depth of the European Union that it was able of an enlargement, it that for *nosotros has a big priority. +For *ello, takes lacking to have also the value to modify the article 4 of the Treaty of the *CE that defines to the Union of a classical mood *neoliberal like an economy of market with a free competition. +Third, the Commission #would commission to inform the next year on the possibility to extend the activities of the Agency to other #balkan countries with a new regulation. +A greater security of the electronic trade in the EU #would have to increase the confidence of the consumers and help to the citizens of the EU to benefit of this field of activity with greater tranquility and security. +The records of the meetings of his Committee of Politics Monetary, included the registers of votes and the reasonings, now are published to the cape of some six weeks. +The confirmation of the Convention of Gin on the refugees "in his full and wider interpretation" is an important victory for the Greens and for #a lot of no governmental organisations. +I believe that the proposals in the legislative field, and especially the proposals in the field of the collaboration among the social speakers, constitute a base for *enfrentarnos to these great problems of our period. +A moment, *Señorías, it is necessary to see the benefits in Bag of #all the companies from takes a year, from two years ago, and have to remember to the Mr. *Wurtz that takes part or his friends take part in a Government that at all takes so that they cease the benefits in Bag. +*Eso Means to study where #can reduce the charge of rules unnecessary that #put the costs for the companies and study how measured #can reduce the costs no *salariales of the companies that, to his time, *les carry to sack to workers like the best mood of *economizar great sums of money. +Have, to #european level, the #european strategy for the employment, and applies for the first time, with 22 directives that have incorporated to the projects for the employment of the States members; and also there are important finances, to the that *me have referred previously. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the rejection by part of the American Senate of the Treaty of prohibition total of nuclear proofs. +It is an absolute irresponsibility use the ratification of the moratorium of the atomic proofs like toy *arrojadizo in the open internal fight among the republican Congress and the democrat president. +Thus, I expect that the Presidency and the Commission feel now together and develop a strategy in the frame of the External Politics and of Common Security that loom with these economic instruments and force to *Rusia to finalise this war. +This circumstance has to his time some positive effects in the fight by the respect of the human rights and against the racism, a nationalism exaggerated and the antisemitism. +In #few words, have to purchase this capacity of adaptation and this speed in the cultural exchange, the training and the professional experience that are the elements that will request increasingly in the society of the next #millenium. +"Youth" is a program that #can reach these goals, since it will allow to the youngsters with less resources and more disadvantaged carry out some transnational experiences that will be determinants for his more adapted incorporation to the labour world. +On the other hand, the sentence of the Court of Justice of 12 May 1998, relative to the juridical foundations, imposed the endowment of a better frame defined in comparison with the past, precisely by the confusion that existed previously. +Likewise, it wanted to stand out that #if it interrupted the community participation in the Observatory, the Commission #would see forced to collect this same information of other sources; in the majority of the cases, on a commercial base. +To improve the global situation of the Parliament and of the Group of No inscribed, *me associate with the radicals. In consequence, do not go to take part in the approval of the Record neither in the other votes, *declarándome in strike like *ellos. +Obviously, His *Señorías will vote freely, but have to know that from the moment in that they approve an amendment of costs that surpass it agreed "in lathe" , #would say *yo, of the Commission of Budgets and no "by" the Commission of Budgets, run the risk of *ponernos in a very delicate situation regarding the *margen. +Report (To5-0036/1999) of the Mr. *Napoletano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on possible modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the European Office of Fight *Antifraude (*OLAF) +The Council of *Amsterdam, that has given his name to the Treaty, had studied this question and refused explicitly recognise the existence of parties political Europeans and, less still, *otorgarles a public finance. +Of face to the future, the greater challenge of the EU consists in defining common basic principles that contribute to the reflation of the #european economy. In this way, will be able to solve big part of the problems related with the market of work. +My colleagues that belong to this commission elaborated a project of amendment with the end to expand the finance of groups of women to a wider variety of *ellos. +To #the same time that accept that it has allowed the subsistence of an agreement *monopolístico, celebrate the new permission of 600.000 euros and #would celebrate new increases in the future of this quantity, in the hope, clear is, that it contribute to that they #can listen the voices of #all the women. +#This *cotización #would constitute #one of the elements -although, definitely, #would not be the only- of a system of readjustment of the social costs, able to regulate better the international trade among heterogeneous zones, without thus *privarnos of the advantages of the *librecambio. +It is convenient, in particular, that the employees #can put in *entredicho the own foundation of these dismissals and his character of need economic, before his execution and in a very previous stage of the procedure. +The restructuring and the transfer of companies -in particular, of multinationals- in #all *Europa has caused *decenas of thousands of dismissals, unacceptable and condemnable situation by the grave economic consequences and social for the workers, the region and the country affected. +Cases like the of *Michelin in *Francia and *Renault, *Grundig, *Siemens and *Texas *Instruments, #among others, in *Portugal have taken to see clearly that it is urgent to strengthen the #european legislation and of the States members to protect the rights of the workers, in particular his employment, and prevent that the multinationals follow acting of arbitrary form, only to achieve increase his benefits. +The reason of the postponement is that, owing to the delay registered in the works of normalisation of the European Committee of Normalisation, the prescriptions *RID of 1999 do not include norms for the manufacture and use of containers and *cisternas of transport of gases of the class *segunda. +Like this the things, #can not but concede our full support to the report of the speaker, the president of our commission, to the time that *le give the graces by the efforts that has had to make. +I want to, finally, take a brief reflection to the thread of it that has said the Mr. *Konrad with regard to the capacity of the transport by railway and to the stake that is taking by the railway in the Commission and in the States members. +This increase goes to be the result of an increase of the development and of the growth in our countries and, somehow, #if it did not produce , #would give bad indications with regard to other behaviours of our economy and, therefore, also of our society. +#Segundo Point of reflection: the past day 26, the Mr. Commissioner *Fischler -according to #news of diverse media of my country- seems that it showed had to contemplate additional #granting in the import of fruits and pertinent vegetables of *Marruecos in the negotiation of the Agreement of fishing. +Again, as in September of 1998, the fight is directed to the #obtaining of freedom, of the elementary social rights, of holidays paid, of social security, of the retirement to the 55 years and of the guarantee of a minimum income. +The Speaker and the Vice-president #would have to take accurate note of #this and treat with the services of the House the need that it establish a reasonable lapse among the vote and the headcount of the votes. +*Me Seems that the decision of the European Commission to raise the embargo is more political that scientific, #such as they manifest it the divergences of #analysis and of points of sight in the breast of the Scientific Committee European. +#This is an essential point that has to include of urgency in the agenda of the next Conference *Intergubernamental and, like corollary, a point that has to be *imperativamente renegotiated in the frame of the *OMC, of it contrary #all application of the subsidiariness to #european level will have the possibility to be deformed. +It did not leaves to be true that the conditions of the slaughtering with a special gun causes that the cerebral or lymphatic particles happen to the vein *yugular and of there to the muscular mass. +To this effect, the #french Government has created the French Agency of Alimentary Sanitary Security to make a better scientific evaluation of the alimentary risks. +Like this, it is of an absolute hypocrisy invoke to the agriculturalists and his interests and *oponerlos, explicit or implicitly, to the interests of the consumers, without reporting the responsibility of the great capitalist groups producers and providers of foods for the livestock. +The scientist of the region sustained that the subsoil was it sufficiently solid. The scientist of the municipality that denied to approve the location of the dump *refutaba that the subsoil was equal of solid that a bath without cap. +The solution to this problem did not consists in the creation of an army of civil servants to the service of the EU to watch the activity of the exploitations ranchers. +By #another, exists the need to protect to the consumers that is #one of the maximum priorities and #whose scope is #such that justifies the national decisions that contradict the community, on condition that they are motivated from the point of sight scientific and hygienic-sanitary. +I have taken out fundamentally the following conclusions. In the first place I am fully convinced that the decisions that take from now on, also the of the Commission, have to base in the trial of scientists independent -is important that are independent- and in the scientific discoveries more recent. +In my career of *europarlamentario, brief but full of incidents, and especially after the day of yesterday, have warned in this Assembly -that *atreve to *autodenominarse "Parliament" - a wish to act like a seal of rubber for the Commission, and once again today seat that #that is our paper. +And, therefore, I consider important that #can consider this agreement, in addition to an economic benefit for an activity of our country, a help to the development of an economic sector and to the consolidation of the peace in *Angola. +But we wanted to remember, gentleman President, that among the word "exploitation" and the word "cooperation", in spite of that have #the same desinence, there #be a difference and that the *segunda of *ellas corresponds to a situation in that the two parts agree, by it that *nosotros do not believe that *Angola see in east agree type #any of exploitation; of it contrary, #would not sign it the following day to the of his conclusion. +This bulletin is *excepcionalmente useful, gets to *emisoras regional, gives to know, in #all the tongues, the activity of the deputies that talk #such tongue or that proceed of #such nationality, therefore it is *algo that *nosotros, the ancient deputies and the previous European Parliament, know very well and are very sensitive to this *respecto. +Gentleman Commissioner, how explains *usted that here, during seven years, from September of 1989 to March of 1996, two deputies -the #belgian socialist #José *Happart and *yo- said that there was risk of *zoonosis before the Minister of Agriculture #british recognised it on 24 March 1996 in front of the House of the Common? +The Mrs. #Jackson *le has asked, it first, #if the existence of another committee so that it examine our alimentary security in #all the European Union will be better, in reality, that the current permanent committee and #if the citizens *le will loan, in reality, attention. +The European Council of *Helsinki will receive the report of the Council *ECOFIN on the development of the coordination of the economic politics. Said report will promote this dialogue and the reflection on the subject. +The Pact by the Employment in *Europa, adopted the summer happened in the Council of Colony by initiative of *Alemania, is an initiative that will promote the mutual understanding and the renewal of the #european economies. +It is to say, what more facilitate the goal of stability of the monetary politics by means of budgetary measures and an evolution *salarial suitable, more favourable will be the monetary conditions to the growth and to the employment. +During these two days go to debate the Report *Smet on the ordination of the time of work and the Reports *Menrad on the politics of employment of the States members in the years 1999 and 2000. +Gentleman President, the Council adopted the European Pact by the Employment in the Summit of Colony with the object to reach a substantial decrease and sustained of the unemployment. +This world knows in the Low Countries like the economy of consensus, a circuit of queries frequent and quite structured among the main socioeconomic actors. +It is necessary that tomorrow approve the position proposed by the speakers and by the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects and say to the Council that has to accept at last this question and watch by that nobody have to work with the inhuman labour days that assign to our doctors in period of training. +In #some countries of the European Union, among *ellos the Low Countries, *Bélgica and *Finlandia, the employers of the transport by road have *independizadas, by like this say, his tyres, #this is, the trucks and drivers, in the frame of a strategy of adjudication or *flexibilización. +#This see it on a large scale in the fight that keeps in the World-wide Organisation of Trade to reach new commitments and, in a small way, in the fight that exists in the States members of the European Union concerning the ordination of the time of work. +It is not casual that the exceptions refer in his greater part to the mobile workers and to the persons that wins the bread in the sea, with the fishing or with the extraction of oil. +*Yo Have my doubts that the publication of the data on the consumption and the broadcasts fulfil a decisive orientative function regarding the decisions of purchase of the consumers. +It exists a difference among the case of the person that goes to buy a medicine to the pharmacy and there *le inform in detail on the risks, and the acquisition of a common article in the market. +Neither it considers the planned procedure for the participation of the European Parliament in the process so that his rights remain fully guaranteed, neither mentions the narrow temporary corset that supposes the called annual cycle that foresees apply. +The mutual recognition is a principle that had his importance to avert fetters to the free circulation of commodities, but only is partially valid for the construction of the inner market in absence of harmonisation of the legislations. +Of this luck the preparation of the guidelines #can include also the results of a comparison of the best methods in each #one of the States members, to end to be able to apply like this in #all the #european field successful strategies. +To my mood to see, in addition to the professional training, exists another important possibility in the deliberate reduction of the fiscal charges in those fields that of provable way are generating put of work. +*Ello Nevertheless, estimated colleagues, believe that in spite of #all have given another small step advance because, as it already has said the speaker, has been the first time that the Council has requested the *dictamen of the Parliament of form official. +The increasing presence of the economy in our society and the introduction of the principle of market in practically #all the social fields are two factors that prejudice to the family and put under pressure to the humanity. +In effect, never will insist it sufficient in that they are these politics *ultraliberales in the interior and *ultramundialistas in the outside and his cult to the opening of the borders and to the market-king the that have carried to our economies to the point in the that they find nowadays. +As Conservative British share the worry that has expressed from #all the parts of this Assembly that the high level of unemployment in the EU in his group is #one of the main problems and that the goal has to be an important descent of #the same. +Without embargo, neither the balance, neither the establishment of goals exempt to the States members and to the social speakers of his main responsibility on the politics of employment in his countries, since #that are specific. +It do not treats , as #some fear, to give a to scale #european recipe, but to establish a series of instruments that sure enough allow to reach the result to create employment and social cohesion. +Although the main responsibility of the project *recae of course on the States members, #would be politically impossible to carry out a so wide reform in the only market without a coordination to scale of the Union. +This European Parliament supports aptly in our amendment 13 the integral approach, #as well as the development of goals comparable to the that *me will refer inside a moment and for the that ask the support of #all in this Parliament. +The European Union has 20 millions of unemployed and with 60 millions of poor and there #be not in the guidelines any measure *vinculante directed to prevent the dismissals and the plans of reduction of staff. +I consider that the turn of questions constitutes an elementary parliamentary right that, in contrast with other points of the agenda is guaranteed also on purpose in the Treaties, and, in consequence, wanted to insist in that the turn of questions make in his whole. +Gentleman President, *cuando the European Parliament in the autumn of 1998 agreed the continuation of the Program Car-*Oil, the calendar foresaw that the subject #would go back to the Parliament to time to make possible a decision of the Council in the spring of 1999. +Personally, I believe that the Council foresees in his common position #all a series of disposals very important as, for example, the reduction of the values limit for the dioxide of carbon in a 30% in comparison with 1996 from October of the year 2000 or of the 2001. +Without embargo, #can accept the definition of the World-wide Organisation of the Health, in the that says that the health is not only the absence of illnesses, but a state of welfare physical, mental and social. +In January adopted a conjoint decision in the that established a plan of action to promote the safest use of Internet and, therefore, to protect to the boys of the violence and of the pornography. +The Commission, likewise, undertakes actions in the social and educational fields with the idea to improve the quality of life of the boys and the opportunities for his development and education. +We are in an absurd situation in the that the States members have to promote it that it is better for the boys in the legislation and in the politics, but in the Union do not exists a legal obligation to protect it that it was better for the boys. +And while all #this *sucede in the world in roads of development, in the Occident, purportedly civilised, the violence, the abandonment and the sexual exploitation of the boys, by means of the international networks, are taking hair-raising dimensions. +In the period of sessions of the past month, *usted, lady Commissioner, *calurosa and convincingly affirmed that it is will of the Commission strengthen the rights of the employees regarding the information and the query on his destination. +Finally, Gentleman President, the Commission of Control Budgetary thinks that *nosotros also to the half of #the same term have to go back to study a new system of own resources, because #if it goes to have more countries the current system #can result too much complicated. +The agreements of *Berlín are a combination among the total level and the composition of the cost, the political reforms and the system of resources own. +In *Berlín, admit, in effect, the principle according to the *cual #some rich countries, the of the north of the Union, paid too much, of there a new weighting of the proportional parts of finance of the States members that will have like consequence a greater participation of *Francia by a quantity of the order of varied thousands of millions of frank. +Only a new approach of the question of the own resources, that do not increase the fiscal charge borne by the taxpayers and that go back more transparent, simple and rational the system #can give conditions of affirmation to the European Union. +The only real justification of #such aberration is to recess the #dutch bill, although the balance -to use the terminology of the Council- goes inflated in favour of the arks *bátavas by the effect *Rotterdam. +*Acaso Thinks that we #can continue long with a tax *conributiva so limited *cuando the European Union purchases every time a greater number of responsibilities related with the *prolongamiento of the monetary union, the enlargement of the Union, the take into account the foreign political responsibilities and of security? +In the practice, this ceiling depends of the agreement among the organs, that results clearly inferior to the of the politics of costs of agriculture #This is another clear indication of the parliamentary responsibility in relation to the budgets. +With regard to the *PRS 5 *permítanme that *me direct also to the Commission for *decirle that of course knew that we were a new Parliament and in spite of *ello presented in the holidays of summer a supplementary budget *cuando were not at all in situation to react because the new Parliament was not still operative. +In consequence, the committee of the Commission commissioned of the nomination has made a selection and *les #can ensure that today *les will deliver in the course of the day the list of candidates that has been elaborated by this last committee. +*Me Allow to observe that it is a budgetary political reality that in the course of an exercise, of the execution of a budget, arise events that do not allow a total utilisation of #all the budgetary lines. +I want to retort to the Mrs. *Dührkop *Dührkop that, of course, the priorities that this Parliament determine in the budgetary procedure and for the budget in #if, are scales that has to follow the Commission when acting in the frame of the execution of the budget. +My parliamentary Group takes a call to the Commission and to the States members so that they introduce said tax of form coordinated so that there #be not disloyal competition inside the Union; this tax, of course, do not has to *repercutir in our citizens. +We #can not *hacernos charge of the nuclear waste, in spite of that have proposed diverse imaginative solutions, included the of *enviarlos to the Moon, and the truth is that, #if we suited with the Mr. *Chichester in that the nuclear energy is a solution, #would be in another planet. +The communication of the Commission on the strengthening of the environmental integration in the community energetic politics is very #worthy of *beneplácito, given his realistic approach of the question. +#This supposes -taking into account the point of sight environmental in his owed form- that the States members prepare his own national strategies -since it is a question of decisions of national type- with sufficient time for the replacement and *recolocación of investments. +*Yo Was not favourable to the approval of the amendments subjected to the vote of our Assembly, that had delayed the entrance in vigour of this text and, therefore, the set up of the investments and the industrial strategies. +My Group will go back to present some amendments that presented in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market to try advance more still, so that the systems that go to establish result more accessible and opened for the professionals. +The own speakers check the so marked differences in matter of right of the persons among the States members, it that explains the strong reservations formulated in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens. +Another point: to me also *me has got this study of the Institute for the Analysis of Risks of the Senate of the university of *Viena that analyses the question of *Yaslovske *Bohunice under a different perspective. +Only *Europa and, gentleman Commissioner, *le appreciate that it have comprised it, only #one *Europa joined #can go to the meeting, no only of the countries that ask to go in in the European Community, but also of #all #that that have of nuclear facilities no satisfied with our norms of security for *ayudarles to resolve the problem taking into account his own imperative economic. +*Usted Has indicated with reason that owe *tomarnos seriously the scientific considerations and childbirth of the fact that the #british graziers are interested in selling it more quickly possible a safe meat and not expecting two years until they #can take it. +I believe that His *Señoría #would consider wise on our part have taken part in the mission of evaluation of the World-wide Bank and expect to that our civil servants, that have taken part in said mission of evaluation, present his reports before resorting to the budgetary authorities for *pedirles concrete quantities of bottoms. +Of #the same mood, the company "*Mitilinaios *S.To.", with upper investments to 52 millions of dollars in the mines "*RMHK *TREPCA", face up to objections and difficulties and suffer pressures, with the last purpose to cancel his contractual and real rights in the mines quoted. +The *KFOR is taking all it possible in circumstances extraordinarily difficult and deserves #all our support to try, for example, watch by that there #be not a repetition of the type of atrocity against both edicts that, by misfortune, has *desbaratado the life in *Kosovo in the past. +They exist diverse modalities of finance in the national levels and of the EU -#such as the structural Bottoms and the *agromedioambientales- and #can use to help in the reconversion and in the management of his social repercussions during a transitory period. +The report of the EU will exert an important influence in the development of the sources of resources regional, and thus it #can not arise a split among the old and the new programs. +Simply I want to say that in these cases, will show pragmatism to be able to adapt, according to the demands of the national authorities, the programming of the Goal 1 or of the Goal 2 to help to these countries to reconstruct . +How it is had to take so that the countries that do not contemplate in his legislations the prohibition to exert violence against the women in the breast of the home also have these norms? +#One of the essential elements of the communication of the Commission is precisely the ratification by #all the States members of the Agreement of the Council of *Europa of 1983 and #can inform to His *Señoría that the quoted agreement was ratified by *Alemania, *Dinamarca, *Finlandia, *Francia, *Luxemburgo, the Low Countries, the Realm Joined and *Suecia. +But no only #this #would be necessary, but also promote a dialogue with the main actors, no only aerial companies and users, but also with the aerial controllers and #all the airports, etc. Is to say, #all those actors that take part inside this complex world of the aerial traffic. +The Monday, in the Council of Subjects General, the ministers left very clear that had political will to decide in *Helsinki on #which has to be the collective military capacity of *Europa for the missions of *Petersberg. +It is evident that the Commission is not a school of fans to bosses of personnel and is evident that want to work by the hit with the High Representative and with the Parliament to guarantee that *Europa has the politics of security and of defence that needs and that his citizens want. +Since it has referred at length to his responsibility like High Representative for the External Politics, #would want to mention a look that believe that it is important: our external politics and of common security will be, fundamentally, a projection and a development of our inner strength. +Equally, it do not extract like only lesson of this terrible experience the requirement to be able to range more troops, to be able to increase our military costs and to advance by forced marches to the *Europa of the defence, besides, in the frame of the NATO. +Thus I request to the Commission that inform to the Parliament with character of urgency on the relative conversations to the adhesion of Chinese and, in particular, of how #this #can affect to our *preparativos bear *Seattle, so that the Parliament #can vote tomorrow the report of the Mr. *Schwaiger with full knowledge of #all the notable data. +Therefore, I repeat, #if the regulation of the world-wide trade is destroying the means of life of the persons and damaging the environment or the protection of the animals, have to modify the regulation. +. (*FR) The proposal of regulation of the Council of Ministers, on the that *nos pronounce in the day of today, pretends to contribute #some modifications that the decision of the European Council of Bosses of State and of Government of the month of March in *Berlín has taken necessary. +Gentleman President, gentleman Representative of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, so much my colleagues like *yo same have received with relief the day before yesterday the statement of the Council of Subjects External of the Union that condemns *vigorosamente the disproportionate use and *indiscriminado that takes of the strength in *Chechenia. +Also we were #many the that regret, with a majority of the #european public opinion, the contrast *sobrecogedor among the *estruendo of the bombardments and the prolonged silence of the governments of the European Union. +In spite of his own moral ballast, the European Union has to act with #all his strengths so that it get to a solution of the crisis of *Chechenia following the guidelines that the Council and the Commission have exposed here. +The European Union asks an exit negotiated -and joyous #that that believes in the possibility of a negotiation- while in the *Cáucaso the Russians distinguish among the bandits -#that that ask the independence- *cargándoles perhaps of the #islamic colours, and the fine, or was, the that collaborate with *ellos. +In reality, neither has been free trade, since the International Monetary Bottom has endorsed the risks taken by the North American investors and *les has compensated the losses that has originated the free trade of capitals. +The deputies to the European Parliament of the Communist Party of #Grecia will vote against of the Report *Schwaiger, because it ranges with the plans of aggression of the big capital against the workers and the villages of #everyone. +There are other international treaties, like the celebrated in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of the Work, of the World-wide Organisation of the Intellectual Property and of the agreements *multilaterales in matter of environment. +And, from this point of sight, gentleman President, and to finish, wanted to offer #all our support and our collaboration to the Commissioner *Lamy in the purpose and the points of sight strategic that has very present for *defenderlos in *Seattle. +Without embargo, with the approval of the Report *Schwaiger, the Parliament will decide and will declare tomorrow that the concept of the protection of the environment has to take in consideration in #all the fields of the world-wide trade, no with an ambiguous disposal, with a "#can" or a "#would have to" , but with "owe" imperative. +The sum of #all these elements *nos carries to recommend a cycle of negotiations wider - and *me cheer of the enormous coincidence of points of sight in this sense among the Commission and the Parliament #such as it deduces , gentleman *Schwaiger, of his report. +In any case have the mandate to admit, in the frame of an international negotiation, the *cuestionamiento of the power of the Governments of the Union to regulate or act in these fields. +. (OF) Gentleman President, the Commission of Subjects Constitutional debated thoroughly this report during varied sessions and *yo believe that today we present to the Plenary a report with a substantial content with seen to the reform of the Treaties. +In the first place, we request the reform of #all the institutions and organs, included, therefore, the Court of Justice, the Court of Accounts, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. +In this sense, request that the President of the Commission #can interpose the question of confidence in front of the European Parliament and that incorporate to the next Treated the called "procedure *Prodi" , or was, the possibility that the President #can *destituir to a commissioner. +Specifically, we ask that it reinforce the paper of the Parliament and establish the principle of the vote by majority in the Council in #some fields in the that the Treaties already assign a key paper to *Europa, *salvaguardando fully the principle of subsidiariness. +#This will exert an important paper in the *preparativos of the Conference *Intergubernamental, and have to say that backrest with #a lot of taste the general goals fixed in this report on the construction of a more effective Union, more transparent and more democratic. +But #everything *ello, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, taking into account an essential thing: not losing of sight it that have meant the European Communities in these years neither it that it is more important in the Communities, that is the principle of integration. +Gentleman President, #this *CIG will have the support of two parallel processes: "the happy world" of a new politics of #european defence and the definition of the #european citizenship in the preparation of the Letter. +Never we will accept that the executive power in the EU was preparing now for another governmental conference #whose core was the transfer of the power of the constituents and of his representatives to enclosed offices in *Bruselas. +The *segunda amends analyses the subject that the Treaty state of two parts: the constitutional part, that analyses the fundamental principles and the institutional disposals, and the small letter that treats on the politics. +To succeed, the institutional reforms have to situate, *me seems to me -and say it with the experience that conserve in the memory of the previous negotiation- in a political perspective wider and try answer joints to this fundamental question: "How we will have to *hablarnos? +In the first place, the institutional reforms #such as they planned in Colony: the composition of the Commission, a Commissioner by Been member in it that to *nosotros refers ; the weighting of the votes, that has to save proportion with the number of inhabitants; and the votes by qualified majority. +The third question is that we have to establish a fine legal base in the new Treaty for the adoption of a relative #european regulation to the opening of the administration and to the transparency. +I want to say here that reform a treaty in name of the efficiency *me seems an operation of very *poca ambition in front of the #european project and fear that so only was a simple game of power to allow that a small group of countries #can constitute in directory and conduct and direct the #european project. +Besides, it has presented this appeal with arrangement to the article 112 of our Regulation, that remits to the article 60, *cuando results that the report of the Mr. *Napolitano, as it says very clearly in the *considerandos of said report, remits to the article 181, because *versa on the inner Regulation of our Parliament. +Besides, in consideration to the national penal right, the efforts for *uniformar the common definitions, the foundations to dictate cars of processing and the penalties, have to limit in a first stage to #some sectors determined of special importance, #such as the illicit market of drugs. +It is to say, that do not treats to fix in concrete a start of the negotiations, but to ratify the quality of candidate to the adhesion and to consider the measures to take in consequence. +It #can indicate the Council #if these restrictions imposed by *Turquía are compatible with the principles of the European Union and #if it accepts that the interests of the fuselages with pavilion of the States members of the Union result prejudiced by a country that aspires to integrate in #the same? +*Me Ask also why the European Union shows so *tolerante with the infringements committed by *Turquía, and accepts that the interests of the Marine *Mercante #european are *lesionados by a country that do not hesitates in looming even to the *superpotencia, the States Joined, to defend the trade of the banana. +The *segunda observation, and question to #the same time, that want to direct to the gentleman representative of the Council is the following: to the diet of *Milosevic do not recognises it the European Union; it says , before even that the own political strengths of *Yugoslavia, of Serbian, pronounce to the *respecto, that just elections #can not celebrate. +The efforts deployed to reduce the bleaching of money have to intensify by means of the fast adoption and subsequent application of the recently proposed amendment for the directive on the bleaching of money. +By #everything it aforesaid entrust in that have the potential and #can have of the political will to face up to the new challenges in the perspective of the strategy of the European Union in matter of fight against the drug for the years 2000 to 2004. +#If we vote on the original text of this section, #if we finish the vote on the amendment, in this moment will propose that it vote on the words "*and *socially-*balanced" of the #english text by separate of the rest of the text. +From now on *me #would enjoy to ask to this Group that took the favour to verify how many deputies #can present to individual title amendments in session *plenaria; 15 different deputies of the *PPE have presented amendments of this report, suppose that in name of the Group, before wasting our time in the session *plenaria. +In the current situation, have opted for voting in favour of the whole of the report in the final vote, since vote against #can interpret like that we do not want that it regulate the fight against the fraud. +The fundamental human rights and the universal Statement of 1948, the agreements of the *OIT (International Organisation of the Work) or on the environment, are of upper nature to the norms that govern the trade. +I ask to the negotiators of the European Union that respect our resolution in favour of the principle of the alimentary security and in favour that it do not have hurtful effects for the countries in development in the agricultural negotiations. +And they result particularly important -and earn particular gravity-, because they are equally evident the orientations that *les pretend to print: liberalisation and total command of the world-wide trade, systematic privatisation of the sectors and public services that still have this nature and *desreglamentación and free access to the public markets. +Maybe the villages of *Europa that see day to day restrict his democratic and social rights, that see to degrade his social conquests under the lemma of the competitiveness and the pressure, that bear an increasingly authoritarian system? +By the contrary, consider that the creation of *Eurodac has to study to the light of this possibility to reach a politics of asylum human and generous in the European Union. +The measures that today propose, no only to *través of the Report *Pirker, but also through the reports on the drug or the fake of documents of trip, are insignificant in front of the amplitude of the dangers to the *cuales *ustedes expose to the #european citizens. +#If only a part of this network of security leaves to work by digital defects, the core of uranium in the reactor, of roughly 100 tonnes, #would melt in two hours #if the two generators *diesel of reservation do not work. +The States Joined and *Rusia have established recently #some #telephone lines of emergency to end to keep in contact about the problems of the year 2000, and the seven lines of emergency that have established, with an alone exception, have discovered that were affected by the effect of the year 2000. +Finally, gentleman President, our intention is the that the Commission and the Council #can take correspond to the convictions and to the political speeches the suitable financial expression and technical of support to the process of independence and reconstruction of *Timor Oriental. +Therefore, *me seems that the proposal of the Council in front of the Nations Joined, by important and positive that it was the initiative, is truly shy because it appeals *textualmente to that the States that still keep the pity of death -quote *textualmente- "restrict progressively the number of crimes for the that it imposes " . +Another problem is that the #albanian leaders or the that believe to be it are not able to build jointly a future for this country, for his homeland. Therefore, it is important that also take a call to the supposed leaders. +Therefore, it is indispensable that the mission of the EU in *Moscú at least examine this case. But also it is important that take part in the dialogue from a point of sight political, that recognise the character merely politician of the process and that #Alexander *Nikitin was put in freedom. +*Nosotros Already are acting in this way, without #a lot of hit, alas, from before the conflict - and share, from this point of sight it that #many of *ustedes have signalled on the fact that #all have to take an examination of consciousness quite deep in this question -. +The Commission is considering, with the other providers of bottoms, the opportunity and the procedures to contribute to the instauration of this system, in the frame of our cooperation. +In a meeting kept in New *York at the beginning of this year, the providers of bottoms of *Burundi decided to contribute to the improvement of the conditions of life of the most vulnerable populations and orient his support to the *reasentamiento of the populations displaced. +In the frame of these takings of position, the Commission has approved a program of rehabilitation of almost 50 millions of euros, that will be able to apply in function of the conditions of security of this country. +(IN) The Convention on the Rights of the Boy is the convention of right international that more hit has had, and the have signed #all the countries of the world except *Somalia and the States Joined of *América. +Because the mood and way to help to this person affected to go back to the society, the mood and way to reduce his personal suffering will nourish always of the regional experiences, local and national specific. +In definite, prevent a true scientific debate and secular on this subject and choose an ethical approach that self-evident *frustrante, powerless and disastrous: a disaster that treat to justify with the fault of resources financial. +On 26 October happened in this same Assembly the President of *Colombia, country alas very linked to the problem of the drug, *nos said: "The drug trafficking has been a big generator of violence and has committed *magnicidios of very high human cost for our nation" . +This decision supposes in fact an enormous victory for the European Parliament and thus I want to say that for me has been reason of joy lead this fight, now my colleague goes to assume this responsibility and am totally sure that *le go to adore in the bank. +For *ello, is necessary an authentic "political will strong and expressed without ambiguity", is necessary to happen of the words to the acts, *movilizando the community financial resources necessary to struggle against this dramatic situation that affects to thousands of *toxicodependientes and to his families. +Precisely it was the Protocol *nº 2, to the that before *me have referred, the that, adjusting to the new legislation the that had been traditional formulas, established the called "*APIM" , a modest tariff with the that they tax determined products to his entrance in Canarians, #many of *ellos pertinent of the own peninsular territory Spanish and other got of other States. +This same week, the autonomic Parliament of Canarians, with occasion of a political debate on this question, has approved by unanimity an agreement in the that they include measured in fiscal matter and requests to *Europa that foresee the establishment of a similar tax to the *APIM. +Here it is my *segunda asks: #if my information is correct, a part of the wage of the workers commissioned of the construction of said fuselages will be paid by the Armed American, with the end to preserve the capacity of the naval constructions. +The consequence will be that the fine dockyards - that they are many times the most efficient - *sucumbirán along the period 2001-2002. With the less efficient dockyards that remain afterwards in the European Union will be much more difficult to struggle against *Japón, the *sureste of #Asia and the States Joined. +As it left clear also in the meeting of Ministers of Industry and of Trade of *Finlandia, the EU do not has to, without embargo, answer with #the same coin to the activity of *Corea of the South, is to say, follow posing once again the idea that neither it will put end to the helps to the dockyards. +Specifically, in my country, the past Wednesday had demonstrations of workers in #all the centres dockyards -*Bilbao, *Cádiz, Real Port, *Sevilla and *Asturias- besides with a level of violence important, because we are looming the life and security of #a lot of millions of homes. +*Señorías, the inform that the Court of First Instance of the European Communities dictated on 25 November a resolution that, in relation with the case that *oponía to the deputies Mr. *Martinez and Mr. Of *Gaulle to the European Parliament, puts end for the moment the procedure of resource that also *incoaron said colleagues. +By #this the process of adhesion has to be fast but careful and, on my part, expect that the Summit of *Helsinki approve the strategy for the adhesion that recommend in October and take the decision to initiate the next year, always that they fulfil the planned conditions, negotiations of adhesion with *Bulgaria, *Letonia, *Lituania, Malt, *Rumanía and *Eslovaquia. +#This show very concerned by the #russian performance in *Chechenia. By #this, is a suitable signal that do not begin to negotiate only with *Estonia, but also with *Letonia and *Lituania, so as to that the three States *bálticos know that have a place in our Community and that early will be members of the European Union and, therefore, will be safe. +The European Union and the States members constitute together the main group of donors with that explains the zone and apart from the humanitarian help, the region has received this year helps of the EU by value of 2.100 millions of euros. +I support the idea that *nos encourage for reaching an agreement before it finalise the next year, but of #the same mood #can not, neither #would have to, accelerate the introduction of possible fundamental reforms to the current Treaties of the European Union without the owed consideration and evaluation. +My inaugural intervention in front of this Assembly was the past month of July, and in that occasion recommended to the #finnish Presidency that gave priority to the society of the information and to his program of work. +Regarding the question of the #gipsy that has posed here, wanted to say, on my part, that believe that it is pertinent to take in account the human rights in general and, especially, the rights of the minorities so much in the European Union as, especially, in the aspiring countries to the adhesion. +The Commission engaged to take the next step, or was, to design a plan of action, so we have achieved our expensive goal to the period of the #portuguese Presidency. +#If we achieved that neither the governments neither individual companies #can put price to the solidarity of the community of States democratic to change of the conclusion of an agreement, said Governments neither #would have the opportunity of *contraponer a thing to the #another. +Said application #would have to cover three important looks: the follow-up of the situation of the human rights, the fulfillment of the human rights and the structures of the politics in matter of human rights. +#If the European Council takes #his this proposal, from the point of sight of *Turquía *ello #would seat the base for a dialogue again type with the European Union, as *Ankara #can explain then with the perspective of a future adhesion. +There it signals in two occasions that, at least regarding the problem *kurdo, do not observe perceivable progresses and, quote, that to the sight of the strengthening of the party *ultranacionalista *MHP -is the terminology that employs the Commission- also considers and evaluates like doubtful the possibilities of future progresses. +Gentleman Commissioner, in fact also want *felicitarle -precisely because they have listened #some critical comments against the Commission- and congratulate especially also to his collaborators and collaborators, that find here and that have worked with big dedication in this question and have kept in #all moment a fine communication and a dialogue with the Parliament. +#All know that the problem of the reduction of the presence of substances harmful in the air acclimatise is very urgent, also from the point of sight of the climatic change. +The Commission #can accept this part of the amendment 7 that #would add to the list of means to the that they #can resort the States members to inform to the public opinion on the quality of the air. +The European Parliament approved on 4 November of this year, in *segunda reading, the directive on information to the consumers, and therefore the #can consider as approved in accordance with the principles of the common position; there #be not, in sum, reasons to argue this subject again. +Precisely, because of the regrettable taken that the ministers were so joined, so anxious to keep narrow relations far of the scrutiny to #european level, now have this process that comes to introduce transparency and clarity and that definitely *infundirá confidence to the #european society. +The wood is the home of the biological diversity, an important cheat for the dioxide of carbon and, maybe, the main regulatory of the climate and of the water in the earth. +In opinion of our #german experts, from the point of sight of the #german sylviculture, this directive will have permanent repercussions very negative for the exploitation of the forest nurseries. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the Regulation (*CE) *nº 2201/96 foresees some helps to the transformative industry of tomato with the end to compensate the difference of costs of the matter prevails community with regard to the world-wide market. +This Parliament supported without objections the process of peace of *Irlanda of the North, and *yo also give the *enhorabuena, of #all heart, to the #irish village and to #all the citizens of the Realm Joined by his hit. +Gentleman President, finish saying that the boys of my generation, during 40 years, hear *machaconamente a speech that said that the best destination of the urns was to be destroyed and that it was necessary to substitute the dialectics of the words by the of the fists and the guns. + *me Had informed that the Commissioner was already engaged with a meeting of the central banks and that, to the *enterarse that this debate went to celebrate to #the same hour, has preferred to opt for being today here, in the Parliament. +*cuarta: Campaigns of information of intensity in increase until 2002, in particular for the most vulnerable groups, by means of a systematic action in the system of education, of the *ONG and of the means of information in general, especially the television in main schedule, newscasts and sportive programs of big audience; +In this sense -already have debated it in the Commission of Subjects Economic but go back to make the offer-, am had to that *nos set up to see how resolve of form more efficient the problems of communication among #one and #others. +There was in the proposal of the varied Commission products of the that there #be community production and important community production, as it seems to be showing the study that, to instances of the Council and place that the figures of the Commission *carecían of justification, is elaborating . +A new segment of market in the field of the breeding of animals, that with an effective management guarantees a greater stability of the offer and of the planning, that the fishing do not reaches never. +In second term, regarding the relative questions to the withdrawal and to the destruction, fixes a price of reference, a price of orientation, and award compensations in case that the products of the fishing do not sell . +Likewise, the procurement of the banks in coins and notes has to begin a lot before the month of January of 2002, and the procurement of the retail dealers and of the public administrations has to initiate at the beginning of the month of December of 2001. +The last meeting of the Council in the present year will be the Thursday and, #if the Assembly wishes it and gives his compliance, *me #would enjoy to propose formally that instead of a debate, celebrate a vote on the report the Wednesday. +We owe *preocuparnos by the repercussions of said liberalisation in the main parameters of our models of development: fundamental rights of the workers, protection of the environment and of the health, cultural diversity, *multifuncionalidad of the agriculture, quality of the environment. +The bilateral summit in the that *nos gather this week *nos will allow to verify #if it is a signal of flexibility or #if it treats so only of the repetition of the #american positions known in *pro of a round limited to the access to the market. +And the *segunda to say that it #would be very useful -as it has said the Mr. #James *Elles- a conjoint work with the States Joined to clear the positions of both parts and can like this facilitate a future understanding. +#If we take the example of the #european agriculture, #can not follow saying that it goes well, that is *multifuncional, that works of positive form, that from now defends to his consumers and to #the same time keeps a selfish posture bear with the countries of the South. +It That *nos poses clearly a more difficult problem is that the States Joined have -as have- an environmental program less ambitious that the #ours, as, #if neither the countries in roads of development neither the Americans support our program, *nos will result very difficult to take it advance. +#Some have said that the Parliament has to be the first in receiving the material that produces the Court of Accounts, already was our annual report or the special reports that elaborate during #all the year. +But it true in this case is that the Court of Accounts has discovered to the responsible of the leaks of the annual report to the press and has taken the timely measures. +I agree with *él regarding the need of our work to guarantee to the taxpayers that takes a good use of his money, and underline likewise, as it has taken the Mrs. go *der *Laan, the need that also the States members struggle against the fraud. +The pluralism in the culture and in the mood to contemplate the favourable world increasingly the reciprocal understanding and, like this, a greater knowledge on the #another and the exchange of information. +Gentleman President, to begin, wanted to hail to the Mrs. *Pack and to the delegation of the Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation by the efforts that have devoted to guarantee the best agreement on the *segunda stage of the program *SOCRATES. +*Permítanme, *Señorías, that *les ask help so that together achieve to build bridges among the systems of education of our nations and among the #ours and the systems of other nations so that, in greater number that in the past, the youngsters #can cross these bridges and engage with the *Europa of the knowledge. +The Commission has presented a proposal by the that move the recommendations of the *NEAFC to the community legislation, that by means of the simplification and the coherence incorporates #all the experiences accumulated of the *NAFO and adapts to the previous position of the Parliament. +In spite of the reservations and the previously mentioned criticisms regarding the moment of the presentation of the proposal of the Commission, this important legislative piece has to be approved immediately by the Parliament. +Memory that the Commissioner *Fischler declared during his audition in front of the Commission of Fishing on 30 August that proposed cooperate closely with the Parliament and with the permanent committees of the Parliament in an active collaboration. +In the case of the Big Duchy of *Luxemburgo produced a delay in the nomination of the elect candidates due to the fact that the elections to the European Parliament took place simultaneously with the elections to the Parliament *luxemburgués. +Therefore, gentleman President, east is the curtain of bottom of the report that tomorrow will be voted in the Plenary of the Parliament and to the that, like speaker, have presented two amendments that justify with it that have explained on the elections in *Luxemburgo and with the words that have pronounced. +It wanted to *recordarles, so much to the Commission as to the Council, a beautiful sentence of a #german jurist of the past century. #This said that the legislator has to think like a philosopher and talk like a peasant, simple and clearly and comprehensible for the persons. +But without forgetting that these modifications constitute an explanation in some mood *ociosa -and has reason the Mr. *Rothley-, because a directive in any case #can affect to the international Right deprived neither to the rules of procedure. +#If to #this add an international dimension in the that the victims find in a foreign country, the problems #can multiply: languages and different procedures, inability to identify or locate to third, by not talking of the formalities with the insurance companies. +I have to remember that this number is very small, *equivale to two daily trips for each country, and that the sum of #all these permissions of attribution automatic along the five years do not reaches at least the 7% of the total. +To *través of #the same the European Union establishes the forms and the terms for the progressive elimination of the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone and *le ensure that no *subestimo at all the dangerousness of the current situation. +*Ello Nevertheless, the report of the Mrs. *Hulthén goes back to propose the amendments that were not approved shortening indiscriminately the calendar for the prohibitions of the production, the commercialisation and the use of the distinct substances. +In the actuality is indispensable this labeling by two reasons, first because they do not know exactly the dangers for the public health that proceed of alimentary products produced from *OGM or his derivatives and consistently is reasonable to follow of wall his path in the market. +Of #the same mood, invites to the Commission to that it prepare a proposal on a long-term basis that it integrate closely the politics for the sustainable development from the point of sight economic, social and ecological, the *cual will have to present to the European Council in June of the 2002. +It has been a première in style, because it has been able, in a historical moment, loaded of signs, of face to the new #millenium, to aim a creative perspective for the European Union in front of the challenges to the that it confronts . +My Group, by mediation of this Assembly, will work together with other deputies and together with the Commission to try convince to the next #portuguese Presidency so that it was more ambitious in the reform, without thus leave to respect the calendar. +We have to expect that there #be a village that *atreva to say no to the penultimate treaty before the Constitution and believes the broth of crop so that the unification and the centralism are substituted by the *Europa of the democracies and of the diversity. +Among the disappointments find again some important questions from the point of sight of the development of the internal market and of the system of taking of decisions of the Union. +Regarding the question of #if they will attend here the Ministers of Defence, neither #can answer negatively, but it is necessary to take into account that the Council of Subjects General commissions of these questions and, #if it is necessary, will take part in #the same the Ministers of Defence. +And *nosotros know that #that is the essential problem, because it is a problem related with the nature of the European Parliament, because it do not treats of a Parliament that work with the normal constitutional systems of our countries. +To our opinion, the best alternative is a road differentiated: cooperation in matter of security, development of the Union *Aduanera, permanent political dialogue, instead of *promulgar a statute of candidate to the adhesion that in last instance *carece of #all value and that will contribute rather to create problems that to his solution. +The decisions of *Helsinki are of a big transcendence for the future of the Union, specifically, the decisions on the strategy for the enlargement, on the Conference *Intergubernamental and on the External Politics and of Common Security. +They will fund new programs: in the agricultural sector, of help for infrastructures and in the fields of the transport and the protection of the environment. #This will allow to pipe to the States candidates by the path of the approximation to the Union in important looks. +Said #this, *yo want to manifest my gratitude to the speakers, Gentlemen *Bourlanges, *Virrankoski and *Colom -although his report do not debate today-, and especially also to the president and to the members of the Commission of Budgets by the intense work that have developed during the last months. +The budgetary games for the Commission of Environment refer in general to quantities very small, but *nos have allowed to initiate the preparatory investigation that *nos will help to formulate the question of the competition in matter of health according to the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +The Roman President *Prodi has expressed the position of the Commission on the interpretation of the decisions of *Helsinki today in the morning here, in front of the Plenary, and to this statement remit regarding the position of the Commission. +Gentleman President, in the audition of the Commissioner Mr. *Vitorino, *le said that had the joy to see that it was the only Commissioner that had concerned to talk of the education like *algo important to incorporate to the *tercer *pilar. +In opinion of the Commission, the Letter that will present to the Bosses of State and of Government has to contribute an authentic value added and the better form to reach it is to centre in the resultant fundamental rights of the own Union. +#This do not involves that the rail transport do not have #a lot of advantages in the long distances, since, with #all security, - and *eso also concerns a lot to the Mr. *Messner - the surroundings, the environment, suffers less damage. +The current committee of work has shown to be an important forum for the debate and for the exchange of information and experiences on the politics of quality among the States members and the countries candidates. +I create -after an investigation carried out during 18 months by a newspaper of the Realm Joined, as a result of the investigation of the Commission- that the time constrains and the car industry want to now find a solution for this question. +By a part, kept an attitude too much *vacilante in relation with the formal statement of the Agreement *Interinstitucional and contracted international commitments of character *plurianual, but instead in a *primer moment manifested the intention to resolve only, like a *primer step, the problem of finance for the year 2000. +Therefore, *nos have pronounced in favour of a reasonable review of the financial perspectives for varied years, and the proposal of our general speaker, gentleman *Bourlanges, that asked a review like this for the chapter 4, went in the correct direction. +Therefore, we #would have to initiate serious negotiations in the budgetary look and the Council #can congratulate that the European Parliament was to the height of his responsibilities in relation with these budgetary subjects and also have *politizado in this look. +The *margen financial necessary for *ello #can establish in the frame of the decisions of the European Union, specifically conceding greater importance to the exhaustion of the maximum limit of the own resources in function of the gross inner product. +The sense of our rejection to vote the Report *Bourlanges is to #the same time the to report the character limited and *irrisorio of the help considered, but also and especially report the politics of the western powers in the *Balcanes. +The Commission values the efforts made by the Parliament and in particular by the speaker and by the Commission of Budgets, and also the efforts that has made the #finnish Presidency of the Council. +#All the future challenges -the enlargement, the competitiveness in the international transactions, the level *persistentemente high of unemployment- are related with the financial subject. The Court of Accounts #can modify, besides, his committed in this look. +Therefore, it keeps in foot the call to the States members so that they also designate women for this task, as sure that among so much even in *Europa will have run the voice that the women know of accounts; the value to signal the deficiencies have had it always. +The paper of the Court of Accounts consists in examining #all the income and the costs to see #if the costs have been legal and normal and #if the financial management has been serious. +Finally, *me #would enjoy to ask to the representative of the European Commission, so much with regard to this last point mentioned as to the report in general, #if it goes to have really in account the recommendations formulated in the frame of this query, a time approved by our Parliament. +In previous years, *me have seen forced to ascertain, to the equal that #many other active colleagues in *Europa Oriental, that the utilisation of the bottoms of the EU in the frame of *TACIS no always was the most effective. +Gentleman *Valdivielso -expect that it treat of a misunderstanding because of an error of the translation-, *yo believe that the continuity of the project *TACIS in favour of the democracy is very important precisely in *Rusia and that it is precise to select with #a lot of care the fields in the that sure enough it #would have to suspend the program *TACIS. +In *tercer place, in my opinion, the help #would have to direct, in greater measure that until today -and am thinking now, for example, in the granting of money, that has *carecido of a clear direction and of control during long time-, instead of to *Moscú, to the common citizen, to the most disadvantaged Russians. +And I finish underlining that the *dictamen satisfied on this recommendation will allow to the European Community adhere fully to the Parallel Agreement and confirm his position of leader in the harmonisation and in the politics of enlargement of the markets. +Also *nosotros coincide with the Council in the sense to tend bridges to the countries in development. But tend bridges to the countries in development means two things: not trying trade with *ellos the purchase-sale of quotas and no *recortar neither the bottoms of development and of help so that they #can take measures in the direction that *nosotros pose. +The question of the climatic changes and the corresponding apocalyptic visions are a forceful way, world-wide, to call the attention on the dangers of the pollution. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, *Señorías; *Kioto, certainly, is #one of the great challenges of the century *XXI. But the way to solve the problem of the climatic change #can be also very significant of the civilisation of the future. +*Yo Do not want to take part, by means of the approval of a proposal of taxes community on the energy, in the implantation of a principle that limit the sovereignty of the States members in fiscal matter. +The behaviour of each #one of *nosotros, the consumers, has consequences in the climate, and the energetic tax, a tax on the dioxide of carbon, is a method so that the price convert in ecological label. +*Nos Concerns can express our opinion *cuando believe that they are taking measures that loom the continuity of the State of right; and we #would not be faithful to the promises that have taken to the population of *Macao and *Hong *Kong, #would not be loyal to our values, #if we do not protest *cuando *nos seem that said values see loomed. +We #can accept in principle the *segunda splits of the amendment 12, on condition that the term fix in 30 June 2002, and the amendment 15, on condition that the date for the prohibition of the use of *hidroclorofluorocarburos virgin fix in 2008 and that the prohibition of the use *hidroclorofluorocarburos recycled fix in 2010. +Report (To5-0092/1999) of the Mr. *Busk, in name of the Commission of Fishing, on the proposal of Regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that they establish measured of applicable control in the zone of the Agreement on the future cooperation *multilateral in the *caladeros of the Atlantic northeastern (*COM(1999) 345 - *C5-0201/1999 - 1999/0138(*CNS)) +The European Union has to represent a paper of engine in the future discussions. In effect, as it has seen very well, the European Union has known to impose like an indispensable intermediary among the States Joined and the *PVD. +The competent commission has to appoint a speaker, the speaker has to elaborate a report, and the modification, #if it accepts , has to be approved by a qualified majority of our Assembly, majority that comprises more of the half of his members. +Even here in the European Parliament has said that exists the general goal to boost the equality of opportunities for men and women in #all the political programs and in #all the political sectors. +#Can make , besides, an exhaustive balance of the means that *Europa, as #such, endows from takes varied decades to build the equality of sexes, especially in matter of compatibility among the familiar and professional life, #as well as to combat the maltreatments that suffer the women? +But, nevertheless, I want to underline, as already they have taken it #some orators, that the fulfillment of the commitments of the platform of *Beijing forces mainly to the states members, forces mainly to the governments. The horizontal strategy of the European Union finds in flat second. +Last night, as I create, the Council of Agriculture no only adopted a position on the resolution of the Report *Papayannakis, that results *algo precipitated, but that besides, create, modified the juridical foundation of the text on the that the Mr. *Papayannakis elaborated his report. +The effects of *Seatlle also have weighed in this decision, by the fact of *privilegiar the principle of caution and prevail the health of the citizens before that the rules of the market. +The Council urged to the Commission to that it delivered a special report on the measures that have applied lately and on the that are applying to reduce the delays and the jams in the aerial traffic European. +#All the parts #would have to collaborate in a #inspired environment in the confidence and abstain to undertake actions that #can put in danger a solution of the problem of the *Sáhara Western based in the respect of the human rights and of the democracy. +Besides, the #finnish Presidency took a statement on 21 June 1999, in the *cual reiterated the support of the EU to the plan of peace of the UN and to the actions related with #the same. +Besides, the efficiency of the work of the Council #would see affected notably, #if the meetings of the Council left to celebrate during a week to the month and, therefore, it was necessary *insertarlas even more tightly in the remaining weeks. +Eight hours, as aptly it has said the Speaker in exercise of the Council, #would have to be the maximum limit allowed in #all the European Union for the transport of animals alive. +But we go to create a frame of practices legitimate; we try to fix rules for a healthy competition, of #such mood that each, in accordance with his possibilities and his faculties, #can advance to the future with the best perspective. +We do not believe that the amendment *nº 18, relative to the obligation of the debtors to deliver a letter of change in the case of long periods of contractual payment have possibility to be accepted by the Council. +But in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development wanted to that *nos cleared -as it is not present the Council #would appreciate that it took it the Commissioner *Byrne before initiating the debate- how have to interpret the statements and the conclusions of the Council that have in front. +5) The Council has examined a document of work prepared by the services of the Commission to the *respecto -14015/99- and has taken note of the existence of a big majority in favour of the bottom of the text; +*Les call the attention, to be precise, on the fact that the optional diet of each country, or of some countries, do not converts like this without more in the compulsory general diet of #all the Union. +It is a state of things absolutely scandalous that are here seated in a parliamentary Assembly with the ninety percent of his empty seats, a week before Christmas, examining a regulation that nobody knows how and when will go in in vigour, with a Council that *nos is treating with contempt. +Regrettable only has taken in #one #few countries, whereas in other countries is costing *muchísimo set up this decision. In these countries not even has begun to build the system of labeling. +Likewise we are arguing the behaviour of the Council and the behaviour and the posture of the Commission. For the labeling of the meat of *vacuno the Commission *nos has presented two proposals. +It is regrettable that the debates on these so complex and important questions have had to celebrate in the frame of an urgent decision with an almost impossible term to fulfil. +Obviously, the use of *BST #can cause a change of the habits of the consumers. In this way, the existent disequilibrium in the sectors of the milk and the dairy products and the meat of *vacuno #would finish aggravating even more. +In this sense follow entrusting in the support of *Europa, a support that go directed to the preparation of the *timorenses, with the exact understanding of the universal values, not to betray, in last instance, the suffering of our village. +In this prize see the recognition of the European Parliament to the value of my village when struggling by a free homeland in the that the of thought was guaranteed like inherent right to the human condition. +It #would wish to give the thanks to the Mrs. Speaker in exercise of the Council by this so clear statement, and also #would want to signal in this sense that, to the *hacerla in advance, east is the only moment, during #all the budgetary procedure, that the Council has reached no only get to time, but even before. +No to the Commission, undoubtedly, #such as it showed it in *Seattle, neither to the Council, that in *segunda reading takes a cut *funesto of 450 millions of euros in the compulsory costs, neither -alas- to this Parliament, that, by means of his speaker, pretends to question the existence of the compulsory costs. +The simple fact, gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, that *me direct to *ustedes in #german tongue shows that the fixed price of the book do not constitutes a problem of field exclusively national, but a subject of type *transfronteriza that affects also to diverse linguistic islands, in addition to to *Alemania and to *Austria. +In his proposal of resolution, my Group underlines that the books are first of all cultural sakes, and do not have to, as, subject to the norms of competition of #the same form that the rest of the commodities. +Already I indicated that, regarding the specific case *alemano-#austrian that it is object of a procedure, alas, #can not go in in details; without embargo, *les #can guarantee that during the first three months of my mandate *me have employed in depth in *reunirme with the parts and in looking for possibilities of a positive solution. +They remain here equally comprised the elimination of the corruption, the solution of the social problems linked to the #asian economic crisis and the need of *relanzar the national economy, seriously *quebrantada. +In this moment, two citizens of the EU expect the execution of the pity of death: a Spanish in the *Yemen and an Italian in the #EE.UU. This last, the Mr. *Barnabei, will be executed in the year 2000. +It has imposed a wild social code, based in the intimidation, the humiliation and the *coacción of a feminine population that has been simply undressed of #all his fundamental human rights. +We #can not *asociarnos to the protest against the conditions of arrest of the political prisoners in *Djibouti but affirming clearly that, #if well the *carceleros are in that country, the true responsible find in #some of the official palaces of the French Republic. +In the last months, has carried out by part of the Government a systematic weakening of the *Contraloría General, This process of weakening culminated in a pact that celebrated the Government with an ancient party of the Government. +As we already have heard, in this moment do not have to *preocuparnos by the health of the gentleman *Jarquín, but will observe with attention that receives a suitable deal, and *nos concern especially the informations according to the *cual his family in particular his daughter has been assaulted physically. +But it that it is absolutely unquestionable for any impartial observer is that here it that has wanted to take is to avert precisely the investigation of the corruption with the collusion, besides, of the *sandinistas and to remove of in half to the one who went to be the boss of the opposition in the Republic of *Nicaragua. +*Permítanme That on the subject of the women in *Kuwait say in brief that the Commission, to the equal that the deputies to the European Parliament, is very disappointed by the result of the votes of 30 November in said country. +The Commission has followed with big worry the course of the events that have conducted to the arrest and imprisonment of the *Contralor General of *Nicaragua, the gentleman *Jarquín. *Nos Have joined to the initiative to east concerning the *troica of the European Union, of 18 November. +Besides, the States members of the Union and the European Commission have adopted and supported a series of initiatives additional for the promotion of the ratification of the statute. +So much in the plane of the private sakes and of the public sakes in matter of dramas and heavy infrastructures as in the plane of the economic instrument, the needs are enormous: of the order of six *millardos of frank French, as it has remembered . +Already they know that from it takes years no longer exists a budgetary line in the budgets of the European Community allocated to confront the natural catastrophes that produce in the countries of the Union. +They are in accordance with the procedure, although it is true that #would have been much better #if we had had the opportunity of *debatirlas in the commission and, as it said at the beginning of the week, *ello #would have constituted an optimum opportunity to argue the subject. +Therefore, it has to be *prioritario for the institutions put the means so that these data are increasingly complete, more reliable and faster, by it that the agricultural statistics have to be increasingly flexible, more harmonic, more merged with the #others statistical fields with possibility to incorporate new sources. +This file has a history and, in reality, today, it that *les propose is to conclude a file that opened in 1991 on a loan of 1 *millardo 200 millions of euros to the new independent States, in the moment of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. +*Tayikistán Is sure enough the poorest country of the new independent States, that has to stabilise totally, since a bit to the equal that *Chechenia and by other reasons, is a country that #can put in danger to #all the region, mainly by his strategic position regarding *Kazajstán and to *Uzbekistán that they are countries very rich. +The reasons are the following: the financial contribution of the community will continue being high in a region #whose stability has worsened , so much by the #russian financial crisis as by the current situation in the north of the *Cáucaso. +Gentleman President, ignore #if it treats of a technical correction but finish to discover that I do not appear among the deputies *luxemburgueses in the Record of the Wednesday, relative to the report of the Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi on the verification of powers. +The article 158 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, that constitutes the base of the politics of cohesion, has suffered an erroneous translation in #any of the official tongues of the Union. +The EU goes to pose also in the future to the #sudanese Government questions of human rights with the purpose to reach of said Government a change of attitude also regarding the slavery. +The EU is of the opinion that the dialogue among the Indian and *Pakistán is the key for the solution of the conflict of Cashmere, that taxes especially the relations among both countries. +We do not go to tackle here, with #all the depth that #would deserve the case, the problem of *Gibraltar, that is a colony of a Been member inside another Been member partner of the European Union, which is an anachronism in the threshold of the century *XXI. +Gentleman President, the resolution on the improvement of the institutions without modifying the Treaties constitutes #one of the elements contributed by the Parliament to instrument the European Union for the future. +Like this the things, the mental reservations, the distrusts and the tendency to enclose #can increase, in place to diminish, and *influenciar the conflicts among the parties and the political representatives creating some *disgregación and *algo of insecurity. +I have treated to work like his speaker in this sense and, to said end, *me were very useful the works of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, #as well as the amendments presented. +By it that refers to the particular case of Malt, *me *congratulo of the recommendation of the Commission according to the *cual the critical examination of the #maltese legislation #would have to begin immediately, so that the negotiations with this country #can initiate before the end of this year. +Only they #can reach some progresses limited in relation to the process of adaptation general and to the execution of the in the short term relative priorities to the collaboration for the integration. +Regarding *Hungría #can be very brief: Important progresses in #some areas, especially thanks to the approval of a package of reforms general for the administration of justice, #as well as to the conclusion of the structural economic reforms. +Without embargo, in #some areas, like the of the protection of the environment, the process of harmonisation legislative is developing rather slowly, and also the planning of the regional development finds still in his initial stage. +Likewise, it goes recognising increasingly the risk that the agreements, #if well the companies fulfil with the juridical conditions to be able to receive to the exemption by category, in the practical finish *surtiendo effects of *falseamiento of the competition #if they sign among companies with a strong position in the market. +In *tercer place, have a question on the period of transition for the agreements in course; *me ask #if the agreements signed under the current diet will be able to execute entirely under this current diet or #if *les will apply the new diet, in #whose case pray that it indicate from when. +. Gentleman President, *Señorías, in the first place, want to congratulate to the Defender of the Village and to his services by the transparency and rapidity with that have *rendido explain on his activities, no only in front of this Parliament and the Commission of Requests, but directly to the citizens and associations of the States members. +The right of request #can exert it #all the residents of the European Union -and no only the citizens of the Union- #as well as the organisations based in the European Union. +*Yo *me Incorporated to the Parliament in March of this same year and from then have not left to be member of said commission. *Ello *me Has allowed to observe of wall until how point the Mr. *Newman has encouraged by the well of the citizens. +It is, without embargo, it that *sucede in this case. Of the annual report of the Defender of the #european Village for 1998 gives off that his institution appears among the most operative and the most efficient of the European Union. +There #be a deep international ignorance about the right of family and about it that *sucede #if the marriage undoes and the boys have to go to live to a country that is not the of his usual residence. +It wanted to propose to the Plenary that, given the hour, immediately after the report of the Mr. *Valverde, advanced in the vote on *Kosovo, to express the position of the Parliament on this so important subject. +The deputies to the European Parliament of the *PASOK represent a country that suffers directly the consequences of the war and that, from the *primer moment, has loaned help in the drama of the *albanokosovares that have seen forced to abandon his homes. +A safe public opinion that only there will be attacks of rockets and by aviation -but no participation of military strengths of fight that #can have drops in the terrain- #can support by *algún time the bombardments, in name of the conviction of the unfair and abominable diet of *Milosevic and of his barbarism against the #Kosovar. +We have wanted that it reigned the right in the international society and today consent, of the way more *humillante, an abuse of authority North American, without that it mediate any mandate of the UN. +It has wanted to invent the principle of the selective humanitarian interference, because it punishes to *Milosevic by the ethnic cleansing, but ignores the problem *kurdo in *Turquía and opens *inquietantes stages for the hot zones of *Europa: *Córcega, *Irlanda and the Basque Country in *España. +The intervention in the war, under the control of the NATO, do not translates, as, an absence of politics #european, but an erroneous #european politics. +This political error inscribes inside a logic that traces back to the option that the following day to the fall of the Wall of *Berlín effected #all a generation of leaders and of #european managers. +For example, the amount of the *gravámenes on the vehicles #can vary in 3.000 euros to the year, exist nine distinct varieties of rates for the transports by railway and the grade of coverage of the costs #can oscillate among a 0 and a 100 %. +I am convinced that in this community normative stage the approach differentiated will be more effective and besides will respect totally the legitimate papers of the normative sectors of the transport in other political planes. +#All know that this sphere, the question of the rates by the use of roads, of lines *férreas, of aerial lines or of maritime lines, is *plagada of obstacles and that the progress, especially in the political plane, #can be of a slowness *penosa. +Besides, the Council has not accessed to the request of the Parliament to foresee fiscal advantages with idea to boost the moods of transport alternative. +It is known that the entities of credit traditional are, already of by yes, authorised to issue electronic money, in application of the group of the banking directives, and by this new service #can cost of the #european passport. +Also it is possible that this logic base, simply, in the easy #obtaining of benefits, in place to take into account the character of service of general interest that #would have to have the banks, for #all a series of consumers. +I create, as, that gather the conditions to continue the work, and #if *me allows to express a personal wish, #this consists in that the Mr. *Prodi integrate to the Mr. *Monti in his new squad; *ello #would not take more that benefit so much to the Commission as to the Parliament. +Without embargo, is not possible to create by law an only financial area to the by minor in that the basic banking transactions are economic and effective, #such as it occurs in the national systems, although the frame of performance shows how #can carry forward this process. +#This *nos forces to reiterate that, regarding the system of transports, the election *prioritaria of the European Union has to be the to move big part of the heavy traffic of the road to the railway. +In particular, after the closing of the tunnel, are multiplying the cancellations of reservations *hoteleras in the Valley of *Aosta. Therefore, it exists also an economic look, related with the tourism, extremely important for this region, that will have to be taken in account. +In it that to the consequences of the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc refers , the Commission will employ #all the means inside the field of his limited competitions to procure that the development of the traffic do not see seriously altered. +The truth is that *Birmania possesses supports very important, in particular -and regret the absence of our Commissioner *Brittan- *Birmania is firmly supported by Chinese, so much in the economic plane as in the soldier, and *eso is it that *le allows to follow repressing and preventing any type of development democratic. +It is true that the Mr. Go of *Broek, that do not has attributions in the field of the Politics of Competition, #can not but read *aquello that the services of the Commission, is to say, the services of the Mr. Go *Miert, *le had noted. +After debating a report of #the same speaker on the politics of the European Union in May of 1998, approve a resolution on the improvement of the operation of the #european institutions. +The actuality *nos remembers each day the political lagoons of the #european construction and the inability of the Union to face up by himself/hisself same to the majority of the great challenges that *le present. +We expect that the government occupy that the campaign of information programmed was plural of #such form that inform so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion and that this information was available freely for #all the citizens of Malt. +The cooperation is likewise #one of the master keys that characterise the relations among the Commission of Requests of the European Parliament and the Defender of the #european Village. +Without embargo, the speaker goes too much far when demanding that also it include in the system of *tarificación the transport deprived no commercial in car, in name of a just cast of the costs among #all the users of the infrastructure of the roads. +In this context #would have been interesting that the Commission *nos had specified how much collect the States of the EU in concept of taxes on the vehicles, imposed of consumption on the petrol, the diesel, etc., and how proportion of the taxes collected invests afterwards in infrastructure and works of repair. +Equally we agree with the Mrs. speaker in asking to the Commission that define the priorities on the plans selected, to end to use with the greater possible efficiency the available resources. +The Commission appreciates also the important paper that the European Parliament exerts when including the fight against the violence in the program of work of the European Union. +The competition in matter of juridical protection of the consumers has to attribute, to end to guarantee the internal coherence of the text approved, to the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market. +Of here that it consider very grave the decision that takes *usted, gentleman President, very grave in the current context -although this was not so grave- and very grave also for the future of this Parliament and for the future of the democracy in *Europa. +It was as it went, our Group has presented knowingly an amendment so as to embezzle the juridical protection of the consumers to the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens. +Gentleman President, have two functions: in the first place, like original author of the document directed to change the structures of the commissions and, second, like president of the commission commissioned in this moment of the relative politics to the consumers. +In this end of the century *XX, the violence in #all his forms exerted against the boys, the teenagers and the women has gone taking an increasingly worrisome look. +Thus it is indispensable that this program of action community #can inscribe in a general context that at the same time keep a strong social security and allow an economic growth that generate put of durable work. +But the statistics do not reflect to #that that by the retirement anticipated or other measures do not appear in the statistics of unemployment, is to say, that the unemployment of the persons of age is, in reality, higher. +*Señorías, now, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left, and, by the maximum time of six minutes, go to give the word to the Mrs. *Ilivitzky. +#This has to so much to the lower level *salarial of the women -that the women suffer, therefore, by double game- as to the fact that the professional careers of the women are shorter and discontinuous owing to the tasks of assistance. +*Me Allow to remember that this situation is resulted of the granting taken to States Joined, in the moment to sign the Treaty of Blunt, of a right to the import of soya to the Community with a type #zero. +The Commission always has protected in that the reduction of the prices *redunda in benefit of the competitiveness of the EU. I suppose, as, that #can conclude that this reasoning also applies to the sector of the starch. +Equally it wanted to express my gratitude to the Secretariat of this commission, that has taken always an excellent work so that our regulation was to the height of the needs of the parliamentary work. +Lamentably, #this has not been always the case and to the concrete reason finish to allude on purpose now the President of the Commission of Regulation, #Ben *Fayot, #as well as our colleague, the Mr. *Corbett. +Our colleague, the Mr. *Corbett, has alluded to that in this Parliament existed an opinion to take of this contractual text, relatively clear, *algo different of it that appeared and figure in the text of the Treaty. +Regarding the positive looks, wanted to underline that we have not taken a modification *ad *hoc limited to the frame of the exercise of 1996 but that have reached a valid reform for the coming years. +It is precise to vote institutional reforms oriented to the promotion of a dynamic competition and of the flexibility together with the requirement of the maintenance, but also of the modernisation and of the systems of the social security. +In the last months have had from time to time strong debates on #if we #would have to choose among having an expansionary politics as it wanted the Group *Socialdemócrata following the example of the Mr. *Lafontaine or #if by the contrary #would have to follow the rules that have agreed. +I consider urgently necessary that keep the three more important points, in concrete, the pact for the stability and the employment, a politics *salarial oriented to the productivity and the need to make structural reforms. +In these conditions, as, have to avert #all potential division in the interior of the Union and *esforzarnos so that the adhesion to the Economic and Monetary Union of #all the countries members was a reality it before possible. +Definitely, #this #would not be possible #if #all the participants in this project -the Council, the Parliament and also, after #some initial vacillations, the Commission- had not collaborated with a very constructive spirit. +It wanted to stand out especially the constructive paper of the Commissioners #Anita *Gradin, *Karel go *Miert and #Mario *Monti, but wanted to *elogiar also on purpose to the Presidency of the Council, to our speaker, the Mr. *Bösch, #as well as to the secretariats of the three institutions by the enormous work that have made. +In the analysis of the Annual Report of 1997 of the European Court of Accounts the Council has had also in account #all the 25 specific reports that have presented in the course of the year 1998. +During the process of approval of the management and to the light of the report of the Court of Accounts, formulate a series of questions very *inquisitivas to the Commission. +I expect that, *cuando the Commission attend again in front of the Parliament, accept and use like plan of work these questions formulated in the document of work, in particular on the politics in matter of staff, on the Offices of Assistance Technical and #Leonardo and the form as they manage *PHARE and *TACIS. +Of course, we have worked a bit with an amicable pressure, especially, by part of the Presidency of the Council and of our Assembly, so that the Commission comprise of a time that #can not deny, without more, the things that are on the table. +It treats of a document of work excellent and, of course, *yo personally share the philosophy of the approach, that is a clear philosophy and that, to #the same time, specifies the essential points. +*Nos Seems important that the #european citizens do not have the impression of that the Community is conditioned in his capacity of adoption of decisions like consequence of the entrance in vigour of the new Treaty or of the parliamentary election. +The attention to the elderly, the work for handicapped persons and projects of environment, #etcetera, to the equal that the Mrs. *Thyssen neither want to take any election and leave freedom to the States members so that they choose among the possibilities that offers the proposal and so that they watch it that better *les avenges with his needs and possibilities. +Finally, I have to underline that #if, as I boast, #all *nosotros wish the fast adoption of this proposal by the Council, so as to fulfil the terms signalled by the Mrs. *Thyssen, is to say, the entrance in vigour on 1 January 2000, #can not admit the amendments. +Therefore, in some measure -appear #if it was not like this- #can share his aspirations that are the #mine, in an assessment of realism political in a matter that affects to the employment and in that the urgency is maximum. +In the point 8, «Presentation of documents», in the *subpunto *ab) mentions the project of decision of the relative European Parliament to the Statute of the Deputies to the European Parliament and to continuation appears a reference «*C». +It is truth that is a subject linked to the Diary 2000, but do not find any reason that endorse the urgency asked by the Council, since the disposal has to go in in vigour during the year 2000 and, in consequence, there #be sufficient time so that the new Parliament #can *examinarla. +The Treaty already has gone in in vigour and his first consequence is a greater participation of the future President of the Commission and of the European Parliament in the nomination of the Commission. +It wanted to underline also that expect that there #be a political balance, is to say, a balance of conceptions and political opinions and also some balance that reflect the paper of the main political strengths in this Parliament. +Finally, we expect truly that in case that it assume *usted the power, in any case work urgently in favour of a #balkan initiative and also review the calendar of the politics of enlargement to the light of the current events. +It is interesting because it is socialist and because it is #french. Interesting because it is socialist and affirms that the problem of the employment will be able to confront only #if it guarantees , especially, a goal of growth and establishes in a 3 %; interesting because it is #french and affirms the need to begin to consider to the Council of the euro integrated by 11 members as *primer test of economic government European. +In consequence, challenged by an international crisis that goes back to put in cloth of trial the certainty of the end of the *II World-wide War, #this is, that the war was impossible in *Europa, have to *dotarnos of new political programs and necessarily ambitious, #if we want really go back to find this soul of *Europa that *usted so much mentions. +They require new approaches, under the form of a participation reinforced of the States members; the subsidiariness also in the execution of the #european tasks discharge of work to *Bruselas and reinforces the consciousness of the *corresponsabilidad of #all, a consciousness that up to now has not existed. +This speech, nevertheless, #can not take it with *cerrazón, #can not it take with a continent that puts his own limits, although it has converted in greater: have to take it accepting the challenge that, in this case, is also a responsibility. +It will happen to form part of the history of his village like the destroyer of Serbian and is not taking more that repeat the experience that already lived before #others that placed in front the big «adjective» to the name of his nation. +Also it has seen that the idea that the NATO #can constitute an alternative to the Nations Joined -although it only went for a region circumscribed, but that extends much more there of *Europa- has shown to be an erroneous conclusion; *yo always went of #that seem. +#Everything *eso means an enormous and costly effort, in addition to the military borne by our States members to contribute the thousands of millions of euros that will need to fund #all these measures of the international community. +Therefore, I take advantage of this opportunity, in name of the Commission, to ask to the Parliament and to the Council that facilitate to the Commission in his moment the instruments and necessary bottoms to take our contribution to #that *tremendo imperative that we will have to confront together. +I have written #one and another time to the competent persons, is to say, to the President of the European Parliament, to the President of the Commission, to the NATO and to the Mr. #Clinton. +In similar conditions, the only military victory possible runs the big risk to be a victory *pírrica, far of the conditions of a just and durable peace, that is it that ask in these moments. +A war that scheduled win in two days but that after five weeks has not waned. A war initiated to save to persons of the ethnic cleansing and that has given like result a million of refugees. +The countries of the Union have to be had to support a Plan #Marshall for the region of the *Balcanes to reconstruct the cities destroyed and also to counter the hate that, of another mood, goes to remain during generations like broth of crop for new conflicts. +Of #the same mood, do not create absolutely neither by an instant, treating of a so gross character as *Milosevic, that was sensitive to a measure like the unilateral cessation of our attacks to begin to negotiate. +In the twelve last months there #be had the establishment of the euro and deserve an external politics that was to the height of the perspectives created in the rest of the world by our monetary union. +Although it result painful, there #be not another explanation for a #willing Union to argue a war no by oil, no for achieving can, but for *oponerse to the perversion of the ethnic purification in the heart of *Europa. +We forget, by our account and risk, that *Constantinopla was, during centuries, the first capital #european of the culture, *cuando our ancestors of the Council of Ministers current were camping in the ruins of a past glory. +We have sinned, in #a lot of senses, by *complacencia: often we say that the justification of the European Union is the to rid of the wars inside the borders of *Europa and forget it that is *sucediendo just in front of the borders of *Europa and our responsibility to the *respecto. +This circumstance demands a diversification in the interior of the Union, the *cual #would owe to his time centre around a union among States, a confederation, in place of a union of States, a federation. +Gentleman President, in the meeting of the Conference of Presidents of this afternoon get to an agreement to treat to organise the vote so that it was a clear vote that show #who is in favour to put order and #who no. +For example, the subject of the *inelegibilidad and of the incompatibility, the limitation of the number of mandates, the reduction of the number of deputies, the *superación effective of the conflicts of interests. +The Commission of Budgets thinks, and *yo share this opinion, that the goal of not using more of the 20 % of the total game of administrative costs for the Parliament, a goal that certainly are fulfilling from takes years, has to fulfil without fail. +It is to appreciate that the administration *nos have ensured that it will be able to fulfil #all the additional tasks that arise after going in in vigour the Treaty of *Amsterdam, #as well as the that originate to cause the preparation of the enlargement, with the current personnel. +By this reason, the Commission of budgets has supported fundamentally the new politics of personnel, #whose central point is the promotion according to the criterion of the merits achieved during years, it that will have like consequence that a promotion make after some five years respectively. +I believe that a Parliament that want to fulfil with the tasks to the that is exposed from the Treaty of *Amsterdam, has to have of a structure of personnel, also on a structure of collaborators personal, that *le make possible to make these tasks in his whole. +Therefore it #would recommend to the new Parliament, to go back to occupy of this point, because *nos have detained two years for having fulfilled other tasks, and also *nosotros will have to go back to treat this point, #if we want to make a good work. +With the approval of the preliminary draft of budget general for the exercise 2000, the Commission has initiated the budgetary procedure for the budgetary authority. +In my opinion the common position of the Council, independently of it defective that it was by the no participation of the Commission, finds in the Commission of Transports, as it has explained it the President, and #this do not gathers this week. +#If we want *encaminarnos to an inner market that work *óptimamente, #all the consumers #would have to have the right to be able to enjoy of a big level of protection, the same in #all the States members #where buy, to *través of the extremely fast field of the new media, #such like Internet and email. +Certainly I agree with #some of the amendments presented by the speaker, included the need to establish a term of seven skillful days so that the provider return the money received of the consumer. +The Commission #can accept the principle established in the amendment 21 to offer to the consumers before the celebration of the hire additional information or *resumida like a protection of the complete contractual conditions. +#If a consumer mounts a product *él same and produces a defect owing to a failure in the instruction of setting allocated to the customer, this failure drops under the right of guarantee. +Without embargo, the own speaker of opinion -that do not know #if it is here- recognises that these administrative costs #can have to to the paper that play the experts, to the connection with the network, to the analyses, to the training. +Seen that there are not deputies that take part in the debate, the Presidency wanted to *felicitarla by his report and comment that the fault of interest probably have to more to the consensus that arouses that to any discrepancy with the subject. +It was the Parliament the that, even before the Treaty went in in vigour, put on the table of the Council a very complete text in the that, with the maximum transparency, included #all the looks of our situation, even #that in the that it always has been #ours competition decide. +In his quality of President of this Assembly, has loaned hearings of a new and innovative way to the novel deputies, *algo that has been received with big satisfaction and has been respected by the deputies. +In the months that have had the privilege to direct to my Group, #can confirm the courtesy that *usted has shown with my person -of it that today give faith here- and confirm also the extraordinary opening with the that makes his work. +The Council has agreed the past week begin with the preparation of a pact of stability for the *sureste of *Europa, an initiative that meanwhile is hailed openly by the whole of the international community. +Already the Bosses of State and of Government have wanted to designate to a President of the most political Commission, commissioned to explode #all the federalistic possibilities that offers the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, believe that so much in the intervention of the President *Santer -that has been a splendid intervention and want to *felicitarle thus- as in the of the rest of the colleagues of this Parliament goes to find *usted a rare unanimity. +Like help to the *preadhesión have put to disposal roughly 22.000 millions of euros for the approach #as well as other 58.000 millions of euros for costs conditioned by the enlargement, is to say, that in the period of finance has of 80.000 millions of euros for the enlargement but that only #can spend #if really it carries out the enlargement. +#If *me allow that it make a personal observation - probably is my last intervention in front of the European Parliament- is interesting to see that a Diary like the Diary 2000 is of course a conflict of distribution among the States members. +It is not that the argue, is not that it deny to the Mr. *Prodi his freedom of consciousness, but, because I am linked to the laicism, *garante precisely of this fundamental freedom everywhere and for #all, expect of a President of the Commission that watch thus, and have #some doubts on the matter. +For the future, turns to «the #american strength, in the wide sense of the term, [that] expresses symbolically by means of the media; it considers , sure enough, by #some able to constitute the unitary reference for *Europa in research of his soul. +We have to ascertain that the rules of the international trade that applies the *OMC and that *nos prevent to use on purpose the principle of caution, have seen ratified in the agreements of the Round *Uruguay by the own Europeans, *extraviados *ellos same by bad advisers, like the Commission, too much *influenciada definitely by foreign interests. +It is precise to break with the way as it is thought in the actuality the liberalisation of the exchanges, without social and environmental rules, and is precise to counter the political hegemony, economic and monetary of States Joined, that finishes imposing the interest of the #american companies like a *pseudo general interest. +The hypocrisy of the European Council remains perfectly patent by the fact that it will be necessary to decide on at all less that 250 millions of euros for *Kosovo in the term of two weeks, it that supposes an utilisation of more of the three *quintas split of the total base for seven years. +In the reading of the regulations that will approve tomorrow, seems that the cause of the insular regions will not have known significant advance with occasion of this reform of the Structural Bottoms. +This financial frame of half term neither gives answer to questions so stood out like the realisation of the euro and, in particular, the possible asymmetric crashes or the predictable results of the next negotiations in the field of the *OMC. +Always it has been entirely opened in #all moment to keep conversations and debates, always comprehensible, always kind with the members of the Commission of Politics Regional of the Parliament. +The Commission, in his report *trienal on the cohesion, has considered this situation like #one of the fundamental causes that mark the delay of these regions and condition his definite takeoff. +The that for both parts exist feasible commitments owes alone and exclusively to *nosotros, as *nos have directed to *ustedes openly with proposals of commitment to prevent that his *terquedad *nos carried to the Committee of Conciliation, as #this #would have meant the *paralización of #a lot of projects, since then the money #would not have come to time of *Bruselas. +Solidarity inside the European Union and with the States of *preadhesión, employment concentrated of credits, creation of places of work, reduction of the bureaucracy and preparation for the enlargement eastwards, #this have been from the principle the goals of the reform of the structural Bottoms. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, the new Regulation for the politics of promotion and development of the rural areas is definitely a big step in the reform of the Common Agricultural Politics. +It is not still an authentic tree, but #if the Commission and the Council occupy with #the same intensity of this youngster *arbolito, will result a strong tree and with hit for the politics in the rural areas. +Gentleman President, the goal of my report is the to endow to the European Union of the financial and budgetary frame adapted to confront the challenges of the next years. +Knowing these commitments, *nos will prepare of the corresponding mood for the new negotiations of the *OMC and the negotiations of enlargement and will have it besides in account in the execution of the regulation of market during the next years. +In it *tocante to the date of payment of the 31-10, am had to examine this question, #if well with the limitation that it do not has to produce thus a postponement of the budgetary exercise for the compulsory costs. +Consider the work like economic opportunity, and to #the same time like realisation of #one same means to study more and better along #all the life, means to struggle against the material and current inequalities that affect to the possibility that #all person has to plan freely his future. +But, on the other hand, neither we #can accept a protectionist road like the strategy with the that were digging our ruin and in the that were evading the responsibilities that have in front of the world, in particular with the less developed zones. +How measured thinks to adopt the Council to avert the repetition of this type of actions and to guarantee the freedom of circulation of the citizens in the EU? +*Me #Would enjoy *darle the graces by his answer, without embargo, do not understand why leave to a side the disposals of the regulation of personal as it do not exists at all that it prevent that in the integration respect the valid norms in the Council. +The concrete question of how goes to take to reduce of *algún mood the damages *ocasionados and, possibly, to pose juridical claims by part of the European Union, is a question that has to direct to the Commission and no to the Council. +The Resolution 687 of the Council of Security of the Nations Joined urged to *Iraq to cooperate with the International Committee of the #Red Cross with regard to the release of these prisoners. +In it *tocante to his wider question on the global stability of the region, the 26/27-4-1999 the Council got to the conclusion to begin with the *preparativos for a pact of stability for the *Sureste of *Europa. +But equally it is true that, also jointly, #can not deny the fact that a big group of the society, persons in a position of disadvantage, among *ellas the women and the minorities, need an additional attention. +The agricultural model European do not know exactly #which is neither nobody knows it, but, in any case, pretend to defend this model, a model that keep to the agriculturalist in the earth and the less uninhabited earth. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, the financial frame decided in *Berlín is totally unsuitable and insufficient to give answer to the needs and to the goals of the cohesion, that #would have to orient the #european construction and his current and future ambitions. +I expect that we leave clear to #everyone and in #all moment that have carried out the #granting that expected of *nosotros in the negotiations in the World-wide Organisation of Trade and that do not contemplates neither an alone granting more to the #european agriculturalists until they have passed these seven years. +This process has finished well, has had a happy epilogue for the countries of the cohesion and for the poorest regions, #where concentrate , in fact, from now, the structural helps. +It has finished well, I #can not by less to say it, for my country, that goes to receive with charge to the structural helps an annual average lightly upper to the annual average of the period 1994 to 1999. +The nuclear security is a very important, but in the process of adhesion #can not force like this without more to the closing of head offices nuclear, neither *presionar of this way to the countries. +My Group, the *PPE, #can not more that ascertain the result of the Summit of *Berlín that, #if well it represents a considerable improvement in relation with the original proposal of the Commission, remains short #if we take into account the needs of the producers. +In *tercer place, #if it produced the blockade to a measure and, afterwards, remitted again to the legislative authority, this return affected only to the Council, no jointly to the Council and to the Parliament, even #if these two institutions conform jointly the legislative authority. +Really there are #a lot of reasons to begin to say that *México do not has the frame of reference, the *marchamo democratic, etc. But believe that it better that #can take by *México, by the democracy and by the agreement with the European Union is to say that yes . +The fact that of the total of the #mexican exports to the European Union only the 9 % are agricultural and that exist a big complementarity in the commercial flow, #would have to facilitate the fast negotiation and entrance in vigour of this agreement. +Gentleman President, only wanted to remember to #some colleagues, and in particular to the Mr. *Elles, that the training of the will of the institutions, in accordance with a jurisprudence *consolidadísima of the Court of Justice of *Luxemburgo, is not matter *dispositiva: it is question of public order and is in the Treaties. +Gentleman President, wanted to *rendir a *calurosísimo homage to my colleague, the Mrs. *Oddy, by this report that, of characteristic mood, has carried out in the last days of the Parliament in a commission in the that there were other worries and #where existed immense juridical and technical complications. +And we will vote against because we understand that they break this balance, because, in spite of it that has said the Mr. *Barzanti that, like philosophy share totally, believe that lean service takes to the providers of content, in general terms to the authors, in other fields and -answering to the Mr. *Whitehead- to the consumers, #if we take juridical voluntarism. +In my opinion, the European Union #would have to show active with seen to establish a favourable and effective movement to protect the civil rights in the computer networks. +In the amendment 36 proposes that the providers that loan services of the society of information will have to conserve #all the data that require to the hour to investigate and identify to the providers of material illegal. +The majority of the amendments that contains the report of the Mrs. *Oddy clear and improve the initial proposal and *me cheers to indicate that the Commission will accept the amendments *núms. 1, 2, 4, 6 -this last only in the #english version-, 7, 12, 13, 16-20, 22, 24, 32-34, 37, 40, 41, 43, 55-57, 62 and 65-67. +#This a sensitive and very important area in the that took special efforts in the original proposal to get to a solution of commitment reasonable that took into account #all the interests in game. +I have examined also the argument that *usted has exposed on #if this decision in yes comports budgetary decisions and also has examined it attentively our Juridical Service, is to say, #if it comports budgetary decisions for the that the article 272 #would demand qualified majority. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, *yo also want to break a spear in favour of the argumentation of *Detlev *Samland, and *eso by the following reason. Gentleman President, the jurisprudence that *usted quotes stipulates that the institutions #can not review to the drop the majorities established by the Treaty. +#If it is really necessary that the Treaty demand in each case, of precise way, the qualified majority, and limit the cases of enlargement of this qualified majority, said agreement *interinstitucional, as it finishes to suggest it the Mr. *Colom *i Naval, is inadmissible. +The European Commission approved the past 28 April the preliminary draft of budget of the European Union for the exercise 2000, *primer year of application of the new financial perspectives. +The tenacity and the perseverance of the members of the Commission of Politics Regional of the European Parliament and of our two speakers have given finally his fruits. +#This obtains a complementary endowment of 15 millions of *ecus to compensate the loss of his suitability with regard to the Goal 1, whereas the *Hainaut #french, that is bordering, do not obtains at all: discrimination that do not justifies neither the *PNB neither the tax of unemployment of the two regions. +To the term of my mandate, in May of 1999, my political positions on these social questions, as they are the agriculture, the feeding, the rural development and the environment, follow being #the same. +The fact to want to fix a maximum limit to the helps and of *reducirlas regularly constitutes a total aberration regarding the level of income of these producers. +#If they achieve approve common norms that elevate the level of protection of the consumers in #all the countries, no longer will have *tanta importance that the valid norms are the of the country of the *remitente or the of the country of origin. +Vote against of the proposal of resolution on *Kosovo, because I consider that it do not helps at all to find a political solution, neither finally immediate of this war without sense - especially today, 45 days afterwards, in that they begin to discern hopes to escape of this tragic dead end. +It treats definitely of a complex situation and expect, gentleman Commissioner and Vice-president, that in name of the Commission and in name of the European Union adopt the timely measures to reinforce these tendencies, since in the actuality *Turquía is moving away of *Europa instead of approximating to *ella. +Never we have wanted to justify his acts neither his intentions. Only we expect that the #turkish Government allow that it celebrate an open and just process, but alas #ours *angustiosos presentiments do not see at all relieved. +It is not #worthy of the democracy that *Malasia says to be the fact that the citizens that express peacefully his points of sight political or religious are object of arrest and *encarcelación, and all *ello without that offer a suitable juridical security. +It is to say, in the international plane is taking consciousness of this situation, and do not is necessary to exasperate because this type of battles, like the that *usted signalled, finally, as it #be to occur always with #all the problems that affect to the humanity, is to base of a daily fight and *tenaz as they finish achieving results. +By it that to me *respecta, gentleman President, wish to say that I regret that the considering *G of this proposal of resolution common allow to warm up doubts on the comments that #can effect this Parliament on purpose of the initiatives taken by the president of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, the Mr. #Michel *Rocard. +Finally -and I will not insist too much in this point-, the responsibility of *Francia, illustrated until the caricature by the coincidence among the *decimoctavo coup d'état in the *Comoras and the opening in #París of the trial to the mercenary #Bob *Denard, author, in 1975, 1978, 1989 and 1995, of four coups d'état in *Moroni and suspicious of the murder of two Bosses of State *comoranos. +The Islamic Republic of the *Comoras is a State that from takes #a lot of years, practically from his independence, suffers an institutional and structural crisis very grave, as they have remembered the colleagues that have taken part before that *yo. +Perhaps it know that there #be had a statement of the ministers of the *G8 offering some conditions for a solution in *Kosovo much less *intransigentes that the five conditions in the that has insisted up to now and that goes back to link of significant form to the Council of Security. +Regarding the system, more general, of recognition of titles, am likewise in favour of an improvement and of a reinforcement of the recognition of the qualifications, since #if well the recognition of titles is theoretically satisfactory, do not translates sufficiently in the facts. +The commitment that has accepted in the conciliation relieves the charge of the #SME, which fits to expect that it encourage to these companies to orient his efforts to goals more favourable and that boost the creation of employment. +In the European Union and in the States members has awarded especially a fundamental paper to the small companies with predominance of hand of drama to the hour to promote the creation of employment. +Passed a week from the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, and had account of the every time greater importance that is purchasing the procedure of *codecisión, believe that have reasons for *felicitarnos by this victory of the Parliament and of the democracy. +Likewise I estimate fundamental that *nos have proposed to reduce the compulsory variables, no only regarding the charge, but also in it that to the number of variables refers . By it other, are adherents of a level of information acceptable, is to say, of a fine relation cost-efficiency. +Gentleman President, in the frame of the initiative *SLIM, the Commission presented on 30 May 1997 two proposals of regulation with the end to simplify the basic rule of the system *INTRASTAT. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0234/99) of the Mr. *Malangré, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens, on the procedures of insolvency. +In the year 1995 agreed by means of a resolution of these characteristic it that it had to understand by interception in technical sense, #if it had to register only the content of the #telephone conversation or also the hour and the number of telephone of the speakers. +To consequence of these massive imports that hardly cover, on the other hand, the price of the matter prevails, big number of #european textile companies are registering at present losses and see loomed his survival, it that puts in grave risk the maintenance of the places of work. +Of compliance with the article 13 of the Regulation, the candidatures to the functions of President of the European Parliament will have to present, with the consent of the interested, by a political Group or by thirty-two deputies like minimum. +Lady #Heidi *Hautala, in the last days have already worked very together, and an expression of this fine collaboration is, certainly, that *usted like Speaker of the Group of the Greens finds seated in the first row, the same that the President of the Liberal, the Mr. *Pat *Cox. +#This *Europa initiates the term of office in a moment of big difficulty by it that *sucede in our borders: of big difficulty because the process of unification political and the project of politics economic follow being far of our scope. +A strong Presidency, attentive and able, balanced and just, like the that *usted already showed that it #can exert, *nos gives hope and confidence of face to work together, #all together, to end to satisfy the needs of these #european citizens that follow expecting of *nosotros a clear answer about his future. +As *les manifested takes an instant, call the attention of His *Señorías, since to the not exceeding the number of candidates of the number of places for covering, *les propose that it choose by acclamation to these fourteen candidates for the places of Vice-presidents. +Lady Speaker, wish to take part in relation with the record because I understand that, in the day of yesterday, the Conference of Presidents and #all the political Groups subscribe jointly an objection to the constitution of the called «technical Group of independent deputies» and *yo believe that said objection has to state explicitly in the record. +In spite of #all the relative criticisms to particular cases, there #be *algo that #would not have to forget, to know, that without the work *tenaz and engaged of the Commission neither had been able to resolve the numerous and difficult problems precisely under the #german Presidency. +*Señorías, in the stage that now initiate will have to take advantage of the dynamics that has configured in the past semester, like result of the tension among the crisis and the needs of reform, to give new steps to the integration. +But the decisions that have adopted in the last six months, under the #german Presidency of the Council, will mark the future of the European Union until very gone in the next decade. +It has gone back to admit in society to the war like half of the politics and will continue advancing by this *funesto *derrotero with the integration of the military pact of the *UEO in the European Union and the creation of strengths of intervention. +*Me #Would enjoy to ask #if these three States members, that took in *Amsterdam of the strengthening of the institutions an indispensable condition and, therefore, previous for the conclusion of the first negotiations of adhesion, corroborate his reservations attach to the Treaty of *Amsterdam or #if they have attenuated his position meanwhile. +#This presupposes our firm decision of *oponernos in necessary case with military means *cuando no longer exist another possibility, to #that that think that they #can impose the politics of the nationalism with the violence, the murder, the terror or the expulsions in mass. +In the first place, because it did not take a reform of the finance of the own resources to split exclusively of the gross national product, that is the only contributory base just, *equitativa and transparent. +Besides, we need the integration of the guidelines on the politics of employment and economic and, it that it is very important, need a review of the institutional frame of the #european pact by the employment. +We need as more democracy and no an increase of the democratic deficit like consequence of the #european pact by the employment and this Parliament has demanded it in the period of term of office previous. +This Assembly will know that we have gone back to go in in a critical stage in the process of peace of *Irlanda of the North, a process that have backed the successive presidencies. +The challenge that have to confront consists in *replantear, adapt and improve the organisation for *convertirla in more efficient and effective, so as to struggle against the frauds to #all the levels and to put to the Institution to the service of the #european citizens. +I do not pretend that *Europa have #all the answers to these problems; it that I want to mean it is that we have to show our obstinacy to contribute to resolve, to scale #european, these questions, since, by his same nature, surpass the purely national borders. +In effect, some recent events, #such as the war of *Kosovo and the new crisis in the sphere of the alimentary security that has produced in *Bélgica, but has, obviously, repercussions in #all *Europa, are events particularly significant and believe that the answers that have to give -and *usted has given #some interesting signals to #that *respecto- are answers that have to be ambitious. +The President Mr. *Prodi shows interest with regard to the Conference *Intergubernamental, but *me seems that it do not values it sufficient the fact that the critical state of the Institutions and of the relation of fault of confidence with the citizens is not indifferent neither political neither socially. +From this perspective, the question of the headquarters of the organisms that will occupy of the reconstruction is very important, and want to believe that it will keep the election of *Salónica like point *nodal strategic from the that they will develop #all the necessary plans for this substantive reconstruction. +The Council of Subjects General of the European Union highlighted the past Monday that the Union will follow helping to the #serbian village, the *cual suffers the consequences of #one *nefasta political. +The deputies of the European Parliament have underlined in diverse occasions the so important paper that the Union exerts like engine and like guarantee of the peaceful and harmonic development of our continent. +I split in my exhibition of the idea that the Union #can succeed in his functions only through a narrow and transparent collaboration among #all the parts of #the same, #as well as by means of the active support of the citizens of *Europa. +Also we need a *fortalecemiento of the credibility of the Union to take part with property in grave subjects of our competition; the establishment of terms concrete for the reconstruction of *Kosovo is the most acute. +But also it has produced wounds in #some Governments *carentes of a clear external politics. It was as it was, it has marked the failure of ten years of diplomacy and has put in evidence the *incurias, the lacks and sometimes the wastes of the international cooperation. +The impression that has is that it did not think so much in the activities of reconstruction immediate and for the that it #would have to be competent this Agency but in the general needs of economic help in the whole of the region. +We have to learn to combine the hand of iron of the NATO with the glove of silk economic of the EU and offer cooperation and help for the economic and democratic development. +#This is the fundamental point of the case *Öcalan, #this is, the maintenance in *demasiadas legislations of norms that punish like offence the exercise of the right of self-determination of the villages in his extreme meaning of faculty of secession, even with means no violent and democratic. +Of #the same form that there are autonomous Communities in *España, *Länder in *Alemania or Communities in *Bélgica, etc., also #would take fault an alike solution inside *Turquía for the *kurdos, so that they #can enjoy, it same that *usted signalled of *Finlandia, to be able to talk each #one his own tongue, have free press on his problems, have a regional Parliament. +We have to promote the fight against the drug trafficking, against the crime organised, against the citizen insecurity; we have to invest in the protection of the citizens and no *transigir with this unseen face that constitutes the relation among terrorism, traffic of arms, crime organised, traffic of nuclear material. +*Dinamarca Was the *primer country that proposed the importance of the no military methods, but *Finlandia, in his quality of President of the Council, is the country that has to carry to the practical it more *contudentemente possible, and with the collaboration of #all, this valid initiative. +I want to signal also that it is very important the mission of the international Court attendant to judge the crimes of war, and in particular the court commissioned of *Yugoslavia is in this moment an important *colobarador #ours in #all this question. +The process of reforms has begun in #all the institutions, among other things thanks to that the European Parliament in #a lot of occasions has called the attention on these subjects. +The Assembly will be familiarised with the article 213 that, among other things, demands specifically that the members of the Commission respect «the duties of honesty and discretion, regarding the acceptance, a time finished his mandate, of determined functions or benefits». +A simple example that #can give to the Assembly of the internal games to the that they have devoted the bosses of cabinet -no the commissioners- in a concrete subject of personnel serves like button of sample of how handled these things. +*Yo Hail the decision -that believe that it has been very fast- of the Council in this case and also the explanations of the Commission in relation with his performance in this case, that has been of an enormous rapidity. +Also it is necessary to recognise that the pollution of the *piensos with dioxin shows that neither the current legislation neither the measures of protection valid are sufficient to prevent the pollution of the *piensos with harmful substances, like the dioxin. +*Refiriéndome To the measures taken by the Council #would remember that the ministers of Agriculture and of Health have followed very of wall the crisis of the dioxin and have debated on *ella in the first opportunity that had , to know, in the meetings summoned in June. +Before finishing my exhibition want to observe that the crisis of the dioxin has shown clearly that the consequences of this type of events do not limit to the zones, not even to the countries, in that they produce . +Any country of the world is free of the dioxin, and #can bring to collation #all a series of examples of pollution by dioxin that in the last years have appeared in the headlines of the most varied countries. +I regret it a lot, and *me fear that the only that in this subject goes to *movilizar really to the Council goes to be the agreement that have closed recently with the Americans, is to say, the agreement that the Americans will be able to control #if in *Europa fulfil the hygienic standards that also *nosotros expect of *ellos. +In consequence, gentleman President, insist especially in the proposal taken by our Group that the Parliament believes a provisional commission that occupy in group of #all the subjects related with the security of the foods and with the public health, and no only of partial details. +I have to *decirles, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President, that *me cheered with the measures that finish to announce *ustedes, but yes that it wanted to *recordarles that #some of these measures in fact were proposed by the European Parliament, takes already time, from the conclusion of the Commission of investigation on the crazy cows. +But, finally, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President, *me #would enjoy to underline, to the equal that our colleagues, that never will be able to resolve the problem of the security of the feeding #if we do not begin to think in a drastic *replanteamiento of our agriculture, of our alimentary production. +On the other hand, I have to say that for my is totally inadmissible that in this crisis of dioxins the union of agriculturalists #belgian deny to collaborate in the agricultural restructuring and in the reduction of the census grazier in *Bélgica. +#Many of the ingredients are identical (practices *displicentes and even despicable in the preparation of #some alimentary products of animal origin in a world of agriculture intensive and panic and deception in #some of the States members affected *cuando discovers initially the origin of the pollution) +Thus, plead by the constitution of a commission of investigation parliamentary temporary, attendant to supervise that they put on the table #all the problems and study #all the group of the educations that have to take out. +I want to stand out that to this grave crisis of health is facing up with instruments that were conceived for other goals tied to the Common Agricultural Politics, as it is the Permanent Veterinary Committee allocated to understand of the animal health in himself/hisself same. +Lady Speaker, there #would be *peido the this morning early word in the approval of the Record #if it had known that the annex 3 had not delivered by our seats. +I think, for example, in the fault of transparency of the part of the #belgian Government, that took in alerting to the European Commission, #as well as to the fault of information of the consumers. +In consequence, *le pray that the Table elucidate and treat #this with the greater celerity, as of this luck go in in the pause of summer with a totally garbled situation regarding the delegations and #this do not has to *suceder in this Parliament. +Fine to the French Committee Organiser *equivale to deprive to the football of base and to the promotion of this sport of some bottoms for *ingresarlos in the arks of the European Commission. +With occasion of the Glass of the World of 1998, of the two millions of entrances sold, the greater part of #the same was directly managed by the International Federation of Football, that sent contingents to the 203 national associations of football, reserving a greater percentage for the 24 countries classified, among the that it found the Realm Joined. +Finally, in chamber place, is normal that, regarding a popular sport and to a country organiser that invested nine *millardos of frank in this event, procure that the inhabitants of the country organiser approve and take part in the event, it that also constitutes a key element of the hit. +Already I said ten minutes before it took part the Mr. *Ford that the #belgian organisers and Dutches of the championship of *Europa have put in contact with the Commission and that will not put to the sale neither an alone entrance of discriminatory mood. +#This is a debate to watch to forward, to the future of the European Union and to strengthen his institutions and, in particular, the European Commission, #whose central paper in the #european construction nobody #can put in cloth of trial. +The modernisation and the reform are, therefore, necessary and it is necessary *llevarlas to cape #if we want that the Commission #can, no only exercise his basic paper of guardian of the Treaties, but also of *impulsora of the process of taking of decisions and of correct agent of the programs and projects that *le attribute. +In reality has occurred *algo that consider very important -and in this sense create to have understood also very well to my predecessor in the use of the word-: it is precise to extract the consequences of the errors and of the bad performance of the Commission. +It says that neither the Institutions neither the budgetary authorities gave has rapidity of a series of irregularities neither acted in the most correct way and wiser to avert the consequences that there was. +The Committee of Experts Independent advanced the arguments to establish a committee for the rules of the public life in the #european field. +President, the key words of the second inform here presented are subjects like the subsidiariness, the delegation of competitions and the importance of the independent fight against the fraud. +The grade of care with that we treat this symbol #can determine to a large extent recover the confidence of the citizens. We will watch that the Commission, and especially the Mr. *Kinnock, make the promises that took in the audiences regarding the Mr. Go *Buitenen. +The Commission, to end of accounts, has acted in #a lot of points. But in the case of the *EEB only has acted by pressure, also has acted in these questions only by the pressure of the public opinion. +In the procedures made up to now, #many of the Commissioners designated have had the friendliness to promise in advance a statute of reforms for his own fields and have alluded to his commitments with concrete politics. +The 350 millions of persons that constitute the association of the European Union will not feel appreciated to the European Parliament neither to the European Commission #if the public opinion considers that it exists *algún type of irritation in the relations that keep. +And memory that *cuando was president of the #italian Council *le was withdrawn the confidence by the Parliament, even by those political strengths that changing of jacket -veto to know with how expensive and with how value- are had to vote to his favour, after having voted in his against in Blunt. +In this context, gentleman President of the Commission, *permítame that signal that in the audiences #some members of his Commission still did not seem to have given this step to access to the condition of Commissioners #european. +In it that concerns to the oral turn, has been a work and a colossal effort so much for the members of the Parliament as for the commissioners proposed and workers so much of the Commission as of the Parliament. +*Permítame Say of step that believe that these auditions, of this form, that push to the commissioners candidates to adopt commitments that his villages #would not approve, introduce to my trial a real distortion in the loyalty of the procedures. +*Me Allow to take this observation to mood of warning because the renewal of the confidence that *usted same has asked with reason, gentleman *Prodi, also depends of course that it head *usted a Commission that #can make his free work of #such objections and that has to differentiate of his ancestor precisely in this look. +We have listened with attention the repeated statements of the President and without prejudices the auditions of the members of the Commission, and #this *nos has allowed to appreciate a commitment that poses a different relation among the Commission and the Parliament. +Today *nos find in the back stage to the euro and, as it says the President, in a stage of reflation, without embargo, the massive unemployment is the conviction of this #orthodox politics. +Thus, the Party *Independentista of the Realm Joined pleads by the withdrawal of our country of the European Union through the *revocación of the constitutive Record of the European Communities that so *equivocadamente subscribed the Prime minister *Heath in 1972. +#This are, lady Speaker, *señorías, the reasons by the that appeal to the prudence of the Assembly, to his moderation and especially to the respect by the rights of the minorities by the #which, it is necessary to say it, up to now #this had not honoured especially. +There was not reaction to his reiterated and clear answers to #the same question, and repeated until the nausea subjects that affect to the #belgian inner politics and that at all have to see with the future charge of the Mr. *Busquin, had account that #this is a multilingual Assembly. +In the points 3 and 5 (to), (*b) of our resolution remains clear that #if the Parliament loses the confidence in a commissioner, has to be sufficient with that there #be simple majority to ask to the president, Mr. *Prodi, the resignation of the commissioner in question. +*Yo Have present that, in his quality of President designated of the Commission, already has accepted *usted #some fundamental political requirements that *le pose, with the end to take possible the application of the individual responsibility. +In this region, without embargo, find the most extensive borders among the countries that have requested the adhesion to the Union, #as well as the only border with the big #european state of *Rusia. +The report of the independent group of experts indicates that the structures of the European Union and the Commission have been garbled and *desorganizadas during years concerning the relations to be able to and of the responsibility. +We have made a good beginning with the audition, and after the vote of morning, allow that the progressive strengths of this Assembly collaborate with the Commission to provide to the population of *Europa it that wishes. +*Usted Deserves the praise of this Parliament by the work that has made in the budgetary fields and especially in #some of the fields in the that has tried to change the things in the breast of the Commission. +In the agreement *interinstitucional declares that before surpassing the frames of finance it is necessary to look for other forms to have the finance and like this the Council has acted according to his own point of sight. +Gentleman President, *yo only wanted to *preguntarle to the lady Minister #if it has considered the possibility to include to the International Monetary Bottom in the quoted conversations on the financial resources for *Timor oriental, *Turquía and *Kosovo, so that #all the weight do not have to *recaer exclusively on *nosotros. +In the first place, it is precise to develop great strategies that allow to control the migratory flows without putting to proof the capacity of integration of the States members and the citizens and help to avert the apparition of conflicts social. +On the other hand, the increase of the cooperation among the States members *nos forces to examine the rights of the citizens from a point of sight wider that the of the national states. +And to follow applying these principles, is important that the Parliament have an equal representation to the of the Council to the hour to decide on the fundamental rights of the citizens. +Well it is that there #be a temporary diet of protection, but only in exceptional circumstances and on condition that it was not a diet that deny the right to the individual examination of the appeals of asylum. +#If the Commission goes to adopt this type of doctrine in the sphere of the offence and of the drugs, etc., #which goes to be the future of this European Union? +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, the goal of the European Council of *Tampere -as it remembered here in an extraordinary council- is the to determine the political orientations and the priorities in matter of creation of the zones of freedom, security and justice. +And like the participation of the national Parliaments in the process limits to the presence of representatives individual neither is represented the plurality of the political tendencies. +It fits to remember here the important paper of the operation *UNAMET of the UN and give the thanks to his personnel by this tireless work that took possible the organisation of a referendum in some very difficult circumstances. +The Mrs. #Emma *Bonino goes to explain why, in name of the political affinity of #that that believe in the parliaments, the democracy, in the Right and that abhor the *partitocracia, the bureaucracy and the falsity, are not voting neither go to vote. +But it wanted to take advantage of also this explanation of vote for *referirme to the parallel resolution that groups varied commitments contracted by the Commission *Prodi in spheres in #a lot of technical cases, but important, related with the code of behaviour, the ethical and the transparency. +But, especially, there #be a thing that *usted #can take in favour of our peace, and this thing is *propiciar the respect to the historical rights of the Basques, among the *cuales is the fiscal sovereignty, like the has any #another Been member of the EU. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, our negative vote to the nomination of the new Commission by the rest of the current mandate bases #among others arguments in the fact that it houses to four #ex commissioners that formed part of a school organ that saw forced to resign by bad management. +The provision with half inks of #some of the candidates, apparently still reluctant *cuando of it that treats is to mention the *Europa social or the employment, or even the audition very little *convincente of the Mrs. Palace, do not have to hide an impression of group as a whole satisfactory. +To difference of his ancestor *Helmut *Kohl, that five years ago accepted the proposal of the opposition for the Commission -to me *me cost to vote by *Monika *Wulf-*Mathies in 1994-, *Schröder did not show had to take into account to the current opposition *CDU/*CSU, by more that won the #european elections in *Alemania. +The Commission also recognises that the reallocation of this sum is not possible already in the category 4, but that says that it is necessary to take an effort *extensivo to a reallocation in the group of the budget. +#All know that the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee had a common organisational structure, the *SOC, but that, as a result of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and his put in operation, decided that it suppressed this common organisational structure. +The proposal treats of the detour of some credits of commitment by value of 137 millions of euros. 30 millions of *ellos allocate to *Turquía, especially to the actions of help for the provisional accommodation of face to the winter, is to say, helps of emergency. +And even more: the European Union finishes to decree an embargo of material military during four months to the #indonesian. ?How they are four months after *veinticuatro years of compulsive sale of armament to Indonesian, knowing as it knew the genocide that there was takes *veinticuatro years in *Timor? +But #if it did not modifies his politics, will leave to find partners in *Europa while the managers of the current situation continue in the power, already was in the Army, the Parliament or the Government. +#If they do not detain the slaughterings, also in other regions, and #if the #indonesian Government do not offers a protection, our opinion is that the Nations Joined will have to happen to the action also in #that other regions of Indonesian. +To the debt that have from takes *veinticuatro years with *Timor Oriental, adds the fact that in these days take #any demonstration in favour of *Timor Oriental, without embargo, do not takes in account the political hypothesis that, with #everything, will have to happen once again by the fact of *implorar to the States Joined the possibility of a military intervention. +Besides, this article also affirms that the politics of the Union in this look do not influences in the special characteristics of the politics of security and defence of the States members. +Our main goal is the abolition of the capital pity, but as among the countries that the apply find states of #a lot of weight, the freezing of the relations do not presents like a fine solution. +Gentleman President, the Council is conscious that the countries with #a lot of coastal extension are responsible to a large extent of the security of the navigation and of the defence of the maritime environment, so they have to fulfil the norms that have regulated to the *respecto. +So much in his quality of President in exercise of the European Union, as to national level, *Finlandia do not supports the release of the politics in matter of drugs and neither the possibility to legalise some substances. +Without embargo, it is necessary to take in account that in the conversations to the *respecto has taken evident that #a lot of countries, especially the countries in roads of development, fear that the Union demand determined labour norms with the intention to take impossible the imports from these countries. +The Mr. *Korakas already *nos has taken to know that it considers that they #would not have to have been *reagrupadas, but like this has decided and *yo entrust in the skill of the answers of the President in exercise of the Council so that the two have the appropriate answer. +For *nosotros the structure that *nos proposes -and the Court of Accounts shares our worries- presents a serious danger of *desmembramiento of the administrative authority of the Commission, in benefit of some managerial personnel *intergubernamental, that #can not accept. +Like this as, it #would wish simply that *reflexionáramos on the autonomous structures of decision in *Pristina, that #would give to the population the power to decide with *nosotros the works that have to be undertaken, and that did not exist #one "*superburocratización" in *Bruselas, tied to the logic of operation of the European Union. +#All the efforts for elevating the education and the medical assistance to an acceptable level, by very valuable that in himself/hisself same are, have not been able to solve the problem of the refugees. +(IN) Gentleman President, is for me a pleasure comment the fact that in this brief debate have had three inaugural interventions, included the of the Mrs. *Schröder that, to his 21 years, is the youngest deputy to this Parliament. +It costs to believe that in the fifteen countries of the European Union lose swim less that 7.500 lives simply because the persons do not use the belt of security in the leading seats and in the rear seats. +In the future, the European Parliament will not allow that other institutions of the EU recommend any type or form of reduction in the available budgets for the campaigns of security *vial. +There are difficulties of #the same type in the parliamentary control, #whose consequence is that it was increasingly *incontrolable the action of the police and of the secret services and the projects in the sector of the public security. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, in the moment in that we say with the new Commission that is precise to give a main paper to the European Parliament, is natural that to #the same time have to think in the relaunching of the external politics of the own Parliament. +Thus *me #would enjoy that the new Commission - and ask it now to the Commissioner *Kinnock - make a general evaluation of the efficiency of the program *TACIS and afterwards *nos report on how think to improve the program for the budget of the year 2000, so that we #can vote with greater confidence in favour of the program *TACIS. +*Georgios *Papandreou, minister of External Subjects of #Grecia and the Mr. *Tzem, the one who has #the same charge in *Turquía, have decided that it include the subject of the collaboration *heleno - #turkish for the fight against the natural catastrophes in the diary of the dialogue of *Atenas and *Ankara. +The official statements of *Moscú in the sense that neither the crisis in *Daguestán neither the attempts of *Moscú will serve of pretext to declare the state of exception and, therefore, postpone the next elections to the *Duma, have reassured to the Commission. +I comprise that we #would have to argue with the Council of *Europa to try negotiate an arrangement with *ellos, but has to *usted recognise that technically no longer have access to this building because we already have left to pay the rent. +Then *me seems enough *penoso that the #french legislation give apparently *tanta importance to the artistic property of some impossible corridors, lights and stairs but for example no to the energetic saving, whereas in my country at least #one third part of the new houses have of solar signposts. +I want to add my voice to the numerous comments that already have taken and signal that I find totally incomprehensible that are here in the first place, *cuando have offices, halls of meeting and houses very fine in *Bruselas, and that it is absurd that #all the "Euro-circus" have had to be *penosamente moved to *Estrasburgo for three or maybe four days to the month (pardon, five days this week). +*Me #Would enjoy to say, although as #many of the deputies also regret the circus of trips among the diverse headquarters of the European Parliament, that am fully satisfied with the design of my office of *Estrasburgo, especially #if, as *me promised, installs a cupboard with bolt. +Estimated colleagues, #that of *ustedes that they have assisted to this Parliament during the last years know that in this Assembly are very #few the that, as *yo *cuando chaired the last commission for *EEB, have devoted so acutely and -almost #can say- with so much enthusiasm, to the question of the security of the meat, especially the of the meat of *vacuno #british. +The solutions *reconducen to three very concrete fronts: 1) the consumer; 2) a new agricultural revolution and environmental; 3) a precise political indication that it has to come precisely of the community organs. +The crisis of the crazy cows and the #news of the last months have put of self-evident that the alimentary security deserves a deal *prioritario, although they also have shown that only *nos agree of *ello in difficult moments. +*Me Cheer especially that today it find *usted here personally for *informarnos on a so important subject, although I believe that the time passed from the nomination of the new European Commission is too much little so that, so much *usted like the competent commissioners, have been able to *ultimar concrete proposals. +#If in the States Joined the *incumplimiento of the laws on the environment #can sanction with the publication of the name of the company and of the director of #the same, do not see why *nosotros in the Low Countries #can not take *algo similar. +Without embargo, #can not but *mostrarme *perplejo and concerned so much in my quality of scientist as of politician in front of the conclusions to the that has got in this decision, #this is, fix a maximum ceiling tolerated of *BPC of 200 *nanogramos of fat so much in the *volatería as in the meats of pig and his derivatives. +Lady Speaker, the recent successive crises in the field of the alimentary security have put of self-evident of the mood more *convincente that the protection of the public health has to be *prioritaria in front of #all the other politics. +It results #worthy of *beneplácito and *tranquilizador that from the same beginning the new Commissioner, Mr. *Byrne, have shown an unambiguous commitment with the recovery of the confidence of the consumers in the alimentary industry. +I expect that #this was the main priority of our works of the next week in the context *ACP and that convert , gentleman Commissioner, in a proposal that the Commission and the European Union take #his, so as to that at last we #can *hacernos charge of this problem seriously. +In less of two decades, a very short period in the world of the illnesses *infecciosas, the AIDS has been the main cause of death in the *África *subsahariana. +Given the different nature of these bottoms with regard to the normal projects in the *cuales contributes money to the budget, *me fear that in this case this idea of control budgetary, that #all accept and that #all defend, is not exactly applicable. +The formula that *yo *les #would propose now and to the that *me #can engage is that before it produce this type of payments inform , for example, to the presidents of the commissions involved in these subjects, of #such form that the Parliament have knowledge of #the same without that, by this duty of confidentiality that have to keep in #some subjects, *nos pose #any difficulty. +We have to introduce a consistent specific solution in modifying, by the road of a concrete decision of the Council, the financial perspectives for a concrete point? +Sure enough, in the measure in that *ello was possible have to exceed the stadium of the statements of intentions so frequently heard in the course of the last decade to find forceful concrete applications #if we wish to reach this goal, to end of modest accounts, of a 12 %. +Gentleman President, wanted to congratulate to the Mr. *Langen, the speaker, by his report on the approval of the program *multianual for the promotion of the sources of energy renewable in the Community, *Altener *II. +In reality, #can that not even it assign this quantity, since the amendment *n1 5 to the section 3 (new) of the article 1 says, in reality, that #can reduce the quantity of bottoms, #if it is not compatible with the financial perspective for the period that it treats . +#Many will be small plans, to scale of the community, specific of the place, already use the wind, the waves, the solar energy, the combination of heat and electricity or even the biomass. +It wanted to reiterate my gratitude and say that I expect that in the last review #can find the definite formula and, therefore, give a push to the program *ALTENER, that is a clear impulse to the utilisation of the renewable energies in *Europa. +Regarding the amendment 4, exists a clear need of complementarity, as we said takes a moment when talking of the program *ALTENER, regarding the actions in the field of the energetic efficiency and of the renewable energies. +But it is not less true that there #be had moments in that we appreciate, by part of the #european negotiators #as well as by part of #such or *cual Been member, behaviours excessively bureaucratic, defensive and until *cicateros, as also *nos concerned to perceive sometimes in our #south african speakers a tendency to give course backwards and to reopen questions that seemed already enclosed, with it that the process *demoraba more and more. +The decision of the World-wide Economic Summit, celebrated in Colony this year, to cancel 100.000 millions of dollars of debt of the *tercer world was important to #that *respecto and has to *surtir an effect catalyst for the adoption of other measures by #all the countries of the EU and no only #one #few. +On the other hand, the signatories of the agreement do not hide it and say that "the relative disposals to the cooperation pretend to facilitate the restructuring and the modernisation of the #south african industry and boost his competitiveness" . +By it other, have resulted divided the interpretations and the opinions of the European Parliament that wanted an agreement that *acercara more to the conditions of the Agreement of *Lomé, and of the Commission that has pronounced by an adhesion, say, conditioned. +And, especially, that, in accordance with the conclusions of the Council of Subjects General of July of this year, *subscribe the specific agreement on wines before the provisional entrance in vigour of the commercial part of the agreement, foreseen for January. +While it do not apply the agreement on wines and liquors, will not go in in vigour neither the special financial assistance -15 millions of euros- to the sector *vinícola #south african neither the contingent of wine free of rights of 32 millions of litres. +Neither it has agreed still that the EU liberalise the imports of products car #south african in the term of three years, as it seems to announce the report in the page 9. +During the next weeks and months, will follow closely the preparatory process with seen to this date to end to watch by that #all the important commercial #granting of the EU to *Sudáfrica initiate his career in this date agreed. +It #can indicate the Commission how actions #can undertake to find urgently bottoms (for example, *MCA remaining, other community programs), with the end that in #all the #greek territory give an immediate preventive control of the *adecuación static of public buildings, schools, hospitals, etc., #as well as of places of work in mass, like factories, so that it verify the resistance of the *edificaciones in question in cases of seisms of big magnitude? +With the Mrs. *Diamantopoulou have communicated this same afternoon, to the Commission, the actions that are possible in the frame of the Structural Bottoms to support to #Grecia and help to the reconstruction, to the repair. +The complicated access to the valley of the *Panshir, the extremely explosive situation and the accused political sensitivity, that characterise the situation in the place, demand an intervention that has to be coordinated among the diverse humanitarian organisations to end to avert failures of estimate and bad decisions. +I believe that precisely the quantity of the community humanitarian help to Serbian underlines clearly our wish to bet in favour of the population and up to now have been able to identify clear needs and justified of humanitarian character. +The greater part of the pupils goes to have or already has a direction of post electronic own, the majority of the that work already the have and there are #a lot of courses on Internet for pensioners. +The index of abstention registered in the recent elections to the European Parliament has shown, without embargo, that the citizens are not sensitised in the measure that #would be convenient in relation with the EU and his goals. +Second -and #this *reviste an immense importance and examined it in the Nations Joined with the General Secretary and the General Secretary Attach-, the question of the finance of the civil administration to short and half term. +Also I am convinced that no only are forced to support to the democratic circles and his modest hits by moral reasons but also because #one *Turquía democratic that #can solve his problems in *Turquía will be of positive for the inner security of the European Union. +Thus -independently of #which was the calendar and the exact procedure to follow- in *Helsinki it is necessary to command a signal of hope to the persons of origin #turkish and *kurdo #as well as to the democracy in *Turquía. +Had account of the importance *geoestratégica of *Turquía and of the paper that always has exerted in the defence of *Europa, believe, finally, that also #would suit to include in the agenda of the works the questions of politics external and of security. +Gentleman President, the Roman Mr. *Prodi declared in his speech of presentation to the European Parliament that have by in front a period of enlargement of twenty or even thirty years, during the *cual the number of members will rise to *veinticinco, or perhaps to more. +#If it accepted to *Turquía in quality of country candidate to the adhesion, the criteria of *Copenhague #would suppose a species of path or course for the future evolution of the country and #would contribute to orient the development of #the same to the values that here represent. +I believe that *cuando take perceivable that this approach to the western values *le offers to *Turquía better possibilities of economic development and more field of political action, is possible that the #islamic countries take to *Turquía like positive example and that consolidate of this form the development of the neighbouring zones. +The cooperation among *Europa and *Turquía #can be an example *alentador and hopeful on how cultures that are neighbouring and that coexist #can find a conjoint road to reach the peace, the democracy and the State of right to the equal that opportunities of welfare for his inhabitants. +In this sense, pray to the European Parliament that *nos concede the possibility to talk of a credible mood with *Turquía, to contribute *creíblemente to that produce changes in *Turquía and here includes that we fulfil also really the commitments contracted in front of this country. +The #finnish Presidency has considered the process of peace in Orient Next like #one of the most important subjects of the common politics of the Union in matter of external subjects and security. +We recognise the crucial paper of the States Joined that have struggled during so much time and with *tanta tenacity to carry the peace to this afflicted region; and *rindo a warm homage to said efforts - for example, to the capacity negotiator and to the determination of the Secretary of State. +In this sense, the President *Arafat and the Prime minister #Barak already have signed the memorandum for the application of the Agreement of *Wye *River and restart the negotiations on the final situation. +I receive with satisfaction the statement of the Palestinian Authority, in the sense that it will adopt measured to combat the terrorism, whereas the Prime minister #Barak has recognised with informal character that will try to limit the expansion of the settlements. +#If embargo, to the hour to defend the right of self-determination, consider that #all the parts have to be exhorted to employ in depth especially against the terrorism to end to guarantee the security of the villages. +Like this, serious obstacles to reach a just peace, like the constant establishment of #jewish colonies in #palestinian territories or the contempt of it that *Jerusalén #This means for Palestinians, #arab and Muslims in general, have filled of difficulties the path to the peace, concept that do not has to be defined like the mere absence of war. +The European Parliament - the only institution of the EU that it is chosen directly by the citizens - neither was consulted in any moment during the two years that lasted the negotiations on the content of the Agreement. +According to the French, is evident that #if still they register every year 3.000 cases of "crazy cows" in the Realm Joined, in spite of #all the measures of caution that have been taken, follows existing, in the transmission of this illness, *algún element that still has not been able to explain. +Thus, this precise country of a maximum support, as the new Government has shown how #can provide stability with a #european spirit in #one of the most dangerous regions of the world. +After the celebration of this meeting, will inform immediately on the details of the there taken resolutions and will communicate the posture of the Council to the Commissions of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy. +In the agricultural plane, the orientations of the European Council of *Berlín on the Diary 2000 *nos offer a solid base to make, in matter of liberalisation, compatible progresses with the agricultural model European. +But there #be also #some other open questions in the cooperation among the Council and the Commission, on the one hand, and the European Parliament, by #another, in the frame of the Round of the #Millenium. +Thus, it is necessary to create for the countries in roads of development some better conditions of access to the market suppressing to #the same time #all the subventions to the export of the EU for the agricultural products. +*Me Seems shameful that have had to accept that #a lot of countries in roads of development and that take part *contractualmente in the frame of this debate and that see especially affected, #can not be seated not even to the table negotiator by financial reasons and that the participation of the public opinion was so small. +This model, based in the community preference, guarantees the quality of the products, the alimentary security, the survival and the expansion of our agricultural sectors and *agroalimentario. +Regarding the sanitary and educational problems, do not think and do not wish to put in cloth of objective trial of public politics in these fields to title of it that proposes in the field of the liberalisation of services in the next Round. +East run over has to see like an attack against the freedom of expression and the boundless right of the citizens to the culture, that do not has *parangón neither in the EU neither in the other democratic countries. +The Council considers that they are the States members the that they have to commission to mitigate the social consequences of the suppression of the free sales of taxes and the problems that #can arise in the border zones. +In the cases in that the Presidency have had the intention to celebrate public meetings, but have not reached it, how States members are the that, with his opposition, have put fetters to the transparency? +Gentleman President, are assisting once again to a conflict of interests, #can call it like this, among the principle of integrity territorial of the States and the principle of self-determination of the villages. +And it is precise and urgent that take #all the measures to our disposal so that they reestablish the human rights in the region, so that the refugees have #all the humanitarian help that require and so that, finally, #can return to his homes because it has reestablished the peace. +Really it is to sin by excess of credulity the imagine that the #british Government #can not have interrupted the delivery of these planes of fight that got to his destination #one those that hours before the #indonesian strengths killed at least to five demonstrators in *Yakarta. +And I ask to the Commission that employ in depth to apply these goals, with the end to convert to *Europa in the world-wide homeland of the political action against the pity of death. +To #the same time, this Parliament has to give his decided support to this action and watch so that in the future reach compulsory agreements in Gin in #all the situations that have relation with the human rights, in addition to fulfilling the resolution that expect that it approve in New *York in the autumn. +Like this as, it is also a way to reaffirm, in this sense, the importance to legislate definitively, to the level of the Nations Joined, on the abolition of the pity of death. +I have listened the debate of today and consider it like a very wise contribution and very *sobria to the achievement of these hopes that, to my trial, #can make with it that *yo #would designate a "soft landing" for Indonesian and for #all the populations of Indonesian. +No *me remains more remedy that say today that we also have to leave to throw the fault to the workers, workers to those who the radiation has sentenced to death like consequence of the illegal and criminal activities of the nuclear industry. +But in *Tokaimura, the own #japanese authorities have recognised that the procedures of security, so much in the plant of conversion as in the facilities of production of fuel, have not respected . +The orientation to the soft energy and to the sources of energies renewable gives to know increasingly like the only solution to the energetic problem of the society *postindustrial. +The questions referents to the inspection of the fuel in the plant *MOX of *Sellafield are of the *incumbencia of the national authorities and have been notified to the services of inspection of nuclear facilities of the Realm Joined. +The #irish Government has prepared a Green Book on the sustainable energy that will occupy a special place in our National Plan of Development for the period 2000-2006. +I understand that it is important for the House, is important for the institution of the European Parliament be once again to the height of the demands of the #european citizens, demands that have expressed of mood very *nítido lately and, of course, during the last #european elections. +Gentleman President, always have been quite skeptical in front of the attitudes *moralistas or police that even boost the complaint, for the *cuales the frauds avert only through the creation of instruments of control of the increasingly evident persons. +In the present case are in front of a new technological reality and social that #can configure *jurídicamente from the principle by means of a legislation *originariamente #european and with the that to #the same time *nos #can accredit of a special way like #european juridical community. +An ancient applicable example here is that #if the laws of the States members demand simultaneous presence, then will not be possible for a couple marry by means of this type of signatures through the network. +For #many of *nosotros, and *me surprises that the Mrs. *Thors have not mentioned it, #this is a stimulating phenomenon, *igualador and *liberador because the ancient world was dominated by the great centres and the peripheries were in a situation *desventajosa in relation with the centres. +With the directive on the conditions mark for the electronic signature the European Union gives an important step to the elimination of the obstacles to the electronic trade. +Regarding the term, seems reasonable, taking into account the delay that is producing with this directive, that expand for the mopeds of 1 January to 1 July 2002, so that there #be a bit of time of adaptation of the industry. +Regarding the called question of the offices of assistance technical, the big reform proposed by the Parliament maybe have not been still sufficiently *ponderada so that it #can make in the field of the budget for the exercise 2000. +I have noted that also the European Parliament has intention to propose assignments that surpass the maximum limit of the category 4 and thinks to take it so that it was possible to put assignments to disposal of the actions in *Timor Oriental and in *Turquía that need finance and also to concretise the agreement of fishing with *Marruecos. +The Commission *me has entrusted that *les communicate that the Commission goes to propose another solution, that will take in consideration so much the need to establish political priorities like the principle of discipline budgetary. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the relations among the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Commission of Budgets during the works of preparation of the Budget have not developed never without tensions. +We are had to endow to the Commission of the necessary resources to fund the administrative tasks and of management of #all these projects #if it guarantees the owed participation of the Parliament in the reflections on the reform. +*Permítanme That remember also it that has manifested the colleague #Perry: the programs *plurianuales, as #SOCRATES and *LIFE, answer in fact to the expectations of the citizens and have to guarantee his quality and *dotarlos of the necessary resources like part of the processes of development and of #european integration. +Also it wanted to give the thanks to #all the members of the different commissions that *nos have taken to get his aspirations and that in his greater part have manifested a big understanding in front of the fact that, *cuando *nos move in a frame limited, although #a lot of things are desirable, no #all are possible. +The Budget of the European Union for the exercise 2000 has a special character, no only because it began to examine it the ancient Parliament and afterwards reached an Agreement *interinstitucional, that is *vinculante bear *nosotros, in the that we also take part and that accepted keep after the elections. +Of #the same way that my Group do not defends an imprudent increase of the costs of the Union, more important *nos seems, #if it is necessary, which occurs clearly in this case, use the *margen of increase of costs authorised by the agreements signed among the own States members. +#If #the same budgetary rigour prevails so much in the field of the States as of the Union, #this answers especially here to the claims of #some countries members and know that the first victim of this rigour will be the common agricultural politics. +Therefore, we owe *asegurarnos no only that there #be the owed coherence among the agencies that work on the terrain, but also, lady Speaker of the Council, that not adopting decisions that suppose to spend money pointlessly by a decision of the Council to move to some persons to another place to 100 miles of distance. +No *nos fits the lower doubt that it will be possible to consign new resources for the finance of *Kosovo, but instead consider that other measures -*Turquía, the Agreement of fishing with *Marruecos- have to fund in the frame of the at present foreseen costs in the Budget. +In effect, the most stood out note of this budget *estriba in the self-evident insufficiency of the assignments to confront determined goals, as in the category *IV, "external Politics and cooperation", is in the that this insufficiency self-evident of form more evident. +It is the *primer budget that goes to brush the 100 *millardos of euros #if they adopt the amendments *Bourlanges and, talking of the gentleman *Bourlanges - that it is the financial of "the cabin of the uncle #Jean *Monnet" -, is his *primer inform after the general report, after the of the lady *Dührkop, of the gentleman *Tillich, of the gentleman *Lamassoure or #others. +We have set up an initiative -and want to highlight it very clearly- that it also proposes to look for a flawless solution for the management of the budgetary resources that we have to administer directly from the Parliament, among the *cuales want to stand out in particular the costs of trips. +Gentleman President, the speaker and #some of the orators that *me have preceded already have alluded, obviously, to the that for me is #one of the crucial political elements -#if no the crucial element- of this project of budget. +Since it initiated the politics of creation of an economic space liberalised to scale world-wide is taking place a massive transfer of resources of the poor to the rich, so much inside each society as among the States. +I think in the importance to increase the popular base in the activities of the Union and that *nos concentrate in transcendental subjects as, for example, in combating the unemployment and in the enlargement to the new countries candidates. +The humanitarian help for the victims of the war or for the refugees in *Kosovo, for the victims of the earthquakes in *Turquía and for the innocent victims in *Timor Oriental, are obvious requirements that take to the European Union. +Gentleman President, with this debate the European Parliament has the opportunity to exert of consistent form the affirmation of his will regarding the future of the European Union. +The links among the competent commission regarding the bottom and the Commission of Budgets #would not have to interrupt with the first reading of the Parliament, after the *cual #can pass still *algún time until the subject remain finally resolved. +Without embargo, #would not have to forget the goals of the European Union. The most important is the efficiency of our budgetary lines from the point of sight of the employment. +The Commission will propose, therefore, that use the three instruments, to know: the redistribution of the credits, the instrument of the clause of flexibility and a review of the financial perspectives. +Therefore, *le will ask, lady Commissioner, that have to well, with his colleagues and in the terms that consider appropriate, concretise the commitments that finishes to assume, with the end that we #can vote the Thursday with total knowledge of cause and on the base of commitments clear that exclude any misunderstanding among *nosotros. +By the contrary, the *SEBC has to have a vision of #all the zone of the euro when taking his assessment of the economic situation in general and of the panorama of stability of the prices in particular. +In the first place, in some surroundings of stability of the prices, the mechanism of the market will assign the resources of form more effective to his more productive uses. +The clear division among the competitions of performance that finish to describe reinforces the credibility of the monetary and economic politics in *Europa, increases the transparency and facilitates the democratic responsibility. +Besides, in operations that save relation with the politics of the only coin, the organs of taking of decisions of the *SEBC will occupy to value #if the planned operations with compatible with the goal of the monetary stability. +It #can that it reach his goals of stability of the prices, but without opening will not be clear #if said goal has reached by design and, therefore, will be able to repeat in the future, or by a lucky accident that it #can demand then the introduction of #any improves in his methods of work. +In a democratic juridical order, the institutional and political independence of an institution only is possible #if to #the same time also is guaranteed his *legitimación democratic, and #this demands the transparency of the decisions, but also that #this are comprehensible. +*Yo Have the *convencimiento that the collaboration in a climate of confidence among the #ECB and the Parliament also #can contribute to boost the security and the confidence of the public opinion. +To avert #this our Group proposes an amendment that calls the attention of the Central Bank European on his mandate that is the to ensure the stability of the prices in the two senses. +Gentleman *Duisenberg, *sucede *usted like this without embargo - although the scarce assistance that today have do not seems to go in the sense of my words - to the emperors and to the popes that from #Charlemagne have dreamed with *reunificar our continent by means of the faith or of the strength. +Without place to doubts, the Report *Huhne contains positive elements, especially regarding the appeal to the Central Bank European of greater information on the reasons of the decisions adopted by means of the publication of a succinct record that contain also the opinions *disconformes. +The Central Bank European has made a good work, has won the confidence of the citizens thanks to the work made in the last months, and like this go to manifest it also in the resolution. +Gentleman President, this *primer annual report of the Central Bank *me gives occasion to take an as a whole positive evaluation of the work made until here by the Central Bank European and of the operation of the zone euro. +Gentleman President, the European Central Bank continuous being an institution that takes decisions of crucial importance for the millions of citizens of the European Union, without being subject to any democratic control and politician. +A sinking of the credibility of the Bank or the belief that #this #would not be had to follow a politics *antiinflacionista at all costs #can have grave economic repercussions in the group of the Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Central Bank European, the annual report of the #ECB shows that the activity of the bank initiated to good rhythm and that the steps given until this moment go in the correct direction. +It is necessary to remember that, although in the zone of the euro practise an only monetary politics, follow having eleven economic politics different, #whose coordination *incumbe to the States members, inside the frame established in the Pact of Stability and Growth. +On a long-term basis, the Commission will develop a coherent strategy for the grey zone, is to say, the zone comprised among the humanitarian help and the cooperation to the development more on a long-term basis and directed to the future. +#Many have asked as a result of our work in this field -no only THROW and the humanitarian help- #if "we do not put the car in front of the horse" when insisting in celebrating quickly some elections. +While the military capacity of the violent increases, in big part thanks to the moneys of the drug trafficking, the civil population asks that *le apart from the conflict, as it has understood that *ella is now the big affected and are his fundamental rights the that they violate day after day. +I have said and I want to repeat it in front of *ustedes: today the drug trafficking is the worst and the *primer enemy of the peace, and #this will not reach totally without the dismantlement of the organisations that devote to the damned business of the drug and without that we reach alternative and economic sustainable solutions and socially. +*Ustedes Represent to those who have opted by the life, by the peace and by the defence of the human rights; *ustedes are expression of those who believe in the democracy, in the freedom and in a healthy environment for the next generations. +The lessons of *Bosnia and *Kosovo reinforce our conviction that it suits to persist in the explanation of our intentions, as we expect that *suceda until the end of the common year, in particular in the frame of the preparation of the budget for the year 2000. +Wail that have not been so frequent the presence of the Council in the commissions of the Parliament, because *ello *nos had helped to be able to debate and *conocernos better and to be able to advance jointly. +The Council of Colony entrusted to the #finnish Government, like titling of the Presidency, establish the necessary conditions for the execution of this project to time for the Summit of *Tampere. +Like president of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens, wanted to suggest to the President in exercise that concede greater recognition to the paper of this Parliament to the hour to treat with the citizens. +A space of justice will give form and foundation to the *tercer *pilar and will allow a more intense fight against the delinquency organised in #all his tragic facets: traffic of women and of boys, pederasty, corruption of minors, production and traffic of drugs, exploitation of the prostitution, boosted #all *ellos by the illegal immigration in these last times. +Wail that already have separated to the associations of defence of the human and antiracist rights, #as well as the social speakers, of the preparation of this letter. +In #all these fields, the Commission #would have to take the initiative to end to reach a more complete configuration of the diary, and the Parliament has to prepare to exert the paper that *le suits. +Nevertheless, the change has to get no only for the three pending subjects of *Amsterdam, the extension of the vote by qualified majority, the size of the Commission and the weighting of votes in the Council. +The *segunda reforms fundamental is the elimination of the national veto of the clauses of cooperation reinforced; and the third will be to concede to the citizenship the right to access directly to the European Court. +It Same is applicable to the article 105 of the Treaty of the *CE, so that the #ECB have the politically established mandate *contractualmente to boost with his monetary politics the growth and the employment. +Of course, when reading it gives #one explains that they do not mention neither the dreams, neither the goals, neither the challenges with the that it finds the European Union of face to the century *XXI; but, at least, they give #some lines general guidelines related with a series of questions of institutional character that have to be regulated. +The inner circle #would be formed by a #european federation, composed by the States members of the Union that are more advanced in the integration: #that that are members of the NATO and belong also to the zone of the euro. +Tomorrow I will travel to *Kosovo with Gift #Javier Adret to evaluate personally our performance, therefore will have of the opinions of the Parliament to support my clear *convencimiento of the need to set up the Agency it before possible. +I expect that the Parliament comprise that we do not have *escatimado efforts to find a solution of commitment to this subject so extremely important and expect that we #can work with the Council of #such mood that deserve the approval of the Parliament. +The #european delegation of the *PvdA in front of the European Parliament, and #some #others, have encouraged in the past for reaching this disposal of the Parliament to the adoption of commitments and will continue it taking. +The *SP will continue struggling in the new European Parliament by a just statute, that have a transparent system of diets based in the costs effected and, therefore, agrees with the proposals that the Council has made on this subject. +It is necessary to leave that the systems of protection develop it more effectively possible through the agents of market, and, simultaneously, it is necessary to procure that it keep the confidence of the citizens in the possibilities of the digital signature. +In view of this difference of situation, fears much more that the #others the exploitation of his internal conflicts by #such or *cual of the countries members and, to remedy this danger, sees forced to be two less transparent times. +I have talked with #a lot of persons on the subject and believe that the society #would receive with satisfaction a greater capacity to act against the international delinquency and the crime organised that crosses our borders in proportions every time greater. +This space, that arises linked to the advance of the suppression of the called "inner borders" of the EU and to the strengthening of his "external borders", #can not transform to the EU in a fortress. +It repeats with frequency, *Señorías: the progress only costs #if it is shared and *eso comports for *nosotros that in a world in constant mutation leave to take that *recaigan the efforts and essential sacrifices on the employees for afterwards take that the richest and the most powerful benefit *prioritariamente of the positive effects of said efforts and sacrifices. +His *provocador announcement situates in the frame of an authentic gangrene that #can not leave that it develop without reacting, #if we do not want to renounce *nosotros same to control #any of the economic and social development and, therefore, to the ambition to promote, in full *mundialización, a social model European. +It carries the #sad -palm palm- *Renault, that, when clearing without *miramientos the places of work in *Nissan, satisfies to his shareholders, even to risk to export to the *Japón the image more *detestable of *Europa, no without suppressing, of *carambola, varied thousands of places of work in the own European Union. +Even in the cases in that they exist right in the #european legislation, rights, for example, to be consulted with the owed *antelación on decisions of collective dismissals and other important changes that affect to the lives of the workers, the law do not fulfils or do not applies as it is had to. +This violent expression of the contempt of the employees and of his life contradicts fundamentally the goals announced in *pro of the employment, of the social and territorial cohesion and of the social model European. +It has mentioned the banking sector, that is #one of the problems that go to have in front of *nosotros but, clear, *Europa has a big history and experience in these restructurings, that begin from the textile and naval industry and get until the current industries. +No *escatimaremos efforts to convince to the Congress of the importance that has the Treaty of prohibition total of the nuclear proofs for *nosotros, for the States Joined and for the international efforts directed to the no proliferation. +This irresponsibility has supposed a hard hit for #all the international efforts directed to prevent the diffusion of these arms and plants to the nuclear disarmament in front of a grave crisis. +But the entrance in vigour of this Treaty in the #EE.UU #would have subjected to pressure to regional nuclear powers to adhere to the Treaty. For example, Indian and *Pakistán, that are establishing his regional balance of the terror, or *Corea of the North or will go, *Irak or #Israel. +The suspicion that have precisely the emergent or regional powers of the *Tercer World that the Treaty of *Non *Proliferation serves in first line to the *aseguramiento of the nuclear reservations of the great and that discriminates to the small, obtains new wings like consequence of the failure of the Treaty on Nuclear Essays in the #EE.UU. +It wanted to say some words on #this and *centrarme later in brief in other two subjects that have dominated our conversations: the application of the Agreement of Association and Cooperation and the enlargement of the European Union to the North. +These obstacles include a certification and some requirements of proofs excessive, #as well as specific problems like the maintenance of the taxes that have to pay the international aerial companies by *sobrevolar *Siberia. +The posture of our Group is that they no longer are sufficient the wishes and the conversations of cabinet, but that the economic help directed to *Rusia has to limit to the humanitarian help and to the of protection of the environment. +*Me Have gathered recently with the Minister of Subjects External *armenio to treat on his worries by the stability in the region *surcaucásica, and also to listen his interests by *Chechenia and the *Cáucaso of the North. +The system of knowledges, the human emotions that only the *Artes and the Letters #can produce, the culture in sum, find in it deeper of *aquello that the Europeans have in common and, therefore, are the base of the #european citizenship. +To finalise my list of examples, *me will refer to the connection among *Larkhall in *Lanarkshire and a #french program, in the that the youngsters have collaborated in the construction of a lane bike in the south of *Escocia. +Therefore, the reference to the paper of the family believe that it #would have to include in the program Youth of the European Community, that aspires to analyse the factors that boost or hamper the social integration of the youngsters. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the one who wish to inform to know reason is well the Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector #would have to throw a glimpse on the index of any edition of #IRIS, the juridical observatory, for example in the edition of September of 1999. +I understand that this query of the publications of the Observatory, in particular the yearbook and the juridical bulletin #Iris, is an usual practice of the services of the Commission that occupy of audiovisual subjects. +In the Conference of Presidents celebrated fourteen days ago, the Mr. *Prodi took upsetting precisely in that the EU has to work so that *Turquía fulfil the requirements of *Copenhague and also said that the EU has to open a political dialogue narrower with *Turquía. +In the first reading, the Commission *subscribió the amendments proposed by the Commission of Culture, thing that appreciate to his speaker, directed to encourage the execution of actions preparatory. +Lady Speaker, following the demonstrations of the Mr. *Bourlanges, with the last amendment that have voted have gone further of the *márgenes of the Category 3, which means that #all amendment that do not adjust to the recommendations of the Commission of Budgets goes to *darnos serious problems. +It is necessary to be speaker to know until how point the rhythm *infernal of this procedure disturbs the general life of the group of the collaborators of the Secretariat of the Commission of Budgets, and believe that it is necessary to be conscious of *ello. +Lo and behold, in #few words, a triple irregularity: they do not exist political parties Europeans; it do not establishes any public contribution in his favour and the Commission do not has any right to prepare said statute, contrary to the Treaty. +Inside a logic of reduction generalised of the credits awarded to the help to the development, the European Community is and has to continue being the main partner of the most disadvantaged countries. +(THE) So much the preliminary draft of the Commission as especially the project of budget of the EU for the exercise 2000 presented by the Council characterise by the strict austerity and by the drastic cuts, even in relation with it agreed in the Council of *Berlín. +It exists a clear need to trace a distinction among the subjects of the organs of direction, that are responsibility of the Table, and the subjects that *atañen to the deputies, that are responsibility of the Plenary. +This fact causes intense restlessness on the profusion of arms nuclear, on the climbing *armamentística in determined regions of the world and on the update of the arms of destruction massive. +The last disclosures on the propagation of arms and nuclear heads to third countries that do not constitute nuclear powers, and, of course, with the ignorance of his villages, confer new and hair-raising dimensions to the danger of catastrophe nuclear. +Guarantee specifications of quality and security of the highest grade in the transport of commodities dangerous by railway has to be the main care of #all legislative initiative of the European Union in this sector. +To this *respecto wanted to manifest my gratitude to the President of the Commission, the Mr. *Prodi, by the obstinacy that puts in this subject, *confiriéndole a place *prioritario in the program of government of the Commission. +When remitting the matter *substantiva of the regulation *IFOP to a regulation of application, the Commission took that the fishing went the only sphere in the agricultural and structural sector that did not decide in the *primer semester of this year. +The opinion expressed on 30 September 1999 by *AFSSA, relative to the lifting of the prohibition of the exports of meat bovine and bovine products *provenientes of the Realm Joined, is *desfavorable because it bases in arguments related with scientific questions and of control. +The Agreement of #Florencia, to the that got the Bosses of State and of Government of the EU on 21 June 1996, establishes six previous conditions that the Realm Joined has to fulfil before it raise the prohibition to export meat of bovine. +The #british citizens expect that *Francia respect the #european legislation, and also expect that the European Commission act with decision to finish with the illegal prohibition of the exports of meat of bovine #british. +By the future of the European Union, by the future of our unit in the conversations of November on the world-wide trade, that will celebrate in *Seattle, need that the two greater commercial partners Europeans resolve these differences. +The French did not pose objections in May, *cuando the International Veterinary Organisation put in practice some less rigorous conditions that the planned by the program of export of the database. +The subsidiariness imposes, as, the urgent need to recognise that the States have the right to go against of #all measure of harmonisation *cuando propose adopt norms more protective in matter of public health, as also of environment. +Afterwards, some weeks later, the European Commission imposed the embargo and recognised that the #german States had had reason. Without embargo, the European Commission there was, obviously, yielded to a political biology. +I consider, instead, that has to ask to the Commission and to the other competent community Institutions that inform on it made regarding #the same, so as to allow to the Parliament formulate critical assessments that they are *propedéuticas of face to the improvement of the valid community legislation in the matter. +Regarding the inspection, share the opinion of those who have expressed here his wish that the level of control was similar in #all *Europa, alleging that it did not suffices with implanting only a system of control effective in Big *Bretaña. +By #everything *ello, and expecting that, #such as it requests the report of the Mr. *Cunha, the Commission inform to the Parliament of the result of the application of this Protocol, our Group, gentleman President, asks the approval of the Report *Cunha. +Gentleman President, the excellent report of the Mr. *Cunha has deserved my full support, since it takes special upsetting in the principle of the sustainable performance that #can not be missing in a politics of fishing oriented to the future. +In his *dictamen, the Managerial Committee Scientist confirmed that there was not need to examine the decision to raise the prohibition of the exports of meat of bovine of the Realm Joined. +No *le seems that, in principle, the suitable measure in front of a shoot of *EEB -and the path that #would have to have followed from the *primer moment, from the optics of a preventive protection of the consumers- #would have to be the separation and sacrifice of the herds infected? +It That it wanted to that the Commissioner reiterated so only once again here and now, so that it remain totally clear, is his *convencimiento that this delay goes to be of only some days and that foresees that this process will have concluded, to more take, the Tuesday of the period of sessions of *Estrasburgo and -to be possible- before. +A strength like the of the Popular Party Democrat-European #can not agree with #this, because it aims to the free operation of the market that carries to the free distribution of the incomes, especially from the incomes of the workers. +The Ministers of Inland revenue appear in front of the Commission of Subjects Economic of the European Parliament and the social speakers appear also in front of the European Parliament. +Without embargo, *me see forced to signal that the European Council of Colony delimited very clearly the participants in the properly said dialogue, and the #finnish Presidency did not has more remedy that fulfil this limitation. +These three proposals -the agreement, the directive on the labour day of the persons of the sea and the Agreement of the *OIT- go to go in in vigour to #the same time, around the middle of the year 2002. +In the first place, concerning the workers, the exclusion of the independent workers of the definition will subject to this group to the rigours without palliative of the original directive on the labour day. +His labour modalities depend of factors out of #all control, #such as the climatological conditions and the movements of the fishes, by it that results difficult to imagine how #can apply the limitations of the labour day in this sector. +Ladies and gentlemen deputies, believe that the most important subject and more difficult for the group of this conciliation, to get to *algún result, goes to be the problem of the directive on the doctors, on the that have talked previously. +It respects the article of the previous directive, according to the *cual the fishermen that work by own account are subject to the national legislations regarding his permissions and to the election of the conditions of work. +#This will apply especially to the improvement of the environmental protection and to the limitation of the negative effects of the growth and of the urbanisation in the welfare of the #chinese village. +By means of the scientific and technological cooperation also will be possible to promote the *aprovechamiento of the enormous natural resources of the part *noroccidental of *Rusia, the *cuales will have a big importance in the future economic development, so much of *Rusia as of the Union. +The fault of clarity in the nuclear field and our restlessness in front of this subject #would be really sufficient to formulate a reservation and say, for example, that want that both agreements conclude to #the same time. +With regard to other possible cooperations, have to follow a logical order of priorities, beginning, as it has proposed , by the countries members of the quoted area, is to say, *Paraguay, *Uruguay, *Brasil and Argentinian, and continuing by his countries associated -*Chile, *Bolivia, etc.-, with the *cuales, as #all know, the European Union finds in a stage of conversations for an association *interregional. +Announcements in the hall of exhibition in the that they mention the data of #all the models of car that sell in #the same. Likewise, they have to mention the consumption of fuel and the broadcasts of CO2 *cuando take advertising on the new cars, also. +A second point to the that has to loan attention in the review is that the Parliament requested that the directive also out of application in the case of the cars of *segunda hand, of the cars of directors and of the vehicles with permission of circulation of a day. +While in *Bonn #others try to evade his responsibility and deny to reduce the broadcasts of CO2, *nosotros adopt effective instruments, adopt legislative disposals and offer to the consumer the possibility to reduce personally the broadcasts of CO2 +The possibilities that involves this approach so only finish to begin to appear in the field quickly *cambiante of the electronic trade, for example in relation with the procedures of resolution of the conflicts in line. +The national markets of the countries candidates will have to integrate in the community without shaken and, in consequence, will be necessary to foresee, in his case, transitory measures by #if said countries were not prepared; without embargo, our goal has to be the of *ayudarles to be prepared from the following day to the of the adhesion. +Likewise, the term that finalises the Thursday of the previous week to the week in that it transacts the question, since the questions transact the Tuesday, supposes at all less that eight working days, which exceeds of any interpretation. +The opinion of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities find added to this Report *nº 2 of the agenda of today. +. (*SV) Gentleman President, the lines guidelines of the employment for the year 1999 take upsetting in that the ideas on equality of opportunities for men and women have to form part of #all the plans of action and measures that propose in the field of the four *pilares of the strategy of employment of the EU. +The fact that the conditions are complicated remains shown because with frequency our agreement and our convergence in these goals #can finish by *desmoronarse to the hour to define the therapies, the strategies of performance. +No *me seems, without embargo, that the Committee of the Regions take part in the assessment of the performances of the States with a view to tackle politics of employment to scale local that entrust , frequent and exclusively, to the activism and to the will of the social speakers. +So that I believe that they have to be more diligent in the Commission so that, as it says in my country, "no *le give cat by hare" and to see #if, at last, in the year 2000 have some criteria and some levels to measure *cualitativamente and no only *cuantitativamente our goals, our means and our results. +Of course, it fits to criticise the politics followed until here, especially the actions *nos lacking tenacity, *nos is missing to struggle against the exclusion of the workers of more age, and are ascertaining that in #all the States members, even in *Suecia, the women do not take part the same that the men in the productive field. +Gentleman President, the proposal of the relative Commission to the lines guidelines for the politics of employment in the year 2000 do not introduces any novelty with regard to the previous documents. +The fact to recognise it do not supposes to delete the competitions of the States members, but sustain that, in a more wide and coherent vision of the problematic occupational, #can act with greater efficiency to resolve #one of the greater problems of our time. +Besides, the approximation of the economic politics of the countries of the zone of the euro, derived of the common monetary politics, makes possible the research of the best models, or was, the called *bench-*marking. +Gentleman President, the report of the Mr. *Menrad *me seems very correct *cuando assigns to the modernisation of the work a fundamental paper to increase the productivity, the competitiveness and, therefore, the employment. +Lady Speaker, wanted to inform to his *Señorías that in fact has suppressed practically the article 51 of the Regulation that allows to the deputies sign statements written that, in the case that they had been subscribed by the majority of the deputies, transmit to the Institutions mentioned in the own statements. +Since *me *opongo by principle to the fixation of dip quantitative in the strategy of employment have not given my backrest to the goal to reduce the differences of remunerations in a determined percentage inside five years (amendment 22). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to examine the definite project of agenda established, of compliance with the article 110 of the Regulation, by the Conference of Presidents (in the meeting of the Thursday 11 November). +The ministries of environment have taken very to chest the proposal of the parliament and now is #ours to have to demand to the industry an equal attitude of firm in relation to the broadcasts of nitrogen. +We have taken great progresses in the last years, regarding the solution of these problems, for example with the systems installed in cars that already have visited 80.000 kilometres and manufactured takes more of five years, to control the length of the squad *anticontaminación. +Gentleman President, in my intervention wanted to underline the fundamental paper exerted by the European Parliament, in particular by the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of Opportunities, in plough to debate today, expect, the definite approval of this program. +There was a very deep debate with the executive Commission especially regarding modification of the juridical foundation and, therefore, to the reduction that have discerned in the proposal in comparison with the proposal *originaria. +For example, it is not violence force to the women, to the mothers of family, to fulfil nocturnal turns in the chains of production for *rentabilizar better the machines and increase the benefits of the shareholders? +Gentleman President, want to give the thanks to the Mrs. *Avilés by this report, as it has put in our hands a tool more to proceed against the violence exerted on the women and the boys, but also, especially, to show how and where takes place the violence. +The Commission already is applying the initiative *Daphne to combat the violence against the teenagers and the boys, and to #this will follow, as we have seen in the previous debate, the program *Daphne 2000-2003. +The States members, in the next review of the Treaties have to adopt a clear legal base on the Treaties of the EU to favour the interests of the boy. +And in place of the solutions *ortopédicas or *represivas, #would be the moment to prefer the preventive solutions, that believe a different familiar context, it that #would allow finally avert individual and social suffering useless and practise a true politics of insertion and of socialisation from the birth. +I believe that the suitable forum for the debate of the perspectives of the consecration of a fundamental right of the boys has to be #the same that for the Letter of the fundamental rights. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the oral question (*B5-0034/1999) of the Mr. *Rocard, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the information and query of the workers of the European Union. +The European Parliament has approved a series of amendments oriented first of all to specify the modalities and the definition of information and query, especially regarding the moment in that the information has to be transmitted. +With #everything, *me seems that the attempt of *instrumentalizar also in this Plenary a political battle that the left is carrying out in #Italia against the parity of the educational system is absurd and incompatible with the works of this Parliament. +The speaker applies some questionable criteria, for example accuse to the Commission to have limited to apply the guidelines of the Council. +In his report, the Mrs. *Haug takes well in checking the arbitrary changes introduced *subrepticiamente by the Commission by means of a relative mathematical operation to the maximum limit of own resources. +Characteristic of this reinforcement is the preventive character of the measures proposed, that expresses a new conception and materialises in a parallel increase of the powers of management of the European Commission. +We go to go in in some very difficult negotiations and in the frame of #such negotiations float again in the air some figures of the that #all are not so convinced that they are really a suitable base. +Now that the sustainable development is a goal of the treaty, also #would be logical that incorporated an articulate on the energy in the Treaty that facilitate an integral approach of the energy and the environment. +The amendment 3 signals that with the application of the nuclear energy, apart from a possible reduction of the CO2, go in in game other environmental effects, as they are the storage of the radioactive waste. +Until #the same past week, the Commission was had to present a proposal of new community directive that #would establish drastic limitations to the diets of helps national to the renewable energies. +To face up to these challenges and win these contradictions, precise, as, very fast, #one *concertación to #all the levels, in the States and with the countries candidates, adhere to the countries candidates to the European Union and work in the context of the *Quinto Programs Frame. +In the summit of *Helsinki, that will celebrate in December, the Bosses of Government will tackle the subject of the integration of the environment and of the durable development in different sectorial politics, and of special way the energy. +*Me Surprises even more the fact that the transports by road remain excluded of the field of application of the Directive that limits the time of work and the reservations manifested on this subject regarding the workers "*off-*shore". +I share also the criterion of *Wallis, my colleague of Group, in the sense that we have to follow advancing, by a part, supporting his amendments and, by #another, expect that the Commissioner discover new possibilities of advance in this matter to the light of the Summit of *Tampere., we Take like example the *litigios by foods. +It #would be easy, for the Court of Justice, contribute a definition to the notion of responsibility parental independently of the existence of a common matrimonial right, it that do not wishes , neither foresees at present? +It do not fits doubt that *subsistirán important problems, especially the subject of the disparity of the applicable rights to the divorce and to his consequences, but this regulation is only #one first stage and congratulate to the speaker by this initiative. +Also I suit in that, in the case of countries that depend to a large extent of the nuclear head offices for his electricity and energy, is essential that *escalone the execution of the programs of closing to end to give time so that it have of substitutive capacity. +I signalled that, #if there #be a derogation that *nos allow to set up the fulfillment of the commitments contracted in May of 1998, #would reach a global attack against the expropriation of property, no only in Tub, #where the agreement of May of 1998 received attacks very strong. +It is of interest for #all that there #be a derogation of the Title 4, is of interest for #all, included the possible investors, that there #be not a commercial difference that no only frightens off the investment, but that, besides, poisons our global relations. +I have to say that *me inspires #a lot of confidence that #Sergio Scallop of *Mello go to be the administrator of the Nations Joined in *Timor Oriental: it is a person with the that worked closely in my previous charge, in *Hong *Kong, to tackle the problem of the refugees and of the illegal immigrants. +In the valid directive #can find #all the instruments for a correct management of the nitrogen in the fields and in the hydrographic basins, in what it apply adequately in #all the zones of agriculture and *ganadería intensive of *Europa. +So that they are not necessary new provisional directives neither the review of the valid; it that takes fault is to increase the pressures to reach his effective application in the vulnerable zones and in the level of the exploitations *agropecuarias. +For the #others seven countries, among the that it finds #Italia, *nos remains, from the proposals received in my services, for verifying, country by country, that the map of zones proposed correspond sure enough to the group of the criteria of the Regulation of the Structural Bottoms. +As always, this permission demanded determined commitments by part of the company, commitments allocated to guarantee the real recovery of the company and to reduce the repercussions in the competition and inside the only market. +Gentleman President, the Commission knows perfectly the importance that has the reform of the systems of security social of the countries candidates in the context of his adhesion to the EU. +. Lady Speaker, *Señorías, is a big pleasure for me and a big honour appear in front of the Plenary of this Parliament in my new quality of General Secretary of the Council and High Representative of the Union for the External Politics and of Common Security. +Our request, regarding questions of human rights, has obtained an answer that *me *atrevería to describe of *alentadora, with the confirmation that they have *cursado invitations to the no governmental organisations active in the field of the human rights so that they visit *Argelia. +I create, lady Speaker, *Señorías, that the debate of the Monday revealed likewise that the ministers wish that the Union endow of the suitable means to evaluate the crises and have of procedures also suitable and clear for the taking of decisions in case that it was necessary to act. +But the Commission yes has the means and the necessary experience to make an important contribution to the no military dimension of the security. +I want to appreciate likewise to the presidents of the other Groups the agreement reached the Thursday of the past week so as to that the European Commission, represented in this occasion by #Chris *Patten, also #can take part in the session of today. +By #this affirm that the Assembly of the Western European Union, that has fulfilled an important paper in the past, has to transfer these tasks to the European Parliament chosen by direct suffrage. +Said #this, want *recalcar again - and fortunately already have taken it other orators - that, in my opinion, the strength of the European Union resides or #would have to reside in the management of the crises and in the prevention of conflicts. +This position is so surprising that *me ask #if *algún Minister has read the amendment and the data, because #this results totally incomprehensible. Unless it was not truth the that #some suspect, #this is, that this position *moralista and *rigorista serves to take out of difficulties to #some great powers no especially interested by the proposal of moratorium. +Of course, like the Europeans do not propose any additional army, the capacity of action autonomous of the EU will limit mainly to the process of taking of political decisions. +We #can really *permitirnos strategic and financially an endowment by duplicate of personnel and committees, the proliferation of strengths #european and the waste and the confusion to subject to our strengths armed to two operative doctrines and diets of distinct planning? +Unless we correct this look, #all the subject of the External Politics and of Common Security and of an identity of defence #european will not happen to be a fantasy. +*Cuando Begin to *ocuparnos of the crisis of *Bosnia there was a development in the military planning, in the deployment of the strengths -remember that they deployed 60.000 soldiers in *Bosnia-, that was very by in front of the of the civil planning that it #would be necessary to have made. +Among #this figure, for example, the principle of caution, the need that #this define clearly, to be able to have a definition in the line of the that adopted in the Conference of River on the Environment and the Development. +It is necessary to improve the transparency of said procedure, with the *cual have had repeatedly difficulties in the past, and #many of the conflicts have been related with looks of the environmental politics, the protection of the consumer and the protection of the animals. +It That, for example, #can not repeat is that the #european restrictions to the export are classified in the "green box" and, therefore, have to reduce in six years and the #american credits to the export, that have #the same nature exactly, are not subjects to *imposición *restrictiva #any. +The opinion of the Commission of Subjects Social and Employment is unanimous: it is necessary to support very especially the integration in the world-wide economy of the States that fulfil the social and environmental norms fundamental. +. -. (*FR) The program *Daphne, #all *nosotros, the deputies, have wished it, but also #all the organisations, the no governmental and #others, and associations that work in the delicate field of the violence against the boys, the teenagers and the women. +#If we created a #european tax, the Council will lose little by little his means of resistance and go to give a decisive advantage to the institutions that look for an increase of the budget. +They have increased the retentions until the 25 percent to end to compensate so much to *Bélgica as to the Low Countries by the charge by costs that proceeded of the progressive replacement of the contribution of the VAT by the contribution of the *PNB. +Second, the majority of the persons (and believe that it is also the case in #all the European Union) recognise that it #would be a historical error begin the next century blocking to *Rusia of the #european subjects as we took to beginnings of this century. +Finally it wanted to say that the Mr. *Ivanov has suggested in his conversations *conmigo that it #can be of utility an intensification of the contacts among the European Parliament and the *Duma, included perhaps a visit to *Moscú of a group of representatives of his *Señorías. +Gentleman President, the last weeks have shown, #such as it finishes to expose the orator that *me has preceded, that the dimensions of the conflict of the *Cáucaso are, in fact, considerable wider and #this extends also to the group of the zone of the sea *Caspio. +In this context, poses a debate and also a *interrogante of another totally distinct order. The European Parliament always has left clear in #all his resolutions that *Chechenia forms part of the Russian Federation. +*Yo Do not finish to comprise how is possible that a supposed Minister of External Subjects *autodesignado of *Chechenia, that of compliance with the international Right #can not exist, keep an official conversation with the Speaker of the European Parliament. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, gentleman Commissioner, the Liberal Group adopts a positive posture concerning the relative agreement to the reduction of the bilateral commercial barriers that reached the Chinese Sunday and States Joined. +#This do not involves that we are in presence of the perfect market and, precisely by #this, knowing his benefits and his degenerations, have to treat, through agreements like the proposed by the World-wide Organisation of Trade, to create norms and rules with the end of *protegernos of this type of excesses. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, in an increasingly interdependent world, in the that the problems that *nos affect #be to have his causes in #ours *antípodas, are forced to work together with the other countries to manage adequately the resources of the planet, respecting some rules that are common to #all. +But, it #can not occur instead that the diet strengthen by means of an economic growth that will benefit to the urban minorities but that will create *decenas of millions of new unemployed, without social security, *cuando dismantle brutally the state factories and simultaneously millions of peasants go to the unemployment by the new competition in agricultural matter? +Second it is precise to confine to the *OMC, limit of strict form his paper and keep out of his field of competitions sectors that put in game the same identity of the societies and that they have to continue depending of the sovereignty of the citizens and of his institutions chosen. +And, from this point of sight, reaffirm here the need of respect of the environmental questions, respect of the consumer, respect of the human rights and the social rights. +Finally, the stake is not a trade without rules, but to the contrary, act of #such way that the formidable growth of the trade serve to the durable development of #all and no to the enrichment *predador of the strongest. +We owe *ocuparnos that there #be spot for the social and ecological looks and for a gradual participation and directed of the countries of the *Tercer World in the world-wide economy in a world with a commercial traffic liberalised. +His approval will be a clear signal regarding our partners, that confirms that the European Union will not conform with an approach *minimalista, oriented only to an improvement of the access to the market in #some sectors. +The risk of #paralysis of the legislative organs -the Council and the Parliament- and of *inoperatividad of the Commission to apply the legislation is a fundamental problem. +An administration of justice fine and to time constitutes, after all, an essential part of #all Been of Right, and have to procure that in the European Union the essence of the procedure *prejudicial and the juridical protection general continue being guaranteed. +Other proposals that have suggested , #such as the request that the European Parliament take part in the election of the judges and that the competition of the Court of Justice has to extend to the called *tercer *pilar, are being studied. +Finally, it is necessary to reach the introduction of a clear hierarchy of the juridical norms that allow a precise separation among #all the different legislative decisions and the decisions of application. +Alas, neither the two speakers neither the Commission of Subjects Institutional have wanted to accept the amendments of the Commission of Industry relative to the energetic politics and to the *Euratom. +#This is already a firm point that #all will have to take into account. The Parliament and the Commission move in #the same direction and are equally convinced that the Conference *Intergubernamental do not has to mark a horizon limited, an approach *reductivo, a diary reduced. +Nobody #can neglect the problems of strengthening of the *Europa political and of institutional change that *nos have posed the birth of the euro and of the Central Bank European, the lesson of *Kosovo, the extended aspiration to a space guaranteed of security and of justice, the disenchantment of *demasiados citizen constituents. +As it has remembered the president of our Commission, Mr. *Napolitano, do not treats to resolve among maximalists and *minimalistas, it will be necessary to be perfectionist, without leaving to be progressive, regarding the future development of the European Union. +At the side of the hit of the Monetary Union -*innegable- is necessary to advance also in the Political Union and in fields that expand the competitions of the European Union to avert the existent asymmetries; *yo #would say the *clamorosas existent asymmetries. +The current method is quite exhausted but, anyway, #would be indispensable that the Council engaged to take into account the proposals that take in his moment the Commission and the Parliament of way suitable. +In this sense *me add to it that finishes to say . We #would have to include a procedure of review less strict for the *segunda splits of the new configuration of the Treaties, in addition to incorporating a clause on the cooperation reinforced in a *Europa of 27 or 30 countries. +In 1999, the production grew with regard to the previous year more of the 100 by one hundred and has reached the greater volume of #all the times, that estimates in some 4600 tonnes, and, in part, #this is consequence of the remarkable increase of the surface devoted to the crop of the opium. +As it already has said the author of the question, the activities in *Afganistán see hampered by the wide base of the government of the country, and, therefore, by the fault of a suitable partner that deserve credibility. +It wanted to ask to the President in exercise of the Council that *me confirm #if the relative information to how country voted in how felt do not facilitates *cuando the Council issues his communiqués of press at the end of each meeting of the Council. +According to the general program of the Regulation of the Council 793/93 on assessment and control of the risks of substances existent, at present there are three #fireproof products with bromine that are investigating . +Other specific questions that formulate in this matter also will be of competition of the Commission, that like manager of the community politics, has the tools and the necessary information to give reliable answers and updated. +Of compliance with the article 112 of the Regulation, the Group of the European Socialists and the Group of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers *me have requested the application of the procedure of urgency. +The article 112 of our Regulation remits to the section 1 of the article 60: "the urgency of the debate of a proposal that was object of query to the Parliament, according to the section 1 of the article 60...". +Had explains that the report of the Mr. *Napolitano refers to a text of character legislative, believe that *nos situate in the frame of the section 1 of the article 60, to the that remits the article 112 of the Regulation. +Step to the minimum norms. A politics of control like the that proposes here only is acceptable #if #all the countries apply some minimum norms in it that to the processing of the appeals of asylum refers . +It do not exists any elementary norm of juridical security regarding the procedure of register and to the access to the transmission of these data of the that have the States members and the Commission. +#Everything *ello *me carries to think that #some pretend to use the system *Eurodac maybe no exclusively but yes mainly to designate to a Been responsible member, that will have to load with the consequences of the fraud in matter of illegal immigration and asylum, and do not seem to have #a lot of interest in preventing this type of fraud. +It is important that comprise that, to the time that promote a politics of prevention with goals on a long-term basis, will have to exert politics with goals more in the short term, as they are the politics directed to the repression of the drug trafficking and to the therapy and rehabilitation of the *drogodependientes, of #such luck that contribute to that the prevention finish succeeding, or, at least, to that the situation stabilise . +By it that refers to the reduction of the demand, the programs and the preventive measures for boys and young, instead of centring exclusively in the illegal drugs, #would have to treat of the addiction in general, with inclusion of looks of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. +Finally, the *OLAF do not tackles the causes of the corruption, that reside in the suppression of the national borders, it that allows that the money of the drug circulate freely, #as well as the fraud and the financial delinquency. +Second, it has awarded to the Commission a mandate of negotiations global regarding #all a series of questions, #some of the *cuales are of community competition, but #others, like the services or the investments, are clearly of national competition. +In any case, will be attentive to the way in that the Commission negotiates, and although the tone of this report amended *nos seem still too much liberal, *nosotros, the Greens, *nos will convert in the more *encarnizados defenders of said text, #if the Commissioner *Lamy descended underneath of the recommendations that here have taken . +But I believe that #one of the most important facts in #day of this new round, and that the distinguishes of the previous, is the irruption of the civil society, of the *ONG and of the international public opinion in the debate. +It is of this doubt, on the other hand, of #where arises my worry: the fact that, by not ending in this point, are forced to not respecting commitments very ancient regarding the countries in roads of development, and especially in front of the countries *ACP, to the *cuales the agreements of *Lomé *nos link from twenty years ago. +But it is evident that bear *eso there are other roads, very distinct of the current and of the that trace , it that introduces in the agenda the need of a relative moratorium to the negotiations on the international commercial relations. +On the other hand, nobody prevents to the countries in roads of development that carry out a suitable agricultural politics. It is to say, they #can avert or reduce the import of these cheap products that prejudice his own agriculture by means of the fixation of exactions to the import. +The #european agriculture has suffered, during the years of the Round *Uruguay, the greater decrease of active population that have known never, it that has caused a true *desorganización of the rural world. +For the neutral states and no ranged the tasks of *Petersberg involve the possibility to take part in conflicts and in the handle of crisis and, by this reason, there #be not reason to integrate totally to the *UEO in the European Union. +Like this, the protection of the fundamental rights of the persons that it treat demands that it do not advance to the creation of a central system of control of personal data, as, by principle, #any of these persons #can be treated like an individual criminal or suspicious to be it. +The risk of a nuclear war *desatada by mistake was #one of the reasons of the proposal of the Commission of *Camberra in the sense that the nuclear arms have to be prepared for his immediate use. +#Ours *segunda requirement to diminish the risk of war nuclear was that #all the nuclear arms #would have to disassemble of the devices that the transport, to give like this sufficient time to the serious political negotiations. +Although any element of the systems determinants for the security result affected, other systems, specifically #that that transmit information to the operator, #can see affected and his failure #can put in danger indirectly the nuclear security, when overloading to the operators, as it has signalled . +In the first place, because they still exist *atropellos to the human dignity and to the human rights of the *timorenses that find refugees in other zones of *Timor, in particular in *Timor western and that wish to return to *Timor Oriental and is necessary that the authorities of Indonesian facilitate urgently the humanitarian action, in particular of the no governmental organisations. +Already there #be an approximate calculation of the costs of reconstruction -250 millions of euros, in three years- and the day 17 December will celebrate a conference of donors. +It owes simple and *llanamente to that *nos concentrate in the economic help and *nos forget of the fundamental things like the exercise of the tolerance, the exercise of the democracy and the support in the social field. +For *nosotros, the abolition of the pity of death is an intrinsic element of our politics in matter of human rights, whereas for #a lot of countries said question - #this is, at least, his thesis - *incumbe exclusively to the criminal subjects. +I believe that the Commission and, with *ella, #all the European Union has taken to know, clearly, from the principle, that *nosotros condemned #all type of violence ethnic, without mattering the one who went his author and his victim. +Now well, in this resolution *nos refer to an independent investigation, which *nos allows to express our wish that the parts involved and, therefore, the Government of *Burundi do not limit to explain his version of it occurred but that, apart from *eso, go out to the surface the facts. +Gentleman President, Mr. Commissioner, colleagues, have worked in *Ruanda and know the country from 1984, have been born in *Tanzanía and have lived in the country #a lot of years, and talk the main #african language of the region of the Great Lakes of *África. I believe that I #can say, therefore, that talk of this question with experience and with knowledge of cause. +It is not possible any national reconciliation without a true judicial treatment of this question, and #this *atañe so much to the #rwandan national justice as to the International Penal Court for *Rwanda. +*Nosotros Consider that the complete resumption of the cooperation saves relation with the results of the process of peace, #as well as with the instauration of a political and constitutional frame that conduct, finally, to the democratisation. +The attempt to show that the current prime minister, *Sharif, takes part in a criminal conspiracy and has created a system of nepotism #can not convert in a simulation of process. +While *Pakistán do not gather #all the necessary conditions for the urgent and indispensable economic reforms, social and human will not be able to recover his quality of member of the *Commonwealth neither will be able to benefit of the agreement of cooperation with the European Union. +First: #all *nosotros, progressive or conservative of this Plenary, have to have clear, and believe that we have it, that the approach of the politics of drugs has to split always of a budget: the *drogodependientes do not need by principle of the pity and the persecution, but of the help and of the support. +The past week, the President of the Commission signalled that it has developed in the breast of the Union a "inner market for the traffic of drugs". +The main problem of my report rooted in that to measure that passed the work went taking more evident that the European Bank of Investments in it that concerns to the modern management of companies, to the transparency and to work publicly finds certainly delayed. +In May of 1999, my predecessor, the Mr. *Blak, Vice-president of the Commission of Control Budgetary, formulated 26 concrete questions about presumptive frauds, bad management, corruption and cover-up -have said "cover-up" -in the activities of the Bank, operations of box included, along the period 1993-1998. +It #can not follow reducing the "social costs" to fulfil with the criteria imposed to the national budgets by the Pact of Stability, while they repeat beautiful words of social support that afterwards do not materialise in the practice. +Precisely in this field the #european dockyards means have developed a very rich inventiveness, but the investigation and the development, and no only the production and the acquisition, require money, and here is #where take part the subventions. +From 1997, *Corean-*Gaz restricts the biddings for the construction of fuselages *metaneros to the #korean dockyards, it that constitutes equally, in my opinion, a rape of the international rules of liberalisation of the public agreements. +The European Union, gentleman Commissioner, with #all the political means, economic, financial and commercial to his scope, has to take cost the international norms and put brake, once and for all, to the *dumping #korean, because the #european sector #can be viable in some loyal competitive surroundings. +The States Joined, that present with an image of propaganda like the champions of the *librecambismo, of the free market, only have this position for it that *les interests: for the audiovisual sector, for the sector *agroalimentario, for #everything it that *les interests. +It is a tragedy ascertain that still in the European Union there are defenceless citizens in front of the sectarian violence of #one #few, having to pay a very high price for keeping in his convictions in front of the terrorist blackmail. +*Ojalá That enjoy during #a lot of years and decades of a democratic politics in *Irlanda of the North and *le pray, lady Speaker and also through our here present colleague #Jim *Nicholson, to the one who include in the leadership of *Irlanda of the North, that transmit the best wishes of this Parliament to #all *ellos. +Today I occupy knowingly the seat of #John *Hume, because like winner of the Prize *Nobel of this Parliament and because it has devoted #all his life to guarantee the process of peace, believe that it is important that *le honour since it finds *convaleciente in his house of *Irlanda of the North. +I want to, in the first place, congratulate to the rulers, to the political parties, to the intermediaries and especially to the #british village and to the village of *Irlanda by this path of peace that have found, yielding #all in his postures *originarias. +It is not possible to allow to the representative of a big Group talk during three minutes and not conceding the use of the word to a representative of a small Group, although we do not agree with *él and although it hurt it that goes to say. +Lady Speaker, as *usted will comprise, in these two planes, the world-wide and the European, from the next year go to take of the anti-doping fight a tip of spear of our sportive politics. +Second, they exist the questions that of *ello derive as, for example, the fact that the enlargement *repercutirá in the other Institutions and in #all the #european organs like the Court of Justice and, definitely, also in this Plenary that, to measure that go *ingresando new members, will have to prepare to receive until 700 and no more of 700 representatives. +The majority of the Group says: #if *Turquía happens to be member of the European Union, the Union -and is *algo that we have to have clear- will experience a qualitative change from the point of sight political, economic and cultural. +#One *CIG that do not amend the mood to review the Treaties in the future and allow that the political sectors the weaken #would loom with paralysing the Union *cuando #this try *modernizarse after the adhesion of the new States members. +And a Union that fears to reinforce his liberal character and member of parliament will be a little attractive Union for the States members that incorporate and a little reliable speaker in the world-wide panorama. +To our trial, it #would be necessary to consider models of distinct grade of adhesion and it #would be necessary to aspire to a concentric Union, in the that there was a core of State Federal and an external circle less integrated. +It remains for taking note that in the summit of *Helsinki will define with more precision the politics of the European Union in his #nordic dimension and, thanks to *ello, will be able to reinforce the instruments for the stability and the security of *Europa of the North. +The defence of the democracy and the fight against the extremist movements split of the base of the social justice, it that means, among other things, that it is necessary to finish with the unemployment. +Today we are assisting to a historical minimum inside the brief history of the euro, and believe that the European Council of *Helsinki #would have to consecrate *algún space to the subject of the external representation of the zone euro. +I am not at all of agreement: it treats of a Summit of extraordinary importance that have prepared -the Parliament, the Commission and the Presidency in exercise of the Council- with great care, with strength, and the challenge of the enlargement is a historical challenge, #whose importance is crucial. +We split *ciñéndonos to the document presenting previously, with strong proposals and also with the spirit that, after this enlargement, will pose for real the problem to define with care, with attention and with a very wide debate the that they are the limits and the nature of *Europa. +They exist agreements that #can conduct to a strategy of closing of these head offices that offer security and that to #the same time leave to these countries the possibility to surpass his problems of way realistic and shared. +For example, we #can take in have more detail in the future the questions related with the political asylum and with the refugees, since *ello encloses a transcendental factor from the point of sight of the human rights. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam and the disposals on the human rights that finish to go in in vigour improve the possibilities of performance of the EU to promote the human rights. +But the publication of this document *me incites to put the watches in the next future, the editorial of a Letter of Rights Fundamental of the European Union. +It needs more concretion and development and some deeper analyses. The Parliament will go back on this subject with a report that will vote in March of the next year and that will have the honour to be his speaker. +The Council has to have the political value to loan more attention to the internal situation of the human rights in the EU in the next annual report. +Likewise, they are expression of the #christian values that during two one thousand years have constituted an indispensable part of the *acervo cultural and spiritual European and that, in front of the new #millenium, are a glorious base to continue the fight in favour of the human rights. +In relation with the important process of enlargement eastwards, the requirements on suspension and back abolition of the pity of death have influenced, so much in the ethical concepts as in the legislations, to improve the life, even in our own continent. +To #that *respecto, the forum #whose creation asked our Parliament #would have to exert an important paper; it will be able to support in the already existent structures, in particular in the Economic and Social Committee of the European Community. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, once again, #few weeks after the debate on the extension of the program #Socrates to the #turkish youth, this Parliament goes back to occupy of the controversial question of the relations among the European Union and *Turquía. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *yo want to manifest, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European (*Demócratacristianos)/European Democrats, that the present proposal of directive constitutes a new contribution to the construction of the #european politics in favour of the quality of the air. +The development of the managerial frame on the quality of the air acclimatise foresees the adoption of directives derivative for a series of substances harmful. +The requirements established by the European Commission and the amendments of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer that the expand are very demanding from this point of sight. +A *tercer goal of the Directive Mark on the Quality of the Air, #as well as of the present proposal is to guarantee that the States members evaluate the quality of the air of way coherent and comparable. +Therefore we propose the following new editorial: "In the reports of the years in that they will have to fulfil the partial goals and finals will mention #if the decreases obey to technological measures adopted by the manufacturers or #if they exist other factors, #such like changes in the behaviour of the consumers." +Said #this, there are things that yes #can take to #european level, among the that includes a change of the culture, the culture of the place of work and the culture of our mood of life. +#Such as the speaker signalled in his intervention and in the report, the amendments to the Annexes 3 and 4 of the agreement on the half marine in the sea *Báltico already have been approved and will go in in vigour inside a month. +Therefore, the States members have to can define without bureaucratic fetters the criteria of selection of the material of reproduction, as at all it #would be so *nefasto like some consequences *ulteriores that prejudiced to the group of the forest reservations. +The external quality of the plant has a strong impact, no only in the percentage of the plants that survive, that #can happen of the 85% to the 20%, but also in the future development in the extremely hard conditions of his transplantation in this climate. +The possibility to effect the change of form brusque *nos continues resulting attractive, but no #all the States members are convinced. Of here that we take a call so that the periods of circulation parallel are, in any case, minima. +The introduction of the euro has to result simple for the citizens and the consumers, minimising the problems that affect to particular communities and taking all it possible so that the introduction of the euro produce without problems in the most #move# away regions. +The present proposal for a Regulation of the Council contains changes regarding the area and to the calendar of restrictions designed to protect the spawn of the herrings of the Bank #Douglas in the Sea of *Irlanda. +It treats and it treated of the procurement of the #european market with fish and of the production allocated to the export with the end to conserve the direct and indirect places of work in the sea and in earth. +Regarding the information to the consumers, am fully in accordance with the Commission *cuando proposes the obligation of a labeling that indicate the denomination of the species, the capture and the zone of capture. +In this frame, the regulation of the offer and the demand of the products *pesqueros has to answer to a double consideration: attend the needs of the consumers and preserve the development of the sector *pesquero own. +His regulation has adapted to *ellas, and it is necessary to consider this report like a supplementary stage in the construction of an organisation balanced among the production and the management of the resources *pesqueros. +Thus I want to recommend the postponement of the processing of this point until the #turkish Parliament have shown his will to respect the fundamental human rights in *Turquía. +This Assembly has pronounced in favour of more right humans, in *pro of the respect to the rights of the minorities, in favour of the improvement in the relations among *Turquía and #Grecia, in *pro of a solution of the #cypriot question. +In *primer term, although it have effected a big campaign of promotion of the euro, especially in the moment of his launching, although now it was *jurídicamente in vigour and know even #some setbacks *candentes in the international markets, the citizens seem to have forgotten entirely his existence. +It wanted to give the thanks to the #italian colleagues that have put this wonderful *belén in front of the entrance of the Hall of Plenaries and want to ask to #all the colleagues that contemplate this piece of culture #european. +Thanks to the #arab world, thanks to the #arab culture, *Europa nowadays has all it that it is the #greek inheritance; thanks to the #arab world, has all it that it is the recognition of the #greek culture. +I want that this Parliament take a call to the Commission so that it study this subject for the first time from the perspective of the European Union and reestablish the civil right plenaries and politicians of these families. +*Me Imagine that, #if the Mr. *Swoboda and his mates had known that this relative subject to *Nicaragua #can appear in the agenda, #would have voted of different form on the relative proposal to the political prisoners in *Djibouti. +This positive experience reinforces my conviction that it has to follow having a narrower participation of the European Parliament in the formulation of the common commercial politics. +#One on the bottom, trying build alliances and preserve the support in *pro of a wide approach of the round and #another on the form, the institutional plan and the procedures, to establish it that will need along the next negotiations. +Of course, have the agreements of *Marrakesh and are not forced to obtain a result, but is necessary that remain watchdogs so that the agreements by separate on the agriculture and the services do not take to go in by the window it that we have expelled by the door. +I agree with the Mr. *Staes in that the report is not the best reading bear before sleeping, and felt a big worry *cuando began to turn off the lights, although the brave intervention of the Mr. *Dell'#Alba put remedy to the situation. +By this reason goes directed my special gratitude to the speaker, the Mrs. *Pack and to the Mrs. Commissioner *Reding those who jointly with the committee of Conciliation *le have started to the Council 300 millions of euros. +In my quality of deputy that represents to the greater part of the #irish region of *Gaeltacht of #irish speech, *me pleases to ascertain that the program includes the #irish tongue, that is #one of the tongues of the Treaty. +It has achieved that a clause of review allow that to more take in the year 2004 reconsider the derivative financial consequences of the future adhesion of countries candidates to the adhesion and that have to present a report by part of the Commission. +The quality of his work is known, especially for the that from takes some time occupy seats in this Parliament, and besides do not treats of his *primer inform on #Socrates that, in some mood, is a #his son, as it was speaker already in 1994 of the program #Socrates *I, and also of the budgetary review in 1997. +All #this thanks to that there are men and intelligent women that, simply, have comprised that we will not build the *Europa of morning without the contribution of the youngsters that have had the occasion to know other cultures, other educational systems. +The only difference resides in that the victim of the accident, following this example the French, do not has to direct directly to the #italian insurer in #Italia, but to the representative of the #italian insurer in *Francia. +But also, and especially, we link to the regulation foreseen the hope that with *ello, before or afterwards, go to achieve make an essential contribution to a politics of transports of the new Union, better, more efficient and also more human and ecologically viable. +In the European Union have to help to the *Tercer World and to the countries in development to implant quickly new technologies that do not damage the coat of ozone and to not using chemical products that exhaust the coat of ozone. +The gradual prohibition of the *HCFC, requested in the amendment, together with the deep reasons of scientific character, recognises likewise social reasons, because #a lot of persons run the risk to lose his place of work. +The Commission #can not accept the amendments 2 and 10 because they #would bring achieve the first reductions of production and utilisation of bromide of methyl in some too much early dates to be realistic - on 1 January 2000 and on 1 January 2001 respectively. +#If *eso is like this, are talking of quantities really very small and are varied the members of the commission the that believe that, fundamentally, this proposal that analyse tonight is not applicable and that it is a new case in that the European Commission has created *algo that seems good, but that in reality do not works in the practice. +*Me Had enjoyed to know tonight the time that even goes to last this compass to fold to the pressure of the industry of the *forrajes, or #if they go to put in practical it promised here by the Mr. *Prodi, in concrete, greater transparency for the consumers. +The proposal has by object resolve the problem of the labeling of products alimentary *cuando the operators have tried to avert the utilisation of material *GM and #can show it, although the products contain small quantities of material *GM. +In name of the Commission, am had to assume the following commitment: "The Commission will review the proposal of directive by the that amends the Directive 1139/98 in the term of a year from his entrance in vigour. +The need of security in *Europa and of a wider #european zone of peace is amply illustrated by the current situation in *Chechenia, with regard to the *cual the European Council approved a very concrete statement. +Concerning the defence, receive with the greater *beneplácito the creation of the strength of reaction fast and his important and necessary advances: it *sucedido in *Kosovo *nos has taken to comprise, to coast to pay a high price, his need. +For real they believe *ustedes, *Señorías, that with the incorporation of *Turquía, the most populated country of *Europa, with a big own history, only will add a *vigésimo *octavo Been to the European Union and #this will not purchase a new quality? +To my trial, *nos find in front of questions so fundamental that, since they have to be ratified by the national Parliaments, have to have sufficient time to debate these subjects in the States members and to achieve that the national Parliaments support these reforms. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, estimated colleagues, the Council has stepped definite to the militarisation of the European Union with the decision to develop a military body for the management of #crisis. +Of how it understands the European Union the crises *nos has given a sample when taking part in the disintegration of *Yugoslavia, and especially with the barbaric and murderous attack against the #yugoslav village. +Our task in the European Free Alliance is the to achieve that it recognise and remedy with the help of our colleagues of the Group of the Green/Free Alliance European. +It is important that *Turquía show that, wanting to form part of the #european family, respects the human rights, the democracy, the neighbouring countries and that really wishes the calm and peaceful solution of the problems to the that it confronts . +Equally, I want *darles the thanks to the coordinators of the groups of work, in particular, to the Mr. *Böge of the Group *PPE and to the Mr. #Walter of the Group *PSE by his stupendous collaboration, and to #all the members of the commission. +Wish simply manifest, in name of the Commission of Cooperation and Development, #all my worry about this budget of the 2000 that, in absence of a review of the financial perspectives, takes *recaer entirely the sacrifices on the poorest countries. +The procedure in relation with *Autostrade *s.*p.To. It #can have a positive result, since the #italian authorities have shown his unanimous disposal to cooperate with the Commission and have given steps to privatise the company. +It affects no only to the bilateral economic relations among Serbian and the neighbouring countries, but also to other countries along the course of the river, that traditionally have used it like route of navigation among the *Rhin and the #Black Sea. +The States members and the Commission are examining at present a common action #whose approval is foreseen bear before the end of this year with seen to the application of the looks of the common strategy on *Rusia relative to the security and the no proliferation. +Today we have debated the budget for the next year and the difficulty of the European Union to achieve sufficient bottoms with seen to fund the operation in *Kosovo. +I am safe that it is very above a simple Commissioner of External Subjects, but expect that the next year no *me see forced to explain in the terrain these complex constitutional questions to persons of the *Balcanes or of any #another part of the world that do not receive the support that deserve. +It is conscious the Commission that the leaders of the market no only devote to commercialise his products, but that also commission of the financial support (interesting loans), material (supply of the installation to serve beer of barrel, furniture, glassware, etc.) and technical (*frigoristas)? +In fact, it will constitute an essential base for the next debate on the future juridical frame with seen to the distribution of cars after it expire the current regulation on 30 September 2002. +#Can, besides, the Commission indicate #if it follows considering sufficient the relative valid norms to the granting of helps state to the #SME, for example, the norm that establishes the limitation of 250 employees? +In front of the option of the European Council, an option that pretends to be dynamic, to expand the circle of the candidates to the adhesion, #would not be convenient to review also the financial perspectives? +*Nos Interests to have a base of work serious that *nos allow to work jointly from a solid foundation, instead of *limitarnos to jump of a problem to #another, and that serve for varied years, as the problem of the *Balcanes is not a problem of a year. +The first observation that #can take to the budgetary procedure of this year is that so much the Commission like the Council have procured that it take public the quantity of money available for a determined purpose, but without that know very very how has to carry out the finance. +The term of #time and the possibilities to adapt the current budgets are crucial for the Group of the Greens and of the European Free Alliance. +In effect, the Council has to take fine note that they #can not transfer, on the one hand, increasingly tasks to the #european field, without initiating to #the same time, by the #another side, a serious negotiation with the Parliament to determine how go to fund these additional costs. +In this context, *me direct tonight to the Mr. *Liikanen bear *pedirle that take charge of the problem of the insecurity that affects to thousands of my voters employed in the factory *BMW-*Rover of *Longbridge, in *Birmingham, #where plans an investment of big importance to produce new small cars allocated to the world-wide market. +To the Mr. *Lange, owe *decirle that, as it knows His *Señoría, each new element of the community legislation that has to adopt to *través of the process of Gin has to be approved by the Parliament, already was by consent according to the Agreement of 1958 or by *codecisión, according to the Parallel Agreement. +It wanted to ask that it send a circulate to the deputies and to the personnel giving to know the normal procedures of evacuation, and wanted to ask #if in a case like #this #can use the screens situated by #all the building to inform to the deputies on the situation. +We have to communicate of official form to the public opinion the names of the members of the European Parliament designated to form part of the commission, since #this will initiate his activities officially the Friday. +To level of the Community, *Finlandia has proceeded to integrate the climatic politics in the other politics through environmental strategies in the sectors of the energy, of the transport and of the agriculture, #among others. +Up to now, *Europa has effected #a lot of wonderful statements, but #if they do not adopt extraordinary measures, the broadcasts of the gases of effect *invernadero in the European Union will have increased a 8 percent in the 2010 in place to diminish a 8 percent. +Gentleman President, alas delay the international solution to finish with the effect *invernadero and *me seems very *elocuente that so alone a country, a small island of the Seas of the South, have ratified the Agreement of *Kioto. +The position of the Popular Party European finished accepted by other political strengths, by it that consider essential that this debate celebrate here and in this moment, in the day in that, by lucky coincidence, *nos visits a delegation of the #chinese parliament. +Our subscription of the common resolution here presented, in spite of keeping still #some differences of opinion, testify #ours firm will to collaborate in the development of these friendly relations in this historical moment that receive with the greater *beneplácito. +In relation with the conference of New *York, it is necessary to signal that it treats of a governmental conference and by this reason there #be not an official delegation of the European Union, but delegations of the States members. +Likewise, the Commission #can accept in principle the amendment 32, on condition that it go back to draft the text to specify that #all necessary use of a substance forbidden in the Protocol of *Montreal will need also the approval of the members of said Protocol. +It is necessary to promote by #all the means the cooperation among the States members of the EU in important activities for the citizens that boost the active exercise of the civic qualities and also the employment. +The conditions of circulation of the heavy vehicles are strictly *reglamentadas, it that allows to take an election in favour of a true quality of life in the alpine valleys, positive measure for the environment and for the populations. +This social movement expressed by #many *ONG, civic associations, unions, has demanded another type of *mundialización, that was not dominated only by the logic of the blind profitability, without taking into account to the persons and to the societies. +*Le Ask, without embargo, #if it #would not be more correct that, #if these genetically modified products are harmful, the European Union, the Parliament decided to forbid his production and commercialisation or, in the case of not to be it, allowed his commercialisation. +The defence of the consumer demands that there #be a very precise and complete information on the foods, included the relative to the new foods for animals and to the labeling of products *exentos of *OGM. +(IN) I Believe that the consumers have right to know *cuando use *OGM in the preparation of products in any circumstance; #this concerns no only to the alimentary products that consume the humans, but also to the *piensos for animals, and requires a clear labeling in any circumstance. +Because they have preached in *Kosovo with the example of the contempt to the international organisms and to the peaceful methods of resolution of the differences. And also by the restlessness that create with his aggressive enlargement eastwards, that causes reactions of nationalism and violence in the field of *Rusia. +We check that a true realisation of the plan will mean changes in the dynamic intern of the institutions and organisations, included the values, the behaviours, the rules and the habits that affect to the situation of the woman. +I celebrate that the Commissioner and also the representative of the Presidency have expressed this morning his will and commitment to organise the European Conference and take part in the preparatory works of the meeting "*Beijing + 5" of New *York. +*Yo, of course, *me engage absolutely, by part of the Commission, no only to a permanent collaboration, to a permanent information, but to the infrastructure until the last day of the proposals and the works of the European Parliament. +Lady Speaker, wanted to so only say that this question of the labeling of the meat of bovine, from the point of sight political, is #one of the most delicate questions of the agricultural politics and *agroalimentaria. +#If it treats of a problem of sense common, results that the #french consumers do not want this type of meat #british, and the discussion will not take that it change at all. +This White Book includes #many of the subjects on the that have treated here and in the Commission of Environment in reiterated occasions. But it includes besides a relative chapter to the agency of security alimentary. +Gentleman President, under the #finnish Presidency already has adopted the decision that the agendas of the sessions of the *COREPER are accessible to the public, and #this is a step in the direction wished by the *formulador of the question. +How position and how political initiatives thinks to adopt the Council to contribute to the respect of the planned date by the UN for the celebration of the referendum, on 31 July of the year 2000? +The General Secretary of the UN added that it #would present in December to the Council of Security of the UN a realistic estimate of the future measures in his next report. +Lady representative of the Council, have listened the report of *Kofi *Annan on the last data regarding the referendum and have been in the 25ª Conference of #european support of the no governmental organisations to the village *saharaui takes #few weeks in Canarians. +Gentleman President, as I finish to say, the Council do not wants to involve directly in the operation of other international organisations, but, of course, the Council is slope to the evolution of this subject in the measure that progresses, and later will be considered the possible consequences. +In this context, the EU received of positive form the recent report of the General Secretary of the UN on the protection of the civil population in the conflicts armed. +In effect, the basic principles of the humanitarian international Right, that contain the Agreements of Gin, are values that it is necessary to keep like foundation of the #european construction and promote from the institutional action. +Gentleman President, in the first place, the problem mentioned in the last part of the question resides in that there are #a lot of ancient unemployed soldiers so much in the aspiring countries to the adhesion, as in third near countries to the EU. +The importance of said managerial roots in that *nos will help to tackle the situation of the companies, to cause, in reality, a change of habits so that we happen of the delays to the *prontitud in the payments like norm inside the Only Market European and no, as it occurs at present, it contrary. +We have to have present that 450.000 workers have lost his work in a social climate in the that the most important problem to the that the European Union has to confront is precisely the fight against the unemployment. +According to the Commission, the delay is due to the fact that the reports of works in course of the States members, that seat the bases for the general rule of a compulsory system, have presented too much late. +We #can not approve without reservations a new postponement of a year, since nobody *nos guarantees that the next year by these same dates no *nos go back to force to concede another postponement because determined States members have not taken his duties. +Maybe we do not have of sufficient journalists with scientific training and that they #can express in figures question like the of the risk or maybe a headline *sensacional in cover that increase the sale of a newspaper was -as I suspect *yo- more important that give information to the consumers so that they #can adopt his decisions to the hour to buy. +We see that the Regulation *nº 820/97 *nos escapes of the hands to drop in a swamp of practices voluntary observed half and without immediate perspectives for the compulsory plan, that, as they know #all the deputies to this Assembly, is necessary. +It has agreed accept the recommendation of the Scientific Committee like base for #all the decisions on the look of the production of foods relative to the public health. +By misfortune, the atmospheric conditions in *Bruselas has forced to the cancellation of the flight of this morning and, by this reason, have not been able to be present in person to inform to the Parliament on the relative controversy to the *EEB. +Finally, it #would wish to repeat it that had said after the first reading, is to say, our deep consideration by the services loaned by the Commission of Budgets, #whose members have *desvivido -#that is the word- during this double procedure, in first and *segunda reading, and to those who believe that our Assembly *les owes a deep gratitude. +From 1998 the budgets collect #one *minipartida of 15 millions of euros, a 50% of the quantity of the national program for the improvement of the production and the commercialisation of the honey. And #this is like this in virtue of a regulation that have criticised by insufficient. +Thanks to the label, will reign the alimentary security, the consumers will be protected and our Green colleagues will be satisfied to have ensured the survival of the alimentary humanity... +The original goal of the Commission, reestablish the confidence in the protection to the consumer to #european level, #would convert in his contrary by means of the adoption of a measure of this type. +I expect that it find continuation the approach that has produced up to now among the Commission and the European Parliament, the *cual already has tackled varied times this problematic in the previous terms of office, so much in the Commission of Culture as in Plenary. +Nevertheless, #some months later, after the creation of the new Commission, the general Direction of competition pushes another time to the Commission to act against the agreements *transfronterizos and the only price of the book. +It is a truth of *Perogrullo say that the books are not commodities like the butter, praise eggs, the cheese, but a very cultural, and therefore, from the point of sight of the Right of the competition, #can not be treated like butter, eggs, cheese. +As already it has said , it #would be absolutely unacceptable that raised the embargo of arms, especially to the light of the fact that the #indonesian soldiers have not disarmed to the militia. +Of the arrival of the strengths of the *UNAMSL, the mission of the Nations Joined in #Sierra Lion, will depend in the first months #if it produces a new impulse of the process of disarmament and with *ello an improvement of the security. +#This has not been consequence of the politics of the #taliban diet, to the style of the apartheid, regarding the women, but of the protection offered by the Talibans to the Mr. *Bin *Laden. +Among these ailing prisoners finds #Mohamed *Kadamiousouf, representative in *Europa of the Front for the Restoration of the Unit and the Democracy, illegally extradited of *Etiopía in 1997, and that, by fault of medical assistance runs the danger to lose the sight. +Like this as, throw the fault only to the Government of *Djibouti means, in the best of the cases, dissemble the responsibilities of the #french Government, but, in reality, is to endorse a politics of support to an authoritarian diet and *represivo. +The Commission entrusts in that the #nicaraguan authorities will take into account these arguments contributed by the European Union, #as well as by other members of the international community, and in that they will rectify the measures adopted against the office of the *Contralor General and against *él same. +It #would be irresponsible today not recognising publicly the disappointment that *nos produces the fact that to the cape of year and half so only 91 States have signed it and hardly 5 or 6 have ratified it *cuando -as it has said the Mrs. *Schörling- are precise 60 ratifications so that the Court go in in exercise. +Thus *reviste a capital importance the that it exist an only penal court for #everyone to judge the genocide and the crimes against the humanity, #as well as that exist only penal measures for #everyone, so that like this #all know that it do not matters with how pretext, ideology or nationality act: it illicit is always illicit and has to be pursued. +Gentleman President, estimated ladies and gentlemen deputies, the Commission shares fully the goal of the appeal on the that is debating here, and considers that the initiative of the European Parliament is useful and profitable, as *nosotros also sustain that it is necessary to give more significant steps #if the International Penal Court converts finally in reality. +Already I have taken quotation of the problems of order constitutional, and are had to share our experiences in processes of ratification and our skilled knowledges in this matter with the States interested. +Gentleman President, lady speaker, *señorías, #everyone puts of agreement here to signal the need to have in the community plane, of agricultural statistics so precise, reliable and coherent as it was possible, so that they #can measure of effective way the consequences of the decisions adopted in the frame of the *PAC, mainly in the half rural. +Gentleman President, simply want to appreciate and congratulate to the Mr. *Mayer by the report that has taken, that *atañe to #all those producing countries of *lúpulo in this Community and, in the case of *España, to my region, *Castilla-Lion, in the zone of Lion. +The year 1997 is marked also, *señorías, and go in in the central question of the subject, by a civil war in *Tayikistán, a horrible civil war among the power installed and the #islamic opposition. +Yes I agree with this relative concrete help to the part of the loan, by humanitarian reasons. Without embargo, the part of the donation has to delete by the already mentioned reasons. +*Armenia And #Georgia go to have difficulties to understand that the community diminishes his help in spite of the great efforts made by both countries, with backrest of the #FMI and of other organisms of help, to diminish his debt with *ella. +*Le Pray ask to his services that examine again the amendment 20. I am safe in a 99,9% that it is not the text that vote or, in any case, no the text that had to have presented, since it is not the result to the that got the Commission of Industry. +How measured has intention to adopt the Council, also in the frame of the reform of the structural Bottoms and of the community initiative *Interreg, to materialise all it foreseen to this *respecto in the Treaty of *Amsterdam? +There was a text of the Commission of the European Communities in the document Diary 2000 in virtue of the *cual these regions *ultraperiféricas #would remain *exentas of the requirement of the 75 % of the community #GDP *per *cápita to remain like regions of Goal 1. +The Council will be to the common that the Indian made a proof on 11 April with a ballistic missile of half scope, the *Agni *II, able to take target to 2 000 kilometres of distance and that it #can go endowed with a nuclear head. +In consequence, the Council will study the query that *le presented the President of the European Parliament on 11 March 1999, is to say, will examine #if it is possible an individual participation of deputies of the European Parliament. +As I already have said, the question of the participation of the European Parliament in the Conference of River goes to treat in base to the principles agreed by the Council. +Like this, as, there was true *inadecuación among the methodology of the Commission, his structure, his tradition, and the tasks that *le entrusted afterwards and for the *cuales neither the Council and -*me *atrevo to say it-neither the Parliament *le conceded the convenient means. +They are delivered very correctly among the distinct States and, as it also says with reason the speaker, do not exist States ancient Members that still do not have any agency and are convinced that for the States new Members already will find other new agencies. +The most important points are: first, in the Commission have to delimit clearly the fields of work of the Commissioners and acting, of analogous mood to the Ministers and secretaries of State in the national Governments. +I believe that it is well remember this saying to #all #that that think that the democratic deficit, the fault of control, the negligence in the management and, in last place, but no therefore less important, the already notorious «*profitariado» to #european level #can reduce *traspasando even more competitions and more instruments and possibilities to this level. +Like this, it has some weeks, the Government presented a national program for the adoption of the *acervo community and a series of laws very important in matter of VAT and of special taxes, #as well as on the right to purchase sakes real estates. +It That do not helps to solve at all are the demonstrations of #some States Members, included my own country, *Holanda, in the that pretty much follows refusing the adhesion of *Chipre while it have not put end to the partition of the island. +It is obvious that all #this do not depends only of the legislation that adopt , but that it is important likewise make efforts in favour of the local organisations, so much #that of voluntary character as, for example, *Urban Forum, that already exerts his activities in the Union, to end to allow his expansion and his operation in the *Europa Central and Oriental. +*Confrontados With the need to determine his positions in the negotiations, the countries candidates have introduced in a relatively short term considerable improvements in his organisation and internal coordination. +In #a lot of countries, and said was of step that no only occurs in the countries candidates, but also in the States Members, produce long delays in the judicial procedures, frequently caused by the fault of staff of the judicial power. +Therefore, my first question to the Commission is the following: How reasons *convincentes have motivated to the Commission to substitute a system that works well, that do not prejudices to the competition in the market and that results satisfactory for #everyone of the sector? +An acceptance of the amendments #would comport a modification of the object of the current legislative procedure and #would involve the taking of a decision without previous query of #all the parts involved. +Regarding the question formulated also by the Mrs. *Lulling, of #which are the reasons *convincentes to modify the norms for the sector *cervecero, the answer is that the current exemption by category exempts the closing of the market. +*Cuando The corresponding annual report to 1997 examined in the Parliament, #some critical voices suggested that the Defender of the European Village only had succeeded in a small number of cases. +#All the members of our commission underline unanimously the need that it follow existing a Commission of Requests independent so that the direct contact with the citizens keep in the future. +And the fact that #one of these fields in that they receive requests was environment shows *ejemplarmente how the citizens and the no governmental organisations, of the one who split the complaints, have an extraordinary worry by the preservation of the half natural. +In front of this situation, invite to each #one of the members of this House to that they read with *detenimiento the annexes of the report of the Mr. *Newman. Like this *percatarán that really it is absurd deliver the competitions of this commission among the other commissions. +Also it has given off today #this of the report that has presented the Defender of the Village to the Parliament. *Le Appreciate that it have defended so firmly the need of a transparent administration. +The Commission of Requests and the Defender of the Village will not suffice, in the future -further of his merits-, for *paliar the incoherences and the excesses of a machinery *tecnocrática. +The decision adopted by the #german court *nos has cheered *muchísimo, but too much often this type of causes judge in front of judges that, or ignore the relative legislation to the kidnapping of boys, or are badly informed about *ella. +Besides, it has presented an amendment in the that urges to the Commission to that it elaborate criteria allocated to control the efficiency of the States members in the administration of the collection of the rights of customs. +This amendment also has to be contemplated in relation with the amendment 18, of the that the Commission estimates that it #can accept the *primer separated inserting it, without embargo, in the text of the article 3 of the initial proposal of «Customs 2000», #where finds his reason to be. +Until the moment there #be had #one very fine communication and, therefore, think that the program will go out forward without a procedure of conciliation, since I think that #some of these objections are so secondary that believe that my colleagues of the Parliament will not put objections. +Lady Speaker, estimated colleagues, in September of the year happened the Commission *nos presented the White Book titled «just Rates by the use of infrastructures: gradual Strategy for a common frame of *tarificación of infrastructures of transport in the EU». +*Yo Think, nevertheless, that the only effective form to carry to the practice the principle that the user pays consists in involving to #all the users of the infrastructure of transport, without exception. +The Parliament has right to manifest his dissatisfaction by #some of the actions of the NATO, in particular the bombardment of goals civil and the utilisation of arms that #many consider like arms of destruction in mass. +The deputies to the European Parliament of the *PASOK, vote against of the resolution of the European Parliament on *Kosovo because we consider that it do not offers positive services directed to find a solution of the problem. +In effect, do not forget never that the diplomacy consists in taking accept, to *través of the dialogue, to #one or another part in conflict, a partial cession of his initial claims, of his requirements or even of his rights. +Wish, of course, a diplomatic exit European with the support of the States Joined and of *Rusia, but an exit that do not suppose any renunciation of the democratic principles and of the human rights. +But limit only to this analysis, means to forget that the military commitment of the NATO against *Yugoslavia is the result of an unanimous #european will, that manifested in the Summit of *Berlín and of the that the federalistic congratulated and *congratularon, *considerándola like the true game of birth of the *PESC. +Also it is necessary to imagine a new conception of *Europa, valid for #all our continent: the of a family of nations allocated to coexist in the confidence, the identity *recobrada and recognised and the reciprocal respect. +With the proposal that supports a majority of the Commission of Transport and Tourism runs the risk to increase even more the derivative costs of the sector of the transports. +In the Group of the *PPE have elaborated a series of amendments to counter these effects. Until the moment have not reached any support for these amendments. +It wanted to contribute firmly to improve the requirements according to the *cuales makes the route that corresponds to the road of the distance of a transport combined. And no, in last term, by means of the decrease of the costs many times *desproporcionalmente elevated of parts limited of the distance by road of the transport combined. +The present communication of the Commission titles : «Establishment of a frame of performance». It treats of a very useful document to examine #all the questions that pose regarding the financial services. +Gentleman President, #one of the very sensitive questions of the sector saves relation with the supervision and the prudential control. This activity bases at present in the borders and the national market. +With *respecto, in *primer term, to the need for a Commission, even *dimisionaria, of not interrupting the task undertaken, believe that the fact to continue it that already has begun form splits of the management of the common subjects. +It wanted to highlight that, regarding the possibility of a better supervision of the financial services in the field of the European Union, our attention #would have to centre in the financial groups complexes. +The report that have elaborated and the amendments that present are the reflection of the debate in #whose virtue this Plenary approved, the past month of March, a resolution on the violence against the women. +It treats of a zone *fulcral for the stability in the world and create, therefore, that have to vote in favour of a resolution that once again transmit the word of the European Parliament of support to this village of *Timor Oriental, that so much has suffered of genocide. +Gentleman President, 48 political parties prepare for the elections. They manifest political currents among the parties characterised by the *islamismo, the nationalism, the liberalism, the support to the central planning and the maintenance of the *statu *quo . +It has to insist to the #indonesian Government so that it leave to support to the organisations *paramilitares, limit the military presence, reestablish the state of right and truly arrest to the guilty and the carry in front of the courts. +Alas, we have to take again a call to the #burmese Government so that the fundamental rights of his village respect with general character. Again, we have to condemn firmly the trip *forzoso of villages and the utilisation of persons like compulsory workers. +To #the same time, believe that, with regard to *Birmania, in addition to the necessary initiatives of isolation, is precise to fix a political strategy to favour a change in this country, a change that, as we have seen, also the #burmese village wishes firmly. +It is #ours to have to urge to the Commission to that it exert pressure on the neighbouring countries so that *Birmania finish isolating, the Government find in the obligation to resign and leave to abuse to the inhabitants of the villages that are forced to make works forced or that they are deported in block. +To #the same time have to encourage and *emplazar to the Council to that it interrupt #all the activities in the that was collaborating jointly with the countries of the *ASEAN and *Birmania, aside to *Birmania of said actions and procure that the #german Presidency leave to award visas of entrance, to the equal that the other community countries. +Still it remains *algo of hope put that the opposition has manifested his wish of *darle an opportunity to the Army so that *restituya the power to a civil Government in the term of nine months. +The Commission examines by the moment, #such as it has suggested from this House, how disposals #can adopt in view of the recent events and #one of the possibilities is that it propose to the Council paralyse partially the cooperation to the development according to the known by #all *ustedes article 366 *bis of the Agreement of *Lomé. +It is precise to ascertain, once again, that the ambitious goal of the Parliament has seen hindered by the opposition of those States members that *obstinan in refusing the logical consequences of the application of the only market. +Our agriculturalists do not understand the import, pertinent of third countries, of agricultural products modified genetically allocated to the animal feeding, since they exist suspicions regarding the effects on a long-term basis, with regard to the quality of the meat, of the utilisation of *OMG. +His institutions are *sólidamente established and guarantee the existence of a State of right, the respect of the human rights, #as well as the respect and the protection of the minorities. +Taking into account the principle of subsidiariness, consider clear and *decididamente that the EU has to establish only some minimum rates and that corresponds to the respective States members manage said rates, #among others reasons because the European Union do not has to have on no account of rights in the fiscal field. +It pleads aptly in this report by that also they support the projects directed to find to the victims, eventual victims of kidnappings that, for example, disappear in the prostitution and that maybe go back to appear in these photos, that with commercial ends are offered in the network by determined criminal. +In consequence, has included in the title «public Health» a field to the that, to our understand, #would have to apply by greater coherence the article 308 of said Treaty. It is to say, the that, in definite, attributes powers of action no on purpose planned, *cuando an action of the Community result necessary to reach #one of the goals of the Community. +Without embargo, the probability that his authors are carried in front of the courts is considerably lower that in the case of the traffic of drugs or of arms. *Ello Has to mainly to the fault of proofs valid. +His gradual enlargement to the countries that *ingresen in the EU, as they have mentioned varied deputies, and to the countries of the *AELC, *reviste vital importance, in view of the transnational dimension of #many of the forms of violence. +We have of a report of the juridical adviser of the Parliament that *nos orients among other things about the subject of the common subjects. Said *dictamen collects fundamental disposals with regard to the question that are debating now. +In this sense, although the simple assimilation to the motion of censorship do not seems indicated, seems according to the spirit of the Treaty look for solutions that are compatible with the principle of confidence parliamentary. +So that, #if have 75 millions of persons that surpass the 60 years and a 42 % of the voters have more of 50 years age, is evident that the questions of the citizens of the third age and of the persons of age advanced go to be important in the campaign. +I expect that the present Commission a program of action on the health of the persons of age advanced and for #all the Community of compliance with the article 137. +(OF ) Gentleman President, the history of this conference, «The persons of age in the century *XXI: new perspectives of life», puts of self-evident the difference that there #be among the said and the fact *cuando treats of the persons of age advanced. +Has to adapt the work to the capacities and the needs of the persons, in place to demand to the workers an adaptation to the requirements of the labour activity. +#If it do not reaches form to the most greater workers to exert new tasks, these persons will find exposed to a situation of discrimination in the places of work, to #the same time that numerous sectors suffer shortage of hand of drama. +Besides, the report do not detains in the enormous potential of knowledges that possesses a person of 65 years and the current tendency of the labour market to follow having the citizens of the third age. +It is a reason of satisfaction that in the report take upsetting in the enormous potential that offer the greater persons and in the need to act to end to explode this potential. +In #one of the examples takes reference to the need to guarantee to the elderly a sufficient level of income. Often, the situation of the most greater women is considerably more *desfavorable that the of the men. +It #would not be a fine idea that in zones ecologically sensitive, like the lakes *fineses, imposed in the measure of it possible the use of products elaborated from agricultural products, for example plastic matters to base of starch, *biolubricante in #all these lakes *fineses, elaborated from products with #alto contained in proteins in the south of *Europa. +#If, #such as, as it seems, is forced to observe nowadays, take #some #granting to the Americans, especially in the subject of the #gluten of wheat, in the that they are these last the that *nos assault without that we have presented still any complaint in front of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, certainly #can house legitimate worries. +We have developed the biological oils, that #can be introduced in aqueous zones protected, in the Lake #Constanza or #where was, #as well as also in the field of the leisure #where the damage is each more greater #if they do not use these oils. +The of technological type, #this is, the measures for the that there #be available technology, are the that fundamentally have attracted the attention of the Commission of Investigation, Technological Development and Energy of the European Parliament. +The phenomenon of the *acqua high that, *cuando self-evident, covers around half metre the historical centre, produces some ten times to the year and creates increasing annoyances to the citizens and, even more, to the economic activities of #Venecia Lagoon, the insular part of the city. +The Group of Independent by the *Europa of the Nations requests that it withdraw of the agenda the report of the Mrs. #Miranda of *Lage on the agreement of collaboration among the European Community and the States Joined Mexicans. +They fulfilled the requirements that, in this case, *nos take *remitirnos of the Record of 1976, to the regulation on privileges and immunities in the primary Right, and of here to the #portuguese Constitution and even to the #portuguese procedural Right. +It #can not be that in the past -and expect that only in the happened- the great Groups of this Assembly had a greater interest in protecting to the Commission that in *llamarla to the responsibility and in strengthening to the own Parliament? +Of this luck, the procedure of approval of the management has voted by simple majority, but the denial of the approval of the management has voted by absolute majority. +Lady Speaker, as it finishes to say the president *Fayot, in this report there #be had an excellent collaboration among the Commission of Regulation and the Commission of Control Budgetary. +Lady Speaker, *originariamente the present report of the Commission of Employment owed *versar, especially, about a communication of the Commission on the article 127 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and, in concrete, in relation with the *mainstreaming of the politics of employment to community level. +It has to contain concrete measures and engage to #all the involved to fulfil clear agreements, so much to the Central Bank European, to the social speakers, as to the Council of the *ECOFIN and to the Council of Subjects Social. +It has been the Council in particular, that in #some questions very important, for example the trip of the taxes on the employment to environmental and energetic taxes, do not wants to advance and probably now have remained again blocked. +Lady Speaker, the report of the Commission on the great orientations, that this year characterises by a qualitative improvement, loans to the employment a special attention, and stresses the need of authentic structural changes. +It is as #if the governments and the social speakers by himself/hisself alone #can influence the economic politics and as #if the #ECB did not have also a paper in relation with the support of the economic politics. +Gentleman President, in name of my colleague the Mr. *Flynn, wanted to begin congratulating to the Mr. *Menrad by his report and appreciating to the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects his fast work on the project of resolution. +In *Viena the European Council asked a greater synergy among the two processes and the Commission answered to this request with his great guidelines of economic politics more recent and his communication on the article 127. +But *yo create to be able of *tranquilizarle. The strategy of coordination fiscal proposal by the Commission and adopted by unanimity by the Council «*Ecofin», defended #among others by the speaker, Mr. *Fourçans, is not obviously a strategy of harmonisation attractive. +Second, the director is forced on purpose to contact and inform to the national judicial authorities competent, #if in the internal investigations his collaborators find states of things that #can be notable from the point of sight penal. +Of this luck the Commission renounced, fortunately, to the *estrafalaria contrives to entrust the competition in matter of irregularities and of frauds to an external agency with, *pásmense, 48 employees, is to say, with a civil servant to protect an average of 2.000 millions of euros. +By this reason the creation of this new organ of fight against the fraud means a big opportunity for the Community and an important goal of our Presidency of the Council. +Gentleman President, the report of the Mr. *Bösch and the decision of the Commission to create a #european office of prevention of the fraud indicates the end of a long process that initiated in 1995. +The paramount goals were the to underline the obligations of the personnel to cooperate in the investigations and to #the same time protect the rights of the individual. +The amendments of November of 1998 to the budgetary regulation made possible a modernisation of the financial control, especially regarding the assignment of the no used resources. +On the procedure, wanted to express my gratitude to the colleagues of the Commission of Control Budgetary that have taken contributions to this process of approval of the management. +Also it corresponds to the political character of this report the coalition of the procedure of approval of the management in a wider perspective. +They do not have to consider some requests to the Court of Accounts so that it take part in some studies like a cancellation of the responsibility of the Commission and of the Parliament concerning the measures that adopt. +But the Court of Accounts has exerted a very important paper and very useful in this process among the Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +In my condition of speaker, have received a paper in the that in fact it reflects the loss of thousands of millions in erroneous investments and that this money finds unseen in the accounts or has been concealed. +It results quite funny, because, #if His *Señorías retreat a year or two, will see that the Court of Accounts criticised to the civil servants of *Dublín that used the weekends like part of his mission: obviously, *les enjoys to take a trip to his country to #the same time. +Gentleman President, expect with interest the day -and do not believe that it was too much far- in that the Court of Accounts #can give to these two agencies a certificate of guarantee by «not to dip in *líos», for saying it like this, and for obtaining fine reports of the Court. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, the Commission of Development and Cooperation has to approve year to year the management of the European Bottom of Development but do not has *influjo #any on the way in that it uses this Bottom, because up to now it has not been *presupuestado. +#If *algo positive has resulted of the corresponding report to 1996, has been the access that the Commission of Control Budgetary has had to the persons and the documents. +The postponement constitutes as, the justest solution technically, solution that has a political value of gesture of *apaciguamiento to the new Commission without excluding in any case the most strict surveillance and #one some firmness. +As I consider natural that transfer to the next term of office, *permítaseme, meanwhile, that take part, like speaker for the granting of the approval of the management to the Economic and Social Committee relative to the exercise of 1996, to affirm that no *le will be able to concede without that before it pronounce the *UCLAF on the irregularities in *ella detected. +The defence of the liberal, of #that that always have recognised in the *rule *of *law the axis of his political action, always has based in the principle that they #can not put objections to the texts. +Gentleman President, wanted to answer to the questions formulated by the Mr. *Elles on the preparation of the different documents based in the program that the Mr. *Santer presented in January and to the that it has taken reference in #many of the reports on the approval of the management. +They have initiated the technical negotiations in search of the consensus with the organisations of the personnel and also have celebrated the first political sessions in search of the consensus. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the Statement of the Commission on the procedure *OMC for the arrangement of the conflict among the European Union and the States Joined of *América. +Gentleman President, gentleman Vice-president of the Commission, in this commercial war -the bananas, the hormones- there #be an appendix that, as #all know, affects to companies and economic sectors Europeans that do not have at all that see with the sectors object of the conflict. +This morning in *Bruselas, before coming here, have celebrated a meeting with representatives of the #european textile industry and understand perfectly the gravity of the situation for *ella and for other persons that find in the situation of victims. +Precisely because it treats of an experiment, the majority of the Commission of Subjects Economic agreed with the general criteria and no with the delimitation of the field of application to determined sectors. +This Parliament has proposed that the Commission, in *concertación with the European Parliament and, for example, on the base of the *dictámenes of high personalities and in *concertación with the national parliaments, give a new opportunity to this institutional dynamics. +Equality of opportunities for men and women, for whites and blacks, for #all the colours, on the base of the human dignity of each individual. #This is the characteristic more remarkable of the European Union, his immense human face. +Without embargo, will not be necessary to tackle only the big structural reform of the Commission, for the *cual also the Parliament has presented already concrete proposals. It is precise to recognise that the European Parliament will have to reorganise in like manner to be able to fulfil properly his tasks. +It suffice to think in the dispute among the States Joined and *Europa by the trade of skins of animals captured of cruel form, the trade of bananas and of meat with hormones and in concrete by the organisms manipulated genetically, especially after the failure, because of the *intransigencia American, of the Summit on *Bioseguridad of *Cartagena of Indians. +It is true that in the last years, like consequence of the fall of the wall of *Berlín, of the enlargement to new countries of the *Europa Central and of the North, in the perspective of an enlargement to the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental, *Europa has displaced to the north and eastwards. +The vote in favour of the Mr. *Prodi and the vote in favour of the new School, in my opinion, will consecrate a pact of confidence among the Parliament and the Commission that has to last five years. +The *segunda thing that *me #would enjoy to mention today is his work to the hour to reform the work and the methods of work of the Commission -the new business culture. +It True is that *Europa has not been able to advance with the speed owed by these great paths of the new growth that include especially the new sectors: #software , telecommunications and also, as it has remembered in regard to my previous speech, the that have called «the sciences of the life». +I do not lose the hope that in the course of the next term of office *nos loan more attention, because my fight in defence of the producers of honey and in defence of his products of high quality, in *Europa and in the Community, will continue here or out of this Parliament. +The fundamental lines of the economic politics are extraordinarily wander and imprecise in this occasion and, therefore, come to say that for the moment it will follow acting simply as it has taken up to now, which results extremely problematic to the sight of the problems accumulated. +We think, therefore, that it is necessary to put end what before to the military climbing, to the simplifications of the propaganda, and consecrate #all our energy to go back on the terrain of the research of a political solution. +To reach said pact of stability in the *Balcanes, #whose positive perspectives *nos has exposed, gentleman President of the Council, the Europeans have to have the value, #if really *les concerns and have felt of the independence, to interrupt the logic of the bellicose climbing. +The human drama has transformed in disaster, the victims of the *hipócritas collateral accidents multiply , the pretext of *Rambouillet has disappeared, the autonomy of *Kosovo and the ethnic rights have not reestablished . +It is *algo that #one no *le wishes to nobody, and much less to a #serbian village and to some #serbian boys that have been conducted to the disaster by the madness of his leader, of #the same mood that has deported of hundreds of thousands of other persons. +Temporary protection of a substantial number of refugees in our States members and #all the possible support in material sense to the countries of the region, also *cuando have happened the crisis: *eso is it that *nosotros advocate. +Of compliance with our Regulation, will invite to the candidate selected to that it take part in front of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence on 21 June so that we #can formulate a positive recommendation to the Plenary of July. +*Yo Declare also that while there are not changes *interinstitucionales regarding the intervention of the right of control democratic of the European Parliament, the possibilities of influence in matter of external politics will be inferior to the that had up to now. +The Parliament takes a proposal that needs the permission of the Council, the fixed Council the conditions for the permission, and the Parliament has the possibility of *considerarlas and *discutirlas again. +We wanted to that it heard our voice and, instead, *nos find confronted to a Council that of course, in forty-eight hours, *nos presents his version, the form in that *él, the Council, wants to treat to the deputies and, therefore, also the diets, the costs of missions, #etcetera. +#If the intention had been that applied the procedure of *codecisión, #such as it establishes in the article 189 *b, the editors of the Treaty of *Amsterdam #would have inscribed in the text: it will apply the procedure of the article 189 *b. +Finally, I want *agradecerle in spite of #all to the Mr. *Rothley that referred to my proposal to allow to the countries with a tax on the high income add an additional tax to the community tax. +As it collects in the proposal of the Council, the deputies to the European Parliament have to be had also to subject to a control on the appropriate utilisation of the bottoms in matter of administrative costs. +We expect that it get *próximamente to an acceptable solution for the Parliament and the Council, #if well we comprise that the Parliament has to decide #if the current position of the Council is acceptable total or partially, and entrust in that early it #can get to an agreement. +In relation with the total figure of subjects that has to tackle this community institution, the number of personnel of the Defender of the Village is considerably inferior to the of the #others equivalent institutions in the States members. +It is necessary to recognise that, until the moment, the Parliament has shown a relatively favourable attitude to the proposals of the Mr. *Söderman to resolve the problems more *acuciantes of the Union in matter of personnel. +I want to base it of the following way: in the last week, in the Commission of Transports have debated on these questions, but the situation has changed with the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Also it #would be urgently necessary an agreement among the two relative directives to the commercialisation to distance with the directive on the electronic commercial transactions, *cuando know his definite form. +#If we want a real inner market in the field of the financial services, it is necessary to guarantee to the consumer and to the provider that will enjoy of #the same rights inside #all the Union. +Therefore, lean service *le go to take to the consumer #if, through a sectorial directive, begin to *desequilibrar the very complex building of the relations -has mentioned the principle of subsidiariness- among community Right and Right of the States members. +Without embargo, our proposal *nos seems charitable so much for the companies as for the consumers because both parts will know #which are regulations that have to apply and both parts #can entrust in that they apply #the same regulations of commercialisation, without mattering the origin of the services. +A defective product is defined like product that do not corresponds with it established *contractualmente and also include in this concept the public statements that the manufacturer or the dealer make in the advertising or that find in the label. +To guarantee that it do not deceive to the consumer, the guarantees have to contain clear and transparent informations, among #others the statement that the guarantee do not affects to the legal rights of the consumer. +The directive ensures that the States members take the transposition of the international right for January of 2002, creating with *ello a minimum group of regulations that concede to the right consumer to appeal a resource. +#If we see the calendar, *me cheers especially that am talking of the last looks of this directive in the last partial period of sessions of our Parliament -that also for me is the last session, at least in it that *atañe to the subjects of the consumers. +Therefore, it is indispensable to have a greater sensitivity in front of the problems that these regions have.*d)Highlights the importance of the training of the population so that it contribute to his own *autoprotección. They include also the situations of emergency environmental. +The goal of this proposal, as it is very known and has mentioned also, is to guarantee the continuation of the current program of action in matter of civil protection, founded in the resolution of the Council of 1998 that expires on 31 December 1999. +It results that the amendment 19 and varied parts of the amendment 23 go directed to increase the participation of the *ONG in the civil protection, *algo in it that agree of course and that, therefore, accept also in principle because it awards to the *ONG the possibility to take part in the exchange of experts. +The Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer has taken to feel his presence in the increasingly important field of the environmental legislation and know that we will follow taking it. +My mates in the Parliament wanted this directive, without embargo, believe that in this case have to listen to the organisations of *diabéticos, the *cuales have manifested unanimously that the commercialisation and the easy access to the products for *diabéticos create a false need among the *diabéticos. +It is to expect that the commitment of the Council to collect now a *dictamen to the Scientific Committee of Foods have by result the abandonment of the idea to elaborate a directive to the *respecto. +We expect that the following step was that the EU improve also the possibilities of the ecological agriculturalists to produce the necessary products of competitive form, *algo that do not takes lamentably the Diary 2000. +Thus it has to serve so that the European Parliament see how in the directives of character technical there #be a political content that #can not leave in hands of a committee of experts. +I expect that the Parliament approve the Thursday the Report *Aglietta relative to the conditions for the exert of the executive competitions attributed to the Commission so that this history of hits in the case of the *potitos see confirmed by #a lot of #others more. +So in this point have abandoned our position that keep always and that will follow keeping to base our legislative measures in scientific knowledges, with the exception that they exist really causes of weight that *nos say that we have to follow only to the principle of prevention without scientific knowledges. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam also modifies the properly said procedure, and *eso knows less, providing an absolute equality among the Parliament and the Council in the course of the procedure. +In fact it was not a committed simple by #a lot of reasons, but, especially, also because the Council no always comprised in sufficient grade the transcendence and complexity of this reform and -create- neither had sufficient consciousness, and more specifically in recent period, that we #can not allow that *infringieran determined principles of a free Parliament. +From my Group ask the evaluation of the politics and, with #all the criticisms that have been able to take from the Group, the work that *ustedes have taken in this term of office, going out of distinct political Groups, has been very *estimable. +The period of his activity has had a big hit and #this is not the opinion only of my political group. It has made some great services to this Parliament. +I believe that, of compliance with the Regulation that *usted always has kept and respected *escrupulosamente, *permitiéndonos like this work *respetandolo, in the collective balance had to *usted have included that this Parliament finalises his term of office and has not been able to avert a war in #european territory. +A big support has obtained here the idea to include in the future dialogue on the fiscal politics, *salarial and monetary also to the social speakers and to the Central Bank European. +Already it was the employment, *Kosovo, the enlargement or the operation of the institutions, the European Union has to learn to talk with an alone voice for the 15 States members but also for the institutions. +In brief, we need that on the table of the Conference *Intergubernamental there #be a document it more authorised possible and #this because another type of preparation of the Conference *Intergubernamental #can guarantee a safer result in matter of reforms. +Lady Speaker, the Treaty of *Amsterdam that it #can define like the Treaty of the #stray occasions, has gone in in vigour only from takes #some days and already takes lacking to integrate it and complete it with these relative chapters to the institutional questions no resolved in *Amsterdam. +An important element of this task constitute it the approval and the practical application of the performances recommended in the northern dimension, that already has accepted . +The Council has declared besides had to negotiate in his moment on the put to disposal of until 200 millions of euros of the reservation of flexibility of the budget like compensation for the innovative measures. +The Parliament also has reached to impose his criterion in the unification of #all the structural measures for the fishing in the Category 2 and in the horizontal programming unified. +Now well, accept a Statute of the #european deputies #would be like happening of a juridical nature of international right to a nature of right constitutional internal. +The reduction of the paper of the State, the blind belief in the rules of the competition or of the liberalisation to create employment are recipes that already have known. +In this *coyuntura critical that are crossing *Europa and the whole world, the election of the Mr. *Prodi (to the one who vote *gustoso) like President of the European Commission, by part of this Parliament, gives beginning to a new period in the European Union. +We have *presionado in favour of a transparent system of payments of diets, of a same wage for the deputies to the European Parliament of #all the countries and in favour of a suitable method of direct payments for the personnel. +The new statute characterised by the rigour and the transparency regarding the rights and duties among #all the representatives chosen and allowed that it finished , once and for all, with the *indefiniciones and the *elucubraciones, that are the resource preferred of #all those that, by this road, procure to weaken the value of the political action. +But each #one of our colleagues that has pronounced in favour of the Report *Rothley will have to assume his responsibilities in front of the public opinion and to the shrinking of the only Statute of the #european Deputies. +We are firmly convinced that the deputies to the European Parliament have been chosen by the population of the countries members to represent the interests of the constituents in the EU. +We consider that the fundamental points of this reform are an only remuneration, #one *imposición national public prosecutor and the repayment of the costs of trip with arrangement to the real costs. +It That regret a lot in the commitment is the fact that the States members to the hour to apply the guidelines have the possibility to introduce a claim of two months. +Only I #can wish that #a lot of States members do not take use of this possibility of the claim in two months as like this the consumers #would have the possibility to prolong the guarantee to two years. +On the other hand, #if the *OMC forced to the EU to liberalise totally the trade of bananas, #can warm up the absolute certainty that sooner or later it #would finish with the diet of support to the community producers of banana. +The social question, #if well it appears with less sharpness in the commercial conflicts sees , unlucky and systematically prejudiced in the logic of the opening of the market #such as it prevails in these moments, is to say, without social and environmental norms. +It has got the moment to base the necessary international exchanges and the opening of the markets with other principles, with another frame that the that dictate the *OMC, the *GATT or the new cooperation *trasatlántica. +From these two examples, only #can ascertain that the agreements of the *GATT that gave origin to the World-wide Organisation of the Trade are hurtful for the interests of the citizens of the States members of the European Union. +I am fundamentally against of any type of army #european, of a police body European or of an identity of defence #european in the breast of the EU. +In *tercer place, the need to have national programs, and no only regional, to guarantee the coherence of the structural politics with the plans of ordination *plurianuales of the fleets. +Thus, I want to take advantage of the occasion and express to the Presidencies of the Council and, especially, to the German, my congratulations for having reached create a viable base for the final sprint. +With the new goals of help 1, 2 and 3 and the community initiatives *INTERREG, *LEADER, *EQUAL and *URBAN have of some effective instruments with the that we #can make an important contribution to the strengthening of the competitiveness of the regions and to the creation of places of work. +Nevertheless, in a wider context, is important to say today that in spite of #all the doubts that exist about #some details of the agreement *interinstitucional and of the financial perspective, is better to have *algo that it is lightly unsuitable in opinion of #some, but that already has been approved, that follow looking for the perfection and not achieving at all. +It will comprise it #if it is possible that the measures of accompaniment, that the costs for the rural areas impute to the no compulsory costs, it that do not means that no *nos feel forced to that they have to spend, but elevates the *margen general of configuration of the Parliament for this increasing political. +Of this way #can remain in the logic of our parliamentary vote and to #the same time guarantee a greater security to our graziers, with #such that the Council and the Commission have the wisdom of *seguirnos. +Even *yo #would say that the European Commission -*impulsora of the action of the European Union-in his management of the proposals of the reform has given the impression of not knowing very well to where directs . +I have listened the answer of the Mr. President in exercise of the Council, have heard the synthesis of the postures of the 15, is to say, that the European Union wait that *Turquía respect it that is in vigour in regard to grave subjects of this type. +Subject: humanitarian Help to the persons needed in *Ucrania According to #worthy sources of credit, in application of the Law for the defence of the local producers of *Ucrania the packages of small size in the that they send to that country foods, clothes and even medicines mark like «agricultural products» to his arrival and return to the *remitente. +Subject: Increase of the mortality and *míseras conditions of life in the *Iraq by the *draconianas economic sanctions According to recent complaints of the speaker of the Medical Association for the Prevention of the War, Mrs. *Sue *Wareham, among 4.500 and 6.000 boys die *mensualmente in the *Iraq by the *hambre and the illnesses because of the tragic fault of foods and medicines. +The Council received the report of the Court of Accounts on the training of companies common in the sector *pesquero on 9 December 1998. +In this proposal of the Commission contain determined measures directed to delete the irregularities mentioned in the report of the Court of Accounts on the management of the common companies. +In principle, want to say on the interpretation of the #swedish tongue that exists a program of the Council for the placing and training of interpreters in #swedish tongue that has been delivered also to the #swedish Government and that this program finds already in stage of application. +Lady Speaker, the Secretary of State *Verheugen has comported like the diplomatic more *avezado. It has not mentioned at all that, of course, the President of the Council #can board negotiations with the States members so that #this present a relation *equitativa of women and men like candidates to the Commission. +This possibility the has the President of the Commission confirmed today by his *Señorías. And this President of the Commission, that has been chosen also because *le supposes that it goes to be able to take use of effective mood of the rights that *le compete, pursues the goal that *usted has mentioned. +On the other hand -and #this is it worse, in opinion of my Group-, have not put the means to correct the existent disequilibriums among the continental productions and the #mediterranean and among the small and the great exploitations. +To #such end, is necessary to intensify to #all the levels the cooperation with the regional and local authorities and the socioeconomic operators, nearer to the reality *cambiante of the region. +In effect, #Italia, my country, #can see prejudiced to a large extent to the hour to establish the ceiling of the Goal 2, since to the maximum reduction guaranteed of the 33 % #would add the caused by the inclusion of the regions that will go out of the Goal 1. +I am studying at present the repercussions that will have the package of the Diary 2000 for a region like #this that, in spite of suffering some climatological conditions *desfavorables in relation with the agricultural regions of *Europa central, depends of the agricultural activity. +Another sector thinks that for the countries that take part in the monetary union the Bottom of Cohesion has reached his goal and has contributed to the nominal convergence. +Also to me *me #would enjoy *unirme to the gratitudes to the Commission, to the here present commissioners and to #all the that have carried out a hard work during the time that have occupied my seat in this Parliament. +Therefore we are satisfied with this reform and consider that it has been glorious hit of the Parliament that there #have been a so wide agreement in the organisation of the market of the wine. +Gentleman President, in November defended the continuation of the community initiative *Urban, since also the small and average cities that situate out of the areas of application, the areas of the feeble and patients, have his problems. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen Commissioners, gentleman President of the Council, wanted to in brief go back on the report of our colleague the Mr. Baron *Crespo and declare that *nos are preparing for an enlargement that characterises by that in front of our door finds a series of countries, it that ten years ago was practically *inimaginable. +Nevertheless, the current formulas contrived by the negotiators #would result acceptable to effects of the Commission as long as it did not exist a double network of security that offered to the Council the means to refuse an executive measure proposal. +I have to express my recognition to the Mr. *Hughes, President of the Commission of Subjects Social and Employment, the one who has been the promoter of this intense debate on the security and the work. +Therefore, the Commission estimates that the amendments proposed by the European Parliament are fundamental for the establishment of a solid and coherent strategy against the risks derived of the explosive atmospheres. +And it is that, in the first place, the negotiations have not finished; second, that there #be had lacking of transparency, fault of participation and fault of information; and in last place, that there #be not a mechanism of follow-up of the environmental clauses, social neither of the democratic clause. +Gentleman President, since I got to this Parliament in 1994, this Assembly has had very clear that the future of the European Union plays here, in this border terrain of the *tercer *pilar, in this terrain of the rights and freedoms. +To conclude *me #would enjoy to treat of two looks that the #german Presidency has recognised that go in in the field of the *primer *pilar: the protection of data personal and the question of the visas. +The amendment 63 of the Mr. *Glante introduces a very important element and at the same time very dangerous, since it goes back to put on the *tapete the subject of the exceptions to the definition of the broadcast. +It #would be very regrettable that the European Parliament went to result less liberal that the Commission, having present that are talking of an area with a very advanced technology and in fast transformation in the that *Europa finds in grave danger to remain increasingly backwards regarding States Joined. +I believe that no *nos corresponds to *nosotros like legislators *legitimizar a practice that authorises to the *publicistas to invite *ellos same to use the bills of telephone of the other and to use the infrastructure of the providers of Internet to pay his marketing. +Gentleman President, in #few years goes to *rebasar the barrier of the 500 millions of persons connected to the network. As it finishes to expose very well the Mr. *Hoppenstedt, has opened an entirely new market that seats the bases of a future source of growth in *Europa. +Gentleman President, the past Monday, the Commission of Budgets decided on the approval or the rejection of the Agreement *Interinstitucional in a meeting that was summoned in #all rule and had his permission. +The repeated *incomprensiones with the Commission and the Council *nos have exposed to the risk to cancel the result of *tantos efforts, with the danger to reduce the negotiations to pulses among the Institutions. +With the end to relieve the charge of the four States *beneficiarios of the Bottom of Cohesion, took pay for the second time to the other States -among the that it finds *Francia- the price of the criteria of convergence. +The group of the #french members of the Group *Europa of the Nations have voted against of the legislative resolution, it that has allowed to validate, in this point, the commitment of *Berlín. +Gentleman President, like #a lot of French and other citizens of the countries of *Europa, are horrified by the intensification of the exodus of the Albanians of *Kosovo and by the parallel intensification of the bombardments of the NATO. +The war in *Yugoslavia, the call ()»Humanitarian War»(!!!) In an apotheosis of euphemism *hipócrita, has caused great losses in the civil population and has sharpened the tragedy of the refugees. +By misfortune, seems that the violence goes in increase in #all the region and the #news of a new massacre *perpetrada this week by the #indonesian army confirm once again his reputation of violence merciless. +The problem of *Timor has been tackled here many times during the term of office and maybe was of the subjects of politics international and of defence of the human rights more tackled in this Parliament. +It is precise also reaffirm the complaint and the conviction of those countries that of form *hipócrita follow acclaiming the human rights, but do not hesitate in following selling arms to a guilty diet of the genocide of a village. +#If it do not guarantees a neutral military strength in *Timor, the true option of the referendum will not be among the autonomy and the independence, but among the integration or the life. +This question, in principle, will have to be resolved by the Council of ministers, that will determine, in the frame of Nations Joined, respecting the terms of the agreement among Indonesian and *Portugal, the modalities that go to follow for the participation. +Equally, gentleman *Mendes Bounces -*usted signalled it and other members of parliament also, particularly the Mr. *Newens-, clear that share the worry by the presence continued of militias armed that, obviously, are creating an interference in this political process that it has to carry to the realisation of the referendum. +In the supposed that the parts show the necessary political will to advance, the European Union will follow *ayudándoles to facilitate the application of #all the pending questions. +Therefore, they gather #all the conditions to happen to an offensive that definitely #would not be final, but that it #can constitute a decisive step oriented to the definite abolition of the pity of death in the world. +It is not #worthy that a person confront to a pity of more of twenty years of prison for having kept a homosexual relation. It treats of a rape of the fundamental human rights. +Lamentably, #this is only a look of a strategy of tightness ethnic and political that deprives to the immense majority of the population of this country of the fundamental rights. +I wish to remember that #all the Horn of *África is devastated by conflicts of #all type. Now *les corresponds to the authorities of *Djibuti decide #if they sink to his country in the violence, the unsteadiness and the illegality or #if, by the contrary, reconstruct the conditions for a coexistence *asentada in new bases. +I estimate that said article 5 has to be taken into account, because #if it do not remedies the contingent situation of the political prisoners and, more in general, the situation of the human rights, the application of said article and of the measures that of *él derive will have to be an eventuality to take in consideration. +I think, sure enough, as it has said it the Mrs. *Maes, that have to take advantage of the recent election of the new President *Guelleh, to signal very clear and vigorously the position of the Union and say that we will take all it that was in our hands, it before possible, so that it apply this famous article 5. +The personal actions, the actions to particular title of the politicians or of the countries are important, without embargo, only a conjoint effort of the European Union will be able to convert in *modélica an experience, for the time being, loaded of vices and of difficulties. +The International Organism of the Nuclear Energy establishes in the section of the technical norms of security for nuclear head offices minimum requirements that even are near at hand of the nuclear head offices of the *tercer world. +The states candidates are the feeblest part in the relation with the Union, and expect not having to persuade to nobody that the difficult committed of the political is to concern by that take justice with the feeblest part. +In this optics, approve the common resolution that *nos occupies loaning special attention to the norms of protection environmental that, on the other hand, constitute the only guarantee of face to the *salvaguardia and the protection of the health of the citizens. +With this conciliation, the Parliament has the possibility to send a political message to the Commission also regarding another question in stage of preparation, which shows equally the power that has this procedure of *codecisión. +In the first proposal, reduced the list of variables that it is necessary to provide in the statements and in the *segunda simplified the nomenclature of products used to classify the products object of the exchanges. +Now well, in case of insolvency, the garbled juridical situation created by the 15 different regulations in matter of procedures of insolvency gives place to a wide *margen of manipulation, *ocasiona immense costs owed to the enormous complexity of the procedures and hampers considerably the distribution *equitativa of the heritage of the debtor. +It is possible to control the communications of #such way that #can know where finds a person, in how moment finds there, how spots of Internet is consulting, how electronic messages is sending, how electronic payments is taking; basically it #can know #everything on the private life of a person. +The resolution that are debating today pretends to unify the technical norms, which is indispensable to have the possibility to proceed to the interception in the fight against the crime organised. +With the help of a virtual banking account the blackmailers #can *ingresar his money without problem #any. They open a virtual banking account and earn the money extorted by this road. +The development of the telecommunications of Internet #can not diminish the capacity of the States members to struggle against the delinquency and to keep the national security. +Lady Speaker, in January presented to the Council a question written *prioritaria on the five members of parliament captured in *Angola in December of the past year, and that, without having presented any *querella against *ellos, and without that they have been processed, continue imprisoned, although it has *rebasado the legal period of nine days that is valid in this country. +But #this is not at all easy, as *ustedes know. Thus already during the past year look for acutely finance in the budget of 1999, and the achieve thanks to #that and those colleagues that recognised the importance of the participation of the European Union in the *Expo of *Hannover precisely in the year 2000. +Without embargo, did not result to be too much late, as the European Union will situate in a pavilion of the General Direction of the *Expo and will occupy a place stood out in the upper part of the Avenue of *Europa, wall of the Square. +It is important, in the first place, by the exhibition of the European Union of face to the interior, for the citizens and citizen of the Union, but also by his exhibition of face to the outside, for the visitors of #everyone. +The organisers, under the direction of the General Commissioner of the *Expo, have engaged to present current and future options on how reach a harmonious coexistence and balanced of the three elements of the subject. +The occasion, nevertheless, *me is very *grata to give to each #one of *ustedes #one *calurosa welcome in this Plenary, of the *cual already had the honour to form part during #some years, to the equal that formed part in his day of the national Parliament of #Italia, my country. +Memory that, of compliance with the Regulation, under the presidency of age will not proceed debate #any #whose object was extraneous, from the point of sight of the procedure, to the election of the President or to the verification of *credenciales. +The Article 1, paragraph 2º of the *Anejo *I of our Regulation of Procedure establishes that before the takeover #all member of the Parliament has to have filled properly the Statement of interests economic. +When being chosen today Speaker of our Assembly, *usted keeps also this necessary political balance among the institutions, with seen to a future piped, to a common work with regard to *Europa, to the internal reform and to #all the Assembly. +Lady Speaker, *le ensure, and will go back to repeat it this afternoon in this same hall *cuando expose the program of activity of the #finnish Presidency, that also is objective #ours tighten even more the collaboration among the Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +The have tested *yo same this morning, when taking #all the planned routes and indicated by means of #all the usually used signs to give these informations. +The beginning of the #german Presidency coincided with a historical step for the European Union: the introduction of the common coin, the euro. +The imperative democratic took evident in the conflict around the resignation of the Commission, in the that they posed the fundamental subjects of the transparency, the democratic control and the *legitimación of the #european performances. +*Yo Also wanted to *decirle personally, gentleman Minister of External Subjects, in name of our political Group, some words of gratitude and of recognition by his firm and *convincente defence of the human rights, exposing even to the physical aggressions that have brave to launch against *usted. +The absence of the #german President of the Council, of the Minister of Finances, in the moment of the introduction of the euro is another case. +The Mr. *Poettering has asked how #would have occurred #if the decisions adopted under the #german Presidency of the Council had taken under a Presidency of his political colour. +The circumstances were extraordinarily difficult and *nosotros think that it surpassed well the proof. A European Commission touched, that finally sees forced to extract the consequences and resigns, but that with *ello also leaves to the discovered the great institutional deficits of *Europa. +The weight of the Union, in spite of the ambiguous tendency of #some Governments to take part by own initiative, resulted irrelevant of face to the goals of the military action and *Europa, even in the respect of the alliances, was not perceived like autonomous will. +Of the answer to this question will depend, from my point of sight, the stages *ulteriores and indispensable, #if we want to give a concrete content to the disposals that appear in the chapter *J *IV of the Treaty of *Maastricht. +I appeal to #all the that are in favour here of a politics of peace preventive so that they work actively in favour of the hit on a long-term basis of the pact of stability, as #this #would mean to extract the consequence hit of the war of *Kosovo, of the derivative wars of the *desmembramiento of *Yugoslavia. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, our Group has to value to the Commission on the base of the itinerary that have in front of *nosotros, of the audiences and of the presentation in his group of the program announced for September. +In the fundamental orientations that has traced *usted, in particular -*permítame say it- in institutional matter, have found reasons to reassure, to be necessary, my confidence in the measures that proposes adopt and in the orientations that indicates for the Commission. diff --git a/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-target-beam.txt b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-target-beam.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e9b27b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-target-beam.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10000 @@ +To4-0149\/99 of Mr. *Donner, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on progresses made by *Estonia in road of adhesion (*COM(98)0705 - *C4-0110\/99).-To4-0154\/99 of Mr. *von *Habsburg, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on progresses made by *Hungría in road of adhesion (*COM(98)0700 - *C4-0113\/99).-To4-0151\/99 of Mr. *Speciale, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on progresses made by *Eslovenia in road of adhesion (*COM(98)0709 - *C4-0112\/99).-To4-0157\/99 of Mr. Ram *González, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on progresses made by the Czech Republic in road of adhesion (*COM(98)0708 - *C4-0111\/99).-To4-0148\/99 of Mrs. *Hoff, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on progresses made by *Polonia in road of adhesion (*COM(98)0701 - *C4-0109\/99).-To4-0159\/99 of Mr. *Bertens, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on progresses made by *Chipre in road of adhesion (*COM(98)0710 - *C4-0108\/99).-To4-0165\/99 of Mrs. *Malone, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, on the Report that updates the *dictamen of the Commission on adhesion appeal of Malt to the European Union (*COM(99)0069 - *C4-0163\/99)-To4-0123\/99 of Mrs. *Myller, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer, on the Communication of the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee, to the Committee of the Regions and to the countries candidates of the *Europa central and oriental relative to adhesion strategies in matter of environment: Accept the challenge of enlargement to the countries candidates of *Europa Central and Oriental (*COM(98)0294 - *C4-0380\/98). +have not voted in favour of the final resolutions relative to reform of the *PAC by the following reasons: 1. #do not guarantees a *reequlibrio internal among the different components of the *PAC neither a greater equity among agriculturalists, productions and territories; 2. #do not contributes to the economic and social cohesion of the half rural European: have not created mechanisms of weighting of productivities to end to favour performance agricultures lower, *contrariamente to it approved by the European Parliament; 3. #do not presents any special measure of support to the small agriculturalists, that are the most vulnerable and run the greater risk of abandonment; 4. #do not reinforces sufficiently politics of rural development, by it that #do not guarantees the practical application of the #european model of agriculture and of *multifuncionalidad with *él associated; 5. #do not defends the #european agriculture in front of negotiations of the new round of the World-wide Organisation of Trade; 6. #do not tackles the resolution of the main problems of agriculture #portuguese: have not increased the strategic quotas, like the *regadío or the bovine or the *ovino; has not achieved to increase reference productivity for cereals and the *oleaginosas; has not achieved community finance for restructuring of the sector *lechero; 8. finally, because #this has been reform of the status *quo , without political value, unable to prepare the #european agriculture for the imperative greater that poses the *mundialización and so that it was more favourable to agriculturalists and the most efficient agricultures. +Parliament, in fact: - *opuso to the *condicionamiento of Cohesion Bottom to the Stability Pact, because it believes that Cohesion Bottom has to be considered to #all the effects a structural instrument; - considered that Cohesion Bottom had to subject to norms on association that apply in the structural Bottoms and that operations scheduled, together with the structural operations, inside a frame integrated in the that they took part the regional and local administrations; Parliament wished likewise that in Cohesion Bottom took into account of mood that in the structural Bottoms the integration of horizontal subjects like employment and equality of opportunities; - asked that resources of Cohesion Bottom in the fields of transport and mobility used to fund projects that improved the regional cohesion and *interregional, interoperability and the *intermodalidad, and that in the field of the environment used besides to fund projects allocated to keep and recover biodiversity and to preserve the natural reservations; - underlined the importance to be able to group small projects in a greater entity and requested, therefore, that around the 5 % of the total financial endowment put to disposal of projects of this type. +#Can be proud of the results in four concrete fields: the universal agreement on the absolute priority of unemployment and the mission of the Social Bottom to support the #european strategy for employment; second, confirmation of the thematic structure of the regulation of bottoms and the scope of the five political fields, that cover from the active politics for work market, happening by the social inclusion, training along #all life and adaptability, until the positive action in favour of women; in *tercer place, have kept and reinforced commitment to support to the no governmental organisations and to struggle against the social exclusion -share the opinion that the Regulation has to force to States members to provide small helps, by means of modalities of special access, to the no governmental organisations and the local associations; in chamber place, once again with support of Parliament, have reinforced disposals relative to equality of opportunities and to the principle *mainstreaming of the Regulation. +*Eso is it that have voted and *me congratulate that, after meetings, after negotiations, our proposals converge with sight point of the Council, mainly in the structural plane, #where accepts the principle of the right to growth: crops *vitivinícolas that have a market in development will be able to obtain supplementary rights; mainly regarding the length of plantation rights, that has prolonged with the end to preserve the necessary rest for the floor; regarding the relative structural measures to the renewal and rejuvenation of strains -have achieved that it concede help-; regarding cooperatives have contributed #few modifications, simply an agreement that allows to suppress the relative measures to the extension of his can and reserve, only for members, the missions that *les have assigned; regarding the recognition of professions of a common field also, *concediéndoles a juridical statute required in the community right with the end to avert that States members no producing put it in doubt; in practices *enológicas also the maintenance of the traditional methods has been recognised; in matter of labeling has approved a direct disposal of labeling. +Is to say that, although we #can receive with big satisfaction that the European Union have to create *algo #as well as conditions for the construction of a #european model of *pólderes in the field of the economic politics and of employment, have to warn, nevertheless, against the risk that #would suppose that this construction do not go accompanied at the same time also of a content, or was, of the modification of orientation of the economic politics, and specifically of an economic politics oriented to concede sure enough priority to a more durable and reasonable employment, an economic politics that restart the subject of redistribution of work, an economic politics that also go back to include sure enough inside perspectives the necessary tasks in the field of the promotion of sustainability, of fulfillment of River commitment, of solidarity in relations with the #european neighbours and in the context of stabilisation, in comparison to the economic politics understood like aggregation species of the *micropolítica of the great companies, #such as it has occurred during the last twenty years with the negative results already known and predictable that now suffers #all *Europa. +Bill points very in brief: reform of the budgetary procedure, with the put to day of #the same; the extension of the *codecisión budgetary; integration of the peripheral institutions in the community system; the consolidation of the financial perspectives in form of an authentic financial program to half term; reform of the system of own resources with the end to ensure autonomy and the financial efficiency of the Union, by part, and transparency of the community budget, by #another, which supposes that it have *codecisión around the determination of the global level of own resources; the introduction of the possibility to have of fiscal instruments to scale #european; the possibility that the budgetary authority take part #all the years in relation with mix of the different categories of income; and the extension of the *codecisión legislative and the taking of decisions by qualified majority to the financial regulations in #all programs or instruments that comport community costs, to the regulations of the *PAC and to act that believes an executive agency. +The goals of this proposal are the following: guarantee the existence of the right to information and the regular query of workers on the economic and strategic progresses of company and on the decisions that *les affect in #all States members of the Union; consolidate the social dialogue and confidence relation in the field of company to end to contribute to forecast of the risks, development of flexibility and of the organisation of work in the frame of security, the promotion and sensitisation of workers regarding adaptation need; include the situation and the promotion of employment in company in information subjects and query; guarantee that workers are informed and consulted before they adopt decisions that #can suppose substantial changes of the organisation of work and of the contractual relations; guarantee efficiency of said procedure introducing specific sanctions against #that that break seriously said obligations in these sectors. +Regarding the evolution of the political process, are actively the strategy to keep pressure on *Belgrado, pressure directed to achieve fulfillment of the five points that the European Union was the first in adopting, among #all the international organisations, that afterwards were assumed by NATO and that the General Secretary of the UN has adopted like base of his own position, to know: the return of #all the deported, the return of #all refugees, return without restrictions to a safe surroundings in *Kosovo, guaranteed by an international strength of peace, stood out in application of a resolution of Nations Joined based in the foundation of Chapter *VII, with a central core of strengths of NATO and a considerable participation of #the same, but in the that also #would take part *Rusia, *Ucrania and neutral countries, accompanied of the simultaneous withdrawal of fight strengths and also of strengths *paramilitares and of the special police of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia and of the #serbian State like part of #the same. +How glorious challenges #can *usted confront in name of the Fifteen? Impose like actor to the one hundred by one hundred in Orient Next to contribute to fix a just and durable peace, now possible; *relanzar negotiations of *Lomé on new bases that integrate worries of our 71 partners of the south, with the end to save the spirit of this only Convention in the world; take that it hear a different voice regarding the international financial institutions, for example in favour of the cancellation of debt of the today blocked countries in development by this mechanism *infernal; launch a true international crusade in favour of disarmament, in particular the nuclear, in moments of enormous danger of proliferation; convert in spokesman, in *portaestandarte of revaluation of the system of Nations Joined, of respect by Letter, by the promotion of a type of international relations civilised that *destierren for ever war like half to resolve differences and in it immediate, by favour, that put end of form that was not by means of formal communiqués to inertia *insoportable of the Union in the wild war of *Chechenia. +#5.el Report *Garot, in the that competition and the tenacity of the speaker have allowed *salvaguardar, in part, the sector of meat of *vacuno, especially regarding cows *nodrizas, that conserve the landscape, structure the rural productions, guarantee income to quality productions without hormones and protect the environment.#6.el Inform #Martin, in #whose case my colleagues and *yo same have modified deeply the text of the proposal in a favourable sense to the group of production chain of the sector *vitivinícola -#some interested like this *nos have said it-, specifically in it *concerniente to the definition of wine, to the prohibition to elaborate #european wines with musts mattered of third countries and to the maintenance of practices *enológicas traditional and, therefore, of the quality that serves of base to our cultural identity #europea.7.el Report *Fantuzzi relative to determined crops *herbáceos, although treatment that gives to products *oleaginosos and *proteaginosos still is distant a lot to be satisfactory.Am persuaded that agriculturalists and the #european consumers will comprise, as, the sense of my vote, and will be conscious of the fights that still are pending so that the #european construction have a future in this field. +Like this, go to refer very in brief the decision that finishes to take takes #few days for the application of project on the *risk capital, on capital investments of high risk, that the past week approved the Commission and that they are an important tool, mainly for the new small companies, measures to boost innovation *interfronteriza; measures to promote mobility of employees by means of transfer of rights and of pensions; special programs for training and, of course, the exceptional quantity of the structural bottoms for the goal 3, to the that belong #all the countries, quantity of order of 24.000 millions of euros for the next seven years, that by means of the goal 3 and by means of programs of the structural bottoms and, of course, by means of the strategy for employment, #can structure national and political politics connected to #european level that concern to the *empleabilidad, operating capacity, adaptability of companies and of workers. +#1.el Report *Görlach do not allows, in his current state, with a budgetary endowment too much scarce, apply a true politics of rural development, in spite of being more that never necessary to guarantee a #worthy and sustainable future to the rural zones of the EU (80 % of the territory of the EU).#2.el Report *Mulder remembers in a considering the possibility of the *cofinanciación, that *nosotros have combated because it #would mean, in the long run, the disintegration of the *PAC and of the goals of the #Tratado.3.el Report *Graefe *zu *Baringdorf has not allowed to present a coherent mechanism of *reorientación and of fixation of maximum limits of the agricultural helps according to social and environmental criteria, and the own speaker, after the amendments approved in commission, probably do not recognise a text amended, so different of the #original.4.en what to the Report *Goepel on milk, #this guaranteed, of course, the maintenance of true *statu *quo , but established the possibility to suppress quotas #lecheras.en change, have voted in favour of the reports in the that the firm position of Parliament had taken to retreat significantly the *intransigencia or the *inadecuación of the proposals of the Commission: +Among so much, like the Assembly is to the so much, the main characteristic of the common position reached in the present managerial are fixation of a minimum tax of tax by vehicle to levels of the existent directive and without differentiation in accordance with *Euroclass, the maintenance of determined measures of transition on taxes of vehicles, the establishment of maximum types of taxes by utilisation of roads with a structure differentiated #such as it proposes it the Council, disposal of a #enabling power so that toll types #can differentiate according to broadcast class of vehicle and hour of utilisation day of road, disposal allocated to *Austria to apply toll in relation with the cost of infrastructure in tract that goes of *Kufstein to *Brenner and disposal of a 50 % of reduction of taxes by utilisation of roads for vehicles registered in #Grecia. +event like *Tampere, that woke up *tantas expectations, #can seem end in himself\/hisself same, but only is the beginning of a process. The Commission believes, nevertheless, that *Tampere transmitted the suitable message to audiences: to citizens, in the first place, that a subject *prioritario for his personal interests also wins importance among the political priorities of the Union; to the national administrations, that there #be not gone back backwards and that his own Bosses of Government have engaged to introduce improvements, included the institutional improvements of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, and to work as it is had to; to the world of delinquency, that the Union is *movilizando all potential to combat activities that are a threat for freedom and our welfare, and even for our democratic diets; and finally, to the external world, that an inwardly safe Union no means a Union fortress and that commitments with #that that need protection are holy. +Here find reports on directive resolution of the European Commission that imposes to States members that adopt the necessary measures so that telecommunication society notable in the market #can explode television network by wire through person juridical or on project of a wide project of #french law on society of information that, among things, wants to regulate the questions related with the free employment of keys, the reliability in data traffic, of the protection of author rights or the necessary instances of regulation; or also, on the last sentences of the European Court of Justice on the Human Rights, with the that they have refused 13 demands against *Turquía, #if well the Court in eleven of the thirteen cases followed to the *demandantes recognising rapes of the right of free expression of opinion. +Now well, of granting in granting, *nos find in day of today, in name of the logic of iron of the pact of budgetary stability, in the first place with estimates and some financial needs for reconstruction of *Kosovo that have dropped mysteriously of 500 millions of euros -enciphers advanced by the Commission, the World-wide Bank, States members and the media- to 420, afterwards to some 300 millions; second in front of a reduction of credits that had voted for *Timor oriental to the equal that for the victims of the earthquake of *Turquía, in *tercer place in front of cuts in credits assigned to cooperation, to help alimentary, to help to Palestinian and to the countries of the south of the Mediterranean, to program *Tacis bear *Europa of the East, to support to the human rights and finally, confronted to cuts of a total of some 2 *millardos for payment credits. +Like chamber point, the global figures also are, obviously, *indicativas of work made by the commissions and, in particular, by the speakers, and *yo wanted to appreciate, therefore, very sincerely in name of the Commission the report of Mr. *Virrankoski on budget projects for the European Parliament, the Council, the Court of Justice, the Court of Accounts, and the Social Economic Committee and the Committee of the Regions, the report of Mr. *Pittella on the project of operative budget of the European Community of Coal and of Steel, and also very especially the report of Mr. *Bourlanges. #This shows once again that it is an excellent speaker and teacher in the presentation of proposals very sophisticated "" . +On the other hand, the purpose manifested by the Commission -and that also is #worthy of *beneplácito- to elaborate annual reports on relations of the European Union with *Macao #would not have to dispense to the European Parliament to loan, to time, the greater attention to this subject, very in particular following regularly evolution from 20 December, tightening to #that *respecto information exchange and cooperation *interinstitucionales, creating his own group of contact, of mutual links, analysing and debating the periodic reports that *le present, appreciating, finally, the evolution of #all looks of the *coyuntura related with *Macao with seen to transformations of the international relations in Extreme Orient and of changes that announce in zone, without forgetting the new situations that it #can comport Chinese entrance in the *OMC and the evolution and\/or qualitative modification of relations with States Joined of *América. +Have to say, gentleman President, that have achieved a series of important goals in terrain: by part, Commission amended to himself\/hisself same, modifying his initial project, modifying even the title of the regulation in line that requested; and on the other hand, among the two readings have celebrated a series of meetings with the Presidency of the Council that, to trial, have been positive in measure in that we have been able to develop the criteria in relation with the application of program *PHARE, that is basic of face to the organisation and to the institutional reinforcement of these countries, to the inclusion of political criteria in relation with democracy and with the strengthening of the civil society, in a word, of face to the reinforcement of societies. +*B4-0461\/99 of deputies *Swoboda and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0473\/99 of deputies *Dupuis and #others, in name of Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-047\/99 of deputy *Manisco, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0480\/99 of deputy *Cars, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0496\/99 of deputies *Lenz, *Soulier and *Oomen-*Ruijten, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0502\/99 of deputies *Aglietta and #Orlando, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre death pity and the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of capital penalties; +Further of this resolution, will insist in four points: the maintenance of restrictions with regard to the circulation of heavy vehicles and harmonisation on the base of restrictions at present more extended; second, a more forceful action regarding the reduction of work hours and of driving of truck drivers; in *tercer place, the consolidation of a priority of the rail transport of freight in mountain zones and in risk zones; in chamber place, the need to undertake action decided with regard to cooperation of the rail societies to end to harmonise norms, materials and training of personnel. +. (*SV) In the plan of common action that the EU and #EE.UU. signed in *Madrid on 3 December 1995, signal under the title "Reaction in front of global threats" the increase of collaboration in the fight against the illicit trade with drugs, cooperation measures among the competent #american authorities and *Europol, collaboration to give support to drug program of the UN, the coordination of programs of alternative development to combat the preparation of *estupefacientes and channel creation of cooperation among community organs as, for example, the European Centre for Drug Control and *Toxicomanías and the #Inter-American Commission for control of *drogodependencias. +To finalise, gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, #if the European Commission wishes really contribute to development of the naval sector in *Europa, *le suffices with defending clearly the principle of the just trade during negotiations of the *OMC, leave to States members freedom to take part directly in this strategic sector to reorient technologically #some dockyards to segments of market with future, favour cooperation among companies to contribute to improve the global efficiency of each #one of dockyard types and, finally, in the frame of the common politics of fishing, adopt the decisions that are necessary to make possible a renewal controlled of fleet *pesquera, the *perpetuación of experience of dockyards and the vitality, gentleman President, of our dependent maritime regions of fishing. +After the wide internal debate celebrated in April of 1997, affirm in press conference the need to reform subsidy system, defence of a global approach, guaranteeing the maximum transparency and a greater control of #all costs, that, in case that #any of trip subsidies had to serve to compensate *algo, #would have to pay only trips sure enough facts and by the corresponding value to it that sure enough cost, consideration of distance and of transfer time by means of a *escalonamiento in stay subsidy with a new appropriate instrument; deputies to the European Parliament do not have to receive *emolumentos equal, but that they have to be in accordance with the situations *salariales of States members of origin of representatives chosen. +improvement of norms and of the financial organisation; -renewal of the upper levels of the parliamentary administration and introduction of new systems of promotion and of mobility to #all levels; -increase of the presence of women in direction places, although no still in proportion that to me *me had enjoyed can make; -regulation of transparency in the administrative decisions, to request of Defender of Village; -compilation and *clarificación of the existent norms so that, from now, deputies and civil servants know *cuales are rights and obligations, according to clear rules that avert the *arbitrismo or favour to friend.Also has achieved to resolve of satisfactory way the technical problems and of finance relative to buildings of *Bruselas, culminating like this obstinacy of my predecessors for endowing to facility deputies more functional and concentrated. +Gentleman President, take note and comprise sight point of the committee in his final considerations about that there #be not an only measure that #can treat the problem of mentality, but believe that a wide and clear strategy of reform, some effective mechanisms to reckon and insist *vigorosamente in the achievement of goals, the quality of the public service and the assessment of money, the vocational training in technicians and the ethical of the management, a promotion strictly *meritocrática, some just disciplinary procedures firm and reliable, the continuous emphasis in professionalism and #probity in school and in services #can *moldear mentality. +Parliament has taken a very clear position, since it has predicted that, before enlargement, have to make *obligatoriamente #some great institutional reforms #if we want to avert that *Europa convert only and exclusively in a big zone of *librecambio, prey of an extraordinary capacity of indecision by a regulation and by some obsolete internal rules. Has indicated likewise that no suffice the decisions on the vote by majority and the composition of the Commission to give a new impulse and a new strength to *Europa, but that it is necessary to take paths as, for example, the of the Letter of Fundamental Rights and of #some of things that had to join #all the big #european movement, logically, inside respect of nations, of feelings, of history, of tradition that consider very important. +How new answers contributes *usted to resistance thirst that, in front of career *desenfrenada by profitability is in #all *Europa, for example, in this same moment, in my country, to *través of the enormous movement of charm to workers of the group *Michelin that finishes to announce 7.500 suppressions of employment in *Europa, after having increased benefits in a 20 %?How new answers contribute *ustedes to those and to #that that expect that *Europa promote a real dynamics of alternatives to the globalisation of exclusion today in practice, already treat of employees, of peasants, of persons literate that argue the rules of the world-wide trade, or of two #guinean youngsters victims of the exodus of misfortune, without an international order that recognise to human being the right to life, to work and to the dignity? +Therefore, believe that -understanding totally even the narrow current mandate for the Conference in it that concerns to the review of the institutions as a result of the Treaty of *Amsterdam- it is necessary to tackle the necessary reform and in depth of our Court of Justice and of our Court of First Instance, reform of the nomination of judges -in the that Parliament has to have an important participation-, reform of competition cast among the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance, so that citizen #can have an idea *cabal and clear of #which is this #european justice that also is his direct justice, and reform, in end -and #that already is of chapter- of the *justiciabilidad of acts. +How thing #can mean the proposals that listen, and that in general are collected in the report, on changes in the votes of the Council, on change of number, or of competitions, of commissioners, on decrease of the popular representation in the *PE after the increase of the number of states of the EU, but the *reforzamiento of the position of the rich countries of the EU, the *reforzamiento of the position of companies *monopolistas, that in his majority have headquarters in countries, the attempt to minimise resistance of villages, or even of the countries, to the *antipopulares resolutions of the EU that affect or #can affect even to national interests? +That it reestablish peace to allow political negotiations and the immediate end of the military aggression to a sovereign State are not horizons of this majority that before prefers to justify intervention of NATO, the *servilismo of the EU and of States in front of the strategic interests Americans, the *inobservancia of order and the international rights and of the Letter of Nations Joined, before prefers to defend climbing of war and the approval of political orientations that they have to put by strength in risk solve negotiated and the resolution of the relative fundamental questions to the regional autonomies and his ethnic minorities. +Of course revaluation effort of the Union in group concerns also to responsibilities of the European Parliament and of the Council -and #this also go it to argue with the new Commission- #as well as to *usted, a political guide that convert to the Commission in a strong speaker with regard to the great open questions and of the that depends the evolution and identity of the Union, some political questions that *revisten a big institutional importance, as *recalcaba, for example, Mr. President *Martens to hour to tackle the subject of relation among the Institutions regarding the institutional reforms, key subject of the next years. +To #that *respecto, have to stand out the principle of the mutual recognition of the decisions and sentences, to the that has to contribute the adoption of definitions and common sanctions in #all States members against some criminal activities of character *transfronterizo, as, for example, in the spheres of delinquency organised, of the illicit traffic of drugs, of the traffic of human beings or of delinquency against boys; have to stand out equally the creation of network *EUROJUST, that is without place to doubts the beginning of the construction of a judicial component of the European Union that it was instrument of support and of control of action of *EUROPOL with seen to guarantee the inner security and also defence instrument of the rights of the #european citizens. +Considers the Council that statements like the effected by Minister #danish of External Subjects, Mr. *Petersen, the one who affirmed that the decision quoted transmits the correct message that democracy and reform wish obtain his *recompensa, express sight point of the EU and of the designated international community on respect of freedoms and the fundamental democratic values, and that decision of #blackmailer character of *Luxemburgo is a "message" that promotes democracy, pushing to village and his political representatives, by means of the *coacción, to follow practices *antidemocráticas with the end to survive, in place to guarantee the normal democratic operation of the institutions in the next elections? +Takes fault a complete review of politics of the European Union that include and confront: democratisation of the World-wide Organisation of Trade; support to the familiar model of agriculture; the necessary mechanisms for the *dignificación of workers of the *Tercer World, so that it do not prejudice his productive and commercial statute; the protection of the environment; diffusion of technology in the poorest countries; treatment of the international debt of the feeblest countries; the protection of the cultural diversity of the planet in front of the *superpotencia North American of show. +While this morning colleague put of self-evident the fact that the three institutions of the European Union managers to sign the budget were chaired by women and saw in this fact #one *figuración of it that it #can represent the *tercer #millenium for the consolidation of right equality and of opportunities man-woman, in *Afganistán see how the #taliban diet no only denies to woman -to millions of women- the exercise of his more elementary rights -like the rights to education, to health or to exert a profession-, no only diet exerts violence on *ella by the mere fact to be woman but that, with the negation of these rights, *le is also denying freedom to live his own life, *le is condition of person. +*B4-0466\/99 of deputies *Swoboda and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0469\/99 of deputies *Dupuis and #others, in name of Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0476\/99 of deputy Saws *González, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0483\/99 of deputy *Cars, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0492-*B4-0498\/99 of deputies *Oostlander and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0501\/99 of deputies *Aglietta and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre ratification of the Statute of the International Penal Court; +conflict, amply fed these two weeks, among Parliament and the Council, do not has to *hacernos forget #some essential questions: regarding help conceded to the region of *Kosovo, #can *sorprendernos the fact that help was not conditioned by the definite return to peace, it that, alas, do not occurs, as it remembers it a recent report of the *OSCE; regarding the amounts assigned, members of Budget Commission have assisted in the distinct commissions to a true dribble, since the institutions took *malabarismos with euro millions, without that nobody have taken really work to reckon the needs of the region, since #all said that *Kosovo #can not at present absorb amounts, equivalents to half of his *PNB. +*B4-0380\/99 of deputy *Pasty, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0381\/99 of deputies *Wijsenbeek and *Fassa, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0396\/99 of deputies *Florio and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0401\/99 of deputies *Simpson, *Cot and *Bontempi, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0406\/99 of deputies *Moreau and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0414\/99 of deputies *Leperre-*Verrier and *Dell'#Alba, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-0417\/99 of deputies *Cohn-*Bendit and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre accident in the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc. +1.Complaint and conviction of the most conclusive form the catastrophic bombardment to the studies of television in *Belgrado (22 April 1999).2.Expresses, *consternado, his weigh in front of the grave losses in human lives (ten dead persons and *decenas of injured) among workers of information.3.Considers that it treats of a barbaric hit against the fundamental human rights, against the right to freedom of word and of expression, to press freedom.4.Believes that it is inadmissible, in this case, any reference to bellicose «or» humanitarian «needs»!!!5.Asks to President that transmit the present resolution to the Council, to the governments of States members, to the Government of *Yugoslavia, to the International Union of Journalists and to NATO.- common Resolution - European Council of Colony +So that with the Presidency #finnish will progress the militarisation subordinated to NATO of the European Union, under the Presidency precisely of a country that do not belongs to NATO and that it was known up to now by his pacifist orientation; will renew the participation of the European Union, in breast of the new NATO, in similar crimes, or even worse, to the imperialist aggression to *Yugoslavia; will intensify the frontal aggression to workers, will increase unemployment and the *marginalización, will sharpen the social and territorial disequilibriums; will keep, *veinticinco years afterwards, occupation of the 40 % of *Chipre by diet #turkish with support of the European Union, #as well as genocide of village *kurdo, #whose fight is described of terrorist. +In front of *nosotros are the economic and social challenges arisen as a result of the introduction of coin only, the realisation of a deep reform of the Institutions and attribution of a concrete sense to the rights of citizens; from the point of external sight, a strategic gap of at least ten years that it is necessary to satisfy regarding the dramatic crisis of the *Balcanes, the resumption of a #mediterranean politics backed by the peace process that has restarted career, the dramatic crisis of *Rusia, defence of the human rights and of minorities of the world. +Gentleman President, since the controversial decision of government #turkish that debate constitutes a case more of fault of respect and of rape of the right of the sea by part of *Turquía after the known decision of the Big National Assembly Turkish to empower to government #turkish to consider «*casus *belli» and declare war to #Grecia in the case that #Grecia exerted his legitimate right to expand the #greek territorial waters in accordance with the convention of the UN that only *Turquía has denied to sign, ask to the Council #if it proposes to signal also this subject in request to *Ankara and in conversations that, during the imminent European Council of *Helsinki, will keep, on relations of the European Union with *Turquía and on the criteria that #this, as *nos has said Mr. Minister, will have to fulfil. +Although regulation proposal of the Commission began to negotiate before the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, in the Commission of Juridical Subjects -that approves in general regulation proposal, since it goes directed to delay disarmament of the *arbitrios #canarian and, therefore, has a protective function- think that after the entrance in vigour of article 299.2 it that proceeds is not a simple *suavización of limitation of the special treatment but paralyse the elimination of this special treatment because, predictably, in measures that have to propose the Commission for the regions *ultraperiféricas of compliance with said article 299.2, that foresees special measures in matter of fiscal politics, the Commission will allow predictably a small rearm so as to that the small local industries affected no result prejudiced. +Along months, of these last years, consider article 6 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam the reaffirmation of weight and of paper that in the European Union have the principles of freedom, of democracy, of respect of the human rights or, even, the constitution of the International Penal Court or the need that #all warn to give greater strength to article 7 of the Letter of the Organisation of Nations Joined with the object to be able to guarantee respect of the human rights preventing the exercise of the eventual humanitarian interferences to logics that are not linked pure and simply to respect of said rights: all #this *nos shows that they have made great progresses. +The first is the greater attention loaned to access, to work market after training process; the second is the field of technology of information, in the that it takes a big effort -to the that is not extraneous the imminent initiative of the Commission on society of information- for linking the problem of employment to computing; the third is the active paper of the local instances -in relation with the *cual urges and encourages to States members to that they recognise a greater specific weight to the municipal authorities-, and, of course, paper of the social agents. +Report (To5-0103\/1999) of Mr. *Colom *I Naval, in name of Budget Commission, on decision proposal of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the review of the financial perspectives *anejas to the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 6 May 1999 on the budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure (*SEC(1999)1647 - *C5-0322\/1999) and on decision proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (point 24 of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 6 May 1999 on the budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure) (*SEC(1999)1647 - *C5-0314\/1999) +Subject: Summit of River of *Janeiro Had account of impulse that the European Parliament from his institutional position has come giving to relations among the European Union and the countries of *América Latin, the increase of the main budgetary lines of cooperation with the region that the European Parliament has come approving in the last years, the presence that the European Parliament has come keeping in the Formal and Informal Summits of State Bosses and of Government of the European Union #as well as participation in the meetings of the Ministerial Conferences of Saint #José and of River Group, +#Some examples: *España follows vetoing the creation of the indispensable anonymous societies #european, Realm Joined protects put of work in *Londres and denies to accept the fiscal harmonisation, not even regarding tax on capitals, *Francia prefers to attend to the community courts before that liberalise his electrical market of form that establishes rule of the Union, Chancellor #german *infringe #all the rules of the market economy and saves construction company in failure to harvest political laurels in country, war of meat of *vacuno against *Inglaterra prolongs, *rebasando the necessary limits from the point of sanitary sight. +The most significant innovations that we want to introduce are the following: the attentive consideration of the consequences of the *morosidad in payments of the perishable alimentary products; recognition of the right to demand the *resarcimiento of the derivative costs of the collection of credit; reservation clause of command in favour of the seller; certainty that an executive title #can be taken effective in term of 60 days from the date in that creditor formulate demand; finally, the greater transparency in relation among the administration *adjudicadora and contractor, #as well as in outsourcing relation. +*B4-0459\/99 of deputies Mr. *Newens and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0467\/99 of deputies *Maes and *Dupuis, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-0470\/99 of deputies Mr. *Pasty and #others, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0474\/99 of deputies #Miranda and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0478\/99 of deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0494\/99 of deputies *Cunha and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0510\/99 of deputies *Hautala and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre the situation in *Timor Oriental. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0023\/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [$^8076$/^1$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0024$/^1999$ - ^1996$/^0130$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the decision of relative base to program #Socrates with the end to include to *Turquía among the *beneficiarios; and the common position of the Council [$^8077$/^1$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0025$/^1999$ - ^1996$/^0131$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the decision of relative base to Program "Youth with *Europa" (third stage) with the end to include to *Turquía among the countries *beneficiarios (Speaker: Mr. *Gargani) +Have to remember in brief that in the group presented by the Commission the past year appeared in the first place amendment to the whole of the directive of 1993, on the that *versa the report of Mrs. *Smet, a directive on transport by road that, lamentably, is totally blocked in Transport Council in this moment, as have understood; the third, a directive of application of the agreement among the social speakers on sea persons, was approved in form of directive in June of this year, by it that element already is dismissed, and, finally, the proposal of the that go to talk today, a directive on the application of the labour day on board of fuselages that take scale in ports of the Community. +More specifically, regarding the #french legislation -to the that Mr. *Rothley has taken reference- #such as it was drafted in moment of sentence of 10 January 1995 dictated in the procedure *nº 229\/93 *Leclerc "*Au *blé *vert" , the Court of Justice declared that, in the field of a national legislation that establishes a diet of fixed price of book, are measured of equivalent effect to restrictions to import, forbidden by article 28 (ancient article 30) of the Treaty, norms "that, with regard to the sale of books published in #the same Been member affected and *reimportados, previous export to another Been member, force to observe sale price imposed by editor, unless no exist founded reasons to consider that said books were exported with the only purpose of his *reimportación allocated to evade said law" . +*B4-0463\/99 of deputies *Berès and *Vecchi, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0468\/99 of deputies *Pradier and *Hory, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0477\/99 of deputy *Wurtz, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0482\/99 of deputy *Fassa, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0497\/99 of deputy *Lehideux, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0504\/99 of deputies *Telkämper and *Aelvoet, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre the situation of the human rights in *Djibuti; +In effect, is necessary the abolition of the internal borders protecting security of citizens, harmonisation regarding admission and circulation of citizens of third countries inside the European Union, creating immigration politics and of asylum more uniform and *solidaria, coordination of prevention actions and the fight against delinquency and, in particular, delinquency organised (especially, terrorism, the traffic of human beings, offences against boys, drug traffic and arms, corruption and fraud) and, finally, the guarantee in the #european level of the rights and fundamental freedoms. +The Commission recommends with taste commitment amendments presented by the speaker, Mrs. *Jöns, relative to: add to article 1 the social integration in work market, to know, the amendment 1; the new formulation of the *tercer system of social economy in article 2, to know, the amendment 8; the importance that so much the Commission like Parliament consider that it has to attribute to the principles of equality of opportunities and of adaptability, to know the amendment 9; and the best conditions that proposes Parliament for the granting of small helps with disposals of special access for the no governmental organisations, to know the amendment 10. +*B4-0460\/99 of deputies *Colajanni and *Swoboda, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0479\/99 of deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0486\/99 of deputy *Pasty, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0488\/99 of deputies *Wurtz and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0495\/99 of deputies *von *Habsburg and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0503\/99 of deputies *Gahrton and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre the peace process in the Orient Next and term of 4 May 1999. +Without embargo, *yo have the *convencimiento that event occurred in *Europa finished for giving the last impulse to the Government of Of *Klerk, constituted to finals of 1989, and *le allowed to gather the necessary value to open the doors to a radical change of the system and with *ello to his own disappearance. The fall of the wall of *Berlín, as last visible symbol of the end of a system, in #whose name had not defended precisely freedom and democracy in the *África *Austral, finished with the subjective perception of the *surafricanos white that #if they celebrated some democratic elections of compliance with the principle "*one *man, *one vote, eleven to vote " (man, vote, an only vote) #would finish living time in a system *monopartidista, and also in an economy *estatalizada, fruit of expropriation. +For example, enlargement of the Council "General Subjects" to defence ministers, formula already experienced the past Monday; the set up of a permanent political organ, the "*COPS" , commissioned to follow #all the relative questions to the external politics and of common security, included the relative to defence; the set up of a military committee; the creation of strength of fast intervention of some 50.000 men, etc., etc.; and do not forget that the Presidency #finnish has conceded importance to the improvement of the no military means of security, mainly to preventive title. +Have wanted that boss or *subjefe of cabinet was citizen of a distinct State of State of Commissioner and that in cabinet have persons of three States different members like minimum; the rules to appoint to the high civil servants will be more strict and transparent and inside the Commission will increase mobility of the high civil servants; the General Directions of the Commission will identify with brief and clear denominations, instead of with numbers; will create a stronger service in the sector of means and of the communication to guarantee that politics of the Commission take public with professionalism, so as to get to #all the #european citizens. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0033\/1999) of Mr. *Harbour in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market on the common position of the Council ((8697\/1\/1999 - *C5-0031\/1999 - 1998\/0071 (*COD)) relative to directive proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive of the Council 70\/221\/*CEE of the relative Council to approximation of legislations of States members on the deposits of liquid fuel and devices of rear protection of vehicles to engine and of trailers. +Second, is equally desirable and urgent the voluntary participation of workers in capital of company, so much as it indicates it the speaker in amendment 12 to the guidelines for employment, and *ello by two reasons. In the first place, by reasons funded relative to the need to improve the endowment of own capital of companies to resist to the *imposiciones of the great bottoms of investment and protect employment, but also by a human reason that resides in the evolution of work places with future, the *cuales that demand training level increasingly high and a personal commitment that only #can take advantage of and boost intelligently by means of the participation. +In the first place appears the concept of public health that have interpreted of wide form of compliance with the definition of the World-wide Organisation of Health -health is a state of physical welfare, mental and social total- in line, therefore, also with the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice, #as well as the same concept of violence that covers looks quoted: violence no only is rape of the psychic and physical integrity of the that the suffer, but that constitutes a grave social damage that prejudices, cost redundancy, to #all, is to say, to the victim, the aggressors and citizens. +Of way more general, do not believes the Commission -seen crisis situations and the increasing threat that represent the numerous diets *antidemocráticos present in this region of the world- that development of a strategic relation, political, economic and cultural among the EU and Indian -the most populated democracy of the world- #would allow to join, of significant and exemplary way, in an alone political, the will to establish political and economic relations privileged with the countries governed by the principles and the rules of democracy and of Right State, #as well as economic and commercial interests very understood? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, results *reconfortante that in a so important negotiation like the of the World-wide Organisation of Trade the fifteen States members have adopted a common position to establish, in the field of agriculture, game rules stable that allow a loyal competition in the world-wide stage and confront with clarity the challenges of the new #millenium, since they have taken like central base the positions adopted in day in diary of the agriculture agreement of the Round *Uruguay and in Diary 2000 of *Berlín, #as well as the maintenance *multifuncional of agriculture. +In relation with libraries and the promotion of democracy and culture, the Council leaves proof that in article 151 of the Treaty of the Union indicates that the community efforts to boost the cultural development in States members, respecting his national and regional diversity, have to orient to boost collaboration among States members and, #if it is necessary, support and complete activities -in the first place- to improve and spread knowledges on history and culture of the #european villages -second- to conserve and protect the *acervo cultural that have meant for *Europa -in *tercer place- for cultural exchange no commercial and -in chamber place- for the artistic and literary creation, included the audiovisual sector. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the recommendation (To5-0023\/1999) for the *segunda reading, in name of the Commission of Culture, Education, Media and Sport, on decision proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council (8076\/1\/1999 - *C5-0024\/1999 - 1996\/0130(*COD)), by the that modifies the Directive of relative base to program #Socrates with the end to include to *Turquía among the countries *beneficiarios, and on decision proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council (8077\/1\/1999 - *C5-0025\/1999 - 1996\/0131(*COD)), by the that modifies the Decision of relative base to program Youth with *Europa *III with the end to include to *Turquía among the countries *beneficiarios (Speaker: Mr. *Gargani). +And is it because, although *Turquía is a country that has shown #any difficulty in terrain - *le confess, gentleman President, that in the commission has listened echo of this problematic, of this difficulty to hour to accept this idea in the #european field, in the *Europa so opened to culture, as they have reiterated along #all the afternoon the distinct orators in speeches on the four measures that, in mood, are interrelated - believe that this decision will carry to describe to *Europa in whole like a group of States that watches to the new countries of open way and with big dignity and offers great possibilities of development from sight point of freedom and of culture. +In fact, in 1994 the report commissioned by the European Commission in the that it examined #all this sector of the auxiliary doctors and in period of training put of relief seven looks that require the adoption of immediate measures: the excessive labour day in #some countries; the question of policemen; fixation of turns little realistic; prolonged periods of permanent service; distribution of services among the auxiliary doctors and the upper doctors; the no official pressures that suffer doctors in period of training; the vulnerability of rest periods in front of pressure of the necessary service. +Lady deputy, although the Council -say it very on purpose to the principle- concedes really a big importance to measures for the promotion of equality of opportunities among men and women and to the concrete application of the corresponding disposals of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, it that it is applicable to #all the organisations, institutions and corporations that know in *Europa, from the European Parliament until the Commission and also to Council, lamentably, have to *indicarle that roots exclusively in the field of responsibilities of the States members propose to members of the European Commission of compliance with disposals of the Treaties and that the distribution of tasks inside the Commission is, by it other, an internal subject of the Commission. +Have to react it before possible, especially by what know substances that exhaust ozone coat: the *hidroclorofluorocarburos (*HCFC), used mainly in facilities of refrigerated and of air conditioned, as dissolvent and for plastic production *esponjados of isolation; methyl bromide, allocated mainly to fumigation of crop earths to combat the harmful animals and illnesses of plants, classified by the WHO in the category of substances "highly poisonous" ; chlorofluorocarbons (*CFC), used in refrigeration systems and used before in plastic manufacture *esponjados, of dissolvent and like gases *propelentes for aerosols; the *halones use to combat fires, in particular in areas #where fire extinction is subjected to hard controls of quality (specifically in planes), and in products of replacement no dangerous. +Subject: Content of the informal Council of Ministers of External Subjects of the EU According to #news published in the press, immediately after kidnapping of *Ocalan by secret services and in circumstances of reservation without precedents, celebrated near of the #german capital an informal extraordinary meeting of Subject Ministers External of the EU, with the participation of his homologous Swiss, that had by object coordinate action directed to dismantle the logistical infrastructure of the PKK, establish codes of cooperation and mutual information among the secret services and «face up» to communication network of the *kurdos in *Europa, #whose main elements are television channel *MED-TV and diary *Özgür *Politika. +*B4-0383\/99 of deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0395\/99 of deputies *Maij-*Weggen and *Oomen-*Ruijten, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0397\/99 of deputies Muds *Moura and *Marinho, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0405\/99 of deputies #Miranda and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0413\/99 of deputies *Dupuis and *Maes, in name of the Group of Radical Coalition European-*B4-0415\/99 of deputies *Hautala, *Telkämper and *McKenna, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre the situation in Indonesian and in *Timor Oriental. +Had account that the Report #Adam on the nuclear security approved in the past month of March by Plenary, asked, among things, that limited reactor employment *RBMK, #as well as of construction reactors #soviet *VVER that now the #czech authorities have foreseen to use in *Temelin, subscribe the conclusions presented by the spokesman of delegation of national Alliance and speaker for opinion, that have served like corollary to the Report #Adam; to know: first, security is the fundamental element of the strategy of *preadhesión; second, has to reinforce the international rule in matter of systems of security; third, control on the application of said normative has to entrust to an independent organism. +States members agree in that it is necessary to avert contradictions among the Convention project and among performance guidelines elaborated by the Union, as they are, for example, measures of common action adopted on 3 December 1998 regarding money bleaching, recognition of the instruments and benefits of offences, methods of persecution, bottom freezing and embargo sentences and expropriation, and also measures adopted on 21 December 1998 on the *involucración of the authorities in the criminal activities. +More intense has to be #ours worry in front of the attempts to avert and to substitute Gin convention, that is the basic source of International Right by the that govern refugees, with the approval of a "diet of provisional protection", and also in front of considerations on the modification of the Agreement of *Dublín on asylum, on hardening of legislation relative to processing procedure of asylum requests, and on the most effective application "" of the procedures to move away to persons #whose requests of residence are refused +#This is reason by the *cual the Commission of Public Freedoms proposed that, from now, in the field of asylum politics and of immigration have two budgetary instruments: the first, a #european bottom for refugees allocated to fund of a structural way the necessary measures for the received, integration and the voluntary repatriation of refugees in case of a normal flow; and the second, #one *segunda budgetary line to allow the adoption of measures of emergency in case of massive influx of refugees. +Gentleman President, commitment of the European Union, confirmed in the Report *Schwaiger, in favour of the creation of a permanent forum of work among the International Organisation of Work and the World-wide Organisation of Trade to treat of the subjects related with trade, globalisation and work is the only road to accompany liberalisation of trade and exchanges in general to respect to the fundamental rights of work, without dropping in the selfish protectionism and *hipócrita or in the disloyal competition and *autodestructiva. +Is necessary that Parliament say, before that the Council decide the creation of organ commissioned to draft Letter project, that #can not accept a number of representatives of the European Parliament inferior to the of the representatives of Government bosses of States members and that ask an attentive query before deciding #if the essential contribution of the national parliaments has to guarantee through the participation of a true number of representatives in the planned organ or through other more effective channels. +The 25 September the military administration gave beginning to expropriation of #palestinian earths pertaining to 79 villages in the zone of the Green Line, earths cultivated and inhabited, to the equal that in the adjacent village to *Hebrón; in *Jerusalén This to women and men *les withdraw identity documents to reduce presence, through operation that Centre of Rights Human #israeli has designated silent deportation; remains without resolving drama of the #palestinian refugees. +Has foreseen the Council keep decision on the review and request to the Commission that guarantee that airports in Goal zones *nº 1 and zones of Goal *nº 1 in transition do not see prejudiced by the loss of income like result of the suspension of the free sales of taxes, it that inevitably will conduct to a rise of prices for consumers, the loss of benefits for the aerial lines, companies of maritime transport, ports and airports, and that encloses a threat for employment in the sectors and the small companies that supplied products to the free shops of taxes? +Think, without embargo, that in the following questions #can not coincide with Parliament: fusion of the humanitarian help and of assistance to reconstruction in an only organism, separation of income of the Agency of credits assigned to programs, exclusion of the contributions of sources of the budget of the Agency, the approval of endowment of personnel by part of the budgetary Authority and a report on the possible settlement of the Agency to cape of 24 months. +To the transmit of the most forceful mood demand of the pacifist movement all over the world, demand immediate concrete initiatives directed to the destruction of the nuclear arms and of #all arms of massive destruction, the definite general prohibition of the nuclear proofs, the prohibition to install nuclear arms further of borders of the countries that the possess, in accordance with the Treaty of No Nuclear Proliferation, the withdrawal of the nuclear arms installed or stored in countries and the prohibition to export nuclear waste. +Also therefore has the greater sense and *reviste the greater political opportunity the adoption of a clear position, able to express the aspirations founded and commitment of villages of the Union concerning the future of the special administrative region of *Macao in the political frame of Chinese and of relations of *Europa with both in matter of defence and promotion of the human rights, of the values of right State and of the specific juridical frame applied to the region in virtue of his new statute and of the principle "a country, two systems" . +since respect of the human rights constitutes an essential element of cooperation and of development among the European Union and the Republic of *Djibouti, ask, inside respect of these principles, the release of #all the political prisoners, access to the medical assistance of #all arrested persons -and especially the urgent provision of medical assistance to Mr. #Mohamed *Kadamiousouf, loomed of blindness-, that guarantee freedom of expression and the political pluralism, indispensable for democracy, #as well as the cessation of repression against the opposition. +To4-0119\/99 of Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín, in name of Request Commission, on the relative annual report to activities of Defender of the European Village during the year 1998 (*C4-0138\/99); -To4-0117\/99 of Mr. *Newman, in name of Request Commission, on the deliberations of Request Commission during the parliamentary year 1998-1999.Before going in in this conjoint debate, Defender of the European Village, to the *cual *le give once again the welcome to Parliament, will expose activity report and his special report. +Equally, by emphasis that puts in the fight against unemployment.-Third, on chapter that refers to the own resources, express my satisfaction by the adoption of a juster system that favours to the less developed countries, but without omitting that posture is the that it takes lacking to change the system of the own resources to end to increase, sure, the community budget, and like this can answer to the needs and fulfil the ambitious goals that has marked the European Union.-Finally, wanted to congratulate to those that have contributed to this historical agreement of *Berlín, especially to Mrs. Commissioner, Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies, by efforts, and also to Gentlemen colleagues by his valuable interventions. +The regions in industrial and rural decline (before Objective 2 and 5*b) will see as it reduces finance quota with regard to the period of previous programming, with a maximum limit of reduction guaranteed of the 33 % of the population affected; to said percentage, without embargo, will add the corresponding to the inclusion of the zones that will go out of the Goal 2 it that will prejudice *ulteriormente to said regions; without having the case of *Abruzos -the only region that went out of the Goal 1 before the end of the current period of programming- that, in *vilo among the transitory help and the inclusion in the Goal 2, runs the risk of not finding place that *le corresponds in the frame of this reform. +#This is it that asked the European Parliament in resolution approved the past 11 March, in the that considered substantial -recognising the fundamental right of the #palestinian population to found his own State- that the *garantes international of the Agreements of *Oslo reaffirmed solemnly commitment to fulfil #all the goals of the peace process ensuring like this to the Palestinian National Authority the necessary backrest to justify enlargement of application period of the provisional agreement further of the date of 4 May 1999. +In chapter of the conclusions of the Council that treats the nuclear security in the context of enlargement of the European Union, underlines that in the case of countries that use types of reactors, #whose modernisation to fulfil with security norms accepted internationally result more expensive of it reasonable, the energetic strategies have to contemplate the suppression of reactors in the shortest term possible, the *cual will be agreed with country candidate to adhesion taking into account needs and fulfilling the requirements of management agreements of the nuclear security. +In *primer term, regarding death pity, #would wish to say some words no already on bottom of the question, that His *Señorías treat in resolution project, and that, obviously, has the agreement of the Commission regarding the position adopted on death pity - believe that #this do not deserves wide comments; agree in point -, but on a concrete point, that has mentioned during discussion, is to say, subject relative to the resolution project on death pity, that the Union had presented in front of the 3ª commission of the General Assembly of Nations Joined. +To4-0242\/99 of Mr. #Spencer, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, on paper of the European Union in the world: Application of the external politics and of common security in 1998-To4-0219\/99 of Mr. #Spencer, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, that contains recommendation proposal of the European Parliament to the Council on the common strategy to the Federation of *Rusia-and of the statement of the Council on the nomination of the High Representative for the External Politics and of Common Security. +*Nos moved the interest to contribute to the construction of an international community *asentada on the democratic principles, right State and the full respect to the human rights; the interest to reaffirm in the international debate that is possible to conclude bilateral commercial agreements compatible with the World-wide Organisation of Trade; the interest of *dinamizar our economies and, therefore, to promote growth of the world-wide trade; and, finally, the interest to consolidate our respective presences in geographic zones that need mutually. +Having #this in account, is the #willing Commission to tackle actions of help to the #serbian civil population in fields so important like the environment or education - think specifically in the increasing environmental threat *ocasionada by the bad state of debuggers, refineries and the chemical factories, for example in *Novi *Sad and *Pancevo; or in the possibility to allow that students have access to the foreign universities and to contacts, breaking with isolation situation that conviction to a future without hope and contributes to brain escape that in at all benefits to the country? +Gentleman President, as it says in the introduction of the report of the Commission on communication project to the Council and to the European Parliament, in the public opinion European exists today, by luck, an every time greater worry and give the consequent debates on the repercussions of the commercial liberalisation in employment, in distribution of wealth, in development, in the environment, in health and in the protection of consumers and in the cultural diversity, #as well as in the increase of the *marginalización of the poor countries. +Gentleman President, in the first place want to congratulate to the speaker by report and want to also give the thanks to members of the Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects, as work has not developed really in optimum conditions and, in consequence, want to give the thanks to the administration by support, as the subject is important and, in spite of the increase continued of the figures of unemployed, to mood to see and to the eyes of the Commission unemployment and employment politics, in general, do not have still rank that deserve to have here among *nosotros, in the European Parliament, and in the #european plane. +These amendments have relation, in the first place, with the necessary reference to the notion of physical and emotional integrity of person #as well as to the of dignity, of mood that exert a physical violence, sexual or psychological is to deprive to person of his human rights, second, the definition of «public health» #such as the conceives the WHO, is to say, no only like the absence of illness or injury, but like a state of physical welfare, mental and social, collects in the report; in *tercer place, has signalled stimulus that has to contribute to the organisations and associations in general, that work in this sector. +But wanted to know -already is a question, sure enough, recurrent because the presented to the representative of the Presidency in exercise in the Conference of Presidents of Delegation- #if the Presidency #german supports, as it seems to give off of the sense of it that has manifested this morning the own Chancellor *Schröder on *le paper that has to correspond to Parliament in the process of #european integration, that Parliament take part -as it takes part already in the ministerial Conferences of River and of the Group of Saint #José- and #if, as it is logical, goes to have an active presence, since the subject is not *desdeñable and #can not say that in this Summit do not go to take budgetary decisions that affect or #can affect to competitions of Parliament. +In the report of Mr. Ram *González indicate a series of areas *prioritarias in the that the Czech Republic #would have to reinforce measures of *preadhesión, as, for example, adaptation of legislation to the *acervo in general, but also reform of the administrative device of State, reform of the administration of justice, privatisation of the state banks, politics on subventions of State, the protection of the environment and a greater integration -also was signalled with reason by Mr. *González- of minority blunt. +Shortly will begin the commercial negotiations in the frame of the Round of #Millenium and demand that the Commission assume a firm position and determined, #this is, that defend, in the field of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the supremacy of the social rights, of defence of the environment, of the protection of the agricultural model European and of consumer regarding the world-wide trade; that have value to go back to propose triangulation regarding helps to the countries in roads of development. +By the contrary signal the path of the creation of a new institutional frame that guarantee freedom, security and justice in the European Union; an institutional frame that, to time advance in the proposal of concrete politics on a series of delicate subjects, as they are -already the have quoted- the enormous problem of immigration, the enormous problem of asylum, on the that have alas experiences that show that we need a new conception, and the enormous problem of criminality; in end, create, and to nobody *le escapes, that the list is quite long. +*Cuando *nos manifest from Parliament in favour of a review limited of the Financial Perspectives in the context of a public debate that turns around the *saneamiento of the Budget and to the adoption of measures of saving, take it with the calm consciousness, since in the last years always have shown that Parliament was able to assume, on the one hand, responsibility to establish the necessary priorities in the field of the #european politics and to take it, by the #another side, in the frame of effort to promote a budgetary procedure more transparent and effective +Talking of the report that *nos occupies, *me #would enjoy to signal that fishing Agreement with *Angola supposes a continuation of politics *pesquera common of the European Union regarding the international agreements of fishing, that contribute to consolidate #one of the *pilares fundamental of said political, #such as it was signalled in this Assembly in the report of Mr. *Crampton, in the previous term of office, in the that it said that these agreements were a fundamental condition to try reduce the commercial deficit in the European Union in matter of fishing, in procurement *pesquero, and for *salvaguardar the direct and indirect employment in fishing and in industries of the sector in #european regions very dependent of fishing. +This regulation is signal of creative improvement of the community juridical order and means the birth of a new group of common norms, norms apt for *tutelar the civil relations of the #european citizens transforming a #european space fractionated, regarding the *tutela of rights and the *imposición of duties, in a more organised space and structured in the that it already is possible to each #one of citizens exert no only his national right, but also a common right European applicable to families in part of the territory of the Union that do not invoke exception to #that *respecto. +#would Have to analyse the repercussions of liberalisation on investment, competition norms, the unfair subventions, the labour conditions mentally handicapped persons, the protection of the environment, the rights of intellectual property, the facilitation of trade, the public agreements, a better access to the agricultural markets, a better access to the commercial markets, included services, the protection of consumer and capacity generation. +Lady Speaker, have passed 18 weeks since the European Commission ordered the lifting of the embargo on meat of *vacuno #british; 18 weeks during the *cuales *Francia and *Alemania have resorted to evasive, committing a flagrant contempt to the law; 18 weeks during the *cuales the #naïve attempts of *apaciguamiento of the Commission and of the unlucky #british Government have been refused in some circumstances that have humiliated deeply to #both; 18 weeks during the *cuales meat producers of *vacuno British follow suffering catastrophic losses, aggravated by the titanic efforts of the #french Government to discredit to international level the good name of meat of *vacuno #british. +#If the European Parliament has helped to reinforce consciousness, no only thanks to Mr. *Dupuis, that has commissioned to request systematically the inclusion of death pity in the agenda, but also thanks to that Parliament no has tired of calling an and time attention on #all a series of important facts, maybe have contributed a bit to improve the situation of the human rights. +To reestablish peace takes fault a clear strategy, on a long-term basis, based in reconstruction, reconciliation and approach: reconstruction to repair damages of war; reconciliation of #all parts involved, included village #serbian; approach of this region to the European Union, including the perspective of a future belonging to the European Union for #all the countries of the region, #if and *cuando show apt from the point of sight political and economic. +The publication of forecasts, the possibility to have access to records of the meetings and a global report of the economic evolution of States members are elements that #would contribute -as it has manifested the Commission of Economic Subjects through intervention of speaker, Mrs. *Randzio-*Plath, and collects in the report of Mr. *Huhne- to consolidate the level of internal and international acceptance and, of course, of transparency, no only in front of the public opinion but also in front of experts in monetary subjects. +Considers the Presidency #finnish that among the basic requirements to recognise to *Turquía like country candidate to adhesion to the European Union explain, at least, the cancellation of his requirement of international recognition of State *turcochipriota" in territory busy of the Republic of *Chipre with seen to that initiate dialogue among the two communities, consent to solution research for the *litigios *grecoturcos on the base of the international Right and institutions #as well as the start of conversations on the democratic and cultural rights of the *kurdos? +#One of the most important things that have to ask is that it remit this file to Mr. #Solana; said file #can not be more in hands of Presidencies, that, as we know, change each six months; need a constant speaker that #can, under authority, organise works of the different delegations of States members in New *York, so that the next year have a totally coherent position. *Ello *nos #would avert this really tragic position, that, on the other hand, has posed difficulties to countries third fellow of the European Union, beginning by *Méjico, that had engaged vigorously in defence of transaction position perfectly acceptable. +take It in #day of the European Council of *Helsinki in the *cual goes to decide the possible candidature of *Turquía to the European Union and are it in a context in the that have seen that the Supreme Court of *Turquía has confirmed conviction to pity of death of Mr. *Abdalá *Ocalan, to the that has followed suspension appeal by part of the European Court of Human Rights and a statement of the #turkish authorities, by mouth of prime minister Mr. *Ecevit, in the that self-evident that prefers that it fulfil the *iter judicial, included resource of the pleaded defenders, before taking public the position of the Government and before subjecting to parliament the subject. +The suppression of article 5, the attempt of the Commission to create new suspensions *arancelarias to products so sensitive like tuna loins, creation request of laboratories of reference, the inclusion of aquaculture, the improvement of the relative regulation to information to consumers in the commercial labels of products *pesqueros, the percentages of the compensatory payments of tuna, the *flexibilización of the withdrawals are, in end, by not quoting at all more that #some examples, improvements very important introduced in the Report *Fraga, by it that congratulate to the speaker once again. +Very to weigh our, therefore, have to adapt our ancient hopes to the current needs and the only solution seems to be the that it #can engage in a new type of pact, in the field of the Union and before it expand to new members, to the countries that have interest by an external politics and of common defence and by common laws that guarantee the fight against delinquency organised, drug, the uncontrolled immigration, some countries that want to go back to have of his common right to struggle against rapes of the human rights and to take part actively against of barbarisms and the holocausts. +*Eso is really it that try to take and, in fact, call to this European Parliament, in the that have the honour of *encontrarnos, to vote morning by big majority the text that subject, and call to the Commission to value in his real dimension the text that go to *dirigirle, but, especially, call to the Council to warn that we #can not proclaim in #all the forums that are by the right, #can not proclaim in #all the forums sensitivity to work places that have to create , #can not proclaim in #all the forums that small and medium enterprises constitute the vertebral column of the economy, and *negarnos, on the other hand, to vote and to adopt the thesis of this European Parliament. +The consistent practice in developing effective negotiations and without difficulties about the reports of Defender of the European Village in the European Parliament has remained now established of suitable and official form, harmonising the Regulation of Parliament with the Statute of Defender of the European Village and prescribing on purpose that the competent parliamentary commission -Request Commission- occupy of the annual report of Defender of the European Village and of the special reports that #can present. +To4-0222\/99 of Mr. *Fourçans in name of the Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary and Industrial Politics on the recommendation of the relative Commission to the great orientations of the economic politics of States members and of the Community, elaborated according to paragraph 2 of article 103 of the Treaty of the European Community (*COM(99)0143 *C4-0208\/99) and-To4-0239\/99 of Mr. *Menrad in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects on the contribution of the European Parliament on the European Pact for Employment. +Gentleman President proposed, hit will measure by aptitude to return to the Commission paper that parents founders of the European Union *le assigned, to know, the of an independent organ that has the mission to find the greater common denominator -and no minor- so that it advance the #european unification only in those fields in that it is necessary and indispensable, and *ello respecting faithfully the institutional balances, corresponding decision power to the Council and to the European Parliament, the only politically responsible before the #european citizens. +With approximation of the elections fixed for 7 June, with approximation also of a crucial stage of negotiations, with the *égida of Nations Joined, among the #indonesian Government and the #portuguese Government on the future of *Timor Oriental, are attacks already was against the *comitiva of *D. *Ximenes *Belo, Prize *Nobel of Peace, or against civilians that found praying in church, attacks to #all a population that is by a period of big panic, because they proliferate military brigades that no the defend, but that the attack, in moment in that *Xanana *Gusmãor still has not recovered the complete freedom, thing that have come demanding here, in the European Parliament, repeated times. +program that has converted the fight against the acts of violence *perpetrados in homes, with maltreatments and the sexual abuse of boys and of spouse, and the *perpetrados in the daily life, with rape, the sexual aggressions, bullying, intimidation in place of work, #etcetera, in a true battle of values and of civilisation; program that, to tenor of the truth, do not foresees simple solutions, since it contemplates numerous factors that *interactúan among himself\/hisself: education, style, questions of economic independence and of employment, juridical and judicial systems, services of assistance in favour of the victims, sanitary questions. +It that no longer want to is a feeble Commission, politically non-existent, unable to control and to manage bureaucracy, in the that Commissioners transform in *pastorcillos that follow to herd and in the that even #some civil servants, as #if they were directors of an agency a so much peculiar, show like true tyrants of office imposing will and wishes to commissioners, manifesting #this, on the other hand ignorance and *desinterés in the matter, even *cuando treats to execute amendment to the community budget voted by the #european Parliament, that do not poses any budgetary difficulty, no more of course that any problem of legal base to hour of the execution. +No only to follow *desregulando the world-wide trade, but to have of instruments with that struggle against fraud and the disloyal commercial practices and to guarantee reciprocity in fulfillment of norms that govern the international trade, to achieve simplification and generalisation of the procedures *aduaneros under the direction of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, to take, in a word, that the opening of the markets constitute an authentic opportunity, thanks to the *cual create occupation and contribute to the welfare of citizens of the European Union. +In *Seattle, simultaneously to meeting of the governments, will gather thousands of organisations no governmental, thousands of men and women of the civil society that ask with strength that the World-wide Organisation of Trade do not convert in #one of the headquarters of government world-wide, based in growth and the supremacy of the *librecambismo wilder, that do not takes into account the increase of poverty of the populations of the less industrialised countries and feebler, the destruction of the environment, defence of the natural resources and humans neither differences and diversities of country, in name of globalisation that continues generating wealth for #one #few and poverty for #many. +Likewise, ascertain, also by #news of this week, that is to this *respecto a clear approach, that self-evident in recognition of the national systems of fixed price and in rule #inspired in the #french Right; ascertain also, gentleman Commissioner *Monti, that *usted is had to *sopesar the cultural looks of the question, that from the Treaty of *Maastricht form part of the Treaty *CE, with article 85 of the Treaty *CE, the *cual *le imposes to *usted, in quality of Commissioner of Competition, watch by equality of competitive conditions and contribute to that consumers do not remain *relegados in these relative questions to competition. +As well, is very grave that the last act of Parliament was the vote of a text that says *algo that it is false, or was, affirms -from instance, repeat, of the that expects respect of the *rule *of *law - that *nosotros, after having returned to commission, #this is, refused the proposal of Mr. *Elles, speaker on the approval of the management of 1996, or was, the proposal to concede the approval of the management to the Commission -whereas it that in reality wanted to say was that the European Parliament did not approve the management- that *nosotros, repeat, after having refused this proposal, have gone to commission and today vote a text that says exactly lie. +Also wanted to that the space of freedom, security and justice tended to go up level of the guarantees for #all -so much for citizens of the Union as for citizens no community- and that no *nos limited to enumerate the formal guarantees, but that thought in developing the fundamental guarantees like the of work, the social security, the personal freedom, equality among men and women and #a lot of more, for the time being, sacrificed in the altar of competition: this global competition, so appreciated by the Commission and by President. +But experiences of the past have shown that sometimes it has not been east the case, that the participation has been very *ad *hoc, already was in the delegations #where sometimes had the impression of that the European Commission was the that negotiated there and Parliament members that were likewise present only were *figurantes, already treated of the formulation of the mandate or, like example especially negative, of the question of the *autocompromiso of reduction of CO2 and negotiation by part of the Commission with the corresponding speakers, especially in the last time with manufacturers #japanese and Koreans of cars. +As *me have informed services of the Session, Tuesday 26 October, person no identified appeared in front of said services to withdraw a resolution proposal that had been presented by the Groups *PPE, *PSE and *UEN, #as well as the resolution proposal presented by the Group *ELDR, without the consent neither compliance of #any of the signatories and, it that it is graver, resolution proposals were substituted by a supposed proposal of common resolution, without signatures, and in the that appeared, in addition to #all a series of names of deputies that had added, the of part of deputies signatories of the first proposed of resolution. +In action field, more strictly, the the police and judicial cooperation, have to say to His *Señorías that the fight against boy traffic, the fight against abuse and crimes related with boys, at the same time that prevention of the juvenile criminality, constitute priorities in action of the Commission, recognised by the Summit of *Tampere, and that go to *desarrollarlas in the frame of the programs of cooperation police and judicial that will put in knowledge of His *Señorías *cuando present the summary of the situation asked by State bosses and of Government. +In moment in the that are to popularise the euro and to achieve a greater adhesion to the Union, in the that besides, also by part of the Council -and *yo hail this initiative-, is editorial work and of debate of a Letter of Fundamental Rights with participation of the European Parliament and the national parliaments, results a so much *chocante that pose a process to enclosed door in the that, until day of today, the Council not even has accepted to say #if it goes to include representation of the European Parliament. +*Me cheer #a lot of that the report have not centred only in reform of the treaties and of the procedures, that have not limited to the general looks, but that, at the end, have opted for establishing and consecrate a series of priorities. Among *ellas appears the need to reach advances that *redunden in benefit of security of *Europa and of citizens in the frame of the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice, #as well as consecration of the susceptible procedures to convert said space in reality. +The main general goals for the strategy of the European Union against drug in the five years next #can *resumir of the following way: considerable reduction of the incidence of the abusive use of illicit drugs among youngsters of less of 18 years of age; substantial reduction of the number of demises related with drugs; considerable increase of number of *toxicómanos treated with hit, and substantial reduction of the number of grave offences related with drugs, included money bleaching and the illicit traffic of precursors. +consciousness that of the problematic #canarian had those who in *España negotiate adhesion of country to the European Communities and the successive Treaties that get until the of *Amsterdam, and the constant worry by that that specific situation was always taken in account remained reflected in the special Protocol *nº 2 of Adhesion Record of *España and *Portugal, already in 1985, in the Regulation (*CEE) *nº 1911\/91 of the Council, that approved said Protocol and in the own section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty *CE, that describes the peripheral regions of the Union with special quotation to Canarians and prescribes the precise flexibility for the application of the general norms to cases so determined and vulnerable like the that here *nos occupies. +#This include, for example, the relative amendments to the Protocol of *Kioto, to the importance of data collected for the suitable control of fulfillment of the voluntary agreement to reduce CO2 broadcasts of tourisms until the year 2003, #as well as to the obligation of the European Commission to communicate also to the European Parliament the relative data to follow-up of broadcasts provided by States members and finally also enlargement of data that will have to communicate. +The Commission of Economic Subjects defends that said period do not exceed of two months, and so that #this was like this is necessary that #ECB, the Commission and the national administrations take a series of measures, of the that #some already have quoted here: cater to consumers, dealers, and banks with the necessary quantity of coins and notes before 1 January of the 2002, generalise for 1 January of the 2001 the double indication of prices, take advantage of this process for *modernizar payment systems and adopt the precise disposals to ensure a suitable legal protection that prevent fraud. +Subject: Opening of the Council of Ministers in plough of transparency In how stage finds at present resource interposed by journalists #swedish in front of the Court of Justice of the relative European Communities to the existent conflict among the no democratic character of confidentiality of the documents of the Council of Ministers and transparency obligation of #all the documents that imposes the excellent #swedish law on freedom of information *promulgada 200 years ago? +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, put this morning have listened to Chancellor *Schröeder say that bombardments of NATO make in name of the human rights and in *pro of the #albanian minority of *Yugoslavia, as I believe that neither *ustedes understand the human rights according to the case, or «*à the *carte», and since yesterday in the #turkish press said that it has not authorised neither goes to authorise the presence of international observers in trial of *Ocalan, #would wish that *me said specifically #which will be attitude of the Council to *Turquía, a country candidate to entry in the EU, #if finally they are not authorised observers. +Suits to signal that the resolution asks likewise cooperation *transfronteriza narrower among squads of civil protection, recognises in cooperation with the #swiss authorities the desirable solution to confront in the short term the problems caused by the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, and invites to #all States members to that they consider the need to instrument the tunnels, that still *carecen of *ella, with service gallery to allow a fast evacuation in case of accident, service gallery that, as we know, alas, no existed in this case. +With bottom curtain, achieved to adopt a common position in front of Chinese, in Orient Half, in relation with the politics of human rights and in #many other difficult subjects in the field of the external politics, and reach finally in Colony a series of important decisions, like the approval of the first common strategy regarding *Rusia and a calendar for the creation of Security Politics and #european Defence, #as well as the designation of #Javier Adret like the best possible candidate for place of *Mister *PESC. +The proposal to celebrate a *mini-session in *Bruselas Wednesday - of course *cuando deputies already are in *Bruselas to assist to the meetings of the Groups and of the commissions - #would have allowed to President of the Commission assist to Parliament and inform on the results of the weekly meeting of the Commission, and show like this to citizens that the Commission is responsible in front of Parliament and elevate our profile to *través of the announcement in breast of this institution of the important initiatives of the Commission. +Like this occurs in the case of *Olivetti, that, after having found the necessary capitals for his substantial *OPA on *Telecom #Italia, programmed the suppression of 13.000 places of work, in the of *Alcatel, that, to recover confidence of his financial shareholders, took to know, to time, that had obtained 15.000 millions of frank, is to say, 2.300 millions of euros of #net benefits and that went to suppress 12.000 places of work, in the of the banking sector, in the that the arrival of the euro has meant an authentic *latigazo for fusions-acquisitions *devoradoras of places of work and has displaced the work of banking to financial activities, #if no speculative. +To answer to Mrs. *Ries, in relation with the #rwandan national justice, have to signal that the Commission has piped interventions to *través of the institutional support to the ministries, to end to strengthen defence right and of the civil parts, in the frame of the improvement of conditions of life in prisons and of support to the survivors of genocide, #as well as in the frame of observance of the human rights. +#If the combination of #european politics has consisted up to now in some recommendations for the budgetary politics of the governments, the monetary politics of the central banks and politics *salarial of the social speakers, the arrival of the euro and #ECB are apparently reason for the European Commission not to give already an active paper to the monetary politics in the combination of #european politics. +Lady Speaker, ladies and gentlemen deputies, is for me an honour come in front of *ustedes, the representatives of #one *Europa that full of optimism, conforms the political reality more successful of integration that has known the present century and that shows that yes it is possible arise of death to life, of the *irrespeto to human being to veneration of rights, of pessimism to hope; that shows besides that peace is possible there #where development, the social justice, defence of the feeblest, solidarity and coexistence install; that *ellos determine culture, give felt to freedom and open the path that conducts to attainment of dip shared. +The European Council of *Tampere had like goal schedule and give course to the materialisation of the "Space of Freedom, Security and Justice" decided in the Treaty of *Amsterdam with seen to the achievement of a greater coordination or even the existence of common politics, as in the case of immigration, of asylum and of visa politics, it that, to trial, and taking into account the importance of the sector of the public freedoms, justice and security, demands that it guarantee decision process by unanimity in the Council, with respect of sovereignty of States members. +#would Be important - and #this was the amendment that wanted to present - that, among the tasks of this Observatory, precisely from optics of a #european integration that it has to be increasingly a political integration, integration of societies and of way to take politics, integration of information to scale #european, existed, for example, follow-up and control of the presences in the distinct televisions of #all *Europa and of the political activity member of parliament of the political strengths so much to scale national like European, that in this way #can have reference point in the Observatory. +#If, in place to abstain in the Council, had, to the equal that *Alemania, voted in favour of the maintenance of the embargo in front of the absence of indispensable elements of *rastreabilidad, the embargo #would be in vigour, consumers #would be in security, proofs #would be bear *ilustrarnos, #would have averted the *desencadenamiento of *chauvinismo of the side of Stain for honour of the big #british village and our conservative friends #would not have had to complain of the principle of sovereignty to the that are legitimately *apegados. +Believe that it is insufficient, wanted colleagues, because we still follow treating of the problem as #if it treated of a circumstantial problem, *cuando in reality *Europa is a structural problem of some historical dimensions, fruit of change in production mood, fruit of an increase of productivity in work that carries to that increases of product and of wealth do not accompany with increases of persons employed and that this increase of wealth distribute it companies and workers that have work and leave out of feast to those who are worse situated: to women, to youngsters without qualification, to the unemployed of long length. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0043\/1999) of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer, concerning the common position adopted by the relative Council to Directive proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 88\/77\/*CEE (5734\/1\/1999 - *C5 - 0028\/1999 - 1997\/0350(*COD)) of the Council, relative to approximation of States members on measures that have to adopt against gas broadcast and particles *contaminantes pertinent of engines *diesel allocated to the propulsion of vehicles (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of Consumer) (Speaker: Mr. *Lange). +#One *Europa directed by directory #would be the negation of a stimulating process of #european integration that have lived -with imperfections, true is, but with the participation of #all the countries-, by it that cooperation reinforced, in our opinion, has to be an exception and no a rule of the work inside the European Union, because many times there #be political will to cooperate, but there are not conditions, from the point of economic sight or from sight point, to take reality cooperation will reinforced. +The result of the unofficial meeting of Subject Ministers External, celebrated in *Saariselkä, and that it was published in the conclusions of the Council of General Subjects of 13 September, #as well as the participation of Subject Minister External, Mr. *Cemin, in breakfast of the Council of General Subjects are signals that, in opinion of the Presidency #finnish, mean a new constructive beginning in relations among the European Union and *Turquía. +Therefore, with hand in chest, *cuando read newspapers, ascertain that even in breast of the European Union our goals, *ora politics goals of environment, *ora the goals of social politics, *ora the essential labour norms, were presented of protectionist way; #if among *nosotros, in the European Union, have not been able to share our goals, so much less in breast of state group of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Gentleman President, although it is positive that the European Union want to expand to countries to consolidate in *ellos development of democracy and to strengthen his economic capacity of face to confront the world-wide market -in the *cual, reiterate it by *enésima time, have to defend the national productive peculiarities struggling against homologation and the *nivelación, indisputable causes of the loss of the specific cultures and of the quality of products- is equally necessary that Parliament reiterate firmly that entry of a new country has to be subordinated to the effective application in #the same of the criteria that already fixed in *Amsterdam. +As well, in front of this certainly complex situation, #one *constatación: there #be not transitory right, there are not transitory disposals in the Treaty of *Amsterdam and, therefore, have to take interpretation *integrador and constructive from the principles that *subyacen to the Treaty; interpretation that, for Parliament, bases in three points: answer to responsibility bear with citizens preserving competitions that the Treaty *le awards to Parliament and by #whose observance have to watch, #as well as *cuando the attribute to other institutions, as they #can be the new queries to the Committee of the Regions or to the Economic and Social Committee. +#All these cases, these commercial clashes, that have in this moment with States Joined or also with *Canadá constitute in principle cases test in the that it tests in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade the limit of until where gets grade of the independence and of autonomy of states in the field of self-determination of determined political, was the protection of consumers, was the sanitary assistance, was the question of how #can take politics in the frame of the countries in roads of development, as in the case of bananas, or was in the case of standards. +In the economic and social plane, action axes tackle restructuring of companies, the public finances, the banking system or accesses to the international financial markets, norms and certification, competition politics, access to the market, the technological cooperation and development of the agricultural reform and the social dialogue. +#If, after statement in the European Parliament, #can not put in doubt the will of Mr. Roman *Prodi of *sanear and improve the operation of the Commission, neither #can put in doubt will to continue the construction of #one *Europa liberal in the that workers do not take in consideration: neither a word on the social dialogue, neither a word on the public service, neither a word on the need to constitute this base of the fundamental social rights without the *cuales will have *deslocalizaciones by «*dumping» public prosecutor. +*B4-0465\/99 of deputy *Swoboda, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0481\/99 of deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0490\/99 of deputies *Vinci and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0493\/99 of deputies *Pasty and go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0509\/99 of deputies *Aelvoet, *Tamino and *Ceyhun, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre the process of Mr. *Ocalan and the future of the question *kurda in *Turquía; +resolution proposal will contain especially the dynamic elements that have been treated already by President of the Council and also by Commissioner *Lamy and that contain our ideas for a better inclusion of the financial provision, for investment politics and of competition in the frame of the *OMC, for a back reduction of tariffs on the industrial products and for a better inclusion, even *Mainstreaming, of the protection of the environment and of consumer in the regulatory drama of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +*Yo expect, therefore, that, after this first communication of the Commission, the present Commission in front of Parliament a strategic program, with a necessary legislative package, with more time by part of the Commission and by part of Parliament, but expect also that, along this term of office, the inner market convert in a reality and that, when converting in a reality, take in benefit of citizens, take in benefit of workers and that allow to follow consolidating this social model European that *yo #would say that, in this moment, constitutes the envy of the countries that do not belong to the European Union. +Gentleman *Lamy, *yo *le urge, therefore, to that *usted and the Commission take also #his points that finish to enumerate, to the equal that #others wider, and concretise and guarantee the inclusion of these fundamental looks already in the inaugural round of negotiations, so that in the next years #can follow working in the frame of the Round of #Millenium so that the World-wide Organisation of Trade was it that wish that it was, organisation of the just and respectful trade with the environment that *nos allow to develop the commercial exchanges, but allowing at the same time the existence of persons and of our environment. +Personally have been able to check that to asylum applicant #nigerian *le was asylum on the base of a false passport of #Liberia, that family #albanian took to happen by natural of *Kosovo, that Nigerian had borrowed passport #british to cousin and taking happen by *él had been able to go in in Realm Joined, #where committed offence, and that a #algerian was with identity of citizen #french and had bought identity document in the #black market of #París. +Therefore, in name of Spaniards that in this moment are enormously concerned by the subject, expect that the Commission transmit to the Council worry, disagreement with the last resolutions of the Council of Ministers of Industry -that seems #willing, in a sweet *laissez *faire, to abandon it little that *nos remains of naval sector European- and hope that or well take measured to avert this disloyal competition that is or, of not taking like this, proceed to a rearm of the community helps to compensate inequalities, incompetences and bad forms that are today in #all the centres of the naval construction. +*Permítame take advantage of this opportunity to signal that speaker of the Commission of Budgetary Control, Mrs. *Theato, and *yo have taken part together in front of a committee for contact taking of #all presidents of the Courts of Accounts national of States members and of the Court of Accounts to communicate to these key persons that the fight against fraud to the community bottoms is also a national task. +In level of the European Council, it that decided was that State Bosses or of Government #would occupy again of the matters related with justice and interior subjects in the European Council of June of the year 2000, the Council of Saint #Maria gives *Feira, to appreciate more in detail the called external dimension of justice and interior subjects, is to say, the implications in the sphere of the external politics of the European Union of the new priorities approved by *Tampere for the sector of freedom, security and justice. +Gentleman President, this report shows that, #if it had political will, #would be possible, with the current Treaty, reform the operation of the Commission in the sense to take of *ella a true organ of political impulse for the #european construction and an independent organ of the Governments and of the private interests and reform the operation of the European Parliament to end to take of *él, like organ chosen directly by citizens, the centre of the political life in the European Union. +*B4-0374\/99 of deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformist, and of deputies *Bourlanges and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0390\/99 of deputies *Pasty and Go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0400\/99 of deputy #Harrison, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0407\/99 of deputies *Vinci and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0422\/99 of deputies *Telkämper and *McKenna, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre *Camboya; +The Commission considers in any case like a special merit of the European Parliament that the necessary discipline of costs do not take to charge of the poorest of the Community. cost discipline *nos allows to time establish an important package of enlargement and in the sectors of internal politics and in the administrative tasks have reached *márgenes of additional performance bear, on the one hand, accompany of mood directed the economic impulse and of employment that initiates and, by #another, put to the administration in situation to take charge of the new additional tasks. +In front of the criteria to go conforming an agricultural politics that take more in account the structural nature of #some realities through a politics of development rural able to correct #some of the situations of our rural world, as it is the need to diversify activities, to offer to citizens new opportunities and to avert the continuous losses of population, opts by politics of rural development minimum and without authentic fortress. +Second, avert that the Commission and the Committees that the assist adopt an act of legislative character without following the procedure of *codecisión normal; third, guarantee to the European Parliament faculty to take part quickly to the effect of *oponerse to the legitimacy and to the content of execution norm, point that wakes up satisfaction in negotiation, and chamber, achieve a real simplification and no limited to the elimination of variants of the Committees with arrangement to the decision of 1987. +To the *respecto, *nos has satisfied to attract in words the will to loan greater attention no only to it that to work refers, but also to the right to health, a greater attention, for example, to the quality of the alimentary products, because damage that cause cases like chicken contaminated by dioxin or cows crazy, to the global credibility of the community Institutions, is an enormous damage that no *palia with words and that, lamentably, in cases gives place to the need to have of long, time that no always explain the Institutions. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0033\/1999) of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market concerning the common position (8697\/1999 - *C5-0031\/1999 - 1998\/0071 (*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 70\/221\/*CEE of the relative Council to approximation of legislations of States members on the deposits of liquid fuel and devices of rear protection of vehicles to engine and of trailers +Like only instrument of finance and programming for cooperation, CULTURE 2000 bills a group of goals directed to attend, more and better, these needs, with it that it #can represent a decisive step with seen to a cultural politics European #worthy of this name, is to say, an instrument that allow contact reiterated, interactive and child-bearing among cultures of the diverse countries members so that variety of the sectors considered and the *multidisciplinaridad of the realisations are increasingly element *vivificante of the own *humus of the #european identity without damage of pluralism and of the essential diversity of cultures. +*GOODYEAR, *RENAULT, now *MICHELIN -adapting to development models promoted with the creation of the only inner market, and stressed with the Treaties of *Maastricht and *Amsterdam and with the Economic and Monetary Union-, have cost of immunity conditions that have gone creating, with the progressive disappearance of notion of social responsibility and of protection of workers, and that have deprived of employment to an every time greater number of persons, *empujándolas to space of unemployment and of the social marginalisation. +Also President of Canarian Government has announced wish to visit *Marruecos to keep dialogue and road of direct communication with Government #moroccan, in line of fine *vecindad that it has to characterise relations among two neighbouring villages and civilised, since, many times, viscosity of the reality -as well it said the #another day Mr. *Obiols in the debate in *Bruselas, in relation with the common destination among *Europa and *Marruecos- do not allows many times act of the most convenient way. +The report of the Central Bank European explains that there are #some distortions to reach some greater levels of growth -or a greater stability in the European Union or a greater competitiveness in a process of open economy, needs even more stressed taking into account the perspective of the Round of #Millenium-, precisely because lacking for deepening still in #some structural looks: from the labour markets until, as it has quoted, training system, or well looks that are equally important, as for example an improvement in investigation levels and development. +And receives impulse balanced, because it treats, on the one hand, to favour the Inner Market, to favour the economic integration with the directive on judicial acts and *extrajudiciales in civil and commercial matter, but, on the other hand, treats also to give primacy to the rights of persons, to the rights of human beings, to the rights of boys, that, in addition to having to suffer the trauma that is always divorce, do not have to suffer the trauma of the bureaucratic drama of recognition of the judicial decisions. +Essentially, establish it following: a reduction of the current content in tar of cigarettes; the introduction for the first time of limit of the content in nicotine of cigarettes; the introduction of limits of monoxide of carbon; greater and better labels in cigarette packages relative to the dangers of habit of smoking, to the content in tar, nicotine and monoxide of carbon of cigarettes; controls on utilisation of the soft "qualifications" and "low content of tar", etc.; and new *salvaguardias on additives of tobacco. +Gentleman President, is an insult to consciousness and to the ethical #european politics that, after a military intervention of NATO and of the European Union against *Yugoslavia, under the flag of humanitarian reasons, by the condemnable ethnic cleansing made by the #yugoslav Administration among the Albanians, in this moment are pretty much calm and sympathetic in front of violence against the #serbian, #gipsy and minorities, caused time by the Albanians, besides with a comparatively upper proportion. +Have said that the report is excellent no only because, precisely, goes back to centre the two terms of the question -action combined of reduction of demand and of reduction of offer- but also, *permítame that say it Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, by sincerity with that criticises it that continues being insufficient in the proposal of the Commission so much from point of financial and economic sight -#can not bill the importance of a battle and afterwards not being consistent in financial terms- as from sight point, say it like this, of the political timidity of the initiatives that States still have not taken. +As a result of said resolution, the Technical Group of Independent Deputies (mixed Group) is considered existent and assimilates it to the other political Groups in #all planes: in plane of the parliamentary activity, the Group has immediately of #all the rights recognised by the Regulation to the political Groups properly constituted and in the administrative and financial plane said Group has right to the necessary personnel for operation, #as well as to credits assigned to the political Groups, according to cast keys existent. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0074\/1999) of Mr. *Pronk, in name of the Delegation of Parliament in the Conciliation Committee, on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of directive of the relative Council to the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of health and security of workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres (*Decimoquinta Managerial specific with arrangement to section 1 of article 16 of the Directive 89\/391\/*CEE) (*C5-0221\/1999 - 1995\/0235(*COD)). +Subject: Assignment of the 1 % of the *FSE for a bottom of social capital In the context of reform of the structural Bottoms, #can the Council guarantee that it will keep the proposal of the Commission to allocate the 1 % of the *FSE to a bottom of social capital given the importance to provide a fast access to help of the *FSE to the *ONG and taking into account also experience of a system of this type in Peace «Program and Reconciliation» of *Irlanda of the North? +That the financial Regulation do not adapts to the requirements of a modern management and of an effective control, or even that investigations of fight unit against fraud tend to prolong too much time, to obtain microscopic results. #This *constataciones correspond to it that my Group poses from takes long, to the equal on the other hand, that the technical solutions that propose, already treat to reinforce the internal audit, the fight against fraud, transparency and the obligation of *rendir explain by the Commission. +Regarding measures in the field of the rural development, *yo already had signalled that I also consider this second *pilar of the agricultural politics like a complement important and the Commission will propose, therefore, an increase limited of endowment for measures of promotion of the rural development, also with the purpose to offer to States members incentive so that they make greater efforts in the field of the protection *agroambiental and in the creation of structures that guarantee security of chain alimentary. +Are, of course, the budgetary question, the question of fragmentation or *pulverización of the excessive considered actions and liable to diminish the public relief of the Union and, in consequence, the question of an option in the that concede preference to lines that support a greater dimension and *espectacularidad of the initiatives, for it that had foreseen the participation of agents and cultural operators that cover a high number of countries like minimum, it that, to our understand, #would comport a grave risk of hypertrophy of #some networks of cultural operators, to the *conferirles an excessive concentration of means and powers, with it that #would put in *entredicho the normal operation, and even the existence, of #many of the remaining. +In a period in the that the popular movements struggle by the complete abolition of the nuclear arms and the world-wide public opinion glimpses the risks of a *reavivamiento of the nuclear antagonism and demands the reduction of the military costs and the *alejamiento of the danger of a nuclear disaster, the *EUA take #gala of posture extremely *provocativa that mine stabilisation attempt of the international relations and undermines deliberately the configuration of a climate of international peace and security. +Pose seriously the problem of the full employment #would be to put in *entredicho the relevance of the elimination of borders, but on *eso will not have a conversation, as it #would be necessary *oponerse to the *mundialismo; #would be to pose the question of the relevance of the excess of taxation and of bureaucracy, but on *eso will not have a conversation, as it #would be necessary *oponerse to the doctrines of socialism; #would be to pose the question of the relevance of immigration politics, that weighs on employment, by not talking of the costs that induces, but on *eso will not have a conversation, because it #would be necessary *oponerse to thought only. +*Ello includes from obtaining distribution and a greater flexibility in the management of the aerial space in his civil and military uses -and *eso in #some countries #can achieve with #one rapidity, it is necessary to promote it and are in *ello- until, also in the short term, take part in the management that are airports and also the aerial companies of flight forecasts and in the organisation of flights, to improve the use and efficiency in the use of spaces in airports, the *slots. +As I entrust in that it will deploy #all efforts to ensure that our external politics answer to criteria of balance, in that it will reaffirm definitely priority in homologation process in terms of political and economic development of #all countries that, as *nosotros takes already almost 25 years, *transitan of an autocratic diet to #another of freedoms, in that *asentará for ever peace in #european floor, but also will ensure leadership in #all the #mediterranean extension, priority so much in economic terms as of security, and in that *salvaguardará with efficiency our interests in *América Latin, for example ensuring fulfillment of commitment subscribed with the Government of States Joined around the application of the Law *Helms-*Burton. +#Can manifest, for having chaired yesterday the meeting of #all the groups of Parliament during the put ready of a project of common resolution that, to the contrary that #some #others, will not be commitment text, and in form of commitment among divergent positions, but a synthesis enriched of the proposals of each #one of the political families gathered, in a common will to contribute the contribution of Parliament to a political solution to drama that is *ensangrentando *Chechenia today. +And especially, #would say, in relation with #one of the fundamental questions, that is the *litigio *grecoturco on the *Egeo, no exists, is not a necessary requirement recognition express by *Turquía, no of sight points of country, but yes of commitment that it will respect the international right, commitment that it will not resort to violence and will not loom with resorting to violence, and that in the case that they persist differences will attend to the International Court of The Have Is #this a necessary condition for recognition like country candidate to adhesion? +The importance of negotiations that go to celebrate in the field of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, that will initiate in *Seattle the next day 30 November, has to, obviously, to an agenda that includes vast spheres of the human activity: of agriculture to the cultural looks; of transports to education and health; of author rights and denominations of origin to the foreign investment; and all *ello amalgamated in a world-wide perspective and as #if all *eso was not but simple "commodities" that #can be object of transactions. +Finally, want to underline only two points that, on the base of our #italian experience, result especially important and significant: first, the importance to support the scientific investigation of base to know better the phenomenon and, to be possible, know with *antelación #which will be calls drug of the future, in particular know power *devastador of the synthetic drugs; second, the importance to involve in actions to the main actors, #that that are in first line, in trenches #all days and that loan help to the *toxicómanos, or was, experience of detoxication centres. +Regarding the practical application, it important now is that the Commission of the EU and States members manifest also in the concrete cases the will of no limit to ascertain rapes of the human rights and, therefore, also of an essential component of the agreement, but to apply also the planned juridical sanctions in each case, that by general rule begin with query and #can get until the partial suspension of the agreement or even of whole. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, after the report published the year happened on *Turquía by colleagues the *Srs *Macmillan-#Scott and *Swoboda, #as well as the resolution of Parliament of the past 6 October, that put of relief the importance of the deepening of the #european strategy bear with country, our Assembly #would have to can adopt tomorrow two proposals of regulation of Parliament and of the relative Council to the execution of actions directed to the economic and social development of *Turquía, the first, and to the deepening of the Union *Aduanera among the European Community and *Turquía. +In measure in that the new necessary changes of the institutions, or even institutions entirely new, like the new military body so important that has decided, *nos situate in front of difficult dilemmas on how assign power among the national and community authorities, do not forget the message of the *UEM: that the community institutions succeed *cuando applies correctly subsidiariness principle and *cuando strength of his powerful partners sees balanced by the consolidation of the rights of the feeblest partners. +intervention of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission will contribute no only to protect with greater solidity interest group that specified opportunely, but also to reaffirm an authentic leadership of the European Union so that Chinese #can not leave to see in *ella a preferential speaker in a *geoestrategia linked to peace, the construction of democracy, the *salvaguardia of the human rights, development, dialogue and modernity in plane of the world-wide scene. +Lady Speaker, this report contains #some interesting confessions: read in the considering *F that exists a persistent differential of growth with States Joined; in the considering *J read that the very high fiscal pressure of the majority of the #european States no favours neither consumption, neither growth neither employment; in paragraph 4, the speaker recognises, with reason, the modest performance of the European Union in terms of growth and of employment; in paragraph 16, ascertains that the public investments no always enjoy of preference concerning operation costs; in paragraph 23, the speaker says that it is convenient to keep #alert in front of eventual perspectives *deflacionarias. +From 1998, the Commission has funded programs of humanitarian help of order of euro million to improve the situation of the population of *Anjouan in matter of nutrition and health, and the Commission finishes to approve a new program, by an amount of 730.000 euros, allocated to the sanitary assistance of primary character, and is the suitability to concede an additional program of humanitarian help given the existent needs in the three islands by cause of the political unsteadiness. +*Me allow to suggest that to avert surprises in the future, the Council and Parliament watch very of wall maintenance mission of peace of Nations Joined, the plan of humanitarian help of *Europa, the integrity of any current program or future allocated to put term to suffering of the population of *Timor to guarantee his full independence and his free sovereignty of threat, interference or pressure *proveniente of soldiers #indonesian and of advisers #american. +No fits doubt that the resumption of the peace process after the end of the Government of Mr. *Netanyahu, the election of #Barak and the new agreement signed in *Sharm the *Sheikh are a step advance with regard to the *tinieblas of the past, after the murder of prime minister *Rabin; without embargo, the path is still difficult before achieving a stable and durable peace that the Palestinians #can live, #such as it establishes in the resolutions of the Organisation of Nations Joined, in a Palestinian State that expect that it was democratic and #can *coexistir peacefully with State of #Israel. +support of the Commission to reconstruction and to development #would have to centre then in the following fields: in the first place, the establishment of right state and democratisation of the national institutions; second, demobilisation and the socioeconomic reintegration of the belligerent groups; in *tercer place, the restoration of the environment, especially in the provinces of *Kivu and *Orientale; in chamber place, reconstruction of transport infrastructure; and finally, the improvement of health services and sanitary. +Likewise *me cheers that Mr. *Vitorino have announced Monday in the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects that the Commission goes to present early a study on the concrete realisation of this project as I create really that #if #ours police forms jointly in the #european spirit and #if, #such as it foresees in the resolution, includes also from the principle to the police of the countries candidates -proposed that comes from also of this Assembly-, then will give an important concrete step to #one *Europa of the right and of the inner security. +With amendments wanted to reach simplification of the structures, an improvement of the communication with the objective group, a transparent configuration of the executive procedures, a greater participation of disadvantaged groups and a greater diffusion of informations on program to reach a better access and, finally, #one *flexibilización of age limits of participants to find to dessert an approach of horizontal solution in the *comitología. +#If I have accepted, finally, *adherirme to the resolution that will subject to vote of colleagues, is because I have been able to *percatarme of the true emotional state of part of the world-wide public opinion; worries, joined to the words pronounced previously on the reaction of Government #japanese and of other international organisms, that ask to the populations that take cautions, that procure reservations of foods, in forecast of this end of the world announced, *me confirm in the idea that cautions *preconizadas by Parliament are, because of prudence, able to appease fears, and, therefore, #can be useful. +#The same works in the definition of court system of arbitration in line of the traditional practice, in that the courts are constituted by citizens chosen in the different levels of the local administration, and that will judge, in principle, three categories of accused: the common murderers, on the one hand, the accused of striking and injure without *ocasionar death, by #another, and, finally, the *saqueadores, of mood that the instigators and ideologists of genocide and of slaughterings are sure enough judged by ordinary courts, that treats, in mood, to organise to face up to this task. +Of way youngsters, especially the less accommodated and more disadvantaged will be able to see in program *SOCRATES integration possibility, cultural enrichment and professional training, but first of all a possibility to have a personal experience, a vital experience to purchase flexibility and the necessary mental opening to confront it better possible the occupational challenges of the world of work. By #this *SOCRATES is a big investment for the #european youth. +The text of the amendment that *les propose #would be the following: "According to the Resolution of the European Parliament of 18 November 1999, agreement conclusion allocated to *sufragar actions in favour of *Rusia in the frame of the budget of the financial exercise 2000 remains suspended, excepting line *TACIS for democracy, until it find a satisfactory solution to conflict of *Chechenia, in accordance with the recommendations of the European Union and on the base of the clear-cut procedure in article 13 of the present Regulation" . +A concrete action made in this sense was the requirement presented by the Presidency #finnish in the session of the 54 General Assembly of the UN that the international community aspire with *tesón to find the solutions and the timely answers to confront the new and unpredictable challenges in the frame of the international humanitarian Right; likewise, the EU has the intention to take out to *relucir this question in #all the international contacts. +Among #others, on type of legal interest that will apply *cuando produce delay of payment, the extension of activation period of the interests, in case that it have not stipulated payment period in agreement; of retention of the title, while it have delay of payment; paper of the public sector and treatment of the public agreements; and compensation claims caused by delays of payments. +Taking into account that #one of the fundamental causes by the that the insular regions #can not *concurrir in equality of opportunities in the only market are the extra costs of the transport of persons, commodities and energy, and that article 129 *B (new 154) mentions explicitly the need to establish links among the insular regions and the central regions of the Community, how measured specific has the Council intention to take to procure the effective integration of the insular regions in the inner market in equality of conditions? +*B4-0375\/99 of deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0384\/99 of deputy *Maij-*Weggen, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0389\/99 of deputies *Pasty and Go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0399\/99 of deputy *Colajanni, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0410\/99 of deputies *Dupuis and #others, in name of Group of Coalition Radical European-*B4-0416\/99 of deputies *Telkämper and *McKenna, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre *Birmania; +Has mentioned *usted employment, but has not talked a lot on the need to struggle against the social exclusion, on the fight by #one *Europa impartial and just bear with #all citizens, the need to support to States members in the eradication of poverty, in particular among youngsters and the elderly of societies, the need of equality of opportunities for men and women, for citizens #black and whites of the European Union. +First, no *nos gave time to request to Group time of use of the word to present the question in the debate of yesterday.-Second, #such as *usted will see in Record, neither Outside Minister, Mr. *Fischer, neither Commissioner, Mr. Go give *Broek, answered satisfactorily to the questions that present in the debate of yesterday.Our question concerned to the consequences that, in the environment and in the public health, go to have bombardments that is *Kosovo and, by favour, debate today in the afternoon in the Council, as it had been determined, my question and the questions of my gentlemen colleagues, that clear that they are *concernientes. +Like the Court of Accounts European and also Budget Commission of Parliament have valued positively precisely elements of the proposal of the Commission, entrust in that in this way they have created the previous conditions so that the Commission, the European Parliament and the Court of Accounts European #can control in the better future that up to now the financial management and efficiency of credits employed. +*Yo see it as it follows: the winners are States members that enjoy of Cohesion Bottom, especially the three that, in our opinion, no longer #would have to be in #the same, the Objective regions 1 that have an endowment of greater resources that up to now the new Goal 2, the urban zones, that, lady Commissioner, also enjoy of the community initiative *URBAN, and the countries candidates in the that entrust that it do not arise a market economy, as it has said colleague Mr. *Schröder, but a social economy of market. +Professor *Prodi, confidence of the Group *PPE in person bases in the liberal spirit and in the political courses that *usted has signalled: a political renewal for *Europa, in favour of competitiveness, liberalisation and the free trade and in favour of collaboration and of peace, with a transparent and #worthy administration of credit, in addition to a EU that occupy of common subjects of importance, with the object to win confidence of citizens of the EU in the next century. +On the base of the current data consider #this as sufficient, but of course are had to debate also on this subject *cuando complete information, because, as #all know, the approval of the budget demands that the two responsible organs of the budgetary power reach an agreement on the subject, as to the principle declared, a fine cooperation and confidence, #as well as the will to look for common solutions is the half, with #whose help will be able to, with security, conclude *felizmente the approval of the budget for the year 2000. +Had account that Release Army of *Kosovo (*ELK) continues freely his illegal activity, organising a traffic of arms and of drugs, as it collects the international press, and consummating with impunity the execution of numerous innocent #serbian citizens, #can indicate the Council how initiatives thinks to adopt so that it summon immediately the Security Council of Nations Joined so as to clear the circumstances of slaughtering of *Gnjilane, examine as a whole the situation of the human rights, evaluate paper of the *KFOR in *Kosovo and take immediate and concrete decisions in relation with the *ELK, #as well as measures of protection of the #serbian population, #gipsy and other communities that remain in *Kosovo? +The Commission, as it will know the Assembly, regrets deeply the continuous rapes of the human rights by part of the military authorities in *Birmania: in particular, treatment *opresivo that suffer the ethnic minorities, persecution of *Aung Saint *Suu *Kyi and members of the *LND, the denial of basic rights to the unions and work practice forced, the prohibition of the free operation of the political parties, the innumerable arbitrary arrests and the continuous state of violence. +The goals to board a political dialogue are to explain the common position of the European Union on the situation of the human rights and nonexistence of right state and of democracy in *Birmania, and to contribute to the creation of some favourable conditions so that it initiate a political dialogue among the military joint in power, the *SPDC, and the democratic opposition and representatives of the ethnic minorities. +On the other hand, #would wish to call attention of colleagues on #some amendments of my Group in favour of a study on the application of tax *Tobin in favour of the world-wide cultural heritage classified by UNESCO in the countries of the Union, in favour of the freezing of help to *Turquía, exception taken of course of help to the victims of the earthquake, in so much the authorities of this country do not change of attitude regarding village *kurdo, of the question of *Chipre and of the problem of the human rights in general. +(Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the new Annex of the Agreement on the protection of the half marine of Northeast Atlantic relative to the protection and conservation of ecosystems and the biological diversity of the maritime zone, Appendix 3 corresponding and the Agreement on meaning of #some concepts that appear in the new Annex (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0013\/1999 - 1999\/0095(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of Consumer) +Suits to stand out that, in spite of worry for consecrating relative principles to respect of the rights, freedoms and the guarantees in this particularly delicate sphere and to the need to adopt measures that comport cooperation, as, for example, in the fight against delinquency organised and capital bleaching, drug traffic and of arms, the traffic of human beings, it will be necessary to loan particular attention to coherence and the consequences of politics and measures sure enough adopted. +In times in that form of protection of workers is *quebrantada and abolished, in that all right is *pisoteado *provocadoramente, the *agrupamiento, the fight, the common front of workers against of the options of the monopolies and of the Economic and Monetary Union, the fight by the full employment, by the improvement of conditions of life and by a true social development, by prosperity, is road, is road of workers. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report To5-0022\/1999 of Mr. *Cunha, in name of Fishing Commission, on regulation proposal (*CE) of the relative Council to the celebration of the Protocol that determines, for the period comprised among 3 May 1999 and on 2 May of the 2000, fishing possibilities and the *contrapartida financial planned in the Agreement among the European Community and the Republic of *Angola on fishing in front of the coasts of *Angola (*COM(1999)389 - *C5-0170\/1999\/0169(*CNS)). +To #all the mobile workers in the sectors of transport apply, in any case, the four basic principles that appear in the common position concerning directive proposal and that, on the other hand, also are applicable to persons of the sea and to doctors in training, especially the four weeks of annual holidays rewarded, an annual limitation of the length of work time, the corresponding time of rest and the medical controls in the nocturnal work. +This morning, in the that the subject of the social provision for persons with disabilities are object of a big public debate in my country, Realm Joined, receive with satisfaction our example of the new agreement for persons with disabilities that tries to delete barriers providing personal advisers to local level through it that knows like road only, that serve of flexible budgets for employment and the Social Security in the case of persons with disabilities that are unemployed and allow really find measures that *les help to incorporate to the world of work. +time, in place of culture, the purpose of the #european intervention is in support to the social and economic development of country #mediterranean and, by *enésima time, the question that each #one of *nosotros formulates is always #the same: *Acaso the European Union #can and has to back by #all means a geographically near State, even contiguous, *circundado by sea that bathes the coasts of *Europa meridional, although State seems very far in plane of respect of the human rights? +Subject: Execution of sentence of the European Court of Human Rights in the that condemns to *Turquía The past month, the Commission of permanent representatives of the Council of *Europa approved to report to *Turquía by not fulfilling the condemnatory sentence of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Mrs. Titin *Loizidou, in rape of his fundamental obligations in virtue of article 46 of the European Agreement of Human Rights, that has categorically the execution of sentences of the Court. +Have to say, gentleman Commissioner, that the modification of the juridical base that has established work group of the Council, with the that without enthusiasm and with scepticism have had to *conformarnos, threat with putting end to a considerable part of joy and threat, likewise, with *aguarnos party. As #Maria #Colombo *Svevo finishes to say, violence against boys and women do not constitutes only a risk for health; is a true rape of his fundamental human rights. +#That is reason by the that have indicated in the Annex *V of Regulation that needed no a simple majority, but also a special majority of deputies to the Assembly -an absolute majority- for *denegar the approval of the management, because, #if no, denial of the approval of the management #can have been exit by the door of backwards to censor to the Commission by a lower majority that the usually necessary, with arrangement to the Treaty. +By it other, demand intelligent models of work and the reduction of the extraordinary hours, flexibility in place of a unilateral reduction of the labour day with compensation *salarial total, a *aligeramiento public prosecutor of factor work, harmonisation of the *imposición public prosecutor to companies to prevent the *deslocalización of companies by reasons exclusively fiscal and, finally, some regular meetings of the political subjects that adopt the decisions with the social speakers and with the Central Bank European with the end to agree common strategies. +Have seen that the EU occupies of sectors and questions that now affect to lives of citizens of the European Union of form very direct: the launching of the euro, that early will not be a simple instrument for the banks and the institutions, but also coins and notes that will carry in the pocket citizens, and this week the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam with his greater insistence in politics that affect to citizens and, in particular, in the creation of places of work. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0225\/99) of Mrs. *Sandbaek in name of the Delegation of the European Parliament in the Conciliation Committee on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 89\/398\/*CEE relative to approximation of legislations of States members on the alimentary products allocated to a special feeding (3607\/99 - *C4-0154\/99-99\/0076(*COD)) +The fact to have in the core of the system of the taking of decisions an organism of representatives of complete time with #all diversity that represent, calling to the doors, taking #telephone calls, taking uncomfortable questions, *sondeando, interrogating, studying in detail the subjects and going back to the regions to talk of *ello with interest groups, the unions, employers, consumer groups and the local governments in regions. +Now well, agreement of *Berlín has remained still very far of the positions of the European Parliament: do not has *reequilibrado the *PAC properly in the sense of equity and cohesion, the disadvantaged and peripheral regions follow loomed of depopulation and desertisation, have not created conditions to apply in practice the #european model of agriculture, have not created conditions so that the European Union present with an offensive posture in the next negotiations of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +The disloyal competition to the that confronts the sector -a sector that goes, on the other hand, from fibre production, *hilados and tissues, until the of finishings-, sees aggravated, besides, by barriers *arancelarias and no *arancelarias that #all norms established in breast of the World-wide Organisation of Trade prevent access to country markets like Indian, States Joined or #the same *Turquía, as #if norms only governed for the community markets, to the that these countries -products of these countries- yes #can access freely. +Leave that States members reduce VAT in services with a big component of hand of drama and that do not have repercussions *transfronterizas; renew upsetting that takes in investigation and development and take a more imaginative use of money of the European Bank of Investments, for example, with the creation of credit line #european for technology; introduce changes in the organisation and work time with the end to share better the available work. +From the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, on 1 May, the procedure of *codecisión, that supposes the maintenance of narrow relations among Parliament, the Commission and the Council, covers at present a wide series of politics that comprise #among others transport sector, the regional subjects, the social subjects, the initiatives for employment, the structural Bottoms, the protection of consumer, the public health and the environmental looks. +It that *sucedió after the referendum deserves the greater conviction, of course, because Indonesian executed a plan of genocide that #can not leave doubt #any on nature: demographic genocide, promoting hundred escape of thousands of *timorenses; cultural genocide, because from the *primer day of terror the central white, from sight point of the institutions, went the #catholic Church, the temples, the episcopalian houses, parents, the sisters, the faithful, is to say, the traditional institution in that the *timorenses deposited confidence. +Want to take advantage of the opportunity that *me offers the presence here today of Commissioner to propose - to the light of the exceptions that already exist in the European Union for the audiovisual companies, that *nos leave a true *margen of manoeuvre, that *nos offer besides the capacity to evolve with the sector and to take gesture after some rules of the game more *equitativas regarding States Joined - that, when building infrastructure for negotiations, have to be the sufficiently flexible to watch by our needs here in *Europa. +The Council has time for reflection and the decision on means: time for reflection because *nos will gather on 25 November - by Saint #Catalina tree ruins and expect that the budgetary tree throw roots -, and the decision on means *le corresponds to *usted, lady Speaker - and colleagues, since I know that it #can not it all and regret it -, choose among two roads: the review of the financial perspectives of category 4 that *nos will allow to vote this budget facing up to the new priorities of compliance with commitments that have assumed during negotiation of this agreement. +In meeting of 16 July, the Budget Council treated of the reallocation of endowments in favour of *Kosovo and in moment said that the Commission #would not have to prejudice to the less developed countries and to the poorest groups and remembered also commitment assumed by the Commission with the international strategy for development, #whose goal is the to reduce to half poverty in the world of here to the year 2015. +On the other hand, wish to take reference to speakers that have to take into account in dialogue *macroeconómico and *yo *me *atrevería to suggest that it is necessary to incorporate three more: the representatives of two institutions of the own European Union, as they are the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions -two institutions that represent an economic and social dimension of a big importance and, in the case of the regions, obviously, #some of *ellas play an absolutely indispensable paper to ensure these goals- and, finally, small and medium enterprise organisations. +In this sense, is necessary to review the feasibility of technology, because they still are control devices of broadcasts able to answer to the strict limits of oxides of nitrogen; although in laboratory proofs devices promise a lot, still there #be not security of the operative efficiency on a long-term basis of devices that the convert in a possible technical solution and durable to make control of broadcasts in the long term. +The first are the agreements in matter of investments based in the principles of the statement of the *OIT on companies multinationals and the guidelines of the *OCDE on the rights of workers. The second is the constitution of a mixed permanent forum *OMC\/*OIT commissioned to examine the inclusion of the fundamental labour rights, as for example the abolition of work *forzoso and slavery, proscription of the childish work, the prohibition of discrimination. +The Report *Schwaiger loads *comprensiblemente more the accent in the *tutelas, nevertheless, believe that it shows a substantial tuning with the proposal of the Commission and, therefore, a full confidence in the work of Commissioner Mr. *Lamy also regarding this delicate subject, always with consciousness that liberalisation of exchanges also in new fields - as in the case of investments - answers to the important interest of the countries of the European Union and of #all the countries by a durable and sustainable development of the world-wide economy. +Although the Conservative Party British *opone officially in principle to that in virtue of article 63 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam move to the *primer *pilar politics in matter of visas, immigration and asylum -by which *me see forced to be in disagreement with it that has said speaker about this question-, instead are resolved adherents that it have cooperation *intergubernamental in relation with the *tercer *pilar by means of the collective action of the Council about exchange of information type, included the related with trip documents falsified, to end to struggle against delinquency and in particular against the international delinquency that do not respects the national borders. +Of #where have to take out the conclusion that it #can not in fact work of way that the that there #be, as we argue on legal bases, debate absurdly on illegal immigration - #this is very well for Congress of the Party *Tory, but is not effective in *Europa -, and lose from sight point the opportunity to take it that necessarily #would have to, #this is, an effective legislation to limit document fake so much by #that that like this buy way to go in illegally in *Europa as also by #that #others that, as it has explained very well Mrs. *Gebhardt, circulate by *Europa with heroine case and false documents. +And #if integration of *Turquía to the European Union answers to the requirements of the great industrial groups and commercial, especially #european and accessorily #turkish, will not contribute to improve conditions of the hard-working mass of this country, of mood that the Union has not protected of unemployment and of degradation of existence conditions to workers of the already integrated countries. +To the light of #that *dictamen of the Scientific Committee on Health and the Animal Welfare, the Commission - to #mine initiative in meeting of 28 October- approved a decision in the that proposed a permanent prohibition of commercialisation and utilisation of the *BST in the Community from 1 January 2000, of compliance with disposals established in the Decision 98\/58\/*CE of the Council on the protection of breeding animals. +And reiterate that security in the sector of transports has to be a priority in the #european politics of transports and, therefore, ask, as I took in a question to the Commission, that the own Commission elaborate in the short term, better said, urgently a directive on the systems of compulsory security for the tunnels and road galleries and underline the fundamental importance of a directive that establish the protocols and controls in road of the reliability of the commercial vehicles that circulate by roads of *Europa. +By #all reasons, urge to the European Parliament to that it approve a resolution in the that signals to attention of entities of Indonesian the need to reestablish the legality, the need to finish with slaughterings, the need that strengths armed defend to the populations and no the attack, the need to release to *Xanana *Gusmãor, the need that Nations Joined follow supporting the management that has taken *Portugal so that it reestablish peace in *Timor Oriental and in #all Indonesian. +Gentleman President, all #that that read in history book on the recent past of *Camboya and all #that that have had luck, among *comillas, to take trip by country, #can not conceive that at all it have manifested the intention to create an international court to judge to the authors of the *killing *fields and of the massacre that, as very well has signalled Mr. *Bourlanges, constitutes #one of the most regrettable crimes *acecidos after the *segunda world-wide war. +This situation has to to a large extent to that the simplest tasks have disappeared of societies, to that differences in performance of persons are enormously and to that determined labour activities are *remunerando with wages truly exaggerated, even #if activities #can in fact result more productive in the traditional sense of the term, in case that they followed forming part of the labour market; but all #this no results of any acceptable way from a point of social sight or of respect to the human dignity. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, distinguished colleagues in a period of big agitation, was by conflict of *Kosovo, was by any #another, have in the European Parliament once again the obligation to talk of a subject that *nos comes occupying from takes long, the commercial fight with the #EE.UU. States Joined insist in posture, was in the case of bananas that perhaps to mood to see was solved, was now in the case of hormones, in the that it is extraordinarily difficult to put measure in spot so that also out of the European Union #can comprise, as the *disensiones commercial of the that treats here constitute hardly the 2 % of the common trade. +#Many of *nosotros, therefore, expected that today *usted, to move away the #sad and unfair initial coincidence that hangs on his new mandate and after 40 days of war in *Kosovo, *Montenegro, Serbian and *Voivodina, #would find the appropriate words to take a call to the immediate #alto fire, and the words of solidarity by #all the innocent victims, of #all parts involved, #as well as practical proposals for reconstruction of the territories devastated and for the fast return of refugees: research, gentleman President *Prodi, of a #european soul, as it said day in Plenary. +A formal convergence, by the contrary, conducts to unconformities in the results of politics.2.An only economic politics, managed by the Union, constitutes a grave rape of the national independence and rape of the national parliaments. The prerogatives of #this in matters of economic politics constitute an indispensable part of the #democracia.3.la political defended in the report (and in the speech) represents a unilateral theoretical thought and a singular political theory. +To which adds that the Council also has *infringido doubly the spirit and the sense of the Treaty, since, with the introduction of an extraordinary tax allocated to adapt income of the #european deputies to the national diets *desvirtúa the goal of the Treaty to establish deal equality among the #european deputies and goes back to introduce inequality by the rear door, for saying it like this. +The explanation of #some administrative services that already we had to it have known the past week and that we had to have anticipated and thought it that we wanted to take #can be very interesting from sight point of the juridical theory, but is not of receipt that today have a first reading, that the report send to Transport Commission, that to time do not gathers, and that the administrative service modify my report of the past week and declare that there #be a report for the *segunda reading. +In the text *nos have agreed with the Council that before the approval of the budget of the European Union always take place a meeting *tripartita additional, in the that among the Council, Parliament and the Commission agree form in the that #can cover an eventual need -the past year had help to *Rusia- with resources no released of the common budgetary year or also how have to treat needs of the consecutive budgetary year and how have to *ponernos entirely of agreement before the approval of the Budget. +Gentleman President, is natural that exist fields in the that *nos had enjoyed to get more far after two years of negotiations about the #european regional help for the next seven years. Fits to mention, #among others, some clearer commitments, frames of association by part of the local and regional authorities, more guarantees still for respect of terms in payment to contractors of projects and the establishment of a specific figure for the capital of social risk in favour of the voluntary organisations smaller. +While we follow expecting the adoption of concrete measures directed to respect the agreements *multilaterales on the environment -in particular, on the climate and biodiversity- or to reflect in facts the decisions of the Summit of *Copenhague in matter of fight against poverty, the committees of the *OMC impose law to democracies -and, in particular, to the European Union- and gives to freedom of exchanges the priority on #all the considerations, already treat of public health, environment, human rights or social rights. +In the meeting Council of Justice and Interior of 3 December 1998 approved performance plan of the Commission and the Council with regard to the effective application of points of the Treaty of *Amsterdam for the creation of a #european space of freedom, justice and security; among measures to carry out in the next two years contemplates the editorial of a list of the countries, #whose citizens will be able to travel to States members of the EU without visa, and of the countries that will need it. +In front of this situation, diet no only do not shows a minimum will to initiate political and economic reforms, but that, by the contrary, reinforces the submission of the population *norcoreana and keeps a total control on expert missions and on the medical and alimentary help supplied by the international community to the population *norcoreana (600.000 tonnes of cereals in 1998 and 530.000 in 1999) to the not allowing to the international organisations verify utilisation and efficiency of help. +In this sense had been unforgivable that, *cuando in *Sudáfrica dismantles diet *odioso, *cuando the #south african take history and give example producing an admirable reconciliation, surpassing with hit the always difficult transition of a civil war and dictatorship, transition of diagrams of release movement to the constitution of a Been pluralist, democratic and of Right, had been scandalous, say, that *cuando *ellos, the #south african, have not defrauded confidence in behaviour, *nosotros Europeans did not know to be to the height of the circumstances and defrauded confidence that from *África of the South has deposited in *nosotros. +Subject: On the possible suppression of the General Direction of Fishing Is true - as they finish to announce the media - that, in spite of the word given by the Agriculture Commissioner *Fischler in appearance in front of Fishing Commission of the European Parliament, the European Commission has decided to suppress the General Direction of Fishing (General Direction *XIV), measure that prejudices clearly to the interests *pesqueros #european and, especially, to the interests of dependent regions of fishing, as it is the case of *Galicia? +To follow forward with politics contrary to pity capital, to consolidate attainments of the Committee of Human Rights and to carry the question of death pity to program of the General Assembly of Nations Joined, States members of the European Union have resolved to present a resolution in the Third Commission during the *quincuagésimo chamber period of sessions of the General Assembly. +#would Be #naïve, clear, expect a distinct approach by part of organisms of the EU, *cuando the community budget and the national budgets move in the hard and *antipopular mark of the criteria of *Maastricht and of the *draconianas reductions of costs; *cuando the external politics of the EU characterises by hypocrisy that did not knows limits, by control more *opresivo, and by the every time greater submission of the countries, #as well as by the open intervention and generalised in his internal subjects, as they show the enlargement process and the Stability Pact for the *Europa *suroriental. +conception #would conduct directly, according to the ancient professional deformation of the Commission, to concede the primacy to the free circulation of commodities on health of consumers, as we finish to see in the subject of the embargo of meat of bovine #british, in the that it #would be necessary, lady Speaker, expect to that have of proofs, it that *nos conducts, by it other, to the extraordinary following conclusion: the that inside the European Union did not applies the principle of caution, whereas it tries to take that it prevail in relations with third countries, in particular with States Joined. +The Commission also #can support the relative amendments to enlargement of the directive to include other alternative fuels, in east marry ethanol; the amendment that refers to the fiscal incentives applied to the *reequipamiento of old vehicles; the amendment that includes the heavy vehicles in the community general strategy referred to carbon dioxide and the relative amendment to the commercial quality of the liquid petrol. +Has had knowledge the Commission of the opening of investigation, or of appeal of information or of recommendations to reach agreements, by part of State Department of the #EE.UU., directed to the Group Sun-*Meliá, with previous character to the application to this group and to companies of the EU (Club *Med, *LTU), in frank rape of the Agreements reached among the European Commission and the Administration #Clinton, in the frame of the Transatlantic Summit, that excluded of the field of application of the Law *Helms-*Burton to the #european companies? +#If we split of premise that a world-wide trade freer and more just has been the foundation that has allowed to improve welfare level of States and populations, especially in the case of the countries in development, then also have to recognise that the European Union, in quality of greater commercial power of the world, has an elementary interest in continuing promoting this favourable evolution and in that an increasing number of villages and of States take part in #the same. +To measure that increases the number of international competitors in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, precisely in the rich nations and especially in States Joined, that are those who more have benefited of liberalisation of the markets, is -paradoxically, wanted to add *yo- scepticism and worry in front of the possibility that globalisation also carry rigged impoverishment, the destruction of the environment and the loss of national sovereignty. +The Commission of Budgetary Control proposes to answer in opinion writing to the *interrogante on the suitability to tackle development of controls and an effective protection of the community finances by means of the creation of public prosecutor charge #european according to diagram proposed in the "*Corpus *Juris" , but in the sense of subsidiariness, #such as *nos posed and cleared the past week in the session of *Bruselas gentleman Commissioner *Barnier. +have achieved to pose with considerable clarity and of consistent way the political requirements associated to cooperation with *Turquía, in particular the need that they respect and develop the human rights, among *ellos the rights of village *kurdo, the requirement of the abolition of death pity, the strengthening of the civil society, a greater participation of the no governmental organisations and the reduction of the social disadvantages and of the regional underdevelopment. +In this sense, tomorrow will propose -to the contrary of it that, apparently, think #others- postponement of the vote of the two reports for a period of back sessions and ask to Speaker of the European Parliament that, in name of the institution that chairs, formulate request expresses to the European Council of *Helsinki so that, #if it keeps the decision of the #turkish authorities, the Council adopt a very firm position in relation with the candidature of *Turquía to the European Union. +Without leaving to respect confidentiality of conversations, *yo #can *decirles, in any case, that my personal impression is that Government #turkish did not wishes to take in any case a decision on the execution of sentence while it last the procedure of *Estrasburgo, but that strategy is directed rather to take advantage of the time like this won for abolish death pity in *Turquía. +But believe that no *le #can dribble to the Presidency in exercise of the Council merit that they have produced substantial advances in the field of the external politics and of common security reorganising works of the Council, giving a clear impulse to the no military management of the crisis, adopting the common strategy on the case of *Ucrania and adopting also a statement in the case of *Chechenia, although to *nosotros *nos had enjoyed that it went a bit more conclusive and believe that time *nos will give reason. +Also suits to remember that, in the report of the Court of Accounts that finishes of #make and that have debated this week, have not found in #all the agricultural sector any indication of massive swindle or fraud on a large scale, but have observed that seems to have *muchísimos problems to hour to reckon the number of livestock, the quantity of hectares by help to surface, etc. Exist small errors in a very wide field and *eso constitutes a grave problem that owe *encarar. +Have to say again that the political intentionality of the Treaty was the to integrate the Secretariat of *Schengen existent in the also existent General Secretariat of the Council without hiring new collaborators or summon procedures of selection of any type, as it #can not be reasonable that #if a task has been made up to now by a Secretariat that goes to be integrated afterwards in #another, solvent the subject planting to 80 new persons according to norms applicable to the general Secretariat and that put in the street to the 80 persons that have taken until then work of the Secretariat of *Schengen. +In the European Union today, for well or for bad, although it still have national cultural traditions, the basic principles, the principles of public order, the principles of the protection of morals, of the right and of minors, follow valid and, therefore, believe that, in this moment, really a directive like the current goes to facilitate integration of legislations by means of defence of some common principles to #all States members. +Lady minister, from the past 11 February, in that it reacted in front of the first informations on slaughterings in *Kosovo, Parliament no has ceased of reporting the atrocities committed in this province, in the that unchained once again the *infernal gear of violence and of fear, cause of *tantos sufferings by the systematic rape of the most elementary rights of human being, in first row of the *cuales appears the to remain in the floor that has seen it be born and conserve culture in the that has raised. +This approach of the interior of the crisis that crosses the Commission (crisis to the that confront #all the #european institutions) #would contribute, in my opinion, to situate effectively the analysis of the independent experts in his global political context, characterised (to use the terms of the document of the mentioned Cell of *Prospectiva) by the exhaustion of form to organise the public action, by a crisis of authority that affects of full to the Union. +In category *I "agricultural costs, support to the markets" are already to the limit of the *margen; in category *IV "external actions" - will go back on *ello - category literally explodes, in category *V do not know it that will cost the administrative reform of the Commission, but see with worry how outlines the problem of retirements without that have foreseen costs adapted; and in category *VII allocated to the *preadhesión, movement in favour of a faster enlargement and wider, #if it #can say like this, do not enjoys of credits adapted. +The Scientific Committee has shown clearly his *convencimiento that meat of bovine #british is so innocuous like any #another meat of bovine of part of the European Union and in these circumstances am safe that Commissioner will suit *conmigo in that delay of only days is better that the of two or three years in the courts, it that finishes frustrating to #everyone, do not satisfies to nobody and, in particular, do not satisfies to graziers #british that have observed the law, have taken it that *les has asked and are now in conditions to sell an excellent product in #all the European Union. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0056\/1999), in name of Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, concerning the common position, approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to action program community (Program *DAPHNE) (2000-2003) on preventive measures allocated to combat violence exerted on boys, teenagers and women [$^9150$/^1$/^1999$-^*C$^5$-^0181$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0192$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ (Speaker: Mrs. *Avilés *Perea). +Believe that it is just to affirm that it exists general consensus in the European Union - among the Council, Parliament and the Commission - on the two following proposals: in the first place, in spite of the comprehensible indignation by the appalling acts of terrorism in *Moscú, in the *Cáucaso North and in parts - that like citizen of a country that has suffered *demasiadas experiences of terrorism condemn totally -, the #russian action during the last weeks has supposed a reiterated deployment of a disproportionate military strength, the reiterated contempt of the need to look for a political solution and the reiterated contempt of the tragic consequences for persons. +Without embargo, fifty years after the Universal Statement of the Human Rights, know that no exist rights conquered #all at the same time and for ever: think in the *Tíbet, *Birmania, *Timor and in the #asian countries in that it explodes the childish and feminine work; think in *Kosovo, in *Chechenia or in *África, a continent *demasiadas far times and forgotten; think in the 790 millions of persons that happen *hambre in the world or in the 300 millions of boys that are forced to work; think, besides, in the 1.625 executions fulfilled the year happened in the 72 countries that in legislations keep death pity; finally think in destination of the leader *kurdo *Ocalan, #whose life has to be saved by means of effort of #all *nosotros. +And all *ello because, although Parliament has expressed an indeclinable commitment in favour of a moratorium of death pity, as we took in the debate of the last session *plenaria -believe that Speaker has directed already to the #turkish authorities by reason- think that the European Union has to fulfil commitments and, to time, that #can not leave to recognise that in the last fifteen years in *Turquía has not executed death pity. +is not only the case *Ocalan that *me takes to say that the candidature of *Turquía is not mature still. Among things, *Ocalan went practically delivered by the Government of Mr. *D' *Alema -#one dishonours for #Italia- but, on the other hand, precisely of the penal Code Italian *Turquía has copied article 155 of his penal Code that has allowed conviction of *Ocalan - article 155 of the penal Code Turkish, copied of article 241 of the penal Code Italian- and, therefore, also the position of the #italian Government in this case no *me has *extrañado at all. +Report (To5-0074\/1999) of Mr. *Pronk, in name of the Delegation of Parliament for the conciliation Commission on the text attach, approved by the Conciliation Commission, on directive proposal of the relative Council to the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of health and of security of workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres. (Commission of Social Subjects and Employment, *Décima *quinta managerial individual relative to article 16(1) of the Directive 89\/391\/*CEE (*C5-0221\/1991 - 1995\/0235(*COD)) +will Signal that, from fifteen years ago, in *Turquía exists a moratorium in fact on death pity; that the goal of the report that, precisely, subject to vote is to incite to Government #turkish to that this moratorium in fact convert in moratorium of right; and that, in any case, *me ask #which #would be the reaction of colleagues #if, in countries of origin, existed, as *ellos wish, intrusion of the political power in the judicial power. since at present the cause of Mr. *Ocalan is subjected to the Court of Security of *Estrasburgo. +The technical obstacles that #would pose the greater difficulties to reduce the transitory period are, specifically: manufacture terms of notes and of coins in euros; the considerable importance of the computer adaptations that they have to make , and also the fact that the transition to the euro of the public administrations has been scheduled for the year 2002, to end to take in consideration the complexity of changes that have to introduce in this sector. +Of compliance with article 245 of the constitutive Treaty of the *CE, with article 45 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community of Coal and Steel and with article 160 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community of the Atomic Energy, the Council #can change disposals on the maintenance of secret only to request of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0101\/1999) of Mr. *Papayannakis, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, on regulation proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council that modifies the Regulation (*CE) *nº 820\/97 of the Council by the that it establishes identification system and register of animals of the bovine species and relative to labeling of meat of *vacuno and products to base of meat of *vacuno (*COM(1999) 487 - *C5-0241\/1999 - 1999\/0205(*COD)). +By evident reasons, that have relation with geography but also with history, seemed necessary to Europeans engage, during the years 70, cooperation action of *envergadura with the countries of *África, of the *Caribe and of the Peaceful, under a quite original form known with the name of Agreement of *Lomé, and that allowed that partners of the south benefited of stable prices for products of the that extract his main resources, *ello to coat of a free change in directions of the that it only that sees is how ruins today the most fragile economies. +*Ustedes will remember appointment: «day will happen to history like infamy day», and *ello because the Secretary of North American State, that was perfectly to the common, took to expect in antechamber during varied hours to ambassador #japanese that had attended to deliver war statement, with the only goal to take out party of indignation by attack in front of the North American public opinion and international. +As I believe that it always is possible attenuate the negative effects, stand out three: reform of the *PAC, to the that associate the feeble expression of the concept of «rural development», as the benefited and prejudiced go to follow, at the end, being #the same of always; the reduction of the public copartnership in private projects producers of income that, when prejudicing to companies, lessen employment; bottom concentration of the next community frame in the first years, that, together with the balances that go out of *él, will create complex conditions of utilisation of the structural Bottoms, as known is that, #if they do not use, lose. +Likewise wanted to express the opinion shared by the absolute majority of the Commission of Public Freedoms and of Inner Subjects that no treats of the rights of Parliament, by important that are, but that Parliament pretends *erigirse in lawyer of the fundamental rights, the rights of citizens and the rights of person in the European Union. Now well, results enormously difficult to assume this have to that we have to fulfil of face to the #european citizens *cuando the Council *nos excludes of activities. +Without embargo this question follows without answer and is: -#If it knows the Council that, in accordance with complaints and informations that spread the international media, bombardments of NATO and war of *Yugoslavia have caused catastrophes or damages *irreparables in monuments of the cultural heritage European -among the *cuales also there are churches and monasteries #christian (#orthodox).-#If they show that data are correct: to)How thinks to take so that it do not continue this loss *irremediable, *yb)how thinks to take to restore- in measure of it possible- damages?Obviously, this question refers, in concrete, to a «cultural crime of war» that takes place in *Europa, in *Yugoslavia, in #where it also takes place a «environmental crime of war». +The withdrawal of the directive on cars of the meeting of the Council of Ministers by dictated of Chancellor is fact never seen and *inaudito, as neither has precedents in the recent history of the European Union decision to prevent by dictated the participation of Economy Minister #german in the meeting of the Council of Ministers that celebrated in *Finlandia. +Aspire to that of way in that today it takes it Parliament, the Council direct from *Tampere an audible message to the #european citizens, the message that the European Union really interests and works by his more vital interests: the *reforzamiento of the inner security, the free circulation, the free access to justice, the fight against the international organised delinquency, control of borders, respect of the rights and fundamental freedoms. +The proposal of the Commission to create a #european agency for reconstruction is based mainly in the recommendations of Parliament for reconstruction of *Bosnia - recommendations that aptly take upsetting in the need to decentralise the management of help to *través of the increase of the participation of local personnel and mechanism contribution that adapt better to urgency of the requirements of reconstruction. +Lady Speaker, in virtue of article 111 of the Regulation of the European Parliament, propose amendment to the agenda of this partial period of sessions to include a statement of the Commission on the refusal of the #french Government to raise meat embargo and decision to prevent that meat of *vacuno of Realm Joined cross territory, that is route forced to get to *España and #Italia. +Subject: Decision on reconstruction of the regions affected by seisms in #Grecia After the strong tremors of earth that have affected to the #greek region of the *Ática, causing *decenas of dead persons and damages of a magnitude still no established, #can indicate the Council #if it thinks to proceed to the urgent publication of a decision on subscription of loan for interest bonus, with regard to reconstructing the economic and social infrastructure, included house, and reestablish production means, #such as it took by means of previous #his decisions in favour of *Portugal, in 1993, and in favour of #Grecia, in March of 1981 and in September of 1986 (Decision 81\/1013\/*CEE of 14.12.1981 and Decision 88\/561\/*CEE of 7.11.1988? +Said #this and considering that *nos find in a historical moment of the #european construction with the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice, in front of a debate on a Letter of fundamental rights, and considering likewise powers awarded to the Council by the Treaties to carry out actions that guarantee these rights of the #european citizens, *me #would enjoy to know attitude of the Council with regard to the content of said Letter of fundamental rights in matter of protection of sexual freedom and of sexual option more that of sexual orientation. +Without embargo it is necessary to develop painstakingly documentation system, extending it also to torture and to means employed for the other inhuman and degrading deals, so that information was to disposal of the national parliaments #as well as of this Assembly before it produce a greater diffusion and like this control on the export of arms was effective, having of the suitable political instruments and juridical to take part transgression of norms on control systems. +In lines guidelines and in finance of #many of politics are included #many of the proposals that have listened in this hemicycle, #such like special fiscal reductions for workers and for small and medium enterprises, like support to education or to training of workers with seen to dismissals or to restructurings, #as well as social packages to reinforce the social network in case of great restructurings, the continuous training and worker provision with new aptitudes so that they #can answer to restructurings. +The amendment 7, that *versa on actions integrated in agreements of transnational cultural cooperation, composes of two parts: in the first place, the relative to paper of the committee and more in particular the obligation by part of managers of projects funded to present a balance of actions undertaken directly to the committee, as control *incumbe to the Commission, that has to also commission of the management of program; second, the relative part to the addition of precision "specialists of heritage". +#If the Central Bank European considers dangerous rhythm of upper growth to the 2,5% and, according to assessments of the Commission, has to have rhythm of upper growth to the 3% to reduce employment to the 7% in 6 or 7 years, then the only path that *les remains, and of course follow *ustedes with coherence, is *presionar to the labour market to cancel the labour relations, impose work to half day and, more generally, *flexibilizar employment, reduce really wages and finish with the social security. +Want to appreciate to the speaker and to the and the colleagues of Industry Commission the inclusion in the final report of #many of looks approved in the Environment Commission, which #can not give by discounted neither neither occurs always, and that aspirations have found fit in the amendments of the speaker and in commitment amendments, so that big part of the questions that the Environment Commission considers important with seen to *Seattle have remained integrated in the report of Mr. *Schwaiger. +Is an exceptional democratic event that thousands of men and women have debated and have manifested by a distinct economy, directly linked to the daily life and democracy, because the fact that 134 governments form part of the World-wide Organisation of Trade do not guarantees of by himself\/hisself neither transparency neither democracy in the processes of taking of decisions because, further of the formal statutes, it that *subsiste really is the contractual power of the strongest Governments and of multinationals that exert it. +has to include also in the Treaties this Letter of fundamental rights that goes to elaborate in the next months; contemplate the taking of decisions by majority -like general norm- and, logically, of simultaneous way, the procedure of *codecisión in moments; expand also powers of the European Parliament, for example the capacity to ratify #all the international treaties, was *cual was type or type; and, of course, contemplate that the next reforms take in accordance with a much more open method, transparent, democratic and participatory that the current. +Gentleman President, with occasion of the presentation of this bulky report on the human rights, will mention the constant rapes of said rights committed with the foundation of legislation *estalinista against intellectuals of #all specialities that have brave to issue critical opinions or simply independent concerning history of the last world-wide war, #whose drama *concentracionario *obnubila increasingly to the media, to education, to the press, to interest service very distinct of the exclusive defence of the memory of the victims. +Apart from his strictly economic meaning, that do not leaves to be great, these institutions have offered to villages the real proof that the creation of new community institutions attendants of the exercise of politics integrated in place of the governments or of the national institutions of States members do not constitutes betrayal, but a conjoint exercise more effective of our national sovereignty. +Consider important that have two representatives of the European Parliament in the preparatory group, but already consider less #worthy for the European Parliament that Speaker, instead of relating exclusively with State bosses and prime ministers, see immersed in dynamics in the that the hear before the meetings of members of the Council of General Subjects and #that is not deal #worthy for this European Parliament. +Have seen that the Court of Justice has ratified faculty of States members to take decisions in this matter and besides, regarding point that *usted has underlined relative to distribution inside the territory of State, have to add that norms in matter of competition and the principle of no discrimination do not force to States members to take in account looks of regional character to hour to award licences for casinos neither permissions to organise games of chance. +has needed, as, more of a year and varied meetings of the Conciliation Committee to reach an agreement on program, #tending to promote the quality of education to *través of the promotion of cooperation, of the intensification of mobility and of development of the #european dimension in #all the educational sectors, with the end to complete actions of States members in this field. +In the case of *Kuwait, it that has *sucedido to finals of November, *cuando with 32 votes against and 30 in favour Parliament has refused the proposal that women #can vote and be voted, do not constitutes only rape of the human rights and a repulsive political action, but also is infringement of the own #kuwaiti Constitution, that in article 29 has that #all citizens are equal in front of the law, independently of sex, religion, race or the ethnic origin. +Have to say that #if we talk of defence and of promotion of the human rights like a fundamental element of the #european identity and of projection in the world, certainly today *Birmania is #one of the banks of fundamental proof and believe that the best way to express our felt condolence to Mrs. Saint *Suu *Kiy is intensifying the initiative against diet #burmese and increasing his international isolation so much from point of political sight and diplomatic like economic and commercial. +By the contrary, a greater cooperation in the national politics through a consistent put in practice of the guidelines and of the action plans of employment politics, #as well as an improvement of control possibility mean #one *plusvalía #european, the *cual together with the effect stabilizer of a solid common coin will contribute also to half term in the inner market European to that we reach more put of work and have less unemployed. #This is an important *prerrequisito of the social dimension of the European Union. +To finalise, #some points that, although they go to be decided by the next Parliament, *nosotros #would have to set up in the next weeks -and, #if it is possible, before the Council *ECOFIN of 25 May- in the frame of the Group of high level: need a proposal *consensuable in relation with the five members of the Surveillance Committee, need a profile of the director of the *OLAF so that it #can publish the announcement of the squares; need organisation chart of the *OLAF as *prerrequisito and like base of a supplementary budget, as they have recommended it already in his opinion colleagues of Budget Commission. +The report is in it true when underlining the need to establish a narrower coordination among the great orientations of economic politics and the guidelines in matter of politics of employment, taking into account the need of a coherent strategy for employment, growth, stability and the economic reforms and for an improvement of content and opportunity and relation among the commissions of the Council interested. +The General Secretary of the UN was invited to the extraordinary Summit of State Bosses and of Government and has reinforced equally implication, taken by the *cual also *nos *congratulamos explicitly. Have likewise satisfaction to be able to *anunciarles news of the maximum actuality, to know, that after the meeting of yesterday in *Bonn of the Political Directors of the *G-8, in the *cual achieved to reach an agreement on a common foundation, Thursday will celebrate in *Bonn a meeting of Ministers of the *G-8 on the subject of *Kosovo. +The Commission has the impression of that this managerial #such as it exists at present represents a *primer useful step to a fixation of prices just and effective of commodity transport by heavy vehicles by road and *nos cheer of the fine disposal of Parliament and of the Council to give this step. Likewise, follow taking upsetting in the need to work more in quantification of the external costs for #all transport moods. +Propose to substitute the stability pact by a true pact of growth with, among priorities, the relaunching of the productive investment, the continuation of descent of interest types of selective form in favour of employment, the set up of reduction process of work time without decrease of wage, the arrest of the process of liberalisation and deregulation, fixation of a minimum wage in each Been member. +Meanwhile, the taking of decisions after the Summit of *Berlín has carried to instauration of a budgetary category separate for adhesion, section *séptimo, in the that will include also helps *Sapard, for the that will impose some financial rules more strict in relation to the *prefinanciación and the management and financial justification that the that they #would be applicable #if measures had followed in category 1, agriculture, as it had proposed the Commission, or in category 2, to the that #would have belonged measures in case that these countries sure enough had converted in States members. +Anyway, *ustedes are conscious that the Commission has kept reservations about the common position, for example, in matter of suitable supervision and regarding the suppression of #some elements of the Annex 2 relative to the additional risks derived of cut of the electrical supply, #as well as to the need to delete manually automatisms in case that the automatic processes separate of the conditions of planned operation and, finally, regarding the need to be able to spread or isolate quickly energy accumulated in case of cut of supply by #any emergency. +#If deal to find thread conductive in my commitment, modest, but *tenaz and passionate, along the fifteen years that have worked here, *me seems that I #can find it in the will to contribute to endow to *Europa, to #ours loved *Europa, of effective instruments to guarantee pluralism of information, the protection of creativity, support to circulation of the #european dramas, a new impulse to the audiovisual production *valorizando the *irreducibles differentiate of cultures and converting in strength an apparent weakness. +Therefore, wanted to direct a concrete message to Colony Council, so as to that the Presidency #german ask that it appear in the agenda of the next General Assembly of Nations Joined this subject and that the Presidency #finnish was attendant to execute this decision so that -in the month of August, to more take- this subject appear in the agenda and #can be examined sure enough in the next General Assembly of Nations Joined. +My Group no only pretends to express worry by security of citizens of the European Union, the Czech Republic and the bordering countries, but that, besides, want to loan help to innovation, to the alternative energies, to forms of energetic efficiency, in other words, want to boost energy use that do not require of nuclear head offices and do not produce the corresponding consumption of electrical energy. +Is an opportunity to explore promise to collaborate with Parliament and embrace *decididamente our interest for examining the application of the reform process and also his constructive commitment with worries like deputies by a #european economy that was based in knowledge, aptitudes and creativity and a #european society based in the inclusion, diversity and the cultural wealth. +So much today, in the speech of Speaker of the Council, as two weeks ago, in audition of Commissioner *Vitorino, have appreciated -*nosotros, deputies, *habituados to the "*langue of *bois" of the Council and of the Commission- elements of philosophical rigour on the fundamental budgets of this true inner market of freedom and justice, is to say, the market of values -and no already the of commodities and services- that *nos inspire optimism reserved on *Tampere and consequences. ?Why? +Subject: Round of #Millenium of the *OMC The past June, State Bosses of the European Union, gathered in Colony Summit, agreed that the next commercial negotiations of the "Round of #Millenium" of the *OMC had to include the labour norms, alleging that: "negotiations that cover a wide fan of subjects, included work norms, environment, development and transparency, constitute the most appropriate base to reach substantial results and balanced in benefit of #all members of the *OMC". +Subject: Installation of a nuclear head office in a highly exposed zone to seismic movements as it is the region of *Akköy in *Turquía The *tremendo seism, so much in extension as in intensity, that recently has shaken *Turquía, no only has caused considerable damages, but that also *replantea of dramatic form construction project of a gigantic nuclear head office of production of electrical energy in the region of *Akköy, to southwest of *Turquía, project in the that persists Government #turkish, in spite of treating of a zone that comports a high seismic risk as they confirm #all the studies carried out by specialists. +. (*FR) deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of Nations have voted against of the group of the amendments approved in the Environment Commission, #tending to transform the recommendation of the Commission in directive, and *ello by three essential reasons: relative reason to bureaucracy, relative reason to the juridical foundation and relative reason to the structure of control bodies in States members of the European Union. +*Cuando the philosophy that conditions the relative proposals centres in the concept of "citizen according to the law" and of attribution need of responsibilities to those that loom freedom and security of persons and of society", only #can ascertain comeback of theories that in countries like the #ours, went in the happened the base of the laws and limitations *antidemocráticas, the base to penalise the political and #sindical action. +By part, the agricultural employers, from takes time and strongly stuck to train of the rigid conditions of production, guarantee and back fully, as they show it history and actuality, maturity of consumer; by #another, the possible path to solve the problem is tied to the *proprio consumer that has comprised perfectly the #european politics in matter of marks and of typical products giving validity to the local products Europeans, perfectly able to avert the *aplastamiento in the international competition that, by the contrary, prevails foods *masificados. +Without embargo, wanted to urge to Commissioner to that it take *algo more: #if colleagues and *él are decided to recover confidence of consumers and of the alimentary industry in the relative structures to the *inocuidad of foods of the EU, has to create a #european agency attendant of the similar foods to Food Administration and Medicines of the #EE.UU. Said agency #can assume the current functions of the Commission in matter of inspection and executive in relation with the veterinary legislation, phytosanitary and relative to hygiene of foods. +Gentleman President, before going in in matter and of *referirme to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the application of program *ALTENER with arrangement to the procedure of *codecisión, time approved the Treaty of *Amsterdam, #would want to express in the first place my satisfaction, my recognition, my gratitude by support that the Commission has found in moment in the European Parliament precisely in the field of the renewable energies. +#- - (OF) Gentleman President, regarding the subject of crop of linen and the problems that there #be had in *España in this context, the Commission already proposed to the Council, in the frame of price package for the year 1996, that established a maximum surface guaranteed for crop of linen and fixed some lower helps for the rest, except in the case of linen *recolectado with traditional methods. +To these foundations it #would be necessary to add, in my opinion, the strategic value of agriculture in #some exporting regions of the European Union, that, besides, have had in the Treaty of *Amsterdam a singular recognition, as they are the called regions *ultraperiféricas, that need a special consideration in negotiations of the Round of #Millenium so that the decisions that take in *Seattle leave to except his agricultural interests and guarantee his social survival, cultural, economic and environmental, especially after Colony summit. +The European Parliament also has worked *denodadamente to put in vigour legislative norms that reduce gas utilisation of CO2; for example, the new directive of the European Union on agent regulation *contaminantes forces to the oil companies to engage to achieve that sulphur content of vehicles remain reduced to a third part, and that sulphur content of fuel *diesel remain reduced to #one *séptima splits for the year 2005. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for *segunda reading (To5-0029\/1999) of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market concerning the common position of the Council (*COM98) 285 - *C5-0029\/1999 - 1998\/0163(*COD)) with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the velocimeter of engine vehicles of two or three tyres and by the that modifies the Directive 92\/61\/*CEE of the relative Council to homologation of said vehicles (Speaker: Mr. *Ferri). +In front of the next negotiations with the *OMC, in the that goes to include the audiovisual sector, sees every time with greater clarity it important that are some independent and reliable informations on the situation of the market in *Europa for attendants to adopt the political decisions, like the community organs, the Governments of States members, for organs *decisorios economic and social of States members and of the regions and for industry devoted to investigation, Universities and the media. +Believe that #if the Commission decides to advance in the review of the total of the directive on ordination of work time and poses from the principle the subject of rest *dominical, that has been a very debated subject and on the that already there are decisions of the European Court, simply run the danger of not to debate it never and to get time to a dead end, for looking for *utópicamente it *inmejorable. +#One of the main political conclusions of the extraordinary meeting of Bosses of State or of Government signals the need, with seen to a true politics of migration, to go out of the traditional limits of justice and interior subjects and resort to a series of instruments, in the field of politics of the Union, conception #this that already advocated the Commission from 1994 and that always has deserved support of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the Report *DEHAENE includes a proposal of historical scope. Pretends to divide the Treaties in two parts: a constitutional and institutional part that, as it has been the case up to now, only will be able to modify by unanimity by means of a Conference *Intergubernamental and a ratification procedure of States members, and a special part reserved to a series of concrete politics for the that the ratification procedure substitutes by the *dictamen satisfied of Parliament. +The problem is not only that it register an increase of the synthetic drugs and of the import of cocaine in *Europa, although heroine follows being the main problem; is that in the last years drugs have converted in a conscious threat that emanates of relation among crime organised with drug traffic and with the traffic of arms and of nuclear materials, #as well as of the creation of new pertinent criminal organisations of the *Europa Central and Oriental. +These countries have been supported in work by the International Agency of Atomic Energy, that has reviewed analyses on the importance of the problem regarding a significant number of head offices; Mrs. *Plooij-go *Gorsel has mentioned works made up to now, and #this is my answer, Lady: works of the Agency and of the countries that explode head offices have not revealed to have problems of "*bug" in the essential systems for security. +Also request the *engarce of this philosophy *arancelaria with a new tax of similar structure to the old *APIM, so as to incorporate it to a package of specific measures of fiscal character that the Council, to proposal of the Commission, has to set up the next year -as they finish to indicate deputies *Ripoll and *Martínez of *Bedoya and *Medina *Ortega- to *través of the announced permanent statute for the regions *ultraperiféricas -among the that find the Canarian islands- like development of article 299.2, that foresees treatment differentiated, as *ustedes know, of the application of disposals of the Treaty. +The case of *Corea is, as they already have said varied colleagues, the result of the combination of situations and factors, interns, other external: the crisis of #Asia, the *hiperdesvalorización in more of the 30% of the national coin -of the *won- and the concomitant support of #FMI have been factors that have conducted to this eccentric only -situation, #can say- in that it finds *Corea, by not talking of the disloyal form as *nos has taken competition in the last time. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the communication of the Commission on the *salvaguardia of the current sportive structures and the maintenance of the social function of sport in the community frames, support plan community to the fight against doping in sport and the participation of the Commission in the Anti-doping World-wide Agency. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0086\/1999) of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market, concerning the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to approximation of legislations of States members on the safe of civil responsibility derived of vehicle circulation cars and by the that modify the Directives 73\/239\/*CEE and 88\/357\/*CEE (*cuarta Managerial on safe of vehicles cars) (Speaker: *Rothley) +Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and States members, by part, and the Czech Republic, by #another, to take into account adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9726\/1999 - *C5-0191\/1999 - 1997\/0273(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +#- - Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and States members, by part, and the Slovakian Republic, by #another, to take into account adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9727\/1999 - *C5-0192\/1999 - 1997\/0274(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +*Permítanme say, to finish, that believe that it will have to exist interrelationship, relations among scientists and jurists and the evaluation of risk factors to guarantee with total security that managers to draft the laws comprise it that say scientists, and that scientists are satisfied with mood in that jurists draft the laws so that they contemplate the criteria that *ellos have expressed in his *dictamen in the field of the evaluation of risk factors. +In the basic shots of the economic politics of States members and of the Community for 1998\/99 underlines of similar mood that the economic politics of States members, especially, his financial and monetary politics, that now drops inside the exclusive competition of the Community, #as well as the structural reforms have to support among #if to reach a low inflation that goes parallel to a sustainable and effective growth for employment. +For being #this much more elevated in transport by road, with noise, the atmospheric pollution and accidents, as *evidencian charts presented by the speaker, is justified that it was greater payment that have to take users, in consonance, by it other, with it that already *sucede now, when paying users of roads (in taxes on fuels and vehicles and in tolls) the double of cost that with *ellas takes, *cuando users of roads *férreas pay the 56 % and the of roads navigable the 18 % of the respective costs. +#If well it is true that the crisis of the *EEB has allowed to modify taking procedures of decisions in breast of the Commission, wish to signal, in name of my Group, that these procedures, further of file of cow crazy», have to expand to end to manage of the best possible way the principle of prevention and to avert that they exert political or economic pressures on the scientific committees and through experts of the Commission. +Want to give the thanks to Mr. *Fayot by work in the Commission in general, and the fact that this Commission do not go to exist more in form, do not has to involve now -and #this is a last point in the that coincide with colleague, Mr. *Corbett- a negative trial of work of the Commission and, less still, of work of president, but that treats properly that in the future want to have grouped the questions that are important from sight point of content. +Lady Speaker, wanted colleagues, the interest of the Report *Fourçans do not resides only in the fact that it subscribes totally the recommendations of the Commission, but that also involves clearly in the political debate that so much has agitated the #european environments, included Parliament, is to say: now that it already has created the euro, it #would be necessary to soften the budgetary and monetary discipline that has allowed the historical decision of May of 1998, with the end of *relanzar an economic activity rather *titubeante? +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0255\/99) of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens, on the consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam (relation of legislative proposals slopes in the Council to 1 May 1999, with indication of the new juridical foundation, #as well as a possible modification of the legislative procedure after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam) (*C4-0134\/99 + *SEC(99)0581 - *C4-0219\/99). +In effect, the main amendments presented pursue substantially the following goals: insist in the favourable effects that measure has in hand employment of drama no qualified or little qualified and in the environment, #as well as in the reduction of the illegal work; foresee that the Council #can take decisions by qualified majority regarding permission to apply the type reduced and foresee that the Commission elaborate a report of global assessment accompanied, in case, of appropriate proposals. +Gentleman Minister, *me direct to *usted with look put in Colony Summit, and *le say that have in hands a historical opportunity to create in Colony conditions and the budgets to achieve that the new Conference *Intergubernamental suppose for the external politics it that *Maastricht and *Amsterdam supposed for the economy. A #european external politics that -*usted better that nobody knows *algo of history- #can not exhaust in the diplomatic activity, but that it has to include answers to challenges like the that constitute the economy, the environment and culture. +But here find #one allusion *anodina, #if no dangerous, with regard to age minors, because age minors, logically, have the protection of the civil Right, no only in point of contracting based in honesty or in the fine faith, but also regarding that it will be invalid agreement *cuando, according to the civil Right, minors have not reached the necessary age according to sake class and of agreements that it treat. +*Yo #can not forget #some of the environmental emergencies of my country and also in the rest of *Europa.and)Highlight the necessary effort in the national levels, *suprarregionales, regional and venues in matter of prevention, cooperation and exchange of experiences.*f)And propose to detect and study the causes of catastrophes and publish the conclusions of this study so that they are useful for prevention.Ratify the position of the *PE regarding the necessary committee for the execution of program, that has to have consultative character, approving the amendment of Budget Commission that proposes that it was more transparent and participatory. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To4-0220\/99) of Mrs. #Miranda of *Lage, in name of Commission of Economic Relations External, on decision proposal of the relative Council to the celebration of the Agreement of economic collaboration, political coordination and commercial cooperation among the European Community and States members, by part, and States Joined Mexicans, by another (*COM(97)527-11618\/97 + 11620\/97 + *COR 1 - *C4-0023\/98-97\/0289\/(*AVC)). +To this *respecto wanted to underline that minister *Schily took part here in Plenary day 14 January and that talked in front of the Commission of Public Freedoms and of Inner Subjects on 19 January and on 30 March. *Yo appeared in front of the Commission of Public Freedoms and of Inner Subjects on 23 November and Mr. *Eisel, the director of the competent service together *conmigo, was two times in the commission the past week so as to *facilitarles information. +To said end, is necessary to intensify to #all levels cooperation with the regional and local authorities and with the socioeconomic operators, nearer to the realities *cambiantes of the regions. Is necessary, without embargo, take into account disequilibriums caused by competitiveness differences among the regions, owed to the distinct levels of employment, of quality of infrastructures, of the natural environment and of development, especially in this so delicate stage that opens with the determination of the regions admitted in the Goal 2. +Have the communication to the press of the Fiscal Ministry of the Court of Security of State in *Ankara, signed by the fiscal lawyer, Mr. *Tzerdet *Volkan; said communication excludes the participation in observer trial of any institution or organisation» and foresees the participation of simple citizens, as long as they have permission of a special office of the Court, that will not be valid for #all days of trial, and will take in consideration, only, the capacity of the hall. +Nevertheless, *nosotros had presented in first reading #some amendments to limit charge that weighs on companies, to suppress the no pertinent variables -for example, transport modality- and variables *facultativas, to limit the number of #SME forced to facilitate statistical variables detailed and, also, to simplify utilisation of the nomenclature combined, without separating of an only nomenclature regarding exchanges *intracomunitarios and exchanges with the third countries. +Wanted to besides appreciate to President of the European Parliament, Mr. #Gil-Oaks, for having received very seriously my initiatives to finish with criminality in and around the #european institutions; also to group president *Martens, that has promised not forgetting in *Bélgica this subject for a future and follow *apoyándonos; and, of course, also to the representative of the Council, that promised to put also to *ello, and, finally, to the *cuestores and to the Conference of Presidents, #where this subject is now actuality subject. +Lady Speaker of the Council, as #others have said before that *yo, Presidency produces in a very particular moment, *cuando the crisis has burst in *Kosovo and the European Union has contributed contribution to go out of *ella, after an institutional crisis of the that still have not gone out, after training of a new Parliament in conditions very particular, in the that the constituents *desinteresan increasingly of an institution that every time has more powers and, finally, after the European Council of Colony, that launched important works for the future. +deputies elect of the List *Bonino have treated to explain in an open letter to #all his *Señorías reasons of this constitution, reasons of discriminations that they are object deputies No inscribed in Parliament and, in consequence, reasons of our initiative, #as well as of #another that expect that it announce what before, #this is, modification proposal of the Regulation, and especially *les has invited to vote with *nosotros against of this interpretation. +*Le appreciate the interest and urge to the Commission to that it comprise with clarity that the question of *Timor goes to follow, by misfortune, slope during *algún time and demands urgency in the double humanitarian sense and in the political sense and of security, in measure in that the announcement of intervention of an international strength do not guarantees by himself\/hisself alone security conditions in the territory, because it will have to take part without condition of class imposed by the #indonesian authorities and urgency of the humanitarian support is URGENCY in own sense. +do not have of sufficient time to develop the subject, but wanted to call attention of the Commission on the need, no only of preventive actions, but also to hold responsible to #all the official controllers, to #all experts, with the end that the principle of caution do not convert in a principle of irresponsibility for #that that have the duty to watch by the alimentary security and health of consumers. +Regarding the possibility for the countries in roads of development to access to technicians of the commercial liberalisation, to the *OMC and to expert groups, #etcetera, is truth, as it has said, that #this poses a problem: said goal is not, for the moment, near at hand of #many of *ellos, and utilisation of these complex mechanisms is reserved for countries that have of means, of here our proposal of a technical assistance (mentioned in the document of the Commission) so that these countries #can by himself\/hisself same possess and use the necessary juridical technology. +The Council recognises, the same that the European Parliament, in the first place, that the politics of equality of opportunities for men and women follows being very important; second, that action program constitutes the community instrument more valuable for fulfillment of the obligations contracted in action program of the Conference of *Pekín and, finally, that the best way to achieve a realisation with hit is integrating equality perspective of opportunities for men and women in politics class. +In front of the flagrant *incumplimiento of it had in said Regulation, delays incurred in the communications of the lists, number increase of ships that use #that *artes, damages to the *pesquería of tuna and to the marine ecosystem, the grave economic damages to fishermen of the *Cantábrico Northwest and the total fault of answer of the EU to the recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna (*ICCAT) against overexploitation of species: +With #everything, although we consider the proposal of common resolution too much bent to hypothesis of missile aerial more that to the of artefact planted in the interior and, especially, although we consider the own proposal too much indulgent and diplomatic with the #italian political authorities, share the need to ask at last cooperation of #all States members of the European Union so that they facilitate it that went *menester for a timely and suitable deepening of investigations, so as to that #can discover the *ejecutores, the *inductores and reasons of this absurd slaughtering. +Gentleman President, in my own name and in the of members of Parliament, although respecting fully the solemn character of the session of today, wanted to signal a question of relative order to article 19 of the Regulation, based in worry by the human rights, since the visit of today of President of *Colombia limits to address in front of Parliament until the official dinner with the bosses of the political groups. +*Tampere has shown that the Union has the political intention to trace common politics in questions that are intimately tied to the daily life, as it is to reinforce security feeling of citizens by means of the fight against crime organised, especially in drugs, in money wash and in the traffic of human beings, with the judicial cooperation and the mutual recognition of the decisions. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0029\/1999) of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market concerning the common position (6884\/171999 - *C5-0029\/1999 - 1998\/0163(*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the velocimeters of engine vehicles of two or three tyres and by the that amends the Directive 92\/61\/*CEE of the relative Council to the reception of engine vehicles of two or three tyres (Speaker: Mr. *Ferri) +Is necessary to highlight likewise the need that the Union subject interventions in this matter to a more rigid control and establish systems of review so much of the implication and of information to the #sindical representatives of workers, as of the effective goodness no only economic, but also social of said interventions, had account that no always helps of the Union to companies have had like answer the stable development of activities of #the same and the *salvaguardia of employment taxes. +*Yo believe that it pertinent, taking into account, besides, that the report of the Court of Accounts produces a series of consequences on the own parliamentary activity -and think particularly in the approval of the management-, it that we have to take, is *plantearle to President of the Court of Accounts it that has occurred, reach that it engage publicly, apart from presenting excuses #if *ello was pertinent, to investigation to be able to control this subject, that improve distribution system and information to Parliament, but, in any case, understand that, at the end, it that go to take is *sancionarnos to *nosotros same through this behaviour. +Therefore, is our duty, in century end, *preguntarnos on boy millions that are subjected to prostitution, that *suicidan, that drug and, in moments in that our continent hardly #if it begins to discover the *estragos of the *pedofilia, in front of the that during *muchísimo time have closed the eyes, owe *preguntarnos #which is the cause that, in our democratic countries and economically developed, that #all the years celebrate with pride a new anniversary of the Statement of the the Rights of Man, these same rights see *pisoteados until point *cuando refer to the feeblest, is to say, to boys. +In addition to the three points mentioned of Colony Statements, have arisen in different fields, among other questions, the Court of Justice of the *CE, the Court of Accounts, distribution of seats of Parliament, flexibility and division in two parts of creation Treaty of the *CEE. in our report will Present, in base conversations kept and to sight points received, our own visions on it that consider that it is possible and recommended. +To #that *respecto, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, *permítaseme present an example: #if in the Council had a modification in the weighting of the votes, in the that, in fact, the countries with more population and the greater countries had more can, and enlargement of the qualified majority to the process of *codecisión took that tendency stressed also in the European Parliament, ask: #which will be paper in this *Europa of the small countries or of the poor countries of the European Union? +. (IN) In the weeks that have preceded to the agreement on this resolution, deputies of the European Parliament have procured to achieve that attitude of the Union *propicie really a "Round of Development" in the *OMC, that the countries in development have the possibility to be associated of plenary right in the negotiation process, and stand out that the benefits of trade have to centre in the fight against the *agravación of poverty in our world. +With the argument of enlargement -#whose materialisation no *nos poses problems of principle, but no *nos seems that it #can carry out without measuring the consequences, in diverse levels- and in name of efficiency and democracy, pretends a modification of the Treaties in particular in the institutional sphere: abandonment of unanimity and enlargement to new spheres of the decisions by qualified majority, new weighting of the votes in the decisions of the Council by qualified majority and modification of the composition and of the operation of the institutions (number of Commissioners, Presidency of the Council, composition of the *PE or even consecration of work tongues...) +industry, States Members and the Commission have to collect #all the necessary information to prepare and present complaint on the regulation of the commercial tariffs and evaluate the suitability to resort to action of the *OMC, the Commission has to continue supervision efforts of the market in cooperation with industry and, finally, #all parts involved have to encourage for establishing a field of action for the sector. +By reason, *yo believe that the Conference *Intergubernamental occupies a central place inside the triangle formed by enlargement, the Conference *Intergubernamental and the external politics and of security. In this context, also has to remain absolutely clear that in moment, already was with 12 or with 13 candidates to adhesion, #can admit deviation of the criteria of *Copenhague, and this Assembly do not goes to allow that it produce and do not goes to ratify any treaty in this sense. +Especially, also has reached an agreement -Parliament also conceded importance to look, *justificadamente to my seem- that it answers to #one *constatación political important, to know, that the tasks of the European Union in *Kosovo and in the region of the *Balcanes are tasks of varied years and that fulfillment in the financial look #can require an increase of costs in the field of the external politics regarding the planned at the beginning of this year, on the base of a distinct political situation. +In the first place, the European Parliament; of course, the no governmental organisations, and in point, and since it has posed the question, want to say that movement of woman and the no governmental organisations have exerted and exert paper *excepcionalmente important and have been really strengths *motrices of politics that have gone configuring in the #european field; and, of course, will take part also the Commission, with #many of services, states members, and the Presidency. +Challenge to minister #scottish of Agriculture to that it evade *Londres and support the request of the Scottish Nationalist Party, that delivered yesterday to the #french Government, in the sense that the #french authorities study thoroughly and with character of urgency the scientific proofs, the capacity to determine origin and the situation of labeling in *Escocia; and take a call to #all colleagues #french of this Assembly so that they defend line in front of Government. +An important part of the enlargement process of the European Union are the different programs of existent cooperation among the Union and the aspiring countries to adhesion, and game point is precisely the improvement of the economy of these countries of face to create possibilities of employment in his own territories, so that inhabitants do not see forced to emigrate by economic reasons. +Like solution offers the #french rule, the *cual, as I complement of the national diet of fixed price, contains likewise disposals relative to import, export and *reimportación, is compatible with the Right of the European Union and has shown efficiency in practice. Thus, gentleman Commissioner, the European Parliament, above division in political Groups, as it will be able to check easily, expects the green light for rule of character legal or contractual in *Alemania and *Austria to put good end once and for all to this interminable history. +Believe that #if there #be a reasonable solution from a point of economic sight, with the that publishers agree; #if there #be a solution that takes into account the diverse linguistic fields and cultural; #if there #be a solution that neither comport the greatest restriction of competition in application of the prohibition of *sopesar contained in article 85, then are in the correct path to give with a suitable rule. +Is the question of #if the Commission engages to fulfil with the promise of services for politics in matter of competition of Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, in the sense that before it accept definitively the general diet of exemption by category and before they fix definitively orientations, the present Commission proposals to Parliament and that still have the opportunity to elaborate a report on *ellas. +(OF ) Gentleman President, as I no longer am the youngest of the 626 deputies, as *me occurred in October of 1965 *cuando was member for the first time of Parliament, is natural that the report on the new perspectives of life of age persons in the century *XXI *me interest especially, also in quality of representative of a national organisation and a big #european organisation of women #where, by true, the most ancient members are the most active, without #whose work from charges *honoríficos these organisations -like #a lot of #others also- #can not *subsistir, because youngsters are so overloaded of familiar and labour obligations that hardly are for activities *honoríficas. +The speakers, with #all reason, have not forgotten the cultural looks, especially in section 28, in the that it insists in the need to promote the image of the greater persons in society and, in this sense, have to say that rather we have retreated regarding the ancient societies, especially the #Grecia classical, to the that we have to it essential of civilisation and that, with reason, valued experience cumulus and wisdom that represented the elderly. to this *respecto, *nos confront to an authentic ideology of *desvalorización of the past. +immunity, therefore, is a question of public order and in the case that *me occupies, the of Mr. *Moniz, Mr. *Moniz in moment determined asked that *le raised the parliamentary immunity, *algo that has been taken into account in the resolution of Regulation Commission, that by unanimity voted the suspension of immunity, but no by reason of the will of Mr. *Moniz to appear in front of the Administration of Justice, but because they fulfilled the requirements. +Fortunately, president of #ECB *Duisenberg put of self-evident Monday of the past week in the last session of Parliament that descent of interest types of 8 April was precisely an attempt to contribute *algo to the economic reflation of the Union, said of mood, has recognised *textualmente that the monetary politics also has an economic function. +#If they do not modify relations that there #be in this moment among the countries and the regions of greater economic development and countries and regions in the that this economic development is lower, #can *encontrarnos with #one *Europa economic and social of two speeds, because the countries and the regions that have a greater economic development, like Professor *Prodi knows very well, have tendency to consolidate his economic evolution and, instead, #that #others that are in a situation of worse economic development #can perpetuate in inferiority situation. +The main disposals of this directive include it following: consumer will have of a period of 14 days before celebrating agreement that *le will give time to compare diverse proposals and study agreement in detail before giving his final agreement; consumer will have of a period of 14 days of right of retractation, 30 days for credits *hipotecarios, life insurances and the operations of individual retirement to renounce to agreement without penalties neither obligation of justification. +In measure in that it #can consider the possibility to hire to the current collaborators of the secretariat of *Schengen in the institutions of the EU, disposals of article 7 of the Protocol of *Schengen do not prevent of mood #any that the Council hire to the possible interested applying norms established in the Statute of civil servants or resorting to the procedure of alternative contracting foreseen in article 24 of fusion «Treaty». +Subject: Support to a new program *LEADER *III #Can *esbozar the Council his current plans with regard to development of a rural politics fully integrated to scale of the EU, and #can guarantee that part of this political will be support continued to the new program *LEADER *III and the maintenance of denomination, that has been synonymous of endowment of management instruments and help and of a positive image for the European Union? +Wanted to warn to the Council that, in spite of progresses that has carried out in matter of transparency, #if work group continues showing so *restrictivo in front of intervention right by part of Parliament, no will have agreement and will follow, legislative procedure after legislative procedure, blocking measures of *comitología and *oponiéndonos to the approval of measures *restrictivas of this type, at the same time that will follow *mostrándonos very *restrictivos in the votes on the budgets and credits that will take possible in the future the meetings of character committees *comitológico. +To hour to confront this challenge, without embargo, *nos find in front of a paradox: the European Union will be in first line to hour to offer contribution; nevertheless, the impact of help #can dispel in a complex network of structures that compete among himself\/hisself: the Mission of Nations Joined for *Kosovo, the Stability Pact, the Group of the Seven of big importance for the economic coordination, the Office of the High Representative for *Bosnia, the Sent Special for the Republic of *Yugoslavia, #etcetera. +Is confidence *mermada: *mermada as it shows it the fact that it is increasingly under number of the that choose to the European Parliament; and *mermada, to our understand, no only by events that caused the resignation of the previous Commission, but also, and *yo #would say especially, by the fact that the #european citizens often see in the Commission source of *imposiciones bureaucratic, sometimes costly, sometimes no indispensable and neither urgent, sometimes obtuse and even hurtful, *imposiciones that at all have to see with construction process of a *Europa joined and that, by misfortune, in occasions prejudice the ideal Europeans. +More even, although the poured direct of industrial materials, included the military deposit of residual ammunitions, is practice that has been amply abandoned by States members, the locations of these poured follow constituting a real threat for resources *pesqueros and, in #some occasions, for example, no very far of my own coast, *Beaufort *Dyke, a threat for the human security and, often, lives of fishermen are in danger, to the equal that are it health and the welfare of persons that visit the coast or well live there. +Finally, believe that it has got moment that they adopt the proposals to the *respecto presented by #Grecia, among the that include the materialisation of the "fast access of citizen to justice" by means of resource to alternative procedures, like mediation and action *conciliatoria before trial, #as well as the creation of a system harmonised of public order and of resolution of differences, based in the principles of freedom and democracy, and in respect of the fundamental freedoms and right state. +The answer of Commissioner *Nielson went of it more wanders, and *me surprises to check that today the European Parliament have been able to give green light to the signature of this agreement of *librecambio, *cuando even the principle of the protection of denominations of origin is not clearly recognised in the annex of the agreement neither establishes guarantee #any regarding the evolution of type imports #zero and to consequences on the group of the sector *vitivinícola #european. +Postpone the approval of this agreement *interinstitucional or, it that it #would be still worse, not to approve it, and, therefore not being able to apply it in our internal field, #would plant in a very embarrassing situation to the European Parliament, a situation that #would lessen the fine work that Parliament has made with regard to reestablishing the credibility of the European Union in the questions referents to fraud and to the bad financial management. +Regarding the #others lines of the relative budget to the external actions of category 4 of the financial perspectives, a reduction of the fixed amount of assignments attributed goes to avert, to time, that adopt decisions precipitated on rectification of the maximum limits of category, because, as I already have said, the evaluation of the real needs of reconstruction has not concluded still. +Without damage of the positive results that to a large extent finishes to underline President in exercise of the Council, #can not leave to recognise that in #some points the Commission expresses disappointment. The Commission regrets that the European Council did not adopt the concept of only system of asylum, that corresponds, to our understand, to an ambition, but also to the need *imperiosa to tackle asylum questions of collective and coherent form. +Want to report also activation attempt of games allocated to *Turquía, in the frame of the union *aduanera and of impulse to relations *euroturcas; parallel attempt to the presentation of proposals for the approval of the corresponding juridical base necessary, *cuando is known that the situation of the human rights has not improved in *Turquía, that keeps politics regarding the question *kurda, that keeps occupation of a big sector of *Chipre. +In the report asks also to the Commission that support integration process of these environmental goals in the energetic politics by means of investigations on the repercussions of the climatic change and on #all the possible technologies, by means of investigations to determine the best indicators with seen to calibrate attainments in the reduction of broadcasts and by means of the presentation of periodic reports to Parliament. +This proposal constitutes the first, and only the first, of measures, because it offers uniform norms on competition of the courts of States members in matter of divorce and separation, #as well as in matter of relative processes to the regulation of the parental responsibility, and offers also a clear and coherent frame for a fast recognition and practically automatic in each #one of States members of the decisions adopted in another Been member in the field of the application of the regulation. +To the *respecto, the bilateral agreement that States Joined have signed with Chinese to prepare entry of this last in the World-wide Organisation of Trade, has to consider by the European Union, apart from an important contribution to the process *multilateral, also and especially a fundamental moment to check the substantial weight that the human rights have and will have in front of the opportunities that offers a market that enjoys of enormous potentialities like the Chinese. +Are *precipitándonos in road without exit when despising the prerogatives of deputies, when despising history of parliamentarism of the European Union and of #all States members and, as we do not want to correct error that committed six months ago, are had to institutionalise delation in Parliament, to allow that assistant or civil servant of Parliament take complaint, because it suspect that premium of the coined of *Fulano or *Mengano have committed maybe fraud! +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0063\/1999) of Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the communication of the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions on an action plan of the European Union in matter of fight against drug (2000-2004) (*COM(1999) 239 - *C5-0093\/1999 - 1999\/2095(*COS)) +The Commission prefers, as, that manager call Mr. *Brittan or Mr. *Lamy, *mermar by anticipated our positions on the principle of caution, the sanitary security and the protection of the environment, #as well as the economic interests of the rural zones, and, in the frame of banana, loan *poca attention to the traditional and privileged relations that countries keep, in the frame of international commitments, with the countries *ACP. +For *nosotros, the introduction, in the resolution, of a specific reference to the principle of sovereignty of States #would have involved the risk to put in *entredicho attainments of the system of Nations Joined and, specifically, of the world-wide Conference of 1993, that had that "the promotion and the protection of #all the human rights is a legitimate worry of the international community". +Without embargo, have to think once again, *Señorías, that the report foresees that, #if we adopt the text, the financial cooperation #can suspend in case of rape of the democratic principles of Right State, of the human rights or of the fundamental freedoms No means #this that #if today we concede the financial advantages, slat in matter of human rights, #etcetera, already has fixed and that, in consequence, only shrinking concerning the current situation #can give place to the suspension? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, although the two regulations that today debate do not have, in reality, relation with the debate that will take place next Monday in the Council of General Subjects and days afterwards in the European Council of *Helsinki, *yo comprise, of course, that #can not dispense of the political and temporary context and that, obviously, are forced to consider also, together with said regulations, the general problem of relation of the European Union with *Turquía and vice versa, #such as they already have taken the majority of orators this afternoon. +Regarding the amendment 9 on the content of the annual report, the speaker wants to add article to clear the content of this report that, among things, will have to comprise an analysis of the influence of actions of manufacturers and of factors related with the strategy for tourisms and carbon dioxide in the eventual changes that produce in dioxide broadcasts of carbon. +Only #can confirm that it is a positive answer to the challenge of the will of States members to struggle against fraud, to put order in his own house, to improve control systems, a challenge that, as we signal in the annual report, #can that this year it was still greater, although neither by moment diminishes paper and responsibility of the Commission in this context. +Without embargo, already has of a very precise study of the World-wide Bank and the relative Commission to reconstruction of *Kosovo, of the *cual gives off clearly that the resource total financial pertinent of the external help required will be of 2.300 millions of dollars, or of euros, during the next years, since in addition to damages caused by war, exist damages accumulated because of the disastrous repercussions of the political situation of the last years for persons of *Kosovo. +Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and States members, by part, and the Republic of *Hungría, by #another, to take into account adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9725\/1999 - *C5-0190\/1999 - 1997\/0272(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +#- - Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and States members, by part, and the Republic of *Polonia, by #another, to take into account adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9728\/1999 - *C5-0193\/1999 - 1997\/0275(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +#- - Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and States members, by part, and the Republic of *Bulgaria, by #another, to take into account adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9729\/1999 - *C5-0194\/1999 - 1997\/0276(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +Also give the thanks to the Commission, included Commissioners that today are presents, for signalling untiringly dynamics fault, change need, especially with regard to paper of the governments and of Parliament, in the taking of measures that relieve the fiscal pressure, that stabilise the public finances and that improve the operation of the labour market and of education in States members. +And was that, really, #few parliamentary will have had fortune and the honour to begin his parliamentary career -that besides coincided with première in a political forum institutionalised- with the directive on suffrage in the municipal elections of citizens of the resident Union in a Been member of the that are not national, and *terminarla with this report on the consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam in relation with the legislative proposals in course. +The European Union confronts with great challenges: transposition of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, negotiations for enlargement, enlargement of the zone euro, negotiation round of the *OMC, the improvement of the common politics in the field of justice and interior subjects, and especially the strengthening of paper in the field of the external relations. +Remember that transparency bases in the definition of responsibilities and assume commitment of *emplearme in depth in this field that was #one of the decisive problems of the last crisis: transparency among the collective political responsibility of the Commission, but also individual of the responsible Commissioners of wallets, #as well as of management, and the big administrative responsibility that, by the contrary, corresponds to the structure of the Directions. +In the amendment 3, asked to the General Secretary that provide to the Commission of Budgetary Control a report on reasons and the circumstances that have carried to the decision of *escindir to the General Direction of the budget, of personnel and of finances, on the effects of said decision, on efficiency of the management of the budget and the politics of personnel. +Together with speaker, *nos cheer of advances registered in implantation of the new budgetary tools and accountants that will guarantee a greater transparency in breast of the Foundation of *Dublín, #as well as of the signature of cooperation agreement among #this and the European Agency for Security and Health in Work of *Bilbao, with seen to avert the *despilfarros and the useless repetitions, to time that develop #all the possible synergies. +Finally, although it was not it less important, trying prepare the improvement of the economic and political relations of the EU with #all the countries of the *Balcanes Western by means of agreements of stabilisation and association, like element and *pilar important of the stability pact that it has talked the Presidency, with seen to the achievement of security, democracy and the economic development and, to time, the supplementary perspective of adhesion to the #european and #euro-atlantic structures. +For quoting an example, lady Commissioner, a same problem -the *despoblación- tackles in Diary 2000 of three distinct forms: by part, the #nordic zones *despobladas access to the Goal 1, is to say, to the main structural Bottoms; on the other hand, the *Highlands #scottish obtain only a special bottom to mood of compensation; and finally third - form to tackle the problem of population density-, other territories -as it is the case of *Aragón- that suffer problem remain *marginados of helps. +In the 55ª Conference of the Commission of Human Rights of the UN celebrated of the 22 to 30 April of this year in Gin, the European Union has taken the initiative of a resolution on the situation of the human rights in the *Iraq that, among things, appeals to the direction *iraquí to continue cooperation in the application of the program «oil by foods» and to a just distribution of the humanitarian imports. +The increase of competitiveness among the regions #can not leave to take into account the danger of disequilibriums created by level differences of employment and of the human resources, the quality of infrastructures, the natural environment and development, especially in this so delicate stage that has opened from the determination of the regions that #can admit in the Goal 2. +is not moment of *analizarlas in detail, but want to underline that the relative problems to assignment of the budgetary resources, to the protection of the financial interests of the Union, to the fight against fraud, to the management of agreements or to decentralisation constitute subjects that involve solutions and answers that need of the active cooperation of the European Parliament and also, and especially, of States members gathered in the Council of Ministers. +Want to call attention on questions like the following: #if it takes seriously the right of self-determination of villages, #this involves also that they have to take seriously the constitutional parliaments of States members, of the regions, of the cultural communities, and that will occupy place in the *Europa subsidiary of the future, because the right of self-determination is a holy principle for #all villages of the world and *eso no comports exclusively to States, since the concepts no always coincide. +To which it is necessary to add other 45 millions of euros that will disburse during the next three years in the frame of a special budgetary line devoted to the countries in development of the different regions of the world, to the equal that 20 millions euros allocated to a regional program *quinquenal for the countries *ACP and other additional bottoms in program frame *indicativos, directed #among others to the countries *ACP, without explaining besides, for example, the *cofinanciación of organisations no governmental or of investigation program. +But, as it has said very well Mr. *Patten, do not owe *subestimar difficulties that still threaten in horizon, that surely *nos will take to drop in critical situations - *ojalá *pasajeras - in the that #all had to have especially presents two considerations: in *primer term, that method to follow advancing has to be always a sincere dialogue, opened and direct among parts and, second, that, anyway, #israeli and Palestinians share an enemy -terrorism- expressed in #any one of forms, that do not has another goal that the destruction of peace, of freedom and of respect of the human rights. +A wanton mind #can, firstly, signal to the Commission that this sentence *nos removes illusions, since *nosotros thought -knows God #if we are not fed up to hear it- that it was to the European Union to the that *le owed, from 50 years ago, stability, the economic growth, the peaceful solution of the *litigios, #etcetera; but mind simply curious #can ask to the Commission it that thinks on purpose of the continuous decline, decade after decade, of the annual tax of half growth of the countries developed. +#If I listen to the Council, to the Commission and to Deputies of Parliament, seem rather to hedgehogs taking love; with fear to puncture and knowing that in #all the important subjects -and step to *enumerarlos once again-, the social looks commented still by Mr. *Hansenne, the sustainable development, culture, the preventive principle in feeding, the agricultural file, the countries in roads of development, the welfare of animals, seems that we are #all simply of agreement. +#Some examples: #would have to impose to companies term of six months of suspension of restructuring plan to allow a *peritaje #sindical independent; #if company has received public helps -already has said-, included Europeans, the *inobservancia of norms established #would have to comport return; in sense, in the directive on the committees of #european company, #would have to strengthen noticeably paper of said committees, #as well as the protection of delegates of personnel. +By it that refers, more precisely, to the nuclear question and of my colleague Mr. *Lamy, His *Señorías know -to *ello has referred Mrs. *Maes- that Mr. *Lamy has sent a letter to president of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, Mr. *Westendorp, today same, in the that takes balance of the situation and says very clearly -and with #this answer also to Mrs. *Maes- that still is missing the official confirmation by part of *Rusia for the signature of the decision of 12 December 1994. +Like member of the academic profession, *me bothers a lot that it go back to pose the question of the readers of foreign tongues in universities #italian without that it have had a resolution to cape of eleven years, after they have dictated three sentences in favour of the rights of these common citizens and currents that try to exert the free circulation and enjoy of the fundamental principle of the Union and of the Inner Market of no discrimination by reasons of nationality. +Is truth that no only in the national level, but also in the community, the main action that #can carry out is complaint action, of #alert, of information, that has to run to charge of the no governmental organisations; on our part, the goal to the that *nos have devoted is sensitisation of the public authorities, of the police, to the that reports or do not reports, of judges that have to judge each concrete case, so that #all comprise the criminal scope of violence against women although it practise in family. +Believe that it is person that has shown in this moment, in #all this historical process, be the more able to take a complex evolution in the that has gone developing the #european identity of defence, in the that NATO and our North American partners go accepting the need of a *pilar strong European no only in the military terrain, but also in the industrial dimension that has to support it, and also stabilisation paper and consolidation of democracy in *Europa and in the Mediterranean. +In reality, uses with an excessive *discrecionalidad owed, with frequency, to political or economic interests particular: this principle of interference that to date has shown his fatal failure because diet of *Milosevic is still strongly anchored in power in a country that has stepped backwards in history and in the economy of at least thirty years, while the greater part of village #albanian has returned to territories, the 10% of the #serbian #kosovar and the whole of the populations of *etnia #gipsy are convicts to exile. +In the last years has come loaning attention to the fact that the neighbouring countries of the European Union, or was, the countries associated of *Europa Central and of the East or the countries integrated in the European Association of Free Trade and the that belong to the Economic Space European take part in #all the important activities of the European Community related with the use of sources of renewable energy and with development of the energetic performance. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the Council has communicated in different occasions to the authorities of *Myanmar worry by the situation of the country, and the last time took in the session celebrated the 11 and on 12 October, in the that the Council *prorrogó by six months posture conjoint in front of *Myanmar and went back to urge to the Government of *Myanmar to that it begin quickly to apply concrete measures to boost respect of the human rights, democracy and the national reconciliation. +In occasion, the European Council remembered that narrowing of relations among *Turquía and the EU presupposes also political and economic reforms, #such as respect and the protection of minorities, creation of satisfactory and stable relations among #Grecia and *Turquía or backrest to negotiations to find a political solution to the situation of *Chipre, that carry out under the auspices of the UN. +The three main conflicts, relative to the sector of banana, to production and to the incorporation of organisms modified genetically and to meat import of bovine North American, finish to be arbitrated by the own Commission, against of the interests of banana producers #european and of the countries *ACP, against of the interests of the #european consumers and, of course, against of the interests of graziers and of agriculturalists. +The solid core of security of citizens of a committed democratic Union with the market economy and defender of the principle of Right State has to be constituted by growth of the economy and of employment, by the internal security in front of delinquency and by a political system of common security that cover the external politics and defence. +Specifically, after having suffered during 78 days the inclement bombardments of NATO, with active participation of the European Union, village suffers today, with the pretext of democratisation of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia, an inhuman blackmail: has to demolish to his legitimate government so that it was raised fuel embargo and so that they concede games for reconstruction of what was destroyed by it bombardments of NATO and of the European Union. +In the 27 bilateral Conference of Cross #Red and of the Half #Red Moon, celebrated among 30 October and on 16 November 1999, the European Union issued, for the first time, a statement in the that underlined that so much conflicts armed of the last time, like the that are, have shown that war or well directs increasingly against the civil population, especially against women and boys, or well the civil population is used like instrument of war. +In consequence, want *invitarle, gentleman Commissioner, to *relegar to a second flat the interests of the great companies in benefit of culture, of the cultural diversity, but also of the skilled trade; to that it adopt decisions in the subject Rid with arrangement to the principles of the #french Right, and to that it concede to the sector of trade of book of *Alemania and *Austria the sufficient time to adapt rule on the only price of book to said principles. +Mr. *Herman, therefore, will approve also that *yo take advantage of the opportunity to wish from place to President *entrante and, later, to his new squad, *muchísimo hit with the new strengthening of the European Commission, *dándola again paper that citizens expect of *ella, to which #can add that also the current Commission has been able to appreciate that the crisis in the that *nos see submerged #can have his positive sides regarding the consolidation of the democratic quality, of the democratic content of the institutions like #such. +Memory perfectly it that *me impressed the *enterarme, in symposium celebrated the year happened on waves of Sea #Black, that a very high percentage of pollution that is with Sea #Black do not comes from of States *ribereños but of the *escorrentía of nitrogen and agricultural chemical products *provenientes of *Austria and of *Alemania, used in earths of heart of *Europa like consequence of #some of our environmental politics that work badly in the frame of the common agricultural politics, and #whose consequences leave to feel to hundreds of miles, to the side of the continent. +Has to remain very seated that #if the challenge of the decade of 1980 for the European Union was the creation of an only market, and the challenge of the decade of 1990 was the creation of coin only, the challenge for the first years of the next #millenium will consist in expanding the European Union for *darle greater depth and, also, to create a stability zone in #all the continent. +By #all #this, have voted against of transaction resolution approved on *Kosovo and, in particular, against the immense hypocrisy of the considering *H -that holds responsible to Nations Joined of rape by part of NATO of the Letter of Nations Joined- and against point 2, that pretends to legitimate bombardments, pretending that it is not at all that it have to see with *nosotros, although it had approved in particular the condemnatory points of diet of *Milosevic, support to refugees and the #tending measures to the stabilisation of the region. +Regarding the situation in *Albania and *Macedonia, is absolutely evident that the criminal goals of war do not include only alteration of the ethnic composition, of the demographic composition of the population of *Kosovo through expulsion of the population *albanokosovar by means of the most brutal strength, but that with this expulsion pursues at the same time a criminal objective second, that is the *desestabilización of the neighbouring States and with *ellos of #all the region. +Like this, as, *permítaseme say without *acritud to Mr. *Truscott and to colleagues that, #if they had listened my speech to the principle, #would have seen that, when accepting the amendment 2, relative to the recommendation on *Rusia -that it is amendment of the Socialist Group-, suppresses the reference to postponement» of the approval of the common strategy with *Rusia and the *substituye by a very valid statement, in my opinion, on the content that has to have the recommendation. +Although the agreement of *Berlín foresees a reduction of prices of cereals of only a 15 % in front of commitment of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture, #one *equiparación of helps to the *oleaginosas to helps reduced to cereals #as well as the start of reform of the dairy sector only from the year 2000, without embargo this reform follows being definitely the widest that never has made the Union in the agricultural sector. +After repeated *incomprensiones with the Commission with regard to course of works that #can have cancelled the result of efforts, at last have got no only to the texts of the new regulations, but also to game point for an effective collaboration in the management of Bottoms to *través of the Code of behaviour among the Commission and Parliament with regard to the realisation of the structural politics. +NATO has won war, *Europa has to build peace: #this is the challenge with the that owe *enfrentarnos already from this time on, in the clear and firm definition of paper that *Europa will know to exert in the construction of the peace process, in the political wisdom, in the quality of actions that will know to carry out to avert that the important migratory flows, by the *cuales is and will be *arrollada in the next years, determine elements of religious conflicts, economic and social, especially in territories in that unemployment reaches taxes increasingly alarming. +The Council of *Tampere #can and has to take cost the new possibilities offered by the Treaty of *Amsterdam and reach important advances in crucial fields as they are, in the first place, harmonisation of migration politics and of asylum, in the sense, of course, to guarantee the maximum protection and the rights of refugees; second, the just distribution of the derivative charges of the received of persons displaced, pertinent especially of regions in crisis, as recently the *Balcanes; in *tercer place, the *reforzamiento of the inner security of citizen, and no only by means of the adoption of police measures. +To the *unísono with it that *sucede in country, #where village, in mass, has gone out to the street to manifest and manifest his repudiate in front of it that we #can consider betrayal of Indonesian and in front of the atrocities that it has been victim the *martirizado village of *Timor (in my country there #be had an unanimous reaction; by fortune, also in #many countries), *nosotros, here, when working in the diverse political Groups to establish a document that #can be approved by Parliament with a very wide majority, #if no unanimity, have taken it that corresponded to follow this popular feeling. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0010\/99) of Mrs. *Morgantini, in name of Development Commission and Cooperation, on decision proposal of the Council by the that approves the text of a *Décimo Agreement *CE-*OOPS for the period 1999-2001, before the signature of the Agreement for the Commission and Organism of Public Dramas and Aid of Nations for Palestinian refugees in the Near Orient [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0334$ - ^*C$^5$-^0059$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0143$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ +politics of the European Union is based, therefore, in the opinion that the results of conflict of the Great Lakes has to be tackled in his three main dimensions: regional, having present the interests of the neighbouring countries; national, taking into account the interests of the Government, of the rebellious groups and of the democratic opposition; and local, regarding crashes among communities owing to the ethnic rivalries and the strong social pressures. +In consequence, exists a very real worry by that rhythm and amplitude of the elimination of tariffs to the pertinent imports of the EU surpass the capacity of industries of the region to improve efficiency, it that indicates the importance that rhythm and the *escalonamiento of the agreements of free trade are the ideal to avert negative repercussions in countries of the region. +Agree with the invitation to collaborate to know the truth directed to countries that #would be involved, and ask likewise that the European Parliament do not forget this event in the most delicate moment to discover the truth, #this is, the public debate and watch, in consequence, through representatives, through organs, so that this event achieve at last a word of justice and for real, according to it requested by #all the #italian and #european community. +Often has the impression of that these technical directives no mean big thing for consumers, but *permítanme that *les say, on the base of my experience like engineer of the car industry, that #if we give to engineers the possibility to concentrate in the manufacture of vehicles safer and with broadcasts cleaner instead of having to fulfil #all a series of different norms, at the end *eso *redundará in benefit of consumers and of users. +The Group of the *PPE\/OF defines like a political Group that supports the independence of #ECB and the consolidation of the stability politics, so much in slope of stability of prices as in the of the monetary stability, that supports the reduction continued of the public debt, that supports the new growth and the creation of employment, and that backs the credibility of the monetary politics. +By reason, *Colombia presents to the international community politics alternative for the eradication of the illicit crops with base in an alternative development that offer to the population peasant, involved today in illicit crops, a stable exit to his economic and social problems, replacing the illegal crops by commercial companies, mining, agricultural, agro-industrial and of services, endowed of the necessary infrastructure that *les allow to compete adequately in economy world *globalizada. +the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0042\/1999) of Mr. *Hughes, in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on fulfillment of disposals relative to the length of work time of sea persons on board of fuselages that take scale in ports of the Community (8639\/1\/1999 - *C5-0035\/1999 - 1998\/0321(*COD)); +Parliament -especially, as it is natural, members of the Environment Commission, competent in this matter- did not receive with like that no *les conceded the possibility to take part, like part of task, in negotiations and the conclusion of the Agreement among the European Union and *losa #japanese manufacturers and Koreans. Lady Commissioner, *yo believe that in look #would have to define *usted clearly a *modus *vivendi that guarantee the owed participation of Parliament, in quality of legislative organ, in the voluntary commitments. +After having said that the economic politics European has like goal employment, after decreeing it and declaim it high and strong, without verifying in any moment of way realistic and pragmatic it justified of affirmation, records in the marble of the treaties subordination relation among it economic and it social, that finishes reducing #this last to a management of competition of #all and of each #one by work place in a labour market increasingly reduced. +Regarding the possibility of a horizontal communication of the Commission, believe that thanks to *ella will be able to focus his organisational effects, alluded in the suggestions of His *Señorías: the creation of unit in the Commission and budget assignment allocated to the protection of boys to improve the public control on the participation of the Union like #such in protection politics to boy. +pretence is to achieve backrest first to the proposal that go to pose -so much to the Commission as, in moment, #if the Commission the takes #his, to the Council of Ministers and to Parliament- precisely for no only follow forward in the incorporation of the Commission to *Eurocontrol, but also advance in it that it is the field of the fifteen countries to treat to achieve space only and, therefore, a common management of space only of the fifteen countries. +*Eso supposes that Mr. #Solana no only will have to occupy of the most immediate dimension of crisis prevention, but also -and #any experience has in *ello- of paper in relation with the world, is to say, with Nations Joined, with the Round of #Millenium, with the future of #FMI and of the *FAO; also is important in measure in that Europeans, building the Union, also are *algo important for the future of humanity and for stability. +In this way has reinforced even more, #if it fits, the guarantee that already appeared in parts of the text, of the full respect of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities -of the *cual want to mention especially article 10 that it is very precise and exhaustive- #as well as of the relative planned norms in article 6 of the Regulation that, in application of orientations of the Protocol, in article that finish to mention, regulates with more precision, #if it fits, immunities of deputies. +Regarding the minimum age my opinion is that we have to *atenernos to commitment on the minimum age of 14 years, that was it suited in previous negotiations, with the amendment of Parliament that leaves very seated that the taking of digital prints has to effect of compliance with the European Agreement for the Protection of the Human Rights and with the Convention of Nations Joined on the Rights of Boy. +How thing #can mean generalisation attempt of majority system and the substantial suppression, and maybe even formal, of the right of veto, in spite of the complaints knowingly interposed *cual curtain of smoke, but limitation of intervention possibilities of the popular element, at least *cuando #this *opone to the options of capital in the smallest «countries»? +3) in consequence, accepts, when giving white letter to the Commission to propose it, readjustment of weight of States, in the trail of it that already is *sucediendo in the administrative and functional organisation of the community executive, that puts in *entredicho the constitutive and historical principle of the #european project that always has based, with hit, in the fault of *proporcionalidad among the population and the weighting of the votes; +Sure enough, have considered that #some of the numerous amendments presented by the countries to the *cuales our position poses problems are, in our opinion, unacceptable, especially the #tending amendment to incorporate in this resolution a reference to section 7 of article 2 of the Letter of Nations Joined, in virtue of the *cual "disposal of the present Letter authorises to Nations Joined to take part in the subjects that are essentially of the national competition of State". +Want to, without embargo, call attention on the fact that it #would be timely that #all costs, #all men, #all means employed in the past to watch the internal borders of the European Union - for example, among #Italia and *Francia, *Francia and *Alemania, #etcetera, or was, among the #european States that now have a common border - employed in the external borders of the European Union, so as to combat better delinquency phenomenon and of illegal immigration. +Therefore, my invitation goes directed to #all #that that believe in #this dip, in these goals - and here have in front of *nosotros to President *Prodi that has declared it in reiterated occasions and that know that it believes in *ello - an invitation to be decided, determined; an invitation to the European Parliament so that, immediately after finalising the Summit of *Helsinki - #if, as I fear, the conclusion will be advance, but too much limited - gather and with big opening, with big value assume #all determinations saying in this moment and thinking, as in moments of the #european history, that Parliament has in front of himself\/hisself a big opportunity and a big task. +The first has reached with the inclusion of products of aquaculture and the *marisqueo, for the that it was not foreseen help to commercialisation, *cuando #both are *subsectores that they have to remain, to the equal that fishing, fully included in a system #whose goal is to adapt offer to demand and *cuando, as in the case of aquaculture, are sectors in roads of growth that have to have a fine planning of production already from the beginning to avert, in it possible, crisis like the that periodically suffer, for example, salmon producers. +Even the *anunciadísima total suppression of the rights of customs in products of the no developed countries goes to accelerate the *usurpación of wealth of these countries, whereas, on the other hand, will flood the market with cheap articles that will displace the corresponding articles of countries like the #mine. The World-wide Organisation of Trade has not created to protect the interests, neither the of villages neither the of workers. +The Commission will go by road that Parliament recommended already takes time, that Mr. *Karlsson finishes also to show and that *yo same signalled also in August in my answers by writing to the parliamentary questions, in concrete, trip to the administration of functions of financial control that they are competent for programs of cost, is to say, decentralisation and with *ello, to time, increase of the financial responsibility in the administrative services that make costs. +Support absolutely this systematic *follow *up and, in consequence, celebrate to a large extent that the Commission in the frame of reform package for the financial management have decided to give to this systematic *follw *up a fixed structure so that in the future was possible to take advantage of of real way for the improvement of the financial management precisions of the Court of Accounts. For this wide project of reforms ask support of the European Parliament. +Also wanted to appeal to #that that have the possibility to benefit of program #Socrates, that #can take advantage of training possibilities, that go to be able to follow forming in the future, so that they contribute to that *Europa grow jointly, so that in the course of training recognise that we #can not, with our vertiginous rhythm that presents at present in development of #all programs, is to say, that to #all #that that #can not advance so fast *les take of hand, since the quality, level and training also demand that we do not give sideways to the feeblest. +Consider that an important opportunity to examine the concrete contribution of the Union to the creation of new places of work in *Europa the will provide the next summit of *Lisboa in March, that will be moment and place to take an evaluation of the three processes that finish to mention -Colony, *Luxemburgo and *Cardiff-, by part, and, by #another, to formulate the strategy, the synthesis of politics *macroeconómicas, innovation *microeconómica business and the imperative of the new society of information. +This plan proposes likewise measures allocated to different sectors of consumers designed to improve sensitisation on energy consumption, experience and practice in fields #such like acquisition of appliances, energy consumption in home, building facilities, heating systems and the management of energy in industry, the sector of services and also the public sector. +Gentleman President, on order question: although tonight no *nos accompanies the representative of the Council, *permítaseme ask #if the Commission or representative of the secretariat of Parliament know the reports of press agency that have seen, according to the *cuales yesterday adopted in the Council the decision of *prorrogar the voluntary plan during 12 months, with it that overlooked the procedure of *codecisión and this debate and the morning vote result irrelevant. +Gentleman President, the most palpable character, in our opinion, of the European Council that finishes to celebrate in *Helsinki is the absence of vision political on a long-term basis of State bosses and of government, that have decided enlargement of an unpublished importance with the possible addition of thirteen new members, without giving in moment the conceptual tools that allowed to imagine the able institutional structures of *asumirla. +By #this ask to Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission and to Nations Joined that they do not recognise diet of the Talibans and that promote an action plan in favour of the no governmental organisations that operate in *Afganistán after the fundamental freedoms of women #afghan and his economic and social emancipation and in favour of the no governmental organisations that help to women #afghan refugees. +Gentleman President, as it has announced, substitute to Mrs. *Aglietta that this afternoon #can not be here, and it first that I want to take before presenting my report on the *comitología, is to express my gratitude to Mrs. *Adelaide *Aglietta and recognise seriousness and the importance of work, a competent work, subtle, acute and effective; work that, of course, has had support of #all the secretariat of the Commission of Institutional Subjects, in particular of Mrs. *Patrizia *Prode, #as well as with the continuous help of Mrs. #Monica *Frassoni. +But although they #can not take schematic analyses, *yo #can not *obviar in this context comment: the Common Agricultural Politics and the World-wide Organisation of Trade are increasingly research of competitiveness exacerbated like fundamental element, thing that *me seems absolutely worrisome because this type of *sacralización of competitiveness above #everything it other surely conducts to practices of risk, like the utilisation of hormones or antibiotics, for example, among the matters prevail for the animal feeding. +Like immediate measure, control of the organisations of technical assistance is of form more rigorous and specific, and the radical reform will ensure the meridian definition of the core of the functions of public service of civil servants of the Commission and the effective supervision and the responsible management of the executive agencies. +In this frame, have to express the enormous worry that feels my Group in front of the debate that will celebrate in *Tampere on the police cooperation, the fight against drugs, data protection, the democratic control of *Europol and Information System of *Schengen. Fear once again that participants will not give size in these important points that have a deep impact on democracy in *Europa. +No treats only to ensure, in the frame of globalisation of the economy, growth able to create durable and sustainable employment, or to propose an institutional reform in depth of face to the next Conference *Intergubernamental; neither treats only to carry forward the subject of enlargement of the Union to contribute, like this, to the welfare of the *Europa global, in spite of the importance *innegable of these challenges. +The European Council in Colony examined the capacity of *Europa to carry out functions established in article 17 of the Treaty of the Union, calls of *Petersberg, functions related with the humanitarian help and with rescue measures and pacification, #as well as with the definition of the mission of fight groups in control of the crisis, included pacification, time that *Europa have solvent military means. +Among #others, suffering and the death of productive members of societies and -thing very important- the *apartamiento of women of employment to devote to loan cares and resource deviation of families and the communities to devote savings to pay attention costs of health and, in fact, as it has to know, sure, *usted, the incessant burials that see in countries like *Zimbabwe, #if *te remain stopped in corner of a street. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner *Lamy, gentleman Minister *Sasi, the Round of #Millenium will have to promote necessarily forms of cooperation and integration among the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the International Organisation of Work, the International Monetary Bottom and the World-wide Bank, so as to that liberalisation of the commercial exchanges go accompanied of a renewed stability of the monetary market, of politics of full employment of the human resources, of networks of social protection and of respect generalised of the fundamental labour norms. +Lady Speaker, have written words beautiful after the celebrated summit in *Tampere; nevertheless, the fundamental premise so that these beautiful words convert in reality, is to say, so that they fulfil the principles humanists, is of course that persons #can go in in Strong *Europa, that begin of serious form to put in practice politics in the that it was possible to separate asylum politics of immigration, that begin to put in practice a serious politics of collaboration with the *ACNUR to end to solve the problems of refugees of *Europa and of the world. +On the question of the fundamental rights, the creation of the frame that allow to Parliament take contribution to the preparation of a letter is element, but go to celebrate debates on bottom, as, for *nosotros, this letter has to have direct effects, is to say, that citizens have to can *invocarla to appeal to the Court of Justice and this letter has to *versar on new rights for Europeans of the century *XXI. +Expect then, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, that the European Commission obtain a mandate of institution regarding development of these rights of citizens of third countries, and that #this develop in the widest sense, according to respect of the principle of no discrimination, also *cuando treat of the right of vote, the right to live in family and the right to the free circulation of persons, even *cuando the Summit has not manifested on *ello. +(*IT) The fact that the Commission have exhausted the last term to ask fixation of a date for negotiation is, definitely, regrettable, especially to sight of the global course of #all the question that already in the previous years saw to arise conflict in the institutional frame of query with reference to paper of Parliament in an agreement that has important budgetary repercussions. +In particular, consensus fault on the content of politics *macroeconómicas in the previous period to the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Maastricht and of the first orientations of economic politics played a fundamental paper in amplification of the negative effects, of the external crashes and in the development of greater obstacles to growth and to employment. +But today, remembering *algo that said here in the last Plenary -with *Tampere launches the signal to the #european citizens that *Europa has left to be only a market-, to me *me #would enjoy to say #alto and clear that, with this strategic document on the inner market that *nos has presented to Parliament and that it is today object of intervention, citizen goes to have a clear idea of coherence of this market and that this market has like last and main protagonist *él same. +The participation of the European Parliament *nos seems fundamental, no only because in the #european construction the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission constitute the three points of the triangle that have to conform a construction balanced, but also because the popular representatives gathered in Parliament are the most indicated to transmit the opinion of citizens that, after all, is it that matters, so that the Commission #can take out the timely conclusions. +In #one misses approach *macroeconómico, in #another is missing the realisation of structural reforms, in the third, there #be not an adjust among the economic politics and employment politics. Is evident that have increased the preventive measures as, for example, the insertion of the unemployed of long length in work market, or active measures as, for example, stimuluses to work research and to the creation of places of work. +Goes the Commission to adopt in negotiation time, in the possible decisions of commitment, the necessary measures so that it apply it that *usted has announced during audiences in nomination, is to say, test and labeling for meat of *vacuno, that by it other goes to be compulsory already from the 1-1-2000, #if we do not get to regulation in relation with the suspension of import prohibition and his *imposición in front of the countries that have agreed import prohibitions? +Subject: Law *HelmsBurton Has had knowledge the Commission of demonstrations taken by State Secretary of States Joined, Mrs. *Albright, relative to the impossibility by part of Congress of the #EE.UU. to modify the title *IV of the Law *Helms-*Burton, breaking like this #one of the essential elements of the Agreement among the European Commission and the Administration #Clinton, in the new frame of the Transatlantic Summit among #EE.UU. and the European Union of May of 1998? +Gentleman President, ask the word to remember once again that, from the principle of the term of office, the radical deputies do not take part in the votes neither Plenary neither in the commissions. And #this to call attention of the Presidency and of his *Señorías on the fact that to part of deputies *le denies the possibility to contribute with rights and means, to the parliamentary life. +Subject: Restrictions to navigation freedom imposed by *Turquía The 27 May 1997, the #turkish authorities adopted a Decision registered with number 2646 and signed by State Secretary of Maritime Subjects, Mr. *Nazmi *Kumral, in virtue of the *cual forbids access to *Turquía of #all fuselages *mercantes with pavilion #cypriot or that belong to *armadores Cypriots or of nationalities, included the of States members of the European Union, *cuando place of origin or of destination was *algún port of the free zone of the Republic of *Chipre. +discussion that have had in the Commission of relative Constitutional Subjects to road so that any possible illegal activity was put in knowledge of the *OLAF, believe that *nos has carried to find the suitable road, because a political organ has to have filter that examine #if sure enough informations are or no founded and #if they attack or no against immunity or word inviolability that have deputies. +Of way will be able to have of financial assistance with charge to the community budget for the reception, integration and the voluntary return of refugees, persons displaced and asylum applicants and will have an important instrument that gives a human dimension to asylum politics of the Union, as #one of deputies finishes to ask takes moments. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, had wished that the debate and the vote of this report had not taken place necessarily today, because *nosotros -and #this want to say it to the principle of my intervention -, because of the circumstances that *nos have forced to modify the agenda, and because of the fact that vote hour has extended so much owing to the long length of the reports *Napolitano, *Leinen, *Dimitrakopoulos and *Schwaiger that the report of Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou will vote it tomorrow early. +In accordance with the philosophy that inspires the new diet of the regions *ultraperiféricas -that besides has confirmed the European Council of Colony asking to the Commission that before 31 December present measures for the regions *ultraperiféricas- in this moment the incorporation of these regions to the European Union do not happens necessarily by harmonisation *arancelaria and fiscal, but that allows treatment differentiated, for example the maintenance of the *octroi of *mer in the #french departments of *Ultramar and the of special diets in *Azores and *Madeira. +Another question that have to consider *cuando talk of the construction of new ships is the problem of waste and means to treat waste, and no only *me refer to waste that derive of the operation of ships but also to rubbish produced during trip, because pollution of the sea is an important fed up question and ships are in very fine responsible measure of *ella. +Coincide fully in assessment that it is absolutely necessary to reaffirm the international presence of the European Union in the international scene, especially in security looks and defence, for the that the Presidency #finnish -and it is necessary to say it with legitimate pride- has given a decisive impulse with this historical meeting of ministers of External Subjects and of ministers of Defence, that is the first time that produces in history of the European Union. +*Yo always repeat that *Turquía already #would have advanced more in approximation to *Europa #if it had adopted before, in the timely moment, other more radical measures in the field of the human rights, of the rights of minorities, especially regarding the problem *kurdo, and of democracy in the frame of relations with #Grecia, and had contributed to the solution of the problem of *Chipre. +With time, obviously, #any one that request it and fulfil with the requirements will find place in the political level; without embargo, #if today we do not proceed quickly in this sense and think in expanding bending almost number of States members without institutional reforms *meditadas and checked -no longer there #be time to experience- condemn to death to dream of #one *Europa political able to respect identities, cultures and traditions and to contribute, nevertheless, to create a new model of #european citizen. +Also have to value with caution the improvements ascertained by the Commission and the Presidency of the Council in the interior of *Turquía, #if have present ratification of death conviction of Mr. *Ocalan, that the awarded with Prize *Sajarov *Leyla *Zana continues imprisoned for having claimed right to freedom of opinion, solution fault to the problem *kurdo and all it that expresses in said document in relation with progresses of *Turquía. +#- - Proposal of decision of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of the Protocol for adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and States members, by part, and *Rumanía, by #another, to take into account adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9730\/1999 - *C5-0195\/1999 - 1997\/0277(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +Support that taxes of the heavy transports are taxed in accordance with his real level of pollution and that destination of these amounts devote to investments in the railway and to investments in transport combined among road and railway and, finally, aim the idea to deliver the 91% of permissions that do not distribute according to an equal quota among #all States members attending no only to the needs of transport in himself\/hisself same but also considering the origin and destination, for example, of commodities that cross Swiss pertinent of airports or ports like *Hamburgo, *Rotterdam, *Génova or *Marsella. +Gentleman President, the past Monday try, from the Socialist Group, include in the agenda of Plenary a resolution proposal that highlighted the 50º anniversary of Gin Agreements, put of self-evident commitment of the European Parliament with the principles of the humanitarian international Right and expressed support to the International Committee of Cross #Red. +The Council, after having examined the proposal of the Commission directed to postpone during a year (of 1 January to 31 December 2000) the introduction of a compulsory system of labeling of meat of bovine and keep during this period labeling plan voluntary established in the Regulation (*CE) *nº 820\/97, has adopted the following conclusions: +Gentleman President, for me the greater problem that presents the text that go to vote tomorrow -finish to collect it in distribution- resides in article 3 of the proposal of the Commission, according to the *cual #would forbid substances inside the European Union -pray to the Commission that *me listen, because I want to ask explanation-; as *eso, it that #would vote is that we forbid substances inside the European Union, but admit that prohibition do not affect to manufacture and commercialisation inside the European Union, since the #would send to another Been member with seen to export to third countries. +The Scientific Committee on Health and the Animal Welfare approved on 10 March 1999 report on looks of utilisation of *somatotropina bovine relative to the animal welfare and declared that the *BST increases the risk of *mastitis clinical and the length of treatment, increases the incidence of disorders in legs, #can affect negatively to reproduction and induce varied severe reactions in the zone of injection. +regretting that the Council have decided to accept to *Turquía like candidate to adhesion, expect that, at least, do not give new steps while Government have not adopted the necessary measures in the field of the human rights, of the international right regarding border delimitation, of the application of the resolutions of Nations Joined on *Chipre and of a political solution for the question *kurda; +Without embargo, it #would be necessary to abstain of excess of zeal putting in *entredicho a system that has worked well, especially #if this review of politics of competition on the vertical restrictions runs the risk to put in danger #all a sector that, thanks to exclusive agreements of distribution, in particular beer agreements, has worked well until the present, giving satisfaction to time to the *cerveceras, by part, and, by #another, to the sector of coffees, hotels and restaurants. +Gentleman President, #would wish to take part about an only question, of a subject of the greater importance for the European Parliament: *usted has engaged in the exert of activities like President of the Commission to undertake of way *convincente reforms that Parliament expects of the new Commission, by it that *cuando, got moment, carry out selection work together with the Governments of States members, will have to demand individually to each #one of the future members, #as well as to the group of the Commission, this same commitment of reform. +The participation of *Rusia means first of all that will renounce to exert the blockade in the Security Council, so that it was possible to adopt a resolution on the base of Chapter *VII, with an international juridical foundation clear, founded in a decision of the Security Council like title of the monopoly of the use of strength in the frame of the international political system. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0224\/99) by Mrs. *Kuhn, in name of the Delegation of the European Parliament in the Conciliation Committee, on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on determined looks of sale and the guarantees of consumption sakes (*C4-0042\/99 - *C4-0171\/99-96\/0161(*COD)) +Quote *textualmente: «*Nos pleases the statement of the European Rabbit of *Berlín with regard to the peace process, in particular regarding the right of the Palestinians to self-determination without reservations, included the right to create State, with regard to the *cual the European Union is had to foresee recognition in moment, #as well as commitments assumed by the European Union regarding the future solution to conflict». +*Manisco and *Marset Fields, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left - Nordic Green Left; -*B4-0499\/99 of Mr. *Chichester and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European; -*B4-0500\/99 of Gentlemen *Weber and *Hudghton, in name of Group of Radical Coalition European; -*B4-0505\/99 of Mr. *Voggenhuber and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the European Parliament, on the nuclear head office of *Temelin. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *les appreciate very sincerely this debate that has been deep, clear and, in cases, exhaustive and that, in group, has put of self-evident a wide confidence in our future work: a wide confidence because #all orators, even the that have directed critical to the composition of the Commission, have recognised the need of a big and solid work in common, #as well as the fact that the future of the European Union assent in collaboration among Parliament and the Commission. +Yes, gentleman President, arms *callan, but mines *antipersonal continue taking *estragos. The horror of war has finished, but no the horror of the finding, day after day, of the common pits, tragic and heartbreaking testimony of contempt of the right to life of persons and of villages that *nos is more that respect to diversities, to identity of village by #whose affirmation will struggle in Plenary and struggle in our national Parliaments. +Although obviously I #can not force to my colleague Mrs. *Loyola of Palace, that in these moments is *felizmente deputy in Parliament, regarding politics and relations with this Assembly, do not is missing the one who considers that it has got hour that the Commission and Parliament deepen in negotiations on the procedures and the conventions of this Assembly that, as it is known, gathers in more of place, #as well as on the conventions and the procedures of School. +To sight of these circumstances, wanted to *recalcar once again that the problem of refugees no only has not resolved, but that converts day in more dramatic, as I have been able to check in my recent trips to the fields of #palestinian refugees in *Líbano, *Jordania and Syrian, #as well as in the distinct reports of the *OOPS and of Mr. *Menéndez of Valley, in quality of Representative of the humanitarian help of the European Union in *Jordania. +With #everything, want to say simply that congratulate to #all his *Señorías by interventions, because *algo has emerged with strength: further of rapidity with that it is necessary to carry out program, it important is that the European Union and the European Parliament exert a very active paper, very strong so that in Orient Half, and especially among Palestinian and #Israel, establish a stable and durable peace, so as to find a solution to the problem of refugees and so that a #palestinian State #can live peacefully with the #israeli State. +Exist two basic principles of the operation of the *OMC: by part, discrimination, impassable, among products #whose processes of production are different -*me refer to the environmental conditions or the social conditions in the *cuales elaborates product-; on the other hand, the fact that it is necessary to reduce to the minimum the negative effects on the *librecambio of measure political relative to the public health, to the protection of the environment or to the social protection. +But the Council, afterwards, opened the box of #Pandora introducing two purportedly technical amendments: #one, to article 3, in the that establishes legislation species delegated, with a continuous reference to the Regulation of the Economic Commission for *Europa of Nations Joined; and #another, to article 6, expanding entrance term in vigour of the directive because of the need of adaptation time of industry. +The Commission #can accept the spirit, on condition that they introduce modifications in #some cases to the text of the relative amendments to the complementary measures, the participation of the local communities in reconstruction, coordination with organisations no governmental, query to Parliament before the Agency extend activities to zones of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia and, of course, to the budgetary transparency. +(Parliament approves the legislative resolution)- Report (To5-0037\/1999) of Mrs. *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market, on the Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council - Repercussions of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on the legislative procedures in course in the field of the juridical subjects and the inner market (*SEC(1999) 581 - *C4-0219\/1999) +Although the decisions on the possibility by part of *Turquía to receive to programs in the frame of the current proposals do not allow an immediate effective participation of country, will allow to the European Union send a positive signal to the #turkish civil society and express once again will to develop the sectorial cooperation with *Turquía. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0040\/1999) of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, on the common position of the Council [$^5617$/^2$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0037$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0272$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to information on fuel consumption facilitated to consumer when commercialising vehicles of new tourism (Speaker: Mr. *Sterckx). +*Yo am absolutely convinced that it was error -and want to signal it by time- that the ancient European Commission did not continue, *cuando initiated the previous legislative period, work on a right of #european obligations, that already had initiated Mr. *Lando and his commission, although this Assembly, that Parliament, already had put to disposal the corresponding resources. +did not has to be it to scale #european neither, obviously, neither to scale national, because *cuando exists the social dialogue - that in reality consists in dialogue among the great unions of workers, often of the most traditional sectors of the economy, and the big company - with frequency are dialogues, cooperations, *concertaciones that have like result exclude to the one who today remains to the *margen of the economic systems Europeans, is to say, the unemployed, immigrants, convicts to remain out of the system of the privileged, the that they find out of work system guaranteed. +Gentleman President, in proposal on the guidelines for employment politics of States members in the year 2000, the Commission splits of bottom consideration: progresses made by employment process, after the launching taken in the extraordinary Summit, are considerable; signals data - million #eight hundred one thousand places of work created in *Europa - and confirms, therefore, the structure based in four *pilares and the fundamental character of the guidelines. +do not share the document on the guidelines for employment politics, since it inspires in the ideas and the principles of the economic liberalism; without embargo, the European Parliament proposes #some indications to improve equality of opportunities among men and women in matter of employment, the constant research of dialogue among the social speakers and the necessary query and information of workers by part of companies. +But believe that, for a so difficult directive - and Parliament knows perfectly that it is difficult - have to take into account the reality of country, data of the social dialogue and postures of the social speakers, the distinct nuances, in #all points that have mentioned previously, and afterwards take a surgical combination, find a very fragile balance to have the greater possible hit. +No fits the lower doubt that in this important matter of family right, the extensive zone of absence of resultant right of the loss of efficiency of the judicial decisions in front of borders has affected juridical and morally to thousands of citizens and has prejudiced to the social and psychological stability of families, in particular his more fragile links that are women and boys. +The improvement of relations among #Grecia and *Turquía, no longer like merit of the earthquakes, but like a fact aside, and the change of attitude that notes in *Turquía with regard to the juridical and constitutional reform, in relation with the human rights and regarding posture in front of the *kurdos are #worthy advances of applause, as also they are it commitments and recognition of the reality that give off of the letter that Mr. *Bülent *Ecevit directed to Chancellor #german, Mr. #Gerhard *Schröder, in May of the present year. +resolution proposal constitutes a clear signal to the international community that, in spite of that #news on *Timor have disappeared of the main #european newspapers or have left to be the first #news of the most important televisions in *Europa, attention of the international community and of the European Union on this problem has to continue. +there #be not doubt that the seventeen years that *Mumia *Abu-#Jamal finishes to happen rotting in runners of death, after a parody of process, are related with the fact that it is #black, with fight against of the institutional racism, with freedom of opinion that has practised journalist, when having value to report corruption that reigns in rows of the police of *Filadelfia. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0050\/1999) of Mr. Newton *Dunn in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects on the initiative of the Federal Republic of *Alemania for the adoption of a decision of the Council (8357\/1999 - *C5-0011\/1999 - 1999\/0804(*SNS)) relative to the improvement of information exchange to combat the documents of false trip. +The fact that the #german Government have procured to avert the parliamentary examination posing this question in the field of the *tercer *pilar and the fact that the Presidency #finnish have not come at least to answer to our questions, was in the parliamentary commission, was in session *plenaria, regret to say that it is stain for the reputation of Finns, that up to now had an excellent reputation of opening and democracy. +In time that remains until *Helsinki, is fundamental that analyse also Right state, the situation of the human rights, respect to minorities, the protection and recognition of his cultural identity and support to measures directed to abolish pity capital, that is #one of the amendments to the Report *Morillon presented in our commission this week. +The proposal of the Commission do not tackles specifically the problems of pollution of the air acclimatise in the countries candidates, and had account of the imminent enlargement, consider little responsible that Parliament do not receive information relative to pollution levels in countries like *Polonia and the Czech Republic, #as well as on the #likely cost and the calendar that will be necessary to achieve that these countries adjust to the new norms. +Gentleman President, when hailing the Report of the Court of Accounts, so useful, and that this Assembly has to support because like this we support to *Europa, #can not avert *referirme to unrest that produces the that again they have been #some media the that have advanced partial versions and interested of the report, taken that apart from producing, gentleman *Karlsson, unnecessary damages to citizens, civil servants and institutions, gives the impression of that the Court of Accounts is a political organ that it has to *rendir accounts to the constituents through the public opinion. +And *yo believe that really Parliament, with action a bit more audacious of the Commission, a bit more ambitious and also -why not to say it- a bit more engaged with the reform process of the institutions, #can achieve that the *desencuentros that have produced in the past transform in harmony in the future and that we #can #all promote reform project of the European Union, knowing, as we know, that, #if they do not take in consideration and leave to the *margen worries of citizens, these reforms will not be able to concretise and will not be able to culminate with hit. +Only to confirm to Mrs. *Riis-*Jø*rgensen, #whose continuous and deep interest by the relative questions to the state help is very known and appreciated by the Commission, that investigation goes to continue, that the effective applicability of disposals relative to #SME is #one of worries and that in the analysis of #all investigations on state help have very present effects in trade among States members. +Without embargo, also want to manifest with clarity, so that it do not remain place to doubts, that the corresponding statements of the institutions, also on the subject of the review limited of the financial perspectives, that expect to receive of the Commission from the month of April, and the consequent answers of the Council, represent change operation, as #if it treated of change office of currencies, for saying it like this. And the one who no credits change, loses credit. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation (To5-0079\/1999) of Mr. *Bodrato, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the relative Council to the celebration of the Agreement on establishment of technical regulations world-wide applicable to tyre vehicles, and to squads and pieces that #can mount or use in said vehicles ("Parallel Agreement") (10167\/1999 - *COM(1999) 27 - *C5-0073\/1999 - 1999\/0011(*AVC)). +Go to mention #some of actions assumed by the Commission, to stress that I am convinced that there #be a big field for a still greater activation so much of the Commission as of states members and that, of course, requires a specific politics for treatment of these subjects, so much in the frame of the preparation of follow-up meeting of the Conference of *Beijing, as, later, in the frame of the *quinto plan of action for woman. +On the base of restructuring of collaboration among the EU and *Centroamérica in the frame of Congress of Saint #José in #Florencia in 1996, and of strategy documents elaborated in 1999 for collaboration among the EU and *Nicaragua, have to indicate that, in collaboration for development with *Nicaragua in particular, the European Union concentrates *primordialmente in the strengthening of Right State and the promotion of a just social politics. +The fact is that the only person that really knows finances of the European Union, to know, the Boss of our Court of Accounts, Mr. *Friedmann, do not takes long was in work group Bread-*Europa here in the European Parliament and in exhibition *nos said that the costs of enlargement exaggerate enormously as they never include the costs of the no enlargement. +Equally is important that continue in the future the fine cooperation that have come developing among Request Commission and Defender of Village, and that #this succeed to time with defenders of the national village or with the corresponding institutions to be able to, of way, combat rapes of the rights of citizens that commit precisely in the community legislative frame. +Gentleman President, when talking today here, fifty-eight days before the elections to the European Parliament, in the last days of the operation of this European Parliament, seat that the conjoint debate on Request Commission and on Defender of the European Village has a special significance and comes, like a balance of #all a term of office *quinquenal, to give a message in these next elections. +Gentleman President, wanted to present a brief oral amendment that #would involve that competition regarding the new article 13 against of discrimination continued *recayendo in the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens, but as with this amendment pretends to endow also of competitions to the Commission of Social Subjects and Employment, #would wish to present to this *respecto an oral amendment in the sense that, also by it that *respecta Right Commission of Woman, #would fit to take a small observation. +Although #some community legislative norms apply to vehicle users deprived -for example taxes on fuel, taxes on consumption, VAT-our current approach in matter of *tarificación centres in the commercial traffic, as it treats of a problem that only #can resolve with hit through a community statutory frame, that protect the operation of the inner market of transports to time that integrates totally the environmental goals. +In effect, fusions and scale economies in this sector, tendency to the «*megabancos» and to the agglutinations, the #tending technological developments to improve productivity, pressures on employment or even on dimension actors more regional, have his own logical, the *cual do not coincides necessarily with the general interest or with employment goals. +In reality, our Community has employed in depth in the fight against violence underlining value of the right to life, security, freedom and the physical and mental integrity with #all a series of programs like the that today we treat to perfect: program *DAPHNE that struggles against violence against women, teenagers and boys. +In the votes of yesterday in the morning, of decision proposal on number and competitions of the parliamentary commissions, Parliament approved two contradictory amendments regarding competitions in matter of juridical protection of consumers, to know, the amendment 31, of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists, and the amendment 60, of the Group of the Popular Party European. +Like this as, have two requirements that formulate to #european level: that the calculation of restitutions to production take from price of corn to world-wide level, and no from price of wheat, because it is in industry of corn in the that bases industry of starch; and, second, that procure likewise -as they have remembered takes moment mates *Sonneveld and *Mulder- conserve a true balance among starch and starch produced from cereals. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, wanted colleagues, of the recent conflicts with States Joined have learnt two things: first, the need to develop dialogue no only with the Americans but also with other regions of the world because we will need and, in fact, already need new allies, and second the need of a greater surveillance by part of the European Union of negotiations of the *OMC, having besides in account his increasing importance, all *ello is obviously a collective problem that *atañe also to the #european Parliament. +Like this things, no *me remains more that *decirles with the maximum clarity that am deeply conscious of this difficult moment and of the big confidence that have, #as well as of the fact that *me are to proof *ustedes and more still, #if it fits, the next Parliament, in front of the *cual will have to go back with squad of the Commission to the complete and, to *través of squad of the Commission, will have to offer a concrete guarantee of the promises and of commitments that have assumed in the debate of 13 April and in the debate of today. +Coincide, in wide majority, in the radical conviction of the criminal practices designated of ethnic cleansing, of the that it is guilty *Milosevic, in that we have to show solidarity specifically with refugees, in affirmation of the right of these last to return to country and in the need to guarantee respect of this right by means of the presence of an international strength in a *Kosovo to the that *le concede a real autonomy and, finally, in the perspective of a conference on the *Balcanes. +In relation with the #another proposal that the Council has been asking, to know, the audits of our general diets of secretariat, there #be not reason so that on 20 July, #if we do not have an agreement on the statute of deputies, do not have to say that it will carry out an annual audit of the general diets of secretariat that have to present to Parliament, made by auditors of *bona *vide and that it was precise to present to Parliament so that deputies receive his annual diets. +The Commission approved the text of the conjoint statement in meeting of the past 9 March; the Council took it the past week, and corresponds now to Parliament give agreement, with the end that the three Presidents #can confirm the agreement of institutions to the conjoint statement in signature ceremony this week. +Basing in this strategy, Parliament, in his first reading, integrated in an only regulation so much regulation proposal of the relative Council to the structural measures of the sector *pesquero, integrated in Diary 2000, as equally regulation proposal of the Council by the that they defined modalities and conditions of interventions with structural purpose in the sector of fishing. +Has a stable democracy, and although for countries has *prorrogado a year the financial protocol no exist structures for stage of *preadhesión, and #if it thinks in species of *mini *PHARE, then #would request that the Commission showed prompt to candidates the perspectives under the *cuales #can begin stage of *preadhesión, so that they receive planning security that the other since precisely *nosotros the that come of States members greater of the European Union also #would owe *sentirnos managers of the small candidates. +Consider that this case confirms also the fine diplomatic utilisation of argument recently arisen in the international political scene: that the international community #can not use two weights and two measures; that the international community, *cuando demands respect of the human rights in *Kosovo, has to be consistent with the requirement of respect in parts of the world. +Regarding death pity and the establishment of a universal moratorium of the capital executions, as *ustedes know, the past 28 April, precisely the European Union took the initiative to present in front of the Commission of Human Rights resolution project on the question of death pity. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0253\/99) of Mrs. *Gebhardt, for the Delegation of Parliament in the Conciliation Committee, on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes recognition mechanism of titles for the professional activities to that refer liberalisation directives and of transitory measures and completes the general system of recognition of titles (3612\/99 - *C4-0209\/99-96\/0031(*COD)) +Like general indication of the opinion that *sustenta the Commission about the questions that poses the proposal subjected to the Assembly, remit to His *Señorías to the final section of the statement of the Commission of 1 July 1999, in the that manifested the opinion that «it #would be advisable of face the future clear the application of article 213 regarding activities of members of the Commission after having ceased in charge». +#Such as I have commented previously, have been speaker in a series of questions, and #can take a brief outline of *cuán extensive will be this review and of it that will cover: universal services, frequencies, satellites, regulation, licences, interconnections, numbering, mobile telephones, convergence of the *radiotelevisión, data transmission and telecommunications; which means an explosion of legislation and affects to an enormous segment of the industrial and commercial base of the European Union by own right, but also like help of #many industries. +Is true, of course have arisen some gigantic problems in *Bélgica and of course the European Commission, with reason, has said that in the #belgian situation have committed some grave errors; but the colleagues Deputies, that to these heights know at least *algo of file, know that the #belgian Government has taken some very drastic measures and that now #can give guarantees to #all consumers of #all the #european Union. +With regard to the subjects that President designated has posed on reform, that Commissioner *Kinnock will present the next month of February with the owed query, politics program of the next month of January, the imperative moral and politician to confront the challenge of enlargement and the preparation of the Conference *Intergubernamental, promise that my Group will assume a positive and constructive commitment with the Commission in this sense. +As frankly I believe that in the attempt of #some in moving his domestic debates to the community institutions; in #some governments that play with the #european charges to satisfy requirements of pacts in countries, and also in #some parties in the opposition that want to elevate to instances it that do not achieve home, like the of Mr. Baron, in *España, to the one who *le have commanded to prolong the internal electoral debate attacking -and *él knows it- of unfair and disloyal way to vice-president proposed of the European Commission. +Tomorrow, deputy group of diverse political groups will initiate works to create a *intergrupo that work in this sense, with the intention to create a spirit of cooperation with the Commission and with the Institutions of the Union in the sense that the collective rights and recognition are a prolongation of recognition of the individual rights. +Product of negotiations among governments, paper is the to contribute to create the most favourable conditions for multinationals in his permanent efforts for increasing benefits to coast of his own employees, the most recent example is the of *Michelin, and besides, in damage of the majority of the population of the European Union and of the poorest villages. +since tomorrow we will not be able to vote in favour of determined Commissioners and place that #can not take state with my individual vote in this Assembly that my colleague Mr. *Patten #would be an excellent Commissioner of External Subjects, simply do not have more option that vote against of this Commission in group to send the message to Mr. *Prodi and to colleagues that #if they go out chosen, will have to answer in front of Parliament, accept that things #can not follow as up to now and that we have to change of habits #if we want *infundir to the population of *Europa confidence that have to have in Parliament and institutions. +As they explain the workers of humanitarian help of the international community, the Cross employees #Red International and of other organisations of human rights were forced to abandon the zone, with the end to be able to commit crimes without the presence of foreign witnesses. +The Council also has expressed worry by the fact that, in addition to the #serbian population, other ethnic groups no *albanos have seen forced to abandon *Kosovo; in this sense, the Council has remembered that in virtue of the resolution 1244 of the Security Council of the UN, #all refugees and the displaced have right to return to zones of origin. +)#Can, then, be acceptable that, after the competent organ of the European Union considered timely to raise the prohibition, determined States, without presenting neither take public a clear justification from sight point of the *inocuidad of foods, keep the relative prohibition to meat of bovine? This decision, adopted by the #french Government the past week, constitutes hit particularly last for the *criadores of bovine livestock of *Escocia, #whose herds are fed predominantly with grass and that, first of all, did not have problem of *EEB. +Without embargo, as it has affirmed here, the subject did not remains resolved with program, but that the increase of the sustainable use of sources of renewable energy demands still study, pilot projects, the exchange of results in investigation, harmonisation of legislation, the review of attitudes, campaigns of information #as well as private and public investments, that will amortise only in the future. +Is a modern agreement that adjusts to the needs of times. Loans special attention to liberalisation of rates, to the creation of a zone of free trade, to commitments in the field of development and of the economic cooperation, to commitments in terrain of science and technology and to the relative commitments to the political dialogue. +Subject: Measures of the Commission to restrict armament transfer and promote the, disarmament Taking into account the *primer annual report that will publish *próximamente on the #european code of behaviour relative to armament transfer for 1998, #can indicate the responsible commissioner for the external relations #if it #would support enlargement of competitions of the Commission to include the subjects referents to arm trade in the next Conference *Intergubernamental? +In consequence, to my understand, it is necessary to ask to President of the Commission, to the Council and to #all *nosotros that keep and respect #all the agreements with the #turkish State, and that keep besides a punctual action and it more specific possible of the competent organs of the Community, oriented to follow attentively that the process of democratisation and the peaceful solution to divergences with the States carry advance specifically and no only to hit of statements of the #turkish State. +Happen to other three subjects: the protection of the environment, health of consumers and the audiovisual sector, that, further of the existent tensions among technical progress and cultural traditions, reflect shots of civilisation that *singularizan to *Europa: quality requirement -for example, in the field of feeding-, the cultural identity in an open world, preference by it "no *vendible" in number of activities. +Subject: free Sales of taxes #Can the Council inform of strategy to help to airports, ports, aerial lines and companies of maritime transport of *pasajeros of *Irlanda to surpass the loss of income that results of the suppression of the free sales of taxes? How foresees the Council protect to consumers against the *encarecimiento of notes, boost and protect employment and support the development of essential infrastructures, *cuando all *eso took before thanks to the free sales of taxes? +Have said "stone angular" , because from the year happened Parliament has to observe the most rigorous disposals of the that apply to almost #all the other #european parliaments by it that refers to the statement of the financial interests of deputies and has already in the Regulation #one of disposal groups more rigorous that apply to group behaviour of interest in the frame of the institution. +Gentleman President, with rhythms of development underneath of the 2%, with a new promotion of the interests, with deflation and with a rigorous application of the stability pact, intensifies pressure to the rights of social security and to the social rights of workers, and the immediate result is impairment of conditions of life and of the labour conditions of workers. +Although no fit doubt that transparency has increased and, for example, information sessions after the meetings of Government Council have represented a clear improvement in work methods, the goal has to be the continuation of the increase of the opening, #as well as that the operation of the Bank consolidate and was possible to leave backwards the problems of the initial stage. +Regarding transparency, to the *cual define like the *ofrecimiento to the public or to Parliament of the maximum possible information on the evolution of the economy, on the monetary evolution, on the result of the deliberations of Government Council, create -and like this *me manifested in my introductory intervention-, that the Central Bank European #can watch directly to the eyes of any central bank of the world. +In States members - history of these years *nos remembers it - exist cases of restructuring: history, as I finish to say, is full of cases of restructurings, *deslocalizaciones, closings of companies - Mr. *Wurtz has referred to #some of *ellos - that no only reduce employment, but that put in danger the economic and social cohesion of the zones affected, create a climate of social insecurity among workers and a climate that no favours at all development and growth. +Even believe that have interest, in the field of the legislative and institutional interventions, the proposals on transfer of taxation, of the territory of the labour cost, of taxation of workers, to the territory of the environment. And already there #be a *primer positive breath of the directives on employment, in this direction. +Regarding the nuclear arms, exist two essential documents. By part is the Treaty of no proliferation of nuclear arms, in the that the countries with armament type have forced to *desactivar his nuclear arms to change that countries no the manufacture and, by #another, the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs, that is extraordinarily important since proofs are to develop the nuclear armament. +Gentleman President, to time that *subscribo the words of the colleagues that *me have preceded, wanted to express, in name of the Group *Europa of Nations, the enormous joy that, in world many times motivated by a hierarchy of interests and no by a hierarchy of values, Parliament recognise to a valuable man that struggled by value, the of freedom of village, and *le concede prize *Sajarov. +Nevertheless, in Austrian quality, have to manifest, second, that dialogue among the social speakers, among the political institutions, among the fiscal politics and the political mandators, comes developing and practising under an analogous form from takes years in my country, *Austria, and has contributed of appreciable way to that *Austria #can present now like a country with a high level of employment and unemployment figures inferior to the of countries. +In moment in that the economic recovery #would allow at the same time a reduction of the public deficit and support politics to growth, an effective coordination of the budgetary politics centred *prioritariamente in investments *infraestructurales, investigation, education and training #can have effect of economic reflation durable. +In these proposals demands to States members that force to reach a balance among men and women in places of direction, to appoint to number of men and women in the committees and groups of work in the EU, to improve legislation of the labour market so that #this reflect the problems and needs of women and to form to persons that design the national guidelines of politics of employment so that they integrate more effectively criteria of equality of opportunities in work and, finally, to that in the countries members establish goals *mensurables of annual character. +did not has felt that we have to negotiate with the European Commission, after #all events of the last months, a new code of behaviour that, among things, insist in that, *cuando have subjects of importance, the Commission has to come to say to this Assembly #which are these subjects first, and afterwards has to initiate a procedure, like the annual report of the Court of Accounts, and say: there #be had leak, is unpleasant, but follow with the subject as #if #nothing had happened. +Already has remembered in interventions that, takes #some years, the European Parliament had promoted pilot projects in support of the no governmental organisations and of the local authorities that, from takes time, confront with actions of fight against violence to women and boys: a phenomenon, #this of violence to women and boys, by misfortune, no only very spread, but that goes in increase and that self-evident under forms increasingly sophisticated and, therefore, more difficult to combat. +Insist in the current logic of cost, in the that stands out the corresponding to the Common Agricultural Politics, that, in addition to put in *entredicho equity goal recognised like principle in the Treaties, of politics only has denomination, insist in income system in vigour, fruit of diverse and contradictory interests among yes, results *indefectiblemente *inconciliable with deepening wish of the enlargement project of the geographic space. +Suffice to think in Indian, #whose legislation did not foresees right of copyright on medicines or foods, to weigh that in Indian produce and of Indian proceed grasses that serve to multinationals and to *nosotros for illnesses; or to the *Sudáfrica of *Mandela that like reprisal to attempt to convert in more accessible treatment for AIDS patients, has seen to impose by the World-wide Organisation of Trade the withdrawal of the cheapest medicines. +Only wanted to highlight look that #can consider that it constitutes the foundation of our conjoint resolution on *Chechenia: suffering of the civil population, the hundreds of mortal victims, the 200.000 refugees and the situation in the that find with the arrival of winter, the disproportionate reaction of the #russian Government and bombardment *indiscriminado of the civil population. +To risk that *nos *remuerda consciousness, #would wish to remember the example of banana: multinationals (Of Mount, *Dole and *Chiquita), that with support of States Joined commercialise in the #european market bananas pertinent of slavery, produced, besides, in security conditions alimentary more that doubtful, have reached *hacernos pin knee; treats of file in the that #be to capitulate without conditions, leaving that they break hundreds of thousands of producers no only of the countries *ACP, but also the community producers, that are the of #Guadalupe and *Martinica! +The Commission signals repeatedly in situation report on progresses made in adaptation to the *acervo community that, in numerous looks, the countries candidates, so much the of head group like the of the second group, still advance of way very *vacilante in transposition and adaptation to the *acervo community; for example, in relation with the social subject, but also regarding the subject of the environment and energy and even in the subject of the human rights and the daily democracy. +In front of an extraordinary event and the unilateral initiatives of peace like the decision of the PKK to abandon the fight armed and suspend hostilities, in front of the decision of numerous leaders of the PKK to deliver to the #turkish authorities to reiterate option to negotiate peace, Government #turkish has given negative and pejorative answers. +Want to remember the attentive attitude of speaker and his *receptividad in front of demand to the Commission of new complementary information, reason of delay of the vote in Plenary of report until so much the Commission did not satisfy request referred to the last scientific reports that endorsed coverage of the geographic area delimited in the #Douglas *Bank *Box and redesign of conditions and extension. +do not propose to dismiss definitively the candidature of *Turquía to the European Union. But is necessary, previously, demand to *Turquía firm and definite commitments, and check that they fulfil: recognition of the rights of village *kurdo, the abolition of death pity and a new trial for *Ocalan, the release of *Leyla *Zana and of #all the political prisoners, the application of the resolutions of Nations Joined for the solution of the #cypriot problem. +So that it do not give here a mistaken impression this morning in relation with the peace process and the international bottom for *Irlanda, want, like deputy to Parliament by the border counties, take state here -and create to talk in name of village of *Irlanda- that appreciate fully the important, positive and practical paper that the European Parliament and the #european institutions have exerted in the peace process and believe that say it contrary do not reflects the opinion of village #irish. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0086\/1999), in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market, concerning the common position (14247\/1\/1999 - *C5-0027\/1999 - 1997\/0264(*COD)) adopted by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to approximation of legislations of States members on the safe of civil responsibility derived of vehicle circulation cars and by the that amend the Directives 73\/239\/*CEE and 88\/357\/*CEE (*Cuarta Managerial on the safe of vehicles cars) (Speaker: Mr. *Rothley) +Report (To5-0101\/1999) of Mr. *Papayannakis, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, on regulation proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council that modifies the Regulation of the Council (*CE) *nº 820\/97 by the that it establishes identification system and register of animals of the bovine species and relative to labeling of meat of *vacuno and of products to base of meat of *vacuno (*COM(1999) 487 - *C5-0241\/1999 - 1999\/0205(*COD)) +Although Prime minister #turkish have declared the next day of the Summit that belonging to the European Union was for *Turquía, quote: "a right of birth" -it that gives, by it other, an idea of modesty with the *cual is decided to open the door of the European Union-, is evident for #all observers that conserve the free mind that entrance #would change deeply nature of the Union. +States members of the European Union have to answer to questions by it that refers to his own support in the past to the #indonesian authorities *cuando #this *oprimía to village of *Timor Oriental, and by the fact that these countries and manufacture companies of armament have obtained enormous benefits to coast of innocent lives, of the welfare and of the right of persons to live freely, without being subjected to tightness #any neither to rapes of the human rights. +In summary, it is necessary to say that, in any case, enlargement of the European Union eastwards will have a positive repercussion in the #european environment, since adhesion will see accompanied by an environmental rule more strict in these countries candidates, the economic growth will endow of a sustainable base and the own countries will be able to fulfil the international agreements in environmental matter. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0136\/99) of Mrs. *Peijs, in name of the Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, on decision proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Decision of 19 December 1996 by the that adopts action program for customs in the Community ( "Customs 2000») (*COM(98)0644 - *C4-0639\/98-98\/0314(*COD)). +That the military aggression of NATO was the cause of the dramatic aggravation of the humanitarian situation of the region of the *Balcanes, put in risk stability of the political future of that region and in grave danger the world-wide peace remains to *obscuras for the political blindness of this majority that before prefers to insist in agreements that never were accepted by the negotiators, are only *imposiciones negotiators of NATO and put in risk sovereignty, borders and ancestral realities. +Wish to underline urgency and the need of intervention of NATO in the region to protect the fundamental rights of the population of *Kosovo and signal that this tragedy perhaps #would have been able to avert #if the European Union, in addition to being an economic and monetary institution, had been from takes time also a unitary political reality. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the second inform (To4-0114\/99) of Mr. go *Dam, in name of Transport Commission and Tourism, on directive proposal of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 96\/53\/*CE of the Council by the that establish, for determined vehicles of road that circulate in the Community, the maximum dimensions authorised in the national and international traffic and the maximum weights authorised in the international traffic (*COM(98)0414 - *C4-0486\/98-98\/0227(*SYN)) +In *tercer place, *les signal that, apart from the regulate attention that the Council of Ministers loans to the #burmese question, attention has manifested also in the suspension of the conference EU-*ASEAN, foreseen for the past month or six weeks ago in *Berlín, since it #can not reach an agreement regarding the participation of *Birmania and because the special formula offered by the Council so that the question of the human rights in *Birmania #can treat with the #burmese, was not accepted by the *ASEAN. +Also will be able to enjoy of fiscal advantages small and medium enterprises that believe employment in city without prejudice surroundings. actions complete with the creation of models of sustainable tourism that #can include rule that regulate access to city in periods of maximum influx and measures of support directed to the local economy that base in the sustainable use of the natural resources and the historical heritage of city. +To initiative of Commissioner *Flynn, the Commission has examined the problem of the future of the social security and have taste in saying -recently to instances also of the Presidency #german and of the European Parliament- that very prompt go to present a communication on pension bottoms, in the that will take out the conclusions that give off of the application of the Green Book. +Therefore, the proposal that take, and that know that it is the General Direction *I, is the to create compensation bottom and to propose to the budgetary Authority include in the budget, precisely for *facilitarles to *ustedes, to our common commercial politics, means, bottom, reservation that #can compensate to the #european companies that they are innocent victims of this just and necessary common commercial politics. +The goal of these proposals is modernisation of the administration and the politics of personnel, the solution of the problems in the field of the budgetary management, the financial control and the fight against fraud, #as well as reform of the financial management by means of a financial control more effective. +But is likewise contrary, evidently, to the Letter of Nations Joined, that establishes explicitly that the use of strength, except in case of legitimate defence, will be reserved to permissions of the Security Council, to the that has ignored with an incredible cynicism in despise of this fundamental law of the international society: has not requested permission of the Security Council, because it knew that the Council #would not give it. +Gentleman President, *cuando #one visits *Belgrado #can not leave to feel ire and indignation in front of show of the destruction and death caused by bombardments of NATO, neither #can leave to feel admiration by strength and value of village #serbian, to feel *conmovido by form and the content of demonstrations of village that transforms in shield alive to protect the bridges of *Belgrado. +In the meantime, in the world-wide level and in spite of manipulation generalised, the self-evident public opinion and demands intervention of Nations Joined and a political solution that allow the return of refugees and respect of the current borders, the Americans and the #european Governments subordinated #his talk of terrestrial operations, answer with the called «total war» that all considers it strategic white, rehabilitate and rearm movement that till lately #all considered terrorist and fundamentalist. +But fortunately, achieved this commitment in *Berlín, to the that *sucedieron negotiations among the Council, Parliament and, of course, the Commission, that brought three positive changes: the *primer change concerned to the community initiative *Urban; the second to the European Bottom of Regional Development, on actions by culture and tourism, and the *tercer change *atañe to the special emphasis that the Regulation of the European Bottom of Regional Development puts in the insular regions. +are not the financial pot of the that #one #can serve freely *cuando in *algún that spot needs money but that they are a half to boost a very concrete goal, to know, the to boost the economic and social cohesion of this Union and stand out in practice the principle that solidarity is #one of the essential foundations for the existence of the #european Union. +The Council of «General Subjects» has underlined in meeting of 26 April 1999 the intention of the European Union to respect fully the last decision of the *OMC in war of banana and to modify of the corresponding mood and without delay diet for bananas of the EU. +Subject: Contracting of civil servants without the previous celebration of an opposition In answer to my relative question to the intention to hire to collaborators pertinent of the secretariat of *Schengen, the Council indicates that, of compliance with article 7 of the Protocol of *Schengen *anejo to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, is forced to integrate to personnel of *Schengen, since this Protocol has to be considered like part of the Treaty and, therefore, like part of the primary community Right. +Gentleman President, my colleague, Mr. *Hoppenstedt already has explained -and very well- the position of my Group on the report of Mrs. *Oddy, to the one who *le give graces; but, in the agitated debate that has developed on purpose of the electronic trade in *Europa and of the difficult question of the content in line, of origin, of destination, of legality, #can say and underline that in the public networks, like Internet, has to have spot for freedom of expression. +Gentleman President, *permítame that conclude my intervention with the following words. Expect of heart -*usted will be able to check it in person- that the next Parliament continue this debate, that do not sacrifice it in name of the economic subjects or the subjects related with enlargement, by important that are, but that consider the question of the human rights like a political goal #whose materialisation depends of politics of the #european Union, and especially of the external politics and politics in matter of enlargement. +#Can *usted confirm that the Table agreed yesterday send a delegation to see to Mr. *Rugova and, #if #this is the case, #can *usted call attention of the political groups on Article 9.1 of the code of behaviour, Annex 1, Articles 1 and 2, that establishes that before Deputy #can be appointed *válidamente for the exercise of a mandate, or take part in an official delegation, has to have completed in form owed the planned statement in Article 2? +Declare restarted session period of the European Parliament, interrupted on 7 May 1999, and opened the planned session in section 3 of article 10 of Record relative to the election of the representatives in the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, #as well as in section 3 of article 10 of the Regulation of Parliament. +Of course is well that in Colony have *desbrozado the path for reforms, but *nosotros have an answer for the *interrogantes that has posed *usted here, gentleman President of the Council, in relation with the widest perspective of enlargement of the European Union and the institutional configuration of our Union, for #this *interrogantes have an answer and this answer is clear: wish a big reform of the previous institutions to enlargement. +#All this process of change will require time, but already have set up a first reorganisation of the Commission: will simplify and *racionalizará the bureaucratic device reducing the number of General Directions; Commissioners will have offices, or was, cabinets, in building of the General Directions to charge; cabinets and Commissioners will be more agile and more *supranacionales. +*Me states, like speaker of the recent managerial on earth filling, that it that is is that the European Commission is norms on the base that they go to be approved and adequately applied in States members whereas, to time, direction general of the European Union knows perfectly that in areas of politics no exist inspections able of *averiguar #if norms are applied in #some States members of the European Union. +And in front of this dangerous panorama no only do not remain indifferent, no only condemn it, and vote against of the new Commission, but that besides call to workers and to villages of *Europa to carry advance fights, to raise a wall against the disastrous plans that *ciernen on future, the call to *darle turn to the current situation, by #one *Europa different, by a *Europa of villages, of peace and solidarity, of the mutually beneficial collaboration. +Thus I believe that our more urgent task consists in fulfilling the previous conditions to the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice. In concrete, have to begin for elaborating Letter of fundamental rights #european place that no treats only to centralise the state and police power, but that also it is necessary *europeizar the rights of citizens. +have taken It so much more easily what that the procedure chosen for said auditions has allowed to remember commitment contracted by the Commission to present, before the end of the year 1999, a group of proposals allocated to give at last concrete content to section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, that consecrates the specificity of the regions *ultraperiféricas and *instituye in *pro of *ellas the right to particular disposals, derogatory, for *permitirles confront his structural difficulties. +On the other hand, for treating of the *PTU associated to the European Union, Commissioner *Nielson has recognised the need to present with the greater shortness a group of proposals directed to give to countries a statute adapted to his current situation with seen to the next agreement of association, with the consequence in particular of the renewal of the financial instrument assigned to development. +treats of a political decision that the parliamentary commission and the Commission of Budgetary Control have to adopt, and the message that, therefore, it is necessary to transmit to Mrs. *Schreyer -#if it do not comes from of *usted, Mr. Commissioner, that come from, at least, of services of the Commission- is that we want to celebrate early a meeting with Mrs. *Schreyer to argue about the content of a *PRS5 that it will have to present to Parliament it before possible and, it that it is even more important, include the additional personnel for *OLAF. +This Agreement went in in vigour on 24 October 1996 and goal is to reach and keep a high level of nuclear security to scale world-wide, developing national measures and tightening the international cooperation, #as well as cater to the nuclear head offices of effective protections in front of possible radioactive leakages so that individuals, society and the environment find to save of the harmful effects of the pertinent ionic radiations of head offices. +Support it that has said before Mr. *Swoboda, but in front of the situation that have at present in *Turquía, is to say, in front of disposal to take advantage of relations with the #european speakers, in the resolution proposal of today #would have to talk of mood much more concretise on helps to *Turquía and show to friends #turkish that are here *cuando need help and *transmitirles the feeling of that they are not seen by *nosotros of a general mood like enemies, it that before the earthquake with frequency was like this. +The main purpose is to give break to the budget *rectificativo and supplementary *nº 4\/99, approved the past 16 September, proposing, in accordance with the proposal formulated by the Commission in moment, fund greater credits; to know: for *PHARE 98 millions of euros, for *TACIS 68 millions of euros, for the humanitarian helps to *Turquía 15 millions of euros, for *Kosovo 21 millions of euros, for cooperation with *Sudáfrica 20 millions of euros, for the environment and the tropical forests 10 millions of euros. +#If I have not understood badly, the next week will be *usted available also to examine the relative questions to enlargement, but, like general principle, it that has initiated *usted today here is important and #would appreciate the opportunity to continue dialogue among our two institutions by means of appropriate mechanisms and formalised, already take part *usted personally or by mediation of members of Commissioner School, as it proceed, in celebration weeks of partial periods of sessions, in function of the agenda. +In equality of conditions, #if it wants to, #can situate it in the first place, without embargo, in my opinion, the problem of the human resources is dramatically important for our continent and, #if no *le put remedy with urgency by means of a very wide program that take part in this sector, believe that not even the reduction of taxes, in spite of having a content and to offer a very strong contribution, will suffice to achieve development of the #european industry. +The *segunda question, that is related with the main object of my question, is #if it has not thought the Commission that, of way that there #be a directive, the directive *SEVESO, that foresees the protection of workers and of citizens, in the zones of facilities, in front of accidents in industrial companies, it #would be necessary to take #some measures for the protection, of the industrial companies especially, in front of natural catastrophes like seisms. +It that then *sucedería is that the European Union *jactaría to have reduced pollution, to have reduced broadcasts, but to price of, in the first place, the loss of places of #european work, and second, the world #would not have reduced pollution levels in it more minimum; simply #would have exported pollution. +This plan proposes also measures oriented to diverse sectors of consumption and allocated to intensify knowledges in matter of energy and practice in spheres like the acquisition of appliances, energy utilisation in home, facilities of buildings, heating systems, the energetic management in industry, the sector of services and the public sector. +Wanted to add that, along the debate celebrated on 14 October in the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, and to sight of worry shown in particular by article 2, #all members of the commission agree amendment that now appears like last paragraph of article 2 and that prays it following: "Said article will apply without damage of confidentiality requirements established in the law, or was, in the Treaties, or established in the Regulation of the European Parliament" . +Is, for the European Union, occasion to reaffirm his moral duty that consists in tending hand to the world in development; occasion to show until how point want to struggle against poverty, against injustice, against discriminations of type, against the fault of democracy, against attacks to the human rights and against freedom. +In front of this Central Bank or to this saint Bank - do not know exactly how describe it -, of the *cual vice-president, Mr. *Noyer, *nos explained recently of form affected, but in English, until how point #this felt manager of the long term *cuando the governments yielded to the whims of the short term since they were subjected to uncertainties of the universal suffrage, front, therefore, to power of this Bank, the excellent report of Mr. *Huhne demands more transparency, without *atreverse on the other hand to *reclamarle it that it #can happen by exhibition, is to say, go out of anonymity of the decisions. +The #european citizens, gentleman President, interest and concern mainly by the content of politics of the Central Bank European, of the European Union and of States members; politics that gives absolute priority to the called monetary stability and to the interests of the big financial capital, and price that have to pay is a dramatic reduction of employment and the total destruction of the called social model European. +The monetary orientations of #ECB, that base in fulfillment of the Stability Pact and of criteria of nominal convergence and prevail price stability, finish being determinants for the national and #european politics in the most diverse economic and social spheres, included the budgetary perspectives of the European Union and of States members. +As probably it expected Parliament, the summit was dominated inevitably by the direct conversations on *Chechenia, as it has indicated the Presidency, in the that the European Union *presionó by a reduction of climbing, by turn to the political dialogue, by a proportional utilisation of strength to cut across terrorism and by that find a solution to the humanitarian crisis. +In this sense, want to manifest my coincidence with Mr. *Hatzidakis and with *algún orator and regret that the European Committee of Normalisation have not reached still an agreement that #would allow to States members legislate according to it that it has to be the definite rule; and not seeing *abocados, #if it is that today and along the next weeks are not able to modify the current Managerial, to legislate to go back to change shortly time legislation, with #all the problems that *ello #would involve. +In the case of *Marruecos and of fishing agreement, neither is possible to go back to ignore the rights of village *saharaui, beginning by right to self-determination, right to constitute an independent State, #if it opts thus, and to protect the natural wealths of territory, already treat of the *yacimientos of phosphate or, in particular, of resources of his maritime seaboard, that find loomed by this agreement. +The question of the alimentary security has converted in look of crucial importance in societies, #would say even a requirement of our *conciudadanos Thus, think that it is precise to proceed to scientific examinations more exhaustive in breast of the Scientific Committee taking into account #all the most recent data in wait of diagnostic proofs precocious that #can apply to animals alive and reinforcing controls to #all levels. +In the first place, #that, like the social speakers or the Central Bank, that have a direct influence in factors of the equation #such as training of wages or level of interest types and afterwards, second, in a particular group, the European Commission and advisers of the Commission with seen, for example, to the combination of politics. +the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0041\/1999) of Mrs. *Smet, in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 93\/104\/*CE of the relative Council to determined looks of ordination of work time, to include the sectors and activities excluded of said Managerial (8642\/1\/1999 - *C5-0036\/1999 - 1998\/0318 (*COD)). +And among the socialist amendments, there #be #one, that put of relief Mrs. *Wallis, that signals the special position of the regions *ultraperiféricas, that find totally separated of the community territory, very moved away of *él and that, therefore, in the application of the community Right, of compliance with the new article 299.2 of the Treaty, #can not be regulated by norms that apply to the community inner market in the continental field. +In effect, like European Union and like States members, #would have to have value to ask and favour the entrance of *cientos of thousands of persons that, today, only by the fact to come of out of the European Union #can cover works with innovation level higher because it is not only training of drama hand, of work strength at present existent inside the European Union that it #can take it. +. (IN) Gentleman President, the Commission has the pleasure to take part in it that it is the final step for the adoption of Program *Daphne 2000-2003, action program community, of four years of length, based in experience of the initiative *Daphne, *cuando the European Parliament in 1997, for the first time, included budgetary games to combat violence against boys, teenagers and women. +The Commission has employed in the last years credits to ensure service security of the nuclear head offices on the that today talk here while no *desconecten, #if well measures centre in improving security culture in countries, in creation of authorities supervisory independent or in the training of persons that #can exert supervision. +Known is that in the European Union keeps in levels elevated violence against boys, teenagers and women, it that constitutes rape of right to life, security, freedom, the dignity and the physical and emotional integrity, #as well as a grave threat for the physical and mental health of the victims of violence. +The central goals in the case of *Afganistán are, #among others, the achievement of a stable peace, the promotion of the internal dialogue in *Afganistán backing, in particular, the fundamental paper of Nations Joined, advance of the stabilisation and of development of *Afganistán by means of peace and the intensification of the fight against the illegal drugs and terrorism. +But, to answer to the question, #would signal that in *Yugoslavia, taking into account, for example, measures of the police and his aggressive behaviour to demonstrations, #as well as attitude of diet of *Milosevic to the press and to freedom of information, the current circumstances are #such, that, by moment, do not give the necessary conditions to organise some free democratic elections in *Yugoslavia. +Without embargo, this report collects fundamental principles that *nos seem essential, like the principle of caution, norms on methods and production procedures; the report takes upsetting, in particular, in labeling of foods, to guarantee the application of the alimentary security, and in the need to adopt a more favourable position to the countries in roads of development. +building *antipopular, *antidemocrático and authoritarian, built to serve to the big capital, will be demolished by the own villages, by means of resistance, intervention, change of strength correlation. To build the *Europa of peace and cooperation, of friendship and equality among villages, of the true Democracy and of Freedom, of the economic prosperity in benefit of workers. +Is important that in this legislative diary collect the special treatments that establishes section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty *CE for the #french departments of *Ultramar, the *Azores, *Madeira and the Canarian islands, because, of not being like this, #would get to a position and to a situation in the *cual these #european regions, vital for each #one of States and for the European Union, #would find in absolute disadvantage regarding the group of the European Union. +Curiously, disarmament *arancelario of the *APIM has not produced the effect wished in the sensitive industries of Canarians, by it that the #spanish authorities, the #canarian authorities and the economic operators affected have requested to the community authorities the modification of the Regulation *nº 1911\/91 so as to paralyse disarmament of the *APIM until June of the year 2000, subject that the European Commission has understood. +And finally, *permítanme take a reference to an absolutely key subject for *nosotros: growth, stability and employment, subject in the that line initiated in *Luxemburgo, followed in *Cardiff, Colony and *Helsinki, has to concretise in the next summit of face to the Presidency #portuguese because we understand that, to have a prosperous future in the Union, have to be able to be more competitive and generate more economic growth, but putting emphasis in employment and in the social cohesion, that is and has to be #ours first priority. +*Yo believe that #all agree in that citizens and citizen of *Europa have right to breathe a healthier air, and in the last publication of the European Agency of Environment signals that in the majority of cities reigns pollution of the air that results hurtful for health and that in the 115 #european cities of greater size almost 40 millions of persons are subjected to an upper level to the established in the guidelines for the quality of the air of the WHO, regarding a *contaminante at least. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5­0064\/1999) of Mrs. *González *Álvarez, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, on the common position adopted by the Council with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes follow-up plan of specific broadcasts averages of dioxide of carbon of the new tourisms (*COM(1998) 348 *C­0041\/1999 1998\/0202(*COD)). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0044\/1999) of Mr. *Sjöstedt, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, on decision proposal of the Council on the approval, in name of the Community, of the amendments to the Annexes of the Agreement on the protection of the half marine of the zone of the sea *Báltico (Agreement of *Helsinki) (*COM(1999) 128 - *C4-0218\/1999 - 1999\/0077(*CNS)). +To reflect in the text of the proposal a suitable treatment of problem no resolved, in breast of the Council is *consensuando the incorporation of a new point 7 in the that they collect the external characteristics that they have to gather, for commercialisation in the #mediterranean areas of the Community, the better forest species adapted to his difficult conditions of floor and climate. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, #all agree in that the common coin constitutes the previous condition so that the inner market work, in that a stable coin constitutes also contribution to the social and economic security of *Europa and in that, by reason, the euro is also, in definite, a successful history as it has had like consequence the reduction of deficit in States members and descent of inflation. +Although in this subject commitment in our commission was especially arduous, the facts seem *darnos reason since, after the political agreement reached in the Council of last ministers, so much tuna loins like herring go out of suspension system *arancelarias, in addition to another series of corrections that affect to products comprised in the annex *V. +In it *concerniente to producer organisations, is truth that it is necessary *responsabilizarlas even more, #if it fits, so much regarding the organisation of the market as to the rational management of resources; without embargo, #would be convenient -and in this sense underline the relevance of the amendment 67, presented by my political Group- that States members #can concede complementary helps to producer organisations that boost measured of assessment of species fished and of *adecuación of offer to demand through structural actions of the *IFOP. +Gentleman President, Commissioner *Lamy and orators have referred to the meeting of *Seattle like a failure, but follow believing that #if the European Union and States Joined, in particular, learn the lesson of these last weeks, the meeting of *Seattle #can happen to history no like a failure, but like moment in that the leaders of the world gave account at last that they have to focus the international trade of a radically different way. +In general terms, treats of approach or, better said, of an intention *loable and in line with the Protocol of *Montreal that to time, without embargo, do not takes into account #some facts. In the first place, the fact that the countries signatories of the Protocol, among the *cuales are States Joined, foresee terms longer for the cessation of production of the *hidroclorofluorocarburos; second, that the *hidroclorofluorocarburos, to sight of the current knowledges, represent the only true alternative, in the field of the *antiincendio, to the *halógenos, main enemies of ozone coat, #whose use is generalised in the countries in roads of development. +. Gentleman President, Program *TACIS has devoted his best efforts to support to *Mongolia, *Rusia and the rest of the New Independent States in reform realisation and in the political and administrative restructuring of his social and economic institutions to facilitate the construction of a democratic society that support in market economy free. +To finalise wanted to reiterate my gratitude to #all the colleagues of the Environment Commission, Public and Political Health of Consumers for having given green light to the amendments presented by the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development. Consider fundamental that the European Parliament talk today with an alone voice and issue a univocal signal regarding this crucial subject for consumers. +criticise the decision to develop means of the European Union for the military management of crisis, in the field of a #european common politics reinforced in matter of security and defence, conceived in development and the strengthening of the *pilar #european of NATO, of mood that refuse the militaristic vision of resource to war for the resolution of international conflicts. +On our part, do not see any better solution that the restoration of a new international order of trade, that respect sovereignty of States, rhythm and development modalities, that respect traditions also, traditions that will not dissolve of hit of magic wand because we will have imposed the elections, the human rights and it that call, too much *apresuradamente, democracy. +Have had #news that the sent special of Mr. *Baker, that, as it knows *usted very well, has mediated among *saharauis and #moroccan with enough hit -also is #sad that was a North American and no European the one who have mediated-, have had #news, say, that Mr. Chat *Dunbar, special representative of Mr. *Baker, has thrown towel because it has said that it #can not bear that continuously Realm of *Marruecos was against of the proposals that Nations Joined take to speed up and to guarantee a just referendum regarding autonomy of the *Sáhara. +The resolution approved yesterday by Parliament will remain in the political history of this hemicycle like a characteristic central piece of the total absence by heart political, *definidora of the political hysteria that today is imposed by manipulation *mediática to interest service *belicistas and aggressors and takes to forget values of peace, justice and sovereignty of nations. +In the first place, is truth that execution calendar is ambitious but it true is that we are well, with the agreement on the *Euroinsignia ready of *concertarse; directives on the rail transport in front of the Council; the survey on the port costs in power of States members; proposals on taxes of airports; aerial rates in study; the Committee of Governmental Experts has gathered and has commissioned to the group of high level that inform on methods followed to reckon the costs. +In stadium, *nos seems that in the case of States members that have insular character, already has signalled in this House, has to *reflexionarse on the possibility of regulation relative to the most strict weight that the proposal initially by the Commission. #This by the obvious reason that the communications with the rest of the #european market do not take place exclusively by road. +performance frame is directed to the European Parliament. Parliament will exert a key function in modernisation process of the frame of the financial services, on the base of the results achieved by the group in that they take part the representatives of Finance ministers and of the report of Parliament. +*Nos serves of *algún comfort the fact that program will see the light under the auspices of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and that the new article 152 on the public health allows to the European Community a wider action, more forceful and, expect, also more synergistic in the field of prevention and of the fight against illnesses, #as well as of prevention of violence. +Like breweries *luxemburguesas #would not take at all in reaching said ceiling given the reduced dimensions of market, this rule #would end in a totally absurd situation. #Can give the case that a big #german brewery, as for example the *Bitburger, #whose production surpasses with grow the of the greater brewery *luxemburguesa, #can follow signing agreements of supply of beer in *Luxemburgo with the bars *luxemburgueses, since it still #would not have reached the limit of the 40 % in the enormous market of #german reference, whereas brewery *luxemburguesa no longer #would have this right and #would remain deleted. +This discussion comes of long and *yo say therefore that the European Commission acts in #this as #if it was the secretariat of the conservative strengths of #ECB, that argue that the *segunda task that has #ECB according to article 105 of the Treaty, is to say support to the economic politics *cuando price stability remains sufficiently ensured, already is it sufficiently attended guaranteeing price stability same. +*Cuando in the preparation of the Summit of *Luxemburgo presented the proposal on the designated social VAT -by true, was not the first because already *me had preceded #some *selectos members of Parliament- was convinced of acting following the spirit of the White Book of *Delors, that already had signalled that in *Europa *nos had dipped in head a system that has #put a lot work, very expensive in comparison with the *despilfarro of energy, of matters prevail and with the total freedom of circulation of capitals. +*Usted has situated the market in the central place and has declared that it is precise to take advantage of fully and in whole the opportunities that #this offers, since #this is road more adapted for promote growth and employment, but also has mentioned the frame of conditions and rules of the game *equitativas that they are necessary, since the market no the establishes by himself\/hisself same. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0128\/99), of Mr. *Fitzsimons, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer, on directive proposal of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to measures that have to adopt against gas broadcasts *contaminantes and of particles *contaminantes pertinent of engines allocated to *propulsar agricultural or forest tractors and by the that modifies the Directive 74\/150\/*CEE of the Council (*COM(98)0472 - *C4-0512\/98-98\/0247(*COD)) +To the equal that the interim Agreement, this new Agreement collects with special emphasis it that has been #one of the main requirements of the European Parliament and to the that the Commission and the Council of ministers has awarded the maximum priority: respect clause to the democratic principles and to the fundamental human rights, like essential element and foundation of relation. +The Presidency #german of the EU always has marked like goal inform to the European Parliament on advances of the *preparativos related with integration of *Schengen. Therefore, *me cheer to have the opportunity to show it in the context of this debate, since the subject of information and form in the that #this has given to know have exerted a fundamental paper. +This morning have proposed that they are president of the Commission of External Subjects, president of the Subcommittee of Human Rights, Vice-president of the European Parliament, *Renzo *Imbeni, and president of the Delegation for Relations with the *Europa *Sudoriental those who go to *verle so that *les inform of the situation in *Kosovo, his own experience and proposals for the future. +Entrust in that the request of the European Parliament carry so much to the Council as to the Commission to quantify the financial endowment and\/or population number admitted and the possibility to be able to award helps of State, without damage of *falsear competition, on the base of the letter *c) of section 3 of article 92 of the Treaty, as it has taken in cases called special. +The Group of the Greens votes against the recommendation on the regulation of Cohesion Bottom because in *él has not had seriously in account almost #any of the innovative requests formulated by the European Parliament in the first reading with the end to strengthen and integrate paper of Cohesion Bottom inside the #european structural politics. +As *eso is like this and no of way, *me see forced to *decidirme after a long reflection to back definitively the report on reform of the Common Agricultural Politics in the frame of Diary 2000 to end to give green light so that the political decision adopted by the Agriculture ministers and the Summit of *Berlín #can be approved by the Council of Ministers in his legislative version. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, sure enough, as *usted has mentioned, the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers had presented a resolution proposal but, to sight of the presented so much by the Group of the European Popular Party as by the Group of the Party of the European Socialists, do not have problem in *sumarnos to #the same, and #this is reason by the that have withdrawn the #ours. +negotiation on the *OMC, the world-wide trade, will be proof bank for *Europa, to see #if it will be able to condition the absolute primacy of the free exchange of commodities, today dominant, to protection needs of conditions of workers in the world, of the environmental and sanitary conditions of the populations of the world and of *Europa in particular. +Finally, since have time explained, wanted to simply *lanzarle a call saying that the Commission is not only the *ejecutante of the decisions of the Council or of the European Parliament and that now maybe have lost a bit taste by the discreet charm of norms with the lengths of elevator springs and that #would wish more initiatives of the Commission in relation with the problems of the civil society. +In effect, #if it reaches to carry to good term at the same time the extraordinary Summit of *Tampere, that *versará on security of citizens, the preparation of the *Europa of defence by means of integration of the *UEO in the European Union, the launching of a new round on enlargement in December and, finally, the application of the Stability Pact for the *sudeste of *Europa, the Presidency #finnish will have been a big Presidency of transition to the century *XXI. +Believe that, in front of seriousness of the subject, had been preferable to have a statement of President of the Commission, with seen to the document that expect of Mr. *Kinnock, on the institutional reform, expect to a report elaborated by the competent organ of this Assembly and pose, in moment, the position of Parliament on the future operation of the Commission. +Regarding transparency -already have said it, gentleman President- Group *le awards his full confidence, confidence that, obviously, depends of the results that *usted and his Commission will reach, confidence that depends of demonstration of the force of these great qualities moral and professional of each #one of Commissioners, on the *cuales go to watch with #all means and in #all forms, also in those better forms of transparency that *usted *nos has guaranteed. +And no treats of simple general subjects that have to resolve in a future, but that urge on purpose to the Council to that in virtue of the last tendencies in the field of refugee flows and in matter of asylum introduce by means of decision of the Council, the vote by majority in these subjects in term prescribed of five years, with the automatic consequence that foresees in these cases, to know, respect of the rights of *codecisión of the European Parliament. +#If well we underline the interesting movement initiated in relations among this institution and Parliament, #as well as our will to work in *pro of hit of the administrative reform announced, expressed the *convencimiento that, to answer to hopes *apremiantes of our *conciudadanos, #would have taken is missing to take the initiative of significant changes that affect no only to the operation of the Commission, but also to his own political orientations. +The proposals on help in the police and judicial collaboration in the penal questions, #as well as the distinct proposals on the creation of the juridical field European, conceal help and the back enlargement of the operative possibilities of the *Europol and of the national authorities putting in grave danger the fundamental democratic rights and the public freedoms. +But precisely these same feelings *solidarios to village #turkish, are the that demand that this catastrophe of the earthquakes was not considered like #one *coartada and that no unblock finance bottoms #if diet #turkish do not advances in fulfillment of conditions on respect of the human rights, of *Chipre and of the question *kurda, of way that show that, anyway, has the intention to give determined steps. +In *tercer place, finally, it is necessary to add, in the scientific field, the need to examine in detail and complete knowledges and scientific methods that we have for food production and *piensos safe; likewise, detection methods and the maximum of the different substances that contaminate foods, #as well as the *adecuación of the pertinent alimentary ingredients of different animal or vegetal waste or of recycling, as, for example, of oil recycling. +It same fits to say on the review of the financial perspectives that it is necessary also owing to help to *Kosovo, of repair of damages of the earthquakes of *Turquía and fishing agreements of *Marruecos, and is not *desligada of the fact that in category *IV no have in this moment sufficient money to make #all projects that the Council and the Commission want to carry out with proposals. +The evaluation put of relief that *SAVE is a valuable normative instrument to boost the energetic efficiency, but underlined that it was necessary a clear and coherent strategy for the experimental actions, that diffusion of the results is the key for hit on a long-term basis and that efficiency on a long-term basis requires to improve the permanent supervision and the analysis of the repercussions. +Of course, is precise that work together with organisations and thus had special care in giving account of work with Cross #Red, with the World-wide Program of Foods, with the *ACNUR and with organisations involved, for example, the WHO, precisely to achieve that it remained clear that #this is a humanitarian operation; without embargo, believe that it also is positive that the population and the #serbian political class see that the rest of the world also is prepared to help of form. +candidate statute and opening signals are well, always that have value to repeat first of all to *nosotros same that it will be difficult to receive to *Turquía in the European Union while Government #turkish follow ignoring the resolutions of the Security Council on the invasion of *Chipre, while I continued denying the existence of minority *kurda talking *genéricamente of terrorists, and while *Öcalan do not remain free of the threat of death pity. +*Le #would ask to President in exercise of the Council -since it do not has data on the reduction of tuna populations- #if has news on the failure of the *desovación of salmon during the last year in river of *Tornio, among *Finlandia and *Suecia, and #if President in exercise of the Council will call attention of the responsible Commissioner of fishing on the fact that fishing with networks of mesh to the derives #would have to be limited also in the *Báltico and no only in the zones mentioned of the #atlantic tuna. +work market, the initial training and the continuous training are key sectors for the active promotion of woman, and accompaniment measures, as for example attention of persons dependent, are very important precisely in the case of women and contribute to *facilitarles access to work market. +Also have problems with the categories, as for example in category 3, that includes the that have been traditionally the central points of politics: the environmental politics, training programs of youngsters, investigation, networks *transeuropeas, with opportunities for the creation of employment and the improvement of competitiveness to scale world-wide. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, wish first of all congratulate to the Presidency #finnish by hit that has been *Tampere when opening a new stage in development of the #european citizenship, attending to the always difficult balance among freedom and security, and *ello shows that no only are a Union based in freedoms for commodities, services and capitals, but also to answer to freedom of establishment and of trip of citizens and citizens. +reform, that #all know, in it deeper of *nosotros, that is necessary, is not only and neither in the first place question of time, is in the first place a question of political will, of lucidity on our own current operation and insufficiencies; is question of value, of collective value, that will have or will not have, to concede time the priority to the Union, to concede the priority to vision on a long-term basis, that surpasses -know it perfectly, although it was difficult- prudences and the immediate interests. +And #this because, in spite of the fine will of each #one and of colleagues - to those who *les give graces - this Institution has not found any solution to the situation of deputies no inscribed, a situation that is intolerable from the sight point administrative and financial and even more from sight point of the parliamentary prerogatives. In effect, do not have faculties neither of amendment neither of resolution. +Before beginning to expose the position of the relative Commission to the amendments approved by Parliament on 16 September, *permítanme take upsetting in that the Commission has tried to examine the suggestions of Parliament with spirit with the that am sure that the presented Parliament, to know, #which is the best way to make our collective effort European on terrain in *Kosovo and in #all the region. +In mood, cynicism of method "*Michelin" has had like consequence #one *decuplicación of rejection phenomenon that causes increasingly this modern capitalist strategy, the of *share-*holder *value, the creation of values for #shareholders, that consists in subordinating it all, and in the first place costs *insoportables, in his opinion, that represent work places, to the requirements *bulímicas of the financial shareholders of company. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0027\/1999) of Mr. *Hatzidakis, in name of Transport Commission, Regional Politics and Tourism, on directive proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 96\/49\/*CE on approximation of legislations of States members relative to the transport of dangerous commodities by railway [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0157$ - ^*C$^5$-^0005$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0087$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\. +But helping of the best possible way to parts: to *Angola, on the one hand, and to States of the European Union and to the regions that fish, by #another, with control of Parliament and in accordance with the amendments that Fishing Commission has presented with regard to this important Agreement, that has, as it finishes to be reflected here, a remarkable political dimension, in addition to some economic and financial dimensions. +Believe that #if we do not tackle look of form production integrated, is to say, from moment in that they choose the matters prevail of car happening by the *manufactura of #the same, production process, the use and, finally, the recycled or final disposal of car *cuando no longer uses it buyer, do not go really to achieve take measures that are really significant in the field of the reduction of effect gases *invernadero. +Am totally in accordance with observations of Mr. *MacCormick on the situation of artists, that it #would be necessary to extend to #all the field of the intellectual creation, that finds with deficit inside the European Community, especially in matter of external competitiveness, and am also in accordance with observation on the need to guarantee the free circulation and the free exercise of the intellectual profession inside the European Community. +There #where the nuclear energy contributes to reach reduction goals of CO2 broadcasts, increase simultaneously our environmental problems by the nuclear waste and *eso goes against of the goals of the communication of the Commission here presented, that pleads by a more effective integration of the environment in the energetic politics. +Without embargo also believe that it exists contradiction that perhaps have to see in whole with decision fault that exists in the energetic politics inside the European Union *cuando *usted sees to dessert security in the cases mentioned in the closing -in it that coincide with *usted-, but *cuando treats of nuclear head offices *equiparables in States of the *CEI, wants to guarantee said security by means of modernisations and impulse of security measures by part of the European Union. +Thinks the European Commission keep commitment purchased by Commissioner Mr. *Brittan, in front of the Commission of External Subjects of the European Parliament, that of not fulfilling entirely the terms of the Agreement, the European Union #would go back to request the opening of signpost in front of instances of the World-wide Organisation of Trade? +As it put of self-evident in the historical meeting -is adjective that, aptly, has used the High Representative- that has celebrated this week the Council of General Subjects to the that assisted Defence ministers, States members believe that a greater cooperation in the field of security and defence in the European Union will contribute two main advantages. +In effect, of compliance with article 18 of the Treaty of the European Union, the European Commission has to take part fully in #all looks of the External Politics and of Common Security and Group proposes to defend, therefore, in moment the interests of the Commission, because #this are also the interests of the European Union, and by #this go to collect also collaboration in interest of *Europa, collaboration that *yo believe that personality of #both guarantees that it will be excellent. +And regarding paper of Parliament, believe that we have shown in these years help capacity and of accompaniment and understand that, from sight point of it that they #can and have to be dimension and development of defence and the common security of the Union, #can exert an important paper in relation with the rest of the world; believe that in occasion have to offer collaboration and #ours better attitude. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0056\/1999) of Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, on the common position of the Council (9150\/1\/1999 - *C5-0181\/1999 - 1998\/0192(*COD)))with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that approves action program community (Program *DAPHNE) (2000-2003), on preventive measures allocated to combat violence exerted on boys, teenagers and women (Speaker: Mrs. *Avilés *Perea) +The second look *atañe to agriculture for the *cual, together with a greater liberalisation of the market in favour of the countries in development, it is necessary to ask, apart from the maintenance of the community principles -support to the environmental politics, the definition of politics alimentary in defence of consumer- the protection of characteristics and of the agricultural products typically national +According to article 18 of the conjoint Resolution of Parliament and of the Council on communication network to #european level, States members deliver regularly to the Commission his national programs and programs that design to develop communication network to #european level, especially, projects specified in the Resolution and that affect to the common interests. +Precisely diffusion of death pity represents #one of the most intolerable rapes of the dignity and of the right to life of individual: rape that regret deeply and to the that we want to face up remembering, for example, that enlargement process of the Union is no only like peace factor and of security of the Continent, but also like path so that the countries candidates surpass said barbarism. +Wanted to respect roughly use time of the word, but in the frame of this debate suits to remember that we do not have to take in consideration only sight point #nordic, neither passion *desbordada of the *enamorados of the #austrian forests, but that go in in zone, in the centre of the EU, and also in *Alemania, concede a big importance to the liberalisation clauses, so as to that #all the approach follow being really feasible. +On #one of products, for putting an example, the of tuna loins, said study is levels of deficit of among 1.500 and 3.000 tonnes, is to say that, cheerfully and without data contrasted, the Commission was had to drown a community sector with thousands of places of work, #as well as his own systems of help to development to the countries *SPG-Drugs and *ACP by a need of inferior real import to 3.000 tonnes that #can cover perfectly with the current system of contingents *arancelarios. +Also foresees the Regulation that #if deputy elect abandoned Parliament before it approve in Plenary the present report, will examine vacancy and the provision of #the same, of compliance with article 8 of our internal Regulation and in accordance with disposals applicable of Record of 20 September 1976, in a separate procedure, independent of this report and that will take place in the timely moment. +since we consider to *Turquía like a fellow country, *nosotros wish that it achieve to build an authentic civil society, that achieve to concede a true identity to the *kurdos, as it splits ethnically differentiated of the population, obviously inside the #turkish state unit and in the frame of nation #turkish, and entrust in that the military power Turkish, that is #allied of Occident -and #this is in reality it tragic-, also take into account the *proporcionalidad of means in front of the problem *kurdo and, every time that they arise problems with the *kurdos, do not try *resolverlos by military means in place to resort to dialogue. +The European Council of Colony decided that it drafted a Letter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union before the European Council of December of 2000 and that the editorial ran to charge of organ composed of 15 representatives of State Bosses or of Government, 16 deputies to the European Parliament, included His *Señoría, 30 deputies to the national parliaments and *yo, in representation of President of the Commission. +Gentleman President, the budgetary discussion of this year has been so odd that, even among the speech of the general speaker, to the beginning of the debate, and my own intervention has *sucedido, by chronological order, it following: an informal meeting of Budget Commission, a meeting of the budgetary Council and a meeting of the political groups. +Fifteen members are five less of the that has the Commission, but in a relatively small institution as it is the Court of Accounts, any new enlargement will suppose a marked increase of weight of the cusp and a greater inertia, that already self-evident very *nítidamente in actuality in the excessive slowness of the necessary procedure until the Court of Accounts #make report. +The plan no *carecía of this requirement and, therefore, focus this debate on the base that export plan in base to the date did not demand the establishment of said terms #would induce to deception, because it #would be unfair for scientists that determined the necessary measures to guarantee that meat export of *vacuno #british no encloses danger, and also #would be unfair for the Commission in the approach that has adopted up to now. +do not believe that they estimate adequately neither that take seriously in consideration, at least to judge by the debates that have kept up to now -am new euro-deputy- the economic and social repercussions of the phenomenon of the illegal immigration, or, #if it wants, of the real immigration, even to *través of the legal procedure, by the parallel flow of illegal immigrants and the imminent pertinent flow of countries that will be community after enlargement of the European Union. +The third question treats of worry by #round-up, because it do not believes *usted that because of #round-up through States members of a same linguistic territory is very easy *torpedear the only price of books and that results little effective protect the special value of book like cultural object and the special meaning of the market of book for culture? +It that has reached in one hundred years in space *germanófono among *Austria, *Alemania and Swiss; it that has taken possible and guaranteed a big diversity; it that do not deletes in any case competition, but that has by consequence ensure supply to scale general by means of great and small bookshops in cities and in the field, #can not abandon to the *desenfrenada #blackmailer pressure of the strongest operators in the market, neither in business of bookshops, neither in the of sale by catalogue, neither in the electronic trade. +Parliament, the European Parliament, has the moral obligation to express solidarity with women #afghan, to request to the UN that take part more actively, to ask to States members that follow without recognising diet of the Talibans until #this access to respect the human rights and put end to discrimination of woman. +Subject: The euro and the speech of Mr. *Joschka *Fischer on 12 January 1999 In speech in front of the European Parliament, President of the Council said that the introduction of the euro supposes no only great changes but also an equal risk of great, for example, #if, like logical consequence of this audacious step, the EU did not give also equal steps of audacious to a total integration. +Second, investigation made by own initiative concerning the public access to the documents, supported by the parliamentary commission by pipe of the report of Mrs. *Thors and by the European Parliament, has taken that #all the institutions and the community organs interested have adopted norms on the public access to the documents, except in the case of the Court of Justice. +Regarding the governments of States members -that when seeming are not represented today- by pipe of representations in front of the European Union or collectively in the Council, cooperation with the Commission no #be *rebasar the minimum possible level and are not had to send civil servants to the parliamentary commission to argue with members about value of request. +Gentleman President, gentleman Defender of Village, as every year, discussion of the relative annual reports to activities of Request Commission and of Defender of Village *nos offers occasion to remember the importance that *revisten these two organisms in the establishment of bonds of confidence among the community institutions and citizens of States members. +Ask likewise that the European Parliament *erija in promoter of solidarity initiative, also economic, in favour of the inhabitants of *Apulia that no only have received and follow receiving generously to *decenas of thousands of #albanian and #kosovar refugees, but that pay *duramente the cost of war in terms of logistical difficulties with the closing of airports of the region and with damages *ocasionados to #all the tourist sector *pullés that suffers the cancellations of the that renounce to happen holidays in said region. +Like an important part of common effort, the Commission proposes to give the possibility to transport companies of the Community to use a maximum weight of vehicle of 44 tonnes, but exclusively *cuando transport by road referred to a specific part of transport combined and only in routes relatively short of the total distance of transport combined. +Have given #ours more cordial thanks to president of Regulation Commission, Mr. #Ben *Fayot, -and in point coincide fully with colleague, Mr. *Corbett- for having treated of way so fast and so cooperative the wish that manifested the Commission of Budgetary Control to Regulation Commission, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities. +Besides have to *decirles, *Señorías, that the economic orientations here presented only follow betting by saving politics even more strict for States members, with the idea that it #can create employment with flexible wages, with deregulation of the labour market and with the dismantlement of the social protection, and *eso is not exactly my idea of a #european strategy for employment. +This vote, with the that deputies exert condition of representatives of the #european citizens without any *condicionamiento of the national Governments, goes to be decided in the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left in accordance with commitments that purchases candidate in his political orientations generals and in a clear program of reforms of the own Commission. +Gentleman President, so much in the statement of President proposed, Mr. *Prodi, of the past month as in the of today, have valued commitment to make the necessary reforms to renew and reinforce the European Institutions, and especially commitment of an increasingly transparent Commission, school and effective, #as well as the of a greater paper of Parliament and of enlargement of the vote by majority of the Council. +In modification proposal, the Commission inserts, in article 28 of the directive, section 6 new, by the that introduces permission procedure so that the Council resolve by unanimity to proposal of the Commission, allowing that States members that wish it apply a type reduced to determined local services with big intensity of hand of drama and that fulfil precise requirements, during the period comprised among 1 January 2000 and on 31 December 2002. +Gentleman President, the great orientations of the economic politics for the next year are dominated by an unexpected shadow to the eyes of the official experts: #one *desaceleración of growth in *Europa of roughly the 2 %, joined to the maintenance of unemployment tax elevated, of roughly the 10 % in the whole of *Europa, whereas States Joined register growth of more of the double and unemployment of two times lower. +But the Environment Commission has accepted a series of proposals with the intention to intensify seriously the protection of consumer. Without embargo, am convinced that with a minimum directive, retractation right of 30 days, delivery during negotiations of a complete agreement complicated *jurídicamente and summary, did not achieves the goal that pretends. +In the big debate that today *nos occupies on the minimum and maximum harmonisation, the that defend, as it takes it the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer, the minimum harmonisation, take it no because they wish to put *coto to Internet demands, but because they do not want to see diminish the protection to consumer of significant way in each Been member in it individual, it that it #can *suceder, had explains information level provided in the managerial #such as it is. +Is hit that today #can it debate, since with this regulation will take an important contribution for the protection of the environment, but also facilitates commercialisation of tractors inside the European Community #as well as also the access of #european manufacturers to the market of third countries through equivalence created among the community legislation and the regulation of the *EC-UN *nº 96. +serenity, capacity to mediate among differences and opposite points *nos have impressed really of deep mood and personally have learnt to know in *usted beside sense of impartiality also understanding by the increasing tasks of this Assembly, as this Assembly has grown in term of office period at least head. +Consider that, in a context of budgetary austerity, the Council and the Commission have had the good sense to concentrate helps in the Objective regions 1, it that goes to allow that, in terms of help *per *cápita , keep the current levels of support and that, besides, keep Cohesion Bottom, collaborating to accelerate recovery of the structural dynamics in the less prosperous States. +Suffices with saying that, like result of the debates that have taken place during the #austrian and #german presidencies -the last of the *cuales has carried out great and *loables efforts to be able to get to an agreement with the Council before finals of June-, and thanks to the remarkable parliamentary contribution by means of the resolution of the past September and, now, of the report of Mrs. *Aglietta, #everything seems to indicate -like this expect it- that we have got to the final stage of negotiations. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To4-0155\/99) of Mr. *Pronk, in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, on directive proposal of the relative Council to the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of health and of security of workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres (13836\/4\/98 - *C4-0003\/99-95\/0235(*SYN)). +Once again, the Group of Independent by the *Europa of Nations reiterates wish that the European Union allocate efforts to the existent common politics (*PAC, *PCP...), in place to disperse among some fields always more numerous, to risk of aggravating the dissemination, necessarily ineffective, of the public bottoms and to boost inflation, always *perniciosa, of the public cost. +In look, the European Union has expressed conviction that the creation of a #palestinian State sovereign, democratic, viable and peaceful, on the base of the existent agreements and by road of negotiation #would be the best guarantee of security for #Israel and of regional acceptance, by it that has declared had to consider in moment recognition of a #palestinian State. +commitment fault with the basic principle of no discrimination, character limited of the field of relative application to persons and to the objects and the definition little *convincente of the obligations are sufficient reasons to ask how the European Parliament #can *erigirse in front of the affected like *garante of minimum norms and minimum commitments *cuando the representatives of interests do not know to negotiate. +Gentleman President, *me *congratulo that my last intervention of this term of office refer to an important sector: the textile industry and of the #european preparation, industry that employs generally hand of feminine drama, industry pertaining to the frame of #SME that often covers the rural zones, industry, finally, #whose future depends closely of the application of commercial norms *equitativas. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, *Señorías, of course the Presidency #german of the Council has seen *eclipsada by war of *Kosovo. Thus, it is necessary to ascertain that the position of the Presidency, of the that it is responsible the Federal Government German in this question, only has been able to keep because it has been supported without reservations by the parties of the Union whereas *usted, estimated colleague *Fischer, #would have left abandoned *gustosamente to his own followers in sport shoes #if it is that still the carry. +For *reconquistar said confidence have to act with decision, without embargo, will reach it only #if we confront those problems that have an authentic importance in the daily life of citizens as, for example, employment, the economic growth and the challenge of the sustainable development to ensure the balance among the creation of wealth, the social justice and quality of life. +Here yes, gentleman President, #would take lacking flexibility, no of work market, but of the Stability Pact, to reach perhaps suspension and, anyway, to be able to consider out of *él investments of growth and to be able to propose expansion politics of quality, things without the *cuales no exists possibility #any neither of *paliar the democratic deficit neither to reduce distrust that the #european populations have to his current Institutions. +As well, #if *usted considers that, in these conditions, *Pristina constitutes an ideal place to install direction centre, a central administration of program for the group the *Balcanes, no only for *Kosovo, then *me fear that observations are not sincere, observations are loaded of political intention, and *me ask how a Commission that *carece already of political mandate and #whose credibility is in *entredicho, especially as a result of the case *Bangermann, *atreve to adopt position and rush forward against the decisions of the Council of Ministers. +Gentleman President, is a pity that in the first intervention that *me allows to make as new deputy have to talk of some grave errors committed in my country, in the first place in companies that supply the matter prevails of the *piensos for animals, afterwards in control services commissioned to discover any failure that produce and to limit consequences; also, and especially, in the Administration of #that then that was time during weeks and that *nos has prejudiced enormously by not communicating to time to the European Commission and to States members it that was. +And *yo wanted to, through *usted, ask to the European Parliament that, in the first place, support efforts of #all the political strengths for *propiciar dialogue among #all the political representatives; second, that Parliament request *encarecidamente to ETA the definite abandonment of violence, and, in *tercer and last place, that also #can agree programs to help to the victims, to the *reinserción of prisoners and by education for peace in the Basque Country and in *Irlanda of the North. +Have despised the capacity of Parliament to exert of autonomous way competitions that *le attribute the Treaties, with the result of the current situation: the impression, in the public opinion, that we #can not *pronunciarnos on the future Commission without a report that, by very important that was and by very expert that they are authors, is not determinant for our political decision. +A complex organism like the European Union #can not dispense of the continuous relation with inhabitants, final addressees of #all decisions and political; without embargo, unification process #can not advance without backrest conscious of citizens, without the disappearance of unemployment and the creation of a new economic development. +Gentleman *Prodi, the Group of Environmentalists *le has suggested to modify wallet cast in breast of squad because, in addition to the integrity and competitions of commissioner, consider that his personal commitment and determination to defend the matters that *les have entrusted in the perspective of #one *Europa federal are also an element of important assessment. +In the first place, commitment to gather what before with members of the commission to conceive a new program of social action that cover #all the mandate of the new Commission and recognise the realities of the new world that has brought achieve the euro and the new possibilities that give off of the Treaty of *Amsterdam to boost employment and the opportunities and struggle against insecurity and exclusion. +Gentleman *Prodi, estimated candidates to Commissioners, enlargement, the external politics and of security, the strengthening of the free trade in the world, the opening of new markets, the continuation of liberalism in *Europa with a greater competitiveness for our common coin and a forceful environmental politics, are subjects for the that *Europa goes to need a strong Commission and that work well in the that *usted, professor *Prodi, goes to have confidence and approval for squad. +The European Parliament, by part, loans to the game with *delectación, since the text presented to vote titles "Project of decision on the election of the Commission designated", *cuando, in reality, results more that evident that no treats of an election neither in level of our Assembly, in the that of it that treats *jurídicamente is of the approval of the designation of Commissioners, neither to *fortiori in level of the constituents that, at least in *Francia, and surely in #many countries never have heard to talk of Mr. *Prodi. +In wait of an indispensable *reorientación of the political axes of the Commission and a debate on the future action, has to interpret the positive vote of today like the option in *pro of not multiplying the crisis, the blockades, in our institutions, like the refusal to look for individual piacular goats *cuando it that is in *entredicho is the political orientation and the model of civilisation of *Europa. +Therefore, is necessary a firm political will to end to support the following steps of the international community so that no have #indonesian conditions in relation with intervention of strengths and so that, was *cual was conflict grade in the territory, #can guarantee peace and security to the *timorenses and the humanitarian support and development that *Timor so much needs. +Also want to take part actively in the corresponding negotiations and *asegurarnos that the instruments of the Union are in concordance with the future Convention. With this end, the last Presidencies of the Union, after the request presented by the Council in October of 1998, have conciliated positions regarding the fight against delinquency organised in the meetings in *Bruselas of mixed commissions and of the Committee *K.4, the *cual works in fulfillment of article 36, #as well as in negotiations that celebrate in *Viena. +Among dispatch and services of Parliament has glided *algún error and #would want to say, to facilitate things to President in exercise, that the question is the following: whereas citizens of States Joined go in freely in #all the countries of the European Union, citizens of determined countries of the European Union need visa of the North American embassy to go to States Joined. +Subject: Construction of a nuclear head office in the south of *Marruecos Has knowledge the Council of construction project of a nuclear head office in the south of *Marruecos for *desalinizar waters of the sea and, in case, #can consider argue with the alternative #moroccan government to project, in view of his eventual environmental effect and of the dangers for security of the zone? +To begin, *permítame express the gratitude of the Commission by the thorough report of Development Commission and Cooperation and by support received during query procedure to efforts of face Commission to the celebration of the *Décimo Agreement among the Community and Organism of public dramas and aid of Nations Joined for Palestinian refugees in Orient Half. +By reasons, receive with *beneplácito commitment of Commissioner *Byrne to concede the maximum priority to the *inocuidad of foods and also the statement that took President of the Commission, Roman *Prodi, in this Assembly on 23 July, *cuando said that #one of the first tasks of his Commission #would be the to restore confidence of consumers in security of the alimentary products. +In this context, two have to be, to trial, the immediate goals of this Assembly: take operative the parliamentary structures of the forum *euromediterráneo in understanding that it #can mean an useful instrument to ensure peace, and translate to practice the initiative of Speaker of Parliament, Mrs. *Fontaine, to make #one turns by the region. +Now well, States Joined are *signatarios of the International Agreement of Civil Rights and Politicians, of the Agreement against the Racial Discrimination, #as well as of the Agreement against Torture, that applies in the case of *Moumia, since the racial factor weighed a lot in process, and the seventeen years that has happened in runner of death constitute, according to these treaties, an unfair punishment, equivalent to torture. +Gentleman President, costs pity stand out that we are at the end of a period of five centuries during the *cual the only way to authenticate documents and transactions was the signature written or the signature certified, etc. Now, in less time that half of life of person, go in in a world that goes to be dominated by the electronic trade, by new technologies and by signatures that no exist in the ancient meaning of the word and that, therefore, it will be necessary to authenticate of an unpublished way. +The most important has been that this year have had to live experience of war in #european territory, war caused by the gravest rapes of the human rights and by expulsion politics of population and ethnic cleansing carried out by diet of *Milosevic; a political that #one *Europa democratic and a democratic community of nations, engaged with defence of the human rights, #can not tolerate. +In this context *yo also wanted to highlight, nevertheless, that no only treats to begin to give answer to the priorities in the field of the external politics, as for example reconstruction of *Kosovo, but that to be able to *organizarlas and *impulsarlas of reasonable way is precise that the Council also approximate to the position of Parliament regarding the organisation of help and to the operation of the future agency for reconstruction of *Kosovo. +Without embargo, *me disappoints that they are reductions in the global budgetary endowment, but expect that the European Council, *cuando get moment to review the *segunda reading of the budget of the EU for the year 2000, take into account the recommendation of Parliament to increase finance of program until 67 millions of euros or 53 millions of pounds #irish in assignment of the next year. +Given commitment collected in the Treaty of *Amsterdam to incorporate the interests of consumers to #all the areas of performance of the EU and level *irrisorio of the budget for politics of consumers, that situates in a 0,25% of the total of cost of the EU, is necessary to begin by *asegurarnos that they keep valuable programs like distribution plan of milk in schools. +Has to treat of misunderstanding because it that the Federal Reservation publishes two times to the year in report *Humphrey *Hawkins for the Senate is a series of figures for #one those that indicators constituting the series the individual forecasts of members of the Federal Committee of the Open Market, *provenientes of the regional banks of the Federal Reservation. +Is an integral strategy and unified oriented to strengthen the fundamental subjects of the country like research of peace, reflation of our economy and employment generation, the protection of the human rights, the strengthening of justice and the increase of the social participation. +#If the package is wider, #can result easier reach an agreement and easier ratification in States members, but in name of my Group #can affirm that we are had to that Parliament collaborate closely with the Commission in the spirit that finishes to indicate Mr. *Barnier, so that together #can put on the table of the *CIG a package balanced of proposals that *él and representatives in #all the meetings of the *CIG #can defend: a package that prepare to the Union so that it work *cuando have more of 20 States members. +(Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the Decision *OSPAR 98\/4 relative to the maximum limits of broadcast and poured to chloride production of vinyl *monomérico, and the Decision *OSPAR 98\/5 relative to the maximum limits of broadcast and poured in the sector of vinyl chloride (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0016\/1999 - 1999\/0098(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of Consumer) +By it other, *Señorías, this new and grave case, that has impressed in *Francia to the media and to the political world, sample, #if it still was necessary, the urgency of measures firm and pertinent in *Europa to conciliate the economic performance and the social guarantees, growth and employment, freedom of company and defence of wages. +#If now the Commission do not uses #all the necessary energy to protect this *pilar fundamental of the common politics of fishing, as they are the agreements *pesqueros, then pressure of professionals of the sector #would be important and founded, to end to demand the *cuestionamiento of politics *pesquera common and the *restablecimiento of a bilateral frame, that allow the direct celebration of agreements of fishing among States members and third countries, that #would respect and #would defend better the vital interests of villages. +#There is an agreement reached among the two parts of industry of the maritime sector, there #be a specific proposal relative to persons of the sea that take scale in ports of the Community, but also there #be an Agreement of the *OIT, the *nº 180, and, in fact, the agreement among the two parts of industry of the maritime sector based in very big measure in the Agreement 180 of the *OIT. +Sure that it is not a fully satisfactory solution for doctors, but in this subject so complex have to take into account politics of States members on the systems of national health, on the reality of country, on the period in the that doctors are in training and that it is a transitory period and like this try find, with realism, an intermediate solution that *nos allow, finally, step but. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0048\/1999) of Mrs. *Quisthoudt-*Rowohl, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the relative Council to the conclusion of Agreement of cooperation scientific and technological among the European Community and the Russian Federation [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0324$ - ^*C$^5$-^0083$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0133$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ +amplitude of discussion and the varied suggestions that produced in breast of Employment Commission and Social Subjects and that referred of way very general to employment politics *me moved to make in project of my report division in conclusions, on the one hand, and in a legislative part, by #another, the *cual concentrates in the proposals for the guidelines of the year 2000 that they have to be adopted by the Council of Ministers in December of 1999. +*Me seems insufficient coordination among the labour politics, of employment, of government of work market and politics that *inciden in the structural factors and in the frame *macroeconómico; *me seems insufficient structuring level, of investment in effective community Institutions and able to govern these processes for the *cuales no only is sufficient respect to competitions and to the prerogatives of the national states. +And since they have listened interventions and proposals of his *señorías on paper of the Commission in the institutionalisation of goals for action more resolved, want to stress that the #european strategy for employment happens by support and impulse of the national politics and in this frame try to keep the narrowest collaboration possible with States members. +Gentleman President, have to say that it manifested by Mr. *Vattimo do not corresponds to the reality because Speaker of Parliament limited to mention *cual was the vote in Plenary on a resolution of the European Parliament that invited to #all States members to respect commitment of parity of the educational system, or was, to facilitate parity of the educational system. +Regarding the question of the permeability among these two categories, *me allow to call attention on the fact that we will debate on how #can *reagrupar credits that in the agricultural sector -and here in categories 1To and regulation measures of market that did not employ because of the evolution of prices and of the market and that then #can be available for measures- in the frame of the debate on the next report. +In my opinion, only the EU is able to take it, needing an active strategy that, by part, take upsetting in efforts in the community field and in the active cooperation, especially with the countries in development, *ayudándoles so that his energetic systems are more ecological and, by #another, show that in fact it #can change of course without great costs, since they are #many the environmental benefits that obtain when limiting dependency of fossils. +The Commission follows very concerned by that it do not have had tangible advances up to now by part of States Joined in commitment with seen to the modification by Congress of the Title 4 of the law *Helms-*Burton, especially because the Government of States Joined has remembered periodically that, of not taking modification, President is forced to impose the application of the Title 4. +Cover, among things, compensation, the psychological treatment and doctor, assistance to the victims for the collection of debts, transmission of the decisions of a Been member to #another to improve the protection of the victims or ask to the courts that accept testimonies written of the victims that #can not assist to the seen of the courts against aggressors for living in another Been member. +Besides, the Council has communicated that is had to support, using #all means near at hand of the European Union and of States members, development of sources of electrical energy to substitute to the nuclear head offices little reliable, taking into account, to time, the global situation and characteristics and own needs of country. +My question to the Council is the following: had account of this terrible precedent, is had the Council to consider the possibility of *presionar to the authorities of *Myanmar so that they declare a total amnesty for this type of political prisoners and, in this same sense, has treated in #any occasion the Council on the possibility to impose economic sanctions to *Myanmar until it adopt a political more humanitarian? +. (*FR) The cycle of #Millenium, that will initiate *próximamente in breast of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the *OMC, has to be occasion, for *Europa -place that *nos has imposed condition of having to talk with an alone voice-, to show no only joined during the course of negotiations, but also show the greater firmness regarding the results, specifically regarding agriculture and to the cultural exception. +It true is that this goal appears around questions so notable like the alimentary security, the public services or the "intellectual property", always in favour of a blind liberalisation of the financial capital and without respecting the labour norms of the *OIT and the environmental norms internationally approved and with consequences *nefastas for the cultural identity of villages and the own development of *decenas of countries, in particular of the poorest. +No fits the lower doubt that difficulties are still #many, already was in the sphere of the humanitarian help or in the of support to reconstruction or even because they follow producing grave rapes of the human rights, especially in the western part of *Timor, with activity of militias, that have prevented the *reagrupamiento and the return of refugees of *Timor Oriental to houses and to earths. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the report (To5-0063\/1999) of Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, of Justice and of Inner Subjects, on the communication of the European Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on an action plan of the European Union in matter of fight against drug (2000-2004) (*COM(1999)239). +say It also in name of mate absent #Jan *Andersson, the one who - now will go back on *ello -, in what deputy #swedish, was in an especially difficult situation because *Suecia is #one of States members that has a very special approach in politics of resultant drugs of experience and of his national tradition and, without embargo, create, has procured, precisely in transaction amendments, Mrs. Deputy, get to a wide agreement with *usted in the final editorial of this report. +Believe that the words of Mr. *Medina *Ortega have been *clarificadoras regarding the approach and to posture -to the that it has got by unanimity in the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market- with regard to a transcendental subject, an important subject for the Canarian islands, but that has a reflection on the rest of regions *ultraperiféricas of the European Union. +knows that country has *subscrito agreements to inferior price to the real cost of production benefiting of the international supports, by mediation of the International Monetary Bottom, after the #asian crisis, it that is request wallets of the countries of the European Union, as they have manifested the business organisations of the sector. +Finally, wish *referirme, because I proceed also of a peripheral region, to the enormous impact in the regional development that has the naval industry, *asentada in #many of these regions, in big part included also in the Goal *nº 1 of the #european regional politics, with *importantísimos dockyards generators of employments direct and indirect, a social balance of the that so needed are the countries of cohesion, that demand the #european solidarity. +works initiated in *Tampere with seen to the preparation of a Letter of fundamental rights and the possible reform of the Treaty to separate the fundamental and essential acts of application disposals: in this way, #would convert in more comprehensible the essential acts and #would speed up modification procedure of the less essential acts. +Believe that Parliament do not has to conform with asking take part in works of the Conference, #as well as in the of the preparation of the Letter of fundamental rights, but that it has to pretend act like a true Parliament and pretend likewise that, with occasion of the Conference *Intergubernamental, *le return the right to decide *autónomamente place of meeting not to be forced to work with Secretariat in three different forums. +Finally, wanted to remember that, #if disposals relative to the group of the planned helps, comport finance in three years of 150 millions of euros, the balance in favour of the Union of the commercial scales among *Turquía and the European Union duplicated from the entrance in vigour onº 1 January 1996 of the agreement on the Union *Aduanera and in four years happened of four one thousand millions to eight one thousand millions of euros. +The monetary politics do not goes to be in conditions to reinforce the credibility of the #european integration in favour of growth, of employment and even of investment, #if to time that in the unification and centralisation of the monetary politics States members of the European Union do not put of agreement also in the signals against the *dumping public prosecutor, against the *dumping social and in favour of a greater employment. +. (*FR) In spite of his very limited character and clearly insufficient in attention to the problem treated, *nosotros will vote positively directive relative to "the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of health and security of workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres", in measure in that it #can represent progress in the countries in that workers are less protected. +Also in relation with the day of Monday, is to say, today, concerning the recommendation for the *segunda reading on substances that exhaust ozone coat and the resolution proposal on labeling of edible produced from organisms genetically modified, the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer asks that they displace these two points, in view of that examination in Plenary #would coincide with the meeting of the Commission, it that #would not be practical precisely. +negotiations have to restart in the field of the World-wide Organisation of Trade and *Europa has to be fully conscious of paper, balance paper and responsibility, with regard to globalisation with human face, open and available to changes and to the accelerations of the economy, but also able to protect the right to work and to defence of the environment and of health. +Believe that *ustedes have put in clear that the European Union is in conditions no only to assume paper leader in the frame of negotiation round and also in the frame of the next world-wide round, that do not take part here like players of *póker to impose our interests but that also are had to receive on board to the nations, especially to nations in roads of development and to the less developed countries. +Parliament wished to go further of it that proposes the Council in the fight against the juvenile unemployment and of long length, especially by means of integration on a long-term basis in work market through an intensification of the active measures in front of the passive, or was, increasing the proportion of unemployed that receive initial professional training and of improvement or of professional reconversion, as the fault of places of work is only face of coin. +Since it listens and reads with frequency that the responsible networks of traffic in question have his main bases in *Ucrania, the Czech Republic and *Rusia, that cities of *Estambul and *Budapest constitute the most important centres of said traffic and that big part of transport of material in question makes by routes that cross the *Balcanes, #many of the *cuales cross *Kosovo, #which is posture of the Commission in this grave question and how the confront countries in #whose territory takes place this dangerous illegal traffic? +Taking into account the existent bonds among the Council *ECOFIN and the Council of Governors of the *BEI, #can indicate the Council #if it thinks to take measures to take more transparent and accessible information relative to the decisions of the *BEI, in particular *cuando these decisions have important repercussions in development of a region, and #if it do not considers that it is necessary to improve efficiency of activities of the *BEI introducing procedures of management and financial accounting in the that they take fully in consideration to the costs related with the environment? +Subject: 50 anniversary of Gin Agreements In the context of the 50 anniversary of Gin Agreements, and to sight of conflicts armed that they have developed in the world in the last years, especially the that have had like stage the #european continent, how reflection #can take the Council on fulfillment state of the humanitarian International Right that contain the mentioned agreements of Gin? +Gentleman President, the Council *le remembers to Mr. deputy to Parliament that the Council adopted the Directive 91\/628\/*CEE, that remained modified by the Directive 95\/29\/*CE, on the protection of animals alive during transport, by means of the *cual remained ratified rule applicable to animal transport in #all the territory of the EU, included norms on the maximum time of transport for different animal species. +Since it listens and reads with frequency that the responsible networks of traffic in question have his main bases in *Ucrania, the Czech Republic and *Rusia, that cities of *Estambul and *Budapest constitute the most important centres of said traffic and that big part of transport of material in question makes by routes that cross the *Balcanes, #many of the *cuales cross *Kosovo, #which is posture of the Commission in this grave question and how the confront countries in #whose territory takes place this dangerous illegal traffic? +The Council has not agreed that it produce postponement of a year, but that has given by fine a conclusion that is of the following tenor: #if Parliament accepts amendment to this report, that treats of labeling, and do not leaves to happen the proposal of the Commission without presenting amendments, the Council, then, will not accept this modification and will not follow the procedure simplified. +Subject: The insular regions in the new context of the Treaty of *Amsterdam article 158 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam establishes that the Community will propose to reduce delay of the less favoured regions or insular and the statement *nº 30 *aneja to the Treaty recognises that «the insular regions suffer of structural disadvantages linked to his insular character #whose permanence prejudices to his economic and social development». +*Me seems, in this sense, important #emphasize the importance of acceptance by part of *Praga of the principles in the that is based the external politics and of common security and that, even, have been the Government of the Czech Republic the one who have taken the initiative to reinforce the political cooperation among the countries candidates to adhesion to the European Union. +In the current proposal, the Commission presents it following: integration in a budgetary line of #all activities in the field of customs, training of civil servants and computer projects. The creation of representative committee of States members has to conduct to a greater implication of States members in program and, as *tercer point, the opening of program to the countries associated. +From sight point of the industrial development there are responsibilities, also of the #italian Government: development of the petrochemical company of Carry *Marghera has revealed, definitely, *desestabilizador for the delicate balances of lagoon, without embargo, #if we want to #one *Europa -as it said President commissioned Mr. *Prodi- that head the new business initiatives, obligation is to reach that these new business initiatives have in #Venecia #one of his main centres propellants. +#All know that in numerous occasions Parliament has shown favourable to the introduction of a #european tax, and in this case, *socarronamente, when declaring in favour of a text that allows to States members reduce taxes, tries to modify the juridical foundation of the Treaties modifying approval procedure of the fiscal proposals of the Commission in breast of the Council. +From Colony has to split a signal in this direction; has to take a decision that give start to the political union; has to remain patent the will to follow this path and has to remain clear that the European Union has the intention of *erigirse in subject active in the international relations and in the eventual crises, because has the purpose to endow of #all the necessary instruments, indispensable and apt to guarantee sovereignty and autonomy. +With regard to the financial system: the European Council has recognised the existence of budgetary disequilibriums in finance of the Union and has foreseen modifications in the system of own resources existent that have more in account the financial capacity of States members establishing like this a greater justice in the contributions. +In this frame and, #if well *nos #would enjoy to support and *incentivar unconditionally the new agreement *interinstitucional by reasons of principle and to guarantee stability and allow planning, is not less true that commitment that comports regarding the financial frame approved with the quoted characteristic *nos arouses #some reservations, that increase more by the absence of a deep reform of the *PAC, that advocate, or also by tenor *innegablemente limiting of norms that will regulate #some of the instruments related with cohesion, but on looks will pronounce members of my Group. +Go to conclude my intervention, gentleman President, but did not want to *acabarla without taking attention call on a fact that *me seems important: modernisation of the fleet *pesquera is certainly important, the structural intervention is of big importance, but development of fishing, for fleet, depends to a large extent of the existence of international agreements with third countries that allow to find *caladeros in the *cuales fish and develop performance of this fleet. +In particular, has not modified neither article 4 of the Treaty of the European Union, that converts to the Council (and, therefore, to the hierarchy of the different Councils) in the centre from #where promote politics of the Union, neither article 202 of the Treaty *CE, that entrusts only to the Council the committed to determine execution competitions that will confer to the Commission. +After having taken *alarde during the #german electoral campaign that with the rise to power of the socialists #would change all and #would begin path *modélico that #would create places of work, investing the negative tendency that lives *Europa from takes at least a decade, did not take initiative #any in this direction and neither debated any proposal in favour of development of the #european economy. +First of all wanted to say to #all colleagues that in January and February *opusieron to the motion that created the Committee of Independent Experts thinking that it treated of hit species of hand to sink it #everything through the creation of a committee, that think that now they give account that *equivocaron of plane so much of point of sight as of reasoning, and that, at least, #would have to withdraw #all criticisms that took then to dynamics undertaken, *me seems that positively, by the European Parliament, by #that that voted in favour of the creation of the Committee of Independent Experts. +In the European Union that day to day develops more relations with third countries; politics that, as #all comprise, is connected with #some looks of chapter on justice, security and freedom in *Europa, as, for example, look of immigration and asylum. The Council of *Tampere is called also, *señorías, to confront the questions of freedom, security and justice for citizens in relation with the new realities that result of the new challenges that compose the step of the century *XX to the century *XXI. +Also is true that experiences of the past have carried to Parliament to *desconfiar and to suspect that the reallocations of pertinent resources of budgetary lines no exhausted in bottom are practice *premeditada, since the budget always includes priorities of Parliament that do not enjoy of popularity and that the institutions are not had to apply unconditionally. +The "#european letter of the fundamental rights" , that supposes has to elaborate the European Council of *Tampere, will not be more that a group of hollow words #if it do not contains like minimum the total freedom of circulation and of installation for #all #that that reside and work in the European Union, #any one was nationality of origin, #as well as the complete equality of rights, included the right of vote. +Believe that, in the first place, recommends aptly the foundation of organisation, but that do not has to limit to investigation of the seismic phenomenons and to prevention of the earthquakes, that until moment is scientifically impossible, #such as they ensure the *sismólogos, and #this #would have to know it colleagues, that propose the creation of an institute for earthquake prevention, but that it will have to indicate regulations and specifications of constructions *antisísmicas, of materials of construction adapted, etc., and will have to contribute to the best information of the #european citizens, loomed by the diverse calamities #as well as to that comport adequately in #this. +But believe that #all have to recognise, gentleman President, that have had five years of prolonged and tortuous negotiations on product class: from apples, pears and asparagus until flowers, fish, wine, port and sherry, but now see that in moment will have an agreement and is to expect that the firm Monday in *Sudáfrica. +Therefore I approve the amendments presented by Mr. *Langen, to demand that the Commission exert a more active paper to end to boost promotion strategy coordinated in breast of States members and to develop the potential of *Europa in the field of export of the relative technologies to the renewable energies. +#If it do not wishes to engage in road, will correspond then to Parliament go back to the strict application of the Treaty, article 272, and give means - *algo that it #can take - so much in the field of commitments as of payments, to vote credits to the height of commitments that are the political commitments of the European Union and in the strict respect by the Treaty. +The *ECON also considers that it is an absolute priority the finance of measures on taxation, because this sector follows being a field of irregularities in the inner market and, therefore, line *B5-3001 on the application and the evolution of the inner market will have to keep in level that has proposed the Commission in project. +To my seem, in the decision of Thursday happened also influenced descent already registered and the *ulteriores reductions that expect in prices for consumer in the sectors of telecommunications, electricity and the financial services, like result of competition and liberalisation of the markets, to the equal that the fall of prices of oil. +To part of the fact -and #this #can be *algo embarrassing- that virtually, in Government Council, never vote, so that it never #there is at all that publish, do not go to repeat #all the arguments against of #this, the *cuales already have presented to Parliament in previous occasions, but it is necessary to remember that the decisions of Government Council of the system of the Euro adopt of collegiate form and therefore only it arises an only decision. +For *ello have set up a wide politics of State to struggle inside the frame of the law against the groups armed to the *margen of #this; to guarantee security, protection, support and freedom of action for defenders of the human rights; to attend to persons displaced by violence; to adopt the legal instruments that protect the human rights and strengthen our device of justice. +point has been the adoption of concrete measures in relation to the fight against crime organised, as, for example, a greater operative competition for the *Europol, an Academy of European Police or measures more strict against money wash and cooperation with the countries candidates, as with frequency are the countries origin of crime organised. +*Segunda contradiction: the Council of *Tampere announces the platonic will to administer the migratory currents and struggle against immigration *clandestina in the origin, but to time proclaims firmly, in varied occasions, that it is necessary to concede to the legal immigrants -quote- "a group of uniform rights so next as it was possible to the of citizens of the Union" and that has to apply *prioritariamente integration politics that *les allow to remain. +Already is more that hour to act in level of the Council and of the Commission and -*me *atrevo to say it like conclusion of my intervention- of *ello depends, of course, coherence of societies, the social peace, the own survival of the #european idea, but also interest very understood of company in his *globalidad and, therefore, the solidity of the #european economy. +In the last years, included the #spanish democratic stage, have known varied situations #where fishing always has been subject pending among parts by the subject of the existent dispute to hour to define our territorial waters in relation to the neighbouring villages #african. +Memory that, with occasion of negotiation of fishing Agreement that now expires, Left Group Unitary European *opuso to that got to the signature of the Agreement *pesquero by means of the granting of additional contingents for fruit import and vegetables in the frame of the parallel negotiation of the association Agreement. +On the one hand, there #be the need of *sustanciar the same existence of the European Union converting in effective in #all States members the application of the decisions taken in the competent instances in the matters of community competition and, in particular, in the cases like the tackled, susceptible of invalidating #one of the fundamental suppositions of the Union, is to say, the free circulation of commodities. +Goals that, in accordance with the strategy of the great orientations of economic politics, are not thing that achieve facilitate the stability goal of the monetary politics by means of some budgetary measures and an evolution *salarial suitable and more favourable, in conditions, to growth and to employment, included the types of change and interest types on a long-term basis. +In the morning agenda appears the debate of the question of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi on the strategy for the realisation of the only market European and the past week examine in *Estrasburgo the possibilities to deepen and consolidate dialogue *macroeconómico with Parliament, in the context of the debate of the report of #ECB. +From sight point, of dialogue *macroeconómico with the representatives of the *empleadores and of workers, it only that it #can go out well is adaptation of the collective negotiations and readjustment of wages to the requirements of the financial capital, of the euro and of the predominant economic politics that sees expressed in the *UEM and in the stability pact. +Gentleman President, *me seems that the #many things that have said #can schematise of the following mood: or dialogue *macroeconómico is a pure hypocrisy for *paliar the fault of a true economic politics for the Union, and then it that said the colleagues is totally useless, calque and a loss of time; or well dialogue *macroeconómico is *algo true, substantial, and then there #be hypocrisy by the #another side, is to say, tries to hide with words *insustanciales a danger that, in my opinion, evolves to the *dirigismo in the #european economy. +Certainly is to appreciate that it recognise the fundamental paper of school to win unemployment, without embargo, lacking any reference to the need that school act in the field of a global territorial planning that see the participation of the social speakers, the local entities and the business world. +Wish, in particular, take #some observations on reasons that *me have carried to vote in favour of the strategy for the inner market, but before taking it, *permítanme say also that have voted against in the question of procedure to postpone the vote on the subject of fishing, because *me will be of the all impossible assist to *Estrasburgo inside two weeks and #would have wished enormously express solidarity with fishermen to part of *Escocia, in particular, with #that of the islands and zones separated. +The European Parliament and the Council buy to very low price consciousness tranquility, because in addition to the private violence and of the relative to the sexual exploitation, it is necessary to recognise the increase of the social violence, that results of the aggravation of poverty and of the intensification of misfortune in the popular classes. +The insistence in the need to influence on the reflections of the population and consumption habits and to establish currents of communication with citizens and small and medium enterprises confirms the importance that will have the political leadership on change of consumption habits and the promotion of a sustainable development. +The resolution of Parliament *nos remembers to #all the external dimension, #this is, the enlargement process and relations with third countries, especially with the countries in roads of development; *nos invites to adopt a realistic approach, balanced and flexible in the preparation of politics, look especially important to hour to examine the energetic combination and evolution in time. +And, finally, in relation with the amendment *nº 19, comprise the sense of the proposal, but signal to attention of His *Señorías that norm relative to translation of the decisions no fits in a regulation on competition, recognition and execution of judicial decisions: the own place for norm on translations is the directive on transmission of acts, the #another instrument that today debate and in the that it establishes precisely translation possibility. +In speaker quality of opinion of the Commission of External Subjects for the report on actions in the nuclear sector in favour of the *PECOS and of the new independent States, approved by unanimity on 27 October of the past year, have underlined the capital importance of security *considerándola a requirement for adhesion to the Union of new States members. +The Council of the Union, in his Common Action of 24 February 1997 relative to action against the traffic of human beings and the sexual exploitation of boys, requests to States members that proceed to a review of legislation and of the procedures in vigour in these spheres to end to watch by that the types of behaviour mentioned are object of effective penal sanctions. +Gentleman President, is a question that arouse to the protect of section 2 of article 112 of the Regulation in relation with statement appeal of procedure of urgency that have presented three hours ago regarding the Report *Napolitano in application of article 115 of the Regulation, so that it announce to the Assembly the presentation of debate appeal of urgency and proceed in consequence, so as to that we #can respect debate terms and vote that fix when elaborating the agenda. +Therefore, to respect the Regulation of this Assembly and the Regulation by the that they govern deputies, to guarantee that deputies enjoy of the rights that *les awards said Regulation, the Socialist Group and the Liberal Group, with support, as it announced before, of the Group *PEE, requested postponement to guarantee that *nos adjusted to article 112 of Regulation on the application of urgency procedure. +#would Be Presidency #finnish #willing to recognise that they still have to celebrate varied meetings of the Council before it finalise Presidency and that it #can *utilizarlas like a very useful precedent to establish his *credenciales in terms of opening - *algo that, *me fear, no exists in these moments - guaranteeing like minimum that *cuando publish press communiqués at the end of the meetings of the Council, said communiqués of press collect exactly the sense of the vote of country on each #one of the subjects subjected to vote? +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0059\/1999) of Mr. *Pirker, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on regulation proposal (*CE) of the Council (*COM(1999) 260 - *C­0082\/1999 - 1999\/0116(*CNS)) relative to the creation of the system "*EURODAC" for comparison of the digital prints of asylum applicants and foreigners. +Regarding enlargement of the *OMC so that it include also investments, volume notes with satisfaction that the European Parliament has manifested *fírmemente #one and time in the sense that no it is necessary to repeat errors of *AMI, that responsibilities of investors according to the guidelines of the *OIT and of the *OCDE have to define to time that the right of investors, and that -by a clear majority- it is necessary to establish a European Code of Behaviour for companies multinationals (amendment 15). +4) in accordance with the positions that always have defended in Parliament, on purpose of the review of the Treaties of *Maastricht and of *Amsterdam, in the sense to keep consecrated the historical balance founder among great and small States, #can not approve this resolution that opens the "box of #Pandora" for a Treaty that accepts like just the supremacy of States on #others, in comparison with the principle of equality among #all the #european citizens. +Know well that alcohol produces dependency and also that there are persons that dies owing to alcohol abuse, without embargo, there #be a fundamental difference in the case of substances, because in the majority of the cases to persons *le results possible to control tobacco consumption and alcohol in a different measure to the that *les is possible to youngsters immersed in drug abuse. +In general lines, also is favourable trial on strength of fast intervention of the European Union, although there #be had #some #discordant voices regarding this matter, as it always has *sucedido in history no only of the European Parliament, but of Parliaments national, *cuando treats of problems that in mood *atañen to military looks, that #can or #can not talk of a #european army. +Recently the Court has confirmed that, although a Been member authorise games of chance, #the same has faculty to put limits to offer gave said games and *ello in consideration to the goals of public interest like control of the wish to play, prevention of frauds or of offences and employment of the benefits obtained for ends of public interest. +*Me #would enjoy to know #if Commissioner #would suit in that the two last deputies that have asked to the Commission the adoption of measures #would take better in asking to the leader of his own party, Mr. *Blair, that reduce the very high level of the pound -kept in level too much #alto by the high types of interests of Realm Joined- to a realistic level and also achieve that Mr. *Blair initiate the campaign to adhere to the euro, with it that #would have greater transparency. +Therefore, to sight of the previous experiences and also of the statement of today, *yo want to direct a very clear warning to the Council: #if for the spring has not reached a satisfactory solution for programs *plurianuales bear *Kosovo and the *Balcanes western, accompanied of the corresponding commitment of the Council, will have to manoeuvre in waters very difficult in the frame of the budgetary procedure of the year 2001. +Is true that, in the #european budget, acts worse *cuando carries out of the #european continent: 10 millions of euros for #Asia central, 14 millions and half for the populations *desarraigadas of *América #latin, 4 millions for the human rights in *África *austral and in *Timor, etc. *Eso #would be well #if, during time, did not consider the possibility to reduce in 5 millions of euros credits in favour of beekeepers, by true, to the that take competition honey imports adulterated of foreigner. +#One of advances achieved in the meeting of Monday of the Environment Council is the adoption of a common posture by part of the Council, in relation with the strategic Managerial call of evaluation of repercussions in the environment, the *cual offers a splendid instrument to evaluate the effects in the environment of different programs and activities, included the effects of the atmospheric broadcasts. +The conciliation Committee has got likewise to commitment according to the *cual program *Socrates will contribute to development of a "#european dimension of education and of training" , in place of "an educational space European" , as it had asked Parliament, or of "an educational cooperation" , formulation of character feebler, that the Council had preferred to the principle. +It that has put in *entredicho is not the existence of #tending norms to organise the international trade or the own existence of a world-wide organisation of trade, but the fact that the *OMC pretends to be source of #all normative, referee of #all things, the supreme judge of the future world. +According to the rules of the external politics and of common defence, according to the *cual States members coordinate, after all, performance in the international organisations, the initiative and decision power are totally in hands of the Council, in practice, in hands of a group of skilled civil servants that have a natural tendency to concentrate in his own problems. +By #everything *ello, in the 50º anniversary of Gin Agreements, and *cuando owe *comprometernos #all -Parliament, the Commission and the Council- to boost knowledge of the humanitarian international Right and support to the organisations that have like responsibility defence, *le occurs to the Council #any concrete initiative to spread the humanitarian international Right among citizens of the Union? +#If Mr. deputy to Parliament wants to know more of the real conditions of animal transport or wants to put the subject in knowledge of the Commission, perhaps was convenient that *le formulate the question directly to the Commission, since it is specific task of the Commission control fulfillment of disposals of Directives valid or take part in the subject *cuando disposals are not fulfilled. +Improve small and medium enterprises and favour measures that contribute to improve competitiveness has been #one of the goals of Parliament by the fundamental paper that exert in the creation of employment and for considering that #any one actions oriented to the small and average economic operators boost the economic growth European in general and signal a safe path to reach the economic and social cohesion of the Community. +#If well the current normative capacity in the frame of the European Union did not allows still the adoption of a legal diet *transfronterizo in this field, expect that in a future #this was possible, especially after Culture Ministers of *Austria and *Alemania, in February of the past year, considered that this question, in what #such, *reviste character *transfronterizo and like this have manifested it by writing. +Believe that it is very important that explain that the terrible rapes of the human rights, like the that have lived and live in #Sierra Lion, are *algo that to *nosotros like Europeans *nos *incumbe, because according to conception the human rights and the human dignity are indivisible all over the world and because we are not had to tolerate this selective conception that conducts to that we allow that the acts of violence that produce in vicinities *nos seem more conclusive that violence eruptions, like the that witness in #Sierra Lion from takes years. +Like this as, in spite of disappointment that *me produces the fact that President in exercise was to reach an agreement among the two States members, #this is beyond all doubt a field in the that the Council #can adopt positive measures attending to worry by the human rights and respecting norms of an institution that, #if well it did not forms part of the EU, yes has respect and remains mentioned in part of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Anyway want to take advantage of also this opportunity to appreciate of heart to Parliament, especially to the speakers and to #all the that have shown a big interest or that have been involved in the debate of the enlargement process, for having given spirit #one and time to the Commission so that it took also his own initiatives with the end of *salvaguardar the good rhythm of the process of enlargement. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, wanted to say in the first place that the Subject Commission Economic and Monetary *congratula of the presentation of these two directives because enlargement to entities no banking of broadcast of electronic money *nos seems a fine measure to increase competition in this matter and, therefore, improve the quality of service loaned and prices that will earn to consumers. +treats of the problem -and the problem is only east- of the minimum prudential norms that, ensuring stability and the solidity of entities of electronic money, open the path to the mutual recognition of permission and supervision and, through road, to the free circulation of operators and of services. +#This #can seem dared regarding definitions that appear in the national public rights, but had account at the same time of urgency that exists and of pressure of the Council by that respect terms established -have some calendars-, is indispensable to continue work, and *nos satisfies the request formulated in this sense, especially because have in front of our Assembly to commissioner that has shown that dominated perfectly these questions, that knew to listen it that asks Parliament and that has authority in front of the governments and, specifically, to the Council *ECOFIN. +The Group *Europa of Nations has presented six amendments that clear the principle of prevention, that expand the of sanitary security of the alimentary products, including organisms modified genetically, the phytosanitary products or hormones used like factor of growth, #as well as the prohibition to use meats pertinent of slaughterhouses or bones of animals for the manufacture of animal flour. +In this sense, this crisis, that began with the approval or no approval of the management for 1996 and of the continuation for 1997, concerning the *cual neither recommend approval of the management in this week but postponement of the approval of the management, has been a necessary crisis to extract of here the positive approaches that *nos #would enjoy to have taken get still, gentleman *Liikanen, to this Commission. +Group has been coherent in position; graces also to the *tozudez or to rigour of speaker, Mr. *Elles, #all Plenary has followed at the end this approach, and today register hit that in principle only have to appreciate it to person, in concrete, to the speaker, Mr. *Elles, by report on the approval of the management of the budget 1996. +The nomination of Mr. Roman *Prodi in the extraordinary meeting of the European Council of *Berlín was the *primer step. State Bosses and of Government have shown with the designation of Mr. *Prodi performance capacity of the European Union and determination to resolve of fast way and *convincente the crisis occurred. +In intervention has mentioned *usted almost #all the key words for the next five years: agriculture and cities, competition and it social, youth, the greater persons, the anonymous societies, small and medium enterprises, the protection of consumer and liberalisation, enlargement and relation with States Joined. +The that we have voted in favour of the proposal of the Council obeys to the fact that the present majority in Parliament will follow earning in practice 1.000 euros by trip that costs 400 crowns, for example, and *nosotros want to give priority to renewal process and cleansing regarding the *viáticos before that to our opposition to some labour conditions and *retributivas common, taking special emphasis in point in the need that it was possible to tax the community wage nationally. +To the contrary that fears that have expressed, seems that *Europa is rows in front of the crisis and that integration processes are inwardly and also *exteriormente a new dynamic, simply because the #european alternatives #can see better that never in crisis time. On the one hand, alternative that represents Parliament, the *Europa of integration, that means #one *Europa in peace, with stability and welfare and, on the other hand, the old image of *Europa that find in wars of the *Balcanes: nationalism with the consequence of wars, trips and misfortune. +Regarding the amendments 3 and 4, the Commission has approved a conjoint statement in the Regulation according to the *cual, the Commission will provide #all the oral information to the Council and to Parliament on the economic situation of the countries *beneficiarios that receive loans, #as well as on the risks that have explained to hour to present the annual report. +Is #this the main protest, the most vehement protest, that *les transmit by part of the commission. And in name of #the same urge to the Presidency of the Council to that it promote a culture of collaboration with the radically new Parliament in a field #where the state authority and power on the rights of citizens and the fundamental rights leave to feel with special virulence. +The #one of May, the Council decided by means of procedure written integrate to personnel of the Secretariat of *Schengen in the General Secretariat of the Council. Expect that like this we reach to put final point to the debates on this subject that have come *sucediendo lately and that the Presidency, States members and also personnel of the Secretariat of the Council #can go back to concentrate fully in work that *nos awaits in these two last months of the Presidency #german. +Have to achieve a balance among the civil freedoms, freedom of expression, freedom of persons to put in Internet it that they want to, without more *entrometimiento official of it that #would have in the postal services or in telephone, and *contrapesar the #another argument that companies do not have why find with persons that *infrinjan the rights of intellectual property, that *infrinjan logos and pretend to be company that are not. +Although in the period immediately back to the resignation of president *Suharto had great hopes that at last it #would remain opened the path to a peaceful solution of the problems of *Timor Oriental, after century chamber of *derramamiento of blood in the that has died a third part of the population like consequence of the #indonesian invasion of 1975, hopes have not fulfilled. +Gentleman President, security of the existent nuclear plants and of the that are, represents a goal *prioritario in front of the perspective of adhesion, #such as they have highlighted in reiterated occasions Parliament and the Commission with occasion of the relative package to Diary 2000, #as well as the Council in the field of the nuclear security with regard to the future enlargements of our Union. +The strict fulfillment of norms of the World-wide Organisation of Trade and of the Agreement on the Textile, in particular the calendar of liberalisation, control of the *dumping and the fraudulent practices, access to the market of third countries and limitation of the bilateral agreements, will have to constitute requirements *ineludibles of the European Union. +am not *yo the one who has to *recordarle that #this *Europa has 20 millions of unemployed -unemployment is a problem that mine his social cohesion-, that #this *Europa is in *entredicho in the conquests of civilisation made like the of the welfare, by politics *neoliberales, these same politics *neoliberales of the *cuales *usted has *ensalzado the *ulterior need of flexibility in his previous speeches and that, by the contrary, has supposed decrease of the quality of work and of quality of life, to difference of it that proposes for the future. +The fault of Mr. *Bangemann consists in having taken patent this basically corrupt system, so that any #european voter #can see it and in consequence prefer to remain home day of the elections, as it already took the majority days 10, 11, 12 and 13 June depriving of form to this assembly of any type of democratic legitimacy. +Obviously, #this is not the opinion of my Group, neither neither the opinion of the Expert Committee, that in chapter 7 declares *pertinentemente that the distinction in breast of the Commission among politics and management is not *defendible, quote, neither *jurídicamente neither in practice, that this distinction allows to skew the political responsibilities, that it logical is that it was deleted in benefit of the hierarchical subordination regarding the politically responsible commissioners. +*Usted *nos has presented in person of Mrs. *Schreyer to politics experienced that it still will need shooting in #any that another subject of #european field, since first it will have to adapt to #some moods of operation, but that has put to day quickly and of exhaustive way on the very complex subject of the budgetary politics and that it is very conscious of the future challenges in this field. +Gentleman President of the European Commission, #would wish to begin in point in that it has remained Mr. *Donnelly, the *segunda splits of mission, work program, because I believe that, more that of the collective or individual responsibilities, that, of course, consider also important subject, restoration work of the prestige and of creativity of the European Commission depends especially of work program. +Have to say that so much to pensioners that *me have commanded to seat number 270 of the European Parliament, as to me *nos has satisfied the comment of Commissioner designated Mrs. #Anna *Diamantopulu that, when answering to #one of my questions during auditions -with regard to the *cuales it is necessary to remember so much it that it was very as it that no- answered that has very in account the problem of the greater persons that expect pension and that the fifteen States members no longer is in situation to pay, since Insurances are feeble and have deficit. +To time, at all has advanced on the need of *imposición public prosecutor to capital movements, regarding adaptation need of the national social diets to the current demographic tendencies, it that shows that, to end of accounts, the goal is not a greater social justice, but, to the contrary, #one *agravación of the social inequalities. +Request that the institutions of the European Union support the sending *urgentísimo of a strong civil mission and of security strength of Nations Joined, of proportional dimension to the gravity of the situation, to achieve that *Timor constitute like independent State, it that will demand long along the *cual Nations Joined will have to keep an unambiguous support and the European Union help *apolítica and economic indispensable. +The *segunda is the following: Want to take an urgent appeal to our European Parliament so that, when talking of the #indonesian question, take a clear distinction among the military diet of Indonesian, the elections that celebrated and that they were a reflection of a long and deep process of transformation that only finishes to begin in an enormous empire of the that *Timor Oriental is not more that a small fragment, and the big suffering of village #indonesian. +concealment of a common pit in the that *yacían the bodies of 15 #serbian murdered around the middle of July in the outskirts of *Gnjilane, zone under responsibility of troops #american, poses serious *interrogantes around paper of call *Afuerza of peace\@, since in function of tolerance or support, the #serbian population of *Kosovo is victim of an extended ethnic cleansing that shows sensitivity difference of the international community about the protection of the human rights, that gives by safe. +Without embargo, regarding the composition of the direction council of the agency, do not comprise reasons that #would have to induce to Parliament to foresee the nomination of seven independent experts only by part of the Commission and #this against of the proposals formulated by the own Commission that, in dissonance with the Committee attach to #the same, has foreseen, by the contrary, the presence of representative of each #one of States members. +In section 3, the European Parliament demands "an open and innovative approach on character of the Letter, nature of the rights that will have to appear in *ella, #as well as on paper and the position of #this in the constitutional evolution of the Union" , it that shows will of no limit , simply, to collect the rights in vigour, as it asked the Council. +A fraudulent escape of the money of foreign help, capital flight #russian in the last ten years estimated among the 150.000 and 300.000 millions of dollars and a #russian economy that has gone back to barter trade *nos prevent to have really contrives of the *envergadura of the financial crisis in the Russian Federation. +Lady Speaker, in my opinion Parliament #would not have to leave without taking advantage of the opportunity to take a statement on the mandate in turn of the *WTO, because the Council of Ministers will give the mandate to the Commission on 13 October and #would be really a pity #if this mandate awarded without knowing it that thinks Parliament of *Europa on the subject. +Of course, results ironic, as we said yesterday in Development Commission, that Budget Commission voted the past week to reduce the budgetary line on attention of the reproductive health and the work in matter of *HIV\/AIDS to half -of 25 millions to 12 millions of euros- and that now are investment need in this sector. +Therefore, welcome are information campaigns oriented to sensitise to the public opinion on the subjects related with saving energetic, without embargo, do not see how the adoption of legislative measures excessively strict #can be the most effective method to improve the energetic intensity of the final demand. +Consistently with obligation to defend the interests of States members; consistently with the values of equity and social progress that proclaim like #ours; consistently with world project that want to contribute to build, more balanced and more *solidario; but consistently also with performance kept by #many of *nosotros and #many of our compatriots in *Europa during four decades *esforzándonos for finishing with apartheid and dreaming with instauration in *Sudáfrica of a diet of freedom and of dignity for #all the #south african. +Our new Parliament sends today a new and clear signal of forceful -support and sustained- to a peace process that goes to open the path to progress, democracy, respect to the human rights and hope in the future for #all villages of the region and for the peaceful coexistence among #Israel and the independent state of Palestinian. +Have to respect measures, because of mood will be of *facto colonisation politics, and *eso that the European Union, together with the rest of the International Community, States Joined included, always have condemned politics and #all know that politics #israeli of settlements constitutes a big obstacle in the long path to peace and to an authentic #palestinian State. +So that in occasion the road of hope that opens after the signature of *Sharm The-*Sheikh do not remain again closed in the future, is necessary that sensitivity and the political intelligence of the new ruling of State of #Israel, #whose security want guaranteed, promote measures able to create confidence sustained in the #palestinian part, so that the peaceful road, recently reopened, scope, it before possible, the dip definite. +Regarding the external politics, believe that it is necessary to insist in the fact that no only have commercial commitments, but that are linked by agreements *multilaterales on the environment, by international agreements relative to respect of the human rights, and in my opinion -that create share colleagues-, these commitments have at the same time in the ethical plane and in the political plane a more important value that the *librecambio. +Anyway, have to say that negotiations of the Round of #Millenium do not have to prejudice the essential elements of the agricultural model European neither the necessary reforms so that, in addition to it agreed in Diary 2000, protect the internal development of the territories of the goal 1 with familiar exploitations based in earth, in front of the interests of the great industrial companies and of big distribution. +To me *me #would enjoy to ask to the Council, that no to the Commission, how values in general lines development of this campaign; #if it is truth that #this has been a good year for tuna and #if therefore they have averted conflicts among the distinct fleets that fish in the *Cantábrico; how number of ships has reduced country like consequence of the moratorium; #if this method is as valid to brake pressure on tuna populations. +Regarding the question of assignments for the structural measures, divergences among the Council and Parliament summary in two points: in the first place, the amount of advance of the relative payment to the new structural actions and, second, the calendar of settlement of the ancient permissions that still have not paid. +Since a big part of the community budget executes by means of States members, *yo *le #would recommend sincerely to the Council that watch by efficiency, transparency and a clean execution in this field, so that the Commission do not go back to see forced to follow resorting in the future to approval procedure of the management in interest of a clean execution of the budget. +*Yo want to express, therefore, first of all my *congratulaciones and my gratitude to the Monetary Institute European, to the national banks, to the Central Bank European, represented today here by President, Mr. *Duisenberg, but likewise to States members, that promoted through numerous necessary political reforms the *ulteriores structural and institutional reforms and fulfilled convergence criteria, and also to citizens, that are with an increasing consensus this necessary step to the #european integration +Group receives with satisfaction training of organ for the preparation of the Letter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in the belief that the wide parliamentary scope of composition reflects the realisation of the process of democratisation of the better EU that the usual Conference *Intergubernamental. +Remain, without embargo, two obstacles: firstly, the abandonment of the community preference in the agricultural field, and already know the problems that exist in the sectors of tomato, or of horticulture; and, the second point, with regard to the *cual #can not yield, #would consist in exchange of fishing right for Spaniards by immigration supplement, in #one *Europa that has 18 millions of unemployed. +By it that refers to the report *Cunha on the celebration of a new Protocol by the that they fix fishing possibilities and the financial compensation, foreseen in the Agreement with the Republic of *Angola for the period comprised among 3 May 1999 and on 2 May of the 2000, wanted to signal that it treats of a classical protocol, that makes possible access to resources *pesqueros during a determined and fixed period #one *contrapartida financial. +With my innocence and naivety, *yo had thought that, *cuando the Managerial Committee Scientist gathered the past week and took announcement -in fact, took it Mr. *Pascale, French *él, like President of said Committee-, in the that indicated the unanimous approval of said committee, in the sense that meat of bovine British is so innocuous like any #another meat of bovine of the EU or possibly more that #any of the world, already had got to the top of the pyramid. +Gentleman President, wanted to congratulate to the speaker Mr. *Hughes, regarding ordination of work time of persons of the sea, by proposal to Parliament to approve, without modifications, the common position of the Council with regard to the application of the labour day of persons of the sea on board of ships that use community ports. +Also expect that the procedure by the that *nos have seen forced to examine the present Communication in Parliament do not take like model for the future, since it also has been the cause, gentleman colleague *Lehne, that we have not had the opportunity to debate the amendments in commission and *nos to forced to proceed of a very atypical way for this House. +But a true social support to the goals that determine with persons in difficulty in the frame of procedures formalised is the only mood that helps and incentives for employment research *surtan #all effects, no only in the own access to employment, but also in *algo that is intimately associated to #this, is to say, the *reinserción durable of persons that are totally worn out by the destructive process of unemployment. +Consider important that carry out in programming stage to allow to workers anticipate change, expand the field of application of the directive and guarantee that #the same contain minimum prescriptions to scale community that #can not break but in the most favourable sense for workers, #as well as extend the content to the matters that affect directly to the rights of workers and future. +This strategic option referred, first of all, to the approval of the directive on the #european company and afterwards to the approval of the directive on query and information; and all #this in the logical that #if had priority the directive on the that are, #would be *complicadísima the vote of the directive on employment that, as well they know, carries in the negotiation table more of 14 years. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, agrees with considerations that with the proposal that *usted takes, practically suspend the obligations of the Council derived of the compulsory credits but that keep rights, to know, the reduction of credits no employees, and that in this way happen in fact of the compulsory credits to the no compulsory without that Parliament obtain the rights of sovereignty on this sector in the budget? +In breast of the Western European Union, the subject of the guarantee of mutual defence has even more forces that in breast of NATO; in the neutral countries, the general opinion in these moments is that the commitment of mutual defence is not applicable. +And as I have heard to say to gentleman *Bourlanges in the debate that the next Conference *Intergubernamental #would have to decide the creation of a #european tax, *yo #would say, to the contrary, in name of the Group *Europa of Nations, that #if the *CIG has to treat this problem, is precise to decide the creation of a clear system, transparent, *equitativo and, especially, controlled closely by the national democracies, *me refer of an annual contribution of States based in a percentage of his *PNB identical for #all. +Have presented strategy proposal to combat drug in the EU during the period 2000 - 2004 following lines guidelines of the Council of *Europa, work that made the previous country that had the Presidency, the communication of the Commission and the contributions that have taken States members and different groups of work to the communication of the Commission. +Considering that of agreement to article 255 the general principles and the limits of the right of citizens to access to the documents of the quoted institutions have to establish before 30 April 2001, in compliance with decision procedures of the European Parliament, the Council will begin to study regulation proposal so prompt as it was possible. +Lady Speaker, to win time, now that the amendment 70 of the Group *Europa of Nations has remained refused by an overwhelming majority, perhaps #can apply *usted disposals of section 7 of article 130 according to the *cual, after the approval or rejection of a concrete amendment, President will be able to decide that amendments of similar content or with similar goals subject to vote jointly. +The position initial negotiator of the European Union, ambitious in goals, is allocated to not going out strengthened of negotiation cycle that #can *eternizarse and stagnate to cause, in particular, of the predictable attitude of States Joined, that will try constantly destroy unit of this mandate that possesses Mr. *Lamy, and that do not represents more that an apparent unit, unable of dissembling interest divergences among the Fifteen. +The only solution is to reestablish controls in the inner borders of the Community; to endow to #police services of States members with the human means, financial and materials to fulfil protection mission of persons honoured; renounce to award to the irresponsible of *Bruselas competition type in police matter, judicial and of entrance and permanence of foreigners. +The situation of retard aggravated by the vindictive destruction *perpetrada by the #indonesian armed strengths, the small dimensions of the territory, associated to the circumstance that there #be half of the island, coexistence with neighbours and powerful interests, nonexistence of administration, are elements that contribute to the complexity of the task and give idea of it necessary that it is the participation of the *timorenses and it important that is the international solidarity. +will Loan our full support to the responsible of Nations Joined, Mr. *Kouchner, and his ancient colleagues, *cuando at last begin to set up administration in *Kosovo in place to leave this committed in hands of the false and illegitimate Government of the *ELK, *cuando the municipal authorities and city councils of villages and of cities leave to be governed by the *ELK, *cuando these tasks and other #many that remain for taking in *Kosovo are carried to good term, #if no by #Kosovar, by Nation agents Joined. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0051\/1999) of Mrs. *Rühle in name of Budget Commission on decision proposal of the Council (*COM(1999)142 - *C5-0039\/1999 - 1999\/0080(*CNS)) by the that concedes to the European Bank of Investments guarantee of the Community to absorb the losses that derive of loans for project realisation out of the Community (*Europa central and oriental, *Balcanes western, #mediterranean countries, *Latinoamérica and #Asia and Republic of *Sudáfrica). +Gentleman President, wanted colleagues, take the word in point to express my support and the of the Socialist Group to work and to the conclusions on the proposals that today presents in front of Parliament, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects, my good friend and mate professor #Manuel *Medina, with hope founded that #ours Assembly approve with #all weight the proposals in question. +Gentleman President, have taken the word to show first of all my surprise after having listened it that *nos has declared Speaker in exercise of the Council regarding the Conference *Intergubernamental. Mrs. *Halonen not even has quoted the resolution of the European Parliament of 18 November and the proposals contained in referents to diary of the Conference. +economic Problems, problems of human rights, of democracy, of respect to minorities. Problems, in end, of security and stability in the *sureste of *Europa, by what *Turquía bases his external politics well in violence declared, as in the case of *Chipre with the prolonged occupation of the north of the island, well in the threat to use violence, as *cuando the #turkish Parliament declares officially *casus *belli the exercise of the #greek rights of sovereignty on the territorial waters of the *Egeo. +In fact, liberalisation of the market, the cancellation of subventions, impunity of investments, commercialisation of services, even of education, of health and of culture are service to the great interests of capital *monopolístico to increase benefits; without embargo, are not at all appeals for workers neither for villages. +Here is precise rather play in the future a preparatory paper more intelligent and more marked to end to take patent how interests represent really in common in these world-wide rounds and why the need: in concrete, to control globalisation, to contain the spontaneous growth that, in any case, #would produce without the world-wide round, and to carry out here an intelligent strategy of solution of the global problems. +Already have underlined the importance that the Commission assume also responsibility regarding States members, but *cuando treats of internal politics, the external help and the administration of personnel, #can impose requirements clearer to the Commission and #can also tackle subject of different way *cuando treats of reliability Statement, *algo that have begun to take and that will follow taking. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0097\/1999) of Mrs. *Pack, in name of the delegation of the European Parliament in the Conciliation Committee, on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the *segunda stage of program of community action in matter of education *SOCRATES (*C5-0267\/1999 - 1998\/0195(*COD)). +As a result of queries that have made to the Common Centre of Investigation and to States members in particular, have got to the conclusion that the 1% is commitment that better fulfils two purposes: in the first place, the goal to establish a level of tolerance very low that involve effort of operators; and second, that take into account the necessary feasibility in #all production chain. +In the first place, wanted to *decirle that his small delay is perfectly justified by the importance of communication and also that Parliament *congratula that it was possible this form of debate practically immediate and instantaneous among this Assembly and the Executive and takes votes by that this new method get for real to create a space of political debate current, that by strength has to *enaltecer to this Assembly and relations with the Commission. +In the first place, wanted to say to His *Señoría that share worry that finishes to express concerning that the #european institutions in group are able to formulate information politics and of communication that allow to take get to #all the #european citizens no only tenor of the debates, but also value added that for his daily life have the decisions of Parliament, of the Commission and of the own Council. +As it planned, will be necessary *ponderar actions in relation with the civil situation, economic and social of the distinct New Independent States and of *Mongolia using two parameters: the solution to the problem of destitution and of the social and economic marginalisation, without privileges and graduations, and the evaluation of the civil strategic value, economic and social with regard to *acercar villages of the New Independent States and *Mongolia to the European Union. +The European Union has to take all it that was in hand during the next year so that they find the most efficient solutions possible from the point of environmental sight and of broadcast reduction, solutions that was possible to approve at length, with the end to get to an agreement on rule of the mechanisms of *Kioto and of the application of the Agreement. +#This is it that #would have wanted to say to Mr. #Martin, #if #this, of way that estimate little *cortés and little according to the requirements of democracy, to respect of the right of minorities and to the parliamentary habit, had not decided from the principle, without at least *haberme listened, that observation that *yo thought to take regarding articles 180 and 181 of Regulation was not a statutory question. +*Nos find in a back procedure to the decision of 1997 and it more #likely is that we go back to *encontrarnos in a back procedure to the current decision. Without embargo, by sake of consumer #would have to have elaborated previous query to Parliament work plan to guarantee a correct application of the system of compulsory identification inside term established. +In spite of the previous resolutions of Parliament, supported in the report of the International Federation of Human Rights -that confirms precariousness of arrest conditions of the political prisoners-, maltreatments, humiliations, attacks to the physical integrity of individuals, are common coin in prisons of *Djibouti, especially in the of *Gabode. +Regarding exclusion of Democratic Popular Party of the elections, gentleman deputy definitely will know that the Constitutional Court Turkish refused unanimously on 8 March 1999 appeal of the Fiscal General of State on the provisional decision for the prohibition of the participation of this Party. +Up to now, and although the *PE has requested it clearly, these purposes have not materialised from sight point operative in program integrated for the insular regions of the EU, #where live 14 millions of citizens of 12 States members, so as to that they #can compete in the market in conditions *equitativas with the other continental regions that do not suffer from the principle of the derivative geographic disadvantage of the *insularidad. +Am in favour without place to doubts of enlargement to these new countries, but fear that, given the situation of the financial perspectives and for being these less rich countries that the current members of the Union, stress the *perifericidad and eccentricity of regions like *Galicia and *Portugal with decreases of the structural Bottoms, with it that will hamper the necessary economic cohesion and social #european. +So much more express hopes -and #can not hide worry to the *respecto- that it #can go back to study thoroughly the Law of language and the Law of parliamentary and municipal elections, that were approved after the publication of our last report, since laws, according to a first #ours impression, #can go in in conflict with the international norms in this field. +Since, in virtue of article 255, to the Commission *le corresponds the task to elaborate a relative legislative proposal to the general principles and to the limits that regulate the exercise of said right, our Institution will present in useful time proposal to the *respecto and Plenary will have like this the possibility to manifest position in the procedure of *codecisión. +posture adopted so much by the Commission as by our economic commission is more *matizada: while price stability keep and was guaranteed, #can *permitirnos a monetary politics more flexible, to condition of course that it keep and consolidate the budgetary discipline; sure enough, by fault of the enormous debt accumulated and of the important resources consecrated to service of said debt and to finance of deficit, have had to reduce during years the productive private investments. +Regarding the most concrete proposal, face to #many of His *Señorías, on tax reduced of VAT of services with high index of hand of drama, have taste in observing that today, with the Presidency #german, has celebrated the first meeting of work group of the Council on this subject and tonight go to debate the Report *Thyssen also on this subject. +The agenda signals the report (To4-0207\/99), of Mrs. *Thyssen, in name of the Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, on directive proposal of the Council to modify the directive 77\/388\/*CEE regarding the possibility to apply to experimental title a type reduced of VAT to services that apply hand of drama of intensive way (*COM(99)0062 - *C4-0169\/99-99\/0056 (*CNS). +Certainly, gentleman President, *usted today has remembered the need of an ecological tax to face up to the challenges that poses, for example, the climatic change -and #this *me satisfies- and has talked of sustainable development, without embargo, how not highlighting contradiction among affirmations and his exaggerated confidence in the results that will derive of the full liberalisation of the commercial exchanges in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade? +The 112 or 115 deputies that have voted in favour of these amendments honour with *ello to Parliament, because they express conviction that Parliament is in right to control to the Commission, control the execution of the community budget by the Commission, and that #this has the duty to respect the Treaties and provide to Parliament the necessary information. +*Yo consider that it treats of an important step with seen to the preparation of a resolution of the Security Council based in the foundation of Chapter *VII and wanted to take advantage of occasion to urge also to the permanent members of the Security Council to that they assume an active paper in the preparation of a resolution of characteristics. +politics that has developed up to now the European Union regarding *Rusia no always has been exemplary, but even so *yo want to manifest my confidence in that the combination of a global strategy and the new Regulation of *TACIS that it has to go in in vigour in the year 2000 will translate in a clear improvement of the adoption and execution of the decisions of the European Union in the field of politics relative to *Rusia. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate on the recommendation for the *segunda reading of the report (To4-0245\/99) by part of Mr. *Jarzembowsky in name of Transport Commission and Tourism relative to the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the relative Council to the application of *gravámenes to the heavy vehicles of transport of commodities by utilisation of determined infrastructures (13651\/3\/98 - *C4-0037\/99-96\/0182(*SYN)). +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, before happening to tackle the subject of the institutional reforms, like president of the Commission of Institutional Subjects, when opening my last public intervention, *yo also wanted to express publicly my gratitude to President of Parliament by the common work that have made. +*Cuando, on 13 December, said that the Treaty of *Amsterdam *le gave the possibility to Parliament, for the first time in history, to adopt a uniform statute for members, that this statute had to go in in vigour in moment in that ratification of the Treaty of *Amsterdam provided the necessary juridical base for approval, left to believe that we were smart to approve a statute. +Go back to present it in the second Inform #Martin, because we #can not *rendirnos. In benefit of health of the #european citizens have to follow defending the positive effects of the moderate consumption of wine in front of the groups of the population that do not know that wine is the preventive medicine more effective and more pleasant against the #Alzheimer, cancer, the *senilidad and #others illnesses. +To the violate knowingly the agreement of *Wye *Plantation, of October of 1998, the *cual forbids any unilateral measure that #can complicate negotiation on the final statute of the territories, Government #israeli pursues a deliberate strategy that consists in *vaciar of substance the future negotiation and in removing a territorial continuity to *Cisjordania, to prevent like this the feasibility of a future #palestinian State. +Consider that it is necessary that carry out two things: in the first place, the *restablecimiento of a constitutional and civil order and the end of the coup d'état that -as they said my colleagues- is the *decimoctavo from half of the years seventy; second and to time, is precise to continue the process of national agreement also with strengths that no only are military and that pretend to follow keeping the hegemony of population groups of an island with regard to the other. +Finally, some last words directed to Mr. *Poettering, without spirit of *referirme of special way to the political decisions interns, since I consider that we are in the European Parliament and here #would not have to talk of *Alemania like main subject. Without embargo, *yo #can *asegurarle thing, gentleman *Poettering: precisely the green Party learnt the lesson of *Bosnia and also has learnt now the of *Kosovo, and also #would have assumed responsibility with another composition of the Government. +To the colleague of the *PDS that, on the one hand, *nos has criticised that have ignored the #french positions #as well as the goals of the #french politics but that, to time, *nos has thrown strongly in face the deficient results of commitment of the agricultural market of the summit of *Berlín, only #can *decirle that they are looks in mood interrelated. #would Have to examine more exactly #if at the end, by like this say it, do not drops *usted same in a tangle of contradictions. +Gentleman President, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, repair the dramatic material consequences and, especially, morals of drama that has lived *Kosovo, collaborate with the International Penal Court so that crimes committed do not remain *impunes, seat the bases of the economic development of the zone to end of *propiciar reconciliation of village *albanokosovar and of village #serbian have to be questions absolutely *prioritarias for the European Union. +#would Give *usted to the majority of the Assembly, of circumstantial form, the possibility to pronounce on the political affinities that they #can exist among #such or *cual deputy that has stamped signature to foot of constitution writing of group and know very well that exist, also in breast of the majority groups, factions that are not neither with a lot of agreement among *ellas on a common political program. +Therefore, wanted to go back to remember that in the last session *plenaria *yo signalled that, of compliance with Regulation, the Assembly decides on the composition of the tables of the delegations *interparlamentarias, but corresponds to the mixed parliamentary commissions proceed, as they take it also the parliamentary commissions, to the election of tables, #such as we have taken it in the Commission of Inner Subjects, for example, and in #all the commissions. +For example, is not possible to detain delinquency organised, the traffic of persons, money bleaching and terrorism only through the police collaboration, #if to time allows the free circulation among the countries members, so much of citizens community as of #all the other, and much less #if surveillance of the external borders sees weakened, it that it is unavoidable with enlargement of the Union. +#can not admit that the key field of justice, that no only affects to the protection of face citizen to outside, but that also guarantees the protection of citizen in front of the state institutions, do not take into account the protection against erroneous executive measures neither the corresponding control in benefit of citizens. +Amen of *eso, has not had objection in access to the proposal of the #french Government to assign to Pascal *Lamy wallet of External Trade, although this gentleman is architect of the "system #Jacques *Delors" . With this system has implanted in the Commission a financial structure totally #abstruse. +Always have been of the opinion that a military intervention foreigner only had to take place in the national interest of nation-Been that it treat, and without embargo the grave deterioration and the spiral of violence in the region required the adoption of measures and fulfilled conditions of the new external politics ethical concerning the *cual *Portugal is Been member of plenary right. +In the resolutions adopted in June of 1999 on the *preparativos of the third meeting of Ministers of the *OMC, the Council remitted clearly to the agreements of State Bosses in Colony Summit days 3 and 4 June 1999, in the *cuales supported negotiations that cover a wide fan of subjects, among *ellos the labour norms, like the best half to achieve substantial results and balanced in benefit of #all members of the *OMC. +The Commission already has remitted a document to the Presidency of the Council and to Parliament in the that proposes a clear division of functions of services of the agency and of personnel among *Pristina and *Salónica, with #all the operative services centred in *Pristina and the director of the agency rooted there in operation centre. +Report (To5-0010\/99) of Mrs. *Morgantini, in name of Development Commission and Cooperation on decision proposal of the Council (*COM(1999) 334 - *C5-0059\/1999 - 1999\/0143(*CNS)) by the that approves the text of the *Décimo Agreement *CE-*OOPS for the period 1999-2001, before the signature of the Agreement by the Commission and Organism of Public Dramas and Aid of Nations Joined for Palestinian refugees in the Near Orient +Likewise, services of the Commission, that has managed helps to *Rusia, have to elaborate a report on employment modalities of bottoms and, finally, asks the creation of investigation commission, composed by the Council, the Commission, the European Parliament, the *BEI and the *BERD, that check how many and #which finances sent to *Rusia have used for the planned ends, for example, program *TACIS. +Regarding #Grecia, already has said, damages also have been great, have thrown roots in the population - have visited the zone - anxiety by the morning, especially for having ascertained that, in the construction of the houses, it that predominated was the benefit and no care to persons that were for buying a house. +The *avispados advisers that are to side *me say that according to Regulation, has been correct behaviour of Parliament and of session President, my predecessor, as in the agenda says that among the 15 and 16 hours will take place the statement of the Commission on the financial crisis in *Rusia and that urgency debate will begin immediately after the statement of the Commission or to more take to the 16 hours. +The *segunda will be the of how competitions will transfer *usted of the Commission to this new agency and maybe to #some of the that already exist, so that they #can exert better tasks and assist to the agency commissioned of the *inocuidad of foods in the resolution of the relative problems to foods in *Europa. )How will guarantee the surrender of accounts of these new agencies? )#would Examine *usted, for example, the possibility to celebrate auditions here, in the European Parliament, to choose to the directors of said agencies? +Alas, to date, in cases, citizen only receives with hindsight information on these subjects of the daily life that *le affect, *cuando in a so delicate field performances #would have to have preventive character, of mood that chain alimentary ensure really the corporal and mental welfare of consumers and do not convert in object of speculation for the economic interests. +The resolution is at least a statement of our position on relations with our big neighbour, and #if Parliament had not expressed his opinion on this important subject, #would have supposed a *incumplimiento of responsibility like international parliament, and a #sad indication that politics of Fortress *Europa is alive and receives more support of the that had to in breast of this Assembly. +In the Protocol of *Kioto, and also in the agreement on the climate, stipulates that #if a community of nations with economic cooperation, as it is EU case, do not fulfils in group commitments purchased, responsibility *recae on each #one of the integral states of the community, is to say, that #if #some States members do not fulfil the goals, #all the Union suffers the consequences. +But also has to ask to services of *Euratom that effect a complete analysis of the group of the official regulations of security of head offices, and around head offices, in *Europa, to know #if it respects the group of security conditions; to know #if they still #can add procedures of urgency in case that they produce regrettable human negligences, that are worse, especially in these last years, that an unpredictable accident that, by definition, #can seed panic. +#can not finish my presentation without *indicarles that #this is not the only solution of the problem and that our Parliamentary Commission wishes to put of relief the need that other parliamentary commissions occupy of this risk for security in the next directive on broadcasts of commercial vehicles weighed and also in proof norms of vehicles, for *cerciorarse that the cover defective of deposits of fuel withdraw of circulation, was in full road, was in annual proofs of the commercial vehicles. +Concerning worry of Parliament by the possible resultant consequences of transfer of assignments of category 4 allocated to help provision to the less advanced countries, do not have to forget that, of compliance with the Agreement of *Lomé, the European Bottom of Development funds helps of the EU to countries. +principle positions in this sense, together with the balance among independence, reliability, transparent advertising and the necessary consolidation of the monetary dialogue, are from point of seen decisive elements to judge work of #ECB and also for the formulation of our report and the approach of work procedure of Parliament. +Wail, therefore, that frustrated in commission stage and have not presented today in front of this Assembly the attempts to demand to the Bank that published the names of assistants, the vote on the monetary measures, after grace period of some two years, #as well as the publication of the models *econométricos of #ECB. +The Commission will open also a debate on other important political fields. conflict prevention, the previous forecast to the crisis and to catastrophes and the humanitarian help based and focused to the human rights, is to say, the humanitarian help that centres more in the human rights of the victims. +The new global approach that has decided to give to immigration subjects and asylum, #as well as commitment of the European Council to apply entirely Gin Convention on the Statute of Refugee and the decision to aspire to a #european system of asylum are steps in the correct direction. +Lady Speaker, the Council of *Tampere that finishes to devote to the #european space, called of "Freedom, Security and Justice" adopted #some positive technical decisions to intensify cooperation in the fight against delinquency and favour the judicial coordination, by means of a greater utilisation, for example, of the mutual recognition of the judicial resolutions in civil or penal matter that *usted same, lady Speaker, recommended, by it other, in his preliminary speech. +My Group had expressed the wish that like this it was from the case "*Michelin": said of mood -as it finishes to repeat , the simultaneous announcement fact by the direction of this big company, in front of financial analysts, of the #obtaining of substantial benefits, by part, and, by #another, the decision to suppress in *Europa 7.500 places of work. +#One, that *me #would seem quite positive, #would consist in creating instance of *concertación of experts in the #european level without subtracting minor can of decision to the national states on the fundamental matters, the most next to worries of citizens; the #another, that *me #would seem much more negative, #would consist in creating a supplementary element to deprive to nations of right of *salvaguarda, that, without embargo, is inalienable. +transparency of the process, regarding the preparation of the general guidelines of economic politics and the guidelines in matter of politics of employment, consolidates more with a *dictamen official and public of the Economic and Social Committee that with character query *tripartito that, at most, #can *tipificarse like obligation of prudence and diligence #Can the Commission answer the question of how sees relation among dialogue *macroeconómico proposed and the Economic and Social Committee already existent? +By the contrary, why #can not say that #if we are able to invest tendency to the *decremento of the economic growth, thanks to liberalisation and thanks to know accept openly the challenges of the new economy, will have wealth and will exist the possibility to increase wages *vinculándolos to productivity and to the results of companies in place of *vincularlos to the national collective agreements or Europeans. +Of here that *me seem regrettable that now, to the principle of the process, parts give the impression to protect in the importance of his own autonomy in the field of competitions: the administrations concerning his budgetary politics, the social speakers concerning negotiations *salariales, and the Central Bank concerning the monetary politics. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated and estimated colleagues, the present managerial form splits of reduction strategy of broadcasts CO2 in the field of transport of the EU, the *cual supports in four *pilares: information to consumers -the present managerial-, fiscal stimuluses of States members, surveillance of CO2 broadcasts of tourism vehicles and the Agreement among the commission and the car industry. +The fact that it was difficult remains shown by two circumstances: a common agreement almost general on urgency and the importance to adopt effective politics to struggle against unemployment and with regard to that #this occur inside a frame in that the necessary support to a positive economic process keep the social cohesion and the social model European. +The structural unemployment possesses varied indicators: labour costs excessively high, deficient flexibility in the labour days and in the biographies of workers, service industry insufficiently developed, a regulatory density excessively high by part of state and of bureaucracy, speeds of innovation too much slow, periods too much long of transfer among the scientific knowledge and his put in practice in production. +In this sense, think to treat the subject in the next ministerial meeting of the European Conference of the Civil Aviation, that will take place on 28 January next, and, #such as I have indicated before, the communication of the Commission devoted to this question will present to Parliament to finals of this year and to the Council of Ministers of Transport, specifically in the meeting of 6 December. +To his *Señorías *les corresponds a fundamental paper to hour to reflect sight points and to contribute to the preparation of an external politics and of common security more effective, more coherent, nearer to worries of citizens and that reflect values and the principles that have forged identity like Europeans. +Had wished, gentleman #Solana, that was more explicit on bottom of this essential question and that *nos said how, in the field of the *PESC, went to contribute to correct, in measure in that it still was possible, the most disastrous consequences for our continent of actions that *usted same, #if it has not ordered, at least has protected in *Yugoslavia whereas General Secretary of NATO and that today have in front of *nosotros. +In these decisions are also commitments of States members to build a specific military strength that strengthen the capacity of the EU to make #worthy actions of credit, in accordance with the principles of Nation Convention Joined, without that put in cloth of trial the particular interests of *algún Been member and without that the EU take #his the fundamental missions of NATO. +The main focus of attention has to be the consolidation of a world-wide order of trade and the opening of the markets or have to put in a *primer plane defence of our economic and social model European, of the social and ecological economy of market and of the community politics that come developing in favour of the interests of citizen and of consumer? +Gentleman President, it that it is necessary to appreciate in the Report *Schwaiger is the attempt to conciliate it that up to now has resulted *irreconciliable, and the considerable effort of the speaker notes, definitely, from the *primer considering, in that to recognition of the strong increase of the world-wide exchanges, thanks to relations *multilaterales, #can not but *contraponer the fault of a substantial reduction of the economic inequalities in the world. +By the contrary, #if we take road integrated of bond among intellectual property and development, simultaneously to the extension of guarantees, have to watch for boosting the direct investment like main vehicle of transfer of technology to countries, #as well as for developing with *ellos agreements of technological cooperation and perhaps -launch this idea- by *reflexionar on the reinforcement of the #european investment in fundamental investigation on living beings to share the benefits with *ellos. +Had account that the proposals of the Commission -and to this *respecto am very grateful to Mr. *Barnier- foresee a similar division for modification procedures, *me seems a sample of *pusilanimidad that the Commission of Constitutional Subjects of Parliament yes approve division in two of the Treaties, but do not accept differentiation of the procedures. +Without embargo, want to indicate that, from sight point of the Union, probably is quite better politics to adopt a constructive attitude so that *Turquía do not give entirely back to the European Union and leave to try fulfil with the principles that *nosotros have added in the criteria of *Copenhague for adhesion and in other #ours resolutions. +For example, the final mandate awarded by the Council, on 22 October, do not mentions defence of the principle of the community preference, in spite of having been approved by the Council "Agriculture" of 27 September, the *cual had not been of the all satisfactory, when forgetting the principle of the alimentary independence in *Europa. +How #can sue villages of *Europa the *reforzamiento of the international paper of the EU with the creation of a new political entity and juridical and with impulse of defence and common security, *cuando the EU is responsible, beside NATO, of the first action of war after the *Segunda World-wide War, aggression, in break of notion of international right, against *Yugoslavia? +But #this has posed inconvenient, because the problem that has Canarian, like other regions *ultraperiféricas -*Azores, *Madeira and the #french departments of *Ultramar-, is that they are regions very moved away of the community territory, divided in small insular territories, with markets very reduced, with some problems of enormous transport and, besides, with derivative difficulties, for example, of population excess, of rain diet very irregular and of poor floors, that prevent that they develop normal activities. +*Cuando prepared yesterday my intervention on the Reports *Morillon, in a text of the European Parliament, of the Secretariat of Work Group for Enlargement, of International and Institutional Relations of the General Direction *IV, under responsibility of Mrs. *Martine *Chariot, in point 6 of the report on relations of *Turquía with the European Union affirms *algo surprising and of the all unacceptable: +But also want to say that in the Basque Country is absolutely necessary a political commitment as in *Irlanda, of form that no costs the *cerrazón, even the reactionary character -#would say *yo- of postures of the #spanish Government, that denies to accept a political commitment with the national parties Basques in the course of the peace process. +A last information: Mrs. *Maj *Britt *Théorin, speaker of Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, has adopted an initiative that *me seems of it nicer, the to send to #all colleagues masculine a letter for *animarlos to carry a white bow like signal of his public commitment of not committing violences neither *excusar or *callar violence against women. +In the Anti-doping World-wide Agency, in view of that there #be parity among the world of sport, on the one hand, and, by #another, the of the governments and that #all members of the administration council, therefore, also the federations and #all the national olympic committees, have engaged to put in practice, each in his field, the decisions adopted by the agency, there are hopes. +In the future, beginning with the budgetary exercise 2001, configuration procedure of the budget of the EU will have to follow the political priorities more *marcadamente that up to now ,and to this *respecto the decisions about the priorities do not have to cover only the operative means but also the necessary personal resources so that it take a greater assignment of personnel there #where are the political priorities. +But had celebrated that owing to the adjusted result of the vote that had in the commission -a vote of difference- had shown *algo more of disposal for commitment by part of the speaker and of group, since -I say it today very clearly- #if we vote Wednesday and amendment 7, the reduction of base contingents to 500, is not approved go to vote against of the whole of the report. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0077\/1999), in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer, concerning the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the regulation of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to substances that exhaust ozone coat (5748\/3\/1999 - *C5-0034\/1999 - 1998\/0228) (Speaker: Mrs. *Hulthén). +As a result of the European Council of *Helsinki, on the *cual has celebrated this morning here, in Plenary, a debate with the presence of President of the Commission, #this has approved decision proposal of the Council with seen to the official approval of lines guidelines for employment politics of States members in the year 2000. +From sight point purely financial, in addition to the technical assistance with charge to *PHARE -22 millions of euros- and the financial protocol, subvention for payment of the interests of loans of the *BEI that rises to 20 millions of euros, have devoted 143 millions of euros of exceptional assistance to help to country to confront the consequences of the crisis of *Kosovo. +And paper of the European Union, of the Commission and of the European Parliament in this sense is important, since, as it has signalled, there are agreements signed among the European Union and *Macao. Is well that, during the next 50 years, the European Parliament and our #european institutions #can follow the evolution of *Macao, a lucky evolution, create *yo. +Regarding the decisions on credit granting of the European Bank of Investments, the mentioned project *Gardaland has been treated before in Parliament in the turn of oral questions to the Commission and, according to information received by the Council, in occasion exposed very in detail the arguments that defend this project and advantages, so that I do not go to go back to *repetirlos. +Likewise, the Council loaned attention to the approach of the Commission in relation with a structural reform of the aerial space wider, #whose goal is to create an aerial space uniform in *Europa, and received also with satisfaction the purpose of the Commission to create Group of high level that study looks of this subject and present to the Council a report *aclaratorio the next June. +The Council is conscious that, in the case of Mrs. Titin *Loizidou, the European Court of the rights of man considered that *Turquía had violated the European Treaty for the protection of the rights of man, to the *inculparse in the undue appropriation of property rights in *Chipre of the North, and condemned to *Turquía to effect compensations. +The Council underlines that #all States members voted in favour of a transitory resolution on the subject, that was approved by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of *Europa on 6 October 1999 and in the that signalled that payment conditions proposed by the Government of *Turquía #can not be considered satisfied with the obligations imposed by sentence of the Court and also exhorted to *Turquía that reviewed posture. +In the Directive 98\/58\/*CE of the relative Council to the protection of breeding animals declares that it will not administer to animal #any substance, with exception of the administered for therapeutic ends or *profilácticos, unless scientific studies of the animal welfare or of experience established have shown that effect is not hurtful for health or the welfare of animal. +Have security that our European Parliament is very satisfied for having taken part in pressures of the international community, that have contributed to that President #indonesian *Habibie have released it the past 7 September, little after the referendum of 30 August, in the that the 70,5% of the population of *Timor Oriental pronounced in favour of the independence. +Therefore, *señorías, commitment to the that get with Budget Commission consists in not approving more that loan of 75 millions of euros, agreeing - a position of Industry Commission that has comprised, create, by part of Budget Commission - in that *Tayikistán #would owe also can enjoy of a supplementary help to lighten the monthly charge of debt, 200.000 euros, *algo that it is *insoportable for this country. +conversations that have come celebrating with the speaker and #some of the remaining deputies to Parliament since it took place the debate on the report of Mr. Go *Dam, previously of Mr. *Wijsenbeek, during the session *plenaria of February have reinforced even more my *convencimiento, in this case the of Mr. *Kinnock, that we agree on the need to improve incentives and competitiveness of transport combined. +Especially regarding the questions of discrimination of greater persons, sight problems and hearing, unemployment questions -that, with frequency, affect to the most greater- or the social exclusion, is important that aspire by means of training in breast of the public opinion to avert in moment exclusion of any social group. +Regarding the Grandstand of Justice, here fits to highlight the fine utilisation that has taken of rent system-buys of buildings annexes to the *Palais and, on the other hand, regarding anticipation of the 50 millions of *ecus that carried out, *yo only #would highlight here *algo that in moment -the year 1997- *nos concerned: the series of commitments that kept the Government *luxemburgués with Parliament and that did not know in moment #if the #would fulfil or no... +do not agree with the editorial of paragraph 1 and wish to suppress the definite «word» of paragraph, because in Parliament has not celebrated in moment a vote on the question of the approval of the corresponding management to 1996, recommended by the Commission of Budgetary Control to this Assembly. +In both reports, in the report of Mr. *Elles, and here include also to speaker, Mr. *Brinkhorst, for 1997, it is necessary to take into account really two things: have not voted on conditions for the granting of the approval of the management, have added documents of work; #this is an unusual procedure, but believe that it has been hit and here has said it that go to take get like suggestions, and also like requirements, to the next Commission. +The Commission presented resignation as a result of the procedure of said management. Although it has reached to introduce numerous improvements, explanations and positive solutions in this process, runs the danger that approval procedure of the management and of the distinct questions #can be too much wide, since, in accordance with the fundamental regulation of the EU, corresponds to Parliament approve the budgetary management. +But especially, gentleman Commissioner, taking into account the problems posed by the previous agreements to the *OMC on this type of products, wanted to *preguntarle #if it #can engage to reopen the *dossier of the *OMC in two points: a better definition of the principle of caution, especially through investment of charge of proof in case of doubt, and, a second point, a better definition of the *dictamen *pericial, since the alimentary code #can not consider like legitimate univocal reference. +In effect, this sector -in concrete bed clothes of cotton and cashmere pieces- to the equal that other sectors, specifically the that appear in the list that accompanies to the statement of sentence of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, will see increased tariffs to exports in a 100 % after the decision adopted by part of arbitration organ of the *OMC. +In this sense, the Commission and President will have to boost, with collaboration of Parliament, the scarce political will of the Council to define an external politics and of #european common security, without character *subalterno regarding States Joined, that serve to guarantee at the same time the human rights in the *Balcanes and all over the world and also fulfillment of the international Right. +No treats of an abstract question, but that affects to the solution to questions like enlargement, the institutional reform in strict sense and the creation of a structure of external politics and of common defence that, as we see in conflict of *Kosovo, *Europa needs absolutely, because it shows that *carece of an autonomous capacity to answer to the crisis like the that are in this region. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, gentleman *Prodi, the circumstances with that confronts are difficult and at the same time also easy. Difficult to sight of the challenges that will have to confront the European Union in the next five years and easy because a renewal of the Commission had not explained never with a so wide support of Parliament, of the Council and of the #european public opinion. +#Ours dip on a long-term basis has to be, by means of a fast development of cooperation and opening the doors to the EU, the achievement in the *Balcanes of it that have achieved in the European Union: ensure democracy, build an economy that give welfare to persons and surpass the limits among the countries, so that our national identities have lower importance and that no matter #if we are #german, #portuguese, Greeks, Dutches or #swedish for life possibilities. +Is necessary act of the strongest part and more reasonable that put end to bombardments to see the letters that are on the table, to restart negotiations and to find exit to the problem, without damage, as it is obvious, to guarantee through a military strength the right of refugees to return to *Kosovo. +The Commission has proposed to continue efforts of the last years treating to centre the internal politics on growth and costs related with employment, especially investigation and the technical development, networks *transeuropeas, education and training, #as well as small and medium enterprises, that has been a parliamentary initiative. +to)Is necessary a greater and more effective development of cooperation among States members, as there #be not sufficient cooperation.*b)Is necessary to contribute to that the protection of persons and sakes accompany of a better and more intelligent relation with nature that allow to avert the avoidable catastrophes. #Many of *ellas are it.*c)Has to take a reference expresses to the isolated regions and *ultraperiféricas and to difficulties that suffer by his geographic conditions, orographic and social. +Finally, but above #everything, is correct way in that the text recognises equality of Parliament and the Council: the committee will be chaired jointly; will gather alternatively in venues of the European Parliament and of the Council: the texts have to be signed jointly by presidents; the letters have to be signed by the *copresidentes; even the formalisation by Jurists-Linguists will carry out by the European Parliament and the Council. +*Señorías, have begun with a personal balance and *me has gone out a collective balance. The of some realisations that correspond to work, to obstinacy and to tarpaulin of #all *ustedes, with the active and loyal collaboration of #all civil servants of the General Secretariat that loan services to this Assembly, of the *free-launch , of the parliamentary assistants, of #all. +Now belong to the group of the veterans of Parliament and memory how group Presidents in #that then were the first to hour to squander in costs, were the first, *cuando it was necessary to travel in limousine with driver to charge of Parliament demanding afterwards trip diets to deputy box by these same trips. +Only want to ascertain that the European Union has shown unit and decision in front of events in the *Balcanes during the past weeks, beginning by the conjoint statement of the Bosses and State and of Government of 24 March until the last hardening of the penalizing measures by part of the Council of General Subjects the past week. +Regarding the management of the market, Parliament voted the maintenance of the public intervention and the reinforcement of control of production, and *ello *contrariamente to the wishes of the Commission that proposed to balance the markets by effect of descent of prices to production and instauration of the private storage from the 2002. +In front of the need that the agricultural politics also answer at the beginning of economic and social cohesion and correct #some excesses, like concentration of helps in #few hands, the Commission answers that they will be States members attendants to reduce the amounts, leaving of side a necessary community approach and the incorporation of general principles. +Subject: Fraud in the sector *pesquero in the south of *Europa Knows the Council the report of the auditors in the that it criticises to the Commission by not having taken the necessary cautions to avert fraud committed with the community bottoms allocated to modernisation of fishing fuselages, the majority of *ellos located in the south of *Europa? +#One of the paramount goals in conception of the structural measures for face sector to the next #millenium has to be *mantenerlas it simpler and coherent possible, with the end to guarantee that they are it sufficiently flexible to answer to the specifically regional needs in the field *pesquero, in the dependent regions of fishing or there #where exist important communities of fishermen. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0248\/99) of Mrs. *Oddy, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens, on directive proposal of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to determined looks juridical of the electronic trade in the inner market (*COM(98)0586 - *C4-0020\/99-98\/0325 (*COD)). +After the conclusions of the European Council of *Berlín, Commission of Regional Politics had to struggle in a significant front for the group of the #european citizens: the creation of #one *cuarta community initiative, *URBAN, allocated to the economic and social rehabilitation of cities and urban cores in crisis, with regard to promoting development *durable. +#The same has made gesture of wide political scope and of unilateral generosity in benefit of the peace process, has averted a dramatic transition, a negative influence in the #israeli elections and a grave crisis of the peace process, with the danger of a resumption of conflict in military terms. +This subject *reviste a special importance in the case of the nuclear head offices, especially in it that to the construction, the operation, circuit of fuel and storage refers. #Everything *ello purchases a particular dimension of face to the enlargement agreements, since we #can not accept that States candidates to adhesion apply a normative less rigid that the that demands at present in *Europa Western. +Gentleman President, the Commission congratulates by the adoption of a common project on recognitions of diplomas by part of the Conciliation Committee and, in name of the Commission, #would wish to express my gratitude particularly to Mrs. *Gebhardt, #as well as to president and to members of the delegation of Parliament in said conciliation, by #all efforts made during these last four months to obtain this conjoint text. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam had not resolved the problem of the operation of the Institutions and, regarding the external politics, the only advance was to appoint to *Mister *PESC that, without embargo, was not still in functions during the crisis of *Kosovo that, without expecting delays and the continuous absences of *Europa, burst like a scourge and renewed crimes of the ethnic cleansing that already had *gangrenado *Bosnia. +Our goal is to increase transparency and efficiency of performances of the Council; consider that a greater transparency is indispensable condition so that citizens approve #all project of the Union.Also want that the Council of General Subjects assume paper in the direction of the Council of Ministers. +Among measures *prioritarias that have to fund in the frame of credits *OPNOVA include, among #others, mine cleansing, material purchase for house reconstruction and of public buildings, help to the companies of public services, to customs and employment program and local rehabilitation. +In the letter, Mr. *Santer specified that Mr. *Bangemann #can not undertake his new tasks and activities while it had not completed the procedure established in article 215 of the Treaty, and said likewise that #would subject to Commissioner School the question of compatibility of the planned nomination with article 213 of the Treaty. +Of course, Mr. *Bangemann is personally responsible of mood to act, but politics that orients preferably to the economic interests and especially to the interests of the great companies, is necessarily subjected to the danger that his main representatives reproduce mood of thinking as *ejecutores of politics and that devote to *maximizar his personal benefits against of any moral code. +The Government, first did not know how was it that was, adopted posture of total indifference, next wanted to throw earth on the subject until after the elections and finally took manager of panic reaction evidently exaggerated that caused all over the world boycott of products called #belgian but of the that the first victim has been my country, *Flandes, since the greater part of exports called «#belgian» of course are exports of *Flandes. +Lady Speaker, to difference of the previous orators, that were #all of nationality #english - watch by where!-, *yo #would wish to protest against the decision of Commission -quite surprising, to mood to see- to impose sanction to the #french Federation of football by a supposed discrimination in the sale of entrances in the last Glass of football World. +Although rules of mental hygiene for the weekends *me have prevented to devote to reading of the report hours that definitely deserves, believe that has an additional virtue little appreciated by my predecessors in the use of the word: in points collects positions of Parliament and proposals that were not received *favorablemente in day. +#One of the extenuating circumstances on lacks of the Commission, that *trasluce along the report, is means fault with the that explain services of the Commission to carry out politics that *nosotros, deputies, agree in the field of cooperation for development and of the humanitarian help, flags both of the community external action. +Comprise the comment of Commissioner about subsidiariness, but are because in Parliament there #be a directive of minimum frame that did not invades subsidiariness and that solves the problem when creating the obligation in States members to establish inspection inside some wide guidelines. +Say here that investigation commission on linen in Congress of Deputies already has approved conclusions, declare clearly that this commission has exempted of responsibility to Mrs. Of Palace, situating responsibility of the management, control and granting of helps in the #spanish Autonomous Communities, notoriously in the governed by #one of his *correligionarios in *Castilla-Stain. +Finally, regarding the space of justice, our purpose #would have to be the to take all it possible so that citizen have feeling to find , in #all the territory of the European Union, in front of a frame of justice that was suitable and in the that they protect rights of similar way, no only in front of criminals, but also even in front of possible excesses of the public powers. +The constructive participation of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence and Budget Commission of Parliament also deserve my gratitude, and inside moment will happen to comment the amendments presented by Budget Commission, subject to the that has referred Mr. *Khanbhai. +paper of the Commission and of the #european institutions has to, in the very concrete case of the alimentary security, limit to negotiate the principle of caution in the frame of the international agreements and to coordinate politics of States members and of the European Union. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0016\/99) of Mr. *Langen, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to program *plurianual of promotion of the renewable energies in the *Comuniad (*ALTENER) (1998-2002) (7122\/1\/99 - *C5-0032\/99 - 97\/0370(*COD)). +Parliament expresses, besides, in section 1 of article 1, the will that it carry out the campaign allocated to promote penetration of sources of renewable energy, #such as it already advocates in the White Book of 1997, and that they also develop new instruments and mechanisms that allow to boost penetration accelerated and coordinated in the market of #all the sustainable energetic technologies. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation (To5-0020\/1999) of Mrs. *Kinnock, in name of Development Commission and Cooperation, on decision proposal of the Council and of the relative Commission to the celebration of Trade Agreement, Development and Cooperation among the European Community, by part and the Republic of *Sudáfrica, by another (8731\/1999 *COM(1999) 245 - *C5-0154\/1999 - 1999\/0112(*AVC)). +And finally want to take a question on the budget: taking into account that almost #all transfers centre in category *cuarta, #this is, in the external actions of the Union, and that #this is #one of points that produces more dissatisfaction in my Group and, in general, in Budget Commission, did not believes gentleman President that #would be convenient to review the financial perspectives regarding the external politics of the Union? +Has foreseen the Commission use methods of communication more modern as, for example, time acquisition of advertising, of 3 to 5 minutes daily, issued among #news and sport of the main newscast of the television network with greater audience of each Been member, to present with character of divulging attainments and goals of the EU, directing mainly to the social coats that usually do not read and that definitely are not addressees of material? +Support firmly observation that has taken my colleague of the *PPE, Mr. *Bowis, that we do not owe of way export our problem of the world developed, through taxes on our old head offices with levels of problematic broadcast and move work places and production units to regions less developed, #where are less prepared to cut across degradation of the environment. +Of course, exist limits to realism; of here that we also want to use today this moment to protest by the situation in country, and take an urgent call to the Government of *Bielorrusia so that it take *algo in front of the disappearances and occupy that the missing are found, so that #this constitute reason in himself\/hisself same to initiate really dialogue that allow celebration of elections free and just, expect, the next year. +Among these political goals the human rights occupy place stood out, together with the free access to the informative means, the end of bullying against the opposition, a constructive dialogue among the opposition and the government, and backrest to program *TACIS of development of the civil society. +#Some of *ustedes have *percatado surely that the plastic materials use increasingly in vehicle industry of engine and this norm of uniform proof will offer to designers the possibility to concentrate in fulfillment of an alone norm, instead of having to consecrate efforts to fulfillment of #all a series of different norms. +Have voted in this sense amendment that corresponds to an important political commitment of Parliament, although we vote it above category 4, it that it wants to say that to day of today there #be not statute of amendment, but that corresponds to commitment of this Assembly to vote credits with occasion of the *segunda reading, mainly regarding the agreement with *Marruecos, that is a political priority of Parliament. +give account that it will be necessary to reduce in a 10 % efforts against mines *antipersonas, that also appear in our budgetary lines, or support measures to the no governmental organisations that work in the countries in development, as for example in *Guatemala or in other regions of the world, because we are unable to use imagination, because we do not want *detenernos to consider exactly of where go to go out resources? +In the first place, no *me seems #worthy of credit that from the European Parliament demand, on the one hand, to #all the institutions and very especially to the Commission the most rigorous control and expect that the organisation chart of personnel adapt to the new requirements, and *nos propose that #this remain reflected, besides, in the #european Budget, while by the #another side are not had to act in sense in our own field, regarding the budget and the administration of Parliament. +Already has signalled in brief that the report occupies especially of the year 1998, the year in the that *dictaminó how countries -eleven in total- fulfilled convergence criteria, decided where #would have headquarters of #ECB, proceeded to absorption of the *IME, initiated the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union, and the Council of #ECB decided stability strategy, based in the two *pilares already known. +Regarding past #dutch, the Central Bank of the Low Countries, that chaired during years, found in the centre of the field of social strengths #where developed the economic and social politics and *yo see it like a model for the implication of the Central Bank European in dialogue *macroeconómico #european. +The report of experts contained proposed on how #would have to concretise this bridge to make the transition to help to development or to support instruments to development, as for example programs *PHARE and *TACIS? And has determined #if the problems have origin in help of THROW and in the design of project, or #if they are imputable to the helps? +Without these minimum measures and #others, accompanied of concrete measures against company transfers inside the European Union and measures against the *dumping social in outside, the social model European, so expensive to #some of politicians, included the of rights, will not be never thing that an empty speech, it that #would contribute to strengthen feeling *antieuropeo diffuse in countries and in numerous employees. +#If part of the social speakers, the that are the world-wide competition and on the that #all are, really, of agreement in that they have to be helped and protected -because *nos interest the #european companies that they #can compete worldwide- expresses restlessness by society and by the maintenance of the social balance, have a significant argument for development and support to the social dialogue. +In effect, in this delicate stage for the European Union, while it is enlargement to the East and while they are #all the economic and financial reforms related with the introduction of coin only, do not have to forget value "culture" , the specificities and diversities of the #european culture, assessment and diffusion. +Gentleman President, to initiative of the socialist Group and with backrest of the #others Groups, Fishing Commission has formulated this oral question to the European Commission and to the, once again, absent Council of Ministers so that it expose in front of the #european citizenship #which is the current situation of contacts kept with the #moroccan authorities, with seen to negotiation for a future Agreement of fishing European Union-*Marruecos. +After the expiration of the previous agreement, gentleman Commissioner, produced a tie up that it lasted seven months, to the that it was necessary to add the natural biological stops and stops no so biological and more arbitrary, imposed by the #moroccan Administration to a European Commission that did not know to defend the interests of persons, as they test it the numerous *apresamientos *injustificados and #some even out of the economic zone scoop #moroccan. +proposes that the European and Chinese Union close a specific agreement of scientific and technical cooperation so as to increase and expand cooperation, #among others fields, in fields like energy, the environment, sciences of nature, sciences of materials, transport, the telematic, and technologies of information and the communication. +projection of these figures indicates that the #european industry invests surely among 20.000 and 10.000 millions of frames in efforts of investigation out of the European Union and #if it achieved to use credits that the European Union puts now to disposal for *movilizar also private resources in the field of investigation, #this #would contribute to that countries like Argentinian leave to be only extensions of the #european facilities to take part directly in investigation and the technological development. +Already posed the question and, very amiably, Speaker *me has given an answer that, without embargo, consider no adjusted to the Regulation, because #if the Regulation talks of a week, a week #can not understand like seven working days: seven days #can understand like natural or working and no like a week, to the equal that month or a year that, for example, #can not consider of 365 working days. +Besides, support totally the proposals of the speaker on the reduction of CO2 broadcasts, so that we reach the goals of *Kioto, #as well as the fiscal incentives for the technical adaptation of the most ancient vehicles and adaptation of proof cycles, so that they register the real broadcasts of vehicles in circulation, at least on a long-term basis. +In previous reports of the European Parliament already said that the big culture of car was the main manager of pollution of the air in *Europa, and Parliament exerts now an active paper in the establishment of the maximum values of the distinct *contaminantes to reach control of this environmental problem. +Create and expect, as, that Parliament #can, from this report, receive income especially through this reference #as well as through #others, and seen elements that #this contain, #one to a formal claim to authorise to the Conference *Intergubernamental to tackle at the same time reforms that *nos propose and to this fundamental look of the total participation of Parliament no only regarding costs" but also to income" of the budget of the Union. +Therefore, is urgent to unify this energetic debate with the purpose to determine exactly investment options and put #alto to contradictions that take that five members, at least, of the European Union -*Austria, #Italia, *Dinamarca, *Portugal and #Grecia- that do not resort to the nuclear energy, #would be forced to fund politics that is, in more of a 50%, still subsidised by the European Union in matter of nuclear energy. +Respect reasons by the that the #british delegation has abstained concerning the amendments *núms. 5 and 8 -auxiliary doctors-, but *yo have not followed line, because, in the first place, treats of a position negotiator and, second, my immediate familiar experience of #one *comadrona of the *SNS, overwhelmed by an excessive work, no *me allows to impose to a decisive medical personnel labour days longer of it absolutely necessary. +*Ello has caused that the current #greek authorities have taken a very important decision, specifically the nomination of a new direction, resorting to expert of companies -in concrete the *Speedway, subsidiary of *British *Airways- that they have to update reflation plan of company and that, am safe, will be able to *ofrecernos along month sufficient data and the necessary guarantees so that, once and for all, #can authorise the last tract of helps to *Olympic *Airways and reach that #this takeoff adequately and take flight without greater problems. +Has shown a big opening, which *nos has allowed to reach commitments, no in the sense of commitments that hide the positions that defend the different Groups, but that have struggled and have taken a true effort to achieve a #european commitment, a #european approach that express the general support to the position of the Council and of the Commission. +Thus it is indispensable that the Commission achieve harmonisation of tariffs and the elimination of beaks *arancelarios and of progression *arancelaria, #as well as the suppression of #all the technical barriers to trade, understanding that to the less developed countries *les has to guarantee the free access to the international market of #all products so that they #can benefit also *ellos of the commercial liberalisation. +To finish, also *yo want to congratulate to the speaker by his excellent report and by will to get to consensus it wider possible on a so important subject like the next Round of #Millenium, of the *cual depends the consolidation of a commercial system *equitativo that ensure, to world-wide level, an economic order based in the social justice. +adherents of liberalisation of trade whereas engine of prosperity are so much more reluctant to this balance in measure in that it is difficult to argue the aggravation of the situation in these last years with the reinforcement of inequalities among the countries with delay in development and the countries advanced, like development of inequalities in the same breast of the countries developed. +At present, in spite of the good work of the speakers, position proposal of Parliament runs the risk to be more conservative that the of the Commission, and the Group of the Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers European has presented varied amendments directed to centre the approach of the report and to accelerate development of #one *Europa parliamentary. +Nevertheless, the construction of #this *Europa do not involves to deprive to villages and to the homelands of the *margen of autonomy that *les allows to dominate his own destination, is to say, that only #can undertake #if it supports in respect of the national sovereignties, in adhesion of villages, in the social consensus and politician, in the opening and transparency of the processes and in respect of #all the integral countries. +Subject: Prohibition of supply of fuels and threat of humanitarian catastrophe in *Yugoslavia Is being very questioned and has given place to forceful reactions the opposition of the EU -manifested in the frame of the Council of Ministers of External Subjects celebrated in *Luxemburgo- to supply fuel and products of first need to the inhabitants of *Yugoslavia so that they #can confront the next winter, #as well as the final decision to supply oil, under lemma "Action for democracy", only to two #serbian populations, *Nis and *Pirot, controlled by the opposition. +But where is the protection of workers, in particular against drama of unemployment, even in the richest countries of the European Union, precisely #that that #would have *sobradamente means to eradicate unemployment, #if the main worry of governments did not go gains of the great companies and enrichment of owners and shareholders? +The public and social services, like education or health, and also #that in the that are in game security of users and the collective interest, like the public transports or the aerial control, culture and the artistic creation, #can not subject to the balances of a commercial negotiation. +Given the existence of the international agreement reached by means of the Extraordinary Assembly of Nation Organisation Joined in June of 1998, for treatment balanced of the problem, so much in slope of decrease of offer, as in slope of decrease of demand, wanted to underline the possibilities that offers the new Treaty in article 152. +Gentleman Newton *Dunn, as *nosotros are of the opinion that in the weighting of proposal, by it other #worthy of attention, and of the intention that the Presidency #german of the Council had in moment, *nos remain with the that aspires to a wider goal, will refuse amendments, and no only those referred to the legal base, but #all #that that do not alter the fact that *usted has made an accurate work. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0054\/99) of Mr. *Seppänen in name of Budget Commission on the proposed decision of the Council by the that concedes to the European Bank of Investments guarantee of the Community to absorb the losses that derive of loans for project realisation of reconstruction of the zones affected by the earthquake in *Turquía. +Serve of example prevention group of *estupefacientes, that acts in breast of Investigation Centre and Development in the sanitary and social sector of *Finlandia, #as well as the group *Pompidou, group of cooperation of the Council of *Europa created in the decade of the 70 by initiative of President of *Francia for the fight against drug addiction and that has slopes projects for the reduction of offer and demand of *estupefacientes. +Believe that have the obligation bear with our *conciudadanos -and talk to Speaker in exercise of the Council of a #nordic country that always takes #gala of transparency- to reach a transparent process in the that, in the first place, Parliament was properly represented and *me #would enjoy that Speaker denied voices that say that the Presidency *opone to a full representation of Parliament in the Conference *Intergubernamental with two representatives. +Gentleman President, Speaker in exercise of the Council affirms that it always enjoys *cuando attends to Parliament, therefore it results quite extraordinary that in intervention have not answered to #any of the proposals of Parliament for the Conference *Intergubernamental, it that comes to confirm #news appeared in the press, that are reason of worry, that the European Council has chosen an agenda restricted for the *CIG and that the Letter is only *optativa. +During 1998 and 1999 with the approval of programs of the Commission of the European Parliament through work group *interinstitucional, *Turquía received bottoms inside Program *Meda and the Commission of Budgetary Control has approved the creation of work group during the debate of the budget of the year 2000. +*Yo particularly think -and had occasion to say it in the debate that kept in the month of October- that, for the first time, #all pieces of puzzle #turkish find on the table: the problem of the islands of the Sea *Egeo, the problem of *Chipre, the problem of the human rights and the problem of minorities. +In consequence, *nos seems timely that in occasion give another very clear signal that the preservation of the human rights and the protection of minorities in *Turquía follows being the essential condition so that the European Parliament express solidarity from sight point of cooperation and of support to country. +In spite of the diverse political initiatives directed to reduce pollution and improve the quality of the air, splits of the base that transport needs of *pasajeros will go back to increase drastically in the next ten years and the number of vehicles will increase in a 25%, it that will suppose a still greater charge for the quality of the air. +elements of said strategy are an agreement with the car industry on the reduction of CO2 broadcasts inside term *preestablecido and labeling system that indicate fuel consumption and facilitate the election of consumer in moment of purchase of a new tourism. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, as it indicates the speaker, Mrs. #Carmen *Fraga *Estévez, the presentation of the proposal of the new regulation of the Council by the that it establishes the Common Organisation of the Market in the sector of products of fishing and aquaculture produces in moment in the that #all the countries of the European Union constitute #one of the greater world-wide markets of products *pesqueros. +Perhaps these demonstrations served of pretext to the official protagonists of the Summit -#that that seated of plenary right around work table- not to assume until bottom the political responsibility of some certainly difficult negotiations but extremely necessary in matter of social rights and of protection of health of citizens, negotiations that no longer #can expect. +#That is reason by the that the budget of this year had to reflect in truth the need to reinforce the procedures of budgetary control and, like speaker of the budget for 2000 and in name of the Commission of Budgetary Control, wanted to receive with *beneplácito once again the creation of a new organ to struggle against fraud and the new places of the *OLAF reflected in the budget for this year. +Subject: Publication of compliance with article 5 of the Regulation 19\/65\/*CEE of the Council of 2 March 1965 Has taken into account the Commission the specificity and diversity of the sector of hospitality industry in *Bélgica, *afamado by the big quantity of bars friendly in the that they serve beers of the most diverse classes, and the repercussions of the application of reference Regulation especially among the small employers of the sector that will see affected? +Sure enough, there #be a *desfase remarkable among the noisy proclamations of the Union on wish to exert a more offensive paper in the solution of the great international problems, by part; and by #another, dealer discussions of carpets to the that have had to *entregarnos with the representatives of the governments *cuando treats to look for finance for new priorities. +Without embargo, have to say that, to the contrary of it that *sucede in the national field, in *Europa have observed that the practical politics develops above the parties and, in front of the material problems, the European Parliament is conscious of responsibility, that of course increased and happened to occupy place even more stood out to sight of the low participation in the #european elections. +#Such as it establishes article 35 of Regulation, the Commission of Budgetary Control, competent for this matter, listened and interrogated individually to candidates proposed days 22. and 23 November 1999. In said audiences, *nos guide, on the one hand, by disposals of the Treaty, that demand that candidates form part or have formed part in the past of control organ of accounts or are especially qualified for the exercise of said charge. +From sight point of the countries in development, the important questions are the creation of conditions to develop capacity to register pollution indexes and development of performance capacities in general, #as well as the promotion of technology transfer. +. (IN) In the first place, wanted to recognise, to the equal that am safe that it recognises #all Parliament, paper that has exerted the distinguished deputy Mr. *Soares no only in the restoration of democracy, the human dignity and the human rights in #one of the great countries of *Europa, but also the historical paper that has exerted at the end of the empire and in the conclusion of an empire with #all #decorum that has been possible, without forgetting *Macao. +The second problem is, definitely, the most important: although it mentions in the preamble, this text no answers to an essential problem, *cual is investigation directed to illnesses that are not little frequent, but concerning the *cuales no exists market for the pharmaceutical industry, in particular illnesses that affect to populations that #can not pay treatment: treats, especially, of the tropical illnesses, even of malaria and of tuberculosis. +Whereas the previous rounds carried out inside the greater discretion, among negotiators *sagaces and taking into account only the commercial interests of country, the next round, #whose date of start is up to now unknown, only will be able to make in transparency and integrating in the debates #all the questions linked with trade, to know: the social norms, the environment, the protection of consumers, culture. +Subject: Granting of humanitarian help to Serbian Has the Council the intention to undertake initiatives directed to send humanitarian help to village #serbian, now that winter is in doors, since the maintenance of the embargo -on the that has manifested reservations even the coordinator of the Stability Pact, Mr. *Bodo *Hombach- affects to village #serbian in greater measure that to diet of *Milosevic? +Of here that it value very positively the Report *Murphy and that it have voted in favour of #the same by what said report introduces again looks that the Council had deleted when elaborating his common position, but that represent an unquestionable benefit for #SME, in particular the obligation to fix by law the establishment of some same terms of collection in the commercial transactions and the that this obligation *incumba also to the public powers. +Given the importance of tourism, by part, regarding the creation of places of work and, by #another, regarding diffusion of the #european culture and taking into account the constant postponement of the approval of program in question by part of the Council of Ministers of Tourism, #can indicate the Council for when has foreseen the definite approval of program? +Create also that it is necessary to elaborate and draft this code of fine administrative behaviour that #would help so much to Request Commission as to Defender of Village in work. Help to Defender of Village and to Request Commission in work is not more that help to that the #european construction was more credible for the #european citizens. +Is by #this that, giving follow-up to the investigation of initiative carried out by Defender of Village on infringement procedures, the Commission has engaged to facilitate, in moment in that it informs to the author of complaint of intention of *archivarla -*cuando #this is the intention- also reasons by the that estimates that no exists violation of the community Right. +*Me give account that politics and the Institutions have to involve in the situations that produce and, by #this, when confirming trial on conflict, back any initiative directed to find a positive solution from the point of political sight, ethical and juridical, entrusting especially in paper that the UN, the European Union, NATO and *Rusia #can and have to exert. +Affirm that it gave deal to Nations Joined because two permanent members of the Security Council blocked action of NATO (#such as have right to take basing in the statute of the UN...), is monument to arbitrariness and a dangerous sample of totalitarian logic, is to say, *acaso Nations Joined are only useful *cuando agree with NATO? +*Me cheer especially that, in spite of hit that has suffered lately the Commission -although Mr. Commissioner is above #all history- do not have ceased to boost this so useful work in the sector of the financial services. +*Me upset the words of Mr. *Prodi, that seems more concerned for respecting the tradition of bulimia of power of the Commission, that for clearing how this last will apply the principles of prevention and of just trade (on the *cuales the next President of the Commission *calla) during the commercial negotiations in the that goes to represent the interests of States members. +Gentleman President, the title sounds very promising, but, to trial, the greater misfortune that suffer the greater persons in this moment -*yo *me include among *ellos- is the resignation of the Commission, since, as a result of *ella, the proposals of Commissioner *Monti to elaborate a directive allocated to liberalise the market of pension bottoms will remain in inkwell by long. +Identify also like signals of identity of a progressive politics the protection of the environment integrated in #all the community politics and the review of the ceiling of the own resources in the financial perspectives of Diary 2000, #as well as the maintenance of the internal solidarity of the Union through Bottoms structural and of cohesion. +Have initiated this path: has begun shyly the path of harmonisation of the economic politics; Mr. Commissioner *Monti has elaborated project for harmonisation of the fiscal politics that will have to be approved, and in the next European Council of Colony will tackle the subject of the European Pact by Employment. +These agreements, for the time being, more that liberalisation have caused concentration of the market in hands of some #few multinationals that have imposed control system *monopolístico; after the agreements *GATT have not fulfilled protection clauses of the environment, of health, ethical and of defence of the most disadvantaged villages of the world. +Also support the request by part of the investment speaker public\/private to achieve a modern infrastructure of transports and communications in the Union and also request to the Commission and to the Council so that they find the mechanism of appropriate finance, as, for example, enlargement of paper of the *BEI. +#alto solution fire that do not regulate unambiguously look will not be able to achieve, to my seem, a true #alto fire. The return of refugees has to go accompanied, in effect, of the deployment of peace strength solid with a strong participation of NATO, but also of neutral countries, of *Rusia and of countries. +To the encourage the secession of the #Kosovar of #albanian tongue, that no always have been *exentos of exactions, justifies with hindsight precisely *aquello that wanted to condemn and, in particular, to the Government of *Milosevic, because although claims #albanian on *Kosovo are legitimate in name of the rights of an ethnic majority, in this case *Milosevic has foundation to demand for Serbian annexation of the *Krajina Croat, populated in his majority by #serbian, or annexation of part of *Bosnia, equally populated in part by #serbian. +Believe that the crisis of *Kosovo shows to #that that did not want to recognise it that need a ministry and Subject minister External, a ministry and Defence minister and Security, and that already is hour that it endow to *Europa of the necessary instruments to reach said goal in ten or fifteen years, as *Europa knew to take it takes ten or fifteen years in the case of the Economic and Monetary Union. +But will be necessary the improvement of the judicial system, of the public administration, of the strengths of police and of the regional authorities by means of training, support to reforms, the strengthening of relations among the political means Europeans and Russians, #as well as of support to the *ONG and to the independent social media. +Inside the socialist Group there #be the one who thinks that yes there #be a reasonable base of negotiation and that it is *eso it that we have to take. No only by the media, no only by the public opinion, no only by the constituents, but to be in peace with *nosotros same and show that *cuando talk in name of villages of *Europa, in name of the democratic constituents, have a minimum affinity with the common persons and that we have to put end to a series of practices, what before, better. +The want to have available, anyway, before the first reading of the European Parliament, because #if we #would not be in hands of the Council, *cuando treat of the additional means that will put really to disposal for category 5. Because #if notification gets after the first reading by part of Parliament, then only will be able to make rectification #if parts of Budget Authority, or was the Council and Parliament, approve it. +Second: in this statutory page of a report that never have signed, puts that today in the meeting, on 4 May President of the European Parliament has announced confirmation of the common position and that has transacted this common position to transport Commission and Tourism, like corresponding commission. +#If it takes into account that in the year 1998 the natural called «disasters» -*yo no the #would consider always natural- have caused 50.000 dead persons and 12, 4 trillions of pesetas in losses (floods, fires, hurricanes -like the *Mitch- or environmental catastrophes -always memory *Doñana, that follows *coleando and with problems-) has taken indispensable that the organisations of civil protection play an important paper in each #one of these disasters, especially #if said organisations work well, his integral are very formed and at the same time form part of a network of community cooperation. +goal is to offer, on the one hand, commitment among having uniform requirements and, by #another, facilitate access of the European Union to the world-wide markets approximating the industrial specifications of the European Union to the widest requirements established in the Regulation of 1995 of the Economic Commission for *Europa of Nations Joined. +Has chaired during #one of the most extraordinary periods of history of the European Union and of life of Parliament, as *usted same has said in intervention: splitting of the Conference *Intergubernamental, happening by the introduction of the euro and until the unexpected process of ratification of the new Commission, of the that also *nos have occupied, although it was not in the calendar neither expected to take it. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, in Congress of The Have in 1998, the #european movement regretted that the Union seemed today condemned to advance in a big conceptual gap and appeared *desprovista of any political perspective, precisely in moment in that it is to the two great adventures of history: coin only and enlargement. +Believe that it is important to stand out that the structural Bottoms, with his downward profile of costs, represent an important contribution to the consolidation of the budget. guarantees the community solidarity to the highest level of the last period of helps, is to say, help level of 1999 for structure regions feebler. +In moment voted in favour of the investiture of #Jacques *Santer for the Presidency of the Commission, considering that it had been Prime minister of a small country like the #mine, but much less affected by immigration *extraeuropea, by unemployment and by taxes, giving #alert voice for having accepted at the front of the different departments to the worst and to the best. +Underline also the importance that President Roman *Prodi attributes to the #mediterranean politics, that plants in a similar plane to the of enlargement to the SIN, will to contribute to a greater dynamism of the #european economy and to a reduction of unemployment and, thing for *nosotros essential, defence of the economic and social cohesion. +And it that it is more important, for me personally, the jewel of crown reached as a result of the informal negotiations back to *Berlín in *Estrasburgo was that the Council gave approval to appeal of the European Parliament to modify the decision of the Summit of *Berlín to add a new initiative *URBAN with the 0, 35 % of bottoms added to batch community. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, lady Commissioner, gentleman Commissioner, the repercussions of the basic agreement on the agricultural reform «Diary 2000» on agriculture in the European Union and on the agricultural incomes, are less negative that in the primitive proposals of the Commission since price reductions have resulted lower in cereals and meat of *vacuno. +Subject: Free circulation of persons in the EU So as to prevent participation in demonstration (authorised) on 27 March in #París, the #french authorities blocked to 3000 Italians in border the night of 26 March. This grave fact violates the right of demonstration and freedom of circulation in the European Union +For example, a proposal to fund measure with charge to the *IFOP for the regions of the Goal 1 and 2 but with charge to guarantee sector of the *FEOGA for other regions #can not encourage more that bottom «hunting», in the that companies of the sector *pesquero #can go back to establish in the Community with the simple goal to endorse bottoms for a determined project. +The bad news is that an overwhelming majority of the commission has criticised and even has protested with vehemence against form and method in that said decisions and disposals have seen the light. Expect that this Assembly add to complaints, since *revisten a special importance in it that to the parliamentary control and the *codecisión of Parliament in the field of the inner security refers. +On the other hand, wanted to signal that as a result of this behaviour of the Council arises once again doubt of #if theory of the *legitimación indirect of the Council like legislator in terrains so crucial follow being sustainable to these heights. As no only the European Parliament proceeds to the debate without having of the corresponding documentation, no only the European Parliament remains to the *margen of the decisions and the *preparativos of the Council, but that have proof that also the national Parliaments are informed late and badly. +is not correct, in the first place, because no exists absolute majority, as *usted same had signalled it on purpose of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 17 July 1998 on the external politics and of common security, agreement to the that *yo *me had opposite together with my Group; and, second, is not correct because no exists any type of ratification by the national Parliaments of texts that add, modify or complete the Treaties, often of substantial way. +In effect, the amendments incorporated to the proposal of the Commission, and that the Council affirms to be had to accept, improve noticeably access to information on procedures of community decision too much secret, well treat of the committees, of the documents that argue, of the agendas, of the list of participants, or well -even-of the calendar of works of the committees. +On this false base, the resolution of the European Parliament, that tackles especially the preparatory works of the future reform, proposes that the Commission initiate -and afterwards direct- the process, and that, without abandoning his supposed political responsibility, entrust the editorial of a *primer document to expert group, formula that already used in the preparation of *Maastricht. +But want to signal that placing of #all the process of electoral query under responsibility of the Security Council of Nations Joined will force necessarily to strength intervention of appropriate security, #if Indonesian did not fulfils with duty to disarm to militias and watch by that the process pass without interference of the terrorist groups and armed. +Have had the honour to take part this week in three occasions, in my last apparition in front of Parliament, to talk about freedom and of peace in *Kosovo, in favour of efforts of the EU in fight against death pity and in favour of a court for war crimes. +And with arrangement to this opinion and had account that Mr. *Anwar #Ibrahim already has happened almost seven months in prison without having the possibility to resort to bail, the Commission considers that the process, that appeal of lawyers of defence already announced, has to carry out with arrangement to the criteria accepted internationally to consider trial like just. +A high level of nuclear security is a priority of adhesion process, and the Commission is had to cooperate with #all States candidates to help to improve the nuclear security, guaranteeing that the levels of technological security and of operation adjust to practices, at present valid in the Union in matter of security. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0226\/99) of Mrs. *Lulling, for the Delegation of Parliament in the Conciliation Committee, on the Regulation (*CE) of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to statistics of sake exchanges among States members so as to reduce data that have to provide (3608\/99 - *C4-0172\/99-97\/0155(*COD)) +Thus *le invite to that, of compliance with article 38 of the Regulation (statements to explain decisions of the Commission), ask to the Commission, *cuando finish the agenda of today, that avenges to this hemicycle to explain the decision that took yesterday to impose to the French Federation of Football fine by quantity *irrisoria of 650 pounds by a clear violation of the community norms. +To #all #that that are in favour of a politics of preventive peace -on it that exists a wide consensus in the national Parliaments and in the European Parliament- by #everything it that has not reached *Dayton -it that did not supposes criticism to *Dayton, as probably then no existed another possibility-, want *decirles that approach strategy on a long-term basis for the *Sudeste of *Europa to the *Europa of integration to integrate to continuation really in *ella, has converted now in operative politics. +Regarding party considerations, is evident that the Commission has to represent the great political strengths of the European Union and that in level of Parliament will have to follow practising with #all the great Groups -and no treats only of two Groups- a politics of necessary cooperation to carry to term our legislative work. +Suffice to remember paper that had Mr. *Bangemann in the proposal reviewed of the Commission on author rights and society of information, pressures that carried out #Telephone to introduce changes in directive proposal previously refused by Parliament, the active politics of #Telephone of face to achieve penetrate in means, and even in relation with rates. +Also #would say that Mr. *Kreissl-*Dörfler had reason in insisting, together with Mr. *Duff -in a *primer speech very interesting-in that #if #all the institutions do not show the highest levels of *rectitud for himself\/hisself same, and by himself\/hisself same, the criteria will be imposed from out, well in form of punishment by part of the public opinion, in principle by means of apathy and *desinterés, but perhaps of other more direct ways, also political, or well that the Council assume responsibility that #others do not seem to be had to show. +Therefore, believe that the Commission has applied wrongly article 82 of the Treaty, because in this case no treated to take advantage of *abusivamente of a dominant position, but to benefit , of an absolutely just and comprehensible way, of a very particular situation from the point of fiscal sight. +First, the Committee of Independent Experts recognises that, although the last responsibility of the management *recae in the Commission, no fits to ignore that the administrations of States members execute at least the 80% of the community budget and that attitude in front of fraud is not always diligent although afterwards ministers are the that *despotriquen against the community management. +Also with regard to #this, to my opinion, *nos find in front of a true fraud, because undress of authority to the free will of persons that organise on the base of article of the Regulation, is not an act of democracy and of freedom; before well, #if deputy thought that act has inspired only in it that it is the economic budget of the groups and of assistants, then *nos find in front of an authentic case of fraud. +But the question that it #would be necessary to take is #if it will not have got moment that, #if the European Community wants to have protected sure enough his financial interests, exist a penal community Right that allow to configure like community offence, with a competent penal jurisdiction, fraud against the financial interests of the Community. +In *tercer place, #if the Agriculture Commissioner designated also loans greater attention to the amendments presented by Parliament and to the own members of parliament, always that #that, just is to say it, no *rebasen the budgetary limits and do not derogate juridical acts already existent, the majority opinion of my Group is that experience, competition and commitment of candidate allow to conclude that it will make a fine work like member of the Commission. +Without embargo, part of group do not expects of the Commission an ecological approach in performances, and from now on #all group will commission that the Commission respect the principle of sustainable development and make possible the creation of a *Europa of citizens, so that goals are always present to hour to take decisions. +The Ministers of Justice and Inner will elaborate the subjects of competition in an unofficial meeting that will celebrate in *Turku days 16 and 17 September, and the Council of General Subjects began the *preparativos of the European Council in a meeting that took place the past Monday, for *cerrarlos definitively in meeting of the 11 to 12 October. +report (To5-0013) of Mrs. *Pack, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence, on regulation proposal of the Council (*COM(1999)312 - *C5-0062\/1999 - 1999\/0123(*CNS)) by the that it modifies the Regulation (*CE) *nº 1628\/1996, of 25 July 1996, relative to help to *Bosnia and *Herzegovina, *Croacia, the Federative Republic of *Yugoslavia and the ancient Yugoslav Republic of *Macedonia and, especially, by the that it creates the European Agency of Reconstruction +Inform (To5-0013\/99) of Mrs. *Pack, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence, on Regulation proposal (*CE) of the Council (*COM(1999) 312 - *C5-0062\/1999 - 1999\/0132(*CNS)) relative to the modification of the Regulation (*CE) 1628\/96 relative to help to *Bosnia-*Herzegovina, *Croacia, Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia and to the ancient #yugoslav Republic of *Macedonia, mainly by the creation of a European Agency of Reconstruction +In *tercer place, in terms of economic support and support to development, commitment of the Commission in the frame of the Agreement of *Lomé #can and #would have to be reactivated with two conditions: in the first place, an improvement of the situation of security in the *RDC and, second, a result of the national debate that guarantee a stable political disposal in the *RDC and in the that respect the fundamental elements of the Agreement of *Lomé. +Of the recent past and of his *productivismo *descabellado inherit a situation that, in the common agricultural field - with *demasiada frequency -, has put politics to service of the great economic groups *agroalimentarios and of distribution on a large scale. Result: crazy cows, chickens that poison "to dioxin" , oil of casting in oil for consumption, muds of purification in flours for livestock, and do not quote more... +*Algo very distinct to Big *Bretaña: has not produced eradication of illness and animal tax ailing situates still in a level too much elevated for avert any risk of pollution and to guarantee to consumers a healthy product. +will Have to organise, therefore, a big conference on AIDS, but without *dejarla only in hands of the countries that afterwards have to manage specifically some so dramatic consequences, but a conference, as *auguramos from takes years, in 1993, on pandemias, AIDS, that under responsibility face up to this situation and arbitrate measures that correspond to an international authority, to sight that the WHO is totally unable to offer concrete answers. +The answer of Parliament in form elaborated by Budget Commission is that it important in this stage is to review the financial perspectives and of form ensure also in fact the arrival to destination of the general assistance given by Parliament and by the European Union #as well as the possibility to carry to good term these subjects. +help to payment scales is help to reinforce reservations of a country of form that #can face up to problems of external payments, that always have compensation: always pays or by provision of service or by the acquisition of commodity. +Thus, give my approval, of course, to the amendments presented by gentleman *Langen that demand of the Commission a more active paper to boost promotion strategy coordinated in breast of States members #as well as to develop the potential of *Europa in export of the relative technologies to the renewable energies. +The technical advances of the last years have improved clearly efficiency of sources of renewable energy, and in place to allocate *tantos resources to the atomic industry #european, as obviously it takes the Commission, owe *redoblarse efforts for promoting sources of renewable energy. +The *primer moment of *apogeo of this process of democratisation were the democratic elections of 1994, the first celebrated for #all the #south african, that constituted a visible expression of the release no only of the majority of the population until then *oprimida, but in reality also, create *yo, of the privileged by the ancient system; of release of pressure *autoimpuesta of having to justify a system that *ellos same knew, at least in his *fuero internal, that was *injustificable and that also *les was *distanciando progressively of persons of *Europa and *Norteamérica with the that felt cultural and ethnically identified. +#There is chapters like tax on value added that require harmonisation because, of it contrary, #would distort competition; likewise exist chapters, to know, society tax and tax on performances of the capital furniture that, by the contrary, have to be harmonised in part in that harmonisation fault involves distortion of competition. +The one who do not recognise now that has got hour of the truth neither recognise that it has to give a clear and sincere answer to *Turquía, will run the risk that it do not reach all *aquello that want of *Turquía but that produce a very different evolution of the that we will be also responsible in the case that *Turquía do not look for already the path to family of the community of democratic values in *Europa but in any #another spot. +Finally, do not leaves to be, definitely, interesting observe that cooperation that seals of way with this big country of the South #can contribute to the creation of synergistic effects useful for the European Union in the frame of the delicate negotiations that go to initiate in breast of the *OMC, from the Conference of *Seattle of the next month of November. +In effect, control fault on our part #would have dramatic consequences for society, gravely affected by unemployment (40% of the active population) and #would go totally against of efforts that the European Union makes from takes years, through the structural Bottoms, to favour the economic and social development of the island. +But not even have value of #Emma *Tuahepa, the one who has brave to ask to the #african governments it that had taken and it that are with money of the #african, and it only that *ustedes have limited to signal is that #any of the eleven Bosses of #african State *dignó to assist to the Conference, or the importance of the cultural and religious factors in the propagation of plague. +Think, for example, in an excessive *enfatización of the clauses of social protection, of the *dumping social there #where knows perfectly that #this will be mere *declamaciones after the *cuales no will have swim more not even effective controls and that, in fact, only will be the sword of #Damocles protectionist for the countries in development, for the countries of recent industrialisation, that will be able to be used *cuando the old *Europa, the old *Europa of bureaucracies, of the #sindical bureaucracies and of the industrial decadence, will find with water to the neck. +The 25 May 1999 the agreement was signed by President of Parliament, Mr. #Gil-Oaks, President of the Council and President of the Commission; the Council and the Commission adopted on 25 May and on 2 June, respectively, the timely decisions of competition with seen to the application of the agreement in breast of said Institutions. +#would Be suicidal, *contrariamente to it that #some have affirmed today, think that the #european rulers #can exert pressures so that the Central Bank *supla inability to reactivate the economy through the structural reforms, liberalisation of the markets, before #all the of work, and the budgetary rigour that it has to go accompanied of a reduction of the fiscal charge on persons and companies. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Central Bank European, *Señorías, this debate celebrates *cuando have fulfilled the first nine months of life of the euro, in conditions that allow to ensure that introduction has been hit, although it only was in the sense limited that the transition to the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union has produced without greater *sobresaltos. +Another big difference is that it is very easy to try take a false note with modern technicians of photocopied it that constitutes reason by the that the precise details of notes go to be given to know amply but only little before introduction to reduce the risk of fake and not confusing to the public that is not even familiarised with notes. +Group will take use of #all means to scope to influence in the community budgets so that they believe the bases of a #european bottom for refugee; subject #this, that now only went object of quotation in the decisions of the Council, urging to the Commission to study the possibility to " consider the creation of *algún bottom of reservation for situations, in the that great groups of refugees need temporary protection." +A strong signal of *Tampere that *Europa has left to be only a market and that the #european citizen no longer is only consumer and worker; that citizen, whereas citizen, with #all dimensions, with #all worries, with #all needs, with #all demands, is in the centre of the #european construction. +In occasion will have to give a clear signal so that the preparation process of the Letter and the Conference *Intergubernamental of the Union, that will develop simultaneously, express two convergent dynamics, with seen to guarantee enlargement conditions and strengthen the foundations of right State in right Union. +Still do not circulate notes of the #european coin and, watches by where, already talked in June, in Colony, of a #european army and, in September, in *Tampere, of a #european penal justice, is a Letter of Fundamental Rights and, finally and especially, the Commission asks to the European Council that accept the perspective of a *Europa expanded until the #Asia Lower and until the western borders of the *Irak and of the will Go. +Report (To5-0021\/1999) of Mr. *Hatzidakis, in name of the Commission of Regional Politics, Transports and Tourism, on the Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council - Repercussions of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on the legislative procedures in course in the field of the regional politics, of transports and of tourism (*SEC(1999) 581 - *C4-0219\/1999) +Have to confess -already with #any experience in relations among the European Parliament and Congress of States Joined- that in Congress of States Joined have friends and speakers, but that have not been able to board in moment a positive debate with senator *Helms, that seems that it do not has not even of North American passport and that considers, no only in this subject but in #others #many, that *él is the that imposes law to the world. +Gentleman President, wish to support program Culture 2000 and congratulate to the speaker, the Basque Mr. *Graça *Moura, for having enriched the group of the text with new contributions directed, by part, to achieve greater participation of the countries and of the *beneficiarios and, by #another, to insist on the need to diversify the announcements, #as well as with recommendations in defence of deconcentration of activities and great cultural events. +More specifically, regarding the agricultural chapter of the budget, is evident that even before they begin negotiations *multilaterales of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the EU proposes to coordinate with the North American the reduction of the protection and of interventions, by means of the reduction of resources allocated to the different agricultural products, fact that comports new reductions in income of producers and new limitations to crops. +The Managerial Committee European Scientist has to pronounce on the relevance of the #french arguments since Monday, the group *ad *hoc that gathers to the #european specialists of illnesses of *priones has not been able to get to an unanimous conclusion and has transmitted to the Scientific Committee European the results of works. +#would Suit *conmigo in that the relative situation to meat of bovine has contributed now, in front of the public opinion, to create chaos regarding the *aceptabilidad of trials issued in the #european level on the *inocuidad of foods and that *eso no presages at all good for the plan of Mr. *Prodi to create a #european agency of alimentary security? +#If #this do not locate and are not recognised like the real causes of the problems to the that they confront workers of the sea, #can not talk neither of measures neither of the creation of mechanisms of control, for example of rest of workers of the sea, that only #can give of ineffective form and *hipócrita, perpetuating like this intensification diet of work and of exploitation. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0049\/1999) of Mr. *Gahrton, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the Council by the that celebrates Agreement of scientific cooperation and technical among the European Community and the Popular Republic of Chinese [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0287$ - ^*C$^5$-^0038$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0123$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0045\/1999) of Mr. *Linkohr, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the Council [$^*COM$^($^99$^)$ ^0292$ - ^*C$^5$-^0040$/^99$ - ^99$/^0125$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ by the that celebrates Agreement of scientific cooperation and technical among the European Community and the Argentinian Republic. +In the main document *nos likes in particular -as to #others- the insistence in the need of a coherent approach of regulation of network Internet and of the electronic trade and also in the intellectual property, sale to distance and data protection, looks collected, #all *ellos, to protect the rights of consumers and guarantee suitable norms of feasibility. +Therefore, the goals consist, first, in establishing in #all the European Union and in #all the countries applicants, networks of communication among the organisations that occupy to struggle against violence exerted on women and boys, as these organisations are the that know the field; second, in creating consciousness among #all Europeans about nature of this bad and of the need to eradicate it and to allocate bottoms to *ello. +In this report underlined also the need that we promoted the celebration of an exceptional European Council on the future of politics familiar and of protection of infancy in the European Union, and that it presented to Parliament a comparative annual report of legislations of countries in this subject. +Regarding the amendments, have to say that the European Commission has accepted fully nine, has accepted 7 of *ellas of entrance; but have not advanced more and #would want to explain why: During the Presidency #finnish, that as *ustedes know is responsible to boost the complementary directives and planning of semester, gave a strategic option that had communicated to Employment Commission and Social Subjects. +#If there #be not resulted until finals of year, my intention is, in the Presidency #portuguese, introduce strategy change, a distinct approximation to the problem and a base of distinct negotiations, to boost said managerial with steps faster and, explaining already with a first reaction of the Council, that the Commission advance in the new approximation, that #would say that it is *algo easy. +More that some words, #would want simply ask, like witness alas very near, that further of the message of compassion -and is truth that families of the victims will appreciate it- #can, in quality of European Parliament, initiate solidarity procedure by means of helps that #can attribute to this region of the big South so *duramente affected, in favour of families, first, and afterwards of #that that have lost it all, without embargo also in it that touches to the economic instrument that has remained destroyed. +Share also sight point that a just configuration of the budget #can not make exclusively in side of income of the budget and share also the opinion that no it is necessary to expect until the year 2006 to keep a debate on reform but that it has to make with support inside term of office period. +Also signals in this resolution -and is perhaps the most important point, section 4- that ask Plenary that approve the decision to increase the amount of budget project *rectificativo and supplementary 5\/99 in 25 millions in credits of payment allocated to program *PHARE, in consonance, lady *Schreyer, with the urgent needs of program that *nos has signalled the Commission. +In *Europa have to take our contribution and give good example to the rest of the world, even recognising that the greater pressure for the energetic consumption in the future will owe to countries like States Joined, that is quite *despilfarrador in energy consumption, and also to the countries in development that, to measure that economies grow and increase level of life, go to need a greater energetic consumption, that probably will proceed of sources of energy quite *contaminantes. +The unitary confrontation of the #european citizens on the familiar differences and the questions that accompany to custody of boys in case of divorce is clear that go to avert to thousands of families tiredness and complications with bureaucracy and also will reinforce security feeling and of confidence of citizens in the European Union. +These two instruments constitute #one of the first stones of the community building that are, #whose fundamental goal is the to offer to #all citizens and to the juridical agents of the Union an easier access, faster and more effective to justice like *salvaguardia of the norms of juridical security. +Subject: Application of the directive on nitrates Is conscious the Commission (and are it in particular the responsible commissioners of environment and agriculture) that the #european directive on nitrates (91\/676\/*CEE) do not offers absolute guarantees by it that refers to the quality of the subterranean waters, seen that the directive centres in nitrates pertinent of *abonos of animal origin, leaving like this sideways nitrate sources? +do not try to hide the military dimension of security, but #where more hurts is, to trial, in this continuous strategy to see *obnubilada by the military look in detriment of politics *paneuropea of prevention of conflicts that was to measure of tensions and fractures of the cold #postwar period in our continent. +Have heard with relief this morning position taking very firm of gentleman #Solana on this subject and commitment that has assumed to exert #all influence this afternoon in *Estambul so that in this territory respect the international right and the of persons, and with relief finish of *oírle say, gentleman Commissioner *Patten, that will go immediately to add on terrain efforts to the of gentleman #Solana. +Takes fault a European Parliament general legislator of the Union, like the Council, that take part of plenary right in the designation of members of the Institutions and able to establish confidence relation with the European Commission that no longer will see weakened by the double majority qualified today necessary for censorship motion. +Demand that have true capacity of decision in it referred to the fundamental looks of the common politics of fishing and base regulations, for example in the field of the organisation of the market, the conservation and exploitation of resources *pesqueros, control measures and the instruments of the structural politics. #This calls *codecisión of Parliament. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0066\/1999) of Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by Fight Office against Fraud (*OLAF). +#One, speaker of the Commission of Budgetary Control, Mrs. *Theato, that is a bit mother of the *OLAF and of #all this regulation; the #another, to the that consider father of the current regulation, is Mr. *Napolitano, that has had a big *mesura, a big intelligence and, especially, prowess to hour to confront a difficult solution. +#would Have to be compulsory that had a greater coherence among norms that govern trade, work, the environment, the animal welfare and other norms of international acceptance and the principles of the "fine management of societies" by means of a better cooperation among the *OMC, the *OIT, Nations Joined, the agreements *multilaterales environmental and other international institutions. +#Such as it had required it president *Pasqua during the general debate that took place in Plenary at the beginning of October, and as it finishes to remember it *pertinentemente my colleague #Georges *Berthu, before initiating a new cycle of negotiations is indispensable to make a clear and precise balance, goal, therefore independent and contradictory, with the end to perceive the economic consequences, social, environmental and of alimentary security of the previous agreements of the Round *Uruguay. +Under the threat of delay of enlargement or even of the dissolution of the Union, by his own creators, in the attempt, without rules neither laws, for conquering new markets and deliver the booty, capital *monopolista treats to surpass his internal contradictions, that were and follow being important, with #such to serve to the common interest of *sobreexplotar to workers and obtain the maximum benefit. +In spite of the positive measures that adopted after the resolution of Parliament, in the past day 16 September, in particular the entrance of the international strength of peace and security with the *égida of Nations Joined, the *INTERFET, the situation in matter of humanitarian security follow being grave so much in the territory of *Timor Oriental, #where is essential that get means to support reconstruction, as in the case of the wall of 250.000 displaced by force to Indonesian, in particular to the western part of *Timor. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, seism succession that have seeded the destruction in northwest of *Turquía *nos has moved to consider essential the reinforcement of assignments for country and, therefore, vote *favorablemente, in first reading, a review of the financial perspectives that establishes emergency support to *Turquía, to pair with the priority that concede to reconstruction of *Timor Oriental. +In accordance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0053\/1999) of Mr. *Medina *Ortega, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market, on regulation proposal (*CE) of the Council by the that it modifies the Regulation (*CEE) *nº 1911\/91 relative to the application of disposals of the community Right in the Canarian islands (*COM(1999) 0226 - *C5-0127\/1999 - 19990111(*CNS)) +Have known that an American dockyard -that did not build ships from took more of forty years- has received commission to build two transatlantic fuselages allocated to communication service of the islands *Hawai, since the American law reservation to dockyards of country the construction of crafts that make inner transports. +Although it has decided to renounce openly to dockyards, the most recent events in *Corea of the South #can conduct to that in the Union begin to confuse the old forms of support to dockyards and measures of the guidelines of1997 #whose goal is not competition politics, but simply the of politics according to the doctrine of the stable development and of *safety *of *the are. +Also have tried to convince to the aspiring countries of the importance of these subjects *diciéndoles that, although no #all the subjects are in the negotiation list, #can be that #this wake up so much interest in Parliaments of States members, that the best form to ensure a fast integration is to begin to work with time to resolve these questions, that, nevertheless, will earn big importance *cuando consumes adhesion. +Take advantage of occasion for *pedirle to *usted, to President of Parliament, to the Presidency in exercise of the Council, to the Commission, an urgent initiative to take a call to States Joined so that they suspend the execution of *Derek #Rocco *Bernabei, because the battle against death pity is a battle of *civismo that it has to rid always that it was precise and in #all the possible forms. +Today have debated with the Presidency in exercise of the Council and with President of the Commission the problems that pose, the proposals that has taken the European Commission in the frame of report to the summit of *Helsinki and also regarding attitude that presumably goes to follow the Council of ministers. +By reason precisely, not to give hit to strengths that struggle today by democracy, to send a message of solidarity to the *represaliados, pressure message by the authentic democratisation of diet, *les invite to not voting these two proposals, or, at least, to *devolverlas to the Commission, until *Turquía give concrete samples of democratisation and of respect to the international right. +To sight of transformations that is sylviculture in my country, in the sense of a reduction of the natural spaces, of a massive decrease of plant demand and also of a fault of public resources, *me see forced to signal this fact. +Some that payment system in great operations has worked very well, whereas -and #all agree- the problem of the excessive commissions in the current moment in changes is a negative environment, because had improvement expectations in the cost of the changes of coin during this period, expectation that has not seen fulfilled. +Also celebrate that the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer have toughened in report the requirements regarding that it have data easily accessible and comprehensible of form that the public opinion keep informed in any moment of the quality of the air and of the possible problems of pollution derived of the dangerous broadcasts. +The Liberal give compliance in the final vote to the common resolution, but affirm to time that has not modified the position in the question of reform of the Treaties, of the preparation and execution of the conference *intergubernamental , #such as it has put of self-evident in behaviour of vote on the Report *Dimitrakopoulos\/*Leinen. +Also there was reason *circunstancial, the self-evident inability by part of delegations to engage with a true process of negotiation of the agenda and, from sight point, it is necessary to ask #if it was lucky the coincidence of the inauguration of the conference with the of the beginning of the electoral campaign in States Joined. +The common fundamental goal to the two programs consists in contributing to the progressive construction of #one *Europa of knowledge, able to transmit to youngsters and to adults qualifications and the necessary competitions to insert in the market of employment and, it that also is important and often forgets, in society. +The relative measures to the conservation of fish populations and to control of activities of fishing have to be the content of the agreements signed in the frame of the regional organisations of fishing, and these organisations have to fulfil platform functions of the international cooperation. +And now, in moment in that it has given this step -and it is necessary to remember that relation with *Turquía did not comes of yesterday, comes of 1963-, *nosotros expect that *Turquía also know to answer of positive way, so much in his process of internal democratisation as also in relations, no only with the Community, but fundamentally with the country that has given the most important step that believe that it is necessary to hail: #Grecia and Government. +Is likewise evident, without embargo, that enlargement in terms foreseen did not allows neither the immediate realisation of a common external politics neither the definition of a project of economic politics, although this last was extremely urgent, also to sight of the rise of the dollar with regard to the euro and of the disappointing results of *Seattle. +In said document that traces back to the month of October of this year aims, among things, that so as to guarantee the global and sustainable competitiveness of industries of the European Union based in sylviculture or related with #the same, will be precise to guarantee surroundings that boost competition and boost adaptation of industry of the European Union to competition more *aguerrida. +am not economist, am civil engineer; but want to underline the exceptional work that Mr. *Bourlanges and his *coponentes have made, and expect that *nos help in a debate to evaluate notable subjects, to end to be able to judge, with the results in hand, in how measured materialises the Commission the political decisions expressed in the budgets and did not has, at the end, other pertinent consequences of application. +Seen that now we have been debating very thoroughly the Budget 2000 and Parliament wanted to mark criteria so as to that in the zones affected by war, as for example in the *Balcanes, make planning *plurianual of finance, #would have to adopt with greater frequency optics, instead of *dispersarnos excessively in small programs and isolated projects, that do not allow an effective control and that represent costs of upper personnel to the really necessary for the goals that wish to achieve. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0081\/1999) of Mr. *Valdivielso of *Cué, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on regulation proposal (*CE, *Euratom) of the relative Council to the granting of assistance to the New Independent States and to *Mongolia in reform effort and economic recovery (*COM(1998) 753 - *C4-0038\/1999 - 1998\/0368(*CNS)). +The past week knew that the Commission, that had to pronounce on help package of the #british Government, thought to answer to this need that plant purchase a world-wide scope, has *postergado decision once again, and delay affects to confidence of consumers and to the future of factory. +*Limitándome to the last events in the Council, the Presidency #finnish has prepared form directed to #all the countries members and to #all the #european institutions on the subject "women in decision processes" #whose answers have made possible to the Presidency #finnish the editorial of a report that contains nine indicators and #some recommendations. +Recommendation (To5-0079\/1999) of Mr. *Bodrato, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the relative Council to the celebration of the Agreement on establishment of regulations technical world-wide applicable to tyre vehicles and to squads and pieces that #can mount or use in said vehicles ("parallel Agreement ") (10167\/1999 - *COM(1999)27 - *C5-0073\/1999 - 1999\/0011(*AVC)) +Now *nos gets news that connection of the computer system of the European Parliament in *Bruselas with Internet will not be available among 22 December and on 4 January: #this involves for the #european deputies the prohibition, the absolute impossibility to work among 22 December and on 4 January in dispatches in *Bruselas. +#Can indicate the Council #if it has posed this subject during contacts among the EU and the countries that have expressed wish of *ingresar in the Union? How measured thinks to propose with the end that it limit the uncontrolled flow of economic refugees to the EU, that has clear secondary effects of economic and social type (for example, increase of criminality) in States members? +On the other hand, #if the Community endorses with his true budgets types of credits of the European Bank of Investments, for example, project credits that make in third countries, the Council has stipulated that in these cases the *BEI has to deliver an annual report, so much to the European Parliament as to the Council, on measures that have carried out with credits endorsed by the budgets. +According to article 255 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community, the Council and Parliament, in term of two years after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, have to ratify in procedure of *codecisión the general principles on access to the documents and the pertinent limitations in plough of the private interest or public. +Then, the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fishing will be able to take into account, with *algo of fine will by part amendments and adopt the legal text to sight of #the same, Propose that we vote on the Report *Papayannakis and that *usted choose the sharpest feather that have in arsenal and write to the Council in name of Parliament, with hope that the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fishing no pass without more by #alto it that agreed yesterday, but that take into account amendments. +is not *usted of agreement *conmigo in that the absence of price *transfronterizo *vinculante, or well suppression, comports, especially for the small companies -and with *ello go back to the subject of employment-, the risk that the national systems remain without effect owing to the big volume of imports; the risk of disappearance of the small bookshops, especially in the half rural and in the small cities, and that with *ello reduce accessibility? +And *nos find precisely in this debate. Thus *le invite to define with clarity the notable market in this context like a linguistic and cultural space; to that it clear the existence of import clause beside the possibility to dictate rule to national level, and to that it resort to the #french Right in decision and in considerations. +From sight point of the Commission, only will be able to surpass the regional tensions and claims of greater autonomy or of independence #if in Indonesian establishes diet, a system that guarantee sure enough a clear political responsibility and transparency in the direction of State and that fulfil the wishes of the big majority of citizens and citizen, of clear democratic ascription. +The European Union wait that #this mean a correct deal #as well as a public process, respect of norms of right State in front of an independent Court, access to defence of election and the permission of international observers to the process. +In the conclusions to the that got the European Council in the meeting of *Viena in December of 1998, stands out among things that the euro goes to strengthen the capacity of *Europa to promote employment, growth and stability and that the introduction of coin only will intensify the need of economic coordination. +Although the immense majority of the political strengths in *Eslovenia follows manifesting in favour of the goal of adhesion to the European Union, #this no always seems to translate in a common impulse. citizens do not seem involved fully in attainment of said goal, as it shows it the fact that information campaign gives -and #this *me seems significant- the impression that finishes to begin and is *algo toneless. +The spheres to the that more takes reference are the social security and pension problems that often arise *cuando worker emigrates, the free circulation of persons, recognition of qualifications, taxes included VAT, the environmental questions and the questions of the welfare of animals. +will Finish saying that, being as I am the only deputy of the European Parliament that has formed part *cabal and actively of Request Commission of the European Parliament since it founded in January of 1987, 12 years ago and half, expect that members of the European Parliament chosen for the new Parliament achieve that it follow respecting the right of residents and #european citizens to present requests to the European Parliament. +Therefore, in the next term of office, perhaps it was necessary to find a more agile method among Request Commission, the European Commission and States members, and demand to States members that give immediate answer to the requirements of Parliament and of the European Commission and that no *mareen partridge -as we say in *España- with terms excessively long, because *eso #can have perverse effects. +Regarding the prudential norms, with regard to the *cuales the speaker proposes that the present Commission a report on efficiency of norms at present in vigour, believe that the recent crises and form in that the European Union has faced up in general to these crisis, show the substantial goodness of these prudential norms. +This tragedy illustrates, besides, by #if it was necessary, the absolute need to control the influx of circulation by road -especially of the heavy vehicles-, to promote the rail traffic and to establish operation norms that guarantee the maximum security in breast of a #european market of transports sufficiently diversified. +The report of Mr. *Herman on the improvement of the operation of the institutions without modifying the Treaties constitutes the complement of another report approved the past year, allocated to the practical actions with regard to reducing the democratic deficit in the management of the economic and monetary union. +Regarding the inclusion of #Venecia in the goal 2, fits to signal that in the proposal of the relative Commission to the application during the period 2000-2006 of the new goal 2 of the structural Bottoms establishes responsibility shared among the Commission and States members regarding the definition of the apt regions to perceive helps. +Undoubtedly, that the *imputación was founded do not wants to say that Mr. *Moniz was guilty, but for *eso are the courts and, in this case, Mr. *Moniz, as #any one of *nosotros, has to understand that be representative of the #european citizens mean to be citizen more in #everything it that *respecta to responsibilities, and only in looks in that it is in game the interest of representation that has, has to have some true *salvaguardias against those who #can abuse, in detriment of the institution, in detriment of Parliament, in detriment of citizenship, of the procedural procedures. +The approval of the management governs by article 206 of the Treaty. The decision of the approval of the management conceived like character mechanism *primordialmente financial that bases in the report of the Court of Accounts, although it have purchased with the step of the years a political dimension. +*Le #would invite rather to consider the problem in the following terms: with the current integration of the markets, #if no had form of coordination of the fiscal politics, in this case States members yes that #would lose increasingly sovereignty in benefit of anonymous markets, and in this case #would have every time less possibilities to implant with efficiency a fiscal politics. +Have to find cancellation; but also am of the opinion that here it did not concede the approval of the management, as #if we see the result of the December vote, was clear that the previous points that motivated the agreement, that had been declared like positive report by the Commission of Budgetary Control, were refused by Plenary. +In the countries of #anglo-saxon right, in the *cuales no exists a Constitution, *me seems that the *rule *of *law is the cardinal principle that governs these better countries, more still, much better and that the has defended against this type of vision, according to the *cual in moment given the majority #can decide all it that wants: exist the laws and the texts, without embargo, no matters, #can say it contrary, is sufficient that want it the majority. +In general, will be necessary to establish with clarity the political priorities, adapt the structures of the Commission to his future tasks, expand decentralisation also in the field of the management of resources, *racionalizar works of the Commission and improve efficiency, and finally, to my seem, also it #would be necessary to adopt a code of behaviour for Commissioners and personnel. +capacity to show that it has exerted paper #worthy of President of the Commission to hour to decide #who have to form part of the commission and #which have to be wallets are things, #all *ellas, that will give to presidency and to his Commission his initial strong points and, in fact, will be able to *darle also his initial lean points. +Definitely defends it *usted and definitely will encourage *usted in *darle impulse with the new Commission, to the equal that definitely will carry *usted to cape the political union and likewise will give to the European Union means and the capacity to exert an important function in *Europa and in the world through his external politics and of common security. +And afterwards, #everything will go back to begin to final of year, since *cuando expire the mandate of the current Commission *dimisionaria, will have to request, once again, confidence of the European Council and of the European Parliament by a mandate of five years, mandate that #can see interrupted in any moment by the vote of censorship motion that -like #all know-has left to be a theoretical hypothesis. +*Yo believe that, knowing it occurred with the previous Commission, *usted will undertake the necessary institutional reforms and will tackle equally looks relative to the personal responsibility, to the internal control and also to the financial control, to the improvement of efficiency and to control right of the European Parliament regarding the Commission associated to #everything *ello. +In the next weeks and the next months also will have to define, of course, roads to organise interaction among the Commission and the European Parliament, in organ quality of control, included report presentation and the obligation to inform to the commissions of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, personally regret deeply that the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer have proceeded of form so precipitated to the vote of commitment amendments to the report of Mr. *Lannoye on directive proposal relative to honey, that the final the has weakened. +Gentleman President, am safe that we will get to a prompt solution and here -and #this are my last words-, when taking the word by last time in this term of office in name of the Popular Party European for reply to Mr. *Rothley, *me comes to the memory a lovely speech of parliamentarism *constituyente #spanish of the Constitution of 1812 in #where member of parliament said to #another -and *yo create, gentleman *Rothley, that *usted deserves it- that it was #be and firm in defence of the arguments and loyal with opponent. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0190\/99) of Mrs. *Oomen-*Ruijten in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer on directive proposal of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to commercialisation to distance of financial services allocated to consumers and by the that modify the Directives 90\/619\/*CEE, 97\/7\/*CE and 98\/27\/*CE (*COM(98)0468 - *C4-0647\/98-98\/0245(*COD)) +the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the preparation of the European Council of days 3 and 4 June in Colony; -the oral questions *B4-0334\/99 and *B4-0335\/99 of Mr. Of #Giovanni, in name of the Commission of Institutional Subjects, to the Council and to the Commission respectively, on the institutional reform. +The Union has to have some modern norms of administration and transparency according to the #nordic model, with open meetings in the Council of Ministers, with a principle of advertising that give right to #all to know the public documents, with registers in #all the community institutions and with freedom of communication, #this is, right to inform to information means and to #others on errors or infringements in the administration. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, have got at the end of this debate on Diary 2000, and tomorrow the Assembly will approve surely these regulations. *Yo believe that, with these regulations, have reached an improvement of the economic and social cohesion, that is #one of the fundamental goals of the Union: an economic and social cohesion and a better territorial cohesion. +Subject: A just process for *Ocalan A common point in the positions of #all the institutional organs of the European Union on the subject *Ocalan is the requirement of the celebration of a just process *ypúblico, as this concept understands in the juridical systems of the modern societies and civilised. +#can not leave to manifest my *extrañeza in front of the fact that the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development of Parliament have refused amendment presented by my Group to correct this situation, and that amendment have been declared inadmissible to be voted in Plenary, in application of article 60 of the Regulation. +Second, because it has not recognised the specificity of agriculture #portuguese neither have expanded the different types of quotas of production, in spite of that *Portugal is the country more *deficitario of the European Union, neither has considered the possibility to increase quotas of *regadío, that will be indispensable, since in *Portugal the *regadío is fundamental for modernisation of agriculture, the most retarded of the European Union. +In the conclusions remained reflected the priorities of the Assembly, and like condition *sine *qua *non to adopt a future agreement with this country, the clause of *condicionalidad or of human rights, the political dialogue and the parliamentary dialogue were priorities, #as well as the regional development, the social promotion, attention to women in situation of precariousness and a long #etcetera. +*Yo #would say that in #all the sector of the electronic trade, of the electronic activities of the intellectual property, the electronic signature, in general all it relative to services of information, including the subjects of intellectual property, *nos are in a field in the that the national States *nos have remained small. +Gives consumers the opportunity to request the commercial information that wish; gives to the *anunciantes the possibility to direct messages to #that that wish *recibirlos; gives to Internet providers, that provide access to network, the possibility to follow providing a service of post electronic fast, effective and sure. +Although it remains a lot for taking in the new community market, have shown that it is possible to protect the interests of employers, of dealers, especially of small and medium enterprises, and to time, defend to citizens in consumer condition, that are the goal and the end of work of companies so much public like private. +As until Monday was not possible to vote the corresponding amendments and as a result of *ello *usted *nos authorised to celebrate an exceptional meeting, since conversations *tripartitas had not taken place until the week before and went then *cuando knew the results of the Council, Budget Commission adopted the amendments that adjusted to the main decision immediately after the vote of #the same. +has not passed neither a year since Parliament ratified the provisional agreement splitting of the base that the clause of human rights that contained #would put to proof seriousness of the Government *mejicano to hour to guarantee that cooperation in matter of human rights was essential in relations with the EU. +Gentleman President, the European Parliament has supported unambiguously the cause of village *timorense and his inalienable right to the free determination and the independence and from always has contributed to a large extent to that fight have not dropped in silence, by it that *congratula that the term of office finish with position reaffirmation and discern materialisation. +Equally, the Commission judges positive the establishment by part of Nations Joined of a *transfund bear said query and, in this sense, *les have to inform that in this same week, probably tomorrow, approve definitively the financial participation of the European Union in this *transfund , surely with quantity of euro million that will go allocated precisely to study modalities of the insertion of the European Union in the process. +do not believe that any #another Parliament of the world loan *tanta attention to cast of the fundamental rights and the human rights like Parliament to hour to debate rape of the fundamental rights of citizens with reason of the creation of a space of justice #european. +The proposal of quota, together with the decision on compensations for crop of the industrial potatoes, do not influences, of way, in competition situation of industry *manufacturera. In fact reduces starch production of potato somehow, and in *eso do not have why put objections producers of starches. +Believe that effort now, in the next weeks, will have to be convince to the #european citizens of the importance of participation in the elections to Parliament and believe that, at least deputies that are here today, have taken all it possible so that work was not a trivial work, but that it was an important and definite work for the #european construction. +Without embargo, have known through source that, generally, is very informed, that already is preliminary draft species of report by this Assembly, among the Committee of Wise persons, services of the European Parliament and services of the European Commission, a species of preliminary report. +A last comment on intervention of the contrary side of the Assembly regarding the investiture of the new Commission: *nosotros *nos deny -and now talk in name of the socialist Group- to subordinate the procedure and the calendar of Parliament to the presentation of a report of group or a committee *extraparlamentarios. +But #if this pact pretends to be a pact allocated to intimidate of *algún mood to the Governments *socialdemócratas or to *crearles problems, Mr. *Poettering and his political Group have to know that #this no only #would create difficulties to the Governments *socialdemócratas neither neither only to Governments, as for example, the Austrian, in the that takes part also a conservative party, a Popular Party Christian, but that #would create difficulties to unification process #european. +Takes moments remembered with nice irony the electoral emblem with the that *me presented -the emblem of donkey- and *me invited to the *tozudez: an invitation that do not need because I am *tozudo by nature; without embargo, want to remember that the election of donkey took also reading passage of #Leonardo da Vinci that, when describing to donkey -do not know #if it is truth, because I do not have proofs- said that it is an odd animal, since it is able of dying of thirst before that to drink dirty water. +Wanted to know #if, by initiative of the Presidency #finnish, will be able to deploy at last, with support of Cross #Red and other international organisations, action determined to force to the criminal of war *Milosevic to not taking it that *tantas times takes: use blackmail, use to persons that today are in hands and of the that at all knows to force once again to the European Union to release pieces. +*Nos risk to remain trapped among two fires in conflicts, unless the #european contingents do not assist powerless to the last stage of an ethnic purification that do not has *conmovido too much to the fine universal consciousness: the elimination of the last #serbian inhabitants of this region, that have happened to be minoritary in country. +In the future years, the alimentary security of our *conciudadanos will depend fundamentally of way in that the new Commission know to defend, in the course of the next negotiations of the round of #Millenium, the full legitimacy of a model of zone #european distinct with an upper agricultural quality. +But also affirm that *me seems absurd that States members that in the past, by general norm, do not have *atenido never to #european norms of security, want to forbid like general norm the animal flour; or that now the Commission take a general question of utilisation of food rests in work document on purpose of oil utilisation and fats. +The second inform of the Committee of Independent Experts *nos helps in the guidelines, #many of the *cuales already appeared in the indications of Parliament and *usted same has anticipated with clear commitments like the of the new criteria for training of cabinets and of a greater transparency in relations with the European Parliament and with the public opinion. +Finally, rage of Mrs. Of Palace in press tyre back to audition no *augura swims good for somebody among #whose competitions include relations with the European Parliament and, although I recognise that Mrs. Of Palace *disculpó later by observations, awake without new embargo doubts about capacity to exert this concrete charge in breast of the new Commission. +Admit that commissioners subjected to trial of Parliament, to judge by audiences and by the statement today of Mr. *Prodi, have, individual and collectively, of the capacity and the necessary resolution to serve faithful and *inquebrantablemente to the goals of the European Union, in detriment of the interests of the group of workers and of villages of *Europa. +#can not ignore the challenges of globalisation to the that at present it confronts the Union, the peak of the audiovisual sector and of society of information, the need of an educational capacity of big *calado and amplitude and, finally, the need to establish the legitimacy of our institutions and give new vigour to forms. +Of face to this preparatory meeting that will take place in *Turku tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and had account of the increasing presence in *Europa, by misfortune, of delinquency organised, of criminality related with the world of drugs, of the traffic of human beings and of other similar offences, *me seemed incomprehensible that this House *enzarzara in discussion about #if it suits or not opening a debate on this question here in the European Parliament. +Likewise, the participation of States members in the administration council will allow to guarantee that time that the Commission have decided the annual program, #all the decisions relative to projects take on terrain, without going back to resort to the management committee formed by States members in *Bruselas. +The absence of an independent electoral commission, the absence of a just access to the media, the absence of guarantees to be able to carry out an electoral campaign, have conducted to the opposition, majority, to boycott the legislative elections of the spring. +The total liberalisation *indiscriminada, #such as it has carried out in *Alemania, already is a difficult situation bear to projects of *aprovechamiento of biomass and also for the projects of solar energy. In the social field, is evident that early will give place to cases, of lower dimensions, like the of "*Michelin" , because of the suppression "*racionalizadora" of employments to take go up the *cotización in bag of the energetic companies. +Have to say, gentleman President, that the *primer program *ALTENER and more advance the white Book on the renewable energies, that has developed the community strategy and the action plan for the year 2010, have been possible graces, insist once again, to collaboration among our two institutions, Parliament and Commission, and that the new politics of the European Union in matter of renewable energies has built precisely thanks to the good understanding among *nosotros. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0015\/99) of Mrs. *Ahern, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that approves program *plurianual of promotion of the energetic efficiency (*SAVE) (1998-2002) (7123\/1\/99 - *C5-0033\/99 - 97\/0371(*COD)). +is not precise to resort to the figures of commercial exchanges, investment and cooperation to development to deduce weight of the European Union in the region, but the tested economic solidarity of the European Union has to be so valued like capacity to contribute effectively to a peaceful solution of conflict. +Why do not take to see to *Turquía that recognition like country candidate to adhesion constitutes the exception of what have demanded to the countries (as for example, to *Eslovaquia) and that this exception takes by special reasons (that we #would have to refer with clarity...), for *facilitarle progress to the regulations demanded; and that course the will be the European Parliament and that, at the end, #this will judge his real appeal to adhesion to the European Union? +On the other hand, society is legitimately concerned by the challenges that the phenomenon of globalisation *nos poses: respect of the human rights and of the fundamental social freedoms, the protection of the environment and the preservation of nature, #as well as the protection of health of consumers. +With the solemn Statement of June month of 1998 the 174 countries members of the World-wide Organisation of Work engaged to promote the four fundamental rights of work: association right, respect of the labour minimum age, the prohibition of works *forzosos and the no discrimination. +In the frame of the current agreement of the common position, the requirement of the amendment *nº 5, to know, create a directive of the EU with some goals *jurídicamente *vinculantes for the renewable energies, is the minimum previous condition so that the document #can be taken seriously at least of an approximate mood. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0028\/1999) of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market concerning the common position approved by the Council (*COM(93) 646 - *C5-0030\/1999 - 1994\/0011(*COD)) with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to transport facilities of persons by wire (Speaker: Mr. *Miller). +Having present that the own Defender Village of the Government of *Colombia informs of a massacre by day of this year and that Jurist Commission Colombian attributes the 78% of #the same to the *paramilitares, with knowledge of the #colombian official strengths, #can *usted occupy , like President of Parliament, that during his private conversations talk of the subject of the human rights? +The first is to give graces once again to Mr. *Duisenberg for ensuring to this Assembly that cooperation process among #ECB and the national central banks is now sufficient, even in the case of a grave crisis in the that a financial institution of the zone of the euro #can need support. +From sight point is provocation for the feel democratic of villages that the European Parliament consider advance the fact that they give, with regularity, conferences of press after the meetings of Government Council of #ECB or the fact that, apart from the annual report publish monthly reports of the Central Bank European. +#This has to be the signal so that the great political strategies, budgetary and monetary do not pose always according to the approach of the one who sees novelty of coin only, but of the one who has to take into account the long term to give stability to the euro and to States members, and especially to reactivate the economy of the Union and chapter of employment that so much *nos concerns to #all in Parliament. +Like this, is necessary that have form of intervention of #ECB and an effective democratic control of operation and that in the #european politics concede priority to the resolution of the economic and social problems of the European Union and of States members, in particular growth politics and creation of employment. +In the first place, is necessary to encourage and boost to the #european citizens, associations and the small #european companies of the sector, to benefit of program it more possible averting concentrate the already scarce finances only in #few great events, in benefit of some those that privileged networks that, in the long run, as *nos teaches the previous experience, finish for having the monopoly of said finances; second, #would be timely to take all it possible to increase the planned financial endowment for program. +Consider that Parliament, in moment in that it approves measure of this type, offers a big opening to youngsters #turkish that complaining of errors of parents, #can watch to *Europa like a reality of big freedom, like a union of States in the *cuales culture, diffusion and solidarity among youngsters are important and fundamental elements. +By reason and to end to guarantee a high grade of security in transport so much national like international and eradicate distortions of competition, the European Union adopted the Directive 96\/49 on approximation of legislations of States members relative to the transport of dangerous commodities by railway. +And that constitutes a reason of particular pride, since prize carries the name of scientist, *Andrei *Sajarov, that subjected prestige to hard proofs of type to struggle by freedom of villages of the countries of the East against #one of the most #hideous forms of totalitarianism that has known this century. +But #can comprise part of anger that feel graziers and consumers of Big *Bretaña *cuando *enteran that they have found silts *cloacales in the *piensos that employ in *Francia, *cuando *enteran that the #british Government knew #this from June month but decided not touching the subject in the European Commission, and *cuando *enteran that in Realm Joined still sacrifice 60.000 heads of livestock because have more of 30 months of age and #can not go in in chain alimentary, although they are animal perfectly healthy. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, #would suit *usted *conmigo in that it results very surprising that #some States members ask now new explanations and additional explanations *cuando #this already debated during a year and half with these same States members in the Permanent Veterinary Committee? And #would suit *usted *conmigo in that States members that keep the prohibition of imports #would have to present new scientific data or of it contrary only give the impression of that they want to follow postponing until a distant future the realisation of the only market? +Lady Speaker, want to signal that dialogue *macroeconómico forms part of the complex process of the pact of employment and that, as it has exposed well the Presidency in exercise of the Council, is consequence of Colony decisions, trying, by means of the establishment of dialogue among social and responsible speakers of the economic politics and budgetary politics with participation also of the Central Bank European, achieve the goals that, at the end, pretend. +#Can begin to abandon concepts like #that? #Can begin maybe to adopt a more realistic opinion in fixation of interest types, with it that #would recognise change of conditions, by it that now #can begin to contain the increases of interest types, to measure that diminishes unemployment, not to suffocate a fragile growth? +Definitely, in his common position the Council has adopted #some important points as, for example, the compulsory implantation of values limit in two stages, a greater requirement on durability of control squads of broadcasts in the commercial vehicles weighed and buses, diagnosis system *on.*board, field control. +Although my Group #would have put *gustosamente other accents *algo different in #some points of program *DAPHNE, for example connection with programs community as *PHARE, *TACIS and *MEDA, because in #this there #be big quantity of resources to set up in the countries preventive measured candidates and campaigns, agree with Mrs. *Avilés regarding reaching a fast consensus and avert a conciliation procedure, and recommend only six amendments to the common position. +The Commission will ensure specifically that program was road notable to pipe synergies of the public authorities and of the *ONG to conserve the physical and psychic integrity and the social welfare of boys, teenagers and women in #all the fields of activity. +*Ellas express better of it that #would take it *yo way in that boys are excluded of politics of the European Union and in that the laws and politics that takes the European Union have a very real impact in lives of boys, an impact that is not #the same that have in lives of adults. +At present, this subject is in the centre of a political debate very lit in my country and *me seems totally inopportune, by not saying, inadmissible that Speaker, given his institutional position, support so ardently to #one of parts involved and besides ignore that article of the #italian Constitution refers on purpose to freedom to open centres of education deprived without costs for State. +#If I use a very critical tone, do not take it fundamentally against *usted, lady *Schreyer, as *usted has not been the responsible person during the last weeks, but #if like Parliament at the end of a year, in autumn, elaborate a budget, then split of the fact that in this budget determine some priorities and that these priorities are also the that in the course of budgetary procedure apply really, *surten effects and expect that it that consider important apply also really in form of politics. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate on the report (To5-0039\/1999) of Mr. *Chichester, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the communication of the Commission to the Council (*COM(1998) 571 - *C4-0040\/1999) and to the European Parliament "Promotion of the inclusion of the environmental dimension in the energetic politics of the Community" . +Gentleman President, this proposal that will resolve -like this expect it- by means of a community regulation difficulties that find citizens and families to consequence of recognition fault of the judicial decisions on the end of the matrimonial bond and the exercise of the homeland authority deserves applause and charm. +Regarding the amendment *nº 11 -and expect to that formulate a new oral proposal to be able to *pronunciarme on the new version-, *cuando forces to take into account the interests of boys, *nos seems that it opens the door for trial -regarding bottom by part of State that has to receive the judicial decision- that do not has fit in the frame of this type of instrument. +The Commission is commissioned also of the execution of program *STOP, #whose goal is the to give the necessary training and information to professionals, in particular to judges, to #police services and to services of social assistance, in the fight against the traffic of human beings and the sexual exploitation of women. +Regarding the group of high level, #if the Commission and the Council approve it -as I already have said, the Commission will take it predictably the next day 24 of month, the Council on 6 December-, pretence #would be that this group of high level began to work to first of the month of February or even to finals of the month of January. +An international rule in matter of competition has to establish some minimum norms that prevent behaviours contrary to competition, like the creation of cartels for control of prices or zone cast, the abuse of dominant position or vertical restrictions and horizontals of competition, #all the *cuales distort competition. +attacks against columns of refugees and zones inhabited, the closing of borders and fetters to performance of the international organisations of help that loan humanitarian help, no only contravene in #all the cases Gin Convention on protection of the civil population in the zones in war and other international commitments, but that they are performances simply inhuman and of the all unacceptable. +norms that regulate the international economic relations and trade have to respect the fundamental social rights, have to serve to the interests of workers, contribute to development of the less developed countries, respect the environment and create the necessary conditions for development of #all villages. +Have considered, in base to Colony Statement, that works *preparativos have to concentrate , in practice, in three particular points: the size and the composition of the Commission, the weighting of the votes in the Council and the extension of the qualified majority; in addition to these three points, also will treat institutional questions related closely with #the same. +The amendment 18 of my Group, that requests that Parliament was consulted on the annual economic orientations, the decisions that concern to the budgetary deficits and #all another important decision that have to take in the frame of the Economic and Monetary Union, leaving, of course, to side the independence of the Central Bank European. +To time, also wanted to *replicarle to Mrs. *Kaufmann, that finishes to quote to newspaper of class enemy, "*Die *Welt" , that the party to the that *ella belonged has been the only #german party that has summoned to a war of aggression after the *Segunda World-wide War, specifically against *Checoslovaquia, and to sight of *ello, #would have to abstain to take comments like the that finishes to pronounce. +Subject: political Prisoners in *Myanmar #Can Speaker in exercise of the Council inform on #all the celebrated debates and the decisions adopted recently by the Council of Ministers of External Subjects in relation with politics followed by the EU regarding *Myanmar and, in particular, on the possibility to achieve of the Government of this country amnesty for the political prisoners? +#If we do not approve today the report *nos will find in an unsustainable situation, as only deputies of the European Parliament #would be above the law to #that *respecto: a text that applies in the Council by the same to politicians and civil servants, in the Commission by the same to politicians and civil servants, #would apply in Parliament only to civil servants and no to deputies of the European Parliament. +The best demonstration, anyway, of #which is security that promotes is the own Treaty of *Amsterdam, the incorporation of it already achieved in *Schengen, the creation of a community police, the police #index card of citizens by his political convictions, his ideological orientation, action #sindical, even by his loving relations. +*Me seems that Mrs. *Giannakou has taken a big effort for adopting consensus posture concerning the action Plan, directed to integrate the different perspectives that there #be no only among the different *filiaciones political, but also among the different national traditions, to integrate also the different looks of the question and the diverse and in contradictory part interests. +Therefore, *me #would enjoy that my explanations went satisfactory, that Parliament #can reconsider requests, that gave the maximum urgency to acceptance of this decision with the guarantee that, #if in the future had problems from the point of financial sight, the Commission will pose the need to go more far regarding reservation Bottom. +For no *alargarme more, want to manifest that Group supports the 19 amendments and supports the legislative text, but demands that we do not attend to #one *segunda reading, but that approve this Regulation in the planned terms, demands that the Commission was sensitive to it exposed by the speaker, to it exposed by the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market and that, by favour, the Regulation approve inside the planned terms because, in case contrary, the situation for Canarians #would be worrisome. +To time that receive with satisfaction the contribution of Parliament, also want to recognise the contribution of the European Commission along the years, and in particular the of the ancient Presidents, President *Delors, colleague and ancient President #Jacques *Santer and now President *Prodi, the one who in statement of yesterday engaged to keep bottoms allocated to the distinct programs of *Irlanda of the North. +Among #all the human rights, freedom of expression occupies a special place, since without a free and independent information #can not fulfil the other human rights and fundamental rights, neither neither #can report effectively the grave rapes of the human rights, as, for example, crimes against humanity. +Why have not included other relative problems to the human rights that know that they exist in the Union, #such as the bad deals in prisons and in stations of police, the murders committed by political Groups armed and the situation of consciousness objectors, by so only appoint the most evident subjects? +Only wanted to *describirles a small consequence of this approximation. To mood to see, is a big progress that #greek journalists and Turkish are in actuality to avert that in the media stood out of countries continue defamation to the that have assisted in the last years and give erroneous information to the population on it that *sucede in the neighbouring country. +Concerning the proposals presented in the report, also consider that it is necessary reform, since the current situation has perverse effects -as it already has shown experience-, but is precise to take into account that reform #can leave to consider the results of the current campaign and potentialities of the #portuguese production in normal climatic conditions. +In this sense, the recommendations on communication politics and information that contains the Report Towers Mark play an essential paper, but do not owe *conformarnos with that the euro perfect the only market neither with that the euro allow, for example, price comparison easier or decrease of the cost of transactions. +#This reflects #one of lacks of the proposal of the Commission, that #would have to have completed the frame of the *OCM with maintenance mechanism of income of workers of fishing that allowed to limit the incidence of price falls and, with *ello, take unnecessary resource to the withdrawal and destruction of products of fishing. +#One of means to obtain said support #would be the to keep offer for the less advanced countries and *reflexionar together on coherence among action of the *OMC and the of the other international institutions so that the commercial liberalisation reflect in a sustainable development for #all the countries in roads of development, beginning by the poorest populations. +*Me #would enjoy that the countries that bear charge of effort of the economic internal cohesion and social did not employ this type of arguments, since they are the countries that receive bottoms of the European Union the most interested in efficiency of solidarity effort of the countries that bear effort. +Without embargo, said frustration converts in even more deep, #if it fits, *cuando, to sight of the new scientific elements, as in the case of substances that determine the destruction of ozone, bureaucracy and emotiveness taking forward to politics and science, prevent that they admit new and effective amendments from the point of scientific sight. +#If conditions observed still do not allow to initiate negotiations with *Turquía, but so only *concederle candidate statute to adhesion, with which do not creates therefore a particular juridical instrument, the conclusion -#can *leerla in the text- is that it is precise to resort to the UN for the definition of disputes. Of compliance with the resolutions of the UN, #this #would have to resolve before the year 2004. +#If at all it justifies the past and present politics of *Milosevic regarding village #albanian of *Kosovo, neither regarding his own village, crumbs launched only for reconstruction of *Kosovo, crumbs in comparison with money spent in war, #can not dissemble the fact that once again the western intervention in the *Balcanes no only do not resolves the problems in this region of the world but that the aggravates. +Of compliance with section 3 of article 247 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community and the corresponding disposals of the Treaties *CECA and *EURATOM, Parliament has issued his *dictamen previous on candidates before the Council proceed to the nomination by unanimity of members of the Court of Accounts by a period of six years, that #can repeat mandate. +Of then is also the agreement for the creation of indicators, and have assisted in April of 1999 to the publication of the first resulted of these common indicators, that take in consideration place of woman, in the economic field, in the political field and in the social field, in relation with development programs that approve. +From this Assembly urge to the Commission to give preference to a review of #all consultancy structures and of decision, to end to obtain a just distribution among sexes, and to request to States members that fulfil with the recommendation of the Council of 2 December 1966, on equality among men and women in decision processes. +From the platform of *Beijing, and of commitment of the 189 countries around this platform, there #be, by it that *atañe to the European Union, to our region, three fields of action: first, the of each #one of states members; second, the of the political strategy of the group of the European Union; and, third, the of politics of the European Union to the countries in development. +The question is not, as, #if they go to concede #some thousands of litres of oil to orphanages and asylums, but #if *le go to deliver the necessary games to *Yugoslavia, to government legally chosen -respect of time the international right!- and no *selectivamente, to confront damages and put end to the political genocide suffered by village #serbian. +The amendments that has proposed Parliament treat to cover this grave gap and have an ambitious goal, #this is, create a legislative system that, in spite of devoting special attention to avert create useless bureaucratic complications, allow to the great productive potentialities of the Union express it better possible in the inner market facilitating, therefore, action also in the world-wide. +In days in the that so much it talks of paper and of the future of the community Institutions, wanted to remember that the credibility of organ like Parliament or the Council is closely linked to capacity to resolve the problems that disturb the daily life of citizen or to take part positively to the *respecto. +Have to confess that, *cuando returned again to *Timor Oriental, remained *desolado in front of ruins of the systematic destruction and no *me imagined that it #would come to *Estrasburgo and #would have the rare opportunity to know and visit the corridors and living rooms of the centre of the democratic power of *Europa, #one *Europa that shared with *nosotros pain and suffering of genocide, but also prowess and strength to resist the destroyer action and murderer. +Likewise, encourages for finding a solution to the regional riots, already mentioned here, in *Aceh and *Iria *Jaya and to the ethnic tensions in the *Molucas by road of the peaceful dialogue and of the constitutional reforms; consider particularly important that exist a National Commission for the Human Rights that treat the relative questions to rights. +Gentleman President, like member of the Group of the Green\/European Free Alliance and like #basque deputy, have to say in the first place that already the European Union, by diplomatic road, directed to the Government of *Nicaragua the past 18 November so that it found a fast solution to this subject that *nos occupies today and finished with obstacles that *oponían to the *Contraloría General of the Republic of *Nicaragua and for *decirles also, very categorically that, #if it is not transparent, #can lose bottoms of the European Union. +Already has remembered in Plenary implication in the subjects related with paper of citizens in the procedure established in article 169, the editorial of a code of behaviour of civil servants, access to the documents of the Institutions and of organs controlled by *usted. +The fact that Parliament renounced to proposal to build a common customs in the conciliation procedure celebrated in the frame of the previous report no means that #this have left to be our final goal. +The report of Mrs. *Schmidbauer is #worthy of praise because it treats of development of a gradual approach concerning infrastructure frame for rates of the common transports inside the European Union, #as well as of a gradual harmonisation of the relative principles to rates of #all the main means of transport. +reason is that, as we have been able to check in scientist audience and experts celebrated in Transport Commission and tourism day 17 February 1999, the system of the social costs *marginales proposed by the socialist commissioner of transports #Neil *Kinnock do not serves to impute the costs of transport infrastructure. +article 135 establishes that attributions of the commissions appear *anejas to the Regulation, but do not excludes at all the absolute majority, and, treating of a text that defines at all less that competitions of the parliamentary commissions, #would be paradoxical that, as it finishes to occur, the composition of a competent commission in an essential field -as it is the of immunities- fix, simply, with #some votes of difference. +#»»collateral Damages», #this is language used by NATO to define the death of civilians: during centuries in the *Balcanes will have to bear the called *collateral *damages , since uranium bombs employed by NATO already have contaminated the #yugoslav territory preventing, in fact, the return of #Kosovar to country, unless they run the risk of illnesses, malformations and deaths by radiation. +*Señorías, wanted to underline, nevertheless, the need that the Commission elaborate help program in favour of the #italian and #french populations that will suffer considerable damages and damages owing to the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, so much by the excessive traffic of arteries receptors of traffic excess, as by traffic shortage and of tourism owed to the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc. +The Council in statement of the past 7 April, when pronouncing on #this, added that the #indonesian Government has given #some steps that have been clearly celebrated. *Eso also has to see, among things, with the elections, with new laws for the political parties, but also with determined economic measures that have announced to stabilise the economic situation. +The impressive number of operations of traffic that effect every year in the European Union and the importance of the sums that are in game #would suffice by himself\/hisself alone to show urgency in concluding computerisation of traffic diet community and to guarantee to time a maximum transparency in the group of politics *aduanera #european. +will give a big step day in that space situated among Parliament and season was at last conditioned, of way that facilitate the personal relations and result friendly: for *ello is necessary to unblock the necessary means, it that will require #one *concertación active among society of Space *Léopold, Parliament (by his moral paper) and the #belgian authorities affected. +Is necessary that the European Union tackle these negotiations with the real will to defend the principle of prevention, #as well as the social norms, environmental and on the welfare of animals, necessary for a healthy and durable trade that respect the group of our economies and of consumers. +Is necessary to expand and improve measures in matter of prevention, information and protection of the victims, #as well as cooperation and coordination with justice, the police, the responsible authorities and, especially, with the competent governmental organisations, in States members of the European Union, among States members of the European Union and also in collaboration with the third countries involved. +amendments supported in the valid Regulation, and now have agreed that are in contradiction with *él. According to the current Regulation, for credit transfer of reservation is competent Budget Commission and for the rest of transfers - am in general terms - the Commission of Budgetary Control. +The exchange of experiences that produced in the preparation of the conference among the Group of the Popular Party, the Union of Age Persons and experts has served to obtain #all a series of valuable knowledges on the matter. +In this context wanted to ask to the Commission #if the regulation of application collects look, since I consider very important that the current system of balance among potato starch and corn starch respect. To keep said balance is fundamental that keep the system of compensatory premiums to potato starch. +Wanted to express my gratitude very especially to speaker Mrs. *Theato, that alas #can not be among *nosotros, and also of course to the speaker of the particular opinion of this commission, Mrs. *Kjer *Hansen, #as well as to #all members of this commission, that have taken an excellent work, since these contributions have had direct relation with development of this procedure. +Supposes also an important innovation when allowing separate on the one hand, the closing of accounts -species of technical procedure simple, as, to verify #if they have carried well accounts- and by #another, discussion or the opinion of Parliament on the management of the Commission in budgetary matter. +In norms appears now a very important distinction among a technical postponement and a political postponement, that has to have some clear foundations, to the equal that appears also a clear separation among the technical closing of accounts and the political posture that #can adopt on the question of #if we approve or no accounts. +In concrete, the report of Employment Commission sues it following: increase of proportion of unemployed that receive an active measure of promotion, like professional training, or measures of creation of work, in front of the proposals that exist in the guidelines, autonomy of the Central Bank European and autonomy of the social speakers, #as well as greater efforts directed to consolidate the public finances. +The existence, in this moment, of the Economic and Monetary Union shows that no treats of formality, but of a dynamic treatment of economic and monetary subjects, that presupposes besides coordination no only of the monetary politics, but also of the economic and social politics of states of the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, wanted colleagues, is a bit surprising see as on the one hand our European Union poses a debate on the great orientations of the economic politics extremely prolix, with concrete obligations and with a pact of rigorous stability, and on the other hand employment politics to base only of wander orientations, while *nos happen #all time saying that the big problem of *Europa and of Europeans is employment. +*Me interests especially take this brief intervention first of all for *recalcar the important paper exerted by Mr. *Bösch, the *cual -even in moments in that it was very difficult to carry forward this speech- always has been very coherent to hour to sustain the need of an independent organ, to sight of the gravity of the cases and of difficulties for *afrontarlos. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, the report of the that *me has commissioned *informarles tonight in name of the Commission of Economic Subjects refers to the proposal of the Commission to modify the *sexta managerial relative to VAT of mood that States members have the possibility to apply, with experimental character, the type reduced of VAT on services of big intensity of hand of drama. +Group *le sues to develop fully paper in the election of commissioners to obtain a substantial renewal of school and a presence of men, and also of women, able to face up, by qualification, to the great political challenges of the Union and to the own reform of the Commission. +And although, in effect, *usted has gone back to announce that the Commission goes to develop liberalisation of the market of material sakes and services, instead have not heard at all on the public services, on the services of general economic interest, as they appear now with total clarity in article 7*D of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +The five points that pose the European Union, NATO and the General Secretary of the UN are not five points that *equivalgan to a total war against Serbian, but five points that take possible security and stability for #all in *Kosovo and that at the same time guarantee and allow development of security and stability in the region. +In the first place, to the classical international Right, according to the *cual war only #can initiate after having been declared, it that has not been the case; how the Government of States Joined of *América abstain in the future of *enseñarnos archive images of the speeches of *Roosevelt after bombardment of *Pearl *Harbour by part of the #japanese squadron. +reason *nos #would have pushed, for example, *cuando began the crisis -perhaps is very easy to say it now to sight of events- to value relation among the political goals and the political effects of bombardments and the noble goal that *nos proposed, the to put end to the ethnic cleansing. +As they will remember, the very good report of Mrs. *Schmidbauer on the White Book of the Commission in relation with payment by infrastructure utilisation also specified look and, at present, are the task to quantify the external looks with help, clear is, of expert group. +To contribute to reflection, the Commission will present to the European Council a communication on the best way to integrate the goal of a level of high employment in the definition and the application of politics and of actions of the Community. +#If we had not suffered the crisis that has shaken to the Commission, *nos #would have found in a situation in the that, in spite of demands of Parliament, the European Council had decided without taking into account the opinion of the constituents that will go to urns of the 10 to 13 June. +In a similar situation, buyer has to return product in place of purchase so that *le return money, repair product, etc. #would Have been much better -and #would have contributed authentic advantages to consumers- #if #this had right to negotiate said compensation or repair, etc, with representative of company -in case that it exist- in country of residence. +The vote, in session *plenaria, ratified entirely the positions defended by Fishing Commission and, from this moment, our commission, and fundamentally speaker *doña #Carmen *Fraga, went in in contact with the Council, the national administrations and the professional organisations, organising a public audience that allowed to check how the political position of Parliament was amply shared. +Like speaker of this file, have to remember that the Commission, in his initial proposal, had prioritised especially orientation of reform based in a substantial descent of prices with the goal to increase parts of the market to export in the frame of the obligations imposed by the *OMC. +Regarding the political advances, #would have to underline, as more important and new, the following: consolidates series of agreements punctual pre-existing; offers a definite solution to dispute on the classification of compulsory costs and no compulsory, that drags from 1982; happen costs of the Common Agricultural Politics to costs no compulsory. +goal is to allow to persons progress to the new #millenium; take possible that are the own persons the that make said progress through training and education, increasing possibilities to achieve work place, of *ayudarles to progress with time to access to work place better and to a better level of life. +Appreciate to President in exercise answer, but *permítame ask #if it has foreseen a suitable protection for banana entrance pertinent of *Lomé and of the Canarian Islands, in spite of changes that have produced to adapt diet of banana of the European Union to norms of the *OMC. +Neither has presented to the Presidency of the Council complaint of *Suecia in the sense that it neglect language in guilds of the Council, by it that it wanted to *aconsejarle that perhaps #would not have to bet necessarily by news anonymous of news agency but by the official communication that receives here of the Presidency of the Council. +Is an end to measure, since with the favourable vote to the proposals of Diary Parliament, in the last session of this term of office and to time last session under #german Presidency, seats the bases of the future development of the European Union and no only of the future Agricultural Politics Common. +My group has expressed from the principle in favour of reform of the structural and regional promotion that concentrate the available financial resources in the regions with the greater demand of development and that at the same time award a greater level of responsibility to States members, especially there #where complete regions remain excluded of the structural helps of the EU. +relations among Fishing Commission and the committees quoted have two main looks. By part Fishing Commission receives information on activities of the committees and, by #another, members of the commission have the possibility to take part like observers in the meetings of the committees referred. +looks juridical today examined constitute the indispensable base to regulate and harmonise the electronic agreements, the use and the future developments, always that Internet was accessible to #all, accessible but no regulated, to defend to classes more exposed, especially boys; protect against the electronic illegality, the *intrusismo by wire, but boost all *aquello that it #can generate places of work and expand culture. +bottoms of the EU contributed likewise to transform *Manchester in a big cultural core and tourist, when helping to build exhibition centre *G *Mex, concert hall of *Bridgewater, Museum of Science and Industry of *Manchester and the Imperial Museum of War (North). +Is inadmissible that the report, #such as it presents it Budget Commission, contain amendment that goes much more there of the object of the own report, until point that #this results totally ambiguous, since *cuando had examined it in Budget Commission, on 29 April, no treated, in moment, to approve the text of the agreement. +Like member of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development and coordinator of the Group *Europa of Nations, have voted against of the group of the amendments presented in the Commission of Agriculture by speaker, Mr. *Graefe *zu *Baringdorf, since proposals were totally incoherent regarding the economic situation that knows the #european agriculture. +Therefore, #can not leave to value -to the contrary that #some colleagues- commitment yesterday assumed that query of 8 August will make with the *égida of Nations Joined and of Security Council and that, in addition to the strength of police that here it has talked, was possible to have the presence of security strength. +Of course, gentleman President, *Turquía has not suffered type of special pressure -and, of course, no am of the abominable bombardments that know countries- for *avenirse to norms of a State of current right. By reasons that the Council of Ministers, so sensitive or severe in other cases, has not achieved *explicarnos! +time established responsibilities, the European Union has the duty of *paliar the inability of the usual protagonists of stage *comorano, launching reconciliation initiative *inter-islands, a significant humanitarian help, in particular directed to *Anjouan, and an original plan of urgent economic help for State *comorano. +In the case of the #czech head office of *Temelin, attainment of levels of maximum security demanded to candidates to adhesion in matter of nuclear head offices do not seems at all reliable, especially to sight of the planned employment by the authorities of the Czech Republic of type reactors #soviet -the *VVER 100- presented like squads of last generation, although they give proofs of scarce reliability. +The Commission understands that reactors of *Temelin are of a type that, in principle, #can improve to reach levels of acceptable security and, as it indicates in Diary 2000 and in March communication of 1998, the general goal of the Commission, by it that refers to this type of reactors, is to guarantee that the improvements undertaken by the corresponding countries apply of fast and effective way and carry to satisfactory results. +Says: there #be an agreement of 1995 that has not been signed by #all States members and the Commission is to adopt an initiative #Can have promise of Commissioner regarding that the Commission goes to adopt a proposal, was a directive, was a regulation -leave it to the Commission-, so that it no longer take lacking expect to States members *titubeantes? +The goal precisely is not a militarisation of the European Union, but follow promoting development so that it was an effective peaceful power and with capacity of performance that was in conditions of *relegar definitively to the happened war like instrument of politics in *Europa, in favour of the empire of the Right and of renunciation to the use of strength, #such as it has taken in *Kosovo. +The first refers to point 53 of the conclusions of the Presidency in exercise of the Council and *me #would enjoy to ask to #that with regard to gentleman #german Minister of External Subjects how interpretation it is necessary to give to the mandate of the Conference *Intergubernamental and, in particular to -quote- the possible enlargement of the vote by qualified majority in the Council -end of appointment-, had account of the statement of *Bélgica, *Francia and #Italia attach to the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +The *primer reason: in the era of globalisation, the national State European only will be able to keep it that appreciate and want to conserve in *él #if #this *Europa unifies as, under the conditions of globalisation, peace, security, the welfare and democracy for citizens and citizens, only will be able to guarantee #if they join to #european level, is to say, #if we have of a subject European, a European Union that it was able to act. +Of compliance with the agenda, Speaker in exercise of the Council proceeds to take a statement on activity program of the Presidency #finnish, the economic and social reconstruction in *Kosovo and Pact project of Stability for the *sudeste of *Europa and conviction of Mr. *Öcalan to pity capital. +The concept of #nordic dimension of the EU, that is shyly going out to the light although among *candilejas, covers sectors related with the internal security, as they #can be the nuclear security, the environmental and collaboration with external neighbouring zones to the Union.Is necessary to materialise in programs of concrete activity the ideas presented around the #nordic dimension of the Union . +Regarding *Öcalan, it minimum that we #can take by person to the that #many describe of terrorist of way, clear, that described of terrorist to *Arafat, or to IRE, before being recognised leaders and leaders of villages, it minimum that we #can take, after the sinking in this subject of asylum politics of the European Union and the one who has said it has reason, is *salvarle life, to avert like this a new *lacra in service leaf. +The Council studied immediately this case and took the resolution on 9 July to carry the subject to the courts of the European Community, basing in paragraph 2 of section 3 of article 213 of the Letter *Magna and in pertinent articles of *Euratom and of the Community of Coal and Steel. +Commissioners will have to, in case that like this *les demand, leave that the Committee of Ethical Subjects examine work type to the that will incorporate during term of a year after having left the Commission, with the end that #this #can confirm compatibility of the new work with functions fulfilled in quality of Commissioner. +Lady Speaker, want *referirme to the comment that took yesterday Mrs. Speaker, Mrs. *Fontaine, on the prohibition of the use of mobile telephones inside this hemicycle because I believe that at all it #there is more important, inside Parliament, that talk and *comunicarnos, but in the debates, no with external means like the mobile telephones, with bells and distortion that #this causes. +reasons that *nos have carried to this situation, against the that president of my Group carries warning from June month, have to see with that it has not known to put the limit of the institutional responsibility to groups that thought that the content of the report #can condition the investiture of the new Commission and, therefore, have insisted in that it debated now. +The Group of the Party of the European Socialists has kept a line of coherent behaviour along #all the process, that *resume in affirmation of the need to surpass positively the institutional and political crisis that paralyses to the Union from December of the past year. +Lamentably, gentleman President, although Mrs. Of Palace answered to our questions on transport of satisfactory way, and that like Group no will doubt in backing morning to the Commission, have to take state reservation on the candidature of Mrs. Of Palace #waiting for the definite results of the *OLAF and of investigations of the #spanish authorities, and because of mood in that it answered to interrogation on this subject during audition. +Answering to Baron comment *Crespo, that yesterday in the morning signalled that minister *recalcitrante of *Baviera had not resigned, *permítanme that *le put to the common of the situation: the alluded resigned yesterday before the vote in Parliament; without embargo, a lot *me fear that surely it will have to pass century before the European Commission reach efficiency level of the #bavarian administration. +The *segunda splits refers to interpretation that has to include like note to the Regulation, without embargo, the first part says: "constitution statement of the technical group is not according to section 1 of article 29 of the Regulation" . *Usted *nos commissioned this subject and *nos awarded the possibility to formulate interpretation like note to the Regulation *valedera also for the future. +deputy, Mrs. *Roth-*Behrend has called attention on a *importantísimo subject. The Commission, when fixing the own priorities and propose the approval of #this has to have in mind the subjects that really matter to citizens like the questions of environment, a sustainable development completely #as well as protection requirements of consumers. +Fifteen executives that displace to *Bruselas, exert there his legislative work, go back act followed to his respective capitals and apply the laws dictated by the Council, or was, by *ellos same. work method takes that the executives exclude increasingly to the national Parliaments -*Europol and the preparation of the convention *Europol are a clear example of *ello- without *traspasar the legislative function to the European Parliament. +But the truth is that, later, so much Nations Joined like the international observers and the own #indonesian authorities, that considered that scrutiny passed of free and just form in spite of #all pressures and of intimidation campaign carried out by militias adherents of integration, the truth -said- is that, *cuando took public the results, again installed terror in *Timor Oriental. +Is very clear that the authorities have to take in account the possibility of seismic movements when examining the suitability of place chosen for the construction, and have the obligation to ensure , through the pertinent structural solutions, that a possible seism neither affect to security of head office. +In this sense consider important to take a more global assessment, to the light of politics in matter of interventions that, as I have read in the report on the budget of the Union of the next year, foresees a strong restructuring of attention politics to small and medium enterprises present inside the territory *transfronterizo. +From beginnings of year have produced #news *alentadoras on recovery of the industrial production, mainly like result of the replacement of imports, control relatively tighten of inflation and a solider situation of payment scales, produced mainly by the strong rise of price of oil exports. +From takes *algún time, the Commission has recognised that exists connection among capital flight and corruption and criminality in *Rusia, and comprise also the threat *acumulativa that represent these conditions for the transition of the country to a democratic system and a market economy that govern by right state. +Meanwhile, the Commission considers that, in particular in #day of said elections, has to continue opening politics *cautelar of relations with will Go through a wide dialogue, with seen to encourage to the Government of Mr. *Khatami and to defenders of reform, #many of the *cuales are a considerable prowess in efforts by change in some extremely difficult and dangerous circumstances. +will Continue efforts to achieve support and the durable stability, and of course, also will follow trying keep to Parliament fully informed, because we value enormously commitment with our common goals to guarantee stability and the maintenance of peace in region so ailed of problems. +Nevertheless, *me ask #if *Europa really #can carry out an autonomous politics in this field. Until how point will defend the Commission autonomy in the international scene and in how measured will struggle for saving the power of #european decision in matter of alimentary security and the political decisions in the field of the alimentary products? +Nevertheless, more that of a new action treats to see #if the considering *nº 25 do not reflects already this need to give priority to exports to improve the position of the #european industry, world-wide leader in some renewable energies, and to it that have taken reference #some of orators, because it is truth that here have some very clear advantages with regard to producers. +In conclusion, and to the light of said considerations, wanted to call attention on the need to make, in matters so complex in that the market and rules confront to the collective welfare, analysis of cost-benefit #whose temporary reference was the long term for the introduction of measures directed to reduce the energetic intensity of the final demand. +An agreement that establishes the total liberalisation of the 95% of the #south african exports to the EU along a period of ten years with the elimination of the corresponding tariffs to the 86% of his industrial products covers a too much long time for a country that confronts economic and social problems so grave. +With reason, want to ask #if the Commission will present the agenda of the meetings of the Commission and work documents more important before the meeting of the Commission so that like this it #can appear #any information on the documents in the press before the celebration of the meeting and exist greater interest by the meetings by part of the press. +The inclusion of *Turquía -by moment #can not say at all concretise in name of my political group since we are still a debate to the *respecto, although personally I believe that it has to have candidate status to adhesion to the European Union, #such as it has said Mr. *Verheugen- is urgently necessary no only for democratisation of *Turquía but also for peace and stability in the *Balcanes and in the *sudeste of *Europa. +peace among the two States, #Israel and Palestinian, will not be durable but with condition that economies develop in the frame of a favourable regional cooperation to a sustainable and just development for #all parts, cooperation that in *primer term has to take into account the most vulnerable territories: think, for example, in the problem of water. +Subject: common Politics In July past, minister #finnish of External Subjects took the word in *Estrasburgo, in quality of representative of the Presidency of the Council, to affirm that the goals of *Finlandia are that the Union have of a common will, a common politics and a common voice. +Nevertheless, exists a wide majority in Parliament in favour of the #european participation, no only with exchange of the best practical or cooperation procedures, with it that agree, but also with utilisation of #some of the previous programs that existed in the past; in particular, Poverty programs *I and Poverty *II and mood in that #this tackled the problems using approach that split from the base. +*Permítame *preguntarle, gentleman President in exercise, #if it #would be had to present an initiative in breast of the Council to ask to the Commission that believes a new program relative to poverty that take use of it better of the past, but that it was an authentic program, no only expert group that exchange ideas neither meeting celebration in exotic places of the Union. +Taking into account the circumstance that accidents nuclear do not detain in the national borders, #would be now forced *decirles to the countries candidates to adhesion to the European Union, #if they continue with his risky nuclear politics, looming in this way to #all the European Union -am in *Temelin, in *Krsko, in *Bohunice and in *Mochovce, that under these conditions #can not neither has to produce adhesion. +Lady Speaker, in note that *le gave said that had the intention to pose the question of the visits of Chinese President to *Francia and to Realm Joined, and repercussions for rapes of the human rights in Chinese, and the arrests effected by the police and performance authoritarian in *Francia and in Realm Joined. +In chamber place, after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the European Union has to answer also to #a lot of new requirements. #Can quote the fields of the inner politics, the space of freedom, security and justice, chapter devoted to employment or the greater possibilities in the field of the protection of health and of consumer. +Is necessary to set up a more conscious administration with the costs and has to delete the *despilfarro, of the that have been innumerable witnesses occasions and that the reports of the Court of Accounts have taken out to the light along these years, #if it wants that citizens community see in the community organs serious partners in development process of *Europa. +Clearly, follow being too much prompt to judge the results of the mandate of #ECB, but, also to this *respecto, #can indicate already signs positive, not being minor of *ellos the that investors are had to loan money to the governments of the zone of the euro with some types of interest very low. +has talked here a lot of independence; and is truth that, with the Treaty of *Maastricht, the that believed that price stability was an indispensable condition for development sustained and the that believed that to dominate inflation was necessary a Central Bank, have won. And the that believed that it #can take thing with the monetary politics or with the economic politics with #such to grow in the short term and artificially, have lost. +Although *me *percato and appreciate that the wish to see published the votes or records by part of Government Council do not appears in the resolution proposal that will be voted tomorrow by Parliament, in this debate has loaned attention, more of the that expected, to the phenomenon of transparency, that culminates with the publication of the votes. +This wide evaluation covers an extensive series of indicators that include, of course, the evolution of the real economy, variations of employment and unemployment, an analysis of the evolution of the type of change in so much have influence on price level in the zone of the Euro. +In this same road, also have to register pleased the recent conclusion of the Presidency of the European Council of *Tampere in front of capital bleaching, in the that signals the decision of the Council to "guarantee that they give the concrete steps to proceed to follow-up, preventive embargo, seizure and *decomiso of the benefits of offence" . +A realistic politics of immigration #would have to consist, to the contrary, in hampering the situation of immigrants in *Europa suppressing, in particular, help social -political that it is, by it other, the of the #american Congress-, diminishing the economic helps to the countries that boost immigration and organising of systematic form transfers until border. +Need a big debate also on the geographic enlargement of the European Union, on contents and demand to the Council of Ministers -ladies and knights that are there represented- that have value to direct to *Europa to a positive future, as it treats of stability, of peace and of democracy in the century *XXI in our continent. +Expect that the Commission and *usted, in the proposal that *nos go to present, have prowess to fly higher and know to motivate with *algo more exciting that the mere *refundición of the garbled texts of the Treaties, the need to define a constitutional part in the fundamental texts of the European Union. +Of course, still has not inscribed credit in game, but, instead -and is my second point- has inscribed an enormous credit (60 millions of euros) in reservation for the statute of deputies, *algo quite garbled since this statute still no exists, and that, anyway, although it approved a statute of deputies, is evident that #would not apply in the current term of office. +Gentleman President, at any rate, wanted to remember that when deciding not raising the embargo against the bovine meat #english, *Francia do not takes in this case but apply the Treaty, that leaves the possibility to State to forbid or to limit imports by reasons of protection of health and life of persons and animals. +The first is that we are in the European Parliament and have celebrated, the past Friday, a debate without the Commission and without the report of experts, debate during the *cual believe that the Assembly and, of course, my Group treated to situate the subject in the frame that *le corresponds, is to say, inside it that they are competitions and obligations like #european deputies, of face to #ours *conciudadanas and *conciudadanos. +As now we know that cars are responsible of the 12% of broadcasts; and that persons that buys cars is not at all conscious that vehicle also is an instrument *contaminante and of how much contaminates, whereas yes it knows, for example, how means the so much by one thousand of alcohol in blood; *yo yes know that #if I buy car that consumes three litres of fuel each 100 kilometres is car of low consumption, is urgent that *concienciemos to consumer of pollution *ocasionada by cars. +Is fundamental to boost the local initiatives of employment, support the social economy *garantizándole a juridical recognition, recognise really, even by means of public finance, to the *tercer sector, form of economy that is among the traditional public sector and the yielding sector, based in the creation of useful activities for life in society. +Gentleman President, treats of an interesting report and of proposals that probably obtain *bastantes votes of Parliament; but, further of it that *nos proposes the Commission, that consists simply, *me seems to me, in restarting the process of *Luxemburgo, poses doubt: why the Report *Monti do not occupies the centre of worries *cuando shows clearly that the absence of social convergence and fiscal convergence slope put of work in #all the countries of the Union? +It important is not the preparation of a catalogue of the rights, but achieve that #all have consciousness of it important that is the first infancy, to avert that in the following years configure society in the that youngsters, by not having enjoyed of rights during infancy, #can not express by any half that was not alteration of order. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, in name of the Commission, wanted to *congratularme in the first place by the approval of the *dictámenes on directive proposal relative to notification of the judicial acts and *extrajudiciales in civil and commercial matter, #as well as regulation proposal on competition, recognition and the execution of judicial decisions in matrimonial matter. +Therefore the question -and comprise and appreciate his fine will, gentleman Commissioner- is the following: Is had the Commission, in front of the *hostigamiento and pressures that are #european companies, to take *algo more that express consternation and worry, and to take *algún type of measures -and to *ello engaged predecessor, Mr. *Brittan, in front of Parliament: know it well because *yo *le formulated the question in day- in the case that #that *incumplimiento follow being absolutely evident and *palmario? +Subject: Initiatives of the Commission to contribute to the preparation of the countries candidates to adhesion adhesion to the EU, and therefore to the inner market, of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental will involve pressure in the field of competition that will take that it accelerate the process of structural changes in countries. +With regard to the question of the transitory regulations that they #can request the countries candidates in the frame of this chapter of negotiations for adhesion, the basic point of negotiations of the European Union consists in that measures only are possible in exceptional cases and for time term and field of application limited. +In my Group exists an important number of pertinent members of neutral countries and no neutral that *oponen *frontalmente to #all this idea to create defence identity #european, and the debate in breast of the neutral countries is conducted of a very deceptive way. +Here in Parliament today has remained perfectly clear and the majority has been very sincere to the *respecto: want defence identity #european, want armament industry #european that it was competitive and want a #european army; but nobody has consulted to the public opinion of States members. +The European Union has to have an only goal: take part in the *restablecimiento of peace, reach a statute for *Chechenia, of compliance with it foreseen in the agreement signed by *Rusia and *Chechenia on 31 August 1996, and has to likewise assume commitment to remember that #this *Europa #if it wants to defend the human rights, #can not continue endorsing the fact that *Rusia consider strength and the army the only instrument to take politics. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the report (To5-0062\/1999) of Mr. *Schwaiger, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the communication of the Commission to the Council (*COM(1999) 331 - *C5-0155\/1999 - 1999\/2149(*COS)) and to the European Parliament on the approach of the EU on the Round of #Millenium of the *OMC +In effect, given the challenges posed, is evident that the next Round #can not limit to expand the normative frame, by important that *ello was, neither #can neither watch only so that the commercial liberalisation contribute to the economic and social growth of the less developed countries, although it share fully this goal, but that it has to also establish norms that have to take effective the opening of the markets and guarantee fulfillment of #the same. +And now, gentleman Commissioner, wanted to *preguntarle in the first place #if it confirms intention of not accepting in the agenda of the next negotiations #any *reconsideración of the agreement on the textile sector in preparation and, second, how considers that it goes to affect to the textile industry #european Chinese entrance in the World-wide Organisation of Trade, taking into account that this country is the *primer world-wide exporter of textile products. +Said #this, negotiation round of the *OMC do not serves to create *algo *supranacional, as it fears often, that oust the international Rights or that prevent to take fluctuate the free market, but especially to give true rules to #all *nosotros, #as well as to watch by #some fundamental rights like the right to health, education or to the social functions in a frame of *salvaguardia of the rights of citizen. +liberalisation of the world-wide trade is a positive process that generates development and that it #can be hindered no only by the protectionist practices of States, but also by the creation of situations of distortion of competition like the abuses of dominant position, cartels, the *dumping - think, for example, in dockyards - so hurtful for *Europa. +In the field of the structural politics is evident, for example, that what greater was the number of States members, more #unlikely will be that they #can reach reasonable decisions according to the principle of unanimity, #if they pretend to apply the scarce bottoms, the scarce resources, so that they benefit really to the poor regions and to the poor groups of the European Union +Without embargo, the Council finishes to initiate, without expressing it clearly, an irreversible process that #can conduct it, #if nobody detains it, to award a mandate of complete negotiation to the Commission, and in this way, in application of the new article 133.5 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, *desposeer to #all the national Parliaments of power of definite ratification, but always, obviously, without expressing it with clarity. +The Council expects that the guarantees that has given the provisional administration, as it designates, on respect of the human rights and of the civil freedoms are respected without condition #any and that indictment charge against Prime minister *destituido, Mr. *Nawaz *Sharif, was pursued inside respect of the legality in front of a civil court and public. +To answer specifically to the question of Mr. *Duff, the Union, after the coup d'état, has cancelled the signature of the new agreement of cooperation among the Community and *Pakistán, and have suspended our political dialogue, to send, simply, to the new masters of *Pakistán, a message on worries with regard to the coup d'état and to consequences. +As it is clear that the problem of the *Cáucaso #can not be solved of form in that they want to solve it the Russians. Therefore same, *me seems very important that no *nos remain with arms crossed, that the Commission take #his this call and loom with categorical measures, as for example the freezing of the new agreements *TACIS, and that papers get to the offices of civil servants #russian, so that we are not *nosotros the only in having all #this by writing. +Likewise, takes lacking to concentrate attention -and our budgetary efforts- in programs of evaluation of practices that follow in the field of prevention, of therapy and of the *reinserción, #as well as in the field of the social and sanitary consequences, so that the corresponding results guide to the countries members and candidates to hour to trace his national politics. +Gentleman President, also *yo wanted to back the content of the #german initiative directed to improve information exchange on trip documents falsified and to reinforce security of borders of the European Union so much for States members like the *mio, Realm Joined, that do not forms part of *Schengen, as for the that they find in the perimeter of the European Union. +To finish, also expect that the Presidency #finnish remember to the Governments of States members in the Council of *Helsinki that for the creation of an only market is necessary that allow the acquisitions *transfronterizas and the restructuring of key companies without that produce any political interference by part of the Governments of States members. +In the forum of the human rights of this morning have talked with #one of colleagues #finnish of Speaker in pertinent exercise of the Ministry of External Subjects Finn on a concrete case on the that has treated recently the European Parliament, the case of #Alexander *Nikitin, man that will be processed to #few kilometres of distance of *Helsinki by high betrayal. +*Nosotros, in Parliament, adopt a resolution in the month of October that marks clearly line that #would have to follow the European Parliament, although, as it has exposed here -and has said it Mr. *Poettering in name of my Group-, there are #some discrepancies inside Group on the importance, character and the scope that it is necessary to give to this candidature of *Turquía. +Without embargo, #this #can not suppose the suppression of #any of the requirements regarding democratisation of the Constitution and of the political reality, a fundamental improvement regarding respect of the human rights, a political solution of the problem *kurdo and the end of occupation of the north of *Chipre. +Precisely by #this, *yo #can not approve #some of the amendments that obtained a majority backrest in the Environment Commission and, especially, neither the that have presented Mrs. *Breyer and Group, #some of the *cuales are *superfluas and do not contribute to improve the text of the legislative proposal and #others do not have at all that see with the present proposal of directive, since they do not save relation with field of application. +The public information has insisted in that directive proposal has a fundamental importance and offers the opportunity to back legal measures, included the right of society to appoint and disfigure to the governments that do not adopt the necessary measures to fulfil this directive. +The Commission will take in account #this and will draft again the text of the following way: " The Commission studies the possibility to present suitable proposals for harmonisation of measurement procedures of dioxide broadcasts of carbon of vehicles pertaining to category *M1, in compliance with the annex 3 of the directive 70\/156." +#There is diverse questions that *nos follow concerning, like cut in finance, that remain out of the field of application sectors of increasing importance like the of aquaculture, the *poca concretion of informations that will receive consumer -specifically Mrs. *Fraga expressed it in regard to the distribution of zones proposed by the Commission-, or the fault of other notable data like the minimum size. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the proposal of the Commission of a new *OCM for products of fishing and aquaculture do not attends adequately the needs and specificities of this sector in the diverse States members neither takes into account potentialities that still exist, it that results so much more incomprehensible what that the own Commission recognises that the European Union matters the 60% of product consumption *pesqueros. +The report of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence encourages in mentioning the question of the human rights. But, after having amended the proposal of the Commission, the report pronounces in favour to continue the deepening of the Union *aduanera with *Turquía. +In the special report of the Court of Accounts on activities of the *UCLAF have signalled a series of proposals that consider that they #would have to undertake Parliament and States members relative to the nomination of a #european public prosecutor and measures to continue the fight against fraud. +In *Dinamarca have had from the century nineteen a stupendous tradition of permanent education and precisely writer, priest and #one of creators of the #danish constitution, *N.*F.*S. *Grundtvig appears like #one of the *pilares fundamental of #all the #danish movement of the popular upper schools. movement that contributed to education of the common persons in a period in the that #this was *algo out of it normal. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0075\/1999) of Mr. #Aparicio *Sánchez, in name of Transport Commission, Regional Politics and Tourism, on regulation proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that it establishes permission distribution for vehicles of heavy transport of commodities that circulate by Swiss. (*COM(1999) 35 - *C5-0054\/1999 - 1999\/0022). +Of course, regarding the statistical data on #whose base proposes permission granting for vehicles of heavy transport, data of the external trade that we have until today, essentially #can not be correct, since with the current limit of the 28 tonnes in Swiss, transports by road to big distance, as for example from my country, from #Grecia, are not economically profitable and therefore do not make. +Certainly, with forecast of transmission of the return of permissions that have not been attributed until 15 September, in place of 15 November that proposed the Commission, reduces the possibility to be unfair in the final attribution, that has to take according to the real needs, and helps to companies in programming. +Is essential that citizens comprise the true goal of this package, since no treats simply -although it is important- to warn competition *tributaria disloyal or to guarantee the correct operation of the inner market, concepts #this, repeat, very important, but that to the majority of persons #can seem bureaucratic or distant, but that treats, rather, to take *algo very concrete for the daily life in *Europa: treats to create places of work. +The achieve affirm the majority like rule in the Community, like base of the political operation of the Union (very important for Parliament in measure in that we #can *codecidir), the have the juridical personality, the that they include in the Conference decisions that has taken the Council, as, for example, draft a Letter of fundamental rights... bear how serve all #this #if it do not includes in the Treaties? +The European Union has bent also by means of the Presidency of *ustedes by an option *atinada when insisting in that the reform process of the Treaties has to have concluded and go in in operation in the year 2002, to more take, so that it facilitate a prompt adhesion, because it is important to watch by that the reform process do not convert in the enemy of the enlargement process. +The Commission *sufraga the greater part of administration costs of the Office of #Alto *Comisionado for the Human Rights of *Colombia and finishes to approve program *plurianual to support the human rights in the #andean region with finance that rises to 11,5 millions of euros, roughly, the greater part of the *cual will go allocated to *Colombia. +Gentleman President, #any one that are the games of budgetary hands to fund help to reconstruction of *Kosovo, the Council, like Parliament, denies to tackle the true problem, that is reconstruction of *Kosovo #as well as reconstruction, also necessary, of Serbian, #would have to fund with charge to the military budgets of the responsible States of bombardments. +#One of the most important decisions adopted during the last autumn has been commitment contracted in the summit of *Helsinki, by means of the *cual the Community and States members show will to ratify the Protocol of *Kioto before the Conference of River 10, that will take place in the year 2002, and also will undertake #all the necessary measures so that said ratification was possible. +Our question is the following: how measured propose to adopt the Commission and the Council to guarantee that Parliament converts in a real speaker in the preliminary work, #as well as in the contribution of the European Union to "*Beijing more five" and in the official delegation of the European Union in the conference of New *York? +#- - Report (To5-0088\/1999) of Mr. #Miranda, in name of Development Commission and Cooperation, on the communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council - Consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on the legislative procedures in course to 1 May 1999 in the field of development and of cooperation (*SEC(1999) 581 - *C4-0219\/1999) Confirmation of the first reading: *COM(1994) 289 - *C4-0090\/1994 - 1994\/0167(*COD) - ancient 1994\/0167(*SYN) +In the first place, wanted to congratulate to the speaker, Mr. #Aparicio *Sánchez, by work that has carried out in relation with this question, and protest by that it have not received the integral text of the agreement among the European Union and Swiss before that part of distribution of permissions, that is not more that part of the global agreement. +Believe that before June will be able to find the definite formula, that, as they know, do not bases in the decision of the Commission -not even of the Council, #would say-, since it is thing of Nation Organisation Joined and those who take part are states, but, in any case, repeat, give the political will and the political budgets, since in subjects sight points are identical, to advance together. +Obviously will have competition in the field of the evaluation of risk elements and to evaluate said elements of risk, scientists that work in the agency will not be able to depend only of his own opinions and criteria, but that they will have to consult also to scientists of States members. Because an agency of these characteristic -agency or authority or it that it was- no only will have to be independent, but besides will have to keep in contact with scientists of States members. +In the territory of the European Union there #be not a negative attitude in front of the legal immigration, but that the problem in himself\/hisself is the existence of the illegal immigration and even of the illegal traffic of persons of third countries, problem that yes fits to combat; but has not tried in no way hamper the legal immigration. +Gentleman President, rule on the procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, in virtue of article 321 of the Treaty of the *CE, of article 33 of the Treaty on *EURATOM and of article 29 of the Treaty on the *CECA, establishes that the deliberations of the Court of Justice of the European Communities will be secret and will remain secretly. +Gentleman President, am entirely satisfied with the answer of the Council, but before concluding this session wanted to *preguntarle to the Presidency of Parliament when will keep the debate on the big group of questions proposed in the report of Mr. *von *Wogau, in relation with politics in matter of competition and of subventions state; in a principle, this debate had to have taken place already this morning, but has gone delaying #some hours along day. +The amendments only pretend to avert that Bottom take *algo that in any case #can not take; the purpose of the Regulation proposed is to allow the continuation of the financial contribution of the EU to Bottom. do not pretends in any case modify the essence of the current Regulation (*CE) *nº 2614\/97, reason by the *cual approved urgency procedure in the first place. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0089\/1999) of the Round Mrs. *Jiménez, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on decision proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Decision 96\/411\/*CE relative to the improvement of the community agricultural statistics (*COM(1999) 332 *C­0042\/1999 1999\/0137(*COD)) +Of course, since the common agricultural politics is of a situation in the that pay subventions in export moment or in entrance moment in intervention to a situation in the that subsidise each individual animal by acre or crop hectare planted, is evident the enormous importance that has know exactly how many animal there #be in the Union, how many hectares, how many *olivos, etc. #All information is fundamental. +Subject: Statements of *Ecevit after the arrest of *Ocalan Prime minister #turkish, Mr. *B. *Ecevit (the one who in 1974 gave attack order against the Republic of *Chipre, Been member of Nations Joined and country candidate, in actuality, to entry in the EU), declared in front of journalists *tucos and foreigners, immediately after the arrest of the leader of the PKK, To. *Ocalan, that *Turquía will not accept indications of any #european country in relation with trial of *Ocalan. +#Can indicate the Council #which were reasons of the announcement of said informal extraordinary meeting, why was surrounded of reservation, #which were conclusions and decisions, how paper is called to exert *Europol, how other services of national judicial police, international or Europeans are engaged in the application of the decisions quoted and #if #this affect exclusively to the organisations *kurdas or also to organisations and movements that act in countries of the EU? +By it that refers to the internal structure of the Commission, multiplied the directives to end to give occupation to an every time greater number of Commissioners and, #if it continues impulse, as it goes to happen of twenty to thirty Commissioners, go to create again #others *tantas directions and multiplication, that do not corresponds to an internal coherence, to homogeneity of the tasks that exert, will give disastrous results. +In this sense, an important step that have to give to achieve tuning among the community institutions and citizens, #would be precisely the preparation of a code of behaviour that facilitate confidence relations among civil servants and the public and that this code was accessible and comprehensible for citizens. +Wanted to signal -now that are the questions related with Right Commission of Woman- that, obviously, in the amendments 1 and 2 relative to the Commission of Public Freedoms and of Inner Subjects and Employment Commission and Social Subjects has to remain clear that to said commissions no *les #can attribute competitions in matter of discriminations in reason of sex, since of *ello commissions the Commission of the Rights of Woman. +These two proposals are directed to open to operators the new market of broadcast of electronic money in a normative frame of neutrality from the point of competitive sight, taking into account, on the one hand, the interest that it develop a correct competition in the sector and, by #another, the existent realities in #some States members. +deputies to the European Parliament #can not take thing that demand to the Commission that interrupt cooperation in the frame of the Agreement of *Lomé and that beg to those who have designated to himself\/hisself same like leaders of the *Níger that respect the fundamental laws, that *restituyan power to a civil Government and that respect freedoms and the human rights. +But *yo #would want to signal that, not to persist in a bad tradition, at least it #would be necessary to leave that it debated the subject Regulation Commission, since in my opinion #would be abusive or, anyway, interpretation *tendenciosa, allow that a simple majority #can modify competition of the commissions or, in any case, *vaciar of content #that in the that this relative majority did not assume the presidency. +In note of 7 April, that directed to Mr. *Priestley, #ours *jurisconsulto concluded: «censorship motion against the Commission #would be admissible to clear the juridical situation in the that finds and to limit more the exercise of powers, although it considers that value added, from sight point juridical, #would be quite feeble». +#would Wish to congratulate to the speakers for having reached incorporate #all the fundamental looks of this question: the situation of the greater persons in the labour market, his specific needs in the field of training, the questions related with his *sustento and needs regarding services. +The different costs of production of glucose in industries of #EE.UU. and of the European Union #can suppose usually among the 30 % and the 100 % of sale price, inconvenient that is impossible to surpass by means of the technological advance or the increase of productivity, even more taking into account that the majority of the #european industries suffer also of size disadvantage. +The recent evolution of the monetary variables, Mrs. *Metten, reinforce confidence of the economic agents and have to have positive repercussions, especially in the behaviour of the private investment, but *usted knows perfectly that I never comment the decisions of the Central Bank European, not to be accused of transgressing the *sacrosanto principle of independence. +Of course that it is still insufficient and #that is reason by the that have presented the *GOPE, precisely to put on the table an economic strategy, that follows from takes years, and like the speaker has underlined, there #be not reason to change of economic strategy, to the contrary, it is necessary to keep the course and *redoblar efforts to keep growth and struggle against unemployment. +The office did not has only function of the external control; #this is, definitely, very important, as States members are those who administer the 80 % of the community resources. The office will be also an independent guardian of the community interests in breast of organs and of the institutions of the Community. +The European Foundation for the Improvement of Conditions of Life and of Work *subscribió a memorandum of understanding with Health Agency and Security to avert duplication of functions, because #one of things in that it insists Parliament is the that it did not has to have duplication of functions in the work of these agencies. +#There is a big obstacle: the rule that the proposals of States members for the application of VAT reduced have to be approved unanimously by the Council, *cuando VAT no longer is the base for the contribution of States members to the European Union, argument that always was used to say that *vaciaba this base. +As a result of a decision of the Council of *Viena of the pasts 11 and 12 December, the Commission finishes to present to the European Parliament modification proposal of the Directive 78\/388\/*CEE relative to the possibility to apply, with experimental character, a type reduced of VAT on services of big intensity of hand of drama. +*Permítanme that add warning in relation with point: more important that an abstract decision, adopted in the negotiation table, on the definition of borders and #who #can or #can not coexist with #who, will be to impose fulfillment of norms -norms situated under the empire of the Right- and repress command of the massacres and the *puñales. +*Nos causes satisfaction the financial help and *macroeconómica of the World-wide Bank and #FMI, but the EU will have to adapt his economic and financial politics, because the humanitarian help #can not never compensate descent of export opportunities and counter the blockade of links and communications with the Union. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0267\/99) of Mr. *Rothley, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens, on decision project of the European Parliament relative to the Statute of deputies to the European Parliament (7528\/2\/99 - *C4-0217\/99-00\/0823(*COS)). +Regarding information before the celebration of agreement, the amendments occupy of information to consumers before celebrating agreement and the amendments refuse the concept of a right of reflection based in agreement project #such as it introduced it directive proposal. +The area of force covers to #all consumption products, so much new as of *segunda hand; the legal guarantee is of two years; in the cases of products of *segunda hand, States members will be able to decide, #if buyers and the sellers #can agree mutually limitation of guarantee time to a year. +The statute draft contained things profitable: a uniform wage that #would have made possible the payment of national taxes in the countries that like this had wished it, clear rules on statement of the interests of deputies, transparency in matter of repayment of costs and repayment of the real costs of trip. +With these supports, Parliament celebrated varied informal meetings with the Presidency of the Council and, with true satisfaction, have to stand out that the greater part of aspirations have been collected by the Council, until extreme that, after the European Council of *Berlín, has formulated a new proposal of regulation titled now, at last, «Regulation relative to the Financial Instrument of Orientation of Fishing». +In front of some initial and radical proposals directed to that the #european agriculture take more in account the indications of the market and the international references, finally has accepted *matizar terms and even exclude to #any of the sectors for reforming -as it is the case of the dairy products-, #whose reform postpones for the campaign 2005 and that surely will see meanwhile aggravated disequilibriums. +In front of the initial proposals to deepen relation among agriculture and environment to put end to #some deteriorations reported, like floor degradation and of water, attacks to biodiversity, etc., the Commission proposes in the horizontal regulation that are States members the that they define the compulsory environmental norms and general and determine sanctions, escaping like this of a community approach. +After having subjected the case to the Court of Justice, #this, abandoning jurisprudence *integracionista classical -that *perduró until the number of members got to nine-, limited to take a strictly formal interpretation of the texts, against #all logical and against the fundamental principles of a coherent juridical interpretation. +The Agreement is composed of three main axes: the institutionalisation of a political dialogue to the highest level; the extension and deepening of cooperation -to this *respecto foresees explicitly and for the first time cooperation in matter of human rights and democracy and include fields so important like the social, the fight against poverty, and the protection of the environment and of consumer. +From sight point more essential, believe that it basic, in this question, is that Parliament, the last day, pretends to subject during seven years to successor and to the successor of successor to a substantial limitation of the budgetary powers established in the Treaty, budgetary powers that Parliament exerts, in general, by qualified majority. +The Group *Europa of Nations has not voted positively the Report *Aglietta on execution competitions attributed to the Commission, mainly because the European Parliament treats to alter the sense of #some of the new disposals of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, to modify in own benefit the institutional balance. +Gentleman President, the resolution that finishes to approve the European Parliament on method that it #would be necessary to follow to reform the #european institutions after the Treaty of *Amsterdam did not contributes, in our opinion, improvement regarding the past, and will conduct, as of habit, to make operations of reform from up, without hardly have the initiative and the participation of villages of *Europa. +Is the culmination sure enough of a long process in the that Parliament and the European Union have exerted paper, in the that without place to doubts village of *Timor Oriental, with fight, has exerted paper determinant, but #can not leave to signal the importance of the diplomatic hit yesterday achieved by the Government of *Portugal in New *York. +In any case, in it that concerns to the European Union already *les have said that they have taken already #all disposals and *les announce more: already are to work, precisely to request of the #portuguese Government, in #any one of hypotheses, in the need to increase cooperation lines with the territory, of course respecting the popular will. +Was necessary to expect to that the Palestinians renounced to the military methods, to that heaved the civil disobedience by means of the *intifada and boarded patient negotiations with an enemy that had by fascist and racist, it was necessary to expect, as, to #all #this so that the Palestinians reached to advance and put in foot a peace process that has achieved now that a big part of the world was had to support his legitimate requirements to establish an independent State. +As *ustedes know, the Commission reacted immediately, communicating to State Boss Greater, Colonel *Azali *Assoumani, disapproval of the European Union and calling attention on the principles of cooperation, #whose essential elements are respect of the human rights, democracy and right State. +Have got to the following commitment: place that no exists a common position on the nomenclature, have been able to obtain a statement of the Council by the that promises to examine the position on said nomenclature, taking into account the amendments of the European Parliament and the results of discussions that at present carry out in the frame of a second exercise *SLIM. +In the Union only has to allow matter pertinent products of third countries #whose operators respect the social norms *promulgadas by the *OIT *atinentes to conditions and to the length of work, #as well as to the childish work, before that the Union impose norms in the global frame of the international agreements that negotiates and, in particular, of negotiation rounds of the *OMC. +will Have #all support of the Party of the European Socialists no only to effect the indispensable internal reforms -in *primer term, the statute of deputies and the of assistants-, but also to open wide open the windows of the institution to #ours *conciudadanas and to our *conciudadanos, in #all the *Europa of the Fifteen and further of borders, because no only are this palace, but also #one *Europa more joined. +#If we had not got to an agreement -and think in it that #would have meant, in the context of the beginning of war of *Kosovo and the crisis in the that found simultaneously the Commission, that the Summit of *Berlín had divided without getting to commitment-, *Europa #would have precipitated in a grave historical crisis. +*Me refer, of course, to the approval of Diary 2000, that went a political exercise, diplomatic and of balance of own interests inside the very difficult Union, and to #all the consequences that derived of the, maybe, greater problem of actuality, by repercussions inside the own European Union, that has been conflict of *Kosovo and #all the circumstances that have surrounded it and the consequences also that they derive for the future. +*Cuando the Western European Union finally disappear, in addition to the national Parliaments, it will be necessary to have Parliament that assume the #european responsibility and, in consequence, competitions in matter of external politics, of security and of defence will owe *recaer increasingly in the European Parliament, so as to that in the European Union any field remain to the *margen of Parliament and democracy. +The consolidation of peace broken in the legendary Field of the Blackbirds of *Kosovo *Polje demands that it exist an optimum collaboration among the international organisations involved, Nations Joined for the return of refugees, the *OSCE, of face to the democratic construction, and the European Union for the economic and social reconstruction. +Know that money that *le has offered #Telephone hardly #can justify with the description of silver bunch and, of course, is to cries the question of *cuán seriously will take members of this Assembly to company like #Telephone *cuando avenges to take pressure, as probably it will take on the subject of the review and the future legislation in this field. +In the last Council, as it already has mentioned President of #the same, reached a political agreement on diverse measures and previously had reached in the Council of Ministers of Agriculture a political agreement on rule referred to the biological crops and to extension to the animal products. +Maybe already is hour that *nosotros, like #european Deputies, have the *sensatez to recognise that *tantos years of agricultural politics European *nos have carried in fact to the almost total destruction of quality agriculture, *per know of small scale, and to an all-powerful industrial agriculture #european, to the *omnipotencia of some agro-industrial groups that only look for lucre and that trick of the public health and of quality norms. +In bottom is a species of natural disaster and in fact #would have to say: Are here in front of a subject for the European Administration; want to support defence that took Deputy *Thyssen so that the Commission was more generous in point and debate with Parliament on how act in front of this type of situations in the future. +Is very clear that it has to be explicit and #if it already is implicit do not see *cual is the problem to ensure that it was explicit place to measure that happens time the radioactive substances go to suppose an even greater danger and - as I finish to say - have had luck that even it have not produced a serious accident. +*Señorías, #if perhaps by contempt to the right of minorities, by the expression of a hegemonic will of the great groups, adopts *usted interpretation that go further of the letter, very clear without embargo, of Parliament, wish to call attention on the fact that it #would create a very important and hurtful precedent that #can go back *algún day against #any one of the groups or subgroups of this Assembly. +The meeting of the European Council in *Tampere days 15 and 16 October is a historical attempt of *esbozar a common politics of the European Union in the fight against the international delinquency organised, in the creation of a space of justice #european and in subjects of immigration and asylum. +To time know #which are the lean points of our credibility in front of the #european citizens. do not waste this opportunity to involve to the no governmental organisations and to each #one of citizens in gestation process of the Letter *sirviéndonos of an unknown formula to date. +Like this, is precise that Parliament, with the new attributions that *le conferred the Treaty of *Amsterdam, take #his the goal to advance to the creation of this space of freedom, security and justice respecting the national differences and taking always effort to approximate *Europa to citizens with clarity regarding the goals that pretends to achieve and to form as they transmit to the public opinion. +#This is case fully justified, no only because it is a system that is not prepared for the "effect 2000" , but that, besides, takes into account a migration of systems and, is more, is #all a complicated system that goes to cover from the *primer moment, from conception of the text, until the publication, without that it mediate any #another system, or was, that *yo believe that it is *algo that goes to leave to the Court of Justice in an optimum level for work. +The cause of the enormous current suffering of the *timorenses is clear: militias *proindonesias try to drown in blood bath the aspirations to a political independence of the big majority of the population. Attention!: is the most absolute negation of the result of the referendum of 30 August 1999. +In this sense, *me add to appeal formulated in Plenary and also by the Senate of the Republic of my country, that foresees that the #european Governments and the UN recognise without delay the sovereign State of *Timor Oriental and that #this leave to be a subject tackled in scoop also in Plenary. #This honours to deputies #portuguese and to deputies of #any nation. +Subject: A common defence of the EU In the course of the campaign for the #european elections, Prime minister #swedish, *Göran *Persson, affirmed that it is impossible that the idea of a common defence of the EU materialise , since *Suecia will put veto so prompt like the subject go out to *relucir. +Gentleman President, like Mr. Deputy knows, in article 17 of the Treaty of the Union determines that " the politics of common security covers #all the questions related with security of the Union, included defence politics that will go defining gradually and that it will be able to end in a common defence #if the European Council like this decides it" . +*Él said that an army of the Union #would be unnecessary, extremely expensive and directly harmful for relations with #EE.UU. *Permítanme then add that *nosotros do not want a community army and that are not members of NATO but, still like this, the same that the immense majority of village #swedish, government and the party that represent, want that the EU take greater responsibility in peace and security of *Europa. +Subject: juvenile Delinquency, drugs and the European Council of *Tampere How guarantees #can give the Presidency #finnish that the European Council on subjects of justice and inner that will celebrate the next days 15 and 16 October in *Tampere will adopt a common strategy that have like goal tackle the juvenile delinquency and transmit a clear message in the sense that the EU will not adopt politics *permisiva in matter of drugs? +With the often listened western confidence in the social institutions parallel #Kosovar, is to say, in state in the #albanian shadow during the pasts ten years, like point of ideal link for a new beginning for apple of the territorial discord, fits anyway a critical observation. In #some essential social fields this advantage applies without more. +The budgetary transparency is evidently necessary, as it proposes Parliament, to take a clear distinction among the contribution with charge to the community budget and contributions of distinct origin, #as well as to distinguish among cost in the physical reconstruction and in the creation of institutions. +Happening to the specific observations relative to rapes of the human rights, posed by Mr. *Zimeray, Mr. *Morillon and the *Srta. *Malmström, wanted to say that the Presidency #finnish is *ultimando the *démarche of the troika of the relative Union to convictions to death pity of four students, management that includes the opinions expressed by Parliament. +With reason of the scandal of the *EEB, are restructuring of the scientific committees of the European Union, so that scientists are designated by means of a public procedure, that know path and his financial interests, that the agenda of the sessions, records and also the minoritary opinions spread through Internet. +Therefore, to take #this, the Union will have to invest more in security of chain alimentary, in stage of the process, and decide for example - already has talked of *ello - on utility or no to create this agency, this famous independent agency for the alimentary security, that was inspired in the #american example or in #another. +paper that the regions and the historical nations of the EU #can exert in the creation of bonds economic and cultural with the diverse regions of *África is decisive and has to be an essential previous requirement for perspectives in the future, as also the elimination of debt. +Is history that knew in the year 1997 and, when seeming, up to now has not taken at all so that persons involved have received the just punishment and to initiate, by part of the Commission, investigation in depth, of course *quitándoles agreement to persons that in this moment have it and that they are managers of the situation that there has created. +How data #can offer the Commission on *España and the EU in relation with the evolution of crop of linen, subvention perception, control of the requirements to avert fraud, the resultant transformation oriented to commercialisation and fires *providenciales become in companies transformative? +Therefore, #if, by part, so much like Catholic #christian and like political man have to take upsetting in the need that in *Turquía show specifically a greater respect of the civil rights and of the fundamental values, in particular in matter of human rights, by #another, it is necessary to consider that #all commitments assumed by *Turquía with the Community in the last years so much in matter of external politics as of cooperation and of economy, #as well as in the cultural field, have fulfilled in moment. +The European Union bases identity in the fact to be right State, that is a very important step and a much more significant condition that coin a common coin or reach a politics of common defence. +Firstly, rejection of Government #turkish to recognise genocide committed in the past against the *armenios; second point: the fact to show *renuente to apply the norms of international Right in his *litigios with #Grecia; *tercer point: the maintenance of #turkish troops of occupation in *Chipre; chamber point: the negation of the fact *kurdo. +Communicate to the Assembly that, in the meantime, has gone taking seat in the official grandstand a delegation of the National Institute of Administration of the Chinese Popular Republic under the direction of Mr. *Wang *Zhongyn, member of the Council of State and General Secretary of Subject Council of State. +To continuation, exists the need to define norms and to consolidate the institution, is to say, the *OMC, to strengthen character *multilateral, improve the effects of globalisation on the sustainable development and warn the risks for the environment and health, inherent to confluence no oriented among national norms and levels of different production. +Likewise receive with satisfaction frankness with the that Mr. *Lamy has initiated work relations with this new Parliament, #as well as support to the modification of the Treaty in the next conference *intergubernamental, of face to reinforce paper of the European Parliament in the common commercial politics. +In this sense, and previously to the adoption of measures like tax on energy, it #would be necessary to ensure the adoption of these strategic performances, #as well as the reliability of production measures of gases of effect *invernadero, so that we #can make an effective follow-up of the evolution of the problem in #all the countries. +Therefore I ask to the Assembly that approve no only the resolution against death pity, but also the amendment that adds the following section: "The European Parliament takes an urgent call to the Governor of *Pensilvania, so that it abstain to sign a new mandate of execution against *Moumia *Abou #Jamal and go back to present review appeal of process" . +drivers of engine vehicles of two and three tyres have to respect in moment speed limits in vigour in States members and #that #would not have to have possibility to allege legislation nonexistence on this matter to avert the consequences #if *infringen speed limits. +Gentleman President, wish to call attention of Parliament on the fact that budget project 2000 has not foreseen to endow to line *B1-3800 relative to the promotion of the agricultural products, #whose amount allows only clear the past, and wanted to give the thanks to the speaker of course, #Jean-#Louis *Bourlanges by understanding #as well as to support of gentleman *Böge and of gentleman *Görlach. +*Me refer to point 11 in the that it says that Parliament considers that "the reduction of 0,50 points in interest types of 8 April 1999 was a positive measure and approves reasons of #the same" , leaving to understand that descent of the types has *sustentado the economic politics generals of the Community. +In so only little more of a year, by means of dialogue, have agreed already negotiation diary that comprises twelve points, and the past Sunday, in a historical fact in nation, have given start to the negotiation process that have to conduct to homeland by the *senda of the construction of a true and durable peace. +Besides, there #be another important dimension, lady Speaker, and is that *nos find in this moment in doors of the new wave of enlargement, as it has said President in exercise of the Council, and also are a series of electoral results that constitute a clear warning for #all *nosotros in measure in that determined xenophobe and racist attitudes are *incidiendo in the population of #some of countries. +The problem of women and of boys exploded and directed to prostitution, and relation among these worlds and drug trafficking, in addition to being great problems from sight point of the public security, are, from the point of human sight, *algo dramatic and *penoso that requires our concrete intervention. +Wish to underline that the Commission #would not have been able to exert paper, #if it had not been able to have support of the Presidency #finnish and in particular of Prime minister Mr. *Lipponen, to the that wish to appreciate once again cooperation and work in *pro of hit of *Tampere, #as well as with support, always critical and watchdog, of the European Parliament. +Among prudence and the temerity, among realism and utopia, there #be -are convinced- place and path for a true reform of our institutions, for a more effective operation and more democratic of the Union, no to delay enlargement, but to reach that it was hit. +In the relative question to the external politics and of security, this report squanders long -to the equal that State Bosses and of Government- in analysing development of security politics and when taking #this forgets that security politics is function of the external politics. +Of course am conscious of the special importance that the European Parliament attributes to two questions in particular: the first is relative to that the headquarters of the Agency establish in *Salónica and operation centre in *Prístina, to that mandate extend to #all the western region of the *Balcanes and to that activities situate in the frame of the Stability Pact. +In the political part will begin day 8 November and will be the first time that feel in the table the social speakers that express restlessness social by the problem of employment, the banks, that express the monetary politics, and States members, that are the political powers of *Europa. +Gentleman President, gentleman representative of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, finish *ustedes to remember, of form very complete, the importance that *reviste prohibition treaty, directed essentially to strengthen disposals of the Treaty of no proliferation and, together with *él, to keep under control development of the nuclear arms, to limit, therefore, the proliferation of said arms and of the necessary technologies for manufacture. +Have tested, without embargo, to substitute the young "word" by the elderly "word" in program that are and have checked that went out an extraordinary project, fully valid, because, as it said Mrs. #Taylor is true that #this is the first generation that has a #european identity and, as it said Mrs. *Gröner, that the future of *Europa begins with youngsters. +The liberal-democrats of Realm Joined vote in favour of this budgetary line, #such as it has been proposed by Budget Commission, but has to celebrate with previous character a debate to know the substantive points of *D. #Jan *Mulder, Member of the European Parliament, and find more financial resources inside the global without reducing reservations neither request to the Commission that provide new bottoms. +. (*FR) The Group *Europa of Nations has associated to the common resolution on company restructurings in front of globalisation, since #the same reveals the beginning of a new mentality, *distanciándose, in part, of the *librecambismo and, to time, asks that it focus the international trade "in function of the most complex goal of the sustainable development" . +Want to appreciate especially to Mr. *Fischler presence punctual, #as well as my gratitude by fulfillment of the promise that took in front of Fishing Commission, in audience of day 30 August, *cuando *nos said that it #would give priority to fishing Agreement with *Marruecos, it that #can corroborate by rapidity in formulating mandate proposal of negotiation. +Regarding the real application of norm of more of thirty months, that means that animal that have more of 30 months of age #can go in in chain alimentary, and to methods improved to delete risk material signalled of the bovine skeletons, are conditions that fulfil thanks to the application of control measures before signalled. +Sure enough, our #british friends have taken cautions in relation with the *rastreabilidad, have introduced passport for the bovine, has suppressed flours from 1990, have modified conditions of slaughtering, have withdrawn ganglions, the spinal marrow, tissues lymphatic, only export the bovine lower of thirty months. +Has been an inferior behaviour to the planned for the first part of the year and, without embargo, the upward tendency that goes to produce in the *segunda splits of the year will favour a next growth to the 3% for the average of the two last years, reaching with *ello alike figures or even upper for the year 2000 to the that had foreseen in spring forecasts. +In #Italia, the *concertación with the social speakers has blocked #all the strategies and reform hypotheses of the crucial points: think in work market, think in the public cost and, in particular, in the social cost, a law in matter of labour market that is calque of the of the years 70. +Wanted to remember to Parliament that the Council adopted the past month of June the Directive 99\/63, that incorporates to the community Right the agreement on ordination of work time of persons of the sea, subscribed by the social speakers of the sector of the maritime transport. +Coincide with the speaker in that it has to support cooperation in #all the Latin American area and facilitate advance of negotiations of the agreement with *Mercosur, agreement that -all it is necessary to say it- believe that it is a bit unemployed person or, said of form, has not gone to speed that expected the year 1995 *cuando approve it and *cuando signed adhesion agreement among the European Union and *Mercosur in *Madrid. +Also *me #would enjoy to stand out that we are in front of a good example of how a country that still has not reached his maximum quota of development, through agreement of scientific cooperation and technological goes to engage to growth form sustained and respectful with the environment thanks to the use of renewable energies. +The present managerial offers to consumer the possibility to adopt a decision based no only in power and the maximum speed, but also in CO2 broadcasts and purchase car taking in consideration also a list, a hierarchy, of the ten more favourable from sight point of consumption. +In effect, although we #can share the idea that helps or stimuluses to employment #can not subject totally to control conditions *tecnocráticas and rigid that loom with excluding of said helps to part of employment applicants in difficulties, conception *nos induces to propose no control, but a positive and constructive support in the steps that give, the *cuales, already know it, follow being difficult. +trucks and line cars are *causantes of an every time greater part of pollution, given our big progress in relation to broadcasts of tourisms by means of the improvement in the quality of fuel and to the fiscal facilities, #such as it finishes to say Mrs. *Myller. +is not necessary to clear that the European Parliament has to support #all a group of measures to control the environmental pollution, to end to apply the Agreement of *Kyoto, in the that it established the obligation to reduce a 8% broadcast level of six gases of effect *invernadero in the European Union, for the years 2008-2012. +The common position mentions on purpose to victims of exploitation and sexual abuse that will be covered by program, #as well as the common establishment of priorities, promoting innovation and the exchange of experiences on actions undertaken by States members, included information exchange on the different legislations and the results obtained. +suggestion already posed of create unit for boys inside the Commission believe that it deserves a study, especially to ensure that they will take in account the human and financial resources available in these moments. +To the present the *PRS 4 and in dialogue to three bands, day 7, before the adoption of #that *PRS 4, the Commission already *nos announced that the credits of payment supplementary and necessary -650,5 millions bear in particular *PHARE, *TACIS, *Obnova and *FYROM - covered or went to cover by means of three instruments: the *PRS 4, the global transfer and the *PRS 5, that today is the object of our debate and of the resolution. +#would Be error that this reference to the nuclear energy distracted attention of the main look of this report, that is the improvement of the energetic efficiency, #obtaining of greater supply from renewable sources and integration of our environmental goals in politics energetic. +Also ask to the Commission that support to Commissioner *Byrne in management to adopt a preventive attitude in the assistance of public health watching by the protection of attention of patients and health and training of hospital doctors no specialists. +#This is for me especially problematic as the fact that the negative resolutions are not considered like *vinculantes in #all States, to dessert #can mean that in State in that it has produced a negative resolution do not find recognition the positive resolution of State, so that it arise again disparity on it how is right in the European Union and #this is it that do not want that it occur. +#Many of *nosotros, varied States members of the European Union already have confronted the subject of tutor of boy precisely in moment in that families cross an especially difficult situation of life as it is separation of spouses, with #all the effects - especially in psychological terms - that finish *repercutiendo in boys. +Gentleman President, is clear that with the directive that proposes the European Commission steps important in the path to the creation of a common space of freedom, protection and justice by means of the *comunitariarización of the judicial collaboration and the approval of only norms in the sector of the private international right, in #where, really, had a big gap. +Have to say sincerely that, in front of strength correlation in the country and to the fact that disposal to the closing of *Kosloduj goes to employ against the Government in the next elections that are just around the corner, the steps that has given Government #bulgarian up to now are in front of this background some brave steps. *Algo similar goes to happen in *Eslovaquia and *Lituania. +The question formulated by mate, Mr. *Samuli *Pohjamo *me gives the opportunity, *Señorías, to remember method that use to establish the list of admissible regions for the Goal 2, #as well as programming modalities respecting the general regulation of the Structural Bottoms. +The foundation of my question is very clear. Among the 15 and the 20 percent of women are abused during pregnancy, the 50 percent of women murdered have been victims of husbands or *convivientes; violence is the greater threat that *cierne on women, #a lot of greater that rounds and traffic accidents together; only the two or three percent of rapists are imprisoned. +Finally, appreciate that colleague *Schwaiger have insisted in the principle of caution, with the end to integrate the environmental politics in the commercial politics, and share restlessness on the risks of supposition *ecoproteccionismo that #would not have at all that see with defence of health of citizens. +The amendments 12 and 33 serve to recess collection costs until the 10 percent for quantities established after 31 December of the 2000; #this #can complement with a flexible premium, in function of the results that States members reach with the collection of the traditional own resources and fight measures against fraud. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, is undoubted that the greater commercial development and the new challenges that has generated globalisation, #as well as the need to consolidate a commercial system *equitativo that contribute to a sustainable development and #whose benefits reach also to the less developed countries, demands a reinforcement of norms that govern the international trade. +In this Assembly have given priority to the protection of consumers, have established the familiar agricultural exploitations like the agricultural model and like basic unit of production, have converted the rural development and the conservation of the rural communities in the second *pilar of reform of the *PAC. +Like this, action "#european market" will happen of a 5 % to *X %, the internal helps will be residual, helps to export will have condemned, the rights *arancelarios, beaks *tarifarios no longer will be, the direct investments will have obtained thanks to *Lamy, to fault of the *AMI, and the market will have converted in world-wide, species of *Fukuyama commercial, an end of history of the *GATT. +In my opinion, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects, takes upsetting in that it has to modify the frame of the organisation and procedure of the Court and of the Court of First Instance to end to surpass delay that exists in this moment, and believe that #this has to go further of redistribution of the halls and of the increase of the number of judges. +*Nos *oponemos also to the idea of the *constitucionalización of the Treaties, #as well as to integration of the future Letter of Fundamental Rights in constitutional process European #any, as we follow considering that the #european citizenship only complete the national citizenship and, therefore, the formulation of the duties and the fundamental rights of citizens of nation competes to citizens of said nation. +Of way #would be surely to the height of the circumstances, to the height that sues the reality and #would give fulfilled answer to the challenge to recover the interest of citizens by the process of #european construction; interest -mathematically shown- low, in accordance with the level of abstention registered in the *comicios of 13 June. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the Council, like the Institutions, takes use of competitions \@atener to conditions and to the goals that have been determined, by part, by article 5 of creation Treaty of the *CEE, #as well as by the modifications and additions executed by the back Treaties, and, on the other hand, by disposals of the Treaty of the European Union. +In place to proclaim *urbi *et *orbi granting need #european, better #would be that the Commission reaffirmed vigorously the need to correct, in the interest of #all, lacks and errors of the agreement of *Marrakech regarding the fundamental social rights, to the environment, to the public health. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #would wish *expresarles in #few words that my generation had luck of not knowing slaughtering of the #algerian in #París, in 1961, of not having lived, on 9 November 1938, glass "night" neither the start of persecutions of the #jewish in the different countries of *Europa, and especially luck to assist at the end of apartheid in *Sudáfrica. +In virtue of the association agreement and cooperation, that no only is *vinculante bear *Rusia but also for *nosotros and that includes a clause on the human rights, *nosotros as EU also are forced to struggle acutely by Mr. *Nikitin, by the improvement of seclusion conditions, by his put in freedom and, as it already has said, by a just deal according to right State. +reaction gives more weight to our opinion that in the previous diet had things bad, for example protection fault of the rights of the religious minorities and the every time greater abuse of the Law of blasphemy that *promulgó after the military coup d'état of 1958. +For the future no longer #can be sufficient that the bank limit to the *comprobación isolated of individual projects -for example motorway tract- also has to evaluate projects in a context -for example in the frame of development plan of roads- to be able to recognise eventual duplicities and to develop an assimilable alternative and financially sustainable. +Gentleman President, *me #would enjoy to take two comments, #one on the fundamental object of the subject of debate of today, the guarantee of the budgets of the Union to the external loans of the *BEI, and #another on the subject that see that it concerns especially to the Assembly, the elements of transparency and the fine utilisation of resources of the Bank. +modification establishes three or four very important changes: in the first place, Canarians incorporates to the Common Agricultural Politics and to Politics *Pesquera Common; second, incorporates to the Union *Aduanera community, with which remains subjected to the ordinary community tariffs; and in *tercer place, disappear the figures of special taxation that had, specifically the *arbitrios insular -the called diet of special fiscal licence-, directed to protect the local industry. +Like consequence of reference to article 299.2 and of the philosophy that am in this moment, the Commission of Juridical Subjects has proposed a series of amendments to the annexes of the regulation so as to that it do not continue disarmament *arancelario in #any of the concepts that in this moment are valid. +After the Council of Ministers of Industry, the past day 9, and the report of the Commission on the situation of the world-wide market of the naval sector, produces today this statement of the Commission in front of Parliament, it that indicates that it exists restlessness generalised in breast of #all the #european institutions. +Thus, ask to this Assembly, that represents to #all citizens of the European Union, solidarity with the #basque society in defence of freedom, of respect to the laws and of the peaceful coexistence that from takes so much time #all long for, with conviction that, from tolerance to the other and love to life, will reach peace. +Believe that we have to contribute of constructive and serious form to that produce a public debate on the European Union in #all States members, and #can reach it #if, for example, leave to talk of the absurd matters that move away attention of the real problems that treats the European Union, this type of matters that alleges #all the delegation headed by Mr. Go give *Berg. +Also *me engage explicitly to offer to the European Parliament a wide previous information on the concrete steps that go to give, also regarding projects that will develop and will execute jointly with *Turquía, of compliance with regulations relative to finance, so that the participation of the European Parliament in development of relations with *Turquía will be guaranteed in any case. +*Yo believe that it is very important that the EU establish for the first time value wide limit for substance *carcinógena and, precisely because of his high risk for health, specifically to cancer risk, but also by repercussions hurtful in relation with substances *carcinógenas still no regulated, is essential that value limit that establish in this directive begin to apply it prompter possible in practice. +#would Wish to ask to the Commission #if it #would not have to take an initiative to call attention of the Central Bank European and of the national central banks on this problem, to know: the necessary change of #all the #european coins that will disappear in 2002 with the effective introduction of the euro. +Like European Commission, like European Parliament, like Government of States members have to set up also a new initiative, so that the political discussions on value of the euro do not conduct to that citizens and citizens think that they live in the Monetary Union, but that #this no *les has contributed value added European, but that live merely in a period of a new monetary reform. +In reality, the problems and contradictions of the world-wide economy continue on the table, no resolved and current: doubts on organisms modified genetically, exploitation of the childish work, the negative social repercussions of a process of wild globalisation and without rules. But there #be more. +And have to take patent also that here it has struggled *duramente by the environmental criteria and by security of the alimentary products, that here, in the European Union, achieve #this with difficulties, that legislation is argued and *cuando reach *fijarla, take it owing to responsibility in front of persons of the European Union , in front of the *cuales are forced to *rendir explain in deputy condition and deputies chosen, and no by reasons of a tactical protectionism. +finishes to say that we wanted to more money because for *nosotros training and the continuous training *revisten a special importance for the reduction of unemployment, for the achievement of new places of work, for the strengthening of the economic enclave, social and of employment that is *Europa and for the good operation of the inner market, that precise like previous condition a formative space European. +measures adopted to cut across degradation of ozone coat are considered like #one of hits of the international environmental legislation, and from mediated of the ninety seem to have *ralentizado ozone reduction, mainly thanks to efforts for reducing substance broadcasts that exhaust ozone coat. +Although the Commission feels affinity by the amendment 20, that #would forbid product production that contain *hidroclorofluorocarburos for export during the three following years to the corresponding prohibition of use in the country, have to keep the balance among the suitability for the environment and the risk that production displace to countries. +Gentleman President of the Council, work, the of Subject Minister External and also the of minister *Kimmo *Sasi are proof that States members smaller also #can make a fine work and *nosotros appreciate it very especially, since it has been the first occasion in the that the #finnish Republic assumed the Presidency of the Council. +But, when receiving, as we take it, with *beneplácito this decision, insist in that strengths *modernizadoras have to reach with determination advance to fulfillment of the #european norms of respect of the human rights and of relation among civil and military society, to the abolition of death pity, to the clear respect of minorities, in particular minority *kurda of *Turquía. +My question is, therefore, the following: #if they have to *incoar already a procedure by *incumplimiento of the Treaties, without expecting to know at least the results of said proofs, *cuando #this not even have made -Mr. *Byrne still has to present a proposal- and *cuando even do not has neither of logistical means to guarantee identification, how #can pretend that *Francia and *Alemania raise already restrictions to import in these conditions? +As of habit, efficiency requirement to justify action of the European Union sees again prejudiced, and will not go back on the political decisions that have produced neither on negotiations that have agitated the main part of the budgetary debate among the Council and Parliament. +Therefore, Mr. *Liikanen, to the *preguntarle #if it #can *usted resolve #this quickly, with colleague Mr. *Monti, also *le ask to the Commission that establish an agile mechanism and adapted to treat these subjects in the future because, while we do not have it, the car industry European will see affected competitiveness world-wide, and will not be able to obtain #all the possible advantages of diet proposed by Mr. *Bodrato. +Gentleman President, #one of the greater challenges in the fight by a sustainable development is the reduction of the enormous broadcasts of CO2 and *me #would enjoy to underline to mood of introduction that the atomic energy is not source of renewable energy and that thus it #can not be included inside the flexible mechanisms of *Kioto as, for example, the mechanism in favour of the sustainable development. +Is to say, that *Macao represents *emblemáticamente almost five centuries of peaceful coexistence and of reciprocal advantages in a frame of the most diverse diplomatic activities, cultural and mercantile, allowing contact among the #european civilisation and civilisation #chinese, the promotion and the protection of the external trade of Chinese and an important expression of the #european interests. +Gentleman President, the Court of First Instance derogated in sentence of 17 June 1998 the decision 174\/95, adopted by the Council on 6 July 1995, according to the *cual the *demandante did not have right to receive determined documents of *EUROPOL neither even receiving to the decision of the Council 93\/731\/*CE on the right of citizens to access to the documents of the Council. +The Council adopted in 1996 the decision that States members of the EU took part in the plan of strategic action of the World-wide Organisation of Customs for route of the *Balcanes, #whose goal is to speed up the international cooperation and development of the fight against the illegal traffic, especially in the region of the *Balcanes. +Subject: Program integrated for the insular regions of the *UEA the light of articles 154 and 158 of the Treaty of the EU and of the Statement *aneja to the Treaty of *Amsterdam (30), the *DG *XVII of the Commission has elaborated a communication on resource to the renewable energy in the insular regions of the EU. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, my question refers to a special type of islands, those included among the regions *ultraperiféricas that collects section 2 of article 299 of the new Treaty of *Amsterdam, for the that foresees a special statute; but treats of a question for #whose answer, probably, Mr. *Verheugen will not have not even that consult notes because I believe that *él was present in the night of the European Council of *Berlín. +But yes *me #would enjoy *formularle a very concrete question, that did not refers to a philosophical approach but simply to the fact of #if the Presidency in exercise considers that the European Community is a Community of Right, and that the juridical norms, in this case the Treaties, only conceive qualified by the obligation of *cumplirlas. +The Commission has to draft adhesion agreement and establish program of financial assistance for the previous period to adhesion, to end to help to Malt authorities to satisfy the economic difference that follows having among Malt and the European Union. +Regarding the most known sector of *Polonia, agriculture, and already said it also Mrs. *Hoff, am entirely in accordance with the analysis of *ella of the that gives off the need to get more far with the structural reforms, especially in terrain of the rural development and the improvement of the veterinary and phytosanitary services. +In #some cases, for example in the field of recognition of the academic titles or the professional aptitudes, the granting of the social provision and the environmental risks, our work has given fruits and even have been able to solve the problems of the *peticionarios. +Gentleman President, gentleman Defender of Village, *me pleases that we #can get here to an unanimous agreement in the sense that, until moment, Defender of Village has shown to be a very important figure for the EU and, especially, an institution of special importance to hour to reach a greater transparency in the Union. +That bombardments and the military offensive of NATO in *Yugoslavia continue and cause the destruction of a country and death of number *indiscriminado of persons, #serbian and #kosovar, men and women, elderly and boys, as it occurred yesterday same to more of half hundred of refugees, interests little to the majority of Parliament, that only regrets the loss of human lives and the «collateral damages». +Request firmly to the Commission that make an active follow-up of operation in relation with the protection of consumers, that watch also of active way fulfillment of the recommendations on security of this type of means of payment and that, with the greater shortness, undertake the necessary measures to protect to consumers. +Now well, gentleman Commissioner, *nosotros, in the Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary, consider that the electronic money in his different variants is extraordinarily important to implant it more quickly possible the euro before they exist notes and coins: already was in form of virtual money integrated in computers by the electronic trade or in form of cards *interoperables. +Gentleman President, know that the Commission and the Council already have reserved money to support the elections. Without embargo, *me amazes that, although Parliament insists year after year in the question of democracy in Indonesian and the groups of the opposition request now that they send observers of Parliament, the Table of Parliament have decided not sending observers. +These circumstances show the importance that *reviste the national component in the direction of the bodies of #Aduanas.3.el report represents an affront against States members put that, in spite of the contrary position of the Council, tries *instituir a normative #conflictiva.4.es possible establish fully an effective cooperation among the authorities *aduaneras of the distinct members in plane *interestatal.- Report go *Dam (To4-0114\/99) +Check that from the dissolution of follow-up commission on the *EEB, the #decease of persons victims of illness of *Creutzfeldt-#Jakob follow accelerating of way very alarming (10 dead persons in the last quarter of 1998), since, even today, the #decease occurred in Big *Bretaña follow being object of register, and taking into account the incubation period of 5 to 30 years, still will produce cases of illness, because of variant of the *EEB. +This paradoxical way to proceed, that consists in taking out a positive conclusion of a definitely negative fact #can not, obviously, take wane our interest by the cases of bad administration reported to Defender of Village and by form in that #this answers to catchwords of the #european citizens. +The no governmental organisations and deputies of the European Parliament #can, and even #would have to, suggest a clearer approach -a game of guidelines easier to use by the interested- that of way #can be more pertinent and more effective to reach the goals *apetecidos. +Said motion of censorship is expression of the principle of parliamentary confidence, that has seen reinforced from the Treaty of *Maastricht with norms that recognise parallelism among the length of the term of office and the of the mandate of the Commission, #as well as the approval, by part of Parliament, of the nomination of the Commission and president. +This report is the result of the conference that celebrate in October on age persons advanced, in the that presented the opinions of age citizens advanced of the Community, it that they #can wish for the future and the type of recommendations that #would take for the International Year of the Third Age of Nations Joined. +In the recent study of the European Union on politics of the agricultural helps in the #EE.UU. hardly takes reference to this subject, although the current *farmbill American has introduced the instrument of compensation by commercialisation for practically #all the important agricultural products because of his big efficiency in the field of competitiveness. +*B4-0156\/99 of deputies *Estevan *Bolea, *Malerba, *Ligabue, *Danesin and *Castagnetti, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European; -*B4-0158\/99 of deputy *Ripa gave *Meana, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left; -*B4-0160\/99 of deputy *Dell'#Alba, in name of the Group of Radical Coalition *Europeasobre crisis situation in #Venecia. +A situation frankly *grotesca that #can not less that attribute to an interest *fortísimo, and expect that the great coalitions, that have planted control rights of Parliament behind the protection of the Commission, have learnt of events of the past months and show in the future more loyalty to Parliament that to Commissioners. +#If manipulate interest types and increase deficit of the public arks is not painful, reestablish the balance of the social security, reinforce flexibility of work market and reduce the costs *salariales of the less qualified workers are, by the contrary, unpopular measures. +The speaker, when expressing in name of a commission dominated by the Groups *PSE and *PPE, of course #can not manifest a point of different sight of the of the dominant Groups and report the fact that the socialist politics implanted in 13 of the 15 States members #would plant to *Europa in a competitive situation *desventajosa in the world-wide market. +Already have had occasion, Mrs. *Metten, to present in detail the recommendation of the Commission in front of his Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects and Industrial Politics, and given the little time that *nos has conceded this afternoon, wanted to, #if *me allow it, concentrate my intervention with the end to answer with rapidity to the questions and comments of speaker, and to the that have mentioned this afternoon. +Gentleman President, Parliament will happen to history no so much for being Parliament that motivated the collective resignation of the Commission what for having been Parliament *causante of the structural changes already in course in the organisation and operation of the Commission, institutional organ by excellence for impulse of the #european integration. +Is extraordinarily important that #all #that to the that *nos concerns the future of the Union, the correct execution of the community budget and value of money of the taxpayers try to use all *eso to reach a deeper reform with clear goals and a big capacity of execution that #can *propiciar the achievement of results. +In the Report *Herman treats reform of the institutions that is possible to make without modifying the Treaty, for example, the reduction of the number of wallets in the Commission and the rational occupation of #the same, #as well as a just balance among the collective and individual responsibilities of members of the Commission. +#If now there #be a problem with an interim Commission that has lost morals and his political authority to act, the problem has to, in my opinion, to that the Council did not listen to Parliament and did not appoint an effective interim Commission. +The Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left invites to the future president to pose and develop economic and social politics creators of employment, *le invites to struggle against the social exclusion and poverty and by the promotion of the public services in the European Union. +is not sufficient, as *usted has taken, signal the environmental suffering of the #european cities, without facing up to the problem that generates it: the anomalous increase of the private transport, because of the dictated of incentives in favour of industry of car, and the corresponding decrease of the public transport. +Gentleman President, gentleman candidate to the Presidency of the Commission, take part in my condition of Speaker of Right Commission of Woman of the European Parliament. #would Wish *recordarles the statement of Parliament with date of 23 March, in the that this institution demanded a considerably greater presence of women in the new Commission. +And has added that, in consequence, is necessary to establish a base of essential conditions in the field of the environmental politics, of the social politics, of defence politics of consumers and of the guarantee of competition by means of controls of #the same and of subventions, so as to that the inner market work like #such for #all *Europa and no only in small plots. +enlargement of the European Union is, definitely, #one of the fundamental tasks that will have to carry out during mandate, but also will require a round of institutional contacts -that *yo believe that it #would have to develop very prompt-directed to create conditions for enlargement, by means of a greater application of decision procedure by majority, for example. +By #his indication and after declaring that it takes with immediate character, finish to approve a modification of article 5 of the Regulation, that says that, regarding the granting and denial of the approval of the management, #can not present amendments to the proposal of relative decision to the approval of the management. +#One of two: or takes like foundation the ethnic rights, but in this case, obviously, each #one has to obtain part of the cake, and #would take fault an international conference to go back to define borders, or well, and #this is my position, insists in respect of the international borders like a big principle of security in the international relations, but then that it do not divide said principle. +Has achieved to create dangers and restlessness in #all the region, humiliate to the UN, and of course, wing #european political unit, *algo that definitely found in the intentions of the #american nationalism, and to it that our #european leaders contribute from fears and his local ambitions, leaving to side the possibility of a collective and autonomous path. +In plane of stability and security it is necessary to propose to *Rusia common initiatives in matter of external politics by means of contacts by part of the High Representative for the *PESC, the increase of the #russian participation *cuando the European Union uses the Western European Union for the called operations of Saint *Petersburgo, #as well as the strengthening of cooperation in matter of control of disarmament. +Believe that said balance reflects it hit of axiom: that the external dimension of the Union depends and is very related with strength inner and, therefore, no suffices with that *nos *quejemos and *nos regret that we still have not consolidated the external politics and of common security, but that we have to put #all means to achieve that this external politics and of security -and also of defence- answer to our interests and to responsibilities. +In the first place, because *lesiona and limits autonomy of Parliament, although the Treaty of *Amsterdam *le recognises paper *prioritario -even in the logic of a correct agreement *interinstitucional in that they take part fully the Commission and the Council- to hour to establish the Statute of members and to fix clearly the material conditions of exercise of work. +For the delegation of Parliament the approval of this amendment was very important, because for this date the greater part of citizens of the European Community will receive for the first time the euro like coin and #can expect that by price transparency will make more shopping in the inner market above the national borders. +The present managerial of guarantee includes in index of the directive on inhibitory actions in matter of protection of the interests of consumers and to facilitate to consumers shopping in the inner market *les recommends to producers that sell products in varied States members attach a list with contact direction in country #where commercialises product. +Finally, *me #would enjoy to give the thanks to Mr. *Santer and to Mr. Ear because after twenty years of work has achieved that the internal #telephone directory of the Commission distribute officially accompanied of a letter in the that says that #all the other will be able to obtain it in the course of a pair of months *cuando the draft have converted in a true #telephone directory. +have posed two fundamental points: the need of a Conference *Intergubernamental in the short term in the year 2000, with method and a calendar to argue, and the question of the Constitution that have ascertained with satisfaction that this morning has gone back to arouse Mr. *Verheugen. +The socialist deputies #portuguese have voted against of the resolution today approved in the European Parliament, because it prevents the entrance in vigour of the Statute of Deputies, #such as it was proposed by the Council of Ministers, that represents an important strengthening of credit of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, *señorías, reform of the *OMC «meat of *vacuno» represented #one of the delicate files of the new *PAC of the years 2000-2006 had account of the structural disequilibriums of the market of production, of the consequences of the phenomenon of cows crazy» in front of consumers and also of place that represents the *ganadería in occupation of the territory. +First: although I share the opinion that it is necessary to intensify politics for development of the rural areas, without embargo, a reduction of actions for the disadvantaged regions without an increase of credits, #would mean that we #would have to take credits of actions for development of the rural areas. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the problem of the *comitología poisons literally relations among Parliament and the Council, and even more: takes screen times in front of the public opinion, because the complexity of this mechanism of *comitología has reached to take denser the opaque mist of the taking of decisions in front of citizens. +treats of #one *segunda reading and in fact it that have tried is to consider the common position of the Council, *comparándola with the original proposal of the European Commission to the light of the evolution lived through the amendments proposed by Parliament -although no by me like speaker; *yo the supported later- and afterwards have believed necessary -again in narrow collaboration with the European Commission- present another series of amendments. +Gentleman President, the Commission of Public Freedoms and of Inner Subjects, in #whose name take part here, feared that the Council #would not reach to put of agreement on the relative decisions to the incorporation of the Agreement of *Schengen to the frame of the European Union in the planned term and that this juridical matter #would happen automatically to form part of the *tercer *pilar. +Have incorporated in amendment the request that the Annex *II vote as it elaborated in the Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects and of Industrial Politics, since in my opinion, version of the Annex *redunda in benefit of development of the common market, of the inner market. +To the equal that occurs in competition, in States Joined, also here is necessary that it was State the that no only assume the costs of the fight against delinquency, but also the that it adopt the decisions around the strict norms and to the necessary technical possibilities to combat with firmness the cases of offence very grave. +Now well, *yo believe that in moment in that it debates the right of humanitarian interference, in moment in that it recognises that the international order has to have of instruments that allow to defend the fundamental human rights, in points in that they are flagrant and gravely violated, is definitely paradoxical that have delays in it that we #can consider a judicial instance of the right of interference, that #would be exactly #this. +It that are today here, in version that has examined the European Parliament, modifies the requirements of 1995 to end to include data on Internet users as they are the direction #IP, the electronic direction assigned to part, account number and direction of electronic post (*ENFOPOL 10951\/98 *REV2). +A protection, on the other hand, no free but in fulfillment of disposals, of some requirements established in norms that govern the World-wide Organisation of Trade and, on the other hand, in norms that the own European Union has given to govern trade with the third countries, with the countries in roads of development. +It that I want to say today in this partial period of inaugural sessions is that we expect can have the new President of the Commission, with President in exercise of the #finnish Council and, of course, with Mrs. *Fontaine, to continue this big work of support to the peace process and that #this was a priority in the visits of Speaker to *Irlanda of the North. +President of the Commission has signalled #some subjects, health of citizens, doping in sport and the aerial traffic to illustrate symbolically this attitude to program, although afterwards *me seems precipitated attention that offers to two points: the subject of reconstruction of *Kosovo and the Conference *Intergubernamental of *Helsinki. +To the equal that the majority of States members of the EU, the Commission is likewise of the opinion that the last modifications of the #turkish laws have opened the possibility that the procedure against Mr. *Öcalan and pronouncement of sentence transfer to a civil Court. +Is our firm purpose treat, from the reports of the Commission, to #all the countries candidates with the greater possible equality and pretend to adopt the pertinent decisions it more aptly possible, so that said countries #can *cerciorarse that they progress in negotiations in accordance with his own and real capacity, and that adhesion process evolves until form end just, efficient and answering to beneficial goals for #all. +Gentleman President, the Group *Europa of Nations considers absolutely unacceptable attitude of Commissioner *Bangemann, commissioned of telecommunications in the previous Commission -or in the current: no longer know exactly it that we have to say-, that finishes to accept place very well *remunerado in the administration council of society that corresponded before to the sector of competition. +Conclude saying that Mrs. *Laguiller took a very valuable contribution to this debate because, to the equal that #others, *dramatizó the subject perfectly attracting attention to the economic lagoons of society and form in that said divisions in fact serve to insist in that it is absolutely essential that the that have the big luck to occupy elective public charges and by nomination act with absolute honesty and discretion. +*Me #would enjoy *pedirle to Commissioner that elaborate politics that do not centre so much in putting fine to organisation that has *quebrantado #one or law, but that elaborate politics to control to the great organisations, to take that a World-wide or European Championship #can be party for citizens in general and no a commercial party. +But yes is the first time that the legal authority of competition has put end to fraud, has put end to the discriminatory sale, and is the first time that an authority of competition all over the world averts that in the future apply discriminatory methods in the sale of entrances. +Lady Speaker, believe that it is timely that, of form that have saved a minute of silence by the victims of the earthquakes in #Grecia and *Turquía -and with more reason because, with independence of the quantity of dead persons, has a very deep political meaning-, #would have to save, in this moment, a minute of silence by the victims of the #indonesian repression in *Timor Oriental. +Of mood guarantee that the complete review of the financial management of the Commission and control systems will be intensified, taking into account fully the specific recommendations made by the Committee on #all the questions including those posed by the that they have referred in the debate to subsidies and the rest of subjects. +*Cuando in the Report of Experts, that do not distinguishes on purpose among political and administrative responsibility, demands, among things, that President of the Commission has to possess faculty to resign to individual members of the Commission demand do not agrees, in my opinion, with the *gentlemens' *agreement among President *Prodi and Commissioners that have been designated. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the Report (To5-002\/99) of Mrs. #Jackson in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer on recommendation proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council (*COM(1988)0772 - *C4-0073\/1999 - 1998\/0358 (*COD) (before 1998\/0358(*SYN)) on minimum criteria of the environmental inspections in States members. +reform of the common politics of fishing, foreseen for the year 2002, will be a big challenge and a big proof that will have to confront this new Commission. Because the sector *pesquero expects of reform that politics *pesquera convert in an authentic common politics #european and that the Commission dowry of the community added value necessary. +Of way that, with reason, has delayed this morning the vote in measure in that it did not have of Record on the that it had to pronounce the Assembly, is very evident that will not be able to take it more that on disposal that appears in Record, that is disposal of general order and no on the particular conclusions that give off of *ello. +In our political assessment *reviste big importance program of the Commission that wants to value conquests of the past and deepen commitment in favour of peace and security, of stability and employment, of the welfare of #all Europeans, #as well as of the countries that are wall of *nosotros, in the east and the south. +Regret to say that Mr. *Busquin did not satisfy to the majority of the colleagues of the commission neither with answers on participation in ancient financial scandals neither with answers on competition for wallet neither on #if had the sense of responsibility and of suitable leadership to face up to the tasks that await to this Commission. +My Group receives with clear satisfaction in this context the statement of Mr. *Fischler in favour that the fundamental juridical acts relative to the general conception of orientation of the agricultural politics transact by the procedure of *codecisión and will to defend actively this position in the future Conference *Intergubernamental. +Lady Speaker, in spite of the brilliant intervention of Speaker of the Council, Minister *Halonen, have to call attention on secret that has surrounded the preparatory works of the meeting of *Tampere, thing that *ocasionó incident *grotesco the past week after the publication by the #danish diary *Berlingske *Tidenden of article, in the that it said that it #would try to reduce immigration from third countries, even through campaigns of *atemorización and threats. +statements, #as well as interventions of colleagues, situate by it that to collaboration among the European Parliament, the national Parliaments and the Council and the Commission refers, in a juridical field that houses an enormous danger. In concrete *me refer to the risk that legislation finish moving away of the #european citizens. +To finalise, the idea of #one *Europa that was not only market and only coin is very beautiful, especially of #one *Europa that it was a space of freedom, security and justice, but is important that this challenge win really so much to *través of the progressive strengthening of the community Institutions as boosting collaboration and cooperation among States members, more that resorting to decisions by qualified majority that did not represents of by himself\/hisself the solution to the problems. +Lady Speaker, *señorías, when taking the word in Parliament #few hours after the terrible accident, #can not leave to express publicly it very affected that it finds the #greek representation and it a lot that regrets the tragic loss in fulfillment of the have to of the *Viceministro of External Subjects of #Grecia, *Yannos *Kranidiotis, a big politician with #european vision that has loaned great services especially to the cause of peace and cooperation in the *Balcanes, to reconciliation among #Grecia and *Turquía. +Also want to appreciate the work of Subject Minister External of *Irlanda, Mr. *Andrews, like representative of Speaker of the Council in inspection of vote headcount in *Timor Oriental, #as well as the of Subject Minister External of Big *Bretaña, Mr. *Cook, that represented to Speaker of the Council in the meeting of the *APEC. +#If the fine public management is a fundamental previous requirement to loan help for development, why the fine public management did not has to be also a fundamental criterion for the international recognition, the bilateral relations and development of trade? +Think likewise that it also is important and it is necessary *recalcar the fact that today we owe *plantearnos the question of reconstruction of a social tissue, economic and morals in a context in that surely a wider vision of *Europa *suroriental #can not constitute element of division with regard to the elections of the Agency with headquarters in place instead of #another. +The Commission has made efforts to improve and take clearer the Agreement that today has in front of himself\/hisself the Assembly for consideration with seen to take his more transparent application and also to take into account disposals pertinent approved in the global agreement among the European Community and Nations Joined. +Instead, members of the Group Union by the *Europa of Nations have voted in favour of the group of the amendments, including the amendment 22, that limits the right of initiative of the Commission and that allows to the committee *ad *hoc establish agenda, records, #as well as interest statements of his own members. +Definitely the report of gentleman Commissioner *Kinnock has been exhaustive and important, nevertheless it is necessary to consider especially the political side of it that becomes in *Rusia in this moment, is to say, that #all #this will be able to *desestabilizar the international politics in the next period, #as well as the commercial relations of the Community with the own *Rusia, without thinking in the grave consequences that suffers the *empresariado community that has invested in this country. +Think that the Commission is very situated to take part to level, and had explains that the question of the #kosovar prisoners situates in the humanitarian plane, the European Union #can show *renuente in the sending of help to the #serbian authorities, while #this do not leave in freedom to #all the #kosovar prisoners. +In the Conference of Presidents, is to say, to Group Presidents, *les have said, with backrest of a big majority, that in this moment do not wish a resolution on the *OMC, because even *subsiste the need of debate, and now #would not have to elaborate a resolution in urgency procedure, because with *ello #one go to take wanted to here and there. +Takes fifteen days, the recent veterinary committee permanent of the Union took the decision to raise the embargo that weighed on exports of *vacuno #belgian. Has recognised in this way seriousness of proofs and severity of norms that, in actuality, imposes the #belgian Government. +Gentleman *Prodi, *nos upsets especially the fact that, these last years vital subjects for the human existence, related with the quality and security of foods #as well as with the protection of health of the #european citizens, jump continuously to the *primer flat of actuality through processes and mechanisms that do not guarantee always the validity and the credibility of information. +The European Parliament has underlined with frequency the importance of the adoption of measures in matter of energetic efficiency and the Council has underlined also the need of energy saving and a reduction of CO2 broadcasts in a series of resolutions. +As up to now the Community has not been able to put of agreement on #which is the most effective instrument for the reduction of gases *termoactivos -to know, taxation of energy consumption-, the Commission and the Council consider program *SAVE *II a "important and necessary instrument". +Expect, therefore, that companies of the sector of energy of States members of the EU that have a wide experience in projects related with the energetic efficiency #can transmit knowledges to these countries. Lady Commissioner, entrust in that said companies are considered like real candidates to hour to award agreements and do not see displaced by the North American companies. +Gentleman President, independently of the *calificativos that they #can use in #one or language, is true that negotiations on Trade Agreement have lengthened of an inconceivable form. As it remained of self-evident in #all a series of resolutions approved by this House, went a really shameful show, especially #if it takes into account that *Sudáfrica finished to make a very brave transition to a free and democratic Government. +Want to appreciate to Parliament and, in particular, to the speaker of Development Commission and Cooperation, Mrs. *Kinnock, form, fast and flawless, as it has taken the preparatory work for the approval of the *dictamen satisfied of Parliament on the result of negotiations with the #south african and by form, very active and *comprometidísima, as it has contributed to this process along the years. +Regarding the European Union, asked intervention of Fight Office against Fraud, the *OLAF, so that it invited to the #spanish judicial authorities to investigate #if the management and control of subventions community to crop of linen have been correct and #if there #be had performances that #can consider criminal. +Am new in this Assembly and wail that the first question #whose answer went to listen in this Assembly #can not be answered *oralmente by reasons of time, but wail doubly that *ello have to, precisely, to attitude of #some that, when arousing in this Assembly question that, in my opinion, are not for this Assembly, *nos deprive of the pleasure to listen to Mr. *Fischler talk today of the problem of bread of fishermen, for example. +Thus I request, lady Speaker, that write a letter in name of the European Parliament to Prime minister #british for *expresarle #ours weigh and horror by the magnitude of this terrible disaster, and *pedirle that transmit #ours deeper condolence to families of persons that have lost life, #as well as to the familiar of the that have resulted gravely injured together with the wish of a total recovery. +Gentleman Commissioner, the ball is in the field of *Turquía and is of here of #where has to come the following movement, because by part of *Europa already have had *bastantes things to encourage and do not see, by part of *Turquía, in the official field and no by part of village #turkish, that also is diet that *le has been imposed, the answer that need to give *nosotros the following step. +Like this, in our opinion, shows once again, that hypocrisy, in #all greatness, is #one of the basic principles of the European Union. politics of the two weights and the two measures, politics of the selective sensitivity in front of the human rights and in front of respect of the international Right. +politics of the two weights and the two measures, that bases in the political and economic interests of powers that govern in the European Union, *les takes to close the eyes in front of it that is *sucediendo in actuality in *Turquía. #This denies to democratisation, to respect to the human rights, violates #all the principles of the international Right. +Nevertheless, create important, by part, make immediately a study in depth, with the end to determine it more exactly possible the effects, in case, of this agreement in the economy of The Meeting and, on the other hand, establish a permanent mechanism of control able to create conditions for a fast intervention. +But #if here paper consists in reflecting worries, the *interrogantes and the expectations of our *conciudadanos #european, conserve in mind the world-wide dimension of the challenges, the challenges of the countries in development that today debate among hope of integration in the world-wide economy and fear to marginalisation. +In this field, said countries confront to a double difficulty: his internal markets are generally hoarded by monopolies or oligopolies, #whose *primer effect is the to take *repercutir in the local consumers, and mainly in the poorest, some too much high prices, whereas the second effect is the to block the arrival of new countries and of *obligarlos to confine in the informal economy. +since Mr. *Sasi has had friendliness to accept the invitation to the meeting of Industry Commission, External Market, Investigation and Energy of the European Parliament of 12 October, suggest that it present his official answer to these two points in the frame of the meeting. +do not go to follow making assessments here to the *respecto, but believe that the reduction of CO2 is not an optional charge but that has also an economic effect and offers the opportunity to paginate the improvement of quality of life with employment, by it that think that it do not has to defend the negotiate on some boundless broadcasts. +Therefore, *le offer another opportunity to answer: thinks the Council order an audit of States members to determine how States have a discriminatory legislation against lesbians and *gays, that do not guarantee right equality, equality of civil rights to lesbians and *gays and that do not offer protection in virtue of the law to lesbians and to *gays? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, will not have need of three minutes for *expresarles the fundamental importance of the subject of the resolution that subjects to our approval, relative to the code in matter of export of arms, for the extension of peace zone and of stability in the world, it that certainly constitutes #one of the most important mandates that have received of constituents. +(*FR) The fact to reduce drastically gas broadcasts that cause the effect *invernadero by part of the rich countries is a duty of solidarity in front of the future generations, but also in front of the populations of the countries in roads of development, that will suffer every time with greater hardness the natural catastrophes caused by the climatic change. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0036\/1999) of Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the agreement *interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by Fight Office against Fraud. +Is necessary, without embargo, underline once again sensitivity that distinguishes to the House, sensitivity that distinguishes to the European Parliament in the subject of fraud, sensitivity materialised in the internal decision of the European Parliament, and sensitivity that besides renews, *reformula in the report and in the proposal of Mr. *Napolitano. +has posed a question to #that *respecto but believe that the resolved satisfactorily in the parliamentary commission with transaction amendment presented by Mr. #Gil-Oaks and by me, in the that specifies that the application of this agreement *interinstitucional do not lessens any legislative disposal neither of Regulation regarding the obligation to respect confidentiality concerning deputies. +To judge by the analysis that has taken Mr. *Ferri is evident that are of legislation in matter of vehicles of engine no only in the #european plane but in plane of the Economic Commission for *Europa of Nations Joined, that during years has been recognised by the car industry like entity that establishes #all a range of world-wide norms. +#This is reason by the that proposed, with support of Budget Commission, group #all politics and the relative budgetary lines to the creation of this space of freedom, of security and of justice under an only title, with five chapters that correspond to the great political directed to the realisation of the space of freedom, of security and of justice. +reason advanced to try justify these dark cuts is the unforeseen apparition of new priorities totally legitimate in principle, like help to reconstruction of *Kosovo, the contribution to the *edificación of *Timor oriental at last released, solidarity with the victims of the earthquake of *Turquía and finance of fishing agreement with *Marruecos. +Mr. *Bourlanges has confronted to a double paradox: the of a debate on the budget that occupies of costs but no of entrances and the of a budget subjected to the double and *contrapuesta pressure of the increase of the tasks of the European Union and of the objective decrease *tendencial of the percentage of the #european #GDP that *transita to *través of the budget of the Union. +has said here that the goal *prioritario is inflation, but is not the only: have to talk, among things, of an economic pole, of responsibility, of the international representation of the euro and of supervision of the banking institutions in moment of great fusions among the financial institutions. +This principle involves that we have to confront together the grave world-wide problem of drugs, in each #one of links of the chain, is to say, production, distribution, consumption, money wash, deviation of the chemical precursors and the sale of arms. +State Bosses or of Government recognised, like this, the obligation to respect the solemn commitment that assumed in *Tampere. The Commission, basing in dialogue and cooperation with the European Parliament, is had to take all it possible to reach that it was a reality a Space of Freedom, Security and Justice, above #everything, balanced in his three components: freedom, security and justice. +Parliament wished, of course, that in this Summit reached #european commitments more ambitious, but, frankly, is very positive that these important questions appear now in the #european diary with a frame, with a clear order for the European Commission and also, therefore, with a mission for the European Parliament, by it that I want to congratulate to the Presidency and, especially, to the Commission. +Finally, in moment in that it finishes to be born company committee "*Michelin", has to modify the community legislation so that employees or representatives, affected by plans of collective dismissal by economic reasons, #can promote judicial actions without expecting to that pronounce on dismissal the competent territorial jurisdiction and impugn the foundation of this decision. +Consider that in level, by means of the general frame of lines economic guidelines, or of lines guidelines for employment, have things that learn; no only in the national field, but also, #if *ustedes prefer, #can have a *benhmarking, information exchange and of models applied with hit to national level to solve this terrible problem of restructurings that, of course, will have it in front of *nosotros in #all the sectors. +Are based in an entirely realistic assessment, according to the *cual *Europa, that is place with strong social powers, *cuando no have social cohesion will suffer social conflicts, and the social conflicts will have immediate consequences in the economic stability, is to say, in the indispensable surroundings for development of competition and of companies. +look by the that seat special interest is negotiation with hit of program *multilateral of environment and nuclear security. tries to guarantee that western donors provide technical assistance and financial help for storage and the elimination of nuclear waste in Northwest of *Rusia, #all these terrible nuclear submarines that *oxidan, #as well as the rest of nuclear waste. +To finish, wanted to underline that in society oriented to the telematic networks and Internet and that invests increasingly in utilisation for the communication, information and services, is quite ridiculous that the Council have not accepted the amendments in *pro of the creation of spot Internet totally devoted to youngsters. +treated to know #if it created line by key action, as it had established Budget Commission, or #if it kept a global line for investigation, as it wished the executive Commission, to change that they gave guarantees regarding information on bottom movement among the key actions inside line. +#If the #ours is the Institution that, with security, has made the greater efforts in the fight against fraud in the Institutions of the European Community, how go to understand citizens that the only persons to the that do not affects the *OLAF to effects of internal investigations are deputies of the European Parliament? +How device has foreseen, gentleman Commissioner, in case that it have a blockade of the situation, so that fuselages directly affected, so that #all #that that take part in the sector *pesquero, so that the regions involved and, in particular, the zones of the goals 1 and 2, that depend of fishing, as it expresses our common resolution, do not accuse of front the catastrophic consequences that tended the no renewal of the agreement? +The sector *pesquero that affects to Realm of *Marruecos is formed by small employers, by *armadores to the *cuales *les results absolutely impossible to create mixed companies of #moroccan majority and, therefore, the type of new agreement has to be an agreement *continuador, modifying the necessary clauses, of the agreement in this existent moment, taking into account that -how no- *nosotros respect that this agreement benefit to the economic and social development of *Marruecos. +And take it by economic reasons, that already have explained varied of orators that have taken part in this Assembly, but also, to similarity of it that *sucedió yesterday in the debate on Fishing Agreement among the European Union and *Marruecos, by reasons of help to a country that, in spite of being rich in natural resources, is poor by fault of the political situation in that it finds and, in particular, of the climate of war. +In spite of an absolutely essential rejection the past month of June, without going more far, in the elections to the European Parliament of the *lejanía and of the *secretismo of our institutions collectively, this first meeting of the next week will increase the democratic deficit, in the sense that Parliament will remain excluded and do not seems to have a valid reason for *ello. +In this case have added an additional disposal in the that will ask a review to cape of five years in the that they take part the two parts of industry in the #european level to see how works diet in this sector, with particular reference to health and security of workers interested. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the oral question (*B5-0032\/1999) of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market, on the Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council titled "Strategy for the realisation of the only market European" . +According to my experience, #this also affects in particular precisely to the relative subjects to legislation in matter of protection of consumer, in the that with big frequency there #be had contradictions among the different managerial and among the different norms of #european field, for example in the determination of complaint terms or protection terms of consumer, that often have varied. +First: how go to convert in effective the only market #if States tend to adopt protectionist measures - have seen #some cases, even lately - and how pretends the Commission use better infringement procedure converting it in faster and encouraging to citizens and associations to report rapes of the community Right that register daily in the distinct States members? +The plans of the Commission to take a more strict follow-up of efforts and the results obtained in the field of the national politics are *bienintencionados, but *me fear that *surtirán the contrary effect. Especially #if it opts by a quantitative method that consists in adding the number of measures, instruments of support and projects of creation of employment. +But there #be more: #can not treat only of moderation *salarial and of flexibility like #such, because #this *desvirtuaría character and the spirit of the national dialogues, the maintenance of the social protection and #all the programming instruments negotiated in the territory, sensitive no only to small and medium enterprise, but also to these sectors more *congeniales to tradition and to characteristics of the territory. +Likewise, the document not even mentions paper of an active politics of credits to support to company - in this sense, the system *crediticio European follows being to years light of the American - and believe that efforts of the European Union and of States members for *darle a distinct orientation have been to date very scarce. +And, although it is *algo that do not says in high voice, this problem is linked to the own luck of democracies, as, as history *nos teaches, democracies do not base so only in wealth production, but that health depends also of a wide distribution that has to reach to the big majority of the population, and #this is thing that in the contemporary societies involves to guarantee employment. +Report (To5-0048\/1999) of Mrs. *Quisthoudt-*Rowohl, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the relative Council to the conclusion of Agreement of scientific cooperation and technological among the European Community and the Russian Federation (*COM(1999) 324 - *C5-0083\/1999 - 1999\/0133(*CNS)) +Report (To5-0045\/1999) of Mr. *Menrad, in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, on decision proposal of the Council by the that creates the Employment Committee (*COM(1999) 440 - *C5-0173\/1999 - 1999\/0192(*CNS)) and on the proposal of the Commission of guidelines for employment politics of States members in the year 2000 (*COM(1999) 441 - *C5-0147\/1999 - 1999\/0816(*CNS)) +An important reason is, to mood to see, that to Europeans, in contrast with the Americans in general *nos is missing risk attitude and fault also a positive motivation in the population that contribute to that through a good economic growth reach also a positive politics of employment in *Europa and in the national states. +Need laws simpler and, especially, do not have to commit error -even in this Assembly- to create so much in the national plane as by means of #european norms, by means of regulations or by means of directives, #one *superreglamentación that treat to the population like herd and, consistently, #this shop in definite to not running risks, to not taking independent, to not undertaking active occupations, but to act rather in a field ensured, which at the end *nos goes to conduct to a new vertiginous increase... +The directive on the improvement of the quality of fuels #as well as technician, already existent, of the catalysts allow in point to the Council and to Parliament an absolutely ambitious project, without overloading with taxes to industry and to the sector of transport. +program *Daphne 2000-2003 goes to be an extremely important instrument in the fight against violence and will procure value added to the local actions, regional and national in this field by means of the creation of networks, information exchange, better practical and cooperation, and a greater awareness of society in general. +In #day of the new #millenium, gentleman President, #can say that support *vigoroso of the European Parliament to program will be the best and clearer of the signs that the Union awards the maximum political priority to the effective fight against violence that suffer boys, teenagers and women. +Gentleman President, this year fulfils the *décimo anniversary of the Convention of Nations Joined and is an opportunity *inmejorable for the European Parliament and for the Commission, no simply to pronounce #some solemn speeches on this anniversary, but mainly for *decidirnos to act more, to facilitate but resources and to take initiatives and measures that constitute politics integrated and *conectiva that protect with efficiency the human values and the dignity of boys. +Is, clearly, the base of a healthy budgetary administration. Without embargo have to underline that the budgetary discipline do not has to constitute end in #if same and do not has to cancel the correct and effective application of the essential disposals of the community legislation, neither neither in this case, touch the basic principles of the *PAC. +To5-0057\/1999 of Mr. *Gebhardt, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, on regulation proposal (*CE) of the relative Council to competition, recognition and the execution of judicial resolutions in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility on the common children [$^*COM$^($^99$^)$ ^220$ ^*C$­^0045$/^1999$ ^1999$/^0110$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\. +The goal of the regulation is to guarantee that the resolutions on divorce and other forms of separation that have produced in States members are recognised with rapidity by the States members and besides provide some suitable rules to times and unitary in it *tocante to the parental responsibility by the common children of spouses. +In reality, #would have to work in favour of a global agreement in this field, without embargo, with this initiative step in this path, as no fits doubt of the big importance -point in the that have been in general #all agreement orators- that we recognise the resolutions of the other in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility, especially in a period like the that live now, in the that the familiar structure is violent transformations. +Before the presentation of a proposal of concrete action to #that *respecto, the Commission asked, basing in the quoted communication, to States members, in level of the Council, and to the European Parliament that communicated observations on points tackled in the communication on the protection of the victims of delinquency. +Am safe that the Commission goes to guarantee coherence of the external politics and of the inner politics of the Union -of programs *transfronterizos and of help programs to development- and that it also is of the interest of States *beneficiarios of cooperation *transfronteriza -*Marruecos and *España- that advance proposed that they correspond to worry. +*Yo believe that #if we fulfil with our committed in European quality, will contribute to strengthen the group of the Alliance of the Atlantic North and #if from here assume these tasks, #such as they finish to manifest Gentlemen #Solana and *Patten, and *usted, gentleman #Solana, also engages to have a conversation with *nosotros, as already it takes it the Commission, always that we consider it necessary, #can have security that my Group will be to side. +. (OF) Gentleman President, Gentleman Commissioner, estimated and estimated colleagues, the report of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy on the approach of the EU on the Round of #Millenium of the *OMC links with works made by the previous Commission of External Economic Relations, that adopted in #all the cases by a big majority position regarding negotiation rounds of *Marrakech, *Singapur and Gin. +Nevertheless, news that agents negotiators of the European Commission informed hardly a week before the agreement of States Joined that dismissed the possibility of adhesion #chinese in a next future *nos carries to think that the European Union has not negotiated with conviction that #would fit to expect. +Report (To5-0057\/1999) of Mrs. *Gebhardt, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on regulation proposal of the Council (*COM(1999) 220 - *C5-0045\/1999 - 1999\/0110(*CNS)) relative to competition, recognition and the execution of judicial resolutions in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility on the common children +Parliament, that has had an important paper in this process, in addition to cheer by development of events in *Irlanda of the North, #would have to involve in effort so that the #others two violent conflicts that *subsisten in breast of the Union -the of *Córcega and, especially, the of the Basque Country- walk by the *senda of the definite peace. +Gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President of the Council, no only want to direct attention to the environmental damages caused in *Europa by pertinent products of countries, but that also loan greater attention to treatment methods and production employed in countries and that no only debate the subject of identification, but also the possibility to adopt commercial measures that allow to avert environmental damages all over the world. +Said decision no only condemns to the inhabitants of *Yugoslavia to happen winter *carentes completely of the necessary means of heating, after the enormous *destrozos caused in the public infrastructure by bombardments of NATO, but that affects of mood *provocador to pride of #all village, that results victim of blackmail and the annihilation because Occident do not approves to his political leader. +Imagine that they #can open investigations to deputies in virtue of grave facts tied to the exert of functions a juridical concept created #ex *novo, indeterminate and contrary to the constitutional tradition of the fifteen States members, that #can open investigations #if deputies break analogous obligations to the derivative of the disciplinary Right of civil servants, a disciplinary Right of civil servants of the that *carecemos, some similar obligations that no exist! +Like this, take a call to States members, to the institutions of the European Union and to #all the international community so that they keep in the agenda #all support to village of *Timor Oriental, initiate the steps for the international recognition of State of *Timor Oriental and the establishment of the diplomatic relations with *él. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the one who at the beginning of this year #can not more with the murders, expulsions, the *saqueos and pillages that the army and militia #serbian carried out in *Kosovo and in virtue of reasons pronounced in favour of a called humanitarian intervention, has to ask now #if war -that alas did not go directed against the that committed crimes but against the #yugoslav population-, war that lasted more of two months and half and that cost varied thousands of millions of euros, really gave the result that expected. +In my opinion, the letter of fundamental rights requires a debate in depth. Create, besides, that the right of boys #can not *desvincularse of the right of parents, of the rights of family and of education right of parents in family. +fight politics against drug - *me direct to the Commissioner of Inner Security - means, as, by side of the reduction of offer also a consistent persecution of drug suppliers, especially in the sector of money bleaching. +To time, are different relations that have to board among the Union in group and action of each #one of States members, among subsidiariness principle and the need, that nevertheless has precisely affirmed, that the Union endow of a common politics with regard to this phenomenon that concerns for real our present, but especially our future. +Is register system and comparison system, an instrument, in definite, that *nos helps in the fight against the illegal immigration and type of illegal entrance in the country, #as well as also against commission of acts criminal low false identity. +Have the obligation to remember that this constant current of illegal immigration represents an enormous charge, in particular in cities of the interior, for our national services of health, our social services and system of social security, in addition to exerting strong pressure on the limited number of houses available. +In any case, *nos seems fundamental that the next review of the Treaty consecrate the European Bank of Investments like institution fully community, subject to supervision of the Court of Accounts and of the European Parliament and that no answer only in front of a general assembly of States members, as at present it pretends. +Have taken an analysis in depth, with detail, and, in accordance with information available, on the base of suppositions of maximum utilisation there #be a remainder still in the year 1999 of 33 millions of euros, of 8,7 in the 2000, of 7 millions -roughly- in the 2001 and, although it is true that in the year 2002 the situation will be absolutely adjusted, go back to exist remanent in the 2003. +To mood to see, #if all it that *usted has exposed, #everything it that has to present in the Council of *Helsinki, has truly sense, the unavoidable conclusion is that the European Union #can not occupy only of sentences like the of the case *Bosman or of looks of competition in the field of sport, but that it has to give value to sport quoting it sure enough in the Treaty. +In the subject of the Conference *Intergubernamental, believe that after the turn of Prime minister of country, lady Speaker, no fits a so optimistic situation; #would be pity lose this opportunity to give impulse to the project of #european integration and *nos *arrepentiremos of not taking advantage of as it is owed occasion. +#Many of his *Señorías have mentioned it, have posed it in reiterated occasions to Parliament and repeat it today: believe that, in parallel to the culmination of enlargement -that is an irrefutable reality, since enlargement that will decide, expect, in *Helsinki is enlargement that did not poses doubts neither problems neither vacillations- will have to open a debate on nature and characteristics of *Europa, since we will be *nosotros the that will establish these limits, the that will decide nature of *Europa: #can not simply answer to the, of by himself\/hisself legitimate, appeal of the countries that ask to go in in *Europa. +The *tercer change that it wanted to signal is that Minister #turkish of European Integration and Human Rights -that has a very curious combination of competitions, that without embargo marry well- finishes to declare officially, after ratification of death conviction by the Court of Appeal, that the execution of this conviction no #would favour the interests of *Turquía. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0076\/1999) of Mrs. Towers Mark, in name of the Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects, on the report of the Commission to the Council (*COM(1999)174 - *C5-0108\/1999) 1999\/2111(*COS)) on the length of the transitory period for the introduction of the euro. +Still is a lot, in view of that prices of herring in the Community in this moment are lower that never, owing to saturation of the market of the EU with cheap fish and herring frozen of Norwegian, and of the establishment, by part of companies #german, of units of production of low cost in *Polonia, to process the #norwegian fish free of taxes for export to *Alemania. +Regarding enlargement of negotiation to #all speakers, included the countries in roads of development, the European Union adopted also the initiative to initiate the conference with the *ofrecimiento to guarantee to the less advanced countries a wide access with rights invalid to the markets of the countries industrialised. +Like the liberal politician that am, maybe a #european politician very liberal, wanted to say that in breast of the EU #would have to think in form to modify units of agricultural production and the future of Diary 2000, in addition to study how delete subventions that affect to trade. +In 1995, indirectly, through amendment that presented accepted adult training in program #Socrates *I. From here also has developed along the year in #all *Europa the wish by adult training and by the continuous learning so that *nos is possible to say that the answer *sustentada by branch *Gruntvig of program #Socrates is the correct answer. +In terms of the capacity of program to be spear tip of values of Parliament, hit has been enormous. is fundamental for the expansion of the educational capacity of youngsters, no only in terms of his cultural capacity, but also in terms of his economic base. +The European Union always has been pioneering in the cessation of production and of the employment of harmful substances for ozone coat and Parliament has been the environmental political consciousness of this European Union. +Gentleman President, in the first place wanted to say it a lot that admire work that the speaker has made in this report; already was quite difficult that surpassed the first reading in Parliament and has been even more difficult in the *segunda reading, because there #be had points of divergent sight, contradictory scientific opinions and pressures from the distinct groups of interest of the sector with regard to determined substances. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the conjoint debate on the meeting of the European Council of days 10 and 11 December in *Helsinki and the statement of the Presidency in exercise of the Council on activity semester of the Presidency #finnish, #as well as on the situation in *Chechenia and on the Summit of the *OSCE. +In the course of treatment of the budgets has incorporated a new game of costs that includes, first, 500 millions of euros for *Kosovo proposed by the summit of the European Union and, afterwards, 190 millions of euros in concept of Fishing Agreement with *Marruecos, *Turquía and other complementary subjects, it that represents in total 700 millions of euros, or was, the 15 percent of the financial forecasts of section. +So as to reduce estimate of the corresponding costs to enlargement -the financial frame of *Berlín includes, in effect, costs from the year 2000-,go to propose likewise to the Commission that make a permanent evaluation of the economic situation and of the necessary costs for enlargement that of #this give off. +Therefore, from the point of financial sight, the new period of programming 2000-2006 will be able to initiate and like this will take, in effect, with a new program, in the that it has taken to state on purpose that helps with charge to the structural Bottoms have to contribute to boost likewise equality of opportunities among men and women, protection goal of the environment and employment. +In narrow articulation with this communication, the Commission has approved also #another, accompanied of decision proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council and of decision proposal of the Council, relative to support program to the #european audiovisual industry, program MEDIATES PLUS 2001-2005. +treats to prepare to *Europa so much in plane of infrastructures as in the of industry of program production, for the imperative of the digital era, it that means, of course, accept that *Europa has an ambition in matter of participation in the new digital economy and in the new society of culture, information to scale world-wide. +Therefore, is better that, in place of *fijarnos a more ambitious program that probably #would pose difficulties in matter of subsidiariness and maybe had the effect to reduce the general enthusiasm, follow applying a strategy directed to encourage to States members so that they take advantage of to the maximum the opportunity to learn -and apply- the initiatives adopted in the #european countries in general. +In 1996 an evaluation of the repercussions of the two programs of positive action with seen to the achievement of equality of opportunities in the Commission revealed that it had had important changes in the situation of the feminine personnel in Category To and in direction places, in particular to consequence of the dip annual adopted by the Commission. +Like this, apart from the protection to the scientific specialists that have the technical knowledges and do not have to be carried by tortuous paths owing to knowledges or of his economic weakness; believe that, go in in a logic of political conditions on it that happens or leaves to happen in regions, is condition *sine *qua *non for the countries candidates to adhesion. +Subject: Venues of game The Court of Justice has recognised that, in the field of application of the Treaty *CE, game organisation of chance constitutes an economic activity of provision of services, #if well with precision that disposals of States members to authorise the opening of venues of game have to be provided and no discriminatory (Subject *Schindler *C-275\/92). +harmonisation in the sphere of the application of the national penal right and of the administration of justice in States members presupposes, necessarily, harmonisation of legislation on the fight against fraud and #any one other illegal activities in the community budget. +Memory that, after revolution, like minister of External Subjects, *me gathered in Nations Joined with Subject minister External of Chinese and worry of minister #chinese of External Subjects of then was the to say "for *nosotros, *Macao is not colony; therefore, *ustedes, that are decolonisation, do not touch *Macao; in moment, already *regularizará" . +Gentleman President, my answer goes to develop around two axes: the first refers to it *sucedido until today from the Conference of *Beijing and to how the European Union has supported actions contemplated in the common platform then adopted; and the second, to Parliament paper by it that *atañe to Nation meeting Joined foreseen for the summer of the 2000. +Far to hail this effort in favour of the protection of the environment, the European Union only has a goal in the bilateral negotiations with Swiss: force to that this country renounce to regulation, with the pretext that it hinders the free competition and that it boosts deal inequality among #european territories. +#would not have won time, by the contrary, beginning by the principle, being more modest and loaning greater attention to the opinions of citizens and of villages that are not very convinced of the balance of #this *OMC, of the results of realisations regarding the *agravación of development inequalities among the North and the South? +These twelve partial fields of interest will be examined in the following groups under the titles *mainstreaming generals: gender in politics of development, is to say as it takes part equality among sexes in collaboration of the European Union with the countries in development, the participation of women and the human rights. +#If it fits still add *algo to the previous answers, #can signal that #one of the causes of delays of flights is that, in the current system, planes do not obtain takeoff permission until it have not confirmed the green light of landing in destination airport. +States members of the EU have engaged to adopt an effective politics of no proliferation of armament and to take part in control systems of export, or was, in actions that carry out in the frame of the Committee of the group *Zanger of exporters of the nuclear sector, of the group *Australia and of the mechanisms *Wassenaar. +In conclusion, expect that the Council manifest firmness that the European Parliament for *salvaguardar and promote the system of the only price of book, that, as it signals our resolution, treats of the best system to improve production and the distribution of literary dramas, without deleting competition. +Gentleman President, *me take echo of the opinions of the two previous orators when giving the sincerest welcome to resolution proposal to condemn unambiguously the *tremendo #record of rapes of the human rights of the #taliban diet Afghan, and in particular persecution of women #afghan in the name of religion and of culture. +Nevertheless, help appeals to agriculturalists in help form in front of natural disasters #can examine in the frame of article 33 of the Regulation (*CE) *nº 1257\/99, of the Council, of 17 May 1999, on help to the rural development to charge of the European Bottom of Orientation and of Agricultural Guarantee. +Without embargo, have to signal that the procedure is not ideal, Mrs. *Doyle and the deputies have reason, but the problem to the that *nos confront in the Commission of Regional Politics, Transports and Tourism that is the competent commission, is that the Council *nos asks urgency in the last minute because, somewhere, somebody has given account that we need a resolution of Parliament to continue with Bottom in question. +By reason *yo also agree in that we have to unify it more possible statistics on movement, politics and commercialisation of our agricultural products and that it #would be well that did not have State, at least in statistics, a distinct representation of the relative facts to our agricultural economy. +In the economic terrain, in the past exercise *Polonia has experienced a high index of annual growth, as it already has said Mrs. *Hoff, with a reduction of unemployment and of inflation, a stable coin and growth of the direct foreign investments. +From Parliament have defended always the institution of Defender of Village, as *garante of the protection of the rights of citizens to hour to report cases of possible bad administration by part of the institutions and community organs, and the need to intensify relations among said institutions and citizens. +divulging action has to be carried out by the community institutions through the media and audiovisual, and like this #would avert, among other consequences, that, for example, more of the 69 % of claims presented in front of Defender in the last years were out of the field of competition as, for example, the big number of *ellas that have like object restrictions to the free circulation, and that present every year in front of Defender. +To end to amend the current informative deficit in the field of the rights of citizens of the EU urge to services of Parliament and of the Commission to that they set up direct lines of query in the different States members and that take advantage of in depth the possibilities offered by the telematic and technology of information. +It true is that, after the European Council, the 25 % goes back to the pockets of States members, but the idea of the criteria of common execution follow being absolutely essential and to #that *respecto will ask to Commissioner how repercussions has had, in his opinion, the European Council concerning attitude of the authorities *aduaneras common and #if they are now less concerned that before. +*Nosotros defend the rights of the human person against the rights of an inhuman and totalitarian State that launches by routes of exile to a population *aterrorizada, destroys the houses, threat and kills to women and boys; *nosotros defend freedom and wish that the criminal are punished; therefore we support without reservation the brave decision of State Bosses and of #european Government. +For wanting to play with the international borders -the of *Yugoslavia from 1991, the of *Macedonia and of *Albania tomorrow-, for ignoring the lessons of history, for pretending *desconocer paper of *Rusia in this region, for looking for a military punishment more that a political solution, for wanting to especially suppress to village #serbian of this *Europa by the that has worked so much, go to cause probably the *conflagración that simulate to want to avert. +Besides, the resolution proposal affirms that Nations Joined and the Security Council « have not been able to» (!) take part in the decision of NATO on the aerial incursions, although it is clear that this decision has taken breaking the principles of Nations Joined, that in this case have seen humiliated and abused of form *irremediable. +Are dangerous postures of frivolous advisers on the editorial of the resolution proposal, that *envilecen effort serious for building order and a really international community, that #can apply of plausible and viable form principles, without selective interventions and without the illogical utilisation of violence. +The Commission is in total agreement with gentleman speaker with regard to that, nevertheless progresses reached with regard to the realisation of an only market of the financial services, sales *transfronterizas of financial products to the by minor to consumers follow being more the exception that the rule inside the European Union and continue existing still disparities of price very considerable among States members. +Agree with the speaker in that for regulation authorities and of supervision, said advances represent new challenges that #can confront through cooperation and effective coordination among the financial authorities of regulation and of supervision, with a clear cast of supervision responsibility and with financial regulations solid, necessary to manage the global institutional risk, #as well as the risk of the systems. +Like this as, #if today we have to give a fast and effective answer to the problems posed, is to say, indemnify to families of the victims and *darles a moral and material support, #as well as pipe the influx of traffic that, because of the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, converges to the tunnel of the *Fréjus; also it is necessary to consider the question as a whole. +Of these seven millions, five allocate to the electoral information by means of the *ONG, is to say, to the electoral training and to information, and two millions to the sending of some sixty observers by States members to Indonesian by a period of two weeks, but in the frame of the electoral observation wider organised, among organisations, by Nations Joined. +*B4-0382\/99 of deputies *Fassa and *André-*Léonard, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0394\/99 of deputy *Pasty, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0409\/99 of deputies *Hory and *Castagnède, in name of the Coalition Group Radical European-*B4-0420\/99 of deputies *Aelvoet and *Telkämper, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre *Níger; +285 members of parliament have gathered in group that pretends to reestablish Parliament #would not be positive that the European Union loaned all backrest, so that Parliament, that was dissolved in moment, have the opportunity to collaborate from another perspective in the preparation of a constitution that modify deeply, once and for all, the #burmese situation? +Of side, wail deeply the murder in cold blood of woman that put his personal life and professional to service of defence of the human rights, and of #another, *me saddens to have to check that here in the European Union, to the equal that in the rest of the world, determined strengths try to undermine with terrorist acts a peace process in course. +The direction of the administrations *aduaneras from the EU is #one *intromisión in the national sovereignty that did not has to take place.2.The decisions adopted in the past by the EU have weakened the border controls among States members, favouring the illegal activities and boosting commodity circulation of smuggling. +The juridical protection of the rights of consumers has to follow being competition of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens and the rights of consumers have to follow being competition of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer, as it finishes to explain Mr. *Collins. +The social speakers, the governmental organisations, States members and the EU have to take, each #one in field of responsibility, the timely countermeasures, is to say, coordinating and collaborating *sensatamente in the relative subjects to the third age in the EU and not acting *centralizadamente each #one from field of responsibility. +Without embargo, exists a field related with the third age that presents great difficulties to hour to introduce improvements, so much from a point of concrete sight as by means of the #european cooperation. *Me am to the reciprocal recognition of social provision -like subsidies by illness and pensions- that affect in numerous occasions to the greater persons. +Gentleman President, the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development of Parliament proposes, in effect, subject to the executive Commission the problem of deficit of the European Union in vegetal proteins inside feeding allocated to animals and the strategic challenge that comports this situation for biotechnologies in the *Europa of the Fifteen. +Today, really, did not has felt that they still exist *muchísimas differences among representatives and #others, *cuando the reality is that, from the Treaty of *Maastricht and, more still, of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, goes opening step the reality of this #european citizenship that demands to voices that representatives take part of a common diet in #all looks, but, of course and in particular, in look of the suspension of the parliamentary immunity. +*Usted agrees that the examination of the *anejo *V in our commission began with a letter of Mrs. *Theato, speaker of the Commission of Budgetary Control, that tackled specifically the question of #if article 5 of this *anejo *V that foresees the absolute majority to refuse the approval of the management, was compatible with disposals of the Treaty. +new Earth were also the plans of national action and, to the contrary of orator that *me has preceded, *yo believe that the guidelines of *Luxemburgo and the plans of national action, among things, have derived of the fact that have unemployment tax lower. +No #would treat to concede today the approval of the management to the Commission, against of it that the Council has taken acting with lightness and *despreocupación, since, as so well has explained *Laurens #Jan *Brinkhorst, #would not have to concede the approval of the management to a Commission *dimisionaria that no longer is qualified to assume commitments on future orientations in front of the #european Parliament. +On the other hand, the fact that measures do not affect to #all the countries of the European Union supposes a grave distortion of the rules of competition in the only market, aggravating the negative consequences on companies that yes will see affected by these high tariffs imposed by States Joined in sanctions. +The political solution that try to reach is a political solution that suspend the use of strength on the base of respect of the human rights, of the common security, of the return of #all refugees, on the base of the international community of nations. +In interest of the agreement, consider that *ello is admissible always that exceptions limit in measure of it possible and suppose a step to the creation of an only and uniform Statute and, especially, serve to reach the establishment, it before possible, of reward diet equal for #all deputies to the European Parliament. +Therefore, the preliminary draft of general budget has to postpone the subject of the possibility to hire new personnel and his previous endowment until they remain clear the *márgenes that possibly have in the frame of the new institutional agreement and until the new Commission have the opportunity to define requirements. +Fulfilled the community juridical obligation to approve a new directive to replace the directive cancelled, to trial it more important, is a vital step to a common frame to differentiate the systems of *gravámenes in the group of the European Union. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the goal of the proposal is to facilitate sale by telephone, by *fax and by Internet of financial services #such as banking, insurances, investments and credits *hipotecarios, protecting at the same time to consumer against fraud, against the high pressure of sale arguments and against #some uses no requested of communication technicians to distance. +Therefore, in quality of member of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer, always have supported, to pair of Mrs. *Kuhn and Mr. *Whitehead, measures that guarantee that it provides a real protection adapted to the needs and worries of consumers thanks to the #european legislation. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0124\/99) of Mrs. *González *Álvarez, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer, on decision proposal of the Council by the that creates action program community in favour of the civil protection (*COM(98)0768 - *C4-0072\/99-98\/0354(*CNS)) +Never will forget like *yo, as young President of my party at the beginning of the years seventy, took part together with father in rally in cinema hall of *Madrid, with scarce public and under some difficult conditions, #where already in #that then under the direction of father gave expression to the ideal and convictions of our philosophy, to values and principles *democristianos and, especially, also, to our #european federalistic conviction. +Is evident, without embargo, that at the side of the indispensable budgetary consolidation, *Europa has to accelerate the structural reforms of the markets of employment, of sakes, of services and of capital, and is in this spirit in the that the Commission finishes to approve the relative recommendation to the great orientations of economic politics. +In front of #all forecasts, the Presidency #german closed the package of Diary 2000, that seemed difficult to close, and now, for the European Council of Colony, the Presidency *nos finishes to announce a quite ambitious program. Congratulate also to the Presidency #german by the ambition of program. +Of this resolution and of the debates that celebrated *permítome stand out #one or two looks that, for me, are the most important: the idea that opened and opens path of a #european constitution, verification or verification wish of power *constituyente specific in the community level and interpretation -*permítome say it like this- *correctiva of article *N of the Treaty. +In place of a clear *reorientación of the #european politics in the *primer year of the euro to a new type of economic development that #can solve the problem of unemployment in mass, *nos gives a European Pact by Employment that remains very by behind it that in day contained the initiative *Santer and the proposals *originarias *provenientes of the Presidency elaborated by the #german Ministry of Inland revenue. +No only for the fruitful cooperation among the institutions but also to ensure of durable mood it that reach in the Conference *Intergubernamental and that application succeed, in the future will be necessary that Parliament take part more acutely that in the past in this Conference -do not employ consciously the expression of Conference *Intergubernamental although it was the usual practice but the of Conference of States members. +It that we want to is to contribute to facilitate things to the Governments, and therefore, with the agreement in day of President *Santer -to the one who want *rendir homage thus-, think that a possibility, a fine possibility, is that the European Commission prepare project, that argue it with Parliament and that take part also the national Parliaments in reflection, that will be a mere reflection, gentleman President. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, the questions related with employment have happened to occupy the position that deserve in politics of the European Union and *Alemania is in actuality pressures to reach a #european agreement in matter of employment with reason of Colony Summit. +Gentleman President, apart from that *me seems quite surprising that *nos see forced to *comportarnos as in fair to have right to take the word in Parliament *cuando are deputies, wanted to say simply that it is the first occasion in the that see that, in an Assembly like #this, *cuando pronounce two contrary opinions, a pertinent of the competent services and the #another of president of Regulation Commission chosen by his equal, considers the of services in question. +After years of efforts, had seen the light an as a whole acceptable proposal and the Council had shown had to negotiate with Parliament, in moment of the result of the vote of today, with seen to reach commitment. +In the case of bananas, do not allows to the EU take a commercial granting to small countries that they were colonies (countries *ACP) and in the that bananas represent the *pilar main of economies, it that results particularly grave because politics of the EU inscribes in the spirit of the Agreements of *Lomé, that date of 1963, and are, therefore, very previous to the current Agreement of Trade *Multilateral (Treaty of *Marraquech - 1994). +And finish remembering point already mentioned by Mrs. *Jöns: is incomprehensible that the Council was not had to include of explicit form the *gender *mainstreaming -and is it especially after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam that considers equality of opportunities the fundamental principle of the Union- that constitutes likewise #one of it four *pilares of the #european strategies in matter of employment. +Since to date Government #turkish *deniega this just process and public through evident actions (obstacles for defence, rejection of the requests that they are observant presents, etc.), how measured thinks to take the Council to protect the physical and psychic integrity of the leader *kurdo #as well as the rights, evident for societies civilised, that have #all the accused in front of justice? +*Yo want to *referirme specifically to the structural Bottoms, to Cohesion Bottom and to cohesion politics, saying that I agree in the «how », as it has projected it Commissioner -and even take advantage of once again to say that we have to congratulate to Commissioner and to the *DG *XVI because we have been with *ella, and *ella *nos has helped deeply in advances of cohesion in the *periplo of these five years and *yo believe that, in design, of the next-. +In the course of negotiations reached for crop zones more northern of the EU, that also are to time the most northern of #everyone, a pair of important #granting so as to balance the costs derived of the adverse climatological conditions. +Receive *favorablemente the decision of the Commission to revoke proposal to demand to fishermen the acquisition of a 30 % additional of *tonelaje, which, in case that it had prospered the proposal, only #can have described like a penal law directed to hinder the urgent need of *modernizar and renew the fleet. +The intermediate posture, to the that also adheres the Presidency, pretends to incorporate development and the operation of the *SIS #as well as the majority of categories object of register to the *tercer *pilar whereas category of visa denial and disposals relative to the protection of the personal data #would be also present in the *primer *pilar. +The big work to know where stop , because this directive has a special characteristic, and is that it do not tries *reglamentarlo #everything, but it that *reglamenta it *reglamenta with sense and with an idea behind, with a conductive idea and guideline, and *yo believe that Parliament #would take badly in changing these balances, #would take badly in trying modify this so delicate situation and that, in my modest opinion, is frankly very achieved. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #some of the colleagues that have talked before that *yo already have remembered article 5 of the Agreement of *Lomé, signed also by *Djibuti, that establishes a true interrelationship, a functional link among respect and the enjoy of the political and civil rights, of the fundamental human freedoms and help to development. +Likewise is necessary that the international community, also through the Organisation for the African Unit, but with an active paper of the European Union, guarantee said agreement and act with regard to elaborate program of economic helps so much urgent as on a long-term basis that they allow an economic reconstruction of the island. +By part, States members began to negotiate on the base of the ancient article 220 of the Treaty *CE an agreement #whose object was to regulate of horizontal mood the effects *intracomunitarios of failure, determining the judicial competition and law applicable to declare insolvency of company. +Is the case of countries of the *sudeste #asian, #Asia central, of the ancient #soviet Republics and of the Republics *bálticas, to the that has added the increase without precedents of imports *provenientes of *Turquía owing to the closing of the #russian market and of the industrial capacity of this country, of *Turquía, that has *sobredimensionado in the course of the last five years. +*Yo believe that only it appreciates it that do not has and the fact that the #european institutions have endowed of Parliament, with #all defects and with #all problems, and that Parliament convert in this term of office in a fundamental piece of the community mechanism, is *algo that the #european citizens #would have to begin to value. +The coincidence in time of the resignation of the Commission, the beginning of war of *Kosovo and the European Council of *Berlín subjected to a dramatic proof performance capacity of the European Union in an extremely critical moment. +#If *Europa had to pursue the goal that signalled President *Prodi -offer to the *Balcanes a political and economic future clear- #would reach *algo great, but #would not exert fully task that is the to contribute substantially to build a path of democratic development, certainly economic, but fundamentally social and cultural, conscious that reconciliation is so much stronger and stable what more is *tolerante and respectful with diversities. +In this case -experience of the *EEB- the Commission is amply innocent, and States members have gone back to take games under the mantle of subsidiariness without having had prowess for, for example, have elaborated of time a directive mark relative to foods that constituted an advantage for *Europa and to the that *atuviesen the countries members. +More that #that *peroratas ideological of period that ask the return of the ancient collusion *supranacional among Parliament and the Commission against the Council, had preferred to listen, of mouth of Mr. *Prodi, the concrete way in that it thinks to repair, in a field of competition, the *estragos caused by the Commissions precedents and negotiations of the Round *Uruguay. +Lady Speaker, as it has said deputy *Sánchez, there are errors in record, but no only because Mr. *Sánchez was included in the Group of the European Radical Alliance, that no exists -case that *le has occurred also to deputies #Bautista, *Hudghton and *MacCormick- but that *yo same, that belong to the Group of the Green\/European Free Alliance, appear in the Group of No Inscribed. +reading of the second inform of the Expert Committee puts of self-evident that had reason in asking to the five experts that continued investigations and reflection further of the case of #one or commissioner, in particular, to take a more general diagnostic on the group of the institution. +In effect, quote the report: "For *incoar a penal procedure to civil servants of the Commission, the national jurisdiction that it treat has to request the suspension of the official immunity treating of suspicious, of the professional secret treating of witnesses and of the inviolability of buildings of the Commission in case of registers and to be able to have access to the documents" . +Why, #if there #be *tanta worry in States members, do not asks to States members that the communities and municipalities make a debate in Parliament, on the results and destinations of bottoms, so that in countries take place a public debate that was in relation with work and that these two questions are not separated among *ellas? +In the meantime, have to negotiate an agreement mark that it constitute a solid base to improve our institutional relations, with measures of transparency and information, as they are the have of work documents of the Council, of records of the meetings of Commissioner School, except *cuando agree confidentiality, or information system on works of the *OLAF with the owed discretion. +*Europa has taken to transmit project, and in globalisation times in the that citizens have the feeling of that #all the important decisions take in part, and especially in the world of finances, is important to recover the idea of project for *Europa that comprise citizens and defend the institutions. +*Yo share fully the content of program, devoted to the *glasnost, that do not proposes a small "*reformilla" of the institutions, but reform of big *calado, that pursues the creation of places of sustainable work by means of a consistent liberalisation, that concedes a very important place to subsidiariness, that considers necessary to answer of suitable way to the demographic evolution in *Europa. +*Me has bumped -have to confess it- that it have been clear regarding freedom of trade and to competitiveness requirements of companies and have omitted -or have shown wander to the *respecto- the fight against unemployment, poverty and the social exclusion, true *flagelos of the European Union. +Gentleman President designated, members of the socialist delegation #french have worry by the effective operation of the institutions, which means instauration of a strong Commission, in the sense of respect by the Treaties, is to say, with the coincidence among mandate and the #ours. +#If we do not want to lose in solidity it that win in extension, #if we want to give a soul to the *Europa of the market and of coin only, #if we want to go back to win confidence of citizens and of villages, have to work in common -Commission, Parliament and Council- in it only that it #can offer a solid base and a new impulse: the #european citizenship, a letter of rights, a true constitution. +And as *me accused of *deslealtad, it only that I want to say in this moment is that, in accordance with these criteria and with demonstrations of President *Prodi in relation with responsibility of Commissioners, believe that, #if today it approves in this Assembly the resolution of political content, *consensuada by #all the Groups, on the new Commission, Mr. *Galeote goes to find in an Assembly of disloyal. +Already discern points of agreement. For example, regarding the importance that concedes to access to justice, to the preparation of a coherent strategy in matter of immigration and asylum, to the protection of the feeblest groups and more exposed to discriminations, or to the strengthening of the mechanisms used in the fight against delinquency organised. +Also remains out of the democratic control the preparation of the document 19 of *Enfopol and also type of offences, #such as the related with performances of the police cooperation *Ilets, collaboration in matter of espionage *Echelon and the bilateral treaties of Security Services of States Joined and the European Union. +While it last this parliamentary gap will be impossible to create a space of security, freedom and justice on a truly democratic base, since the realisation of said space involves the presence of a structure integrated by the right to the individual protection and the possibility to take part in the individual surroundings. +Recognise that it has engaged to fulfil five requests of the Group of the *EVP, among *ellas the that refer to the right of the *PE to present legislative proposals, to behaviour of Commissioners in case that it produce a vote of censorship and to the need to board a permanent dialogue on reform of the Commission. +Subject: Help of the EU for the maritime services of *Irlanda since *Irlanda possesses #one of the greater maritime zones of patrol of the EU, responsibility so important for *Irlanda as for the EU in group and that covers activities like surveillance and interception of loads of drugs, protection of industry *pesquera and security of navigation, #would want the Council expose how initiatives that #would have to take to scale of the EU in help to efforts made by *Irlanda in this sector? +To facilitate fulfillment, in the regulations and managerial of the Union specify collaboration procedures and exchange of information among States members, with the end to avert simultaneous performances and to facilitate identification of ships, achieving so they harmonise moods to proceed of the distinct countries. +*Me seems a frankly problematic solution put that really no treats of fusion of two structures but of adhesion process. And although I consider the possibility to establish transitory periods, as it took before, no conceive that a country candidate #can go in to form part of the European Union without that it have assimilated the *acervo community in whole. +In this frame, the perspective to create a "social order European" based in practice of *Schengen #can not be more that arsenal *antidemocrático that, in a determined moment, #can use against the political and #sindical action, against the reactions of workers in front of politics *antipopular of the European Union and of States members. +Although they have produced #some changes in the political situation from then, regret to say that the requirements for the resumption of cooperation for development and the full normalisation of relations with *Togo - respect of the democratic principles, right state and the human rights - still do not fulfil satisfactorily. +The Commission considers that the European Union, together with the rest of the international community, has to take conclusive measures to contain the repercussions of the crisis in the countries of the region of the Great Lakes that, as they have affirmed deputies, loom of distinct forms security and stability in #all *África. +Want still *recordarles to #all the colleagues that takes only a pair of weeks Parliament, when accepting the Commission, approved a statement in the that underlined that it wishes to progress to work in negotiations on the international treaties and even in the distinct stages of negotiations, so that it #would be really regrettable, #if Parliament left this opportunity without taking advantage of. +am not sure of #if it is allowed to take an explanation of vote in this stage of the debate, but #if it is like this, wanted to say that, from sight point of the population of *Escocia, believe that it is pity that tomorrow debate on the alimentary security without including a case in the that a Been member is the *dictamen of the Community in this matter. +As they know #all *ustedes, *Señorías, sources of renewable energy, in support systems -except energy of hydraulic origin, #where himself\/hisself achieve results very competitive with regard to another type of energetic sources-, #can not compete with energies of traditional type. +Wanted to indicate to Mr. *Prodi that economists believe that the most important factors for competitiveness in industry #would be, in the first place, a reduction of society taxes and of the business contributions and, second, of the enormous and in intolerable truth charge of regulation that plants to *Europa in a situation very *desventajosa in relation with parts of the world. +As a result of the approval of the Common Action, the Commission took part in a series of management of the troika, directed to present the Common Action to #all the Governments and the important regional organisations and collect his political support for goals. +Gentleman President, believe that this debate and the motion that today are put openly of self-evident the will of Parliament to send signal of clear opening, strong and amicable, a signal that takes note of the change of attitude of the #greek Government regarding Government #turkish. +Receive with satisfaction the proposal of relative commitment to *Turquía, because it achieves a correct balance among the need to confirm to *Turquía right to incorporate to the EU and the need that *Turquía undertake a series of reforms economic and political before appeal take 'effective' . +To be able to establish the suitable commitments among the different and complex problems to that confronts at present the system of the international trade, seems fundamental that conversations cover a wide diary that include from the reductions of the traditional tariffs until crucial subjects like the environment and norms of work, in addition to new looks like competition and investment. +By reason expects that the Council, during the Presidency #finnish, get to conclusions for realisation and by the that the Council gives the welcome to the intention of the Commission to present, so prompt as it was possible, a proposal for a new plan of action that boost equality of opportunities among men and women and to ensure that #this will follow applying *cuando remain without vigour the current. +Also explain to these effects with article 13 of the Treaty on the European Union, but *cuando treats of concrete cases have to take into account that the Union do not has own police, but that responsibility on security of citizens *recae in the governments and in strengths of order of country. +According to article 48 of the statutes of #ECB, States members that are not included in the zone of the euro will have to pay a lower percentage of the that *les #would correspond, #if like this it decides it Joint Managerial of #ECB, in concept of participation in operation costs of #ECB. +will Be an enormous quantity, already treat of *Dinamarca or of country, and this maximum fixed, very understood, by means of decision by majority of the Council on the base of a proposal of Government Council, that likewise takes decisions by majority, since country has vote weight, to the that *le authorises contribution. +The question has like this a political solution - do not see possible the bellicose solution- and in this way now have the opportunity to help to *Rusia, that in any case finds in a difficult political situation, loaning help to find a solution and achieve some relative negotiations to the question of *Chechenia. +The #russian army has gone in in the territory of the republic and has invaded, according to his own versions, a third of the territory of #the same *ocasionando deaths, destruction and the massive exodus of more of 100.000 refugees -women, boys and elderly- that are received in neighbour *Ingushetia, #whose President talks already of humanitarian catastrophe and asks an international help that do not finishes to get. +do not know #if, in addition to the results achieved by judicature #italian lately, will have or will not have stages like the that, lamentably, *nos have accustomed to see through the judicial avatars of *Ustica in these years; without embargo, today *nos find in front of sentence that proposes hypothesis of plane contest of varied countries in accident of *Ustica of 27 June 1980. +#Few minutes after the disaster the military planes and the secret services of the countries involved in the military operation - Italians in the first place - set up a gigantic and shameful operation to hide, by not saying, destroy proofs to end to prevent that the judicial authority discovered how was it that *sucedió really in the sky of *Ustica. +Therefore, wanted to direct finally call to the Council so that it fix the common position on directive projects with the greater possible rapidity, with *tanta amplitude as it was possible, of course, on the base of the amendments of Parliament in the first reading, to end to present the common position in *segunda reading to Parliament. +The *derramamiento of fuel owed to that the cover of fuel deposits were not very installed, and the Directive that Parliament has now in front of yes, with the amendments taken by Parliament in *segunda reading with regard to give greater rigour to disposals, occupies of this question demanding that fuel deposits of engine vehicles possess mechanisms of appropriate closing so that the covers was always very adjusted. +On the base of orientation and of knowledge of the that they will be #all parameters examined from sight point *exquisitamente technical, ask, #if it is possible, that Parliament and, in particular, the commission, are informed and especially ask #if it is possible that the Commission *nos inform on #which goes to be the course that will give to the application of this directive from sight point *exquisitamente technical. +#This has to -suits to highlight it-to the following reason: the necessary outlays, particularly in the case of the structural politics, will increase the next year like result of commitments subscribed in previous years and the Commission coincides fully with Parliament in that it is not possible to consign totals inferior to the necessary to cover commitments already subscribed. +*Yo entrust in that, on the base of the previous work made by #all the institutions and especially of the present reports of Parliament, will achieve to reach, through negotiation process adapted and open, an agreement on the Budget 2000 that take justice to our big political responsibility in the field of the #european politics. +In effect politics is not a game among the Commission, the Council and Parliament, that practise in own interest, but that our purpose is to create the best possible conditions for development of the European Union and to offer some favourable conditions to persons for the that work. +In *tercer place, the maintenance of stability of prices serves to the interests of social justice and help to protect to the feeblest members of society, like pensioners and unemployed, that depend of some fixed income and #can not protect of the costs of inflation with sakes, for example properties or actions. +In this context, *yo wanted to *recordarle to Mrs. *Randzio-*Plath that the Treaty expresses of way very clear that the *primer goal of the Central Bank European is stability of prices and that only will be able to try reach the goals *cuando *ello do not put in danger said stability of prices, and also that stability of prices has in himself\/hisself same -#such as it has manifested President- social and economic effects positive +Likewise, my Government promoted the approval of a new Penal Code Soldier that includes substantial advances regarding competition of the civil courts to judge to soldiers in crimes like genocide, the disappearance *forzosa and torture, and sign the Statute of the International Penal Court. +The so proclaimed space of freedom, security and justice is not thing that affirmation of a bureaucratic concept and *represivo of politics in the *cual talks so much of security and little of freedom and of justice, as they show it the dense series of conferences *intergubernamentales, *Dublín, *Europol, *Eurodac, *Eurojust and the mutual assistance in judicial matter that exclude the democratic control of Parliament, #as well as of the Commission and of the Court of Justice. +Against the idea that #ours Union has to be exclusive or mainly of economic character, the Council, in line that Parliament came already defending from took a lot, happened to occupy of citizens, of freedom of circulation, of security and of recognition of the right to justice, rights that have to recognise no only to citizens of the Union, but also to #all those that by diverse circumstances find legally in our territory. +Like this and #everything, wanted to recommend to the Commission - do not know #if it is here gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen but, anyway, already argue it in the general debate - urgency in the case that it had to present rule mark *concerniente to #all the matters, to end to tackle, organic and thoroughly, a so delicate subject from the point of institutional sight. +The special Summit of *Tampere, to time that has centred in immigration politics and asylum, also has treated seriously the subject of the traffic of human beings that no has left of grow during the last years. +In January will have the final proposal on the observatory, on the that *me reserve the right to debate with the European Parliament to see #if it has to have an observatory for small and medium enterprises, that the report on it that goes to *suceder, and that also have felt of connection to national level of the local observatories so that companies are all it prepared that they #can for the future changes. +#This is a principle that has to apply even in the case that helps loan to company no community, in #whose case considers that cooperation agreement with the country of company, there #where no existed, no only #can define and integrate better interventions of the Union in favour of country, but that, in the new desirable contingency, #can facilitate the execution of said sanction. +And think that, really, have things that learn of States Joined of *América in the subject of the monetary stability or in the subject of utilisation of high technologies and of fast operations to level; but of course, exists a big difference in *Europa: the cultural model, social and historical of *Europa is based in the powerful social powers and in the balance among society and the economy. +Gentleman President, in the first place wanted to say, in name of my Group, that are very disappointed by the fact that it have not included in the resolution a call to #all States members of the European Union and to #all the countries candidates so that they support the new proposal of coalition in the agenda that is on the table of the 55ª General Assembly of Nations Joined. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0038\/1999) in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [$^13175$/^1$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0022$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0197$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes program of community action "Youth" (Speaker: Mrs. *Gröner). +The Group of the Party of the European Socialists, in #all the preparation process of the budget, has defended with energy the ideas of solidarity and of commitment of the Union regarding the most disadvantaged, to end to satisfy eradication goal of poverty. +#If the enormous resources allocated to the nuclear proofs and to the *armamentismo release and pipe to productive investments in the direction of the economic and social cohesion, to education, culture and the protection of the environment, #can reinforce reconciliation factors and peaceful coexistence of villages and contribute to the *reforzamiento of bows of *reprocidad and of cooperation *paritaria. +Like this, as, have to signal the dangers that of *ello give off and here have also now new and unavoidable consequences, in particular the requirements that it have more fishermen #moroccan in the community crafts, fishing licence *restrictivamente related with new mixed companies, the obligation of disembarkment of fish in ports #moroccan, in addition to #granting in the agricultural sphere, etc. +And Commissioner do not finishes to get to the Commission, is Commissioner that proceeds of the previous Commission and precisely with wallet and file, by it that has a specific responsibility and own politics and very concrete no only in the resolution of this problem, but also in the of the problems posed until it concretise again the agreement. +My political Group wishes that it have a just agreement and balanced with Realm of *Marruecos by part of the European Union, but also think that, to avert these periodic marketings that generate enormous anxieties and difficult situations for fishermen, the future agreement #would have to remain consolidated in the frame of the association Agreement. +But #all this discussion evidence the need of an independent organism that occupy of rule alimentary in the EU, that avert the undue influence of the national organs, very often conditioned by a personal interest, and that control the corresponding practices in #all the European Union. +In #Italia the *concertación among the social speakers and the Governments has converted in a pact among the representatives of the #sindical constituted - interests, *patronales, politicians - directed to defend the interests constituted and incomes in place of the possibility to achieve space in the new economy of the unemployed and of #all #that that are not represented in the *concertación. +*Exigirles that work an average of 60 hours to the week during a period of four weeks is exploitation, by part, of these young individuals that have to fulfil with practices to obtain his professional title and, by #another, of #all *nosotros, of the public, that have to consult to youngsters medical in practices in assistance services and of urgency. +In Realm Joined, for example, the proposals are more advanced that this directive and have been received with *beneplácito by #Andrew *Hobart, president of the committee of auxiliary doctors, the one who says that it is loved with that have reached an agreement on a new agreement for the auxiliary doctors that will guarantee in advance a safe labour day in Realm Joined. +By it that refers more fundamentally to the political question formulated on *Chechenia, is evident that share with His *Señorías questions, anxieties, but the question posed is the following: until the present, the European Union has not suspended neither reduced his diplomatic relations with *Rusia, because we think that it always has to have courses of dialogue with *Rusia to transmit our messages, included the relative to restlessness by it that is in *Chechenia. +Still today has the idea that the inner market is multinational subject, of great companies, of *burócratas, of *Bruselas, of *tecnócratas that are far of worries of persons of on foot, of initiatives that *apilan #one on #others without order neither concert, without conductive idea that, in cases, are perceived like #one *pesadumbre more in the already heavy charge to live in a community developed or to have a small or an average business. +And in this sense wanted to highlight that the Commission will have taste in listening every year in the appropriate dates observations and the ideas of the European Parliament *cuando get hour to examine thoroughly and follow developing the concrete goals in the frame of the annual cycle. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0040\/1999) on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to information on fuel consumption facilitated to consumer when commercialising vehicles of new tourism (5617\/2\/1999 -*C5-0037\/1999 - 1998\/0272(*COD)) (Commission of Environment, Public and Political Health of Consumers) (Speaker: Mr. *Sterckx) +But then, by coherence, Parliament #would have to reconsider the decision that his majority judged that it had to adopt about Group that had respected the independence of vote of members and the had taken to appear in his internal regulation, it that do not excludes the existence of political affinities in the sense of the quoted article 29. +#If we decide to postpone this subject -as it thought the majority in the Conference of Presidents-, #one of the tasks to make from this time on until December, will be the to request to President of the Court of Accounts that undertake a wide investigation, to know #if leak produced in the Court of Accounts or in #any another institution. +Lady Speaker, the legislative project subjected to debate results very significant from sight point of the environmental protection, since it affects directly to the quality of the breathable air, is to say, to dioxide content of nitrogen and to the resultant ozone, affects all *ello to acidity grade and to level of *entropización. +Gentleman President, in moments in that it celebrates the *décimo anniversary of this Convention, in #whose text recognises to boy like subject singular, and *le attribute own rights (right to life, right to identity and to family, right of expression, right to be fed and polite), know very well that in our continent, each thirty seconds abuses, violates or *descuartiza and indoctrinates to boy, victim of some unsuitable politics, of familiar and economic changes, and victim also of the fact that we do not apply this international Convention. +Regarding the first, to the fundamental rights, in breast of the Union, of compliance with article 6 of the Treaty, are forced to respect the fundamental rights and, specifically, freedoms and the fundamental rights of man, #such as they result of the common constitutional traditions to States members. +On security failures in *Bohunice do not need to debate, only *me allow to stand out the three more important points: follows without having replacement for concrete armed that lacking, no exists reduction of pressure or security systems. modernisation is not sufficient from sight point *sismológico. +*Señorías, in the year 1994 took a series of decisions -precisely to concede helps to distinct #european companies- so as to carry out restructuring of #the same that allowed, on the one hand, his eventual privatisation but, in any case, finished of time with subventions and helps of State that, somehow, distorted the only market and the free competition among the distinct actors in the aerial market liberalised. +The European Commission has indicated by it other to the countries candidates in diverse occasions paper so important that #can exert the social speakers in adhesion process and has remembered to time that have more in account the social problems presupposes that it develop the social dialogue in the countries candidates. +Lady Speaker, to finish, *les will say very in brief that in these four last weeks have had #many meetings profitable: with President of *Colombia, that was received also here in Parliament in session *plenaria, with President of *Letonia, with Subject minister External of *Chipre, to treat to see mood to promote the meetings that go to begin surely on 3 December in New *York. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0062\/1999) of Mr. *Schwaiger, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the communication of the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament - The Approach of the EU on the Round of #Millenium of the *OMC (*COM(1999)331 - *C5-0155\/1999 - 1999\/2149(*COS)). +To my seem, with *él has achieved to transmit three signals: a signal of unit of the European Union, directed to speakers all over the world; a signal of the human face of globalisation, directed to our population; and a signal of the parliamentary dimension of the process of the *OMC, directed to citizens. +lady *Barchawski, special representative of president #Clinton for trade, that has conducted with hit the battles of #Washington on banana, the *OGM and meat of *vacuno #american, has asked to the centres of #american businesses, that *le have provided a document of 31 pages detailing the wishes of industries. +This project has like goals centre attention in violence to woman, strengthen the contrary attitudes to violence, diminish cases of violence, #as well as develop and take more effective services directed to attend so much to the victims, as to the authors of violent acts. +Initiate this new round of conversations with the advantage of wisdom that gives experience and with knowledge that States Joined, when getting to position negotiator, to the equal that in the past, will have investigated the unseen agenda on how establish means to divert of said agreement and help to producers, whereas to time demand to *Europa that fulfil faithfully with commitments. +Gentleman President, believe that the Round of #Millenium is an important occasion to boost the opening of the international markets to competition, to expand the guarantees against practices directed to avert competition and to tackle at last the subject of investments. +Is important that the Report *Schwaiger and Parliament recognise in the World-wide Organisation of Trade the appropriate forum for a serious negotiation in matter of investments looking for certainty and transparency of the right for the protection of investments, #as well as, obviously, the *tutela of the state legislations in social matter, environmental and cultural. +#If *Europa and States Joined argue now on the genetically modified organisms and the use of hormones and antibiotics in industry grazier, the improvement of access to the market of the countries in roads develop and participation in the world-wide economy loom with happen to a second flat. +From 1950 until 1970 the world-wide economic growth was quite parallel to the expansion of the world-wide trade, but from then the economic growth has gone growing only to half of rhythm of the world-wide exports: therefore, at all shows that a greater trade conduct automatically to a greater economic growth. +Is precise that #this establish clearly, to the equal that also has to remain clear that the *codecisión of the European Parliament in the field of the agricultural politics in reality do not covers, rigorously talking, the group of legislation in matter of agricultural politics, but only a small part of the 3.000 legislative acts -some 20 or 30 maybe-, without embargo has to award to the European Parliament power of *codecisión in said fields and also full competitions in relation with the agricultural budget. +program splits of commitment of the *PNUCD to fund activities of development in specific zones of crop of opium, and, as *contrapartida, the Talibans have accessed to not allowing opium crop in new zones, to that the *PNUCD supervise opium crops and to begin to take measures to struggle against the illegal traffic of drugs and to destroy laboratories *clandestinos. +Wanted to express also my more sincere gratitude to Parliament, and in particular to the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, of Justice and of Inner Subjects, #as well as to the speaker, Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, by the quality of work and by speed with the that have recommended the communication of the Commission on the fight against drug in the period 2000 to 2004. +Report (To5-0059\/1999) of Mr. *Pirker, in name of the Commission of Freedoms, of Rights of Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on Regulation proposal (*CE) of the relative Council to the creation of the system "*Eurodac" for comparison of the impressions *dactilares of asylum applicants and foreigners (*COM(1999) 260 - *C5-0082\/1999 - 1999\/0116(*CNS)) +is not more that the representative of the industrial and of the financial groups more powerful of the European Union, rival of the *trusts North American or Japanese in the *imposición of onerous sacrifices to the planet, but #all are exclusively concerned for increasing gains, in detriment of workers of his own countries and of villages of the poor countries. +. (*NL) By the present the #dutch delegation of the *PSE declares not being able to support the Report *PIRKER, that has approved today, on regulation proposal of the relative Council to the creation of the system "*Eurodac" for comparison of the impressions *dactilares of asylum applicants and foreigners. +In *Irlanda varied successive governments have manifested to varied governments of Realm Joined restlessness by accident tax in facilities *nucleoeléctricas of Big *Bretaña, particularly accident tax in plant of *Sellafield, situated in the western coast of Realm Joined that it is the less populated, but only to some those that miles of coast oriental, that is the most populated. +Finally, suits to reaffirm that the relative decisions to the process of independence of *Timor Oriental *incumben to village, with respect of sovereignty, by it that the decisions on his present and future have to be adopted in narrow collaboration with the National Council of Resistance *Timorense and no *incumbe to the international organisations *substituir to village of *Timor Oriental, but -*eso yes- *darle #all the necessary support. +By it that refers to the judicial procedures of a sovereign State, the European Commission will follow watching to achieve that Mr. *Nikitin was object of an impartial trial and public based in the principles of the European Agreement for the Protection of the Human Rights and in the Russian Constitution. +The military hit in *Pakistán deserves an unambiguous and cutting conviction. Ask to the leaders that restore right State and the constitutional order and that by means of instauration of a civil government of transition and in accordance with calendar previously established celebrate elections and reestablish the parliamentary legitimacy. +#There is proofs that delinquency organised has found an easy and yielding business with the illegal traffic of human beings, that often are had to pay it that had saved during #all life to end to be able to go in in the rich western countries, with hope to be able to initiate a new life. +And now Mr. Newton *Dunn, with the pretext that Parliament #can not influence so much in the third column as in his juridical base, has posed to change #this, and for *ello has limited reference group corresponding to those affected by security politics of the first column of the European Union. +The special *empecinamiento of the *BEI in questions of public control and transparency *propició that the *ECOFIN manifested it following the 8.10.1999, and quote *textualmente: "taking into account the important financial task that the Treaty and a series of community regulations award to the European Bank of Investments #would owe this keep an exemplary position in the fight against fraud and allow to the *OLAF make the pertinent investigations #if it gave the case. +The speaker #Manuel *Medina has explained of rigorous form and with luxury of juridical arguments how Canarian has come defending from takes centuries, inside the #spanish context, with distinct mechanisms that allowed to those distant islands surpass the negative circumstances to the that before *me have referred, and with wit, the *tesón and effort of men and women resist first and afterwards go constituting little by little in societies reasonably modern and prosperous. +Then fixed a transitory period of ten years so that integration of the #canarian economy in the community world did not go traumatic for #some productive sectors venues and, of *facto, established, #among others looks, a *arbitrio on production and on imports, the *APIM, so as to protect integration of the small basic industries Canarians in the territory *aduanero community. +will Be necessary to watch very attentively so that the next negotiations of the *OMC allow to put end to the unacceptable practices of *dumping that carry out #some countries, and that do not put in danger to a sector that is subjected to an intense world-wide competition, since it gives work to drama hand hardly *automatizable and subjected, therefore, to strong pressures in favour of trip to countries in the that the costs of drama hand are very inferior to the existent in the European Union. +And it that it wanted to ask to the Government of the #spanish State and to the political parties Spaniards from this forum is height of watch that they have had the British and Irish, so that we #can #all find peace path and a solution for the #basque conflict, that is so #european like conflict of *Irlanda of the North. +And neither is necessary to forget, of course, component *represivo and in this field Commissioner commissioned of subjects relative to the *tercer *pilar, is to say, the of interior politics, goes to offer the plans and programs already existent to sensitise to strengths of order and justice on this anti-doping fight. +Gentleman *Napolitano, wanted to *tranquilizarle also regarding the proposal to carry out some preparatory works of accompaniment, and insist in the word accompaniment, since with regard to the subject of the review of the Treaties exist technical looks very precise and specific, #can not be accused of not having posed a deep vision, a complete analysis of looks. +(To5-0071\/1999) of Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence, on regulation proposal of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to actions directed to reach the economic and social development of *Turquía (*COM(1998) 600 - *C4-0670\/1998 - 1998\/0300(*COD)); +The *Viceprimer Minister #turkish *Bahceli, of the *MHP, declared on purpose of ratification of death conviction of *Ocalan -perhaps #this only publishes in the #german press- that did not have to encourage a still greater interference of *Europa in the #turkish subjects and President *Ecevit manifested that it was not forced to accept a possible decision of the Court of *Estrasburgo. +Enough significantly, the calls of the speaker and colleagues, that have presented amendments directed to *Turquía to end to look for finally the true path and hardly *transitable to a democratic State of Right, coincide with principle objections concerning confirmation of candidate character to *Ankara Why did not plays clean now the European Union? +Outraged by ratification of conviction to pity of death of president *Ocalan and joined to hour to ask gesture to Government #turkish, the moratorium of conviction to pity of death, is #likely that suspend sentence, in spite of the grave decision of the Government of no answer to appeal of the Court of *Estrasburgo. +The *segunda managerial derivative in the frame of the improvement of the quality of the air acclimatise in *Europa also has to fulfil, obviously, the same that the previous directives, the following goals, to know: the definition and concretion to scale #european of goals in matter of quality of the air acclimatise and the establishment of criteria of evaluation of the quality of the air based in uniform methods. +In relation with the agreements already signed, or that are, on decrease of dioxide broadcasts of carbon of tourisms, the Commission has signalled in reiterated opportunities that goes to consider the possibility to dictate norms on maximum values for broadcasts #if the car industry did not fulfils with commitments. +. (IN) Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, to begin wanted to express my gratitude to the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development and, of course, to speaker, Mr. *Pesälä, for having focused with a so positive disposition the proposal of the Commission, and the Commission appreciates the fine received that has had proposal. +are not, therefore, in front of a debate #any one but in front of #one that affects to #one of the four *pilares of politics *pesquera community, and #would wish that said debate was so fruitful and responsible like the that have had in Fishing Commission, since the report, #whose approval request, has been fruit of a very worked commitment among the political Groups and the distinct sectorial interests and national. +#One of the most remarkable things about fishing is that, whereas fishermen have seen in difficulties and work places have reduced, consumer has found with that in *Europa price of fish, almost only like alimentary product, has increased without ceasing through the years. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0085\/1999) of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market on decision proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Decision of 19 December 1996 by the that adopts action program for customs in the Community "Customs 2000" ) and that revokes the Decision 91\/341\/*CEE (9601\/1\/1999 - *C5-0183\/1999-1998\/0314(*COD)) +True that follows posed the problem of the sinister become in third countries. Entrust in that it achieve to find a solution respecting the approach of Parliament that wants to expand the field of application of the directive to these cases and, to time, leaving to except worries of the Council with a view to respect of the principles of the international Right deprived. +Wanted simply check #if it will have an opportunity to examine this question day of this week, because #one of things that have not examined in Parliament is paper that armament industries are in the peace process of *Irlanda of the North. +The Presidency asks that the juridical departments of the Commission and of the Council inform in squad, still during the course of this week, on sight points juridical of the question. The Commission has right of initiative in this subject and the Council adopts the definite decision. +To be able to fund these additional needs during the next years and no *rebasar, especially, the general frame agreed in *Berlín for the next years, maybe was necessary a modification, a review of the financial perspectives; like this demands it precisely the incorporation of new priorities without leaving to keep the budgetary discipline. +Subject: Action of the EU against material traffic *ABQ In spite of the grave indications of traffic of appropriate materials for the construction of atomic arms, bacteriological and chemical (*ABQ), do not undertake substantial initiatives to combat the problem, whereas the celebrated debates to the *respecto by the most diverse parts and control agreements of materials *ABQ reveal insufficient. +My Group supported strategy, that pretended to situate to the Council in front of responsibilities: or well achieved the financial means that allowed to respect our political commitments, or well resorted to article 272 of the Treaty, that *nos authorises to determine *nosotros same -undoubtedly inside some strict limits- costs no compulsory. +In the frame of action program on the climatic change, that announced to this Assembly in October, work of the Commission centres at present in the creation of a list of measures *prioritarias in the field of the climatic change that it will be presented to the Environment Council in March. +Now well, objectively talking -#can say from the perspective of the one who observes the battle from a second flat- is true that has progressed in the deliberation about the designation of work groups. But on the other hand, has not reached advance #any in the main field, that is the of the problem of broadcast rights and broadcasts in himself\/hisself. +In the resolution signal steps that #can conduct to take reality the protocol of *Kioto #if *Europa assumed the *lierazgo: reduction of broadcasts in the national field, concrete plans for the reduction of broadcasts in the main sectors, especially in the industrial, in the that broadcasts increase more quickly, adoption of measures of economic character, fast ratification of the protocol of *Kioto and intensification of dialogue among *Japón and the countries in roads of development. +The European Union considers very important that in *Macao apply entirely the Treaty of the UN on the economic rights, social and *educacionales and the Treaty on the civic rights and politicians, #as well as the basic labour norms ratified by the general treaties of the World-wide Organisation of Work. +And it same it is necessary to say also regarding the principle of autonomy and to the current economic systems and social of *Macao, #as well as, in a wider plane, to relations of the European Union with zone of Extreme Orient, since experience encloses *virtualidades that they #can be of extraordinary importance in part of the world. +For *eso, in particular in name of my Group of the Green\/European Free Alliance, and *sumándonos to the conjoint resolution, want to underline the need that *salvaguarde autonomy of *Macao consolidating his civil society and democracy with freedom of political association, keeping opened the Union to the inhabitants of the territory and strengthening the commercial relations by means of *él. +In the durable signals that fits to underline in transition moment is the absolute singularity of *Macao, the open cultural tolerance among villages and cultures, the religious freedom, strokes of specific #symbiosis and a juridical culture *moldeada with the principles and values of right State and the human rights. +The Council has accepted, equally, introduce a review clause tied to the financial consequences of adhesion of new States members, that will allow to define the repercussions from the point of financial sight of enlargement in the frame of the *codecisión, since Parliament has voice and vote in a strict foot of equality with the Council. +*Europa had not had to begin for demanding restructuring of the organisation and of operation, #as well as a clearer delimitation of competition field -inside respect of the organisms and international conventions-, in particular in relation with the environment and the social rights? +The Council has offered support to Ambassador *Eagleton, that is the special representative in the *Sáhara Western of the General Secretary of the UN, and the Council is had to boost a peaceful solution that base in a deep examination of the next report of the UN. +Subject: Action of the EU against material traffic *ABQ In spite of the grave indications of traffic of appropriate materials for the construction of atomic arms, bacteriological and chemical (*ABQ), do not undertake substantial initiatives to combat the problem, whereas the celebrated debates to the *respecto by the most diverse parts and control agreements of materials *ABQ reveal insufficient. +In this sense, *cuando the question includes also look of how takes the European Union regarding the countries candidates to adhesion *cuando in territory *trafica with materials, or conceal practices, it that poses precisely is how political commitment or how political commitments goes to impose to these countries so that they advance adhesion processes. +Wanted to know #if *usted approves this behaviour of the Council that *supedita the approval of the procedure simplified in the frame of the *codecisión to condition that Parliament do not take to cost right to modify the proposal that the Commission presents to the Council, all *ello to conclude that #if we decide to exert our right *nos exclude of the procedure of *codecisión. +Neither #can accept the argument adduced by the Commission that delay in the presentation of proposal has to to that the Court of Justice of the European Communities still has not pronounced on demand presented against the Council regarding the juridical foundation of the Regulation 820\/97. +In Indonesian #ours experience has shown that in diet of the *Orde *Baru (New Order), headed by *Suharto and generals, that occupied my homeland during more of two decades, repression methodology and suppression were applied by means of the *imposición of doctrine, the *Pancasila, that *uniformizaba thought and, in consequence, the human action, in an attempt to destroy the capacity of thinking of individual form, collective and especially free. +Thus, the #christian democrats, that always have defended road of dialogue and reconciliation, want to reiterate #ours more forceful conviction of the acts of violence and attempts against the human rights that follow *perpetrándose and *deplorar delay in development of the peace process. +The European Parliament, always sensitive to the cause of the human rights, #can not remain *impasible in front of it that it is the greater of the violations of these rights: the systematic discriminations and violence that woman is object today in *Afganistán and of the that the public execution of *Zaarmeena is not more that a tragic sample. +village #nicaraguan, after having suffered *tantas natural catastrophes, needs help urgently, but cooperation of the European Union with the Government of *Nicaragua only is possible #if they respect the basic norms of democracy and the human rights and #if bottom administration is guaranteed in accordance with the laws. +The only logical sense of article, thanks to the *addenda taken by the Council of *Amsterdam, is the to consider to #all the insular regions of the Union among the less favoured regions owing to his *handicap geographic, source of the increase of the costs, for example, in transport sectors or of energy. +Finally and already concluding, Gentleman President, have curiosity for knowing posture of the Commission in front of the amendment 9ª relative to the professional secret of the juridical advisers, #as well as posture that will adopt the Commission in front of distribution sector of cars *cuando expire exemption regulation by category for this sector in the year 2002. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, is *loable, of course, that the Commission, and especially his competent Commissioner, Mr. Go *Miert -that is not among *nosotros, but to the that want to say, anyway, that #can not manifestly *reprocharle that it have lost control of administration- watch by the ideal application of the Treaty to avert distortion of competition in the Only Market. +Perhaps #would be timely that the Presidency sent note to the different national Governments, #as well as to the different national parliaments to end to signal this possible difficulty, is to say, disequilibrium among the decisions of the European Parliament and the eventual decisions on the incompatibility that #can be distinct of the that *nosotros have taken. +Unfortunately, *me see forced to *dirigirme to determined sectors of Parliament with a last question. How think to defend the rights of constituents *cuando decide to remove leadership to the fundamental right of request, suppressing the corresponding commission, or *cuando pretend to modify the name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens substituting it by Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Consumers? +request right is a very important conquest in the field of the political rights of citizens and *me seems useful to remember once again, to the equal that the speaker, that this right has found his full recognition in the Treaty of the European Union. +The own *condescendencia of the speaker, when proposing the extension of the term of application of computerisation of traffic diet until 30 June of the year 2003, the system *TRANSIT, is *algo that reflects very negatively assessment of results up to now obtained to #that *respecto. +The explosion of the commercial exchanges that goes to know the world in the next years do not pities with delays under pity of prejudice gravely treasures of the Union, *expoliados in important measure of his own resources more important: the rights *aduaneros, the rights *niveladores agricultural. +The most important task of the EU in these moments is to formulate a political solution, detain the ethnic cleansing, help to refugees, put end to blood bath and undertake the necessary actions to allow the return of refugees. +In effect, as they signal it, for example, consumer organisations, the valid #european legislation in this field *privilegia offer, whereas dimension of demand to service of the interests of consumers and of the small companies occupies a little important place. +Gentleman President, after expressing my *condolencia by the victims of accident and emotion by value of rescue squads, wanted to *detenerme in point that complements it manifested by Mr. *Florio and that wakes up worries of the local entities and of the economic operators of the regions of *Saboya and of Valley of *Aosta. +Gentleman President, #one of the most #sad things that have seen in these last time has been the image of children of *Rosemary #Nelson that accompanied coffin to the grave the past month, after the brutal murder that it was victim defender of the human rights in *Irlanda of the North. +In the current context, #would wish to take upsetting in the fact that staff of the #european public administration, that very watched results relatively scarce -*me refer specifically to the Commission-, has not followed the exponential curve of the tasks that *le have been entrusted from the fall of the Wall of *Berlín. +In order of ideas, sustain the idea of Defender of Village in the sense to suggest that the Treaty *CE mention explicitly roads that they have the particular to present resources, #as well as the possibilities to present claims to Defenders of the national Village. +Have reason in highlighting that age persons have of a big *acervo of experience, wisdom, training and values to the that #can not renounce; that it is necessary a general reflection on determined expectations of role and traditional attitudes; that it has to produce a social change of mentality with the goal to struggle against the multiple discriminations and social exclusions that suffer the greater persons inside and out of the labour field. +In the report signals the significance of the continuous training: in accordance with the proposal of the Commission, is precise to loan more attention to the needs of the most greater workers in the frame of training along #all life, that represents to time element of the strategy in matter of employment. +Wail, finally that the *autocensura that has chaired this report -has been by own will, perhaps #can not have taken of form- have carried to the speaker to limit work to questions basically technical and, often, of *relumbrón, without tackling the true questions of bottom, of political nature, that pose to our economies and that it will be necessary to tackle day in front of villages. +abuse of money of citizens of the Union damages the image of the Community, press headlines on the subject weaken support of the population to integration and plant hits of the Union in the last plane. +#This is the suggestion that wanted to that Parliament approved, although to time wanted to encourage the studies that are so that it was a concrete proposal and so that the new financial perspectives and the new budget contain a *PM, a precise reference to this complementary weapon for our common commercial politics. +The goal in this case is not the of *ultimar project that always is, but contribute to clear for citizens #all the sense of document complex that have produced in form of Treaties, the priorities that have for the Union and the limits, because, of course, #some are concerned also by excesses of the Union. +*Usted has referred to the euro and *le want to remember -although *usted is economist and #this #can not but *sonarle to *algo fed up known- that, #if before carrying out a common monetary politics had had the capacity to make a political economy or an economic politics, probably today the euro #would not find in inferiority of conditions with regard to the dollar, conditions that register in the markets of #everyone. +Receive with particular *beneplácito the request of the speaker so that it concede priority to #SME, reinforce investigation activities and innovation and boost the environmental protection, the participation of the tertiary sector, the improvements of education and training and the disappearance of the social exclusion. +Expect with interest the debates in the Council of General Subjects, foreseen for the end of month, with seen to add elements of these great projects directed to take a substantial contribution to a more durable stability in the *Balcanes Western in the next century. +Have acted late and badly, and the question that, today, *nos poses -said it Mr. *Dupuis with other words- is that we have to *darnos explains that it has got moment of initiative of massive information, to bomb with information to village #serbian, so that also village #serbian #can say that *nosotros have reason and strength, *nosotros and no *Milosevic. +#If like this it was the case, members of the Council #would have to receive wage, and also members of the embassies of the community countries and even experts without taking into account #if they represent to an agricultural organisation of a rich country or of a poor country. +Give to *ello importance because we treat the report on the application of *gravámenes for road utilisation, because the European Court of Justice has declared invalid the first managerial by legal failures, or was by the fault of participation by part of Parliament, and has kept effects only until it have a new decision. +But here has reached consensus with Swiss that the open, that the adheres to the #european integration, also regarding transport politics, but to time leaves clear, that the principles of transport politics that protect to the environment takes viable with the introduction of the *viñeta #european, with deviation of transport by road to transport by railway. +Under sight point *me cheers that the corresponding commission also have got to the conclusion to refuse the inclusion of a term of reflection, that in my opinion is a *disparate so much juridical like practical, and instead of *ello have introduced a general right of *revocación. +Is true that globalisation of the markets and diffusion of the new technologies of treatment of the communication and of information have unchained economic and social changes that are way in that the markets serve to consumers, to time that changes have transformed the expectations of #this. +To define food like allocated to the special feeding, has to fulfil some specific nutritional needs for categories of persons, that #can not *ingerir common foods, well because have digestive problems or of metabolism well because by state physiological *les results especially beneficial consumption controlled of substances that find in foods. +Equally, the possibility to invite to *reflexionar to the European Parliament before refusing definitively a proposal has left to be necessary given the possibility to begin the political debate among the political groups and the institutions in the first reading. +Third: the set up of the euro, in the that have taken part of active and constructive mood, taking care that the step to the new coin did not take to coast of consumers, watching by that the new directors of the Central Bank European had the preparation and necessary independence, and obtaining for Parliament of #all Europeans a suitable information in matter of monetary politics. +In any case, will observe very attentively the result of the summit and will see how makes the division of tasks among the national States and the #european level regarding employment politics, so that it do not arise an erroneous impression of #european responsibility in the erroneous place. +Here includes a solid financial frame until the 2006, substantial reforms of the Common Agricultural Politics and of the structural politics #as well as modifications of the resolution on own resources that have more in account the financial capacity of States members and contribute to a juster distribution of charges. +Was decided to vote in favour of the investiture of Mr. *Prodi like President of the Commission, satisfied so much of rapidity as of efficiency with the that the Council took the decision #as well as of the #european height of man that had directed, with *brío and knowledges, a #italian government of lefts in some difficult conditions conducting to #Italia to the *UEM. +Believe that it is forced in this moment take a brief reminder of the *emplazamiento and of the historical mission that supposes enlargement, no only in Diary 2000 but also for the European Union, in measure in that villages of the *Europa central and oriental and also of the Mediterranean, the greater part of the *cuales have *recobrado freedom do not takes a lot, want to associate to our collective historical adventure. +For example: *domeñar the until then *desaforado growth of the agricultural cost; consolidate and develop cohesion politics, fundamental for the economic convergence and for the political solidarity; integrate in the community budget events like reunification #german; open a *brecha in competitions of the Council in the field of the compulsory costs. +This suspension in fact of the agreements on the free circulation of citizens *reviste a gravity that, definitely, no *le escapes, nevertheless, prudence in matter of competitions among the Institutions -that #can comprise- no *le exempts to give a political answer: The European Union #can accept that 3.000 citizens are retained with police pretexts with the end of *impedirles exert plenaries right of #european citizens? +#If it #can not show that these more rigorous norms are justified, will consider a technical commercial fetter and now says on purpose in the new environmental guarantee that #if it #can show that the most rigorous norm that a country want to adopt *redunda in fact in benefit of consumers, the EU will have to assume the normative group. +Since it applies from finals of 1996 program «oil by foods», States members of the European Union have had the presidency in the commission of sanctions against *Iraq of the Security Council and always have pronounced in favour of a flexible application and a continuous improvement of program. +With his active participation in the debates in the previous stage to the elections, citizens #algerian have shown the big importance that concede to a transparent electoral process and pluralist, #such as they have announced the #algerian authorities. Had promised some elections like this. +In the last *comprobación relative to conditions of 9 November 1998, the Council got to the conclusion that *Croacia has to follow perceiving autonomous commercial preferences but that still have not fulfilled conditions for help of program *PHARE and that negotiations on Trade Agreement and Cooperation #would be still too much precipitated. +First, in agriculture, for keeping the community character of the agricultural politics, in spite of the intense pressure that exerted to approve measures of *cofinanciación.-Second, by the structural actions, is to say, by that keep a greater help *per *cápita of the structural Bottoms and of Cohesion Bottom for the countries of cohesion. +Gentleman President, *yo #would say that the main merit of Fishing Commission consisted, takes a year, in presenting the proposals of Diary 2000, diagnose quickly the grave failures that had in the proposals on structural politics *pesquera and, immediately, elaborate a strategy that was defended seriously by #all opinion speakers, #as well as, of course, by Mr. *Arias *Cañete, speaker for bottom. +In the first place, no only have guaranteed that they go to tackle directly -for the first time- poverty and the abandonment in the urban zones, but that also, and against of #all the expectations, have achieved to keep an urban initiative in the community plane oriented to the small cities and average that, in actuality, benefit of less of the 10 % of bottoms. +The reduction of intervention prices for meat of *vacuno and of cereals #can not avert but in spite of *ello it is necessary to give graces, among #others to the influence of the European Parliament, by that the reduction have not reached intensity that the Commission proposed initially. +The promise of a full compensation by price cuts of 1992 has not fulfilled in the relative decisions to Diary 2000, with it that agriculturalists suffer enormously price reduction at the same time that continue increasing the costs of the Common Agricultural Politics. +Gentleman President, also to me *me #would enjoy to express my more cordial gratitude to the speaker -to the one who have seen to assume in numerous occasions responsibility in matter of health and security-, to *usted, gentleman Commissioner, and to services for speeding up a big part of the necessary legislation in this field, #as well as by assistance, so much official as officious, to hour to help to Parliament to comprise it that #can and it that #can not take. +To the be today our last day of work, invite to President, Mr. #Gil-Oaks, #as well as to president of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, to that they consider the opportunity to send immediately, in the next days, to a small delegation of the European Parliament so that it gather with Mr. *Rugova in Blunt, #where finds, because I do not know how *sucederá inside month, month and half or two months. +How will be able to explain that Parliament has not had in moment the opportunity to exert right to issue a *dictamen, that to date no *nos has got documentation detailed about this subject and that Parliament sees forced to treat this subject without having of the necessary information? +As they have underlined it the majority of orators of my Group, believe that it do not has to, to protect to consumer -worry that do not leaves to be legitimate-, deprive it, to time, of #all the advantages and of #all the benefits that this development #can contribute so much in plane of employment as in the of the economy. +Is the case of the amendments directed to restrict the exceptions enumerated in the Annex 2 of the proposal (amendments *núms. 21, 68 and 74) and of the amendment 61, relative to demands in the courts, although on this last subject the Commission recognises that it is necessary to improve the possibilities of legal repair, especially in agreements *transfronterizos. +graces, gentleman *Mendes Bounces, am sure that #all *nosotros wish also can celebrate in September it that *usted has signalled in the last part of intervention and, as *usted has announced that #this goes to be the last in this hemicycle, *permítame that *le wish it better for the future and that wish also that we follow keeping a fine relation so that, are #where are, #can cooperate so much in the fight for culminating the process of the European Union as in solidarity with #all villages that the need. +In this sense, the Commission considers that the approval, by part of President *Habibie of Indonesian, of the presence of observers of Nations Joined, that go to supervise query organised by the #indonesian authorities in *Timor Oriental, constitutes a step to forward, and entrusts in that this presence guarantee the that this announcement celebrate in a peaceful climate, of impartiality, of freedom and of security. +And, therefore, *me seems that it #would be necessary to take an important call, in particular that the countries, and mainly States members and the great countries, ratified the statute and renounced explicitly to exclusion clause concerning war crimes so that *instituya like this a true judicial instance, compulsory, thanks to the *cual #can legitimate a right of interference. +And regarding ratification of the Statute of the International Penal Court create, of course, that *ustedes have signalled a point of common sense: what before begin to work this Court, easier will be to tackle and begin to resolve problems like the of the *Balcanes -for quoting the case of more actuality, *Kosovo- and #others that there #be in the world. +Have reached this result because, in conciliation, #can *esgrimir in front of the delegation of the Council the decisions of the Council *ECOFIN of 18 January 1999, the *cuales ascertain -irony of destination- that the current system *INTRASTAT contains more variable of the necessary, that had to simplify , that it #would be necessary to limit the costs and modify the regulations of 1991. +gratitude also to #some that do not see #all days, but of the that have a daily reflection: the that elaborate the *Info-Session , the document that informs in brief of the session, and that have virtue that, in an inscrutable jungle as it is the quantity of things that treat in Plenary, know to choose species and tree that corresponds to moment. +The importance of the European Union like international actor has remained patent also in the numerous conferences *interregionales, in the Latin American Summit of River, in the Conference of the Mediterranean of *Stuttgart -a platform that now #can purchase a very considerable significance in the context of a possible new dynamics of peace-, in the *ASEM celebrated in *Berlín and in #many meetings. +In this context #would have to leave sideways a strictly juridical interpretation and understand rather under the term Constitution a compilation of values and the fundamental principles, of operation mechanisms of the #european coexistence, included the operation of the European Union like political construction *sui *generis . +Now know that #one of persons proposed by the Federal Government German not even had the opportunity to gather with the Federal Chancellor before #this interviewed with Mr. *Prodi. Or was, that the Federal Chancellor had not kept any previous conversation with person that proposed. +The *burdo blockade of the #european directive on the old cars in exclusive interest of a car consortium German resulted so outrageous like the designation by surprise of the #ex Minister of Chancellery *Hombach like Representative in the *Balcanes or understanding fault of the goals and forms of the #french politics. +To the one who today celebrates like a big hit the stability Pact for the *Sureste #european, more *le #would have cost no *despilfarrar money in bombs, missiles and soldiers, and present instead a pair of months before said pact, like part of a political project and wide civilian of the European Union for the region, and endow to the *OSCE of the necessary resources. +Varied subjects of actuality, #such as the #nordic dimension of the Union and relations with *Rusia, will be treated then with security, but wanted to still take out to *relucir actuality question: the expectations to carry to good term the peace process of Orient Next are the best of the last *añostras the rise to power of the government of #Barak. +Yes, results *chocante that a #european Commissioner #can obtain *indebidamente personal advantages of functions. But much more *chocante still is that great very rich companies #can obtain private benefit, of form totally legal, of subventions of the #european institutions, *cuando results that these same institutions in at all help -that *yo know- to the eighteen millions of workers reduced to unemployment in the territory of the Union, as neither to #that millions that have to live with wages that grieve *les allow to survive. +*Nos abstained in the vote of point, since the statute proposal of the European Parliament is not #satisfactoria.3.el relative point to the next governmental conference, as we think that the conference only has to treat enlargement and not seeing complicated by the question of the extensive reforms for taking. +In general, the opening of a credible #european perspective and realistic #whose final goal was adhesion to the EU with responsibility and #ours help, is besides the only solution for the stabilisation *substantiva and for the creative development of relations among #all the #balkan countries, and among *ellos and the rest of *Europa and of the world. +The Commission of Constitutional Subjects requests that it integrate to section 1 of article 29 of Regulation the following interpretation: "#can not admit with arrangement to article the constitution of group that denies openly character political and #all political affinity among components" . +Definitely, with a critical content, that shows, once again, it that always have checked whereas Commissioner and that I want to declare in front of this hemicycle: the human and professional quality and the integrity of women and of men that are part of the #european public function and that no only loan to *ella work, but also his personal delivery. +Group, after having listened the repeated statements taken in front of Parliament by President designated, after having voted investiture in May and after having taken part with seriousness and without prejudices in front of #any of the 19 candidates to Commissioners, considers that the long crisis that has affected to the Commission has to finalise with a clear and strong investiture of *usted, gentleman President, and of the Commission proposed by *usted, in virtue of powers that *le awards the Treaty. +The Greens propose a series of relative measures to the active reduction, global and massive of work time, and support to durable economic activities, creators of employments, in sectors like house construction, the collective transports, the renewable energies. +No thus it leaves to be dangerous, as the groups of federalistic pressure go to *apropiarse Colony conclusion to try start defence of the rights of citizens to the national constitutions and for *englobarlas in an upper text, a supposed #european constitution. +Lady Speaker, President of the Commission, the year 1999 has been difficult for the main institutions of the European Union because the problems that have arisen in relation with questions like the surrender of accounts about varied initiatives of the Union, have created tensions in relations among the European Parliament and the Commission. +Mr. Roman *Prodi was proposed like President of the Commission by the current Government of the Italian Republic, of the *cual my party is active part and entrusted in that strength of personality #can guarantee a valid leadership of the Commission and surpass the limits and incongruences that exist in program and in composition. +But is fundamental to recognise that Indonesian did not fulfil with commitments contracted in the Agreement of New *York, that demanded intervention of the Security Council of Nations Joined by means of the sending of peace strength, with precise mandate and length determined, to guarantee security and peace in the territory and avert a new genocide. +Gentleman President, is not with spirit of barren recrimination but by interests and by alarm in front of form in that it is the situation by it that *nos feel forced to remember and *recalcar the direct and indirect responsibility of States Joined of *América by slaughterings and the ethnic purification, that in these moments characterise to the situation in *Timor oriental. +Along the years Realm Joined has achieved to have a high and effective military capacity and in spite of *ello strengths armed of Realm Joined are now excessively scattered and the greater part of States members of the European Union consecrate to defence proportion of #GDP inferior to the of Realm Joined. +The Humanitarian Office of the European Union (THROW) has taken part from the principle in estimate of the thickness of the necessary help and in coordination of cast of help of the Union to places more needed. +*Yo think that from moment in that it exists the European Union, from moment in that there #be freedom of circulation, from moment in that it exists the agreement of *Schengen and exists unit in the subject of the circulation of persons among the countries members, #can not a *tercer country, States Joined, come to *quebrantar politics and discriminate to a country like #Grecia. +At present the priorities are to put in order the banking system, collaborate closely with #others *pilares and with the *KFOR to provide the basic supplies, accommodation and transport of face to winter, prepare together with the World-wide Bank and #FMI a budget simplified and work in fiscal subjects, #as well as elaborate together with the World-wide Bank a frame for investment to half term that will be presented in the next conference of future donors. +Likewise, believe that these 15 representatives of States members work in administration council in accordance with swearing of charge that *les forces to back and boost, *cuando was possible, the interests of country, and no on the base of a #european swearing of charge that #can demand that they respected to the maximum the ideas and #european interests and no only the national. +The European Union and in particular the European Parliament no have left to express his unconditional support to the attempts to promote the peace process in Orient Half and to provide help to this region. +In the resolution of the month of March of 1999, relative to the peace process and to the future help to Orient Half, the European Parliament has underlined precisely that, although they confirm the agreements of *Wye *Plantation, as like this it has been, the most important problems, especially the statute of refugees, have to resolve . +A last question. Even highlighting the need to follow conceding humanitarian help to *través of the *OOPS, believe that the European Parliament is especially interested in finding a just political solution and objective to the problem of the #palestinian refugees, a solution that was according to the resolution 194 of Nations Joined. +The waves of refugees, in increase, do not solve reinforcing measures *represivas, but exerting an international politics that reduce tensions and contribute to the political solution *pacificadora of any type of difference, and that do not resort, as in the case of *Kosovo, to the criminal measures of a military intervention. +Reinforce exchange activities of informations, of filed, and of preparation of informations, well in the field of the *Europol, well directly among States members, increases the dangers of an uncontrolled use of archives and legalises surveillance activity and of police signing, with the excuse to warn the criminal acts. +Quote: "in so much in will Go prevail the opinion to define to the that think of way like the that have belief and that the right to decide on life and death or to control destination of the country derives of religion, the political climate will remain poisoned and it will be necessary to have that it produce violence by political reasons" . +In consequence, the Union supports the forensic investigations on the presumptive crimes of war and, this same week, the Council of General Subjects has expressed in conclusions his deep worry by the fact that it follow without resolving the question of the varied thousands of missing; in his big majority *albanokosovares. +The Commission receives with satisfaction the positive will of progress that showed the Government in the opposition in the agreement mark, but is necessary to follow advancing substantially - as for example, with the celebration of some just legislative elections, foreseen for the next year - before being able to *plantearnos the possibility to restart a regular cooperation. +At any rate believe that it #would be necessary to follow working to treat to look for the possibility that it had independence among deputy and assistant, since work requires independence, in conversations, in the subjects to treat and even in factors that do not come to the case. +Lady Speaker, of compliance with article 41 of the Regulation, formulated a question for question turn and fulfilled terms that in point 13 of section To of the Annex *II, foresee that "the questions will have to present to President a week before, like minimum, of the beginning of question turn. +After the statements of President *Prodi in front of the European Parliament, the Commission proceeds to an analysis in depth of the situation created by the multiplication of doping cases in sport and considers the possibility to set up concrete measures that it #would be possible to adopt in the community field. +Have suggested to use the commercial television in commercial time and, is more, have asked #if the Commission #would be had to choose the space of time among the general #news and #news sportive, because in case the wide popular coats no #would be zapping. +Gentleman Commissioner, there #be not worse attitude that try close ahead of time investigation of the type of investigation on linen, on the implication of high charges of the #spanish Government in plot of illicit collection of subventions and fraud in helps for transformation of crop. +Finally, wanted to *recordarle once again that the *FEOGA is varied campaigns in these moments and #if verifications at random allow to ascertain irregularities in the management of organisation system of the markets, *España has to have present that will deduce compensation to so much heaved, is to say, that subventions already disbursed will reduce *retroactivamente in a global total that will depend of the gravity of irregularities detected. +Goes to propose the Commission to the European Council more of it same or, by the contrary, the Commission, on the base of the requirement of the criteria of *Copenhague and of the own *convencimiento internal of Turkish, goes to offer to Turkish the possibility of not losing train of the future? +Without embargo, like deputy of #turkish origin support help and economic cooperation and support also to *Turquía in inclusion in the European Union #if well they have to fulfil conditions of *Helsinki. For example, the question of *Chipre, the of the human rights and the question *kurda have to solve politically, abolish death pity and concede a general amnesty to #all prisoners. +Know that the European Parliament follows of wall the evolution of the peace process in Orient Next and that, in breast, exists a deep knowledge of the subjects of the zone, as well it shows the report on the peace process published by Parliament in May of the present year. +Lady Speaker, in name of the radical deputies here present and no inscribed, *le confirm that we do not go to take part in the vote until they do not resolve the problems of the rights and of the prerogatives of #all deputies elect in Parliament and while it do not allow to #all the 626 deputies have rights and duties. +Likewise, are known difficulties that find energies to penetrate the market, #as well as reasons of this situation: sources of traditional energy have a relatively low and stable price; the absence of #tending measures to promote the *FER. +Without embargo, in my opinion, exist risks founded that *Europa, in this field of the international trade and in the Round of #Millenium, adopt positions of *retaguardia and do not assume, instead, as it #would have to, a leadership of civilisation, leadership that wants to direct novelty of the 2000 of the international trades in a field of reliable norms for #all. +Is pity that Mr. *Pasqua have left; said that in this Assembly there #be not debate, but wanted to *remitirle to the results of the economies of Big *Bretaña and States Joined, countries integrated in the system of world-wide trade that have achieved high indexes of growth, the reduction of unemployment taxes and low types of interest. +By #this have to defend also the #european agriculture, tradition of the typical products that *engloban the textile sector, of footwear and of industry, remembering that the elimination of products comports habit modification or even of surroundings: think in oil, the *lúpulo and malt. +Believe that our deliberations of today have turned in fine measure around the key subjects of the environment and agriculture and also to the subject of the social clause, but want to call attention on the specific needs of industry of culture and of the audiovisual sector. +By reason the Council approved on 28 June 1999, in accordance with the procedure of *codecisión with the European Parliament, a common position to take the decision to create an only instrument for finance and planning of programs oriented to the cultural collaboration. +Gentleman President, consider very significant that in the debate on the budget have approved, for now in breast of the commission, amendments that back and ask to the Commission that support the campaigns and actions in favour of the moratorium of the capital executions and, on a long-term basis, the suppression of death pity. +By part, the great world-wide powers -#EE.UU and the *URSS - found near of the diplomatic split and, by #another, assisted to the progressive deterioration of relations among the Atlantic Alliance and #some #islamic countries, in the first place Libyan, whereas in #Italia, in particular the extreme left did not leave to question the #italian participation in NATO. +Therefore, lady Speaker, consider that it is necessary to subject to deputies to a system of internal control rigorous -am the first in saying it-, but do not believe that the text that will govern the application of control have to tread , simply, of the decision type applicable to the group of personnel of the community administrations. +Now well, in this moment are decisions to scale #european that do not appear reflected directly in the Budget of the European Union, but the Budget 2000 follow being, even so, a foundation determinant and that marks guideline for performance in fields of the #european politics during the next year. +Begin to *atisbar the amount of the needs for the *Kosovo, there #be had an earthquake in *Turquía and a political cataclysm in *Timor Oriental, without having the need to endow fishing Agreements with *Marruecos, that the Government of the main country interested had to to forget in negotiation on piano of *Berlín. +To time, *me surprises that *Finlandia, that at present occupies the Presidency, follow so strictly the mistaken opinion of the Council, according to the *cual the world-wide events will not have influence in the evolution of the budgetary process neither in the total amount of the budget of the EU. +In fact, transfer of a basic competition of the modern State, the monetary politics, to a truly #european and independent organisation like #ECB has to consider like a historical event that marks grade without precedents of political and economic integration inside the European Union. +*Déjenme finalise insisting in it that it is the specific posture of the Liberal Group, that demands, happened the transitory period of two years, the publication of the votes, of the diverse positions in the meetings of the Executive Committee and of the models *macroeconómicos, that understand that it #would allow to take forecasts more *convincentes and correct precisely by part of #that that operate in relation with the Central Bank European. +Coincide, likewise, in measures proposed for the increase of transparency and in the need of *clarificar how is it that understands in the Central Bank European by monetary politics, further of price stability -obviously, his main function-, because *ello #would contribute, definitely, to a suitable and balanced *policy *mix that have like goal the promotion of the sustainable development and the durable employment. +But #would not owe *sorprendernos in front of limitations of powers that remain to disposal of the national governments of the zone of the euro put that it never has constituted secret of parents founders of coin only that it that had in mind was the creation of a political union and states joined of *Europa. +Inside the #dutch tradition exist also #some forms structured of implication of the *Nederlandse *Bank in the consensus economy, for example with the existence of a council of the bank, that advises to the bank, in the that take part also the social speakers, #as well as because the *Nederlandse *Bank has seat in the Social Economic Council, that is the *primer organ adviser in the economic and social field. +#If there are not #others that take part, will not work, so that it splits of the answer on it that we have to take now is to be more active in discussion marry by case -in the frame of the groups of friends of #Sierra Lion, for putting an example- trying organise a more coordinated answer for *alejarnos of the immediate demands of the crisis. +The Commission *subscribe the dynamic perspective of consecration of a #european concept of access to justice, like instrument for the exercise of the right of free circulation of persons without obstacles of legal type and official. Also is necessary that this right of free circulation go accompanied now of the necessary legislative measures so that it #can take reality in the shortest space of time. +agreed priorities and political orientations and the Commission will have to present a proposal of *scoreboard, group of evaluation of advances reached and of fulfillment of terms established by the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the action plan of *Viena and the own conclusions of this European Council, pragmatic initiative that *augura fine results and that had obstinacy of Commissioner *António *Vitorino, the one who also therefore it deserves congratulation. +Of mood, insisted in convergence and in common norms in asylum process, in the creation -although it wanders- of a financial instrument for situations of temporary protection of refugees, in the intensification of the judicial cooperation, in recognition of the judicial decisions, etc. The principles are formulated and are as a whole positive. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0034\/1999) of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market concerning the common position (*C5-0026\/99 - 1998\/0191 - (*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to a community frame for the electronic signature (Speaker: Mr. *Lechner). +The concomitant announcements of the suppression of 7.500 places of work and of the enormous increase of benefits, of the closing of factory *Wolber-*Michelin in *Soissons -described of error of communication by the leaders of company- show until how point cynicism and disdain are the engines of the industrial strategy of multinational. +#""*Le have taken the funeral" , said *pomposamente senator *Jesse #James, known by extremism, not giving account - or maybe giving perfect account - that with the signature of this Treaty had begun to convert in reality hope of not going back to repeat it that States Joined took with the nuclear holocaust of *Hiroshima and *Nagasaki. +Gentleman President, the recent decision of the Senate of States Joined on rejection of the Treaty of Total Prohibition of Nuclear Proofs creates an unpleasant antecedent in effort that take villages of the world by a durable peace and by stability. +Want to say with clarity that the European Union has to modify politics to the *respecto, that has to pronounce clearly by the human rights of village *checheno, for which, the *OSCE, armistice Agreement of 1996 and also the condition of member of *Rusia in the Council of *Europa offer an instrument to the equal that Cooperation Agreement with *Rusia. +treats of two different things: while the community organism is oriented to the harmonised and organic compilation of general statistics, pertinent of the distinct States, with the public and the administrations like main customers that, therefore, provide work, the Observatory has objective more specific, more directed and oriented in function of the market and of the statistical needs of companies and of professionals. +Owe *circunscribirnos, as, to the current editorial of article 191 of the Treaty, the ancient article 138 To, that mentions, of way enough wanders, action of the political parties, quote: "to scale #european", which is very different -anyway, the Council and the Treaty like this wanted it- of the notion of "political party European" *stricto *sensu. +Is also a problem of relation among two countries of a zone of the world that needs peace and tranquility and, therefore, this agreement is strategic no only from sight point of these communities *pesqueras, but also from sight point of the balance, of peace, that only #can reach by means of diverse modalities of cooperation, since it treats of an exemplary case. +It that fishermen need to know, in relation with this concrete point, is not that the Commission go to adopt initiatives, is not that the Commission was available for *ayudarlos, it that fishermen need to know, gentleman Commissioner, is how type of initiatives go to adopt and, especially, #which is value of subvention community that goes to concede for help to fishermen and during how much time is had the Commission to apply it. +Because, as it has said my colleague *Miguélez, the problem of fishermen is not the to be funded in inactivity, is the to be supported by the European Union so that they #can exert his professional mission, that is the to be able to work and with *ello contribute to the national wealth and to the community wealth. +Besides, the community presence contributes to the area elements of a responsible fishing and #can be an important factor of balance in front of the presence of fleets, mainly the Russian, by not talking of helps for programs of scientific investigation that includes this Protocol. +Lady Speaker, wanted to that *nos gave information, *cuando *usted judge it convenient on a possibility that, to be true, believe that it will be a disaster for the political information of the European Parliament, to know, on supposition that leave to publish the bulletin of the Session *Plenaria in #all tongues of the European Union. +Believe that the debate of Friday, without the Commission and without the report of the expert committee, went a positive step because *nosotros have the obligation to generate confidence and give answers to the problems that has persons; do not have to *enzarzarnos always in debates among *nosotros that they #can be very interesting but as long as they indicate group line. +The combination of the complete realisation of the only market with coin only, in a context of structural reforms and of strong international competition, will allow to reduce the risks of "neck of bottle" that #can appear in the case that the budgetary politics and *salariales are not suitable. +Of course, seems indisputable that require global and coherent strategies to promote growth and employment, and *yo *me *congratulo that the own denomination, growth and employment, already dismiss prejudice propagated often by the left, to know, the idea that it is possible *contraponer growth and employment, value of money and price stability and measures in favour of employment. +Without embargo, know cases of national Governments that have comprised that exists an important *interdependencia among the effects of the monetary politics, financial and *salarial, and that, as in the cases of *Austria, the Low Countries, *Irlanda or *Dinamarca, for example, have extracted the owed consequences, with positive effects for work market and for the consolidation of the budgets. +The same that the demand of the Central Bank European in the frame of dialogue, also have to ask transparency and the direct participation of the European Parliament to the Council of Ministers of Finances, to the Councils "jumbo" , to the Council of Ministers of Social Subjects and to the European Council. +Has to satisfy , of time for ever, claim of a labour week of five days, 35 hours, with 7 or 8 hours of work to day without reduction; but with an increase of wage, and the cancellation of the regulations that force to worker of the sea to 12 hours of work to day in normal conditions. +Recognise that Mr. *MacCormick has aimed an important data when referring to the situation of the travelling artists in the #european frame, to artists that work in different countries, as it #can be the case of the *pianistas or the dance companies, when referring to exponents and producers of culture. +Like this and #everything, interpretation of the Regulation #can not be neither of the Table - here quotes a meeting of days 22 and 23 November 1979 - neither of the Table to proposal of President, in accordance with presidents of the political Groups, according to the decision of day 19 November 1992. +Each #one of *nosotros has persons unemployed among voters #Ours obligation #would have been to refuse the regrettable idea of the Commission that the unemployed #would have to receive by means of a greater deregulation of work market and by means of social impulses stimuluses to interest by work or for taking part in politics measures of employment. +Like this, as, is necessary a modification of politics to end to consider *prioritaria the fixation of clear goals and the materialisation of effective structures for the creation of durable employments and with rights and the consequent important reduction of unemployment. +*Cuando affirm that the reduction of the fiscal pressure on the labour cost do not has to engage the *saneamiento of the public finances neither the financial balance of security systems, propose quadrature of the circle that only #can resolve through a strong economic growth. +In effect, although *me cheer of decrease of unemployment to scale #european (9,4% of the active population in 1999 in front of the 10,1% in 1998), the gross reality in figures do not has to in any case mask the difficult economic situation human and social of the most disadvantaged regions of the community territory. +program, as I have said, will be an important instrument in the fight against violence to women, teenagers and boys and will serve to sensitise to society and to the media on the need to help and protect to the victims of violence. +In the previous term of office, presented in name of Parliament a report on the protection of infancy and of family, in the that requested an important budget for boys and that created in the Commission a specific unit, attendant of the protection of infancy and of family. +#If embargo, and lo and behold reason of this oral question, still has not presented a proposal reviewed that it indicate clearly position with regard to the amendments of Parliament, neither neither - and have to say it with weigh, since, instead, *nos expected that the Presidency #finnish took in account this problem - has shown the political will to transact this *dossier. +Regarding the possible legislative measures, in this report asks to the Commission that examine the possibility to modify the valid legislation or introduce new measures that strengthen these goals, but also *le asks that it check and study the effects of #all the legislative measures adopted up to now and report of cost and his total efficiency to Parliament. +The recent nuclear accident had in the *Japón has revealed once again the criminal negligence of the nuclear industry and the recent fake of security verifications by part of *BNFL in *Sellafield are proof more that there #be reason to feel worry by the nuclear industry and operation. +Remains a lot for taking so that the right to energy was a reality in #all places, in the poorest countries as in the countries industrialised, #where #all categories of the population do not have access to energy in equality of conditions: therefore, do not satisfy the needs and the energetic questions purchase crucial importance. +#All have confronted *algún day dramas and the resultant paradoxes of the absence of freedom of circulation of sentences that has reflected in absence of justice for individuals and self-evident absence and omission of compulsory #european instruments and imperative that, to scale of the common space, *suplieran incongruences of the juridical fractionation that the national systems produce of course. +The previous orator, Mrs. *Echerer, already has said that there #be not any "*Containment" neither neither exists a security of sufficient service of plant even in opinion of the competent #slovakian authority for security of the nuclear head offices. +The Commission already has carried out a complete study of eutrophication and the relative problems to the subterranean waters and States members have indicated the relative problems to the subterranean waters and the vulnerable zones. +Takes a week was convinced that #if it negotiated arduously existed hope to reach an agreement that established a just balance among the reasonable protection to companies and to agriculture of the EU, on the one hand, and access to the market for sakes of the countries in development, by #another. +Have supported #all efforts directed to reinforce the position of the countries in development in the system of the world-wide trade, without forgetting take upsetting in the indispensable need to continue with reform of the Common Agricultural Politics of the EU. +Is important in the context of the next round of the structural Bottoms of the EU for 2000-2006 that measures that include in the distinct community programs are analysed with the end to guarantee that they adjust to the national and community legislation in the field of equality of opportunities. +Now well, from moment in that it is foreseen that the amounts reduced or suspended happen to charge of the community budget, as very late in the following exercise, intervention will translate *obligatoriamente in measures more severe in the course of the following years, with a risk of weakening of the principles of the common agricultural politics. +While it do not surpass eagerness of *apropiarse of sakes, of resources of the zone -#this also is true in the case of *Europa and of #many States-, will not cease conflicts in the region, and also #would owe *reflexionar on the need to find a wide solution of general character on a long-term basis. +A last thing: tries to include in negotiations of the Round of #Millenium *demasiados subjects, *demasiadas appeals of type, perhaps to save consciousness, *cuando afterwards -and think in death pity- *Europa in his own headquarters, in the UN, do not achieves to form a common front and have strength to impose #some things. +#Many criticise today to the World-wide Organisation of Trade for having a too much unilateral vision of trade, for considering it like a goal in himself\/hisself same without seeing the complex existent relations among the commercial exchange, the human rights and respect to the environment. +The field of action and the influence of the *OMC will grow of considerable form in the Ministerial Conference of *Seattle; therefore, the EU #would have to commission that the consequences of liberalisation of trade and of performance of the *OMC are continuously reviewed from sight point of equality and of the environment. +Believe that also the Council -that among our institutions is, in mood, the that more has *fragmentado with the multiplication of skilled Councils and committee myriad annexes- has to preach with the example, but no only thinking in the future but also thinking in the need to have a democratic and effective community. +#Everything *ello, and with #this finish, gentleman President, results even more necessary to sight of #that #another big mandate, #whose launching will be gold brooch of the Presidency #finnish -the excellent #finnish Presidency, #whose *muchísimos tarpaulins have once again the honour to recognise in this hemicycle and that has supposed inflection point in the behaviour of the Council. +Subject: Suitability to fund programs of the *PNUCD The *PNUCD (International Program of Nations Joined for Drug Control) has taken publics data of the annual poll on opium production according to the *cuales the total production estimated of opium gross in *Afganistán will have duplicated with grow this year, happening of the 2100 tonnes of 1998 to the 4600 foreseen of 1999. +Wanted to ask to the Council how form proposes to take take part to Parliament, *cuando have traced roads, in the formulation of this new financial instrument, as no fits doubt that it will take fault a new financial instrument, in measure in that it that exists at present in mood #any is adapted for the current situation of the countries and the territories of *Ultramar and results unsuitable for the aspirations of said countries. +In the first place, #can say that the colleague Baron *Crespo, to the one who do not consider accomplice, but, even with #all the political differences, an estimated colleague, has exposed the situation of correct mood, in measure in that *le communicated of word that *nosotros, the Group of the Popular Party European and the European Democrats want to that it proceed to vote on the Report *Napolitano. +On my part, consider - and, repeat, #this is it that *me has guided in reflection, but go to ask to Mr. *Napolitano #if it agrees *conmigo - that the object of the report of Mr. *Napolitano is the application of a text of legislative character, since it treats of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, relative to investigations effected by the *OLAF. +The mandate was and follow being only east, it that it is necessary to decide is only #this: include in Regulation, or was, in our internal legislation, the Agreement *Interinstitucional so that it #can apply in the field of Parliament, on the base of a *dictamen of the Commission of Budgetary Control; modify the Regulation introducing the new article 9 *bis and not modifying the Agreement *Interinstitucional. +Gentleman President, the immense majority of my Group is *resueltamente adherent of this report, that consider like #one of the angular stones for the *restablecimiento of the credibility of the European Union concerning the question of form in that it investigates fraud complaints and occupies of *ellas; probably no costs for nothing more, but perhaps help to show that #many of complaints *carecen often of foundation, although alas it was not always like this. +Ascertain, second, an inability of substantial coordination, and #this means that the Presidency #portuguese has at all costs that assume the initiative that conduct to the creation of a council *interinstitucional that gather at least time to the year to coordinate #all actions in the interior of the Union, so that *coadyuve to the international coordination. +#If in the #european Summit do not understands -because we think that the Summit has to occupy directly of the subject- that treats of the political problem number #one, with enormous consequences for the future; #if it do not understands that the inability to tackle it *multilateralmente, that is as it has to tackle , has begun has to take increasingly patent, with the subsequent disappointment of villages, then will not be able to in a prudential time stabilise the situation. +Is true that, in Parliament, the Court of Accounts do not has good sign, since President *le has denied conference hall of press, *cuando no exist problems for *acordársela to the most incredible associations, to personalities of the most doubtful representativeness or to dog guardian of thought only, with #such that bark strong. +. (*SV) Want to *puntualizar that the establishment of a system to compare the impressions *dactilares do not constitutes in himself\/hisself guarantee to reach a politics of human and generous asylum, that mean that States members *solidariamente award to asylum applicants right to shelter. +By it that refers to the international organisms, have to watch by that repatriation program of the *ACNUR continue activities without that it trip with difficulty gender, since there #be had a series of incidents in the last time that seem to indicate that it exists the deliberate intention to procure *desorganizar repatriation program of the *ACNUR. +But the fight against drug traffic and capital bleaching demands also action\/coordination in level of the EU (and in the of Nations Joined) in the fight that has to carry out against the powerful criminal organisations that, with activities and illicit money, *minan the economic and financial system and *entremezclan with *él. +In adhesion Record of *España and *Portugal to the European Communities -in article 25 and in the Protocol 2 *anejo to said Record- established for Canarians a special diet characterised by that Canarian was not integrated in the Common Agricultural Politics and, besides, by not being subjected to the Union *Aduanera community, to diet *arancelario community, neither to Tax on Value Added. +#There is had besides element: already in the Treaty of *Maastricht of 1992 incorporated a statement recognising the special situation of the regions *ultraperiféricas -Canarian, *Azores, *Madeira and the #french departments of *Ultramar- and section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty *CE, after modification by the Treaty of *Amsterdam of 1997, foresees a special diet for the regions *ultraperiféricas. +Therefore, *me #would seem timely that the Commission approved or manifested agreement with the proposals of Parliament -of the Commission of Juridical Subjects-, that are very reasonable and agree with the philosophy of the Commission but *reforzándola with the reference to the new article 299.2, that goes to foresee and allow development of a special diet. +*Yo do not go to gloss now his political path -*usted finishes it to take very well, lady Speaker-, but yes wanted to leave proof, publicly in front of this Assembly, of his human quality, of his personal value, of dignity, of integrity and of value with that *ella has carried illness until the last moment. +The inform that in said resolution President of the Court orders to postpone the execution of act of the European Parliament of 14 September 1999 by the that Parliament adopted interpretation of article 29 of Regulation, proposal by the Commission of Constitutional Subjects. +#One of the special subjects in questions of employment under the Presidency #finnish has been the position of workers of more age, subject that treated in an unofficial meeting of Council of Social and Labour Subjects; likewise, also celebrated a conference to ministerial level that treated precisely on equality. +As we promised, in *Helsinki celebrated a meeting to ministerial level on the #nordic dimension, and although it was not very high the participation of Subject Ministers External of States members - *yo was the only there -, instead, were present Ministers and also #all Ministers of the countries that belong to the field of the called #nordic dimension. +Second, the report do not drops in cheat to present the human rights like a #european attainment, but that takes it from the universality and handles a world-wide optics, loaning attention to performance of the EU in the frame of Nations Joined. +Check with bitterness that from the year 1996, year in that the crisis of the sea *Egeo induced the European Community to block union Agreement *aduanera with *Turquía, has not given step advance to get to the full respect of the civil rights and to the protection of minorities. +After conversations that have kept in the last days with Prime minister #turkish and of the diverse meetings with Subject Minister External Turkish, #can *comunicarles that Government #turkish is fully conscious of the need of this fundamental change in the political field, economic, social and cultural. +The Presidency #finnish of the Council is a serious effort to take use of the new legislative possibilities planned in the Treaty of *Amsterdam and begin to apply already the proposal after the first reading, time incorporated the amendments of the European Parliament. +material do not reflects tendency to the increase of the index of substances harmful satisfied advances eastwards, but that the high indexes of harmful substances give in zones that accuse the influence of the local activities: agriculture, industry and the houses of *veraneo. +For the European Parliament, #this are facts consummated by the vote of the Council and it only that *nos remains is *explicitar that this measure has caused enormous unrest in the rest of producers of States members, say that the *excepcionalidad of this measure is not foreseen in the regulation, and signal that also States members had climatic conditions *desfavorables in moment and, without embargo, did not have it that now *le is to *Portugal. +In summary, the socialists want to ensure defence of producers, of consumers and of the importing Europeans, and believe that with the report that has approved Fishing Commission, with the excellent work that has made the speaker Mrs. *Fraga, to the that I want to congratulate, and with the agreement to that has got in the Council of ministers #can, in big part, remain satisfied. +Besides, #this *OCM did not guarantees income of fishermen neither takes into account that in #some countries, as *Portugal -#where predominates the small coastal fishing that resupplies to fish consumers cool fish in his territorial waters-, producer organisations are very feeble, by it that no *les #can concede *tantas attributions without taking into account the necessary financial means. +Is necessary *escucharlos, commented with wisdom Mr. *Somavia, the current General Director of the International Organisation of Work, that four years ago was the soul of the International Conference of *Copenhague, in the that #all State Bosses of the world engaged to reduce poverty to half of here to 2015. +The #european #SME, that find in command in alternative development, have shown that the fast elimination of the remaining substances that exhaust ozone coat promotes the development of sustainable companies, #as well as a greater protection of ozone coat. +*Nosotros, by reason, will have to think it very thoroughly before voting posture of the Commission and are that *ustedes *nos say that with the process of the *codecisión go to bring again regulation proposal, basing in the new scientific data, in the new methods of measurement, so that we #can regulate these subjects much better, particularly regarding the compound foods produced from *OGM or derivatives. +How plans has the Presidency to initiate dialogue with Parliament on security questions and defence and when will take Defence Minister of the Presidency a statement on the formulation of a common politics for security and the #european defence? +Equally has been necessary a big courage for the Government of #Grecia, for Prime minister *Kostas *Simitis, bet by hit of change, to entrust in the possibility of a favourable result, and tend hand to *Turquía and accept that it goes to negotiate with *Turquía as with the other #european partners, with members of the Union. +treats of an instrument that will have a length of five years and will allow, like this, in programming frame *plurianual, give an effective support to measures allocated to improve conditions of received, promote integration and facilitate the voluntary repatriation and reintegration in the countries of origin of refugees and persons displaced. +Regarding look of the juridical security, have to examine how #can contribute the Letter of the European Union to the improvement of protection grade of the fundamental rights inside the European Union and results difficult to see how #can a text no *vinculante contribute to clear and *transcender the current system of protection. +The recommendation on the evaluation of the quality and the upper education approved in September of 1998 and recommendation proposal on evaluation of the quality of the school education constitute proofs of the importance of the examination of the quality of education in the #european level. +*Me pleases that Commissioner, together with State Secretary of Trade and Industry of my country, Mr. *Byers, has the impression of that the car industry European is the peel to consumers of Realm Joined, but have to say that I #can not suit with *usted in that it is a simple question of types of change, as *eso #would not explain that #some cars cost some four one thousand pounds more in Realm Joined that in the Low Countries, for example. +*le has asked that it clear his solemn statement, made at the end of the debate this afternoon and that says, #if I have understood well translation that *me have given, that the Council had opposite to a permanent review -do not go to say how is a permanent review, but since it says it *usted, has to know it that it wants to say- to a permanent review "by moment" . +A fundamental appeal that the Union *Europa has to direct to the New Independent States is respect of the civil rights to root increasingly the democratic principles and the cultural pluralism, religious, politician and ethnic, so as to improve quality of life of persons. +Appreciate the references that have taken to the Governor of *Macao, to the that, by it other, had the honour to appoint for place in moment in that it was President of the Republic and #can say that the governor *Rocha Scallop has been really man that has honoured to *Portugal and has taken that *Portugal withdraw of the territory of *Macao with the very high head and with fine consciousness. +*Señorías, taking advantage of intervention and occasion that *nos offers the presence among *nosotros of president *Xanana *Gusmãor, want to manifest to His *Señorías my belief that, taking into account his peremptory needs and our common identity, the European Union has to establish immediately a special links with *Timor to guarantee his economic and social development and independence. +Promised to increase the participation of women in conflict resolution and protect to women of conflicts armed, but women follow constituting the immense majority of the victims of conflicts armed, follow absent in peace negotiations and in transition initiatives to peace. +As it is very known, in 1995, simultaneously to the Conference of *Beijing, drafted and #make a document of the European Commission that adopts the principle to incorporate to #all development politics politics relative to treatment of the problems that *atañen to the question of equality among sexes. +The European Community has the delicate task to decide #which is the better path to follow forward with progress and think in care, health and the environment of children of children of children of children of children. +Stand out this situation because *nosotras, women of the rich countries, is to say, also of the EU, have to remember #all time that the that decide and with *ello also decide on sisters in the countries in roads of development, *Kosovo, in the *Balcanes, etc., follow being men and that with *ello runs the risk that the result of work, programs in general, no answer fully to the wishes and needs of women. +See it like an important task for *ustedes, colleagues in Parliament and colleagues in the Commission, assume responsibilities and occupy that these subjects have the highest rank, so that they also are a reality in the national parliaments and in the governments, in the European Parliament, in the Commission and in the Council. +In front of the evident samples that the #french Government has undertaken the *artero game of mouse and cat with the Commission and the #british Government and that, evidently, never has had intention to raise the embargo on meat of *vacuno #british from a beginning, has got moment of *pedirle accounts. +In this context, and had account of the little time of the that have, *me interests to clear thing. #If to conciliate these two postures pretends to introduce a compulsory proof, and the possibility or the obligation to label meat of *vacuno, is indispensable that in moment of the lifting of the embargo to import #can entrust in that proof make and carry out labeling. +But time that has taken place query process and time that scientists of States members and of the agency have got to a conclusion on #which is the suitable mood to proceed in a situation determined, especially in matter of alimentary security, will impose the *dictamen of the agency, will have to respect , will have to fulfil and nobody will be able to challenge it. +In similar circumstances the authority of an agency of characteristics *calará in #all the European Union and no only will be a fine authority in the field of security and of the public health, but that besides will provide confidence among consumers that consider absolutely fundamental and that will constitute the foundations to follow advancing. +Reduce the length of 90 to 60 days, as it proposes in the amendment *nº 23, #would take that the Council went back to the ancient version of the proposal of the Commission and excluded the period that needs debtor for defence, it that in the majority of the countries #would add 30 days and the result #would be similar to version that now have. +proof fault will force to the Commission to follow very of wall #all the scientific investigations on the possible hurtful effects in the human health of exhibition by means of diet to products derived of cows treated with *BST and, in case necessary, take recommendations with seen to the adoption of other supplementary preventive measures. +Besides, believe that it prejudices a characteristic and genuine look of trade *intraeuropeo, looming reduce circulation of literature by *Europa to level of pornography sent by post, as *me ensure reliable sources, in *sobres of paper of *manila brown without *remitente, and in the free world reducing the legitimate trade of books to level of import and export of smuggling to the *Europa of the East of the called subversive literature. +No surprises, with attainment record reached by women #kuwaiti highly qualified, that on 16 May 1999 His *Alteza Prince of State of *Kuwait dictated an official decree by the that conceded to the best the right to the vote and to present to Parliament. But went Parliament #who threw it down. +Gentleman President, estimated ladies and gentlemen deputies, my colleague #Michel *Barnier affirmed here on 16 November that the Commission follows with big attention the problems *ocasionados by floods produced in the four departments of the south of *Francia, regrets deeply the loss of human lives and will take all it possible for taking get to the zones affected the suitable help in the frame of competitions and possibilities. +To carry this sentence to the practical will be necessary the unanimous consensus of the Council and ratification by States members to modify the current law in virtue of the *cual residents in Realm Joined have right to vote in the #european elections, but no like this residents in *Gibraltar. +Of face to the *quintas direct elections to the European Parliament of mediated of June and in the frame of information campaign projected by Government #polish, has to take advantage of occasion to explain more acutely to the population the sense and goals of enlargement of the EU or of adhesion to the EU. +In the first place it is necessary to mention the possible advantage that they enjoy, especially, in the agricultural sector, in the that the economic situation *les allows the possibility to develop the agricultural activity from a point of distinct ecological sight to the that have come applying in the Union. +And finally, but no therefore less important, *Chipre: will begin for saying that we value very positively and that in some sense *nos has reassured also -affirm it said by Mr. *Bertens- the fact that President *Klerides have shown wisdom, averting tensions in the island with decision to cancel placing of defence missiles. +Besides, have sustained a fruitful dialogue through the reports of parliamentary commissions on the annual reports of Defender of the European Village, beginning with the *primer report of Mrs. *Ahern and following with the reports of Mr. *Papakyriazis, Mr. *Newman and, this year, Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín. +No in vain the institution of Defender of Village constitutes #one of the most important elements of the #european citizenship and of the improvement of the democratic control on the community administration, democratic control that it #can attribute to this Assembly, like organ that represents directly to citizen community. +Am convinced that collaboration among Request Commission, with #all the possibilities that offers, and Defender of Village, with his very varied competitions, will finish occupying an increasingly important place by it that to democracy of the European Union and respect of the rights of citizens refers. +The Commission no only understands fully worry of Parliament by delay in the application of the system computerised for traffic, but that already had the opportunity to explain it that is in concrete to carry to term with rapidity project. In this sense, want to give the thanks to Gentlemen +Finally, the second separated of the amendment 20 do not respects the general principles adopted by the Commission, the Council and Parliament in Statement of 6 March 1995 on the registration of financial disposals in juridical acts and, by reason, said section #can not be accepted. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0111\/99) of Mrs. *Schmidbauer, in name of Transport Commission and Tourism, on the White Book of the Commission titled: «just Rates by infrastructure use: gradual strategy for a common frame of *tarificación of infrastructures of transport in the EU» (*COM(98)0466 - *C4-0514\/98). +By it other, adds in report that apart from including tourisms in the new system of *tarificación suits to impose complementary taxes more elevated to motorists of the sensitive regions -here go in the mountainous zones and also the great cities as you Bear, *Hamburgo, *Frankfurt, etc.-. concept #can not work and in case that it worked, #few States members #would know to resist to the temptation of *estafar to motorists. +Meanwhile, the creation of a new juridical order international, that comport suitable means of «humanitarian interference» bumps with the irreducible opposition of great powers, like States Joined of *América and #others, in relation with reform of Nations Joined, or States Joined of *América, *Rusia, *Francia or Chinese, in relation with a compulsory jurisdiction of the International Penal Court. +do not go to vote in favour of a resolution proposal of conciliatory character and that consists, essentially, in a unilateral and inaccurate analysis, in *bastantes points, of the situation, whereas postures and proposals serve *mínimamente to a peaceful solution, political and viable of the crisis; neither so at least serve to the tragic problem, by excellence, of refugees. +In effect, #if to the beginning of the #balkan crisis that initiated at the beginning of the years ninety, *Europa had acted of common agreement and with decision to hour to take univocal decisions *cuando began the *desmembración #yugoslav and #if, even recently, *Europa had presented of unitary and compact form to the recent Summit of *Rambouillet, maybe #would not assist to the massacres and to the ethnic cleansings of days. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0111\/99) of Mrs. *Schmidbauer, in name of Transport Commission and Tourism, on the White Book of the Commission about just rates by infrastructure use: gradual Strategy for a common frame of *tarificación of infrastructures of transports in the EU (*COM(98)0466 - *C4-0514\/98) +The publication of the *primer inform of experts on the tragedy of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc has added *algo of farce to a tragedy that has cost life to more of 40 persons -#this is the balance, still provisional, of victims- and has opened the debate on responsibilities that the #italian authorities and French happen of #one to #others with absurd excuses and *injustificables. +Gentleman President, *permítame that, before it close word turn on human rights, express in high voice my satisfaction by the fact that today Interior Minister #british have decided that it continue extradition process of the General *Pinochet, in line in that it expressed the European Parliament. +Too much can, control and an insufficient and deficient transparency, and nonexistence of a register on negotiations undertaken; lo and behold #some of reasons to explain deficiencies that present in actuality the institutions of the EU, especially of face to relations with the public opinion. +Exist still deep divergences on #some points among the European Parliament and the Commission, #among others: repayment of costs *ocasionados by the human victims and families so much from the point of financial sight as from sight point of the psychological support. +Without embargo, in spite of the favourable economic evolution and of the significant structural reforms (reform of the administration, of health, of retirement system), take fault still greater progresses in varied fields (inner market, absence of control system of state helps, privatisation of the great state companies). +treats in this case of #one *décima splits of members of Parliament, 66 deputies pertaining to #all the political groups: 5 of the Group *PSE, 8 of the Group *PPE, 4 of the Group *ELDR, 6 of the Group *UPE, 6 of the Group *GUE, 9 of the Group *V, 3 of the Group PLOUGH, 15 of the Group *I-*EDN and 10 no inscribed. +Already had approved takes a pair of years program for the third age that, nevertheless, was blocked in the Council by the conservative governments German and British of then with the spent argument that no had any juridical base that served of support, and that it was finally an exclusive responsibility of States develop politics. +The Commission has begun to *reflexionar on way to adapt the social security to development of the demographic structure of the #european societies. to this same *respecto, is also income level of the greater persons. +#Can take part factors, extraneous to the agricultural look, as they are costs in hand of drama, the cost of energy, disposals normative on environment, vicinity of the markets, etc. scale economy, like the that it #can appear, for example, in States Joined, that has of enormous units of production, sometimes integrated in manufacture industry of starch, #can give place likewise to comparative advantages. +This approval of the management do not involves *forzosamente censorship motion, although logically it induces to Parliament to *reflexionar, and have suppressed the anomaly that appeared in the regulation, that pretended that rejection of censorship motion approved by absolute majority of members of Parliament. +The decision to approve the management is an only act that #can not dissociate of the political decision of approval of the management, closing decision of accounts that has to adopt simultaneously; dissociation #would modify the institutional balance and #would demand a review of the Treaties. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0240\/99) of Mr. *Bösch, in name of the Commission of Budgetary Control, on the proposal modified of the Regulation of the relative Council to investigations effected by Fight Office against Fraud. +To measure that advance to a new stage, a new situation in the that no treats of the Commission or States members, but of the Commission and States members, wanted to ask to President of the Council that study this question of activities among the Court of Accounts and organisms *fiscalizadores national in the future. +Take advantage of also the document of the approval of the management of the year 1997 to remember that the Commission of Budgetary Control #would have to can have the necessary means to control credits referents to the political groups and to secretariat costs of #the same. +Without embargo, #if *Yugoslavia represents the reality and besides metaphor that describes it difficult that is to create, for the time being, coexistence conditions among *etnias different, then it is necessary to recognise -to the equal that *usted- that only in the #european field and no in the constitution of small States increasingly enclosed and monolithic from the point of ethnic sight, will be able to reach conditions of a real coexistence. +Is equally contrary to the Letter of NATO, is to say, to the Treaty of the Atlantic North, a purely defensive alliance initially and that it is transformed, by the circumstances, in an offensive alliance that takes part out of his geographic sphere, since *Yugoslavia never has formed part of the perimeter of NATO. +Want that it have a High strong Representative, planning of strong politics and #alert unit fast, a strong structure of the Commission with a coherent squad of Commissioners that occupy of the external relations. +Gentleman President, in the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence have debated simultaneously two very important reports related among himself\/hisself as they are the report of Mrs. *Piha on the northern dimension of the European Union and the report of Mr. #Spencer on the strategy of the Union regarding *Rusia. +In quality of coordinator of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists *permítame *decirle that the group will support the report #such as it is with the amendment of Budget Commission voted the previous night relative to the extraordinary promotions *ad *personam . +Thus, believe that they #would have to can correct irregularities that register in promotions of personnel, especially now that Mr. *Priestley has ensured that it treats of rectification of only character and that in the future will apply practice subjected to a big control, based in criteria and disposals related exclusively with aptitudes of civil servants and that will adapt to the principle of transparency. +The fundamental reason of #all these reforms was and is -and also #this suits that they know it citizens- increase efficiency and transparency of Parliament, leaving in inheritance to deputies of the next term of office an Assembly prepared to confront with hit his institutional paper and the challenge derived of a greater attention by part of our *conciudadanos. +*Señorías, have had the privilege of chairing work of this Assembly from the firm conviction that *potenciarla, *hacerla day more present in life of Europeans, is the best mood to reduce the democratic deficit of the Union. +Believe that with help, especially *cuando have treated on #many of the delicate political controversies of the last months, and the Conference of Presidents, have been able to keep together a coherent parliamentary vision, in spite of tensions, pressures and the distinct emphases that the Groups contribute to the debates. +has gone back to open the table on the institutional reforms and #this, it is necessary to say it, has been the big merit of the Presidency #german, from the statement made by President in exercise of the Council in front of Parliament in the month of January. +Certainly the that accustom to call in community language «the triangle of *Amsterdam; without place to doubts, the qualified majority that, as #all know, is not at all a technical question, but deeply political, because it puts in discussion sovereignties of the national States and certainly it that *atañe to the question of the composition of the Commission and the weighting of the votes. +Gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, have heard and read with attention the resolution of Mr. Of #Giovanni, to the one who take advantage of to congratulate and appreciate exemption, rigour and impartiality, also like #mine president that it is of the Commission of Institutional Subjects, in the that have worked in the last years. +Although the financial credits for the next period of helps remain *algo underneath of the proposal *originaria of the Commission, is an essential hit that continue grade reached of community solidarity with the poorest regions and of structures feebler of the Union without removing at all and that cohesion Bottoms continue. +Have had the weakness to believe that, to go out of the institutional and political crisis that has caused the resignation of the Commission with bottom of war of *Kosovo, his future President, Mr. Roman *Prodi, *nos #would transmit an ambitious message. +To answer to these world-wide challenges, #would owe *forzosamente «reform the model of the *welfare» , «review the rules of work market and of the markets of the professions, to reduce obstacles to access of the market and [$^.$^.$^.$^]#\ create employment that react more to the economic growth». +#If we join #this to the elections to the European Parliament of 13 June 1999, the European Union has to confirm his firm dedication to the principles of democracy, of solidarity, of justice, of transparency, of stability and of peace. +Is like saying that the Council and the Commission consider that the insular regions of the Union have known an economic development #such that questions the political will, expressed a year and half before by the Conference of *Amsterdam, to take in consideration of effective form the insular fact? +Since Parliament has expanded the rights of citizens and citizens with a wide principle of participation in regulation project -and only #this is the base so that planning #can apply also of sustainable mood-, the Council leaves that this subject of common interest decide it to his *arbitrio States members. +The European Parliament has opened the possibility so that to hour to choose measures and projects #can use consultancy of a small group of experts in terrain of the *acervo community and of the problematic of the economic development of the countries of the ancient communist block. +The additional costs for actions in the rural areas are a discretionary disposal so much regarding credit endowment as to application and are not substitute by the loss of acquisitive capacity caused by the reduction of prices. +In addition to looks relative to control of vineyard and to production conditions of grape, form part the whole of rule relative to practices *enológicas, is to say, to transformation of wine, to the equal that rule relative to labeling. +Like this as, is a political answer the that *le ask, gentleman, since I am in front of minister, and wanted to know #if in the Councils of Ministers get *ustedes to talk no only, of course, of immigrants, of problems of security, *algo that takes *usted very well -the #austrian and #german Presidencies reveal it #all days- but also of the right of citizens, together with the right of capitals, to circulate freely. +In the frame of the bilateral conversations, the Federal Government German, in quality of Presidency of the Council, has urged -even very *insistentemente- in diverse occasions to the #ukrainian part so that it modified disposals by humanitarian reasons. Lamentably, these efforts have not had up to now hit. +Subject: dispute among the EU and States Joined in relation with diet of banana #Can the Council make a statement on the last pertinent #news of Solution Organ of Differences of the *OMC that analyses the community diet of banana and indicate how answer will give to conclusions? +Include in my gratitude to #all civil servants that *nos helped to get to commitment in the that appear three of the main basic aspirations that had in Parliament: have of a juridical instrument of horizontal character; of an only financial instrument, the *IFOP; and reach, besides, that in the regulation base collected, at last, #all the financial structural measures. +For example, the continuity of #tending actions to keep a modern fleet, safe and competitive; or #that that have shown to be instruments very effective of politics *pesquera, like the mixed companies with third countries, to the that the proposal of the empty Commission of content, *cuando #can be an excellent formula of cooperation with third countries, as surely it will show in the future in the case of *Marruecos. +In a field it is necessary to praise to the Commission -Mr. *Fischler has needed long until presenting a so good project, but *usted also has rejected during long withdraw the ancient project-, to the Presidency of the Council, to Mr. *Funke, and also to the colleagues of Parliament. +States members have urged to the social speakers to undertake negotiations with the goal to reach an agreement -to level- that promote adaptability, balancing flexibility in work places and without forgetting security of workers. +Gentleman President, in page 8 of Record, with the title «Election of President of the Commission», alludes to the vote of Parliament referent to the approval of the designation of Mr. *Prodi by State Bosses and of Government, and expresses that President congratulated to President elect. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, like Speaker of the Commission of Public Freedoms and Inner Subjects, *me satisfies, of course, to the equal that to #all the colleagues that have taken part, that have achieved an agreement and that the Presidency *nos have been able to communicate that the Agreement of *Schengen has integrated, in effect, in the Treaty of the Union. +The *segunda area in the that agree with *ella is that, in the question of the «*opting-*in» or «*opting-*out», choose it that wants to receive or refuse it that do not wants to receive, have to give to consumer the right to take #this last, but the fact to prescribe how #can or #can not put in network supposes to restrict of mood the expansion of traffic that #would produce a negative effect in the own only market. +Odd political is #this, that *nosotros ask to the Council tendency that, apparently, *nosotros do not want to respect going against of the Treaties, against of our own Regulation, against of the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice and against of the same common sense, that says that, *jurídicamente, act is act and has value of this formal act. +Regarding Cohesion Bottom, #this occupies place aside, since finance logic is the of finance by project and no by program; in spite of occupying place aside, exerts paper determinant in the sense to help to the economic and social cohesion, that is #one of the committed of the European Union. +Since we wish austerity in #everything it relative to the budget of the EU, #as well as a budgetary program marked by rigour and priorities very founded, *nos showed contrary to the increases proposed in the budget of the EU for the next exercises and have voted in favour to return the proposal to the commission. +person like #Simon *Peres, for example, and collaborators of the Party *Laborista, represent an unambiguous politics to the *respecto. In front of this situation, #can not but express hope that also the #israeli part declare categorically that wishes to engage in depth with peace and that will put end to the numerous measures *represivas that, unfortunately, have come *sucediendo from taking of power of *Netanyahu and nomination like Prime minister. +Gentleman President, the Palestinians have adopted a very brave decision and expect that Government #israeli - so much the current Government like the future - show determination. Need a #palestinian State sovereign, need that it respect fully sovereignty of the *Líbano and of Syrian and, obviously, also need guarantees regarding sovereignty and security of #Israel. +The arrest, out of borders of *Djibuti, of #some leaders of the opposition -specifically in *Etiopía and in the *Yemen-, extradition to *Djibuti and imprisonment, conditions in the *cuales find arrested persons, the absence of trial, the absence of lawyers, the particularly difficult and painful conditions of arrest: *nosotros know all *eso and is evident that #can not admit it. +Now well, the resolution that present fixed the goal to obtain ratification of at least 60 countries until the end of the year 2000 so that in year the International Penal Court #can go in in functions and asks to the Council that inscribe this goal in the agenda of the European Council of Colony. +By part, takes a call to the sense of responsibility of those who employ freedom. But on the other hand, corresponds to the public organs find suitable solutions to put *coto to the bad use of these hurtful freedoms for society in general and especially for taxes and tax collection. +Is besides *algo favourable the fact that it do not tackle only culture of the EU, which #would give foot to type of nationalism of the Union, but that take upsetting also in culture of countries to the *margen of the EU and that extract favourable conclusions of the pertinent cultural looks of parts of our planet. +It that is in the last months, especially -as it has mentioned Mrs. Commissioner, Mrs. *Gradin- in the #asian zone, *nos concerns enormously, because effort that has taken the textile industry -very positive- to put to day, to be competitive, to have an optimum position and quota in the international market, #can shatter in little time. +of the report of the European Council and of the statement of the Commission on the meeting of the European Council celebrated in Colony days 3 and 4 June, -the statement of the Council on activity semester of the Presidency #german. +To difference of it that occurred in 1991\/92, in occasion the EU adopted a common position in the *Balcanes and took it because the #european States finally comprised that it that there was in game was not only a moral commitment or the future of a peripheral #european region, but his own security, security of #all *nosotros. +The question of taxpayers #net or the new regulation of the financial frame has been *esgrimida to the principle by the Federal Chancellor German especially in front of the #german public opinion but afterwards has *fracasado *miserablemente to hour to solve the problem. +To #that *respecto, *me #would enjoy to ask to Mr. *Fischer #if it sees, further of Colony conclusions, a perspective to short or to half term so that they adhere the countries that still have not taken it to article 5 of the Treaty of *Bruselas modified, is to say, to the clause of mutual assistance that links to the countries at present members of the Western European Union. +The second motivate is, it that has shown again clearly war of *Kosovo, and perhaps exert here also paper the different political experiences, very especially in the *Europa central, that only exists an only security in this continent: #can not allow in this continent nationalism, racism or a primitive form in gross of fascism. +Likewise have ratified the conjoint resolution of the Council of General Subjects and of State Bosses on the location of reconstruction Department and have decided to summon a summit for the stabilisation agreement of the *Sudeste of *Europa in *Sarajevo. +Is important to insist, as it has cleared Subject Minister External in intervention, in that the internal renewal of the Union and the consolidation of the national societies in #all *Europa will be the angular stone of development of the EU in the future. +And want to finish, gentleman President, with a question directed to Speaker in exercise of the Council of External Ministers: #if *Turquía do not offers guarantees on life of *Öcalan, #if *Turquía do not gives #some steps in the direction of recognition of the political rights of the *kurdos, considers the Presidency #finnish that we have to advance in *Helsinki to the statute of country in process of adhesion? +Related with #this, the Council asked to the Commission that checked that the execution and operation of alarm systems of the EU are *homogéneos and effective, and in case to be necessary, presented propositions for *mejorarlos, and to time considered form to expand the systems of current control to fill up the possible lagoons. +In relation to infringement procedure #can *comunicarles that the Commission has initiated a fast procedure on *Bélgica on the base of the *art. 226 *TCE because the #belgian State did not fulfil with obligation to inform immediately to the Commission and to States members on intoxications by dioxin neither acted entirely according to the Resolution 1999\/389. +do not want to get to extreme to affirm that in the last five years have produced #one *renacionalización, but with security, the Council, for example, to hour to confront the consequences the crisis of the *EEB has not shown a greater prowess to mark true #european goals that they were susceptible of control and also of sanction. +Second, wanted to *indicarles that the annex 3 contains the composition of the tables of the delegations, by it that ask #if yesterday, *cuando vote point -which took-, #if yesterday, as, were available also the lists with the names and with the composition, or #if yesterday we have voted without knowing the composition, which *me #would seem *inaudito, to the not existing the corresponding documentation. +Later will integrate to the Regulation; but #if tomorrow, before the approval of Record, a political group, or well 32 deputies like minimum, of compliance with section 4 of article 180 of the Regulation, impugn this interpretation, the question will subject then immediately to our Assembly, that will pronounce, as it is established, by simple majority, in presence of the third part of members like minimum. +Therefore the priority of my Group is *eliminarlos and subject to the Commission to the common right, before that look for other solutions, like the to create the figure of the #european public prosecutor, that #would satisfy manias federalistic, but #would not contribute much more with regard to powers of the *OLAF in the fight against fraud. +No *me force to remember here names, but do not have to watch very far to see in these same seats to #who now applauds the proposal to create a *fiscalía #european, but that did not have *empacho in voting against of *ella *cuando takes a pair of years the proposed Mrs. *Theato and *yo same, anticipating certainly that #this #would require to advance in the creation of a judicial space European and modify the Treaties. +Twisting arm to politicians of the European Parliament, leaving the path *expedito to the ideas on common defence, common taxes, a common politics of social provision, on the that on recommends reduction, leaving in end the path *expedito to politics, in spite of it that think to the *respecto the #european population. +Yesterday went back to remember it in moment to proceed to the approval of Record of Friday of the session *plenaria previous and Record signals now, on the one hand, that required the content of my intervention, without collecting how said really, and by the #another side, to continuation adds relation of #all members of the tables of said mixed parliamentary commissions. +The only instrument to enhance responsibility to progress in control of resources #as well as the improvement of the Administration is a delegation to be able to and responsibility more restricted. To time #can improve essentially a problem so *palpitante like the slow circulation of payments of the European Union. +Are in game the possibility and the need to issue a signal, to leave clear that *nos take very seriously the subject of security and of justice, to underline that in the Summit of *Tampere treats to collect information in benefit of security and freedom of the #european citizens. +Lady Speaker, candidate to Commissioner *Vitorino signalled in question round that the goal of the preparation of a regulation of human rights #would not be only to find a common denominator among States members but that the regulation #would be an independent statement of rights. +Create, to finish, lady Speaker, that the goals of the European Council of *Tampere are very ambitious, but think that only being ambitious in obstinacy for taking reality this space of freedom, of security and of justice will achieve that citizens of the European Union see in works an effective instrument to face up to problems. +. Have given my positive vote to the Commission chaired by Mr. *Prodi, in the first place, because President answers fully to the profile that sue the challenges to the that it has to face up the European Union when crossing the threshold of the *tercer #millenium, and because, in general, Commissioners have given proofs of capacity to answer to said challenges of effective way. +Gentleman President, this *burden *of *the *future of the that *usted talked takes years in Budget Commission already is ballast of the present, because I believe that we have taken case *omiso to warning" and have not been it sufficiently strong like Parliament not to yield to saving deceptive by part of the Council, that presents payment budget forgetting warily that commitments have to fulfil . +Without embargo, also the Commission #would go out winning #if the proposals went adapted in the sense that suggests Parliament, so much in it that to the financial responsibility as to the structure of the Agency for reconstruction refers, since no suffices with assigning resources. Is #this the only form to guarantee an effective procedure, transparent and justifiable. +Satisfies to group that the Council have collected with diligence, as it already said it Mr. *Wynn, the idea of Budget Commission and that it have studied cost fault of bottom of agricultural guarantee. +Is necessary that the Council and the Commission *prorroguen the suspension of support to the economic and military cooperation, because Indonesian, gentleman President, did not attends to the argument of the human rights, only attends to the argument of the economic sanctions and of the military interests. +#If strategy consists in discrediting to the Government of *España with falsities and, besides, in showing a *sectarismo *falsario, irrational and irresponsible, shows a self-evident inability to comprise #which is mission in Parliament -that is not precisely the to use the tragic death of boy-, and then is really worrisome that career begin of way. +In view of that the Treaty of *Amsterdam concedes the maximum priority to the protection of the human health and in sight also that the European Parliament has now powers of *codecisión with arrangement to the Treaty, #can the Council ensure to Parliament that proposal related with contact lenses of multiple use in experimental stage will happen by Parliament so that the see and #can *aprobarla? +Subject: Situation in *Kosovo *Algo more of two months after installation of the *KFOR in *Kosovo, no only has not achieved to appease the situation in the region, neither contributed to consolidate a climate of stability, security and peaceful coexistence of the distinct communities, but that, by the contrary, has exacerbated and gone back even more taut the unstable situation originated by bombardments of NATO. +Share the objections concerning the election of the headquarters of the agency in question - in our opinion, *Pristina and no *Salónica.-, #as well as the objections about the apparent unilateral possibility - therefore, in opinion of the Council - to expand activities of said Agency to other regions of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia without before at least consult to Parliament. +To the equal that in the case of #all the current community agencies, the Commission proposes that States members are represented in the administration council, so that presence guarantee the full coordination of activities of the European Union with #that developed on terrain by States members. +The pending problems follow being #many: the 70% of the territory of *Cisjordania and *Gaza is occupied militarily; the statute of *Jerusalén without defining; the #israeli settlements and expropriation of earth and of water; the more of 2.200 political prisoners in prison; the question of the #palestinian refugees of the *primer exodus of 1948 and of 1967 that rise to some 4 millions. +In the *primer and second script of section 4, Parliament asks that number of representatives in enclosure" commissioned to draft the Letter was equal to number of the representatives of States members, is to say, fifteen like minimum; simultaneously, removes of in half to the national Parliaments, suggesting that it only proceed to "query of presidents" . +Expect that the graphic demonstrations and even thrilling that have witnessed this afternoon in the Assembly and the so human gestures that have shown so much Greeks like Turkish in the last weeks, conduct to the strengthening of relations among both neighbouring countries, #as well as among *Turquía and the European Union. +Also #would have to examine seriously enlargement of the mandate of the *OSCE from a point of financial and personal sight. Ask to Mr. *Kinnock that commission to Mr. *Patten that *nos inform in the Commission of External Subjects on the results of analysis so that we #can adopt other resolutions. +The first -besides say it like historian of medicine- refers to the fact that, in a continent that has been destroyed by colonisation, as it is *África, is not chance that have arisen the epidemic of AIDS but that it is the consequence of impoverishment of this continent and, thus, are responsible, as ancient colonising metropoles, to help to *África. +#If well it is evident that the available technical potential for production of aeolian energy and solar, from biomass, hydroelectric and geothermal #would allow to cover quite more of the 12 % of energy consumption until the year 2010, without embargo increase taxes registered in the past *nos indicate that they will require great efforts to reach only this 12 %. +In the first place, regarding the proposal that today debate to fix in the 1,5% to the year the improvement of the energetic intensity of the final consumption - amendment to the considering 15 and to article 1 - consider said goal undoubtedly ambitious, but little realistic, #as well as hurtful for users that already have achieved with hit, but no without great efforts, the clear-cut goals in program *SAVE *I (1991-1995). +time approved, program will convert in an important component of program mark *plurianual of energy, contributing a greater grade of transparency and a better coordination of programs in the sector of energy, allowing that Parliament #can exert supervision competitions in interest of the #european citizens. +And no only is support that are of bilateral way #some countries -as it also is a bilateral collaboration with countries of the *Europa central and oriental- but that also has to take into account support that receive to *través of program *SAVE and of programs community, #where it that takes is to hire with companies -that are the that give support type, of education, of education, of diffusion of technicians of good use- and, obviously, among *ellas there are companies of the European Union. +But certainly no *me will join to demonstrations of *autosatisfacción of the #european institutions, that have even pedantry to pretend that they have contributed of significant way to the disappearance of diet of apartheid in *Sudáfrica, *cuando responsibility of the great powers, included Europeans, is overwhelming in the maintenance of an infamous diet during so much time. +Precisely now, in the meeting of the Commission that finishes to celebrate , gentleman Commissioner *Bolkenstein *me has *resumido of mood that consider absolutely correct and require reason by the *cual there are #some chapters of the fiscal politics that do not require harmonisation and that live in diversity as, for example, taxes on income of persons. +But will see *ustedes in the new organisation chart of my general direction that there #be service to citizen that, truly, pretends to be to service of citizen and that tries to answer to #all the questions of citizens using, as it has asked lady *Cederschiöld, the new technologies, but also using support paper *cuando do not have of means. +Like this, as, is important to understand difference that exists in this moment among problems caused by appeals that #can not attend by budgetary considerations and the processing of commitments, in the that, in spite of difficulties had to beginnings of this year, the situation has improved, and costs pity remember that #some of the problems had to beginnings of this year had little that see with delay in commitment reception in December. +Is really incredible that performance repeat and that every time that there #be a question of deputy, especially socialist, the Popular Party use question turn to cover the shames of Government and that do not take question to the corresponding Commissioner. +The debates of today take place in moment in that relations among the European Union and *Turquía have the opportunity to leave in a new direction: precisely two months before the meeting of the European Council in *Helsinki, of the that expect important decisions related with the enlargement process in whole and especially also in relation with *Turquía. +Lady Speaker, exists a quite grave problem: resolution proposal prays in section 15 of the #italian text it following: "Invites to the religious authorities to that they cooperate fully in the application of prevention programs and to that they take part *constructivamente in prevention action of AIDS" . +Believe that so much the EU like the Governments of States members have to follow toughening control on the general operation of the field of the genetic investigation and, in particular, program application that do not adjust of the all to the guidelines established regarding the ethical, the environment and consumers. +Gentleman President, am very satisfied that the European Parliament occupy acutely of *Macedonia, as we have to have clear that *Macedonia is the #european country that at present sees subjected to a greater danger by unsteadiness of neighbours, but on the other hand has made enormous progresses in the peaceful reduction of the problems of minorities and of tensions with neighbours. +Pretend *convencerlos through negotiation that the half more effective to attract to countries external direct investments, road of privileged access to technology and to the international markets, is first of all creating a safe and predictable frame for the foreign investors, already are *originarios of countries industrialised or of other emergent countries. +In the European Council stood out that development of the capacity of *Europa to control the crisis #would improve the possibilities to take part to international level in the promotion of peace and security, following the criteria of the Fundamental Letter of the UN. +In the last legislative period have asked to the Council that occupy of consistent mood of security of employees and of the population of *Bruselas and do not want *desaprovechar occasion to ask to the Council that adopt security initiative for *Bruselas and against of criminality in cities. +As it already has *sucedido in the past *cuando Parliament, the Council, varied bosses of state and the world-wide public opinion *movilizaron to obtain a suspension of the execution, have to take once again all it that we #can to save life of this victim of the racial hate and of a clear perversion of justice. +*Nos likes that the Government of *Bielorrusia and the opposition are for boarding a constructive dialogue to end to suit in acceptable conditions for celebration of elections just and free, restoring of way right State in the country. +Gentleman President, after almost twenty years and in spite of efforts of judicature #italian and of association of families of the victims, do not know still the truth on the tragedy of *Ustica, a tragedy that affected to the #italian public opinion, #as well as to #all the #european public opinion. +Finally, *permítanme that propose two corrections: in the first place, amendment 6, in the that ask that it do not go back to put in operation head office while it have not carried out investigation, leaves very seated that are of conversion plant and no of plant of *reelaboración of *Tokaimura, that is a different plant situated in a *emplazamiento distinct of the that occupies a distinct company ... +Lady Speaker, colleagues of Fishing Commission have warmed up always the wish that the relative questions to fishing did not go argued only in Fridays and have heard that in the afternoon of Thursday there #be still sufficient time to argue a subject. +The communications and the commercial transactions world-wide electronics in the sphere of services of technology of information are products #whose importance increases without ceasing, and services in the sphere of technology of information will increase in more of the 100% in the European Union of here to the year 2001. +Although the budgetary lines that they are responsibility of the Environment Commission, Public and Political Health of Consumers are not great in monetary terms, exert an important paper in facilitating development of politics of the Union and, especially, in *acercar more to the Union and satisfy the needs and wishes of citizens of on foot. +Now well, in percentage of the gross inner product of the Union, the volume of budget project of the Council is inferior to the of the preliminary draft of the Commission, that already was inferior to the agreement of *Berlín, the *cual was to time inferior to the ceiling fixed by the agreements of *Edimburgo. +Accept totally the need to perfect and introduce efficiency in east management and plans and to improve performance, but a more effective way to take it regarding modification of the budget #would be to describe the improvements and contribute execution plan for the future. +From sight point of method, *me ask why Parliament, when debating the report of the Central Bank of 1998, feels the need to include the approval of a specific measure of the *cual the Central Bank European will give account in the next report, is to say, the of 1999. +The fact that it was imminent a new review to the heaves of the types, as yesterday they gave to understand so much economist boss of the Central Bank, Mr. *Issing, like vice-president Mr. *Noyer, did not shows perhaps that the decision of the month of April was mistaken, had account that meanwhile we have not assisted to any unforeseen impact? +Said #this, owe *alzarme against the true statement of war against workers and the unemployed of the European Union that constitutes the goal affirmed by vice-president of #ECB *cuando talks to "reduce the rigidities of the market of work" , or also "*emprenderla with habits rooted and rights purportedly purchased" . +In the first place, no are neither expect change related with distribution, as in the case of the *ONG and Nation organisations Joined and organisations, carried out by management or politics. Answer to calls and to the crisis and resort to any organisation that #can make a good work in the specific circumstances. +Regarding part of the question *concerniente to paper of members of parliament in it that take -and is form to see the question-, want to say that in my opinion are decisive the own debate, the own dialogue among the Commission and Parliament around politics that have to carry out, and is of there of where take out the decisive inspiration. +is not a lot it that asks my country: only that member of the world-wide community fulfil with part of the task, in development of the principle of responsibility shared. And that #all #can assume the costs of the durable solutions in measure of the possibilities and of the available resources. +has stepped in relation with the *cuarta freedom of the Treaty of Blunt. access to justice further of the national borders, thanks to the mutual recognition of sentences, and the possibility to combat delinquency organised and money bleaching above the national borders. +In the field of access to justice, need that the mutual recognition go accompanied of some minimum common norms and #would have been well that had taken decisions on the rights of persons to obtain freedom under bail *cuando are accused in State that is not the own. +This same year, the European Council of Colony decided to draft chapter on the fundamental rights that gather in an integral document #all the applicable fundamental rights to level of the European Union with the end of *hacerlos more visible to the eyes of citizens. +Is to say, goes to make the definition of punishable acts, harmonisation of the penal right material, the reciprocal recognition of sentences, goes to create *EUROJUST and a protection for victims of offences, is to say, a fan of measures that mean that it is hit. +Even observes a weakness of the Union in the outline of a strategy to end to combat the social causes of migration and to provide help to the countries of origin with seen to reduce pressure to the European Union. +In the last seconds of this debate *me matters to highlight the judicial construction, the fact that citizen, in addition to security, in addition to the police, in addition to the fight against crime, wants to know that justice is #his, that is justice, in point of *Europa; that, in front of judge, will have justice. +Finally, Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects of the European Parliament has withdrawn the corresponding part of the resolution project not to have problems with Mr. *Duisenberg and the European Parliament finishes to back this *dejación. +In front of the current tendency to *desreglamentarlo #everything, the European Union #can, #if it wants to, endow of instruments that allow to promote politics like this, from the *imposición of taxation by the speculative operations until the application of a selective credit that incite to the creation of places of work and deter to companies to take the suppressions in mass of places of work. +For my Group, Union by *Europa of Nations, the frame inside the *cual poses the question is quite delicate, because it exists a danger that consists, on the one hand, in configuring suppositions of an imperfect competition and, by #another, in limiting action of States members in this matter, against of subsidiariness principle. +In a period of situations and *coyunturas critical in the international system, the negative option of the, only *superpotencia real poses a fundamental question. The of the reaffirmation of the political will of the world civilised to control with effectiveness production and expansion of arms that cause massive disasters. +general of four stars Reads *Butler, responsible of the strategic strengths Americans endowed of nuclear armament and that has had finger on the #red button during years, is totally convinced that the mere existence of nuclear armament, that #can use in compliance with a political decision but also like result of a technical failure, is very grave. +Gentleman President, wail *verme forced to abandon the session with Mrs. Speaker of Parliament, and thus I want now signal, as it already said Commissioner, Mr. *Patten, in intervention, that the Union did not accepts terrorism, but neither accept, in any case, the use exaggerated of strength, that #can not be tolerated in circumstance. +#If besides I see it that says in the conjoint statement of the summit on *Chechenia, the most important subject by moment in cooperation with *Rusia: there says that the European Union and the Russian Federation exchange positions on the situation in the north of the *Cáucaso. +The #ours is not only a necessary homage to culture, but also a sober political trial that is born first of all of the *convencimiento to have like speaker to State - in this case *Turquía - that is far still of the full recognition of the human rights and of the principles of freedom and democracy in the *cuales assent the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, fishing agreement with Realm of *Marruecos is with a lot the most important of the that has celebrated the European Union, because of the number of community fuselages affected, to fishing possibilities that opens, to employments that depend directly of the sector -more of 8.000 fishermen and of 20.000 workers-. +Parliament, this same morning, has fulfilled with his have to when including in the budget of the year 2000 game of 125 millions of euros, that had not been foreseen in the financial perspectives negotiated in *Berlín, in virtue of the Agreement *Interinstitucional among the Council and Parliament, but that it is fundamental so that it #can begin negotiation. +did not throw hand of resources that have seen takes little, like the of the liberal democrat that drags meat sack #british by airport with hope that *algún *infortunado official *aduanero the arrest and, like this, #can take photo timely, or the of the conservative that assaulted the *Bastilla two weeks ago in #París, also to take photo timely. +Mr. *Graefe *zu *Baringdorf, colleague of my Group, #one or two times in intervention referred to meat "#english" , but already knows that in Realm Joined there are four distinct countries, and in *Escocia, that is the #mine, agriculturalists have #all the right to feel abused, because, in the first place, do not have a serious problem of *EEB. +From sight point juridical, remains of self-evident that the #french law of 1 July 1998, that creates the Agency of Security Sanitary Alimentary, *sobrentiende that *Francia has of a sovereign power for *salvaguardar health of inhabitants. +#Can have problems to the principle, but the imperative of #all the that take part in the formulation of legislation relative to this agency will be the to watch by that competitions of each #one of the diverse institutions -already correspond to the community level or to the of States members- have suitable reciprocal effects and part know exactly where begins and finishes competition. +That *usted declare now -Mr. *Böge already has posed this question- that will not be able to impose until the year 2003 the compulsory labeling and identification of the origin of animal from moment of birth is, to my seem, #one of the causes of gangrene that supposes #all this crisis of the *EEB. +Parliament has in front of himself\/hisself relative proposals to labeling, as it says His *Señoría, with arrangement to article 152, relative to the procedure of *codecisión, and His *Señoría is in it true when saying that disposals on labeling establish the obligation to facilitate information on animal from the birth, by it that disposals on a thorough labeling are a valuable instrument. +From sight point of States members by separate, the risk do not finds in inflation, but in the disproportionate increases of the nominal wages, increases that *ocasionarían a drastic descent of competitiveness and profitability of companies and, in consequence, a loss of places of work. +#All actors agreed in the need to keep price stability and negotiate agreements *salariales compatible with the goal to continue with the process of *saneamiento budgetary -in accordance with the stability programs of country- and to complete the structural reforms in accordance with the processes of *Luxemburgo and *Cardiff. +The Commission published a White Book in 1997 to end to finish with these irresponsible exceptions; in 1998, presented a communication in the that appeared, among things, directive proposal to modify directive relative to ordination of work time. +Is plan *quinquenal directed to reduce deaths in road and traffic quantity in roads and to watch by that the quality of vehicles in roads correspond to the highest levels possible to protect the environment. +It that we have to guarantee is that it #can give to patients the ideal level of attention of health and of protection of health in the sanitary service and also that the auxiliary doctors receive the highest level of possible training with ideal norms for conditions and labour day -it that will mean a reduction of hours that work- and also the #others obligations that have to fulfil simply to loan services. +And for *eso need a clear juridical order, a juridical order of the inner market, with principles, that *irradie to #all the #others political and through the *cuales citizens have a clear idea of it that has been taking from 50 years ago and that now, through these initiatives, believe that will have future vocation absolutely ensured. +Also wanted to mention our feeling -like the of *usted- that the common citizens and currents have to see an increase in rapidity and efficiency of infringement procedures against States members in the that the rights of citizens of the European Union exerted inside the Inner Market result violated or *denegados. +To5-0045\/1999 of Mr. *Menrad, in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, on decision proposal of the Council [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0440$ - ^*C$^5$-^0173$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0192$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ by the that creates the Employment Committee and on the proposal of the Commission "Lines guidelines for employment politics of States members in the year 2000" [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0441$ - ^*C$^5$-^0147$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0816$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\; +Happen to it essential and *démonos explains that it is not possible to have employment politics better #if, happened the stage of economic convergence and monetary, do not want to establish the full social convergence and fiscal, with some common norms for #all the countries of the Union. +Thanks to the constructive proposals for employment politics of States members in the year 2000, proposals based in a hit analysis of the conjoint report on employment, the report of Mr. *Menrad traces the path to follow so that *Europa take advantage of of optimum form his extraordinary human capital. +The analysis show that States members have tackled initiatives very significant, that #this take with more seriousness and give more importance that in the past to qualification and to the continuous training of workers and that by means of employment politics have created also new places of work and, in concrete, gentleman *Brie, also want *decirle #this, in the sector services. +The European Commission has reason *cuando criticises in report progress fault in matter of employment for these less favoured communities of States members and takes a call in favour that it put a greater emphasis in the principle of "*mainstreaming" in employment programs regarding measures to struggle against discrimination. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0041\/1999) on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 93\/104\/*CE relative to determined looks of ordination of work time to include the sectors and activities excluded of said managerial (8642\/1\/1999 - *C5-0036\/1999 - 1998\/0318(*COD) (Commission of Employment and Social Subjects) (Speaker: Mrs. *Smet) +Precisely because I agree, believe that Parliament #would have to take advantage of occasion to indicate to the Court of Accounts his big restlessness in front of the fact that a document of substance of the that has prepared the Court have filtered, in correct or wrong terms of content, to newspaper *Der *Spiegel of 8 November. +*Me refer to the fact that in the common position takes reference to health in looks physical, psychic and social, to quality of life, to violence in what rape of the human rights and, in particular, to the fact that program includes also to victims of abuse and sexual exploitation. +program has like solid base recognition of the need to sustain the human rights and the of boy, according to the Convention of the Rights of Boy *promulgada by Nations Joined in 1989, as also the of women, #such as they expressed in the Statement of *Beijing and in Action Platform of 1995. +Consider that the sum of this initiative with the open perspectives by the meeting of *Tampere will end, in a near future, in common definitions, in common penal procedures and in common sanctions that States members will apply to crimes of the traffic of persons and to crimes against boys. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, in the month of April of 1999 the European Parliament approved in first reading his legislative resolution on the proposal of the Commission by the that created a general frame in the field of information and query of workers of the European Union. +bottom problem to the that *nos confront #can *resumirse simply like this: or well the system of own resources *nos gives in copartnership, forms part of a package of measures that Parliament will ask to examine in the Conference *Intergubernamental so that it was -as it #would say *yo- more democratic, more participatory, or well, only #can check, lamentably, on point that touches to move piece to the Council, it that it #can last long #if our proposals do not take in account. +has taken reference to the Inner Market, that is the most important frame in the that now we act: in *él it is necessary to put end to the great subventions for coal and the nuclear energy and support to the renewable energies, like important look that is of the environmental politics, has to be realistic. +Without embargo, in spite of the positive general evaluation of the directive, believe that they still remain problems for solving, like the full application of the new diet for citizens of third countries that live in the European Union, and also for #that that coexist out of the narrow frames familiar traditional. +#If it was necessary to invoke an alone reason, #would be the interest of children and doubt that #if Parliament approved these two amendments, *ello *redunde in the interest of children, that expect a lot of the fast establishment of regulation that *les recognise the mere right to not having to suffer the election of parents to live in different #european countries. +Are in query stage of the committees, integrated especially by States members, and therefore #can, before finals of this year, propose an informal definite decision for the approval of map of the Goal 2 of country, as probably of the #others three countries that went object of the first decision of the Commission, on 26 October. +Subject: Violence exerted against women The majority of actions allocated to solve the problem of violence exerted against women are of character *curativo and go directed to women and girls. Is the case of subventions to special centres in the that women #can *refugiarse with children, or the of rehabilitation of the victims of violence. +And the *segunda: How opinion *le deserve pressure actions that is in these moments the Administration of States Joined against #some #european companies -*me refer to the #spanish chain Sun *Meliá and to companies like the Club *Méditérranée and German *LTU- and #which are measures that, to trial, #would have to take the European Union? +The initial difficulties also indicate, nevertheless, and do not owe *hacernos illusions to the *respecto, that the ancient consensus that determined the combination of liberalisation of the world-wide trade and establishment of some compulsory commercial norms, and that always took for granted that #this #would influence of way predominantly positive on the national tendencies, said consensus has begun to crack . +citizens, the no governmental organisations and companies of the European Union go to follow negotiations of *Seattle with greater attention that in #any another previous occasion and will put point of watches in the possibilities that the world-wide trade was as a whole more just, social and *equitativo and take in consideration #all the interests. +Particularly in the field of agriculture, have to respect the conclusions of *Berlín like absolute minimum criterion in the frame of negotiations, as it is not possible to leave to take into account the situation of the small agricultural exploitations familiar and of agriculturalists with a difficult geographic location. +First direction, concretise the principle according to the #which these negotiations have to be useful to the countries and populations with difficulties, with affirmation of the right for the Union and States members to defend development politics and the specific agreements with the *ACP and rejection to see the agreements of *Lomé put in *entredicho by the *OMC. +In case contrary, exists, with reason, the danger to finish in a *American *world that defends trade with enthusiasm, but that forgets the remaining values of the *European *dream, is to say, solidarity in addition to competitiveness, and responsibility in addition to the economic growth #can not be that the goal consist in subordinating #everything to this only paradigm, in that it have to preach from *Seattle to the rest of the world? +As, alas, the parts negotiators *nos follow to distance, the EU needs the additional help of the no governmental organisations- in work for converting to the *OMC in organisation *perdurable from sight point of the environment, of health and of the welfare. +#All coincide in that before enlargement of the Union and the incorporation of new States is necessary to make a fundamental reform that allow to keep the effective operation of the European Union and improve also, add *yo, transparency and control possibilities of the decisions in the field of the #european politics. +To time, there are not obstacles to argue the subject in the meetings of Health Ministers and like this treat to create no collaboration, but yes contacts, and perhaps exchange information among the different countries to treat to develop methods in the different countries of the Union. +Subject: Greater federalism in the adoption of decisions of the EU Subject minister External of *Finlandia took part in July in *Estrasburgo in name of the country that exerts the Presidency of the Council and indicated that, in accordance with the goals of *Finlandia, "the Union has to have an only will, a common politics and an alone voice". +The Commission of Constitutional Subjects, in fact, has admitted three amendments of Mr. *Méndez of *Vigo by means of the *cuales, as a result of the application of the Agreement *Interinstitucional reached in Parliament, has awarded a special paper to the own President of Parliament, to the *cual will transmit informations on deputies. +#Can accept likewise the principle of the amendment 6, that leaves very seated that two games of digital prints are equal *cuando are identical, and no *cuando are only similar. Also accept the principle of the amendment 12, that is directed to clear that data #can not send never to the country of asylum applicant neither use inside a Been member for extraneous ends to the question. +requires a complete application and adapted of the resolutions of Nation Organisation Joined and of the Extraordinary Assembly, and requires, gentleman President and gentleman Commissioner, a special clause against drugs, that include in #all the agreements with third countries, a clause of level and consideration that the clause on the human rights. +In the agreements on the intellectual property, *Europa has to deny to patent life, has to guarantee the maintenance of the exceptions to the general norms of trade concerning medicines used in the fight against AIDS and the other grave illnesses established by the WHO. +Reproach to the conservative Group of Parliament that have procured to suppress the relative considerations to development in the Permanent Forum with the *OIT that has proposed, and that have encouraged it *indecible by *desviarnos of our consistent goals in reaching a balance *equitativo in it social, #as well as a free trade. +2) centres the review in an agenda that only has to see with, essentially, the questions of decision power and corresponding to the new balance among States members, when reducing, in name of equity, weight of States economically less developed in favour of the economically more powerful, to the *cuales pretends to attribute the mechanisms of a reinforcement of influence; +To fault of thing better, will vote in favour of the resolution, by the that asks a moratorium on death pity; but consider that the fact of no *atreverse to adopt a position in favour of the immediate and unconditional abolition of death pity constitutes an abdication in front of barbarism. +Second, in *Kosovo no longer is the #yugoslav army, but our armies. By part, and from point of seen, are a glorious work in the fields of reconstruction, the protection of citizens and the reorganisation, but, of side, are exasperated because they do not reach to protect to persons to the that they have to and want to protect. +The current report speech with total clarity in a series of points and aims in any case with enough clarity that #if no *redoblamos efforts against the instigators and the capitalists of the *narcodelincuencia and money wash, Right states, the populations and youth will lose war. +Have understood that *usted has directed today writing to Defender of the European Village, but #would wish to know when will have deputies the opportunity to answer to appeal of Defender of the European Village to comment query of own initiative. +A substantive politics, of course, and provable by part of *Turquía, of advance by this path. By the path of right state, clear is, by the path of the fine *vecindad and of the peaceful coexistence, by the path of the abandonment in #all the fields of the military methods, especially in *Chipre, but also, how doubt fits, in the question *kurda.. +Mrs. *Halonen so only has achieved to insert quotation of society of information - believe that in the last sentence of intervention - and without embargo, according to a document that received of the Commission the past week, in *Helsinki will present initiative relative to "and-*Europa" , a document titled "Society of Information for #All" . +In virtue of #the same, persons and his fundamental rights also remain excluded of the right of sovereignty of the #another splits signatory, further that we always have kept that the requirement of respect of the human rights do not constitutes interference in the internal subjects of a country. +*Turquía, nevertheless, keeps death pity. Now well, although it #can be difficult change mentality of the policemen, change the situation of prisons, suffices a law, suffices a parliamentary vote to abolish death pity, as they have taken #all the countries of the European Union. +In this moment, *yo do not know how decision will adopt the next week in *Helsinki. Nevertheless, in any case, am firmly convinced that the decision that has to adopt the European Parliament on these two regulations will influence on the result of the deliberations still in course and also on the decision that adopt the European Council the next week. +Taking in consideration the request of the European Parliament in the first reading, the Commission gives now the *primer step to incorporate to legislation dioxide broadcasts of carbon and fuel consumption of the light industrial vehicles, is to say, of vehicles of category *M1. +And in this sense go the amendments that have presented to modification proposal of regulation: two in the *considerandos, in the that considers that help formula to transformation is really important, that quota is insufficient and that the Commission goes to present, before the start of the next campaign, a proposal to happen of quotas to thresholds. +With regard to the problem of the double fixation of prices, agree with the idea that we will have to define moment from the *cual the double fixation of prices was absolutely compulsory and is the only form to begin to make #any comparison, although #all are conscious that only in the last months of the year 2001 the public opinion, citizen, will begin for real to take comparisons. +Parliament will ask acceptance of the essence of measures and resolutions of 25 October 1996, the Report *Gallagher, and of his opinion of 26 April 1998 on the application of technical measures in politics *pesquera community. +#If they take into account, among #others, considerations and criticisms relative to the *parco presupposed that *le attributes the regulation and to exclusion of the Common Organisation of Market of almost #all aquaculture, #as well as his partial criticisms to norms referents to information of consumers and to defence of contingents *arancelarios, *cuando exists community production, will improve definitely the regulation. +The first consists in saying that the European Union has not been *recompensada by efforts made and that, beyond all doubt, at all has to expect of Government #turkish, since after the application of the agreements on the Union *aduanera, has not effected, according to #some of colleagues, any sensitive progress. +Regret that in the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer do not have treated to look for a reasonable point of #inspired commitment in the principle of realism. +The agenda includes the questions that remained without solution in *Amsterdam, that are the size and the composition of the Commission, the weighting of the votes in the Council and the possible extension of the vote by qualified majority in the Council, #as well as other subjects related with the Institutions in the frame of the quoted questions. +The fault of transparency has hampered, especially, the taking of decisions in the Council; the Presidency #finnish has begun to put in new practice procedures to increase transparency, and is to expect that #this root before elaborating an official rule. +fulfillment of austerity in the budgetary politics #can not, neither has to, remain under responsibility of Budget Commission, but that the main responsibility, regarding Parliament, *recae logically in the Conference of Presidents and also in the Spokesmen of the political Groups. +The Presidency #finnish of the Council has achieved to fulfil a truly important program; the Summit was hit, a good final brooch for the year 1999 and a good point of game for the future, with the Statement of #Millenium. +The proposal of the Commission has like goal the that the amount of 26 millions of euros was distributed by States members with criterion, in distribution table that take into account, above #everything, the number of appeals of asylum that each Been member have received in the three last years and the number of refugees that found in the territory of each #one of States members in the three last years. +*Yo believe that toll collection also #can contribute in the long run to a reduction of the costs of mobility, #if they achieved the goals that pursue, or was, reduce jams and accidents and, especially, improve the protection of the environment, no only in relation with pollution of the air and noise, but also in #many looks. +Therefore, *yo owe *decirle with clarity to the Council that with initiative fault, to the not considering the proposals of Parliament in the frame of this third alternative that have presented, this week *nos have put in a very difficult situation, next to the limit of it in accordance with the regulations admissible. +The increase -as they said mates- of two grades of temperature, that foresees of here to the year 2010, #if they do not take measures, the increase of level of the sea, the disappearance of small islands and #many of catastrophes of the two last years that, according to experts, have to see with the climatic change, are taken that they had to *obligarnos to adopt immediate and concrete measures already. +Promised to guarantee equality of access of women and his full participation in the structures to be able to and in the taking of decisions, although in any #another field is so great deal inequality among sexes of swear and of *facto that in the field of the taking of decisions. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0077\/1999) of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, concerning the common position (5748\/1999 - *C5-0034\/1999 - 1998\/0228(*COD)) adopted by the Council with seen to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to substances that exhaust ozone coat (Speaker: Mrs. *Hulthén) +*Nosotros said that it no longer was possible follow to the *OMC without comprising the requirement to include as *primer point of the agenda the principle of caution, the cultural diversity, the social rights, the protection of the environment and the reduction of development inequalities. +*Europa has to support in movement, in this new public opinion world-wide, to promote type of regulation of the international economy, based in redistribution of wealths and in a distinct balance among it that depends of the market and it that it has to follow *incumbiendo to democracy, among it that depends of the *librecambio and it that it has to depend of cooperation. +. (*FR) Have voted against of the resolution project on labeling of alimentary products produced from organisms modified genetically, since has by only object give green light to the Commission with seen to propose a regulation by the that it establish that *cuando an alimentary product contains *OMG that are underneath of the limit of the 1%, labeling that signals presence #would not be compulsory. +Lady Speaker, lady Commissioner, no fits the lower doubt that the *quinta conference of the UN on woman, the Conference of *Beijing, constituted #all a milestone in the path to equality among sexes, since there surprisingly produced the agreement of #all the countries of the UN around a common planetary platform of action. +Since they have suggested parallelisms with *Seattle, wanted to remember that the institutional frame is not #the same, neither neither is #the same the institutional paper that the Commission exerts in New *York and in the Conference of *Beijing that the that exerted in *Seattle, but swims *nos prevents -#if there #be political will- that collaborate the Presidency, the Commission and Parliament, along months, until June, that join strengths. +The application of this rule will carry, among things, to a more effective control of borders and to the reduction of the illegal immigration of citizens of the aspiring countries to adhesion or that get to territory of the Union through these countries. +Fits to remember also that, although Ministers designated by States members for the Council of Governors of the *BEI #be to be #the same that take part in the sessions of the Council of *ECOFIN, the Council of *ECOFIN do not has competitions of type to give instructions to the European Bank of Investments on credit politics or on politics informative. +do not ask information on reasons by the *cuales the European Bank of Investments awarded credit, ask simply #which were the general criteria that justified it and on the base of how assessments considered project -that, on the other hand, affects to #one of the richest regions of #Italia that, among things, characterises by a delicate environmental balance- and conceded credit. +The Council kept a deep debate in the session of days 9 and 10 December 1999 on the communication of the Commission on the new control of the aerial traffic titled " Communication to the Council and to the European Parliament on an aerial space uniform European" . +Gentleman President, as I already have indicated before, the Council has begun to take part in delay problem in the aerial traffic and has demanded that the Commission act in this question, and, as I said in my answer, also have taken progresses in the course of the autumn. +Subject: Referendum of self-determination in the *Sáhara Western minister #moroccan of the Interior, *Driss *Basri, affirmed on 3 November 1999 in The *Aaiún that the referendum of self-determination of the *Sáhara Western, foreseen for 31 July of the year 2000, "will be postponed two or three years" because of the 71.420 resources presented against the provisional census of voters that elaborates Nation Mission Joined for the referendum of the *Sáhara Western. +In the meeting kept on 14 September with the Presidency #finnish, Ambassador *Eagleton urged to the EU to that it transmitted the message to *Marruecos and *Argelia that the international community aspires to achieve the balance in the region of the *Magreb and to that it left clear that, without this balance, is difficult to support the economic recovery of the region. +interpretation recommended by Mrs. deputy to Parliament has virtues and defects, to the equal that occurs with the current practice to observe the valid rule in the procedures of the Court of Justices of the European Communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0099\/1999) in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establish measured of fight against the *morosidad in the commercial transactions (8790\/1999 - *C5-0125\/1999 - 1998\/0099(*COD)) (Speaker: Mr. *Murphy) +Gentleman President, today debate at last the definite prohibition of the put in the market and circulation of the *BST in the European Union. Is to expect that with #this reach to put end to a process of ten years in the that the definite decision remained postponed #one and time with the argument that it did not have of definite scientific knowledges that legitimated said definite prohibition. +At the beginning of 1997, in full crisis of cows crazy, the Council had decided to create identification system of animals of the bovine species from production place, #as well as labeling of meat, *facultativo in a first stage, but that it #would be compulsory from 1 January of the 2000. +Has to say that the evolution of the situation is particularly #baffling, had account that the Emir of *Kuwait, State Boss, in a brave decision that the Commission has received with satisfaction, has proposed to recognise to women right of suffrage active and passive. +But, in definite, it that here go to take in these last debates of the year and of the century is to recognise public and formally that #this is subject pending, with it that *ello has to suppose also of commitment of no *cejar in efforts until seeing fulfilled the goal that *nos fix with the approval of the statute of the Court, *presionando also to the Council and to the Commission so that they act in this same sense. +#There is look that wanted to signal to the Commission and to the Council with regard to the amendment 5, that expect was taken into account, as data in *ella requested, according to the Regulation (*CE) 1390\/99, that went in in vigour on 23 November 1999, in article 2, establishes that "each Been member will keep to disposal of the Commission #all data classified by budgetary games that *le will be transmitted to appeal of the Commission in a maximum term of 30 days" . +decided to put in practice two types of financial contests: by part, loans, in moment had reserved 245 millions of euros for loans to these three countries, and on the other hand, donation of 130 millions of euros that had like essential goal the to reduce charge of debt and improve repayment capacity of countries. +It that *nos proposes the Commission is finally reproduce it that took by #Georgia and *Armenia, is to say, foresee, a new loan that #would allow *reembolsar the previous, but in some much more favourable terms with the end to give a bit of oxygen to this country, and foresee donation of 35 millions of euros for the period 2000-2004, with the end to relieve charge of debt. +A modification of the law on the general and direct elections of deputies to the European Parliament #would presuppose that the Council, with assent of the European Parliament, decreed unanimously the corresponding norms and the recommended to States members for approval according to his constitutional norms. +And, especially, do not accept that it pretend to create two categories, to know, Commissioners and *subcomisarios of the European Union, the same that exist Ministers and Secretaries of State, *cuando to time says -and *me *congratulo that the speaker have accepted my proposal in this sense- that competition distribution among Commissioners do not has to be form of *jerarquizar small and great States. +point that have to underline refers to the increase of unemployment tax in the Czech Republic, that, according to the Commission, has to mainly to the *ralentización of the economic activity and of the effect of the process of industrial and economic restructuring of the country. +tendency, very favourable also, affects to the reinforcement of the administrative device of the #hungarian State by means of enlargement of staff -it that in the Commission of course has caused envy- and the organisation of training programs to half term. +Seen the limited time available, #this has not allowed the formulation of a proposal on paper. Yes is clear that the self-evident Commission posture *complaciente, seems that it is prepared to satisfy the objections of the European Parliament and, for *ello, goes to admit modifications in the current proposal. +In the High Half Age, the introduction of the silver penny endorsed by prince was #one of the fundamental instruments to boost the economic development in #all *Europa. With this measure pretended to surpass the derivative difficulties of the private money. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0175\/99) of Mr. *Fayot, in name of the Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary and Industrial Politics, on the communication of the Commission on the financial services: establishment of performance frame (*COM(98)0625 - *C4-0688\/98). +#One of things that expect of coin only is that #one the monetary market in *Europa and carry it to dimension of the monetary market American, so that, of here, #can take out the necessary investments to increase activity of the #european economy and absorb part of unemployment. +politics of the Union #would have to base in a pragmatic approach centred in three key sectors: first, is vital that to the buyers of financial services *les facilitate a clear and comprehensible information; second, claim procedures are fundamental of face to confidence of consumers. +Seat that Mrs. *Benassar *Tous #can not take part especially because we had wished -or at least *yo had wished-*agradecerle sincere and personally work, since it has achieved that it approved program keeping a difficult balance among the spirit and the political meaning of #the same and limitation of a juridical foundation that, lamentably, consider very *restrictivo with regard to the goals of the own program. +Are #all in accordance with that it is necessary to ask to this country a provisional agreement to treat to solve the problem of the alpine ports; without embargo, have to remember the road characteristics of Swiss, an authentic cheese *gruyer with the tunnel of the Saint *Gotardo of 17 kilometres and 3 metres narrower that the of the *Mont *Blanc. +Without embargo, this important file #can not refer only to the good operation of the inner market or of distribution of resources among States members and the Community, treats to struggle of the most effective way possible against the international fraud and delinquency organised. +Firstly, because it centres in the goal to strengthen the independence of the Commission, as it develops it reason exhibition, whereas the recent experience, after the resignation of this institution by reasons of irresponsible management, carries to the conclusion that, by the contrary, is necessary to reduce independence and strengthen controls that exert on #this. +The current environmental problems in the countries applicants are resulted of great broadcasts in the atmosphere *provenientes of industrial activities, of energy production and of transport, #as well as of an insufficient finance and of oversight by it that refers to water supply and waste management. +Gentleman President, *cuando have had to explain the opinion of the Commission of Public Freedoms and Inner subjects in replacement of my colleague, Mrs. *Zimmermann, have said that Parliament is particularly satisfied with the initiative of the Commission and that appreciate it to the acting Commissioner *Liikanen, in name of my #others two colleagues. +Lady Speaker, violence is a specific characteristic of the contemporary society and a *enigma of the open society, society that has lost values and that creates new idols and new symbols *trastrocando at the end these traditional values that, by the contrary, always have constituted the base of coexistence civilised. +Have to manifest explicitly satisfaction by the fact that this intolerable demonstration of the maximum human contempt have left to be *tabú. Every time are more frequent the debates that treat this subject #as well as action programs that pretend to combat it. +#««Treating of a collective resignation of #all members of the Commission owing to the loss of confidence of Parliament, seems that the planned case in the Treaty that presents greater analogy is the of article 144, that contemplates the case of censorship motion decided by Parliament. +section 7 includes a series of ideas on how a more flexible perspective and updated of the labour market and of the greater persons #would allow to reach new modalities of transition of the labour life to retirement by means of new models, like the half labour day for the most greater. +Third proposal: authorise, in accordance with the #italian Government, exceptions to article 92 of the Treaty that refers to helps awarded by States, so as to concede fiscal benefits and incentives to #all employers that set up -and have the intention to set up in the future- and keep in active initiatives able to guarantee employment, #as well as and especially an autochthonous life to #Venecia. +Remember: in approval procedure of the management for 1996 took patent irregularities and contraventions of the Treaty because precisely the Annex *V had had for denial of the approval of the management a greater majority that the that prescribes the own Treaty in article 141 of the Treaty *CE. +In the commission have argued also the question of #if it #would be necessary to put in practice and fund to #european level special programs of employment for specific groups, like youngsters or the unemployed of long length and, in concrete, with additional character to programs of national action and to measures of the structural Bottoms in States members; #this #would be mistaken. +Now arises also by part *socialdemócrata a true support in the field of the set up of this type of structural measures, that precisely are of importance to procure that it guarantee the internal stability of the euro: a low inflation that comports costs lower, that also makes possible by means of these structural measures give employment to more persons. +From sight point, and say #this without exaggerating, #if the Commission had presented to beginnings of December a reasonable proposal relative to the improvement of the fight against fraud *nos #would have saved probably denial of the approval of the management little before Christmas and with *ello *nos #would have saved all it that came to continuation. +Gentleman President, first of all want to add also my voice to praise to efforts for the creation of the *OLAF, and have to say that the session of today is *revestida of solemnity, since those that work in the Commission of Budgetary Control see today materialise some attempts that have demanded efforts and that have known moments of proof in the that it decided #if the proposals #would prosper or #would not prosper. +#There is observations on it that has conducted to this situation that finishes to describe my colleague Mr. *Elles, a new politics of personnel, questions relative to the Offices of Technical Assistance, the report of the Commission of Experts and also #some guidelines for reform of the Commission. +Now well, in our statutory texts, without damage of the modification of the Regulation that go to vote tomorrow, form in that it regulates approval procedure of the budget is written, is there, black on white. #can be in disagreement, but there #be not gone back of leaf, since #if a text presents in Plenary and refuses the proposal with the *cual has agreed said text, the proposal returns to commission. +Is to say, there #be not text of the Council, there #be negotiation draft taken before the entrance in vigour of the Treaty and, therefore, of course, there #be not any official text of the Council and has not sent any text to part. +boss work of company that *le will carry definitely to coordinate better responsibilities of commissioners, to go back to define the tasks that have to make , to suppress #some of #the same and to develop other new, and that *le will carry also to reform management methods, granting methods of agreements, to resort to the *consultores, etc. +Gentleman President proposed, value determination to put ready quickly elements of an organic proposal for this region, so as to that establish a stable relation that give a perspective to the current conflicts and to the potentials that -and here agree with *usted- #can temper and resolve through a strong relation with the European Union. +Without embargo, *cuando observe how act Finance Ministers and, in particular, paper that exerts the group «Euro 11», *me see forced to ascertain that the decisions glide progressively to plane *intergubernamental and that #this offers a scarce *legitimación democratic for decisions of economic politics and monetary important, that go couples to the independence of the Central Bank European. +For the first time, have written that *nos deny to concede said approval of the management, although the past 17 December refuse simply a proposal that *nos got, on the other hand, of the Socialist Group and that had been approved in extremis by a very scarce majority in breast of the Commission of Budgetary Control, proposal that *nos requested to concede the approval of the management. +No combat against the legitimate interests of village #serbian, but that it that wish is the return of Serbian to breast of *Europa and an evolution of Serbian to the incorporation to the *Europa of integration, on the base of democracy and of the legitimate rights of village #serbian. +do not owe today increase the errors of initial trial that gave place to the premature interruption of the process of *Rambouillet, to jump the Security Council, to *marginar to *Rusia, to not appreciating in his just measure the effect of bombardments on village #serbian. +Gentleman President, is evident that in front of the terrible tragedy of #all village of *Kosovo, literally *masacrado and expelled of country by this horrible ethnic cleansing of tyrant *Milosevic, and in front of the consequent and necessary intervention of NATO -a necessary action, but painful, that certainly nobody has wanted neither wished- no *nos #can *atrincherar in formalisms of the international Right or in the evident questions of formal character. +In subjects so concrete and so clear as they are the prerogatives of Parliament, that is not lower of age and to the that, therefore, the Statute has to give a *margen of manoeuvre -#that is the sense of structuring in text base and annexes- so that it #can execute and establish execution disposals of this statute with a distinct diet of the established by article 190.5, so heavy, that demands unanimity in the Council. +#If we do not achieve it, #if it do not adopts a statute this week or in the short term, wish to #all mates hit in confrontation with a public opinion that will have #all the right to doubt that in the European Parliament remain somebody with a minimum of sense of responsibility. +Believe that it is necessary *matizar allusion that takes to credit agreement *hipotecario, because also in point it is necessary to remember that eleven or twelve of States members protect better credit *hipotecario by means of the notarial writing and registration in a territorial register, and, therefore, it is necessary to understand that in the text alludes to stage *precontractual. +Gentleman President, *me refer to a letter that services of Cabinet of President of Parliament *me directed on 20 April happened in reply to information appeal on formality given to the request presented by the spokesman of the unitary platform of neighbours of *Areeta, province of *Álava -populate #where have been born and #where alive, by it that have big interest in this subject-. +In matter of external politics and of politics regarding Nations Joined, whereas European Union have progresses that make and things that say on the two essential questions that are ratification of the statute of the permanent Penal Court and the moratorium of the capital execution that has been asked by a vote of the Commission of Nations Joined in Gin. +But first want to take advantage of occasion to congratulate so much to President of the Council as to President of the Commission for having taken out continuously to collation employment politics and by *haberla followed with perseverance although, lamentably, the plan *Santer have not been followed sufficiently and have *fracasado in the Council. +#One *Europa that no only embrace the economic and monetary cooperation, but #one *Europa that also attend to employment, to the fight against poverty, to care of handicapped persons and of the greater persons, is to say a *Europa that no only want to take out benefit but that also want to be profitable for society in the that have big weight the human values. +The two first steps are as it that have said: first, the famous *leftovers of *Amsterdam, with the additional analysis of the question of #if our current situation in it *tocante to relation among organs forces to modifications of the Treaty and the Letter of Fundamental Rights, of the that have said that it has to be developed by Parliaments. +In it *tocante to the execution and to the management, go to bet in future of consistent mood by decentralisation, a clear distribution of tasks and responsibilities, enlargement of cooperation to #all levels and a substantial improvement of the monitor, control and the evaluation. +After #everything *eso hid a real attempt to recognise that the Report *Rothley *simpliciter of the past December, evidently, #would not obtain the unanimous approval of the Council; that the text of the Council of the past week, evidently, #would not obtain support of this Assembly. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #all the insular of the European Union cheered, the night of 2 October 1997, when ascertaining that the Treaty of *Amsterdam signed by the Fifteen contained the first explicit quotations that recognise *institucionalmente the structural and permanent obstacles that suffer the insular regions and the need of *ponerles remedy. +On the other hand, in measure in that *me seems also necessary to get to commitment with the Council and the Commission, have suggested simply to the Commission of Agriculture of this Assembly, -that the has taken #his- commitment amendment that consists in boosting security network *llevándola of 1.560 to 2.000 euros by tonne. +In moment in that *Europa is soul and *cuando President of this Commission, gentleman *Prodi, *nos says that the will find in culture #american, *me ask #if it #can not transmit a bit of enthusiasm to the #european villages *permitiéndoles exert *algo stimulating and that form part of culture, is to say, solidarity in the fight by the human rights through borders. +But, from sight point of member of parliament that, even representing to the whole of *España, represents particularly the interests of the regions *ultraperiféricas, of #any form #would be interesting that the Council took an initiative so that the new Commission #can consider the subject from the principle, since the special diet needs a back development. +Anyway, #if in accordance with the regulations they had assigned by writing this question to *usted or to member of the Assembly, himself\/hisself had been able to proceed like this but, in this case, the Regulation limits the answers by writing to those questions that have not been able to formulate in the course of hour and average of question turn. +#Can ensure besides that it goes to carry out a coherent approach of the rural development keeping groups of local action and contributing like this to avert the times of excessive wait that they #can constitute an important obstacle to the same rhythm of development? +Wanted to give the thanks to the speaker, Mr. *Colom *I Naval, since it has included the amendments of the Commission of Budgetary Control in report on the financial forecasts and the agreement *interinstitucional, and to time wanted to comment the most important, and also the most logical, of these amendments. +Like speaker in the shadow will be able to *pronunciarme on the amendments that have arisen like commitment of negotiations of the Council, *cuando the Council and the Commission *nos ensure that the corresponding modifications go to be really adopted and of mood #can not arise the danger of a third reading. +It peculiar of the system of the European Union is that, during #all these years in that the Council has acted like the legislative authority, has shown also will of delegating application measures in the Commission with the only condition that #this carried out his committed jointly with committees of national civil servants. +And take advantage of occasion - since the quote, lady #Miranda- bear *agradecerle his big work, like the of the that the have preceded: Mr. *Newens, #others that have occupied also of this field and that have taken part, like Mr. *Salafranca, Mrs. *González *Álvarez, and, in general, even #that that always have shown critics or have opted by a much more critical approximation to relations with *América Latin in group. +To end to protect to the patient, is to say, to consumer, and think especially in youngsters, is indispensable that remain guaranteed the application of the Directive 92\/28\/*CEE of the Council, of 31 March 1992, relative to advertising of medicines of human use in the field of the electronic trade of medicines. +Wanted to take advantage of occasion to signal that the Commission of Juridical Subjects has characterised always by the big inner work, the big effort of coordination that take among *nosotros, and to *ello have contributed #many of the that in this moment are here taking part and, especially, #ours speaker, Mrs. #Christine *Oddy, that, with his good take, has facilitated and facilitates always work inside our commission. +Therefore, taking into account #all these facts and not to incur in defect that *nos #can carry to that it had resources in front of the Court of Justice and the lost -as it already has occurred in occasion-, do not have more remedy that keep the criterion of the Juridical Service that this vote is by simple majority, and by simple majority will decide. +Believe that #this are the lessons that have to remember, that it is necessary to expect that the release of the smallest villages in the future produce following the #palestinian method, that #this convert in the normal method and that the #kosovar method was not more that a regrettable exception in the world-wide history. +After all, gentleman President, *Turquía and village, was *cual was his ethnic and linguistic origin, belong to the #european aspiration and to *ellos also *atañen the humanitarian «and» liberal «statements» that the majority of the governments of the European Union, that are members of NATO, affirm to want to apply in our wider region. +By #everything *ello, consider fundamental that the European Union act with big firmness and declare that States members will be of the first in backing ratification of this International Penal Court. Have to put #all obstinacy in that the Court carry to practice and #can not leave this committed in hands of #some States that have deployed enthusiasm #worthy of praise. +Results that this attitude, that #many of *ustedes *tildaron in moment of *antiprogresista, has imposed with time because of the impossibility to solve the problems related with the nuclear energy, the impossibility to solve the problems related with security, storage and costs. +The Commission and Parliament have to satisfy urgently lagoons of the #european social legislation regarding the protection of the atypical employees and have to tackle without more *tardanza the corresponding democratic deficit: through an Agreement *Interinstitucional that *allane the path for the next modification of the Treaty! +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0243\/99) of Mr. *Schmid, in name of the Commission of Public Freedoms and Inner Subjects, on the Resolution project of the Council on the legal interception of telecommunications in relation with the new technologies (10951\/2\/98 - *C4-0052\/99-99\/0906(*CNS)) +The proposal of the Commission to reduce now quotas for production and to increase payment compensations for potato starch *me seems a fine idea, especially because there #be determined advances inside the world-wide market that *nos #can surprise in the future. +The goal of the participation of the Union in the *Expo 2000 is to present the crucial paper that is the European Union through institutions, like a dynamic and progressive actor in stage of the world in primes of the century *XXI. +#can not go back to commit errors that committed in *Bosnia, with bureaucratisation and delay of #all the process, but that the European Union has to act with celerity and without bureaucracy; the Council of Ministers, the Commission and the European Parliament have to assume jointly this challenge so that the suffered persons of *Kosovo, of the #ex-*Yugoslavia and of the *Balcanes have future perspective. +The opinions in this Assembly on #if war was justified or #if it #can have prevented diverge considerably, but the Presidency #german has reached -and here want to mention especially to Subject Minister External- act from a clear position regarding crimes of diet of *Milosevic, but also looking for with *ahínco peace in the *Balcanes. +The national Governments delegate with reason with the #european pact by employment responsibility by employment politics no to level of the European Union, but know that in the era of globalisation it is necessary to find a common answer and #this is hit. +Then all it that say on *Salónica, *Pristina or *Sarajevo no longer will have sense, because today in form to reconstruct with Nations Joined, on the one hand, the European Union, by #another, and the *OSCE, by #another, created -and in *eso *estriba the danger- institutions of dependency in the that reconstruction of the *Balcanes depends of our will, but do not finishes to reach the free determination of villages #balkan to administer to himself\/hisself same. +#This is the core of the subject and #this is the criterion that have used during the debates and in the study made on enlargement of the European Union, a state of democratic Right, #this is the centre of movement, of our Union. +#If we talk of a Stability Pact, is not correct to cover mouth to persons that are instauration of the right and, besides, is necessary that exist a just peace, it that demands that it have action and no the most absolute silence of the serious criminal acts. +The resignation of the Commission puts of self-evident that do not need only institutions, but also mechanisms of control and will *comn to award to the Commission paper that deserves and surpass the democratic deficit, deficit #whose causes, to my seem, it is necessary *buscarlas no in paper of the European Parliament, but in relations of the own Council with the Commission. +*Cuando #one, as profane in the matter, whole that they recycle waste type with destination to the *piensos for animals, that years after illness of cows crazy follows feeding to herbivores with animal flours and that, besides, in the base of the *piensos for animals introduce products totally *descontrolados, pertinent of the darkest countries of origin, really begin to *preguntarte #if sure enough #all decades of agricultural politics European #would not have to describe honestly of total failure. +It that are now is exactly approaches that perhaps in day treated to avert: panic of consumers and the protection of the market (a market that now confronts really to a greater threat by form in that it has developed the crisis). +Am, by the contrary, convinced that only *cuando open credible and realistic perspectives of reconstruction of the group of the country, and of incorporation from this time on to the #european project, only then will produce positive changes in the political scene of *Yugoslavia, included the weakening of diet of *Milosevic and of #all what of unacceptable represents today regarding paper of country in the world. +His *Señorías will remember, definitely, that during meeting of the 27 and 28 July past, the Commission of Constitutional Subjects examined interpretation appeal of section 1 of article 29 of the Regulation, formulated by the Conference of Presidents in meeting of 21 July. +The Commission of Constitutional Subjects got to the following conclusion: "constitution statement of the Technical group of Independent Deputies-Mixed Group, is not admissible according to section 1 of article 29 of the Regulation of the European Parliament" . +#If we had explained although it only went with inspection type that proposes Mrs. #Jackson, protecting earth and the half urban, #would have protected, even indirectly, to the majority of dead persons, to the injured and to thousands of persons that have lost houses days in capital. +This assessment tempered little afterwards by Pascal *Lamy, but without that comprised very well how half #would use to control globalisation without demanding a deep change of game rules, mainly by means of the introduction of the concept of social or environmental cost in the international negotiations. +act that will make without reservation type so that the Union go back to have a strong Executive, renewed no only regarding persons, but to the perspectives *programáticas and first of all to way in that it will tackle the important internal politics and international that require democratic institutions, effective, transparent and respectful of the mutual autonomy and, nevertheless, *cooperantes. +A #european democracy requires a process of *constitucionalización, peace order demands value to assume responsibility by the own security, and to take reality the social and ecological space will be necessary that politics *emancipe of ideology *neoliberal increasingly aggressive. +will Have new tensions and wars, as we have had in the *Balcanes, resulted of politics of the two *varas to measure in the field of respect to the human rights and of the independence of villages; will have increase of unemployment, intensification of privatisations, ruin of the small and average peasants, professional, and artisans, restriction of the social rights, constriction of the democratic freedoms. +Gentleman President, of course there are fields in the that it is necessary to issue trials on the Commission, but, to trial, in the first place has to pose very simply the question of confidence; with other words, #can as parliamentary, like representatives of villages, presuppose reasonably that the new Commission will not take path that conducted to the fall of the Commission *Santer? +Know and reaffirm the legitimate doubts in front of the criteria that chaired the individual designation of members by the governments and see with worry that in the composition of the Commission have not taken into account the results of the last #european elections, neither the previous tradition of greater political pluralism. +Second, wanted *recordarle also that Mr. *Fischler *nos announced the mandate written for negotiation of the *importantísimo agree of fishing with *Marruecos, question of the maximum urgency so that Parliament #can follow keeping the budgetary reservation of game agreed by the Council and that was not his Commission, gentleman *Prodi, the responsible that no have finance for this agreement in the future. +has not celebrated any individual vote in any commission on Commissioner, neither Commissioner has seen forced to withdraw like result of the questions on suitability and Commissioner has assumed any type of responsibility by it occurred in the past. +#If we reach to strengthen paper of the European Union by means of the creation of a space of justice and of an effective fight against delinquency, will be able to, to time, deleted the known distrust in the possibilities to tighten even more cooperation in breast of the Union. +Lady Speaker, route of the Presidency of the Council by the #european capitals has allowed to identify three spheres to the that Speaker in exercise has referred this morning: asylum and immigration, the fight against delinquency *transfronteriza, and the establishment of a juridical space European. +Lady Speaker, lady Speaker of the Council, is true that with questions pertaining to the juridical field and reflections about the preparation of a Letter of fundamental rights have got to a decisive stage in the evolution of the European Union. +The European Council of *Tampere, fruit of the initiative -because all it is necessary to say it- and obstinacy of President of the #spanish Government, #José #María *Aznar, has to confront this subject with will political that manifested in the extraordinary summit of *Luxemburgo to confront the grave problem of unemployment. +The gradual absorption and historical integration of the Basque Country by the #spanish State, always consequence of bellicose defeats in the past, #as well as of the massive arrival of pertinent immigrants of other areas of the Iberian Peninsula, has supposed a *desdibujamiento and dilution of personality, of idiosyncrasy *originaria #basque. +step "examination" of the school executive future in front of the representatives chosen by the #european citizens represents an important stage of democratisation of the #european institutions that constitutes battle horse of the socialists. +Second, also was a bridge regarding the political priorities that Parliament wanted to establish to the future, to the new #millenium, especially in category 4 -the external actions-, #where the European Parliament took effort to increase commitment credits. +At present has initiated an urgent program of immediate humanitarian help and generous by part of the Union, but time conquered the independence requires support to the economic development, and equally important will be support to the constitution of democratic institutions. +Now want to add three requirements to the already presented: in the first place, it is necessary to demand that the military controls, that know that they have taken part in terror, are expelled immediately; second, it is necessary to send humanitarian help it before possible to *través of program of the THROW and coordinate performance in program on a long-term basis; and finally, like the groups *paramilitares follow *aterrorizando to the population, is absolutely necessary to send international troops of pacification. +Nowadays, in front of the spiral of atrocities in the country and evidence that aircraft have used in attacks against the population of *Timor oriental, Mr. *Cook has effected an amazing twist of 360 grades: the past Saturday cancelled agreement and introduced a temporary embargo of armaments. +Also #would have to ask to Mr. *Cook why money of taxpayers #british has used to fund this scandalous episode and, besides, why Defence Ministry of Realm Joined took part specifically for *cerciorarse that it had invited to the exercise #indonesian to assist the next week to an important fair of armaments in Big *Bretaña. +Subject: Establishment of a universal moratorium for the execution of penalties capital In numerous occasions, the *PE has asked that the EU promote an initiative in breast of Nations Joined in favour of the establishment of a universal moratorium for the execution of penalties capital. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, is important that the Union follow of wall development and realisation of this type of projects and that try by #all means contribute to that head offices are it safer possible and to that use or structures do not represent danger for security of citizens of the Union, neither neither for the of the countries in question. +will allocate games back to condition roads for winter, to the twinning of municipalities, for it that is help of States members and, later, the public services, the public buildings, reconstruction of the economy and the creation of institutions. +In other terms, in place, simply, of *centralizarnos in *Tesalónica or in *Pristina, #would have to take out the lessons of *Bosnia, and treat to create autonomous structures able to decide, in *Pristina, way to proceed to the heavy reconstruction, is to say: bridges, houses, streets, #etcetera, and to time way to reconstruct tissue of the civil society. +Gentleman President, the situation in *Kosovo characterises by the *pertinaz effort of the *UÇK for exploding the presence of strengths of NATO and of the *KFOR, with seen to impose the total ethnic cleansing to coast of the #serbian, of the #gipsy and of any #another nationality, except the Albanian, that live in *Kosovo, and to build his own state embezzling the region of the #serbian state. +In section 2, the European Parliament thinks that the preparation of the Letter *incumbirá jointly to the Council and to the own Parliament, *cuando is evident that today the fundamental rights are protected by the national Constitutions and that exercise referent to these rights #would have to affect of way *prioritaria, #if no exclusive, to the national Parliaments. +Is an odd coincidence that a judicial procedure, of #whose cleansing and correction am not fully convinced and that sentence, of the that am still less convinced by fundamental considerations, to know death sentence against Mr. *Ocalan, have taken that it exist a big opportunity to finish with a terrible internal war inside *Turquía. +The Group of the *PPE hails thus the serious efforts of almost #all the political strengths of *Togo so that it was irrevocable course to democracy and to prepare for the next months some elections to the National Assembly that are democratic and free of pressures of the army and of President of State and of surroundings. +In April of the present year, the common position of the European Union consolidated the political decision of October of 1998 with the inclusion of traffic visas and the prohibition of tourist visits to persons affine to the #burmese authorities. +Believe that the big interest that today is building here gives samples that there #be had, to trial, a fault of previous debate with members of parliament, a fault of previous debate with users. +#can not be that the General Direction *III was competent for foods transformed, medicines and the genetically modified organisms, that the General Direction *XXIV in reality also was it a bit, and that, besides, the General Direction SAW and the General Direction *XI have also #any competition in relation with foods for animals. +*Me pleases that in examination go to tackle the main reasons of worry of Parliament in July resolution, #such like sufficient controls in production chain of *piensos for animals, a register of #all producers of *piensos for animals, *rastreabilidad of ingredients of the *piensos for animals and limit fixation for the content in dioxin. +To sight of this modification of the juridical foundation, immediately after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the European Commission modified and reviewed in depth proposal on 21 May 1999, on the base of the *dictamen of Parliament of 11 March 1999. +Without embargo, is important that in the debate of today, in #day of the debate in Parliament on the Conference of follow-up of *Kioto that celebrated in *Bonn, but also #few days after the second nuclear accident graver of #all times (time in a country of advanced technology), also situate program *ALTENER inside a wider context. +The energetic efficiency means lower consumption, conservation of energy sources no renewable and reduction of dependency of energy imports, but especially means inferior levels of environmental pollution owed to hurtful substances, #such as CO2, #one of the most important causes of the effect of *invernadero. +In function of the military operations, the situation of refugees #can aggravate considerably in the case that offensive of the Talibans launched among 180.000 and 200.000 refugees more to Valley of the *Panshir. With the arrival of winter, this region #can convert in valley of death. +Subject: Purposes of the Commission in relation with the fight against drug and prevention of doping in the sportive field Championship of Athletics World of *Sevilla went back to put on the *tapete the question of doping of the elite sportsmen. +since in my opinion the sportive organisations have to assume responsibility in the fight against drug use in sport, *me ask #if there are plans to initiate *algún type of collaboration with the sportive organisations Europeans to end to resolve this problem that has arisen in the last years. +Takes some ten days celebrated in New *York an extraordinarily positive meeting, together with the Presidency and Subject Minister External of *Portugal, with the Regional Association of the #Asia Meridional, headed by his splendid President, Subject Minister External of *Sri *Lanka, that was -gives the chance- #mine mate of faculty. +By it other, in February of this year ask to the #spanish authorities that watched with special attention crop conditions, crop and transformation, so as to avert premium "hunting" Today same have had news through newspapers that a region of *España also has taken letters in the subject and has withdrawn subvention to varied producers. +*Usted knows, gentleman Commissioner, that in *España today no only newspapers of more thrown but practically #all the #spanish press brings in cover the grave irregularities found by inspection of the Council of Agriculture of Community Joint of *Castilla-Stain in the transformative companies of linen that were in *litigio and that have been heard and analysed by the commission to the that has taken quotation. +Second, in the question *kurda have given some first steps -although under the miserable circumstances of conviction to death of *Ocalan- to a political solution and in the field of the human rights no only has produced the release of *Akim *Birdal -although it only was by reasons of health- but that have produced also #some legal changes that expect carry likewise to practice. +My Group believes that discipline of candidate condition will comport a more serious preparation of *Turquía for adhesion, a firmer dialogue and a greater exhibition to culture and politics of the European Union. +The #turkish public opinion, the public opinion advanced, political, social and business *nos sues a clear message, but this message includes approximation among the European Union and *Turquía and, to time, impulse of the democratic values that, sure enough, today follow without fulfilling . +The international legality do not looms with using violence, do not serves of the political blackmail to predominant states, of doubt on borders and of bonds that derive of the international treaties, and in general, of posture *provocadora in the international life. +appeal of *Turquía has to evaluate on the base of the following criteria: his geographic and economic situation of strategic importance and the repercussions for *Europa; the fundamental paper of *Turquía like member of NATO and how #can keep said association #if we follow continuously *dándole with the door in noses; *Turquía, that as future responsible member of the EU #can convert in the *apaciguador of dissatisfaction that arises in Orient Half and further. +The agreement of *Ankara is not sufficient reason as from this agreement with the *CEE, *Europa has shown disposal and capacity by means of three modifications of the Treaty, the European Only Record, the Treaty of *Maastricht and the Treaty of *Amsterdam, to transfer more competitions of the national level to European and deepen in this way *Europa. +The goal #would be to deepen the questions that still pose problems: the questions related with the human rights and minorities, as it is natural, but also those questions that have to see with the economic relations, on purpose of the *cuales *Europa has to fulfil commitments on the union *aduanera and accelerate the preparation of the corresponding financial protocol. +With reason of these technical votes on veterinary and phytosanitary questions, #would wish to remember the importance that has the fact that the countries members of the European Union conserve, *soberanamente, in the national plane, freedom of trial and of decision on #all the relative questions to the alimentary security. +Also have responsibility to choose among fears *milenaristas, resistance to change, and the opportunity to make, in the frame of globalisation for growth, the human development and the protection of the environment. +Gentleman President, agriculture will follow being, as, #one of the most important files of the next negotiations of the *OMC, and our #european institutions seem to put of agreement so that it recognise our agricultural model European, so that it protect to consumer and to consider that the agreement of *Berlín is the frame of the mandate of negotiation of the Commission. +Therefore, will comprise *usted, gentleman Commissioner, worry with regard to the apparent absence of points of common sight, in breast of the Union, before the beginning of negotiation, *cuando States Joined seem to have very clear opposition to the system of #european helps, *disculpándose elegantly of flexibility payments. +*Cuando celebrate our debate in audition with Commissioner takes roughly month, my commission, the Environment Commission, was really quite divided with regard to the suitability to present relative measures to trade of broadcasts, but believe that it costs pity explore line. +Nevertheless, my question to the Council is the following: do not believes the Council that the own #european institutions have the duty to give example in the subject of equality, and is satisfied the Council with the current situation of personnel of the institutions? +These facts are of a special gravity in a territory like the of the European Union, #where the protection of the human rights is a fundamental subject, more still in these moments in that it works in the preparation of a European Letter of the Fundamental Rights. +With the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on 1 May, according to the new article 13, the Council has the possibility to adopt measures for the fight against #everything of type of discrimination, included discrimination by reasons of sexual orientation, but always inside the frame that establishes the Treaty and without limiting the application of regulations. +Subject: *Incumplimiento of the regulation 1239\/98 on reduction and disappearance of networks of derives The Council of ministers that took place in *Luxemburgo in June of 1998 decided the disappearance of networks of derives in fishing of tuna for the 1.1.2002, and, by means of the regulation 1239\/98, the minimum reduction of the fleet in a 40% for the year 1998 and the annual preparation of lists. +Results even more surprising that the General Secretary of the European Parliament, violating perhaps unintentionally reservation duty, take a preface in the that *elogia yearbook, and in the that it #can read , in particular, that is an useful reference for business men and that even constitutes a true public service! +Am fully convinced that I #can support, together with my Group, the report of president Mr. *Napolitano, because the modification of the Regulation and decision proposal answer seriously to worry of no subject to deputies to excessive and arbitrary controls, worry that finishes to show also Mr. *Dell' #Alba. +Gentleman *Bourlanges, *usted signals with #all reason that no only takes part the question of a more suitable control and some more ideal agreements -that also are important looks-, but that besides is precise to answer to a fundamental question, to know: of how subjects has to take charge the public administration and #which #can entrust to low private companies determined conditions? +The perspectives of *Edimburgo *nos fix a higher ceiling and the Council *nos gives a budget always more reduced, which takes that it was necessary *arañar of actions in matter of development, for example, of human rights and #many actions, to fund the priorities that fix, and is not #ours fault #if *Europa is the big treasurer of the external politics. +#If there #be not possibility to access to services of reproductive health, #all family suffers the consequences, especially boys, that in the worst of the cases also die *cuando dies mother or leave to assist to school and are badly fed. +#This reflects the fundamental orientation of the #european institutions, attendants to facilitate activity of the great capitalist groups, included it that *ella has of more *nefasto for society, like dismissal plans that are responsible of the gravity of unemployment and of the extension of misfortune. +Have the possibility to leave clear in front of citizens and citizens #which are our goals to *través of program directed to youngsters, of program #Socrates, of the cultural program, of looks relative to women and to equality of opportunities. +In what they fulfil the relative conditions to the processing and the internal procedures *interbancarios, the banking sector #would have to can reduce substantially price of credit transfers *transfronterizas and reduce execution time to the necessary for the domestic payments more day. +*Yo support, therefore, the request of the report of the Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects by the that urges to #ECB to that it adopt immediate measures to take fully effective at least the specific relations with the European Parliament that foresees the Treaty of the EU. +*Nosotros believe in the independence of the Central Bank, but this Central Bank is much more independent that the *Bundesbank or that the North American Federal Reservation, because no is born of act of Parliament neither #can be modified with act of Parliament, because it do not coexists with an economic Government. +Expect that, in base to the decisions of the Council to create on a long-term basis some common procedures of management of asylum and to concede a situation of equality in #all the Union for the legal refugees, have opened path that convert to *Europa in a zone *homogénea in matter of asylum and shelter. +The second significant look is -by it that *Tampere has constituted hit- that for the first time has produced a clear delimitation in asylum politics, the politics of labour migrations and in politics for the received of the displaced by wars, of temporary refugees, with some first concrete measures to the *respecto. +According to record of this conference, the specificities of the #european villages #would have to melt , in effect, as in a *melting *pot world-wide, in the that -quote- "the rights and the obligations of the *migrantes #would have to be similar to the of citizens of the European Union, the statute of citizens of third countries #would have to be similar to the of citizens of States members" and *ello in function of a supposed principle of no discrimination. +The invitation to the Commission to value the possibility to create a budgetary reservation to the *respecto will be important, but follow being very little still. Is precise that the European Union in group take charge of the extraordinary influx of immigrants no community with a strong action of solidarity to the most exposed States, in particular #Italia. +In effect, the *scoreboard is not so only an instrument of legislative programming, is also strengthening instrument of transparency and responsibility of #all the #european institutions bear with citizens, because citizens are owners of the Space of Freedom, Security and Justice. +*Señorías, do not talk of a definite reform of the #european institutions, but of a sufficiently strong reform to avert the blockade of the institutions or asphyxia; of a sufficiently strong reform, as it said the #another day #one of His *Señorías, that allow in the future other evolutions. +And in any case, from the European Parliament, #can not but encourage to that this text include a systematic approximation to #all looks of the European Union so that the new conference *intergubernamental occupy, one by one, of #all the subjects and the problems that *nos occupy in this moment; taking into account logic #aristotelian, is to say, that political is art of it feasible. +Now well, the same that economists grouped in Association by the Monetary Independence of *Francia, consider that this goal is not desirable and that onº 1 January 2002 it will be necessary to conserve simultaneously, by part, the national coins and, by #another, the euro, that will exert paper of common coin. +capital release, the suppression of the economic borders, the change of models owing to the high technology and of society of information, the world-wide competition, are elements that many times comport changes and brusque restructurings in the industrial production. +#That is the spirit of the resolution that propose to His *Señorías and only with conditions will keep *Europa his political paper when allowing an economic development for real durable of companies and when protecting the rights of employees that are -no it is necessary to forget it never- strength alive. +In particular, consider that the case that today are has to represent occasion so that the Commission assume, today, in front of the European Parliament, commitment to value and review the directive on dismissals and company closing, so as to *convertirla in more effective in terms of protection of work places. +It that the European Union has claimed with firmness has been: in the first place, that with independence of worry by terrorism *checheno - that it is comprehensible - is weight argument to cut across the problem of a proportional way; second, defended with *tesón a reduction of climbing and the political dialogue. +#All know that our cultural coordinates have to see with mood to be in the world in what #european and that bottom action linked with the cultural life in his multiple expressions is condition *sine *qua *non for the strengthening of a consciousness of #european identity. +will Allow valorisation of a common cultural space allocated to boost the creation, cooperation, exchanges, *salvaguardar and give to know better heritage and history of the #european villages and boost the full development of cultures. +Obviously, it is necessary to avert reopen the debate that already have made this morning so much on the agreement reached among the Groups on #if had or did not have to mention company of the that so much has talked this morning as on the specific question of #if the signatories of a determined text of commitment knew or did not know that it had changed part of the text. +Have communicated to the Moroccans that are had to contribute to the solution of the existent problems in the frame of program *MEDA, but as I already have said, the #moroccan part still has not engaged to the definite implantation of the system proposed. +Lady Speaker, wanted to take explanation relative to my observance of the Regulation of Monday happened on distribution of repertoire of the House of American Trade in *Bruselas that contained informations gravely erroneous on me, on deputies of my Group, but also on numerous deputies of this hemicycle. +In bottom, sure enough, the crisis has to to obstacles raised so much by the European Union as by the *OMC to the application of the principle of caution. way to apply adequately the principle of caution is to go back to a true subsidiariness, no *trastornarla as it has taken in name of ideologies *librecambistas and federalistic +Gentleman *Fischler, and also *me direct to gentleman *Byrne, the last events in the crisis of the *EEB, or the *beef *war, that no longer limits to *Francia and Big *Bretaña -in this moment also States *federados of *Alemania adopt a frankly negative posture-, leave clear that *nos find in front of an enormously difficult task and that before that at all we have to elaborate politics of the responsible and transparent consumers. +In relation with the agency, it only that *puedoe take is to remit to His *Señoría to the answer that have given to Mrs. #Jackson, in the sense that I am convinced that the creation of an agency of alimentary security centralised in level of the Commission will be a big step to delete this type of difficulties. +And #this *sucede because managers of the dramatic promotion of unemployment are the own politics that is and the initiatives that are. politics that gives absolute priority to the economic look in relation with the social, to the *sostenimiento monetary in front of the social security and that proclaims like maximum law the stability pact, that has to apply without hesitating. +It that fear is that dialogue *macroeconómico try to export to scale #european method and the system of *concertación in #Italia, that is method that has carried country to growth levels lower, to unemployment taxes higher and to inflation levels higher. +Like this, the subjects now are the transitory disposals on doctors in training, the subject of application period of the total of the directive and the limits of work time for crews of fuselages *pesqueros. +By #this, in speaker quality, *yo recommend that this democratic look integrate in the scientific and technical cooperation, is to say, that Argentinian members of parliament and of the European Union, or was, the European Parliament, also keep dialogue in scientific matter and of investigation, and possibly also establish new priorities. +That at present they transport to thousands of kilometres of distance through *Europa #some isolated components of product, for afterwards return part of #the same to the country of origin, no only indicates that the costs of transport are too much low, but also that *algo fails in the system, in restitution system by exports, for example, or in the of the regional denominations of origin. +Is *algo that it has to determine in each case, although it wanted to underline look that also remains of self-evident in #one of paragraphs of the resolution proposed. With *eso *me refer to the big importance of the mutual recognition of norms, since this procedure guarantees a fast application, a big flexibility in a world that changes very quickly and a greater respect of the purpose of subsidiariness. +Regarding university readers #italian that do not possess nationality #italian, #can communicate to Mr. *MacCormick that today same have signed a letter to the *respecto #whose addressee was member of the European Parliament that had formulated complaint in this same sense. +*Nos please the comments of the Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary that it #would have to take special upsetting in the need to reduce the administrative costs and the fiscal charges for #SME and that #this represent #one of the greater obstacles for growth of employment. +The three commissions to the that belong #can identify with his excellent work -made under a considerable pressure of time-, anyway Employment Commission and Social Subjects and the Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects and only with #any reserves Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities to the *cual is applicable *aquello that less it #would have been better. +*Me *congratulo that the Treaty of *Amsterdam recognise to the European Parliament the possibility to add more closely to the application of the European Pact for Employment and that, thus, our Assembly have been able to manifest about the guidelines of States members for the year 2000 in matter of fight against unemployment. +In *tercer place, the Council showed #one reservation in the introduction of vehicle especially compatible with the environment -in point have proposed #some additions- and in the strict control of the avoidance of the *cycle *beating, as it has *sucedido also in States Joined, is to say, that manufacturers #can delete without more values limits by means of electronic manipulations. +Likewise *me seems especially significant recognition of the important paper that exert the no governmental organisations and networks *multidisciplinarias, #as well as the public organisms that already make a valuable work, in particular in the field of prevention, support and the protection of the victims. +In 1999, to celebrate the *décimo anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Boy, gave an active priority to the rights of boys inside the #european initiative for democracy and the human rights, chapter *B. 7\/7 of the budget of the European Union. +Therefore, have to proceed jointly to be able to include the existent procedures and that for the Commission are formal procedures, to know, intervention of the supervisory committee and on the other hand the right of Parliament to listen to candidates and to know the position of the supervisory committee. +Gentleman President, gentlemen Commissioners, although weight of the environmental values has grown along the years, the goal of the energetic politics of the Union has to follow being security in energy supply in the national economies, #as well as in industry of *Europa, to competitive prices. +To the light of the statements of Commissioner *Byrne, see it that says the Group of Permanent Work of Medical European Auxiliaries: "investigations have shown that long periods in sail like the that confront the auxiliary doctors (that they work *demasiadas hours) reduce performance to a similar level to the of the excessive consumption of alcohol". +. (*FR) In spite of his general title, time withdrawn gift paper, early remains of self-evident that the resolution proposal presented by Mr. *Chichester is allocated first of all to boost the nuclear industry with the pretext that it produces little CO2, at least in the relative stage to head offices. +Consider very problematic to apply scales out of the Community, including cases here mentioned and believe that #all #would take well #if we took of the closing scale no only for the *Europa oriental but also for the energetic politics inside the European Union and did not put in danger the existent possibilities like consequence of an additional deregulation. +As I said in occasion, #one of the goals of the establishment of similar system of proofs was the to watch by that it had a system of equal proofs in #all the European Union to end to determine the levels of contagion in #all the EU and, in particular, determine how measures #can be necessary. +Since it treats of community companies and that there are proofs of protection concealed by part of representatives of the European Union in said actions of *hostigamiento, how concrete actions have undertaken to ensure the interests of companies mentioned? How goes to guarantee that they develop freely activities, with the end to prevent his illicit replacement by companies and interests and illegal circuits organised? +To combat violence requires a double strategy: by part, is necessary to centre in the structural causes that the cause, is to say, in attitudes and the masculine behaviours; by #another, is necessary to have of legislation that forbid type of violence against women, included the domestic violence. +My Group, the Group of the Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers European, feels firmly engaged with the general concept to develop capacity of autonomous action European that has been identified aptly like capacity of fast intervention with the necessary logistical support. +At all shows it with greater clarity that the case of banana agriculturalists *caribeños, that find among the most vulnerable producers of the world, #whose access to the markets of the EU has been now declared contrary to the regulation of the *OMC, as a result of which confront to the devastation of means of life. +In my country, *Finlandia, is already in course project for the years 1998-2002 on prevention of violence exerted on woman, directed by Health Ministry and Social Subjects; also from sight point, the approval of program *DAPHNE has had a big importance. +Considering the deficient confidence in the Union shown, among things, in the low figures of participation in the elections, and the importance that the EU keep character of a Union so much of citizens as of States members, think that it is not correct to aspire to the financial autonomy or to the total independence of the contributions of States members. +The Nordic Green Left (*NGL), composed by the #scandinavian members of the Group *GUE, has voted today in favour of the relative report to recognition and the execution of judicial resolutions in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility on the common children. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, finishes to produce an extremely important announcement: the peace process in *Irlanda of North, even with #all difficulties that have gone presenting, has given today same a step advance with the decision of IRE to board negotiations with the Commission for Disarmament. +In the sector of the agricultural production, in addition to taking into account the principle of caution, it #would be necessary to talk to favour vicinity of production to consumption spots and to support the regional alimentary chains. +By #this *yo *le ask to Mr. *Cunha, for example, that in quality of speaker of the sector of agriculture take into account also to the sector of fishing, although exploitation methods are basically distinct, time that *él also is my coordinator in Fishing Commission. +In quality of general speaker of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer for negotiations in the frame of the *OMC, *yo want to appreciate very especially clarity with that has expressed Mr. *Schwaiger on the subject of trade and the environment. +First, effort for putting in #few pages a series of points of sight shared by a big majority, no only of Parliament, but also of #european citizens; and, second, for showing *nítidamente that the European Parliament aspires always to be, and in fact is, present in the great decisions, in the great processes that orient to improve the European Union. +#would Be tragic to advance in the improvement of the European Union, in the improvement of politics of the European Union, without taking in consideration look so important, that is directly tied to the daily life, to life of the #european citizens. +In October session, said that the existent contradiction among enlargement and the consolidation of the EU only #can resolve #if the Union configures inwardly a model to mood of onion or a system of concentric circles. +Thinks the Presidency adopt initiatives to coordinate the positions of the #french Governments and Spanish with the end to abandon definitively #all development projects of road network, had account that this solution converts in useless of face to the future the *travesía rail, in particular for commodity transport? +Subject: nuclear Head offices in territories next to the European Union To sight of the grave damages that generated in the European Union the nuclear accident of *Chernobyl, how political proposes to follow the Council to advise to neighbouring countries and cooperate with *ellos in the development of alternative sources of energy? +In how group of work of the Council goes to prepare the proposal, in group *ad *hoc with representatives of the ministries of Justice, for example, or in information group already existent in breast of the Council, that in actuality commissions to manage document demands? +Subject: Requirements for the inclusion of *Turquía among the countries candidates to adhesion to the European Union The European Union had denied to board negotiations of *preadhesión with *Eslovaquia and #some countries *bálticos because they did not fulfil the criteria of *Copenhague referents to the democratic freedoms or respect of minorities. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, do not go to characterise of schizophrenic the answer, *me will limit simply to ascertain, as #any one of *nosotros #can ascertain, that the *reforzamiento of bows among the European Union and *Turquía is a subject of the maximum priority for the Council. So much is so they leave to the *margen the budgets that the own Council had posed so that it advanced #that *reforzamiento of bows. +Therefore, according to the Regulation, have not passed the *veinticuatro necessary hours to proceed to the debate and to the vote. In consequence, wanted to *preguntarle to President #if also time go to apply urgency totally *extrarreglamentaria, because to be like this #can throw the Regulation and decide that #all the urgent subjects #can transact, suffices with agreeing that they are urgent. +Instead, by it that have not struggled and to it that *nos *oponemos of the most forceful form, and besides consider that it puts in grave danger the position of Parliament and the free mandate, is to that they #can open investigations to deputies chosen freely no only #if they exist suspicions, but also in the case of mere presumptions; to that establish a system that forces to delation; to that, in end, here no treat of fraud or corruption, but of a general permission bear, quote "to act in case of grave facts tied to the exert of functions" . +#If it is necessary to create impression register *dactilares, want that under circumstance mix to asylum applicants neither with the legal immigrants neither with the illegal and will propose that in diet only take the impressions *dactilares of persons condemned for having committed offence. +In this new proposal says that the digital prints of the illegal immigrants -because we are of the extension of the existent program *EURODAC to the illegal immigrants- will be collected only to apply the Agreement of *Dublín, is to say, only to know #if immigrants have asked asylum in another Been member of the European Union. +#If well the pretext to create said Office is to exert control on civil servants and deputies of the #european institutions, neither designation mood of this Office neither the absence of reference on mood in that the own Office will be controlled *nos inspires the lower confidence. +Given the no democratic character of decision organisms of the European Union, the creation of the *OLAF supposes a totally insufficient measure, allocated to look that it exerts control, *cuando no exists any real and democratic control. +#If well it has to boost and strengthen , in the frame of a system *multilateral, the organisation of a free world-wide trade and more just, also it is necessary to procure guarantee to #all nations, rich and poor -and *me refer, in particular, to the #african countries-, the fact that they #can take out party of the advantages that supposes will contribute negotiation cycle. +The decision to leave the nuclear arms without possibility of immediate disposal and to separate the nuclear heads, is to say, the nuclear arms of devices that the transport, #can, to time, be the beginning of a serious nuclear disarmament. +Therefore, have the duty to put end to any expulsion, also to the of *Kosovo, and have the duty to struggle because the prohibition of expulsions and the right to the homeland convert in foundations of the international juridical order to end to avert that this type of horrors repeat. +Entrust in that the Presidency #portuguese serve of aptitudes and experience renowned to expose the opinion of the European Union about the problems with that confronts *Pakistán, and *me #would like to know the opinion of Mr. *Lamy on the current state of Cooperation Agreement. +*Intransigencia absolute with the hard drugs, including ecstasy, in combination with some effective measures that allow to withdraw to the victims of the criminal circuit in the frame of a sanitary program. And, besides, fortunately there are other #european countries that begin to follow our example. +My predecessor of the Socialist Group, Mr. #Freddy *Blak, Mrs. *Rühle that it is the author of the report, deputies of Parliament and the Court of Accounts have expressed his opinion about the fault of transparency in operations of the *BEI. +With the new systems, the Commission treats to support to the #european naval fleet more respectful of the environment and safer, on it that already adopted a decision in 1997 in relation with the relative guidelines to the state helps to the maritime traffic. +Commissioner commissioned of investigation goes to put investigation programs of the *quinto programs-frame and means to service of the anti-doping fight, already was the fundamental investigation or investigation applied, to strengthen #all means of this fight. +In look wanted to receive with *beneplácito the availability of the Presidency #portuguese to recognise to the representatives of the European Parliament in this *CIG or even the statute that goes to concede to the Commission regarding the personal representatives of Subject Ministers External. +#If we observe the European Union and the ethnic conflicts that here exist, included in *algún marry terrorist attempts, *yo believe that #if *nos found in the reverse situation and the Czech Republic already formed part of the Union, surely *le #would say to a determined Been member: fellow #mine, #if they do not resolve *ustedes conflict, surely will have to expect other twenty years for be members. +A possible road to reach a greater balance in the future #would be to adopt a more thematic approach, centring, for example, attention in the groups that require a special protection, like women and boys, or in specific subjects, as for example election observation. +By reason, #would be recommended that, in activities of the Union in matter of follow-up and information on respect of the human rights, *le give greater weight to respect of freedom of expression and to the guarantees and improvement of the rights and possibilities of work of journalists, for example, *dedicándole to look chapter or own section. +do not go to *extenderme on reasons of this blockade, in the that the crisis that *sobrevino in the sea *Egeo exerted a predominant paper, but in the that had also very in account the #european interests in the essential spheres of respect of the human rights and the protection of minorities. +But, neither the constitution neither the penal code have democratised, not even has abolished death pity, neither the question *kurda has resolved politically; regarding the problem of *Chipre, «has left to exist», according to statements of the #turkish rulers. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0065\/1999) of Mrs. *Breyer, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, on directive proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council on values limits of *benceno and monoxide of carbon in the air acclimatise (*COM(1998) 591 - *C4-0135\/1999 - 1998\/0333(*COD)). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0068\/1999) of Mrs. *Ayuso *González, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on regulation proposal of the Council that modifies the Regulation (*CE) *nº 2201\/96 by the that it establishes the common organisation of markets in the sector of products transformed to base of fruits and vegetables (*COM(1999) 376 - *C5-0140\/1999 - 1999\/0161(*CNS)). +In point take part the direct advantages of use, that has not had a satisfactory development in the zone of the euro in it that refers, for example, to change service of currencies and to payment realisation above the normal limits. +Expect, as it had sued it also Mrs. *Fraga, that *ello *nos have allowed to hit fully in paper, reserved precisely to Fishing Commission, of thorough control of activity of the European Commission and of the application of the corresponding scientific reports by part of the community institutions. +By it that refers to the report of Mrs. *Fraga, *nos find in front of a fundamental matter, *pilar of politics *pesquera common: the common organisation of markets, #whose scope to #all activity *pesquera is evident, reason by the that this glorious -report- has required time for his parliamentary processing and his final adoption in our commission the past day 22. +Further of the technical obstacles, the reduction of the transitory period #would put in danger #one of the most important elements of attainment of the euro, *cual is confidence boarded with the economic and social actors (#whose preparation is still insufficient), with regard to a precise calendar and respected. +Now well, the week happened delegate group of pertinent class of school of *Francia #can not visit, as it was foreseen, the European Parliament in *Bruselas, as #some of students, citizens of a country of out of the European Union, #can not have to time of exit visa and entrance for the territory that it treated. +Is thus by it that the Group *ELDR expects that the Commission, the Council and Parliament ship in an attempt of own initiative of *relanzar the political cause in favour of a greater liberalisation of trade in general and of a new integral round, instead of an intermediate round, in particular. +The past week, in the context of the report of #Carmen *Fraga *Estévez on the common organisation of product market *pesqueros and of aquaculture, this Assembly voted for the first time in favour of the granting of subventions to the sector of aquaculture, once again, *mermando the limited budget for fishing. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0084\/1999) of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market, relative to the decision on verification of the *credenciales after the *quinta direct election of the European Parliament, of the 10 to 13 June 1999. +Said substances have destruction capacity of the very low ozone -1200 times lower that the *halógenos- and are much more tolerated that substances like the *HFC and the *PFC, lamentably authorised by Parliament, although they are more harmful for the environment because have a big capacity of global warming and continue in the atmosphere during 6 or 7 one thousand years. +Lady Speaker, wanted to *pedirle, in a so special day as today, that know *disculpar in front of President of the #french Republic the absence of #some deputies as, in the case of the that come from of countries more moved away of the centre of the European Union, absence do not has to to fault of will but to fault of means to exert adequately his parliamentary work. +*Turquía has to manifest clearly will to abolish death pity the next year or the following, #as well as will to put in freedom to the political prisoners inside the same term and will to tackle the question *kurda inside term. +In this House already express very clearly two months ago and half #ours request that the Council suspended #some parts of the Commercial Agreement and of Cooperation and also the financial helps and that transferred bottoms of programs *TACIS to the humanitarian help, so as to take comprise of palpable way to *Rusia that #can not continue *perpetrando genocide. +Have the rests of *Amsterdam, have the consequences that for the Treaty have defence questions and, got the case, the Letter of the Fundamental Rights, but there #be an open door -*yo #would say an open window- so that the Presidency #portuguese #can take *algún miracle. +And from sight point the Commission has an essential paper so that the agenda of the *CIG do not govern by denominator common of the interests of State, but that have a global vision of project of the European Union. +The Commission of Budgetary Control celebrated auditions with candidates and presented a list of three candidates and, as have understood, tonight goes to celebrate a meeting to try adopt a decision among the representatives of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission. +In the frame of the internal reform of the Commission and as a result of affirmation of commitment with seen to review politics of *externalización of services, the Commission has approved also a communication in the that appear orientations and the calendar for the application of politics of *externalización. +Regarding the management of said bottom, the Commission proposes that it was especially *cofinanciado by States members and delegate in *ellos, with the specific goal to engage to #all States in the application of the concrete actions that allow the improvement of the situation of the *asilados and refugees in States of our Union. +To the light of the debates on the report, the Commission will propose form to tackle indicators and quality criteria of education in the frame of the renewable program and the annual Conference of European Ministers of Education. +Regarding budgets properly said, *me ask, in the first place, how felt has have undertaken, takes already three years, the exercise of the budgets for agriculture included in category 1 To. set up the called procedure *ad-*hoc, that consisted in basing in the last estimates for the next year and, according to *eso, fix the budget for the compulsory costs. +Lady Speaker of the Council, has to know *usted that Parliament, that has been had to say that it was necessary to review the Conference *Intergubernamental and ask a pile of things, will hail probably tomorrow the fact that they have decided *ustedes in *Helsinki *darnos two observers, in place of two representatives, and that it wants to limit to the subjects that Parliament had considered totally impossible to argue. +Besides, agreed the creation of an action plan that, in my opinion, will make possible the adoption of the necessary decisions to proceed to ratify the Protocol of *Kioto already the next autumn, with occasion of the *sexta Conference of Parts of the Agreement on the Climatic Change of The Have (*COP-6). +The nuclear industry is the only bunch of industry that has included in price of product energetic #all the costs that originate during the vital cycle of #the same and assumes, therefore, #all responsibility on security of the final deposit of waste. +In distinct circumstances, painful and very hard, *Timor is, in Orient, as *Macao: advance promise of the human rights, freedom and right State in #Asia, light of hope linked with the #european culture also by means of culture and the #portuguese experience. +Report (To5-0097\/1999) of Mrs. *Pack, in name of the delegation of Parliament in the Conciliation Committee, on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the *segunda stage of program of community action in matter of education #SOCRATES (*C5-0267\/1999 - 1998\/0195(*COD)) +The European Union has to put order in house: no exists regulation #tending to limit gas broadcasts carbonaceous, to example of regulations relative to substances *contaminantes atmospheric local or to products that destroy ozone coat. +This evolution of events *ocasiona considerable problems of unemployment in the interior of the countries of the Union and increases charge that bears the already problematic system of social security, especially in countries (as, for example, #Grecia) that limit with States that recently have decided to establish the diet of free market and confront to a crisis *polifacética *causante of infinity of unemployed. +#Can Speaker in exercise of the Council pose this subject to the Council of Ministers, talk it with colleagues #french, in particular, and *responderme, perhaps by writing later, unless it was in conditions to take it today, on measures that #can adopt to guarantee security of work places of these more veteran pilots. +Appreciate that Speaker in exercise of the Council agree *conmigo in this subject. But, how importance #would be *usted had to *concederle to the foundations of sentences and to the fact that at present, especially in the context of the cases that have given place to controversies, the particular opinions of judges and the foundations of discretionary right remain buried for ever? +Had account of the importance that will have actions of the European Union and relation to States members, companies and workers in the future, think that the four reports have to debate and expose thoroughly in Plenary and in front of the public opinion in a more timely moment. +Instead, yes appears #who took part in the question 9, but it is necessary to correct the that it do not happen of the question 8 to the question 10 without mentioning the question 9, that *yo took yesterday to the Council, and, sure enough, it that explains here, that is intervention of deputy *Martínez *Martínez is not, of course, relative to the question 8, as here it appears, but to the question 9, that has not been quoted. +On our part, *nos cheer that the European Council kept and seem to want to keep method *intergubernamental in the centre of the institutional system of the Union and *nos separate of blindness that carries to #many to claim it #everything for the European Parliament, despising and cancelling paper of the national parliaments of the #european process: unacceptable error. +The committed of competition consists in combating signs, the abuses of dominant positions and concentrations, #as well as in offering greater spaces of economic freedom, without embargo, know that with frequency the economic freedom goes joined to the civil freedom, as it shows it the past experience of the countries that *carecían of economic freedoms. +Show contempt by the wishes and the will of the international community regarding the right of village to live in peace, the right of village to not living in tightness, the right of villages to not being murdered with arms manufactured by western countries. +Have affirmed from this same grandstand that there #be not sentence to just death, that there #be not human being that #can condemn to death and execute to human being, that there #be not appeal to law #any, appeal to sovereignty #any, to independence #any of States, that #can justify attempt against the own life. +So that collaboration #can develop #all potentiality and #can reach goals, individuals have to suit in common values for observance of the rules of the democratic game, and among values finds respect to the independence of the institutions, #such as it was foreseen in the respective constitutional text. +The Commission shares criterion here defended that this Penal Court do not has to have a purely symbolic meaning, but that, sure enough, #can have a direct effect of preventive character and will contribute to that in a future do not commit the most appalling crimes. +#If we follow with attention the fluctuations of the market and the needs of agriculturalists in this concrete product, there #be had, occasionally, interventions in the *primer regulation, and the last intervention has been the decision of the Council, that determined an only volume of help to producers by a period of five years +Neither the urgent call made by #FMI and the World-wide Bank to the European Union to end to increase support to *Tayikistán, neither the argument of the moral obligation by debts that has *Tayikistán with the Union are reasons, in himself\/hisself same, to concede help. +Gentleman deputy, comprise disappointment, but the Presidency only #can *decirle so much like the countries members are had to take and in this case the situation is #such that a series of countries members has objections very of bottom against program for the promotion of the #european tourism and do not wish it at all. +Minister #german of the Interior summoned a Conference because of the incidents produced after the arrest of *Abdulah *Ocalan on 23 February 1999. In said conference took part Ministers of the Interior of varied States members of the European Union and of Swiss #as well as representatives of the Commission and of the Secretariat of the Council. +In #all the countries members of the European Union and in #all right States conversations kept by managers of the inner security on sensitive subjects, as for example, on information #obtaining, #can not give to know to the public opinion. +Of way is possible to guarantee two of the main points of my report, to know, that the questions of the environment have to represent an important priority in adhesion negotiations and that it is precise to incorporate these environmental questions in #all the process negotiator by means of the principle of permeability. +The environmental problems of the countries candidates have origin in deficiencies that have *sucedido during long, in oversight of the management of waters and waste, and in the derivative broadcasts of industry and the energetic production and, more recently, of the increasing traffic of vehicles. +observation of general type on the economic criteria: has reached an important advance to the economy of the market in #all the countries with the that are in negotiations, but more specifically have reached great economic progresses in countries like *Estonia, *Hungría and *Polonia that, besides, since they published the recommendations have encouraged *ininterrumpidamente in *pro of reforms. +Already have commented it thoroughly with Government during a visit to *Liubliana. Want to express my confidence that it will carry out overtaking career, because I agree with the that have devoted some words of intervention to *Eslovenia and that have said, like Mr. *Tindemans #among others, that is a country that has of #all the capacities to make possible a prompt and fast integration. +Like this, have approved #some important laws, #among others in terrains of VAT, of tariffs, of society right and of the banking Law, and has approved government program for 82 Laws *prioritarias relative to the *acervo, that before finals of the present year will happen by some parliamentary procedures abbreviated. +Although it has asked that it expand the mandate of Defender of the European Village so that it occupy also of claims against the national authorities, especially in cases referents to freedom of circulation, follow thinking that it is preferable to create an effective system of cooperation with defenders of the national village and analogous organs. +By it other, the doctrine of the «right of humanitarian interference» -that advances, but has not been recognised by Nations Joined- #can not impose by strength of a powerful armament and complex that goes destroying no only the military whites, but also #all the economic infrastructures of a country. +For *eso is precise to say that the solution was not -as it already has shown- enlargement of NATO to the East, but enlargement of the EU and association politics and economic support that favour the economic and political integration and struggle against nationalisms *irredentistas. +In place to invent the *Europa of variable geometry, able to offer new perspectives of coexistence inside cooperation to #all States of the continent, these #european managers *obstinaron in following method *Monet, *erigido in dogma, without giving account that it no longer was pertinent to gather to the big diversity of countries of the new #european continent. +calculation method proposed has to conduct to a situation in the that transport modalities less hurtful for the environment reach a higher quota in #all the market of transport. In this sense, has to be possible correct the principle «user pays». +treats of a field in the that it comprises well that it manifest #any doubts on competition of the European Union taking into account, in particular, distortions that arise *cuando follow different criteria of country to country, independently that it was near or far of borders, *cuando there are countries in the that infrastructures are paid by users by means of taxation of fuels and tolls and #others in that they are it with charge to the public budgets. +Wish before that swims to give the thanks to Mrs. *Thors, speaker of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens, and to Mrs. Towers Mark, speaker of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, because contribution to the examination of the proposals has been very valuable. +Without embargo, this situation shows that it is necessary to give quality jump in politics adopted with the #african countries, so as to that the promotion of the human rights, democratisation and prevention of conflicts -condition *sine *qua *non for a true development- convert in essential elements of cooperation. +By part, in effect, is quite #likely that disposals of Diary 2000 carry to agriculturalists to reduce production of *oleoproteaginosas in benefit of cereals, save, of course, #if they take wise measures in favour of crops of the no alimentary sector; on the other hand, in *Europa is production capacity of amino acids, especially of the *lisina of synthesis. +Now wanted to take a brief comment about fixation of prices of corn in the world-wide market. #would Appreciate to the Commission that *me explained #if the granting of compensations by commercialisation, that is in Stadiums Joined, is susceptible to reduce price of product. +Gentleman President, taking like base answer of Mr. *Eriksson, in the that *usted explained reasons not to authorise exhibition *Ecce *Homo here in Parliament, ask: How is possible that authorised exhibition of pressure group #italian that pleaded against abortion, against of the right of woman to abortion? +#If we are able to give stability to our financial position -and are States members the that they have to take it, and in this sense am very satisfied with the example that has given the Commission and that Mr. *Fourçans subscribes also in report- to procure that also in the future believes more employment and that we #can reinforce competitiveness in relation with States Joined #among others. +Commissioner of *Silguy has proposed that the monetary politics was not element of the combination of politics, whereas Commissioner *Monti has referred to the monetary politics like an important element of the combination of politics. +How has been of elements: the codes of behaviour that ask, the review of the statute, the nomination of places To1 and To2 to watch by that have the greater quality in the top of the Commission and the report on the previous control? +As last homage to work, *me #would enjoy that now the Council, like recognition of the work that has carried out, agreed changes in the statutes for the agencies of the *segunda generation: changes in the question of the own resources, in the financial control and in the approval of the management that allow to Parliament exert his committed adequately. +says, according to conception that has origin in culture of the Communist Party, in reflection of the left sociological, that, although they exist texts written, #this #can modify #if like this it wants it the majority or a dominant group of the public opinion or of the political strengths. +Gentleman President, approval procedure of the management for 1997 and approval procedure of the management for 1997 have introduced movement in cooperation among the institutions and also in the field of the budgetary control, up to now only had it in the field of the budget. +Regarding the reports on the approval of the corresponding management to 1997, the Commission takes note that the Commission of Budgetary Control has proposed postponement of the approval of the management by institutional reasons related with the resignation of the Commission. +will Have to watch, especially, to resist to pressures of the that it will be able to be object by part of the Council or of the European Parliament so that it expand action radio to fields no established on purpose in the Treaties and for the that, by *añadidura, as we have been able to observe in the recent past, *usted will not have of the administrative or financial means necessary to face up to #the same. +The goals of negotiation have to require with total clarity in negotiation mandate conceded by the Council, with the agreement of the European Parliament, to #whose representatives will have to keep closely informed on development of said negotiations, to the equal that *sucede in practice with members of Congress of States Joined. +Already have enumerated #some points and have not mentioned transparency, change of the organisational models, change in relations among the Commission and Parliament, change in relations with the administrative structures. +The first observation is in answer to the words of Mr. *Herman of takes moment and relative to the fact that *usted have decide to subject to approval the modifications of the Annex *V to the Regulation by absolute majority of deputies to Parliament; *usted was in it true when proceeding of way, because it adjusts to the Treaty. +Is reason by the that I want to take upsetting, together with speaker, in that the Court of Accounts is in moment in right to control compliance of utilisation of the group of credits assigned to the budget of Parliament with norms in vigour. +is not of receipt that in answer to the grave conclusions of the annual report of the Court of Accounts on the previous exercise, the Economic and Social Committee have considered inopportune that the *UCLAF have access to this *dossier and commission to define any possible implication and administrative responsibility, as it demands *insistentemente Parliament. +Is true that the most visible things are the tragic conditions of the fields, without embargo, his *Señorías, have to know that the immense majority of the deported are received, as #all know, by #albanian families or *macedonias very poor and #one of the greater efforts that are is help to families precisely to avert that they arise social tensions and to avert that, after month of generous received, are expelled and arise social problems. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0227\/99) of Mrs. *Müller in name of budget Commission on state preliminary draft of forecasts of income and of costs of Parliament and forecast state of income and of costs of Defender of Village for the exercise 2000. +The Council did not agree and added article 99 of the Treaty like juridical foundation as a result of sight point of ministers, that consider that disposals relative to the annual taxes by vehicle in Chapter 2 the take a fiscal measure extremely important. +The preparation of a Letter of this type #would be a typical task for deputies -are the most indicated for *ello and, therefore, have to take it- and our proposal on how has to develop in practice the Letter of Fundamental Rights will have in any case fully in account look. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, believe that, in addition to enlargement, the European Union confronts today the need to give concrete political answers and perceivable by citizens and -will say more favourable- «» for citizens, men and women of *Europa, concerning a group of problems of the that a lot it depends our future. +Has been missing political will to use in this sense the current Treaties and fear that, finished the «cold war», have the one who *aventure to lose will of political integration that it is the base of our realisations and of peace in *Europa. +Like instrument of the politics of labour market and of development of the human resources, Bottom goes to be to time a central element of the #european strategy of employment and of an active politics of labour market. +In this frame, have to say that the European Commission moved in the correct direction in proposals on Diary 2000 and wanted to, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European, congratulate by posture, and also by the that kept during negotiations, to Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies, to Mr. *Fischler and to Mr. *Flynn. +amendment 2 had by object force to the Commission to review parameters of guarantee bottom in his annual reports, and now, after the political decision, the Commission will have to review parameters of guarantee bottom with each new adhesion. +This fundamental part of the package of Diary 2000 has the double attribute to be the *primer juridical text arisen of Diary 2000 that reaches a common position in the Council and, without embargo, is the last in being approved by the Council and the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, also *yo go to talk of the Social Bottom European, but from sight point of the external economic relations, for having been *yo the author of the opinion of the Commission of Relations Economic External. +Besides, #if we go in in defence dynamics of territorial interests in the that has gone in the European Council in *Berlín, like deputy chosen by citizens of a concrete zone of *Europa -a region called *Aragón-, neither #can vote in favour of Diary 2000 because, with agreement, citizens to the that represent go out very prejudiced in regard to the current situation. +since, in reality, resources #can not obtain by means of the creation of tax on CO2 , as they think *Ripa gave *Meana or the Greens, because it never has seen that the carbonaceous gas produced imposed -of it contrary, the *Pinatubo #would launch probably euros-, only remains, as, a source of resources: the #european tax on income. +contradictions of the proposals of the Commission for restructuring of the fleet that is object of norms, that demand a national programming by comparison to the regions of the Goal 2 that remain subjected to the regional programming, #would serve only to increase confusion in other questions. +Is precise *oponerse and modify a clearly discriminatory redesign as it #would be a less favourable formulation of the coastal regions of the Goal 2 in relation with the dependent regions of fishing of the Goal 1, with it that #would suppress distant regions of the coast that demand structural finance to support activities of aquaculture and processing. +Gentleman President, no fits doubt that Diary 2000 will bring achieve enormous changes in the European Union, already was for agriculture or for the regional politics. In this last field, have to admit that *me has produced a deep disappointment the fact that *Irlanda of the North do not appear already inside the Goal 1. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report (To4-0169\/99) of the *Sra *Aglietta, in name of the Commission of Institutional Subjects on decision proposal of the Council by the that establish modalities of the exercise of execution competitions attributed to the Commission (*COM(98)0380 - *C4-0501\/98-98\/0219(*CNS)). +By a very simple reason: the *comitología is, as #all know, hell; is an apparently technical problem, without embargo, in reality, is a deeply political problem because, to end of accounts, treats of the problem of control of the execution, of responsibilities in control of the execution. +In last place, but no thus less important, appears the procedure *reglamentador. To this *respecto, consider unlucky that after discussions in breast of the Council have *desestimado the proposal of the Commission regarding the return to Parliament and, often, to the *colegisladores, *cuando a committee have not issued a favourable opinion. +Also want to express satisfaction because the explanations and explanations that *nos has provided tonight Mr. *Marín satisfy fully claim expressed by the Commission of External Subjects -in the opinion of the that *yo have been speaker- that Parliament went informed of the evolution of negotiations before conclusion. +In this moment, the session of today has character *nostálgico, because we are at the end of the term of office, and #some of the colleagues will not go back, #others perhaps go back, but, in definite, the current Parliament dissolves, and in this moment there #be a true element *nostálgico, a #twilight environment in this session. +politicians create conditions and the suitable climate so that it produce growth. The electronic trade has an enormous potential for the #european industry, by it that we have to watch by that it do not adopt any political decision that force to providers in Internet to establish out of the Union. +In consequence, has taken a technical assistance to the consistent Palestinian Authority in an international squad that goes to work during two years with the #palestinian authorities so as to that it was the Palestinian Authority the that take responsibility of the management of hospital. +Of form, the countries mentioned by Mr. *Cars perhaps drop in account that death pity really is the worst instrument so that #one #can recover the human dignity. And is that person has to have the opportunity to amend errors. +To the Commission follows *preocupándole the possibility that the persistence of restrictions of the fundamental human rights #such as the right of peaceful meeting and freedom of expression and opinion, have like result a climate of unsteadiness and social agitation in *Malasia. +Afterwards, in the current crisis it is necessary to underline -and neither is of style say it in enclosure- responsibility of the Organisation of the African Unit, theoretically commissioned to reconcile to the populations of the Big *Comora and of *Anjouan, after the secession of this last island. +Gentleman President, in 1993, the entrance in vigour of the only market and the dismantlement of the border controls have involved the suppression, in the statements of VAT, of statistics of sake exchanges among States members, #whose reliability was guaranteed by #customs services. +Have voted against of the #european textile market because the proposal is too much protectionist and do not loans sufficiently attention to the importance that the export of textile products and of preparation *reviste in the poor countries that try to reach development of economies. +Possibly #can result difficult that get to the 626 members, it more logical #would be that #if, truly, exists a report #such, and #if *usted corroborates it, deliver, for example, to President, to the Table of the Commission of Budgetary Control, and to the coordinators of #all the Political Groups that are represented in the Commission of Budgetary Control. +By it other, *me seems that the designation like representative of the External Politics and of Common Security of the General Secretary of NATO crimps pretty much curl and remembers sentence of a diplomatic French that said that so *ilusorio is to want to take a #european defence with time like taking the Central Bank European in *Fort *Knox. +Parliament will have to take use in whole of audit right and of control right with regard to the institutions, also included the Commission, but in this difficult situation will have to assume responsibility in it that concerns to the need that the new Commission #can begin to work it before possible. +do not want to talk of the nomination of the #german candidate that, in view of the elections, has been a slap, by it that to finalise want to expose a wish: while dictator *Milosevic was to control in Serbian do not has to flow neither peseta neither any euro of the #european taxpayer to Serbian. +Without damage of the management of Commissioner *Fischler, went almost reform of the status *quo that did not guarantee the wished balance among agriculturalists, regions and cultures and in the that agriculture #mediterranean resulted once again abused by the *PAC, did not guarantee the put in practice of the #european model of agriculture, in #whose field did not take almost swims to help to the small agriculturalists, and, finally, went #few advances in matter of rural development. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, in the month of January of this year, Parliament approved the report of Mr. *Brok that asked that, preferential and mostly, the new Commissioners went members of the European Parliament and persons with experience in the #european Institutions, that guaranteed a suitable equality among men and women and a just balance of the political tendencies. +To finish, believe that it is indispensable in occasion encircle no only to the that they will be the facts, taking it with a logic that was not the to move to Plenary avatars of the national controversies, but especially take it through a narrower relation among the Institution that *usted chairs and Parliament. +Some that the creation of an Agency did not resolves of by himself\/hisself the problem; without embargo, already will see how will structure and will convert in operative organism that #would wish that it guaranteed fast interventions, effective, useful, rational and balanced with the just participation in reconstruction, especially of the that, as #Italia and *Apulia in particular, as a result of war and of the migratory phenomenons, have seen prejudiced in economic terms of tourist flows and of global image. +The question is #if the group of the Council is decided, and #if #all *nosotros are decided in a hard period, characterised by the competition and by the challenge of globalisation to #whose height pretend to be to give answer, by part, to the problems of #all, is to say, to development and to the *Tercer World, that has truly need of support of *Europa, and, on the other hand, to accelerate enlargement. +Without embargo, will result, definitely, more economic for the European Union install it in *Salónica and do not know #if the Commission has taken duties and has comprised that will pay wages much higher, that there #be not infrastructure in *Pristina, that will see forced to pay a lot to guarantee security of civil servants, that will run danger in territory unsure. +Think that the Council of Ministers has had reason to the subject this subject to the Court of Justice of compliance with article 213 of the Treaty, that forbids to Commissioners accept, even after the cessation of functions, put that the #would plant in a delicate situation concerning obligations in matter of #probity and delicacy. +Finally, want to review the valid norms on the indications of the initial products, specifically, norms on signs that have to carry labels of pastures, *piensos or thread mixed, in the sense that, in a future, indicate quantity used of initial products used, although no breakdown according to the different products. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, #if *me allow, wanted to concentrate my intervention in *usted, gentleman President of the Council, because I believe that the European Council has played a very small paper in the #european discussions of the last years and has kept a so much *distanciado *cuando treated to take out chestnuts of fire. +Without embargo, *yo #would wish to insist to the *respecto, lady Speaker, because in spite of being a lower question, without great consequences for life of countries, exist other much graver questions, in #whose case the Commission guides by mentality extremist, it that it #can involve distortions very grave in the economy of countries and in the situation of employment. +#If Glass of the World resulted hit also in plane, #if the number of incidents was relatively limited, *ello obeys to that said control of the *taquilla allowed, for example, that cooperation *anglo-#french in matter of security was effective with regard to the received, follow-up and control of follower groups and that averted #some phenomenons of vandalism, that do not wish that they go back to repeat in our continent. +My group do not ignores the light trip of the centre of gravity of the Commission to Parliament that finishes to produce in measure that #this confirms in front of the eyes of the public opinion that #can achieve that they move the centres to be able to, even those considered like *intocables, which is very important. +In particular, relations among the European Parliament and the European Commission have to be based in work and harmony, to guarantee the maximum possible efficiency in the approval of the key elements of our community legislative requirements. +has *rasgado the Letter of the Organisation of Nations Joined, the international helps, the predominance of States Joined was the only reason of war -affirmation of his geopolitical vision- and has caused worry in the old friends of States Joined of *América as *Helmut *Schmidt. +*Ustedes propose an ambiguous answer regarding the Organisation of Nations Joined, subordinated to States Joined in the military terrain, in a totally dogmatic condition with regard to the processes of globalisation of the world-wide economy that *merman strongly the #european autonomy. +*Me odd the fault of a strong speech and original of the Commission in terrain of culture, of mass communication, of the artistic and cultural production, in that it is a challenge and a simple and deaf resistance by part of *Europa to a North American penetration. +Without the realisation of this deepening in that it assent the new institutional order that will have to assign to *Europa paper in the world, *nosotros will not be some effective promoters of peace and justice neither will be able to conciliate the needs, sometimes found, of northeast and #european southwest. +In matter of fiscal politics, in particular, *nos have seen especially disappointed by the feeble conviction expressed by commissioner proposed in the subject of development of coordination of the fiscal diets and of the need to happen to the rule of the qualified majority in the next *CIG. +Have received of the technical Group of independent deputies, of compliance with paragraph 4º of article 180 of the regulation, impugnation of interpretation proposed by the Commission of Constitutional Subjects to paragraph 1º of article 29 of the regulation. +Took a statement that to me *me seemed very *convincente, specifically said: "Yes, go to respect subsidiariness principle, or was, that the first decision corresponds to States members and to the regions, but in quality of Commissioner *yo will be manager that they fulfil the goals of the regional politics and *me propose to fulfil with my responsibility." +As well, together with adherents will take all it possible so that life was it shorter possible, but fear that #this was not sufficient, and therefore, expect that at last the European Parliament and the Commission take to hear voice, so as to that the elderly of #all the fifteen States members obtain respect that deserve and have first of all norms that *les allow to keep intact money that pay monthly and *obligatoriamente to have pension in the future. +But *yo had requested the word, in accordance with article 122 of the Regulation, to consume intervention turn by personal allusions, in relation with indictments that yesterday took to person Mr. *Galeote during investiture debate of President *Prodi. +The Constitutions of States members, the *CPDH and other treaties already offer sufficient protection to citizen. So it swims to bank type of legal diets, as it proposed the week happened Minister of the Interior of the Low Countries. +#Can *resumir like this the questions that have formulated the public opinions: ?in how contributes *Europa #one *plusvalía and improves adoption systems of decisions? ?*Nos has contributed *Europa an upper economic growth, a greater welfare in the daily life or hope to take part in a big adventure? +Said of mood, the object of the next *CIG #would not have to be the to strengthen this institutional process, but, to the contrary, the to lighten it, is to say, limit competitions of the Union going back to a Common Market respectful of the environment and of the public health. +Gentleman President, the #french delegation of my Group, as also the #danish delegation, already have exposed in the main debate why fundamental reasons #can not support to a Commission that the gives to be the government of *Europa, without that, by it other, citizens have approved never explicitly similar statute. +The crisis of confidence of citizens in the #european institutions that has revealed clearly abstention in the last elections demands no only "a modern and effective administration", but also new politics that answer positively to the problems *económicosociales that live in the countries members of the European Union. +disposal of the Council to modify proposals concerning the council administration, #can show to citizens #which is, in fact, reason of the Council and *cúanto detests to squander, since the realisation of reconstruction of *Kosovo will be in cases cheaper #if it takes from the region that #if it takes from States members. +To finish, will say that until it have not found a just and global solution to the problem of refugees, support of the Union to the *OOPS, like provider of state-owned services in *Cisjordania, *Gaza, the *Líbano, *Jordania and Syrian, is of vital importance to relieve the difficult situation of the 3,5 millions of Palestinians that live in the fields of refugees. +In effect, in moment in that the international community and #all the world-wide press highlight the importance of the scandal that produces in *Rusia, have to adopt initiatives to comprise the gravity of said scandal, how explanations gives the #russian Government to indictments and #which are, by the contrary, our reports on the community finances with *Rusia. +vision of the cost, the most tragic, is joined to the quantity of human lives that have lost, to families undone, to the psychological shock that have suffered #all the inhabitants of the regions affected by fear to a possible back earthquake. +Precisely in peace times among #Grecia and *Turquía have an opportunity of *acercar jointly here in the European Parliament to villages of countries and to surpass at last it that *me has tried *inculcar and probably also to *ellos in history books in school, to know, that the Greeks and Turkish hate reciprocally. +In these moments, the Commission, jointly with other integral of the international community, takes a call to the #russian authorities so that utilisation of strength was proportional to the fight in the territory of *Daguestán, #as well as to persecution operations through border *chechena. +The first question is until how point has been funded building entirely by *Francia and #if it has been really gift of the #french government because my constituents want to have security that taxes, is to say taxes #dutch, have not come to stop here. +Recognise the importance of a debate in Parliament on the alimentary security, but the proposal presented was in favour to celebrate a debate with character of urgency on the question of #if a Been member has right to decide by himself\/hisself same of compliance no with the community politics, but with it that suits to his own political interests in moment given. +But had account of the free market, of the open borders and of the practically boundless import, especially #if it proceeds of third countries, is indispensable that impose a series of community norms properly controlled in matter of security and environment, no only inside the European Union, but also in the countries of origin of foods. +The problem sharpens even more by liberalisation of the market, #whose result is the circulation of products no subjected practically to control, #as well as by competition without limits, that offers to the monopolies the *coartada for resource even to irregular methods of reduction of costs and increase of benefits, and by nonexistence of an effective control of the quality, that remains at the expense of the own consumers. +In this context, of course calls attention that, in relation with the subject of identification, States members, but also the Commission, consider the possibility to postpone identification of livestock *vacuno and labeling of meat until after 1 January of the 2000. +Therefore, *yo #would ask to his *Señorías that do not include this reference on the modification of the financial perspectives having, very understood, two things: first, that, obviously, anyway the Commission goes to pose a modification of the financial perspectives in the future in the that will take into account no only element but elements linked to the subject of *Kosovo. +know also difficulties that hinder penetration of energies in a liberal market in the that the energetic resources more traditional are with frequency to a lower price, without forgetting the fault of measures oriented to promote of way *voluntarista the new energies. +The community program *SAVE for efficiency and saving energetic constitutes #one of the key elements of the strategy of the European Community in favour of an effective energetic consumption or, it that it is it same, a reduction of CO2 broadcasts. +It that is in *entredicho is respect of a fundamental principle of our own survival in the future, that is the of denominations of origin of our genuine products, protected, by it other, by the World-wide Organisation of Trade to the protect of the rights of intellectual property. +By means of the agreements of *Wye *River and of *Sharm the-*Sheik, the new political situation in #Israel, a direction of the *OLP decided and a deeper consciousness in the #arab world, has created a new situation that favours a real and sustainable solution of agreement to the interests of the region. +The new #israeli Prime minister, Mr. #Barak, has formed a Government with a majority it sufficiently wide as for *permitirle restart negotiations in the peace process with the necessary parliamentary backrest to his declared intention to go back to promote the peace process. +The #european contribution to peace in Orient Next do not manifests only through the economic and financial help, also consists in following being categorical with regard to the political principles of a just and durable arrangement, in #whose definite solution will finish for leaving a #european print. +On the other hand, results particularly grave that #can separate agreement of the global negotiations of the general agreement, it that #would cause postponement, with damages of *ello resultant, and #would seat bad precedents from sight point of defence of denominations of community origin in the *OMC, in particular regarding denomination "Port". +Exists point, without embargo, on the that wish to call attention so much of Parliament as of the Council and of the Commission: treats of the influence that #can exert liberalisation of exchanges, even by a period of ten years, in the economic development of the regions *ultraperiféricas, and in particular of The Meeting, #european territory of full exercise situated near of *Sudáfrica. +This exception to the international regulation, inscribed of irresponsible way in an agreement that links to the European Union, constitutes a dangerous precedent, able to generalise to States, specifically to the new producing countries of wines (*América Latin, *Oceanía, #etcetera), #if like this they request it to the European Union. +To the deny to put end to immigration in *Europa, when denying to *controlarla seriously, when denying to impose a systematic detection of AIDS in the possible immigrants that proceed of these countries of *África, will expose to Europeans no only to the *seropositividad, but also to illnesses opportunist, like tuberculosis, that had been eradicated of our continent. +This Round of #Millenium do not has to determine the defensive attitude in front of the North American position in imports to the European Union of agricultural products treaties with genetic engineering but that the European Union #would have to find partners for his global dynamic strategy. +*Segunda, #can confirm Mr. *Sasi that the Presidency will present new proposals to facilitate the most complete provision possible to the European Parliament of the documents negotiated in the Committee 133 of the Council, accompanied, in case, of the special procedures of face to protect confidentiality? +do not leaves to be odd that the Commission of *Bruselas, in moment in that it asks to States members that give green light to go back to initiate, leaving sideways all it other, a new cycle of commercial negotiations *multilaterales, do not seats the need to take a balance *mínimamente objective of the *OMC, and especially of solution device of *litigios. +Obviously, have to defend values and the principles that are fundamental for the countries of the Community, without embargo, have to take it of wise and flexible form having always in account that before that at all it is the need to carry forward this fundamental strategic interest for liberalisation of the international trade to the that *me finish to refer. +Want to avert that they contemplate *diferenciadamente the classical services of the new -transfer mood do not changes at all nature of service- and a better access to the market of third States for commodities and services, included telecommunication services based in the electronic commercial traffic. +Subject: structural Bottoms The corresponding sums to the structural Bottoms allocated to the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *n1 1 no the delivers the #spanish State in accordance with objective criteria of population and of income by inhabitant, with it that applies politics that do not seems to respect the own goals of the #european Bottoms. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, want to say that, regarding the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *nº 1, the #spanish State, in spite of competitions of the Autonomous Communities, reserves for politics centralised, no applied in general in the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *nº 1, the 55% of bottoms that get to the #spanish State. +Second, only wanted to that *usted confirm #if the Council, against of the will of #one of States members, #can increase this quantity so that country #would have to pay more, is to say, that *le #would force to deposit a greater part of currency reservation in the Central Bank and that there #be not a maximum limit. +The European Union reaffirms in disposal to support and boost renewal process in *Argelia, especially inside the frame collaboration *euromediterránea, that involves, among actions, the immediate resumption of negotiations on the Association Treaty of the Countries *Euromediterráneos. +According to article 6 of the Treaty of the European Union, the Union assent in a series of common principles of States members, principles on freedom, democracy, respect to the human rights and to the fundamental freedoms, in addition to the principle of the legality. +Gentleman President, in the first place, have been able to observe personally that the majority of the most important airports follow having big activity in spite of the suppression of the free sales of taxes. And as I indicated in my previous answer, consider that it is function of each Been member take charge of the consequences and problems, loss of employments in his majority, that the suppression of these free sales of taxes #can involve. +Moratorium for death pity - *B5-0144\/1999 of Mr. *Thors, #among others, in name of the Group *ELDR, on the vote of a resolution by the General Assembly of Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of penalties capital; +Therefore, ask to the Council that do not block with philosophical debates, but that procure that this text contain the mechanisms that *nos allow to continue said battle and that #can, it before possible, conclude the editorial to begin, in the Council and in the Commission -Mr. *Patten *nos has ensured it-, the task to convince to the 180 States members of Nations Joined. +As #all know, the European Parliament already showed sensitivity in this subject *cuando, takes so only months adopted a decision, collected by Mr. *Napolitano in the text of report, that includes articles very concrete on how have to work and #which are points that have to take in consideration so that the goal of the fight against fraud convert in reality. +To time, #would be omission on my part not mentioning in this moment the big worry and, #if they want to, the contribution of the Commission of Budgetary Control of the European Parliament, that through an opinion, included also in the report of Mr. *Napolitano, established really bases very solid. +#Can *asegurarles that the Commission is fully conscious of #which is paper that plays the fight against fraud in the assessment of the #european politics to the eyes of citizens and of citizens and thus I celebrate once again in name of the Commission the report and work that has made. +Are conscious of rapidity with that is this system and that Internet world, is to say, the world of users of society of information, is very advanced in it *concerniente to the validity of agreements and transactions to *través of the electronic system. +And #if, as I estimate, erosion of the principle of the country of origin looms fundamentally to the only market of electronic services in *Europa -which, to time, #would constitute an important example for the operation of the electronic trade in our globe-, then the results #would be *tristísimos and *dañosísimos for citizens of *Europa. +The project of proposal is linked directly to the technical requirements of Norm 34 of the Economic Commission for *Europa of Nations Joined, that treats of prevention of the risk of fire and in particular of disposals applicable to fuel deposits manufactured with plastic. +Have to leave that States members and the Commission take proposals and afterwards have to *ocuparnos of #some of the essential initiatives and expose sight point of citizens, companies, users of road and drivers in #all the European Union. +In the European Union have to *preocuparnos by #all looks of security in #all transport forms, no only vehicles of two tyres, or vehicles of four tyres, or the railways, or aircraft, or fuselages or it that it was, but also in relation with the *telecabinas and transport facilities by wire. +*Yo add, besides, that will be precise to include in the Budget 2000 15 millions of euros corresponding to the contribution of the European Union to condonation initiative of debt of the poorest countries that, as #such, has to fund directly with charge to the Budget, or was, no with pertinent resources of Development Bottom. +Our commission considers also that it has to constitute a priority for the Union the provision of statistical informations of high quality, especially now that the Economic and Monetary Union has applied in the zone of the euro and have already the perspectives of enlargement of the Union. +Even so, consider particularly important that have not accepted the linear reduction introduced by the Council and, especially, that foresee a moderate increase in the field of the veterinary and phytosanitary costs, to the equal that in the field of support to commercialisation. +Gentleman President, budget project for the year 2000, 92 *millardos of euros, a *margen of flexibility for Parliament of 1,5 *millardos of euros had account of it that they are the financial perspectives, linear reductions of #all credits, or, anyway, agricultural credits, #few ambitions, always the *espolvoreamiento and the *clientelismo budgetary: is to say, budget project without great novelties, and gentleman *Bourlanges has the big merit to try encourage technically the debate. +The solution of the paradox *nos has been suggested and consists in not accepting that morning priorities are funded with sacrifice and the priorities of today and of yesterday and, in consequence, in funding the new and *irrenunciables priorities of the external actions with a review to the heaves of the financial perspectives of category 4. +Two final observations: the first is difficulty to understand and, therefore, to explain, why has, as it has to be, of a juridical foundation to support to the victims of natural catastrophes in place of the world, as with justice go to take for *Turquía, and do not has of said foundation bear inside the Union. +The Treaty by the that it establishes the European Community contains varied disposals allocated to guarantee the democratic responsibility of #ECB, #one of #whose angular stones is definitely the presentation of the Annual Report to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union. +To normality has contributed, definitely, the fine direction and management of the Central Bank European, and to *él and especially to President it is necessary *felicitarlos due to the fact that, in the first months of the establishment of the euro, *cuando fixed the first orientations, had to surpass -and took it with tarpaulin- #some adverse circumstances in some certainly delicate moments to level so much internal like international. +To mood to see, #this contradicts article 113 of the Treaty of the EU, that establishes the obligation of #ECB to present an annual report to Parliament on activity and on the economic and monetary politics. +These gentlemen of the Central Bank European comport like spokesmen of the big *patronal that is, in effect, "reducing the rigidities of the market of work" , destroying thousands of employments as in this moment in *Michelin, *Renault-*Nissan, *Alsthom, *Rhône-*Poulenc and *Hoest #Marion *Roussel and #a lot of #others, or generalising precariousness with wages that sink to an increasing part of the population in poverty while it increases fortune of the great shareholders. +do not has power to fix types of interest, power on the types of change, little can on the public cost, restricted by the Stability Pact, and #if it was in hand of #many of members of Parliament, power on the own fiscal types. +The union of the two wallets of development and humanitarian help increases the possibilities to reach this goal, especially #if we take into account the fact that so much work field of THROW like the field of competition of the responsible commissioner of development politics are global. +Regarding actions in matter of fight against drug for the period 2000-2004, the Council now *nos urges to approve to haste this document whereas, as it admits the own Commission, has not taken any systematic and rigorous assessment of the presumptive results of the previous plan. +Has talked to open" the Council to the public scrutiny and to study reforms, and has expressed hope that the Presidency #finnish leave a durable print in the Union in this sense. +Nevertheless and said was of step, is true that the special situations demand a special effort -and was necessary a special bottom to cover this special effort- so that they are not projects already in course the that they go to pay the special situations, as it seems that it exists now the risk that it was *África the that go to pay efforts that the *EU will take in *Kosovo. +To time, want to ask to the Presidency of the Council that, of compliance with the document of the Commission, in the *preparativos of the Conference *Intergubernamental open the possibility to present an own proposal to apply of a reasonable mood work methods. +#All actions and other more that affect to security of citizens of the European Union, have to be undertaken on the base of the full respect of the fundamental rights of #that that live in the territory of the Union, because the key of the future space of freedom and security are precisely the fundamental rights *irrenunciables. +Gentleman President, for the very cold and rational heads the year 2000 is of course a year like #another #any one, but no only the no romantic #can embezzle to the start of a new century to #one magic, to elevate head above his own activities and adopt in front of his own future *algo #as well as project attitude. +This Council of Wise persons do not devotes neither a critical word to the second and *tercer *pilar of this democratic non-existent country of cooperation among the Governments neither neither makes any proposal to link it to a #european democratic reform. +In my opinion, when developing reference frame #european for utilisation of the digital signature, the European Union always has to act also to international level so that the legal guidelines of the system are ratified. +By #this a concrete principle to justify intervention of the Union in this matter is the of the possible social insecurity that #can produce company restructurings inside the Community and, was as it was, inside States members, a principle that, on the other hand, already was foreseen in the Treaty of Blunt of 1957. +Gentleman President, when refusing prohibition Treaty of nuclear proofs, the American Senate has taken an irresponsible gesture assuming to time responsibility to put to the world in front of the serious danger of the nuclear holocaust. +strengths are #the same that follow *perpetrando death pity and not paying quotas owed to Nations Joined contributing of way to the loss of legitimacy and functionality of organism that has like constitutive element the right of villages to rid of wars. +This attitude of the Senate of the #EE.UU is in contradiction with the final statement of the *CTBT that, as *usted gentleman President of the Council has mentioned, has gathered in *Viena of the 6 to 8 October underlining the importance of a global and verifiable prohibition of the nuclear essays and urging to #all States to sign and ratify with rapidity said Treaty. +But perhaps #can go a bit more far and affirm that it really hurtful for the European Union #would be #if, after having reaffirmed the cause in favour of an external politics and of common security, after having defended the cause of an initiative by security and defence, *nos remained short in it that take regarding rhetoric. +Of Compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0026\/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of Council (13328\/2\/1998 - *C5-0023\/1999 - 1998\/0169(*COD)) with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes an only instrument of finance and of programming of the cultural cooperation (Program "Culture 2000" ) (Speaker: Mr. *Graça *Moura). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0024\/1999) of Mr. *Gargani, in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on decision proposal of the Council (*COM(1999) 111 - *C5-0019\/1999 - 1999\/0066(*CNS)) relative to the community participation in the European Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector. +Was constituted in the month of October of 1989, under the auspice of program *Eureka Audiovisual, acts in the frame of a partial agreement reached in breast of the Council of *Europa and among members has 34 #european members and the Commission of the Union *Europa in group. +To personal title, without embargo, want to say that the third amendment did not have my approval, in the sense that, in the text *originario, the decision that #be to approve and that the Commission already has anticipated, had to expire the last day of the last month of the *quinto year, while the Commission has reduced this term to three years. +Without wanting to question the authority of president of the commission that finishes to take part and to sight of appeal of the greater parliamentary Group, meeting wiser act with greater prudence because, as it has shown, no fits doubt that the necessary absolute majority converts, at least, in difficult the vote. +Expect of the capacity of gentleman Commissioner, of attitude of the Commission, of our Council and of Governments, that conclude *felizmente an agreement that allow, on the one hand, continue with activity *pesquera and, by the #another, why no, that *Marruecos and citizens #moroccan benefit of privilege that have when administering waters that have bank *pesquero so important. +The European Parliament, in the amendments that presents Fishing Commission, asks to the Commission that follow the subject, that inform to Parliament and to the Council, at least three months before the expiration of the agreement, so as to have security of continuation. +In this moment, since it has modified the juridical foundation -and east is reason of the new regulation- and the procedure that has to apply no longer is the of article 37, or was, the of query, but the of article 152, or was, the of *codecisión, Parliament has the duty and responsibility to reduce term of the 2003. +A technical analysis allows to get to the conclusion that the *desaceleración of growth tendency in the European Union explains by a combination of external crashes, amplified by divergences of the national politics, in a context of structural rigidity. +The unification of coins has induced the unification of the financial politics; the of the financial politics, the unification of the economic politics; the of the economic politics, the unification of the social politics. +The Presidency #finnish also pleads by transparency in this subject, although game point was confidentiality; #this, to time, is owed in big part to that each *dialogante talks of his own subjects and of his specific field without pretending get to common agreements, but that it that looks for is the mutual understanding. +In the marine sector, with the amendment *nº 6 have examined the question by extensive and in depth to try give with a formulation that guarantee the achievement of a collective agreement that offer the maximum flexibility allowed by the directive, is to say, the annual computation of the labour day. +Parliament had asked that it take into account that the air conditioned or another additional squad #can increase pollution. That the juridical responsibility of manufacturer and of distributors has to delimit of form more precise and that, therefore, included director cars and vehicles with permission of circulation of day. +The collateral effects and adaptation of actions will base in his greater part in the frame of the inner market that the Commission formulates two times to the year and in the report of *Cardiff on the operation of product markets and capitals. +As half against unemployment the report mentions also the increase of adaptation capacity of companies and to this *respecto is precise to ensure, for example, through minimum standards, the participation of workers, information and query of #the same in the timely time and, with #this, possibility to adapt to change. +project of the *UEM creates unemployment, and regarding the active labour politics is obvious that #this presupposes local and national initiatives by reason that the labour markets of the community countries are organised of form so distinct among himself\/hisself that results of the all impossible put in practical any #another measure that are not the normal measures and no *vinculantes included in the existent proposals. +*Yo expect proposed like #this of the new Commission, knowing, gentleman President, that in moment will find the social object of the Union, is to say, a greater social wealth and employment no based in partial measures but in an economic development and in some fully profitable and reliable companies. +The high taxes, the social redistribution of income and politics *salarial *inflexible #be to conduct to societies to a situation degraded, in the that work no longer is for individual a stimulating alternative from the point of economic sight. +Like this and #everything, in the *mundialización of the markets, *Europa runs the risk of suffering competition of the great economies that invested and invest more in diffusion of technologies and in investigation, #as well as in the professional training of youngsters, #this is, in the future of the most advanced industries technologically. +Report (To5-0049\/1999) of Mr. *Gahrton, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the Council by the that celebrates the Agreement of cooperation scientific and technical among the European Community and the Popular Republic of Chinese (*COM(1999) 287 - *C5-0038\/1999 - 1999\/0123(*CNS)) +Report (To5-0047\/1999) of Mr. *Linkohr, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the Council by the that celebrates the Agreement of cooperation scientific and technological among the European Community and the Argentinian Republic (*COM(1999) 292 - *C5-0040\/1999 - 1999\/0125(*CNS)) +Lady Speaker, believe that the proposal that has taken the Table is the best solution in this case, is to say, that the debate on *Chechenia celebrate of the 15.00 to the 16.00 hours because like this, in place to interrupt the debate on the conference *intergubernamental, will begin the session of the afternoon on said conference hour later, believe that, of way, will be able to debate the two subjects more correctly. +To continuation, have the proposal of Mr. Baron *Crespo to suppress question hour to the Council, proposal varied by Mr. *Leinen, that asks that question hour celebrate during the nocturnal session, after the institutional debate, it that *me seems to coincide with the criterion of Mr. Baron *Crespo. +Lady Speaker, Parliament already has voted a resolution to the *respecto, but today poses a problem: the World-wide Bank has to pronounce *próximamente on the relevance of project, and think that, given the projection that has on villages of #Chad and of *Camerún, #would be very received a message of the European Parliament. +The first proposed of the Commission is of May of 1998, and in the last 18 months the procedure survived no only to a change of legal base, but also to change of the Treaty, to change of *comitología, to change of Parliament and to change of the Commission. +With that have seen the apparition of criminal organisations devoted to the sale of boys, mothers to the that *les steal children, mothers to the that bribe so that they separate of children, mothers to the that *engatusan *diciéndoles that boy goes to enjoy of a good beginning in life and afterwards return with family, *cuando, of course, no exists this intention. +The question that, in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, want to take to lady Commissioner that, on the other hand, has shown sensitivity to these subjects, is the following: *Nos #can say #which are looks conflictive of the question and reasons by the *cuales has not presented a proposal reviewed still? +Likewise, #if we decide to transfer competition, put by case, of cooperation for development of States members to the European Union, believe that we #can reach *muchísimo more in the world with quantity of money and #can increase resources without thus increase the fiscal charge that *recae on citizens of the European Union. +But it that still lacking and it that still has not reached the ancient Commission and that expect reach at last, is a #european directive in the that no only regulate technically feeding of current *proveniente of sources of renewable energy but also that, in accordance with the right of #european competition, specify moods on how #can boost *contractualmente in the Community current produced in this way. +Exists coincidence in considering that energy conservation, the rational planning and the renewable energies constitute the most important form, apart from tax to CO2, on the that, as I already have said, has not got still to an agreement. +*Me go to refer now to part *jocosa of the subject: the *UJD, the #slovakian authority supervisor of the nuclear facilities, did not concedes already from 1995 the usual permission of service for varied years but only a provisional extension of a year with the purpose to force to the *explotadores to make the necessary modernisations. +Gentleman High Representative, no fits doubt that the institution of charge and in particular nomination has created great expectations in this sector of the public opinion - that create majority - that thinks that *Europa has to endow of an external politics and of common security #if it wants to, as *usted has said, be credible further of the commercial exchanges or of the economic gigantism. +Surely will coincide Mr. #Solana *conmigo #if *le say that the dip that *nos have traced those who today have #any greater or lower responsibility in the process of #european integration #would take *palidecer the most optimistic ambitions of the #european leaders of *cuando, for example, *usted chaired the Council of General Subjects of the European Community. +The goal of the debate of today is *clarificar and evaluate, from sight point of the European Union, the global approach of negotiations to scale world-wide and situate it in the political context of a global strategy. +The increasing tendency to company fusion that develop activities of transnational character and impotence of the national States in front of monopoly constitution, oligopolies and cartels put in danger the goal of the world-wide trade to contribute to the welfare and peace all over the world. +Besides, also is particularly important that have clear that the *aminoración of growth of the world-wide economy also saves relation with unsteadiness of the international financial system, that characterises by enormous and swift financial transactions to scale world-wide and, although it has *desgajado of the world-wide economy, without embargo *repercute on investments, growth and employment. +Second, that fix rules of common game to #all with respect of the matters at present no treated or insufficiently treated by the Agreement of *Marraquech, examples of the *cuales are modalities hygienic-sanitary, the environmental effects and of health of methods of intensive production or respect of sensitivity of consumers. +#This is particularly important, since #many of the subjects, especially the new -colleagues have signalled it already- have a strong emotional charge, as, for example, the question of links of investments to a new regulation of competition and to the social and labour norms, but also #many #others. +But is in haste of the that gives proof and to the that the report *Schwaiger takes reference with obstinacy #where reside reasons to raise legitimate suspicions, especially #if it wants to remember that these same principles finish to see ridiculed in the recent files of banana, of the *OGM and meats of *vacuno with hormones, in the *cuales the defeat of the European Union through the Commission is so discreet like fast. +*Rusia -and #this results particularly painful for the #european left- did not constitutes an exception in this sense, but that acts, to mood to see, exactly the same that it took it NATO in *Yugoslavia and *me seems opportunism of the worst class that those who have applauded to Mr. #Solana to first hour, applaud now intervention of Mr. *Cohn-*Bendit. +will Have reached, in the final act, quotation on the principle of caution, in look sanitary, even in the phytosanitary, a forum *OIT-*OMC, recognition of the environmental principles, in measure that have been already recognised in *Kioto. +In these decades, in these last *lustros, the international trade -*Europa is the homeland of #David #Ricardo- has allowed, thanks to a new international division of work, generate wealth and inclusion, #as well as win poverty that, with the increase of the population and without the international trade, #would be much graver that the current. +education, health, the public and social services, the public transports, culture , are #others *tantos sectors that #can not put in scales of a commercial negotiation and #can not depend of a court of international trade. +But the next cycle of negotiations has to tackle also new subjects: development, the environment, health and the sanitary security, the fundamental social norms, competition and transparency of some minimum rules in matter of investments and the promotion of the cultural diversity. +Has got hour, without embargo, to be able to send parliamentary representatives to #all the meetings and to take part in the *CIG, in quality of community institution, in equality of conditions that the Commission to defend our positions and our proposals and, in case, *rebatir the proposals that present #others. +The Commission, with orientation power, the new authority, recognised to President, #would have to preserve -will not be easy, *permítanme say it, now that am inside the Commission- his school character, efficiency, form of decision by simple majority of members that the compose. +Takes lacking to integrate, for example, functions of the Western European Union in the Union to avert new *Kosovos, but also boost coordination of the economic politics, the fiscal harmonisation and the creation of an authentic *Europa social and of employment that *nos allow to confront worries of citizens. +lack self-evident with special virulence in the point of intersection among the Economic Union and the Monetary Union, by part, and in the point of intersection among the Political Union and the Economic and Monetary Union, by #another. +Like this *me allow *recordarle #one of looks that with tarpaulin has stood out Mr. *von *Boetticher, to know, the package of proposals also has to foresee that in the general and essential part of the Treaties establish a frame that define clearly competitions of the European Union. +In this context, the Council wishes to remember the conclusions that issued on 25 May 1994 related with the nuclear security in electricity production of the countries of *Europa Central and of the East, #as well as in new independent states, in the *cuales the Council expressed posture in front of this question. +All citizen of the Union, #as well as person physical or juridical that reside or have domicile social in a Been member, will have right to access to the documents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission, with arrangement to the principles and conditions that will establish of compliance with sections 2 and 3. +The Council, with arrangement to the planned procedure in the articulate 251, will determine the general principles and the limits, by reasons of public or private interest, that regulate the exercise of this right of access to the documents, in term of two years from the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, only want *indicarle and *asegurarle to Mr. deputy to Parliament that the Council is perfectly conscious of the need to simplify and take more effective finance mechanism of the Countries and Territories of *Ultramar, but, as I already have said, by moment *nos has sent only communiqué, in the that they present three possible models of performance. +#If it is not possible to vote on the report today, it better #would be that we asked to services of Parliament #if it is not possible to sustain this debate today in the afternoon and vote Wednesday of the partial period of sessions of December, it that *nos #would allow to communicate the results to the Council before Thursday; #can ask also to Commissioner that took part about the Council in relation with this question? +Thus, in my opinion #would have been preferable to resort to the original proposal of the Commission of Budgetary Control contained in his opinion directed to the Commission for Constitutional Subjects, in the that excludes #all this group of questions and only regulate the rights and obligations of deputies. +Also there #be a concrete reference in the preamble to the Protocol on privileges and immunities, and a reference to the fact that the pertinent article #can not go in detriment of confidentiality requirements that #can fix concerning deputies of the European Parliament. +Now well, although it was necessary to expect to that it finalise negotiation cycle, to be able to express trial on bottom in relation with the results obtained, it true is that, regarding the frame, the global result #can not consider totally negative #if the #european nations #can obtain regulation more *vinculante of the international norms in matter of competition. +Regarding point 27, think that it has been a big advance that the called tasks *Petersberg of Colony document (humanitarian actions and of rescue, actions for the maintenance of peace and actions armed in relation with the handle of the crisis, included measures for the maintenance of peace) incorporate to the own tasks of the EU. +The fact to demand today the immediate and unconditional abolition of death pity in the whole world, means no only promote the human dignity, but also give a sense to the Universal Statement of the Human Rights. +By the contrary, death pity is weapon preferred by the totalitarian diets because it constitutes a symbol of power of state and of humiliation of individual in front of the state power; and know, besides, that is used to annihilate to opponents. +Thus, think that #if the European Union did not condemns and puts remedy to this criminal behaviour, the conclusions #would be obvious: in the first place, the European Union #would convert in accomplice of slaughterings of #serbian and #gipsy organised by the criminal bands and *mafiosas of the *UCK; second, #would show that there #be two *varas to measure in Occident; and in *tercer place, #would say that the goal of intervention was to destroy to village #serbian. +Finally -besides, of course, to loan a very special attention to the *TPI bear *Rwanda-, so that it do not forget this conflict, that already seems very far, too much far for #some, paper of the European Union consists, in my opinion, in being present beside village #rwandan in occasion. +Although it was not very revolutionary and although the step forward was too much small, have hope that it allow to compare *bad *practices splitting of some reliable data and that feels the bases for politics of drugs human and effective in the frame of a European Union integrated. +Our problem in actuality is the existence of youngsters #whose life in family is fine but that to time feel that existence is so empty that need tablet or a *tripi Saturdays in discotheque and like this reach *entonarse with help of drug on the that *les has induced to think that it is *inofensiva. +Wanted to congratulate to Mrs. *Giannakou by his valuable report, and by the importance that concedes to the international cooperation and to the consolidation of the annual systematic meetings of the council *interinstitucional, for a better follow-up and assessment of actions, #whose main goal is to achieve decrease of substance offer *estupefacientes. +will not be able to forget never that time, *cuando was responsible minister of the fight against drug, went to visit to youngster that had lost health, friendships, relations, family, placing, perspectives and even respect of himself\/hisself same. +With his reduced expectations of payment of the interests of the owners of capital and like this his possibly reduced *gearing *rate, #this is relation among the volume of loans concerning the own capital around the 2,5 -*cuando the *ratios in the market usually surpass the 10- the bank enjoys of big confidence in capital markets. +The speaker and Budget Commission stand out especially that projects of the Bank have to support important goals, #among others, decisions of the European Parliament as, for example, in matters #such as the fight against poverty and the protection to democracy, to the human rights and to the environment. +As I have said before, gentleman President, the Commission of Juridical Subjects approved by unanimity the regulation, but proposes a series of amendments allocated to signal that article 299.2, that already is in vigour, establishes an additional base for regulation proposal of the Commission. +worry that this modification has caused in Canarians -and of the that *nosotros *nos take echo- has grown in measure in that it goes arising #one distrust regarding the capacity of the own Government of my country to comprise the true entity and gravity of this problem and regarding will to confront to #the same in the referred negotiation with the Commission. +The report suggests that States Members and the forums #FMI World-wide Bank take measured to verify #if conditions and suppositions under the that it has conceded to *Corea rescue package directed by #FMI have respected in whole in the case of dockyards. +In July of 1999, Transport Ministry and Communications of *Finlandia even notified to the Commission bonus program of interest conceded to the naval acquisitions, #whose goal was *fomentarlas acquisitions and fuselage repairs of respectful charge with the environment and insurances, essential in conditions of the north, #where have to displace among the ice. +The Union #can not hide the self-evident fact that together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will have to exert a paramount paper in terms of financial contributions and technical help to guarantee security of #all these nuclear reactors what before better. +effort for examining obvious questions relative to the human rights in the EU is very partial Why has discrimination by reason of race or of ethnic origin favour deal and, for example, discrimination of women and of homosexuals do not mentions or hardly takes? +And #this is the background of these relative proposals to bottom assignment during a period of three years enciphered in 15 millions of euros for the set up of the adoption of the *acervo normative community and the consolidation of the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía and in 135 millions of euros for development of the economically retarded regions of *Turquía, respectively. +Gentleman President, believe that it that proceeds in this case is to congratulate to Mr. *Morillon by the realisation of these reports, that has had to take in circumstances very difficult, with a big haste of time, and believe that it has taken creditor to recognition of #all: like this has seen *recompensando with the vote that has produced in the Commission of External Subjects. +Like the planned quantities for the year 1999 were not *presupuestadas, it #would be necessary to prolong -to *ello has referred today the speaker- the budgetary frame of program in a year, until the year 2002, and it #would be necessary to include credits of the year 1999 in project *rectificativo and supplementary. +The Union has to ensure that #all the countries candidates -included, of course, *Turquía- will respect the international treaties and the international right, will cooperate with the neighbouring countries by peace and will resolve his eventual differences respecting the international right and resorting to the international instances of justice, like the Court of The Have. +do not has felt to affirm that only *cuando *Turquía have given determined steps, perhaps *le will give an affirmative answer. The usual reaction of *Turquía is to retort that, to sight that *Europa do not fulfils promises, do not have a clear #european perspective and, therefore, #can not undertake the risky path of reforms. +The sustainable harmonisation, from sight point of the *Báltico, of the ecological needs, of a viable agriculture, of the industrial politics, of the use of zones *vacacionales and of enlargement supposes, obviously, a big challenge so much to administrative level, as to political level. +The incorporation of the #nordic and #mediterranean countries to the European Union has been the main reason that it pose update of this directive, at present in vigour, that regulates seed commercialisation and forest plants and that from 1975 had not been modified substantially. +#If well in these last months the evolution of value euro\/dollar has been *desfavorable for the euro, *ello no only obeys to the existent current difference among the North American and #european economies from sight point of the dynamism and of performance. +Like speaker, believe that it is just to recognise that the initial proposal of the Commission improved to a large extent the *OCM current, especially when reinforcing the fundamental paper that producer organisations have in commercialisation of products and to the *otorgarles more and better mechanisms for the correct operation and to exert fishing and a more responsible commercialisation. +This proposal on the common organisation of the market in the sector of products of fishing and of aquaculture *reviste a central importance for the politics of common fishing in the European Union. +will Signal to the Assembly that, in said agreement on the Union *aduanera, the European Union is the that has resulted benefited -and *sobradamente- by commitments subscribed, since the balance of the commercial scales among the European Union and *Turquía has duplicated in favour of the European Union, from the application of these agreements. +In *tercer place, in the next agricultural negotiations #would have to occupy a central place the *multifuncionalidad of the #european model of agriculture, in concrete, a greater development of the rural space, the production of agricultural products of quality, environment even in relation with article 20 of the agreements of the *OMC on agriculture. +Therefore, #ours main mission follows being political and no technical, to know, reopen the public cause in favour of a greater liberalisation of trade, no only in benefit of companies and the #european consumers, but especially because the open trade is the only viable solution on a long-term basis to struggle against poverty in the world in development. +the first was an obsessive reference to the substantial reduction of the internal supports to agriculture, without that had *mínimamente in account diversity of the productive structures of the different countries and neither an objective classification and *homogénea of the diverse types of subventions conceded to agriculture; +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Court of Accounts, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, utilisation of the fiscal resources with arrangement to clear political priorities, according to the principles of saving and of efficiency, are the goals that #would have to impose #all the that they have to see with a public budget. #Such is the goal that has imposed the new Commission. +For *nosotros, the European Parliament, the achievement of a #european consciousness, a #european identity, respect by the diversity of cultures, tongues, ideas and religions, is in group *indivisiblemente tied to politics of #european training aggressive. +Through soup and with help of program *SOCRATES, the result of this project was an increase of student motivation and personal, a greater sensitisation of his own surroundings, #as well as of places and a greater knowledge of technology of the communications. +Gentleman President, finishes to appear in the press and have checked it in Fishing Commission. treats of cod fishing in the Atlantic northeastern and, besides, of a bilateral agreement among *Rusia and Norwegian, two states that together with #others like the European Union, *Islandia and *Polonia are parts in equality of rights in the Commission for Fishing in the Atlantic Northeastern. +The present report on verification of *credenciales, therefore, refers to the results of the *quintas elections to Parliament celebrated of the 10 to 13 June past, and bases in the official communications of the distinct States members on the group of the electoral results, included the names of the possible substitutes and order of *prelación resultant of the vote. +Thus, the #spanish delegation of the Popular Party European estimates necessary to keep in Plenary the relative amendments to the *primer paragraph of section 2 of article 3 and to the last paragraph of article 21, in the that concretise the exceptions and conditions for the use of methyl bromide after 2006. +The limit of the 1% in ingredient -that as *nos has informed to me and to #others already is surpassed by supermarkets, #among others, like requirement for alimentary products- is besides limit that, as I have been able to know, #can fulfil it easily #any one that wish to avert that in label of the alimentary products appear the indication that they contain organisms genetically modified, owing to the adventitious pollution, that go *usted to know it that *eso means. +Expect that it recognise to the European Parliament the right of *dictamen satisfied on the modifications of the Treaties and follow supporting the proposals of *Dehaene, *Weizsäcker and *Simons, in the sense that it #would be hit to establish a fundamental Treaty and a Treaty expanded, so as to that citizens of *Europa #can know how field will be competent in each case and how will configure the European Union in the century *XXI. +Although *me seat satisfied, and with reason, by the fine qualities of direction of the Government of *Finlandia and because in the great groups of questions, or well have achieved great progresses, or well have resolved entirely subjects, is evident that the fine results of this period derive of the will of #all the Union to develop a #european common structure. +Go to take a review, a Conference *Intergubernamental time, without a community method, without paper for the Commission, with an insignificant paper for the European Parliament, without contact with the national Parliaments and, finally, without transparency neither responsibility in front of the civil society. +Gentleman President, am particularly satisfied, of course, with confirmation by the Council of the position already proposed by the relative Commission to that enlargement of the European Union was a process in the that #all the countries of *Europa Central, that have presented like candidates, are involved, without distinction, in accordance with his own merits. +His *Señoría has to know definitely that the authorities of *Belgrado are *presionar to the international community so that they raise sanctions against the *RFY and reconstruct the bridges destroyed when putting like condition for the reopening to navigation of the #serbian sections of the *Danubio the to receive assistance of the international community to reconstruct the bridges. +In first reading, my Group pronounced against any reduction of credits assigned to ancient but always important priorities -and especially of credits allocated to cooperation and to development of the countries of the south- to fund these new costs: never has been a good sign of political creativity undress to #one to dress to #others. +Gentleman President, in the first reading of the budget, the European Parliament pronounced clearly in favour of a review of the Agreement *Interinstitucional, so as to can answer to the derivative obligations of fishing Agreement, of help to *Kosovo and to *Timor Oriental, and of support to the victims of the earthquake. +Also are steps in the correct direction the initiatives of the Commission on the action plans of the Community and the proposal that is about development of the system of waste trade and material *contaminantes inside the Community. +will Say simply that the conferences on the *recalentamiento of the planet are #all equal, because the question that #can *formularnos is: "how many catastrophes designated natural will have still that expect to take really in consideration the effects *nefastos of the *recalentamiento of the planet and, especially, consequences in the economic and social development of societies, here in *Europa, but also was, in the rest of the world?" +By it that *atañe to the participation of the European Parliament, have to recognise that from takes years the European Parliament has been no only locomotive of sensitisation, of the #european public opinion and international, but also locomotive of the decisions, is to say, has influenced in decisions of the Council and of the Commission. +Report (To5-0081\/1999) of Mr. *Valdivielso of *Cué, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on regulation proposal (*Euratom, *CE) of the relative Council to the granting of assistance to the New Independent States to *Mongolia in reform effort and economic recovery (*COM(1998)753 - *C5-0038\/1999 - 1998\/0368(*CNS)) +The European Union, that had prepared very well for discussions and #whose position has been very coherent, has not yielded regarding the agenda that wished that it approved, to know: a wide agenda, that no limited only to the agricultural questions and to services, as they wanted States Joined. +No question the big capacity of Mr. #Martin to chair with celerity works, but that -to the equal that colleagues of Parliament- report practice that, to be general, consider, without embargo, totally contrary to the letter of Regulation and to the spirit of the parliamentary institutions. +The #german Government has conformed with hiding after the skirts of the French during #all controversy, throwing fault to the complexities of system of federal government to postpone the lifting of the embargo in *Alemania. +Today, in spite of that asked to the Commission of Agriculture and to the Environment Commission of Parliament that examined the possibility of this extension and to that the amendments proposed were practical and reasonable and #can have approved with arrangement to the *codecisión, the Council has decided to overlook this Assembly and change the juridical foundation for this decision. +The question of identification of meat products of bovine and certainty that they are reliable is so fundamental for divergence among *Francia and the European Union like worries by the *inocuidad that have warmed up in the two last years the Commission of Agriculture and the Environment Commission. +In effect, have to say that seldom I have seen a budgetary procedure of nature, in that up to now- and until this positive statement, that allows to close the agreement -*nos found still in front of two lists of possible votes: a list taken in accordance with the Council and a list established on the base of a fault in accordance with the Council. +In this context, receive with satisfaction the new proposals presented by my colleagues of the Socialist Group for the creation of a #european court for small claims, with the end to help to persons to face up to damages caused owed by clashes in breast of the EU. +Gentleman President, every time that hear to talk in Parliament of the deprivation of basic human rights, like the right to vote and the right to present to some elections, #would have to serve for *fortalecernos in determination in promoting and promote democracy in #all parts of the world. +employment of resources of the structural bottoms no spent in program period 1994-1999, by against, #can not take in consideration, since the available resources already have been assigned to determined measures, and besides, in this concrete case, in narrow collaboration with the competent #french authorities. +In this context, the Council believes that the task of the regional politics consists in developing #all the potentials to compensate disequilibriums and *atrasos structural and accelerate the economic and social transformation in the less favoured regions, included the islands. +Is evident that this report do not requires more comments by part of this Commission and even do not has to have more comments of *ella, but that it is rather a subject for the next President of a new Commission that definitely will take advantage of *gustosamente of so rich experience reflected in *él -experience of Mr. *Herman the one who, as have understood, with this report and political will in fact sacks of the European Parliament-. +*Cuando examine the environmental consequences and the challenges of enlargement no *nos will encourage for imposing to States that want to add to *nosotros in the appeal process #the same type of environmental projects disastrous that often have adopted during the 40 last years by mere ignorance of our Union. +is not chance that institutions have like fundamental goal defence of the rights of citizens and, thus, collaboration has to continue guaranteeing, of conjoint way, these rights and the democratic work of the Union, *proporcionándole to administration a greater credibility. +Takes little time, precisely Mr. *Newman chaired a delegation of Request Commission -in the that were mates #Laura of #Esteban and Barbaric *Schmidbauer- to *Doñana in trip that wanted to attend precisely to worry of citizens, that had expressed in numerous requests to Request Commission, by the natural space, that is reservation of the biosphere, of *Doñana. +The Commission is convinced that, with the institution of Defender of the #european Village, the #european citizenship has enriched considerably and that the fine administration of the #european Institutions, transparency and equity of operation are right fundamental of #all citizens of *Europa. +Therefore we agree with the excellent report of Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín *cuando invites to #all the #european Institutions to sensitise even more, #if it fits, to citizens with #all the possible means on the possibilities that they have to take cost rights and, in particular, obviously, on the possibility to direct to Defender of Village. +How #can struggle against the fiscal fraud and delinquency organised or protect the financial and budgetary interests of the Union, #if the different computer systems *aduaneros follow without being interconnected, in spite of the possibilities that offer program Customs 2000 or program GONE for computerisation in the sphere *aduanera? +With security, the paramount paper in this attempt has to have it the European Union that, in collaboration with the General Secretary and with the Security Council of Nations Joined, will proceed to the necessary actions that carry to solve the problem. +But intervention of NATO, decided to the *margen of Nations Joined and with unsuitable means for the goals declared to neutralise the #serbian military capacity to continue the called «ethnic cleansing» no only has not resolved the question, but that, besides, has aggravated #all the problems. +Regret, nevertheless, that have not posed a terrestrial presence European to time that the aerial offensive and that simultaneously have not programmed a humanitarian action of big *envergadura to receive the wave of refugees *desprovistos of resources, that launch to roads. +By the contrary, when proposing, in his considering *J, weaken and *marginar the notion of national sovereignty, that, in spite of #all imperfections, constitutes, with #everything, the fundamental regulatory principle of our international community, the resolution introduces factor #whose consequences will not be able to be but extremely *desestabilizadoras and *perturbadoras in the international life. +broadcast of electronic money, want to underline it, is so only element of the much wider frame of the electronic trade of payment systems and, in the field of these last, of the electronic payments. +From takes years, Parliament exerts a prominent paper in the fight against violence by means of parliamentary reports, by means of the initiative to make a campaign against violence in relation with women. But especially, by means of special budgetary lines with the that we #can support on terrain the very interesting initiatives of the numerous *ONG. +Gentleman President, believe that #all are fully of agreement on the analysis of events that finish to take place in *Níger and the need of a return, it before possible, to right rules and to the operation of democracy in this country, after the coup d'état and the murder of President #Ibrahim *Baré *Mainassura. +The Commission is satisfied with the recent statement of Prime minister *Hun *Sen, in the that is in favour that judges and the foreign public prosecutors exert a central paper in *Camboya in the process of the leader prisoner of the *Jemeres #red, *Ta *Mok, to end to guarantee that the planned process adapt to the international norms in vigour. +Go to ask to the government that occupy that #all citizens #polish have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on problems of adhesion to the equal that expect that it fulfil promise to celebrate a referendum on belonging of the country to the EU. +The attempt to control by #all means the increasing traffic #can not convert in pretext so that citizens and transport companies that use the railway, road, the aerial transport or roads navigable are subjected each two by three to new taxes. And after all is #this it that occurs. +The fight against violence, without embargo, has marked the limit of the regulation, of the juridical definition of resource systems, #this is, has found in article 152 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam the juridical foundation of program. +Or to this sector no *le remains more remedy that *resignarse to that it always will have price difference among corn of the world-wide market and corn of the EU by the simple reason that in the EU there #be corn deficit? +Lady Speaker, the Commission received to finals of January reason exhibition of the #italian authorities in the that collected the official position on the start of a procedure in relation with the subject *C-81\/97, published in the Official Diary of the European Communities of 18 February 1998. +*Eso was contradictory and Parliament saw forced to tackle this subject by means of censorship motion by separate of the Commission, with it that destroyed the direct links among denial of the approval of the management and the consequence of exit of the Commission. +From this situation president of the Commission of Budgetary Control asked on 15 January 1999 in this Assembly by commission of the commission that Regulation Commission cleared how is it that the Treaty foresees exactly or that neutralised this accumulation of no approvals of the management and of possible votes of distrust. +*Permítaseme say that, in spite of the unavoidable difficulties owed to the rule of unanimity, results *innegable that now -to instances of the Presidency #german and with support of Parliament- are advances in the application of the strategy against the harmful fiscal competition and have fixed varied goals for the European Council of *Helsinki. +Of mood have to say that the group of representation of the Popular Party European in the Commission of Budgetary Control has shown in moment support to the speaker, has presented battle and has reached the goal proposed. +*Permítaseme examine also bottom subject of the original report on the approval of the management in the exercise 1996: reform program, that President in functions *Santer took #his on 11 January in reform program of the Commission. +Exactly by reason have initiated an evaluation of the risks and already have of the provisional results of *ella, that, as have understood, derive in part of a new examination of bibliography published with arrangement to criteria established by appeal organ and in part of the provisional conclusions of #some of the seventeen new studies that have commissioned. +#If we had carried out an economic politics, #would have offered the references, orientations, guidelines, the future that #this *Europa had to follow economically and perhaps #would have been able to reduce in *algún point unemployment and *reconquistar of form confidence that citizens are to lose. +In definite, has not advanced at all in the improvement of conditions of the rural world, there are difficulties from sight point of the agricultural politics and there are difficulties, of course, by the fault of a #european politics of economic and social cohesion. +The hegemony, in this case specifically the hegemony of the market, also *me concerns in quality of economist and of defender of the market economy. In effect, in #ours *Europa have developed a model of social economy of market, that concerns especially by the reduction and prevention of unemployment. +The Report *Menrad proposes to restart the subject of employment politics #european -and in this sense results pertinent the recent intervention of Mr. *Berthu on the economic political situation-, anticipating to the adoption of the #european package in matter of employment that definitely will approve in Colony. +Said #this, create, to the equal that the speaker, that for now and from a point of technical sight, is important to take note of accounts of the budget of the corresponding European Community to the exercise 1996. Is necessary that continue the examination of accounts of exercises back. +#All the neighbouring countries, #all the bordering states, except the of *Milosevic, wish three things: wish the internal democracy and wish *garantizarla by means of the external security in the frame of NATO and to *través of the economic development in breast of the European Union. +will Accept then peace, based in a #russian mediation, that do not fulfil with the requirements proposed, that do not guarantee the limits and the territorial integrity of *Kosovo, that do not make possible a safe return of refugees and expelled of *Kosovo and that give to *Milosevic the possibility to appear as victorious in front of the #serbian? +do not have to, without embargo, hide the every time greater unrest of our public opinions by the intensive and systematic bombardment of a #european country and of capital, by the every time greater number of civil victims that cause daily bombardments. +Already is hour that the European Parliament take part to reestablish conditions of valid democracy in our western countries, because there #be still representatives and militants of the party of the opposition in prison and #some deputies have been deprived of the parliamentary immunity. +By #this, in spite of #all the fine arguments that have listened, alternative only #can be a political solution, but on the base of renunciation to the use of strength, of respect of the human rights and of the return of refugees. +Had to have claimed the right of *darnos a statute -#this had to have been the strategy- a statute with the and capital that comprised the incompatibilities, the prerogatives of deputy, #status of deputy and no our financial diet that it is an internal subject. +By part, Parliament approved this question already takes more of half year, by it that is justified in part criticism that here has exposed in the sense that Parliament has not had of the sufficient time to study the document of the Council. +But during the first six months invests weight of proof, *eso means, that believes that defect existed already in moment of delivery, #if the seller #can not show damage caused by customer or #if the type of product do not allows this possibility. +Gentleman President, share fully the words of Mr. President and *me #would enjoy to take advantage of occasion to appreciate to the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer and especially to the speaker, Mrs. *González *Álvarez, work that has carried out and the interest that has shown along the processing of this proposal. +The modifications contributed to the ancient procedure are three: the suppression of the designated negative version of the third reading, thanks to the *cual, #if it had not got to an agreement in conciliation, the Council #can follow advance and approve his own text for afterwards present it to Parliament *confrontándolo to refuse it by absolute majority in term of six weeks. +Want to congratulate also to Mr. *Manzella and to Mr. *Corbett, #as well as to the negotiators of the three institutions by the excellent work made and for having known to find balance point among a dynamic application of disposals and the obligation to respect fully the Treaty. +#If the Union and the Presidency gave value to these two files in the European Council to indicate road, to adopt a decision that was the of the Union in the coming months, #would have a firm commitment in two fields that, to trial, will be decisive of face to the *tercer #millenium. +responsibility by this *asoladora violence, by the civil victims, by the destruction of life foundations and the civil infrastructures in Serbian and by the use of arms forbidden, the have #all #that that now no reestablish the empire of the right and do not finalise war. +Wish to express my deep disappointment by it that *sucedió yesterday, *cuando my Group presented to group Presidents the possibility to try find a reasonable mood to advance, and that taking into account that the Council gathers tonight and tomorrow, took a more definite decision, but #some colleagues resorted to procedures of this Assembly to block said possibility. +But, *cuando in day of today refuses amendment 18, that said that *nosotros *nos showed had to take it necessary so that this statute went in in vigour to the start of the next term of office, remove masks and takes in day. In week adopts a new mood of repayment of costs of trip, purportedly based in real costs, *cuando conserves a global character. +Whereas a solid juridical base #would allow the put in practice of a true politics integrated in favour of the insular regions by half, mainly, of the Structural Bottoms, the Council and the Commission have decided thing, overlooking besides the recommendations of the European Parliament on this question. +With the firm position of Parliament, that has allowed that the Commission retreat to a position less *intransigente thanks to perseverance and to the tenacity of #some States members, commitment is satisfactory in the short term regarding the abandonment of the *cofinanciación, to descent of the agricultural prices guaranteed more moderated of it planned and to the «*statu *quo» of quotas. +To the separate of support politics to agriculture by means of prices, when compressing to nationalisation, *fragilizándose by a new increase of the direct helps to income, *Europa moves away increasingly of mission and of the principles founders of the agricultural common market. +On point, am in big part satisfied of commitment of *Berlín oriented to put in spot, #if it gets the case, line agricultural guideline to thread of the successive enlargements and on consideration, in the financial perspectives, of an adjust automatic annual to take into account inflation. +Said approval will consolidate months of efforts that Parliament has devoted to guarantee the best possible agreement for development balanced of our regions and growth of the economic and social cohesion of the European Union. +The agreements *interinstitucionales and his financial perspectives have been progress element in the Community and have allowed a peaceful development and ordered of the #european budgetary life #as well as the achievement of a big series of political goals. +Have defined on purpose the scope of bottom so that it #can answer to the evolution of the economy and of the labour market during the next seven years, always with seen to encourage and to take possible that a greater number of persons have an active participation in the labour market. +Among the #others important elements of the regulation modified include, first, a really new modality for investment of bottoms allocated to the *RTE in bottoms of capital of risk so as to have access to resources, that #can be very great, of finance on a long-term basis that insurance companies and pension bottoms put to disposal to fund public projects of infrastructure. +*Yo create, lady Commissioner, that has carried out a fine reform, positive, of the structural Bottoms, with concentration projects, of simplification and with a *partenariado effective by means of the contribution of the regional and local authorities, that #can reach an efficient development in the effective application of these structural Bottoms. +The Union supports besides #all the #tending initiatives to improve the operation of the program «oil by foods» and remits in this context especially to the proposals presented on 30 March 1999 by signpost of the Security Council of the UN on the humanitarian situation in the *Iraq. +Neither is acceptable that, to the contrary, by it other, of it that the European Parliament approved here in November of 1998, keep the *condicionalidad of Cohesion Bottom concerning the Stability Pact and that now, for example, the Commission of Regional Politics propose a favourable opinion to regulation proposal that has exactly #that *condicionalidad. +The results are not perfect, but, in spite of the budgetary insufficiencies, of timidity of reform of the *PAC and of injustices and disequilibriums that keeps, has averted, anyway, a grave crisis in the European Union and #can say that in the next years the European Union goes to advance with confidence and stability. +Without embargo, #would wish *rendir homage to Prime minister and to the *Viceprimer Minister of the Assembly of *Irlanda of the North by support that *me have loaned, and to the Council and to the Commission because I consider that we have reached a reasonable and positive agreement for *Irlanda of the North on a long-term basis, by it that am satisfied treats of commitment, but of commitment that is good for my region. +Nevertheless, have the impression of that it exists a real need to go back to orient, situate and consider the goals that have not been able to reach in the past, all *ello to guarantee no only a suitable cost of bottoms, but also to bequeath positive looks there #where has allocated #european money. +But yes wish to reiterate my request to the Commission so that now finally elaborate a directive on the social security, so that the Council #can not follow hiding behind the excuses that has used up to now, so that at last really debate a directive on the social security to level of the Council. +Regarding the amendments on the creation of a *vademécum and on the criteria for information provision to companies, especially to #SME, agree in that a simple statement in record of the Council is not a guarantee of sufficient follow-up. +Also want to appreciate to those who have cooperated in obstinacy along these years and -how no!- to #all members of the secretariat of the Commission *REX, that also have put obstinacy in these goals, and to #all #that that have believed that cooperation with *América Latin was a very interesting cooperation for *nosotros. +am not of course follower of politics *neoliberales, but the suppression of the commercial barriers is a reality and the entrance in vigour of the Agreement of Free Trade of the Atlantic North has increased the #mexican dependency of trade with States Joined. +*Me upset #news of *México in the sense that no *nos has offered #all the necessary information, that it has *marginado to the civil society, and that the interests of multinationals and the private capital have happened to occupy a too much predominant position. +Wanted to ask here to the Presidency of the Council how the #european institutions, and especially the #european deputies freely chosen, #can explain to citizens and citizens of *Europa that adopted a decision of characteristics without the participation of Parliament, without that Parliament was properly informed, without that it was consulted. +The Report #Orlando, approved airily the past Tuesday, without that not even it have celebrated a vote, is a reflection of the investiture speech of President *Prodi with the end to demand this #european politics with regard to cities. +This result is especially important for cities, since it reinforces and converts in more credible the action Plan for a sustainable city, presented by the Commission the past month of November in *Viena, and because it reinforces the instruments contained in the Goals 1 and 2 of the structural Bottoms in favour of cities. +From takes varied years, villages of the Union refuse every time with greater clarity politics *ultraliberales and damages that #this *ocasionan to employment, to income, to the diets of social protection and to the public services, to the environment and to ordination of the territory. +Afterwards, the fact that candidate President have to present his political orientations in front of the European Parliament -it that Mr. Roman *Prodi has designated precisely government «program»-, forces it to reach a majority in Parliament, on the that will support action. +Gentleman President, have to say, to the equal that my colleagues, that to guarantee the peace process, the Palestinians have accepted - showing in this way his fine will- postpone the date of the statement of the #palestinian State, that the Agreements of *Oslo had fixed for 4 May. +Gentleman President, believe that #all will recognise that the approval by the Conference of Blunt, on 18 July 1998, of the Statute of the International Penal Court Permanent represented progress in the international institutions and in the international juridical order of the human rights. +Believe that the European Union #would have to help to the Czech Republic to endow of system of energetic production, using soft «energies», but #would not have to release bottoms to build head office of the #soviet type *VVER 1000, that, in my opinion, presents risks. +In December of 1998, *nosotros kept amendments against the common position, and lo and behold that in January of 1999, the Council discovers that it is necessary to modify the Regulation 330\/91, *cuando the modification proposed by the Commission was on of the table from 2 June 1997 and *cuando in enclosure already had effected two readings. +Gentleman President, the Commission congratulates by the initiative of Parliament to support the adoption, to community level, of rule that allow to determine the juridical and economic effects derived of failure of companies that operate in breast of the inner market. +Proposal of regulation (*CECA, *CE, *EURATOM) of the Council by the that they insert the corresponding quantities to *Austria, *Finlandia and *Suecia in article 13 of the Annex *VII of the Statute of civil servants of the European Communities, relative to diets by mission inside the #european territory of States members of the European Union (*COM(99)0133 - *C4-0226\/99-99\/0076(*CNS)) +agreed to fix greater compensations for the *cultivadores of industrial potatoes of the that the Commission had proposed, giving at the end prevail by the number of hectares, on condition that the number of hectares went reducing appropriately. In this way the decision in group #would have a neutral budget, in accordance with the original proposal of the Commission. +Believe that it has achieved to give a big step when inaugurating in front of pavilion of the EU or of exhibition of the EU square devoted to #Robert *Schuman. Believe that it also has been a common attainment #ours explain how importance has had precisely #Robert *Schuman for development of *Europa and how importance purchases this square that will remain for back uses. +The result of this confluence of negative elements is that to the textile employer European *le serves of little have proceeded -as it has proceeded- to important investments in high technology and ambitious restructurings for *modernizar company, have specialised in the quality, in style, in the design, in the #european mark. +In the first turn, in the *cual the election of President of Parliament did not have to the principle possibility that it produced, *nosotros had decided to present the candidature of Mrs. #Laura *González, to strengthen our specific presence in breast of the left. +Besides, the congratulate no only for being President, and sex President feminine, but also for being from takes varied years a big colleague, and *le wish a good work that *redunde in benefit of Parliament, of the internal reform, but especially of the Assembly and of *Europa, because I know his big personal adhesion to *Europa, to our common vision. +The second point is that to keep negotiation capacity of a *Europa expanded is indispensable that resolve to time and of exhaustive way before enlargement the three institutional questions that remained slopes in *Amsterdam: the size and composition of the Commission, the vote *ponderado in the Council and enlargement of vote procedure by majority. +*Me seems very important -for Group, anyway- that in reform of the institutions that goes to undertake concede a greater weight to the national democracies and to the national parliaments, in place to leave that *Europa follow sinking and moving away of citizens, when creating democracy that have called virtual. +Expect of Commissioners that board dialogue with deputies to the European Parliament in the earliest moment possible of adoption process of decisions, but especially expect that they respect the principles of transparency and subsidiariness and also democracies and traditions. +The last facts related with pollution of #some foods with dioxin in *Bélgica have caused a particularly grave situation, no longer only by the risks that involves for health of persons but also because it has weakened confidence in the *piensos, in production chain of foods and in control of the authorities. +Apart from the urgent measures already announced, services of the Commission are now, and east is the most general frame, in proposals for the improvement or, #if it is the case, hardening of disposals valid in the Community on alimentary products for animals and persons. +In relation with the meeting summit that *clausuró works of the Council under the Presidency #german, want to insist from a principle in the good work effected by this Presidency, in a dangerous international context and in doubt period» by part of the #european opinions. +In this case, as in *tantos #others, the facts are more *elocuentes that the words, and in it that to me concerns, and in it that concerns to President and to the Commission designated #this is a maximum and a reality that goes to *modelar the task *reformadora of the Commission from the principle, #if #that is the result of the vote of this Assembly Wednesday. +Reinforces enormously the fine intention of the Commission but really #would produce recommendations frankly *insustanciales for inspection procedures that #would not guarantee the achievement of improvements and provides action program detailed to ensure that the existent laws are applied inside a realistic calendar but adjusted. +The preparation for enlargement will not be an easy task and will not see facilitated #if Parliament and the Commission do not collaborate closely to guarantee that they take firm decisions on these subjects or study in a surroundings of understanding and with a common purpose. +there #be not doubt that #if in the decade that finishes this year, had prevailed sensitivity by the different realities of villages in the #european position with regard to the ancient *Yugoslavia, in place of *obsesionarnos with the concept of State, things had been very distinct and, definitely, no so disastrous. +Gentleman President, gentleman President designated of the Commission, *yo go to vote tomorrow in favour of his Commission, but before *me will take an analgesic for headache and surely will need a double dose, seen denouement and the results of audiences, of the that has gone out *airosa a Commission announced like excellent, but that has not had a brilliant performance. +Without embargo, the #belgian government has designated in person of Mr. *Busquin candidate to commissioner that during years has been president of #one *association give *malfaiteurs, malefactor association, of the Socialist Party *Valón, association that is a true model of scandals of *sobornos, finance with traffic of arms, fraud, political nominations, *malversación of public bottoms and #european subventions. +On the great files that have in front - negotiations on the World-wide Organisation of Trade, Conference *Intergubernamental, debates on the Mediterranean subject - President of the Commission has communicated likewise will to associate like actors able to adopt decisions to deputies of Parliament. +Gentleman *Prodi, agreement with gentleman *Poettering is signal of a new was, a possibility to achieve a totally new culture inside the Commission, precisely directed to recover confidence and the interest of part of citizens by #ours EU. +Parliament has to consider very seriously paper, especially after the scarce participation in the recent elections in States members - a clear sample of the *desinterés, and more probably of cynicism and disdain of citizens - our mission today is to answer to audition of Commissioners designated and to the question posed by President designated, Mr. *Prodi. +Ask that Commissioner School and *usted same, in quality of President of #the same, develop the ambition to promote integration of equality goals among men and women in the general politics, an ambition that translate in progresses and improvements *mensurables. +The new Commission only will go in in functions time that have approved tomorrow election in quality of Parliament and after Commissioners and Commissioners have sworn charges in front of the Court of Justice European Thursday to the 12.00 hours, in *Luxemburgo. +do not mix this debate with morning debate on the budgets *rectificativos and supplementary 1, 3 and 4 for 1999, because *cuando President in exercise affirms that this spirit of cooperation is based in the mutual confidence (*eso is it that have written) among the institutions, do not have more that remember to the Council it that took with the budgets *rectificativos and supplementary 1 and 3 and #which was #ours reaction. +The principles of clarity, transparency and of *rectitud ethical have to chair the taking of decisions in breast of the Union, so much in the looks of administrative culture intern as in referents to guarantee security and the rights of citizens. +The proposal do not includes reference to these central solutions and has like only object promote the federalistic development of the European Union, development that the majority of the population of my country, *Dinamarca, refused in the referendum on the Treaty of *Amsterdam celebrated in 1993. +#If really they wish to create a democratic space of security, freedom and justice have to guarantee that the European Parliament convert in legislator with equality of rights in #all those fields in that they already have taken the decision -although of form certainly *titubeante- of *conferirle competition in a future no very far. Of it contrary, run the danger that the European Union *distancie even more of citizens. +#There is point of the resolution proposal by the that seat big charm and is point *séptimo *b in the that it censors the fact that the texts of the decision in matter of cooperation *Schengen still have not been given to know, although #this have happened to form part of the community right from May of this year. +But it more important of Colony proposal is method. In place to leave these questions in hands of the national Governments pretends to create a species of assembly in the that have representation the national Parliaments, the European Parliament and the Governments. +More that of the Letter of the fundamental rights treats of implantation of a new procedure of collaboration among the national Parliaments, the national Governments and the European Parliament that it #can award to the European Union the big *legitimación that *le allow to put final point to task. +Finally, #ours *Europa has to *proscribir form of discrimination in employment, house and access to leisure and remember to #all those that deny the existence of gas houses and that believe that races are uneven that racism is not an opinion, but offence. +means that #would have to use , in my opinion, lady Speaker, are three: the police cooperation -having very in account progresses that have achieved through *Schengen-, prevention of crime and the external relations, since security in the Union #can not isolate of the of the rest of *Europa neither of the world. +Lady Speaker, gentlemen deputies of the European Parliament, the European Union has supported, already from the principle of conflict, the attempts of *Portugal and Indonesian to get to a solution for *Timor Oriental that was accepted by the international community, endorsed by the UN and that was based in self-determination of citizens. +The organisation armed ETA has established #alto fire and the majority of the political parties, unions and #basque civil organisations have signed an agreement in *Lizarra-*Estella (*Navarra) that pretends *reconducir the #basque conflict by roads of dialogue and negotiation. +In *ella appears point *b) that tackles, in my opinion, subjection point essential of the #european institutional architecture: the right of initiative of the Commission, that has to act *colegialmente and be the only that have the right to propose #european legislation. +In my opinion, of it that treats especially is to recover a credible speaker, put end to a situation of interminable transition and allow to the #european executive restart his difficult task and advance at last, in narrow *concertación with the #european deputies, in relation with the questions determinants that affect to *Europa and to citizens. +*Eso no removes so that the statements that Roman *Prodi has taken from presentation in front of the European Parliament have to disappoint by strength and upset to those who expect of the European Union fast answers, audacious, to reorient *Europa to service of villages and of men and no of finances and of the powerful cavalier Gift Money so that *Europa affirm like an option in front of the *mundialización liberal. +Have to warn to #all managers. #If of here to little do not produces change in politics of Indonesian, *nos will see forced -and now *me direct to the Council and to the Commission- to loom to this country with #all the economic means that have to our scope to end to achieve cooperation of managers #indonesian. +Considers the Presidency of the Council in exercise, like the *PE, that already give conditions so that the majority of members of the General Assembly of Nations Joined pronounce this year in favour of the establishment of a universal moratorium for the execution of penalties capital? +Now well, there are borrowers, particularly in *Irlanda, that have hired mortgages of fixed interest, sometimes to a type of interest that is three times more elevated that the current type, and the institutions borrowers do not want to adjust interest types without imposing considerable financial sanctions. +The juvenile delinquency *nos seems a problem of big *embergadura and is taking it in account, as we will be able to influence in the evolution of delinquency in the future, since the illicit guidelines of behaviour purchased in youth are harmful on a long-term basis, so much for criminals, through the consequences of offences, as also for society in group. +Regarding headquarters share the wise point of meeting proposed by Mr. *Swoboda and, finally, *me has enjoyed the image of ray of sun employed by Mr. Go *der *Waal, although *yo #would be more realistic: opens a ray of important hope, yes, but remains without resolving the political knot. +As a result of appeal of the European Council of Colony to create an agency, the proposal of the Commission bases mainly in the model of #all the other current #european agencies: a structure with own juridical personality and with powers to take decisions and in #whose council of administration are represented States members. +Among the maximalist positions, that demand recognition of the right to the return, *obviando the real problems that #would generate the massive return of refugees and the irreducible positions, that do not assume the existence of the problem, there are intermediate options that suits to explore, boost and set up. +innovations in this agreement are Article 4 on payments, Article 8 on visibility of the community contribution, Article 9 on arbitration and Article 12 on the entrance in vigour, #all *ellos directed to increase transparency and the surrender of accounts for approval. +First, the goal of decision proposal of the Council is not the to regulate information appeal *interinstitucional, but the to approve the text of the Agreement *CE-*OOPS and authorise to the Commission subscription of #the same in name of the Community. +Regarding the amendments approved in the Environment Commission, *nosotros have voted against the group of amendments that ask to the next coastal countries to the European Union that use programs *PHARE, *TACIS and *MEDA, to contribute financially to create a community frame of cooperation. +For example, in section 10 says that the European Parliament, quote: "considers urgent that, to facilitate integration of citizens of third countries residents legally in the territory of the European Union, #this tackle the relative principles to the statute of persons" . +In relation with point 19, that treats to give to *Europol operative faculties, think that it has to interpret like that it is development of collaboration of *Europol #whose goal is to boost the fight against the international delinquency, but #this has to make in the frame of the right of States members to have full control on the police activity inside territory. +In addition to the grave structural problems like investment fault, the public debt, in particular the external debt, has experienced a fast growth and in these moments is not clear how propose the authorities pay the interests of this heavy debt. +conflict in *Daguestán no only turns around crash among the #russian army and militants #islamic *chechenos. Also turns around questions like the weakness of *Rusia, oil of the Sea *Caspio, and poverty in the *Cáucaso northern, aggravated by the fault of economic support of *Moscú. +The European Union has to follow acting under the Presidency #finnish so that they reestablish what before relations with *Birmania, but on the base of respect to the human rights, to the result of the elections and with release of the #british prisoners arrested for defending democracy. +Appeal in any case to President of State and to Government so that it put of agreement together with #all the political strengths of the country on an electoral procedure that concede opportunities to any political group that respect the democratic rules of the game. +Before they precipitate *ustedes to leave , the General Secretary has agreed that, as they still appear #many of *ustedes in orator list, will consider #all the letters that *nos get like an explanation of vote that will publish in Record of today, always that they send the letters before the end of the next week so that they #can take proposals. +*Me #would enjoy to begin congratulating to my colleague #James *Provan by the excellent presidency of the debate that has been the first to the that have assisted being *él president and that has resulted a very interesting and useful exercise in the goal to improve conditions of work environment. +Commissioner *Byrne is -have to add- #worthy of *encomio by his prompt acceptance of the preparation of a White Book on legislation of the EU in matter of date back of this year and also give a more strict character to the system of fast #alert for emergencies in matter of foods. +And *cuando talk of the wide and modern concept of the human rights, also boy recently born and infected with the *HIV in *Zimbabwe is mate regarding the human rights and no the circles that consciously close the eyes and do not share with the population it that know on forms of treatment and especially of prevention. +*Permítanme that *les remember also that implantation of the alternative energies includes two significant subjects: the hydroelectric energy and the aeolian energy, that proportionally already represent a so important part that takes necessary to boost very acutely #all the remaining, as for example the solar energy, but also the *aprovechamiento of biomass. +The insistence in the diffusion of information in *ALTERNER *II is very important in truth and am desirous to see, #if it still is available, spot of the Centre *Agores in Mesh *Multimedios World-wide, that is allocated clearly to gather information class on the renewable energy so that #everyone #can *consultarla and keep to day. +An essential part of the Agreement is, besides, commitment of parts to defend the democratic principles, the human rights, Right State and the responsible administration of State. +No *me allow to judge the subjects posed by his *Señorías, but wanted to say that maybe this moment of dialogue with the Commission #would have to circumscribe to the debate and to the decisions taken by the Commission, because, of it contrary, runs the risk to finish in instrument, the that goes to begin inside instants, is to say, question turn. +Personally, am favourable to the idea, that *yo consider important in front of citizens and to the problems that arise, of a #european strength of civil security to act better together, with more rapidity and of a more visible form in case of natural catastrophe, so much in the territory of the Union as in outside and God knows that catastrophes do not are missing, as it shows actuality. +To tenor of an agreement with the humanitarian agents more representative, help will go especially directed to consolidate the humanitarian structures already existent in the zone and to help to the local population to help to the displaced with medical help, help alimentary and hostel. +Subject: conjoint Service for the community help to the countries no members (*SCR) there #be not time to give to the Commission with the litany of problems to that they have to face up the *ONG of the north and of the south by it that refers to credit reception for projects already agreed by the ancient *DG *VII. +These attempts have a fine base in correspondence kept among Prime minister #turkish, *Ecevit, and the previous Presidency of the European Union: Prime minister confirmed in a letter that *Turquía splits of the criteria of *Copenhague to carry out integration in the Union. +To advance in terrain need support of the European Parliament in the granting of concrete financial helps and a general backrest to approach and development of relations among *Turquía and the European Union. +With regard to the amendment 1, the Commission always has been of the opinion that politics on the renewable energy and politics on the energetic efficiency are closely related among himself\/hisself and have to be coordinated in common, but *nos ask #if it is not premature a letter on the renewable energy. +This resolution goes to encourage to diet #turkish to intensify the politics of repression against villages *kurdo and Turkish; to continue with occupation of *Chipre, to follow with #the same *intransigencia and contempt to the decisions of the UN and, finally, goes to exert a negative paper. +And second, in our own house, the Commission has to put things in order because in this moment services of the Commission commissioned to attend claims in front of solution organism of conflicts of the World-wide Organisation of Trade are absolutely deficient. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, believe that to these heights #all in Parliament coincide in the need to tackle the problem of the climatic change of rigorous form, no only for fulfilling commitment assumed by the European Union but also by the indisputable global importance of the problem. +Has knowledge President in exercise of the Council that the suspension of the free sales of taxes, against of the majority opinion of States members, has weakened airport strategy, aerial lines and companies of maritime transport of *pasajeros to keep rates it more possible drops? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the tragedy of *Ustica, with more of 80 dead persons, almost twenty years of investigations, in addition to the 15 victims that it is necessary to relate with this tragedy during and after investigations, has to *obligarnos to *reflexionar on three crucial points: transparency, responsibility and the arrogance of type of military power and no only military. +Of mood that the tragedy of mount *Cermis did not go only a #italian problem and tackled to scale international, also *Ustica deserves this forum, deserves explanation and deserves respect in front of it that is magistrature that will have to get until bottom to end to determine responsibilities and *atribuirlas to the one who correspond. +Has to have a complete cooperation among #all States members of the European Union #if we want to be in conditions to exert part that *nos corresponds in the reduction of level of gas broadcasts of effect *invernadero, that so destructive paper are at present in our own world-wide environment. +Now well, *nos have *percatado that reason that the Commission wished to formulate the statement Friday was that Thursday had a meeting of the veterinary scientific Committee that goes to occupy of this question, and therefore the Commission wanted to be in conditions to give more informations Friday. +Fight Office against Fraud, created, as it is logical, to watch by the fine execution of the community budget, has *algo that see with the establishment of control in #all the directions applied without discrimination #any no only to agents, but also -like somebody already has signalled- to members of the institutions? +Was a very important decision in *pro of the creation of this office, as the fight against fraud exerts a central paper in the assessment of the #european politics by part of citizens and of citizens of States members. +Finally, the directive constitutes also a good example of a consistent performance of the European Union in the field of Inner Subjects, in the inner market, but, to time, constitutes an opening to the international cooperation. +Need the advantages for security that indicate in the Directive of Mr. *Ferri, but also need to focus with #a lot of greater amplitude form of *ocuparnos of the world-wide technical norms in an industry of capital importance for the European Union. +The European Union has assumed commitment to fund reconstruction of *Kosovo. At present, in *Kosovo no only is necessary to reconstruct the bridges, schools, the technical infrastructure, but also reestablish, of general way, a democratic civil society and peaceful in the region. +Without embargo, #this no means that it #can opt for following road of discounts and think that they will be able to release quietly resources to fund politics in other fields by means of linear cuts in the agricultural sector, that did not includes only costs allocated to agriculturalists, but also for the group of the rural space. +Also #can create *algo of space, and maybe was an idea for negotiations with the Council, to take out of bottom for the humanitarian helps the 89 millions allocated to the humanitarian actions in *Kosovo and *incluirlos in the integral package for finance of the region. +This year, that is a key year with war of *Kosovo, the events of *Timor, the earthquakes of *Turquía, commitments of a Union that pretends more responsible in the international scene, the Council *nos proposes a budget of 92 *millardos, is to say, 4 *millardos less that the budget of the previous year. +On the other hand, also is necessary to elaborate -in look do not agree with #some of orators that *me have preceded- a statute of the political parties Europeans. In effect, *yo believe that it also is necessary a greater transparency and a greater efficiency in the field of finance of parties to scale #european. +In fact, do not have to forget that the true competitor are *ellos and that, therefore, only the budgetary politics directed to protect investments and the economic growth, *nos will allow to seat the bases of a Union surely stronger from the point of sight structural and economic. +Without embargo, and assuming that fishing is a community politics #whose finance gives off of the Treaties, has found among #all formula that allows not refusing in first reading the amendments of the Council, included the referred to fishing, but differ approval until moment in that it achieve a financial agreement with the Council. +*Yo want to remember that Parliament has supported to said federation of associations that groups to the organisations of #european women and *le has entrusted transposition of action platform of *Pequín in the field of the no governmental organisations, and *me seems that it #would be disastrous that organisation of women #can benefit now of said budget. +communication politics awards a clear priority to keep and improve the credibility of the *SEBC and confidence in the euro, being things -the credibility and confidence- crucial elements for the fine course of the monetary politics. +The commission also refused sight point of the Greens, expressed in amendment of today, that it #would be necessary to modify the relative mandate to stability of prices to take into account difficulties to the that #would confront only manufacturers #if they dropped prices. +In effect, on the one hand, #all *nosotros have appreciated the increasing paper that said Institution - and to time, of reflection, #all the Union - has come exerting in the last time in terms of economic politics and, especially, labour; by #another, #this has not sufficed so that the euro did not suffer the effects of speculations and weakened in front of competitors - that do not have to exclude at all - that they are States Joined and the *NAFTA. +Has been the first meeting of this type since the European Parliament ratified the new School of Commissioners European, and the new President, Roman *Prodi, has declared many times his sincere commitment to explain much more with Parliament in the taking of decisions in the future. +In *tercer place, this summit has been important because although until then we had reached to take reality the Economic and Monetary Union, without embargo, this special summit has given a *primer step to a Union of Security, to a space of freedom, security and of the right for citizens of *Europa. +Before yielding the use of the word to my colleague #Michel *Barnier, that goes to present to His *Señorías the goals of the Conference *Intergubernamental, wish to appreciate again to Parliament support that has loaned to the Commission in this project, project of *Tampere, spirit of *Tampere, letter of *Tampere, but especially project of citizens of our common Union. +is not *superfluo work in *pro of a reorganisation of the Treaty to go back it more readable and more accessible to citizens and to imagine day a more comfortable modification of the common politics, by opposition to the fundamental principles of the Union. +deletes the right to veto, diminishes the influence of the small nations, President of the Commission transforms in Prime minister species in a European Commission increasingly powerful, and the EU #would be a military Union. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0028\/1999) of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market concerning the common position (14248\/3\/1998 - *C5-*COD 1994\/0011) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to transport facilities of persons by wire (Speaker: Mr. *Miller) +madness, the committed by Senate #american, that, as it said Commissioner, Mr. *Patten, probably not even has committed by strategic calculations, but by internal fights, it that worsens the question and, especially, as it has *recalcado, incites to countries that already are nuclear powers, to not ratifying the Treaty, and incites to countries to purchase nuclear arms. +Gentleman President, do not need to go back to go in in the subjects that so *sucintamente has *resumido Mr. *Patten in particular - except that *me #would enjoy to go back to take upsetting in the danger that action of the Senate send the mistaken message to falcons of the *Duma #russian that up to now have not answered to the initiatives directed to the nuclear disarmament. +Gentleman President, am very satisfied that the speech of Parliament was so unanimous, and is well that the Commission, Parliament and the Council have *recalcado the importance of support of the European Union to the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs. +In relation with *Rusia, always are in the agenda subjects, #any one that was the institution involved, so much #if it treats of questions of the fight against criminality, of economic reforms, of a reasonable legislation in *Rusia, for example, on bunch of Banking or taxes and in point #can detect that they produce some effective progresses. +#can accept the amendment 11, relative to information paper of contact points, on condition that his regional actions, that #can complement his national paper, base in disposals in vigour in the different States members and no comport increase #any of the financial contribution of the Community. +Have taken fine note -with joy, have to say it- of enthusiasm that has expressed in enclosure, of enthusiasm with the that young deputies and less youngsters have engaged so that youngsters of our continent #can in the future -more still that in the past, because #everyone agreed also in underlining that program "Youth" has contributed already a lot to millions of youngsters- build on it that already has taken well. +#This #would have to facilitate payment of the community contribution to the budget of the European Observatory of *Estrasburgo for 1999, is to say, for the year in course, #whose delay hampered and hampers the operation of the institution, and *yo create - although #all the commission thinks it same - that operation is important and fundamental for the European Commission and the 34 States members that form part and that continue incorporating actively to the Observatory. +Without embargo, has been missing a juridical foundation *vinculante and #this is it that wants to create now on the base of section 3 of article 130 to of the Treaty of the *CE, taking into account that information centre has to contribute fundamentally to strengthen competitiveness of the audiovisual industry improving information flow. +Finish to decide -have to remember it- that the common rule contained in the Agreement *interinstitucional and accompanied by the necessary measures allocated to facilitate development flowed of investigations of service, of compliance with the decision of Parliament that attaches to the Regulation like Annex, will apply inside Parliament. +. (THE) The *altanería of the *superpotencia #american, put already clearly to the discovered in the criminal bombardments against *Yugoslavia, adopts dimensions of own provocation of a conception of only empire in front of #all villages of earth, with the continuous decisions of the Senate on investigation and the development of nuclear arms. +After the recent decision of the Senate to return to actuality the known "war of the stars" , voting in favour of *financiarla, in clear transgression of the Agreement *ABM, the refusal to ratify the Treaty of No Nuclear Proliferation supposes a *provocativo contempt to the world-wide demand of general and definite cessation of the nuclear proofs. +main Goal of this community legislation is the extension of regulation mentioned, that regulate the international rail transport of dangerous commodities (*RID), to the field of the national transport, is to say, transport that takes place in the national territory of each #one of States members. +Is therefore by it that this report, seen like an isolated initiative, #can cause the impression to encircle to a very concrete question, but when situating it in the #european frame, remains clear that goes much more there of the specific subject of the transport of dangerous commodities by railway. +On the other hand, subsidies never go to get to part of the population affected by east tie up: to Mrs. #Manuela, that has fishmonger; to Mr. #Antonio, that has appliance shop; not even, to bank carpentry, that practises in school-workshop of *Galicia, in *Rianxo, because they do not go to have ships that repair. +Gentleman President, take part in this debate to show my position and to show also support wish to #all postures that contribute, so much in Parliament as in the European Commission, to attainment of a new agreement of the European Union with Realm of *Marruecos. +granting is, in our opinion, a good incentive for #all women and #all men that in the world, in our regions, struggle by the application of peace, by defence of the human rights, by freedom and democracy. +The *segunda reason is that, in the past and also very recently, this subject has loaned to operations of image that #can have been amused in *algún case, like the image to take smuggling of meat among two countries of the Community, but do not think that it was necessary to go back to resurrect wars among countries because *eso #can seem a parody concerning a subject that is very serious. +refer to five subjects: *rastreabilidad, supplementary proofs, questions relative to the derivative products, supplementary information on controls, inspection and controls of the Alimentary and Veterinary Office in facilities of *Truro, in *Devon, in the that sacrifices and exports product and, by *ultimo, on the question of labeling. +Of course, still have not adopted official decisions and, as I have said to His *Señorías takes moment, the constitutional structure of said agency is still for deciding and also his reciprocal effects with the institutions of the European Union and with the national agencies of alimentary security of States members. +In effect, #if the Central Bank says the clear things, takes, by like this say it, the *haraquiri; #if, when talking with #this actors, do not says the clear things - neither will have to take it because the Central Bank has to take things - then talks for talking and loses time. +Also treats that it establish sure enough dialogue with Parliament, since participation is necessary in practice so that dialogue define also some very concrete guidelines in favour of citizens and citizens, that #can *confluir afterwards in the Forum on employment, under the Presidency #portuguese. +Have to say to President of the Council *ECOFIN and to Commissioner *Solbes Watches that it that initiate in dialogue *macroeconómico in the next days will not refer so only to it that is at present, but that will serve to create the ideal atmosphere so that, in case that it have a problem or difficult questions, #can *sentarnos, in reality, with the social speakers and contrive solutions for our problems. +#All *nosotros, a new Parliament and a new Commission, have to materialise a decision that was taken in Colony Council, before being here *nosotros, and believe that it is our political will develop, change, give a distinct form to dialogue time that have tested it, *cuando have the first experiences and *cuando see in how direction will have to make changes. +persons have more difficulties that colleagues of other economic sectors to hour to defend in front of discriminations, especially, because they do not work with colleagues of permanent form and neither in place that was fixed and easily accessible for the #sindical representatives. +Have to underline that there #be a big distance among the proposal of the Council and the of the European Parliament; and the Commission comes with a conciliatory proposal, of a transitory period of 7 years for the application of a maximum level of 48 hours. +The EU goes to provide technical help to develop the energetic resources, to boost the effective use and saving of energy, and to cater clean and renewable energy, in addition to the use of technicians that are respectful of the environment. +Finally, believe that it is of big importance the establishment of these regular contacts among the European Parliament and Argentinian, and no only in this matter but also in the economic terrain, social and cultural, since it is an obligation of the European Union consolidate our presence in this country with the that Europeans have *tantas things in common. +In quality of legislative organ European, will not be able to avert have to establish in the future some maximum values and some clear terms with seen to achieve a perceivable reduction of broadcasts of harmful gases. +Expect that the strategy on the inner market *nos give the opportunity to expand cooperation to the preliminary stage, in the that fix action priorities; and to execution stage, in the that it is necessary to occupy that the rules work of optimum form. +Have the greater opportunity never known to take that the Only Market was a reality for agents exclusive and #SME in States members that before #can have not thought in selling out of his immediate place. +Each fixed country his own priorities in matter of politics of employment and to this *respecto, like members of the *ELDR, go to *permitirnos celebrate the fact that during these last years was in the majority of countries members a politics of liberal employment that takes upsetting in guaranteeing the suitable incentives in matter of fiscal and social politics. +In the amendment 1 say that "we urge especially to the creation of strategy of similar social convergence to the process of *Luxemburgo for employment, with #whose help #can ensure the priority of the model of social cohesion in the economic politics and of employment" . +Calls attention and invites to reflection the fact that the countries situated out of the zone euro have activity tax higher and #if we abandon the European Union, find even activity tax even more high, *me refer to neighbour Norwegian. +Therefore, the Commission #can accept, in principle, the need to study the possible expansion of the scope of this concept, to include characteristics of vehicles, as they #can be noise and fuel consumption and propulsion technologies. +Gentleman President, as they signalled previous orators, the best way to celebrate this convention is that it have converted in a powerful and important tool for the European Union, so much for politics inner as for the external. +Big part of #everything *eso has to to cruelty or negligence of adults and it minimum that they #can take adults is to watch by that, *cuando boy *carece for real of family, *le apply disposals of the Agreement of The Have to hour to offer to boy an opportunity in life by means of the adoption. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0052\/1999) of Mrs. *Haug, in name of Budget Commission, on decision proposal of the Council (*COM(1999)333 - *C5-0092\/1999 - 1999\/0139(*CNS)) relative to the system of own resources of the European Union. +And do not forget how much time has happened since it began application and how many positive changes there #be had during time. #Can mention as main the creation of the *UEM from 1 January 1999, the aspired enlargement, with the countries of *Europa central and oriental, *Chipre and Malt and, finally, Diary 2000, that prescribes, among things, the modifications that have to take in the agricultural sector. +Believe that in rare occasions has occurred that a speaker had to occupy during a budgetary exercise of more of 60 transfers of credits and five supplementary budgets, a big number of modifications and *complementos to the budget *originario, it that in the last debate on the budget *rectificativo and supplementary *IV *le has moved to say that it no longer recognised to his own boy, is to say, the budget 1999. +And *le take the word so that in the year 2000, in a conjoint work, much more intense and more open, from the principle #can avert that priorities like the regions *bálticas or actions in favour of boys are not the first affected, because #one has suspicion that perhaps they are not *ustedes those who do not want to execute *eso, but instances that are behind. +The report *nos remembers that to reach an important improvement of protection measures of the world-wide environment and the reduction of broadcasts, need dialogue and consensus with our commercial competitors and with the countries in development. +Another challenge, of capital importance, refers to contradiction -that *me seems especially strong- among liberalisation of the energetic networks, favourable certainly, to drop of prices, but also, to time, to waste, and to the promotion of a rational and economic utilisation of energy. +The directive on great facilities of combustion to reduce sulphide dioxide and nitrogen oxides and program Car *Oil to face up to the problem of the quality of the air in cities are some very stood out examples. +And to conclude, gentleman President, varied orators have taken reference to a wider debate in the that they contemplated #all looks relative no only to demand looks and environmental but also to look of our energetic sources and of our energetic dependency according to future forecasts. +Gentleman President, have had knowledge that services of Parliament -do not know #if by instruction of Speaker- have forbidden press conference of President of the Court of Accounts of the European Union in venues of Parliament. +In this frame, Parliament already had occasion to approve modification proposals of varied directives allocated to improve from the point of technological sight the engines and the quality of fuels. +In effect, while it keeps very wanders in relation with the greater part of the relative environmental questions to the sector of energy, this resolution asks that, in the countries of the European Union, electricity production of nuclear origin conserve, in the future, at least part that has at present. +Today have voted in this Assembly on the report of the colleague *Chichester and have said in this context of a very clear mood that refuse any *imposición or any type of indirect recommendation to change to the nuclear security. +For States of the that it treats is an important argument because they know that the European Parliament has to give assent at the end of adhesion negotiations, is to say, that without the European Parliament #can not be and is by #this by it that the wishes of the European Parliament are of the greater importance in this question. +In relation with deficiencies in the registers of livestock and other, the application of export plan according to a calendar established, #such as *yo understand it, protects the public health and guarantees the alimentary security in relation with meat export of bovine of Realm Joined. +Gentleman President, the Commission presented recently to the Council, to the European Parliament and to the Economic and Social Committee a communication subordinated to the subject "The victims of delinquency in the European Union - reflection on norms and measures that have to adopt". +To reach the economic and social stability, increase the social welfare of citizens of the countries candidates and avert the risk of *dumping social in the current States members, enlargement will demand that the countries candidates *modernicen systems of social security. +The adoption of the Letter of Security in *Europa, #if it signs in the next days, will be definitely element that will enhance the authority of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in *Europa, and will be definitely a valuable complement of development of security politics of the Union. +*Cuando *usted was General Secretary of the Western European Union and #this integrate in the European Union, #this will pose, of course, a new task of parliamentary control and the European Parliament will have to assume function together with the national Parliaments, that will conserve likewise control function in this field. +Achieve, definitely, have a common coin, have advanced in the field of the economy and has got moment to advance in the field of politics, and very specifically in the field of the external politics and of security politics. +The #french delegation of Group *opone to this modification of the juridical nature of act, in the sense that the regulation allows to take better in consideration the impact of the budgetary discipline in States members as in the community institutions. +Without embargo, also think that, time that the Russians *nos have asked that we act like observers in the elections to the *Duma, have to consider very seriously the suitability to answer to request of Parliament, since *ello #would constitute a new contribution to dialogue and to development of democracy, and perhaps also of a political more suitable, in *Rusia. +It important is that *le take to know to *Rusia that this message is explicit, that it is necessary to finish with the use of violence against the civil population, that it is necessary to begin negotiations with the representatives chosen legally in *Chechenia, that the humanitarian help is necessary and has to get to destination and that the *OSCE #would have to have paper determinant in the solution of this conflict. +But peasants, that will have been deleted, the liberal professions *marginadas, the textile industry, chemist, footwear, the heavy vehicles, pieces of furniture, fuselages, toys, #everything *eso that will have delivered to competition *extraeuropea, how will take with *ello? +Thus I expect can cover, comprise and recognise the aspirations of the world developed and of the world in roads of development, and recognise the enormous advantages of the free trade world-wide, to time that recognise also the need *imperiosa to reach the transition that allow and confer powers to the world in development to convert in speaker in equality of conditions of globalisation. +The *mundialización leaves to feel effects in the social field in #all the countries, but is necessary to ascertain that, in a series of countries less advanced, the norms of international work admitted in the frame of the International Organisation of Work do not respect sufficiently. +From sight point of our interests *multilaterales #as well as of our own interests all depend of the content of the agreement that has signed; the #american Congress has wanted to have the novelty of the content of the quoted agreement, procedure by the *cual this Assembly #would have to have more charm that antipathy, although *me complicate life. +Ask that it apply the community method, by analogy with article 48, expect that the present Commission a concrete proposal that serve of base for negotiations and also expect can reach consensus with the Council and with the Commission on the agenda and on the procedure of the next Conference *Intergubernamental. +To opinion, the double legitimacy of the Union, like Union of States, on the one hand, but by the #another side also like Union of villages, has to remain reflected in recognition of power of *codecisión of Parliament in looks relative to the content of the futures Treated in the future negotiations with seen to the review. +The political tensions that have characterised the start of this term of office no are the necessary convergences among the distinct, important, the most important, parliamentary Groups in terrain of the strengthening of the Union, of Institutions and of politics. +Gentleman President, *le appreciate that *me concede the use of the word instants in this moment of the debate, in the that have been able to listen with attention to the speakers to the that it already had heard, but also to the representatives and to orators of the different Groups that occupy seats of Parliament, is to say, to #many of His *Señorías. +*Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen the fact of having seated the bases of a new *foedus, of pact luck after the #european unit that organises around differences, tries mediations and, especially, treats to find some principles and some fundamental units. +The Commission presented afterwards to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions communication containing the action plan to combat drugs during the period 2000 - 2004. +My opinion is that in meeting argued the subject of drug of correct way, more coherent, to design the future strategy, especially in it that *atañe to trade with drug and terrains affine as, for example, the fight against money wash. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, as I have said, the intention of the Commission is to take out to *relucir this subject in the bilateral conversations related with taking of a preferential agreement on liberalisation of services and of the acquisitions of the public sector among the EU and *Turquía. +Report (To5-0066\/1999) of Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the European Office of Fight against Fraud (*OLAF) +*Señorías, it that go to say *reviste importance, since they have contributed modifications to the text that did not obtain the necessary qualified majority in Plenary in the partial period of sessions of the month of October, to instance of the greater political Group that then expressed reservations and posed requirements of greater explanations. +The commission likewise has accepted amendment of Gentlemen *Nassauer and *Brok, by means of the *cual -read literally the amendment that converts in the new article 4 of decision project- "have to follow without changes norms relative to the parliamentary immunity and to the right of deputy to no *testificar" . +My Group has examined very painstakingly the report and have got to the conclusion that it treats of the technical materialisation of the agreement that signed Parliament in relation with the parliamentary immunity, and that they will not cancel the privileges without having followed the procedure prescribed. +Report (To5-0066\/1999) of Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the European Office of Fight against Fraud (*OLAF) +#can not refuse in advance the requirements of countries members of the *OMC so that we reform our agricultural politics in the Round of #Millenium, taking that this agreement really was development instrument that contribute to diminish differences among poor and rich countries. +Now well, nobody doubts that during negotiations, commitment text, given to light with pain, will be object of multiple pressures by North American part, *cuando the Union did not presents more that an apparent homogeneity and did not has of a juridical arsenal comparable to the of States Joined, able, #if it was necessary, to deter to the North American part. +The second principle #would have to be confinement" of the *OMC to represent paper strictly delimited, and keep out of competition field sectors that only #can depend of sovereignty of States and of the institutions chosen by citizens, since said sectors *atañen to the own identity of society. +Thus, although the text of the resolution subjected this morning to vote was acceptable with regard to the general goals that *nos had fixed, graces especially to the numerous amendments presented by members of my Group, have not voted in favour of said text, to respect commitments that have assumed in front of the constituents of the #french Departments of *ultramar (*D.Or.*M.). +Like this, is fundamental that the European Union, States members and #all the international community keep a strong pressure on the #indonesian authorities so that, with the greater urgency, disarm and control to the designated "militias" and believe security conditions necessary for the return of refugees to *Timor Oriental, #whose territorial integrity has to be respected entirely. +Wanted to stand out also the proposal that has taken of sending of a new delegation of the European Parliament to *Timor Oriental, precisely to verify *in crazy how is and occurring reconstruction process and have of #all the necessary elements that allow to follow keeping the of *Timor Oriental like a subject that deserves the unanimous attention of #all the #european deputies. +Have to cooperate without reservations with the Sent Special of the European Union, with the European Union, with Nations Joined, with the Organisation of the African Unit and with #all the agencies of humanitarian help to take all it that it was necessary to end to carry peace and stability to *Ruanda and to the region of the Great Lakes of *África in general. +Only wanted *decirles that in principle was adherent of this resolution, as it is logical, but to mood to see has initiated a very dangerous game that consists in using systematically the resolutions to open an ideological debate on the letter of fundamental rights. +Nevertheless, wail deeply that amendment, in the that express wish to suspend temporarily in the frame of war the association agreement and cooperation in virtue of the clause on the human rights that carries included, have not deserved support of this Assembly. +Is vice that weakens the will, that complicates to individual in dependency that enslaves it and depersonalises it, that finishes with bows and the social relations, that engenders delinquency, increases insecurity and feeds the criminal networks of world-wide field, that challenge to the law and to power of States. +action in the field of education, of family, the economic cooperation with associations and *ONG, and very especially in the field of leisure and of sport, complement performances that owe *desterrar of life of youngsters leakage valve that sometimes *les supposes to attend to forms of evasion that finish *destruyéndolos. +In spite of direct and indirect support of the European Union to the bank, the *BEI enjoys to present publicly like a totally normal bank and like this has justified in the happened his relative inaccessibility, in comparison with other public institutions like the World-wide Bank, in questions of cooperation and of control in front of the administration. +Have struggled *duramente from the Commission of Budgetary Control during six years to be able to throw glimpse to accounts of the bank and yesterday reach at last an agreement on control of the bank by the office against fraud, the *OLAF. +The subject is of special importance, given urgency of the subject, in measure in that we no longer have excessive time to set up the new procedure, since the current system finishes to finals of the month of January and it is necessary to reach a bilateral agreement among the Bank and the Commission. +And has promised to present a recommendation in the that will collect #all subjects relative to the public health, health of youngsters sporty, health of sportsmen in general, with seen to a big action *concertada of States members in the fight against doping. +Today fulfil with our mandate, lady Speaker and *Señorías, because the Commission has decided to present a relative plan to a communication on the *salvaguardia of the current sportive structures and on the maintenance of the social function of sport in the community frame. +Lady Commissioner, the congratulate by it that has had to see in relation with the set up of the Anti-doping World-wide Agency, although I also ask, as sporty, that, the same that they go to impose to athletes some strict norms in the subject of doping -sew that *me seems very well-, *les listen to *ellos and put interests above the economic and commercial interests, thing that no always has taken up to now. +Gentlemen of the Council and of the Commission, today the Union is an institution that did not respects the minimum principles of democracy and of right State and by #this, to *nosotros, the radicals, federalistic Europeans, promoters of States Joined of *Europa like the posed *Altiero *Spinelli, *nos results difficult to consider as true progresses the small, really small, reforms that appear in diary. +Wail also that our proposal of common resolution do not mention the problems linked with *Eurodac, in the precise moment in the that the Council finishes to announce, in contradiction with the Treaties, that organ #would have to follow being purely *intergubernamental, it that excludes to Parliament and to the Court of Justice of control to the *respecto. +Is necessary to have care: #if in *Helsinki the Council and the Governments will not open diary of the Conference to essential institutional subjects and already mature, will not be credible the speech on enlargement and will put of self-evident that do not knows to pose vision *previsora of development of the Union in #all dimensions. +treats of a general problem and, therefore, go to include, no in section of enlargement, but in the agenda the general assembly of the summit, that so much States members like the aspiring to adhesion have to improve fulfillment of the rights of minorities. +Also there #be section devoted to the priorities and to particular subjects of the human rights, as, for example, the rights of woman, of boys and of minorities, #as well as rejection of death pity and of racism. +In opinion of the Commission, so as to offer a more complete panorama of the situation in matter of human rights in the field of the European Union, #would suit that the report considered in way future more balanced the three *pilares of the European Union. +The challenge that have for the next #millenium is to leave that the needs of boys guide the social work in #all forms, having like point of game the right of boys to father and to mother and to grow in a safe familiar surroundings. +In the proposal of the relative Commission to bottoms for the promotion of the economic and social development of *Turquía and the consolidation of the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía proposes that #this *englobe the period 2000-2002 because *nos have dipped so much in this year that it has taken too much late to establish new budgetary lines with this end in 1999. +The financial help to *Turquía #can not separate of commitments in the fields of the social development and of democracy, of Right State and of respect to the human rights and the rights of minorities. +Gentleman President, feelings of solidarity and fraternity with village of *Turquía *nos carry to be against of entry of country in the European Union, and *ello because, like experience of village #greek already has shown, village of country do not has at all positive that expect of entry. +Although I appreciate and appreciate the contents of the Report *Morillon, consider that a strong signal has to be the to postpone this decision until Government #turkish do not confirm the suspension of death pity and open negotiation to solve the question *kurda. +To the contrary, the Environment Commission wishes to leave clear with proposal, that is more concrete and also more rigorous regarding exception norms, that #can not admit environment politics of double road, but that the goal has to be achieve a high level of protection for #all persons in the EU. +By reason, there #be not at present plans to study the incorporation of vehicle types, for example trucks, because it supposes that combustion efficiency is high, or vehicles of two tyres, by his scarce contribution to dioxide broadcasts of carbon. +Those that more auditions celebrate and more reports read on these subjects, more *me convince am that tendency generalised is, on the one hand, to a drastic shortening of transition period of the double circulation of the national coin and of the euro and, by #another, to the materialisation of a period of *front-*loading advanced at least to 1 December 2001. +Rather, #would compete by the title of greater construction *fallida of the world, as it goes directed to endow to the greater commercial block of the world of coin only founded on a base that until introduction only has been able to sustain during a period of five years of #postwar period in *Alemania. +Create, therefore, that with these two great modifications that have incorporated in commission, beside #others, like a greater precision in labeling and information to consumers, Parliament contributes to avert that a text -that believe that has also his fine parts, as I already have signalled- #can have converted, by unreal, in dead letter swims more be born, and ask thus sincerely to #all the approval of this report. +Report (To5-0071\/1999) of Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence, on regulation proposal of the relative Council to actions directed to reach the economic and social development of *Turquía (*COM(1998) 600 - *C4-0670\/1998 - 1998\/0300(*COD)) +Have taste to give the welcome, in name of the European Parliament, to members of a delegation of the #moroccan Parliament, headed by President of the Council of the Moroccan Parliament, Mr. *Jalal *Essaïd, delegation that finishes to get to grandstand of invited. +has to to that this law to amend the #italian Constitution has been presented to the Senate in three or four occasions and has bumped always with the opposition of the left, although #this has talked of filter on the possibility to change the law to allow return. +#would be It for producers and workers of the less favoured countries and no, as it has said, for multinationals that, in spite of #everything, #would find, as they always have found, the channels to increase his industrial and commercial penetration in place of the world. +The Court of Accounts has the task to check #if this goal reaches; has the task to check #if the financial performance adjusts to disposals of the budgetary diet and gives to the Commission instructions about it that it is necessary to modify for an ordered budgetary execution. +An idea that in the countries of the north always has had rooting, in *Austria, in the #scandinavian countries, in *Alemania, also in *Inglaterra has existed always the question of adult training, but in the countries of the south has not been so rooted. +The Community has to encourage to ensure hit of control plan, that to continuation will be an example for other regional organisations, and support given by Parliament to this proposal shows that, in this field and also in #others, gentleman President, and *usted knows it very well, share sight point. +These statements -is not of more remember it- refer, by part, to that deputy do not exerts #any of charges enumerated in article 6, incompatible with the mandate in Parliament and, by #another, to that contain exact informations on the professional activities, rewards obtained or functions exerted and any economic support, in personnel or in material. +Like permission system contains a mechanism to deliver among the countries permissions no used, #can reassure to Parliament that no exists risk that *despilfarren or that they do not use permissions that have been attributed like part of the basic contingent. +Second expect of *usted a clear demonstration about how much time more goes to last the dilatory manoeuvre of the Commission regarding the Novel Regulation *Feed, and #if it considers *usted timely, so that users have at last clarity, support this proposal, in concrete tackle this moratorium, that besides already went partially formulated by the Council of Ministers. +The decision to follow boosting #all the possibilities of technologies of information to improve competitiveness of the Union and the aspiration to that *Europa occupy the *primer place to world-wide level like society of information are essential parts of development of the economic security. +politics of the European Union concerning the countries of this region is disintegrated Why do not takes advantage of the EU the existence of the *OSCE to reach a stability pact for the *Cáucaso jointly with these countries, with the #russian Federation, States Joined and *Turquía? +#If we contrast said propositions with the promise to concede candidate statute to *Turquía and the simultaneous announcement of the celebration of a conference in the that will not take part *Turquía in the spring of the 2000, jumps to sight that the granting of said statute of candidate has been too much precipitated, that is a cheque in white in discovered. +do not considers the Commission that the renewal of said public agreements contravenes the Directives on adjudication procedures of the public agreements of services (92\/50\/*CEE, 93\/37\/*CEE and 89\/440\/*CEE), in view of that it has not summoned any public bidding and that any #another company of the EU has remained excluded of this important market? +With the vote in Plenary to the planned hour -or was, Thursday-, Parliament will have fulfilled obligation and issued punctually his *dictamen, with the end to guarantee in it that of *nosotros depends relief without interruptions of members of the Court and the necessary collaboration with #the same. +The new article 280 of the Treaty attributes also to the Court of Accounts new committed in the construction of a legal body that provide an equivalent effective protection against fraud or #any one other illegal activities in States members. +The Court of Appeal has revoked the *dictamen of an inferior court and has condemned to two men by *injuriar the flag in a peaceful demonstration, although legislation of the territory includes the International Pact on the Civil Rights and Politicians. +To instance of the Commission already are in the *preparativos of the content of the conference, that will take place in February. Expect to receive a similar signal by part of the Council put that this institution still has not pronounced on the presence and the number of representatives of the European Parliament in New *York. +Proposal of regulation of the Council (*CE) on distribution of cereal quantities foreseen in the title of the Agreement of Alimentary Help 1995 for the period of 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 (*COM(1999) 384 - *C5-0258\/1999 - 1999\/0162(*CNS)) (Commission of Development and Cooperation) +The European Union, shaken besides by the resignation of the Commission *Santer in the course of the preparatory works, has followed research politics of commitments with the #others great powers, moving away of claims of the countries in development and of interests of the civil society. +Second, to time that in the field of car take efforts to reduce pollution of the new engines, #would have to elaborate a #european program very *voluntarista, to end to delete quickly the ancient car park, often very *contaminante (no *me refer to collection cars). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the oral questions to the Commission and to the Council, in name of Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, and on the course given by the Union to action program *Beijing. +The Commission took caution to entrust fears to his Managerial Committee Scientist so that *le gave an opinion on #if #this questioned the decision to raise the embargo and the terms of export plan in base to the date in particular. +Nevertheless, cross, and say it time, stage in *Europa in the that, perhaps, feeding never have been so safe and, without embargo, confidence of consumers in foods diminishes day, no only in *Francia and in *Alemania, but also in countries, due to the fact that this discussion lengthens in absence of a political dynamism. +My opinion is that the additional negotiations and agreement protocol that reached among #all parts and experts involved offer new guarantees to consumers of the European Union -and no #all are #french- that meat of *vacuno exported according to the plan based in the date is so safe like any #another of the European Union. +In addition to the periodic contacts that keep in the frame of enlargement, the Council takes follow-up of the situation in the aspiring countries through evaluation group that was created by means of conjoint action of the Council on 29 June 1998. +With the end to conserve confidence in #all looks, the *BEI #can not take publics the documents or information in power, in measure that concern to credit subscribers or to parts involved in the preparation or realisation of projects, without the consent express of the interested. +The fact that delays and jams are more usual in some #european regions that in #others is, of course, *algo very regrettable, and perhaps the fastest form to influence in this subject was that the national authorities examine it that #can take to improve the situation in each Been member. +With the end to take more effective the application of the international humanitarian Right, the EU issued a statement on hand arms, the light armament and infantry mines. +Regarding smuggling in relation with the aspiring countries to adhesion, treats of a problem that, as I already said in my answer, tries to combat by means of conjoint operations against the illegal traffic carried out annually by the General Direction of Customs of the EU, in the *cuales have been invited to take part third countries *cuando has been necessary. +*Me ask #if the Council of Ministers thinks that the greater opening that possibly will have in the EU also will have to comprise the documents that the Council of present Ministers in front of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0098\/1999) of Mrs. *Keppelhoff-*Wiechert, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on decision proposal of the Council on the put in the market and the administration of *somatotropina bovine (*BST) and by the that derogates the Decision 90\/218\/*CEE of the Council (*COM(1999) 544 - *C5-0250\/1999 - 1999\/0219(*CNS)). +. (*SV) In relation with the presentation of the annual report of the Court of Accounts, signalled that his current President, Mr. #Jan Or. *Karlsson, had adopted measures against person that had catered to information means data on the content of the report. +The most important point is, in my opinion, the cultural mission of book and the obligation of society in front of literature and art; especially in a period of new media book has to enjoy of help and particular protection. +The European Parliament had then reacted vigorously adopting, almost by unanimity, on 20 November 1998, a resolution that defended the only price of book, and asked to the Commission that adapted to the cultural requirements politics community on the agreement in matter of price of books. +No only by the fact that stood out North American jurists signal that here it #can exist a judicial error, as it #be to occur, but also because it treats of citizen of the EU, ask to the Commission and, of course, to Parliament that take all it possible to convert death pity perhaps in a pity of perpetual chain or for *aplazarla in a *primer moment. +Meanwhile, continue working in concretise it supporting initiatives like the of the region of *Toscana allocated to collect bottoms to allow to #Rocco *Barnabei subject to DNA proof to show innocence and *invitándole to *usted, gentleman President, to that it employ #all roads that it has to take get the voice of Parliament and of the #european Institutions to the American authorities. +*Rasha To the-*Sabah, from takes long *Subsecretaria of Upper Education, *le have joined Dr. *Fayezah To the-*Khorafi, Rector of University of *Kuwait; Excellence *Nabila To the-*Mulla, that is ambassador of State of *Kuwait in *Austria; *Siham *Ruzuqi, the *Subsecretaria Assistant of the Ministry of Oil; another *Subsecretaria Assistant: #Sarah *Duwaisan, in Planning Ministry; and in the civil society: *Shaikha *Hussah To the-*Salim To the-*Mubarek To the-*Sabah, Speaker of the Give To the-*Athar To the-*Islamiya, the Islamic Museum of *Kuwait. +The resolution that today debate has to be a contribution more to put brake to the situation of women of a country, *Afganistán, #where diet of the Talibans is, with authoritarianism, terror among the population and the international alarm. +For women #afghan, freedom of expression, the right to work, the right to assist to courses on health and the familiar planning, access to education, #all things, #such as the know, simply no exist. +In the case of *Nicaragua in this case sustain a distinct opinion of the of #others that have taken part here treats unambiguously of Right State like #such and, therefore, that in Right State individual has to be protected in front of arbitrarinesses of the upper powers of State. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, *Tayikistán no only is the poorest country of the resultant states of the ancient Soviet Union but also the that in the last five years has suffered more eddy of the ethnic fights until #this have expanded finally to a civil war. +Without embargo, the financial help in form of *empréstito #would have to award only #if it is possible in fact a suitable control of the financial help by part of the European Union, #if it continues the process of national reconciliation and #if they organise of free and democratic way in March of the 2000 the elections, especially, the elections to parliament. +Then results obviously interesting to know #if the Council of Ministers of the EU is had to use position and his can -although we give economic help for development of *Marruecos- bear *presionar to the government of this country, so that it do not go back to call to a plebiscite that *postergue for the future, but that really #this make. +Of compliance with article 6 of the Protocol for the inclusion of the *acervo of *Schengen in the frame of the European Union, for the execution and back development of said *acervo, the Republic of *Islandia and Norwegian Realm will be associated on the base of the agreement signed on 19 December 1996 in *Luxemburgo. +True is that speaker experience and the so remarkable contribution to advances of the European Union take that this text go to be a base of indispensable reflection for the next Commission of Institutional Subjects. +Parliament by side has answered to Mr. *Herman with the approval of the modifications of regulation relative to the votes and the amendments, #as well as with the reduction of the number of commissions on the that will decide still in this session of today. +The conclusion of said recommendation was, in *resumidos terms, that regarding the political criteria Malt do not presents problems, but that in the economic area sure enough need some complementary or structural reforms, while interruption of two years in the *preparativos of Malt for adhesion has caused also delay in adoption of the *acervo community. +So that all #this #can regulate of form *jurídicamente coherent, also will have to adapt the field of application of the Regulation 17\/62, and like this proposes it the Commission; finally, the Commission wants to introduce the possibility to exempt with retroactive strength from the date of subscription agreements that did not go presented individually, but yes have right to exemption. +In *tercer place, *me will refer to the idea of a code of fine administrative behaviour, that mentioned by first time in the Report #Perry on the own activities of Request Commission in 1996-1997 and that it was supported in the Report *Newman on the annual report of Defender of the corresponding European Village to 1997. +Like this as, no it is necessary *extrañarse that the application of the group of these absurd community norms believes difficulty cumulus, that give place to the presentation of resources in front of Request Commission and Defender of Village. +In consequence, the Commission attributes importance, at the end of this term of office, to the fact to put to day in the processing of the requests, so as to can examine, with occasion of the two last meetings of Request Commission, chaired by Mr. *Fontana, the greater part of the *dossiers still pending. +*Me #unworthy the fact to ascertain that, *cuando #all the political parties, with exception of the extreme right, recognise in the arrest of *Pinochet the new virtues of an international justice, have followed having a conversation with *Milosevic, although has the most bloodstained hands and that they weigh more «crimes against humanity» on consciousness. +In place to integrate in breast to the ancient *Yugoslavia and favour, in this way, his political democratisation and his economic and social progresses, the European Union -with the European Parliament in command- has boosted his *desmembramiento and created, at least indirectly, conditions so that they produced, yesterday, wars of *Croacia and of *Bosnia and, today, the of Serbian. +The utilisation of private vehicles poses big quantity of regional and local problems that, of compliance with the principle of subsidiariness, require a type of approach lightly different, that have been elaborating mainly by pipe of action program for citizen network. +Little afterwards, members of Transport Commission and the representatives of the European Commission *deliberaron. After the consequent debate in Transport Commission, had to ascertain that the majority of members did not has *retractado of the position adopted two months ago. +Nevertheless, create -and already has said here- that *nos find in front of the typical case in that a concept that in principle back and approve, to know the promotion of transport combined so as to reduce transport by roads and take advantage of the possibilities offered by the railway and roads navigable, goes out bad unemployed person by cause of a specific measure. +In place to allow that consumers benefit of competition, the current situation characterises by the existence of a big diversity of prices with regard to credit cards, loans *hipotecarios and services -the communication contains indications very important in this sense-. +The debate on control of the country of origin regarding control in reception country has prevented up to now an important evolution to systems of #european control or to the establishment of a #european supervisory authority. +#This was reason of anxiety, since no it is necessary to forget that, after three years of work, program *DAPHNE needed, by part, a solid juridical foundation and concrete before 1 January of the year 2000 and, by #another, the juridical foundation that *nos proposed #can not deny the political line that had originated it. +*B4-0391\/99 of deputies *Banotti and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0398\/99 of deputy *Malone, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0421\/99 of deputies *McKenna and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre the murder of *Rosemary #Nelson. +are not *hipócritas *erigiéndonos in teachers of these countries that are a difficult fed up period. After all finish to go out of years of foreign occupation and dictatorship, *algo that always has gone accompanied of #one disintegration of the moral structures. +Go to ask to the government that occupy that #all citizens #cypriot have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on problems of adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide belonging of the country to the EU. +Is truth, of course, that in spite of the *interrogantes specific that arouses in relations among mandators and *mandantes in century end, request right is #one of the privileged means through the *cuales Parliament exerts control on the Commission and the Council -#as well as on States members-, in benefit of the #european citizens. +To conclude, #would wish, to sight of the big quantity of work that represents the processing of the requests received, support explicitly a review in depth of operation methods of Request Commission, in #whose case is not difficult to comprise that #this interrogate on the best way to face up to the task that *le *incumbe. +No fits the lower doubt that the resultant experiences of the initiative *DAPHNE will be beneficial to hour to structure the new program *quinquenal. By means of program will be possible to support cooperation among the no governmental organisations and the local authorities. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, «violence against women is a problem of men». The international day of Woman, Commissioner *Gradin invited precisely with these words to men to take the word on violence against women. +Regarding this concrete look, believe that it runs the risk that it remain in gesture of fine will, since they do not go to vary the current taxes of growth and that the already persistent unemployment goes to keep in the future, unemployment that, on the other hand, affects very especially to the youngest generations. +Gentleman President, the Commission continues his active politics with the end to reduce dependency of the Community of the import of vegetal proteins and to increase cereal use in the *forrajes for livestock. +reform of the Common Agricultural Politics that undertook in the year 1992 has given place to a considerable increase of cereal use in the *piensos, wall of twenty millions of tonnes to the year, #as well as an important fall of import of *forraje and -especially- of vegetal proteins for livestock. +The Commission has assumed always responsibilities to hour to guarantee competitiveness of the #european industry of starch, of processing industry and, in particular of the sector *biotecnológico that uses starch and derivatives like matter prevails. +Therefore, gentleman President, have estimated *proponerle, following our jurisprudence, following norms established that the parliamentary immunity do not protects to the same member, but to #all the Assembly and to Parliament, that do not suspend the parliamentary immunity. #This say it in particular because we think, in line of my illustrate precursors, #Georges *Donnez and #Jean *Defraignes, that treats here in mood of the «*fumus *persecutionis». +Think that it will have a *reforzamiento and a better follow-up of relations among Parliament and the Commission in matter of control of the budgetary management and expect that, with this regulation, Parliament #can take a still better work in matter of control of the budgetary management of the Commission. +Therefore, the European Bank of Investments and Bottom have to release more bottoms and, on the other hand, States members have to have the possibility of *oxigenar economy through his own budgetary politics, not taking the stability pact even more strict but by means of a more flexible interpretation. +*Cuando #everything concludes, wanted to express on my part the wish that this institution prosper, and so that it prosper *carecen of importance the old clashes among the Commission, Parliament and the Council; #all joined have to take care plant that now *brota, so that it #can *medrar and *fructificar, for well of the European Union and of finances, and, especially, for well of the taxpayers, is to say, of citizens of the European Union. +reason of the resignation was, as it is known, the report of the Committee of independent Experts on responsibility of the Commission and of individual members of the Commission by cases of fraud, corruption and nepotism that have produced in the course of a series of years. +As it puts of relief the speaker for approval procedure of the management for 1997, colleague, Mr. *Brinkhorst, the administrative cooperation among the Commission and States members, #as well as the of States members among yes, has to take more intense put that the budget executes to a large extent by States members. +At the beginning of December month, following -it is necessary to remember- the position of the Socialist Group, the Commission of Budgetary Control decided without embargo recommend to Plenary the granting of the approval of the management to the Commission. +On this approval of the management, on this report of colleague, Mr. *Brinkhorst, have elaborated also #some specific documents. Owe *decirles that am a so much irritated by the fact that we have not received, at all, reaction of the current Commission to documents that shortly go to have three months. +Second, the question of decentralisation and competition transfer of the Commission, in particular in the sphere of the external programs, is extraordinarily important, but need norms very strict for the delegation of the management of the community politics and always have to pursue actively. +And said #this, gentleman President, *nosotros *nos confront today to change that *resume very well the philosophy of Parliament, change that, in words of Commissioner Mr. Ear, endows, from the first of May, to the European Union «of an instrument more *performante, more opened to dialogue with citizens, more democratic and more projected to the external world». +Has to have a serious debate among scientists of sides of the Atlantic, because I do not believe that States Joined are indifferent in relation with health of citizens: are not still convinced that it exist a danger and, #if we have of proofs, is adapted *presentarlas to States Joined and to the rest of the world. +Without embargo, *me see forced to call attention on the fact that permission to apply a type reduced is disposal that *atañe to harmonisation of legislations relative to Tax on Value Added, contemplated in article 93 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, ancient article 99. +Roman *Prodi is a *europeísta convinced, a *reformador economic and politician of tested hit, politician *avezado in administrative subjects, that contributes likewise the necessary vicinity to citizens, and after listening his previous intervention *yo wanted to add also that it is candidate that *aúna the vision of project, the sense of the reality, pragmatism and a clear consciousness of the needs. +#If *ustedes, in deputy quality of the European Parliament, take #his the proposal of State Bosses and of Government and approve the day after tomorrow the nomination of Mr. *Prodi, the Governments will proceed to continuation, as following step, to designate of common agreement with President nominated to personalities that propose to appoint like members of the Commission. +Finally, is necessary that approve reform directed to increase transparency so that Parliament, at least, have access to a document of the Commission so prompt like #this deliver it to a committee, to company, to a country, to journalist or to any #another person that do not form part of the institution. +adds likewise the important subject of effort to convert in more dynamic the #european economy -in speech appear indications to the *respecto- inside a balance that has to be new, but that it has to exist, is to say, the balance of social character of the #european economy. +In effect, in statements prevails development idea understood like continuous growth without loaning attention to the natural limits of resources: an infinite growth is a dangerous utopia of economists that #can not find an answer in the reality. +Has been missing action in the past, but also in intervention, with regard to how warn conflicts and #can not forget that the #italian Government that *usted chaired, in #one of his last decisions, on 12 October 1998, put to disposal of NATO the #italian bases with seen to a possible war in *Kosovo. +Said amendments of commitment no *surtirán the effect expected, is to say, limit the negative consequences for consumers and honey producers #european of a regulation that do not protects sufficiently the quality of the fine #european honeys against honeys mattered and, it that it is worse, that favours fraud. +#can not by less that regret that the Commission and the Council have not followed the example of Parliament, that approved by unanimity my two reports on the situation of the #european apiculture and on the improvement of production and of commercialisation of honey. +So much States members like the Commission have coincided in underlining that delay in the adoption of the strategy #can give place to false interpretations by #russian part and *yo believe that to #all *nos interests that they do not intensify tensions among the European Union and *Rusia in the complex international situation current. +The new institution, «gentleman or the external political lady», has to have a predominantly preventive function and collaborate with the *OSCE, the UN, etc. #All #can regret not to have it reached in the *Balcanes and that at the end was necessary intervention, without embargo, also it is necessary to signal that we have to be had to *ello *cuando produce rapes so grave and evident of the human rights. +But there #be amendment of the liberal Group, that deputies think to support, in the *cual proposes -on the base of the text that the Council *nos has offered in the contrary sense- an alternative text that believe #can obtain the approval of the Council. +Gentleman President, #can not talk of the Statute of deputy and of it that #this means today without taking effort for containing a true dose of indignation, caused by the climate in the *cual have developed the debates, under pressure of complaints formulated in #some media, that have caused a true distortion in discussions. +Never have understood to the socialists, that in a principle demand a big increase of the *gravámenes for road utilisation, but that afterwards throw backwards in front of the requirement that Parliament, in his big majority, believed correct in the year 1997 and that it was more elevated of it that the Council has proposed now. +Said writing was inscribed in entrance register of post of the European Parliament the past 12 April, and *me announce that they expect that the official announcement of the register #can formulate next Monday 3 May, the day before yesterday, in the opening of Plenary of the European Parliament. +The creation of security identity and of #european defence is now the central element of the process of #european integration after the creation of the inner market and of the Economic and Monetary Union. +The process of *Luxemburgo consolidates and begins to give fruits in terms of national politics for the most systematic employment, more integrated, more ambitious and, to initiative of the Presidency #german, will step supplementary in road of this #european Pact by employment, of the that *yo recommended application already in January of 1996. +The only question that *nos poses is #if, taking into account the reduction that has taken of the financial perspectives of the 2000 to the 2006, the European Union goes to have in the next years of sufficient resources for an own politics of employment, since practically #all the community politics have had to be *recortadas. +But, even in the supposed that #all worries went object of examination with seen to the Summit of State bosses or of Government, will not suppose a sufficiently adapted answer to the gravity of the crisis of *Kosovo and no *suplirán patent absence of *Europa in this specific flank of the continental actuality. +Colony has to give a signal also in this field to make this economic politics that establish the goals that have to reach as, for example, a different relation with the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the relaunching of the quality of the #european product, the no *imposición of companies. +In the agricultural politics, thanks to a more intense orientation to the world-wide market and to the environment, agriculture in the countries candidates to adhesion obtains already today some important foundations of planning for orientation of his agricultural production. +After the resignation of the Commission, after fraud problems and of bad economic management, how #can justify the majority of Parliament that this Assembly reveal unable to reform thing that have relation with assignments and the financial management of this institution? +Urge to the Commission so that it take really seriously control function and carry out in programs the marked goals in the new regulation -develop sustainable, promotion of employment, promotion of equality of opportunities of women and men, improvement of the environment and of small and medium enterprises-, and that do not retreat again in front of States members. +Is bottom package to launch to our regions to the new #millenium, seven years of support for our communities and regions more *marginadas that need commitment and our community solidarity, for youngsters, for the unemployed of long length and for women repatriated: persons that want to have active part in regeneration of *Europa. +work that have taken in representation of Parliament in this report, in narrow contact with my colleagues -Mr. #Walter and Mr. *Sonneveld-, has treated precisely to coordinate #all help process and, besides, to include the criteria of Parliament. +*Tercer point: here no treats of the question of the granting in the sense of justice or injustice or of the envy but that price pressure that exert exploitations that follow living with compensation excess by the high payment of premiums, will affect to the small *amenazándolas in existence. +With the new introduction of measures for the rural areas and with the strengthening of accompaniment measures existent from reform of 1992, has given step to a global agricultural politics for the rural areas. +*Yo believe that this message encloses a double danger: first, because it puts of self-evident, in mouth of the author of reform, that the current measures of reform will not be sufficiently effective, and #this even before applying ; and second, because it is not possible that agriculturalist and the #european grazier develop activity and schedule future without a frame of minimum stability. +time that have implanted Regulation relative to the Social Bottom for the new period, the Social Bottom *recobrará new life thanks to that takes greater upsetting in dimension of employment in #all the community politics and in the structural Bottoms in particular. +Because it is crucial. Of it contrary, will not constitute bananas a precedent so that other pertinent products of other less developed countries lose markets, and #would not give *ello place, on a long-term basis, to amendments to the world-wide system of trade to protect to the poor against multinationals? +#This illustrates point contained in the question of Mr. deputy that diet of *Sadam *Husein uses need situation of the civil population to impose the suspension of sanctions without fulfillment of conditions of the Resolution 687 of 1991 on the armistice. +Gentleman President, according to article 7 of the Protocol, that integrates the *acervo of *Schengen in the Annex to the Treaty of *Amsterdam in the frame of the European Union, the Council agrees with majority qualified the details of integration of the Secretariat of *Schengen in the General Secretariat of the Council. +Subject: interpretation in the Council According to data of news agency *TT of 30 March 1999, in the meetings of the Council three of each four #swedish representatives see forced to use a foreign tongue in negotiations. +Subject: Agreement with *Croacia Taking into account that, as a result of clashes armed in the neighbouring countries, the economy and tourism of *Croacia have resulted considerably damaged and that the country has seen militarily loomed, the celebration of trade agreement and cooperation with *Croacia #can contribute decisively to stability of #all the region. +looks of the initial proposal have been modified after a negative vote of Parliament takes months and, of way, the final proposal establishes a unitary instrument of intervention in the sector of fishing. +Likewise regret that in relation with the possibilities of national cooperation do not yield the election of the zones of the Goal 2 that remain out of the strict criteria to States members, but that, as before, remains limited by the Commission through criteria and consent reservation. +Is fundamental to guarantee that #all the regions with communities *pesqueras follow having an every time greater access to the structural bottoms for the sector of fishing without that produce attempt for reducing finance levels or for excluding said access increasing the complexity of the procedures. +As it already has signalled in the course of this debate, the system provides obviously an important bond among the Commission and the representatives of the national authorities presents in the committees and that assist to the Commission in his executive function. +Of course, the Commission will follow contributing actively in this work with hope to be able to get to an agreement, before it finalise the Presidency #german, that satisfy to the three institutions and that, therefore, *redunde in benefit of citizens of the Union, to those who have to serve, and that will be undoubtedly by millions awaiting awake to hours of the night the result of this debate. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report (To4-0261\/99) of Mrs. *Jöns, in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, on directive proposal of the relative Council to the agreement mark on length work determined celebrated by the *UNICE, the *CEEP and the *CES (*COM(1999)0203 - *C4-0220\/1999). +The Presidency #german recognises fully that integration of the *acervo of *Schengen in the frame of the EU *reviste a special importance of face to the future activities of the European Parliament and understands that Parliament have interest in following of wall the previous steps to said integration. +The agreement establishes, besides, that a considerable part of disposals of the *acquis of *Schengen, especially disposals that have to see with the free circulation of persons, asylum, immigration and border controls, *comunitariza in his greater part and, therefore, Parliament and the Court of Justice will see involved in the future in development of politics. +*Señorías, #if we want to struggle against the increasing illegalities, is necessary that the that offer services through network are able to facilitate #all the necessary information to look for and find to the providers of illicit contents respecting, as it is obvious, it that has the community Right regarding respect of the personal data. +In this moment debate a directive, that is directive relative to determined looks juridical of the electronic trade in the inner market, that treats to harmonise determined looks of the Right of States members through this procedure -a directive- that, in reality, are looks of private Right. +As it occurs always that has a subject that interests to pressure groups, #one of the problems that arise is that pressure groups cancel #one to #others, which shows how deputies of the European Parliament have to be able to face up to the that exert pressures, to the equal that have to be able to face up to journalists. +In matter of responsibility of network operators in line, the initial proposal of the European Commission, without denying the relative problems to illegality of the content, distinguishes responsibility of the different actors, in function of his real activity. +responsibility limitation affects to #all the on-line illegal activities of third, #such like disloyal competition, deceptive advertising, but also to piracy in the field of author right, like this deduces of the explanation of the proposal of the Commission. +Is also the case of the amendments that try to modify the field of application of the directive of way that is not coherent with other directives on services of society of information (amendments *núms. 27 and 63) and of the amendment 31, that modifies the definition proposed of the commercial communications. +*Nos cheer that, together with the texts of the new Regulations, have seated the bases for an effective collaboration in the management of bottoms, also thanks to the Code of behaviour among the Commission and Parliament with regard to the application of the structural politics. +contingent of 600 representatives of Nations Joined to organise and observe the process *referendario is constituted by civilians disarmed, to the that in moment will add also 250 also disarmed policemen, without possibility #any to defend to nobody, neither to himself\/hisself same, in front of activity *impune of militias *prointegracionistas that seed terror in *Dili and in the rest of the territory. +*B-0462\/99 of deputies #Harrison and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0491\/99 of deputies *Pasty and go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0506\/99 of deputy *Telkämper, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre the political manipulation of trials in *Malasia; +And, second, the Council #be to agree formula that will provide a juridical base for the remote access to a terrestrial season for satellites that there #be in #Italia by means of the introduction of a new clause in agreement project on mutual legal assistance in criminal questions. +The present proposal basically takes case *omiso of the European Agreement for the Protection of the Human Rights and of the Fundamental Freedoms and of disposal that appears in article 8 on the protection of the private life of persons. +Finally, wanted to take #this like reason to appeal again to the Council so that we are proud no only by it that take in the cultural field, but also by *preocuparnos that programs find a suitable finance, because it do not reaches at all #if we excite to the public with these wonderful programs of the European Union but afterwards *les assign a ridiculous financial endowment. +After exhibition of the year 2005, for my big joy, have been already assigned to *Japón, specifically to *Nagoya, wanted to *recordarles that in exhibition of *Osaka got to a series of errors bureaucratic scandalous, and *cuando had built already pavilion of *Europa, denied to plant the statue of *Coudenhove-*Kalergi. +To fault of a positive action of the Commission, #whose plan of #tending action to strengthen competitiveness of the sector, that examine in 1998, has not had up to now a concrete result, #some States members, as *Francia, *España, *Portugal, have taken measures to brake place escape of work to the third countries. +*Usted has been Vice-president under my Presidency and the that have followed, and has won in this house a big appreciate by work, first like Vice-president, especially in the delicate votes, but also, of very ancient, by his #european commitment, that *nos has carried to collaborate in tasks and claims. +His big energy after #one *Europa free and joined politically, respect to the democratic institutions, creed in Parliament that keep at last a strong relation, conscious and transparent with the Commission, no *nos leave more that expect some years in that at last the *asociacionismo of *antaño remain *relegado to the past and begin a true collaboration among #all the Groups of Parliament. +Lady Speaker, in name of the Group of the Green\/ European Free Alliance, wanted to *sumarme to term that *usted has fixed so that the second inform of the Wise persons was in hands of #all members of the European Parliament before 30 August, is to say, before they give beginning audiences with the new Commission. +The Federal Government German #would have wished, of course, greater progresses in #some fields, as for example in the Agricultural Politics, field in the that it will be indispensable to tackle very prompt new reforms with reason of the round of the *OMC, but in spite of #all commitment in group constitutes a very fine base, an extraordinary base for the entrance of the Union in the century *XXI. +Under the Presidency #german of the Council was foreseen transposition of Diary 2000, an ambitious project of reform, with the end to deepen integration of *Europa and prepare to the EU for enlargement to the East by means of some substantial reforms. +Gentleman President, the Greens think that during the century *XXI paper of the no violent methods for conflict solution #would have to be more important that the of the military interventions and that strength, that *excepcionalmente #can be necessary, only exerted previous mandate of the UN. +The #european public has lost confidence in the national authorities and #european attendants of control of medicines and of food control; no longer *fía neither of the Government neither of the Governments neither neither of scientists. +This precise goal a strong synergy among the Commission and Parliament, Parliament that has the democratic representation of the #european citizens and that, therefore, has to offer a fundamental contribution to reforms of the #european Institutions. +The increase of the sessions to open doors of the Council, the facilitation of access to the documents and the publication of meeting diary and of agendas of the different committees and commissions boost of concrete form the principle of transparency. +With regard to the process against *Öcalan: the Commission shares the opinion issued on 29 June by the Presidency #german of the Council after the Court of Security of State condemned to death to *Abdulah *Öcalan and expresses again his basic rejection to death pity. +So my question to President in exercise of the Council and to the Commission is the following: until how point have *meditado in depth on the political measures and the economic and financial commitments that result necessary to build a Serbian free and democratic and *reintegrar the Serbian free and democratic to the economy and the political body Europeans? +In look *me #one to postures here presented pleading by security of defenders of freedom of expression and also to reflections on the different means with the that we #can contribute to the materialisation of freedom of expression in the country in question. +And no are only to Commissioner that has had an unacceptable behaviour, are of an ancient member of this Assembly, a distinguished member of parliament that went even president of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament, of a #ex minister of Economy of *Alemania and of Commissioner with a long leaf of services. +Believe that *cuando #this *perseverantes colleagues resolve in this case that has posed in front of the Court of Justice, and advance to events failing without celebrating dress #any that are in front of a clear rape of the object of article 213 and that withdraw to man pension rights, *arrogarán function that competes to the courts. +To the talk of pollution of dioxin it is necessary to say that investigations of the #belgian authorities and inspections of the Commission indicate that pollution produced when adding substance no adapted in manufacture process. +Before happening to treat the approach agreed in the Agriculture Council wanted to *recordarles the effective and timely performance set up by the Commission and supported by the Permanent Committee of Veterinary Medicine of the countries members, performance by the that established #all exception measures required by the principle of prevention. +Expect that it bear #this *Bélgica #can have solidarity of the Union, because it is clear that no matters #if a crisis like #this have been caused by illness, by accident or even by a criminal act. To consumer, to agriculturalist or to company that have been the victim *le will give the same. +Therefore, States members have to give, or have to go back to give, to the Commission, a clear and firm mandate so that #this was the spur of #one *renegociación intelligent of the rules of the *GATT, that today day constitute obstacle to the application of the principle of caution in the sanitary and alimentary fields. +Have to be able to say, as it takes the motion of the Socialist Group, that has to *imperar the principle of legality, that are a Community of Right, and that unless we take a universal application of #this, it that never took with the derivative rule of the *EEB, the situation will not be able to improve. +To hour to evaluate the situation, consider decisive to have of a more global vision of the question, #as well as treat to find solutions that, in the field of elasticity of the structure, #can *evidenciar #some looks related with the problems of these territories of the south of #Italia. +Without embargo, #if *usted reads the Regulation will check that in paragraph 6 of article 170 says that the constitution of the mixed commissions -that they are *algo distinct to the delegations *interparlamentarias-, is to say, that the constitution of the mixed commissions with the countries associated has to make under conditions that the constitution of the commissions. +In taking of this decision, the Commission took into account the fact that no existed any previous decision of the Commission neither precedent of the Court of Justice that served of reference in the case of the *CFO with regard to sale politics of entrances. +Given the circumstances, therefore, is not #willing, gentleman Commissioner, to recognise that fans to football will think that fine of 1.000 euros is absolutely ridiculous -that it is it that paid roughly in the #black market by entrance for the party *Inglaterra-Argentinian-, that the *revendedores of entrances will think that it is a fine news and that the true fans to football will feel disappointed? +Believe that #if #this had produced in the sector of telecommunications or in any #another, the idea that we went back with a symbolic fine in circumstances in that #some have increased benefits in 200 or 300 millions of pounds #would have been so ridiculous as *le seems to fans to football the symbolic fine. +In effect, continues the Commission of Constitutional Subjects: "constitution statement of this Group, in particular the annex 2 of constitution letter, directed to President of the European Parliament, excludes #all political affinity. +will Correspond to the new Commission establish a deeper assessment of this second inform and, to this *respecto, the responsible Vice-president of reform of the Commission, Mr. *Kinnock, will answer along the debate to the most concrete points that pose to the future. +For frustration of #that of the Commission and of this Assembly that have promoted reform, and finish to listen to Mr. *Dell'#Alba, advances that have made until moment have been sporadic and no *preconcebidos and have not been put in practice like consequence of the management of change program. +do not want to anticipate the debate of Thursday, but wanted to say already with clarity that, for example, the relative discussion to the creation of Reconstruction Agency in *Kosovo aims in this direction so much regarding the juridical situation as regarding the administrative structures that have foreseen. +Is necessary to remember, for example, that only four States have ratified the Agreement of the European Union on cooperation in the fight against fraud in the European Union and that in these moments, therefore, there #be not juridical foundation to struggle against fraud. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5­0003\/99) of Mrs. *McKenna, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer on decision proposal of the Council by the that establishes a community frame of cooperation in matter of accidental marine pollution. +After having doubted a bit, *me have left to convince by the arguments of Mrs. #Jackson to fix in a directive some minimum criteria for the environmental inspections and no limit to the proposal of the European Commission of a recommendation no *vinculante. +colleagues also have formulated questions on the suitability to separate competition #ex in front of on the budgetary control of competition #ex *post on the application or formulation of the budget in breast of the Commission. +Think mainly in a statement that has taken State ambassador Joined takes #some days in front of the European Union in the that cheers that work group *biotecnológico of transatlantic economic association have got to agreement project on the approval processes of new varieties *transgénicas. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the long path for the nomination #be to finish: finishes a period agitated from the point of institutional sight of life of the Union, a period that has allowed to Parliament express potentialities and reaffirm with conviction his democratic vocation. +Gentleman President designated of the Commission, have valued statement regarding enlargement of the European Union and reform of the Institutions, #as well as the consolidation and the economic growth of #all the Union, and the sustainable development to create new places of work. +#If we want to recover confidence of citizens and citizens need transparency in relation with the execution of the budget of the EU in #all details, felt of responsibility in the handle of bottoms of the taxpayers and budgetary efficiency in the application of the community politics. +Mrs. *Diamantopoulou, #whose wallet also includes equality of opportunities, in addition to employment and the social dimension, has given samples of a big commitment but, how will be able to act, gentleman *Prodi, #if *usted already the has gagged of entrance and has left in hands the fight against violence and discrimination? +Lady Speaker, like the previous orators, believe that the creation of a judicial space European, by part, and instauration of general norms for control of immigration, by #another, in mood #any will solve the problems of delinquency *transfronteriza neither of immigration. +Has to conclude , as, that independently of the question that treat, already was asylum, immigration, the migratory flows, *Europol or the Letter of the fundamental rights, exists a direct relation among each #one of the #european citizens and interest subject. +Lady Speaker, after the problem of work, the most urgent demand that the #european citizens formulate to the community Institutions is the to face up to security need that, by characteristics, #can not be resolved *autónomamente by each #one of States members. +It only that pretend to say with #this is that to the *traspasar competitions to level determined logically also have to move the legal obligations and the own competitions of the parliamentary cooperation #as well as the rights of corresponding decision to level that it treats because, of it contrary, #would create a legal gap and member of parliament. +In *Tampere will give also political orientations on delicate questions, like immigration politics, that require a new approach of relations North-South; like the free circulation, that requires a true harmonisation of politics in matter of granting of visas in *Europa; like asylum right and the right to health for #all refugees. +time begun the process to achieve some minimum rules, #can combine with terms, creating like this strength that promote to the achievement of a reliable juridical field, which is a requirement so that citizens #can circulate freely, with security and confidence, but also to create guarantees of security to hour of enlargement. +Finally, because it takes of the public relief of this new #european space stone of touch of confidence of citizens without reducing the problem to the traditional controversy "freedom against security", but that recognises the magnitude of the new imperative and worries #whose resolution expect of *Europa the #european citizens. +The Council expressed the day before yesterday his deeper indignation in front of performance and also in front of attempts that they have been object so much citizens of *Timor Oriental, like the workers of humanitarian organisations, the representatives of Church and defenders of the human rights. +Also is very stimulating the wish of Mr. *Prodi to boost enlargement of the Community, to give the maximum priority to the creation of places of work, and to work in narrow collaboration with Parliament in the Conference *Intergubernamental. +But in reality, am optimistic because I believe that #one #can familiarise quite well with this matter, in spite of the words of #some of colleagues that compare Budget Commission with livestock market, giving to understand that resources move of side for #another and that sometimes documentation is worse prepared that the that presents in any municipal assembly. +Alas government has had friends in Parliament during years and years, and governments of the European Union have given priority to lucre of armament industries concerning the fundamental human rights of the miserable village of *Timor oriental. +*Me gives the impression of that *él, to the equal that the spokesman of delegation, Mr. *Galeote, has diverted question turn to the Council to take an unacceptable personal disqualification to colleague that has expressed political opinions entirely respectable. +Estimated gentleman *Korakas, *cuando get to the questions that has decided to answer in common, *yo *le will give an explanation, but have to follow order, have to respect order so that the session #can have a good end and *yo am not had to consent that it have more previous questions or of order that prevent the normal operation of question turn. +since the ideas on the Union are so different and that interpretations of Colony decisions are so contradictory in different places of the Union, #can not say then clearly that "yes, are to a common defence" or well "no, no will have a common defence" ? +In October of 1998, the Council requested to the Presidency that proposed common positions, according to article *K.3 of the *TUE, in relation with the Convention project of Nations Joined and Protocols. Of way, the Council pretended to contribute to negotiation and avert contradictions among the future convention and the community instruments. +To be the case, has taken already the Presidency in exercise the initiative to inscribe point in the agenda of the General Assembly of the next autumn or has intention to take it in the next days with arrangement to modalities of procedure? +The Council has decided recently continue politics in this sense in type of forums *multilaterales and present for the first time resolution project for death pity in the session *nº 54 of the General Assembly of Nations Joined. +Gentleman President, the Council has taken postures in diverse occasions on negotiations in matter of the world-wide trade and in reference to the " Round of #Millenium" ; the last time, in the conclusions of the meeting of the Council of General Subjects, the 21 and 22 June 1999. +*Ello #would improve paper of Parliament, that already receives a quarterly report on activities of the agency and has the important mission to approve the management of the director of the agency in the application of the budget. +#can reinforce perfectly collaboration in the civil and penal subjects there #where was necessary, respecting fully tradition of the International and Civil right, the democratic rights, ensuring the traditional principles of the material right and of the procedural right. +Thus, the Commission has made, and will follow making, profitable efforts to help to *Rusia in his arduous transition by means of actions as it is to centre the technical assistance in the fight against money bleaching and crime organised, and support efforts to advance in right state in general. +Lamentably, neither in the agreement *Kumanov concluded among NATO and the #yugoslav Government neither neither in the resolution of the UN that has awarded the mandate for the international presence in *Kosovo, mentions with an alone word the situation of the #albanian prisoners in *Belgrado and of the missing. +Is necessary to recognise, gentleman President, that building has an important structural defect: in relation with building of *Bruselas supposes for deputies decrease of dispatches, no by the square metres that #can have of less dispatch but by the fact that they have to share it in #all activities with assistant. +Affected by a crisis of the *cual *ellos are not the cause and of the *cual neither control consequences, agriculturalists #belgian expect on the other hand that the #european solidarity concretise, that this crisis of dioxins recognise like *epizootia, to level that the crisis of cows crazy" in Big *Bretaña. +On this subject have a Green Book, go to have a White Book and 800 directives, but bottom of the question, the reality, is that #this is a consequence of politics and the decisions *economicistas that have taken in *Europa, and of globalisation. +Besides, the inept form to tackle these questions by part of the respective governments and of the own EU has undermined gravely the public confidence in the capacity of politicians to tackle these crisis in chain alimentary. +Memory, afterwards that #others, that budget project of 2000 foresees a spectacular fall of help, a reduction of two thirds of commitment credits that will happen of 16,5 to 5,5 millions of euros, in the same moment in that it that imposes is precisely a reinforcement of the international mobilisation. +Some better statistical and a better knowledge by part of the rest of the world of it bad that is the situation #can be #some of factors that increased understanding of our populations about the need to make greater efforts in favour of *África, also in the general plane. As this problem is related with the grave situation of *África. +The review of the financial perspectives is in any case *algo significant also by reasons and is related totally with *aquello in that it founds the question of reasons of finance, is to say, that war of *Kosovo has caused a situation that is surprising and new, for the that had not taken reservations in the financial forecasts. +Wanted to also, in my first appearance in front of this Assembly, insist once again in *algo that already took in the Commission, and is in the need to establish the best possible relations among my responsibilities in the Commission and managers of this Assembly in the corresponding subjects. +The amendment 3, especially time adopted work document of services of the Commission on takeoff campaign, that has been transmitted to Parliament and to the Council, no only accepts but that the Commission *les gives graces and the receives with big satisfaction. +Gentleman President, #would wish to go back to congratulate to Mr. *Langen by contribution to the continuation and consolidation of program *ALTENER, since no it is necessary to forget that program is our main instrument, although no financial, to carry out the strategy of the European Union on the renewable energies. +This intellectual political-isolation, the economic sanctions and the material outlay every time greater that demanded the maintenance of the old order finished conducting to the economic stagnation and to the political recognition that this situation #can not continue. +Is of common sense that #if this agreement was ratified by the national parliaments #whose main function, and say it among parenthesis, is once again verified, country third #can use origin denomination controlled #european with the end to negotiate afterwards a financial transaction. +After a meeting among the two parts, celebrated to September beginning, the European Union considers that the agreement has that the #south african do not have to follow using denominations "Port" and "Sherry" after the period established of twelve years, by it that it is necessary, from this time on same, think in substitutive names for the #south african products that it treats. +Expect sincerely that this agreement, seen from the concrete angle of cooperation for development, contribute to the eradication of poverty and the promotion of prosperity in *Sudáfrica with full respect of the democratic principles and the fundamental human rights. +But finish of *decirle, #if Government or #another -sure enough, no only affects to #Grecia: have produced catastrophes or shaken of diverse intensity in countries, but of lower gravity- now well, #if #such or *cual Government requests it, *nosotros #can help and fund with charge to the Structural Bottoms prevention studies that #would allow to know the existent risk in places inhabited, as it mentioned *usted same in question, but also for factories, with the secondary risks of industrial catastrophe that *ello #would involve. +My question based in a visit that took three weeks ago to *Belgrado and in renewed contacts that took the past week with the democratic strengths, with #all the political parties in the opposition, with humanitarian organisations, etc. that sent signals of help to counter the bad image of the rest of the world that propagates *Milosevic. +The Commission asked also to his Scientific Committee of Veterinary Measures related with the Public Health that issued a *dictamen on the possible negative effects for the human health of the administration of the six hormones with seen to intensify growth of animals. +Before the case *Öcalan nobody put in cloth of trial the optimum relations with State that always had declared will to keep an increasingly narrow cooperation with the Community until point to ask adhesion to #the same. +Precisely the military line invariably hard of *Ankara in front of the question *kurda, in spite of call to dialogue by part of the PKK that includes renunciation to the fight armed, underlines utility and need to contrast the situation with evaluation criteria. +*Me pleases to inform, therefore, that President *Arafat has backed the report #make recently on the strengthening of the #palestinian institutions, elaborated by an independent operative group sponsored by the Council of External Relations with an important help of the European Union. +The political benefit of the genetic investigation for humanity sees gravely eroded by the interests created, that take an use of technology that is not compatible with the sustainable development, and that often goes in in conflict with the acceptable ethical norms. +To hour to examine these fields, is especially important that analyse the problems that will have to surpass in these sectors: for example, growth index that at present is of the 13% in the EU, it that shows the capacity and the scope of the regulation negotiated; #as well as complexity. +Believe that #if we develop our own agricultural production, States members of the Union will be competitive in the sector, perhaps no so much in prices, but it is necessary to take into account the quality and also the fact that the importance of the autochthonous production grows increasingly among consumers. +For example: for #one of the main producers of tomatoes of Big *Bretaña that at present pays 363.000 pounds by gas consumption and 60.000 pounds by electricity consumption, the introduction of tax proposed of the climatic change in Big *Bretaña #would increase receipt of the light in 149.000 pounds. +Call attention of colleagues on the danger that supposes for the credibility of Parliament the excessive utilisation of urgency procedure, especially *cuando treats, as in this case, to examine a text elaborated by an external organism. +In what it refers to function of the Commission, wanted to *recalcar that up to now, basing in Article 296, States members have exempted to arm trade of the field of application of norms of the Treaty, it that has prevented intervention of the Community. +To request of the Council, the Commission is a communication on congestion and delays of the aerial traffic and there #be not doubt that it will occupy of this question again and will propose initiatives in the sphere of the management of the aerial space. +Without wanting to *adelantarme to the decision of the Assembly, call attention on the fact that the Conference of Presidents has included point in the agenda of Friday because Thursday is foreseen a meeting of experts on said subject. +Lady Speaker, to end to avert misunderstanding and ambiguity regarding functions and respective competitions of an Institution like the European Parliament and of an Office as it is the *OLAF, wish to underline that so much in the *quinto considering as in the separated second of article 1 affirms without shadow of doubt that have *salvaguardado and respected fully disposals of the Treaties in general and, in particular, of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities. +#would Have to *habernos surprised -since #this no exists in democracies parliamentary- the fact that deputies of the Assembly chosen #can be controlled by organ that depends in greater or in lower measure of the executive, and although, in this case, the *OLAF is controlled by a committee of independent control, is directed by manager designated by the Commission. +The #another subject very important in budget project is the strengthening of resources of the Court of Justice of the EU, that results especially visible in the improvement of the conditions of utilisation of translation services. +After measures, is to expect that the Court #can execute much better work, reduce the number of texts no translated and serve with greater efficiency to States members, citizens and companies, in interpretation and the application of the community legislation. +The Commission proposes that the necessary bottoms fund, in the first place, by means of redistribution inside #the same *rúbrica of measures of external politics, second, using a minimum part of flexibility reservation and, in *tercer place, by means of redistribution among politics in the different fields, which will force to modify the financial perspectives. +The Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary (*ECON) considers that this effort follows being an absolute priority of politics and that still it is necessary to make a big work until they put in circulation notes and coins in the European Union. +And it is necessary to remember also that the Council of *Berlín approved the financial perspectives after an extraordinarily complicated consensus, with some initial positions very distant among the Governments and, besides, with a European Commission resigned and a European Parliament at the end of term of office. +By #this, the Group of the Popular Party European has commissioned a study that examine the possibilities to organise the promotion of personnel and task assignment in services, for the ends of our own administration. +Therefore, is possible to continue the promotion of quality products without asking supplementary costs, and thus I ask to the Commission that do not detain the promotion of quality products, since after #this find difficult regions, products of earth and entry of our familiar exploitations. +Now well, manifest my total concordance with the speaker #Jean-#Louis *Bourlanges -to the that congratulate by the quality of work- regarding the obligation that in the budget for the year 2000 attend important needs recently arisen in the field of category *IV, "external Actions", without putting in *entredicho #others previously formulated, as it pretends to take the Council. +In the Annual Report of #ECB takes exhibition detailed so much of the preparatory work end made by the *SEBC in #day of the introduction of coin only as of the main economic events and monetary occurred in the European Union in 1998 and in the first weeks of 1999. +Is reason of special satisfaction for me that President have gone back to highlight today that the Central Bank European also contemplates the protection of consumer like an important task in the frame of the Monetary Union. +Now well, #if I know to read well the Treaty of the European Union, treats of an essential element of the balance looked for by #that that have set up the Economic and Monetary Union, with hit that know had account of conditions of the step to the euro on 1 January of this year. +Knows *usted that this institution has shown with clarity the will to exert fully competitions that *le awards the Treaty; has biased to hear to each #one of members of directory, gathers with *usted regularly and takes of appointment, in day of today, point *culminante of performance. +Finally, want to take advantage of the presence of the Commission in this debate to remember *algo that also has been repeated many times by Parliament and that, anyway, is very important for Group: the economic politics do not finishes in coin, do not finishes in the monetary politics. +The other way around, has worked well in cases and agree in that it is necessary *presionar with the end that they establish the formal democratic structures external and is in point #where members of parliament -so prompt as it have produced- will be the fundamental agents, also in the civil society. +do not pretend the creation of a rigid system and the special character, the capacity to act and identity of THROW like #such, are an all that consider important to avert that I THROW, in so much an organisation of humanitarian aid, involve in the heavy machinery of taking of decisions of the Commission in general. +Expect with interest the creation of organism that will have to elaborate the letter of fundamental rights and #would be suitable that was chaired by representative of Parliament and that present a document that confer direct rights to citizens of the EU and *les allow, like individuals, exert rights in the European Court. +Is necessary to take more *solidario the social model European, so that it was in conditions to warn marginalisation and to boost the independent establishment of persons, #as well as to promote equality of opportunities for #all citizen groups, also for immigrants. +Without embargo, the Council do not has brave to get to an agreement on development of a common system European of asylum and of bottom for refugees, #such as they had proposed the European Parliament and the Commission and no *limitarnos simply to a convergence of norms and of procedures. +*Me concerns that, simultaneously to the common norms, have not posed effective measures of solidarity among States members *cuando like this demand it the need to answer to situations of urgency, as in the case of the massive flow of citizens #albanian and of the *Balcanes to #Italia as a result of the political crisis of countries. +In the first place, concerning the calendar, this reform -*permítanme, *Señorías, *expresarles my conviction- is the last occasion for a true reform before the big enlargement of the Union, before the meeting of States and of the #european villages in a big political community and economic. +Proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to approximation of legislations of States members on the leading protection against the *empotramiento of engine vehicles and by the that modifies the Directive 70\/156\/*CEE of the Council (*COM(1999) 32 - *C4-0094\/1999 - 1999\/0007(*COD)) (Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market) +(Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that amends the Directive 92\/61\/*CEE of the relative Council to the reception of engine vehicles of two or three tyres (*COM(1999) 276 - *C5-0012\/1999 - 1999\/0117(*COD)) (Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market) +contradiction results frankly ridiculous in the case of the #french Government, that *subscribió in the Treaty of *Amsterdam the financial and physical distribution of refugees among the countries of the Union and now retreats in front of the consequences of his own signature. +Finally, taking loaned time proposed and ideas of the report *Gillenhammer, have to say that I am had to send a letter to #all companies with more of 1.000 persons, to #european level, *pidiéndoles that elaborate, voluntarily, a report titled "directing change" to take form of *benchmarking among the own great companies on how #can foresee restructurings without creating great social problems and grave. +Finally, the #european socialists insist so that it review the #european directive on the creation of a committee of #european company, so that it facilitate an authentic information to employees, in a normal and timely term, and celebrate queries for real, it that supposes that they concede half sufficient storms and means of *peritaje autonomous for employees. +How felt has affirm that the benefits of *Michelin went up in a 17%, without saying #if they are greater or minors that the of *Bridgestone or of *Goodyear or of the competitors, without saying that *Michelin is company with turnover of 106 dollars by worker, against the 141 of *Goodyear, without saying that *Renault that, #if no *me *equivoco is company taken part mostly by the #french Government, goes to *Japón, buys company *Nissan and, for no *cerrarla, sees forced to sack to 21.000 workers that, without embargo, when being #japanese, *nos interest less. +Is to say, that the *margen was very reduced and, therefore, #can be useful -and without place to doubts will be useful- that Parliament take to hear voice after the of Government Bosses, that, in *Tampere, regretted attitude of Senate #american, when underlining that it constituted -quote- "an inopportune signal for those who seat the temptation to endow of the nuclear weapon". +And in the Union, in #where #all have ratified prohibition Treaty of the nuclear proofs, have political arguments and morals for *dirigirnos to our American partners and *recordarles that have the grave responsibility to treat to stabilise the world and that have help #if truly it #can collaborate with *ellos. +look that have to argue with *ellos, and that remains reflected in article that quoted his *Señoría, gentleman *Elles, is that the unilateral character that today defend #some Republican, although no #all, to take justice to Senator *Logan, corresponds to politics of "only *nosotros" , for quoting the historical lemma Irish, and that #would result so disastrous for the world as it went it after the First World-wide War. +Need to boost there values of tolerance and of respect to the cultural diversity and to freedom of villages to decide democratically future and promote coexistence, solidarity, the sense of justice and peace. +*Me take echo of the words of Mr. *Gargani *cuando say that #all the subjects on the that have treated tonight in the Assembly try to guarantee that culture was considered a priority; is to say, no only, for example, that the euro or work places and employment will guarantee hit of the #european project. +The Commission is convinced that the participation of *Turquía in programs allocated first of all to youngsters, programs of exchange and meetings that strengthen the civil society, democracy and respect of the human rights, will favour understanding and understanding among villages and cultures. +And like this suited, but here are of another question, #this is, that presented a resolution proposal in the *cual appeared, in his last point, a question almost of courtesy, and is that it went to remit the resolution to president of company, and it that happens is that transaction resolution that presented carried this name. +Like this as, #if it approves this commitment, will be necessary to vote the comment of line *B1-4050, amends 507, with a favourable opinion of Budget Commission and by means of vote by parts, requested by the Group of the Greens, #as well as the comment of line *B1-406 on the amendment 69, time by means of nominal vote. +In sense, *nosotros #can not accept the proposal of the Council to operate a reduction of the 10% of credits assigned to cooperation and to development to fund reconstruction of *Kosovo, #as well as help to *Turquía, after the earthquake, or even help to *Timor Oriental. +worker is called, with gun of unemployment in temple, to show *solidario with benefit increase and accept agreements *humillantes regarding the terms, conditions and wages, as in the case of *MICHELIN, to finish losing definitively work place. +Lady Speaker, first of all, give the thanks to Commissioner *Fischler by intervention, and *le remember that Wednesday of the next week expect that President *Prodi or Commissioner *Byrne avenge to Parliament to take a statement about measures that the Commission thinks to adopt after the publication of the scientific conclusions known to last hour of today. +Ask to Commissioner *Fischler that, *cuando School gather next Wednesday, present immediately a proposal to create the European Alimentary Agency because, in my opinion, to have existed already organism, the current discrepancy never #would have arisen. +Are #all of agreement in that the subjects of the alimentary security and the public health have to be the maximum political priority in #all *Europa, but meat of bovine #british, #such as it has declared it today Commissioner *Fischler, respects the goals of the public health established by the European Union. +It that, by the contrary, seems timely and desirable is that they take advantage of occasions to restart organisation work of the community Institutions, of the *cual Parliament, in virtue of the mandate of #all Europeans that represents, has to take load integrating paper exerted up to now by the national Governments in construction community. +No only are and establishing competition level, but that, besides, *revestiría considerable importance determine clearly and signal the jurisdiction that the agency of alimentary security #would have in the community level and #which #would be his reciprocal effects with the agencies in level of States members. +Finally, #would suit *usted *conmigo in that, although it existed -repeat, existed, in subjunctive- the agency that wishes to create Mr. *Prodi and that still has not examined thoroughly in this House, even in this case #can repeat #one and time this same situation, as obviously they #would follow existing the national Agencies, that in any moment #can affirm that they have of new scientific data, so that hope that said agency allow to avert situations like #this is a mere illusion? +Of course, have taste in giving explanation in relation with *eso, but have to remember to His *Señorías *algo that -am sure- know: do not take exports of meat of bovine elaborated with arrangement to export plan according to a calendar established from Realm Joined, because in the first place it is necessary determine and approve facilities for end and the authorities of Realm Joined no the have proposed. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, in name of the Liberal Group, support this initiative that consider very timely to ensure the necessary consensus in the economic and social field, absolutely indispensable to achieve the climate of stability, growth and greater occupation in the European Union. +Is essential that look for new and -better forms- with seen to the achievement of the goal of a balanced and sustainable development of mood that satisfy our needs and the of the environment and that do not have negative repercussions in the levels of life of the poor regions of the world. +Is to say, on the one hand, bankers, Economy Ministers and associations of industrial, and by #another Work Ministers and the social speakers in the field of the unions, debate, and situate in the centre of the common politics the subject of employment. +In spite of #everything, the sector of transport in whole, the maritime activities and activities of doctors in period of training remain excluded of the field of application of directive relative to ordination of work time of 1993. +Like speaker, have looked for a balance no only among directive proposal of the Commission, the first reading of Parliament and the common position of the Council, but, especially, among security and health so much of workers as of the remaining parts involved. +treats, therefore, to limit the length of work time to protect security and health in place of work, especially in the distinct sectors of transport, the maritime activities and doctors in period of training. +Regarding it that today has posed with the amendment *nº 10, that is *algo that finishes to get to hands, #would say that, by the first introduction that have of collaborators, seems that article 17, section 2 the include; But to be able to be clearer and treating of a first approximation, believe that for morning will be able to have a final answer on the subject of this amendment. +The agreement will allow to the two parts explode #all the potential linked with investigation capacities advanced of the countries in roads of durable development, as it has underlined, but also, as they #can appreciate His *Señorías, in the sphere of the concrete program "Energy-environment", in the sphere of the renewable energies, had account of commitments of *Kyoto. +According to my experience, in the last five years, lamentably, the legislative norms on concrete looks of the only market always have debated in way Assembly *fragmentaria, for saying it like this, without contemplating #all links and interrelationships with other legislative subjects. +Of course, in Group want that attainment of the Inner Market comport a balance -as it has said *usted same, gentleman Commissioner- among market freedom and the need to protect the environment, health and confidence of consumers. +Finally, from sight point of the active politics in matter of market of work, training and *recualificación, lines guidelines #all *ellas important, *me seems insufficient convergence level in reliable indicators of efficiency of politics inside the national plans of employment, in that dimension of the community Institutions is anyway linked to controls of hit and of result. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, believe that it is intelligent and forced initiate this brief contribution to the debate on the guidelines of employment *felicitándonos #all by the fine data that offers the #european reality and appreciating work of #all the that have *empeñado it better of intelligence in taking possible the that, at last, #can have coordination process in matter of employment, as it signals article 128 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Now well, in relation with the of the report *Dimitrakopoulos, *Leinen, so that at least it #can have intervention by group in a so important report, *yo #would propose that in this case suppressed question turn to the Council, with which #all the groups #can express , because it is a very important question for Parliament. +end date of the 2002 #would allow to the Commission take a total assessment of the effects of the new cycles of proofs type of approval, that will introduce from the next year for the regulation of particle broadcasts *contaminantes of the new #european vehicles. +Want to manifest that the amendments numbers 3 and 5 go to be substituted by new amendments that modify the considering 18 and articles 5, 6 and 7 to adapt the text that present to the editorial that has elaborated the Conciliation Committee #Socrates and that goes to suppose a horizontal solution for the committees in the majority of programs. +Without embargo, my Group has approved it with great objections and only because the Council has recognised and has used like foundation the definition of the World-wide Organisation. of Health , according to the *cual health concept has to be considered like state of full corporal welfare, spiritual and social, and no only like the absence of illness and of weakness. +The Commission will study attentively the reports of this debate, and will undertake the necessary action to satisfy worries of Parliament, no only to celebrate the *décimo anniversary of the Convention but also to improve concrete politics, to end to fulfil with the goals established in this Convention. +Is of the opinion that the Presidency #finnish and, *eventualmente, the following, the Presidency #portuguese, have worry that, for example, Big *Bretaña will happen to the field enemy in dispute on copartnership rights of workers in the #european anonymous society? +But since there #be delay, that already has regretted, expect that time of delay use *constructivamente, and that the Council and the Commission, and also Parliament, *reflexionen on form to put things it better possible in it that definitely is a key sphere. +mood to proceed of the Council with income of the European Union is not as very serious -it that formulate of a very soft mood- and, in front of the next process of enlargement, #can convert in an authentic mortgage that *nos prevent development possibilities. +On a long-term basis, has to exist a direct relation among finance of costs of the Union and citizens and to #that that now shout again gone up " of taxes ", *les say incidentally that tax charge and similar #can not increase in total for citizens and citizens and that #this is the position that already adopt in March. +Besides, are of the opinion, and *eso already had put it of self-evident with anteriority the Commission of same Budgetary Control, that it is necessary that believe reservations in costs allocated to the European Bottom of Orientation and of Agricultural Guarantee, to be able to face up to the unforeseen costs. +Firstly, is essential that the current disequilibriums of the budgetary participations because of discounts that perhaps explain historically dismantle of gradual way, progressive, but *pertinaz and that the contributions of country adapt to his just measure from the point of sight objective and countable. +In the summit of the Council of *Berlín agreed modifications for part of income in it *tocante to the maximum proportion of taxes on value added that it delivers to the Union, in it *tocante to discount in the #british contribution and finance and in it *tocante to proportion of the *gravámenes agricultural and *aduaneros that States members #can retain. +Gentleman President, believe that the report that are, with proposals, #such as #this took form in Budget Commission, contributes to the creation of a half balanced, austere and effective to reinforce the budgetary discipline that it is subject of #all and #whose application guarantees only with the essential collaboration of the institutions and, of course, with collaboration of States members. +In it *tocante to the question of #if costs that are foreseen in the frame of enlargement for the agricultural sector will be sufficient, definitely will be necessary to observe continuously how evolves the situation in States candidates to adhesion and of how supposed has split in *Berlín for assessment of the necessary costs. +Without embargo, want to remember that Parliament or the Union in general have developed during the years happened the procedure *Nootenbom until point that credit transfers to finals of year were almost impossible to see with clarity. Thus, have insisted in this budget *rectificativo and supplementary to reach like this a greater transparency. +In addition to the report of Mrs. *Dührkop, have heard before how have debated the subjects of the own resources, of the budgetary discipline, and the truth is that it swims of #everything *ello *redundaría in benefit of the taxpayer #if we did not advance in efficiency of the fight against fraud. +have exposed three goals: first, promote the energetic efficiency; second, increase the participation in production of the energetic sources less *contaminantes -the dip is the 12% of renewable in the year 2010-; third, reduce the environmental repercussions of production and the utilisation of energetic products. +Have taken investments to increase the use of sources of renewable energy and have declared our firm purpose to take into account the requirements of a stable energetic economy inside an enlargement process. +Commissioner *Byrne, declared it following in appearance: the future of politics in matter of public health do not have to circumscribe to the crisis of moment, that has to have a high level of protection of health in #all the community politics that we have to adopt a preventive attitude in matter of attention of public health. +Am safe that Speaker will have to well write, in name of the European Union, to congratulate to #all parts interested by actions, courage and determination to carry out the peace process and disarmament and am safe that His *Señorías will suit *conmigo in that peace in *Irlanda of the North *infunde hopes to #everyone and everywhere. +will not mention delivery *deshonrosa of an elderly of 90 years of part of Swiss to *Francia, since it treats of a country that is not member of the European Union, but will mention simply legislations increasingly *represivas that pretend to dictate the political and historical speech and of the that do not wish that they #can find favourable terrain to extend of a #european State to #another. +By it that refers to directive proposal, when reducing transmission terms of the judicial acts and *extrajudiciales of a Been member to #another are an instrument that will allow that the judicial processes develop in the best conditions of celerity and juridical security preserving the rights of #all the interested in the causes. +do not aspires only to *subyugar to a proud village that insists in defining freely, *él only, the path of country and the #his own, but that signals, of multiple ways, a self-evident intention of the imperialist Americans to impose will, law in relations and economic and commercial activities international. +On purpose of #this, see by the communiqués of news agencies of this afternoon that, after mission, the World-wide Bank has reckoned that they will need among 260 millions and 300 millions of dollars of the #EE.UU. for reconstruction to half term in #that *Timor Oriental in ruins and that will procure that the majority of bottoms the contribute donors in the conference that will celebrate the next month in *Tokio. +The majority of measures that appear in the annexes *II and *III are very effective to reduce the losses, for example, of resultant phosphorus of agriculture and the future managerial-frame on water the will complete with plan instrument of management in level of the hydrographic basins. +Lady Left Red, am totally of agreement and believe that the conclusions of the European Council of *Tampere underline the fact that it have a horizontal approach among *pilares that cover immigration politics and asylum and the #others political of the European Union, inside the *cuales have help politics to development. +helps gave with condition that companies had a commercial management -and therefore no had a presence of the authorities of the countries or of the administrations of said countries-, that it carried out the suitable process of restructuring and that, at the end, obtained some profitable companies and that they #can develop without need of new public helps. +In the frame of chapter 24 of adhesion negotiations, that refers to cooperation in the fields of justice and internal subjects, treated on controls in the external borders and visa politics of the EU. +do not wish to repeat #all points that so well has posed the High Representative, but had account that I have been invited to take part in this debate, it that *me full of satisfaction, wanted to say some words on the opinion of the Commission with regard to the creation of security politics and #european defence. +But measures that #can adopt with the goal to warn conflict and the human suffering include besides #many things, like watching by fulfillment of the law, the creation of institutions and trade politics. +And #if it remains another evident in the dictionary, is the following: while it follow being manager of the current competitions, neither paper of smoking, or perhaps after the announcement that took yesterday #David *Byrne on tobacco #would have to say paper tissue, will separate to the Commissioner of External Relations of the High Representative. +Understand that his opinion is that yes and, in this case: How opinion *le deserves the decision of the Council of Ministers that, in the first reading of the budget of the year that comes, has reduced the amounts to an inferior level to the of the amounts of the year 1996? +*Usted has referred to the reallocation of resources and to the possibility to have appropriate means Agrees *conmigo in that, in this moment, the reallocation of resources inside the European Union is much more important that pose the increase of the maximum limits of defence? +From 1990, since it came down clash among blocks, has gone back to be possible rid conventional regional wars in *Europa, that open again the doors to the ancient traditional clashes among ethnic groups, to disputes by the outline of borders, etc., and to the resumption of the ancient cycle of violence. +Along #all the Round of #Millenium #would have to can formulate specific recommendations -of compliance with section 5 of article 97 of the Regulation of the European Parliament- that *nos allow to influence on works before the conclusion of the new Agreement, follow development and leave feel properly weight of our opinions. +The seven fundamental norms develop the four human rights basic in work: the right to freedom of organisation and of meeting without fetters, syndication right, the right to not making works *forzosos, the right to enjoy of childhood. +Have enumerated only #some of the essential looks, #whose importance also have signalled in repeated occasions #others and colleagues, because #any of *nosotros will tire to insist in the need that the subjects related with the environment and the protection of consumers debate in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +element reinforces also powers awarded to the Commission in the frame of the proposal in study: the possibility to reduce the amount of the direct helps or to suspend payment of the monthly advances. +Have forced to State Department to trace a strategic map of the possible routes: the most important #would be route among the sea *Caspio and port #turkish of *Ceyahn that affects to axis among *Baku and port #russian of *Novorossijsk. +Although we know that #this will hamper enormously for the European Union conversations and negotiations on the *incumplimiento of the commercial agreement and of the agreement on steel by part of the Russians. terrorism #can not and do not has to combat by means of employment of the military strength against #all village. +Finally, keep the principle of the cultural exception, that recognises the possibility for the Union and States members to preserve capacity to define with freedom his audiovisual cultural politics in name of development of an alive diversity and *enriquecedora. +Expect, finally, that the European Parliament #can exert an active paper in the Round of #Millenium beginning by the previous knowledge of the study of the Commission on impact hypotheses of the effects of the new normative process. +And so that this free trade was a free trade just, is evident that have to conciliate the commercial norms with norms that refer to the protection of the environment, the rights of workers, the agricultural model European or the protection of consumers. +But believe that #if we work joined of an open way with the common goal to improve quality of life of #everyone, will be able to really confuse to critics of globalisation and show that globalisation and liberalisation #can be an authentic decisive strength for sake. +In addition to strengthening in our own continent the legitimacy of performance of the Union, the participation of the global group of the no governmental organisations- #can help to our negotiators to achieve the goals of the Union. +#That to those who concern the human rights, the protection of animals and the environment have some a lot better perspectives to guarantee improvements in said fields inside a juridical frame and in a World-wide Organisation of Trade, that in #one *gresca or law of the jungle. +Gentleman President, in any case and to #all the effects, take to state that I have presented appeal three hours ago, with my signature and the of president of the Liberal Group and with the agreement of President of the Group of the *PPE, although it have not signed. +And #this supposes, among things, that the goal of the new Conference *Intergubernamental has to be the improvement of the previous institutions to the reception of the new members, the improvement of operation mood of the institutions and of the #european politics. +Therefore, that first small reform, in the that only it was necessary to talk of the Commission and of the weighting of the votes in the Council and to the that Colony Statement had added also the possible extension to qualified majority, do not has too much sense, answers to a distinct political logic. +*Nosotros, the Group of the Popular Party European and the European Democrats, #can and want to collaborate in this direction #if the problems of the Report *Napolitano resolve of a reasonable form, and the problems are in the limit of it that *nosotros #can support with vote, #if well we are not in mood #any truly satisfied. +Expect that Parliament brake once again this frontal attack to the Convention of Nations Joined on refugees, to Right Statement of Boy and to the juridical security of citizens of third countries that find inside borders of the Union. +*Cuando convert the Agreement and the Protocol *EURODAC in a community Regulation, modify it so that it was in total consonance with the community legislation on data protection, included the new Article 286 of the Treaty, that fixes protection disposals of data for the community institutions. +The two questions that more seem to have concerned to Parliament are the question of the minimum age for the taking of digital prints and norms for the destruction of data saved in the central base of data. +#If we had to destroy #all data on asylum applicants in what the interested #can benefit of class of juridical condition, the Regulation *EURODAC #would not apply already to the situations in the that asylum applicant receives permission to remain in any #another quality during a brief space of time and, at the end of this period, goes to another Been member and requests asylum in *él. +The debate of today #can, nevertheless, contribute to a better knowledge by part of the House of the increasing threat that constitute drugs, on the real database and no imaginary, and *coadyuvar to the achievement of improvements to short and long term of the critical current situation. +Without more preambles, gentleman President, declare that we agree, that approve the plan of the Commission; have, without embargo, reservations that formulate; reservations, that shares the own Commission, owed to the non-existent evaluation of programs and to the insufficient general approach in relation with the existent real threat. During the last fifteen years, gentleman President, drugs do not constitute simply a threat. +After the European Council of *Tampere it will be necessary to give priority to prevention of the juvenile delinquency, urban and related with drug, and to the gradual harmonisation of legislation of the European Union on traffic of illicit drugs. +Second, the *ORD (Organ of Solution of Differences), created in breast of the *OMC, has demanded of the European Union that renounced to his own norms in fields so fundamental like the sanitary and alimentary security or even to cooperation politics in the question of banana of the countries *ACP and of the regions *ultraperiféricas. +Is necessary to go back to examine disequilibrium situation that gives off of the fact that only the commercial agreements *multilaterales have ended in the creation of organism of judicial nature, *cuando *ello has not been like this neither with regard to the agreements on the environment neither to the of the *OIT. +doubt refers to capacity -and to our real will- to convert to the *OMC in regulation instrument, with the end to happen of globalisation wished by #one #few and suffered by #all to a world-wide trade truly *reglamentado, that benefit to the group of the planet. +With the argument that it is necessary to simplify the application of the Agreement of *Dublín, the Council pretends to repeat previous attempts of *cercenar fundamental rights of citizens of third countries by means of the creation of a mechanism of collected of digital prints controlled by a central unit, that cover no only to refugees and applicants of asylum, but also to #all citizens of third countries that find in irregular situation. +*Nosotros support these efforts of *saneamiento, contributing in activities of two scientific centres and international technicians, the of *Moscú and the of *Kiev, and, #if it was necessary, are had to provide a supplementary help to programs, very understood that, as *ustedes have said it during the debate, are now very near of the step to the year 2000 and that it essential has been to begin to concern thus opportunely. +#If they do not have future, or better said, do not have future #worthy, since "they are enclosed among the #albanian terror in *Kosovo and repulsion and discrimination of countries, with the aggravating that the humanitarian help in the central part of the *Balcanes is to end". +Equally, agree plenary and total support to efforts carried out by the *MINUK, to create an operational civil administration, in conditions to assume #police functions that at present are in hands of *KFOR and to create society *multiétnica peaceful, able to take charge of reconstruction of *Kosovo and of the *restablecimiento of society. +In accordance with previous statements, the European Commission has left very seated that any new judicial formality related with the contribution taken by Mr. *Nikitin to the Report *Bellona has to be in full compliance with the principles and the norms of international acceptance in matter of justice and human rights. +The fact to say that it is intolerable that have boys forced to work in place to go to school, that #can not eat it sufficient, that boys are sold like commodities, that are victims of physical violence or morals by part of adults, is already a big step that, of course, has to translate in our political acts and in our daily life! +By #everything it aforesaid, estimate that this initiative is a step in the fine direction, with utilisation of the modern technology of digitalisation of images with computer to help to organisms commissioned to take fulfil the law and to the ministries of the interior to cooperate in #all the Union. +The debate *nos teaches that all it that collects in approach no *fructifica because the conjoint work of the governments no suffices to take a new legislation in matter of structures of security on the base of the problems that poses the inner market and integration speed that #this involves. +*Yo #would wish that opening principle that has produced in relations with the Bank follow advance and that at the end #can get to a result that was satisfactory for Parliament and for the European Bank of Investments, without forgetting, as it said previously, that the *BEI is a financial institution that it #can give information without subject restriction of #any nature. +Without embargo, as *sucede in #many other areas, reasons that agreements have been awarded to countries like *Corea are surely conditions that in *ellos exist: for example, workers of these countries receive wages very low, have labour conditions and measures of security very deficient and unsatisfactory due to the fact that health and security of workers are not a priority. +Without embargo, seems that now civil servants of the the General Direction of Competition of the Commission have the firm purpose to interpret program in question like help to dockyards, although program do not affects to competitiveness of #the same, since ship that benefit of help will be able to commission in any country. +To finish, wish *preguntarle to gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen, how #can be possible for a Been member trace navigation politics, #if it #can not entrust in the instructions given by the Commission How the Commission in his recent correspondence with the governmental authorities has considered adhesion Records of *Finlandia with regard to the mentioned political?. +Lady *Doyle, *le appreciate intervention and have to *decirle that *me have allowed *adelantarme to the wish of His *Señoría and, in name of the European Parliament, already have written to #all the bosses of the main parties *norirlandeses bear *comunicarles admiration that feel by it that have reached and *enviarles our best wishes, the more *calurosos, for the continuation with hit of the peace process. +Without recognition, #some of these countries #can demoralise and *volvernos back: economies #would begin to diverge and advances to democracy and respect of the human rights #would run the risk to detain and #would lose maybe for ever a big historical occasion. +Without embargo, declare with firmness that #if it exists the risk that enlargement conduct to the dissolution or #one *desvirtuación of the European Union, in the sense that we finish being only an economic and financial administration, but no a political Union, #if enlargement comported this risk, then #would have to *rechazarla. +Gentleman President, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, expect that Speaker in exercise of the Council have time to read, before the summit, our resolution on #the same and also the report that approve on the Conference *Intergubernamental the month of November, because I have thrown in fault a bit reflection on #some of the arguments that bear *nosotros are absolutely keys. +The Council *apresta to exclude - like this believe it - of shameful way to the European Parliament of the Conference *Intergubernamental and, especially, has to ensure that the Conference occupy only of three points of functional improvement of the Institutions and, therefore, to leave of the all *inalterado this incomprehensible castle of *naipes that they are the Treaties of the Union. +Finally, want *expresarle to Mrs. Speaker in exercise of the Council my more sincere congratulations because it has achieved, without need to modify rule, thing that had not achieved still, increase clearly transparency in the European Union and, in particular, in the process of taking of decisions of the Council. +Likewise, in front of the multiplication of signing systems (*Europol, *Eurodac), the European Parliament #would have to have reiterated request that it saw the light an independent commission on computing and freedoms to end to preserve our individual freedoms, in addition to the democratic control and *jurisdiccional. +Of the subjects that *nos has exposed the Presidency in exercise of the Council, the subject of the design in the new frame of enlargement do not poses problems neither to Parliament neither to the proposal of the Commission, neither neither to the Council of ministers. +Said communication, that the Commission foresees to adopt in the *primer semester of the 2000, will complete the report of the Council on the human rights, since it will occupy especially of the concrete actions that it #can undertake the Community to promote respect of the human rights in third countries, so as to back our statements and *darles consistency by means of serious and concrete initiatives. +(To5-0070\/1999) of Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence, on regulation proposal of the relative Council to action realisation directed to deepen the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía (*COM(1998) 600 -*C4-0669\/1998 - 1998\/0299(*CNS)). +Without embargo, the Environment Commission do not agrees with the intention of the Commission to concede in mood a cheque in white that allows exceptions without limit. In effect, the proposal foresees that the countries that have it that designates like socioeconomic problems #can request a transitory period of five years, that to continuation #can *prorrogarse other five years more. +*Yo believe that #if we achieve it and the Commission, as I expect, also #can take #his the proposals of our commission, will have marked truly a milestone in the improvement of the quality of the air acclimatise and also will have contributed a lot to leave clear that to substances *carcinógenas no *les has lost at all in the environment. +The proposal taken by the European Commission, reinforced by the report of Mrs. *Breyer, that goes more far, poses the principle of the evaluation and the management of the quality of the air acclimatise by it that refers to two sources *contaminantes important -the *benceno and carbon monoxide- produced the two by circulation by road. +The Commission #can accept the amendment 15 in part and considers that this proposal #would have to adjust to the Directive 1999\/30 inserting the words "in those cases in that it exist more of measurement season in the zone or in the urban core, at least #one has to be situated wall of traffic and at least #another has to be oriented to the urban bottom" . +The proposal of the Commission contemplated execution calendar too much fast, and, by reason, has *prorrogado the entrance in vigour of the directive until the year 2003, date in that States members will have been able to adapt legislations to the requirements of this directive. +In any case, neither the Commission of Agriculture neither Parliament pretend that no *le facilitate to *Portugal this supplementary quota so that it go adapting and taking increasingly competitive in tomato production, but yes #would be an important occasion to happen of quota system to the of thresholds by countries. +Today wanted to accompany my intervention with a pair of considerations that, to my seem, do not refer to an exclusively technical question, but that also represent a fundamental approach, as I think that also in the field of the agricultural politics #would have to reason in terms much more global, already from approach. +Is well that in the monetary dialogue of the European Parliament with the Central Bank European take patent, take transparent #one and time, *cuán important is stability of prices for this independent monetary authority, and that, thus, #this concern that this goal impose keeping vicinity to citizen. +Therefore, the community preference constitutes for the socialists commitment with the sector of the community fishing, with persons, with fishermen, workers of industry *pesquera and the *armadores, that expect can keep activity and work places. +Report (To5-0070\/1999) of Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence, on regulation proposal of the relative Council to action realisation directed to deepen the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía (*COM(98) 600 - *C4-0669\/98 - 1998\/0299(*CNS)) +Far to identify with the *adalides of his own countries in the planetary economic war, #one and #others *fustigaban together capitalism of multinationals, profitability to *ultranza, the *mercantilización of nature until the patented of living beings, the *nivelación of cultures, the *ahondamiento of inequalities practically everywhere and, in particular, among the North and the South. +Gentleman Commissioner, *Seattle do not has *fracasado neither by it unsuitable of the Common Organisation of Markets neither by the electoral campaign of States Joined that it also has contributed to the failure: *Seattle has *fracasado because the political will of the most important countries was to brake the international trade, in place to accelerate it. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, believe that *Europa with his secular tradition of the market economy, of the free trade and of the economic freedom -that it is freedom without adjectives- has to affirm that the goal of integration of the markets and of freedom of trade is a goal of by himself\/hisself that it has to conquer for *nosotros and for #all the countries. +Gentleman President, negotiations of *Seattle allowed to put of relief some political opening to #some of the positions of the European Union on the agricultural file, as in the case of the environmental worries, the *inocuidad of foods or development of the rural communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0092\/1999) of Mr. *Busk, in name of Fishing Commission, on Regulation proposal (*CE) of the Council by the that they establish measured of control applicable in the zone of the Agreement on the future cooperation *multilateral in the *caladeros of the Atlantic northeastern (*COM(1999) 345 - *C5-0201\/1999 - 1999\/0138(*CNS)). +Is an important directive, in the first place, because -as it has said the speaker- is #one of cases of full tarpaulin of set up of the possibilities that awarded the ancient article 138 *B of the Treaty of *Maastricht, is to say: that Parliament launch an initiative that was restarted by the Commission and followed by the Council. +Besides, the calculations on assessment of the needs of traffic permission, base in the current traffic by the *Alpes, mainly by *Austria, without taking into account that traffic is regulated by the limiting system of *ecopuntos, in the that they have reckoned other quantitative analogies for States members. +#Many of the amendments go directed to shorten terms for the elimination by stages of the *hidroclorofluorocarburos and methyl bromide, goal that certainly shares the Commission to the light of his important and increasing contribution to the fight against the exhaustion of ozone coat. +With #everything, *me is *grato *anunciarles that efforts of the Commission to guarantee that the European Parliament #can exert paper that *le corresponds in the Conference *Intergubernamental have been *recompensados: Parliament will have observer statute of plenary right in the group of the personal representatives. +In the Letter includes the proposal of the European Union on cooperation model among the international organisations, designated platform, that #would apply, especially, in prevention and management of crisis, and that #would reinforce the capacity of the Organisation to act with rapidity in the no military management of crisis. +Without embargo, *me had seemed more careful that, even treating of a Summit devoted to enlargement, had situated in a *primer plane the group of relative subjects to the Conference *Intergubernamental, highlighting in this way that neither the most modest enlargement will be able to work #if before they do not resolve the pending questions and the institutional subjects. +Already have achieved to open a bit the door, but, frankly, have to signal that the Summit of *Helsinki has not adopted the recommendations made by the Expert Committee, chaired by Mr. *Dehaene and based in the excellent proposals that prepared the European Commission under the direction of Commissioner *Barnier. +#There is #some progresses and the #can analyse with serenity: two representatives of the European Parliament will take part in #all negotiation sessions and will be able to take part to the principle of meeting of the Conference *Intergubernamental; likewise, in meeting of this type will have conversations among President of Parliament and State bosses and of Government. +It that pretend is that, with program, in the next five years the global quota of the audiovisual products of #european origin increase to a large extent by means of support politics to the creation, production and the diffusion of audiovisual products *auténticamente #european. +Subject: Letter of the fundamental rights of the EU From sight point of the Commission, #would have to be *vinculante to juridical effects the Letter of the fundamental rights of the EU that is under the mandate of the Summit of *Tampere #would have to be *vinculante to juridical effects? +The Commission initiated a series of special actions to support to the national authorities participants in the fight against the illicit nuclear traffic pertinent so much of States members of the EU as of States candidates, included seminars, programs of training and technical assistance. +Understand the constitutional arguments, the political arguments, but try *explicarlos to somebody that *carece of a ceiling on head in *Kosovo, try *explicarlos to pensioner that wants to receive the social subsidy in *Montenegro, try *explicarlos to somebody of the *ARYM that think that the difficult measures that have adopted in country in the last years deserve quite more support of the European Union. +*Nosotros follow keeping offer that already made Parliament, with a #symbiosis of budgetary discipline, on the one hand, and by the #another side, the will to consider cuts very concrete and no linear, as they pretended *ustedes, and to contemplate to time the necessary political priorities and *financiarlas. +On the other hand, President of the Court of Accounts has devoted yesterday, in enclosure, «the persistence of culture of costs in breast of the Community, that is more concerned by the volume of costs that by quality». +Gentleman President, with the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam have increased considerably attributions of the European Parliament, that has assumed new powers of *codecisión in the sphere of prevention and the fight against the harmful frauds for the financial interests of the Community. +Therefore, already is hour to finish with tight compartments among the Common Agricultural Politics, the structural Bottoms, the own resources of the Community and his internal and external politics and ensure that it exists an alone weight and an alone measure for #all *ellos. +The decision to carry out visible actions satisfies condition of *evidenciar the positive paper of the European Union regarding demolitions that ten years ago left after himself\/hisself communism and puts to proof goodness of the western democratic system in front of the *fracasado *dirigismo previous. +Second, also *me has concerned that, in reality, Commissioner do not propose to give support to the *ONG, and #this is, exactly, it that says persons that works in favourable projects to democracy: that go to stop to section of the budget that refers to democracy and to the human rights, in place to achieve greater efficiency inside projects. +Gentleman President, the present recommendation invites to Parliament to issue his *dictamen satisfied on the proposal of the relative Council to the technical harmonisation in the sector of car *considerándola an important factor for development of the world-wide market. +do not know #if it treated of a diabolical attempt of my #italian friend Mr. *Dell' #Alba so that we abandon *Estrasburgo, #if they were my Conservative colleagues of Realm Joined that *equivocaron day of the visit of President *Chirac or #if it treated of gift *navideño of *chocolatinas #belgian that now will be hit to the walls of playground. +Besides, create -and it *deploro- that there #be a big absent in this resolution: are citizens, since we do not have to forget that further of measures that #can take States of the Union, are citizens, consumers, those who, through habits, of behaviours, will induce change and will impose it to managers. +#would Wish that Parliament expressed again reservations express regarding the system of the rights of pollution, the flexibility mechanism, since, #if well we want to resolve the enormous problem of the effect *invernadero, #can not accept this process in that all #can buy or sell and in that they #can buy the rights of pollution. +The abandonment of the nuclear energy #can be conversation subject of the populist in the countries developed of *Europa and in Parliament, of the populist to *ultranza. No exists realistic alternative in place, not even in the countries to the that the Union will expand in the future. +Gentleman President, the Popular Party European has affirmed repeated times that considered fundamental the adoption by part of the Council and of the Commission of a public position before day 20 December, date in that it will produce the transmission of sovereignty of the territory of *Macao to the Popular Republic of Chinese. +The conjoint statement *luso-#chinese -to the that already has referred here Commissioner *Patten- is a fine statement and in *ella appear, in group, the great lines that #can orient the territory of *Macao in the next 50 years like specific zone, with his own specificity inside whole #chinese, is to say, respecting #all legislation that applied the #portuguese in *Macao. +#- - Report (To5-0091\/1999) of Mr. *Chichester, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on directive proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive of the Council 80\/181\/*CEE relative to approximation of legislations of States members on units of measure (*COM(1999) 40 - *C4-0076\/1999 - 1999\/0014(*COD)) +Report (To5-0075\/1999) of Mr. #Aparicio *Sánchez, in name of Transport Commission, Regional Politics and Tourism, on regulation proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council (*CE) by the that it establishes permission distribution for vehicles of heavy transport of commodities that circulate by Swiss (*COM(1999)35 - *C5-0054\/1999 - 1999\/0022(*COD)) +In other words, #if enlargement works, #if program of Diary 2000 reaches to improve the economic situation of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental, *ello will reduce by himself\/hisself same the flow of economic refugees pertinent of said countries to the current States members of the European Union. +Probably, #would fit to indicate still on this subject that #one of the important previous conditions to approve finance of #all projects reviewed and elaborated by the European Bank of Investments is that it take in account the point of ecological sight, and like this took in the case of project *Gardaland. +Is conscious the Council that this problem affects to information that facilitates in the press on the results of the sessions *plenarias of Parliament, since journalists only #can be in spot to time (and usually gives priority to the meetings of the Council in *Bruselas? +The Presidency #finnish demanded to the international community in the session of the 54 General Assembly of the UN that find the solutions and the timely answers to confront the new and unpredictable challenges in the frame of the humanitarian Right. +Gentleman President, prevention and the fight against the illegal traffic of appropriate materials for the construction of atomic arms, bacteriological and chemical is the goal of cooperation among the authorities *aduaneras, judicial and police in the frame of cooperation of the Union in matter of delinquency, goal that tries to reach directly or well through *EUROPOL. +From sight point want to signal that it takes #some days, *cuando in *Helsinki adopted the political decision to expand the European Union, with correction fixed the political criteria of the *Europa of the fifteen, the criteria of *Copenhague, but it is necessary to consider that the new countries candidates to adhesion have problems that up to now the fifteen did not have. +So that citizens have the possibility to control that the application of law by part of the Court of Justice fulfils independence criteria and objectivity, traditionally inherent to the judicial system, #would be necessary that the application of the law occurred with transparency. +#All the that was present in the different commissions during the previous deliberation of the reports *Von *Wogau, *Rapkay, *Jonckheer and *Langen knows until how point competition politics and the future of politics of the inner market *inciden in the future development of the economy, growth and employment of *Europa. +Gentleman President, receive with *beneplácito this opportunity to take a brief contribution to this debate and begin with observation that a prompt and satisfactory solution of controversy on the *inocuidad of foods *reviste paramount importance for consumers, for graziers and, in fact, for the alimentary industry. +The Commission #can not accept the amendment proposed to suppress the requirement of a real debate among Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the main proposal based in article 152 of the Treaty. +Therefore, in Record and in the Literal Record of the session, so much on purpose of intervention on *Macao as in the Literal Record, on purpose of interpellation to the Table with occasion of the resolution on *Chechenia, *yo appear identified like #Luís *Queiró, my colleague that seats in seat 571, and no with my own name, *Ribeiro and *Castro, that *me seat in seat 662. +In my opinion the *primer point is that it underline the importance of trade of the skilled book, that bet by the quality and no by quantity, that need the skilled advice and a special offer of the scientific and skilled bibliography, #as well as service and attention *individualizados. +#If in section 4º of the resolution includes that it will displace a delegation to *Kuwait, also will have to treat the problematic of the local Administration, #as well as the question of the procedure, because it results extraordinarily clumsy that law proposition of #this *envergadura #can not approve by a fault of procedure. +Bottom created to promote the urban and rural development, development of the communities, to increase qualities and to improve the quality of the environment; justifications quoted in the amendments of the Greens are false. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0083\/1999) of Mr. *Xaver *Mayer, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on regulation proposal (*CE) of the Council that modifies the Regulation (*CEE) 1696\/71 by the that it establishes the common organisation of markets in the sector of the *lúpulo (*COM(1999) 302 *C­0081\/1999 1999\/0128(*CNS)) +In my opinion space constitutes the *Balcanes of the future, #one *Balcanes to scale world-wide. And by reason is of vital interest for *nosotros, so much more what that there has seat a series of nuclear powers, stabilise space and prevent that the ethnic conflicts of there have effects especially the world. +Anyway wish to reassure to #all the honourable deputies, to the equal that have taken it with the countries candidates, with certainty that on our part the, *llamémosla, institutional crisis to the that *nos confront in this moment and that of course *repercute also in some sense in work of the Commission, did not has to carry and will not carry to delays in the process of enlargement. +Wanted to conclude saying, also to the own countries candidates to integration, that has been and follow being, also today, our philosophy that has to value country candidate by his own merits and by his own progresses, although #this #can conduct to differentiation, at the same time that it is especially important that leave clear that, while #some in moment determined #can have advanced more that #others, #all family of enlargement will follow being an alone family. +Regarding posture of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics ascertain that in bold strokes it shares the opinion of the Commission *cuando #this affirms that the modifications proposed will allow that in the future politics in matter of competition will adjust more to the economic reality. +As #this is probably my last speech in front of the European Parliament gathered in session *plenaria, wanted to give thanks to #all persons with the that have worked during the 15 years that have formed part of the European Parliament and, in particular, to the fine citizens of the *Greater *Manchester Central, to the that have had the honour to represent from 1984 in the frame of the system of *circunscripciones individual. +The Commission shares likewise the importance that speaker and Defender of Village attribute to the strengthening of confidence of citizens in the #european Institutions, in particular *cuando citizens report situations that do not consider satisfied to the #european disposals. +*Cuando directs claim to the European Parliament, citizen no only reports *algo that to trial constitutes a bad application of the community legislation, but that to time expresses confidence in Parliament and the Institutions expecting that #this repair injustice. +Regarding the first sentence of the text, taking into account diversity of the subjects to argue in the field of «Customs 2000», the Commission prefers to leave to States members the possibility to take part with more of representative, so as to can debate specific arguments. +treats of a complex question, especially *cuando treats of the question of rates for road use, but deputies do not have to forget that States members possess already plans to fix price to utilisation of roads and that countries expect *introducirlos. +Step now to our second argue. Also refuse the concept of the Commission because it advocates consciously a preparation and an application in three stages, which comes to say that distortions of competition among transport moods and companies of the different States members keep in foot. +NATO #can not be at the same time leading in conflict and, according to diary *Le *Monde , speaker of the *UCK, that *le provides information on the #serbian positions that they have to be destroyed; #can not be a new police strength international that fulfils with a duty of interference and at the same time a humanitarian organism... +And is *irrisorio that the resolution proposal ask (in section 3) the application of the decisions of Nations Joined or that applaud (section 4) the «initiative» of the General Secretary of the UN, Mr. *Annan, without mentioning, although it was in two words, content! +In this frame, results particularly *chocante that, by reason, do not apply tolls in the metropolitan zones, in the that live persons with greater incomes and #where #would suit *desincentivar the utilisation of private vehicles, and keep in zones more disadvantaged in the that, by not having popular demonstrations neither electoral costs, increase #all the years. +From a point of formal sight, #this is a correct attitude. After all, the Commission had not presented officially new proposals or proposals modified from rejection of the proposal of the Commission by the European Parliament. +Wanted to also congratulate to the speaker, Mrs. *Thors, by report and *congratularme that the Commission of Juridical Subjects have integrated practically #all our proposals, the proposals of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary, in report. +To the *respecto, the speaker suggests to examine the favourable looks to the institution of a *Ombudsman , or Defender, of the European Union for the financial services; *yo #would propose to go even more far and examine more amply claim measures that they have at present users of financial services in #all the Union. +rhythm of changes in the markets and in the financial intermediations has put of self-evident the possible limits of a sectorial approach and this phenomenon increases with the process of integration financial global. +Want to underline that, among things, in the text asks to the Commission that elaborate a #european rule, for the time being, lamentably non-existent, that guarantee elevated standard of security in road tunnels and rail, and to the Council that adopt without more delay directive proposal on controls of the commercial vehicles. +The Commission has promoted a wide legislation relative to norms for vehicles, of the that also form splits minimum norms on the *inflamabilidad of engine vehicles, like part of his legislative program for homologation EU of engine vehicles. +Take really a call to the European Commission so that *presione to Indonesian to end to achieve that it improve the situation, and *presionamos especially to the European Commission so that it also concern by that the elections develop well and by that, in these elections, concede rights to the minoritary groups of the smallest islands. +Gentleman President, the previous orators already have taken upsetting in the intolerable attitude of the Government of *Birmania, that denied to concede entrance visa to Dr. #Michael *Aris just before demise. Also have referred painstakingly to support that receives this frightful diet by part of Chinese. +Gentleman President, there #be not difference of opinion among the Commission and this House on the continuous and grave rapes of human rights occurred in *Birmania. The next 26 April will appear this country again in the agenda of the Council of General Subjects. +On the other hand, to the speaker no *le #can deny merit of having insisted in that measures proposed #can not give place to a *encarecimiento of transport. Adds that in case that the result was sure enough an increase of *losimpuestos, it #would be necessary to diminish in place charge for users of transport. +*Nosotros that we are managers of education and that, like politicians, #would have to be the most faithful interpreters of the needs of citizens, have the obligation to report the origins of violence and define fight methods more effective. +(OF ) Gentleman President, *me direct to *ustedes from my special situation, as I am the only deputy of this Assembly that came to the world before the *I World-wide War, that besides was chosen for Parliament *cuando already had surpassed amply retirement age and that afterwards has enjoyed of 20 years of life and parliamentary work. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the oral question (*B4-0155\/99) of Gentlemen *Colino *Salamanca and *Garot, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, to the Commission, on supply in vegetal proteins and the situation in industry of starch. +In this sense, the European Commission has elaborated proposals of action extremely positive that pretend to boost the sustainable urban development in the European Union. Like this, foresee fiscal incentives for house restoration and obviously contemplate special conditions for zones *extremamente sensitive, as it is the case of #Venecia. +Is the *noveno report of this term of office but no *le go to bore with #all statistics; it regrettable is that it is not a very pleasant question really and here no treats of legislation or the promotion of the #european integration, but of a subject of parliamentary immunity. +Gentleman President, the problem that *nos takes to see the suspension of immunities that today we treat is not neither more neither less that part of a general problem. This general problem is that this Assembly do not explains still with an only statute for deputies. +Another problem that arose was the that in moment probably no had neither a majority in the Assembly to concede the approval of the management neither an absolute majority for *denegarla, by it that Parliament was prisoner among these two requirements of different majorities of Regulation. +Obviously, the pact for stability was celebrated by *nosotros, but no *nos satisfies to #all *nosotros with stability politics that *estrangula the public budgets and that *les deprives of space political of manoeuvre and also of the need to create conditions mark in education, in investigation and in the professional training. +will Finish with the subject of the set up of the *GOPE saying that the Commission expects *encarecidamente that, to the contrary of it that occurred the past year, States members #can, along this *primer year of the euro, put of agreement on a content *prescriptivo precise, operative and no *edulcorado of the great orientations of the economic politics, especially regarding the recommendations by countries and to employment politics. +Maybe the fundamental characteristic went deficiencies of management structure, that remains very clear in paragraph 19 of the document attach, in the that it says: «deficiencies in management structure *propiciaron operative distortions in the application of politics». #Who knows? +Second, as it already has said Mr. *Elles, gives an indication to the new Parliament -#if well never have to pretend reign after dying and, of course, no a speaker that goes to abandon Parliament- on the type of questions that #can use to judge to the new Commission during appearances. +Gentleman President, wanted colleagues, with the examination of the report of colleague *Brinkhorst on postponement of the approval of the management for the exercise of 1997, our intention is not *hurgar in the grave wounds that have devastated to the Commission these last years *forzándola to resign. +Fear that interpretation in contrary sense had a *tufillo of electoral campaign in place of the exercise of the pure reason, because it that have said has been very simple: while it exist the prohibition, #can not have risk for health, because meat with hormones is not allowed in the European Union. +#This allows to States members orient experiments to those sectors of the #can expect the maximum benefit, #if experiment is wider, more data go to have with hindsight and greater goes to be the possibility to get to some definite measures very founded that they conduct to the creation of more stable employment and *eso was precisely of it that treated. +The recent experiences indicate that, in any case, #would suit to examine the possibility of the individual cessation, already was by initiative of President of the Commission, of Parliament or of the Council, with the participation in each case of the organs. +Although there #be not doubt that Parliament will confirm tomorrow his safe -nomination that by #one *holgada majority-, in September will have to face up to a much more difficult proof in front of Parliament in big part renewed and in front of the *cual, will have to present to School in plenary, #as well as action program that no *le will engage only to *usted, to personal title, but that will engage *colegialmente to the new Commission in group. +#If it do not wants to trip in the successive obstacles that will have to *sortear, will have to have very present that legitimacy, like President of the Commission, is a legitimacy delegated, that will be exerted under the permanent political control of the Council and of the European Parliament, that, political and directly, are managers in front of the #european population. +This coincidence, that was not foreseen in the normal calendar, gives to this debate and to the back vote character *algo dramatic, because, in mood, is the political will of the *primer European Parliament that it was able of *presionar to the salient Commission until point of *obligarla to resign. +Have to remember that, #if we have to give hope to the *Tercer World, with regard to the *cual now have a big responsibility -#can not forget, in effect, that *Europa is the greater economic structure of the world, repeat, the greater economic structure of the world- then is undoubted that also have to guarantee a world-wide economic order. +The opening of trade has allowed, in the last years, some spaces of growth to #some countries that were totally excluded of the world-wide game and has brought achieve -understand it and has gone back to remember in interventions- *gravísimas consequences for #some #european sectors and #some #european countries. +In consequence, have to ask the *imputación of *Milosevic; an enormous pressure on Mrs. *Harbour so that it explain finally how wants to take in the next hours; the informative bombardment and the integration of country that, gentleman *Fischer, are from takes more of twenty years, #if we think that in 1981 Frame *Pannella asked in Parliament the incorporation of the that then was *Yugoslavia in the #european Community. +*Yo also pray to the Commission and to the Council that take note that in quality of members of parliament #can take *algo more that celebrate these debates, that no always result too much interesting neither stimulating, and that the Council and the Commission have to include more closely to members of parliament in the formulation, but also in the execution of politics. +Given the calendar of Parliament, the Council considers that said query is not possible #if it wants to adopt the common strategy in the June Summit, time that the definite project of the document will not be available until 17 May. +*Yo wanted to highlight in particular my opposition to efforts of the speaker so that it postpone the adoption of the relative common strategy to relations with *Rusia, that is of the maximum importance in these moments, since said strategy *rebasa with grow the frame of the bilateral relations with country. +#If we do not take advantage of now the opportunity to solve an illegal situation that is in conflict with article 6 of the Treaty and, among things, delete discrimination by reasons of nationality that have kept from takes years, no longer will go back to present occasion; now #can take it in justice and in *concertación with the Council. +#Can be that reason exhibition technical-juridical have been fine, but have the impression of that #some of adherents hide an unseen motivation and that it that really do not want to is that it touch to #some of privileges. Because they serve of a series of arguments very odd. +About buildings wanted to leave also *algo clear -#this goes directed to *usted, lady Speaker, and to the Presidency: Have declared disposal to assume finally the promotions *ad *personam , that presented in amendment delivered to Mrs. *Müller, under condition that the Presidency fulfil it agreed and make finance of buildings in term of 10 years. +take It essentially because we accept that Internet is form surprisingly *excitante to make new transactions -expand trade, industry and employment in breast of the Community- but never to coast of the individual consumers in any Been member of the Union and, in measure of it possible, *protegiéndolos no only inside borders of the Union, but also out of #this. +So that directive proposal on measures that have to adopt against of the pertinent pollution of the engines allocated to *propulsar tractors follows orientations of the directive of 1997 on the pertinent broadcasts of the engines installed in the mobile machines no of road. +The balance among the #european institutions, in effect, has changed to be the that the Treaties of *Maastricht and *Amsterdam pretended: is to say, have got to a Commission #whose nomination and political action do not base already only in confidence of the Council but of decisive mood in confidence of Parliament. +And the that we have reached condition of mature Parliament and adult is very important for democracy, because democracy do not works only with fine intentions or with personal contributions, as #all know, but with institutions that go further of human beings, that take that work of deputies that do not go to go back have continuity in deputies. +Of course, is a bit difficult that the Council congratulate to President of Parliament, as #if praises are too much intense interprets as #if it had taken *algo badly. Thus, want to say that *usted is speaker of the Council, an uncomfortable speaker, conciliatory but *inflexible *cuando treats of defence of the rights of Parliament. +In Colony will treat the following questions: first, the European Pact by Employment; *segunda, the calendar for the institutional reform in *ciernes; third, the European Letter of Fundamental Rights; *cuarta, the common strategy for *Rusia and *quinta, development of the European Politics of Security and of Defence. +Is clear that the collective defence in *Europa goes to follow being task of NATO, but the European Union has to develop the capacity also for an own military management of crisis *cuando from the perspective of the Union or of the *UEO exist need to act and *cuando the North American do not want to or #can not take part. +Ask, to the equal that in the text of the month of November of 1997, #this is, in the resolution *Méndez Of *Vigo and *Tsatsos, a document of the Commission that #can constitute the base of #one *concertación *interinstitucional in the that are involved the representatives of the civil society, the national parliaments and the regions. +And *yo believe that, #if the Commission is in line, #if the European Parliament is in line, #if the national Parliaments have been involved, the legitimacy that will have this document will be enormous, and any Presidency in exercise and the Governments will be able to accept reflection document. +Consider that it is on of the table the need of an effective coordination of the economic politics and of a pact for employment, it that demands the political will to use for end the possibilities created by the euro. +The speeches pronounced in Parliament have outlined little by little the outlines of thought on *Europa with looks positive, in particular the wish to guarantee autonomy of the Commission and carry out a deep reform of his administrative uses. +Of course, is also a big hit in the balance of our political group, as the amendment of the Group of the Greens has been the only that has obtained an absolute majority and that has taken that the Commission and also the Council move. +In the last years have assisted to successive positions of the World-wide Organisation of Trade in subjects relative to the trade of agricultural and alimentary sakes and to the odd coincidence of these positions with the interests and pressures of States Joined of *América. +The case of banana reveals that the interest of the signatures multinationals explains one thousand times more that development of villages, and the market wins hand to the necessary solidarities that it is necessary to develop in breast of a political community. +Sure enough, regarding the relative conflict to banana, in name of liberalism and of globalisation of exchanges, States members of the European Union lose capacity to operate a specific and privileged politics with #some countries in roads of development with the *cuales kept historical exchanges. +Precisely in the case of the social Bottom, that produces with grow some great services to *Europa, already was in politics on handicapped persons, in the preventive politics of labour market or in helps to women, things have been very questioned until the last moment. +Want to express my congratulations especially to the speakers, Mrs. *McCarthy, Mr. *Hatzidakis, Mr. *Collins, Mr. #Walter, Mr. Baron *Crespo and Mr. *Arias *Cañete, also in quality of president of the Commission of Regional Politics. +Apart from the useful increase of bottoms, the new financial regulation supposes an important advance for being a suitable instrument to provide finance on a long-term basis for projects on a long-term basis, because it includes programming *plurianual, it that means that promoters of projects will be able to schedule with security without precedents on finance that #can expect with charge to the budget for networks *transeuropeas. +Like this has to be, #if we want the maintenance of the social model European -of the that #can *enorgullecernos-, but with the idea that it has to be a realistic model, in the that the improvement of work conditions was a reflection of the improvement of productivity conditions. +are in cooperation with the pertinent international organisations and regional initiatives and, especially, with States of the region, with the goal to make a Conference on the stability pact for the *Sureste of *Europa to level of high civil servants that will be summoned by the Presidency of the European Union in *Bonn the 27-5-1999. +The position of the Commission of Agriculture neither has supposed advance in this sense and go back to have to regret the statement of *inadmisibilidad of amendment of my Group in relation to the subject of modulations of helps. +Believe that it has been #one of the greater hits of Parliament, but no it is necessary to forget thus that, in it that to the regulation of application refers -and #this is the *segunda splits of the Report *Arias-, still have to ensure continuity of actions; continuity without the *cual, in my opinion, the structural politics *pesquera loses big part of his sense. +Go to take use of power, gentleman President, and wanted to warn to the Council that are decided to take it to guarantee, in the first place, the opening and transparency -and here *me *congratulo by efforts that has made to this *respecto work group of the Council- and, second, to guarantee that it exists #one *ecuanimidad among Parliament and the Council. +In fact, consider that the common position of the Council represents a step advance to reach a better protection of health and security of workers exposed to the risks of explosive atmospheres, that cause fatal accidents day. +This agreement, that includes the commercial goals of the interim agreement, incorporates a social philosophy, #one *panoplia of possibilities for cooperation in questions #such as the professional training, the regional development or support to the cultural diversity. +And finally, gentleman President, by #all reasons, wanted to say that my Group is adherent that the European Parliament approve this *dictamen satisfied, and with decision and with hardness with the that *nosotros condemn in day rapes of the human rights that had produced in this country, with firmness, repeat, ask that in this moment support this *dictamen satisfied. +In the previous stage to the decision of the Council #can check how part of personnel of the Secretariat of the Council *opuso *frontalmente to absorption of employees of *Schengen *arguyendo that had not happened by selection procedure usual. +Formally, do not needs to consult to Parliament, but politically is not correct, since integration of *Schengen in the Treaty, the election of the juridical base, determines how will develop the future *acquis and, therefore, #which will be paper of the Commission, Parliament and the Court of Justice. +do not forget, without embargo, that by #a lot of that the *SIS have incorporated to the *tercer *pilar in virtue of the mechanism contemplated in the Protocol of *Schengen, the supervisory instance that watched by the correct application of the Agreement of *Schengen will continue exerting work and will guarantee that Information System of *Schengen respect the protection of the personal data. +In the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens go to miss his open attitude, his constructive and independent character, even #if *nosotras two have had discrepancies regarding my use of tongue maternal, English. +Gentleman President, is luck that *le have precisely to *usted in this moment of President of Plenary of Parliament because #this is #one of the last reports, #if no the last, of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and *usted has been during years member very effective of this commission. +Appreciate to the Commission the have fulfilled commitment to elaborate in mandate the Green Book and the White Book of trade, reaching that for the first time the Institutions tackled the sector of trade in #all looks. +attitude -#if it allows that this law approve by simple majority- will suppose that, in the future, Friday in the morning of day *nublado, with a majority of 48 votes against 47, Parliament, by chance, will be able to abolish and destroy no only the financial perspectives, but the group of cooperation building *interinstitucional built during the twenty last months. +But, instead, believe that this amendment is not admissible: #can not approve, by means of amendment, after having argued a report that carries a different title, the text of an agreement, that, on the other hand, modifies noticeably varied parts of the report, although it treat -in addition to reason exhibition- of #some sections. +The that today *nos have abstained in the vote of the report of Mrs. #Miranda of *Lage relative to the decision of the Council by the that establishes association agreement economic and of coordination and political collaboration among the European Community and States members on the one hand and States Joined Mexicans by the #another obeys to varied reasons. +#If in the next General Assembly of Nations Joined took really this decision of a moratorium, believe that we will have directed a positive message to #all the countries of the world and will have posed a problem also in countries that refuse to confront with decision this subject. +The *quinto look perhaps was the most positive of #all the process. Takes days president of the Constitutional Court has declared that #many of the legal disposals of *Turquía have to be modified because they attack against the human rights, because they attack against the rights of the democratic States. +has chosen a new President in *Djibuti. Is a good moment to remember that it has to put end to the rapes of human rights, to deal *humillante of the political prisoners, to right fault of prisoners, to the fact that *les enclose in prisons without *otorgarles cares. +Is with this wish, gentleman President, that *me allow to express, through person, my gratitude to the Table by the work developed in these five years, #as well as to the colleagues, especially the that take part in the meetings on the human rights and urgency problems, by work made up to now and by #everything it that have learnt of *ellos. +Gentleman President, do not know how is it that it #would be necessary to take from sight point of the procedure, but *le ask, to *usted that it is an understood in #the same, that devise *algún mood that we #can take into account this event and show that sure enough we are to the so much of the real process in place of *aferrarnos to some dogmatic postures that do not contribute at all new and do not contribute in at all to resolve this tragedy. +The Commission has engaged to continue with the initiative *SLIM\/*INTRASTAT and actions *EDICOM in favour of companies, of compliance with the position of the Council on information needs in the frame of the Economic and Monetary Union. +On this question said, and then was to Commissioner *Cristoffersen: #this #can not follow like this, since there are systems different of failure in the European Union; already is hour that we #can create a #european anonymous society, no only to regulate jointly his creation but also dissolution. +*B4-0338\/99 of deputies *Ferrer, *Peijs and *Chanterie in name of the Group of the Popular Party European on massive imports to low price in the textile market European, and-*B4-0339\/99 of deputy *Moniz in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists on massive imports to low price in the textile market European. +Think, in concrete, in the instruments of commercial defence that it has the European Union to delete obstacles to trade of the community products and also in measures of *salvaguardia foreseen in the agreements of the Round *Uruguay that, maybe, the Commission #would have to adopt. +On the other hand, in the resolution on the communication of the relative Commission to the textile sector and of preparation, and in action plan that afterwards elaborated the Commission, figure already a series of proposals in this direction. +A massive import in unsuitable conditions from diverse zones, among #others Asian, that of a clearer way *nos concerns (and celebrate the special comment of Mrs. *Gradin), #can give to fret with the possibilities of industry that -insist- has taken a big effort of adaptation. +#This considered that the reductions of social charges #can *falsear competition among #european producers. Declared illegal the textile plan French, asked to companies repayments impossible to satisfy and paralysed enlargement to other sectors of device allocated to save employments. +will Conclude mentioning worry originated, in this sense, by the first statements of Mr. *Prodi, that translate a very ideological conception of the notion of competition, since *él assimilates any regulatory action or *correctiva that carry out State to distortion of competition. +Gentleman President, *usted knows that I #be to be present in the sessions of Fridays, but seldom ask the word because almost always are with haste, have to take planes, etc. Today, *excepcionalmente, being the last day of the present term of office and taking into account it early of hour, *yo, in name of the Socialist Group, want *expresarle my recognition by work like president of session. +Gentleman President, for the first time after ten years go to vote to choose to President, or to Speaker, of the European Parliament, without that it mediate #any of these previous agreements among the Groups *democratacristiano and socialist, that symbolised, in my opinion, condominium species that blocked the democratic debate. +In breast of the Liberal Group have decided to support candidature no to form a political coalition, but like political expression with regard to the partial period of constitutive sessions, because from time to time they require political balances among the great political Groups Europeans. +With the decision of relative Colony to the celebration of a new Conference *Intergubernamental on the institutional subjects have opened, besides, the door to surpass very prompt the second big internal obstacle for enlargement. +#news that *Belgrado had accepted peace conditions got during Colony Summit of June month; and the resignation of the Commission after ten weeks of Presidency neither has facilitated at all things. +Although Group hailed explicitly the decision of Colony Summit to strengthen in the future the fundamental rights of citizens and citizens and proposes *apoyarla of active way, also criticise with firmness the Pact in favour of employment. +In war of *Kosovo have seen how much weigh has to launch *Europa in cymbal of scales also under the perspective of the possibilities of political configuration that exist, of the possibilities that exist so that it #can practise an external politics and of preventive peace, so that it #can promote a solution to conflict *cuando #this sharpens. +is not soap pomp but that it is at last a concrete approach to get further of some guidelines by employment to coordination of the economic politics of the European Union, to organise a greater growth. +Without embargo, *me seems totally unsuitable not seeing the devastations that has produced war, besides that in the *Balcanes, in the international legislation, in the international laws crushed, in the UN discredited and in the significant reduction of autonomy of *Europa with regard to the Atlantic Alliance and States Joined of *América. +Taking into account that a #roman donkey follow being it out of the #italian capital, as on the other hand it shows it the emblem of the list that, for the elections to Parliament, carries name, by coherence #can not *otorgarle my confidence for the Presidency of the Commission. +*Eso showed perfectly, from the principle, independence will and will to take that the Commission was without place to doubts, independent of the countries, independent of the national mentalities and also of the #ours political options here, in Parliament, as it establishes the Treaty. +The range of resources to use in the external relations has to be consolidated with the end of *hacerlas more efficient, it is necessary to improve capacity to warn the crisis and it is necessary to increase availability to react after the crisis. +commitment of *Europa #can not understand directed only to reconciliation of parts involved in conflict, but that will measure by the global capacity that will know to show to hour to conciliate the Stability Pact, reconstruction and unemployment always more increasing. +And here have to be conscious of the fact that #if development has to be harmonic, have to take upsetting in the word «justice», have to promote the #european judicial network, have to be able to give effectiveness to sentences, take that sentences are executive, so much the penal like the no penal, and have to facilitate the direct relation among judges. +development of the Union to a centralist federal model like the American it is necessary to avert it, and it is necessary to pursue a more decentralised Union #whose paramount principle *acerque more to the model of #swiss confederation. +*Nos seems an extraordinary fault of sensitivity in this concrete moment, in the current climate, having an interim Commission, that somebody #can in this situation simply say two days later that it wants to go to work for a private company that it is #one of the main operators in the field of telecommunications of the that is responsible. +Although it treats of observation that do not has at all that see with the debate in course, take advantage of occasion to say that *me surprised very negatively the fact that usually, *cuando took part in the conciliation Committees, Commissioners were present and were mainstays less #one: gentleman Commissioner *Bangemann, in spite of complaints, did not take part never and sent to civil servants. +With this end, the competent services of the Commission have gathered regularly with the third states and have taken advantage of the session *plenaria of the *OMC\/*SPS of days 7 and 8 July to inform on state of the question and of the legal performances undertaken. +treats of it following: *dígale to Parliament how many veterinary and inspectors need, concern that the procedures to occupy the squares are faster and that the assignment of places inside the Commission was more dynamic, and then will be able to put in practice a better system of internal control in the Commission and also under control. +Go to go back to open negotiations with the *OMC and, to the equal that Parliament in group, expect of *ustedes, the Commission, that finally have norms of health, environmental norms and social norms that avenge to limit, frame theory, that day to day takes more dangerous, of a free market #whose gain is the engine number #one. +Practically has not taken out education, from the point of institutional sight, of crisis so important that the past month of March translated by the collective resignation of the Commission, because of an irresponsible management. +Was an open popular party and friendly, that gave a big image of sport, an image of diversity of squads and of nations, an image of fraternity existent in breast of our continent. +In this moment see that there are deputies in the Hemicycle that carry banners supporting a cause concerning the *cual the big majority, included *yo same, shares feeling favourable, but #can *usted *indicarnos #any norm, #any rule or contribute #any guideline to this Assembly concerning demonstrations of form that are not interventions that make according to the Regulation of Parliament? +This Commission, the salient Commission, has celebrated it that probably went his last meeting the past Wednesday and, therefore, has not had occasion, in the brief lapse of time passed from delivery of the document, to analyse in depth content and take definite positions on #the same. +On the background of #all considerations and the statements of today of the political leaders in this Assembly, guarantee by part of the Commission designated that the report goes to be treated like a fundamental ingredient of the reform proposals of the Commission. +Believe that #this is precisely the decisive point: have to learn to practise a successful management in the #european plane and #this only will reach -it is necessary to say it with clarity to the Commission- #if we get here to common solutions among Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +say It because on 15 September - Wednesday of this week, *cuando go to occur things - is the date limit that it has given the Commission of Poured Radioactive of the Convention of *Ottawa to the #british Government to contribute proposals about how #can proceed better to reduce the poured of radioactive substances in the half marine. +The *segunda #inspired -observation, clear is by anxiety and by my big pity after the earthquakes of *Atenas- is that our environmental legislation, that will have to review and apply, did not includes still, or did not includes sufficiently, #if they want to, disposals referred to the uses of earth, to the half urban, to aggressions to the environment in the urban space. +President designated of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, has left perfectly clear that proposes to guarantee that the European Commission and the European Parliament will work in narrow collaboration in the application of program of global work in the Union during the next five years. +impulse has given it gentleman *Prodi, that has appointed an expert committee to produce a *preinforme in name of the Commission *cuando Colony Council had refused explicitly this idea of the committee of wise persons. +In effect, in spite of the recommendations of the *primer inform of the committee of independent experts confirmed by the second inform that it finishes to publish , has not set up initiative to modify methods and operation moods of the Commission. +And #this because, further of the political balances in the distinct Institutions, will have anyway paper of the Council like representative of the Governments and paper of the Commission and of the European Parliament, some Institutions with community and federal vocation and in what #such, engines of integration. +In front of the Council that expresses the will of the national Governments and in front of Parliament that is the expression of villages, is necessary a strong Commission, responsible, call to propose apt initiatives to guarantee the aspirations of the #european citizens. +Gentleman President designated, along intervention, *usted has insisted in a subject that *nos interests to a large extent, is to say, the need to undertake a fight by the #european identity, a fight without the *cual #can not reach the ambitious goals that #all villages of *Europa, Parliament and #all the Institutions want to reach. +Expect that it impose like priority transparency in the operation of the European Commission, and that the main goals that pose are protection politics of citizens, of employment, of cultural progress, #as well as of solidarity bear with villages that suffer by the fault of democracy and by poverty. +Gentleman President designated of the Commission, #if today we had to choose among his *opositores and reasons that have exposed and *usted, *nos #would find in difficulties perhaps until point of having to *abstenernos or even vote to favour, by it poor and unlucky that *nos seem the arguments that *esgrimen in Plenary the last communist and allies of *Milosevic against NATO and States, the conservative British and other. +Insisting in the political repercussion that have had the results of the recent elections to the European Parliament in breast of the European Commission, until where have to get regarding restricting and impose to the national governments election of Commissioner? +#One third part of candidates no answered to the question of Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities relative to, integration of equality goals among men and women in the general politics (*gender *mainstreaming). +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Commission, do not go to repeat it that already have expressed my colleagues of the *PPE and, in quality of member of the #belgian delegation, do not go to introduce the #belgian inner politics in the debate. +Mr. *Prodi *nos has said that it wants to that the Commission was an authentic #european Government and Mr. *Poettering, president of the main political Group of Parliament, has talked, even, also of paper of Parliament in relation with the European Commission. +So that the fight against delinquency was effective, needs a narrower cooperation among States members, thing that translates in approach of legislations, in the improvement of the police collaboration and in coordination of investigation of offences. +The political challenge constituted by asylum and immigration requires a balance among the need of *salvaguardar asylum like individual right and to offer the owed protection to refugees, and the wish to offer resistance to the economic migration. +The extraordinary European Council of *Tampere has, beyond all doubt, a special importance, and *ello because it is called to configure political more complete for freedom, security and justice in the European Union. In the European Union under his current form. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, receive with satisfaction the celebration of a European Council devoted in part to the space of freedom, security and justice, that testifies consciousness taking by part of the #european institutions and States of the importance of the indispensable questions for the future of *Europa. +Observe with satisfaction that the Council and the Commission, with spirit *solidario, have adopted the necessary measures to guarantee to the #turkish authorities help of the European Union and to cooperate with *ellas to end to relieve sufferings of village. +Is by it that our Commission of Constitutional Subjects asks that the European Parliament do not occupy a merely secondary place in a so important process, but that it #can collaborate in foot of equality with the Council, enjoying of initiative capacity and of decision. +#would owe also establish, as it foresees it the own Treaty of *Amsterdam, effort *equitativo among #all States members to confront the consequences that derive of the received of refugees, persons displaced or the strong migratory pressures that have nature exclusively economic, like the that have origin in the #mediterranean third countries or flank south of the Union. +Of course, lady Speaker of the Council, that the migratory politics is inseparable part of the external politics, but in occasions the external politics subjects to #others *designios, *designios that they #can finish going back against the humanitarian look related with asylum politics and with the migratory politics. +Although it have been engendered among the fifteen prime ministers, #this is now his own government, released of control of the countries members, *distanciado of the national parliaments, to years light of the constituents of on foot and of the fiscal taxpayers and without having been subjected still to control of the European Parliament. +In these historical moments in that Basques bet by the #european construction like democratic path of understanding, conciliation and peaceful coexistence with #all Spaniards, #as well as with #all the villages of *Europa, it that less need, it that more #can affect to peace that look for and long for is that it do not respect #ours residual fiscal sovereignty, our economic concert. +The maintenance of the criteria of *Maastricht and of the Stability Pact deprives of the lower credibility to the "European Pact for Employment", it that, together with the insistence in the *flexibilización of work relations, reveals clearly that it bets by #one *desreglamentación every time greater of the labour relations. +On the other hand, the evaluation of the capacity of Commissioners to answer to the enormous expectations that have aroused and to introduce a very different type of behaviour and of culture in the new Commission, *nos took to expect demonstration of a capacity to effect true reforms, transcendental and radical. +President *Prodi, wish luck and hit to Vice-president Palace, that will commission of relations with the European Parliament and of #whose qualities am more that convinced, #as well as to #all the active commissioners in work field -Mr. *Patten, Mr. *Verheugen and especially Gentlemen *Reding and *Vitorino, that have been #ours colleagues during years-. +assignment of bottoms supposed an important challenge for the credibility of the European Union, and the fact to have approved without modifications in Budget Commission is proof of this big responsibility to the that *me referred. +behaviour of the national authorities in these subjects has to adapt to the valid legislation of country under control of his political and juridical organs, and has to respect the international norms of protection of the human rights. +But is that, besides, believe that the Council has answered correctly and #would be well that the socialist deputy, that besides is spokesman of delegation, took the duties and studied a bit more how is *eso of the #european construction and did not leave in ridiculous to his parliamentary group with questions on questions that are not community competitions and that they have to solve in the national field. +But the necessary coordination #can not give place never to that any Been member of the European Union evade his own responsibility: neither State neither #any of the administrations that compose the territorial political-division, as it has occurred in reference case in my country. +States members, in measure of it possible and to instances of the country President of the Union, will continue work of *adecuación of the common positions with the Convention project and also will try to get to agreements in the questions that influence of important form in the interests of the Union. +In the Council of General Subjects of the past June took a decision, by the *cual the Commission will have to present during the month of September a proposal that ensure that politics of the Union in the sector *platanero fulfil norms of the *OMC. +As it will know the Assembly, the proposal of the Commission is relative fundamentally to the creation of an agency that commission to apply the programs of community reconstruction, initially in *Kosovo, but later, *cuando the circumstances allow it, also in other regions of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia as Serbian and *Montenegro. +To take into account the evolution of the political situation in the region, article 6 of the Agreement establishes that, at the end of the year 2000, will be reexamined advances in matter of refugees and will evaluate likewise the eventual programs of the *OOPS relative to the incorporation of the #palestinian authorities to functions. +After it that have said before and also after it that has said Mr. Commissioner *Kinnock this morning in name of the Commission and of it that *nos informed yesterday the Presidency #finnish of the Council in the sense that by moment no exists any *margen of performance to attend amendments, pray to the colleagues that give his favourable vote. +Practically, in section of resolution, the European Parliament expands interpretation of the decision of Colony Council, to end of *ensoberbecerse, of *marginar to the national Parliaments and to prepare transformation of the future Letter in #european Constitution. +workers have #all the interest in resisting to projects that are, in putting to the discovered hypocrisy of the European Union and of States members and in changing, with fight, changes that put in danger his public freedoms. +But #all repeat it same: are discouraged by corruption; investment conditions are very *desfavorables, because no exists a viable fiscal system on a long-term basis, the laws change constantly, infrastructure is scarce and, it that it is worse, property rights, included the rights of intellectual property, are deficient and garbled. +Gentleman President, seems that *Encélado is very angered with #Grecia and *Turquía and that, as it is a perfect ignorant of dialogue and of relations, has given loose rein to rage of a catastrophic form, seeding death, anxiety, pain, despair and crying in the two countries. +Gentleman President, the fight by power in the Islamic Republic of will Go among adherents of conservatism and adherents of reformism continues without diminishing until today, with #all the consequences that #this comports for Right State, is to say, the no application of the general principles of Right State. +To the open the session, *usted has announced that they have approved #some initiatives and that have given concrete answers to the parliamentary press, but, repeat, believe that it is necessary to take more to convert in easier work of journalists, so as to take to know to #all the European Union the important work that makes Parliament. +Lady Speaker, *me cheer that Unit already have tackled the problem of the communication because apart from the failures - *yo #would say - human of building, that on the other hand is very prestigious *arquitectónicamente, but inside the *cual there #be really space #stray that #can not use, believe that there #be also transport problems. +The massive industrial pollution of foods by the use of additives, without respecting a reliable maximum limit, creates in consumer the impression justified that production of *forraje is terrain in front of utilisation of *piensos. +Wanted to say that the list of possible functions at all is exhaustive and, #if it existed the obligation to prepare an annual report and #if civil servants appeared periodically in front of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer of Parliament, #can guarantee also account surrender. +All *ello with the end to be able to warn always the problems, in place to run preys of panic *cuando the problems already have produced and have *quebrantado confidence of the #european citizens, in addition to cause grave damages to the public health. +Like this, the most affected states by illness #would have to enjoy of the right to the compulsory licences that *les allow to produce, to the lower cost, generic treatments *anti HIV effective to avert the apparition of opportunist illnesses that conduct inevitably to death. +This fact has a scope and a gravity without precedents by form in that illness affects very especially to a continent with the *cual the European Union keeps relations and some peculiar bonds that, to my understand, have *entibiado totally in these years and that have failed entirely goal. +Thus Budget Commission has proposed to Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy that demand a partial review of the financial perspectives and has achieved to include in this report a positive quotation on the subject. +*Yo appreciate a lot and *me *congratulo, lady Commissioner, that responsibility in this field so important *le correspond to *usted, as in quality of #ex-Minister of #spanish Agriculture *usted already knows well that, in the frame of the #european agricultural politics, surely results much more reasonable to reduce #obtaining of *excedentes that devote useful surfaces to the *aprovechamiento energetic of biomass. +Gentleman President, *acaso it that more cheers of this agreement is that with *él happen of rhetoric to the facts and the European Parliament, that has *propiciado and has followed of wall the negotiation process giving impulse and acting like spur, #would owe today affirm that it will put energy in follow-up of the application of the agreement and results. +In conclusion, #if well I receive with satisfaction that *Sudáfrica have reached a participation in important #european markets, expect that we also take advantage of educations that give off of this agreement and watch by that in the future rhythm, the *escalonamiento and the field of application of the agreements of free trade reflect more faithfully the different needs of the countries participants. +All it that the #european institutions offer to *Sudáfrica in matter of cooperation is a commercial agreement painstakingly negotiated so that the interests of trade and of the #european industry are advantageous, an agreement that will not benefit to *Sudáfrica, only to this *ínfima minority of exporters of lovely stones and of agricultural products that have been the main *beneficiarios of apartheid. +On the other hand, do not imagine, gentleman Commissioner, that consider the possibility to increase the current level of imports of the European Union in wines #south african -*les remember that they are 320.000 *hectolitros- without preserving a minimum of rights *arancelarios, save to risk to disturb gravely #all the #european sector. +After transfer of number of General Directors the past week, today have decided to take public the vacancies for the following places: general director of the General Directions of Companies, Agriculture, Education and Culture; *vicedirectores generals of the following Directions: Education and Culture, Competition and External Relations. +difference among parliament of dictatorship and a democratic parliament is that parliament of dictatorship is always full and applauds, and a democratic parliament is not very full, because persons is in spots. +Clear that it is a challenge, in addition to it that said before when answering to the question of Mr. *Cox: begin to conceive a type of suitable bureaucracy for the goals that want to achieve and afterwards select to the better persons, with some consequences that, in #some moments, *descompensan notably the balances among States. +Confirm to the European Parliament that, in the frame of regulation of the Structural Bottoms, with credits at present available #can contribute a substantial help to the #greek population that has seen affected, is to say, wall of 20.000 homes, without talking of varied *cientos of victims. +help to the displaced loans through the International #Red Cross, whereas the Federal #Red Cross and the national societies of Cross #Red find immersed in enlargement of program of public canteens, to the that the THROW will follow loaning help. +Subject: Celebration of the first annual summit *UEIndia In report To4-0066\/99 of the 12.3.1999, on the communication of the Commission on the increase of association EU-Indian, the *PE asks "to the Council and to the Commission that propose to the #indian Government celebrate annually a summit euro-#indian". +*Turquía has to work still a lot and is necessary that advance still of considerable mood so much in the political field as in the economic, but in front of the enormous strategic importance of *Turquía for the future of *Europa, for security, stability and peace in *Europa, #would be a grave error *negarle the inclusion with rights in the enlargement process. +Nevertheless, to speed up this process believe that it is necessary *sopesar seriously the proposal of president Mr. *Pöttering to fix a diary of regular meetings among *Turquía and the European Union, so as to debate of democracy and human rights, of minorities, of economic and social development, of security and external politics. +The process is a complex process - has remembered it gentleman Commissioner *Patten - and, without embargo, today have even terms and steps in the *cuales will take place some facts that allow to discern the final solution, is to say, recognition of two States sovereign and independent that #can coexist on the base of a reciprocal security. +And *ello in spite of it stipulated in article *K.6 of the Treaty of *Maastricht, in the sense that ministers of the EU will consult regularly to Parliament on the main looks of activity in the fields of justice and of interior subjects and will watch by that his opinions "take properly in account" . +Without embargo, contradiction among the #european decision to raise the embargo and the #french refusal to take it creates an unsustainable situation, that shows, *cuando still have not fulfilled six months from ratification of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the *inconsecuencia of #the same that the have supported. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen Deputies, this debate that have wished to celebrate on the new cycle, poses, in my opinion, an important question: The Union contributes, by his own action, to the governments and to the #european citizens supplementary means to adapt with hit and to dominate globalisation? +*Finlandia has proposed that the Council declare intention to continue in the future Presidencies developing indicators and *benchmarking for other critical fields determined in the action plan of the Conference of *Pekín and to engage to study periodically advances in the matters that argue. +Is precise and urgent that from #all the institutions of the European Union take a serious call to the Governments of *Rusia and of *Chechenia to finish with climbing bellicose, to take *callar arms and restart the political dialogue, using for *ello #all springs -of the type that went- to be able to be listened. +*B5-0171\/1999 of Mr. *Salafranca *Sánchez-*Neyra and Mrs. *Grossetête, in name of the Group of the *PPE, on the vote of a resolution of the General Assembly of Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of penalties capital. +urgency is owed to that a fiscal substitute of the #italian Republic has presented order in that they appreciate grave responsibilities of high controls of the aeronautical for having concealed, have *silenciado and have not contributed to say it that knew so that it cleared this case that *sucedió almost twenty years backwards. +Lady Speaker, wish to pose a statutory question put that deputies finish to receive yearbook, edited, when seeming, by the House of American Trade in *Bélgica, in the that it takes repertoire of deputies to the European Parliament, indicating references. +Already is hour that it believes juridical security by means of the approval of only norms for service providers of certification, on the one hand, and, also for users, by #another, the *cuales -the same that in utilisation of credit cards- will know with accuracy in how measured *les looms the danger of responsibility. +Was the only speaker, together with Mr. *Bourlanges, that gathered with representatives of the agencies and have listened fine arguments so that they increase bottoms of the that have for work that take with the countries candidates of *Europa central and oriental and to introduce in the market medicines no commercial that are of vital importance for a relatively small number of persons with difficult illnesses to treat. +Gentleman President, lady Speaker of the Council, lady Commissioner *Schreyer, *Señorías, women are half of the sky, as it already said an ancient #chinese proverb, and is very logical that women of the European Union take part also in proportion in the budget of the Union. +It true is that the Council in fact has declared in this context: want to fund an important task for the future and also in actuality, that surely will prolong varied years, specifically, help for the population of *Kosovo, and for *financiarla go to apply cut of the 10 % in #all the budgetary lines. +Like effect, the initiatives of the #european citizens precisely see braked, and therefore reform of the Commission will have to contribute to an improvement of service by means of a more effective cost, transparent and in accordance with the political elections of the budgetary authorities. +Have treated to answer to norm no written of averting an excessive number of games and notes in the budget. +This amendment foresees the *consignación of credit of 50 millions of euros in the financial reservation for finance of actions of producers or States members that establish quality control integral in the whole of chain alimentary. +Likewise, the European Parliament has invited to members of the Executive Committee of #ECB and of personnel to take part in audiences on varied specific subjects, among *ellos the external representation of the *SEBC, the preparation of euro notes and questions of statistics. +#ECB will act like catalyst of change and, together with the national central banks of the *SEBC, will treat these subjects with the banking sector of the zone of the euro to end to exert support paper and coordination in this sense. +#This is the first occasion in the that the European Parliament has given sight point about advances of the Central Bank European and, in this context, is my *grato owe the congratulate to #ECB and to Mr. *Duisenberg, like president, by hit until moment. +Thus, gentleman President of the Central Bank, believe that the meeting of day, and mainly the *contrapoder ridiculous that tries to exert Parliament in regard to the considerable can that *le has entrusted to *usted, #can not more that concern to #all the that believe in the national sovereignty, that for villages only is form to control destination. +Also believe that the financial markets and citizens of *Europa will not expect less of this new Central Bank, and that Parliament will have to be relentless when pursuing the goal of a Central Bank open and democratic European for the near future. +But in the Treaty of *Maastricht did not take out the institutional consequences that *dereivaban of this decision, and therefore we are today of the independence of the Central Bank, of lace of the Central Bank with other institutions and of the pending problems. +In any case, have got to the majority position of my Group, basing this decision in the fact that sight point mentioned #can diminish, instead of increasing, confidence of the market in activity of the Bank. +For example, exists our document that publishes immediately after the meetings of Government Council that contains considerations that have been important in the definite decision of Government Council in the case that they have changed or no interest types. +By the contrary the editorial "without damage" clears, and #that is intention, that the system of the euro did not has obligation to act of this mechanical form #if it estimates that take it like this #would engage price stability in the future. +And third question: #can deduce of it that today have argued that THROW will keep his full identity to pipe the humanitarian help of the European Union in situations of crisis, or, rather, that performance of THROW and the own humanitarian help will dilute progressively inside the general politics of cooperation for development of the Union? +Are too much numerous politicians and politics, journalists, defenders of the human rights and citizens that have paid with life fight by a juster society and more human. +No treats to create a new instance of review of the catalogues of rights fundamental national, but yes a juridical right that affect to performance of the #european institutions and to legislation that takes for citizens. +#If we consider it in whole, the report of Mr. *Dehaene pretends, on the one hand, the extension of the qualified majority and, to time, the *constitucionalización of the Treaties and division in two parts, a subjected to a very strict procedure, that requires unanimity for reform, and #another by majority. +This last initiative of the EU, that comes to complement #others to national level, will help to create the suitable regulatory frame that allow to the #european companies be to the avant-garde of the development of services commercial electronic. +Like this, when favouring the free circulation of capitals in the world-wide level, when pretending liberalise even more investments, the #european governments transform pension bottoms #anglo-saxon in authentic *regentes of the economic and financial markets. +Believe that, by the contrary, it is necessary to put in cloth of trial the social model European that is the social model of the *Europa of unemployment, of taxes, of the *Europa with union that has an enormous power that blocks the economic growth and forbids to millions of unemployed #italian, French and Germans, #as well as to millions of immigrants find work, to protect situations that, with frequency, are not more that situations of privilege. +*Eso wants to say that inside the Union it is necessary to get to a true coordination of the fiscal politics and to a formulation of norms social comparable for #all so that they do not go back to produce distortions of competition that still result very sensitive today. +*Cuando a simple operation of communication allows to the *cotización of company win the 12%, in spite of not having created value #any, have not produced neither sold tyre supplementary, taking believe that simply they #can appear spontaneously wealths by the simple mechanism of the financial markets, is a total contempt of the human work. +The European Union adopted in July of 1999 a common posture, #whose goal is to intensify cooperation in the frame of actions to scale international to achieve the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs. +The Union supports works *preparativos of the commission commissioned to create the Organisation of the Treaty of total prohibition of proofs and to elaborate to time and with efficiency the system of *comprobación of the planned form in the treaty. +Is necessary to guarantee to the less talked tongues finance that deserve, of it contrary, excellent innovative projects - the theatre, translation of literature after the end of project *Ariane - and language education, among things, will suffer the consequences. +Wanted to say simply that the amendment 4 on the *comitología is accepted in principle by a simple reference in the text to management procedure established by disposal of the Council, of 28 June 1999, by the that fix modalities of the exercise of execution competitions conferred to the Commission. +The report of the Council of *Europa on Politics of coherent family and integrated says: "families have a paramount paper in socialisation, because they transmit values, norms, habits and the behaviour of the social group to the that belong children. +Gentleman President, want to say in the first place that, of compliance with article 157, by means of letter of 6 July 1999, the Council consulted to Parliament on decision proposal of the relative Council to the participation of the Community in the European Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector. +Wanted to take upsetting in that activities of the Observatory and of *Eurostat do not coincide in terms of the period that covers, the geographic scope or the result, and #can be coordinated of an useful way to reach a clear vision of the complex reality of the audiovisual sector. +In this moment, terrorists have been detained, the hostages have been released, but had account of the gravity of it occurred, and #if His *Señorías agree, will express, in name of the European Parliament, solidarity and condolence to village *armenio, in a letter directed to President of the Republic of *Armenia. +Gentleman President, in name of the Socialist Group *me #would enjoy to say that we support the approval of the agreement *interinstitucional, a fundamental piece in the *restablecimiento of the credibility of the European Union by form in the that tackles the problem of fraud and treats indictments of fraud +The coincidence of the announcements has put to the nude, of flagrant way, the scandalous and unfair look of the current economic logic and of this financial capitalism, that has finished for dominating *Europa and the world. +The present proposal pretends an extension of the transitory period previously mentioned until 1 July of the 2001, or even more, for the case of transport of squads to pressure, on the that no exist technical specifications detailed or sufficient quotations in the corresponding #european norms. +Am conscious, without embargo, of the need of *prorrogar the periods of the directive 96\/49, with the end that States members do not see in the need to modify his national legislations for a brief space of time, thing that #would involve additional costs for states and for industry. +Like this as, today is urgent to detain privatisations, increase personnel and occupy seriously of training, establish the necessary budgets allocated to the maintenance and to control of #the same, create committees of control professional\/users on traffic, impose a right of veto in front of transfers *cuando the risks are real. +These negotiations will take place in a concrete context, marked by two new elements; by part, the disappearance of Majesty *Hassán *II, the last giant of history of the century *XX and, on the other hand, the principle, accepted takes #some days, of adhesion candidature of *Turquía. +Without embargo, it is necessary to regret the *tardanza, that has created a social alarm and a state of nerves in the fleet that #can have averted, and speculations and pronouncements that #can take worse that well to negotiations that, by the importance of the agreement, #would have to develop in a discreet frame, calm and cordial. +Think it that think of fishing agreement, regarding the consequences for the local population or for fishing fleet #european, will have *poca persons that want to put to level the humanitarian disasters like the had in *Kosovo, *Timor Oriental and the earthquake of *Turquía with this agreement in matter of fishing. +The 30 November is next and seems that it goes to conclude a new agreement, therefore, with a scarce attention by part of the Commission to the economic level of the regions of the Goals 1 and 2 that, depending to a large extent of the exercise of fishing, warm up serious worries of face to the maintenance of employment in the sector. +In the summit of #Florencia, celebrated in January of 1996, Government Bosses agreed that the decision to raise the embargo to Realm Joined #would take "pure and exclusively on the base of the public health and of scientific criteria goals, in accordance with the existent procedures that satisfy to criteria" . +Want common sense and want to base our decisions in science because, in differences that produce in the future -and will produce #many about the *inocuidad of foods, because consumers are very concerned now by foods that buy-, scientists, objectivity and the independence of scientists is absolutely crucial. +*Yo #would not say it same of #all the sectors of our #european relations; neither #would say it of relations with the third countries, without embargo, in breast of the Union, exists beyond all doubt a common agricultural politics and responsibility of #all with regard to politics. +Although in the frame of the #european politics infringement of the Treaties was a fundamental criterion for #all *nosotros, like deputy of my electoral district #can not *mantenerme out of the political debate with this argument in the current circumstances. +Finishes to know that Agriculture Minister #british, that belongs to party, not even has established dialogue with his homologous French, *algo that results ridiculous, #if it considers form in that they are *caldeando spirits in the process of this commercial war. +The Commission has taken well in agreeing a protocol of only a year, so much more what that during the last years the #angolan authorities have been victims of intense abuses, especially by part of the #russian fleet. This situation has caused a spectacular fall of activities *pesqueras. +Although, sure enough, have to complete data or statistical on the that the Commission *nos has promised that goes to be strict, and having also in account the delicate situation in that it finds country -in state of war-, consider that the signature of this protocol of provisional application is very positive, #waiting for the renewal by a year or to that elaborate a new Agreement. +So that the euro receive weight that deserves, no longer only in the international economy, but also in the economic political-dialogue in the area of the Union, it is necessary to deepen in the common visions, especially, in matter of economic politics in the zone of the euro. +Our own investigations reveal that the economic development in the traditional sense is limited in zones by fault of the fault of drinkable water and because the European Union produces already more toxic waste that the that it #can tackle like by-product of the economic growth. +According to this institution, the own drivers, carriers that work out of the sector of transport, #such as concrete transport in the sector of wood and of the construction, belong to the category of mobile workers. +Employment Commission and Social Subjects of Parliament refuses this interpretation, in part, because workers remain, then, partially out of the field of application of the existent directive relative to ordination of work time. +time that the Council concedes to States members and, therefore, to himself\/hisself same to adopt the directive that modifies the current directive relative to ordination of work time, situates, according to the common position of the Council, in four years. +The effect of this amendment will be the to try limit to a year the period of available reference for the annual computation of the calculation of the labour day or, said of mood, watch by that it was possible said annual computation, but no more. +Gentleman President, in a free market with boundless competition, company that produce to a better price has the best opportunities of survival, also *cuando product only #can be cheap by the bad labour conditions, the low wages, the environmental pollution or cruelty with animals. +Also exists look of the agreement that is surrounded of secret. Take for granted that *cuando apply point 5 of the annex on intellectual property do not take of a literary way, but that more in concordance with the general rules of opening that fortunately govern in actuality in our Union. +In the first place, are agreements that approved quickly, by it that it wanted to appreciate to #all the speakers, #as well as to members of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence and of Budget Commission, that have examined the proposals in brief terms. +In Realm Joined there #be a particular interest in fuel saving by the excessive levels of taxes fixed by Government *laborista for fuels, that pose particular problems to residents in rural zones, like the #mine, in the that many times the public transport is non-existent. +*Yo believe that #this is in reality #one of the central points of the directive: sensitise to consumer on the problem so that it begin to concern a bit by the reduction of CO2 broadcasts *cuando treats of mate favourite, car, and include also look in considerations. +In the first place, from Parliament want to be intimately associated with #all and each #one of the steps of the cycle that poses in the inner market with the selection of the strategies, with the selection of second goals level and with the selection of the concrete goals. +And here *yo wanted to signal to Mr. *Lehne that, definitely, has not read the strategy of the Commission when saying that the social considerations were out of #this, because the strategic goal number 1 that has fixed the Commission is to improve quality of life of citizens. +To the directive on the electronic signature *le will follow surely, among #others, the directives on the electronic trade and author rights in society of information, and on the protection of consumers in sale to distance of financial products. +This sentence *nos carries to the question of the *conceptuación of defence of consumers like a requirement *inexcusable to prevent the free circulation of commodities, in the sense of the jurisprudence *Dassonville, *Cassis of *Dijon, etc. In definite, *nos conducts to the principle of the mutual recognition, that seems to be very wanted by Mr. *Bolkestein. +Is precise to conciliate reforms directed to the promotion of the dynamic competition and of flexibility with the requirement of the maintenance, and also of modernisation, of the system of social security. Like this understand the #european model. +Gentleman President, *yo also appreciate to the speaker his excellent work and have to put of relief that the irrefutable data that has seen to drop unemployment of the 10,1 to the 9,4 has to be valued positively, to the equal that politics carried out by the European Union in matter of employment with the four *pilares fundamental, to the *cuales *me allow to add, anyway, the linguistic training and the problem of immigration. +Has remained patent that from Colony advance processes, the processes of the autumn and of the spring, but, how doubt fits, am always #waiting for proposals and practical procedures of materialisation of this narrower collaboration, that, anyway, gives in a first stage in the corresponding commission, is to say, in Employment Commission and Social Subjects. +Only Parliament that treats of *desterrar the political statements and the political signatures to the basements, Parliament that, in fact, is governed by bureaucratic logics #can allow that discrimination situation of deputies no inscribed that have less right that the deputies, follow being #the same, from takes months. +Lady Speaker, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, although #all have supported the relative reports to the situation of employment, are of the opinion that unemployment tax in *Europa is dramatically high and that against #this *nos *nos occurs any effective recipe so much in the national states as in the #european plane. +The European Union and States national members in moment have to work in narrow relation with the #european industries of car and of oil to guarantee that, of time for ever, will disappear pollution in a near future. +program is important and answers to commitment that *nosotros have to reach a high level of protection to health in the European Union, as *nos follow tripping still with frequency with the effects of violence in the Community. the *cuales constitute a very grave threat for health. +Gentleman President, of course that I do not have at all against of the fact that part of the budget devote to the preventive measures against violence exerted on boys, teenagers and women, always that it apply to a financial help awarded to associations that occupy of these subjects. +The present proposal will guarantee minimum standards of information and query that it is necessary to apply in #all the territory of the Union harmonising these fundamental rights of workers - that already are presents in States members - and contributing to the strengthening of the #european social dimension that it is the goal that #all have. +In fact, attribute special importance to #the same and besides forms part of a wider matter that it has to see with the preparation and accompaniment with a view to changes in course in the labour market, so as to that #this do not produce negative results, especially in it that to security of workers and of work place refers. +Have proposed that *instituya a suspension of six months for restructuring plan, to allow an independent #sindical advice, and also have proposed that, #if company receives public helps but do not respects norms established, has to return the sums perceived. +Gentleman President, in speaker quality of the Agreement *interinstitucional of the *cual derives this decision, wanted to know the position of the Commission, because it has not pronounced to the *respecto, on the proposal that take to exclude of the guideline the planned costs for the future adhesion. +Independently of it that think on electricity source, no fits doubt that it supplies an important part of electricity in *Europa and takes it of mood that do not produces broadcasts of CO2 neither of gases that cause the effect of *invernadero and #that is reason -the only reason- by the that has mentioned in this report. +The sustainable development is not only a noble goal, is an obligation imposed by the Treaties, by it that it has to constitute the fundamental principle of any future politics energetic #european and to time it is necessary to reach a balance. +Support the initiatives in the #european level that contribute to measures adopted by States members to fulfil commitments with arrangement to the Protocol of *Kyoto on limitation of gas broadcasts that cause the effect of *invernadero by part of the energetic sector. +Is necessary to keep quota of atomic energy for the electrical production at least to the current level and perhaps have even that *aumentarla lightly to be able to get to the ambitious goal of reduction of dioxide broadcasts of carbon, to the that *Ustedes, estimated friends, lady *Plooij- go *Gorsel and lady *Ahern, #as well as #all the other in this Hall, have engaged. +In practice, a similar proposal #would translate in the arrest of development of the renewable energies in the 5% as in country there #be Inland revenue minister that want to fund the development of projects in countries. +Gentleman President, in the first place want to appreciate and congratulate to Mr. *Chichester by his positive and constructive report on the communication of the Commission to the Council and to Parliament with regard to the consolidation of the environmental integration of the community energetic politics. +Without place to doubts this regulation supposes a remarkable step forward, by it that *le give the thanks to Mrs. speaker, without embargo, will have to go back to tackle this subject regarding the nomadic boys, race boys #gipsy and, in consequence, to #all the internal problems of families, among the that they explain the related with mobility in *Europa. +Said installation is obsolete, according to the classification taken by the Executive in Diary 2000, in the *cual the nuclear head offices divide in three categories: the of #soviet or obsolete type that they have to dismantle for being dangerous; head offices that it is necessary to reform for *permitirles reach levels of acceptable security by part of the Union and the of western type, #whose number is lower, that #can follow working, with #such that security level follow being elevated on a long-term basis. +The abandonment of the use of the nuclear energy with civil ends do not appears in the agenda and is necessary to have present implications of character economic and social of the decisions that the Union demands that they adopt the countries of *Europa central and oriental. +Remains of self-evident that it is in #one of these fields, to know the threat that represents the existence of *tantas nuclear head offices, but also of #all armaments accumulated in the territory of the ancient Soviet Union, #where #any of States members #can not pretend, only, act in favour of security of the group of the continent. +Concerning the situation in *Alemania on the that *me has asked His *Señoría conversations with the competent minister of *Alemania *me have allowed, as I have said before, conclude that the Federal Government of *Alemania wishes to advance to the lifting of the prohibition and that the resultant conversations of difference with *Francia will dissipate #all worries that #can *subsistir in *Alemania. +#This is my answer: directive relative to nitrates covers no only the pertinent nitrogen of the animal muck, but also of the #fertiliser chemists regarding quantities employed, see article 5 and the annex *III, and to methods and periods of dissemination, that appear in the annexes *II and *III. +The Commission believes that the majority of measures that have to adopt States members -for example, supervision of transposition, the indication of the zones and the codes of fine behaviour, action programs and report presentation- are simple. +The reality is that -as it signals information supplied by the own #greek authorities- has produced an excessive presence of the Administration in the direction of company, and commitments of the year 1998 #would have to have put end, once and for all, to this situation. +Subject: legislative Harmonisation in the Czech Republic Has Commissioner knowledge of a study directed to the Commission elaborated by four #czech parties of the opposition in the that it examines the slowness of transposition and the legislative harmonisation in the Czech Republic and how conclusions extracts of #the same? +Another party that has governed before, #one of the great parties of the opposition, has said that it #can have adhesion to the letter; talks in addition to a #turkish status, of a political discount and wanted to *preguntarle #if it considers feasible models theoretical or #if it puts like previous condition the full application of the *acquis *communautaire. +Even *me *atrevería to say, in name of the Green\/European Free Alliance, that the majority of Group seems to have taken to the idea that the European Union #can develop common performances for the management of the crisis. But want to establish conditions and guidelines very defined for this management. +*Me #would enjoy to know, gentleman #Solana, #which are the political means, the economic and budgetary means -had account of the principle of "the that pay commands" , that *usted knows very well of his period of General Secretary of NATO-, to achieve strength that #can keep peace and avert situations so dramatic like the that have lived recently in the *Balcanes. +*Yo also consider the Council of the historical Monday, but in negative sense and by #others reasons and here *me refer to the incomprehensible adopted - position - with regard to an initiative, promoted by time by the European Union, #this is, the moratorium to death pity. +Gentleman Commissioner, is not very difficult to comprise that it that we had to have taken was to win supports through a serious negotiation, moderate countries that do not apply death pity, but that had positions and sensitivities with regard to the preamble - insist in reference preamble to article of the Letter of Nations Joined. +Have to say that the legitimate worry relative to the military capacity do not disappears with the "*europeización" of defence, that answers to a fundamental political plan and is look of process of political integration #european. +negotiation round on the world-wide trade has, therefore, an extraordinary importance and is precise that *Europa express in said negotiations with an alone voice, so that the world-wide trade also contribute to promote the growth social and environmentally sustainable. +First, because we have taken two important reforms in term of seven years -a big effort- and, second, because, to the contrary of sacrifices imposed to the #european agriculturalists, States Joined of *América have increased subventions in 15.000 millions of dollars, in the two last years, in self-evident contradiction with the arrogant attitude *propagandística that at present adopt against the *PAC. +Ask with *usted that deploy immediately the necessary humanitarian help to help to the *cientos of thousands of persons displaced by cause of the fights, but ask, gentleman Commissioner *Patten, that consider, in a *primer moment, a suspension of the economic help to *Rusia #if #this do not finds resource alternative to negotiation and #if it continues attacks *indiscriminados against the civil population. +Although of course we have to support the agricultural sector of the EU, as it recognises in the report of Mr. *Schwaiger, also have to recognise the need that the economies in development, in addition to reaching the markets, have to have access to the alimentary security so that the population have sufficient to eat. +Thus, am very satisfied with the Report *Schwaiger because precisely it signals that, to time that showed an open attitude to the world, owe *aferrarnos to it that for *nosotros has an essential value; and because this report tends, besides, a bridge among the political reality and it that *nosotros, in so much parliamentary, #can defend in front of citizens. +Have had two important conflicts -the of banana and the of hormones- that the European Union has lost, and there #be had conflict that not even *nos have brave to pose in front of solution system: *me refer to the #american laws *Helms-*Burton and *d' *Amato of application *extraterritorial to #european companies. +activity *pesquera effective -#who #can argue it?- constitutes, in spite of his reduced budgetary weight, part no *desdeñable of politics commercial and budgetary dynamics of the EU and has to consider like an autonomous economic sector and a significant branch for food supply. +In this sense is in the that are against of sectorial negotiations and in favour of global negotiations and are in favour that they see the *OMC and negotiations like an instrument for the creation of a juster society, of a more sustained development, in the that man was sure enough the centre of #all the decisions. +The greatest States of the EU as *Francia, *Alemania and Realm Joined had a volume of equivalent trade to roughly the 30% of #GDP in the years sixty, in comparison with the current 60%, but then enjoyed of an economic growth much faster that now. +In *tercer place, why differ norm negotiation, that demands with reason our civil society and that expect the countries in roads of development to integrate liberalisation of exchanges and development sustained, in fields like health, the environment and the fundamental rights of workers? +As they have underlined with relevance the two speakers, this next conference has to centre in the institutional subjects, in #all the institutional subjects, with the remarkable exception and politically essential of the debates in course on a #european politics of security and defence. +#Everything *ello #can guarantee it amendment that have presented jointly colleagues and *yo and in the that conclude and demand that the constitutional part of the Treaty include a catalogue of competitions that define and delimit clearly competitions of the Union and that impose respect of subsidiariness principle. +As a result of different samples of opposition and of environmental considerations have blocked dramas of road, and so much the national authorities like the Commission have initiated reflection to review the strategies in relation with the different means of transport and consider the rail link like a future network *transeuropea *prioritaria. +Now well, the past 13 September restarted dramas in road of valley, in spite of which, the European Union is a feasibility study of the *travesía rail and the Presidency in exercise affirms in program that has to consider *prioritaria reflation of the railway in *Europa. +My question, therefore, is #if they will follow forward by this disastrous path that no only affects to *Afganistán: the problem, in reality, is that the European Union continues funding the *PNUCD in the field, for example, of programs on hardening of the penal codes in countries like Chinese and *Birmania, countries in that the simple consumers of drugs are condemned to death and *nosotros, indirectly to *través of the *PNUCD, collaborate and fund this type of projects. +By the contrary, the Republic of *Chipre, in spite of being victim of the #turkish aggression since a 37% of territory is occupied of illegal form by army #turkish, do not imposes restriction to access to fuselage ports pertinent of ports situated in *Turquía. +attacks of the police to the peaceful demonstrations, that repeated constantly during the month of October in *Belgrado, show clearly that the fundamental values of democracy, as they are freedom of expression and of opinion, will not be respected in Serbian while *Milosevic and Government remain in power. +*Señorías, to finish want to remember that #if experience of the application of this Agreement *Interinstitucional will suggest that #some of looks have to go back to debate with the Institutions, is *algo that it will be able to take in the future Today, without embargo, consider that have the duty of no *restarle value to the signature with the that have recognised commitment to apply this Agreement *Interinstitucional. +The application of the five main indicators harmonised -demand of treatment by the *drogadictos; number of demises of *drogadictos, mortality and causes of demise among *drogadictos; incidence of illnesses *transmisibles related with drug; *comparabilidad of the surveys on drug utilisation, and behaviour and attitudes in front of drug in the population in general, and, finally, the *comparabilidad of estimates of the problem of the abusive use of drugs- exerts an important paper to this *respecto. +During decades, diverse governments, chosen but corrupt until marrow -the last was the of Mr. *Nawaz *Sharif- have allowed that in *Pakistán rape of the human rights, work in conditions *infrahumanas, the social catastrophe and an external debt *incontrolable are to the agenda and have destroyed the country. +These same governments have loaned support to diet fundamentalist of murderers #taliban in *Afganistán and constitute a permanent and immense danger for peace in the region, since they support and encourage the terrorist activities carried out against neighbours #indian in the border region of *Kashmir. +Regarding the specific points that *ustedes have posed in the relative resolutions to programs and to help projects to development to *Pakistán presented by the Commission, suits to underline that #this affect almost exclusively to the poorest coats and more disadvantaged of the population. +State, in attempts for facilitating a juridical base for the protection and deal of boys, has to accept the preeminent right of progenitors by it that refers to the protection, breeding and the *salvaguardia of children. +Second, have to demand *insistentemente to States members that work with methods and uniform data, so that it was possible to select the best models for the fight against drugs. Have to boost cooperation among the police and justice in the #european States to struggle against drug traffic and protect to youth. +Sure enough, the report of mate is important and has to be debated carefully, among things because discussion of the report has put of self-evident that drug politics in the European Union is #one of the most controversial subjects on the that we never have had to *pronunciarnos. +Thus I want to mention the importance that in work, that carries out under the auspices of the Union, include like central element an informative campaign allocated to youngsters, that today #can see induced to a large extent by mates of his same age and by persons to test substances that *les are presented like *inofensivas, as *algo that is not more harmful that take a glass more of beer or a bit more of *güisqui. +Gentleman President, the report of the speaker, Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, on the action plan of the European Union in matter of fight against drug of the Commission is a categorical document in the that the European Parliament *opone clearly to drugs. +In effect, treats of a problem of today day and worrisome; know perfectly that drug affects to #all the countries and #all the social groups; know also that enlargement of *Europa to the East imposes, dramatically, the urgency of effective measures, since control, that already results difficult, will find greater difficulties; know that it treats of a problem in increase. +Recently my country, Realm Joined, has experienced an enormous increase of the arrival of persons; in my previous place of work like doctor in the Central Hospital of *Londres, #can observe that it had an important grade of illegal immigration and of fraudulent abuse of our generous politics of asylum. +*Me said Mr. #Martí, #one of vice-presidents, that the *BEI is property of States members and that, therefore, according to the Treaty is not an institution of the European Union that have the obligation to answer to the European Parliament, to the Court of Accounts or to *OLAF. +Anyway, the debate *me has seemed of big interest and expect that it that today have heard here was not obstacle, without embargo, so that we #can follow forward in the approval of the distribution of resources, of the distribution of loans, from the next year and that do not delay the community procedures. +After examining the *APIM\/*Arbitrio on production and and imports of Archipelago, the Commission concluded that although the majority of the economic sectors #can adapt to the requirements of the only market, the disappearance of the *APIM on 31 December of the year 2000 #can affect *irremediablemente to production sectors. +This situation and these proposals involve aging worrisome of the fleet *pesquera #european, deter to youngsters to invest, cause an important loss of market for the sector of dockyards skilled, weakening dangerously to #some of *ellos, and take to run an evident risk in matter of security to sailors shipped. +directive valid in matter of naval construction contains class of muddy regulations of help regarding investigation and development, the environment, innovation and the politics of regional support, with the consequence that it punishes to the fine dockyards and rewards to the bad. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, is an absolutely extraordinary fact that in the meeting of the Industry Council of the last week approved by unanimity the list of measures to delete the situation of disloyal competition created by the Republic of *Corea. +Europeans were the that open the world through navigation: Scandinavians in the north, the #portuguese and Spaniards to *América, *África and #Asia, Dutches, the #danish, English, the French have sailed #all waters with ships taken in earths and dockyards. +By it other, is impossible *evitarlas, but are of a political question very delicate and in this sense is important that the Commission and the Council know that in Parliament exists a big consensus in relation with this subject and a big worry on the need that we find a solution for the problem. +*Permítame *pedirle that transmit to #all the political leaders of *Irlanda of the North and as we #be to say in *Irlanda "of the side of puddle" , to Prime minister #british and to #all colleagues, and also to the *taoiseach #irish *Bertie *Ahern and to predecessors, the predecessors of parts, our sincere gratitude by it that *nos have helped to achieve. +Besides, this agency has to occupy , of course, to establish the list of products forbidden, watch laboratories, elaborate systems of control, establish controls out of competitions, exert repression, is to say, struggle against the mafias that devote to trade of products forbidden, but also of prevention so that youngsters *disocien psychological and actively of the *flagelo of doping. +My question is the following: understands the Commission that politics that has to develop in relation with sport, and especially with concentration to be able to that it generates in relation with the audiovisual means, has to conduct to a conjoint action among station and the that occupies of defence of competition? +*Yo *le #would ask to Parliament that intensify efforts for *presionar in this sense and procure to influence of cooperative way and *convincente on the Government, so as to that sport obtain a foundation in the Treaty, specifically -which #would be very desirable, since it also #would go oriented in the sense of subsidiariness- in terms that culture. +Some that talk of dates of adhesion seems difficult, although it #would be useful, extraordinarily useful, to boost to the public opinion of the countries affected, since it is increasingly evident a risk: some too much long negotiations #can cool enthusiasm so much in States members as in the countries candidates, as it remained patent in the recent polls made in *Polonia and as I #can check personally in this country, of the *cual returned yesterday. +Believe that we have to examine this question much more thoroughly for *presionar to the countries that have a shameful behaviour; have to call attention to the governments known like "*arrancadores of nails" , and the European Parliament has to be the institution that take the initiative to guarantee that the human rights appear among our main priorities. +But *déjenme say, to thread of it that have said the two orators that *me have preceded in the use of the word -with those who do not agree-, that the fact that *Europa, and in particular the European Union, take of the human rights flag, really his only flag, has greatness. +Gentleman President, this report of the Council deserves respect and there #be reason type to congratulate to the Presidency #finnish by stake. Although I have to say that I regret a lot that the delegation of the Presidency in exercise finish to abandon the hall. +With the right to life like central reason, the EU has to continue in his consistent line against of death pity and, through Nations Joined, has to challenge to the countries that consider ethical and morally *defendible the right of state to remove life to persons. +This evaluation has to analyse the situation of the human rights, pronounce on the available measures to improve the situation, review the effect that exert these measures in the situation and take estimates on the result of #the same, #as well as publish reports on assessments made and the results obtained. +Is hour to make the idea of the European Parliament on the creation, in breast of the Commission, of control organ on politics in matter of human rights that facilitated the execution of said political and informed on subjects related with the human rights. +In the *primer case, treats of finance in the three next years of a total of 135 millions of euros in virtue of article 130 of the Treaty of the European Community and that requires the application of a procedure of *codecisión, whereas in the second, that establishes for period commitment of 15 millions of euros, will be able to be object of a simple procedure of query. +In intervention in front of this Assembly on 13 October, Mr. *Prodi suggested that association for the similar adhesion to associations established with the countries official candidates also #would contribute to that *Turquía advance with greater firmness to fulfillment of adhesion criteria. +The majority of Parliament yes has taken it after heavy debates, since acceptance #would suppose stimulus so that Government #turkish reach an acceptable politics of human rights, a true democratisation and a political solution for the problem *kurdo. +*Yo believe that the report is very important because with *él the European Parliament adheres to the idea that the #european strategy constitutes a half adapted to expand relations among the European Union and *Turquía, and that the application of said strategy requires a financial support. +To mood to see, the true political priority is that they respect values limit in #all the zones, also in the of the called "hot points" and is precise to avert that some norms of wide exception open the door to that they do not move values limit applicable to the *benceno. +No treats, *Señorías, of *infundir fear, but is necessary -create *yo- take consciousness and take that it take consciousness of the dangers that run, #if we do not adopt now realistic measures and necessarily severe that present the less possible exceptions to evaluate, control and limit to the minimum broadcasts *contaminantes of these two harmful gases, so much more what that #this are more dangerous for boys, age persons and #all those that suffer cardiac or pulmonary conditions. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0072\/1999) of Mr. *Pesälä, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on directive proposal of the relative Council to commercialisation of the forest materials of reproduction (*COM(1999) 188 - *C5-0128\/1999 - 1999\/0092(*CNS)). +*Yo wanted to remember today the enormous catastrophe of avalanche of takes a year in *Galtür, since #this shows *cuán important is care of nature, that has to be worry of #all, and also that the alpine territory is precisely a very vulnerable zone, as they see forced to ascertain repeatedly connoisseurs of the region. +do not go to repeat it that already has mentioned the respectable speaker on the concrete form in that we have to tackle the transitory period of the national coins to the euro. Yes want to take two observations in the context of report. +*Me pleases to signal that the scientific committees, technician and economic supported the proposal, after examining the report of the committee adviser of the management of the *pesquerías during November session of 1999, in addition to the specific provisions on the use of networks of siege of *jareta #danish in the bank of *platijas. +Lady Speaker, want to congratulate also to Mr. *Gallagher by his excellent work and want to say here that carry two years arguing long and tended about the community market of fishing and that, at last, today *le corresponds to Plenary of Parliament fix posture with this report that has been -and it is necessary to say it- approved by wide majority in Fishing Commission. +Have to know that from yesterday #all ports *pesqueros of seaboard #mediterranean are in strike, because fishermen protest against price of diesel and the collapse of prices of fish #blue, of tuna, of sardine and also of eels, that no longer sell. +The own European Commission has seen forced to recognise that, from the application of the Union *aduanera, "in *Turquía has not made any significant progress in the field of the human rights and of the democratic reform". +village, nation, #one *Europa that by correction badly understood do not conserve his own culture runs the risk to disappear, by it that ask to my colleagues that undo of leaf with the text of the EU and use the beautiful cards *UNICEF #such as they are. +*Nosotros also had a real house #whose sins are much more hovers of the current period, and wanted to declare, at least like spokesman of the Socialist Party *Panhelénico, that bear *nosotros is of the all inadmissible debate this type of things, because #this is to take part in questions very delicate, that have to debate in country before getting to the #european field. +And costs pity reaffirm that, regarding the content, follow struggling by the questions of the environment, the protection of consumers, the social rights, the human rights, the cultural diversity and paper *multifuncional of agriculture. +The truth is that the agreement in perspective was very bad for agriculture, as *nos left in game point in a position weakened to negotiate in the future, but at the end are, more that never, in conditions to have an offensive posture in this new Round. +treats here of a juridical act that pursues it following: a coherent and durable system of measures of surveillance of #all parts *contratantes in the areas mentioned: experiences of fishing commissions of the Atlantic northeastern and of the Atlantic *noroccidental have to be moved to the community right of the EU. +This report on verification of *credenciales brings cause and has foundation juridical in article 11 of Record relative to the election of the representatives in the European Parliament *aneja to the decision of the Council of 20 September 1976. +The artistic style, in the attempt to reach commitment, results the majority of times in defeat to hour to legislate, with which of this principle discussion no longer #can centre in talking simple and clearly. +By #another, *carecemos of definite and complete statistics on the current flow of transport of commodities among Swiss and the European Union although this study is next to finalise, foreseeing in regulation that in the year 2000 #can modify the current figures of distribution in the case that the real data divert significantly of the that now they foresee. +And, without embargo, the only opportunity of employment that has offered in *Derry up to now with the peace process in course has been the of *Raytheon, the third company in importance of manufacture of arms of the #EE.UU. So that I consider contradiction in the terms talk of a peace process and facilitate places of work in armament industry for persons that have been decimated by violence. +Is precise to endow to the European Union of politics *auténticamente democratic, oriented in favour of the human rights, that the convert in a stability factor, in factor in favour of peace, of development, of the human rights and of democracy in *Europa in the century *XXI. +Of course, #would be extraordinarily difficult and unfeasible request support of the #european public to introduce unanimity for changes in matter of fiscal harmonisation or for decisions relative to the questions of external politics and security in level of the European Council. +Also has conceded to *Turquía candidate condition for adhesion to the EU, although it will have to fulfil the political criteria established for the future adhesion, among *ellos the show, of course, that respect of the human rights is intrinsic part of the #turkish life. +The world is in roads to have a new *superestado at the side of the #EE.UU. Well is truth that has approved that the community army is not a community army because it do not has permanent existence; but in this case, neither exists a *Eurocuerpo or strengths armed of NATO. +have achieved great progresses in the field of the external politics and of security, but *yo throw in fault #one, to know, an authentic links so much of the High Representative as of the Commission and the Commissioner of External Subjects to the structures *decisorias of the direction of organs. +As it finishes to expose Mrs. *Siimes, exists an agreement among the Council and Parliament on the possibility to devote the whole of flexibility reservation to finance of costs of help to *Kosovo. +achieved to reach an agreement to include in the Budget of the year 2000 other 300 millions, in addition to the 60 millions pertinent of remainder transfer of this year, and consider like part of commitment for the year 2001 the 140 committed millions in the conference of donors. +In the document of the Commission on strategic questions approved on 10 December concluded that they did not have to subcontract the fundamental tasks in matter of public services and that the Commission had to have to disposal a much more flexible group of disposals relative to tasks no fundamental in matter of public services. +Said literally that, in these moments, the Council did not considers necessary the permanent review of bunches of budget project for the exercise 2000, and have offered the application of the flexibility instrument for category 4. +Although it corresponds to State Bosses or of Government decide the definite statute of the Letter, organ will have to examine in proposal how combine the two pending questions: a text *jurídicamente *vinculante and smart to be included in the Treaty or a solemn political statement. +Like logical consequence of this circumstance, ice masses blocked #can elevate to a large extent level of waters of the *Danubio, it that it #can give place to floods truly dramatic. To time, floods #would elevate the costs of reconstruction, it that #would not correspond in mood #any with the interests of the Commission. +In report on the application of the Regulation 1475\/95 relative to car distribution, that is foreseen for the end of the year 2000, the Commission will evaluate the repercussions of distribution system *exento in prices of cars. +differences in taxation of the different types of cars are, of course, factor, but *eso *nos poses the question of ease or difficulty that *reviste for the European Union the adoption of decision relative to the fiscal subjects. +do not say it so much by me -*yo have time-, but by consideration that to #a lot of and colleagues, especially to the recently got, *les escapes: in development of a session *plenaria like #this do not take part only the that *nos find here in front and the and the interpreters that #can see in cabins, but that behind have a gigantic device, that occupies, for example, that *ustedes #can have tomorrow early of the literal Record of the session. +In a modern economic system, #this are the vertebral column of the economy. By #this, *yo propose in amendment that investments no limit to a maximum of the 25 % of the total volume, but that adapt to absorption capacity of the country *beneficiario. +Without embargo, have to remember that security in the European Parliament is object of debate from takes long. Therefore, maybe #would not be of more that created work group that likewise informed to deputies of the existent possibilities in the European Parliament to guarantee security of members. +In the SAW Conference will have to take a decision on mood to guarantee the environmental correction like part of the global package of decisions, and the position of the relative Community to the subject of the maximum limits has not changed. +And *cuando say "to convince to partners", treats perhaps first of all to convince to the own countries of the European Union, because *Europa talks, but the fifteen States members of the European Union are had to make the necessary efforts and to respect, to apply, the numerous directives that vote here, in this hemicycle? +This question has, from sight point of the Union, two fundamental looks, and the first of *ellos is performance of the European Union to reduce his own broadcasts, look that is key also for the international credibility of the European Union. +Agree with things that have said here on value of integration of the environmental looks in #all the sector of transports and in transport politics In the Commission have given #some first important steps, but still remains a lot for taking. +As it has signalled the last orator, Mr. *Gollnisch, is true that *Macao represents a free society: a free city in Chinese extreme, in extreme of #Asia, as it signalled Mr. *Graça *Moura to the start of our debate; an extraordinary crossing go in Orient and Occident from the century *XVI. +*Hong *Kong and *Macao are two great international cities; #can exert a very important paper in the continuation of development and in the opening with hit of Chinese to the rest of the world; and in the exert of paper, *Macao will have our best wishes for the thrilling period of history that am safe *les offers the future. +(*FR) Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, as I informed to the with regard to the Commission *INDU on 6 December past, *cuando attended to present the conclusions of the Council "Investigation" of 2 December, ministers gave agreement to a new complementary program 2003 regarding reactor of high flow of *Petten, situated in the Low Countries. +(*FR) Have to express my satisfaction when seeing that, finally, have gone out of stagnation in the that were discussions among the European Parliament and the relative Council to program *Socrates *II, since Parliament has known to show very firm in position during this long procedure of conciliation. +The Group of the Greens and European Free Alliance have refused the proposal to diminish the number of permissions to distribute among States members, as it had posed by the Group of the Popular Party European. +The future enlargement of *Europa, confirmed by the conclusions of *Helsinki, poses the question of respect, by the countries candidates, of construction criteria of sex equality, #as well as of promotion criteria of freedom of women. +Has to answer in front of the #european courts, and the procedure has to be by the fast road to guarantee that they pay compensations to the sector of the *vacuno #british, no only by the loss of trade with *Francia, but also by the loss of trade all over the world, like consequence of damage *ocasionado to the reputation of products of high quality. +In principle, the four important debates on competition politics -four reports related among himself\/hisself- were foreseen for the morning of Wednesday, but have remained postponed until the afternoon and afterwards until the night. By #everything *ello, urge to the Presidency to that it consider the possibility to celebrate said debates Tuesday of the partial period of sessions of January. +By part, has insisted *metódicamente in that States members have to adapt legislations to rule of the EU in matter of asylum, immigration and control of borders, #as well as to the stipulations of *Schengen, that have happened to form part of rule of the European Union through the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Like this as, the European Bank of Investments *atiene to this rule regarding the documents and to publication, #if well the goal has to be, in general, the extension of the principle of access to information and of transparency in measure that do not put in danger the commercial secret. +have not protested neither *nos have denied, have put hands to drama and have worked. In this context wanted to give the thanks to the speaker, Mr. *Papayannakis, to Mr. *Kindermann, speaker of the Commission of Agriculture, and also to the administration and to the juridical service. +The second point on the that wished to call attention, before beginning the year 2000, is the following: do not expect until November, as we have taken this year, to put on the table the definite regulation, that has to allow an immediate application, as it establishes it, on the other hand, the excellent report of Mr. *Papayannakis. +The protocol on the protection and the welfare of animals, *anejo to the Treaty by the that it creates the European Community, asks to the Community and to States members that, when formulating and apply his agricultural politics, have fully in account the requirements in matter of health and welfare of animals. +Only want *asociarme to the words of the previous speakers and remember a political norm: that prudence no *nos goes to take never treacherous, and therefore I appreciate enormously solidarity and firmness of Budget Commission, that *nos has allowed to save the interests of Parliament like institution. +In the last term of office have voted repeated times against the budgets because, in spite of the reports on the worrisome situation of apiculture in *Europa, approved by unanimity the Commission has denied to put to disposal credits for conservation measures of apiculture that had demanded. +In consequence, want that relations with this important partner do not base in the *ilusoria perspective to obtain the condition of member, but in the narrowest collaboration in an economic frame by means of fulfillment of the derivative obligations of Union Agreement *Aduanera. +The most important result of the summit was ratification by part of the EU of the ambitious plans on enlargement of the EU, it that involves, among things, the announcement now of a governmental conference that take possible this admission of new States members. +Here includes help to #Sierra Lion, to refugees in the neighbouring countries of #Liberia and *Guinea and, as it already has commented here, help for the *ORN, help psychosocial in the camps of displaced, that have initiated programs of help for boys soldered *desmovilizados and that tackle the frightful problem of boys mutilated for *ofrecerles #any perspective of life. +Gentleman President, in twilight of the century *XX, of a century that has been positively signalled by the peaceful revolution of women, is really regrettable that have still countries like *Kuwait and *Afganistán, in the that half of the population, women, is deprived even of the fundamental rights. +A resolution of nature on a Been member of the European Union #would have more felt that on a *tercer country, but #would constitute, even in this case, attack to the operation of the institutions of State and to the capacity of citizens to resolve internally this problem. +#can not *comprometernos during decades to support to producers of the most favoured regions of *Europa by descents of prices occurred sometimes in the happened The solution #would consist in harmonising helps by hectares of the most egalitarian form possible for #all space of the EU. +antecedent is the Decision 96\/411\/*CE of the relative Council to the improvement of the community agricultural statistics, that has put to disposal of the Commission a flexible tool that *le allows to adapt the statistical applications to the distinct needs of information to measure that go producing changes. +Obviously, the *lúpulo is not the typical example to appreciate the importance that has the Common Agricultural Politics for agriculturalists of the European Union, but shows depth and extension in assistance to agriculturalists. +Now well, to time multiply the financial helps, exceptional calls, to the most diverse countries of the planet, without that *propicie group plan, so that cooperation politics only is #one wanders and immense dispersion, is to say, in sum, that no longer is politics. +Believe that the proposals of Mr. *Herman go very oriented, always that our successors have the political will to finish with this *rotatividad *paralizadora among the two great Groups and are able to take place for the political debate, is to say, for the voice of citizens of the European Union. +In spite of the improvements that have introduced in legislation, especially the relative to boys born from 1992, seems that the political class leader in *Estonia is to keep a notion -in my conservative- opinion regarding the question of citizenship. +Sometimes is not easy *explicarles that a juridical culture really applied in practice of justice and of the Courts is precisely previous condition for an inner market that work, of mood that democracy is of course previous condition for the political Union. +Want to begin for underlining once again, and am by #all #that that inside the Commission are commissioned of the preparation for enlargement, that are deeply conscious of the historical and only opportunity that has the European Union to bring peace and stability to a greater part of this continent. +In the next autumn, the Commission will elaborate more reports on progresses, but also is our intention make in October of the present year, is to say still before the summit of *Helsinki, adaptation, or say better readjustment, of associations for adhesion that *usted knows, in function of progresses and developments ascertained in moment. +#Some sectors that have his own specific rules that have shown validity in practice, as, especially, distribution agreements of beer, are satisfactorily for hospitality industry, for the great and small breweries, for wholesalers and for consumers. +With an assessment of the effects of the vertical agreements #can register better the situation in the inner market that with strict formal criteria. #This is like this besides since then the small participants in the market #would benefit of simplifications of the formal requests. +#can not fix thresholds in a small country like the #mine, in the that maybe it have #one *cervecera dominant, but in a very limited market, whereas #one *cervecera like the «*Bitburger», contiguous to *nosotros, that has a much stronger position and business volume much more important no this considered dominant, because *Alemania is enormous concerning the Big Duchy of *Luxemburgo. +Also give thanks to President of Request Commission, Mr. *Fontana, and to #all members of the parliamentary commission by his positive attitude in contacts with the office of Defender of the European Village. +Likewise, consider fundamental for the work of Defender of Village -and like this signal it in the report- the modification of statute to achieve that access of Defender to #all the notable documents in the procedures that *él follows produce it more effectively possible. +Regarding performance of the office of Defender of Village in matter of information and communication, believe that said performance is a good example for other #european institutions, especially regarding utilisation of the new technologies of the communication, as, for example, approach of citizenship to this institution through Internet. +Is very important that examine in detail the Statute of civil servants and that introduce the necessary modifications to establish directly the obligation to civil servants to signal irregularities that #can perceive in the exert of functions about the operation of the community organs. +The Commission, nevertheless, had the intention to convert said code in #one of the three axes of a more ambitious reform of the group of his internal and external performances that, without embargo, has not been able to get still to good end by reasons that Parliament knows perfectly. +Regarding the modification of the Statute of Defender of Village, with regard to point or to the of testimonies of civil servants, obviously *le corresponds to Plenary take the initiative in accordance with article 138 And. Afterwards will be task of the Commission -of the next Commission, obviously- issue his *dictamen to the *respecto. +These relative problems to the computer system were very present in the relative report to the approval of the management of 1996, that finally conducted to the fall of the Commission. From then, the European Commission has taken table *rasa. +do not owe *sentarnos to expect compatibility that have detailed in work document for Transport Commission, since before #this *suceda, will have happened ten years and *eso #can use like excuse to reckon the real costs by the use of roads. +Gentleman President, like member of the Greens and fervent adherent of commitment resolution that have approved in Parliament, wanted to express respect to #all collaborators of NATO that in this moment are in defence of the human rights in the neighbouring countries of *Kosovo. +As it knows Parliament, the Commission adopted in the year 1997 a recommendation in this matter and is application; #would be, therefore, premature that engaged from this time on to adopt directive proposal, since it will not be able to value adequately the situation until it do not conclude the examination in course. +State Bosses and of Government gave a political impulse to said process in the Summits of *Cardiff and of *Viena, impulse that has to end, in Colony Summit, in a report on the necessary measures for the realisation of an only financial market. +Know that the authorities of valley of *Chamonix have reported in occasions the step of thousands of trucks by this narrow valley and by this tunnel, that, obviously, had not built for a so important traffic. +Of this drama, that #would have been able to avert, have to take out the consequences and exert pressures no only in front of *usted, gentleman Commissioner, but also in front of the Council, so that at last it develop a true political «railway-road» in the sector of commodity transports, and *ello so much for the difficult zones as for the group of the national territory. +Said #this, gentleman President, wished to signal, in name of my Group, that will not vote in favour of the four amendments presented on this resolution, no because we refuse bottom or because we do not share worries that express, but because we consider that perhaps Parliament will have occasion, in moment, to go back to manifest, as a whole, his opinion on these problems. +Is regrettable that in places of the world, and also in *Irlanda of North, lawyers and judges have found in first line, #where conflicts are more intense. The murder of *Rosemary #Nelson *nos shows once again the danger that #many of professionals run *cuando defend the human rights more fundamental of customers. +The call in favour of an independent inquiry has to to the fact that has conviction that an inquiry of police #irish on death of Mrs. #Nelson #would not be all it rigorous that it #would have to be, as all indicates that Mrs. #Nelson feared by his own life and that during long considered in situation of grave danger. +#can not deny the implication of the heavy vehicles in the mortal accidents, since, in addition to work conditions too much difficult, weight is also an aggravating factor, by what often is associated to an excessive speed. +In this debate on the loyal competition have to be conscious that in the field of the railway wages are higher and work places occupy usually for life. It more #likely is that in the sector deprived these conditions no give never. +#can not give credit to my hearings *cuando #one of experts invited to the celebrated audience with reason of the White Book signalled that by environmental reasons it was necessary to tax fuel for aviation with 4 *ecus litre. Rates of *Concorde in the daily life, #who the goes to pay? +Lady Speaker, first of all, wanted to congratulate to Mrs. *Bennasar *Tous, although absent, and also to Mrs. #Colombo *Svevo that so *dignamente *nos has presented the subject this morning; but especially, wanted to congratulate to Mrs. speaker by his valuable contribution to the proposal of the Commission on program *DAPHNE, #as well as by form in that it has treated a so important question. +*Nosotros support the request that, in the Consultative Committee, have representative of the European Parliament and representative of the *ONG, #as well as the request that it present a report on progresses made time to the year, and no each three years. +Lady Speaker, the Commission wishes to give thanks to Mrs. *Bennasar *Tous and to Right Commission of Woman by the report prepared, that supports firmly the initiative of the Commission and underlines in admirable form the need and urgency that it adopt program *DAPHNE with sufficient *antelación at the end of the year. +In my report, that had been approved by Transport Commission and Tourism without that point 1 suffered modification #any, asked that it introduced a system of uniform rates for #all transport vehicles «and that had in the social costs limit #one of foundations». +Had account that the Council has approved the regulation that collects the general norms relative to the structural Bottoms, each #one of States members has to propose to the Commission #which are the regions that gather conditions established in said regulation and that, in opinion of States, find in a situation more *desfavorable. +#Many of the that here we are have been witnesses of his important action in Employment Commission and Social Subjects of Parliament, that was not but demonstration more of his constant dedication to the social and #sindical subjects that *le brought to this Assembly. +Certainly, the regulation of the privileges and immunities -that dates of the year 1965- traces back to moment in that Parliament was a mere parliamentary assembly in #where, still, grade of representativeness of a #european citizenship was in realm of utopia. +Today have the euro, today is indisputable that proposals are hit and that the report of colleague, Mr. *Menrad, that occupies of dimension of employment politics is also a very good report that it #can be argued here with the Report *Fourçans. +The solutions for the elimination of the chronic unemployment in *Europa are not in a #european program of employment neither in an economic politics, *homogéneamente configured, of States members of the Economic European Union and Monetary, but in the structural reforms. +Only there #be point, the relative to the structural reforms, on the that it wanted to call attention, for *precisarles that the Commission is had to value liberalisation of the sectors of telecommunications, transports and energy. +Gentleman President, distinguished colleagues of the European Parliament. As *ustedes know, on 19 April had already the opportunity to expose to Commission of Budgetary Control the position of the Council in approval procedure of the management for 1997. +See that they already have applied adequately the diverse disposals relative to staff and have understood that, of #all staff of the Centre, only remain vacancies two places of category To. do not hesitate it more minimum in recommending the approval of the management also for the *CEDEFOP. +Am surprised to see that the Socialist Group has presented amendment so that it delete point 1 of the Report *Elles, that is the important, is to say, in the that remember our final decision of not approving the management of the Commission of the year 1996. +But there #be had a problem, #can recognise that, *cuando have adopted in the political level clear decisions and oriented in the correct direction, the capacity of the Commission to apply the decisions in #all services of form has been mentally handicapped person. +From here, there #be another important principle that to *nosotros *nos links and that also has to see with responsibility bear with citizens of the that talked before: is conservation principle of acts, the principle to be it more effective possible and give the fastest and better answer to citizens. +Sure enough, have now precisely #this: emotion, but the scientific demonstration -and precisely as it has demanded, the qualitative security, no the quantitative- that the utilisation of hormones is harmful, that represents a threat for health, that is *cancerígena, that causes the early apparition of puberty of girls. Translate it that is written here. +And of here also that *yo defend the creation of compensation bottom for companies that see affected by sanctions, since, of it contrary, #many of *ellas #can see immersed in a deep crisis that #can *llevarlas to the disappearance, with the consequent loss of places of work precisely in moments in that we are -want to promote from the Union- politics in benefit of occupation. +#If the Commission yields the evaluation and initiative capacity for new proposals as it occurs in this proposal, then is really existence right and is in fact it that it is a principle determinant in the Union, and east is the right of initiative. +Thanks to the community spirit have been possible in *Europa right State, dialogue, the democratic institutions, recognition of minorities, and with this spirit #can put end also to conflict that carries *martirizando to villages of the *sudeste #european from takes more of ten years. +The Greens expect of *usted, gentleman *Prodi, regarding Parliament, that engage in the Conference *Intergubernamental to bet firmly for strengthening this House until it was plenary Parliament right, with full powers of *codecisión legislative also in matter of agriculture and of compulsory costs, and with plenaries right of control of the application of politics. +This cure of *adelgazamiento has to make before the nomination of the new Commission, by it that exist reasons general to postpone the approval of Mr. *Prodi, without embargo, my group also has a political reason: Mr. *Prodi wishes States Joined of *Europa. +In #some moments, the problem of the balance among these two looks has found #any solution; for example, Mr. *Delors treated to *través of the White Book to take a synthesis and to find balance point, looked for the balance among these two looks. +*Europa has not set up still analysis cell for the active politics of prevention of conflicts -like European Parliament approve a proposal of this type- has to recover the dignity, the ambition and responsibility of an initiative. +Think that it is necessary to restore a true monetary flexibility and adapt the euro to the specific situations of the different countries leaving *subsistir, on 1 January 2002, the national coins in front of the euro, that #would convert like this in a simple common coin. +*Confrontados to the new challenges engendered, in particular, by the fall of the Wall of *Berlín and the *mundialización of the economy, so much #one like #another never have doubted in increasing work charge of the Commission, although without taking out #all the logical consequences, especially in matter of contracting of personnel. +Fits to expect, therefore, that the Foundation will engage to answer of way so positive that seems to indicate speaker to the pending questions or that finish to be posed with occasion of the examination of approval procedure of the management in the exercise 1997: costs of mission and agreements of study. +Gentleman President, have received of the office of President of Parliament a letter that *me says that my question directed to the Council, that had to debate tomorrow, will not debate then because today it #would take place the debate on *Kosovo and in *él #would include also my question, that refers to the question of the environment in *Kosovo, that has been *auténticamente destroyed. +Loan, instead, attention to the #european voices day more numerous, stronger and more significant, of *Oskar *Lafontaine to the 180 #italian deputies of the democrat majority of left, #christian democrats, that, in name of #one vision of *Europa, ask, to the equal that take *nosotros, the end of bombardments. +Are practical in the short term: support the initiative of *Chernomirdin, *salvaguardar *Montenegro of bombardments in measure of it possible, keep the demographic balance in *Macedonia with the received of #kosovar refugees in the EU, so that it #can not produce climbing of conflict in the region and, gentleman President, contain the transport of arms for the *UCK as it has taken #Italia. +Have to begin to explain to Mrs. *Harbour -and is the Council the one who has to take it- that #if *Hitler had not been accused because it #can not test #who were the bosses of the distinct fields of extermination, #would not have been able to show control chain existent among *Berlín and *Auschwitz. +It that it has to occur is that, *eventualmente with the peace agreement of the that talked right now Mr. Minister, in the *Balcanes define conditions to establish right State and democracy, the eradication of #all the sources of aggression that in instant exist, especially in diet of *Milosevic. +The situation is extremely difficult and only intervention armed -#if before *Milosevic do not yields with regard to conditions imposed by NATO and the European Union- #can give break and create cord of protection with seen to this space of peace and security of the that have talked. +In the next days, will go back to go to the region, without embargo, *les pray that *nos help to transmit this message: for the time being, the fundamental element of the humanitarian help are the elections *prioritarias, discipline and coordination, of it contrary fear that also the big generosity of #all finish in a big confusion. +Recommend to this Assembly and to President in exercise the initiative of His Holiness the *Patriarca of *Constantinopla to organise the religious symposium, scientist and environmental that will celebrate in September and in the that representatives of the five great religions of the #orthodox -and #catholic region, #protestant, #jewish and #muslim- will sail from *Ratisbona until sea #Black in *pro of the environment and of reconciliation. +The position expressed this morning by Mr. *Prodi and what *nos has said now President in exercise of the Council on the importance that for hit of the great political of the Union, like enlargement and the *PESC, will earn the Russian Federation in the immediate future *nos fill of hope. +This common strategy proposes democracy, right State of the public institutions, integration of *Rusia in an economic and social space European and the imperative common that confronts the #european continent. +In this sense, is particularly important that leave clear in front of the Council that approval procedure of a report with recommendations to the Council on a common strategy constitutes an exceptional solution, motivated by the particular circumstances of an electoral year. +efforts of *Rusia to reach a solution of conflict of the *Balcanes do not take more that highlight once again the importance of said country for the #european architecture of security and, in consequence, *yo back explicitly the wishes of President of the Council that it adopt it before possible this strategy. +The text of section 5 of article 190 of the Treaty says that «Parliament will establish the statute and the general conditions of exercise of functions of members, previous *dictamen of the Commission and with the approval by unanimity of the Council». +*Yo believe that the Council -and the Governments- have shown his fine will regarding Parliament, in the first place accessing to *algo that *nosotros believed that it was very difficult, that is the inclusion in the Treaty of *Amsterdam of article precisely, that ask from Parliament and that #all believed that the Council -or the Governments- did not go to accept. +Expect that they #can increase of systematic way in budget properly said resources of Defender of Village, since #this will be the best way to boost confidence of citizens in the general activities of the EU. +Mrs. *González *Álvarez mentioned the question of the comments of the Commission of relative Budgets to part of administrative costs inside the budget of global exploitation and made #some observations very wise to the *respecto. +In the meantime, the European Parliament, Parliament, has gone developing until convert in a political institution inside the European Union that already is *ineludible and that has exerted his faculty of control political and budgetary vigorously and with big independence. +With regard to Parliament, wanted to say also that the characteristic note of this term of office is that we have left trousers short -am from my masculine condition, and therefore I put this example of trousers short, of course, without going in in any example *sexista-. +But above #everything *eso, recognise that it is *usted man of firm convictions, that has qualities human natural; person of big energy and determination and person that always has shown positive and *ecuánime; person *alentadora and also person that #can be very firm and authoritarian *cuando it is necessary to show this type of authority, as we have witnessed in #some occasions. +The pact has to be expression of an active politics of labour market that bet more that up to now by the avoidance of unemployment, is to say, especially, by the reduction of the juvenile unemployment and of long length #as well as by the ending of discrimination of women in the labour market. +events occurred at the beginning of this year and that have conducted to the resignation of the Commission and to a debate on reform, are reason to examine in this context also relation among the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission. +delay in the reinforcement of the institutions and of operation only #can engage the effective enlargement of the Union; this new reform has to prepare to the institutions for enlargement, but has to allow also answer to #some failures of institutional operation that have appeared in the last months. +Of course, do not put in cloth of trial #some fundamental looks like article *N, but that say that in the preparatory stage are necessary novelties because we have checked deficiencies of method *intergubernamental and, therefore, the need to prepare of form the result of the Conference *Intergubernamental. +State quantity that in this moment request entry in the European Union #would suppose change -in the case that they went admitted in the current conditions-qualitative in the structure of the European Union. +In intervention of yesterday *le hear to talk of his political responsibility, of the capacity of political direction of School, of function of political orientation, of the need that it adopt a big political initiative. +After the European Summit of Colony, opt once and for all by a *Europa #where #all legislation and #all the budget situate definitively under supervision of the European Parliament and in the that the European Commission was forced to offer a maximum transparency with a free management of fraud. +Among the central elements of the reform package includes enlargement of politics for development of the rural area, included a better impulse to the compatible economic methods with the environment. +Thus, has not been surprising that before Colony summit of #one or spot have come from critical to the strategy of the Presidency or to mood to carry negotiations, but after the summit of *Berlín assessment is totally different. +Expect that it concretise the political will affirmed by *Prodi to recover the institutional balance to end to allow that the Commission go back to exert his indispensable paper of political impulse, like independent organ of the national governments and of the private interests. +Lady Speaker, in plane of the procedure, wanted to signal to Mr. *Cox and to Mrs. *Green, although they have gone, that *yo presented, on 13 December, amendment of type that the global amendments, that already have debated amply, and that this amendment in moment - perhaps because it was #mine -, was declared inadmissible. +But, how occurs with the future?reform allows to answer to tracks for a durable agriculture presented by the Commission, in contradiction with the proposal modified of the agricultural section of Diary 2000?&#*x017*C;has reinforced cooperation among the European Union and the countries *ACP? +Second -and very linked to ordination of the territory-, #ours *segunda amends of transaction asks that the *FEDER contribute to establish the necessary links among the regions that geographically suffer permanent disadvantages by his *alejamiento, peripheral character or *insularidad, to boost exchanges among the periphery of *Europa and the central regions of the Community. +In reform of the structural Bottoms there #be not reason for joy exaggerated but have found a viable commitment that guarantees that the #european solidarity do not derive in the future to a mere statement of lips outside. +Finally, and is the will of members of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, is indispensable to introduce action program and of information in front of consumers with the end that they know essentially the effects of products of vineyard in health. +Freeze the third category; in the *cuarta only offers a statement by #if the crisis of *Kosovo needed a review of the financial perspectives, and *nos announces that the Council #would be had to accept a review before the entrance in vigour of the financial perspectives that want that we adopt today. +*Me seems that also the *isleños coincide with the wide majority of Parliament and of the Commission in that the principle of the economic and social cohesion shows especially in deal that gives to structure regions feebler, by it that we want to assign to these regions the 70 % of #all credits, so much #if they live in firm earth as in islands. +#If we are sincere #one with #others, know that it do not has any sense take only of the *insularidad look of the that derive helps, as game point of the structural helps, like this appears also in the Treaty, is to compensate the disadvantages of regions and social groups and is to #this to it that *nos have to adhere in his own interest. +Here has to take part Diary 2000 to provide the indispensable means for his *prosecución with infrastructures *cofinanciadas by the *FEDER, by the *FEOGA-Orientation or by Cohesion Bottom, #as well as training or reallocation of drama hand, for it that requires support of the Social Bottom. +Of compliance with the Presidential Decree 738\/98 on the entrance of humanitarian help *proveniente of foreigner, from then only recognises like addressees of humanitarian help that do not become tariffs to the juridical persons of public utility recognised in statutes but no to the particular persons. +Whereas the initial administrative difficulties of the program «oil by foods» already have surpassed in his greater part, today day the main problem of program represents it the scarce capacity of export of the *Iraq and distribution of the materials of medical help to the population. +The European Union underlines disposal to support the reform process in *Argelia, especially, in the frame of the European Cooperation for the Mediterranean, and to continue the political dialogue initiated with the #algerian authorities. +Gentleman President, in it *tocante to a possible *upgrading of the contractual relations among the European Union and *Croacia believe that Mr. Deputy will have clear that #this makes in the frame of the regional strategy of the EU, #such as it determines in the conclusions of the Council of General Subjects of the 29-4-1997. +Believe that the Social Bottom European is a half to give support to development of employment in *Europa, to the equal that bottom for the rural development is a half that it will be able to take possible the big toning that will have to take great parts of the agricultural sector. +In any case, appreciate also efforts that has made the salient Commissioner, the one who carried out a very hard work, no only to hour to visit the regions depressed of the Union, but -especially- in #everything it relative to *Irlanda of the North and to programs *transfronterizos. +Like speaker for the approval of the management of 1997 in relation to bottoms, wanted to signal a problem that is the that a country as, for example, *Holanda, continuously sees reflected negatively in the reports of the Court of Accounts, due to the fact that there have a more precise form to inform that in any #another country. +To end to achieve this goal, the Commission is had to incorporate the most modern media so that Parliament #can exert scrutiny of continuous way and using the technical means more recent. +have reached important progresses in the debate on the definition of content and incorporation to the juridical foundations of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community and of the Treaty of the European Union and fault little so that we #can give it by finished. +Without embargo, in political questions so important like the incorporation of the Agreement of *Schengen and the association Agreement with two countries of special significance, believe that the Council #would owe *haberlas subjected to query of Parliament and #would have to have taken into account sight points that had been able to expose this institution. +Arise doubts regarding security, the operation, payment, treatment of the confidential information, the abuse of personal data, the quality of products and advice fault. +Support the amendments that improve the directive, without embargo, do not support the legislative text in group and the June Movement neither supports the legislative text in group because it follows splitting of the principle that takes reference to the country of the *remitente. +Is true that, in electronic matter, precisely by the big rape of privacy that #can suppose the fact that we introduce in our houses computer and that, in the screen, children, friends, our familiar #can see exposed to information bombardment, probably no wished, takes that they appear principles of public order. +A possibility #would be the to approve the report now and retain the communication to the Council until the Committee of the Regions decide #if it pronounces or no to the *respecto, and another possibility #would be to postpone the vote to morning, as it seems that the Committee of the Regions #can give a favourable report morning. +The ideal rural regions for the Goal 5*b will explain among the main victims of this situation: in *Francia, the third part of the ideal population in relation with this goal will leave to receive structural Bottoms after transition period. +The final result, although no answers totally to demands of Parliament, went amply influenced by this last to *través of work of the Commission of Regional Politics, of the speakers and of the group commissioned of negotiations. +The Socialist Party #european member of parliament *opone to the amendment 7 of the report because it repeats unnecessarily existent legislation of the EU and #suffer of fault of specific clarity on the subject of adaptation of machinery or the replacement of #all machinery was or was not practical to take it. +Our external politics and of common security has worked correctly in this case as this statement was important to guarantee the peaceful and constructive continuation of the peace process in spite of the expiration of the *primer interim period fixed by the Agreements of *Oslo. +Consider, without embargo, that has got moment of an extraordinary action: wanted to take advantage of this famous year 2000 -a year that has a big symbolic value for #all the countries of the world and no only for the that have tradition, history and religion- to carry out an extraordinary gesture. +As it finishes to remember the colleague *Imbeni, has got hour to use also this year 2000 to give this qualitative jump and present to the General Assembly of Nations Joined a proposal of universal moratorium. +Have in the countries in development, in the countries *firmatarios of the Agreement of *Lomé examples *modélicos of countries that, graces precisely to the *restablecimiento of the democratic rules, follow a path of economic development, and #that's why we have to reiterate with greater strength to *Djibuti that respect this contractual agreement that has signed with his #european partners. +Gentleman President, the existent difficulties to punish to those who have incurred in offences #such like genocides, crimes of war and, in general, offences against humanity have shown *sobradamente the need of instauration of an International Penal Court, that was active what before and in conditions to proceed effectively to persecution of offences so that they do not follow *impunes. +In the century *XIX to the *Comoras the designated «archipelago of the *sultanes *batalladores», because the Big *Comora and *Anjouan are dominated by #some familiar organisations purportedly noble that contest power from takes centuries, that impose privileges to the immense majority of the population, and keep great social inequalities, economic monopolies *injustificables and a truly mediaeval organisation of society. +Quote of the report of the International Commission for *Temelin. In this moment, production capacity is upper to the needs and electricity produced by the nuclear head office of *Temelin so only will serve to reduce production in other fields. +*Me joins a personal bow to the subject that is. My *primer report, a modification of the Treaty of the European Community of Coal and of Steel, analysed failure of *Ferrovie Saint'#Anna, *algo that then was *inusitado, steelworks that went to failure. +The Commission agrees with Mr. *Hoppenstedt in that pavilion of the Union has to present the best possible image of the European Union in the century *XXI: a European Union that it is democratic, transparent, respectful of the law, socially just, *tolerante and culturally diverse. +In my country, #where this sector represents the 25 % of employment of the transformative industry and the 30 % of exports, #where there are regions almost exclusively dependent of *él, by it that conditions life of the generality of the familiar groups, thousands of workers and employers expect the future with expectancy and hope, but also with doubts and questions. +Our position, no only in relation with the textile industry but with the productive system European in general, adjusts to the need, first, that the sector has to accept conditions of a global economy, and, second, that has to take effort to increase productivity levels and of competitiveness. +In *tercer place, is a big misfortune that after having spent so much money of the taxpayer in this new building, #can not give true example for the century *XXI -for the new #millenium- of the type of open society that the European Parliament wants to see in the future. +treats no only of a *combatiente *encarnizado of democracy in country, of a big man that has helped in decolonisation process and to build a juster world and more open, but that also embodies admirably dimension -say- sportive, that it is necessary *reconocerle to democracy. +To #all *nos costs a lot understand #which was this message of the Commission, apart from that for resales supposes fine #news, and bad #news for fans to football, that give to understand that #one #can go out really with the #his and *infringir the law always that it was had to give some *monedillas to the European Commission in a back moment of the process. +#If we had accepted *pasivamente the existence of nationalism *sanguinario, of an aggressive nationalism in our continent, destination of the own #european integration, the greater attainment of the #european history more recent, #would have been in game. +The European Union and States members supported actively under the Presidency #german of the Council war of NATO in the *Balcanes, that *quebrantó the international Right and ousted to the UN, at the same time that remained sealed transformation of the Community in a called defensive Union. +In name of my political Group want to say very clearly that we do not go to *enjuiciar to the Commission and to the new Commissioners by his political membership but by capacity, clarity and accuracy of positions in the past and in the present. In our opinion, east has to be the only criterion of assessment. +In particular, will have to find an apt system to guarantee the continuous and exhaustive information of Parliament on course of reform respecting, to time, autonomy of the Commission in the management of competitions. +do not share this analysis: for me the Conference *Intergubernamental is a crucial appointment for the #european Institutions and is our opportunity, the last perhaps, for *prepararnos for the possible duplication of the number of members of States of the Union. +*Le propose that *reflexione on the need to correct route, and the two banks of proofs *me seems that they have suggested in this debate: the first refers to relation among *Europa and the world, the second refers to *Europa among the #european construction and the different realities of the distinct countries. +enlargement presupposes adaptation of the institutions of the Union: have begun already the *preparativos of the Conference *Intergubernamental of the countries members with the goal to take a report on this subject, of #whose editorial will commission President and that it will be exposed in the summit of *Helsinki. +In the summit of *Tampere, that will treat, among things, the problems of shelter and of the political asylum, #as well as of the international delinquency organised, it will be necessary to take concrete propositions of measures to take to improve the internal security. +Have to accelerate by #all means the preparation of said report and his owed discussion in the European Parliament, but #can not deliver the legitimate rights of Parliament in hands of an organ of unofficial investigation neither *atenernos to diary to elaborate the report. +politics to follow for the»#nordic dimension», concept already ratified by the European Union, has to take into account, among things, collaboration with the countries *Bálticos, and also the materialisation of the strategy to follow with *Rusia, subject that also has been decided in principle. +This goal sees *desmoronado by the principle according to the *cual the EU has to have a will, politics and an only voice. This principle was refused by the 70 percent of Finns that have not voted in the elections of the European Parliament. +Nobody has talked of *ello before me, but exists a problem that has not confronted or at least no with the determination wished by the European Union: is the of the three one thousand #kosovar prisoners, literally *raptados by Mr. *Milosevic and his *esbirros during the last days of the international intervention in *Kosovo and moved by strength to prisons of Serbian. +The External Politics and of Common Security will allow to reach, from the *Balcanes, with urgency and obstinacy that, for the time being, imposes the situation, the goals of peace, of the economic welfare, of certainty of respect of the human rights. +Entrust in that it was reconstruction no only material, but also immaterial: reconstruct roads, schools, ports, aqueducts, but also the confidence of persons that during years have seen deprived of the right to live with affections in earth, with work and that today aspire to achieve carry this calm life that *les was denied during years. +As, *acaso #can admit a situation in that a Commission *demisionaria follow exerting functions from the past month of March and taking part to try weaken the application of an only price of book and to formulate the mandate of the next negotiation in the *OMC, #whose importance for the coming years is known? +In fact, suspect that #many of colleagues are not so *duchos in technology as they had to be, but technology goes to have an enormous effect in the opening of the only market and before that at all we owe *asegurarnos that legislation no limit the capacity of persons for *innovar and introduce changes and new forms of electronic trade. +The 29 June 1999, to President of the Commission, Mr. *Santer, *le communicated the decision of Mr. *Bangemann to leave the Commission to assume place in the private sector two days later, on 1 July 1999. +Believe that now we have to have value, that have to ask value of the Council and of the Commission, in the first place to learn of errors of the past, to cut with the agricultural politics carried out up to now, and take finally an election rope, wise and necessary by a #european agriculture of quality. +How many times will be still require that have accidents repeated, in this type of utilisations, so that it put end to this absurd system according to the *cual earths are in fallow, agriculturalists need to work, take live heritage and the landscape of #ours *Europa, but find in the inability to take it because *privilegia utilisation of waste recycling and, in particular, of animal wastes. +mandate has been expanded in relation with it that foresaw article first of the Protocol on the institutions attach to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, since Colony Council has added, by own initiative, extension possibility of the votes with qualified majority. +Excellent the statement on the need of a *Kosovo *plurinacional; now well, the that the resolution advocate that this national plurality was guaranteed by the *UCK do not seems of receipt, unless it was necessary to interpret it in key of humour #black. More still *cuando in paragraph asks disarmament of soldiers and *paramilitares of the own *UCK, suppose that because it considers that it constitutes a threat for progress (*plurinacional) of *Kosovo!!! +Ladies and Gentlemen, believe that for the European Union, in matter of sport, today is *prioritario avert that it sanction to a country member that reached to organise with hit this event, and initiate in particular, as it said it yesterday Roman *Prodi, a true #european fight against doping, for example; is to say, deny to that only the logic of money finish with beauty and the own spirit of sport. +*Cuando in these last time, the European Parliament has treated to strengthen control on the Commission, and theory of the independence had to, as, as it is logical, retreat, see like #this *resurge and strengthens with a new strength; no already regarding commissioners, but to services. +With spirit, the Commission goes to answer to the report establishing service of internal audit, as it recommends the Committee, and reiterate commitment for reinforcing the financial cells in #all the general directions. +For me today is satisfaction reason -that want to take public- have listened in this Assembly to the still Commissioner #Manuel *Marín refer to the future of the Commission with honesty of the that has taken #gala along mandates and with dignity with the that has assumed the problems of the previous School of Commissioners. +Want to finalise my intervention appreciating to Mr. *Marín his big work during #all these years in responsibilities in the Commission and the last, especially, like President in functions of the Commission and *deseándole to Mr. *Kinnock luck, touch and good tempt in the difficult tasks that *le expect in the next months and years. +Expect to develop action program for reform together with the responsible Commissioner and although we have not had time to study it in detail, believe that it #would be just *pedirle to Commissioner a debate and a clear justification of why do not undertake measures #if #some of the recommendations remain excluded. +. Gentleman President, in reality, in the report that has presented Mrs. #Jackson there #be point that do not refers so much to the content as to the juridical form that #can choose to try resolve the problem of the environmental minimum criteria in States members. +Is just to affirm that in the past existed the opinion generalised that the European Parliament and the European Commission had to work almost in state of permanent collusion to take charge of the rights purchased of States members and boost like this the #european integration. +Is an ideal fight to give to Europeans the sense of a common destination, of a common mission, of a common identity, of a common civilisation and of a common homeland. +Wish to remember also that competitiveness of agriculture no measures only in the world-wide markets, but also to the light of the balance of the territories, of the maintenance of the rural tissue and of the conservation of the natural heritage. +Gentleman President, the great challenges that *nos expect - enlargement, the deepening in a #european reality that respect the national identities by means of a new approach of subsidiariness, the *salvaguarda of agriculturalists, the construction of #one *Europa more human in matter of employment and more generous - are of importance that is precise that the confront together. +The group of the subjects that have debated *nos allow to express our vote of confidence with regard to it that Mr. *Prodi has defined "a new start" : a common expression that *atañe to the Commission, but that, to trial, also concerns to this new Parliament. +will Vote in the frame of the Socialist Group of the European Parliament no on politics base *partidista, but on the objective base of auditions and the answers to the questions that have formulated during the last weeks. +Second, in audience occupied an important space no only the pending subjects regarding enlargement of the Union, but also the inclusion of the agricultural model European in the future negotiations in the frame of the *OMC to scale international and especially defence. +In deputy quality of a border region among *Bélgica, *Alemania, *Luxemburgo and the Low Countries, *yo #can *transmitirles the expectations of Europeans in the field of the daily life, but especially also his *incomprensión in front of the countless fetters that still exist among States members. +#Some of His *Señorías will remember definitely that *Yannos *Kranidiotis was deputy to the European Parliament of January of 1995 to February of 1997, date in the that it was appointed Prime minister of the Government of #Grecia and will remember that in Parliament was member of the Commission of External Subjects and of Budget Commission, as also vice-president of the Delegation in the Mixed Parliamentary Commission European Union\/*Chipre. +Finally, need that *Tampere was a summit that *movilice to the public opinion, that adapt ambitions to the human and financial resources that we have, but that *nos offer guidelines to show the importance of freedom, security and justice to man of the street. +That they encourage for providing to the #european citizens protection against injustice, so that the that they are detained far of countries #can have assistance *letrada, services of interpretation and conditional arrest instead of treating to harmonise the juridical diets Europeans; that they begin for achieving that it have justice *transfronteriza for persons that suffocate with the *mordaza of an onerous bureaucracy. +experience purchased like minister of Interior of #Italia *me takes to say that it is indispensable to accelerate the path to norms and common politics, exactly it contrary of politics invocation strictly national and that, regarding immigration and asylum, the better base is the that appears in the text of the Presidency #austrian of autumn of the year 1998. +The #european judicial network is, undoubtedly, the less developed of the three areas that *nos occupy and, in this sense, believe that the creation of a stable unit, attendant to give continuity to the judicial cooperation and to be the judicial speaker of *Europol, #can be adapted. +Lady Speaker, our presence here in *Estrasburgo has origin in the extraordinary tradition of #Robert *Schuman, #whose Community of Coal and of Steel no only meant an important step to the economic integration, culminated recently with the arrival of the euro, but that also *redundó in benefit of the political integration. +As well, in the Summit of *Tampere the Council has the opportunity to create *algo #as well as a community of coal and of steel of justice, freedom and security in breast of our European Union. +Therefore, *yo believe that it is indispensable that in *Tampere take decisions that *clarifiquen the situation, that are steps to forward on the decision, already positive, adopted in Colony; on character, on the content, on relation with the Conference *Intergubernamental, on preparation procedures and on the own approval of the Letter of fundamental rights. +As well, by part of the Commission of the European Union have subjected to criticism, have put in cloth of trial determined #tending fiscal measures to improve the economic activity and to reduce our high level of unemployment, measures that were adopted by the #basque institutions in exercise of sovereignty and *autogobierno in the matter. +Then backed with decision government work and no *escatimé efforts to avert that the Government of left centre that chaired *sumiera -precisely takes a year- in a crisis favoured by the initiative of the political Group led by Mr. *Bertinotti. +The #european institutions, in particular the European Commission and the European Parliament, go out *engrandecidas of auditions of Commissioners designated and the #european citizens, that the have followed (by the press), will be able to find in *ellas -expect- reasons to interest more by the #european construction. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0009\/99) of Mrs. *Dührkop *Dührkop and of Mr. *Fabra *Vallés, in name of Budget Commission, on budget projects *rectificativos and supplementary *nº 1, 3 and 4 to the budget of the European Communities for the exercise 1999 (*C5-0021\/1999, *C5-0074\/1999 and *C5-0130\/1999). +Or, and *eso *me seems more #likely, is that the budgetary authority, to hour to elaborate the budgets, do not takes into account in sufficient measure credit needs and capacity of real absorption of the different programs? +In the greater part of these situations it is necessary to recognise that a timely action of the international community based in evaluations and early #alert of the situations #can have saved beyond all doubt lives and have reduced *muchísimo misfortune and the human sufferings. +Subject: Convention of Nations Joined against delinquency organised In article *K.1 of the *TUE, States members engage to warn and combat #all the forms of international delinquency and contemplate the fight against delinquency organised like a subject of common interest. +The elimination of terrestrial mines, customs and the acquisition of basic supplies for rehabilitation of houses, the public buildings and, in particular, Hospital of *Mitrovica are the main points of attention. +The initial results of this examination of damages that have suffered houses and the local infrastructure were published in the conference of donors organised by the Commission and the World-wide Bank the past July. +The achievement of a just peace in Orient Half, by the that plead in the Socialist Group, only is possible #if, beside negotiations on the subjects that compose peace diary of this complex conflict, solves the problem of refugees. +Gentleman President, Group withdraws the amendment 1, because it has agreed that on the need of permanent squads sent under Nation supervision Joined to zones of international crises debate with general character in the Committee of External Subjects, *cuando #this do not extends, obviously, to *Timor Oriental. +The Commission already has manifested to *Rusia with clarity that to invest flight tendency of capital is necessary an urgent improvement and integral of investment surroundings and a better protection of the rights of investors in *Rusia. +The recent death of two #guinean youngsters in plane with destination to *Bruselas, tragic luck that Speaker remembered when opening, Monday, the partial period of sessions, is alarm cry that has to *preocuparnos, to the #european deputies, and that it has to *hacernos react. +In this context, the Union is important efforts of mediation and of promotion of dialogue to the different levels of conflict, and the Commission is had to work by hit of #alto agreement fire of *Lusaka in the following fields. +Lady Speaker, Parliament, as we said along the debate on the investiture of President of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, will exert an increasingly important paper, and believe that works of Parliament will have to be increasingly known in #all States members of the European Union. +Finally, *me upsets the design *chillón and colour combination of #some *alfombrados in bar zones, that remember, as it already has said deputy, to a cheap nocturnal bar in place to evoke the atmosphere dignified wished for this Assembly. +Estimated colleague *Hautala, in it that concerns to the representatives of Parliament in the Conference of the *OMC in *Seattle already have declared of common agreement that the European Parliament has to be represented in number of 15 deputies to the equal that the #american Congress that takes like reference, is to say, this position remains invariable independently that finally we adopt or no a resolution. +Like this as, to ensure security alimentary in front of it unknown, believe that further of practice of the scientific committees as it takes too much in States Joined - and it *deploro, even among *nosotros, in the European Union - with decisions adopted to enclosed door, is precise first of all guarantee a true and complete information to consumer already from production sources. +As it is obvious, share premises of the decision *nº 640 of date Commission 23 September 1999, in the *cual *recalcó that, according to the WHO, dioxin is #one of substances more *cancerígenas that exist, reason by the *cual the WHO has recommended to keep a daily dose admissible the same to 1-4 *picogramos by kilogram of corporal weight. +difficulty *nos #can pose for the next year and, in fact, in the own decision of the Commission, #if his *Señorías see in page 7, in section 4 the reference to this subject, says of form very clear that, given the existent budgetary restrictions, #can pose #any difficulty and an adjust in category 4. +The upper increase to the average registered in *Dinamarca, in *Alemania and also in *España *nos shows the narrow relation that exists among conditions of access to networks and increase taxes of the corresponding part to electricity pertinent of sources of renewable energy. +Receive with *beneplácito the amendment *n1 6 to the letters and) to) (new) of article 2 on the need to boost the export of technologies for the renewable energies of the European Union and boost to the European Council of Export of Renewable Energies. +In the first place, an energetic politics according to the environment, an energetic politics that bet by the future of our planet, is *algo that it has to be present no only in the energetic politics but in politics #worthy of this name *cuando are in primes of the century *XXI. +By it that refers to the amendment 6, wanted to remember here the favourable received of the Commission to the report presented by Parliament on the new perspectives of the European Union in matter of export of technology and services for utilisation of the renewable energies *cuando was presented in Plenary of the past 15 January. +According to the valid economic principles, the offer of cheap energy is totally incompatible with the reduction of consumption. In context measures allocated to boost saving energetic tend to *difuminarse. +Regarding recommendation proposal for the *segunda reading, wish to take two considerations and remember that program *SAVE is oriented mainly to improve investigation and the exchange of technical knowledges, #as well as to supervise and control the results reached in the sector (article 2), although with endowment limited of financial resources. +Gentleman President, want to appreciate again to Parliament, and very especially to Mrs. *Ahern, work made and support reiterated to politics of the Commission, specifically regarding the improvement of utilisation of energy and to the increase of the energetic efficiency that contemplates program *SAVE. +The past week make a series of significant changes in the maximum administrative levels of the Commission, on the base of a concrete cultural change of nomination systems. +Have to add that so much gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen as *yo have the intention to act so that, in the future, the Commission centre in the most horizontal questions of the business politics, because the sectorial speeches the leave for decision organs. +Of form will be able to establish #if the decision of the #french Government took on the base of new facts, in #whose case will have value, or #if, by the contrary, took against of the general norms and then is clear that it will have to withdraw of form or of #another in the next hours. +In February of 1998, as a result of criticisms of Appeal Organ of the *OMC, the Commission launched 17 studies with the end to facilitate supplementary information concerning the risks in sectors #such as toxicology, the undue use and the environmental looks. +Am convinced that Parliament goes to exert an essential paper in the debates that go to take place in a next future, especially *cuando after the decision of *Helsinki to concede to *Turquía candidate status, begin the wide process of approximation of legislations, of the "*screening" . +Finally, #all, or the majority of *nosotros, know that diet of the individual freedoms, of press freedom, diet in prisons and of the police interrogations of *Turquía do not have at all that see with democracy in the #european civilisation. +is not sufficient politics of the promises: it that serves is politics of the concrete facts, respect of the human rights, the abolition of death pity knowing, without embargo, that the question *kurda is not a #one question that affects to *Turquía exclusively. +The question of security, without embargo, #can not hide illegality of the military occupation or of bombardments against the civil personnel like the that they produce in the south of the *Líbano, or prison existence like the of *Qian, although it follows being *prioritaria the #palestinian question. +help of the European Union to *Cisjordania and Strip of *Gaza among 1994 and 1998 elevated to a total of 1.500 millions of euros and help of the European Union to Organism of public dramas and aid of Nations Joined during period rose to roughly 505 millions of euros. +Lady Speaker, the proposal of the Conference of Presidents for session calendar of the European Parliament for the year 2000 got to my hands only after the closing of term for the presentation of amendments. +In moment *me gave account that there #be a *plenario in *Estrasburgo, specifically the of 12 June of the 2000, that coincides with Monday of *Pentecostés, that is a day of official party, and therefore day no working in varied of States members of the European Union, that are *Bélgica, *Dinamarca, *Alemania, *Francia, *Luxemburgo, Low Countries, *Austria and *Suecia. +Gentleman President, in the first place, want to say that I am very satisfied with this vote on the calendar, no owing to a governmental commitment, like the colleague *Berthu, but because I am convinced that only by means of the full use of the labour week will keep work capacity, is to say, #if of Thursday do not takes Friday. +Make, simply, a distinct assessment of the principle of caution. As it occurs often, the Commission gives a high grade of priority to the free circulation of products, and is interesting to check that, by time, *Francia situates the alimentary security of citizens to an even more high level. +Wanted to that it cooperate immediately of a much more intense mood with *Turquía of it that has taken up to now, that release the financial protocols and that take reality a narrow cooperation to level underneath of the full adhesion, whereas #that that have voted in favour of the resolution, propagate in part the goal *incumplible of a full adhesion so that they #can *utilizarla to humiliate and *vejar to *Turquía. +President of the Commission left clear orientation, *cuando, in the investiture speech, affirmed that it was necessary to follow restructuring the Only Market and boosting liberalisation and underlined on purpose the continuation of the process of liberalisation of sake sectors and services. +Therefore, #would expect of the Commission and of States members that, in the new editorial of the text of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, established an independent and impartial system of solution of controversies that no *nos put in front of feet of horses as it has occurred in the past. +Thus, want to suggest two things: in the first place, #would owe *adherirnos to the requirement of the colleague *Lange to coordinate closely with Parliament trade on broadcasts, as a so gigantic interference in the commercial politics is hardly to carry out against Parliament. +#Such as it stipulates in article 6 of the Treaty on the European Union, the Union bases in the common principles to States members of freedom and democracy, of respect of the fundamental rights and of the basic freedoms, #as well as in the of Right State. +How measured thinks to adopt the Council to guarantee the rigorous fulfillment of the community legislation in this field? Has the Council the intention to urge to the Commission so that it incorporate to the community legislation the recommendations of the *ICCAT? +Finally, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, want *preguntarle #if the fact that number -and *usted *me will say #which- of #european ships have substituted mesh networks to the derives by other *artes of high performance means greater protection for the *pesquerías of tuna or #if, by the contrary, is the contrary effect of the that wanted, is to say, an increase of pressure on the populations of *túnidos. +To the approve the new rule of the structural Bottoms the past month of June, the Council determined in the basic regulation the main goals, the general principles and the programming procedures for the period 2000-2006. +But like the Council *le commissioned to the Commission the application of rule, the Council do not has competitions to determine the strategies to follow in the different sectors of the peripheral regions of the Goals 1 and 2, that are under this rule. +In moment in that a North American study reveals racial inequalities in the administration of death pity in *Filadelfia, the North American Government #would honour in taking position against this flagrant rape of the International Agreement of Civil Rights and Politicians. +Therefore the Commission has *preconizado in the past in his White Book on the *descongestión of the aerial space European, that the aerial space European has to be object of a central management carried out by a strong international organisation that occupy of #all looks of use. +Is necessary to devote more bottoms to the alternative energetic resources and when seeming has the impression of that in the future will happen of the utilisation of solid fuels and oil to the natural gas and to sources of renewable energy and of generation of electricity. +have not gone it sufficiently fast, because treating of civil servants think that it was useless to expect to finals of October to take a decision of application with regard to agents of Parliament; had sufficed a simple decision of the Table, adopted on the base of section 5 of article 22. +My colleague, Mr. *Wuermeling, has cleared already with reason that the directive leaves in hands of States members determine, when an electronic statement of will that goes. *Provista of a digital signature has to equate to a statement with handwritten signature or to a statement for the *cual the Law prescribes form written. +In the field of security and of technology, without embargo, *revisten a big importance the technical data, parameters, characteristics and materials that use, #as well as maintenance levels and programming terms. +How presupposed is the that links until point to the budgetary authority with legislative acts, that #some figures, #some great reflected in the legislative acts and in programs are so *vinculantes that tend to reduce the budgetary procedure to a group of legislative arbitrations already effected? +In costs of Parliament is inscribed reservation of 7,4 millions of euros referent to leases of building *Belliard, because lease agreement among the owner and the *arrendatarios, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, even is not concluded. +#If it concludes lease agreement before the end of the year, will deduce the sum quoted of the budget of Parliament; in fact, the budget of Parliament represents in this moment the 20,11% of the *rúbrica 5 and the maximum limit fixed by the own Parliament is of the 20%. +Seems that they also #would have to reassign endowments allocated to humanitarian help for *Kosovo, specifically because big part of refugees has gone back already to *Kosovo and because the humanitarian help #would constitute a *primer step in the path of reconstruction of *Kosovo, providing, in game point, the protection to persons during winter. +Second, by the contrary, in the three proposals, forecasts for possible new commitments are in part very inferior to the amounts *homónimos for the present year. And #this although it foresees a big increase of games relative to actions in the frame of the *preadhesión, or was, credits for candidates to adhesion. +Appreciate commitment that have shown in the fight against fraud in the European Union and, in particular, the supplementary commitment that have decided: Budget Commission has voted in favour of a supplementary quantity of 9 millions of euros for the *OLAF. +*Nos occupy of energy programs, the relative to industry, included small and medium enterprises, investigation programs made inside programs mark, which *equivale, of course, to pretty much the 60% of cost in internal politics of the European Union, and lines on trade and technical assistance. +Using quantities decided the past year by means of conciliation on the report *Whitehead, the budgetary lines devoted to questions of consumption will follow generating confidence in the public opinion, *dándoles tranquility that no only are #one *Europa opened to businesses, but that also take campaign in favour of the rights of citizens like consumers. +Step now in brief to transport, #if *me allow it, only to say to deputies that expect that they #can support the initiatives of Budget Commission for *restituir cuts in line devoted to security in transport and cuts in line on sustainable mobility. +Share rejection of the speaker regarding the proposal of the European Commission to organise from now cooperation for development through some geographic lines and to reduce the thematic budgetary lines. +Still there #be #one or two countries in the that the Commission and Parliament follow separated regarding the structure and have to be especially alerts in the cases in the that more of the 75% or the 80% of credits devote to pay wages and buildings in place of to some suitable informative politics. +In the field of this strategy *nos pleases to take note that *Timor constitutes #one of the priorities of this budget and, in particular, *nos *congratulamos of acceptance by the speaker of registration of a new line to confront reconstruction of this territory, as, by it other, proposed and approve in Development Commission and Cooperation. +Simultaneously, without embargo, have to treat to modify the contents and the logic of the budget with sight put in the challenges that the Union will have in front of yes in the next years and, especially, in the fact that the true enemy to beat in each #one of States members is unemployment. +An active presence of the European Union in the world-wide stage and his convinced availability to progressive politics of enlargement also to the *Europa *suroriental, to the *Balcanes in this perspective of enlargement virtual and parallel of peace and of security outlined by Mr. President *Prodi, are #one of the #few and safe guarantees of stability and prosperity in *Europa that #can not be neglected. +Still is not concluded evaluation work of the costs of reconstruction of *Timor Oriental, #as well as of the back financial plan international of support, by it that still is not possible a calculation *cabal of the #european participation in the costs of reconstruction. +So that the incorporation to the EU constitute a notorious and profitable change for citizens, will be necessary to change the reality, that companies and employees believe a labour market so dynamic like just for workers. +The Agreement *Interinstitucional constitutes a good common legacy for the preparation of the Budget 2000 and for a fine collaboration, and in this sense, after the present debate, *yo have confidence that we will achieve to reach of common agree a solution shared and a responsible budget for the year 2000. +Some contradictory messages about the decisions adopted by #ECB and of the underlying reasons #can cause market expectations *injustificadas and increase uncertainty, going like this against of the same goal of transparency with regard to development of the monetary politics. +Wanted to *recalcar that information provided in press conferences celebrated after the meetings of Government Council, together with the analysis included so much in the Monthly Bulletin of #ECB as in the #others channels of communication approximates a lot, in it essential, to the publication of records *resumidas" . +Guarantee the fine public management in finances is a half to improve the stability conditions of prices and to achieve a solid sustainable growth that give place to employment generation. +#ECB has to be watchdog, but like inflation tax half of the euro-11 follows still far of level of the 2 %, believe that I #can expect that the Council of Governors give an opportunity to growth and, therefore, to a supplementary reduction of unemployment. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, before that at all we have to analyse the *primer period of activity of the Central Bank European that, as #all know, initiated career takes a year with hope to convert , with time, in a fundamental institution to take part in the economy of States members of the Union. +Simultaneously, without embargo, will have to watch price stability to be able to control this greater evil that #all know, or was, inflation, #as well as keep low interest types to boost investments and reactivate the #european industrial sector converting it in competitive regarding States. +And *eso has carried to #some to talk of species of platonic aristocracy of a series of independent experts to the that it entrusts the decision on the monetary politics thinking -probably with reason- that money is too much serious so that *nos occupy of *ello politicians. +Also the publication of the summaries of the meetings of the Administration Council is a fundamental act, but these summaries have to show with clarity justifications of the decisions adopted so that agents of the market #can adopt also his own decisions. +Concerning coins - will know that *yo do not have responsibility on coins, #this is a question for economy ministers - the big difference resides in that it is impossible to obtain guarantees in it that concerns to coins, since coins are put in circulation, generally, by sale sector and no by the banks. +*Colombia expects can fund jointly with the countries that of #one or form see connected to the chain of business of drug, infrastructure of project and wait, likewise, link the private capital, so much national like foreigner, to the economically productive companies so that they incorporate advanced technologies and new capitals. +(*PT) Lady Speaker, *Señorías, in the conclusions of *Tampere combine a firm political message on the priority conceded to the construction of a Space of Freedom, Security and Justice and worry for establishing priorities centred in the questions that affect directly to the daily life of citizens. +The Commission proposes with taste act in the sense to apply the ambitious program of action of fight against capital bleaching, that comports modifications so much in the external position of the Union as in plane of legislation of each #one of States members. +*Yo believe that it is #one of the basic freedoms that we have to defend, and in this sense, an only system of asylum is very important, and say it coming of a country in the that the political asylum allowed to fighters by freedom save life and continue in other #european countries. +The Commission no only *atreve to affirm that the goal is far to be reached, but that ascertains besides that grow traffic and consumption of *estupefacientes, it that involves that a fine part of money spent up to now has not resulted to be investment against drug, but to boost diffusion. +Splitting of my experience in charge, now believe that circulation without control of persons in world-wide terms during the next 20 or 30 years, so much #if it bases in economic subjects as in climatic subjects, represents a colossal challenge for order established and democracy. +The limit that #everyone will comprise and will respect is the that in this same moment neither the Commission neither the European Parliament have formulated of precise form and detailed position and proposals for the next institutional negotiation that will initiate to the beginning of the next year. +The Commission, *despechada by have not been able to block the debate, *apresuró to appoint by account work group restricted, to the that in followed described of group of experts, *cuando results that members are not more expert that the majority of persons here present. +members of the #european delegation of the *PvdA have voted in favour of amendment that consolidates *procedimentalmente the resolutions of the European Parliament of 3 December 1998 and of 5 May 1999 related with the statute of deputies to the European Parliament. +Have voted against the resolution of the European Parliament relative to the annual report 1998 of the Central Bank European (#ECB), as it approves said report, that, to time, situates in the perspective of the step to a monetary system European entirely unified. +In #day of the start of negotiations of the *OMC, have to remember that company strategy -included multinationals- has to take into account, in plan of equality with the economic and financial data, the human data so that millions of #european employees #can conserve work places and dignity. +*Michelin has reduced -true is- number of work places in 25.000 in twenty years, but -have to remember it to #some- treats of 25.000 disappearances of places of work owed to the efforts of comparable productivity in #all the industrial sectors and, in particular, in the of car and of tyres: of these 25.000 only 186 have been dismissals. +The European Union considers the Treaty of no proliferation of nuclear arms like a key instrument in the system of international security, instrument that offers the global guidelines to promote the no proliferation of nuclear arms and the nuclear disarmament. +#would Wish that they took advantage of any opportunity to explain and highlight to colleagues of the Senate why #would have to reconsider his vote on the Treaty and how commitment renewed with the no international proliferation and arm control will benefit to the American interests in matter of security, #as well as a greater security and international stability. +The *detractores Americans of treaties like the that today *nos occupies forget the fact, aims, that States Joined already have left to make proofs and that the Treaty helped to freeze the world-wide advance of nuclear arms *cuando States Joined enjoys of an enormous strategic advantage. +The majority of orators have made the *importantísima distinction among States Joined and the Administration of States Joined, on the one hand, and the American Senate and the Republican majority in particular, by #another, as they have signalled Mr. Baron, Mr. *Haarder and Mr. *Elles #among others. +Gentleman President, now has remained perfectly clear that the majority of the colleagues of this Assembly share my *convencimiento that the tragedy of *Chechenia #can have averted #if the European Union had shown a firm attitude with regard to the #russian aggression. +Although it is simpler to understand through agency plots and institutions, a basic purpose of program will be to break barrier and favour culture of the bases of society, since function is not to create an official culture. +On the other hand, the just worry expressed by Mr. #Perry, signatory of said amendment, regarding that Parliament had to control in these years cost and the budget of the Observatory, follows valid from moment in that we leave the five years, is to say, leave to the Observatory the possibility of programming organic and amply the valuable functions that has. +transparency to establish in this way is a previous condition *irrenunciable for the political performance in road of *Europa to society of information, although perhaps #this no *les enjoy too much to #that that want that they open wide open without limitations the doors to some interests of power in the market. +In the future, the Commission foresees to expand activities that makes the Observatory, in particular, in two concrete fields: the application of a statistical structure to treat information in the frame of *Eurostat and the preparation for negotiations of the *GATT 2000. +Nevertheless these difficulties and the *recrudecimiento of the problems registered lately, said idea has carried to Parliament to extend to *Turquía the proposal in the session of the past 25 February and, takes days, to the Commission to take measure in this sense. +Create, simply, that the problems that have posed in occasion will be examined by Budget Commission, in the frame of work group created by president *Wynn, on the group of subvention politics of our institution. +articles 2 and 4 of the Annex of the Regulation collect #some disposals that contradict clearly the Protocol on the privileges and immunities in it that to condition of deputies refers and that, besides, regulate the question of immunity of form that moves away of it stipulated in the corresponding rule of the mentioned protocol. +Decide *impulsivamente and by majority a question of this type attributing to the subject of the *anejos meaning that do not takes into account that these agreements affect to fundamental questions, supposes, in mood, be missing to the fundamental reason, to the purpose to be of norm that are. +1) Wish that it underline the importance of problems no resolved by the Round *Uruguay (and #whose harmful effects today begin to suffer) in the fields of the social costs that *yo mentioned before, but also in the of the environment, of the public health, of feeding, #etcetera. +With #everything, is necessary to remember that, solos against #all, or almost, *nos had denied to approve the Round *Uruguay, so much in the #french National Assembly as in the European Parliament, precisely by reason: thought that it was very dangerous to accept important reductions of tariffs *aduaneros, without having resolved before the essential collateral problems. +Support, in this sense, and have said it on purpose ten deputies pertaining to the subgroup Free Alliance European of the Green Group\/European Free Alliance, the resolution presented by the Popular Party European, by the Socialist Party European and by the Group *UEN. +Affects to form of life that populates our coasts, of form that with agriculture populates our inner territory and -why not to say it- affects to a fundamental contribution of feeding of #all the group of the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the #french study confirms that in the case of the *EEB no exist reliable scientific criteria to determine the cause, transmission mood and the incubation period of illness, not even regarding the human variant of the *EEB. +To continuation parts signed a new protocol that establishes the technical and financial conditions in the frame of the *cuales crafts of the Community #can fish in waters of *Angola for the period comprised among 3 May 1999 and on 2 May of the 2000. +This type of agreements -always that they conserve the biological resources, is to say, that do not produce #one *sobrexplotación- also benefits to the countries in the that it carries out activity, so much by the monetary contribution of the European Union as by help that provides, for example, in matter of professional training and of scientific investigation. +opacity that accompanies to the processes of dialogue *macroeconómico, the absence in east, even of the European Parliament, take more intense #ours worry by *encontrarnos, once again, in front of an attempt to revoke the fundamental rights of workers and of *minar it that it #can remain in *Europa of the social model European. +As well, these four actors are an extraordinarily dangerous mix that, on the one hand, treats to delete the true problem for *Europa, is to say, the fault of a true economic politics and, by #another, treats to toughen the system with negotiations little clear, to spite of unemployment and of the market. +Have dialogue among the that direct the monetary politics, is to say, the Central Bank European; the political strengths of *Europa, to those who represents the Council and the Presidency; and the social speakers, that represent to strengths of production and of work. +Still will take long in seeing the light and maybe is better that like this was, but anyway yes agree with Mr. *MacCormick in that the fiscal situation of artists that work in different countries of the Union deserves attention. Am had to confront this problem as long as *me get wise suggestions to the *respecto. +#If it results that in some countries the social norms are more demanding that in #others, #if it results that #some norms allocated to the conservation, defence and the protection of the environment are more demanding and more strict in some countries that in #others, will not be able to prevent that said countries go further of the generally accepted criteria. +Finally, do not accept that it was the EU the that establish prescriptive norms to States members on the key subject of unemployment and consider evil presage the suggestions that have made deputies of the side of the Assembly this morning in the sense that they #would have to reinforce the guidelines or even *hacerlas *vinculantes. +Is necessary, nevertheless, that the guidelines and recommendations to scale #european translate in concrete and quantifiable goals, to the *cuales States members have to tend with his respective national plans. Some concrete goals that establish dip *mensurables to half term, convergent in terms of tax of employment and of reduction of the *gap existent among masculine and feminine employment, even through investments in infrastructures and in services, of promotion of the juvenile employment. +*Señorías, has formulated repeatedly the proposal of a more systematic collaboration among the Commission and the European Parliament to service of a more effective impulse of the strategy for the #european politics. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0042\/1999) on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the Council on fulfillment of the labour schedule of sea persons on board of fuselages that use community ports (8639\/1\/1999 - *C5-0035\/1999 - 1998\/0321(*COD)) (Commission of Employment and Social Subjects) (Speaker: Mr. *Hughes) +Lady Speaker, on the presentation of the report of the Court of Accounts, is true that, in this moment, the report of the Court of Accounts -that before happened almost unobserved- has converted in an important news and of actuality of face to the press. +By reason, neither #would have to hesitate now in the last stone of legislation and choose here road of the Conciliation Committee, since, obviously, the Council do not has brave to give the last jump and has shown very *remiso in a pair of points. +Want to signal that the European Commission and the European Parliament have boarded wide queries about #all these subjects with the #european industry of car, that, voluntarily, accepted a calendar for *recortar dioxide broadcasts of carbon in the new cars a 25% for the year 2008. +#If our decisions mean that the simplest solution is the most used ,is to say, develop technician to clean gases of combustion using catalysts that require great quantities of solution of *amoniaco, then the alone distribution of this solution of *amoniaco to #all the *gasolineras of *Europa will take that it lose a fine part of the environmental benefit. +program *Daphne has like goal support and recognise work made by the no governmental organisations, #as well as organisations -included the public authorities that occupy of violence-, and procure that they collaborate among *ellas, exchange of fine practices -included projects pilot to scale community on prevention of violence-, and support and protection of boys, teenage and women. +has to measure the real impact of the distinct types of violence on the victims to determine the timely answers, evaluate the types and efficiency of measures and practical to warn and detect violence, support to the victims and warn a future exhibition to #the same. +The European Parliament and, in particular, Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities have exerted paper of paramount importance when including firmly in the #european agenda the question of violence against women and boys. +This week the world celebrates the *décimo anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Boy, that is the treaty on human rights more ratified in the world and the legal statement wider of the rights of boys all over the world. +Have to *propiciar a collective reflection on conditions of life of boys in #all the #european countries, especially in the urban zones, and engage collaboration and help bottoms to families needed, especially the *monoparentales or with handicapped parents. +By reason, the European Parliament has to send an influential message to #all the institutions of the European Union, to the international organisms and to the no governmental organisations that say that we have to take disappear this current shame. +Finally, will say that *cuando take the *segunda reading, #if *nos take seriously the creation of employment, #if *nos take seriously the need to keep competitiveness of industries, #if we are serious regarding supporting to companies, #some of *nosotros perhaps think that we have gone too much far and that has got moment to put limit. +To end have achieved that it adopted amendment that foresees the obligation of the Commission to present in the year 2003 an exhaustive report to show how is it that has improved thanks to work of investigation Commission. +do not believe, without embargo, that was moment neither place to put dates of caducity to cheque #british and to discounts conceded to determined countries in finance of said cheque, more still *cuando decision proposals have not been approved still in the different national Parliaments. +*Me cheers that Parliament have occupied again so acutely of the question of finance structure and *me cheer personally even more of have been able to ascertain points common among the positions that have exposed today in the debate and my basic position. +The costs of agriculture constitute a very delicate question in breast of the EU, since the agricultural politics is the only sector in the that the EU *incide in the direct income of citizens. +#If we matter more of the 50% of the total consumption of energy of the European Union, then owe *preguntarnos how #can guarantee supply security in front of the climatic modifications that no only *nos #can and *nos go to reach in front of CO2 broadcasts that take place all over the world #if we do not react, but especially also #if they produce modifications in the political climate. +Goal of the European Union is to create a space of freedom, security and of the right in the that it guarantee the free circulation of persons and in the that citizens of the Union #can demand rights with guarantees that have in front of the Courts of his own country. +The entrance in vigour of this regulation goes to close lagoon in the field of the international private right and represents an important step to take of the Union a space of freedom, security and of the right. +Gentleman President, treating of the report of Mrs. *Gebhardt, do not put in doubt the fine intentions of speakers and share worry for strengthening the juridical security of persons in the frame of matrimonial subjects so delicate like painful for the interested. +In relation with development of execution procedures -it that calls the *exequátur of the foreign trials- development is beyond all doubt useful in civil matter, as in matter of divorce or of parental right, as they are useful looks of the judicial mutual help, but is precise to take care of not going too much far by this path. +#If #one about realistic mood to things, it is necessary to concede of course to the countries time term for adaptation to the corresponding standards of security and not proceeding according to method of or *desconectar immediately or leave in operation to reactors until the end of life useful. +What before recognise neighbours that the nuclear security is our common worry, so much before will be possible to keep negotiations with our neighbouring countries of a constructive and open mood and conclude also negotiations on enlargement. +To the listen it, when listening to mates along the debate, remembered the recent electoral campaign and the answers that had to give, in moment, to constituents on the needs of founding and to finish the #european construction. +In this political solution, no only has to consider how is it that *nosotros wish -are perfectly that this subject has an enormous importance in #some States members and, #such as it has shown the debate, at present especially for *Austria-, but that in a political solution it is necessary to see of course also that this subject has purchased meanwhile in the countries candidates almost a theological importance. +(IN) In relation with the scientific information and evaluation and other, treats of a question that am no only by events of the last weeks, *cuando the agency of alimentary security of the Been member that it treats adopted a different opinion of the of the Managerial Committee Scientist. +The goal is rather the to establish a frame in the that it have exhaustive information on tobacco and dangers, that will complement the community prohibition of advertising of tobacco to counter efforts of industry with seen to attract to new smokers, in particular young. +But no *me fits the lower doubt that it will expect of *nosotros that take a considerable contribution to reconstruction of *Timor Oriental, #if well *me imagine that His *Señoría will suit *conmigo in that #others have to take contributions also and *me imagine that His *Señoría #would consider also wise on our part that we took out educations of reconstruction activities in places, in particular in *Kosovo, to watch by that bottoms that contribute in *Timor Oriental employ of the more effective and fast form possible. +Without embargo, *permítaseme answer to question and say without vacillation that the resolution 1244 of the Security Council of Nations Joined comports a complete authority, there #be not attempt #any of *diluirla: by it that to me *respecta, is the foundation of activity in *Kosovo and do not wish *apartarme of said resolution and of application neither centimetre. +Subject: Agreement of 1983 relative to compensation to the victims of violent infringements Recently, the Commission has taken a call so that #all States members ratified the Agreement of 1983 relative to compensation to the victims of violent infringements. +And believe that taxpayers #greek have to know with how difficulties finds the Commission in file *Olympic, #which are the problems that has found and that *le take, from time to time, hesitate so much in front of the requests of the #greek authorities and that follow, by it that have understood in answer, taking that the Commission doubt, even now, on the subject of the *tercer term of help to *Olympic *Airways. +Nevertheless, #everything *ello #would remain protected then by the credibility and the common interest, and in this way #would create a base to continue advancing to the designation of Mr. #Solana like General Secretary of the *UEO and the full integration of #the same, without need to continue keeping capsule allocated to house article 5. +is not necessary to say that I disagree of colleague #irish Mrs. *McKenna, because I believe that the establishment of defence politics of the EU is a requirement for the authentic #european integration so important like coin only. +Wanted to that the European Parliament adopted a strong and clear position and that the right to the dignity, to health, to finish with poverty, to house, to freedom was above liberalism, above the benefits. +Like this, as, there #be contradiction that have signalled to attention, gentleman President; in front of contradiction, from sight point, has to give faith it that has read President, that is "gross national product", and no it that says the original version, that is thing, is "gross inner product". +Gentleman President, *yo also have thought that perhaps *le interest to know that today it has produced advance very *gratificante in the peace process of *Irlanda of the North: the announcement of IRE that has intention to appoint to representative that commission to coordinate with General #John of *Chastelain the *decomiso of arms of the *paramilitares. +Nevertheless, now is possible to negotiate the rules that will govern product trade and services, and is possible to act so that freedoms of capital do not propagate to a so wide part of the planet like system of exploitation, to the equal that has occurred with the electronic capitalism. +In this sense, remember that the 174 countries members of the International Organisation of Work that engaged to respect the four categories of fundamental rights in matter of work, even in the case of not ratifying the agreements, are in his majority also members of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Finally, want exchanges that produce a durable development, creating bond among trade agreements and the #others great international commitments on the fundamental rights of work, on the alimentary security, on the protection of the environment. +*Cuando integration fault has to in the first place to a fault of resources or to insufficient capacities, is precise to provide to the countries in roads of development a technical and financial assistance to increase negotiation capacity and to apply measures decided in the *OMC. +Parliament is had to collaborate in a wide reform of the Treaties and to watch by that the European Union follow being in conditions to adopt the necessary decisions after enlargement, without losing on the other hand transparency for citizens, so as to that #this #can *comprenderla and also *aceptarla. +*Yo believe that Parliament, in quality of representative of citizens and citizens, will have to continue working acutely in the context of the next Conference *Intergubernamental to ensure that #this answer really to the great expectations of the inhabitants of the Union and also of the countries candidates to adhesion. +*Amsterdam already was *algo better that #others *CIG previous in the sense that it was prepared by reflection group in the that took part Parliament and in the sense that it published a report detailed giving to know #all the proposals presented in the *CIG and *haciéndolas of the public command, and also because Parliament #can send to two representatives to at least #some of the meetings. +The European Union has condemned in diverse occasions rapes of the human rights occurred in *Afganistán, especially, the systematic discrimination and constant of women and young girls, the shootings without previous trial and the own system, based in a severe discipline and in tightness. +It that *ustedes perhaps consider worrisome, it that go to read, is not a decision of Parliament, is decision project that is integral part of the Agreement *Interinstitucional, already published - with #the same identical words - in the Official Diary of the past 31 May. +#If the governments and citizens #can have security that we have effective means to decide how Been is responsible of the examination of asylum appeal and to confront with the problem of the multiple appeals of asylum, *nos will facilitate the work to promote norms of asylum elevated and *equitativas. +Take advantage of this opportunity to give security to Mrs. Clod *i *Cusí that the digital prints of immigrants only use for the planned concrete purpose in the Agreement of *Dublín -is to say for analysis- or was to see #if they have requested asylum in another Been member. +Now treats to know #if it #can accept that, little by little, decision after decision, resolving #all the problems with the pretext to fix *litigios commercial, the *ORD finish by *erigirse in a species of Court Supreme world-wide, and impose sight points to the governments and to parliaments chosen. +Is necessary to defend the principle of the community preference and, therefore, restitution system to export, including products designated "out of the annex 1", is to say, pertinent alimentary products of agricultural products Europeans that commercialise to an upper price to the international price. +Is that, as it says the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of the Inner Market, in normal circumstances only will be able to be collected the impressions *dactilares of criminals and suspicious individuals of having committed penal infringements and no of applicants of right of asylum, refugees or citizens of third countries in irregular situation in the territory or in border of a Been member. +Monday the Council decided to withdraw the motion that had presented, with the pretext that it collected a fundamental article of the Universal Statement of the Human Rights; Tuesday approved texts that quoted again the fundamental articles of #the same. +death pity is an extreme sanction, and Parliament and the #european institutions have to take part with the maximum firmness in front of *Rusia so that it go back to reconsider the question, withdraw indictment and respect call in favour of the immediate release. +No it is necessary to see, as, in this decision neither the absence of an external politics neither the fact that we have yielded in front of #any pressure, but that treats of assessment by the Union of the risk that existed - had account of the amendments proposed - of *encontrarnos, in name of this legitimate fight, and that *nosotros share, underneath of #that that had won before. +By #everything *ello, is urgent that reinforce in collaboration with Nations Joined #all contacts that have like European Commission to boost development of a stability pact. Have to promote attention and the political energy of #all #that that are in the zone so that the stability pact convert in reality. +This release is, in reality, enough *sintomática of will fault to effect the balance of genocide, and especially of the will of *silenciar the implication of the #european countries, in particular of *Francia, #whose complicity, at least passive, has put in evidence a recent parliamentary investigation. +resolution proposal *equivoca when mentioning the need that it go back to *instituir or implant democracy: rather #would have to take a call in favour of progress to democracy, and propose a practical program for the European Union that facilitate progress. +Whereas the opening to the capitalist economy translates by the fall of production and by a considerable impoverishment of the majority of the population, war swallows important sums, by not talking of the cost of corruption that the accompanies. +Is true -and #some of *ustedes have posed it- that, regarding relations with the Court of Accounts, there #be a problem of primary legislation that obviously it will be necessary to modify, #if it wants to apply to the European Bank of Investments deal that to the community institutions. +Fits to remember the mandate of the European Council of Colony to the Commission; fits to remember that before finals of 1999 had to have a specific and special treatment that still has not got; fits to remember that, in these moments, are the legislative diary of the Commission for the year 2000. +Without embargo, #can *asegurarles, Mr. President and Mr. speaker that, in the next negotiations on a proposal *concerniente to the Canarian Islands on the base of Article 299 (2) of the Treaty, the Commission will take in consideration comments on the question #as well as observations of Parliament during the debate. +In the last years, because of #european politics and to politics of the successive governments, have lost 6.000 places of direct work in siderurgy, 6.000 places of direct work in the *minería, 10.000 small agricultural exploitations, have lost places of work in the manufacture of arms and have lost places of work in the naval sector. +The title says «Situation in the *Egeo», and the author of the text in a #ours document, of the European Parliament, presents to the islands of the *Egeo, integral part of territory #greek, in accordance with the international treaties, like a region #whose sovereignty contested #Grecia and *Turquía. To show it more clearly to *usted, lady. +In view of that we do not have #all the possibilities wished to allow to this world-wide agency succeed -of course, will take all it possible for *ello, but the other have to *seguirnos-, have decided to elaborate simultaneously action plan #european against doping and time will have #all freedom to fulfil with obligations. +Without embargo, *cuando there #be a clear conflict on purpose of norms of competition, but the federations engage to use bottoms collected for *dedicarlos to education and the social action in sport, #some practical #can remain *exentas of norms of competition. +Believe that we have to be extremely accurate with this subject in the Summit of *Helsinki. And *ello because it #can take a *constatación related with the question: the *constatación that *Turquía with his political path sample not comprising that a narrower relation with *Europa happens by satisfaction of determined requirements, the requirements that have been fixed in texts and resolutions of the European Union. +Regarding the Letter of Fundamental Rights, is important also that it #can no only expand the rights that today already are established in letters and treaties, but also recognise rights of the social and economic spheres, and especially that it was innovative and creative in the sphere of the new rights related with environmental questions and with the protection of the rights of consumers. +Finally, gentleman President, also support it *cuando pretends that they approve the strategic lines established in the conclusions of the Council of *Tampere, in particular in the fight against drug traffic and expect that the Presidency #portuguese was available to approve in the next semester action plan. +#Can take a list of countries to the that, in bottom, *les #would interest and #would wish to go in to form part of this *Europa *confiriéndole afterwards a distinct nature of it that is not: *Europa is not a treaty *aduanero, is not a zone of *librecambio; *Europa is a union of countries and by #this the have called European Union. +Like this, in my city of *Lyón, a young historian without resources and to the that *yo did not know, Mr. *Plantin, has been condemned by the simple offence to have mentioned, like bibliography, in a scholarly review that edits, dramas that rectify historical errors to the that it no longer adheres any serious historian, was *cual went orientation. +has invoked against *él *ora the law on the publications that corrupt to youth, that #can find other fields of application, *ora the law of the communist French *Gayssot, that forces, for example, to follow attributing to Germans the slaughtering of thousands of officials #polish in *Katyn, in spite of that the #soviet recognised *haberla committed. +Against, without embargo, of it that defend the Council and the Commission on progresses of democracy in *Turquía -to judge by which seems that said progresses happen in the first place by businesses of multinationals-, the reality *nos shows of the most graphic mood that has registered impairment of the situation. +#If it is like this, *yo *me ask how explains that somebody like *Akim *Birdal was in favour that we adopt a new strategy, how explains that other #turkish representatives are likewise in favour that we adopt a new strategy and how explains that #all the contrary opposition to the Government and also the civil society are in favour that we adopt another strategy, #if #this only represents support measure to the Government. +#If the initial goal was the to reach that the public have easily access to information updated, the speaker goes more far when requiring no only frequency of information facilitation, but also media diversity to the that resort to spread said information and is not *poca thing. +The strategy is definitely consistent, since it knows that around half of the total broadcasts of CO2 are associated to vehicle traffic, but also is precise to consider that roughly a 12% of broadcast total of CO2 generate in the European Union, whereas the rest of the world issues a 88%. +Personally, believe that the commission of *Helsinki #can offer guidelines, in addition to for his own main function, or was, the protection of the half marine, also for the execution of program of Diary 21 and, probably, for the coordination of plans regional rational. +Nevertheless, this agreement of the Council of ministers has produced an important unrest among producers of the rest of the countries, specifically *España, #Italia and #Grecia, that really are very competitive in transformation and in tomato production. +From sight point of citizens, it essential is not it that last the possibility of the optional use of #one or coin, but during how much time the banks will accept the conversion of the old coin in the new euro of free form. +The fact to underline the importance that the decisions base in data and scientific studies and technicians is fundamental, did not concerns so only to the common organisation of the market of products of fishing but also to the general management of fishing. +Support the common organisation of the markets and the strengthening of producer organisations, but have problems, first of all, regarding the risk that the costs see unnecessarily increased, and also regarding the concrete form in that here it is fixed intervention age, although we recognise that it has to be greater. +. (GIVE) The *socialdemócratas #danish in the European Parliament have voted today in favour of the proposal of *codecisión relative to the *preparativos of the meeting of the European Council in *Helsinki days 10 and 11 December 1999, since in general we agree with the recommendations of the proposal regarding the important subjects in matter of employment, environment, enlargement, etc. that appear in the agenda. +Follow thinking that State Bosses and of Government have to fix in the first place a realistic agenda that take possible to close the governmental conference before the end of the year 2000, of form that do not arise relative obstacles to the Treaty for the next enlargement of the EU. +The text says like this: "take upsetting in that development of the *PESC has to base mainly in the principle that conflicts and the crisis have to be warned and handled with civil and peaceful means and that the military means only have to use like last resource, having to #this be sufficiently protected by a mandate of the UN or of the *OSCE, and without that it mean increase of the military costs." +since #this is a very sensitive question and place that finish to return of *Turquía of a brief trip of the parliamentary delegation, wanted to *pedirle explanation, lady Speaker, and, in concrete, especially taking into account that already there #be had time agreements that the European Union is a #christian community. +Gentleman Commissioner, *Europa also has contributed to *ello overloading the agenda with subjects that swims had to see with the international trade and offering #one *coartada to the one who had special interest by *ralentizar integration process of the world-wide markets: an interest that surely, repeat, was not neither the of the #european consumers neither neither of the #indian workers or *paquistaníes. +No only will favour the democratic transparency of the *OMC, but that will help to provide a continuous link with the no governmental organisations, and besides will favour the gradual evolution of the no commercial subjects of the agenda. +Gentleman President, lamentably, as it already has said, the balance of *Seattle has not been especially positive. The only true leading were demonstrators that, in spite of claiming #a lot of fine reasons that #can share perfectly, thought, *equivocándose, that the failure of the Summit #can represent of by himself\/hisself a victory, a solution to the grave problems posed. +In said elections #some candidates presented candidature so much to the European Parliament as to the national Parliament and, besides, #some candidates were potential members of the future Government *luxemburgués, it that, in accordance with section 1 of article 6 of the quoted Record of 20 September 1976, is incompatible with deputy quality to the European Parliament. +do not go to achieve that it leave to use methyl bromide for shortening terms; rather run the risk to go in in an unwanted dynamics of *incumplimiento and fraud that goes to give a contrary result to the wished by #all. +The European Union, as it has said this afternoon, has to be to the avant-garde, without embargo, in matter of recovery of ozone coats in stratosphere, #as well as of containment of the effect *invernadero, the result no measures by the step of *Europa but in the context of a global vision. +The decision to award to *Turquía the statute of country candidate to adhesion is, definitely, a political gesture bear with diet #turkish, although *Turquía has not taken it more minimum to fulfil the known requirements that EU has imposed. +This decision encourages to diet #turkish to continue violating the human rights, to follow forward with genocide of village *kurdo, with occupation of the 38% of territory #cypriot, to follow projecting his territorial pretences in the *Egeo. +The European Union do not has to commit errors that the Council of *Europa, that accepted to *Turquía, in moment, although it was *flagrantemente against of the criteria of belonging to organisation relative to the protection of minorities and of the human rights. +#There is had advances, definitely, in relation with the previous Conference *Intergubernamental, but it more worrisome is that the Council had on the table a proposal that #would have given more leadership to the European Parliament, that *le #would have recognised a similar place to the that goes to have the Commission in negotiations, and no the approved. +But know that, alas, after route of silk, came route of oil, afterwards the of cocaine, to continuation the of heroine and now, alas, happen to route of traffic of materials, that are very dangerous for peace and security of citizens. +Recently the #italian Government has refused appeal of city council with a clear tourist vocation, *Taormina, to open casino and, to time, has authorised casino of #Venecia to open branch in *Mestre. +In the first place, the proposal of *exoneración by categories of agreements excepts supply agreements of beer that contemplate a clause that forbid competition, celebrated among beer manufacturers that possess market quota inferior to the 30% and bar owners or public venues. +Regarding the specific characteristics of the forest sector, takes #few date the Commission has taken public a communication on competitiveness of the industries of forest products and of industries *conexas of the European Union. +Have left clear that consumer is it only that *nos concerns in *Europa. With this object, have reinforced Security Service of Foods, to end to transmit a signal in this sense, and have consigned in the presupposed resources in favour of the socially disadvantaged, that *nos allow to advance in the fight against unemployment. +*Señorías, *les communicate that this morning it has found a suspicious package in the *alrededores of building *Louise *Weiss and that police #french, in collaboration with security services, has forbidden the entrance to building and has effected control, #whose result, has been negative. +For example, the elimination of broadcasts in traffic and a reduction of the 10 percent in the sectors of home, industry and the own production of energy. measures of the EU to limit CO2 broadcasts of trucks are necessary. +To stabilise the climate and reassure to the inhabitants, without using too much the notion of protection of the environment -that has wanted to leave for environmentalists-, *esgrime the protocol of *Kioto, cow crazy", dioxins and the debate on the *OMG. +To end to fulfil with commitments collected in the Protocol of *Kioto, the EU has to help instead to promote the renewable energies and look for suitable solutions from the point of environmental sight of form that reduce the current level of broadcasts of CO2. +Recently, a private commercial conflict that affected to the financial interests of political leaders of Chinese gave place to kidnapping in *Macao of a man of businesses #australian innocent of #chinese origin, Mr. #James *Pang, that was condemned to seven years of prison in Chinese by false charges. +Like speaker of the European Parliament had the opportunity to assist to the Forum of the *ONG in *Beijing #as well as to the Governmental Conference of the 189 States. Obviously, have followed very of wall events of the last five years, no only in the European Union but also in the countries in roads of development. +The Treaty *Euratom do not establishes query of Parliament, but, of compliance with the Agreement *interinstitucional that exists with the European Parliament, the Council has engaged to not formalising agreement but after having requested the *dictamen of the European Parliament. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0080\/1999), in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, concerning the common position (9616\/1999 - *C5-0182\/1999 - 1998\/0240(*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the orphan medicines (Speaker: Mrs. *Grossetête) +Follow requiring the debate around the *equiparación and reforms in the EU, without embargo, above #all has to take an active stake in front of the countries in roads of development and in relation with help allocated to *Kosovo, the *Balcanes, etc. to end to guarantee also the incorporation and the participation of women in development and in reconstruction. +With seen to the meeting of the UN in New *York, needs that we accelerate preparation process, in what European Union, #if it is that really we wish to have a substantive participation and to the height of the prestige of the Union so much in the preparatory works as in the own meeting. +Commissioner has stood out the situation of Parliament and his important paper, has mentioned also insufficiency of the action plan, the need to develop it and the importance to assume clear political positions. +Lady Speaker, when denying to raise the embargo on meat of *vacuno #british, the #french Government has preferred to face up to a punctual and momentary crisis with his #european partners before that risk to that, inside months or years, burst a scandal related with illness of *Creutzfeld-#Jacob. +From the beginning of the crisis of meat of *vacuno, deputies of the Scottish Nationalist Party of Parliament have defended *insistentemente an evaluation by separate of the situation in *Escocia, with seen to the staggered resumption of export. +With regard to the question of #if it produced a delay or #if the procedures will carry in last instance in front of the courts later of it that #would have taken according to the procedure of official notification, have to say that the first letter that sends the Commission demands usually an answer in term of two months. +In case of *litigio in front of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the processes no only celebrate among the immediate parts -in this case, the Commission and *Francia-, but that also States members have #all the right to take part in #the same: Realm Joined or any #another Been member. +The Council remembers that, inside the frame of the association treaties that have signed with each #one of the aspiring countries, specified the particular needs of each #one of *ellos in relation with legislation and procedures in this matter, #as well as the goals that each #one of the aspiring States has to reach. +*Permítame mention an example that know well, that is not #another that the of my country: in #Grecia, that has ten millions of inhabitants, already there #be in this moment million and half of immigrants, of economic refugees or of categories of immigrants, it that means that the active population of the country has increased in a twenty percent. +Subject: Compliance with the community politics and access to information of the European Bank of Investments (*BEI) In March of 1998 the European Bank of Investments conceded credit of 60.000 millions, roughly, to company *Gardaland *S.*p.To., for enlargement of attraction park of name. +Gentleman President, as I indicated in my first answer on this subject, the Commission will deliver to the Council proposal to the *respecto in January of the 2000, and time that the proposal of the Commission was in being able to of the Council, the Council will begin *considerarla and will determine posture in front of this subject. +This problem went back to be treated in the session of the Council of 6 October 1999 and decided that in the following session of the Council, in December, #would keep a wide debate on the subject, basing in the report that was the Commission. +Likewise, the Council urged especially to the Government of *Rusia to avert civil victims and to guarantee the arrival without obstacles to destination of the humanitarian help, also of help allocated to the increasing group of persons forced to displace to *Ingusetia from places of origin.. +The first stipulates that States members have to implant the compulsory identification of meat of *vacuno from 1 January of the year 2001. The *segunda proposal establishes that it will apply a transitory rule, is to say, identification system *facultativo, until 31 December of the year 2000. +Lady Speaker, illustrated deputies, ladies and gentlemen, the exercise of our more basic right to choose our own future, like free and independent country, already left to foresee tragic consequences, but village did not hesitate in showing, once again, that is firmly determined to defend freedoms. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0099\/1999) of Mr. *Murphy, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position of the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establish measured of fight against the *morosidad in the commercial operations (8790\/1999 - *C5-0125\/1999 - 1998\/0099(*COD)) +To finish, still wanted to express, of mood, my gratitude to #all attendants of budget Commission, that have had to act really during days followed, giving the thanks to the same time to #all Parliament and especially to my own Group by his firm and *vigoroso support in #all stages of this subject. +Finally, want to underline that in the modern conception of the study of the consequences of the penal trial, pity has to have function *reeducadora and allow rehabilitation of citizen that has mistaken to reach that it go back to occupy place in the civil society. +Seems that members of the Legislative Assembly -in that #all, of course, are men- are not engaged in virtue of the Constitution of the country neither by the laws, neither by his international commitments, neither by the political will of the leaders of the country that subjected to vote the decree in question. +Gentleman President, *yo had asked the word before proceeding to the vote to say that Group had presented a project of specific resolution on the natural catastrophes in *Francia and that, of course, are *cofirmantes of the common resolution. +Also in reform of the structural Bottoms and of cohesion in the frame of Diary 2000, #one of reform goals more important is concentration of help in the especially needed regions and poorer. +Malt authorities have introduced VAT, but still it is necessary *promulgar norms legislative new to achieve that Malt legislation was in accordance with the situation in the European Union. +Now have to respect also the committed contemplated in the Treaty of *Amsterdam, that *nos force to integrate the environmental politics in #all the process *decisorio of the European Union. The put in practice of these obligations of the Treaty of *Amsterdam by part of the distinct countries will subject to examination in the next summits of the European Union. +Of general form, the diverse speakers of the Commission of External Subjects underline difficulties that it will be necessary to surpass and congratulate of advances already reached and urge to that reforms go accompanied of measures directed to attenuate the social consequences. +No fits to think in enlargement #any unless States applicants are in conditions to add to coin only without that *ello comport a threat for integrity and condition, and are had to adhere to avert that it worsen even more the Union with his present structure of two classes. +obstacles that, alas, #some countries members have pretended to interpose, linking negotiations to the solution of the question *politicomilitar that from 25 years ago tortures to the island, constitute, said was with indulgence, glide diplomatic that, without embargo, *oponen to the philosophy of the European Union and to the of enlargement, and that, in any case, take *peligrar his happy culmination. +The need of this strategy derives directly of the proposals of Diary 2000 in the that recognises that the adoption of the *acervo environmental will require an enormous effort by part of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental, that only will be able to be possible on a long-term basis and only with some very high costs -in #that then talked of quantities of 100 to 120 one thousand millions of euros-. +Since the financial support of the Union only covers a very small part of the necessary means, is absolutely essential that get to a very focused approach, effective and strategic of approach process. +In chamber place wish to obtain a public confirmation of the promise of the Commission to inform to Parliament and *darle the opportunity to elaborate a report on the proposed Regulation of exemption by categories and on orientations, before the Commission take his definite decision. +Of comparable mood to the evolution in States Joined from finals of the last century, the authority *anti *trust of the European Union has evolved in the last years until convert in spear tip of the European Union. +Yesterday, during the vote on my report and the report of Mr. *Chanterie, Mr. *Collins announced to Parliament that in the gallery had photographer that was photos of papers of #some deputies and of vote lists. +This year have presented in total 1.372, 191 more that the previous year. This circumstance shows that citizens consider necessary activity of Defender of Village to correct the presumptive irregularities that #can produce in the administration of the European Union. +The analysis of infringement procedures from 1996 indicates that there #be had a minimum of 97 cases linked with requests of a total of 535 cases referents to direct complaints concerning the *cuales the Commission sent letters of official notification, initiating of way infringement procedures. +Gentleman President, the facts have repaired honour of man, but the Commission considers still necessary that the disciplinary procedure continue and, besides, *le has relieved of competitions in control of finances, field in the that, without embargo, has made work stood out. +Lady Of #Esteban #Martín, *permítame take subsection and express my sincere gratitude to Mr. *Newman by help that *nos has provided to #all with example; because in the fifteen years that has been to service of the European Parliament, *nos has helped even more in the operation, and no only in *él, of this commission. +Possibly #can find a solution, so that the committee of general directors yield the execution of program to a committee delegated -therefore, really #would have two levels inside the committee-, but the general directors continue being managers. +Before the Summit of *Berlín, especially *Alemania and the Low Countries doubted concerning the quantity of the sum, without basing, by it other, doubts regarding the content. *Alemania and the Low Countries are really essential in work of the #european administrations of customs. +Wanted to go back to appreciate to the commissions, the speakers and Parliament in general the enormous and constructive work made in terrain so concrete that *reviste, to time, a big symbolic importance, #as well as concrete, for the operation of the European Union. +To *ello adds that, by general rule, the collection of taxes did not coincides with utilisation of infrastructure and the majority of times taxes do not adjust to the ecological costs or the other external costs. +So much the calendar, #whose last stage finishes in the year 2004, like committee creation of national experts seem to guarantee a realistic application of the concept proposed, so much more what that in this way do not impose to nobody an enclosed concept. It that pretend is that the 15 States collaborate in the preparation of the solutions. +The speaker no only has worked with *ahínco on this report but that also has recognised the complexity of the question, sensitivity that arouses this subject, and has produced a report drafted with great care that deserves support of #all Parliament. +Estimated lady *Schmidbauer, the recommendation of the majority *rojiverde of Transport Commission and Tourism that we urge to the Commission to that it include transport deprived no commercial in the new system, of the that for the moment remains excluded, by means of the community Right -no, as it is usual, to scale national- *nos seems too much *aventurada -not even the Commission *atreve to go so far-. +Gentleman President, speaker of Right Commission of Woman, Mrs. *Hautala, has tried to present an oral amendment to the amendments 1 and 2 to end to delimit discriminations in reason of sex that *incumben to the commissions 1 and 8. +Regarding the amendment of the Liberal, that #would delete the payment of planned subsidies in agreements to fishermen, the Greens the support for estimating that the fleets that fish in waters very distant do not have to perceive subsidies so important, especially *cuando pose *tantos problems the agreements to #whose protect operate. +To time, offensive of NATO -instead of isolating to dictator *Milosevic and diet- is the undesirable effect to reinforce the nationalist unit to his around against a foreign intervention. +As they see, have treated to elaborate a wide strategy, because #one *Europa that it is able to create an only market and a common coin has to be able to find moods and forms to face up jointly to a problem of this *envergadura. +The *Relator special of Nations Joined on the independence of the judicial power and of lawyers, the High *Comisionada of Nations Joined for the Human Rights, the International Commission of Jurists and, last night, members of Congress of States Joined have expressed his weigh by it *sucedido. +My congratulation is *extensiva to #all members of Right Commission of Woman and to #all deputies that have contributed to formulate program and plan of action to combat violence against woman and boys. +Respect a lot to #all the signatories, as to #all deputies of this Assembly, but is responsibility of #this choose the suitable course, or well in front of the Court of Justice or well through the pertinent resolutions put that the Regulation allows ways to express this will. +The system adopted allows *clarificarlo so that they keep competitions that treated to keep exactly in the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer, and to time that keep the logical competitions in the Commission of Juridical Subjects. +*Ella *me remembered that, in a preparatory conference that celebrated in *Viena in 1998, the Commission of Woman of Nations Joined had listened especially to Europeans that manifested pain, suffering, abuses, the *penalidades suffered during the dramatic nationalist confrontations in the territory of the ancient *Yugoslavia. +#would Want equally express my congratulation with reason of the conference that celebrated in *Bruselas the past month of October under the consigns «citizens of the third age in the century *XXI: life by in front». to personal title, believe that it treats of #one of the most fruitful conferences to the that have assisted since I am deputy to the European Parliament. +chamber of the #european population is affected in these moments, and *nosotros pretend to put self-esteem of this social group in attention centre so that they #can fulfil task and his social role of mood in that *nosotros now *nos imagine it. +Has foreseen the Commission boost the use of biofuel and *biolubricante now that the Summit of *Berlín has taken upsetting in the need to deploy an agricultural politics more forceful in the field of the no alimentary applications? +Admit that products #can go out *algo more expensive that the conventional products, but the ecological benefits are so great that the European Commission really #would have to elaborate active proposals in this sense so that products mentioned #can open path in the #european markets. +And, second, that companies that have value to follow living and producing in #Venecia with costs much higher that the other, have some fiscal helps, and that the Commission withdraw sanctions that has begun to instruct because the #italian Government has conceded helps. +Believe that no *nos corresponds to *nosotros go in in the debate of experts about the specific options that they #can solve the problem of the *acqua high, but consider that it is necessary to think in #Venecia as in a zone with specific problems, in that help and care, directed to keep a viable economic context, are necessary. +Is to the light of #this that it wanted to ask an explanation, a fine explanation -have said a very fine explanation- of the Table and of School of *Cuestores on reasons not to allow exhibition that *yo had invited and to the that previously had given permission. +Yes know that the Socialist Group has delivered a very short text with only some questions and maybe the #others texts offer the possibility to modify it a bit but, President, do not understand why suddenly postpones to Tuesday *algo that we #would have to have taken already the past week. +To #mine request has drafted a report in Employment Commission and Social Subjects on productivity taxes and the green taxes and of *él gives off that, #if it introduces tax type to #european level, #can have great effects for employment. +Without coordination of the economic politics more general, the monetary politics will not have neither efficiency neither vigour that want that have, of luck that coin of the European Union exert his true paper. +In the report of the Court of Accounts there #be, certainly, a series of negative comments about the execution of the budget -on #some will talk immediately- but #would be lightness #if they attributed only to the Commission deficiencies that have produced. +*Me encourage, in consequence, the wish and hope -certainty, #would say- that with the structural changes already in course in the organisation and operation of the Commission, will be easy for the next Parliament -that will have support of the Commission and will not have to confront to it that *nos have confronted *nosotros the last three years- receive explanations and find solutions. +The Commission keeps the position that to procedure deficiencies criticised by the Court of Accounts #can put *coto establishing a minimum grade of competition, especially, in the procedures of the public contests and in adjudication procedures. +The Commission has understood that the to adopt clear decisions and strictly political that tie hands of the new Commission in moment in that the Commission has resigned is a question that has to consider attending to the particular circumstances of each case. +Finally, wanted to underline that, since the institutional calendar and the political circumstances take to coincide the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam with the renewal of Parliament and of the Commission, will have to be institutions renewed the that take dialogue on this matter with the Council. +*Sir *Brittan, in the field of drugs fits to accept a secondary effect, in the field of the alimentary products do not has to have these secondary effects, and here has to take investment of proof so that #that that produce and wish to apply means have to show his *inocuidad. +do not have to fear by a negative budgetary reflection because fix in the reduction of VAT in crop of the ornamental plants. sales went up so much in my country that arks of state collected 340 millions more. +Mrs. *Peijs *me has asked flexibility in the sense to achieve the result it more quickly possible and, therefore, interpret the paradoxical appeal and precisely in the sense of not admitting the amendments that #would not take thing that *ralentizar the process. +Have to remember that, for example, even the exceptions based in article 27, that in bottom are disposals of application and no a new legislation, require unanimity; have to remember the great difficulties that are regarding the Committee of VAT that, by nature, is merely *aplicativo, although States members resist to that it happen norm by qualified majority. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman candidate President of the European Commission, *Señorías, the resignation of the salient Commission has left very clear first of all that it is necessary a balance of powers more democratic among Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +#would Have appreciated that this availability had been clearer takes months, *cuando, for example, tackled the Statute of deputies to the European Parliament or the technical and statutory terms in the *cuales had to vote to President of the Commission. +#would Wish to signal that the small countries neither have privilege regarding this question, by it that #would have to demand that States members smaller, that have member of the Commission, recognised that women also have experience and are qualified, #as well as that it is possible to find candidates to occupy square in the Commission. +Finally, want to require that the improvement of production and of commercialisation of honey, that went object of my report on the regulation *ad *hoc and in the frame of the *cual have obtained 15 millions of euros to the year, although *yo had requested 65, raisin by a high level of requirements in matter of quality, of control and of labeling of honey. +The debates that it has been surrounded denial by Parliament of the approval of the management of the Commission in the budgetary exercise 1996 of the European Communities have had the political consequences that #all know. +Also receive with satisfaction #all the steps that is the UN and urge to President of the Council to that it begin at last to give steps, after experiences of *Bosnia and of *Kosovo, so that it proceed to adapt at last the Letter of Nations Joined of the year 1949 to the real circumstances. +*Me gathered with numerous political representatives of the Government and of the opposition: president of Parliament, Mr. *Ginuisynis, Integration minister European, Mr. *Lakori that pleads by association of *Albania to the European Union, and the boss of the opposition, Mr. *Berisha. +#This is the first time that a regional alliance of nations takes part in defence of the human rights, to reestablish some stable conditions in a zone of *Europa that is from eight years ago a reaction in chain of attempts of this type and always by reasons. +The world-wide organisation to the that before has taken reference has *fracasado, without embargo, completely, since it has not known *insuflar life to Letter and to the International Right, but that in big part have remained reduced to dead letter, and neither has prevented conflicts, that is the end for the that in fact it was created. +And to finish, the last question, in the situation in that now *nos find, gentleman President, #can *decirnos #if the Council is conscious of the urgent need to develop, in the frame of the Alliance, of course, analysis capacity and defence capacity that are ideal for *Europa? +It that *le #can say is that the Commission, at least from the point of humanitarian sight, #as well as #all the humanitarian agencies, have not been informed by States members, although in addition to seat in the Atlantic Council take it in the European Union. +since President of the Council has initiated today the debate asking where find the political solutions, *yo wanted to add a complementary question: how has taken in the last years of prevention of the crisis, of the preventive measures? +As well, reservation is a typical instrument pure and hard of international Right public, and the juridical instrument chosen by the Council to dip of *rondón #that *descomunitarización, differentiation, discrimination among the #european members of parliament is, precisely, reservation. +#If we accepted project of the Council and the amendment of the liberal, instead of the text elaborated in the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens under the direction of Mr. *Rothley, *nos #would be *desautorizando again in relation with a decisive subject and that *nos affects directly. +In wait of a decision to the *respecto in the course of this year, Budget Commission has assigned appropriately reservation of 60 millions of euros and has created a reservation of personnel for the increase of the administrative work that #this goes to suppose. +Now that the European Parliament aspires to debug the European Union and exert with responsibility function like budgetary authority, *me results personally problematic the fact that 490 civil servants of the European Parliament go to benefit of promotion in the year 2000. +But, gentleman *Jarzembowsky, results cynical that *usted, that has tried #everything to avert that it got to regulation and that has tried #everything to avert that they include external costs for example in toll taxes or in the *gravámenes for the use of determined infrastructures, now take as #if this agreement went too much low and did not adapt to the situation of the environment. +For example, commitment credits do not contain an explicit disposal to include the external costs in the *gravámenes existent, although it allows, and in #some cases demands, differentiation of the *gravámenes existent with the purpose to reflect the environmental look and effects. +Finally, have to applaud allusion that takes to credit cards, because truly there #be had in *ellas an enormous abuse, and believe that the amendment to the *respecto, that is the 25, has to carry with rigour, since without signature, simply with retaining a number of card, give abuses that #all know and, therefore, in point it is necessary to be very rigorous. +But, besides, it is necessary to remember here that execution norms *hipotecaria subject to competition of the courts of place in that it situates the well, and have to remember to the *respecto article 16.1 of the Agreement of *Bruselas of 1968 that, obviously, the community Right has to respect, and has to respect, in definite, gentleman *Whitehead, for the good end of the interests of consumers. +Therefore, will insist in that the #european building is construction juridical, a construction in Right, and or have lawyers, in general with persons of the Right, like belt of transmission among the rules and the social reality or badly will go the #european construction. +So that the amendment 61, that introduces a right to renounce to the right to obtain information before the celebration of agreement means that the Commission has to refuse article 11, had account that establishes that consumers #can not renounce to the rights that *les confers the directive. +Finally, expect that Parliament contribute with collaboration to guarantee a fast approval of the current proposal that ensure continuity among program of community action at present in course and program proposed that will go in in vigour on 1 January of the year 2000. +Have to admit that in the *segunda reading of the Managerial frame agreed with the Council in that the Directive mark was not the correct frame for disposals of the specific directive relative to level of *pesticidas in the *potitos, although of course also was totally in accordance with Mrs. *Breyer in the need that the *potitos were free of *pesticidas. +Am -and my Group also- very satisfied with the result of the conciliation procedure, since in the course of the conciliation procedure accepted this principle, of course no like integral part of the conciliation procedure, but politically like part of negotiations. +Now only #can expect that producers of the EU effect a fast change in food production for babies and small boys, because thing is clear: baby feeding and small boys has to be free of any poisonous substance. +Now, in the frame of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, is possible the simple rejection by part of Parliament *cuando *nos *oponemos to a text in place of rejection in two simpler -stages, easier and plants to Parliament in a stronger position. +Recognises the practical that negotiations do not carry out among 15 and 15, but in a more reduced group: president and speaker of the competent commission with President of the Council and the Commission, informing later to the Conciliation Committee in plenary. +will say that the subject do not has depth, but these subjects are sensitive in communities that are restructuring, as it treats of village that carries four years trying that water debugger residual of the zone in the that *ellos live put 2 or 3 kilometres more down to avert the bad smells. +In this sense, will have to receive supports and the necessary means. Second, the Union will have to occupy to define a true strategy, group strategy for stability in the *Balcanes, and Colony will be a key moment in road. +The Council of Ministers of Finances will subject to the European Council a report on the international financial architecture, the #asian and #russian crisis have *evidenciado reform need in this field. +Has taken well the Council in proposing quickly Roman Presidency *Prodi, but #all know -and finishes it to say Mr. President *Santer- that exists the problem of the need to reinforce and define the political paper of the Commission. +Create -and already am in name of my Group- that in front of the options that poses, for example, the self-evident of Prime ministers of Big *Bretaña and *España, #Tony *Blair and #José *Mª *Aznar, that means more deregulation and more *flexibilización, *nosotros #would opt by proposal frank-#italian, with a relaunching of the active politics of employment and a relaunching also of the public investments. +Believe that, #if we achieve to give priority to the idea of a constitutional pact and of citizenship, has to mean before that swims a political will reinforced of political integration, of *superación of nationalism -and *permítanme remember it here in moment in that it goes back to *prender war in the *Balcanes-, path has to be the of integration, because, as it said here *Mitterrand, «nationalism is war». +costs for the EU of 15 members until the 2006 will rise to 686.000 millions of euros, keeping to a real constant price, is to say, that for the first time it that have already reached in States members, budgetary discipline and discipline of strict costs #as well as limitation of growth of the budgets in function of economic prescriptions, reach it now also to #european level. +Have voted against of the proposal of Mr. *Rothley because I regret that we have not collected the document of the Council. Have left to happen of long the big opportunity to have at last to finals of the legislative period a Statute of deputy. +The European Parliament has lost an opportunity without pair to resolve a fundamental question for prestige and dignity, in moment, besides, in that debate and demands in *Europa transparency and efficiency in the operation of #all the community institutions. +From takes long, a majority of Parliament *parapeta after the fault of initiative of the Council in this subject for *excusar will fault to see how goes out forward an only statute of the #european deputy. +In effect, in accordance with #some national statutes, existed assignment discrimination among deputies #german, #whose flourishing economy allows some noble parliamentary assignments and colleagues #portuguese, #whose modesty of the economy comported some parliamentary assignments equally modest. +The Group of Independent by the *Europa of Nations exhorts to the #european managers to keep this embargo of the *STB, that is hormone produced by bacteria genetically modified and alters of clear way health of livestock *vacuno and of way very #likely health of persons that the consume. +The result of 525 votes goes to impress to the Commission of mood that goes to keep the prohibition of hormones and goes *reiniciar conflict in signpost of the *OMC to show clearly that we do not want to impose to our population this dangerous meat treated with hormones. +The reports of Mr. #Spencer *nos show that the European Union begins to affirm like political power and express with clarity the idea that the European Parliament self-evident the will to contribute contribution in this field. +Is precise to add the decision of State Congress Joined to develop, under conditions, a system of antimissile defence that, from sight point #russian, #would put in cloth of trial the Treaty *ABM». +Recommend, as, the approval of the Regulation, and much more now, that the majority of the positions that has expressed the European Parliament, already from last November, have been approved and have reached, this last month, additional positive changes in negotiations with the Council. +Wanted to invite to the Commission at the end of our mandate to accept offer of City council of *Manchester to go to see changes that are possible the #european bottoms on the local communities of the region. +Gentleman President, to begin *permítame that in speaker quality for the agricultural finances of Diary 2000 express my appreciate by the Presidency German by the possibilities offered by the German Government for the celebration of a *triálogo on the agricultural politics. +Going back to my recommendation for the *segunda reading on the granting of community financial helps in the field of networks *transeuropeas, work has carried out of compliance with the ancient Treaty and now recognises the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Only like this understands that the initial proposal of the Commission, that already of by himself\/hisself supposed a reduction of the structural Bottoms and of cohesion with regard to levels of the current period, have seen diminished with the final agreement reached in the European Council of *Berlín. +Gentleman President, *le ask pardon because I do not have the Regulation, but order question refers to #if we have abandoned practice that used up to now in question turn, according to the *cual, after a question formulated by deputy, and after the answer of the Council, deputies have right for it that calls in groins a *follow *up . +underlines that foods and medicines depend officially of diet of sanctions imposed to the *Iraq after the invasion of *Kuwait, but the bureaucratic structure of supply system and the limited income that obtains the country of the legal sales of oil restrict imports. +Is President in #willing exercise to recognise that program «oil by foods», although *loable, comports deficiencies of bureaucratic type and collateral sanctions, and that follows without *suplir the needs of boys, whereas parents #can take very little to put end to the inhuman dictatorship of *Sadam *Husein? +Is intention of the Presidency adopt a definite decision on this proposal in the Council of Ministers of Fishing that will celebrate in June. The previous condition for *ello is that until then it have concluded in Parliament training of an opinion to the *respecto. +All *resume to the fact that, apart from presenting a resolution proposal in the 55ª Meeting on the Human Rights in Gin, in the that declare #which was #ours position, have not gone back to take at all from then, because we follow without the lower information on the 598 men and the seven #kuwaiti women that were sent to prisons *iraquíes. +To the equal that the *Europa *librecambista, the *Europa of the big only market has *mentido, had not said that it treated of the *Europa of the 20 millions of unemployed, of the 50 millions of excluded; and the *Europa *ultraliberal is *mintiendo, do not says that in the perspective of the year 2006, will be the *Europa of taxes and the *Europa of the #european tax on income. +This granting, gentleman Minister *Funke, the take today with satisfaction although fishing is a relatively feeble branch of the #european economy and needs a specific treatment, time that the zones that depend of fishing in his majority *carecen of places of alternative work. +In this order of things, have very clear, as it occurs in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice, that adaptation or update of the juridical acts will not be able to comport modifications of the essential elements of the juridical act original. +*Cuando write history on the evolution of the social politics and of employment, time that have abandoned charge in the Commission, the period 1993-1999 will stand out like an important period of changes, of approaches advanced and of support to the modifications of the Treaty. +The approval of the report that debate will reinforce our political position and *nos will allow to use this instrument to take follow-up of negotiations in political matters, social and economic that includes, and very especially, section relative to democratisation and to the human rights. +Wanted to request, therefore, that present a proposal according to article 286 that foresees the creation of surveillance organism. Besides, ask a proposal in the frame of the *tercer *pilar for the protection of the personal data, since in #that *pilar still do not have guarantee in this sense. +#can not *infravalorar the possible sanitary risks that #can derive of the possibility that opens directive proposal regarding the acquisition of medicines through Internet without the corresponding professional advice, as it already has warned Mrs. *Heinisch. +*Ello means that of compliance with the last paragraph of section 9 of article 203 apply the following majorities. Quote: «... by means of agreement among the Council, by qualified majority, and the European Parliament, by majority of members that compose it ...», taking into account that appointment refers to the establishment of the maximum type. +Gentleman President, takes moment, *cuando have requested, taking use of my right in application of article 129, the return to commission of the Report *Colom *i Naval, president *Samland *me has questioned *deplorando my absence of the meeting of Budget Commission, Monday at night. +Add, on the other hand, that *yo had assisted to the previous meeting, the that mentions the report, the meeting of 29 April, and that had voted against of the Report *Colom *i Naval, that has not modified too much in the meeting of the commission of Monday at night. +Cohesion Bottom has been created, specifically, to favour adhesion of #some States members to coin only: manna community attributed to be able to bear the diet of budgetary reduction imposed by the criteria of *Maastricht. +This disastrous evolution, contrary to #all the guarantees that *nos had given to the start of war, and contrary to the humanitarian goals of the own war, #can not but increase doubts that had expressed from the principle on the strategy used. +But, #if well it has remained clear in agreement that for the first time -and it is necessary to congratulate to Indonesian thus- it recognises the right to the free determination and the independence in *Timor, want to stand out -and it is necessary to stand out look, because it is an important political change of the situation of *Timor Oriental that sincerely receive with *beneplácito- that has to take into account also #any hypocrisy of behaviour already tackled here. +Have to elevate voice, expose arguments with greater firmness and resolution without showing never -and it is necessary to take upsetting in point- an attitude of moral superiority, but that we have to share sight points in our friend condition concerned and committed. +do not know #if #any time has served for *algo, but take to know to my successors and to successor and to the successor of Commissioner that #this is the only half so that the European Parliament leave *traslucir that also feel *algo by persons that are out of Parliament, out of *Europa and that *nos concern by *algo more that wage and pension of #one same. +In the first place, follow keeping law of internal security that, against of conception usual of the human rights, allows that they are detained the that express peacefully some so much religious opinions like politics that are argued with the of the Government and that *les *deniegue representation *letrada suitable or even a just trial. +ratification of the Statute of the Court, without exclusions to the operation of #this, #would show that commitment with fulfillment of the Right, with defence of freedoms and of the human life, are objective of the Union so *prioritarios at least like the commercial. +The office of the Commission in the *Comoras follows of wall the evolution of the situation and, according to the last informations, #this is of calm and the army has boarded the first contacts for the establishment of transition Government according to the celebrated Agreement in *Madagascar. +The resolution proposal of the Council on the legal interception of telecommunications no *incide in the national Right. Have to *conformarnos with this state of things, *nos enjoy or no, since it is #this character that *revisten the resolutions adopted in the field of the *tercer *pilar. +Lady Speaker, on 15 March of this year, presented a question by writing to President of Parliament on a statement that #this had taken on place of work of *Luxemburgo and the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the European Parliament. +Lady Speaker, lady Commissioner, the textile sector and of the #european preparation is gravely affected in these moments by the massive imports to prices abnormally low pertinent of economic zones that cross a deep recession or that have seen closed the markets to the that directed usually production. +Our goal was to prepare the structures and procedures of the Union for transformation of a Western European Union in a Union of #all *Europa, endowed at the same time also of capacity of performance in the field of the External Politics and of Security, which has to suppose likewise that it was a more democratic Union. +Afterwards imposed simultaneously names to President of the Commission, to President designated. With performance, Chancellor #german did not loan service neither to Roman *Prodi, neither to the #european institutions, neither to the Federal Republic. +*Yo *le wish, gentleman Minister of External Subjects, that in the future know to answer to confidence in stability and in the reliability of the #german #european politics, because #this is important for progress of the European Union and for the future of our #european continent. +Lamentably, the Council has not promoted of way equally consistent the institutional decisions, #if well we have to express our special gratitude to Subject Minister External *Fischer, precisely in this context, by his important initiatives and his important work. +Gentleman President, the Presidency of the European Union finishes to happen of #german hands to #finnish hands, by it that goes being hour to take an analysis on the past semester and, besides, hour to issue trial about the Presidency #german. +Therefore we regret that the Presidency #german have not taken in account the recommendation of the European Parliament to the Council to make a pilot study directed to the creation of a civil contingent of peace. +*Yo believe that, with the approval of Diary 2000, reached to put of agreement to #that that had taken currency of the unfair and selfish "*I *want *my *money *back' »and to #all #that, championed by the Government of my country, that believe that the European Union is a political project #where cohesion and solidarity are fundamental pieces. +Gentleman *Fischer, #if in *algo have agreed #all orators that have taken part this morning has been in saying that Colony summit did not constitutes a base for reform of the institutions of the Union. +In this context want to underline with clarity it following as continuously it talks of security politics: #this did not consists in a militarisation of the European Union but in taking into account #all the instruments of security politics and in taking it that #can take *preventivamente. +*Le ensure, without embargo, that will not be change of number of the General Directions, the fact that they identify by a name and no by number, the fact that Commissioners are disseminated by #all *Bruselas or that reinforce to the spokesman, it that *acercará the Institutions to the public, to the that *usted referred. +To achieve a democratic structure will have to change along the years so that Parliament was not servant of the Commission but that the Commission was servant of the elect representatives of the #european electorate. +Support fully a strategy that splits of the *convencimiento that it is essential to respect the Stability Pact and share the idea that today the fundamental question is to convert to *Europa in a more competitive system to restart the path of development with regard to struggle against unemployment. +Is an indisputable reality that confidence of citizens in taking system of decisions will not be recovered without reform of the procedures, and #this applies to #all the institutions: to the Commission, to the Council and to Parliament by equal. +In it that concerns to posture #finnish, has remained very clear that, regarding the enlargement process, it is necessary to take very seriously the questions related with the environmental protection and with security of citizens in the frame of development of *Europa. +The total budget of the humanitarian help for *Kosovo and the neighbouring countries rises to 378 millions of euros, constituting the central points food delivery of vital importance and sakes #as well as medical help, sanitary facilities and accommodations. +The 13 July gathered the managerial group of high rank, guild for coordination of help of the international donors in the frame of the crisis of *Kosovo, headed by the European Commission and the World-wide Bank. +On my part want *centrarme in two points: having present the future of the Union, the most important tasks of the Council are, on the one hand, enlargement and, by the #another, development of taking system of decisions of the Union. These two goals articulate among himself\/hisself. +In Parliament expect and wanted to act so that reconstruction carry out in respect and valorisation of the human resources and of the dignity of each #one of parts involved in conflict and no by means of colonisation of *Europa, of the World-wide Bank of States Joined. +Like this prays article 125 of the Penal Code Turkish that, as it manifested here in *Estrasburgo by ambassador #turkish Mr. *Kaleli, is calque of article 241 of the Penal Code Italian, *promulgado in the period fascist and still valid. +A question that has not mentioned in the debate is that this same year has to take a big review of #all legislation on telecommunications and that the Commission already has initiated part of this low work to the mandate of Mr. *Bangemann. +But, #if even then results necessary to be more specific on #which are the consequences of honesty and the discretion -and am conscious to be *supeditado to the fact that this subject finds now in front of the Court-, *me cheer that the Assembly receive *favorablemente changes that will produce like consequence of the initiative adopted by President designated. +In addition to the already published legislative program, have to *agradecerle to the Commission the constant informative task that has carried out with third countries and in particular with the World-wide Organisation of Trade, #as well as explanations on performances of the Community to solve the crisis of dioxin. +Frankly do not know, because *carezco of technical knowledges, himself\/hisself #all the range of vegetal oils recyclable that now contemplate like source of risk #would have to subject to a total prohibition, or #if simply they #would have to catalog like *algún type of culinary residue without links with the animal alimentary chain in first instance. +Estimate that the fact of having established a decentralised and flexible structure to improve efficiency is a very important element, element that, without embargo, has to situate in the perspective of a more global evaluation. +To difference of Mr. *Ford, that represents to Southwest, but supports to the *Manchester *City, *yo no support to football club, but yes support the right of the #european citizen to be protected against the discriminatory practices and abuses of a dominant position. +That the Commission resorted to the Office of Technical Assistance to escape to the budgetary control. That in the costs of conjoint management, the Commission and States members refuse reciprocally responsibilities. +A complete review of the politics of personnel goes to take place and goes to concentrate particularly in the feeblest areas identified by the report and in places #such as the rigorous report of the own Commission, especially in recruitment, discipline, professional promotion and training. +Confess that, when seeing product that *nos rids the Committee of Independent Experts, do not dissipate my initial doubts on #if nomination no meant in bottom a true recognition of inability of our own functions of control and of political orientation. +In fact, the opinions of Experts put of self-evident that in *Europa need a new culture of responsibility and wanted to add, gentleman *Kinnock, that precisely in relation with point #would be stimulating to continue audiences of the past week as in it that to definition and clarity refers need to follow being elaborated #some things of audiences that have remained little clear and of the that *nos #would enjoy to know how go to be and how go to work in the future. +Is to say that, theoretically, #can occur that somebody carried #all money of the European Community and that #if person is carried in front of a court, a jurisdiction in the that is not *tipificado fraud against the institutions of the European Community, person not even #can be processed by fault of juridical foundation for *ello. +Besides is necessary to expand pollution definition marine accidental to include the operational and radioactive pollution and other harmful substances, the accidental marine pollution and the operational. +nature *transfronteriza of the half marine, that involves that pollution of a zone #can have impact in a greater area, conducts to the need of a community frame for cooperation in the field of the accidental marine pollution. +Share information on hydrocarbons, radioactive substances and other harmful substances transported by sea and on poured to the sea that have made like part of diets of historical waste, is #one *precondición to prepare and coordinate any necessary answer to mitigate the impact of incidents *contaminantes on the environment and the human health. +Gentleman President of the Commission, from nomination for the Presidency of the Commission and the designation of the nineteen commissioners, neither *usted same neither neither members of the new School have *escatimado efforts to take get to the European Parliament a very clear message. +will Promise solemnly Mr. *Prodi in front of this Assembly that no longer will have in the Commission more documents that #can be studied in GLASS, in the national delegations, at the side of the *cabilderos of companies, of journalists, but no to side, that are the only that have been chosen by village? +Have to *recordarle also the statement of *Copenhague on the social development that treats of form very ambitious differences North-South and differences in the interior of the North among poor and rich? The European Union has adopted commitments in this sense, but until day of today #any of *ellos has kept. +The second inform of the committee of independent experts argued in Plenary Monday has not got, or takes very little time that has taken it, to the majority of deputies, which *nos has prevented to take a serious study. +After the disaster of the previous experience, produces, proposes an appreciable innovation of the that forms part commitment to present an annual report on state of the Union: innovation of form to act that we appreciate. +This request has been blocked #one and time; *nos have seen unable to ask accounts to the distinct Commissioners, and the Conservative deputies to the European Parliament have not had more option that the of *oponerse by reasons of democratic principle to squad *entrante of Commissioners European. +Mr. *Busquin enjoys of strong protection, #this has reported open and publicly in the press of my country, and in any case was personally responsible, and #this has recognised it and admitted *él same, of having presented accounting of the party knowingly *falseada, that conducted to an illegal finance of party. +Finally, regarding the codes of behaviour, need to know that the personal promotion will be based in merit and that promotion until the highest levels of the Commission comports competition in matter of management, it that no always has been the case up to now. +Take note of commitment of *consultarnos on reform of the Regulation of personnel that correct #some of worries of Mr. *Elles, the new responsibilities assigned to persons that report corrupt practices inside the organisation and the need to develop new disciplinary procedures. +Wanted to take advantage of occasion that *me offers this debate to say that, although we have kept exchanges very severe in occasions, always have appreciated talent, seriousness and the open and nice character of collaboration that have kept with Mr. *Liikanen. +The Court of Accounts experienced a significant increase of resources in the year 1999 and the total number rose in 49 employees The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions increased staff with 10 employees in total. +The space of freedom, security and justice has to support in the solid guarantee of respect of the corresponding rights to the realities of the contemporary societies, it that adjusts to the open and innovative approach that wishes the European Parliament. +Also #can take a lot in questions of mutual recognition, but *cuando treat of the #european judicial sphere from sight point of the penal subjects perhaps are in the possibility to operate as #if no had juridical borders in *Europa. +ignorance is not virtue, although sometimes it #can be a doubtful debatable blessing, but ignorance based in secret #can not be accepted in a mature political system, that is the that we have to build in the *Europa of persons and of citizens. +On these bases, entrust likewise in that, when treating to create a common space of freedom, security and justice, inspire in the principles of solidarity and of inclusion and do not think in making a *Europa community, peaceful and rich in interior and impenetrable for the that *presionan from outside, pushed by the *hambre, war and the social needs. +#Many of *ellos are not really concerned by enlargement of the vote by majority described, by important that #can be, but instead expect anxiously that it have progresses regarding the rights of citizens, progresses regarding freedom of circulation, progresses regarding #one *Europa truly integrated in the that persons know and comprise rights and responsibilities. +Like this things, *le ask that it take advantage of occasion to convert to *Tampere in an important milestone that contribute to *Europa a true political integration, beginning by the inner security and the judicial cooperation, since it treats of key elements of State and, therefore, of the Community. +Without embargo, this proposition supposes a clear intervention in the fundamental competitions of the national states, in the right to conserve his juridical systems and to exert control on the *acatamiento of the laws in territories. +The greater problem, without embargo, is the unseen side, connection of crime organised, of terrorism, of drug traffic and of activities that *nos force to follow to big distance performance of persons, and especially of crime organised, without that we #can *hacerles front. +Gentleman Commissioner, #if really we wish to go in in a systematic and operative dynamics is indispensable that the Commission devote to put order in subjects of here until December, until the *segunda reading. Of it contrary, the year that comes will go back to *encontrarnos in situation that this year, so much more what that the own Commission recognises that it #can not foresee how will be the question of payments in the year 2000. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, visitors, like deputy of the Basque Country wanted to believe that raise voice and ask intervention and help for *Timor will be a step more to finish, no only with slaughtering to hands of persons protected by soldiers #indonesian, but, especially, to finish with hypocrisy that chairs the international politics. +Gentleman President, want *sumarme to convictions and to the words already *proferidas by the colleagues, but want to affirm here that death in *Timor Oriental did not get to this territory after the referendum: before *él, more of #two hundred one thousand *timorenses lost life in front of passivity of the international community, that observed to village of *Timor Oriental as #if it was village *prescindible. +More still, #if the author of rape, gentlemen of the Council, is a democratic Government, *Señorías, in defence of the human rights there #be not third roads neither there #be possibility to escape , not even giving an answer in Parliament. +But #can not leave to take into account that no only in my country, in *España, but also in the rest of the European Union, in the next years go to follow having a migratory pressure of nomadic communities, as it is the case in *España of the community of origin *rumana and of *etnia #gipsy. +According to the conclusions of Gin Summit, the common mission is to reinforce the capacity of the Union to take part in the crisis, and no the creation of a system of territorial defence. +The European Union took for the first time an initiative, in concordance with principles, on resolution project for death pity in the session *nº 55 of the European Commission of the rights of man celebrated in Gin this year. +Without embargo, #can not *decirnos President in exercise of the Council #if, in countries with the that keep political and economic relations, as with Chinese, #can influence, keeping a clear and concrete posture in favour of the disappearance of death pity that so well supports this European Parliament? +Subject: Acquisition of terrains in States candidates to adhesion #Which is the position of the Council regarding efforts of the countries candidates of the *Europa Central and Oriental to be able to, after adhesion, follow limiting or forbidding the free acquisition of terrains by part of citizens of the Union, at least during a transitory period? +The Commission, in a principle, has tried to find a solution that contemplate a system with *algún type of contingents, but has been very difficult to get to understanding with the producing countries and with States Joined, as these countries have interests very different and refuse contingent system. +Second, undertakes the open intimidation to village #yugoslav, shattered by the criminal bombardments of NATO, to village that now has to subject national, social and politically and has to purchase leadership of the like of the Americans and of NATO to have perspectives to be able to reconstruct his *asolado country. +Estimate that it treats of a true problem of face to treat to create a situation inside the *cual #can fulfil the possibility to introduce in the context of the Mediterranean a more complete assessment and that first of all offer a big perspective in this sense. +In it that concerns to rapidity, efficiency and transparency of action of said Agency is important to treat to consider appointment a fine occasion no only to be able to reconstruct *prioritaria and quickly in the existent situation in *Kosovo, but to try create condition so that the problem of the migratory flows in the Mediterranean watch with special attention. +The proposal of the Commission reflects the need to create an instrument for the fast management, decentralised and effective of help for reconstruction so that it take into account urgency of the situation and the exceptional efforts that are necessary. +Before we proceed to the last vote, wanted to explain to the colleagues that have thought that perhaps I have been *algo severe regarding the votes by separate, the nominal votes, etc., that reason that we follow the Regulation to *rajatabla is that there are Groups that prepare whips basing in information of the Presidency. +Likewise, to finals of July celebrated an agreement with #FMI and other financial institutions on the resumption of help with direct credits, and little afterwards reached an agreement in the Club of #París on the *renegociación of payment of the #russian sovereign debt. +Like this as, no only #Grecia but also other seismic countries, have to take #all measures of *blindaje *antisísmico necessary so that they do not repeat tragedies like #this; because it is a fact that, although of the earthquakes #can not take responsible to the governments and persons, concerning damages that #this *ocasionan, responsibility is *tremenda, and like this have shown it the earthquakes in #Grecia and in *Turquía. +#Can imagine that the conjoint mission of evaluation, similar to the that finishes to request , that at present carry out in the zones of the disaster THROW, representation of the Commission in *Ankara, Nations Joined and the World-wide Bank will present a more exact picture of the needs. +In the frame of the celebrated meetings with the Government *iraní the past December and in May of this year, the troika of the Union put on the table the subject of deal that receive members of the religious minorities in will Go, in particular the of *Baha' *is. +Already is hour to go back to the fundamental principles, to win height and trace for our *conciudadanos the perspective of the peaceful organisation of our continent, respectful of the human rights and based in a #european model of economic and social development. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Commission, the conventional agricultural production employs increasingly chemical substances, additives, *coadyuvantes, antibiotics, hormones -#can continue the list- and our alimentary industry has more look of a chemical complex that of facilities allocated to food preparation. +modality of the final control constitutes, in fact, an invitation to the criminal behaviours, since they take advantage of adulteration possibilities, which has conducted -fits to suppose- to the systematic addition of toxic substances in the field of production of *piensos. +damage caused by the *sobresalto caused by dioxin is incommensurable, so much regarding the destruction of confidence of consumers as to the economic consequences of having blurred the reputation of sectors industrial fundamental and creators of export. +Lady *Maij-*Weggen, *yo expect that Group contribute to that the decisions of Budget Commission of the that have had news #can be reconsidered and #can modify in Plenary, with the withdrawal of cuts in relation with the proposals of Development Commission that now are on the table. +Believe that the European Commission, the European Parliament and the governments of States members have to intensify measures in matter of campaigns of information on the public health; have to take it by means of Health Departments or by means of voluntary groups that so important paper exert to help to the affected by said illnesses. +And the answer, as they have affirmed Mr. *Wurtz and orators, has been the bureaucratic answer to reduce first of all the relative budgetary costs to investments in the field of AIDS. +The Council has taken a decision on finance, but has taken it without having had available the corresponding resources and this fact is the that has called attention of Budget Commission. +Parliament #can ascertain now that so much the Commission like the Council have taken #his to a large extent our proposals and, therefore, in speaker quality of Industry Commission, wanted to appreciate sincerely collaboration and the spirit of cooperation that the has chaired. +The commission approved with the greater possible consensus, or was, by unanimity, the proposal to restart varied important aspirations of the amendments proposed in the first reading that were not attended by the Council, although we receive with big satisfaction -and *yo also want to manifest it here, gentleman *Langen- the wide coincidence with Parliament. +Even so, go to devote, for period annual, sixty millions of euros for fission in front of fifteen millions for the renewable energies, and #two hundred millions of euros for fusion; *ello *nos gives an idea of the real politics that follows the European Union. +And is undoubtedly through the possibility to have access to network, to be sufficiently flexible in the proposals that take, that allow to give coverage to the distinct instruments that the distinct States members have used and that are not *homogéneos and that they are distinct, as we will be able to guarantee that the renewable energies no only keep but that duplicate, *Señorías, in the next years. +Said analysis are possible *cuando exist transparent markets, in the *cuales each subject, the final user - company or consumer - #can value in moment until how point energy is effective, thanks to a process of maduration technological and economic backed by a valid investigation and by information it more complete possible. +In spite of criticism on attitude of the European Union, support fully the basic goal of the Agreement, to know, the economic development of *Sudáfrica and integration of this country in the world-wide trade. +A "rich country" of #one of the poorest continents #where the social relations are still very uneven, until point that the *PNUD classifies to this country in place 93 by the index of human development. +For *nosotros is indispensable to know #if *Sudáfrica has adopted or no the necessary measures so that a series of essential denominations, among *ellas the of Port and Sherry, do not use already in exports to the European Community and, in term of five years, see suppressed for market to export. +Gentleman *Prodi, *me fear that in this subject *usted and colleagues have not taken into account sight point of the European Parliament and of numerous constituents that think that civil servant, that has given alarm voice, do not deserves reprimand, but all it contrary. +Finally, since I have talked of lessons that have to extract of this natural catastrophe, have to signal also attention that concede - and have said it in breast of school - to the idea, underlined in the European Parliament, to coordinate better means of the different States in matter of civil protection. +*Yo want to highlight especially in this context the Commission introduced the agreements of compulsory purchase among producers and the primary transformers and afterwards established also the requirement of permission for #all transformation companies. +In this hypothesis, is evident that today #can not know, when voting the calendar for the year 2000, #if the agenda of the partial period of sessions of November of the year 2000, for example, will be overloaded and #if it is necessary, in case, add a *minisesión days 29 and 30 November, is to say, inside fourteen months exactly (more of a year). +In May of 1997, the ministers of Justice reached an agreement on a protocol by the that it concedes immunity against the *enjuiciamiento of personnel of *Europol by any "word said or written or actions made in the exercise of his official functions" and by data treatment no authorised or wrong. +Although I receive with satisfaction the recent commitment of *Monsanto of not commercialising termination "technology of seed" , this subject is too much serious to leave it in hands of the that are directly involved and that #would have acted of mood of have not existed surveillance of consumer. +utility of globalisation has to benefit proportionally by the same to the regions and nations of the world, #if well the interests of the European Union, of the remaining #european States, of the #EE.UU, of the States industrialised and of the emergent countries and in roads of development have to be carried to a better balance. +And in measure, the *OMC #can not limit to the commercial questions; has to also tackle fundamental questions, like the quality and *inocuidad of foods, the animal welfare, the environmental protection and respect of consumers and sensitivity. +Gentleman President, yesterday have celebrated in this same hemicycle a debate on the reinforcement of the alimentary security in *Europa, whereas in breast of the Union have developed conflicts on the principle of caution, and simultaneously the North American look for reprisals *injustificadas. +The EU has converted in an important actor of the world-wide economy by means of integration of the #european economy, and will be only through negotiation round that contemplate different sectors as we will be able to guarantee stability of the economic growth. +Have to know, with #all -said was among *nosotros-, that, in group, the balance of the application of the mechanisms that have created after *Marrakech is totally correct from sight point of the Union, treating of relation among the number of cases that have subjected and the won or #stray cases. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the next world-wide conference on the climatic changes of 25 October to 5 November 1999 in *Bonn: application of the Agreement of *Kioto. +growth of forests like factor *eliminador of carbon dioxide follows and has to follow being debated of open form, and in this debate will be able to include also the increase of the multipurpose of forests to contribute to the protection of the half and brake the climatic changes. +Like this as, the Council supports #all the initiatives directed to struggle against poverty that help to facilitate information, that make possible information exchange and of experiences, that promote the adoption of new methods for the fight against the social marginalisation and that look for forms to evaluate experiences had. +Now that the fight develops in breast of the UN it is necessary to have care with *contrapropuestas *traicioneras, that although perhaps have an innocent appearance, come from distinct spots to weaken a taking of forceful position by part of the General Assembly of the UN. +Along these 19 years, *nos have found with numerous hits of effect to hour to discover the truth that, as it seems, do not achieves to open path by complicity of the one who is interested in that it do not know despising the legitimate rights of families of the victims and mortifying the fundamental principles of democracies. +To be truth, the facts show that *Nietzche had reason *cuando said that madness is *algo rare in person, but, instead, is common in the parties, the groups and the organisations, and precisely therefore we need an individual and independent surveillance of the daily work in the nuclear plants. +Wanted to insist in that the publication of the Green Book on sustainable energy in *Irlanda has to be considered like a positive contribution to the debate on form to occupy of the threat that poses the climatic change, inside the energetic sector. +Lady Speaker, believe that in this concrete stage proceeds to say that they have been the conservative British, the *PPE, those who have asked that point inscribed in the agenda of Friday simply because, as it has said Mr. *Watson, the Commission will not be able to formulate statement until Friday in the morning. +treats of personnel subjected to the statute of civil servants and agents of the Communities, #as well as, quote, "members, leaders or members of personnel of the institutions, of organs and of organisms of Communities no subjected to the statute" . +do not pretend that it except to the elect members of control or that are not object of investigation referent to activities, including the of #european deputy in the exercise of mandate, but fear that this agreement give place to suspicions and to assimilation airily, without perspective, as it has occurred during the last months of 1999. +treats of *algo so *grato for #all that in the European Union #would have to *esforzarnos for creating a suitable frame for trade form: A suitable frame for the mutual confidence among citizens of different countries since, after all, #if there #be *algo that do not bear mention in borders, #that *algo is Internet. +Gentleman President, there #be not in the budget base juridical, and believe that #this is a grave lack, because it #can reveal, as it has revealed in the case of #Grecia, but also in other cases, a fault of sensitivity in front of the unpredictable misfortunes that #can suffer #ours *prójimo, in the that we #would have to show generosity. +To Fishing Commission *le concern very especially the budgetary line *B2-901, relative to control operations and of surveillance made by States members, line *B2-903 relative to support to Politics *Pesquera Common, and line *B7-8000, relative to the international agreements of fishing. +Have to give graces besides, in name of Development Commission and Cooperation, to time to the general speaker of the budget, gentleman *Bourlanges, and to Budget Commission, #as well as to president, gentleman *Wynn, by the position that have adopted in this question. +By #this propose that in the next period carry out an analysis of programs, with the relative lines of credit, no longer by periods of four, five or six years, but by periods more reduced: of #one or two years at most, since market logics and of investment in an economy *globalizada no longer answer to the criterion with the *cual has structured the budget. +#If the Council has not found way to fund reconstruction of *Kosovo that through a linear cut of the external actions of the Union, is logical that the European Parliament want to now defend lines. +#If #all parts interested respect the fundamental distribution of competitions and act in consequence, the achievement of the goals of #all the areas of performance will be the natural result of decisions of individual performance. +Finally, the debate on a "combination of politics balanced and adapted" did not have to use to divert attention of the structural reforms that so urgently need to face up to the grave structural problem of unemployment in the zone of the euro. +The irrational exuberance that characterises to #some bags, the excessive indebtedness of families #american and of some economic sectors in the important countries take that it weigh a true threat on the world-wide economic stability. +workers concern because the Central Bank European considers a danger, for the famous monetary stability, rhythm of greater growth that the 2,5%, *algo that carries to the fight against unemployment to future indeterminable. +Are keeping a debate *algo wander and results interesting to read the words of gentleman speaker in reason exhibition, is to say, that the European Parliament " ... is responsible so much to receive and debate the annual report of activities of #ECB as to control #ECB" . +Wanted to signal that Realm Joined and the Conservative Party British -to the that belong- never have been hostile to the euro like coin for States members that really wish to join , since #all are tied as a result of belonging to the only market, so that a sinking of confidence in the euro #can *afectarnos to #all, are inside or out of the *UEM. +Also is essential, in my opinion, that encourage to the Bank to follow the example of other great central banks, like the Federal Reservation American, and to take of transparency a fundamental look of #all activities. +The historical examples do not are missing to this *respecto and the warning is not *ociosa in the current moments, in the *cuales the economic recovery in *Europa do not finds, neither *muchísimo less, confirmed, and in the that, to the own time, assist to speculations on the imminence of a monetary politics more strict. +Gentleman President, gentleman *Duisenberg, *nosotros deputies, as we have manifested varied times tonight, have a fundamental paper that exert in relation with coin only put that this Assembly is the only place in the that village of *Europa #can exert a democratic influence in mood in that it manages coin only. +The system of the Euro, to the principle, left clear during a short period of time that the provision #would not constitute a problem taking into account that it #can ensure that money guaranteed to the banks or to organisations will not go in in circulation before 1 January of the 2000 - is to say, in general circulation. +The results of the application of politics see reflected in the notorious decrease of complaints by rape of the human rights produced by the public strength, #such as they recognise it organism reports *intergubernamentales and the *ONG that act in this field. +The Commission *congratula of the principle of *equiparación, so wide as it was possible, of the rights and duties of citizens pertinent of third States that reside of durable form in the Union with the recognised to the national citizens of States members of the Union and consider that it has to advance with concrete proposals in this sense. +In *Tampere #can not still adopt the idea of a Public Ministry European, even limited to the protection of the financial interests of the Community. *Me allow to propose that the next debate on the Conference *Intergubernamental was a fine occasion so that it collect idea #ours. +#If these decisions, when going back of the field of the high level to the grey *cotidianeidad of the councils of Interior Ministries and of Justice, go back also routine and do not happens at all in three or four years, *Tampere will happen to history like the summit of the statements *irrealizadas. +*Me propose to consider like political and philosophical foundation of the Space of Freedom, Security and Justice #all the relative questions no only to the fundamental rights of citizens of States members of the Union, but also to the of citizens of third States that reside legal and *duraderamente in the territory of the Union. +The past week have kept a debate with #Jean-*Luc *Dehaene -gentleman Commissioner #Michel *Barnier was present- and want to *decirle, gentleman Commissioner, that have a full confidence in that *usted will make contribution to guide the European Union to a positive future and will have #all support in this task. +#This *CIG, without embargo, no will treat so much on expanding the field of responsibility or of competition of the European Union; will treat on the structural reform, the institutional reform, reform that give greater opening to the Union, that the take more efficient, more democratic and more transparent. +Is the question of coding and simplification of the Treaties, a subject that Parliament was the first in putting of relief in the preliminary stage of negotiations of *Amsterdam; a task initiated by *Amsterdam, but that is far to be completed and that it is #another of the arguments in the that takes upsetting the report *Dehaene. +(Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the Decision *OSPAR 98\/3 relative to the elimination of maritime facilities in disuse (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0015\/1999 - 1999\/0097(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of Consumer) +Receive with enormous satisfaction this intelligent step to cut across #one of the key problems that brake the potential of the electronic trade in *Europa, to know, difficulty to verify identity of users and consumers. +Support the proposal of Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects in the that asks that they facilitate to the *PE records succinct of the meetings of the Council of Governors, in the that present of explicit form the arguments "in favour" or "against" of the decisions adopted and reasons that motivate said decisions. +The European Union believes that the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs is an important step in the path to the no proliferation of nuclear arms and to the nuclear disarmament, and entrance in vigour results beneficial for #all states. +As a result of the nuclear proofs made by Indian and *Pakistán, the Commission has taken part in the international operative units for the development of measures of confidence and of guarantees and so that these countries undertake constructive negotiations on the no proliferation and arm control in the zone. +But anyway, is important that have a clear expression and *comprometedora of the political will of the international factors and of the that they #can guarantee the world-wide peace and stability that the no expansion of the nuclear arsenals is elevated and constitutes a no negotiable priority. +*Permítanme add some words on finance of the military campaign that, in my opinion - an opinion that do not seems to share Prime minister Russian - believes that it has been able to *repercutir on recovery of the #russian economy during these last months. +#If now, with the unanimous support of the commission contribute other 13 amendments, #this refer in first line to credit endowment, to the term of application and to the requirement directed to States members so that they suppress obstacles in access to program. +Precisely *nosotros the radicals perhaps were the first in creating of autonomous form audience centre in the audiovisual sector attendant of follow-up and control of the presences, for example, politics in the distinct spaces, the distinct newscasts and the media. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading(To5-0038\/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [$^13175$/^1$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0022$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0197$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes program of community action "Youth" (Speaker: Mrs. *Gröner) +Is especially *inquietante the fact that, simultaneously to the reduction of support costs to the markets of agricultural products, assist, in the frame of the called second *pilar of the *OMC, to the systematic increase of costs devoted to ruin to the small and average agriculturalists. +It same fits to say of the social costs, extraordinarily limited, and oriented no to reduce unemployment and to improve quality of life of workers, but to facilitate measures for the destruction of the frame of labour relations. +But wish underline that, without embargo, are not #naïve: the fact that Parliament wish to substitute the terms "cultural cooperation" by the cultural "political terms" reveals the temptation *uniformizadora of a supposed cultural politics #european, that #would substitute politics of States members. +do not take fault already neither pretexts in this jungle in the that *impera the law of the most violent competition and of immunity of the big capital; of here that *MICHELIN announce to time an increase of the benefits of the 17% and 7.500 new dismissals, that add to the 15.000 of the immediately previous years. +Equally, is necessary that adopt the necessary measures to increase the rights and intervention conditions of the committees of #european company established in the Directive 94\/95, in particular regarding the right to the suspension of licences. +In effect, as it has been signalled aptly by Mr. *Hatzidakis, this Directive foresees disposals transitory, valid until 1 January of the year in course, with the end to allow the ending of works of the European Committee of Normalisation. +The widest possible, that has to include also cooperation *extractiva, as #if *Europa is the main market of export of fish #moroccan, circumscribe cooperation to commercialisation and transformation #would not be it desirable, since the market controls from consumption centres more that from production centres. +Gentleman President, the innumerable pressures that so much the Council and this Assembly like the sector *pesquero had to exert on the Commission have given like fruit that finally, grieve month before finalising fishing Agreement with *Marruecos, have obtained negotiation mandate. +Gentleman Commissioner *Fischler, three months ago that am here and already have seen it prejudice the interests of *Portugal three times: with cows crazy, subject in the that decision results inconceivable; in the *ganadería swine, in the that will of persecution is unacceptable; and now in fishing, in the that inaction of his Commission neither has pardon. +Nobody pretends to put in cloth of trial effective instruments of cooperation with *Marruecos through negotiations that reinforce, inside it possible, the interests so much of the community operators as of the Moroccans underlining this sense of solidarity that, on the other hand, also in the distinct sectors of the *exquisitamente economic, has shown daily especially among the countries of the south of *Europa, in the #mediterranean zone. +On the other hand, the #european fleet so attentive to exert fishing fulfilling the concrete norms of environmental compatibility - biological stops, fields of fishing, prohibition of fishing with *jábega and with networks of drag, #etcetera - needs socioeconomic measures of compensation after an agreement that limits even more, #if it fits, activity, included transformation industry. +do not know #if they are some, but *me have said that in the #french markets sells meat joined still to chips of medullary and cerebral tissue: the corresponding organism #can occupy to control the too much low norms of agricultural hygiene in *Francia; supermarkets #french do not demand the presentation of the reports on *pesticidas. +Gentleman President, comprise to our #british friends, as I comprise to our #portuguese friends, that also see affected, as I comprised to our #belgian friends in the subject of dioxin and as I comprise still better to the French in the subject of debugger slimes. +But neither is necessary to lose of sight that catastrophe of illness of cows crazy that has affected to mates #british #would have been able to affect to #any one of countries, since #all practise politics agricultural *productivista contrary to nature, increasingly subjected to the *librecambismo world-wide. +will Adopt measured against *Francia after the meeting of the Commission on 10 November, #if, to heights, after having had varied days to digest the unanimous decision, the #french Government has not adopted measures to raise prohibition? +Is a special consultative group that takes contribution to committee legally established, established to exert function to advise to the Commission in relation with these subjects, is to say, to the Managerial Committee Scientist. +Remains clear in advance that the end of dialogue in two times is not the to understand on common orientations or commitments *apremiantes; like this, as, dialogue will not conclude with coordination agreement #ex in front of of the different fiscal politics, budgetary, monetary or even contractual. +#If the community interests do not situate in the *primer flat, the Union will not be able to carry advance the necessary politics to complete ordination of the #european market in the sense of a social economy of market environmentally sustainable. +It that is in game is not a question of confidence or of confidentiality -that members of parliament and members of parliament also know to respect-, but that it that in reality *dirime is how go to configure our future in the century *XXI and in this context #can not *escamotear information, analysis, prognosis, but that all has to #make of way really affordable. +#Can restructuring in the labour market, restructuring and reforms that have to take in product markets and of services, in accordance with the decisions of *Cardiff, #can #all these reforms, create conditions so that the monetary politics move in another frame? +But believe that we have to see the positive side politically. That it that concerns so much to villages of *Europa -because #all deputies represent to villages of *Europa, by *ellos have taken use of the word in this hemicycle- by this subject *candente and interesting that is employment and unemployment, comes to the centre of dialogue *macroeconómico. +The fact of not being physically seated in the table of dialogue do not wants to say that no have a possibility of presence of Parliament, a possibility to transmit ideas. +The formulation of the common position #would have allowed simply to the *empleadores abandon the attempts to reach negotiation on the annual computation of the labour day and then States members #can have allowed said annual computation. +In any case, gentleman President, *nosotros support the just claims of workers of the sea, are to side and, in spite of #everything it positive that have these directives, #can not vote approval because they are in a direction that, still with his possible improvements, goes to perpetuate the current inadmissible situation. +From the principle have to underline that today we are a modification of directive relative to bunch of workers that had been excluded of the directive on ordination of work time, that carries debating six years. +Although we do not have news of cases of persecution or imprisonment of scientists by his scientific work, *yo wanted to remember that a series of scientists have been pursued or imprisoned in the last years owing to his political ideas and, to opinion, #would have to take advantage of also occasion to express clearly that persons owe *recobrar freedom. +*Me seems that all it that have witnessed during these last months shows it contrary: the multiplication of the arrests of #dissident, persecution of the supposed sect *Fa-*Lung-*Dung, etc. Obviously, #can conceive a strategic relation with a no democratic country, with a dictatorial country. +The question that imposes is #if with the effective execution of this agreement, the #european interests will correspond of sufficient form with the of *Moscú Concedes the #russian Government, for example, to be concrete, importance that *nosotros to the situations of ecological emergency? +Have here data that *me encourages and that it #would be necessary to project to scale of the European Union. The chemical industry German devotes 12.300 millions of annual frames to investigation and development, to the *cuales it is necessary to add other 5.000 millions of frames allocated to investigation abroad; generally in States Joined, is true, but the countries of *América Latin and #others also take part increasingly like investors in the sector of investigation. +The European Union has to give a direct juridical frame to allow the free circulation and the free provision of services and avert conflicts and obstacles to the free circulation owed to legislations too much #discordant in the distinct States of the Community. +In consequence, by reasons of procedure today has taken necessary to present two reports, #one relative to the guidelines on politics of employment for the year 2000 and the creation of employment commission, and another relative to the conjoint report on employment in 1999 that contains the conclusions approved in the commission. +#This states, to time, of two parts: in the first place, of decision proposal of the Council by the that creates Employment Committee and, second, of the relative proposal to the guidelines of employment politics for the year 2000. +This regulation will guarantee fundamentally that States members support programs that take into account character *cambiante of the world of work, the need to boost the business spirit, #as well as support to the local programs of creation of employment. +The Union #would have to be ambitious regarding money utilisation for employment, controlling the public helps delivered to companies and applying credit politics that penalise the destructive practices and favour the creation of employment. +Create, besides, that the report, integrated by the contributions that Mr. *Menrad has had to well collect, is in fact the best possible report in the field of limitations that the *márgenes of the subject, competitions of Parliament and the constructive modalities of *Europa allowed. +Also receive with satisfaction the general call in favour of a fiscal review with seen to reduce the fiscal charges and the *cotizaciones to the social security, #as well as formalities, all which increases unemployment and weighs on work places. +The report inscribes perfectly in the frame of the process of *Luxemburgo that, on my part, *yo #would have preferred that it had presented some goals in figures, and inscribes besides in our will to know the balance that proposes the Commission for the national plans of annual employment. +Is indispensable that workers take part in the decisions that *les affect and #if, in moment, Mr. *Schweitzer, president of *Renault, had consulted to the consultative committee European, created and proposed by our Assembly, definitely #would not have had the subject *Vilvorde, as perhaps we #would not have had the subject *Michelin. +Nevertheless, have to consider that from moment in that we recognise that unemployment is not so only a quantitative magnitude, but also qualitative, has to expand quantification of the qualitative parameters of employment, that have to include references to level *salarial, to time, and to the special conditions of work. +The surveys that have made among youngsters that finalise his school cycle and among students that initiate his professional life, have given, for example, like result that the 60% of youngsters in place to initiate an active occupation, prefer to undertake career *funcionarial. +*Austria has assumed avant-garde paper with protection law against violence that exists from 1997, the designated right of expulsion, in the that men that have *perpetrado violent actions are expelled of home and women do not see forced already to have to escape with children to houses for women and to similar centres. +In consequence, invite to Mrs. Speaker to that it put greater attention - while it was in course a political debate in #one of States of the Union - so much in not taking party by #one of parts as in respecting or, at least, in taking into account the existence of the valid constitutions in the distinct States of the Union. +Is a countable system that allows a wider base of resource *PNB and, consistently, some greater financial resources, without exceeding index relative on purpose signalled in the agreements of *Berlín and in the agreement *interinstitucional. +Finally, in relation with the increases of management powers of the Commission, by means of the *cuales #this #can reduce the amount of the direct helps or suspend payment of the *anticipos monthly to States, estimate that it do not associates to Parliament it sufficient in the adoption of these measures. +reason for *ello is that this proposal breaks with freedom of election of States members to hour to regulate so much the labour day like rest time, as it remains established in the Agreement *núm. 180 of the *OIT on labour day of the *navegantes. +In this context has to have of course in account that the closing of nuclear head offices *ocasiona also economic problems in diverse countries. see affected energy supply, prices of #the same and export possibilities and also #can arise environmental problems #if it changes to the old-fashioned and defective energetic plants. +The decision in relation with hormones in meat of bovine and import bases in scientific proofs -that facilitated to the Commission, before *yo occupied place, the appropriate scientific committee-, in the sense that #one of hormones in particular -17 beta-*estradiol- is a complete *carcinógeno. +Also wanted to signal to attention of His *Señoría the statement that appears in the communiqué of the Managerial Committee Scientific that meat of bovine exported with arrangement to export plan according to a calendar established is so innocuous like any #another meat of bovine of the European Union. +The Commission remembers that the decisions adopted and the statements taken in the summit European Union-States Joined, of 18 May 1998, on the laws *Helms-*Burton and will Go-Libyan went directed to prepare terrain for a definite solution of this important bilateral disagreement. +The *UNMIK, attendant of the provisional civil administration of *Kosovo, is energy and considerable resources to reactivate the economy of *Kosovo, it that comports, among things, the *restablecimiento of a juridical and institutional frame and coordination of the considerable quantities of assistance of donors that are the economy. +Nevertheless, because of the supplementary terms fixed for the approval of the smart -terms, finish to say it, of the that the Commission is not responsible- the approval of programs will have to take place in the course of the second semester of the year 2000, for the greater part of these eight States members. +#That is reason by the that are a lot in the programs of judicial cooperation and police to sensitise more to the authorities -to the policemen that take charge of these cases #all days- on how confront class of incidents. +#If well I recognise that His *Señorías wish to use this communication and *debatirla in Parliament like an instrument to increase pressure on States members, wanted to *instarlos to that they exert pressure now and no limit to expect until this document happen by #all the necessary courses in the EU. +Gentleman President, only want to issue a brief personal statement. was not at all my intention suggest that Commissioner has received *algo, being missing to the truth but that in the public means Czechs has said that *le had sent said study and that had not reacted up to now. +The three deputies of the Communist Party of #Grecia, in forceful protest by the presence today here of Mr. #Solana -#one of the greater managers, in quality of General Secretary of NATO, of crime *perpetrado against *Yugoslavia-, and by nomination like "gentleman *PESC" , abandon symbolically the Hall. +For the first time, the Council of General Subjects gathered with the additional participation of Defence ministers of the Union and kept a debate -to trial, important- on the formulation of a #european politics in matter of security and of defence. +Believe that #that is dimension that has to inspire performance and, to time, like Secretary of the Council, expect that *le allow to help to reform and to give coherence to this institution, that, in this moment, is perhaps the most needed of rationalisation impulse in the group of our institutions. +In this context wanted to mention that prevention network of conflicts *CPN, been born of an initiative of #Michel *Rocard in the European Parliament, alerted on the explosion of conflict a lot before confrontation of *Kosovo, #such as also they took it delegations of Parliament that visited the region. +For example, Subject minister External affirmed that it felt very happy with the decisions adopted: said that they had taken into account the interests of the neutral countries and that #this had respected in the opinion that presented the Political Committee of the EU. +approach of negotiation has to reflect our importance like the greater commercial region of the world and at the same time also responsibility to promote a balance among the economic interests to scale world-wide, especially in relation with the countries in development. +The model of the #european agriculture, based in agricultural exploitations environmentally sustainable, that together with food production, also characterises by the preservation of the rural space, of the environment and of the quality of products, has to keep. +*Nosotros want to link liberalisation of the world-wide trade with the basic subjects of the future politics, of our future, the subjects of the social harmony and the requirements of the environmental politics. +Gentleman President, *yo only want *rogarle that *le transmit to Speaker of Parliament gratitude for having received to a Government chosen under supervision of the *OSCE, that besides has headquarters inside the territory of the Council of *Europa and #whose election carried out of compliance with the #russian Constitution. +The absolute liberalisation of the market, the suppression of subventions, control by the *OMC of negotiations on immunity of investments, will convert to the small countries in hostages in hands of the powerful and to villages in instruments of the monopolies. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman Minister, *Señorías, take use of the word to reaffirm #some of points that already have signalled here mates #mine of the Party of the European Socialists, in the sense that we are adherents of negotiation round, but no a round #any one of negotiations. +Think that development of the economy and of competitiveness of the #european countries #can take in a favourable frame to modernisation of the social systems without renouncing to the fundamental requirement of solidarity. +Gentleman President, estimated and estimated colleagues, *yo want to appreciate to the Presidency #finnish and to Mr. *Sasi commitment with the that have assumed the difficult task to define the mandate and express also my gratitude to the speakers by the frankly excellent work that are. +Prefer cohesion to efficiency and *cuando Commissioner *Barnier posed takes little the question that in *Europa will have 27 countries, *yo *le say, gentleman Commissioner, that for me is more important that in the decisions of this *Europa of 27 #all the countries seat *partícipes of decision process that debate #if, with 27, #can adopt decisions in hour, in less of two hours or in three hours. +With commitment of the common position of the month of January of 1998 the Council said that the Union #would back #all efforts of the *PNUCD in *Afganistán and has taken it, with finances The problem is the result of finances. +Ask: estimates *usted that the Commission has juridical foundations to sustain in reports, among things, that are conditions for association the dismantlement of the #slovakian nuclear head office with the difficult name that begins by "*B" , *Bohunice, and the dismantlement of the nuclear head office in *Bulgaria? +. (*FI) Gentleman President, document register of the Council directed to the public, that was created through the decision of the Council adopted on 19 March 1998, was included in Internet pages of the Council on 1 January 1999. +Our position, like deputies of the European Parliament, remains, therefore, protected, and deputies that fear sincerely that we are Letter species of the *fisgones" or *algún another right again coin given to civil servants so that they #can inform confidentially about any unfounded act of deputies #can be calm, because no treats of *eso at all. +Report (To5-0062\/1999) of Mr. *Schwaiger, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the Communication of the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament: The approach of the EU on the Round of #Millenium of the *OMC (*COM(1999) 331 - *C5-0155\/19 - 1999\/2149(*COS)) +Are fully in accordance with control of the institution by part of the *OLAF, but no *nos identify at all with complaint "politics" proposed in the frame of the Institutional Agreement among the Commission, the Council and Parliament that, besides, attentive against the free mandate of deputies. +And the recent statements of the Commission are not directed to *aplacar said worry: "Is necessary, declares #this, detain war of banana because it intoxicates the transatlantic relation and because the Union #would send a message *desfavorable to the world, to the beginning of the new commercial negotiations". +Gentleman President, in the first editorial of the Report *Dimitrakopoulos-*Leinen, on the future Conference *Intergubernamental, read the following considering: "Considering abstention index in the last #european elections, that shows an increasing loss of interest of citizens with regard to the current operation of the Union...". +Besides, *me *opongo to the creation of a common military defence, especially in points 26 and 27, that requires a "compulsory calendar" for the realisation of security politics and common defence that guarantee the external borders of the Union. +With the modifications introduced to the proposal of the Commission and that contain in the report, that involve that age minors #can not be registered and the strengthening of the right to the personal integrity, give support to the report. +States members endowed of nuclear head offices work in this question from two years ago like minimum, and informations that act in power *nos indicate that measures *correctivas today are practically finished, to the equal that #all the relative works to urgency planning. +And, #if well it is positive the approval of the budgetary line for the next years, is essential that dowry of the necessary assignments for the economic and financial support to reconstruction and the transition of *Timor Oriental to the independence. +is not of *extrañar that in a situation of absolute despair in the that *cientos of thousands of persons were displaced systematically by the political violence -and here is the enormous difference with the current acts of punctual revenge, although no therefore less condemnable-, *Rugova have lost control of strengths. +Gentleman President, as it has remembered lady speaker, the European Commission sustains that, regarding the action plan and of fight against drug of the period 1995-1999, neither the normative instruments neither programs have been object of a sufficient assessment. +In the sector of treatment, #would have to give support to programs of quality, directed to the community in general, to the school means, included the oriented to the imprisoned population, accompanied of initiatives allocated to promote risk reduction, an example of the *cuales is exchange program of syringes. +Also in point had in the past #some criticisms to the bank, went to investments in the sector of health in my country of origin, that especially ensured structures aged, or went in the sectors of traffic and the environment in *Europa oriental. +It that *sucede is that *ello #would involve a modification of norms at present applicable, which, to time, #would give place to delay in the process of taking of decisions on the humanitarian help, #one of #whose main characteristic is urgency, to be able to *paliar quickly the existent problems in *Turquía. +Go to read in Italian the text for his *Señorías: "Considers that rehabilitation work of the *toxicómanos is, to the equal that #others, a *pilar fundamental for the fight against drug, in what it takes part in front of demand. To said end, backs and encourages the important social work developed by detoxication centres, #whose capacity of intervention is precise to intensify" . +Have had knowledge or, more exactly, have had confirmation that the European Commission had in power the first part of follow-up report of the world-wide market elaborated in application of the Regulation of the Council that *usted has remembered. +The type of conditions that have to bear to resist in the great ships is not acceptable, by it that #if they go to build new ships, owe *asegurarnos that they fulfil the best possible criteria and take measured to ensure that, *cuando transport to animals in sea in great ships, take #all measures to optimise conditions. +Want to take advantage of the opportunity and Ask to Commissioners how thinks the Commission ensure development of the maritime traffic that increase security and respect to the environment, #if it do not allows follow-up in development of activities. +Lady Speaker, come from of *Donegal, a border county of the historical province of the *Ulster, and to the equal that colleague #irish Mrs. *Doyle seat a very special gratitude by advances achieved in *Irlanda of the North lately and, in particular, by events of these last days. +The 29 July of the present year, Defender of the European Village directed writing to Parliament in relation with query by his own initiative in the that requested a code of fine administrative behaviour and asked an answer before 30 November. +Second, have to *explicarles to our political strengths, to our national parliaments and to societies why take the Conference *Intergubernamental, why want a Letter of fundamental rights, why want enlargement and why have responsibility to take that the Community work like #such. +And #this because strength of the European Union is increasingly the of a bureaucratic power, of bureaucracy penetrating that wants to occupy of #everything, with the ideological illusion that the Right and the parliamentary procedure are obstacle that *ralentiza pointlessly reforms. +Want that in *Helsinki adopt the necessary decisions to begin to undertake concrete initiatives in the no military and military looks of the common politics of defence, and that indicate the necessary operative capacities and the institutions that will have to adopt the decisions. +Regarding the participation of the European Parliament, am not in conditions of *aventurar #which will be the solution of the summit of *Helsinki, but already said time before and go back to repeat that *nosotros have a positive experience of the participation of Parliament in the last occasion. +Gentleman President, the annual report in question is an important and valid novelty, and value sees highlighted by the fact that in the recently concluded Forum on Human Rights, organised by initiative of the Presidency #finnish, the organisations *nogubernamentales, the *ONG, have taken part in the debate in equality of conditions. +Gentleman President, there #be not doubt that with the presentation of this report, awareness of the public opinion regarding the importance of the subject of the civil rights and of the human rights shows that it gives a new step forward. +In the resolution of Parliament of 6 October decide to accelerate the relative procedure to the technical and financial assistance necessary for the realisation of the Union *Aduanera; and took a call to the Council so that it backed the necessary measures. +imposes, therefore, that the #european strategy with regard to *Turquía take to understand with clarity to the #turkish political class, and to the #turkish society, that no will have a special statute for country, that will have to fulfil #all the criteria of *Copenhague and of *Luxemburgo so that it advance his #european perspective. +In *tercer place, the voluntary commitment of the car industry -so much European, as also the Korean and the Japanese- refers to technical measures of reduction of CO2 broadcasts, by means of the improvement of the engines, light bodyworks, etc. #This also has to control. +The Commission foresees in the first part of the letter *b) of section 2 of article 5 that the procedures that guarantee the evaluation of the environmental risk and other notable elements #would have to be equivalent to the established in the Directive of the Council 90\/220. +And suits to observe that this supplementary quantity do not compensates at least the whole of the potential production in normal climatic conditions: so only serves to attenuate the losses quoted in moment of cast of contingents by States members. +Is much better that the Central Bank European and the European Commission, in collaboration with the commercial banks, occupy that it exist suitable information and detailed to the public on the design and security characteristics of coins and notes in euros, to begin on 1 November of the 2001, to more take. +Therefore, ask that elements -acceptance and confidence, the *aproblematicidad and the previous distribution are regulated of way that in this stage reinforce confidence of citizens and #this includes the *front-*loading and a sufficient information in the campaign of the euro. +#If it loans attention to the common goals of the *considerandos of the proposal, fits *apoyarlos full and entirely the responsible exploitation of the banks, the improvement of competitiveness of the sector, liberalisation of the market, etc. #All affirmations have my total compliance. +The use of methods of *crierios wide for adaptation of offer and demand by part of producer organisations #would have to be a fundamental support for competitiveness and the general efficiency of the sector *pesquero in group. +Want *congratularme here of *ella, because it is evident that the European Parliament has to give a very clear signal of defence of values in that it believes, in particular in a country that is not a country #any one, is a country that has in course adhesion process to the European Union. +Go to approve the budget of the year that comes with important quantities allocated to reconstruction plan of *Nicaragua after damages caused by hurricane *Mitch, and believe that function is to support and sustain the democratic institutions, that watch by the healthy fulfillment of the rules of the game. +By the contrary, wanted to support to the that have said that no only headed a coherent delegation, but that disposals of practical order for *nosotros -the greater parliamentary delegation that never has assisted to international conversations on trade- was in mutual benefit. +Is very significant that have detected the greater percentage of material errors in the department of internal management because inside this department the same Commission has the exclusive responsibility of the financial management. +Wanted to underline it that has said Mrs. go *der *Laan in relation with fraud in the Union, and signal that, to judge by #news of the press on fraud in general and attacks to the public budgets, fits to think that the community budget is more vulnerable that any #another. +Wanted to hail of special form that the Council have approved that in the granting of helps of trip at last #can have in consideration the possibility that only they award to #that that really the need, so that #that that by financial reasons #can not take part yes #can take it because of form money #would put to disposal. +Second, although I do not have intention to recommend that we vote against of the report of Mr. *Busk, believe that it costs pity call to caution with regard to appeal of the speaker of a greater financial participation community in inspection tasks and control of the *caladeros. +This participation involves more budgetary resources and, as my colleagues of Budget Commission do not leave to repeat, the size of the cake is limited, by it that every time that cut a new chip, means that it will remain less bear *algún another equally important sector. +On the other hand, section 2 of article 7 of Regulation establishes that the mandate of deputy only will be able to purchase validity after #this have formulated the statements by writing to that is forced in virtue of article 6 of Record of 20 September and of the Annex *I of the Regulation. +The Commission neither #can accept the amendment 19 that forbids the sales of squads that contain *hidroclorofluorocarburo in term of five years from the prohibition of use, since it #would increase the probability of illegal practices of poured and broadcasts to the atmosphere of *hidroclorofluorocarburos. +The Summit of *Estambul offered likewise occasion for the signature of version modified of the Treaty on the armed and conventional strengths in *Europa, for the adoption of the document of *Viena of 1999 and for the signature of the Letter of European Security. +#would not be good for the European Union that talked of a #european common defence but afterwards no endowed to the Union of means to assume said defence and at the end finished causing, by *añadidura, distance of our #american partners inside NATO. +States members have engaged to renounce to control control on 50.000 soldiers in favour of the *euroejército and have yielded the equivalent thickness to army body to the common service of the EU. +Gentleman President, has announced, aptly, leader Summit of the EU celebrated in *Helsinki like the of enlargement of the European Union and no fits doubt that meeting of the European Council has been to the height of hopes in *ella put. +Gentleman President, President in exercise of the Council and Prime minister, Mr. *Lipponen, and President of the Commission, Mr. Roman *Prodi, have taken a good summary on the central decisions adopted under the Presidency #finnish and on the pending tasks in the future. +Also forces to the European Parliament to expand his own field to the sphere of defence, in particular *cuando *clausure the Assembly of the Western European Union, so that it #can have an appropriate democratic examination of this delicate and controversial sphere. +recognition fault by part of *Turquía of the rights of the *kurdos is the most important cause of rapes of the #european democratic norms and in matter of human rights and the pretext so that State was dominated by soldiers. +*Yo ask to the Council and to the Commission that adopt immediate measures to guarantee the effective reconversion of help in the frame of *TACIS, as we #can not continue subsidising combination of electoral campaign bloody and colonial war *sanguinaria. +*Me cheer that Mrs. *Schreyer have referred before to the supplementary bottoms for the Veterinary Office, that are particularly important, #if we want that it tackle the problems that have arisen owing to the crisis of the *EEB, the crisis of dioxin in *Bélgica and, of course, the continuous work in *Portugal. +The Commission has adopted, besides, three decisions of application of the Regulation *nº 4064\/89, relative to control of concentration operations among companies, and of the Regulation 17\/62, of compliance with articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty, by the that they impose fines that go of 100.000 to 3.000 euros to each #one of companies that communicated wrong informations in answers to requests of information that *les had formulated. +In reality, programs have like fundamental goal the to support professional training of the #european audiovisual industry and promote the artistic creation and investigation of Europeans in the audiovisual sphere. +Gentleman President, since *nos gives the opportunity to debate freely: have read today in the morning in the *Libération the statement of Mr. *Ecevit, the one who affirms that after admission of *Turquía like country candidate to adhesion to the European Union, has declared: "Inevitably, borders of *Europa will advance more to Orient... goes to include #Asia central and finally #all continent #asian. +Subject: Renewal of the public agreements of services to companies commissioned of the management of motorways in #Italia The #italian Government has intention to renew the public agreements to the 20 companies that in these moments manage motorways #italian. +#If services of the competent Commission in matter of transport and of competition work joined, #can advance an important step to transfer politics of the transport of heavy commodities of road to the railway. +In other words, there #be interest in this subject, but still, by it that *yo know, has not got to point in the that it #can adopt a decision, but his *Señoría knows that it is not #one of competitions, talk, therefore, with *mesura and caution, although I #can *decirle that the European Commission no is still directive. +Second, have said specifically, no only now in this Assembly, but along years and also has shown it by means of measures adopted in my twelve weeks of competent Commissioner to the *respecto, that are not at all satisfied with the number of women in upper places or, in fact, in categories "To" in general in the Commission. +At present the Commission is in help for persons displaced inside the country, among seven and eight millions of euros, by half term, to the year, and in the financial supports to diverse initiatives directed to promote the human rights in the country. +Consistently, the Commission will value, in the first place, the effective incidence of the agreements in matter of competition; #if the incidence was remarkable, the Commission will be able to take into account the economic benefits derived of said agreements of prohibition of competition in evaluation on the possible applicability of the agreements of *exoneración individual in virtue of section 3 of article 81. +Subject: Distribution of vehicles of tourism and political of competition Is conscious the Commission that the car market of Realm Joined has the most expensive prices for 62 of the 75 models of vehicles of tourism more sold and that citizens of Realm Joined have to face up to numerous problems to hour to buy vehicles in States members? +*Yo *les pray that they do not anticipate now quantity, but that *atengan to the fact that the Commission goes to present an exact and concrete estimate for this period and for said region, that will be able to and will have to be examined afterwards by Budget Commission, the budgetary authority and Parliament. +merits of organ, of an institution, depend *empero of persons that have responsibility of #the same. By #this is particularly important the nomination like members of the Court of Accounts of professional persons and technically competent, but also with a strong and independent personality. +While it procured to interest to #all, from the local authorities of transport in *Kishinev until energy minister in *Uzbekistán, had the following experience: as in *tantos other fields of politics of the EU, in projects *TACIS perhaps are to take too much, further of *demasiadas geographic borders, in *demasiados sectors. +Consider that the European Parliament has to debate and approve the new instrument that substitutes program *TACIS, although at present *Rusia, the greatest of the New States, is object of a just initiative of the European Parliament that suspends the agreement of technological cooperation as a result of war against *Chechenia. +To *nosotros *nos corresponds to create peace conditions, cooperation, support, help and association and to the New Independent States, to *Mongolia and first of all to *Rusia, responsibility to deserve offer respecting the objective conditions of defence of the fundamental principles of citizens and of the communities governed. +Environment Ministers that took part in the Conference *COP 5 had solid opinions on this subject. But a task that presents especially difficult is intervention of the Community in tendency of his own broadcasts of gases of effect *invernadero, as this tendency is to the heaves in these moments, *cuando, by the contrary, #would have to be downward. +The #irish Government has published a Green Book on the sustainable energy, that will obtain a special category in the frame of the plan of national development for the period 2000-2006. +In particular, the communication takes upsetting in the central importance that attribute to the faithful fulfillment of the conjoint statement, in the that ensures that, to the equal that in the case of *Hong *Kong, the Commission will follow of wall this subject and -once again to the equal that in the case of *Hong *Kong- will publish an annual report on *Macao. +*Segunda coincidence: celebrates the meeting *interparlamentaria with the Popular Republic of Chinese, it that *nos offers the opportunity to transmit directly to pairs of the #chinese delegation the depth of feelings and the liveliness of hopes regarding *Macao and to the future. +Besides, program has supported financially hundreds of transnational projects for development of the #european dimension and the improvement of the quality of the upper and primary education, education and tongue learning... +Is necessary to extract educations owed of the absence of results of the Ministerial Summit of *Seattle, allocated to fix program for the "Round of #Millenium", in level of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +This decision bases in the scientific conclusions of the #french committee of sanitary security of foods, that, without leaving to recognise that they had made progresses, considers that they still exist serious potential risks, as it shows it the persistence of illness. +The hierarchical system that exists in the judicial processes no *nos allows to imagine neither by moment that a court of appeal of #any one of States members request to the Court of Justice of *Luxemburgo that pronounce in virtue of article 177 and afterwards, *cuando have pronounced and no *le enjoy his opinion say "no the will apply" . +Subject: economic Refugees in the EU These last years, the countries of the EU are thousands of pertinent economic refugees of the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental. Said persons add to thousands of pertinent refugees of *Turquía and countries of Orient Half and #Asia that, during years, find shelter in the EU. +On the other hand, the aspiring States take part actively in work of the *CIREFI. The *CIREFI is work group of the Council, in the that States members exchange the most recent data on the illegal immigration and on routes used by #the same, well of routine form, well *ad *hoc. +Fits to put in doubt the opportunity to concede credit to company that has of an active important and that is situated in a flourishing region from the point of economic sight and possessor of special value and big importance from the point of ecological sight. +*Yo do not know #if Mr. *Dupuis is member of parliament or a false member of parliament, but it that yes want to say is that *yo have finished *haciéndole a very clear question, asking #if had the Council #any concrete initiative for diffusion of the humanitarian international Right. +cooperation and capacity of conjoint performance in this field, that also goes in inside competitions of the EU, have to be increased clearly by means of this type of operations and also to *través of the general process of enlargement. +In virtue of reasons, is to say, owing to the problems related with terms and the importance of these four reports on competition politics, request that they subject to debate during the first week of sessions of the next year, in January -preferably Tuesday-, in *Estrasburgo. In name of #all the speakers ask that appeal proceed. +No only think in waste no disintegrated of *BST that store in organism, but also in the possible modification of the composition of milk, by not talking of the increase of the dose of antibiotics that administers to cows ailing. +In spite of conditions so difficult of imprisonment, *usted has found value to take advantage of time, to end to elaborate strategies of resistance, study languages and Right, #as well as to draft wonderful poems and to paint pictures that has had the big delicacy of *entregarme takes moment. +Yes, bureaucracy considers to citizens greater that ask pensions numbers -*les remember that I am the representative of the Party of Pensioners and have seen it many times- by #this #would wish that in files put photos of citizens and that citizens went labelings and considered at least like the *bueyes. +#One of two: or knows the origin of the bovine animals and #can raise the embargo on meat #british, or #can not label to these bovine animals, by not knowing the origin of meat, but then, in case, #can raise the embargo? +The Council also knows that they do not fulfil the criteria for entry and that neither there are expectations that they go to fulfil, had account that *Turquía not even is had to modify fundamental disposals of Constitution, as for example the relative to the influence of the Army. +And, in the external plane, regret in particular quotation fault #any to the *gravísima situation *angolana and of reservations to the agreement *concertado with *México, that #can favour as a whole to the countries of the *TLC, aggravate inequality in the reciprocal access to the markets and prejudice gravely the interests of #european industries. +Also #can be game point so that the fixed price of book call it, with arrangement to the #french law, "European" suppose a clear signal of the national States that they assume responsibility to this *respecto and that no answer with the usual *muletilla: "*eso decides in *Bruselas" . +To impulses of the #french Governments and German, the Council supported in the position of the European Parliament to approve, on 8 February 1999, a resolution by the that asked specifically continuity of the existent systems of price of book. +#Can *asegurarles that without fixed price of book #would not have been able to *subsistir. Thus arguments only *me cause disappointment, and exhibition has left very clear that the question of the fixed price *transfronterizo of book looms with converting in an interminable history. +The fundamental purpose of competition is to protect the interests of consumer so much from sight point of prices as of the quality, #as well as protect small and medium enterprises against, in cases, excesses of the great. +Gentleman President, today do not invoke an abstract principle, but that take part in favour of #Rocco *Derek *Barnabei, youngster *italoamericano of 33 years that from six years ago lives in runner of death of prison of #Virginia, with the daily nightmare of dying by offence that, very possibly, did not commit. +Because, as it says it #one of women brave that resist and heave voice to say to the world *algo abominable, the quote: "discriminations against women have converted in a platitudinous problem in the current world, but it that women are in *Afganistán is only and without precedents". +Want to signal two of these minimum norms, to know, the case in that it imposes death pity to persons that in moment of the facts did not have at least 18 years, or the case in that it imposes death pity to persons with disabilities psychic. +time the #french authorities have finished to evaluate damages, the Commission, in the frame of the new planning of programs for the years 2000 to 2006 will be able to loan specific helps for the protection against natural risks by means of the *cofinanciación of investments. +In 1997 presented a modification of this same Decision that *prorrogaba by two years more term so that States members sent reports and term with that explains the Commission to elaborate progress report for Parliament and for the Council. +Therefore, request commitment express of the Commission that it will define every year, among the plans *prioritarios of technical action that *le are proposed by the Permanent Committee of Agricultural Statistics, it requested in amendments 4 and 5, since in case contrary *nos #would take to lengthen the process of *codecisión and *ello #would hamper the preparation of his statistical reports by part of States members. +From the point of political sight, the most important message is the content in the amendments 4 and 5, in the that advises the tabulation crossed of helps offered, among things, in function of the extension of statistics. +information is especially significant when considering the social look of agriculture, being important to support even investigation system that piped the greater part of help to latifundiums of the agricultural regions more favoured. +In consequence, and logically, Budget Commission *nos has signalled, to *nosotros, the Commission of competent Industry regarding bottom, that in any case #can endorse donations that are not today *presupuestadas, and that are not in the financial perspectives, mainly category 4, of the that know *ustedes that is already under pressure to try fund *Kosovo. +Second, regarding actuality of the subject of tourism, has considered the Council the repercussions of the #yugoslav crisis in tourism, that will affect to zones of the *Balcanes, among *ellos, probably the north of #Grecia, #if it did not resolves quickly the crisis? +Subject: *Interreg for the islandsThinks to back the Council inclusion demands of a specific line of cooperation *interinsular in program *Interreg, #such as it requested in diverse amendments of Parliament in the first reading of the Report *Varela *Suanzes-*Carpegna on the European Bottom of Regional Development? +Gentleman President, the Council did not knows up to now case of accumulation. The Commission neither has presented to the Council any proposal that have like goal a modification of accumulation prohibition determined in the statute. +Have finished question turn, have sacked to Mr. *Verheugen and, now, as *usted has asked the word for order question, *usted has to direct to the presidency because it is the presidency the one who has to answer to order questions. +By it other, gentleman speaker, conclusions coincide, by fortune -as it has remembered *usted-, with the intentions expressed yesterday by Mr. *Prodi by it that refers to the Commission, *cuando talked of the strengthening of paper of President, of efficiency, of transparency and of an individual and collective responsibility. +Expect that also the General Secretariat of the Commission and managers of the administrations follow the recommendations. But am not very safe that like this it was, because decision of not rehabilitating to Mr. Go *Buitenen in his previous charge takes to fear it worse. +#If on the one hand the vertiginous economic growth offers possibilities to improve the situation of the environment, by the #another, also accelerates increasingly pollution of the ecological surroundings. To avert pollution will have to introduce simultaneously an environmental legislation more rigorous. +In any case, at present #can say that they have gone in in vigour each #one of the ten agreements for *Europa, and that help for the *preadhesión on the that the European Council of *Berlín has reached an agreement, will include duplication of the financial support to the countries of the *Europa central and of the east. +In *Polonia, with the entrance in vigour of the new Penal Code and of the Law of *Enjuiciamiento Criminal, #as well as with instauration of Commissioner for the protection of the civil rights, have obtained important results in terrain of the political criteria. +Regarding the adoption of the *acervo have reached some acceptable advances, especially inside the context of the union *aduanera. But need still considerable back efforts in terrain of the inner market; and here again am, especially, of the fiscal and financial field. +#I.la proposed of regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that it modifies the Regulation 19\/65\/*CEE, relative to the application of section 3 of article 85 of the Treaty to determined categories of agreements and practical *concertadas (*COM(98)0546 - *C4-0628\/98-98\/0287 (*CNS)); #Ii.la proposed of regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that it modifies the Regulation 17, *primer regulation of application of articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty (*COM(98)0546 - *C4-0628\/98-98\/0288 (*CNS)).Has in the first place the word, like speaker, Mrs. *Thyssen. +Also is essential that the Statute of Defender of the European Village contain a clear disposal in the sense that Defender has right to inspect #all archives and necessary documents, to avert unnecessary controversies and prolonged with the institutions. +But this protection of the rights of citizens community #would not be sufficient #if we did not promote a narrow collaboration and cooperation among Parliament, and in concrete Request Commission, competent in this matter, and Defender Village. +The brochure of public information of the European Parliament about request right declares that the requests reveal often in a Been practical member that they are contrary to the letter or to the spirit of the community legislation. +Like result of the requests, the European Parliament has had positive effects in the daily life of citizens and has been able to act to find a solution of the cases that include questions of competition of the Community. +Is important that this commission #can continue work, but expect that the Commission was had to offer commitments about processing agile of the requests, to the equal that has taken with article 169 of the Treaty *CE, around claims. +In this sense, wanted to express my gratitude to Parliament by support that in moment has loaned to the Commission in the launching of this big operation of information that is «Citizen of *Europa» (*Citizens *First) that has allowed, for the first time, to citizens be very informed on rights. +Are in presence of a horizontal politics in front of a sectorial politics; more still, among competitions recently attributed to this commission appear: «relations with the local and regional powers and with the Committee of the Regions». +Accepts likewise the amendment 23, to exception of point 2: technically #the same #can not suppress because, in the case of exceptions with regard to the application of the first and *segunda managerial banking, #would not state the corresponding definitions to the competent authorities neither to the own bottoms. +The Commission of Economic Subjects underlines in report the importance that *reviste for the young companies and the innovative companies of the sector of the high technologies a #european market of capital of risk *circulante and efficient. +Therefore, is indispensable to initiate reflection on a new type of international cooperation, and for *ello, it is necessary to consider, for example, the definition of norm of the European Union that serve of base to the new regulation and to the new prudential control in breast of the Union. +Gentleman President, the political task is clear: the Commission has to present to the Council *ECOFIN an action plan on the financial services, and the aforementioned Council has to subject this plan to the approval of the European Council of Colony. +The fight against violence is particularly complex. Supposes collaboration of the police and justice, #as well as a possible modification of legislation, and information and sensitisation, no only of the public opinion, but also of the official services involved. +The Commission already had decided that it made a study on security of the tunnels inside the *quinto programs frame of investigation and development. Specifically, in relation with the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, the Commission has foreseen to fund the improvements of the tunnel in the frame of networks *transeuropeas. +And from here send a message of solidarity to *Xanana *Gusmãor, man that in 1992 was condemned to twenty years of prison and is at present in domiciliary prison, but loomed to go back to prison, to the total prison, only because it took a call in *pro of self-defence of village *timorense. +prefers rather bomb, despising the principle of sovereignty and running the danger to unchain a third world-wide war, to village #serbian, that, in province, *Kosovo, cradle of nation, tries to put to except his national and religious identity. +The Commission is satisfied with the new politics of the #indonesian Government that includes recognition, by part of #this, of the need to celebrate direct elections in *Timor to end to determine in how measured are acceptable the criteria for autonomy that now are in New *York. +Think that on it that it is necessary to interrogate taking into account that by time the Union, together with the Commission and Commissioner *Marín in particular, together with the Council (and #this is rather exceptional) and, obviously, together with Parliament, has had a very clear position in relation with *Birmania- is #if, as it asked Mr. *Vecchi, *Birmania is really isolated. +Gentleman President, Parliament, to the equal that the other democratic institutions, has to launch a signal and warning to leave clear that rape of the human rights is an intolerable offence that did not forgets with time. +These amendments have a political value in the sense that they express priorities. #can not accept, for example, that the small breweries of my country see forced to abandon activity simply because they no longer #can sign supply agreements of beer as the know now. +The report takes a call to the government so that it keep dialogue regulate with the opposition and the social speakers to end to create a favourable political environment for integration of *Hungría in the EU. +The amendments of Mrs. *Bennasar, that have received support of Right Commission of Woman, enhance more the participation of the no governmental organisations in the execution of program *DAPHNE. +But, especially, create *yo, the right to life, the right to the dignity, the right to freedom and integrity of each #one. Supposes a clear reference to the human rights by it that program, perhaps, #can be *algo wider and content *originario, the that it had before, #can recover . +The main goal of program *quinquenal *DAPHNE proposed is to support and boost to the no governmental organisations and to the voluntary organisations so that *mancomunen efforts and protect to boys, to youngsters and to women against type of violence. +discrimination follows being very high in #all the fields, and believe that #all persons do not want to be treated like objects of the public assistance, but that demand with reason to society and to the political right to life without discriminations in a safe social surroundings. +Finally, *me seems regrettable, instead, silence of the report regarding the demographic looks -although *les speakers talk of *ello in a *primer moment, from the beginning of report- because anyway at all will be possible -although it was not more that in the financial plane- #if it do not corrects the demographic pyramid of *Europa, that is *reveladora of a true tragedy. +But also treats, since *nos find in a world-wide market, to impose in the next negotiations of the *OCM that will take place in *Seattle the 30 of November, that treats really to disassemble the rigidities of the market and that the European Union #can act here exactly with right equality that in other great sectors. +In the first place, treats of competitiveness of the #european industry of starch; treats of the agreements of *Berlín on seeds *oleaginosas and on plants *albuminosas that, as #all know, are entirely insufficient and no suffice to diminish deficit that there #be in these markets, no *pudiéndonos, therefore, serve of any big help in the current form. +Have listened with satisfaction that gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen, in mood, recognises to the Been member the possibility to say the last word regarding politics, but fear sanction that the General Direction *IV, responsible of competition, reservation usually to the state helps. +In effect, *usted has taken the decision to declare inadmissible censorship motion presented by 66 deputies pertaining to #all the political groups. Of form *usted has questioned an inherent right to deputy. +Lady Speaker, #if well an absolute hit of the euro #would improve competitiveness of the European Union, #would wish to call attention on the fact that the structural unemployment represents to time a threat for this same competitiveness. +Always *me has upset a lot hear these great statements *vanagloriándose of the reduction of the public helps to companies, without wanting to accept that, in the meantime, the majority of companies, of the great companies privatised, no longer invest in basic investigation neither in *I+*D, taking that our technological level retreat. +At present have thirteen socialist governments. So much voters like the #european villages expect that they put in practice politics no only to service of employment, but also to service of a social model that do not base in precariousness. +To me, in any case, no *me #would enjoy to finish -since it is a conjoint debate- without saying that, regarding the management of 1996, my delegation -my delegation and *yo same- fix already our position, and that, in these moments in that the Commission has resigned, believe that no thus they #would have to forget commitments of Mr. *Santer, that #would have to be assumed by the new President *Prodi. +In the resolution proposal that tomorrow will have *ustedes that vote, *Señorías, attaches work document that enumerates points that need explanation by part of the Commission, so that the resultant Parliament of the elections #can proceed to the approval of the corresponding management to 1997. +In the case of resources for the *cofinanciación the Commission criticises that the realisation of concrete projects hard too much time and that, especially, flow of resources involves with frequency great problems for the no governmental organisations. +Changes, in end, and very important, of politics, of content, of ambition, of inspiration, of underlying political principles in those matters that happen of the *tercer to the *primer *pilar in the field of justice and of interior subjects and the big change that supposes integration of the social Protocol in the same Treaty. +In this sense, gentleman President, Parliament do not goes to admit that institution *le impose interpretation on questions of procedure, questions that have to be seen -and *eso says it very well the report of the Commission- on the base that act adopted will be it with arrangement to the Treaty of *Amsterdam and that #that is the procedure that has to respect . +The report of Mrs. Palace proposes a procedure that confirms the that it already chose the European Parliament after *Maastricht and that supposes confirmation, by part of Parliament, of the legislative procedures already initiated and #whose juridical foundation or procedure have seen modified in virtue of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +And in the case of the two agreements on the transmission of acts and on the recognition of decisions in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility -proposed that the Commission will approve morning on the base of the Treaty- will transmit immediately to the Council and to Parliament. +The European Union and States Joined, *Canadá, New *Zelanda, *Australia, have each #one vote in the *OMC, but *cientos of countries in roads of development that expect in the *OMC with hope that they also take in account interests do not have to be separated by the continuous *reyertas among the European Union and States Joined, as it treats also of other essential problems. +The nominations that take for office, character or the tonality multinational or no of personnel, the balance among sexes, #all things will purchase a totally disproportionate importance concerning his real importance. +Regarding intervention about the need that in the great countries have commissioner of the majority party and commissioner of the opposition, *le will say that in *Alemania abuses of this possibility to leave sideways to the Greens, partners of the coalition. +Likewise, in front of war in *Kosovo and first of all it that war reveals of the fragilities of *Europa, wish ardently that the European Union cessation to tackle the future of our continent -the *Europa Central and Oriental, *Rusia, the Mediterranean- with a so careful vision that is too much narrow and finishes for being imprudent. +Exists an institutional and political lack that is to sight of #all, that is the challenge of the next term of office and that it #can be suggestion to take to the new generations: the invitation to no *escatimar efforts in favour of adventure of the culmination of the construction of *Europa. +President of the Central Bank European, Mr. *Duisenberg, do not tires to repeat: «*Me have assigned the task to keep value of the euro and to keep price stability. +Regarding the future, only has referred to a generic and, in this moment, *fumosa international conference on the *Balcanes that evades problems imminent and more urgent, and has evoked the unhappy image of the «*Europa of the sword», term that President #Jacques *Delors abhorred. +During mandate, will have to achieve *usted simultaneously two attainments, to know, the consolidation of the European Union, #whose tasks and dimensions have increased spectacularly in the last years and the last decades, putting order in looks in the that it was necessary, so that, although they do not introduce novelties, the Commission was truly able to work and work. +*Yo believe that the Council, the Commission and Parliament still will have to take *algún institutional effort to avert that #everything *ello escape in practice of the frame *auténticamente community and that Finance Ministers convert by path in the new masters of *Europa. +Regarding the vision of project, *usted has mentioned the need of an external representation and the capacity to take *extensivo to #all *Europa through enlargement, but also to the *Balcanes, for example, peace order that have created in breast. +Finally, although I have appreciated proposal for stability of *Europa of the South and Oriental and an international conference on the *Balcanes, have to say that interventions armed never have carried peace, #if *acaso have detained clashes, but no deleted causes. +From sight point, the excessive *tecnicismo, the excessive *economicismo of the European Council of *Berlín has to be corrected by a community economic politics that take in consideration #all the interests of #all the regions and #all the countries of the European Union. +affirmation is not some, because the bilateral parities among the #european coins fixed on 1 May 1998 -takes precisely a year- and the goal of the rigid fixation of coins among yes prevails from takes varied years. +*Nos surprises to ascertain, in particular, that growth is feebler in the countries that find in the centre of the system euro and that they are taxpayers to the system of the structural Bottoms, and stronger in the most peripheral countries or *beneficiarios of the #european subventions. +Like this will be able to *escucharme, because, in part, agree with my friend *Hervé *Fabre-*Aubrespy *cuando say that *eso already have seen it before in Parliament, but that the application with immediate character, to the following minute, of act that has to still be consecrated by means of Record is *algo entirely new and that, on the other hand, adjusts to the spirit in the that approve the Report *Elles. +#If we had approved the amendment of the Socialist Group, *algo that lamentably have taken 212 colleagues, no #would have denial of the approval of the management and said comments #would not have any juridical value, comments that, repeat, condemned to the Commission. +#would Be paradoxical that Parliament pronounced before the end of mandate on said approval of the management, without having of #all elements, *cuando the second inform of the Committee of Wise persons expects for the autumn and *cuando still do not give conditions for *pronunciarnos with definite character. +war of *Kosovo *nos shows also thing and wanted to go back to remember the words of #François *Mitterand, although it also #can quote to *Helmut *Kohl, the one who said that in *Europa are in game war and peace, and no only the economy, ordinations of the market and intervention prices, by important that also was all #this. +Without security guarantee, refugees, the deported, will not return and the consequence #would be that *Milosevic #would have reached purpose and #would live in #one *Europa that no longer #would be #ours *Europa, the that in fact defends this Assembly, in quality of Parliament of the *Europa of integration. +Also regret the involuntary civil victims of the aerial attacks, but *nos feel morally forced to follow supporting the goal to detain the greater evil, is to say, the racist politics of *Milosevic and those who surround it. +With the *resurgir of nationalism in *Rusia and the social deprivation in increase of the majority of village #russian, have the duty and the interest that *Europa collaborate with *Rusia to intensify democracy, security and prosperity of #all citizens. +Believe that for Parliament and for members of parliament is very important stability and fixation of diet juridical and that, therefore, the Council and Parliament #would have to follow working by road without thinking in clash without commitment solution. +Well, lady Speaker, *yo *me take #this very seriously and expect that the *servcios that review #this objectively, get tomorrow to the conclusion that the report -the report that was and with number that have, *yo on my part *me refer to the report To-0245 that is in the agenda and that has a determined content, do not put in the agenda. To me *me #would result very doubtful that the report was modified by services and that afterwards was put in the agenda. +No doubt in saying that promotion campaigns of the banks and credit agencies are in big way to prices *inflacionarios of house, putting with *ello house out of the scope of youngsters that wish to install his *primer home. +The common position *les gives to States members the possibility to introduce claim obligation in the course of two months, or was that consumer will have to discover and report defect in the course of two months. +#Can say that these procedures always go very fast, but in this case have a model in the that #many of reservations expressed in a principle, #many of fears with regard to the commercial interests, #many of fears of deputies, appeased thanks to way in that said procedures carried out. +And *nos concerns that the normal foods that have special characteristics that the take especially ideal for sportsmen, as they are paste and drinks, happened to remain included inside the specific directive, it that *les #would create big confusion to consumers and #would bump clearly with this simplification of norms that the managerial #would have to promote. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0206\/99) of Mr. *Manzella, in name of the Commission of Institutional Subjects, on the common statement relative to the practical modalities for the new procedure of *codecisión (article 251 of the *TCE) +Think in the principle of fiscal equality among #all deputies, that #can admit transitory exceptions but never definite; in respect to the rights purchased by deputies in matter of pensions in years of work inside and out of Parliament, or in detail questions that is not necessary to enumerate now. +Is necessary to begin already to prepare peace and collaborate with the countries of the region to build a stable system of cooperation among *ellos and boost development that *les allow to adhere what before to a Union that bases in respect to the one who is different and in integration of wealths and cultural and human diversities. +Of course, the lean point of the European Union follow being the external politics and of common security. The Presidency #german has insisted in the need to develop article 17 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Regarding the institutional calendar, are totally of agreement in that it is already an imperative that take the institutional reform, that fix stages that carry to a Conference *Intergubernamental, and #can *decirle to the Council that Parliament has worked during years in establishing a true catalogue of fundamental rights. +Obviously, the European Parliament goes to boost this governmental evolution and, to begin, will take it by means of the resolution that definitely goes to vote in instants and that pretends to give to the Commission paper engine in the institutional reform. +Without embargo, before adopting any decision #would be more careful to expect the second inform of experts of the that the European Parliament, with prudence, has postponed publication until after the #european elections and that certainly *clarificará of interesting form the operation of the institutions. +Is clear that in spite of #all respect by Presidents and Majesties that had to the beginning of the unification of *Europa and of the common contractual drama, today day are the fundamental rights the that they have to constitute the central point. fundamental Rights in the that it declare that citizens and citizens want to build *Europa in freedom, peace and solidarity. +The gradual approach of support prices, accompanied by direct payments, to price level in the world-wide market prepares to companies for the back liberalisation of the world-wide trade that already is. +With regard to the structural politics: the clear *disciplinamiento of the structural politics by means of the internal concentration, is to say, with less objective of help and less community initiatives and by means of concentration of stage of helps, contributes an increase of efficiency. +central Look of #all the structural Bottoms will be thus the creation of places of work with future, it that means growth with intensive generation of employment, strengthening of the competitive and innovative capacity of the regions, sustainable development and promotion of qualification and of equality of opportunities. +Gentleman President, the representatives of the Council approved yesterday the prohibition in #all the European Union of *amianto white, in spite of which exists #one restlessness that they produce unnecessary delays in the signature of this document, in the that Parliament has exerted a positive paper to promote it. +The question of hormones in meat shows that they do not take in account health requirements and protection of consumers and the scarce importance of the «principle of caution» in front of the dominant economic interests. +The three conflicts that have at present among the European Union and States Joined regarding the World-wide Organisation of Trade are relative to the sector of banana, of meat with hormones and of noise of planes in takeoff and in landing. +The social consequences in #some of countries are very important: States members of the European Union lose progressively, after the *OMC, circle of influence regarding the #african continent especially, and *ello in benefit of the continent *sudamericano #whose agricultural resources are exploded or *valorizados in big part by companies dominated by #american capitals. +Is precise that #that that negotiate in name of the *OMC take out shine to arms and *nos reassure: alignment of the community regulations with the rules of the game of the world-wide market never will be able to constitute an agricultural political goal for the European Union. +In effect, how #can be satisfied with commitment that involves an important descent of income of the #european agriculturalists, consecutive to descent of prices partially compensated, expecting his total suppression to satisfy the requirements of the *OMC? +Perhaps in this context of budgetary austerity earn #all dimension the imperative established in the relative Treaty to that #all the community politics -and no only the structural- have to orient from the perspective of the economic and social cohesion. +Also think that it is important -and #this is in line with my report- that the conclusions of *Berlín indicate clearly that in *Europa will have to loan a greater attention to the quality of feeding, security, the protection of the environment, deal respectful with animals, etc., to #european level. +Thus, with the end to avert this threat, vote in the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development amendment that excludes any possibility to expand the viticultural zone to any #another Been clear-cut member or required in this amendment. +Our will *nos carried in December to withdraw the called «strategic amendments» to the budget for the year 1999, and #few days before the European Council of *Berlín, president *Samland sent a letter to the fifteen ministers of Inland revenue *informándoles of the figures that the European Parliament considered absolute minima, the called «*minima *minimorum» . +Before have explained the basic principles of reform of the structural Bottoms, by it that no *les go to bore now with concrete opinions on the different amendments as I have understood in #all interventions that go to follow the procedure #such as it has agreed. +Regret that in the European Council of *Berlín have agreed a significant reduction of money that goes to allocate so much to the structural Bottoms as to Cohesion Bottom, but understand also that application will be positive in the next seven years. +And believe that we have to take into account that these structural Bottoms are practically the last that apply to the fifteen States members, since the perspective of enlargement to States of the centre and of the east of *Europa will modify the politics of regional action for the next years. +Gentleman deputy, in the last time has indicated with clarity to *Turquía that behaviour in the case *Ocalan, the guarantee of a process according to norms of right State, goes to have repercussions on relations among the European Union and *Turquía. +Of how mood thinks to take part the Council so that it guarantee the effective protection of the human rights in the *Iraq, in sight, besides, of the debates in breast of the Security Council of Nations Joined on the lifting of the economic sanctions? +And as we believe that we are in favour of the protection of the human rights -and are it, and take well in being it-, #would want *preguntarle #if the innocent population, #if the innocent citizens of *Iraq are not included in category of the population on the that is in vigour defence of the human rights. +Thus, #can the Council confirm or deny data? Go to take measured to ensure that tongue #swedish receive treatment that the great community tongues, and that, from now on, the #swedish representatives #can use tongue and have an interpreter? +Go back to article 203 of the Treaty, as they defend #many of Parliament, in my opinion is not the correct path, will carry to a greater increase of costs of the Union. Especially States members that are #net taxpayers hardly will be able to accept it. +Gentleman President, before dissolving , Parliament has achieved to pronounce on the set up of reform of the structural Bottoms and has reached to affirm positions in the that has run the risk to convert , once again, in confrontation among the #european Institutions. +In any case, the *PAC follows being -of course- #one *PAC thrown off balance, in measure in that, for being based in the concept of historical productivity, the richest countries result clearly much more favoured that the poorest, #if well no *me happens by head take of the poor rich and of the rich poor. +Without damage of the cheques distributed by the diverse countries, the regulation of the structural Bottoms, in particular by means of intermediate evaluations of efficiency reservation and of levels generally inferior of *cofinanciación, goes to take that, in practice, the financial endowments happen to be of «limit of costs», whereas they were «objective of costs». +In this reform of the market of wine have imposed the requirements of the European Parliament, and #can not more that go back to highlight that it #would be desirable that Parliament #can *codecidir in the future, because trade *vacuno dominate it so well like the Council. +#If to #this #can not call by the *pelos'...!; are the eleven less chamber of the night and Parliament is to full performance, even with the presence of the Council, by which *me *congratulo, gentleman President of the Council, since I never have seen before to the Council here in Parliament to the eleven less chamber of the night. appreciate it, is not other that say it. +Previous detailed examination and after keeping numerous informal contacts to #all levels, Parliament #would have to be now in position to issue his opinion about the proposal, so that the Council #can continue work with a crystalline knowledge of the wishes of the Assembly. +Have wanted to treat it in this last session and the Commission simply has followed his usual guideline; #if #this had not been the last session, #would have included in the session of the next month. +#If the Council had wanted to exert *algún paper, #would have to have worked in reaching an agreement *interinstitucional that put end to the anomalous situation signalled in the that the European Parliament, in formal terms, sees involved in insufficient measure in the results of the social dialogue. +Gentleman President, gentleman vice-president of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen deputies, with this debate that initiate on the known and already famous global agreement with *México, closes a cycle of five years in the that Parliament has worked and collaborated actively with the European Commission to renew and deepen relations with the group of the countries of *América Latin and also with *México. +This decision is unlucky because it contributes to accelerate the deterioration, increasingly evident, of the commercial flows, affected, from five years ago, by the dynamism of the *NAFTA, and that, in this period, has reduced quota in the #mexican market of a 11 % to a modest 6 %. +Now well, said #this, and remaining clear that want an agreement with *México, *nosotros #can not *obviar the quantity of questions posed by the different organisations no governmental, that are not #one neither two, and that are not little important: Amnesty International, *Human *Rights *Watch , the League of Rights Human International, *Intermon. +treats rather to look for exit #worthy for person group that during years have put all obstinacy in cooperation of *Schengen and that #can not see prejudiced by integration of *Schengen in the frame of the Union *Europa. +Nevertheless, #can not deny that the definite texts so only got Monday to Parliament, that so only Monday #can argue the final result of negotiations and that, besides, query to Parliament really is pure theatre, since it already is all decided. +Without embargo, also is truth that the proposal of the Commission and the report of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens contribute numerous solutions. To mood to see, both have made an excellent work. +The Group of the Popular Party European and big part of the Commission of Juridical Subjects back the proposal of the Commission, but there are #some amendments that do not deserve support, especially the that refer to responsibility of intermediaries. +In summary, gentleman President, the Popular Party European backs, in a very important measure, the report of the Commission of Juridical Subjects, backs #any amends posed by the Liberal Group and, to exception of the that has mentioned so much Mr. *Hoppenstedt as *yo same, will vote in favour of *ellas in general terms. +treats of a historical moment in the that exists already the possibility to make follow-up of persons to scale world-wide, in the that -for the first time- the civil rights #can not protect with help of borders, as it has come occurring until moment. +Remember moments in the Commission of Juridical Subjects and, among *ellos, the shared with Mrs. *Oddy that, in subjects that began in the previous term of office about the new technologies concerning incompatibility with author rights, always have got to similar positions. +In the world of the communications in line, consumer receives information avalanche and States members #can not protect in the national legislation because the electronic trade *rebasa borders of the countries. +Especially, #would wish to express to my colleagues of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens how much have appreciated work that have made during these five last years, #as well as formulate to the Commission of Juridical Subjects my best *augurios with regard to the next mandate. +*Cuando this morning *me have *enterado by chance that the debate on this report #would not take place until this afternoon to the 18.00 hours and #would proceed to the vote tomorrow in the morning, have got to the conclusion that it is a deeply unfair decision put that it that is in game is the future of persons, of the young persons. +#One of the amendments that go to vote, specifically number 4, that forms part of commitment that have agreed with the Council, involves a modification of section first of article 3 of the Regulation, adding a new initiative, the community initiative *Urban. +#This is not the only reason by the that request that we split of the idea that this vote require a qualified majority. *Me base equally in the political need that a decision of these characteristic review character highly *vinculante for the Council, the Commission and also for Parliament. +In general lines are in favour of reform, without embargo, have to formulate #some reservations in regard to #some looks that still have not deepened it sufficient as, for example, the impact in the regions that, in name of the principle of concentration, run the risk of suffering stagnation in development process. +#This is the reality, while it seems that they discern #some hopes of negotiation after trip to Blunt of #Ibrahim *Rugova and the release of the three #american soldiers, Parliament, in his last hours of work, chooses with this vote on *Kosovo the path *mortificador of propaganda of NATO and *fracasa in his political paper. +Mrs. *Danze-*Serfaty is the wife of Mr. #Abraham *Serfaty, the one who remained imprisoned during 17 years in prison of *Tazmamart in quality of political prisoner, and that it was received with #all the honours in this Assembly, after release, that produced, especially, thanks to interventions and resolutions of Parliament. Without embargo, #can not go in in *Marruecos, *cuando no longer *recae on *él indictment. +The Commission, as #all *ustedes, applauds the signature during the past morning of the agreement that establishes the frame of autonomy of the territory, query modalities and the organisation of the referendum and, also, disposals in matter of security. +On the other hand, during these two years, and from the common position of the Council of Ministers, elaborated program of humanitarian help and of rehabilitation of urgency that took on the base of *Cáritas, by the importance that had the Catholic Church in *Timor Oriental and, particularly, Prize *Nobel Archbishop *Belo. +Regarding the question that presented Mr. *Bertens and Mrs. Go *Bladel on purpose of hospital, hospital of *Gaza is hospital of the *UNRAC, is not hospital of the European Commission or fact by the European Commission, is hospital of the *UNRAC. +Gentleman President, is very significant that Parliament, that has concerned enormously by the question of the human rights, go back once again on the subject of the International Penal Court in the last session of urgency on the human rights of this term of office. +Invites to mayors, managers, engineers and architects to collaborate in a common project that pretends to take advantage of in the new constructions energy facilitated by the sun instead of building of form that need electricity pertinent of the nuclear energy to heat the houses. +Generally, the small companies do not have neither of means neither of the professional capacity to make follow-up of the monetary situation that *les allow to follow with a sufficient security the behaviour of money. +So much before as after this resolution, the juridical conditions that regulate supervision of calls #telephone, interception and control of access to Internet belong exclusively to the field of application of the national Right. +Report (To4-0259\/99) of Mr. *Jarzembowski in name of Transport Commission and Tourism on directive proposal of the #european Parliament and of the relative Council to the application of *gravámenes in the heavy vehicles of transport of commodities by utilisation of determined infrastructures ((*COM)96\/0331 - *C4-0027\/97-96\/0182(*COD)) - before 96\/0182 (*SYN) +The first proposed of the Commission broke seriously the balance among potato starch and grain. These proposals #would have had disastrous consequences for income of producers of potato starch. +Nevertheless, and in brief, believe that the Group of the Greens #would have to follow give advance and *ofrecerle support, but also consider that it #would have to carry out a suitable assessment of this type of events so that we #can take advantage of face experiences to the future and to the coming exhibitions. +The Commission expects to continue cooperation with the European Parliament and services to ensure that the participation of the Union in the *Expo 2000 was an important event that *acerque more the European Union and institutions to citizens. +Of habit, Fridays receive to visitor groups and #can *asegurarle that for citizens of my country that have had the privilege to visit the European Parliament, *usted is session President more popular. +Create deeply in the parliamentary institution and am deeply convinced that the *legitimación democratic of #all the process of #european integration assent on Parliament, the full recognition of paper and cooperation capacity with the national Parliaments. +pirouettes that finishes to execute *usted here, gentleman *Poettering, show nevertheless that the fall of the folds of suit #can not be and never will be so attractive like the of the that adorn face of Subject Minister External. +Want to congratulate personally of special mood no only to the Federal Chancellor but also to Subject Minister External, President of the Council that is here present, gentleman *Fischer, by not having saved efforts to go out of this difficult bellicose situation. +Thus, it is necessary to put prompt to disposal the necessary money for *ello and create the corresponding organisation so that we do not devote the greater part of work to that organisation coordinate with the #another but that the essential part of work devote to help sure enough to the *Balcanes and that convert at last in a peaceful region of this *Europa. +Gentleman President, the serious and negative repercussions of the financial crisis, of the *desaceleración of the economic growth in the European Union, -also in the era of the Economic and Monetary Union- have shown clearly of dramatic mood it necessary that it was the #european pact by employment of Colony. +*Les want to ask on disposal, his personal disposal to accept that they have to *rendir accounts and answer in front of citizens of *Europa by #everything it that take together with president, #as well as in front of this Assembly, with a clear public understanding and absolute that #this is the public forum of the #european democracy in front of the that owe *rendir accounts and answer publicly. +Nevertheless, wanted to plead by that, when acting like this, do not launch to boy with water of bath and comprise well that sometimes #one of the causes of failure of the previous Commission was the loss of the notion of public function. +Without a #european strategy in this sense, runs the risk that an economy like the #ours bend to concentrate resources in the strongest zones leaving to the *margen the feeblest, although #some have made remarkable progresses in the last time. +Gentleman President, gentlemen representatives of the Presidency of the Council, *Señorías, ladies and gentlemen, is not timely that the representative of the Commission in functions expose of extensive mood his opinion here on program of the Presidency #finnish of the Council as it treats of program that will apply in first line with the new Commission. +Without embargo, believe that President of country *nos has contributed the formidable demonstration of the contribution that Europeans #can contribute to peace in the continent and to the preparation of a #european solution to the #european problems. +Finally, concerning death pity, *me will allow that it signal to attention and *le insist so that the Presidency take part with #all weight in *Estambul and also in *Teherán, as in this last there #be thirteen #jewish that run the risk -know it-to be condemned to death pity simply for having been accused of espionage in favour of #Israel. +Am of the seem that #if we do not recognise errors of the past, will not be able to advance in the future, and it is necessary to say that, in it fundamental, the question from now is #if we will be able, without resorting to arms, to pipe the subjects related with the democratic transformations. +The 9 July 1999, #such as the Assembly will have heard to say to Mr. *Sasi, the Council decided to remit the subject to the Court of Justice protecting in article 213 of the Treaty; after said decision, now *le corresponds to the Court pronounce on the questions aroused. +Foresees besides examination procedure and of decision that include the specific capacity of the Commission to remit the question to a deontological committee *cuando the planned occupation of commissioner was related with wallet. +Perhaps the Assembly wish to know besides that, during conversations of month, #some members of the current Commission that always have respected fully his solemn commitment to fulfil the obligations of honesty and discretion have reiterated of fine wins and voluntarily said commitment. +It that *nos remains to *nosotros is to take reflection about the fault of consideration of #some members of the salient Commission on the need to adopt a rigorous approach regarding the high exigible criteria in the public life. +The *desenvoltura of Commissioner *Bangemann, that not even has had decency to expect months until the end of the agony of the Commission, *nos reveals until how point believe in this institution above the laws and of the public opinions. +Really is of it more *censurable that it have had no only an apparent *mofa of the official norms for commissioners, but also rape of the spirit of transparency and confidence that had to constitute the base of work among Parliament and commissioners. +After a deep debate, the Council reaffirmed in conclusions of the past June and remitted to the common political will, so much of the Commission as of the countries members, to carry out measures that require said conclusions in #all amplitude and of immediate form. +The Council applauded in general lines program proposed by the Commission, related with the deep review of legislation, on #whose details are *ustedes to the common, and that pretends to be adapted to legislation on foods of animal origin and to measures to take regarding the animal wastes. +But is clear that in moment more *álgido of the crisis is absurd that the Commission and his technical services lose time with discussions with the #belgian authorities and the technical services of #this, since there are not norms and since it do not knows how much dioxin #can have product. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, the crisis of dioxin, after the crisis of cows crazy, the American pressures directed to impose meat with hormones, are examples of the fearsome threats that weigh today day on the alimentary security of our *conciudadanos. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, for me at least has been comfort the that neither in this Assembly, neither in the European Commission, neither in the Council, nobody have considered the crisis of dioxins #belgian like a purely #belgian problem. +Sure enough, the problem of dioxins #belgian is also a #european problem, and the that it was a #european problem of course has to see with the only market, with politics in matter of competition, with the failure of the agricultural politics. +Take into account that the necessary liberalisation of the markets and the opening to third countries are to agriculture and to the *ganadería #european competitiveness heights hardly *superables and that #if they do not take effective preventive measures career by *abaratar costs of production *nos will carry, before or afterwards, to a new similar case. +Lady Speaker, *nos says *usted that only treats of modifications or of changes, but *nos #would enjoy that the Group of the European Socialists *nos said, in relation with amendment 1, #if it treats to add a nomination or of change, and #would wish to have answer in relation with the amendment 4 of the Group of the European Socialists. +look in the that want *centrarme of it that has said Mr. *Ford, is that the Commission, as it alleges, is a message to the organisers of the European Union managers of championships of *Europa 2000 and perhaps of Glass of the World that they #can take case *omiso of norms. +Want to urge to the Commission to that it show more prowess in front of the governments and to inform to Parliament *cuando the governments hinder attitudes and clear decisions of the Commission through behaviour dilatory, of decision absence or of utilisation *improcedente and unsuitable of influence. +treats, of course, as it #can read in the conclusions of the report of experts, further of the own bad operation, of a problem of mentality, that, obviously, do not puts in *entredicho to civil servants of the Commission, but that reveals structural lacks of this institution, that are not of technical character, but of political order. +control by the European Parliament, of course, and, for example, our Assembly #would have to, after this report of experts, request new audits on concrete points, or even appoint an or varied commissions of investigation to launch light in #some fields still dark, like the evaluation of the real effects of subventions community. +Is much better, in place to pretend an environmental inspection *supranacional, with #all difficulties related with entrance right, that #can ensure that the valid legislation guarantee that the environmental inspectors of #all States members (to) exist and (*b) carry out tasks pretty much according to guidelines. +And once again *nos find in front of a dilemma that is the authentic alternative of the devil: *cuando the European Commission proposes a recommendation *ustedes want a directive, and *cuando the Commission proposes a directive, it is necessary to take recommendations because it is necessary to respect subsidiariness principle. +To know personality and the suitability of candidates to exert charges believe that the public audiences have been a positive exercise of democracy and transparency, without that they have triumphed the that pretended *convertirlas in witch hunting. +*Ello only #would contribute to erode confidence of society in the institutions of the Union, it that #would suppose a step backwards for #all parts interested, in particular, to the light of the decisive challenges that await to the Union like political and economic entity. +Gentleman President, the statement of President designated of the Commission confirms his previous interventions, mainly in front of this Assembly, days 13 April or 4 May last, and deputies #french of my group will see therefore forced to vote against. +Therefore, our more important priority #would have to be go back to achieve the participation of the constituent *desencantado: a European Commission reformed, a European Parliament reformed, that relate of a firm way, but mature, is the only path by the that have #any real hope to achieve it. +To appeal of the groups, and especially of the #ours, gentleman *Prodi has assumed clear commitments regarding transparency of actions of the Commission, to the *concertación with Parliament, to responsibility of members of the Commission in front of this Assembly. +*Yo wanted to require it following: in the first place, *yo did not have intervention to the beginning of the session and, second, precision of yesterday did not seems to have served of at all, since again it did not appears in Record it that really said and the following point contradicts the content of my words. +Conscious that #that is the main task of the Commission, manifest to professor *Prodi and to members of the Commission the wish of a good work and declare that it will have the vote of deputies #portuguese of the Popular Party European. +Have appreciated introduction, expect that it give a positive answer to sections of our resolution, and have confidence in the capacity of Mr. *Prodi to direct the Commission of way responsible and expert. +The operation and the management of Transport Direction have been exemplary and believe that with experience in modernisation of the Party *Laborista of Realm Joined, has the necessary aptitudes to undertake work. +Determined opinions that #can *resumir of the following mood: in the first place, know that *Europa has taken from two strengths *dialécticamente constructive: #that that, conscious of weight of history, defend the *pervivencia and the force of the national State and #that #others that, with greater launch, think in a future of greater integration, #whose political definition still is not among *nosotros, and perhaps was #that #one of the advantages of this construction. +To win resistances needs originality and energy, Mr. President, and wish that have *usted of unseen reservations of genders, as to judge by the speeches that until today *le have listened, #many of *nosotros think that no *nos have provided sufficient indications of *ello, and especially do not warn indications that it exist the new mentality that precise for *encarar so much the deep crisis of confidence in that it has *sumido *Europa like the problems of unemployment and security. +Although cuts is *algo usual in this stage of the budgetary procedure, this year come to add to a substantial redistribution of 430 millions of euros in category 4 - external actions - to fund reconstruction of *Kosovo by value of 500 millions of euros. +In bottom, gentleman President, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, *señorías, have to say that no *nos had seduced budget preliminary draft of the Commission. No *nos had seduced the preliminary draft of the Commission and *nos disillusioned budget project of the Council. +Want to ask to the Council that *replantee proposal and that guarantee that representation of the European Parliament in organ correspond to it that in reality is the European Parliament, is to say, that was reflection of #all the political strengths, #all currents, #all the opinions that give in this moment in *Europa. +Lady Speaker, the European Council of Colony had the unlucky idea -without that any national parliament *le have demanded, that *yo know, at all to the *respecto- to launch the preparation of a Letter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. +The Cut occupies of the question of impunity and offers an impartial forum for trials, with it that will help to facilitate the international tensions and to promote peace and security in the national plane and in the international. +Lady Speaker, *yo expect that, after the statement that has taken Speaker in exercise of the Council, this Summit of *Tampere #can suppose a firm commitment of political will by part of the Union, #where collect #all a series of orientations clear and precise that *nos allow to follow advancing. +In the previous term of office, Parliament said yes to the Monetary Union, said yes to the social integration taking of employment the centre and engine of the #european social politics, and now have to say also yes to a #european space of freedom, of security and justice. +Lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, Mrs. *Halonen, speech, with the concrete proposals that has included, *me has satisfied especially because it reinforces conviction that *Tampere #can really suppose moment summit, an authentic milestone, a new impulse to the process of #european construction. +To similarity of mates of the Party of the European Socialists, particularly attentive and *asiduos with occasion of auditions of candidates to Commissioners, *me congratulate of this procedure that offers educations on personality and the intentions of those who will be our privileged speakers. +Therefore, #if well I go to vote midday without a state of particular spirit the investiture of this Commission *deseándole spirit and luck, inside some weeks will be particularly attentive to program that will announce for the year 2000 and the term of office. +In the agricultural sector has insisted in the great orientations of the *PAC -Political Agricultural Common- and a greater liberalisation of the markets, keeping injustices in distribution of supports and subventions, with clear damage for agriculture familiar and of countries like *Portugal in the that predominate the small agricultural exploitations. +silence of Mr. *Prodi on the need to defend the social model European, his *consternadora abstemiousness and even his frequent omissions concerning a #european politics in *pro of employment, his careful generalities on the institutional modification inspire more reservations. +My argument is that President of the Commission, Roman *Prodi, obtained in May of the year in course the vote of an important majority of the European Parliament to carry out with squad *intachable a wide program of reforms with seen to the necessary *saneamiento of the Commission. +Had account of the serious doubts on the professional aptitude of the #belgian #Philippe *Busquin and his consequent capacity to assume Investigation wallet, without forgetting the *sinfín of recriminations to the that have given place his muddy businesses, *Prodi #would have to have denied categorically to accept to candidate! +It bad is that in this moment *yo am not able to estimate #if with the *quinto budget *rectificativo will get to final of year or #if to December already will be with the *nº 7, which do not has to *extrañar #if it takes into account that the same Commission has contributed in work document assessments very different to hour to motivate resources required. +Appreciate to the Presidency #finnish action that carries out in Nations Joined on the question of the abolition of death pity and *me cheer a lot to know that, thanks to the Presidency #finnish -and no only to *ella, of course-, this year will have a resolution in New *York. +#One of management roads of this problem, necessary although no only, is help to refugees, without damage that in the frame of peace negotiations reach a permanent solution further of the therapeutic of help. +The Council has proposed an ineffective procedure, by it that pray that they comprise that we accept the headquarters in *Tesalónica like operative part, like part of Reconstruction Agency for the whole of the *Sudeste of *Europa with headquarters in *Tesalónica, but that it has to be linked very closely to the headquarters of the stability pact in *Tesalónica. +deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of Nations consider that in this field of the accidental marine pollution, the existence of a true common interest justifies the creation of a community frame. +In effect, these three programs at present do not establish action in this sector and is not desirable to favour dispersion of means, in detriment of programs *prioritarios for the economic development of next countries to the European Union, candidates to adhesion. +For *nosotros, the body of #european control has to follow being the current, is to say, a body that allow to check, to time, #if control bodies of States members apply the community regulation, to avert, of course, distortions of competition among the different States members. +The resolution that finishes to approve the European Parliament on the preparation of a Letter of the fundamental rights of the Union illustrates perfectly the risk that they produce unfit, as I reported in my intervention of yesterday, during the main debate. +In the meantime, the decision on an answer to speculations and allegations of bad utilisation of help bottoms is, mainly, responsibility of #FMI, the World-wide Bank and the countries of the *G7, since they are #this obviously the main providers of the direct financial help. +Gentleman President, do not want to interrupt the debate but like this debate and explanation of Commissioner *Kinnock have to to the urgent wish of #some political groups, wanted to *rogarle that transmit also to the Conference of Presidents the wish that said political groups have present at least a minimum of deputies. +#If we want to follow investing in the #russian economy, have to find means to support and develop the local economic activity - as it finishes to say colleague - so that it attend to the needs of the population and provide stability feeling and of participation. +has to ask to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in *Europa that present a report to Parliament, the Commission and the Council. The present conjoint appeal of diverse political groups pretends especially that it #can obtain it before possible and of reliable mood information of this type. +In occasion were reasonable and *nos put of agreement. Now our task is the to help to persons that there live in development, that perhaps #can pass of similar mood but that in any case *les open a future in the that it was ensured existence and in the that they #can take destination in his own hands. +Still are cool in the memory the murders committed in autumn of the year happened on four independent minds and, of course, no it is necessary to forget the extraordinarily brutal performance of gang of bullies of the conservative faction of the *jurisconsulto supreme *Khamenei. +This apparent contempt by the international obligations is #one of the main obstacles so that they improve relations among the ancient Republic of *Yugoslavia and the European Union, and an obstacle also for reintegration of the ancient Republic in the international community. +In terms of political support, the European Union proposes to continue and encourage efforts that already has undertaken our special representative for the Great Lakes with seen to facilitate the necessary grade of dialogue among the different factions that take part in conflict of the *RDC. +*Me #would enjoy that space that surrounds to Plenary Living room considered part of *él, so that neither the houses, neither assistants, neither the representatives of pressure groups or members of the public *nos block exit and *nos prevent to get to our offices. +To #all *nos concerns the good use of money of the #european taxpayer and *yo regret sincerely rage of colleague #dutch that, against of idea of #european solidarity, has considered timely to assume defence of "taxpayers. +Understand, lady Speaker, that there #be had orator in favour of the proposal and orator, that finishes to incorporate to seat, that has presented the idea to celebrate a debate on this subject to final of month, in the second partial period of sessions of October. +The Council and the Commission wanted to take measure of restlessness, but in actuality seem little able to provide other different solutions to regulations *puntillosas but pusillanimous, that the most cunning and the less *escrupulosos will follow evading in detriment of the alimentary security. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, every time results clearer that the problem of the public health and the healthy feeding is a true #european problem, a world-wide problem, and that is not the problem of solo Been member. +#If like this we take it, believe that we will be able to *decirles to citizens and citizens: at all #can guarantee with security in life, but *les are the maximum grade of security, welfare and health that at present *les #can offer from sight point of the human possibilities and the scientific recommendations. +Now well, *nos have *enterado with stupor that, against of the opinion of Development Commission and Cooperation, the budget for AIDS #would have reduced to half, which #would be a scandal, in front of urgency of the situation, and contradictory with the words of gentleman *Nielson. +And -it that is not less important- is *usted had to procure cooperation with the pharmaceutical companies, by part, to accelerate the work with seen to #obtaining of vaccine and, second, manufacture medicines more accessible for the poor of this world? +During the debate around the question of employment of condom also have taken fine note of the wide existent consensus on the decisive importance to put to disposal of the population cheap condoms and *informarles of precise and honest form, as it has *sucedido in *Tanzania, *Uganda and *Senegal. +Believe that *eso *nos #would pose a difficulty of respect of the budgetary authority and to analyse form subjects *parcelada, of form that #can not have a global vision of difficulties that *nos #can pose. +The evaluation showed also that actions with charge to *SAVE *propiciarán also indirectly the achievement of the goals of investigation program and innovation in matter of energy no nuclear by means of the creation of a half positive for diffusion and the application of the new technologies in matter of renewable energies. +Since up to now it has reached an improvement of the energetic efficiency of the 1% annual, roughly, in the final consumption, the Commission advocates #one dip of reduction of the energetic intensity in the final demand of point *porcentual more to the year. +#If the European Union was not able to guarantee these principles, #would lose entirely face in negotiations that in brief go to initiate in the field of the Round of #Millenium of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +As it sees, respect of values and the cultural preferences requires a strict application of subsidiariness principle, *conque have to respect also the cultural differences on information system of the different States members. +How measured has adopted the Commission and #which thinks to adopt in the future to apply the common Action and Resolution on light arms adopted by the Council and *subsiguientemente the Resolution of the Development Council of the EU on light arms? +Gentleman Commissioner, this question forms part of an electoral setting organised by the Working Socialist Party Spanish to thread of the electoral campaign of the past #european elections to attack to the then head of list of the Popular Party, *Loyola of Palace. +Also pretended to accuse to the then Minister of Agriculture of a supposed fraud in adjudication of helps, but results that control competition and payment of helps of the *PAC is of the regional governments, according to competition cast of the #spanish State. +Besides, also have tried to create the necessary conditions for advance of the peace process, for distention of the situation and so that satisfied an environment of favourable opinion to this process. +help to development and the technical assistance in subjects like the agreement of stable zones and the operation of the Administration have been the fields to the that it has allocated and will follow allocating help. +*Permítame likewise express my gratitude to the Development Committee and Cooperation and to #all Parliament by the thorough report and by support, in the frame of query procedure, to efforts of the Commission for *ultimar the agreement. +Gentleman President, #all celebrate the relaunching of the peace process in Orient Next; without embargo, know that history and the circumstances of conflict are dramatic and that, along the years, diverse initiatives, that seemed to open a future of hope, have finished blocked owing to the *intransigencia, fault of political will or *cortedad of watch of #one of parts. +The agreements recognise the right of the Palestinians to self-determination, in the frame of State, but also guarantee the right of #Israel to live in security frame inside some safe borders and recognised. +With this end, have elaborated two strategies in the frame of two programs *plurianuales complementary that form part of program mark of actions in the sector of energy: *SAVE *II (boost a more effective utilisation of energy) and *Altener *II (boost the renewable energies). +Of course, have taken note of disposals contained in section 2 of article 23 of the agreement, that allow to take measures of control or of *salvaguardia in case that the economic development of "regions more moved away of the European Union" suffered a grave deterioration. +Is necessary to take into account that posture of the EU of a wide round has to be harmonised with State posture Joined, favourable to approach by sectors that contemplate tariff reduction, and with the most reserved posture of the countries in roads of development. +The inclusion of competition in the agenda of the *OMC do not pretends to transform #this last in a world-wide authority of competition, but fix, simply, a body of principles and of procedures allocated to promote the application of politics of internal competition, compatible among himself\/hisself. +Gentleman President, in name of the Group *ELDR, wanted to signal our firm support to efforts of the European Commission and of the Council to persuade to our international speakers of virtues of a new round of wide negotiations in breast of the *OMC that cover a big variety of subjects. +This wave of liberalisation justifies, obviously, in name of the general interest and of employment, as *usted has affirmed it during audition, gentleman *Lamy, indicating that to the Community *le interests the progressive opening of the markets, so much for commodities as for services. +Perhaps, gentleman Commissioner, the Commission together with the American Administration #can present *algún type of green Book in the that *esboce where root differences and where the common interests among States Joined and *Europa, because as it knows of his previous function, unless States Joined and *Europa reach an agreement on the main guidelines in an international round like #this, will not finish never. +treats, especially, to take get in moment to the negotiator of the European Union the problems that this round poses to citizens, as it has seen already by the that have taken part before, and the solutions that citizens sue of the negotiators. +Gentleman President, wish first of all formulate a question to the Council and to the Presidency, referent to transparency: when will transmit to the European Parliament the project of final statement that the Presidency #finnish has presented to the Council? +Gentleman President, #can not stand out sufficiently the economic importance and for employment of the Round of #Millenium and of the world-wide trade for the #european economy, that is the commercial partner more important of the world. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, support the present conjoint resolution of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer and, to the contrary that #others of my political group, support also passage on tax on CO2 broadcasts. +The *CDU in *Alemania -have debated it takes little with President, Mr. *Schäuble- do not believes that because the Government *roji-green commit #such *sinsentidos to national level on the subject of the ecological tax, have to to leave to follow working in finding a #european solution. +Are in front of an increasing importance of the structural Bottoms, fundamentally, but results that in #some countries money that gets of the structural Bottoms is used by the Been member under pretext that it employs it in programs *plurianuales, of way that money that gets to the autonomous communities, to the regions, is money *minorizado. +In base to article, the Central Banks of countries no included in the zone of the euro paid in concept of costs of operation of #ECB a five percent of the total of part that *les corresponded in subscription of capital. +In line, the Council, that no the Commission, gentleman President, adopted in 1998, in conservation line of resources, a relative decision to the progressive disappearance of mesh networks to the derive, also designated "*volantas" . +Gentleman President, after the referendum on the Law of National Concord, celebrated in *Argelia on 16 September 1999, the Presidency #finnish, in name of the European Union, issued communiqué that answers by himself\/hisself same to the question formulated by Mrs. deputy. +*Ustedes know that *Moscú has gone back to recognise and to activate the council *pseudoparlamentario that had signed and that had established before #alto fire and in this way, by part, has broken brutally the agreement that had concluded under supervision of the *OSCE. +Have to explore forms different -perhaps unforeseen forms- to resolve logistics problems that poses assistance provision to persons that the need, but is difficult to promise a concrete form to act in this case. +*B5-0155\/1999 of Mr. *Schori, in name of the Group of the *PSE, on the vote of a resolution by the General Assembly of Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of penalties capital; +*B5-0159\/1999 of Mr. *Manisco, #among others, in name of the Group *GUE\/*NGL, on the vote of a resolution by the General Assembly of Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of penalties capital; +As it occurs after the debates in breast of the Council, run the danger to obtain a feeble text, a simple reproduction of the that have been approved during these three last years in Gin and that no *nos allow to continue this battle, that do not establish new terms, neither mechanisms that allow to check the steps and progresses made. +The #serbian, the #gipsy, the Egyptians, Muslims are the victims of attempt of ethnic cleansing that, from takes months, strengths of the *UÇK are systematically, and for *ello serve of the presence of strengths of NATO and of the *KFOR. +As well, immediately afterwards, in the following days, in the following weeks, in the following years, had an extraordinary criminal action oriented to hide proofs, to *silenciar and to achieve that it did not know the truth. +Besides, the Commission estimated that it was better to entrust this work to *Eurocontrol and no to a community organ, because the national governments perhaps trip with less difficulties to allow that organisation exert function concerning the military utilisation of the aerial space. +Always regarding the session of Thursday, the Group of the Popular Party European requests to advance to Thursday the oral question on the agreement *pesquero among the European Union and *Marruecos, foreseen in the agenda of Friday. +In the last days Europeans have seen with big indignation and stupor, that in a country with the that *nos join bows of friendship and to the that Europeans, and especially my country, have so much that appreciate, is to say, in States Joined of *América, is possible still, to the protect of the Law, carry in front of the courts to boys -and no *me refer to youngsters of 17 or of 18 years, but to boys of 11 and of 10 years- and *sacarlos of houses manacled and with *grilletes in feet. +Now well, when reading my references and the of varied deputies of my Group, do not see the name of my party or of my Group, *Europa of Nations, but a totally subjective assessment: opposite nationalist to the European Union. +Lady Speaker, in relation with question of the reception of television programs that has posed my colleague Mrs. *Plooij-go *Gorsel, wanted to express hope that the technical problems that at present prevent BBC reception1 and BBC2 #can resolve. +Nowadays, talk of the community contributions is to talk the majority of times that the poor of the rich countries see taxed with taxes that *redundan in benefit of the rich of the poor countries and thus #any of *nosotros wants to carry out cast politics, and fundamentally #this *sucede through the numerous diets of community help. +Therefore, celebrate to a large extent, and to *ello has referred already in brief orator that *me has preceded, that the directive no only contemplate to persons that find precisely in the interior of cabin of transport installation by wire, but also to persons that descend in seasons or that expect game. +As it has said takes moments, opens the path to competition in this sector that, in the field of technology and of security, purchases a fundamental look because competition is it that it is: serves to improve technician. +Now well, from sight point, how doubt fits that the technical disposals that will follow this directive and that will establish in other forums and after meetings, will constitute the fundamental element to define permission of this directive in #all States members. +For *nosotros is essential that the speaker and the speaker for the year 2001 study in *algún moment how parts exactly belong to part To of the budget and how parts belong to part *B. And am especially of category To 30. When help organisation #can resort to the #european bottoms? +To #that *respecto, want to manifest no only a deep disagreement with the horizontal reductions and *indiscriminadas that proposes the Council for category, but also affirm the agreement in general with the strategy that *nos proposes the speaker and that, in it essential, goes directed to a review of the Financial Perspectives to end to give answer to new priorities, without that thus they result affected previous goals. +Right Commission of Woman presented, the same that the past year, comment and a budget for line To-3037, corresponding to the *Lobby European of Women, but the comment says now that line remains opened for #all the no governmental organisations. +By #this have to procure boost innovation in schools, have to strengthen the initiative, innovation in education centres -from the primary school until university-, so as to generate a new impulse and open also new opportunities in this field. +since information that contains the annual report is of nature *autoexplicativa, perhaps result more useful to centre my observations here and now in #some of the subjects that treat in the resolution project elaborated by his Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary. +In *tercer place, #ECB had to debate of periodic form the evolution in each #one of States members of the zone of the euro for like this have a positive influence on the evolution of prices and wages that, #such as it has signalled aptly Mr. *Duisenberg, have to vary of a Been member to #another. +In the first place, the no self-evident report, to my seem, so much by content as in editorial, a sufficient will by part of the Central Bank European to subject to the democratic control of the European Parliament. +Exists suspicion, better said, more that suspicion, that this decision took by political pressures - think, for example, to *Oskar *Lafontaine - and that, through the approval of today, Parliament pretends to confirm tendency to a Central Bank subordinated to the requirements of politics or even of the electoral interests. +But, as I said takes #some days in front of the General Assembly of Nations Joined, do not want peace to price, but peace that strengthen really democracy, that preserve the territory and that allow to each #one of citizens the full exercise of #all rights and freedoms. +The central decision in the creation of the space of justice #european has been to establish like base of cooperation the mutual recognition of the decisions and judicial sentences, so much in subjects of civil right, as of penal right. +The decisions of the Council do not contain #any appointment on mood to deliver, inside the Union, the derivative economic charges of refugees and of asylum applicants. +Regarding the relative measures to asylum right and to immigration, result totally indeterminate and little *apremiantes; the only fine news is respect of Gin Agreement and the reaffirmation of the fight against racism. +Subscribe fully the statement issued by the leaders of the EU *cuando expressed his deep weigh in front of the decision of the Senate of States Joined of not ratifying the Treaty of Complete Prohibition of the Nuclear Essays. +Under look and taking into account the decision of the relative Council to competitions of the Agency, #would have to get to agreements to reach of durable mood reconciliation in the whole of the *Balcanes and establish links with the stability pact. +The subject of asylum, immigration and delinquency *transfronteriza, #as well as the administration of justice *repercuten on the fundamental subjects of the human rights and the civil rights of individual. +Gentleman President, the results of the summit of *Tampere *me seem a basically positive signal for citizens of the European Union because they put on of the table question that *nos affect to #all, but, especially, because they open the door to development of politics that demand the own citizens. +Gentleman President, no fits doubt that the Council of *Tampere is a qualitative jump in the path to the #european integration and that in this work, has been very important the contribution of the Presidency #finnish, to the *cual *le give my more cordial *enhorabuena. +By part, measures *intergubernamentales, directly executable road plans of action, but essentially directed to brake immigration. On the other hand, mandates directed to the European Commission, regarding the politics of common asylum and the protection of asylum applicants. +Wanted to, gentleman President, express gratitude to Prime minister #Jean-*Luc *Dehaene, to President *von *Weizsäcker and to *Lord #Simon by the quality of contribution and give graces also to His *Señorías, here, by his received and by attention that loan to report, in particular in the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, lively and chaired by Mr. *Napolitano. +Although #if they stopped to think moment, #would not take in giving account that country, any country, probably lose more of vetos issued by countries that it that win taking use of the own in fields of competition of the European Union. +In the questions related with reform of the institutions, remits to a concept *tecnográfico of increase of efficiency and of capacity of performance without throwing at least glimpse to the so necessary and urgent question of the construction of a #european democracy. +Am very appreciated by this opportunity that *me offers to comment the amendments of Parliament and *permítanme take advantage of the opportunity to present respects to his *Señoría and to colleagues for having taken so much interest in this subject so important. +The *segunda question that has given place to a series of amendments is the wish to situate the Agency under the only and direct responsibility of the Commission, that #would be manager to appoint to director. +The previous rule was abolished and, in consequence, is urgent to adopt a position regarding modification procedures of the distinct norms that go approving, especially in those important and delicate matters, #this is, #if it has to prevail the opinion, the opinion of the Commission or of the Council. +In effect, believe that, #if well it is necessary to cheer that advances of the computer facilitate the commercial exchanges, no thus it is necessary to leave to be watchdogs and watch by a just balance among the interests of service borrowers and the protection of consumers. +Until day of today in the European Union there #be an institutional frame that consists in two directives: the directive on the collective dismissals and the directive on the #european commission of company. +The only possible politics for the full employment of the #european workers is the of *reconquistar the inner market, protect it against the disloyal competition, renounce to #one *mundialización criminal and antisocial; is the to reestablish the necessary norm of the community preference. +*Permítanme, first of all, hail the fact that it have practically unanimity among the Council, the Commission, and expect that Parliament, on a subject so crucial in moment in the that we have to give decisive steps in the configuration of an external politics and of common security. +value and the judicial independence of judge *Gimblett - value of #Angela *Zelter and of mates contrast strongly with the *petulante rejection by part of the American Senate of the Treaty of total prohibition of the nuclear proofs. +The Russians, *comprensiblemente, are a big interest by the enlargement process, and the European Union is had to undertake a serious dialogue with *ellos in the frame of the Association Agreement and Cooperation. +Especially, provides a human face to the far bureaucratic politics #european, plants to citizens in the central point of performances and of the debate, #such as it occurs in program "Youth" and in training program "#Socrates" . +On the other hand, agree with the Council in the need that the actions of Culture 2000 are visible for the public opinion, but the best way to achieve it are the small performances or the average, the disperse, the near to citizens, and no the great events. +#would Consider especially unaware that Parliament did not follow the recommendations of the speaker, since it #can not follow saying that it is regrettable that every time vote less persons in the #european elections or that it is *desconsolador that of survey result that *Europa is increasingly far of Europeans and, go to save in projects that, precisely, have like goal *acercar *Europa to persons. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated and estimated colleagues, on 28 August 1998 the Commission presented a proposal for a resolution of the European Parliament and of the Council with the goal to introduce the common program of action "Youth" for the period comprised among the 2000 and the 2004. +Regarding analysing factors that have boosted or *entorpecido the social integration of youngsters, consider fundamental to include an analysis of the influence of family or of family fault in development of youngsters. +As it has posed this question, wanted to signal concerning information relative to the Young "programs" that network *Eurodesk, that is a combination of spots in Internet and councils for youngsters, is available in #all the countries and in #all tongues of the Union. +Said commitment no only has deserved the agreement of Budget Commission, but also the of the competent commission for bottom, especially with support of Mrs. *McNally, speaker, to the one who give graces by cooperation. +From sight point, no of my political Group, but of the previous Parliament, of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, that approved by unanimity this report, really, there #be not any fault of clarity. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0026\/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [$^13328$/^2$/^1998$ - ^*C$^5$-^0023$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0169$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes an only instrument of finance and of programming in favour of the cultural cooperation (Program "Culture 2000" ) (Speaker: Mr. *Graça *Moura) +Alas the position of the Council no favours neither the democratic freedoms neither the human rights in *Turquía; neither neither the solution of the problem of *Chipre, neither the of the question *kurda; neither neither support to the tragic victims of the earthquakes registered in *Turquía. +Therefore, in spite of having full consciousness that progression of the community costs is sometimes difficult to bear by the public finances of States members, have voted in favour of the resolution proposed by the general speaker of the budget. +. (OF) The delegation of the Liberal Party Austrian will refuse in whole the resolution proposal of Mr. *Bourlanges (Section *III - Commission) #as well as the of Mr. *Virrankoski (sections), since the budget did not fulfils the basic criteria of transparency and efficiency. +As it has said Mr. #Gil-Oaks, and *yo had said previously, *nos find at present in a situation in the that the institutional agreement, regarding the *OLAF, applies to the Commission, to the Council and to personnel of this Institution, but did not applies to deputies of this Institution. +Is true that in the Agreement *interinstitucional talks explicitly of members of the institutions, but *cuando reads this expression in his context, *nos give account that it treats rather of salaried members, like members of the Commission, and that disposals adopted do not adapt to members chosen, like deputies to the European Parliament. +The *insensibilidad and cynicism no only are accepted by the EU and organs, but that they are besides funded in the frame of a politics of direct economic reinforcements or indirect #whose goal is competitiveness in the world-wide field. +Is to say, gentleman *Fischler, on 1 December will lose employment 7.000 #european fishermen, 477 fuselages community will remain tied up in ports, 10.000 places of work in industries *conserveras and of transformation will be in danger, and #others thousands of employments more, related with commercialisation and with the port activities, also *peligrarán. +But also because, to these heights, unemployment of activities *pesqueras seems unavoidable, it that forces, as it occurred in moment of the expiration of the previous agreement, to look for extraordinary community bottoms to fund stop time of the fleet. +But yes want to insist in that, by #all reasons so known, the fleet is in *vilo, and as also *ella has to pay an every time greater part of fishing agreements, already has declared that it is not had to not receiving information of it that happen during these negotiations. +Conceded to *Marruecos a commercial agreement without limit of term and obtained fishing agreement with limit of term: it that means that *Marruecos plants to will products in the territory of the European Union, but *nosotros only #can fish in waters #moroccan until 30 November 1999. +In this moment, are of the future of the neighbouring countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental by means of incorporation to the European Union, but also have to *preocuparnos by the future of the neighbouring countries of bank south of the Mediterranean. +By it other, the Committee of #british Experts no impugns these figures that were repeated by the director of the public health in *Escocia, that declared: "have present the fact that in this country exists a risk for the human health". +Gentleman President, first of all wanted to affirm that I am in favour of the principle of caution in a field #where health of consumers is directly loomed, but the debate that here takes place among adherents and opponents of the embargo is of a total hypocrisy. +On the other hand, this Protocol supposes a natural step until the signature of the new Agreement, that #can run risks given the political situation of the country and the presence of fleets #if the European Union *ausentara of the zone. +In the last seven years the taxpayers of the European Union have paid 1.400 millions of euros to Governments and to other institutions and, even with the neutral words of the Commission, is difficult to control destination that gives to money. +And disagree absolute and radically of posture of orator that *me has preceded in the use of the word, the one who has manifested politics very little *solidaria with States members of the European Union, very little *solidaria with fishermen, posture that is, fortunately, minoritary in this Assembly. +To begin, wanted to inform to His *Señorías on the *dictamen adopted by unanimity by the Managerial Committee Scientist the past Friday and based in the scientific foundations of the *dictamen of the French Agency of Security of the Alimentary Health (*AFSSA) concerning the applicable measures to meat exports of bovine #british. +export plan according to a calendar established conceived by the Commission with advice of scientists is, in my opinion and in the of scientists that advise to the Commission in these subjects, the that will give security to consumers. +Fits to stand out that diet change introduced from the set up of the Economic and Monetary Union has facilitated the task of managers of politics *macroeconómicas national and is to surpass obstacles, so that growth #can be more durable. +With regard to diagnostic on the *coyuntura, #all participants agreed in that the perspectives have improved of significant form, and in that the negative external crash of the year 1998 seems that it has absorbed already with the internal development of the own European Union. +Regarding the economic politics -the second document already gives answer to the challenge that constitutes to transform backstitch circumstantial in a durable process of growth higher-, each #one of participants exposed sight point of form very frank. +In the budgetary procedure have found means class to reach work agreement so that this institution, together with the Commission, keep confidentiality and #can take the same in the case of dialogue. +Is a social catastrophe even in the countries of *Europa that affirm to have less unemployed and, watches by where, the European Council of Colony and the European Commission content with *atiborrarse with words talking of #european pact in *pro of employment, but, had account of amplitude of the problem, the planned measures are ridiculous. +Of mood, wanted to take part next Monday in the political debate on #which will be the effects of type rise of interest, that predictably will produce tomorrow, and no only of the effects on the types of *cotización of day, but also the effects on the real economy. +Wanted to underline that the goal of dialogue *macroeconómico, #such as it outlined also in Colony, has in core the need to combine development and employment. And debate and apply for the first time a #european politics for employment is #one of the most important questions of the *Europa of today. +The two parts of industry accepted to be included in the general directive, as long as they reached parallel advances in the sector of transport by road, because, as it is natural, fear to suffer disadvantage in matter of competition, #if they establish disposals very wide on the labour day and the sector of transport by road do not takes it own. +The labour day for more of a chamber of million of doctors in period of training in the European Union is health question and security for the own doctors, that have to have rights to *salvaguardar health and his personal life that #that to the that treat. +Believe that #everyone in this Assembly #would receive with *beneplácito the opportunity to give a very positive and affirmative vote in favour of the proposals presented by Mrs. *Smith in report concerning the reduction of the transitory period to four years. +*Cuando formulated the directive on the labour day of 1993, sectors remained excluded of field of application and reason is very clear: the own specific characteristics of #some of the sectors interested required legislation that took into account said characteristic and particular needs. +. (*SV) Gentleman President, is obvious that it is an enormous event the that the EU celebrate the Agreement of scientific cooperation and technical with the Popular Republic of Chinese, since #all know that Chinese is a big country that goes to decide a fine part of our common future. +Besides, His *Señoría has talked, with reason, of the question of the private companies and think also, as His *Señoría, that the presence of companies in collaboration project is element stood out in #all program-mark and that results particularly important in this type of agreement. +The European Economic Community and the Argentinian Republic have interest in collaborating in the mutual help because, without damage that Argentinian is a young country, *yo believe that it is very important that #all this Latin American area associate fully to the *quinto programs frame of investigation and technological development. +And inside this strategic goal, treats to achieve, among the operative goals, the boost employment and ensure coordination of the social protection and #all the field of the protection of the rights of citizens. +The strategic document subjected to examination represents, without place to doubts, an important step in the only market and expands and consolidates the idea of an only market that it is #one of the fundamental cores in the #european construction. +To this *respecto, Mr. *Harbour and the members of Parliament #can be safe that the Commission seeks to be *responsive *and flexible, for saying it with the words of Mr. *Harbour, so that flexibility *nos allow to confront the needs of moment without losing of sight the interests of consumer. +do not want *referirme now of way *particularizada to the conclusions, without embargo to sight of the debate that took place yesterday in Plenary about dialogue *macroeconómico wanted to mention point: the European Parliament #would have to be included also in the preparation and put in practice of the #european pact on employment. +The majority of the proposals that Right Commission of Woman and *yo have presented already has approved by the commission, but a pair of essential subjects were refused, in particular the amendments 37, 38 and 39. +Instead, a committee, a committee *apolítico runs the risk to be a house of compensation in that it treats to subtract *dramatismo to the debate, to find political alternatives that exist in virtue of consensus precisely neutral and *apolítico to the that believe that it is impossible to get in matter of employment. +The goal announced with the introduction of coin only seem to be the to establish confidence in the economic politics through stability of the monetary politics, of prices and budgetary, #as well as by means of moderation *salarial and flexibility. +Without embargo, today dialogues *macroeconómicos national have moved to the regional field; the *concertación has involved the regions and the territory and programming capacity in utilisation of the structural instruments and in conceiving models of local development. +Likewise, reserves a fundamental paper to the social speakers in employment strategies and of social integration and no exists still a clear definition of paper of #the same, especially in organisation facet no governmental. +Gentleman President, the figures of unemployment and of poverty in *Europa follow being catastrophic: sixty millions of poor, a 9% of unemployed, a 25% of juvenile unemployment; is not precisely it that says a positive balance, especially taking into account that calm of 1999 has to more that swims to an improvement of the *coyuntura in the that neither the governments, neither the European Union have had at all that see. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, as it #can check in the reports on employment politics of States members, there #be a high *incumplimiento of the guidelines on employment and unemployment levels keep very elevated -in particular, in the of long length-, it that affects especially to youngsters and to women. +By reason, consider important the two parts that now are *resumidas in the Report *Menrad as, by part, peace and security and, by #another, growth and employment constitute the supreme priority of politics of the European Union. +In *tercer place, have to promote innovation in the field of training, as with training youngsters and also #a lot of unemployed of long length do not find occupation in work market by *carecer still of the necessary qualification for the new technical developments. +To day of today lines guidelines for employment have debated in Employment Commission and in the Commission of Economic Subjects, and keep intense conversations to get to the Council, #where believe that they will adopt without reservations and will debate officially on 29 November, in the mixed Council of Ministers of Economy and Ministers of Work. +#If it applies norm to the small Groups that to the great, or to the great Groups that to the small, do not believe that *ello carry to the conclusion that it #would suit to dissolve the Group *PPE by the fact that #such or *cual national faction have in independence Parliament of vote. +Take note of the indication of the European Parliament to link the fiscal incentives to companies "so that they contribute really to the creation of places of work and no to restructurings and to the *deslocalizaciones that involve dismissals" , so as to not repeating the scandal of company *Michelin. +To this *respecto, the new section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, when recognising the peculiarities of the #french departments of *Ultramar like regions *ultraperiféricas of the Union, *nos offers the possibility to adopt measures of exception to the community right in benefit of development. +The political call "of employment" will remain in the best of the cases reduced to #some vain sentences, in the worst of the cases will follow serving of pretext to subsidise to the in depth #stray companies, whereas they will not take authoritarian measures to forbid that the great #european companies suppress put of work while have benefits. +The fact that, precisely in this field, the #european States grouped in the Union refuse to adopt measures *vinculantes shows that his main worry is the to go clearing obstacles, included the social, so that the great companies take out the maximum benefit, and in no way to put end to unemployment. +The Group of the Greens and the Group of the Party of the European Socialists request that it inscribe in the agenda, of the 9 to the 10 hours, the presentation of the annual report of the Court of Accounts. +Lady Speaker, believe that it is a question that explains by himself\/hisself alone in measure in that we already debate in the previous Plenary the importance that Parliament adopted development norms and application of an agreement *interinstitucional, that has been already *concertado in the past term of office and ratified by Parliament. +Perhaps, so that colleagues have clear the subject, as it argued in the Conference of Presidents, #can require that, given the predictable absence of Mr. *Patten, have suggested the name of Mr. *Verheugen no to personal title, but because it is #one of Commissioners that devote to the international subjects. +In my opinion, the Speaker of the report, *Lange, is entirely in it true *cuando proposes to carry the question of the heavy vehicles to the sphere of a common strategy to reduce what before CO2 broadcast in roads. +Now there are car industries that for values limit of *NOx more strict take like point of reference the 2005, the first reading of the European Parliament. #Others take the reference of the 2008, the common position of the Council, and #others the of the 2006, the review proposal for the *segunda reading. +The Council of Ministers of Environment adopted on 20 December of the year happened some valuable amendments of colleague *Hautala, that consisted in #one value strict limit to combat pollution and particle broadcast *cancerígenas of the heavy vehicles. +Finally, wanted to take advantage of the presence of Commissioner *António *Vitorino, that was in the Summit of *Tampere, for *pedirle that *nos say how goes to concretise, in practice, the final decision of the Council, that applaud, of *tipificar like penal offence violence against human beings, in particular against boys and women. +As we have seen in the debate precedent, the Commission already is in varied relative fields to boys, although competition of action in the majority of the important spheres of these fields follows in hands of States members. +did not argue in the negotiation table on the directive that are and wanted to answer also to the question of Mrs. *Ghilardotti on #which are data on the that still there are doubts and data in the that there #be disagreement among the national Parliaments. +In the *primer report of March has exposed #all a series of positive questions, an ecological tax, tax on CO2 broadcasts, tax on the *gravamen of speculative benefits in the short term and the benefits of #ECB. +#If the European Union decides, by a democratic procedure, that the own resources are simply a direct percentage of #GDP collected by States members and transferred in a global quantity, as very well: *eso will be the own resources and will be democratic. +changes, #as well as the reinforcement of the budgetary discipline, that is visible so much in the conclusions of the Presidency of *Berlín, as in the new Agreement *Interinstitucional, provide the basic stimuluses for the need to modify and complete the valid decision with new mechanisms. +say It because in the Agreement *interinstitucional appear as merely *indicativos and out of the financial perspectives, in the Annex *II; it only that they are financial perspectives is the Annex *I. Instead, the proposal of the Commission includes costs that do not form part of the financial perspectives inside the guideline. +In this context want to say also that in brief *deliberaremos in the commission with big detail together with the Commission on how additional regulations are necessary in the sector of the electrical current and of gas, as against of #all affirmations made follow without having still a #european market but 15 different markets. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, Mr. *Chichester has declared with tarpaulin in report, that the environmental approach has to contain a better energetic politics that the of before, but assuming States members a basic responsibility in accordance with this principle, fundamental in matter of energetic politics. +Like private lawyer that exerts the profession in Realm Joined, with frequency have had to *lidiar with book battery to find the pertinent norms and the ideal form to proceed in name of customers in these circumstances. +boy has to have the possibility to be listened in front of the Court to show like this clearly that it takes into account welfare and expect that commitment solution of my colleague *Watson do not believes here additional problems and that we #can regulate this important subject in favour of boy. +The #european construction has ignored during too much time the right of persons, and the *Europa of citizens, #whose expression are *nosotros, has to take into account from now on, said it yesterday in the afternoon with reason of the *X anniversary of the international Agreement, the concrete worries of families and the welfare of boys. +The amendment *nº 3, except better opinion, do not contributes at all new to disposal, in measure in that States members that will designate an only authority, is to say, a central authority, are precisely the that in right do not admit the direct transmission of decisions. +*Señorías, the regulation foresees term of four months for the presentation of the plans of economic development by part of the national authorities and term of five months for the approval of these proposals. +As, in the first place, there are measures that are in course and that there #be continue and promote, like adhesion of the European Community to *Eurocontrol, process that will allow no only incorporate a greater political responsibility by part of the European Union but, besides, that set up the last convention and, therefore, that #can adopt measures in function of votes majority, by majorities, and not having to resort systematically to unanimities. +As they know, the Council of the past Monday, two days ago, has condemned the disproportionate use and *indiscriminado of strength in *Chechenia, that has caused great sufferings to the civil population and has forced alas to #a lot of *decenas of thousands of persons to displace to zones of the country. +In this sense, the Presidency #finnish has made an extraordinary work, that will reflect in a report to the European Council of *Helsinki on the no military instruments for crisis management. +Expect that we #can have the continuous support of Parliament to hour to develop procedures more flexible and faster and, as I am safe that the High Representative will be had to recognise, do not lose any opportunity to pose this same question to the Council. +Like this, the permanent research of effects in the short term in detriment of the long term, the need of personal glorification of president #french, zero, #all these discussions and other protocols of *Nuremberg #can damage the subtle relations of geopolitical strength that existed from takes *lustros among States Joined, *Francia, Big *Bretaña and *Alemania. +In line, had the opportunity of *preguntarle in appearance in front of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence #which #would be the political means -and thought, fundamentally, in the Conference *Intergubernamental- to take advantage of the next Conference *Intergubernamental in benefit of the *PESC. +Gentleman President, backrest of the greater part of my Group to the construction of the #european identity of defence has a lot that see, although no #everything, with the lesson learnt in war of *Kosovo and the idea that, in #some cases, alas, is necessary intervention armed in front of the massive rapes of human rights. +In the field of services -the market with a greater potential of expansion, especially for the #european providers-, is precise to improve access to the markets with the inclusion of new fields, #if well it is indispensable that consult explicitly to the European Parliament in look. +Gentleman President, have presented a question of relative order to the Report *Haug, because the original version is #german and, by misfortune, do not talk #german and the #english version said *algo entirely distinct of the #portuguese version regarding the amendment *nº 31. +Without embargo, services *me have informed -and confirm information- that the original text, the #german version is the authentic and, therefore, versions in the tongues will adapt to the #german version, with the consequences that *usted has aimed. +politics of the European Parliament with regard to *Chechenia sees *importunada by the fact that, by part, the western countries have acted of mood that *les has taken to lose the moral authority to condemn *contundentemente errors that *Rusia commits at present in *Chechenia. +All #this, while call "*virtuosa" international community justifies the #russian intervention with the excuse of the fight against terrorism and the International Monetary Bottom subsidises in depth lost power of *Yeltsin, in spite of the *millardos of dollars diverted by the #russian authorities. +Like this, in the year 1994, the #russian army took part to show that *Rusia controlled oil pipelines operative that allowed to export production of the sea *Caspio, not to run the risk of remaining excluded of the big #american game. +By #this ask a political dialogue, demand a political solution and plead also by the application of pressure means to our scope, which means also the freezing of new projects in the frame of *TACIS or denial of help alimentary to *Rusia. +Support the idea that we attend to *Moscú in December with occasion of the elections, as I already have exposed, and that *presionemos to *Moscú and to #all the *Cáucaso to take part in a conference for peace, in the that resolved, in addition to this partial problem, also the problems, since in the *Cáucaso carry out bellicose actions in half dozen of countries and extension threat of #the same is quite evident. +The representative of the Council has said this morning that the agreement of *Berlín is game point in these negotiations, but has said, to time, that agriculture #can constitute a grave problem, and believe that *Europa has to be more offensive in this subject. +did not want to *yo that the century *XXI was also marked by a crisis of humanism because trade, money, #would prevail on development of man, on the fundamental values that constitute life of man. +The desirable entry of Chinese, in favour of the *cual also the European Union is actively, will convert definitely to the World-wide Organisation of Trade in more representative and will expand his potential capacity to consolidate a free global trade but, to time, regulated. +#One of the fields, on the that *yo will not say at all, since in competition distribution among the two speakers has assumed it the colleague and fellow Mr. *Leinen, is method and the procedure; the depth, #if they want to, the scope of reform of the institutions. +And the signatories of the Treaty like this recognised it, since they incorporated a protocol, the Protocol on the institutions in the perspective of enlargement of the European Union, precisely to see how #would have to resolve these questions in the future. +To the contrary that the Round of #Millenium, still have not achieved that the public opinion, the no governmental organisations and the colleagues #be by this subject that is distant still a lot to occupy thoughts of #all. +The European Parliament #can not - as often it takes the Commission - have the Governments like only speakers and, therefore, has to treat to open and to pose character perspective, by like this say it, constitutional so that the instruments for an effective democracy are clear for #all and no only for #few specialists. +Gentleman President, in our relative debate to the mandate of the next *CIG, wanted to say in the first place some words on a question that did not appears in the agenda of this conference, but of the that will get day in that our Assembly will owe -*me seems to me- occupy and evaluate the results of #all operation. +Have to work in reform of cooperations reinforced that it allow the establishment of an authentic avant-garde of the Union, opened inside the Union, to end to follow progressing by road of security, democracy and stability of our continent. +#If we ascertain that crime organised moves thousands of millions and that the introduction of means in the legal economic circuit of systems regulated prejudices to society in group, is clear that need to *Europol, is clear that need a #european cooperation in the field of justice. +Is #this the only way that the Union #can strengthen action capacity and limit activity of effective form to a series of politics determined without that *ello go accompanied of weakening of the rights of States members. +. (*SV) Basing in the strategy of the European Union for the period 1995 - 1999, in December of 1988 the Council of *Europa urged to the institutions to develop a strategy integrated and balanced against drug for the back period to 1999, taking in consideration the new possibilities that awards the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +did not considers the Council that utilisation of bottoms of the European Union by part of the *PNUCD for programs applied in accordance with diets that do not respect the human rights minima supposes a grave *incumplimiento of the principle of *condicionalidad that inspires action of the European Union? +Gentleman President in exercise, *me pleases *oírle say that the nuclear energy is safe, because no fits to expect, in financial or economic terms, that countries that at present produce among the 30 and 40% of energy in nuclear head offices the substitute by renewable energies or by means of fuel combustion fossils without causing terrible additional damages to the environment in said countries, that already present high indexes of pollution. +The Council has declared that will support with #all means to the Sent Special of the General Secretary of the UN, Mr. *Alvaro of *Sotoa, in his future functions, and has decided to go back to review posture conjoint in base to the results of work. +Without embargo, like the Union considers very important the humanitarian questions and place that neither accepts that actions of rulers *redunden in damage of citizenship, has set up an experimental project, to *través of the *cual will supply oil to way of proof, first, to the populations of *Nis and *Pirot, but is possible that later supply also to other populations. +In consequence, with arrangement to the *Eurodac, all Been member is forced to collect the impressions *dactilares of #all asylum applicants, of #all the that they are arrested persons when crossing borders, with the end to check #if they already have presented asylum appeal in State. +Also go to present a proposal of instrument on procedures of asylum, time that have received the opinion of Parliament about work document on the establishment of common norms in matter of procedures of asylum. +By it that refers to norms for the destruction of data, the amendments approved by Right Commission of Citizens have that data destroy in what person to the that apply the Regulation have legalised situation. +The establishment of voluntary mechanisms of surveillance concerning the new chemical products that use for the illicit manufacture of synthetic drugs, #as well as a better cooperation in the commercial sector, will be the main priorities in this sphere. +In addition to that it always will be indispensable that regulation inspire in principles of cooperation and development, even respect of the social and environmental norms consecrated internationally, that respect wills, interests, peculiarities and different levels of development of States interested, that observe and promote preferential agreements, like the of *Lomé, that refuse treatment of some human activities, like education and culture, as mere commodities. +Wail that have not taken advantage of this opportunity to look for a greater consensus on this frankly important subject, since it is necessary that #can take the necessary measures against those who cross borders of the European Union with criminal intentions. +The safest solution #would be to detain the operation of plants during #millenium change, but is not easy that a country like *Lituania #can detain the operation of plant of *Ignalia, that provides the 75 percent of generation capacity. +Therefore we ask to the Council in section 9 of this resolution that, in negotiations with third countries, examine the possibility to incorporate the abolition of death pity to the clause of human rights. +Is evident that the problem resides, as, in the absence of political will, and #can imagine reasons of *ello: pressures by great countries, like the Popular Republic of Chinese, States Joined and the *Japón, the *cuales have procured that politics that had decided the Union went literally betrayed to last moment. +In this sense are very significant the following words pronounced by #one of the negotiators of the delegation of *Rambouillet: "Ask to politician #albanian by a date *anodina, by an insignificant event of history and *le will inform with detail luxury. +In the context of the previous debate on the suppression of death pity, believe that really it proceeds that we demand of the #russian authorities that respect our opinion, that is the opinion of *Europa, about #if Mr. *Nikitin has to be object of indictment and how sanction *le has to impose. +Today is necessary that the European Parliament reaffirm clearly that, to guarantee stability of the region, is necessary to create conditions of peace based in justice and in persecution of managers of ethnic violences. +Recognise the need to help to the *ONG and to associations of the civil society, to strengthen the democratic institutions of the country, and as, definitely, will know, absorption capacity and the importance of numerous *ONG in this field, in *Pakistán, are, alas, limited. +The purpose of the Convention explains his international hit without precedents: treats of the adoption of measures of international right to protect the rights of citizens of the most innocent world and more vulnerable. +Alas, there are proofs that big number of asylum applicants have displaced through *Europa continental following the suggestion that they direct to ports of the Channel, knowingly that have politics *permisiva that recognises instantly the right to house and to the benefits of the social security. +In point wanted to go back to give graces on purpose by the previous works of the Commission of Budgetary Control, that *me have allowed to finish this report in this short time, and especially to Mr. *Blak and to Mrs. *Theato. +On the other hand, from the point of practical sight, change of the percentage #would not have a more appreciable meaning that the of an adjust global in quantity of #all loans, since the guarantees -in what instruments *pagaderos- rare times leave to be effective. +Gentleman President, a question of procedure or an almost worrisome question, #some deputies of side of the House have warned that maybe it has lost *usted jacket and in in snow day #can *ofrecerle #one of the #ours in case that have cold. +The Council of Ministers of Industry analysed the report of the Commission in meeting of 9 November 1999 and issued a conclusion of the Council on the world-wide situation of dockyards. +After the meeting of the Council, have kept bilateral conversations with the #korean government, in particular with the *Viceministro Korean of Trade and the corresponding civil servants in the General Direction for company and the General Direction for trade. +irony of the situation resides especially in that subventions unseen also have been possible thanks to credits of the International Monetary Bottom allocated to surpass the financial crisis of Extreme Orient. +Regarding passage fuselages and to fuselages *mercantes, segments characterised by an intense competition and by utilisation of drama hand, also have to protect and develop in *ellos the considerable experience and the technical capacities that they have States members and not leaving that they go out out of *Europa. +In this sense, it is necessary *reflexionar on the example of dockyards of the Atlantic, #whose brilliant takeoff after crisis period has been especially spectacular, and paper that has exerted in this evolution the #french State. +And also want to say that #Carmen *Díez of *Rivera, that was woman with personality *fascinante, went besides a big #european deputy and, #if *me allows to say it, went person that played an absolutely key paper for history of my country and for his democratic transition. +Lady Speaker, regarding the historical occasion of the meeting of the Government of *Irlanda of the North, exists #one irony in the fact that *yo take the word with reason of the fine new, *cuando colleague has to inform on the problems of the Basque Country. +The Commission has intention to employ in depth with the end to give concrete execution to the decisions that will take State bosses and of Government, in particular regarding granting procedures of help in the case of international crises. +Keep unanimity involves to condemn to the most total paralysis and reduce any question to a common minimum denominator, luxury that no *nos #can allow in the current world in that they take lacking immediate interventions in sectors of vital importance for the future of the European Union. +*Yo *les ask to the Groups that #if the Group of the *PPE assumes, like Group, transaction text, to time accept the inclusion of amendment by the that asks that at last it open a debate on the geographic enlargement of the European Union. +#One *CIG that do not guarantee to citizen a greater access to the European Court means that the Letter will be more an exercise of public relations that a new solid definition of the #european citizenship. +*Yo have received with satisfaction observation that has taken President of the relative Commission to the presence of the European Parliament in the Conference *Intergubernamental, but *me #would enjoy that pronouncement took it also the Presidency in exercise of the Council. +So that the criteria on human rights and minorities earn importance like requirements for adhesion, is necessary that the obligations of the countries candidates in relation so much with the human rights, as with minorities, have weight in adhesion negotiations that the other fundamental criteria.. +The union *aduanera with *Turquía had to go accompanied of a special budgetary help and of a series of special loans of the European Bank of Investments, to the *margen of programs that found foreseen in the frame of the procedure and of program *MEDA. +Also has been a risky step, motivated definitely also by the situation in *Chipre and by the attempt to promote a greater approximation of *Chipre to the European Union and open likewise the possibility of a political solution in the own *Chipre. +In vicinities of the mouths of rivers give indexes very high of harmful organic substances, like consequence of the massive transfer to compound sea of nitrogen and pertinent phosphorus of crop fields and of activities *agropecuarias. +Gentleman President, the replacement of the Treaty on protection of the marine zones of the *Báltico by the Agreement of general character of 1992 is an important step in the improvement of the environmental situation of the region. +agriculturalists contribute a lot to this cultural identity of a region of a country, as it that cultivates, or was, the autochthonous production, has marked during generations no only kitchen, but also habits and the philosophy of life of this population. +The traditional kitchen, that has developed from the products of regional crop -the *cuales of course had to adapt to the climate- no only constitutes, without embargo, a pleasure for palate of the autochthonous population, but also for those who watch further of his own *calderos. +Like result, diminished visibly tomato production, which determined to time a reduction of 83.468 tonnes in the #portuguese quota of tomato concentrated in distribution of quotas for the campaign 1999\/2000 and the corresponding increase of quotas of other three States members. +The Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary, to #mine proposal, showed satisfied with enlargement of his field, as meanwhile the subject proposed has been surpassed by varied contingencies, among *ellas the own electoral process of the European Parliament. +#This were necessary no only in the previous years to the beginning of the Monetary Union, but that also have to follow in course along the period of the Monetary Union and in point #can not entrust this task only to the Central Bank European. +To5-0025\/1999 of Mr. *Gallagher, in name of Fishing Commission, on regulation proposal of the Council (*COM(1999)141 - *C4-0224\/1999 - 1999\/0081(*CNS)) by the that it modifies by third time the Regulation (*CE) *nº 850\/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of resources *pesqueros through technical measures of protection of the juvenile of marine organisms. +The Group of the Greens\/*ALE is favourable to labeling detailed of products, from the first commercialisation until the last, so that it know fishing place of product, form, and also #if it treats of a fished or pertinent product of aquaculture. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0064\/1999) of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer on decision proposal of the Council by the that establishes follow-up plan of the specific broadcasts averages of dioxide of carbon of the new tourisms (5621\/2\/1999*rev2 - *C5-0041\/1999 -1998\/0202(*COD)) (Speaker: Mrs. *González *Álvarez) +. (*FR) *Nosotros will not vote positively the resolution of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence, since, in spite of the subtle formulation, the pretended worries on the human rights do not reach to dissemble the purely mercantile interests. +The sense of rejection to approve the resolution is to protest at the same time against conditions of workers of this country, against tightness of village *kurdo and against the no respect of the elementary freedoms by the #turkish State. +#That is reason by the that plead, gentleman President, by an authentic work of critical evaluation of the past experience, followed of an offensive paper of the Union in *pro of organisation democratised, opened to the civil societies, really universal and that surpass *resueltamente hiatus among commercial worries and requirements of development *solidario and durable. +#would Be misfortune for consumers of the #european countries, in particular for the less favoured consumers that #would experience frustration of not being able to choose among the numerous pertinent products of #everyone to prices lower that the that they #can find in the national markets. +*Nosotros are safe that the popular reactions all over the world have been factor determinant in the failure of conversations. No only because demonstrators frustrated the official ceremony of the inauguration, but also because they created a climate #such, that not even those who believe to control the planet, #can ignore it. +The report that has presented no only *nos goes to serve of base for the next works of the approval of the management for 1998, but also *nos will serve like important document for reform of the structures of the administration and will be used of constructive way to make the necessary improvements. +Am convinced that it treats of an opportunity for the #european youth and that it constitutes proof that *Europa #can not be only the *Europa of the figures and of the economy, but that precisely training and culture have to be stones of touch so that *nos comprise, so that regions that are so different in cultures complement and are *tolerantes in it that *atañe to differences. +Of compliance with section 5 of article 7 of Regulation, deputy occupies seat in Parliament and in organs with *plenitud of rights although it have not verified his *credencial or have not resolved on a possible impugnation. +. (*FI) Lady Speaker, ladies and gentlemen deputies to the European Parliament, want to appreciate, first, occasion to talk with the European Parliament on the most important events occurred under the Presidency #finnish, time already *clausurado the European Council of *Helsinki. +Because it is true that in enlargement has manifested an open and political criterion expanding to #all the countries the possibility to be able to integrate , to be able to *concurrir in a spirit of emulation and to be able to take part in adventure. +After the Summit of *Helsinki, State Bosses Greater of Defence of different countries will integrate the Military Committee of the EU, on the that there #be not any type of democratic control. +Are in the path of State federation to a federal State and #this only is still the penultimate treaty before the Constitution of a federal State, as nobody wants to renounce to the right to veto in matter of modifications of the treaty, collection of new taxes and sending of soldiers to war. +Have to say that the Commission do not remains at all out of the decision of the Conference *Intergubernamental and have to say likewise that paper of Parliament has increased with regard to *Amsterdam, although with a lower progress with regard to it that so much the Commission like President of Parliament exposed in the debate of *Helsinki. +The decisions of *Helsinki *evidencian that, after appearance of democracy, after the hollow speeches on the human rights, hides fascism of the imperialist interests, hides violence against villages that resist to the new order. +As I create to have understood, also has offered a solution for the last point of discrepancy among the Council and the European Parliament in the context of the general procedure, specifically, that reduce in 2.000 millions of euros payment credits. +Has been a historical year in senses, as the Commission #would prefer -am sure- forget #some of the most dramatic moments of the past spring, as also #some of *nosotros #would prefer to forget #some of the most spectacular results of the elections of the summer! +Gentleman President, estimated and estimated colleagues, in speaker quality of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, have to say that the budget that now presents is a social budget, as in this case, time incorporated rectifications, has clearly in account measures in matter of politics of employment. +Subject: *Machismo administrative Taking into account that the problem of the *subrepresentación and exclusion of women of #alto put do not resolves with the presence of men very intentional, how measured will propose the Commission to change the current situation, in the that the 90 % of #alto put are not women? +In effect, in front of agreement fault of industries *cerveceras, operators with great quotas of market will leave to make investments in the bars in the that commercialise products, to happen to allocate said bottoms to great advertising campaigns allocated to strengthen position in the market. +Consider that price transparency every time greater and the introduction of the euro are increasingly to consumers of markets of high prices to purchase vehicles in States members. +Although it is possible that helps in question are compatible with the #german systems and the Treaties, the Commission feels a strong worry by distortion that #the same cause by concentration of an increasing quantity of capacities in this specific industrial sector. +Have summoned a special meeting of Budget Commission for morning to the 9.15 of the morning or to hour in that it finish the vote, and then will vote the Report *Colom and, #if it is necessary, will vote changes of the report of Mr. *Bourlanges. +But although we negotiated while it bombed *Kosovo, the Council denied to adapt category 4 to *algo so obvious like the fact that, to cape of months, the Union #would see involved in reconstruction, #would have to contribute humanitarian help and, surely, #would have to compensate also to *Rumania and countries by the losses suffered in trade of the *Danubio. +goes to conclude an additional agreement motivated only by the specific interests of a country of the side of the Atlantic, which #can contribute to delay the process of definition of some common norms, since said Agreement demands, for example, unanimity. +Without embargo, *yo *le pray that *nos say clearly of how mood #can take part Parliament in decision processes, how #can guarantee that we #can take part to time, how #can guarantee the permanent transmission of information -for example, by means of permanent speakers or of small groups of experts-, how #can fulfil the goal of the conjoint control of the Agreement of 1958 by part of the Commission and of Parliament. +Gentleman President, #if we want to guarantee #all the social benefits that has the pure air for humans and the environment, will have to fulfil rigorously norms established by the recent managerial of the EU on broadcasts of vehicles and the quality of fuel. +*Portugal was the *primer #european empire and goes to be the last #european empire and #can say that it closes the cycle with "key of gold", in measure in that, on the one hand, takes the peaceful and amicable transmission of the territory of *Macao to the Popular Chinese and, by #another, *Timor gets of happy form to independence. +Expect that the Council and the Commission *nos guarantee that they will not throw backwards to hour to express indignation of *Europa in front of the continuous attacks to the human rights and to the human freedoms, it that for *nosotros supposes an important challenge in the next century. +include the nine indicators proposed for the next evaluation of the action plan of *Pekín and mention commitments of States members to reach an egalitarian participation of men and women in #all levels to be able to and decision, in compliance with the action plan of *Pekín. +Wanted to likewise that it took into account the fact that also attitude of States depending of sensitivity of each #one and, therefore, of culture, has shown that what more literate is village, less external wars, less civil wars, less injustices there #be in the regions in the *cuales culture has given steps forward. +Certainly, #would have been preferable that the group of the groups of left had treated to express of common agreement, inside respect of plurality, and am convinced that it was possible to join, around these questions, to a #european plural left, #whose voice *Europa needs. +Today the Council asks #one *flexibilización to the Commission, with the pretext that, in cases, industries #can not avert an accidental minimum pollution of products by matters modified genetically, during transport or the transformation process. +These words appear in the following questions: meant the fall of the wall that the market assumed power and that like result of *ello in *Beijing accept seriously the word "*mainstreaming" , that men have withdrawn -#if no a bit to bottom- a bit at the side and that with *ello have yielded *algo to be able to and now want to experience *algo of the *sarampión? +The internal group of the European Parliament on reproductive health has called attention in repeated occasions on the existent relation among the fight against poverty, the *equiparación of woman and the reproductive health. +Gentleman President, project *Gardaland, approved in December of 1997 by the Council of Governors of the European Bank of Investments, is a subject that already has arisen in Parliament previously, in the turn of oral questions to the Commission. +Gentleman President, as it already has indicated the Council in answer, the European Bank of Investments is bank and, therefore, #can not work \@atener to publication rule of documents that the legislative organs of the European Union. +Subject: Coincidence of the sessions *plenarias of the *PE with the meetings of the Council of Ministers Of the 41 meetings of the Council of Ministers programmed among the months of September and December of 1999, 18 coincide with dates in the that the European Parliament celebrates his partial periods of sessions in *Estrasburgo or *Bruselas. +Subject: Advertising of activity of the Court of Justice of the European Communities The recent events become in the European Union have shown the need that the process of taking of decisions of the Union was transparent. +Without embargo, secret of the deliberations stipulated in the Treaties has the argument that it is a half effective of *salvaguardar the independence of judges, the approval of sentences and also the conjoint interpretation of the community Right. +Gentleman President, consider that the Council has answered already to the question of the mentioned journalist, and want to call attention on the fact that the Council modified posture in relation with the publication of the documents of form that so alone a document was not facilitated. +Have also that have clear that #can not admit of way the illegitimate practices of free finance that follow #some companies -included the public sector, that is the worst delinquent that there #be in the European Union-, and condemn to death, to inaction, to the business castration, to thousands of companies, as I already have mentioned. +Are had to award an extension of eight months so that States members #can recover time #stray, but on 1 September of the year 2000 the compulsory system has to introduce definitively in #all States members and for #all meat dealers of bovine. +As it already has signalled, the Commission, to avert a legal gap, #would see forced to present a third proposal, that #would be based in article 19 of the valid Regulation (*CE) *nº 820\/97 and *prorrogaría disposals valid on the voluntary labeling. +The truth is that today we forbid meat of bovine #american, because it contains hormones, but also know that, #if we allowed to the Americans sell meat of bovine in our market, to an interesting price for consumers, and #if we indicated in label that contained hormones, #would follow *comprándola. +At present, and *usted *me said it even takes moment, #everything is for building, even for reconstructing, from the point of logistical sight and of training, in the sectors of health, of justice, of the public services. +#This is it that occurs with a rigorous budgetary discipline dictated to States members, whereas the Union do not imposes to himself\/hisself same rigour; in effect, this budget 2000 will cost very expensive to States, since the agricultural line, once again, pays the heaves of the external actions. +directive proposal by the that establish measured of fight against the *morosidad of the commercial transactions constitutes, in this sense, a good instrument to finish with the excessive and many times abusive terms of payment that apply to determined basic sectors and that they are the main cause of failure and of the financial difficulties and of investment to the that they have to face up #SME. +Expect that the voice of Parliament was listened by the Council and that finally #can establish rules of contractual game harmonised in the #european field thanks to the *cuales finish with the *morosidad and the dominant positions of #some creditors in matter of terms of payment and improve like this competitiveness of #SME. +*Nosotros thought that it was not neither much less the suitable moment, to sight that the question *kurda is very far of *acercarse to a solution regarding the right of self-determination of village *kurdo and that no is at all with rapes of the human rights. +The #european dimension of the cultural programs that deserve economic support finds beyond all doubt contained in book in #all potentiality, and to the Union no *le supposes any extra cost, only to consumer. *Permítanme that call to consumer "dear reader" . +By means of this procedure, that supported in respect of the #european norms of competition, the Commission pretended, in reality, put in cloth of trial the system of the only price of book, that allows especially support the literary creation and guarantee the survival of the small publishers and bookshops. +States members of the European Union and the European Commission have accredited attitude in favour of the international penal justice collaborating closely with the courts for war crimes in *Ruanda and in the ancient *Yugoslavia and *apoyándolos amply. +#The same *rebasa the 0,7 *millardos of euros and compensations to the particular will reach the sum of 0,5 *millardos of euros. damages in the public command encipher in more of a *millardo of frank, since they have produced #a lot of *estragos in roads and in roads *férreas, in the electrical and #telephone lines, in buildings and public facilities. +*Me seems just to signal that, taking into account time of the that had, the commission and Parliament have worked of the more effective and fast way possible in it that resulted to be difficult circumstances, so that money #can be allocated to Bottom so important the next year. +Therefore, wanted to that so much the Commission like the Council *repensasen the subject and that the next proposal that subject to Parliament establish forcing of the application in #all States members, with foundation juridical only in the statistical subject. +Is totally incoherent postpone a year the application of the compulsory labeling of meat of *vacuno and condemn to time the application by part of *Francia of the principle of caution, in base precisely to the fault of a compulsory labeling. +has produced a peace agreement among the different parts, that has applied and respected as a whole, although security in country follow being little stable by the presence of gentlemen of war and by a strong advance of fundamentalism *wahhabita present in *Afganistán. +Only in the last months has got to a true *tranquilización of the situation, after having suspended hostilities parts confronted in the civil war and have decided to constitute *próximamente a coalition government. +Second, *me surprises the fact that *usted *desconozca the existence of a back resolution that forbids finally the participation of the party *ADEP in the elections and that, therefore, deprives to twenty millions of *kurdos of the right to express his political will in the elections. +Gentleman deputy, the Council takes use of #all his political and diplomatic possibilities to show clearly to Government #turkish it that they are the #european standards of human rights and that expects of *Turquía respect of said rights in #all the individual cases and in #all the situations. +Is necessary to consider always to *Gibraltar under two juridical systems different as it knows that the current borders of *Gibraltar do not correspond to his historical borders, is to say, there #be part of *Gibraltar that definitely is part of Big *Bretaña and there #be part, the situated north that, #if like this it wants, is #spanish territory under #british administration. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0158\/99) of Mr. *Herman, in name of the Commission of Institutional Subjects, on the improvement of the operation of the institutions without modifying the Treaties. +Like east is the last report of the colleague *Herman, want *expresarle my congratulations in name of the Group of the European Socialists of this Assembly by work of twenty years, especially, by dedication and commitment and by #everything it that has contributed to that it advance the institutional sector. +But yes it is necessary to say that it is work that has faced up to a problem: the grave problem to the that confronts the Commission in front of the *desfase existent among competitions, the tasks, program management that *le entrust, by part, and means that it has, by #another. +Wanted to say to #all my colleagues how much *me have thrilled samples of esteem and assessment of my report and *me *apresuro to add that #this is the result of a collective work, that is not the reflection exclusively of worries. +But also there are sectors in the that reforms have already hit: the administrative reform, is to say, the reduction of number of *voivodías, the sanitary reform, box introduction of illness or reform of pensions. +A community expanded without before have proceeded to the necessary reforms will suffer a greater and permanent vulnerability concerning the disagreements that #can prevent progress to our last goal, that is training of States Joined of *Europa. +transformations that have taken place in these countries to incorporate to the market economy *nos have provided new markets and places of work, and this greater stability *les has helped to *sobrellevar better the #russian crisis, with it that *nos have rid to take part with programs of help. +The Commission proposes to introduce from now on an only general diet of exemption by category for #all the categories of agreements, in it that refers so much to the resale of commodities as to services, intermediary sakes and the rights of industrial property. +#SME of #all the sectors will be able to take out benefit of deregulation that derives of reform of politics, and the application of the thresholds of parts of the market will avert that the dominant companies #can close the market. +To fulfil #all these goals that have enumerated is necessary that the office of Defender of the European Village give reply to citizens effectively and, thus, in the report congratulate to Mr. *Söderman by worry shown in that secretariat work of suitable way. +Expected also have occasion to appreciate personally to President #Gil-Oaks his continuous support of mediator work concerning boys kidnapped, and to give graces also to Mr. *Söderman by his excellent work like Defender of the European Village. +is not trial to talk of custody of boys, is a legislative instrument that demands that boys return to the country in the that reside usually, to argue the case and adopt a decision on custody. +Believe that the most significant function that has exerted, and that follows exerting, the institution of Defender of Village resides, without place to doubts, in efforts for reaching a greater transparency in the group of the EU, look #this that constitutes look of big importance. +Lady Speaker, am totally in accordance with Mr. *Söderman in that #if the EU had had a culture of transparency in the management #where citizens #can examine the subjects of civil servants, *cuando are finished, #can have averted cases of fraud and numerous irregularities. +Gentleman President, wish to appreciate to the speaker, Mrs. *Peijs, contribution and support to this proposal of the Commission that modifies program «Customs 2000». The scope and the importance of the proposal have been explained very clearly by lady speaker, #as well as by Gentlemen +Although the Commission comprises reason of the modification, the first part of the text that restarts a wider subject in matter of own resources, #would find better spot in the field of legislation on own resources, more that in this proposal. +The specific disposals for the opening of program will decide in the field of the councils of competent association and the participation of the countries candidates in the meetings will form part of decisions. +#If *le suits the absolute majority, *cuando suffices the simple majority: protest; #if the Regulation establishes the absolute majority, as in the case of the approval of the management of the Commission: #would wish that it applied the simple majority. +Are forced to remember in this Assembly that, to take part, NATO has dispensed of a mandate of the Security Council of the UN and that the #french Parliament has found in front of a fact consummated. +These procedures are perhaps complexes for #some, but definitely #would have allowed *ralentizar the process, argue more, and give explains that in this case bombardments constituted a simplistic method that went to cost very expensive, human, morals and financially, including the collateral damages of the that *nosotros same will be victims -is the satisfy!-, without that thus we contribute a viable solution. +So much in the deliberations with the representatives of the European Parliament, as during the meetings of Transport Commission, has shown that was prepared for *replantearse points in the that the European Parliament had effected insuperable objections. +Also *nos seems quite worrisome a situation in that country have system *interbancario own and, therefore, no have Inner Market regarding the banking systems, #as well as that consider international, with the inherent costs, payments that take inside the Inner Market. +Thanks to this report of Parliament, and after queries that the Commission has effected with professionals, Mr. *Monti is in conditions to propose a catalogue of performances in Colony Summit. +In this sense, propose that it study the nomination of Mediator of the European Union for the financial services in the markets to the by minor, independent of any national or community institution, #as well as of type of interests created. +#would Wish to add that it is indispensable legislation on the financial intermediaries in the field of credit to consumption and of credit *hipotecario, #as well as in the of insurances, with the end to protect to consumers in the markets *transfronterizos. +Likewise, *nos seems too much premature to predict chaos in transport and the Commission insists, in it that to *eso *respecta, in keeping the cold head and follow the situation to end to determine #if transport by road and transport by railway #can not resolve by himself\/hisself same the problems. +The Commission considers that the recent incidents take necessary the presence of Nations Joined in this territory, and insists in that it allow the free entrance in *él to the International Committee of Cross #Red and to other international humanitarian organisations. +The Commission repeats until satiety that supports the current conversations on *Timor Oriental, the *cuales, in our opinion, constitute the only possibility that it reach a peaceful solution, just and durable that take into account the right to self-determination of the inhabitants of *Timor Oriental and the interests of #all the parties. +The #aggregated juridical of the FBI has said that, in his professional opinion, the best possibilities to discover to managers *estriban in that police #irish take part in investigation, because it knows the situation and persons that #can *ayudarle. +*Cuando condemn this particular act do not have to forget that they are terrorist of #one or edict the that they encourage knowingly for undermining an agreement that has received the overwhelming support of village of *Irlanda, so much of the north as of the south, and that #can not leave that they go out with the #his. +Finally, in *tercer place, the fact to authorise vehicles, represents to increase broadcasts *contaminantes, since it requires an additional power to drag trailers, it that contradicts the wishes manifested by rulers and by the European Parliament in matter of environmental politics. +Are convinced that #all citizens #hungarian have to have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on problems of adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide belonging of the country to the EU. +Are convinced that #all citizens #slovakian have to have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on problems of adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide belonging of the country to the EU. +To this *respecto *nos seems fundamental that #all the #czech citizens have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on problems of adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide belonging of the country to the EU. +State, that is the greatest and the most populated of candidates to adhesion, *nos has put in knowledge his legitimate wish to join to the European Union from 1994. Only four years later initiated the true negotiations. +Is probably in this *constatación #where it is necessary to look for the explanation of the excellent cooperation of the Commission with works of Request Commission and of the persistent doubts of the Council in taking part to the common effort. +Now have a juridical base for program, a budget and plan to launch awareness campaign #european to combat violence against woman. +The modern technician #would allow to condition the territory so that persons lived in quarters and places of human dimensions, #where #all know; #would take place then a spontaneous social control, more effective that the judicial repression or the administrative support to the victims. +Likewise, want to take a special call to the Commission, and simultaneously to my colleagues, so that it insist firmly to the representatives of the Council so that it generalise a wider interpretation, a field of application wider of program *DAPHNE. +No fits doubt that in the majority of the cases violence exerted against women, boys and teenagers affects seriously to the physical and psychic health - an important data- of the victims. +#can not allow that a so serious subject *trivialice until point. Already has said: violence exerted against women, boys and teenagers has to consider like a grave rape of the human rights and deserves the corresponding punishment, without conditions and restrictions of class. +article 13 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam *proscribe discrimination by reasons of age, sex, gender, disability, sexual orientation, etc. Now offers to the Commission a juridical support to introduce measures in *pro of age persons advanced and of persons of the third age. +Wanted to express my gratitude to #all my Group, especially to the colleagues *Ria *Oomen-*Ruijten and *Bartho *Pronk, to collaborator Mrs. *Stein and to collaborators of the Group in Employment Commission and Social Subjects #as well as to the secretariat of the Group. +treats of the *splitting of the rights to pension purchased by women during marriage that left profession to devote to family, the *cuales, after separation after 20 years or more of marriage and without right to incomes are in the immense majority of cases strongly affected by poverty. +In *Suecia, #if well Parliament adopts decisions mark, managers of care and attention of the greater persons are the regional organs and municipalities, the most next instances to citizens. +Know that the task to fulfil in negotiations of the *OCM is very extensive owed in part to the bad results of the Summit of *Berlín in the agricultural sector, but suppose that the Commission and the corresponding representatives of the European Union will defend with firmness our interests. +These convergent tendencies translate appeal fault of the #european space, #whose main factor is the cost of the matters prevail *amiláceas, that comes to add to the disadvantages suffered by industry that remembered takes moment. +restitution diet to export and to production guarantees compensation by price difference of the matter prevails among the world-wide market and the market of the Union. +The #italian authorities requested by means of writing of the Permanent Representation of this country dated in December of the year happened postponement of term fixed for answer until 15 January 1999. +Knew, first, develop to *través of trade and, afterwards, convert the own city of #Venecia in a big cultural centre world-wide, a centre that saw to be born, for example, the contemporary publishing industry and that always enjoyed of civil freedoms and politics a lot greater that the of the neighbouring countries. +To the take it, express disappointment concerning the #belgian authorities, that, after formulating grave indictments on #one of colleagues and the administration of office and payment to assistant, has not contributed -in my opinion, at least- suitable documentation. +Want to give the thanks to Mr. *Fourçans by his excellent work and also by the fact that the Commission of Economic Subjects have assumed important points of the opinion of the Commission of Social Subjects. +In effect, the *GOPE are the indispensable central instrument for an effective coordination of the economic politics in *Europa, that situate employment, Mrs. *Lienemann, definitely, in the centre of the priorities of governments, but also of the Commission and, of course of the Assembly. +To the reiterate support of Parliament to the process of *Luxemburgo and insist correctly in support that the Social Bottom European has to give to the #european strategy in *pro of employment, the report and the resolution have sent timely messages. +At the beginning of 1998 speaker of the Commission of Budgetary Control, Mrs. *Theato, and *yo agree a procedure to inform to the commission *in *camera on investigations in course of the *UCLAF and the reports of internal audit of the *Interventor financial. +Regarding reliability statement the Council is deeply concerned by the fact that the Court of Accounts have not been able to issue similar statement, as they continue producing failures in the execution of payments. +Second, expect that this document was to disposal of the new Parliament and of the Commission in functions and his new President designated, Mr. *Prodi, so that deputies to the new Parliament have information that need to end to watch by that the nomination of Commissioners take of effective form. +And now comes the Economic and Social Committee, that is the only point in that have a problem: as *ustedes well know, is slope still the approval of the management of the Economic and Social Committee, since it is a report of the *UCLAF. +By against, it that we want to is a fully responsible Commission of acts and of decisions, transparent in the institutional dialogue and that assume control functions of the operative politics that services commission to execute. +While the Commission follow despising the right of Parliament to access to informations, no will have confidence #any among the institutions and will not grow confidence of citizens and of citizens in the institutions. +Graces, gentleman President, with respect, *Sir *Brittan, have to celebrate now discussion and #if *usted says that there #be not reason for panic as have already the prohibition, then have to say that we have been very near to renounce to this prohibition and treats here surely, as it says Mrs. *Mann, of the question of the *way *of *life in *América and in *Europa. +*Sir *Brittan, in point it is necessary to consider *prioritaria the protection of consumer and #this is not a juridical question, but that the juridical question has to subordinate to the protection of consumer and to prevention in favour of citizens. +It that *me irritates also to a large extent is that precisely States members that have the mouth full of the word subsidiariness have put the greater hit to allow it to States members that say: listens, is not the only half but do not leaves to be a half that we want to apply for the creation of more employment. +Although the European Commission is not convinced of character or potential of this measure to create employment, the economic and social centre of small and medium enterprise #dutch got to the conclusion after a study, that with *ella #can create 66.000 places of work. +Lo and behold a case in that *Bruselas do not wants to more powers, but go back to award more powers to States members so that they are *ellos the that they take the decisions; lo and behold a case in that the fiscal coordination will not involve imposed higher, but taxes lower; lo and behold a case that is totally directed to employment. +Entrust in that States members cost of subsidiariness that *les concede, without *escudarse -as it fears Mr. Go *Velzen- in the comfortable situation to have an obstacle posed by the European Union not to see exposed to weight of the decisions taken under responsibility. +#can not *quedarnos blind in front of paper and responsibility that has to assume the European Union to contribute to put end to the #european drama of *Kosovo, #where are the most elementary values. elementary Values, human values with the that *nos enjoys *identificarnos. +Create, gentleman President proposed, that *usted has tackled points important, without embargo, in name of National Alliance, *me allow to remember that perhaps it is precise loan greater attention to politics of the Mediterranean, especially because *usted same has estimated timely affirm that #this *Europa, projected to the East, is obviously #one *Europa that it #can -*sobrentiende- have left to be it sufficiently attentive to the grave problems of our Mediterranean. +Are against of any reduction of the political paper of the Commission and consider the political balance among the Commission, Parliament and the Council the fundamental axis of the #european democracy. +With #this step to my following observation: to measure that go rooting the Inner Market and the *UEM, is indispensable that the poor regions of the Union achieve the regional bottoms, social, agricultural, of fishing and of appropriate cohesion for *garantizarles the possibility to compete in equality of conditions with #all the States members of the Union. +#If in the context of this fundamental subject of values, of this debate, presents #one *Europa like the that claimed in occasion *Václav *Havel in front of this Assembly, also will be able to go back to obtain the approval of citizens, that do not wish only #one *Europa of the markets. +Considers the current institutional frame in that it assent the Commission -the principle of parity, of equality of States members- like principle *estructurador and historical of the Union or adheres to the most recent motivations that incite to a hasty and urgent review? +interrogations of *les displaced made by representatives of verification mission of the *OSCE and by Nations Joined, and also national interrogations, like the made by the federal Army German in refugee camps, reveal picture *pavoroso of massive shootings, rapes, *saqueos and systematic destruction of houses and properties of the *albanokosovares. +Taking *preparativos for rehabilitation and reconstruction after it have reached a political and diplomatic situation, that #would comport also the participation of the EU in a temporary administration of *Kosovo, in wait of the final determination of statute. +Gentleman President, by friendship that *me joins to Mr. #Spencer, will say that intervention of Mr. *Fischer confirms that Parliament has gone back shier that the Council in reform proposals of the External Politics and of Common Security. +By reasons, and also because we have to follow improving relations with *Rusia in the frame of the grave crisis of *Kosovo, support the decision adopted on 26 April by the Council, when approving proposal of common strategy relative to *Rusia. +*Permítaseme say in this moment that the fundamental conclusion of the report of Mr. #Spencer on *Rusia, to know, that have to postpone the agreement on a common strategy until after Colony Summit of June is -and believe that #many suit in *ello here- a diplomatic madness. +#If the Liberal Group had not pleaded by a fast treatment in the Commission of Juridical Subjects, had not had a report on 3 December. +#Such as it signalled it yesterday president of Budget Commission, in Budget Commission there #be a problem with the calendar: how guarantee that branches of the budgetary authority #can occupy correctly of the letter *rectificativa. +Also #would have to expand the list of the exceptions of retractation right, especially regarding credits *hipotecarios and to agreements, that have effected with a wide notarial advice, like the that it already has mentioned Mrs. speaker. +In conclusion, also *me cheer that the Treaty of *Amsterdam have gone in in vigour three days ago and that the European Commission have of powers wider to take fulfil legislation in the field of consumers taking special upsetting in the protection of the human health. +*Me seems well that it suppress the right of reflection *cuando have a sufficient information, and *me seems timely allusion to the principle of honesty in transactions, that *yo #would relate with the more *señero, older, of the fine faith in the civil Right. +A second point: States members follow thinking that it is inadmissible to subject really the agricultural politics to a parliamentary decision, especially in the budgetary section and in the modification of the Treaty query right is still very little developed. +Gentleman President, going back on question relative to the possible utilisation of uranium impoverished in Serbian and *Kosovo, directed a specific question so that it was included in question Turn, a specific question, no a general question, as on the that treated yesterday President in exercise of the Council. +*Yo have to recognise that *me had forgotten completely that it went to celebrate this solemn session, and therefore it that am, to personal title, to the Assembly has not happened by any political sieve, and *le #can say that the evaluation that *yo #can take in these moments is that it #would go back to *votarles, so much to *usted as to Mr. *Hänsch. +Yesterday, in the debate that celebrate, neither #can put brake to the multiple crimes of war, crimes against humanity, and Parliament transformed, with the resolutions, with the debate, with interventions of the Council and of the Commission, in a washing machine of crimes! +The Treaty of *Amsterdam has gone in in vigour only takes #one #few days and have to accumulate still experiences with *él as already now, in the wide debate on the future development and configuration of the European Union, sees every time with greater clarity that beside the European Parliament have to include also to the national Parliaments and spectrum it wider possible of social groups. +Is true that the European Union will have to exert a very important paper in this sense, and *ello already from reconstruction stage, in the that the Commission - beside the World-wide Bank - will have coordination function. +Why country of the *G7 has to present his own plan of reduction?Why leave to partners - and mainly #american - organise by *nosotros the external representation of the Community in the field of the euro, without giving *salia to the decision of the European Council of *Viena? +The principle of the *colegialidad of the political decisions *me seems indispensable, today the same that yesterday, for the own legitimacy of the Commission and of the institutional system European, without that *ello have to without embargo conduct to a fault of individual responsibility in #some situations in the that the decisions are not - and #can not - be collegiate. +The ambition manifested by Mr. *Prodi regarding the political authority that wishes to exert with colleagues and the European Parliament is an excellent *augurio and take votes so that European convinced succeed, appreciating also to Mr. *Santer it that has taken in the course of mandate. +In this moment, by it that *me seems to perceive, citizens of States of the Union are concerned by war, misfortune, the social exclusion, unemployment, drug traffic and delinquency in general. +Is that there #be not in *Yugoslavia or in Serbian million of innocent, million of just, that allow to stop stage of bombardments, of the shatter of infrastructures generalised and the collateral damages and happen to a political solution after punishment that received, no only diet of *Milosevic, but the population in general? +Go to give a small example to the *respecto: *cuando the week happened the Council urged to the Commission so that it presented a proposal for the start of negotiations of association with *Albania and *Macedonia, *nos advance among 10 and 20 years, as under some normal circumstances #this #would be *algo on it that #would have thought at least in ten years. +In it that to the financial prevention refers, already have indicated that *nos remain underneath of the upper limit of the own resources, is to say, that have a very considerable *margen of financial performance of the 0, 14 % of the gross social product of the Union for unforeseen costs. +With postponement of reform in the dairy sector until finals of the period 2000-2006, only have displaced the costs of reform to the following period of finance but do not surpass disequilibriums of the market. +President proposed, Mr. *Prodi, #can have taken -assuming like this an influential paper and balanced, and in consequence, decisive for the future work of the Commission- a call to parts so that, in name of the «#european soul», cease immediately the ethnic massacres and bombardments. +Of here that it result necessary to establish a new system of wages and repayments in the that repayment of costs go accompanied of the presentation of the bill and payment remain conditioned to the signature by deputy of a statement in the that appear that costs have made in the exert of mandate. +Lady Speaker, the World-wide Organisation of Trade has fixed for 13 May next the date *tope so that Europeans raise the embargo that *ellos have imposed to the imports of #american meat treated like hormones and mainly the *STB. +Besides, the speaker refuses the direct subventions to *través of the budget of the EU for equipment and exploitation of supermarket and of catering services of buildings of Parliament. +In front of a so poor result for the insular cause, is *innegable that remains #everything for taking in the perspective of an effective consideration, and no only theoretical, of the specificity of the insular regions of the Union. +For the economic and social cohesion and, in consequence, for the core of the social model European, is of existential importance that have reached to conclude to time the new regulation before finalising the electoral period to the European Parliament. +Said of mood, Parliament, that represents to #european citizens, has pronounced by our agricultural model European, by a greater equity, by a rural development balanced, by a greater quality, by the protection of the environment, as it gave off of the report *Cunha. +Like this as, *permítame, gentleman President, *plantearme a question: in this context, #which is the future of the rural world with development of the Structural Bottoms for the urban world, with the new negotiations of the *OMC and with #one *PAC that goes against of the European Union? +Gentleman President, first of all, today have to be conscious of responsibilities here in the last partial period of sessions of Parliament, no only of our legislative function, but also of commitment to provide this new round of #european bottoms to our regions and local communities punctually. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, like speaker for the *ISPA, the instrument of *preadhesión for the countries of enlargement and like person that has followed continuously the general reform of the structural Bottoms, am really happy that Parliament conclude with hit this week negotiations on Diary 2000. +Anyway, today get at the end of the agricultural reform contained in Diary 2000 and *yo wanted to express my critical support to reform that partially has gone losing his common #european approach and *desfigurándose before east pretences or that Been member. +Only that no #everything is perfect and a new advance of decisions of the Council *me concerns and *me seems inadmissible, mainly pretend introduce in the viticultural zone to new States members that have not been traditionally producers of wine: *Irlanda, *Dinamarca and *Suecia. This decision, to be applied, #would put in doubt commitment regarding bottom, the spirit by the that have got to an agreement. +In front of a situation of this type, had in principle two possibilities. A rigid and increasing control of offer to take of #the same the central element of the Common Agricultural Politics or well adapt politics of mood that #can attend new markets of additional sales. +In *Berlín have given also an important step to sustainability of agriculture as we have reached to include more acutely the environmental looks in market politics and in politics for development of the rural areas. +*Segunda: in opinion of the Commission, intervention shopping to some upper prices in the sector of meat of *vacuno #would conduct to training of new *excedentes no *vendibles and #would exert a considerable pressure on the budget #as well as on market prices. +The financial forecasts for the period 2000-2006 and the agreement *interinstitucional on the budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure constitute an essential part of the package of Diary 2000. +Regarding the administrative cost, the agreement #would allow finance of some 1.000 new places for the community institutions, and fund also the new Statute of Deputies to the European Parliament, although it still do not discerns a solution to this subject, as *ustedes know. +Nevertheless, of article 7 of the Protocol of *Schengen, deduces only that the Council has to adopt concrete disposals relative to integration of the secretariat of *Schengen in the General Secretariat of the Council, is to say, functions of the secretariat of *Schengen and no necessarily personnel. +By causes that come to the case, publications of press also in day of today, want to indicate that the General Secretariat of the Council is not responsible of tensions that at present exist in #the same but that the only cause of said tensions is a political decision of the Council that is protected by the Treaty. +Of course, childbirth of the fact that the Commission will use data so evident of a report of the Court of Accounts to defend with the maximum energy the interests of the European Union. +In the 55ª meeting of the Commission of Human Rights celebrated of the 23-3 to the 30-4-1999 in Gin, the European Union presented resolution project by the that it demands to the *Iraq that cooperate with the pertinent international organisations and that communicate #whereabouts or destination of persons that follow disappeared. +Having #this in account, #would be interesting to know #which are the plans of the Council to achieve a participation balanced of men and women in the future Commission, and how opinion *le deserves to the Council the idea to appoint to member of the Commission that commission exclusively of equality of opportunities among men and women. +Believe that the subject of the right of employees to call attention on irregularities and to take criticise public is not an internal subject related with the determination of charges #etcetera, but that it is principle subject, on transparency. +In general lines, are in favour of reform, without embargo, have to express #some reservations with regard to the grey zones that present looks that have not deepened still as, for example, the impact in the regions that, in virtue of the principle of concentration, will suffer paralysis in development process. +*Me ask #if *ustedes do not have a *tercer model, that *yo #would designate «agricultural model Austrian». Austrian, because in front of the North American #wagnerian productions, #would exist operetta agriculture»: agriculturalists #would protect the landscape, nature, the environment, so that *Sisí #can give walk the weekends. +To allow the operation of the inner market and integration, #among others looks, of the free trade of the alimentary products like element more of #the same, is fundamental that in the countries candidates respect norms that has established the EU in matter of hygiene and health. +The results in regulation of intervention measures in the sector of fishing #can be considered like satisfactory graces, precisely, to attitude of Fishing Commission that, from the *primer moment, *opuso to the initial design of the Commission. +The fact that we are to spend more money in the *Europa rural, to the that joins data that every time it is lower the number of persons related with agriculture, guarantees a level of minimum life for agriculturalists during the next seven years. +#If well my region has reached to keep inside the Goal 1, #this is not more that a Goal 1 of transitory character, since money amount that has received with arrangement to this goal is minor that quantity *per *cápita that perceived during the last program. +#would Wish also take state my gratitude to the salient Commission because, in the *fragor of the debates, nobody has stopped to think in members of the Commission that have developed an arduous work in favour of the #european citizens, these same citizens to the that represent. +As I already have said in reiterated occasions, the greater part of the projects of rural development #can not succeed without the fundamental business activity, the agricultural activity, since these projects do not advance by himself\/hisself alone. +Had account that consumption has descended *vertiginosamente and that the countries have increased confidence in the own production without resorting to import, the collapse of the #russian economy has not taken more that weaken a market already of by himself\/hisself fragile. +Is by reason that in #some moments the European Parliament has felt the need of *radicalizar position getting even to block the process of taking of decisions with regard to finance of the Committees to *través of the community budget. +This guarantee *reviste a big importance, since it is the principle on the that will insist and, in case that it did not get to an agreement on this question, #can *comunicarle to the Council that, one after the other, #all the procedures of *codecisión will get to the conciliation stage and that, #one and time, will pose difficulties to this problem. +The most important of *ellos is enlargement of the field of the regulation to modalities of atypical work, like rent employment or work to distance, that have increased *vertiginosamente in the last time. +The opinions of the Commissions of External Subjects and of Development and of Cooperation insist in the need to deepen and improve conditions for development, the same that the Commission *REX, that goes back to insist on *ello in section of this report. +In the first place, gentleman President, is evident that #all the commissions involved of Parliament, Commission of Relations Economic External, Development Commission and Cooperation and the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, have asked it. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, association Agreement economic, *concertación political and cooperation that today subjects to ratification of Parliament constitutes an essential stage in the ambitious route that initiate takes already four years to establish a new relation with *México to the height of ambitions. +Already in the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the solutions offered with regard to implantation of the Agreement of *Schengen, the institutional questions, the subdivision and the procedures were highly debatable and little clear. Not even form part of the Treaty, but that they are object of a protocol. +#All share pretty much with #all heart the goal to establish a politics of human refugees, without embargo, have the feeling of that democracy «finds better protected in the pockets of citizens», using a #danish expression. +To avert that the #european citizens remain excluded of these new technologies of information no only is indispensable that training in new technologies give from the first stages of education, but that adopt suitable measures in the field of training along #all life. +Gentleman President, when taking the word by last time in name of the Popular Party European giving answer to Mr. *Barzanti, the one who has taken previously the word in name of the Socialist Group European, #can not by less to say, in an alone sentence, it that believe that we are #many in feeling, and is that *le go to throw a lot of less. +To Mr. *Samland, that has used a no juridical argument but politician, *yo *le #would remember that this Assembly has asked many times to the Council that abandon unanimities and the qualified majorities to go to adopt the agreements by majority. +credits for commitments proposed for the structural actions are satisfied to the decision of the European Council; #this elevate to 32, 678 *millardos of euros, delivered among the structural Bottoms (30 *millardos) and Cohesion Bottom (2, 6 *millardos of euros), it that represents an effective decrease of the 7 % regarding 1999, is to say: a lot, and, in measure, too much. +How #can say of the consistent budgetary initiative in fixing cost goal in place of a maximum limit of costs, in looking for at all costs projects to spend credits approved in place to assign credits to the existent projects? +Besides, #can surprise the fact that during negotiations have sacrificed the Goal 2, allocated to the industrial and rural regions in roads of economic restructuring, to the Goals 1 and 3: endowment, for the period 1999-2006, will be of 22, 5 *millardos of *ecus, figure pretty much similar to the of the period 1994-1999. +The fact that the committees work in opening frame and of transparency means progress, but *apartarlos of the national realities in the exercise of function, for *situarlos under the authority of the Commission, constitutes deviation that refuse. +So that it was accepted the result of the referendum on autonomy for *Timor Oriental, foreseen for 8 August with backrest of Nations Joined, the plebiscite will have to celebrate in some conditions of justice and freedom that #can not entrust in that it guarantee army #indonesian. +agreement is the culmination of fifteen years of diplomatic management and produces *veintitrés years after annexation by strength of this ancient #portuguese colony in the that died hundreds of thousands of persons, victims of the civil war and of the brutal repression of army #indonesian. +And take votes so that #all the that they continue have happiness to celebrate the next month of September a big victory of village *timorense, by the expression of his free will to decide his own future in the referendum that will celebrate the next day 8 August. +Expect that after *tantos years of suffering, reestablish finally the legality, that finally the right of self-determination also was a fact and that the perspective of the referendum give a true opportunity to democracy, in place to increase violence, #such as *sucede in this moment in varied zones of Indonesian. +Exists a majority of 101 countries of the 190 that form the international community -and no treats of a theoretical majority, since the Treaties approved and the constitutional modifications carried out by numerous countries like this show it-, that are favourable to the establishment of a universal moratorium. +#If today *les explain #this is for *decirles that my eyes will not go back to dampen , but that emotion *perdurará until we have reached this moratorium, until we have reached to abandon roads of the past, roads of barbarism and advance by the path of the future and of the *humanización. +This weakness is not related only with *Ocalan, but with the *importantísima question of the human rights and of citizens for #all Turkish, and especially, for the big minority *kurda of *Turquía. did not recognises identity, tongue, education, his political expression. +In this context, is to regret that any Been member of the European Union have ratified the Statute of said Court, especially #if we take into account that the Union has pretended to characterise for being space no only of pluralism and of diversity, but, especially, for being a community of Right. +In concrete, from 1 January 2001 will dispense to small and medium enterprise to present five variables, although States members will conserve faculty to request the variable «conditions of delivery», «modality of transport» and «statistical diet» to companies that surpass a true threshold. +To the contrary, believe that Parliament #would have to be the that it advanced for *esclarecer balance relation with the free society of information without getting, nevertheless, to allow -as it has said Mr. *Schulz- that Internet was a market for the commission of offences. +Lady Speaker, *me deserves #all respect of the world that have turned off today the lights to sack of a cordial way of #all the colleagues that have been present here Fridays, and for the that today it will be the last day in this Assembly. +The proposal of Mr. *Malangré bases in article 65 of the Treaty *CE, modified by the of *Amsterdam, and *yo support; but, by part, understand that no treats only of a question *procedimental and, on the other hand, with article 65 #would be in front of a case in the that it demands unanimity in the Council. +The organisation of the market of potato starch is closely related with the of grain. With reason starch producers of potato operate, in big part, in market that industry of grain starch. +It that occurs is that these proposals no are and, #if they do not promote really of an urgent form, #can disappear an important part of a very rooted sector in the #european industrial reality and that, especially, offers a big number of places of work. +#Some countries in roads of development that are members of the *OMC #would be in fact interested in reforming the agreement of the textile industry and of preparation to accelerate liberalisation of #all the quantitative restrictions that it will have to complete in date so next like 1 January of the year 2005. +treats to ask a positive action by part of the Commission to ensure that the practices of international trade in relation with products derived of the textile industry have a suitable treatment. +Gentleman President, since #this is the last session of the term of office in the that *Finlandia has converted in member of plenary right of the European Union, #would wish, as faithful *contertulio that I am of this group of Fridays, that also tongue *finesa took act of presence in the literal record of the last partial period of sessions. +Always has been joy *cuando at the end -*yo was often, although no always-, after a long and difficult work, closed with humour note, and wish that this spirit that *usted always has had and that today also #many have manifested it in interventions, was also the that it chair the next Assembly. +Have received of the Group of the Popular Party European nomination appeals of deputies of the following commissions: Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens, Mr. *Wieland; Commission of Regulation, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities, Mr. *Gahler in replacement of Mr. *Wieland. +Therefore, every time that there #be an election -*nos go well or *nos go badly individually- is party, is joy reason, because have security that at all it is upper to the popular will to hour to choose to representatives. +Know, because the know very well, that is *usted a demanding personality but also that has *usted a deep sense of the balance, thing that surely *nos will help in the future, to establish a fundamental point, a new style in relations among the European Parliament and the Commission. +conflict of *Kosovo has gone back to situate in the centre of consciousness game point of integration: the construction of peace order #european. +By #this, want to express gratitude to our political friends of the Christian Democrat Union (*CDU) and the Christian Social Union (*CSU) and also to the Liberal by the firm support *solidario that have offered to the Presidency of the Council. +The #european Commissioner German designated *Verheugen manifested after Colony Summit that the fast agreement to strengthen the External Politics and of Common Security of the Union hardly #would have been possible without war of *Kosovo. +Is impossible, therefore, form trial on the Presidency that finishes to conclude without taking into account the low profile of predecessor and hopes conceived as a result of the birth of the euro that afterwards have finished in the at all and have remained on paper. +By it that refers to this last, war of *Kosovo *nos remembers it founded of the criteria of *Copenhague, that take of respect of the human rights and of minorities a previous condition for #all the countries candidates to adhesion to the European Union. +From sight point, defence politics of the Union will remain in a *atolladero regarding it essential while the Fifteen have not accepted the indivisible character of security of the territory of the European Union. +The Presidency #finnish has requested explanation to know #if Colony decision means that the EU only will be able to take part previous mandate of the UN or #if, #such as it has taken it NATO, *ella also #can act of agreement to his own seem. +To measure that go happening days, have increasingly the worrisome feeling of that the capacity to take war surpasses with a lot the capacity to coordinate reconstruction of the devastation that has suffered life of the populations. +Some that aggravated by the crisis of confidence caused by the *descrédito of the Commission, exists a democratic deficit that affects to Parliament, exists an abysmal distance among Parliament and the daily problems of the #european populations. +Of course, #some have expressed -truth, gentleman *Cox?- some weigh when seeing to ancient Commissioners present in his Commission, but *eso shows that maybe Mr. *Cox, leaving carry by controversy wish, had not read well the ancient report of experts, that precisely absolved very clearly to Commissioners. +Go to back to his Commission and to those who doubt of independence, gentleman President, alleging that has *demasiados socialist Commissioners *les will answer that, *cuando was designated *usted by a majority of socialist Governments and *socialdemócratas, the Group that felt more surprised by his first public statements was precisely the Socialist Group. +Is on *nosotros and collaboration that *reposará the possibility to go out of the current crisis that has been so deep that has reduced to minimum percentages in the political history European number of #that that went to vote in the last elections. +#can not but *extrañarme of the attempt of right group of Parliament of *prorrogar the nomination of the Commission demanding a report on the case, report that will be drafted by a group of neutral experts. +Apart from considerations, candidate to the Presidency of the Commission, Mr. Roman *Prodi, has shown before the constructive and creative spirit with the that conceives the contribution of the Commission to the next Conference *Intergubernamental. +Lady Speaker, *Finlandia, with the big experience of having survived peacefully in difficult conditions, with difficult neighbours, is the ideal country to head efforts, that today take urgent, for reconstruction of the *Balcanes, and, in fact, president *Aatisaari has contributed already to the process decisively. +It same #can say of the question of the code of behaviour for the high charges, because in the Commission, along the last years, the management definitely has relaxed regarding internal organisation, #such as it underlined the report of the wise men. +Only #can *especular on until how point had engaged Mr. *Bangemann with game norms just in look of the inner market *cuando is to sell knowledges to #Telephone, important operator in the European Union and further. +The Council highlighted especially the need to clear in brief the question of deep form and impartial, #as well as the possibility to reform the current legislation in case to be necessary. +The Council took #all the ordinary procedures on taking of decisions to guarantee a fast explanation of the proposals of the Commission, with seen to finish work, always that it was possible, before finals of the present year, as it has proposed the Council. +#That that at present take pressure to follow in road of the total integration in the world-wide market with the purpose to satisfy the American demands have to give account of the so great responsibility that assume. +This week, the Commission has issued a formal statutory decision against the local organisers of tournament of Glass of football World celebrated the past year in *Francia. +Besides, is important to add that the *imposición of a more elevated fine to the organisers of Glass of the World of 1998 in *Francia #would have forced to the Commission to pose undertake action against the organisers of previous important tournaments, that used exactly sale politics of entrances. +Already have begun to observe norms, establishing the precedent, and in #all the future occasions, #that will be mood to manage the subjects in the European Union. +Lady Speaker, the second inform elaborated by the independent experts that *nos finishes to remit is remarkable by the importance and the quality of work made in so #few months and also by the will to describe with frankness the bad internal operation of the Commission. +#Can take #all the #european directives, #all the recommendations, #all the laws that want: #if inspections do not guarantee application, believe that the deep doubt of our *conciudadanos on the #european efficiency, #as well as on the interest of norms, #can increase . +Have proposed pair and #one of delights to make a *primer speech in this Assembly is that #one has feeling that these words go to be studied according to merit and no simply judged by the background of the political party. +In the long process of gestation of the Commission of #millenium, get to the decisive moment: investiture, with the democratic legitimacy that *nos have given the recent #european elections to the European Parliament. +Like conclusion of the process, have decided to support the investiture of the new Commission in spite of reservations that keep in relation with Palace Mrs., #whose innocence boast, but #whose conception of the political responsibility in a subject that concerns to the community budget do not share. +appearances of the Commission in Parliament have not been at all an useless act or a vain representation, but absolutely essential and *usted same *nos has affirmed aptly the past week, that in any #another parliament the executive organ has to give explanation detailed #any. +But #if well no *le give neither bounced cheque neither a cheque in white, *le communicate our will to work in common to give to #all villages of *Europa, in spite of difficulties and of conflicts, reasons to believe in his own destination and entrust in his common future. +As, for example, a clean atmosphere and drinkable water, safe foods, that do not poison to persons, or, for example, the protection of his economic interests workforces or also, for example, the definition of some basic norms in matter of health in the European Union. +Gentleman President, the right to give the approval to the Commission goes implicitly to pair with the duty of Parliament to verify aptitude of the future commissioners to exert mandate. +Go to begin with a general observation: #if the level of requirement applied to evaluate qualification of Commissioners went the that showed the colleague *Ingo #Friedrich in audiences and that also has manifested in the debate of today, #any *nos #would pose difficulties. +#Both kept a debate of *primer order in the commission and offered an authentic demonstration no only of his technical qualification, but also -it that it is almost more important- of the new political culture to the that *usted same has referred, gentleman Commissioner, and of dialogue among the European Parliament and the Commission. +Bear satisfy, that Mr. *Busquin have not shown the lower sensitivity, by not talking already of commitment to defend the use of Dutch in the #european institutions, supposes an insult for six millions of #flemish. +Want that elements include in agreement on the operation among the Commission and Parliament, because the number of abstentions or of votes against in the final vote of morning on the Commission will depend of advances that produce of here to morning in it that to elements refers. +Without embargo, in citizens, in the #european villages has remained an impression of fragility, by not saying of impotence; an impression of worrisome weakness precisely in front of a crucial question, in front of the question on the that arose *Europa: guarantee peace in our continent. +*Usted has signalled precisely like *primer goal enlargement of the Union to the countries that are prepared and afterwards has staggered cooperation forms drawing concentric circles of virtual participation with the nearest countries but no prepared still for entry. +And in the case *Dessault-*Augusta has remained among so much very clear that *él was to the common of the existence of box *B. *Yo *me ask: #who *nos guarantees that in the future no have boxes *B in the Commission, in the *DG *XII or where was, #if this subject do not resolves of way more suitable that up to now? +The *presupuestación based in activity, cast restricted of assignments, responsibility in the bureaucratic device, the effective control of the economic traffic #as well as emphasis in the economic responsibility demand without embargo work. +In my opinion in the so mentioned assignments pertaining to Section 4 there #be without embargo an increase in comparison with the budget of the past year and on the other hand, under Section 4, there #be besides points in the that they have not made cuts at all. +Regarding orientation on the new agreements *interinstitucionales and other different instruments for the references so much of *Wynn as of *Bourlanges, warn that the Council thinks that it is possible finance of reservation for *Kosovo with a new orientation or trip of bottoms, but with security also the Council will respect the agreement *interinstitucional and #all points. +Lady Speaker, Mr. *Galeote took intervention out of place because no treated of censorship motion to person but of investiture debate of Mr. *Prodi, and criticised it that *yo had said of Palace Mrs.. +Of compliance with the agenda, the Presidency of the Council -hail to Speaker in exercise, lady. *Halonen- and of the Commission proceed to take *sendas statements on the preparatory works of the meeting of the European Council the next days 15 and 16 October in *Tampere. +As it is natural, expect that in the field of the judicial cooperation remain guaranteed the juridical security of citizens to time that implants a fast and effective system of police persecution *transfronterizo. Is to say, agile procedures, immediate exchange of documents, harmonisation of the penal Right and help for the victims. +On the other hand, #can not lose of sight that the European Union has experienced an evolutionary process that has ended in the creation of a juridical order European and some #european institutions endowed of a series of competitions. +Other important questions are integration politics that affect also to the cultural rights of minorities, the right to live in family with dignity and the political rights for #all citizens that reside in *Europa. +The *JSA, authority *fiscalizadora, has directed hard criticisms against of the bad use given to data, to the deficient information to refugees on rights and to that the same authority has not had access to the register of suitable way. +*Conque leave to separate to mothers of children, to withdraw residence permission to worker that has lost employment and to violate asylum right. +Swims more far of the truth. Only had luck that thanks to intervention of NATO and to the return of the *albano-#Kosovar and eagerness to initiate what before reconstruction of country, refugee flow dissolved ahead of time. +The Council of General Subjects approved the day before yesterday measures of the European Union directed to relieve the situation of the island and decided to forbid export to #the same of arms, ammunitions and armament type that #can be used in acts of terror and repression. +*Cuando results that the Commission hardly is of the gravest crisis of history and the European Union in group has reasons for *meditar on alarm signal without precedents that finish of *dirigirle millions of constituents and constituents, moment loaned so that they adopted #some measures that #can open new perspectives, to measure that took *renacer hope. +Thus, the Basque Country keeps a political conflict with the #spanish State that has given place to demonstrations of violent type, violence that refuse the majority of *nosotros, but that has seeded and left a trail of deaths, wounds, pain, extortion, fear and victims innocent. +By #a lot of that the resolution approved have to consider like commission list that entrusts to the Commission *Prodi -that do not has support- #can not *aprobarla, because in *ella the fundamental requests that formulates Parliament to administration in functions of the EU remain reflected for ever, as #if of eternal truths treated. +Mr. *Prodi, so much by fidelity to the principles that gave life to the current European Union as by management capacity tested, am safe that goes to conduct to the new Commission by the path and to rhythm that the current circumstances require. +Thus, further of the individual questions that *atañen to #some Commissioners and that, anyway, belong to the past, have given my vote of confidence, to the new Commission, in the *convencimiento, besides, that Parliament has of the necessary mechanisms to revoke confidence marry to be betrayed. +By reasons, and had account of the generally recognised competition to Commissioners and of the will manifested by the majority of *ellos to work in narrow collaboration with Parliament, have voted in favour of the investiture of the European Commission. +So much reconstruction of *Kosovo like the humanitarian help for northwest of *Turquía, after catastrophes that have produced there, do not admit more delay. Is the moral obligation of the European Union have the necessary financial means. +#If, in the case of *Kosovo, was not necessary to ask permission to the Security Council neither expect to the consent of *Milosevic, ?why in the case of *Timor Oriental is necessary to expect permission of the Security Council and obtain the consent of Mr. *Habibie? +Gentleman President, from the #dutch link with Indonesian, in the first place want to say that *me has amazed to a large extent that in the international juridical order and maintenance by part of the Security Council, the world-wide order have shown, again, so extraordinarily #naïve. +In the west do not collect a resolution of Nations Joined to bomb the #ex *Yugoslavia owing to *Kosovo, that still follows being part of *Yugoslavia, and without embargo up to now have not achieved *decidirnos, by reasons that are, to launch a military intervention in name of the inhabitants of *Timor. +In this perspective, to initiative of the Council or of States members, the Commission of Human Rights of Nations Joined has adopted during the three last varied years resolutions that *preconizan the universal abolition of pity capital. +Subject: reciprocal Suppression of the compulsory visa among the European Union and countries In determined States members of the European Union, has suppressed the compulsory visa for the American citizens that travel to countries members of the Union. +time that the Commission have presented proposal on these regulations, the Council will consider, following the principle of reciprocity, the countries that will be *exentos of visa in States members of the European Union. +Without embargo, want to indicate that the Ministry of External Subjects of States Joined has declared that the competent organ of program *Attorney General yes has accepted to #Grecia as participant, but that it is necessary to expect the definite processing so that citizens #greek #can go to States Joined without visa. +The Union underlined to the principle of negotiations, on 31 March 1998, that the transitory periods that concede do not have to affect to norms of the Union neither to politics or to the normal operation of #the same. +The concrete question that take is #if the Council do not thinks that *le #can offer to *Marruecos the possibility to take a more rational procedure, because build a nuclear head office to produce 600 *Mw of electricity is "to kill flies to *cañonazos" and believe that it #would be convenient that neighbours did not take it. +The report of Mrs. *Pack that are today, with the amendment *nº 2, already takes quotation to collaboration with the *albanokosovares that are desirous to reconstruct state and *les has to help to take part in projects of the European Union and loan contribution to #the same. +Gentleman President, is very positive the fact that Parliament involve for the first time in this subject, has competition *jurisdiccional and, especially by means of the delegation *interparlamentaria, #can take follow-up of the operation of service, that, of course, has to organise also the execution of accompaniment measures for *reinstalar to refugees. +The Agreement proposed, #as well as the nine previous signed after the year 1972, establishes the contribution *CE to the budget of the normal programs of Organism for the next *trienio 1999-2001 and foresees likewise annual negotiations on the contribution of the *CE to the budget of help alimentary. +Mrs. *Morgantini has elaborated an excellent report that has my support and the of my Group, and the two amendments are very important, because they ask an annual report and access to places, #as well as information on looks of finance. +In effect, deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of Nations are favourable to #one *Europa able to boost coordination among the different States members, more that to #one *Europa bureaucratic that *preconice a strict regulation and no adapted to diversities of the geographic and cultural situations. +In the juridical plane, wish to remember that paper of the European Parliament consists in adapting to the current juridical foundations and that did not has to, in any case, create #one new, no according to the Treaties signed by the governments of States members. +In the resolution proposal appear collected, #among others points, a wish of *traspasar the police collaboration of the *tercer to the *primer *pilar, a wish to award operative competitions to the *Europol and a call to the creation of a Fiscal Ministry common European (*Corpus *Juris). +Besides, is not casual that the already limited extension competition of the Court of Justice in the questions that *atañen to justice and to the internal subjects excepts on purpose the subjects related with the public order and security. +The Assembly will know perfectly the sophisticated aptitudes of the international criminals to take advantage of of the different legal disposals and statutory all over the world and infiltrate in the economic and financial systems without repairing in the national borders. +Is incredible that the Central Bank have debugged help conceded to #the same by the International Monetary Bottom through paper corporations that has in the fiscal paradise of Jumper island. +foods are in the #russian shops, and of mood ruins value of the agricultural production and of the #russian foods #as well as the possibilities of agriculturalists, and engages his own production. +Have to take all it that was in hand to turn off fire there unchained, so that persons of part of the world have the possibility to develop autonomies peacefully and have a future as we have reached already in *Europa. +Without embargo, expect that president #can take out strengths of the massive support that received in urns and that act so that the revolutionary court cancel death penalties and like this will Go #can continue reform path and of construction of the civil society. +Varied States members contribute in the mission of the 90 military observers of Nations Joined that are deployed in capitals of the region and in the general barracks of the rebellious groups with the end to supervise fulfillment of the Agreement of *Lusaka. +Of course, also #would agree with the call that, #among others, has taken Mrs. *Maes in favour of the strict suspension of the traffic of arms that follows feeding conflict in the region and that often has origin here in the European Union. +The Group of the European Party of Liberal, Democrat and Reformers requests that it do not include a statement of the relative Commission to the refusal of the #french Government to raise the embargo of meat of *vacuno #british. +*Cuando takes months asked to the representatives of the Commission in the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer on information relative to the illegal recycling of muds *cloacales in *piensos for animals in #some States members, nobody #can *decirme it that it was mud *cloacal, where was or why. +Believe that *Europa has the obligation to transmit knowledges and experience in matter of AIDS and to back economically to the #african countries that wish to loan collaboration in fight against AIDS and the consequences of #the same. +The loss of youngsters in flower of life is *devastadora for the economic development and productivity, education, agriculture and a pile of socioeconomic spheres. +Believe that the question of obligations to this *respecto and his moral slope #can take that it progress the debate or also that it #can see this debate to the light of the concept of *condicionalidad, of the that do not refuse to take use in regard to these very poor countries that have need of collaboration and help. +Therefore, exist or no exist agreement with the International Monetary Bottom, will have support to the *ARYM, although it is evident that with the general condition that it apply program of necessary reforms so that bottoms at the end have a concrete effectiveness. +The Commission and Parliament share the common goal to increase until the 12% the corresponding part to the renewable energies in the gross consumption of energy inside the Community until the year 2010. +The energetic politics elaborates, in effect, with bottom curtain: want to protect the environment, want to reduce CO2 and, therefore, have to consider, in particular, #if liberalisation of the #european market of electricity, #such as it is in these moments in #some States members, no results *contraproducente. +utilisation of sources of renewable energy constitutes development model and application of the most modern technologies, that at the same time also contribute to the protection of the environment, but also has #one *segunda facet. +treats of *algo that support clearly in the Socialist Group, but am not of the all safe that commitment go accompanied of the political resources -that it is #one of reasons by the that ask that the campaign encourage and boost the renewable energy- or -it that it is more important- of the financial resources. +Of form in that *Pretoria #can receive to preferences *arancelarias conceded by the European Union, #would have to offer facilities to neighbours, since the economic development is indispensable to guarantee the political stability and peace in the region. +The #south african preference of game had relation with a near agreement to disposals of the Agreement of *Lomé and the *CNUCED predicts an uneven impact on the currents of bilateral exchanges in detriment of the #south african products. +Gentleman President, like representative of an agricultural country as *Francia, and more still a country that has linked name and politics to a true concept of cooperation with *África, #can not go in sense that Mrs. *Kinnock and approve the called agreement of trade and cooperation with the #South african Republic, by reasons of form and of bottom. +In our case, in the #italian case, #the same happen by some commissions ascribed, for example, to the Ministry of Industry and to the *cuales, in spite of work that make in the commissions, hardly #can have access, so as to reach that bottoms assign to States members in measure every time greater. +Only want to remember that the cultural revolution demands time period longer: in this case, it only that have taken is to change #some places that was of vital importance change because it was necessary to give mobility example by countries and by persons; it was necessary to show that charges are not *vitalicios for nobody. +Am fully in accordance with points that has mentioned: the reduction of taxes that tax societies and harmonisation are very useful for the #european competition, to the equal that tax on performances of work. +My question has relation with the humanitarian help in valley of the *Panshir, is to say, in the zone controlled by resistance to the totalitarian and criminal diet of *Kabul and of the Talibans, of the *cual knows too much the appalling destination that reserve to women. +The Commission is conscious of the scope and the possibilities of the different media and carries out two annual surveys of the public opinion with two questions: on information that have citizens about the subjects of the EU and how prefer to be informed. +Regarding rehabilitation programs. The Commission is in narrow contact with the World-wide Bank and other main donors to formulate a coherent plan, with it that will avert duplication of donor contributions. +Afterwards said that it existed plot organised to earn helps, but the familiar of high charges of the Ministry of Agriculture that earned helps already cultivated linen before being high charges, before Palace Mrs. was Minister of Agriculture and before even that Palace Mrs. *les knew. +The past year, more of half of the total imports of *Turquía proceeded of the European Union, and almost half of the total of exports of *Turquía in year directed to the European Union. +First: had to especially to the initiative of minister #greek of External Subjects, to the one who want to express here my recognition- has reached relation much better -#if well still no optimum- among *Turquía and country member, #Grecia, having given also a step to the solution of the so important #cypriot question. +Chancellor *Srenter has declared, also in *Atenas, after meeting with Prime minister, Mr. *Simitis, that #would consider error refer in a public debate, in press conference, conditions that will have to fulfil *Turquía to be considered like country candidate to adhesion, *algo that gives to understand, create, lady Speaker, that *Turquía has to assume determined conditions before *considerarla country candidate. +Without embargo, the internal development of these countries and, especially, capacity to fulfil the requirements of the Union, to enjoy also of rights in #the same, do not adapt to adhesion term so fast like the that *ellos wish. +*Europa, for *nosotros, the liberal democrats, has to follow backing firmly the peace process and of cooperation in Orient Next, although it has to engage , besides that from the point of economic sight, also in political and cultural terms purchasing size and a political weight recognised in the region and in the world. +In the #french text and in the #english text says that "it asks to the religious authorities that cooperate without reservations" - it that, already from the point of lexical sight, differs of the #italian text - but especially "that they take part in the distribution of condoms" . +The approval of these two reports constitutes guarantee for the #european citizens of the will of the European Union to protect the environment and to reduce, at the same time, our energetic dependency. +Now well, #if well we believe necessary associate *Turquía to the Union to avert #one derives *islamita in this country, also believe that his pure and simple integration to the current structures of the Union, like the European Parliament finishes to request, is impossible. +During decades the #turkish state has pursued to village *kurdo and *le has denied the obvious right of minorities to his political rights, social and cultural #as well as the right to his own language, to his own schools and to his own culture. +An important part of development of the principle of competition is liberalisation of the international trade, that in our opinion will not be complete until the *OMC #can take part in the elimination of obstacles and *tergiversaciones commercial created by private companies. +In our position -and the Presidency of the Council finishes, with reason, to remember it--, exists first of all worry that the Union no enclose in a sectorial negotiation, inscribed in the conclusions of the Cycle of *Uruguay, limited to agriculture and services. +#This is especially appeal to the Council so that it find a uniform #european position and concede to the Commission the full confidence *otorgándole to time a general mandate of negotiation, clearing to time the formal participation of Parliament. +It less that #can say is that these statistics do not endorse totally the idea according to the *cual the progressive dismantlement of obstacles to exchanges, after eight cycles of negotiations (from the beginning of the decade of the years 50 until 1994), favoured the economic growth. +hormones in beefs are not the most recommended recipe; the elimination of barriers #can not carry achieve the elimination of security and of the quality of products. +The situation in the agricultural fields and *agroalimentario has aggravated from takes #some years, *cuando theoretically were protected by the cycle of *Uruguay and the agreements of *Marrakech, that supposed guaranteed and organise access to the markets, helps to exports and the internal helps. +The result of #this is that, in this moment, the European Community is to an international organism the compulsory solution of his international controversies without having the guarantee that it have sufficient impartiality. +Believe that in the case of the economy is not necessary, still *cuando no treat of an exact science, since the majority of economists consider, by reasons that have indicated takes moment, that liberalisation of exchanges goes by good path. +#This is not so evident with regard to the environment, until point that the Commission has taken the initiative to initiate a study of the impacts in the environment in relation with the Round that go to launch. +did not take it because in this period had not thought in *ello, did not have means for *ello, and the fact to take it today on the base of the cycle of *Uruguay #would not have felt from the point of methodological sight. +#would Be interested in listening it that think Commissioner and President in exercise of the Council on the evolution of the common energetic tax, without the *cual the European Union will not be able to carry out goals in this matter. +According to a report of the *IPCC, for the year 2010 requires a reduction of broadcasts of CO2 of a 35% regarding the year 1999 to be able to limit promotion of temperature and of level of water of the seas. +Regarding ratification of the Protocol of *Kioto, #would indicate that as it has not got to agreements on control norms of fulfillment of commitments, neither on the regulations of performance mechanisms, *nos find with that we #would not know for sure it that are. +coordination of the structural Bottoms to the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *nº1 is elaborated by the Commission and the Been member in question. Like this as, cast of the structural Bottoms is not competition of the Council, but of States members. +Obviously there #be *incumplimientos, there are delays of more of four months in list communications, there #be more ships that before -among a 57% and a 63%, more in *Irlanda and in *Inglaterra- *cuando had to have less, there are damages to ecosystem, there are damages to the economy of persons and no are the recommendations of the *ICCAT. +Gentleman President, like Mr. deputy knows, so much in the preferential deal in the commercial relations as in the granting of bottoms *PHARE and in the subjects related with the agreements will apply the regional approaches foreseen by the European Union foreseen for the *Sudeste of *Europa. +Regarding the agreements, the Council signalled that negotiations for cooperation agreement and stabilisation, that is the new modality of bilateral agreement among the Union and the countries of the *Sudeste of *Europa, will be begun, *basándonos in the reports of the Commission, *cuando *Croacia fulfil the criteria established. +States members #can resort to the instruments that have created to community level for *paliar the possible effects of the suppression of the free sales of taxes, instruments that were exposed by the Commission in communiqué directed to the Council on 17 February 1999. +Go to explain shortly with reports of varied governments, therefore, resolution project results extremely current. The resolution remembers once again to the governments, to *través of Parliament and of the Council, that, like Parliament, - *me cheers a lot that #all the groups have put of agreement on resolution project -take really upsetting in that, in fact, present serious reports. +Think that we are wall to obtain a *primer big result in the General Assembly of Nations Joined and that suits to concentrate to procure that the final text was a true text, a text that *nos allow to continue this battle, that -as they have said orators- Parliament takes so seriously. +Indonesian will not survive #if it did not knows to find a solution for violence that reproduces in islands, #if it did not reaches respect of minorities inside a democratic structure and #if there #be not place for the regional autonomy. +. (IN) In relation with pity capital: during the three last years the Commission of Human Rights of Nations Joined has approved a resolution on death pity with an every time greater number of *copatrocinadores. +The Commission, by pipe of assistance programs in the sphere of democratisation and the human rights, follows supporting measures allocated to boost confidence and dialogue among the different communities. +Parliament has to force to #all States involved and to #all the Institutions to close this chapter that represents #one of the #many mysteries #italian that do not find the path of the truth and that certainly has roots in the high spheres and the collusions. +Of course, *nos impresses the fact that in a country in the that already there #be 51 reactors and commitment to build other 20 but, do not have the suitable knowledges and the sufficient experience to avert these events. +The questions posed in the resolution proposals about the manufacture, transport and the utilisation of mixed oxides -fuel *MOX- do not have at all that see with accident of head office of *Tokaimura. +Conclude, after giving graces again to Mr. President of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, #as well as to the Commission of Budgetary Control, with a pray to the House: that it approve the report of Mr. *Napolitano. +With this directive in the that treats of the first normative frame of this type all over the world, the European Union gives a *primer decisive step to the regulation and, to time, to the promotion of the electronic trade in breast of the Community. +On the one hand, establish #few rules, but clearly clear-cut, on the requirements that have to fulfil the electronic signatures, but, on the other hand, States members #can decide in how cases instrumented these signatures to the traditional demonstrations of will, for example to fist signature and letter, to form written or to other documentary proofs. +As I understand the situation, versions #can pose a grave threat for the market due to the fact that #some of disposals seem to lessen the principle of the country of origin, that, as it knows Parliament, is the base in that it founded the only market. +Of course the velocimeters are adapted to introduce automatically inhibition threshold during driving, because of it contrary -#this is like this, lamentably- the very elevated speeds for the that vehicles are not prepared, as have the centre of gravity very high, etc., will have effects *desfavorables. +Besides, the velocimeter already is #one of series accessories in the majority of vehicles available in the market of the EU, without that #this influence of significant way in the final price of vehicle. +Has got moment that in the European Union opt by a *presupuestación based in activity, by administration in the that *rindan explain by means of the results, by the delegation of powers and competitions to inferior levels and by explanation of the personal competitions. +The first was to conciliate the budgetary nomenclature in relation with the clear-cut priorities in the Treaty of *Amsterdam and, especially, the fact that from now the creation of a space of freedom, of security and of justice is #one of the fundamental goals of the Union. +Finally, gentleman President, talking like member of the #greek representation, wanted to express my weigh, because the #european institutions still have not found a correct juridical base to be able to loan help to a Been member that recently has suffered the consequences of the natural catastrophes. +Also seat that Budget Commission did not approve to move training of the nuclear inspectors in the ancient Soviet Union of the line of external politics to the of energy, with the that said training #can make of form much more effective. +The supplementary bottoms conceded for the new places of the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Office of *Dublín will convince to citizens that are measured to protect the quality and security of food that put in plate. +Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities asks that it apply in this context a wide interpretation of health concept, that include so much the physical welfare as also the psychic and social welfare. +By reason want to underline that backrest of the majority of the Group *ELDR to the strategy presented by the speaker, Mr. *Bourlanges and that has by object *rebatir the general cut of a 10% of the external costs is not sample of fault of will to find forms to save. +Is evident that the circumstances of the years happened -the resignation of the Commission and the reports of the Expert Committee- *nos warn of the need that *nos procure a base that *nos take to entrust in a wise administration of bottoms. +And want to that States members face up to the exceptional circumstances, and reconstruction of *Kosovo is an exceptional circumstance, with exceptional solutions that do not have to look for through a simple linear cut tax to Parliament in lines and in programs. +#This do not has to suppose at all an increase of the public cost in *Europa, but demands that State, #all the #european States are had to transfer to the Union the corresponding resources to transfer in fact of competitions. +During this long and intense month of transactions, Parliament encouraged in taking see to the Council that no only of *FEOGA and structural Bottoms lives the Union, and that the remaining 20% of the budget also served to the goals of the Union and that, often, affected to subjects very sensitive politically. +In consequence, reasons to approve or refuse the Budget only #can base in grade in that the definition of the central axes of the political answer to the own approaches and in #if the endowment of financial resources for said political is sufficient. +In a world *cambiante, have to be in conditions to undertake adjust of the budget much more quickly, so that without increasing the global budget #can answer to new needs, for example and very especially, to development of the new countries members of *Europa Oriental, but also to the humanitarian help in cases of catastrophe and to reconstruction of the *Balcanes, that do not have to be funded with reductions in help to the *tercer world. +The new Commission proposes to apply the different criteria that *ustedes have gone back to expose for adjudication and supervision of works hired with offices of technical assistance, so as to determine clearly of how looks will have to commission the public administration and #which will be able to entrust to the offices of technical assistance. +Without embargo, since these visits to #ECB are of character more informal, is not necessary to say that they have to consider like a supplementary instrument of communication among institutions and that #can not consider substitute of the periodic public audiences in the European Parliament. +Try use the monetary politics to increase the real economic activity above his sustainable level will not take but produce in the long run a still greater inflation, no an economic growth faster. +Although the contribution that takes when keeping stability of prices do not has to overlook, the monetary politics clearly #can not resolve the grave structural problem of unemployment in the zone of the euro. +Said coordination #would tend to diminish the democratic responsibility, to reduce transparency of the political frame of face to the public opinion and to increase uncertainty on the sectorial performances, looming potentially with *desestabilizar the economy. +In actuality, the results of payment systems to the by minor *transfronterizos carry a clear delay regarding the political goals of the Economic and Monetary Union and, even, to the expectations of citizens and small #european companies. +After the introduction of notes and coins of euros on 1 January 2002, differences regarding service levels of the national payments and *transfronterizos inside the zone of coin only will take even more evident. +#This shows that #ECB takes seriously responsibility to support other common economic goals, in particular the of employment, and *nosotros know that bonanza circumstantial in the European Union, in spite of the evolution differentiated inside the zone "euro 11" , will follow requiring support. +*Unicamente a total transparency of the report among the goals fixed by the Treaty and actions of members of the Council will allow to Europeans appreciate #if members of the Council fulfil correctly with mission, *algo that *nosotros no doubt. +Gentleman President, nine months after the launching of the euro and blurred enthusiasm by his future paper like the main currency of international reservation owing to the weakness of the types of change, #can not announce to the four winds hit without *calificativos. +Also resulted garbled yesterday listen that Mr. *Issing, economist boss of #ECB, when seeming had declared in *Londres that the Bank #would not publish his economic forecasts for the territory of the euro, perpetuating culture of secret. +Believe that it #would be well that thought in a new system and that #would owe *preguntarnos how #can guarantee a better parliamentary collaboration with a series of countries in roads of development and with the countries of *Europa Central and Oriental, to the that go to help, and do not say it because the *ONG do not go to follow being there, but because I believe that it is an image *algo mistaken the that give of the consolidation of democracy #if we say that only the *ONG #can take part actively. +Gentleman President, visit to the European Parliament produces in moment in the that #all the #colombian population in group has manifested #alto and clear wish of civil peace, of democracy and of respect by the human rights. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report of the European Council and the statement of the relative Commission to the results of the European Council of the past days 15 and 16 October in *Tampere. +Like this takes in the conclusions of the necessary form to attend the legitimate worries of citizens in matter of security and judicial guarantee of rights, as it is norm in a Union that pretends to base in the principle of *prevalencia of the right and of the law. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, Prime minister *Lipponen, *me #one to the vision that the European Council of *Tampere #can be considered historical, due to the fact that it is the first time that the Council has treated and has put in command of the #european diary the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice. +Group adds to the idea of the Council that the Union and States members reinforce the opening of the Union to the rest of the world in the field of the personal relations, cultural, political and economic. +And in this sense, believe that here it opens a new important front and support also -as we have taken with the initiative of Parliament- the creation of refugee bottom, that believe that it #can be a very decisive element. +will Give only an example among the #many that #can give: the priority awarded to cooperation against the juvenile delinquency in cities *nos seems *algo odd and out of place, since for *reprimirla really States #would take better in intensifying cooperation efforts to eradicate delinquency organised that acts increasingly to scale international. +*Me seems also that the Commission, in the new spirit of *Tampere and like watchdog of legislation juridical community, #would have to take fulfil the directives to pursue money bleaching, #whose *incumplimiento is an effective judicial cooperation, as, for example, in the case of *Gibraltar. +But in a more general plane, and in particular *cuando has treated of questions of immigration, the Council has sunk in two contradictions that, by it other, remit, the two, to fault of political value or to the mutual paralysis of members: do not know well. +Without embargo, restructuring #can be intelligent, is to say, #can take into account the social and economic cost; and #can be short of sight, is to say, #can take into account today the economic cost and pay the social cost a lot afterwards, because they are #many factors that go to influence negatively in company that do not takes into account the social dimension. +In front of the new technologies and to the revolution of information, there #be place for a new conception of productivity, based no in rationing of the social costs, but in the promotion of the human capacities. +Then have value to watch of front the reality: employees of *Michelin are not victims of the direction of *Michelin, but of His *Señorías, merchants of the *mundialismo, as also they are it employees of the banking sector, of insurances, of the car sector and #many #others, #whose companies merge, move or restructure to be able to survive. +Yesterday Parliament asked to President *Duisenberg that subjected the monetary politics to growth needs of #one *Europa that do not knows to reform , that do not knows to reform the economies and that neither knows to liberalise the markets, especially work market. +In this frame, *nos find in front of the difficult problem of transfers: difficult, as, obviously, destroy put of work in *Europa; difficult, as #the same that the *vilipendian today demand, simultaneously, that *Europa multiply investments in the countries in roads of development and facilitate to the maximum the entrance in the territory of the European Union of pertinent products of countries. +But, said *eso, the that believe in the market and *militamos in part of the Hemicycle, far of the autarchic temptations of side and #another of the Assembly, believe that the principle of social compensation has to balance the principle of a market that work. +In this document refers, as, "the #european companies consider that they are an inseparable part of society; #this means that they act of a socially responsible way: consider the benefits his main goal, but no the only reason of existence. +Perhaps owe to that fear difficulties in verification and to that the prohibition #can allow to countries like *Corea of the North and *Irak make proofs of low level, or perhaps fear that by means of the permanent cessation of proofs, States Joined #can see *mermados his nuclear arsenal and deterrence strength. +To finalise, wish to support again it that Parliament agreed on 18 November of the past year; supported the statements of the eight States of 9 June 1998, the *new diary *coalition, a definite elimination and total of the nuclear arms. +Gentleman President, want to have hopes in that the decision of the Senate of States Joined is form of *esquivar provisionally the ethical obligation that has the *superpotencia world-wide in front of the world-wide public opinion, like country that has to be *vanguardista in reduction politics of the nuclear danger. +*Muchísimos states have abandoned of voluntary form possession of this type of arms. The great states, that have of nuclear arms, have reduced considerably arsenals of nuclear arms, but #can not be really satisfied with *ello. +Wanted to ask to Commissioner *Patten, #if still *me listens, #if it agrees *conmigo in that #this reinforces the need of an external politics and of effective #european defence, that *nos allow to undertake measures with independence - no already depend, but rather protect security so that it do not see *vapuleada constantly by winds of the national politics American and by the presidential elections of States Joined. +Expect with interest the end of discussion that has announced the speaker of Budget Commission in relation with assignment form of means in chapter To 30 of the budget for the year 2001. +Now that talk of the *Europa of the next century, the new and big *Europa, the *Europa of enlargement, no #would result, perhaps, advantageous launch in this moment, once and for all, a brave cultural politics, since culture is not *algo on it that have to treat of form that treat the purportedly important subjects. +*Permítaseme also observation by it that refers to the amendment 12: this amendment is accepted keeping flexibility to end to be able to approximate, on this concrete point, during the conciliation stage, the positions of the Council and of Parliament. +The Commission accepts the amendment 13, that proposes criteria *indicativos of budgetary distribution among the great cultural spheres, to time that increases of 9% to 11% the percentage in favour of actions in the sector of book and reading, #whose mount annual #would diminish noticeably in comparison with program *Ariane. +The new line affects to the preparatory measures of the audiovisual sector and do not takes reference to section 3 of the ancient article 130, relative to the industrial development and to the decisions in #whose virtue of established program *Eureka Audiovisual. +Is to regret that, like result of the vote of the commission of culture, youth, education, communication and sport, go to present that finance of the Audiovisual Observatory guarantee for only three years, against of posture, in #others, of president of said parliamentary commission, Mr. *Gargani, that presented a report to the *respecto. +Now well, in the budget of the European Parliament, in the *rúbrica 3710, read with surprise the following formulation: "Contributions in favour of the political parties Europeans" , with the following explanation: "The Commission #would have to, it before possible, subject a statute of political parties Europeans" . +The past year, the Court of Justice of the Communities condemned severely the fact to engage budgetary costs without legal base by the Commission, with complicity of the European Parliament. +The countries industrialised, in group, and States members of the Union, in particular, do not owe *desentenderse of help to development, since *ello #would have sanitary repercussions, social, economic and grave politics in the always fragile balance of the most disadvantaged countries. +*Me seems a grave political error that, #if the Council and the Commission have established a system by means of the *cual his own members, Commissioners, Ministers and Bosses of Government of States members, #can be investigated in case of irregularity, #can not be it deputies. +company *Michelin, that finishes to proceed, in *Francia, to a series of controversial dismissals, finds, precisely, in a situation of gender, since his main competitor produces pneumatic in the countries of the East, to coast of wages five times less high. +The truth is that the Managerial frame went in in vigour in January of 1997 and the present proposal of the Commission treats to resolve the problems of application of the transitory disposals on containers for gas transport and on the *cisternas. +In order of things, to Mr. *Pohjamo *le #would answer that the Directive 96\/35 on security advisers, that will go in in vigour from 1 January 2000, has to contribute to the application of legislation on transport of dangerous commodities, *hacerla more transparent and more in accordance with it that #all pretend. +In front of *usted, gentleman *Fischler, believe that it is not necessary to insist once again in the importance of this agreement with *Marruecos for States members, as *España and *Portugal, and for determined autonomous communities, as *Galicia, *Andalucía and Canarian, #all *ellas, as it is known, inside the Goal 1, very dependent of fishing and, for the time being, without *caladeros alternative for fleets and with a business structure that disables forms of cooperation. +Was *usted Commissioner in functions and *yo *me adhere to simile of mate *Varela *Suanzes-*Carpegna bear *decirle that here has *usted a good bull, a *miura bear *lidiar; undertake *usted a fine negotiation, *llévela to good port, defend *usted, gentleman Commissioner, the interests of the #european fishermen like Government #moroccan will defend the interests of the #his. +Therefore, to the equal that the sector, believe that time -and in this case seat especially that it was not the Council, because to *él is to the one who mainly *me direct- have to *plantarnos and give the signal that, #if well we carry years asking and begging that *nos allow to take part, as simple observers, in negotiations of fishing agreements, now already, gentleman President, #can not postpone participation. +#Can be insurances of thing: although to the principle of the present debate have not enumerated #all factors that leave of self-evident the importance of this agreement, especially for the sector *pesquero #spanish and also for the economy *pesquera #portuguese, am very conscious of transcendence that has. +Have understood that my colleague Commissioner *Byrne and president of the Scientific Committee Director have summoned press conference in *Bruselas for this afternoon to the 18 hours, in the that will give to know the results of the meeting of scientists. +Perhaps Mr. *Parish #can send a copy of speech to the boss of party, because lamentably, in Big *Bretaña, the boss of his favourable party that forbid import of #french products in Realm Joined. +With an embargo and export prohibition no combats illness *EEB. In this way, proceeds to the location of the problem and creates an instrument that allows to implant the rule of #european security stipulated by the Commission. +In *Francia, this Security Agency Sanitary Alimentary established thanks to pressure of the population, of consumers and, clear is, of environmentalists and of the Group of the Greens in the European Parliament. +Meanwhile, the authorities of Realm Joined have prepared his own system of labeling relative to the plan of *inocuidad of meat of bovine and have indicated that labeling system, with voluntary character, #would work in relation with exports to *Francia and to countries. +This Committee is the that celebrated the vote and issued a *dictamen unanimous, after having examined #all information that appeared in the report of the Special Committee and #some documents facilitated by the Special Group and, obviously, applying his own scientific knowledges. +The Commission has of an unanimous report of the best scientists and veterinary of the European Union, that have expressed his opinion that meat of bovine #british exported with arrangement to export plan according to a calendar established is so innocuous like any #another of *Europa. +Gentleman President, the #european pacts on employment, the processes of *Cardiff, of *Luxemburgo, of Colony and the combination among *ellos, dialogues *macroeconómicos, the technical organs and politicians of dialogues do not tend to boost employment in *Europa positively for workers. +*Me seems to understand that, further of #some statements of principle, there #be not at all effective, no exists any proposal, there #be not any rigorous analysis, although the analysis of health state of economies #european, in particular continental, #would have to be it. +By #this *nosotros want *hacerles a very concrete question: When go to reach agreements in the that they establish concrete criteria that allow to evaluate in how measured #can contribute the public investments to the consolidation of growth process, with effects also clearly positive in work market? +How resulted #can have the structural unemployment, unemployment of long length, the juvenile unemployment and efforts made with politics of employment and the 22 lines guidelines, with the action plans of the countries members? +In fact, *yo go to go more far and ask exclusion of workers that take part in the preparation of cool fish -and underline: fish cool-, because in the case of fish there #be not supply continuity. +According to the study of the Commission, in moment in that it approved the original directive on the labour day in *Irlanda hospital doctors no specialists worked more of the 65 hours allowed to the week and exerted tasks *indistinguibles of the of colleagues upper. +The quoted study enumerates also the following questions: fixation of turns no realistic, prolonged periods of continuous service, distribution of the tasks among auxiliary and upper doctors, pressures no official to doctors in period of training, vulnerability of rest periods and pressure rhythm and needs of service. +The problem that *nos poses in Chinese case -already has signalled *justificadamente and also *nos poses with countries- is the of the human rights, to the *cual it is necessary to add, in Chinese case, the problem of the *Tíbet, gestures *amenazadores to *Taiwan, etc. +By it that refers to the possible contribution of network Internet, think that by means of contact type and also, as it has said His *Señoría on purpose of the electronic trade, thanks to this type of scientific agreements will have #any forms of possible dialogue in the future. +*Nos have seen forced to work quickly, but on the other hand, also *me *atrevo to say that I regret the that my Group have not reached the agreement of the commission on a series of points that consider *prioritarios. Is therefore, gentleman *Pronk, by it that have decided to go back to present these amendments that *nos seem fundamental. +To opinion, is recommended that also in this field States members guide by behaviour of the three countries of the Union that obtain the best results, as it has come taking in the frame of the Economic and Monetary Union European and the own politics of employment. +Frankly hardly #can believe that this proposal to initiate a process of *Luxemburgo for the social security have been refused in commission by colleagues of the *PPE, in spite of constituting the core of the Report *Pronk that vote in the previous Parliament. +Thus, think like members of the *ELDR that with the package on employment has found a fine solution to the problem of how conciliate subsidiariness principle with the wish to guarantee coordination of employment politics. +The reports of the countries members on mood in that they fulfil the guidelines no only show how these countries the are by separate but that also open the path for a reciprocal inspiration, in the *cual some countries #can learn of the fine results of #others. +The *UEM has succeeded in measure that coordination of nature has made possible to reach the common goals that the countries proposed for inflation, for interest types and for the budgetary deficit. +*Cuando money #would have to be using to answer to the needs of women and men, to the needs of societies, the subject *Michelin symbolises dictatorship of the law of money on the economy and persons. +Investigations that finish to publish in *Gales, country that represent, show once again that women follow having a very low representation in direction places of companies and that do not rise in the professional career with rapidity that #would fit to expect of aptitudes. +In this context, *me remit also to reduction experiment of VAT in the sector services, the *cual was approved properly by the Council, but seem to be that States members no are, except #some exceptions. At least regarding my country, *Finlandia, had wished a different solution to the *respecto. +Before we happen to the next batch of votes on the report *Smet, #can concede to Mrs. *Smet the opportunity to clear, so that it state in Record, look that did not have the opportunity to clear at the end of the debate of yesterday in relation with fishermen to part that are autonomous. +Is necessary, especially, tackle reform and modernisation of education and in training that benefit to #all, without discrimination that base in the half social or in person, and that incorporate the technological and computer changes, #as well as combat *encarnizadamente #all unemployment forms and of precarious work. +treats of a subject essentially politician in the that it sees to the conservative right flirt with precariousness and to strengths of the left try put in foot the social convergence, insisting in relation among employment, quality and the social protection. +The use of fiscal facilities like "carrot" for the renewal of the old and heavy *utilitarios, is entirely justified, #as well as the fiscal advantages directed to the respectful vehicles with the environment: all #this so that it accelerate the introduction of vehicles less *contaminantes. +Gentleman *Lange, perhaps #can *usted try once again reach with the Council commitment in a nocturnal session, so that *nos see free of a decision in consciousness to vote against of his excellent report, in favour of the *cual *me #would enjoy to vote, or -almost it is necessary to say it now- against of the environment, since all goes back again to wait tail. +The Commission believes that development state of the necessary technology to apply limitations so severe to nitrogen oxides hampers in these moments acceptance of a previous date to October of the 2008. +Besides, *cuando in the 2001, in Nations Joined, take a balance of the First World-wide Summit of Boys, suggest that in Parliament believes a European Parliament of Boys, prepared with *ellos, to celebrate this European World-wide Summit in the 2001. +But also want to believe that, under responsibility of the Commission, #can think in promoting a comparative study of the incorporation of the Convention of the Rights of Boy to the national legislations of States members. +reason of this question is to ask to the Commission no only that it express of clear form respect to the proposals of Parliament, but especially *preguntarle by modalities and presentation terms of version reviewed in relation with the position of Parliament. +Although after the elections outline in this Assembly a new and distinct majority and although it have amendments that members of the *ELDR appreciate more that #others, yes, although it have elements of the proposal that *nos had enjoyed that they had remained was, back this initiative on query and the announcement of action. +On the other hand, the *segunda big amendment said that #if the direction of company retained information to the representatives of workers, had to take possible of sanction, and no only in the case of information retentions that the directions of companies judged important, that is a concept very little precise. +Like this, the worse salaried workers paid and even the unemployed or the that *carecen of domicile, when paying VAT on foods, contribute to fund the #european institutions that, without embargo, have not taken an alone measure in favour. +In the current system no exists already transparency because of the numerous individual regulations relative to collection tax of VAT, to the #british discount and finance. +Besides, the Commission refers to this evolution, #as well as to experience purchased of application until actuality to get to his current proposal that aspires to modify and reinforce directive valid the *cual *atañe, especially, to the sector of the agricultural costs. +But in the global transfer, that forms part of the three instruments, and that the Commission *nos had presented to increase payment credits, part of this group did not happens by this procedure in Plenary. +But, as I already have indicated, has not loaned attention to another big number of environmental looks. Of form #can not talk here at all of a more effective integration of the environmental dimension in the energetic politics. +Believe that fishermen will be able to enjoy of a better protection regulating the labour day or rest time by days or by weeks, as it proposes the Council, before that by a fixed limit of 48 hours inside reference period of 12 months. +there #be not, gentleman President, formal #european citizenships, there #be #european citizenship *cuando in the most next of #all branches of the right, the civil right, *Europa also has legitimacy and strength to guarantee rights of citizens and impose justice. +But exists -and here the words of Commissioner have been very clear- the absolute need to plant in *primer plane the nuclear security and expect that #this #such as it has said it *usted, gentleman Commissioner, was the guideline and the base of negotiations with neighbours of the *Europa Oriental. +From then finds *algo *empolvado in a drawer of Minister for the Protection of Consumers, Mrs. *Prammer. But thanks to the positive cooperation with the *ONG occupied in environmental subjects, knew of the existence of said study and from the past Thursday *nos have been able to occupy in depth of content. +To fault of official procedures to raise the prohibition inside the EU, the situation results even more difficult, as they testify it the #british management to reach the lifting of the prohibition in third countries, included States Joined, and in partners of the *Commonwealth. +Wanted to *decirle to gentleman Commissioner that here there #be had some agreements that have established clearly two obligations by part of sides: States Joined engaged to modify the title *IV of the law and to not applying the law to #european companies. +Subject: *Timor Oriental In the session of the European Parliament of the past 5 October, Commissioner *Patten informed of the absolute priority that concedes the European Commission to the subject of the humanitarian help and to reconstruction of *Timor Oriental. +The Commission is guidelines on supervision and report presentation together with States members that will allow to take comparisons and add the results and maps from the year 2000, *cuando States members inform on the repercussions of his first programs of action. +Know that it has to, of course, and the Commission knows the important economic measures and social that have to adopt States members with a very intensive production to adapt the structures and methods *agropecuarios to the requirements of the directive. +In it that refers, gentleman *Pohjamo, *Señorías, to the list of the admissible regions, wanted to remember that the Commission had directed to States members a letter, on 1 July 1999, *pidiéndoles present proposals before 31 August 1999. +Want to require, #if have time, that requires a big flexibility, open, for each Been member, but have to find, in map that will be finally approved in the frame of the Goal 2, at least half of the population that initially identified like inhabitant in the eligible zones of compliance with the community criteria. +Expect that at the end of this year receive the reactions of States members and of Parliament so that we #can begin immediately to the beginning of the year 2000 to present a specific #european legislation on this question and follow exerting pressures for ratification of the Agreement of 1993. +Second, in the field of *Eurocontrol, and no only in the of *Eurocontrol but in #all the fields, have to guarantee efficiency and transparency in the operation of the providers of aerial services and, besides, carry out division among it that they are the statutory responsibilities and service provision. +#Can the Commission describe the general situation regarding measures adopted by the countries candidates for *modernizar systems of social security and, on the other hand, inform of measures adopted and foreseen to contribute to effort of the countries candidates to this *respecto? +Is it that have taken in the past and will follow it taking in the future, #if well I want *indicarle that here the practical is very diverse, is to say, that is not true that the majority of candidates to adhesion was by behind standards of States members in this question. +Subject: enlargement of the Union and the agreement of *Schengen The countries candidates will have to assume legislation of the EU in matter of expedition of visas and controls of entrance in borders of the EU. #This involves a considerable change in practices of #some of these countries. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Secretary of the Council and High Representative for the External Politics and of Common Security, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, in the first place want to hail appearance of Mr. #Solana in his triple condition of General Secretary of the Council, High Representative for the External Politics and of Common Security and General Secretary of the *UEO, for the moment *in *pectore. +In the exercise of his new responsibilities, will have *usted in my Group to a demanding speaker, #if it gets the case, severely critical, but deeply convinced that the European Union has to be more present, be more active, more *voluntarista in the international scene. +And more *parabienes, but #this seriously, as simple suggestion, for the external politics and of common security. Probably follow the procedure of the Economic and Monetary Union with regard to a diplomatic union and soldier #can be a fine suggestion to translate the statements of principle in steps more concrete. +The permanent dialogue with the previous Commissioner, *Sir *Leon *Brittan, along 1998 and in the first months of 1999 contributed, on the other hand, to that the Communication of the Commission of 14 July 1999 incorporated #many of the approaches of the European Parliament and all content. +Consider likewise fundamental the principles of caution and alimentary security, because we do not want that *nos invade foods *transgénicos, and by #this consider necessary to invest charge of proof and that experts are really independent of the interests of the Governments and of multinationals. +game point of the Report *Haug was that the position of past March, especially the relative point to the elimination of #all exception clauses, has to carry now to practice. +Create, thus, *parafraseando it that Mr. *Patten said during intervention, that is bad to trade with states that violate the human rights of massive form - *él referred then to Chinese in answer to a #ours question - and that, in fact, also is well not forgetting the financial and economic measures *cuando treats to issue a clear signal. +Our negotiators have to encourage by that these countries really take part to *través of the institutional support, the free entrance in our markets, fulfillment of the #granting agreed -for example, *cuando treat of the textile products- and prevention of the called "green protectionism" . +The one who pleads by the demolition of the #european agricultural politics, pleads, simultaneously, by the destruction of #everything it that in *Europa has reached in the field of the rural politics, of the welfare of animals and of the welfare of persons. +By the contrary, *cuando integration deficit results of the internal politics or of deficient development, the extension of the terms of application, the multiplication of preferential measures, do not constitute fine solutions. +Take the word, in this case in name of Budget Commission, to mention the main points that said commission considers important that treat in the Conference of reform of the Treaties, splitting of the base that the that lives out of the budget in politics lives in error. +#This includes also division of the Council of Ministers -#such as it proposed the Report *Dehaene- in a Council of executive Ministers, that #can celebrate sessions to enclosed door, and a Council of legislative Ministers, #whose meetings #would have to be public. +The positions expressed in the report of Gentlemen *Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen were reinforced by the illustrated to Parliament, with the communications of President *Prodi and of Mr. *Barnier, in name of the European Commission day after the vote in our commission. +In any case, the problem that poses the *legitimación of space or a market without State requires that we take an attempt, that has to go accompanied of the creation of a #european civil society and training of a #european public opinion. +In October, in the special meeting of the Council of *Europa in *Tampere on the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice, took upsetting, among things, in the importance to confront the problems derived of drug in whole. +The complementary question that take to the Council is #if it #can consider the possibility to go in in contact with Government #moroccan so as to avert that it undertake now this absolutely dangerous adventure for *Marruecos and, of course, for *nosotros, neighbours more next. +Gentleman President, do not take the word to take part on bottom content of the question of Mr. *Alavanos, but to take comment and direct afterwards a question to Mr. Minister on purpose of the answer that has given. +#would Be necessary to clear it before possible obstacles for the opening of the *Danubio, but has not been possible to begin to cooperate in this sense, and *Jugoslavia neither has adopted measure to open the *Danubio, although yes it #would be #his responsibility in virtue of the international agreements. +Now well, #if we do not have time to examine the question this morning, #if there #be *demasiados orators inscribed to take the word in relation with the Report *Napolitano and with the Report *Giannakou, then will second the proposal of Mr. *Pirker that we do not vote tomorrow on the question. +Gentleman President, so only want to remember that article 115 of the Regulation, already applied regarding the Report *Napolitano, foresees that "except in urgency cases foreseen in articles 50 and 112, only will be able to proceed to the debate and to the vote of a text #if #this has been distributed with *veinticuatro hours of *antelación like minimum" . +Takes five months that Parliament #would have to have accepted this agreement, and *me seems that the public opinion simply will not appreciate a new refusal to follow advance and to establish a rigorous diet but *equitativo for Parliament, the same that for the organs. +#This constitutes a general permission to an authority, that no only leaves to deputies to favour of complaint, but that creates delation system and of political agitation that supposes an insult to the free mandate and to a free Parliament. +Without embargo, estimate that the debates of Parliament, of our parliamentary commission have been sufficient to be able to elaborate a good report like #this with support of the greater part of the political Groups and congratulate to the speaker by work. +In my opinion, the communication of the Commission represents a good point of game for development of a world-wide #european strategy, *multidisciplinaria and integrated of fight against the illicit drugs in accordance with the that approved the General Assembly of Nations Joined in 1998. +Believe that Parliament that do not has value to amend patent situation discrimination that reaches to #some of members and to millions of #european citizens, is Parliament that #can not teach, as it #would want to and as it #can, democracy to countries that have condemned even this morning. +As *ustedes have underlined it, simultaneously to the promotion of the foundations of the economy, emergency of a political power that was to the height of task and development of the necessary institutions will be essential elements. +Against of it that finishes to say #ours colleague, think that in occasion exist reasons more that sufficient so that *nos congratulate by the fact that the European Union, by unanimity, have presented a resolution in front of Nations Joined so as to ask a moratorium for death pity. +Gentleman President, am totally in accordance with Mrs. *Díez *González on the need to treat to convince to the Council, so that it introduce in the agreements with the third countries a clause on death pity and abolition. +And while all *eso occurs, the *LIV General Assembly of the UN did not approve the resolution proposal of the Presidency #finnish of the Council of the European Union that advocated the suspension of the executions of penalties of death. +*Nosotros have taken part immediately, to title of the humanitarian help, with an amount of more of euro million, in three successive operations, and are had to continue taking part to answer to the most urgent needs of the next year. +Are absolutely conscious of the deplorable situation in the that find boys, and especially girls, in *Pakistán; but think that the most effective way to improve this situation is contributing to guarantee a universal primary education of quality and affordable. +The Convention on the Rights of Boy recognises that progenitors are responsible to provide the had to taken care and the owed attention to children, #as well as the right of children to receive care, orientation and love. +Thus it #can not have a politics of #european drugs *reglamentada, but a #european frame inside the *cual #can help to person affected, that has to be the centre, from the respective specific experiences of the local and regional instances competent. +Everywhere #where reach to prevent that the pertinent illegal money of drug traffic transform in legal money, give a big step forward, because the fight against drug traffic and money bleaching are two phenomenons related. +Finally, want to signal that, in this field, the European Observatory of *Lisboa exerts an important work, and am convinced that in the next years data and information that there collect will show the effectiveness of the #european cooperation, and international, in this fight. +*Cuando Parliament and the public opinion were surprised by informations transmitted by the press, according to the *cuales an institution, that, as we thought, devoted only to structural investments, had lost sums very elevated in speculative operations in the short term, resulted clear the need to examine of form *cabal investment politics of the *BEI. +Are convinced that, with the suitable means, the European Observatory of Drug and the *Toxicomanías, situated in *Lisboa, #can take an important contribution to the deepening of the study and of the proposals of measures to struggle against this *flagelo of drug. +With #everything, is the fact that the debate and the vote have taken place in spite of article 115 of the Regulation, had account that the last #french version was distributed to the 21.52 hours of Wednesday and have proceeded to the debate a lot before they fulfilled the 24 hours. +Nevertheless, #some of *nosotros, like deputies pertinent of the Canarian islands, in addition to consider reasonable that *prorrogue the force of tax in accordance with the proposal presented by the Commission, have requested through amendments that affect to the most sensitive products, to #all the sensitive products produced in Canarians. +Projects of transport like the *road *to was for the relief of road networks traditional require crafts of type like the *just *in *time *feeder and transport ships of containers, ferries fast and yachts of high speed, multipurpose ships for fishing and *guardacostas, ships of luxury for tourism so much great like small, etc. +From *Viana *do *Castelo until *Margueira and *Mitrena, happening by dockyards of Port districts, *Aveiro and *Figueira gives *Foz; workers demand valorisation politics of the naval sector, of defence of the stable employment, of quality and with #worthy wages and that promote the *aprovechamiento of the existent capacities. +To comprise the current situation, is necessary to remember that no is the international agreement of 1994, relative to the elimination of helps to the naval construction in the frame of liberalisation of the sector. +Is necessary also that the Commission give priority to this problem and to resolution, recognise the need to review ancient positions and facilitate to the European Parliament #all informations on damages caused to the naval industry #european. +Therefore, the Council has decided aptly that for the moment it did not goes to break the agreement to put end to the generic help of industry of the naval construction from 1 January 2001. +Lady Speaker, gentlemen deputies, *yo also am #basque; am a #basque woman; a socialist and #basque woman; #one more of the 92% of citizens of the Basque Country that have voted in *Euskadi in favour of Autonomy Statute and that have voted by democracy. +*Les put another concrete example: #if, with occasion of a big championship, sell tickets of access to stadium only to the national citizens and *deniega the possibility of *comprarlos to the no national citizens, to the citizens #european, contravene norms of competition and, therefore, here it is necessary to act with rigour. +My task #would have resulted much simpler #if it had had the possibility to elaborate an authentic politics in the field of sport on the base of article of the Treaty. +#If we want to be represented like European Union in the field of the world-wide economy *globalizada and in the increasing *intervinculación political of the world is precise that endow at last to the European Union of juridical capacity, so that the representatives of the European Union also #can act in name of the Union. +And *yo #would give also an enormous dimension to *algo that hardly has been mentioned: are a parallel exercise of *constitucionalización of the Treaties, with the preparation of a Letter of fundamental rights, to time that poses the Conference *Intergubernamental. +#There is a fundamental point to the that want *ceñirme in my intervention, *me refer to the comment of the Commission collected in report for the summit that the conference *intergubernamental that is will be able to close with hit before the year 2000 #if the political will is it sufficiently strong. +So that it state in record, wanted to leave clear that, in accordance with colleagues of the Green Group\/European Free Alliance, in the Scottish Nationalist Party are engaged with the idea of a collective security in *Europa and receive with satisfaction performance of the Council in this sense. +And have to take advantage of this economic cycle and the statement that goes to take on the Presidency #finnish concerning #millenium and the new society of information so that we #can register, with creativity, growth sustained and so that the goal of the full employment was not rhetorical, but that materialise. +The resolution proposal that have seen this morning did not contain quotation of initiative relative to the inner market neither to society of information, in spite of works made under Presidency. +To begin, regarding the subject of employment, *nosotros consider it very important and have prepared it, as I already said in my intervention, with seen to that the first summit of employment of history, that will celebrate under the Presidency #portuguese, was #all hit. +will Mention so alone #one in the that *me seems that the European Union has to dump in depth: the constitution of the International Penal Court, that #would finish, gentleman President, with the situation in that now *nos find, in the that the international social demand did not corresponds at all with the instruments *jurisdiccionales that are to disposal. +Know that it will be a long and difficult path. Proof of *ello is the fault of debate in the Organisation of Nations Joined of the resolution of the European Union on the moratorium to the capital executions. +The report in question, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, the first of this type, deserves praise type and constitutes a *primer step to a politics of human rights in the that the Council, the Commission and Parliament have to work of conjoint form. +Besides, the Commission of Budgetary Control wishes that it take reference to the Agreement *interinstitucional of 6 May of this year and that indicate that quantities *indicativas for the period 2000-2002 form part of the financial frame *plurianual of Program *Meda so that it remain clear that no treats of a new cost. +Have an only technical comment to the amendment 15 of the relative report to the economic cooperation in the that says that the Council with qualified majority or the European Parliament #can decide the suspension of collaboration. +*Yo appreciate a lot the debate that has developed, as it has been an objective debate, a debate that has contributed observations very valuable and important, especially also for *Turquía, that will have to value also #which is the political climate in *Europa regarding adhesion aspirations to the European Union. +#This is a very important step and *yo even #would affirm that the fact that for the first time it define value limit for substance *carcinógena, specifically for the *benceno, that #can cause leukaemia, marks a milestone in the field of legislation on the quality of the air acclimatise. +do not back part of the amendment, since it has to have a reference to the community goal of 120*g\/*km. The European Parliament has left sideways in amendment the date in that it will have to fulfil with this goal, is to say, the year 2010. +The Commission proposes alternative, with the following text: "The Commission studies the possibility to establish reference frame for the fiscal measures that boost tourism use of low consumption of fuel." +More that modify the regulation, it that takes the proposal is to assume an agreement of the Council of ministers; is really an exception to the regulation, because *Portugal did not achieve to reach quota that had awarded in the campaign 1997-1998 by some bad meteorological conditions, as they affirm. +Like this, think that it is more correct to increase and improve the current system of calculation of contingents, with parallel increases of the total sums of help to production and no *orientarnos to a system of global thresholds that #can comport damages for #all producers and no only for the that *rebasaron contingents. +To5-0067\/1999 of Mrs. *Fraga *Estévez, in name of Fishing Commission, on regulation proposal of the Council (*COM(1999) 055 - *C4-0141\/1999 - 1999\/0047(*CNS)) by the that it establishes the common organisation of markets in the sector of products of fishing and of aquaculture. +In view of the fine current situation of herring populations, changes of the proposal admit a reduction of the area and of the temporary period of fishing restrictions. +Parliament, the Commission and the Council have to issue a clear message for industry *pesquera: the correct behaviour will respect, and fishermen that observe the technical measures of conservation, elaborated by #european scientists accredited and by the own fishermen, will benefit amply. +Lady Speaker, ladies, gentlemen, wanted colleagues, today *me congratulate to take use of the word for the first time in this Assembly, since I am new, and *me congratulate to take it on purpose of fishing and of the excellent report of Mrs. *Fraga *Estévez, because I am mayor of *Mèze, in *Hérault, in the south of *Francia, that is a small municipality, #one of the first ports of coastal fishing of the Mediterranean, near to *Sète, that constitutes the main port *pesquero. +. (*FR) Gentleman President, *Señorías, have followed with #all attention that #can imagine the debates of yesterday, and unanimity in praises on form and on bottom of this report has not left of *preocuparme lightly, since it is impossible, further are *cuales are commitment qualities, content to #everyone at the same time. +Is order question, precisely to regret that President no *me have conceded the use of the word in moment in that the have asked, since I was the only deputy that yesterday announced that it went to propose this suspension. +Concerned, also, for reaching learning without setbacks of utilisation of the euro, the commission *EMAC has presented a proposal, that support, #tending to that consumer #can begin to change his national coin in coins and notes issued in euros, from principles of December month of 2001. +But to freshen the memory of the colleagues, the proposal that has circulated in Parliament treated on the *restablecimiento of the rights of the ancient real families of *Europa, in particular the of *Austria and #Italia, to the that *les follows denying his civil rights and politicians like citizens of the European Union. +The call of President #Clinton in favour of the introduction of norms of work in the commercial agreements with the countries in development and parts of the world was grace hit that sentenced conversations. +#If we admit this fact -that now, to distance week, *me seems shown-, results precisely that, *cuando decides, orients and controls the commercial liberalisation, is *cuando the countries in roads of development comprise the interest that represents for *ellos and surely consider that it is better for *ellos that a *statu *quo or development of the bilateral relations that do not play to favour. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Court of Accounts, ladies and gentlemen, have the intention to review the report of the Court of Accounts, sector by sector with the administrations and, especially, also with States members, and analyse the question of why have produced errors. +*Permítame take upsetting in #which is paper of the Court of Accounts in this context: offer to Parliament #all material that estimate suitable and advisable present and leave to Parliament the political decision to concede the approval of the management. +Also want to say that in the Group of the Popular Party European and European Democrats my gratitude directs to president of the commission of culture, Mr. *Gargani, that contributed amply to the positive result of conciliation. +. (*FR) Congratulate and give the thanks to the speaker, Mr. #Niels *Busk, by the excellent report that has presented on the proposal of the relative Commission to the adoption in the community legislation of control plan of the Commission of *Pesquerías of the Atlantic Northeastern. +This proposal states therefore of a regulation and of a series of permissions, the designated permissions to full charge, and will offer for the first time the possibility to make number *preestablecido of distances in #swiss territory with trucks of the European Union with a maximum weight of 40 tonnes. +Exists the real fear that #some of the very intentional amendments presented by the speaker in reality #can aggravate the situation; in particular, that *nos result more difficult to delete gradually all over the world, and especially in nations developed, the harmful chlorofluorocarbons that are much more hurtful for ozone coat that substances mentioned in this report. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the resolution proposal (*B5-0313\/1999), in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, on the *dictamen of Parliament, in regard to labeling of alimentary products produced from organisms modified genetically. +The #net result of this regulation, *cuando go in in vigour, will be that the big majority of the alimentary products of supermarket will follow exactly the same that now -without labeling-, because the big majority of the alimentary products #can contain a small quantity of organisms genetically modified, underneath of the limit. +Want to help to *Turquía so that it undertake the path to the full respect of the criteria of *Copenhague and, now that the European Council *nos has given free road, will be able to establish the specific modalities of help in the frame of a strategy of *preadhesión for this country. +With the end to induce to *Rusia to a political solution, the European Council issued a particular statement on the situation of *Chechenia and consequences in relations of the European Union with *Rusia. +The European Council underlined look and considered necessary to follow loaning support to the human rights, to Right State and to society of citizens, #as well as continue with projects relative to the nuclear security. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, first of all *yo wanted to manifest in name of the Group of the Popular Party European (*Democratacristianos)\/European Democrats our sincere gratitude to the Presidency #finnish of the Council by work made and by the fine disposal that has shown. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, in the first place, my Group wants to express recognition to the representatives of the Presidency #finnish because they have improved *ustedes in fields transparency and the expensive information to the European Parliament. +Now owe *ocuparnos that progress in negotiations also was balanced and that it loan the sufficient attention in the countries candidates to the social security, to equality among men and women, to the labour questions and to the protection of the environment. +With reason, Mr. *Poettering already has referred to the three loose capes of *Amsterdam, that is a minimum package and, especially, to the fact that the taking of decisions by qualified majority continue being an important point of discussion in the Council. +has reached likewise an almost general agreement regarding the problem of *Chechenia and in the need of not using two weights and measures in our external politics, but to reaffirm the principles in the that it assent the European Union. +*Europa #can not be only #one *Europa of the oil companies, but that also has to be #one *Europa of the human rights. In line, the Group of the Greens requests that it summon a Conference on the *Cáucaso in collaboration with the *OSCE, that allow to contribute at last to peace in the region. +#Alto Curated for Minorities has taken a good work, the *OSCE has mediated in *Belarús among the Government and the opposition, the *OSCE helps to find exit to the problems in *Moldavia and boosts a greater reduction of the conventional arms. +Finally, wanted to stand out, gentleman President, two points of the future #portuguese Presidency: the Summit on employment, that *me seems important and #would have to have been object of greater analysis in Parliament, and the priority conceded to defence of the public health and the alimentary security. +#All have consciousness that the percentage of audiovisual products of #european origin that consume in the #european space is very scarce, even considering jointly values of the national production of each #one of States members and of it that it is a #european production because it comport collaboration of more of a Been member. +Wanted to ask to Mr. Commissioner, since the Commission has supported with enthusiasm the candidature of *Turquía, #if these statements are compatible with the spirit with that the Council and the Commission proposed to declare to *Turquía like member candidate and #if #this constitutes a sample of the future behaviour of this country in this sense. +But already right now wanted to *preguntarle: is program, in case affirmative, compatible with another position of the Commission according to the *cual have to protect of competition the audiovisual products Europeans, in particular in the sphere of television, it that the French call "the cultural exception"? +The Commission has initiated takes little a horizontal investigation on the existent situation in #all States members to observe the community problems and the that affect only to a determined Been member and, like this, tackle this problem of a more structural form. +Gentleman President, by it that have understood in the first part of the answer of Mr. Commissioner, the Commission is totally indifferent in front of the consequences that involve the bridges shattered of the *Danubio and, of it only of it that occupies is of how take use of this natural disaster -to the that *ella same has contributed- to overthrow to the leaders of *Yugoslavia, chosen legal and democratically. +#All licences conceded to date in #Italia have allowed only the opening of four casinos (in front of the 119 of Realm Joined and to the roughly 102 of *Alemania), #all *ellos situated in the North of #Italia, it that originates an evident discrimination in detriment of the regions of the goal 1, that #can obtain important benefits in terms of income by tourism and of economic expansion with the opening of venues of game. +In the report that will be smart at the end of the year will not appear still proposed, but that will analyse in *él the repercussions of distribution system *exenta, that will go in in vigour at the end of 2000, and will appear in *él a complete analysis of the repercussions of exemption by categories, that will constitute the base for decisions back. +Want to remember, in particular, the subject of trip costs of civil servants in active service -a problem that also is precise to resolve with urgency- and looks that to mood to see already resolved neatly in the first reading and that now at last will be able to approve as it corresponds. +Gentleman President, suit with the strategy of the European Parliament in the first reading of the budget for the year 2000 and consider now that the European Parliament #can not, or do not has to, lose face, under pity of losing also credit. +gentleman *Wynn *le has asked, lady Speaker in exercise, #if "by moment" meant that the Council *oponía to a review of the financial perspectives for the exercise 2000, it that *nos seems perfectly coherent with commitment that is in roads to go out forward, or #if, "by moment" means *algo more wander. +President of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, exposed in the Summit of *Estambul of the *OSCE the political tasks for #all the region of the *Balcanes western and announced that the Commission is contribution of order of the 5.500 millions of euros like necessary support, specifically for the period 2000-2006. +In these conditions, suggest that at least *nosotros say, about the partial suspension of program *TACIS in the budget of the year 2000, *algo entirely compatible with it that decided in *Helsinki: first and mainly that, #if we want to save the *rúbrica of democracy in the budget, also #would have to save the *rúbrica that applies to security of the nuclear projects. +The need of a constant follow-up and control of the execution of projects, foreseen in the text, puts to covered the European Union of the flagrant attempts of fraud registered in the past and aims to the realisation of evident initiatives and, therefore, *comprobables. +In consequence, is precise to carry out interventions to create security frame among, on the one hand, the New Independent States and, by #another, the European Union and States members, so as to create peace conditions and of stability increasingly strong. +In resolution, the European Parliament has #all reason when affirming that the existent commitments no suffice to limit the increase of temperature to half grade in a century, but that, in addition to the existent, it is necessary to contract new commitments. +Want to answer to Mr. *Pottering that has formulated request to the principle of the session. The European Councils of Colony and of *Tampere created organ commissioned to elaborate a Letter of Fundamental Rights. +. (*SV) Gentleman President, comprise really the interruption to deliver prize to *Xanana *Gusmãor, that support totally, and wanted to, in name of Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, ask #if it is not discrimination to women not continuing with the debate directly to the three, thing that *me had seemed quite normal. +Had account that the *concertación seems unavoidable, the Commission will exert a full and constructive paper to hour to facilitate commitment to avert the failure of the directive, it that *nos #would affect to #all and #would go in considerable detriment of motorists that travel by the European Union. +From sight point, deviations that have taken place regarding biotechnologies, and that constituted a *cuestionamiento potential of the protocol on biodiversity, are not acceptable by what did not correspond at all to the #european mandate and to the position adopted by Parliament. +Have to say that I share the opinion issued in this text and according to the *cual legislation in vigour in breast of the European Union on this particularly controversial question is not to the height of the necessary protection and information of consumers. +No fits doubt that #this is because of the system chosen by the computer services of Parliament, is to say, watch to the #european deputies and filter access to Internet, with the result that connections are practically impossible from takes a pair of weeks. +#There is three previous appointments to the June meeting: the Economic Committee European, that will gather in January; the European Conference on the subjects of *Beijing, that will celebrate in February; and the session of the Commission of Woman of the UN, that will take place in March. +#would Say, on purpose of observation of Mrs. *Theorin, that do not have the possibility in this stage to prevail four or five fields, since have the mandate of *Beijing to consider equally *prioritarios the twelve fields; #can, clear is, even *cuando debate on the *quinto program of action concentrate there attention *cuando fix priorities in the #european field. +The Commission has centred efforts in the establishment that the original decision to raise the embargo on meat of *vacuno #british no encloses danger for the public health. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the statement of the Commission on the course that has to give to the decision of the #french Government to keep the embargo on meat of *vacuno #british. +has taken part of the path, but still treats only of part, as it shows it rumour according to the *cual in the #british schools communicates regularly to parents that has not included meat of bovine in menu of canteen. +Likewise will be necessary that the Juridical Service and *yo determine #which is the suitable answer, in function of the answer of the #french authorities to the *dictamen motivated #whose sending approved yesterday, because, fundamentally, is the juridical document by the that it establishes the legal position and expect that the answer was in similar terms. +The instruments that the Council approved in the frame of Section *IV of the Treaty on the European Union, before the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, integrate in the first stage of harmonisation of legislations and procedures in matter of immigration. +Besides, wanted to remember that, nowadays, the application of rule on the immigration of citizens of the aspiring countries or of third countries to the territory of the European Union is only competition of the authorities designated to national level by each #one of States members. +*Me ask #if the Council #would be had to recognise that the best mood to contain the flow of economic refugees raisin by the improvement of the economic conditions of country of origin. +The Council expressed worry by the problems originated by delay of flights, that are every time greater, and considered that there #be take measures to find solution to these problems and offer like this a better service in accordance with the requirements of the #european citizens. +The maximum sanction for State that have signed the Agreement and deny to fulfil sentences of the Court is complaint or the suspension of participation in organs of the Council of *Europa. +With the end to focus control with more precision, States members of the European Union are to take more effective forecast methods of risks and information exchange in matter of prevention. +*Cuando the *dossier moved of the Commission of Economic Subjects to Industry Commission, *me felt truly *aturdido. But the coordinator and the new speaker of the *EVP *me admitted in Industry Commission, compensating in a lot the previous embarrassment, by it that I want to express my gratitude to the two. +1) The Council agrees the following common orientation: the proposal of the Commission is acceptable without modification that the addition of article 37 to the letter *b) of section 4 of article 152 like juridical foundation; +6) #If the Commission presented an official proposal of Regulation of the corresponding Council to the text of work document that received support of the Council, #this will approve said regulation proposed before 31 December 1999; +In the commercial negotiations that still have not begun in *Seattle, in the that competitors in the world-wide trade will have big interest in frustrating efforts so that our sector *agropecuario and alimentary have a solid and competitive base, has to reflect this fact. +Apart from the material reconstruction, obstinacy is the to promote the civil society, education on human rights and on democracy and the exact conception of justice. And need support of His *Señorías. +Report (To5-0095\/1999) of Gentlemen *Bourlanges and *Virrankoski, in name of Budget Commission, on the project of general budget of the European Union for the exercise 2000, modified by the Council (#all sections) (*C5-0600\/1999) and on notes *rectificativas *nº 1\/2000 (11568\/1999 - *C5-0313\/1999) and 2\/2000 (13482\/1999 - *C5-0311\/1999) +All #this is not very serious, and #would loan even to prank #if, to time, the budgetary politics of the Union and the danger of a review of the financial perspectives were not so contrary to the national interests. +Said of way, this same week #can not at the same time force to *Francia to raise the embargo, basing in #one *trazabilidad safe of meat, and refuse labeling, basing in the technical impossibility to follow trace of the bovine animals. +Thus we have observed with satisfaction how the European Council has left clear that do not goes to create a #european army, but that efforts go to centre in conflict prevention and in crisis control. +Create also that #this also contributes to the promotion of #SME, #whose conservation supposes a very important look inside the European Union, and #this is it that is here with an exemplary tarpaulin with trade of the skilled book. +To take into account the evolution of technologies, #would suit equally that the directive on the electronic trade included the requirements expressed by the different national legislations on the only price of book, to prevent that it skew. +In relation of the European Union and of States members with the Republic of Indonesian only has, for now, felt keep the decisions of the Council of 16 September and 11 October, in the that they established restrictions, among *ellas an embargo of the sale of arms. +Gentleman President, after eight years -as *nos has remembered- of #one *cruenta civil war, the peace agreement, signed on 7 July of this year, supposed the opportunity to close this tragic period and resolve of peaceful and durable way conflict that has caused immense sufferings to the population. +In the concrete case of citizen #spanish, *Nabil *Nanakli, gives the circumstance, besides, that there #be not sufficient information on trial, on the arrest and on the current situation of the *reo, thing that, besides, has *movilizado to #all the #muslim community. +Equally pray to the spokesman of the National Assembly that take all it possible so that the subject go back to examine and that take justice to women so that, until the next elections of the year 2003, women of *Kuwait enjoy of political rights plenaries: is to say of the right to vote and be voted. +Like member of parliament, therefore, take a call to my parliamentary colleagues to the of here and to the of our national parliaments also so that they invite to members of parliament #kuwaiti to concede to women the right of suffrage active and passive. +Therefore, deputies of Parliament have voted against, in #many of the cases, by fear to the own bases -no exists there a structure of political parties, but that deputies are chosen of direct form- and by fear to lose the own position. +Want to demand of the international community, especially of Nations Joined but also of the European Union and of States members, that take part with #all means to scope to finish with the situation of extreme discrimination that suffers woman #afghan. +constitution of penal courts international, the *imprescriptibilidad of crimes against Humanity, and the absence of submission of the politics of human rights to commercial interests of State are principles and goals that consider essential. +#can, obviously, question means that Mr. *Jarquín has employed for an absolutely lawful end, as it is the to investigate corruption *galopante in *Nicaragua, corruption that reaches to the highest magistratures and, for example, to multiply almost by 1.000 heritage of President of the Republic. +Gentleman President, will talk of the natural catastrophes that affected south of *Francia in the night of the 12 to 13 November 1999, and that *revistieron an absolutely exceptional character by violence and the abnormal proportions of damages: 35 victims and among three and four *millardos of losses. +Is very regrettable that *nosotros, to scale #european, the institutions that organise the common agricultural politics, of the that depend agriculturalists of the Union for his *sustento, are not able to obtain some reliable data in the that base an effective politics. +This last decision changes the obligations of the Commission, the *cuales were the result of the previous diet, is to say, of the annual help; States members no longer have the need to concede helps to form groups of production. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0093\/1999) of Mr. *Savary, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the Council that modifies the Decision 97\/787\/*CE by the that concedes exceptional financial assistance to *Armenia and #Georgia so as to *hacerla *extensiva to *Tayikistán (*COM(1999) 391 *C­0171\/1999 1999\/0172(*CNS)) +To continuation amendments that remit to the Council and to the Commission to contradictions *diciéndoles that it #would be desirable to concede a direct help, but *financiándola in line, think in *TACIS. Finally, amendments of *condicionalidad: control of employment of bottoms, political and democratic conditions and control of Parliament. +But #if they reestablish the capacity *crediticia and solvency of *Tayikistán #would be to celebrate also a proposal in the budget of the #2000.el speaker, Mr. *Bourlangues, *me finishes to confirm that it will foresee in #the same comment in the sense that in this case #can award again a determined form of financial help in the frame of program *TACIS. +To the equal that has taken it Mr. *Blokland in intervention, wanted to *decirle to Commissioner Mrs. *Wallström -that removes dream to pensioners #italian, Greeks and Spaniards by the ancient vehicles that they have to be deleted quickly- that #would appreciate that it controlled destination of helps conceded to *Tayikistán and to States. +The *DG *XII had commissioned with anteriority a study on investigation and the technological development in the insular regions and the *DG *XI had elaborated a code of fine behaviour for the management of waste in the islands. +On the exact endowment of the regulation on the regional Bottoms Europeans, so important in this context, are still in course negotiations with the European Parliament in the frame of the *concertación informal and of the legislative procedure. +Want to indicate besides that the Commission has communicated takes little that it is necessary to devote a special attention also to the inclusion of the insular regions in measures of the community initiative *INTERREG *C. #This *me seems also reasonable, without that with *ello want to establish trial advanced on the back procedure. +The Council gives the maximum importance to the electoral right to the European Parliament and in this context to the realisation of the principle reflected in article 138 of the Treaty of the *CE of celebration of general and direct elections. +has dictated sentence -and no by a small but by a wide majority, fifteen votes in favour and two against- in favour of the principle that, from sight point of the human rights, citizens of *Gibraltar have to can vote in the #european elections. +#This is -at least, like this create it- the central core and the base for *resanar some institutions that #all without exception -#would be ridiculous that from Parliament signalled with finger exclusively to the Commission-, that #all without exception have won an image -*me fear that in fine part justified-to be some institutions *entrometidas, *despilfarradoras and *improductivas. +Have known only in days through newspapers that, for having criticised said decision in the mixed commission European Parliament\/Parliament *Esloveno, deputy in exercise was object of an anomalous procedure in the parliamentary and democratic traditions. +In the report of November Commission of 1998 on advances reached, *Polonia is described like a country with a social situation and stable politics that advances in development of market economy effective. +adaptation that requires adhesion of these countries to the EU do not has to take place to coast of the most disadvantaged, in form of an increase of unemployment and of inequalities among citizens, or of discrimination of determined ethnic groups. +exemption system by category that carries using the Commission from takes more of thirty years, today day no longer has the necessary flexibility to follow rhythm of the fast transformations of distribution structures. +The Law protects confidentiality of the communications written among an independent jurist and company, so that it prevents that the Commission #can use documents like proof for the application of the #european rules on competition. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam -*nos has remembered it Mrs. *Hautala- has sanctioned this notion of transparency conceding to citizens a true right of access to the documents of Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission. +Regarding an analogous question, although distinct, the Commission shares the opinion of lady speaker, according to the *cual Defender of Village has to have, inside it that fits, a wide access to files and documents, in power of the Institutions, necessary for investigations. +consideration with the that it wanted to finish and to the that, personally, attribute the maximum importance, is that in the base of a fine relation among citizens and the Institutions is precisely transparency: transparency in sense very wide that involves before that swims that citizens are very informed about the rights that have. +In this context have adopted also the amendments of Budget Commission directed to harmonise the work of the tariff Committee *aduaneros common, so that an alone committee of general field #can occupy of rates *arancelarias common. +My Group accepts also with pleasure the principle billed by Mrs. *Schmidbauer that users of infrastructures have to pay the costs, included the environmental, #as well as the cost of other external factors taxes in utilisation point. +Besides, but is not less important, the decision to launch military attacks, with strengths determinants of States Joined of *América, stresses the hegemony of #this and the *subalternidad political of the EU, that by this path never will have #one *PESC neither a common defence. +In these conditions, do not see how will be possible to avert division of this province, which, after all, *nos will force to reconsider the most ancient solution of the world to reestablish peace: trace border among villages. +*Me have abstained to vote the common resolution on *Kosovo because from the principle have not shared decision of military intervention of NATO that consider error and, besides, avoidable. +In *Rambouillet, in effect, to tenor of the statements of #some participants authorised, existed some favourable political conditions to initiatives that, to mood to see, were effective and that #would have been able to avert death of *tantos innocent and the dramatic deportations of *cientos of thousands of #kosovar citizens, victims of the absurd nationalism of *Milosevic. +From sight point, any #european country is safe: will suffice that it blow wind so that the very fine dust of uranium was dragged to #Italia, *Alemania, *Hungría and to #all *Europa, with death effects caused in *Arabia #Saudi by the bellicose pollution caused in *Iraq during war of the Gulf. +The fact to \@atener to this ancient conception of *Europa has had like consequence discourage, weaken and *marginar, in the SIN, to the leaders and managers pertinent of the dissident sectors, to the *reformadores, that fixed look in *nosotros, and allow that the pertinent persons of totalitarian systems *recobraran prestige, of the that *Milosevic constitutes his archetype. +#If it was not because neither in the Council exists unanimity and with security, *me *atrevería to say, neither a big base of consensus, and even, no exists at all understanding, the Council #can have coincided with the Commission and the decision #can have adopted, although Parliament had decided thing. +Of way, pretend to favour trip of commodity traffic by road to branches of transport that are more sustainable, safer and save energy, whereas, besides, increases election possibility for users of transport. +As I have said, these matters tackle from a point of horizontal sight, in a wider frame, in the field of works that the Commission is and, in consequence, #can not accept said amendments. +*Cuando the commercial exchanges or even consumption *transfronterizo accelerate, see clearly that the financial services do not accompany this new reality or that even do not adapt to #this, but that or well continue enclosed in his national and sectorial logic, or well seem to consider that this sector *reviste scarce interest. +The third observation is that, with regard to the decision *originaria to take build this tunnel to guarantee traffic through the *Alpes, the enormous increase of the heavy traffic has converted it in a structure #whose dimensions have remained rigorously narrow. +In relation with *Timor Oriental, the Commission shares worry of deputies to the European Parliament regarding the recent increase of violence and, in point, also *nos add to the statement effected by the Presidency the past 12 April. +Now, *Camboya. On this country want to say in brief that the troika of the EU has undertaken a diplomatic management with Prime minister, the one who personally has declared to agree with the basic principle that the leaders of the *Khmeres reds owe sure enough *rendir accounts by crimes committed. +The disciplinary measures proposals by follow-up commission, the administrative actions against Realm Joined, is to say, in front of the #british Government, by appearance fault, up to now have not had effect. +Therefore I have hailed value of the speaker, the *cual, in spite of infrastructure costs, underlines clearly the advantages of the rail alternative from sight point of security and of the environment. +Part of the report on program *DAPHNE contains information about the #european campaign allocated to improve awareness about the question of violence against woman, that initiated month happened in Colony under the presidency #german. +These organisations need help precisely to hour to create the distinct networks, to reach an effective diffusion of information, to find associated and to boost a mutual exchange. +Believe that it is also very important expand gradually program to the rest of the countries, especially to the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental, since violence, in #all modalities, has dimension *transfronteriza, for example in variant of sexual trade or of pornography childish through Internet. +Without embargo, the rights of consumers, as #such and politics relative to consumers, in measure in that it affects, for example, to security of foods and other, will follow being competition of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer. +although pension diets are of course distinct in each #one of States members, believe that it #would be convenient to establish to scale of the European Union a level of minimum subsidy that State #would have to guarantee to #that that #can not work or for the that no exists labour offer. +To the equal that the citizens #european do not want to suffer fiscal damages *cuando decide to continue our professional activity after the entrance in vigour of pension, and *eso no only in country of origin, but also in the States members of the Union. +With #this do not want to say that the report was not useful, but yes believe that it has remained *atascado in the philosophy of the welfare. Besides, no answers at all to the title «citizens of the third age in the Century *XXI: life by in front». +Of entrance, it is necessary to know that, according to estimates, deficit *proteínico of the European Union *equivale to the 70 % of the inner consumption and represents, therefore, a big dependency of the European Union in front of continent #american, of #where come from imports. +By means of program of Diary 2000, the Commission will continue taking use of management instruments of market while they keep the considerable differences that exist among prices of the world-wide market and the of the inner market of the Union. +But no exists the risk that for the future of seed sector *oleaginosas of the EU remedy was worse that illness? is not to fear that because of the reduced help by hectare agriculturalists opt by crops? +*Nos give account immediately that the state helps allocated to #Venecia are not the state helps allocated to any #another zone of the European Union: serve to protect heritage that is #ours, that have not created *nosotros and that have inherited, but that, precisely for having it inherited, have to transmit to the future generations. +As well, here have to *hacerme spokesman of the resolution of Regulation Commission, that will incorporate to doctrine that, with proof and along the years, comes establishing, and is that Parliament do not dissolves and that Parliament has to regulate, has to resolve on the problems that *le pose from the *primer until the last day of mandate. +Wanted to reassure it *diciéndole that the commission do not goes to remain absorbed in the Commission of Institutional Subjects: goes to combine with this commission to create a new Commission of Constitutional Subjects, that will be very important in this Assembly. +Of here that it want to express my gratitude to my colleagues and especially to Mr. *Fayot by the very constructive cooperation that has kept as a result of the modification of the Regulation and especially want *agradecerles understanding and the positive predisposition that have shown to the opinions that have posed. +Said of way, it is necessary to continue in the direction of the *policy-*mix with an evolution of the equivalent wages to the increases of productivity with the object to favour growth and employment. +Finally, my wanted colleagues, it is necessary to continue with liberalisation of telecommunication sectors, energy and transports, guarantee a better finance of #SME and set up reform of the fiscal and social systems, #as well as of the educational systems and of professional training. +since the calls to coordination of the fiscal systems -and alas in paragraph 34 the speaker decants thus- they finish for embezzling this second mechanism of adjust to States members, *nos remains then unemployment like instrument of regulation, or also pressure on wages. +But also is true that a situation with types of stable interest, with stable prices, with types of low interest opens to States members of the European Union a space of action considerably wider that up to now to delete the chronic unemployment. +*Ay #if a bureaucratic mentality had to throw to hammer it that, by the contrary, has to be novelty: treats of novelty from the point of institutional sight and also has to be it from sight point of the results! +Also by #this has felt the idea of the *OLAF, as the office is called to act in the global strategy of fight against fraud and also will put to disposal face experience to the preparation of preventive approaches. +The European Council has stood out once again in *Viena that awards a big importance to the effective fight against fraud, corruption, and activities that go in detriment of the financial interests of the European Union. +Lady Speaker, like question relative to the Regulation wanted to give to know #which is sentence that said literally, owing to attacks of Mrs. *Roth-*Behrendt: «#would Have to renounce to war of religion, so much transatlantic like European, in front of *dictámenes concrete and expect with tranquility a global vision of science, before acting.» +*Cuando the *OMC examined prohibition of hormones -that, of course, existed a lot before it created the *OMC-, got to the conclusion that the process by the that we had considered necessary said prohibition was not an evaluation of the risks that fulfilled the reasonably exigible criteria before applying prohibition. +#Can ensure to His *Señorías that the possibility that States Joined apply sanctions in relation with this question is much graver, by it that say that it is logical that take public it before possible these conclusions is to act in *pro of the interests of the #european consumers, the #european citizens and the #european employment. +#Can ensure that the Commission, in virtue of relations and on the base of data that it has, will take a global assessment and will present, in case, at the end of experimentation period, the corresponding proposals to give follow-up to essay. +Like conclusion, for me, as *londinense, this weekend *nos has taken to see very graphic and tragically the importance of support to a *Europa of impartiality and justice for #all citizens, the need that *nos engage in the fight against intolerance, racism and hate, against conceptions. +The resumption of the institutional dynamics, the establishment of these clear lines also is a need to give an opportunity to enlargement of the European Union. +That *ustedes take managers of it that today are in this Assembly in front of the public opinion European in favour of this #european Constitution, so that citizens know rights and duties above the fights and of the interests of States members. +Now goes to produce relief and Parliament has to ensure that before no *prorroguen agreements with friends neither treat to rise to persons or to move to employees of his own cabinets to the administration. +Perhaps #many of things are surpassed at present. The problem to make a synthesis among these two elements will be #one of the greater political problems no only of the Commission, but of Parliament and of the European Union in the next years. +The Group *Europa of Nations wants to reestablish growth in *Europa, in the first place, by means of decrease of the compulsory exactions allocated to the structural Bottoms, to continuation by means of the lifting of the rigidities that characterise the management of the euro. +#If it did not have had five independent experts, appointed by Parliament, so that they express with total clarity his opinion on the operation of the Commission, #would follow having Commission that #would not have resigned neither #would have been censored. +In this case in particular, seem to be that the conjoint attention of speaker and of the Court of Accounts finds in breast of the Foundation a real will to answer to observations issued. +Was in Tyrant days 21, 22 and 23 April and there warned the need that it felt the presence of the European Parliament that no *me seems that to date it have organised an official presence in this region, thing that probably #would be timely to take. +*Yo #would contribute two basic reflections: the first -that saves relation with intervention of President in exercise of the Council, minister *Fischer- is that we are a new stage that goes to characterise by the nomination, by part of the Council, of the High Representative for the *PESC. +#If the Treaty establishes a mechanism, that is totally atypical in the sense that it is to Parliament to the that *le corresponds articulation of the text whereas the approval corresponds to the Council, do not change this balance also of *rondón and by the door of backwards. +Which results more unacceptable still #if it considers that, *cuando adopt a decision to the *respecto in December session, approve a text very *ponderado and balanced. Of compliance with #the same, diets of the #european deputies will be inferior in the future to the of the three States members more populated of the European Union. +And talking of promotions, precisely of section 2 in that it talks of *ellas, Mr. *Filippi and *yo same go to present amendment in the that, in addition to accepting the revaluation of 490 places, go to support also the permanent places and the temporary places that have accepted already, #as well as the three promotions *ad *personam . +midday, in conversation with Mr. *Prodi, have signalled that with the current planning of dates, foreseen by Parliament for the nomination of the new Commission, or was to *crearla it but prompt around the middle of September, only will remain 14 days to present notification *rectificativa. +This morning, in the first reading have gone back to collect with reason the procedure and have gone back to repeat in the *primer reading sight point of Parliament of the first previous reading. +*Me #would enjoy to take #some observations to this proposal. By part am not satisfied with way in that it has voted the proposal in the Commission of Juridical Subjects and in Protection Commission of Consumer. +Have to take upsetting especially the application of the principle of information before the celebration of agreement, so that information offered provide value added to information delivery already foreseen in the vertical directives. +Gentleman President, wanted to express my gratitude to the Presidency of the Council and especially to Mrs. *Bonino and to collaborators for having got to form agreement *tripartita that it was agreed by the Council and by the delegation of Parliament. +So that they do not produce problems of interpretation that *desfavorezcan to consumer, in the result of conciliation went back to reiterate clearly, that the free creation of the contractual state of commodity means, that the necessary costs, #such like costs of sending, of hand of drama and of material will run to charge of the seller. +The intention of the proposal was to create minimum harmonisation of the legal disposals inside each Been member in particular on the need of legal guarantees, that already mentioned with eloquence Mr. *Whitehead. +Besides, when establishing value limit more strict, will have to consider the available technology and especially the principle that have proposed for #all measures on the environment and that has been recognised also by Parliament, the principle of cost relation and of benefits. +But *yo believe that it treats of important points, and -Mrs. *Sandbæ*k already has mentioned it- the *plaguicidas in foods of babies was controversy point very strong, and in these cases treats of the health of babies and small boys. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, Mr. *Corbett no only has merit to substitute of excellent form to the speaker but that also has detailed very explicitly the practical development and advances in the procedures of *codecisión in the that it bases this report. +Gentleman President, have received a letter of services of Cabinet of President in the that *me said that like the debate on *Kosovo went to celebrate yesterday in the afternoon, did not go to argue the questions that my gentlemen colleagues and *yo had presented for today in the afternoon to the Council. +Is to expect that group presidents obtain backrest of the majority of the new Parliament that form after 10 June to finish to clear and order the question of the *viáticos. As *nosotros still have not achieved it. +Like this, after forty-five years with a secret directory, inside a pair of months will be possible for the normal and common persons put in contact with person of the Commission, for example, attendant of delivery of the #telephone directories. +The European Council of Colony will have to save omissions and seat premises for reform of the Commission, enlargement of the vote by qualified majority and the *reponderación of the votes in breast of the Council. +*Cuando argue of institutional reforms, think also that no treats only of figures but that strength fault of Parliament regarding cooperation with the Council and the Commission -*me refer here to the absence of procedure of *codecisión- plant really in the agenda in this Conference. +The central elements are: majority vote like norm, new weighting of the votes in the Council, structural transformation of the Commission #as well as the right of the European Parliament to issue *dictámenes of compliance in #all the modifications of the Treaty. +Of compliance with section 2 of article 37 and of section 5 of article 40 of the Regulation, have received eight proposals of resolution on the European Council of Colony and the oral questions on the institutional reform. +services of Plenary *nos have informed that this conjoint debate on Diary 2000 will initiate with a statement of the Council and of the Commission and, to continuation, will take part the first orators of the Groups, no the speakers. +By means of the almost anticipation -go it to describe like this- of *Amsterdam, the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament have shown going out #one to meeting of the other that it is possible to reach in a relation of positive tension resulted that they take to advance to the EU in whole. +did not proposes any serious strategy in favour of employment, conforming with suggesting that it continue, pure and simply, politics *macroeconómica monetarist that makes from takes years, and that has not given proof of efficiency for *asentar a sustained and durable growth and to take that it reduce unemployment of massive form. +In the draft, the Council presents a series of proposals of statute, in the that appears reflected, for example, that payment of compensations will carry out by means of the presentation of *justificantes, in addition to diverse proposals more directed to establish the labour conditions of assistants. +The Conservative Group and the *Socialdemócrata have put in danger today with attitude the credibility of the European Parliament when refusing the proposal of the Liberal Group for a Statute of deputies. +Regarding commercialisation of meats with hormones, in addition to the consequences that #can know in terms of disequilibriums of production in an agricultural activity *estructuralmente *excedentaria and very *fragilizada after the crisis of the *EEB, the consequences for the human health of meat consumption with hormones are far to be *desdeñables although they are known partially. +The World-wide Organisation of Trade, #such as it has been negotiated by the Commission and imposed to States members, tricks of the principle of caution and sanitary security that State has to can keep to preserve security of his national. +Gentleman President, is by conviction and no by taste by contradictions by it that will not vote whole of legislative resolutions relative to the Inform Diary 2000, with exception of the relative to the *OCM of wine, since we are against of the positions of the Commission and of the Council that result of commitment of *Berlín. +Wanted to warn to any political Group that was in playing to politics *partidista with this vote, that the blockade of these proposals #would mean to have to expect until the new Parliament #can vote in autumn, and *ello #would take *peligrar more of 200.000 millions in resources and #would comport interminable delays for the communities and the local projects. +was not easy the #exegesis of the approaches of the colleagues, but have found formula that has allowed, with four amendments of transaction, achieve the majority withdrawal of other and, at the same time, keep the spirit of the proposal of our commission. +In the first place, the need to guarantee existence of resources budgetary community sufficient to cover the needs of the sector in the frame of the structural politics *pesquera. +#One of *ellas -that saves relation with the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam- is that in opinion of the speaker -that did not triumph in Plenary, but that now, with the Treaty of *Amsterdam in vigour, purchases full sense- have to consider #all this process like a process of conjoint strategy of the Union that has to conduct to conjoint actions. +But in my opinion, the European Parliament has put more in place of the countries candidates to comprise how is it that mean conditions of the European Union in practice of the political life of said countries. +#This is a central point from the perspective of Parliament. For *nosotros, also is important that the countries *beneficiarios use this instrument to know the rules and mechanisms of the structural politics and that, in this way, the back adhesion was easier. +The Council decided likewise separate of the original proposal of the Commission and increase the objective amount until the 9 %, instead of the 8 % proposed by the Commission, like coefficient of bottom for the group of pending commitments of the Community. +*Me allow to remember it that Commissioner *Fischler said in occasion: this political is so important because we always have to answer to the question of how #can take in the labour market the brother and the sister of a young agriculturalist that inherits exploitation? +*Sintéticamente, #this #would be the basic points that carried to Budget Commission to change Monday at night rejection position to the Agreement *interinstitucional and propose to Plenary that accept it, together with the financial perspectives *anejas. +Have supported #Galileo, the #european proposal in matter of global system of navigation, and have supported to Transport Commission in wish to allocate the 55 % of bottoms to the railways and a maximum of the 25 % to roads. +Express my gratitude -no only in name of the Commission, but in a much wider plane, in name of the public in general of the Community and of the sector- by forecast and commitment shown by Parliament in this subject. +#If tomorrow Parliament did not get to the agreement to give approval to an Agreement *Interinstitucional, will not have then of the financial frame on the that have debated and on #whose base have agreed agreements: the *Quinto program mark of investigation and networks *transeuropeas. +A last decision of the Council, to instances of Parliament, has included #one *cuarta community initiative, the *cual also believe that it will benefit in looks very concrete to some populations determined of the European Union, although it do not have the community dimension that have the #others three initiatives. +Subject: safe Foods During winter months and spring are, in #all the countries of the European Union, campaigns of national field around the subject of security of the alimentary products and health. +export capacity of the *Iraq is at present increased with a *subprograma of the program «oil by foods», but because of planning terms and supply will apply fully only from the spring of the 2000, #if well *ustedes know that price of oil supposes a factor of insecurity in both directions. +Also #would wish that *me gave his opinion on #if in the case of *Iraq no *infringe the treaty of *Viena, that forbids the starvation of citizens like form of war; Considers that no *infringe the Proclamation of the Human Rights and the Agreement on the Rights of boys? +Gentleman representative of the Council, perhaps will have observed *usted that, in communication of 23 March, the European Parliament takes for granted that in the new Commission will have a considerably greater number of women that in actuality. +By the contrary, fortunately, only in exceptional cases the administration of the Council has seen promoted to proceed strictly against civil servants that have not respected the norms of professional behaviour in the exercise of tasks. +Work exclusively in base to experience that have accumulated in Peace Program and Reconciliation in *Irlanda of the North and also of #some programs of environment that have had hit there and in the that the *ONG have taken the initiative and have received help with charge to bottoms of the European Union. +is not own of the Presidency take observations on bottom of what has said; but believe that yes it is it the *darle the thanks to *usted and to Gentlemen colleagues of the Presidency #german because I believe that they always have shown respect and eagerness of collaboration and because they have had a presence really live in this Assembly. +Therefore, my political Group, the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left, will not give support to reform of the *PAC that will suppose, in fact, the deepening of his main disequilibriums. +Without embargo, my main objection against employment of article 203 is the following: will take that finance of enlargement depend of the uncertain results of the annual budgetary conflicts among the Council and the European Parliament. +The Council and the Commission have declared #willing, in relation with the ratification calendar of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, to recognise amply to Parliament rights that, especially in the capitulate of the structural reform, #can demand formally from 1 May of this year. +villages of *Europa no *nos will concede credibility #if on the one hand we say: want to control a series of problems and take it having for *ello a series of bottoms, but on the other hand take to disappear money in the pockets of organisations and persons to those who do not corresponds. +Is evident that #if in *Europa had modulation among the richest zones and the poorest, the poorest #would not need, of course, resource that calls «rural development», idea enough wanders and quite bad endowed of bottoms, that, as we know #all, #can serve for #everything, as in a «#spanish inn». +Is an unlucky fact and, besides, the regulation takes impossible that #can go back to present this amendment, which means that we will not be able to obtain a nominal vote on the fact that members are not *ateniendo to the question of transparency. +Without embargo, in my opinion, has not taken reference to a circumstance, in concrete to that go to have to reinvent the market economy #if we want that villages of *Europa central and oriental, the new democracies of *Europa central and oriental reach *algún day #status to convert in members of the European Union. +Gentleman President, during five years have heard and learnt in Budget Commission that the only possibility to prepare a good budget and take advantage of #all possibilities consists in reaching an agreement *interinstitucional that guarantee the financial perspectives during seven years. +#If #any time has existed recipe to reach a dissemination and discrimination against the traditional local companies, able to increase unemployment of unnecessary way, has been #this. +Now *nos find in a different stage: *nos find in front of a decision of the Commission and this report -lo and behold importance- collects the *dictamen of the European Parliament that gets after negotiation months with the Commission and the Council. +has to, as, congratulate to the social speakers for adding this new agreement on agreements with a length determined to his previous agreement on the temporary work, and expect that they reach quickly a new agreement on workers employed by means of agencies of temporary employment. +Of course, in addition to the goal of the commercial liberalisation, asked also that the agreement included guarantees for the environmental protection and respect to the basic labour norms of the International Organisation of Work. +And together with progresses, also have to be conscious and recognise difficulties that represents the inclusion in the field of the European Union of the Agreement of *Schengen, that is an enclosed world and that, besides, builds to the *margen of the European Union to be able to work. +But of here to two or three years, the reality surely will surpass forecasts, until point that, to be true the figures that stir at present, in the year 2001 *ciento ten millions of #PC will be allocated to the use of the electronic trade, that will move #two hundred one thousand millions of dollars. +The fact that especially the *Länder Germans insist in withdrawing the similar services to broadcast - as they formulate here - of the field of application of the electronic trade, has origin in the #german internal situation. +Nevertheless, *Señorías, Parliament adopted two months ago amendment to article 5, section 1, that establishes that #that *cashing drops in the field of the directive on rights of author, is to say, in the judicial protection of the author, whereas the *cashing like #such do not involves exploitation of information transmitted. +This same morning also have requested that President and the Table, that in moment were not present, give green light so that in the next days a delegation of Parliament displace to Blunt so as to interview with Mr. *Rugova. +This morning have had votes according to the new procedure of *Amsterdam, in the that have not been able to *quedarnos with #some isolated amendments like the amendment 28, that #would demand a review clause of this perspective that extends -as they already have said #some speakers this morning- along seven years without review. +The birth of coin only #can involve aggravation of disequilibriums among States because of the acceleration of the *deslocalizaciones, well to States or regions more competitive that #others, or well of regions that cross difficulties to the dominant economic axes that already outline (northwest of *Alemania, the *Benelux, Island of *Francia, the north of #Italia). +The debates on Diary 2000 have lasted more of a year and have constituted the most important part of works of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development of Parliament. +#can not by less to say that the results of the Summit of *Berlín in the field of reform of the common organisations of market in the sectors of milk, meat of *vacuno and cereals no *me excite too much. +The Commission, that already *detenta monopoly of the initiative, *apropiaría like this of the executive power European, to convert in the Government of the European Union, since the Council #would limit to exert paper of *segunda parliamentary house, that pronounces by majority. +To the listen interventions of deputies during the debate that has taken place in this hemicycle, #as well as interventions of President of the French Republic, *me surprises to check that the analysis of errors limits essentially to a *cuestionamiento personal of *Slobodan *Milosevic, of family and of his gathered. +Regarding the next institutional reform, is very desirable that the voice of Parliament have greater weight and that, *contrariamente to the ancient method, that had disappointed seriously, reform centre in a true dialogue *interinstitucional, which is perfectly expressed in points 8 and 12 of our resolution. +Is important that the two legislative institutions of the Union issue a same *dictamen and, therefore, that the centre of gravity for the taking of decisions was situated in an equidistant point among the Council and the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, like our debate on actuality problems, urgency and special importance will treat amply the relative questions to the human rights, *yo #would wish to inform of a relatively grave fact that produced in *Marruecos against citizen #french, Mrs. *Danze-*Serfaty. +Ask to President of the European Parliament that direct to the #moroccan authorities to protest against this expulsion of citizen #french and to demand the right of #Abraham *Serfaty to return to country. +#If it follows killing to the leaders, #if the populations have to escape to mountains and have fear to go to vote, #if thousands of persons that were moved in the last year to *Timor, *proindonesios, have right to vote, #if leaders like *Xanana *Gusmãor follow prisoners, believe that it will not be possible to celebrate a free and just referendum for *Timor Oriental. +Nations Joined, the European Union and the international community in general has to keep pressure on Indonesian so that #this accept a military presence that guarantee neutrality of the referendum and prevent that it convert in a farce of unpredictable bloody consequences. +Gentleman President, *Timor Oriental is #one of the symbolic files in the that are in game the human rights and in the that the absence of rights of villages and the absence of a true recognition of the right of self-determination conducts daily to a terrible drama. +On the other hand, gentleman President, this week have presented a question written in the that request amnesty of 250 arrested persons in the #palestinian territory no *enjuiciados, but service *me has communicated that the answer to this question will not have already place and neither publication. +In the short term -as it affirms also in the Statement of *Berlín-, the European Union follows concerned by stagnation of the peace process and to this *respecto is fundamental that after the elections in #Israel, parts go back urgently to a whole application of the respective commitments subscribed in the Memorandum of *Wye *River. +Am the first deputy in history of the European Parliament that has penetrated in runners of death, the past 21 April, fourteen days ago, for *reunirme with *Mumia *Abu #Jamal, political prisoner convict to death, in #whose favour often Parliament has approved resolutions. +will Conclude this last speech, this last cry of the that they do not have voice, taking meeting signal of blacks -are #many blacks that today struggle in States Joined against death pity, together with whites, Indians, *amerindios, Hispanics- and pronouncing the words: "*On *the *move!» . +Like conclusion, have to urge to the authorities *malasias to that they recognise that development of a greater political cooperation and economic among the European Union and *Malasia will depend to a large extent that it initiate a serious dialogue that end in the that in *Malasia give steps for observation of the fundamental human rights in said country. +graces, gentleman *Vecchi, by words, by obstinacy with that has followed to the countries *ACP and by obstinacy put in breast of the commission that has followed #all looks of cooperation and of development. +#Can entrust in that it find, sure enough -and is indispensable that the Union contribute to *ello-, a solution that allow to stabilise relations among the three islands -#if #this is possible, and anyway is it that wish- and that take into account the specific needs, particular, of the populations of each #one of these islands, that, although they do not find very moved away #one of #others, possess these specificities that finish to mention. +The military coup d'état that, obviously, condemn, produced as a result of the grave incidents caused in Big *Comora by pertinent persons of the Island of *Anjouan, #as well as by the objective inability of the civil authorities to guarantee reunification process and of pacification of State. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, this Assembly always has conceded special importance to the nuclear security, since #all know that in case that it produce accident in a nuclear head office, #this no only affects to persons that work in *ella and that live in the *inmediaciones, but that prejudices to #all the inhabitants of *Europa. Is therefore by it that we have to watch of wall security norms. +Had wished that #all the that today they have presented a resolution, *me refer especially to the Group of the Popular Party European, *nos had backed more firmly in the past and that #all the that have signed the resolution that have in front had put more obstinacy in convincing to his *correligionarios. +Lady Speaker, in the decision of the Agriculture Council have adjusted compensations by price discount of grain with compensations in crop of the industrial potatoes. +The Euro, like element of development of the last years, of so big importance especially for the future, will have place, and have achieved, by means of requests to the distinct commissions, can use the Euro like electronic money in the most different sectors. +To disequilibrium it is necessary to add the multiplicity of preferential agreements, signed already or ready to be it, with third countries by part of the Union, just *cuando the announcement of a new cycle of negotiations *multilaterales puts in question the suitability of these bilateral agreements. +Is to say, that was considered a sector *marginal, condemned to disappear with attitude *conformista and a fatalistic determinism that #would cause inevitably million unemployment of workers, it that coincided with moment chosen by the European Union for the fight *prioritaria against unemployment. +Like this as, lady Speaker -and according to the #french Academy is perfectly correct-, #would wish *felicitarla no only for having been chosen now Speaker of our Assembly, for the next years, but also for being the first woman that after twenty years, as *usted already has said it, has *sucedido like Speaker to my ancient colleague, Mrs. #Simone *Veil. +#would Wish also say to colleague #portuguese, *Mário *Soares, that congratulate it for having taken part in this election, for having given to the Assembly faculty to contest place, because in *eso consists the true political, the true democracy. +Lady Speaker, am here present for *rendir honours to powers with that Europeans have *revestido to Parliament and to offer my sincere wishes of collaboration to build a better future for citizens, but having present to time that also are part of the world, the *cual is of #all. +This perception *relativizó the particular national interests and generated in #all *Europa the will to advance a decisive step in the historical task to complete the #european integration. +Finally, see an enormous paradox in the election of yesterday by the right of this hemicycle of candidate totally *estimable, but #whose federalism is shown, *cuando, in reality, at all is #that -*me seems to me- the message directed by the constituents -and, in particular, by right constituents- in the #european countries. +Results very evident that said reform was and follow being a previous condition for negotiations that go to initiate in the World-wide Organisation of Trade, that is -well that we see it- an instrument in hands of the dominant economy, is to say, of the #american economy. +Wish to the new Parliament it better and also to the next new Commission, time happened the difficult audits -Commissioners and Commissioners still for appointing in the house of torture of the European Parliament freely chosen-, it that say of course of an ironic mood and, of course, only *retóricamente. +Specifically, #would want *darle graces in name of the Commission of Regional Politics and, of course, of the socialist deputies, by the glorious work made during the period in the reform process of the structural Bottoms. +#If in any moment *yo was not satisfied of how leave things, no will doubt in using powers that *me confers the Treaty until changing competitions and wallets, or in asking to each #one of Commissioners resignation. +Am convinced that the best way to reach this goal is to *través of method that the Community already used with hit in the past: in the first place ask to parts that cooperate among yes, that begin to work in common in questions of daily importance, that believe unions *aduaneras, that constitute common institutions and that affirm peace through common interests. +Believe that #that's why the Commission refused, for example, take out of the budget, assigned by reconstruction program *OBNOVA, some 45 millions of euros, to pay wages of the 700 persons that work for the Office of the High Representative for *Bosnia, it that *equivale to an amount of around 17 millions of euros of the 45 totals. +And in relation with the reform process of the absolutely necessary -Union, no only for enlargement but to take a more democratic Union and more effective-, lady Speaker, think that, of course, it that #can not take is a new Conference *intergubernamental to enclosed door. +will reach *recobrar confidence #if it will have more transparency, but especially #if it will have a greater respect to hour of *promulgar the directives, to the that they are cultures and the national peculiarities, #as well as a greater and more frequent resource to subsidiariness principle. +*Les #can ensure that it will be very important to keep a balance among the need of freedom of trade, that is #one the bases of *Europa, and the protection of the great rights, among the *cuales the right to health is a fundamental right. +security of persons do not resides only in that no have war, but also in the economic stability, in fulfillment of the human rights and in the protection offered by Right states. +Parliament begins work with a new squad and with new competitions conceded by the agreement of *Amsterdam, the previous Commission, that resigned in the middle of term of office, has to be substituted and, finally, in the Council are for the renewal of work methods. +In consequence, while the European Parliament *focalice attention only in the execution or no of president *Öcalan, without tackling in depth the question of self-determination of villages, will penetrate in the surface of the problem, but never will achieve to resolve it. +since we expect that *Turquía also #can be welcome in breast of the European Union inside #some years, no only *le ask that it suspend the execution of death pity of *Öcalan but also that it commission of the abolition of death pity in the country. +And *cuando there #be a neighbouring country and it same #would occur #if the problems, gentleman Commissioner, gave in *Hungría and it was necessary to create *algo in neighbour *Austria for the corresponding intervention the question is #if the *vecindad #can and has to be useful, and #if there #where there are problems the neighbouring countries #can really offer experience on it that occurs in the region. +#Such as it will have known the Assembly by reports of press, in said document specify some clear obligations for the future commissioners that propose to occupy *algún put during the back year to the termination of mandate to inform with time to the Commission of intentions. +Have been speaker in a considerable number of directives relative to liberalisation of the sector of telecommunications and so much *yo like my colleagues have acted of fine faith in this work and had taken for granted that the #ex Commissioner *Bangemann had taken it same. +Also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity for, in a context *algo wider, *darles to know a brief outline of #some plans and projects directed, firstly, to situate this case in a greater context, and, second, that this case *nos give reason for *reflexionar on it that we #would have to and have to improve in legislation on edible for animals and foods. +#Ours *Europa will not work, confidence in #ours *Europa will not work, #if we do not have the capacity to happen of coordination species of control to a true *comunitarización of, at least, part of these alimentary controls. +Because citizens and agriculturalists have right to expect of the Administration a suitable reaction in front of a crisis of this type, that maybe was not a natural phenomenon, but yes that *acerca a lot to *ello #if we consider #which have been effects. +do not want to signal to nobody, but, with evidence, have jumped preventive measures and have not taken into account the exhaustive controls that there #be in a so delicate field like the of the human alimentary chain. +More precisely, regarding the decisions taken, hail the reference to employment and to the decision of a «#european pact in favour of employment», *me see forced to express my dissatisfaction regarding assignments released and to the concrete proposals presented. +The vote of this resolution is a signal *reveladora of the will of the European Parliament to clear #all the details of this subject and answer to the legitimate worries of consumers. +In effect, have to foresee solutions in the short term to resolve the problems engendered by pollution of the alimentary products in *Bélgica and, to longer term, has to initiate a debate on numerous questions already mentioned during the crisis of cows crazy and that arise again because of this new alimentary crisis. +Was the *primer case in the community history in that it resorted to article 82 of the Treaty to penalise a discriminatory practice in damage of the interests of consumers, but that did not have a significant effect on the market. +fans to football and fans to sports now will know, with reason, that have the protection of the law, and the organisers of championships will know that *les will impose an authentic and strong sanction #if they break rule at present in vigour. +Along the almost #three hundred pages experts rush forward without compassion against the problems related with the management, control mechanisms, the fight against fraud, contracting politics of personnel and the business culture. +In this document #can read , for example, bottom criticism of propensity of the Commission -like the of administrations- to, quote: "act in his field according to his own logical, listening to determined *lobbies and without having sufficiently in account the consequences out of competition field" . +But the alone control of the European Parliament on the Commission will be insufficient by two reasons: firstly, because the European Parliament shares the goals of the Commission and, besides because #this is not subjected to pressure of the public opinion. +values that sustain the institution #would have to centre in an ethical of the fine management, in the assessment of money, in a clear communication, in merit and service to citizens and taxpayers of the European Union. +Without embargo, to sight of responsibility, that has been refused of *facto, results also difficult to take seriously the statements of commissioners to obey in the future resignation request of President of the Commission. +Is very interesting that the Expert Committee affirm in the final warning that the administration of the Community tends to *privilegiar the tasks of conception and of negotiation in detriment of management tasks and of control. +And thus, the Socialist Group is had to contribute, from the institutional responsibility that has to have Parliament, to a better operation of the community institutions, so much of Parliament as of the Commission, and demand it to the Council. +Rather by fortune that by a fine planning even there #be not had a big accident that have resulted in a radioactive spill produced by ship that transported radioactive materials, although it takes #some years sank ship that transported *hidrofluorido of uranium of *Francia to *Riga, although this registered that apparently they recovered containers without that produced spill. +The world is to a large extent poverty world, AIDS world, inside the that the *Europa that *esboza *usted is welfare island and of peace, based in knowledge, that still follows being dream far for human beings. +Gentleman President, the vote of Group, with the *cual deny backrest to the Commission, is not fruit of a *animadversión to persons, members of the Commission, and President, but fruit of the political assessment of programs. +The Commission will be strong #if it will be able to fulfil fully initiative function in accordance with Parliament that sues a greater participation in the preparation of the legislative proposals and an institutional relation constant with the Commission. +The answer is "at all" , because there #be not at all that it justify program to control the political life of nations of *Europa furtively, helped and induced by Government Bosses of States members, without forgetting to the of Realm Joined. +Regarding harmonisation measures that *le correspond, not even improve the situation in countries in the that legislation is more favourable for the hard-working classes and the disadvantaged categories or discriminated, mainly women and immigrant, since harmonisation, *cuando the there #be, takes by down. +#If we watch to the past, has taken upsetting in the collective responsibility. But when reading the report of the wise persons, the last report that finishes to appear, sees that practice has been very distinct. +On auditions, agree with Mr. *Corbett that it has been a good beginning, but there are things that have to improve *cuando go back to arise this subject in 2004, for example, the possibility that we make individual votes on Commissioner, after a vote in commission or at least *indicativa to know #if the commission was really in favour or no. +Mr. *Barnier finds in an optimum position to comprise, apply and move the regional politics, given his political experience is quality of national minister, but also like president of a regional assembly. +#Can that it was #that moment to introduce measures that the Committee of Independent Experts proposes, and that in the majority of the cases are measured of common sense that do not know why have not been already made. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, State Bosses and of Government took takes almost a year the initiative to summon an extraordinary meeting of the European Council that was devoted fundamentally to the realisation of a space of freedom, of security and justice. +By decision of Secretary and of the Spokesman of Parliament of *Finlandia *le has forbidden the entrance to the sessions of #the same, by indefinite time, to television reporter #finnish that took public some documents little *reveladores, provided by *algún deputy, on the *preparativos of the meeting of *Tampere. +The Presidency #finnish *nos has presented proposals. Lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, to this *respecto wanted to call attention on point that consider fundamental in the frame of the debate on the realisation of the space of security, freedom and justice. +In part, treats to build a *Europa strong, #whose need has been caused, #among others factors, by the own politics of the European Union; although mainly all turn around the fact that parts of the judicial culture are the central nervous system of democracies. +Lady Speaker, consider that in the resolution presented appear #all the assessments and the proposals that is timely that Parliament approve to end to offer his immediate contribution so as to that the Council of *Tampere begin to fulfil specifically the solemn promises taken to the #european citizens by the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Is important to struggle against the illegal immigration and against abuse of asylum laws, but the governments have to respect the obligations that have contracted in the frame of Gin Agreement and give asylum to the true refugees, and *tratarles with compassion and with dignity, instead of *temerlos as to demons. +Finally, wanted to express the wish that the debate that *ustedes go to celebrate today and morning with the Table of the Delegation of the European Parliament give fruit and that dialogue among our two parliaments continue prompt in the frame of the Mixed Parliamentary Delegation. +has not taken into account paper of the European Parliament like representative of the #european villages, in virtue of the *cual the catalogue of fundamental rights #would have to emanate of our institution. By #everything *eso, #can not accept function that *nos attributes. +Those who conform with little will say that at least *algo changes, but is important that *nosotros, deputies to the European Parliament, are ambitious and keep opened the possibility to incorporate the Letter in the Treaties and in a #european common Constitution of the that even #can be embryo. +In the Council of General Subjects of April of 1999 decide to ask to the Commission that prepare a program of economic performance and social to make possible the creation of the necessary institutions in *Timor Oriental. +The Union has demanded with firmness in moment that Indonesian take manager of order and of security, but alas, as we already have seen, the authorities of country have not fulfilled obligations in look. +Like European Parliament is obligation talk with an alone voice *cuando are in game fundamental decisions for the future of *Europa. The resolution #would have collected even more support #if #one of the Groups had had to disposal translation in language determined. +My conviction is the that *Europa will recover nobility letters in the opinion and charm of villages of the world when affirming clearly, in front of breaker *neoliberal, his own values and project. +trial will base in measure in that this Commission approximate *Europa more to village, confront with frauds and inefficiency inside his own services, and, especially, arm to *Europa to face up to offence, unemployment and the social exclusion. +Gentleman President, time that have seen that it foresaw to reassign #all the content of the *PRS 4 inside category 4, in view of that Parliament and the Council have decided to fund credits in the title *B-1 Agriculture, *me go to allow *desviarme a bit because my problem are not the *PRS. +Because here the Commission *nos says literally that, although we already have taken finance effort with reallocation, is necessary an amount of 570,5 millions more, that the Commission proposes to reassign in the global transfer or in a complementary transfer in this exercise. +deputy of Parliament that was not familiarised with function of #Washington in the tragedies of Indonesian and of *Timor from 1966 until the last genocide *perpetrado by soldiers on 30 August, #would have to read the analysis published today by the #Washington *Post and the *Herald *Tribune in first page: "The Pentagon says that the military contacts with Indonesian are useful" . +Is evident that it is necessary to exert international pressure on Indonesian and #many of *nosotros have asked that it suspend already the financial assistance of the World-wide Bank and of the International Monetary Bottom and that suspend the exports of arms and the military cooperation. +do not believe that it was appropriate in #all the cases that Europeans react in military plan in front of crisis that take place in zones very far of borders, but the crisis of *Timor oriental has put of relief difficulties with that trip Europeans to answer to a new task of maintenance of peace. +While we talk here, the Security Council of Nations Joined has approved a resolution with arrangement to Chapter 7 of the Letter of Nations Joined that allows that maintenance strength of peace under control #australian go to *Timor oriental. +Perhaps #would have to reconsider now this definition and promote an international debate to determine #if democracies like the #ours have to give equality of recognition, deal and *respetabilidad to diets of #everyone that *deniegan democracy and right State, the human rights and the fine public management. +The main candidate of the Party *Socialdemócrata in the #european elections, #Pierre *Schori, affirmed also that exists a fundamental difference among it that the EU designates an effective management of the crisis and a common defence. +In the conclusions of the European Council of Colony *recalca that the creation of a #european politics of security and of defence presupposes the whole participation and in equal conditions of #all States members, included the neutral militarily, in operations of the European Union. +Although it have #any request of word, have to apply the rules of the game, and in article 4 of the annex *II of the Regulation says that deputy will be able to formulate, in question turn to the Council, only a complementary question. +Subject: Suppression of the use of lenses of contact of multiple use in experimental stage Determined reports of press appeared in June affirmed that, in Big *Bretaña, had recommended to the optical suppress the use of contact lenses of multiple use in experimental stage by fear to that they #can transmit a new variant of illness *Creutzfeldt-#Jakob. +Gentleman President, believe that the medical specialists and the optical know perfectly #which are the risks that #can cause contact lenses, but, as well we know, the Commission is attendant to study the evolution of the situation in practice. +But in spite of *eso, runs the voice that it #can get to deal; is to say, the relative transitory periods to the free market of work and other similar subjects of the EU #can link to transitory periods in the countries candidates to adhesion. +Obviously, is a far country, but no thus it leaves to be true that the valid diet is literally criminal; the Union #would have to devote to demolish diet; of it contrary, *nos will see forced, as in the case of *Kosovo or of other regions, to use the great means. +But in the case of *Corea of the North the problem resides in that the country is *herméticamente isolated of the rest of societies of the world and, therefore, is *extremamente difficult take get information to country, #if well it #would be to wish that like this it occurred. +Gentleman President, as a result of the recent decision of the Council on the lifting of sanctions in relation with the crisis of *Kosovo, the Commission has presented the proposal to exonerate to *Kosovo and *Montenegro of the special sanctions of the *CE against the ancient Republic of *Yugoslavia. +Is comprehensible that today are the economic reconstruction of *Kosovo, that without embargo, is directly connected with political suitabilities of States members, and also with effort of these last for distributing bottoms allocated to reconstruction of *Kosovo among companies of States members. +And #this to say that no treats of research question of a previous control on character of the global help proposal, in spite of that the amount of #the same, 1.900 millions of euros in the next 5 years, like this #would advise it. +The European Union, that beyond all doubt has a main paper in the solution of the problems, has acted correctly when deciding extend the regulation, especially creating reconstruction service of the region. +Is clear that the mandate of the agency do not includes assistance in the #others countries of the ancient *Yugoslavia neither in countries #balkan, because this structure is the specific instrument of the European Union for reconstruction of *Kosovo. +disputes that *ocasionan delays are obviously inadmissible, had account of the need to find a fast solution to the problem and, therefore, the Commission is opened to commitment agreement that respect rapidity goals and efficiency. +Therefore, wanted to ask: #can transmit wish to the Conference of Presidents that in the future, #if it goes back to celebrate a debate in the that it exist conflict with the Council, #this organise of form that the Council was present and #can give a direct clash? +To concede to #both the opportunity of *recapacitar and to get to a better understanding of the subject and reach to continuation together with *nosotros a greater efficiency, request the return of the final vote to the Commission of External Subjects. +It more surprising of manipulation is attitude of the Council: during #all negotiation of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, had resisted *encarnizadamente to the *reagrupamientos, in a special title of the Treaty, of #all the rights of citizens, *dispersos in said text. +Likewise, supply program of foods to *Rusia, launched this same year, is subject to a narrow surveillance that, among things, includes controls of utilisation of bottoms generated by sale of products alimentary in the local markets. +The past November was in *Moscú with group of Parliament, that displaced to country to evaluate the need of humanitarian help, and #can check that the country simply is not in conditions to put order in subjects. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, perhaps have reason to remember that in *Rusia have occurred things. More of 5000 nuclear heads have been taken out of circulation, In *Rusia have created democratic institutions and #this possesses media that are able to criticise to the Government and have value to take it. +Without embargo, to finish, estimated colleagues, wanted to take out to collation a question that also have posed #some of colleagues, to know, the need to create investigation centre for the study investigation and systematic application of new methods of prevention of the earthquakes. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, estimated colleagues, news of Sunday happened about convictions to death for the four persons that took part in the student disorders of the summer in will Go created a wave of indignation and repudiate in village *iraní and in the rest of the world. +To continuation, the preparation and application by a military commission joined that it has to be previous to the establishment of peace strength; and #this has to, to time, occupy of disarmament of #all militias armed and to prepare the national reconciliation. +At present journalists follow working in conditions no totally optimum; therefore I consider timely, for example, transfer of press hall perhaps under the hemicycle, since the current hall continues being too much far and often is not easy for journalists come to talk with deputies, especially with occasion of important sessions. +This morning *les take the promise -*sobreentendiéndose that no *les #can promise it impossible: #can not *prometerles that go to have of planes #all days for *llevarles to capitals and vice versa- that I will take all it that it #can, with cooperation of the mayor and of the competent authorities, to improve of appreciable form the situation also in look. +Gentleman President, in my *primer speech in front of this House *me had enjoyed to talk of the adjust electronic of elevator row to increase like this efficiency, of ventilation in services, of the air conditioned and of the carpets totally *insulsas that there #be in the bar. +Also regret monitor fault of TV in bar zones and restaurants that #would have to be to disposal of deputies that take pause to take coffee so that they #can follow the course of the debate and, #if they have to take part, so that they #can measure adequately entrance in the Hemicycle. +Gentleman *Prodi, go to *citarle an example that *usted definitely will comprise very well: this principle has to be so important for the Union and has to have a so high priority like the that has, for example, the criterion of price stability for the Central Bank European. +In spite of *ello, along the last diverse years States members have seen forced to face up to odd forms of intoxication alimentary and hardly have of mechanisms of susceptible control to prevent that industry of foods introduce type of *desperdicios and waste in chain alimentary. +Believe that *Europa has to assume part of responsibility that *le corresponds in this subject. #would Have to help economically to the small agriculturalists and to the other agricultural employers that have been victims of *algo that in mood is not but derailment of the #european agricultural politics. +Definitely, the debate celebrates today, and since we are here and have heard to gentleman President *Prodi, have been able to sure enough take in consideration it that *nos announces, is to say, the creation of an independent #european agency, research with character *prioritario of the alimentary security, the reinforcement of controls, etc. +slimes contain heavy metals, #among others, considerable quantities of cadmium, and precisely thus in my country and in general in the #nordic countries residue #can not disseminate by the arable surfaces, because cadmium goes in in chain alimentary and through #this in persons. +Gentleman President, since it debated two years ago the Green Book of foods, expect that it conclude the White Book, that will include, expect, the concrete initiatives and responsibilities of the #european politics in the alimentary field. +In our opinion, the deep cause is that the social system puts the benefit by on even of health of persons. Especially *cuando treats of the benefits of the great companies and of health of workers. +Lady Speaker, Commissioner *Prodi, Commissioner *Byrne, the crisis of the *EEB and of dioxin, together with the current controversy relative to the genetically modified foods, have combined to undermine gravely confidence of consumers in the *inocuidad of foods. +Gentleman President, at the beginning of the years eighty, *cuando the first alarming #news on AIDS seeded panic in *Europa and States Joined, prognoses about the scope and the social implications of illness purchased some catastrophic dimensions. +treats especially of young adults economically active that, in cases, have to charge to #all family. Said of mood, AIDS affects mainly to generation that in the majority of the countries constitutes the vertebral column of society. +In the frame of the principle of sanitary caution, the European Union will have to therefore defend the application of this right to the compulsory licences in the Round of #Millenium. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, with more of 2 millions of dead persons to the year and 4 millions of new infected in the #african continent, and with certainty that the 70% of new *seropositivos registers in the #african continent, how doubt fits that *nos find in front of pandemia that is the first cause of death for citizens of a #african country. +*Irlanda of the North is in the periphery of this Union and is a peripheral part of the Union and, even so, are the beginning of a terrible propagation in country, related to a large extent with drug traffic. +#can not, especially because a series of States members have decided to break with the nuclear politics, with politics of fission, accept that the Union like #such continue funding politics of the nuclear energy until four times more that #others. +Together with *ALTERNER and investigation on renewable energy in the *Quinto Program Mark, that expect that it was very important, need the adoption of measures collateral urgent, #such as the directive on access to network for the market of electricity. +The White Book *infundió hopes and are desirous that it set up the exciting campaign with million of photovoltaic facilities, his big farm with aeolian energy, biomass and -it more exciting of #all- his 100 communities in the that #all electricity will proceed of renewable energy. +In the first place, *me seems that the available quantity is too much small and, second, #if we expect duplication of the quantity of renewable energy, #would have to have a marked increase in bottom quantity assigned for time period. +Has a very scarce budget and, therefore same, Group receives *favorablemente the proposal of the speaker to increase resources of program *SAVE in 4,4 millions of euros, until reaching a total of 68,4 millions of euros. +Regarding a last subject that *me had remained in inkwell, that is the participation of #some countries of the centre and east of *Europa, wanted to say that, in actuality, there are ten countries that are of programs *SAVE to incite to an improvement in the energetic efficiency. +Here is the supplementary illustration of the collusion among the Commission and Parliament for *desposeer to the #european Council of it that to trial is of his exclusive competition, is to say, the external politics. +Was the fight of the #black masses the that imposed the end of segregation institutionalised, but #this have not been able to unfortunately put end to the social segregation that takes that workers and the unemployed of this country follow living in misfortune. +Like this and #everything, bottom philosophy, *me seems the following: there are #some subjects that prejudice or go against of competition and that, in consequence, have to be harmonised deeply; #others, instead, with regard to the *cuales harmonisation, in my opinion, #would be hurtful, thing that do not occurs in the current States that even allow diversity among regions. +This figure, that includes to 350.000 refugees of *Croacia and *Bosnia-*Herzegovina, 120.000 displaced #serbian and #gipsy interns of *Kosovo and 300.000 unprotected socially, has been reckoned by evaluation squad conjoint for help alimentary of the *ACNUR and of the World-wide Program of Foods, that visited the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia in July of this year. +The most unprotected groups of Serbian find in these institutions, and the THROW wants to loan support that was necessary in form of additional alimentary help -fundamentally help alimentary will deliver to *través of the World-wide Bank of Foods- and besides wants to complete it with articles that are not foods and heating. +In the frame of this analysis, take in consideration the resolution of December Parliament of 1998, #as well as the conclusions of the Presidency of the Council after the two informal meetings of ministers commissioned of sport. +To me *me #would enjoy to ask to Mrs. Commissioner #if, to achieve our goal, #would not be better *aunar #all strengths and, with backrest of #all States members, present an only #european candidature like headquarters for this International Agency against Doping. +Create, and disagree a bit of *usted regarding the last part of answer, that the important signals that gives the European Union in other regions of the world, but that are very near of Indian, thanks to the organisation of events like the summits, have to be countered. +The #european employers, the #european political class, the #european public opinion, to the equal that the of Indian, need an important signal, that #can not be another that a summit. +Further of #all #this, *yo wanted to add, without embargo, to finish that we follow considering necessary a deep reform in this field and the Commission has foreseen to present, therefore, before end of year a proposal to reform amply subvention system and of organisation of the markets in the sector of linen and hemp. +Now are not in the #spanish Parliament, not even in the assembly of the region that has been mentioned, but in the European Parliament and #can not prejudge neither know in advance criterion and respect right of expression of ladies and gentlemen deputies. +The main obstacle for entry of *Turquía is inability to fulfil the political criteria established in *Copenhague, especially regarding democracy, the human rights and the rights of minorities, in particular of village *kurdo. +#If we advance in the proposal of the Commission and of the Council, #can *ustedes be safe that diet of *Turquía do not goes to advance to democratisation, will strengthen in continuing and worsen the inadmissible politics, inhuman current that is #as well as provocations against #Grecia and against humanity. +Here includes for example the requirement to take seriously no only *verbalmente the financial commitments of the European Union in front of *Turquía on the base of the financial protocol, but also the to put to disposal the corresponding bottoms. +vicinity of term to fulfil an intermediate stage of the peace process, established for 4 May of the present year in the agreement of *Oslo, took that the situation went even more unsure. +The situation in Orient Next is still far of #this, but no fits doubt that the election like prime minister of *Ehud #Barak in #Israel and the peaceful option of the Palestinians have offered an opportunity to peace: show it the recent progresses of the agreements of *Oslo in version modified of *Sharm-the-*Sheikh. +The authentic difficulties will appear in the frame of negotiations on the final situation, that includes the contentious subject of *Jerusalén, control on the rights of water and the return of refugees. +Without embargo, this agreement has a considerable political significance: marks the unblock of the peace process, after stagnation years and even of deterioration during the government of *Netanyahu, that never had accepted the logic of *Oslo. +Lady Speaker, once again, with occasion of the vote on the calendar of partial periods of sessions for the year 2000, have had to face up to a round of amendments with seen to reduce the length of the partial periods of sessions in *Estrasburgo. +In effect, as it has remembered Mr. *Dell' #Alba to the principle of turn, with the participation in the votes, do not think to endorse a situation that in fact discriminates to millions of #european citizens, to #whose representatives *les denies the full exercise of his parliamentary mandate. +In effect, had explains that saving energetic on consumption has improved up to now around the 1% annual, the European Commission *preconiza a supplementary reduction of point of saving percentage on the final demand. +Is true that *Turquía #would have to, in look, satisfy the criteria fixed by the European Council of *Copenhague, among the *cuales appear the existence of stable institutions that guarantee democracy, the human rights and respect to minorities. +do not go to vote in favour of the common resolution on course of relations European Union - *Turquía because in *ella there are reasonings and political contradictions, #as well as a fine dose of hypocrisy, things that are not own of a serious institution like Parliament. +debate the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the opening of the Round of #Millenium in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade of 30 November until 3 December in *Seattle. +These countries fear that negotiation of the labour rights minima in breast of the *OMC was an attempt to take part in his low labour costs and, therefore, in advantage relative in look. +progresses have to allow reconcile the demographic growth and the economic growth with endowment limited of natural resources, since it is the technical progress it that moves away border of the durable utilisation of resources. +Likewise, hits obtained by the countries industrialised and the emergent economies of #Asia -because of liberalisation of exchanges-, have taken *tambalear confidence of the communist diets and have conducted to his radical transformation in *Europa and #Asia. +Finally, globalisation reflects the perceptions of the coming generations, the of the next century, that, through the media and of his own *peregrinar, live the world like a *aldea #where the *interdependencia promotes solidarity and #where expresses taste by difference and confluence. +norms refer, firstly, to investment and to competition, two questions in front of the *cuales partners doubt, by very diverse reasons, and that, because of the precedent of the *AMI, arouse reservations and resistances by part of countries in roads of development, *cuando no a radical hostility in #some of organisations no governmental. +Is a very dangerous path, as they show it already the consequences of the application of norms of the *OMC, with the aggravation of the social inequalities, of unemployment and of poverty in the world. +For example, still have not seen the benefits for the textile sector and of preparation, neither neither have seen benefit of liberalisation of trade of agricultural products. +By the contrary, in the majority of the countries of the European Union, concentration of CO2 has not taken more that grow regarding levels of 1990; therefore, will need drastic additional measures to fulfil with the agreements of *Kioto. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, it is necessary *agradecerles to *ustedes that they have coincided in the majority of points with the resolution of the European Parliament, that collects neither more neither less that the philosophy of the European Parliament regarding the climatic change. +intervention in control of the crisis is in accordance with the military neutrality of #some States members. In the conclusions of Colony meeting said explicitly that the Union will not take part in the solutions adopted by States members in matter of defence. +Gentleman President, the Presidency #finnish has prepared enlargement of the qualified majority *enviándoles to States members a questionnaire, in the that it asks in how fields are had still to enable the qualified majority in the taking of decisions. +In the *primer paragraph of article 29 of the statutes of the Central Bank European regulate the criteria of cast of subscriptions of capital of #the same, according to the *cuales the Bank of *Dinamarca #would have to contribute with a 1,6709 percent of the own capital of #ECB. +On the other hand, the Council neither has received still any proposal to apply the recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna (*ICCAT) against overexploitation of species. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the Council has a positive attitude to the possibilities that offer in the field of the fight against the social marginalisation contemplated in paragraph 2 of article 137 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, after the entrance in vigour of #the same. +Only wanted to ask, in view of supply problems, #if the Commission goes to urge to #Georgia to that it build the 700 *m of road that are missing until border *chechena, that did not build owing to the #russian pressures, so that in the future the humanitarian help #can reach border *chechena. +The Code has improved the mutual understanding about politics of States members, has established an effective mechanism of query and has boosted dialogue about the application of disposals. +Gentleman President, the fight against death pity in the world is first of all a fight of civilisation by this right of humanitarian interference that is step in the world-wide consciousness. +Demand to the #indonesian Government that put end to violence and that believes the necessary conditions so that, also *nosotros, from the European Union, #can help of suitable form to repair damages and to loan the necessary humanitarian help. +will Be especially important #if Parliament achieves to exert an appropriate political paper and concrete, so as to contribute to launch new light on this dark event and to take justice to the 81 victims and to families that from takes more of 19 years are to know that it occurred, why and #who are managers. +In the European Union, the national authorities of States members have to demand of companies that inform to apprentices and workers that #can remain exposed to radiations, of the dangers for health that comports work and that *les qualify in the protection *radiológica. +In effect, the "right of contaminating" #can not buy , and a simple payment or exchange #can not release to the richest to take #all the possible efforts to respect the common law. +Lady Speaker, for my Group this agreement *interinstitucional is stone angular for the *restablecimiento of the credibility of the European Union regarding form to occupy of frauds and of the bad financial management. +The agreement *interinstitucional *nos carries even more far in another direction as it #would impose to #all deputies and to personnel the obligation to use the appropriate procedures to inform to the future services of *OLAF, so that complaint of fraud #can be investigated adequately. +Celebrate can contribute in my first oral intervention, like recent member of this High Assembly, to a fine part of the #european legislation and wish that produce a wide compliance here and a fluent approval of the directive in the Council of Ministers. +Expect that in the vote that #be to make affirm with strength the will of Parliament to open immediately the path to disposal that will allow immediately a greater visibility, a greater transparency and a greater access of citizens to our democratic life. +In point urges to the Commission to that it go in in contact with third countries and with international organisations with a view to find suitable solutions To this *respecto it will be necessary to take into account of special way how proposed develop in this field the Commission of Nations Joined for the International Mercantile Right (*CNUDMI), the *OCDE and the *OMC. +*Yo celebrate can signal also in my first oral intervention in Plenary of this Assembly that in my own homeland; *Austria, transport facilities by wire constitute an angular stone of tourism and, therefore, of the national economy. +Therefore, *yo *me *congratulo that among Parliament, the Council and the Commission exist an absolute consensus, an absolute coincidence, regarding the will to put to disposal the necessary credits for *Kosovo with charge to the Budget of the EU. +*Yo believe that the #european taxpayers #would not comprise that they demanded simply additional bottoms to fund costs in *Kosovo, without visiting to time the difficult path of the definition of priorities, or was, precisely, of redistribution of credits. +The *multifuncionalidad of agriculture in the fields of feeding, the conservation of the landscape, the protection of nature and also of tourism like sector of employment with perspectives of future, that surely will not contract but that will follow growing, constitutes an important worry for #all Parliament. +manifested numerous discrepancies: in the first place, regarding the *IFOP; second, regarding support of the Council and of States members to Politics *Pesquera Common, especially regarding the international agreements of fishing, as in the recent case of the Agreement with *Marruecos; and, in *tercer place, on relations of the EU with other international organisations. +Through measures of support directed specifically to women in the frame of population politics and of development will be able to contribute to create a more social base stable, to transformation of the existent structures and to development of other new. +With the statements of Mrs. *Schreyer in the sense that it will procure to redistribute cost, resort in lower measure to security reservation and modify perhaps the Financial Perspectives, the Commission has given a *primer step of approximation to the positions of Parliament. +The position of Parliament is unanimous. Need a review limited of the Financial Perspectives so that no *nos see forced to go out of the step time with a series of complementary budgets and *rectificativos, as it has occurred this year. +Second, regarding the external politics, specifically regarding *Kosovo, audience that organise takes days with the Commission of External Subjects and Budget Commission to me *me resulted very *reveladora, especially the fact that #this was not commitment in the short term. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0035\/1999) of Mr. *Huhne, in name of Commission of Economic Subjects and Monetary, on the annual report 1998 of the Central Bank European (*C4-0211\/1999). +Like this, whereas the Treaty demands that #ECB publish a quarterly report on activities, #ECB has decided to publish said report *mensualmente with the Monthly Bulletin, in the that it takes exhibition detailed of the economic and monetary evolution. +The publication by part of report #ECB detailed of country that takes part in the zone of the euro #would go against of the necessary creation of a perspective of #all the zone when developing, debate and think the monetary politics. +Therefore, an indispensable condition to achieve a substantial improvement in the processing of payments to the by minor *transfronterizos is definitely that the banking sector establish some common characteristics for the processing among the banks. +*Yo urge to #ECB to that it contribute of constructive way to hit of the Pact in favour of growth and employment, and that express with clarity how proposes to take part in dialogue *macroeconómico to contribute to the definition of a combination of politics balanced. +#All the central or international banks of the great countries owe, in #one or form, to this democratic responsibility in front of the socioeconomic community, in the #anglo-saxon countries to *través of Parliament, in *Alemania through the Banks *federados of the *Länder. +Gentleman President, Parliament receives in day of today to President of the Central Bank European, is to say, president of the first institution to the *cual the #european nations - did not knows why disorder - have decided to entrust, give a sovereign power, at least eleven of *ellas. +Without doubt, *usted will have after all more can or influence that *ellos, although it was less brilliant, since in #millenium end that seems *erigir to money like last universal value, is *usted *detentando the temporary power and the spiritual power in breast of the European Union. +What greater was equality in level of distribution of information in society, greater will be efficiency with that individual options orient development of the economy and the invisible hand of the market. +In the Low Countries made a study of the economic institute of small and medium enterprise, the *EIM, of the that definitely will agree. Have ascertained that the retail trade will have to have available a 100% of volume of daily sales in coins of change, in front of the 7 % current. +Going back to the current situation, wanted to repeat that the strategy of monetary politics of the system of the Euro, that has presented very clearly in front of Parliament, bases in two *pilares, both designed with future horizon on the half term. +Wish that know, gentleman President, that will give support to #all efforts that go directed to finish with the terrorist actions, to control strengths *paramilitares and to sign the supremacy of the civil power on the military power. +Need to build a new nation in #where respect of the human rights, the application of justice and reconstruction of our social tissue are the solid foundations that *nos allow to conform society in the that factors generators of violence eradicate once and for all. +The Commission supports the clear affirmation of the importance of prevention in the fight against delinquency, already was financial, urban or juvenile, and sees recognised management so that they stood out in particular the rights of the victims of the criminal activities. +#If well it is true that #can have finished worse, #a lot of worse, especially for citizens of the third countries that find in *Europa or that aspire to come to *ella pushed by the need, #this no removes that it has lost a fine occasion to begin to build specifically a space of freedom, justice and security. +There #where States members no longer #can go more far as they have got to the limit of possibilities goes in in action the Union -in asylum politics, in the of migration, in the fight against crime organised and in cooperation with justice. +On immigration, believe that *Tampere represents an important stage, when integrating it that we #can call a strategy of *codesarrollo, is to say, when recognising that, to resolve the question of immigration, it will be necessary to tackle fully the causes that originate refugee phenomenons. +Gentleman President, seat the bases of the creation of a #european space of freedom, security and justice was the goal of the European Council of *Tampere, an important goal because it affects to the fundamental values of our western civilisation. +Wanted to insist, in name of my Group, in that they apply fully, in #all looks, the principles of Gin Convention in the two slopes of migration politics, and that the Commission and Parliament are entirely involved in #all looks. +In *Tampere has produced mutation *cuasiconstitucional, because the Council has given a mandate to the Commission to establish, to #his proposal, common norms for admission and stay, for lawsuits of small quantity, and for #many other questions. +advances reached will be no only acts of the Council, of the Commission and of the European Parliament, but also of States members in measure in that *les entrust tasks of bookmark in virtue of subsidiariness principle. +This proposal, combined with the maintenance of the monopoly of initiative of the Commission, *propiciaría, as we know, a considerable strengthening of powers of this last and a correlated reduction of the right of States. +Recognises -thing that *nosotros have said always- that cooperations reinforced of the Treaty of *Amsterdam #can not serve at all to resolve the double program of the every time greater heterogeneity and the total impossibility to abandon powers of sovereignty to procedures of decision by qualified majority and, more still, in a *Europa of thirty States or more. +The social dimension of the European Union, a previous condition for a #european democracy, neither mentions with an alone word in this report of the Council of the Wise persons. +After which will have still work, among 10 November and the beginning of negotiation, since the Commission will have to present a document of the that *yo same have said that it #would be a solid political document, global, structured so that it was useful to the negotiators and facilitate negotiation. +Also is true that our goal is it that before have called intelligent restructuring and there are three characteristic elements that companies have taken into account; because in the past, in the European Union, have cases of the two forms of behaviour that have mentioned previously. +But #all know that, in this period, legislation alone or legislation in #if same #can not solve the *tremendo problem of restructuring of industry, especially *cuando the #european industry did not has to only compete inside borders, but that it has to take part and face up with hit to the world-wide competition. +Finally, in #day of the start of negotiations of the *OMC, wish to underline the need that *Europa affirm his political wills, also in matter of industrial politics, and plant in the centre of *ellas "employment, the creation of wealth, development of the territories". +By part, my Group goes to direct to the main #sindical organisations #european to exchange experiences and, got the case, launch a #european request that allow to our *conciudadanos influence in the future decisions. +*Me refer also to thousands of workers of companies like *Michelin that have invested time, energies, knowledges, aptitudes, hopes and aspirations, in addition to the of families, in company in the that have worked during *tantos years. +In any case, #would want *asegurarles that the continuous communication with Employment Commission and Social Subjects, and with the commission of companies, will help continuously to the Commission to carry to good new term essential interventions and it more flexible possible in this sector. +Like this as, the European Union has regretted deeply that State Senate Joined, in decision of 13 October, have refused the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs. +The Commission shares disappointment that finishes to express President of the Council in front of rejection by part of the American Senate of the Treaty of total prohibition of the nuclear proofs. +Among the arguments adduced in States Joined, #some considered that it had not got moment to renounce the nuclear essays, *cuando results that *Corea of the North deploys efforts to endow of his own arms and Chinese follows developing arsenal. +It that *nosotros criticise deeply is attitude of the republican majority in the Senate that answers more to it that it was *otrora the doctrine of the "self-evident destination" of States Joined, much more that the of the moral leadership, in addition to the military, that have in this moment. +Hail the initiative of President #Jacques *Chirac, of the Federal Chancellor #Gerhard *Schröder and of Prime minister #Tony *Blair, those who have directed in an open letter to the North American public opinion in *pro of ratification of the Treaty *CTBT. +The European Union aptly is the opportunities of the #russian companies to export to the markets of the European Union to promote the #russian economy. +In this sense, took greater #granting and accepted a minimum number of three States participants in the *coorganización of concrete projects and of five States participants in the agreements of cultural cooperation and of big *envergadura and procured to find road of a greater *flexibilización of organisation devices. +#There is infinity of agents and cultural operators that will remain *desprovistos of means class for action that carry out, and #whose value is invaluable, #if it did not concludes this file before the end of the common year to end to allow the entrance in vigour of program already at the beginning of the next year. +The informal contacts with the Presidency of the Council and with the Commission allow to expect that it get here to a unification of criteria, as youngsters and associations expect that performance and relation among the institutions was not bureaucratic but pragmatic. +In the session of day 23 July, President of Parliament proposed to the commission that chair the examination of bottom, and in the meeting of 27 July, the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media And Sport *me appointed speaker. +Nevertheless, since bottom of this proposal " only" is to limit help period of 5 to 3 years, there #be time to examine #if *Eurostat and the national institutes of statistical #can satisfy data needs and statistical informations. +As *usted will comprise, gentleman President, do not have intention to go in in the details of the amendments presented by Parliament, but *me pleases *comunicarle that the Commission shares the interest to guarantee hit of small and medium enterprises, by it that accepts the relative amendment to #the same. +In the frame of the budgetary procedure, although we opt by a period of five years, Parliament has #all the years the possibility to take modifications, to interrupt payments, is to say, of sanctioning, #if it results necessary. +Lady Speaker, during the conclusion of my intervention in the debate of yesterday on restructuring of companies, signalled to Vice-president that chaired the session that had produced anomaly in the conjoint resolution that go to vote later today. +Memory very well that in the Conference of Presidents -the colleagues that are here to my right definitely will agree, *Pat *Cox, Mrs. *Hautala, my colleague Baron *Crespo and #others more- argue on the question of #if we talked of *Michelin or of globalisation and restructuring of companies in general. +And *yo, therefore, ask to Speaker that have a rigorous control in the register in relation with modifications no authorised of the proposals, which is a problem, in my opinion, of modification and of falsity in public document of Parliament. +there #be not form of *reintroducir, from sight point of the procedure, the amendment of Mrs. *Scallon, since no exists commitment base to present an oral amendment. +Besides, in place to pose the political conditions that invariably posed the European Parliament, limits to quotation of the "Comments" to an institutional mechanism of control of doubtful effectiveness, as experience with program *Meda has come putting of self-evident. +Results particularly important that loan special attention to the granting of any type of supports to companies, that always have to be conditioned to the maintenance of employment, and have to establish severe sanctions and force to the return of assignments, *cuando was not like this. +Every time that the European Parliament tackles #this and other questions, *me give account that it treats of a field of action that requires measured to scale #european. Is the case of the railway and is the case of the transport of dangerous commodities. +Gentleman President, want, in the first place, appreciate to Mr. *Hatzidakis, speaker and president of Transport Commission, Regional Politics and Tourism, the excellent report that has made on modification proposal of the Directive mark relative to the transport of dangerous commodities by railway. +Is true, as it says, that in #some zones of network *nos find with a situation of overload, with infrastructures that are already very used and very taken advantage of fundamentally in the transport of persons, that is the that in these moments has the priority in politics of the railway in #all States members. +And, to #that *respecto, #can not leave to underline error that constituted, takes four or five years, the *concertación of fishing agreement out of the widest frame of cooperation agreement *concertado among the European Union and *Marruecos. +Have happened years and neither Commissioner *Bonino neither Commissioner *Fischler neither the respective ministers have had diligence neither the necessary agility so that no were here it that we have to take in front of a hurtful event, *cuando is missing month so that it produce. +Far of *oponer among himself\/hisself the interests of workers of the sector *pesquero of the #european countries and of the #african countries, is necessary to look for convergence concerning claims and of fight in front of the powerful capitalist interests. +But to time have to get it before possible to a reasonable agreement that take into account the interests in matter of environment and external politics and of security and that do not commit error to introduce demagogic elements that *desestabilicen to neighbours. Have to avert that *nos drop bandage of the eyes *cuando was too much late, as *sucedió in the *Balcanes or in the *Cáucaso! +treats of: application of slaughtering plan selective; introduction of identification of animal effective and of register system and of movements that already applies completely; legislation for the elimination of meat and meat with bone of factories of *piensos and of the agricultural establishments. +This House, through Investigation Commission on the *EEB, and the European Commission were the that recommended measures that now are to guarantee security in #all the European Union of those who consume #british products and #british meat. +Is paramount that base our decisions in scientific proofs, and #if today the majority of scientists thinks that it #can raise the prohibition to export meat of bovine #british, expect that the #french authorities act inside #few days, and expect that the Commission undertake the pertinent legal actions, #if it do not occurs it expected. +This endemic persistence poses a fearsome question, the to know #if no exist transmission moods of illness that the that detected up to now: feeding with animal flours and the maternal transmission. +charge of the sufficient scientific proof that weighs on instance concerned for protecting health of population brakes or prevents in practice the application of the principle of caution. +Gentleman President, after the excellent interventions of Gentlemen *Souchet and *Martinez in favour of the maintenance of the #french embargo on the bovine meat #british, only wanted to add three reflections from sight point juridical, morals and politician. +Going back to the specific case, consider that Parliament do not has to ask to the Commission that investigate the existence of recommendations formulated by the national Agencies managers of the alimentary security against of the community decisions. +Believe that the Commission is a good work, but our fundamental worry in this moment is the maintenance of activity *pesquera and, in concrete, of activity in the that no have *sobrexplotación, but conservation of the natural resources. +From *Marruecos *nos get #news that fishermen #moroccan, with big despair, see the immense damage that takes to fish banks, so only to resupply to the #european markets of sardines and other common species of the that depend the same lives of *ellos and families. +Therefore, gentleman Commissioner, in this question and in the that refers to fishing agreements in general, as it put of self-evident yesterday in the important debate that kept in relation with fishing Agreement with *Marruecos, always will have the favourable opinion, in general majority, of Fishing Commission, and expect that the follow having of Parliament. +In the first reading of this concrete proposal Parliament did not take amendments, but the speaker, #Hugh *McMahon in moment, formulated observation that it was absolutely essential that these three instruments went in in vigour to time to avert any disadvantage in matter of competition. +Expect that Transport Council loan attention to this message and have #some advances to reach that transport by road remain comprised; of it contrary, see a real danger for the rail sector to consequence of the review of the general directive. +#If the speaker believed timely to propose that it postpone said Agreement, the Commission of External Subjects #would support fully a proposal in this sense that, to sight of war of *Chechenia, *nos seems that it #would be a reasonable measure to take upsetting in this question. +Since the Popular Republic of Chinese has chamber of the world-wide population and has a big economic potential, is very important implication in the #european investigation and in the technological projects. +The technical backrest to favour energy-efficiency, energy saving and the sources of energies clean and renewable will allow that Chinese reduce CO2 broadcasts. +By it that refers to biotechnology questions, have to answer to Mr. *Gahrton that #all investigation proposals in the sphere of biotechnologies have to satisfy *imperativamente the applicable ethical conditions to project of program-mark. +Therefore, in line and sharing worries of Parliament on the gravity of the situation in *Chechenia, neither create -and comprise perfectly the position of His *Señorías to #that *respecto- that this agreement was the best half to manifest interests and questions in front of it that is *sucediendo. +Since this year it celebrates the second centenarian of trip of #Alexander *von *Humboldt to *Venezuela, *yo wanted to remember that *Humboldt no only contributed *algo, specifically eagerness to know, but that also returned with *algo to *Europa, specifically with knowledge on the tropical plants and on geography of this interesting continent. +That, in spite of the practical more ecological that #can introduce #one or more States members, apply it that appears in the directive of the most uniform form possible, and that no exist an excess of bureaucracy for manufacturers or for sale points in this context. +Are adherents that it have actions no legislative, as many times it is not necessary legislation since, sometimes, suffices with the *soft *law, but these initiatives do not owe *hacernos lose of sight that it is necessary to avert a false idea of harmonisation, it is necessary to avert the juridical insecurity, #as well as the false expectations on the inner market. +Parliament finds in a fine position to set up discussion on this type of initiatives. Especially, maybe, for giving to know worries of citizen half, to the one who, perhaps, no always listens in form owed in *Bruselas. +To avert #one overloads of the Court of Justice, which is comprehensible, the Commission has foreseen to leave in hands of the national judges the decision on the granting of exemptions in the frame of section 3 of article 85. +do not want *detenerme in the juridical subjects that already have been perfectly tackled by Mr. *Lehne and Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi; *me interests more *detenerme in #some political subjects that still do not tackle of the all in the document, although no fits doubt that they will be object of debate in Parliament, since, thanks to #the same, grows the idea of *Europa. +As well, the *primer strategic goal of the document that have presented and that are here pretends precisely guarantee the balance among the inner market, by part, and defence of the interests of consumer and of the environment, by #another. +do not leave to escape this opportunity to reinforce the #european guidelines in matter of employment and to initiate to time a process directed to the creation of places of work of quality and to a fine social protection. +This measure also takes in consideration the fact that in the operation of an inner market follow existing problems social in the urban zones, #as well as in the rural zones of *Europa, and of course in my country, *Irlanda. +The local communities of the private sectors, public and of volunteering #would have to can *aunar talents collective in effort for creating employment in the sector of small and medium enterprises in his respective zones. +Consider positive, for example, the guidelines directed to the strengthening of the regional initiatives and venues of employment and the greater insistence in the *equiparación of women in employment politics and to this *respecto believe that here it follows being valid criticism of colleague, Mrs. *Theorin. +The correct reading, anyway, by part of States members will have to be that the main part of programs will not have to base in pertinent activities of the past, but in those #whose main goal was the acquisition of creative aptitudes. +services develop of two contrary moods: by part have the conversion in services of #all the productive sectors, included the agricultural -that is not mentioned-, it that conducts to the abolition of the limits among *ellos, and, by #another, industrialisation of the sector services. +In the field of employment politics and of standards of the social model European, among States members produces competition that no favours the achievement of the goals that declare that we want to pursue and in conditions that guarantee in theory. +Of the debate that here keeps from two hours ago believe that it derives an optimistic conclusion, since it results patent that the European Parliament no only follows the problem with attention and thinks to the *respecto, but that, especially, takes proposed in a subject so *excepcionalmente delicate as it is the #european strategy for employment. +Gentleman President, invoke our dignity of deputies because it is necessary to award to the signatures for politics and the political statements, dignity and space that reserves to the signatures for assistances and money. +Exist varied technologies to reduce simultaneously particle broadcasts and oxide broadcasts of nitrogen until level demanded by *nosotros in the first reading well by means of the addition of *amoniaco, well by means of an intermediate refrigerator combined with regeneration filter. +Have a possibility to conclude with a solution of first class the successful history of legislation relative to gas broadcasts for the improvement of the quality of the air. +The report of Mrs. *Avilés on the common position has been approved also after a hard fight around the change of juridical foundation of article 235 to article 152 on the procedure of *codecisión. +Equally, in other reports on the world-wide conferences of the UN in cooperation with third states , on #all with states *ACP, have conceded a political priority very high to the needs of boys +In the last debate that celebrate in this assembly on the case of the *Michelin, said that it is impossible to have restructurings of velvet, *velvet *changes, and #this is like this because we live a period in that restructurings are *grandísimas; have the entrance of technology, changes of the labour diet, there #be also a big enlargement of the phenomenon of the *mundialización. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, in occasion of the debate of 27 October happened on the subject *Michelin, remembered that Parliament had amended the directive on information and query to workers, and that expected that the Commission recovered amendments. +Conducts to transition terms interminable in the environmental field for states candidates, because of mood, and quote it of the official document: "#this #would carry to an increase of the financial effort". +Share sight point -#such as I already underlined in audition in front of Parliament in September- that reform of finance system has to have like goal a greater financial responsibility own of the Community. +To the finish, gentleman President, wanted to *puntualizar the fault of participation in the procedure of this report, because, except the Commission of Agriculture and #some of my colleagues that have helped in the amendments, #can not say that it have had a big participation. +It correct, instead, is to proceed to reexamine line guideline before the first enlargement on the base of the real needs not to block a series of orientative credits with total uncertainty on his *adecuación *respecto so much to the total as to the calendar. +In the report asks to the Commission that boost the optimum methods, the exchange of opinions and experiences, to increase awareness of the population without thus leave to respect subsidiariness principle. +The imperative more decisive of the energetic and environmental politics, to the *acercarnos to #millenium change, is the to fulfil commitments of *Kyoto and to #that *respecto, tax on CO2, #would exert, of course, an important paper. +By reason, believe that the Report *Smet means an important step for the improvement of the situation of *cientos of thousands of workers and to avert that the length of the labour day convert in a half illicit to increase competitiveness. +To5-0060\/1999 of Mr. *Lechner, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, on directive proposal of the relative Council to notification or transfer in States members of judicial documents and *extrajudiciales in civil or mercantile matter [$^*COM$^($^99$^)$ ^219$ ^*C$­^0044$/^1999$ ^1999$/^0102$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\; +By means of the new proposal of the Council for a regulation on competition, recognition and execution of resolutions in familiar subjects and in the relative procedure to the parental responsibility, guarantees now to citizens and citizens of *Europa a unitary civil state. +In this sense only #can express my joy in front of the fact that every time there #be more countries -also countries members of the EU- that recognise marriage among two persons of sex and that comprise that couples #can wish have children and that #this is a wish that have right to see fulfilled. +#One of conditions imposed to *Bulgaria for the opening of adhesion negotiations is specifically fixation of a reasonable calendar for the closure of unit 1-4 of the nuclear head office of *Kozloduy that it has to elaborate before it finalise the year 1999. +Second, in how felt exactly poses problems *Francia? And #can Commissioner confirm that to consequence of the problems posed by *Francia only will have explanation to the French and do not change #any in export plan #british according to a calendar established? +*Me fear that the request to exclude to the #european companies of the application of this criminal law, by very useful that was this exception for the #european companies, in essence, do not solves the problem. +And have to say that I did not have doubt that #that was intention, because this Assembly knows the *curriculum of Commissioner, in particular step by *Hong *Kong, that *nos reveals an unambiguous commitment with defence of the human rights and of a democratic system no limited so only to *Europa. +Afterwards see dimensions of program in #Asia, that rises to some 350 millions of euros to the year, and *me *rasco head thinking in how go to be able to loan the level of necessary assistance to the that it #can be #one of the greater and more important democracies of the world. +Subject: Protection of the interests of the community companies in *Kosovo Telecommunication Organism of #Grecia (*OTE) and the #italian company *STET *International, owners of the 49% of the *Srbija *Telekom, confront in *Kosovo threats and pressures of the *ELK and "#others", with the goal of *expulsarlas of the region, in violation of the international agreements of the two companies, only legal owners of rights of network in *Kosovo. +*Cuando the Council examine, at the end of this year, the results of the Common Action of 1997 in the fight against violence that suffer women, #would be occasion to take the balance of the situation that His *Señoría finishes to describe. +The granting of distinct helps of the authorised that it has produced along these years has allocated, especially, to fund the social field of restructuring plan, specifically complementary compensations to employees sacked. +Gentleman High Representative, have to mention that, personally, have struggled against the Council that *usted chairs more of two years, no with military means, but in the courts, to access to document related with fulfillment, by part of States members, of the criteria that regulate the export of arms. +The European Union, with a common coin, a common market and a common legislation has a common interest in that #everything *ello translate also in security politics and common defence #worthy of credit. +Before being able to express my satisfaction by this proposal, wish that delete ambiguity arisen as a result of observations made by Defence minister #british, #Geoffrey *Hoon, to know, treats of an army *francobritánico or of an army of the EU? +Although, in the Low Countries, #some want to exert paper #british regarding the forced maintenance of the #atlantic relations, and *me refer to the previous #british paper, is not, without embargo, comparable with the questions concerning the *IESD that pose in States members of the neutral EU and without commitment. +And *permítame say to Mr. *Patten that receive with satisfaction it that has said on armaments, but proposes the Commission take follow-up of his previous communications acting with determination in this field and agrees *conmigo in that project meteoric Missile is of crucial importance for the future of defence industry #european? +*Nos add to demands of the #african countries of the south that ask not negotiating the fact that vegetables and animals or the human cells #can be patented subtracting wealth to the less favoured and taking greater multinationals. +Report of Mr. *Lechner (To5-0060\/1999), in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on directive proposal of the Council (*COM(1999) 219 - *C5-0044\/1999 - 1999\/0102(*CNS)) relative to notification or transfer in States members of judicial documents or *extrajudiciales in civil or mercantile matter +The European Commission, of course, analyses very thoroughly #all the action plans in matter of employment that States members of the EU present to Parliament on an annual base, so as to guarantee that they support integral measures and more modern in favour of equality. +The Nordic Green Left (*NGL), composed by the #scandinavian members of the Group *GUE, has voted today in favour of the relative report to the notification of judicial documents in civil and mercantile matter. +Ask to #all the groups and members of parliament of this Assembly that involve in this effort so that the different groups and political strengths take a new effort by dialogue so as to that these peace processes inside the Union have a positive end, as it seems that it is *sucediendo, fortunately and at last, in *Irlanda. +Is especially worrisome that the Government of *Rusia -in spite of promises- do not have begun to look for still a political solution to the crisis, but that follows *presionando only with military measures. +Were #many the that condemn in Parliament methods employed by the #russian army to crush under fire resistance possible to advance without taking in consideration the losses caused in the civil population. +Agree with that it informed to the Groups -and appreciate #a lot of have had the opportunity to talk of this subject with Mr. *Ajmádov-, but in this House never had celebrated up to now an official interview of this type. +Part of motivation that hides behind Diary 2000 is the to fulfil, of credible way, with the regulation of the world-wide trade and of step, of course, convert to *Europa in a key speaker in the world-wide trade; *algo that will not want the Americans. +members of the *OMC have to keep the possibility to concede priority in politics to the public health, to the welfare of animals, to the environmental protection and to solidarity with the countries in development. +Wanted to urge also to the Commission and to States members to that they look for commitment *vinculante of the *OMC that allow to #all the pertinent exports of the less developed countries the free access of tariffs to the #european markets before the year 2003. +Also defend a #red protectionism, in the that it aspire to guarantee the rights of workers and to prevent the use of unfair methods of work, as, for example, hand utilisation of drama childish. +To time, #can not be that the world enrich thanks to a new agreement of the *OMC, but that, simultaneously, impoverish in the field of culture and of the environment, or in the field of agriculture and horticulture, and that lose in terrains that have an essential value for *Europa. +Only #can, then, take emphasis in that the negotiators of the European Union print seal to conversations, so that, to time, consolidate the current basic right of the International Organisation of Trade of face to the future. +The best guarantee for security of foods is transparency of chains alimentary and the existence of a clear assignment of control functions and of the *incumbencia of responsibilities. +#This, without embargo, do not supposes that we created that #many of the inherent problems to the fundamental rights in Chinese are resolved or in roads of solution, neither that *callemos that, in the past, States Joined adopted two weights and measures to hour to demand fulfillment of the social clause. +defence of traditions and specific shots of the own regions by means of restrictions to trade politics looms with undermining the bases of exchange, of development and of knowledge divulging, culture and welfare. +The Council of Ministers has to tackle simultaneously to the Conference *Intergubernamental an internal reform, #such as it requested in the document *Trumpf-*Pires, and the core of #the same has to be the adoption of the vote by majority like norm and the *codecisión of this House, associated to #the same, in #all the legislative acts. +Without embargo, enlargement of the number of actors in the #european stage will pose institutional problems and will generate appreciable operative weaknesses #if they do not adopt opportunely the suitable measures and reforms deeply the current system before enlargement. +The #german diary "*Die *Welt" described yesterday like this the proposal: the classical defence of *Europa will follow being exclusive task of NATO and intervention body of the EU will not compete with this last, but that it will be #one *baza more to disposal. +Like this, consider that the adoption of new federal powers in level of the Union do not takes thing that stress disequilibrium and the moves away of villages that the compose, as it is *sucediendo a bit in each #one of reforms, as they show it the high taxes of abstention, in #all *Europa, in the #european elections. +The Governmental Conference will have to fulfil a very difficult calendar, since it is precise that complete his committed in the planned term for no *ocasionar delay in enlargement and, to time, his committed is to prepare to the European Union for said enlargement, is to say, that is subject to some adjusted *márgenes temporary and confronts with a big challenge. +Have to group, in interest of transparency and efficiency, the constitutional parts of the Treaty, included the regulation of competition, and gather the remaining parts in Treaty of inferior category. +As in the continuation of the question has mentioned the *travesía rail of the *Pirineos among *Francia and *España, want to signal that, in fact, this rail link is not included, by moment, in communication network to #european level, #such as #this understood when being approved in 1996 by the Council and by Parliament. +In consequence, to sight of the concrete failure, checked of said political, the question is: will Follow funding this type of projects that in reality reinforce some totalitarian diets, diets in fact criminal and *opresores of the human rights? +*Me ask #if in the assessments that, as *nos has said, is the Council, has included also an assessment costs\/benefits of it that cost to the #european taxpayers #all fight actions against drug and how benefits are in practice. +Gentleman President, wanted to consider positive the fact that they have taken management in front of *Turquía, but want to signal to time my disappointment *cuando restrictions imposed by *Turquía to freedom of commercial navigation of #everyone, included the fleets *mercantes of the European Union are described simply of performances. +In effect, the purpose of the agreement consisted equally in finding a solution to the problem of the called *whistle *blower, #as well as to the following question: how takes civil servant *cuando has knowledge of the existence of fraud or of indications of corruption, but by reasons that was do not wants to take it know to his upper? +And #if, besides, think that of compliance with this text members of Parliament are forced to collaborate with activities of the *OLAF and are forced to *delatar to colleagues, get to the conclusion that rule attentive against the essence of the free mandate. +To reach politics of nature require measures and efforts to reach unanimity among States members with regard to the need to have a politics of asylum human and generous. +But even with the small modifications approved in the European Parliament, included the minimum limit of age of 18 years and limitation of the number of comparisons of digital prints to avert more possibilities of error, is unacceptable this proposal directed to create a *Europa fortress, closed to the #others citizen. +This organisation of Nations Joined is organ more indicated for solve the nuclear problems that arise in part of the world. +On the other hand, is precise to punish to managers of slaughterings and of attempts against humanity no only so that it take justice in *Timor, but also so that, in fact, #that was an example that present in parts of the world, #where, by misfortune, still exist and persist attacked against the dignity and, especially, against life that, to our understand, is an inalienable right. +Gentleman President, although the situation in *Timor Oriental has taken look thanks to the change of power in Indonesian and thanks to the arrival of peace strength, conditions in the that find citizens of on foot in *Timor Oriental and refugees in *Timor Western continue being very worrisome. +#All have seen the poignant images of the last *reo executed by the Court of *Florida and therefore no *les *extrañará to #any of the colleagues that the first person that appears in the text of the common resolution was citizen #spanish -and therefore of the European Union- #Joaquín #José *Martínez, #whose conviction ask that it review and #whose pity of death ask that it suspend. +Finally, is necessary, as they have defended colleagues, that the European Union and the Council impose the abolition of death pity by means of a special clause in the political and economic agreements with third countries. +The European Union, gentleman *Lamy, #would be had to represent paper in this sense, to avert in the future excess type, that are disastrous for the populations that wish the truth and justice? +In breast of family is #where boys learn values of peace, dignity, tolerance, freedom, equality and solidarity" (Preamble), #as well as the necessary aptitudes to carry to practice values in society during #all life. +*Me satisfies of joy can support the resolution proposal that have today in front of *nosotros, that tends to achieve that these rights recognise: the rights of progenitors to raise children, and the rights of children to this protection and to support. +Of work expect a lot regarding a greater knowledge of the phenomenon, of data existence and comparable informations and especially of surveillance, identification and prohibition proposal of dangerous substances planted in the market. +The own Commission of Juridical Subjects, that has occupied of this subject, has adopted unanimously, repeat, unanimously, this position with the vote of #all the groups and after examination detailed. As I already have said, #would want that this measure cost for #all offences. +Believe that we have advanced of form very substantial in measure in that the European Bank of Investments has accepted that the *OLAF have #all information and have of #everything it necessary to analyse loans *bonificados with bottoms community, it that beyond all doubt has to be the fundamental object of worry. +Gentleman President, after the approval of the amendment presented by Mr. *Lisi, member of the Group of the Popular Party European, elect in Strength lists #Italia, express with greater satisfaction the explanation of my favourable vote to this measure. +Mr. Newton *Dunn chose the *primer *pilar, *nosotros were of the opinion that we #would have to leave the procedure in the *tercer *pilar, because in #this criminal group that make fakes of passports is greater that in the first, #where Mr. Newton *Dunn has included it, and #where concentrates persecution of document fake exclusively on the illegal immigrants. +With *ello adhesion Record treated to keep in measure of it possible the special statute that Canarian had had inside the #spanish State from incorporation to Crown of *Castilla in the century *XV. +As it will know Mr. Commissioner, the week that comes celebrates in *Bruselas a meeting of *partenariado in the that the Commission will argue with the Governments of *España, *Francia and *Portugal and with the Governments of the autonomous regions and the #european members of parliament of these regions the proposals to the *respecto. +Gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen, from takes varied years come treating, first in the frame of the Commission of Economic Subjects and now in the of Industry Commission, the reports and the relative questions to industry and to the naval construction. +Is *algo of it that has to talk *cuando treat the question to have in *Europa field of equal game for the sector; in fact, it that need is field of equal game for workers to scale international. +This sector, that #can seem, from a point of global sight, enough *marginal, exerts without embargo an essential paper in the balance of the economic and social tissue of our maritime coastal zones. +Without embargo, two years ago the European Commission froze the community help, and the of States members, to the construction of new ships while they had not reached the clear-cut goals in orientation plans *plurianuales of scrapping of fuselages. +Want to remember especially to gentleman Commissioner that, in relation with negotiations for adhesion, the Union promised to loan attention to the far situation and to the climatic conditions of *Finlandia when taking decisions on the goals of politics of continental navigation. +Like this have affirmed it civil servants of the General Direction *VII of the Commission, according to letter of #the same dated the 4.8.1999 when calling attention on the fact that help do not saves relation with dockyards of the EU. +Believe that it is fundamental that the European Union exert a strong pressure to get to an agreement of *autolimitación of production by part of *Corea, in addition to #everything it that already has said concerning norms allocated to avert distortion of competition. +But to judge by the current panorama, only #can *decirles that the majority of the Governments are against of the incorporation of article relative to sport in the Treaty. #There is #some Governments that wish to advance in this direction. +As sporty, like #european citizen and like member of Parliament wanted to, on the one hand, manifest very vigorously my disagreement with this proposal of the Council and, on the other hand, *preguntarle how measured thinks to take the Commission so that sport have presupposed in the European Union and so that like this we #can work from here by the #european sport. +Obviously, adhesion negotiations will not be able to begin until *Turquía do not fulfil the political criteria of *Copenhague that put on purpose the accent in the human rights, respect of minorities and the religious freedom without limitations. +From sight point more general, wish to remember that security politics and defence requires the creation of a military industry to scale #european, able to compete with efficiency in the technological and financial plane. +These particular subjects form part of the important group of the agenda of the European Council of *Helsinki, and, as it already has indicated here, this group conforms a dynamic #such, that, to succeed, the summit of *Helsinki will happen to history. +Expect that Speaker in exercise of the Council regret, as I take *yo, the *intromisión of the General Secretary of NATO in politics of the party, #whose logical repercussion is attack to defence politics of *Finlandia and of States members. +Without embargo, in a historical moment like #this, in the *cual or has value to give a big step advance or #if it do not runs the risk to be condemned to a long impotence, consider that audacity and value explain more that realism. +*Me #would enjoy to underline that the editorial of the Letter of Fundamental Rights is a subject of the maximum importance. And will have to watch by that it do not remain in a simple statement and convert by the contrary in character text *vinculante. +Go to answer in an a bit distinct order to the of interventions, but as I see that Mr. *Harbour is still present, also *le will say that the Commission will present to the European Council of *Helsinki a wide initiative on society of information. +Finally, want *comunicarles that the colleague #Chris *Patten, that regrets a lot not being able to be present today here because of a political commitment outside, has to present, jointly with *Poul *Nielson and *conmigo same, a communication on the requirement of respect of the human rights and of democratisation in our external relations. +How is possible to keep death pity and ask *ingresar in the European Union is *algo that do not leaves of *asombrarme; without embargo, it that *me surprises even more is that it talk to concede candidate statute to the one who still has not abolished death pity. +Gentleman President, back the reports of Mr. *Morillon relative to actions directed to reach the economic and social development of *Turquía, #as well as to deepen the union *aduanera among the EU and this country; especially now, after the two earthquakes that has suffered *Turquía this year. +In a report of this year, the WHO get, besides, to the conclusion that pollution of the air caused by vehicle traffic causes even more died that circulation accidents. The costs *macroeconómicos are also high. +Suggest a light modification of the text so that it adjust to a standard terminology; is to say: "Considering that the *benceno is agent *cancerígeno *genotóxico for humans and that no exists an identifiable threshold underneath of the *cual no comport risk for the human health" +After having listened interventions made in the course of the debate, the Commission thinks that States members #would have to can request terms longer to fulfil value limit of *benceno in those cases in that term of 2010 #can involve serious socioeconomic problems. +look already is contemplated among the requirements of general notification of the Directive 96\/62 and the corresponding Decision of the Council 97\/101 on the reciprocal exchange of information on the quality of the air. +Coincide with *él in that the planned term for the entrance in vigour of the directive #can not be on 1 January of the year 2000, but that it has to have enlargement of at least three years to give time to States members to adjust to the directive. +Goes in , for example, the sector of tourism in the concept of trade, in the *front-*loading, in the *predistribución , #if we think that precisely in Christmas period and New Year citizens of States members find in tourist zones, in zones of practice of sport of ski? +This false opinion, that still finds spread, due to the fact that parity among the euro, the dollar and the yen, has followed, lamentably, a *derrotero different to the that seemed to show still day 4 January, do not has to conduct to that impose mistaken ideas on value of the euro. +conditions agreed in the international program of protection of dolphins for the use of networks of siege of *jareta, that will apply provisionally in group in the Community, determine that it incorporate in this regulation a review of the size of tights for two species of *pintarroja. +On the other hand, the fact that *yo was the representative of the greatest island of the Mediterranean -*Sicilia- and president of the province of *Catania, in the *cual is very elevated the number of persons that devote to fishing, *me #would allow to contribute examples of daily experiences. +Report (To5-0065\/1999) of Mrs. *Breyer, in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer on directive proposal of the European Parliament and the Council on the limits of *benceno and monoxide of carbon in the air acclimatise (*COM(1998)591 - *C4-0135\/1999 - 1998\/0333(*COD)) +The fact to favour "the #european implantation of *Turquía", as it expressed it #Jacques *Chirac in *Estambul, on 18 November, recognising candidate statute to *Turquía, will be perceived by the #turkish authorities like stimulus to continue with politics. +Have the *sensatez of not changing this situation, gentleman President, and entrust in the means of modern payment, like the banking cards or the electronic wallet, to facilitate life of travellers and of those who live in border zones. +#If we examine by moment bottom reason, believe that we have to recognise that the *OMC do not has to be already the one who supervise liberalisation negotiation among countries industrialised and that this situation has been modified of two forms: in the first place, no longer #can *limitarnos to reduce obstacles *arancelarios and no *arancelarios to exchanges. +In truth, #if it do not appears reference expresses, means that agriculture will be treated like a normal economic activity, with it that they will be every time greater pressures of competitors to finish with #all support types achieved. Underline it of "#all the types". +The *segunda thing that have seen -and believe that here neither #would owe *hacernos illusions-: the interest of the civil society, #such as it has manifested in *Seattle, has not been merely an interest by the world-wide round, but also demonstration against #everything it that do not likes to persons. +In the Country of *Gales, of #where come from, receive important sums with charge to the structural Bottoms, but line that separates the creation of work place and the *salvaguarda of work place is badly clear-cut and, therefore, *nos results difficult to evaluate it effective that have been said structural Bottoms. +In the next years will have to exert a fundamental paper regarding the examination of the financial frame and of the frame with seen to enlargement, because it will be then *cuando see until where gives of himself\/hisself *SOCRATES *II and capacity to attend to the new European Union expanded. +Definitely, person badly formed is not able to insert in society, in spite of #all his unseen or visible aptitudes, and think that it is loss no only for the market of employment but also for society in general. +The proposal has two fundamental goals: on the one hand, the creation of control system and obligation of parts *contratantes and on the other hand, the set up of program allocated to boost fulfillment of norms of the *CPANE by fuselages of third parts. +Gentleman President, this directive represents the *primer case in that the European Commission answers with a proposal to appeal presented by the European Parliament in virtue of the power of indirect legislative initiative that *le awards the Treaty of *Maastricht. +Is an important and notable fact of face to the balance *interinstitucional because it shows that Parliament #can find to an attentive and available speaker *cuando, with arrangement to the planned procedures in the Treaty, asks to the Commission that give follow-up to an initiative founded. +Gentleman President, two years after the negative result of the referendum in Swiss on integration in the Economic Space European, the Council authorised to the Commission to negotiate bilateral agreements with country in the fields that went necessary. +Declare my full compliance with bottom subject, is to say, with calculation method that proposes to distribute the number of permissions among the different States members and that, in the circumstances mentioned, is the most objective, rigorous and *equitativo of the possible. +Gentleman President, the proposal of the Commission has by object deliver the 90% of permissions to States members that have the greater part of circulation with Swiss and guarantee to time a basic contingent for #all States members of 1500 permissions to the year. +Sometimes has the impression of that, according to a determined way to understand the protection of the environment, the affirmation of principle, by not saying the concept, at the end is more important that the concrete result. +The Commission #can not accept the amendment 30, #whose goal is to expand the possibilities to concede exceptions in the case of substances that already have left of use . +The greater problems find in the unsatisfactory internal situation, in the anomalies in the operation of the democratic system and in rape of the human rights, included the rights of minorities. +Need to clear varied things, #such as paper of members of the EU that are not it of NATO in strength and member paper of NATO that are not it of the EU concerning strength, #if they wish to take part. +*Me #one to the wish of Prime minister, Mr. *Lipponen, that #if *Rusia exerted better in the future quality of member of the world-wide community, #would take possible to carry out cooperation *transfronteriza among the Union and *Rusia in border north, and *ello #would confer *substancialidad to the #nordic dimension. +Gentleman President, in the presentation of the conclusions of *Helsinki, President has formulated two propositions: a process of enlargement effective and #worthy of credit has to have continuity, and the countries candidates take part in equality of conditions in adhesion process. +The Commission has approved also a communication in the that formulate the goals and principles of politics audiovisual community to half term and formulates a strategy for call "was of the digital means". +The first proposal refers to the materialisation of training program for professionals of the #european industry of audiovisual programs, the called program "Half-Training", in the that appears a financial endowment of 50 millions of euros for the period 2001-2005. +Therefore, bottom is simultaneously bottom that has emergency component, but that, to time, has like goal the to guarantee the finance of measures of structural politics of support to the received, integration and the voluntary repatriation of refugees and *asilados. +Now well, believe that the greater consumption of audiovisual products Europeans requires rather pedagogy directed to the own Europeans, stimulus to taste and to assessment of the #european culture and rejection of *tantos products of bad quality that *nos get of parts of the world. +In this directive is foreseen that boys that *reagrupan with a familiar that was permanent legal immigrant in the countries of the Union will have right to the total education in conditions that children of citizens of States members. +#Can *garantizarle that so much the General Direction of Justice and Subjects of Interior like the General Direction of Employment and Social Subjects have very clear consciousness that it is of strategic importance guarantee access to education of boys of the legal immigrants in the countries of the Union. +Without embargo, in this context *yo *les #would pray that they take into account that perhaps it #would suit to procure establish links among the competent services in matter of transport and the competent services in the field of competition, so as to advance in the adoption of decisions of general character in matter of politics of transports in *Europa. +*Permítanme that *recapitule moment to remember that said granting goes to award, but still has not awarded, with condition and commitment that the pertinent income of motorway will invest in the tunnel of the base of the *Brénero, or was, in the railway. +In the work committee on indicators of the quality and in the ministerial level examine explanatory factors, like study plan, training of professors, resources, the evaluation and other. +To trial the agenda of the Council of Ministers of Education of the past 26 November had been able to receive the proposal of a permanent committee on the quality of education. +do not considers the Commission that all #this constitutes a clear discrimination inside a same Been member and, besides, forces to the inhabitants that #would want to play in the regions of the centre and of the south to resort to States members -exist *cientos of casinos in *Europa- before remaining to play in the north of #Italia? +Subject: Price of tourism cars In front of advertising of the subject, the Commission will have proof that car manufacturers of tourism are much more in Realm Joined that in countries of the EU by identical cars. +#If *yo organised a round table with industry -with the sellers and manufacturers-, #would be *usted had to assist and examine with *ellos how #can find form to finish with this problem, without thus leave to resort to the instruments in matter of competition, #if it do not remains more remedy? +Regarding category 1 *B, estimate very timely the decision of the Council to accept the amendment of Parliament to get to quality politics for the agricultural products Europeans. +My Group will support, besides, the rest of the amendments of category 1 *B. Now that take place negotiations of the *OMC, and *cuando #everyone talks that it carry out a fine rural politics, is important that the European Union exert an active politics in this field. +#If the problem has to to the *inadecuación of income system of the European Union, it will be necessary to recognise the need to modify finance system of the European Union to solve it. +Specifically, proposes the nomination for the first time of Mr. *Reynders of *Bélgica, Mrs. *Geoghegan-*Quinn of *Irlanda, Mr. *Caldeira of *Portugal and Mr. *Fabra *Vallés of *España, and the nomination for a new mandate of Gentlemen *Mohr of *Dinamarca, *Salmi of *Finlandia, #Clemente of #Italia and *Karlsson of *Suecia, quoted following the alphabetic order of the countries that the have designated. +*Eso wants to say that it competes also to the Court of Accounts watch by that the protection of the financial interests of the Community take from a *corpus *juris only and leave to take , as up to now, from legislation disperses, unconnected and contradictory, that treats the diverse attempts against the financial interests of the Community in accordance with politics to the that refer and no in accordance with principles *equitativos. +The possibility to suspend action in the *nefasta hypothesis of explosion of a crisis is, definitely, a strong *disuasivo that will force to the New Independent States and *Mongolia to find a solution negotiated to clashes and to *reducirlos to a dialectic normal politics. +The purpose to reach an agreement on some common norms is hit in the context of an economy *globalizada, but also from sight point of the global requirements in matter of protection of the environment. +In the debate on adhesion to the Agreement of 1958, in the frame of the Report *Kittelmann elaborated in moment, already kept a vehement discussion on until how point *ello put in *entredicho the political participation of Parliament, specifically right of *codecisión. +And no treats only of questions so popular like the rise of level of the sea and the disappearance of the small States *isleños or flood of the lowest zones of *Bangladesh or of the Low Countries. +Is urgent, as, that now adopt important measures to associate to citizens to the takings of decision in the matter, to end of *responsabilizarlos in front of the phenomenon of the climatic change, by means of, for example, instauration of wide advertising campaigns, that act on the behaviours of each #one. +Of here that *me *extrañe that nobody from then have taken quotation to this fact in the concrete proposals with sight put in fulfillment of commitments of *Kioto and *me #would enjoy to ask to the Commission #if #this specifically forms part of reflections of the Commission. +The *segunda: that, at last, in the field of car, further of norms that have approved, have of renewal strategy of the ancient park, park that contaminates considerably more, in comparison with the park of recent vehicles. +The argument, according to the *cual the nuclear energy is not a sustainable method of production of energy owing to waste and, therefore, #can not be included in the field of development mechanisms no *contaminante, is not argument *defendible in no way. +Have to allocate more bottoms to sources of alternative energy and announces likewise that the utilisation of solid fuels and oil will give step to a greater utilisation of natural gas and renewable energies and to electricity generation in the future. +The European Union underlines this special identity of *Macao and considers important that conserve the rights and freedoms of citizens in compliance with the conjoint Statement of Chinese and *Portugal, issued in 1987, and with the Constitution of the special autonomous region. +In our opinion are created conditions so that they develop the economic and cultural relations with cooperation base and mutual benefit among the Popular Republic of Chinese, in particular by means of *Macao, the European Union and States members. +Report (To5-0084\/1999) of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market, relative to the decision on verification of the *credenciales after the *quinta direct election to the European Parliament, of the 10 to 13 June 1999 +. (IN) The Commission considers that the common position is a pragmatic and efficient solution that solves satisfactorily the problems of the majority of accidents in the that the two parts involved are #european, is to say, the that occur in the interior of the European Union. +Gentleman President, wanted to call attention in the amendment 13 on an important difference among the #german text -that of course is the original text of Mr. *Rothley- and the #english versions and believe that also the French. +The true solution resides no in tolerance of information fault of consumers, but in the greater efforts that make to separate products modified genetically of the conventional products, in #all production process. +A #european conference #can celebrate simultaneously to a meeting of the UN, only #if, by part, endows of a political #european intern and #if, on the other hand, shows a common determination in the frame of the dynamics of the UN. +The Commission of the Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities of Parliament has explicitly included in goals follow-up and the realisation of the international agreements, #such as Action Platform of *Beijing. +The unanimous opinion of the Managerial Committee Scientific that there #be not need to review the decision to raise the embargo on meat of *vacuno #british was enormously *tranquilizadora in this sense. +Support the call of Mr. *von *Wogau, but also wanted to *referirme to appeal of Mr. *Goepel, because it has taken a constitutional suggestion very interesting, to know, that the representative of the Council take part in connection with the Report *Papayannakis. +*Cuando the French Agency of Health and Security in Foods challenged this decision, *algo that was in right to take, *me imagine that in terms of his own competition, the case was put in hands of the Scientific Committee, that backed by unanimity security of meat of *vacuno #british. +Regarding the referendum, the Council, instead, has taken note of the report of the General Secretary of Nations Joined that it remits to the need of *reflexionar thoroughly on the possible consequences that #can have this subject, also the related with the date of the referendum. +Gentleman President, the European Union has not taken part on purpose in treatment of this subject, but, without embargo, studies means to contribute of constructive form to advance of the peace process in the region of the *Sáhara Western. +In this context, the Presidency #finnish confirmed that the European Union considers important fulfillment of the four Agreements of Gin and of the two complementary Protocols, that constitute the fundamental treaties of the international humanitarian Right. +By a *desencuentro among the Groups of this Assembly -believe that more of formality that by disagreement on bottom of the proposal-, did not include #this for the debate, but will insist in next Plenaries in attention to the importance of the subject, very highlighted by the answer of the representative of the Council. +Has foreseen to influence the Council so that, when reforming the procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the own Court adopt the principle of advertising and give greater transparency to the process of taking of decisions? +Although -for example, in Realm Joined- exists the legal right to impose interests to payments delayed, there #be not practically forms to achieve materialisation and the judicial actions are not practical to recover small debts. +Propose a maximum term of eight months. And with amendments, of course, approved by the Environment Commission, gentleman President, substantially coincide also *nosotros with the proposals to leave to side the *codecisión, so that we do not lose time and forcing was a reality it before possible. +Without pretending minimise the gravity of the situation, the repercussions in confidence of consumers have been a lot greater, in my opinion, that the real threat to the public health. +It that do not has explanation is that #all States members of the European Union matter dairy products with *BST -the pertinent majority of the *EEUU, the Czech Republic, *Eslovaquia or *Bulgaria- that get to the table of consumers from takes long, for example cheeses elaborated with milk obtained by means of technician. +compatriots, the international opinion, know that conviction was solid, when declaring to exit of prison: "Like free man, *me engage to take all it that was in power to bring peace to *Timor Oriental and to my village". +The community budgets for the year 2000 approved today in the European Parliament are an important step in the correct direction, is to say, so that the EU assume an every time greater responsibility by citizens. +(*FI) Consider reasonable that attend the next year to the relative financial needs to the crisis of *Kosovo by means of the use of flexibility in general. Regarding Chapter 4, has not proceeded still to the review of the financial perspectives. +book is a very cultural, writing is the first form of fixation of language, of identification of language. And create, even being important fulfillment of norms of competition, that the cultural look of the subject has to consider of equal importance and rank. +Why the Commission #would not collect our proposal to extend the possibility to apply the system of the only price of book to the group of States members? +Want likewise ensure to #all participants in the debate that, to the equal that *ustedes, the Commission and *yo attribute importance to culture, to book, recognise the cultural importance of book and are had to take into account these specificities. +By reason, the EU #would have to *prorrogar sale embargo of arms to Indonesian, that already hard four years, as #if we had to raise said embargo of armament, the message that #would send to soldiers #would be, undoubtedly, that accepts performance and the recognise, whereas, as I finish to signal, *eso is far to be the case. +Have to command a clear message to the #indonesian authorities in the sense that we do not go to accept by more time contempt by respect wishes of the human rights and of peace of the international community. +Gentleman President, sure enough, once again the European Parliament has to pronounce against of death pity, against of the greater rape of the human rights that follows committing in the world, many times and for our collective shame, to the protect of laws that have elaborated men that represent the popular sovereignty. +Therefore I want to call attention on point 5 of our Resolution, that says that we reiterate appeal to the Council that it incorporate in negotiations with third countries -with #all- "the abolition of death pity like clause of respect of the human rights" . +Gentleman President, for Christian moratorium request to death pity and abolition is not only a duty or an obligation, but an ethical election of respect to person that has mistaken and that it #can and has to redeem . +The public execution of *Zaarmeena, the obligation to carry the *burka, the negation of the right to health and to education of women are only #some examples of the flagrant rapes that against the human rights commit in said country. +Gentleman President, am outraged by arrest conditions of the political prisoners in *Djibouti, but am equally outraged by hypocrisy of the leaders of the #french State, those who #can, #if they wanted to it, put end immediately to authoritarianism and to the bad deals that it is responsible diet of *Djibouti. +This circumstance do not prevents that #such electoral process contradict the agreements of Nations Joined for the elimination of form of discrimination, and that likewise contradict the international pacts on civil rights and politicians. +The European Union fixed his opinion on *Afganistán in a Common Position adopted on 25 January 1999, in the that affirmed clear and unambiguously that will demand respect of the human rights in *Afganistán and, in particular, will defend the rights of women #afghan. +Have to hear the calls of the International Federation of Cross #Red and loan attention to the grave situation in that it finds persons, that in the past remained decimated by things #such as the orange agent, employed by the #EE.UU. Now, the natural catastrophes *les cause problems still greater. +To title of example, and among *tantos #others, the General Council of *Pirineos Oriental has approved help of 42 millions of frank, the region *Languedoc-*Rosellón, help of 50 millions, the Senate, help of 400.000 frank and, finally, the #french Government announced help of 1,2 *millardo. +Gentleman President, only want to say that the liberal do not want to take part in these votes on the natural catastrophes because we think that this subject no competes to the European Parliament and believed to have understood that we no longer #would have to treat this type of decisions. +*Eso *me allows *decirles that Speaker had wanted to be with *ustedes in these moments, but, lamentably, as *ustedes know, is delicate of health days and, therefore, in name, in the of the Table and in the #mine own, *les wanted to express to #all *ustedes his best wishes for Christmases, for this next year and went to say the next #millenium. +And without embargo, of product live *bastantes families of agriculturalists in the producing countries, and especially, in *Baviera, that do not have to be abandoned to luck in a period in that prices drop constantly, #as well as they neither have to remain empty determined agricultural zones by temporary difficulties caused by irregularities in the operation of the market. +change carries to cancel determined articles of the ancient regulation and #this is it that takes the new regulation, and takes well; *nosotros vote in favour of the new regulation together with the amendments of Mr. *Mayer, signalling that regulation proposal do not has sequela on the budget. +The Commission backs #many of the amendments that have proposed, especially #that that mention a budgetary control more severe, by #if it produced a political evolution refusal in the country, and also the proposal so that it deliver a final report the year 2004. +In the Council no is consensus on this question, by it that regret *muchísimo *tenerle that say that I do not see the most minimum possibility that during the Presidency #german #can conclude this subject, in any case no of a positive mood. +Insisting in the question, do not believes *usted that it #would be better that the European Union took in hands -no only supported- his charitable influence on *Marruecos to demand that in these six months, that are very sensitive, achieved referendum just that so much expect the *saharauis? +Subject: Measures of support to the insular regions of the *UniónSegún article 158 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, #one of the obligations of the Union is the adoption of measures to reduce delay of the regions or islands less favoured. +Know that in the next days will begin in *Nairobi peace negotiations on the internal situation in *Sudán and, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, *me ask #if it #can not pose this same question in said negotiations, so as to that the Government of *Sudán perceive the strong pressure of the international community. +#Which are participation modalities that the Presidency in exercise of the Council has foreseen for the European Parliament in the next Summit of Bosses of State and of Government of the European Union and of the countries of *América Latin and of the *Caribe, that will take place in River of *Janeiro the next month of June? +A possible participation of deputies of the European Parliament in the Conference of State Bosses and of Government of the European Union, *Latinoamérica and the *Caribe that will celebrate to finals of June of 1999 in River of *Janeiro, regulates according to the procedure that the Council agreed on 30 October 1998. +By it that refers to the Commission, this institution has been already object of a particular report of Mr. *Bourlanges, that this Assembly approved do not takes a lot and that comports a series of proposals directed to improve operation. +#If also in the future Parliament will follow showing prudence to hour to entrust increasingly tasks to the Commission, will mean that it will have known *perseverar in the spirit of the resolution of the colleague *Herman, to the one who with taste go back to *rendir homage. +Finally and especially, transparency, democracy and rigour for the Council, #if it wants to be day a true government, but with #this go out surely of the field of the Report *Herman and even of the Report *Bourlanges to go in in the of the future conference *intergubernamental that this morning announced -*me has seemed to hear- President in exercise, thing of the that *me congratulate #if *nos confirms. +Certainly, treats of a subject that will have to be resolved of a global way and, for *ello, is indispensable, before that at all, a new cultural approximation of the group of the #czech society but corresponds to the Government of *Praga activate #all the legislative measures that favour integration. +In this sense, create absolutely pertinent the initiative of the Presidency #german to extend program *PHARE also to support of the social dimension of the economy of the countries candidates. +Like this as, from sight point of diversity of nature, the situation of these countries #can consider even very fine or, at least, considerably better that in the greater part of States current members. +As I already have had opportunity to say many times in these debates, in my opinion the greater deficiency of countries is the administration and the judicial system, #as well as modernisation fault and of investments. +*Eslovenia, the penultimate in row of the countries with the that are: especially in the report on November progresses remained clear that regarding harmonisation in general *Eslovenia had not taken the sufficient progresses. +By error -*me has signalled it Mr. *Speciale, the one who was speaker for *Eslovenia-have signalled a series of delays suffered by *Eslovenia in the *preparativos for adhesion, without that it have pronounced the following positive sentences that *me #would enjoy still went included in record on the subject, #if it #can be. +#would Have to find a balance among the situation that gave in the past *cuando had to pray that *nos came to visit and the present situation in that visitors are so numerous because the European Parliament, graces also to work, has converted in more important. +civil servants of the Commission cooperate a lot in our work and *les remain appreciated thus, but, for request minority that the Commission has not been able to resolve, is evident that is not a fine practice the entrust so much in personnel of the Commission. +Believe that Defender of Village has defended of sufficient form transparency and information, and finish, gentleman President, with a *alegato in favour of style change, so that *Europa do not represent the *hermetismo and bureaucracy, but democracy and transparency. +Keep disposals by the that the community institutions #can deny to facilitate to Defender of the Populate documents receiving of form properly reasoned to secret professional or because civil servants and the rest of employees pronounce in name and following instructions of administrations, no only is not necessary, but especially improper. +In September of 1997, the Commission wanted to concede 35 millions more to program. The European Parliament called to order to the Commission because in the case of a simple budgetary increase is not necessary the procedure of *codecisión. +amendments procure to improve the fight against fraud and Mrs. *Peijs has *percatado of the most important of #all, that treats of form to relate collection costs with execution criteria. +To time *emplazo to the Commission to that take very seriously the application of the White Book so that the concept that my Group and *yo back #can take reality. Am convinced that this White Book opens the path to a sustainable mobility on a long-term basis in *Europa. +Like Group of the Popular Party European *nos see forced to refuse the proposal of the Commission to introduce a uniform system of *tarificación for #all transport moods on the base of the called social costs *marginales. +And to me *me seems that it #would be important that Parliament showed the priority that attributes to relations with the regional and local authorities, that represent the intermediate levels of #all can, of #all institutional political structure; in definite, with *ellos share our elective character. +The Greens have voted against of agreement proposal of fishing with the *Seychelles as we also have voted against of fishing agreements, no because *nos *opongamos to fishing agreements in principle, but because we estimate that it is precise to modify the approach that follows the EU. +On the other hand, am fully in accordance with the unconditional backrest to the military intervention of NATO, for treating of a necessary operation, correct and positive, and help to the neighbouring States. Without embargo, there #be point that throw in fault. +Therefore, in this case, regarding Serbian and *Kosovo, after ten years of intermittent negotiations, of transgressions of the human rights, of rapes, of slaughterings, of destructions and of deportations, in the origin of the *cuales *nos find always with *Milosevic, no existed, alas, another solution, as it did not go utilisation of strength to detain crimes! +Like this as, only have offered to the SIN wait hall, admission terms permanently differed, as #if it treated of a mirage, it that generates exclusion, discrimination, frustrations and humiliations. +In effect, #all States confront to destruction problems of the environment, of pollution or even of congestion of the urban centres. In this sense, the goal of *internalizar the external costs generated by the different moods of transport is perfectly justified. +By reason the package of relative measures to the railways foresees explicitly the granting of subsidies to lines *férreas *cuando have external costs *impagados in moods of competitive transport, as for example road. +And finish, gentleman President, going back to appreciate sincerely the amply favourable report presented and the opportunity that *me has offered to explain the position of the Commission regarding the amendments that consider inadmissible and that expect that they #can reexamine to sight of it that have said. +In the first place and before that at all, wanted to appreciate to the acting speaker, Mrs. #Colombo *Svevo, the hard work made and disposal that has shown to collect the amendments and suggestions of the Commission of Public Freedoms and Inner Subjects. +Constitutes security a priority for the Commission, *cuando #this *presiona to countries like Swiss so that it dismantle restrictions of transport by road or *cuando imposes competition and liberalisation in this sector, in detriment of the rail transport, although this last was safer and ecological? +Gentleman President, will have been necessary death of forty persons in the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, in terrible circumstances, so that the #european authorities take consciousness of the consequences of the uncontrolled development of transport by road in mountain zones. +Is evident that the results of investigations *esclarecerán the circumstances of drama, and in this sense, have to congratulate to the #french Government for having acted with rapidity and for having public fact the first resulted of investigations. +Gentleman President, in the past weeks, diet #burmese has gone back to drop in infamy: Mrs. Saint *Suu *Kyi, Prize *Sájarov, that did not enjoys of freedom of movement, #can not at least go back to see to husband before it died. +On the other hand, until they do not guarantee the human rights and do not restart this democratic process wished by the immense majority of village #burmese, will be impossible to establish normal relations and, add, board any type of relation with country. +Is very #sad ascertain that, only century chamber later, begins to have a small possibility that it treat with justice to the victims. But even this small possibility looms with disappear #if it hides the implication in genocide of the current political leaders. +The solution, therefore, is only #one: an International Penal Court, a natural judge attendant to judge #all crimes against humanity, committed by person, in place and in time. +To mood to see, the modifications proposed prejudice seriously to the small employers and to the economic sector that it treats, since to date #this have been supply relations usual and efficiency has remained shown. +Are convinced that #all citizens *estonios have to have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on problems of adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide belonging of the country to the EU. +The congratulate thus, and also the congratulate for having left proof that measures proposed by the Commission #would not have to aggravate the cost of transport, but allow utilisation of the most efficient infrastructures and more respectful of the environment. +transport companies #european, treat of the railway, of transport by road, of the aerial traffic or of the maritime and inner navigation, are the most modern of the world. +By it other, #would wish that the relative questions to the rights of boy appeared in the agenda *prioritario of the European Union, since only in this way will be able to defend our future and our position among the community of States civilised. +Base in article 235 of the Treaty in place of the 129, #can carry to exclude of program *DAPHNE #all the subjects related with violence, the sexual exploitation and the treats of women and boys, with the excuse that these subjects no *atañen to the public health. +Support categorically efforts of our two Commissions, so much Right Commission of Woman like the Commission of Inner Subjects, that, as it wanted to say, have tried to expand of different ways the proposal modified of the European Commission. +Therefore, have said that this procedure #would conduct to the absurd, and the absurd has to be always refused in interpretation of article, and much more in the case of censorship motion, that is a highly political instrument. +The aging, like the greater part of stages in life of person, affects of distinct way to men and to women, by it that no treats at all of a neutral phenomenon with arrangement to distribution among sexes. +Numerous organisations no governmental have proposed that in the next reform of the Treaty of the EU include relation of the fundamental rights of citizens, among the that #would appear the level of minimum subsidy. +The Commission proposed in Diary 2000 deepen and expand even more reform of the year 1992, especially with seen to improve competitiveness of the #european agriculture so much in the inner market as in the external markets. +In the Union promotes sale of starch and of products derived by means of helps to production *cuando said products use in industrial sectors without mechanisms of protection in front of import, #such as the chemical or pharmaceutical industries or industry of paper. +Believe that also investigation of the effects in the field that still today #can describe of product of niche, is very important, by it that #many thanks to Mr. *Garot for having put finger in sore and have forced to the Commission to take *algo with foundation and orientation. +In bottom, the subject of the rich animal feeding in proteins already treated in the agreement of *Blair *House, that takes reference to seeds *oleaginosas transformed *trituradas. But said agreement resulted so *restrictivo that finished hampering development of seed crop *oleaginosas in the EU. +Ask to the Commission #if, of compliance with the current communicative courses transatlantic in matter of agriculture, #can communicate to States Joined that these measures are similar to the that adopt States Joined, and that, as a result of *ellas, has remained suppressed the relative restriction to tonne million of seeds *oleaginosas *trituradas. +The greater part of capacity enlargements, carried out to answer to growth of demand, make at present in his greater part out of the European Union, already was in States Joined or in emergent countries like Chinese, Indian or *Brasil. +But, after all, corresponds to Parliament and to the Commission make the fine work, and, especially, take advantage of the opportunities that still exist in these markets and that no longer there #be for the massive products. In the first the opportunities #be. +*Me seems that President of Parliament, that has taken all it possible to keep colloquium out of the halls of Parliament, has not acted like President of Parliament, but like a *correligionario of Mr. *Aznar and regret it. +As *eso is particularly important before an electoral campaign, in the that #some deputies *honorarios are knowingly the title to give the impression of that they follow being deputies to this Assembly, wanted to *instarle to that it write it before possible to #all the that still have this title for *informarles on the new article and the new situation. +Now *incoaré a process in the Court of First Instance of *Luxemburgo with the question of principles: #who determines work order of deputies chosen, with type of economic sanctions, *nosotros same or the Table? +In order of ideas, gentleman President, #would fit to think #if has sense that, in the last weeks of the current term of office, this Assembly pronounce on the suspension of the parliamentary immunity of colleague that *nos took to know that it did not go to present to the elections. +From now on, from the next term of office, competitions of this commission, of this deceased Commission of Regulation, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities, will deliver among two great commissions: the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens and the Commission of Institutional Subjects. +This strategy involves the suitability of an a lot greater efficiency in control of costs of State, of improvement in efficiency and quality of the public cost. +Is necessary to increase the percentage of participation in work markets, guaranteeing a greater flexibility of these markets, adapting the systems of social protection and reducing work costs, especially the of low qualification. +With a view to reach a *aseguramiento sustainable of a high level of employment is precise to develop a strategy to longer term allocated to discover social potentials of creativity, innovation, spirit *renovador, disposal to investment and to attainment in the sense of the guidelines of employment politics. +#If by means of caution to hour to elevate the liquid wages increase gains and investments in new places of work, no suffices with dismissing to collaborators with a gratitude by prudence shown. +will Say to conclude, gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, that the Commission subscribes with taste proposal to proceed of systematic mood to an annual evaluation of the set up by States members of the great orientations, it that it #can carry out from the spring of the 2000, on the base of these recommendations by countries. +By it that refers to politics *macroeconómica, has to have an exchange of opinions among the pertinent instances on each #one of elements of the combination of political -fiscal politics, tendencies *salariales and monetary politics- so that each #one of *ellas #can contribute fully to growth and to creation process of employment. +In relation to the monetary politics, #can give the impression that exist differences concerning the previous year, because it takes into account the fact that now, to difference of the past year, exists a Central Bank independent European and no suits to interfere in independence. +#If it continues the fine collaboration of the last weeks among Parliament, the Council and the Commission, will be able to approve still before the #european elections #all the normative device for an independent office of fight against fraud. +No fits doubt that the Council, #as well as Parliament and the Commission, are #all the possible efforts directed to struggle against fraud and, especially, also out of approval procedure of the management. +Neither is of receipt that against of the budgetary rule -repeat, against of the budgetary rule- was usual, especially in the field of investigation, pay *anticipos without that know number of participants and of participants or the costs that will follow of measures in question. +But to the equal that the European Court of Accounts and probably also the European Parliament, the Council concedes also a big importance to that undertake a total modernisation and a complete reformulation of the budgetary regulation. +Happening to bottom subjects of the report that have presented and that now has to appear like annex of this resolution, had three important subjects that put of relief, #all it *cuales have remained confirmed by the report of the Commission of Experts. +The decisions on the approval of the management do not have to represent a too much heavy charge and *gravosa for Parliament, #can not get to a situation in the that no *nos *atrevamos to approve the budgetary management. +Already then, in December, in the debate on the approval of the management for 1996, affirmed since really I am surprised of the arrogance that reflects in the Treaties, that we have not foreseen the case of denial of the approval of the management. +As *ustedes know, the Commission remitted on 1 May to Parliament and to the Council a communication that indicates with precision the consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty for #all the proposals that have presented with anteriority and that still have not been adopted. +My *segunda worry resides in that *colisionan two models, precisely in the case of hormones: the famous #american model, #if *me allow *ustedes designate it like this, with a different system of sanitary assistance, and the #european model that plants with more strength in *primer plane element of assistance. +It that *me concerns is the question of how will be able to *tratarnos mutually in the future and how will achieve *ponernos of agreement about a greater volume of common standards in the frame of the new commercial round world-wide and, on the other hand, how will be able to guarantee a greater grade of independence and of autonomy in self-determination of regions and of states. +#One of the most surprising conclusions was that really we did not go by behind States Joined in terrain, except an exception, in terrain of services, and in #all services from the lowest until the highest. +But, *Señorías, *cuando treats to create employment, States members have to occupy especially of the structural measures, the reduction of the labour costs, the *flexibilización of work, the promotion of work part time and, sure enough, ascertain that it remains a lot for taking in this field. +#If #this is the council that *le have given his juridical services, is also it that civil servants of the Commission *nos explained in the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and Industrial Politics, and no *nos convinces of the all and perhaps #would not be bad idea go back to study it *jurídicamente. +Wanted to say to Mr. *Prodi that in Group believe that, like part of his #european vocation for a new #millenium and for the new *Europa expanded, maybe #would owe *reflexionar on the suitability to introduce in the debate the idea of a constitution for *Europa. +Is necessary to open a true new stage in the transparent and effective operation of the Commission and in relation with Parliament, so that the collegiate responsibility do not prevent the individual responsibility of commissioners. +The Greens have listened with attention intervention of today, that besides adjusts well to the letter that *nos sent and in the that loans a greater attention that in his first intervention to development sustained, to the environment and to the protection of consumers. +It true is that, by it that to *nosotros *respecta, is fundamental that President of the Commission have of a strong Commission, #such as it declared Professor *Prodi this morning, a transparent and punctual Commission in relation with Parliament, relation *jalonada by commitments that have to respect in moment and that *nos allow to work and progress jointly without *entorpecernos mutually. +Gentleman President *Prodi, *usted was proposed by the European Council in hours in that NATO attacked *Yugoslavia in virtue of the mandate of President of States Joined and of Government bosses of the European Union that *le have designated. +Has *usted now the opportunity to take it, since, in addition to explain today with the presence of #all Parliament, also finds present the majority of the political Groups that already tackled this important point in the last partial period of sessions. +stage that go to initiate now will have to be to service of the consolidation, the improvement and the strengthening of it already achieved, reform period of head until extremities, like the described #Tony *Blair. +And the impression that *nos has left is the that it has not wanted to talk of this subject. And is a pity, because clarity in these subjects is a necessary condition for acceptance of his remaining and *loables reformist purposes. +Mr. *Herman, it is necessary to distinguish among disposals planned by the annex of the Regulation for management approval and disposals planned by the annex of the Regulation for other votes. +Lamentably has not been possible to modify said amendments of commitment, *algo that it had wanted to take, and place that #can not *resignarme to vote in favour of some texts that do not guarantee that consumer #can distinguish easily honey mattered of quality honey produced in the Community, *me have abstained. +reforms of the market, that #would have to constitute the *tercer element, consist in a combination still no very defined of proposals *desreguladoras and a frame of necessary definitions for a loyal competition in the field of the only market. +Of mood that Parliament has to control the fine execution of the community budget, has to verify also the execution of his own budget by part of the General Secretary and by the whole of civil servants, #whose honesty and qualities are not in question. +In terms more general, support to speaker in #all conclusions, included the need to return the decision on the approval of the management in the exercise 1997 to the Economic and Social Committee. +*Permítanme that add it following, from the position of somebody that in the years 1991 and 1992 regretted, in the context of the #german inner politics, that had got to the disintegration of *Yugoslavia -in the that Mr. *Milosevic had an essential paper- and that considered friend of Serbian. +In the Liberal Group accept the current formulation of the report about the relative strategy to *Rusia, but wish to suppress point of postponement of the taking of decisions in this field. +In definite, the fundamental principle here is a principle that has established the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice: the principle of loyal collaboration among the institutions. +Therefore, even sharing criticisms, in bottom and in form, formulated by the speaker, am adherent of a fast collaboration and of negotiation among Parliament and the Council that allow to conclude works on the Statute and approve it. +Without valuing the position that finishes to keep on the subject that *nos occupies, yes have to say that -today like Commissioner and yesterday like member of parliament- have appreciated always, from the coincidence and from discrepancy, strength of arguments and vigour of convictions. +In this context also want to say that payment term for the new buildings has determined now definitively to 10 years instead of the 15 years previously planned. With *ello reduce the interests in some 60 millions of euros and averts an unseen loan on future budgets. +The General Secretary *nos has ensured in the debate that have had with the in the *concertación and in the commission that #this is the start of a new politics of personnel that bases especially in that the quality and no passport was the principle for a promotion. +Without embargo, the *APG that today *nos occupies already gives the first indications that the Union will have of a new financial frame, that has found a balance among rigour that prevails in #all *Europa and the financial requirements of the political key of the Union. +Tonight have in the Assembly three extremely demanding deputies, excellent and although deputies know my political record, that diverges of record of Mr. *Jarzembowski, nobody #can deny affection and respect that seat to *él and to work. +. (OF) Gentleman President, distinguished lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, also in the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens the debate was marked by the question of #if we apply here the principle of the maximum harmonisation, proposed by the Commission or #if we remain provisionally with minimum harmonisation. +Therefore, *me seems that it corresponds to the that wish a maximum harmonisation put this case no only in terms of it that it is good for the market and the only market, but in terms of how #can elevate information levels and protection in the back stages to the debate of this managerial proposal before it go back for his *segunda reading. +The idea that in any circumstance the fact to have lawyer to service *le guarantees the minimum normal protection that corresponds to consumer do not seems to be point that deserve to mention . +The long procedure of conciliation that have happened has had a decisive influence to hour to achieve that the maximum level of rests of *pesticidas in the *potitos have remained fixed in a 0, 1 *mg by *kg, it that in practice involves *potitos free of *pesticidas, as it is not possible to measure levels lower. +Certainly *usted took contribution, following the excellent work of predecessor, Mr. *Hänsch, to guarantee that, in these concrete moments, were in conditions to face up to the electorate so that we #can bear criticisms and cynicisms of the that went to be object. +The Council considers that in front of the threshold of the century *XXI, *Europa do not has to allow that they steal collectively the rights to population group more numerous in *Kosovo and that exert against #the same grave systematic rapes of the human rights. +commitment text of the European Parliament insist as in that in Colony was designated the high representative for the *PESC, that was supported by planning unit and of #alert fast and that was in conditions, by personality, to exert an important paper. +Regarding the institutional reforms, have to give the thanks to Mr. *Biagio Of #Giovanni, President of the Commission of Institutional Subjects, by the proposals that puts on the table so that they take in consideration in the new term of office and by the current and future Presidency. +The how comport the Central bank European, the how configure type politics of interests and monetary, the how expand infrastructure and #if it #would not be possible at last expand more the #european infrastructure, #all #this are things that influence essentially on competitiveness, unemployment and the situation of employment in *Europa. +The agricultural costs go to remain limited really by half term in 40.500 millions of euros to the year for market actions more 13.000 millions of euros for the rural development in the period comprised among the year 2000 and the 2006. +But still have to take more, by it that it is correct and necessary that the Council have expressed disposal to cover the need of additional credits for the *Balcanes, got the case, by means of a review of the financial forecasts. +The review clause in the sector of cereals shows that State Bosses and of Government have not excluded the possibility or even the need to introduce back improvements. +Lady Speaker, do not award my confidence to President proposed, Mr. *Prodi, because it has justified war of NATO *definiéndola as «necessary»: a #european war initiated and carried out *vulnerando a principle of International Right and despising to Nations Joined. +For *ello, is precise to reactivate the left right-separation, take of Parliament a true political instance and not looking for consensus as they have taken the Governments when designating to Mr. Roman *Prodi. +As only #swedish in the commission have followed of wall and have contributed to the debate during half year presenting, among things, amendments *acordes with the criteria of the Party of the Environment, is to say, *me have opposite to that *desligue to deputies of the constituents and of the countries members introducing wages, taxes and retirements of community character. +For the #european countries treats to refuse this logic, with support and the reciprocal cooperation of the Russian Federation in the interest of peace and of prosperity of #all. +Second: make reform of the own politics, especially in the sector of agriculture and of the structural Bottoms, by like this say it, reactivate politics and third: the *aseguramiento of finance of politics in the next seven years. +The master plan that had presented for *ello the Commission has not happened without changes the more of two years of debates in Parliament and in the Council and recognise that #this has not been advantageous for the subject in #all points. +The political and social cohesion is #one of the basic principles of the Treaty of the European Union and believe that #all the institutions of the Union have to keep firmly faithful to this basic principle. +Gentleman President, commitment of *Berlín is not to celebrate it, like commitment, and much less in my country -have to talk also like Greek- since the #greek Government has accepted regulations that *nos put to level that *España, *Irlanda and *Portugal, countries that are not so poor like the #mine and that already take part in the euro. +#There is other questions also in the that have taken important advances: by part, in it that *atañe to respect of norms of *comitología that existed, treating that they did not modify under rope norms; by #another, in relation with the participation of Parliament, with possibility to review annually the process. +*Séptimo: in the frame of the *reorientación of bottoms that, according to ideas, wanted to carry of *FEOGA-Guarantee to the second *pilar, only has gone to stop to this second *pilar a small part of it that #would have been possible #if we had imposed the *degresión. +The Council, that has ranged with this logic of the Commission has retained without embargo the idea of public intervention «*ad *hoc» in case of need and the to establish security network of 1.560 euros by tonne. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *cuando in March of 1998 the Commission presented proposals for reform of the structural Bottoms, existed doubts on #if it went to reach an authentic reform and on #if the regulations went to be able to approve to time so that the new programs #can set up to beginnings of the year 2000, according to the plan traced. +Without embargo, #can *decirle it following: are had to go back to the previous formula, is to say, that the *review for the dairy market take in the year 2003 and, of course, the Commission is also had to include in analysis the question the *supertasa in the frame of this *review . +By #all #this the instrument of the Social Bottom European is fundamental, #as well as it is fundamental that the no governmental organisations and the *tercer sector, especially of face to a politics of concrete integration, go of hand from programming stage. +Taking into account all #this, #can explain the Council reason by the that follows thinking that it is legitimate to take case *omiso of norms that establishes the Statute of civil servants #as well as of the right of initiative of the Commission established in article 24 of fusion «Treaty»? +The content of said report was debated in the Council during the deliberations on the proposal of the Commission to determine the exact rules for the structural help of the Community in the sector *pesquero. +improvement of relations, included the possible future negotiations on Trade Agreement and Cooperation, will depend of the back progresses that *Croacia take in fulfillment of the requirements established in the frame of conditions. +*Cuando tomorrow present position concerning the decisions of the agriculture ministers #as well as of State Bosses and of Government, will approve *ustedes reform in the that also #can recognise hand of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, lady Commissioner, gentlemen Commissioners, east is the last big debate of the term of office, and treats of an excellent debate on a very emblematic question: Diary 2000, besides in *Berlín. *Berlín, with chancellor #german, the *Reichtag , that has been recovered, to the equal that eagle, and even war. +Gentleman President, *permítame, to avert be subjected to pressure of time, that take *algo that usually #be to take at the end of interventions, in concrete wanted to give the thanks to Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies by his constructive cooperation with the Commission of Regional Politics of Parliament. +Like this as, in June of 1998, and of compliance with the Statement *aneja to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the Commission presented a proposal to review the decision on *comitología of 1987 with the goal to simplify and *esclarecer the procedure, #as well as to open it more to control of Parliament. +Assumes a full juridical value and allows a political dialogue with the Commission in occasions in that Parliament consider that measure proposed #would provide excessive powers of application to coast of the Assembly, *algo that already has exposed of way very *convincente Mr. *Corbett. +Wanted to finalise leaving proof of the pleasure and satisfaction that *me produces all it that have reached together to hour to improve chapter of employment politics and the social politics in the European Union. +And in last place, gentleman President, because I believe that it is perfectly legitimate that #if it treats to defend the human rights -that, by true, leave enough that wish in *México-, defend much better with an agreement that include a democratic clause -as it occurs in this global agreement- that with the agreement in vigour that did not contains this democratic clause. +Also *me #would enjoy to highlight points that, to my understand, are newer inside this agreement. For example, the inclusion of the democratic clause like essential element of #the same, since it goes to promote respect of the human rights in this Latin American country. +*Yo want to *asegurarles that the Commission engages formally to keep informed to Parliament in moment -as it already is- of advances in negotiation in course, #as well as of the final result, before it subject the Agreement to the conjoint Council. +Are proud that at the end the Presidency #german, of common agreement with States members, have reached to solve big part of the complex problems derived of the confluence of political perspectives very varied that until the last moment have hampered integration of *Schengen. +On the other hand, the protection of the personal data with Information System of *Schengen is a particularly important question. do not forget, *Señorías, that the Common Authority of Control has adopted a report *demoledor. +Of side, it is necessary *averiguar how control effected by provider, that probably is the only control truly effective, #can be perfected in the future from the point of sight technical and economic. +Gentleman President, do not agree with interpretation of how take the vote on program of the structural Bottoms, because the general regulation is in fact the regulation that regulates #all the looks of the regulations of application. +But, in this case, Monday at night had varied important meetings, among *ellas the of Budget Commission, and *yo was absent of Budget Commission because it was gathered with the Commission of Juridical Subjects. +To informative title, the European Parliament has the intention, after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and enlargement of the *codecisión, to change of position on 49 first readings inscribed in the frame of cooperation and on 15 files approved in first reading to title of cooperation. +And not forgetting that, more that a happy end, the popular query will be only a step more, decisive, true is, in the already long trek that will allow that village of *Timor Oriental, after centuries of colonisation #portuguese and of century chamber of brutal #indonesian occupation, was at last owner of destination. +Believe that surely it is the wish of #all *nosotros take a call to the European Commission so that it take all it possible to pacify the situation in *Timor oriental, with the end to allow the peaceful celebration of said referendum the next 8 August. +These three questions reflect also the fundamental values that chair our Union: freedom of expression, Right State, power of village and the humanitarian looks. +In #all contacts with the authorities of the country, the Commission has reiterated posture regarding respect of the fundamental human freedoms and Right State. +Has recognised that the risks of the nuclear energy in the *Europa central and oriental have purchased a totally new dimension, although to time has ensured that negotiations with the countries candidates to adhesion open new possibilities. +In the Czech Republic have conceded helps in the frame of Program *PHARE to the responsible authorities of the nuclear security and to improve security of the nuclear head office of *Duckovani. +In actuality, no exists a formal agreement with the #czech authorities in the frame of *PHARE so that the technical organisms of security of the European Union carry out a global evaluation in matter of security. +In relation with the economic looks of project of *Temelin, the Commission supports development of a strategy in matter of energy that take properly in consideration the energetic performance and diversification of sources, and *PHARE has supported orientation in distinct projects. +In June of 1997, the Commission *nos presented two proposals to simplify the regulation of 1999, and *ello so as to relieve the obligations of companies -especially of #SME- in matter of statements and to reduce the costs that weigh on persons forced to declare. +Also give the thanks to the Commission for having engaged to carry out a study in the field of the initiative *SLIM\/*INTRASTAT referring in particular to the quality and to charges that *recaen on companies. +The High Authority, to the that delivered the social payments, appeared in last place in the list, whereas first state, afterwards the social services, afterwards supplying, the banks, #everything it that #can appoint, had priority to hour to benefit of it that remained of failure. +Mr. *Malangré has signalled it mainly in reason exhibition that, time, from perspective results *inmejorable, with the following words: already is hour that it take *algo on failure in the Community, in the #european context. +Is very *inquietante that a subject like #this was debated Thursday in the afternoon *cuando there #be here so #few persons, the vote will be tomorrow in the morning and there #be not had in breast of the national parliaments debate properly said on the subject. +As it has underlined so much the report of Mr. *Schmid like the opinion of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens, there #be a series of looks in the that it is necessary to deepen. +In the Commission of Culture *nos have put repeated times in favour that this exhibition do not show only the economic hits Europeans, but also the cultural diversity and especially the successful programs of the European Union. +In front of the disloyal imports, the textile sector, in spite of having prepared to be able to to be in conditions to confront with hit the challenge of the international competitiveness, do not has of arms with the that defend . +Of here that *urja to the Commission to that it adopt those that measured are necessary to put end to the disloyal competition that it is victim this sector and guarantee like this plenary fill of commitments contracted by #all parts in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Have repeated in different occasions that in look of prevention have left to happen of long things in the past years and any political Group neither any Presidency #can affirm here that it has taken it all well to avert war. +Have lived the final stage, from *Rambouillet until the start of the military actions, and have not found to nobody in the western side, neither the #EE.UU, that have kept attitude actively *belicista but that tried to get literally until the last second to commitments. +Gentleman President, the Agreement of *Berlín allowed to unblock the main *dossiers of the European Union, but no guarantee the future of the European Union to long and even to half term, because the Agreement of Diary 2000 remained very short concerning the existent needs. +treats of squad of big quality, of a very balanced squad. Is the result of the constructive queries that carried out with State Bosses and of Government, the *cuales respected fully the new powers that the Treaty of *Amsterdam has conferred to President commissioned. +Today am here to present to the new Commission and no to present program, without embargo, #can *prometerles that thread conductive of #all program will be to attribute to the European Union a greater importance of face to the #european citizens. +Therefore, is task *ineludible of this Assembly give off to *Europa of this institutional difficulty in the date it earlier possible, and the only mood to take it is to take to the available Commission -do not prejudge how #can happen in audiences- and take it impossible for *asegurarnos that it go in in functions in the first available date. +Without embargo, treats of a fundamental problem: in effect, expand competitions of this institution, the World-wide Organisation of Trade, *cuando results that it has not taken a serious and contradictory evaluation of operation, *nos seems unacceptable. +Results so much more imperative what that the subject of dioxin in *Bélgica, that goes to be object of lively debates, affects, without place to doubts, directly to the problematic of the alimentary security, linked, to time, direct and obviously, with the operation of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +But, by it that to *nosotros *respecta, want *tomarnos auditions as it that they are, is to say, for *permitirnos listen to Commissioners, *interrogarlos, *formularles ask to end to know better goals and especially see until how point there #be a fine *adecuación among charges that *usted *les has entrusted and knowledges, competitions and work will. +Is necessary that the Commission endow with means to exert -with structures renewed, with civil servants, #whose disposition surely will have changed- missions and that do not hesitate in saying to Parliament and to the Council: as *nos ask that we reach goals, want *pedirles means for *ello. +Believe that, in spite of the constitutional singularity of relations among the Commission and Parliament, are founded worries manifested with a view to the political balance that exists in Parliament and that do not remains reflected in breast of the Commission. +Regarding the result, *cuando say that it is «balanced», understand perfectly that they have #some States in the that there #be dissatisfied, but #this is politics: balanced means that the great present strengths in the European Parliament are strongly represented in the Commission so much by personalities as by the importance of wallets. +As well, attribute an extraordinary importance to look, #as well as to the report of the Wise persons, but create likewise that these examinations have to take on history of Commissioners and programs and have to take with a big capacity of deepening and of political serenity, because, to my understand, #can not serve of instrument to fix problems that arose previously. +The report of the Wise persons is an instrument of big scope, have to read it and *meditar on *él, but the decision is weight that have to bear *nosotros, and is in this sense that dialogue among Parliament and the Commission purchases an extraordinary importance. +The great challenges of the future, #such as changes involved by coin only, enlargement eastwards and the fight against the international delinquency, have to be confronted with some institutions of the EU that have more capacity of action that in the present. +The renewal of the institutions of the Union is a central subject in activity program of the Presidency #finnish as it already signalled Minister *Halonen in intervention. +time finalised conflict it that has an immediate priority is to support efforts of the *KFOR to reestablish peace and order and reconstruct a civil administration that work under the direction of Nations Joined. +Regarding the statute of the #european deputies, the Presidency #finnish -and in *eso it is necessary *felicitarla- also has taken a respectful attitude with the fact that the initiative corresponds to this Assembly. +Gentleman President, listening to the Presidency #finnish ascertain the absence of substantive changes in politics of the European Union, that do not ceases to increase and aggravate the problems of villages. +Our common failure in the case *Öcalan *nos takes difficult to show clearly to persons in *Turquía, so much #if they are #turkish like *kurdas, reason are in principle against death pity and, #such as it has said Mr. *Swoboda, do not plead against death pity no only of Mr. *Öcalan but of #all. +Besides, in exercise frame of the right, owe *ocuparnos to loan type of collaboration to the International Penal Court of the Have, to pursue to the criminal that have remained in *Kosovo and, also, in *Bosnia. +#That was the message that #some expected, restless in front of informations on the absence of specific bottoms and fearing that in conditions #can drop in the temptation of *desvestir to saint to dress to #another and sacrifice actions considered essential when establishing the budget. +Of #all the promises of the #finnish Government #any is more important that the to occupy of the problem of persons -and families- that no only suffer illness or disability but also a situation of disadvantage and stigmatisation. +The Council also asked to the Commission that take a report for finals of year on progresses of the creation of Food Office and Veterinary Medicine and on the capacity of #the same to fulfil functions. +The Council demands to the Commission that take to progress work already begun by the Committee of *Piensos and Foods of Animals, in the *cual goes back to examine legislation on *piensos, and, in case, presented additional norms and reforms for a more strict harmonisation of said legislation. +It that yes know is that inspection office by the that have struggled (had to *batirnos to achieve an effective budget, so that it created the veterinary office in *Bruselas and for *asegurarnos that #would apply the principle of the general inspections in the Community) finds loomed and harassed. +And now given this situation, as we #can say that the proposal to watch to the European Agency of Drugs and Foods, by welcome that it was, #as well as #all these great gestures, #can work *cuando any individual inspector #can penetrate in universe of crime and fraud that characterises to #some sectors of industry. +*Me #would enjoy to know to where wants to get the Commission, #which are the concrete steps effected, and #if the Commission will take into account the wishes expressed by Parliament, so much in the reports on the *EEB as in the Green Book on feeding, the resolution that have formulated to the *respecto. +In the concrete case of dioxin, among the communication of the Permanent Veterinary Committee and of #alert network happened 15 days, whereas Commissioner *Bonino declared simply that *ella did not take milk #belgian. +Have the duty the responsible Authorities to delete these chemical agents of correct and safe form, following the valid rule, or are knowingly of *aplicarla and deleting these chemical agents of mistaken form? +No, gentleman Baron *Crespo, had a proposal of common resolution that proceeded of two political Groups, the Group of the Popular Party European and European Democrats and the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformist. +#This puts of relief, on the one hand, responsibility of the competent authorities for control of products. On the other hand sees clearly that the scandal of dioxin is not a problem neither failure of agriculture. +Think, for example, in sanction applied, also to *Francia, for having allowed reductions of *cotizaciones social to #some textile companies by the fact to hire personal, in the frame of an international situation, that like His *Señorías know, is very delicate, especially because of the international agreements negotiated, precisely, by the Commission. +In the first place, the proposal to put to sale the whole of the *taquilla in the #european market has not applied never in spot regarding sportive demonstrations of #this *envergadura, as it finishes it to remember Commissioner #Neil *Kinnock. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the statement of the Commission on the course given to the second inform of the Committee of Independent Experts that *les has remitted, as His *Señorías had requested, it before possible. +#Can Mr. *Kinnock engage to put end with the greater possible shortness to this disciplinary procedure, after takeover, with the whole Commission like school, so that Mr. Go *Buitenen #can go back to work of form ordered and that it was rehabilitated at last? +But the true essence of #this the constitutes the Recommendation *nº 59 that requests *encarecidamente the nomination of a general public prosecutor European, that requests *encarecidamente a fiscal ministry European with public prosecutors delegated in States members to create a "area of freedom, security and justice as it states in the Treaty". +efforts *acumulativos by *modernizar have not been, therefore, sufficiently forceful to substitute a *trasnochada and deficient culture by practices and instincts of it that generally designates new public management as it has developed in the last 20 years in other diverse modern administrations. +The recommendation to establish a *fiscalía #european, as it proposes, #would mean the existence of a mechanism to interpose a *querella criminal related with fraud in the EU in #all the Union but #would not affect to the jurisdiction of the national courts. +In the report have detected a series of feeble points in breast of the institutions and the recommendations that here take sound to correct the problems. +In spite of #this *puntualizaciones, am convinced that the contribution and support of Parliament will make possible the fast adoption of the present proposal, so that it remain guaranteed continuity among the present performance of the Community and program #whose entrance in vigour proposes for 1 January of the 2000. +Go back on *ello now and remit to the majority of the Assembly the decision that *usted had taken so cautiously, only by intervention of the Socialist Group, *me seems a quite insufficient reason, in front of the principle that had applied *usted and with the that #all agreed. +Of face to this debate, *le advance that my Group will want to reach greater concretions in politics of employment, of economic and social cohesion, of modernisation of our economies that take into account to persons, to enlargement, to the Mediterranean and to defence of the human rights all over the world, like axes of our external politics. +Lady Speaker, to begin, *permítame say in name of my Group, that share fully the perspective of Mr. *Prodi that from morning will be in the threshold of a new beginning, in particular, a new beginning among our two institutions, Parliament and the Commission, and a new beginning for the own *Europa. +The body of the Treaties of the European Union and, in particular, of the European Only Record, of the Treaty of *Maastricht and of the Treaty of *Amsterdam have to be subjected #all *ellos to a new review in the context of the next Conference *Intergubernamental. +No *me refer to performance professional, since his personal fortune is remarkable -has known to employ very well faculties -, but that go to examine it that took *cuando was president of the *IRI, the greater economic organism public #italian, and how many *millardos -better said, talking of lyres, how many thousands of *millardos- especially of the taxpayers *padanos, achieved *dilapidar carrying out a disastrous politics. +As I finish to say, by reasons apparently *contrapuestos, because #one of the subjects that have in front of *nosotros is, expect, only the apparent perplexity and no distrust of the #european citizens, as it remained shown by the scarce participation in the *comicios of June month, although, on the other hand, there #be not doubt that it exists an increasing demand of *Europa. +appearance of Mr. *Kinnock showed like this will fault by part of the Commission to assume #all responsibility and #all the managerial competitions regarding the General Directors and employees. +deputies here present, and that have made campaigns in the that the social urgency and the fight by employment were in the centre of the debate, are *comisionados to advance of effective form to #one *Europa of employment. +section 4 of article 29 of regulation has that group statement has to indicate denomination of the group, the name of members and the composition of table. +Gentleman President, the Socialist members of Employment Commission and Social Subjects believe that Mrs. *Diamantopoulou has shown to have aptitudes and the necessary attributes to convert in a fine Commissioner of Employment and Social Subjects. +In effect, person that has to be the responsible Commissioner of the inner market and that in appearance did not stop to pronounce the word subsidiariness denotes an excessive ignorance on the great common tasks of *Europa. +Wanted to know #if, like President of the Commission, has intention to engage personally with the resolution of the *gravísimos social problems that *subsisten in the interior of the European Union and that, for the Commission, to mood to see, #would have to constitute an absolute priority. +Two weeks after it alerted to the world of the most brutal genocide as a result of the elections in an attempt to establish essence of democracy that *nosotros, like deputies, have to defend first of all, still are in deadlock and commentator *nos considers important to find a solution. +Gentleman President, today has talked long and tended on cynicism and hypocrisy of the past, but wanted to *decirle that at all is so cynical neither *hipócrita like the fact that they comment audition process those who already have announced that will vote against of the Commission. +#This has to include a consistent application of norms of competition, and also a consistent application of the Stability Pact and Growth, some minimum common norms in matter of taxes, to the equal that #some fundamental principles. +Although redistribution seems necessary to fund this new priority, it is necessary to take into account the fact that a too much great redistribution comports the risk of *desestabilizar the budgetary balance and politician in the external relations. +In this case, also have to recognise offences related with rape of the right to privacy, offences that comment intelligence services of States Joined and of the European Union the 24 hours of day. +In the space of justice #european prevention of this type of offences seems to remain only in hands of cooperation among the Police, without any parliamentary control or politician and without having elaborated at all to the *respecto. +The solution is not to employ without a purpose resources in moving to the population of the poor countries to *Europa, but devote resources to move the #european development to the poor countries. +Without embargo, the European Parliament will run the risk of remaining to the *margen of the debate while it grasp desperately to his own utopia, #that in the that citizen goes to see finally the light thanks to the advantages imposed with the #european citizenship. +Still did not takes *tantos years that the Governments of States members show had to collaborate with the European Parliament in subjects so important like the police cooperation, the migratory flows or the common politics in matter of asylum. +peace and the internal welfare are not allocated to last long, because it neither is allocated to last long resignation of a world *circunstante that lives in insecurity, the need and chaos. +And in concretion eagerness, regarding the space of freedom, believe that there are two subjects that deserve a preferential attention: harmonisation of asylum procedures and immigration *clandestina. +Is necessary to guarantee the right of citizens to receive an egalitarian deal -*access *to *justice- and to access to services of legal assistance *cuando see forced to manage subjects in front of the authorities of States members. +In the draft of the answers of Mr. *Kinnock, civil servants on had written that the problem rooted in that civil servant #dutch, Mr. Go *Buitenen, had delivered *demasiados documents to group presidents. +Gentleman President, go to begin in French, in his very beautiful tongue, to say that have the duty of *expresarle from this time on same my will of not going back to talk in tongue, while *Francia have not recognised our #basque tongue. +Yesterday same, in speech, Roman *Prodi went back clearer orientation *cuando affirmed that it was necessary "to follow restructuring the Only Market and promoting liberalisation" and underlined on purpose the continuation of the process of liberalisation of sake sectors and services. +My main consideration when judging to the Commission *Prodi is to decide #if squad of 20 persons *me has convinced that it is able to restore *tangiblemente the public confidence in the European Union and institutions. +It that #would ask to manager of the budget of the year 2000 is that it took into account the needs of the Committee of the Regions and that saw #if it fits place among places thought in the budget 2000 for the Committee of the Regions. +In this moment have already a statement of the Security Council of Nations Joined in the that condemns it that *sucedió in *Timor, recognise the rights of village and orders the sending of maintenance strength of peace. +Therefore, is necessary that #all the international community and, therefore, the European Parliament, take a call in these two senses: so that peace body go it more quickly possible to reestablish peace in *Timor Oriental and so that it #can get there the humanitarian help. +The permanent rapes of the human rights, terror against a peaceful village, miserable and disarmed have been common coin there, but existed from took 24 years: *yo saw it with my own eyes. +Want that it put term to tyranny that has suffered village of *Timor oriental during the 25 last years with help of the countries of the European Union, of *América and of #all persons *hipócritas that do not deprive to sell armaments to tyrants of Indonesian and of countries of #everyone. +#would Have to *recordarle that a socialist minister is condemned by kidnapping and that the socialist Government of leader, #Felipe *González, was condemned by the Court of Human Rights by expulsion of 103 emigrants in border of *Melilla. +Demand, therefore, of the Council an answer to this problem that go to have with the migratory population nomad in #all the European Union, an answer coordinated with States members, in the that, to time, each assume his own responsibility. +As *discierne of the statement of Gin Summit, development of the #european capacity to resolve the crisis do not alters defence systems of States members. +During the Presidency #german, on 29 March 1999, the Council ratified article *K.3 of the Treaty of the Union regarding a common position in front of project of the Convention. +Regarding the political control of squad that is in the subject, the Presidency #finnish will study the subject, but in occasion #can not say at all to the *respecto because I do not have the necessary information. +Gentleman President, believe that Mr. Deputy will know that it is not competition of the Council manage in front of States Joined the suppression of the compulsory visa for citizens of the Union, time that States Joined is not included in the list attaches to the Decree *CE\/574\/99. +In accordance with estimates of the international organisations, in *Corea of the North have died among #one and three millions of persons from 1995 like consequence of the chronic famine owed to natural causes and, besides, to character of the national system-communist in power in *Pyongyang. +*Nos will say, then, why, whereas Mr. #Solana signs secret documents of NATO that show that the *UÇK is involved in drug traffic, in prostitution and in delinquency organised, the International Strength follows *apoyándolos and the international community follows *armándolos, in place of *desarmarlos as it had agreed? +The *restablecimiento of a just democratic system is a previous condition for reconstruction program and the political responsibility is so much in hands of the EU like the social and the economic. +Think that #this is occasion to centre attention only in the main questions, #this is, that this Agency #can act inspiring in the principles of transparency and of efficiency that, given the existent situation in the *Balcanes, are an essential element. +Takes fault, as, politics integrated, a common strategy of development, of peace, of stability and of collaboration in the region, #such as it is to *delinearla the Stability Pact and Reconstruction Agency that, with headquarters in *Salónica, will be an effective agency *cuando have exactly line integrated. +In answer to the that has been a debate of big quality, *me pleases enormously company of my new colleague, Budget Commissioner, *Michaele *Schreyer, #whose presence is a sample of his big interest in this subject and in his financial and budgetary repercussions. +Has been designed to keep the necessary control of the European Union on reconstruction program and for *salvaguardar independence and right of initiative in the process. +Gentleman President, like Vice-president of the Commission has renounced to say *algo on the questions of coin and of the *UCK, #can split of the fact that no exists any opinion of the European Union on these questions? +security campaign *vial that is includes the following looks: more houses of control of speed, more proofs of *alcoholemia, a system of fines by points, a better fulfillment of the law that forces to lace security belt. +In conclusion, deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of Nations will watch, during #all this term of office, by that the *Europa bureaucratic and *tecnocrática do not develop, but by that *Europa evolve in a harmonious frame and assumed by the group of citizens of States members of the European Union. +Think that it is important for the future of the European Union the materialisation of a free field, sure and just and give the welcome to the initiative of the Council to stand out this matter in the Summit of *Tampere. +In the *tercer, chamber and *sexto script of section 4, Parliament asks that it was the future "enclosure" the that it determine competitions of Table, #as well as the organisation of work groups and of Secretariat, it that #would suppose for #this a wide independence, for afterwards orient the process to his *antojo. +Is directly connected with effort for strengthening it inaccessible and for reinforcing control mechanisms and of repression, of course no to corroborate the rights of citizens, but for *manipularlos and like this exert a more effective control of activities. +Create, as, gentleman President, that #if we took *algo useful and durable - and #would want to listen also the opinion of Mr. Commissioner on #this - #would be that this famous organisation on the that are, to investigate the earthquakes etc. had mainly species of, #would say, code of behaviour on the composition, the publication, on when, where, how, to #who go informations on the earthquakes. +In addition to these measures, the Commission foresees the possibility to act in coordination with #FMI to concede to *Turquía helps *macrofinanciera directed to keep the reform process in some obviously difficult conditions. +A violent conflict in *Daguestán, attacked with bomb in *Moscú and, #everything *ello, surrounded of rumours on plots and prepared with theory type on it that #would have behind #this and type of relations that take with, for example, the next parliamentary elections and the attempts of distinct groups to undermine this process. +The Commission has taken part in the recent visit of the troika of the EU to *Rangún, undertaken with the goal of *allanar the path so that it initiate a political dialogue with *Birmania in accordance with it established in the conclusions of the Council of 26 April. +Maybe #would be necessary to find a less formal form of constant dialogue with *usted, Mr. *Priestley and services to argue the questions of access and #others *concernientes to the internal organisation of Parliament. +Like final point want to say *algo on the separation of rubbish. In spite of having in dispatch of two cubes for the different types of rubbish, which already is a retard in comparison with the previous situation, yesterday in the morning was witness that cubes *vaciaban in sack. +In any case, want to ask *encarecidamente that install urgently a *extractor in service to avert nuisance of it that it #can *suceder #if visitor decides to go to the just service after deputy have taken use of #the same (this problem also occurs in the *servios of the office of *Bruselas). +*Yo expect that *cuando believes an agency of foods the Commission specify the possibility to investigate *retroactivamente the *piensos employed to feed livestock and formulate disposals juridical that punish the criminal practices and *recompensen to the active agriculturalists. +Like this as, wanted to take advantage of this general debate to insist in front of my colleagues and the institutions on the need to go back to #some principles of the common sense that have seen scannings by the great theories too much economic and no very human. +In other words, mechanisms of relentless control and norms very strict. proofs made on meat of *vacuno show that #some of the cases detected do not have origin in feeding, but that owe to pollution, more in concrete to pollution with dioxins through industry or ovens *incineradores. +Is timely that the public organs and politicians, already was in the local organisms or in the governments, exert paper in the regulation of production and food preparation. +In this sense *África is the mirror of *Europa: style of selfish life in the that the pure sexual pleasure of individual converts in norm, without respect of the #another and social responsibility #any, has a very high price. +Is, in the first place, necessary because these countries try to adapt to a new surroundings of economic and commercial relations that *les create problems, of mood very special, precisely, in payment scales, it that to time affects to the general operation of the market and to his economic development. +Even regarding the own project of the International Monetary Bottom, in the global project of Bottom on how go to define the budgets and costs of said countries leaves already clearly established that it will have to engage a determined percentage of cost for the social costs. +Personally, the that more *me enjoys is the #danish model: there offers a transparent access to network, applies an energetic tax that acts like corrector of prices, exist some clear goals in matter of renewable energies, exists almost a market protected. +Gentleman President, the percentage of resources energetic renewable employees in the energetic production of the European Union is underneath of the 6 %, and the greater part of this percentage corresponds to the hydraulic energy. +Gentleman President, conclude congratulating again to Mrs. *Ahern, giving the thanks to #all his *Señorías by the positive participation in this question, to Parliament by support loaned in terrain to the Commission, and, simply, saying that we are of *algo very important that is to use intelligently resources and energy. +For *Sudáfrica the audacious step with seen to trade agreement, development and cooperation with the EU is a symbol of commitment with the economic structuring and to recover fully place that *le corresponds in the international community. +Have to take #ours the most valuable element of the plan of previous action, #this is, the called punctuation of the inner market, and *nos propose to guarantee the existence of effective systems of evaluation, of follow-up and control and of adaptation of the goals. +The Commission created to finals of October of 1998, immediately after the investiture of the Government of *Dzurinda, by initiative of ancestor, a group of bilateral work of high level so as to go back to give the necessary impulse to the *preparativos for adhesion of *Eslovaquia. +The THROW loans help for the repair of private houses and for the delivery of distinct products to the alimentary to make possible the creation of sufficient accommodation for the displaced recently got of *Kosovo. +Subject: Sensitisation of the #european citizen in relation with the EU The EU disburse great sums of money for the impression of thousands of informative brochures on activities, it that carries achieve, among things, utilisation of great quantities of paper, *algo that results little favourable for the environment. +#If of inspection of the Council of Agriculture give off grave indications of irregularity in transformation companies of linen have to pay the corresponding subventions or has to expect pronouncement of his general Direction? +Lady Speaker, this obsolete diet has paid it also the own #turkish village with thousands of deaths in the earthquakes, deaths that #would not have to regret in a country in #where the laws, control of democracy and of the free press work. +To avert misunderstanding, have to underline that approach of #Grecia and *Turquía, in spite of his historical rivalry and of differences, in fact constitutes #one of the main axes of our external politics and of the political security. +Am loved in this first opportunity, to the that has referred Mr. President, to treat on this subject so important with *ustedes like deputies to Parliament that, to end of accounts, has shown a deep and ancient interest in efforts for reaching peace in Orient Next. +The Presidency and the Commission have restarted call in favour that it celebrate what before a meeting of the follow-up committee of work group for the regional economic development. +The free trade needs also just prices so that producer and the seller #can obtain the owed benefit, #as well as a truthful labeling of the origin and the processes of product to satisfy the requirements of customers in matter of health and election. +The new #israeli Government persists in colonisation politics in #palestinian territory and follows being kidnapped by the Party *Likhud that duplicated the number of settlements to hinder the return to the #palestinian territories. +have not been able to read the text in tongues of the countries that form part of the European Union, without embargo, wanted to know before that at all #if it exists a political background in virtue of the *cual the #italian text is wrong or #if they are wrong the #french texts and English. +The disappointing participation in the European elections of this year provided the dramatic proof, #if to fault proof, that we have to improve the image and the importance of Parliament to the eyes of the population of *Europa. +the European Union will delete the rights of customs with regard to the 86% of the total volume of the exports of #south african industrial products to the European Union; +*Ustedes condemn in *ellas "selfishness" of industry that do not takes thing but respect the rules of the economic and commercial game that, in the best of the cases, *ustedes have accepted and, in the worst, contributed to establish. +The European Union has engaged seriously to promote democracy, Right State and respect of the human rights, among the that they include the basic labour rights. +practices *restrictivas in matter of access to the markets, to credits and to energy constitute #one of the main causes -generally badly known in countries- of underdevelopment, of the *perpetuación of the social inequalities and of corruption. +The essential principles of negotiation and approaches of solutions treated in the document of July Commission of 1999, have found fundamentally up to now a positive echo in our debates kept in the Commission of External Subjects and of Industry. +The problem, in my opinion, resides in knowing #if the World-wide Organisation of Trade works on the base of just norms so that the world, and no only *Europa, evolve to a sustainable development. +The opening of a new cycle of commercial negotiations *multilaterales is first of all a decision of President of States Joined of *América, the one who has fixed the tempo -translate: negotiation accelerated, diary tightened-, the one who has fixed the goals... +#would Have to support this round from the start, #would have to show a positive attitude to guarantee that we prevent protectionism, boost the free trade and expand prosperity of the world-wide system to parts of the world. +Second, gentleman President, expect that Mr. *Lamy take charge that #everyone take full consciousness that #if the *OMC is important for *nosotros, #if the *OMC is important for *Europa, also will be it for the other commercial partners; and besides, that #that *OMC only will be able to exert paper #if each Been member takes charge and follows conscious that it #can not win never an only national interest, but that always will have to be the #european interest, so that these negotiations *nos *pos #can serve of *algo. +Is an option, but is not the #ours, and do not wish that tomorrow, in *Europa, the entrance of services in the field of the *OMC demand that competition norms and of opening to the market govern sectors #such as health and education. +Many times have been mistaken prognoses that work places disappear of the country because it has implanted a technical more ecological or a more effective or ecological use of energy, things that want to implant. +In Colony Council talked of the capacity of *Europa to avert crisis and to act with efficiency to hour of *controlarlas. The references to a military capacity with credibility took in the context of control of the crisis. +*Europa always has been in command of the protection of the human rights, of coexistence and of tolerance, that have taken of this territory the most advanced in it social, and #can not *permitirnos retreat in conquests, as *usted has said, of freedom, tolerance and coexistence. +The truth is that the formidable can of the that has the Central Bank European to hour to take part in front of the national economic institutions and the national banks has been collected inside diagram quite *críptico. +Regarding the insular regions, it is necessary to signal that in the Union has treated the problematic of the zones retarded; for example, in conclusions of diverse summits and in communiqués has loaned a special attention to the islands. +Subject: New community program of fight against poverty As well it knows the Council, in the frame of the Treaty of *Maastricht, did not reach progress regarding the adoption of a new community program of fight against poverty. +Exist from takes decades, centuries and thus it also is very important that in our resolution declare that the problematic has to be treated of general form, to the equal that has to look for a general solution, that was notable for the region, and of the *cual derive the stabilisation and development of the region in group. +Likewise, project signals on point of the resolution that #if, as it has said from Parliament, are conscious that from principles of century have died *tantos soldered in wars as nowadays citizens in conflicts, precisely by arms light, and #if we are conscious of the numerous arms that export, *transitan or manufacture in States members, have, then, an enormous collective responsibility. +Parliament has a long tradition in this sense, and wish *rendir homage to work of Mrs. *Adelaide *Aglietta that it was the first speaker of the report on death pity in the world of Parliament. +The Commission shares worry of deputies of Parliament, and urges to States members to that they collaborate with the #italian authorities to gather #all the available proofs so that they #can elucidate the causes of the disaster. +Lady Speaker, my Group approves fully the agreement *interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations that the European Office of Fight against Fraud has to effect in the institutions, organs or organisms of the Communities, including the European Parliament. +But also is #likely that have gone too much fast in relation with deputies, and in this sense *me declare guilty in front of Mr. *Napolitano, president of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, since I am member of this commission, although perhaps the debate in Plenary #can *permitirnos warn #some *olvidos. +Second: the future of the electronic activity in juridical and commercial matter depends essentially of #if it reaches to improve confidence, especially the of users, in security and, in concrete, so much in the technical security, for example, regarding fakes, as also in the juridical efficiency of similar procedures. +A decisive point of support are the electronic signatures By means of a signature #such in electronic format #can guarantee that, on the one hand, is *constatable identity of the one who have issued a statement and the have signed, is to say, identity of the signatory. +Have conviction that we have found so much a fast solution as also a correct solution to boost the electronic signature and, in consequence, utility of the new means of information and of communication in the daily life. +Also is *importantísimo, as they have said orators, that have expansion possibility in the international plane because borders of the European Union are artificial borders regarding this question. +In the spheres of fast technological progress the European Union has to encourage particularly for averting #all future barrier of the inner market like result of contradictory national norms, and has to establish a juridical frame European in an early stage. +In this context wanted to take advantage of word time to stand out the possible repercussions of versions proposed "*Amsterdamizadas" -#if *me allows to use so horrible term- of the Treaties of *Bruselas and of Blunt in what they refer to the operation of part of the only market. +#This is an important proposal and oriented to the future because the gaseous fuels use increasingly -and *me refer, for example, to fuels like the natural gas liquefied and oil gas- and exists also the possibility that hydrogen use like fuel in the future. +will Say to finish, gentleman President, that the final element of this proposal is resource to a committee to keep and put of relief the technical character of this Directive, thing that already have mentioned in my intervention. +By reason support precisely this directive and, of course, also #would celebrate a lot that in European Parliament took in general *algo more in *pro of security in transport so that #this homogenise in states members, as accident figures show clearly that in this field youngsters see affected of special way. +How presupposed is #that that, among costs, forces to distinguish among two very clear-cut categories, #one - the compulsory costs - arbitrated by an authority, the Council and #another - costs no compulsory - arbitrated by Parliament? +In budget project has foreseen the creation of new places of work in Parliament and in the Economic and Social Committee, with the goal to give more efficiency to the administration of buildings. +Mr. *Pittella also has presented an extremely important report for *nosotros; therefore, *yo want to manifest my gratitude to the three speakers by the really constructive collaboration that has accompanied the budgetary procedure of this year. +From sight point believe that there #be a special contradiction among the fact to push upwards the missions assigned to the European Union, throwing downwards the necessary resources for fulfillment. +A final note very concrete, but of big importance: is indispensable to guarantee -#if it is that it has not taken already- that in the comment of line *B-7 6000, relative to the no governmental organisations, state a reference to the link committee. +*Nosotros *nos guide by these same principles but, in this case, after it that has struggled Parliament during years, this review of the agreement *interinstitucional, a review of the financial perspectives #such as it defined in the agreement *interinstitucional, is extremely important for Parliament. +Happening to the #others institutions, *cuando talk, for example, of cooperation *interinstitucional, how rigour had in information day that colleagues previously agreed that it had to take the Common Organisational Structure? or, #which is the reality nowadays *cuando decide that it is necessary to dissolve this common structure? +Is necessary to simplify a lot the juridical frame for companies -in *Europa have 18 millions of #SME, a 50% of the *cuales do not have employee-, so that they #can concentrate in the fundamental requirements, or was, in satisfying the needs of customers and offer products and suitable services. +Nevertheless, on the other hand, *yo believe that we #would have to keep the amount that the Union already has announced in the political plane, specifically that they will put to disposal 500 millions of euros for the year 2000, so as to avert cause the impression of that the Union *desdice of his political commitment. +In this context, it is necessary to have always present the fact that Government Council acts like collegiate organ, and that #all the decisions have to communicate to the public of way clear and coherent. +Finally, receive equally with big satisfaction that Mr. *Duisenberg have commented point treated in the report about the need to reduce the costs of payments *transfronterizos, especially in the smallest payments that affect to individual members. +By that, with craft presence of the Council of Ministers and of the European Commission, at present the national Governments anyway know #which are the votes, and #can exert pressures to taste, only that of form totally *incontrolable and invisible. +Since the debate of today is fundamentally among Parliament and the Central Bank and no *nos corresponds to *nosotros play any #another paper, wish to signal only, answering to worry of #some parliamentary, that will have occasion to debate here the problem of coordination of the economic politics, that is competition of the Commission. +The rise of interest types, in determined occasions #can *asemejarse or be more related with raising foot of the pedal that, by the contrary, with brake impulse of the economy and of mood advance more slowly. +Certainly have planned, to begin, study mood in that we #can create bookmark that *nos has requested like the half to keep pressure on *nosotros, in the first place, but also on #others, #as well as to guarantee that all makes with the most complete transparency possible in the immediate future. +*Nos *congratulamos of commitment assumed in the highest level to act in cooperation with the countries of origin and the countries of traffic to hour to tackle the questions of immigration. +From a point of general sight, results very significant that the Council have announced a precise calendar for the relative measures to the space of security. +In the migratory politics has been important to say with clarity that exists a basic agreement on control, on absorption capacity and of integration of a country and on the fight against abuses in this field. +The statements of *Tampere on the space of freedom, security and justice, the best access to justice, efforts by a more intense fight against criminality, are definitely positive looks of the balance. +*Me seems a fine news for the fight against terrorism, although the resolution of Parliament do not say it, the suppression of the formal procedure of extradition in the case of persons condemned with firm sentence. +Gentleman President, this High Assembly approved with big majority on 3 April of the last year my report on enlargement eastwards and the inner security. In occasion agreed to create a European Academy for the Inner Security. +With intention of *soslayamiento of States, the report *Dehaene proposes that in cases #can modify the Treaty by simple decision of the Council or even by a decision adopted so only by qualified majority, thing that results absolutely unacceptable, as it is absolutely contrary to conception of #one *Europa that respect to nations. +citizens of the Union need a democratic constitution, with a catalogue of competitions in the that responsibilities are clearly established and in the that the principle of subsidiariness have a real content. +Gentleman President, there #be dog that still has not barked in this debate, and wanted to call attention on the failure *garrafal of the report *Dehaene regarding treating properly - only mentions it of happened - the regional look of the government of *Europa. +#If it has produced delay in the nomination of a speaker has been because the representative of the Radicals in the meeting of the coordinators to choose to a speaker asked that it postponed the nomination. +The Commission thinks that the presence of States members in the Administration Council #would be in definite well for the Agency and #would facilitate coordination of reconstruction activities of the Community and of States members. +(Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the Decision *OSPAR 98\/2 relative to the poured of radioactive waste in the sea (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0014\/1999 - 1999\/0096(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of Consumer) +Considers that the vote only constitutes a question of procedure, necessary to be able to continue negotiations with the Council regarding the creation of the statute of deputies to the European Parliament. +At present exist two problems that brake advance of the electronic trade: difficulty to verify identity of users and consumers, and uncertainty with regard to #if operations in line are legally *vinculantes. +. (*PT) The Central Bank European, in spite of exerting a fundamental paper in politics and in the #european economy, works with independence of the Council, of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments, it that results unacceptable. +Among measures, the Governments approved also common norms relative to the granting of political asylum to refugees needed and the editorial of a Letter of fundamental rights. +company has responsibility to keep to worker *empleable and worker has responsibility to take part in his continuous information and in the continuous development of capacities and of skills. +Is necessary to have an increase of power of employees and of representatives to take cost right to impugn bottom of the economic reasons that motivate dismissal, it that *nosotros call the amendment *Wolbert-*Michelin and that will propose so that tomorrow the vote His *Señorías. +Believe that it has remained clear that, motivated by the problem of the *Michelin, poses a subject that constitutes the centre of reflections in the European Union in actuality. Is to say, on the one hand, the subject of competition, and, by #another, the of the social cohesion. +Am convinced that movements by peace against the nuclear arms that so much took in the years seventy and eighty, #can restart activity in collaboration with *nosotros and Parliament, so that we #can live for real in a world #where no exist this type of arms. +Also have *presionado so that they adopt the necessary measures so that help agencies visit the zone to take an assessment on terrain of the needs and expect that this mission #can carry out in the next days. +#would Have to bet so that events like the European Capital of Culture or the European Cultural Month #can take place in *Irlanda of the North or in the Basque Country, since in this new political frame that it is *Europa #can find valid solutions for these two conflicts. +In relation with partner network, of correspondents and of organisms, mission #can not confuse - #this is an important and fundamental data, on the *cual the commission debated amply - with the mission and functions that has *Eurostat in this sector. +The Audiovisual Observatory European elaborates statistics for companies of the audiovisual industry, work of the that occupy also *Eurostat and the national institutes of statistics, and until point work and work of the Observatory *solapan. +In moment established -read *textualmente- that "the goal of the Observatory will be to improve information transfer inside the audiovisual industry and promote a clearer vision of the market, #as well as a greater transparency. +*Me explain: is a reality that structures and organisations finish remaining attached to his *financiador public, and this situation *les tends to move away of goal, that in this case is the public service and attention to professionals of the audiovisual sector. +Report (To5-0024\/1999) of Mr. *Gargani, in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on decision proposal of the Council [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0111$ - ^*C$^5$-^0019$/^1999$ - ^1996$/^0066$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ relative to the community participation in the European Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector +Is a question of principles that #all women and the groups that take campaign in favour enjoy of equal access to the community bottoms, especially *cuando purpose consists in allowing that the #european organisations are represented in the UN. +*Felizmente for the European Parliament the ridiculous do not kills, since it #would have to have reported clearly attitude of the direction of *Michelin, that finishes to announce a massive reduction of effective and dismissals, although the results and benefits of company have increased considerably! +Regarding the *segunda splits of the proposal, that establishes the terms under the *cuales transport #can be considered transport *ad *hoc, #as well as the procedure for acceptance of derogations, by it that to me *respecta, approve and adopt the proposal of the Commission, more severe, definitely, that legislation today valid. +security in transport always has been #one of the great worries of Parliament, independently of means used, although, obviously, the transport of dangerous commodities occupy to this *respecto a central place. +To mood to see is precisely in these fields #where Parliament and the #european politics win in credibility, because of how serve the national rules -for example regarding the transport of dangerous commodities by road- *cuando need rules to #european level? +do not takes fault that convince to citizens of the need of a common politics of environment neither of the need of a politics of #european security in terrain of the dangerous commodities. +And, in this moment, take a special call so that the Presidency #finnish carry out in the next Council the Regulation *IFOP and the Commission, gentleman *Fischler, was flexible in this text for *acercarse to the positions of the European Parliament. +Want to, on the other hand, *Señorías, a fast negotiation and want to that, anyway, have a significant economic support and sufficient for #all the sector affected -*armadores and workers- in front of a hypothetical transitory period in that it was not in vigour the right to fish in waters. +A verbal war about #which are foods more innocuous in *Europa will have an only result: the destruction of confidence of consumers in foods *provenientes of *Europa, was *cual was production place. +In front of these *interrogantes fundamental, as in the case of the *OGM, #would have to impose , as, the greatest prudence, with greater reason put that very *próximamente go to have of an effective scientific instrument, proofs *EEB, that *nos will allow to judge the sanitary state of the group of herds. +This type of contradiction among the national right and the community right exists also in the field of hunting and in #many other fields, as #if the governments signed abstract #european commitments #whose aberrant practical consequences discovered afterwards. +Nevertheless, animals injured and patients that die in stables get to the industrial facilities, and tallow of animals gets to the pharmaceutical industry, to industry of cosmetics and, therefore, to chain alimentary. +How doubt fits that the financial compensation is an important support, but, besides, the presence of the #european fleet contributes to give a greater feeling of stability in the area, it that only #can be beneficial for the international relations with *Angola. +Have taken note with interest and already have received with satisfaction the statement taken by Minister #french of Trade and Protection of Consumer, Mrs. *Lebranchu, that, referring this weekend to the unanimous report of the Managerial Committee Scientist, said that it #would reassure to consumers. +From the year 2003 #all meat of bovine will carry labeling with the place of birth, place of fatten, sacrifice place, race and age of animal. +#If to *ello join the availability of capacity installed, that #can increase given the high potential propensity to investment, consequence of his high profitability, will produce structural changes, that managers of the economic politics have to take in consideration to adopt his respective decisions. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, first of all, *yo want to manifest that Group receives with satisfaction dialogue *macroeconómico like a #worthy innovation of *encomio, since it involves for the first time to #all the main protagonists of the #european economic politics and *les engages to a direct exchange of opinions on the general frame of economic conditions. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, believe that #if millions of #european unemployed had listened this first statement on dialogue *macroeconómico to boost growth and employment, #would have carried hands in command. +Am #one of persons that, to the equal that #Stephen *Hughes, had wanted to take part the past Friday and, likewise, had wanted to follow the debate with the Central Bank on the increase of interest types. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, gentleman President of the Council has used the image of relief career to signal that the goal of dialogue *macroeconómico is to happen witness to the following runner. +#Any of the that take part in dialogue, neither the Council, neither the Commission, neither the Central Bank European, will have to answer directly #if they do not take effective some #european solutions; only to those who have been chosen and occupy seats *nos will demand direct responsibilities the constituents and constituents that *nos have voted. +*Eso poses a danger, the truth, poses a danger for the review of the general directive, of the that also is Mrs. *Smet, and is the following: the rail sector goes included in the directive. +Of course, responsibility of this situation the have politics of the governments that protect the uncontrolled action of the capital shipowner that, of multiple ways, forces to crew to work *duramente, in conditions *excepcionalmente dangerous, many times *rebasando the limits of the human resistance. +do not see, the truth, how #can supervise satisfactorily measure, because ports community and the countries of the European Community do not have real jurisdiction on pavilion fuselages or foreign property. +#If it goes out forward, #if, for example, had agreed that it was possible supervision, no fits doubt that they did not go to have day labour out of waters and ports of the European Community and afterwards *cambiarla *cuando found inside our geographic zone. +Of course, the relative questions to health and security are an important reason to limit the labour day, but fishing already is object of codes of practices and regulations supervised by the competent authorities. +The maximum labour day volunteer negotiated by the #irish medical organisation and health department is 35 hours to the week by half term in turns of 46 hours and no more of 72 hours of continuous work. +No only takes already *algún time that exists in Big *Bretaña advertising plan of data on fuel saving, but that, besides, the majority of citizens take for granted that the valid plan is consequence of a #european directive. +Gentleman President, in the first place, wish to express my more alive satisfaction by this initiative, that constitutes undoubtedly an important step to the informative transparency regarding the environmental characteristics of car and that goes, in this sense, to facilitate the election of consumer. +Have to appreciate to the Council -the truth is that time do not say it only jokingly- that it have suppressed #some of the requests formulated by Parliament in the first reading, that surely incorporated because of hastes and that neither had my approval. +Another type of measures no legislative that they #can base and reinforce the juridical frame is the *autorregulación, or better said, approach in the that the regulation and the *autorregulación are integrated, is to say in the that they appear looks regulated in legislation and, besides, distinct groups of sectors interested in reaching solutions by means of the mutual query. +Exists fear that the electronic trade was *estrangulado when being born by regulations that subject in power to dealers to 15 #european jurisdictions different, but do not offer to citizens an easy and affordable access to justice. +#This is a clear indication that it still remains path for visiting in the field of liberalisation of the postal services or at least shows that there #be determined companies of the sector that do not apply liberalisation as it is had to. +Wish intelligent models of work, like factory *desahogada, in the *cual configures work time according to employment level, in the majority of times shortens, but no always, instead of shortening unilaterally work time with a full *nivelación *salarial. +And when hearing talk to the previous orator, Mrs. *Theorin, have to say that I am conscious that the speaker has encouraged for incorporating the greater number of possible amendments. Without embargo, no longer have to include in a report #all the amendments as they present, saying two or three times it same. +Is #this reason by the that pretend to establish in the same body of the guidelines in matter of employment bond among the creation of new opportunities for the unemployed and new places of work, by part, and the quality of places and the social protection, by #another. +On the other hand, hit of employment politics is fundamental of face to a healthy development of the public finances and is logical to see the package on employment and cooperation *macroeconómica in the community context. +And in *ellas even reduces the active support to the local initiatives of employment and leaves to side any attempt to examine the quality and sustainability of work places created. +To the not evaluating seriously sustainability and the quality of growth, runs the risk of *subestimar the work that still remain for taking to confer a social character to the #european construction. +Never have understood very well how pretends to say *cuando takes reference to employment with social content, but, on the other hand, know that it is not possible assessment perspective of employment based in the reduction of the protections and of the fundamental goals of social cohesion. +Nevertheless, do not accept a key conclusion on coin only, that says that it is a fact that the realisation of the economic and monetary union creates a favourable climate for the apparition of new places of work. +Beside the evident fact that it is very important that the Union have already, as #one of goals, a high level of employment and of social protection, see that data show still a *gap enormous among the contributions made and the needs of the that suffer in families and personally the *lacra of unemployment. +The qualitative elements of this type constitute heart of our social model. In this sense will have to give form to the minimum requirements of protection and to reduction grade of the sectors submerged. +Create, therefore, that Mr. *Menrad has reason *cuando in the general conclusions takes upsetting in the need that the Commission harmonise the documents on the fundamental guidelines of the economic politics and on the guidelines for employment. +Believe that we #can be more optimistic and *plantearnos objective common Europeans in the field of information, because we #can not talk of convergence of States members #if it do not gives convergence in a so delicate field like the of society of information. +In country communists are after the fast approval of the law on the #sindical representation that also is an act of democracy in work centres. +Improve the professional insertion, develop the business initiative, boost adaptation capacity of companies and of workers, reinforce equality of opportunities among women and men; #this are the main *pilares of politics. +To the 25 years, have, as it says, "#all life by in front" , but without possibility to conceive life project, without #any another perspective that unemployment and the minimum income of subsistence, is not worse that conviction to death? +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, treats here of directive project in the frame of the program Car *Oil, that has by goal improve of here to the year 2010 the quality of the air by means of the reduction of gas broadcasts pertinent of vehicles to engine. +vehicles found in a neutral concept of fuel and technology, based in the best available technology, that will allow to States members or to the local authorities boost the use of vehicles that answer to the idea *EEV by means of fiscal incentives. +violence is a social problem of regrettable actuality that supposes rape of the human rights and attempt to health in the physical looks, mental and social, and to quality of life. +In *Portugal, for example, violence against women is *estadísticamente greater in municipalities with greater levels of life or greater cultural levels, it that no means necessarily that in *ellos have more violence against boys and women; means -in my opinion- that there #be more women with financial independence, with more culture and more value to present complaints to the police. +To *través of program *STOP and of work in the fields of the police and of the judicial cooperation, the Commission struggles actively against the sexual exploitation of boys, included pornography childish in Internet. +The predominant approach of the Treaty centres in citizen like worker, it that means that the interests of boys are not contemplated, as *ellos are not more that the group addressee of action program and some #few eventual budgetary lines. +With seen to the editorial of the Letter of the Fundamental Rights, and to the creation of the common space of freedom, security and justice have to include a special chapter on the protection of the rights of boys. +Believe that we are in front of a problem that #can analyse from two points of sight: by part, the of the fundamental rights and, by #another, the of the influence of politics relative to boys in action sectors of the Union. +Sure enough, is secret to voices that the #british Government was convinced only by means of the promise to save caution in the directive on information and query during a year regarding the anonymous society European with some minimum rights of copartnership. +#If we accept immediately the amendments and go to the negotiation table with the new proposal, go in in the process of unanimity, that already know from the principle, that as they go things, do not goes to have the results that want. +The decision of own resources that today argue, that is the mere translation by part of the Commission of the political decision of the European Council, is the best proof of shrinking. +#If we examine the cases of *Holanda and *Alemania, in #whose name there #be had *tantas complaints in Parliament, see that the Only Market *les has contributed immense benefits and have had balances extraordinarily positive in trade with the rest of the Union along the years. +In *tercer place, the put in practice of flexibility principle inside limits for the agricultural costs, proposing transfers to the following budgetary exercise of costs or of resources no used. +As I have said, in general consider a positive evolution that, because of the evolution of the market and of prices in the agricultural sector, have been necessary less credits and that have had to spend less bottoms that then #can devote to programs of external politics of big importance and urgency, #such as the that have proposed here. +The Union has fixed already #some dip clear in the energetic sphere to reduce CO2 broadcasts in a 8% around the middle of the next decade and, of course, duplicate the contribution of sources of renewable energy of the 6% current to the 12% in 2010. +As I #be to repeat often, have to begin giving example precisely from the public facilities, from the public buildings, from the public sector and of the institutions of utilisation of energy of a more effective way and more rational. +Expect that the #nordic convention was able to continue advance and support goals, but then will need also the explanations that had in the report of the Commission of Juridical Subjects about this proposal. +Regarding the amendment *nº 5, *nos seems that it takes *recaer an excessively weighed charge on the central authorities in the frame of a system of the directive in the that said central authorities have a purely subsidiary function. +Believe that #all suit in that regarding the nuclear head offices and to the nuclear facilities is absolutely essential that concede the maximum priority to security: security of operations, security of the construction and of the design. +Is precisely not to penalise to States members that #can present proposals in a more precocious stage and in an acceptable form, of compliance with disposals of the regulation, that the Commission decided to approve the list by group of country. +Nevertheless, wanted to reassure to gentlemen deputies that #can be concerned, *precisándoles that activity of investments on terrain will not see interrupted, since the relative resources to the current period, that still do not finishes, have to be *integralmente delivered before 31 December 1999. +In the dramatic circumstances like the that affected, takes some years, to *Portugal and #Italia and, more recently, to #Grecia, #where have been in two occasions, especially with colleague #Anna *Diamantopoulou, takes month and afterwards takes hardly days, *nos support on regulation general of the Structural Bottoms and are responsible. +Our main worry, in addition to continuing in line, is the to give fulfillment to the decision of the European Council of *Tampere, to find definitions, *incriminaciones and common sanctions for traffic offences of human beings and abuse against boys. +Believe that this new approach on coordination of the inner politics and of the external politics, and of programs that commission of #one and of #others, #can be a step forward very positive in action of the Union in these matters. +To time, efforts of the Union to this *respecto *incidirán significantly in the possibilities of the countries candidates to reach said modernisation and, therefore, also in our common interest to reach an effective enlargement it before possible. +The past days 28 and 29 October *me displaced to *Kosovo together with Commissioner #Chris *Patten, it that *nos provided the opportunity of *reunirnos with #all the political leaders of communities #as well as with the representatives of the mission of Nations Joined in *Kosovo and also of the international strength of security for *Kosovo, the *KFOR. +*Señorías, in the middle of spectrum, of this range, have to take effort for improving protection instruments of citizens and of fulfillment of the law, is to say, the police instruments, #whose need *imperiosa has put of self-evident in the last crisis. +Have to be able to act of autonomous way and is necessary that believe the necessary conditions for *ello, in the field of transport means, of the communications, of information #obtaining, of the modern satellites. +The real challenge that unseen behind the *Europa of defence is access to the nuclear weapon or, in defect, the disappearance to fixed term of the #french nuclear deterrence that, as it knows #everyone, exists *cuando do not shares. +By #this, is necessary to procure that in the Conference *Intergubernamental incorporate article 5 of the Treaty of the *UEO to the Treaty of the EU under form of a protocol to the that #can adhere #all the countries on the base of his own sovereign decision. +In the Treaty of *Amsterdam creates cell of early #alert that has like goal be attentive to it that it #can occur to treat to avert that it occur and not having to act neither military neither collectively #if we are able to take all it possible by the diplomatic road, by road of prevention. +On the other hand, is precise that in negotiations of the *OMC put of self-evident and take in consideration likewise commitments subscribed by the Union in the frame of other international agreements, like the of the World-wide Organisation of Health or of the International Organisation of Work. +Also have to keep, besides, a permanent dialogue with the Government, Congress and village of States Joined, that clear reasons and boost the mutual acceptance of a reasonable balance of interests with partner. +. (IN) Gentleman President, wanted to express my gratitude to Mr. *Schwaiger for having elaborated an extremely complex report and, in particular, to *Erica *Mann also, for having coordinated big part of work in the preparation of the amendments to the report. +Thus, Group believes that before *nos hurl of head to new commercial rounds in *Seattle need to take an exhaustive evaluation of the social and environmental repercussions of liberalisation that already has taken place as a result of the last commercial negotiations in the Round *Uruguay. +In this resolution, that no doubt will receive tomorrow a massive support of colleagues, add voices to the of the Council to condemn action in course and ask that it initiate negotiation without more delay with the representatives chosen of the population *chechena. +Already know *ustedes that the #european agriculturalists will have to take important efforts of adaptation to apply commitment of *Berlín that has represented, the past month of March, the point of acceptable balance for the fifteen States members of the European Union. +#This goes to be increasingly fundamental in our future, of mood that it is necessary to highlight the importance of agriculture in the field of each economy protecting with suitable rules - and #this remains patent in the report, although it is necessary that each #one of *nosotros back it increasingly and with strength - small and medium enterprise. +#If we achieve to respect bonds and improve quality of life with a sustainable development so much in economic terms as in environmental terms, surely will have seated the bases of a better society in the new #millenium. +The unavoidable globalisation of the market #can not suppose discount of security alimentary neither of the social rights of workers, neither #can suppose neither the forget of our more disadvantaged regions. +The *mercantilización of services, even of education, health and culture, pursues the goal to snatch to the working class and to villages in general #many of conquests of these last one hundred years. +Likewise, the recognised prerogative of States in this political #would have to translate also in the possibility, for these last, of application differentiated in the internal territory, of it contrary -further of simplification of the procedures- the only condition #would follow being flexibility of work. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0058\/1999) of Gentlemen *Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen, in name of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, on the preparation of reform of the Treaties and the next Conference *Intergubernamental (*C5-0143\/1999 - 1999\/2135(*COS)). +The common market European has generated competition among the systems in look, that in the case of tax on value added, for example, has determined approximation of the types *impositivos. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, share conviction that, with the next enlargement to the *Europa of the East, the Union #can follow creating conditions for a mutual enrichment of States, instead of comporting ruin of #one to favour better fortune of #others. +The current Treaties contain numerous different - cases protocols, parts of the Treaty of the European Community of Coal and of Steel, for example - that they are susceptible to be amended by means of the procedure simplified, and the *CIG #would have to analyse look from a constructive optics. +In #this see a significant confirmation of orientations *europeístas shared that historically they have characterised the European Parliament in relation with the Institutions community, the national parliaments and the public opinion. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam established the legitimacy of forms of cooperation among States members, inside the institutional frame of the Union, to surpass integration level already reached. +do not considers the Council that the European Union #would have to suspend his own financial help to the "#taliban project" and initiate a deep investigation on efficiency and the correct management of bottoms allocated to the *PNUCD? +Without embargo, repeat that the competent organs of the Council are mood to improve the possibilities of the public to know the documents, so that #all are accessible to the public in Internet, except the confidential. +Council. (*FI) Gentleman President, want to signal that it is a fact that *Turquía has adopted measures, also during the year in course, allocated to improve the human rights, but the truth is that, in look, still *le remains a long path that visit, and changes do not produce quickly in society. +The expression «Oil for democracy» shows by himself\/hisself *sóla that to village #serbian *le is blackmail without precedents: #if it wants oil for heating, #if it wants to heat , village has to accept conceptions of the European Union on democracy. +In Parliament obtained the unanimous support of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects the first time that examined, and the first time that examine it here each #one of the main political Groups took to know that it supported the proposal. +#If #this approves today here, and the *crispación diminishes, #would owe perhaps have value to examine #if, in the achievement of a just end, to know, the inclusion of members of parliament in control mechanisms, #can guarantee the free mandate and perhaps articulate it of distinct form. +Also will have the possibility to work together with other #european institutions in the organisation of a conference *interinstitucional that examine the application of the strategy of the European Union in matter of drugs, probably at the beginning of the year that comes. +Second, because the own regulation - and *me gives shame say it - excludes of scandalous way, to instance of the socialist "government-communist-environmentalist" of my country, impression storage *dactilares of the illegal immigrants controlled in the territory of the Union. +And, without embargo, results that they are the main victims of date change because the rich countries of the North *les have left his old computer squads that are not prepared for #millenium change. +Consistently with wish, *cuando in first reading adopt a position regarding the budget for the year 2000, established a specific line of character *plurianual and endowed with 30 millions of euros allocated to reconstruction of *Timor Oriental, amount that has to update to the light of information provided by the conjoint mission of evaluation. +#There is had in this case #all a series of coincidences that have originated in country a deep movement of solidarity to the that, of course, have adhered the Government, #all the political parties and the rest of society. +Gentleman President, by *enésima time Parliament expresses rejection by the fact of keep to scale world-wide the use of methods of anachronistic punishment, *antidemocráticos and of doubtful effectiveness, and precisely in countries like States Joined, that lately *enarbola as own the flag of defence of the human rights. +Thus, with the foundation of our #european values, and in name of respect to the human rights, lick to the governments of #all the countries with pending executions to that the revoke immediately and to that they proceed to the abolition of death pity. +Have supported the peace process by means of finance of negotiations that take place in *Arusha, with a contribution of two millions of euros, that, of far, is the most important, and that it #would have to suffice, together with other external finances, so that negotiations get to a result. +This model admits drug shops, that in country know unfairly with the #english name of "*coffeeshops", and part of difference among soft drugs, the marijuana, and hard drugs like heroine or ecstasy. +In accordance with article, the Union #can complement the national politics with measures directed to the improvement of the public health, to prevention, #as well as to reduce damage caused by drugs to health. +Agree with the amendments proposed by Mrs. *Rühle, that express clear and real worries about transparency, efficiency and the surrender of accounts of the *BEI and about compliance with the goals and politics of the Community. +By reason the Commission always has *margen to pose increase possibility of reservation Bottom, although we do not have the feeling of that it was necessary to take it in the current moment. +. Gentleman President, the Commission has presented regulation proposal to modify another community regulation, the Regulation (*CEE) *nº 1911\/91, that established the special juridical diet for the Canarian islands. +. (IN) The regulation of the Council of 29 June 1998 stipulates that: "The Commission will present to the Council a report regulate on the situation of the market and will evaluate #if the #european dockyards see affected by practices *anticompetitivas. +Besides, the Commission proposes now forbid renewal in segments that do not progress to rhythm that the other and force to find and to destroy a capacity a 30% upper to the of ships renewed in segments that are to day in the goals of POP. +Like Basque, want, with humble and simple voice but firm, move to the European Parliament the feeling of failure of peace hope that the #spanish society and especially Basque have housed during #all time. +Have also to a delegation of parliament *estonio, headed by president, Mr. *Tunne *Kelam, and wanted to signal paper that exerts the Mixed Parliamentary Commission in negotiations in course that have to conclude, also in this case, with adhesion to the European Union. +Have to say that the Table of Parliament has adopted this morning, in meeting, the necessary measures to watch by the ideal application of disposals of the resolution before mentioned. +But #if money collected is distributed to the clubs that commission of education, of training of youngsters, action of collective interest allows exemption of norm of competition. +#If we do not fulfil with our duty to elaborate a #european directive for the protection of sportsmen, included professionals, no will struggle against the roots and the causes of doping. +At present, the fiscal package European crosses grave difficulties, without embargo, said package no only represents an important initiative to struggle against the hurtful competition in the fiscal field, but also an essential element for our strategy for employment. +But going back to the position of Parliament -that believe that it is a very balanced position- in relation with the Conference *Intergubernamental, *yo *le #would say to the Council that do not take an approach of low flight in this question. +Without embargo, did not ask to citizens and #this is face council to this governmental conference before it set up the construction of the empire: ask to the #european citizens #if they wish that the evolution follow this path. +The #european competitiveness neither is now optimum, the community markets do not work of form owed and has detained the *nivelación of prices of consumption sakes among States members in the zone of the *UEM. +Follows being missing a public debate in countries and a social dialogue, a participation of the regional and local field. All #this, that among *nosotros takes for granted, #can not take place there because the instruments of the EU do not allow it. +Nevertheless, also know that the no military means and the diplomatic means often only have a real effect #if it exists a credible military threat in a second flat. +*Yo wanted to signal that in the provisional report of the Commission on the Czech Republic quoted a #czech city of half size #where has built a fence in a street, by means of the *cual the Czechs keep separated of the #gipsy. +Believe that in January will be able to and will have to begin because have in wallet subjects: *Amsterdam, the fringes of *Amsterdam, cohesion, the *codecisión, the subject of security and defence, the Letter of fundamental rights, #as well as reform of the Treaty. +Suppose that this subject interests to the #finnish Government, but although I have posed this question in front of member of the Ministry of External Subjects Finn, follow without obtaining information and man will be judged today and morning. +trial is in *Rusia, and already a lot before undertaking the judicial process, the European Union took a call so that person in question have a suitable trial that fulfil with rule. +Also have read with like that Speaker #Nicole *Fontaine reacted *prontamente in front of confirmation of sentence and also that #would take part in front of president of the Big National Assembly of *Turquía so that #this did not confirm the execution of death pity. +Deny the financial helps proposals by the Commission for the next three years and for the *potenciación of the Union *Aduanera #would mean, especially in this dramatic moment that sees the #mediterranean country *postrado owing to a catastrophic earthquake, contribute to increase in *Turquía a perverse spiral, #whose consequences are *inimaginables. +The Commission coincides with the Environment Commission in that conditions of the enclosed spaces *repercuten seriously on health, but do not believe that this proposal was vehicle to study how have to resolve this problem. +For *ello, will suit that we remember by moment why have this directive on the table and of course is not by taste to collect #some data -already collect sufficient-, but that reason is that it reached a voluntary commitment with car manufacturers. +In the *segunda splits of the foundation mentions to the second and to the *tercer *pilar in the strategy for carbon dioxide and tourisms, is to say, to information to consumers and to the use of fiscal measures. +Believe that it #would be positive, and also have posed it in the commission, even have sent a letter asking why #can not use signal, warning signal, the *pictografía that uses in the world of the international transport. +Like speaker, #would agree with the amendment 23, #if to the introductory part, that is object of this amendment, *le add three words: Then the amendment #would remain as it follows: " special climatic conditions of some alpine zones or of comparable zones to the #mediterranean and #nordic regions" . +The present proposal has like goal update the current relative legislation to the commercialisation of forest materials of reproduction to take into account entry of new States members from 1975, the inner market and the scientific advances. +Proposes that *le assign to *Portugal, to effects of calculation, a supplementary quantity of 83.468 tonnes for the campaign 1999-2000 and, for the campaign 2001, difference among quota reckoned by quantity really transformed in 1997-1998 and the reckoned when substituting quantity by 884 592 tonnes. +Gentleman President, the current common organisation of markets had given samples of exhaustion, since it was not able to answer to the new challenges of a market like the of products *pesqueros, very *globalizado and competitive, in a European Union very dependent of imports. +Give the thanks to my colleagues, to civil servants of Fishing Commission and to the of the Commission by help in the preparation of this report and want to congratulate to Mrs. *Fraga *Estévez by the presentation of his very wide report. +And as they still are pending questions like death pity, and in concrete the of the leader *kurdo *Ocalan, #would wish to ask the return of both reports to commission, with the end that the Government of *Turquía give a positive signal in front of the European Union. +Now well, the resolution, that, in article 3, pretends to situate security and health of workers by on "of considerations of character purely economic", contradicts to himself\/hisself same in article 2, when denying to "impose obligations... [$^that$^]#\ *opondrían to the creation and to the development of small and medium enterprises". +This explanation of vote do not alters posture that have shown previously as a result of the processing by the European Parliament of the report of Gentlemen *Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen on the *preparativos of the next governmental conference. +In effect, the transitory period of three years will have had, at least, merit of *demostrarnos that #can live very well, on the one hand, with a euro with own life -that, besides, is rather chaotic in the international markets- and, on the other hand, with some national coins that follow in circulation, for greater satisfaction of consumers. +Gentleman President have voted against of the Inform Towers Mark relative to the introduction of the euro, because my party, the Socialist Party of the Low Countries, always has been contrary to the introduction of a community coin. +Therefore today, to the equal that the Council *Ecofin of the European Commission and that #ours speaker, think that the reduction of the transitory period of three years #can arouse technical difficulties very important, that #would put in danger the process of the step without setbacks to the euro. +The dynamic performance of the Commission in narrow cooperation with the delegation of the European Parliament has put of self-evident that the Commission with his complete strategy of negotiation had tended rails that #would conduct to a possible hit. +Although it is fundamental to centre in procedure details, improvement of the organisation will compensate the greater loss of *Seattle, the loss of political conviction in merits of liberalisation of trade opened and based in disposals *multilaterales. +Finally, members of the *OMC owe at last listen to the 1.200 no governmental organisations of almost 100 countries that have signed a statement demanding that it do not follow advance with liberalisation until they examine the social and environmental repercussions of the current liberalisation and solve the problems. +As very well has explained Mrs. *Pack in intervention, have got to an agreement that, for #all *nosotros -and like this have said it clearly members of parliament-, is an angular stone in the construction of a *Europa of citizens. +The next legislative initiative #can *atañer once again to the sector of insurances, in particular to #any forms of harmonisation of norms relative to compensation of damage to person that *tantas disparities and *tantas injustices is in the European Union. +*Cuando think that only the 30% of fuel transport passes *circunvalando Swiss, then have to take use of contingents to go back to apply the shortest path possible in place to load in excess to the peripheral countries further of any statistics. +substance, used like *desinfectante agricultural mainly in zones very delimited of crops of #mediterranean regions, has already commercialisation and utilisation severely restricted in my country and has been already substituted in #all the cases in that it has tested the existence of suitable alternatives. +The amendment 27 #would introduce a procedure accelerated to include in the new rule substances that exhaust ozone coat, it that it #would be of utility to postpone investments little careful, to time that benefits to ozone coat. +In fact, members of the commission consider that in these moments the European Union is the subject of the genetically modified foods of a quite garbled way. +Because, ensure it, my opinion is that heel of #Achilles of the regulation, that besides believe that it opens the doors to the legal adulteration, to transgression and to distortion, is that it is not possible to define in compound foods how and how much contain of product altered genetically. +Thus *me amazes that it say that lady Commissioner *Wallström do not wishes to expect to the definite review and that in place has backed offer of industry to fulfil the review of the directive on *OGM, already before approval. +With amendment proposal of the Regulation *nº 1139\/98, by the that it establishes some minimum limits of the adventitious content of material *GM authorised, answer to the mandate of the Council on labeling of the alimentary products produced from *OGM. +*Me cheer that the European Council have fixed the great lines of the new #european politics of security and defence developing, in particular, the capacities military and no military of fast intervention of the Union. +Collecting the wishes of Parliament, also will comment the opinions of the Presidency on the situation of *Chechenia and will review the most important results of the summit of the *OSCE celebrated in *Estambul in the month of November. +Among the challenges that have by in front find the demographic changes and the increase of competition originated by globalisation, of the *cuales derives the need to boost innovation and the structural reform. +How has escaped of control of the Union the Anti-doping World-wide Agency, that acts like doctor and supervisor of illnesses of sport, on the that presented a report the 1.12. Commissioner, Mrs. *Viviane *Reding, and in the that the Union had to exert an important paper? +will not be able to prevent the every time greater inequality among citizens and among societies, #if we are not able to regulate the minimum taxes in #all the zone of the internal market. +Seat a cultural community much stronger with Turkish and the *kurdos progressive that struggle in favour of justice, freedom and democracy. And is for me reason of joy that day *les #can give the welcome to a community of #european cooperation. +In this question reached to reach the goal that the Presidency #finnish had fixed, to know: already in the Conference celebrated previously in *Helsinki, States members and the countries associated agreed in that it is necessary to trace an action plan. +The example of the *OMC has shown that the #european chains #can have had an a lot greater presence and that it is important that are in the first line of the informative coverage #if we want to exert paper leader in the world. +do not considers the Commission that companies in question use offer to make new dramas of infrastructure to protect monopoly and that said dramas #would contravene the political European favourable to a balance more *ponderado among the distinct means of transport? +But wanted to add it following: by #a lot of that it invest in infrastructures -and in the conference of donors that will celebrate to beginnings of the new year will examine the concrete promises-, by #a lot of that it spend in infrastructures, it decisive is to boost trade wider and free among the countries of this region and even inside #one or two countries of this region. +To time, the Commission will follow accompanying process of political reforms and economic in country according to the valid agreement of cooperation and by means of program *PHARE or the new financial instrument that *substituirá to *PHARE. +In conclusion, gentleman President, the Commission do not considers that the new politics in matter of vertical restrictions #can cause in the sector of beer and in the sector of hospitality industry in *Bélgica important structural changes that put in danger culture of beer in country. +treats of small and medium enterprises that, with a high level of efficiency, require so #few employees that fulfil the criteria of the EU for the granting of state helps to #SME, but that, to time, #can compete in inequality of conditions and cause distortion of competition in the market. +Little satisfactory because -as it also has seen in the Summit of *Helsinki- have a Council that takes promises with a big joy and afterwards the budgetary authority, of the *cual in any case also forms part the Council, has to look for way that all go back to square. +The European Council of *Berlín obsessed with the budgetary cuts, no only initiated the decline of endowment of the structural politics with regard to levels reached in 1999, but that forgot that it had politics community. +The already poor countries of the region are even more poor, conditions of life of population see aggravated and bombs have not put end to the opposite chauvinisms. +Gentleman President, to measure that expand competitions of the European Union also grows the importance of the Court of Accounts European, that from the Treaty of *Maastricht is an autonomous organ of the Community. +The facts of the past year highlight the need that have an able Court to criticise in case necessary so much to the Commission as to States members that, after all, are responsible of the management of the 85% of resources, roughly. +Nevertheless, know that it is in mood compulsory for the European Union, according to the Convention on the Rights of Boy of Nations Joined, that Commissioner was in conditions to inform about it that is in favour of boys. +harmonisation process has the purpose to reach the most elevated levels of security and of environmental protection and represents an important inducement of face to the quality, with advantages so much for industry as for consumers. +norms established in the Parallel Agreement coincide with the of the Agreement *UNECE, without embargo foresees taking procedure of specific decisions *cuando regulation project do not examines in the frame of the agreement of 1958. +Takes two weeks celebrate here symposium with varied #american congressmen in the that it debated of way detailed this question, or was, the preparation of a common philosophy based in the economic and ecological requirements with seen to harmonisation of the technical norms. +#This *me carries to a very important subject that Parliament also has posed in a resolution, to know, the question of the nuclear energy like option for mechanism projects of development no *contaminantes. +Appreciate commitment of Parliament to help to spread the importance of the fight against the climatic change in #all *Europa and among his homologous of countries, in particular Congress of States Joined. +Therefore, in the Environment Commission, follow proposing the renewable energies and that adopt clear measures in transport; no only in transport by road that is the that more broadcasts of CO2 produce, but also in the aerial transport that also generates broadcasts and, up to now, has not priced as it had to. +#Such as it signals in the resolution, believe that it has got hour that the EU show the path to follow and that *atreva to be in the avant-garde, that leave after yes to #EE.UU., with will fault and with his *inflexibilidad, and that ratify the Agreement of *Kioto beside countries. +#This affects, especially, to contingents of waste trade and material *contaminantes, the *cual is a half effective to reduce wastes *contaminantes, always that it regulate for trade a clear rule based in the mechanisms of the market economy. +will Need collaboration and help of industry to go out advance and will require also the initiatives of citizens, in #all the countries members, to obtain strength and the necessary support for the adoption of measures. +Therefore, wish to manifest #all the appreciate and applause to the positions here adopted by the representatives of the Presidency of the Commission and *sumarme of heart to homage *rendido by Commissioner #Christopher *Patten to the Basque governor *Rocha Scallop. +*Macao offers opportunities for trade, for dialogue and for commitment, that is mood to carry freedom and democracy to the communist dictatorship of the Chinese Popular Republic. +But yes has to *preocuparnos the maintenance of right State, the maintenance of the public freedoms, the maintenance of the human rights, as it signals Mr. *Watson in his valuable rectification. +#This, without embargo, will not prevent a continuous and substantive collaboration along #all this space of time that *nos allow to the fifteen States members *confluir in common positions; and confluence will be decisive factor so much of the content of the positions that keep as of strength with that will explain for *impulsarlas in June. +Gentleman President, the representatives of 189 countries adopted in 1995, during the *cuarta World-wide Conference on Woman, organised by the UN in *Beijing, action platform and a statement by the that the Governments participants engaged to improve the situation of women. +Owe *recordarles that under the Presidency #spanish of the Council the EU pronounced with an alone voice in favour of woman and that, thanks to firmness, #can tackle important points in negotiations, that afterwards remained reflected in action platform. +By reason, wanted to formulate a very concrete question to the Council, and expect that the answer review clarity. #Which will be paper of the #european deputies in the next meeting of New *York, the Conference "*Beijing more 5"? +do not pretend to formulate new goals; it that we want to is to analyse and evaluate without *ambages the following looks. In how fields have progressed States members, where have to put more of part, where need more efforts so that the European Union #can achieve in New *York an improvement of the situation of women in *Europa and in the rest of the world? +The debate will restart -lady *Theorin, perhaps was #this question- after the statement of the Commission and alas also after the debates of the Report *Papayannakis and of the Report *Keppelhoff-*Wiechert, but anyway will restart before question turn foreseen for the 17.30 hours. +Have proposed mood to promote program *TACIS that do not penalise to countries, that allow to take a distinction among advance of democracy and the human rights, on the one hand, and programs, by #another. +Create, therefore, that before adopting any measure has to *averiguar loaning attention to scientists and to technicians that advance in science continuously, #if it is correct to continue to forbid along time determined substances and #if, on the base of investigations made by scientists, step that give is really important. +The studies are particularly illustrative: ozone level has dropped among a 6 and a 10% in twenty years; in 1996, hole extended along 20 millions of *km2 during more of 40 days, and has observed decrease without precedents of the 46% of ozone coat on *Escandinavia, *Groenlandia and *Siberia. +is not natural, is not normal, had account of it that each #one represents, in this Assembly, from sight point of convictions, of currents of ideas, that the left and the right #can not be entirely of agreement on these questions? +put in relation the reproductive health with the human rights, since it established that the human rights of woman include right to control and decide free and responsibly in subjects related with sexuality, is to say, also the sexual and reproductive health. +In effect, the Commission has adopted the approach of the stick and carrot: carrot have been the great efforts to gather to parts and achieve that they approve a solution through negotiation. +It that has carried to *Francia to this decision is insufficiency of the guarantees regarding the definition and to program application of medical proofs, and especially the absence of regulation in matter of labeling and of *trazabilidad in the #european plane. +On the other hand, *acaso the Commission and the Council do not continue *oponiéndose, with reason, to the lifting of the embargo on meat of bovine treated with hormones, pertinent of States Joined, in spite of the *exhortaciones of the *OMC, basing in a similar reasoning to the of the #french Government? +Believe that we have to hail dialogue efforts that have undertaken by #british part, from the beginning of the crisis of cow crazy", to improve the situation, to improve the alimentary security. +Asked by nature of the planned investments by company *Gardaland, the *BEI justified the impossibility to facilitate the pertinent documents invoking the confidential character of relations with customers. +Wanted to ask #if the Council, that is, and with reason, very concerned by the situation of the centre of *Europa, warms up also #any worry by the situation of regions like the autonomous region of the *Azores, that in this moment suffers great problems, in particular after the aerial disaster of the past weekend. +Gentleman President, with reason of the celebration in August of 1999 of the 50 anniversary of the four Agreements of Gin, the European Union took advantage of to ratify commitment to boost the international humanitarian Right in stage of #all conflicts armed. +#This is the political question, independently of other questions that have to see, for example, with the human potential with the technological knowledge for affine questions, persons that have remained without work, in relation with laboratories of the Soviet Union and #some other questions. +The position of the Council, presented in *segunda reading, follow being feeble in this sense and, in particular, do not protects small and medium enterprises and craftsmanship against inefficiency of the public device and of the excessive power of the great companies. +The proposal of the Commission of a directive on delay of payments comprises a group of measures to struggle against said delay in the commercial transactions in the European Community. +Seems to have agreed that #if *nosotros present amendments to regulation proposal of the Commission the Council will not approve the procedure simplified, to know the approval of postponement procedure in the frame of the *codecisión. +#If they wish it *usted and deputies to Parliament, #can *referirme to the questions for the that have come; #if no, #can answer, in measure of my possibilities, to the questions that have formulated the two previous orators on the questions posed yesterday in the Council. +And gets the Commission on 15 November and *nos says: «have not been able to conclude, by favour, an extension of a year.» But, adds that *eso will take on a new legal base, as in fact it has to take after the Treaty of *Amsterdam, according to article 152 of the Treaty. +To end of accounts, #this were forced to create the necessary conditions for a reliable system of identification of the origin of the bovine and guarantee the correct operation of his electronic databases for 31 December of the year in course. +Thanks to this procedure, the compulsory system will be able to introduce before the planned date in the proposal of the Commission and #all parts involved will have sufficient time to reach a durable and satisfactory solution. +#If *Francia has to pay - will be the Court the that perhaps it say it - politicians will assume responsibilities. But neither have to forget that #that that have not respected norms on treatment of flours and that *nos have conducted to this situation also have to pay. +Any amendment of Parliament to the proposal of the Commission that was contrary to orientation agreed yesterday by the Council will block with security advances to the achievement of an agreement before the end of this year. +hormone do not uses never with therapeutic ends, only uses to produce more milk, and #this *nos #can complicate life, since we are *excedentarios in dairy products and besides #can arise problems and negative reactions for agriculture, since they #can arouse contradictions in the new orientations of our community agricultural politics. +Wish to take advantage of occasion to appreciate, in name of my village, attention and solidarity manifested by the #european deputies when approving innumerable resolutions of support to the exercise of the right to the free determination of my village. +From the arrival of the Special Representative of the General Secretary of Nations Joined are query mechanisms so that the *timorenses have a voice in transition process. +Want to learn to be managers bear with the international community in development of country, but, after a long period of political activism and of fight, feel today that carry a big charge on the shoulders, because we are responsible of happiness and freedom that promised to village. +Lady Speaker, had asked to the administration of Parliament that guaranteed the communication in public form to Parliament of members of the assembly that go to take part in the Letter. By administrative road *me answered *afirmativamente to request. +Lady Speaker, taking advantage of intervention of Mr. *Poettering, wanted to signal to attention that *yo yesterday, on purpose of the resolution on *Chechenia, posed a problem of nature exactly and signalled to attention of His *Señorías the need of strict observation of the Regulation. +In this sense, owe *deplorar rigour fault of commissioner commissioned of the budget, the one who, to appeal of Budget Commission, resulted unable to give estimate in figures of the necessary amounts in euros, since it took it only in dollars. +Give to companies of Realm Joined security to introduce in these markets will contribute to reach said goal, will promote the commercial relations, growth and employment so much in Northwest as in #all Big *Bretaña. +Have the impression to see an institutional system that goes to the derive, unable to imagine future, unless the Council know it without *atreverse to say it, and that seems to be prisoner of the consequences of enlargement decision that do not reaches to dominate. +In consequence, after a careful weighting of the situation, *me declare firmly in favour of the continuation of this embargo, as #this also supposes a signal to army #indonesian, and expect that it was it also for the #indonesian democratic strengths, of those who suppose that they will see reinforced by this attitude. +Gentleman President, estimated ladies and cavalier deputies: the Commission receives with satisfaction this debate and congratulates equally by interventions produced up to now in #the same, as they put of self-evident that the European Union is conscious of responsibility in the evolution of Indonesian and that will follow encouraging by the establishment of a stable political order and democratic in this country. +This right is established also in the Constitution of *Kuwait, as it says the resolution, and of course is *loable that Government #kuwaiti and Parliament have proceeded to implantation. Only that it has taken of an especially unlucky form. +The case of women #afghan *nos serves to visualise the problem of respect fault of the human rights that produces day in #all corners of the planet and also in #ours *Europa. +In moment in that Christmases are *acercando, this circumstance offers the opportunity, among the enormous quantity of rapes of the rights *humanes all over the world, to Muslims and to Christians to join in front of strengths of the sea. +intervention #can not base in popularity polls of the diverse presidential candidates and with reference to the main electoral subjects in debate in a sovereign State on the *cuales go to pronounce in brief the constituents of *Nicaragua and on the *cuales competes to *ellos, and only to *ellos, competes to pronounce . +month afterwards, show revealed by descent of waters has confirmed proportions of the disaster -further of the human lives-, it that demands that it go back to pose prevention effort. +Is necessary to achieve that reference crops reach what before levels *acordes with the reality, or well begin to *reflexionar again on the foundation and consideration of reference crops like compensation in front of the fall of price of cereals. +In place of #this, has decided in the frame of the ancient Regulation 820\/97, in accordance with article 19 of execution disposals, that states have now until the 1.9.2000 the possibility to continue with the voluntary system Neither consider that #this was hit. +In consequence, the Commission has proposed to expand the validity of the Decision 96\/411\/*CE during other three years, introducing #some small changes, with the that it pretends, especially, or simplify the application of action plan or reduce delays in payment of the community contributions. +How posture adopts the Presidency of the EU in front of the statement of Prime minister of a country that continues keeping in vigour exclusion of the Democratic Party *Kurdo of the elections and is responsible of crimes without precedents against villages that inhabit in territory? +In the frame of the external politics and of common security, have treated in repeated occasions and regularly the initiatives of the General Secretary of Nations Joined, especially in the group of pertinent work of the *PESC. +The 29 December 1998, the Presidency has issued a statement in name of the European Union that supports without fetters efforts of Nations Joined for reaching a just and durable solution. +This decision goes to take possible distribution ordered and to time of the necessary strengths for the execution of the plan and to time goes to facilitate the daily execution of operations of *MINURSO. +And #if the Treaties establish that, in this matter, it is necessary to progress on the base of a decision by unanimity, think that the Council will have to support the juridical norms that *nos have given *nosotros and that has given the Council in the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +*Eso explains surely that, in the case of Commissioners -do not say #all-, it that experts affirmed, to know, control loss of the administration, have owed in part to the increasingly important paper of said cabinets. +Therefore, #if we want to improve the operation of the European Union and of #all the #european institutions, this improvement will depend entirely of a consistent and deep application of the principle of subsidiariness in #all terrains. +The European Commission, without embargo, has expressed a critical trial with regard to this first stage considering that progresses, especially regarding transposition of the community legislation, have been slower and more uncertain of it that it was necessary and possible take. +Is more, the tenacity and conviction with the that *Praga has pursued adhesion to the Atlantic Alliance underlines, #if it fits, the political conviction of the country to integrate in the different continental structures, are #this *cuales are. +In this direction, *me seems necessary to go back to say that it is precise an institutional reform that prepare to this Union before enlargement and, second, that is precise that the Union have the necessary means to face up to the challenge of enlargement. +But talk to the *respecto, by it that we have to take now it necessary so that this vision that every time takes more reality was a palpable reality in a predictable time and in this way #can give the welcome to villages of the *Europa central in the European Union and in the European Parliament. +The application of the environmental legislation constitutes an enormous challenge for the administrations of the countries candidates, by it that it is necessary to support from the EU these activities also by means of training and information exchange. +Expect that #all States current members have given account and are participants in coin diet only before enlargement, so that candidates do not have election possibility on the particular. +The current States members already have reached, previously to enlargement, great advantages thanks to reforms and efforts that have made the countries candidates with the end to fulfil the criteria that *les has imposed. +The communication analyses #some practical questions that they are notable for the constitution of some national strategies for the adoption of the *acervo by part of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental, without anticipating on assignment of the pertinent bottoms of the instruments of *preadhesión. +In sectors like the of beer, but also the of hydrocarbons, in the that the current approach satisfies to companies that act in the market, it is necessary to take an exception to the general regulation or opt by a specific approach by sector. +After the Council have adopted the Regulation of the Council, the Commission will present Regulation proposal by category for #all the vertical agreements underneath of part threshold of market. +Like conclusion, and to the equal that have taken #all the other, also *yo #would wish to express my gratitude to our previous president, Mr. *Newman, the one who has carried out an exceptional work to hour to leave of self-evident Commission importance of Requests. +Gentleman President, have the intention to talk about the annex of the report of Mr. *Newman that treats of my work like mediator of President concerning boys kidnapped and moved out of the country, but before that at all it wanted to *rendir homage to Mr. *Newman. +Of course, the heart of the crisis and reason that conducted to the resignation of the Commission are the bad economic management and the fact that it has lost in part control of costs. +#would Wish to ask to Commissioner *Monti how #this preparing the Commission this regulation with arrangement to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, since preparation represents also an essential element to solve this institutional crisis that has caused resignation. +Of here that of course it have to modify section 2 of article 3 of the Statute of Defender of the European Village so that Defender of Village have full access and without barriers to #all the notable documents. +control that, through Defender of Village, #can exert citizens on the operation of administration #can not but *animarnos to work better, to correct errors and to increase transparency of our work. +The #another point posed by Parliament, by Request Commission and by the own Defender of Village, refers to the code of administrative behaviour allocated to the Institutions and to the #european organs. +In my opinion, this attitude gives samples of a big irresponsibility. This type of statements only take by ignorance or because Mr. *Ferber has not read neither the White Book neither the report approved in commission! +Although this report is not a legislative text, represents, in terms of politics of transport, the culmination of an intense work that covers looks and that definitely will open the door to a legislative proposal in the future. +Among the improvements that is precise to introduce figure a regional approach of the management of fishing, that #would cover to #all the coastal States and to #all nations that fish in distant waters and that go to fish tuna to the Ocean *Índico. +The Agreement on fish banks, of Nations Joined, that applies to tuna and to fish banks extremely migratory, stipulates conditions, with inclusion of a description detailed of the approach *cautelar. +This circumstance demands modifications in the international laws -as for example in breast of Nations Joined-, a possibility that has not been taken advantage of by the permanent members of the Security Council. +Of course, supposes problems practical and, of course, will exist opposition, also have experience in the Low Countries, especially #if no clears that investments and taxes are necessary to keep the densely populated territories, *habitables and accessible. +The Commission, as I have said, already is these important problems in a wider frame and has engaged to *afrontarlos adequately covering, among things, the group of the expectations in matter of protection of the bearer. +On the other hand, the Commission already employed in depth to follow with coherence the group of the problems related with the protection of the bearer in matter of electronic money, some problems that, obviously, trascend the problem of repayment in himself\/hisself. +Regret that the commission have not agreed with speaker in point, the *cual constitutes, in my opinion, a very concrete claim and very important of the #european consumers. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #would want to express first of all, in name of the Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left, pain in front of amplitude of this catastrophe in the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, that has caused death of 41 persons. +Is necessary to effect an urgent diagnostic on security in #all the tunnels and, until so much do not know the conclusions of investigation, it is necessary to take measures of security and of limitation of rhythm of circulation of the heavy vehicles. +The local representatives, protection associations of the *emplazamiento and inhabitants, have not expected to that they occurred these dramas to promote cooperation *transfronteriza and give alarm voice. +village follows suffering the situation created by the military Government. time has appeared in #news because it did not allow the entrance in *Birmania to husband of Mrs. *Aung Saint *Suu *Kyi, gravely ailing. +Prefer, in principle, that a same country have responsibility to get to arrangement regarding similar happened. Also my Group thinks that a court *ad *hoc for genocide of *Camboya offers more guarantees of justice for the #cambodian, now that proofs run the risk to disappear. +Gentleman President, the coup d'état in *Níger, with the murder of President #Ibrahim *Baré *Maïnassara, has gone back to *sumir another #african country in darkness of the military hits and of the blockade of a process, although partial, of institutional reconstruction. +The government has insisted *verbalmente, but also through the facts, intention to reach, for finals of the year 2002, adhesion conditions of the country for adhesion to the EU». +*Yo also am adherent that it reduce transport by road and boost the use of the railway and roads navigable. Without embargo, *me deny to accept that car, trucks and buses convert in goat *expiratorio of #all evils had and for having. +Is indispensable cooperation to guarantee the fundamental human rights and, therefore, also the rights of boy; is equally necessary to reach efficiency of cooperation among the countries candidates and the current States members. +Likewise, in legislations of the countries candidates will have to guarantee the fundamental rights so clearly that it was possible to act of a truly effective way in front of rape of the human rights that have origin in violence. +Already has celebrated a meeting on the subject. The *Bundesrat , the house of the *länder #german, regretted deeply that the year 1999 was not designated official year of the fight against violence against women, since it had been #one *baza complementary important. +Gentleman President, in page 9 of Record takes quotation to three successive interventions, the #mine, the of Mr. *Fabre-*Aubrespy and the of Mr. *Wijsenbeek, relative to the decision, important to my seem, that the modification of competitions of the commissions vote by simple majority. +The effect of censorship motion *estriba, according to paragraph second of article 144 of the Treaty of the European Community, in that members of the Commission will have to renounce collectively to charges. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0160\/99) of Gentlemen *McMahon and *Schiedermeier, in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, on «citizens of the third age in the century *XXI: life by in front». +age persons advanced -persons of the third age or «grey panthers», as flame in States Joined; «grey power» in Realm Joined- represent a very important part of the Community. +On the one hand is the report -page and average- on informations, congresses, resolutions, requests and reports had up to now, and, by the #another, the fact that from the resolution to celebrate a conference to the that got the 16 of October of 1997 until the celebration of #the same days 1 and 2 of October of 1998 happened almost a year. +Ceased activity #european of support and the existent informative associations among the organisations of age persons to #european level left to be funded, it that conducted to lethargy in a big part. +Wanted to *referirme still to point of the resolution *concerniente to the participation of age persons in processes of decision, included politicians, as it exists tendency of *vanagloriarse to have a list of candidates #whose average of age was it more possible drop. +regret It even more because #all have appreciated work in Plenary, because it is truth that treats of discrimination of greater persons that every time will be more numerous #if colleagues so active and *lozanos like #this do not go in already in candidate list. +To the contrary, are #many the that, time *jubilados, have undertaken new tasks and projects, by not talking of #all #that that it first that have taken, time got hour of retreat, has been to materialise dreams that had come feeding during his labour life. +In regions of *Europa and, very in particular, in the northern zone of the Low Countries, potato crop exerts a paramount paper. disappearance #would prejudice seriously the economic situation of said regions. +But the application of this system, alas, only allows a partial compensation of disadvantage, weakening the position of the #european industry in the world-wide market, but, likewise, in our own market. +Regarding the possibility to apply in #Venecia the exceptions contemplated in the letter *c) of section 3 of article 92, fits to signal that it corresponds to States members notify the regions that each #one of the countries wishes to include in his regional map. +do not contemplates the possibility to go back on the decisions that have adopted, especially on a decision that has not been subjected to vote, although it had obtained backrest of the big majority of the Assembly. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0216\/99) of Mr. *Fayot, in name of Regulation Commission, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities, on the modification of the Annex *V of the Regulation of the European Parliament. +Finally, also there #be a third proposed -a resolution proposal- and, in resolution proposal Parliament takes observations on the budgetary management of the Commission. +#If we want to assume the derivative responsibility of this every time greater number of persons that see forced to resort to the atypical modalities of employment, have to reach that work of half day and the other atypical labour activities award right to provision in matter of social security and pensions. +Therefore, are necessary structural reforms very considerable, that has to prevent that the excessive demands of the social product by part of state, an excessive fiscal pressure and an excessive overloads by part of the social politics and of politics of *subvencionamiento originate problems by equal. +Use to the EU to generate the necessary conditions for the creation of companies, of new places of work and for growth and no to suffocate with bureaucracy to employments that need neither for *sentarnos here and believe that we #can deliver or «*palabrear» the new employments and the future possibilities in #ours *Europa. +Gentleman President, ladies and parliamentary gentlemen, before at all *permítanme *decirles that *vertebraré my intervention on looks relative to the great orientations of the economic politics, or *GOPE; Mr. #Mario *Monti will tackle the #another report, is to say the report *Menrad on the #european pact for employment. +On the other hand, in the context of a better integration of employment in politics *macroeconómica, speaker suggests the suppression of the current splitting among the great orientations and lines guidelines for employment. +refers to modernisation of the social protection and of the systems *impositivos to improve incentives and the labour opportunities for the entrance or the return to the labour market. +The Commission of Budgetary Control has made duties and in union with the Presidency #german of the Council has reached by unanimity a common position and approved recently the pertinent agreement *interinstitucional. +In December of the year happened the majority of this Assembly *denegó the approval of the management and returned to commission because it had problems of procedure that now have resolved, when modifying Regulation so that it was in accordance with disposals of the Treaty. +Regarding the Court of Accounts, only want to say that the typical demonstration of budgetary insufficiency has been able to resolve *favorablemente, and almost without effort, in the year 1997 thanks to the favourable evolution of the euro -of the *ecu, in moment- concerning coin *luxemburguesa. +By reason, the Council and the Commission, but also Parliament, have to take into account it that have decided in the Report *Tatsos, for example, in relation with finance of the parties, and have to proceed of equal way in square provision and in promotions. +Pose the presentation of censorship motion. *Ello carried out on 11 January by 70 deputies pertaining to #all the political groups, those who bore then convictions of type, especially by part of President of the Socialist Group. +No the problem resides in that 1998 has discovered and *yo wanted to *pedirle, gentleman *Liikanen, that communicate to colleagues that in day, in the summer, had breakfast up, in floor 7 -then #this left really with confidence and friendship- and *les took the following offer: are *ustedes frank, *confiesennos errors, show failures, are had to establish commitments. +since it is seated here person of the Socialist Group that more *cooperativamente has carried with *nosotros, will avert criticism to the Socialist Group. Of it contrary #would have said *yo it following: the Socialist Group is really #culprit of the dilemma in front of the that *nos find today. +Is extraordinarily important try include #all these small reforms in a global financial regulation and clear in the that they formulate clearly functions and the committed of each #one of the *copartícipes in the execution of the budget inside the Commission, to know, computer, the *interventor financial and accountant. +*Ella, Mrs. Palace, has referred to his first intervention and to the last, but *yo want to say that, among #one and #another, performance of Mrs. Palace has been enormously active, competent and intelligent, and really *nos have enriched #all, #all the institutions, with work that has come making along these five years. +The decision of the *OMC in the case of bananas demands of *nosotros a clear regulation for the own producers and for producers *ACP in it that *atañe to the suitable access of third countries to the market. +Neither the Commission of Social Subjects neither the Commission of Economic Subjects understand why permission to States members to begin experiment no the #can give the Commission. +Finally, it that *me has surprised and disappointed a bit also, is the fact that the Commission have not remained with control of the evaluation, that it yield control to States members and of form also the initiative for new proposals. +The opportunities to introduce radical reforms that offers this new beginning only will be able to take advantage of fully #if the three organs involved -the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission- keep a narrow collaboration in a climate of full confidence. +#There is had five years of absolute lack, five years in that the #european Constitution has been *tabú, and now spokesmen of great groups *nos give like the fundamental element of work of the Commission the preparation of a #european Constitution. +#This no always has been like this in the past, and the question of the commercial conflict on banana imports pertinent of the countries *ACP *nos leaves a bitter flavour. +Expect of *usted a firm exercise of the prerogatives of President of the Commission no only like guardian of the Treaties and guardian of the *acervo #european, but also a brave initiative of promotion of it that remains for completing of the institutional architecture, so as to confer really personality, identity and strength to the *Europa of after the euro. +NATO in the first place and second countries, but also *Europa that in the past always distinguished in plane of the humanitarian helps, are not to the height of the challenge that is as a result of war. +Every year, to hour to establish the budget and work program, will have to examine progress state of the realisation of the political program that will approve with the new School. +#would Fit to signal, in my opinion, that in the future Commission is necessary also the contribution of those current commissioners that have exerted well functions and have shown commitment *renovador, since without participation will not be possible to undertake said reforms with the sufficient rapidity. +Mr. *Verheugen, in name of Council, has underlined the need of a fast procedure of takeover and, on the other hand, Mr. *Cox, has underlined the suitability of a parliamentary debate of high level on the approval of a new Commission. +The European Pact by Employment by himself\/hisself same will not resolve this problem, but #can take a contribution and constitutes a #worthy recognition of *beneplácito by part of States members that they #can reach more resulted by means of cooperation that acting country by separate. +will Have to be norms internationally guaranteed, among the *cuales has to appear the inviolability of borders in front of the use of strength, the guarantee of security, but also of autonomy of minorities, no on paper, but in practice. +Already find in *Londres or in *Pristina, minorities do not have to live with fear to lose life or to suffer the consequences of violence *azarosa directed to destroy homes and means of life. +Have to be able to use vision and, then, the words that has pronounced in intervention -»May #can be a month of hope»- #can be a message more *tranquilizador with regard to our future and, especially, to the future of peace and justice for the *Balcanes. +Has tried the Council of Ministers in occasion put means to elaborate a common strategic reflection and propose elements, of course, to the Council of the Alliance, but that have felt for *Europa? +This use of strength against women, of torture and rape by nationalist reasons *atiza spiral of violence, hate and revenge with the that pretends to destroy hope of a *Kosovo *multiétnico and in peace. +In these conditions, Mr. #Spencer has elaborated a balanced report, a big reflection on this question in the that defends the cause of peace, cooperation and the maintenance of dialogue among the distinct parts. +Like this as, receive with satisfaction the report of Mr. #Spencer put that, in place to establish the previous political conditions that accustoms to fix the European Parliament, presents some balanced approaches to hour to examine this question. +Since I proceed of city situated to banks of the *Danubio, also want *agradecerle the contribution that has taken today *cuando has highlighted the importance of strip that crosses *Europa, that often has been stage of crisis and of wars, but that also #can be peace strip and cooperation, of links of the *Europa Western and Head office with the *Balcanes, but likewise with *Rusia, *Ucrania and in last term also with *Turquía, as *él has signalled. +Is precise to consider the northern dimension like a fundamental element, so much in the external relations of the Union, as in the taking of decisions for the inner development of the EU. +In last place, because it establishes in detail modalities of administration even of secretariat costs, so that it purchases character of a thorough regulation and *fastidiosamente bureaucratic and invades like this the field of typical competition of disposals that Plenary #would have to elaborate through his own organs of *autogobierno. +Thus, the liberal Group, on the base of the proposals of Mr. *Rothley, has formulated a proposal, adapted in determined looks to the proposal of the Council, and expect that tomorrow we obtain a favourable majority to *ella. +For agriculture, #if the agreement *interinstitucional accepts, means that the new structure of the budget takes possible to distinguish clearly among, on the one hand, the traditional cost of market of support to income that will be compulsory and, by #another, the new cost of rural development that will be cost no compulsory. +The report that have received *yo now with number #zero, not even with a statutory number, not even in my own language, *envie the report, the common position, to Transport Commission that do not gathers. +Lady Speaker, wish to begin for appreciating to deputies of this Assembly comments so kind and also say to Mr. *Jarzembowski that will give account that respect totally rigour and efficiency of work even #if, in rare occasions, am not totally in accordance with conclusions. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, in the #few minutes that hard my intervention perhaps was pertinent to give the thanks to the speaker and with *ella to Mrs. Commissioner that also *nos accompanies in this last debate on consumer of this Assembly and, in reality, *rendir homage to the process of *codecisión, that have applied and that perhaps was more representative more in this field that almost any #another process. +resources are the free repairs, replacement, the reduction of price or the cancellation of agreement in the case of defective objects. +Gentleman President, believe that nobody doubts to these heights of the need of a new program -in occasion until the 2004- of community action in favour of the civil protection, although really there #be not enthusiasm in the hemicycle by program. +In the amendments that the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer has approved by a fine majority -an important majority- has deepened in #some points of the proposal presented by the Commission that *nos seem important: +But have, to finalise, a question for Mr. competent Commissioner, since the Directive 77\/537 on measures that have to adopt against broadcasts of *contaminantes pertinent of the engines *diesel allocated to the propulsion of the agricultural or forest tractors follows valid. +But as it knows, situations of crisis #can also release strengths and deploy a special dynamics. The Presidency #german has confidence in taking justice to responsibility in development of the European Union for *convertirla in a community *paneuropea and to time with capacity to act as a whole. +Is necessary to remember that, from sight point of Parliament, #would have been preferable to leave #this in hands of the Commission and not following -as it said Mr. *Santer- converting to the Commission in Secretariat species of the Council. +Need a new Treaty, today, and it more important is to give exit signal and indicate with accuracy the path to follow, mark guidelines that have to come of Colony, especially because the public opinion, with the #sad experience of *Kosovo, shows that it is more sensitive that before to paper that *Europa #can exert. +The external politics and of common security always has been *algo #as well as stepson of the #european cooperation, among reasons because #some of States members greater have wanted to preserve the own primacy. +The *preponderancia of the practical Europeans regarding the labour market has to remain patent in the fact that a true dialogue among the organisations of work market *nos will allow to keep growth and the creation of employment. +Today #can not predict #if State Bosses and of Government go to contribute this strong political will, give the necessary step and open the new dimension of integration that need urgently, but *les promise that we go to work with intensity in *ello. +With the conclusion of Diary 2000 respected calendar marked in the European Council of *Cardiff and showed performance capacity of the European Union under some difficult conditions. +The upper limit of costs of the EU follow being of the 1, 27 % of the gross social product of the European Union and this upper limit neither goes to follow being employed totally. +Here, the Commission coincides fully with the European Parliament and am safe that Parliament goes to follow being watchdog also in the future so that have sufficiently in account in the daily practice of the application of reform of the structural Bottoms. +With the approval of the legislative proposals on Diary 2000, have the privilege to plant an important foundation no only for fulfillment of hopes of citizens and citizens but also for the *Europa of the future. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, after the votes on the Report *Rothley relative to the Statute of deputies, only #can underline that the opinion issued by the Commission of compliance with section 5 of article 190 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, follows being in vigour. +Now well, commitments do not have a lot that see with hope and the expectation of villages that, having chosen in the majority of countries socialist governments or *socialdemócratas, have manifested change will. +It more worrisome of intervention of Mr. *Prodi have been sight points about employment, the public sector and the regulation of the labour market. +Mr. *Prodi considers that the public sector is too much wide and demands rationalisation and cost cut, but, to time, do not exposes more that *cándidos wishes to improve the situation of employment. +The #portuguese socialists support a strong Commission, that was able of *movilizar the will of Europeans, that respect to citizens and the legitimate interests of villages, in particular of the small countries like *Portugal. +Although *me #would result very difficult to accept the idea of a community fiscal system -is *algo that *yo #can not support- or #that of an increase of wages, have to study mood to share costs of Parliament. +The only reason so that we support parts of the draft again statute is that *nos seems a previous condition to finish with waste that during years has existed in the European Parliament to coast of money of the taxpayers. +#This is so much graver in measure that, *remunerados with charge to the #european budget and *abonándole tax, the national deputies no longer #would have with villages bond of finances neither of taxation. +#Such as it is, the directive treats on this problem only through hope, expressed in the considering 13, that sake producers of consumption commercialised in varied States members include contact directions in said States; afterwards is also the perspective of a future review of the directive, contemplated in the considering 20. +Under the Presidency #british, for example, reach to introduce agreement very expected on the guarantees for consumer by the that they establish the rights of consumer *cuando #this buys sakes of consumption in point of the only market. +Thus, this decision is very positive, as it #would have supposed a step to backwards #if only we had made labeling, as lamentably we have taken in the case of the novel *food , although consumers have pronounced against of foods manipulated genetically. +Want to express here my gratitude to Commissioner, Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies, for having supported the position of the European Parliament in these questions, to the equal that in a series of points. +graver still, #this undermines the foundations of culture, of landscapes, of gastronomy, and therefore of a big part of identity. &#*x017*C;How, like this reformed, the *Europa agricultural, #such as *nos the present, will be able to defend his political project of agriculture and rural development in the future negotiations of the *OMC? +*Nos had enjoyed to get more far in matter of association, but expect that States members have the vision to guarantee a wide and more deep association in program preparation and in the application of #the same. +Gentleman President, gentlemen Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen deputies, in the *primer report that, in name of Fishing Commission, presented to Plenary on the regulation of the relative Council to the structural measures in the sector *pesquero, Parliament supported three basic ideas. +As a result of return to commission, now are in conditions to invite to the Assembly to approve the proposal of the Commission in form in that it has been object of a political agreement in the Council. +*Contrariamente to my recommendations, the European Parliament did not vote a substantial revaluation of premiums to cow herds *lactantes, that without embargo exert a positive paper in our territories. +The upper limit of 4.300 millions of euros to the year has to consider on the one hand like a *aseguramiento of credits for the rural areas but, on the other hand, exists the danger that States members, because of the demanded *cofinanciación of these measures, do not apply it or only of mood reduced. +The speaker already took part in day in invention of method of the financial perspectives with occasion of the budgetary crisis of 1987-1988, the that carried to the called «package *Delors *I», and also was speaker of Parliament for the agreement of 1993. +Therefore, in front of the challenges that meant implantation of the euro, enlargement to the SIN, #as well as the necessary reforms of the *PAC and of the structural politics, the speaker recommended in day that tried to sign a new agreement *interinstitucional, although it was in a context, #if it fits, of greater austerity that previously. +Regarding the transitory regulations on the that has talked here or to the fact that they have to exclude, no treats of maliciousness but that it is reflection that the regions have made progresses and that we have to *ocuparnos first of the poorest and not following helping to the rich that get slowly to reach the average. +To time do not owe *escatimar efforts to reinforce element of prevention, to prevent, in the first place, that persons lose work places; argument very very defended by the speaker. +With regard to the external actions, exists the clear commitment of the Council to fund the additional needs that derive of the situation in the *Balcanes, in case necessary, through a review of the financial forecasts. +Expect that negotiations on finance of the European Union for innovative projects of the *RTE in the current European Council confirm the importance of #Galileo for the #european producers and the #european users. +With news of today of *COREPER that the Council is had to give approval to commitment reflected in the amendments that today have in front of *nosotros, #can confirm likewise the full support of the Commission to the position of Parliament. +*Yo #would want to finally appreciate to Mrs. Commissioner the efficient work that has taken so that the new regional politics, the of the period 2000-2007, go tied to name, in the sense that the #his has been an important contribution. +Subject: Development of section 2 of article 299 In front of the imminent entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, how measured prepares the Council for development of section 2 of article 299 relative to the statute of the regions *ultraperiféricas? +Gentleman deputy, in question has described of a very precise mood the problem that have and that have not been able to solve up to now; on the one hand, want to protect to banana producers that are especially linked to *nosotros but also have to respect norms of the *OMC. +Parliament has been an important voice to hour to define the guidelines of this reform, but has to be it even more in application during #all programming period. +Maybe was #this my last intervention, because #if well I will go back to be available, my party do not goes excessively well, and therefore my last call to the Commission is the following: Are especially attentive to #all #this; expect that, in case of not going out reelected, *algún day #can read in the press that *me have taken case. +And are not positive looks like the maintenance of the community initiative *URBAN, by it other, against the opinion of *Berlín, the that they will be able to modify a position of deep doubt concerning goodness and efficiency of the future regulation of the structural Bottoms. +Gentleman President, after the taken care style of Mr. *Martinez, *me fear that posture goes to seem very spent, because *yo really believe that the agreement on Diary 2000 reached in *Berlín, to weigh any complementary imperfection, remains registered in the active of the Presidency #german. +*Casandra has mistaken and have confirmed, so much the priority that has for the European Union the politics of social and economic cohesion, like the admirable and, especially, effective collaboration among the upper organs of the Community. +In the report on the northern dimension of the Union mentions that, of compliance with it adopted by the European Council in *Viena, this dimension has to be also present in #all the decisions related with the inner development of the Union. +And for the group of *Europa, offer guarantees to tackle zone needs gravely affected by poverty and the abandonment, without forgetting help to the great regions that suffer the industrial deterioration. +Concerning punctual details #can take trials differentiated, but there #be *algo that it has to remain clear: that we have kept the calendar is an enormous benefit, so that this review of the structural bottoms in comparison with the of 1994 #can establish to time and go to avert go back to drop in the dilemma of five years ago. +Always *nos have declared in favour to impose the strict application of the criterion of a regional #GDP *per *capita minor of the 75 % of average community for the election of the future Objective regions 1. +*Me give account of it difficult that *les results to my colleagues of States members comprise how much have dropped wages of agriculturalists of my country, *Irlanda, to cause mainly of the fact that this country depends enormously of export markets, so much in the EU as in third countries. +As any #another agreement in the frame of disposals of social dialogue collected in the social chapter, #this illustrates also a new facet of the democratic deficit, #such as it already has explained the speaker. +Finally, the Commission entrusts in that Parliament will consider timely to issue his *dictamen satisfied so that the Agreement #can go in in vigour, and appreciates once again the important backrest that has received in moment of Parliament, no only for the strengthening of relations with *México, but also for the establishment of a true alliance among *Europa and *América Latin that, little by little, goes forging. +*Schengen is, therefore, #one of our greater worries so much regarding freedom of circulation of citizens of the Union as to freedom -that is indivisible- of citizens of the third countries that live in regular situation in #any one of the countries of the Union. +The only area in the that the Environment Commission, #whose opinion represent, and *yo same dissent of friends and colleagues of the Commission of Juridical Subjects is in the subject of #if we have gone by the good path regarding protection of consumers. +The directive no treats -on the other hand, #can not take it- to question it that has achieved through rule on author rights and rights *afínes, approved takes little, neither pretends -wanted to *recalcarlo in concrete to Mr. *Hoppenstedt-apply to it already regulated and harmonised with the Managerial «Television without borders», neither review definitions already consolidated in #the same. +Want to express my gratitude to #all #that that with collaboration *me have offered a so fruitful experience, for me unforgettable, and expect that it continue attributing to these subjects the decisive space that *les corresponds, with the determination and with coherence that recognise unanimously to Parliament. +treats of *incentivar the citizen participation in the #european plane and to guarantee the rights of persons to prevent that it #can prevail a negative evolution of characteristics. +Believe that it is necessary to take in consideration the following element: the agreements *interinstitucionales modify -by means of the consent of the institutions- distribution of the annual budgets and form part of vision of the budget, vision that have accepted of common agreement. +treated of #one of the priorities of Group of the Party of the European Socialists, #whose approval had reached in Plenary of *Estrasburgo of 19 November 1998, and that we had to take accept by the Commission and the Council. +The Report *Aglietta, that claims for the European Parliament the right to interpose in execution measures, specifically to *través of the *otorgamiento of power of *revocación, *nos seems, as, that contradicts the philosophy of the current institutions of the Union. +Is particularly lucky can take it *cuando lives a decisive moment of the process, with the signature of the agreement reached in the frame of Nations Joined, in that it recognised the possibility that village *timorense decided freely future. +By the wilful refusal of the #indonesian Government, the questions related with security and the creation of a climate of peace and without *coacción on the population are not properly guaranteed. +Gentleman President, do not know #if #this is my last mandate. do not know #if #this is my last speech, but in any case, are #where was, will remain at the side of #that that struggle by the right of self-determination of villages and by the human rights, by the that *yo also will follow struggling, since *Timor Oriental finds in #one of these situations. +Gentleman President, the Commission, of course, congratulates by the historical progress that has made in the final round of conversations *tripartitas celebrated under the auspices of Nations Joined in New *York by the #portuguese and #indonesian Governments to resolve the ancient, delicate and dramatic problem of *Timor Oriental. +Very probably had produced climbing of conflict and the decision of the Palestinians perhaps #can increase the necessary mutual confidence for a durable peace. +Europeans that have lived the *Segunda World-wide War and the period of *Hitler always will experience a deep feeling to the #jewish victims of persecution, especially those who, as *yo, had friends that lost life in catastrophe. +But in bottom have taken the word to appreciate in name of my Group to two members of this Assembly that, in this sense, have delivered in body and soul to defence of the rights of the Palestinians. +Gentleman President, the European Commission thinks also that the #palestinian managers have taken a decision hit in interest of the #palestinian village when postponing the proclamation of State announced for 4 May. +#If this year 2000 has a big symbolic value it is necessary to take advantage of it really to send this message of universal character: a moratorium for #all the cases in that it exists conviction sentence to death. +This *intergroup that occupies of the International Penal Court says explicitly that justice -Mr. *Dell'#Alba is #one of promoters of this *intergroup - has to protect in a juridical foundation. In the majority of the cases exists a juridical foundation to diverse levels, as *sucede at present in *Kosovo. +Believe that #this is reason by the that #many of conflicts that have produced in the last ten or fifteen years have been *dirimidos with arms and have not been resolved in the frame of a Court or a Penal Court. +action of the transnational Radical Party «there #be not peace without justice» has contributed in part to take advance the that, in my opinion, is #one of the most important messages that #can direct at the end of a century that has been the more *sanguinario of history. +Takes #some days reached an agreement mark -graces also to the discreet but *importantísima work of President #Michel *Rocard, to the one who congratulate- that it constituted and constitutes a fine base to reestablish the necessary conditions for coexistence among the varied islands and the same existence of State in the *Comoras. +On the other hand, the Commission is, with States members, the possibility to initiate diplomatic management with seen to the application of the celebrated Agreement in *Madagascar on 29 April 1999 under the auspices of the *OUA. +Coincide with the speaker in that the result of negotiations with the social speakers is so deficient that poses the problem of the democratic deficit regarding legislation based in the social dialogue. +The integrity of persons has to constitute an increasingly important factor in the debate on measures against delinquency, for example, by means of a more rigorous inspection of data. +With reason the Council and the Commission asked a decision to the European Parliament about compensations and quota of potato starch. Was simply a requirement so that it exist a fine administration. +Lady Speaker, always *me have felt proud that in the common agricultural politics achieved to join, reasonably, the interests of the first producing with the of industry *manufacturera, but to time giving a big balance to the interests of consumer and of the taxpayer. +Of compliance with the Agenda, proceeds to discussion of the report (To4-0195\/99) of Mr. *Hoppenstedt in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education and Media, on the Communication of the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament «*Expo 2000 *Hannover» (*COM(99)0131 - *C4-0153\/99). +Has to carry out a renewal that *le allow that products or services are able to have, in the frame of a global economy, a sufficient acceptance as to reach a fine participation in the international markets. +Then, the Commission *recobró enthusiasm, no against States that refuse the introduction of social and environmental clauses in rule of the international trade, but against States members. +To the treat of the last planned session for the present term of office, propose to his *Señorías separate of section 2 of article 133 of the Regulation and approve, from this moment, Record of the present session, that has gone drafting to measure that developed the debates. +The European Parliament has visited a long path from 1979 up to now, and in #Nicole *Fontaine have the suitable person to conduct to a good future competitions, faculties and the dignity of Parliament. +*Nos seems *importantísimo that now put order in Parliament so that trip that costs 300 euros was not *reembolsado with 1.000 euros and of form wage go in by the main door and no hidden by means of benefits in species by the rear door. +members of the EU no only kept unit and performance capacity in this extraordinarily difficult stage, but that also showed a high constructive capacity. +reason *estriba in that war of *Kosovo went back to put of self-evident bottom goal of the #european integration, that is the construction of a durable peaceful order in our continent. +In *tercer place, with the end of the *cuarta and expect that last #yugoslav war in *Kosovo and the adoption of the Stability Pact, the *Sureste European has now, for the first time in history, a true opportunity to leave definitively backwards nationalism and violence and add to the *Europa of integration. +Therefore, in the future will be *ineludible enlargement of the rights of the European Parliament further of the new disposals of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, but also a more adapted participation of the national Parliaments. +... but #if Mr. *Poettering devotes to proclaim that the Federal Chancellor German did not interview with commissioner designated before nomination, *yo owe *recordarle that the previous Federal Chancellor *Kohl talked very often with Mr. *Bangemann and already sees the results that obtained, or was, absolutely #any. +The decision to proceed to a military intervention to close the step to a racist politics, nationalist and of ethnic deportation in the *Europa of the century *XXI was received, as *ustedes know, with diversity of trials in the Group of the Greens. +disarmament, prevention of the crisis and the civil resolution of conflicts, particularly through an intensification of paper of the *OSCE, run the risk of remaining abandoned in the ditch. +*Me seems -and treats of #one *segunda education of these #european elections- that in numerous countries, in particular in Big *Bretaña and in *Francia, the voters have manifested a *euroescepticismo in increase and believe that, when voting by the parties of the opposition in the great #european countries, to *Europa, in the that take part the Governments, is to the that citizens have wanted to sanction. +#Can that yes, from sight point of intention statements, without embargo, *nos seems that all follow being very *nebuloso before being able to affirm in how dates the Union will convert in a subject autonomous politician with his own external politics and of security. +Nevertheless, intervention of today *me has affected a lot, as it has said #a lot of more things that the fact that it represents to the greater political Group of this Assembly and that has got to a coalition with the Liberal for the election of President of #the same. +In definite, it that *les interests is not #who resolves problems, but the fact that at last somebody occupy of these problems, that consumers #can *fiarse of foods that buy, that travellers take plane with confidence, that the world of sport was clean. +Now treats to concentrate #all energies in the really important tasks: reconstruct the house of the one who has found without home, *recomponer the communities destroyed and, it more important, have to offer to the *Balcanes a political and economic future clear that put end to *tantos centuries of continuous conflicts. +Have been so busy *reconstituyéndonos *nosotros same that still have not been able to take the duties and the owed investigation, so, #if audiences take out to the light question of importance and of public interest that still *desconocemos, this Assembly will have the have to bear with *Europa to act, and will act -of course, my group will take it. +Parliament has matured in the last months and have learnt a basic lesson for the coming years: no longer are partner of less category of the #european political institutions. +The systematic rejection by part of position Commission of the European Parliament -even adopted by overwhelming majority- is not a fine attitude and the ancient Commission is manager of *ello, wish to signal it. +#This is the vision, the challenge and for *nosotros -*nosotros the radicals- criterion, a very clear approach, the federalistic approach of *Altiero *Spinelli that *nos will allow to know #if our Institutions leave or do not leave to the *reforzamiento of the Union, to more *Europa, to the *Europa political. +In the long run, am convinced that, while it put car in front of horse -with the Commission exerting a greater influence on the formulation of politics that the elect members of Parliament-, citizens of #all *Europa will follow showing apathetic to this institution. +Know orientations that *usted treats to give to the Commission and that today has completed and required in it to reform of the Institution refers, and *usted knows orientation and the political worries of the European Parliament. +Without embargo, think that it is necessary to underline the suitability of *evidenciar reasons by the *cuales recently has talked also of a Pact by Employment, #as well as the need to loan attention to the regional disequilibriums that exist in *Europa. +The Presidency #finnish of the EU, together with the Commission, #would have to study how progresses are in this important subject in #all the European Union so that worries of consumers on the new coin are fully attended. +Agree with #this, had as we are to take part in solidarity process among States through an External Politics and of Common Security by the that my Group struggles from the principle of presence in the European Parliament. +By reason, on 29 June the Commission has demanded to the competent #turkish instances that take into account this rejection of death pity by part of the European Union. +Regarding the institutional subjects, the Presidency #finnish has an enormous responsibility: the to set up works that will carry to the conclusion of a statute on the fundamental rights. +Gentleman President, lady minister, coincide with *usted in that sentence to death of the leader *kurdo Mr. *Öcalan puts to the international community in front of an important challenge, since it violates the minimum requirements of justice #as well as of respect to the human rights. +By reason, in spite of rape of the human rights and of the ethnic cleansing against the *kurdos by diet of *Turquía, Group do not requests that the European Union neither NATO bomb *Turquía. +And to *ello it is necessary to add the requirement, by part of the European Union, that Government #turkish have a conversation with the *kurdos, by means of dialogue that achieve a solution for claims *kurdas of autonomy inside *Turquía, #as well as respect of his democratic rights. +gentleman Commissioner *Bangemann manifested in letter dated on 29 June and directed to the then President #Gerhard *Schröder intention to go in to service of a private company of communications, to know, the #Telephone #spanish company. +This crisis has influenced negatively in exports, and #some measures taken by commercial partners of the Union have *desbordado the real proportions of the crisis in looks, so much by the gravity of said measures as by his practical applications. +Alas, the Commission was not informed on the problem by the #belgian authorities until 27 May. Immediately, set up #all a series of measures with the end to protect health so much of persons as of animals. +Have to establish a juridical base to use protection clause in case of dangers that arise in the European Union related with edible products for animals and that they #can represent a serious risk for the health of persons or animal #as well as for the environment. +To *ello added the fact that the decision of the Community on the withdrawal of product markets potentially contaminated was executed by part of the #belgian authorities of an entirely insufficient mood. +failures have caused a dramatic situation, in the first place, of course, for the public health and second have meant an economic disaster for agriculture and for #all the alimentary sector. +Parliament has to to the #european citizens *algo more that the simple complaint of a criminal act, as in the case of *Bélgica, that, on purpose, Mr. Commissioner, has not taken publics still the names of companies that used foods for animals contaminated by dioxin. +Accepting contrary rules to our interests and disposals #such as sufficiency of the scientific proof, that *nos forbid in practical apply the principle of caution, the previous Commissions have caused *estragos considerable to society and to our economies. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *Europa knows, already from takes #some years, a succession of alimentary scandals: had cows crazy»; *nos interrogate on the *OGM and labeling; at present experience the problem of the animal flours that contain dioxin; see that they withdraw of sale drunk very common because they cause problems... +Of here that the Commission have to draft and formulate proposals to take a positive list of matters prevail authorised for the animal feeding, accompanied of a study on the incidence in production costs of feeding grazier to avert incompatibilities with the *PAC. +Have received six amendments and, once again, as I finish to say it, only reflect distribution among political Groups, is to say the exchange of charges in the interior of a same group or well add a nomination in place that found vacant. +The European Parliament, #as well as numerous associations of consumers, has had the opportunity to give elements of answer that are #others *tantos indexes posed to carry out reflection in favour of a new definition of the alimentary approach of the European Union. +treats give priority to the interest of consumers, to take that it prevail the principle of caution on any #another principle and establish control integrated of the whole of chain alimentary, of producer to consumer. +Lady Speaker, in this Assembly has converted in species of tradition that deputies put in foot to say that name do not appears in assistance list of the previous day. +The Commission considered that factors -the application without precedents of the law, the relative conventions to previous sales of entrances for international tournaments and the constructive action of the *CFO- justified the *imposición of a symbolic sanction, more that of punishment. +Wanted to signal that the coasts for deputy that took part in said legal action were of order, oh surprise, of the 1.000 pounds, a quite greater sum that fine imposed to the organisers of Glass of the World. +Is a universal feeling in the Commission, reason by the that my colleague Mr. Go *Miert and collaborators of the Commission tried specifically take *algo effective bear, once and for all, avert in the future and also in 1998 the application of discriminatory practices by part of the *CFO. +*Cuando listened #some of interventions made in the course of this debate, #can not avert the feeling of that, sometimes, the first victim of football is the truth, because there #be had #one or two interventions loaded of passion, but that in general did not recognise the facts. +*Les remember that in meeting of Thursday 9 September, the Conference of Presidents had decided to subject the question to the Commission of Budgetary Control, so that it elaborated a report. +. Lady Speaker, *Señorías, the Commission received the past Friday the text of the second inform of the Committee of Independent Experts, that analyses the administrative management of the Commission and formulates proposed of face to reform. +In my modest opinion, like Commissioner with a long experience, have curiosity to know #which goes to be, in this precise moment, in moment of the truth, the behaviour of #all *nosotros in front of a new model of organisation of the #european integration. +The dissemination of information on the scope of threats of marine pollution - hydrocarbons, radioactive substances and other harmful substances - will serve to ensure that they take the best measures of *mitigación possible and enjoy of the complete support and confidence of the public. +Gentleman President, appreciate to the Environment Commission, and in particular to speaker, Mrs. *McKenna, #as well as to members of Budget Commission, the work made and the interest that have devoted to this proposal. +Besides, the valid international agreements on protection of the Mediterranean Sea, of the Sea *Báltico and of the Sea of the North, in the that the Community is part *contratante, follow #all *ellos approach of not mentioning substance in concrete; +*Nosotros sustain, in the matter, the request of Mrs. #Jackson of no content with approving recommendations, but to happen to stage of a true managerial, that fix some precise criteria that #all States members will have to respect in inspections. +*Cuando get moment, my Group has intention to contribute, in breast of the Assembly and in the suitable forums, to a debate that expect that it initiate on the lessons that like Parliament have to learn of audition process. +In auditions, commissioners have shown so conciliatory in front of the majority of deputies that even groups that by reasons *extraeuropeas had promised to show aggressive have buried the axe of war with rapidity. +The next *CIG is the greater challenge to the that confronts the European Union like political and economic organism from the decisions taken during negotiations of the Treaty of *Maastricht that set up the process of the Economic and Monetary Union. +*Le ask that it was very ambitious in this direction and that reach that relation among the Commission and Parliament, as *usted had occasion to manifest in a meeting with the parliamentary spokesmen, do not add zero, but that it was a positive sum. +No *cuando overlook #all the warnings and proposes to commissioners on the that the *primer report of the committee of wise persons has launched serious doubts; without embargo, after conversation, in the commission did not take any critical question to Mr. *Lamy during his oral appearance. +has talked of the political balance of the Commission, that is not condition inscribed in the Treaties, but a requirement that demands the political prudence and also consideration to this House. +*Cuando commissioners do not have #all responsibility and #all the authority on #all the administration, #all the references to a responsible administration sound to hollow, and am safe that Mr. *Kinnock, to the equal that the majority of *nosotros, accustoms to carry better out of house. +Without embargo, is #likely that with frequency seat alone in debate table of the Commission, as *usted, gentleman *Prodi, do not has the lower idea on the interests of persons that live in the European Union, although it always talks of the #european soul and the has to flower of lips. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen deputies, no *les will surprise that the #belgian delegation of the *PPE #can not give approval *unísona to commissioner school, but for the next years will keep a constructive position to work with #all commissioner school. +Mr. *Fischler expressed *verbalmente the political commitment to keep the current General Direction of Fishing, modifying the statement that had taken by writing in questionnaire and accepting, therefore, keep the current General Direction of Fishing. +Therefore *le ask to *usted that take very fine note of *ello; and also ask it to Mr. *Kinnock, that is to left, like Vice-president commissioned of reform, since it is condition *sine *qua *non for the maintenance of the parliamentary confidence that have awarded to Mr. *Fischler in our commission. +The majority of the commission also declared satisfied with the answers of Mrs. Palace to indictment of the socialists in relation with investigation of subventions to crop of linen in *España. +That the Commission take reflection -*nosotros the go to take also-, and afterwards go to try -the two institutions of the European Union- get to a preparatory document to facilitate the adoption of agreements. +In summary, gentleman *Prodi, still #can *convencerme with an active measure, but #this will have to constitute a signal very *convincente for Parliament and the public opinion or of it contrary *yo go to vote against tomorrow, to the equal that #many #others, and my negative vote will not be a "no" to *Europa, but vote in favour of #one *Europa clean, democratic and transparent. +*Ello gave a quite unreal character to exercise since it #can not, and with reason, integrate drama of *Kosovo and his financial consequences, and finally because, by reasons that no *nos seem very satisfactory, #this denied to answer to worries expressed by Parliament in matter of administrative reform. +is not especially careful that Budget Commission and the Council of the Presidency talk on the foundation of an alone place- *C, while the European Parliament has 1776 places of this type. +In the first place, as I already said in my own intervention, my opinion is that the problem on coverage of the financial needs of *Kosovo goes to be with certainty #one of the essential questions of the Autumn. +*Yo said that we have decided to support the investiture of the new Commission in spite of reservations that keep in relation with Palace Mrs., #whose innocence boast but #whose conception of the political responsibility in a subject that concerns to the community budget do not share. +Want to express my satisfaction regarding urgency of fulfillment of article 13 of the Letter of fundamental rights, urgency that Minister *Halonen underlined in intervention and that *yo share, so *yo also expect that the Commission take initiatives to the *respecto. +The protection of privacy is regulated in the Statement of the Human Rights, in the International Treaty on political rights and citizens, #as well as in the European Treaty on the rights of man. +By part, treats of security and of fundamental rights, is to say, of inalienable individual rights. On the other hand, treats of the protection of security and of the protection of these individual rights by part of the public organisms, and more in particular, by part of the public organisms that they have to create in *Europa. +But *presentimos, after the speech that have heard here this morning, that #can be it, since it that in the Treaty of *Amsterdam was by strength allocated to be "dead letter" or mere music celestial, earns relief public, favourable greater consensora, imposes of course by the need, by it that goes back credible a common space of freedom, security and justice. +Besides, because it gives preference to the community method concerning cooperation *intergubernamental traditional, it that *propiciará a new juridical identity or institutional #european, more effective, modern and next to the problems that until today go rotting, without resolving, by the *empecinamiento in the *soberanismo and in the nationalist juridical-fetishism. +sentence has at least merit to show that the European Parliament and the Commission go to support mutually to increase his respective powers and *pisotear the decisions of the Council. +#If it that pretended was to take *borrón and new account, is clear that attempt has failed because with these two gentlemen is impossible to go back to begin from zero. And do not forget that the #european citizens have right to that *nosotros, deputies to the European Parliament, control that members of the Commission are persons *intachables. +To the contrary of the #european right, that has tried manifestly disguise divisions by means of the virulence of attacks, sometimes personal and *injuriosos, against Commissioners, *yo *me propose to give preference to road of the *concertación and collaboration with the future Commission. +That the #european citizens recover the illusion and confidence in the process of #european construction depends now of the Commission that, under the direction of President *Prodi, begins today career. +By reason, in morning debate it #would be necessary to decide that Reconstruction Office install in *Pristina, and that of way was attached to Control Office of Stabilisation Treaty in *Tesalónica. +(Green\/*ALE) -. (*FI) Gentleman President, want to appreciate to the Council of Ministers his firm performance in the organisation of the referendum for the independence of *Timor Oriental, among things, sending a Delegation of high level, of the that formed part #some of colleagues in representation of the European Parliament. +During long the international community has allowed that they survived the called dictatorships of development, of Indonesian to the *Chile of the *Chicago *Boys, happening by Chinese and *Corea, countries in that, in name of macroeconomy, have tolerated that market reasons prevailed on reasons of the human rights. +supply of information will facilitate a lot the contribution of Parliament to development of an external politics of the European Union more effective and more coherent, politics that #would have to have from takes already long. +Alas have not been never in *Timor oriental but *me seat very next of village of *Timor, that comes suffering since Indonesian carried out annexation in 1975 and that has lost almost the third part of the population, murdered by the #indonesian, a proportion of deaths still greater that in the #ex *Yugoslavia. +*Cuando was appointed Secretary of External Subjects, Mr. *Cook proposed an ethical external politics that, among things, contained the obligation to impose a rigorous code of behaviour in matter of controls for armament exports. +The Council backs the celebration of an extraordinary meeting of the Commission of Human Rights and the nomination of investigation delegation that was sent to the zone. +The nuclear head office that goes to build in *Marruecos is related with desalinisation of water and *desconozco #if *Marruecos has problem that *nosotros pose in our presumptive on head office that goes to install in *Turquía, is to say, the problem of the seismicity, and precisely after the terrible earthquake of takes #few days in *Turquía. +#Can indicate the Council #which are States members of the Union #whose citizens do not require visa to travel to the #EE.UU. and how management thinks to make in front of said country with the end that the suppression of the compulsory visa affect to #all citizens of the European Union? +Gentleman President, as it mentions Mr. Deputy, #some of the countries candidates to the EU have requested in adhesion negotiations transitory periods to follow limiting the free acquisition of real estates by part of citizens and companies of the European Union. +Gentleman President, agree with Mr. Deputy in that it #would be convenient to include the minimum labour norms in the list of subjects of the next " Round of #Millenium" of the *OMC, and already in the *preparativos has split of the base that it is necessary to take out to debate these subjects. +Wanted to know #if the Council is had to study #some measures of this type with seen to demolish diet literally criminal, it that *nos #would avert, as in the case of the Soviet Union, cry 30 or 40 years after the tragedy. +The Commission takes a call to #all parts so that they respect the Resolution 1244 of the Security Council, #as well as the agreements and the military initiatives in whole, and wait that the deployment of the *KFOR and the *UNMIK complete fully without great delays. +Then it is necessary to pose also another problem: #Which have been damages *ocasionados by actions and events of *Kosovo in States that, inside the context of the Union *Europa, lived vicinity in his own meat? +Insist, nevertheless, in that the Commission and Parliament share goal: improve to the maximum rapidity and efficiency of efforts of the Commission on terrain in *Kosovo for the population of the region. +Expect that the European Commission take the initiative, with the narrow cooperation of Parliament, to convert in a more active speaker in Orient Half and do not keep to the *margen and allow that they are the Americans the that take the initiative. +The report has been elaborated by Mrs. *Morgantini, on the signature by the Commission of an agreement with Organism of public dramas and aid of Nations Joined for Palestinian refugees. +disposal has governed previous contributions of the European Union in the frame of successive agreements and has deserved reiterated praises of Nation Organism Joined, because it averts erosion of value of the community contribution. +The Assembly will be conscious that, in the context of the peace process in Orient Half and of the peace agreements of *Oslo, the subject of refugees left for conversations on the definite situation. +The budgetary plans presented to the European Parliament for consideration included initially the recommendation to reduce bottoms allocated to security campaigns *vial in *Europa in 1,5 millions of pounds (1,9 millions of euros). +Gentleman President, the resolution that finishes to approve on the politics of police cooperation, judicial and circulation of persons for the preparation of the next European Council of *Tampere reveals #some changes, apparently favourable, in the position of Parliament. +Said #this, the community Institutions have to, in my opinion, ask to the competent #russian authorities explanations of employment of bottoms allocated to development of the country and for needs alimentary. +This cathartic effect *nos #would allow definitely to the European Union formulate a new approach of relations with *Turquía and develop a more positive collaboration in a spirit of authentic solidarity, and #Grecia has to show to himself\/hisself same that is had to take part in this project. +Like this as, believe that it has to take an immediate intervention, have of resources demanded by the second and *tercer *MCA and can create the concrete mechanism, #such as the speakers have requested also, for the *blindaje *antisísmico and forecast of the pertinent damages of the earthquakes. +The Council of General Subjects of this week has engaged to approve and apply what before the regulations and asks to the European Parliament - and talk by mouth of the Council - that #take in considerations. +#can not justify of way, but, *Señorías, do not situate this type of revenges to height that the ethnic cleansings and the systematic terror that have existed in the last ten years. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, fears manifested takes instant by colleague, Mr. *Zimeray, are justified by the recent conviction to death of four persons, after some student demonstrations that took place in July; the *ahorcamiento, the past year, of man of 60 years the confirms. +Consider unforgivable, that are program #millionaire of roofs with solar energy and do not have invest at all in renewable energies, so much in *Bruselas as in *Estrasburgo, neither practise here type of energetic saving: for example, the halls of dispatches find lit day and night and is not possible *apagarlos, and similar cases. +To this *respecto wanted to say that, when seeming, only by my intervention has been possible that, for example, today was opened this café, that services are Wanted to ask that during session week building #can be used in #all capacity of Monday to Friday. +*Me seem excellent these initiatives to solve the small problems but, to trial -and is the of colleagues-, do not forget that they are small problems that will solve and are in front of *algo by it that it is necessary to congratulate to the institutions, to the #french State, to architects and to workers. +is not acceptable that elaborate to haste a report during the summer holidays to answer to query of the Council and that afterwards #this not even give by *enterado of the amendments that propose and much less consider the possibility of *hacerlas #his. +*Nosotros wanted to that from moment in that it believes the Agency remain absolutely clear that administration will be rigorous, that Reconstruction Agency with headquarters in *Salónica will be closely linked to the Stability Pact, #whose general barracks will establish also in *Salónica, and that the agency of *Kosovo will establish there like operative component of #that. +And the 80% of means allocated to agriculture delivers among the 20% of the agricultural companies. *Ello means clearly that takes years that the agricultural politics European has put of part of the alimentary industry in place to bet by the small agriculturalist and the quality. +In this context, without embargo, #can not ask to producers that sacrifice by a problematic that with frequency *les sees *rendidos and won, defeated in front of the market by extraneous faults and having in front term perspective very long to go back to win confidence conquered to base of efforts and with costs of production very often *subestimados or at least no valued fully. +Wanted to without embargo demand attention of the Assembly and of the Commission on look with frequency forgotten of #all this problematic as it is the resignation of the #european managers, of health and security of consumers especially national. +To sight of #all #this, estimate that in benefit of citizens and of consumers have to exist clear directives, because exhibition levels of human being to dioxin and the *BPC -that belong to category of dioxins- are the lowest possible. +In general lines requires it following: in the first place, in the legislative field, it is necessary to examine the community legislation referred to foods, to the *piensos, to the matters prevail, to additives, to preservatives, to substances *contaminantes, like the *biocidas, to labeling. +Like this things, do not comprise how the European Commission has been able to *recortar the initial budget of help programs to the fight against AIDS, especially in it that to the third countries refers. +*Me refer, as it is obvious, to the Agreement of *Lomé, to association agreement *algo exclusive and *algo special that always have announced that it was the answer of the European Union to the ancient colonies, #as well as to other realities, but that, in definite, directs to the #african continent. +To5-0018\/1999 of Mr. *H.-*P. #Martin, in name of Industry Commission, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on decision proposal of the Council ((*COM(99)0404 - *C5-0099\/1999 - 1999\/0166(*CNS)) relative to help attribution *macrofinanciera to the ancient Yugoslav Republic of *Macedonia; +Which means that we need a change of structural orientation and that the political recover the primacy in this field and assume responsibility to promote an economic development and socially balanced truly stable. +Without embargo, do not believe that it correspond to the Commission define internally in the national budgets how goes to establish the global budget since, as it said previously, bottoms of the that are do not have in himself\/hisself same a concrete destination of #one or nature. +Regarding the report *Langen on the that take part more in concrete and sources of renewable energy, #everyone knows the importance of energies in the reduction of pollution and in the preservation of the natural resources. +Like conclusion, will say that the vote of these two reports constitutes guarantee for the #european citizens of the will of the European Union to protect the environment reducing our energetic dependency. +#One of the that know is the conversion of the thermal energy of the ocean, that uses temperature difference among the cold waters of the depths of the tropics and the warm superficial waters. +But in terrain of saving energetic the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental #can obtain better resulted that States members of the European Union, in spite of making efforts. In look performance is #a lot of greater. +Keep some special relations with *Sudáfrica is way to support his economic development, at the same time that strengthen the potential of the country to give a positive impulse to #all the region +To boost all #this, the European Parliament has to take advantage of #all the possibilities that *le offer in the frame of the political dialogue structured agreed and offer to *Sudáfrica the maximum possible support in efforts to reach stability. +Gentleman President, before that at all it wanted to give the thanks to the speaker by his excellent report, that begins with the following sentence: "After five years of debate, doubts, evasive, queries and negotiations, has got moment to apply Trade Agreement among the European Union and *Sudáfrica". +Confirms a clear determination by part of the EU to support change process and reform in *Sudáfrica and reflects the wish by part of parts to expand his political contacts, commercial and of cooperation in benefit of *Sudáfrica and, in fact, of #all the region of the *África meridional in group. +#This have been the subjects that today have debated, amen of, as in meeting of the Commission, look infinity relative to the procedure that, without embargo, no suits to mention in front of Parliament. +#All the political and administrative realities of this world, always has found a new strength in administration; here, by the contrary, the administration has grown by stratifications and not watching to the future. +With #everything, in my opinion, have three levels: President, the specific Commissioners on the subjects and routine that has to treat in the more fast and transparent form possible -by Internet or through communications by writing- because it do not deserves a debate. +My answer is yes, of general form, without linking to #such or *cual marries, #can fund with credits of the Structural Bottoms studies of prevention of the seismic risk so much in #Grecia as in countries, with condition that the #greek Government *nos ask it. +Said foundation will pipe bottoms through hundred of organisations no governmental to fund activities in the fields of the human rights, the protection of the environment, the social assistance, etc., #among others. +#- - (GIVE) Assisted with big interest to the debate of this morning on security of foods and have thus a question for Mr. Commissioner: is the principle of caution the that now it has to subject to proof in the Commission as a result of war of hormones with the #EE.UU.? +The Official Diary of the European Communities (*DO), that precisely spreads the community legislation, have a thrown of 20.000 copies for a population of 380 millions of persons. is not of *extrañar that access to information was difficult. +Simultaneously to the possible adhesion of the Union to the anti-doping world-wide agency, are convinced that we need a #european plan, plan that involve responsibility, with the Fifteen walking to rhythm to combat the *lacra of doping. +After my long years of experience like euro-deputy, *yo neither conceive the informative politics exclusively in the field of the "high spheres" , but that believe that it also has to be directed to the youngest, to boys, that absorb like sponges information that afterwards will use along #all life. +Like Commissioner, expect that this decision contribute to development of an economic and social sector fundamental for the #european populations that live of fishing and, in general, for feeding of the #european citizens. +Expect sincerely that confidence arisen among these two countries like consequence of distention *les give the possibility to attack with spirit that the shown in the last debates the difficult relative questions to security of the region. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, deputies #french, #flemish and Italians of the coordination of #european rights are favourable to the establishment with *Turquía of relations based in the reciprocal respect, the reciprocal advantages, the no interference in the inner subjects. +The first, that relations among the European Union and *Turquía are fundamental for parts in the present and in the future, in #all the fields and to #all levels and, second, that has to be priority for the European Union boost of intelligent way democratisation of *Turquía. +#If *Turquía accepts, together with the prerogatives, also the obligations that link, without exception, to #all members that wish to annex to the European Union, and #if it fulfils consistently the criteria and the calendars that derive of the common decisions of *Copenhague and of *Luxemburgo, then will be able to reach his #european goals. +The inclusion of *Turquía in the European Union #would be an excessive charge for the European Union and #would impose to *Turquía a political change radical that #can not fulfil in a predictable term and that, as I know, neither wants to make. +Gentleman President, the passionate and exciting character of the debates celebrated the past week in *Bruselas in breast of Group, #as well as the that they are in this hemicycle, show, #if it was necessary, the importance of the question that today *nos subjects. +Is truth that sight point is of big importance, but the economic and regional collaboration, that has to be considered in the group of #all parts involved, is a paramount factor to increase confidence and ensure peace achieved. +The Presidency #finnish understands that there #be possibility to achieve deep changes in the zone and will follow working with partners by peace and by the common interest through #all means to our scope. +deputies will remember, as it has said the Presidency, that the European Union is the greater financial donor of the world-wide help to carry reconciliation to the population of Orient Next. +In view of our important contribution to help to the Palestinians that surpasses the 50% of the total, the greater part of the future meetings of coordination of donors #would have to celebrate , in our opinion, inside the Union and be *copresididas by the Been member of the European Union that exert of host of the meeting. +Gentleman President, this proposal celebrates the fine news, hit of negotiations of *Sharm The *Sheik and the agreement on security runner for products, vehicles and the #palestinian population. +In this context, receive with satisfaction the decision of the Palestinian National Union to reaffirm the cancellation of disposals of the Palestinian National Letter, that asks the destruction of #Israel. +In addition to the relative questions to sovereignty and security among #Israel and the *Líbano, the return of refugees will be of special interest for the *Líbano, country in the that the ethnic balance sees affected by the presence of 250.000 refugees #palestinian in territory. +Gentleman President, in the Basque Country have examined with interest #all peace process #palestinian, because in *Euskal *Herria also support the need to surpass the current political conflict through democratic agreements. +Have said to the eleven countries candidates that candidate status to adhesion is to time adhesion promise and #if #this is like this devaluates said status when conceding it to *Turquía but saying to time that do not goes to negotiate. +To reach the goals of the Union is very important to convince to the countries in roads of development of the advantages of a wide round and of the fine intentions that there #be behind posture of the EU. +For the #european opinion also is necessary to strengthen capacity of artistic creation in the audiovisual field, key sector of culture, and the Union has to answer to this expectation. +Have the will -taking out split of dimension, of weight in the world-wide economy and of the institutional progresses that have made- of *reconquistar sovereignty that the world-wide markets sometimes *nos contest and to contribute to #one *gobernabilidad global effective? +Defend the #european model of agriculture that covers by the same food production, the conservation of the familiar agricultural exploitations, of the rural areas and the protection of the environment. +As only a European Union with capacity to negotiate, will be able to reach that it get in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade in the process of globalisation to a better balance among the #european model and the North American *liberalizador. +First, the Commission already has declared that it do not has objection to that in the conclusions that will approve in *Seattle include the text on paper of the European Parliament in the organisation and realisation of the new round of the *OMC. +Wanted to believe it, but *nos prevents it the bitter experience purchased, for example, with ancestor of Mr. *Lamy, *Sir *Leon *Brittan, #whose commitments in Parliament of *oponerse to the American compacter resulted punctually broken: see the case of the law *Helms-*Burton and of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Gentleman President, is not more that X-ray of moment. In base to X-ray, believe that it proceeds to take an only call, and is the following: How thinks the European Commission keep joined to #all these loving hedgehogs, afterwards, time that feel around the table in *Seattle? +Pretend to expand liberalisation every time to more sectors and to more countries, included agriculture and the essential services for development and the improvement of the quality of life of the populations, like education and health. +Am convinced that Parliament do not goes to ratify a Treaty in the that they do not have a position elevated the principle of prevention, the protection of consumer and the sanitary politics. +Resort to taxes like threat without *combinarlos with subventions to adapt the most ancient head offices so that they adjust to broadcast requirements acceptable and generally without increasing investment in surveillance of broadcasts no *surtirá effect. +In name of the Presidency #finnish #can say that we consider important that the Union take progresses in the establishment of a common tax to energy, even have proposed the possibility that the countries that want to, #can advance more quickly in this direction. +#Which will be the criteria of territorial cast of the relative structural Bottoms to the #spanish State and allocated legally to the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *n1 1 in the period 2000-2006? +But my question to the Council is the following: thinks the Council *presionar to States members with taxes of execution of the inferior structural Bottoms to the #european average so that they execute better bottoms and prevent that it reproduce the effect "ball of snow" ? +How thinks to take the Council to promote the approval of a *quinto plan of action, with sufficient means and a precise calendar, and how measured goes to take to fix concrete goals and *mensurables in the field of equality of opportunities among men and women? +Subject: only Method in statistics of *toxicomanía The European Observatory of Drugs and the *Toxicomanías with headquarters in *Lisboa commissions to analyse statistics on *toxicomanía pertinent of States members. *Ello allows to study development of the *toxicomanía to scale #european and compare the national statistics. +Like this as, is urgent that the #european citizens #can understand that the increase of resources assigned to the fight against drugs corresponds, literally, to an increase of drug consumption and, therefore, that politics applied are a complete failure. +How measured goes to take the Presidency to combat form of cultural purification and to consolidate paper of libraries in plough of democracy and information? +Subject: peripheral insular Regions During the Presidency #finnish, goes to define the Council politics around the peripheral insular regions of the Goals 1 and 2, in relation with infrastructure politics, agriculture and employment? +Taking into account the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, thinks the Council now take all it possible to reach the adoption of a global community program of fight against poverty and #can indicate in how measured thinks to support actions of the EU in matter of accommodation and in favour of persons without home? +Subject: Access of the public to the meetings of the Council #One of the goals of the Presidency #finnish is that the majority of the meetings of the Council are public and accessible so much to citizens as to the media. +Have, therefore, a big responsibility to impose our political weight and the commercial agreement and of cooperation to detain war and procure that dialogue restart with President *checheno and with Parliament *Checheno chosen under supervision of the *OSCE. +*B5-0169\/1999 of Gentlemen *Frassoni and *Wuori, in name of the Green Group\/*ALE, on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of penalties capital by the General Assembly of Nations Joined; +Gentleman President, *me ask #if the Commission #can give support to the proposal that presented so that the EU summon a meeting with the representatives of the *OSCE with the object to argue the situation of the #gipsy with #all #that that act in the zone. +The greater part of the problems with that *nos confront will fit in place of the frame established for the organisation of support and the restoration of society in *Kosovo, or was that *me seems that it suffices with the current organisation, but anyway *les will transmit wish. +Without embargo, the Commission knows very well that the conjoint utilisation of the aerial space by diverse users, civil and military, #can be the cause of problems of security, as it already is responsible in part of congestion and delays of the aerial traffic. +#That is, of course, our position, but has been accident of the day death rale of the nuclear industry, or have to follow suffering the nuclear terror before we achieve to put final point to this monstrous industry? +Gentleman President, *cuando in the last years have talked of employment of the atomic energy for the generation of electrical energy always *nos have referred to the dangerous reactors of the East, that are of manufacture #russian. +Regarding fuel utilisation *MOX in head offices *nucleoeléctricas, the pertinent decision the adopts the company of public services that it treat, after having received the timely licence of the national authorities of security. +#If we want to conserve the general advantages, social, human and environmental of a clean atmosphere, then norms fixed by the recent managerial of the European Union on broadcasts of vehicles and the quality of fuel have to respect rigorously. +*Señorías, the report and decision proposal that present and that go to explain in brief in name of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects refers to the application of the Agreement *interinstitucional on modalities of investigations *antifraude. +#All know that this regulation gets in a very timely and important moment, a moment of demand generalised of fight against fraud, and against the circumstances that take it possible, with the last goal of his total eradication. +The proposal of Mr. *Napolitano, proposal that, as *él same has said, was approved without objection #any by the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, constitutes a clear step, a very concrete step in this direction. +A decisive question for confidence of participants in the reliability of the juridical businesses celebrated by electronic road is the question of the juridical efficiency of procedures. +In the field of the juridical harmonisation is precise to find always a difficult balance among the necessary harmonisation, by part, and respect to the existent juridical traditions in States members, by #another. +In his first reading, Parliament encouraged a lot for adding an important additional goal, that consisted in tackling the problem of the *derramamiento of diesel in roads, that comes posing an every time greater risk for users of #the same, and very particularly for the *motociclistas. +Therefore, *yo expect that, on the base of the agreements that adopt Parliament this week, the Council and the Commission consider the possibility to establish definitively the procedure of the consultative committee. +In the past #this was a rather ambiguous sphere, but is to expect that now, with the introduction of these four amendments, have cleared the situation by it that refers to #all persons that use this type of facilities. +Gentleman President, *señorías, wanted to *sumarme to it said by the two orators that *me have preceded in the use of the word to express my gratitude and also my approval by work effected by the general speaker and by Budget Commission. +*Tercer objective: a reinforcement of means in matter of fight against delinquency and, chamber, a budgetary line that allow to adopt measures in the frame of the action plan of the Commission 2000-2004 of fight against drug traffic. +#would not have to run the risk to restrict the juridical protection in the European Union, especially *cuando continuously proclaims the will to create a space of freedom, security and justice. +imagination fault that has manifested up to now the Council has to give step to a more realistic consideration, also regarding the future competitions of Parliament, included competitions in the budgetary field. +Culture has not gone out in the budgetary process so very stopped as it had wished, but things *nos go now much better that with the proposal of the Council of Ministers and our figures *acercan now to level of 1999. +*Yo wanted to direct the following observations to the Council and to the Presidency of the Council: do not takes fault that *nos remember responsibility in front of the #european taxpayer, neither that also are forced to respect the budgetary discipline. +*Yo entrust in that the statements of today do not remain in an isolated gesture and that Parliament assume also the next year responsibility to examine *críticamente in #all the commissions #if resources consigned are properly. +In the *marasmo budgetary European there #be not place for two crocodiles: for crocodile of the European Council and for crocodile of the European Parliament, the *cual, after having eaten to the Commission demolishing to *Santer, wants now eat to the Council. +Once again, the Council confused the budgetary frame *plurianual, is to say, the financial perspectives, with the own budget: myopia interested that prevented the suitable political decision and timely and that *nos forces to processing *renqueante of the budget. +Reflects of reliable form the feel of deputies socialist and of other sectors of the Assembly that here attended to offer testimony in the debate that in the past partial period of September celebrate on the situation in *Timor Oriental. +Finally, in moment in that *Lusaka *nos remembers the human and economic disasters of AIDS in *África, are bottoms that *le have assigned, *contrariamente to affirmations of Commissioner *Nielson, *mezclándolas with health politics and natality. +#If we got to helps that *equivalen to a 50% roughly of the gross national product #kosovar, and #if *nos guide by the highest forecasts, this phenomenon #can produce , *me fear that the consequences, *inflacionarias and #others, on the economy #can surpass to the advantages of helps. +In this frame, underline that budget project of the Council represents less of the 1,10% of #GDP community, value already of by himself\/hisself low and, besides, very inferior to the maximum limit of 1,27% fixed in *Edimburgo and confirmed in *Berlín, it that justifies a deep reflection by part of the one who wishes much more of the European Union. +In the first place, *permítanme mention the extensive conferences of press that vice-president and *yo same summon immediately after the first meeting of Government Council month, #whose transcriptions, included the of question sessions and answers, are also available in page *web of #ECB. +function of our internal forecasts inside the strategy of monetary politics of the *SEBC differs, therefore, of function of inflation forecasts in a strategy directed directly to inflation. +To send a clear signal to the banking sector and to citizens, #ECB published in September a series of goals that expects fulfil the sector and that they had to contribute to some substantial improvements. +In actuality, do not seems justified an operative intervention of #ECB, since already there are indications that it is the general recognition of the problem by part of the private sector. +do not want to say with #this that it was indispensable the publication of the literal records, but #would be important that #can have of records *resumidas with the arguments -in favour and against-, that allow to appreciate reasoning that follows in practice the Central Bank European to determine inflation risk or of deflation. +To the Central Bank European *le will result much more difficult to adopt uncomfortable decisions, as for example not dropping interest types, but *aumentarlos, *cuando the economic situation go back more difficult and stability of prices see really loomed. +In his first months of existence, the Central Bank European has won confidence, but so that it #can keep firm in decisions more advance, in circumstances like the described, is necessary that follow consolidating systematically said confidence in the next years, and have *usted security, gentleman President, that it will put to explain for *ello with support of my Group. +Nevertheless, applaud the goals and coherence of the Report *Huhne like base to define the democratic responsibility of the Central Bank, on the that it wanted to say #some words, in particular on the subject of transparency and the democratic responsibility. +The third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union puts on the *tapete, of way stronger that in the past, the need of a more robust coordination and more articulated of the economic politics. +The editorial of the resolution #can be interpreted as #if it suggested that *cuando inflation tax situate underneath of the 2% then the system of the Euro #would be under the obligation to support the economic politics generals of the Communities. +Gentleman President, go to take three questions in name of my socialist mates of Development Commission, that are here present in spirit but that physically are in the own commission, voting the relative amendments to the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Agree in that members of parliament are of course important elements, although #if we take countries like *Somalia, *Sudán and other similar places, are forced to accept the structures of the existent civil society and treat to help to that these structures convert in components of society civilised. +In this moment, and from this hemicycle of the new facilities of the European Parliament, my country has the privilege of *hablarle to *Europa, in head of the representatives chosen commonly by the fifteen countries that at present conform the European Union. +The international community is *clarividente and *nos watches with attention; *nosotros, from our own clairvoyance, observe equally it that occurs in the field of nations and know that it is precise to act now, that there #be not time to lose; know that it is moment of cooperation, no of confrontation neither neither of intervention. +Is suitable to award to the greater governmental authorities powers *transfronterizos to pursue to criminals, although the use of powers will have to be supervised by the European Parliament and the #european courts, of face to consolidate and defend vigorously the civil rights. +Finally, #if well the Council has announced the increase of competitions and of the mandate of *Europol, necessary instrument to struggle against delinquency organised, how say of the democratic control and *jurisdiccional, in particular regarding file constitution? +The extraordinary meeting of the Council of *Tampere presented even more difficult to confront because justice and interior subjects took for the first time to be treated in diary of the European Union. +abnegation and work in terrain has allowed to re-create a social mesh and has taken to retreat in the daily life racism, hate and contempt. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, when closing orator list of Parliament *me seems that there #be thing that *me comes to mind: *ustedes have talked of the spirit of *Tampere and *yo believe that there #be besides a signal of *Tampere. +is not *superfluo expect that, at the end of the year 2000, #can take out in the new Treated the institutional consequences of the decisions that #can adopt of here to then, with Colony spirit, for security and defence of the #european continent. +The first reform will appease fears of citizens that they produce increasingly transfers of sovereignty, and the *segunda #would have to encourage to citizens to take part of a more evident mood to hour to choose among the political options that *nos present in *Bruselas and *Estrasburgo. +#Some of *ellas the consider perfectly viable, for example, those directed to simplify the Treaties or the proposal that in the future the general norm has to be the qualified majority decisions in the Council and the *codecisión of Parliament. +method: Colony Council, the past month of June, denied to appoint work group restricted to prepare review work of the Treaty. +Consider that it more indicated had been can vote this amendment because, especially in a so delicate matter like security *vial, is to say, the protection of life of citizens, #would have been able to be very useful. +With the adoption of this amendment open the door to the resumption of discussion with the Council on the future statute of deputies to the European Parliament, with hope that said statute adopt what before. +The Governments of the EU have agreed to create a common space of justice to combat the common problem of crime organised, especially drug trafficking and the traffic of human beings. +Besides, the British that have to face up to judicial problems out of country will have now an easier access to justice, included access to legal help and services of translation, and to procedures simplified by the that they govern compensation and debt claim. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, want to begin my intervention, like representative of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists, in the debate on restructuring of companies with the message of employees of *Michelin, that, to my understand, comports three *noes, although it dislike to my colleague Mr. *Pronk. +In the first place, a direct links among the public helps and agreements that collect a reduction of the labour day with financial sanctions for companies that do not respect commitments, *cuando have received public bottoms. +Gentleman President, *yo celebrate that this debate develop today here because Parliament has to be permanently attack to the needs of citizens and be avant-garde in the #european construction; and, to fulfil this double goal, development of the social dimension of *Europa *me seems fundamental. +Already there are proposals of the European Parliament on the two directives to the that have referred, the directive on the commission of the #european company and the directive on the collective dismissals. +Forbids type of nuclear essays in place, also the nuclear explosions peaceful calls, the *cuales were object of a warmed up theoretical discussion in the birth of the Treaty of no proliferation of nuclear arms in the years 60. +The wonderful newspaper *International *Herald *Tribune publishes today a summary of intervention that made takes days in the Council of External Relations adviser of President for the national security, *Sandy *Berger. +This proposal that, casually, has obtained support of the European Parliament and of my country, *Irlanda, presents a new mood of thinking on how adopt effective measures that defend the cause of a world without nuclear arms. +Never have believed that suppress help to persons affected by war, that see affected by the political decisions that adopt rulers, went the suitable form to answer to the crisis. +Although #all participants in the diverse stages of the process had present worries, observed that sight points of the Council and of the Commission, by part, and, by #another, Parliament were not entirely *sintonizados. +will Be a new point of game for villages, that expect that, apart from the economic actions, put to man, culture, the roots, diversities that constitute wealth of *Europa in the centre of worries. +program proposed remained blocked during seven months in the Council until under the Presidency #german, on 28 June got at last to a result by means of a common position, consistent in program proposal *quinquenal endowed of 350 millions of euros. +By means of collaboration in programs with participants of diverse States members, youngsters discover the #european reality in his social and cultural diversity and open to new perspectives, it that increases enormously the wishes to learn a foreign language. +Have to underline also attitude, very positive, of the Presidency #finnish, that also has taken all it possible so that they advance works and believe that cooperation established among the institutions to take advance negotiation it before possible is in exemplary truth. +Here have to act the different speakers to the most diverse levels and *me cheers that the Commission have made a really fine proposal to #mine suggestion, consistent in planting a clearly visible Link in his *Homepage. +Allow to *Turquía take part in programs "#Socrates" and "Youth" , in consequence, do not involves to award legitimacy to State that still has not given concrete samples of maturity regarding respect of the rights of minorities, but contributes to help to youngsters to stress his slow and difficult process. +The question is #if #this has to be treated here, or was after discussion in the Commission of Budgetary Control, or #if it has to debate thoroughly in discussion on reform of the Commission in whole in #all the notable commissions. +After discussion in Budget Commission and with the group of the competent commissions for opinion, have reached some as a whole satisfactory proposals for #all, but to coast to brush the limit of the *margen. +do not have the necessary majority to accept the inclusion of a reference to the annex in the own Internal Regulation, but still have to decide #if we want to add to Regulation the agreement *interinstitucional in himself\/hisself. +Regarding point 11 of the report of *Virrankoski, believe that Parliament, by part, already engaged the past spring to renew Regulation so that diets by trips will be rewarded in function of the real costs. +The Council introduces quantities allocated to the development of initiatives for the deepening of the Union *Aduanera EU-*Turquía and for the social and economic development of *Turquía, without posing the known political conditions, so that they approve later, and without *vincularlas to actions related with the earthquakes. +Like member of Development Commission and Cooperation, have been particularly attack to the evolution of the *rúbrica 4, allocated to fund the external actions of the Union and to favour help to development. +This new articulation of the #european cultural cooperation *reviste a very particular importance in #day of negotiations of *Seattle, that *me fear will not leave to boost the North American cultural hegemony. +The national frames of regulation differ notably in occasions, by technical and climatological reasons, mainly, it that conducts to fragmentation of the market in breast of the European Union in grade incompatible with the only market. +Firstly, privatisation of the rail networks, specifically regarding maintenance, poses grave problems for security, it that involves an increase of accidents, causing sometimes true human catastrophes, as we finish to see in Realm Joined. +Gentleman President, so only some brief notes -since in name of my Group will take part to continuation colleague #Salvador *Jové *Peres- to say that #this is a subject that earns particular importance and a big actuality so much by it that means regarding fish supply as by the number of places of direct and indirect work affected. +The agreement has to, as, look for inside respect of the common identities, of sovereignties and of respect of it that we are, #one and #others, recognising that history has taken of *Marruecos #if no a cultural exception, at least a #mediterranean exception for *Europa, in general, and for *Francia, in particular. +To this *respecto, #would suit to take into account three factors: first, fruits and vegetables cultivate in the European Union in zones #where also employment is a need *acuciante; second, fruits and vegetables use frequently like coin of change in the commercial agreements with third countries and, third, in the last reform of this sector dismantled important public instruments of management of markets. +The problem of *Marruecos is essentially with *España, #everyone knows it, fleet #spanish is #a lot of greater, Spaniards fish in competition with the Moroccans; fleet #portuguese is smaller, by it that fishing do not competes with the of the Moroccans. +And, in name of subsidiariness principle, *eso is it that ask with seen to reflection on the review of Politics *Pesquera Common: a country member of Politics *Pesquera Common has to can *concertar bilateral agreements with third countries, always that no have agreements among the European Union and #that third countries. +The sector explains roughly with 40.000 workers and, therefore same, an international agreement like the agreement with *Marruecos exerts a fundamental paper in supply of consumers and transformation industries with products *pesqueros to reasonable prices. +Finally, note about paper of Parliament that will have to see to deputies like observers associated to #all negotiation procedures, so as to watch by the interests of fishing fleet #european. +Is to say, the elimination of the called material of risk do not contributes an absolute security, although it do not leave to be security measure, since the open animals in channel are susceptible to transmit infection. +Have got finally of condition period very demanding established by the European Union for industry of the bovine, conditions that fulfilled, and therefore the Commission has to apply *decididamente the lifting of the prohibition to exports of bovine. +Along the debate President of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, put of self-evident that bear *él security alimentary constitutes #one of the goals *prioritarios, and the Commission wants to and has to open a new page in politics of consumers. +A specific debate of Parliament that carried to the formulation of a political trial on the behaviour of the one who was, #would be absurd and especially no #would favour the good global operation of the #european Institutions. +Gentleman President, have enjoyed for real with #some of interventions of today, in particular with the initial speech of Mr. *Donnelly, that seemed to be criticism of the inability, by part of the #french Governments and British, to give #any solution to this commercial war that goes in increase. +#Such as it has announced it Commissioner *Fischler, the Commission will send to his *Señorías the pertinent documents this afternoon, before press conference, to *través of the electronic post, and also will be able to consult in intranet of Parliament. +*Le have been allocated 10,3 millions of euros, that definitely is a considerable amount, and not even have the guarantee to be able to have of sufficient resources in case that *Angola decree a biological stop for shrimp capture. +(*Verts\/*ALE). (*FR) Lady Speaker, the truth is that it is not order question, but is true that events *suceden and *me saw forced to adopt a decision Friday, *cuando no longer had nobody to answer to my questions. +#""the Committee considers that measures adopted by Realm Joined take that the risk for the human health of export plan with calendar established result at least comparable with the existent in States #european members". +Is or is not true, gentleman Commissioner, that takes month presented to the Commission of Agriculture of the European Parliament directive project in the that it said that before the 2003 #can not indicate the origin of the bovine in label? +For the first time, find around table, to level of the Union, #all agents: the Council, the Commission, the Central Bank European and the representatives of speakers of work market. +#This reflects clearly that the Central Bank, by part, is had to take part in an open and direct dialogue, #as well as to argue sight points and performance methods. +In *tercer place, *me #would enjoy to stand out that discussion showed clearly utility of this type of direct exchange, that allows to each #one of participants express, of direct form, sight points and receive the timely answers by part of the remaining participants. +The 500 millions of euros supplementary #whose unblock asks to the European Bank with the pretext to boost the creation of places of work and the one thousand millions for technology #SME advanced will go allocated officially to investment. +In society with division of work very accused is indispensable coordination of activities of the economic agents, well to *través of the market, well through the political planning. +How *sucederá in the future *cuando have a problem in our economy and have a grave shaken external or intern and it was necessary to talk with the social speakers and the other economic agents on #some measures maybe unpleasant that have to adopt in the #european level? +treats of element of a global plan of proposals presented by the Commission the past month of November to try satisfy lagoons of the sectors that remained excluded of the original directive on the labour day in 1993. +difficulties that now confront in Transport Council with the legislative proposal that the Commission presented owe directly to that they did not reach advances on the labour day in the sector of transport by road. +The length of work time forms part, by it other, of security and health in place of work, #as well as of competition conditions; looks, competitions of the European Union. +Gentleman President, beyond all doubt, adapt the length of work time of workers of ships with flag of third countries that use community ports to the length of the of ships community, is a positive measure. +Have, by part of the capital shipowner, an intensification of work and of exploitation of workers in the sea, with the corresponding *agudización of the problems related with health and security in the sea. +Believe that, #if well #all the that form part of this Assembly #would receive with *beneplácito the opportunity to guarantee work environment safer, no only for employees, but also for consumers and users of transport and other, have to watch by no *reglamentar excessively in sector determined. +#One of looks that more *les concern is that, as in *Irlanda -and also in Big *Bretaña, for example- exists an archaic system and of feudal type by the that the auxiliary doctors in period of training are apprentices -employ this word in wide sense- of the upper specialists, have fear to pose *demasiadas worries, because *eso #can affect to his future careers. +ratification of the instruments of the *OIT is, sure enough, a necessary condition to proceed to inspections on board of foreign ships that take scale in ports of States members, which *nos will allow, among things, avert disloyal competitions inside our own ports precisely. +In this frame, #can not by less of *sumarme to the conclusions of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common Security and Political of Defence, because *eso allows a greater freedom of expression for those who work in the scientific and technological sphere in Chinese and in general. +Of mood, wish that the scientific and technological cooperation undertaken cover practical projects of cooperation directed to timely goals and that improve the execution and productivity of projects funded, #among others, by program of *cooperacion in matter of investigation, by program *TACIS and by program *INTERREG. +In actions undertaken up to now, already had taken upsetting in the formulation of projects of collaboration with countries of *Mercosur, association in the that Argentinian exerts an important paper, by it that constitutes like bridge head for *nosotros concerning countries of *América Latin. +In our opinion, *ello is due to the fact that the systems of technological development that employ in industry of car hamper global improvements of product owing to the high specialisation of laboratories of *I + *D of companies. +Have to recognise that, although I no longer am member of parliament of the all *inexperta, the multiplicity of sections in the that is *subdividida: strategic goal, operative goal, goals that expects to achieve, concrete measures of legislative character and no legislative, in reality no *me has facilitated understanding of the text and of it that wishes *comunicarnos the Commission. +In this moment have a wide community regulation in fifteen States members, fifteen national regulations different and, in cases, for example in States federal or almost federal, #a lot of greater. +Before happening to the last point of my speech wanted to *referirme to observation of Mr. *Berenguer *Fust. deputy has signalled that defence of consumer #can not go in detriment of the inner market. +Have tried -and expect that in measure have achieved it- create this balance to avert that defence of the interests of consumer and the protection of consumer go in detriment of the inner market. +Without embargo, the #european strategy for employment, #such as it has elaborated, goes putting in practice little by little from the summit of *Luxemburgo and characterises by some debatable ideological foundations and by a little dynamic conception of the institutional procedures. +Thus *nos seems indispensable to evaluate hit or the failure of the #european strategy for employment with help of indicators that measure simultaneously number of unemployed inscribed and the levels of life and the quality of work places created. +Had account that to scale #european politics in matter of employment are political of suggestion, of indication, of impulse of coordination among States members - therefore, no exists a true effective power and *decisorio, which, after all, supposes *algo positive in name of subsidiariness principle, but a quite limited power - believe that Parliament #would have to be involved fully. +do not go back to open now the debate of the day: the answer is the answer that have *resumido, that remembers the terms of investigation that proposed and that #all accepted, and that it was made by the General Secretary and that has given this result. +In the first place, estimate that intervention, the common intervention of the community Institutions of States members, in look of offer politics to increase employment, is important but no sufficient. +In definite, because we follow thinking in bottom that the market goes to resolve a problem that is not a problem that #can be resolved by the market because it is not a circumstantial problem, is a problem of model of society. +The main obstacle to the creation of employment of quality and with rights is the existence of a Stability Pact with criteria of nominal convergence that impose limitations to the public investments and condition the economic and social politics. +has accepted my amendment to keep an annual rhythm for the review of the guidelines so that States members no wane in the active promotion of employment. +Also consider *algo problematic the fact that the proposals for the guidelines of the year 2000 begin to treat before they have carried out entirely, or not even have set up, the concrete measures of the previous guidelines. +Have of sufficient time to be able to treat also this so important report for the future of the European Union already speakers have taken creditors that report was treated in a suitable time? +Believe that #this do not has felt from sight point of the national economy *cuando knows that nitrogen oxides and particle broadcast belong necessarily to curve and *cuando modifies #one of the two toxic elements follow automatically consequences for the #another. +proof cycles for the register of values of broadcast of vehicles will have to be, logically, in the most brief term possible, a representative reflection of the real state of circulation. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the report that is today for debate on gas broadcasts in the commercial vehicles weighed prolongs, in my opinion, our continued efforts in *pro of the improvement of the quality of the air in *Europa keeping mobility of citizens. +Have lost the moral or religious limits, and indignation capacity no awake as it was not in front of facts so visible like the #blue illness on face, or take publics through the media. +actions of program *DAPHNE have to explain also with support of the *ONG, as *nosotros same propose in amendments, with the of the social communication, because women, that explain among the #european citizens more reluctant in relation with the European Union, have to know and comprise that programs like *DAPHNE exist and refer directly to *ellas. +And especially, how measured has intention to adopt to facilitate a political agreement to the *respecto, an agreement that is fundamental so that the Commission, the Council and Parliament take a definite decision in this matter? +Gentleman President, *me #would enjoy *unirme to complaint in front of the fact that it still have not presented by part of the Commission a review of the relative proposal to information and query of workers. +In this context, has to put especially in the pillory politics of the Council since in the international Conferences of the countries taxpayers makes continuously costs to charge of the #european budget without concern also of the corresponding income. +Already exist wide zones of consensus on the *cuales #can contribute to the improvement of finance of the Union, but the result in the vote of Budget Commission shows that they exist some concepts on the *cuales consensus is far to produce . +In #this it is necessary to study of special way the granting of the contributions, #as well as the possibility to create a new system of own resources linked directly to citizens without that *ello suppose an increase of the fiscal pressure. +#This means that tasks like enlargement of the Union, respect of the human rights all over the world and the creation of some general conditions to surpass the grave unemployment #can not make already with this frame. +The 11 March vote especially in our resolution, section that said: "Thinks that income system has to be fundamentally free of exceptions and special rules,", etc., etc. Know well it that the Council in *Berlín took of this resolution and on how based the Council agreement of *Berlín. +But before demanding more autonomy, have to take advantage of #all saving potentials in the budget of the EU and explain also to citizens of the Union reason *nos allow costs for two Parliaments and do not find systems simpler that *desgraven to citizens of the Union and no the tax even more. +Gentleman President, consider necessary reform of the system of own resources with seen to a strengthening of the principles of transparency, equity, solidarity and cohesion, with extension to the sphere of the community income. +But also say with clarity that, in *contrapartida, expect of States members that increase of the corresponding mood measures for control of the own resources and that do not look for more excuses, is to say, that control measures apply really. +Also believe that the Commission has been more hit when averting the reference to the nuclear energy in proposals and wanted to *aconsejarle that *atenga to approach, because it is the proposal that more #can cause divisions and, of course, *nosotros #would not agree with *ella. +An important part of this strategy is fixation of dip *jurídicamente *vinculantes for the renewable energies, but also is very clear that it has to have #one *externalización of the internal costs in relation with the traditional energetic production. +pressure of the market also affects to broadcasts of the public services: resistance foci more effective to a free competition *desenfrenada, the public companies are loomed. +Finally, the speaker surprises, with reason, that the Commission leave totally sideways the nuclear energy *cuando #this contributes to reduce CO2 broadcasts, even #if energy has to be safer and more respectful of the environment. +In conclusion, believe that it #can learn a lot of an exchange of opinions among States members in matter of energetic politics and support the call of Mr. *Chichester so that the Commission put of relief examples of optimum methods of integration of the environmental goals in the energetic politics. +The proportion of sources of renewable energy in the European Union will increase inside ten years until a 62 percent. In fact, results decisive plant development combined for the common production of electricity and heat that use coal and gas like fuel. +Expect thus that the Commission, *cuando present a new proposal, read his own communication on the *potenciación of the presence of the environment in the community energetic politics and contribute actively to consolidate the employment of sources of renewable energy. +First of all, the of security of supplies and the energetic dependency of the European Union, dependency that goes to increase and that runs the risk -*nos says- to reach the 70% in the year 2020, with #all the political risks that of *ello derive. +The European Union has fixed like goal increase part of these last of the 6 to the 12% for the year 2010, but is precise to find the financial means and, today day, is far to reach it, to judge by the last discussions in the conciliation commission. +Undoubtedly, *Señorías, east is a debate to the that it is necessary *dedicarle #all attention, and expect that, along the next months and, of course, before it finish the mandate of this Commission, #can develop it with *plenitud, with transparency, with intensity and with quality in discussions, as it has been the case of discussion of this report. +husband -Dr. #Rhys *Jenkins, at present general doctor and that has a labour day limited- worked in the past more of 100 hours to the week in training period for be doctor. +With regard to this last subject, the initial proposal of the European Commission proposed that doctors in period of training went in in the field of application of the Directive by means of a transitory period of seven years. +In this way will take possible the creation of a juridical space European that transmit at last to the #european citizens in #all the EU a common feeling of juridical security and guarantee a unitary civil state in #all *Europa. +Up to now have arisen problems in marriages *binacionales in the European Union by the fact that documents that certify the civil state when contracting marriage have not been recognised of mood by #all States members. +Is hit to entrust to the Court of Justice the task to define the notion of parental responsibility, *cuando regulation proposal foresaw that it took reference to the internal right of the Been member interested? +So that it was not a vain word, circulation of persons in the European Union has to go accompanied of the necessary measures in the sphere of family right. +Now that the application of the directive on nitrates poses when seeming problems in *tantos States members, is had the Commission to proceed to a new *concertación on improvement and progressive application with seen to reach norm requested for nitrates? +Gentleman *Dell' #Alba, signalled that four countries, of the twelve countries interested in the Goal 2, had been object of a first decision of principle of the Commission, of the eight countries that remain, the situation of the Federal Republic of *Alemania almost is finalised in discussions that have had. +From 1997 the Commission has the committed of the execution of action *DAPHNE, allocated specifically to the fight against violence that suffer women, teenagers and boys, to the that *sucederá program (today same approved) *DAPHNE - 2000-2003, that has goal. +The Commission expects the opinions of Parliament and of States members to elaborate action proposals back with seen to the achievement of the goals of the communication to the that finish of *referirme. +At the end of this year, no only will be able to evaluate advances of the national legislation to protect to the victims of violent offences, but also the concrete measures that each #one of States members are had to apply. +In effect, the Commission has loaned, from takes varied years, a special attention to development of the provinces of the north of *Marruecos, with occasion of the execution of the technical and financial cooperation with Realm of *Marruecos. +#If I achieve backrest by part of the Commission, it that pretends is to promote group of high level #where #would take part the main civil managers, and even #would have also that have soldiers, to help to the Commission to develop the suitable orientations. +As it will know the Assembly, the High Representative enjoys of a high and very deserved international reputation for having defended values that inscribe among it better of the #european history of this century and #whose lack has been also the *causante of it worse of history. +The at the same time Minister of External Subjects and Boss of Defence of the European Union, Mr. #Solana, said well to the clear that the meeting of Monday in *Bruselas was decision so that the EU -as it said representative- occupy in the world-wide scene place that *le corresponds. +keeps attitude twisted and liar on the situation of *Kosovo in the political context and of the international Right and first of all action shows how the small countries have seen stuck to car of allies. +And, in this sense, *me #would enjoy to know #which is the opinion that *le deserve relations among the European and Chinese Union, especially to the light of the commercial agreement recently concluded among States Joined and country. +Colony decisions do not owe *conducirnos to that day *nos find in situation that Swiss, my *segunda homeland, #where after studying the threats of the year 2000 got to the conclusion that they were very prepared to face up to dangers that no longer existed. +The *CPN exists still, but the problem was and follow being that there #be not neither in the Commission neither in the Council structure able to take advantage of of effective way experiences and knowledges of the *CPN and of organisms. +*Nos have endowed, after Colony Summit, of new instruments -#one has to see with the common strategies- that have to mean, without doubt, change in depth in mood to focus the external politics. +*Les #can say that, by part of the European Union, morning and the day after tomorrow will take all it possible so that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in *Europa exert an important paper, to the height of obligations, in moment in the that it goes to sign a new Letter of Security in *Europa. +Like this, for example, the fundamental labour norms and the social clauses #would have to contemplate in the frame of a forum of mixed work *OIT\/*OMC, and #this #would have to incorporate and take in consideration in the debates, without modifying nevertheless rule of the *OMC. +In *tercer place, that respect denominations of origin of the traditional community products, so that we do not see more this authentic piracy that practises with impunity with the community marks, as, by it other, *sucede at present in *Sudáfrica with Port wine, sherry, the *uzo or the *grappa. +Development Commission wants rules of the *OMC that do not hamper labeling plans ecological neither the shopping of biological products by part of the public. +The excellent report of *Konrad *Schwaiger -#worthy of consensus and of a majority support- leaves clear that it that *dirime is *algo more that the commercial politics, it that is in game is the participation in foot of equality of #all the countries, the social progress and respect of the human rights. +#This has to include, like minimum, the automatic parliamentary right to subject to approval any agreement of the *OMC, #as well as an a lot greater access to summaries of negotiations in breast of the Council. +To time, the Group *ELDR has resisted to #all the attempts to overload the present report with a list of the purchase of specific requests of the sectors. +Need a free access of tariffs for the less developed countries, no only for practically #all products - is sentence that leaves opened a giant lagoon so that the EU follow protecting his own agriculture - but for #all products of said countries. +Boosted by this recent precedent and #waiting for a true balance of the cycle precedent, *nos seemed urgent to expect before *lanzarnos to body discovered to negotiation #whose advantages are entirely without testing and #whose rules of the game, with evidence, do not seem #the same for the European Union and for our main partner and competitor, States Joined. +Report (To5-0052\/1999) of Mrs. *Haug, in name of Budget Commission, on decision proposal of the Council (*COM(1999) 333 - *C5-0092\/1999 - 1999\/0139(*CNS)) relative to the system of own resources of the European Union +In *tercer place, wanted to that the Table *me cleared #if reason by the that goes to proceed to the vote of the amendment *nº 31 before the amendment *nº 9 roots in section 2 of article 130 of Regulation, or was, that amendment moves away more of the original. +Had been better to find a solution under form of a mechanism of generic correction, for example, by means of the introduction of band for the national contributions to the EU. +The region is *asolada by war and in the meantime commitment of the European Union increases by the humanitarian helps and by finance of project *TRASECA to join sea #Black and the #Asia central. +Gentleman President, believe that, in so much Parliament, have to adopt a very clear posture and manifest support to the population *chechena and, by reason, believe that it is important that President of the European Parliament receive to Minister *checheno of External Subjects for *informarle of posture. +Is a very difficult question *cuando, as it has said the speaker to the principle, of it that treats is not to bet by the free trade, but to bet by a free trade just. +In conception, respect by the fundamental rights of workers has like reason to be distribution more *equitativa of growth benefits that contributes liberalisation of exchanges. +*Yo *le answered it same that go to say today here, that this is not moment of the solutions neither of the proposals, but moment to see of how goes to occupy the Conference *Intergubernamental and #which is method that goes to follow in works. +Results *inquietante, alarming even, it that is in the field of the external political call and of security, vehemence with that leaves sideways the up to now civil character of the #european integration and pretends to create a military Union. +In the first place, is indispensable that reform that wishes was democratic and *democratizadora, is to say, that subordinate the *burócratas to the representatives chosen and #this to his national public opinions and that strengthen his democratic legitimacy by means of the participation of the national parliaments and do not remain *substituida by associations of doubtful representativeness or of expert suppositions. +By reason, the left #nordic will vote against of the greater part of resolution proposal that, among things, involves more shots *supranacionales, that limits the influence in the diverse treaties and that increases domination of the great states. +Believe that we #would have to learn the lesson of error of the past and recognise that the importance of enlargement in particular, the reunification of the #european family, is *algo that societies of our corresponding countries have to know during the celebration of the *CIG. +This report tries to continue development of the Union like an Alliance of States centralised, and do not takes in account at all of how mood will influence enlargement so intense in the institutional development of the Union. +As in this case *nos move in the constitutional sphere and like the Treaty follows being the upper norm of our internal rights, in the future it will be necessary to attach to a greater juridical precision. +Is important that #can have approach integrated that it tackle #all looks of reform, from the substantial questions related with the decision by majority until reform of the institutions and the treatment of essential subjects. +Are in front of a substantial modification of the national sovereignty all over the world since freedom of action of the countries is limited, so much to out as to inside, and capacity to elaborate political and solve problems sees restricted by the international relations and the *interdependencias and transnational interactions. +The European Union supports, in general, work that the *PNUCD makes of constant and effective form in the field of drugs, and also are very satisfied with collaboration of the European Union and the *PNUCD in terrains. +*Nosotros, citizens and deputies of the European Parliament, are extremely concerned because we do not see concrete signals that the Commission go to present a proposal of nature during the Presidency #finnish, since *nosotros of fine wins had begun processing. +#Which is the opinion of the Council on federalism in that the different States members renounce to the right of veto and to the criteria of qualified majority to facilitate the adoption *supranacional of decisions? +enlargement of the frame of decisions that are adopted by qualified majority in breast of the Council is #one of the subjects that will be debated by the representatives of the Governments in the Conference *Intergubernamental, that will summon at the beginning of the year 2000. +My parliamentary commission has encouraged a lot for preparing the answer of Parliament to the proposal to time to fulfil term fixed by the Council and to time so that the Council #can *examinarla on 2 December. +Therefore, gentleman President, believe that with the amendments that have introduced in the Commission of Constitutional Subjects fulfil the goal to accommodate a decision of the three institutions to the own characteristics of the #ours. +Gentleman *Prodi, Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, will expose sight point of the Greens and the European Free Alliance on *Eurodac. Have to admit that after the introduction of the speaker *Pirker nuances introduced by the previous orators have been of my like. +So that any unilateral solution, or solution of administrative character that did not contemplate in #all dimensions the authentic problem of public health and the medical looks of the subject #would constitute a *craso error. +*Nosotros are adherents no only of the total transparency with regard to the operation of #all the #european institutions, but also to the election and to the *revocabilidad, in any moment, so much of #all #that that today are deputies, as of #all those that possess responsibility, independently of the hierarchical level that it treat, including the Commission of *Bruselas. +Besides, had account of the course *desfavorable reserved to the amendments that have presented with my colleagues of the socialist delegation #french and the Groups *GUE\/*NGL and Green\/*ALE, *me have abstained, lady Speaker, in the vote of the report of Mr. *Schwaiger. +This absence of balance #can analyse like a will to hide, according to assessment of villages of the countries *adherentes to the *OMC, evidence of the effects of the *desreglamentación of the world-wide trade. +This dimension of a just trade based in the absence of a *dumping qualitative, environmental, social and fiscal, #if well it mentions in plane of the principles, is not confirmed, with #all consequences, like a goal *prioritario of the #european negotiators. +*Yo have billed the principles for *ello in a dissident opinion, *aneja to the Report *Dimitrakopoulos-*Leinen, and the Group *Europa of Nations has developed consequences presenting *veintiuna amendments, that have been refused, alas, by the majority of Parliament. +conviction consists in that the future belongs to a *Europa without borders among villages unified of extreme to #another of the continent and released of the can in fact of the industrial and financial groups, indispensable condition for a real control of villages regarding institutions. +#- - (OF) In the frame of reform of the main institutional fields of the Treaties the proposals contained in the Report *Dimitrakopoulos-*Leinen plead by enlargement of the decision by qualified majority in the Council. +Have observed with big satisfaction that the #danish government communicated in the meeting of the Council (Justice and Inner Subjects) celebrated on 29 October 1999 will to take part fully in cooperation *Eurodac on a base *interestatal. +repatriation of persons displaced is in course: before yesterday, of the total of persons displaced, around 65.000 had returned, and the #indonesian Government *nos has ensured that the process of voluntary repatriation will finalise inside 100 days. +Therefore I understand, gentleman President, that *nosotros, like European Parliament, have to manifest, in occasion and in #all #that in the that produce fact alike, a firm and indeclinable commitment with the right to life, as we take it in the text of this common resolution. +*Nos seems an enormous cruelty, *aterradora, that think in executing to patients of class and that have to persons 21 years in prison, as it is the case of a Canadian to the that was foreseen to execute and half hour before the execution accepted a #his resource in front of the court. +The *MINUK has directed to the Commission, with regard to funding protection body of *Kosovo, and the next week States members will take a decision on program that have suggested in answer to this request. +Were a bit proud to have contributed with help -although it remains for seeing #if it has got to destination- to the creation of this Court that owed *esclarecer crimes against humanity and punish to authors. +#Many of these projects apply through *ONG and tend to improve the scope and the quality of services of the social sector, particularly in the fields of the primary education and of the sanitary attention. +have presented 128 amendments, and *usted has drafted so only 17 or 18 amendments of transaction, that have to serve for *aunar this quantity of amendments proposed so that at the end it go out of Parliament a logical and conclusive report on action Plan. +To these two groups, adherents of the #swedish model and adherents of the #dutch model, no *les interests a narrow #european collaboration in terrain because they fear that it will go in detriment of his national politics. +*Ello means that countries like *Francia and *Alemania owe *redoblar efforts in the field of treatment of the *toxicómanos whereas a country like the Low Countries, for example, has to put more obstinacy in the fight against the excessive presence of drugs by cause of the "*coffeeshops" and against tourism of drug. +Have to confront the fact that the criminal strengths involved in production and drug traffic are connected among yes, have of resources, have strengths that exceed in a lot the possibilities of right states to detain traffic. +Has got moment that we consider the suitability to subtract resources to the fight against drug supply and to increase resources allocated to the fight against demand. +*Cuarta: boost cooperation among cities, *basándonos in the idea of the *European *Cities *Drug *Policy like model of project, that recognises to the legal - and illegal drugs - like pertaining to society and pronounces in favour of consumption of these autonomous and responsible drugs. +#If to *ello join the remarkable increase that has come observing in the consumption of alcoholic drinks by part of youngsters, that in cases joins to drug consumption, especially of synthesis, puts of self-evident the need of an urgent adoption of measures that invest this tendency. +treats of the period that passes until the year 2003, according to my just proposal until 31 January of the 2003, then #would take place an intermediate evaluation and a new estimate and respectively a prolongation until 31 January of the 2007. +The effect *multiplicador of the banking guarantee takes that the resultant investments of credits of the *BEI have a decisive importance in the frame of politics subsidised by the community budget. +Gentleman President, want to explain the favourable vote to the Inform Newton *Dunn underlining that #the same, with measures, places in the fight against the illegal immigration and against the numerous acts of delinquency that #many of the immigrated illegal, by *fas or by *nefas, commit in damage of #all citizens of the European Union and in particular of the elderly citizens. +adhesion Record of 1985 contained an evolutionary clause -section 4 of article 25- so as to avert that, like consequence of development of the European Union, Canarian #can remain out of the #european construction. +The dismantlement of the fiscal specificities #canarian in matter *arancelaria #would put in danger the dismantlement of a series of small local industries -industries of feeding, tobacco, small industries of commercial type-, that #would disappear #if it suppressed entirely this small protection that *nos provided the *arbitrios special Canarians, specifically the *arbitrio on production and import. +#There is had public demonstrations in favour and against of the full incorporation of the islands, have produced crisis of Government and even the resignation of president of an autonomic Government, that had like cause, precisely, negotiation conditions of adhesion. +reason exhibition and the explanation that today *nos has given the speaker are clear and establish the long path that Canarian has followed in *Europa to get to incorporation process to the European Union. +In case necessary, the Commission will present a proposal to the Council based in Article 299 (2) on the necessary measures not to engage the existence of some local activities particularly fragile. +From three years ago, more specifically, have expressed in varied occasions to the Commission worry by distortions of competition to world-wide level, aggravated by the fact that *Europa has imposed always an unknown rigour for opponents. +Up to now, in spite of the varied calls made in this sense because the subject is not new, the European Union and the Commission have not taken at all effective to put end to this indirect subvention in *Corea. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, industry of the construction and the naval repair of the European Union confronts grave problems, as it already has said here, it that shows that the formulas applied takes some years no are the results promised. +To the contrary of it that said the European Council in 1998, *cuando *reglamentó the new relative norms to helps to the naval construction, at the end did not improve conditions of international competition. +The reality is the that it is and, regretting it a lot, gentleman Commissioner, #if they do not adopt urgent and forceful measures, this sector, like other industrial sectors of the European Union, goes to go to the derive, for keeping the owed composure in way to talk. +*Yo wanted to also *sumarme to conviction that is here, in this #european forum, with regard to split of the truce by part of the organisation ETA, and want to express my total rejection to utilisation of violence to achieve political goals. +Of course, is very positive can listen now a big number of opinions on this important problem, but also #can observe that colleagues begin to manifest likewise wish to take part and, therefore, *yo believe that we #would have to begin to work usually in the frame of the agenda. The Commission is present. +Commissioner commissioned of education and youth will put programs *Socrates, #Leonardo and Youth to disposal of training, of collaboration among youngsters, so that the anti-doping fight was *algo wished by youths of *Europa. +Are yielding activities and, considered from sight point, believe that the Commission #can at least try regulate a bit the sector and work conditions, since, as it has said very *atinadamente Mr. *Cohn-*Bendit, #if sportsmen dope is because competitions demand it. +As *usted finishes to say, sport occupies an important place in the #european daily life and, therefore, has to occupy it also in the European Parliament, as it said President *Prodi in his inaugural speech. +First of all exist subjects specifically mentioned in *Amsterdam, #this is, the future of Commissioners, representation of States members in the Council and the extension of the vote by qualified majority. +*Yo wanted to remember likewise the importance that the Presidency summon a new #european Conference that *insufle new life to this forum and that the countries that in the future will be members of the EU take part from this time on in remodeling of the European Union. +The Conference *Intergubernamental, the *concretización of the external politics and of common security and the realisation controlled of enlargement are subjects that require a preparation in depth, so much by part of the aspiring countries to adhesion, as by part of the European Union. +And worry is still greater *cuando to defend the review that wants to take, is to say, the of the famous institutional triangle, resorts to the argument of efficiency and no to the global vision of the #european project. +With regard to the widest subject relative to the realisation of the inner market, *permítame say also that during the Presidency #finnish have received #some strategic documents very important, and the Community #would owe really *darles #a lot of more priority of the that *les gives in these moments. +The contribution of this report for the future is that no only occupies of political decisions, but that also of paper of society in the creation of a climate in the that the human rights have permanent and deep rooting popular. +Since the European Council confirmed in December of 1997 that *Turquía #can opt to the entrance in the EU, has come working in creating conditions to loan financial help of face to promote the economic collaboration and *acercar to *Turquía to the EU. +Although it had *algún shy attempt by part of Government #turkish, the recent sentence to death pity dictated against the leader *kurdo *Ocalan has moved away all possible political approach of *Turquía to the European Union. +Also want to manifest, nevertheless, my special gratitude to the #greek Government and to Subject Minister External *Papandreu, that have stepped brave, also from sight point of the political situation intern. +Believe that the European Parliament has to keep posture; have to *propiciar that *ingrese in the European Union no only *Turquía, has to *ingresar also village #turkish in the European Union, and have to take part so that in this path village access to the rights that it is deprived. +The electrical head offices, incineration facilities of waste, cement ovens and cars offer possibilities to hour to reduce monoxide broadcasts of carbon. +The subject goes much more there of the *benceno and carbon monoxide and, therefore, has to be analysed in a wider frame and from a technical perspective; the Directive 96\/62 defines the environmental air only like the "air acclimatise" . +And also want that it analyse, in the report that the Commission has to present to the Council and to the European Parliament, #if the reduction that #can have to broadcasts of CO2 has to to the technical measures of the industrial or to habits of consumers. +Therefore, allow that we complete the directive these three points, so that we #can have of a truly effective instrument to control fulfillment of the voluntary commitment, that in fact is experiment for the European Union. +Gentleman President, has checked that substance index organic harmful in seaboard and in high sea of the Gulf of *Finlandia increases, in general, eastwards, which reflects the influence of the poured *contaminantes pertinent of *Rusia in the index of harmful substances in the *Báltico. +But there #be a very important point that have to take into account: in reason exhibition specified that it guaranteed the external quality of materials; without embargo, point *d) of the Annex *VII treats it of mood very generic. +experience *nos has shown that, from determined sizes, plant do not has possibility to survive in a half, as it occurs in zones of the south of *Europa, in that drought conditions are very extreme. +The euro do not constitutes #one dip in himself\/hisself same, but an instrument to service of citizen, of a strong economy, of employment, of the international position of the European Union. +The considering *K, in the that it collects complaint on the nonexistence of practical advantages immediate of the banking euro, is a trace of the high hopes that had the majority of Parliament and that, apparently, continues having. +With reason insists the speaker in the need of an accurate preparation for the introduction of the euro and *nosotros go to see that the euro will obtain really confidence of citizens and of citizens and no only the of the markets since , meanwhile, finds already *asentado in #this. +But is not less true -and also has put of relief along the debate- that moment of the reality, moment of the truth, will be *cuando go in in vigour coins and notes: on 1 January of the 2002. +The situation of the market, no only regarding negotiations of the *OMC, and the new understanding of the traditional habits by the new persons will modify also the contents and the importance of the subjects in the commission. +Seen that -and already has remembered this morning- according to data facilitated by the Commission, the 60% of products *pesqueros that consume in the European Union are mattered, #would be necessary to back considerable and amply aquaculture that represents an important economic opportunity for the maritime communities. +Nevertheless, is extremely important that the proposal treat also the requirements in matter of information that on the quality of the air has to provide to the public opinion splitting of a very accurate follow-up of level of *benceno and of monoxide of carbon. +opinion surveys show, in effect, at least in *Francia, that the percentage of persons that propose to open account in euros in a next future, diminishes regularly from 1 January 1999, and today only affects to a small minority. +But the European Parliament wishes *sacarlos of error and *preconiza once again information campaign that, quote the resolution approved, "answer to the practical questions and explain the basic meaning of the monetary union". +Regarding the period that initiates on 1 January 2002, in that they will circulate simultaneously two coins, period that, in the terms of the Treaty, #can extend until six months, share the opinion of Mrs. Speaker and of the Council *Ecofin, according to the *cual this period #would have to reduce to two months. +Change the *OMC affects, finally, to mood of current operation, that follows based in diplomacy of the summits and of secret in moment of the citizen irruption in the subjects of the world. +proof is the supremacy in the taking of decisions of some #few *decenas of rich countries. proof is the increase of inequalities among rich and poor countries, and also in the interior of the own countries. +*Europa, finally, do not has to forget to defend our specificities no only economic, but also cultural and social, because globalisation of uniformity, of the *achatamiento and of exploitation do not has to form part at all of the model of #european development. +Now well, #all know that, without a special deal for agriculture, will not be possible to guarantee a minimum of community preference, neither, therefore, the guarantee of the primary productive function of agriculture. +have put of self-evident two things.: the first is that in the future will follow contemplating this *mescolanza of interests in the frame of the international negotiations, and wanted to *sumarme to posture of economists notable that affirm that #this has not been more that the beginning. +Now well, for *nosotros, no treats to organise better the continuous release of exchanges, but to give primacy to defence of the social and environmental rights and allow to #all the populations control by himself\/hisself same and decide future. +The present report claims the resignation forced of a neglected and #amateurish Commission, and has revealed a catalogue of irresponsibilities of States members that are had to criticise, but no to act against of fraud and of irregularities. +To finalise want to underline that the Commission follows thinking -as it says the report that *usted *nos presents- to use as main indicator of hit of his financial management utilisation grade of the financial credits assigned in the annual budget. +Gentleman President, the report of 1998 of the Court of Accounts, that has been debated in #all *Europa except -until today- in this Assembly, shows the clear need that the Commission and States members intensify efforts in the fight against fraud. +In my opinion, is hit that it exist a temporary distance among the publication and the debate here in the Assembly so that #all deputies have of the possibility to know the whole of the report. +Has been an especially bad season for the Commission and a particularly difficult stage to advance by #all the normal channels, since had elections, difficulties of the Commission, #etcetera. +The subject of finance and of cast of the financial charges has to be the subject of a debate in the widest frame of the regional organisations of fishing. +treats of a common work of the European Parliament, that took the initiative, and of the Commission, that with place of compensation has improved considerably the original proposal of Parliament. +are not had to happen of philosophy of imperative right to #another absolutely uncertain and very little favourable for the #european citizen, to diagram of voluntary subscription. +Wanted to give the thanks to *Willi *Rothley, the speaker, by the excellent preparation of this report and by the initiative that then also had arisen of Parliament. But also *le give the thanks to the Commission and to the Council by his substantial approval. +Believe that the report of Mr. *Rothley has to be approved in group, since it is commitment of high level and the synthesis of a series of stimuluses and innovative concepts, fruit of collaboration among the distinct institutional instances. +According to this agreement, Swiss authorises a maximum number of community trucks of commodities of more of 28 tonnes that will be able to cross Swiss until the year 2005, date in that this country, adapting rule to the community, will not demand permission #any for trucks inferior to 40 tonnes. +To the project of application of transport agreement among the EU and Swiss that starts now knot hope that in the future was easier the *superación of the alpine central space. +To the invite to *Turquía to an increasingly narrow cooperation, the Union acts of agreement to his fundamental mission to consolidate peace and to boost fulfillment of the human rights. +Without embargo, in the relative conclusions to the fiscal subject ratified that #all citizens resident in States of the Union will have to pay taxes applicable to performance of #all savings. +prevention of conflicts with military means is not always preferential, and by each euro invested in the military management of crisis it is necessary to invest at least another euro in the no military management of crisis. +The step that has given in direction to the opening of negotiations with six new States candidates and recognition of *Turquía as Been candidate form indispensable part of the #european politics to consolidate stability and the welfare in our continent. +After the unanimous decision on the enlargement process #can not and do not has to *subsistir doubt regarding seriousness of our will and the will of *Turquía that they fulfil it prompter possible the criteria of *Copenhague. +treats of minimum progresses, but *les guarantee -and #this is the important message that want to give- that in this sense the Commission and President of Parliament have kept a same line to expand the presence of Parliament. +*Yo expect that the Commission loan an authentic support in this context, in the sense of the contribution to peace and to conflict prevention in the region, which is, in effect, much more important that troops decided in *Helsinki. +reforms allocated to boost a dynamic competition and flexibility have to be compatible with the requirement of the maintenance, but at the same time also of modernisation of the systems of social security. +work has not finished with the Summit of *Helsinki, that has developed of way very satisfactory regarding this subject and in the that #Grecia, especially, has kept a very remarkable attitude and *Turquía also has acted of reasonable way to end of accounts. +But suits that we say here that we do not accept that the European Parliament remain in a position *subalterna in any process of debate so important like a review of the Treaty of the European Union of this importance. +In the budgets that are, the European Parliament increases number of new civil servants of way that is not in accordance with the financial austerity. is not it, at least, in comparison with the increases of the last five years. +#All *nosotros have to *adaptarnos to this new and -create *yo- hopeful methodology of work with the Commission, that is the free debate, but, as it knows His *Señoría, in accordance with the regulations this free debate, in occasion, has to see directly -and therefore it has created- with the statement that the Commission finishes to take and the subjects in *ella tackled. +Taking into account the important consequences that #can have this subject, the Commission will take follow-up of the process and file will not close before this institution have security that they fulfil the principles of transparency and of equality of deal. +Maybe His *Señoría wanted to pose this question to the diverse States members, boost the participation in the inferior grades of category "To" to watch by that, with the step of the years, have more women available to end to assume places of direction. +#If *usted pretends to fund *Kosovo, #if it wants to respect commitments *algo precipitated that President of the Commission has purchased regarding this region, as well, *dénos the budgetary means to be serious and coherent and *dénos the possibility to review the financial perspectives. +career by the world-wide prices and the heaves of performances have put in danger it more esteemed that have: the quality of feeding and the survival of employments in the rural zones. +had not been much simpler to accept before appeals of Parliament and have averted #all precipitations of last hour, that do not benefit for nothing seriousness image and efficiency that supposes in the #european institutions? +is not very healthy, as neither it is it the fact to devote the 50 % of our debates from this afternoon to talk of a province of the #serbian State that is not member of the European Union. +nurses and doctors of the #french hospitals, that are the summit of competition, are today in strike because the budgetary austerity comes to *recortar the hospitable costs and the sanitary costs. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0090\/1999) of Mrs. *Theato, in name of the Commission of Budgetary Control, on the nomination of eight members of the Court of Accounts (*C5-0231\/1999, *C5-0232\/1999, *C5-0233\/1999, *C5-0234\/1999, *C5-0235\/1999, *C5-0236\/1999, *C5-0237\/1999, *C5-0238\/1999 - 1999\/0820(*CNS)). +Regret that the Presidency #finnish of the Council withdraw now, since Finns also aspire to the nomination for a new mandate of member already accredited of the Court of Accounts. +The crisis of the Commission that finish to leave backwards has left *sobradamente patent, in effect, *cuán necessary is to have of an effective mechanism to demand responsibilities to civil servants of the EU that commit grave errors of management or even lacking graver. +Consistently, the editorial of regulation proposal by part of the Commission and of the Council has taken in getting, and even so it has been judged of little concrete and of incomplete, since it do not includes execution procedures. +#This will contribute decisively to improve competitiveness of our car industry in a world-wide plane, at the same time that will ensure a greater security and respect to the requirements of the environment, for benefit of consumers. +Gentleman President, wanted to signal that security measures deployed this week with reason of the visit of President #french have been really exemplary. *Nos congratulate that order and security have been present in moment. +This Green Book *nos will offer the opportunity to celebrate a wide debate among #all the interested on the approach that have to adopt for *abaratar even more the costs for our economies of the reduction of effect gases *invernadero. +Think that this environmental problem is of magnitude that is able to interest to the majority of citizens and to the public opinion, since it exists a true restlessness by the climatic change that is. +Without being against of the principle of a *imposición on broadcasts *contaminantes, create, nevertheless, that these measures have to respect two principles: by part, encourage for guaranteeing the fiscal neutrality and, on the other hand, involve to the group of the world industrialised or, at least, to the *OCDE, not to create distortions of competition or of *dumping ecological. +The publication of the Green Book on sustainable energy in *Irlanda has to be seen like a positive contribution of the sector of energy to the debate on possible solutions to the threat of the climatic change +But this need, as it expresses it the conjoint resolution presented, no means that the European Union *desinterese of the future of territory so linked to history and even culture. +This general attention of *Europa is the best practical guarantee supplementary that we #can give, the best form that have, on our part, to ensure that *Macao will see protected specificity, that we follow treating to *Macao of a specific mood, without *diluirla in a general magma. +Also #can accept in principle the amendment 26, on condition that the text specify that the reports will have to send to the Commission before 31 March of every year, and the amendment 27, on condition that *le add a reference to the Scientific Committee of Evaluation of compliance with the Protocol of *Montreal. +. (*FR) With occasion of the debates that preceded to the meeting of *Seattle, #many had thought, in this Assembly, that *Europa had to begin for asking a balance of the previous cycles and that had to effect diagnostic together with the countries in roads of development, before launching to a new cycle of liberalisation. +*Seattle is a failure for #that that wished to continue blindly career to the generalisation of the *librecambio and the *mercantilización of the world and is a victory of the citizen movement in diversity, of type that the that had conducted to rejection of the *AMI. +The *Cnuced is the frame with greater legitimacy to treat the question of the foreign direct investments, inside respect of the democratic right of States to legislate in environmental and social matter. +Proposed even a moratorium for the start of negotiations, with seen to allow the realisation of said balance and to concretise reflection back on roads that follow the international commercial relations. +As it also results unavoidable, finally, outline a new commercial order -in the frame of a *mundialización based in progress and in solidarity- that respect the fundamental political rights, of the social progress and of the environment. +is not, as, surprising that, as it signals the resolution that proposes, States members of the European Union have not taken the necessary measures to respect commitments of *Kioto, *cuando, to time, in *Europa is #one *desreglamentación systematic. +. (*FR) Wish to congratulate to members of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, and in particular to presidency by this proposal of relative resolution to product labeling that contain *OMG. +Regarding food labeling produced from *OMG, the Council has adopted the Regulation 1139\/98\/*CE applicable to foods and ingredients alimentary allocated to the final consumer total or partially obtained from: beans of soya modified genetically, to that refers the Decision 96\/281\/*CE; corn modified genetically, to that refers the Decision 97\/28\/*CE. +Also in this case, colleague vice-president has been missing, in my opinion, to norms of function, so much for *conmigo as it bear with the colleague that had taken part before and bear with colleagues that wished to take part, specifically Mrs. *Muscardini, to the one who *denegó the word and loomed even with *expulsarla. +Like deputies are the direct democratic link with the population of the European Union, and Right Commission of Woman is a direct link with organisations and representations of women. +Expect thus that the Commission today #can *asegurarme that the reproductive health will have paper stood out in the community conference and that the European Parliament of #one or form #can take part in New *York #such as *sucedió with the agreement with reason of negotiations of the *OMC, #where himself\/hisself that were represented. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the statement of the Commission on the course that has to give to the decision of the #french Government to keep the embargo on meat of *vacuno #british. +do not has to also, further of this specific case, work to impose in the commercial exchanges the primacy of the principle of caution before that #all the considerations, so much in the Union as in the third countries? +time that have made evaluation of risk factors will present his *dictamen to the Commission, in moment in that the Commission initiate the process to elaborate the laws. +As *usted already will know, now will take place question turn to the Council, that is the following point of the agenda, and to the 21.00 hours will restart the session and will have an announcement on the subjects that *ustedes ask. +The Delegation of the *BEI approved on 26 March 1997 rule on the publication of documents, that has been published in page 13 of the Official Diary of the European Communities *C 243. +In relation with the compulsory examination of the 79.000 resources presented, the General Secretary of the UN #can not give exact data on the calendar or utilisation of more personal to examine in whole said resources. +Gentleman President, ask #if they go to assign the necessary games for reconstruction of what was destroyed, #if it goes to be raised the embargo and #if money will deliver to the #yugoslav government, to the #yugoslav government legally chosen, with foreign observers, #etcetera. +Gentleman President, according to section 2 of article 1 of the Regulation of the Council, is responsibility of the Presidency announce the dates of the meetings of the Council foreseen for period seven months before the beginning of #the same. +Are convinced that to *través of the most effective use of the computer systems of fast transmission of information will facilitate recognition of the sendings, of dealers and of the countries of origin and destination of these sendings. +Wanted to take state diverse gratitudes before tackling substance of #ours *segunda reading: to services of Parliament for working with *tanta rapidity with this report, to the Commission by #all support and to the Presidency #finnish by the *cortés and thorough advice that has offered along #all the process. +Attended to audition, organised in Parliament, on delays in payments and contributed a very valid advice of experts and recognised that in the Only Market had problems with delays in payments. +*Yo already assisted to #all a previous debate on this subject and #can *preguntarnos #if Parliament is joined to hour to accept the basic principle of the recommendations of the Scientific Committee. +article 2 of the Decision 94\/936\/*CE of the Council had that the Commission entrusted to work group of independent scientists the task to evaluate the effects of utilisation of the *BST. +Lady Speaker, in point 38 of Record, that is question turn to the Council, have checked that there #be error in the #spanish and #german version, at least, and is that it is missing the question 9. +The question of Mr. *Papayannakis referred to thing, to report. treats of register system of animals of the bovine species and of labeling of meat of *vacuno. +To informative title for deputies: with the vote that finishes to win , the total costs will rise to a 1,11% of the *PNB of *Europa, a percentage that finds underneath of the *tope maximum fixed for the year 2000 of finance forecasts and underneath of the maximum of own resources, fixed in the 1,27%. +Appreciate to the speaker of the Commission of Agriculture and Agricultural Development, Mr. *Görlach, that in letter directed to president of Budget Commission have censored equally cut. +*Nos satisfies assignment of greater resources for the social dialogue, thinking in the importance to begin in the countries candidates the construction of an efficient labour market, with strong #sindical organisations and in fine social conditions. +#- - (OF) The regulation that has to modify , to proposal of the Commission, constituted two years ago, to the light of the crisis of the *EEB, a subject of big importance and an important decision in the frame of the protection to consumer to #european level +The fact that the own winner of prize *Sajarov, *Leyla *Zana, still find in prison indicates clearly that in *Turquía is an infamous deal to the right of freedom of expression and to the human rights. +do not changes in at all the sense of affirmation the fact that it have products of printing that do not fulfil these requirements. exception #can not reach in this case the rank of norm. +In *tercer place, here no treats simply, #if well it is #that game point, of the question of trade *transfronterizo among *Austria and *Alemania, but of the question of paper that exert the linguistic spaces, the cultural fields. +*Nosotros the Austrians have clear that the alone possibility to dictate rule of national field is not sufficient, but that require a relative clause to import and #another to export, of compliance with the #french model, as linguistic and cultural space mean more. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the central question is #if armament embargo in the frame of restriction measures adopted against Indonesian, that was agreed by the Council in September of this year, has to extend further of the month of January of the year that comes. +In spite of our past failure in guaranteeing that it #would not murder to persons, have again the obligation to guarantee that in the future do not send any message of support to the current authorities. +Had clear that it #would be a very difficult task. Had clear that they have to create basically #ex *novo #all conditions for the constitution of a State of Right effective and stable in #Sierra Lion and that disposal to collaborate is limited. +This type of dictatorship, this type of terrorism against the population and the bad employment of resources in an unnecessary cost in armament for a country of this size, is *injustificable. +Am absolutely #willing, lady *Thors, to explain to candidates to adhesion the need to sign and ratify this agreement. Nevertheless, believe that gentleman *Posselt has affirmed with tarpaulin to this *respecto that my position in this subject will enjoy of credibility *cuando the Fifteen have ratified it. +Also know to appreciate the important contribution that in this field have loaned the no governmental organisations that devote efforts to sensitisation of States in favour of the statute of Blunt and his prompt ratification. +sensitivities of *Irlanda of the North are too much important as to allow any bad attempt informed of coming close to the sun that more heats in the subject of the International Bottom for *Irlanda. +, by writing. (IN) The European Parliament facilitated the vote without debate on Bottom, that afterwards was postponed by the Council, with the agreement of #all the Groups, included the Greens, that no #would have amendment. +Any attempt of *mancillar the reputation of Bottom is absolutely unacceptable, do not represents more that a case of *borreguismo bad politician informed in the subject of sensitivities of *Irlanda of the North, and is not #worthy of Parliament. +Never have comprised why the Commission has not accepted that from 1 January next, these two data, already compulsory the community frame, use to allow an operative principle of *rastreabilidad. +Regarding the report of the Round Mrs. *Jiménez, the Commission #can accept the amendments 1, 2 and 3, but no the amendment 4, not even in his new version modified, since it still #would involve to impose to States members #some obligations on the that still has not argued in the Council. +#If *Tayikistán is today delivered to the economic difficulties that enumerates the report, as *tantos countries of the world on the other hand, is because certainly it is victim of an opening *desconsiderada of borders and of the immoderate game of the empires. +Distinguished gentleman President, in spite of great objections, have voted in favour of the financial help, because I see a possibility to establish the market economy democracy and peace by means of financial stimuluses, as it has exposed Mr. *Karas, and no through violence. +Subject: Application of program *Philoxenia The European Parliament, the Commission and the Economic and Social Committee have issued already his *dictamen positive on instauration of program *plurianual in favour of the #european tourism designated *Philoxenia. +Likewise, in the Statement *nº 30 *aneja to the Treaty of *Amsterdam recognises that the insular regions suffer of structural disadvantages linked to his specific insular character, and asks that the Union take into account said disadvantages and that, always that it was necessary, take specific measures with regard to integrating better said regions in the inner market in conditions *equitativas. +Without embargo, *le want to indicate that a territory with an inferior level to the 75 % of the level of half welfare in *Europa is help territory even according to the Goal *I of the structural Bottoms. +To sight of the importance of events and of the possibility that it aggravate unsteadiness in the region, has foreseen the Council *redoblar his diplomatic efforts to reach an agreement in *Jammu and Cashmere? +The European Council underlined especially that it has to deepen the economic coordination to ensure hit of the Economic and Monetary Union and support growth that *repercuta effectively on employment of mood sustained. +Gentleman President, are in front of work taken with big rigour, with brilliance, with an enormous clarity and with courage: a report of Mr. *Herman that answers to the goals that has proposed to improve the operation of the institutions. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, after the debate of this afternoon on conflict in Serbian and expulsions in *Kosovo, sees even more clearly reason enlargement of the Union in countries of the *Europa central and oriental, beside #everything it other, is the most important instrument for the *aseguramiento of peace and goes to follow being it also in the future. +#If they watch the economic data and believe prognoses, *Polonia is #one of the strongest economies among the countries of the *Europa central, with taxes of upper growth to the 5 %, unemployment and tax of inferior inflation to the 10 % and growth of income of the 4, 5 %. +From then there #be had government change in 1996 and took the decision to leave in suspense appeal and to occupy in place of *concertar an association agreement reinforced. +In the last enlargement ran a risk when admitting to three new members before having made the necessary institutional reforms for *ocuparnos of the consequences of the increase of the number of members. +This risk aggravated because of the presence in two of these countries of minorities *anticomunitarias very important that, #if they were majorities, #can, owing to it unsuitable of our current institutional arrangements, have cancelled #all the work made by the Communities. +Some lower advances obtained in plane of adaptation to the *acervo, especially in the field of the environment, and requires an acceleration of the legislative work, #as well as of efforts to attract investments in said sector of the environment. +Regarding restructuring program of industry *siderúrgica #can *elogiar to *Polonia by the enormous quantity of work invested, #if well they will have to increase efforts for clearing even more #all privatisation strategy of the two greater companies and introduce a clear calendar for privatisation and restructuring. +In relation to the request of Mr. *Bertens about the presentation of a proposal for a financial mechanism, repeat it that already have said before regarding Malt, that are in the replacement of the financial protocol. +Am here. do not take part in the nominal votes in protest by the no adoption by part of the *cuestores of an appealable decision in front of *Luxemburgo, that requested by writing already in August of the past year, in relation with the illicit retention effected by Mr. *Chamier on cost compensations. +#If the public civil servants #can not talk neither write about his daily work without the consent of his upper, #can not expect that it have a motivated and fine atmosphere in place of work. +Is necessary to demand that have an independent budget that #can use of reasonable form, that have sufficient personnel, it same Request Commission that Defender of Village, that are two institutions that really preserve the rights of the #european citizenship. +Wanted to appreciate and congratulate to the speakers, to Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín and to Mr. *Newman, by reports that, as always *sucede in this commission, are the final product of the collective work and of the contribution of #all members. +Mr. *Newman has been a true «dog of #british prey» in this parliamentary commission, and never has left to happen occasion to take part in name of citizens of the Community. +Regarding the institution of Defender of Village, is evident that exerts an increasingly important function and a truly positive paper for the group of the community system. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Defender of Village, *Señorías, in virtue of the Treaty of the European Union is Parliament, and no the Commission, addressee of the annual report of Defender of Village. +Parliament has exerted an important function also in another field: *me refer to the code of behaviour for the correct behaviour of the administration in relations with citizens. +The foundation of the amendment 8 #can not admit in measure in that the committee in question fulfil functions of politics Committee *aduanera. will Go back on point inside moments. +In addition to *ello, in my report consider the possibility to complement the system of *tarificación based in the social costs *marginales with measures in the field of taxes related with transport. More in concrete, propose that said taxes coordinate to scale #european and that, in case, reduce. +Apart from *ello, is fundamental that launch informative campaigns in the that transport system proposed promote in front of the population like a respectful sustainable system with the environment, leaving clear that no treats to happen once again invoices to motorist without justification #any. +By part, do not loans the owed attention to construction costs, capital and maintenance and, on the other hand, includes without differentiation #any the *imputación of the called external costs. Among these costs appear #among others damages *ocasionados to the environment, saturation of traffic and accidents. +For me the solution is simple. Of the studies gives off that in actuality motorist deprived already pays the costs of infrastructure of transport that *le want to impute in concept of general taxes, imposed on fuel and taxes on vehicles. +Of course, #can think that #this is an imperfect system, but -is a fact- has imposed in history like the only able to avert chaos and a still greater absolutism that the that they are imputable to #one or sovereignty in particular. +By have not known to create the permanent forum of the big *Europa, formed by some open cooperations from the *primer moment to the SIN, on questions so vital like security and the external politics, our continent goes back to divide . +Results obviously legitimate to aspire to achieve harmonisation of the distinct disposals in the sector of transports, especially #if of way guarantees a more flowed operation of the inner market. +As definitely they know his *Señorías, States members #can authorise a maximum weight of 44 tonnes for engine vehicles of three axes that form part of vehicle combined of five or six axes to end to avert that similar vehicles deteriorate too much roads. +The report that today presents is #one of these reports of the that members of Right Commission of Woman seat proud, because sure enough it bases in a wide consensus and in collaboration of #all members. +Although in the field of this juridical foundation that, go back to repeat, *nos seems rigid and too much *restrictivo, violence is first of all, and reiterate it vigorously, rape of the human rights, reason by the *cual action against violence have to execute from approach *multidisciplinario. +Nobody *nos has said #if it is truth that truck that went in by mouth #french already was in flames to the entrance of the tunnel, and *nos entertain in reckoning a small difference of minutes, #one or two, among the #french intervention and Italian. +Was days 6 and 7 April *cuando perished 25 civil victims of militia armed that answers to the name of «*Meraputi» with the active collusion of the mobile brigade of politics unit of *elite of Indonesian. +Gentleman President, *le ask that it send protest note to Dr. *Mahathir about the deficient political trial that it has been object *Anwar #Ibrahim, protest note in accordance with the numerous resolutions of criticism that has approved Parliament in relation with *Malasia. +The creation of a court *ad *hoc is desirable, without embargo, never will rid of suspicion that it treats of a special court that already has anticipated, by like this say it, sentence and that has not offered to the imputed the guarantees that, even an imputed like *Ta *Mok, deserves. +Mr. *Port, that has to charge investigation, has received a total and boundless mandate and freedom to add resources or to use resources for ends, as it wish it. +Also owe *preocuparnos by the possible consequences *nefastas of the fact that the Commission resort of form generalised to services of a pertinent temporary personnel of the national public administrations or of industry. +It that, in general, deduces of the report of Defender of the #european Village is that confidence of the #european citizens bases in transparency, in dialogue, in clear juridical norms that *les allow to defend rights. +Gentleman President, the idea to approve program allocated to warn violence exerted against boys, teenagers and women is a generous and noble idea that #all, of course, #can subscribe. +Nevertheless, also have left clear that *nos concerns especially the modification of the juridical base. Said then that *eso *nos #would water considerably party and has blurred *algo happiness, since violence against boys and women, gentleman Commissioner, is not, of course, only a risk for health. +Have received, in day of yesterday, censorship motion against the Commission, the whole of #whose members resigned of charges of collective form on 16 May 1999. +The purpose of censorship motion, in the parliamentary Right, is to check that an Executive has lost confidence of the majority of the Assembly or, in case of rejection, that keeps confidence. +The public information on the criminal nature of acts and weight of the penal performance have to substitute to silence and to the *mansedumbre that still *les accompany with *demasiada frequency in our nevertheless developed societies. +Are desirous to see how resulted will give the guidelines on employment that the Commission agreed in the conference of *Luxemburgo and #some of the debates on the Social Bottom European and age workers advanced. +speakers, Gentlemen *McMahon and *Schiedermeier have carried out an excellent work no only in the preparation of report, but also to hour to prepare the conference of the third age in #whose conclusions bases amply said document. +To illustrate my words, stand out the fact that index of *autoabastecimiento of the American market has happened of level #zero to roughly the 165 %, whereas the *autoabastecimiento of the #european market of *lisina happened of the 84 % in 1991 to the 54 % in 1997, and tendency is to the 38 % in the 2002 #if they do not produce changes. +As it is #likely that corn using for production of industry of starch follow selling in States Joined to an inferior price to the of the community cereals, seems logical no only keep the current device of compensation of the American damage, but reinforce it considerably. +As it knows His *Señoría, for being #one of the authors of the new Regulation, section 3 of article 9 has that the relative questions to the rights and privileges of the ancient deputies require a decision of the Table. +Gentleman President, finish to know that the Council of Ministers has taken the decision to incorporate to the #european administration to employees of the group of *Schengen that work for the Council. +In relation with the monetary politics, insist in the need of independence of #ECB, so that it #can fulfil of the best possible way his committed in matter of stability of prices, and ensure the favourable conditions for growth and employment. +Is necessary to congratulate then, that in #day of elections, so much Parliament like the Commission have been able to face up to the requirements of the economy and resist of form relatively *honrosa pressures of the public opinion, of the media and of pressure groups. +Lady Speaker, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, *cuando listens to Mrs. Go *Lancker, that do not wants to have recipe book *neoliberal, #can not less that say that *nosotros neither want to take of the economic political-orientations book of socialist tales. +pretends with #this guarantee that the great orientations are test of big *envergadura to put of self-evident the will of States members to coordinate in practice, Mrs. *Lienemann, the economic politics using the instruments created to this end. +Finally, Mr. *Blot, *usted manifests fear that *me allow luxury of not sharing. *Usted fears that coordination of the fiscal systems, after the monetary union, delete also #one of the two residual possibilities of strategy against the famous asymmetric crashes. +On this subject the Commission of Budgetary Control has accepted today, before the start of this debate, a report that will be smart to be voted next Thursday together with the report on the regulation. +Is to expect that the next electoral contention treat also other important political subjects, without embargo, is now *cuando has to rid the battle of the great reforms while it still have the political will for *ello. +In this moment results that fraud and theft are form of life, engineering, and now delinquency organised is an elegant delinquency, that proceeds of the best means, that studies, that works to steal. +But act with independence, is or is not utopia *cuando States members have judicial systems in full crisis, *cuando many times the own judicial system, influenced by the executive power -because every time it respects less the separation of powers of *Montesquieu- leaves to prescribe cases absolutely flagrant of fraud in the that are thousands of millions in game? +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen colleagues, under my Presidency the Council of Ministers of Economy and Finances adopted on 15 March 1999 a clear position: understanding, swims of tolerance for fraud and corruption in the Community. +On observation formulated by Mr. *Brinkhorst concerning the question of the agencies decentralised -to the that also has referred Mr. *Kellett-*Bowman-, is essential that the Council tackle this question, on the that Parliament and the Commission agree. +Expect that the new Commission was able to learn the lesson of events that have lived so that it manage well mandate and that the failure of today clear the path to hit of the morning. +Takes more of a year, on 31 March 1998, the European Parliament decided to elaborate a report on the granting of the approval of the management to the Commission for the exercise of 1996. +do not approves the management for 1996, accounts close, and only will be able to concede the approval for 1997 -and #this finishes it to say *usted, gentleman *Bösch, with reason- *cuando have corrected deficiencies. have criticised It *nosotros and finish it to criticise also *ustedes. +By reason, neither #can close, without more, accounts of the budgetary exercise of 1996 while, for example, have not formulated claim in the case of nepotism that have ascertained. +Is true that the coincidence of this entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam with the last session *plenaria of the present Parliament do not facilitates things, but are convinced that the loyal cooperation among the institutions will allow to resolve the possible problems. +In our global assessment, #if we had followed road of no foresee unanimity, #would have had difficulties of principle a lot greater that the that will have to hour to take happen the proposal in the Council. +Roman *Prodi exposed to State Bosses and of Government his first reflections to the *respecto in his informal meeting of 14 April in *Bruselas. Is foreseen that this exchange of opinions continue in the European Council of Colony of the 3 and 4 July. +The fact that we are here debating ratification of a new President of the Commission, six months before *cuando corresponded according to the calendar is a reflection of the change of functions and perspectives of the European Union. +#This is #one *constatación important, gentleman President of the Commission: in *Europa, in the countries and #european regions #where no exists incarnation of the European Union, #where the European Union is not *solidaria, follows existing war possibility. +*Deseándole, nevertheless, that carry out a good work, expect that *usted #can resolve the challenges of the construction of *Europa having very present the problems of the environment, of health and of peace that are integral part of the rights of citizenship. +Agree, gentleman *Prodi, in the need to strengthen paper of the Commission in matter of cooperation inside the *OMC, without embargo, want to alert against the risk that for achieving #this throw by the embroiders the social dimension and take like hostages to consumers and the environment. +Go to repeat it again clearly and in no uncertain terms: have to strengthen strengths of the market, but also have to have clear that, in model, the market only #can work #if they reduce to the minimum unemployment and the social fractures in society. +In consequence, only want *decirles that *me seat responsible of the great tasks assigned to the Commission that have signalled. Share fully wish that the Commission go back, better said, assume definitively paper that the Treaties *le attribute -initiative paper and of political proposal- and that exert it with big transparency. +Believe that disposals approved have a circumstantial character, relative to find a solution to the problem of the exercise 1996, and never is well modify the general texts to solve a problem in particular. +The Group *Europa of Nations has affirmed in reiterated occasions conviction that it exists a direct relation among the reduction of the type of VAT and the improvement of employment. +Have voted sure enough in favour of this report, in particular, by section 1 -#can remain , gentleman *Dell'#Alba, remain instants-, in particular, as it said, because of section 1, with regard to the that, sure enough, do not argue that it do not adjust faithfully to the reality, but that, in our opinion, has a political meaning very clear. +Likewise, day, took #ours and attach to our report reasons of the decision of 17 December 1998, reasons that condemned to the Commission and #would have to have conducted, from stage, as *nosotros proposed, to censorship by part of the parliamentary majority. +*Yo wanted to highlight it once again with firmness and *me *congratulo that finally no only have achieved hardening of sanctions of the EU against *Yugoslavia, but also ratification of the embargo of the EU against oil. +*Nosotros also are adherents that it take all it possible in the region, but it true is that they exist pressures and, therefore, *yo urge to President of the Council to that it watch, together with Subject Minister Inner German, to achieve a greater cast and cast more *equitativo of charges. +Gentleman President, in view of the last speech, costs pity remember to this Assembly that ten years ago that practises the ethnic purification in *Kosovo and that refugees were expelled of homes a lot before NATO initiated bombardments. +Needs a new fact because bombardments no longer have effect: or continue bombing things that already have been bombed until this moment or bomb cities. The path of war is forbidden, no exists. +Think that it has been inability sample of the Council have not been able to adopt decision, and think that in some sense has been to deny to accept the consequences of acts. +The previous requirement is, without embargo, in the first place, that *Belgrado do not have doubt on the determination of the international community and, second, that comprise that a military solution do not offers perspective for Serbian neither neither, very personally, for Mr. *Milosevic. +Prepare it *apresuradamente without help of the High Representative and without the reality neither query structure with Parliament is, to trial, a sample of immoderate pride. +The current war in *Kosovo has shown once again that capacity of military intervention of the EU in case of crisis, that so much has defended in this House, is a peremptory need. +The international community has launched by the embroiders peace principle to sight of the massive attempts against the human rights and the ethnic deportations committed in *Kosovo. +Even the research of political solution tried by *Kofi *Annan in meeting with President *Yeltsin is condemned by those who fear that #if the logic finishes imposing , in front of the *despropósito and the absurd that *retroalimentan, will result damaged the military prestige of NATO and will remain ridiculed politics of #Clinton bear *Kosovo. +Is necessary to split of the northern dimension in the external relations to hour to create a common specific strategy in the that relations with *Rusia exert a fundamental function. +Also it is necessary to take into account that we have to give the step to defence politics (in this sense am clearly adherent of integration of the *UEO in the European Union) to be able to answer like this to the challenges to the that *nos confront in this moment. +To #all which adds, besides, another fact: how *les are, in fact, to the colleagues? Pretend that they vote project, that purportedly has to resolve existential problems, without having had opportunity to examine it in commission, without that the political Groups have had at least the opportunity to examine it. +Gentleman President, the report of colleague *Rothley shows aptly a series of lacks, insufficiencies and even errors of the statute project for deputies to the European Parliament that *nos has presented the Council. +Add, nevertheless, that am totally against of *europeizar function, because in this hemicycle represent to *Flandes and no to species of *Eurosuperestado, because I am totally contrary to the fiscal advantages that comports the #european statute and because I follow being adherent of a national fiscal statute that *nos grave exactly it same that to voters. +#can not accept on no account game point of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens since it do not involves thing that postponement without date of this question. +Ladies and gentlemen, first wanted to *transmitirles information: in the votes of this afternoon, Parliament has confirmed his opinions about the proposals of the Commission in the that modifies the procedure, owing to the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +*Eso is a giant step and have said to the principle of the debate: #can not avert the impression, since we were in deadlock, that always in the year, in the that change of Parliament *nos *sobreviene promotion wave. +By moment, the *APG no endows the initiative *URBAN of the Community, but the decisions in this matter will incorporate in budget proposal in a back stage of the procedure. +Therefore, wanted to *concentrarme in substance of this subject, that is, #such as they have affirmed it Mr. *Sindal and Mr. *Swoboda, a subject of essential importance, in it that my *respecta, and in measure in that it affects to politics of development of the public transport. +Through Internet provider #can offer to customers services without additional costs happening by #all borders, and consumer, without having to displace , #can compare services among the different providers of his own country and of countries. +This right #can exert only in two cases: #if agreement signed before consumer had of the contractual conditions and #if *le has incited of disloyal way to celebrate agreement during reflection term. +Regarding the #another amendment, that is the famous 22 to article 4 on retractation right, *me add to enlargement of term of thirty days for agreements. Put for example the that in said amendment mention -that *yo #would call of high risk-, as it is the of insurance *vitalicio or the of retirement pensions. +Is true that, increasingly -and #would have to be even more frequent and data that has given Mr. *Whitehead are interesting-, #would have to use the open field by Internet for contractings, even of the financial services, sector on the that consumers show more reluctant in actuality; and is true, gentleman *Whitehead, that *never, *never, *never, *at *the *expense *of *the *consumer . +It last is only a recommendation, more did not want Parliament by #a lot of that *yo regret it, but with time perhaps producers perceive #this like a possibility to obtain better opportunities of commercialisation of products in #all parts of the inner market. +#If the solution #can not be repair or change, buyer has still the right to a suitable reduction of price or to the cancellation of agreement. +The only object of the proposal is to ensure that in place that consumers take shopping in the European Union, enjoy of a minimum level of guarantees and #can appeal in resource in country of origin. +In front of the insistence of this Assembly, the free repairs or replacement also will include sending costs, drama hand and materials. +With difficulties that the population has to take out his agricultural products of there and difficulties that had euro-deputies to get to these populations, no *me explain, *cuando there #be catastrophe, how is possible that #can *afrontarla without sufficient means. +Gentleman President, to be brief, because of the big volume of subjects that have to debate in Plenary this afternoon and had account of the late hour, propose *limitarme to some #few pertinent observations on my report, that has been elaborated in name of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer. +Want to express time with clarity, that in Parliament *nos have based always in the affirmations of scientists, as for example affirmations of the *ESPEGAM, that has defended the clear position that while it did not have *ADI for babies, has to apply a strict value of *cuasi zero. +*Le say sincerely, and *eso knows it of the previous debates: had preferred that it had renounced to the directive on foods for sportsmen, since #this *nos carries to #one *desinformación, since it will be very difficult to reach clear disposals for the different sports, since feeding differs a lot according to sport type and will be difficult to propose determined foods for determined sports. +do not want *referirme to *ellos, but yes wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to indicate it following: by #a lot of that *nos have taken to advance *Amsterdam in the practical parliamentarism, do not have to overlook that *nos is missing still enough to reach a real parliamentarism in the European Union. +hit of the procedure of *codecisión, in the first years of operation, went definitely, for the last Conference *Intergubernamental, a clear signal to expand his field to almost #all the main legislative activities. +The decision did not have at all that see with the fact that they went pictures of homosexual or no -question that do not know-, but simply with the fact that the content of exhibition considered offensive for part of the Assembly and of persons that *transitan by *ella. +*Quinto: the preparation of our institution for the next #european elections; some elections in the that do not chooses to the *pariente poor of the community institutions, but to Parliament that citizens see for the first time endowed of big can and able to exert it. +there #be not alive democracy #where there #be not an alive parliament, neither alive parliament that do not arouse distrust and discomfort of turn executive. +On the one hand, because it exists the need of more *Europa, exists the need of a greater paper of *Europa in the world and the historical context-politician *nos shows it, and #if no will exist institutions renewed and a strong political will, this need of *Europa will not be able to fulfil specifically. +Lady Speaker, gentlemen Presidents, estimated colleagues, in this Assembly have seen that the operation of the Presidencies is not a question that depend so much of the corresponding country or of aptitudes of leaders but of the dynamics of the Union. +Believe that Parliament, in November resolution to the that has alluded president Of #Giovanni, proposed *algo original, and is *algo so original like simple: resort to the community method, to method to the that are *habituados, to prepare the institutional reform. +Now is moment to give body to identity of the #european defence, at least #if the European Council comprise it that there #be in game and converts Colony Summit in hit. +For example, the Federal Republic of *Alemania already has presented plan and is in realisation, has put to disposal two one thousand millions of frames for a special program for the creation of 100.000 places of work and of training for youngsters stopped. +Parliament has been informed to regulate and totally on progress of works with Diary 2000 and the suggestions of Parliament has been included in considerations of the Commission and of the Council. +Without embargo, go to call attention on the last example of disposal to commitment of the Council in front of Parliament, to know, the *prosecución of the community initiative *URBAN, that has reached to instances of the European Parliament. +In this way, no only strengthens the sustainable development of the rural areas but that besides takes possible the *codecisión of the European Parliament in agricultural questions, as these costs go to reflect in the future like costs no compulsory. +citizens of *Europa (the of the fifteen countries members and the of the countries candidates to adhesion, the of *Europa oriental and the of *Chipre) expect and demand that the European Union was a real Union, political and social, with prestige and strength, and that like this #can exert a leading paper worldwide in front of the year 2000. +The answer of the majority of this Assembly in day of today is not to the height of commitments regarding his own constituents neither of the expectations of the public opinion. +Have voted in favour of the amendment presented by the Liberal Group about the question of wages and compensations of Parliament because it is the only possibility to reach reform so *trabajosa and demanded as it is #this. +Expect with interest assist to the evolution of this subject, but #can not give my support to the directive in his current state and thus *me have abstained in the final vote in that it has approved the text. +By the contrary, the proposal has to build on the base of minimum rules, that make possible to the countries members the maintenance of norms more strict and *les give freedom for *hacerlas even more rigorous #if like this they wish it. +In my country *nos ensured #one and time that the European Union #would not be *militarizada, and without embargo, are #many the reports that have happened by Parliament during the five years that have been here that indicate clearly that the EU advances in this direction. +Like proof, an emblematic passage: «the examination of the common strategy regarding *Rusia inscribes in a political context that has modified with intervention armed of NATO against the Yugoslav Federation. +The big majority of my political group goes to give his affirmative vote to the Agreement *Interinstitucional on the financial planning to half term and, of course, go to give it also to parts of Diary 2000 that require of assent. +Expect that commitment of Mr. Go give *Broek to examine the possibility that it have a special line in the budget for finance of *Chipre take reality, because we #can not have two weights and two measures. +The conclusion that extract to the *respecto is that #if it do not reaches definitively plant the #european interest above the national interests, will not reach to get to politics of economic cohesion and social really advanced. +This informal procedure is a continuous exchange of information, a fruitful dialogue that has taken possible the inclusion of the priorities of Parliament in the definite text of *Berlín, although they remain #some requirements that will be negotiated in back meetings to *Berlín. +Likewise, Parliament receives with big satisfaction the approval of appeal that the Union assume an active paper in the promotion of a durable peace and of prosperity in *Irlanda of the North. +The first priority was to guarantee the continuation of Bottom, and the Council reached to approve the opinion of Parliament that the basic goals of Cohesion Bottom follow being today so important as in 1992. +These projects will mark a real and tangible difference in the lives of millions of citizens that live in the most remote regions and less developed of the Community. +A *desliz of Parliament, or simply a no responsible exercise of competitions, #can *llevarnos to approve #some amendments that prevented to close tomorrow this important regulation and that the #european regions #can not, in consequence, program performances for the first of January of the year 2000. +Although no exist determination *porcentual for credit assignment, *nos have put of agreement on a strengthening of the positive politics of labour market and of the specific helps for women. +Thus, is even more important that -and east is also hit of Parliament- have of some generous transitory regulations that guarantee that they do not produce some painful and *contraproducentes interruptions of helps and that the regions have six years of time to adapt to changes. +To reach it intensify contacts with the Commission and the Council, multiply dialogues *tripartitos, and even celebrate an informal seminar with the Presidency and the Commission in *Viena to treat of flexibility. +Budget Commission has supported the proposal to include capital deprived in finance of projects of networks and has posed the possibility to increase said participation of the 1 % until the 2 %. +Increasing the possibilities of persons to keep work place, to achieve work place or another better is *algo that we #can take with help of the Social Bottom European. +The Presidency goes to restart the subject after consulting with partners, especially with *Finlandia, in the frame of the second Committee of Cooperation EU-*Ucrania that will celebrate in July and will include it among the official subjects of conversations among the EU and *Ucrania. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, with spirit constructive that, glimpse, *subyace in answer, #can *concretarme exactly how will take the European Union to contribute to the cessation of violence and how measured will adopt also to contribute to that combat corruption in *Argelia? +Without embargo, no treats of an isolated fact but of an assessment of general character that tongue #swedish seldom uses *cuando the #swedish representatives negotiate in the Council. +Subject: Member of the Commission, competent for equality of opportunities among men and women In accordance with articles 2, 3, 137.1 and 141 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, equality of opportunities among men and women has to be #one of the greater worries of the European Union. +Also have thought to ask #if it has argued how goes to take to boost actively equality of opportunities among men and women after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, *cuando #all the groups, also women, want to use article 13 on discrimination. +After the shy proposal of the Commission, the agreements of *Berlín have supposed course backwards in limitation of helps to the great exploitations and the increase of support to the small and average. +Is of receipt, in moment in the that #all legitimately sue more *Europa in employment and in general in the structural reform, in the enlargement process of the EU, in help *solidaria by #one *Europa greater, celebrate like hit of *Berlín that #all want to that in the future *Europa *nos cost less? +The truth is that the budget do not goes to give for this «rural development», that #would be, in fact, form to balance the most disadvantaged regions in relation with the most favoured. +Some final words on the Common Agricultural Politics and the resultant reform of *Berlín, is to say, the absence of reform: *Berlín no *reequilibró neither promoted, in fact, investment of the existent discriminations among productions and agriculturalists. +And is truth that regarding Diary 2000 pose important *interrogantes: the #european agricultural strategy, future alimentary, the structural politics, finance of *Europa, by not mentioning the opening to the East. +Also is undoubted that the fact of *dedicarnos to introduce zones of free change in the international market represents a danger -for example, Mr. #Martin mentioned it takes moment regarding the *viticultores, alluding to the case of *Suecia and *Irlanda, that have converted in viticultural zones, it that *les allows to obtain musts concentrated for perhaps manufacture industrial wines. +*Loyola of Palace has hidden that the 550.000 tonnes of increase of quota *lechera do not have right to premium and, in the *vacuno, the increases will not compensate the reduction *pactada of the 20 % of prices, producing a reduction of incomes in this sector of some 30.000 millions of pesetas. +The fact that negotiations have translated in results in moment that coincides with the resignation of the Commission constitutes a sample more of performance capacity of the European Union. +Gentleman President, go to use ten seconds of my lovely time to congratulate to Commissioners and to President here present, especially by stoicism to be here with *nosotros to hour of the night. +In renunciation have influenced convincingly pressures exerted by Fishing Commission of Parliament, #whose unanimous posture has exerted paper swims *desdeñable to hour to revoke this decision. +Always has been a grave and serious problem that the European Parliament has watched often with distrust, also because no always resulted clear #who was manager and of how way was possible control and information by part of the European Parliament. +Means that paper of the Commission remains *inalterado, but also takes *algo easier, because the Commission no longer sees situated in front of a uniform front of States members that say: Yes; only want to go back exactly to *aquello that already had agreed in our common position. +Wanted to *agradecerles to #all cooperation with Group, #as well as to Parliament and to Mr. *Hughes, the one who has been an excellent president in #everything it relative to this question, very *perseverante, like the skaters that begin career with a bit of slowness but that, to base of continuity, reaches an excellent result when getting to the dip. +Himself\/Hisself wanted to, gentleman President, take advantage of this debate to say two things that *me seem important: first, reiterate observation that has taken Mrs. #Miranda that the #mexican Government has to assume commitment to withdraw this unilateral rise of tariffs. +Without embargo, believe that the conclusion of the agreement will facilitate continuity of dialogue around these questions, which will plant to *Europa in a much more favourable position that #if it had not gone out forward this agreement. +modalities of participation, as for example observer statute, did not respect the legitimate wishes of *Islandia and Norwegian to follow taking part in the process of taking of decisions in matter of *Schengen in the future. +Apart from the association agreement that finish to describe and #whose draft *les have remitted takes little, the Protocol of *Schengen foresees the approval of agreement that determine the juridical relation among Norwegian and *Islandia, on the one hand, and among Big *Bretaña and *Irlanda, by #another, in the fields of the *acervo of *Schengen that apply to States. +No fits doubt that control has to develop of an effective mood, and is necessary to demand to Norwegian and *Islandia criteria that demand to States members of the Union in #everything it relative to border control and to #some looks of the fight against delinquency. +But to the contrary of it that occurred, for example, with the directive on author rights in society of information, in occasion have had the opportunity to keep a brief debate *esclarecedor to the *respecto. +My question to Commissioner *Liikanen is #if, nevertheless, results acceptable form in that the amendment 48 has been formulated by the Commission of Juridical Subjects do not convert like this to Internet servers in *censores? +And since, as it said a famous writer of my country, «the morning is uncertain», take advantage of occasion to hail and express my gratitude to #all the colleagues, civil servants and interpreters with the *cuales have shared these five fundamental years for the #european construction. +*Ello no means, without embargo, that the institutions do not have of the sufficient autonomy to decide to increase the requirements contemplated in the Treaty in determined occasions, especially *cuando is in game character *vinculante of the maximum type of increase, #such as it stipulates article 203. +Takes a year decide to approve an interim agreement so that, in the meantime, #can negotiate the global agreement. And in moment said explicitly that we #would not approve the global agreement until they had not stipulated #all elements that compose it. +The Government *laborista did not lose time to hour to establish some new strict criteria for the public life in Realm Joined *cuando got to power two years ago. +On the other hand, subscribe the idea of simplification of the financial management. Create likewise indispensable to hold responsible to States members and control utilisation of subventions agreed in virtue of bottoms; of it contrary, the risks of fraud will multiply. +The future of the rural world presents more uncertain by what the Commission and Parliament, permanently concerned by *apropiarse of new fields of competition, procure to make an urban politics integrated, without taking into account subsidiariness principle. +Believe besides that the best way to reach a more efficient finance of the #european politics raisin for concentrating said finance in measures absolutely more important, in place to create *minipresupuestos that *engullen too much money of States members. +treats of #that that expand to infinite the field of the community regulation, and that today, under the effect of the bureaucratic and administrative obstruction that have caused, demand simplification of the existent procedures. +Later, has to summon an international conference on the *Balcanes under the auspices of the *NU and of the *OSCE with the goal to stabilise the situation in the region and to guarantee in *Kosovo the establishment of an advanced autonomy inside the current borders. +violence, precisely, is the answer to State violence, as it is death pity and also the racist justice and class justice that has condemned to *Mumia. +lawyers of Mr. *Ocalan hardly have access to the process, the Court of Security of State neither *me seems the suitable place and have not admitted international observers. +Nevertheless, #if, besides, analyse the union *aduanera with *Turquía, since the agree, this country has separated of *nosotros and the recent elections have put of self-evident that goes back look to inside, goes back, therefore, more nationalist. With experience of the *Balcanes there #be little space for the nationalist feelings and the rights of the *kurdos or, perhaps, precisely yes. +Gentleman President, lamentably, to the equal that in December of 1997, have to go back to *ocuparnos of rapes of the human rights in *Djibuti, in particular of the situation of the political prisoners that no only find subjected to illegal arrest -for *nosotros unacceptable-, but also to vexation type that, in #some cases, has *ocasionado death of #some of *ellos. +The Government of *Djibuti engaged to respect these principles also through participation in the Agreement of *Lomé, #whose article 5 foresees that part signatory has to fulfil the principles of respect of the human rights and of democratisation of country. +Gentleman President, lady speaker, *Señorías, wish first of all congratulate to the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens and, in particular, to colleague *Gebhardt by the excellent work that have taken together and by the tenacity that have shown in the conciliation procedure. +Through a happy collaboration, #among others with Speaker of the conciliation sessions, Mrs. *Fontaine, has reached this commitment thanks to his common sense, firmness and his tireless perseverance. +since statistics of sake exchanges *intracomunitarios always are necessary, has created *INTRASTAT, and companies have been forced to provide the necessary variables to allow that organism make said statistical. +By it that refers to the first proposal, relative to the reduction of the number of variables collected, the conciliation procedure allowed to get to a satisfactory result in relation with the initial proposal of the Commission. +And do not deny that the content of the proposal of the Commission of principles of the years eighty deserves my support. Said of mood, subscribe the content, but do not approve method *intergubernamental. +costs derived of mechanism installation of interception run to charge of operator of telecommunication network. To avert distortions of competition is indispensable that these costs are similar in #all the inner market. +agreement project will constitute the juridical frame for interception of #all telecommunication forms in the EU that results necessary to put in practice surveillance system EU-FBI. +Mr. *Schulz has said with clarity it that Mr. *Schmid has exposed by writing: this recommendation of the Council do not modifies in it more minimum the juridical situation in States members. +Lady Speaker, ladies and gentlemen, before at all wanted to congratulate to Mr. *Hoppenstedt for having known, in his last intervention, *llevarnos with precision to the essential point of the question: take compatible to man, nature and the modern technician. +These two bodies are program detailed of activities and communication strategies in accordance with communication lines of the Commission and the report of the Commission of Culture. +*Señorías, our political activity is not *desenfrenada, but the #can compare to train, no to train of high speed, but to commodity train, but trains do not advance #if there are not rails, and these rails are the that avert that *nos divert. +By reason, #can say today, with independence of where *nos seat in this Assembly, it following: #if it exists a political justice, even in this European Parliament, this political justice has taken reality with the election of #Nicole *Fontaine for Speaker of the European Parliament. +*Cuando gave by closed the assembly to finals of May, had an unanimous backrest and a strong ovation of #all plenary by form so glorious in the that has conducted the sessions along the last term of office. +With contribution to the peaceful conclusion of conflict of *Kosovo, the civil power that is the EU achieved to advance a fundamental step to a Common External Politics. +The preparation of a #european Letter of fundamental rights that decided in Colony has by object guarantee that the fundamental rights of citizens receive in the #european field consideration that have in the national field. +Is evident that the last events that have observed in the *OMC and form as they go to develop the new negotiations and, in particular, the designation of the General Director wanted by the Americans for the *primer cycle of the *OMC are of very bad *augurio for the #european interests. +The last look, the subject of *Kosovo, has shown also, *me seems, the #european impotence and his total diplomatic dependency and military of the dominant military power and of NATO. +With regard to criticisms to the institutional reforms: have tried *hacerlas advance and *cuando kept my first intervention here to the *hacerme load of the Presidency of the Council was not still at all clear #if we went to obtain really the approval for a Conference *Intergubernamental. +The challenge that have in front of #all *nosotros is in reconstructing the credibility of the European Union in front of citizens and in ensuring that #this comprise the advantages that the European Union offers to his daily life. +#Any one that say today that we have to approve or refuse the Commission, the one who say #this here in Parliament or out of Parliament, is it as the «*hearings» are an important part of the whole of the process and, time passed, will be able to decide freely #if we give assent to the Commission or no. +Go to take all it possible -at least my political Group- so that in the frame of audiences foresee also a sufficient time for candidate and candidate as hour and average, #such as it is foreseen up to now, is not sufficient but that need at least three hours so that we #can keep a fine conversation *decisoria. +The Commission is defender of the Treaties and *usted has employed the concept of the Government, a concept that *me enjoys personally because it involves that this Government has a parliamentary responsibility and has to answer also in front of Parliament. +Lady Speaker, in September will have audiences and, as I already have said, do not wish to anticipate how have to develop , but the big preference of my Group is that in September -subject always to reservations that it will be necessary to see it that goes *sucediendo- will have to take a decision and *desembarazarnos of a feeling of crisis. +The tragedy of *Kosovo, and in sense more general the tragedies of the type of the *sucedida in *Yugoslavia, are fine sample that stability and peace brought by integration of *Europa still do not issue rays much more there of the external borders of the Union. +The launching of the new coin of the euro definitely will help to reduce the commercial costs of small and medium enterprises when converting operations *cambiarias in eleven countries in *algo of the past. +To boost the competitive capacity, growth and employment, the #finnish Government proposes, aptly, favour coordination of the economic politics, of employment and structural and complete the inner market. +The EU has definitely gold opportunity to set up new politics in matter of rights of consumers, alimentary security and help to the greater persons, #as well as in the areas of protection of the environment. +Already before the meeting of the European Council in Colony, the Commission proposed to State Bosses and of Government found a special Agency so that it occupied of the execution of reconstruction measures. +*Me have put in contact with Subject Minister External of *Eslovaquia, country candidate to member of the Union, and have begun to consider form to solve look in negotiations with said country. +To this subject *me referred *cuando *me *dirgí today to the representatives of the #european youths with occasion of delivery of literature prizes, in quality of representative of the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council in day of première, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, formulated the question on the case *Bangemann because I believe that it poses a question of enormous actuality, that is the ethical behaviour of the public charges. +In this context, *nosotros, also deputies, have to struggle by some clear statutes, some rules of the clear game and *elaborarlas, as it do not serves of a lot throw stones to the roof of the other and not seeing that #one sometimes is under ceiling. +Are the that #would say, and have, create *yo, reason of part, that disposals of article 213 of the Treaty and references to honesty and discretion mean for #any one that comprise the criteria required in the public life, little more #would need to say, or at all. +By discounted that it had wished that #ours *primer find during the period of the Presidency #finnish had occurred in circumstances, which *me had allowed to expose #all the essential priorities of work program. +Thus no fits the lower doubt that legislation of the Community has to be reformed with the end to guarantee that the quality of products of animal origin was entirely reliable. +*Déjenme *decirle *algo to President of the Council: in #some parts has said that the Council was concerned, as the crisis of dioxin has put of self-evident that effects affect to #all the Union, and that the Council wants to act of transparent and responsible way. +Think that in an economic and ecological disaster of #this *envergadura has to have value to look for and signal the causes and in case also to the guilty, no by any inopportune form of grudge, but to avert that they repeat this type of problems in the future. +And here want to remember, for example, how the community institutions have not followed the recommendations and requirements of Parliament, that asked the prohibition of meat flours and bones in the animal feeding. +Therefore, propose it following: open of course investigation, but first take a study in depth of the systems to face up to the sanitary and alimentary panics of #all States members, beginning with an evaluation of the #british system. +The possible reforms are *reexpedidas to level of Fight Unit *Antifraude and of the own Roman *Prodi, that yesterday *nos explained that it went to fix almost all modifying the internal operation of the Commission and proposing a code of behaviour of members. +#This #would have supposed, for example, apply disciplinary measures against the organisers of the European Championship of 1996, because in occasion, the followers benefited of plans of sale of entrances that favoured to fans of the country with regard to fans of foreigner. +The organisers of the *Eurocopa 2000 that will celebrate in *Bélgica and in the Low Countries, for example, already have put in contact with the Commission and, in consequence, have adapted sale system to the requirements of the community legislation. +#If Commissioner *Kinnock *me is #if *yo believe that the European Commission #can really help to football of better base that the anonymous societies multinationals that only look for benefits, #would vote by the European Commission. +Lady Speaker, our ancient Socialist colleague #belgian Mr. Of *Coene and *yo head the group of 30 deputies to the European Parliament that carried the case in front of the Upper Court of #París the past year. +#If the Commission had pursued this *incumplimiento of article 82 with energy that pursues the *incumplimientos in other fields of industry, this fine #would not have been of 600 pounds, but of 6 millions of pounds or more. +With occasion of Glass of football World, *Señorías, have seen to thousands of *Zidane and of #Marcel *Dessailly in small, that displaced of the popular quarters of *Marsella, of *Tolosa and of *Estrasburgo to applaud exploits of the big *Zidane, of the big *Dessailly, and also of the big #Owen, of the big *Beckam, of the big Say #Pietro. +Is wise, given the circumstances, demand to the great football quantities of money and deposit it in arks of the European Commission, or it wise is to take measures that guarantee that in the future will not go back to produce discriminatory sales of entrances for football or any #another international tournament? +*Nosotros pay expensive, maybe, the not having been able to take it, but *le #would ask to Parliament an analysis *sosegado of the second inform of the Committee. And afterwards that, after the explanations of Mr. *Kinnock, comprise that the Commission will need *algún time, and that they are *ustedes time a bit more generous. +Forty-two years after the creation of this institution, it is necessary to remember to the ancient School, quote: the need "to hold responsible to commissioners, from the preparation of a proposal until application" . +Because the financial Regulation never has elaborated it quite the right of agreements" . #One #can not leave to have the worrisome impression, *cuando reads sentence like #this, that reasoning is incomplete. +And, to end of accounts, theory of the independence of the Commission, credited by the federalistic, but that conducts to weaken controls, has not provided *acaso a favourable terrain for irregularities and frauds *impunes? +Especially, the Commission promises to displace systematically of the traditional dependency of the #ex financial control-in front of to a system integrated of financial management in the that responsibilities of individual civil servants are clearly clear-cut, evaluated and reinforced. +Consider urgently necessary that the recommendations taken to this *respecto by the Report of Experts, and with independence of the statements that have taken commissioners designated, are collected in program of the next conference *intergubernamental and impose by road of the Treaties. +is not moment to go in in details, as in the Commission of Budgetary Control, thanks to the proposal that have made, will have opportunity to follow of wall the task of Commissioner *Kinnock. +Gentleman President, debate wall report of 200 pages that contains an exhaustive analysis of the structural operation of services of the Commission, and only have been able to have 48 hours to read it and *reflexionar on #the same. +will Be *ustedes of agreement *conmigo in affirming the importance of this community frame of cooperation with the that it pretends to back and complete the work of States members in the field of the accidental marine pollution, precisely with the goal of *hacerla more effective. +Of it contrary, in front of the first crisis that *sobrevenga in front of lack of inspections of a Been member and of a #european logic of inspections, will resort to an independent agency, that will be necessary to create to manage the question of feeding, for example, as we #can check it *cuando debate said question. +Create firmly that Parliament #would have to give all support to this report and that #would have to issue a message so much to the Commission as to the Council that have the intention that these essential measures are not diluted or weakened in form. +The consequence #would be that production #would displace to the country #where governed the worst environmental norms; the environment #would be then the big loser and #would punish to States members that yes take seriously the environmental legislation. +do not go to occur it that *le has occurred to this spiritual leader of Occident that is Mr. *Stoiber, President of the Government of *Baviera, that did not achieve that minister *Sauter was goat piacular and accepted to resign and has had to resort to the corresponding Parliament. +offers that *nos formulates, substantially demanded by my Group, constitute a clear commitment with the #european integration and #all intention statement to representation of citizens that has Parliament. +The euro is an instrument, an intermediate stage: is condition, a half to be able to carry prosperity to #all, so that it #can happen to politics that are the fundamental chapter that have in front of *nosotros, and the final goal, #this is, more growth, more development and more employment. +Because it has mentioned *usted with #everything hit the word "responsibility" like key concept, no only in the *primer report of the wise persons, but also like need to solve the problems in the future. collegiate Responsibility, but also individual, of members of his Commission and -think also- responsibility of civil servants. +Gentleman professor *Prodi, is *usted man of big talent, is surrounded also of men and of women also of big talent: professor *Monti, gentleman *Barnier, gentleman *Busquin, that survived #where lady *Cresson dropped by jam pot, and this full Commission of talent goes to have early the big appointment of *Seattle. +The vote of Thursday is an important opportunity to send to the new Commission warning that the principle by the that it guides *Bruselas #can not be attitude that here it has not happened at all. +The nomination of Mr. *Kinnock and of Mr. *Patten underlines clearly the impression of that the nomination for the Commission is in effect prize of *consolación to compensate the political rejection in his own country. +This morning, gentleman President, has affirmed that wishes a whole and effective administration, some competent and free commissioners of suspicion, a political program for the next five years in total communication with Parliament. +Like person and like President of the Commission, explains *usted with confidence even of deputies of the Union that see with a big scepticism to squad, which means that *usted personally will be able to have the affirmative vote of Group in both votes. +Gentlemen Presidents, the world, from *Kosovo until *Timor Oriental, needs to *Europa, the *Europa of the Institutions of the Union, and the European Union needs a fine relation among the Council, the Commission and Parliament to enjoy of #all confidence of his *conciudadanos. +*Nosotros, deputies #greek of the party *Nea *Dimocratía, further of reservation, *le will give the vote to his Commission, in the first place because we expect that they respect *ustedes commitments contracted here the past week, and second because we agree with the content of statement of today. +Parliament has interest in defending powers of the Commission and mainly right of initiative, without which weight of the Governments and of the national bureaucracies #would be overwhelming. +Especially is a scandal that take to happen to man like the right hand of the ancient President of the Commission, Mr. *Delors, the one who is responsible of training of the criticised services of security, in front of Parliament without that it receive at least an alone critical question. +Never have to allow that a government use the Commission like house of retreat of politicians that - using term affine to consumers - have exceeded caducity "date" or as *recompensa political to ancient friends or even to export to *Europa a national embarrassment. +*Nosotras want to that *usted commission to reach significant improvements in income, in access to power and to money, and that #one to our fight against the daily discrimination of women and against violence. +Due to the fact that we had to leave time to the delegations of other commissions, neither deputies of my Group neither our commission neither members of the delegations had sufficient time to formulate #all the questions that wished to candidates *Liikanen and *Lamy. +Also in look, *yo #can affirm in name of my Group that the Commission seems to have the firm will to regulate in the round of #millenium, #among others subjects, questions like norms *agrosociales and also the #european environmental disposals. +Gentleman President, *le appreciate that *me have mentioned, even unintentionally, because *yo have got to the European Parliament like leader of the Party of Pensioners that has gone in for the first time in Parliament to represent the needs of the greater persons. +*Me remembered to a famous duet of humorists of Realm Joined - *Morecombe and *Wise - in the that #Eric *Morecombe *aporreaba tail piano and took noise frightful, and *André *Previn *le said "*te #this *equivocando in #all notes" , to it that *él answered, "notes are #all well, the problem is that no the touch in the correct order" . +With regard to Category 5, the #sad side is that we do not see that the Council propose solutions on mood to resolve the problem of pensions in breast of the institutions. +In this context, is important that the European Parliament, #whose action this last year has been remarkable, take to hear voice after the resolution adopted in session *plenaria of April that already established the political frame that now precise. +As it said before, the *concretización of a space of freedom, of security and justice is a fundamental goal for *acercar the Union to citizens, and this question forms part of the daily worries of citizens of the Union. +On the other hand, *me cheer that the Popular Party European, with support of the friends of security of this House, have reached to impose initiative in spite of the Group of the *socialdemócratas, that denied to examine the subject. +A lot has said about the suitability to take the most difficult life for criminals, but the harmonisation of offences and sanctions is an ambitious project. +This type of attempts against the free expression, leaving sideways to citizens, *cuando prepares the space of security and of justice, awake suspicion that space will not be so free and transparent as they demand traditions. +The countries members of the EU, like previous condition to reach peace and security in *Europa, have to work more actively by peace, security, economic growth and democracy in the bordering poor countries to the EU. +Is evident that want that prime ministers offer protection against threats like delinquency organised, drug traffic, terrorism and the sexual offences, but also have to occupy of the threats of discrimination and racism. +Ask applause for *ellos so much more what that news of another grave tremor of earth, in northwest of *Turquía, Monday, so only some weeks after the tragic events that have affected to this same region, *nos has inspired a big affliction. +In name of the European Parliament, wanted to express charm deeper to the Big National Assembly and to village of *Turquía by the grave losses that *les has supposed this natural catastrophe. +#If they establish social and economic rights #whose finance was too much dependent of the public sector, simultaneously with the improvement of the social level inside the Union go to grow also the walls that *nos separate of the external world. +politics rather will have to relate *decididamente with development politics and cooperation, that, with the step of time, lady Speaker of the Council, and had account of the economic means that have arbitrated, seems that it has not obtained results. +Estimate that the Commission has to recognise also that the content expanded of the procedure of *codecisión means that Parliament has authority in directive promulgation and regulations of the European Union that correspond to 38 economic sectors and social different. +The procedure of *codecisión covers a wide range of activities, with inclusion of activities of the sector of transport, regional subjects, social questions, initiatives in matter of employment, structural finance, protection of consumer, public health and the environmental worries. +*Me am to the global autonomy, to the capacity and exclusive competition that keeps the Basque Country in fiscal matter, of collection of #all taxes, taxes and public exactions, #as well as in the budgetary looks and of public cost. +Neither have been able to give our seen well to this Commission for the following period since #some of candidates have not engaged *unívocamente to assume the total and individual responsibility that corresponds to charge that occupy. +intervention of President of the Commission puts end to #all work in the commissions, in the that has had the opportunity to appreciate the political positions of the diverse Commissioners. +Concerning the external politics and of defence, has underlined the insistence in the federalistic path and of strengthening of the militaristic positions of the *PESC, instead of the decisive stake by cooperation politics. +The strong pressure exerted on deputies of the European Parliament so that they approve the new Commission, allowing of form that go back to normality" in activities, it is necessary *contrastarla with the deep doubts and reservations that characterise to #some looks of squad of *Prodi. +During winter of 1998\/1999 the European Parliament reached age majority, caused the resignation of the Commission *Santer and of way established place that *le corresponded in the political order European. +#This shows that Parliament and Budget Commission act with total responsibility in economy questions of the European Union and in development of different political, and also is proof of adaptation capacity to new situations. +Besides #this #would take that intervention of an international strength of peace #can not consider interference in the #indonesian sovereignty, but help of the international community to an independent State and sovereign. +The socialist Group demanded from the beginning the end of the economic help of the World-wide Bank and of the International Economic Bottom to diet of *Yakarta. +Now well, in the context of catastrophe that is *sucediendo there, Indonesian has happened to convert in a symbol of it a lot that diet without scruples, feeble and brutal is able to take to impose his can and control on #all the that, to trial, challenge authority. +How *sucede with the institutions of *Europa -the European Parliament, the European Union in group- that *nos prevents that we answer to the crisis of the world like villages, constituents, citizens wanted to that we answered? +The Security Council of the UN has adopted this morning the decision to send troops of pacification in an immediate future, and will allocate #some strengths of crash to the zone of urgent mood. +The deployment of the humanitarian help is urgent, and priorities are the protection of the deported to *Timor Western and access of the *ACNUR to the zone, #as well as the start of food distribution and utensils by aerial transport. +#would Be particularly interesting to listen the reactions of #París, *Berlín and *Madrid and of #many places #where has interpreted Colony decision like step more directed to implantation of a common defence. +How attitude has the Presidency #finnish concerning law preparation secretly, because in actuality the Council of Ministers do not has his the same more that in *Beijing and in *Corea of the North by it that refers to law approval on citizens secretly? +The international community has engaged to apply in whole the resolution 1244 adopted by the Security Council of the UN, by means of the *cual tries to create a *Kosovo democratic and multinational inside borders of the Republic of *Yugoslavia recognised internationally. +Gentleman president, believe that the answer of President in exercise and the debate on the previous question have contributed data on the selective way with that the called international community tackles the existent problems all over the world, among *ellos the situation that reigns in the *Balcanes. +Know that it is not necessary to convince to this Assembly, but like direct and main participant in the task of *paliar suffering and reconstruct normality and like coordinator of efforts of #others, the European Union has to assume the maximum possible responsibility. +Mrs. *Pack has shown especially *valerosa when ordering the disaster organised by the Council and has proposed a totally logical solution, is to say, establish the agency in *Pristina and *vincularla to the stability pact in *Tesalónica. +For *ello will stand out three looks: In the first place, for an alone dispatch do not take fault two organs of government; second, the taking of decisions has to produce #where make work or Agency of Reconstruction of *Kosovo; and in *tercer place, collaboration with the local population is important, and of form expresses cooperation *pluriétnica as it has stood out. +Logically, therefore, the agency has to have operation base there, although to hour to defend this option, am safe that nobody will forget the arguments so *persuasivos that Mr. *Cohn-*Bendit has presented in the debate of today on previous experiences. +Therefore the commission approved the need of a continuous and rigorous support to refugees and has accepted the *décimo Agreement *CE-*OOPS for the period 1999-2001, that has subjected to the *dictamen of the European Parliament and that represents a big contribution. +Gentleman President, this report has been approved by unanimity in Development Commission and Cooperation, and with tarpaulin, with the two amendments presented by Budget Commission so that all do not remain only in words, but that have a financial economic-plan. +For example, have taken fine note that #ours Assembly finishes to refuse the original editorial of section 6 of the resolution, that considered impossible to make the space of freedom, of security and of justice keeping the rule of unanimity in the Council. +The *socialdemócratas #danish in the European Parliament *nos have abstained in the vote of the resolution proposal relative to the increase of integration in the space of freedom, security and justice. +Besides, neither support the wish that the summit of *Tampere was the starting signal for the celebration of a new governmental conference on the increase of integration in the judicial field. +As it will know the Assembly, the financial situation general in *Rusia has reached a true stability from the spectacular fall of the rouble in the markets of international currencies in August of the past year. +Cover likewise, in opinion of the Commission, to the important exit of capital of *Rusia, that obviously has contributed to time to drop the level of international investment and has braked the economic growth. +In front of similar panorama, a timely measure of President *Yeltsin as it is approval of the proposal of #russian law on money bleaching #would reassure to the international community. +Likewise, as a result of the visit of the Presidency #finnish and of Commissioner go give *Broek to *Turquía on 26 August, is at present a financial package of 30 millions of euros to contribute to help activities and reconstruction in course. +Entrust in that support initiatives to short, half and long term will suppose a continuous help to the population of *Turquía and are safe that persons of #all the European Union will join to *nosotros in the wish that the arduous tasks of *restablecimiento of the communities and of morals succeed. +#The same reaffirm, finally, wish that dialogue continue only in measure in that it allow advance in the field of the human rights in country, so that, in particular, suspend the execution of convictions to death that have been pronounced. +Meanwhile, the international situation continues deteriorating and the reiterated international calls to the #burmese authorities so that they take measured directed to boost democracy, the human rights and reconciliation remain without a significant answer. +These activities #would owe likewise support the mixed military Commission attendant to organise the deployment of maintenance strength of peace and strength of *imposición of peace. +As well, in dispatch there #be not neither a window neither air taking and do not know #if photocopier, extremely noisy, produces hurtful broadcasts for health of person that commissions of #the same. +To take advantage of of an efficient way building, have to procure celebrate here in whole our session *plenaria, included Friday, so that afterwards have #all a week, in the that, #such as it has proposed #ours colleague, Mrs. *Ludford, #can *dedicarnos of way especially intense to #ours *circunscripciones electoral. +#Any one that know #which is the political activity of deputy, and reservation of #many of conversations and of performances, #can understand that #this is, possibly, the deepest defect and more structural and that, as it said Mrs. Speaker, possibly do not have solution. +My main request is that, as it needed change of the treaty for *traernos here in the first place, with security #can *presionar in our political parties, governments, to achieve change of the treaty that *nos move away to #all of here and spend money in *algo useful that persons #can appreciate. +#Any one that already have exposed to the use of new buildings, as it is my case, knows that it is necessary shooting time; inside six months, these details will have forgotten. +Equally, foresee that the beautiful carpets colour cream put in #some of stays of the commissions will be *irreversiblemente full of stains and dirty inside 3 months and will be unavailable, being an election of the colour poor and little practical and in last instance a waste of resources. +#If States members begin to act of mood, #can get to a situation in the that determined articles #would be forbidden in each Been member of the Community in different moments, and no will exist guarantee that it work properly the only market, by #whose creation and consolidation so much *nos have encouraged in Parliament. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, #if the *PPE did not wish that this debate took place in day of today was not by not to consider it important, but simply to be able to clear a series of things and *oir to a series of experts before pronouncing . +Has to follow contemplating consumer that withdrawal of agricultural earths in the EU, or was, renunciation to cultivate cereals, while they incinerate animal corpses and feeds to livestock with animal flours? +In the debate have to take into account -#this is important - #all the problems of agriculture and prevail quality agriculture, #as well as assign space to the question of relation among technical control and democratic control, aroused by Mrs. *Roth-*Behrendt. +The second is that, given the *prevalencia of AIDS in *África and knowing that thousands of youngsters cross the Mediterranean to go in, through *España or of countries, in *Europa, and taking into account also the incubation period of illness, that goes of six or seven years until twelve years, #can reckon that #one third part of youngsters is affected of AIDS and is in *Europa. +The third consideration in *pro of a favourable vote of this proposal is the relatively scarce quantity of help, that did not has to disturb the economic plans of the Commission. +Second, that, logically, will correspond to the budgetary authority, to *ustedes like Parliament, to the Commission in proposals and to the Council in decisions, take the decisions that estimate timely for the year 2000 without that, without embargo, in this moment prejudge #which is the definite solution. +Parliament aspires to that include in article 5 of program *ALTENER a reference to the new procedures for the exercise of competitions in matter of execution, so as to reinforce the participation of the European Parliament. +No suffices with seeing the figures, totally insufficient, that go to devote to the renewable energies, #would be necessary perhaps also devote a bit of time to examine the financial energies that devote to energy forms, in particular to the nuclear. +Together with program *SAVE, have in *ALTERNER *II form to show to the public of *Europa that there are rational forms to confront the challenge of the climatic change: energetic efficiency and sources of renewable energy. +In contrast with it that occurs in the great energetic companies, #where are hard-working, this fact means that #if we launch program and boost sources of alternative energy, at the same time will contribute also, like Europeans, to that employment politics receive greater attention. +Gentleman President, lady speaker, lady Commissioner, wanted to manifest my gratitude to the speaker, Mrs. *Ahern, by the dynamism with that has prepared program *plurianual 1998-2000 of promotion of the energetic efficiency *SAVE *II for the *segunda reading, continuing the work of the ancient speaker, Mrs. *Bloch *von *Blottnitz. +A greater energetic efficiency will involve, in the short term, lower consumption, the protection of the renewable energetic sources, a lower dependency of energy imports, #as well as a lower environmental pollution. +The Commission goes to present in brief -is included in diary of the next Council of 2 December- the action plan on energetic efficiency, and then will have occasion to argue more in depth these questions. +Already have swept the institutional racism and intolerance and prejudice legalised have been swept and now relation of the European Union with *Sudáfrica goes determined by recognition of attainment *transcendental. +have produced substantial advances in schooling of boys, in the medical service of vicinity, in access to the drinkable water and in electricity service but remains still a lot, a lot for taking. +Gentleman President, although we recognise that Trade Agreement, Development and Cooperation among the European Community, by part, and the Republic of *Sudáfrica, by #another, contains certainly valuable elements, share doubts of the speaker *Kinnock and have #some questions and suggestions for the Commission and the Council. +#Ours *cuarta observation is related with the *virulenta critical of Mrs. *Kinnock *cuando ensures that the European Union "tried to take of *Sudáfrica the hostage of subventions of his own agriculturalists". Consider unacceptable that the Agreement take case *omiso of the sector of wines and of the alcoholic drinks. +Is to expect that this agreement involve that from *Sudáfrica perceive that they no longer are the EU and *Sudáfrica so far, neither physical neither *psíquicamente, and that no longer there #be *tanta distance among the facts and the words, as undoubtedly they have felt that *sucedía during the period comprised among the years 1994 and 1999. +Gentleman Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, cooperate with *Sudáfrica, *ayudarle to go out of underdevelopment #would have to be an elementary duty for *Europa, #whose classes leaders have benefited amply in the past of pillage of his mining wealths and of exploitation of his poor masses. +Gentleman President, no fits doubt that, from the point of political sight, the agreement reached with *Sudáfrica constitutes in group a step advance for the European Union, and in this sense it is necessary to consider it with special like and satisfaction. +Without going in in the *inadecuación in principle of this type of indications, wish to underline that the two parts are very *denodadamente with seen to find a fast and mutually acceptable solution for the pending problems in matter of wines and liquors. +The conference of *Lesotho goes to celebrate days 13 and 14 October and are had to examine in *ella with representatives of the countries *BLNS form to restructure support plan for countries. +No will answer, therefore, to this concrete question, as I am not in situation to take it, but take advantage of invitation because *yo same, *cuando begin to examine the great percentages of costs, meeting that, more that the future needs, is history the that is path. +The solutions for unemployment are exactly #the same that the corresponding to competitiveness, is to say, the reduction of the business contributions and regulation levels. )How attitude will adopt the Commission concerning looks? +Nevertheless, #if *usted *me asks #which is the *primer factor for *Europa and his industrial problems, *le answer very frankly: the problem of the human resources like incentive of the *empresariado that there #be in our continent and, therefore, #all the problem of conditioning of the financial structures for the new *empresariado. +The European Union did not wants that this agency have headquarters in *Lausanne, in the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, and, without embargo, wants that the have in #one of States members of the European Union. +Indian is the greater democracy of the world and has confronted #hideous problems precisely because it is a free society that lives in right State, with a civil society fully developed. +#If well I receive with *beneplácito the question and the answer that has given -suit with *él in that *demasiada insistence in the summits is not necessarily timely-, *me #would enjoy to know #if it will consider the possibility to expand dialogue #India\/EU so that pass to be dialogue EU\/*subcontinente #indian. +treats of paper that the EU #can exert usefully: the to reach that Indians, the *paquistaníes or the *bangladeshíes, etc., gather in #that *subcontinente to examine his common problems and, in some sense, take of selfless external runner in deals among the countries of this *subregión. +Up to now States members, to tenor of article 296 (ancient article 223), have excepted up to now the traffic of arms of the field of application of disposals of the Treaties of the European Community. +This *primer step consists in conceding to *Turquía candidate status so that it set up the process and have an opportunity to be able to talk in a next future on the subject of the start of negotiations. +Lady Speaker, estimated and estimated colleagues, after the statements made by the representative of the Presidency of the Council and of the Commission, it is necessary to split of the fact that in the summit of *Helsinki goes to agree concede to *Turquía candidate status. +Lady Speaker, Group declares in favour of the #european path of *Turquía, that #can get until adhesion, and also declares in favour of a political more generous in finances, always that #this #can contribute to solve the problems to the that they confront, especially, the numerous victims of the earthquakes. +village #greek has shown his cordial feelings to village #turkish in the tragedy of the earthquakes. Believe that also village #turkish has feelings of affection to village #greek. +#This it #would be necessary to take it recognising that to *Turquía *le remains a long path for visiting, fundamentally regarding the situation of the human rights and of the rights of villages and minorities, recognised or no, that integrate the population of country and also in relation with performance of *Turquía concerning *Chipre. +The election of a new Government more constructive in #Israel and the signature of the Memorandum of *Sharm The-*Sheikh the past month have *allanado the path for the resumption of the peace process. +The first withdrawn of troops, the release of prisoners and the agreement reached yesterday on the opening of runner among *Gaza and *Cisjordania show that so much #israeli like Palestinians have restarted efforts for reaching a durable peace. +Support the right of the #palestinian village to constitute State, but State that was fruit of negotiation and of the fine will of #all parts interested and no State that arise like result of the *coacción. +president *Pasqua already has taken upsetting in the problem of translation fault; today Group underlines that no only exists translation fault, but that there are inaccurate translations. +Today have a perfect example with the decision of the Commission to raise the embargo of meat of bovine #british, and the refusal of *Francia and of *Alemania to apply this decision. +Although the EU has engaged to follow of wall and legislate activity of the sector, in my opinion, the involved have the moral responsibility to approve a series of norms of forced fulfillment. +By reason, the Union considers important that the sustainable development was game point of negotiations and that the environmental questions are taken in account in the agreements on the different sectors. +Like this, Parliament has approved amendment of my Group, that requested a review of the mechanisms of the *OMC, of solution procedure of conflicts, to end to be able to take in account in greater grade the social questions, sanitary, cultural and environmental. +Gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the communication of the Commission to the national Parliaments is extremely *reveladora at the same time of machinery deeply *antidemocrática of the main #european institution and of conditions in the *cuales will initiate the new chapter of commercial negotiations *multilaterales. +For the countries in roads of development, #this will mean free access for #all articles, compensation by price increase in basic alimentary products, exemptions of the agreements *TRIPS and that the EU delete subsidies that produce disloyal competition, especially in the agricultural products. +And this reality is the of agriculture *multifuncional, that combines his economic function with the preservation of the environment and of the rural landscapes and guarantees the presence of man in #all the territory. +Like this, is necessary, *prorrogando the phenomenon and so as to create strength relation favourable in breast of the *OMC, debate, transmit to #all *Europa the sense that has to give to globalisation, to liberalisation of these commercial exchanges. +In our political group, #many are of the opinion that trade on broadcasts, the rescue of the obligation to reduce CO2 broadcasts, is not *defendible politically. +*Me have referred to that prepare the publication of a Green Book that will contain a concrete proposal in this sense, a system that obviously will describe the particular responsibility of country. +Means #this that *Finlandia, country militarily neutral, is had to establish a common politics of defence inside the Union, with seen to that the Union have a common will, a common politics and a common voice? +*Le #would ask to Mr. Minister on form in that the Presidency #finnish is habilitation of the qualified majority in the taking of decisions in matter of external politics, security and common defence. +This process is still in course, so that it is impossible to say #if it will affect to the external politics and of security, although #if *nos fix a bit in history of this process of preparation, it is necessary to say that the taking of decisions *vinculantes by qualified majority, for example in matter of defence, is not very #likely, at least in the short term. +To *él it is necessary to add article 30 that has that deposit #can increase with currencies until ten times more, is to say, 50.000 millions of euros; besides, exists disposal in point 4 of article 30 according to the *cual #ECB #can *emplazar currencies, also above the maximum that is established in 50.000 millions of euros. +Always have had *algún point of program that has treated publicly but the rest of the meeting, in case up to now, has been to enclosed doors and will continue being it in the future, at least during the Presidency #finnish. +Second, #if there are criteria so different according to the *cuales forbid precisely the exports of arms to *Yugoslavia but, for example, yes are allowed to Indonesian, then is that there are other different criteria to the of the code that are decisive, in concrete, the economic and commercial interests. +Is urgent because we still have not defined form to control the diffusion of short arms and light arms, neither have expanded the code so that it cover the conventional arms. +The last meaning of the granting of this prize is, from the altruistic optics of lawyer, that *Bielorrusia #can not be "sheep #black" in the geographic map European. +transparency is value to the *cual Parliament has referred with decision in the first weeks of works and the public opinion has right to entrust in the political institutions, #as well as in the military. +In consequence, consider just that the European Parliament ask to States members that #can collaborate in discovering the truth, that facilitate to judicature #italian #all the necessary documentation to get to the definite determination of responsibilities. +#This *recalca, in particular, the question of the general culture in matter of security in plant and qualification grade of personnel, #as well as the importance that it have a fast diffusion of information. +fuel transport *MOX effects under control of the national authorities of the countries of origin and of destination, having properly in account the appropriate legislation of the Union and norms of the *OIEA. +Without embargo, know perfectly -and experience, so much in breast of the European Parliament as of the #european society in general, shows it- that the mere *constatación is not sufficient. is not sufficient, #if they want to, repeat sight point that "it is necessary to take *algo" . +In the case of deputies is precise a specific decision, that #can foresee -for example, in relation with the parliamentary investigations- control council aside, chosen by our Assembly to the beginning of each term of office. +By reason, the public opinion wait that this office possess a full capacity of work, and this full capacity of work refers, on the one hand, to the institutions in the that the *OLAF #can make investigations, reason by the *cual, celebrate the report of Mr. *Napolitano and interventions that have made here. +Second, and with #this finish, wanted to insist in it important and urgent that is to possess, at last, regulations for service providers of certification regarding access to the market, to the application of the principles that govern in the inner market, and to the relative regulations to responsibility. +The second is disposal according to the *cual the technical requirements will expand in the future by means of a committee procedure of regulation, to end to introduce new norms for fuel deposits that contain gaseous fuels. +pretends that the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions happen to have headquarters in the ancient facilities of Parliament that have remained *desocupadas, is to say, in buildings *Belliard *I and *II, in the that previously they will take dramas. +Is very natural that demand that this new obligation of cost, that to time #would mean the reduction of costs of States members, do not remain included in the maximum limit of costs previously approved. +In the first place, in the three computations that have on the table, or was, the preliminary draft of the Commission and the proposals of the Council and of Parliament, the planned costs for the exercise 2000 surpass, in fact, the amounts of this year. +In the year 2000, the EU will spend less of 2 euros by citizen in education, in boosting that youngsters take part in programs of exchange or purchase knowledges on different tongues and cultures, or in informing to citizens on the future evolution of the European Union at the same time that it supports to our audiovisual industry. +#can not *oponer the poor to the poor, the fine and the bad victims, and wail that the Council have posed in mood the problem in these terms, without contributing any solution. +By side of organisations is comprehensible, because the Commission is gravely in duties, *cuando the organisations have to expect during a year and half subvention assignment, or *cuando produce intermediate modifications of the criteria. +Regarding the Structural Bottoms, the regional politics European has converted in a true obstacle for *Francia, to the contrary of it that says legend that keeps of form *complaciente, even by commissioner commissioned in actuality of the regional politics. +merit of the speaker is the to have it made by means of a budgetary procedure that developed besides with the greater tranquility, although Parliament is an important challenge to the Council, and believe that this challenge deserves to be stood out. +#can not leave to underline, without embargo, that the budget of this year will not be able to fulfil the goals fixed to the principle, is to say, the relaunching of the economy of the Union and, especially, growth of employment. +*Nos has taken a beautiful study with species of *popurrí of #everything it that has written from the month of March and with a behaviour of adviser of the Court of Accounts #french. +In consequence, efforts made in *pro of meat of *vacuno of quality, of fruits and vegetables and of the dairy products ran the risk to see cancelled whereas action forms part of the of the Community that will be able to include in the green box to level of the *OMC. +Means also that the military invasion is not an acceptable method to expand borders, was the one who went the author of act, are *cuales were conditionings and the geopolitical interests that take part. +Gentleman President, in time that I have want to *referirme to an only line of the budget that is the of distribution plan of milk in schools, in the that the Commission has proposed to reduce endowment of 96 millions of euros to 53 millions of euros. +Like programs *plurianuales have to be, anyway, adapted to the *rúbrica budgetary corresponding and to the general perspective of finance of the budget, consider indispensable that Parliament improve his internal coordination during reading of programs *plurianuales and of the budget. +The expectation of the contribution is in the strongest bond for communities, no only local, a contribution that consolidates more that other ideal bonds or of another type. +Concede a special importance - #as well as, as I create, Budget Commission - to that these commitments receive a *concretización written above the letter, very interesting, that lady *Schreyer *nos has remitted, to the *cual president *Wynn has answered and that, create, demands #some complementary precisions. +Another subject, that tackles his commission, is the contribution of #ECB to the financial stability, and in concrete the question of liquidity supply of emergency to the financial institutions in difficulties. +*Permítanme that add, finally, that fulfillment of convergence criteria has translated in stability of prices and of the types of change, and in an improvement of the public finances. +Until moment do not have clear how #can evaluate and how evaluates the evolution of prices of commodities and of services, also in the case of the real-estate markets or of the markets of values, for example. +A decision like this #would engage to time backstitch of employment in *Europa and investments in matter of ecology, mainly the relative to energy economies and to the fight against the effect *invernadero. +The permanent promotion of consumption has caused observations of worry and of warning by part of the #dutch Government, but in political sense reacts with performances mistaken: with charge reduction in place of with the reduction of debt. +To institutional level, the Central Bank plays a key paper; and also wanted to that paper had his *contrabalanza in the exigible transparency to the institutions that emanate of the votes of citizens. +But #any of *nosotros doubts of the importance of paper because a national government of the zone of the euro that confront to reflation of an economy *vacilante do not has arms to disposal. +The European Parliament, in quality of representative of the #european citizens, has to have right to demand that in the future, to similarity of it that *sucede with the other central banks, also #ECB publish the arguments presented in favour or against of decisions in monetary matter. +Finally, want to affirm that I support warmly the relative proposal to the publication of the reports on the economic situation and the different economic indicators of the countries of the zone of the euro. +#ECB is in actuality entirely involved in #all the debates of #all the international forums on the future of it that now designates the "financial architecture" of the world. +Know that in practice, in the daily operations, go to have to *racionalizar the procedures so much as it was possible but, in general, #this has not identified, in the group of the evaluation process, as #one of the main questions. +way in that the *codecisión #can be *eventualmente put in practice in relations among Parliament, the Council and States members in the taking of decisions in the field of the humanitarian activities is *algo that it has to follow being #discussed and even negotiated. +Today village of my country, as never before in history, finds joined to demand that it cease rape to his human rights, in particular kidnapping like inadmissible instrument of finance of guerrilla and of groups generators of violence. +By #this, want to take advantage of this exceptional opportunity to invite to #all the countries of the world-wide community to that *le give full development to the principle of it that have designated responsibility shared" , to struggle against the world-wide problem of drug. +Of mood, regret the *renuencia of #some States members to hour to support the idea of a #european bottom for refugees, in spite of that, as it explained clearly the Commission, bottom no comported new or supplementary cost #any. +The Treaty of Complete Prohibition of the Nuclear Essays benefits to #all States of the world, and the European Union acts correctly *cuando reiterates his deep commitment that the Treaty go in in vigour what before. +In the first place because the subject of the inner security has been carried to level of Government Bosses separating of looks rather *competenciales of the Ministers of Justice and of the Interior. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Council, *Señorías, *Tampere has been an important step to in front and believe that with the initiatives to create an authentic *Europa of citizens in the field of the juridical politics and of interior, has reached a big progress. +politics "*interpilares" opens possibilities that #can *llevarnos to good port, but also *me poses questions on #who and how go to develop action plans and #if the Council *nos will give #any time information on the results of the that already set up, that is action plan relative to the *Iraq. +The goal has to be an open European Union and safe that establish associations with the countries of origin of the migratory flows and put ready political of conjoint development with the countries of origin and of traffic. +Of mood as it do not takes peace not resorting simply to arms, a common juridical space European will not create only #if a bunch of Governments announces his fine will. +Like this, as, repeat it: the Commission and the European Parliament exert paper when elevating the goals of this conference and *cuando recommend that they take now #all the necessary reforms so that our Union #can receive to a big number of States. +These subjects -the number of Commissioners in a Union expanded, the new weighting of the votes, the field of application of the qualified majority- are, the three, subjects extraordinarily difficult, but necessary. +Thus, like Group of the Popular Party European of the Christian Democrats and of the European Democrats say that we want to more of it that has posed like perspective in *Amsterdam, want reform in depth of the European Union that it was able of enlargement, it that for *nosotros has a big priority. +For *ello, takes lacking to have also value to modify article 4 of the Treaty of the *CE that defines to the Union of a classical mood *neoliberal like a market economy with a free competition. +Third, the Commission #would commission to inform the next year on the possibility to extend activities of the Agency to countries #balkan with a new regulation. +A greater security of the electronic trade in the EU #would have to increase confidence of consumers and help to citizens of the EU to benefit of this field of activity with greater tranquility and security. +records of the meetings of Committee of Monetary Politics, included vote registers and reasonings, now are published to cape of some six weeks. +confirmation of Gin Convention on refugees "in his full and wider interpretation" is an important victory for the Greens and for organisations no governmental. +Believe that the proposals in the legislative field, and especially the proposals in the field of collaboration among the social speakers, constitute a base for *enfrentarnos to these great problems of our period. +moment, *Señorías, it is necessary to see the benefits in Bag of #all companies from takes a year, from two years ago, and have to remember to Mr. *Wurtz that takes part or friends take part in a Government that at all takes so that they cease the benefits in Bag. +*Eso means to study where #can reduce charge of unnecessary rules that #put the costs for companies and study how measured #can reduce the costs no *salariales of companies that, to time, *les carry to sack to workers like the best mood of *economizar great sums of money. +Have, to #european level, the #european strategy for employment, and applies for the first time, with 22 directives that have incorporated to projects for employment of States members; and also there are important finances, to the that *me have referred previously. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the statements of the Council and of the Commission on rejection by part of the American Senate of the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs. +Is an absolute irresponsibility use ratification of the moratorium of the atomic proofs like toy *arrojadizo in the open internal fight among the republican Congress and president democrat. +Thus, expect that the Presidency and the Commission feel now together and develop a strategy in the frame of the External Politics and of Common Security that loom with these economic instruments and force to *Rusia to finalise war. +This circumstance has to time some positive effects in the fight by respect of the human rights and against racism, nationalism exaggerated and antisemitism. +In #few words, have to purchase adaptation capacity and speed in the cultural exchange, training and the professional experience that are elements that will request increasingly in society of the next #millenium. +#""Youth" is program that #can reach these goals, since it will allow to youngsters with less resources and more disadvantaged carry out some transnational experiences that will be determinants for incorporation more adapted to the labour world. +On the other hand, sentence of the Court of Justice of 12 May 1998, relative to the juridical foundations, imposed endowment of a better frame defined in comparison with the past, precisely by confusion that existed previously. +Likewise, wanted to stand out that #if it interrupted the community participation in the Observatory, the Commission #would see forced to collect this same information of sources; in the majority of the cases, on a commercial base. +To improve the global situation of Parliament and of the Group of No inscribed, *me associate with the radicals. In consequence, do not go to take part in the approval of Record neither in the other votes, *declarándome in strike like *ellos. +Obviously, His *Señorías will vote freely, but have to know that from moment in that they approve cost amendment that surpass it agreed "in lathe" , #would say *yo, of Budget Commission and no "by" Budget Commission, run the risk of *ponernos in a very delicate situation regarding the *margen. +Report (To5-0036\/1999) of Mr. *Napoletano, in name of the Commission of Constitutional Subjects, on possible modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the European Office of Fight *Antifraude (*OLAF) +The Council of *Amsterdam, that has given name to the Treaty, had studied this question and refused explicitly recognise the existence of political parties Europeans and, less still, *otorgarles a public finance. +Of face to the future, the greater challenge of the EU consists in defining common basic principles that contribute to reflation of the #european economy. In this way, will be able to solve big part of the problems related with work market. +My colleagues that belong to this commission elaborated a project of amendment with the end to expand group finance of women to a wider variety of *ellos. +To time that accept that it has allowed the subsistence of an agreement *monopolístico, celebrate the new permission of 600.000 euros and #would celebrate new increases in the future of quantity, in hope, clear is, that it contribute to that they #can listen the voices of #all women. +#This *cotización #would constitute #one of elements -although, definitely, #would not be the only- of readjustment system of the social costs, able to regulate better the international trade among heterogeneous zones, without thus *privarnos of the advantages of the *librecambio. +Is convenient, in particular, that employees #can put in *entredicho the own foundation of dismissals and character of economic need, before execution and in a very previous stage of the procedure. +restructuring and company transfer -in particular, of multinationals- in #all *Europa has caused *decenas of thousands of dismissals, unacceptable and condemnable situation by the grave economic consequences and social for workers, the region and the country affected. +Cases like the of *Michelin in *Francia and *Renault, *Grundig, *Siemens and *Texas *Instruments, #among others, in *Portugal have taken to see clearly that it is urgent to strengthen the #european legislation and of States members to protect the rights of workers, in particular employment, and prevent that multinationals follow acting of arbitrary form, only to achieve increase benefits. +reason of postponement is that, owing to delay registered in normalisation works of the European Committee of Normalisation, prescriptions *RID of 1999 do not include norms for the manufacture and use of containers and *cisternas of transport of gases of class *segunda. +Like this things, #can not but concede our full support to the report of the speaker, president of our commission, to time that *le give graces by efforts that has had to make. +Want to, finally, take a brief reflection to thread of it that has said Mr. *Konrad with regard to the capacity of transport by railway and to stake that is by the railway in the Commission and in States members. +This increase goes to be the result of an increase of development and of growth in countries and, somehow, #if it did not produce, #would give bad indications with regard to behaviours of our economy and, therefore, also of society. +#Segundo point of reflection: the past day 26, Mr. Commissioner *Fischler -according to #news of diverse media of my country- seems that it showed had to contemplate additional #granting in fruit import and vegetables pertinent of *Marruecos in negotiation of fishing Agreement. +Again, as in September of 1998, the fight is directed to #obtaining of freedom, of the elementary social rights, of holidays paid, of social security, of retirement to the 55 years and of the guarantee of a minimum income. +Speaker and Vice-president #would have to take accurate note of #this and treat with services of the House the need that it establish a reasonable lapse among the vote and headcount of the votes. +*Me seems that the decision of the European Commission to raise the embargo is more political that scientific, #such as they manifest it analysis divergences and of points of sight in breast of the Scientific Committee European. +#This is an essential point that has to include of urgency in the agenda of the next Conference *Intergubernamental and, like corollary, point that has to be *imperativamente renegotiated in the frame of the *OMC, of it contrary application of subsidiariness to #european level will have the possibility to be deformed. +did not leaves to be true that conditions of slaughtering with a special gun causes that the cerebral or lymphatic particles happen to vein *yugular and of there to the muscular mass. +To this effect, the #french Government has created the French Agency of Sanitary Security Alimentary to make a better scientific evaluation of the alimentary risks. +Like this, is of an absolute hypocrisy invoke to agriculturalists and interests and *oponerlos, explicit or implicitly, to the interests of consumers, without reporting responsibility of the great capitalist groups producers and providers of foods for livestock. +scientist of the region sustained that the subsoil was it sufficiently solid. scientist of municipality that denied to approve the location of dump *refutaba that the subsoil was equal of solid that bath without cap. +The solution to this problem did not consists in the creation of an army of civil servants to service of the EU to watch activity of exploitations ranchers. +By #another, exists the need to protect to consumers that is #one of the maximum priorities and #whose scope is #such that justifies the national decisions that contradict the community, on condition that they are motivated from the point of sight scientific and hygienic-sanitary. +Have taken out fundamentally the following conclusions. In the first place am fully convinced that the decisions that take from now on, also the of the Commission, have to base in the trial of independent scientists -is important that are independent- and in the scientific discoveries more recent. +In my career of *europarlamentario, brief but full of incidents, and especially after the day of yesterday, have warned in this Assembly -that *atreve to *autodenominarse "Parliament" - a wish to act like rubber seal for the Commission, and once again today seat that #that is paper. +And, therefore, consider important that #can consider this agreement, in addition to an economic benefit for activity of country, help to development of an economic sector and to the consolidation of peace in *Angola. +But wanted to remember, gentleman President, that among the word "exploitation" and the word "cooperation", in spite of that have desinence, there #be difference and that the *segunda of *ellas corresponds to a situation in that the two parts agree, by it that *nosotros do not believe that *Angola see in east agree type #any of exploitation; of it contrary, #would not sign it the following day to the of conclusion. +This bulletin is *excepcionalmente useful, gets to *emisoras regional, gives to know, in #all tongues, activity of deputies that talk tongue or that proceed of nationality, therefore it is *algo that *nosotros, the ancient deputies and the previous European Parliament, know very well and are very sensitive to this *respecto. +Gentleman Commissioner, how explains *usted that here, during seven years, from September of 1989 to March of 1996, two deputies -the #belgian socialist #José *Happart and *yo- said that it had risk of *zoonosis before Agriculture Minister #british recognised it on 24 March 1996 in front of the House of the Common? +Mrs. #Jackson *le has asked, it first, #if the existence of another committee so that it examine security alimentary in #all the European Union will be better, in reality, that the current permanent committee and #if citizens *le will loan, in reality, attention. +The European Council of *Helsinki will receive the report of the Council *ECOFIN on development of coordination of the economic politics. Said report will promote dialogue and reflection on the subject. +The Pact by Employment in *Europa, adopted the summer happened in Colony Council by initiative of *Alemania, is an initiative that will promote the mutual understanding and the renewal of the #european economies. +Is to say, what more facilitate the stability goal of the monetary politics by means of budgetary measures and an evolution *salarial suitable, more favourable will be the monetary conditions to growth and to employment. +During these two days go to debate the Report *Smet on ordination of work time and the Reports *Menrad on employment politics of States members in the years 1999 and 2000. +Gentleman President, the Council adopted the European Pact by Employment in Colony Summit with the object to reach a substantial decrease and sustained of unemployment. +This world knows in the Low Countries like the consensus economy, query circuit frequent and quite structured among the main socioeconomic actors. +Is necessary that tomorrow approve the position proposed by the speakers and by Employment Commission and Social Subjects and say to the Council that has to accept at last this question and watch by that nobody have to work with the inhuman labour days that assign to doctors in period of training. +In #some countries of the European Union, among *ellos the Low Countries, *Bélgica and *Finlandia, employers of transport by road have *independizadas, by like this say, tyres, #this is, trucks and drivers, in the frame of adjudication strategy or *flexibilización. +#This see it on a large scale in the fight that keeps in the World-wide Organisation of Trade to reach new commitments and, in a small way, in the fight that exists in States members of the European Union concerning ordination of work time. +is not casual that the exceptions refer in his greater part to the mobile workers and to persons that wins bread in the sea, with fishing or with oil extraction. +*Yo have doubts that the publication of data on consumption and broadcasts fulfil a decisive orientative function regarding purchase decisions of consumers. +Exists difference among the case of person that goes to buy medicine to pharmacy and there *le inform in detail on the risks, and the acquisition of a common article in the market. +Neither considers the planned procedure for the participation of the European Parliament in the process so that rights remain fully guaranteed, neither mentions the narrow temporary corset that supposes the called annual cycle that foresees to apply. +The mutual recognition is a principle that had importance to avert fetters to the free circulation of commodities, but only is partially valid for the construction of the inner market in absence of harmonisation of legislations. +Of luck the preparation of the guidelines #can include also the results of comparison of the best methods in each #one of States members, to end to be able to apply like this in #all the #european field successful strategies. +To mood to see, in addition to the professional training, exists another important possibility in the deliberate reduction of the fiscal charges in those fields that of provable way are put of work. +*Ello nevertheless, estimated colleagues, believe that in spite of #all have given another small step advance because, as it already has said the speaker, has been the first time that the Council has requested the *dictamen of Parliament of official form. +The increasing presence of the economy in society and the introduction of market principle in practically #all the social fields are two factors that prejudice to family and put under pressure to humanity. +In effect, never will insist it sufficient in that they are politics *ultraliberales in the interior and *ultramundialistas in outside and cult to the opening of borders and to the market-king the that have carried to our economies to point in the that they find nowadays. +As Conservative British share worry that has expressed from #all parts of this Assembly that the high level of unemployment in the EU in group is #one of the main problems and that the goal has to be an important descent of #the same. +Without embargo, neither the balance, neither the establishment of goals exempt to States members and to the social speakers of his main responsibility on employment politics in countries, since #that are specific. +No treats, as #some fear, to give recipe to scale #european, but to establish a series of instruments that sure enough allow to reach the result to create employment and social cohesion. +Although the main responsibility of project *recae of course on States members, #would be politically impossible to carry out a so wide reform in the only market without coordination to scale of the Union. +This European Parliament supports aptly in amendment 13 the integral approach, #as well as the development of comparable goals to the that *me will refer inside moment and for the that ask support of #all in Parliament. +The European Union has 20 millions of unemployed and with 60 millions of poor and there #be not in the guidelines measure *vinculante directed to prevent dismissals and reduction plans of staff. +Consider that question turn constitutes an elementary parliamentary right that, in contrast with points of the agenda is guaranteed also on purpose in the Treaties, and, in consequence, wanted to insist in that question turn make in whole. +Gentleman President, *cuando the European Parliament in the autumn of 1998 agreed the continuation of the Program Car-*Oil, the calendar foresaw that the subject #would go back to Parliament to time to make possible a decision of the Council in the spring of 1999. +Personally, believe that the Council foresees in his common position #all a series of disposals very important as, for example, the reduction of values limit for carbon dioxide in a 30% in comparison with 1996 from October of the year 2000 or of the 2001. +Without embargo, #can accept the definition of the World-wide Organisation of Health, in the that says that health is not only the absence of illnesses, but a state of physical welfare, mental and social. +In January adopted a conjoint decision in the that established an action plan to promote the safest use of Internet and, therefore, to protect to boys of violence and of pornography. +The Commission, likewise, undertakes actions in the social and educational fields with the idea to improve quality of life of boys and the opportunities for development and education. +Are in an absurd situation in the that States members have to promote it that it is better for boys in legislation and in politics, but in the Union no exists a legal obligation to protect it that it was better for boys. +And while all #this *sucede in the world in roads of development, in Occident, purportedly civilised, violence, the abandonment and the sexual exploitation of boys, by means of the international networks, are hair-raising dimensions. +In session period of the past month, *usted, lady Commissioner, *calurosa and convincingly affirmed that it is will of the Commission strengthen the rights of employees regarding information and query on destination. +Finally, Gentleman President, the Commission of Budgetary Control thinks that *nosotros also to half of term have to go back to study a new system of own resources, because #if it goes to have more countries the current system #can result too much complicated. +The agreements of *Berlín are a combination among the total level and the composition of cost, the political reforms and the system of own resources. +In *Berlín, admit, in effect, the principle according to the *cual #some rich countries, the of the north of the Union, paid too much, of there a new weighting of the proportional parts of finance of States members that will have like consequence a greater participation of *Francia by quantity of order of varied thousands of millions of frank. +Only a new approach of the question of the own resources, that do not increase the fiscal charge borne by the taxpayers and that go back more transparent, simple and rational the system #can give conditions of affirmation to the European Union. +The only real justification of aberration is to recess the #dutch bill, although the balance -to use terminology of the Council- goes inflated in favour of arks *bátavas by the effect *Rotterdam. +*Acaso thinks that we #can continue long with tax *conributiva so limited *cuando the European Union purchases every time a greater number of responsibilities related with the *prolongamiento of the monetary union, enlargement of the Union, the take into account the foreign political responsibilities and of security? +In practice, this ceiling depends of the agreement among organs, that results clearly inferior to the of cost politics of agriculture #This is another clear indication of the parliamentary responsibility in relation to the budgets. +With regard to the *PRS 5 *permítanme that *me direct also to the Commission for *decirle that of course knew that we were a new Parliament and in spite of *ello presented in the summer holidays a supplementary budget *cuando were not at all in situation to react because the new Parliament was not still operative. +In consequence, the committee of the Commission commissioned of the nomination has made a selection and *les #can ensure that today *les will deliver in the course of day candidate list that has been elaborated by this last committee. +*Me allow to observe that it is a budgetary political reality that in the course of an exercise, of the execution of a budget, arise events that do not allow a total utilisation of #all the budgetary lines. +Want to retort to Mrs. *Dührkop *Dührkop that, of course, the priorities that Parliament determine in the budgetary procedure and for the budget in #if, are scales that has to follow the Commission when acting in the frame of the execution of the budget. +My parliamentary Group takes a call to the Commission and to States members so that they introduce said tax of form coordinated so that no have disloyal competition inside the Union; tax, of course, do not has to *repercutir in citizens. +#can not *hacernos charge of the nuclear waste, in spite of that have proposed diverse imaginative solutions, included the of *enviarlos to the Moon, and the truth is that, #if we suited with Mr. *Chichester in that the nuclear energy is a solution, #would be in another planet. +The communication of the Commission on the strengthening of the environmental integration in the community energetic politics is very #worthy of *beneplácito, given his realistic approach of the question. +#This supposes -taking into account the point of environmental sight in his owed form- that States members prepare his own national strategies -since it is a question of decisions of national type- with sufficient time for the replacement and *recolocación of investments. +*Yo was not favourable to the approval of the amendments subjected to the vote of our Assembly, that had delayed the entrance in vigour of this text and, therefore, the set up of investments and the industrial strategies. +My Group will go back to present amendments that presented in the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market to try advance more still, so that the systems that go to establish result more accessible and opened for professionals. +The own speakers check differences so marked in matter of right of persons among States members, it that explains the strong reservations formulated in the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens. +point: to me also *me has got this study of the Institute for Risk Analysis of the Senate of university of *Viena that analyses the question of *Yaslovske *Bohunice under a different perspective. +Only *Europa and, gentleman Commissioner, *le appreciate that it have comprised it, only #one *Europa joined #can go to meeting, no only of the countries that ask to go in in the European Community, but also of #all #that that have of nuclear facilities no satisfied with security norms for *ayudarles to resolve the problem taking into account his own imperative economic. +*Usted has indicated with reason that owe *tomarnos seriously the scientific considerations and childbirth of the fact that graziers #british are interested in selling it more quickly possible a safe meat and not expecting two years until they #can take it. +Believe that His *Señoría #would consider wise on our part have taken part in evaluation mission of the World-wide Bank and expect to that civil servants, that have taken part in said mission of evaluation, present reports before resorting to the budgetary authorities for *pedirles concrete quantities of bottoms. +Of mood, company "*Mitilinaios *S.To.", with upper investments to 52 millions of dollars in mines "*RMHK *TREPCA", face up to objections and difficulties and suffer pressures, with the last purpose to cancel his contractual and real rights in mines quoted. +The *KFOR is all it possible in circumstances extraordinarily difficult and deserves #all support to try, for example, watch by that no have a repetition of the type of atrocity against edicts that, by misfortune, has *desbaratado life in *Kosovo in the past. +Exist diverse modalities of finance in the national levels and of the EU -#such as the structural Bottoms and the *agromedioambientales- and #can use to help in the reconversion and in the management of his social repercussions during a transitory period. +The report of the EU will exert an important influence in development of the sources of regional resources, and thus it #can not arise split among the old and the new programs. +Simply want to say that in these cases, will show pragmatism to be able to adapt, according to demands of the national authorities, programming of the Goal 1 or of the Goal 2 to help to these countries to reconstruct . +How is had to take so that the countries that do not contemplate in legislations the prohibition to exert violence against women in breast of home also have norms? +#One of the essential elements of the communication of the Commission is precisely ratification by #all States members of the Agreement of the Council of *Europa of 1983 and #can inform to His *Señoría that the quoted agreement was ratified by *Alemania, *Dinamarca, *Finlandia, *Francia, *Luxemburgo, the Low Countries, Realm Joined and *Suecia. +But no only #this #would be necessary, but also promote dialogue with the main actors, no only aerial companies and users, but also with the aerial controllers and #all airports, etc. Is to say, #all actors that take part inside this complex world of the aerial traffic. +Monday, in the Council of General Subjects, ministers left very clear that had political will to decide in *Helsinki on #which has to be the collective military capacity of *Europa for the missions of *Petersberg. +Is evident that the Commission is not fan school to bosses of personnel and is evident that want to work by hit with the High Representative and with Parliament to guarantee that *Europa has security politics and of defence that needs and that citizens want. +Since it has referred at length to responsibility like High Representative for the External Politics, #would want to mention look that believe that it is important: our external politics and of common security will be, fundamentally, projection and development of our inner strength. +Equally, do not extract like only lesson of this terrible experience the requirement to be able to range more troops, to be able to increase our military costs and to advance by forced marches to the *Europa of defence, besides, in the frame of NATO. +Thus I request to the Commission that inform to Parliament with character of urgency on conversations relative to Chinese adhesion and, in particular, of how #this #can affect to our *preparativos bear *Seattle, so that Parliament #can vote tomorrow the report of Mr. *Schwaiger with full knowledge of #all the notable data. +Therefore, repeat, #if the regulation of the world-wide trade is means of life of persons and damaging the environment or the protection of animals, have to modify the regulation. +. (*FR) regulation proposal of the Council of Ministers, on the that *nos pronounce in day of today, pretends to contribute #some modifications that the decision of the European Council of Bosses of State and of Government of the month of March in *Berlín has taken necessary. +Gentleman President, gentleman Representative of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, so much my colleagues like *yo same have received with relief the day before yesterday the statement of the Council of External Subjects of the Union that condemns *vigorosamente the disproportionate use and *indiscriminado that takes of strength in *Chechenia. +Also were #many the that regret, with a majority of the #european public opinion, the contrast *sobrecogedor among the *estruendo of bombardments and the prolonged silence of the governments of the European Union. +In spite of his own moral ballast, the European Union has to act with #all strengths so that it get to a solution of the crisis of *Chechenia following guidelines that the Council and the Commission have exposed here. +The European Union asks a negotiated and -joyous exit #that that believes in the possibility of negotiation- while in the *Cáucaso the Russians distinguish among bandits -#that that ask the independence- *cargándoles perhaps of the #islamic colours, and the fine, or was, the that collaborate with *ellos. +In reality, neither has been free trade, since the International Monetary Bottom has endorsed the risks taken by the North American investors and *les has compensated the losses that has originated the free trade of capitals. +deputies to the European Parliament of the Communist Party of #Grecia will vote against of the Report *Schwaiger, because it ranges with aggression plans of the big capital against workers and villages of #everyone. +#There is other international treaties, like the celebrated in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Work, of the World-wide Organisation of the Intellectual Property and of the agreements *multilaterales in matter of environment. +And, from sight point, gentleman President, and to finish, wanted to offer #all support and collaboration to Commissioner *Lamy in the purpose and the points of strategic sight that has very present for *defenderlos in *Seattle. +Without embargo, with the approval of the Report *Schwaiger, Parliament will decide and will declare tomorrow that the concept of the protection of the environment has to take in consideration in #all the fields of the world-wide trade, no with an ambiguous disposal, with a "#can" or a "#would have to" , but with "owe" imperative. +The sum of #all elements *nos carries to recommend negotiation cycle wider - and *me cheer of the enormous coincidence of points of sight in this sense among the Commission and Parliament #such as it deduces, gentleman *Schwaiger, of report. +In any case have the mandate to admit, in the frame of an international negotiation, the *cuestionamiento of power of the Governments of the Union to regulate or act in these fields. +. (OF) Gentleman President, the Commission of Constitutional Subjects debated thoroughly this report during varied sessions and *yo believe that today we present to Plenary a report with a substantial content with seen to reform of the Treaties. +In the first place, request reform of #all the institutions and organs, included, therefore, the Court of Justice, the Court of Accounts, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. +In this sense, request that President of the Commission #can interpose the question of confidence in front of the European Parliament and that incorporate to the next Treated the called "procedure *Prodi" , or was, the possibility that President #can *destituir to commissioner. +Specifically, ask that it reinforce paper of Parliament and establish the principle of the vote by majority in the Council in #some fields in the that the Treaties already assign a key paper to *Europa, *salvaguardando fully subsidiariness principle. +#This will exert an important paper in the *preparativos of the Conference *Intergubernamental, and have to say that backrest with taste the general goals fixed in this report on the construction of a more effective Union, more transparent and more democratic. +But #everything *ello, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, taking into account an essential thing: not losing of sight it that have meant the European Communities in these years neither it that it is more important in the Communities, that is the principle of integration. +Gentleman President, #this *CIG will have support of two parallel processes: "the happy world" of a new politics of #european defence and the definition of the #european citizenship in the preparation of the Letter. +Never will accept that the executive power in the EU was now for another governmental conference #whose core was transfer of power of the constituents and of representatives to enclosed offices in *Bruselas. +The *segunda amends analyses the subject that the Treaty state of two parts: the constitutional part, that analyses the fundamental principles and the institutional disposals, and the small letter that treats on politics. +To succeed, the institutional reforms have to situate , *me seems to me -and say it with experience that conserve in the memory of the previous negotiation- in a political perspective wider and try answer joints to this fundamental question: "How will have to *hablarnos? +In the first place, the institutional reforms #such as they planned in Colony: the composition of the Commission, Commissioner by Been member in it that to *nosotros refers; the weighting of the votes, that has to save proportion with the number of inhabitants; and the votes by qualified majority. +The third question is that we have to establish a fine legal base in the new Treaty for the adoption of a #european regulation relative to the opening of the administration and to transparency. +Want to say here that reform a treaty in name of efficiency *me seems operation of very *poca ambition in front of the #european project and fear that so only was a simple game of power to allow that a small group of countries #can constitute in directory and conduct and direct the #european project. +Besides, has presented appeal with arrangement to article 112 of Regulation, that remits to article 60, *cuando results that the report of Mr. *Napolitano, as it says very clearly in the *considerandos of said report, remits to article 181, because *versa on the inner Regulation of Parliament. +Besides, in consideration to the national penal right, efforts for *uniformar the common definitions, the foundations to dictate cars of processing and penalties, have to limit in a first stage to #some sectors determined of special importance, #such as the illicit market of drugs. +Is to say, that no treats to fix in concrete a start of negotiations, but to ratify the quality of candidate to adhesion and to consider measures to take in consequence. +#Can indicate the Council #if these restrictions imposed by *Turquía are compatible with the principles of the European Union and #if it accepts that the interests of fuselages with pavilion of States members of the Union result prejudiced by a country that aspires to integrate in #the same? +*Me ask also why the European Union shows so *tolerante with infringements committed by *Turquía, and accepts that the interests of the Marine *Mercante #european are *lesionados by a country that do not hesitates in looming even to the *superpotencia, States Joined, to defend trade of banana. +The *segunda observation, and question to time, that want to direct to gentleman representative of the Council is the following: to diet of *Milosevic do not recognises it the European Union; says, before even that the own political strengths of *Yugoslavia, of Serbian, pronounce to the *respecto, that just elections #can not celebrate . +efforts deployed to reduce money bleaching have to intensify by means of the fast adoption and subsequent application of the amendment recently proposed for the directive on money bleaching. +By #everything it aforesaid entrust in that have the potential and #can have of the political will to face up to the new challenges in the perspective of the strategy of the European Union in matter of fight against drug for the years 2000 to 2004. +#If we vote on the original text of section, #if we finish the vote on the amendment, in moment will propose that it vote on the words "*and *socially-*balanced" of the #english text by separate of the rest of the text. +From now on *me #would enjoy to ask to Group that took favour to verify how many deputies #can present to individual title amendments in session *plenaria; 15 different deputies of the *PPE have presented amendments of this report, suppose that in name of the Group, before wasting time in the session *plenaria. +In the current situation, have opted for voting in favour of the whole of the report in the final vote, since vote against #can interpret like that we do not want that it regulate the fight against fraud. +The fundamental human rights and the universal Statement of 1948, the agreements of the *OIT (International Organisation of Work) or on the environment, are of upper nature to norms that govern trade. +Ask to the negotiators of the European Union that respect our resolution in favour of the principle of the alimentary security and in favour that it do not have hurtful effects for the countries in development in the agricultural negotiations. +And result particularly important -and earn particular gravity-, because they are equally evident orientations that *les pretend to print: liberalisation and total command of the world-wide trade, systematic privatisation of the sectors and public services that still have nature and *desreglamentación and free access to the public markets. +Maybe villages of *Europa that see day to day restrict his democratic and social rights, that see to degrade his social conquests under lemma of competitiveness and pressure, that bear an increasingly authoritarian system? +By the contrary, consider that the creation of *Eurodac has to study to the light of this possibility to reach a politics of human and generous asylum in the European Union. +measures that today propose, no only to *través of the Report *Pirker, but also through the reports on drug or document fake of trip, are insignificant in front of amplitude of the dangers to the *cuales *ustedes expose to the #european citizens. +#If only part of security network leaves to work by digital defects, uranium core in reactor, of roughly 100 tonnes, #would melt in two hours #if the two generators *diesel of reservation do not work. +States Joined and *Rusia have established recently #some #telephone lines of emergency to end to keep in contact about the problems of the year 2000, and the seven lines of emergency that have established, with an alone exception, have discovered that were affected by the effect of the year 2000. +Finally, gentleman President, our intention is the that the Commission and the Council #can take correspond to convictions and to the political speeches the suitable financial expression and technical of support to the process of independence and reconstruction of *Timor Oriental. +Therefore, *me seems that the proposal of the Council in front of Nations Joined, by important and positive that it was the initiative, is truly shy because it appeals *textualmente to that States that still keep death pity -quote *textualmente- "restrict progressively the number of crimes for the that it imposes" . +Another problem is that the #albanian leaders or the that believe to be it are not able to build jointly a future for this country, for homeland. Therefore, is important that also take a call to the supposed leaders. +Therefore, is indispensable that the mission of the EU in *Moscú at least examine this case. But also is important that take part in dialogue from a point of political sight, that recognise character merely politician of the process and that #Alexander *Nikitin was put in freedom. +*Nosotros already are in this way, without hit, alas, from before conflict - and share, from sight point it that #many of *ustedes have signalled on the fact that #all have to take consciousness examination quite deep in this question -. +The Commission is, with the bottom providers, the opportunity and the procedures to contribute to instauration of this system, in the frame of cooperation. +In a meeting kept in New *York at the beginning of this year, bottom providers of *Burundi decided to contribute to the improvement of conditions of life of the most vulnerable populations and orient support to the *reasentamiento of the populations displaced. +In the frame of position takings, the Commission has approved rehabilitation program of almost 50 millions of euros, that will be able to apply in function of security conditions of this country. +(IN) The Convention on the Rights of Boy is the convention of international right that more hit has had, and the have signed #all the countries of the world except *Somalia and States Joined of *América. +Because mood and way to help to person affected to go back to society, mood and way to reduce his personal suffering will nourish always of the regional experiences, local and national specific. +In definite, prevent a true scientific debate and secular on this subject and choose an ethical approach that self-evident *frustrante, powerless and disastrous: a disaster that treat to justify with the fault of financial resources. +The 26 October happened in this same Assembly President of *Colombia, country alas very linked to the problem of drug, *nos said: "drug trafficking has been a big generator of violence and has committed *magnicidios of very high human cost for nation" . +This decision supposes in fact an enormous victory for the European Parliament and thus I want to say that for me has been reason of joy lead this fight, now my colleague goes to assume responsibility and am totally sure that *le go to adore in the bank. +For *ello, is necessary an authentic "political will strong and expressed without ambiguity", is necessary to happen of the words to acts, *movilizando the community financial resources necessary to struggle against this dramatic situation that affects to thousands of *toxicodependientes and to families. +Precisely was the Protocol *nº 2, to the that before *me have referred, the that, adjusting to the new legislation the that had been traditional formulas, established the called "*APIM" , a modest tariff with the that they tax determined products to entrance in Canarians, #many of *ellos pertinent of the own peninsular territory Spanish and other got of States. +This same week, the autonomic Parliament of Canarians, with occasion of a political debate on this question, has approved by unanimity an agreement in the that they include measured in fiscal matter and requests to *Europa that foresee the establishment of a similar tax to the *APIM. +Here is my *segunda asks: #if information is correct, part of wage of workers commissioned of the construction of said fuselages will be paid by the Armed American, with the end to preserve the capacity of the naval constructions. +The consequence will be that dockyards fine - that they are many times the most efficient - *sucumbirán along the period 2001-2002. With the less efficient dockyards that remain afterwards in the European Union will be much more difficult to struggle against *Japón, the *sureste of #Asia and States Joined. +As it left clear also in the meeting of Ministers of Industry and of Trade of *Finlandia, the EU do not has to, without embargo, answer with coin to activity of *Corea of the South, is to say, follow posing once again the idea that it neither will put end to helps to dockyards. +Specifically, in my country, the past Wednesday had demonstrations of workers in #all the centres dockyards -*Bilbao, *Cádiz, Real Port, *Sevilla and *Asturias- besides with a level of important violence, because we are life and security of millions of homes. +*Señorías, the inform that the Court of First Instance of the European Communities dictated on 25 November a resolution that, in relation with the case that *oponía to deputies Mr. *Martinez and Mr. Of *Gaulle to the European Parliament, puts end for the moment resource procedure that also *incoaron said colleagues. +By #this adhesion process has to be fast but careful and, on my part, expect that the Summit of *Helsinki approve the strategy for adhesion that recommend in October and take the decision to initiate the next year, always that they fulfil the planned conditions, negotiations of adhesion with *Bulgaria, *Letonia, *Lituania, Malt, *Rumanía and *Eslovaquia. +#This show very concerned by the #russian performance in *Chechenia. By #this, is a suitable signal that do not begin to negotiate only with *Estonia, but also with *Letonia and *Lituania, so as to that the three States *bálticos know that have place in our Community and that early will be members of the European Union and, therefore, will be safe. +The European Union and States members constitute together the main group of donors with that explains the zone and apart from the humanitarian help, the region has received this year helps of the EU by value of 2.100 millions of euros. +Support the idea that *nos encourage for reaching an agreement before it finalise the next year, but of mood #can not, neither #would have to, accelerate the introduction of possible fundamental reforms to the current Treaties of the European Union without the owed consideration and evaluation. +My inaugural intervention in front of this Assembly was the past month of July, and in occasion recommended to the Presidency #finnish that gave priority to society of information and to work program. +Regarding the question of the #gipsy that has posed here, wanted to say, on my part, that believe that it is pertinent to take in account the human rights in general and, especially, the rights of minorities so much in the European Union as, especially, in the aspiring countries to adhesion. +The Commission engaged to take the next step, or was, to design an action plan, so we have achieved our expensive goal to the period of the Presidency #portuguese. +#If we achieved that neither the governments neither individual companies #can put price to solidarity of the community of democratic States to change of the conclusion of an agreement, said Governments neither #would have the opportunity of *contraponer thing to the #another. +Said application #would have to cover three important looks: follow-up of the situation of the human rights, fulfillment of the human rights and the structures of politics in matter of human rights. +#If the European Council takes #his this proposal, from sight point of *Turquía *ello #would seat the base for dialogue again type with the European Union, as *Ankara #can explain then with the perspective of a future adhesion. +There signals in two occasions that, at least regarding the problem *kurdo, do not observe perceivable progresses and, quote, that to sight of the strengthening of the party *ultranacionalista *MHP -is terminology that employs the Commission- also considers and evaluates like doubtful the possibilities of future progresses. +Gentleman Commissioner, in fact also want *felicitarle -precisely because they have listened #some critical comments against the Commission- and congratulate especially also to collaborators and collaborators, that find here and that have worked with big dedication in this question and have kept in moment a fine communication and dialogue with Parliament. +#All know that the problem of the reduction of the presence of harmful substances in the air acclimatise is very urgent, also from sight point of the climatic change. +The Commission #can accept part of the amendment 7 that #would add to means list to the that they #can resort States members to inform to the public opinion on the quality of the air. +The European Parliament approved on 4 November of this year, in *segunda reading, the directive on information to consumers, and therefore the #can consider as approved in accordance with the principles of the common position; there #be not, in sum, reasons to argue this subject again. +Precisely, because of the regrettable taken that ministers were so joined, so anxious to keep narrow relations far of scrutiny to #european level, now have this process that comes to introduce transparency and clarity and that definitely *infundirá confidence to the #european society. +wood is home of the biological diversity, an important cheat for carbon dioxide and, maybe, the main regulatory of the climate and of water in earth. +In opinion of our #german experts, from sight point of sylviculture #german, this directive will have permanent repercussions very negative for exploitation of the forest nurseries. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the Regulation (*CE) *nº 2201\/96 foresees helps to the transformative industry of tomato with the end to compensate cost difference of the matter prevails community with regard to the world-wide market. +Parliament supported without objections the peace process of *Irlanda of the North, and *yo also give the *enhorabuena, of heart, to village #irish and to #all citizens of Realm Joined by hit. +Gentleman President, finish saying that boys of my generation, during 40 years, hear *machaconamente a speech that said that the best destination of urns was to be destroyed and that it was necessary to substitute dialectics of the words by the of fists and guns. +*me had informed that Commissioner was already engaged with a meeting of the central banks and that, to the *enterarse that this debate went to celebrate to hour, has preferred to opt for being today here, in Parliament. +*cuarta: campaigns of information of intensity in increase until 2002, in particular for the most vulnerable groups, by means of a systematic action in education system, of the *ONG and of information means in general, especially television in main schedule, newscasts and sportive programs of big audience; +In this sense -already have debated it in the Commission of Economic Subjects but go back to make offer-, am had to that *nos set up to see how resolve of form more efficient communication problems among #one and #others. +Had in the proposal of the varied Commission products of the that there #be community production and important community production, as it seems to be showing the study that, to instances of the Council and place that the figures of the Commission *carecían of justification, is. +A new segment of market in the field of animal breeding, that with an effective management guarantees a greater stability of offer and of planning, that fishing do not reaches never. +In second term, regarding the relative questions to the withdrawal and to the destruction, fixes reference price, orientation price, and award compensations in case that products of fishing do not sell. +Likewise, procurement of the banks in coins and notes has to begin a lot before the month of January of 2002, and procurement of the retail dealers and of the public administrations has to initiate at the beginning of December month of 2001. +The last meeting of the Council in the present year will be Thursday and, #if the Assembly wishes it and gives compliance, *me #would enjoy to propose formally that instead of a debate, celebrate a vote on the report Wednesday. +Owe *preocuparnos by the repercussions of said liberalisation in the main parameters of development models: fundamental rights of workers, protection of the environment and of health, cultural diversity, *multifuncionalidad of agriculture, quality of the environment. +The bilateral summit in the that *nos gather this week *nos will allow to verify #if it is flexibility signal or #if it treats so only of the repetition of the #american positions known in *pro of a round limited to access to the market. +And the *segunda to say that it #would be very useful -as it has said Mr. #James *Elles- a conjoint work with States Joined to clear the positions of parts and can like this facilitate a future understanding. +#If we take the example of the #european agriculture, #can not follow saying that it goes well, that is *multifuncional, that works of positive form, that from now defends to consumers and to time keeps a selfish posture bear with the countries of the South. +It that *nos poses clearly a more difficult problem is that States Joined have -as have- an environmental program less ambitious that the #ours, as, #if neither the countries in roads of development neither the Americans support program, *nos will result very difficult to take it advance. +#Some have said that Parliament has to be the first in receiving material that produces the Court of Accounts, already was our annual report or the special reports that elaborate during #all the year. +But it true in this case is that the Court of Accounts has discovered to the responsible of leaks of the annual report to the press and has taken the timely measures. +Agree with *él regarding the need of work to guarantee to the taxpayers that takes a good use of money, and underline likewise, as it has taken Mrs. go *der *Laan, the need that also States members struggle against fraud. +pluralism in culture and in mood to contemplate the favourable world increasingly the reciprocal understanding and, like this, a greater knowledge on the #another and information exchange. +Gentleman President, to begin, wanted to hail to Mrs. *Pack and to the delegation of Parliament in the Conciliation Committee by efforts that have devoted to guarantee the best agreement on the *segunda stage of program *SOCRATES. +*Permítanme, *Señorías, that *les ask help so that together achieve to build bridges among education systems of nations and among the #ours and the systems of nations so that, in greater number that in the past, youngsters #can cross bridges and engage with the *Europa of knowledge. +The Commission has presented a proposal by the that move the recommendations of the *NEAFC to the community legislation, that by means of simplification and coherence incorporates #all experiences accumulated of the *NAFO and adapts to the previous position of Parliament. +In spite of reservations and criticisms previously mentioned regarding moment of the presentation of the proposal of the Commission, this important legislative piece has to be approved immediately by Parliament. +Memory that Commissioner *Fischler declared during audition in front of Fishing Commission on 30 August that proposed to cooperate closely with Parliament and with the permanent committees of Parliament in an active collaboration. +In the case of the Big Duchy of *Luxemburgo produced delay in the nomination of the elect candidates due to the fact that the elections to the European Parliament took place simultaneously with the elections to Parliament *luxemburgués. +Therefore, gentleman President, east is bottom curtain of the report that tomorrow will be voted in Plenary of Parliament and to the that, like speaker, have presented two amendments that justify with it that have explained on the elections in *Luxemburgo and with the words that have pronounced. +Wanted to *recordarles, so much to the Commission as to the Council, a beautiful sentence of jurist #german of the past century. #This said that the legislator has to think like philosopher and talk like peasant, simple and clearly and comprehensible for persons. +But without forgetting that modifications constitute explanation in mood *ociosa -and has reason Mr. *Rothley-, because a directive in any case #can affect to the international Right deprived neither to procedure rules. +#If to #this add an international dimension in the that the victims find in a foreign country, the problems #can multiply : languages and different procedures, inability to identify or locate to third, by not talking of formalities with the insurance companies. +Have to remember that this number is very small, *equivale to two daily trips for country, and that the sum of #all permissions of automatic attribution along the five years do not reaches at least the 7% of the total. +To *través of #the same the European Union establishes forms and terms for the progressive elimination of substances that exhaust ozone coat and *le ensure that no *subestimo at all dangerousness of the current situation. +*Ello nevertheless, the report of Mrs. *Hulthén goes back to propose the amendments that were not approved shortening indiscriminately the calendar for the prohibitions of production, commercialisation and the use of the distinct substances. +In actuality is indispensable labeling by two reasons, first because they do not know exactly the dangers for the public health that proceed of alimentary products produced from *OGM or derivatives and consistently is reasonable to follow of wall path in the market. +Of mood, invites to the Commission to that it prepare a proposal on a long-term basis that it integrate closely politics for the sustainable development from the point of economic sight, social and ecological, the *cual will have to present to the European Council in June of the 2002. +Has been première in style, because it has been able, in a historical moment, loaded of signs, of face to the new #millenium, to aim a creative perspective for the European Union in front of the challenges to the that it confronts. +My Group, by mediation of this Assembly, will work together with deputies and together with the Commission to try convince to the next #portuguese Presidency so that it was more ambitious in reform, without thus leave to respect the calendar. +Have to expect that it have village that *atreva to say no to the penultimate treaty before the Constitution and believes crop broth so that the unification and centralism are substituted by the *Europa of democracies and of diversity. +Among disappointments find again some important questions from sight point of development of the internal market and of taking system of decisions of the Union. +Regarding the question of #if they will attend here Defence Ministers, neither #can answer negatively, but it is necessary to take into account that the Council of General Subjects commissions of these questions and, #if it is necessary, will take part in #the same Defence Ministers. +And *nosotros know that #that is the essential problem, because it is a problem related with nature of the European Parliament, because no treats of Parliament that work with the normal constitutional systems of countries. +To opinion, the best alternative is road differentiated: cooperation in matter of security, development of the Union *Aduanera, permanent political dialogue, instead of *promulgar candidate statute to adhesion that in last instance *carece of value and that will contribute rather to create problems that to solution. +The decisions of *Helsinki are of a big transcendence for the future of the Union, specifically, the decisions on the strategy for enlargement, on the Conference *Intergubernamental and on the External Politics and of Common Security. +will fund new programs: in the agricultural sector, of help for infrastructures and in the fields of transport and the protection of the environment. #This will allow to pipe to States candidates by the path of approximation to the Union in important looks. +Said #this, *yo want to manifest my gratitude to the speakers, Gentlemen *Bourlanges, *Virrankoski and *Colom -although report do not debate today-, and especially also to president and to members of Budget Commission by the intense work that have developed during the last months. +The budgetary games for the Environment Commission refer in general to quantities very small, but *nos have allowed to initiate the preparatory investigation that *nos will help to formulate the question of competition in matter of health according to the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +President Roman *Prodi has expressed the position of the Commission on interpretation of the decisions of *Helsinki today in the morning here, in front of Plenary, and to this statement remit regarding the position of the Commission. +Gentleman President, in audition of Commissioner Mr. *Vitorino, *le said that had joy to see that it was the only Commissioner that had concerned to talk of education like *algo important to incorporate to the *tercer *pilar. +In opinion of the Commission, the Letter that will present to State Bosses and of Government has to contribute an authentic value added and the better form to reach it is to centre in the resultant fundamental rights of the own Union. +#This do not involves that the rail transport do not have advantages in the long distances, since, with security, - and *eso also concerns a lot to Mr. *Messner - surroundings, the environment, suffers less damage. +The current committee of work has shown to be an important forum for the debate and for information exchange and experiences on quality politics among States members and the countries candidates. +Create -after investigation carried out during 18 months by newspaper of Realm Joined, as a result of investigation of the Commission- that time constrains and the car industry want to now find a solution for this question. +By part, kept attitude too much *vacilante in relation with the formal statement of the Agreement *Interinstitucional and contracted international commitments of character *plurianual, but instead in a *primer moment manifested the intention to resolve only, like a *primer step, finance problem for the year 2000. +Therefore, *nos have pronounced in favour of a reasonable review of the financial perspectives for varied years, and the proposal of our general speaker, gentleman *Bourlanges, that asked a review like this for chapter 4, went in the correct direction. +Therefore, #would have to initiate serious negotiations in the budgetary look and the Council #can congratulate that the European Parliament was to the height of responsibilities in relation with these budgetary subjects and also there #be *politizado in look. +The *margen financial necessary for *ello #can establish in the frame of the decisions of the European Union, specifically conceding greater importance to the exhaustion of the maximum limit of the own resources in function of the gross inner product. +The sense of rejection to vote the Report *Bourlanges is to time the to report character limited and *irrisorio of help considered, but also and especially report politics of the western powers in the *Balcanes. +The Commission values efforts made by Parliament and in particular by the speaker and by Budget Commission, and also efforts that has made the Presidency #finnish of the Council. +#All the future challenges -enlargement, competitiveness in the international transactions, level *persistentemente high of unemployment- are related with the financial subject. The Court of Accounts #can modify, besides, his committed in look. +Therefore, keeps in foot the call to States members so that they also designate women for this task, as sure that among so much even in *Europa will have run the voice that women know of accounts; value to signal deficiencies have had it always. +paper of the Court of Accounts consists in examining #all income and costs to see #if costs have been legal and normal and #if the financial management has been serious. +Finally, *me #would enjoy to ask to the representative of the European Commission, so much with regard to this last point mentioned as to the report in general, #if it goes to have really in account the recommendations formulated in the frame of query, time approved by Parliament. +In previous years, *me have seen forced to ascertain, to the equal that #many other active colleagues in *Europa Oriental, that utilisation of bottoms of the EU in the frame of *TACIS no always was the most effective. +Gentleman *Valdivielso -expect that it treat of misunderstanding because of error of translation-, *yo believe that continuity of project *TACIS in favour of democracy is very important precisely in *Rusia and that it is precise to select with care the fields in the that sure enough it #would have to suspend program *TACIS. +In *tercer place, in my opinion, help #would have to direct , in greater measure that until today -and am now, for example, in the granting of money, that has *carecido of a clear direction and of control during long time-, instead of to *Moscú, to the common citizen, to the most disadvantaged Russians. +And finish underlining that the *dictamen satisfied on this recommendation will allow to the European Community adhere fully to the Parallel Agreement and confirm leader position in harmonisation and in enlargement politics of the markets. +Also *nosotros coincide with the Council in the sense to tend bridges to the countries in development. But tend bridges to the countries in development means two things: not trying trade with *ellos purchase-sale of quotas and no *recortar neither development bottoms and of help so that they #can take measures in the direction that *nosotros pose. +The question of the climatic changes and the corresponding apocalyptic visions are a forceful way, world-wide, to call attention on the dangers of pollution. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, *Señorías; *Kioto, certainly, is #one of the great challenges of the century *XXI. But way to solve the problem of the climatic change #can be also very significant of civilisation of the future. +*Yo do not want to take part, by means of the approval of a proposal of community taxes on energy, in implantation of a principle that limit sovereignty of States members in fiscal matter. +The behaviour of each #one of *nosotros, consumers, has consequences in the climate, and the energetic tax, tax on carbon dioxide, is method so that price convert in ecological label. +*Nos concerns can express our opinion *cuando believe that they are measures that loom continuity of right State; and #would not be faithful to the promises that have taken to the population of *Macao and *Hong *Kong, #would not be loyal to values, #if we do not protest *cuando *nos seem that said values see loomed. +#Can accept in principle the *segunda splits of the amendment 12, on condition that term fix in 30 June 2002, and the amendment 15, on condition that the date for the prohibition of the use of *hidroclorofluorocarburos virgin fix in 2008 and that the prohibition of the use *hidroclorofluorocarburos recycled fix in 2010. +Report (To5-0092\/1999) of Mr. *Busk, in name of Fishing Commission, on Regulation proposal (*CE) of the Council by the that they establish measured of control applicable in the zone of the Agreement on the future cooperation *multilateral in the *caladeros of the Atlantic northeastern (*COM(1999) 345 - *C5-0201\/1999 - 1999\/0138(*CNS)) +The European Union has to represent engine paper in the future discussions. In effect, as it has seen very well, the European Union has known to impose like an indispensable intermediary among States Joined and the *PVD. +The competent commission has to appoint a speaker, the speaker has to elaborate a report, and the modification, #if it accepts, has to be approved by a qualified majority of our Assembly, majority that comprises more of half of members. +Even here in the European Parliament has said that exists the general goal to boost equality of opportunities for men and women in #all the political programs and in #all the political sectors. +#can make, besides, an exhaustive balance of means that *Europa, as #such, endows from takes varied decades to build sex equality, especially in matter of compatibility among the familiar and professional life, #as well as to combat maltreatments that suffer women? +But, nevertheless, want to underline, as already they have taken it #some orators, that fulfillment of commitments of the platform of *Beijing forces mainly to states members, forces mainly to the governments. The horizontal strategy of the European Union finds in second flat. +Last night, as I create, the Agriculture Council no only adopted a position on the resolution of the Report *Papayannakis, that results *algo precipitated, but that besides, create, modified the juridical foundation of the text on the that Mr. *Papayannakis elaborated report. +The effects of *Seatlle also have weighed in this decision, by the fact of *privilegiar the principle of caution and prevail health of citizens before that the rules of the market. +The Council urged to the Commission to that it delivered a special report on measures that have applied lately and on the that are to reduce delays and jams in the aerial traffic European. +#All parts #would have to collaborate in a #inspired environment in confidence and abstain to undertake actions that #can put in danger a solution of the problem of the *Sáhara Western based in respect of the human rights and of democracy. +Besides, the Presidency #finnish took a statement on 21 June 1999, in the *cual reiterated support of the EU to the peace plan of the UN and to actions related with #the same. +Besides, efficiency of work of the Council #would see affected notably, #if the meetings of the Council left to celebrate during a week to month and, therefore, it was necessary *insertarlas even more tightly in the remaining weeks. +Eight hours, as aptly it has said Speaker in exercise of the Council, #would have to be the maximum limit allowed in #all the European Union for the transport of animals alive. +But go to create frame of legitimate practices; try to fix rules for a healthy competition, of mood that each, in accordance with possibilities and faculties, #can advance to the future with the best perspective. +do not believe that the amendment *nº 18, relative to the obligation of debtors to deliver change letter in the case of long periods of contractual payment have possibility to be accepted by the Council. +But in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development wanted to that *nos cleared -as it is not present the Council #would appreciate that it took it Commissioner *Byrne before initiating the debate- how have to interpret the statements and the conclusions of the Council that have in front. +5) The Council has examined work document prepared by services of the Commission to the *respecto -14015\/99- and has taken note of the existence of a big majority in favour of bottom of the text; +*Les call attention, to be precise, on the fact that the optional diet of country, or of countries, do not converts like this without more in the compulsory general diet of #all the Union. +Is a state of things absolutely scandalous that are here seated in a parliamentary Assembly with the ninety percent of his empty seats, a week before Christmas, examining a regulation that nobody knows how and when will go in in vigour, with a Council that *nos is with contempt. +Regrettable only has taken in #one #few countries, whereas in countries is *muchísimo set up this decision. In these countries not even has begun to build labeling system. +Likewise are behaviour of the Council and the behaviour and posture of the Commission. For labeling of meat of *vacuno the Commission *nos has presented two proposals. +Is regrettable that the debates on these so complex and important questions have had to celebrate in the frame of an urgent decision with an almost impossible term to fulfil. +Obviously, the use of *BST #can cause change of habits of consumers. In this way, the existent disequilibrium in the sectors of milk and the dairy products and meat of *vacuno #would finish aggravating even more. +In this sense follow entrusting in support of *Europa, support that go directed to the preparation of the *timorenses, with the exact understanding of the universal values, not to betray, in last instance, suffering of village. +In this prize see recognition of the European Parliament to value of my village to the struggle by a free homeland in the that the of thought was guaranteed like inherent right to the human condition. +#would Wish to give the thanks to Mrs. Speaker in exercise of the Council by this so clear statement, and also #would want to signal in this sense that, to the *hacerla in advance, east is the only moment, during #all the budgetary procedure, that the Council has reached no only get to time, but even before. +No to the Commission, undoubtedly, #such as it showed it in *Seattle, neither to the Council, that in *segunda reading takes cut *funesto of 450 millions of euros in the compulsory costs, neither -alas- to Parliament, that, by means of speaker, pretends to question the existence of the compulsory costs. +The simple fact, gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, that *me direct to *ustedes in #german tongue shows that the fixed price of book do not constitutes a problem of field exclusively national, but type subject *transfronteriza that affects also to diverse linguistic islands, in addition to to *Alemania and to *Austria. +In resolution proposal, my Group underlines that books are first of all cultural sakes, and do not have to, as, subject to competition norms of form that the rest of commodities. +Already indicated that, regarding the specific case *alemano-#austrian that it is object of a procedure, alas, #can not go in in details; without embargo, *les #can guarantee that during the first three months of my mandate *me have employed in depth in *reunirme with parts and in looking for possibilities of a positive solution. +Remain here equally comprised the elimination of corruption, the solution of the social problems linked to the #asian economic crisis and the need of *relanzar the national economy, seriously *quebrantada. +In this moment, two citizens of the EU expect the execution of death pity: Spanish in the *Yemen and Italian in the #EE.UU. This last, Mr. *Barnabei, will be executed in the year 2000. +has imposed a wild social code, based in intimidation, humiliation and the *coacción of a feminine population that has been simply undressed of #all his fundamental human rights. +#can not *asociarnos to protest against arrest conditions of the political prisoners in *Djibouti but affirming clearly that, #if well the *carceleros are in country, the true responsible find in #some of the official palaces of the French Republic. +In the last months, has carried out by part of the Government a systematic weakening of the *Contraloría General, weakening process culminated in a pact that celebrated the Government with an ancient party of the Government. +As we already have heard, in this moment do not have to *preocuparnos by health of gentleman *Jarquín, but will observe with attention that receives a suitable deal, and *nos concern especially informations according to the *cual family in particular daughter has been assaulted physically. +But it that it is absolutely unquestionable for any impartial observer is that here it that has wanted to take is to avert precisely investigation of corruption with the collusion, besides, of the *sandinistas and to remove of in half to the one who went to be the boss of the opposition in the Republic of *Nicaragua. +*Permítanme that on the subject of women in *Kuwait say in brief that the Commission, to the equal that deputies to the European Parliament, is very disappointed by the result of the votes of 30 November in said country. +The Commission has followed with big worry the course of events that have conducted to the arrest and imprisonment of the *Contralor General of *Nicaragua, gentleman *Jarquín. *Nos have joined to the initiative to east concerning the *troica of the European Union, of 18 November. +Besides, States members of the Union and the European Commission have adopted and supported a series of additional initiatives for the promotion of ratification of the statute. +So much in plane of the private sakes and of the public sakes in matter of dramas and heavy infrastructures as in plane of the economic instrument, the needs are enormous: of order of six *millardos of frank French, as it has remembered. +Already know that from takes years no longer exists a budgetary line in the budgets of the European Community allocated to confront the natural catastrophes that produce in the countries of the Union. +Are in accordance with the procedure, although it is true that #would have been much better #if we had had the opportunity of *debatirlas in the commission and, as it said at the beginning of the week, *ello #would have constituted an optimum opportunity to argue the subject. +Therefore, has to be *prioritario for the institutions put means so that data are increasingly complete, more reliable and faster, by it that the agricultural statistics have to be increasingly flexible, more harmonic, more merged with the #others statistical fields with possibility to incorporate new sources. +This file has history and, in reality, today, it that *les propose is to conclude file that opened in 1991 on loan of 1 *millardo 200 millions of euros to the new independent States, in moment of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. +*Tayikistán is sure enough the poorest country of the new independent States, that has to stabilise totally, since a bit to the equal that *Chechenia and by reasons, is a country that #can put in danger to #all the region, mainly by his strategic position regarding *Kazajstán and to *Uzbekistán that they are countries very rich. +reasons are the following: the financial contribution of the community will continue being high in a region #whose stability has worsened, so much by the #russian financial crisis as by the current situation in the north of the *Cáucaso. +Gentleman President, ignore #if it treats of a technical correction but finish to discover that I do not appear among deputies *luxemburgueses in Record of Wednesday, relative to the report of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi on verification of powers. +article 158 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, that constitutes the base of cohesion politics, has suffered an erroneous translation in #any of the official tongues of the Union. +The EU goes to pose also in the future to the #sudanese Government questions of human rights with the purpose to reach of said Government a change of attitude also regarding slavery. +The EU is of the opinion that dialogue among Indian and *Pakistán is the key for the solution of Cashmere conflict, that taxes especially relations among countries. +do not go to tackle here, with #all the depth that #would deserve the case, the problem of *Gibraltar, that is colony of a Been member inside another Been member partner of the European Union, which is an anachronism in the threshold of the century *XXI. +Gentleman President, the resolution on the improvement of the institutions without modifying the Treaties constitutes #one of elements contributed by Parliament to instrument the European Union for the future. +Like this things, the mental reservations, distrusts and tendency to enclose #can increase, in place to diminish, and *influenciar conflicts among the parties and the political representatives creating some *disgregación and *algo of insecurity. +Have treated to work like speaker in this sense and, to said end, *me were very useful works of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence, #as well as the amendments presented. +By it that refers to the particular case of Malt, *me *congratulo of the recommendation of the Commission according to the *cual the critical examination of the #maltese legislation #would have to begin immediately, so that negotiations with country #can initiate before the end of this year. +Only #can reach progresses limited in relation to the process of general adaptation and to the execution of priorities in the short term relative to collaboration for integration. +Regarding *Hungría #can be very brief: Important progresses in #some areas, especially thanks to the approval of a package of general reforms for the administration of justice, #as well as to the conclusion of the structural economic reforms. +Without embargo, in #some areas, like the of the protection of the environment, the process of legislative harmonisation is rather slowly, and also planning of the regional development finds still in his initial stage. +Likewise, goes recognising increasingly the risk that the agreements, #if well companies fulfil with the juridical conditions to be able to receive to exemption by category, in the practical finish *surtiendo effects of *falseamiento of competition #if they sign among companies with a strong position in the market. +In *tercer place, have a question on transition period for the agreements in course; *me ask #if the agreements signed under the current diet will be able to execute entirely under this current diet or #if *les will apply the new diet, in #whose case pray that it indicate from when. +. Gentleman President, *Señorías, in the first place, want to congratulate to Defender of Village and to services by transparency and rapidity with that have *rendido explain on activities, no only in front of Parliament and Request Commission, but directly to citizens and associations of States members. +request right #can exert it #all residents of the European Union -and no only citizens of the Union- #as well as the organisations based in the European Union. +*Yo *me incorporated to Parliament in March of this same year and from then no have left of be member of said commission. *Ello *me has allowed to observe of wall until how point Mr. *Newman has encouraged by the well of citizens. +Is, without embargo, it that *sucede in this case. Of the annual report of Defender of the #european Village for 1998 gives off that institution appears among the most operative and the most efficient of the European Union. +#There is a deep international ignorance about family right and about it that *sucede #if marriage undoes and boys have to go to live to a country that is not the of his usual residence. +Wanted to propose to Plenary that, given hour, immediately after the report of Mr. *Valverde, advanced in the vote on *Kosovo, to express the position of Parliament on this subject so important. +deputies to the European Parliament of the *PASOK represent a country that suffers directly the consequences of war and that, from the *primer moment, has loaned help in drama of the *albanokosovares that have seen forced to abandon homes. +A safe public opinion that it only will have attacks of rockets and by aviation -but no participation of military strengths of fight that #can have drops in terrain- #can support by *algún time bombardments, in name of conviction of the unfair and abominable diet of *Milosevic and of barbarism against #Kosovar. +Have wanted that it reigned the right in the international society and today consent, of way more *humillante, an abuse of North American authority, without that it mediate any mandate of the UN. +has wanted to invent the principle of the selective humanitarian interference, because it punishes to *Milosevic by the ethnic cleansing, but ignores the problem *kurdo in *Turquía and opens *inquietantes stages for the hot zones of *Europa: *Córcega, *Irlanda and the Basque Country in *España. +intervention in war, under control of NATO, do not translates, as, an absence of #european politics, but an erroneous #european politics. +This political error inscribes inside a logic that traces back to the option that the following day to the fall of the Wall of *Berlín effected #all a generation of leaders and of #european managers. +For example, the amount of the *gravámenes on vehicles #can vary in 3.000 euros to the year, exist nine distinct varieties of rates for transports by railway and coverage grade of the costs #can oscillate among a 0 and a 100 %. +Am convinced that in this community normative stage the approach differentiated will be more effective and besides will respect totally the legitimate papers of the normative sectors of transport in other political planes. +#All know that this sphere, the question of rates by road use, of lines *férreas, of aerial lines or of maritime lines, is *plagada of obstacles and that progress, especially in the political plane, #can be of a slowness *penosa. +Besides, the Council has not accessed to the request of Parliament to foresee fiscal advantages with idea to boost the moods of alternative transport. +Is known that entities of traditional credit are, already of by yes, authorised to issue electronic money, in application of the group of the banking directives, and by this new service #can cost of the #european passport. +Also is possible that this logic base, simply, in the easy #obtaining of benefits, in place to take into account service character of general interest that #would have to have the banks, for #all a series of consumers. +Create, as, that gather conditions to continue work, and #if *me allows to express a personal wish, #this consists in that Mr. *Prodi integrate to Mr. *Monti in his new squad; *ello #would not take more that benefit so much to the Commission as to Parliament. +Without embargo, is not possible to create by law an only financial area to the by minor in that the basic banking transactions are economic and effective, #such as it occurs in the national systems, although performance frame shows how #can carry forward this process. +#This *nos forces to reiterate that, regarding transport system, the election *prioritaria of the European Union has to be the to move big part of the heavy traffic of road to the railway. +In particular, after the closing of the tunnel, are reservation cancellations *hoteleras in Valley of *Aosta. Therefore, exists also an economic look, related with tourism, extremely important for this region, that will have to be taken in account. +In it that to the consequences of the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc refers, the Commission will employ #all means inside the field of his limited competitions to procure that development of traffic do not see seriously altered. +The truth is that *Birmania possesses supports very important, in particular -and regret the absence of Commissioner *Brittan- *Birmania is firmly supported by Chinese, so much in the economic plane as in soldier, and *eso is it that *le allows to follow repressing and preventing any type of democratic development. +Is true that Mr. Go of *Broek, that do not has attributions in the field of Competition Politics, #can not but read *aquello that services of the Commission, is to say, services of Mr. Go *Miert, *le had noted. +After debating a report of speaker on politics of the European Union in May of 1998, approve a resolution on the improvement of the operation of the #european institutions. +actuality *nos remembers day the political lagoons of the #european construction and the inability of the Union to face up by himself\/hisself same to the majority of the great challenges that *le present. +Expect that the government occupy that information campaign programmed was plural of form that inform so much on the advantages as on problems of adhesion and that information was available freely for #all Malt citizens. +cooperation is likewise #one of the master keys that characterise relations among Request Commission of the European Parliament and Defender of the #european Village. +Without embargo, the speaker goes too much far when demanding that it also include in the system of *tarificación transport deprived no commercial in car, in name of a just cast of the costs among #all users of infrastructure of roads. +In this context #would have been interesting that the Commission *nos had specified how much collect States of the EU in concept of taxes on vehicles, imposed of consumption on petrol, diesel, etc., and how proportion of taxes collected invests afterwards in infrastructure and works of repair. +Equally agree with Mrs. speaker in asking to the Commission that define the priorities on the plans selected, to end to use with the greater possible efficiency the available resources. +The Commission appreciates also the important paper that the European Parliament exerts when including the fight against violence in work program of the European Union. +competition in matter of juridical protection of consumers has to attribute , to end to guarantee the internal coherence of the text approved, to the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market. +Of here that it consider very grave the decision that takes *usted, gentleman President, very grave in the current context -although this was not so grave- and very grave also for the future of Parliament and for the future of democracy in *Europa. +Was as it went, Group has presented knowingly amendment so as to embezzle the juridical protection of consumers to the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens. +Gentleman President, have two functions: in the first place, like original author of the document directed to change the structures of the commissions and, second, like president of the commission commissioned in this moment of politics relative to consumers. +In this end of the century *XX, violence in #all forms exerted against boys, teenagers and women has gone taking an increasingly worrisome look. +Thus it is indispensable that program of community action #can inscribe in a general context that at the same time keep a strong social security and allow an economic growth that generate put of durable work. +But statistics do not reflect to #that that by retirement anticipated or measures do not appear in unemployment statistics, is to say, that unemployment of age persons is, in reality, higher. +*Señorías, now, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left, and, by the maximum time of six minutes, go to give the word to Mrs. *Ilivitzky. +#This has to so much to the lower level *salarial of women -that women suffer, therefore, by double game- as to the fact that the professional careers of women are shorter and discontinuous owing to assistance tasks. +*Me allow to remember that this situation is resulted of the granting taken to States Joined, in moment to sign the Treaty of Blunt, of a right to soya import to the Community with a type #zero. +The Commission always has protected in that the reduction of prices *redunda in benefit of competitiveness of the EU. Suppose, as, that #can conclude that reasoning also applies to the sector of starch. +Equally wanted to express my gratitude to the Secretariat of this commission, that has taken always an excellent work so that regulation was to the height of the needs of the parliamentary work. +Lamentably, #this has not been always the case and to the concrete reason finish to allude on purpose now President of Regulation Commission, #Ben *Fayot, #as well as colleague, Mr. *Corbett. +colleague, Mr. *Corbett, has alluded to that in Parliament existed an opinion to take of this contractual text, relatively clear, *algo different of it that appeared and figure in the text of the Treaty. +Regarding the positive looks, wanted to underline that we have not taken a modification *ad *hoc limited to the frame of the exercise of 1996 but that have reached a valid reform for the coming years. +Is precise to vote institutional reforms oriented to the promotion of a dynamic competition and of flexibility together with the requirement of the maintenance, but also of modernisation and of the systems of the social security. +In the last months have had from time to time strong debates on #if we #would have to choose among having politics expansionary as it wanted the Group *Socialdemócrata following the example of Mr. *Lafontaine or #if by the contrary #would have to follow the rules that have agreed. +Consider urgently necessary that keep the three more important points, in concrete, the pact for stability and employment, politics *salarial oriented to productivity and the need to make structural reforms. +In these conditions, as, have to avert #all potential division in the interior of the Union and *esforzarnos so that adhesion to the Economic and Monetary Union of #all the countries members was a reality it before possible. +Definitely, #this #would not be possible #if #all participants in this project -the Council, Parliament and also, after #some initial vacillations, the Commission- had not collaborated with a very constructive spirit. +Wanted to stand out especially the constructive paper of Commissioners #Anita *Gradin, *Karel go *Miert and #Mario *Monti, but wanted to *elogiar also on purpose to the Presidency of the Council, to speaker, Mr. *Bösch, #as well as to the secretariats of the three institutions by the enormous work that have made. +In the analysis of the Annual Report of 1997 of the European Court of Accounts the Council has had also in account #all the 25 specific reports that have presented in the course of the year 1998. +During the approval process of the management and to the light of the report of the Court of Accounts, formulate a series of questions very *inquisitivas to the Commission. +Expect that, *cuando the Commission attend again in front of Parliament, accept and use like plan of work these questions formulated in work document, in particular on politics in matter of staff, on the Offices of Technical Assistance and #Leonardo and form as they manage *PHARE and *TACIS. +Of course, have worked a bit with an amicable pressure, especially, by part of the Presidency of the Council and of our Assembly, so that the Commission comprise of time that #can not deny, without more, things that are on the table. +treats of work document excellent and, of course, *yo personally share the philosophy of the approach, that is a clear philosophy and that, to time, specifies the essential points. +*Nos seems important that the #european citizens do not have the impression of that the Community is conditioned in adoption capacity of decisions like consequence of the entrance in vigour of the new Treaty or of the parliamentary election. +attention to the elderly, work for handicapped persons and projects of environment, #etcetera, to the equal that Mrs. *Thyssen neither want to take election and leave freedom to States members so that they choose among the possibilities that offers the proposal and so that they watch it that better *les avenges with needs and possibilities. +Finally, have to underline that #if, as I boast, #all *nosotros wish the fast adoption of this proposal by the Council, so as to fulfil terms signalled by Mrs. *Thyssen, is to say, the entrance in vigour on 1 January 2000, #can not admit the amendments. +Therefore, in measure -appear #if it was not like this- #can share aspirations that are the #mine, in an assessment of political realism in a matter that affects to employment and in that urgency is maximum. +In point 8, «Presentation of documents», in the *subpunto *ab) mentions decision project of the European Parliament relative to the Statute of Deputies to the European Parliament and to continuation appears a reference «*C». +Is truth that is a subject linked to Diary 2000, but do not find reason that endorse urgency asked by the Council, since disposal has to go in in vigour during the year 2000 and, in consequence, there #be sufficient time so that the new Parliament #can *examinarla. +The Treaty already has gone in in vigour and his first consequence is a greater participation of the future President of the Commission and of the European Parliament in the nomination of the Commission. +Wanted to underline also that expect that it have a political balance, is to say, a balance of conceptions and political opinions and also balance that reflect paper of the main political strengths in Parliament. +Finally, expect truly that in case that it assume *usted power, in any case work urgently in favour of a #balkan initiative and also review the calendar of enlargement politics to the light of the current events. +Is interesting because it is socialist and because it is #french. Interesting because it is socialist and affirms that the problem of employment will be able to confront only #if it guarantees, especially, growth goal and establishes in a 3 %; interesting because it is #french and affirms the need to begin to consider to the Council of the euro integrated by 11 members as *primer test of economic government European. +In consequence, challenged by an international crisis that goes back to put in cloth of trial certainty of the end of the *II World-wide War, #this is, that war was impossible in *Europa, have to *dotarnos of new political programs and necessarily ambitious, #if we want really go back to find soul of *Europa that *usted so much mentions. +require new approaches, under form of a participation reinforced of States members; subsidiariness also in the execution of the #european tasks discharge of work to *Bruselas and reinforces consciousness of the *corresponsabilidad of #all, consciousness that up to now has not existed. +This speech, nevertheless, #can not take it with *cerrazón, no #can it take with a continent that puts his own limits, although it has converted in greater: have to take it accepting the challenge that, in this case, is also responsibility. +will Happen to form part of history of village like destroyer of Serbian and no is more that repeat experience that already lived before #others that placed in front the adjective «big» to the name of nation. +Also has seen that the idea that NATO #can constitute alternative to Nations Joined -although it only went for a region circumscribed, but that extends much more there of *Europa- has shown to be an erroneous conclusion; *yo always went of #that seem. +#Everything *eso means an enormous and costly effort, in addition to the military borne by States members to contribute thousands of millions of euros that will need to fund #all measures of the international community. +Therefore, take advantage of this opportunity, in name of the Commission, to ask to Parliament and to the Council that facilitate to the Commission in moment the instruments and bottoms necessary to take our contribution to #that *tremendo imperative that we will have to confront together. +Have written #one and time to the competent persons, is to say, to President of the European Parliament, to President of the Commission, to NATO and to Mr. #Clinton. +In similar conditions, the only military victory possible runs the big risk to be a victory *pírrica, far of conditions of a just and durable peace, that is it that ask in these moments. +war that scheduled to win in two days but that after five weeks has not waned. war initiated to save to persons of the ethnic cleansing and that has given like result refugee million. +The countries of the Union have to be had to support Plan #Marshall for the region of the *Balcanes to reconstruct cities destroyed and also to counter hate that, of mood, goes to remain during generations like broth of crop for new conflicts. +Of mood, do not create absolutely neither by instant, treating of a so gross character as *Milosevic, that was sensitive to measure like the unilateral cessation of attacks to begin to negotiate. +In the twelve last months there #be had the establishment of the euro and deserve an external politics that was to the height of the perspectives created in the rest of the world by our monetary union. +Although it result painful, there #be not explanation for a #willing Union to argue war no by oil, no for achieving can, but for *oponerse to perversion of the ethnic purification in heart of *Europa. +Forget, by account and risk, that *Constantinopla was, during centuries, the first capital #european of culture, *cuando ancestors of the Council of current Ministers were in ruins of a past glory. +Have sinned, in senses, by *complacencia: often say that justification of the European Union is the to rid of wars inside borders of *Europa and forget it that is *sucediendo just in front of borders of *Europa and responsibility to the *respecto. +This circumstance demands diversification in the interior of the Union, the *cual #would owe to time centre around a union among States, confederation, in place of a union of States, a federation. +Gentleman President, in the meeting of the Conference of Presidents of this afternoon get to an agreement to treat to organise the vote so that it was a clear vote that show #who is in favour to put order and #who no. +For example, the subject of the *inelegibilidad and of the incompatibility, limitation of the number of mandates, the reduction of the number of deputies, the *superación effective of conflicts of interests. +Budget Commission thinks, and *yo share this opinion, that the goal of not using more of the 20 % of the total game of administrative costs for Parliament, a goal that certainly are from takes years, has to fulfil without fail. +Is to appreciate that the administration *nos have ensured that it will be able to fulfil #all the additional tasks that arise after going in in vigour the Treaty of *Amsterdam, #as well as the that originate to cause the preparation of enlargement, with the current personnel. +By reason, budget Commission has supported fundamentally the new politics of personnel, #whose central point is the promotion according to the criterion of merits achieved during years, it that will have like consequence that promotion make after some five years respectively. +Believe that Parliament that want to fulfil with the tasks to the that is exposed from the Treaty of *Amsterdam, has to have of a structure of personnel, also on a structure of personal collaborators, that *le make possible to make these tasks in whole. +Therefore it #would recommend to the new Parliament, to go back to occupy of point, because *nos have detained two years for having fulfilled tasks, and also *nosotros will have to go back to treat point, #if we want to make a good work. +With the approval of the preliminary draft of general budget for the exercise 2000, the Commission has initiated the budgetary procedure for the budgetary authority. +In my opinion the common position of the Council, independently of it defective that it was by the no participation of the Commission, finds in Transport Commission, as it has explained it President, and #this do not gathers this week. +#If we want *encaminarnos to an inner market that work *óptimamente, #all consumers #would have to have the right to be able to enjoy of a big level of protection, the same in #all States members #where buy, to *través of the extremely fast field of the new media, #such like Internet and email. +Certainly agree with #some of the amendments presented by the speaker, included the need to establish term of seven days skillful so that provider return money received of consumer. +The Commission #can accept the principle established in the amendment 21 to offer to consumers before the celebration of the hire additional information or *resumida like a protection of the complete contractual conditions. +#If consumer mounts product *él same and produces defect owing to failure in setting instruction allocated to customer, this failure drops under guarantee right. +Without embargo, the own speaker of opinion -that do not know #if it is here- recognises that these administrative costs #can have to to paper that play experts, to connection with network, to the analysis, to training. +Seen that there are not deputies that take part in the debate, the Presidency wanted to *felicitarla by report and comment that interest fault probably have to more to consensus that arouses that to discrepancy with the subject. +Was Parliament the that, even before the Treaty went in in vigour, put on the table of the Council a very complete text in the that, with the maximum transparency, included #all looks of our situation, even #that in the that it always has been #ours competition decide. +In quality of President of this Assembly, has loaned hearings of a new and innovative way to deputies novel, *algo that has been received with big satisfaction and has been respected by deputies. +In months that have had the privilege to direct to my Group, #can confirm the courtesy that *usted has shown with person -of it that today give faith here- and confirm also the extraordinary opening with the that makes work. +The Council has agreed the past week begin with the preparation of a stability pact for the *sureste of *Europa, an initiative that meanwhile is hailed openly by the whole of the international community. +Already State Bosses and of Government have wanted to designate to President of the most political Commission, commissioned to explode #all the federalistic possibilities that offers the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, believe that so much in intervention of President *Santer -that has been a splendid intervention and want to *felicitarle thus- as in the of the rest of the colleagues of Parliament goes to find *usted a rare unanimity. +Like help to the *preadhesión have put to disposal roughly 22.000 millions of euros for approach #as well as other 58.000 millions of euros for costs conditioned by enlargement, is to say, that in finance period has of 80.000 millions of euros for enlargement but that only #can spend #if really it carries out enlargement. +#If *me allow that it make a personal observation - probably is my last intervention in front of the European Parliament- is interesting to see that Diary like Diary 2000 is of course conflict of distribution among States members. +is not that the argue, is not that it deny to Mr. *Prodi freedom of consciousness, but, because I am linked to laicism, *garante precisely of this fundamental freedom everywhere and for #all, expect of President of the Commission that watch thus, and have #some doubts on the matter. +For the future, turns to «strength #american, in the wide sense of the term, [$^that$^]#\ expresses symbolically by means of the media; considers, sure enough, by #some able to constitute the unitary reference for *Europa in research of soul. +Have to ascertain that the rules of the international trade that applies the *OMC and that *nos prevent to use on purpose the principle of caution, have seen ratified in the agreements of the Round *Uruguay by the own Europeans, *extraviados *ellos same by bad advisers, like the Commission, too much *influenciada definitely by foreign interests. +Is precise to break with way as it is thought in actuality liberalisation of exchanges, without social and environmental rules, and is precise to counter the political hegemony, economic and monetary of States Joined, that finishes imposing the interest of companies #american like a *pseudo general interest. +hypocrisy of the European Council remains perfectly patent by the fact that it will be necessary to decide on at all less that 250 millions of euros for *Kosovo in term of two weeks, it that supposes utilisation of more of the three *quintas split of the total base for seven years. +In reading of the regulations that will approve tomorrow, seems that the cause of the insular regions will not have known significant advance with occasion of this reform of the Structural Bottoms. +This financial frame of half term neither gives answer to questions so stood out like the realisation of the euro and, in particular, the possible asymmetric crashes or the predictable results of the next negotiations in the field of the *OMC. +Always has been entirely opened in moment to keep conversations and debates, always comprehensible, always kind with members of the Commission of Regional Politics of Parliament. +The Commission, in report *trienal on cohesion, has considered this situation like #one of the fundamental causes that mark delay of these regions and condition takeoff definite. +The that for parts exist feasible commitments owes alone and exclusively to *nosotros, as *nos have directed to *ustedes openly with proposals of commitment to prevent that his *terquedad *nos carried to the Conciliation Committee, as #this #would have meant the *paralización of projects, since then money #would not have come to time of *Bruselas. +Solidarity inside the European Union and with States of *preadhesión, employment concentrated of credits, creation of places of work, reduction of bureaucracy and preparation for enlargement eastwards, #this have been from the principle the goals of reform of the structural Bottoms. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, the new Regulation for promotion politics and development of the rural areas is definitely a big step in reform of the Common Agricultural Politics. +is not still an authentic tree, but #if the Commission and the Council occupy with intensity of youngster *arbolito, will result a strong tree and with hit for politics in the rural areas. +Gentleman President, the goal of my report is the to endow to the European Union of the financial and budgetary frame adapted to confront the challenges of the next years. +Knowing these commitments, *nos will prepare of the corresponding mood for the new negotiations of the *OMC and enlargement negotiations and will have it besides in account in the execution of market regulation during the next years. +In it *tocante to payment date of the 31-10, am had to examine this question, #if well with limitation that it do not has to produce thus postponement of the budgetary exercise for the compulsory costs. +Consider work like economic opportunity, and to time like realisation of #one same means to study more and better along #all life, means to struggle against the material and current inequalities that affect to the possibility that person has to plan freely future. +But, on the other hand, neither #can accept a protectionist road like the strategy with the that were ruin and in the that were responsibilities that have in front of the world, in particular with the less developed zones. +How measured thinks to adopt the Council to avert the repetition of this type of actions and to guarantee freedom of circulation of citizens in the EU? +*Me #would enjoy *darle graces by answer, without embargo, do not understand why leave to side disposals of the regulation of personal as no exists at all that it prevent that in integration respect the valid norms in the Council. +The concrete question of how goes to take to reduce of *algún mood damages *ocasionados and, possibly, to pose juridical claims by part of the European Union, is a question that has to direct to the Commission and no to the Council. +The Resolution 687 of the Security Council of Nations Joined urged to *Iraq to cooperate with the International Committee of Cross #Red with regard to the release of prisoners. +In it *tocante to his wider question on the global stability of the region, the 26\/27-4-1999 the Council got to the conclusion to begin with the *preparativos for a stability pact for the *Sureste of *Europa. +But equally is true that, also jointly, #can not deny the fact that a big group of society, persons in a position of disadvantage, among *ellas women and minorities, need an additional attention. +The agricultural model European do not know exactly #which is neither nobody knows it, but, in any case, pretend to defend model, a model that keep to agriculturalist in earth and the less uninhabited earth. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, the financial frame decided in *Berlín is totally unsuitable and insufficient to give answer to the needs and to the goals of cohesion, that #would have to orient the #european construction and his current and future ambitions. +Expect that we leave clear to #everyone and in moment that have carried out the #granting that expected of *nosotros in negotiations in the World-wide Organisation of Trade and that do not contemplates neither an alone granting more to the #european agriculturalists until they have passed these seven years. +This process has finished well, has had a happy epilogue for the countries of cohesion and for the poorest regions, #where concentrate, in fact, from now, the structural helps. +Has finished well, #can not by less to say it, for my country, that goes to receive with charge to the structural helps an annual average lightly upper to the annual average of the period 1994 to 1999. +The nuclear security is a very important, but in adhesion process #can not force like this without more to the closing of nuclear head offices, neither *presionar of way to the countries. +My Group, the *PPE, #can not more that ascertain the result of the Summit of *Berlín that, #if well it represents a considerable improvement in relation with the original proposal of the Commission, remains short #if we take into account the needs of producers. +In *tercer place, #if it produced the blockade to measure and, afterwards, remitted again to the legislative authority, this return affected only to the Council, no jointly to the Council and to Parliament, even #if these two institutions conform jointly the legislative authority. +Really there are reasons to begin to say that *México do not has reference frame, the *marchamo democratic, etc. But believe that it better that #can take by *México, by democracy and by the agreement with the European Union is to say that yes . +The fact that of the total of the #mexican exports to the European Union only the 9 % are agricultural and that exist a big complementarity in the commercial flow, #would have to facilitate the fast negotiation and entrance in vigour of this agreement. +Gentleman President, only wanted to remember to #some colleagues, and in particular to Mr. *Elles, that training of the will of the institutions, in accordance with a jurisprudence *consolidadísima of the Court of Justice of *Luxemburgo, is not matter *dispositiva: is question of public order and is in the Treaties. +Gentleman President, wanted to *rendir a *calurosísimo homage to my colleague, Mrs. *Oddy, by this report that, of mood characteristic, has carried out in the last days of Parliament in a commission in the that had worries and #where existed immense juridical and technical complications. +And will vote against because we understand that they break this balance, because, in spite of it that has said Mr. *Barzanti that, like philosophy share totally, believe that lean service takes to content providers, in general terms to the authors, in other fields and -answering to Mr. *Whitehead- to consumers, #if we take juridical voluntarism. +In my opinion, the European Union #would have to show active with seen to establish a favourable and effective movement to protect the civil rights in the computer networks. +In the amendment 36 proposes that providers that loan services of information society will have to conserve #all data that require to hour to investigate and identify to the providers of illegal material. +The majority of the amendments that contains the report of Mrs. *Oddy clear and improve the initial proposal and *me cheers to indicate that the Commission will accept the amendments *núms. 1, 2, 4, 6 -this last only in the #english version-, 7, 12, 13, 16-20, 22, 24, 32-34, 37, 40, 41, 43, 55-57, 62 and 65-67. +#This a sensitive and very important area in the that took special efforts in the original proposal to get to a solution of reasonable commitment that took into account #all the interests in game. +Have examined also the argument that *usted has exposed on #if this decision in yes comports budgetary decisions and also has examined it attentively our Juridical Service, is to say, #if it comports budgetary decisions for the that article 272 #would demand qualified majority. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, *yo also want to break spear in favour of argumentation of *Detlev *Samland, and *eso by the following reason. Gentleman President, the jurisprudence that *usted quotes stipulates that the institutions #can not review to drop the majorities established by the Treaty. +#If it is really necessary that the Treaty demand in each case, of precise way, the qualified majority, and limit enlargement cases of this qualified majority, said agreement *interinstitucional, as it finishes to suggest it Mr. *Colom *i Naval, is inadmissible. +The European Commission approved the past 28 April budget preliminary draft of the European Union for the exercise 2000, *primer year of application of the new financial perspectives. +The tenacity and perseverance of members of the Commission of Regional Politics of the European Parliament and of our two speakers have given finally fruits. +#This obtains a complementary endowment of 15 millions of *ecus to compensate the loss of suitability with regard to the Goal 1, whereas the *Hainaut #french, that is bordering, do not obtains at all: discrimination that do not justifies neither the *PNB neither unemployment tax of the two regions. +To the term of my mandate, in May of 1999, my political positions on these social questions, as they are agriculture, feeding, the rural development and the environment, follow being #the same. +The fact to want to fix a maximum limit to helps and of *reducirlas regularly constitutes a total aberration regarding income level of producers. +#If they achieve to approve common norms that elevate protection level of consumers in #all the countries, no longer will have *tanta importance that the valid norms are the of the country of the *remitente or the of the country of origin. +Vote against of the resolution proposal on *Kosovo, because I consider that it do not helps at all to find a political solution, neither finally immediate of war without sense - especially today, 45 days afterwards, in that they begin to discern hopes to escape of this tragic dead end. +treats definitely of a complex situation and expect, gentleman Commissioner and Vice-president, that in name of the Commission and in name of the European Union adopt the timely measures to reinforce these tendencies, since in actuality *Turquía is of *Europa instead of approximating to *ella. +Never have wanted to justify acts neither intentions. Only expect that Government #turkish allow that it celebrate an open and just process, but alas #ours *angustiosos presentiments do not see at all relieved. +is not #worthy of democracy that *Malasia says to be the fact that citizens that express peacefully his points of political or religious sight are object of arrest and *encarcelación, and all *ello without that offer a suitable juridical security. +Is to say, in the international plane is consciousness of this situation, and no it is necessary to exasperate because this type of battles, like the that *usted signalled, finally, as it #be to occur always with #all the problems that affect to humanity, is to base of a daily fight and *tenaz as they finish achieving results. +By it that to me *respecta, gentleman President, wish to say that I regret that the considering *G of this proposal of common resolution allow to warm up doubts on the comments that #can effect Parliament on purpose of the initiatives taken by president of Development Commission and Cooperation, Mr. #Michel *Rocard. +Finally -and will not insist too much in point-, responsibility of *Francia, illustrated until the caricature by the coincidence among the *decimoctavo coup d'état in the *Comoras and the opening in #París of trial to mercenary #Bob *Denard, author, in 1975, 1978, 1989 and 1995, of four coups d'état in *Moroni and suspicious of the murder of two Bosses of State *comoranos. +The Islamic Republic of the *Comoras is State that from takes years, practically from independence, suffers an institutional and structural crisis very grave, as they have remembered the colleagues that have taken part before that *yo. +Perhaps know that there #be had a statement of ministers of the *G8 offering conditions for a solution in *Kosovo much less *intransigentes that the five conditions in the that has insisted up to now and that goes back to link of significant form to the Security Council. +Regarding the system, more general, of recognition of titles, am likewise in favour of an improvement and of a reinforcement of recognition of qualifications, since #if well the recognition of titles is theoretically satisfactory, do not translates sufficiently in the facts. +commitment that has accepted in conciliation relieves charge of #SME, which fits to expect that it encourage to companies to orient efforts to goals more favourable and that boost the creation of employment. +In the European Union and in States members has awarded especially a fundamental paper to the small companies with predominance of hand of drama to hour to promote the creation of employment. +Passed a week from the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, and had account of the every time greater importance that is the procedure of *codecisión, believe that have reasons for *felicitarnos by this victory of Parliament and of democracy. +Likewise estimate fundamental that *nos have proposed to reduce the compulsory variables, no only regarding charge, but also in it that to the number of variables refers. By it other, are adherents of a level of acceptable information, is to say, of a fine relation cost-efficiency. +Gentleman President, in the frame of the initiative *SLIM, the Commission presented on 30 May 1997 two proposals of regulation with the end to simplify the basic rule of the system *INTRASTAT. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0234\/99) of Mr. *Malangré, in name of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of Citizens, on insolvency procedures. +In the year 1995 agreed by means of a resolution of these characteristic it that it had to understand by interception in technical sense, #if it had to register only the content of conversation #telephone or also hour and telephone number of speakers. +To consequence of these massive imports that hardly cover, on the other hand, price of the matter prevails, big number of #european textile companies are at present losses and see loomed survival, it that puts in grave risk the maintenance of work places. +Of compliance with article 13 of the Regulation, the candidatures to the functions of President of the European Parliament will have to present , with the consent of the interested, by a political Group or by thirty-two deputies like minimum. +Lady #Heidi *Hautala, in the last days have already worked very together, and an expression of this fine collaboration is, certainly, that *usted like Speaker of the Group of the Greens finds seated in the first row, the same that President of the Liberal, Mr. *Pat *Cox. +#This *Europa initiates the term of office in moment of big difficulty by it that *sucede in borders: of big difficulty because the process of political unification and the project of economic politics follow being far of our scope. +A strong Presidency, attentive and able, balanced and just, like the that *usted already showed that it #can exert, *nos gives hope and confidence of face to work together, #all together, to end to satisfy the needs of these #european citizens that follow expecting of *nosotros a clear answer about future. +As *les manifested takes instant, call attention of His *Señorías, since to the not exceeding the number of candidates of the number of places for covering, *les propose that it choose by acclamation to these fourteen candidates for Vice-president places. +Lady Speaker, wish to take part in relation with record because I understand that, in day of yesterday, the Conference of Presidents and #all the political Groups subscribe jointly objection to the constitution of the called «technical Group of independent deputies» and *yo believe that said objection has to state explicitly in record. +In spite of #all the relative criticisms to particular cases, there #be *algo that #would not have to forget, to know, that without work *tenaz and engaged of the Commission neither had been able to resolve the numerous and difficult problems precisely under the Presidency #german. +*Señorías, in stage that now initiate will have to take advantage of the dynamics that has configured in the past semester, like result of tension among the crisis and reform needs, to give new steps to integration. +But the decisions that have adopted in the last six months, under the Presidency #german of the Council, will mark the future of the European Union until very gone in the next decade. +has gone back to admit in society to war like half of politics and will continue advancing by this *funesto *derrotero with integration of the military pact of the *UEO in the European Union and strength creation of intervention. +*Me #would enjoy to ask #if these three States members, that took in *Amsterdam of the strengthening of the institutions an indispensable condition and, therefore, previous for the conclusion of the first negotiations of adhesion, corroborate reservations attach to the Treaty of *Amsterdam or #if they have attenuated position meanwhile. +#This presupposes our firm decision of *oponernos in case necessary with military means *cuando no longer exist another possibility, to #that that think that they #can impose politics of nationalism with violence, the murder, terror or expulsions in mass. +In the first place, because it did not take reform of finance of the own resources to split exclusively of the gross national product, that is the only contributory base just, *equitativa and transparent. +Besides, need integration of the guidelines on employment politics and economic and, it that it is very important, need a review of the institutional frame of the #european pact by employment. +Need as more democracy and no an increase of the democratic deficit like consequence of the #european pact by employment and Parliament has demanded it in the period of previous term of office. +This Assembly will know that we have gone back to go in in a critical stage in the peace process of *Irlanda of the North, a process that have backed the successive presidencies. +The challenge that have to confront consists in *replantear, adapt and improve the organisation for *convertirla in more efficient and effective, so as to struggle against frauds to #all levels and to put to the Institution to service of the #european citizens. +do not pretend that *Europa have #all the answers to these problems; it that I want to mean is that we have to show obstinacy to contribute to resolve, to scale #european, these questions, since, by his same nature, surpass the purely national borders. +In effect, some recent events, #such as war of *Kosovo and the new crisis in the sphere of the alimentary security that has produced in *Bélgica, but has, obviously, repercussions in #all *Europa, are events particularly significant and believe that the answers that have to give -and *usted has given #some interesting signals to #that *respecto- are answers that have to be ambitious. +President Mr. *Prodi shows interest with regard to the Conference *Intergubernamental, but *me seems that it do not values it sufficient the fact that the critical state of the Institutions and of fault relation of confidence with citizens is not indifferent neither political neither socially. +From this perspective, the question of the headquarters of organisms that will occupy of reconstruction is very important, and want to believe that it will keep the election of *Salónica like point *nodal strategic from the that they will develop #all the necessary plans for this substantive reconstruction. +The Council of General Subjects of the European Union highlighted the past Monday that the Union will follow helping to village #serbian, the *cual suffers the consequences of #one *nefasta political. +deputies of the European Parliament have underlined in diverse occasions paper so important that the Union exerts like engine and like guarantee of the peaceful and harmonic development of our continent. +Split in my exhibition of the idea that the Union #can succeed in functions only through a narrow and transparent collaboration among #all parts of #the same, #as well as by means of the active support of citizens of *Europa. +Also need a *fortalecemiento of the credibility of the Union to take part with property in grave subjects of competition; the establishment of concrete terms for reconstruction of *Kosovo is the most acute. +But also has produced wounds in #some Governments *carentes of a clear external politics. Was as it was, has marked the failure of ten years of diplomacy and has put in evidence the *incurias, lacks and sometimes wastes of the international cooperation. +The impression that has is that it did not think so much in the activities of immediate reconstruction and for the that it #would have to be competent this Agency but in the general needs of economic help in the whole of the region. +Have to learn to combine iron hand of NATO with the glove of economic silk of the EU and offer cooperation and help for the economic and democratic development. +#This is the fundamental point of the case *Öcalan, #this is, the maintenance in *demasiadas legislations of norms that punish like offence the exercise of the right of self-determination of villages in his extreme meaning of faculty of secession, even with means no violent and democratic. +Of form that there are autonomous Communities in *España, *Länder in *Alemania or Communities in *Bélgica, etc., also #would take fault an alike solution inside *Turquía for the *kurdos, so that they #can enjoy, it same that *usted signalled of *Finlandia, to be able to talk each #one his own tongue, have free press on problems, have a regional Parliament. +Have to promote the fight against drug trafficking, against crime organised, against the citizen insecurity; have to invest in the protection of citizens and no *transigir with this unseen face that constitutes relation among terrorism, traffic of arms, crime organised, traffic of nuclear material. +*Dinamarca was the *primer country that proposed the importance of the no military methods, but *Finlandia, in quality of President of the Council, is the country that has to carry to the practical it more *contudentemente possible, and with collaboration of #all, this valid initiative. +Want to signal also that it is very important the mission of the international Court attendant to judge war crimes, and in particular the court commissioned of *Yugoslavia is in this moment an important *colobarador #ours in #all this question. +The reform process has begun in #all the institutions, among things thanks to that the European Parliament in occasions has called attention on these subjects. +The Assembly will be familiarised with article 213 that, among things, demands specifically that members of the Commission respect «the duties of honesty and discretion, regarding acceptance, time finished mandate, of determined functions or benefits». +A simple example that #can give to the Assembly of the internal games to the that they have devoted cabinet bosses -no commissioners- in a concrete subject of personnel serves like button of sample of how handled things. +*Yo hail the decision -that believe that it has been very fast- of the Council in this case and also the explanations of the Commission in relation with performance in this case, that has been of an enormous rapidity. +Also it is necessary to recognise that pollution of the *piensos with dioxin shows that neither the current legislation neither measures of valid protection are sufficient to prevent pollution of the *piensos with harmful substances, like dioxin. +*Refiriéndome to measures taken by the Council #would remember that the Agriculture ministers and of Health have followed very of wall the crisis of dioxin and have debated on *ella in the first opportunity that had, to know, in the meetings summoned in June. +Before finishing my exhibition want to observe that the crisis of dioxin has shown clearly that the consequences of this type of events no limit to the zones, not even to the countries, in that they produce. +country of the world is free of dioxin, and #can bring to collation #all a series of examples of pollution by dioxin that in the last years have appeared in the headlines of the most varied countries. +regret It a lot, and *me fear that the only that in this subject goes to *movilizar really to the Council goes to be the agreement that have closed recently with the Americans, is to say, the agreement that the Americans will be able to control #if in *Europa fulfil the hygienic standards that also *nosotros expect of *ellos. +In consequence, gentleman President, insist especially in the proposal taken by Group that Parliament believes a provisional commission that occupy in group of #all the subjects related with security of foods and with the public health, and no only of partial details. +Have to *decirles, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President, that *me cheered with measures that finish to announce *ustedes, but yes that it wanted to *recordarles that #some of measures in fact were proposed by the European Parliament, takes already time, from the conclusion of investigation Commission on cows crazy. +But, finally, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President, *me #would enjoy to underline, to the equal that colleagues, that never will be able to resolve the problem of security of feeding #if we do not begin to think in a drastic *replanteamiento of agriculture, of our alimentary production. +On the other hand, have to say that for my is totally inadmissible that in dioxin crisis agriculturalist union #belgian deny to collaborate in the agricultural restructuring and in the reduction of the census grazier in *Bélgica. +#Many of ingredients are identical (practices *displicentes and even despicable in the preparation of #some alimentary products of animal origin in a world of intensive agriculture and panic and deception in #some of States members affected *cuando discovers initially the origin of pollution) +Thus, plead by the constitution of a commission of temporary parliamentary investigation, attendant to supervise that they put on the table #all the problems and study #all the group of educations that have to take out. +Want to stand out that to this grave crisis of health is with instruments that were conceived for other goals tied to the Common Agricultural Politics, as it is the Permanent Veterinary Committee allocated to understand of the animal health in himself\/hisself same. +Lady Speaker, #would have *peido the this morning early word in the approval of Record #if it had known that the annex 3 had not delivered by seats. +Think, for example, in the fault of transparency of part of the #belgian Government, that took in alerting to the European Commission, #as well as to information fault of consumers. +In consequence, *le pray that the Table elucidate and treat #this with the greater celerity, as of luck go in in the summer pause with a totally garbled situation regarding the delegations and #this do not has to *suceder in Parliament. +Fine to the French Committee Organiser *equivale to deprive to base football and to the promotion of sport of bottoms for *ingresarlos in arks of the European Commission. +With occasion of Glass of the World of 1998, of the two millions of entrances sold, the greater part of #the same was directly managed by the International Federation of Football, that sent contingents to the 203 national associations of football, reserving a greater percentage for the 24 countries classified, among the that it found Realm Joined. +Finally, in chamber place, is normal that, regarding a popular sport and to a country organiser that invested nine *millardos of frank in this event, procure that the inhabitants of the country organiser approve and take part in event, it that also constitutes a key element of hit. +Already said ten minutes before it took part Mr. *Ford that the #belgian organisers and Dutches of championship of *Europa have put in contact with the Commission and that will not put to sale neither an alone entrance of discriminatory mood. +#This is a debate to watch to forward, to the future of the European Union and to strengthen institutions and, in particular, the European Commission, #whose central paper in the #european construction nobody #can put in cloth of trial. +modernisation and reform are, therefore, necessary and it is necessary *llevarlas to cape #if we want that the Commission #can, no only exercise his basic paper of guardian of the Treaties, but also of *impulsora of the process of taking of decisions and of correct agent of programs and projects that *le attribute. +In reality has occurred *algo that consider very important -and in this sense create to have understood also very well to my predecessor in the use of the word-: is precise to extract the consequences of errors and of the bad performance of the Commission. +Says that neither the Institutions neither the budgetary authorities gave has rapidity of a series of irregularities neither acted in the most correct way and wiser to avert the consequences that had. +The Committee of Independent Experts advanced the arguments to establish a committee for the rules of the public life in the #european field. +President, the key words of the second inform here presented are subjects like subsidiariness, competition delegation and the importance of the independent fight against fraud. +care grade with that we treat this symbol #can determine to a large extent recover confidence of citizens. will Watch that the Commission, and especially Mr. *Kinnock, make the promises that took in audiences regarding Mr. Go *Buitenen. +The Commission, to end of accounts, has acted in points. But in the case of the *EEB only has acted by pressure, also has acted in these questions only by pressure of the public opinion. +In the procedures made up to now, #many of Commissioners designated have had friendliness to promise in advance reform statute for his own fields and have alluded to commitments with concrete politics. +The 350 millions of persons that constitute association of the European Union will not feel appreciated to the European Parliament neither to the European Commission #if the public opinion considers that it exists *algún type of irritation in relations that keep. +And memory that *cuando was president of the #italian Council *le was withdrawn confidence by Parliament, even by those political strengths that changing of jacket -veto to know with how expensive and with how value- are had to vote to favour, after having voted in his against in Blunt. +In this context, gentleman President of the Commission, *permítame that signal that in audiences #some members of his Commission still did not seem to have given this step to access to Commissioner condition #european. +In it that concerns to the oral turn, has been work and a colossal effort so much for members of Parliament as for commissioners proposed and workers so much of the Commission as of Parliament. +*Permítame say of step that believe that auditions, of form, that push to commissioners candidates to adopt commitments that villages #would not approve, introduce to trial a real distortion in loyalty of the procedures. +*Me allow to take observation to mood of warning because the renewal of confidence that *usted same has asked with reason, gentleman *Prodi, also depends of course that it head *usted a Commission that #can make his free work of objections and that has to differentiate of ancestor precisely in look. +Have listened with attention the repeated statements of President and without prejudices auditions of members of the Commission, and #this *nos has allowed to appreciate commitment that poses a different relation among the Commission and Parliament. +Today *nos find in the back stage to the euro and, as it says President, in reflation stage, without embargo, the massive unemployment is conviction of politics #orthodox. +Thus, the Party *Independentista of Realm Joined pleads by the withdrawal of country of the European Union through the *revocación of the constitutive Record of the European Communities that so *equivocadamente subscribed Prime minister *Heath in 1972. +#This are, lady Speaker, *señorías, reasons by the that appeal to prudence of the Assembly, to moderation and especially to respect by the rights of minorities by the #which, it is necessary to say it, up to now #this had not honoured especially. +No had reaction to his reiterated and clear answers to question, and repeated until nausea subjects that affect to the #belgian inner politics and that at all have to see with the future charge of Mr. *Busquin, had account that #this is a multilingual Assembly. +In points 3 and 5 (to), (*b) of our resolution remains clear that #if Parliament loses confidence in commissioner, has to be sufficient with that it have simple majority to ask to president, Mr. *Prodi, the resignation of commissioner in question. +*Yo have present that, in quality of President designated of the Commission, already has accepted *usted #some fundamental political requirements that *le pose, with the end to take possible the application of the individual responsibility. +In this region, without embargo, find the most extensive borders among the countries that have requested adhesion to the Union, #as well as the only border with the big #european state of *Rusia. +The report of the independent group of experts indicates that the structures of the European Union and the Commission have been garbled and *desorganizadas during years concerning relations to be able to and of responsibility. +Have made a good beginning with audition, and after the morning vote, allow that the progressive strengths of this Assembly collaborate with the Commission to provide to the population of *Europa it that wishes. +*Usted deserves praise of Parliament by work that has made in the budgetary fields and especially in #some of the fields in the that has tried to change things in breast of the Commission. +In the agreement *interinstitucional declares that before surpassing finance frames it is necessary to look for forms to have finance and like this the Council has acted according to his own point of sight. +Gentleman President, *yo only wanted to *preguntarle to lady Minister #if it has considered the possibility to include to the International Monetary Bottom in the quoted conversations on the financial resources for *Timor oriental, *Turquía and *Kosovo, so that #all weight do not have to *recaer exclusively on *nosotros. +In the first place, is precise to develop great strategies that allow to control the migratory flows without putting to proof integration capacity of States members and citizens and help to avert the apparition of social conflicts. +On the other hand, the increase of cooperation among States members *nos forces to examine the rights of citizens from sight point wider that the of the national states. +And to follow applying these principles, is important that Parliament have an equal representation to the of the Council to hour to decide on the fundamental rights of citizens. +Well is that it have a temporary diet of protection, but only in exceptional circumstances and on condition that it was not diet that deny the right to the individual examination of asylum appeals. +#If the Commission goes to adopt this type of doctrine in the sphere of offence and of drugs, etc., #which goes to be the future of this European Union? +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, the goal of the European Council of *Tampere -as it remembered here in an extraordinary council- is the to determine the political orientations and the priorities in matter of creation of the zones of freedom, security and justice. +And like the participation of the national Parliaments in the process limits to the presence of individual representatives neither is represented plurality of the political tendencies. +Fits to remember here the important paper of operation *UNAMET of the UN and give the thanks to personnel by this tireless work that took possible the organisation of a referendum in some very difficult circumstances. +Mrs. #Emma *Bonino goes to explain why, in name of the political affinity of #that that believe in parliaments, democracy, in the Right and that abhor the *partitocracia, bureaucracy and falsity, no are neither go to vote. +But wanted to take advantage of also this explanation of vote for *referirme to the parallel resolution that groups varied commitments contracted by the Commission *Prodi in spheres in cases technical, but important, related with the code of behaviour, the ethical and transparency. +But, especially, there #be thing that *usted #can take in favour of peace, and thing is *propiciar respect to the historical rights of Basques, among the *cuales is the fiscal sovereignty, like the has any #another Been member of the EU. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, our negative vote to the nomination of the new Commission by the rest of the current mandate bases #among others arguments in the fact that it houses to four #ex commissioners that formed part of a school organ that saw forced to resign by bad management. +provision with half inks of #some of candidates, apparently still reluctant *cuando of it that treats is to mention the *Europa social or employment, or even audition very little *convincente of Mrs. Palace, do not have to hide group impression as a whole satisfactory. +To difference of ancestor *Helmut *Kohl, that five years ago accepted the proposal of the opposition for the Commission -to me *me cost to vote by *Monika *Wulf-*Mathies in 1994-, *Schröder did not show had to take into account to the current opposition *CDU\/*CSU, by more that won the #european elections in *Alemania. +The Commission also recognises that the reallocation of this sum is not possible already in category 4, but that says that it is necessary to take effort *extensivo to a reallocation in the group of the budget. +#All know that the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee had a common organisational structure, the *SOC, but that, as a result of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and his put in operation, decided that it suppressed this common organisational structure. +The proposal treats of detour of commitment credits by value of 137 millions of euros. 30 millions of *ellos allocate to *Turquía, especially to help actions for the provisional accommodation of face to winter, is to say, helps of emergency. +And even more: the European Union finishes to decree an embargo of military material during four months to the #indonesian. ?How are four months after *veinticuatro years of compulsive sale of armament to Indonesian, knowing as it knew genocide that had takes *veinticuatro years in *Timor? +But #if it did not modifies politics, will leave to find partners in *Europa while managers of the current situation continue in power, already was in the Army, Parliament or the Government. +#If they do not detain slaughterings, also in other regions, and #if the #indonesian Government do not offers a protection, our opinion is that Nations Joined will have to happen to action also in #that other regions of Indonesian. +To debt that have from takes *veinticuatro years with *Timor Oriental, adds the fact that in days take #any demonstration in favour of *Timor Oriental, without embargo, do not takes in account the political hypothesis that, with #everything, will have to happen once again by the fact of *implorar to States Joined the possibility of a military intervention. +Besides, article also affirms that politics of the Union in look do not influences in the special characteristics of security politics and defence of States members. +Our main goal is the abolition of pity capital, but as among the countries that the apply find states of weight, the freezing of relations do not presents like a fine solution. +Gentleman President, the Council is conscious that the countries with extension coastal are responsible to a large extent of security of navigation and of defence of the maritime environment, so they have to fulfil norms that have regulated to the *respecto. +So much in quality of President in exercise of the European Union, as to national level, *Finlandia do not supports the release of politics in matter of drugs and neither the possibility to legalise substances. +Without embargo, it is necessary to take in account that in conversations to the *respecto has taken evident that countries, especially the countries in roads of development, fear that the Union demand determined labour norms with the intention to take impossible imports from countries. +Mr. *Korakas already *nos has taken to know that it considers that they #would not have to have been *reagrupadas, but like this has decided and *yo entrust in skill of the answers of President in exercise of the Council so that the two have the appropriate answer. +For *nosotros the structure that *nos proposes -and the Court of Accounts shares worries- presents a serious danger of *desmembramiento of the administrative authority of the Commission, in benefit of a managerial personnel *intergubernamental, that #can not accept. +Like this as, #would wish simply that *reflexionáramos on the autonomous structures of decision in *Pristina, that #would give to the population power to decide with *nosotros works that have to be undertaken, and that no existed #one "*superburocratización" in *Bruselas, tied to operation logic of the European Union. +#All efforts for elevating education and the medical assistance to an acceptable level, by very valuable that in himself\/hisself same are, have not been able to solve the problem of refugees. +(IN) Gentleman President, is for me a pleasure comment the fact that in this brief debate have had three inaugural interventions, included the of Mrs. *Schröder that, to his 21 years, is the youngest deputy to Parliament. +Costs to believe that in the fifteen countries of the European Union lose swim less that 7.500 lives simply because persons do not use security belt in the leading seats and in the rear seats. +In the future, the European Parliament will not allow that other institutions of the EU recommend type or form of reduction in the available budgets for security campaigns *vial. +#There is difficulties of type in the parliamentary control, #whose consequence is that it was increasingly *incontrolable action of the police and of the secret services and projects in the sector of the public security. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, in moment in that we say with the new Commission that is precise to give a main paper to the European Parliament, is natural that to time have to think in the relaunching of the external politics of the own Parliament. +Thus *me #would enjoy that the new Commission - and ask it now to Commissioner *Kinnock - make a general evaluation of efficiency of program *TACIS and afterwards *nos report on how think to improve program for the budget of the year 2000, so that we #can vote with greater confidence in favour of program *TACIS. +*Georgios *Papandreou, minister of External Subjects of #Grecia and Mr. *Tzem, the one who has charge in *Turquía, have decided that it include the subject of collaboration *heleno - #turkish for the fight against the natural catastrophes in diary of dialogue of *Atenas and *Ankara. +The official statements of *Moscú in the sense that neither the crisis in *Daguestán neither attempts of *Moscú will serve of pretext to declare exception state and, therefore, postpone the next elections to the *Duma, have reassured to the Commission. +Comprise that we #would have to argue with the Council of *Europa to try negotiate arrangement with *ellos, but has to *usted recognise that technically no longer have access to building because we already have left of paying rent. +Then *me seems enough *penoso that the #french legislation give apparently *tanta importance to the artistic property of some impossible corridors, lights and stairs but for example no to saving energetic, whereas in my country at least #one third part of the new houses have of solar signposts. +Want to add my voice to the numerous comments that already have taken and signal that I find totally incomprehensible that are here in the first place, *cuando have offices, halls of meeting and houses very fine in *Bruselas, and that it is absurd that #all the "Euro-circus" have had to be *penosamente moved to *Estrasburgo for three or maybe four days to month (pardon, five days this week). +*Me #would enjoy to say, although as #many of deputies also regret trip circus among the diverse headquarters of the European Parliament, that am fully satisfied with the design of my office of *Estrasburgo, especially #if, as *me promised, installs a cupboard with bolt. +Estimated colleagues, #that of *ustedes that they have assisted to Parliament during the last years know that in this Assembly are very #few the that, as *yo *cuando chaired the last commission for *EEB, have devoted so acutely and -almost #can say- with so much enthusiasm, to the question of security of meat, especially the of meat of *vacuno #british. +The solutions *reconducen to three very concrete fronts: 1) consumer; 2) a new agricultural revolution and environmental; 3) a precise political indication that it has to come precisely of the community organs. +The crisis of cows crazy and #news of the last months have put of self-evident that the alimentary security deserves deal *prioritario, although they also have shown that only *nos agree of *ello in difficult moments. +*Me cheer especially that today it find *usted here personally for *informarnos on a so important subject, although I believe that time passed from the nomination of the new European Commission is too much little so that, so much *usted like the competent commissioners, have been able to *ultimar concrete proposals. +#If in States Joined the *incumplimiento of the laws on the environment #can sanction with the publication of the name of company and of the director of #the same, do not see why *nosotros in the Low Countries #can not take *algo similar. +Without embargo, #can not but *mostrarme *perplejo and concerned so much in quality of scientist as of politician in front of the conclusions to the that has got in this decision, #this is, fix a maximum ceiling tolerated of *BPC of 200 *nanogramos of fat so much in the *volatería as in pig meats and derivatives. +Lady Speaker, the recent successive crises in the field of the alimentary security have put of self-evident of mood more *convincente that the protection of the public health has to be *prioritaria in front of #all the politics. +Results #worthy of *beneplácito and *tranquilizador that from the same beginning the new Commissioner, Mr. *Byrne, have shown an unambiguous commitment with recovery of confidence of consumers in the alimentary industry. +Expect that #this was the main priority of works of the next week in the context *ACP and that convert, gentleman Commissioner, in a proposal that the Commission and the European Union take #his, so as to that at last we #can *hacernos charge of this problem seriously. +In less of two decades, a very short period in the world of illnesses *infecciosas, AIDS has been the main cause of death in the *África *subsahariana. +Given the different nature of bottoms with regard to the normal projects in the *cuales contributes money to the budget, *me fear that in this case this idea of budgetary control, that #all accept and that #all defend, is not exactly applicable. +The formula that *yo *les #would propose now and to the that *me #can engage is that before it produce payment type inform, for example, to presidents of the commissions involved in these subjects, of form that Parliament have knowledge of #the same without that, by confidentiality duty that have to keep in #some subjects, *nos pose #any difficulty. +Have to introduce a specific solution consistent in modifying, by road of a concrete decision of the Council, the financial perspectives for a concrete point? +Sure enough, in measure in that *ello was possible have to exceed stadium of intention statements so frequently heard in the course of the last decade to find forceful concrete applications #if we wish to reach this goal, to end of modest accounts, of a 12 %. +Gentleman President, wanted to congratulate to Mr. *Langen, the speaker, by report on the approval of program *multianual for the promotion of sources of renewable energy in the Community, *Altener *II. +In reality, #can that not even it assign quantity, since the amendment *n1 5 to section 3 (new) of article 1 says, in reality, that #can reduce bottom quantity, #if it is not compatible with the financial perspective for the period that it treats. +#Many will be small plans, to scale of the community, specific of place, already use wind, waves, the solar energy, the combination of heat and electricity or even biomass. +Wanted to reiterate my gratitude and say that I expect that in the last review #can find the definite formula and, therefore, give a push to program *ALTENER, that is a clear impulse to utilisation of the renewable energies in *Europa. +Regarding the amendment 4, exists a clear need of complementarity, as we said takes moment when talking of program *ALTENER, regarding actions in the field of the energetic efficiency and of the renewable energies. +But is not less true that there #be had moments in that we appreciate, by part of the #european negotiators #as well as by part of #such or *cual Been member, behaviours excessively bureaucratic, defensive and until *cicateros, as also *nos concerned to perceive sometimes in speakers #south african tendency to give course backwards and to reopen questions that seemed already enclosed, with it that the process *demoraba more and more. +The decision of the World-wide Economic Summit, celebrated in Colony this year, to cancel 100.000 millions of dollars of debt of the *tercer world was important to #that *respecto and has to *surtir an effect catalyst for the adoption of measures by #all the countries of the EU and no only #one #few. +On the other hand, the signatories of the agreement do not hide it and say that "disposals relative to cooperation pretend to facilitate restructuring and modernisation of the #south african industry and boost competitiveness" . +By it other, have resulted divided interpretations and the opinions of the European Parliament that wanted an agreement that *acercara more to conditions of the Agreement of *Lomé, and of the Commission that has pronounced by adhesion, say, conditioned. +And, especially, that, in accordance with the conclusions of the Council of General Subjects of July of this year, *subscribe the specific agreement on wines before the provisional entrance in vigour of the commercial part of the agreement, foreseen for January. +While it do not apply the agreement on wines and liquors, will not go in in vigour neither the special financial assistance -15 millions of euros- to the sector *vinícola #south african neither the contingent of free wine of rights of 32 millions of litres. +Neither has agreed still that the EU liberalise the imports of #south african car products in term of three years, as it seems to announce the report in page 9. +During the next weeks and months, will follow closely the preparatory process with seen to this date to end to watch by that #all the important commercial #granting of the EU to *Sudáfrica initiate career in this date agreed. +#Can indicate the Commission how actions #can undertake to find urgently bottoms (for example, *MCA remaining, programs community), with the end that in #all territory #greek give an immediate preventive control of the *adecuación static of public buildings, schools, hospitals, etc., #as well as of places of work in mass, like factories, so that it verify resistance of the *edificaciones in question in cases of seisms of big magnitude? +With Mrs. *Diamantopoulou have communicated this same afternoon, to the Commission, actions that are possible in the frame of the Structural Bottoms to support to #Grecia and help to reconstruction, to repair. +The complicated access to valley of the *Panshir, the extremely explosive situation and the accused political sensitivity, that characterise the situation in place, demand intervention that has to be coordinated among the diverse humanitarian organisations to end to avert failures of estimate and bad decisions. +Believe that precisely the quantity of the community humanitarian help to Serbian underlines clearly wish to bet in favour of the population and up to now have been able to identify clear needs and justified of humanitarian character. +The greater part of pupils goes to have or already has a direction of post electronic own, the majority of the that work already the have and there are courses on Internet for pensioners. +abstention index registered in the recent elections to the European Parliament has shown, without embargo, that citizens are not sensitised in measure that #would be convenient in relation with the EU and goals. +Second -and #this *reviste an immense importance and examined it in Nations Joined with the General Secretary and the General Secretary Attach-, the question of finance of the civil administration to short and half term. +Also am convinced that no only are forced to support to the democratic circles and his modest hits by moral reasons but also because #one *Turquía democratic that #can solve problems in *Turquía will be of positive for the inner security of the European Union. +Thus -independently of #which was the calendar and the exact procedure to follow- in *Helsinki it is necessary to command a signal of hope to persons of #turkish origin and *kurdo #as well as to democracy in *Turquía. +Had account of the importance *geoestratégica of *Turquía and of paper that always has exerted in defence of *Europa, believe, finally, that also #would suit to include in the agenda of works the questions of external politics and of security. +Gentleman President, Mr. Roman *Prodi declared in presentation speech to the European Parliament that have by in front enlargement period of twenty or even thirty years, during the *cual the number of members will rise to *veinticinco, or perhaps to more. +#If it accepted to *Turquía in quality of country candidate to adhesion, the criteria of *Copenhague #would suppose path species or course for the future evolution of the country and #would contribute to orient development of #the same to values that here represent. +Believe that *cuando take perceivable that this approach to the western values *le offers to *Turquía better possibilities of economic development and more field of political action, is possible that the #islamic countries take to *Turquía like positive example and that consolidate of form development of the neighbouring zones. +cooperation among *Europa and *Turquía #can be an example *alentador and hopeful on how cultures that are neighbouring and that coexist #can find road conjoint to reach peace, democracy and right State to the equal that opportunities of welfare for inhabitants. +In this sense, pray to the European Parliament that *nos concede the possibility to talk of a credible mood with *Turquía, to contribute *creíblemente to that produce changes in *Turquía and here includes that we fulfil also really commitments contracted in front of this country. +The Presidency #finnish has considered the peace process in Orient Next like #one of the most important subjects of the common politics of the Union in matter of external subjects and security. +Recognise the crucial paper of States Joined that have struggled during so much time and with *tanta tenacity to carry peace to this afflicted region; and *rindo a warm homage to said efforts - for example, to the capacity negotiator and to the determination of State Secretary. +In this sense, President *Arafat and Prime minister #Barak already have signed the memorandum for the application of the Agreement of *Wye *River and restart negotiations on the final situation. +Receive with satisfaction the statement of the Palestinian Authority, in the sense that it will adopt measured to combat terrorism, whereas Prime minister #Barak has recognised with informal character that will try to limit the expansion of settlements. +#If embargo, to hour to defend the right of self-determination, consider that #all parts have to be exhorted to employ in depth especially against terrorism to end to guarantee security of villages. +Like this, serious obstacles to reach a just peace, like the constant establishment of colonies #jewish in #palestinian territories or contempt of it that *Jerusalén #This means for Palestinians, #arab and Muslims in general, have filled of difficulties the path to peace, concept that do not has to be defined like the mere absence of war. +The European Parliament - the only institution of the EU that it is chosen directly by citizens - neither was consulted in moment during the two years that lasted negotiations on the content of the Agreement. +According to the French, is evident that #if they still register every year 3.000 cases of "crazy cows" in Realm Joined, in spite of #all caution measures that have been taken, follows existing, in transmission of illness, *algún element that still has not been able to explain. +Thus, this precise country of a maximum support, as the new Government has shown how #can provide stability with a #european spirit in #one of the most dangerous regions of the world. +After the celebration of meeting, will inform immediately on the details of resolutions there taken and will communicate posture of the Council to Industry Commissions, External Trade, Investigation and Energy. +In the agricultural plane, orientations of the European Council of *Berlín on Diary 2000 *nos offer a solid base to make, in matter of liberalisation, progresses compatible with the agricultural model European. +But there #be also #some other open questions in cooperation among the Council and the Commission, on the one hand, and the European Parliament, by #another, in the frame of the Round of #Millenium. +Thus, it is necessary to create for the countries in roads of development some better conditions of access to the market suppressing to time #all subventions to export of the EU for the agricultural products. +*Me seems shameful that have had to accept that countries in roads of development and that take part *contractualmente in the frame of this debate and that see especially affected, #can not be seated not even to the table negotiator by financial reasons and that the participation of the public opinion was so small. +This model, based in the community preference, guarantees the quality of products, the alimentary security, the survival and the expansion of our agricultural sectors and *agroalimentario. +Regarding the sanitary and educational problems, do not think and do not wish to put in cloth of objective trial of public politics in these fields to title of it that proposes in the field of service liberalisation in the next Round. +East run over has to see like attack against freedom of expression and the boundless right of citizens to culture, that do not has *parangón neither in the EU neither in the other democratic countries. +The Council considers that they are States members the that they have to commission to mitigate the social consequences of the suppression of the free sales of taxes and the problems that #can arise in the border zones. +In the cases in that the Presidency have had the intention to celebrate public meetings, but have not reached it, how States members are the that, with opposition, have put fetters to transparency? +Gentleman President, are once again to conflict of interests, #can call it like this, among the principle of territorial integrity of States and the principle of self-determination of villages. +And is precise and urgent that take #all measures to disposal so that they reestablish the human rights in the region, so that refugees have #all the humanitarian help that require and so that, finally, #can return to homes because it has reestablished peace. +Really is to sin by excess of credulity the imagine that the #british Government #can not have interrupted delivery of fight planes that got to destination #one those that hours before the #indonesian strengths killed at least to five demonstrators in *Yakarta. +And ask to the Commission that employ in depth to apply these goals, with the end to convert to *Europa in the world-wide homeland of the political action against death pity. +To time, Parliament has to give his decided support to action and watch so that in the future reach compulsory agreements in Gin in #all the situations that have relation with the human rights, in addition to fulfilling the resolution that expect that it approve in New *York in the autumn. +Like this as, is also way to reaffirm, in this sense, the importance to legislate definitively, to level of Nations Joined, on the abolition of death pity. +Have listened the debate of today and consider it like a very wise contribution and very *sobria to the achievement of hopes that, to trial, #can make with it that *yo #would designate a "soft landing" for Indonesian and for #all the populations of Indonesian. +No *me remains more remedy that say today that we also have to leave to throw fault to workers, workers to those who radiation has sentenced to death like consequence of the illegal and criminal activities of the nuclear industry. +But in *Tokaimura, the own #japanese authorities have recognised that the security procedures, so much in conversion plant as in production facilities of fuel, have not respected. +orientation to the soft energy and to sources of renewable energies gives to know increasingly like the only solution to the energetic problem of society *postindustrial. +The questions referents to inspection of fuel in plant *MOX of *Sellafield are of the *incumbencia of the national authorities and have been notified to inspection services of nuclear facilities of Realm Joined. +The #irish Government has prepared a Green Book on the sustainable energy that will occupy a special place in our National Plan of Development for the period 2000-2006. +Understand that it is important for the House, is important for the institution of the European Parliament be once again to the height of demands of the #european citizens, demands that have expressed of mood very *nítido lately and, of course, during the last #european elections. +Gentleman President, always have been quite skeptical in front of attitudes *moralistas or police that even boost complaint, for the *cuales frauds avert only through the creation of instruments of control of the increasingly evident persons. +In the present case are in front of a new technological reality and social that #can configure *jurídicamente from the principle by means of legislation *originariamente #european and with the that to time *nos #can accredit of a special way like #european juridical community. +An ancient applicable example here is that #if the laws of States members demand simultaneous presence, then will not be possible for couple marry by means of signature type through network. +For #many of *nosotros, and *me surprises that Mrs. *Thors have not mentioned it, #this is a stimulating phenomenon, *igualador and *liberador because the ancient world was dominated by the great centres and the peripheries were in a situation *desventajosa in relation with the centres. +With the directive on conditions mark for the electronic signature the European Union gives an important step to the elimination of obstacles to the electronic trade. +Regarding term, seems reasonable, taking into account delay that is with this directive, that expand for mopeds of 1 January to 1 July 2002, so that it have a bit of time of adaptation of industry. +Regarding the called question of the offices of technical assistance, the big reform proposed by Parliament maybe have not been still sufficiently *ponderada so that it #can make in the field of the budget for the exercise 2000. +Have noted that also the European Parliament has intention to propose assignments that surpass the maximum limit of category 4 and thinks to take it so that it was possible to put assignments to disposal of actions in *Timor Oriental and in *Turquía that need finance and also to concretise fishing agreement with *Marruecos. +The Commission *me has entrusted that *les communicate that the Commission goes to propose another solution, that will take in consideration so much the need to establish political priorities like the principle of budgetary discipline. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, relations among the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development and Budget Commission during preparation works of the Budget have not developed never without tensions. +Are had to endow to the Commission of the necessary resources to fund the administrative tasks and of management of #all these projects #if it guarantees the owed participation of Parliament in reflections on reform. +*Permítanme that remember also it that has manifested the colleague #Perry: programs *plurianuales, as #SOCRATES and *LIFE, answer in fact to the expectations of citizens and have to guarantee quality and *dotarlos of the necessary resources like part of development processes and of #european integration. +Also wanted to give the thanks to #all members of the different commissions that *nos have taken to get aspirations and that in his greater part have manifested a big understanding in front of the fact that, *cuando *nos move in a frame limited, although things are desirable, no #all are possible. +The Budget of the European Union for the exercise 2000 has a special character, no only because it began to examine it the ancient Parliament and afterwards reached an Agreement *interinstitucional, that is *vinculante bear *nosotros, in the that we also take part and that accepted to keep after the elections. +Of way that my Group do not defends an imprudent increase of costs of the Union, more important *nos seems, #if it is necessary, which occurs clearly in this case, use the *margen of increase of costs authorised by the agreements signed among the own States members. +#If rigour budgetary prevails so much in the field of States as of the Union, #this answers especially here to claims of #some countries members and know that the first victim of rigour will be the common agricultural politics. +Therefore, owe *asegurarnos no only that it have the owed coherence among the agencies that work on terrain, but also, lady Speaker of the Council, that not adopting decisions that suppose to spend money pointlessly by a decision of the Council to move to persons to place to 100 miles of distance. +No *nos fits the lower doubt that it will be possible to consign new resources for finance of *Kosovo, but instead consider that measures -*Turquía, fishing Agreement with *Marruecos- have to fund in the frame of costs at present foreseen in the Budget. +In effect, note more stood out of this budget *estriba in the self-evident insufficiency of assignments to confront determined goals, as in category *IV, "external Politics and cooperation", is in the that insufficiency self-evident of form more evident. +Is the *primer budget that goes to brush the 100 *millardos of euros #if they adopt the amendments *Bourlanges and, talking of gentleman *Bourlanges - that it is the financial of "cabin of uncle #Jean *Monnet" -, is his *primer inform after the general report, after the of lady *Dührkop, of gentleman *Tillich, of gentleman *Lamassoure or #others. +Have set up an initiative -and want to highlight it very clearly- that it also proposes to look for a flawless solution for the management of the budgetary resources that we have to administer directly from Parliament, among the *cuales want to stand out in particular trip costs. +Gentleman President, the speaker and #some of orators that *me have preceded already have alluded, obviously, to the that for me is #one of the crucial political elements -#if no the crucial element- of budget project. +Since it initiated creation politics of an economic space liberalised to scale world-wide is a massive transfer of resources of the poor to the rich, so much inside society as among States. +Think in the importance to increase the popular base in activities of the Union and that *nos concentrate in transcendental subjects as, for example, in combating unemployment and in enlargement to the new countries candidates. +The humanitarian help for the victims of war or for refugees in *Kosovo, for the victims of the earthquakes in *Turquía and for the innocent victims in *Timor Oriental, are obvious requirements that take to the European Union. +Gentleman President, with this debate the European Parliament has the opportunity to exert of consistent form affirmation of will regarding the future of the European Union. +links among the competent commission regarding bottom and Budget Commission #would not have to interrupt with the first reading of Parliament, after the *cual #can pass still *algún time until the subject remain finally resolved. +Without embargo, #would not have to forget the goals of the European Union. The most important is efficiency of our budgetary lines from sight point of employment. +The Commission will propose, therefore, that use the three instruments, to know: redistribution of credits, the instrument of the flexibility clause and a review of the financial perspectives. +Therefore, *le will ask, lady Commissioner, that have to well, with colleagues and in the terms that consider appropriate, concretise commitments that finishes to assume, with the end that we #can vote Thursday with total knowledge of cause and on the base of clear commitments that exclude misunderstanding among *nosotros. +By the contrary, the *SEBC has to have vision of #all the zone of the euro when taking assessment of the economic situation in general and of the stability panorama of prices in particular. +In the first place, in stability surroundings of prices, the mechanism of the market will assign form resources more effective to his more productive uses. +The clear division among performance competitions that finish to describe reinforces the credibility of the monetary and economic politics in *Europa, increases transparency and facilitates the democratic responsibility. +Besides, in operations that save relation with politics of coin only, taking organs of decisions of the *SEBC will occupy to value #if the planned operations with compatible with the goal of the monetary stability. +#Can that it reach stability goals of prices, but without opening will not be clear #if said goal has reached by design and, therefore, will be able to repeat in the future, or by a lucky accident that it #can demand then the introduction of #any improves in work methods. +In a democratic juridical order, the institutional and political independence of an institution only is possible #if to time also is guaranteed his *legitimación democratic, and #this demands transparency of the decisions, but also that #this are comprehensible. +*Yo have the *convencimiento that collaboration in a climate of confidence among #ECB and Parliament also #can contribute to boost security and confidence of the public opinion. +To avert #this Group proposes amendment that calls attention of the Central Bank European on mandate that is the to ensure stability of prices in the two senses. +Gentleman *Duisenberg, *sucede *usted like this without embargo - although the scarce assistance that today have do not seems to go in the sense of my words - to the emperors and to the popes that from #Charlemagne have dreamed with *reunificar our continent by means of faith or of strength. +Without place to doubts, the Report *Huhne contains positive elements, especially regarding appeal to the Central Bank European of greater information on reasons of the decisions adopted by means of the publication of a succinct record that contain also the opinions *disconformes. +The Central Bank European has made a good work, has won confidence of citizens thanks to work made in the last months, and like this go to manifest it also in the resolution. +Gentleman President, this *primer annual report of the Central Bank *me gives occasion to take an as a whole positive evaluation of work made until here by the Central Bank European and of the operation of the zone euro. +Gentleman President, the European Central Bank continuous being an institution that takes decisions of crucial importance for millions of citizens of the European Union, without being subject to any democratic control and politician. +A sinking of the credibility of the Bank or the belief that #this #would not be had to follow politics *antiinflacionista at all costs #can have grave economic repercussions in the group of the Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Central Bank European, the annual report of #ECB shows that activity of the bank initiated to good rhythm and that the steps given until this moment go in the correct direction. +Is necessary to remember that, although in the zone of the euro practise an only monetary politics, follow having eleven economic politics different, #whose coordination *incumbe to States members, inside the frame established in the Stability Pact and Growth. +On a long-term basis, the Commission will develop a coherent strategy for the grey zone, is to say, the zone comprised among the humanitarian help and cooperation to development more on a long-term basis and directed to the future. +#Many have asked as a result of work in this field -no only THROW and the humanitarian help- #if "we do not put car in front of horse" when insisting in celebrating quickly some elections. +While the military capacity of the violent increases, in big part thanks to moneys of drug trafficking, the civil population asks that *le apart from conflict, as it has understood that *ella is now the big affected and are his fundamental rights the that they violate day after day. +Have said and want to repeat it in front of *ustedes: today drug trafficking is the worst and the *primer enemy of peace, and #this will not reach totally without the dismantlement of the organisations that devote to the damned business of drug and without that we reach alternative and economic sustainable solutions and socially. +*Ustedes represent to those who have opted by life, by peace and by defence of the human rights; *ustedes are expression of those who believe in democracy, in freedom and in a healthy environment for the next generations. +The lessons of *Bosnia and *Kosovo reinforce conviction that it suits to persist in the explanation of our intentions, as we expect that *suceda until the end of the common year, in particular in the frame of the preparation of the budget for the year 2000. +Wail that have not been so frequent the presence of the Council in the commissions of Parliament, because *ello *nos had helped to be able to to debate and *conocernos better and to be able to advance jointly. +Colony Council entrusted to the #finnish Government, like title of the Presidency, establish the necessary conditions for the execution of this project to time for the Summit of *Tampere. +Like president of the Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of Citizens, wanted to suggest to President in exercise that concede greater recognition to paper of Parliament to hour to treat with citizens. +A space of justice will give form and foundation to the *tercer *pilar and will allow a more intense fight against delinquency organised in #all his tragic facets: traffic of women and of boys, pederasty, corruption of minors, production and traffic of drugs, exploitation of prostitution, boosted #all *ellos by the illegal immigration in these last time. +Wail that already have separated to defence associations of the human and antiracist rights, #as well as the social speakers, of the preparation of this letter. +In #all these fields, the Commission #would have to take the initiative to end to reach a more complete configuration of diary, and Parliament has to prepare to exert paper that *le suits. +Nevertheless, change has to get no only for the three pending subjects of *Amsterdam, the extension of the vote by qualified majority, the size of the Commission and the weighting of votes in the Council. +The *segunda reforms fundamental is the elimination of the national veto of cooperation clauses reinforced; and the third will be to concede to citizenship the right to access directly to the European Court. +It same is applicable to article 105 of the Treaty of the *CE, so that #ECB have mandate politically established *contractualmente to boost with his monetary politics growth and employment. +Of course, when reading it gives #one explains that they do not mention neither dreams, neither the goals, neither the challenges with the that it finds the European Union of face to the century *XXI; but, at least, give #some lines general guidelines related with a series of questions of institutional character that have to be regulated. +The inner circle #would be formed by a #european federation, composed by States members of the Union that are more advanced in integration: #that that are members of NATO and belong also to the zone of the euro. +Tomorrow will travel to *Kosovo with Gift #Javier Adret to evaluate personally performance, therefore will have of the opinions of Parliament to support my clear *convencimiento of the need to set up the Agency it before possible. +Expect that Parliament comprise that we do not have *escatimado efforts to find commitment solution to this subject so extremely important and expect that we #can work with the Council of mood that deserve the approval of Parliament. +The #european delegation of the *PvdA in front of the European Parliament, and #some #others, have encouraged in the past for reaching disposal of Parliament to the adoption of commitments and will continue it taking. +The *SP will continue struggling in the new European Parliament by a just statute, that have a transparent system of diets based in costs effected and, therefore, agrees with the proposals that the Council has made on this subject. +Is necessary to leave that protection systems develop it more effectively possible through market agents, and, simultaneously, it is necessary to procure that it keep confidence of citizens in the possibilities of the digital signature. +In view of situation difference, fears much more that the #others exploitation of his internal conflicts by #such or *cual of the countries members and, to remedy this danger, sees forced to be two times less transparent. +Have talked with persons on the subject and believe that society #would receive with satisfaction a greater capacity to act against the international delinquency and crime organised that crosses borders in proportions every time greater. +space, that arises linked to advance of the suppression of the called "inner borders" of the EU and to the strengthening of his "external borders", #can not transform to the EU in fortress. +repeats with frequency, *Señorías: progress only costs #if it is shared and *eso comports for *nosotros that in a world in constant mutation leave to take that *recaigan efforts and essential sacrifices on employees for afterwards take that the richest and the most powerful benefit *prioritariamente of the positive effects of said efforts and sacrifices. +His *provocador announcement situates in the frame of an authentic gangrene that #can not leave that it develop without reacting, #if we do not want to renounce *nosotros same to control #any of the economic and social development and, therefore, to the ambition to promote, in full *mundialización, a social model European. +carries the #sad -palm palm- *Renault, that, when clearing without *miramientos work places in *Nissan, satisfies to shareholders, even to risk to export to the *Japón the image more *detestable of *Europa, no without suppressing, of *carambola, varied thousands of places of work in the own European Union. +Even in the cases in that they exist right in the #european legislation, rights, for example, to be consulted with the owed *antelación on decisions of collective dismissals and other important changes that affect to lives of workers, the law do not fulfils or do not applies as it is had to. +This violent expression of contempt of employees and of life contradicts fundamentally the goals announced in *pro of employment, of the social and territorial cohesion and of the social model European. +has mentioned the banking sector, that is #one of the problems that go to have in front of *nosotros but, clear, *Europa has a big history and experience in restructurings, that begin from the textile and naval industry and get until the current industries. +No *escatimaremos efforts to convince to Congress of the importance that has the Treaty of total prohibition of the nuclear proofs for *nosotros, for States Joined and for the international efforts directed to the no proliferation. +irresponsibility has supposed a hard hit for #all the international efforts directed to prevent diffusion of arms and plants to the nuclear disarmament in front of a grave crisis. +But the entrance in vigour of this Treaty in the #EE.UU #would have subjected to pressure to regional nuclear powers to adhere to the Treaty. For example, Indian and *Pakistán, that are his regional balance of terror, or *Corea of the North or will Go, *Irak or #Israel. +suspicion that have precisely the emergent or regional powers of the *Tercer World that the Treaty of *Non *Proliferation serves in first line to the *aseguramiento of the nuclear reservations of the great and that discriminates to the small, obtains new wings like consequence of the failure of the Treaty on Nuclear Essays in the #EE.UU. +Wanted to say some words on #this and *centrarme later in brief in other two subjects that have dominated conversations: the application of the Association Agreement and Cooperation and enlargement of the European Union to the North. +These obstacles include certification and some requirements of excessive proofs, #as well as specific problems like the maintenance of taxes that have to pay the international aerial companies by *sobrevolar *Siberia. +posture of Group is that they no longer are sufficient the wishes and cabinet conversations, but that the economic help directed to *Rusia has to limit to the humanitarian help and to the of protection of the environment. +*Me have gathered recently with Subject Minister External *armenio to treat on worries by stability in the region *surcaucásica, and also to listen interests by *Chechenia and the *Cáucaso of the North. +knowledge system, the human emotions that only the *Artes and the Letters #can produce, culture in sum, find in it deeper of *aquello that Europeans have in common and, therefore, are the base of the #european citizenship. +To finalise example list, *me will refer to connection among *Larkhall in *Lanarkshire and program #french, in the that youngsters have collaborated in the construction of lane bike in the south of *Escocia. +Therefore, the reference to paper of family believe that it #would have to include in program Youth of the European Community, that aspires to analyse factors that boost or hamper the social integration of youngsters. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the one who wish to inform to know reason is well the Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector #would have to throw glimpse on index of edition of #IRIS, the juridical observatory, for example in September edition of 1999. +Understand that query of the publications of the Observatory, in particular yearbook and the juridical bulletin #Iris, is an usual practice of services of the Commission that occupy of audiovisual subjects. +In the Conference of Presidents celebrated fourteen days ago, Mr. *Prodi took upsetting precisely in that the EU has to work so that *Turquía fulfil the requirements of *Copenhague and also said that the EU has to open a political dialogue narrower with *Turquía. +In the first reading, the Commission *subscribió the amendments proposed by the Commission of Culture, thing that appreciate to speaker, directed to encourage the execution of preparatory actions. +Lady Speaker, following demonstrations of Mr. *Bourlanges, with the last amendment that have voted have gone further of the *márgenes of Category 3, which means that amendment that do not adjust to the recommendations of Budget Commission goes to *darnos serious problems. +Is necessary to be speaker to know until how point rhythm *infernal of this procedure disturbs the general life of the group of collaborators of the Secretariat of Budget Commission, and believe that it is necessary to be conscious of *ello. +Lo and behold, in #few words, a triple irregularity: no exist political parties Europeans; do not establishes any public contribution in favour and the Commission do not has right to prepare said statute, contrary to the Treaty. +Inside reduction logic generalised of credits awarded to help to development, the European Community is and has to continue being the main partner of the most disadvantaged countries. +(THE) So much the preliminary draft of the Commission as especially budget project of the EU for the exercise 2000 presented by the Council characterise by the strict austerity and by the drastic cuts, even in relation with it agreed in the Council of *Berlín. +Exists a clear need to trace a distinction among the subjects of direction organs, that are responsibility of the Table, and the subjects that *atañen to deputies, that are responsibility of Plenary. +This fact causes intense restlessness on the profusion of nuclear arms, on climbing *armamentística in determined regions of the world and on update of arms of massive destruction. +The last disclosures on the propagation of arms and nuclear heads to third countries that do not constitute nuclear powers, and, of course, with ignorance of villages, confer new and hair-raising dimensions to the danger of nuclear catastrophe. +Guarantee specifications of quality and security of the highest grade in the transport of dangerous commodities by railway has to be the main care of initiative legislative of the European Union in this sector. +To this *respecto wanted to manifest my gratitude to President of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, by obstinacy that puts in this subject, *confiriéndole place *prioritario in government program of the Commission. +To the remit the matter *substantiva of the regulation *IFOP to a regulation of application, the Commission took that fishing went the only sphere in the agricultural and structural sector that did not decide in the *primer semester of this year. +The opinion expressed on 30 September 1999 by *AFSSA, relative to the lifting of the prohibition of exports of bovine meat and bovine products *provenientes of Realm Joined, is *desfavorable because it bases in arguments related with scientific questions and of control. +The Agreement of #Florencia, to the that got State Bosses and of Government of the EU on 21 June 1996, establishes six previous conditions that Realm Joined has to fulfil before it raise the prohibition to export meat of bovine. +citizens #british expect that *Francia respect the #european legislation, and also expect that the European Commission act with decision to finish with the illegal prohibition of meat exports of bovine #british. +By the future of the European Union, by the future of unit in November conversations on the world-wide trade, that will celebrate in *Seattle, need that the two greater commercial partners Europeans resolve differences. +The French did not pose objections in May, *cuando the International Veterinary Organisation put in practice some less rigorous conditions that the planned by export program of the database. +subsidiariness imposes, as, the urgent need to recognise that States have the right to go against of harmonisation measure *cuando propose to adopt norms more protective in matter of public health, as also of environment. +Afterwards, some weeks later, the European Commission imposed the embargo and recognised that the #german States had had reason. Without embargo, the European Commission had, obviously, yielded to a political biology. +Consider, instead, that has to ask to the Commission and to the other competent community Institutions that inform on it made regarding #the same, so as to allow to Parliament formulate critical assessments that they are *propedéuticas of face to the improvement of the valid community legislation in the matter. +Regarding inspection, share the opinion of those who have expressed here wish that control level was similar in #all *Europa, alleging that no suffices with implant only a system of effective control in Big *Bretaña. +By #everything *ello, and expecting that, #such as it requests the report of Mr. *Cunha, the Commission inform to Parliament of the result of the application of this Protocol, Group, gentleman President, asks the approval of the Report *Cunha. +Gentleman President, the excellent report of Mr. *Cunha has deserved my full support, since it takes special upsetting in the principle of the sustainable performance that #can not be missing in fishing politics oriented to the future. +In his *dictamen, the Managerial Committee Scientist confirmed that no had need to examine the decision to raise the prohibition of meat exports of bovine of Realm Joined. +No *le seems that, in principle, the suitable measure in front of shoot of *EEB -and the path that #would have to have followed from the *primer moment, from optics of a preventive protection of consumers- #would have to be separation and sacrifice of herds infected? +It that it wanted to that Commissioner reiterated so only once again here and now, so that it remain totally clear, is his *convencimiento that delay goes to be of only days and that foresees that this process will have concluded, to more take, Tuesday of session period of *Estrasburgo and -to be possible- before. +strength like the of the Popular Party European-Democrat #can not agree with #this, because it aims to the free operation of the market that carries to the free distribution of incomes, especially from incomes of workers. +Inland revenue Ministers appear in front of the Commission of Economic Subjects of the European Parliament and the social speakers appear also in front of the European Parliament. +Without embargo, *me see forced to signal that the European Council of Colony delimited very clearly participants in dialogue properly said, and the Presidency #finnish did not has more remedy that fulfil this limitation. +These three proposals -the agreement, the directive on the labour day of persons of the sea and the Agreement of the *OIT- go to go in in vigour to time, around the middle of the year 2002. +In the first place, concerning workers, exclusion of the independent workers of the definition will subject to group to rigours without palliative of the original directive on the labour day. +His labour modalities depend of factors out of control, #such as the climatological conditions and movements of fishes, by it that results difficult to imagine how #can apply limitations of the labour day in this sector. +Ladies and gentlemen deputies, believe that the most important subject and more difficult for the group of conciliation, to get to *algún result, goes to be the problem of the directive on doctors, on the that have talked previously. +respects article of the previous directive, according to the *cual fishermen that work by own account are subject to the national legislations regarding permissions and to the election of work conditions. +#This will apply especially to the improvement of the environmental protection and to limitation of the negative effects of growth and of urbanisation in the welfare of village #chinese. +By means of the scientific and technological cooperation also will be possible to promote the *aprovechamiento of the enormous natural resources of part *noroccidental of *Rusia, the *cuales will have a big importance in the future economic development, so much of *Rusia as of the Union. +The fault of clarity in the nuclear field and restlessness in front of this subject #would be really sufficient to formulate reservation and say, for example, that want that agreements conclude to time. +With regard to other possible cooperations, have to follow a logical order of priorities, beginning, as it has proposed, by the countries members of the quoted area, is to say, *Paraguay, *Uruguay, *Brasil and Argentinian, and continuing by countries associated -*Chile, *Bolivia, etc.-, with the *cuales, as #all know, the European Union finds in conversation stage for association *interregional. +Announcements in exhibition hall in the that they mention data of #all car models that sell in #the same. Likewise, have to mention fuel consumption and CO2 broadcasts *cuando take advertising on the new cars, also. +A second point to the that has to loan attention in the review is that Parliament requested that the directive also out of application in the case of cars of *segunda hand, of director cars and of vehicles with permission of circulation of day. +While in *Bonn #others try to evade responsibility and deny to reduce CO2 broadcasts, *nosotros adopt effective instruments, adopt legislative disposals and offer to consumer the possibility to reduce personally CO2 broadcasts +The possibilities that involves this approach so only finish to begin to appear in the field quickly *cambiante of the electronic trade, for example in relation with the resolution procedures of conflicts in line. +The national markets of the countries candidates will have to integrate in the community without shaken and, in consequence, will be necessary to foresee, in case, transitory measures by #if said countries were not prepared; without embargo, our goal has to be the of *ayudarles to be prepared from the following day to the of adhesion. +Likewise, term that finalises Thursday of the previous week to the week in that it transacts the question, since the questions transact Tuesday, supposes at all less that eight working days, which exceeds of any interpretation. +The opinion of the Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects and of Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities find added to this Report *nº 2 of the agenda of today. +. (*SV) Gentleman President, lines guidelines of employment for the year 1999 take upsetting in that the ideas on equality of opportunities for men and women have to form part of #all the action plans and measures that propose in the field of the four *pilares of employment strategy of the EU. +The fact that conditions are complicated remains shown because with frequency agreement and convergence in these goals #can finish by *desmoronarse to hour to define therapies, performance strategies. +No *me seems, without embargo, that the Committee of the Regions take part in the assessment of performances of States with a view to tackle politics of employment to scale local that entrust, frequent and exclusively, to activism and to the will of the social speakers. +So that I believe that they have to be more diligent in the Commission so that, as it says in my country, "no *le give cat by hare" and to see #if, at last, in the year 2000 have criteria and levels to measure *cualitativamente and no only *cuantitativamente our goals, means and our results. +Of course, fits to criticise politics followed until here, especially actions *nos lacking tenacity, *nos is missing to struggle against exclusion of workers of more age, and are that in #all States members, even in *Suecia, women do not take part the same that men in the productive field. +Gentleman President, the proposal of the relative Commission to lines guidelines for employment politics in the year 2000 do not introduces novelty with regard to the previous documents. +The fact to recognise it do not supposes to delete competitions of States members, but sustain that, in a more wide and coherent vision of the problematic occupational, #can act with greater efficiency to resolve #one of the greater problems of time. +Besides, approximation of the economic politics of the countries of the zone of the euro, derived of the common monetary politics, makes possible research of the best models, or was, the called *bench-*marking. +Gentleman President, the report of Mr. *Menrad *me seems very correct *cuando assigns to modernisation of work a fundamental paper to increase productivity, competitiveness and, therefore, employment. +Lady Speaker, wanted to inform to his *Señorías that in fact has suppressed practically article 51 of the Regulation that allows to deputies sign statements written that, in the case that they had been subscribed by the majority of deputies, transmit to the Institutions mentioned in the own statements. +since *me *opongo by principle to fixation of dip quantitative in employment strategy have not given backrest to the goal to reduce remuneration differences in a determined percentage inside five years (amendment 22). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to examine the definite project of agenda established, of compliance with article 110 of the Regulation, by the Conference of Presidents (in the meeting of Thursday 11 November). +The ministries of environment have taken very to chest the proposal of parliament and now is #ours to have to demand to industry an equal attitude of firm in relation to nitrogen broadcasts. +Have taken great progresses in the last years, regarding the solution of these problems, for example with the systems installed in cars that already have visited 80.000 kilometres and manufactured takes more of five years, to control the length of squad *anticontaminación. +Gentleman President, in my intervention wanted to underline the fundamental paper exerted by the European Parliament, in particular by Right Commission of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, in plough to debate today, expect, the definite approval of program. +Had a very deep debate with the executive Commission especially regarding modification of the juridical foundation and, therefore, to the reduction that have discerned in the proposal in comparison with the proposal *originaria. +For example, is not violence force to women, to family mothers, to fulfil nocturnal turns in production chains for *rentabilizar better machines and increase the benefits of shareholders? +Gentleman President, want to give the thanks to Mrs. *Avilés by this report, as it has put in hands a tool more to proceed against violence exerted on women and boys, but also, especially, to show how and where takes place violence. +The Commission already is the initiative *Daphne to combat violence against teenagers and boys, and to #this will follow, as we have seen in the previous debate, program *Daphne 2000-2003. +States members, in the next review of the Treaties have to adopt a clear legal base on the Treaties of the EU to favour the interests of boy. +And in place of the solutions *ortopédicas or *represivas, #would be moment to prefer the preventive solutions, that believe a different familiar context, it that #would allow finally avert individual and social suffering useless and practise a true politics of insertion and of socialisation from the birth. +Believe that the suitable forum for the debate of the perspectives of consecration of a fundamental right of boys has to be #the same that for the Letter of the fundamental rights. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the oral question (*B5-0034\/1999) of Mr. *Rocard, in name of Employment Commission and Social Subjects, on information and query of workers of the European Union. +The European Parliament has approved a series of amendments oriented first of all to specify modalities and the definition of information and query, especially regarding moment in that information has to be transmitted. +With #everything, *me seems that the attempt of *instrumentalizar also in Plenary a political battle that the left is in #Italia against parity of the educational system is absurd and incompatible with works of Parliament. +The speaker applies some questionable criteria, for example accuse to the Commission of having limited to apply the guidelines of the Council. +In report, Mrs. *Haug takes well in checking the arbitrary changes introduced *subrepticiamente by the Commission by means of a mathematical operation relative to the maximum limit of own resources. +Characteristic of this reinforcement is the preventive character of measures proposed, that expresses a new conception and materialises in a parallel increase of management powers of the European Commission. +Go to go in in some very difficult negotiations and in the frame of negotiations float again in the air some figures of the that #all are not so convinced that they are really a suitable base. +Now that the sustainable development is a goal of the treaty, also #would be logical that incorporated an articulate on energy in the Treaty that facilitate an integral approach of energy and the environment. +The amendment 3 signals that with the application of the nuclear energy, apart from a possible reduction of CO2, go in in game other environmental effects, as they are storage of the radioactive waste. +Until week past, the Commission was had to present a proposal of new community directive that #would establish drastic limitations to the diets of national helps to the renewable energies. +To face up to these challenges and win contradictions, precise, as, very fast, #one *concertación to #all levels, in States and with the countries candidates, adhere to the countries candidates to the European Union and work in the context of the *Quinto Programs Frame. +In the summit of *Helsinki, that will celebrate in December, Government Bosses will tackle the subject of integration of the environment and of the durable development in different sectorial politics, and of special way energy. +*Me surprises even more the fact that transports by road remain excluded of the field of application of the Directive that limits work time and reservations manifested on this subject regarding workers "*off-*shore". +Share also the criterion of *Wallis, Group colleague, in the sense that we have to follow advancing, by part, supporting amendments and, by #another, expect that Commissioner discover new possibilities of advance in this matter to the light of the Summit of *Tampere., Take like example the *litigios by foods. +#would Be easy, for the Court of Justice, contribute a definition to the notion of parental responsibility independently of the existence of a common matrimonial right, it that do not wishes, neither foresees at present? +No fits doubt that *subsistirán important problems, especially the subject of disparity of the applicable rights to divorce and to consequences, but this regulation is only #one first stage and congratulate to the speaker by this initiative. +Also suit in that, in the case of countries that depend to a large extent of the nuclear head offices for electricity and energy, is essential that *escalone the execution of closing programs to end to give time so that it have of substitutive capacity. +Signalled that, #if there #be derogation that *nos allow to set up fulfillment of commitments contracted in May of 1998, #would reach a global attack against property expropriation, no only in Tub, #where May agreement of 1998 received attacks very strong. +Is of interest for #all that it have derogation of the Title 4, is of interest for #all, included the possible investors, that no have a commercial difference that no only frightens off investment, but that, besides, poisons our global relations. +Have to say that *me inspires confidence that #Sergio Scallop of *Mello go to be administrator of Nations Joined in *Timor Oriental: is person with the that worked closely in my previous charge, in *Hong *Kong, to tackle the problem of refugees and of the illegal immigrants. +In directive valid #can find #all the instruments for a correct management of nitrogen in the fields and in the hydrographic basins, in what it apply adequately in #all the agriculture zones and *ganadería intensive of *Europa. +So that they are not necessary new provisional directives neither the review of the valid; it that takes fault is to increase pressures to reach his effective application in the vulnerable zones and in level of exploitations *agropecuarias. +For the #others seven countries, among the that it finds #Italia, *nos remains, from the proposals received in my services, for verifying, country by country, that zone map proposed correspond sure enough to the group of the criteria of the Regulation of the Structural Bottoms. +As always, permission demanded determined commitments by part of company, commitments allocated to guarantee the real recovery of company and to reduce the repercussions in competition and inside the only market. +Gentleman President, the Commission knows perfectly the importance that has reform of the systems of social security of the countries candidates in the context of adhesion to the EU. +. Lady Speaker, *Señorías, is a big pleasure for me and a big honour appear in front of Plenary of Parliament in my new quality of General Secretary of the Council and High Representative of the Union for the External Politics and of Common Security. +request, regarding questions of human rights, has obtained an answer that *me *atrevería to describe of *alentadora, with confirmation that they have *cursado invitations to the no governmental organisations active in the field of the human rights so that they visit *Argelia. +Create, lady Speaker, *Señorías, that the debate of Monday revealed likewise that ministers wish that the Union endow of the suitable means to evaluate the crisis and have of procedures also suitable and clear for the taking of decisions in case that it was necessary to act. +But the Commission yes has means and the necessary experience to make an important contribution to the no military dimension of security. +Want to appreciate likewise to presidents of the Groups the agreement reached Thursday of the past week so as to that the European Commission, represented in occasion by #Chris *Patten, also #can take part in the session of today. +By #this affirm that the Assembly of the Western European Union, that has fulfilled an important paper in the past, has to transfer these tasks to the European Parliament chosen by direct suffrage. +Said #this, want *recalcar again - and fortunately already have taken it orators - that, in my opinion, strength of the European Union resides or #would have to reside in the management of the crisis and in conflict prevention. +This position is so surprising that *me ask #if *algún Minister has read the amendment and data, because #this results totally incomprehensible. Unless it was not truth the that #some suspect, #this is, that this position *moralista and *rigorista serves to take out of difficulties to #some great powers no especially interested by moratorium proposal. +Of course, like Europeans do not propose any additional army, capacity of autonomous action of the EU will limit mainly to the process of taking of political decisions. +#Can really *permitirnos strategic and financially endowment by duplicate of personnel and committees, the proliferation of #european strengths and waste and confusion to subject to strengths armed to two operative doctrines and diets of distinct planning? +Unless we correct look, #all the subject of the External Politics and of Common Security and of defence identity #european will not happen to be fantasy. +*Cuando begin to *ocuparnos of the crisis of *Bosnia had development in the military planning, in the deployment of strengths -remember that they deployed 60.000 soldiers in *Bosnia-, that was very by in front of the of the civil planning that it #would be necessary to have made. +Among #this figure, for example, the principle of caution, the need that #this define clearly, to be able to have a definition in line of the that adopted in the Conference of River on the Environment and Development. +Is necessary to improve transparency of said procedure, with the *cual have had repeatedly difficulties in the past, and #many of conflicts have been related with looks of the environmental politics, the protection of consumer and the protection of animals. +It that, for example, #can not repeat is that the #european restrictions to export are classified in the "green box" and, therefore, have to reduce in six years and credits #american to export, that have nature exactly, are not subjects to *imposición *restrictiva #any. +The opinion of the Commission of Social Subjects and Employment is unanimous: is necessary to support very especially integration in the world-wide economy of States that fulfil the social and environmental norms fundamental. +. -. (*FR) program *Daphne, #all *nosotros, deputies, have wished it, but also #all the organisations, the no governmental and #others, and associations that work in the delicate field of violence against boys, teenagers and women. +#If we created a #european tax, the Council will lose little by little means of resistance and go to give a decisive advantage to the institutions that look for an increase of the budget. +have increased the retentions until the 25 percent to end to compensate so much to *Bélgica as to the Low Countries by charge by costs that proceeded of the progressive replacement of the contribution of VAT by the contribution of the *PNB. +Second, the majority of persons (and believe that it is also the case in #all the European Union) recognise that it #would be a historical error begin the next century blocking to *Rusia of the #european subjects as we took to beginnings of this century. +Finally wanted to say that Mr. *Ivanov has suggested in conversations *conmigo that it #can be of utility an intensification of contacts among the European Parliament and the *Duma, included perhaps a visit to *Moscú of a group of representatives of his *Señorías. +Gentleman President, the last weeks have shown, #such as it finishes to expose orator that *me has preceded, that dimensions of conflict of the *Cáucaso are, in fact, considerable wider and #this extends also to the group of the zone of the sea *Caspio. +In this context, poses a debate and also a *interrogante of another totally distinct order. The European Parliament always has left clear in #all resolutions that *Chechenia forms part of the Russian Federation. +*Yo do not finish to comprise how is possible that a supposed Minister of External Subjects *autodesignado of *Chechenia, that of compliance with the international Right #can not exist, keep an official conversation with Speaker of the European Parliament. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, gentleman Commissioner, the Liberal Group adopts a positive posture concerning the relative agreement to the reduction of the bilateral commercial barriers that reached Sunday Chinese and States Joined. +#This do not involves that we are in presence of the perfect market and, precisely by #this, knowing benefits and degenerations, have to treat, through agreements like the proposed by the World-wide Organisation of Trade, to create norms and rules with the end of *protegernos of excess type. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, in an increasingly interdependent world, in the that the problems that *nos affect #be to have causes in #ours *antípodas, are forced to work together with the countries to manage adequately resources of the planet, respecting some rules that are common to #all. +But, #can not occur instead that diet strengthen by means of an economic growth that will benefit to the urban minorities but that will create *decenas of millions of new unemployed, without social security, *cuando dismantle brutally the state factories and simultaneously millions of peasants go to unemployment by the new competition in agricultural matter? +Second is precise to confine to the *OMC, limit of strict form paper and keep out of competition field sectors that put in game the same identity of societies and that they have to continue depending of sovereignty of citizens and of institutions chosen. +And, from sight point, reaffirm here respect need of the environmental questions, respect of consumer, respect of the human rights and the social rights. +Finally, stake is not trade without rules, but to the contrary, act of way that the formidable growth of trade serve to the durable development of #all and no to enrichment *predador of the strongest. +Owe *ocuparnos that it have spot for the social and ecological looks and for a gradual participation and directed of the countries of the *Tercer World in the world-wide economy in a world with a commercial traffic liberalised. +approval will be a clear signal regarding partners, that confirms that the European Union will not conform with approach *minimalista, oriented only to an improvement of access to the market in #some sectors. +The risk of paralysis of the legislative organs -the Council and Parliament- and of *inoperatividad of the Commission to apply legislation is a fundamental problem. +administration of fine justice and to time constitutes, after all, an essential part of #all Been of Right, and have to procure that in the European Union the essence of the procedure *prejudicial and the juridical protection general continue being guaranteed. +Other proposals that have suggested, #such as the request that the European Parliament take part in the election of judges and that competition of the Court of Justice has to extend to the called *tercer *pilar, are studied. +Finally, it is necessary to reach the introduction of a clear hierarchy of the juridical norms that allow a precise separation among #all the different legislative decisions and the decisions of application. +Alas, neither the two speakers neither the Commission of Institutional Subjects have wanted to accept the amendments of the Commission of relative Industry to the energetic politics and to the *Euratom. +#This is already a firm point that #all will have to take into account. Parliament and the Commission move in direction and are equally convinced that the Conference *Intergubernamental do not has to mark horizon limited, approach *reductivo, diary reduced. +Nobody #can neglect strengthening problems of the *Europa political and of institutional change that *nos have posed the birth of the euro and of the Central Bank European, the lesson of *Kosovo, the extended aspiration to space guaranteed of security and of justice, disenchantment of *demasiados citizen constituents. +As it has remembered president of our Commission, Mr. *Napolitano, no treats to resolve among maximalists and *minimalistas, it will be necessary to be perfectionist, without leaving to be progressive, regarding the future development of the European Union. +At the side of hit of the Monetary Union -*innegable- is necessary to advance also in the Political Union and in fields that expand competitions of the European Union to avert the existent asymmetries; *yo #would say the *clamorosas existent asymmetries. +The current method is quite exhausted but, anyway, #would be indispensable that the Council engaged to take into account the proposals that take in moment the Commission and Parliament of suitable way. +In this sense *me add to it that finishes to say . #would Have to include a review procedure less strict for the *segunda splits of the new configuration of the Treaties, in addition to incorporating a clause on cooperation reinforced in a *Europa of 27 or 30 countries. +In 1999, production grew with regard to the previous year more of the 100 by one hundred and has reached the greater volume of #all times, that estimates in some 4600 tonnes, and, in part, #this is consequence of the remarkable increase of the surface devoted to crop of opium. +As it already has said the author of the question, activities in *Afganistán see hampered by the wide base of the government of the country, and, therefore, by the fault of a suitable partner that deserve credibility. +Wanted to ask to President in exercise of the Council that *me confirm #if information relative to how country voted in how felt do not facilitates *cuando the Council issues press communiqués at the end of meeting of the Council. +According to the general program of the Regulation of the Council 793\/93 on assessment and control of the risks of existent substances, at present there are three #fireproof products with bromine that are. +Other specific questions that formulate in this matter also will be of competition of the Commission, that like manager of the community politics, has the tools and the necessary information to give reliable answers and updated. +Of compliance with article 112 of the Regulation, the Group of the European Socialists and the Group of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers *me have requested the application of urgency procedure. +article 112 of Regulation remits to section 1 of article 60: "urgency of the debate of a proposal that was object of query to Parliament, according to section 1 of article 60...". +Had explains that the report of Mr. *Napolitano refers to a text of legislative character, believe that *nos situate in the frame of section 1 of article 60, to the that remits article 112 of the Regulation. +Step to the minimum norms. control politics like the that proposes here only is acceptable #if #all the countries apply some minimum norms in it that to the processing of asylum appeals refers. +No exists any elementary norm of juridical security regarding register procedure and to access to transmission of data of the that have States members and the Commission. +#Everything *ello *me carries to think that #some pretend to use the system *Eurodac maybe no exclusively but yes mainly to designate to a Been responsible member, that will have to load with the consequences of fraud in matter of illegal immigration and asylum, and do not seem to have interest in preventing this type of fraud. +Is important that comprise that, to time that promote prevention politics with goals on a long-term basis, will have to exert politics with goals more in the short term, as they are politics directed to repression of drug trafficking and to therapy and rehabilitation of the *drogodependientes, of luck that contribute to that prevention finish succeeding, or, at least, to that the situation stabilise. +By it that refers to the reduction of demand, programs and the preventive measures for boys and young, instead of centring exclusively in the illegal drugs, #would have to treat of addiction in general, with inclusion of looks of alcohol consumption and tobacco. +Finally, the *OLAF do not tackles the causes of corruption, that reside in the suppression of the national borders, it that allows that money of drug circulate freely, #as well as fraud and the financial delinquency. +Second, has awarded to the Commission a mandate of global negotiations regarding #all a series of questions, #some of the *cuales are of community competition, but #others, like services or investments, are clearly of national competition. +In any case, will be attentive to way in that the Commission negotiates, and although the tone of this report amended *nos seem still too much liberal, *nosotros, the Greens, *nos will convert in the more *encarnizados defenders of said text, #if Commissioner *Lamy descended underneath of the recommendations that here have taken. +But believe that #one of the most important facts in #day of this new round, and that the distinguishes of the previous, is irruption of the civil society, of the *ONG and of the international public opinion in the debate. +Is of doubt, on the other hand, of #where arises worry: the fact that, by not ending in point, are forced to not respecting commitments very ancient regarding the countries in roads of development, and especially in front of the countries *ACP, to the *cuales the agreements of *Lomé *nos link from twenty years ago. +But is evident that bear *eso there are roads, very distinct of the current and of the that trace, it that introduces in the agenda the need of a relative moratorium to negotiations on the international commercial relations. +On the other hand, nobody prevents to the countries in roads of development that carry out a suitable agricultural politics. Is to say, #can avert or reduce import of these cheap products that prejudice his own agriculture by means of exaction fixation to import. +The #european agriculture has suffered, during the years of the Round *Uruguay, the greater decrease of active population that have known never, it that has caused a true *desorganización of the rural world. +For the neutral states and no ranged the tasks of *Petersberg involve the possibility to take part in conflicts and in the handle of crisis and, by reason, there #be not reason to integrate totally to the *UEO in the European Union. +Like this, the protection of the fundamental rights of persons that it treat demands that it do not advance to the creation of a central system of control of personal data, as, by principle, #any of persons #can be treated like individual criminal or suspicious to be it. +The risk of a nuclear war *desatada by mistake was #one of reasons of the proposal of the Commission of *Camberra in the sense that the nuclear arms have to be prepared for his immediate use. +#Ours *segunda requirement to diminish the risk of nuclear war was that #all the nuclear arms #would have to disassemble of devices that the transport, to give like this sufficient time to the serious political negotiations. +Although element of the systems determinants for security result affected, systems, specifically #that that transmit information to operator, #can see affected and failure #can put in danger indirectly the nuclear security, when overloading to operators, as it has signalled. +In the first place, because they still exist *atropellos to the human dignity and to the human rights of the *timorenses that find refugees in zones of *Timor, in particular in *Timor western and that wish to return to *Timor Oriental and is necessary that the authorities of Indonesian facilitate urgently the humanitarian action, in particular of the no governmental organisations. +Already there #be an approximate calculation of reconstruction costs -250 millions of euros, in three years- and day 17 December will celebrate a conference of donors. +owes simple and *llanamente to that *nos concentrate in the economic help and *nos forget of the fundamental things like the exercise of tolerance, the exercise of democracy and support in the social field. +For *nosotros, the abolition of death pity is an intrinsic element of politics in matter of human rights, whereas for countries said question - #this is, at least, thesis - *incumbe exclusively to the criminal subjects. +Believe that the Commission and, with *ella, #all the European Union has taken to know, clearly, from the principle, that *nosotros condemned type of ethnic violence, without matter the one who went author and victim. +Now well, in this resolution *nos refer to an independent investigation, which *nos allows to express wish that parts involved and, therefore, the Government of *Burundi no limit to explain version of it occurred but that, apart from *eso, go out to the surface the facts. +Gentleman President, Mr. Commissioner, colleagues, have worked in *Ruanda and know the country from 1984, have been born in *Tanzanía and have lived in the country years, and talk the main #african language of the region of the Great Lakes of *África. Believe that I #can say, therefore, that talk of this question with experience and with knowledge of cause. +is not possible any national reconciliation without a true judicial treatment of this question, and #this *atañe so much to the #rwandan national justice as to the International Penal Court for *Rwanda. +*Nosotros consider that the complete resumption of cooperation saves relation with the results of the peace process, #as well as with instauration of a political and constitutional frame that conduct, finally, to democratisation. +The attempt to show that the current prime minister, *Sharif, takes part in a criminal conspiracy and has created nepotism system #can not convert in process simulation. +While *Pakistán do not gather #all the necessary conditions for the urgent and indispensable economic reforms, social and human will not be able to recover quality of member of the *Commonwealth neither will be able to benefit of cooperation agreement with the European Union. +First: #all *nosotros, progressive or conservative of Plenary, have to have clear, and believe that we have it, that the approach of drug politics has to split always of a budget: the *drogodependientes do not need by principle of pity and persecution, but of help and of support. +The past week, President of the Commission signalled that it has developed in breast of the Union a "inner market for drug traffic". +The main problem of my report rooted in that to measure that passed work went taking more evident that the European Bank of Investments in it that concerns to the modern management of companies, to transparency and to work publicly finds certainly delayed. +In May of 1999, my predecessor, Mr. *Blak, Vice-president of the Commission of Budgetary Control, formulated 26 concrete questions about presumptive frauds, bad management, corruption and cover-up -have said "cover-up" -in activities of the Bank, operations of box included, along the period 1993-1998. +#can not follow reducing the "social costs" to fulfil with the criteria imposed to the national budgets by the Stability Pact, while they repeat beautiful words of social support that afterwards do not materialise in practice. +Precisely in this field the #european dockyards means have developed a very rich inventiveness, but investigation and development, and no only production and the acquisition, require money, and here is #where take part subventions. +From 1997, *Corean-*Gaz restricts biddings for fuselage construction *metaneros to the #korean dockyards, it that constitutes equally, in my opinion, rape of the international rules of liberalisation of the public agreements. +The European Union, gentleman Commissioner, with #all the political means, economic, financial and commercial to scope, has to take cost the international norms and put brake, once and for all, to the *dumping #korean, because the #european sector #can be viable in a loyal competitive surroundings. +States Joined, that present with propaganda image like champions of the *librecambismo, of the free market, only have this position for it that *les interests: for the audiovisual sector, for the sector *agroalimentario, for #everything it that *les interests. +Is a tragedy ascertain that still in the European Union there are defenceless citizens in front of the sectarian violence of #one #few, having to pay a very high price for keeping in convictions in front of the terrorist blackmail. +*Ojalá that enjoy during years and decades of a democratic politics in *Irlanda of the North and *le pray, lady Speaker and also through colleague here present #Jim *Nicholson, to the one who include in leadership of *Irlanda of the North, that transmit the best wishes of Parliament to #all *ellos. +Today occupy knowingly seat of #John *Hume, because like winner of Prize *Nobel of Parliament and because it has devoted #all life to guarantee the peace process, believe that it is important that *le honour since it finds *convaleciente in house of *Irlanda of the North. +Want to, in the first place, congratulate to rulers, to the political parties, to intermediaries and especially to village #british and to village of *Irlanda by peace path that have found, yielding #all in postures *originarias. +is not possible to allow to the representative of a big Group talk during three minutes and not conceding the use of the word to representative of a small Group, although we do not agree with *él and although it hurt it that goes to say. +Lady Speaker, as *usted will comprise, in these two planes, the world-wide and European, from the next year go to take of the anti-doping fight spear tip of politics sportive. +Second, exist the questions that of *ello derive as, for example, the fact that enlargement *repercutirá in the Institutions and in #all the #european organs like the Court of Justice and, definitely, also in Plenary that, to measure that go *ingresando new members, will have to prepare to receive until 700 and no more of 700 representatives. +The majority of the Group says: #if *Turquía happens to be member of the European Union, the Union -and is *algo that we have to have clear- will experience a qualitative change from the point of political sight, economic and cultural. +#One *CIG that do not amend mood to review the Treaties in the future and allow that the political sectors the weaken #would loom with paralysing the Union *cuando #this try *modernizarse after adhesion of the new States members. +And a Union that fears to reinforce his liberal character and member of parliament will be a little attractive Union for States members that incorporate and a little reliable speaker in the world-wide panorama. +To trial, it #would be necessary to consider models of distinct grade of adhesion and it #would be necessary to aspire to a concentric Union, in the that it had a core of Federal State and an external circle less integrated. +Remains for taking note that in the summit of *Helsinki will define with more precision politics of the European Union in his #nordic dimension and, thanks to *ello, will be able to reinforce the instruments for stability and security of *Europa of the North. +defence of democracy and the fight against the extremist movements split of the base of the social justice, it that means, among things, that it is necessary to finish with unemployment. +Today are to a historical minimum inside the brief history of the euro, and believe that the European Council of *Helsinki #would have to consecrate *algún space to the subject of the external representation of the zone euro. +am not at all of agreement: treats of a Summit of extraordinary importance that have prepared -Parliament, the Commission and the Presidency in exercise of the Council- with great care, with strength, and the challenge of enlargement is a historical challenge, #whose importance is crucial. +Split *ciñéndonos to the document presenting previously, with strong proposals and also with spirit that, after enlargement, will pose for real the problem to define with care, with attention and with a very wide debate the that they are the limits and nature of *Europa. +Exist agreements that #can conduct to closing strategy of head offices that offer security and that to time leave to these countries the possibility to surpass problems of realistic way and shared. +For example, #can take in have more detail in the future the questions related with the political asylum and with refugees, since *ello encloses a transcendental factor from sight point of the human rights. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam and disposals on the human rights that finish to go in in vigour improve performance possibilities of the EU to promote the human rights. +But the publication of this document *me incites to put the watches in the next future, the editorial of a Letter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. +needs more concretion and development and some deeper analyses. Parliament will go back on this subject with a report that will vote in March of the next year and that will have the honour to be speaker. +The Council has to have the political value to loan more attention to the internal situation of the human rights in the EU in the next annual report. +Likewise, are expression of the #christian values that during two one thousand years have constituted an indispensable part of the *acervo cultural and spiritual European and that, in front of the new #millenium, are a glorious base to continue the fight in favour of the human rights. +In relation with the important process of enlargement eastwards, the requirements on suspension and back abolition of death pity have influenced, so much in the ethical concepts as in legislations, to improve life, even in our own continent. +To #that *respecto, the forum #whose creation asked Parliament #would have to exert an important paper; will be able to support in the already existent structures, in particular in the Economic and Social Committee of the European Community. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, once again, #few weeks after the debate on the extension of program #Socrates to youth #turkish, Parliament goes back to occupy of the controversial question of relations among the European Union and *Turquía. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *yo want to manifest, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European (*Demócratacristianos)\/European Democrats, that the present proposal of directive constitutes a new contribution to the construction of the #european politics in favour of the quality of the air. +development of the managerial frame on the quality of the air acclimatise foresees the adoption of derivative directives for a series of harmful substances. +The requirements established by the European Commission and the amendments of the Environment Commission, Public Health and Politics of Consumer that the expand are very demanding from sight point. +A *tercer goal of the Directive Mark on the Quality of the Air, #as well as of the present proposal is to guarantee that States members evaluate the quality of the air of way coherent and comparable. +Therefore we propose the following new editorial: "In the reports of the years in that they will have to fulfil the partial goals and finals will mention #if decreases obey to technological measures adopted by manufacturers or #if they exist factors, #such like changes in behaviour of consumers." +Said #this, there are things that yes #can take to #european level, among the that includes change of culture, culture of place of work and culture of life mood. +#Such as the speaker signalled in intervention and in the report, the amendments to the Annexes 3 and 4 of the agreement on the half marine in the sea *Báltico already have been approved and will go in in vigour inside month. +Therefore, States members have to can define without bureaucratic fetters the selection criteria of reproduction material, as at all it #would be so *nefasto like some consequences *ulteriores that prejudiced to the group of the forest reservations. +The external quality of plant has a strong impact, no only in the percentage of plants that survive, that #can happen of the 85% to the 20%, but also in the future development in the extremely hard conditions of transplantation in this climate. +The possibility to effect the change of brusque form *nos continues resulting attractive, but no #all States members are convinced. Of here that we take a call so that the periods of parallel circulation are, in any case, minima. +The introduction of the euro has to result simple for citizens and consumers, minimising the problems that affect to particular communities and taking all it possible so that the introduction of the euro produce without problems in regions more moved away. +The present proposal for a Regulation of the Council contains changes regarding the area and to the calendar of restrictions designed to protect the spawn of herrings of the Bank #Douglas in the Sea of *Irlanda. +treats and treated of procurement of the #european market with fish and of production allocated to export with the end to conserve the direct and indirect places of work in the sea and in earth. +Regarding information to consumers, am fully in accordance with the Commission *cuando proposes the obligation of labeling that indicate denomination of species, capture and capture zone. +In this frame, the regulation of offer and demand of products *pesqueros has to answer to a double consideration: attend the needs of consumers and preserve development of the sector *pesquero own. +regulation has adapted to *ellas, and it is necessary to consider this report like a supplementary stage in the construction of organisation balanced among production and the management of resources *pesqueros. +Thus I want to recommend postponement of the processing of point until the #turkish Parliament have shown will to respect the fundamental human rights in *Turquía. +This Assembly has pronounced in favour of more right humans, in *pro of respect to the rights of minorities, in favour of the improvement in relations among *Turquía and #Grecia, in *pro of a solution of the #cypriot question. +In *primer term, although it have effected a big campaign of promotion of the euro, especially in moment of launching, although now it was *jurídicamente in vigour and know even #some setbacks *candentes in the international markets, citizens seem to have forgotten entirely existence. +Wanted to give the thanks to colleagues #italian that have put this wonderful *belén in front of the entrance of Plenary Hall and want to ask to #all the colleagues that contemplate piece of #european culture. +Thanks to the #arab world, thanks to the #arab culture, *Europa nowadays has all it that it is the #greek inheritance; thanks to the #arab world, has all it that it is recognition of the #greek culture. +Want that Parliament take a call to the Commission so that it study this subject for the first time from the perspective of the European Union and reestablish the civil right plenaries and politicians of families. +*Me imagine that, #if Mr. *Swoboda and mates had known that subject relative to *Nicaragua #can appear in the agenda, #would have voted of different form on the relative proposal to the political prisoners in *Djibouti. +This positive experience reinforces my conviction that it has to follow having a narrower participation of the European Parliament in the formulation of the common commercial politics. +#One on bottom, trying build alliances and preserve support in *pro of a wide approach of the round and #another on form, the institutional plan and the procedures, to establish it that will need along the next negotiations. +Of course, have the agreements of *Marrakesh and are not forced to obtain a result, but is necessary that remain watchdogs so that the agreements by separate on agriculture and services do not take to go in by the window it that we have expelled by the door. +Agree with Mr. *Staes in that the report is not the best reading bear before sleeping, and felt a big worry *cuando began to turn off the lights, although the brave intervention of Mr. *Dell'#Alba put remedy to the situation. +By reason goes directed my special gratitude to the speaker, Mrs. *Pack and to Mrs. Commissioner *Reding those who jointly with the Conciliation committee *le have started to the Council 300 millions of euros. +In deputy quality that represents to the greater part of the #irish region of *Gaeltacht of speech #irish, *me pleases to ascertain that program includes tongue #irish, that is #one of tongues of the Treaty. +has achieved that a review clause allow that to more take in the year 2004 reconsider the derivative financial consequences of the future adhesion of countries candidates to adhesion and that have to present a report by part of the Commission. +The quality of work is known, especially for the that from takes time occupy seats in Parliament, and besides no treats of his *primer inform on #Socrates that, in mood, is son #his, as it was speaker already in 1994 of program #Socrates *I, and also of the budgetary review in 1997. +All #this thanks to that there are men and intelligent women that, simply, have comprised that we will not build the *Europa of morning without the contribution of youngsters that have had occasion to know cultures, other educational systems. +The only difference resides in that the victim of accident, following this example the French, do not has to direct directly to the #italian insurer in #Italia, but to the representative of the #italian insurer in *Francia. +But also, and especially, link to the regulation foreseen hope that with *ello, before or afterwards, go to achieve make an essential contribution to transport politics of the new Union, better, more efficient and also more human and ecologically viable. +In the European Union have to help to the *Tercer World and to the countries in development to implant quickly new technologies that do not damage ozone coat and to not using chemical products that exhaust ozone coat. +The gradual prohibition of the *HCFC, requested in the amendment, together with the deep reasons of scientific character, recognises likewise social reasons, because persons run the risk of losing work place. +The Commission #can not accept the amendments 2 and 10 because they #would bring achieve the first reductions of production and utilisation of bromide of methyl in some too much early dates to be realistic - on 1 January 2000 and on 1 January 2001 respectively. +#If *eso is like this, are of quantities really very small and are varied members of the commission the that believe that, fundamentally, this proposal that analyse tonight is not applicable and that it is a new case in that the European Commission has created *algo that seems good, but that in reality do not works in practice. +*Me had enjoyed to know tonight time that even goes to last this compass to fold to pressure of industry of the *forrajes, or #if they go to put in practical it promised here by Mr. *Prodi, in concrete, greater transparency for consumers. +The proposal has by object resolve the problem of labeling of alimentary products *cuando operators have tried to avert material utilisation *GM and #can show it, although products contain small quantities of material *GM. +In name of the Commission, am had to assume the following commitment: "The Commission will review directive proposal by the that amends the Directive 1139\/98 in term of a year from entrance in vigour. +security need in *Europa and of a wider #european zone of peace is amply illustrated by the current situation in *Chechenia, with regard to the *cual the European Council approved a very concrete statement. +Concerning defence, receive with the greater *beneplácito the creation of reaction strength fast and his important and necessary advances: it *sucedido in *Kosovo *nos has taken to comprise, to coast to pay a high price, need. +For real believe *ustedes, *Señorías, that with the incorporation of *Turquía, the most populated country of *Europa, with a big own history, only will add a *vigésimo *octavo Been to the European Union and #this will not purchase a new quality? +To trial, *nos find in front of questions so fundamental that, since they have to be ratified by the national Parliaments, have to have sufficient time to debate these subjects in States members and to achieve that the national Parliaments support these reforms. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, estimated colleagues, the Council has stepped definite to the militarisation of the European Union with the decision to develop a military body for crisis management. +Of how understands the European Union the crisis *nos has given a sample when taking part in the disintegration of *Yugoslavia, and especially with the barbaric and murderous attack against village #yugoslav. +Our task in the European Free Alliance is the to achieve that it recognise and remedy with help of colleagues of the Group of the Green\/European Free Alliance. +Is important that *Turquía show that, wanting to form part of the #european family, respects the human rights, democracy, the neighbouring countries and that really wishes the calm and peaceful solution of the problems to the that it confronts. +Equally, want *darles the thanks to the coordinators of work groups, in particular, to Mr. *Böge of the Group *PPE and to Mr. #Walter of the Group *PSE by his stupendous collaboration, and to #all members of the commission. +Wish simply manifest, in name of Cooperation Commission and Development, #all worry about this budget of the 2000 that, in absence of a review of the financial perspectives, takes *recaer entirely sacrifices on the poorest countries. +The procedure in relation with *Autostrade *s.*p.to. #can have a positive result, since the #italian authorities have shown his unanimous disposal to cooperate with the Commission and have given steps to privatise company. +Affects no only to the bilateral economic relations among Serbian and the neighbouring countries, but also to countries along the course of river, that traditionally have used it like route of navigation among the *Rhin and Sea #Black. +States members and the Commission are at present a common action #whose approval is foreseen bear before the end of this year with seen to the application of looks of the common strategy on *Rusia relative to security and the no proliferation. +Today have debated the budget for the next year and difficulty of the European Union to achieve sufficient bottoms with seen to fund operation in *Kosovo. +Am safe that it is very above a simple Commissioner of External Subjects, but expect that the next year no *me see forced to explain in terrain these complex constitutional questions to persons of the *Balcanes or of any #another part of the world that do not receive support that deserve. +Is conscious the Commission that the leaders of the market no only devote to commercialise products, but that also commission of the financial support (interesting loans), material (supply of installation to serve beer of barrel, furniture, glassware, etc.) and technical (*frigoristas)? +In fact, will constitute an essential base for the next debate on the future juridical frame with seen to car distribution after it expire the current regulation on 30 September 2002. +#Can, besides, the Commission indicate #if it follows considering sufficient the valid norms relative to the granting of state helps to #SME, for example, norm that establishes limitation of 250 employees? +In front of the option of the European Council, an option that pretends to be dynamic, to expand the circle of candidates to adhesion, #would not be convenient to review also the financial perspectives? +*Nos interests to have a base of serious work that *nos allow to work jointly from a solid foundation, instead of *limitarnos to jump of a problem to #another, and that serve for varied years, as the problem of the *Balcanes is not a problem of a year. +The first observation that #can take to the budgetary procedure of this year is that so much the Commission like the Council have procured that it take public the quantity of available money for a determined purpose, but without that know very very how has to carry out finance. +time term and the possibilities to adapt the current budgets are crucial for the Group of the Greens and of the European Free Alliance. +In effect, the Council has to take fine note that they #can not transfer, on the one hand, increasingly tasks to the #european field, without initiating to time, by the #another side, a serious negotiation with Parliament to determine how go to fund these additional costs. +In this context, *me direct tonight to Mr. *Liikanen bear *pedirle that take charge of the problem of insecurity that affects to thousands of my voters employed in factory *BMW-*Rover of *Longbridge, in *Birmingham, #where plans investment of big importance to produce new small cars allocated to the world-wide market. +To Mr. *Lange, owe *decirle that, as it knows His *Señoría, each new element of the community legislation that has to adopt to *través of Gin process has to be approved by Parliament, already was by consent according to the Agreement of 1958 or by *codecisión, according to the Parallel Agreement. +Wanted to ask that it send a circulate to deputies and to personnel giving to know the normal procedures of evacuation, and wanted to ask #if in a case like #this #can use the screens situated by #all building to inform to deputies on the situation. +Have to communicate of official form to the public opinion the names of members of the European Parliament designated to form part of the commission, since #this will initiate activities officially Friday. +To level of the Community, *Finlandia has proceeded to integrate the climatic politics in the politics through environmental strategies in the sectors of energy, of transport and of agriculture, #among others. +Up to now, *Europa has effected statements wonderful, but #if they do not adopt extraordinary measures, broadcasts of effect gases *invernadero in the European Union will have increased a 8 percent in the 2010 in place to diminish a 8 percent. +Gentleman President, alas delay the international solution to finish with the effect *invernadero and *me seems very *elocuente that so alone a country, a small island of the Seas of the South, have ratified the Agreement of *Kioto. +The position of the Popular Party European finished accepted by other political strengths, by it that consider essential that this debate celebrate here and in this moment, in day in that, by lucky coincidence, *nos visits a delegation of the #chinese parliament. +subscription of the common resolution here presented, in spite of keeping still #some differences of opinion, testify #ours firm will to collaborate in development of these friendly relations in this historical moment that receive with the greater *beneplácito. +In relation with the conference of New *York, it is necessary to signal that it treats of a governmental conference and by reason there #be not an official delegation of the European Union, but delegations of States members. +Likewise, the Commission #can accept in principle the amendment 32, on condition that it go back to draft the text to specify that use necessary of substance forbidden in the Protocol of *Montreal will need also the approval of members of said Protocol. +Is necessary to promote by #all means cooperation among States members of the EU in important activities for citizens that boost the active exercise of the civic qualities and also employment. +conditions of circulation of the heavy vehicles are strictly *reglamentadas, it that allows to take an election in favour of a true quality of life in the alpine valleys, positive measure for the environment and for the populations. +This social movement expressed by #many *ONG, civic associations, unions, has demanded another type of *mundialización, that was not dominated only by the logic of the blind profitability, without taking into account to persons and to societies. +*Le ask, without embargo, #if it #would not be more correct that, #if these genetically modified products are harmful, the European Union, Parliament decided to forbid production and commercialisation or, in the case of not to be it, allowed commercialisation. +defence of consumer demands that it have a very precise and complete information on foods, included the relative to the new foods for animals and to product labeling *exentos of *OGM. +(IN) Believe that consumers have right to know *cuando use *OGM in the preparation of products in any circumstance; #this concerns no only to the alimentary products that consume humans, but also to the *piensos for animals, and requires a clear labeling in any circumstance. +Because they have preached in *Kosovo with the example of contempt to the international organisms and to the peaceful methods of resolution of differences. And also by restlessness that create with his aggressive enlargement eastwards, that causes reactions of nationalism and violence in the field of *Rusia. +Check that a true realisation of the plan will mean changes in the dynamic intern of the institutions and organisations, included values, behaviours, the rules and habits that affect to the situation of woman. +Celebrate that Commissioner and also the representative of the Presidency have expressed this morning will and commitment to organise the European Conference and take part in the preparatory works of the meeting "*Beijing + 5" of New *York. +*Yo, of course, *me engage absolutely, by part of the Commission, no only to a permanent collaboration, to a permanent information, but to infrastructure until the last day of the proposals and works of the European Parliament. +Lady Speaker, wanted to so only say that this question of labeling of meat of bovine, from the point of political sight, is #one of the most delicate questions of the agricultural politics and *agroalimentaria. +#If it treats of a problem of common sense, results that consumers #french do not want type of #british meat, and discussion will not take that it change at all. +This White Book includes #many of the subjects on the that have treated here and in the Environment Commission in reiterated occasions. But includes besides a relative chapter to the agency of alimentary security. +Gentleman President, under the Presidency #finnish already has adopted the decision that the agendas of the sessions of the *COREPER are accessible to the public, and #this is a step in the direction wished by the *formulador of the question. +How position and how political initiatives thinks to adopt the Council to contribute to respect of the planned date by the UN for the celebration of the referendum, on 31 July of the year 2000? +The General Secretary of the UN added that it #would present in December to the Security Council of the UN a realistic estimate of the future measures in his next report. +Lady representative of the Council, have listened the report of *Kofi *Annan on the last data regarding the referendum and have been in the 25ª Conference of #european support of the no governmental organisations to village *saharaui takes #few weeks in Canarians. +Gentleman President, as I finish to say, the Council do not wants to involve directly in the operation of other international organisations, but, of course, the Council is slope to the evolution of this subject in measure that progresses, and later will be considered the possible consequences. +In this context, the EU received of positive form the recent report of the General Secretary of the UN on the protection of the civil population in conflicts armed. +In effect, the basic principles of the humanitarian international Right, that contain Gin Agreements, are values that it is necessary to keep like foundation of the #european construction and promote from the institutional action. +Gentleman President, in the first place, the problem mentioned in the last part of the question resides in that there are #a lot of ancient unemployed soldiers so much in the aspiring countries to adhesion, as in third near countries to the EU. +The importance of said managerial roots in that *nos will help to tackle the situation of companies, to cause, in reality, habit change so that we happen of delays to the *prontitud in payments like norm inside the Only Market European and no, as it occurs at present, it contrary. +Have to have present that 450.000 workers have lost work in a social climate in the that the most important problem to the that the European Union has to confront is precisely the fight against unemployment. +According to the Commission, delay is due to the fact that work reports in course of States members, that seat the bases for the general rule of a compulsory system, have presented too much late. +#can not approve without reservations a new postponement of a year, since nobody *nos guarantees that the next year by these same dates no *nos go back to force to concede postponement because determined States members have not taken duties. +Maybe do not have of sufficient journalists with scientific training and that they #can express in figures question like the of the risk or maybe a headline *sensacional in cover that increase sale of newspaper was -as I suspect *yo- more important that give information to consumers so that they #can adopt decisions to hour to buy. +See that the Regulation *nº 820\/97 *nos escapes of hands to drop in a swamp of voluntary practices observed half and without immediate perspectives for the compulsory plan, that, as they know #all deputies to this Assembly, is necessary. +has agreed to accept the recommendation of the Scientific Committee like base for #all the decisions on look of food production relative to the public health. +By misfortune, the atmospheric conditions in *Bruselas has forced to the cancellation of flight of this morning and, by reason, have not been able to be present in person to inform to Parliament on controversy relative to the *EEB. +Finally, #would wish to repeat it that had said after the first reading, is to say, our deep consideration by services loaned by Budget Commission, #whose members have *desvivido -#that is the word- during this double procedure, in first and *segunda reading, and to those who believe that our Assembly *les owes a deep gratitude. +From 1998 the budgets collect #one *minipartida of 15 millions of euros, a 50% of the quantity of the national program for the improvement of production and commercialisation of honey. And #this is like this in virtue of a regulation that have criticised by insufficient. +Thanks to label, will reign the alimentary security, consumers will be protected and our Green colleagues will be satisfied to have ensured the survival of humanity alimentary... +The original goal of the Commission, reestablish confidence in the protection to consumer to #european level, #would convert in his contrary by means of the adoption of measure of this type. +Expect that it find continuation approach that has produced up to now among the Commission and the European Parliament, the *cual already has tackled varied times this problematic in the previous terms of office, so much in the Commission of Culture as in Plenary. +Nevertheless, #some months later, after the creation of the new Commission, the general Direction of competition pushes time to the Commission to act against the agreements *transfronterizos and the only price of book. +Is a truth of *Perogrullo say that books are not commodities like butter, praise eggs, cheese, but a very cultural, and therefore, from sight point of the Right of competition, #can not be treated like butter, eggs, cheese. +As it already has said, #would be absolutely unacceptable that raised the embargo of arms, especially to the light of the fact that soldiers #indonesian have not disarmed to militia. +Of the arrival of strengths of the *UNAMSL, the mission of Nations Joined in #Sierra Lion, will depend in the first months #if it produces a new impulse of disarmament process and with *ello an improvement of security. +#This has not been consequence of politics of the #taliban diet, to style of apartheid, regarding women, but of the protection offered by the Talibans to Mr. *Bin *Laden. +Among these ailing prisoners finds #Mohamed *Kadamiousouf, representative in *Europa of Front for the Restoration of Unit and Democracy, illegally extradited of *Etiopía in 1997, and that, by fault of medical assistance runs the danger of losing sight. +Like this as, throw fault only to the Government of *Djibouti means, in the best of the cases, dissemble responsibilities of the #french Government, but, in reality, is to endorse support politics to an authoritarian diet and *represivo. +The Commission entrusts in that the #nicaraguan authorities will take into account these arguments contributed by the European Union, #as well as by members of the international community, and in that they will rectify measures adopted against the office of the *Contralor General and against *él same. +#would Be irresponsible today not recognising publicly disappointment that *nos produces the fact that to year cape and half so only 91 States have signed it and hardly 5 or 6 have ratified it *cuando -as it has said Mrs. *Schörling- are precise 60 ratifications so that the Court go in in exercise. +Thus *reviste a capital importance the that it exist an only penal court for #everyone to judge genocide and crimes against humanity, #as well as that exist only penal measures for #everyone, so that like this #all know that no matters with how pretext, ideology or nationality act: it illicit is always illicit and has to be pursued. +Gentleman President, estimated ladies and gentlemen deputies, the Commission shares fully the goal of appeal on the that is here, and considers that the initiative of the European Parliament is useful and profitable, as *nosotros also sustain that it is necessary to give more significant steps #if the International Penal Court converts finally in reality. +Already have taken quotation of the problems of constitutional order, and are had to share experiences in processes of ratification and knowledges skilled in this matter with States interested. +Gentleman President, lady speaker, *señorías, #everyone puts of agreement here to signal the need to have in the community plane, of agricultural statistics so precise, reliable and coherent as it was possible, so that they #can measure of effective way the consequences of the decisions adopted in the frame of the *PAC, mainly in the half rural. +Gentleman President, simply want to appreciate and congratulate to Mr. *Mayer by the report that has taken, that *atañe to #all those producing countries of *lúpulo in this Community and, in the case of *España, to my region, *Castilla-Lion, in Lion zone. +The year 1997 is marked also, *señorías, and go in in the central question of the subject, by a civil war in *Tayikistán, a horrible civil war among power installed and the #islamic opposition. +Yes agree with help concrete relative to part of loan, by humanitarian reasons. Without embargo, part of donation has to delete by reasons already mentioned. +*Armenia and #Georgia go to have difficulties to understand that the community diminishes help in spite of the great efforts made by countries, with backrest of #FMI and of help organisms, to diminish debt with *ella. +*Le pray ask to services that examine again the amendment 20. Am safe in a 99,9% that it is not the text that vote or, in any case, no the text that had to have presented, since it is not the result to the that got Industry Commission. +How measured has intention to adopt the Council, also in the frame of reform of the structural Bottoms and of the community initiative *Interreg, to materialise all it foreseen to this *respecto in the Treaty of *Amsterdam? +Had a text of the Commission of the European Communities in the document Diary 2000 in virtue of the *cual these regions *ultraperiféricas #would remain *exentas of the requirement of the 75 % of #GDP community *per *cápita to remain like regions of Goal 1. +The Council will be to the common that Indian made proof on 11 April with a ballistic missile of half scope, the *Agni *II, able to take target to 2 000 kilometres of distance and that it #can go endowed with a nuclear head. +In consequence, the Council will study query that *le presented President of the European Parliament on 11 March 1999, is to say, will examine #if it is possible an individual participation of deputies of the European Parliament. +As I already have said, the question of the participation of the European Parliament in the Conference of River goes to treat in base to the principles agreed by the Council. +Like this, as, had true *inadecuación among the methodology of the Commission, structure, tradition, and the tasks that *le entrusted afterwards and for the *cuales neither the Council and -*me *atrevo to say it-neither Parliament *le conceded means convenient. +Are delivered very correctly among the distinct States and, as it also says with reason the speaker, no exist States ancient Members that still do not have agency and are convinced that for States new Members already will find other new agencies. +The most important points are: first, in the Commission have to delimit clearly the fields of work of Commissioners and acting, of analogous mood to Ministers and secretaries of State in the national Governments. +Believe that it is well remember saying to #all #that that think that the democratic deficit, control fault, negligence in the management and, in last place, but no therefore less important, the already notorious «*profitariado» to #european level #can reduce *traspasando even more competitions and more instruments and possibilities to level. +Like this, has some weeks, the Government presented a national program for the adoption of the *acervo community and a series of laws very important in matter of VAT and of special taxes, #as well as on the right to purchase sakes real estates. +It that do not helps to solve at all are demonstrations of #some States Members, included my own country, *Holanda, in the that pretty much follows refusing adhesion of *Chipre while it have not put end to partition of the island. +Is obvious that all #this do not depends only of legislation that adopt, but that it is important likewise make efforts in favour of the local organisations, so much #that of voluntary character as, for example, *Urban Forum, that already exerts activities in the Union, to end to allow expansion and operation in the *Europa Central and Oriental. +*Confrontados with the need to determine positions in negotiations, the countries candidates have introduced in a relatively short term considerable improvements in organisation and internal coordination. +In countries, and said was of step that no only occurs in the countries candidates, but also in States Members, produce long delays in the judicial procedures, frequently caused by staff fault of the judicial power. +Therefore, my first question to the Commission is the following: How reasons *convincentes have motivated to the Commission to substitute a system that works well, that do not prejudices to competition in the market and that results satisfactory for #everyone of the sector? +acceptance of the amendments #would comport a modification of the object of the current legislative procedure and #would involve taking of a decision without previous query of #all parts involved. +Regarding the question formulated also by Mrs. *Lulling, of #which are reasons *convincentes to modify norms for the sector *cervecero, the answer is that the current exemption by category exempts the closing of the market. +*Cuando the corresponding annual report to 1997 examined in Parliament, #some critical voices suggested that Defender of the European Village only had succeeded in a small number of cases. +#All members of our commission underline unanimously the need that it follow existing a Commission of independent Requests so that the direct contact with citizens keep in the future. +And the fact that #one of these fields in that they receive requests was environment shows *ejemplarmente how citizens and the no governmental organisations, of the one who split complaints, have an extraordinary worry by the preservation of the half natural. +In front of this situation, invite to each #one of members of this House to that they read with *detenimiento the annexes of the report of Mr. *Newman. Like this *percatarán that really it is absurd deliver competitions of this commission among the other commissions. +Also has given off today #this of the report that has presented Defender of Village to Parliament. *Le appreciate that it have defended so firmly the need of a transparent administration. +Request Commission and Defender of Village no will suffice, in the future -further of merits-, for *paliar incoherences and excesses of machinery *tecnocrática. +The decision adopted by the #german court *nos has cheered *muchísimo, but too much often type of causes judge in front of judges that, or ignore legislation relative to boy kidnapping, or are badly informed about *ella. +Besides, has presented amendment in the that urges to the Commission to that it elaborate criteria allocated to control efficiency of States members in the administration of the collection of the rights of customs. +This amendment also has to be contemplated in relation with the amendment 18, of the that the Commission estimates that it #can accept the *primer separated inserting it, without embargo, in the text of article 3 of the initial proposal of «Customs 2000», #where finds reason to be. +Until moment there #be had #one very fine communication and, therefore, think that program will go out forward without a conciliation procedure, since I think that #some of objections are so secondary that believe that my colleagues of Parliament will not put objections. +Lady Speaker, estimated colleagues, in September of the year happened the Commission *nos presented the White Book titled «just Rates by infrastructure use: gradual Strategy for a common frame of *tarificación of infrastructures of transport in the EU». +*Yo think, nevertheless, that the only effective form to carry to practice the principle that user pays consists in involving to #all users of transport infrastructure, without exception. +Parliament has right to manifest dissatisfaction by #some of actions of NATO, in particular the bombardment of civil goals and the utilisation of arms that #many consider like arms of destruction in mass. +deputies to the European Parliament of the *PASOK, vote against of the resolution of the European Parliament on *Kosovo because we consider that it do not offers positive services directed to find a solution of the problem. +In effect, do not forget never that diplomacy consists in taking accept, to *través of dialogue, to #one or part in conflict, a partial cession of his initial claims, of requirements or even of rights. +Wish, of course, a diplomatic exit European with support of States Joined and of *Rusia, but exit that do not suppose renunciation of the democratic principles and of the human rights. +But limit only to this analysis, means to forget that the military commitment of NATO against *Yugoslavia is the result of an unanimous #european will, that manifested in the Summit of *Berlín and of the that the federalistic congratulated and *congratularon, *considerándola like the true game of birth of the *PESC. +Also it is necessary to imagine a new conception of *Europa, valid for #all our continent: the of nation family allocated to coexist in confidence, identity *recobrada and recognised and the reciprocal respect. +With the proposal that supports a majority of Transport Commission and Tourism runs the risk to increase even more the derivative costs of the sector of transports. +In the Group of the *PPE have elaborated a series of amendments to counter these effects. Until moment have not reached support for these amendments. +Wanted to contribute firmly to improve the requirements according to the *cuales makes route that corresponds to road of distance of transport combined. And no, in last term, by means of decrease of the costs many times *desproporcionalmente elevated of parts limited of distance by road of transport combined. +The present communication of the Commission titles: «Establishment of performance frame». treats of a very useful document to examine #all the questions that pose regarding the financial services. +Gentleman President, #one of the very sensitive questions of the sector saves relation with supervision and the prudential control. This activity bases at present in borders and the national market. +With *respecto, in *primer term, to the need for a Commission, even *dimisionaria, of not interrupting the task undertaken, believe that the fact to continue it that already has begun form splits of the management of the common subjects. +Wanted to highlight that, regarding the possibility of a better supervision of the financial services in the field of the European Union, attention #would have to centre in the financial groups complexes. +The report that have elaborated and the amendments that present are the reflection of the debate in #whose virtue Plenary approved, the past month of March, a resolution on violence against women. +treats of a zone *fulcral for stability in the world and create, therefore, that have to vote in favour of a resolution that once again transmit the word of the European Parliament of support to village of *Timor Oriental, that so much has suffered of genocide. +Gentleman President, 48 political parties prepare for the elections. manifest political currents among the parties characterised by the *islamismo, nationalism, liberalism, support to the central planning and the maintenance of the *statu *quo . +Has to insist to the #indonesian Government so that it leave to support to the organisations *paramilitares, limit the military presence, reestablish right state and truly arrest to the guilty and the carry in front of the courts. +Alas, have to take again a call to Government #burmese so that the fundamental rights of village respect with general character. Again, have to condemn firmly trip *forzoso of villages and the utilisation of persons like compulsory workers. +To time, believe that, with regard to *Birmania, in addition to the necessary initiatives of isolation, is precise to fix a political strategy to favour change in country, change that, as we have seen, also village #burmese wishes firmly. +Is #ours to have to urge to the Commission to that it exert pressure on the neighbouring countries so that *Birmania finish isolating , the Government find in the obligation to resign and leave of abuse to the inhabitants of villages that are forced to make works forced or that they are deported in block. +To time have to encourage and *emplazar to the Council to that it interrupt #all activities in the that was jointly with the countries of the *ASEAN and *Birmania, aside to *Birmania of said actions and procure that the Presidency #german leave to award visas of entrance, to the equal that the countries community. +Still remains *algo of hope put that the opposition has manifested wish of *darle an opportunity to the Army so that *restituya power to a civil Government in term of nine months. +The Commission examines by moment, #such as it has suggested from this House, how disposals #can adopt in view of the recent events and #one of the possibilities is that it propose to the Council paralyse partially cooperation to development according to the known by #all *ustedes article 366 *bis of the Agreement of *Lomé. +Is precise to ascertain, once again, that the ambitious goal of Parliament has seen hindered by the opposition of States members that *obstinan in refusing the logical consequences of the application of the only market. +agriculturalists do not understand import, pertinent of third countries, of agricultural products modified genetically allocated to the animal feeding, since they exist suspicions regarding the effects on a long-term basis, with regard to the quality of meat, of utilisation of *OMG. +institutions are *sólidamente established and guarantee the existence of right State, respect of the human rights, #as well as respect and the protection of minorities. +Taking into account subsidiariness principle, consider clear and *decididamente that the EU has to establish only some minimum rates and that corresponds to the respective States members manage said rates, #among others reasons because the European Union do not has to have on no account of rights in the fiscal field. +pleads aptly in this report by that they also support projects directed to find to the victims, eventual victims of kidnappings that, for example, disappear in prostitution and that maybe go back to appear in photos, that with commercial ends are offered in network by determined criminal. +In consequence, has included in the title «public Health» a field to the that, to our understand, #would have to apply by greater coherence article 308 of said Treaty. Is to say, the that, in definite, attributes powers of action no on purpose planned, *cuando action of the Community result necessary to reach #one of the goals of the Community. +Without embargo, probability that authors are carried in front of the courts is considerably lower that in the case of drug traffic or of arms. *Ello has to mainly to the fault of valid proofs. +His gradual enlargement to the countries that *ingresen in the EU, as they have mentioned varied deputies, and to the countries of the *AELC, *reviste vital importance, in view of the transnational dimension of #many of forms of violence. +Have of a report of the juridical adviser of Parliament that *nos orients among things about the subject of the common subjects. Said *dictamen collects fundamental disposals with regard to the question that are now. +In this sense, although the simple assimilation to censorship motion do not seems indicated, seems according to the spirit of the Treaty look for solutions that are compatible with the principle of parliamentary confidence. +So that, #if have 75 millions of persons that surpass the 60 years and a 42 % of the voters have more of 50 years age, is evident that the questions of citizens of the third age and of age persons advanced go to be important in the campaign. +Expect that the present Commission action program on health of age persons advanced and for #all the Community of compliance with article 137. +(OF ) Gentleman President, history of this conference, «age persons in the century *XXI: new perspectives of life», puts of self-evident difference that there #be among the said and the fact *cuando treats of age persons advanced. +has to adapt work to the capacities and the needs of persons, in place to demand to workers adaptation to the requirements of the labour activity. +#If it do not reaches to form to the most greater workers to exert new tasks, persons will find exposed to discrimination situation in work places, to time that numerous sectors suffer shortage of hand of drama. +Besides, the report do not detains in the enormous potential of knowledges that possesses person of 65 years and the current tendency of the labour market to follow having citizens of the third age. +Is satisfaction reason that in the report take upsetting in the enormous potential that offer the greater persons and in the need to act to end to explode this potential. +In #one of the examples takes reference to the need to guarantee to the elderly a sufficient level of income. often, the situation of the most greater women is considerably more *desfavorable that the of men. +#would not be a fine idea that in zones ecologically sensitive, like lakes *fineses, imposed in measure of it possible the use of products elaborated from agricultural products, for example plastic matters to base of starch, *biolubricante in #all lakes *fineses, elaborated from products with #alto contained in proteins in the south of *Europa. +#If, #such as, as it seems, is forced to observe nowadays, take #some #granting to the Americans, especially in the subject of wheat #gluten, in the that they are these last the that *nos assault without that we have presented still complaint in front of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, certainly #can house legitimate worries. +Have developed the biological oils, that #can be introduced in aqueous zones protected, in Lake #Constanza or #where was, #as well as also in the field of leisure #where damage is each more greater #if they do not use oils. +The of technological type, #this is, measures for the that there #be technology available, are the that fundamentally have attracted attention of Investigation Commission, Technological Development and Energy of the European Parliament. +The phenomenon of the *acqua high that, *cuando self-evident, covers around half metre the historical centre, produces some ten times to the year and creates increasing annoyances to citizens and, even more, to the economic activities of #Venecia Lagoon, the insular part of city. +The Group of Independent by the *Europa of Nations requests that it withdraw of the agenda the report of Mrs. #Miranda of *Lage on collaboration agreement among the European Community and States Joined Mexicans. +fulfilled the requirements that, in this case, *nos take *remitirnos of Record of 1976, to the regulation on privileges and immunities in the primary Right, and of here to the #portuguese Constitution and even to the #portuguese procedural Right. +#can not be that in the past -and expect that only in the happened- the great Groups of this Assembly had a greater interest in protecting to the Commission that in *llamarla to responsibility and in strengthening to the own Parliament? +Of luck, approval procedure of the management has voted by simple majority, but denial of the approval of the management has voted by absolute majority. +Lady Speaker, as it finishes to say president *Fayot, in this report there #be had an excellent collaboration among Regulation Commission and the Commission of Budgetary Control. +Lady Speaker, *originariamente the present report of Employment Commission owed *versar, especially, about a communication of the Commission on article 127 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and, in concrete, in relation with the *mainstreaming of employment politics to community level. +Has to contain concrete measures and engage to #all the involved to fulfil clear agreements, so much to the Central Bank European, to the social speakers, as to the Council of the *ECOFIN and to the Council of Social Subjects. +Has been the Council in particular, that in #some questions very important, for example trip of taxes on employment to environmental and energetic taxes, do not wants to advance and probably now have remained again blocked. +Lady Speaker, the report of the Commission on the great orientations, that this year characterises by a qualitative improvement, loans to employment a special attention, and stresses the need of authentic structural changes. +Is as #if the governments and the social speakers by himself\/hisself alone #can influence the economic politics and as #if #ECB did not have also paper in relation with support of the economic politics. +Gentleman President, in name of my colleague Mr. *Flynn, wanted to begin congratulating to Mr. *Menrad by report and appreciating to Employment Commission and Social Subjects his fast work on the resolution project. +In *Viena the European Council asked a greater synergy among the two processes and the Commission answered to request with his great guidelines of economic politics more recent and communication on article 127. +But *yo create to be able of *tranquilizarle. The strategy of fiscal coordination proposal by the Commission and adopted by unanimity by the Council «*Ecofin», defended #among others by the speaker, Mr. *Fourçans, is not obviously a strategy of attractive harmonisation. +Second, the director is forced on purpose to contact and inform to the national judicial authorities competent, #if in the internal investigations collaborators find states of things that #can be notable from the point of penal sight. +Of luck the Commission renounced, fortunately, to the *estrafalaria contrives to entrust competition in matter of irregularities and of frauds to an external agency with, *pásmense, 48 employees, is to say, with civil servant to protect an average of 2.000 millions of euros. +By reason the creation of this new organ of fight against fraud means a big opportunity for the Community and an important goal of our Presidency of the Council. +Gentleman President, the report of Mr. *Bösch and the decision of the Commission to create a #european office of prevention of fraud indicates the end of a long process that initiated in 1995. +The paramount goals were the to underline the obligations of personnel to cooperate in investigations and to time protect the rights of individual. +November amendments of 1998 to the budgetary regulation made possible modernisation of the financial control, especially regarding assignment of resources no used. +On the procedure, wanted to express my gratitude to the colleagues of the Commission of Budgetary Control that have taken contributions to approval process of the management. +Also corresponds to the political character of this report the coalition of approval procedure of the management in a wider perspective. +do not have to consider requests to the Court of Accounts so that it take part in studies like cancellation of responsibility of the Commission and of Parliament concerning measures that adopt. +But the Court of Accounts has exerted a very important paper and very useful in this process among Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +In speaker condition, have received paper in the that in fact it reflects the loss of thousands of millions in erroneous investments and that money finds unseen in accounts or has been concealed. +Results quite funny, because, #if His *Señorías retreat a year or two, will see that the Court of Accounts criticised to civil servants of *Dublín that used the weekends like part of mission: obviously, *les enjoys to take trip to country to time. +Gentleman President, expect with interest day -and do not believe that it was too much far- in that the Court of Accounts #can give to these two agencies guarantee certificate by «not dipping in *líos», for saying it like this, and for obtaining fine reports of the Court. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, Development Commission and Cooperation has to approve year to year the management of the European Bottom of Development but do not has *influjo #any on way in that it uses Bottom, because up to now it has not been *presupuestado. +#If *algo positive has resulted of the corresponding report to 1996, has been access that the Commission of Budgetary Control has had to persons and the documents. +postponement constitutes as, the justest solution technically, solution that has a political value of gesture of *apaciguamiento to the new Commission without excluding in any case the most strict surveillance and #one firmness. +As I consider natural that transfer to the next term of office, *permítaseme, meanwhile, that take part, like speaker for the granting of the approval of the management to the Economic and Social Committee relative to the exercise of 1996, to affirm that no *le will be able to concede without that before it pronounce the *UCLAF on irregularities in *ella detected. +defence of the liberal, of #that that always have recognised in the *rule *of *law axis of his political action, always has based in the principle that they #can not put objections to the texts. +Gentleman President, wanted to answer to the questions formulated by Mr. *Elles on the preparation of the different documents based in program that Mr. *Santer presented in January and to the that it has taken reference in #many of the reports on the approval of the management. +have initiated the technical negotiations in search of consensus with the organisations of personnel and also have celebrated the first political sessions in search of consensus. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the Statement of the Commission on the procedure *OMC for arrangement of conflict among the European Union and States Joined of *América. +Gentleman President, gentleman Vice-president of the Commission, in this commercial war -bananas, hormones- there #be appendix that, as #all know, affects to companies and economic sectors Europeans that do not have at all that see with the sectors object of conflict. +This morning in *Bruselas, before coming here, have celebrated a meeting with representatives of the textile industry #european and understand perfectly the gravity of the situation for *ella and for persons that find in the situation of victims. +Precisely because it treats of experiment, the majority of the Commission of Economic Subjects agreed with the general criteria and no with delimitation of the field of application to determined sectors. +Parliament has proposed that the Commission, in *concertación with the European Parliament and, for example, on the base of the *dictámenes of high personalities and in *concertación with the national parliaments, give a new opportunity to this institutional dynamics. +Equality of opportunities for men and women, for whites and blacks, for #all colours, on the base of the human dignity of individual. #This is the characteristic more remarkable of the European Union, his immense human face. +Without embargo, no it will be necessary to tackle only the big structural reform of the Commission, for the *cual also Parliament has presented already concrete proposals. Is precise to recognise that the European Parliament will have to reorganise in like manner to be able to fulfil properly tasks. +Suffice to think in dispute among States Joined and *Europa by skin trade of animals captured of form cruel, banana trade and of meat with hormones and in concrete by organisms manipulated genetically, especially after the failure, because of the *intransigencia American, of the Summit on *Bioseguridad of *Cartagena of Indians. +Is true that in the last years, like consequence of the fall of the wall of *Berlín, of enlargement to new countries of the *Europa Central and of the North, in the perspective of enlargement to the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental, *Europa has displaced to the north and eastwards. +The vote in favour of Mr. *Prodi and the vote in favour of the new School, in my opinion, will consecrate a confidence pact among Parliament and the Commission that has to last five years. +The *segunda thing that *me #would enjoy to mention today is work to hour to reform work and work methods of the Commission -the new business culture. +It true is that *Europa has not been able to advance with speed owed by these great paths of the new growth that include especially the new sectors: #software , telecommunications and also, as it has remembered in regard to my previous speech, the that have called «sciences of life». +do not lose hope that in the course of the next term of office *nos loan more attention, because my fight in defence of honey producers and in defence of products of high quality, in *Europa and in the Community, will continue here or out of Parliament. +The fundamental lines of the economic politics are extraordinarily wander and imprecise in occasion and, therefore, come to say that for the moment it will follow acting simply as it has taken up to now, which results extremely problematic to sight of the problems accumulated. +Think, therefore, that it is necessary to put end what before to the military climbing, to simplifications of propaganda, and consecrate #all energy to go back on terrain of research of a political solution. +To reach said pact of stability in the *Balcanes, #whose positive perspectives *nos has exposed, gentleman President of the Council, Europeans have to have value, #if really *les concerns and have felt of the independence, to interrupt the logic of climbing bellicose. +The human drama has transformed in disaster, the victims of the *hipócritas collateral accidents multiply, the pretext of *Rambouillet has disappeared, autonomy of *Kosovo and the ethnic rights have not reestablished. +Is *algo that #one no *le wishes to nobody, and much less to village #serbian and to boys #serbian that have been conducted to the disaster by madness of leader, of mood that has deported of hundreds of thousands of persons. +temporary Protection of a substantial number of refugees in States members and #all the possible support in material sense to the countries of the region, also *cuando have happened the crisis: *eso is it that *nosotros advocate. +Of compliance with Regulation, will invite to candidate selected to that it take part in front of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence on 21 June so that we #can formulate a positive recommendation to July Plenary. +*Yo declare also that while no have changes *interinstitucionales regarding intervention of the right of democratic control of the European Parliament, the possibilities of influence in matter of external politics will be inferior to the that had up to now. +Parliament takes a proposal that needs permission of the Council, the fixed Council conditions for permission, and Parliament has the possibility of *considerarlas and *discutirlas again. +Wanted to that it heard voice and, instead, *nos find confronted to a Council that of course, in forty-eight hours, *nos presents version, form in that *él, the Council, wants to treat to deputies and, therefore, also diets, mission costs, #etcetera. +#If the intention had been that applied the procedure of *codecisión, #such as it establishes in article 189 *b, editors of the Treaty of *Amsterdam #would have inscribed in the text: will apply the procedure of article 189 *b. +Finally, want *agradecerle in spite of #all to Mr. *Rothley that referred to my proposal to allow to the countries with tax on the high income add an additional tax to the community tax. +As it collects in the proposal of the Council, deputies to the European Parliament have to be had also to subject to control on the appropriate utilisation of bottoms in matter of administrative costs. +Expect that it get *próximamente to an acceptable solution for Parliament and the Council, #if well we comprise that Parliament has to decide #if the current position of the Council is acceptable total or partially, and entrust in that it early #can get to an agreement. +In relation with the total figure of subjects that has to tackle institution community, the number of personnel of Defender of Village is considerably inferior to the of the #others equivalent institutions in States members. +Is necessary to recognise that, until moment, Parliament has shown a relatively favourable attitude to the proposals of Mr. *Söderman to resolve the problems more *acuciantes of the Union in matter of personnel. +Want to base it of the following way: in the last week, in Transport Commission have debated on these questions, but the situation has changed with the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Also #would be urgently necessary an agreement among the two directives relative to commercialisation to distance with the directive on the electronic commercial transactions, *cuando know his definite form. +#If we want a real inner market in the field of the financial services, it is necessary to guarantee to consumer and to provider that will enjoy of rights inside #all the Union. +Therefore, lean service *le go to take to consumer #if, through a sectorial directive, begin to *desequilibrar the very complex building of relations -has mentioned subsidiariness principle- among community Right and Right of States members. +Without embargo, our proposal *nos seems charitable so much for companies as for consumers because parts will know #which are regulations that have to apply and parts #can entrust in that they apply commercialisation regulations, without matter the origin of services. +A defective product is defined like product that do not corresponds with it established *contractualmente and also include in this concept the public statements that manufacturer or dealer make in advertising or that find in label. +To guarantee that it do not deceive to consumer, the guarantees have to contain clear and transparent informations, among #others the statement that the guarantee do not affects to the legal rights of consumer. +The directive ensures that States members take transposition of the international right for January of 2002, creating with *ello a minimum group of regulations that concede to consumer right to appeal resource. +#If we see the calendar, *me cheers especially that am of the last looks of this directive in the last partial period of sessions of Parliament -that also for me is the last session, at least in it that *atañe to the subjects of consumers. +Therefore, is indispensable to have a greater sensitivity in front of the problems that these regions have.*d)highlights the importance of training of the population so that it contribute to his own *autoprotección. include also the situations of environmental emergency. +The goal of this proposal, as it is very known and has mentioned also, is to guarantee the continuation of the current program of action in matter of civil protection, founded in the resolution of the Council of 1998 that expires on 31 December 1999. +Results that the amendment 19 and varied parts of the amendment 23 go directed to increase the participation of the *ONG in the civil protection, *algo in it that agree of course and that, therefore, accept also in principle because it awards to the *ONG the possibility to take part in the exchange of experts. +The Environment Commission, Public Health and Protection of Consumer has taken to feel presence in the increasingly important field of the environmental legislation and know that we will follow taking it. +mates in Parliament wanted this directive, without embargo, believe that in this case have to listen to the organisations of *diabéticos, the *cuales have manifested unanimously that commercialisation and the easy access to products for *diabéticos create a false need among the *diabéticos. +Is to expect that commitment of the Council to collect now a *dictamen to the Scientific Committee of Foods have by result the abandonment of the idea to elaborate a directive to the *respecto. +Expect that the following step was that the EU improve also the possibilities of the ecological agriculturalists to produce the necessary products of competitive form, *algo that do not takes lamentably Diary 2000. +Thus it has to serve so that the European Parliament see how in the directives of technical character there #be a political content that #can not leave in hands of an expert committee. +Expect that Parliament approve Thursday the Report *Aglietta relative to conditions for the exert of the executive competitions attributed to the Commission so that hit history in the case of the *potitos see confirmed by #a lot of #others more. +So in point have abandoned our position that keep always and that will follow keeping to base our legislative measures in scientific knowledges, with the exception that they exist really causes of weight that *nos say that we have to follow only to the principle of prevention without scientific knowledges. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam also modifies procedure properly said, and *eso knows less, providing an absolute equality among Parliament and the Council in the course of the procedure. +In fact was not a committed simple by reasons, but, especially, also because the Council no always comprised in sufficient grade transcendence and complexity of this reform and -create- neither had sufficient consciousness, and more specifically in recent period, that we #can not allow that *infringieran determined principles of a free Parliament. +From my Group ask the evaluation of politics and, with #all criticisms that have been able to take from the Group, the work that *ustedes have taken in this term of office, going out of distinct political Groups, has been very *estimable. +The period of activity has had a big hit and #this is not the opinion only of my political group. Has made some great services to Parliament. +Believe that, of compliance with the Regulation that *usted always has kept and respected *escrupulosamente, *permitiéndonos like this work *respetandolo, in the collective balance had to *usted have included that Parliament finalises term of office and has not been able to avert war in #european territory. +A big support has obtained here the idea to include in the future dialogue on the fiscal politics, *salarial and monetary also to the social speakers and to the Central Bank European. +Already was employment, *Kosovo, enlargement or the operation of the institutions, the European Union has to learn to talk with an alone voice for the 15 States members but also for the institutions. +In brief, need that on the table of the Conference *Intergubernamental have a document it more authorised possible and #this because another type of preparation of the Conference *Intergubernamental #can guarantee a safer result in matter of reforms. +Lady Speaker, the Treaty of *Amsterdam that it #can define like the Treaty of the #stray occasions, has gone in in vigour only from takes #some days and already takes lacking to integrate it and complete it with chapters relative to the institutional questions no resolved in *Amsterdam. +An important element of this task constitute it the approval and the practical application of performances recommended in the northern dimension, that already has accepted. +The Council has declared besides had to negotiate in moment on the put to disposal of until 200 millions of euros of flexibility reservation of the budget like compensation for the innovative measures. +Parliament also has reached to impose criterion in the unification of #all the structural measures for fishing in Category 2 and in the horizontal programming unified. +Now well, accept a Statute of the #european deputies #would be like happening of a juridical nature of international right to a nature of right constitutional internal. +The reduction of paper of State, the blind belief in the rules of competition or of liberalisation to create employment are recipes that already have known. +In this *coyuntura critical that are *Europa and the whole world, the election of Mr. *Prodi (to the one who vote *gustoso) like President of the European Commission, by part of Parliament, gives beginning to a new period in the European Union. +Have *presionado in favour of a transparent system of payments of diets, of a same wage for deputies to the European Parliament of #all the countries and in favour of a suitable method of direct payments for personnel. +The new statute characterised by rigour and transparency regarding the rights and duties among #all the representatives chosen and allowed that it finished, once and for all, with the *indefiniciones and the *elucubraciones, that are resource preferred of #all those that, by road, procure to weaken value of the political action. +But each #one of colleagues that has pronounced in favour of the Report *Rothley will have to assume responsibilities in front of the public opinion and to shrinking of the only Statute of the #european Deputies. +Are firmly convinced that deputies to the European Parliament have been chosen by the population of the countries members to represent the interests of the constituents in the EU. +Consider that the fundamental points of this reform are remuneration only, #one *imposición national public prosecutor and repayment of trip costs with arrangement to the real costs. +It that regret a lot in commitment is the fact that States members to hour to apply the guidelines have the possibility to introduce claim of two months. +Only #can wish that States members do not take use of this possibility of claim in two months as like this consumers #would have the possibility to prolong the guarantee to two years. +On the other hand, #if the *OMC forced to the EU to liberalise totally banana trade, #can warm up the absolute certainty that sooner or later it #would finish with support diet to the community producers of banana. +The social question, #if well it appears with less sharpness in the commercial conflicts sees, unlucky and systematically prejudiced in the logic of the opening of the market #such as it prevails in these moments, is to say, without social and environmental norms. +Has got moment to base the necessary international exchanges and the opening of the markets with other principles, with another frame that the that dictate the *OMC, the *GATT or the new cooperation *trasatlántica. +From these two examples, only #can ascertain that the agreements of the *GATT that gave origin to the World-wide Organisation of Trade are hurtful for the interests of citizens of States members of the European Union. +Am fundamentally against of any type of #european army, of a police body European or of defence identity #european in breast of the EU. +In *tercer place, the need to have national programs, and no only regional, to guarantee coherence of the structural politics with ordination plans *plurianuales of the fleets. +Thus, want to take advantage of occasion and express to the Presidencies of the Council and, especially, to German, my congratulations for having reached create a viable base for the final sprint. +With the new goals of help 1, 2 and 3 and the community initiatives *INTERREG, *LEADER, *EQUAL and *URBAN have of some effective instruments with the that we #can make an important contribution to the strengthening of competitiveness of the regions and to the creation of places of work. +Nevertheless, in a wider context, is important to say today that in spite of #all doubts that exist about #some details of the agreement *interinstitucional and of the financial perspective, is better to have *algo that it is lightly unsuitable in opinion of #some, but that already has been approved, that follow looking for perfection and not achieving at all. +will comprise It #if it is possible that accompaniment measures, that costs for the rural areas impute to costs no compulsory, it that no means that no *nos feel forced to that they have to spend , but elevates the *margen general of configuration of Parliament for this increasing political. +Of way #can remain in the logic of our parliamentary vote and to time guarantee a greater security to graziers, with #such that the Council and the Commission have wisdom of *seguirnos. +Even *yo #would say that the European Commission -*impulsora of action of the European Union-in management of the proposals of reform has given the impression of not knowing very well to where directs. +Have listened the answer of Mr. President in exercise of the Council, have heard the synthesis of postures of the 15, is to say, that the European Union wait that *Turquía respect it that is in vigour in regard to grave subjects of this type. +Subject: humanitarian Help to persons needed in *Ucrania According to #worthy sources of credit, in application of the Law for defence of the local producers of *Ucrania the packages of small size in the that they send to country foods, clothes and even medicines mark like «agricultural products» to arrival and return to the *remitente. +Subject: Increase of mortality and *míseras conditions of life in the *Iraq by the *draconianas economic sanctions According to recent complaints of speaker of the Medical Association for Prevention of War, Mrs. *Sue *Wareham, among 4.500 and 6.000 boys die *mensualmente in the *Iraq by the *hambre and illnesses because of the tragic fault of foods and medicines. +The Council received the report of the Court of Accounts on the training of common companies in the sector *pesquero on 9 December 1998. +In this proposal of the Commission contain determined measures directed to delete irregularities mentioned in the report of the Court of Accounts on the management of the common companies. +In principle, want to say on interpretation of tongue #swedish that exists program of the Council for placing and training of interpreters in #swedish tongue that has been delivered also to the #swedish Government and that program finds already in stage of application. +Lady Speaker, State Secretary *Verheugen has comported like the diplomatic more *avezado. has not mentioned at all that, of course, President of the Council #can board negotiations with States members so that #this present relation *equitativa of women and men like candidates to the Commission. +This possibility the has President of the Commission confirmed today by his *Señorías. And this President of the Commission, that has been chosen also because *le supposes that it goes to be able to take use of effective mood of the rights that *le compete, pursues the goal that *usted has mentioned. +On the other hand -and #this is it worse, in opinion of my Group-, have not put means to correct the existent disequilibriums among the continental productions and the #mediterranean and among the small and the great exploitations. +To end, is necessary to intensify to #all levels cooperation with the regional and local authorities and the socioeconomic operators, nearer to the reality *cambiante of the region. +In effect, #Italia, my country, #can see prejudiced to a large extent to hour to establish the ceiling of the Goal 2, since to the maximum reduction guaranteed of the 33 % #would add the caused by the inclusion of the regions that will go out of the Goal 1. +Am studying at present the repercussions that will have the package of Diary 2000 for a region like #this that, in spite of suffering some climatological conditions *desfavorables in relation with the agricultural regions of *Europa central, depends of the agricultural activity. +Another sector thinks that for the countries that take part in the monetary union Cohesion Bottom has reached goal and has contributed to the nominal convergence. +Also to me *me #would enjoy *unirme to the gratitudes to the Commission, to commissioners here present and to #all the that have carried out a hard work during time that have occupied my seat in Parliament. +Therefore we are satisfied with this reform and consider that it has been glorious hit of Parliament that have had a so wide agreement in the organisation of the market of wine. +Gentleman President, in November defended the continuation of the community initiative *Urban, since also the small cities and average that situate out of the areas of application, the areas of the feeble and patients, have problems. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen Commissioners, gentleman President of the Council, wanted to in brief go back on the report of colleague Mr. Baron *Crespo and declare that *nos are for enlargement that characterises by that in front of our door finds a series of countries, it that ten years ago was practically *inimaginable. +Nevertheless, the current formulas contrived by the negotiators #would result acceptable to effects of the Commission as long as no existed a double network of security that offered to the Council means to refuse an executive measure proposal. +Have to express my recognition to Mr. *Hughes, President of the Commission of Social Subjects and Employment, the one who has been promoter of this intense debate on security and work. +Therefore, the Commission estimates that the amendments proposed by the European Parliament are fundamental for the establishment of a solid and coherent strategy against the risks derived of the explosive atmospheres. +And is that, in the first place, negotiations have not finished; second, that there #be had lacking of transparency, fault of participation and fault of information; and in last place, that there #be not follow-up mechanism of the environmental clauses, social neither of the democratic clause. +Gentleman President, since I got to Parliament in 1994, this Assembly has had very clear that the future of the European Union plays here, in this border terrain of the *tercer *pilar, in terrain of the rights and freedoms. +To conclude *me #would enjoy to treat of two looks that the Presidency #german has recognised that go in in the field of the *primer *pilar: the protection of personal data and the question of visas. +The amendment 63 of Mr. *Glante introduces a very important element and at the same time very dangerous, since it goes back to put on the *tapete the subject of the exceptions to the definition of broadcast. +#would Be very regrettable that the European Parliament went to result less liberal that the Commission, having present that are of an area with a very advanced technology and in fast transformation in the that *Europa finds in grave danger of remaining increasingly backwards regarding States Joined. +Believe that no *nos corresponds to *nosotros like legislators *legitimizar practice that authorises to the *publicistas to invite *ellos same to use telephone bills of the other and to use infrastructure of Internet providers to pay marketing. +Gentleman President, in #few years goes to *rebasar barrier of the 500 millions of persons connected to network. As it finishes to expose very well Mr. *Hoppenstedt, has opened an entirely new market that seats the bases of a future source of growth in *Europa. +Gentleman President, the past Monday, Budget Commission decided on the approval or rejection of the Agreement *Interinstitucional in a meeting that was summoned in rule and had permission. +The repeated *incomprensiones with the Commission and the Council *nos have exposed to the risk to cancel the result of *tantos efforts, with the danger to reduce negotiations to pulses among the Institutions. +With the end to relieve charge of the four States *beneficiarios of Cohesion Bottom, took to pay for the second time to the States -among the that it finds *Francia- price of convergence criteria. +The group of the #french members of the Group *Europa of Nations have voted against of the legislative resolution, it that has allowed to validate, in point, commitment of *Berlín. +Gentleman President, like French and citizens of the countries of *Europa, are horrified by the intensification of the exodus of the Albanians of *Kosovo and by the parallel intensification of bombardments of NATO. +war in *Yugoslavia, call ()»Humanitarian War»(!!!) in a euphemism apotheosis *hipócrita, has caused great losses in the civil population and has sharpened the tragedy of refugees. +By misfortune, seems that violence goes in increase in #all the region and #news of a new massacre *perpetrada this week by army #indonesian confirm once again reputation of merciless violence. +The problem of *Timor has been tackled here many times during the term of office and maybe was of the subjects of international politics and of defence of the human rights more tackled in Parliament. +Is precise also reaffirm complaint and conviction of countries that of form *hipócrita follow acclaiming the human rights, but do not hesitate in following selling arms to diet guilty of genocide of village. +#If it do not guarantees a neutral military strength in *Timor, the true option of the referendum will not be among autonomy and the independence, but among integration or life. +This question, in principle, will have to be resolved by the Council of ministers, that will determine, in the frame of Nations Joined, respecting the terms of the agreement among Indonesian and *Portugal, modalities that go to follow for the participation. +Equally, gentleman *Mendes Bounces -*usted signalled it and members of parliament also, particularly Mr. *Newens-, clear that share worry by the presence continued of militias armed that, obviously, are interference in this political process that it has to carry to the realisation of the referendum. +In the supposed that parts show the necessary political will to advance, the European Union will follow *ayudándoles to facilitate the application of #all the pending questions. +Therefore, gather #all conditions to happen to offensive that definitely #would not be final, but that it #can constitute a decisive step oriented to the definite abolition of death pity in the world. +is not #worthy that person confront to pity of more of twenty years of prison for having kept a homosexual relation. treats of rape of the fundamental human rights. +Lamentably, #this is only look of strategy of ethnic and political tightness that deprives to the immense majority of the population of country of the fundamental rights. +Wish to remember that #all the Horn of *África is devastated by conflicts of type. Now *les corresponds to the authorities of *Djibuti decide #if they sink to country in violence, unsteadiness and illegality or #if, by the contrary, reconstruct conditions for coexistence *asentada in new bases. +Estimate that said article 5 has to be taken into account, because #if it do not remedies the contingent situation of the political prisoners and, more in general, the situation of the human rights, the application of said article and of measures that of *él derive will have to be an eventuality to take in consideration. +Think, sure enough, as it has said it Mrs. *Maes, that have to take advantage of the recent election of the new President *Guelleh, to signal very clear and vigorously the position of the Union and say that we will take all it that was in hands, it before possible, so that it apply this famous article 5. +The personal actions, actions to particular title of politicians or of the countries are important, without embargo, only a conjoint effort of the European Union will be able to convert in *modélica experience, for the time being, loaded of vices and of difficulties. +The International Organism of the Nuclear Energy establishes in section of the technical norms of security for nuclear head offices minimum requirements that even are near at hand of the nuclear head offices of the *tercer world. +states candidates are the feeblest part in relation with the Union, and expect not having to persuade to nobody that the difficult committed of the political is to concern by that take justice with the feeblest part. +In optics, approve the common resolution that *nos occupies loaning special attention to the norms of environmental protection that, on the other hand, constitute the only guarantee of face to the *salvaguardia and the protection of health of citizens. +With conciliation, Parliament has the possibility to send a political message to the Commission also regarding another question in stage of preparation, which shows equally power that has this procedure of *codecisión. +In the first proposal, reduced the list of variables that it is necessary to provide in the statements and in the *segunda simplified product nomenclature used to classify products object of exchanges. +Now well, in case of insolvency, the garbled juridical situation created by the 15 different regulations in matter of procedures of insolvency gives place to a wide *margen of manipulation, *ocasiona immense costs owed to the enormous complexity of the procedures and hampers considerably distribution *equitativa of heritage of debtor. +Is possible to control the communications of way that #can know where finds person, in how moment finds there, how spots of Internet is, how electronic messages is, how electronic payments is; basically #can know #everything on the private life of person. +The resolution that are today pretends to unify the technical norms, which is indispensable to have the possibility to proceed to interception in the fight against crime organised. +With help of a virtual banking account the blackmailers #can *ingresar money without problem #any. Open a virtual banking account and earn money extorted by road. +development of Internet telecommunications #can not diminish the capacity of States members to struggle against delinquency and to keep the national security. +Lady Speaker, in January presented to the Council a question written *prioritaria on the five members of parliament captured in *Angola in December of the past year, and that, without having presented any *querella against *ellos, and without that they have been processed, continue imprisoned, although it has *rebasado the legal period of nine days that is valid in country. +But #this is not at all easy, as *ustedes know. Thus already during the past year look for acutely finance in the budget of 1999, and the achieve thanks to #that and colleagues that recognised the importance of the participation of the European Union in the *Expo of *Hannover precisely in the year 2000. +Without embargo, no resulted to be too much late, as the European Union will situate in pavilion of the General Direction of the *Expo and will occupy place stood out in the upper part of Avenue of *Europa, wall of the Square. +Is important, in the first place, by exhibition of the European Union of face to the interior, for citizens and citizen of the Union, but also by face exhibition to outside, for visitors of #everyone. +The organisers, under the direction of the General Commissioner of the *Expo, have engaged to present current and future options on how reach a harmonious coexistence and balanced of the three elements of the subject. +occasion, nevertheless, *me is very *grata to give to each #one of *ustedes #one *calurosa welcome in Plenary, of the *cual already had the honour to form part during #some years, to the equal that formed part in day of the national Parliament of #Italia, my country. +Memory that, of compliance with the Regulation, under age presidency will not proceed debate #any #whose object was extraneous, from sight point of the procedure, to the election of President or to verification of *credenciales. +Article 1, paragraph 2º of the *Anejo *I of Procedure Regulation establishes that before takeover member of Parliament has to have filled properly the Statement of economic interests. +To the be chosen today Speaker of our Assembly, *usted keeps also this necessary political balance among the institutions, with seen to a future piped, to a common work with regard to *Europa, to the internal reform and to #all the Assembly. +Lady Speaker, *le ensure, and will go back to repeat it this afternoon in this same hall *cuando expose activity program of the Presidency #finnish, that also is objective #ours tighten even more collaboration among Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +The have tested *yo same this morning, when taking #all the planned routes and indicated by means of #all signs usually used for give informations. +The beginning of the Presidency #german coincided with a historical step for the European Union: the introduction of the common coin, the euro. +The imperative democratic took evident in conflict around the resignation of the Commission, in the that they posed the fundamental subjects of transparency, the democratic control and the *legitimación of the #european performances. +*Yo also wanted to *decirle personally, gentleman Minister of External Subjects, in name of our political Group, some words of gratitude and of recognition by his firm and *convincente defence of the human rights, exposing even to the physical aggressions that have brave to launch against *usted. +The absence of President #german of the Council, of Finance Minister, in moment of the introduction of the euro is another case. +Mr. *Poettering has asked how #would have occurred #if the decisions adopted under the Presidency #german of the Council had taken under a Presidency of his political colour. +The circumstances were extraordinarily difficult and *nosotros think that it surpassed well proof. A European Commission touched, that finally sees forced to extract the consequences and resigns, but that with *ello also leaves to the discovered the great institutional deficits of *Europa. +weight of the Union, in spite of the ambiguous tendency of #some Governments to take part by own initiative, resulted irrelevant of face to the goals of the military action and *Europa, even in respect of the alliances, was not perceived like autonomous will. +Of the answer to this question will depend, from sight point, stages *ulteriores and indispensable, #if we want to give a concrete content to disposals that appear in chapter *J *IV of the Treaty of *Maastricht. +Appeal to #all the that are in favour here of a politics of preventive peace so that they work actively in favour of hit on a long-term basis of the stability pact, as #this #would mean to extract the consequence hit of war of *Kosovo, of the derivative wars of the *desmembramiento of *Yugoslavia. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, Group has to value to the Commission on the base of itinerary that have in front of *nosotros, of audiences and of the presentation in group of program announced for September. +In the fundamental orientations that has traced *usted, in particular -*permítame say it- in institutional matter, have found reasons to reassure, to be necessary, my confidence in measures that proposes to adopt and in orientations that indicates for the Commission.. diff --git a/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-target-lm.txt b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-target-lm.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d5581f --- /dev/null +++ b/spa-eng evaluation/ordered-target-lm.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10000 @@ +To4-0149\/99 of Mr. *Donner, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Estonia in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0705 - *C4-0110\/99).-To4-0154\/99 of the Mr. *von *Habsburg, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Hungría in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0700 - *C4-0113\/99).-To4-0151\/99 of the Mr. *Speciale, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Eslovenia in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0709 - *C4-0112\/99).-To4-0157\/99 of the Mr. Ram *González, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by the Czech Republic in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0708 - *C4-0111\/99).-To4-0148\/99 of the Mrs. *Hoff, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Polonia in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0701 - *C4-0109\/99).-To4-0159\/99 of the Mr. *Bertens, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the periodic Report of the Commission on the progresses made by *Chipre in the road of the adhesion (*COM(98)0710 - *C4-0108\/99).-To4-0165\/99 of the Mrs. *Malone, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the Report that updates the *dictamen of the Commission on the appeal of adhesion of Malt to the European Union (*COM(99)0069 - *C4-0163\/99)-To4-0123\/99 of the Mrs. *Myller, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, on the Communication of the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee, to the Committee of the Regions and to the countries candidates of the *Europa central and oriental relative to the strategies of adhesion in matter of environment: Accept the challenge of the enlargement to the countries candidates of *Europa Central and Oriental (*COM(98)0294 - *C4-0380\/98). +have not voted in favour of the relative final resolutions to the reform of the *PAC by the following reasons: 1. do not guarantees a *reequlibrio internal among the different components of the *PAC neither a greater equity among agriculturalists, productions and territories; 2. do not contributes to the economic and social cohesion of the half rural European: have not created mechanisms of weighting of the productivities to end to favour the agricultures of performances lower, *contrariamente to it approved by the European Parliament; 3. do not presents any special measure of support to the small agriculturalists, that are the most vulnerable and run the greater risk of abandonment; 4. do not reinforces sufficiently politics of rural development, by it that do not guarantees the practical application of the #european model of agriculture and of *multifuncionalidad with *él associated; 5. do not defends the #european agriculture in front of the negotiations of the new round of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade; 6. do not tackles the resolution of the main problems of the #portuguese agriculture: have not increased the strategic quotas, like the *regadío or the bovine or the *ovino; has not achieved to increase the productivity of reference for the cereals and the *oleaginosas; has not achieved community finance for the restructuring of the sector *lechero; 8. finally, because #this has been a reform of the status *quo , without political value, unable to prepare the #european agriculture for the imperative greater that poses the *mundialización and so that it was more favourable to the agriculturalists and the most efficient agricultures. +The Parliament, in fact: - *opuso to the *condicionamiento of the Bottom of Cohesion to the Pact of Stability, because it believes that the Bottom of Cohesion has to be considered to #all the effects a structural instrument; - considered that the Bottom of Cohesion had to subject to #the same norms on association that apply in the structural Bottoms and that his operations scheduled, together with the structural operations, inside a frame integrated in the that they took part the regional and local administrations; the Parliament wished likewise that in the Bottom of Cohesion took into account of mood that in the structural Bottoms the integration of subjects horizontal like the employment and the equality of opportunities; - asked that the resources of the Bottom of Cohesion in the fields of the transport and the mobility used to fund projects that improved the regional cohesion and *interregional, the interoperability and the *intermodalidad, and that in the field of the environment used besides to fund projects allocated to keep and recover the biodiversity and to preserve the natural reservations; - underlined the importance to be able to group small projects in a greater entity and requested, therefore, that around the 5 % of the total financial endowment put to disposal of projects of this type. +#Can be proud of the results in four concrete fields: the universal agreement on the absolute priority of the unemployment and the mission of the Social Bottom to support the #european strategy for the employment; second, the confirmation of the thematic structure of the regulation of the bottoms and the scope of the five political fields, that cover from the active politics for the market of work, happening by the social inclusion, the training along #all the life and adaptability, until the positive action in favour of the women; in *tercer place, have kept and reinforced the commitment to support to the no governmental organisations and to struggle against the social exclusion -share the opinion that the Regulation has to force to the States members to provide small helps, by means of modalities of special access, to the no governmental organisations and the local associations; in chamber place, once again with support of the Parliament, have reinforced the relative disposals to the equality of opportunities and to the principle *mainstreaming of the Regulation. +*Eso is it that have voted and *me congratulate that, after #a lot of meetings, after negotiations, our proposals converge with the point of sight of the Council, mainly in the structural plane, #where accepts the principle of the right to the growth: the crops *vitivinícolas that have a market in development will be able to obtain supplementary rights; mainly regarding the length of these rights of plantation, that has prolonged with the end to preserve the necessary rest for the floor; regarding the relative structural measures to the renewal and rejuvenation of the strains -have achieved that it concede a help-; regarding the cooperatives have contributed #few modifications, simply an agreement that allows to suppress the relative measures to the extension of his can and reserve, only for his members, the missions that *les have assigned; regarding the recognition of professions of a common field also, *concediéndoles a juridical statute required in the community right with the end to avert that the States members no producing put it in doubt; in the practices *enológicas also the maintenance of the traditional methods has been recognised; in matter of labeling has approved a direct disposal of labeling. +Is to say that, although we #can receive with big satisfaction that the European Union have to create *algo #as well as the conditions for the construction of a #european model of *pólderes in the field of the economic politics and of employment, have to warn, nevertheless, against the risk that #would suppose that this construction do not go accompanied at the same time also of a content, or was, of the modification of the orientation of the economic politics, and specifically of an economic politics oriented to concede sure enough priority to a more durable and reasonable employment, an economic politics that restart the subject of the redistribution of the work, an economic politics that also go back to include sure enough inside his perspectives the necessary tasks in the field of the promotion of the sustainability, of the fulfillment of the River commitment, of the solidarity in the relations with the #european neighbours and in the context of his stabilisation, in comparison to the economic politics understood like a species of aggregation of the *micropolítica of the great companies, #such as it has occurred during the last twenty years with the negative results already known and predictable that now suffers #all *Europa. +Bill the points very in brief: the reform of the budgetary procedure, with the put to the day of #the same; the extension of the *codecisión budgetary; the integration of the peripheral institutions in the community system; the consolidation of the financial perspectives in form of an authentic financial program to half term; the reform of the system of resources own with the end to ensure the autonomy and the financial efficiency of the Union, by a part, and the transparency of the community budget, by #another, which supposes that there #be *codecisión around the determination of the global level of own resources; the introduction of the possibility to have of fiscal instruments to scale #european; the possibility that the budgetary authority take part #all the years in relation with the mix of the different categories of income; and the extension of the *codecisión legislative and the taking of decisions by qualified majority to the financial regulations in #all the programs or instruments that comport community costs, to the regulations of the *PAC and to act that believes an executive agency. +The goals of this proposal are the following: guarantee the existence of the right to information and the regular query of the workers on the economic and strategic progresses of the company and on the decisions that *les affect in #all the States members of the Union; consolidate the social dialogue and the relation of confidence in the field of the company to end to contribute to the forecast of the risks, the development of the flexibility and of the organisation of the work in the frame of the security, the promotion and the sensitisation of the workers regarding the need of adaptations; include the situation and the promotion of the employment in the company in the subjects of information and query; guarantee that the workers are informed and consulted before they adopt decisions that #can suppose substantial changes of the organisation of the work and of the contractual relations; guarantee the efficiency of said procedure introducing specific sanctions against #that that break seriously said obligations in these sectors. +Regarding the evolution of the political process, are actively the strategy to keep the pressure on *Belgrado, a pressure directed to achieve the fulfillment of the five points that the European Union was the first in adopting, among #all the international organisations, that afterwards were assumed by the NATO and that the General Secretary of the UN has adopted like base of his own position, to know: the return of #all the deported, the return of #all the refugees, return without restrictions to some safe surroundings in *Kosovo, guaranteed by an international strength of peace, stood out in application of a resolution of the Nations Joined based in the foundation of the Chapter *VII, with a central core of strengths of the NATO and a considerable participation of #the same, but in the that also #would take part *Rusia, *Ucrania and neutral countries, accompanied of the simultaneous withdrawal of the strengths of fight and also of the strengths *paramilitares and of the special police of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia and of the #serbian State like part of #the same. +How glorious challenges #can *usted confront in name of the Fifteen? Impose like actor to the one hundred by one hundred in Orient Next to contribute to fix a just and durable peace, now possible; *relanzar the negotiations of *Lomé on new bases that integrate the worries of our 71 partners of the south, with the end to save the spirit of this only Convention in the world; take that it hear a different voice regarding the international financial institutions, for example in favour of the cancellation of the debt of the today blocked countries in his development by this mechanism *infernal; launch a true international crusade in favour of disarmament, in particular the nuclear, in some moments of enormous danger of proliferation; convert in spokesman, in *portaestandarte of a revaluation of the system of the Nations Joined, of the respect by his Letter, by the promotion of a type of relations international civilised that *destierren for ever the war like half to resolve the differences and in it immediate, by favour, that put end of another form that was not by means of formal communiqués to the inertia *insoportable of the Union in the wild war of *Chechenia. +#5.el Report *Garot, in the that the competition and the tenacity of the speaker have allowed *salvaguardar, in part, the sector of the meat of *vacuno, especially regarding the cows *nodrizas, that conserve the landscape, structure the rural productions, guarantee an income to quality productions without hormones and protect the environment.#6.el Inform #Martin, in #whose case my colleagues and *yo same have modified deeply the text of the proposal in a favourable sense to the group of the chain of production of the sector *vitivinícola -#some interested like this *nos have said it-, specifically in it *concerniente to the definition of the wine, to the prohibition to elaborate #european wines with musts mattered of third countries and to the maintenance of the practices *enológicas traditional and, therefore, of the quality that serves of base to our cultural identity #europea.7.el Report *Fantuzzi relative to determined crops *herbáceos, although the treatment that gives to the products *oleaginosos and *proteaginosos still is distant a lot to be satisfactory.Am persuaded that the agriculturalists and the #european consumers will comprise, as, the sense of my vote, and will be conscious of the fights that still are pending so that the #european construction have a future in this field. +Like this, go to refer very in brief the decision that finishes to take takes #few days for the application of the project on the *risk capital, on the investments of capital of high risk, that the past week approved the Commission and that they are an important tool, mainly for the new small companies, the measures to boost the innovation *interfronteriza; the measures to promote the mobility of employees by means of the transfer of his rights and of his pensions; special programs for his training and, of course, the exceptional quantity of the structural bottoms for the goal 3, to the that belong #all the countries, a quantity of the order of 24.000 millions of euros for the next seven years, that by means of the goal 3 and by means of the programs of the structural bottoms and, of course, by means of the strategy for the employment, #can structure national and political politics connected to #european level that concern to the *empleabilidad, the operating capacity, the adaptability of the companies and of the workers. +#1.el Report *Görlach do not allows, in his current state, with a budgetary endowment too much scarce, apply a true politics of rural development, in spite of being more that never necessary to guarantee a #worthy and sustainable future to the rural zones of the EU (80 % of the territory of the EU).#2.el Report *Mulder remembers in a considering the possibility of the *cofinanciación, that *nosotros have combated because it #would mean, in the long run, the disintegration of the *PAC and of the goals of the #Tratado.3.el Report *Graefe *zu *Baringdorf has not allowed to present a coherent mechanism of *reorientación and of fixation of maximum limits of the agricultural helps according to social and environmental criteria, and the own speaker, after the amendments approved in commission, probably do not recognise a text amended, so different of the #original.4.en what to the Report *Goepel on milk, #this guaranteed, of course, the maintenance of true *statu *quo , but established the possibility to suppress the quotas #lecheras.en change, have voted in favour of the reports in the that the firm position of the Parliament had taken to retreat significantly the *intransigencia or the *inadecuación of the proposals of the Commission: +Among so much, like the Assembly is to the so much, the main characteristic of the common position reached in the present managerial are the fixation of a minimum tax of the tax by vehicle to the levels of the existent directive and without differentiation in accordance with *Euroclass, the maintenance of determined measures of transition on the taxes of the vehicles, the establishment of types maximum of taxes by the utilisation of the roads with a structure differentiated #such as it proposes it the Council, the disposal of a #enabling power so that the types of tolls #can differentiate according to broadcast class of the vehicle and the hour of the day of utilisation of the road, the disposal allocated to *Austria to apply a toll in relation with the cost of the infrastructure in the tract that goes of *Kufstein to *Brenner and the disposal of a 50 % of reduction of the taxes by the utilisation of the roads for vehicles registered in #Grecia. +An event like *Tampere, that woke up *tantas expectations, #can seem an end in himself\/hisself same, but only is the beginning of a process. The Commission believes, nevertheless, that *Tampere transmitted the suitable message to audiences: to our citizens, in the first place, that a subject *prioritario for his personal interests also wins importance among the political priorities of the Union; to the national administrations, that there #be not gone back backwards and that his own Bosses of Government have engaged to introduce improvements, included the institutional improvements of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, and to work as it is had to; to the world of the delinquency, that the Union is *movilizando all his potential to combat his activities that are a threat for our freedom and our welfare, and even for our democratic diets; and finally, to the external world, that an inwardly safe Union do not means a Union fortress and that our commitments with #that that need protection are holy. +Here find reports on a resolution of directive of the European Commission that imposes to the States members that adopt the necessary measures so that any society of telecommunications notable in the market #can explode his network of television by wire through person juridical or on the project of a wide project of #french law on the society of the information that, among other things, wants to regulate the questions related with the free employment of keys, the reliability in the traffic of data, of the protection of the rights of author or the necessary instances of regulation; or also, on the last sentences of the European Court of Justice on the Human Rights, with the that they have refused 13 demands against *Turquía, #if well the Court in eleven of the thirteen cases followed to the *demandantes recognising rapes of the right of free expression of opinion. +Now well, of granting in granting, *nos find in the day of today, in name of the logic of the iron of the pact of stability budgetary, in the first place with some estimates and some financial needs for the reconstruction of *Kosovo that have dropped mysteriously of 500 millions of euros -enciphers advanced by the Commission, the World-wide Bank, the States members and the media- to 420, afterwards to some 300 millions; second in front of a reduction of the credits that had voted for *Timor oriental to the equal that for the victims of the earthquake of *Turquía, in *tercer place in front of the cuts in the credits assigned to the cooperation, to the alimentary help, to the help to Palestinian and to the countries of the south of the Mediterranean, to the program *Tacis bear *Europa of the East, to the support to the human rights and finally, confronted to cuts of a total of some 2 *millardos for payment credits. +Like chamber point, the global figures also are, obviously, *indicativas of the work made by the commissions and, in particular, by the speakers, and *yo wanted to appreciate, therefore, very sincerely in name of the Commission the report of Mr. *Virrankoski on the projects of budget for the European Parliament, the Council, the Court of Justice, the Court of Accounts, and the Social Economic Committee and the Committee of the Regions, the report of the Mr. *Pittella on the project of budget operative of the European Community of the Coal and of the Steel, and also very especially the report of the Mr. *Bourlanges. #This shows once again that it is an excellent speaker and a teacher in the presentation of proposals very sophisticated "" . +On the other hand, the purpose manifested by the Commission -and that also is #worthy of *beneplácito- to elaborate annual reports on the relations of the European Union with *Macao #would not have to dispense to the European Parliament to loan, to his time, the greater attention to this subject, very in particular following regularly his evolution from 20 December, tightening to #that *respecto information exchange and cooperation *interinstitucionales, creating his own group of contact, of mutual links, analysing and debating the periodic reports that *le present, appreciating, finally, the evolution of #all the looks of the *coyuntura related with *Macao with seen to the transformations of the international relations in the Extreme Orient and of the changes that announce in this zone, without forgetting the new situations that it #can comport the entrance of Chinese in the *OMC and the evolution and\/or qualitative modification of his relations with the States Joined of *América. +Have to say, gentleman President, that have achieved a series of goals important in this terrain: by a part, Commission amended to himself\/hisself same, modifying his initial project, modifying even the title of the regulation in the line that requested; and on the other hand, among the two readings have celebrated a series of meetings with the Presidency of the Council that, to my trial, have been positive in the measure in that we have been able to develop the criteria in relation with the application of the program *PHARE, that is basic of face to the organisation and to the institutional reinforcement of these countries, to the inclusion of criteria political in relation with the democracy and with the strengthening of the civil society, in a word, of face to the reinforcement of these societies. +*B4-0461\/99 of the deputies *Swoboda and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0473\/99 of the deputies *Dupuis and #others, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-047\/99 of the deputy *Manisco, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0480\/99 of the deputy *Cars, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0496\/99 of the deputies *Lenz, *Soulier and *Oomen-*Ruijten, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0502\/99 of the deputies *Aglietta and #Orlando, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the pity of death and the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of penalties capital; +Further of this resolution, will insist in four points: the maintenance of the restrictions with regard to the circulation of heavy vehicles and his harmonisation on the base of the restrictions at present more extended; second, a more forceful action regarding the reduction of the hours of work and of driving of the truck drivers; in *tercer place, the consolidation of a priority of the rail transport of freight in the zones of mountain and in the zones of risk; in chamber place, the need to undertake an action decided with regard to the cooperation of the rail societies to end to harmonise the norms, the materials and the training of the personnel. +. (*SV) In the plan of action common that the EU and #EE.UU. signed in *Madrid on 3 December 1995, signal under the title "Reaction in front of global threats" the increase of the collaboration in the fight against the illicit trade with drugs, the measures of cooperation among the competent #american authorities and *Europol, the collaboration to give support to the program of drugs of the UN, the coordination of programs of alternative development to combat the preparation of *estupefacientes and the creation of channels of cooperation among community organs as, for example, the European Centre for Drug Control and *Toxicomanías and the #Inter-American Commission for the control of *drogodependencias. +To finalise, gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, #if the European Commission wishes really contribute to the development of the naval sector in *Europa, *le suffices with defending clearly the principle of the just trade during the negotiations of the *OMC, leave to the States members the freedom to take part directly in this strategic sector to reorient technologically #some dockyards to segments of market with future, favour the cooperation among the companies to contribute to improve the global efficiency of each #one of types of dockyards and, finally, in the frame of the common politics of fishing, adopt the decisions that are necessary to make possible a renewal controlled of our fleet *pesquera, the *perpetuación of the experience of our dockyards and the vitality, gentleman President, of our dependent maritime regions of the fishing. +After the wide internal debate celebrated in April of 1997, affirm in a press conference the need to reform the system of subsidies, the defence of a global approach, guaranteeing the maximum transparency and a greater control of #all the costs, that, in case that #any of the subsidies of trip had to serve to compensate *algo, #would have to pay only the trips sure enough facts and by the corresponding value to it that sure enough cost, the consideration of the distance and of the time of transfer by means of a *escalonamiento in the subsidy of stay with a new appropriate instrument; the deputies to the European Parliament do not have to receive *emolumentos equal, but that they have to be in accordance with the situations *salariales of the States members of origin of his representatives chosen. +improvement of the norms and of the financial organisation; -renewal of the upper levels of the parliamentary administration and introduction of new systems of promotion and of mobility to #all levels; -increase of the presence of women in the places of direction, although no still in the proportion that to me *me had enjoyed can make; -regulation of the transparency in the administrative decisions, to request of the Defender of the Village; -compilation and *clarificación of the existent norms so that, from now, deputies and civil servants know *cuales are his rights and obligations, according to clear rules that avert the *arbitrismo or the favour to the friend.Also has achieved to resolve of satisfactory way the technical problems and of relative finance to our buildings of *Bruselas, culminating like this the obstinacy of my predecessors for endowing to the deputies of facilities more functional and concentrated. +Gentleman President, take note and comprise the point of sight of the committee in his final considerations about that there #be not an only measure that #can treat the problem of mentality, but believe that a wide and clear strategy of reform, some effective mechanisms to reckon and insist *vigorosamente in the achievement of goals, the quality of the public service and the assessment of the money, the vocational training in the technicians and the ethical of the management, a promotion strictly *meritocrática, some just disciplinary procedures firm and reliable, the continuous emphasis in the professionalism and the #probity in the school and in the services #can *moldear the mentality. +This Parliament has taken a very clear position, since it has predicted that, before the enlargement, have to make *obligatoriamente #some great institutional reforms #if we want to avert that *Europa convert only and exclusively in a big zone of *librecambio, prey of an extraordinary capacity of indecision by a regulation and by some obsolete internal rules. Has indicated likewise that they do not suffice the decisions on the vote by majority and the composition of the Commission to give a new impulse and a new strength to *Europa, but that it is necessary to take other paths as, for example, the of the Letter of Rights Fundamental and of #some of the things that had to join #all the big #european movement, logically, inside the respect of the nations, of his feelings, of history, of his tradition that consider very important. +How new answers contributes *usted to this thirst of resistance that, in front of the career *desenfrenada by the profitability is in #all *Europa, for example, in this same moment, in my country, to *través of the enormous movement of charm to the workers of the group *Michelin that finishes to announce 7.500 suppressions of employment in *Europa, after having increased his benefits in a 20 %?How new answers contribute *ustedes to those and to #that that expect that *Europa promote a real dynamics of alternatives to the globalisation of exclusion today in practice, already treat of employees, of peasants, of literate persons that argue the rules of the world-wide trade, or of two #guinean youngsters victims of the exodus of the misfortune, without an international order that recognise to each human being the right to life, to the work and to the dignity? +Therefore, believe that -understanding totally even the narrow current mandate for the Conference in it that concerns to the review of the institutions as a result of the Treaty of *Amsterdam- it is necessary to tackle the necessary reform and in depth of our Court of Justice and of our Court of First Instance, the reform of the nomination of the judges -in the that this Parliament has to have an important participation-, the reform of competition cast among the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance, so that the citizen #can have an idea *cabal and clear of #which is this #european justice that also is his direct justice, and the reform, in end -and #that already is of another chapter- of the *justiciabilidad of the acts. +How another thing #can mean the proposals that listen, and that in general are collected in the report, on the changes in the votes of the Council, on the change of the number, or of the competitions, of the commissioners, on the decrease of the popular representation in the *PE after the increase of the number of states of the EU, but the *reforzamiento of the position of the rich countries of the EU, the *reforzamiento of the position of the companies *monopolistas, that in his majority have headquarters in these countries, the attempt to minimise any resistance of the villages, or even of the countries, to the *antipopulares resolutions of the EU that affect or #can affect even to national interests? +That it reestablish the peace to allow political negotiations and the immediate end of the military aggression to a sovereign State are not horizons of this majority that before prefers to justify the intervention of the NATO, the *servilismo of the EU and of his States in front of the strategic interests Americans, the *inobservancia of the order and the international rights and of the Letter of the Nations Joined, before prefers to defend the climbing of the war and the approval of political orientations that they have to put by strength in risk solve negotiated and the resolution of the relative fundamental questions to the regional autonomies and his ethnic minorities. +Of course this effort of revaluation of the Union in his group concerns also to the responsibilities of the European Parliament and of the Council -and #this also go it to argue with the new Commission- #as well as to *usted, a political guide that convert to the Commission in a strong speaker with regard to the great open questions and of the that depends the evolution and the identity of the Union, some political questions that *revisten a big institutional importance, as *recalcaba, for example, Mr. President *Martens to the hour to tackle the subject of the relation among the Institutions regarding the institutional reforms, key subject of the next years. +To #that *respecto, have to stand out the principle of the mutual recognition of decisions and sentences, to the that has to contribute the adoption of definitions and common sanctions in #all the States members against some criminal activities of character *transfronterizo, as, for example, in the spheres of the delinquency organised, of the illicit traffic of drugs, of the traffic of human beings or of the delinquency against the boys; have to stand out equally the creation of the network *EUROJUST, that is without place to doubts the beginning of the construction of a judicial component of the European Union that it was instrument of support and of control of the action of *EUROPOL with seen to guarantee the inner security and also an instrument of defence of the rights of the #european citizens. +Considers the Council that statements like the effected by the #danish Minister of External Subjects, Mr. *Petersen, the one who affirmed that the decision quoted transmits the correct message that the democracy and the wish of reforms obtain his *recompensa, express the point of sight of the EU and of the designated international community on the respect of the freedoms and the fundamental democratic values, and that the decision of character #blackmailer of *Luxemburgo is a "message" that promotes democracy, pushing to a village and his political representatives, by means of the *coacción, to follow practices *antidemocráticas with the end to survive, in place to guarantee the normal democratic operation of the institutions in the next elections? +Takes fault a complete review of the politics of the European Union that include and confront: the democratisation of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade; the support to the familiar model of agriculture; the necessary mechanisms for the *dignificación of the workers of the *Tercer World, so that it do not prejudice his productive and commercial statute; the protection of the environment; the diffusion of the technology in the poorest countries; the treatment of the international debt of countries feebler; the protection of the cultural diversity of the planet in front of the *superpotencia North American of the show. +While this morning a colleague put of self-evident the fact that the three institutions of the European Union managers to sign the budget were chaired by women and saw in this fact #one *figuración of it that it #can represent the *tercer #millenium for the consolidation of the equality of rights and of opportunities man-woman, in *Afganistán see how the #taliban diet no only denies to the woman -to millions of women- the exercise of his more elementary rights -like the rights to education, to the health or to exert a profession-, no only this diet exerts violence on *ella by the mere fact to be woman but that, with the negation of these rights, *le is also denying the freedom to live his own life, *le is his condition of person. +*B4-0466\/99 of the deputies *Swoboda and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0469\/99 of the deputies *Dupuis and #others, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-0476\/99 of the deputy Saws *González, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0483\/99 of the deputy *Cars, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0492-*B4-0498\/99 of the deputies *Oostlander and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0501\/99 of the deputies *Aglietta and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the ratification of the Statute of the International Penal Court; +The conflict, amply fed these two weeks, among the Parliament and the Council, do not has to *hacernos forget #some essential questions: regarding the help conceded to the region of *Kosovo, #can *sorprendernos the fact that this help was not conditioned by the definite return to the peace, it that, alas, do not occurs, as it remembers it a recent report of the *OSCE; regarding the amounts assigned, the members of the Commission of Budgets have assisted in the distinct commissions to a true dribble, since the institutions took *malabarismos with the millions of euros, without that nobody have taken really the work to reckon the needs of the region, since #all said that *Kosovo #can not at present absorb amounts, equivalents to the half of his *PNB. +*B4-0380\/99 of the deputy *Pasty, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0381\/99 of the deputies *Wijsenbeek and *Fassa, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0396\/99 of the deputies *Florio and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0401\/99 of the deputies *Simpson, *Cot and *Bontempi, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0406\/99 of the deputies *Moreau and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0414\/99 of the deputies *Leperre-*Verrier and *Dell'#Alba, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-0417\/99 of the deputies *Cohn-*Bendit and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the accident in the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc. +1.Complaint and conviction of the most conclusive form the catastrophic bombardment to the studies of the television in *Belgrado (22 April 1999).2.Expresses, *consternado, his weigh in front of the grave losses in human lives (ten dead persons and *decenas of injured) among workers of the information.3.Considers that it treats of a barbaric hit against the fundamental human rights, against the right to the freedom of word and of expression, to the freedom of press.4.Believes that it is inadmissible, in this case, any reference to bellicose «or» humanitarian «needs»!!!5.Asks to his President that transmit the present resolution to the Council, to the governments of the States members, to the Government of *Yugoslavia, to the International Union of Journalists and to the NATO.- Resolution common - European Council of Colony +So that with the #finnish Presidency will progress the militarisation subordinated to the NATO of the European Union, under the Presidency precisely of a country that do not belongs to the NATO and that it was known up to now by orientation pacifist; will renew the participation of the European Union, in the breast of the new NATO, in similar crimes, or even worse, to the imperialist aggression to *Yugoslavia; will intensify the frontal aggression to the workers, will increase the unemployment and the *marginalización, will sharpen the social and territorial disequilibriums; will keep, *veinticinco years afterwards, the occupation of the 40 % of *Chipre by the #turkish diet with the support of the European Union, #as well as the genocide of the village *kurdo, #whose fight is described of terrorist. +In front of *nosotros are the economic and social challenges arisen as a result of the introduction of the only coin, the realisation of a deep reform of the Institutions and the attribution of a concrete sense to the rights of the citizens; from the point of sight external, a strategic gap of at least ten years that it is necessary to satisfy regarding the dramatic crisis of the *Balcanes, the resumption of politics #mediterranean backed by the process of peace that has restarted his career, the dramatic crisis of *Rusia, the defence of the human rights and of the minorities of the world. +Gentleman President, since the controversial decision of the #turkish government that debate constitutes a case more of fault of respect and of rape of the right of the sea by part of *Turquía after the known decision of the Big National Assembly Turkish to empower to the #turkish government to consider «*casus *belli» and declare war to #Grecia in the case that #Grecia exerted his legitimate right to expand the #greek territorial waters in accordance with the convention of the UN that only *Turquía has denied to sign, ask to the Council #if it proposes to signal also this subject in his request to *Ankara and in the conversations that, during the imminent European Council of *Helsinki, will keep, on the relations of the European Union with *Turquía and on the criteria that #this, as *nos has said the Mr. Minister, will have to fulfil. +Although the proposal of regulation of the Commission began to negotiate before the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, in the Commission of Subjects Juridical -that approves in general regulation proposal, since it goes directed to delay the disarmament of the *arbitrios #canarian and, therefore, has a protective function- think that after the entrance in vigour of the article 299.2 it that proceeds is not a simple *suavización of the limitation of the special treatment but paralyse the elimination of this special treatment because, predictably, in the measures that have to propose the Commission for the regions *ultraperiféricas of compliance with said article 299.2, that foresees special measures in matter of fiscal politics, the Commission will allow predictably a small rearm so as to that the small local industries affected do not result prejudiced. +Along these months, of these last years, consider article 6 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam the reaffirmation of the weight and of the paper that in the European Union have the principles of freedom, of democracy, of respect of the human rights or, even, the constitution of the International Penal Court or the need that #all warn to give greater strength to the article 7 of the Letter of the Organisation of the Nations Joined with the object to be able to guarantee the respect of the human rights preventing the exercise of the eventual humanitarian interferences to logics that are not linked pure and simply to the respect of said rights: all #this *nos shows that they have made great progresses. +The first is the greater attention loaned to access, to the market of work after the process of training; the second is the field of the technology of the information, in the that it takes a big effort -to the that is not extraneous the imminent initiative of the Commission on the society of the information- for linking the problem of the employment to the computing; the third is the active paper of the local instances -in relation with the *cual urges and encourages to the States members to that they recognise a greater specific weight to the municipal authorities-, and, of course, the paper of the social agents. +Report (To5-0103\/1999) of the Mr. *Colom *I Naval, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the review of the financial perspectives *anejas to the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 6 May 1999 on the budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure (*SEC(1999)1647 - *C5-0322\/1999) and on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (point 24 of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 6 May 1999 on the budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure) (*SEC(1999)1647 - *C5-0314\/1999) +Subject: Summit of River of *Janeiro Had account of the impulse that the European Parliament from his institutional position has come giving to the relations among the European Union and the countries of *América Latin, the increase of the main budgetary lines of cooperation with the region that the European Parliament has come approving in the last years, the presence that the European Parliament has come keeping in the Formal and Informal Summits of the Bosses of State and of Government of the European Union #as well as his participation in the meetings of the Ministerial Conferences of Saint #José and of the River Group, +#Some examples: *España follows vetoing the creation of the indispensable anonymous societies #european, the Realm Joined protects put of work in *Londres and denies to accept the fiscal harmonisation, not even regarding the tax on the capitals, *Francia prefers to attend to the community courts before that liberalise his electrical market of the form that establishes the rule of the Union, the #german Chancellor *infringe #all the rules of the market economy and saves a company of construction in failure to harvest political laurels in his country, the war of the meat of *vacuno against *Inglaterra prolongs, *rebasando the necessary limits from the point of sight sanitary. +The most significant innovations that we want to introduce are the following: the attentive consideration of the consequences of the *morosidad in the payments of the perishable alimentary products; the recognition of the right to demand the *resarcimiento of the derivative costs of the collection of the credit; reservation clause of command in favour of the seller; the certainty that an executive title #can be taken effective in the term of 60 days from the date in that the creditor formulate the demand; finally, the greater transparency in the relation among the administration *adjudicadora and the contractor, #as well as in the relation of outsourcing. +*B4-0459\/99 of the deputies Mr. *Newens and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0467\/99 of the deputies *Maes and *Dupuis, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-0470\/99 of the deputies Mr. *Pasty and #others, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0474\/99 of the deputies #Miranda and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0478\/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0494\/99 of the deputies *Cunha and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0510\/99 of the deputies *Hautala and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the situation in *Timor Oriental. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0023\/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [$^8076$/^1$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0024$/^1999$ - ^1996$/^0130$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the decision of base relative to the program #Socrates with the end to include to *Turquía among the *beneficiarios; and the common position of the Council [$^8077$/^1$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0025$/^1999$ - ^1996$/^0131$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the decision of base relative to the Program "Youth with *Europa" (third stage) with the end to include to *Turquía among the countries *beneficiarios (Speaker: Mr. *Gargani) +Have to remember in brief that in the group presented by the Commission the past year appeared in the first place an amendment to the whole of the directive of 1993, on the that *versa the report of the Mrs. *Smet, a directive on the transport by road that, lamentably, is totally blocked in the Transport Council in this moment, as have understood; the third, a directive of application of the agreement among the social speakers on the persons of sea, was approved in form of directive in June of this year, by it that this element already is dismissed, and, finally, the proposal of the that go to talk today, a directive on the application of the labour day on board of fuselages that take scale in the ports of the Community. +More specifically, regarding the #french legislation -to the that Mr. *Rothley has taken reference- #such as it was drafted in the moment of the sentence of 10 January 1995 dictated in the procedure *nº 229\/93 *Leclerc "*Au *blé *vert" , the Court of Justice declared that, in the field of a national legislation that establishes a diet of price fixed of the book, are measured of equivalent effect to the restrictions to the import, forbidden by the article 28 (ancient article 30) of the Treaty, the norms "that, with regard to the sale of books published in #the same Been member affected and *reimportados, previous export to another Been member, force to observe the price of sale imposed by the editor, unless they do not exist founded reasons to consider that said books were exported with the only purpose of his *reimportación allocated to evade said law" . +*B4-0463\/99 of the deputies *Berès and *Vecchi, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0468\/99 of the deputies *Pradier and *Hory, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-0477\/99 of the deputy *Wurtz, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0482\/99 of the deputy *Fassa, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0497\/99 of the deputy *Lehideux, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0504\/99 of the deputies *Telkämper and *Aelvoet, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the situation of the human rights in *Djibuti; +In effect, is necessary the abolition of the internal borders protecting the security of the citizens, the harmonisation regarding the admission and circulation of citizens of third countries inside the European Union, creating a politics of immigration and of asylum more uniform and *solidaria, the coordination of the actions of prevention and the fight against the delinquency and, in particular, the delinquency organised (especially, the terrorism, the traffic of human beings, the offences against the boys, the traffic of drug and arms, the corruption and fraud) and, finally, the guarantee in the #european level of the rights and fundamental freedoms. +The Commission recommends with taste the amendments of commitment presented by the speaker, Mrs. *Jöns, relative to: add to the article 1 the social integration in the market of work, to know, the amendment 1; the new formulation of the *tercer system of social economy in the article 2, to know, the amendment 8; the importance that so much the Commission like the Parliament consider that it has to attribute to the principles of equality of opportunities and of adaptability, to know the amendment 9; and the best conditions that proposes the Parliament for the granting of small helps with disposals of special access for the no governmental organisations, to know the amendment 10. +*B4-0460\/99 of the deputies *Colajanni and *Swoboda, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0479\/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0486\/99 of the deputy *Pasty, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0488\/99 of the deputies *Wurtz and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0495\/99 of the deputies *von *Habsburg and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0503\/99 of the deputies *Gahrton and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre peace process in the Orient Next and the term of 4 May 1999. +Without embargo, *yo have the *convencimiento that an event occurred in *Europa finished for giving the last impulse to the Government of Of *Klerk, constituted to finals of 1989, and *le allowed to gather the necessary value to open the doors to a radical change of the system and with *ello to his own disappearance. The fall of the wall of *Berlín, as last visible symbol of the end of a system, in #whose name had not defended precisely the freedom and democracy in the *África *Austral, finished with the subjective perception of the *surafricanos white that #if they celebrated some democratic elections of compliance with the principle "*one *man, *one vote, eleven to vote " (a man, a vote, an only vote) #would finish living another time in a system *monopartidista, and also in an economy *estatalizada, fruit of the expropriation. +For example, the enlargement of the Council "General Subjects" to the ministers of defence, formula already experienced the past Monday; the set up of a permanent political organ, the "*COPS" , commissioned to follow #all the relative questions to the external politics and of common security, included the relative to the defence; the set up of a military committee; the creation of a strength of intervention fast of some 50.000 men, etc., etc.; and do not forget that the #finnish Presidency has conceded importance to the improvement of the no military means of security, mainly to preventive title. +Have wanted that each boss or *subjefe of cabinet was a citizen of a distinct State of the State of the Commissioner and that in each cabinet there are persons of three States different members like minimum; the rules to appoint to the high civil servants will be more strict and transparent and inside the Commission will increase the mobility of the high civil servants; Directions General of the Commission will identify with brief and clear denominations, instead of with numbers; will create a stronger service in the sector of the means and of the communication to guarantee that the politics of the Commission take public with professionalism, so as to get to #all the #european citizens. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0033\/1999) of the Mr. *Harbour in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market on the common position of the Council ((8697\/1\/1999 - *C5-0031\/1999 - 1998\/0071 (*COD)) relative to the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive of the Council 70\/221\/*CEE of Council relative to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the deposits of fuel liquid and the devices of protection rear of the vehicles to engine and of his trailers. +Second, is equally desirable and urgent the voluntary participation of the workers in the capital of his company, so much as it indicates it the speaker in his amendment 12 to the guidelines for employment, and *ello by two reasons. In the first place, by reasons funded relative to the need to improve the endowment of capital own of the companies to resist to the *imposiciones of the great bottoms of investment and protect the employment, but also by a human reason that resides in the evolution of the places of work with future, the *cuales that demand a level of training increasingly high and a personal commitment that only #can take advantage of and boost intelligently by means of the participation. +In the first place appears concept of public health that have interpreted of wide form of compliance with the definition of the World-wide Organisation of the Health -the health is a state of welfare physical, mental and social total- in line, therefore, also with the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice, #as well as the same concept of violence that covers the looks quoted: the violence no only is a rape of the psychic and physical integrity of the that the suffer, but that constitutes a grave social damage that prejudices, cost the redundancy, to #all, is to say, to the victim, the aggressors and the citizens. +Of way more general, do not believes the Commission -seen crisis situations and the increasing threat that represent the numerous diets *antidemocráticos present in this region of the world- that the development of a strategic relation, political, economic and cultural among the EU and the Indian -the most populated democracy of the world- #would allow to join, of significant and exemplary way, in an alone political, the will to establish political and economic relations privileged with the countries governed by the principles and the rules of the democracy and of the State of Right, #as well as economic and commercial interests very understood? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, results *reconfortante that in a so important negotiation like the of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade the fifteen States members have adopted a common position to establish, in the field of agriculture, some rules of game stable that allow a loyal competition in the world-wide stage and confront with clarity the challenges of the new #millenium, since they have taken like central base the positions adopted in his day in the diary of the agreement of agriculture of the Round *Uruguay and in the Diary 2000 of *Berlín, #as well as the maintenance *multifuncional of the agriculture. +In relation with the libraries and the promotion of the democracy and culture, the Council leaves proof that in the article 151 of the Treaty of the Union indicates that the community efforts to boost the cultural development in the States members, respecting his national and regional diversity, have to orient to boost the collaboration among the States members and, #if it is necessary, support and complete his activities -in the first place- to improve and spread knowledges on the history and the culture of the #european villages -second- to conserve and protect the *acervo cultural that have meant for *Europa -in *tercer place- for cultural exchange no commercial and -in chamber place- for the artistic and literary creation, included the audiovisual sector. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the recommendation (To5-0023\/1999) for the *segunda reading, in name of the Commission of Culture, Education, Media and Sport, on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council (8076\/1\/1999 - *C5-0024\/1999 - 1996\/0130(*COD)), by the that modifies the Directive of base relative to the program #Socrates with the end to include to *Turquía among the countries *beneficiarios, and on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council (8077\/1\/1999 - *C5-0025\/1999 - 1996\/0131(*COD)), by the that modifies the Decision of base relative to the program Youth with *Europa *III with the end to include to *Turquía among the countries *beneficiarios (Speaker: Mr. *Gargani). +And is it because, although *Turquía is a country that has shown #any difficulty in this terrain - *le confess, gentleman President, that in the commission has listened the echo of this problematic, of this difficulty to the hour to accept this idea in the #european field, in the *Europa so opened to the culture, as they have reiterated along #all the afternoon the distinct orators in his speeches on the four measures that, in some mood, are interrelated - believe that this decision will carry to describe to *Europa in his whole like a group of States that watches to the new countries of open way and with big dignity and offers great possibilities of development from the point of sight of freedom and of the culture. +In fact, in 1994 the report commissioned by the European Commission in the that it examined #all this sector of the auxiliary doctors and in period of training put of relief seven looks that require the adoption of measures immediate: the excessive labour day in #some countries; the question of the policemen; fixation of turns little realistic; prolonged periods of permanent service; the distribution of the services among the auxiliary doctors and the upper doctors; the no official pressures that suffer the doctors in period of training; the vulnerability of rest periods in front of the pressure of the necessary service. +Lady deputy, although the Council -say it very on purpose to the principle- concedes really a big importance to the measures for the promotion of the equality of opportunities among men and women and to the concrete application of the corresponding disposals of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, it that it is applicable to #all the organisations, institutions and corporations that know in *Europa, from the European Parliament until the Commission and also to Council, lamentably, have to *indicarle that roots exclusively in the field of responsibilities of the the States members propose to the members of the European Commission of compliance with the disposals of the Treaties and that the distribution of tasks inside the Commission is, by it other, an internal subject of the Commission. +Have to react it before possible, especially by what know the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone: the *hidroclorofluorocarburos (*HCFC), used mainly in the facilities of refrigerated and of air conditioned, as dissolvent and for the production of plastics *esponjados of isolation; methyl bromide, allocated mainly to the fumigation of the earths of crop to combat the harmful animals and the illnesses of the plants, classified by the WHO in the category of substances "highly poisonous" ; the chlorofluorocarbons (*CFC), used in the systems of refrigeration and used before in the manufacture of plastics *esponjados, of dissolvent and like gases *propelentes for aerosols; the *halones use to combat fires, in particular in areas #where the extinction of fires is subjected to hard controls of quality (specifically in the planes), and in products of replacement no dangerous. +Subject: Content of the informal Council of Ministers of External Subjects of the EU According to #news published in the press, immediately after the kidnapping of *Ocalan by secret services and in circumstances of reservation without precedents, celebrated near of the #german capital an informal extraordinary meeting of the Ministers of Subjects External of the EU, with the participation of his homologous Swiss, that had by object coordinate the action directed to dismantle the logistical infrastructure of the PKK, establish codes of cooperation and mutual information among the secret services and «face up» to the network of communications of the *kurdos in *Europa, #whose main elements are television channel *MED-TV and the diary *Özgür *Politika. +*B4-0383\/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0395\/99 of the deputies *Maij-*Weggen and *Oomen-*Ruijten, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0397\/99 of the deputies Muds *Moura and *Marinho, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0405\/99 of the deputies #Miranda and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0413\/99 of the deputies *Dupuis and *Maes, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-0415\/99 of the deputies *Hautala, *Telkämper and *McKenna, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the situation in Indonesian and in *Timor Oriental. +Had account that the Report #Adam on the nuclear security approved in the past month of March by our Plenary, asked, among other things, that limited the employment of reactors *RBMK, #as well as of the reactors of construction #soviet *VVER that now the #czech authorities have foreseen to use in *Temelin, subscribe the conclusions presented by the spokesman of Alliance delegation national and speaker for opinion, that have served like corollary to the Report #Adam; to know: first, the security is the fundamental element of the strategy of *preadhesión; second, has to reinforce the international rule in matter of systems of security; third, the control on the application of said normative has to entrust to an independent organism. +The States members agree in that it is necessary to avert the contradictions among the project of Convention and among the guidelines of performance elaborated by the Union, as they are, for example, measures of common action adopted on 3 December 1998 regarding the bleaching of money, the recognition of the instruments and benefits of the offences, the methods of persecution, the freezing of bottoms and the sentences of embargo and expropriation, and also the measures adopted on 21 December 1998 on the *involucración of the authorities in the criminal activities. +More intense has to be #ours worry in front of the attempts to avert and to substitute the convention of Gin, that is the basic source of International Right by the that govern the refugees, with the approval of a "diet of protection provisional", and also in front of the considerations on the modification of the Agreement of *Dublín on the asylum, on the hardening of the relative legislation to the procedure of processing of asylum requests, and on the most effective application "" of the procedures to move away to the persons #whose requests of residence are refused +#This is the reason by the *cual the Commission of Freedoms Public proposed that, from now, in the field of the politics of asylum and of immigration there are two budgetary instruments: the first, a #european bottom for the refugees allocated to fund of a structural way the necessary measures for the received, the integration and the voluntary repatriation of the refugees in case of a normal flow; and the second, #one *segunda budgetary line to allow the adoption of measures of emergency in the case of massive influx of refugees. +Gentleman President, the commitment of the European Union, confirmed in the Report *Schwaiger, in favour of the creation of a permanent forum of work among the International Organisation of the Work and the World-wide Organisation of the Trade to treat of the subjects related with the trade, the globalisation and the work is the only road to accompany the liberalisation of trade and the exchanges in general to the respect to the fundamental rights of the work, without dropping in the selfish protectionism and *hipócrita or in the disloyal competition and *autodestructiva. +Is necessary that the Parliament say, before that the Council decide the creation of an organ commissioned to draft the project of Letter, that #can not accept a number of representatives of the European Parliament inferior to the of the representatives of the bosses of Government of the States members and that ask an attentive query before deciding #if the essential contribution of the national parliaments has to guarantee through the participation of a true number of his representatives in the planned organ or through other more effective channels. +The 25 September the military administration gave beginning to the expropriation of earths #palestinian pertaining to 79 villages in the zone of the Green Line, some earths cultivated and inhabited, to the equal that in the village adjacent to *Hebrón; in *Jerusalén This to the women and the men *les withdraw the documents of identity to reduce his presence, through an operation that the Centre of Rights Human #israeli has designated silent deportation; remains without resolving the drama of the #palestinian refugees. +Has foreseen the Council keep his decision on the review and request to the Commission that guarantee that the airports in the zones of Goal *nº 1 and zones of Goal *nº 1 in transition do not see prejudiced by the loss of income like result of the suspension of the free sales of taxes, it that inevitably will conduct to a rise of the prices for the consumers, the loss of benefits for the aerial lines, companies of maritime transport, ports and airports, and that encloses a threat for the employment in the sectors and the small companies that supplied products to the free shops of taxes? +Think, without embargo, that in the following questions #can not coincide with the Parliament: the fusion of the humanitarian help and of the assistance to the reconstruction in an only organism, the separation of the income of the Agency of the credits assigned to the programs, the exclusion of the contributions of other sources of the budget of the Agency, the approval of the endowment of personnel by part of the budgetary Authority and a report on the possible settlement of the Agency to cape of 24 months. +To the transmit of the most forceful mood the demand of the pacifist movement all over the world, demand immediate concrete initiatives directed to the destruction of the nuclear arms and of #all arms of massive destruction, the definite general prohibition of the nuclear proofs, the prohibition to install nuclear arms further of the borders of the countries that the possess, in accordance with the Treaty of No Nuclear Proliferation, the withdrawal of the nuclear arms installed or stored in other countries and the prohibition to export nuclear waste. +Also therefore has the greater sense and *reviste the greater political opportunity the adoption of a clear position, able to express the aspirations founded and the commitment of the villages of the Union concerning the future of the special administrative region of *Macao in the political frame of Chinese and of the relations of *Europa with both in matter of defence and promotion of the human rights, of the values of the State of right and of the specific juridical frame applied to the region in virtue of his new statute and of the principle "a country, two systems" . +since the respect of the human rights constitutes an essential element of the cooperation and of the development among the European Union and the Republic of *Djibouti, ask, inside the respect of these principles, the release of #all the political prisoners, the access to the medical assistance of #all the arrested persons -and especially the urgent provision of medical assistance to the Mr. #Mohamed *Kadamiousouf, loomed of blindness-, that guarantee the freedom of expression and the political pluralism, indispensable for democracy, #as well as the cessation of the repression against the opposition. +To4-0119\/99 of the Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín, in name of the Commission of Requests, on the relative annual report to the activities of the Defender of the European Village during the year 1998 (*C4-0138\/99); -To4-0117\/99 of the Mr. *Newman, in name of the Commission of Requests, on the deliberations of the Commission of Requests during the parliamentary year 1998-1999.Before going in in this conjoint debate, the Defender of the European Village, to the *cual *le give once again the welcome to the Parliament, will expose activity report and his special report. +Equally, by the emphasis that puts in the fight against the unemployment.-Third, on the chapter that refers to the own resources, express my satisfaction by the adoption of a juster system that favours to the less developed countries, but without omitting that posture is the that it takes lacking to change the system of the own resources to end to increase, sure, the community budget, and like this can answer to the needs and fulfil the ambitious goals that has marked the European Union.-Finally, wanted to congratulate to those that have contributed to this historical agreement of *Berlín, especially to the Mrs. Commissioner, Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies, by his efforts, and also to my Gentlemen colleagues by his valuable interventions. +The regions in industrial and rural decline (before Objective 2 and 5*b) will see as it reduces finance quota with regard to the period of programming previous, with a maximum limit of reduction guaranteed of the 33 % of the population affected; to said percentage, without embargo, will add the corresponding to the inclusion of the zones that will go out of the Goal 2 it that will prejudice *ulteriormente to said regions; without having the case of *Abruzos -the only region that went out of the Goal 1 before the end of the current period of programming- that, in *vilo among the transitory help and the inclusion in the Goal 2, runs the risk of not finding the place that *le corresponds in the frame of this reform. +#This is it that asked the European Parliament in his resolution approved the past 11 March, in the that considered substantial -recognising the fundamental right of the #palestinian population to found his own State- that the *garantes international of the Agreements of *Oslo reaffirmed solemnly his commitment to fulfil #all the goals of the peace process ensuring like this to the Palestinian National Authority the necessary backrest to justify an enlargement of the period of application of the provisional agreement further of the date of 4 May 1999. +In the chapter of the conclusions of the Council that treats the nuclear security in the context of the enlargement of the European Union, underlines that in the case of countries that use types of reactors, #whose modernisation to fulfil with the norms of security accepted internationally result more expensive of it reasonable, the energetic strategies have to contemplate the suppression of these reactors in the shortest term possible, the *cual will be agreed with each country candidate to the adhesion taking into account needs and fulfilling the requirements of the agreements of management of the nuclear security. +In *primer term, regarding the pity of death, #would wish to say some words no already on the bottom of the question, that His *Señorías treat in resolution project, and that, obviously, has the agreement of the Commission regarding the position adopted on the pity of death - believe that #this do not deserves wide comments; agree in this point -, but on a concrete point, that has mentioned during the discussion, is to say, the relative subject to the project of resolution on the pity of death, that the Union had presented in front of the 3ª commission of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined. +To4-0242\/99 of Mr. #Spencer, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, on the paper of the European Union in the world: Application of the external politics and of common security in 1998-To4-0219\/99 of the Mr. #Spencer, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, that contains a proposal of recommendation of the European Parliament to the Council on the common strategy to the Federation of *Rusia-and of the statement of the Council on the nomination of the High Representative for the External Politics and of Common Security. +*Nos moved the interest to contribute to the construction of an international community *asentada on the democratic principles, the State of right and the full respect to the human rights; the interest to reaffirm in the international debate that is possible to conclude bilateral commercial agreements compatible with the World-wide Organisation of the Trade; the interest of *dinamizar our economies and, therefore, to promote the growth of the world-wide trade; and, finally, the interest of consolidating our respective presences in geographic zones that need mutually. +Having #this in account, is the #willing Commission to tackle actions of help to the #serbian civil population in fields so important like the environment or the education - think specifically in the increasing environmental threat *ocasionada by the bad state of the debuggers, the refineries and the chemical factories, for example in *Novi *Sad and *Pancevo; or in the possibility to allow that the students have access to the foreign universities and to other contacts, breaking with a situation of isolation that the conviction to a future without hope and contributes to a brain escape that in at all benefits to the country? +Gentleman President, as it says in the introduction of the report of the Commission on the project of communication to the Council and to the European Parliament, in the public opinion European exists today, by luck, an every time greater worry and give the consequent debates on the repercussions of the commercial liberalisation in the employment, in the distribution of wealth, in the development, in the environment, in the health and in the protection of the consumers and in the cultural diversity, #as well as in the increase of the *marginalización of the poor countries. +Gentleman President, in the first place want to congratulate to the speaker by his report and want to also give the thanks to the members of the Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects, as the work has not developed really in optimum conditions and, in consequence, want to give the thanks to the administration by his support, as the subject is important and, in spite of the increase continued of the figures of unemployed, to my mood to see and to the eyes of the Commission the unemployment and the politics of employment, in general, do not have still the rank that deserve to have here among *nosotros, in the European Parliament, and in the #european plane. +These amendments have relation, in the first place, with the necessary reference to the notion of physical and emotional integrity of the person #as well as to the of his dignity, of #such mood that exert a physical violence, sexual or psychological is to deprive to the person of his human rights, second, the definition of «health public» #such as the conceives the WHO, is to say, no only like the absence of illness or injury, but like a state of welfare physical, mental and social, collects in the report; in *tercer place, has signalled the stimulus that has to contribute to the organisations and associations in general, that work in this sector. +But wanted to know -already is a question, sure enough, recurrent because the presented to the representative of the Presidency in exercise in the Conference of Presidents of Delegation- #if the #german Presidency supports, as it seems to give off of the sense of it that has manifested this morning the own Chancellor *Schröder on *le paper that has to correspond to the Parliament in the process of integration #european, that Parliament take part -as it takes part already in the ministerial Conferences of River and of the Group of Saint #José- and #if, as it is logical, goes to have an active presence, since the subject is not *desdeñable and #can not say that in this Summit do not go to take budgetary decisions that affect or #can affect to the competitions of this Parliament. +In the report of the Mr. Ram *González indicate a series of areas *prioritarias in the that the Czech Republic #would have to reinforce his measures of *preadhesión, as, for example, the adaptation of the legislation to the *acervo in general, but also the reform of the administrative device of the State, the reform of the administration of justice, the privatisation of the state banks, the politics on the subventions of the State, the protection of the environment and a greater integration -also was signalled with reason by the Mr. *González- of the blunt minority. +Shortly will begin the commercial negotiations in the frame of the Round of the #Millenium and demand that the Commission assume a firm position and determined, #this is, that defend, in the field of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, the supremacy of the social rights, of the defence of the environment, of the protection of the agricultural model European and of the consumer regarding the world-wide trade; that have the value to go back to propose the triangulation regarding the helps to countries in roads of development. +By the contrary signal the path of the creation of a new institutional frame that guarantee the freedom, the security and the justice in the European Union; an institutional frame that, to time advance in the proposal of politics concrete on a series of subjects delicate, as they are -already the have quoted- the enormous problem of the immigration, the enormous problem of the asylum, on the that have alas experiences that show that we need a new conception, and the enormous problem of the criminality; in end, create, and to nobody *le escapes, that the list is quite long. +*Cuando *nos manifest from the Parliament in favour of a review limited of the Financial Perspectives in the context of a public debate that turns around the *saneamiento of the Budget and to the adoption of measures of saving, take it with the calm consciousness, since in the last years always have shown that Parliament was able to assume, on the one hand, his responsibility to establish the necessary priorities in the field of the #european politics and of take it, by the #another side, in the frame of the effort to promote a budgetary procedure more transparent and effective +Talking of the report that *nos occupies, *me #would enjoy to signal that the Agreement of fishing with *Angola supposes a continuation of the politics *pesquera common of the European Union regarding the international agreements of fishing, that contribute to consolidate #one of the *pilares fundamental of said political, #such as it was signalled in this Assembly in the report of the Mr. *Crampton, in the previous term of office, in the that it said that these agreements were a fundamental condition to try reduce the commercial deficit in the European Union in matter of fishing, in procurement *pesquero, and for *salvaguardar the direct and indirect employment in the fishing and in the industries of the sector in #european regions very dependent of fishing. +This regulation is a signal of creative improvement of the community juridical order and means the birth of a new group of common norms, apt norms for *tutelar the civil relations of the #european citizens transforming a #european space fractionated, regarding the *tutela of rights and the *imposición of duties, in a more organised space and structured in the that it already is possible to each #one of the citizens exert no only his national right, but also a common right applicable European to the families in any part of the territory of the Union that do not invoke exception to #that *respecto. +#would Have to analyse the repercussions of the liberalisation on the investment, the norms of competition, the unfair subventions, the labour conditions mentally handicapped persons, the protection of the environment, the rights of intellectual property, the facilitation of the trade, the public agreements, a better access to the agricultural markets, a better access to the commercial markets, included the services, the protection of the consumer and the generation of capacity. +Lady Speaker, have passed 18 weeks since the European Commission ordered the lifting of the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british; 18 weeks during the *cuales *Francia and *Alemania have resorted to evasive, committing a flagrant contempt to the law; 18 weeks during the *cuales the #naïve attempts of *apaciguamiento of the Commission and of the unlucky #british Government have been refused in some circumstances that have humiliated deeply to #both; 18 weeks during the *cuales meat producers of *vacuno British follow suffering catastrophic losses, aggravated by the titanic efforts of the #french Government to discredit to international level the good name of the meat of *vacuno #british. +#If the European Parliament has helped to reinforce this consciousness, no only thanks to the Mr. *Dupuis, that has commissioned to request systematically the inclusion of the pity of death in the agenda, but also thanks to that this Parliament has not tired to call an and another time the attention on #all a series of important facts, maybe have contributed a bit to improve the situation of the human rights. +To reestablish peace takes fault a clear strategy, on a long-term basis, based in the reconstruction, the reconciliation and the approach: the reconstruction to repair the damages of the war; the reconciliation of #all the parts involved, included the #serbian village; the approach of this region to the European Union, including the perspective of a future belonging to the European Union for #all the countries of the region, #if and *cuando show apt from the point of sight political and economic. +The publication of the forecasts, the possibility to have access to the records of the meetings and a global report of the economic evolution of the States members are elements that #would contribute -as it has manifested the Commission of Subjects Economic through the intervention of his speaker, the Mrs. *Randzio-*Plath, and collects in the report of the Mr. *Huhne- to consolidate the level of internal and international acceptance and, of course, of transparency, no only in front of the public opinion but also in front of the experts in monetary subjects. +Considers the #finnish Presidency that among the basic requirements to recognise to *Turquía like country candidate to the adhesion to the European Union explain, at least, the cancellation of requirement of international recognition of a "State *turcochipriota" in the busy territory of the Republic of *Chipre with seen to that initiate the dialogue among the two communities, his consent to the research of solutions for the *litigios *grecoturcos on the base of the international Right and his institutions #as well as the start of conversations on the democratic and cultural rights of the *kurdos? +#One of the most important things that have to ask is that it remit this file to the Mr. #Solana; said file #can not be more in hands of Presidencies, that, as we know, change each six months; need a constant speaker that #can, under his authority, organise the works of the different delegations of the States members in New *York, so that the next year have a totally coherent position. *Ello *nos #would avert this really tragic position, that, on the other hand, has posed difficulties to countries third fellow of the European Union, beginning by *Méjico, that had engaged vigorously in the defence of a position of transaction perfectly acceptable. +take It in #day of the European Council of *Helsinki in the *cual goes to decide the possible candidature of *Turquía to the European Union and are it in a context in the that have seen that the Supreme Court of *Turquía has confirmed the conviction to pity of death of the Mr. *Abdalá *Ocalan, to the that has followed the appeal of suspension by part of the European Court of Human Rights and a statement of the #turkish authorities, by mouth of the prime minister Mr. *Ecevit, in the that self-evident that prefers that it fulfil the *iter judicial, included the resource of the pleaded defenders, before taking public the position of the Government and before subject to the parliament the subject. +The suppression of the article 5, the attempt of the Commission to create new suspensions *arancelarias to products so sensitive like the loins of tuna, the request of creation of laboratories of reference, the inclusion of aquaculture, the improvement of the relative regulation to the information to the consumers in the commercial labels of the products *pesqueros, the percentages of the compensatory payments of the tuna, the *flexibilización of the withdrawals are, in end, by not quoting at all more that #some examples, improvements very important introduced in the Report *Fraga, by it that congratulate to the speaker once again. +Very to weigh our, therefore, have to adapt our ancient hopes to the current needs and the only solution seems to be the that it #can engage in a new type of pact, in the field of the Union and before it expand to new members, to the countries that have interest by an external politics and of common defence and by common laws that guarantee the fight against the delinquency organised, the drug, the uncontrolled immigration, some countries that want to go back to have of his common right to struggle against the rapes of the human rights and to take part actively against of the barbarisms and the holocausts. +*Eso is really it that try to take and, in fact, call to this European Parliament, in the that have the honour of *encontrarnos, to vote morning by big majority the text that subject, and call to the Commission to value in his real dimension the text that go to *dirigirle, but, especially, call to the Council to warn that we #can not proclaim in #all forums that are by the right, #can not proclaim in #all the forums our sensitivity to the places of work that have to create , #can not proclaim in #all the forums that the small and medium enterprises constitute the vertebral column of the economy, and *negarnos, on the other hand, to vote and to adopt the theses of this European Parliament. +The consistent practice in developing effective negotiations and without difficulties about the reports of the Defender of the European Village in the European Parliament has remained now established of suitable and official form, harmonising the Regulation of the Parliament with the Statute of the Defender of the European Village and prescribing on purpose that the competent parliamentary commission -Request Commission- occupy of the annual report of the Defender of the European Village and of the special reports that #can present. +To4-0222\/99 of the Mr. *Fourçans in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and Industrial Politics on the recommendation of the relative Commission to the great orientations of the economic politics of the States members and of the Community, elaborated according to the paragraph 2 of the article 103 of the Treaty of the European Community (*COM(99)0143 *C4-0208\/99) and-To4-0239\/99 of the Mr. *Menrad in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects on the contribution of the European Parliament on the European Pact for Employment. +Gentleman President proposed, hit will measure by his aptitude to return to the Commission the paper that the parents founders of the European Union *le assigned, to know, the of an independent organ that has the mission to find the greater common denominator -and no the minor- so that it advance the #european unification only in those fields in that it is necessary and indispensable, and *ello respecting faithfully the institutional balances, corresponding the power of decision to the Council and to the European Parliament, the only politically responsible before the #european citizens. +With the approximation of the elections fixed for 7 June, with the approximation also of a crucial stage of the negotiations, with the *égida of the Nations Joined, among the #indonesian Government and the #portuguese Government on the future of *Timor Oriental, are attacks already was against the *comitiva of *D. *Ximenes *Belo, the Prize *Nobel of Peace, or against civilians that found praying in a church, attacks to #all a population that is by a period of big panic, because they proliferate military brigades that no the defend, but that the attack, in a moment in that *Xanana *Gusmãor still has not recovered the complete freedom, thing that have come demanding here, in the European Parliament, repeated times. +A program that has converted the fight against the acts of violence *perpetrados in homes, with the maltreatments and the sexual abuse of the boys and of the spouse, and the *perpetrados in the daily life, with the rape, the sexual aggressions, the bullying, the intimidation in the place of work, #etcetera, in a true battle of values and of civilisation; a program that, to tenor of the truth, do not foresees simple solutions, since it contemplates numerous factors that *interactúan among himself\/hisself: education, style, questions of economic independence and of employment, juridical and judicial systems, services of assistance in favour of the victims, sanitary questions. +It that no longer want to is a feeble Commission, politically non-existent, unable to control and to manage his bureaucracy, in the that the Commissioners transform in *pastorcillos that follow to the herd and in the that even #some civil servants, as #if they were directors of an agency a so much peculiar, show like true tyrants of office imposing his will and wishes to his commissioners, manifesting #this, on the other hand his ignorance and *desinterés in the matter, even *cuando treats to execute an amendment to the community budget voted by the #european Parliament, that do not poses any budgetary difficulty, no more of course that problem of legal base to the hour of the execution. +No only to follow *desregulando the world-wide trade, but to have of instruments with that struggle against fraud and the disloyal commercial practices and to guarantee the reciprocity in the fulfillment of the norms that govern the international trade, to achieve a simplification and generalisation of the procedures *aduaneros under the direction of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, to take, in a word, that the opening of the markets constitute an authentic opportunity, thanks to the *cual create occupation and contribute to the welfare of the citizens of the European Union. +In *Seattle, simultaneously to the meeting of the governments, will gather thousands of organisations no governmental, thousands of men and women of the civil society that ask with strength that the World-wide Organisation of Trade do not convert in #one of the headquarters of this world-wide government, based in the growth and supremacy of the *librecambismo wilder, that do not takes into account the increase of the poverty of the populations of the less industrialised countries and feebler, the destruction of the environment, the defence of the natural resources and humans neither the differences and diversities of each country, in name of a globalisation that continues generating wealth for #one #few and poverty for #many. +Likewise, ascertain, also by #news of this week, that is to this *respecto a clear approach, that self-evident in the recognition of the national systems of fixed price and in a #inspired rule in the #french Right; ascertain also, gentleman Commissioner *Monti, that *usted is had to *sopesar the cultural looks of the question, that from the Treaty of *Maastricht form part of the Treaty *CE, with the article 85 of the Treaty *CE, the *cual *le imposes to *usted, in his quality of Commissioner of the Competition, watch by equality of competitive conditions and contribute to that the consumers do not remain *relegados in these relative questions to the competition. +As well, is very grave that the last act of this Parliament was the vote of a text that says *algo that it is false, or was, affirms -from an instance, repeat, of the that expects the respect of the *rule *of *law - that *nosotros, after having returned to commission, #this is, refused the proposal of Mr. *Elles, speaker on the approval of the management of 1996, or was, the proposal to concede the approval of the management to the Commission -whereas it that in reality wanted to say was that the European Parliament did not approve the management- that *nosotros, repeat, after having refused this proposal, have gone to commission and today vote a text that says exactly a lie. +Also wanted to that the space of freedom, security and justice tended to go up the level of the guarantees for #all -so much for the citizens of the Union as for citizens no community- and that no *nos limited to enumerate the formal guarantees, but that thought in developing the fundamental guarantees like the of the work, the social security, the personal freedom, the equality among men and women and #a lot of more, for the time being, sacrificed in the altar of the competition: this global competition, so appreciated by the Commission and by his President. +But the experiences of the past have shown that sometimes it has not been east the case, that the participation has been very *ad *hoc, already was in the delegations #where sometimes had the impression of that the European Commission was the that negotiated there and the members of Parliament that were likewise present only were *figurantes, already treated of the formulation of the mandate or, like example especially negative, of the question of the *autocompromiso of reduction of CO2 and his negotiation by part of the Commission with the corresponding speakers, especially in the last times with the #japanese manufacturers and Koreans of cars. +As *me have informed the services of the Session, the Tuesday 26 October, a no identified person appeared in front of said services to withdraw a proposal of resolution that had been presented by the Groups *PPE, *PSE and *UEN, #as well as the proposal of resolution presented by the Group *ELDR, without the consent neither the compliance of #any of the signatories and, it that it is graver, resolution proposals were substituted by a supposed proposal of common resolution, without signatures, and in the that appeared, in addition to #all a series of names of deputies that had added, the of part of the deputies signatories of the first proposed of resolution. +In my field of action, more strictly, the the police and judicial cooperation, have to say to His *Señorías that the fight against the traffic of boys, the fight against the abuse and the crimes related with the boys, at the same time that the prevention of the juvenile criminality, constitute priorities in the action of the Commission, recognised by the Summit of *Tampere, and that go to *desarrollarlas in the frame of programs of police and judicial cooperation that will put in knowledge of His *Señorías *cuando present the summary of the situation asked by the bosses of State and of Government. +In a moment in the that are to popularise the euro and to achieve a greater adhesion to the Union, in the that besides, also by part of the Council -and *yo hail initiative-, is the work of editorial and of debate of a Letter of Rights Fundamental with participation of the European Parliament and the national parliaments, results a so much *chocante that pose a process to enclosed door in the that, until the day of today, the Council not even has accepted to say #if it goes to include a representation of the European Parliament. +*Me cheer #a lot of that the report have not centred only in the reform of the treaties and of procedures, that have not limited to the general looks, but that, at the end, have opted for establishing and consecrate a series of priorities. Among *ellas appears the need to reach advances that *redunden in benefit of the security of *Europa and of the citizens in the frame of the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice, #as well as the consecration of the susceptible procedures to convert said space in reality. +The main general goals for the strategy of the European Union against the drug in the five years next #can *resumir of the following way: considerable reduction of the incidence of the abusive use of illicit drugs among youngsters of less of 18 years of age; substantial reduction of the number of demises related with the drugs; considerable increase of the number of *toxicómanos treated with hit, and substantial reduction of the number of offences grave related with drugs, included the bleaching of money and the illicit traffic of precursors. +The consciousness that of the problematic #canarian had those who in *España negotiate the adhesion of our country to the European Communities and the successive Treaties that get until the of *Amsterdam, and the constant worry by that that specific situation was always taken in account remained reflected in the special Protocol *nº 2 of the Record of Adhesion of *España and *Portugal, already in 1985, in the Regulation (*CEE) *nº 1911\/91 of the Council, that approved said Protocol and in the own section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty *CE, that describes the peripheral regions of the Union with special quotation to Canarians and prescribes the precise flexibility for the application of the general norms to cases so determined and vulnerable like the that here *nos occupies. +#This include, for example, the relative amendments to the Protocol of *Kioto, to the importance of the data collected for the suitable control of the fulfillment of the voluntary agreement to reduce CO2 broadcasts of the tourisms until the year 2003, #as well as to the obligation of the European Commission to communicate also to the European Parliament the relative data to the follow-up of the broadcasts provided by the States members and finally also an enlargement of the data that will have to communicate. +The Commission of Subjects Economic defends that said period do not exceed of two months, and so that #this was like this is necessary that the #ECB, the Commission and the national administrations take a series of measures, of the that #some already have quoted here: cater to consumers, dealers, and banks with the necessary quantity of coins and notes before 1 January of the 2002, generalise for 1 January of the 2001 the double indication of prices, take advantage of this process for *modernizar payment systems and adopt the precise disposals to ensure a suitable legal protection that prevent the fraud. +Subject: Opening of the Council of Ministers in plough of the transparency In how stage finds at present the resource interposed by the #swedish journalists in front of the Court of Justice of the European Communities relative to the existent conflict among the no democratic character of the confidentiality of the documents of the Council of Ministers and the obligation of transparency of #all the documents that imposes the excellent #swedish law on the freedom of information *promulgada 200 years ago? +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, put this morning have listened to the Chancellor *Schröeder say that the bombardments of the NATO make in name of the human rights and in *pro of the #albanian minority of *Yugoslavia, as I believe that neither *ustedes understand the human rights according to the case, or «*à the *carte», and since yesterday in the #turkish press said that it has not authorised neither goes to authorise the presence of international observers in the trial of *Ocalan, #would wish that *me said specifically #which will be the attitude of the Council to *Turquía, a country candidate to the entry in the EU, #if finally they are not authorised the observers. +Suits to signal that the resolution asks likewise a cooperation *transfronteriza narrower among squads of civil protection, recognises in the cooperation with the #swiss authorities the desirable solution to confront in the short term the problems caused by the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, and invites to #all the States members to that they consider the need to instrument the tunnels, that still *carecen of *ella, with a gallery of service to allow a fast evacuation in case of accident, a gallery of service that, as we know, alas, did not exist in this case. +With this curtain of bottom, achieved to adopt a common position in front of Chinese, in Orient Half, in relation with the politics of rights human and in #many other difficult subjects in the field of the external politics, and reach finally in Colony a series of decisions important, like the approval of the first common strategy regarding *Rusia and a calendar for the creation of a Politics of Security and Defence #european, #as well as the designation of #Javier Adret like the best possible candidate for the place of *Mister *PESC. +The proposal to celebrate a *mini-session in *Bruselas a Wednesday - of course *cuando the deputies already are in *Bruselas to assist to the meetings of the Groups and of the commissions - #would have allowed to the President of the Commission assist to the Parliament and inform on the results of the weekly meeting of the Commission, and show like this to the citizens that the Commission is responsible in front of the Parliament and elevate profile to *través of the announcement in the breast of this institution of the important initiatives of the Commission. +Like this occurs in the case of *Olivetti, that, after having found the necessary capitals for his substantial *OPA on *Telecom #Italia, programmed the suppression of 13.000 places of work, in the of *Alcatel, that, to recover the confidence of his financial shareholders, took to know, to time, that had obtained 15.000 millions of frank, is to say, 2.300 millions of euros of #net benefits and that went to suppress 12.000 places of work, in the of the banking sector, in the that the arrival of the euro has meant an authentic *latigazo for the fusions-acquisitions *devoradoras of places of work and has displaced the work of the banking to financial activities, #if no speculative. +To answer to the Mrs. *Ries, in relation with the #rwandan national justice, have to signal that the Commission has piped his interventions to *través of the institutional support to the ministries, to end to strengthen the right of defence and of the civil parts, in the frame of the improvement of the conditions of life in the prisons and of the support to the survivors of genocide, #as well as in the frame of the observance of the human rights. +#If the combination of politics #european has consisted up to now in some recommendations for the budgetary politics of the governments, the monetary politics of the central banks and politics *salarial of the social speakers, the arrival of the euro and the #ECB are apparently reason for the European Commission not to give already an active paper to the monetary politics in the combination of politics #european. +Lady Speaker, ladies and gentlemen deputies, is for me an honour come in front of *ustedes, the representatives of #one *Europa that full of optimism, conforms the political reality more successful of integration that has known the present century and that shows that yes it is possible arise of the death to the life, of the *irrespeto to the human being to the veneration of his rights, of the pessimism to the hope; that shows besides that the peace is possible there #where the development, the social justice, the defence of the feeblest, the solidarity and the coexistence install; that *ellos determine culture, give felt to the freedom and open the path that conducts to the attainment of dip shared. +The European Council of *Tampere had like goal schedule and give course to the materialisation of Space of Freedom, Security and Justice" decided in the Treaty of *Amsterdam with seen to the achievement of a greater coordination or even the existence of politics common, as in the case of the immigration, of the asylum and of the politics of visas, it that, to our trial, and taking into account the importance of the sector of the public freedoms, justice and security, demands that it guarantee the process of decision by unanimity in the Council, with respect of the sovereignty of the States members. +#would Be important - and #this was the amendment that wanted to present - that, among the tasks of this Observatory, precisely from the optics of a #european integration that it has to be increasingly a political integration, an integration of the societies and of the way to take politics, an integration of information to scale #european, existed, for example, the follow-up and control of the presences in the distinct televisions of #all *Europa and of the political activity member of parliament of the political strengths so much to scale national like European, that in this way #can have a point of reference in the Observatory. +#If, in place to abstain in the Council, there was, to the equal that *Alemania, voted in favour of the maintenance of the embargo in front of the absence of elements indispensable of *rastreabilidad, the embargo #would be in vigour, the consumers #would be in security, the proofs #would be bear *ilustrarnos, #would have averted the *desencadenamiento of *chauvinismo of the side of the Stain for honour of the big #british village and our conservative friends #would not have had to complain of the principle of sovereignty to the that are legitimately *apegados. +Believe that it is insufficient, wanted colleagues, because we still follow treating of the problem as #if it treated of a circumstantial problem, *cuando in reality *Europa is a structural problem of some historical dimensions, fruit of a change in the mood of production, fruit of an increase of the productivity in the work that carries to that increases of the product and of the wealth do not accompany with increases of the persons employed and that this increase of the wealth distribute it the companies and the workers that have work and leave out of the feast to those who are worse situated: to women, to the youngsters without qualification, to the unemployed of long length. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0043\/1999) of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, concerning the common position adopted by the Council relative to the proposal of Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 88\/77\/*CEE (5734\/1\/1999 - *C5 - 0028\/1999 - 1997\/0350(*COD)) of the Council, relative to the approximation of the States members on the measures that have to adopt against the broadcast of gases and particles *contaminantes pertinent of engines *diesel allocated to the propulsion of vehicles (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer) (Speaker: Mr. *Lange). +#One *Europa directed by a directory #would be the negation of a stimulating process of #european integration that have lived -with imperfections, true is, but with the participation of #all the countries-, by it that the cooperation reinforced, in our opinion, has to be an exception and no rule of the work inside the European Union, because many times there #be political will to cooperate, but there are not conditions, from the point of sight economic or from another point of sight, to take reality this will of cooperation reinforced. +The result of the unofficial meeting of the Ministers of Subjects External, celebrated in *Saariselkä, and that it was published in the conclusions of the Council of Subjects General of 13 September, #as well as the participation of the Minister of Subjects External, Mr. *Cemin, in the breakfast of the Council of General Subjects are signals that, in opinion of the #finnish Presidency, mean a new constructive beginning in the relations among the European Union and *Turquía. +Therefore, with the hand in the chest, *cuando read the newspapers, ascertain that even in the breast of the European Union our goals, *ora the goals of politics of environment, *ora goals of social politics, *ora the essential labour norms, were presented of protectionist way; #if among *nosotros, in the European Union, have not been able to share our goals, so much less in the breast of the group of states of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +Gentleman President, although it is positive that the European Union want to expand to other countries to consolidate in *ellos the development of democracy and to strengthen his economic capacity of face to confront the world-wide market -in the *cual, reiterate it by *enésima time, have to defend the national productive peculiarities struggling against the homologation and the *nivelación, indisputable causes of the loss of the specific cultures and of the quality of the products- is equally necessary that the Parliament reiterate firmly that the entry of a new country has to be subordinated to the effective application in #the same of the criteria that already fixed in *Amsterdam. +As well, in front of this certainly complex situation, #one *constatación: there #be not transitory right, there are not transitory disposals in the Treaty of *Amsterdam and, therefore, have to take an interpretation *integrador and constructive from the principles that *subyacen to the Treaty; an interpretation that, for Parliament, bases in three points: answer to our responsibility bear with the citizens preserving the competitions that the Treaty *le awards to the Parliament and by #whose observance have to watch, #as well as *cuando the attribute to other institutions, as they #can be the new queries to the Committee of the Regions or to the Economic and Social Committee. +#All these cases, these commercial clashes, that have in this moment with the States Joined or also with *Canadá constitute in principle cases test in the that it tests in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade the limit of until where gets the grade of the independence and of the autonomy of the states in the field of the self-determination of determined political, was the protection of consumers, was the sanitary assistance, was the question of how #can take politics in the frame of the countries in roads of development, as in the case of the bananas, or was in the case of the standards. +In the economic and social plane, the axes of action tackle the restructuring of the companies, the public finances, the banking system or the accesses to the international financial markets, the norms and certification, the politics of competition, the access to the market, the technological cooperation and the development of the agricultural reform and the social dialogue. +#If, after his statement in the European Parliament, #can not put in doubt the will of the Roman Mr. *Prodi of *sanear and improve the operation of the Commission, neither #can put in doubt his will to continue the construction of #one *Europa liberal in the that the workers do not take in consideration: neither a word on the social dialogue, neither a word on the public service, neither a word on the need to constitute base of the fundamental social rights without the *cuales will have *deslocalizaciones by «*dumping» public prosecutor. +*B4-0465\/99 of the deputy *Swoboda, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0481\/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0490\/99 of the deputies *Vinci and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0493\/99 of the deputies *Pasty and go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0509\/99 of the deputies *Aelvoet, *Tamino and *Ceyhun, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre the process of Mr. *Ocalan and the future of the question *kurda in *Turquía; +Our resolution proposal will contain especially the dynamic elements that have been treated already by the President of the Council and also by the Commissioner *Lamy and that contain our ideas for a better inclusion of the financial provision, for a politics of investments and of competition in the frame of the *OMC, for a back reduction of the tariffs on the industrial products and for a better inclusion, even *Mainstreaming, of the protection of the environment and of the consumer in the regulatory drama of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +*Yo expect, therefore, that, after this first communication of the Commission, the present Commission in front of the Parliament a strategic program, with a necessary legislative package, with more time by part of the Commission and by part of the Parliament, but expect also that, along this term of office, the inner market convert in a reality and that, when converting in reality, take in benefit of the citizens, take in benefit of the workers and that allow to follow consolidating this social model European that *yo #would say that, in this moment, constitutes the envy of the countries that do not belong to the European Union. +Gentleman *Lamy, *yo *le urge, therefore, to that *usted and the Commission take also #his these points that finish to enumerate, to the equal that #others wider, and concretise and guarantee the inclusion of these fundamental looks already in the inaugural round of negotiations, so that in the next years #can follow working in the frame of the Round of the #Millenium so that the World-wide Organisation of Trade was it that wish that it was, an organisation of the just and respectful trade with the environment that *nos allow to develop the commercial exchanges, but allowing at the same time the existence of persons and of our environment. +Personally have been able to check that to asylum applicant #nigerian *le was asylum on the base of a false passport of #Liberia, that a #albanian family took to happen by natural of *Kosovo, that another Nigerian had borrowed his #british passport to his cousin and taking happen by *él had been able to go in in the Realm Joined, #where committed an offence, and that a #algerian was with the identity of a #french citizen and had bought his document of identity in the #black market of #París. +Therefore, in name of the Spaniards that in this moment are enormously concerned by the subject, expect that the Commission transmit to the Council worry, our disagreement with the last resolutions of the Council of Ministers of Industry -that seems #willing, in a sweet *laissez *faire, to abandon it little that *nos remains of naval sector European- and the hope that or well take measured to avert this disloyal competition that is or, of not taking like this, proceed to a rearm of the community helps to compensate the inequalities, incompetences and bad forms that are today in #all the centres of the naval construction. +*Permítame take advantage of this opportunity to signal that the speaker of the Commission of Budgetary Control, the Mrs. *Theato, and *yo have taken part together in front of a committee for the taking of contact of #all the presidents of the Courts of Accounts national of the States members and of the Court of Accounts to communicate to these key persons that the fight against the fraud to the community bottoms is also a national task. +In the level of the European Council, it that decided was that the Bosses of State or of Government #would occupy again of the matters related with the justice and interior subjects in the European Council of June of the year 2000, the Council of Saint #Maria gives *Feira, to appreciate more in detail the called external dimension of the justice and the subjects of interior, is to say, the implications in the sphere of the external politics of the European Union of the new priorities approved by *Tampere for the sector of freedom, security and justice. +Gentleman President, this report shows that, #if there was political will, #would be possible, with the current Treaty, reform the operation of the Commission in the sense to take of *ella a true organ of political impulse for construction #european and an independent organ of the Governments and of the private interests and reform the operation of the European Parliament to end to take of *él, like organ chosen directly by the citizens, the centre of the political life in the European Union. +*B4-0374\/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformist, and of the deputies *Bourlanges and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0390\/99 of the deputies *Pasty and Go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0400\/99 of the deputy #Harrison, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0407\/99 of the deputies *Vinci and #others, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left-*B4-0422\/99 of the deputies *Telkämper and *McKenna, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre *Camboya; +The Commission considers in any case like a special merit of the European Parliament that the necessary discipline of costs do not take to charge of the poorest of the Community. This discipline of costs *nos allows to time establish an important package of enlargement and in the sectors of politics internal and in the administrative tasks have reached *márgenes of additional performance bear, on the one hand, accompany of mood directed the economic impulse and of employment that initiates and, by #another, put to the administration in situation to take charge of the new additional tasks. +In front of the criteria to go conforming an agricultural politics that take more in account the structural nature of #some realities through a politics of development rural able to correct #some of the situations of our rural world, as it is the need to diversify his activities, to offer to his new citizens opportunities and to avert the continuous losses of population, opts by politics of minimum rural development and without authentic fortress. +Second, avert that the Commission and the Committees that the assist adopt an act of legislative character without following the procedure of *codecisión normal; third, guarantee to the European Parliament the faculty to take part quickly to the effect of *oponerse to the legitimacy and to the content of a norm of execution, a point that wakes up some satisfaction in the negotiation, and chamber, achieve a real simplification and no limited to the elimination of the variants of the Committees with arrangement to the decision of 1987. +To the *respecto, *nos has satisfied to attract in his words the will to loan greater attention no only to it that to the work refers, but also to the right to the health, a greater attention, for example, to the quality of the alimentary products, because the damage that cause cases like the chicken contaminated by dioxin or the crazy cows, to the global credibility of the community Institutions, is an enormous damage that no *palia with words and that, lamentably, in cases gives place to the need to have of long, a time that no always explain the Institutions. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0033\/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position (8697\/1999 - *C5-0031\/1999 - 1998\/0071 (*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 70\/221\/*CEE of Council relative to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the deposits of fuel liquid and the devices of protection rear of the vehicles to engine and of his trailers +Like only instrument of finance and programming for cooperation, CULTURE 2000 bills a group of goals directed to attend, more and better, these needs, with it that it #can represent a decisive step with seen to a cultural politics #worthy European of this name, is to say, an instrument that allow the contact reiterated, interactive and child-bearing among the cultures of the diverse countries members so that the variety of the sectors considered and the *multidisciplinaridad of the realisations are increasingly an element *vivificante of the own *humus of the #european identity without damage of the pluralism and of the essential diversity of these cultures. +*GOODYEAR, *RENAULT, now *MICHELIN -adapting to the models of development promoted with the creation of the only inner market, and stressed with the Treaties of *Maastricht and *Amsterdam and with the Economic and Monetary Union-, have cost of the conditions of immunity that have gone creating, with the progressive disappearance of notion of social responsibility and of protection of the workers, and that have deprived of his employment to an every time greater number of persons, *empujándolas to the space of the unemployment and of the social marginalisation. +Also the President of the Government of Canarians has announced his wish to visit *Marruecos to keep a dialogue and a road of communication direct with the #moroccan Government, in the line of fine *vecindad that it has to characterise the relations among two neighbouring villages and civilised, since, many times, the viscosity of reality -as well it said the #another day the Mr. *Obiols in the debate in *Bruselas, in relation with the common destination among *Europa and *Marruecos- do not allows many times act of the most convenient way. +The report of the Central Bank European explains that there are #some distortions to reach some greater levels of growth -or a greater stability in the European Union or a greater competitiveness in a process of open economy, needs even more stressed taking into account the perspective of the Round of the #Millenium-, precisely because lacking for deepening still in #some structural looks: from the labour markets until, as it has quoted, the system of training, or well looks that are equally important, as for example an improvement in the levels of investigation and development. +And receives an impulse balanced, because it treats, on the one hand, to favour the Inner Market, to favour the economic integration with the directive on judicial acts and *extrajudiciales in civil and commercial matter, but, on the other hand, treats also to give primacy to the rights of persons, to the rights of the human beings, to the rights of the boys, that, in addition to having to suffer the trauma that is always a divorce, do not have to suffer the trauma of the bureaucratic drama of the recognition of the judicial decisions. +Essentially, establish it following: a reduction of the current content in tar of the cigarettes; the introduction for the first time of a limit of the content in nicotine of the cigarettes; the introduction of limits of monoxide of carbon; greater and better labels in the packages of cigarettes relative to the dangers of the habit of smoking, to the content in tar, nicotine and monoxide of carbon of the cigarettes; controls on an utilisation of the soft "qualifications" and "low content of tar", etc.; and new *salvaguardias on the additives of the tobacco. +Gentleman President, is an insult to the consciousness and to the ethical #european politics that, after a military intervention of NATO and of the European Union against *Yugoslavia, under the flag of reasons humanitarian, by the condemnable ethnic cleansing made by the #yugoslav Administration among the Albanians, in this moment are pretty much calm and sympathetic in front of a violence against the #serbian, #gipsy and other minorities, caused this time by the Albanians, besides with a comparatively upper proportion. +Have said that the report is excellent no only because, precisely, goes back to centre the two terms of the question -action combined of reduction of demand and of reduction of the offer- but also, *permítame that say it Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, by the sincerity with that criticises it that continues being insufficient in the proposal of the Commission so much from the point of sight financial and economic -#can not bill the importance of a battle and afterwards not being consistent in financial terms- as from the point of sight, say it like this, of the political timidity of the initiatives that the States still have not taken. +As a result of said resolution, the Technical Group of Independent Deputies (mixed Group) is considered existent and assimilates it to the other political Groups in #all planes: in the plane of the parliamentary activity, the Group has immediately of #all the rights recognised by the Regulation to the political Groups properly constituted and in the administrative and financial plane said Group has right to the necessary personnel for his operation, #as well as to the credits assigned to the political Groups, according to the keys of cast existent. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0074\/1999) of the Mr. *Pronk, in name of the Delegation of the Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of directive of the relative Council to the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of the health and the security of the workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres (*Decimoquinta Managerial specific with arrangement to the section 1 of the article 16 of the Directive 89\/391\/*CEE) (*C5-0221\/1999 - 1995\/0235(*COD)). +Subject: Assignment of the 1 % of the *FSE for a bottom of capital social In the context of the reform of the structural Bottoms, #can the Council guarantee that it will keep the proposal of the Commission to allocate the 1 % of the *FSE to bottom of social capital given the importance to provide a fast access to the help of the *FSE to the *ONG and taking into account also the experience of a system of this type in the «Program of Peace and Reconciliation» of *Irlanda of the North? +That the financial Regulation do not adapts to the requirements of a modern management and of an effective control, or even that the investigations of the unit of fight against the fraud tend to prolong too much time, to obtain microscopic results. #This *constataciones correspond to it that my Group poses from takes long, to the equal on the other hand, that the technical solutions that propose, already treat to reinforce the internal audit, the fight against fraud, the transparency and the obligation of *rendir explain by the Commission. +Regarding the measures in the field of the rural development, *yo already had signalled that I also consider this second *pilar of politics agricultural like a complement important and the Commission will propose, therefore, an increase limited of the endowment for measures of promotion of the rural development, also with the purpose to offer to the States members an incentive so that they make greater efforts in the field of the protection *agroambiental and in the creation of structures that guarantee the security of the alimentary chain. +Are, of course, the budgetary question, the question of a fragmentation or *pulverización of the actions considered excessive and liable to diminish the public relief of the Union and, in consequence, the question of an option in the that concede preference to lines that support a greater dimension and *espectacularidad of initiatives, for it that had foreseen the participation of agents and cultural operators that cover a high number of countries like minimum, it that, to our understand, #would comport a grave risk of hypertrophy of #some networks of cultural operators, to the *conferirles an excessive concentration of means and powers, with it that #would put in *entredicho the normal operation, and even the existence, of #many of the remaining. +In a period in the that the popular movements struggle by the complete abolition of the nuclear arms and the world-wide public opinion glimpses the risks of a *reavivamiento of the nuclear antagonism and demands the reduction of the military costs and the *alejamiento of the danger of a nuclear disaster, the *EUA take #gala of a posture extremely *provocativa that mine #all attempt of stabilisation of the international relations and undermines deliberately the configuration of a climate of international peace and security. +Pose seriously the problem of the full employment #would be to put in *entredicho the relevance of the elimination of the borders, but on *eso will not have a conversation, as it #would be necessary *oponerse to the *mundialismo; #would be to pose the question of the relevance of the excess of taxation and of the bureaucracy, but on *eso will not have a conversation, as it #would be necessary *oponerse to the doctrines of the socialism; #would be to pose the question of the relevance of the politics of immigration, that weighs on employment, by not talking of the costs that induces, but on *eso will not have a conversation, because it #would be necessary *oponerse to the only thought. +*Ello includes from obtaining a distribution and a greater flexibility in the management of the aerial space in his civil and military uses -and *eso in #some countries #can achieve with #one some rapidity, it is necessary to promote it and are in *ello- until, also in the short term, take part in the management that are the airports and also the aerial companies of flight forecasts and in the organisation of these flights, to improve the use and the efficiency in the use of the spaces in the airports, the *slots. +As I entrust in that it will deploy #all his efforts to ensure that our external politics answer to criteria of balance, in that it will reaffirm definitely his priority in the process of homologation in terms of political and economic development of #all those countries that, as *nosotros takes already almost 25 years, *transitan of an autocratic diet to #another of freedoms, in that *asentará for ever the peace in #european floor, but also will ensure our leadership in #all extension #mediterranean, another priority so much in economic terms as of security, and in that *salvaguardará with efficiency our interests in *América Latin, for example ensuring the fulfillment of the commitment subscribed with the Government of the States Joined around the application of the Law *Helms-*Burton. +#Can manifest, for having chaired yesterday the meeting of #all the groups of this Parliament during the put ready of a project of common resolution that, to the contrary that #some #others, will not be a text of commitment, and in any form of a commitment among divergent positions, but a synthesis enriched of the proposals of each #one of the political families gathered, in a common will to contribute the contribution of this Parliament to a political solution to the drama that is *ensangrentando *Chechenia today. +And especially, #would say, in relation with #one of the fundamental questions, that is the *litigio *grecoturco on the *Egeo, do not exists, is not a necessary requirement the recognition express by *Turquía, no of the points of sight of another country, but yes of the commitment that it will respect the international right, the commitment that it will not resort to the violence and will not loom with resorting to the violence, and that in the case that they persist the differences will attend to the International Court of The Have Is #this a necessary condition for his recognition like country candidate to the adhesion? +The importance of the negotiations that go to celebrate in the field of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, that will initiate in *Seattle the next day 30 November, has to, obviously, to an agenda that includes vast spheres of the human activity: of the agriculture to the cultural looks; of the transports to the education and health; of the rights of author and the denominations of origin to the foreign investment; and all *ello amalgamated in a world-wide perspective and as #if all *eso was not but simple "commodities" that #can be object of transactions. +Finally, want to underline only two points that, on the base of experience #italian, result especially important and significant: first, the importance to support the scientific investigation of base to know better the phenomenon and, to be possible, know with *antelación #which will be the calls drug of the future, in particular know the power *devastador of the synthetic drugs; second, the importance to involve in our actions to the main actors, #that that are in first line, in the trenches #all the days and that loan help to the *toxicómanos, or was, the experience of the centres of detoxication. +Regarding the practical application, it important now is that the Commission of the EU and the States members manifest also in the concrete cases the will of not limiting to ascertain the rapes of the human rights and, therefore, also of an essential component of the agreement, but to apply also the planned juridical sanctions in each case, that by general rule begin with a query and #can get until the partial suspension of the agreement or even of whole. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, after the report published the year happened on *Turquía by our colleagues the *Srs *Macmillan-#Scott and *Swoboda, #as well as the resolution of our Parliament of the past 6 October, that put of relief the importance of the deepening of the #european strategy bear with this country, our Assembly #would have to can adopt tomorrow two proposals of regulation of the Parliament and of the Council relative to the execution of actions directed to the economic and social development of *Turquía, the first, and to the deepening of the Union *Aduanera among the European Community and *Turquía. +In the measure in that the new necessary changes of the institutions, or even institutions entirely new, like the new military body so important that has decided, *nos situate in front of difficult dilemmas on how assign the power among the national and community authorities, do not forget the message of the *UEM: that the community institutions succeed *cuando applies correctly subsidiariness principle and *cuando the strength of his powerful partners sees balanced by the consolidation of the rights of the feeblest partners. +The intervention of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission will contribute no only to protect with greater solidity interest group that specified opportunely, but also to reaffirm an authentic leadership of the European Union so that Chinese #can not leave to see in *ella a preferential speaker in a *geoestrategia linked to the peace, the construction of the democracy, the *salvaguardia of the human rights, the development, the dialogue and the modernity in the plane of the world-wide scene. +Lady Speaker, this report contains #some interesting confessions: read in the considering *F that exists a persistent differential of growth with the States Joined; in the considering *J read that the very high fiscal pressure of the majority of the #european States do not favours neither the consumption, neither the growth neither the employment; in the paragraph 4, the speaker recognises, with reason, the modest performance of the European Union in terms of growth and of employment; in the paragraph 16, ascertains that the public investments no always enjoy of preference concerning the costs of operation; in paragraph 23, the speaker says that it is convenient to keep #alert in front of eventual perspectives *deflacionarias. +From 1998, the Commission has funded programs of humanitarian help of the order of euro million to improve the situation of the population of *Anjouan in matter of nutrition and health, and the Commission finishes to approve a new program, by an amount of 730.000 euros, allocated to the sanitary assistance of primary character, and is the suitability to concede an additional program of humanitarian help given the existent needs in the three islands by cause of the political unsteadiness. +*Me allow to suggest that to avert surprises in the future, the Council and the Parliament watch very of wall the mission of maintenance of the peace of the Nations Joined, the plan of help humanitarian of *Europa, the integrity of any current program or future allocated to put term to the suffering of the population of *Timor to guarantee his full independence and sovereignty free of #all threat, interference or pressure *proveniente of the #indonesian soldiers and of his #american advisers. +do not fits doubt that the resumption of the peace process after the end of the Government of the Mr. *Netanyahu, the election of #Barak and the new agreement signed in *Sharm the *Sheikh are a step advance with regard to the *tinieblas of the past, after the murder of the prime minister *Rabin; without embargo, the path is still difficult before achieving a stable and durable peace that the Palestinians #can live, #such as it establishes in the resolutions of the Organisation of the Nations Joined, in a Palestinian State that expect that it was democratic and #can *coexistir peacefully with the State of #Israel. +The support of the Commission to the reconstruction and to the development #would have to centre then in the following fields: in the first place, the establishment of the state of right and the democratisation of the national institutions; second, the demobilisation and the socioeconomic reintegration of the belligerent groups; in *tercer place, the restoration of the environment, especially in the provinces of *Kivu and *Orientale; in chamber place, the reconstruction of transport infrastructure; and finally, the improvement of the services of health and sanitary. +Likewise *me cheers that Mr. *Vitorino have announced the Monday in the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects that the Commission goes to present early a study on the concrete realisation of this project as I create really that #if #ours police forms jointly in the #european spirit and #if, #such as it foresees in the resolution, includes also from the principle to the police of the countries candidates -proposed that comes from also of this Assembly-, then will give an important concrete step to #one *Europa of the right and of the inner security. +With our amendments wanted to reach a simplification of the structures, an improvement of the communication with the objective group, a transparent configuration of the executive procedures, a greater participation of disadvantaged groups and a greater diffusion of the informations on the program to reach a better access and, finally, #one *flexibilización of the limits of age of the participants to find to the dessert approach of horizontal solution in the *comitología. +#If I have accepted, finally, *adherirme to the resolution that will subject to vote of our colleagues, is because I have been able to *percatarme of the true emotional state of a part of the world-wide public opinion; worries, joined to the words pronounced previously on the reaction of the #japanese Government and of other international organisms, that ask to the populations that take cautions, that procure reservations of foods, in forecast of this end of the world announced, *me confirm in the idea that the cautions *preconizadas by our Parliament are, because of his prudence, able to appease the fears, and, therefore, #can be useful. +#The same works in the definition of a system of courts of arbitration in the line of the traditional practice, in that the courts are constituted by citizens chosen in the different levels of the local administration, and that will judge, in principle, three categories of accused: the common murderers, on the one hand, the accused to strike and injure without *ocasionar the death, by #another, and, finally, the *saqueadores, of #such mood that the instigators and ideologists of the genocide and of the slaughterings are sure enough judged by ordinary courts, that treats, in some mood, to organise to face up to this task. +Of this way the youngsters, especially the less accommodated and more disadvantaged will be able to see in the program *SOCRATES a possibility of integration, cultural enrichment and professional training, but first of all a possibility to have a personal experience, a vital experience to purchase the flexibility and the necessary mental opening to confront it better possible the occupational challenges of the world of work. By #this *SOCRATES is a big investment for the #european youth. +The text of the amendment that *les propose #would be the following: "According to the Resolution of the European Parliament of 18 November 1999, the conclusion of agreements allocated to *sufragar actions in favour of *Rusia in the frame of the budget of the financial exercise 2000 remains suspended, excepting the line *TACIS for democracy, until it find a satisfactory solution to the conflict of *Chechenia, in accordance with the recommendations of the European Union and on the base of the clear-cut procedure in the article 13 of the present Regulation" . +A concrete action made in this sense was the requirement presented by the #finnish Presidency in the session of the 54 General Assembly of the UN that the international community aspire with *tesón to find solutions and the timely answers to confront the new and unpredictable challenges in the frame of the international humanitarian Right; likewise, the EU has the intention to take out to *relucir this question in #all the international contacts. +Among #others, on the type of interest legal that will apply *cuando produce the delay of a payment, the extension of the period of activation of the interests, in case that it have not stipulated a period of payment in an agreement; of retention of the title, while there #be delay of the payment; the paper of the public sector and the treatment of the public agreements; and compensation claims caused by delays of payments. +Taking into account that #one of the fundamental causes by the that the insular regions #can not *concurrir in equality of opportunities in the only market are the extra costs of the transport of persons, commodities and energy, and that article 129 *B (new 154) mentions explicitly the need to establish links among the insular regions and the central regions of the Community, how measured specific has the Council intention to take to procure the effective integration of the insular regions in the inner market in equality of conditions? +*B4-0375\/99 of the deputy *Bertens, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0384\/99 of the deputy *Maij-*Weggen, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0389\/99 of the deputies *Pasty and Go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0399\/99 of the deputy *Colajanni, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0410\/99 of the deputies *Dupuis and #others, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-0416\/99 of the deputies *Telkämper and *McKenna, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre *Birmania; +Has mentioned *usted the employment, but has not talked a lot on the need to struggle against the social exclusion, on the fight by #one *Europa impartial and just bear with #all our citizens, the need to support to the States members in the eradication of poverty, in particular among the youngsters and the elderly of our societies, the need of equality of opportunities for the men and the women, for the #black citizens and whites of the European Union. +First, no *nos gave time to request to our Group time of use of the word to present the question in the debate of yesterday.-Second, #such as *usted will see in the Record, neither the Minister of Outsides, Mr. *Fischer, neither the Commissioner, Mr. Go give *Broek, answered satisfactorily to the questions that present in the debate of yesterday.question concerned to the consequences that, in the environment and in the public health, go to have the bombardments that is *Kosovo and, by favour, debate today in the afternoon in the Council, as it had been determined, my question and the questions of my gentlemen colleagues, that clear that they are *concernientes. +Like the Court of Accounts European and also the Commission of Budgets of Parliament have valued positively precisely these elements of the proposal of the Commission, entrust in that in this way they have created the previous conditions so that the Commission, the European Parliament and the Court of Accounts European #can control in the better future that up to now the financial management and the efficiency of the credits employed. +*Yo see it as it follows: the winners are the States members that enjoy of Cohesion Bottom, especially the three that, in our opinion, no longer #would have to be in #the same, the Objective regions 1 that have an endowment of resources greater that up to now the new Goal 2, the urban zones, that, lady Commissioner, also enjoy of the community initiative *URBAN, and the countries candidates in the that entrust that it do not arise an economy of market, as it has said our colleague the Mr. *Schröder, but a social economy of market. +Professor *Prodi, the confidence of the Group *PPE in his person bases in the liberal spirit and in the political courses that *usted has signalled: a political renewal for *Europa, in favour of competitiveness, the liberalisation and the free trade and in favour of the collaboration and of the peace, with a transparent and #worthy administration of credit, in addition to a EU that occupy of common subjects of importance, with the object to win the confidence of the citizens of the EU in the next century. +On the base of the current data consider #this as sufficient, but of course are had to debate also on this subject *cuando complete the information, because, as #all know, the approval of the budget demands that the two responsible organs of the budgetary power reach an agreement on the subject, as to the principle declared, a fine cooperation and the confidence, #as well as the will to look for common solutions is the half, with #whose help will be able to, with security, conclude *felizmente the approval of the budget for the year 2000. +Had account that the Army of Release of *Kosovo (*ELK) continues freely his illegal activity, organising a traffic of arms and of drugs, as it collects the international press, and consummating with impunity the execution of numerous innocent #serbian citizens, #can indicate the Council how initiatives thinks to adopt so that it summon immediately the Security Council of the Nations Joined so as to clear the circumstances of the slaughtering of *Gnjilane, examine as a whole the situation of the human rights, evaluate the paper of the *KFOR in *Kosovo and take immediate and concrete decisions in relation with the *ELK, #as well as measures of protection of the #serbian population, #gipsy and other communities that remain in *Kosovo? +The Commission, as it will know the Assembly, regrets deeply the continuous rapes of the human rights by part of the military authorities in *Birmania: in particular, the treatment *opresivo that suffer the ethnic minorities, the persecution of *Aung Saint *Suu *Kyi and other members of the *LND, denial of basic rights to the unions and the practice of works forced, the prohibition of the free operation of the political parties, the innumerable arbitrary arrests and the continuous state of violence. +The goals to board a political dialogue are to explain the common position of the European Union on the situation of the human rights and the nonexistence of a state of right and of democracy in *Birmania, and to contribute to the creation of some favourable conditions so that it initiate a political dialogue among the military joint in power, the *SPDC, and the democratic opposition and representatives of the ethnic minorities. +On the other hand, #would wish to call the attention of our colleagues on #some amendments of my Group in favour of a study on the application of the tax *Tobin in favour of the world-wide cultural heritage classified by UNESCO in the countries of the Union, in favour of the freezing of the help to *Turquía, exception taken of course of the help to the victims of the earthquake, in so much the authorities of this country do not change of attitude regarding the village *kurdo, of the question of *Chipre and of the problem of the human rights in general. +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the new Annex of the Agreement on the protection of the half marine of Northeast Atlantic relative to the protection and conservation of the ecosystems and the biological diversity of the maritime zone, the Appendix 3 corresponding and the Agreement on the meaning of #some concepts that appear in the new Annex (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0013\/1999 - 1999\/0095(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer) +Suits to stand out that, in spite of the worry for consecrating relative principles to the respect of the rights, the freedoms and the guarantees in this particularly delicate sphere and to the need to adopt measures that comport cooperation, as, for example, in the fight against the delinquency organised and capital bleaching, the traffic of drug and of arms, the traffic of human beings, it will be necessary to loan particular attention to the coherence and the consequences of the politics and measures sure enough adopted. +In some times in that form of protection of the workers is *quebrantada and abolished, in that all right is *pisoteado *provocadoramente, the *agrupamiento, the fight, the common front of the workers against of the options of the monopolies and of the Economic and Monetary Union, the fight by the full employment, by the improvement of the conditions of life and by a true social development, by the prosperity, is his road, is the road of the workers. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report To5-0022\/1999 of the Mr. *Cunha, in name of the Commission of Fishing, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of Council relative to the celebration of the Protocol that determines, for the period comprised among 3 May 1999 and on 2 May of the 2000, the possibilities of fishing and the *contrapartida financial planned in the Agreement among the European Community and the Republic of *Angola on the fishing in front of the coasts of *Angola (*COM(1999)389 - *C5-0170\/1999\/0169(*CNS)). +To #all the mobile workers in the sectors of the transport apply, in any case, the four basic principles that appear in the common position concerning the directive proposal and that, on the other hand, also are applicable to the persons of the sea and to the doctors in training, especially the four weeks of annual holidays rewarded, an annual limitation of the length of the time of work, the corresponding times of rest and the medical controls in the nocturnal work. +This morning, in the that the subject of the social provision for the persons with disabilities are object of a big public debate in my country, the Realm Joined, receive with satisfaction our example of the new agreement for the persons with disabilities that tries to delete the barriers providing personal advisers to local level through it that knows like the only road, that serve of flexible budgets for the employment and the Social Security in the case of the persons with disabilities that are unemployed and allow really find the measures that *les help to incorporate to the world of work. +This time, in place of the culture, the purpose of the #european intervention is in the support to the social and economic development of this #mediterranean country and, by *enésima time, the question that each #one of *nosotros formulates is always #the same: *Acaso the European Union #can and has to back by #all the means a geographically near State, even contiguous, *circundado by sea that bathes the coasts of *Europa meridional, although this State seems very far in the plane of the respect of the human rights? +Subject: Execution of the sentence of the European Court of Human Rights in the that condemns to *Turquía The past month, the Commission of permanent representatives of the Council of *Europa approved to report to *Turquía by not fulfilling the condemnatory sentence of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of the Mrs. Titin *Loizidou, in rape of his fundamental obligations in virtue of the article 46 of the European Agreement of Human Rights, that has categorically the execution of the sentences of the Court. +Have to say, gentleman Commissioner, that the modification of the juridical base that has established the group of work of the Council, with the that without enthusiasm and with #a lot of scepticism have had to *conformarnos, threat with putting end to a considerable part of our joy and threat, likewise, with *aguarnos the party. As #Maria #Colombo *Svevo finishes to say, the violence against the boys and the women do not constitutes only a risk for his health; is a true rape of his fundamental human rights. +#That is the reason by the that have indicated in the Annex *V of our Regulation that needed no a simple majority, but also a special majority of the deputies to the Assembly -majority absolute- for *denegar the approval of the management, because, #if no, the denial of the approval of the management #can have been an exit by the door of backwards to censor to the Commission by a lower majority that the usually necessary, with arrangement to the Treaty. +By it other, demand intelligent models of work and the reduction of the extraordinary hours, flexibility in place of a unilateral reduction of the labour day with a compensation *salarial total, a *aligeramiento public prosecutor of the factor work, a harmonisation of the *imposición public prosecutor to the companies to prevent the *deslocalización of companies by reasons exclusively fiscal and, finally, some regular meetings of the political subjects that adopt the decisions with the social speakers and with the Central Bank European with the end to agree common strategies. +Have seen that the EU occupies of sectors and questions that now affect to the lives of the citizens of the European Union of form very direct: the launching of the euro, that early will not be a simple instrument for the banks and the institutions, but also the coins and notes that will carry in the pocket our citizens, and this week the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam with his greater insistence in politics that affect to the citizens and, in particular, in the creation of places of work. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0225\/99) of the Mrs. *Sandbaek in name of the Delegation of the European Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 89\/398\/*CEE relative to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the alimentary products allocated to a special feeding (3607\/99 - *C4-0154\/99-99\/0076(*COD)) +The fact to have in the core of the system of the taking of decisions an organism of representatives of complete time with #all the diversity that represent, calling to the doors, taking #telephone calls, taking uncomfortable questions, *sondeando, interrogating, studying in detail the subjects and going back to the regions to talk of *ello with the groups of interest, the unions, the employers, consumer groups and the local governments in his regions. +Now well, this agreement of *Berlín has remained still very far of the positions of the European Parliament: do not has *reequilibrado the *PAC properly in the sense of the equity and the cohesion, the disadvantaged and peripheral regions follow loomed of depopulation and desertisation, have not created conditions to apply in practice the #european model of agriculture, have not created conditions so that the European Union present with an offensive posture in the next negotiations of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +The disloyal competition to the that confronts the sector -a sector that goes, on the other hand, from the production of fibres, *hilados and tissues, until the of the finishings-, sees aggravated, besides, by the barriers *arancelarias and no *arancelarias that #all the norms established in the breast of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade prevent access to the markets of countries like the Indian, States Joined or #the same *Turquía, as #if these norms only governed for the community markets, to the that these countries -the products of these countries- yes #can access freely. +Leave that the States members reduce the VAT in services with a big component of hand of drama and that do not have repercussions *transfronterizas; renew the upsetting that takes in the investigation and the development and take a more imaginative use of the money of the European Bank of Investments, for example, with the creation of a line of credit #european for the technology; introduce changes in the organisation and the time of work with the end to share better the work available. +From the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, on 1 May, the procedure of *codecisión, that supposes the maintenance of narrow relations among the Parliament, the Commission and the Council, covers at present a wide series of politics that comprise #among others transport sector, the regional subjects, the social subjects, the initiatives for the employment, the structural Bottoms, the protection of the consumer, the public health and the environmental looks. +It that *sucedió after the referendum deserves the greater conviction, of course, because Indonesian executed a plan of genocide that #can not leave doubt #any on his nature: demographic genocide, promoting the escape of hundreds of thousands of *timorenses; cultural genocide, because from the *primer day of terror the central white, from the point of sight of the institutions, went the #catholic Church, the temples, the episcopalian houses, the parents, the sisters, the faithful, is to say, the traditional institution in that the *timorenses deposited confidence. +Want to take advantage of the opportunity that *me offers the presence here today of the Commissioner to propose - to the light of the exceptions that already exist in the European Union for the audiovisual companies, that *nos leave a true *margen of manoeuvre, that *nos offer besides the capacity to evolve with the sector and to take a gesture after rules of the game more *equitativas regarding the States Joined - that, when building the infrastructure for the negotiations, have to be the sufficiently flexible to watch by our needs here in *Europa. +The Council has time for reflection and the decision on the means: time for the reflection because *nos will gather on 25 November - by Saint #Catalina any tree ruins and expect that the budgetary tree throw roots -, and the decision on the means *le corresponds to *usted, lady Speaker - and his colleagues, since I know that it #can not it all and regret it -, choose among two roads: the review of the financial perspectives of the category 4 that *nos will allow to vote this budget facing up to the new priorities of compliance with the commitments that have assumed during the negotiation of this agreement. +In his meeting of 16 July, the Budget Council treated of the reallocation of the endowments in favour of *Kosovo and in that moment said that the Commission #would not have to prejudice to the less developed countries and to the poorest groups and remembered also the commitment assumed by the Commission with the international strategy for the development, #whose goal is the to reduce to the half the poverty in the world of here to the year 2015. +On the other hand, wish to take reference to the speakers that have to take into account in the dialogue *macroeconómico and *yo *me *atrevería to suggest that it is necessary to incorporate three more: the representatives of two institutions of the own European Union, as they are the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions -two institutions that represent an economic and social dimension of a big importance and, in the case of the regions, obviously, #some of *ellas play an absolutely indispensable paper to ensure goals- and, finally, the organisations of small and medium enterprises. +In this sense, is necessary to review the feasibility of the technology, because they still are developing the devices of control of broadcasts able to answer to the strict limits of oxides of nitrogen; although in the proofs of laboratory these devices promise a lot, still there #be not security of the operative efficiency on a long-term basis of the devices that the convert in a possible technical solution and durable to make the control of the broadcasts in the long term. +The first are the agreements in matter of investments based in the principles of the statement of the *OIT on companies multinationals and the guidelines of the *OCDE on the rights of the workers. The second is the constitution of a mixed permanent forum *OMC\/*OIT commissioned to examine the inclusion of the fundamental labour rights, as for example the abolition of the work *forzoso and the slavery, the proscription of the childish work, the prohibition of discrimination. +The Report *Schwaiger loads *comprensiblemente more the accent in the *tutelas, nevertheless, believe that it shows a substantial tuning with the proposal of the Commission and, therefore, a full confidence in the work of the Commissioner Mr. *Lamy also regarding this delicate subject, always with the consciousness that the liberalisation of the exchanges also in new fields - as in the case of the investments - answers to the important interest of the countries of the European Union and of #all countries by a durable and sustainable development of the world-wide economy. +Although the Conservative Party British *opone officially in principle to that in virtue of the article 63 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam move to the *primer *pilar the politics in matter of visas, immigration and asylum -by which *me see forced to be in disagreement with it that has said our speaker about this question-, instead are resolved adherents that it have cooperation *intergubernamental in relation with the *tercer *pilar by means of the collective action of the Council about the exchange of this type of information, included the related with the documents of trip falsified, to end to struggle against the delinquency and in particular against the international delinquency that do not respects the national borders. +Of #where have to take out the conclusion that it #can not in fact work of another way that the that there #be, as we argue on legal bases, debate absurdly on illegal immigration - #this is very well for the Congress of the Party *Tory, but is not effective in *Europa -, and lose from sight point the opportunity to take it that necessarily #would have to, #this is, an effective legislation to limit the fake of documents so much by #that that like this buy a way to go in illegally in *Europa as also by #that #others that, as it has explained very well the Mrs. *Gebhardt, circulate by *Europa with a case of heroine and false documents. +And #if the integration of *Turquía to the European Union answers to the requirements of the great industrial groups and commercial, especially #european and accessorily #turkish, will not contribute to improve the conditions of the hard-working mass of this country, of mood that the Union has not protected of the unemployment and of the degradation of his conditions of existence to the workers of the already integrated countries. +To the light of #that *dictamen of the Scientific Committee on the Health and the Animal Welfare, the Commission - to #mine initiative in his meeting of 28 October- approved a decision in the that proposed a permanent prohibition of the commercialisation and the utilisation of the *BST in the Community from 1 January 2000, of compliance with the disposals established in the Decision 98\/58\/*CE of the Council on the protection of breeding animals. +And reiterate that the security in the sector of the transports has to be a priority in the #european politics of transports and, therefore, ask, as I took in a question to the Commission, that the own Commission elaborate in the short term, better said, urgently a directive on security systems compulsory for the tunnels and the galleries of roads and underline the fundamental importance of a directive that establish the protocols and controls in road of the reliability of the commercial vehicles that circulate by the roads of *Europa. +By #all these reasons, urge to the European Parliament to that it approve a resolution in the that signals to the attention of the entities of Indonesian the need to reestablish the legality, the need to finish with the slaughterings, the need that the strengths armed defend to the populations and no the attack, the need to release to *Xanana *Gusmãor, the need that the Nations Joined follow supporting the management that has taken *Portugal so that it reestablish peace in *Timor Oriental and in #all Indonesian. +Gentleman President, all #that that read in history book on the recent past of *Camboya and all #that that have had the luck, among *comillas, to take a trip by this country, #can not conceive that at all it have manifested the intention to create an international court to judge to the authors of the *killing *fields and of the massacre that, as very well has signalled the Mr. *Bourlanges, constitutes #one of the most regrettable crimes *acecidos after the *segunda world-wide war. +This situation has to to a large extent to that the simplest tasks have disappeared of our societies, to that the differences in the performance of the persons are enormously and to that determined labour activities are *remunerando with wages truly exaggerated, even #if activities #can in fact result more productive in the traditional sense of the term, in case that they followed forming part of the labour market; but all #this do not results of any acceptable way from a point of sight social or of respect to the human dignity. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, distinguished colleagues in a period of big agitation, was by the conflict of *Kosovo, was by any #another, have in the European Parliament once again the obligation to talk of a subject that *nos comes occupying from takes long, the commercial fight with the #EE.UU. The States Joined insist in a posture, was in the case of the bananas that perhaps to his mood to see was solved, was now in the case of hormones, in the that it is extraordinarily difficult to put the measure in his spot so that also out of the European Union #can comprise, as the *disensiones commercial of the that treats here constitute hardly the 2 % of the common trade. +#Many of *nosotros, therefore, expected that today *usted, to move away the #sad and unfair initial coincidence that hangs on his new mandate and after 40 days of war in *Kosovo, *Montenegro, Serbian and *Voivodina, #would find the appropriate words to take a call to the immediate #alto the fire, and the words of solidarity by #all the innocent victims, of #all the parts involved, #as well as practical proposals for the reconstruction of the territories devastated and for the fast return of the refugees: the research, gentleman President *Prodi, of a #european soul, as it said a day in Plenary. +A formal convergence, by the contrary, conducts to unconformities in the results of the politics.2.An only economic politics, managed by the Union, constitutes a grave rape of the national independence and rape of the national parliaments. The prerogatives of #this in matters of economic politics constitute an indispensable part of the #democracia.3.la political defended in the report (and in the speech) represents a unilateral theoretical thought and a singular political theory. +To which adds that the Council also has *infringido doubly the spirit and the sense of the Treaty, since, with the introduction of an extraordinary tax allocated to adapt the income of the #european deputies to the national diets *desvirtúa the goal of the Treaty to establish deal equality among the #european deputies and goes back to introduce the inequality by the rear door, by say it like this. +The explanation of #some administrative services that we already had to it have known the past week and that we had to have anticipated and thought it that we wanted to take #can be very interesting from the point of sight of the juridical theory, but is not of receipt that today have a first reading, that the report send to the Commission of Transports, that to his time do not gathers, and that the administrative service modify my report of the past week and declare that there #be a report for the *segunda reading. +In the text *nos have agreed with the Council that before the approval of the budget of the European Union always take place a meeting *tripartita additional, in the that among the Council, the Parliament and the Commission agree form in the that #can cover an eventual need -the past year had the help to *Rusia- with resources no released of the common budgetary year or also how have to treat needs of the consecutive budgetary year and how have to *ponernos entirely of agreement before the approval of the Budget. +Gentleman President, is natural that exist fields in the that *nos had enjoyed to get more far after two years of negotiations about the #european regional help for the next seven years. Fits to mention, #among others, some clearer commitments, frames of association by part of the local and regional authorities, more guarantees still for the respect of the terms in the payment to the contractors of the projects and the establishment of a specific figure for risk capital social in favour of the voluntary organisations smaller. +While we follow expecting the adoption of concrete measures directed to respect the agreements *multilaterales on the environment -in particular, on the climate and the biodiversity- or to reflect in facts the decisions of the Summit of *Copenhague in matter of fight against the poverty, the committees of the *OMC impose his law to the democracies -and, in particular, to the European Union- and gives to the freedom of the exchanges the priority on #all the other considerations, already treat of public health, environment, human rights or social rights. +In the meeting Council of Justice and Interior of 3 December 1998 approved a plan of performance of the Commission and the Council with regard to the effective application of the points of the Treaty of *Amsterdam for the creation of a #european space of freedom, justice and security; among the measures to carry out in the next two years contemplates the editorial of a list of countries, #whose citizens will be able to travel to the States members of the EU without visa, and of the countries that will need it. +In front of this situation, the diet no only do not shows a minimum will to initiate political and economic reforms, but that, by the contrary, reinforces the submission of the population *norcoreana and keeps a total control on missions of experts and on the medical and alimentary help supplied by the international community to the population *norcoreana (600.000 tonnes of cereals in 1998 and 530.000 in 1999) to the not allowing to the international organisations verify the utilisation and the efficiency of the help. +In this sense had been unforgivable that, *cuando in *Sudáfrica dismantles diet *odioso, *cuando the #south african take history and give example producing an admirable reconciliation, surpassing with hit the always difficult transition of a civil war and a dictatorship, transition of the diagrams of a movement of release to the constitution of a Been pluralist, democratic and of Right, had been scandalous, say, that *cuando *ellos, the #south african, have not defrauded our confidence in his behaviour, *nosotros Europeans did not know to be to the height of the circumstances and defrauded the confidence that from *África of the South has deposited in *nosotros. +Subject: On the possible suppression of the General Direction of Fishing Is true - as they finish to announce the media - that, in spite of the word given by the Commissioner of Agriculture *Fischler in his appearance in front of Fishing Commission of the European Parliament, the European Commission has decided to suppress the General Direction of Fishing (General Direction *XIV), measure that prejudices clearly to the interests *pesqueros #european and, especially, to the interests of regions dependent of the fishing, as it is the case of *Galicia? +To follow forward with the contrary politics to the capital pity, to consolidate the attainments of the Committee of Human Rights and to carry the question of the pity of death to the program of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined, the States members of the European Union have resolved to present a resolution in the Third Commission during the *quincuagésimo chamber period of sessions of the General Assembly. +#would Be #naïve, clear, expect a distinct approach by part of the organisms of the EU, *cuando the community budget and the national budgets move in the hard and *antipopular mark of the criteria of *Maastricht and of the *draconianas reductions of costs; *cuando the external politics of the EU characterises by a hypocrisy that did not knows limits, by the control more *opresivo, and by the every time greater submission of the countries, #as well as by the open intervention and generalised in his internal subjects, as they show the process of enlargement and the Stability Pact for the *Europa *suroriental. +This conception #would conduct directly, according to the ancient professional deformation of the Commission, to concede the primacy to the free circulation of the commodities on the health of the consumers, as we finish to see in the subject of the embargo of the meat of bovine #british, in the that it #would be necessary, lady Speaker, expect to that have of the proofs, it that *nos conducts, by it other, to the extraordinary following conclusion: the that inside the European Union did not applies the principle of caution, whereas it tries to take that it prevail in relations with third countries, in particular with the States Joined. +The Commission also #can support the relative amendments to the enlargement of the directive to include other alternative fuels, in east marry ethanol; the amendment that refers to the fiscal incentives applied to the *reequipamiento of old vehicles; the amendment that includes the heavy vehicles in the community general strategy referred to carbon dioxide and the relative amendment to the commercial quality of the liquid petrol. +Has had knowledge the Commission of the opening of an investigation, or of appeal of information or of recommendations to reach agreements, by part of the Department of State of the #EE.UU., directed to the Group Sun-*Meliá, with previous character to the application to this group and to other companies of the EU (Club *Med, *LTU), in frank rape of the Agreements reached among the European Commission and the Administration #Clinton, in the frame of the Transatlantic Summit, that excluded of the field of application of the Law *Helms-*Burton to companies #european? +#If we split of the premise that a world-wide trade freer and juster has been the foundation that has allowed to improve the level of welfare of States and his populations, especially in the case of the countries in development, then also have to recognise that the European Union, in his quality of greater commercial power of the world, has an elementary interest in continuing promoting this favourable evolution and in that an increasing number of villages and of States take part in #the same. +To measure that increases the number of competitors international in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, precisely in the rich nations and especially in the States Joined, that are those who more have benefited of the liberalisation of the markets, is -paradoxically, wanted to add *yo- the scepticism and the worry in front of the possibility that the globalisation also carry rigged an impoverishment, the destruction of the environment and the loss of national sovereignty. +The Commission of Control Budgetary proposes to answer in writing of opinion to the *interrogante on the suitability to tackle the development of the controls and an effective protection of the community finances by means of the creation of a charge of public prosecutor #european according to the diagram proposed in the "*Corpus *Juris" , but in the sense of the subsidiariness, #such as *nos posed and cleared the past week in the session of *Bruselas the gentleman Commissioner *Barnier. +have achieved to pose with considerable clarity and of consistent way the political requirements associated to the cooperation with *Turquía, in particular need that they respect and develop the human rights, among *ellos the rights of the village *kurdo, the requirement of the abolition of the pity of death, the strengthening of the civil society, a greater participation of the no governmental organisations and the reduction of the social disadvantages and of the regional underdevelopment. +In this sense, tomorrow will propose -to the contrary of it that, apparently, think #others- the postponement of the vote of the two reports for session period back and ask to the Speaker of the European Parliament that, in name of the institution that chairs, formulate a request expresses to the European Council of *Helsinki so that, #if it keeps the decision of the #turkish authorities, the Council adopt a very firm position in relation with the candidature of *Turquía to the European Union. +Without leaving to respect the confidentiality of the conversations, *yo #can *decirles, in any case, that my personal impression is that the #turkish Government did not wishes to take in any case a decision on the execution of the sentence while it last the procedure of *Estrasburgo, but that his strategy is directed rather to take advantage of the time like this won to abolish the pity of death in *Turquía. +But believe that no *le #can dribble to the Presidency in exercise of the Council the merit that they have produced substantial advances in the field of the external politics and of common security reorganising the works of the Council, giving a clear impulse to the no military management of crises, adopting the common strategy on the case of *Ucrania and adopting also a statement in the case of *Chechenia, although to *nosotros *nos had enjoyed that it went a bit more conclusive and believe that the time *nos will give the reason. +Also suits to remember that, in the report of the Court of Accounts that finishes to #make and that have debated this week, have not found in #all the agricultural sector any indication of massive swindle or fraud on a large scale, but have observed that seems to have *muchísimos problems to the hour to reckon the number of livestock, the quantity of hectares by help to surface, etc. Exist small errors in a very wide field and *eso constitutes a grave problem that owe *encarar. +Have to say again that the political intentionality of the Treaty was the to integrate the Secretariat of *Schengen existent in the also existent General Secretariat of the Council without hiring new collaborators or summon procedures of selection of any type, as it #can not be reasonable that #if a task has been made up to now by a Secretariat that goes to be integrated afterwards in #another, solvent the subject planting to 80 new persons according to the norms applicable to the general Secretariat and that put in the street to the 80 persons that have taken until then the work of the Secretariat of *Schengen. +In the European Union today, for well or for bad, although still there are national cultural traditions, the basic principles, the principles of order public, the principles of the protection of morals, of the right and of the minors, follow valid and, therefore, believe that, in this moment, really a directive like the current goes to facilitate the integration of our legislations by means of the defence of some common principles to #all the States members. +Lady minister, from the past 11 February, in that it reacted in front of the first informations on the slaughterings in *Kosovo, our Parliament has not ceased to report the atrocities committed in this province, in the that unchained once again the *infernal gear of violence and of the fear, cause of *tantos sufferings by the systematic rape of the most elementary rights of the human being, in first row of the *cuales appears the to remain in the floor that has seen it be born and conserve the culture in the that has raised. +This approach of the interior of the crisis that crosses the Commission (crisis to the that confront #all institutions #european) #would contribute, in my opinion, to situate effectively the analyses of the independent experts in his global political context, characterised (to use the terms of the document of the mentioned Cell of *Prospectiva) by the exhaustion of some form to organise the public action, by a crisis of authority that affects of full to the Union. +In the category *I "agricultural costs, support to the markets" are already to the limit of the *margen; in the category *IV "external actions" - will go back on *ello - the category literally explodes, in the category *V do not know it that will cost the administrative reform of the Commission, but see with worry how outlines the problem of the retirements without that have foreseen the costs adapted; and in the category *VII allocated to the *preadhesión, the movement in favour of a faster enlargement and wider, #if it #can say like this, do not enjoys of the credits adapted. +The Scientific Committee has shown clearly his *convencimiento that the meat of bovine #british is so innocuous like any #another meat of bovine of any part of the European Union and in these circumstances am safe that the Commissioner will suit *conmigo in that a delay of only some days is better that the of two or three years in the courts, it that finishes frustrating to #everyone, do not satisfies to nobody and, in particular, do not satisfies to graziers #british that have observed the law, have taken it that *les has asked and are now in conditions to sell an excellent product in #all the European Union. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0056\/1999), in name of the Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, concerning the common position, approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to a program of action community (Program *DAPHNE) (2000-2003) on preventive measures allocated to combat the violence exerted on the boys, the teenagers and the women [$^9150$/^1$/^1999$-^*C$^5$-^0181$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0192$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ (Speaker: Mrs. *Avilés *Perea). +Believe that it is just to affirm that it exists general consensus in the European Union - among the Council, the Parliament and the Commission - on the two following proposals: in the first place, in spite of the comprehensible indignation by the appalling acts of terrorism in *Moscú, in the *Cáucaso North and in parts - that like citizen of a country that has suffered *demasiadas experiences of terrorism condemn totally -, the #russian action during the last weeks has supposed a reiterated deployment of a disproportionate military strength, the reiterated contempt of the need to look for a political solution and the reiterated contempt of the tragic consequences for the persons. +Without embargo, fifty years after the Universal Statement of the Human Rights, know that they do not exist rights conquered #all at the same time and for ever: think in the *Tíbet, *Birmania, *Timor and in the #asian countries in that it explodes the childish and feminine work; think in *Kosovo, in *Chechenia or in *África, continent *demasiadas far times and forgotten; think in the 790 millions of persons that happen *hambre in the world or in the 300 millions of boys that are forced to work; think, besides, in the 1.625 executions fulfilled the year happened in the 72 countries that in his legislations keep the pity of death; finally think in the destination of the leader *kurdo *Ocalan, #whose life has to be saved by means of the effort of #all *nosotros. +And all *ello because, although this Parliament has expressed an indeclinable commitment in favour of a moratorium of the pity of death, as we took in the debate of the last session *plenaria -believe that the Speaker has directed already to the #turkish authorities by this reason- think that the European Union has to fulfil his commitments and, to time, that #can not leave to recognise that in the last fifteen years in *Turquía has not executed any pity of death. +is not only the case *Ocalan that *me takes to say that the candidature of *Turquía is not mature still. Among other things, *Ocalan went practically delivered by the Government of the Mr. *D' *Alema -#one dishonours for #Italia- but, on the other hand, precisely of the penal Code Italian *Turquía has copied this article 155 of his penal Code that has allowed the conviction of *Ocalan - article 155 of the penal Code Turkish, copied of the article 241 of the penal Code Italian- and, therefore, also the position of the #italian Government in this case no *me has *extrañado at all. +Report (To5-0074\/1999) of the Mr. *Pronk, in name of the Delegation of the Parliament for the Commission of conciliation on the text attach, approved by the Commission of Conciliation, on the proposal of directive of Council relative to the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of the health and of the security of the workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres. (Commission of Social Subjects and Employment, *Décima *quinta managerial individual relative to the article 16(1) of the Directive 89\/391\/*CEE (*C5-0221\/1991 - 1995\/0235(*COD)) +will Signal that, from fifteen years ago, in *Turquía exists a moratorium in fact on the pity of death; that the goal of the report that, precisely, subject to vote is to incite to the #turkish Government to that this moratorium in fact convert in moratorium of right; and that, in any case, *me ask #which #would be the reaction of our colleagues #if, in countries of origin, existed, as *ellos wish, an intrusion of the political power in the judicial power. since at present the cause of the Mr. *Ocalan is subjected to the Court of Security of *Estrasburgo. +The technical obstacles that #would pose the greater difficulties to reduce the transitory period are, specifically: the terms of manufacture of the notes and of coins in euros; the considerable importance of the computer adaptations that they have to make , and also the fact that the transition to the euro of the public administrations has been scheduled for the year 2002, to end to take in consideration the complexity of the changes that have to introduce in this sector. +Of compliance with the article 245 of the constitutive Treaty of the *CE, with the article 45 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community of the Coal and Steel and with the article 160 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community of the Atomic Energy, the Council #can change the disposals on the maintenance of the secret only to request of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0101\/1999) of the Mr. *Papayannakis, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council that modifies the Regulation (*CE) *nº 820\/97 of the Council by the that it establishes a system of identification and register of the animals of the bovine species and relative to the labeling of the meat of *vacuno and the products to base of meat of *vacuno (*COM(1999) 487 - *C5-0241\/1999 - 1999\/0205(*COD)). +By evident reasons, that have relation with the geography but also with the history, seemed necessary to the Europeans engage, during the years 70, an action of cooperation of *envergadura with the countries of *África, of the *Caribe and of the Peaceful, under a quite original form known with the name of Agreement of *Lomé, and that allowed that our partners of the south benefited of stable prices for the products of the that extract his main resources, *ello to the coat of a free change in directions of the that it only that sees is how ruins today the most fragile economies. +*Ustedes will remember the appointment: «day will happen to the history like a day of infamy», and *ello because the Secretary of State North American, that was perfectly to the common, took to expect in the antechamber during varied hours to the #japanese ambassador that had attended to deliver the statement of war, with the only goal to take out party of the indignation by the attack in front of the North American public opinion and international. +As I believe that it always is possible attenuate the negative effects, stand out three: the reform of the *PAC, to the that associate the feeble expression of the concept of «development rural», as the benefited and prejudiced go to follow, at the end, being #the same of always; the reduction of the public copartnership in private projects producers of income that, when prejudicing to the companies, lessen the employment; bottom concentration of the next community frame in the first years, that, together with the balances that go out of *él, will create complex conditions of utilisation of the structural Bottoms, as known is that, #if they do not use, lose. +Likewise wanted to express the opinion shared by the absolute majority of the Commission of Freedoms Public and of Inner Subjects that no treats of the rights of the Parliament, by important that are, but that the Parliament pretends *erigirse in lawyer of the fundamental rights, the rights of the citizens and the rights of the person in the European Union. Now well, results enormously difficult to assume this have to that we have to fulfil of face to the #european citizens *cuando the Council *nos excludes of his activities. +Without embargo this question follows without answer and is: -#If it knows the Council that, in accordance with the complaints and informations that spread the international media, the bombardments of the NATO and the war of *Yugoslavia have caused catastrophes or damages *irreparables in monuments of the cultural heritage European -among the *cuales also there are churches and monasteries #christian (#orthodox).-#If they show that these data are correct: to)How thinks to take so that it do not continue this loss *irremediable, *yb)how thinks to take to restore- in the measure of it possible- the damages?Obviously, this question refers, in concrete, to a «cultural crime of war» that takes place in *Europa, in *Yugoslavia, in #where it also takes place a «environmental crime of war». +The withdrawal of the directive on the cars of the meeting of the Council of Ministers by dictated of the Chancellor is a never seen fact and *inaudito, as it neither has precedents in the recent history of the European Union decision to prevent by dictated the participation of the Minister of Economy #german in the meeting of the Council of Ministers that celebrated in *Finlandia. +Aspire to that of way in that today it takes it the Parliament, the Council direct from *Tampere an audible message to the #european citizens, the message that the European Union really interests and works by his more vital interests: the *reforzamiento of the inner security, the free circulation, the free access to the justice, the fight against the delinquency organised international, the control of the borders, the respect of the rights and fundamental freedoms. +The proposal of the Commission to create a #european agency for the reconstruction is based mainly in the recommendations of the Parliament for the reconstruction of *Bosnia - recommendations that aptly take upsetting in the need to decentralise the management of the help to *través of the increase of the participation of local personnel and the contribution of mechanisms that adapt better to the urgency of the requirements of the reconstruction. +Lady Speaker, in virtue of the article 111 of the Regulation of the European Parliament, propose an amendment to the agenda of this partial period of sessions to include a statement of the Commission on the refusal of the #french Government to raise the embargo of meat and his decision to prevent that the meat of *vacuno of the Realm Joined cross territory, that is a route forced to get to *España and #Italia. +Subject: Decision on the reconstruction of the regions affected by the seisms in #Grecia After the strong tremors of earth that have affected to the #greek region of the *Ática, causing *decenas of dead persons and damages of a magnitude still no established, #can indicate the Council #if it thinks to proceed to the urgent publication of a decision on the subscription of a loan for the bonus of interests, with regard to reconstruct the economic and social infrastructure, included the house, and reestablish the means of production, #such as it took by means of previous #his decisions in favour of *Portugal, in 1993, and in favour of #Grecia, in March of 1981 and in September of 1986 (Decision 81\/1013\/*CEE of 14.12.1981 and Decision 88\/561\/*CEE of 7.11.1988? +Said #this and considering that *nos find in a historical moment of the #european construction with the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice, in front of a debate on a Letter of rights fundamental, and considering likewise the powers awarded to the Council by the Treaties to carry out actions that guarantee these rights of citizens #european, *me #would enjoy to know the attitude of the Council with regard to the content of said Letter of fundamental rights in matter of protection of sexual freedom and of sexual option more that of sexual orientation. +Without embargo it is necessary to develop painstakingly documentation system, extending it also to the torture and to the means employed for the other inhuman and degrading deals, so that the information was to disposal of the national parliaments #as well as of this Assembly before it produce a greater diffusion and like this the control on the export of arms was effective, having of the suitable political instruments and juridical to take part the transgression of the norms on the systems of control. +In these lines guidelines and in the finance of #many of politics are included #many of the proposals that have listened in this hemicycle, #such like special fiscal reductions for the workers and for the small and medium enterprises, like a support to the education or to the training of the workers with seen to the dismissals or to the restructurings, #as well as social packages to reinforce the social network in case of great restructurings, the continuous training and the provision of workers with new aptitudes so that they #can answer to these restructurings. +The amendment 7, that *versa on the actions integrated in agreements of transnational cultural cooperation, composes of two parts: in the first place, the relative to the paper of the committee and more in particular the obligation by part of the managers of the projects funded to present a balance of the actions undertaken directly to the committee, as this control *incumbe to the Commission, that has to also commission of the management of the program; second, the relative part to the addition of the precision "specialists of heritage". +#If the Central Bank European considers dangerous rhythm of upper growth to the 2,5% and, according to the assessments of the Commission, has to have a rhythm of growth upper to the 3% to reduce the employment to the 7% in 6 or 7 years, then the only path that *les remains, and of course follow *ustedes with coherence, is *presionar to the labour market to cancel the labour relations, impose the work to half day and, more generally, *flexibilizar the employment, reduce really the wages and finish with the social security. +Want to appreciate to the speaker and to the and the colleagues of the Commission of Industry the inclusion in the final report of #many of the looks approved in the Commission of Environment, which #can not give by discounted neither neither occurs always, and that our aspirations have found fit in the amendments of the speaker and in the amendments of commitment, so that big part of the questions that the Commission of Environment considers important with seen to *Seattle have remained integrated in the report of Mr. *Schwaiger. +Is an exceptional democratic event that thousands of men and women have debated and have manifested by a distinct economy, directly linked to the daily life and democracy, because the fact that 134 governments form part of the World-wide Organisation of Trade do not guarantees of by himself\/hisself neither transparency neither democracy in the processes of taking of decisions because, further of the formal statutes, it that *subsiste really is the contractual power of the strongest Governments and of the multinationals that exert it. +has to include also in the Treaties Letter of fundamental rights that goes to elaborate in the next months; contemplate the taking of decisions by majority -like general norm- and, logically, of simultaneous way, the procedure of *codecisión in these moments; expand also the powers of the European Parliament, for example the capacity to ratify #all the international treaties, was *cual was his type or type; and, of course, contemplate that the next reforms take in accordance with a much more open method, transparent, democratic and participatory that the current. +Gentleman President, with occasion of the presentation of this bulky report on the human rights, will mention the constant rapes of said rights committed with the foundation of a legislation *estalinista against the intellectuals of #all the specialities that have brave to issue opinions critical or simply independent concerning the history of the last world-wide war, #whose drama *concentracionario *obnubila increasingly to the media, to the education, to the press, to the service of interests very distinct of the exclusive defence of the memory of the victims. +Apart from his strictly economic meaning, that do not leaves to be great, these institutions have offered to our villages the real proof that the creation of new community institutions attendants of the exercise of politics integrated in the place of the governments or of the national institutions of the States members do not constitutes a betrayal, but a conjoint exercise more effective of our national sovereignty. +Consider important that there are two representatives of the European Parliament in the preparatory group, but already consider less #worthy for the European Parliament that his Speaker, instead of relating exclusively with the bosses of State and the prime ministers, see immersed in a dynamics in the that the hear before the meetings of the members of the Council of General Subjects and #that is not a #worthy deal for this European Parliament. +Have seen that the Court of Justice has ratified the faculty of the States members to take decisions in this matter and besides, regarding the point that *usted has underlined relative to the distribution inside the territory of a State, have to add that the norms in matter of competition and the principle of no discrimination do not force to the States members to take in account looks of regional character to the hour to award the licences for the casinos neither permissions to organise games of chance. +has needed, as, more of a year and varied meetings of the Conciliation Committee to reach an agreement on this program, #tending to promote the quality of the education to *través of the promotion of the cooperation, of the intensification of the mobility and of the development of the #european dimension in #all the educational sectors, with the end to complete the actions of the States members in this field. +In the case of *Kuwait, it that has *sucedido to finals of November, *cuando with 32 votes against and 30 in favour the Parliament has refused the proposal that the women #can vote and be voted, do not constitutes only a rape of the human rights and a repulsive political action, but also is an infringement of the own #kuwaiti Constitution, that in the article 29 has that #all the citizens are equal in front of the law, independently of the sex, religion, the race or the ethnic origin. +Have to say that #if we talk of defence and of promotion of the human rights like a fundamental element of the #european identity and of his projection in the world, certainly today *Birmania is #one of proof banks fundamental and believe that the best way to express our felt condolence to the Saint Mrs. *Suu *Kiy is intensifying the initiative against the #burmese diet and increasing his international isolation so much from the point of sight political and diplomatic like economic and commercial. +By the contrary, a greater cooperation in the national politics through a consistent put in practice of the guidelines and of the action plans of the politics of employment, #as well as an improvement of the possibility of control mean #one *plusvalía #european, the *cual together with the effect stabilizer of a solid common coin will contribute also to half term in the inner market European to that we reach more put of work and have less unemployed. #This is an important *prerrequisito of the social dimension of the European Union. +To finalise, #some points that, although they go to be decided by the next Parliament, *nosotros #would have to set up in the next weeks -and, #if it is possible, before the Council *ECOFIN of 25 May- in the frame of the Group of high level: need a proposal *consensuable in relation with the five members of the Committee of Surveillance, need a profile of the director of the *OLAF so that it #can publish the announcement of the squares; need an organisation chart of the *OLAF as *prerrequisito and like base of a supplementary budget, as they have recommended it already in his opinion our colleagues of the Budget Commission. +The report is in it true when underlining the need to establish a narrower coordination among the great orientations of economic politics and the guidelines in matter of politics of employment, taking into account the need of a coherent strategy for employment, the growth, the stability and the economic reforms and for an improvement of his content and his opportunity and the relation among the commissions of the Council interested. +The General Secretary of the UN was invited to the extraordinary Summit of the Bosses of State and of Government and has reinforced equally implication, taken by the *cual also *nos *congratulamos explicitly. Have likewise the satisfaction to be able to *anunciarles a news of the maximum actuality, to know, that after the meeting of yesterday in *Bonn of the Political Directors of the *G-8, in the *cual achieved to reach an agreement on a common foundation, the Thursday will celebrate in *Bonn a meeting of the Ministers of the *G-8 on the subject of *Kosovo. +The Commission has the impression of that this managerial #such as it exists at present represents a *primer useful step to a fixation of prices just and effective of the transport of commodities by heavy vehicles by road and *nos cheer of the fine disposal of the Parliament and of the Council to give this step. Likewise, follow taking upsetting in the need to work more in the quantification of the external costs for #all moods of transport. +Propose to substitute the pact of stability by a true pact of growth with, among other priorities, the relaunching of the productive investment, the continuation of the descent of the types of interest of selective form in favour of employment, the set up of a process of reduction of the time of work without decrease of wage, the arrest of the process of liberalisation and deregulation, the fixation of a minimum wage in each Been member. +Meanwhile, the taking of decisions after the Summit of *Berlín has carried to the instauration of a budgetary category separate for the adhesion, section *séptimo, in the that will include also helps *Sapard, for the that will impose some financial rules more strict in relation to the *prefinanciación and the management and financial justification that the that they #would be applicable #if the measures had followed in the category 1, agriculture, as it had proposed the Commission, or in the category 2, to the that #would have belonged the measures in case that these countries sure enough had converted in States members. +Anyway, *ustedes are conscious that the Commission has kept some reservations about the common position, for example, in matter of suitable supervision and regarding the suppression of #some elements of the Annex 2 relative to the additional risks derived of cut of the electrical supply, #as well as to the need to delete manually automatisms in case that the automatic processes separate of the conditions of operation planned and, finally, regarding the need to be able to spread or isolate quickly the energy accumulated in case of cut of the supply by #any emergency. +#If deal to find a conductive thread in my commitment, modest, but *tenaz and passionate, along the fifteen years that have worked here, *me seems that I #can find it in the will to contribute to endow to *Europa, to #ours loved *Europa, of effective instruments to guarantee the pluralism of the information, the protection of creativity, the support to the circulation of the #european dramas, a new impulse to the audiovisual production *valorizando the *irreducibles differentiate of the cultures and converting in strength an apparent weakness. +Therefore, wanted to direct a concrete message to the Council of Colony, so as to that Presidency #german ask that it appear in the agenda of the next General Assembly of the Nations Joined this subject and that the #finnish Presidency was the attendant to execute this decision so that -in the month of August, to more take- this subject appear in the agenda and #can be examined sure enough in the next General Assembly of the Nations Joined. +My Group no only pretends to express his worry by the security of the citizens of the European Union, the Czech Republic and the bordering countries, but that, besides, want to loan help to innovation, to the alternative energies, to other forms of efficiency energetic, in other words, want to boost the use of energies that do not require of nuclear head offices and do not produce the corresponding consumption of electrical energy. +Is an opportunity to explore his promise to collaborate with the Parliament and embrace *decididamente our interest for examining the application of the reform process and also his constructive commitment with our worries like deputies by a #european economy that was based in the knowledge, the aptitudes and the creativity and a #european society based in the inclusion, the diversity and the cultural wealth. +So much today, in the speech of the Speaker of the Council, as two weeks ago, in the audition of the Commissioner *Vitorino, have appreciated -*nosotros, the deputies, *habituados to the "*langue of *bois" of the Council and of the Commission- elements of philosophical rigour on the fundamental budgets of this true inner market of the freedom and justice, is to say, the market of the values -and no already the of the commodities and the services- that *nos inspire an optimism reserved on *Tampere and his consequences. ?Why? +Subject: Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC The past June, the Bosses of State of the European Union, gathered in the Summit of Colony, agreed that the next commercial negotiations of Round of the #Millenium" of the *OMC had to include the labour norms, alleging that: "Some negotiations that cover a wide fan of subjects, included the norms of work, environment, development and transparency, constitute the most appropriate base to reach substantial results and balanced in benefit of #all the members of the *OMC". +Subject: Installation of a nuclear head office in zone highly exposed to seismic movements as it is the region of *Akköy in *Turquía The *tremendo seism, so much in extension as in intensity, that recently has shaken *Turquía, no only has caused considerable damages, but that also *replantea of dramatic form the project of construction of a gigantic nuclear head office of production of electrical energy in the region of *Akköy, to the southwest of *Turquía, project in the that persists the #turkish Government, in spite of treating of a zone that comports a high seismic risk as they confirm #all the studies carried out by specialists. +. (*FR) The deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of the Nations have voted against of the group of the amendments approved in the Commission of Environment, #tending to transform the recommendation of the Commission in directive, and *ello by three essential reasons: relative reason to the bureaucracy, relative reason to the juridical foundation and relative reason to the structure of the control bodies in the States members of the European Union. +*Cuando the philosophy that conditions the relative proposals centres in the concept of "citizen according to the law" and of the need of "attribution of responsibilities to those that loom the freedom and the security of the persons and of the society", only #can ascertain the comeback of theories that in countries like the #ours, went in the happened the base of the laws and the limitations *antidemocráticas, the base to penalise the political and #sindical action. +By a part, the agricultural employers, from takes time and strongly stuck to the train of the rigid conditions of production, guarantee and back fully, as they show it the history and the actuality, the maturity of the consumer; by #another, the possible path to solve the problem is tied to the *proprio consumer that has comprised perfectly the #european politics in matter of marks and of typical products giving validity to the local products Europeans, perfectly able to avert the *aplastamiento in the international competition that, by the contrary, prevails foods *masificados. +Without embargo, wanted to urge to the Commissioner to that it take *algo more: #if his colleagues and *él are decided to recover the confidence of the consumers and of the alimentary industry in the relative structures to the *inocuidad of the foods of the EU, has to create a #european agency attendant of the similar foods to Food Administration and Medicines of the #EE.UU. Said agency #can assume the current functions of the Commission in matter of inspection and executive in relation with the veterinary legislation, phytosanitary and relative to the hygiene of the foods. +Gentleman President, before going in in matter and of *referirme to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the application of the program *ALTENER with arrangement to the procedure of *codecisión, a time approved the Treaty of *Amsterdam, #would want to express in the first place my satisfaction, my recognition, my gratitude by the support that the Commission has found in moment in the European Parliament precisely in the field of the renewable energies. +#- - (OF) Gentleman President, regarding the subject of the crop of the linen and the problems that there #be had in *España in this context, the Commission already proposed to the Council, in the frame of the price package for the year 1996, that established a maximum surface guaranteed for the crop of the linen and fixed some lower helps for the rest, except in the case of the linen *recolectado with traditional methods. +To these foundations it #would be necessary to add, in my opinion, the strategic value of the agriculture in #some exporting regions of the European Union, that, besides, have had in the Treaty of *Amsterdam a singular recognition, as they are the called regions *ultraperiféricas, that need a special consideration in the negotiations of the Round of the #Millenium so that the decisions that take in *Seattle leave to except his agricultural interests and guarantee survival social, cultural, economic and environmental, especially after the summit of Colony. +The European Parliament also has worked *denodadamente to put in vigour legislative norms that reduce the utilisation of gases of CO2; for example, the new directive of the European Union on the regulation of agents *contaminantes forces to the oil companies to engage to achieve that the content of sulphur of the vehicles remain reduced to a third part, and that the sulphur content of the fuel *diesel remain reduced to #one *séptima splits for the year 2005. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for *segunda reading (To5-0029\/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position of the Council (*COM98) 285 - *C5-0029\/1999 - 1998\/0163(*COD)) with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the velocimeter of the vehicles of engine of two or three tyres and by the that modifies the Directive 92\/61\/*CEE of the relative Council to the homologation of said vehicles (Speaker: Mr. *Ferri). +In front of the next negotiations with the *OMC, in the that goes to include the audiovisual sector, sees every time with greater clarity it important that are some independent and reliable informations on the situation of the market in *Europa for the attendants to adopt the political decisions, like the community organs, the Governments of the States members, for organs *decisorios economic and social of the States members and of the regions and for the industry devoted to the investigation, the Universities and the media. +Believe that #if the Commission decides to advance in the review of the total of the directive on the ordination of work time and poses from the principle the subject of the rest *dominical, that has been a very debated subject and on the that already there are decisions of the European Court, simply run the danger of not to debate it never and to get another time to a dead end, for looking for *utópicamente it *inmejorable. +#One of the main political conclusions of the extraordinary meeting of Bosses of State or of Government signals the need, with seen to a true politics of migration, to go out of the traditional limits of justice and the subjects of interior and resort to a series of instruments, in the field of other politics of the Union, conception #this that already advocated the Commission from 1994 and that always has deserved the support of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the Report *DEHAENE includes a proposal of scope historical. Pretends to divide the Treaties in two parts: a constitutional and institutional part that, as it has been the case up to now, only will be able to modify by unanimity by means of a Conference *Intergubernamental and a procedure of ratification of the States members, and a special part reserved to a series of politics concrete for the that ratification procedure substitutes by the *dictamen satisfied of the Parliament. +The problem is not only that it register an increase of the synthetic drugs and of the import of cocaine in *Europa, although the heroine follows being the main problem; is that in the last years drugs have converted in a conscious threat that emanates of the relation among the crime organised with the traffic of drugs and with the traffic of arms and of nuclear materials, #as well as of the creation of new pertinent criminal organisations of the *Europa Central and Oriental. +These countries have been supported in his work by the International Agency of Atomic Energy, that has reviewed his analyses on the importance of the problem regarding a significant number of head offices; the Mrs. *Plooij-go *Gorsel has mentioned the works made up to now, and #this is my answer, Lady: the works of the Agency and of the countries that explode head offices have not revealed to have problems of "*bug" in the essential systems for the security. +Also request the *engarce of this philosophy *arancelaria with a new tax of similar structure to the old *APIM, so as to incorporate it to a package of specific measures of fiscal character that the Council, to proposal of the Commission, has to set up the next year -as they finish to indicate the deputies *Ripoll and *Martínez of *Bedoya and *Medina *Ortega- to *través of the announced permanent statute for the regions *ultraperiféricas -among the that find the Canarian islands- like development of the article 299.2, that foresees a treatment differentiated, as *ustedes know, of the application of the disposals of the Treaty. +The case of *Corea is, as they already have said varied colleagues, the result of the combination of situations and factors, some interns, other external: the crisis of #Asia, the *hiperdesvalorización in more of the 30% of the national coin -of the *won- and the concomitant support of the #FMI have been the factors that have conducted to this situation only -eccentric, #can say- in that it finds *Corea, by not talking of the disloyal form as *nos has taken the competition in the last times. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the communication of the Commission on the *salvaguardia of the current sportive structures and the maintenance of the social function of the sport in the community frames, the plan of support community to the fight against the doping in sport and the participation of the Commission in the Anti-doping World-wide Agency. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0086\/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, concerning the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the safe of civil responsibility derived of the circulation of vehicles cars and by the that modify the Directives 73\/239\/*CEE and 88\/357\/*CEE (*cuarta Managerial on safe of vehicles cars) (Speaker: *Rothley) +Proposal of decision of the Council and of the Commission relative to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Czech Republic, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9726\/1999 - *C5-0191\/1999 - 1997\/0273(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +#- - Proposal of decision of the Council and of the Commission relative to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Slovakian Republic, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9727\/1999 - *C5-0192\/1999 - 1997\/0274(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +*Permítanme say, to finish, that believe that it will have to exist interrelationship, some relations among the scientists and the jurists and the evaluation of the factors of risk to guarantee with total security that the managers to draft the laws comprise it that say the scientists, and that the scientists are satisfied with the mood in that the jurists draft the laws so that they contemplate the criteria that *ellos have expressed in his *dictamen in the field of the evaluation of the factors of risk. +In the basic shots of the economic politics of the States members and of the Community for 1998\/99 underlines of similar mood that the economic politics of the States members, especially, his financial and monetary politics, that now drops inside the exclusive competition of the Community, #as well as the structural reforms have to support among #if to reach a low inflation that goes parallel to a sustainable and effective growth for employment. +For being #this much more elevated in the transport by road, with the noise, the atmospheric pollution and accidents, as *evidencian the charts presented by the speaker, is justified that it was greater the payment that have to take his users, in consonance, by it other, with it that already *sucede now, when paying the users of the roads (in taxes on the fuels and the vehicles and in tolls) the double of the cost that with *ellas takes, *cuando the users of the roads *férreas pay the 56 % and the of the navigable roads the 18 % of the respective costs. +#If well it is true that the crisis of the *EEB has allowed to modify the procedures of taking of decisions in the breast of the Commission, wish to signal, in name of my Group, that these procedures, further of the file of cow crazy», have to expand to end to manage of the best possible way the principle of prevention and to avert that they exert political or economic pressures on the scientific committees and through the experts of the Commission. +Want to give the thanks to the Mr. *Fayot by his work in the Commission in general, and the fact that this Commission do not go to exist more in this form, do not has to involve now -and #this is a last point in the that coincide with our colleague, the Mr. *Corbett- a negative trial of the work of the Commission and, less still, of the work of his president, but that treats properly that in the future want to have grouped the questions that are important from the point of sight of content. +Lady Speaker, wanted colleagues, the interest of the Report *Fourçans do not resides only in the fact that it subscribes totally the recommendations of the Commission, but that also involves clearly in the political debate that so much has agitated environments #european, included this Parliament, is to say: now that it already has created the euro, it #would be necessary to soften the budgetary and monetary discipline that has allowed the historical decision of May of 1998, with the end of *relanzar an economic activity rather *titubeante? +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0255\/99) of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens, on the consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam (relation of legislative proposals slopes in the Council to 1 May 1999, with indication of the new juridical foundation, #as well as a possible modification of the legislative procedure after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam) (*C4-0134\/99 + *SEC(99)0581 - *C4-0219\/99). +In effect, the main amendments presented pursue substantially the following goals: insist in the favourable effects that the measure has in the employment of hand of drama no qualified or little qualified and in the environment, #as well as in the reduction of the illegal work; foresee that the Council #can take decisions by qualified majority regarding the permission to apply the type reduced and foresee that the Commission elaborate assessment report global accompanied, in his case, of appropriate proposals. +Gentleman Minister, *me direct to *usted with the look put in the Summit of Colony, and *le say that have in his hands a historical opportunity to create in Colony the conditions and the budgets to achieve that the new Conference *Intergubernamental suppose for the external politics it that *Maastricht and *Amsterdam supposed for the economy. A #european external politics that -*usted better that nobody knows *algo of his history- #can not exhaust in the diplomatic activity, but that it has to include answers to challenges like the that constitute the economy, the environment and culture. +But here find #one some allusion *anodina, #if no dangerous, with regard to the minors of age, because the minors of age, logically, have the protection of the civil Right, no only in this point of the contracting based in the honesty or in the fine faith, but also regarding that it will be invalid agreement *cuando, according to the civil Right, the minors have not reached the necessary age according to the class of sakes and of agreements that it treat. +*Yo #can not forget #some of the environmental emergencies of my country and also in the rest of *Europa.and)Highlight the necessary effort in the national levels, *suprarregionales, regional and venues in matter of prevention, cooperation and exchange of experiences.*f)And propose to detect and study the causes of the catastrophes and publish the conclusions of this study so that they are useful for the prevention.Ratify the position of the *PE regarding the necessary committee for the execution of the program, that has to have consultative character, approving the amendment of the Budget Commission that proposes that it was more transparent and participatory. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To4-0220\/99) of the Mrs. #Miranda of *Lage, in name of Commission of External Economic Relations, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the celebration of the Agreement of collaboration economic, political coordination and commercial cooperation among the European Community and his States members, by a part, and the States Joined Mexicans, by another (*COM(97)527-11618\/97 + 11620\/97 + *COR 1 - *C4-0023\/98-97\/0289\/(*AVC)). +To this *respecto wanted to underline that the minister *Schily took part here in the Plenary the day 14 January and that talked in front of Freedom Commission Public and of Inner Subjects on 19 January and on 30 March. *Yo appeared in front of the Commission of Freedoms Public and of Inner Subjects on 23 November and the Mr. *Eisel, the director of the together competent service *conmigo, was two times in the commission the past week so as to *facilitarles information. +To said end, is necessary to intensify to #all the levels the cooperation with the regional and local authorities and with the socioeconomic operators, nearer to the realities *cambiantes of the regions. Is necessary, without embargo, take into account the disequilibriums caused by the differences of competitiveness among the regions, owed to the distinct levels of employment, of quality of infrastructures, of the natural environment and of development, especially in this so delicate stage that opens with the determination of the regions admitted in the Goal 2. +Have the communication to the press of the Fiscal Ministry of Security Court of the State in *Ankara, signed by the fiscal lawyer, Mr. *Tzerdet *Volkan; said communication excludes the participation in the trial of «observers of any institution or organisation» and foresees the participation of simple citizens, as long as they have a permission of a special office of the Court, that will not be valid for #all the days of the trial, and will take in consideration, only, the capacity of the hall. +Nevertheless, *nosotros had presented in first reading #some amendments to limit the charge that weighs on the companies, to suppress the no pertinent variables -for example, transport modality- and the variables *facultativas, to limit the number of #SME forced to facilitate statistical variables detailed and, also, to simplify the utilisation of the nomenclature combined, without separating of an only nomenclature regarding the exchanges *intracomunitarios and the exchanges with the third countries. +Wanted to besides appreciate to the President of the European Parliament, Mr. #Gil-Oaks, for having received very seriously my initiatives to finish with the criminality in and around the #european institutions; also to the president of group *Martens, that has promised not forgetting in *Bélgica this subject for a future and follow *apoyándonos; and, of course, also to the representative of the Council, that promised to put also to *ello, and, finally, to the *cuestores and to the Conference of Presidents, #where this subject is now a subject of actuality. +Lady Speaker of the Council, as #others have said before that *yo, his Presidency produces in a very particular moment, *cuando the crisis has burst in *Kosovo and the European Union has contributed contribution to go out of *ella, after an institutional crisis of the that still have not gone out, after the training of a new Parliament in conditions very particular, in the that the constituents *desinteresan increasingly of an institution that every time has more powers and, finally, after the European Council of Colony, that launched important works for the future. +The elect deputies of the List *Bonino have treated to explain in an open letter to #all his *Señorías the reasons of this constitution, the reasons of the discriminations that they are object deputies No inscribed in this Parliament and, in consequence, the reasons of our initiative, #as well as of #another that expect that it announce what before, #this is, the proposal of modification of the Regulation, and especially *les has invited to vote with *nosotros against of this interpretation. +*Le appreciate the interest and urge to the Commission to that it comprise with clarity that the question of *Timor goes to follow, by misfortune, slope during *algún time and demands urgency in the double humanitarian sense and in the political sense and of security, in the measure in that the announcement of the intervention of an international strength no guarantees by himself\/hisself alone the conditions of security in the territory, because it will have to take part without condition of any class imposed by the #indonesian authorities and the urgency of the humanitarian support is URGENCY in own sense. +do not have of sufficient time to develop the subject, but wanted to call the attention of the Commission on the need, no only of preventive actions, but also to hold responsible to #all the official controllers, to #all the experts, with the end that the principle of caution do not convert in a principle of irresponsibility for #that that have the duty to watch by the alimentary security and the health of consumers. +Regarding the possibility for the countries in roads of development to access to the technicians of the commercial liberalisation, to the *OMC and to expert groups, #etcetera, is truth, as it has said, that #this poses a problem: said goal is not, for the moment, near at hand of #many of *ellos, and the utilisation of these complex mechanisms is reserved for those countries that have of means, of here our proposal of a technical assistance (mentioned in the document of the Commission) so that these countries #can by himself\/hisself same possess and use the necessary juridical technology. +The Council recognises, the same that the European Parliament, in the first place, that the politics of equality of opportunities for men and women follows being very important; second, that the program of action constitutes the community instrument more valuable for the fulfillment of the obligations contracted in the program of action of the Conference of *Pekín and, finally, that the best way to achieve a realisation with hit is integrating the perspective of equality of opportunities for men and women in politics class. +In front of the flagrant *incumplimiento of it had in said Regulation, the delays incurred in the communications of lists, the increase of number of ships that use #that *artes, the damages to the *pesquería of the tuna and to the marine ecosystem, the grave economic damages to the fishermen of the *Cantábrico Northwest and the total fault of answer of the EU to the recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna (*ICCAT) against the overexploitation of this species: +With #everything, although we consider the proposal of resolution common too much bent to the hypothesis of the aerial missile more that to the of an artefact planted in the interior and, especially, although we consider the own proposal too much indulgent and diplomatic with the political authorities #italian, share the need to ask at last the cooperation of #all the States members of the European Union so that they facilitate it that went *menester for a timely and suitable deepening of the investigations, so as to that #can discover the *ejecutores, the *inductores and the reasons of this absurd slaughtering. +Gentleman President, in my own name and in the of other members of the Parliament, although respecting fully the solemn character of the session of today, wanted to signal a question of order relative to the article 19 of the Regulation, based in the worry by the human rights, since the visit of today of the President of *Colombia limits to address in front of the Parliament until the official dinner with the bosses of the political groups. +*Tampere has shown that the Union has the political intention to trace common politics in questions that are intimately tied to the daily life, as it is to reinforce the feeling of security of the citizens by means of the fight against the crime organised, especially in the drugs, in money wash and in the traffic of human beings, with the judicial cooperation and the mutual recognition of the decisions. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0029\/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position (6884\/171999 - *C5-0029\/1999 - 1998\/0163(*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the velocimeters of the vehicles of engine of two or three tyres and by the that amends the Directive 92\/61\/*CEE of the relative Council to the reception of the vehicles of engine of two or three tyres (Speaker: Mr. *Ferri) +Is necessary to highlight likewise the need that the Union subject his interventions in this matter to a more rigid control and establish systems of review so much of the implication and of the information to the #sindical representatives of the workers, as of the effective goodness no only economic, but also social of said interventions, had account that no always the helps of the Union to the companies have had like answer the stable development of the activities of #the same and the *salvaguardia of employment taxes. +*Yo believe that it pertinent, taking into account, besides, that the report of the Court of Accounts produces a series of consequences on the own parliamentary activity -and think particularly in the approval of the management-, it that we have to take, is *plantearle to the President of the Court of Accounts it that has occurred, reach that it engage publicly, apart from presenting excuses #if *ello was pertinent, to an investigation to be able to control this subject, that improve the system of distribution and information to Parliament, but, in any case, understand that, at the end, it that go to take is *sancionarnos to *nosotros same through this behaviour. +Therefore, is our duty, in this end of century, *preguntarnos on these millions of boys that are subjected to the prostitution, that *suicidan, that drug and, in moments in that our continent hardly #if it begins to discover the *estragos of the *pedofilia, in front of the that during *muchísimo time have closed the eyes, owe *preguntarnos #which is the cause that, in our democratic countries and economically developed, that #all the years celebrate with pride a new anniversary of the Statement of the the Rights of Man, these same rights see *pisoteados until this point *cuando refer to the feeblest, is to say, to our boys. +In addition to the three points mentioned of the Statements of Colony, have arisen in different fields, among other questions, the Court of Justice of the *CE, the Court of Accounts, the distribution of the seats of Parliament, the flexibility and the division in two parts of the Treaty of creation of the *CEE. in our report will Present, in base the conversations kept and to the points of sight received, our own visions on it that consider that it is possible and recommended. +To #that *respecto, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, *permítaseme present an example: #if in the Council there was a modification in the weighting of votes, in the that, in fact, the countries with more population and the greater countries had more can, and the enlargement of the qualified majority to the process of *codecisión took that this tendency stressed also in the European Parliament, ask: #which will be the paper in this *Europa of the small countries or of the poor countries of the European Union? +. (IN) In the weeks that have preceded to the agreement on this resolution, deputies of the European Parliament have procured to achieve that the attitude of the Union *propicie really a "Round of the Development" in the *OMC, that the countries in development have the possibility to be associated of right plenary in the process of negotiation, and stand out that the benefits of the trade have to centre in the fight against the *agravación of the poverty in our world. +With the argument of the enlargement -#whose materialisation no *nos poses problems of principle, but no *nos seems that it #can carry out without measuring the consequences, in diverse levels- and in name of the efficiency and the democracy, pretends a modification of the Treaties in particular in the institutional sphere: abandonment of the unanimity and enlargement to new spheres of the decisions by qualified majority, new weighting of the votes in the decisions of the Council by qualified majority and modification of the composition and of the operation of the institutions (number of Commissioners, Presidency of the Council, composition of the *PE or even consecration of work tongues...) +The industry, the States Members and the Commission have to collect #all the necessary information to prepare and present a complaint on the regulation of the commercial tariffs and evaluate the suitability to resort to the action of the *OMC, the Commission has to continue his efforts of supervision of the market in cooperation with the industry and, finally, #all parts involved have to encourage for establishing a field of action for the sector. +By this reason, *yo believe that the Conference *Intergubernamental occupies a central place inside the triangle formed by the enlargement, the Conference *Intergubernamental and the external politics and of security. In this context, also has to remain absolutely clear that in any moment, already was with 12 or with 13 candidates to the adhesion, #can admit any deviation of the criteria of *Copenhague, and this Assembly no goes to allow that it produce and do not goes to ratify any treaty in this sense. +Especially, also has reached an agreement -the Parliament also conceded importance to this look, *justificadamente to my seem- that it answers to #one *constatación political important, to know, that the tasks of the European Union in *Kosovo and in the region of the *Balcanes are tasks of varied years and that his fulfillment in the financial look #can require an increase of the costs in the field of the external politics regarding the planned at the beginning of this year, on the base of a distinct political situation. +In the first place, the European Parliament; of course, the no governmental organisations, and in this point, and since it has posed the question, want to say that the movement of the woman and the no governmental organisations have exerted and exert a paper *excepcionalmente important and have been really the strengths *motrices of politics that have gone configuring in the #european field; and, of course, will take part also the Commission, with #many of his services, the states members, and the Presidency. +Challenge to the #scottish minister of Agriculture to that it evade *Londres and support the request of the Scottish Nationalist Party, that delivered yesterday to the #french Government, in the sense that the #french authorities study thoroughly and with character of urgency the scientific proofs, the capacity to determine origin and the situation of the labeling in *Escocia; and take a call to #all the #french colleagues of this Assembly so that they defend this line in front of his Government. +An important part of the process of enlargement of the European Union are the different programs of existent cooperation among the Union and countries aspiring to the adhesion, and the point of game is precisely the improvement of the economy of these countries of face to create possibilities of employment in his own territories, so that his inhabitants do not see forced to emigrate by economic reasons. +Like solution offers the #french rule, the *cual, as I complement of the national diet of fixed price, contains likewise relative disposals to the import, export and *reimportación, is compatible with the Right of the European Union and has shown efficiency in the practice. Thus, gentleman Commissioner, the European Parliament, above his division in political Groups, as it will be able to check easily, expects the green light for a rule of character legal or contractual in *Alemania and *Austria to put good end once and for all to this interminable history. +Believe that #if there #be a reasonable solution from a point of sight economic, with the that the publishers agree; #if there #be a solution that takes into account the diverse linguistic and cultural fieldscultural; #if there #be a solution that neither comport the greatest restriction of the competition in application of the prohibition of *sopesar contained in the article 85, then are in the correct path to give with a suitable rule. +Is the question of #if the Commission engages to fulfil with the promise of the services for the politics in matter of competition of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, in the sense that before it accept definitively the general diet of exemption by category and before they fix definitively the orientations, the present Commission proposals to the Parliament and that still have the opportunity to elaborate a report on *ellas. +(OF ) Gentleman President, as I no longer am the youngest of the 626 deputies, as *me occurred in October of 1965 *cuando was member for the first time of this Parliament, is natural that the report on the new perspectives of life of the persons of age in the century *XXI *me interest especially, also in quality of representative of a national organisation and a big #european organisation of women #where, by true, the most ancient members are the most active, without #whose work from charges *honoríficos these organisations -like #a lot of #others also- #can not *subsistir, because the youngsters are so overloaded of familiar and labour obligations that hardly are for activities *honoríficas. +The speakers, with #all reason, have not forgotten the cultural looks, especially in the section 28, in the that it insists in the need to promote the image of the greater persons in our society and, in this sense, have to say that rather we have retreated regarding the ancient societies, especially the #Grecia classical, to the that we have to it essential of our civilisation and that, with reason, valued the cumulus of experience and wisdom that represented the elderly. to this *respecto, *nos confront to an authentic ideology of *desvalorización of the past. +The immunity, therefore, is a question of public order and in the case that *me occupies, the of the Mr. *Moniz, the Mr. *Moniz in a moment determined asked that *le raised the parliamentary immunity, *algo that has been taken into account in the resolution of the Commission of Regulation, that by unanimity voted the suspension of the immunity, but no by reason of the will of the Mr. *Moniz to appear in front of the Administration of Justice, but because they fulfilled the requirements. +Fortunately, the president of the #ECB *Duisenberg put of self-evident the Monday of the past week in the last session of the Parliament that the descent of the types of interest of 8 April was precisely an attempt to contribute *algo to the economic reflation of the Union, said of mood, has recognised *textualmente that the monetary politics also has an economic function. +#If they do not modify the relations that there #be in this moment among the countries and the regions of greater economic development and those countries and regions in the that this economic development is lower, #can *encontrarnos with #one *Europa economic and social of two speeds, because the countries and the regions that have a greater economic development, like Professor *Prodi knows very well, have a tendency to consolidate his economic evolution and, instead, #that #others that are in a situation of worse economic development #can perpetuate in a situation of inferiority. +The main disposals of this directive include it following: the consumer will have of a period of 14 days before celebrating an agreement that *le will give time to compare diverse proposals and study the agreement in detail before giving his final agreement; the consumer will have of a period of 14 days of right of retractation, 30 days for the credits *hipotecarios, life insurances and the operations of retirement individual to renounce to the agreement without penalties neither obligation of justification. +In the measure in that it #can consider the possibility to hire to the current collaborators of the secretariat of *Schengen in the institutions of the EU, the disposals of the article 7 of the Protocol of *Schengen do not prevent of mood #any that the Council hire to the possible interested applying the norms established in the Statute of the civil servants or resorting to the procedure of contracting alternative foreseen in the article 24 of fusion «Treaty». +Subject: Support to a new program *LEADER *III #Can *esbozar the Council his current plans with regard to the development of a rural politics fully integrated to scale of the EU, and #can guarantee that a part of this political will be a support continued to the new program *LEADER *III and the maintenance of denomination, that has been synonymous of endowment of the instruments of management and help and of a positive image for the European Union? +Wanted to warn to the Council that, in spite of the progresses that has carried out in matter of transparency, #if work group continues showing so *restrictivo in front of the right of intervention by part of the Parliament, there will be agreement and will follow, legislative procedure after legislative procedure, blocking the measures of *comitología and *oponiéndonos to the approval of measures *restrictivas of this type, at the same time that will follow *mostrándonos very *restrictivos in the votes on the budgets and the credits that will take possible in the future the meetings of the committees of character *comitológico. +To the hour to confront this challenge, without embargo, *nos find in front of a paradox: the European Union will be in first line to the hour to offer his contribution; nevertheless, the impact of his help #can dispel in a complex network of structures that compete among himself\/hisself: the Mission of the Nations Joined for *Kosovo, Stability Pact, the Group of the Seven of big importance for the economic coordination, the Office of the High Representative for *Bosnia, the Sent Special for the Republic of *Yugoslavia, #etcetera. +Is a confidence *mermada: *mermada as it shows it the fact that it is increasingly under the number of the that choose to the European Parliament; and *mermada, to our understand, no only by the events that caused the resignation of the previous Commission, but also, and *yo #would say especially, by the fact that the #european citizens often see in the Commission the source of *imposiciones bureaucratic, sometimes costly, sometimes no indispensable and neither urgent, sometimes obtuse and even hurtful, *imposiciones that at all have to see with the process of construction of a *Europa joined and that, by misfortune, in occasions prejudice the ideal Europeans. +More even, although the poured direct of industrial materials, included the military deposit of residual ammunitions, is a practice that has been amply abandoned by the States members, the locations of these poured follow constituting a real threat for the resources *pesqueros and, in #some occasions, for example, no very far of my own coast, *Beaufort *Dyke, a threat for the human security and, often, the lives of the fishermen are in danger, to the equal that are it the health and welfare of the persons that visit the coast or well live there. +Finally, believe that it has got the moment that they adopt the proposals to the *respecto presented by #Grecia, among the that include the materialisation of the "fast access of the citizen to the justice" by means of the resource to alternative procedures, like the mediation and the action *conciliatoria before the trial, #as well as the creation of a system harmonised of public order and of resolution of differences, based in the principles of freedom and democracy, and in respect of the fundamental freedoms and the state of right. +The answer of the Commissioner *Nielson went of it more wanders, and *me surprises to check that today the European Parliament have been able to give green light to the signature of this agreement of *librecambio, *cuando even the principle of the protection of denominations of origin is not clearly recognised in the annex of the agreement neither establishes guarantee #any regarding the evolution of the imports of type #zero and to his consequences on the group of the sector *vitivinícola #european. +Postpone the approval of this agreement *interinstitucional or, it that it #would be still worse, not to approve it, and, therefore not being able to apply it in our internal field, #would plant in a very embarrassing situation to the European Parliament, a situation that #would lessen the fine work that this Parliament has made with regard to reestablishing the credibility of the European Union in the questions referents to fraud and to the bad financial management. +Regarding the #others lines of the relative budget to the external actions of the category 4 of the financial perspectives, a reduction of the fixed amount of assignments attributed goes to avert, to his time, that adopt decisions precipitated on the rectification of the maximum limits of this category, because, as I already have said, the evaluation of the real needs of the reconstruction has not concluded still. +Without damage of the positive results that to a large extent finishes to underline the President in exercise of the Council, #can not leave to recognise that in #some points the Commission expresses some disappointment. The Commission regrets that the European Council did not adopt the concept of system only of asylum, that corresponds, to our understand, to ambition, but also to the need *imperiosa to tackle the questions of asylum of collective and coherent form. +Want to report also the attempt of activation of the games allocated to *Turquía, in the frame of the union *aduanera and of the impulse to the relations *euroturcas; parallel attempt to the presentation of proposals for the approval of the corresponding juridical base necessary, *cuando is known that the situation of the human rights has not improved in *Turquía, that keeps politics regarding the question *kurda, that keeps the occupation of a big sector of *Chipre. +In the report asks also to the Commission that support the process of integration of these environmental goals in the energetic politics by means of investigations on the repercussions of the climatic change and on #all the possible technologies, by means of investigations to determine the best indicators with seen to calibrate the attainments in the reduction of the broadcasts and by means of the presentation of periodic reports to the Parliament. +This proposal constitutes the first, and only the first, of these measures, because it offers uniform norms on the competition of the courts of the States members in matter of divorce and separation, #as well as in matter of relative processes to the regulation of the parental responsibility, and offers also a clear and coherent frame for a fast and practically automatic recognition in each #one of States members of the decisions adopted in another Been member in the field of the application of the regulation. +To the *respecto, the bilateral agreement that the States Joined have signed with Chinese to prepare the entry of this last in the World-wide Organisation of Trade, has to consider by the European Union, apart from an important contribution to the process *multilateral, also and especially a fundamental moment to check the substantial weight that the human rights have and will have in front of the opportunities that offers a market that enjoys of enormous potentialities like the Chinese. +Are *precipitándonos in a road without exit when despising the prerogatives of the deputies, when despising the history of the parliamentarism of the European Union and of #all States members and, as we do not want to correct an error that committed six months ago, are had to institutionalise the delation in our Parliament, to allow that any assistant or civil servant of this Parliament take a complaint, because it suspect that the premium of the coined of *Fulano or *Mengano have committed maybe a fraud! +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0063\/1999) of Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the communication of the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions on a plan of action of the European Union in matter of fight against the drug (2000-2004) (*COM(1999) 239 - *C5-0093\/1999 - 1999\/2095(*COS)) +The Commission prefers, as, that his manager call Mr. *Brittan or Mr. *Lamy, *mermar by anticipated our positions on the principle of caution, the sanitary security and the protection of the environment, #as well as the economic interests of the rural zones, and, in the frame of the banana, loan *poca attention to the traditional and privileged relations that our countries keep, in the frame of international commitments, with the countries *ACP. +For *nosotros, the introduction, in the resolution, of a specific reference to the principle of the sovereignty of the States #would have involved the risk to put in *entredicho the attainments of the system of the Nations Joined and, specifically, of the world-wide Conference of 1993, that had that "the promotion and protection of #all the human rights is a legitimate worry of the international community". +Without embargo, have to think once again, *Señorías, that the report foresees that, #if we adopt the text, the financial cooperation #can suspend in case of a rape of the democratic principles of the State of Right, of the human rights or of the fundamental freedoms do not means #this that #if today we concede the financial advantages, the slat in matter of human rights, #etcetera, already has fixed and that, in consequence, only a shrinking concerning the current situation #can give place to suspension? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, although the two regulations that today debate do not have, in reality, any relation with the debate that will take place next Monday in the Council of General Subjects and some days afterwards in the European Council of *Helsinki, *yo comprise, of course, that #can not dispense of the political and temporary context and that, obviously, are forced to consider also, together with said regulations, the general problem of the relation of the European Union with *Turquía and vice versa, #such as they already have taken the majority of the orators this afternoon. +Regarding the amendment 9 on the content of the annual report, the speaker wants to add an article to clear the content of this report that, among other things, will have to comprise an analysis of the influence of the actions of the manufacturers and of the factors related with the strategy for the tourisms and carbon dioxide in the eventual changes that produce in the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon. +Only #can confirm that it is a positive answer to the challenge of the will of the States members to struggle against the fraud, to put order in his own house, to improve control systems, a challenge that, as we signal in the annual report, #can that this year it was still greater, although neither by a moment diminishes the paper and the responsibility of the Commission in this context. +Without embargo, already has of a very precise study of the World-wide Bank and the relative Commission to reconstruction of *Kosovo, of the *cual gives off clearly that total of pertinent financial resources of the external help required will be of 2.300 millions of dollars, or of euros, during the next years, since in addition to the damages caused by the war, exist other damages accumulated because of the disastrous repercussions of the political situation of the last years for the persons of *Kosovo. +Proposal of decision of the Council and of the Commission relative to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Republic of *Hungría, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9725\/1999 - *C5-0190\/1999 - 1997\/0272(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +#- - Proposal of decision of the Council and of the Commission relative to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Republic of *Polonia, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9728\/1999 - *C5-0193\/1999 - 1997\/0275(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +#- - Proposal of decision of the Council and of the Commission relative to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and the Republic of *Bulgaria, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9729\/1999 - *C5-0194\/1999 - 1997\/0276(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +Also give the thanks to the Commission, included the Commissioners that today are presents, for signalling untiringly dynamics fault, the need of changes, especially with regard to the paper of the governments and of the Parliament, in the taking of measures that relieve the fiscal pressure, that stabilise the public finances and that improve the operation of the labour market and of the education in the States members. +And was that, really, #few parliamentary will have had the fortune and the honour to begin his parliamentary career -that besides coincided with his première in a political forum institutionalised- with the directive on suffrage in the municipal elections of the citizens of the Union resident in a Been member of the that are not national, and *terminarla with this report on the consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam in relation with the legislative proposals in course. +The European Union confronts with great challenges: the transposition of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the negotiations for the enlargement, the enlargement of the zone euro, the round of negotiations of the *OMC, the improvement of the common politics in the field of the justice and interior subjects, and especially the strengthening of his paper in the field of the external relations. +Remember that the transparency bases in the definition of the responsibilities and assume the commitment of *emplearme in depth in this field that was #one of the decisive problems of the last crisis: the transparency among the collective political responsibility of the Commission, but also individual of the responsible Commissioners of the wallets, #as well as of management, and the big administrative responsibility that, by the contrary, corresponds to the structure of the Directions. +In the amendment 3, asked to the General Secretary that provide to the Commission of Budgetary Control a report on the reasons and the circumstances that have carried to the decision of *escindir to the General Direction of the budget, of the personnel and of the finances, on the effects of said decision, on the efficiency of the management of the budget and the politics of personnel. +Together with our speaker, *nos cheer of the advances registered in the implantation of the new budgetary tools and accountants that will guarantee a greater transparency in the breast of the Foundation of *Dublín, #as well as of the signature of a cooperation agreement among #this and the European Agency for the Security and the Health in the Work of *Bilbao, with seen to avert the *despilfarros and the useless repetitions, to the time that develop #all the possible synergies. +Finally, although it was not it less important, trying prepare the improvement of the economic and political relations of the EU with #all the countries of the *Balcanes Western by means of agreements of stabilisation and association, like element and *pilar important of the pact of stability that it has talked the Presidency, with seen to the achievement of the security, the democracy and the economic development and, to time, the supplementary perspective of the adhesion to the #european and #euro-atlantic structures. +For quoting an example, lady Commissioner, a same problem -the *despoblación- tackles in the Diary 2000 of three distinct forms: by a part, the #nordic zones *despobladas access to the Goal 1, is to say, to the main structural Bottoms; on the other hand, the *Highlands #scottish obtain only a special bottom to mood of compensation; and finally third - form to tackle the problem of the density of population-, other territories -as it is the case of *Aragón- that suffer problem remain *marginados of these helps. +In the 55ª Conference of the Commission of Human Rights of the UN celebrated of the 22 to 30 April of this year in Gin, the European Union has taken the initiative of a resolution on the situation of the human rights in the *Iraq that, among other things, appeals to the direction *iraquí to continue the cooperation in the application of the program «oil by foods» and to a just distribution of the humanitarian imports. +The increase of the competitiveness among the regions #can not leave to take into account the danger of the disequilibriums created by the differences of level of employment and of the human resources, the quality of infrastructures, the natural environment and the development, especially in this so delicate stage that has opened from the determination of the regions that #can admit in the Goal 2. +is not the moment of *analizarlas in detail, but want to underline that the relative problems to the assignment of the budgetary resources, to the protection of the financial interests of the Union, to the fight against fraud, to the management of the agreements or to the decentralisation constitute subjects that involve solutions and answers that need of the active cooperation of the European Parliament and also, and especially, of the States members gathered in the Council of Ministers. +Want to call attention on questions like the following: #if it takes seriously the right of self-determination of the villages, #this involves also that they have to take seriously the constitutional parliaments of the States members, of the regions, of the cultural communities, and that will occupy a place in the *Europa subsidiary of the future, because the right of self-determination is a holy principle for #all the villages of the world and *eso do not comports exclusively to the States, since the concepts no always coincide. +To which it is necessary to add other 45 millions of euros that will disburse during the next three years in the frame of a special budgetary line devoted to the countries in development of the different regions of the world, to the equal that 20 millions euros allocated to a regional program *quinquenal for countries *ACP and other additional bottoms in the frame of programs *indicativos, directed #among others to the countries *ACP, without explaining besides, for example, the *cofinanciación of organisations no governmental or of a program of investigation. +But, as it has said very well the Mr. *Patten, do not owe *subestimar the difficulties that still threaten in the horizon, that surely *nos will take to drop in critical situations - *ojalá *pasajeras - in the that #all had to have especially presents two considerations: in *primer term, that the method to follow advancing has to be always a sincere dialogue, opened and direct among the parts and, second, that, anyway, #israeli and Palestinians share an enemy -terrorism- expressed in #any one of his forms, that do not has another goal that the destruction of the peace, of the freedom and of the respect of the human rights. +A wanton mind #can, firstly, signal to the Commission that this sentence *nos removes illusions, since *nosotros thought -knows God #if we are not fed up to hear it- that it was to the European Union to the that *le owed, from 50 years ago, the stability, the economic growth, the peaceful solution of the *litigios, #etcetera; but a simply curious mind #can ask to the Commission it that thinks on purpose of the continuous decline, decade after decade, of the annual tax of half growth of the countries developed. +#If I listen to the Council, to the Commission and to the Deputies of this Parliament, seem rather to some hedgehogs taking the love; with fear to puncture and knowing that in #all the important subjects -and step to *enumerarlos once again-, the social looks commented still by the Mr. *Hansenne, the sustainable development, culture, the preventive principle in the feeding, the agricultural file, the countries in roads of development, the welfare of the animals, seems that we are #all simply of agreement. +#Some examples: #would have to impose to the companies a term of six months of suspension of any plan of restructuring to allow a *peritaje #sindical independent; #if the company has received public helps -already has said-, included the Europeans, the *inobservancia of the norms established #would have to comport his return; in sense, in the directive on the committees of company #european, #would have to strengthen noticeably the paper of said committees, #as well as the protection of the delegates of the personnel. +By it that refers, more precisely, to the nuclear question and of my colleague Mr. *Lamy, His *Señorías know -to *ello has referred the Mrs. *Maes- that the Mr. *Lamy has sent a letter to the president of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, Mr. *Westendorp, today same, in the that takes balance of the situation and says very clearly -and with #this answer also to the Mrs. *Maes- that still is missing the official confirmation by part of *Rusia for the signature of the decision of 12 December 1994. +Like member of the academic profession, *me bothers a lot that it go back to pose the question of the readers of tongues foreign in the #italian universities without that it have had a resolution to the cape of eleven years, after they have dictated three sentences in favour of the rights of these common citizens and currents that try to exert the free circulation and enjoy of the fundamental principle of the Union and of the Inner Market of no discrimination by reasons of nationality. +Is truth that no only in the national level, but also in the community, the main action that #can carry out is a complaint action, of #alert, of information, that has to run to charge of the no governmental organisations; on our part, the goal to the that *nos have devoted is the sensitisation of the public authorities, of the police, to the that reports or do not reports, of the judges that have to judge each concrete case, so that #all comprise the criminal scope of the violence against the women although it practise in the family. +Believe that it is the person that has shown in this moment, in #all this historical process, be the ablest to take a complex evolution in the that has gone developing the #european identity of defence, in the that NATO and our North American partners go accepting the need of a *pilar strong European no only in the military terrain, but also in the industrial dimension that has to support it, and also the paper of stabilisation and consolidation of the democracy in *Europa and in the Mediterranean. +In reality, uses with an excessive *discrecionalidad owed, with frequency, to political or economic interests particular: this principle of interference that to date has shown his fatal failure because the diet of *Milosevic is still strongly anchored in the power in a country that has stepped backwards in history and in the economy of at least thirty years, while the greater part of the #albanian village has returned to his territories, the 10% of the #serbian #kosovar and the whole of the populations of *etnia #gipsy are convicts to the exile. +In the last years has come loaning attention to the fact that the neighbouring countries of the European Union, or was, countries associated of *Europa Central and of the East or the countries integrated in the European Association of Free Trade and the that belong to the Economic Space European take part in #all the important activities of the European Community related with the use of sources of renewable energy and with the development of the energetic performance. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the Council has communicated in different occasions to the authorities of *Myanmar worry by the situation of the country, and the last time took in the session celebrated the 11 and on 12 October, in the that the Council *prorrogó by six months the conjoint posture in front of *Myanmar and went back to urge to the Government of *Myanmar to that it begin quickly to apply concrete measures to boost the respect of the human rights, the democracy and the national reconciliation. +In this occasion, the European Council remembered that the narrowing of the relations among *Turquía and the EU presupposes also political and economic reforms, #such as the respect and the protection of the minorities, the creation of satisfactory and stable relations among #Grecia and *Turquía or the backrest to the negotiations to find a political solution to the situation of *Chipre, that carry out under the auspices of the UN. +The three main conflicts, relative to the sector of the banana, to the production and to the incorporation of organisms modified genetically and to the import of meat of bovine North American, finish to be arbitrated by the own Commission, against of the interests of banana producers #european and of the countries *ACP, against of the interests of the #european consumers and, of course, against of the interests of our graziers and of our agriculturalists. +The solid core of the security of the citizens of a committed democratic Union with the market economy and defender of the principle of the State of Right has to be constituted by the growth of the economy and of the employment, by the internal security in front of the delinquency and by a political system of common security that cover the external politics and the defence. +Specifically, after having suffered during 78 days the inclement bombardments of the NATO, with active participation of the European Union, this village suffers today, with the pretext of the democratisation of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia, an inhuman blackmail: has to demolish to his legitimate government so that it was raised the embargo of fuels and so that they concede the games for the reconstruction of what was destroyed by it bombardments of NATO and of the European Union. +In the 27 bilateral Conference of the #Red Cross and of the Half #Red Moon, celebrated among 30 October and on 16 November 1999, the European Union issued, for the first time, a statement in the that underlined that so much the conflicts armed of the last time, like the that are, have shown that the war or well directs increasingly against the civil population, especially against the women and the boys, or well the civil population is used like instrument of war. +In consequence, want *invitarle, gentleman Commissioner, to *relegar to a flat second the interests of the great companies in benefit of the culture, of the cultural diversity, but also of the skilled trade; to that it adopt decisions in the subject Rid with arrangement to the principles of the #french Right, and to that it concede to the sector of the trade of the book of *Alemania and *Austria the sufficient time to adapt his rule on the only price of the book to said principles. +Mr. *Herman, therefore, will approve also that *yo take advantage of the opportunity to wish from this place to the President *entrante and, later, to his new squad, *muchísimo hit with the new strengthening of the European Commission, *dándola again the paper that the citizens expect of *ella, to which #can add that also the current Commission has been able to appreciate that the crisis in the that *nos see submerged #can have his positive sides regarding the consolidation of the democratic quality, of the democratic content of the institutions like #such. +Memory perfectly it that *me impressed the *enterarme, in a symposium celebrated the year happened on the waves of the #Black Sea, that a very high percentage of the pollution that is with the #Black Sea do not comes from of the States *ribereños but of the *escorrentía of nitrogen and agricultural chemical products *provenientes of *Austria and of *Alemania, used in the earths of the heart of *Europa like consequence of #some of our environmental politics that work badly in the frame of the common agricultural politics, and #whose consequences leave to feel to hundreds of miles, to the side of the continent. +Has to remain very seated that #if the challenge of the decade of 1980 for the European Union was the creation of an only market, and the challenge of the decade of 1990 was the creation of an only coin, the challenge for the first years of the next #millenium will consist in expanding the European Union for *darle greater depth and, also, to create a zone of stability in #all continent. +By #all #this, have voted against of transaction resolution approved on *Kosovo and, in particular, against the immense hypocrisy of the considering *H -that holds responsible to the Nations Joined of the rape by part of the NATO of the Letter of the Nations Joined- and against the point 2, that pretends to legitimate the bombardments, pretending that it is not at all that it have to see with *nosotros, although it had approved in particular the condemnatory points of the diet of *Milosevic, the support to the refugees and the #tending measures to the stabilisation of the region. +Regarding the situation in *Albania and *Macedonia, is absolutely evident that the criminal goals of the war do not include only the alteration of the ethnic composition, of the demographic composition of the population of *Kosovo through the expulsion of the population *albanokosovar by means of the most brutal strength, but that with this expulsion pursues at the same time a criminal objective second, that is the *desestabilización of the neighbouring States and with *ellos of #all region. +Like this, as, *permítaseme say without *acritud to Mr. *Truscott and to other colleagues that, #if they had listened my speech to the principle, #would have seen that, when accepting the amendment 2, relative to the recommendation on *Rusia -that it is an amendment of the Socialist Group-, suppresses the reference to the «postponement» of the approval of the common strategy with *Rusia and the *substituye by a very valid statement, in my opinion, on the content that has to have the recommendation. +Although the agreement of *Berlín foresees a reduction of the prices of cereals of only a 15 % in front of the commitment of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture, #one *equiparación of the helps to the *oleaginosas to the helps reduced to the cereals #as well as the start of the reform of the dairy sector only from the year 2000, without embargo this reform follows being definitely the widest that never has made the Union in the agricultural sector. +After repeated *incomprensiones with the Commission with regard to the course of the works that #can have cancelled the result of the efforts, at last have got no only to the texts of the new regulations, but also to a point of game for an effective collaboration in the management of the Bottoms to *través of the Code of behaviour among the Commission and Parliament with regard to the realisation of the structural politics. +The NATO has won the war, *Europa has to build the peace: #this is the challenge with the that owe *enfrentarnos already from this time on, in the clear and firm definition of the paper that *Europa will know to exert in the construction of the peace process, in the political wisdom, in the quality of the actions that will know to carry out to avert that the important migratory flows, by the *cuales is and will be *arrollada in the next years, determine elements of religious conflicts, economic and social, especially in territories in that the unemployment reaches taxes increasingly alarming. +The Council of *Tampere #can and has to take cost the new possibilities offered by the Treaty of *Amsterdam and reach important advances in crucial fields as they are, in the first place, the harmonisation of the politics of migration and of asylum, in the sense, of course, to guarantee the maximum protection and the rights of the refugees; second, the just distribution of charges derivative of the received of persons displaced, pertinent especially of regions in crisis, as recently the *Balcanes; in *tercer place, the *reforzamiento of the inner security of the citizen, and no only by means of the adoption of measures police. +To the *unísono with it that *sucede in our country, #where the village, in mass, has gone out to the street to manifest and manifest his repudiate in front of it that we #can consider a betrayal of Indonesian and in front of the atrocities that it has been victim the *martirizado village of *Timor (in my country there #be had an unanimous reaction; by fortune, also in #many countries), *nosotros, here, when working in the diverse political Groups to establish a document that #can be approved by this Parliament with a very wide majority, #if no unanimity, have taken it that corresponded to follow this popular feeling. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0010\/99) of the Mrs. *Morgantini, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that approves the text of a *Décimo Agreement *CE-*OOPS for the period 1999-2001, before the signature of the Agreement for the Commission and the Organism of Dramas Public and Aid of the Nations for Palestinian refugees in the Near Orient [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0334$ - ^*C$^5$-^0059$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0143$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ +The politics of the European Union is based, therefore, in the opinion that the results of the conflict of the Great Lakes has to be tackled in his three main dimensions: regional, having present the interests of the neighbouring countries; national, taking into account the interests of the Government, of the rebellious groups and of the democratic opposition; and local, regarding crashes among communities owing to the ethnic rivalries and the strong social pressures. +In consequence, exists a very real worry by that the rhythm and the amplitude of the elimination of the tariffs to the pertinent imports of the EU surpass the capacity of the industries of the region to improve efficiency, it that indicates the importance that the rhythm and the *escalonamiento of the agreements of free trade are the ideal to avert negative repercussions in other countries of the region. +Agree with the invitation to collaborate to know the truth directed to these countries that #would be involved, and ask likewise that the European Parliament do not forget this event in the most delicate moment to discover the truth, #this is, the public debate and watch, in consequence, through representatives, through his organs, so that this event achieve at last a word of justice and for real, according to it requested by #all the #italian and #european community. +Often has the impression of that these technical directives do not mean big thing for the consumers, but *permítanme that *les say, on the base of my experience like engineer of the car industry, that #if we give to the engineers the possibility to concentrate in the manufacture of vehicles safer and with broadcasts cleaner instead of having to fulfil #all a series of different norms, at the end *eso *redundará in benefit of the consumers and of the users. +The Group of the *PPE\/OF defines like a political Group that supports the independence of the #ECB and the consolidation of the politics of stability, so much in the slope of the stability of prices as in the of the monetary stability, that supports the reduction continued of the public debt, that supports the new growth and the creation of employment, and that backs the credibility of the monetary politics. +By this reason, *Colombia presents to the international community politics alternative for the eradication of the illicit crops with base in an alternative development that offer to the population peasant, involved today in illicit crops, a stable exit to his economic and social problems, replacing the illegal crops by commercial companies, mining, agricultural, agro-industrial and of services, endowed of the necessary infrastructure that *les allow to compete adequately in a world of economy *globalizada. +the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0042\/1999) of the Mr. *Hughes, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the fulfillment of disposals relative to the length of the time of work of the persons of sea on board of fuselages that take scale in ports of the Community (8639\/1\/1999 - *C5-0035\/1999 - 1998\/0321(*COD)); +The Parliament -especially, as it is natural, the members of the Commission of Environment, competent in this matter- did not receive with like that no *les conceded the possibility to take part, like part of his task, in the negotiations and the conclusion of the Agreement among the European Union and *losa #japanese manufacturers and Koreans. Lady Commissioner, *yo believe that in this look #would have to define *usted clearly a *modus *vivendi that guarantee the owed participation of the Parliament, in quality of legislative organ, in the voluntary commitments. +After having said that the economic politics European has like goal the employment, after decree it and declaim it high and strong, without verifying in moment of realistic and pragmatic way it justified of this affirmation, records in the marble of the treaties a relation of subordination among it economic and it social, that finishes reducing #this last to a management of the competition of #all and of each #one by a place of work in a labour market increasingly reduced. +Regarding the possibility of a horizontal communication of the Commission, believe that thanks to *ella will be able to focus effects organisational, alluded in the suggestions of His *Señorías: the creation of a unit in the Commission and the assignment of budgets allocated to the protection of the boys to improve the public control on the participation of the Union like #such in the politics of protection to the boy. +The pretence is to achieve a backrest first to the proposal that go to pose -so much to the Commission as, in moment, #if the Commission the takes #his, to the Council of Ministers and to the Parliament- precisely for no only follow forward in the incorporation of the Commission to *Eurocontrol, but also advance in it that it is the field of the fifteen countries to treat to achieve an only space and, therefore, a common management of this only space of the fifteen countries. +*Eso supposes that the Mr. #Solana no only will have to occupy of the most immediate dimension of crisis prevention, but also -and #any experience has in *ello- of our paper in relation with the world, is to say, with the Nations Joined, with the Round of the #Millenium, with the future of the #FMI and of the *FAO; also is important in the measure in that the Europeans, building the Union, also are taking *algo important for the future of the humanity and for his stability. +In this way has reinforced even more, #if it fits, the guarantee that already appeared in parts of the text, of the full respect of the Protocol on the privileges and the immunities -of the *cual want to mention especially the article 10 that it is very precise and exhaustive- #as well as of the relative planned norms in the article 6 of the Regulation that, in application of the orientations of the Protocol, in the article that finish to mention, regulates with more precision, #if it fits, the immunities of the deputies. +Regarding the minimum age my opinion is that we have to *atenernos to the commitment on the minimum age of 14 years, that was it suited in previous negotiations, with the amendment of the Parliament that leaves very seated that print taking digital has to effect of compliance with the European Agreement for the Protection of the Human Rights and with the Convention of the Nations Joined on the Rights of the Boy. +How thing #can mean the attempt of generalisation of the system of majorities and the substantial suppression, and maybe even formal, of the right of veto, in spite of the knowingly interposed complaints *cual curtain of smoke, but the limitation of the possibilities of intervention of the popular element, at least *cuando #this *opone to the options of the capital in the smallest «countries»? +3) in consequence, accepts, when giving white letter to the Commission for propose it, a readjustment of the weight of the States, in the trail of it that already is *sucediendo in the administrative and functional organisation of the community executive, that puts in *entredicho the constitutive and historical principle of the #european project that always has based, with hit, in the fault of *proporcionalidad among the population and the weighting of votes; +Sure enough, have considered that #some of the numerous amendments presented by the countries to the *cuales our position poses problems are, in our opinion, unacceptable, especially the #tending amendment to incorporate in this resolution a reference to the section 7 of the article 2 of the Letter of the Nations Joined, in virtue of the *cual "disposal of the present Letter authorises to the Nations Joined to take part in the subjects that are essentially of the national competition of a State". +Want to, without embargo, call the attention on the fact that it #would be timely that #all the costs, #all men, #all the means employed in the past to watch the internal borders of the European Union - for example, among #Italia and *Francia, *Francia and *Alemania, #etcetera, or was, among the #european States that now have a common border - employed in the external borders of the European Union, so as to combat better this phenomenon of delinquency and of illegal immigration. +Therefore, my invitation goes directed to #all #that that believe in #this dip, in these goals - and here have in front of *nosotros to the President *Prodi that has declared it in reiterated occasions and that know that it believes in *ello - an invitation to be decided, determined; an invitation to the European Parliament so that, immediately after finalising the Summit of *Helsinki - #if, as I fear, the conclusion will be an advance, but too much limited - gather and with big opening, with big value assume #all determinations saying in this moment and thinking, as in other moments of the #european history, that the Parliament has in front of himself\/hisself a big opportunity and a big task. +The first has reached with the inclusion of the products of aquaculture and the *marisqueo, for the that it was not foreseen any help to the commercialisation, *cuando #both are *subsectores that they have to remain, to the equal that the fishing, fully included in a system #whose goal is to adapt the offer to the demand and *cuando, as in the case of the aquaculture, are sectors in roads of growth that have to have a fine planning of the production already from the beginning to avert, in it possible, crisis like the that periodically suffer, for example, the producers of salmon. +Even the *anunciadísima total suppression of the rights of customs in the products of the no developed countries goes to accelerate the *usurpación of the wealth of these countries, whereas, on the other hand, will flood the market with cheap articles that will displace the corresponding articles of countries like the #mine. Organisation World-wide of Trade has not created to protect the interests, neither the of the villages neither the of the workers. +The Commission will go by the road that the Parliament recommended already takes time, that the Mr. *Karlsson finishes also to show and that *yo same signalled also in August in my answers by writing to the parliamentary questions, in concrete, the trip to the administration of those functions of control financial that they are competent for the programs of the cost, is to say, decentralisation and with *ello, to time, increase of the financial responsibility in the administrative services that make the costs. +Support absolutely this systematic *follow *up and, in consequence, celebrate to a large extent that the Commission in the frame of reform package for the financial management have decided to give to this systematic *follw *up a fixed structure so that in the future was possible to take advantage of of real way for the improvement of the financial management the precisions of the Court of Accounts. For this wide project of reforms ask the support of the European Parliament. +Also wanted to appeal to #that that have the possibility to benefit of the program #Socrates, that #can take advantage of the possibilities of training, that go to be able to follow forming in the future, so that they contribute to that *Europa grow jointly, so that in the course of his training recognise that no #can, with our vertiginous rhythm that presents at present in the development of #all the programs, is to say, that to #all #that that #can not advance so fast *les take of the hand, since the quality, the level and the training also demand that we do not give sideways to the feeblest. +Consider that an important opportunity to examine the concrete contribution of the Union to the creation of new places of work in *Europa the will provide the next summit of *Lisboa in March, that will be the moment and the place to take an evaluation of the three processes that finish to mention -Colony, *Luxemburgo and *Cardiff-, by a part, and, by #another, to formulate the strategy, the synthesis of the politics *macroeconómicas, innovation *microeconómica business and the imperative of the new society of the information. +This plan proposes likewise measures allocated to different sectors of consumers designed to improve the sensitisation on the consumption of energy, the experience and the practice in fields #such like acquisition of appliances, the consumption of energy in the home, the facilities of buildings, heating systems and the management of the energy in the industry, the sector of the services and also the public sector. +Gentleman President, on a question of order: although tonight no *nos accompanies the representative of the Council, *permítaseme ask #if the Commission or a representative of the secretariat of the Parliament know the reports of press agency that have seen, according to the *cuales yesterday adopted in the Council the decision of *prorrogar the voluntary plan during 12 months, with it that overlooked the procedure of *codecisión and this debate and the vote of morning result irrelevant. +Gentleman President, the most palpable character, in our opinion, of the European Council that finishes to celebrate in *Helsinki is the absence of vision political on a long-term basis of the bosses of State and of government, that have decided an enlargement of an unpublished importance with the possible addition of thirteen new members, without giving in any moment the conceptual tools that allowed to imagine the able institutional structures of *asumirla. +By #this ask to Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission and to the Nations Joined that they do not recognise the diet of the Talibans and that promote a plan of action in favour of the no governmental organisations that operate in *Afganistán after the fundamental freedoms of the #afghan women and his economic and social emancipation and in favour of the no governmental organisations that help to the #afghan women refugees. +Gentleman President, as it has announced, substitute to the Mrs. *Aglietta that this afternoon #can not be here, and it first that I want to take before presenting my report on the *comitología, is to express my gratitude to the Mrs. *Adelaide *Aglietta and recognise the seriousness and the importance of his work, work competent, subtle, acute and effective; a work that, of course, has had the support of #all the secretariat of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, in particular of the Mrs. *Patrizia *Prode, #as well as with the continuous help of the Mrs. #Monica *Frassoni. +But although they #can not take schematic analyses, *yo #can not *obviar in this context a comment: the Common Agricultural Politics and the World-wide Organisation of the Trade are increasingly the research of a competitiveness exacerbated like fundamental element, thing that *me seems absolutely worrisome because this type of *sacralización of competitiveness above #everything it other surely conducts to practices of risk, like the utilisation of hormones or antibiotics, for example, among the matters prevail for the animal feeding. +Like immediate measure, the control of the organisations of technical assistance is of form more rigorous and specific, and the radical reform will ensure the meridian definition of the core of the functions of service public of the civil servants of the Commission and the effective supervision and the responsible management of the executive agencies. +In this frame, have to express the enormous worry that feels my Group in front of the debate that will celebrate in *Tampere on the police cooperation, the fight against the drugs, the protection of data, the democratic control of *Europol and Information System of *Schengen. Fear once again that the participants will not give the size in these important points that have a deep impact on the democracy in *Europa. +do not treats only to ensure, in the frame of the globalisation of the economy, growth able to create durable and sustainable employment, or to propose an institutional reform in depth of face to the next Conference *Intergubernamental; neither treats only to carry forward the subject of the enlargement of the Union to contribute, like this, to the welfare of the *Europa global, in spite of the importance *innegable of these challenges. +The European Council in Colony examined the capacity of *Europa to carry out the functions established in the article 17 of the Treaty of the Union, calls of *Petersberg, functions related with the humanitarian help and with the rescue measures and pacification, #as well as with the definition of the mission of the groups of fight in the control of the crises, included the pacification, a time that *Europa have solvent military means. +Among #others, the suffering and death of productive members of his societies and -thing very important- the *apartamiento of the women of the employment to devote to loan cares and the deviation of resources of the families and the communities to devote the savings to pay the costs of attention of health and, in fact, as it has to know, sure, *usted, the incessant burials that see in countries like *Zimbabwe, #if *te remain stopped in the corner of a street. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner *Lamy, gentleman Minister *Sasi, the Round of the #Millenium will have to promote necessarily forms of cooperation and integration among the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the International Organisation of Work, the International Monetary Bottom and the World-wide Bank, so as to that the liberalisation of the commercial exchanges go accompanied of a renewed stability of the monetary market, of politics of full employment of the human resources, of networks of social protection and of the respect generalised of the fundamental labour norms. +Lady Speaker, have written words beautiful after the celebrated summit in *Tampere; nevertheless, the fundamental premise so that these beautiful words convert in reality, is to say, so that they fulfil the principles humanists, is of course that the persons #can go in in Strong *Europa, that begin of serious form to put in practice a politics in the that it was possible to separate the politics of asylum of the immigration, that begin to put in practice a serious politics of collaboration with the *ACNUR to end to solve the problems of the refugees of *Europa and of the world. +On the question of the fundamental rights, the creation of the frame that allow to this Parliament take his contribution to the preparation of a letter is an element, but go to celebrate debates on the bottom, as, for *nosotros, this letter has to have direct effects, is to say, that the citizens have to can *invocarla to appeal to the Court of Justice and this letter has to *versar on new rights for Europeans of the century *XXI. +Expect then, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, that the European Commission obtain a mandate of his institution regarding the development of these rights of citizens of third countries, and that #this develop in the widest sense, according to the respect of the principle of no discrimination, also *cuando treat of the right of vote, the right to live in family and the right to the free circulation of persons, even *cuando the Summit has not manifested on *ello. +(*IT) The fact that the Commission have exhausted the last term to ask the fixation of a date for the negotiation is, definitely, regrettable, especially to the sight of the global course of #all the question that already in the previous years saw to arise conflict in the institutional frame of the query with reference to the paper of the Parliament in an agreement that has important budgetary repercussions. +In particular, the fault of consensus on the content of the politics *macroeconómicas in the previous period to the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Maastricht and of the first orientations of economic politics played a fundamental paper in the amplification of the negative effects, of the external crashes and in the development of greater obstacles to the growth and to the employment. +But today, remembering *algo that said here in the last Plenary -with *Tampere launches the signal to citizens #european that *Europa has left to be only a market-, to me *me #would enjoy to say #alto and clear that, with this strategic document on the inner market that *nos has presented to the Parliament and that it is today object of this intervention, the citizen goes to have a clear idea of the coherence of this market and that this market has like last and main protagonist *él same. +The participation of the European Parliament *nos seems fundamental, no only because in the #european construction the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission constitute the three points of the triangle that have to conform construction balanced, but also because the popular representatives gathered in this Parliament are the most indicated to transmit the opinion of the citizens that, after all, is it that matters, so that the Commission #can take out the timely conclusions. +In #one misses an approach *macroeconómico, in #another is missing realisation of structural reforms, in the third, there #be not an adjust among the economic politics and the politics of employment. Is evident that have increased the preventive measures as, for example, the insertion of the unemployed of long length in the market of work, or active measures as, for example, stimuluses to the research of work and to the creation of places of work. +Goes the Commission to adopt in this time of negotiations, in the possible decisions of commitment, the necessary measures so that it apply it that *usted has announced during the audiences in his nomination, is to say, the test and the labeling for the meat of *vacuno, that by it other goes to be compulsory already from the 1-1-2000, #if we do not get to another regulation in relation with the suspension of import prohibition and his *imposición in front of the countries that have agreed the prohibitions of import? +Subject: Law *HelmsBurton Has had knowledge the Commission of the demonstrations taken by the Secretary of State of the States Joined, Mrs. *Albright, relative to the impossibility by part of the Congress of the #EE.UU. to modify the title *IV of Law *Helms-*Burton, breaking like this #one of the essential elements of the Agreement among the European Commission and the Administration #Clinton, in the new frame of the Transatlantic Summit among #EE.UU. and the European Union of May of 1998? +Gentleman President, ask the word to remember once again that, from the principle of the term of office, the radical deputies do not take part in the votes neither the Plenary neither in the commissions. And #this to call the attention of the Presidency and of his *Señorías on the fact that to a part of the deputies *le denies the possibility to contribute with rights and #the same means, to the parliamentary life. +Subject: Restrictions to the freedom of navigation imposed by *Turquía The 27 May 1997, the #turkish authorities adopted a Decision registered with the number 2646 and signed by the Secretary of State of Maritime Subjects, Mr. *Nazmi *Kumral, in virtue of the *cual forbids the access to *Turquía of #all fuselages *mercantes with #cypriot pavilion or that belong to *armadores Cypriots or of other nationalities, included the of the States members of the European Union, *cuando his place of origin or of destination was *algún port of the free zone of the Republic of *Chipre. +This discussion that have had in the Commission of Subjects Constitutional relative to the road so that any possible illegal activity was put in knowledge of the *OLAF, believe that *nos has carried to find the suitable road, because a political organ has to have a filter that examine #if sure enough informations are or no founded and #if they attack or no against the immunity or the inviolability of word that have the deputies. +Of this way will be able to have of financial assistance with charge to the community budget for the reception, the integration and the voluntary return of the refugees, the persons displaced and asylum applicants and will have an important instrument that gives a human dimension to the politics of asylum of the Union, as #one of the deputies finishes to ask takes some moments. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, had wished that the debate and the vote of this report had not taken place necessarily today, because *nosotros -and #this want to say it to the principle of my intervention -, because of the circumstances that *nos have forced to modify the agenda, and because of the fact that the hour of votes has extended so much owing to the long length of the reports *Napolitano, *Leinen, *Dimitrakopoulos and *Schwaiger that the report of Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou will vote it tomorrow early. +In accordance with the philosophy that inspires the new diet of the regions *ultraperiféricas -that besides has confirmed the European Council of Colony asking to the Commission that before 31 December present measures for the regions *ultraperiféricas- in this moment the incorporation of these regions to the European Union did not happens necessarily by harmonisation *arancelaria and fiscal, but that allows a treatment differentiated, for example the maintenance of the *octroi of *mer in the #french departments of *Ultramar and the of special diets in *Azores and *Madeira. +Another question that have to consider *cuando talk of construction of new ships is the problem of the waste and the means to treat the waste, and no only *me refer to the waste that derive of the operation of the ships but also to the rubbish produced during the trip, because the pollution of the sea is an important fed up question and the ships are in very fine responsible measure of *ella. +Coincide fully in his assessment that it is absolutely necessary to reaffirm the international presence of the European Union in the international scene, especially in the looks of security and defence, for the that Presidency #finnish -and it is necessary to say it with legitimate pride- has given a decisive impulse with this historical meeting of ministers of External Subjects and of ministers of Defence, that is the first time that produces in the history of the European Union. +*Yo always repeat that *Turquía already #would have advanced more in the approximation to *Europa #if it had adopted before, in the timely moment, other more radical measures in the field of the human rights, of the rights of minorities, especially regarding the problem *kurdo, and of the democracy in the frame of the relations with #Grecia, and had contributed to the solution of the problem of *Chipre. +With the time, obviously, #any one that request it and fulfil with the requirements will find a place in the political level; without embargo, #if today we do not proceed quickly in this sense and think in expanding bending almost the number of the States members without institutional reforms *meditadas and checked -no longer there #be time to experience- condemn to death to the dream of #one *Europa political able to respect the identities, the cultures and traditions and to contribute, nevertheless, to create a new model of #european citizen. +Also have to value with caution the improvements ascertained by the Commission and the Presidency of the Council in the interior of *Turquía, #if have present the ratification of the conviction of death of the Mr. *Ocalan, that the awarded with the Prize *Sajarov *Leyla *Zana continues imprisoned for having claimed his right to the freedom of opinion, the fault of solution to the problem *kurdo and all it that expresses in said document in relation with the progresses of *Turquía. +#- - Proposal of decision of the Council and of the Commission relative to the celebration of the Protocol for the adaptation of the institutional looks of the European Agreement among the European Communities and his States members, by a part, and *Rumanía, by #another, to take into account the adhesion of the Republic of *Austria, of the Republic of *Finlandia and of the Realm of *Suecia to the European Union (9730\/1999 - *C5-0195\/1999 - 1997\/0277(*AVC)) (Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Security and Political of Defence) +Support that the taxes of the heavy transports are taxed in accordance with his real level of pollution and that the destination of these amounts devote to investments in the railway and to investments in the transport combined among road and railway and, finally, aim the idea to deliver the 91% of the permissions that do not distribute according to an equal quota among #all the States members attending no only to the needs of the transport in himself\/hisself same but also considering the origin and destination, for example, of the commodities that cross pertinent Swiss of airports or ports like *Hamburgo, *Rotterdam, *Génova or *Marsella. +Gentleman President, the past Monday try, from the Socialist Group, include in the agenda of this Plenary resolution proposal that highlighted the 50º anniversary of the Agreements of Gin, put of self-evident the commitment of the European Parliament with the principles of the humanitarian international Right and expressed our support to the International Committee of the #Red Cross. +The Council, after having examined the proposal of the Commission directed to postpone during a year (of 1 January to 31 December 2000) the introduction of a compulsory system of labeling of the meat of bovine and keep during this period labeling plan voluntary established in the Regulation (*CE) *nº 820\/97, has adopted the following conclusions: +Gentleman President, for me the greater problem that presents the text that go to vote tomorrow -finish of collect it in the distribution- resides in the article 3 of the proposal of the Commission, according to the *cual #would forbid these substances inside the European Union -pray to the Commission that *me listen, because I want to ask an explanation-; as *eso, it that #would vote is that we forbid these substances inside the European Union, but admit that this prohibition do not affect to manufacture and commercialisation inside the European Union, since the #would send to another Been member with seen to the export to third countries. +The Scientific Committee on Health and the Animal Welfare approved on 10 March 1999 his report on the looks of the utilisation of *somatotropina bovine relative to the animal welfare and declared that the *BST increases the risk of *mastitis clinical and the length of his treatment, increases the incidence of disorders in the legs, #can affect negatively to the reproduction and induce varied severe reactions in the zone of the injection. +regretting that the Council have decided to accept to *Turquía like candidate to the adhesion, expect that, at least, do not give new steps while Government have not adopted the necessary measures in the field of the human rights, of the international right regarding the delimitation of borders, of the application of the resolutions of the Nations Joined on *Chipre and of a political solution for the question *kurda; +Without embargo, #would be necessary to abstain of an excess of zeal putting in *entredicho a system that has worked well, especially #if this review of the politics of the competition on the vertical restrictions runs the risk to put in danger #all a sector that, thanks to exclusive agreements of distribution, in particular the agreements of beer, has worked well until the present, giving satisfaction to a time to the *cerveceras, by a part, and, by #another, to the sector of the coffees, hotels and restaurants. +Gentleman President, #would wish to take part about an only question, of a subject of the greater importance for the European Parliament: *usted has engaged in the exert of his activities like President of the Commission to undertake of way *convincente the reforms that Parliament expects of the new Commission, by it that *cuando, got the moment, carry out the work of selection together with the Governments of the States members, will have to demand individually to each #one of the future members, #as well as to the group of the Commission, this same commitment of reform. +The participation of *Rusia means first of all that will renounce to exert the blockade in the Security Council, so that it was possible to adopt a resolution on the base of the Chapter *VII, with an international juridical foundation clear, founded in a decision of the Council of Security like titling of the monopoly of the use of the strength in the frame of the international political system. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0224\/99) by the Mrs. *Kuhn, in name of the Delegation of the European Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on determined looks of the sale and the guarantees of the sakes of consumption (*C4-0042\/99 - *C4-0171\/99-96\/0161(*COD)) +Quote *textualmente: «*Nos pleases the statement of the European Rabbit of *Berlín with regard to the process of peace, in particular regarding the right of the Palestinians to self-determination without reservations, included the right to create a State, with regard to the *cual the European Union is had to foresee his recognition in his moment, #as well as the commitments assumed by the European Union regarding the future solution to the conflict». +*Manisco and *Marset Fields, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left - Nordic Green Left; -*B4-0499\/99 of the Mr. *Chichester and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European; -*B4-0500\/99 of the Gentlemen *Weber and *Hudghton, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition; -*B4-0505\/99 of the Mr. *Voggenhuber and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in the European Parliament, on the nuclear head office of *Temelin. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *les appreciate very sincerely this debate that has been deep, clear and, in cases, exhaustive and that, in his group, has put of self-evident a wide confidence in our future work: a wide confidence because #all the orators, even the that have directed critical to the composition of the Commission, have recognised the need of a big and solid work in common, #as well as the fact that the future of the European Union assent in the collaboration among the Parliament and the Commission. +Yes, gentleman President, the arms *callan, but the mines *antipersonal continue taking *estragos. The horror of the war has finished, but no the horror of the finding, day after day, of the common pits, tragic and heartbreaking testimony of the contempt of the right to life of the persons and of the villages that *nos is more that the respect to the diversities, to the identity of a village by #whose affirmation will struggle in this Plenary and struggle in our national Parliaments. +Although obviously I #can not force to my colleague the Mrs. *Loyola of Palace, that in these moments is *felizmente deputy in this Parliament, regarding his politics and his relations with this Assembly, do not is missing the one who considers that it has got the hour that the Commission and the Parliament deepen in negotiations on the procedures and the conventions of this Assembly that, as it is known, gathers in more of a place, #as well as on the conventions and the procedures of the School. +To the sight of these circumstances, wanted to *recalcar once again that the problem of the refugees no only has not resolved, but that converts each day in more dramatic, as I have been able to check in my recent trips to the fields of refugees #palestinian in *Líbano, *Jordania and Syrian, #as well as in the distinct reports of the *OOPS and of the Mr. *Menéndez of Valley, in his quality of Representative of the humanitarian help of the European Union in *Jordania. +With #everything, want to say simply that congratulate to #all his *Señorías by interventions, because *algo has emerged with strength: further of the rapidity with that it is necessary to carry out the program, it important is that the European Union and the European Parliament exert a very active paper, very strong so that in Orient Half, and especially among Palestinian and #Israel, establish a stable and durable peace, so as to find a solution to the problem of the refugees and so that a #palestinian State #can live peacefully with the #israeli State. +Exist two basic principles of the operation of the *OMC: by a part, the discrimination, impassable, among products #whose processes of production are different -*me refer to the environmental conditions or the social conditions in the *cuales elaborates the product-; on the other hand, the fact that it is necessary to reduce to the minimum the negative effects on the *librecambio of measure political relative to the public health, to the protection of the environment or to the social protection. +But the Council, afterwards, opened the box of #Pandora introducing two purportedly technical amendments: #one, to the article 3, in the that establishes a species of legislation delegated, with a continuous reference to the Regulation of the Economic Commission for *Europa of the Nations Joined; and #another, to the article 6, expanding entrance term in vigour of the directive because of the need of a time of adaptation of the industry. +The Commission #can accept the spirit, on condition that they introduce modifications in #some cases to the text of the relative amendments to the complementary measures, the participation of the local communities in reconstruction, the coordination with organisations no governmental, the query to the Parliament before the Agency extend his activities to other zones of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia and, of course, to the budgetary transparency. +(The Parliament approves the legislative resolution)- Report (To5-0037\/1999) of Mrs. *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, on the Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council - Repercussions of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on the legislative procedures in course in the field of the juridical subjects and the inner market (*SEC(1999) 581 - *C4-0219\/1999) +Although the decisions on the possibility by part of *Turquía to receive to programs in the frame of the current proposals do not allow an immediate effective participation of this country, will allow to the European Union send a positive signal to the #turkish civil society and express once again his will to develop the sectorial cooperation with *Turquía. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0040\/1999) of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the common position of the Council [$^5617$/^2$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0037$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0272$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the information on the consumption of fuel facilitated to the consumer when commercialising vehicles of new tourism (Speaker: Mr. *Sterckx). +*Yo am absolutely convinced that it was an error -and want to signal it by a time- that the ancient European Commission did not continue, *cuando initiated the previous legislative period, the work on a right of obligations #european, that already had initiated the Mr. *Lando and commission, although this Assembly, that the Parliament, already had put to disposal the corresponding resources. +did not has to get to be it to scale #european neither, obviously, neither to scale national, because *cuando exists the social dialogue - that in reality consists in the dialogue among the great unions of workers, often of the most traditional sectors of the economy, and the big company - with frequency are dialogues, cooperations, *concertaciones that have like result exclude to the one who today remains to the *margen of the economic systems Europeans, is to say, the unemployed, immigrants, the convicts to remain out of the system of the privileged, the that they find out of the system of work guaranteed. +Gentleman President, in his proposal on the guidelines for the politics of employment of the States members in the year 2000, the Commission splits of bottom consideration: the progresses made by the process of employment, after the launching taken in the extraordinary Summit, are considerable; signals data - a million #eight hundred one thousand places of work created in *Europa - and confirms, therefore, the structure based in four *pilares and the fundamental character of the guidelines. +do not share the document on the guidelines for the politics of employment, since it inspires in the ideas and principles of the economic liberalism; without embargo, the European Parliament proposes #some indications to improve the equality of opportunities among men and women in matter of employment, the constant research of the dialogue among the social speakers and the necessary query and information of the workers by part of the companies. +But believe that, for a so difficult directive - and Parliament knows perfectly that it is difficult - have to take into account the reality of each country, the data of the social dialogue and the postures of the social speakers, the distinct nuances, in #all the points that have mentioned previously, and afterwards take a surgical combination, find a very fragile balance to have the greater possible hit. +No fits the lower doubt that in this important matter of the right of family, the extensive zone of absence of resultant right of the loss of efficiency of the judicial decisions in front of the borders has affected juridical and morally to thousands of citizens and has prejudiced to the social and psychological stability of the families, in particular his more fragile links that are the women and the boys. +The improvement of the relations among #Grecia and *Turquía, no longer like merit of the earthquakes, but like a fact aside, and the change of attitude that notes in *Turquía with regard to the juridical and constitutional reform, in relation with the human rights and regarding the posture in front of the *kurdos are #worthy advances of applause, as also they are it the commitments and the recognition of the reality that give off of the letter that the Mr. *Bülent *Ecevit directed to Chancellor #german, Mr. #Gerhard *Schröder, in May of the present year. +This resolution proposal constitutes a clear signal to the international community that, in spite of that the #news on *Timor have disappeared of the main #european newspapers or have left to be the first #news of the most important televisions in *Europa, the attention of the international community and of the European Union on this problem has to continue. +there #be not doubt that the seventeen years that *Mumia *Abu-#Jamal finishes to happen rotting in the runners of the death, after a parody of process, are related with the fact that it is #black, with his fight against of the institutional racism, with the freedom of opinion that has practised journalist, when having the value to report the corruption that reigns in the rows of the police of *Filadelfia. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0050\/1999) of Mr. Newton *Dunn in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects on the initiative of the Federal Republic of *Alemania for the adoption of a decision of the Council (8357\/1999 - *C5-0011\/1999 - 1999\/0804(*SNS)) relative to the improvement of the exchange of information to combat the documents of trip false. +The fact that the #german Government have procured to avert the parliamentary examination posing this question in the field of the *tercer *pilar and the fact that the Presidency #finnish have not come at least to answer to our questions, was in the parliamentary commission, was in session *plenaria, regret to say that it is a stain for the reputation of the Finns, that up to now had an excellent reputation of opening and democracy. +In the time that remains until *Helsinki, is fundamental that analyse also Right state, the situation of the human rights, the respect to the minorities, the protection and the recognition of his cultural identity and the support to the measures directed to abolish the capital pity, that is #one of the amendments to the Report *Morillon presented in our commission this week. +The proposal of the Commission do not tackles specifically the problems of the pollution of the air acclimatise in the countries candidates, and had account of the imminent enlargement, consider little responsible that the Parliament do not receive any relative information to pollution levels in countries like *Polonia and the Czech Republic, #as well as on the #likely cost and the calendar that will be necessary to achieve that these countries adjust to the new norms. +Gentleman President, when hailing the Report of the Court of Accounts, so useful, and that this Assembly has to support because like this we support to *Europa, #can not avert *referirme to unrest that produces the that again they have been #some media the that have advanced partial versions and interested of the report, taken that apart from producing, gentleman *Karlsson, unnecessary damages to citizens, civil servants and institutions, gives the impression of that the Court of Accounts is a political organ that it has to *rendir accounts to the constituents through the public opinion. +And *yo believe that really Parliament, with an action a bit more audacious of the Commission, a bit more ambitious and also -why not to say it- a bit more engaged with the process of reform of the institutions, #can achieve that the *desencuentros that have produced in the past transform in harmony in the future and that we #can #all promote this project of reform of the European Union, knowing, as we know, that, #if they do not take in consideration and leave to the *margen the worries of our citizens, these reforms will not be able to concretise and will not be able to culminate with hit. +Only to confirm to the Mrs. *Riis-*Jø*rgensen, #whose continuous and deep interest by the relative questions to the state help is very known and appreciated by the Commission, that the investigation goes to continue, that the effective applicability of the relative disposals to the #SME is #one of our worries and that in the analysis of #all the investigations on state help have very present effects in the trade among the States members. +Without embargo, also want to manifest with clarity, so that it do not remain place to doubts, that the corresponding statements of the institutions, also on the subject of the review limited of the financial perspectives, that expect to receive of the Commission from the month of April, and the consequent answers of the Council, represent an operation of change, as #if it treated of an office of change of currencies, by say it like this. And the one who do not credits the change, loses his credit. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation (To5-0079\/1999) of the Mr. *Bodrato, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the celebration of the Agreement on the establishment of world-wide technical regulations applicable to the vehicles of tyres, and to the squads and pieces that #can mount or use in said vehicles ("Parallel Agreement") (10167\/1999 - *COM(1999) 27 - *C5-0073\/1999 - 1999\/0011(*AVC)). +Go to mention #some of the actions assumed by the Commission, to stress that I am convinced that there #be a big field for a still greater activation so much of the Commission as of the states members and that, of course, requires a specific politics for the treatment of these subjects, so much in the frame of the preparation of follow-up meeting of the Conference of *Beijing, as, later, in the frame of the *quinto plan of action for the woman. +On the base of the restructuring of the collaboration among the EU and *Centroamérica in the frame of the Congress of Saint #José in #Florencia in 1996, and of the documents of strategy elaborated in 1999 for the collaboration among the EU and *Nicaragua, have to indicate that, in the collaboration for development with *Nicaragua in particular, the European Union concentrates *primordialmente in the strengthening of the State of Right and the promotion of a just social politics. +The fact is that the only person that really knows the finances of the European Union, to know, the Boss of our Court of Accounts, Mr. *Friedmann, do not takes long was in our group of work Bread-*Europa here in the European Parliament and in his exhibition *nos said that the costs of this enlargement exaggerate enormously as they never include the costs of the no enlargement. +Equally is important that continue in the future the fine cooperation that have come developing among the Commission of Requests and the Defender of the Village, and that #this succeed to his time with the defenders of the national village or with the corresponding institutions to be able to, of this way, combat the rapes of the rights of the citizens that commit precisely in the legislative frame community. +Gentleman President, when talking today here, fifty-eight days before the elections to the European Parliament, in the last days of the operation of this European Parliament, seat that the conjoint debate on Request Commission and on the Defender of the European Village has a special significance and comes, like a balance of #all a term of office *quinquenal, to give a message in these next elections. +Gentleman President, wanted to present a brief oral amendment that #would involve that the competition regarding the new article 13 against of the discrimination continued *recayendo in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens, but as with this amendment pretends to endow also of competitions to Subject Commission Social and Employment, #would wish to present to this *respecto an oral amendment in the sense that, also by it that *respecta the Commission of Rights of the Woman, #would fit to take a small observation. +Although #some community legislative norms apply to the users of vehicles deprived -for example the taxes on fuel, the taxes on the consumption, the VAT-our current approach in matter of *tarificación centres in the commercial traffic, as it treats of a problem that only #can resolve with hit through a community statutory frame, that protect the operation of the inner market of transports to time that integrates totally the environmental goals. +In effect, the fusions and the economies of scale in this sector, the tendency to the «*megabancos» and to the agglutinations, the #tending technological developments to improve productivity, the pressures on the employment or even on the actors of dimensions more regional, have his own logical, the *cual do not coincides necessarily with the general interest or with the goals of employment. +In reality, our Community has employed in depth in the fight against the violence underlining the value of the right to life, the security, the freedom and the physical and mental integrity with #all a series of programs like the that today we treat to perfect: the program *DAPHNE that struggles against the violence against the women, the teenagers and the boys. +In the votes of yesterday in the morning, of the proposal of decision on the number and competitions of the parliamentary commissions, the Parliament approved two contradictory amendments regarding the competitions in matter of juridical protection of consumers, to know, the amendment 31, of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists, and the amendment 60, of the Group of the Popular Party European. +Like this as, have two requirements that formulate to #european level: that the calculation of the restitutions to the production take from the price of the corn to world-wide level, and no from the price of the wheat, because it is in the industry of the corn in the that bases the industry of the starch; and, second, that procure likewise -as they have remembered takes a moment our mates *Sonneveld and *Mulder- conserve a true balance among the starch and the starch produced from cereals. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, wanted colleagues, of the recent conflicts with the States Joined have learnt two things: first, the need to develop the dialogue no only with the Americans but also with other regions of the world because we will need and, in fact, already need new allies, and second the need of a greater surveillance by part of the European Union of the negotiations of the *OMC, having besides in account his increasing importance, all *ello is obviously a collective problem that *atañe also to Parliament #european. +Like this things, no *me remains more that *decirles with the maximum clarity that am deeply conscious of this difficult moment and of the big confidence that have, #as well as of the fact that *me are to proof *ustedes and more still, #if it fits, the next Parliament, in front of the *cual will have to go back with the squad of the Commission to the complete and, to *través of the squad of the Commission, will have to offer a concrete guarantee of the promises and of the commitments that have assumed in the debate of 13 April and in the debate of today. +Coincide, in wide majority, in the radical conviction of the criminal practices designated of ethnic cleansing, of the that it is guilty *Milosevic, in that we have to show solidarity specifically with refugees, in the affirmation of the right of these last to return to his country and in the need to guarantee the respect of this right by means of the presence of an international strength in a *Kosovo to the that *le concede a real autonomy and, finally, in the perspective of a conference on the *Balcanes. +In relation with the #another proposal that the Council has been asking, to know, the audits of our general diets of secretariat, there #be not reason so that on 20 July, #if we do not have an agreement on the statute of the deputies, do not have to say that it will carry out an annual audit of the general diets of secretariat that have to present to the Parliament, made by auditors of *bona *vide and that it was precise to present to Parliament so that the deputies receive his annual diets. +The Commission approved the text of the conjoint statement in his meeting of the past 9 March; the Council took it the past week, and corresponds now to the Parliament give his agreement, with the end that the three Presidents #can confirm the agreement of his institutions to the conjoint statement in signature ceremony this week. +Basing in this strategy, the Parliament, in his first reading, integrated in an only regulation so much the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the structural measures of the sector *pesquero, integrated in the Diary 2000, as equally the proposal of regulation of the Council by the that they defined the modalities and conditions of the interventions with structural purpose in the sector of fishing. +Has a stable democracy, and although for both countries has *prorrogado a year the financial protocol do not exist structures for a stage of *preadhesión, and #if it thinks in a species of *mini *PHARE, then #would request that the Commission showed prompt to these candidates the perspectives under the *cuales #can begin his stage of *preadhesión, so that they receive planning security that the other since precisely *nosotros the that come of the States members greater of the European Union also #would owe *sentirnos managers of the small candidates. +Consider that this case confirms also the fine diplomatic utilisation of a recently arisen argument in the international political scene: that the international community #can not use two weights and two measures; that the international community, *cuando demands the respect of the human rights in *Kosovo, has to be consistent with the requirement of respect in other parts of the world. +Regarding the pity of death and the establishment of a universal moratorium of the capital executions, as *ustedes know, the past 28 April, precisely the European Union took the initiative to present in front of the Commission of Human Rights a project of resolution on the question of the pity of death. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0253\/99) of the Mrs. *Gebhardt, for the Delegation of the Parliament in the Conciliation Committee, on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes a mechanism of recognition of titles for the professional activities to that refer the directives of liberalisation and of transitory measures and completes the general system of recognition of titles (3612\/99 - *C4-0209\/99-96\/0031(*COD)) +Like general indication of the opinion that *sustenta the Commission about the questions that poses the proposal subjected to the Assembly, remit to His *Señorías to the final section of the statement of the Commission of 1 July 1999, in the that manifested the opinion that «it #would be advisable of face the future clear the application of article 213 regarding the activities of the members of the Commission after having ceased in his charge». +#Such as I have commented previously, have been speaker in a series of questions, and #can take a brief outline of *cuán extensive will be this review and of it that will cover: universal services, frequencies, satellites, regulation, licences, interconnections, numbering, mobile telephones, convergence of the *radiotelevisión, the transmission of data and telecommunications; which means an explosion of legislation and affects to an enormous segment of the industrial and commercial base of the European Union by own right, but also like helping of #many other industries. +Is true, of course have arisen some gigantic problems in *Bélgica and of course the European Commission, with reason, has said that in the #belgian situation have committed some grave errors; but the colleagues Deputies, that to heights know at least *algo of the file, know that the #belgian Government has taken some very drastic measures and that now #can give guarantees to #all the consumers of #all the #european Union. +With regard to the subjects that the President designated has posed on the reform, that the Commissioner *Kinnock will present the next month of February with the owed query, politics program of the next month of January, the imperative moral and politician to confront the challenge of the enlargement and the preparation of the Conference *Intergubernamental, promise that my Group will assume a positive and constructive commitment with the Commission in this sense. +As frankly I believe that in the attempt of #some in moving his domestic debates to the community institutions; in #some governments that play with the #european charges to satisfy requirements of pacts in countries, and also in #some parties in the opposition that want to elevate to other instances it that do not achieve home, like the of the Mr. Baron, in *España, to the one who *le have commanded to prolong the internal electoral debate attacking -and *él knows it- of unfair and disloyal way to the vice-president proposed of the European Commission. +Tomorrow, a group of deputies of diverse political groups will initiate the works to create a *intergrupo that work in this sense, with the intention of creating a spirit of cooperation with the Commission and with the Institutions of the Union in the sense that the collective rights and his recognition are a prolongation of the recognition of the individual rights. +Product of the negotiations among governments, his paper is the to contribute to create the most favourable conditions for the multinationals in his permanent efforts for increasing benefits to coast of his own employees, the most recent example is the of *Michelin, and besides, in damage of the majority of the population of the European Union and of the poorest villages. +since tomorrow we will not be able to vote in favour of determined Commissioners and place that #can not take state with my individual vote in this Assembly that my colleague Mr. *Patten #would be an excellent Commissioner of External Subjects, simply do not have more option that vote against of this Commission in his group to send the message to the Mr. *Prodi and to his colleagues that #if they go out chosen, will have to answer in front of this Parliament, accept that the things #can not follow as up to now and that we have to change of habits #if we want *infundir to the population of *Europa the confidence that have to have in this Parliament and institutions. +As they explain the workers of help humanitarian of the international community, the employees of Cross #Red International and of other organisations of rights human were forced to abandon the zone, with the end to be able to commit the crimes without the presence of foreign witnesses. +The Council also has expressed his worry by the fact that, in addition to the #serbian population, other ethnic groups no *albanos have seen forced to abandon *Kosovo; in this sense, the Council has remembered that in virtue of the resolution 1244 of the Security Council of the UN, #all the refugees and the displaced have right to return to his zones of origin. +)#Can, then, be acceptable that, after the competent organ of the European Union considered timely to raise the prohibition, determined States, without presenting neither take public a clear justification from the point of sight of the *inocuidad of foods, keep the relative prohibition to the meat of bovine? This decision, adopted by the #french Government the past week, constitutes another hit particularly last for the *criadores of bovine livestock of *Escocia, #whose herds are fed predominantly with grass and that, first of all, did not have problem of *EEB. +Without embargo, as it has affirmed here, the subject did not remains resolved with this program, but that the increase of the sustainable use of the sources of energy renewable demands still study, pilot projects, the exchange of results in the investigation, the harmonisation of the legislation, the review of the attitudes, campaigns of information #as well as private and public investments, that will amortise only in the future. +Is a modern agreement that adjusts to the needs of our times. Loans special attention to the liberalisation of the rates, to the creation of a zone of free trade, to the commitments in the field of the development and of the economic cooperation, to the commitments in the terrain of the science and technology and to the relative commitments to the political dialogue. +Subject: Measures of the Commission to restrict the transfer of armament and promote the, disarmament Taking into account the *primer annual report that will publish *próximamente on the #european code of relative behaviour to the transfer of armament for 1998, #can indicate the commissioner responsible for the external relations #if it #would support an enlargement of the competitions of the Commission to include the subjects referents to the trade of arms in the next Conference *Intergubernamental? +In consequence, to my understand, it is necessary to ask to the President of the Commission, to the Council and to #all *nosotros that keep and respect #all the agreements with the #turkish State, and that keep besides action punctual and it more specific possible of the competent organs of the Community, oriented to follow attentively that the process of democratisation and the peaceful solution to the divergences with the other States carry advance specifically and no only to hit of statements of the #turkish State. +Happen to other three subjects: the protection of the environment, the health of the consumers and the audiovisual sector, that, further of the existent tensions among technical progress and cultural traditions, reflect shots of civilisation that *singularizan to *Europa: the requirement of quality -for example, in the field of the feeding-, the cultural identity in an open world, the preference by it "no *vendible" in number of activities. +Subject: free Sales of taxes #Can the Council inform of his strategy to help to the airports, ports, aerial lines and companies of maritime transport of *pasajeros of *Irlanda to surpass the loss of income that results of the suppression of the free sales of taxes? How foresees the Council protect to the consumers against the *encarecimiento of notes, boost and protect the employment and support the development of infrastructures essential, *cuando all *eso took before thanks to the free sales of taxes? +Have said "stone angular" , because from the year happened this Parliament has to observe the most rigorous disposals of the that apply to almost #all the other #european parliaments by it that refers to the statement of the financial interests of his deputies and has already in the Regulation #one of the groups of disposals more rigorous that apply to the behaviour of groups of interest in the frame of the institution. +Gentleman President, with rhythms of development underneath of the 2%, with a new promotion of the interests, with deflation and with a rigorous application of the stability pact, intensifies the pressure to the rights of security social and to the social rights of the workers, and the immediate result is the impairment of the conditions of life and of the labour conditions of the workers. +Although no fit doubt that the transparency has increased and, for example, the sessions of information after the meetings of the Council of Government have represented a clear improvement in the methods of work, the goal has to be the continuation of the increase of the opening, #as well as that the operation of the Bank consolidate and was possible to leave backwards the problems of the initial stage. +Regarding transparency, to the *cual define like the *ofrecimiento to the public or to the Parliament of the maximum possible information on the evolution of the economy, on the monetary evolution, on the result of the deliberations of the Council of Government, create -and like this *me manifested in my introductory intervention-, that the Central Bank European #can watch directly to the eyes of any central bank of the world. +In States members - the history of these years *nos remembers it - exist cases of restructuring: the history, as I finish to say, is full of cases of restructurings, *deslocalizaciones, closings of companies - the Mr. *Wurtz has referred to #some of *ellos - that no only reduce the employment, but that put in danger the economic and social cohesion of the zones affected, create a climate of insecurity social among the workers and a climate that do not favours at all the development and the growth. +Even believe that have interest, in the field of the legislative and institutional interventions, the proposals on the transfer of the taxation, of the territory of the labour cost, of the taxation of the workers, to the territory of the environment. And already there #be a *primer positive breath of the directives on the employment, in this direction. +Regarding the nuclear arms, exist two essential documents. By a part is the Treaty of no proliferation of nuclear arms, in the that the countries with this type of armament have forced to *desactivar his nuclear arms to change that other countries no the manufacture and, by #another, Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs, that is extraordinarily important since the proofs are to develop the nuclear armament. +Gentleman President, to the time that *subscribo the words of the colleagues that *me have preceded, wanted to express, in name of the Group *Europa of the Nations, the enormous joy that, in a world many times motivated by a hierarchy of interests and no by a hierarchy of values, this Parliament recognise to a valuable man that struggled by a value, the of the freedom of his village, and *le concede the prize *Sajarov. +Nevertheless, in my quality of Austrian, have to manifest, second, that this dialogue among the social speakers, among the political institutions, among the fiscal politics and the political mandators, comes developing and practising under an analogous form from takes years in my country, *Austria, and has contributed of appreciable way to that *Austria #can present now like a country with a high level of employment and unemployment figures inferior to the of other countries. +In a moment in that the economic recovery #would allow at the same time a reduction of the public deficit and a politics of support to the growth, an effective coordination of the budgetary politics centred *prioritariamente in the investments *infraestructurales, the investigation, the education and training #can have an effect of reflation economic durable. +In these proposals demands to the States members that force to reach a balance among men and women in places of direction, to appoint to number of men and women in the committees and groups of work in the EU, to improve the legislation of the labour market so that #this reflect the problems and needs of the women and to form to the persons that design the national guidelines of politics of employment so that they integrate more effectively criteria of equality of opportunities in his work and, finally, to that in the countries members establish goals *mensurables of annual character. +No has felt that we have to negotiate with the European Commission, after #all the events of the last months, a new code of behaviour that, among other things, insist in that, *cuando there are subjects of importance, the Commission has to come to say to this Assembly #which are these subjects first, and afterwards has to initiate a procedure, like the annual report of the Court of Accounts, and say: there #be had a leak, is unpleasant, but follow with the subject as #if #nothing had happened. +Already has remembered in other interventions that, takes #some years, the European Parliament had promoted pilot projects in support of the no governmental organisations and of the local authorities that, from takes time, confront with actions of fight against the violence to women and the boys: a phenomenon, #this of the violence to the women and the boys, by misfortune, no only very spread, but that goes in increase and that self-evident under forms increasingly sophisticated and, therefore, more difficult to combat. +Insist in the current logic of the cost, in the that stands out the corresponding to the Common Agricultural Politics, that, in addition to putting in *entredicho equity goal recognised like principle in the Treaties, of politics only has the denomination, insist in the system of income in vigour, fruit of diverse and contradictory interests among yes, results *indefectiblemente *inconciliable with the wish of deepening of the project of enlargement of the geographic space. +Suffice to think in the Indian, #whose legislation do not foresees right of copyright on the medicines or the foods, to weigh that in the Indian produce and of the Indian proceed grasses that serve to the multinationals and to *nosotros for our illnesses; or to the *Sudáfrica of *Mandela that like reprisal to his attempt to convert in more accessible the treatment for AIDS patients, has seen to impose by the World-wide Organisation of Trade the withdrawal of the cheapest medicines. +Only wanted to highlight look that #can consider that it constitutes the foundation of our conjoint resolution on *Chechenia: the suffering of the civil population, the hundreds of victims mortal, the 200.000 refugees and the situation in the that find with the arrival of the winter, the disproportionate reaction of the #russian Government and the bombardment *indiscriminado of the civil population. +To risk that *nos *remuerda the consciousness, #would wish to remember the example of the banana: the multinationals (Of the Mount, *Dole and *Chiquita), that with the support of the States Joined commercialise in the #european market the pertinent bananas of slavery, produced, besides, in some conditions of security alimentary more that doubtful, have reached *hacernos pin the knee; treats of a file in the that #be to capitulate without conditions, leaving that they break hundreds of thousands of producers no only of the countries *ACP, but also the community producers, that are the of #Guadalupe and *Martinica! +The Commission signals repeatedly in his report of situation on the progresses made in the adaptation to the *acervo community that, in numerous looks, the countries candidates, so much the of the group of head like the of the second group, still advance of way very *vacilante in the transposition and adaptation to the *acervo community; for example, in relation with the social subject, but also regarding the subject of the environment and the energy and even in the subject of the human rights and democracy daily. +In front of an extraordinary event and the unilateral initiatives of peace like the decision of the PKK to abandon the fight armed and suspend the hostilities, in front of the decision of numerous leaders of the PKK to deliver to the #turkish authorities to reiterate option to negotiate the peace, the #turkish Government has given negative and pejorative answers. +Want to remember the attentive attitude of our speaker and his *receptividad in front of the demand to the Commission of new complementary information, reason of the delay of the vote in the Plenary of his report until so much the Commission did not satisfy his request referred to the last scientific reports that endorsed the coverage of the geographic area delimited in the #Douglas *Bank *Box and the redesign of the conditions and extension. +do not propose to dismiss definitively the candidature of *Turquía to the European Union. But is necessary, previously, demand to *Turquía firm and definite commitments, and check that they fulfil: the recognition of the rights of the village *kurdo, the abolition of the pity of death and a new trial for *Ocalan, the release of *Leyla *Zana and of #all the political prisoners, the application of the resolutions of the Nations Joined for the solution of the problem #cypriot. +So that it do not give here a mistaken impression this morning in relation with the peace process and the international bottom for *Irlanda, want, like deputy to the Parliament by the border counties, take state here -and create to talk in name of the village of *Irlanda- that appreciate fully the important, positive and practical paper that the European Parliament and the #european institutions have exerted in the process of peace and believe that say it contrary do not reflects the opinion of the #irish village. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0086\/1999), in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, concerning the common position (14247\/1\/1999 - *C5-0027\/1999 - 1997\/0264(*COD)) adopted by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the safe of civil responsibility derived of the circulation of vehicles cars and by the that amend the Directives 73\/239\/*CEE and 88\/357\/*CEE (*Cuarta Managerial on the safe of vehicles cars) (Speaker: Mr. *Rothley) +Report (To5-0101\/1999) of the Mr. *Papayannakis, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council that modifies the Regulation of the Council (*CE) *nº 820\/97 by the that it establishes a system of identification and register of the animals of the bovine species and relative to the labeling of the meat of *vacuno and of the products to base of meat of *vacuno (*COM(1999) 487 - *C5-0241\/1999 - 1999\/0205(*COD)) +Although the #turkish Prime minister have declared the next day of the Summit that the belonging to the European Union was for *Turquía, quote: "birth right" -it that gives, by it other, an idea of the modesty with the *cual is decided to open the door of the European Union-, is evident for #all the observers that conserve the free mind that his entrance #would change deeply the nature of the Union. +#A lot of States members of the European Union have to answer to questions by it that refers to his own support in the past to the #indonesian authorities *cuando #this *oprimía to the village of *Timor Oriental, and by the fact that these countries and his companies of manufacture of armament have obtained enormous benefits to coast of innocent lives, of the welfare and of the right of the persons to live freely, without being subjected to tightness #any neither to rapes of the human rights. +In summary, it is necessary to say that, in any case, the enlargement of the European Union eastwards will have a positive repercussion in environment #european, since the adhesion will see accompanied by an environmental rule more strict in these countries candidates, the economic growth will endow of a sustainable base and the own countries will be able to fulfil the international agreements in environmental matter. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0136\/99) of Mrs. *Peijs, in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Decision of 19 December 1996 by the that adopts a program of action for the customs in the Community ( "Customs 2000») (*COM(98)0644 - *C4-0639\/98-98\/0314(*COD)). +That the military aggression of NATO was the cause of the dramatic aggravation of the humanitarian situation of the region of the *Balcanes, put in risk the stability of the political future of that region and in grave danger the world-wide peace remains to *obscuras for the political blindness of this majority that before prefers to insist in agreements that never were accepted by the negotiators, are only *imposiciones negotiators of the NATO and put in risk sovereignty, borders and ancestral realities. +Wish to underline the urgency and the need of the intervention of NATO in the region to protect the fundamental rights of the population of *Kosovo and signal that this tragedy perhaps #would have been able to avert #if the European Union, in addition to being an economic and monetary institution, had been from takes time also a unitary political reality. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the second inform (To4-0114\/99) of the Mr. go *Dam, in name of the Commission of Transports and Tourism, on the directive proposal of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 96\/53\/*CE of the Council by the that establish, for determined vehicles of road that circulate in the Community, the maximum dimensions authorised in the national and international traffic and the maximum weights authorised in the international traffic (*COM(98)0414 - *C4-0486\/98-98\/0227(*SYN)) +In *tercer place, *les signal that, apart from the regulate attention that the Council of Ministers loans to the #burmese question, attention has manifested also in the suspension of the conference EU-*ASEAN, foreseen for the past month or six weeks ago in *Berlín, since it #can not reach an agreement regarding the participation of *Birmania and because the special formula offered by the Council so that the question of the human rights in *Birmania #can treat with the #burmese, was not accepted by the *ASEAN. +Also will be able to enjoy of fiscal advantages the small and medium enterprises that believe employment in the city without prejudicing the surroundings. actions complete with the creation of models of sustainable tourism that #can include a rule that regulate the access to the city in periods of maximum influx and measures of support directed to the local economy that base in the sustainable use of the natural resources and the historical heritage of the city. +To initiative of the Commissioner *Flynn, the Commission has examined the problem of the future of the social security and have taste in saying -recently to instances also of the #german Presidency and of the European Parliament- that very prompt go to present a communication on the bottoms of pensions, in the that will take out the conclusions that give off of the application of the Green Book. +Therefore, the proposal that take, and that know that it is the General Direction *I, is the to create a bottom of compensation and to propose to the budgetary Authority include in the budget, precisely for *facilitarles to *ustedes, to our common commercial politics, the means, bottom, a reservation that #can compensate to the #european companies that they are innocent victims of this just and necessary common commercial politics. +The goal of these proposals is the modernisation of the administration and the politics of personnel, the solution of the problems in the field of the budgetary management, the financial control and the fight against fraud, #as well as the reform of the financial management by means of a financial control more effective. +But is likewise contrary, evidently, to the Letter of the Nations Joined, that establishes explicitly that the use of the strength, except in case of legitimate defence, will be reserved to the permissions of the Security Council, to the that has ignored with an incredible cynicism in despise of this fundamental law of the international society: has not requested the permission of the Council of Security, because it knew that the Council #would not give it. +Gentleman President, *cuando #one visits *Belgrado #can not leave to feel ire and indignation in front of the show of the destruction and death caused by the bombardments of the NATO, neither #can leave to feel admiration by the strength and the value of the #serbian village, to feel *conmovido by the form and the content of the demonstrations of a village that transforms in alive shield to protect the bridges of *Belgrado. +In the meantime, in the world-wide level and in spite of the manipulation generalised, the self-evident public opinion and demands the intervention of the Nations Joined and a political solution that allow the return of refugees and the respect of the current borders, the Americans and the #european Governments subordinated #his talk of terrestrial operations, answer with the called «total war» that all considers it strategic white, rehabilitate and rearm a movement that till lately #all considered terrorist and fundamentalist. +But fortunately, achieved this commitment in *Berlín, to the that *sucedieron negotiations among the Council, the Parliament and, of course, the Commission, that brought three positive changes: the *primer change concerned to the community initiative *Urban; the second to the European Bottom of Regional Development, on the actions by the culture and tourism, and the *tercer change *atañe to the special emphasis that the Regulation of the European Bottom of Regional Development puts in the insular regions. +are not the financial pot of the that #one #can serve freely *cuando in *algún that another spot needs money but that they are a half to boost a very concrete goal, to know, the to boost the economic and social cohesion of this Union and stand out in practice the principle that the solidarity is #one of the essential foundations for the existence of the #european Union. +Subject Council General» has underlined in his meeting of 26 April 1999 the intention of the European Union to respect fully the last decision of the *OMC in the war of the banana and to modify of the corresponding mood and without delay the diet for the bananas of the EU. +Subject: Contracting of civil servants without the previous celebration of an opposition In his answer to my question relative to the intention to hire to pertinent collaborators of the secretariat of *Schengen, the Council indicates that, of compliance with the article 7 of the Protocol of *Schengen *anejo to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, is forced to integrate to the personnel of *Schengen, since this Protocol has to be considered like part of the Treaty and, therefore, like part of the primary community Right. +Gentleman President, my colleague, the Mr. *Hoppenstedt already has explained -and very well- the position of my Group on the report of the Mrs. *Oddy, to the one who *le give the graces; but, in the agitated debate that has developed on purpose of the electronic trade in *Europa and of the difficult question of the content in line, of his origin, of his destination, of legality, #can say and underline that in the public networks, like Internet, has to have spot for the freedom of expression. +Gentleman President, *permítame that conclude my intervention with the following words. Expect of heart -*usted will be able to check it in person- that the next Parliament continue this debate, that do not sacrifice it in name of the economic subjects or the subjects related with the enlargement, by important that are, but that consider the question of the human rights like a political goal #whose materialisation depends of the politics of the #european Union, and especially of the external politics and the politics in matter of enlargement. +#Can *usted confirm that the Table agreed yesterday send a delegation to see to the Mr. *Rugova and, #if #this is the case, #can *usted call the attention of the political groups on the Article 9.1 of the code of behaviour, Annex 1, Articles 1 and 2, that establishes that before a Deputy #can be appointed *válidamente for the exercise of a mandate, or take part in an official delegation, has to have completed in the form owed the planned statement in Article 2? +Declare restarted the period of sessions of the European Parliament, interrupted on 7 May 1999, and opened the planned session in section 3 of the article 10 of the relative Record to the election of the representatives in the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, #as well as in the section 3 of the article 10 of the Regulation of the Parliament. +Of course is well that in Colony have *desbrozado the path for the reforms, but *nosotros have an answer for the *interrogantes that has posed *usted here, gentleman President of the Council, in relation with the widest perspective of an enlargement of the European Union and the institutional configuration of our Union, for #this *interrogantes have an answer and this answer is clear: wish a big reform of the previous institutions to the enlargement. +#All this process of change will require time, but already have set up a first reorganisation of the Commission: will simplify and *racionalizará the bureaucratic device reducing the number of Directions General; the Commissioners will have his offices, or was, the cabinets, in building of the General Directions to his charge; the cabinets and the Commissioners will be more agile and more *supranacionales. +*Me states, like speaker of the recent managerial on the filling of earth, that it that is is that the European Commission is norms on the base that they go to be approved and adequately applied in the States members whereas, to #the same time, #the same general direction of the European Union knows perfectly that in areas of the politics do not exist able inspections of *averiguar #if these norms are applied in #some States members of the European Union. +And in front of this dangerous panorama no only do not remain indifferent, no only condemn it, and vote against of the new Commission, but that besides call to the workers and to the villages of *Europa to carry advance his fights, to raise a wall against the disastrous plans that *ciernen on his future, the call to *darle the turn to the current situation, by #one *Europa different, by a *Europa of the villages, of the peace and solidarity, of the mutually beneficial collaboration. +Thus I believe that our more urgent task consists in fulfilling the previous conditions to the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice. In concrete, have to begin for elaborating a Letter of fundamental rights #european place that do not treats only to centralise the state and police power, but that also is necessary *europeizar the rights of the citizens. +have taken It so much more easily what that the procedure chosen for said auditions has allowed to remember the commitment contracted by the Commission to present, before the end of the year 1999, a group of proposals allocated to give at last concrete content to the section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, that consecrates the specificity of the regions *ultraperiféricas and *instituye in *pro of *ellas the right to particular disposals, derogatory, for *permitirles confront his structural difficulties. +On the other hand, for treating of the *PTU associated to the European Union, the Commissioner *Nielson has recognised the need to present with the greater shortness a group of proposals directed to give to these countries a statute adapted to his current situation with seen to the next agreement of association, with the consequence in particular of the renewal of the financial instrument assigned to development. +treats of a political decision that the parliamentary commission and the Commission of Budgetary Control have to adopt, and the message that, therefore, it is necessary to transmit to the Mrs. *Schreyer -#if it do not comes from of *usted, Mr. Commissioner, that come from, at least, of the services of the Commission- is that we want to celebrate early a meeting with the Mrs. *Schreyer to argue about the content of a *PRS5 that it will have to present to the Parliament it before possible and, it that it is even more important, include the additional personnel for *OLAF. +This Agreement went in in vigour on 24 October 1996 and his goal is to reach and keep a high level of nuclear security to scale world-wide, developing national measures and tightening the international cooperation, #as well as cater to the nuclear head offices of effective protections in front of possible radioactive leakages so that the individuals, the society and the environment find to save of the harmful effects of the radiations ionic pertinent of these head offices. +Support it that has said before the Mr. *Swoboda, but in front of the situation that have at present in *Turquía, is to say, in front of the disposal to take advantage of the relations with the #european speakers, in the proposal of resolution of today #would have to talk of a mood much more concretise on helps to *Turquía and show to our #turkish friends that are here *cuando need our help and *transmitirles the feeling of that they are not seen by *nosotros of a general mood like enemies, it that before the earthquake with frequency was like this. +The main purpose is to give a break to the budget *rectificativo and supplementary *nº 4\/99, approved the past 16 September, proposing, in accordance with the proposal formulated by the Commission in this moment, fund greater credits; to know: for *PHARE 98 millions of euros, for *TACIS 68 millions of euros, for the humanitarian helps to *Turquía 15 millions of euros, for *Kosovo 21 millions of euros, for cooperation with *Sudáfrica 20 millions of euros, for the environment and the tropical forests 10 millions of euros. +#If I have not understood badly, the next week will be *usted available also to examine the relative questions to the enlargement, but, like general principle, it that has initiated *usted today here is important and #would appreciate the opportunity to continue this dialogue among our two institutions by means of appropriate mechanisms and formalised, already take part *usted personally or by mediation of other members of the School of Commissioners, as it proceed, in celebration weeks of partial periods of sessions, in function of the agenda. +In equality of conditions, #if it wants to, #can situate it in the first place, without embargo, in my opinion, the problem of the human resources is dramatically important for our continent and, #if no *le put remedy with urgency by means of a very wide program that take part in this sector, believe that not even the reduction of taxes, in spite of having a content and to offer a very strong contribution, will suffice to achieve the development of the #european industry. +The *segunda question, that is related with the main object of my question, is #if it has not thought the Commission that, of way that there #be a directive, the directive *SEVESO, that foresees the protection of the workers and of the citizens, in the zones of the facilities, in front of accidents in industrial companies, it #would be necessary to take #some measures for the protection, of the industrial companies especially, in front of natural catastrophes like the seisms. +It that then *sucedería is that the European Union *jactaría to having reduced his pollution, to having reduced his broadcasts, but to the price of, in the first place, the loss of places of #european work, and second, the world #would not have reduced pollution levels in it more minimum; simply #would have exported the pollution. +This plan proposes also measures oriented to diverse sectors of consumption and allocated to intensify the knowledges in matter of energy and the practice in spheres like the acquisition of appliances, the utilisation of energy in the home, the facilities of the buildings, heating systems, the energetic management in the industry, the sector of the services and the public sector. +Wanted to add that, along the debate celebrated on 14 October in the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, and to the sight of the worry shown in particular by the article 2, #all the members of the commission agree an amendment that now appears like last paragraph of the article 2 and that prays it following: "Said article will apply without damage of confidentiality requirements established in the law, or was, in the Treaties, or established in the Regulation of the European Parliament" . +Is, for the European Union, the occasion to reaffirm his moral duty that consists in tending the hand to the world in development; the occasion to show until how point want to struggle against the poverty, against the injustice, against the discriminations of type, against the fault of democracy, against the attacks to the human rights and against the freedom. +In front of this Central Bank or to this saint Bank - do not know exactly how describe it -, of the *cual his vice-president, the Mr. *Noyer, *nos explained recently of a form affected, but in English, until how point #this felt manager of the long term *cuando the governments yielded to the whims of the short term since they were subjected to the uncertainties of the universal suffrage, front, therefore, to any power of this Bank, the excellent report of Mr. *Huhne demands more transparency, without *atreverse on the other hand to *reclamarle it that it #can happen by exhibition, is to say, go out of the anonymity of the decisions. +The #european citizens, gentleman President, interest and concern mainly by the content of the politics of the Central Bank European, of the European Union and of the States members; a politics that gives absolute priority to the called monetary stability and to the interests of the big financial capital, and the price that have to pay is a dramatic reduction of employment and the total destruction of the called social model European. +The monetary orientations of the #ECB, that base in the fulfillment of the Pact of Stability and of criteria of nominal convergence and prevail the stability of prices, finish being determinants for the national and #european politics in the most diverse economic and social spheres, included the budgetary perspectives of the European Union and of the States members. +As probably it expected the Parliament, the summit was dominated inevitably by the direct conversations on *Chechenia, as it has indicated the Presidency, in the that the European Union *presionó by a reduction of climbing, by the turn to the political dialogue, by a proportional utilisation of the strength to cut across the terrorism and by that find a solution to the humanitarian crisis. +In this sense, want to manifest my coincidence with the Mr. *Hatzidakis and with *algún orator and regret that the European Committee of Normalisation have not reached still an agreement that #would allow to the States members legislate according to it that it has to be the definite rule; and not seeing *abocados, #if it is that today and along the next weeks are not able to modify the current Managerial, to legislate to go back to change shortly time the legislation, with #all the problems that *ello #would involve. +In the case of *Marruecos and of this agreement of fishing, neither is possible to go back to ignore the rights of the village *saharaui, beginning by his right to self-determination, his right to constitute an independent State, #if it opts thus, and to protect the natural wealths of his territory, already treat of the *yacimientos of phosphate or, in particular, of the resources of his maritime seaboard, that find loomed by this agreement. +The question of the alimentary security has converted in a look of crucial importance in our societies, #would say even a requirement of our *conciudadanos Thus, think that it is precise to proceed to scientific examinations more exhaustive in the breast of the Scientific Committee taking into account #all the most recent data in wait of the proofs of diagnostic precocious that #can apply to animals alive and reinforcing the controls to #all the levels. +In the first place, #that, like the social speakers or the Central Bank, that have a direct influence in the factors of the equation #such as the training of the wages or the level of the types of interest and afterwards, second, in a particular group, the European Commission and advisers of the Commission with seen, for example, to the combination of politics. +the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0041\/1999) of Mrs. *Smet, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 93\/104\/*CE of the relative Council to determined looks of the ordination of the time of work, to include the sectors and activities excluded of said Managerial (8642\/1\/1999 - *C5-0036\/1999 - 1998\/0318 (*COD)). +And among the socialist amendments, there #be #one, that put of relief the Mrs. *Wallis, that signals the special position of the regions *ultraperiféricas, that find totally separated of the community territory, very #move# away of *él and that, therefore, in the application of the community Right, of compliance with the new article 299.2 of the Treaty, #can not be regulated by norms that apply to the community inner market in the continental field. +In effect, like European Union and like States members, #would have to have value to ask and favour the entrance of *cientos of thousands of persons that, today, only by the fact to come of out of the European Union #can cover the works with a level of innovation higher because it is not only the training of the hand of drama, of the strength of work at present existent inside the European Union that it #can take it. +. (IN) Gentleman President, the Commission has the pleasure to take part in it that it is the final step for the adoption of the Program *Daphne 2000-2003, a program of action community, of four years of length, based in the experience of the initiative *Daphne, *cuando the European Parliament in 1997, for the first time, included budgetary games to combat the violence against the boys, the teenagers and women. +The Commission has employed in the last years credits to ensure the security of service of the nuclear head offices on the that today talk here while no *desconecten, #if well #such measures centre in improving the culture of security in these countries, in the creation of independent supervisory authorities or in the training of persons that #can exert #such supervision. +Known is that in the European Union keeps in levels elevated the violence against the boys, the teenagers and the women, it that constitutes a rape of his right to life, the security, the freedom, the dignity and the physical and emotional integrity, #as well as a grave threat for the physical and mental health of the victims of the violence. +The central goals in the case of *Afganistán are, #among others, the achievement of a stable peace, the promotion of the internal dialogue in *Afganistán backing, in particular, the fundamental paper of the Nations Joined, the advance of the stabilisation and of the development of *Afganistán by means of the peace and the intensification of the fight against the illegal drugs and terrorism. +But, to answer to the question, #would signal that in *Yugoslavia, taking into account, for example, the measures of the police and his aggressive behaviour to demonstrations, #as well as the attitude of the diet of *Milosevic to the press and to the freedom of information, the current circumstances are #such, that, by the moment, do not give the necessary conditions to organise some free democratic elections in *Yugoslavia. +Without embargo, this report collects fundamental principles that *nos seem essential, like the principle of caution, the norms on the methods and the procedures of production; the report takes upsetting, in particular, in the labeling of foods, to guarantee the application of the alimentary security, and in the need to adopt a more favourable position to the countries in roads of development. +This building *antipopular, *antidemocrático and authoritarian, built to serve to the big capital, will be demolished by the own villages, by means of the resistance, the intervention, the change of the correlation of strengths. To build the *Europa of the peace and cooperation, of the friendship and the equality among the villages, of the true Democracy and of the Freedom, of the economic prosperity in benefit of the workers. +Is important that in this legislative diary collect the special treatments that establishes the section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty *CE for the #french departments of *Ultramar, the *Azores, *Madeira and the Canarian islands, because, of not being like this, #would get to a position and to a situation in the *cual these #european regions, vital for each #one of our States and for the European Union, #would find in absolute disadvantage regarding the group of the European Union. +Curiously, disarmament *arancelario of the *APIM has not produced the effect wished in the sensitive industries of Canarians, by it that the #spanish authorities, the #canarian authorities and the economic operators affected have requested to the community authorities the modification of the Regulation *nº 1911\/91 so as to paralyse the disarmament of the *APIM until June of the year 2000, subject that the European Commission has understood. +And finally, *permítanme take a reference to an absolutely key subject for *nosotros: growth, the stability and the employment, subject in the that the line initiated in *Luxemburgo, followed in *Cardiff, Colony and *Helsinki, has to concretise in the next summit of face to the #portuguese Presidency because we understand that, to have a prosperous future in the Union, have to be able to be more competitive and generate more economic growth, but putting the emphasis in the employment and in the social cohesion, that is and has to be #ours first priority. +*Yo believe that #all agree in that the citizens and citizen of *Europa have right to breathe a healthier air, and in the last publication of the European Agency of Environment signals that in the majority of the cities reigns pollution of the air that results hurtful for the health and that in the 115 #european cities of greater size almost 40 millions of persons are subjected to an upper level to the established in the guidelines for the quality of the air of the WHO, regarding a *contaminante at least. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5­0064\/1999) of Mrs. *González *Álvarez, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the common position adopted by the Council with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes a plan of follow-up of specific broadcasts averages of dioxide of carbon of the new tourisms (*COM(1998) 348 *C­0041\/1999 1998\/0202(*COD)). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0044\/1999) of Mr. *Sjöstedt, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the proposal of decision of the Council on the approval, in name of the Community, of the amendments to the Annexes of the Agreement on the protection of the half marine of the zone of the sea *Báltico (Agreement of *Helsinki) (*COM(1999) 128 - *C4-0218\/1999 - 1999\/0077(*CNS)). +To reflect in the text of the proposal a suitable treatment of this no resolved problem, in the breast of the Council is *consensuando the incorporation of a new point 7 in the that they collect the external characteristics that they have to gather, for his commercialisation in the #mediterranean areas of the Community, the forest species better adapted to his difficult conditions of floor and climate. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, #all agree in that the common coin constitutes the previous condition so that the inner market work, in that a stable coin constitutes also a contribution to the social and economic security of *Europa and in that, by this reason, the euro is also, in definite, a successful history as it has had like consequence the reduction of the deficit in our States members and a descent of inflation. +Although in this subject the commitment in our commission was especially arduous, the facts seem *darnos the reason since, after the political agreement reached in the Council of ministers last, so much tuna loins like the herring go out of the system of suspensions *arancelarias, in addition to another series of corrections that affect to other products comprised in the annex *V. +In it *concerniente to producer organisations, is truth that it is necessary *responsabilizarlas even more, #if it fits, so much regarding the organisation of the market as to the rational management of the resources; without embargo, #would be convenient -and in this sense underline the relevance of the amendment 67, presented by my political Group- that the States members #can concede complementary helps to the organisations of producers that boost measured of assessment of the species fished and of *adecuación of the offer to the demand through structural actions of the *IFOP. +Gentleman President, Commissioner *Lamy and other orators have referred to the meeting of *Seattle like a failure, but follow believing that #if the European Union and the States Joined, in particular, learn the lesson of these last weeks, the meeting of *Seattle #can happen to the history no like a failure, but like the moment in that the leaders of the world gave account at last that they have to focus the international trade of a radically different way. +In general terms, treats of an approach or, better said, of an intention *loable and in line with the Protocol of *Montreal that to time, without embargo, do not takes into account #some facts. In the first place, the fact that the other countries signatories of the Protocol, among the *cuales are the States Joined, foresee terms longer for the cessation of the production of the *hidroclorofluorocarburos; second, that the *hidroclorofluorocarburos, to the sight of the current knowledges, represent the only true alternative, in the field of the *antiincendio, to the *halógenos, main enemies of the coat of ozone, #whose use is generalised in the countries in roads of development. +. Gentleman President, the Program *TACIS has devoted his best efforts to support to *Mongolia, *Rusia and the rest of the New Independent States in the realisation of reforms and in the political and administrative restructuring of his social and economic institutions to facilitate the construction of a democratic society that support in a market economy free. +To finalise wanted to reiterate my gratitude to #all the colleagues of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Political of the Consumers for having given green light to the amendments presented by the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development. Consider fundamental that the European Parliament talk today with an alone voice and issue a univocal signal regarding this crucial subject for the consumers. +criticise the decision to develop the means of the European Union for the military management of crisis, in the field of a #european common politics reinforced in matter of security and defence, conceived in the development and the strengthening of the *pilar #european of the NATO, of mood that refuse the militaristic vision of resource to the war for the resolution of conflicts international. +On our part, do not see any better solution that the restoration of a new international order of the trade, that respect the sovereignty of the States, his rhythm and his modalities of development, that respect his traditions also, traditions that will not dissolve of hit of magic wand because we will have imposed the elections, the human rights and it that call, too much *apresuradamente, democracy. +Have had #news that the sent special of the Mr. *Baker, that, as it knows *usted very well, has mediated among *saharauis and #moroccan with enough hit -also is #sad that was a North American and no European the one who have mediated-, have had #news, say, that the Mr. Chat *Dunbar, special representative of the Mr. *Baker, has thrown the towel because it has said that it #can not bear that continuously the Realm of *Marruecos was against of the proposals that the Nations Joined take to speed up and to guarantee a just referendum regarding the autonomy of the *Sáhara. +The resolution approved yesterday by this Parliament will remain in the political history of this hemicycle like a characteristic central piece of the total absence by heart political, *definidora of the political hysteria that today is imposed by the manipulation *mediática to the service of interests *belicistas and aggressors and takes to forget the values of the peace, justice and the sovereignty of the nations. +In the first place, is truth that the calendar of execution is ambitious but it true is that we are well, with the agreement on the *Euroinsignia ready of *concertarse; directives on the rail transport in front of the Council; the survey on the port costs in power of the States members; proposals on taxes of airports; aerial rates in study; the Committee of Experts Governmental has gathered and has commissioned to the group of high level that inform on the methods followed to reckon costs. +In this stadium, *nos seems that in the case of the States members that have insular character, already has signalled in this House, has to *reflexionarse on the possibility of a relative regulation to the most strict weight that the proposal initially by the Commission. #This by the obvious reason that communications with the rest of the #european market do not take place exclusively by road. +The frame of performance is directed to the European Parliament. The Parliament will exert a key function in the process of modernisation of the frame of the financial services, on the base of the results achieved by the group in that they take part the representatives of the Finance ministers and of the report of the Parliament. +*Nos serves of *algún comfort the fact that the program will see the light under the auspices of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and that the new article 152 on the public health allows to the European Community a wider action, more forceful and, expect, also more synergistic in the field of prevention and of the fight against the illnesses, #as well as of the prevention of the violence. +Like the breweries *luxemburguesas #would not take at all in reaching said ceiling given the reduced dimensions of market, this rule #would end in a totally absurd situation. #Can give the case that a big #german brewery, as for example the *Bitburger, #whose production surpasses with grow the of the greater brewery *luxemburguesa, #can follow signing agreements of supply of beer in *Luxemburgo with the bars *luxemburgueses, since it still #would not have reached the limit of the 40 % in the enormous market of #german reference, whereas the brewery *luxemburguesa no longer #would have this right and #would remain deleted. +This discussion comes of long and *yo say therefore that the European Commission acts in #this as #if it was the secretariat of the conservative strengths of the #ECB, that argue that the *segunda task that has the #ECB according to the article 105 of the Treaty, is to say the support to the economic politics *cuando price stability remains sufficiently ensured, already is it sufficiently attended guaranteeing the stability of prices same. +*Cuando in the preparation of the Summit of *Luxemburgo presented the proposal on the designated social VAT -by true, was not the first because already *me had preceded #some *selectos members of this Parliament- was convinced to act following the spirit of the White Book of *Delors, that already had signalled that in *Europa *nos had dipped in the head a system that has #put a lot work, very expensive in comparison with the *despilfarro of energy, of matters prevail and with the total freedom of circulation of capitals. +*Usted has situated the market in the central place and has declared that it is precise to take advantage of fully and in his whole the opportunities that #this offers, since #this is the most adapted road to promote the growth and employment, but also has mentioned the frame of conditions and rules of the game *equitativas that they are necessary, since the market no the establishes by himself\/hisself same. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0128\/99), of the Mr. *Fitzsimons, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the measures that have to adopt against the broadcasts of gases *contaminantes and of particles *contaminantes pertinent of engines allocated to *propulsar agricultural or forest tractors and by the that modifies the Directive 74\/150\/*CEE of the Council (*COM(98)0472 - *C4-0512\/98-98\/0247(*COD)) +To the equal that the interim Agreement, this new Agreement collects with special emphasis it that has been #one of the main requirements of the European Parliament and to the that the Commission and the Council of ministers has awarded the maximum priority: the clause of respect to the democratic principles and to the fundamental human rights, like essential element and foundation of relation. +The #german Presidency of the EU always has marked like goal inform to the European Parliament on the advances of the *preparativos related with the integration of *Schengen. Therefore, *me cheer to have the opportunity of show it in the context of this debate, since the subject of information and the form in the that #this has given to know have exerted a fundamental paper. +This morning have proposed that they are the president of the Commission of Subjects External, the president of the Subcommittee of Rights Human, the Vice-president of the European Parliament, *Renzo *Imbeni, and the president of the Delegation for Relations with the *Europa *Sudoriental those who go to *verle so that *les inform of the situation in *Kosovo, his own experience and his proposals for the future. +Entrust in that the request of the European Parliament carry so much to the Council as to the Commission to quantify the financial endowment and\/or the number of population admitted and the possibility to be able to award helps of State, without damage of *falsear competition, on the base of the letter *c) of the section 3 of the article 92 of the Treaty, as it has taken in other cases called special. +The Group of the Greens votes against the recommendation on the regulation of the Bottom of Cohesion because in *él has not had seriously in account almost #any of the innovative requests formulated by the European Parliament in the first reading with the end to strengthen and integrate the paper of Cohesion Bottom inside the #european structural politics. +As *eso is like this and no of another way, *me see forced to *decidirme after a long reflection to back definitively the report on the reform of the Common Agricultural Politics in the frame of the Diary 2000 to end to give green light so that the political decision adopted by the Agriculture ministers and the Summit of *Berlín #can be approved by the Council of Ministers in his legislative version. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, sure enough, as *usted has mentioned, the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers had presented a resolution proposal but, to the sight of the presented so much by the Group of the European Popular Party as by the Group of the Party of the European Socialists, do not have any problem in *sumarnos to #the same, and #this is the reason by the that have withdrawn the #ours. +The negotiation on the *OMC, the world-wide trade, will be proof bank for *Europa, to see #if it will be able to condition the absolute primacy of the free exchange of commodities, today dominant, to the needs of protection of the conditions of the workers in the world, of the environmental and sanitary conditions of the populations of the world and of *Europa in particular. +Finally, since have the time explained, wanted to simply *lanzarle call saying that the Commission is not only the *ejecutante of the decisions of the Council or of the European Parliament and that now maybe have lost a bit the taste by the discreet charm of the norms with the lengths of the springs of elevators and that #would wish more initiatives of the Commission in relation with the problems of the civil society. +In effect, #if it reaches to carry to good term at the same time the extraordinary Summit of *Tampere, that *versará on the security of the citizens, the preparation of the *Europa of the defence by means of the integration of the *UEO in the European Union, the launching of a new round on the enlargement in December and, finally, the application of the Stability Pact for the *sudeste of *Europa, the #finnish Presidency will have been a big Presidency of transition to the century *XXI. +Believe that, in front of the seriousness of the subject, had been preferable to have a statement of the President of the Commission, with seen to the document that expect of Mr. *Kinnock, on the institutional reform, expect to a report elaborated by the competent organ of this Assembly and pose, in this moment, the position of the Parliament on the future operation of the Commission. +Regarding the transparency -already have said it, gentleman President- our Group *le awards his full confidence, confidence that, obviously, depends of the results that *usted and his Commission will reach, a confidence that depends of the demonstration of the force of these great moral qualities and professional of each #one of the Commissioners, on the *cuales go to watch with #all the means and in #all the forms, also in those better forms of transparency that *usted *nos has guaranteed. +And do not treats of simple general subjects that have to resolve in future, but that urge on purpose to the Council to that in virtue of the last tendencies in the field of the flows of refugees and in matter of asylum introduce by means of decision of the Council, the vote by majority in these subjects in the term prescribed of five years, with the automatic consequence that foresees in these cases, to know, the respect of the rights of *codecisión of the European Parliament. +#If well we underline the interesting movement initiated in the relations among this institution and the Parliament, #as well as our will to work in *pro of the hit of the administrative reform announced, expressed the *convencimiento that, to answer to the hopes *apremiantes of our *conciudadanos, #would have taken is missing to take the initiative of significant changes that affect no only to the operation of the Commission, but also to his own political orientations. +The proposals on help in the police and judicial collaboration in the penal questions, #as well as the distinct proposals on the creation of the juridical field European, conceal the help and the back enlargement of the operative possibilities of the *Europol and of the national authorities putting in grave danger the fundamental democratic rights and the public freedoms. +But precisely these same feelings *solidarios to the #turkish village, are the that demand that this catastrophe of the earthquakes was not considered like #one *coartada and that do not unblock the bottoms of finance #if the #turkish diet do not advances in the fulfillment of the conditions on the respect of the human rights, of *Chipre and of the question *kurda, of way that show that, anyway, has the intention to give determined steps. +In *tercer place, finally, it is necessary to add, in the scientific field, the need to examine in detail and complete the knowledges and scientific methods that we have for the production of foods and *piensos safe; likewise, the methods of detection and the maximum of the different substances that contaminate the foods, #as well as the *adecuación of the pertinent alimentary ingredients of different animal or vegetal waste or of the recycling, as, for example, of oil recycling. +It same fits to say on the review of the financial perspectives that it is necessary also owing to the help to *Kosovo, of the repair of the damages of the earthquakes of *Turquía and the agreements of fishing of *Marruecos, and is not *desligada of the fact that in the category *IV do not have in this moment sufficient money to make #all these projects that the Council and the Commission want to carry out with his proposals. +The evaluation put of relief that *SAVE is a valuable normative instrument to boost the energetic efficiency, but underlined that it was necessary a clear and coherent strategy for the experimental actions, that the diffusion of the results is the key for hit on a long-term basis and that the efficiency on a long-term basis requires to improve the permanent supervision and the analysis of the repercussions. +Of course, is precise that work together with other organisations and thus had special care in giving account of our work with the #Red Cross, with the World-wide Program of Foods, with the *ACNUR and with other organisations involved, for example, the WHO, precisely to achieve that it remained clear that #this is a humanitarian operation; without embargo, believe that it also is positive that the population and the #serbian political class see that the rest of the world also is prepared to help of form. +The statute of candidate and the signals of opening are well, always that have the value to repeat first of all to *nosotros same that it will be difficult to receive to *Turquía in the European Union while the #turkish Government follow ignoring the resolutions of the Security Council on the invasion of *Chipre, while I continued denying the existence of a minority *kurda talking *genéricamente of terrorists, and while *Öcalan do not remain free of the threat of the pity of death. +*Le #would ask to the President in exercise of the Council -since no has data on the reduction of the populations of tuna- #if has news on the failure of the *desovación of the salmon during the last year in the river of *Tornio, among *Finlandia and *Suecia, and #if the President in exercise of the Council will call the attention of the responsible Commissioner of fishing on the fact that the fishing with networks of mesh to the derives #would have to be limited also in the *Báltico and no only in the zones mentioned of the #atlantic tuna. +The market of work, the initial training and the continuous training are key sectors for the active promotion of the woman, and accompaniment measures, as for example the attention of the dependent persons, are very important precisely in the case of the women and contribute to *facilitarles the access to the market of work. +Also have problems with the other categories, as for example in the category 3, that includes the that have been traditionally the central points of our politics: the environmental politics, the programs of training of the youngsters, the investigation, the networks *transeuropeas, with his opportunities for the creation of employment and the improvement of competitiveness to scale world-wide. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, wish first of all congratulate to the #finnish Presidency by the hit that has been *Tampere when opening a new stage in the development of the #european citizenship, attending to the always difficult balance among freedom and security, and *ello shows that no only are a Union based in freedoms for the commodities, the services and the capitals, but also to answer to the freedom of establishment and of trip of the citizens and the citizens. +This reform, that #all know, in it deeper of *nosotros, that is necessary, is not only and neither in the first place question of time, is in the first place a question of political will, of lucidity on our own current operation and his insufficiencies; is question of value, of collective value, that will have or will not have, to concede this time the priority to the Union, to concede the priority to a vision on a long-term basis, that surpasses -know it perfectly, although it was difficult- the prudences and the immediate interests. +And #this because, in spite of the fine will of each #one and of colleagues - to those who *les give the graces - this Institution has not found any solution to the situation of the no inscribed deputies, a situation that is intolerable from the point of sight administrative and financial and even more from the point of sight of the parliamentary prerogatives. In effect, do not have faculties neither of amendment neither of resolution. +Before beginning to expose the position of the relative Commission to the amendments approved by the Parliament on 16 September, *permítanme take upsetting in that the Commission has tried to examine the suggestions of the Parliament with spirit with the that am sure that the presented the Parliament, to know, #which is the best way to make our collective effort European on the terrain in *Kosovo and in #all the region. +In some mood, the cynicism of the method "*Michelin" has had like consequence #one *decuplicación of the phenomenon of rejection that causes increasingly this modern capitalist strategy, the of *share-*holder *value, the creation of values for the #shareholders, that consists in subordinate it all, and in the first place costs *insoportables, in his opinion, that represent the places of work, to the requirements *bulímicas of the financial shareholders of the company. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0027\/1999) of the Mr. *Hatzidakis, in name of Transport Commission, Regional Politics and Tourism, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 96\/49\/*CE on the approximation of the legislations of the States relative members to the transport of commodities dangerous by railway [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0157$ - ^*C$^5$-^0005$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0087$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\. +But helping of the best possible way to parts: to *Angola, on the one hand, and to the States of the European Union and to the regions that fish, by #another, with the control of this Parliament and in accordance with the amendments that the Commission of Fishing has presented with regard to this important Agreement, that has, as it finishes to be reflected here, a remarkable political dimension, in addition to some economic and financial dimensions. +Believe that #if we do not tackle the look of the production of form integrated, is to say, from the moment in that they choose the matters prevail of the car happening by the *manufactura of #the same, production process, the use and, finally, the recycled or final disposal of the car *cuando no longer uses it the buyer, do not go really to achieve take measures that are really significant in the field of the reduction of the gases of effect *invernadero. +Am totally in accordance with the observations of the Mr. *MacCormick on the situation of artists, that it #would be necessary to extend to #all the field of the intellectual creation, that finds with a deficit inside the European Community, especially in matter of external competitiveness, and am also in accordance with his observation on the need to guarantee the free circulation and the free exercise of the intellectual profession inside the European Community. +There #where the nuclear energy contributes to reach the goals of reduction of the broadcasts of CO2, increase simultaneously our environmental problems by the nuclear waste and *eso goes against of the goals of the communication of the Commission here presented, that pleads by a more effective integration of the environment in the energetic politics. +Without embargo also believe that it exists a contradiction that perhaps have to see in his whole with the fault of decision that exists in the energetic politics inside the European Union *cuando *usted sees to the dessert the security in the cases mentioned in the closing -in it that coincide with *usted-, but *cuando treats of nuclear head offices *equiparables in the States of the *CEI, wants to guarantee said security by means of modernisations and the impulse of security measures by part of the European Union. +Thinks the European Commission keep the commitment purchased by the Commissioner Mr. *Brittan, in front of Subject Commission External of the European Parliament, that of not fulfilling entirely the terms of the Agreement, the European Union #would go back to request the opening of a signpost in front of the instances of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade? +As it put of self-evident in the historical meeting -is the adjective that, aptly, has used the High Representative- that has celebrated this week the Council of General Subjects to the that assisted the ministers of Defence, the States members believe that a greater cooperation in the field of the security and the defence in the European Union will contribute two main advantages. +In effect, of compliance with the article 18 of the Treaty of the European Union, the European Commission has to take part fully in #all the looks of the External Politics and of Common Security and our Group proposes to defend, therefore, in moment the interests of the Commission, because #this are also the interests of the European Union, and by #this go to collect also his collaboration in interest of *Europa, a collaboration that *yo believe that the personality of #both guarantees that it will be excellent. +And regarding the paper of the Parliament, believe that we have shown in these years help capacity and of accompaniment and understand that, from the point of sight of it that they #can and have to be the dimension and the development of the defence and the common security of the Union, #can exert an important paper in relation with the rest of the world; believe that in this occasion have to offer our collaboration and #ours better attitude. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0056\/1999) of the Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, on the common position of the Council (9150\/1\/1999 - *C5-0181\/1999 - 1998\/0192(*COD)))with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that approves a program of action community (Program *DAPHNE) (2000-2003), on preventive measures allocated to combat the violence exerted on the boys, the teenagers and the women (Speaker: Mrs. *Avilés *Perea) +The second look *atañe to agriculture for the *cual, together with a greater liberalisation of the market in favour of the countries in development, it is necessary to ask, apart from the maintenance of the community principles -the support to the environmental politics, the definition of an alimentary politics in defence of the consumer- the protection of the characteristics and of the agricultural products typically national +According to the article 18 of the conjoint Resolution of the Parliament and of the Council on the network of communications to #european level, the States members deliver regularly to the Commission his national programs and the programs that design to develop communication network to #european level, especially, the projects specified in the Resolution and that affect to the common interests. +Precisely the diffusion of the pity of death represents #one of the most intolerable rapes of the dignity and of the right to the life of each individual: a rape that regret deeply and to the that we want to face up remembering, for example, that process of enlargement of the Union is no only like a factor of peace and of security of the Continent, but also like a path so that the countries candidates surpass said barbarism. +Wanted to respect roughly my time of use of the word, but in the frame of this debate suits to remember that we do not have to take in consideration only the point of sight #nordic, neither the passion *desbordada of the *enamorados of forests #austrian, but that go in in our zone, in the centre of the EU, and also in *Alemania, concede a big importance to the clauses of liberalisation, so as to that #all the approach follow being really feasible. +On #one of these products, for putting an example, the of tuna loins, said study is levels of deficit of among 1.500 and 3.000 tonnes, is to say that, cheerfully and without data contrasted, the Commission was had to drown a community sector with thousands of places of work, #as well as his own systems of help to the development to the countries *SPG-Drugs and *ACP by a need of import real inferior to 3.000 tonnes that #can cover perfectly with the current system of contingents *arancelarios. +Also foresees the Regulation that #if deputy elect abandoned the Parliament before it approve in the Plenary the present report, will examine his vacancy and the provision of #the same, of compliance with the article 8 of our internal Regulation and in accordance with the applicable disposals of the Record of 20 September 1976, in a separate procedure, independent of this report and that will take place in the timely moment. +since we consider to *Turquía like a fellow country, *nosotros wish that it achieve to build an authentic civil society, that achieve to concede a true identity to the *kurdos, as it splits ethnically differentiated of the population, obviously inside the #turkish state unit and in the frame of the #turkish nation, and entrust in that the military power Turkish, that is #allied of Occident -and #this is in reality it tragic-, also take into account the *proporcionalidad of means in front of the problem *kurdo and, every time that they arise problems with the *kurdos, do not try *resolverlos by military means in place to resort to the dialogue. +The European Council of Colony decided that it drafted a Letter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union before the European Council of December of 2000 and that the editorial ran to charge of an organ composed of 15 representatives of the State Bosses or of Government, 16 deputies to the European Parliament, included His *Señoría, 30 deputies to the national parliaments and *yo, in representation of the President of the Commission. +Gentleman President, the budgetary discussion of this year has been so odd that, even among the speech of the general speaker, to the beginning of the debate, and my own intervention has *sucedido, by chronological order, it following: an informal meeting of the Budget Commission, a meeting of the budgetary Council and a meeting of the political groups. +Fifteen members are five less of the that has the Commission, but in a relatively small institution as it is the Court of Accounts, any new enlargement will suppose a marked increase of the weight of the cusp and a greater inertia, that already self-evident very *nítidamente in the actuality in the excessive slowness of the necessary procedure until the Court of Accounts #make report. +The plan no *carecía of this requirement and, therefore, focus this debate on the base that export plan in base to the date did not demand the establishment of said terms #would induce to deception, because it #would be unfair for the scientists that determined the necessary measures to guarantee that the export of meat of *vacuno #british did not encloses any danger, and also #would be unfair for the Commission in the approach that has adopted up to now. +No believe that they estimate adequately neither that take seriously in consideration, at least to judge by the debates that have kept up to now -am new euro-deputy- the economic and social repercussions of the phenomenon of the illegal immigration, or, #if it wants, of the real immigration, even to *través of the legal procedure, by the parallel flow of illegal immigrants and the imminent pertinent flow of countries that will be community after the enlargement of the European Union. +The third question treats of my worry by these #round-up, because no believes *usted that because of the #round-up through other States members of a same linguistic territory is very easy *torpedear the only price of the books and that results little effective to protect the special value of the book like cultural object and the special meaning of the market of the book for the culture? +It that has reached in one hundred years in the space *germanófono among *Austria, *Alemania and Swiss; it that has taken possible and guaranteed a big diversity; it that do not deletes in any case the competition, but that has by consequence ensure supply to scale general by means of great and small bookshops in the cities and in the field, #can not abandon to the *desenfrenada #blackmailer pressure of the strongest operators in the market, neither in the business of the bookshops, neither in the of the sale by catalogue, neither in the electronic trade. +This Parliament, the European Parliament, has the moral obligation to express solidarity with the #afghan women, to request to the UN that take part more actively, to ask to the States members that follow without recognising the diet of the Talibans until #this access to respect the human rights and put end to the discrimination of the woman. +Subject: The euro and the speech of Mr. *Joschka *Fischer on 12 January 1999 In his speech in front of the European Parliament, the President of the Council said that the introduction of the euro supposes no only great changes but also an equal risk of great, for example, #if, like logical consequence of this audacious step, the EU did not give also equal steps of audacious to a total integration. +Second, an investigation made by own initiative concerning the public access to the documents, supported by the parliamentary commission by pipe of the report of Mrs. *Thors and by the European Parliament, has taken that #all the institutions and the community organs interested have adopted norms on the public access to the documents, except in the case of the Court of Justice. +Regarding the governments of the States members -that when seeming are not represented today- by pipe of representations in front of the European Union or collectively in the Council, his cooperation with the Commission did not #be *rebasar the minimum possible level and are not had to send civil servants to the parliamentary commission to argue with his members about the value of a request. +Gentleman President, gentleman Defender of Village, as every year, the discussion of the relative annual reports to the activities of the Commission of Requests and of the Defender of the Village *nos offers the occasion to remember the importance that *revisten these two organisms in the establishment of bonds of confidence among the community institutions and the citizens of the States members. +Ask likewise that the European Parliament *erija in promoter of an initiative of solidarity, also economic, in favour of the inhabitants of *Apulia that no only have received and follow receiving generously to *decenas of thousands of #albanian and #kosovar refugees, but that pay *duramente the cost of the war in terms of logistical difficulties with the closing of the airports of the region and with the damages *ocasionados to #all the tourist sector *pullés that suffers the cancellations of the that renounce to happen holidays in said region. +Like an important part of common effort, the Commission proposes to give the possibility to transport companies of the Community to use a maximum weight of the vehicle of 44 tonnes, but exclusively *cuando the transport by road referred to a specific part of a transport combined and only in routes relatively short of the total distance of the transport combined. +Have given #ours more cordial thanks to the president of the Commission of Regulation, the Mr. #Ben *Fayot, -and in this point coincide fully with our colleague, the Mr. *Corbett- for having treated of a so fast way and so cooperative the wish that manifested Commission of Budgetary Control to the Commission of Regulation, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities. +Besides have to *decirles, *Señorías, that the economic orientations here presented only follow betting by a politics of saving even more strict for States members, with the idea that it #can create employment with flexible wages, with a deregulation of the labour market and with the dismantlement of the social protection, and *eso is not exactly my idea of a #european strategy for the employment. +This vote, with the that the deputies exert our condition of representatives of citizens #european without any *condicionamiento of the national Governments, goes to be decided in the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left in accordance with the commitments that purchases the candidate in his political orientations generals and in a clear program of reforms of the own Commission. +Gentleman President, so much in the statement of President proposed, Mr. *Prodi, of the past month as in the of today, have valued the commitment to make the necessary reforms to renew and reinforce the European Institutions, and especially the commitment of an increasingly transparent Commission, school and effective, #as well as the of a greater paper of the Parliament and of the enlargement of the vote by majority of the Council. +In this proposal of modification, the Commission inserts, in the article 28 of the directive, a section 6 new, by the that introduces permission procedure so that the Council resolve by unanimity to proposal of the Commission, allowing that the States members that wish it apply a type reduced to determined local services with big intensity of hand of drama and that fulfil precise requirements, during the period comprised among 1 January 2000 and on 31 December 2002. +Gentleman President, the great orientations of the economic politics for the next year are dominated by an unexpected shadow to the eyes of the official experts: #one *desaceleración of the growth in *Europa of roughly the 2 %, joined to the maintenance of a tax of unemployment elevated, of roughly the 10 % in the whole of *Europa, whereas the States Joined register a growth of more of the double and unemployment of two lower times. +But the Environment Commission has accepted a series of proposals with the intention to intensify seriously the protection of the consumer. Without embargo, am convinced that with a minimum directive, a right of retractation of 30 days, the delivery during the negotiations of a complete agreement complicated *jurídicamente and a summary, did not achieves the goal that pretends. +In the big debate that today *nos occupies on the minimum and maximum harmonisation, the that defend, as it takes it the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, the minimum harmonisation, take it no because they wish to put *coto to Internet demands, but because they do not want to see diminish the protection to the consumer of way significant in each Been member in it individual, it that it #can *suceder, had explains the level of information provided in the managerial #such as it is. +Is a hit that today #can it debate, since with this regulation will take an important contribution for the protection of the environment, but also facilitates the commercialisation of these tractors inside the European Community #as well as also the access of manufacturers #european to the market of third countries through the equivalence created among the community legislation and regulation of the *EC-UN *nº 96. +His serenity, his capacity to mediate among the differences and opposite points *nos have impressed really of deep mood and personally have learnt to know in *usted beside impartiality sense also his understanding by the increasing tasks of this Assembly, as this Assembly has grown in this period of term of office at least a head. +Consider that, in a context of austerity budgetary, the Council and the Commission have had the good sense to concentrate helps in the Objective regions 1, it that goes to allow that, in terms of help *per *cápita , keep the current levels of support and that, besides, keep Cohesion Bottom, collaborating to accelerate the recovery of the structural dynamics in the less prosperous States. +Suffices with saying that, like result of the debates that have taken place during the #austrian and #german presidencies -the last of the *cuales has carried out great and *loables efforts to be able to get to an agreement with the Council before finals of June-, and thanks to the remarkable parliamentary contribution by means of the resolution of the past September and, now, of the report of Mrs. *Aglietta, #everything seems to indicate -like this expect it- that we have got to the final stage of the negotiations. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To4-0155\/99) of the Mr. *Pronk, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the proposal of directive of Council relative to the minimum disposals for the improvement of the protection of the health and of the security of the workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres (13836\/4\/98 - *C4-0003\/99-95\/0235(*SYN)). +Once again, the Group of Independent by the *Europa of the Nations reiterates his wish that the European Union allocate his efforts to the existent common politics (*PAC, *PCP...), in place to disperse among some fields always more numerous, to risk to aggravate the dissemination, necessarily ineffective, of the public bottoms and to boost inflation, always *perniciosa, of the public cost. +In this look, the European Union has expressed his conviction that the creation of a #palestinian State sovereign, democratic, viable and peaceful, on the base of the existent agreements and by the road of the negotiation #would be the best guarantee of security for #Israel and of regional acceptance, by it that has declared had to consider in moment the recognition of a #palestinian State. +The fault of commitment with the basic principle of no discrimination, the character limited of the field of application relative to the persons and to the objects and the definition little *convincente of the obligations are sufficient reasons to ask how the European Parliament #can *erigirse in front of the affected like *garante of minimum norms and minimum commitments *cuando the representatives of interests do not know to negotiate. +Gentleman President, *me *congratulo that my last intervention of this term of office refer to an important sector: the textile industry and of the #european preparation, an industry that employs generally hand of feminine drama, industry pertaining to the frame of the #SME that often covers the rural zones, an industry, finally, #whose future depends closely of the application of norms commercial *equitativas. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, *Señorías, of course the #german Presidency of the Council has seen *eclipsada by the war of *Kosovo. Thus, it is necessary to ascertain that the position of the Presidency, of the that it is responsible the Federal Government German in this question, only has been able to keep because it has been supported without reservations by the parties of the Union whereas *usted, estimated colleague *Fischer, #would have left abandoned *gustosamente to his own followers in sport shoes #if it is that still the carry. +For *reconquistar said confidence have to act with decision, without embargo, will reach it only #if we confront problems that have an authentic importance in the daily life of the citizens as, for example, the employment, the economic growth and the challenge of the sustainable development to ensure the balance among the creation of wealth, the social justice and the quality of life. +Here yes, gentleman President, #would take lacking flexibility, no of the market of work, but of the Stability Pact, to reach perhaps his suspension and, anyway, to be able to consider out of *él the investments of the growth and to be able to propose a politics of expansion of quality, things without the *cuales do not exists possibility #any neither of *paliar the democratic deficit neither to reduce the distrust that the #european populations have to his current Institutions. +As well, #if *usted considers that, in these conditions, *Pristina constitutes an ideal place to install direction centre, a central administration of the program for the group the *Balcanes, no only for *Kosovo, then *me fear that his observations are not sincere, his observations are loaded of political intention, and *me ask how a Commission that *carece already of political mandate and #whose credibility is in *entredicho, especially as a result of the case *Bangermann, *atreve to adopt position and rush forward against the decisions of the Council of Ministers. +Gentleman President, is a pity that in the first intervention that *me allows to make as new deputy have to talk of some grave errors committed in my country, in the first place in companies that supply the matter prevails of the *piensos for animals, afterwards in the services of control commissioned to discover any failure that produce and to limit consequences; also, and especially, in the Administration of #that then that was the time during weeks and that *nos has prejudiced enormously by not communicating to time to the European Commission and to the States members it that was. +And *yo wanted to, through *usted, ask to the European Parliament that, in the first place, support the efforts of #all the political strengths for *propiciar a dialogue among #all representatives political; second, that this Parliament request *encarecidamente to ETA the definite abandonment of the violence, and, in *tercer and last place, that also #can agree programs to help to the victims, to the *reinserción of the prisoners and by the education for the peace in the Basque Country and in *Irlanda of the North. +Have despised the capacity of this Parliament to exert of autonomous way the competitions that *le attribute the Treaties, with the result of the current situation: the impression, in the public opinion, that we #can not *pronunciarnos on the future Commission without a report that, by very important that was and by very expert that they are authors, is not determinant for our political decision. +A complex organism like the European Union #can not dispense of the continuous relation with his inhabitants, final addressees of #all decisions and political; without embargo, the process of unification #can not advance without the conscious backrest of the citizens, without the disappearance of the unemployment and the creation of a new economic development. +Gentleman *Prodi, the Group of the Environmentalists *le has suggested to modify wallet cast in the breast of his squad because, in addition to the integrity and the competitions of each commissioner, consider that his personal commitment and his determination to defend the matters that *les have entrusted in the perspective of #one *Europa federal are also an element of assessment important. +In the first place, the commitment to gather what before with the members of the commission to conceive a new program of social action that cover #all the mandate of the new Commission and recognise the realities of the new world that has brought achieve the euro and the new possibilities that give off of the Treaty of *Amsterdam to boost the employment and the opportunities and struggle against the insecurity and exclusion. +Gentleman *Prodi, estimated candidates to Commissioners, the enlargement, the external politics and of security, the strengthening of the free trade in the world, opening of new markets, the continuation of the liberalism in *Europa with a greater competitiveness for our common coin and a forceful environmental politics, are subjects for the that *Europa goes to need a strong Commission and that work well in the that *usted, professor *Prodi, goes to have our confidence and approval for his squad. +The European Parliament, by his part, loans to the game with *delectación, since the text presented to vote titles "Project of decision on the election of the Commission designated", *cuando, in reality, results more that evident that do not treats of an election neither in the level of our Assembly, in the that of it that treats *jurídicamente is of the approval of the designation of the Commissioners, neither to *fortiori in the level of the constituents that, at least in *Francia, and surely in #many countries never have heard to talk of the Mr. *Prodi. +In wait of an indispensable *reorientación of the political axes of the Commission and a debate on the future action, has to interpret the positive vote of today like the option in *pro of not multiplying the crises, blockades, in our institutions, like the refusal to look for individual piacular goats *cuando it that is in *entredicho is the political orientation and the model of civilisation of *Europa. +Therefore, is necessary a firm political will to end to support the following steps of the international community so that there are not #indonesian conditions in relation with the intervention of these strengths and so that, was *cual was the grade of conflicts in the territory, #can guarantee the peace and security to the *timorenses and the humanitarian support and the development that *Timor so much needs. +Also want to take part actively in the corresponding negotiations and *asegurarnos that the instruments of the Union are in concordance with the future Convention. With this end, the last Presidencies of the Union, after the request presented by the Council in October of 1998, have conciliated positions regarding the fight against the delinquency organised in the meetings in *Bruselas of mixed commissions and of the Committee *K.4, the *cual works in fulfillment of the article 36, #as well as in the negotiations that celebrate in *Viena. +Among dispatch and the services of the Parliament has glided *algún error and #would want to say, to facilitate the things to the President in exercise, that the question is the following: whereas the citizens of the States Joined go in freely in #all the countries of the European Union, the citizens of determined countries of the European Union need visa of the North American embassy to go to the States Joined. +Subject: Construction of a nuclear head office in the south of *Marruecos Has knowledge the Council of the project of construction of a nuclear head office in the south of *Marruecos for *desalinizar waters of the sea and, in his case, #can consider argue with government #moroccan alternative to this project, in view of his eventual environmental effect and of the dangers for the security of the zone? +To begin, *permítame express the gratitude of the Commission by the thorough report of the Commission of Development and Cooperation and by the support received during the procedure of query to the efforts of the Commission of face to the celebration of the *Décimo Agreement among the Community and the Organism of dramas public and aid of Nations Joined for Palestinian refugees in Orient Half. +By these reasons, receive with *beneplácito the commitment of the Commissioner *Byrne to concede the maximum priority to the *inocuidad of foods and also the statement that took the President of the Commission, Roman *Prodi, in this Assembly on 23 July, *cuando said that #one of the first tasks of his Commission #would be the to restore the confidence of the consumers in the security of the alimentary products. +In this context, two have to be, to trial, the immediate goals of this Assembly: take operative the parliamentary structures of the forum *euromediterráneo in the understanding that it #can mean an useful instrument to ensure the peace, and translate to the practice the initiative of the Speaker of the Parliament, the Mrs. *Fontaine, to make #one turns by the region. +Now well, the States Joined are *signatarios of the International Agreement of Civil Rights and Politicians, of the Agreement against the Racial Discrimination, #as well as of the Agreement against the Torture, that applies in the case of *Moumia, since the racial factor weighed a lot in his process, and the seventeen years that has happened in the runner of the death constitute, according to these treaties, an unfair punishment, equivalent to torture. +Gentleman President, costs the pity stand out that we are at the end of a period of five centuries during the *cual the only way of authenticating documents and transactions was the signature written or the signature certified, etc. Now, in less time that the half of the life of a person, go in in a world that goes to be dominated by the electronic trade, by new technologies and by signatures that do not exist in the ancient meaning of the word and that, therefore, it will be necessary to authenticate of an unpublished way. +The most important has been that this year have had to live the experience of war in #european territory, a war caused by the gravest rapes of the human rights and by the politics of expulsion of population and ethnic cleansing carried out by the diet of *Milosevic; a political that #one *Europa democratic and a democratic community of nations, engaged with the defence of the human rights, #can not tolerate. +In this context *yo also wanted to highlight, nevertheless, that no only treats to begin to give answer to the priorities in the field of the external politics, as for example the reconstruction of *Kosovo, but that to be able to *organizarlas and *impulsarlas of reasonable way is precise that the Council also approximate to the position of the Parliament regarding the organisation of help and to the operation of the future agency for the reconstruction of *Kosovo. +Without embargo, *me disappoints that they are reductions in the global budgetary endowment, but expect that the European Council, *cuando get the moment to review the *segunda reading of the budget of the EU for the year 2000, take into account the recommendation of this Parliament to increase the finance of the program until 67 millions of euros or 53 millions of pounds #irish in the assignment of the next year. +Given the commitment collected in the Treaty of *Amsterdam to incorporate the interests of the consumers to #all the other areas of performance of the EU and the level *irrisorio of the budget for the politics of the consumers, that situates in a 0,25% of the total of the cost of the EU, is necessary to begin by *asegurarnos that they keep valuable programs like the plan of distribution of milk in schools. +Has to treat of a misunderstanding because it that the Federal Reservation publishes two times to the year in his report *Humphrey *Hawkins for the Senate is a series of figures for #one those that indicators constituting the series the individual forecasts of members of the Federal Committee of the Open Market, *provenientes of the regional banks of the Federal Reservation. +Is an integral strategy and unified oriented to strengthen the fundamental subjects of the country like the research of the peace, the reflation of our economy and the generation of employment, the protection of the human rights, the strengthening of justice and the increase of the social participation. +#If the package is wider, #can result easier reach an agreement and easier ratification in our States members, but in name of my Group #can affirm that we are had to that the Parliament collaborate closely with the Commission in the spirit that finishes to indicate the Mr. *Barnier, so that together #can put on the table of the *CIG a package balanced of proposals that *él and our representatives in #all the meetings of the *CIG #can defend: a package that prepare to the Union so that it work *cuando have more of 20 States members. +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the relative Council to the approval, in name of the Community, of the Decision *OSPAR 98\/4 relative to the maximum limits of broadcast and poured to the production of chloride of vinyl *monomérico, and the Decision *OSPAR 98\/5 relative to the maximum limits of broadcast and poured in the sector of vinyl chloride (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0016\/1999 - 1999\/0098(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer) +By it other, *Señorías, this new and grave case, that has impressed in *Francia to the media and to the political world, sample, #if it still was necessary, the urgency of measures firm and pertinent in *Europa to conciliate the economic performance and the social guarantees, the growth and employment, the freedom of company and the defence of the wages. +#If now the Commission do not uses #all the necessary energy to protect this *pilar fundamental of the common politics of fishing, as they are the agreements *pesqueros, then the pressure of the professionals of the sector #would be important and founded, to end to demand the *cuestionamiento of the politics *pesquera common and the *restablecimiento of a bilateral frame, that allow the direct celebration of agreements of fishing among States members and third countries, that #would respect and #would defend better the vital interests of our villages. +#There is an agreement reached among the two parts of the industry of the maritime sector, there #be a relative specific proposal to the persons of the sea that take scale in ports of the Community, but also there #be Agreement of the *OIT, the *nº 180, and, in fact, the agreement among the two parts of the industry of the maritime sector based in very big measure in the Agreement 180 of the *OIT. +Sure that it is not a fully satisfactory solution for the doctors, but in this so complex subject have to take into account the politics of the States members on the systems of health national, on the reality of each country, on the period in the that doctors are in training and that it is a transitory period and like this try find, with realism, an intermediate solution that *nos allow, finally, step but. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0048\/1999) of the Mrs. *Quisthoudt-*Rowohl, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the conclusion of the Agreement of scientific and technological cooperation among the European Community and the Russian Federation [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0324$ - ^*C$^5$-^0083$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0133$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ +The amplitude of the discussion and the varied suggestions that produced in breast of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects and that referred of way very general to the politics of employment *me moved to make in the project of my report a division in conclusions, on the one hand, and in a legislative part, by #another, the *cual concentrates in the proposals for the guidelines of the year 2000 that they have to be adopted by the Council of Ministers in December of 1999. +*Me seems insufficient the coordination among the labour politics, of employment, of government of the market of work and the politics that *inciden in the structural factors and in the frame *macroeconómico; *me seems insufficient the level of structuring, of investment in effective community Institutions and able to govern these processes for the *cuales no only is sufficient respect to the competitions and to the prerogatives of the national states. +And since they have listened interventions and proposals of his *señorías on the paper of the Commission in the institutionalisation of goals for a more resolved action, want to stress that the #european strategy for the employment happens by the support and the impulse of the national politics and in this frame try to keep the narrowest collaboration possible with the States members. +Gentleman President, have to say that it manifested by Mr. *Vattimo do not corresponds to the reality because the Speaker of this Parliament limited to mention *cual was the vote in the Plenary on a resolution of the European Parliament that invited to #all the States members to respect the commitment of the parity of the educational system, or was, to facilitate the parity of the educational system. +Regarding the question of the permeability among these two categories, *me allow to call the attention on the fact that we will debate on how #can *reagrupar the credits that in the agricultural sector -and here in the categories 1To and regulation measures of market that did not employ because of the evolution of the prices and of the market and that then #can be available for other measures- in the frame of the debate on the next report. +In my opinion, only the EU is able to take it, needing an active strategy that, by part, take upsetting in the efforts in the community field and in the active cooperation, especially with the countries in development, *ayudándoles so that his energetic systems are more ecological and, by #another, show that in fact it #can change of course without great costs, since they are #many the environmental benefits that obtain when limiting the dependency of the fossils. +The Commission follows very concerned by that there have not been tangible advances up to now by part of the States Joined in his commitment with seen to the modification by the Congress of the Title 4 of the law *Helms-*Burton, especially because the Government of the States Joined has remembered periodically that, of not taking this modification, the President is forced to impose the application of Title 4. +Cover, among other things, the compensation, the psychological treatment and doctor, the assistance to the victims for the collection of the debts, the transmission of the decisions of a Been member to #another to improve the protection of the victims or ask to the courts that accept the testimonies written of the victims that #can not assist to the seen of the courts against aggressors for living in another Been member. +Besides, the Council has communicated that is had to support, using #all the means near at hand of the European Union and of the States members, the development of other sources of energy electrical to substitute to the nuclear head offices little reliable, taking into account, to time, the global situation and the characteristics and own needs of each country. +My question to the Council is the following: had account of this terrible precedent, is had the Council to consider the possibility of *presionar to the authorities of *Myanmar so that they declare a total amnesty for this type of political prisoners and, in this same sense, has treated in #any occasion the Council on the possibility to impose economic sanctions to *Myanmar until it adopt a political more humanitarian? +. (*FR) The cycle of the #Millenium, that will initiate *próximamente in breast of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, the *OMC, has to be the occasion, for *Europa -place that *nos has imposed the condition to have to talk with an alone voice-, to show no only joined during the course of the negotiations, but also show the greater firmness regarding the results, specifically regarding the agriculture and to the cultural exception. +It true is that this goal appears around questions so notable like the alimentary security, the public services or property intellectual", always in favour of a blind liberalisation of the financial capital and without respecting the labour norms of the *OIT and the environmental norms internationally approved and with consequences *nefastas for the cultural identity of the villages and the own development of *decenas of countries, in particular of the poorest. +No fits the lower doubt that the difficulties are still #many, already was in the sphere of the humanitarian help or in the of the support to the reconstruction or even because they follow producing grave rapes of the human rights, especially in the western part of *Timor, with the activity of the militias, that have prevented the *reagrupamiento and the return of the refugees of *Timor Oriental to his houses and to his earths. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the report (To5-0063\/1999) of Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, of Justice and of Inner Subjects, on the communication of the European Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on a plan of action of the European Union in matter of fight against the drug (2000-2004) (*COM(1999)239). +say It also in name of our absent mate #Jan *Andersson, the one who - now will go back on *ello -, in what #swedish deputy, was in an especially difficult situation because *Suecia is #one of the States members that has a very special approach in politics of resultant drugs of his experience and of his national tradition and, without embargo, create, has procured, precisely in transaction amendments, Mrs. Deputy, get to a wide agreement with *usted in the final editorial of this report. +Believe that the words of the Mr. *Medina *Ortega have been *clarificadoras regarding the approach and to the posture -to the that it has got by unanimity in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market- with regard to subject transcendental, an important subject for the Canarian islands, but that has a reflection on the rest of regions *ultraperiféricas of the European Union. +knows that this country has *subscrito agreements to price inferior to the real cost of the production benefiting of the international supports, by mediation of the International Monetary Bottom, after the #asian crisis, it that is the wallets of requests of the countries of the European Union, as they have manifested the business organisations of the sector. +Finally, wish *referirme, because I proceed also of a peripheral region, to the enormous impact in the regional development that has the naval industry, *asentada in #many of these regions, in big part included also in the Goal *nº 1 of the #european regional politics, with *importantísimos dockyards generators of employments direct and indirect, a social balance of the that so needed are the countries of the cohesion, that demand the #european solidarity. +The works initiated in *Tampere with seen to the preparation of a Letter of fundamental rights and the possible reform of the Treaty to separate the fundamental and essential acts of the disposals of application: in this way, #would convert in more comprehensible the essential acts and #would speed up the procedure of modification of the less essential acts. +Believe that this Parliament do not has to conform with asking take part in the works of the Conference, #as well as in the of the preparation of the Letter of fundamental rights, but that it has to pretend act like a true Parliament and pretend likewise that, with occasion of the Conference *Intergubernamental, *le return the right to decide *autónomamente his place of meeting not to be forced to work with his Secretariat in three different forums. +Finally, wanted to remember that, #if disposals relative to the group of the planned helps, comport a finance in three years of 150 millions of euros, the balance in favour of the Union of the commercial scales among *Turquía and the European Union duplicated from the entrance in vigour onº 1 January 1996 of the agreement on the Union *Aduanera and in four years happened of four one thousand millions to eight one thousand millions of euros. +The monetary politics do not goes to be in conditions to reinforce the credibility of the #european integration in favour of the growth, of the employment and even of the investment, #if to time that in the unification and centralisation of the monetary politics the States members of the European Union do not put of agreement also in the signals against the *dumping public prosecutor, against the *dumping social and in favour of a greater employment. +. (*FR) In spite of his very limited character and clearly insufficient in attention to the problem treated, *nosotros will vote positively the relative directive to "disposals minimum for the improvement of the protection of the health and the security of the workers exposed to the risks derived of explosive atmospheres", in the measure in that it #can represent a progress in the countries in that the workers are less protected. +Also in relation with the day of the Monday, is to say, today, concerning the recommendation for the *segunda reading on the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone and the proposal of resolution on the labeling of edible produced from organisms genetically modified, the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer asks that they displace these two points, in view of that examination in the Plenary #would coincide with the meeting of the Commission, it that #would not be practical precisely. +The negotiations have to restart in the field of the World-wide Organisation of Trade and *Europa has to be fully conscious of his paper, a paper of balance and responsibility, with regard to a globalisation with human face, open and available to the changes and to the accelerations of the economy, but also able to protect the right to work and to the defence of the environment and of the health. +Believe that *ustedes have put in clear that the European Union is in conditions no only to assume a paper leader in the frame of this round of negotiations and also in the frame of the next world-wide round, that do not take part here like players of *póker to impose our interests but that also are had to receive on board to the nations, especially to the nations in roads of development and to the less developed countries. +The Parliament wished to go further of it that proposes the Council in the fight against the juvenile unemployment and of long length, especially by means of an integration on a long-term basis in the work market through an intensification of the active measures in front of the passive, or was, increasing the proportion of unemployed that receive initial professional training and of improvement or of professional reconversion, as the fault of places of work is only a face of the coin. +Since it listens and reads with frequency that the responsible networks of the traffic in question have his main bases in *Ucrania, the Czech Republic and *Rusia, that the cities of *Estambul and *Budapest constitute the most important centres of said traffic and that big part of the transport of material in question makes by routes that cross the *Balcanes, #many of the *cuales cross *Kosovo, #which is the posture of the Commission in this grave question and how the confront those countries in #whose territory takes place this dangerous illegal traffic? +Taking into account the existent bonds among the Council *ECOFIN and the Council of Governors of the *BEI, #can indicate the Council #if it thinks to take measures to take more transparent and accessible information relative to the decisions of the *BEI, in particular *cuando these decisions have important repercussions in the development of a region, and #if it do not considers that it is necessary to improve the efficiency of the activities of the *BEI introducing procedures of management and financial accounting in the that they take fully in consideration to the costs related with the environment? +Subject: 50 anniversary of the Agreements of Gin In the context of the 50 anniversary of Gin Agreements, and to the sight of the conflicts armed that they have developed in the world in the last years, especially the that have had like stage the #european continent, how reflection #can take the Council on the state of fulfillment of the humanitarian International Right that contain the mentioned agreements of Gin? +Gentleman President, the Council *le remembers to the Mr. deputy to the Parliament that the Council adopted the Directive 91\/628\/*CEE, that remained modified by the Directive 95\/29\/*CE, on the protection of animals alive during the transport, by means of the *cual remained ratified the applicable rule to the transport of animals in #all the territory of the EU, included the norms on the maximum time of transport for different animal species. +Since it listens and reads with frequency that the responsible networks of the traffic in question have his main bases in *Ucrania, the Czech Republic and *Rusia, that the cities of *Estambul and *Budapest constitute the most important centres of said traffic and that big part of the transport of material in question makes by routes that cross the *Balcanes, #many of the *cuales cross *Kosovo, #which is the posture of the Commission in this grave question and how the confront those countries in #whose territory takes place this dangerous illegal traffic? +The Council has not agreed that it produce a postponement of a year, but that has given by fine a conclusion that is of the following tenor: #if Parliament accepts an amendment to this report, that treats of the labeling, and do not leaves to happen the proposal of the Commission without presenting amendments, the Council, then, will not accept this modification and will not follow the procedure simplified. +Subject: The insular regions in the new context of the Treaty of *Amsterdam article 158 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam establishes that the Community will propose to reduce the delay of the less favoured regions or insular and the statement *nº 30 *aneja to the Treaty recognises that «the insular regions suffer of structural disadvantages linked to his insular character #whose permanence prejudices to his economic and social development». +*Me seems, in this sense, important #emphasize the importance of acceptance by part of *Praga of the principles in the that is based the external politics and of common security and that, even, have been the Government of the Czech Republic the one who have taken the initiative to reinforce the political cooperation among the countries candidates to the adhesion to the European Union. +In the current proposal, the Commission presents it following: integration in a budgetary line of #all the activities in the field of customs, training of the civil servants and computer projects. The creation of another committee of representatives of the States members has to conduct to a greater implication of the States members in the program and, as *tercer point, the opening of the program to the countries associated. +From the point of sight of the industrial development there are responsibilities, also of Government #italian: the development of the petrochemical company of Carry *Marghera has revealed, definitely, *desestabilizador for the delicate balances of the lagoon, without embargo, #if we want to #one *Europa -as it said the President commissioned Mr. *Prodi- that head the new business initiatives, our obligation is to reach that these new business initiatives have in #Venecia #one of his main centres propellants. +#All know that in numerous occasions the Parliament has shown favourable to the introduction of a #european tax, and in this case, *socarronamente, when declaring in favour of a text that allows to the States members reduce taxes, tries to modify the juridical foundation of the Treaties modifying the procedure of approval of the fiscal proposals of the Commission in the breast of the Council. +From Colony has to split a signal in this direction; has to take a decision that give start to the political union; has to remain patent the will to follow this path and has to remain clear that the European Union has the intention of *erigirse in subject active in the international relations and in the eventual crises, because has the purpose to endow of #all the necessary instruments, indispensable and apt to guarantee sovereignty and autonomy. +With regard to the financial system: the European Council has recognised the existence of disequilibriums budgetary in the finance of the Union and has foreseen modifications in the system of own resources existent that have more in account the financial capacity of the States members establishing like this a greater justice in the contributions. +In this frame and, #if well *nos #would enjoy to support and *incentivar unconditionally the new agreement *interinstitucional by reasons of principle and to guarantee the stability and allow planning, is not less true that the commitment that comports regarding the financial frame approved with the quoted characteristic *nos arouses #some reservations, that increase more by the absence of a deep reform of the *PAC, that advocate, or also by the tenor *innegablemente limiting of the norms that will regulate #some of the instruments related with the cohesion, but on these looks will pronounce other members of my Group. +Go to conclude my intervention, gentleman President, but did not want to *acabarla without taking a call of attention on a fact that *me seems important: the modernisation of the fleet *pesquera is certainly important, the structural intervention is of big importance, but the development of the fishing, for our fleet, depends to a large extent of the existence of international agreements with third countries that allow to find *caladeros in the *cuales fish and develop the performance of this fleet. +In particular, has not modified neither the article 4 of the Treaty of the European Union, that converts to the Council (and, therefore, to the hierarchy of the different Councils) in the centre from #where promote the politics of the Union, neither the article 202 of the Treaty *CE, that entrusts only to the Council the committed to determine the execution competitions that will confer to the Commission. +After having taken *alarde during the #german electoral campaign that with the rise to the power of the socialists #would change all and #would begin a path *modélico that #would create places of work, investing the negative tendency that lives *Europa from takes at least a decade, did not take initiative #any in this direction and neither debated any proposal in favour of the development of the #european economy. +First of all wanted to say to #all those colleagues that in January and February *opusieron to the motion that created the Committee of Experts Independent thinking that it treated of a species of hit of hand for sink it #everything through the creation of a committee, that think that now they give account that *equivocaron of plane so much of point of sight as of reasoning, and that, at least, #would have to withdraw #all the criticisms that took then to this dynamics undertaken, *me seems that positively, by the European Parliament, by #that that voted in favour of the creation of the Committee of Independent Experts. +In the European Union that day to day develops more his relations with third countries; politics that, as #all comprise, is connected with #some looks of the chapter on justice, security and freedom in *Europa, as, for example, the look of the immigration and asylum. The Council of *Tampere is called also, *señorías, to confront the questions of the freedom, the security and the justice for the citizens in relation with the new realities that result of the new challenges that compose the step of the century *XX to the century *XXI. +Also is true that the experiences of the past have carried to the Parliament to *desconfiar and to suspect that the reallocations of resources pertinent of budgetary lines no exhausted in the bottom are a practice *premeditada, since the budget always includes priorities of the Parliament that do not enjoy of popularity and that the other institutions are not had to apply unconditionally. +The "#european letter of the fundamental rights" , that supposes has to elaborate the European Council of *Tampere, will not be more that a group of words hollow #if no contains like minimum the total freedom of circulation and of installation for #all #that that reside and work in the European Union, #any one was his nationality of origin, #as well as the complete equality of rights, included the right of vote. +Believe that, in the first place, recommends aptly the foundation of an organisation, but that do not has to limit to the investigation of the seismic phenomenons and to the prevention of the earthquakes, that until the moment is scientifically impossible, #such as they ensure the *sismólogos, and #this #would have to know it our colleagues, that propose the creation of an institute for the prevention of earthquakes, but that it will have to indicate regulations and specifications of constructions *antisísmicas, of materials of construction adapted, etc., and will have to contribute to the best information of citizens #european, loomed by the diverse calamities #as well as to that comport adequately in #this. +But believe that #all have to recognise, gentleman President, that have had five years of prolonged and tortuous negotiations on #all class of products: from the apples, pears and the asparagus until the flowers, the fish, the wine, the port and the sherry, but now see that in his moment there will be an agreement and is to expect that the firm Monday in *Sudáfrica. +Therefore I approve the amendments presented by the Mr. *Langen, to demand that the Commission exert a more active paper to end to boost promotion strategy coordinated in the breast of the States members and to develop the potential of *Europa in the field of the export of the relative technologies to the renewable energies. +#If no wishes to engage in this road, will correspond then to this Parliament go back to the strict application of the Treaty, article 272, and give the means - *algo that it #can take - so much in the field of the commitments as of the payments, to vote the credits to the height of the commitments that are the political commitments of the European Union and in the strict respect by the Treaty. +The *ECON also considers that it is an absolute priority measure finance on the taxation, because this sector follows being a field of irregularities in the inner market and, therefore, the line *B5-3001 on the application and the evolution of the inner market will have to keep in the level that has proposed the Commission in his project. +To my seem, in the decision of the Thursday happened also influenced the already registered descent and the *ulteriores reductions that expect in the prices for the consumer in the sectors of telecommunications, the electricity and the financial services, like result of the competition and the liberalisation of the markets, to the equal that the fall of the prices of the oil. +To part of the fact -and #this #can be *algo embarrassing- that virtually, in the Council of Government, never vote, so that never there #be at all that publish, do not go to repeat #all the arguments against of #this, the *cuales already have presented to Parliament in previous occasions, but it is necessary to remember that the decisions of the Council of Government of the system of the Euro adopt of collegiate form and therefore only it arises an only decision. +For *ello have set up a wide politics of State to struggle inside the frame of the law against the groups armed to the *margen of #this; to guarantee the security, protection, support and freedom of action for the defenders of the human rights; to attend to the persons displaced by violence; to adopt the legal instruments that protect the human rights and strengthen our device of justice. +Another point has been the adoption of measures concrete in relation to the fight against the crime organised, as, for example, a greater operative competition for the *Europol, Academy of European Police or measures more strict against the wash of money and the cooperation with the countries candidates, as with frequency are the countries origin of the crime organised. +*Segunda contradiction: the Council of *Tampere announces the platonic will to administer the migratory currents and struggle against the immigration *clandestina in the origin, but to time proclaims firmly, in varied occasions, that it is necessary to concede to the legal immigrants -quote- "a group of rights uniform so next as it was possible to the of the citizens of the Union" and that has to apply *prioritariamente a politics of integration that *les allow to remain. +Already is more that hour to act in the level of the Council and of the Commission and -*me *atrevo to say it like conclusion of intervention- of *ello depends, of course, the coherence of our societies, the social peace, the own survival of the #european idea, but also the very understood interest of the company in his *globalidad and, therefore, the solidity of the #european economy. +In the last years, included the #spanish democratic stage, have known varied situations #where the fishing always has been a pending subject among the parts by the subject of the existent dispute to the hour of defining our territorial waters in relation to the #african neighbouring villages. +Memory that, with occasion of the negotiation of the Agreement of fishing that now expires, Left Group Unitary European *opuso to that got to the signature of the Agreement *pesquero by means of the granting of contingents additional for the import of fruits and vegetables in the frame of the parallel negotiation of the Agreement of association. +On the one hand, there #be the need of *sustanciar the same existence of the European Union converting in effective in #all the States members the application of the decisions taken in the competent instances in matters of community competition and, in particular, in the cases like the tackled, susceptible to invalidate #one of the fundamental suppositions of the Union, is to say, the free circulation of commodities. +Goals that, in accordance with the strategy of the great orientations of economic politics, are not another thing that achieve facilitate the goal of stability of the monetary politics by means of some budgetary measures and an evolution *salarial suitable and more favourable, in these conditions, to growth and to the employment, included the types of change and the types of interest on a long-term basis. +In the morning agenda appears the debate of the question of the Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi on the strategy for the realisation of the only market European and the past week examine in *Estrasburgo the possibilities to deepen and consolidate the dialogue *macroeconómico with the Parliament, in the context of the debate of the report of the #ECB. +From this point of sight, of the dialogue *macroeconómico with the representatives of the *empleadores and of the workers, it only that it #can go out well is the adaptation of the collective negotiations and the readjustment of the wages to the requirements of the financial capital, of the euro and of the predominant economic politics that sees expressed in the *UEM and in the stability pact. +Gentleman President, *me seems that the #many things that have said #can schematise of the following mood: or the dialogue *macroeconómico is a pure hypocrisy for *paliar the fault of a true economic politics for the Union, and then it that said the other colleagues is totally useless, a calque and loss of time; or well the dialogue *macroeconómico is *algo true, substantial, and then there #be hypocrisy by the #another side, is to say, tries to hide with words *insustanciales a danger that, in my opinion, evolves to the *dirigismo in the #european economy. +Certainly is to appreciate that it recognise the fundamental paper of the school to win the unemployment, without embargo, lacking any reference to the need that school act in the field of a global territorial planning that see the participation of the social speakers, the local entities and the business world. +Wish, in particular, take #some observations on the reasons that *me have carried to vote in favour of the strategy for the inner market, but before take it, *permítanme say also that have voted against in the question of procedure to postpone the vote on the subject of fishing, because *me will be of the all impossible assist to *Estrasburgo inside two weeks and #would have wished enormously express my solidarity with the fishermen to the part of *Escocia, in particular, with #that of the islands and zones separated. +The European Parliament and the Council buy to very low price consciousness tranquility, because in addition to the private violence and of the relative to the sexual exploitation, it is necessary to recognise the increase of the social violence, that results of the aggravation of the poverty and of the intensification of the misfortune in the popular classes. +The insistence in the need to influence on the reflections of the population and the habits of consumption and to establish currents of communication with the citizens and the small and medium enterprises confirms the importance that will have the political leadership on the change of consumption habits and the promotion of a sustainable development. +The resolution of the Parliament *nos remembers to #all the external dimension, #this is, the process of enlargement and relations with third countries, especially with the countries in roads of development; *nos invites to adopt a realistic approach, balanced and flexible in the preparation of politics, look especially important to the hour to examine the energetic combination and his evolution in the time. +And, finally, in relation with the amendment *nº 19, comprise the sense of the proposal, but signal to the attention of His *Señorías that the relative norm to the translation of the decisions do not fits in a regulation on competition, recognition and execution of judicial decisions: the own place for the norm on translations is the directive on the transmission of the acts, the #another instrument that today debate and in the that it establishes precisely possibility of translation. +In speaker quality of opinion of the Commission of Subjects External for the report on the actions in the nuclear sector in favour of the *PECOS and of the new independent States, approved by unanimity on 27 October of the past year, have underlined the capital importance of the security *considerándola a requirement for the adhesion to the Union of new States members. +The Council of the Union, in his Common Action of 24 February 1997 relative to the action against the traffic of human beings and the sexual exploitation of boys, requests to the States members that proceed to a review of the legislation and of the procedures in vigour in these spheres to end to watch by that types of behaviour mentioned are object of effective penal sanctions. +Gentleman President, is a question that arouse to the protect of the section 2 of article 112 of the Regulation in relation with an appeal of statement of procedure of urgency that have presented three hours ago regarding the Report *Napolitano in application of the article 115 of the Regulation, so that it announce to the Assembly the presentation of this appeal of debate of urgency and proceed in consequence, so as to that we #can respect the terms of debate and vote that fix when elaborating the agenda. +Therefore, to respect the Regulation of this Assembly and the Regulation by the that they govern the deputies, to guarantee that the deputies enjoy of the rights that *les awards said Regulation, the Socialist Group and the Liberal Group, with support, as it announced before, of the Group *PEE, requested the postponement to guarantee that *nos adjusted to the article 112 of our Regulation on the application of the urgency procedure. +#would Be the #willing #finnish Presidency to recognise that they still have to celebrate varied meetings of the Council before it finalise his Presidency and that it #can *utilizarlas like a very useful precedent to establish his *credenciales in terms of opening - *algo that, *me fear, do not exists in these moments - guaranteeing like minimum that *cuando publish press communiqués at the end of the meetings of the Council, said communiqués of press collect exactly the sense of the vote of each country on each #one of the subjects subjected to vote? +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0059\/1999) of the Mr. *Pirker, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of the Council (*COM(1999) 260 - *C­0082\/1999 - 1999\/0116(*CNS)) relative to the creation of the system "*EURODAC" for the comparison of the digital prints of asylum applicants and other foreigners. +Regarding the enlargement of the *OMC so that it include also the investments, volume notes with satisfaction that the European Parliament has manifested *fírmemente #one and another time in the sense that it do not is necessary to repeat the errors of *AMI, that the responsibilities of the investors according to the guidelines of the *OIT and of the *OCDE have to define to time that the right of the investors, and that -by a clear majority- it is necessary to establish a European Code of Behaviour for companies multinationals (amendment 15). +4) in accordance with the positions that always have defended in this Parliament, on purpose of the review of the Treaties of *Maastricht and of *Amsterdam, in the sense to keep consecrated the historical balance founder among great and small States, #can not approve this resolution that opens box of #Pandora" for a Treaty that accepts like just the supremacy of some States on #others, in comparison with the principle of equality among #all the #european citizens. +Know well that the alcohol produces dependency and also that there are persons that dies owing to the abuse of alcohol, without embargo, there #be a fundamental difference in the case of these substances, because in the majority of the cases to the persons *le results possible to control his consumption of tobacco and alcohol in a different measure to the that *les is possible to youngsters immersed in the abuse of drugs. +In general lines, also is favourable the trial on the strength of intervention fast of the European Union, although there #be had #some #discordant voices regarding this matter, as it always has *sucedido in the history no only of the European Parliament, but of Parliaments national, *cuando treats of problems that in some mood *atañen to military looks, that #can or #can not talk of a #european army. +Recently the Court has confirmed that, although a Been member authorise the games of chance, #the same has the faculty to put limits to the offer gave said games and *ello in consideration to goals of public interest like the control of the wish to play, the prevention of the frauds or of the offences and the employment of the benefits obtained for ends of public interest. +*Me #would enjoy to know #if the Commissioner #would suit in that the two last deputies that have asked to the Commission the adoption of measures #would take better in asking to the leader of his own party, Mr. *Blair, that reduce the very high level of the pound -kept in a level too much #alto by the high types of interests of the Realm Joined- to a realistic level and also achieve that the Mr. *Blair initiate the campaign to adhere to the euro, with it that #would have greater transparency. +Therefore, to the sight of the previous experiences and also of the statement of today, *yo want to direct a very clear warning to the Council: #if for the spring has not reached a satisfactory solution for programs *plurianuales bear *Kosovo and the *Balcanes western, accompanied of the corresponding commitment of the Council, will have to manoeuvre in waters very difficult in the frame of the budgetary procedure of the year 2001. +Is true that, in the #european budget, acts worse *cuando carries out of the continent #european: 10 millions of euros for #Asia central, 14 millions and half for the populations *desarraigadas of *América #latin, 4 millions for the human rights in *África *austral and in *Timor, etc. *Eso #would be well #if, during this time, did not consider the possibility to reduce in 5 millions of euros the credits in favour of our beekeepers, by true, to the that take the competition the imports of honey adulterated of the foreigner. +#One of the advances achieved in the meeting of the Monday of the Environment Council is the adoption of a common posture by part of the Council, in relation with the strategic Managerial call of evaluation of repercussions in the environment, the *cual offers a splendid instrument to evaluate the effects in the environment of different programs and activities, included the effects of the atmospheric broadcasts. +The Committee of conciliation has got likewise to a commitment according to the *cual the program *Socrates will contribute to the development of a "#european dimension of education and of the training" , in place of "an educational space European" , as it had asked the Parliament, or of "an educational cooperation" , formulation of character feebler, that the Council had preferred to the principle. +It that has put in *entredicho is not the existence of norms #tending to organise the international trade or the own existence of a world-wide organisation of the trade, but the fact that the *OMC pretends to be the source of #all normative, the referee of #all things, the supreme judge of the future world. +According to the rules of the external politics and of common defence, according to the *cual the States members coordinate, after all, his performance in the international organisations, the initiative and the power of decision are totally in hands of the Council, in practice, in hands of a group of civil servants skilled that have a natural tendency to concentrate in his own problems. +By #everything *ello, in the 50º anniversary of Gin Agreements, and *cuando owe *comprometernos #all -the Parliament, the Commission and the Council- to boost the knowledge of the humanitarian international Right and support to the organisations that have like responsibility his defence, *le occurs to the Council #any concrete initiative to spread the humanitarian international Right among the citizens of the Union? +#If Mr. deputy to the Parliament wants to know more of the real conditions of the transport of animals or wants to put the subject in knowledge of the Commission, perhaps was convenient that *le formulate the question directly to the Commission, since it is specific task of the Commission control the fulfillment of the disposals of the valid Directives or take part in the subject *cuando the disposals are not fulfilled. +Improve the small and medium enterprises and favour measures that contribute to improve competitiveness has been #one of the goals of this Parliament by the fundamental paper that exert in the creation of employment and for considering that #any one actions oriented to the small and average economic operators boost the economic growth European in general and signal a safe path to reach the economic and social cohesion of the Community. +#If well the current normative capacity in the frame of the European Union did not allows still the adoption of a legal diet *transfronterizo in this field, expect that in future #this was possible, especially after the Ministers of Culture of *Austria and *Alemania, in February of the past year, considered that this question, in what #such, *reviste a character *transfronterizo and like this have manifested it by writing. +Believe that it is very important that explain that the terrible rapes of the human rights, like the that have lived and live in #Sierra Lion, are *algo that to *nosotros like Europeans *nos *incumbe, because according to our conception the human rights and the human dignity are indivisible all over the world and because we are not had to tolerate this selective conception that conducts to that we allow that the acts of violence that produce in our vicinities *nos seem more conclusive that the eruptions of violence, like the that witness in #Sierra Lion from takes years. +Like this as, in spite of the disappointment that *me produces the fact that the President in exercise was to reach an agreement among the two States members, #this is beyond all doubt a field in the that the Council #can adopt positive measures attending to worry by the human rights and respecting the norms of an institution that, #if well it did not forms part of the EU, yes has his respect and remains mentioned in a part of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Anyway want to take advantage of also this opportunity to appreciate of heart to the Parliament, especially to the speakers and to #all the that have shown a big interest or that have been involved in the debate of the process of enlargement, for having given spirit #one and another time to the Commission so that it took also his own initiatives with the end of *salvaguardar the good rhythm of the process of enlargement. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, wanted to say in the first place that the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary *congratula of the presentation of these two directives because the enlargement to entities no banking of broadcast of electronic money *nos seems a fine measure to increase the competition in this matter and, therefore, improve the quality of the service loaned and the prices that will earn to the consumers. +treats of the problem -and the problem is only east- of the minimum prudential norms that, ensuring the stability and the solidity of the entities of electronic money, open the path to the mutual recognition of the permission and the supervision and, through this road, to the free circulation of the operators and of the services. +#This #can seem dared regarding some definitions that appear in the national public rights, but had account at the same time of the urgency that exists and of the pressure of the Council by that respect the terms established -have calendars-, is indispensable to continue the work, and *nos satisfies the request formulated in this sense, especially because have in front of our Assembly to a commissioner that has shown that dominated perfectly these questions, that knew to listen it that asks the Parliament and that has authority in front of the governments and, specifically, to the Council *ECOFIN. +The Group *Europa of the Nations has presented six amendments that clear the principle of prevention, that expand the of sanitary security of the alimentary products, including the organisms modified genetically, the phytosanitary products or the hormones used like factor of growth, #as well as the prohibition to use pertinent meats of the slaughterhouses or bones of animals for the manufacture of animal flour. +In this sense, this crisis, that began with the approval or no approval of the management for 1996 and of the continuation for 1997, concerning the *cual neither recommend approval of the management in this week but a postponement of the approval of the management, has been a necessary crisis to extract of here the positive approaches that *nos #would enjoy to have taken get still, gentleman *Liikanen, to this Commission. +Our Group has been coherent in his position; graces also to the *tozudez or to the rigour of our speaker, Mr. *Elles, #all the Plenary has followed at the end this approach, and today register a hit that in principle only have to appreciate it to a person, in concrete, to the speaker, the Mr. *Elles, by his report on the approval of the management of the budget 1996. +The nomination of the Roman Mr. *Prodi in the extraordinary meeting of the European Council of *Berlín was the *primer step. The Bosses of State and of Government have shown with the designation of Mr. *Prodi the capacity of performance of the European Union and his determination to resolve of fast way and *convincente the crisis occurred. +In his intervention has mentioned *usted almost #all the key words for the next five years: agriculture and the cities, the competition and it social, the youth, the greater persons, the anonymous societies, the small and medium enterprises, the protection of the consumer and the liberalisation, the enlargement and the relation with States Joined. +The that we have voted in favour of the proposal of the Council obeys to the fact that the present majority in this Parliament will follow earning in practice 1.000 euros by a trip that costs 400 crowns, for example, and *nosotros want to give priority to the process of renewal and cleansing regarding the *viáticos before that to our opposition to some labour conditions and *retributivas common, taking special emphasis in this point in the need that it was possible to tax the community wage nationally. +To the contrary that some fears that have expressed, seems that *Europa is rows in front of the crisis and that the processes of integration are inwardly and also *exteriormente a new dynamic, simply because the #european alternatives #can see better that never in this time of crisis. On the one hand, the alternative that represents this Parliament, the *Europa of the integration, that means #one *Europa in peace, with stability and welfare and, on the other hand, the old image of *Europa that find in the wars of the *Balcanes: nationalism with the consequence of wars, trips and misfortune. +Regarding the amendments 3 and 4, the Commission has approved a conjoint statement in the Regulation according to the *cual, the Commission will provide #all the oral information to the Council and to Parliament on the economic situation of the countries *beneficiarios that receive loans, #as well as on the risks that have explained to the hour to present the annual report. +Is #this the main protest, the most vehement protest, that *les transmit by part of the commission. And in name of #the same urge to the Presidency of the Council to that it promote a culture of collaboration with the radically new Parliament in a field #where the state authority and power on the rights of the citizens and the fundamental rights leave to feel with special virulence. +The #one of May, the Council decided by means of procedure written integrate to personnel of the Secretariat of *Schengen in the General Secretariat of the Council. Expect that like this we reach to put final point to the debates on this subject that have come *sucediendo lately and that the Presidency, the States members and also the personnel of the Secretariat of the Council #can go back to concentrate fully in the work that *nos awaits in these two last months of the #german Presidency. +Have to achieve a balance among the civil freedoms, the freedom of expression, the freedom of the persons to put in Internet it that they want to, without more *entrometimiento official of it that there #would be in the postal services or in the telephone, and *contrapesar the #another argument that the companies do not have why find with persons that *infrinjan rights of intellectual property, that *infrinjan his logos and pretend to be a company that are not. +Although in the period immediately back to the resignation of the president *Suharto there was great hopes that at last it #would remain opened the path to a peaceful solution of the problems of *Timor Oriental, after a chamber of century of *derramamiento of blood in the that has died a third part of the population like consequence of the #indonesian invasion of 1975, those hopes have not fulfilled. +Gentleman President, the security of the existent nuclear plants and of the that are, represents a goal *prioritario in front of the perspective of the adhesion, #such as they have highlighted in reiterated occasions the Parliament and the Commission with occasion of the relative package to Diary 2000, #as well as the Council in the field of the nuclear security with regard to the future enlargements of our Union. +The strict fulfillment of the norms of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade and of the Agreement on the Textile, in particular the calendar of the liberalisation, the control of the *dumping and the fraudulent practices, access to the market of third countries and the limitation of the bilateral agreements, will have to constitute requirements *ineludibles of the European Union. +am not *yo the one who has to *recordarle that #this *Europa has 20 millions of unemployed -the unemployment is a problem that mine his social cohesion-, that #this *Europa is in *entredicho in civilisation conquests made like the of the welfare, by politics *neoliberales, these same politics *neoliberales of the *cuales *usted has *ensalzado the *ulterior need of flexibility in his previous speeches and that, by the contrary, has supposed a decrease of the quality of the work and of the quality of life, to difference of it that proposes for the future. +The fault of the Mr. *Bangemann consists in having taken patent this basically corrupt system, so that any #european voter #can see it and in consequence prefer to remain home the day of the elections, as it already took the majority the days 10, 11, 12 and 13 June depriving of this form to this assembly of any type of democratic legitimacy. +Obviously, #this is not the opinion of my Group, neither neither the opinion of the Committee of Experts, that in the chapter 7 declares *pertinentemente that the distinction in the breast of the Commission among politics and management is not *defendible, quote, neither *jurídicamente neither in practice, that this distinction allows to skew the political responsibilities, that it logical is that it was deleted in benefit of the hierarchical subordination regarding the politically responsible commissioners. +*Usted *nos has presented in the person of the Mrs. *Schreyer to a politics experienced that it still will need a shooting in #any that field subject #european, since first it will have to adapt to #some moods of operation, but that has put to the day quickly and of exhaustive way on the very complex subject of the budgetary politics and that it is very conscious of the future challenges in this field. +Gentleman President of the European Commission, #would wish to begin in the point in that it has remained the Mr. *Donnelly, the *segunda splits of his mission, the program of work, because I believe that, more that of the collective or individual responsibilities, that, of course, consider also important subject, restoration work of the prestige and of the creativity of the European Commission depends especially of the program of work. +Have to say that so much to the pensioners that *me have commanded to this seat number 270 of the European Parliament, as to me *nos has satisfied the comment of the Commissioner designated Mrs. #Anna *Diamantopulu that, when answering to #one of my questions during the auditions -with regard to the *cuales it is necessary to remember so much it that it was very as it that - did not answer that has very in account the problem of persons greater that expect a pension and that the fifteen States members no longer is in situation to pay, since the Insurances are feeble and have deficit. +To his time, at all has advanced on the need of *imposición public prosecutor to capital movements, regarding the need of adaptation of the national social diets to the current demographic tendencies, it that shows that, to end of accounts, the goal is not a greater social justice, but, to the contrary, #one *agravación of the social inequalities. +Request that the institutions of the European Union support the sending *urgentísimo of a strong civil mission and of a strength of security of the Nations Joined, of proportional dimension to the gravity of the situation, to achieve that *Timor constitute like independent State, it that will demand long along the *cual Nations Joined will have to keep an unambiguous support and the European Union a help *apolítica and economic indispensable. +The *segunda is the following: Want to take an urgent appeal to our European Parliament so that, when talking of question #indonesian, take a clear distinction among the military diet of Indonesian, the elections that celebrated and that they were a reflection of a long and deep process of transformation that only finishes to begin in an enormous empire of the that *Timor Oriental is not more that a small fragment, and the big suffering of the #indonesian village. +The concealment of a common pit in the that *yacían the bodies of 15 #serbian murdered around the middle of July in the outskirts of *Gnjilane, zone under responsibility of the #american troops, poses serious *interrogantes around the paper of the call *Afuerza of peace\@, since in function of tolerance or support, the #serbian population of *Kosovo is victim of an extended ethnic cleansing that shows the difference of sensitivity of the international community about the protection of the human rights, that gives by safe. +Without embargo, regarding the composition of the council of direction of the agency, do not comprise the reasons that #would have to induce to Parliament to foresee the nomination of seven independent experts only by part of the Commission and #this against of the proposals formulated by the own Commission that, in dissonance with the Committee attach to #the same, has foreseen, by the contrary, the presence of a representative of each #one of the States members. +In the section 3, the European Parliament demands "an open and innovative approach on the character of the Letter, the nature of the rights that will have to appear in *ella, #as well as on the paper and the position of #this in the constitutional evolution of the Union" , it that shows will of not limiting , simply, to collect the rights in vigour, as it asked the Council. +A fraudulent escape of money of foreign help, a flight of capital #russian in the last ten years estimated among the 150.000 and 300.000 millions of dollars and a #russian economy that has gone back to the trade of barter *nos prevent to have really contrives of the *envergadura of the financial crisis in the Russian Federation. +Lady Speaker, in my opinion the Parliament #would not have to leave without taking advantage of the opportunity to take a statement on the mandate in the turn of the *WTO, because the Council of Ministers will give the mandate to the Commission on 13 October and #would be really a pity #if mandate awarded without knowing it that thinks the Parliament of *Europa on the subject. +Of course, results ironic, as we said yesterday in the Commission of Development, that the Commission of Budgets voted the past week to reduce the budgetary line on the attention of the reproductive health and the work in matter of *HIV\/AIDS to the half -of 25 millions to 12 millions of euros- and that now are the need of investment in this sector. +Therefore, welcome are the campaigns of information oriented to sensitise to the public opinion on the subjects related with the energetic saving, without embargo, do not see how the adoption of legislative measures excessively strict #can be the most effective method to improve the energetic intensity of the final demand. +Consistently with his obligation to defend the interests of States members; consistently with the values of equity and social progress that proclaim like #ours; consistently with the project of world that want to contribute to build, more balanced and more *solidario; but consistently also with the performance kept by #many of *nosotros and #many of our compatriots in *Europa during four decades *esforzándonos for finishing with the apartheid and dreaming with the instauration in *Sudáfrica of a diet of freedom and of dignity for #all the #south african. +Our new Parliament sends today a new and clear signal of forceful -support and sustained- to a peace process that goes to open the path to the progress, the democracy, the respect to the human rights and the hope in the future for #all the villages of the region and for the peaceful coexistence among #Israel and the independent state of Palestinian. +Have to respect these measures, because of another mood will be of *facto the politics of colonisation, and *eso that the European Union, together with the rest of the International Community, States Joined included, always have condemned this politics and #all know that the #israeli politics of settlements constitutes a big obstacle in the long path to peace and to an authentic #palestinian State. +So that in this occasion the road of hope that opens after the signature of *Sharm The-*Sheikh do not remain again closed in the future, is necessary that the sensitivity and the political intelligence of the new ruling of the State of #Israel, #whose security want guaranteed, promote able measures to create confidence sustained in the #palestinian part, so that the peaceful road, recently reopened, scope, it before possible, the dip definite. +Regarding the external politics, believe that it is necessary to insist in the fact that no only have commercial commitments, but that are linked by agreements *multilaterales on the environment, by relative international agreements to the respect of the human rights, and in my opinion -that create share colleagues-, these commitments have at the same time in the ethical plane and in the political plane a more important value that the *librecambio. +Anyway, have to say that the negotiations of the Round of #Millenium do not have to prejudice the essential elements of the agricultural model European neither the necessary reforms so that, in addition to it agreed in the Diary 2000, protect the internal development of the territories of the goal 1 with familiar exploitations based in the earth, in front of the interests of the great industrial companies and of big distribution. +To me *me #would enjoy to ask to the Council, that no to the Commission, how values in general lines the development of this campaign; #if it is truth that #this has been a good year for the tuna and #if therefore they have averted the conflicts among the distinct fleets that fish in the *Cantábrico; how number of ships has reduced each country like consequence of the moratorium; #if this method is as valid to brake the pressure on tuna populations. +Regarding the question of assignments for the structural measures, the divergences among the Council and the Parliament summary in two points: in the first place, the amount of the advance of the relative payment to the new structural actions and, second, the calendar of the settlement of the ancient permissions that still have not paid. +Since a big part of the community budget executes by means of the States members, *yo *le #would recommend sincerely to the Council that watch by the efficiency, transparency and a clean execution in this field, so that the Commission do not go back to see forced to follow resorting in the future to the procedure of approval of the management in interest of a clean execution of the budget. +*Yo want to express, therefore, first of all my *congratulaciones and my gratitude to the Monetary Institute European, to the national banks, to the Central Bank European, represented today here by his President, Mr. *Duisenberg, but likewise to the States members, that promoted through numerous necessary political reforms the *ulteriores structural and institutional reforms and fulfilled the convergence criteria, and also to the citizens, that are with an increasing consensus this necessary step to the #european integration +Our Group receives with satisfaction the training of an organ for the preparation of the Letter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in the belief that the wide parliamentary scope of composition reflects the realisation of the process of democratisation of the better EU that the usual Conference *Intergubernamental. +Remain, without embargo, two obstacles: firstly, the abandonment of the community preference in the agricultural field, and already know the problems that exist in the sectors of the tomato, or of the horticulture; and, the second point, with regard to the *cual #can not yield, #would consist in an exchange of the right of fishing for the Spaniards by immigration supplement, in #one *Europa that has 18 millions of unemployed. +By it that refers to the report *Cunha on the celebration of a new Protocol by the that they fix the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation, foreseen in the Agreement with the Republic of *Angola for the period comprised among 3 May 1999 and on 2 May of the 2000, wanted to signal that it treats of a classical protocol, that makes possible the access to the resources *pesqueros during a period determined and fixed #one *contrapartida financial. +With my innocence and naivety, *yo had thought that, *cuando Committee Managerial Scientist gathered the past week and took his announcement -in fact, took it the Mr. *Pascale, French *él, like President of said Committee-, in the that indicated the unanimous approval of said committee, in the sense that the meat of bovine British is so innocuous like any #another meat of bovine of the EU or possibly more that #any of the world, already had got to the top of the pyramid. +Gentleman President, wanted to congratulate to the speaker Mr. *Hughes, regarding the ordination of the time of work of the persons of the sea, by his proposal to Parliament to approve, without modifications, the common position of the Council with regard to the application of the labour day of the persons of the sea on board of the ships that use community ports. +Also expect that the procedure by the that *nos have seen forced to examine the present Communication in Parliament do not take like model for the future, since it also has been the cause, gentleman colleague *Lehne, that we have not had the opportunity to debate the amendments in commission and *nos to forced to proceed of a very atypical way for this House. +But a true social support to the goals that determine with the persons in difficulty in the frame of procedures formalised is the only mood that the helps and incentives for the research of employment *surtan #all his effects, no only in the own access to the employment, but also in *algo that is intimately associated to #this, is to say, the *reinserción durable of some persons that are totally worn out by the destructive process of the unemployment. +Consider important that carry out in the programming stage to allow to the workers anticipate the change, expand the field of application of the directive and guarantee that #the same contain minimum prescriptions to scale community that #can not break but in the most favourable sense for the workers, #as well as extend the content to the matters that affect directly to the rights of the workers and his future. +This strategic option referred, first of all, to the approval of the directive on the #european company and afterwards to the approval of the directive on the query and information; and all #this in the logical that #if had priority the directive on the that are, #would be *complicadísima the vote of the directive on the employment that, as well they know, carries in the table of negotiations more of 14 years. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, agrees with my considerations that with the proposal that *usted takes, practically suspend the obligations of the Council derived of credits compulsory but that keep his rights, to know, the reduction of the credits no employees, and that in this way happen in fact of the compulsory credits to the no compulsory without that the Parliament obtain the rights of sovereignty on this sector in the budget? +In the breast of the Western European Union, the subject of the guarantee of defence mutual has even more forces that in the breast of NATO; in the neutral countries, the general opinion in these moments is that the commitment of defence mutual is not applicable. +And as I have heard to say to the gentleman *Bourlanges in the debate that the next Conference *Intergubernamental #would have to decide the creation of a tax #european, *yo #would say, to the contrary, in name of the Group *Europa of the Nations, that #if the *CIG has to treat this problem, is precise to decide the creation of a clear system, transparent, *equitativo and, especially, controlled closely by the national democracies, *me refer of an annual contribution of the States based in a percentage of his *PNB identical for #all. +Have presented a proposal of strategy to combat the drug in the EU during the period 2000 - 2004 following the lines guidelines of the Council of *Europa, work that made the previous country that had the Presidency, the communication of the Commission and the contributions that have taken the States members and different groups of work to the communication of the Commission. +Considering that of agreement to the article 255 the general principles and the limits of the right of the citizens to access to the documents of the quoted institutions have to establish before 30 April 2001, in compliance with the procedures of decision of the European Parliament, the Council will begin to study a proposal of regulation so prompt as it was possible. +Lady Speaker, to win time, now that the amendment 70 of the Group *Europa of the Nations has remained refused by an overwhelming majority, perhaps #can apply *usted the disposals of the section 7 of the article 130 according to the *cual, after the approval or the rejection of a concrete amendment, the President will be able to decide that other amendments of similar content or with similar goals subject to vote jointly. +The position initial negotiator of the European Union, ambitious in his goals, is allocated to not going out strengthened of a cycle of negotiations that #can *eternizarse and stagnate to cause, in particular, of the predictable attitude of the States Joined, that will try constantly destroy the unit of this mandate that possesses the Mr. *Lamy, and that do not represents more that an apparent unit, unable to dissemble interest divergences among the Fifteen. +The only solution is to reestablish the controls in the inner borders of the Community; to endow to the services of police of the States members with means human, financial and materials to fulfil his mission of protection of the persons honoured; renounce to award to the irresponsible of *Bruselas any type of competitions in police matter, judicial and of entrance and permanence of foreigners. +The situation of retard aggravated by the vindictive destruction *perpetrada by the strengths armed #indonesian, the small dimensions of the territory, associated to the circumstance that there #be half of the island, the coexistence with neighbours and powerful interests, the nonexistence of an administration, are elements that contribute to the complexity of the task and give idea of it necessary that it is the participation of the *timorenses and it important that is the international solidarity. +will Loan our full support to the responsible of Nations Joined, Mr. *Kouchner, and his ancient colleagues, *cuando at last begin to set up an administration in *Kosovo in place to leave this committed in hands of the false and illegitimate Government of the *ELK, *cuando the municipal authorities and the city councils of the villages and of the cities leave to be governed by the *ELK, *cuando these tasks and other #many that remain for taking in *Kosovo are carried to good term, #if no by other #Kosovar, by other agents of Nations Joined. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0051\/1999) of Mrs. *Rühle in name of the Commission of Budgets on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999)142 - *C5-0039\/1999 - 1999\/0080(*CNS)) by the that concedes to the European Bank of Investments a guarantee of the Community to absorb the losses that derive of loans for the realisation of projects out of the Community (*Europa central and oriental, *Balcanes western, #mediterranean countries, *Latinoamérica and #Asia and Republic of *Sudáfrica). +Gentleman President, wanted colleagues, take the word in this point to express my support and the of the Socialist Group to the work and to the conclusions on the proposals that today presents in front of the Parliament, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical, my good friend and mate professor #Manuel *Medina, with the hope founded that #ours Assembly approve with #all his weight the proposals in question. +Gentleman President, have taken the word to show first of all my surprise after having listened it that *nos has declared the Speaker in exercise of the Council regarding the Conference *Intergubernamental. The Mrs. *Halonen not even has quoted the resolution of the European Parliament of 18 November and the proposals contained in referents to the diary of the Conference. +Problems economic, problems of human rights, of democracy, of respect to the minorities. Problems, in end, of security and stability in the *sureste of *Europa, by what *Turquía bases his external politics well in the violence declared, as in the case of *Chipre with the prolonged occupation of the north of the island, well in the threat to use the violence, as *cuando the #turkish Parliament declares officially *casus *belli the exercise of the #greek rights of sovereignty on the territorial waters of the *Egeo. +In fact, the liberalisation of the market, the cancellation of the subventions, the impunity of the investments, the commercialisation of services, even of the education, of the health and of the culture are service to the great interests of the capital *monopolístico to increase his benefits; without embargo, are not at all appeals for the workers neither for the villages. +Here is precise rather play in the future a preparatory paper more intelligent and more marked to end to take patent how interests represent really in common in these world-wide rounds and why the need: in concrete, to control globalisation, to contain the spontaneous growth that, in any case, #would produce without the world-wide round, and to carry out here an intelligent strategy of solution of the global problems. +Already have underlined the importance that the Commission assume also responsibility regarding the States members, but *cuando treats of internal politics, the external help and the administration of the personnel, #can impose requirements clearer to the Commission and #can also tackle the subject of way different *cuando treats of the Statement of reliability, *algo that have begun to take and that will follow taking. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0097\/1999) of the Mrs. *Pack, in name of the delegation of the European Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the *segunda stage of the program of action community in matter of education *SOCRATES (*C5-0267\/1999 - 1998\/0195(*COD)). +As a result of the queries that have made to the Common Centre of Investigation and to the States members in particular, have got to the conclusion that the 1% is the commitment that better fulfils two purposes: in the first place, the goal to establish a level of tolerance very low that involve the effort of the operators; and second, that take into account the necessary feasibility in #all production chain. +In the first place, wanted to *decirle that his small delay is perfectly justified by the importance of his communication and also that the Parliament *congratula that it was possible this form of debate practically immediate and instantaneous among this Assembly and the Executive and takes votes by that this new method get for real to create space of current political debate, that by strength has to *enaltecer to this Assembly and his relations with the Commission. +In the first place, wanted to say to His *Señoría that share the worry that finishes to express concerning that the #european institutions in his group are able to formulate a politics of information and of communication that allow to take get to #all the #european citizens no only the tenor of the debates, but also the value added that for his daily life have the decisions of Parliament, of the Commission and of the own Council. +As it planned, will be necessary *ponderar the actions in relation with the civil situation, economic and social of the distinct New Independent States and of *Mongolia using two parameters: the solution to the problem of the destitution and of the social and economic marginalisation, without privileges and graduations, and the evaluation of the strategic value civil, economic and social with regard to *acercar the villages of the New Independent States and *Mongolia to the European Union. +The European Union has to take all it that was in his hand during the next year so that they find the most efficient solutions possible from sight point environmental and of the reduction of broadcasts, solutions that was possible to approve at length, with the end to get to an agreement on the rule of the mechanisms of *Kioto and of the application of the Agreement. +#This is it that #would have wanted to say to the Mr. #Martin, #if #this, of a way that estimate little *cortés and little according to the requirements of democracy, to the respect of the right of the minorities and to the parliamentary habit, had not decided from the principle, without at least *haberme listened, that the observation that *yo thought to take regarding the articles 180 and 181 of our Regulation was not a statutory question. +*Nos find in a back procedure to the decision of 1997 and it more #likely is that we go back to *encontrarnos in procedure back to the current decision. Without embargo, by the sake of the consumer #would have to have elaborated previous query to the Parliament a plan of work to guarantee a correct application of the system of identification compulsory inside the term established. +In spite of the previous resolutions of the Parliament, supported in the report of the International Federation of Human Rights -that confirms the precariousness of the conditions of arrest of the political prisoners-, the maltreatments, the humiliations, the attacks to the physical integrity of individuals, are common coin in the prisons of *Djibouti, especially in the of *Gabode. +Regarding the exclusion of Democratic Popular Party of the elections, the gentleman deputy definitely will know that the Constitutional Court Turkish refused unanimously on 8 March 1999 the appeal of the Fiscal General of the State on the provisional decision for the prohibition of the participation of this Party. +Up to now, and although the *PE has requested it clearly, these purposes have not materialised from sight point operative in a program integrated for the insular regions of the EU, #where live 14 millions of citizens of 12 States members, so as to that they #can compete in the market in conditions *equitativas with the other continental regions that do not suffer from the principle of the derivative geographic disadvantage of the *insularidad. +Am in favour without place to doubts of the enlargement to these new countries, but fear that, given the situation of the financial perspectives and for being these less rich countries that the current members of the Union, stress the *perifericidad and the eccentricity of some regions like *Galicia and *Portugal with decreases of the structural Bottoms, with it that will hamper the necessary economic cohesion and social #european. +So much more express our hopes -and #can not hide my worry to the *respecto- that it #can go back to study thoroughly the Law of the language and the Law of parliamentary and municipal elections, that were approved after the publication of our last report, since these laws, according to a first #ours impression, #can go in in conflict with the international norms in this field. +Since, in virtue of the article 255, to the Commission *le corresponds the task to elaborate a legislative proposal relative to the general principles and to the limits that regulate the exercise of said right, our Institution will present in useful time his proposal to the *respecto and the Plenary will have like this the possibility to manifest his position in the procedure of *codecisión. +The posture adopted so much by the Commission as by our economic commission is more *matizada: while price stability keep and was guaranteed, #can *permitirnos a monetary politics more flexible, to condition of course that it keep and consolidate the budgetary discipline; sure enough, by fault of the enormous debt accumulated and of the important resources consecrated to the service of said debt and to the finance of the deficit, have had to reduce during years the productive private investments. +Regarding the most concrete proposal, face to #many of His *Señorías, on the tax reduced of the VAT of the services with high index of hand of drama, have taste in observing that today, with the #german Presidency, has celebrated the first meeting of a group of work of the Council on this subject and tonight go to debate the Report *Thyssen also on this subject. +The agenda signals the report (To4-0207\/99), of the Mrs. *Thyssen, in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, on the directive proposal of the Council to modify the directive 77\/388\/*CEE regarding the possibility to apply to experimental title a type reduced of VAT to the services that apply hand of drama of intensive way (*COM(99)0062 - *C4-0169\/99-99\/0056 (*CNS). +Certainly, gentleman President, *usted today has remembered the need of an ecological tax to face up to the challenges that poses, for example, the climatic change -and #this *me satisfies- and has talked of sustainable development, without embargo, how not highlighting the contradiction among affirmations and his exaggerated confidence in the results that will derive of the full liberalisation of the commercial exchanges in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade? +The 112 or 115 deputies that have voted in favour of these amendments honour with *ello to Parliament, because they express the conviction that the Parliament is in his right to control to the Commission, control the execution of the community budget by the Commission, and that #this has the duty to respect the Treaties and provide to the Parliament the necessary information. +*Yo consider that it treats of an important step with seen to the preparation of a resolution of the Council of Security based in the foundation of the Chapter *VII and wanted to take advantage of the occasion to urge also to the permanent members of the Security Council to that they assume an active paper in the preparation of a resolution of these characteristics. +The politics that has developed up to now the European Union regarding *Rusia no always has been exemplary, but even so *yo want to manifest my confidence in that the combination of a global strategy and the new Regulation of *TACIS that it has to go in in vigour in the year 2000 will translate in a clear improvement of the adoption and execution of the decisions of the European Union in the field of politics relative to *Rusia. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate on the recommendation for the *segunda reading of the report (To4-0245\/99) by part of the Mr. *Jarzembowsky in name of the Commission of Transports and Tourism relative to the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the relative Council to the application of *gravámenes to the heavy vehicles of transport of commodities by the utilisation of determined infrastructures (13651\/3\/98 - *C4-0037\/99-96\/0182(*SYN)). +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, before happening to tackle the subject of the institutional reforms, like president of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, when opening my last public intervention, *yo also wanted to express publicly my gratitude to the President of Parliament by the common work that have made. +*Cuando, on 13 December, said that the Treaty of *Amsterdam *le gave the possibility to the Parliament, for the first time in history, to adopt a uniform statute for his members, that this statute had to go in in vigour in the moment in that the ratification of the Treaty of *Amsterdam provided the necessary juridical base for his approval, left to believe that we were smart to approve a statute. +Go back to present it in the second Inform #Martin, because we #can not *rendirnos. In benefit of the health of the #european citizens have to follow defending the positive effects of the moderate consumption of the wine in front of the groups of the population that do not know that the wine is the preventive medicine more effective and more pleasant against the #Alzheimer, the cancer, the *senilidad and #others illnesses. +To the violate knowingly the agreement of *Wye *Plantation, of October of 1998, the *cual forbids any unilateral measure that #can complicate the negotiation on the final statute of the territories, the #israeli Government pursues a deliberate strategy that consists in *vaciar of substance the future negotiation and in removing a territorial continuity to *Cisjordania, to prevent like this the feasibility of a future #palestinian State. +Consider that it is necessary that carry out two things: in the first place, the *restablecimiento of a constitutional and civil order and the end of the coup d'état that -as they said my colleagues- is the *decimoctavo from the half of the years seventy; second and to time, is precise to continue the process of agreement national also with these strengths that no only are military and that pretend to follow keeping the hegemony of some groups of population of an island with regard to the other. +Finally, some last words directed to the Mr. *Poettering, without the spirit of *referirme of special way to the political decisions interns, since I consider that we are in the European Parliament and here #would not have to talk of *Alemania like main subject. Without embargo, *yo #can *asegurarle a thing, gentleman *Poettering: precisely the green Party learnt the lesson of *Bosnia and also has learnt now the of *Kosovo, and also #would have assumed this responsibility with composition of the Government. +To the colleague of the *PDS that, on the one hand, *nos has criticised that have ignored the #french positions #as well as the goals of the #french politics but that, to time, *nos has thrown strongly in face the deficient results of the commitment of the agricultural market of the summit of *Berlín, only #can *decirle that they are looks in some mood interrelated. #would Have to examine more exactly #if at the end, by like this say it, do not drops *usted same in a tangle of contradictions. +Gentleman President, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, repair the dramatic material consequences and, especially, morals of the drama that has lived *Kosovo, collaborate with the International Penal Court so that the crimes committed do not remain *impunes, seat the bases of the economic development of the zone to end of *propiciar the reconciliation of the village *albanokosovar and of village #serbian have to be questions absolutely *prioritarias for the European Union. +#would Give *usted to the majority of the Assembly, of circumstantial form, the possibility to pronounce on the political affinities that they #can exist among #such or *cual deputy that has stamped his signature to the foot of the writing of constitution of a group and know very well that exist, also in breast of the majority groups, factions that are not neither with a lot of agreement among *ellas on a common political program. +Therefore, wanted to go back to remember that in the last session *plenaria *yo signalled that, of compliance with our Regulation, the Assembly decides on the composition of the tables of the delegations *interparlamentarias, but corresponds to the mixed parliamentary commissions proceed, as they take it also the parliamentary commissions, to the election of his tables, #such as we have taken it in the Commission of Subjects Inner, for example, and in #all commissions. +For example, is not possible to detain the delinquency organised, the traffic of persons, the bleaching of money and the terrorism only through the police collaboration, #if to time allows the free circulation among the countries members, so much of the community citizens as of #all the other, and much less #if the surveillance of the external borders sees weakened, it that it is unavoidable with the enlargement of the Union. +#can not admit that the key field of justice, that no only affects to the protection of the citizen of face to the outside, but that also guarantees the protection of the citizen in front of the state institutions, do not take into account the protection against erroneous executive measures neither the corresponding control in benefit of the citizens. +Amen of *eso, has not had any objection in accessing to the proposal of the #french Government to assign to Pascal *Lamy wallet of External Trade, although this gentleman is the architect of the "system #Jacques *Delors" . With this system has implanted in the Commission a financial structure totally #abstruse. +Always have been of the opinion that a military intervention foreigner only had to take place in the national interest of nation-Been that it treat, and without embargo the grave deterioration and the spiral of violence in the region required the adoption of measures and fulfilled the conditions of the new external politics ethical concerning the *cual *Portugal is Been member of right plenary. +In the resolutions adopted in June of 1999 on the *preparativos of the third meeting of the Ministers of the *OMC, the Council remitted clearly to the agreements of the Bosses of State in the Summit of Colony the days 3 and 4 June 1999, in the *cuales supported some negotiations that cover a wide fan of subjects, among *ellos norms labour, like the best half to achieve substantial results and balanced in benefit of #all the members of the *OMC. +The Commission already has remitted a document to the Presidency of the Council and to the Parliament in the that proposes a clear division of the functions of the services of the agency and of the personnel among *Pristina and *Salónica, with #all services operative centred in *Pristina and the director of the agency rooted there in his centre of operations. +Report (To5-0010\/99) of the Mrs. *Morgantini, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999) 334 - *C5-0059\/1999 - 1999\/0143(*CNS)) by the that approves the text of the *Décimo Agreement *CE-*OOPS for the period 1999-2001, before the signature of the Agreement by the Commission and the Organism of Dramas Public and Aid of the Nations Joined for Palestinian refugees in the Near Orient +Likewise, the services of the Commission, that has managed helps to *Rusia, have to elaborate a report on the modalities of employment of the bottoms and, finally, asks the creation of a commission of investigation, composed by the Council, the Commission, the European Parliament, the *BEI and the *BERD, that check how many and #which finances sent to *Rusia have used for the planned ends, for example, the program *TACIS. +Regarding #Grecia, already has said, the damages also have been great, have thrown roots in the population - have visited the zone - the anxiety by the morning, especially for having ascertained that, in the construction of houses, it that predominated was the benefit and no the care to the persons that were for buying a house. +The *avispados advisers that are to my side *me say that according to our Regulation, has been correct the behaviour of the Parliament and of the President of session, my predecessor, as in the agenda says that among the 15 and 16 hours will take place the statement of the Commission on the financial crisis in *Rusia and that the urgency debate will begin immediately after the statement of the Commission or to more take to the 16 hours. +The *segunda will be the of how competitions will transfer *usted of the Commission to this new agency and maybe to #some of the that already exist, so that they #can exert better tasks and assist to the agency commissioned of the *inocuidad of the foods in the resolution of the relative problems to the foods in *Europa. )How will guarantee the surrender of accounts of these new agencies? )#would Examine *usted, for example, the possibility to celebrate auditions here, in the European Parliament, to choose to the directors of said agencies? +Alas, to date, in cases, the citizen only receives with hindsight information on these subjects of the daily life that *le affect, *cuando in a so delicate field the performances #would have to have preventive character, of #such mood that the alimentary chain ensure really the corporal and mental welfare of the consumers and do not convert in object of speculation for the economic interests. +The resolution is at least a statement of our position on our relations with our big neighbour, and #if the Parliament had not expressed his opinion on this important subject, #would have supposed a *incumplimiento of his responsibility like international parliament, and a #sad indication that the politics of the Fortress *Europa is alive and receives more support of the that had to in breast of this Assembly. +In the Protocol of *Kioto, and also in the agreement on the climate, stipulates that #if a community of nations with economic cooperation, as it is the case of EU, do not fulfils in his group the commitments purchased, responsibility *recae on each #one of the integral states of the community, is to say, that #if #some States members do not fulfil the goals, #all the Union suffers the consequences. +But also has to ask to the services of *Euratom that effect a complete analysis of the group of the official regulations of security of our head offices, and around the head offices, in *Europa, to know #if it respects the group of the conditions of security; to know #if they still #can add procedures of urgency in case that they produce regrettable human negligences, that are worse, especially in these last years, that an unpredictable accident that, by definition, #can seed panic. +#can not finish my presentation without *indicarles that #this is not the only solution of the problem and that our Parliamentary Commission wishes to put of relief the need that other parliamentary commissions occupy of this risk for the security in the next directive on broadcasts of commercial vehicles weighed and also in other norms of proof of vehicles, for *cerciorarse that the cover defective of deposits of fuel withdraw of circulation, was in full road, was in annual proofs of the commercial vehicles. +Concerning the worry of Parliament by the possible resultant consequences of the transfer of the assignments of the category 4 allocated to the provision of help to the less advanced countries, do not have to forget that, of compliance with the Agreement of *Lomé, the European Bottom of Development funds the helps of the EU to these countries. +Our positions of principle in this sense, together with the balance among independence, reliability, transparent advertising and the necessary consolidation of the monetary dialogue, are from our point of seen decisive elements to judge the work of the #ECB and also for the formulation of our report and the approach of the procedure of work of Parliament. +Wail, therefore, that frustrated in the stage of commission and have not presented today in front of this Assembly the attempts to demand to the Bank that published the names of the assistants, the vote on the monetary measures, after a grace period of some two years, #as well as the publication of the models *econométricos of the #ECB. +The Commission will open also a debate on other important political fields. conflict prevention, the previous forecast to the crises and to the catastrophes and the humanitarian help based and focused to the human rights, is to say, the humanitarian help that centres more in the human rights of the victims. +The new global approach that has decided to give to the subjects of immigration and asylum, #as well as the commitment of the European Council to apply entirely Gin Convention on the Statute of the Refugee and the decision to aspire to a #european system of asylum are steps in the correct direction. +Lady Speaker, the Council of *Tampere that finishes to devote to space #european, called of "Freedom, Security and Justice" adopted #some positive technical decisions to intensify the cooperation in the fight against the delinquency and favour the judicial coordination, by means of a greater utilisation, for example, of the mutual recognition of the judicial resolutions in civil or penal matter that *usted same, lady Speaker, recommended, by it other, in his preliminary speech. +My Group had expressed the wish that like this it was from the case "*Michelin": said of another mood -as it finishes to repeat , the simultaneous announcement fact by the direction of this big company, in front of financial analysts, of benefit #obtaining substantial, by a part, and, by #another, the decision to suppress in *Europa 7.500 places of work. +#One, that *me #would seem quite positive, #would consist in creating an instance of *concertación of experts in the #european level without subtracting the minor can of decision to the national states on the fundamental matters, the most next to the worries of the citizens; the #another, that *me #would seem much more negative, #would consist in creating a supplementary element to deprive to the nations of right of *salvaguarda, that, without embargo, is inalienable. +The transparency of the process, regarding the preparation of the general guidelines of economic politics and the guidelines in matter of politics of employment, consolidates more with a *dictamen official and public of the Economic and Social Committee that with character query *tripartito that, at most, #can *tipificarse like obligation of prudence and diligence #Can the Commission answer the question of how sees the relation among the dialogue *macroeconómico proposed and the Economic and Social Committee already existent? +By the contrary, why #can not say that #if we are able to invest the tendency to the *decremento of the economic growth, thanks to liberalisation and thanks to knowing accept openly the challenges of the new economy, there will be wealth and will exist the possibility to increase the wages *vinculándolos to the productivity and to the results of the companies in place of *vincularlos to the national collective agreements or Europeans. +Of here that *me seem regrettable that now, to the principle of the process, the parts give the impression to protect in the importance of his own autonomy in the field of competitions: the administrations concerning his budgetary politics, the social speakers concerning the negotiations *salariales, and the Central Bank concerning the monetary politics. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated and estimated colleagues, the present managerial form splits of the strategy of reduction of the broadcasts CO2 in the field of the transport of the EU, the *cual supports in four *pilares: information to the consumers -the present managerial-, fiscal stimuluses of the States members, surveillance of CO2 broadcasts of the vehicles of tourism and the Agreement among the commission and the car industry. +The fact that it was difficult remains shown by two circumstances: a common agreement almost general on the urgency and the importance to adopt effective politics to struggle against unemployment and with regard to that #this occur inside a frame in that the necessary support to a positive economic process keep the social cohesion and the social model European. +The structural unemployment possesses varied indicators: labour costs excessively high, deficient flexibility in the labour days and in the biographies of the workers, service industry insufficiently developed, a regulatory density excessively high by part of the state and of the bureaucracy, speeds of innovation too much slow, periods too much long of transfer among the scientific knowledge and his put in practice in the production. +In this sense, think to treat the subject in the next ministerial meeting of the European Conference of the Civil Aviation, that will take place on 28 January next, and, #such as I have indicated before, the communication of the Commission devoted to this question will present to Parliament to finals of this year and to the Council of Ministers of Transport, specifically in the meeting of 6 December. +To his *Señorías *les corresponds a fundamental paper to the hour to reflect these points of sight and to contribute to the preparation of an external politics and of common security more effective, more coherent, nearer to the worries of the citizens and that reflect the values and principles that have forged our identity like Europeans. +Had wished, gentleman #Solana, that was more explicit on the bottom of this essential question and that *nos said how, in the field of the *PESC, went to contribute to correct, in measure in that it still was possible, the most disastrous consequences for our continent of the actions that *usted same, #if it has not ordered, at least has protected in *Yugoslavia whereas General Secretary of the NATO and that today have in front of *nosotros. +In these decisions are also the commitments of the States members to build a specific military strength that strengthen the capacity of the EU to make #worthy actions of credit, in accordance with the principles of the Convention of Nations Joined, without that put in cloth of trial the particular interests of *algún Been member and without that the EU take #his the fundamental missions of NATO. +The main focus of attention has to be the consolidation of a world-wide order of trade and the opening of the markets or have to put in a *primer plane the defence of our economic and social model European, of the social and ecological economy of market and of the community politics that come developing in favour of the interests of the citizen and of the consumer? +Gentleman President, it that it is necessary to appreciate in the Report *Schwaiger is the attempt to conciliate it that up to now has resulted *irreconciliable, and the considerable effort of the speaker notes, definitely, from the *primer considering, in that to the recognition of the strong increase of the world-wide exchanges, thanks to relations *multilaterales, #can not but *contraponer the fault of a substantial reduction of the economic inequalities in the world. +By the contrary, #if we take a road integrated of the bond among intellectual property and development, simultaneously to the extension of his guarantees, have to watch for boosting the direct investment like main vehicle of transfer of technology to these countries, #as well as for developing with *ellos agreements of technological cooperation and perhaps -launch idea- by *reflexionar on the reinforcement of the #european investment in fundamental investigation on the living beings to share the benefits with *ellos. +Had account that the proposals of the Commission -and to this *respecto am very grateful to the Mr. *Barnier- foresee a similar division for the procedures of modification, *me seems a sample of *pusilanimidad that Subject Commission Constitutional of this Parliament yes approve the division in two of the Treaties, but do not accept the differentiation of the procedures. +Without embargo, want to indicate that, from the point of sight of the Union, probably is quite better politics to adopt a constructive attitude so that *Turquía do not give entirely the back to the European Union and leave to try fulfil with the principles that *nosotros have added in the criteria of *Copenhague for the adhesion and in other #ours resolutions. +For example, the final mandate awarded by the Council, on 22 October, did not mentions the defence of the principle of the community preference, in spite of having been approved by the Council "Agriculture" of 27 September, the *cual had not been of the all satisfactory, when forgetting the principle of independence alimentary in *Europa. +How #can sue the villages of *Europa the *reforzamiento of the international paper of the EU with the creation of a new political entity and juridical and with the impulse of a defence and common security, *cuando the EU is responsible, beside the NATO, of the first action of war after the *Segunda World-wide War, the aggression, in break of notion of international right, against *Yugoslavia? +But #this has posed inconvenient, because the problem that has Canarian, like other regions *ultraperiféricas -*Azores, *Madeira and the #french departments of *Ultramar-, is that they are regions very moved away of the community territory, divided in small insular territories, with markets very reduced, with some problems of transport enormous and, besides, with derivative difficulties, for example, of the excess of population, of a diet of rains very irregular and of poor floors, that prevent that they develop normal activities. +*Cuando prepared yesterday my intervention on the Reports *Morillon, in a text of the European Parliament, of the Secretariat of the Group of Work for Enlargement, of International and Institutional Relations of the General Direction *IV, under responsibility of the Mrs. *Martine *Chariot, in the point 6 of the report on the relations of *Turquía with the European Union affirms *algo surprising and of the all unacceptable: +But also want to say that in the Basque Country is absolutely necessary a political commitment as in *Irlanda, of form that did not costs the *cerrazón, even the reactionary character -#would say *yo- of the postures of the #spanish Government, that denies to accept a political commitment with the national parties Basques in the course of the process of peace. +A last information: the Mrs. *Maj *Britt *Théorin, speaker of the Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, has adopted an initiative that *me seems of it nicer, the to send to #all our masculine colleagues a letter for *animarlos to carry a white bow like signal of his public commitment of not committing violences neither *excusar or *callar the violence against the women. +In the Anti-doping World-wide Agency, in view of that there #be parity among the world of sport, on the one hand, and, by #another, the of the governments and that #all the members of the council of administration, therefore, also the federations and #all the national olympic committees, have engaged to put in practice, each in his field, the decisions adopted by the agency, there are hopes. +In the future, beginning with the budgetary exercise 2001, the procedure of configuration of the budget of the EU will have to follow the political priorities more *marcadamente that up to now ,and to this *respecto decisions about the priorities do not have to cover only the operative means but also the necessary personal resources so that it take a greater assignment of personnel there #where are the political priorities. +But had celebrated that owing to the adjusted result of the vote that had in the commission -difference vote- had shown *algo more of disposal for the commitment by part of the speaker and of his group, since -I say it today very clearly- #if we vote the Wednesday and our amendment 7, the reduction of the contingents of base to 500, is not approved go to vote against of the whole of the report. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0077\/1999), in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, concerning the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone (5748\/3\/1999 - *C5-0034\/1999 - 1998\/0228) (Speaker: Mrs. *Hulthén). +As a result of the European Council of *Helsinki, on the *cual has celebrated this morning here, in the Plenary, a debate with the presence of the President of the Commission, #this has approved a proposal of decision of the Council with seen to the official approval of the lines guidelines for employment politics of the States members in the year 2000. +From the point of sight purely financial, in addition to the technical assistance with charge to *PHARE -22 millions of euros- and the financial protocol, subvention for the payment of the interests of the loans of the *BEI that rises to 20 millions of euros, have devoted 143 millions of euros of exceptional assistance to help to this country to confront the consequences of the crisis of *Kosovo. +And the paper of the European Union, of the Commission and of the European Parliament in this sense is important, since, as it has signalled, there are agreements signed among the European Union and *Macao. Is well that, during the next 50 years, the European Parliament and our #european institutions #can follow the evolution of *Macao, a lucky evolution, create *yo. +Regarding the decisions on the granting of credits of the European Bank of Investments, the mentioned project *Gardaland has been treated before in the Parliament in turn of oral questions to the Commission and, according to the information received by the Council, in this occasion exposed very in detail the arguments that defend this project and his advantages, so that I do not go to go back to *repetirlos. +Likewise, the Council loaned attention to the approach of the Commission in relation with a structural reform of the aerial space wider, #whose goal is to create space aerial uniform in *Europa, and received also with satisfaction the purpose of the Commission to create a Group of high level that study the looks of this subject and present to the Council a report *aclaratorio the next June. +The Council is conscious that, in the case of the Mrs. Titin *Loizidou, the European Court of the rights of the man considered that *Turquía had violated the European Treaty for the protection of the rights of the man, to the *inculparse in the undue appropriation of property rights in *Chipre of the North, and condemned to *Turquía to effect compensations. +The Council underlines that #all the States members voted in favour of a transitory resolution on the subject, that was approved by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of *Europa on 6 October 1999 and in the that signalled that the conditions of payment proposed by the Government of *Turquía #can not be considered satisfied with the obligations imposed by the sentence of the Court and also exhorted to *Turquía that reviewed posture. +In the Directive 98\/58\/*CE of the relative Council to the protection of the animals of breeding declares that it will not administer to an animal #any another substance, with exception of the administered for therapeutic ends or *profilácticos, unless scientific studies of the animal welfare or of the experience established have shown that his effect is not hurtful for the health or welfare of the animal. +Have the security that our European Parliament is very satisfied for having taken part in the pressures of the international community, that have contributed to that the #indonesian President *Habibie have released it the past 7 September, little after the referendum of 30 August, in the that the 70,5% of the population of *Timor Oriental pronounced in favour of independence. +Therefore, *señorías, the commitment to the that get with the Commission of Budgets consists in not approving more that the loan of 75 millions of euros, agreeing - a position of the Commission of Industry that has comprised, create, by part of the Budget Commission - in that *Tayikistán #would owe also can enjoy of a supplementary help to lighten the monthly charge of the debt, 200.000 euros, *algo that it is *insoportable for this country. +The conversations that have come celebrating with the speaker and #some of the remaining deputies to the Parliament since it took place the debate on the report of Mr. Go *Dam, previously of the Mr. *Wijsenbeek, during the session *plenaria of February have reinforced even more my *convencimiento, in this case the of the Mr. *Kinnock, that we agree on the need to improve the incentives and the competitiveness of the transport combined. +Especially regarding the questions of discrimination of greater persons, the problems of sight and hearing, the questions of unemployment -that, with frequency, affect to the most greater- or the social exclusion, is important that aspire by means of the training in the breast of the public opinion to avert in moment the exclusion of any social group. +Regarding the Justice Grandstand, here fits to highlight the fine utilisation that has taken of the system of rent-buys of the buildings annexes to the *Palais and, on the other hand, regarding the anticipation of the 50 millions of *ecus that carried out, *yo only #would highlight here *algo that in his moment -the year 1997- *nos concerned: the series of commitments that kept the Government *luxemburgués with the Parliament and that did not know in that moment #if the #would fulfil or no... +do not agree with the editorial of the paragraph 1 and wish to suppress the definite «word» of this paragraph, because in the Parliament has not celebrated in any moment a vote on the question of the approval of the corresponding management to 1996, recommended by the Commission of Budgetary Control to this Assembly. +In both reports, in the report of Mr. *Elles, and here include also to our speaker, the Mr. *Brinkhorst, for 1997, it is necessary to take into account really two things: have not voted on conditions for the granting of the approval of the management, have added documents of work; #this is an unusual procedure, but believe that it has been hit and here has said it that go to take get like suggestions, and also like requirements, to the next Commission. +The Commission presented his resignation as a result of the procedure of said management. Although it has reached to introduce numerous improvements, explanations and positive solutions in this process, runs the danger that the approval procedure of the management and of the distinct questions #can be too much wide, since, in accordance with the fundamental regulation of the EU, corresponds to the Parliament approve the budgetary management. +But especially, gentleman Commissioner, taking into account the problems posed by the previous agreements to the *OMC on this type of products, wanted to *preguntarle #if it #can engage to reopen the *dossier of the *OMC in two points: a better definition of the principle of caution, especially through the investment of the charge of proof in case of doubt, and, a second point, a better definition of the *dictamen *pericial, since the alimentary code #can not consider like legitimate univocal reference. +In effect, this sector -in concrete the clothes of bed of cotton and the pieces of cashmere- to the equal that other sectors, specifically the that appear in the list that accompanies to the statement of the sentence of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, will see increased tariffs to the exports in a 100 % after the decision adopted by part of the organ of arbitration of the *OMC. +In this sense, the Commission and President will have to boost, with the collaboration of this Parliament, the scarce political will of the Council to define an external politics and of #european common security, without character *subalterno regarding the States Joined, that serve to guarantee at the same time the human rights in the *Balcanes and all over the world and also the fulfillment of the international Right. +No treats of an abstract question, but that affects to the solution to questions like the enlargement, the institutional reform in strict sense and the creation of a structure of politics external and of common defence that, as we see in the conflict of *Kosovo, *Europa needs absolutely, because it shows that *carece of an autonomous capacity to answer to the crises like the that are in this region. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, gentleman *Prodi, the circumstances with that confronts are difficult and at the same time also easy. Difficult to the sight of the challenges that will have to confront the European Union in the next five years and easy because a renewal of the Commission had not explained never with a so wide support of Parliament, of the Council and of the #european public opinion. +#Ours dip on a long-term basis has to be, by means of a fast development of the cooperation and opening the doors to the EU, the achievement in the *Balcanes of it that have achieved in the European Union: ensure democracy, build an economy that give welfare to the persons and surpass the limits among the countries, so that our national identities have lower importance and that do not matter #if we are #german, #portuguese, Greeks, Dutches or #swedish for our possibilities of life. +Is necessary an act of the strongest part and more reasonable that put end to the bombardments to see the letters that are on the table, to restart the negotiations and to find an exit to the problem, without damage, as it is obvious, to guarantee through a military strength the right of refugees to return to *Kosovo. +The Commission has proposed to continue the efforts of the last years treating to centre the internal politics on growth and the costs related with the employment, especially the investigation and the technical development, the networks *transeuropeas, the education and training, #as well as the small and medium enterprises, that has been a parliamentary initiative. +to)Is necessary a greater and more effective development of the cooperation among the States members, as there #be not sufficient cooperation.*b)Is necessary to contribute to that the protection of persons and the sakes accompany of a better and more intelligent relation with the nature that allow to avert the avoidable catastrophes. #Many of *ellas are it.*c)Has to take a reference expresses to the isolated regions and *ultraperiféricas and to the difficulties that suffer by his geographic conditions, orographic and social. +Finally, but above #everything, is correct the way in that the text recognises the equality of Parliament and the Council: the committee will be chaired jointly; will gather alternatively in the venues of the European Parliament and of the Council: the texts have to be signed jointly by both presidents; the letters have to be signed by the *copresidentes; even the formalisation by the Jurists-Linguists will carry out by the European Parliament and the Council. +*Señorías, have begun with a personal balance and *me has gone out a collective balance. The of realisations that correspond to the work, to the obstinacy and to the tarpaulin of #all *ustedes, with the active and loyal collaboration of #all the civil servants of the General Secretariat that loan his services to this Assembly, of the *free-launch , of the parliamentary assistants, of #all. +Now belong to the group of the veterans of this Parliament and memory how the Presidents of group in #that then were the first to the hour to squander in the costs, were the first, *cuando it was necessary to travel in limousine with driver to charge of the Parliament demanding afterwards the diets of trip to deputy box by these same trips. +Only want to ascertain that the European Union has shown his unit and decision in front of the events in the *Balcanes during the past weeks, beginning by the conjoint statement of the Bosses and State and of Government of 24 March until the last hardening of the penalizing measures by part of the Council of General Subjects the past week. +Regarding the management of the market, Parliament voted the maintenance of the public intervention and the reinforcement of the control of the production, and *ello *contrariamente to the wishes of the Commission that proposed to balance the markets by effect of the descent of the prices to the production and the instauration of the private storage from the 2002. +In front of the need that the agricultural politics also answer at the beginning of economic and social cohesion and correct #some excesses, like the concentration of the helps in #few hands, the Commission answers that they will be the States members the attendants to reduce the amounts, leaving of a side a necessary community approach and the incorporation of general principles. +Subject: Fraud in the sector *pesquero in the south of *Europa Knows the Council the report of the auditors in the that it criticises to the Commission by have not taken the necessary cautions to avert the fraud committed with the community bottoms allocated to the modernisation of fishing fuselages, the majority of *ellos located in the south of *Europa? +#One of the paramount goals in the conception of the structural measures for this sector of face to the next #millenium has to be *mantenerlas it simpler and coherent possible, with the end to guarantee that they are it sufficiently flexible to answer to the specifically regional needs in the field *pesquero, in regions dependent of the fishing or there #where exist important communities of fishermen. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0248\/99) of the Mrs. *Oddy, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to determined juridical looks of the electronic trade in the inner market (*COM(98)0586 - *C4-0020\/99-98\/0325 (*COD)). +After the conclusions of the European Council of *Berlín, Politics Commission Regional had to struggle in a significant front for the group of the #european citizens: the creation of #one *cuarta community initiative, *URBAN, allocated to the economic and social rehabilitation of the cities and urban cores in crisis, with regard to promoting a development *durable. +#The same has made a gesture of wide political scope and of unilateral generosity in benefit of the process of peace, has averted a dramatic transition, a negative influence in the #israeli elections and a grave crisis of the peace process, with the danger of a resumption of the conflict in military terms. +This subject *reviste a special importance in the case of the nuclear head offices, especially in it that to the construction, operation, the circuit of the fuel and the storage refers. #Everything *ello purchases a particular dimension of face to the agreements of enlargement, since we #can not accept that the States candidates to the adhesion apply a normative less rigid that the that demands at present in *Europa Western. +Gentleman President, the Commission congratulates by the adoption of a common project on recognitions of diplomas by part of the Conciliation Committee and, in name of the Commission, #would wish to express my gratitude particularly to the Mrs. *Gebhardt, #as well as to the president and to the members of the delegation of the Parliament in said conciliation, by #all the efforts made during these last four months to obtain this conjoint text. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam had not resolved the problem of the operation of the Institutions and, regarding the external politics, the only advance was to appoint to *Mister *PESC that, without embargo, was not still in functions during the crisis of *Kosovo that, without expecting delays and the continuous absences of *Europa, burst like a scourge and renewed the crimes of the ethnic cleansing that already had *gangrenado *Bosnia. +Our goal is to increase the transparency and the efficiency of the performances of the Council; consider that a greater transparency is indispensable condition so that the citizens approve #all the project of the Union.Also want that the Council of General Subjects assume his paper in the direction of the Council of Ministers. +Among the measures *prioritarias that have to fund in the frame of the credits *OPNOVA include, among #others, the cleansing of mines, the purchase of materials for the reconstruction of houses and of public buildings, the help to companies of public services, to the customs and a program of employment and local rehabilitation. +In the letter, the Mr. *Santer specified that the Mr. *Bangemann #can not undertake his new tasks and activities while it had not completed the procedure established in the article 215 of the Treaty, and said likewise that #would subject to the School of Commissioners the question of the compatibility of the planned nomination with article 213 of the Treaty. +Of course, the Mr. *Bangemann is personally responsible of his mood to act, but a politics that orients preferably to the economic interests and especially to the interests of the great companies, is necessarily subjected to the danger that his main representatives reproduce this mood to think as *ejecutores of politics and that devote to *maximizar his personal benefits against of any moral code. +The Government, first did not know how was it that was, adopted a posture of total indifference, next wanted to throw earth on the subject until after the elections and finally took manager of panic reaction evidently exaggerated that caused all over the world a boycott of the products called #belgian but of the that the first victim has been my country, *Flandes, since the greater part of the exports called «#belgian» of course are exports of *Flandes. +Lady Speaker, to difference of the previous orators, that were #all of #english nationality - watch by where!-, *yo #would wish to protest against the decision of the quite surprising -Commission, to mood to see- to impose a sanction to the #french Federation of football by a supposed discrimination in the sale of entrances in the last Glass of the World of football. +Although my rules of hygiene mental for the weekends *me have prevented to devote to the reading of the report the hours that definitely deserves, believe that has an additional virtue little appreciated by my predecessors in the use of the word: in points collects positions of the Parliament and proposals that were not received *favorablemente in his day. +#One of the extenuating circumstances on the lacks of the Commission, that *trasluce along the report, is the fault of means with the that explain the services of the Commission to carry out the politics that *nosotros, deputies, agree in the field of cooperation for the development and of the humanitarian help, flags both of the community external action. +Comprise the comment of the Commissioner about the subsidiariness, but are because in the Parliament there #be frame directive minimum that did not invades the subsidiariness and that solves the problem when creating the obligation in the States members to establish an inspection inside some wide guidelines. +Say here that the commission of investigation on the linen in the Congress of Deputies already has approved his conclusions, declare clearly that this commission has exempted of any responsibility to the Mrs. Of Palace, situating the responsibility of the management, control and granting of the helps in the #spanish Autonomous Communities, notoriously in the governed by #one of his *correligionarios in *Castilla-The Stain. +Finally, regarding the space of justice, our purpose #would have to be the to take all it possible so that the citizen have the feeling to find , in #all the territory of the European Union, in front of a frame of justice that was suitable and in the that they protect rights of similar way, no only in front of the criminals, but also even in front of possible excesses of the public powers. +The constructive participation of Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence and the Commission of Budgets of the Parliament also deserve my gratitude, and inside a moment will happen to comment the amendments presented by the Commission of Budgets, subject to the that has referred the Mr. *Khanbhai. +The paper of the Commission and of the #european institutions has to, in the very concrete case of security alimentary, limit to negotiate the principle of caution in the frame of the international agreements and to coordinate the politics of the States members and of the European Union. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0016\/99) of the Mr. *Langen, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to a program *plurianual of promotion of the renewable energies in the *Comuniad (*ALTENER) (1998-2002) (7122\/1\/99 - *C5-0032\/99 - 97\/0370(*COD)). +The Parliament expresses, besides, in the section 1 of the article 1, the will that it carry out the campaign allocated to promote the penetration of sources of renewable energy, #such as it already advocates in the White Book of 1997, and that they also develop new instruments and mechanisms that allow to boost a penetration accelerated and coordinated in the market of #all the sustainable energetic technologies. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation (To5-0020\/1999) of the Mrs. *Kinnock, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, on the proposal of decision of the Council and of the Commission relative to the celebration of the Agreement of Trade, Development and Cooperation among the European Community, by a part and the Republic of *Sudáfrica, by another (8731\/1999 *COM(1999) 245 - *C5-0154\/1999 - 1999\/0112(*AVC)). +And finally want to take a question on the budget: taking into account that almost #all the transfers centre in the category *cuarta, #this is, in the external actions of the Union, and that #this is #one of the points that produces more dissatisfaction in my Group and, in general, in the Budget Commission, did not believes the gentleman President that #would be convenient to review the financial perspectives regarding the external politics of the Union? +Has foreseen the Commission use methods of communication more modern as, for example, the acquisition of time of advertising, of 3 to 5 daily minutes, issued among the #news and the sport of the main newscast of the television network with greater audience of each Been member, to present with character of divulging the attainments and goals of the EU, directing mainly to the social coats that usually do not read and that definitely are not the addressees of our material? +Support firmly the observation that has taken my colleague of the *PPE, Mr. *Bowis, that we do not owe of any way export our problem of the world developed, through the taxes on our old head offices with levels of problematic broadcast and move these places of work and production units to regions less developed, #where are less prepared to cut across the degradation of the environment. +Of course, exist limits to our realism; of here that we also want to use today this moment to protest by the situation in this country, and take an urgent call to the Government of *Bielorrusia so that it take *algo in front of the disappearances and occupy that the missing are found, so that #this constitute a reason in himself\/hisself same to initiate really a dialogue that allow the celebration of free elections and just, expect, the next year. +Among these political goals the human rights occupy a place stood out, together with the free access to the informative means, the end of the bullying against the opposition, a constructive dialogue among the opposition and the government, and the backrest to program *TACIS of development of the civil society. +#Some of *ustedes have *percatado surely that the plastic materials use increasingly in the industry of vehicles of engine and proof norm uniform will offer to the designers the possibility to concentrate in the fulfillment of an alone norm, instead of having to consecrate his efforts to the fulfillment of #all a series of norms different. +Have voted in this sense an amendment that corresponds to an important political commitment of Parliament, although we vote it above the category 4, it that it wants to say that to the day of today there #be not statute of amendment, but that corresponds to a commitment of this Assembly to vote these credits with occasion of the *segunda reading, mainly regarding the agreement with *Marruecos, that is a political priority of this Parliament. +give account that it will be necessary to reduce in a 10 % the efforts against the mines *antipersonas, that also appear in our budgetary lines, or support measures to the no governmental organisations that work in the countries in development, as for example in *Guatemala or in other regions of the world, because we are unable to use the imagination, because we do not want *detenernos to consider exactly of where go to go out these resources? +In the first place, no *me seems #worthy of credit that from the European Parliament demand, on the one hand, to #all the other institutions and very especially to the Commission the most rigorous control and expect that the organisation chart of the personnel adapt to the new requirements, and *nos propose that #this remain reflected, besides, in the #european Budget, while by the #another side are not had to act in sense in our own field, regarding the budget and the administration of the Parliament. +Already has signalled in brief that the report occupies especially of the year 1998, the year in the that *dictaminó how countries -eleven in total- fulfilled the criteria of convergence, decided where #would have his headquarters of the #ECB, proceeded to the absorption of the *IME, initiated the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union, and the Council of the #ECB decided stability strategy, based in the two *pilares already known. +Regarding his #dutch past, the Central Bank of the Low Countries, that chaired during years, found in the centre of the field of strengths social #where developed the economic and social politics and *yo see it like a model for the implication of the Central Bank European in the dialogue *macroeconómico #european. +The report of the experts contained proposed on how #would have to concretise this bridge to make the transition to the help to the development or to other instruments of support to the development, as for example the programs *PHARE and *TACIS? And has determined #if the problems have origin in the help of THROW and in the design of the project, or #if they are imputable to the other helps? +Without these minimum measures and #others, accompanied of concrete measures against the transfers of companies inside the European Union and other measures against the *dumping social in the outside, the social model European, so expensive to #some of politicians, included the of rights, will not be never another thing that an empty speech, it that #would contribute to strengthen a feeling *antieuropeo diffuse in our countries and in numerous employees. +#If a part of the social speakers, the that are the world-wide competition and on the that #all are, really, of agreement in that they have to be helped and protected -because *nos interest the #european companies that they #can compete worldwide- expresses his restlessness by society and by the maintenance of the social balance, have a significant argument for the development and the support to the social dialogue. +In effect, in this delicate stage for the European Union, while it is the enlargement to the East and while they are #all the economic and financial reforms related with the introduction of the only coin, do not have to forget the value "culture" , the specificities and the diversities of the #european culture, assessment and diffusion. +Gentleman President, to initiative of the socialist Group and with the backrest of the #others Groups, Fishing Commission has formulated this oral question to the European Commission and to the, once again, absent Council of Ministers so that it expose in front of the #european citizenship #which is the current situation of the contacts kept with the #moroccan authorities, with seen to the negotiation for a future Agreement of fishing European Union-*Marruecos. +After the expiration of the previous agreement, gentleman Commissioner, produced a tie up that it lasted seven months, to the that it was necessary to add the natural biological stops and stops no so biological and more arbitrary, imposed by the #moroccan Administration to a European Commission that did not know to defend the interests of his persons, as they test it the numerous *apresamientos *injustificados and #some even out of the economic zone #moroccan scoop. +proposes that the European and Chinese Union close a specific agreement of scientific and technical cooperation so as to increase and expand the cooperation, #among others fields, in fields like the energy, the environment, the sciences of the nature, the sciences of the materials, the transport, the telematic, and the technologies of the information and communication. +A projection of figures indicates that the #european industry invests surely among 20.000 and 10.000 millions of frames in efforts of investigation out of the European Union and #if it achieved to use the credits that the European Union puts now to disposal for *movilizar also private resources in the field of the investigation, #this #would contribute to that countries like Argentinian leave to be only extensions of the #european facilities to take part directly in the investigation and the technological development. +Already posed the question and, very amiably, the Speaker *me has given an answer that, without embargo, consider no adjusted to the Regulation, because #if Regulation talks of a week, a week #can not understand like seven working days: seven days #can understand like natural or working and no like a week, to the equal that a month or a year that, for example, #can not consider of 365 working days. +Besides, support totally the proposals of the speaker on the reduction of CO2 broadcasts, so that we reach the goals of *Kioto, #as well as the fiscal incentives for the technical adaptation of the most ancient vehicles and the adaptation of the cycles of proofs, so that they register the real broadcasts of the vehicles in circulation, at least on a long-term basis. +In previous reports of the European Parliament already said that the big culture of the car was the main manager of the pollution of the air in *Europa, and Parliament exerts now an active paper in the establishment of the maximum values of the distinct *contaminantes to reach the control of this environmental problem. +Create and expect, as, that Parliament #can, from this report, receive income especially through this reference #as well as through #others, and seen the elements that #this contain, #one to a formal claim to authorise to the Conference *Intergubernamental to tackle at the same time the reforms that *nos propose and to this fundamental look of the total participation of the Parliament no only regarding the "costs" but also to the "income" of the budget of the Union. +Therefore, is urgent to unify this energetic debate with the purpose to determine exactly investment options and put a #alto to these contradictions that take that five members, at least, of the European Union -*Austria, #Italia, *Dinamarca, *Portugal and #Grecia- that do not resort to the nuclear energy, #would be forced to fund a politics that is, in more of a 50%, still subsidised by the European Union in matter of nuclear energy. +Respect the reasons by the that the #british delegation has abstained concerning the amendments *núms. 5 and 8 -auxiliary doctors-, but *yo have not followed this line, because, in the first place, treats of a position negotiator and, second, experience familiar immediate of #one *comadrona of the *SNS, overwhelmed by an excessive work, no *me allows to impose to some decisive medical personnel labour days longer of it absolutely necessary. +*Ello has caused that the current #greek authorities have taken a very important decision, specifically the nomination of a new direction, resorting to expert of companies -in concrete the *Speedway, a subsidiary of *British *Airways- that they have to update the plan of reflation of the company and that, am safe, will be able to *ofrecernos along this month sufficient data and the necessary guarantees so that, once and for all, #can authorise the last tract of helps to *Olympic *Airways and reach that #this takeoff adequately and take flight without greater problems. +Has shown a big opening, which *nos has allowed to reach commitments, no in the sense of the commitments that hide the positions that defend the different Groups, but that have struggled and have taken a true effort to achieve a #european commitment, approach #european that express the general support to the position of the Council and of the Commission. +Thus it is indispensable that the Commission achieve a harmonisation of the tariffs and the elimination of the beaks *arancelarios and of the progression *arancelaria, #as well as the suppression of #all the technical barriers to trade, understanding that to the less developed countries *les has to guarantee the free access to the international market of #all his products so that they #can benefit also *ellos of the commercial liberalisation. +To finish, also *yo want to congratulate to the speaker by his excellent report and by his will to get to a consensus it wider possible on a subject so important like the next Round of the #Millenium, of the *cual depends the consolidation of a commercial system *equitativo that ensure, to world-wide level, an economic order based in the social justice. +The adherents of the liberalisation of the trade whereas engine of prosperity are so much more reluctant to this balance in the measure in that it is difficult to argue the aggravation of the situation in these last years with the reinforcement of the inequalities among the countries with delay in development and the countries advanced, like the development of the inequalities in the same breast of countries developed. +At present, in spite of the good work of the speakers, the proposal of position of the Parliament runs the risk of being more conservative that the of the Commission, and the Group of the Party of the Liberal, Democrat and European Reformers has presented varied amendments directed to centre the approach of the report and to accelerate the development of #one *Europa parliamentary. +Nevertheless, the construction of #this *Europa do not involves to deprive to the villages and to the homelands of the *margen of autonomy that *les allows to dominate his own destination, is to say, that only #can undertake #if it supports in respect of the national sovereignties, in the adhesion of the villages, in the social consensus and politician, in the opening and the transparency of the processes and in the respect of #all the integral countries. +Subject: Prohibition of supply of fuels and threat of humanitarian catastrophe in *Yugoslavia Is being very questioned and has given place to forceful reactions the opposition of the EU -manifested in the frame of the Council of Ministers of External Subjects celebrated in *Luxemburgo- to supply fuel and products of first need to the inhabitants of *Yugoslavia so that they #can confront the next winter, #as well as the final decision to supply oil, under the lemma "Action for democracy", only to two #serbian populations, *Nis and *Pirot, controlled by the opposition. +But where is the protection of the workers, in particular against the drama of the unemployment, even in the richest countries of the European Union, precisely #that that #would have *sobradamente the means to eradicate the unemployment, #if the main worry of his governments did not go the gains of the great companies and the enrichment of owners and shareholders? +The public and social services, like the education or health, and also #that in the that are in game the security of the users and the collective interest, like the public transports or the aerial control, the culture and the artistic creation, #can not subject to the balances of a commercial negotiation. +Given the existence of the international agreement reached by means of the Extraordinary Assembly of the Organisation of Nations Joined in June of 1998, for treatment balanced of the problem, so much in the slope of the decrease of the offer, as in the slope of the decrease of the demand, wanted to underline the possibilities that offers the new Treaty in his article 152. +Gentleman Newton *Dunn, as *nosotros are of the opinion that in the weighting of his proposal, by it other #worthy of attention, and of the intention that the #german Presidency of the Council had in moment, *nos remain with the that aspires to a wider goal, will refuse his amendments, and no only those referred to the legal base, but #all #that that do not alter the fact that *usted has made an accurate work. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0054\/99) of Mr. *Seppänen in name of the Commission of Budget on the proposed decision of the Council by the that concedes to the European Bank of Investments a guarantee of the Community to absorb the losses that derive of the loans for the realisation of projects of reconstruction of the zones affected by the earthquake in *Turquía. +Serve of example the group of prevention of *estupefacientes, that acts in the breast of the Centre of Investigation and Development in the sanitary and social sector of *Finlandia, #as well as the group *Pompidou, group of cooperation of the Council of *Europa created in the decade of the 70 by initiative of the President of *Francia for the fight against the drug addiction and that has slopes projects for the reduction of the offer and the demand of *estupefacientes. +Believe that have the obligation bear with our *conciudadanos -and talk to the Speaker in exercise of the Council of a #nordic country that always takes #gala of transparency- to reach a transparent process in the that, in the first place, the Parliament was properly represented and *me #would enjoy that the Speaker denied those voices that say that the Presidency *opone to a full representation of the Parliament in the Conference *Intergubernamental with two representatives. +Gentleman President, the Speaker in exercise of the Council affirms that it always enjoys *cuando attends to the Parliament, therefore it results quite extraordinary that in his intervention have not answered to #any of the proposals of Parliament for the Conference *Intergubernamental, it that comes to confirm the #news appeared in the press, that are reason of worry, that the European Council has chosen an agenda restricted for the *CIG and that the Letter is only *optativa. +During 1998 and 1999 with the approval of the programs of the Commission of the European Parliament through a group of work *interinstitucional, *Turquía received bottoms inside the Program *Meda and Commission of Budgetary Control has approved the creation of this group of work during the debate of the budget of the year 2000. +*Yo particularly think -and had the occasion of say it in the debate that kept in the month of October- that, for the first time, #all the pieces of the puzzle #turkish find on the table: the problem of the islands of the Sea *Egeo, the problem of *Chipre, the problem of the human rights and the problem of the minorities. +In consequence, *nos seems timely that in this occasion give another very clear signal that the preservation of the human rights and the protection of the minorities in *Turquía follows being the essential condition so that the European Parliament express solidarity from the point of sight of the cooperation and of the support to this country. +In spite of the diverse political initiatives directed to reduce pollution and improve the quality of the air, splits of the base that the needs of transport of *pasajeros will go back to increase drastically in the next ten years and the number of vehicles will increase in a 25%, it that will suppose a still greater charge for the quality of the air. +Other elements of said strategy are an agreement with the car industry on the reduction of CO2 broadcasts inside a term *preestablecido and a system of labeling that indicate the consumption of fuel and facilitate the election of the consumer in the moment of the purchase of a new tourism. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, as it indicates the speaker, Mrs. #Carmen *Fraga *Estévez, the presentation of the proposal of the new regulation of the Council by the that it establishes the Common Organisation of the Market in the sector of the products of the fishing and aquaculture produces in a moment in the that #all the countries of the European Union constitute #one of the greater world-wide markets of products *pesqueros. +Perhaps these demonstrations served of pretext to the official protagonists of the Summit -#that that seated of plenary right around the table of work- not to assume until the bottom the political responsibility of some certainly difficult negotiations but extremely necessary in matter of social rights and of protection of the health of our citizens, some negotiations that no longer #can expect. +#That is the reason by the that the budget of this year had to reflect in truth the need to reinforce the procedures of control budgetary and, like speaker of the budget for 2000 and in name of Commission of Budgetary Control, wanted to receive with *beneplácito once again the creation of a new organ to struggle against the fraud and the new places of the *OLAF reflected in the budget for this year. +Subject: Publication of compliance with article 5 of the Regulation 19\/65\/*CEE of the Council of 2 March 1965 Has taken into account the Commission the specificity and diversity of the sector of the hospitality industry in *Bélgica, *afamado by the big quantity of friendly bars in the that they serve beers of the most diverse classes, and the repercussions of the application of the Regulation of reference especially among the small employers of the sector that will see affected? +Sure enough, there #be a *desfase remarkable among the noisy proclamations of the Union on his wish to exert a more offensive paper in the solution of the great international problems, by a part; and by #another, dealer discussions of carpets to the that have had to *entregarnos with the representatives of the governments *cuando treats to look for finance for new priorities. +Without embargo, have to say that, to the contrary of it that *sucede in the national field, in *Europa have observed that the practical politics develops above the parties and, in front of the material problems, the European Parliament is conscious of his responsibility, that of course increased and happened to occupy a place even more stood out to the sight of the low participation in the #european elections. +#Such as it establishes the article 35 of our Regulation, the Commission of Budgetary Control, competent for this matter, listened and interrogated individually to the candidates proposed the days 22. and 23 November 1999. In said audiences, *nos guide, on the one hand, by the disposals of the Treaty, that demand that the candidates form part or have formed part in the past of an organ of control of accounts or are especially qualified for the exercise of said charge. +From the point of sight of the countries in development, the important questions are the creation of the conditions to develop his capacity to register the indexes of pollution and the development of capacities of performance in general, #as well as the promotion of the transfer of technology. +. (IN) In the first place, wanted to recognise, to the equal that am safe that it recognises #all the Parliament, the paper that has exerted the distinguished deputy Mr. *Soares no only in the restoration of democracy, the human dignity and the human rights in #one of the great countries of *Europa, but also the historical paper that has exerted at the end of the empire and in the conclusion of an empire with #all the #decorum that has been possible, without forgetting *Macao. +The second problem is, definitely, the most important: although it mentions in the preamble, this text do not answers to an essential problem, *cual is the investigation directed to illnesses that are not little frequent, but concerning the *cuales do not exists market for the pharmaceutical industry, in particular the illnesses that affect to populations that #can not pay treatment: treats, especially, of the tropical illnesses, even of the malaria and of the tuberculosis. +Whereas the previous rounds carried out inside the greater discretion, among negotiators *sagaces and taking into account only the commercial interests of his country, the next round, #whose date of start is up to now unknown, only will be able to make in the transparency and integrating in the debates #all the questions linked with the trade, to know: the social norms, the environment, the protection of consumers, the culture. +Subject: Granting of humanitarian help to Serbian Has the Council the intention to undertake initiatives directed to send humanitarian help to the #serbian village, now that the winter is in doors, since the maintenance of the embargo -on the that has manifested his reservations even the coordinator of the Stability Pact, Mr. *Bodo *Hombach- affects to the #serbian village in greater measure that to the diet of *Milosevic? +Of here that it value very positively Report *Murphy and that it have voted in favour of #the same by what said report introduces again looks that the Council had deleted when elaborating his common position, but that represent an unquestionable benefit for the #SME, in particular the obligation to fix by law the establishment of some same terms of collection in the commercial transactions and the that this obligation *incumba also to the public powers. +Given the importance of tourism, by a part, regarding the creation of places of work and, by #another, regarding the diffusion of the #european culture and taking into account the constant postponement of the approval of the program in question by part of the Council of Ministers of Tourism, #can indicate the Council for when has foreseen the definite approval of the program? +Create also that it is necessary to elaborate and draft code of fine administrative behaviour that #would help so much to the Commission of Requests as to the Defender of the Village in his work. Help to the Defender of the Village and to the Commission of Requests in his work is not more that help to that the #european construction was more credible for the #european citizens. +Is by #this that, giving follow-up to the investigation of initiative carried out by the Defender of the Village on the procedures of infringement, the Commission has engaged to facilitate, in moment in that it informs to the author of a complaint of his intention of *archivarla -*cuando #this is the intention- also the reasons by the that estimates that it do not exists violation of the community Right. +*Me give account that politics and the Institutions have to involve in the situations that produce and, by #this, when confirming my trial on the conflict, back any initiative directed to find a positive solution from the point of sight political, ethical and juridical, entrusting especially in the paper that the UN, the European Union, the NATO and *Rusia #can and have to exert. +Affirm that it gave this deal to the Nations Joined because two permanent members of the Security Council blocked the action of the NATO (#such as have right to take basing in the statute of the UN...), is a monument to the arbitrariness and a dangerous sample of totalitarian logic, is to say, *acaso the Nations Joined are only useful *cuando agree with the NATO? +*Me cheer especially that, in spite of the hit that has suffered lately the Commission -although the Mr. Commissioner is above #all history- have not ceased to boost this so useful work in the sector of the financial services. +*Me upset the words of the Mr. *Prodi, that seems more concerned for respecting the tradition of bulimia of power of the Commission, that by clear how this last will apply the principles of prevention and of just trade (on the *cuales the next President of the Commission *calla) during the commercial negotiations in the that goes to represent the interests of the States members. +Gentleman President, the title sounds very promising, but, to trial, the greater misfortune that suffer the greater persons in this moment -*yo *me include among *ellos- is the resignation of the Commission, since, as a result of *ella, the proposals of the Commissioner *Monti to elaborate a directive allocated to liberalise the market of the bottoms of pensions will remain in the inkwell by long. +Identify also like signals of identity of a progressive politics the protection of the environment integrated in #all the community politics and the review of the ceiling of the own resources in the financial perspectives of the Diary 2000, #as well as the maintenance of the internal solidarity of the Union through Bottoms structural and of cohesion. +Have initiated this path: has begun shyly the path of the harmonisation of the economic politics; Mr. Commissioner *Monti has elaborated a project for the harmonisation of the fiscal politics that will have to be approved, and in the next European Council of Colony will tackle the subject of the European Pact by the Employment. +These agreements, for the time being, more that a liberalisation have caused a concentration of the market in hands of some #few multinationals that have imposed a system of control *monopolístico; after the agreements *GATT have not fulfilled the clauses of protection of the environment, of health, ethical and of defence of the most disadvantaged villages of the world. +Also support the request by part of the speaker of investment public\/private to achieve a modern infrastructure of transports and communications in the Union and also his request to the Commission and to the Council so that they find the mechanism of finance appropriate, as, for example, enlargement of the paper of the *BEI. +Any solution of #alto the fire that do not regulate unambiguously this look will not be able to achieve, to my seem, a true #alto the fire. The return of the refugees has to go accompanied, in effect, of the deployment of a strength of peace solid with a strong participation of NATO, but also of neutral countries, of *Rusia and of other countries. +To the encourage the secession of the tongue #Kosovar #albanian, that no always have been *exentos of exactions, justifies with hindsight precisely *aquello that wanted to condemn and, in particular, to the Government of *Milosevic, because although the #albanian claims on *Kosovo are legitimate in name of the rights of an ethnic majority, in this case *Milosevic has foundation to demand for Serbian the annexation of the *Krajina Croat, populated in his majority by #serbian, or the annexation of a part of *Bosnia, equally populated in part by #serbian. +Believe that the crisis of *Kosovo shows to #that that did not want to recognise it that need a ministry and minister of External Subjects, a ministry and a minister of Defence and Security, and that already is hour that it endow to *Europa of the necessary instruments to reach said goal in ten or fifteen years, as *Europa knew to take it takes ten or fifteen years in the case of the Economic and Monetary Union. +But will be necessary improvement of the judicial system, of the public administration, of the strengths of police and of the regional authorities by means of the training, the support to the reforms, the strengthening of the relations among the political means Europeans and Russians, #as well as of support to the *ONG and to the independent social media. +Inside the socialist Group #there is the one who thinks that yes there #be a reasonable base of negotiation and that it is *eso it that we have to take. No only by the media, no only by the public opinion, no only by the constituents, but to be in peace with *nosotros same and show that *cuando talk in name of the villages of *Europa, in name of the democratic constituents, have a minimum affinity with the common persons and that we have to put end to a series of practices, what before, better. +The want to have available, anyway, before the first reading of the European Parliament, because #if we #would not be in hands of the Council, *cuando treat of the additional means that will put really to disposal for the category 5. Because #if the notification gets after the first reading by part of the Parliament, then only will be able to make the rectification #if both parts of the Budget Authority, or was the Council and the Parliament, approve it. +Second: in this statutory page of a report that never have signed, puts that today in the meeting, on 4 May President of the European Parliament has announced the confirmation of the common position and that has transacted this common position to the Commission of transport and Tourism, like corresponding commission. +#If it takes into account that in the year 1998 the disasters called «natural» -*yo no the #would consider always natural- have caused 50.000 dead persons and 12, 4 trillions of pesetas in losses (floods, fires, hurricanes -like the *Mitch- or environmental catastrophes -always memory *Doñana, that follows *coleando and with problems-) has taken indispensable that the organisations of civil protection play an important paper in each #one of these disasters, especially #if said organisations work well, his integral are very formed and at the same time form part of a network of cooperation community. +His goal is to offer, on the one hand, a commitment among having uniform requirements and, by #another, facilitate the access of the European Union to the world-wide markets approximating the industrial specifications of the European Union to the widest requirements established in the Regulation of 1995 of the Economic Commission for *Europa of Nations Joined. +Has chaired during #one of the most extraordinary periods of the history of the European Union and of the life of this Parliament, as *usted same has said in his intervention: splitting of Conference *Intergubernamental, happening by the introduction of the euro and until the unexpected process of ratification of the new Commission, of the that also *nos have occupied, although it was not in the calendar neither expected to take it. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, in the Congress of The Have in 1998, the #european movement regretted that the Union seemed today condemned to advance in a big conceptual gap and appeared *desprovista of any political perspective, precisely in the moment in that it is to the two great adventures of his history: the only coin and the enlargement. +Believe that it is important to stand out that the structural Bottoms, with his downward profile of costs, represent an important contribution to the consolidation of the budget. guarantees the community solidarity to the highest level of the last period of the helps, is to say, help level of 1999 for the regions of structures feebler. +In his moment voted in favour of the investiture of #Jacques *Santer for the Presidency of the Commission, considering that it had been the Prime minister of a small country like the #mine, but much less affected by the immigration *extraeuropea, by unemployment and by the taxes, giving the voice of #alert for having accepted at the front of the different departments to the worst and to the best. +Underline also the importance that President Roman *Prodi attributes to the #mediterranean politics, that plants in a similar plane to the of the enlargement to the SIN, his will to contribute to a greater dynamism of the #european economy and to a reduction of the unemployment and, thing for *nosotros essential, the defence of the economic and social cohesion. +And it that it is more important, for me personally, the jewel of the crown reached as a result of the informal negotiations back to *Berlín in *Estrasburgo was that the Council gave his approval to the appeal of the European Parliament to modify the decision of the Summit of *Berlín to add a new initiative *URBAN with the 0, 35 % of the bottoms added to the community batch. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, lady Commissioner, gentleman Commissioner, the repercussions of the basic agreement on the agricultural reform «Diary 2000» on the agriculture in the European Union and on the agricultural incomes, are less negative that in the primitive proposals of the Commission since the price reductions have resulted lower in the cereals and the meat of *vacuno. +Subject: Free circulation of persons in the EU So as to prevent his participation in a demonstration (authorised) on 27 March in #París, authorities #french blocked to 3000 Italians in the border the night of 26 March. This grave fact violates the right of demonstration and the freedom of circulation in the European Union +For example, a proposal to fund measure with charge to the *IFOP for the regions of the Goal 1 and 2 but with charge to the sector of guarantees of the *FEOGA for other regions #can not encourage more that the «hunting of bottoms», in the that the companies of the sector *pesquero #can go back to establish in the Community with the simple goal to endorse the bottoms for a determined project. +The bad news is that an overwhelming majority of the commission has criticised and even has protested with vehemence against the form and method in that said decisions and disposals have seen the light. Expect that this Assembly add to our complaints, since *revisten a special importance in it that to the parliamentary control and the *codecisión of the Parliament in the field of the inner security refers. +On the other hand, wanted to signal that as a result of this behaviour of the Council arises once again the doubt of #if the theory of the *legitimación indirect of the Council like legislator in terrains so crucial follow being sustainable to heights. As no only the European Parliament proceeds to the debate without having of the corresponding documentation, no only the European Parliament remains to the *margen of the decisions and the *preparativos of the Council, but that have proof that also the national Parliaments are informed late and badly. +is not correct, in the first place, because it did not exists absolute majority, as *usted same had signalled it on purpose of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 17 July 1998 on the external politics and of common security, agreement to the that *yo *me had opposite together with my Group; and, second, is not correct because it did not exists any type of ratification by the national Parliaments of texts that add, modify or complete the Treaties, often of substantial way. +In effect, the amendments incorporated to the proposal of the Commission, and that the Council affirms to be had to accept, improve noticeably the access to the information on procedures of community decision too much secret, well treat of the committees, of the documents that argue, of agendas, of the list of participants, or well -even-of the calendar of the works of the committees. +On this false base, the resolution of the European Parliament, that tackles especially the preparatory works of the future reform, proposes that the Commission initiate -and afterwards direct- process, and that, without abandoning his supposed political responsibility, entrust the editorial of a *primer document to a group of experts, formula that already used in the preparation of *Maastricht. +But want to signal that the placing of #all the process of query electoral under the responsibility of the Security Council of the Nations Joined will force necessarily to an intervention of strengths of appropriate security, #if Indonesian did not fulfils with his duty to disarm to the militias and watch by that the process pass without interference of the terrorist groups and armed. +Have had the honour to take part this week in three occasions, in my last apparition in front of this Parliament, to talk about the freedom and of the peace in *Kosovo, in favour of the efforts of the EU in his fight against the pity of death and in favour of a court for war crimes. +And with arrangement to this opinion and had account that the Mr. *Anwar #Ibrahim already has happened almost seven months in prison without having the possibility to resort to a bail, the Commission considers that the process, that the appeal of the lawyers of the defence already announced, has to carry out with arrangement to the criteria accepted internationally to consider a trial like just. +A high level of nuclear security is a priority of adhesion process, and the Commission is had to cooperate with #all the States candidates to help to improve the nuclear security, guaranteeing that the levels of security technological and of operation adjust to the practices, at present valid in the Union in matter of security. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0226\/99) of the Mrs. *Lulling, for the Delegation of the Parliament in the Conciliation Committee, on the Regulation (*CE) of the European Parliament and of the relative Council to the statistics of the exchanges of sakes among States members so as to reduce the data that have to provide (3608\/99 - *C4-0172\/99-97\/0155(*COD)) +Thus *le invite to that, of compliance with the article 38 of the Regulation (statements to explain decisions of the Commission), ask to the Commission, *cuando finish the agenda of today, that avenges to this hemicycle to explain the decision that took yesterday to impose to the French Federation of Football a fine by quantity *irrisoria of 650 pounds by a clear violation of the community norms. +To #all #that that are in favour of a politics of peace preventive -on it that exists a wide consensus in the national Parliaments and in the European Parliament- by #everything it that has not reached *Dayton -it that did not supposes a criticism to *Dayton, as probably then did not exist possibility-, want *decirles that a strategy of approach on a long-term basis for the *Sudeste of *Europa to the *Europa of the integration to integrate to continuation really in *ella, has converted now in operative politics. +Regarding the party considerations, is evident that the Commission has to represent the great political strengths of the European Union and that in the level of the Parliament will have to follow practising with #all the great Groups -and did not treats only of two Groups- a politics of cooperation necessary to carry to term our legislative work. +Suffice to remember the paper that had the Mr. *Bangemann in the proposal reviewed of the Commission on the rights of author and the society of the information, the pressures that carried out #Telephone to introduce changes in the directive proposal previously refused by the Parliament, the active politics of #Telephone of face to achieve penetrate in the means, and even in relation with the rates. +Also #would say that the Mr. *Kreissl-*Dörfler had reason in insisting, together with the Mr. *Duff -in a *primer speech very interesting-in that #if #all the institutions do not show the highest levels of *rectitud for himself\/hisself same, and by himself\/hisself same, the criteria will be imposed from out, well in form of punishment by part of the public opinion, in principle by means of apathy and *desinterés, but perhaps of other more direct ways, also political, or well that the Council assume a responsibility that #others do not seem to be had to show. +Therefore, believe that the Commission has applied wrongly the article 82 of the Treaty, because in this case did not treat to take advantage of *abusivamente of a dominant position, but to benefit , of an absolutely just and comprehensible way, of a very particular situation from the point of fiscal sight. +First, the Committee of Independent Experts recognises that, although the last responsibility of the management *recae in the Commission, did not fits to ignore that the administrations of the States members execute at least the 80% of the community budget and that his attitude in front of the fraud is not always diligent although afterwards these ministers are the that *despotriquen against the community management. +Also with regard to #this, to my opinion, *nos find in front of a true fraud, because undress of authority to the free will of persons that organise on the base of an article of the Regulation, is not an act of democracy and of freedom; before well, #if a deputy thought that this act has inspired only in it that it is the economic budget of the groups and of the assistants, then *nos find in front of an authentic case of fraud. +But the question that #would be necessary to take is #if it will not have got the moment that, #if the European Community wants to have protected sure enough his financial interests, exist a penal community Right that allow to configure like community offence, with a competent penal jurisdiction, the fraud against the financial interests of the Community. +In *tercer place, #if Agriculture Commissioner designated also loans greater attention to the amendments presented by the Parliament and to the own members of parliament, always that #that, just is to say it, no *rebasen the budgetary limits and do not derogate juridical acts already existent, the majority opinion of my Group is that the experience, competition and commitment of the candidate allow to conclude that it will make a fine work like member of the Commission. +Without embargo, a part of our group do not expects of the Commission an ecological approach in his performances, and from now on #all our group will commission that the Commission respect the principle of sustainable development and make possible the creation of a *Europa of the citizens, so that both goals are always present to the hour to take decisions. +The Ministers of Justice and Inner will elaborate the subjects of his competition in an unofficial meeting that will celebrate in *Turku the days 16 and 17 September, and the Council of General Subjects began the *preparativos of the European Council in a meeting that took place the past Monday, for *cerrarlos definitively in his meeting of the 11 to 12 October. +report (To5-0013) of Mrs. *Pack, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the Council (*COM(1999)312 - *C5-0062\/1999 - 1999\/0123(*CNS)) by the that it modifies the Regulation (*CE) *nº 1628\/1996, of 25 July 1996, relative to the help to *Bosnia and *Herzegovina, *Croacia, the Federative Republic of *Yugoslavia and the ancient Yugoslav Republic of *Macedonia and, especially, by the that it creates the European Agency of Reconstruction +Inform (To5-0013\/99) of Mrs. *Pack, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of Regulation (*CE) of the Council (*COM(1999) 312 - *C5-0062\/1999 - 1999\/0132(*CNS)) relative to the modification of the Regulation (*CE) 1628\/96 relative to the help to *Bosnia-*Herzegovina, *Croacia, Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia and to the ancient #yugoslav Republic of *Macedonia, mainly by the creation of a European Agency of Reconstruction +In *tercer place, in terms of economic support and support to the development, the commitment of the Commission in the frame of the Agreement of *Lomé #can and #would have to be reactivated with two conditions: in the first place, an improvement of the situation of security in the *RDC and, second, a result of the national debate that guarantee a stable political disposal in the *RDC and in the that respect the fundamental elements of the Agreement of *Lomé. +Of the recent past and of his *productivismo *descabellado inherit a situation that, in the common agricultural field - with *demasiada frequency -, has put politics to the service of the great economic groups *agroalimentarios and of the distribution on a large scale. Result: crazy cows, chickens that poison "to the dioxin" , oil of casting in the oil for the consumption, muds of purification in the flours for the livestock, and do not quote more... +*Algo very distinct to Big *Bretaña: has not produced eradication of the illness and the tax of animals ailing situates still in a too much elevated level to avert any risk of pollution and to guarantee to consumers a healthy product. +will Have to organise, therefore, a big conference on AIDS, but without *dejarla only in hands of the countries that afterwards have to manage specifically some so dramatic consequences, but a conference, as *auguramos from takes years, in 1993, on the pandemias, the AIDS, that under our responsibility face up to this situation and arbitrate measures that correspond to an international authority, to the sight that the WHO is totally unable to offer concrete answers. +The answer of the Parliament in the form elaborated by the Commission of Budgets is that it important in this stage is to review the financial perspectives and of this form ensure also in fact the arrival to destination of the general assistance given by Parliament and by the European Union #as well as the possibility to carry to good term these subjects. +The help to the scales of payments is a help to reinforce the reservations of a country of form that #can face up to his problems of payments external, that always have a compensation: always pays or by the provision of a service or by the acquisition of a commodity. +Thus, give my approval, of course, to the amendments presented by the gentleman *Langen that demand of the Commission a more active paper to boost promotion strategy coordinated in the breast of the States members #as well as to develop the potential of *Europa in the export of the relative technologies to the renewable energies. +The technical advances of the last years have improved clearly the efficiency of sources of renewable energy, and in place to allocate *tantos resources to the #european atomic industry, as obviously it takes the Commission, owe *redoblarse the efforts for promoting the sources of energy renewable. +The *primer moment of *apogeo of this process of democratisation were the democratic elections of 1994, the first celebrated for #all the #south african, that constituted a visible expression of the release no only of the majority of the population until then *oprimida, but in reality also, create *yo, of the privileged by the ancient system; of his release of the pressure *autoimpuesta to have to justify a system that *ellos same knew, at least in his *fuero internal, that was *injustificable and that also *les was *distanciando progressively of persons of *Europa and *Norteamérica with the that felt cultural and ethnically identified. +#There is other chapters like the tax on the value added that require some harmonisation because, of it contrary, #would distort the competition; likewise exist other chapters, to know, the tax of societies and the tax on performances of the capital furniture that, by the contrary, have to be harmonised in the part in that the fault of harmonisation involves a distortion of competition. +The one who do not recognise now that has got the hour of truth neither recognise that it has to give a clear and sincere answer to *Turquía, will run the risk that it do not reach all *aquello that want of *Turquía but that produce a very different evolution of the that we will be also responsible in the case that *Turquía do not look for already the path to the family of the community of values democratic in *Europa but in any #another spot. +Finally, do not leaves to be, definitely, interesting observe that the cooperation that seals of this way with this big country of the South #can contribute to the creation of useful synergistic effects for the European Union in the frame of the delicate negotiations that go to initiate in the breast of the *OMC, from the Conference of *Seattle of the next month of November. +In effect, a fault of control on our part #would have dramatic consequences for the society, gravely affected by the unemployment (40% of the active population) and #would go totally against of the efforts that the European Union makes from takes years, through the structural Bottoms, to favour the economic and social development of the island. +But not even have the value of #Emma *Tuahepa, the one who has brave to ask to governments #african it that had taken and it that are with the money of the #african, and it only that *ustedes have limited to signal is that #any of the eleven Bosses of #african State *dignó to assist to the Conference, or the importance of the cultural and religious factors in the propagation of the plague. +Think, for example, in an excessive *enfatización of clauses of social protection, of the *dumping social there #where knows perfectly that #this will be mere *declamaciones after the *cuales there will be swim more not even effective controls and that, in fact, only will be the sword of #Damocles protectionist for the countries in development, for the countries of recent industrialisation, that will be able to be used *cuando the old *Europa, the old *Europa of the bureaucracies, of the #sindical bureaucracies and of the industrial decadence, will find with the water to the neck. +The 25 May 1999 the agreement was signed by the President of the Parliament, Mr. #Gil-Oaks, the President of the Council and the President of the Commission; the Council and the Commission adopted on 25 May and on 2 June, respectively, the timely decisions of competition with seen to the application of the agreement in the breast of said Institutions. +#would Be suicidal, *contrariamente to it that #some have affirmed today, think that the #european rulers #can exert pressures so that the Central Bank *supla his inability to reactivate the economy through the structural reforms, the liberalisation of the markets, before #all the of work, and the budgetary rigour that it has to go accompanied of a reduction of the fiscal charge on the persons and companies. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Central Bank European, *Señorías, this debate celebrates *cuando have fulfilled the first nine months of the life of the euro, in some conditions that allow to ensure that his introduction has been hit, although it only was in the sense limited that the transition to the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union has produced without greater *sobresaltos. +Another big difference is that it is very easy to try take a false note with modern technicians of photocopied it that constitutes the reason by the that the precise details of the notes go to be given to know amply but only little before his introduction to reduce the risk of fake and not confusing to the public that is not even familiarised with the notes. +Our Group will take use of #all the means to scope to influence in the community budgets so that they believe the bases of a #european bottom for the refugee; subject #this, that now only went object of quotation in the decisions of the Council, urging to the Commission to study the possibility to " consider the creation of *algún bottom of reservation for situations, in the that great groups of refugees need temporary protection." +A strong signal of *Tampere that *Europa has left to be only a market and that the #european citizen no longer is only a consumer and a worker; that the citizen, whereas citizen, with #all dimensions, with #all his worries, with #all his needs, with #all his demands, is in the centre of the #european construction. +In this occasion will have to give a clear signal so that the process of preparation of the Letter and Conference *Intergubernamental of the Union, that will develop simultaneously, express two convergent dynamics, with seen to guarantee the conditions of enlargement and strengthen the foundations of the State of right in our Union of right. +Still do not circulate the notes of the #european coin and, watches by where, already talked in June, in Colony, of a #european army and, in September, in *Tampere, of a #european penal justice, is Letter of Fundamental Rights and, finally and especially, the Commission asks to the European Council that accept the perspective of a *Europa expanded until the #Asia Lower and until the western borders of the *Irak and of the will Go. +Report (To5-0021\/1999) of the Mr. *Hatzidakis, in name of the Commission of Politics Regional, Transports and Tourism, on the Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council - Repercussions of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on the legislative procedures in course in the field of the regional politics, of transports and of the tourism (*SEC(1999) 581 - *C4-0219\/1999) +Have to confess -already with #any experience in the relations among the European Parliament and the Congress of the States Joined- that in the Congress of the States Joined have friends and speakers, but that have not been able to board in any moment a positive debate with the senator *Helms, that seems that it do not has not even of North American passport and that considers, no only in this subject but in #others #many, that *él is the that imposes his law to the world. +Gentleman President, wish to support the program Culture 2000 and congratulate to the speaker, the Basque Mr. *Graça *Moura, for having enriched the group of the text with new contributions directed, by a part, to achieve greater participation of the countries and of the *beneficiarios and, by #another, to insist on the need to diversify the announcements, #as well as with his recommendations in defence of the deconcentration of activities and great cultural events. +More specifically, regarding the agricultural chapter of the budget, is evident that even before they begin the negotiations *multilaterales of the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the EU proposes to coordinate with the North American the reduction of the protection and of the interventions, by means of the reduction of the resources allocated to the different agricultural products, fact that comports new reductions in the income of producers and new limitations to the crops. +The Managerial Committee European Scientist has to pronounce on the relevance of the #french arguments since Monday, the group *ad *hoc that gathers to the #european specialists of the illnesses of *priones has not been able to get to an unanimous conclusion and has transmitted to the Scientific Committee European the results of his works. +#would Suit *conmigo in that situation relative to the meat of bovine has contributed now, in front of the public opinion, to create the chaos regarding the *aceptabilidad of the trials issued in the #european level on the *inocuidad of the foods and that *eso do not presages at all good for the plan of the Mr. *Prodi to create a #european agency of alimentary security? +#If #this do not locate and are not recognised like the real causes of the problems to the that they confront the workers of the sea, #can not talk neither of measures neither of the creation of mechanisms of control, for example of the rest of the workers of the sea, that only #can give of ineffective form and *hipócrita, perpetuating like this the diet of intensification of the work and of exploitation. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0049\/1999) of the Mr. *Gahrton, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that celebrates the Agreement of scientific and technical cooperation among the European Community and the Popular Republic of Chinese [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0287$ - ^*C$^5$-^0038$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0123$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0045\/1999) of the Mr. *Linkohr, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council [$^*COM$^($^99$^)$ ^0292$ - ^*C$^5$-^0040$/^99$ - ^99$/^0125$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ by the that celebrates the Agreement of scientific and technical cooperation among the European Community and the Argentinian Republic. +In the main document *nos likes in particular -as to #others- the insistence in need of a coherent approach of the regulation of the network Internet and of the electronic trade and also in the intellectual property, the sale to distance and the protection of data, looks collected, #all *ellos, to protect the rights of the consumers and guarantee suitable norms of feasibility. +Therefore, the goals consist, first, in establishing in #all the European Union and in #all countries applicants, networks of communication among the organisations that occupy to struggle against the violence exerted on the women and the boys, as these organisations are the that know the field; second, in creating consciousness among #all the Europeans about the nature of this bad and of the need of eradicate it and to allocate bottoms to *ello. +In this report underlined also need that we promoted the celebration of an exceptional European Council on the future of the familiar politics and of protection of the infancy in the European Union, and that it presented to the Parliament a comparative annual report of the legislations of our countries in this subject. +Regarding the amendments, have to say that the European Commission has accepted fully nine, has accepted 7 of *ellas of entrance; but have not advanced more and #would want to explain why: During the Presidency #finnish, that as *ustedes know is responsible to boost the complementary directives and the planning of the semester, gave a strategic option that had communicated to the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects. +#If there #be not resulted until finals of year, my intention is, in the Presidency #portuguese, introduce a change of strategy, a distinct approximation to the problem and a base of negotiations distinct, to boost said managerial with steps faster and, explaining already with a first reaction of the Council, that the Commission advance in the new approximation, that #would say that it is *algo easy. +More that some words, #would want simply ask, like witness alas very near, that further of the message of compassion -and is truth that the families of the victims will appreciate it- #can, in quality of European Parliament, initiate a procedure of solidarity by means of helps that #can attribute to this region of the big South so *duramente affected, in favour of the families, first, and afterwards of #that that have lost it all, without embargo also in it that touches to the economic instrument that has remained destroyed. +Share also the point of sight that a just configuration of the budget #can not make exclusively in the side of the income of the budget and share also the opinion that no it is necessary to expect until the year 2006 to keep a debate on the reform but that it has to make with his support inside this period of term of office. +Also signals in this resolution -and is perhaps the most important point, section 4- that ask this Plenary that approve the decision to increase the amount of the project of budget *rectificativo and supplementary 5\/99 in 25 millions in credits of payment allocated to the program *PHARE, in consonance, lady *Schreyer, with the urgent needs of this program that *nos has signalled the Commission. +In *Europa have to take our contribution and give good example to the rest of the world, even recognising that the greater pressure for the energetic consumption in the future will owe to countries like the States Joined, that is quite *despilfarrador in energy consumption, and also to the countries in development that, to measure that his economies grow and increase his level of life, go to need a greater energetic consumption, that probably will proceed of sources of energy quite *contaminantes. +The unitary confrontation of the #european citizens on the familiar differences and the questions that accompany to the custody of the boys in case of divorce is clear that go to avert to thousands of families the tiredness and the complications with the bureaucracy and also will reinforce the feeling of security and of confidence of citizens in the European Union. +These two instruments constitute #one of the first stones of the community building that are, #whose fundamental goal is the to offer to #all the citizens and to the juridical agents of the Union an easier access, faster and more effective to the justice like *salvaguardia of norms of juridical security. +Subject: Application of the directive on nitrates Is conscious the Commission (and are it in particular the responsible commissioners of environment and agriculture) that the #european directive on the nitrates (91\/676\/*CEE) do not offers absolute guarantees by it that refers to the quality of the subterranean waters, seen that the directive centres in the pertinent nitrates of *abonos of animal origin, leaving like this sideways other sources of nitrates? +do not try to hide the military dimension of the security, but #where more hurts is, to my trial, in this continuous strategy to see *obnubilada by the military look in detriment of politics *paneuropea of prevention of the conflicts that was to the measure of the tensions and the fractures of the cold #postwar period in our continent. +Have heard with relief this morning the taking of position very firm of the gentleman #Solana on this subject and the commitment that has assumed to exert #all influence this afternoon in *Estambul so that in this territory respect the international right and the of the persons, and with relief finish of *oírle say, gentleman Commissioner *Patten, that will go immediately to add on the terrain his efforts to the of the gentleman #Solana. +Takes fault a European Parliament general legislator of the Union, like the Council, that take part of right plenary in the designation of the members of the Institutions and able to establish a relation of confidence with the European Commission that no longer will see weakened by the double majority qualified today necessary for the motion of censorship. +Demand that have true capacity of decision in it referred to the fundamental looks of the common politics of fishing and the regulations of base, for example in the field of the organisation of the market, the conservation and the exploitation of the resources *pesqueros, control measures and the instruments of the structural politics. #This calls *codecisión of the Parliament. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0066\/1999) of Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the Office of Fight against the Fraud (*OLAF). +#One, the speaker of the Commission of Control Budgetary, the Mrs. *Theato, that is a bit the mother of the *OLAF and of #all this regulation; the #another, to the that consider the father of the current regulation, is the Mr. *Napolitano, that has had a big *mesura, a big intelligence and, especially, prowess to the hour to confront a difficult solution. +#would Have to be compulsory that there was a greater coherence among the norms that govern the trade, the work, the environment, the animal welfare and norms of international acceptance and the principles of the "fine management of societies" by means of a better cooperation among the *OMC, the *OIT, the Nations Joined, the agreements *multilaterales environmental and other international institutions. +#Such as it had it required the president *Pasqua during the general debate that took place in the Plenary at the beginning of October, and as it finishes of remember it *pertinentemente my colleague #Georges *Berthu, before initiating a new cycle of negotiations is indispensable to make a clear and precise balance, goal, therefore independent and contradictory, with the end to perceive the economic consequences, social, environmental and of alimentary security of the previous agreements of the Round *Uruguay. +Under the threat of the delay of enlargement or even of the dissolution of the Union, by his own creators, in the attempt, without rules neither laws, for conquering new markets and deliver the booty, the capital *monopolista treats to surpass his internal contradictions, that were and follow being important, with #such to serve to the common interest of *sobreexplotar to the workers and obtain the maximum benefit. +In spite of the positive measures that adopted after the resolution of this Parliament, in the past day 16 September, in particular the entrance of the international strength of peace and security with the *égida of Nations Joined, the *INTERFET, the situation in matter of humanitarian security follow being grave so much in the territory of *Timor Oriental, #where is essential that get means to support the reconstruction, as in the case of the wall of 250.000 displaced by force to Indonesian, in particular to the western part of *Timor. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the succession of seisms that have seeded the destruction in the northwest of *Turquía *nos has moved to consider essential the reinforcement of the assignments for this country and, therefore, vote *favorablemente, in first reading, a review of the financial perspectives that establishes an emergency support to *Turquía, to the pair with the priority that concede to the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental. +In accordance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0053\/1999) of Mr. *Medina *Ortega, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that it modifies the Regulation (*CEE) *nº 1911\/91 relative to the application of the disposals of the community Right in the Canarian islands (*COM(1999) 0226 - *C5-0127\/1999 - 19990111(*CNS)) +Have known that an American dockyard -that did not build ships from took more of forty years- has received the commission to build two transatlantic fuselages allocated to communication service of the islands *Hawai, since the American law reservation to the dockyards of his country the construction of the crafts that make inner transports. +Although it has decided to renounce openly to the dockyards, the most recent events in *Corea of the South #can conduct to that in the Union begin to confuse the old forms of support to the dockyards and the measures of the guidelines of1997 #whose goal is not the politics of competition, but simply the of politics according to the doctrine of the stable development and of *safety *of *the are. +Also have tried to convince to the aspiring countries of the importance of these subjects *diciéndoles that, although no #all the subjects are in the list of negotiations, #can be that #this wake up so much interest in the Parliaments of the States members, that the best form to ensure a fast integration is to begin to work with time to resolve these questions, that, nevertheless, will earn big importance *cuando consumes adhesion. +Take advantage of this occasion for *pedirle to *usted, to the President of the Parliament, to the Presidency in exercise of the Council, to the Commission, an urgent initiative to take a call to the States Joined so that they suspend the execution of *Derek #Rocco *Bernabei, because the battle against the pity of death is a battle of *civismo that it has to rid always that it was precise and in #all forms possible. +Today have debated with the Presidency in exercise of the Council and with the President of the Commission the problems that pose, proposals that has taken the European Commission in the frame of his report to the summit of *Helsinki and also regarding the attitude that presumably goes to follow the Council of ministers. +By this reason precisely, not to give a hit to the strengths that struggle today by the democracy, to send a message of solidarity to the *represaliados, a message of pressure by the authentic democratisation of diet, *les invite to not voting these two proposals, or, at least, to *devolverlas to the Commission, until *Turquía give concrete samples of democratisation and of respect to the international right. +To the sight of the transformations that is the sylviculture in my country, in the sense of a reduction of the natural spaces, of a massive decrease of the demand of plants and also of fault of public resources, *me see forced to signal this fact. +Some that the system of payments in great operations has worked very well, whereas -and #all agree- the problem of the excessive commissions in the current moment in the changes is a negative environment, because had some expectations of improvement in the cost of coin changes during this period, expectation that has not seen fulfilled. +Also celebrate that the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer have toughened in his report the requirements regarding that there are data easily accessible and comprehensible of form that the public opinion keep informed in any moment of the quality of the air and of the possible problems of pollution derived of the dangerous broadcasts. +The Liberal give our compliance in the final vote to the common resolution, but affirm to time that has not modified the position in the question of the reform of the Treaties, of the preparation and execution of the conference *intergubernamental , #such as it has put of self-evident in his behaviour of vote on the Report *Dimitrakopoulos\/*Leinen. +Also there was another reason *circunstancial, the self-evident inability by part of some delegations to engage with a true process of negotiation of the agenda and, from this point of sight, it is necessary to ask #if it was lucky coincidence of the inauguration of the conference with the of the beginning of the electoral campaign in the States Joined. +The common fundamental goal to the two programs consists in contributing to the progressive construction of #one *Europa of the knowledge, able to transmit to the youngsters and to the adults the qualifications and the necessary competitions to insert in the market of the employment and, it that also is important and often forgets, in society. +The relative measures to the conservation of fish populations and to the control of the activities of the fishing have to be the content of the agreements signed in the frame of the regional organisations of fishing, and these organisations have to fulfil the functions of platform of the international cooperation. +And now, in the moment in that it has given this step -and it is necessary to remember that the relation with *Turquía did not comes of yesterday, comes of 1963-, *nosotros expect that *Turquía also know to answer of positive way, so much in democratisation process internal as also in his relations, no only with the Community, but fundamentally with the country that has given the most important step that believe that it is necessary to hail: #Grecia and his Government. +Is likewise evident, without embargo, that the enlargement in the terms foreseen did not allows neither the immediate realisation of a common external politics neither the definition of a project of economic politics, although this last was extremely urgent, also to the sight of the rise of the dollar with regard to the euro and of the disappointing results of *Seattle. +In said document that traces back to the month of October of this year aims, among other things, that so as to guarantee the global and sustainable competitiveness of the industries of the European Union based in the sylviculture or related with #the same, will be precise to guarantee some surroundings that boost competition and boost the adaptation of the industry of the European Union to a competition more *aguerrida. +am not economist, am civil engineer; but want to underline the exceptional work that the Mr. *Bourlanges and his *coponentes have made, and expect that *nos help in a debate to evaluate notable subjects, to end to be able to judge, with the results in the hand, in how measured materialises the Commission the political decisions expressed in the budgets and did not has, at the end, other pertinent consequences of application. +Seen that now we have been debating very thoroughly the Budget 2000 and the Parliament wanted to mark some criteria so as to that in the zones affected by the war, as for example in the *Balcanes, make a planning *plurianual of the finance, #would have to adopt with greater frequency this optics, instead of *dispersarnos excessively in small programs and isolated projects, that do not allow an effective control and that represent costs of upper personnel to the really necessary for the goals that wish to achieve. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0081\/1999) of the Mr. *Valdivielso of *Cué, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of regulation (*CE, *Euratom) of Council relative to the granting of assistance to the New Independent States and to *Mongolia in his effort of reform and economic recovery (*COM(1998) 753 - *C4-0038\/1999 - 1998\/0368(*CNS)). +The past week knew that the Commission, that had to pronounce on a package of helps of Government #british, thought to answer to this need that the plant purchase a world-wide scope, has *postergado his decision once again, and this delay affects to the confidence of the consumers and to the future of the factory. +*Limitándome to the last events in the Council, the #finnish Presidency has prepared a form directed to #all countries members and to #all the #european institutions on the subject "The women in the processes of decision" #whose answers have made possible to the #finnish Presidency the editorial of a report that contains nine indicators and #some recommendations. +Recommendation (To5-0079\/1999) of the Mr. *Bodrato, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the celebration of the Agreement on the establishment of world-wide technical regulations applicable to the vehicles of tyres and to the squads and pieces that #can mount or use in said vehicles ("parallel Agreement ") (10167\/1999 - *COM(1999)27 - *C5-0073\/1999 - 1999\/0011(*AVC)) +Now *nos gets the news that the connection of the computer system of the European Parliament in *Bruselas with Internet will not be available among 22 December and on 4 January: #this involves for the #european deputies the prohibition, the absolute impossibility of work among 22 December and on 4 January in his dispatches in *Bruselas. +#Can indicate the Council #if it has posed this subject during the contacts among the EU and the countries that have expressed wish of *ingresar in the Union? How measured thinks to propose with the end that it limit the uncontrolled flow of economic refugees to the EU, that has clear secondary effects of economic and social type (for example, increase of the criminality) in his States members? +On the other hand, #if the Community endorses with his true budgets types of credits of the European Bank of Investments, for example, project credits that make in third countries, the Council has stipulated that in these cases the *BEI has to deliver an annual report, so much to the European Parliament as to the Council, on the measures that have carried out with the credits endorsed by the budgets. +According to the article 255 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community, the Council and the Parliament, in a term of two years after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, have to ratify in procedure of *codecisión the general principles on the access to the documents and the pertinent limitations in plough of interest private or public. +Then, the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fishing will be able to take into account, with *algo of fine will by his part our amendments and adopt the legal text to the sight of #the same, Propose that we vote on the Report *Papayannakis and that *usted choose the sharpest feather that have in his arsenal and write to the Council in name of Parliament, with the hope that the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fishing no pass without more by #alto it that agreed yesterday, but that take into account our amendments. +is not *usted of agreement *conmigo in that the absence of a price *transfronterizo *vinculante, or well suppression, comports, especially for the small companies -and with *ello go back to the subject of the employment-, the risk that the national systems remain without effect owing to the big volume of the imports; the risk of disappearance of the small bookshops, especially in the half rural and in the small cities, and that with *ello reduce the accessibility? +And *nos find precisely in this debate. Thus *le invite to define with clarity the notable market in this context like a linguistic and cultural space; to that it clear the existence of import clause beside the possibility to dictate a rule to national level, and to that it resort to the #french Right in his decision and in his considerations. +From the point of sight of the Commission, only will be able to surpass the regional tensions and the claims of greater autonomy or of independence #if in Indonesian establishes a diet, a system that guarantee sure enough a clear political responsibility and transparency in the direction of the State and that fulfil the wishes of the big majority of the citizens and citizen, of clear democratic ascription. +The European Union wait that #this mean a correct deal #as well as a public process, the respect of the norms of a State of right in front of an independent Court, access to a defence of his election and the permission of international observers to the process. +In the conclusions to the that got the European Council in the meeting of *Viena in December of 1998, stands out among other things that the euro goes to strengthen the capacity of *Europa to promote the employment, the growth and stability and that the introduction of the only coin will intensify the need of coordination economic. +Although the immense majority of the political strengths in *Eslovenia follows manifesting in favour of the goal of the adhesion to the European Union, #this no always seems to translate in a common impulse. citizens do not seem involved fully in the attainment of said goal, as it shows it the fact that the campaign of information gives -and #this *me seems significant- the impression that finishes to begin and is *algo toneless. +The spheres to the that more takes reference are the social security and pension problems that often arise *cuando a worker emigrates, the free circulation of persons, the recognition of the qualifications, the taxes included the VAT, the environmental questions and the questions of the welfare of the animals. +will Finish saying that, being as I am the only deputy of the European Parliament that has formed part *cabal and actively of Request Commission of the European Parliament since it founded in January of 1987, 12 years ago and half, expect that the members of the European Parliament chosen for the new Parliament achieve that it follow respecting the right of the residents and #european citizens to present requests to the European Parliament. +Therefore, in the next term of office, perhaps was necessary to find a more agile method among Request Commission, the European Commission and the States members, and demand to the States members that give immediate answer to the requirements of the Parliament and of the European Commission and that no *mareen the partridge -as we say in *España- with terms excessively long, because *eso #can have perverse effects. +Regarding the prudential norms, with regard to the *cuales the speaker proposes that the Commission present a report on the efficiency of the norms at present in vigour, believe that the recent crises and the form in that the European Union has faced up in general to these crises, show the substantial goodness of these prudential norms. +This tragedy illustrates, besides, by #if it was necessary, the absolute need to control the influx of circulation by road -especially of the heavy vehicles-, to promote the rail traffic and to establish the norms of operation that guarantee the maximum security in the breast of market #european of transports sufficiently diversified. +The report of Mr. *Herman on the improvement of the operation of the institutions without modifying the Treaties constitutes the complement of another report approved the past year, allocated to the practical actions with regard to reducing the democratic deficit in the management of the economic and monetary union. +Regarding the inclusion of #Venecia in the goal 2, fits to signal that in the proposal of the Commission relative to the application during the period 2000-2006 of the new goal 2 of the structural Bottoms establishes the responsibility shared among the Commission and the States members regarding the definition of the apt regions to perceive the helps. +Undoubtedly, that the *imputación was founded do not wants to say that the Mr. *Moniz was guilty, but for *eso are the courts and, in this case, the Mr. *Moniz, as #any one of *nosotros, has to understand that be representative of the #european citizens mean to be a citizen more in #everything it that *respecta to the responsibilities, and only in those looks in that it is in game the interest of the representation that has, has to have some true *salvaguardias against those who #can abuse, in detriment of the institution, in detriment of the Parliament, in detriment of citizenship, of the procedural procedures. +The approval of the management governs by article 206 of the Treaty. The decision of the approval of the management conceived like a mechanism of character *primordialmente financial that bases in the report of the Court of Accounts, although it have purchased with the step of the years a political dimension. +*Le #would invite rather to consider the problem in the following terms: with the current integration of markets, #if there was not any form of coordination of the fiscal politics, in this case the States members yes that #would lose increasingly sovereignty in benefit of anonymous markets, and in this case #would have every time less possibilities to implant with efficiency a fiscal politics. +Have to find a cancellation; but also am of the opinion that here it did not concede the approval of the management, as #if we see the result of the vote of December, was clear that the previous points that motivated the agreement, that had been declared like positive report by the Commission of Budgetary Control, were refused by the Plenary. +In the countries of right #anglo-saxon, in the *cuales did not exists a Constitution, *me seems that the *rule *of *law is the cardinal principle that governs countries better, more still, much better and that the has defended against this type of vision, according to the *cual in a moment given the majority #can decide all it that wants: exist the laws and the texts, without embargo, did not matters, #can say it contrary, is sufficient that want it the majority. +In general, will be necessary to establish with clarity the political priorities, adapt the structures of the Commission to his future tasks, expand the decentralisation also in the field of the management of the resources, *racionalizar the works of the Commission and improve efficiency, and finally, to my seem, also #would be necessary to adopt a code of behaviour for the Commissioners and the personnel. +His capacity to show that it has exerted a #worthy paper of the President of the Commission to the hour to decide #who have to form part of the commission and #which have to be wallets are things, #all *ellas, that will give to his presidency and to his Commission his initial strong points and, in fact, will be able to *darle also his initial lean points. +Definitely defends it *usted and definitely will encourage *usted in *darle impulse with the new Commission, to the equal that definitely will carry *usted to cape the political union and likewise will give to the European Union the means and the capacity to exert an important function in *Europa and in the world through his external politics and of common security. +And afterwards, #everything will go back to begin to final of year, since *cuando expire the mandate of the current Commission *dimisionaria, will have to request, once again, the confidence of the European Council and of the European Parliament by a mandate of five years, mandate that #can see interrupted in any moment by the vote of censorship motion that -like #all know-has left to be a theoretical hypothesis. +*Yo believe that, knowing it occurred with the previous Commission, *usted will undertake the necessary institutional reforms and will tackle equally looks relative to the personal responsibility, to the internal control and also to the financial control, to the improvement of the efficiency and to the right of control of the European Parliament regarding the Commission associated to #everything *ello. +In the next weeks and the next months also will have to define, of course, the roads to organise the interaction among the Commission and the European Parliament, in organ quality of control, included the presentation of reports and the obligation to inform to the commissions of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, personally regret deeply that the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer have proceeded of form so precipitated to the vote of the amendments of commitment to the report of Mr. *Lannoye on the proposal of directive relative to the honey, that the final the has weakened. +Gentleman President, am safe that we will get to a prompt solution and here -and #this are my last words-, when taking the word by last time in this term of office in name of the Popular Party European for the reply to Mr. *Rothley, *me comes to the memory a lovely speech of the parliamentarism *constituyente #spanish of the Constitution of 1812 in #where a member of parliament said to #another -and *yo create, gentleman *Rothley, that *usted deserves it- that it was #be and firm in the defence of the arguments and loyal with the opponent. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0190\/99) of the Mrs. *Oomen-*Ruijten in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the commercialisation to distance of financial services allocated to the consumers and by the that modify the Directives 90\/619\/*CEE, 97\/7\/*CE and 98\/27\/*CE (*COM(98)0468 - *C4-0647\/98-98\/0245(*COD)) +the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the preparation of the European Council of the days 3 and 4 June in Colony; -the oral questions *B4-0334\/99 and *B4-0335\/99 of Mr. Of #Giovanni, in name of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, to the Council and to the Commission respectively, on the institutional reform. +The Union has to have some modern norms of administration and transparency according to the model #nordic, with open meetings in the Council of Ministers, with a principle of advertising that give right to #all to know the public documents, with registers in #all the community institutions and with freedom of communication, #this is, right to inform to the means of information and to #others on errors or infringements in the administration. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, have got at the end of this debate on the Diary 2000, and tomorrow the Assembly will approve surely regulations. *Yo believe that, with these regulations, have reached an improvement of the economic and social cohesion, that is #one of the fundamental goals of the Union: an economic and social cohesion and a better territorial cohesion. +Subject: process just for *Ocalan A common point in the positions of #all the institutional organs of the European Union on the subject *Ocalan is the requirement of the celebration of a just process *ypúblico, as this concept understands in the juridical systems of the modern societies and civilised. +#can not leave to manifest my *extrañeza in front of the fact that the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development of this Parliament have refused an amendment presented by my Group to correct this situation, and that this amendment have been declared inadmissible to be voted in the Plenary, in application of article 60 of the Regulation. +Second, because it has not recognised the specificity of the #portuguese agriculture neither have expanded the different types of quotas of production, in spite of that *Portugal is the country more *deficitario of the European Union, neither has considered the possibility to increase the quotas of *regadío, that will be indispensable, since in *Portugal the *regadío is fundamental for the modernisation of agriculture, the most retarded of the European Union. +In the conclusions remained reflected the priorities of the Assembly, and like condition *sine *qua *non to adopt a future agreement with this country, the clause of *condicionalidad or of human rights, the political dialogue and the parliamentary dialogue were priorities, #as well as the regional development, the social promotion, the attention to women in situation of precariousness and a long #etcetera. +*Yo #would say that in #all the sector of the electronic trade, of the electronic activities of the intellectual property, the electronic signature, in general all it relative to the services of the information, including the subjects of intellectual property, *nos are in a field in the that the national States *nos have remained small. +Gives the consumers the opportunity to request the commercial information that wish; gives to the *anunciantes the possibility to direct his messages to #that that wish *recibirlos; gives to Internet providers, that provide access to the network, the possibility to follow providing a service of post electronic fast, effective and sure. +Although it remains a lot for taking in the new community market, have shown that it is possible to protect the interests of the employers, of the dealers, especially of the small and medium enterprises, and to time, defend to the citizens in his condition of consumers, that are the goal and the end of the work of the so much public companies like private. +As until the Monday was not possible to vote the corresponding amendments and as a result of *ello *usted *nos authorised to celebrate an exceptional meeting, since the conversations *tripartitas had not taken place until the week before and went then *cuando knew the results of the Council, the Commission of Budgets adopted amendments that adjusted to the main decision immediately after the vote of #the same. +has not passed neither a year since the Parliament ratified the provisional agreement splitting of the base that clause of human rights that contained #would put to proof the seriousness of the Government *mejicano to the hour to guarantee that the cooperation in matter of human rights was essential in the relations with the EU. +Gentleman President, the European Parliament has supported unambiguously the cause of the village *timorense and his inalienable right to the free determination and the independence and from always has contributed to a large extent to that his fight have not dropped in the silence, by it that *congratula that the term of office finish with a reaffirmation of positions and discern materialisation. +Equally, the Commission judges positive the establishment by part of the Nations Joined of a *transfund bear said query and, in this sense, *les have to inform that in this same week, probably tomorrow, approve definitively the financial participation of the European Union in this *transfund , surely with the quantity of euro million that will go allocated precisely to study the modalities of the insertion of the European Union in the process. +do not believe that any #another Parliament of the world loan *tanta attention to cast of the fundamental rights and the human rights like this Parliament to the hour to debate the rape of the fundamental rights of the citizens with reason of the creation of a space of justice #european. +The proposal of the quota, together with the decision on the compensations for the crop of the industrial potatoes, do not influences, of any way, in the situation of competition of the industry *manufacturera. In fact reduces starch production of potato somehow, and in *eso do not have why put objections the producers of other starches. +Believe that our effort now, in the next weeks, will have to be convince to the #european citizens of the importance of participation in the elections to this Parliament and believe that, at least the deputies that are here today, have taken all it possible so that our work was not a trivial work, but that it was an important and definite work for the #european construction. +Without embargo, have known through a source that, generally, is very informed, that already is a species of preliminary draft of report by this Assembly, among the Committee of Wise persons, the services of the European Parliament and the services of the European Commission, a species of report preliminary. +A last comment on the intervention of the contrary side of the Assembly regarding the investiture of the new Commission: *nosotros *nos deny -and now talk in name of the socialist Group- to subordinate the procedure and the calendar of the Parliament to the presentation of a report of a group or committee *extraparlamentarios. +But #if pact pretends to be a pact allocated to intimidate of *algún mood to the Governments *socialdemócratas or to *crearles problems, the Mr. *Poettering and his political Group have to know that #this no only #would create difficulties to the Governments *socialdemócratas neither neither only to those Governments, as for example, the Austrian, in the that takes part also a conservative party, a Popular Party Christian, but that #would create difficulties to the process of unification #european. +Takes moments remembered with nice irony the electoral emblem with the that *me presented -the emblem of the donkey- and *me invited to the *tozudez: an invitation that do not need because I am *tozudo by nature; without embargo, want to remember that the election of the donkey took also reading a passage of #Leonardo da Vinci that, when describing to the donkey -do not know #if it is truth, because I do not have proofs- said that it is an odd animal, since it is able to die of thirst before that to drink dirty water. +Wanted to know #if, by initiative of the #finnish Presidency, will be able to deploy at last, with the support of the #Red Cross and other international organisations, an action determined to force to the criminal of war *Milosevic to not taking it that *tantas times takes: use blackmail, use to these persons that today are in his hands and of the that at all knows to force once again to the European Union to release pieces. +*Nos risk to remain trapped among two fires in these conflicts, unless the #european contingents do not assist powerless to the last stage of an ethnic purification that no has *conmovido too much to the fine universal consciousness: the elimination of the last #serbian inhabitants of this region, that have happened to be minoritary in his country. +In the future years, the alimentary security of our *conciudadanos will depend fundamentally of the way in that the new Commission know to defend, in the course of the next negotiations of the round of #Millenium, the full legitimacy of a model of zone #european distinct with an upper agricultural quality. +But also affirm that *me seems absurd that the States members that in the past, by general norm, do not have *atenido never to #european norms of security, want to forbid like general norm the animal flour; or that now the Commission take a general question of the utilisation of food rests in a document of work on purpose of the utilisation of oils and fats. +The second inform of the Committee of Independent Experts *nos helps in the guidelines, #many of the *cuales already appeared in the indications of the Parliament and *usted same has anticipated with clear commitments like the of the new criteria for the training of the cabinets and of a greater transparency in the relations with the European Parliament and with the public opinion. +Finally, the rage of the Mrs. Of Palace in press tyre back to the audition no *augura swims good for somebody among #whose competitions include the relations with the European Parliament and, although I recognise that the Mrs. Of Palace *disculpó later by his observations, awake without new embargo doubts about his capacity to exert this concrete charge in the breast of the new Commission. +Admit that the commissioners subjected to the trial of the Parliament, to judge by the audiences and by the statement today of Mr. *Prodi, have, individual and collectively, of the capacity and the necessary resolution to serve faithful and *inquebrantablemente to the goals of the European Union, in detriment of the interests of the group of the workers and of the villages of *Europa. +#can not ignore the challenges of globalisation to the that at present it confronts the Union, the peak of the audiovisual sector and of the society of the information, the need of an educational capacity of big *calado and amplitude and, finally, the need to establish the legitimacy of our institutions and give new vigour to his forms. +Of face to this preparatory meeting that will take place in *Turku tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and had account of the increasing presence in *Europa, by misfortune, of delinquency organised, of the criminality related with the world of the drugs, of the traffic of human beings and of other similar offences, *me seemed incomprehensible that this House *enzarzara in a discussion about #if it suits or not opening a debate on this question here in the European Parliament. +Likewise, the participation of the States members in the council of administration will allow to guarantee that a time that the Commission have decided the annual program, #all the other relative decisions to the projects take on the terrain, without going back to resort to the management committee formed by the States members in *Bruselas. +The absence of an independent electoral commission, the absence of a just access to the media, the absence of guarantees to be able to carry out an electoral campaign, have conducted to the opposition, majority, to boycott the legislative elections of spring. +The total liberalisation *indiscriminada, #such as it has carried out in *Alemania, already is creating a difficult situation bear to the projects of *aprovechamiento of the biomass and also for the projects of energy solar. In the social field, is evident that early will give place to cases, of lower dimensions, like the of "*Michelin" , because of the suppression "*racionalizadora" of employments to take go up the *cotización in bag of the energetic companies. +Have to say, gentleman President, that the *primer program *ALTENER and more advance the white Book on the renewable energies, that has developed the community strategy and action plan for the year 2010, have been possible graces, insist once again, to the collaboration among our two institutions, Parliament and Commission, and that the new politics of the European Union in matter of renewable energies has built precisely thanks to the good understanding among *nosotros. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0015\/99) of Mrs. *Ahern, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that approves a program *plurianual of promotion of the energetic efficiency (*SAVE) (1998-2002) (7123\/1\/99 - *C5-0033\/99 - 97\/0371(*COD)). +is not precise to resort to the figures of commercial exchanges, investment and cooperation to the development to deduce the weight of the European Union in the region, but the tested economic solidarity of the European Union has to be so valued like his capacity to contribute effectively to a peaceful solution of the conflict. +Why do not take to see to *Turquía that recognition like country candidate to the adhesion constitutes the exception of what have demanded to the other countries (as for example, to *Eslovaquia) and that this exception takes by special reasons (that we #would have to refer with clarity...), for *facilitarle the progress to the regulations demanded; and that his course the will be the European Parliament and that, at the end, #this will judge his real appeal to the adhesion to the European Union? +On the other hand, our society is legitimately concerned by the challenges that the phenomenon of globalisation *nos poses: the respect of the human rights and of the fundamental social freedoms, the protection of the environment and the preservation of the nature, #as well as the protection of the health of our consumers. +With the solemn Statement of the month of June of 1998 the 174 countries members of the World-wide Organisation of the Work engaged to promote the four fundamental rights of work: the right of association, the respect of the labour minimum age, the prohibition of the works *forzosos and the no discrimination. +In the frame of the current agreement of the common position, the requirement of the amendment *nº 5, to know, create a directive of the EU with goals *jurídicamente *vinculantes for the renewable energies, is the minimum previous condition so that the document #can be taken seriously at least of an approximate mood. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0028\/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position approved by the Council (*COM(93) 646 - *C5-0030\/1999 - 1994\/0011(*COD)) with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the facilities of transport of persons by wire (Speaker: Mr. *Miller). +Having present that the own Defender the Village of the Government of *Colombia informs of a massacre by each day of this year and that the Commission of Colombian Jurists attributes the 78% of #the same to the *paramilitares, with the knowledge of the #colombian official strengths, #can *usted occupy , like President of this Parliament, that during his private conversations talk of the subject of the human rights? +The first is to give the graces once again to Mr. *Duisenberg for ensuring to this Assembly that the process of cooperation among the #ECB and the national central banks is now sufficient, even in the case of a grave crisis in the that a financial institution of the zone of the euro #can need support. +From this point of sight is a provocation for the feel democratic of the villages that the European Parliament consider an advance the fact that they give, with regularity, conferences of press after the meetings of the Council of Government of #ECB or the fact that, apart from the annual report publish monthly reports of the Central Bank European. +#This has to be the signal so that the great political strategies, budgetary and monetary do not pose always according to the approach of the one who sees the novelty of coin only, but of the one who has to take into account the long term to give stability to the euro and to the States members, and especially to reactivate the economy of the Union and the chapter of the employment that so much *nos concerns to #all in this Parliament. +Like this, is necessary that have another form of intervention of the #ECB and an effective democratic control of his operation and that in the #european politics concede priority to the resolution of the economic and social problems of the European Union and of his States members, in particular the politics of growth and creation of employment. +In the first place, is necessary to encourage and boost to the #european citizens, the associations and the small #european companies of the sector, to benefit of this program it more possible averting concentrate the already scarce finances only in #few great events, in benefit of some those that privileged networks that, in the long run, as *nos teaches the previous experience, finish for having the monopoly of said finances; second, #would be timely to take all it possible to increase the planned financial endowment for program. +Consider that the Parliament, in the moment in that it approves a measure of this type, offers a big opening to the #turkish youngsters that complaining of the errors of his parents, #can watch to *Europa like a reality of big freedom, like a union of States in the *cuales the culture, diffusion and the solidarity among the youngsters are important and fundamental elements. +By this reason and to end to guarantee a high grade of security in the so much national transport like international and eradicate the distortions of competition, the European Union adopted the Directive 96\/49 on the approximation of the legislations of the States relative members to the transport of commodities dangerous by railway. +And that constitutes a reason of pride particular, since this prize carries the name of a scientist, *Andrei *Sajarov, that subjected his prestige to hard proofs of type to struggle by the freedom of the villages of the countries of the East against #one of the most #hideous forms of totalitarianism that has known this century. +But #can comprise part of the anger that feel the graziers and the consumers of Big *Bretaña *cuando *enteran that they have found silts *cloacales in the *piensos that employ in *Francia, *cuando *enteran that Government #british knew #this from the month of June but decided not touching the subject in the European Commission, and *cuando *enteran that in the Realm Joined still sacrifice 60.000 heads of livestock because have more of 30 months of age and #can not go in in the alimentary chain, although they are animal perfectly healthy. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, #would suit *usted *conmigo in that it results very surprising that #some States members ask now new explanations and additional explanations *cuando #this already debated during a year and half with these same States members in the Permanent Veterinary Committee? And #would suit *usted *conmigo in that the States members that keep the prohibition of imports #would have to present new scientific data or of it contrary only give the impression of that they want to follow postponing until a distant future the realisation of the only market? +Lady Speaker, want to signal that the dialogue *macroeconómico forms part of the complex process of the pact of the employment and that, as it has exposed well the Presidency in exercise of the Council, is consequence of Colony decisions, trying, by means of the establishment of this dialogue among social and responsible speakers of the economic politics and budgetary politics with participation also of the Central Bank European, achieve the goals that, at the end, pretend. +#Can begin to abandon concepts like #that? #Can begin maybe to adopt a more realistic opinion in fixation of the types of interest, with it that #would recognise the change of the conditions, by it that now #can begin to contain the increases of the types of interest, to measure that diminishes the unemployment, not to suffocate a fragile growth? +Definitely, in his common position the Council has adopted #some important points as, for example, the compulsory implantation of values limit in two stages, a greater requirement on the durability of the squads of control of broadcasts in the commercial vehicles weighed and buses, diagnosis system *on.*board, a control of field. +Although my Group #would have put *gustosamente other accents *algo different in #some points of the program *DAPHNE, for example the connection with other community programs as *PHARE, *TACIS and *MEDA, because in #this there #be big quantity of resources to set up in the countries preventive measured candidates and campaigns, agree with Mrs. *Avilés regarding reaching a fast consensus and avert a procedure of conciliation, and recommend only six amendments to the common position. +The Commission will ensure specifically that this program was a notable road to pipe the synergies of the public authorities and of the *ONG to conserve the physical and psychic integrity and the social welfare of the boys, teenagers and the women in #all the fields of activity. +*Ellas express better of it that #would take it *yo the way in that the boys are excluded of the politics of the European Union and in that the laws and the politics that takes the European Union have a very real impact in the lives of the boys, an impact that is not #the same that have in the lives of adults. +At present, this subject is in the centre of a political debate very lit in my country and *me seems totally inopportune, by not saying, inadmissible that Speaker, given his institutional position, support so ardently to #one of the parts involved and besides ignore that an article of the #italian Constitution refers on purpose to the freedom to open centres of education deprived without costs for the State. +#If I use a very critical tone, do not take it fundamentally against *usted, lady *Schreyer, as *usted has not been the responsible person during the last weeks, but #if like Parliament at the end of a year, in autumn, elaborate a budget, then split of the fact that in this budget determine some priorities and that these priorities are also the that in the course of budgetary procedure apply really, *surten effects and expect that it that consider important apply also really in form of politics. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate on the report (To5-0039\/1999) of Mr. *Chichester, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the communication of the Commission to the Council (*COM(1998) 571 - *C4-0040\/1999) and to the European Parliament "Promotion of the inclusion of the environmental dimension in the energetic politics of the Community" . +Gentleman President, this proposal that will resolve -like this expect it- by means of a community regulation the difficulties that find the citizens and families to consequence of the fault of recognition of the judicial decisions on the end of the matrimonial bond and the exercise of the homeland authority deserves our applause and our charm. +Regarding the amendment *nº 11 -and expect to that formulate a new oral proposal for can *pronunciarme on the new version-, *cuando forces to take into account the interests of the boys, *nos seems that it opens the door for a trial -regarding the bottom by part of the State that has to receive the judicial decision- that do not has fit in the frame of this type of instrument. +The Commission is commissioned also of the execution of the program *STOP, #whose goal is the to give the necessary training and information to the professionals, in particular to the judges, to the services of police and to the services of social assistance, in the fight against the traffic of human beings and the sexual exploitation of women. +Regarding the group of high level, #if the Commission and the Council approve it -as I already have said, the Commission will take it predictably the next day 24 of this month, the Council on 6 December-, pretence #would be that this group of high level began to work to first of the month of February or even to finals of the month of January. +An international rule in matter of competition has to establish some minimum norms that prevent contrary behaviours to the competition, like the creation of cartels for the control of the prices or the cast of zones, the abuse of dominant position or vertical restrictions and horizontals of the competition, #all the *cuales distort the competition. +The attacks against columns of refugees and zones inhabited, the closing of the borders and the fetters to the performance of the international organisations of help that loan humanitarian help, no only contravene in #all the cases Gin Convention on protection of the civil population in the zones in war and other international commitments, but that they are performances simply inhuman and of the all unacceptable. +The norms that regulate the international economic relations and trade have to respect the fundamental social rights, have to serve to the interests of the workers, contribute to the development of the less developed countries, respect the environment and create the necessary conditions for the development of #all the villages. +Have considered, in base to the Statement of Colony, that the works *preparativos have to concentrate , in the practice, in three particular points: the size and composition of the Commission, the weighting of the votes in the Council and the extension of the qualified majority; in addition to these three points, also will treat institutional questions related closely with #the same. +The amendment 18 of my Group, that requests that Parliament was consulted on the annual economic orientations, the decisions that concern to the budgetary deficits and #all another important decision that have to take in the frame of the Economic and Monetary Union, leaving, of course, to a side the independence of the Central Bank European. +To time, also wanted to *replicarle to the Mrs. *Kaufmann, that finishes to quote to the newspaper of the enemy of class, "*Die *Welt" , that the party to the that *ella belonged has been the only #german party that has summoned to a war of aggression after the *Segunda World-wide War, specifically against *Checoslovaquia, and to the sight of *ello, #would have to abstain to take comments like the that finishes to pronounce. +Subject: political Prisoners in *Myanmar #Can the Speaker in exercise of the Council inform on #all the celebrated debates and the decisions adopted recently by the Council of Ministers of External Subjects in relation with the politics followed by the EU regarding *Myanmar and, in particular, on the possibility of achieving of the Government of this country an amnesty for the political prisoners? +#If we do not approve today the report *nos will find in an unsustainable situation, as only the deputies of the European Parliament #would be above the law to #that *respecto: a text that applies in the Council by the same to the politicians and civil servants, in the Commission by the same to the politicians and civil servants, #would apply in Parliament only to our civil servants and no to the deputies of the European Parliament. +The best demonstration, anyway, of #which is the security that promotes is the own Treaty of *Amsterdam, the incorporation of it already achieved in *Schengen, the creation of a community police, the police #index card of the citizens by his political convictions, his ideological orientation, his #sindical action, even by his loving relations. +*Me seems that the Mrs. *Giannakou has taken a big effort for adopting a posture of consensus concerning the Plan of action, directed to integrate the different perspectives that there #be no only among the different *filiaciones political, but also among the different national traditions, to integrate also the different looks of the question and the diverse and in part contradictory interests. +Therefore, *me #would enjoy that my explanations went satisfactory, that Parliament #can reconsider his requests, that gave the maximum urgency to the acceptance of this decision with the guarantee that, #if in the future there were problems from the point of sight financial, the Commission will pose the need to go more far regarding the Bottom of reservation. +For no *alargarme more, want to manifest that our Group supports the 19 amendments and supports the legislative text, but demands that we do not attend to #one *segunda reading, but that approve this Regulation in the planned terms, demands that the Commission was sensitive to it exposed by the speaker, to it exposed by the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market and that, by favour, Regulation approve inside the planned terms because, in contrary case, the situation for Canarians #would be worrisome. +To the time that receive with satisfaction the contribution of Parliament, also want to recognise the contribution of the European Commission along the years, and in particular the of the ancient Presidents, the President *Delors, our colleague and ancient President #Jacques *Santer and now the President *Prodi, the one who in his statement of yesterday engaged to keep the bottoms allocated to the distinct programs of *Irlanda of the North. +Among #all the human rights, the freedom of expression occupies a special place, since without a free and independent information #can not fulfil the other human rights and fundamental rights, neither neither #can report effectively the grave rapes of the human rights, as, for example, the crimes against humanity. +Why have not included problems relative to the human rights that know that they exist in the Union, #such as the bad deals in the prisons and in the stations of police, the murders committed by political Groups armed and the situation of the objectors of consciousness, by so only appoint the most evident subjects? +Only wanted to *describirles a small consequence of this approximation. To mood to see, is a big progress that #greek journalists and Turkish are in the actuality to avert that in the media stood out of his countries continue the defamation to the that have assisted in the last years and give erroneous information to the population on it that *sucede in the neighbouring country. +Concerning the proposals presented in the report, also consider that it is necessary reform, since the current situation has perverse effects -as it already has shown the experience-, but is precise to take into account that any reform #can leave to consider the results of the current campaign and the potentialities of the #portuguese production in normal climatic conditions. +In this sense, the recommendations on the politics of communication and information that contains the Report Towers Mark play an essential paper, but do not owe *conformarnos with that the euro perfect market only neither with that the euro allow, for example, a comparison of prices easier or a decrease of the cost of the transactions. +#This reflects #one of the lacks of the proposal of the Commission, that #would have to have completed the frame of the *OCM with a mechanism of maintenance of the income of the workers of the fishing that allowed to limit the incidence of price falls and, with *ello, take unnecessary the resource to the withdrawal and destruction of the products of the fishing. +#One of the means to obtain said support #would be the to keep our offer for the less advanced countries and *reflexionar together on the coherence among the action of the *OMC and the of the other international institutions so that the commercial liberalisation reflect in a sustainable development for #all countries in roads of development, beginning by the poorest populations. +*Me #would enjoy that the countries that bear the charge of the effort of the economic internal cohesion and social did not employ this type of arguments, since they are the countries that receive bottoms of the European Union the most interested in the efficiency of solidarity effort of the countries that bear this effort. +Without embargo, said frustration converts in even more deep, #if it fits, *cuando, to the sight of the new scientific elements, as in the case of the substances that determine the destruction of the ozone, the bureaucracy and the emotiveness taking forward to the politics and the science, prevent that they admit new and effective amendments from the point of sight scientific. +#If the conditions observed still do not allow to initiate negotiations with *Turquía, but so only *concederle the statute of candidate to the adhesion, with which do not creates therefore a particular juridical instrument, the conclusion -#can *leerla in the text- is that it is precise to resort to the UN for the definition of the disputes. Of compliance with the resolutions of the UN, #this #would have to resolve before the year 2004. +#If at all it justifies the past and present politics of *Milosevic regarding the #albanian village of *Kosovo, neither regarding his own village, the crumbs launched only for the reconstruction of *Kosovo, crumbs in comparison with the money spent in the war, no #can dissemble the fact that once again the western intervention in the *Balcanes no only do not resolves the problems in this region of the world but that the aggravates. +Of compliance with the section 3 of the article 247 of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community and the corresponding disposals of the Treaties *CECA and *EURATOM, Parliament has issued his *dictamen previous on the candidates before the Council proceed to the nomination by unanimity of the members of the Court of Accounts by a period of six years, that #can repeat mandate. +Of then is also the agreement for the creation of indicators, and have assisted in April of 1999 to the publication of the first resulted of these common indicators, that take in consideration the place of the woman, in the economic field, in the political field and in the social field, in relation with the development programs that approve. +From this Assembly urge to the Commission to give preference to a review of #all the structures of consultancy and of decision, to end to obtain a just distribution among the sexes, and to request to the States members that fulfil with the recommendation of the Council of 2 December 1966, on equality among men and women in decision processes. +From the platform of *Beijing, and of the commitment of the 189 countries around this platform, there #be, by it that *atañe to the European Union, to our region, three fields of action: first, the of each #one of states members; second, the of the political strategy of the group of the European Union; and, third, the of the politics of the European Union to the countries in development. +The question is not, as, #if they go to concede #some thousands of litres of oil to the orphanages and the asylums, but #if *le go to deliver the necessary games to *Yugoslavia, to government legally chosen -respect of a time the international right!- and no *selectivamente, to confront the damages and put end to the political genocide suffered by the #serbian village. +The amendments that has proposed the Parliament treat to cover this grave gap and have an ambitious goal, #this is, create a legislative system that, in spite of devoting special attention to avert create useless bureaucratic complications, allow to the great productive potentialities of the Union express it better possible in the inner market facilitating, therefore, action also in the world-wide. +In these days in the that so much it talks of the paper and of the future of the Institutions community, wanted to remember that the credibility of an organ like the Parliament or the Council is closely linked to his capacity to resolve the problems that disturb the daily life of the citizen or to take part positively to the *respecto. +Have to confess that, *cuando returned again to *Timor Oriental, remained *desolado in front of the ruins of the systematic destruction and no *me imagined that it #would come to *Estrasburgo and #would have the rare opportunity to know and visit the corridors and the living rooms of the centre of the democratic power of *Europa, #one *Europa that shared with *nosotros the pain and suffering of the genocide, but also the prowess and the strength to resist the destroyer action and murderer. +Likewise, encourages for finding a solution to the regional riots, already mentioned here, in *Aceh and *Iria *Jaya and to the ethnic tensions in the *Molucas by the road of the peaceful dialogue and of the constitutional reforms; consider particularly important that exist a National Commission for the Human Rights that treat the relative questions to rights. +Gentleman President, like member of the Group of the Green\/Free Alliance European and like deputy #basque, have to say in the first place that already the European Union, by diplomatic road, directed to the Government of *Nicaragua the past 18 November so that it found a fast solution to this subject that *nos occupies today and finished with the obstacles that *oponían to the *Contraloría General of the Republic of *Nicaragua and for *decirles also, very categorically that, #if it is not transparent, #can lose the bottoms of the European Union. +Already has remembered in this Plenary implication in the subjects related with the paper of the citizens in the procedure established in the article 169, the editorial of a code of behaviour of the civil servants, the access to the documents of the Institutions and of the organs controlled by *usted. +The fact that the Parliament renounced to his proposal to build some common customs in the conciliation procedure celebrated in the frame of the previous report do not means that #this have left to be our final goal. +The report of Mrs. *Schmidbauer is #worthy of praise because it treats of the development of a gradual approach concerning a frame of infrastructure for the rates of the common transports inside the European Union, #as well as of a gradual harmonisation of the relative principles to the rates of #all the main means of transport. +The reason is that, as we have been able to check in the audience of scientists and experts celebrated in the Commission of Transports and tourism the day 17 February 1999, the system of the social costs *marginales proposed by the socialist commissioner of transports #Neil *Kinnock do not serves to impute the costs of transport infrastructure. +The article 135 establishes that the attributions of the commissions appear *anejas to the Regulation, but do not excludes at all the absolute majority, and, treating of a text that defines at all less that the competitions of the parliamentary commissions, #would be paradoxical that, as it finishes to occur, the composition of a competent commission in an essential field -as it is the of immunities- fix, simply, with #some votes of difference. +#»»collateral Damages», #this is the language used by the NATO to define the death of civilians: during centuries in the *Balcanes will have to bear the called *collateral *damages , since uranium bombs employed by the NATO already have contaminated the #yugoslav territory preventing, in fact, the return of the #Kosovar to his country, unless they run the risk of illnesses, malformations and deaths by radiation. +*Señorías, wanted to underline, nevertheless, the need that the Commission elaborate help program in favour of the #italian and #french populations that will suffer considerable damages and damages owing to the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, so much by the excessive traffic of other arteries receptors of an excess of traffic, as by the shortage of traffic and of tourism owed to the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc. +The Council in his statement of past 7 April, when pronouncing on #this, added that the #indonesian Government has given #some steps that have been clearly celebrated. *Eso also has to see, among other things, with the elections, with new laws for the political parties, but also with determined economic measures that have announced to stabilise the economic situation. +The impressive number of operations of traffic that effect every year in the European Union and the importance of the sums that are in game #would suffice by himself\/hisself alone to show the urgency in concluding the computerisation of the diet of traffic community and to guarantee to time a maximum transparency in the group of the politics *aduanera #european. +will give a big step the day in that the space situated among the Parliament and the season was at last conditioned, of way that facilitate the personal relations and result friendly: for *ello is necessary to unblock the necessary means, it that will require #one *concertación active among the society of the Space *Léopold, the Parliament (by his moral paper) and the #belgian authorities affected. +Is necessary that the European Union tackle these negotiations with the real will to defend the principle of prevention, #as well as norms social, environmental and on the welfare of the animals, necessary for a healthy and durable trade that respect the group of our economies and of our consumers. +Is necessary to expand and improve the measures in matter of prevention, information and protection of the victims, #as well as the cooperation and coordination with the justice, the police, the responsible authorities and, especially, with the competent governmental organisations, in the States members of the European Union, among the States members of the European Union and also in collaboration with the third countries involved. +Both amendments supported in the valid Regulation, and now have agreed that are in contradiction with *él. According to the current Regulation, for a transfer of credits of the reservation is competent the Commission of Budgets and for the rest of the transfers - am in general terms - the Commission of Budgetary Control. +The exchange of experiences that produced in the preparation of the conference among the Group of the Popular Party, the Union of the Persons of Age and experts has served to obtain #all a series of knowledges valuable on the matter. +In this context wanted to ask to the Commission #if the regulation of application collects this look, since I consider very important that the current system of balance among the potato starch and the starch of corn respect. To keep said balance is fundamental that keep the system of premiums compensatory to the starch of potato. +Wanted to express my gratitude very especially to his speaker Mrs. *Theato, that alas #can not be among *nosotros, and also of course to the speaker of the particular opinion of this commission, the Mrs. *Kjer *Hansen, #as well as to #all the members of this commission, that have taken an excellent work, since these contributions have had direct relation with the development of this procedure. +Supposes also an important innovation when allowing separate on the one hand, the closing of the accounts -species of simple technical procedure, as, to verify #if they have carried well the accounts- and by #another, the discussion or the opinion of the Parliament on the management of the Commission in budgetary matter. +In the norms appears now a very important distinction among a technical postponement and a political postponement, that has to have some clear foundations, to the equal that appears also a clear separation among the technical closing of the accounts and the political posture that #can adopt on the question of #if we approve or no accounts. +In concrete, the report of the Employment Commission sues it following: increase of the proportion of unemployed that receive an active measure of promotion, like professional training, or measures of creation of work, in front of the proposals that exist in the guidelines, the autonomy of the Central Bank European and the autonomy of the social speakers, #as well as greater efforts directed to consolidate the public finances. +The existence, in this moment, of the Economic and Monetary Union shows that no treats of a formality, but of a dynamic treatment of economic and monetary subjects, that presupposes besides the coordination no only of the monetary politics, but also of the economic and social politics of the states of the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, wanted colleagues, is a bit surprising to see as on the one hand our European Union poses a debate on the great orientations of the economic politics extremely prolix, with concrete obligations and with a pact of stability rigorous, and on the other hand a politics of employment to base only of wander orientations, while *nos happen #all the time saying that the big problem of *Europa and of the Europeans is employment. +*Me interests especially take this brief intervention first of all for *recalcar the important paper exerted by Mr. *Bösch, the *cual -even in the moments in that it was very difficult to carry forward this speech- always has been very coherent to the hour to sustain the need of an independent organ, to the sight of the gravity of the cases and of the difficulties for *afrontarlos. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, the report of the that *me has commissioned *informarles tonight in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic refers to the proposal of the Commission to modify the *sexta managerial relative to the VAT of mood that the States members have the possibility to apply, with experimental character, the type reduced of the VAT on the services of big intensity of hand of drama. +Our Group *le sues to develop fully his paper in the election of the commissioners to obtain a substantial renewal of the school and a presence of men, and also of women, able to face up, by qualification, to the great political challenges of the Union and to the own reform of the Commission. +And although, in effect, *usted has gone back to announce that the Commission goes to develop the liberalisation of the market of sakes material and services, instead have not heard at all on the public services, on services of general economic interest, as they appear now with total clarity in the article 7*D of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +The five points that pose the European Union, the NATO and the General Secretary of the UN are not five points that *equivalgan to a total war against Serbian, but five points that take possible the security and the stability for #all in *Kosovo and that at the same time guarantee and allow the development of the security and stability in the region. +In the first place, to the classical international Right, according to the *cual a war only #can initiate after having been declared, it that has not been the case; how the Government of the States Joined of *América abstain in the future of *enseñarnos archive images of the speeches of *Roosevelt after the bombardment of *Pearl *Harbour by part of the #japanese squadron. +The reason *nos #would have pushed, for example, *cuando began the crisis -perhaps is very easy to say it now to the sight of events- to value the relation among the political goals and the political effects of the bombardments and the noble goal that *nos proposed, the to put end to the ethnic cleansing. +As they will remember, the very good report of Mrs. *Schmidbauer on the White Book of the Commission in relation with the payment by the utilisation of infrastructures also specified this look and, at present, are the task to quantify the external looks with the help, clear is, of a group of experts. +To contribute to the reflection, the Commission will present to the European Council a communication on the best way to integrate the goal of a level of employment high in the definition and the application of politics and of the actions of the Community. +#If no had suffered the crisis that has shaken to the Commission, *nos #would have found in a situation in the that, in spite of the demands of this Parliament, the European Council had decided without taking into account the opinion of the constituents that will go to the urns of the 10 to 13 June. +In a similar situation, the buyer has to return the product in the place of the purchase so that *le return money, repair the product, etc. #would Have been much better -and #would have contributed authentic advantages to the consumers- #if #this had right to negotiate said compensation or repair, etc, with a representative of the company -in case that it exist- in his country of residence. +The vote, in session *plenaria, ratified entirely the positions defended by this Commission of Fishing and, from this moment, our commission, and fundamentally speaker *doña #Carmen *Fraga, went in in contact with the Council, the national administrations and the professional organisations, organising a public audience that allowed to check how the political position of the Parliament was amply shared. +Like speaker of this file, have to remember that the Commission, in his initial proposal, had prioritised especially the orientation of a reform based in a substantial descent of the prices with the goal of increasing our parts of the market to the export in the frame of the obligations imposed by the *OMC. +Regarding the political advances, #would have to underline, as more important and new, the following: consolidates a series of agreements punctual pre-existing; offers a definite solution to the dispute on the classification of compulsory costs and no compulsory, that drags from 1982; happen costs of the Common Agricultural Politics to costs no compulsory. +His goal is to allow to the persons progress to the new #millenium; take possible that are the own persons the that make said progress through the training and education, increasing his possibilities to achieve a place of work, of *ayudarles to progress with the time to access to a place of work better and to a better level of life. +Appreciate to the President in exercise his answer, but *permítame ask #if it has foreseen a suitable protection for the entrance of bananas pertinent of *Lomé and of the Canarian Islands, in spite of the changes that have produced to adapt the diet of banana of the European Union to the norms of the *OMC. +Neither has presented to the Presidency of the Council any complaint of *Suecia in the sense that it neglect his language in the guilds of the Council, by it that it wanted to *aconsejarle that perhaps #would not have to bet necessarily by an anonymous news of news agency but by the official communication that receives here of the Presidency of the Council. +Is an end to measure, since with the favourable vote to the proposals of the Diary the Parliament, in the last session of this term of office and to time last session under #german Presidency, seats the bases of the future development of the European Union and no only of the future Agricultural Politics Common. +My group has expressed from the principle in favour of a reform of the structural and regional promotion that concentrate the available financial resources in the regions with the greater demand of development and that at the same time award a greater level of responsibility to the States members, especially there #where complete regions remain excluded of helps structural of the EU. +The relations among the Commission of Fishing and the committees quoted have two main looks. By a part Fishing Commission receives information on the activities of the committees and, by #another, the members of the commission have the possibility to take part like observers in the meetings of the committees referred. +The juridical looks today examined constitute the indispensable base to regulate and harmonise the electronic agreements, the use and the future developments, always that Internet was accessible to #all, accessible but no regulated, to defend to the most exposed classes, especially boys; protect against the electronic illegality, the *intrusismo by wire, but boost all *aquello that it #can generate places of work and expand our culture. +The bottoms of the EU contributed likewise to transform *Manchester in a big cultural core and tourist, when helping to build the centre of exhibitions *G *Mex, concert hall of *Bridgewater, the Museum of the Science and the Industry of *Manchester and the Imperial Museum of the War (North). +Is inadmissible that the report, #such as it presents it Budget Commission, contain an amendment that goes much more there of the object of the own report, until the point that #this results totally ambiguous, since *cuando had examined it in the Commission of Budgets, on 29 April, did not treat, in this moment, to approve the text of the agreement. +Like member of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development and coordinator of the Group *Europa of the Nations, have voted against of the group of the amendments presented in the Commission of Agriculture by speaker, the Mr. *Graefe *zu *Baringdorf, since his proposals were totally incoherent regarding the economic situation that knows the #european agriculture. +Therefore, #can not leave to value -to the contrary that #some colleagues- the yesterday assumed commitment that the query of 8 August will make with the *égida of the Nations Joined and of Security Council and that, in addition to the strength of police that here it has talked, was possible to have the presence of a strength of security. +Of course, gentleman President, *Turquía has not suffered any type of pressure special -and, of course, am not talking of the abominable bombardments that know other countries- for *avenirse to the norms of State of current right. By reasons that the Council of Ministers, so sensitive or severe in other cases, has not achieved *explicarnos! +A time established these responsibilities, the European Union has the duty of *paliar inability of the usual protagonists of the stage *comorano, launching an initiative of reconciliation *inter-islands, a significant humanitarian help, in particular directed to *Anjouan, and an original plan of urgent economic help for the State *comorano. +In the case of the #czech head office of *Temelin, the attainment of the levels of maximum security demanded to the candidates to the adhesion in matter of nuclear head offices did not seems at all reliable, especially to the sight of the planned employment by the authorities of the Czech Republic of type reactors #soviet -the *VVER 100- presented like squads of last generation, although they give proofs of scarce reliability. +The Commission understands that the reactors of *Temelin are of a type that, in principle, #can improve to reach levels of acceptable security and, as it indicates in Diary 2000 and in the communication of March of 1998, the general goal of the Commission, by it that refers to this type of reactors, is to guarantee that the improvements undertaken by the corresponding countries apply of fast and effective way and carry to satisfactory results. +Says: #there is an agreement of 1995 that has not been signed by #all the States members and the Commission is to adopt an initiative #Can have a promise of the Commissioner regarding that the Commission goes to adopt a proposal, was a directive, was a regulation -leave it to the Commission-, so that it no longer take lacking expect to the States members *titubeantes? +The goal precisely is not a militarisation of the European Union, but follow promoting development so that it was an effective peaceful power and with capacity of performance that was in conditions of *relegar definitively to the happened the war like instrument of the politics in *Europa, in favour of the empire of the Right and of the renunciation to the use of the strength, #such as it has taken in *Kosovo. +The first refers to the point 53 of the conclusions of the Presidency in exercise of the Council and *me #would enjoy to ask to #that with regard to the gentleman #german Minister of External Subjects how interpretation it is necessary to give to the mandate of the Conference *Intergubernamental and, in particular to -quote- the possible enlargement of the vote by qualified majority in the Council -end of appointment-, had account of the statement of *Bélgica, *Francia and #Italia attach to the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +The *primer reason: in the era of globalisation, the national State European only will be able to keep it that appreciate and want to conserve in *él #if #this *Europa unifies as, under the conditions of globalisation, the peace, the security, the welfare and the democracy for his citizens and citizens, only will be able to guarantee #if they join to #european level, is to say, #if we have of a subject European, a European Union that it was able to act. +Of compliance with the agenda, the Speaker in exercise of the Council proceeds to take a statement on the program of activity of the #finnish Presidency, the economic and social reconstruction in *Kosovo and Pact project of Stability for the *sudeste of *Europa and the conviction of the Mr. *Öcalan to the capital pity. +The concept of #nordic dimension of the EU, that is shyly going out to the light although among *candilejas, covers sectors related with the internal security, as they #can be the nuclear security, the environmental and the collaboration with external neighbouring zones to the Union.Is necessary to materialise in programs of concrete activity the ideas presented around the #nordic dimension of the Union . +Regarding *Öcalan, it minimum that we #can take by this person to the that #many describe of terrorist of #the same way, clear, that described of terrorist to *Arafat, or to the IRE, before being recognised leaders and leaders of his villages, it minimum that we #can take, after the sinking in this subject of the politics of asylum of the European Union and the one who has said it has reason, is *salvarle the life, to avert like this a new *lacra in our leaf of services. +The Council studied immediately this case and took the resolution on 9 July to carry the subject to the courts of the European Community, basing in the paragraph 2 of the section 3 of the article 213 of the Letter *Magna and in pertinent articles of *Euratom and of the Community of the Coal and Steel. +The Commissioners will have to, in case that like this *les demand, leave that the Committee of Subjects Ethical examine the type of work to the that will incorporate during the term of a year after having left the Commission, with the end that #this #can confirm the compatibility of the new work with the functions fulfilled in Commissioner quality. +Lady Speaker, want *referirme to the comment that took yesterday the Mrs. Speaker, the Mrs. *Fontaine, on the prohibition of the use of mobile telephones inside this hemicycle because I believe that at all there #be more important, inside the Parliament, that talk and *comunicarnos, but in the debates, no with external means like the mobile telephones, with the bells and the distortion that #this causes. +The reasons that *nos have carried to this situation, against the that the president of my Group carries warning from the month of June, have to see with that it has not known to put the limit of the institutional responsibility to groups that thought that the content of the report #can condition the investiture of the new Commission and, therefore, have insisted in that it debated now. +The Group of the Party of the European Socialists has kept a line of behaviour coherent along #all process, that *resume in the affirmation of the need to surpass positively the institutional and political crisis that paralyses to the Union from December of the past year. +Lamentably, gentleman President, although the Mrs. Of Palace answered to our questions on transport of satisfactory way, and that like Group will not doubt in backing morning to the Commission, have to take state our reservation on the candidature of Mrs. Of Palace #waiting for the definite results of the *OLAF and of the investigations of the #spanish authorities, and because of the mood in that it answered to the interrogation on this subject during the audition. +Answering to Baron comment *Crespo, that yesterday in the morning signalled that a minister *recalcitrante of *Baviera had not resigned, *permítanme that *le put to the common of the situation: the alluded resigned yesterday before the vote in the Parliament; without embargo, a lot *me fear that surely it will have to pass another century before the European Commission reach the level of efficiency of the #bavarian administration. +The *segunda splits refers to the interpretation that has to include like note to the Regulation, without embargo, the first part says: "The constitution statement of the technical group is not according to the section 1 of the article 29 of the Regulation" . *Usted *nos commissioned this subject and *nos awarded the possibility to formulate our interpretation like note to the Regulation *valedera also for the future. +The deputy, Mrs. *Roth-*Behrend has called the attention on a *importantísimo subject. The Commission, when fixing the own priorities and propose the approval of #this has to have in mind the subjects that really matter to the citizens like the questions of environment, a sustainable development completely #as well as the requirements of protection of consumers. +Fifteen executives that displace to *Bruselas, exert there his legislative work, go back act followed to his respective capitals and apply the laws dictated by the Council, or was, by *ellos same. work method takes that the executives exclude increasingly to the national Parliaments -*Europol and the preparation of the convention *Europol are a clear example of *ello- without *traspasar the legislative function to the European Parliament. +But the truth is that, later, so much the Nations Joined like the international observers and the own #indonesian authorities, that considered that the scrutiny passed of free and just form in spite of #all the pressures and of the campaign of intimidation carried out by the militias adherents of the integration, the truth -said- is that, *cuando took public results, again installed the terror in *Timor Oriental. +Is very clear that the authorities have to take in account the possibility of seismic movements when examining the suitability of place chosen for the construction, and have the obligation to ensure , through the pertinent structural solutions, that a possible seism neither affect to the security of the head office. +In this sense consider important to take a more global assessment, to the light of politics in matter of interventions that, as I have read in the report on the budget of the Union of the next year, foresees a strong restructuring of the politics of attention to the present small and medium enterprises inside the territory *transfronterizo. +From beginnings of year have produced #news *alentadoras on the recovery of the industrial production, mainly like result of the replacement of the imports, the control relatively tighten of the inflation and a solider situation of the scales of payments, produced mainly by the strong rise of the price of oil exports. +From takes *algún time, the Commission has recognised that exists a connection among the flight of capital and the corruption and the criminality in *Rusia, and comprise also the threat *acumulativa that represent these conditions for the transition of the country to a democratic system and a market economy that govern by the state of right. +Meanwhile, the Commission considers that, in particular in #day of said elections, has to continue the politics of opening *cautelar of relations with will Go through a wide dialogue, with seen to encourage to the Government of the Mr. *Khatami and to the defenders of the reform, #many of the *cuales are a considerable prowess in his efforts by the change in some extremely difficult and dangerous circumstances. +will Continue our efforts to achieve the support and the durable stability, and of course, also will follow trying keep to this Parliament fully informed, because we value enormously the commitment with our common goals to guarantee the stability and the maintenance of the peace in this so ailed region of problems. +Nevertheless, *me ask #if *Europa really #can carry out an autonomous politics in this field. Until how point will defend the Commission autonomy in the international scene and in how measured will struggle for saving the power of decision #european in matter of alimentary security and the political decisions in the field of the alimentary products? +Nevertheless, more that of a new action treats to see #if the considering *nº 25 did not reflects already need to give priority to the exports to improve the position of the #european industry, world-wide leader in some renewable energies, and to it that have taken reference #some of the orators, because it is truth that here have some very clear advantages with regard to other producers. +In conclusion, and to the light of said considerations, wanted to call the attention on the need to make, in matters so complex in that the market and rules confront to the collective welfare, analysis of cost-benefit #whose temporary reference was the long term for the introduction of measures directed to reduce the energetic intensity of the final demand. +An agreement that establishes the total liberalisation of the 95% of the #south african exports to the EU along a period of ten years with the elimination of tariffs corresponding to the 86% of his industrial products covers a too much long time for a country that confronts economic and social problems so grave. +With reason, want to ask #if the Commission will present the agenda of the meetings of the Commission and the documents of work more important before the meeting of the Commission so that like this it #can appear #any information on the documents in the press before the celebration of the meeting and exist greater interest by the meetings by part of the press. +The inclusion of *Turquía -by the moment #can not say at all concretise in name of my political group since we are still a debate to the *respecto, although personally I believe that it has to have the status of candidate to the adhesion to the European Union, #such as it has said Mr. *Verheugen- is urgently necessary no only for the democratisation of *Turquía but also for the peace and stability in the *Balcanes and in the *sudeste of *Europa. +The peace among the two States, #Israel and Palestinian, will not be durable but with the condition that economies develop in the frame of a favourable regional cooperation to a sustainable and just development for #all the parts, a cooperation that in *primer term has to take into account the most vulnerable territories: think, for example, in the problem of the water. +Subject: common Politics In past July, the #finnish minister of External Subjects took the word in *Estrasburgo, in quality of representative of the Presidency of the Council, to affirm that the goals of *Finlandia are that the Union have of a common will, a common politics and a common voice. +Nevertheless, exists a wide majority in the Parliament in favour of the #european participation, no only with the exchange of the best practical or the cooperation procedures, with it that agree, but also with the utilisation of #some of the previous programs that existed in the past; in particular, the programs of Poverty *I and Poverty *II and the mood in that #this tackled the problems using an approach that split from the base. +*Permítame *preguntarle, gentleman President in exercise, #if it #would be had to present an initiative in breast of the Council to ask to the Commission that believes a new relative program to the poverty that take use of it better of the past, but that it was an authentic program, no only a group of experts that exchange ideas neither the celebration of meetings in exotic places of the Union. +Taking into account the circumstance that accidents nuclear do not detain in the national borders, #would be now forced *decirles to the countries candidates to the adhesion to the European Union, #if they continue with his risky nuclear politics, looming in this way to #all the European Union -am in *Temelin, in *Krsko, in *Bohunice and in *Mochovce, that under these conditions #can not neither has to produce any adhesion. +Lady Speaker, in the note that *le gave said that had the intention to pose the question of the visits of the Chinese President to *Francia and to the Realm Joined, and his repercussions for the rapes of the human rights in Chinese, and the arrests effected by the police and his authoritarian performance in *Francia and in the Realm Joined. +In chamber place, after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the European Union has to answer also to #a lot of new requirements. #Can quote the fields of the inner politics, the space of freedom, security and justice, the chapter devoted to employment or the greater possibilities in the field of the protection of the health and of the consumer. +Is necessary to set up a more conscious administration with the costs and has to delete the *despilfarro, of the that have been witnesses innumerable occasions and that the reports of the Court of Accounts have taken out to the light along these years, #if it wants that the community citizens see in the community organs serious partners in the process of development of *Europa. +Clearly, follow being too much prompt to judge the results of the mandate of the #ECB, but, also to this *respecto, #can indicate already signs positive, not being the minor of *ellos the that the investors are had to loan his money to the governments of the zone of the euro with some types of interest very low. +has talked here a lot of independence; and is truth that, with the Treaty of *Maastricht, the that believed that price stability was an indispensable condition for a development sustained and the that believed that to dominate the inflation was necessary a Central Bank, have won. And the that believed that it #can take any thing with the monetary politics or with the economic politics with #such to grow in the short term and artificially, have lost. +Although *me *percato and appreciate that the wish to see published the votes or the records by part of the Council of Government do not appears in the proposal of resolution that will be voted tomorrow by his Parliament, in this debate has loaned attention, more of the that expected, to the phenomenon of the transparency, that culminates with the publication of the votes. +This wide evaluation covers an extensive series of indicators that include, of course, the evolution of the real economy, the variations of the employment and unemployment, an analysis of the evolution of the type of change in so much have influence on the level of prices in the zone of the Euro. +In this same road, also have to register pleased the recent conclusion of the Presidency of the European Council of *Tampere in front of capital bleaching, in the that signals the decision of the Council to "guarantee that they give the concrete steps to proceed to the follow-up, preventive embargo, seizure and *decomiso of the benefits of the offence" . +A realistic politics of the immigration #would have to consist, to the contrary, in hampering the situation of the immigrants in *Europa suppressing, in particular, help social -political that it is, by it other, the of the #american Congress-, diminishing the economic helps to the countries that boost the immigration and organising of systematic form the transfers until the border. +Need a big debate also on the geographic enlargement of the European Union, on his contents and demand to the Council of Ministers -the ladies and knights that are there represented- that have value to direct to *Europa to a positive future, as it treats of the stability, of peace and of the democracy in the century *XXI in our continent. +Expect that the Commission and *usted, in the proposal that *nos go to present, have prowess to fly higher and know to motivate with *algo more exciting that the mere *refundición of the garbled texts of the Treaties, the need to define a constitutional part in the fundamental texts of the European Union. +Of course, still has not inscribed credit in this game, but, instead -and is my second point- has inscribed an enormous credit (60 millions of euros) in a reservation for the statute of the deputies, *algo quite garbled since this statute still do not exists, and that, anyway, although it approved a statute of the deputies, is evident that #would not apply in the current term of office. +Gentleman President, at any rate, wanted to remember that when deciding not raising the embargo against the #english bovine meat, *Francia do not takes in this case but apply the Treaty, that leaves the possibility to each State to forbid or to limit imports by reasons of protection of the health and the life of the persons and the animals. +The first is that we are in the European Parliament and have celebrated, the past Friday, a debate without the Commission and without the report of the experts, debate during the *cual believe that the Assembly and, of course, my Group treated to situate the subject in the frame that *le corresponds, is to say, inside it that they are competitions and our obligations like #european deputies, of face to #ours *conciudadanas and *conciudadanos. +As now we know that the cars are responsible of the 12% of these broadcasts; and that the persons that buys cars is not at all conscious that a vehicle also is an instrument *contaminante and of how much contaminates, whereas yes it knows, for example, how means the so much by one thousand of alcohol in the blood; *yo yes know that #if I buy a car that consumes three litres of fuel each 100 kilometres is a car of low consumption, is urgent that *concienciemos to the consumer of the pollution *ocasionada by cars. +Is fundamental to boost the local initiatives of employment, support the social economy *garantizándole a juridical recognition, recognise really, even by means of public finance, to the *tercer sector, this form of economy that is among the traditional public sector and the yielding sector, based in the creation of activities useful for life in society. +Gentleman President, treats of an interesting report and of proposals that probably obtain *bastantes votes of the Parliament; but, further of it that *nos proposes the Commission, that consists simply, *me seems to me, in restarting the process of *Luxemburgo, poses a doubt: why the Report *Monti do not occupies centre of the worries *cuando shows clearly that the absence of convergence social and fiscal convergence slope put of work in #all the countries of the Union? +It important is not the preparation of a catalogue of rights, but achieve that #all have consciousness of it important that is the first infancy, to avert that in the following years configure a society in the that the youngsters, by have not enjoyed of his rights during the infancy, #can not express by any half that was not the alteration of the order. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, in name of the Commission, wanted to *congratularme in the first place by the approval of the *dictámenes on the proposal of directive relative to the notification of the judicial acts and *extrajudiciales in civil and commercial matter, #as well as the proposal of regulation on the competition, the recognition and execution of judicial decisions in matrimonial matter. +Therefore the question -and comprise and appreciate his fine will, gentleman Commissioner- is the following: Is had the Commission, in front of the *hostigamiento and the pressures that are #european companies, to take *algo more that express his consternation and worry, and to take *algún type of measures -and to *ello engaged his predecessor, the Mr. *Brittan, in front of this Parliament: know it well because *yo *le formulated the question in his day- in the case that #that *incumplimiento follow being absolutely evident and *palmario? +Subject: Initiatives of the Commission to contribute to the preparation of the countries candidates to the adhesion The adhesion to the EU, and therefore to the inner market, of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental will involve a pressure in the field of the competition that will take that it accelerate the process of structural changes in these countries. +With regard to the question of the transitory regulations that they #can request the countries candidates in the frame of this chapter of the negotiations for the adhesion, the basic point of the negotiations of the European Union consists in that measures only are possible in exceptional cases and for a term of #time and field of application limited. +In my Group exists an important number of pertinent members of neutral countries and no neutral that *oponen *frontalmente to #all this idea to create a defence identity #european, and the debate in the breast of the neutral countries is conducted of a very deceptive way. +Here in this Parliament today has remained perfectly clear and the majority has been very sincere to the *respecto: want an identity of defence #european, want armament industry #european that it was competitive and want a #european army; but nobody has consulted to the public opinion of the States members. +The European Union has to have an only goal: take part in the *restablecimiento of peace, reach a statute for *Chechenia, of compliance with it foreseen in the agreement signed by *Rusia and *Chechenia on 31 August 1996, and has to likewise assume the commitment to remember that #this *Europa #if it wants to defend the human rights, #can not continue endorsing the fact that *Rusia consider the strength and the army the only instrument to take politics. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the report (To5-0062\/1999) of Mr. *Schwaiger, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the communication of the Commission to the Council (*COM(1999) 331 - *C5-0155\/1999 - 1999\/2149(*COS)) and to the European Parliament on the approach of the EU on the Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC +In effect, given the challenges posed, is evident that the next Round #can not limit to expand the normative frame, by important that *ello was, neither #can neither watch only so that the commercial liberalisation contribute to the economic and social growth of the less developed countries, although it share fully goal, but that it has to also establish the norms that have to take effective the opening of the markets and guarantee the fulfillment of #the same. +And now, gentleman Commissioner, wanted to *preguntarle in the first place #if it confirms his intention of not accepting in the agenda of the next negotiations #any *reconsideración of the agreement on the textile sector in the preparation and, second, how considers that it goes to affect to the textile industry #european the entrance of Chinese in the World-wide Organisation of Trade, taking into account that this country is the *primer world-wide exporter of textile products. +Said #this, the round of negotiations of the *OMC do not serves to create *algo *supranacional, as it fears often, that oust the international Rights or that prevent to take fluctuate the free market, but especially to give true rules to #all *nosotros, #as well as to watch by #some fundamental rights like the right to the health, education or to the social functions in a frame of *salvaguardia of the rights of each citizen. +The liberalisation of the world-wide trade is a positive process that generates development and that it #can be hindered no only by the protectionist practices of the States, but also by the creation of situations of distortion of the competition like abuses of dominant position, the cartels, the *dumping - think, for example, in the so hurtful - dockyards for *Europa. +In the field of the structural politics is evident, for example, that what greater was the number of States members, more #unlikely will be that they #can reach reasonable decisions according to the principle of unanimity, #if they pretend to apply the scarce bottoms, the scarce resources, so that they benefit really to the poor regions and to the poor groups of the European Union +Without embargo, the Council finishes to initiate, without express it clearly, an irreversible process that #can conduct it, #if nobody detains it, to award negotiation mandate complete to the Commission, and in this way, in application of the new article 133.5 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, *desposeer to #all the national Parliaments of his power of ratification definite, but always, obviously, without express it with clarity. +The Council expects that the guarantees that has given the provisional administration, as it designates, on the respect of the human rights and of the civil freedoms are respected without condition #any and that indictment charge against the Prime minister *destituido, the Mr. *Nawaz *Sharif, was pursued inside the respect of the legality in front of a civil court and public. +To answer specifically to the question of Mr. *Duff, the Union, after the coup d'état, has cancelled the signature of the new agreement of cooperation among the Community and *Pakistán, and have suspended our political dialogue, to send, simply, to the new masters of *Pakistán, a message on our worries with regard to the coup d'état and to his consequences. +As it is clear that the problem of the *Cáucaso #can not be solved of form in that they want to solve it the Russians. Therefore same, *me seems very important that no *nos remain with the arms crossed, that the Commission take #his this call and loom with categorical measures, as for example the freezing of the new agreements *TACIS, and that the papers get to the offices of the #russian civil servants, so that we are not *nosotros the only in having all #this by writing. +Likewise, takes lacking to concentrate our attention -and our budgetary efforts- in programs of evaluation of the practices that follow in the field of prevention, of the therapy and of the *reinserción, #as well as in the field of the social and sanitary consequences, so that the corresponding results guide to the countries members and candidates to the hour to trace his national politics. +Gentleman President, also *yo wanted to back the content of the #german initiative directed to improve the exchange of information on the documents of trip falsified and to reinforce the security of the borders of the European Union so much for States members like the *mio, Realm Joined, that do not forms part of *Schengen, as for the that they find in the perimeter of the European Union. +To finish, also expect that the Presidency #finnish remember to the Governments of the States members in the Council of *Helsinki that for the creation of an only market is necessary that allow the acquisitions *transfronterizas and the restructuring of companies key without that produce any political interference by part of the Governments of the States members. +In the forum of the human rights of this morning have talked with #one of the #finnish colleagues of the Speaker in pertinent exercise of the Ministry of Subjects External Finn on a concrete case on the that has treated recently the European Parliament, the case of #Alexander *Nikitin, man that will be processed to #few kilometres of distance of *Helsinki by high betrayal. +*Nosotros, in the Parliament, adopt a resolution in the month of October that marks clearly the line that #would have to follow the European Parliament, although, as it has exposed here -and has said it Mr. *Poettering in name of my Group-, there are #some discrepancies inside our Group on the importance, the character and the scope that it is necessary to give to this candidature of *Turquía. +Without embargo, #this #can not suppose the suppression of #any of requirements regarding the democratisation of the Constitution and of the political reality, a fundamental improvement regarding the respect of the human rights, a political solution of the problem *kurdo and the end of the occupation of the north of *Chipre. +Precisely by #this, *yo #can not approve #some of the amendments that obtained a majority backrest in the Environment Commission and, especially, neither the that have presented the Mrs. *Breyer and his Group, #some of the *cuales are *superfluas and do not contribute to improve the text of the legislative proposal and #others do not have at all that see with the present proposal of directive, since they do not save relation with his field of application. +The public information has insisted in that directive proposal has a fundamental importance and offers the opportunity to back legal measures, included the right of the society to appoint and disfigure to the governments that do not adopt the necessary measures to fulfil this directive. +The Commission will take in account #this and will draft again the text of the following way: " The Commission studies the possibility to present suitable proposals for the harmonisation of the procedures of measurement of the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon of vehicles pertaining to the category *M1, in compliance with the annex 3 of the directive 70\/156." +#There is diverse questions that *nos follow concerning, like the cut in the finance, that remain out of the field of application sectors of increasing importance like the of the aquaculture, the *poca concretion of the informations that will receive the consumer -specifically Mrs. *Fraga expressed it in regard to the distribution of zones proposed by the Commission-, or the fault of other notable data like the minimum size. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the proposal of the Commission of a new *OCM for the products of the fishing and aquaculture do not attends adequately the needs and specificities of this sector in the diverse States members neither takes into account the potentialities that still exist, it that results so much more incomprehensible what that the own Commission recognises that the European Union matters the 60% of his consumption of products *pesqueros. +The report of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence encourages in mentioning the question of the human rights. But, after having amended the proposal of the Commission, the report pronounces in favour of continuing the deepening of the Union *aduanera with *Turquía. +In the special report of the Court of Accounts on the activities of the *UCLAF have signalled a series of proposals that consider that they #would have to undertake the Parliament and the States relative members to the nomination of a #european public prosecutor and other measures to continue the fight against fraud. +In *Dinamarca have had from the century nineteen a stupendous tradition of permanent education and precisely the writer, priest and #one of the creators of the #danish constitution, *N.*F.*S. *Grundtvig appears like #one of the *pilares fundamental of #all the #danish movement of the popular upper schools. movement that contributed to the education of the common persons in a period in the that #this was *algo out of it normal. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0075\/1999) of the Mr. #Aparicio *Sánchez, in name of Transport Commission, Regional Politics and Tourism, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that it establishes the distribution of permissions for the vehicles of transport heavy of commodities that circulate by Swiss. (*COM(1999) 35 - *C5-0054\/1999 - 1999\/0022). +Of course, regarding the statistical data on #whose base proposes the granting of permissions for vehicles of heavy transport, the data of the external trade that we have until today, essentially #can not be correct, since with the current limit of the 28 tonnes in Swiss, the transports by road to big distance, as for example from my country, from #Grecia, are not economically profitable and therefore do not make. +Certainly, with the forecast of the transmission of the return of the permissions that have not been attributed until 15 September, in place of 15 November that proposed the Commission, reduces the possibility to be unfair in the final attribution, that has to take according to the real needs, and helps to the companies in programming. +Is essential that the citizens comprise the true goal of this package, since no treats simply -although it is important- to warn the competition *tributaria disloyal or to guarantee the correct operation of the inner market, concepts #this, repeat, very important, but that to the majority of the persons #can seem bureaucratic or distant, but that treats, rather, to take *algo very concrete for the daily life in *Europa: treats to create places of work. +The achieve affirm the majority like rule in the Community, like base of the political operation of the Union (very important for the Parliament in the measure in that we #can *codecidir), the have the juridical personality, the that they include in the Conference decisions that has taken the Council, as, for example, draft a Letter of rights fundamental... bear how serve all #this #if no includes in the Treaties? +The European Union has bent also by means of the Presidency of *ustedes by an option *atinada when insisting in that the process of reform of the Treaties has to have concluded and go in in operation in the year 2002, to more take, so that it facilitate a prompt adhesion, because it is important to watch by that the process of reform do not convert in the enemy of the enlargement process. +The Commission *sufraga the greater part of the costs of administration of the Office of the #Alto *Comisionado for the Human Rights of *Colombia and finishes to approve a program *plurianual to support the human rights in the #andean region with finance that rises to 11,5 millions of euros, roughly, the greater part of the *cual will go allocated to *Colombia. +Gentleman President, #any one that are the games of hands budgetary to fund the help to the reconstruction of *Kosovo, the Council, like Parliament, denies to tackle the true problem, that is the reconstruction of *Kosovo #as well as the reconstruction, also necessary, of Serbian, #would have to fund with charge to the military budgets of the responsible States of the bombardments. +#One of the most important decisions adopted during the last autumn has been the commitment contracted in the summit of *Helsinki, by means of the *cual the Community and States members show his will to ratify the Protocol of *Kioto before the Conference of River 10, that will take place in the year 2002, and also will undertake #all the necessary measures so that said ratification was possible. +Our question is the following: how measured propose to adopt the Commission and the Council to guarantee that Parliament converts in a real speaker in the preliminary work, #as well as in the contribution of the European Union to "*Beijing more five" and in the official delegation of the European Union in the conference of New *York? +#- - Report (To5-0088\/1999) of the Mr. #Miranda, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, on the communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council - Consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on the legislative procedures in course to 1 May 1999 in the field of development and of the cooperation (*SEC(1999) 581 - *C4-0219\/1999) Confirmation of the first reading: *COM(1994) 289 - *C4-0090\/1994 - 1994\/0167(*COD) - ancient 1994\/0167(*SYN) +In the first place, wanted to congratulate to the speaker, Mr. #Aparicio *Sánchez, by the work that has carried out in relation with this question, and protest by that it have not received the integral text of the agreement among the European Union and Swiss before that part of the distribution of the permissions, that is not more that a part of the global agreement. +Believe that before June will be able to find the definite formula, that, as they know, do not bases in the decision of the Commission -not even of the Council, #would say-, since it is thing of the Organisation of Nations Joined and those who take part are the states, but, in any case, repeat, give the political will and the political budgets, since in subjects the points of sight are identical, to advance together. +Obviously will have competition in the field of the evaluation of the elements of risk and to evaluate said elements of risk, the scientists that work in the agency will not be able to depend only of his own opinions and criteria, but that they will have to consult also to other scientists of the States members. Because an agency of these characteristic -agency or authority or it that it was- no only will have to be independent, but besides will have to keep in contact with scientists of the States members. +In the territory of the European Union do not #there is a negative attitude in front of the legal immigration, but that the problem in himself\/hisself is the existence of the illegal immigration and even of the illegal traffic of persons of third countries, problem that yes fits to combat; but has not tried in no way hamper the legal immigration. +Gentleman President, the rule on the procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, in virtue of the article 321 of the Treaty of the *CE, of article 33 of the Treaty on *EURATOM and of the article 29 of the Treaty on the *CECA, establishes that the deliberations of the Court of Justice of the European Communities will be secret and will remain secretly. +Gentleman President, am entirely satisfied with the answer of the Council, but before concluding this session wanted to *preguntarle to the Presidency of the Parliament when will keep the debate on the big group of questions proposed in the report of Mr. *von *Wogau, in relation with the politics in matter of competition and of state subventions; in a principle, this debate had to have taken place already this morning, but has gone delaying #some hours along the day. +The amendments only pretend to avert that the Bottom take *algo that in any case #can not take; the purpose of the Regulation proposed is to allow the continuation of the financial contribution of the EU to the Bottom. do not pretends in any case modify the essence of the current Regulation (*CE) *nº 2614\/97, reason by the *cual approved the urgency procedure in the first place. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0089\/1999) of Mrs. Round *Jiménez, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Decision 96\/411\/*CE relative to the improvement of the community agricultural statistics (*COM(1999) 332 *C­0042\/1999 1999\/0137(*COD)) +Of course, since the common agricultural politics is of a situation in the that pay subventions in the moment of export or in the moment of entrance in intervention to a situation in the that subsidise each individual animal by acre or hectare of crop planted, is evident the enormous importance that has know exactly how many animal there #be in the Union, how many hectares, how many *olivos, etc. #All this information is fundamental. +Subject: Statements of *Ecevit after the arrest of *Ocalan Prime minister #turkish, Mr. *B. *Ecevit (the one who in 1974 gave the order of attack against the Republic of *Chipre, Been member of the Nations Joined and country candidate, in the actuality, to the entry in the EU), declared in front of journalists *tucos and foreigners, immediately after the arrest of the leader of the PKK, To. *Ocalan, that *Turquía will not accept indications of any #european country in relation with the trial of *Ocalan. +#Can indicate the Council #which were the reasons of the announcement of said informal extraordinary meeting, why was surrounded of reservation, #which were his conclusions and decisions, how paper is called to exert *Europol, how other services of police judicial national, international or Europeans are engaged in the application of the decisions quoted and #if #this affect exclusively to the organisations *kurdas or also to other organisations and movements that act in countries of the EU? +By it that refers to the internal structure of the Commission, multiplied the directives to end to give occupation to an every time greater number of Commissioners and, #if it continues this impulse, as it goes to happen of twenty to thirty Commissioners, go to create again #others *tantas directions and multiplication, that do not corresponds to an internal coherence, to the homogeneity of the tasks that exert, will give disastrous results. +In this sense, an important step that have to give to achieve tuning among the community institutions and the citizens, #would be precisely the preparation of a code of behaviour that facilitate the relations of confidence among the civil servants and the public and that this code was accessible and comprehensible for the citizens. +Wanted to signal -now that are the questions related with the Commission of Rights of the Woman- that, obviously, in the amendments 1 and 2 relative to the Commission of Freedoms Public and of Inner Subjects and the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects has to remain clear that to said commissions no *les #can attribute competitions in matter of discriminations in reason of sex, since of *ello commissions the Commission of the Rights of the Woman. +These two proposals are directed to open to other operators the new market of broadcast of electronic money in a normative frame of neutrality from the point of sight competitive, taking into account, on the one hand, the interest that it develop a correct competition in the sector and, by #another, the existent realities in #some States members. +The deputies to the European Parliament #can not take another thing that demand to the Commission that interrupt the cooperation in the frame of the Agreement of *Lomé and that beg to those who have designated to himself\/hisself same like leaders of the *Níger that respect the fundamental laws, that *restituyan power to a civil Government and that respect the freedoms and the human rights. +But *yo #would want to signal that, not to persist in a bad tradition, at least #would be necessary to leave that it debated the subject the Commission of Regulation, since in my opinion #would be abusive or, anyway, interpretation *tendenciosa, allow that a simple majority #can modify the competition of the commissions or, in any case, *vaciar of content #that in the that this relative majority did not assume the presidency. +In a note of 7 April, that directed to the Mr. *Priestley, #ours *jurisconsulto concluded: «censorship motion against the Commission #would be admissible to clear the juridical situation in the that finds and to limit more the exercise of his powers, although it considers that the value added, from the point of sight juridical, #would be quite feeble». +#would Wish to congratulate to the speakers for having reached incorporate #all the fundamental looks of this question: the situation of the greater persons in the labour market, his specific needs in the field of training, the questions related with his *sustento and his needs regarding the services. +The different costs of production of the glucose in the industries of #EE.UU. and of the European Union #can suppose usually among the 30 % and the 100 % of the sale price, inconvenient that is impossible to surpass by means of the technological advance or the increase of the productivity, even more taking into account that the majority of the #european industries suffer also of a disadvantage of size. +The recent evolution of the monetary variables, Mrs. *Metten, reinforce the confidence of the economic agents and have to have positive repercussions, especially in the behaviour of the private investment, but *usted knows perfectly that I never comment the decisions of the Central Bank European, not to be accused of transgressing the *sacrosanto principle of his independence. +Of course that it is still insufficient and #that is the reason by the that have presented the *GOPE, precisely to put on the table an economic strategy, that follows from takes years, and like the speaker has underlined, there #be not reason to change of economic strategy, to the contrary, it is necessary to keep the course and *redoblar the efforts to keep the growth and struggle against unemployment. +The office did not has only the function of the external control; #this is, definitely, very important, as the States members are those who administer the 80 % of the community resources. The office will be also an independent guardian of the community interests in the breast of organs and of the institutions of the Community. +The European Foundation for the Improvement of the Conditions of Life and of Work *subscribió a memorandum of understanding with the Agency of Health and Security to avert the duplication of functions, because #one of the things in that it insists the Parliament is the that no has to have duplication of functions in the work of these agencies. +#There is a big obstacle: the rule that the proposals of the States members for the application of the VAT reduced have to be approved unanimously by the Council, *cuando the VAT no longer is the base for the contribution of the States members to the European Union, argument that always was used to say that *vaciaba base. +As a result of a decision of the Council of *Viena of the pasts 11 and 12 December, the Commission finishes to present to the European Parliament a proposal of modification of the Directive 78\/388\/*CEE relative to the possibility to apply, with experimental character, a type reduced of VAT on the services of big intensity of hand of drama. +*Permítanme that add a warning in relation with this point: more important that an abstract decision, adopted in the table of negotiations, on the definition of the borders and #who #can or #can not coexist with #who, will be to impose the fulfillment of some norms -norms situated under the empire of the Right- and repress the command of the massacres and the *puñales. +*Nos causes satisfaction the financial help and *macroeconómica of the World-wide Bank and the #FMI, but the EU will have to adapt his economic and financial politics, because the humanitarian help #can not never compensate the descent of export opportunities and counter the blockade of the links and communications with the Union. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0267\/99) of Mr. *Rothley, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens, on the project of decision of the relative European Parliament to the Statute of the deputies to the European Parliament (7528\/2\/99 - *C4-0217\/99-00\/0823(*COS)). +Regarding the information before the celebration of the agreement, the amendments occupy of the information to the consumers before celebrating an agreement and the amendments refuse the concept of a right of reflection based in a project of agreement #such as it introduced it directive proposal. +The area of force covers to #all the products of consumption, so much new as of *segunda hand; the legal guarantee is of two years; in the cases of the products of *segunda hand, the States members will be able to decide, #if the buyers and sellers #can agree mutually a limitation of the time of guarantee to a year. +The draft of statute contained things profitable: a uniform wage that #would have made possible the payment of taxes national in the countries that like this had wished it, clear rules on statement of the interests of the deputies, transparency in matter of repayment of costs and repayment of the real costs of trip. +With these supports, Parliament celebrated varied informal meetings with the Presidency of the Council and, with true satisfaction, have to stand out that the greater part of our aspirations have been collected by the Council, until the extreme that, after the European Council of *Berlín, has formulated a new proposal of regulation titled now, at last, «relative Regulation to the Financial Instrument of Orientation of the Fishing». +In front of some initial and radical proposals directed to that the #european agriculture take more in account the indications of the market and the international references, finally has accepted *matizar his terms and even exclude to #any of the sectors for reforming -as it is the case of the dairy products-, #whose reform postpones for the campaign 2005 and that surely will see meanwhile aggravated disequilibriums. +In front of the initial proposals to deepen the relation among agriculture and environment to put end to #some deteriorations reported, like the floor degradation and of water, attacks to the biodiversity, etc., the Commission proposes in the horizontal regulation that are the States members the that they define the compulsory environmental norms and general and determine the sanctions, escaping like this of a community approach. +After having subjected the case to the Court of Justice, #this, abandoning jurisprudence *integracionista classical -that *perduró until the number of members got to nine-, limited to take a strictly formal interpretation of the texts, against #all logical and against the fundamental principles of a coherent juridical interpretation. +The Agreement is composed of three main axes: the institutionalisation of a political dialogue to the highest level; the extension and deepening of our cooperation -to this *respecto foresees explicitly and for the first time the cooperation in matter of human rights and democracy and include fields so important like the social, the fight against poverty, and the protection of the environment and of the consumer. +From a point of sight more essential, believe that it basic, in question, is that the Parliament, the last day, pretends to subject during seven years to his successor and to the successor of his successor to a substantial limitation of the budgetary powers established in the Treaty, budgetary powers that this Parliament exerts, in general, by qualified majority. +The Group *Europa of the Nations has not voted positively the Report *Aglietta on execution competitions attributed to the Commission, mainly because the European Parliament treats to alter the sense of #some of the new disposals of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, to modify in own benefit the institutional balance. +Gentleman President, the resolution that finishes to approve the European Parliament on the method that #would be necessary to follow to reform the #european institutions after the Treaty of *Amsterdam did not contributes, in our opinion, any improvement regarding the past, and will conduct, as of habit, to make operations of reform from up, without hardly have the initiative and the participation of the villages of *Europa. +Is the culmination sure enough of a long process in the that the Parliament and the European Union have exerted paper, in the that without place to doubts the village of *Timor Oriental, with his fight, has exerted a paper determinant, but #can not leave to signal the importance of the diplomatic hit yesterday achieved by the Government of *Portugal in New *York. +In any case, in it that concerns to the European Union already *les have said that they have taken already #all disposals and *les announce more: already are beginning to work, precisely to request of the #portuguese Government, in #any one of the hypotheses, in the need to increase the lines of cooperation with the territory, of course respecting the popular will. +Was necessary to expect to that the Palestinians renounced to the military methods, to that heaved the civil disobedience by means of the *intifada and boarded patient negotiations with an enemy that had by fascist and racist, it was necessary to expect, as, to #all #this so that the Palestinians reached to advance and put in foot a peace process that has achieved now that a big part of the world was had to support his legitimate requirements to establish an independent State. +As *ustedes know, the Commission reacted immediately, communicating to State Boss Greater, Colonel *Azali *Assoumani, the disapproval of the European Union and calling his attention on the principles of our cooperation, #whose essential elements are the respect of the human rights, the democracy and the State of right. +Have got to the following commitment: place that did not exists a common position on nomenclature, have been able to obtain a statement of the Council by the that promises to examine the position on said nomenclature, taking into account the amendments of the European Parliament and the results of the discussions that at present carry out in the frame of a second exercise *SLIM. +In the Union only has to allow matter pertinent products of third countries #whose operators respect the social norms *promulgadas by the *OIT *atinentes to the conditions and to the length of the work, #as well as to the childish work, before that the Union impose norms in the global frame of the international agreements that negotiates and, in particular, of the rounds of negotiations of the *OMC. +will Have #all the support of the Party of the European Socialists no only to effect the indispensable internal reforms -in *primer term, the statute of the deputies and the of the assistants-, but also to open wide open the windows of the institution to #ours *conciudadanas and to our *conciudadanos, in #all the *Europa of the Fifteen and further of borders, because no only are building this palace, but also #one *Europa more joined. +#If we had not got to an agreement -and think in it that #would have meant, in the context of the beginning of the war of *Kosovo and the crisis in the that found simultaneously the Commission, that the Summit of *Berlín had divided without getting to commitment-, *Europa #would have precipitated in a grave historical crisis. +*Me refer, of course, to the approval of the Diary 2000, that went exercise political, diplomatic and of balance of own interests inside the very difficult Union, and to #all the consequences that derived of the, maybe, greater problem of actuality, by his repercussions inside the own European Union, that has been the conflict of *Kosovo and #all the circumstances that have surrounded it and the consequences also that they derive for the future. +*Cuando the Western European Union finally disappear, in addition to the national Parliaments, it will be necessary to have a Parliament that assume responsibility #european and, in consequence, the competitions in matter of external politics, of security and of defence will owe *recaer increasingly in the European Parliament, so as to that in the European Union any field remain to the *margen of the Parliament and the democracy. +The consolidation of the peace broken in the legendary Field of Blackbirds of *Kosovo *Polje demands that it exist an optimum collaboration among the international organisations involved, the Nations Joined for the return of the refugees, the *OSCE, of face to the democratic construction, and the European Union for the economic and social reconstruction. +Know that money that *le has offered #Telephone hardly #can justify with the description of a bunch of silver and, of course, is to cries the question of *cuán seriously will take the members of this Assembly to a company like #Telephone *cuando avenges to take pressure, as probably it will take on the subject of the review and the future legislation in this field. +In the last Council, as it already has mentioned the President of #the same, reached a political agreement on diverse measures and previously had reached in the Council of Ministers of Agriculture a political agreement on a rule referred to the biological crops and to extension to the animal products. +Maybe already is hour that *nosotros, like #european Deputies, have the *sensatez to recognise that *tantos years of agricultural politics European *nos have carried in fact to the almost total destruction of quality agriculture, *per know of small scale, and to an all-powerful industrial agriculture #european, to the *omnipotencia of some agro-industrial groups that only look for the lucre and that trick of the public health and of the norms of quality. +In the bottom is species of natural disaster and in fact #would have to say: Are here in front of a subject for the European Administration; want to support the defence that took the Deputy *Thyssen so that the Commission was more generous in this point and debate with the Parliament on how act in front of this type of situations in the future. +Is very clear that it has to be explicit and #if it already is implicit do not see *cual is the problem to ensure that it was explicit place to measure that happens the time the radioactive substances go to suppose an even greater danger and - as I finish to say - have had luck that even it have not produced a serious accident. +*Señorías, #if perhaps by contempt to the right of the minorities, by the expression of a hegemonic will of the great groups, adopts *usted an interpretation that go further of the letter, very clear without embargo, of Parliament, wish to call the attention on the fact that it #would create a very important and hurtful precedent that #can go back *algún day against #any one of the groups or subgroups of this Assembly. +The meeting of the European Council in *Tampere days 15 and 16 October is a historical attempt of *esbozar a common politics of the European Union in the fight against the international delinquency organised, in the creation of a space of justice #european and in subjects of immigration and asylum. +To time know #which are the lean points of our credibility in front of the #european citizens. do not waste this opportunity to involve to the no governmental organisations and to each #one of the citizens in the process of gestation of the Letter *sirviéndonos of an unknown formula to date. +Like this, is precise that this Parliament, with the new attributions that *le conferred the Treaty of *Amsterdam, take #his the goal to advance to the creation of this space of freedom, security and justice respecting the national differences and taking always an effort to approximate *Europa to the citizens with clarity regarding the goals that pretends to achieve and to form as they transmit to the public opinion. +#This is a fully justified case, no only because it is a system that is not prepared for the "effect 2000" , but that, besides, takes into account system migration and, is more, is #all a complicated system that goes to cover from the *primer moment, from the conception of the text, until the publication, without that it mediate any #another system, or was, that *yo believe that it is *algo that goes to leave to the Court of Justice in an optimum level for his work. +The cause of the enormous current suffering of the *timorenses is clear: the militias *proindonesias try to drown in a blood bath the aspirations to a political independence of the big majority of the population. Attention!: is the most absolute negation of the result of the referendum of 30 August 1999. +In this sense, *me add to the appeal formulated in this Plenary and also by the Senate of the Republic of my country, that foresees that the #european Governments and the UN recognise without delay the sovereign State of *Timor Oriental and that #this leave to be a subject tackled in scoop also in this Plenary. #This honours to the #portuguese deputies and to the deputies of #any nation. +Subject: A common defence of the EU In the course of the campaign for elections #european, the #swedish Prime minister, *Göran *Persson, affirmed that it is impossible that the idea of a common defence of the EU materialise , since *Suecia will put the so prompt veto like the subject go out to *relucir. +Gentleman President, like the Mr. Deputy knows, in the article 17 of the Treaty of the Union determines that " the politics of security common covers #all the questions related with the security of the Union, included defence politics that will go defining gradually and that it will be able to end in a common defence #if the European Council like this decides it" . +*Él said that an army of the Union #would be unnecessary, extremely expensive and directly harmful for the relations with #EE.UU. *Permítanme then add that *nosotros do not want a community army and that are not members of the NATO but, still like this, the same that the immense majority of the #swedish village, his government and the party that represent, want that the EU take greater responsibility in the peace and security of *Europa. +Subject: juvenile Delinquency, drugs and the European Council of *Tampere How guarantees #can give the #finnish Presidency that the European Council on subjects of justice and inner that will celebrate the next days 15 and 16 October in *Tampere will adopt a common strategy that have like goal tackle the juvenile delinquency and transmit a clear message in the sense that the EU will not adopt politics *permisiva in matter of drugs? +With the often listened western confidence in the social institutions parallel #Kosovar, is to say, in the state in the #albanian shadow during the pasts ten years, like point of ideal link for a new beginning for this apple of discord territorial, fits anyway a critical observation. In #some essential social fields this advantage applies without more. +The budgetary transparency is evidently necessary, as it proposes the Parliament, to take a clear distinction among the contribution with charge to the community budget and contributions of distinct origin, #as well as to distinguish among the cost in the physical reconstruction and in the creation of institutions. +Happening to the relative specific observations to the rapes of the human rights, posed by the Mr. *Zimeray, Mr. *Morillon and the *Srta. *Malmström, wanted to say that the #finnish Presidency is *ultimando the *démarche of the troika of Union relative to the convictions to the pity of death of four students, management that includes the opinions expressed by this Parliament. +With reason of the scandal of the *EEB, are the restructuring of the scientific committees of the European Union, so that the scientists are designated by means of a public procedure, that know path and his financial interests, that the agenda of the sessions, the records and also the minoritary opinions spread through Internet. +Therefore, to take #this, the Union will have to invest more in the security of the alimentary chain, in each stage of the process, and decide for example - already has talked of *ello - on the utility or no to create this agency, this famous independent agency for security alimentary, that was inspired in the #american example or in #another. +The paper that the regions and the historical nations of the EU #can exert in the creation of bonds economic and cultural with the diverse regions of *África is decisive and has to be an essential previous requirement for perspectives in the future, as also the elimination of the debt. +Is a history that knew in the year 1997 and, when seeming, up to now has not taken at all so that the persons involved have received the just punishment and to initiate, by part of the Commission, an investigation in depth, of course *quitándoles agreement to the persons that in this moment have it and that they are the managers of the situation that there has created. +How data #can offer the Commission on *España and the EU in relation with the evolution of the crop of the linen, the perception of subventions, the control of the requirements to avert the fraud, the resultant transformation oriented to commercialisation and the fires *providenciales become in some transformative companies? +Therefore, #if, by a part, so much like #christian Catholic and like political man have to take upsetting in the need that in *Turquía show specifically a greater respect of the civil rights and of the fundamental values, in particular in matter of human rights, by #another, it is necessary to consider that #all the commitments assumed by *Turquía with the Community in the last years so much in matter of external politics as of cooperation and of economy, #as well as in the cultural field, have fulfilled in moment. +The European Union bases his identity in the fact to be a State of right, that is a very important step and a much more significant condition that coin a common coin or reach politics of common defence. +Firstly, the rejection of the #turkish Government to recognise the genocide committed in the past against the *armenios; second point: the fact to show *renuente to apply the norms of international Right in his *litigios with #Grecia; *tercer point: the maintenance of troops #turkish of occupation in *Chipre; chamber point: the negation of the fact *kurdo. +Communicate to the Assembly that, in the meantime, has gone taking seat in the official grandstand a delegation of the National Institute of Administration of the Chinese Popular Republic under the direction of the Mr. *Wang *Zhongyn, member of the Council of the State and Secretary General of the Council of Subjects of the State. +To continuation, exists the need to define norms and to consolidate the institution, is to say, the *OMC, to strengthen his character *multilateral, improve the effects of globalisation on the sustainable development and warn the risks for the environment and the health, inherent to a no oriented confluence among national norms and levels of different production. +Likewise receive with satisfaction the frankness with the that the Mr. *Lamy has initiated work relations with this new Parliament, #as well as his support to the modification of the Treaty in the next conference *intergubernamental, of face to reinforce the paper of the European Parliament in the common commercial politics. +In this sense, and previously to the adoption of measures like the tax on energy, it #would be necessary to ensure the adoption of these strategic performances, #as well as the reliability of the measures of production of gases of effect *invernadero, so that we #can make an effective follow-up of the evolution of the problem in #all the countries. +Therefore I ask to the Assembly that approve no only the resolution against the pity of death, but also the amendment that adds the following section: "The European Parliament takes an urgent call to the Governor of *Pensilvania, so that it abstain to sign a new mandate of execution against *Moumia *Abou #Jamal and go back to present the appeal of review of process" . +The drivers of the vehicles of engine of two and three tyres have to respect in moment the limits of speed in vigour in the States members and #that #would not have to have possibility to allege the nonexistence of legislation on this matter to avert the consequences #if *infringen the limits of speed. +Gentleman President, wish to call the attention of this Parliament on the fact that the project of budget 2000 has not foreseen to endow to the line *B1-3800 relative to the promotion of the agricultural products, #whose amount allows only clear the past, and wanted to give the thanks to the speaker of course, #Jean-#Louis *Bourlanges by understanding #as well as to the support of the gentleman *Böge and of the gentleman *Görlach. +*Me refer to the point 11 in the that it says that the Parliament considers that "the reduction of 0,50 points in the types of interest of 8 April 1999 was a positive measure and approves the reasons of #the same" , leaving to understand that the descent of the types has *sustentado politics economic generals of the Community. +In so only little more of a year, by means of the dialogue, have agreed already negotiation diary that comprises twelve points, and the past Sunday, in a historical fact in our nation, have given start to the process of negotiations that have to conduct to our homeland by the *senda of the construction of a true and durable peace. +Besides, there #be another important dimension, lady Speaker, and is that *nos find in this moment in doors of the new wave of enlargement, as it has said the President in exercise of the Council, and also are a series of results electoral that constitute a clear warning for #all *nosotros in the measure in that determined xenophobe and racist attitudes are *incidiendo in the population of #some of our countries. +The problem of women and of the boys exploded and directed to the prostitution, and the relation among these worlds and the drug trafficking, in addition to being great problems from the point of sight of the public security, are, from the point of sight human, *algo dramatic and *penoso that requires our concrete intervention. +Wish to underline that the Commission #would not have been able to exert his paper, #if it had not been able to have the support of the #finnish Presidency and in particular of the Prime minister Mr. *Lipponen, to the that wish to appreciate once again his cooperation and his work in *pro of hit of *Tampere, #as well as with the support, always critical and watchdog, of the European Parliament. +Among the prudence and the temerity, among the realism and the utopia, there #be -are convinced- a place and a path for a true reform of our institutions, for a more effective operation and more democratic of the Union, no to delay enlargement, but to reach that it was a hit. +In the relative question to the external politics and of security, this report squanders long -to the equal that State Bosses and of Government- in analysing the development of the politics of security and when taking #this forgets that the politics of security is a function of the external politics. +Of course am conscious of the special importance that the European Parliament attributes to two questions in particular: the first is relative to that the headquarters of the Agency establish in *Salónica and his centre of operations in *Prístina, to that his mandate extend to #all the western region of the *Balcanes and to that his activities situate in the frame of the Stability Pact. +In the political part will begin the day 8 November and will be the first time that feel in the table the social speakers that express his social restlessness by the problem of employment, the banks, that express the monetary politics, and the States members, that are the political powers of *Europa. +Gentleman President, gentleman representative of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, finish *ustedes to remember, of form very complete, the importance that *reviste prohibition treaty, directed essentially to strengthen the disposals of the Treaty of no proliferation and, together with *él, to keep under control the development of the nuclear arms, to limit, therefore, the proliferation of said arms and of the necessary technologies for his manufacture. +Have tested, without embargo, to substitute the word "young" by the elderly "word" in the program that are and have checked that went out an extraordinary project, fully valid, because, as it said the Mrs. #Taylor is true that #this is the first generation that has a #european identity and, as it said the Mrs. *Gröner, that the future of *Europa begins with the youngsters. +The liberal-democrats of Realm Joined vote in favour of this budgetary line, #such as it has been proposed by the Commission of Budgets, but has to celebrate with previous character a debate to know the substantive points of *D. #Jan *Mulder, Member of the European Parliament, and find more financial resources inside the global without reducing the reservations neither request to the Commission that provide new bottoms. +. (*FR) The Group *Europa of the Nations has associated to the common resolution on the restructurings of companies in front of the globalisation, since #the same reveals the beginning of a new mentality, *distanciándose, in part, of the *librecambismo and, to time, asks that it focus the international trade "in function of the most complex goal of the sustainable development" . +Want to appreciate especially to the Mr. *Fischler his punctual presence, #as well as my gratitude by the fulfillment of the promise that took in front of Fishing Commission, in the audience of the day 30 August, *cuando *nos said that it #would give priority to the Agreement of fishing with *Marruecos, it that #can corroborate by the rapidity in formulating a proposal of mandate of negotiation. +Regarding the real application of the norm of more of thirty months, that means that any animal that have more of 30 months of age #can go in in the alimentary chain, and to the methods improved to delete the risk material signalled of the bovine skeletons, are conditions that fulfil thanks to the application of the measures of control before signalled. +Sure enough, our #british friends have taken cautions in relation with the *rastreabilidad, have introduced a passport for the bovine, has suppressed the flours from 1990, have modified the conditions of the slaughtering, have withdrawn the ganglions, the spinal marrow, tissues lymphatic, only export the bovine lower of thirty months. +Has been an inferior behaviour to the planned for the first part of the year and, without embargo, the upward tendency that goes to produce in the *segunda splits of the year will favour growth next to the 3% for the average of the two last years, reaching with *ello alike figures or even upper for the year 2000 to the that had foreseen in the forecasts of spring. +In #Italia, the *concertación with the social speakers has blocked #all the strategies and the hypotheses of reform of the crucial points: think in the work market, think in the public cost and, in particular, in the social cost, a law in matter of labour market that is a calque of the of the years 70. +Wanted to remember to Parliament that the Council adopted the past month of June the Directive 99\/63, that incorporates to the community Right the agreement on the ordination of the time of work of the persons of the sea, subscribed by the social speakers of the sector of the maritime transport. +Coincide with the speaker in that it has to support this cooperation in #all the Latin American area and facilitate the advance of the negotiations of the agreement with *Mercosur, agreement that -all it is necessary to say it- believe that it is a bit unemployed person or, said of form, has not gone to the speed that expected the year 1995 *cuando approve it and *cuando signed the agreement of adhesion among the European Union and *Mercosur in *Madrid. +Also *me #would enjoy to stand out that we are in front of a good example of how a country that still has not reached his maximum quota of development, through this agreement of cooperation scientific and technological goes to engage to a form of growth sustained and respectful with the environment thanks to the use of renewable energies. +The present managerial offers to the consumer the possibility to adopt a decision based no only in the power and the maximum speed, but also in the broadcasts of CO2 and purchase a car taking in consideration also a list, a hierarchy, of the ten more favourable from the point of sight of consumption. +In effect, although we #can share the idea that the helps or stimuluses to the employment #can not subject totally to some conditions of control *tecnocráticas and rigid that loom with excluding of said helps to a part of the applicants of employment in difficulties, our conception *nos induces to propose no control, but a positive and constructive support in the steps that give, the *cuales, already know it, follow being difficult. +The trucks and line cars are *causantes of an every time greater part of the pollution, given our big progress in relation to the broadcasts of the tourisms by means of the improvement in the quality of the fuel and to the fiscal facilities, #such as it finishes to say the Mrs. *Myller. +is not necessary to clear that the European Parliament has to support #all a group of measures to control the environmental pollution, to end to apply the Agreement of *Kyoto, in the that it established the obligation to reduce a 8% broadcast level of six gases of effect *invernadero in the European Union, for the years 2008-2012. +The common position mentions on purpose to the victims of exploitation and sexual abuse that will be covered by the program, #as well as the common establishment of priorities, promoting innovation and the exchange of experiences on the actions undertaken by the States members, included an exchange of information on the different legislations and the results obtained. +The already posed suggestion to create a unit for the boys inside the Commission believe that it deserves a study, especially to ensure that they will take in account the human and financial resources available in moments. +To the present the *PRS 4 and in the dialogue to three bands, the day 7, before the adoption of #that *PRS 4, the Commission already *nos announced that the payment credits supplementary and necessary -650,5 millions bear in particular *PHARE, *TACIS, *Obnova and *FYROM - covered or went to cover by means of three instruments: the *PRS 4, the global transfer and the *PRS 5, that today is the object of our debate and of the resolution. +#would Be an error that this reference to the nuclear energy distracted the attention of the main look of this report, that is the improvement of the energetic efficiency, #obtaining of greater supply from renewable sources and the integration of our environmental goals in our energetic politics. +Also ask to the Commission that support to the Commissioner *Byrne in his management to adopt a preventive attitude in the assistance of health public watching by the protection of the attention of the patients and the health and the training of hospital doctors no specialists. +#This is for me especially problematic as the fact that the negative resolutions are not considered like *vinculantes in #all the States, to the dessert #can mean that in the State in that it has produced a negative resolution do not find recognition the positive resolution of State, so that it arise again a disparity on it how is right in the European Union and #this is it that do not want that it occur. +#Many of *nosotros, varied States members of the European Union already have confronted the subject of the tutor of the boy precisely in the moment in that the families cross an especially difficult situation of life as it is the separation of the spouses, with #all the effects - especially in psychological terms - that finish *repercutiendo in the boys. +Gentleman President, is clear that with the directive that proposes the European Commission steps important in the path to the creation of a common space of freedom, protection and justice by means of the *comunitariarización of the judicial collaboration and approval of only norms in the sector of the private international right, in #where, really, there was a big gap. +Have to say sincerely that, in front of the correlation of strengths in the country and to the fact that the disposal to the closing of *Kosloduj goes to employ against the Government in the next elections that are just around the corner, the steps that has given the #bulgarian Government up to now are in front of this background steps brave. *Algo similar goes to happen in *Eslovaquia and *Lituania. +The question formulated by his mate, Mr. *Samuli *Pohjamo *me gives the opportunity, *Señorías, to remember the method that use to establish the list of regions admissible for the Goal 2, #as well as the modalities of programming respecting the general regulation of the Structural Bottoms. +The foundation of my question is very clear. Among the 15 and the 20 percent of the women are abused during the pregnancy, the 50 percent of the women murdered have been victims of his husbands or *convivientes; the violence is the greater threat that *cierne on the women, #a lot of greater that the rounds and traffic accidents together; only the two or three percent of the rapists are imprisoned. +Finally, appreciate that our colleague *Schwaiger have insisted in the principle of caution, with the end to integrate the environmental politics in the commercial politics, and share restlessness on the risks of a supposition *ecoproteccionismo that #would not have at all that see with the defence of the health of the citizens. +The amendments 12 and 33 serve to recess the costs of collection until the 10 percent for the quantities established after 31 December of the 2000; #this #can complement with a flexible premium, in function of the results that the States members reach with the collection of the traditional own resources and the measures of fight against fraud. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, is undoubted that the greater commercial development and the new challenges that has generated globalisation, #as well as the need to consolidate a commercial system *equitativo that contribute to a sustainable development and #whose benefits reach also to the less developed countries, demands a reinforcement of the norms that govern the international trade. +In this Assembly have given priority to the protection of consumers, have established the familiar agricultural exploitations like the agricultural model and like basic unit of production, have converted the rural development and the conservation of the rural communities in the second *pilar of the reform of the *PAC. +Like this, the action "#european market" will happen of a 5 % to *X %, the internal helps will be residual, helps to the export will have condemned, the rights *arancelarios, the beaks *tarifarios no longer will be, the direct investments will have obtained thanks to *Lamy, to fault of the *AMI, and the market will have converted in world-wide, a species of *Fukuyama commercial, an end of the history of the *GATT. +In my opinion, in name of Subject Commission Juridical, takes upsetting in that it has to modify the frame of the organisation and procedure of the Court and of the Court of First Instance to end to surpass the delay that exists in this moment, and believe that #this has to go further of a redistribution of the halls and of the increase of the number of judges. +*Nos *oponemos also to the idea of the *constitucionalización of the Treaties, #as well as to the integration of the future Letter of Fundamental Rights in constitutional process European #any, as we follow considering that citizenship #european only complete the national citizenship and, therefore, the formulation of the duties and the fundamental rights of the citizens of each nation competes to the citizens of said nation. +Of this way #would be surely to the height of the circumstances, to height that sues the reality and #would give fulfilled answer to the challenge to recover the interest of the citizens by the process of construction #european; interest -mathematically shown- low, in accordance with the level of abstention registered in the *comicios of 13 June. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the Council, like the other Institutions, takes use of competitions \@atener to the conditions and to the goals that have been determined, by a part, by the article 5 of the Treaty of creation of the *CEE, #as well as by the modifications and additions executed by the back Treaties, and, on the other hand, by the disposals of the Treaty of the European Union. +In place to proclaim *urbi *et *orbi granting need #european, better #would be that the Commission reaffirmed vigorously the need to correct, in the interest of #all, the lacks and the errors of the agreement of *Marrakech regarding the fundamental social rights, to the environment, to the public health. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #would wish *expresarles in #few words that my generation had the luck of not knowing the slaughtering of the #algerian in #París, in 1961, of have not lived, on 9 November 1938, glass "night" neither the start of the persecutions of the #jewish in the different countries of *Europa, and especially the luck to assist at the end of the apartheid in *Sudáfrica. +In virtue of the agreement of association and cooperation, that no only is *vinculante bear *Rusia but also for *nosotros and that includes a clause on the human rights, *nosotros as EU also are forced to struggle acutely by the Mr. *Nikitin, by the improvement of conditions of seclusion, by his put in freedom and, as it already has said, by a just deal according to the State of right. +His reaction gives more weight to our opinion that in the previous diet there were things bad, for example the fault of protection of the rights of the religious minorities and the every time greater abuse of the Law of blasphemy that *promulgó after the military coup d'état of 1958. +For the future no longer #can be sufficient that the bank limit to the *comprobación isolated of individual projects -for example motorway tract- also has to evaluate the projects in a context -for example in the frame of a plan of development of roads- to be able to recognise eventual duplicities and to develop an assimilable and financially sustainable alternative. +Gentleman President, *me #would enjoy to take two comments, #one on the fundamental object of debate subject of today, the guarantee of the budgets of the Union to the external loans of the *BEI, and #another on the subject that see that it concerns especially to the Assembly, the elements of transparency and the fine utilisation of the resources of the Bank. +This modification establishes three or four very important changes: in the first place, Canarians incorporates to the Common Agricultural Politics and to the Politics *Pesquera Common; second, incorporates to the Union *Aduanera community, with which remains subjected to the ordinary community tariffs; and in *tercer place, disappear figures of special taxation that had, specifically the *arbitrios insular -the called diet of special fiscal licence-, directed to protect the local industry. +Like consequence of this reference to article 299.2 and of the philosophy that am in this moment, the Commission of Subjects Juridical has proposed a series of amendments to the annexes of the regulation so as to that it do not continue the disarmament *arancelario in #any of the concepts that in this moment are valid. +After the Council of Ministers of Industry, the past day 9, and the report of the Commission on the situation of the world-wide market of the naval sector, produces today this statement of the Commission in front of the Parliament, it that indicates that it exists a restlessness generalised in breast of #all the #european institutions. +Thus, ask to this Assembly, that represents to #all the citizens of the European Union, the solidarity with the #basque society in defence of the freedom, of respect to the laws and of the peaceful coexistence that from takes so much time #all long for, with the conviction that, from the tolerance to the other and the love to the life, will reach the peace. +Believe that we have to contribute of constructive and serious form to that produce a public debate on the European Union in #all the States members, and #can reach it #if, for example, leave to talk of the absurd matters that move away the attention of the real problems that treats the European Union, this type of matters that alleges #all the delegation headed by Mr. Go give *Berg. +Also *me engage explicitly to offer to the European Parliament a wide previous information on the concrete steps that go to give, also regarding the projects that will develop and will execute jointly with *Turquía, of compliance with the relative regulations to the finance, so that the participation of the European Parliament in the development of relations with *Turquía will be guaranteed in any case. +*Yo believe that it is very important that the EU establish for the first time a value wide limit for a substance *carcinógena and, precisely because of his high risk for the health, specifically to the risk of cancer, but also by his hurtful repercussions in relation with other substances *carcinógenas still no regulated, is essential that the value limit that establish in this directive begin to apply it prompter possible in practice. +#would Wish to ask to the Commission #if no #would have to take an initiative to call the attention of the Central Bank European and of the national central banks on this problem, to know: the necessary change of #all the #european coins that will disappear in 2002 with the effective introduction of the euro. +Like European Commission, like European Parliament, like Government of the States members have to set up also a new initiative, so that the political discussions on the value of the euro do not conduct to that the citizens and the citizens think that they live in the Monetary Union, but that #this no *les has contributed value added European, but that live merely in a period of a new monetary reform. +In reality, the problems and contradictions of the world-wide economy continue on the table, no resolved and current: the doubts on the organisms modified genetically, the exploitation of the childish work, the negative social repercussions of a process of globalisation wild and without rules. But there #be more. +And have to take patent also that here it has struggled *duramente by the environmental criteria and by the security of the alimentary products, that here, in the European Union, achieve #this with difficulties, that the legislation is argued and *cuando reach *fijarla, take it owing to our responsibility in front of the persons of the European Union , in front of the *cuales are forced to *rendir explain in deputy condition and deputies chosen, and no by reasons of a tactical protectionism. +finishes to say that we wanted to more money because for *nosotros the training and the continuous training *revisten a special importance for the reduction of unemployment, for the achievement of new places of work, for the strengthening of the economic enclave, social and of employment that is *Europa and for the good operation of the inner market, that precise like previous condition a formative space European. +The measures adopted to cut across the degradation of the coat of ozone are considered like #one of hits of the international environmental legislation, and from mediated of the ninety seem to have *ralentizado the reduction of ozone, mainly thanks to the efforts for reducing the broadcasts of substances that exhaust the coat of ozone. +Although the Commission feels affinity by the amendment 20, that #would forbid the production of products that contain *hidroclorofluorocarburos for the export during the three following years to the corresponding prohibition of use in the country, have to keep the balance among the suitability for the environment and the risk that the production displace to other countries. +Gentleman President of the Council, his work, the of his Minister of Subjects External and also the of the minister *Kimmo *Sasi are proof that the States members smaller also #can make a fine work and *nosotros appreciate it very especially, since it has been the first occasion in the that the #finnish Republic assumed the Presidency of the Council. +But, when receiving, as we take it, with *beneplácito decision, insist in that these strengths *modernizadoras have to reach with determination advance to the fulfillment of the #european norms of respect of the human rights and of the relation among civil and military society, to the abolition of the pity of death, to the clear respect of the minorities, in particular the minority *kurda of *Turquía. +My question is, therefore, the following: #if they have to *incoar already a procedure by *incumplimiento of the Treaties, without expecting to know at least the results of said proofs, *cuando #this not even have made -the Mr. *Byrne still has to present a proposal- and *cuando even do not has neither of logistical means to guarantee the identification, how #can pretend that *Francia and *Alemania raise already restrictions to the import in these conditions? +As of habit, efficiency requirement to justify the action of the European Union sees again prejudiced, and will not go back on the political decisions that have produced neither on the negotiations that have agitated the main part of the budgetary debate among the Council and the Parliament. +Therefore, Mr. *Liikanen, to the *preguntarle #if it #can *usted resolve #this quickly, with his colleague Mr. *Monti, also *le ask to the Commission that establish an agile mechanism and adapted to treat these subjects in the future because, while we do not have it, the car industry European will see affected his world-wide competitiveness, and will not be able to obtain #all the possible advantages of the diet proposed by the Mr. *Bodrato. +Gentleman President, #one of the greater challenges in the fight by a sustainable development is the reduction of the enormous broadcasts of CO2 and *me #would enjoy to underline to mood of introduction that the atomic energy is not a source of renewable energy and that thus it #can not be included inside the flexible mechanisms of *Kioto as, for example, the mechanism in favour of the sustainable development. +Is to say, that *Macao represents *emblemáticamente almost five centuries of peaceful coexistence and of reciprocal advantages in a frame of the most diverse diplomatic activities, cultural and mercantile, allowing the contact among the #european civilisation and the #chinese civilisation, the promotion and protection of the external trade of Chinese and an important expression of the #european interests. +Gentleman President, the Court of First Instance derogated in his sentence of 17 June 1998 decision 174\/95, adopted by the Council on 6 July 1995, according to the *cual the *demandante did not have right to receive determined documents of *EUROPOL neither even receiving to the decision of the Council 93\/731\/*CE on the right of the citizens to access to the documents of the Council. +The Council adopted in 1996 the decision that the States members of the EU took part in the plan of action strategic of Organisation World-wide of Customs for the route of the *Balcanes, #whose goal is to speed up the international cooperation and the development of the fight against the illegal traffic, especially in the region of the *Balcanes. +Subject: Program integrated for the insular regions of the *UEA the light of articles 154 and 158 of the Treaty of the EU and of the Statement *aneja to the Treaty of *Amsterdam (30), the *DG *XVII of the Commission has elaborated a communication on the resource to the renewable energy in the insular regions of the EU. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, my question refers to a special type of islands, those included among the regions *ultraperiféricas that collects the section 2 of article 299 of the new Treaty of *Amsterdam, for the that foresees a special statute; but treats of a question for #whose answer, probably, the Mr. *Verheugen will not have not even that consult his notes because I believe that *él was present in the night of the European Council of *Berlín. +But yes *me #would enjoy *formularle a very concrete question, that no refers to a philosophical approach but simply to the fact of #if the Presidency in exercise considers that the European Community is a Community of Right, and that the juridical norms, in this case the Treaties, only conceive qualified by the obligation of *cumplirlas. +The Commission has to draft an agreement of adhesion and establish a program of financial assistance for the previous period to the adhesion, to end to help to the authorities of Malt to satisfy the economic difference that follows having among Malt and the European Union. +Regarding the most known sector of *Polonia, agriculture, and already said it also the Mrs. *Hoff, am entirely in accordance with the analysis of *ella of the that gives off the need to get more far with the structural reforms, especially in the terrain of the rural development and the improvement of the veterinary and phytosanitary services. +In #some cases, for example in the field of the recognition of the academic titles or the professional aptitudes, the granting of the social provision and the environmental risks, work has given his fruits and even have been able to solve the problems of the *peticionarios. +Gentleman President, gentleman Defender of Village, *me pleases that we #can get here to an unanimous agreement in the sense that, until the moment, the Defender of the Village has shown to be a very important figure for the EU and, especially, an institution of special importance to the hour to reach a greater transparency in the Union. +That the bombardments and the military offensive of the NATO in *Yugoslavia continue and cause the destruction of a country and the death of a number *indiscriminado of persons, #serbian and #kosovar, men and women, elderly and boys, as it occurred yesterday same to more of half hundred of refugees, interests little to the majority of this Parliament, that only regrets the loss of human lives and the «collateral damages». +Request firmly to the Commission that make an active follow-up of operation in relation with the protection of the consumers, that watch also of active way the fulfillment of the recommendations on the security of this type of means of payment and that, with the greater shortness, undertake the necessary measures to protect to the consumers. +Now well, gentleman Commissioner, *nosotros, in the Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects, consider that the electronic money in his different variants is extraordinarily important to implant it more quickly possible the euro before they exist the notes and the coins: already was in form of virtual money integrated in the computers by the electronic trade or in form of cards *interoperables. +Gentleman President, know that the Commission and the Council already have reserved money to support the elections. Without embargo, *me amazes that, although the Parliament insists year after year in the question of the democracy in Indonesian and the groups of the opposition request now that they send observers of the Parliament, the Table of the Parliament have decided not sending observers. +These circumstances show the importance that *reviste the national component in the direction of the bodies of #Aduanas.3.el report represents an affront against States members put that, in spite of the contrary position of the Council, tries *instituir a normative #conflictiva.4.es possible establish fully an effective cooperation among the authorities *aduaneras of the distinct members in the plane *interestatal.- Report go *Dam (To4-0114\/99) +Check that from the dissolution of the commission of follow-up on the *EEB, the #decease of the persons victims of the illness of *Creutzfeldt-#Jakob follow accelerating of way very alarming (10 dead persons in the last quarter of 1998), since, even today, the #decease occurred in Big *Bretaña follow being object of register, and taking into account the period of incubation of 5 to 30 years, still will produce cases of illness, because of the variant of the *EEB. +This paradoxical way to proceed, that consists in taking out a positive conclusion of a definitely negative fact #can not, obviously, take wane interest by the cases of bad administration reported to the Defender of the Village and by the form in that #this answers to the catchwords of the #european citizens. +The no governmental organisations and the deputies of the European Parliament #can, and even #would have to, suggest a clearer approach -guideline game easier to use by the interested- that of this way #can be more pertinent and more effective to reach the goals *apetecidos. +Said motion of censorship is expression of the principle of parliamentary confidence, that has seen reinforced from the Treaty of *Maastricht with the norms that recognise the parallelism among the length of the term of office and the of the mandate of the Commission, #as well as the approval, by part of the Parliament, of the nomination of the Commission and his president. +This report is the result of the conference that celebrate in October on age persons advanced, in the that presented the opinions of the citizens of age advanced of the Community, it that they #can wish for the future and the type of recommendations that #would take for the International Year of the Third Age of the Nations Joined. +In the recent study of the European Union on the politics of the agricultural helps in the #EE.UU. hardly takes reference to this subject, although the current *farmbill American has introduced the instrument of the compensation by commercialisation for practically #all the important agricultural products because of his big efficiency in the field of competitiveness. +*B4-0156\/99 of the deputies *Estevan *Bolea, *Malerba, *Ligabue, *Danesin and *Castagnetti, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European; -*B4-0158\/99 of the deputy *Ripa gave *Meana, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left; -*B4-0160\/99 of the deputy *Dell'#Alba, in name of the Group of Coalition Radical *Europeasobre crisis situation in #Venecia. +A situation frankly *grotesca that #can not less that attribute to interest *fortísimo, and expect that the great coalitions, that have planted the rights of control of the Parliament behind the protection of the Commission, have learnt of the events of the past months and show in the future more loyalty to the Parliament that to his Commissioners. +#If manipulate the types of interest and increase the deficit of the public arks is not painful, reestablish the balance of the social security, reinforce the flexibility of work market and reduce the costs *salariales of the less qualified workers are, by the contrary, unpopular measures. +The speaker, when expressing in name of a commission dominated by the Groups *PSE and *PPE, of course #can not manifest point of different sight of the of the dominant Groups and report the fact that the socialist politics implanted in 13 of the 15 States members #would plant to *Europa in a competitive situation *desventajosa in the world-wide market. +Already have had occasion, Mrs. *Metten, to present in detail the recommendation of the Commission in front of Subject Commission Economic and Monetary and Industrial Politics, and given the little time that *nos has conceded this afternoon, wanted to, #if *me allow it, concentrate my intervention with the end to answer with rapidity to the questions and comments of his speaker, and to the that have mentioned this afternoon. +Gentleman President, this Parliament will happen to the history no so much for being Parliament that motivated the collective resignation of the Commission what for having been the Parliament *causante of the structural changes already in course in the organisation and operation of the Commission, institutional organ by excellence for the impulse of the #european integration. +Is extraordinarily important that #all #that to the that *nos concerns the future of the Union, the correct execution of the community budget and the value of the money of taxpayers try to use all *eso to reach a deeper reform with clear goals and a big capacity of execution that #can *propiciar the achievement of results. +In Report *Herman treats the reform of the institutions that is possible to make without modifying the Treaty, for example, the reduction of the number of wallets in the Commission and the rational occupation of #the same, #as well as a just balance among the collective and individual responsibilities of the members of the Commission. +#If now there #be a problem with an interim Commission that has lost his morals and his political authority to act, the problem has to, in my opinion, to that the Council did not listen to Parliament and did not appoint an effective interim Commission. +The Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left invites to the future president to pose and develop economic and social politics creators of employment, *le invites to struggle against the social exclusion and poverty and by the promotion of the public services in the European Union. +is not sufficient, as *usted has taken, signal the environmental suffering of the #european cities, without facing up to the problem that generates it: the anomalous increase of the private transport, because of the dictated of incentives in favour of the industry of the car, and the corresponding decrease of the public transport. +Gentleman President, gentleman candidate to the Presidency of the Commission, take part in my condition of Speaker of the Commission of Rights of Woman of the European Parliament. #would Wish *recordarles the statement of the Parliament with date of 23 March, in the that this institution demanded a considerably greater presence of women in the new Commission. +And has added that, in consequence, is necessary to establish a base of essential conditions in the field of the environmental politics, of the social politics, of the politics of defence of the consumers and of the guarantee of the competition by means of controls of #the same and of the subventions, so as to that the inner market work like #such for #all *Europa and no only in small plots. +The enlargement of the European Union is, definitely, #one of the fundamental tasks that will have to carry out during his mandate, but also will require a round of contacts institutional -that *yo believe that it #would have to develop very prompt-directed to create the conditions for enlargement, by means of a greater application of the procedure of decision by majority, for example. +By #his indication and after declaring that it takes with immediate character, finish to approve a modification of the article 5 of the Regulation, that says that, regarding the granting and the denial of the approval of the management, #can not present amendments to the decision proposal relative to the approval of the management. +#One of two: or takes like foundation the ethnic rights, but in this case, obviously, each #one has to obtain his part of the cake, and #would take fault an international conference to go back to define the borders, or well, and #this is my position, insists in respect of the international borders like a big principle of security in the international relations, but then that it do not divide said principle. +Has achieved to create dangers and restlessness in #all the region, humiliate to the UN, and of course, wing #european political unit, *algo that definitely found in the intentions of the #american nationalism, and to it that leaders #european contribute from his fears and his local ambitions, leaving to a side the possibility of a collective and autonomous path. +In the plane of the stability and the security it is necessary to propose to *Rusia common initiatives in matter of external politics by means of contacts by part of the High Representative for the *PESC, the increase of the #russian participation *cuando the European Union uses the Western European Union for the called operations of Saint *Petersburgo, #as well as the strengthening of cooperation in matter of control of the disarmament. +Believe that said balance reflects it hit of axiom: that the external dimension of the Union depends and is very related with his inner strength and, therefore, do not suffices with that *nos *quejemos and *nos regret that we still have not consolidated the external politics and of common security, but that we have to put #all the means to achieve that this external politics and of security -and also of defence- answer to our interests and to our responsibilities. +In the first place, because *lesiona and limits the autonomy of the Parliament, although the Treaty of *Amsterdam *le recognises a paper *prioritario -even in the logic of a correct agreement *interinstitucional in that they take part fully the Commission and the Council- to the hour to establish the Statute of members and to fix clearly the material conditions of exercise of his work. +For the delegation of the Parliament the approval of this amendment was very important, because for this date the greater part of the citizens of the European Community will receive for the first time the euro like coin and #can expect that by price transparency will make more shopping in the inner market above the national borders. +The present managerial of guarantee includes in the index of the directive on inhibitory actions in matter of protection of the interests of the consumers and to facilitate to the consumers shopping in the inner market *les recommends to the producers that sell products in varied States members attach a list with a direction of contact in each country #where commercialises the product. +Finally, *me #would enjoy to give the thanks to the Mr. *Santer and to Mr. Ear because after twenty years of work has achieved that the internal #telephone directory of the Commission distribute officially accompanied of a letter in the that says that #all the other will be able to obtain it in the course of a pair of months *cuando the draft have converted in a true #telephone directory. +have posed two fundamental points: the need of a Conference *Intergubernamental in the short term in the year 2000, with a method and a calendar to argue, and the question of the Constitution that have ascertained with satisfaction that this morning has gone back to arouse the Mr. *Verheugen. +The #portuguese socialist deputies have voted against of resolution today approved in the European Parliament, because it prevents the entrance in vigour of the Statute of the Deputies, #such as it was proposed by the Council of Ministers, that represents an important strengthening of the credit of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, *señorías, the reform of the *OMC «meat of *vacuno» represented #one of the delicate files of the new *PAC of the years 2000-2006 had account of the structural disequilibriums of the market of this production, of the consequences of the phenomenon of cows crazy» in front of the consumers and also of the place that represents the *ganadería in the occupation of the territory. +First: although I share the opinion that it is necessary to intensify the politics for the development of the rural areas, without embargo, a reduction of the actions for the disadvantaged regions without an increase of the credits, #would mean that we #would have to take these credits of actions for the development of the rural areas. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the problem of the *comitología poisons literally relations among the Parliament and the Council, and even more: takes the times of screen in front of the public opinion, because the complexity of this mechanism of *comitología has reached to take denser the opaque mist of the taking of decisions in front of the citizens. +treats of #one *segunda reading and in fact it that have tried is to consider the common position of the Council, *comparándola with the original proposal of the European Commission to the light of evolution lived through the amendments proposed by this Parliament -although no by me like speaker; *yo the supported later- and afterwards have believed necessary -again in narrow collaboration with the European Commission- present another series of amendments. +Gentleman President, Freedom Commission Public and of Inner Subjects, in #whose name take part here, feared that the Council #would not reach to put of agreement on the relative decisions to the incorporation of the Agreement of *Schengen to the frame of the European Union in the planned term and that this juridical matter #would happen automatically to form part of the *tercer *pilar. +Have incorporated in our amendment the request that the Annex *II vote as it elaborated in the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, since in my opinion, our version of Annex *redunda in benefit of the development of the common market, of the inner market. +To the equal that occurs in the competition, in the States Joined, also here is necessary that it was the State the that no only assume the costs of the fight against the delinquency, but also the that it adopt the decisions around the strict norms and to the necessary technical possibilities to combat with firmness offence cases very grave. +Now well, *yo believe that in a moment in that it debates the right of interference humanitarian, in a moment in that it recognises that the international order has to have of instruments that allow to defend the fundamental human rights, in points in that they are flagrant and gravely violated, is definitely paradoxical that there are delays in it that we #can consider a judicial instance of the right of interference, that #would be exactly #this. +It that are today here, in the version that has examined the European Parliament, modifies the requirements of 1995 to end to include data on Internet users as they are the direction #IP, the electronic direction assigned to a part, the account number and the direction of post electronic (*ENFOPOL 10951\/98 *REV2). +A protection, on the other hand, no free but in fulfillment of some disposals, of requirements established in the norms that govern the World-wide Organisation of the Trade and, on the other hand, in the norms that the own European Union has given to govern the trade with the third countries, with the countries in roads of development. +It that I want to say today in this partial period of inaugural sessions is that we expect can have the new President of the Commission, with the President in exercise of the #finnish Council and, of course, with the Mrs. *Fontaine, to continue this big work of support to the process of peace and that #this was a priority in the visits of Speaker to *Irlanda of the North. +The President of the Commission has signalled #some subjects, the health of the citizens, the doping in sport and the aerial traffic to illustrate symbolically this attitude to the program, although afterwards *me seems precipitated the attention that offers to two points: the subject of the reconstruction of *Kosovo and the Conference *Intergubernamental of *Helsinki. +To the equal that the majority of the States members of the EU, the Commission is likewise of the opinion that the last modifications of the #turkish laws have opened the possibility that the procedure against Mr. *Öcalan and the pronouncement of the sentence transfer to a civil Court. +Is our firm purpose treat, from the reports of the Commission, to #all countries candidates with the greater possible equality and pretend to adopt the pertinent decisions it more aptly possible, so that said countries #can *cerciorarse that they progress in the negotiations in accordance with his own and real capacity, and that the process of adhesion evolves until the end of form just, efficient and answering to beneficial goals for #all. +Gentleman President, the Group *Europa of the Nations considers absolutely unacceptable the attitude of the Commissioner *Bangemann, commissioned of the telecommunications in the previous Commission -or in the current: no longer know exactly it that we have to say-, that finishes to accept a place very well *remunerado in the council of administration of a society that corresponded before to the sector of competition. +Conclude saying that the Mrs. *Laguiller took a very valuable contribution to this debate because, to the equal that #others, *dramatizó the subject perfectly attracting the attention to the economic lagoons of society and the form in that said divisions in fact serve to insist in that it is absolutely essential that the that have the big luck to occupy elective public charges and by nomination act with absolute honesty and discretion. +*Me #would enjoy *pedirle to the Commissioner that elaborate politics that do not centre so much in putting a fine to an organisation that has *quebrantado #one or another law, but that elaborate a politics to control to the great organisations, to take that a World-wide or European Championship #can be a party for the citizens in general and no a commercial party. +But yes is the first time that the legal authority of the competition has put end to fraud, has put end to the discriminatory sale, and is the first time that an authority of the competition all over the world averts that in the future apply discriminatory methods in the sale of entrances. +Lady Speaker, believe that it is timely that, of form that have saved a minute of silence by the victims of the earthquakes in #Grecia and *Turquía -and with more reason because, with independence of the quantity of dead persons, has a very deep political meaning-, #would have to save, in this moment, a minute of silence by the victims of the #indonesian repression in *Timor Oriental. +Of mood guarantee that the complete review of the financial management of the Commission and the systems of control will be intensified, taking into account fully the specific recommendations made by the Committee on #all the questions including those posed by the that they have referred in the debate to the subsidies and the rest of subjects. +*Cuando in the Report of the Experts, that do not distinguishes on purpose among political and administrative responsibility, demands, among other things, that the President of the Commission has to possess the faculty to resign to individual members of the Commission demand do not agrees, in my opinion, with the *gentlemens' *agreement among the President *Prodi and the Commissioners that have been designated. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the Report (To5-002\/99) of Mrs. #Jackson in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer on the proposal of recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council (*COM(1988)0772 - *C4-0073\/1999 - 1998\/0358 (*COD) (before 1998\/0358(*SYN)) on minimum criteria of the environmental inspections in the States members. +The reform of the common politics of fishing, foreseen for the year 2002, will be a big challenge and a big proof that will have to confront this new Commission. Because the sector *pesquero expects of this reform that politics *pesquera convert in an authentic common politics #european and that the Commission the dowry of the value added community necessary. +Of way that, with #all reason, has delayed this morning the vote in the measure in that it did not have of the Record on the that it had to pronounce the Assembly, is very evident that will not be able to take it more that on the disposal that appears in the Record, that is a disposal of order general and no on the particular conclusions that give off of *ello. +In our political assessment *reviste big importance the program of the Commission that wants to value the conquests of the past and deepen the commitment in favour of the peace and security, of the stability and the employment, of the welfare of #all the Europeans, #as well as of the other countries that are wall of *nosotros, in the east and the south. +Regret to say that Mr. *Busquin did not satisfy to the majority of the colleagues of the commission neither with his answers on his participation in ancient financial scandals neither with his answers on his competition for the wallet neither on #if had the sense of responsibility and of suitable leadership to face up to the tasks that await to this Commission. +My Group receives with clear satisfaction in this context the statement of the Mr. *Fischler in favour that the fundamental juridical acts relative to the general conception of the orientation of the agricultural politics transact by the procedure of *codecisión and will to defend actively this position in the future Conference *Intergubernamental. +Lady Speaker, in spite of the brilliant intervention of the Speaker of the Council, Minister *Halonen, have to call the attention on the secret that has surrounded the preparatory works of the meeting of *Tampere, thing that *ocasionó incident *grotesco the past week after the publication by the #danish diary *Berlingske *Tidenden of an article, in the that it said that it #would try to reduce the immigration from third countries, even through campaigns of *atemorización and threats. +statements, #as well as the interventions of our colleagues, situate by it that to the collaboration among the European Parliament, the national Parliaments and the Council and the Commission refers, in a juridical field that houses an enormous danger. In concrete *me refer to the risk that the legislation finish moving away of the #european citizens. +To finalise, the idea of #one *Europa that was not only market and only coin is very beautiful, especially of #one *Europa that it was a space of freedom, security and justice, but is important that this challenge win really so much to *través of the progressive strengthening of the community Institutions as boosting the collaboration and cooperation among the States members, more that resorting to decisions by qualified majority that did not represents of by himself\/hisself the solution to the problems. +Lady Speaker, *señorías, when taking the word in our Parliament #few hours after the terrible accident, #can not leave to express publicly it very affected that it finds the #greek representation and it a lot that regrets the tragic loss in fulfillment of the have to of the *Viceministro of External Subjects of #Grecia, *Yannos *Kranidiotis, a big politician with #european vision that has loaned great services especially to the cause of peace and the cooperation in the *Balcanes, to the reconciliation among #Grecia and *Turquía. +Also want to appreciate the work of the Minister of Subjects External of *Irlanda, Mr. *Andrews, like representative of the Speaker of the Council in the inspection of vote headcount in *Timor Oriental, #as well as the of the Minister of Subjects External of Big *Bretaña, Mr. *Cook, that represented to the Speaker of the Council in the meeting of the *APEC. +#If the fine public management is a fundamental previous requirement to loan help for the development, why the fine public management did not has to be also a fundamental criterion for the international recognition, the bilateral relations and the development of trade? +Think likewise that it also is important and it is necessary *recalcar the fact that today we owe *plantearnos the question of the reconstruction of tissue social, economic and morals in a context in that surely a wider vision of *Europa *suroriental #can not constitute an element of division with regard to the elections of the Agency with headquarters in a place instead of #another. +The Commission has made efforts to improve and take clearer the Agreement that today has in front of himself\/hisself the Assembly for his consideration with seen to take application more transparent and also to take into account the pertinent disposals approved in the global agreement among the European Community and Nations Joined. +Instead, the members of the Group Union by the *Europa of the Nations have voted in favour of the group of the other amendments, including amendment 22, that limits the right of initiative of the Commission and that allows to the committee *ad *hoc establish his agenda, his records, #as well as the statements of interest of his own members. +Definitely the report of the gentleman Commissioner *Kinnock has been exhaustive and important, nevertheless it is necessary to consider especially the political side of it that becomes in *Rusia in this moment, is to say, that #all #this will be able to *desestabilizar the international politics in the next period, #as well as the commercial relations of the Community with the own *Rusia, without thinking in the grave consequences that suffers the *empresariado community that has invested in this country. +Think that the Commission is very situated to take part to this level, and had explains that the question of the #kosovar prisoners situates in the humanitarian plane, the European Union #can show *renuente in the sending of help to the #serbian authorities, while #this do not leave in freedom to #all the #kosovar prisoners. +In the Conference of Presidents, is to say, to the Group Presidents, *les have said, with the backrest of a big majority, that in this moment do not wish a resolution on the *OMC, because even *subsiste the need of debate, and now #would not have to elaborate a resolution in the procedure of urgency, because with *ello #one go to take wanted to here and there. +Takes fifteen days, the recent veterinary committee permanent of the Union took the decision to raise the embargo that weighed on the exports of *vacuno #belgian. Has recognised in this way the seriousness of the proofs and the severity of the norms that, in actuality, imposes the #belgian Government. +Gentleman *Prodi, *nos upsets especially the fact that, these last years vital subjects for the human existence, related with the quality and the security of the foods #as well as with the protection of the health of citizens #european, jump continuously to the *primer flat of the actuality through processes and mechanisms that do not guarantee always the validity and the credibility of the information. +The European Parliament has underlined with frequency the importance of the adoption of measures in matter of energetic efficiency and the Council has underlined also the need of the saving of energy and a reduction of CO2 broadcasts in a series of resolutions. +As up to now the Community has not been able to put of agreement on #which is the most effective instrument for the reduction of the gases *termoactivos -to know, the taxation of energy consumption-, the Commission and the Council consider the program *SAVE *II a "important and necessary instrument". +Expect, therefore, that the companies of the sector of the energy of the States members of the EU that have a wide experience in projects related with the energetic efficiency #can transmit knowledges to these countries. Lady Commissioner, entrust in that said companies are considered like real candidates to the hour to award the agreements and do not see displaced by the North American companies. +Gentleman President, independently of the *calificativos that they #can use in #one or another language, is true that the negotiations on Trade Agreement have lengthened of an inconceivable form. As it remained of self-evident in #all a series of resolutions approved by this House, went a really shameful show, especially #if it takes into account that *Sudáfrica finished to make a very brave transition to a free and democratic Government. +Want to appreciate to the Parliament and, in particular, to the speaker of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, Mrs. *Kinnock, form, fast and flawless, as it has taken the preparatory work for the approval of the *dictamen satisfied of the Parliament on the result of our negotiations with the #south african and by the form, very active and *comprometidísima, as it has contributed to this process along the years. +Regarding the European Union, asked the intervention of the Office of Fight against the Fraud, the *OLAF, so that it invited to the #spanish judicial authorities to investigate #if the management and the control of the community subventions to the crop of linen have been correct and #if there #be had performances that #can consider criminal. +Am new in this Assembly and wail that the first question #whose answer went to listen in this Assembly #can not be answered *oralmente by reasons of time, but wail doubly that *ello have to, precisely, to the attitude of #some that, when arousing in this Assembly question that, in my opinion, are not for this Assembly, *nos deprive of pleasure to listen to the Mr. *Fischler talk today of the problem of the bread of our fishermen, for example. +Thus I request, lady Speaker, that write a letter in name of the European Parliament to the #british Prime minister for *expresarle #ours weigh and horror by the magnitude of this terrible disaster, and *pedirle that transmit #ours deeper condolence to the families of the persons that have lost the life, #as well as to the familiar of the that have resulted gravely injured together with the wish of a total recovery. +Gentleman Commissioner, the ball is in the field of *Turquía and is of here of #where has to come the following movement, because by part of *Europa already have had *bastantes things to encourage and do not see, by part of *Turquía, in the official field and no by part of the #turkish village, that also is the diet that *le has been imposed, the answer that need to give *nosotros the following step. +Like this, in our opinion, shows once again, that the hypocrisy, in #all greatness, is #one of the basic principles of the European Union. The politics of the two weights and the two measures, the politics of the selective sensitivity in front of the human rights and in front of the respect of the international Right. +The politics of the two weights and the two measures, that bases in the political and economic interests of the powers that govern in the European Union, *les takes to close the eyes in front of it that is *sucediendo in the actuality in *Turquía. #This denies to democratisation, to the respect to the human rights, violates #all the principles of the international Right. +Nevertheless, create important, by a part, make immediately a study in depth, with the end to determine it more exactly possible the effects, in his case, of this agreement in the economy of The Meeting and, on the other hand, establish a permanent mechanism of control able to create the conditions for a fast intervention. +But #if here our paper consists in reflecting the worries, the *interrogantes and the expectations of our *conciudadanos #european, conserve in our mind the world-wide dimension of the challenges, the challenges of the countries in development that today debate among the hope of integration in the world-wide economy and the fear to the marginalisation. +In this field, said countries confront to a double difficulty: his internal markets are generally hoarded by monopolies or oligopolies, #whose *primer effect is the to take *repercutir in the local consumers, and mainly in the poorest, prices too much high, whereas the second effect is the to block the arrival of new countries and of *obligarlos to confine in the informal economy. +since Mr. *Sasi has had the friendliness to accept the invitation to the meeting of the Commission of Industry, External Market, Investigation and Energy of the European Parliament of 12 October, suggest that it present his official answer to these two points in the frame of the meeting. +do not go to follow making assessments here to the *respecto, but believe that the reduction of the CO2 is not an optional charge but that has also an economic effect and offers the opportunity to paginate the improvement of the quality of life with the employment, by it that think that no has to defend the negotiate on some boundless broadcasts. +Therefore, *le offer another opportunity to answer: thinks the Council order an audit of the States members to determine how States have a discriminatory legislation against lesbians and *gays, that do not guarantee the equality of rights, the equality of rights civil to lesbians and *gays and that do not offer protection in virtue of the law to lesbians and to *gays? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, will not have need of three minutes for *expresarles the fundamental importance of the subject of the resolution that subjects to approval, relative to the code in matter of export of arms, for the extension of a zone of peace and of stability in the world, it that certainly constitutes #one of the most important mandates that have received of our constituents. +(*FR) fact to reduce drastically the broadcasts of gases that cause the effect *invernadero by part of the rich countries is a duty of solidarity in front of the future generations, but also in front of the populations of the countries in roads of development, that will suffer every time with greater hardness the natural catastrophes caused by the climatic change. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0036\/1999) of Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the agreement *interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the Office of Fight against the Fraud. +Is necessary, without embargo, underline once again the sensitivity that distinguishes to the House, the sensitivity that distinguishes to the European Parliament in the subject of the fraud, a sensitivity materialised in the internal decision of the European Parliament, and a sensitivity that besides renews, *reformula in the report and in the proposal of Mr. *Napolitano. +has posed a question to #that *respecto but believe that the resolved satisfactorily in the parliamentary commission with the amendment of transaction presented by the Mr. #Gil-Oaks and by me, in the that specifies that the application of this agreement *interinstitucional do not lessens any legislative disposal neither of Regulation regarding the obligation to respect the confidentiality concerning the deputies. +To judge by the analysis that has taken the Mr. *Ferri is evident that are of legislation in matter of vehicles of engine no only in the #european plane but in the plane of the Economic Commission for *Europa of the Nations Joined, that during years has been recognised by the car industry like entity that establishes #all a range of norms world-wide. +#This is the reason by the that proposed, with the support of the Budget Commission, group #all the politics and the relative budgetary lines to the creation of this space of freedom, of security and of justice under an only title, with five chapters that correspond to the great political directed to the realisation of the space of freedom, of security and of justice. +The reason advanced to try justify these dark cuts is the unforeseen apparition of new priorities totally legitimate in principle, like the help to the reconstruction of *Kosovo, the contribution to the *edificación of *Timor oriental at last released, the solidarity with the victims of the earthquake of *Turquía and the finance of fishing agreement with *Marruecos. +Mr. *Bourlanges has confronted to a double paradox: the of a debate on the budget that occupies of costs but no of entrances and the of a budget subjected to the double and *contrapuesta pressure of the increase of the tasks of the European Union and of the objective decrease *tendencial of the percentage of the #european #GDP that *transita to *través of the budget of the Union. +has said here that the goal *prioritario is the inflation, but is not the only: have to talk, among other things, of an economic pole, of responsibility, of the international representation of the euro and of the supervision of the banking institutions in a moment of great fusions among the financial institutions. +This principle involves that we have to confront together the grave world-wide problem of drugs, in each #one of the links of the chain, is to say, the production, the distribution, the consumption, the wash of money, the deviation of the chemical precursors and the sale of arms. +The Bosses of State or of Government recognised, like this, the obligation to respect the solemn commitment that assumed in *Tampere. The Commission, basing in the dialogue and cooperation with the European Parliament, is had to take all it possible to reach that it was a reality a Space of Freedom, Security and Justice, above #everything, balanced in his three components: freedom, security and justice. +The Parliament wished, of course, that in this Summit reached #european commitments more ambitious, but, frankly, is very positive that these important questions appear now in the #european diary with frame, with a clear order for the European Commission and also, therefore, with a mission for the European Parliament, by it that I want to congratulate to the Presidency and, especially, to the Commission. +Finally, in the moment in that it finishes to be born a committee of company "*Michelin", has to modify the community legislation so that the employees or representatives, affected by plans of collective dismissal by economic reasons, #can promote judicial actions without expecting to that pronounce on the dismissal the competent territorial jurisdiction and impugn the foundation of this decision. +Consider that in this level, by means of the general frame of the lines economic guidelines, or of the lines guidelines for the employment, have things that learn; no only in the national field, but also, #if *ustedes prefer, #can have a *benhmarking, an exchange of informations and of models applied with hit to national level to solve this terrible problem of the restructurings that, of course, will have it in front of *nosotros in #all the sectors. +Are based in an entirely realistic assessment, according to the *cual *Europa, that is a place with strong social powers, *cuando do not have social cohesion will suffer social conflicts, and the social conflicts will have immediate consequences in the economic stability, is to say, in the indispensable surroundings for the development of the competition and of the companies. +A look by the that seat special interest is the negotiation with hit of the program *multilateral of environment and nuclear security. tries to guarantee that western donors provide technical assistance and financial help for the storage and the elimination of waste nuclear in the Northwest of *Rusia, #all these terrible nuclear submarines that *oxidan, #as well as the rest of nuclear waste. +To finish, wanted to underline that in a society oriented to the telematic networks and Internet and that invests increasingly in his utilisation for communication, the information and the services, is quite ridiculous that the Council have not accepted the amendments in *pro of the creation of a spot Internet totally devoted to the youngsters. +treated to know #if it created a line by key action, as it had established Budget Commission, or #if it kept a global line for the investigation, as it wished the executive Commission, to change that they gave guarantees regarding the information on the movement of bottoms among the key actions inside this line. +#If the #ours is the Institution that, with security, has made the greater efforts in the fight against the fraud in the Institutions of the European Community, how go to understand the citizens that the only persons to the that do not affects the *OLAF to effects of internal investigations are the deputies of the European Parliament? +How device has foreseen, gentleman Commissioner, in case that it have a blockade of the situation, so that the directly affected fuselages, so that #all #that that take part in the sector *pesquero, so that the regions involved and, in particular, the zones of the goals 1 and 2, that depend of the fishing, as it expresses our common resolution, do not accuse of front the catastrophic consequences that tended the no renewal of the agreement? +The sector *pesquero that affects to Realm of *Marruecos is formed by small employers, by *armadores to the *cuales *les results absolutely impossible to create mixed companies of #moroccan majority and, therefore, the type of agreement new has to be an agreement *continuador, modifying the necessary clauses, of the agreement in this existent moment, taking into account that -how no- *nosotros respect that this agreement benefit to the economic and social development of *Marruecos. +And take it by economic reasons, that already have explained varied of the orators that have taken part in this Assembly, but also, to similarity of it that *sucedió yesterday in the debate on Fishing Agreement among the European Union and *Marruecos, by reasons of help to a country that, in spite of being rich in natural resources, is poor by fault of the political situation in that it finds and, in particular, of the climate of war. +In spite of an absolutely essential rejection the past month of June, without going more far, in the elections to the European Parliament of the *lejanía and of the *secretismo of our institutions collectively, this first meeting of the next week will increase the democratic deficit, in the sense that the Parliament will remain excluded and no seems to have a valid reason for *ello. +In this case have added an additional disposal in the that will ask a review to the cape of five years in the that they take part the two parts of the industry in the #european level to see how works diet in this sector, with particular reference to the health and the security of the workers interested. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the oral question (*B5-0032\/1999) of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, on the Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council titled "Strategy for the realisation of the only market European" . +According to my experience, #this also affects in particular precisely to subjects relative to the legislation in matter of protection of the consumer, in the that with big frequency there #be had contradictions among the different managerial and among the different norms of #european field, for example in the determination of the terms of complaint or the terms of protection of the consumer, that often have varied. +First: how go to convert in effective the only market #if the States tend to adopt protectionist measures - have seen #some cases, even lately - and how pretends the Commission use better infringement procedure converting it in faster and encouraging to the citizens and his associations to report the rapes of the community Right that register daily in the distinct States members? +The plans of the Commission to take a more strict follow-up of the efforts and the results obtained in the field of the national politics are *bienintencionados, but *me fear that *surtirán effect contrary. Especially #if it opts by a quantitative method that consists in adding the number of measures, instruments of support and projects of creation of employment. +But there #be more: #can not treat only of moderation *salarial and of flexibility like #such, because #this *desvirtuaría the character and the spirit of the national dialogues, the maintenance of the social protection and #all programming instruments negotiated in the territory, sensitive no only to the small and medium enterprise, but also to these sectors more *congeniales to the tradition and to the characteristics of the territory. +Likewise, the document not even mentions the paper of an active politics of credits to support to the company - in this sense, the system *crediticio European follows being to years light of the American - and believe that the efforts of the European Union and of the States members for *darle orientation distinct have been to date very scarce. +And, although it is *algo that do not says in high voice, this problem is linked to the own luck of our democracies, as, as the history *nos teaches, the democracies do not base so only in the production of wealth, but that his health depends also of a wide distribution that has to reach to the big majority of the population, and #this is thing that in the contemporary societies involves to guarantee employment. +Report (To5-0048\/1999) of the Mrs. *Quisthoudt-*Rowohl, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the relative Council to the conclusion of the Agreement of scientific and technological cooperation among the European Community and the Russian Federation (*COM(1999) 324 - *C5-0083\/1999 - 1999\/0133(*CNS)) +Report (To5-0045\/1999) of Mr. *Menrad, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that creates the Committee of Employment (*COM(1999) 440 - *C5-0173\/1999 - 1999\/0192(*CNS)) and on the proposal of the Commission of guidelines for the politics of employment of the States members in the year 2000 (*COM(1999) 441 - *C5-0147\/1999 - 1999\/0816(*CNS)) +An important reason is, to mood to see, that to the Europeans, in contrast with the Americans in general *nos is missing the attitude of risk and fault also a positive motivation in the population that contribute to that through a good economic growth reach also a positive politics of employment in *Europa and in the national states. +Need laws simpler and, especially, do not have to commit an error -even in this Assembly- to create so much in the national plane as by means of #european norms, by means of regulations or by means of directives, #one *superreglamentación that treat to the population like a herd and, consistently, #this shop in definite to not running risks, to not taking independent, to not undertaking active occupations, but to act rather in a field ensured, which at the end *nos goes to conduct to a new increase vertiginous... +The directive on the improvement of the quality of the fuels #as well as the technician, already existent, of the catalysts allow in this point to the Council and to the Parliament an absolutely ambitious project, without overloading with taxes to the industry and to the sector of transport. +The program *Daphne 2000-2003 goes to be an extremely important instrument in the fight against the violence and will procure a value added to actions local, regional and national in this field by means of the creation of networks, the exchange of information, better practical and cooperation, and a greater awareness of the society in general. +In #day of the new #millenium, gentleman President, #can say that a support *vigoroso of the European Parliament to this program will be the best and clearer of the signs that the Union awards the maximum political priority to the effective fight against the violence that suffer the boys, the teenagers and women. +Gentleman President, this year fulfils the *décimo anniversary of the Convention of the Nations Joined and is an opportunity *inmejorable for the European Parliament and for the Commission, no simply to pronounce #some solemn speeches on this anniversary, but mainly for *decidirnos to act more, to facilitate but resources and to take initiatives and measures that constitute a politics integrated and *conectiva that protect with efficiency the human values and the dignity of boys. +Is, clearly, the base of a healthy budgetary administration. Without embargo have to underline that the budgetary discipline no has to constitute an end in #if same and do not has to cancel the correct and effective application of the essential disposals of the community legislation, neither neither in this case, touch the basic principles of the *PAC. +To5-0057\/1999 of the Mr. *Gebhardt, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of the relative Council to the competition, the recognition and execution of judicial resolutions in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility on the common children [$^*COM$^($^99$^)$ ^220$ ^*C$­^0045$/^1999$ ^1999$/^0110$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\. +The goal of the regulation is to guarantee that the resolutions on the divorce and other forms of separation that have produced in the States members are recognised with rapidity by the States members and besides provide some suitable rules to the times and unitary in it *tocante to the parental responsibility by the common children of the spouses. +In reality, #would have to work in favour of a global agreement in this field, without embargo, with this initiative step in this path, as it do not fits doubt of the big importance -a point in the that have been in general #all agreement orators- that we recognise the resolutions of the other in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility, especially in a period like the that live now, in the that the familiar structure is violent transformations. +Before the presentation of a proposal of concrete action to #that *respecto, the Commission asked, basing in the quoted communication, to the States members, in the level of the Council, and to the European Parliament that communicated his observations on the points tackled in the communication on the protection of the victims of the delinquency. +Am safe that the Commission goes to guarantee the coherence of the external politics and of the inner politics of the Union -of the programs *transfronterizos and of the programs of help to the development- and that it also is of the interest of the States *beneficiarios of the cooperation *transfronteriza -*Marruecos and *España- that advance proposed that they correspond to worry. +*Yo believe that #if we fulfil with our committed in European quality, will contribute to strengthen the group of the Alliance of the Atlantic North and #if from here assume these tasks, #such as they finish to manifest the Gentlemen #Solana and *Patten, and *usted, gentleman #Solana, also engages to have a conversation with *nosotros, as already it takes it the Commission, always that we consider it necessary, #can have the security that my Group will be to his side. +. (OF) Gentleman President, Gentleman Commissioner, estimated and estimated colleagues, the report of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy on the approach of the EU on the Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC links with the works made by the previous Commission of External Economic Relations, that adopted in #all the cases by a big majority position regarding the rounds of negotiations of *Marrakech, *Singapur and Gin. +Nevertheless, the news that the agents negotiators of the European Commission informed hardly a week before the agreement of the States Joined that dismissed the possibility of the #chinese adhesion in future next *nos carries to think that the European Union has not negotiated with the conviction that #would fit to expect. +Report (To5-0057\/1999) of the Mrs. *Gebhardt, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the proposal of regulation of the Council (*COM(1999) 220 - *C5-0045\/1999 - 1999\/0110(*CNS)) relative to the competition, the recognition and execution of judicial resolutions in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility on the common children +This Parliament, that has had an important paper in this process, in addition to cheering by the development of the events in *Irlanda of the North, #would have to involve in the effort so that the #others two violent conflicts that *subsisten in breast of the Union -the of *Córcega and, especially, the of the Basque Country- walk by the *senda of the definite peace. +Gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President of the Council, no only want to direct attention to the environmental damages caused in *Europa by pertinent products of other countries, but that also loan greater attention to the methods of treatment and production employed in other countries and that no only debate the subject of the identification, but also the possibility to adopt commercial measures that allow to avert environmental damages all over the world. +Said decision no only condemns to the inhabitants of *Yugoslavia to happen the winter *carentes completely of the necessary means of heating, after the enormous *destrozos caused in the public infrastructure by the bombardments of NATO, but that affects of mood *provocador to the pride of #all a village, that results victim of the blackmail and the annihilation because Occident do not approves to his political leader. +Imagine that they #can open investigations to deputies in virtue of grave facts tied to the exert of functions a juridical concept created #ex *novo, indeterminate and contrary to the constitutional tradition of the fifteen States members, that #can open investigations #if the deputies break analogous obligations to the derivative of the disciplinary Right of the civil servants, a disciplinary Right of the civil servants of the that *carecemos, some similar obligations that do not exist! +Like this, take a call to the States members, to the institutions of the European Union and to #all the international community so that they keep in the agenda #all the support to the village of *Timor Oriental, initiate steps for the international recognition of the State of *Timor Oriental and the establishment of the diplomatic relations with *él. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the one who at the beginning of this year #can not more with the murders, the expulsions, the *saqueos and the pillages that the army and the #serbian militia carried out in *Kosovo and in virtue of these reasons pronounced in favour of a called humanitarian intervention, has to ask now #if the war -that alas did not go directed against the that committed crimes but against the #yugoslav population-, the war that lasted more of two months and half and that cost varied thousands of millions of euros, really gave the result that expected. +In my opinion, the letter of rights fundamental requires a debate in depth. Create, besides, that the right of the boys #can not *desvincularse of the right of the parents, of the rights of the family and of the right of education of parents in the family. +The politics of fight against the drug - *me direct to the Commissioner of Security Inner - means, as, by the side of the reduction of the offer also a consistent persecution of drug suppliers, especially in the sector of the bleaching of money. +To time, are different the relations that have to board among the Union in his group and the action of each #one of the States members, among the principle of subsidiariness and the need, that nevertheless has precisely affirmed, that the Union endow of a common politics with regard to this phenomenon that concerns for real our present, but especially our future. +Is a system of register and a system of comparison, an instrument, in definite, that *nos helps in the fight against the illegal immigration and type of illegal entrance in the country, #as well as also against the commission of acts criminal low false identity. +Have the obligation to remember that this constant current of illegal immigration represents an enormous charge, in particular in the cities of the interior, for our national services of health, our social services and system of social security, in addition to exerting strong pressure on the limited number of available houses. +In any case, *nos seems fundamental that the next review of the Treaty consecrate the European Bank of Investments like institution fully community, subject to the supervision of the Court of Accounts and of the European Parliament and that do not answer only in front of a general assembly of the States members, as at present it pretends. +Have taken an analysis in depth, with detail, and, in accordance with the available information, on the base of the suppositions of utilisation maximum there #be a remainder still in the year 1999 of 33 millions of euros, of 8,7 in the 2000, of 7 millions -roughly- in the 2001 and, although it is true that in the year 2002 the situation will be absolutely adjusted, go back to exist remanent in the 2003. +To my mood to see, #if all it that *usted has exposed, #everything it that has to present in the Council of *Helsinki, has truly sense, the unavoidable conclusion is that the European Union #can not occupy only of sentences like the of the case *Bosman or of the looks of the competition in the field of sport, but that it has to give value to the sport quoting it sure enough in the Treaty. +In the subject of the Conference *Intergubernamental, believe that after the turn of the Prime minister of his country, lady Speaker, do not fits situation so optimistic; #would be a pity lose this opportunity to give an impulse to the project of integration #european and *nos *arrepentiremos of not taking advantage of as it is owed this occasion. +#Many of his *Señorías have mentioned it, have posed it in reiterated occasions to the Parliament and repeat it today: believe that, in parallel to the culmination of the enlargement -that is an irrefutable reality, since the enlargement that will decide, expect, in *Helsinki is an enlargement that do not poses doubts neither problems neither vacillations- will have to open a debate on the nature and characteristics of *Europa, since we will be *nosotros the that will establish these limits, the that will decide the nature of *Europa: #can not simply answer to the, of by himself\/hisself legitimate, appeal of the countries that ask to go in in *Europa. +The *tercer change that it wanted to signal is that the #turkish Minister of European Integration and Human Rights -that has a very curious combination of competitions, that without embargo marry well- finishes to declare officially, after the ratification of the conviction of death by the Court of Appeal, that the execution of conviction #would not favour the interests of *Turquía. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0076\/1999) of the Mrs. Towers Mark, in name of Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects, on the report of the Commission to the Council (*COM(1999)174 - *C5-0108\/1999) 1999\/2111(*COS)) on the length of the transitory period for the introduction of the euro. +Still is a lot, in view of that the prices of herring in the Community in this moment are lower that never, owing to the saturation of the market of the EU with cheap fish and herring frozen of Norwegian, and of the establishment, by part of the #german companies, of units of production of low cost in *Polonia, to process the free #norwegian fish of taxes for his export to *Alemania. +Regarding the enlargement of the negotiation to #all speakers, included the countries in roads of development, the European Union adopted also the initiative to initiate the conference with the *ofrecimiento to guarantee to the less advanced countries a wide access with invalid rights to the markets of the countries industrialised. +Like the liberal politician that am, maybe a #european politician very liberal, wanted to say that in the breast of the EU #would have to think in the form to modify the units of agricultural production and the future of the Diary 2000, in addition to studying how delete the subventions that affect to the trade. +In 1995, indirectly, through an amendment that presented accepted the training of adults in the program #Socrates *I. From here also has developed along the year in #all *Europa the wish by the training of adults and by the continuous learning so that *nos is possible to say that the answer *sustentada by the branch *Gruntvig of program #Socrates is the correct answer. +In terms of the capacity of the program to be spear tip of the values of the Parliament, the hit has been enormous. is fundamental for the expansion of the educational capacity of our youngsters, no only in terms of his cultural capacity, but also in terms of his economic base. +The European Union always has been pioneering in the cessation of production and of the employment of substances harmful for the coat of ozone and the Parliament has been the environmental political consciousness of this European Union. +Gentleman President, in the first place wanted to say it a lot that admire the work that the speaker has made in this report; already was quite difficult that surpassed the first reading in the Parliament and has been even more difficult in the *segunda reading, because there #be had sight points divergent, contradictory scientific opinions and pressures from the distinct groups of interest of the sector with regard to determined substances. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the conjoint debate on the meeting of the European Council of the days 10 and 11 December in *Helsinki and the statement of the Presidency in exercise of the Council on the semester of activity of the Presidency #finnish, #as well as on the situation in *Chechenia and on the Summit of the *OSCE. +In the course of the treatment of the budgets has incorporated a new game of costs that includes, first, 500 millions of euros for *Kosovo proposed by the summit of the European Union and, afterwards, 190 millions of euros in concept of Fishing Agreement with *Marruecos, *Turquía and other complementary subjects, it that represents in total 700 millions of euros, or was, the 15 percent of the financial forecasts of the section. +So as to reduce the estimate of the costs corresponding to the enlargement -the financial frame of *Berlín includes, in effect, the costs from the year 2000-,go to propose likewise to the Commission that make a permanent evaluation of the economic situation and of the necessary costs for the enlargement that of #this give off. +Therefore, from the point of sight financial, the new period of programming 2000-2006 will be able to initiate and like this will take, in effect, with a new program, in the that it has taken to state on purpose that the helps with charge to the structural Bottoms have to contribute to boost likewise the equality of opportunities among men and women, the goal of protection of the environment and employment. +In narrow articulation with this communication, the Commission has approved also #another, accompanied of a proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council and of a proposal of decision of the Council, relative to a program of support to the audiovisual industry #european, the program MEDIATES PLUS 2001-2005. +treats to prepare to *Europa so much in the plane of the infrastructures as in the of the industry of the production of programs, for the imperative of the digital era, it that means, of course, accept that *Europa has an ambition in matter of participation in the new digital economy and in the new society of the culture, information to scale world-wide. +Therefore, is better that, in place of *fijarnos a more ambitious program that probably #would pose difficulties in matter of subsidiariness and maybe had the effect of reducing the general enthusiasm, follow applying a strategy directed to encourage to the States members so that they take advantage of to the maximum the opportunity to learn -and apply- the initiatives adopted in the #european countries in general. +In 1996 an evaluation of the repercussions of the two programs of positive action with seen to the achievement of equality of opportunities in the Commission revealed that there had been important changes in the situation of the feminine personnel in the Category To and in the places of direction, in particular to consequence of the dip annual adopted by the Commission. +Like this, apart from the protection to the scientific specialists that have the technical knowledges and do not have to be carried by tortuous paths owing to his knowledges or of his economic weakness; believe that, go in in a logic of political conditions on it that happens or leaves to happen in his regions, is a condition *sine *qua *non for the countries candidates to the adhesion. +Subject: Venues of game The Court of Justice has recognised that, in the field of application of the Treaty *CE, the organisation of games of chance constitutes an economic activity of provision of services, #if well with the precision that disposals of the States members to authorise the opening of venues of game have to be provided and no discriminatory (Subject *Schindler *C-275\/92). +The harmonisation in the sphere of the application of the national penal right and of the administration of justice in the States members presupposes, necessarily, the harmonisation of the legislation on the fight against the fraud and #any one other illegal activities in the community budget. +Memory that, after revolution, like minister of External Subjects, *me gathered in the Nations Joined with the minister of Subjects External of Chinese and the worry of the #chinese minister of External Subjects of then was the to say "for *nosotros, *Macao is not a colony; therefore, *ustedes, that are the decolonisation, do not touch *Macao; in his moment, already *regularizará" . +Gentleman President, my answer goes to develop around two axes: the first refers to it *sucedido until today from the Conference of *Beijing and to how the European Union has supported the actions contemplated in the common platform then adopted; and the second, to Parliament paper by it that *atañe to the meeting of Nations Joined foreseen for the summer of the 2000. +Far to hail this effort in favour of the protection of the environment, the European Union only has a goal in the bilateral negotiations with Swiss: force to that this country renounce to regulation, with the pretext that it hinders the free competition and that it boosts the inequality of deal among #european territories. +#would not have won time, by the contrary, beginning by the principle, being more modest and loaning greater attention to the opinions of the citizens and of the villages that are not very convinced of the balance of #this *OMC, of the results of his realisations regarding the *agravación of the inequalities of development among the North and South? +These twelve partial fields of interest will be examined in the following groups under the titles *mainstreaming generals: the gender in the politics of the development, is to say as it takes part the equality among the sexes in collaboration of the European Union with the countries in development, the participation of the women and the human rights. +#If it fits still add *algo to the previous answers, #can signal that #one of the causes of the delays of the flights is that, in the current system, the planes do not obtain the permission of takeoff until it have not confirmed the green light of landing in the destination airport. +The States members of the EU have engaged to adopt an effective politics of no proliferation of armament and to take part in the control systems of export, or was, in the actions that carry out in the frame of the Committee of the group *Zanger of exporters of the nuclear sector, of the group *Australia and of the mechanisms *Wassenaar. +In conclusion, expect that the Council manifest firmness that the European Parliament for *salvaguardar and promote the system of the only price of the book, that, as it signals our resolution, treats of the best system to improve the production and the distribution of dramas literary, without deleting the competition. +Gentleman President, *me take echo of the opinions of the two previous orators when giving the sincerest welcome to this proposal of resolution to condemn unambiguously the *tremendo #record of rapes of the human rights of the #taliban diet Afghan, and in particular the persecution of the #afghan women in the name of religion and of the culture. +Nevertheless, the appeals of help to the agriculturalists in the form of help in front of natural disasters #can examine in the frame of the article 33 of Regulation (*CE) *nº 1257\/99, of the Council, of 17 May 1999, on the help to the rural development to charge of the European Bottom of Orientation and of Agricultural Guarantee. +Without embargo, have to signal that the procedure is not ideal, the Mrs. *Doyle and the other deputies have reason, but the problem to the that *nos confront in Politics Commission Regional, Transports and Tourism that is the competent commission, is that the Council *nos asks urgency in the last minute because, somewhere, somebody has given account that we need a resolution of this Parliament to continue with the Bottom in question. +By this reason *yo also agree in that we have to unify it more possible the statistics on the movement, the politics and the commercialisation of our agricultural products and that it #would be well that did not have each State, at least in statistics, a distinct representation of the relative facts to our agricultural economy. +In the economic terrain, in the past exercise *Polonia has experienced a high index of annual growth, as it already has said the Mrs. *Hoff, with a reduction of the unemployment and of inflation, a stable coin and a growth of the direct foreign investments. +From this Parliament have defended always the institution of the Defender of the Village, as *garante of the protection of the rights of the citizens to the hour to report cases of possible bad administration by part of the institutions and organs community, and the need to intensify the relations among said institutions and the citizens. +This action of divulging has to be carried out by the community institutions through the media and audiovisual, and like this #would avert, among other consequences, that, for example, more of the 69 % of the claims presented in front of the Defender in the last years were out of the field of competition as, for example, the big number of *ellas that have like object the restrictions to the free circulation, and that present every year in front of the Defender. +To end to amend the current informative deficit in the field of the rights of the citizens of the EU urge to the services of Parliament and of the Commission to that they set up direct lines of query in the different States members and that take advantage of in depth the possibilities offered by the telematic and the technology of the information. +It true is that, after the European Council, the 25 % goes back to the pockets of the States members, but the idea of execution criteria common follow being absolutely essential and to #that *respecto will ask to the Commissioner how repercussions has had, in his opinion, the European Council concerning the attitude of the authorities *aduaneras common and #if they are now less concerned that before. +*Nosotros defend the rights of the human person against the rights of an inhuman and totalitarian State that launches by the routes of the exile to a population *aterrorizada, destroys the houses, threat and kills to women and boys; *nosotros defend the freedom and wish that the criminal are punished; therefore we support without reservation the brave decision of State Bosses and of #european Government. +For wanting to play with the international borders -the of *Yugoslavia from 1991, the of *Macedonia and of *Albania tomorrow-, for ignoring the lessons of history, for pretending *desconocer the paper of *Rusia in this region, for looking for a military punishment more that a political solution, for wanting to especially suppress to the #serbian village of this *Europa by the that has worked so much, go to cause probably the *conflagración that simulate to want to avert. +Besides, the proposal of resolution affirms that the Nations Joined and Security Council « have not been able to» (!) take part in the decision of the NATO on the aerial incursions, although it is clear that this decision has taken breaking the principles of the Nations Joined, that in this case have seen humiliated and abused of form *irremediable. +Are dangerous postures of frivolous advisers on the editorial of the proposal of resolution, that *envilecen #all serious effort for building an order and a really international community, that #can apply of plausible and viable form principles, without selective interventions and without the illogical utilisation of the violence. +The Commission is in total agreement with the gentleman speaker with regard to that, nevertheless the progresses reached with regard to the realisation of market only of the financial services, the sales *transfronterizas of financial products to the by minor to the consumers follow being more the exception that the rule inside the European Union and continue existing still disparities of price very considerable among the States members. +Agree with the speaker in that for the authorities of regulation and of supervision, said advances represent new challenges that #can confront through cooperation and effective coordination among the financial authorities of regulation and of supervision, with a clear cast of the responsibility of supervision and with solid financial regulations, necessary to manage the global institutional risk, #as well as the risk of the systems. +Like this as, #if today we have to give a fast and effective answer to the problems posed, is to say, indemnify to the families of the victims and *darles a moral and material support, #as well as pipe influx of traffic that, because of the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, converges to the tunnel of the *Fréjus; also is necessary to consider the question as a whole. +Of these seven millions, five allocate to the electoral information by means of the *ONG, is to say, to the electoral training and to information, and two millions to the sending of some sixty observers by the States members to Indonesian by a period of two weeks, but in the frame of the electoral observation wider organised, among other organisations, by the Nations Joined. +*B4-0382\/99 of the deputies *Fassa and *André-*Léonard, in name of the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers-*B4-0394\/99 of the deputy *Pasty, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0409\/99 of the deputies *Hory and *Castagnède, in name of the Group of European Radical Coalition-*B4-0420\/99 of the deputies *Aelvoet and *Telkämper, in name of the Group of the Greens in the Parliament *Europeosobre *Níger; +285 members of parliament have gathered in a group that pretends to reestablish the Parliament #would not be positive that the European Union loaned all backrest, so that the Parliament, that was dissolved in his moment, have the opportunity to collaborate from another perspective in the preparation of a constitution that modify deeply, once and for all, the #burmese situation? +Of a side, wail deeply the murder in cold blood of a woman that put his personal life and professional to the service of the defence of the human rights, and of #another, *me saddens to have to check that here in the European Union, to the equal that in the rest of the world, determined strengths try to undermine with terrorist acts peace process in course. +The direction of the administrations *aduaneras from the EU is #one *intromisión in the national sovereignty that no has to take place.2.The decisions adopted in the past by the EU have weakened the border controls among the States members, favouring the illegal activities and boosting the circulation of commodities of smuggling. +The juridical protection of the rights of the consumers has to follow being competition of Subject Commission Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens and the rights of the consumers have to follow being competition of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, as it finishes to explain the Mr. *Collins. +The social speakers, the governmental organisations, the States members and the EU have to take, each #one in his field of responsibility, the timely countermeasures, is to say, coordinating and collaborating *sensatamente in the relative subjects to the third age in the EU and not acting *centralizadamente each #one from responsibility field. +Without embargo, exists a field related with the third age that presents great difficulties to the hour to introduce improvements, so much from a point of sight concrete as by means of cooperation #european. *Me am to the reciprocal recognition of social provision -like the subsidies by illness and the pensions- that affect in numerous occasions to the greater persons. +Gentleman President, the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development of our Parliament proposes, in effect, subject to the executive Commission the problem of the deficit of the European Union in vegetal proteins inside the feeding allocated to the animals and the strategic challenge that comports this situation for biotechnologies in the *Europa of the Fifteen. +Today, really, do not has felt that they still exist *muchísimas differences among some representatives and #others, *cuando the reality is that, from the Treaty of *Maastricht and, more still, of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, goes opening step the reality of this #european citizenship that demands to voices that his representatives take part of a common diet in #all looks, but, of course and in particular, in the look of the suspension of the parliamentary immunity. +*Usted agrees that the examination of the *anejo *V in our commission began with a letter of the Mrs. *Theato, speaker of the Commission of Budgetary Control, that tackled specifically the question of #if the article 5 of this *anejo *V that foresees the absolute majority to refuse the approval of the management, was compatible with the disposals of the Treaty. +new Earth were also the plans of action national and, to the contrary of the orator that *me has preceded, *yo believe that the guidelines of *Luxemburgo and action plans national, among other things, have derived of the fact that have a tax of unemployment lower. +#would not treat to concede today the approval of the management to the Commission, against of it that the Council has taken acting with lightness and *despreocupación, since, as so well has explained *Laurens #Jan *Brinkhorst, #would not have to concede the approval of the management to a Commission *dimisionaria that no longer is qualified to assume commitments on future orientations in front of Parliament #european. +On the other hand, the fact that the measures do not affect to #all the countries of the European Union supposes a grave distortion of the rules of competition in the only market, aggravating the negative consequences on those companies that yes will see affected by these high tariffs imposed by States Joined in his sanctions. +The political solution that try to reach is a political solution that suspend the use of strength on the base of the respect of the human rights, of the common security, of the return of #all the refugees, on the base of the international community of nations. +In interest of the agreement, consider that *ello is admissible always that exceptions limit in the measure of it possible and suppose a step to the creation of an only and uniform Statute and, especially, serve to reach the establishment, it before possible, of a diet of reward equal for #all the deputies to the European Parliament. +Therefore, the preliminary draft of budget general has to postpone the subject of the possibility to hire new personnel and his previous endowment until they remain clear the *márgenes that possibly have in the frame of the new institutional agreement and until the new Commission have the opportunity to define requirements. +Fulfilled the community juridical obligation to approve a new directive to replace the directive cancelled, to trial it more important, is a vital step to a common frame to differentiate the systems of *gravámenes in the group of the European Union. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the goal of the proposal is to facilitate the sale by telephone, by *fax and by Internet of financial services #such as the banking, the insurances, the investments and the credits *hipotecarios, protecting at the same time to the consumer against fraud, against the high pressure of the arguments of sale and against #some uses no requested of the technicians of communication to distance. +Therefore, in my quality of member of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, always have supported, to the pair of Mrs. *Kuhn and the Mr. *Whitehead, measures that guarantee that it provides a real protection adapted to the needs and worries of the consumers thanks to the #european legislation. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0124\/99) of the Mrs. *González *Álvarez, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that creates program of community action in favour of the civil protection (*COM(98)0768 - *C4-0072\/99-98\/0354(*CNS)) +Never will forget like *yo, as young President of my party at the beginning of the years seventy, took part together with his father in a rally in cinema hall of *Madrid, with scarce public and under some difficult conditions, #where already in #that then under the direction of his father gave expression to the ideal and convictions of our philosophy, to the values and principles *democristianos and, especially, also, to our #european federalistic conviction. +Is evident, without embargo, that at the side of the indispensable budgetary consolidation, *Europa has to accelerate the structural reforms of the markets of the employment, of sakes, of the services and of the capital, and is in this spirit in the that the Commission finishes to approve the relative recommendation to the great orientations of economic politics. +In front of #all forecasts, the #german Presidency closed the package of the Diary 2000, that seemed difficult to close, and now, for the European Council of Colony, the Presidency *nos finishes to announce a quite ambitious program. Congratulate also to the #german Presidency by the ambition of this program. +Of this resolution and of the debates that celebrated *permítome stand out #one or two looks that, for me, are the most important: the idea that opened and opens path of a #european constitution, the verification or the wish of verification of a power *constituyente specific in the community level and interpretation -*permítome say it like this- *correctiva of the article *N of the Treaty. +In place of a clear *reorientación of the #european politics in the *primer year of the euro to a new type of economic development that #can solve the problem of unemployment in mass, *nos gives a European Pact by the Employment that remains very by behind it that in his day contained the initiative *Santer and the proposals *originarias *provenientes of the Presidency elaborated by the #german Ministry of Inland revenue. +No only for the fruitful cooperation among the institutions but also to ensure of durable mood it that reach in the Conference *Intergubernamental and that his application succeed, in the future will be necessary that the Parliament take part more acutely that in the past in this Conference -do not employ consciously Conference expression *Intergubernamental although it was the usual practice but the of Conference of the States members. +It that we want to is to contribute to facilitate the things to the Governments, and therefore, with the agreement in his day of President *Santer -to the one who want *rendir homage thus-, think that a possibility, a fine possibility, is that the European Commission prepare a project, that argue it with the Parliament and that take part also the national Parliaments in this reflection, that will be a mere reflection, gentleman President. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, the questions related with the employment have happened to occupy the position that deserve in the politics of the European Union and *Alemania is in the actuality pressures to reach a #european agreement in matter of employment with reason of Colony Summit. +Gentleman President, apart from that *me seems quite surprising that *nos see forced to *comportarnos as in a fair to have right to take the word in Parliament *cuando are deputies, wanted to say simply that it is the first occasion in the that see that, in an Assembly like #this, *cuando pronounce two contrary opinions, a pertinent of the competent services and the #another of the president of the Commission of Regulation chosen by his equal, considers the of the services in question. +After years of efforts, had seen the light an as a whole acceptable proposal and the Council had shown had to negotiate with this Parliament, in the moment of the result of the vote of today, with seen to reach a commitment. +In the case of bananas, do not allows to the EU take a commercial granting to small countries that they were his colonies (countries *ACP) and in the that the bananas represent the *pilar main of his economies, it that results particularly grave because this politics of the EU inscribes in the spirit of the Agreements of *Lomé, that date of 1963, and are, therefore, very previous to the current Agreement of Trade *Multilateral (Treaty of *Marraquech - 1994). +And finish remembering point already mentioned by the Mrs. *Jöns: is incomprehensible that the Council was not had to include of explicit form the *gender *mainstreaming -and is it especially after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam that considers the equality of opportunities the fundamental principle of the Union- that constitutes likewise #one of it four *pilares of the #european strategies in matter of employment. +Since to date the #turkish Government *deniega process just and public through evident actions (obstacles for the defence, rejection of the requests that they are observant presents, etc.), how measured thinks to take the Council to protect the physical and psychic integrity of the leader *kurdo #as well as the rights, evident for the societies civilised, that have #all the accused in front of the justice? +*Yo want to *referirme specifically to the structural Bottoms, to Cohesion Bottom and to the politics of cohesion, saying that I agree in the «how », as it has projected it the Commissioner -and even take advantage of once again to say that we have to congratulate to the Commissioner and to the *DG *XVI because we have been with *ella, and *ella *nos has helped deeply in the advances of the cohesion in the *periplo of these five years and *yo believe that, in his design, of the next-. +In the course of the negotiations reached for the zones of crop more northern of the EU, that also are to time the most northern of #everyone, a pair of #granting important so as to balance the costs derived of the adverse climatological conditions. +Receive *favorablemente the decision of the Commission to revoke his proposal to demand to the fishermen the acquisition of a 30 % additional of *tonelaje, which, in case that it had prospered proposal, only #can have described like a penal law directed to hinder the urgent need of *modernizar and renew the fleet. +The intermediate posture, to the that also adheres the Presidency, pretends to incorporate the development and the operation of the *SIS #as well as the majority of the categories object of register to the *tercer *pilar whereas the category of the denial of visas and disposals relative to the protection of the personal data #would be also present in the *primer *pilar. +The big work to know where stop , because this directive has a special characteristic, and is that no tries *reglamentarlo #everything, but it that *reglamenta it *reglamenta with sense and with an idea behind, with a conductive idea and guideline, and *yo believe that this Parliament #would take badly in changing these balances, #would take badly in trying modify this so delicate situation and that, in my modest opinion, is frankly very achieved. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #some of the colleagues that have talked before that *yo already have remembered the article 5 of the Agreement of *Lomé, signed also by *Djibuti, that establishes a true interrelationship, a functional link among the respect and the enjoy of the political and civil rights, of the fundamental human freedoms and the help to development. +Likewise is necessary that the international community, also through the Organisation for the African Unit, but with an active paper of the European Union, guarantee said agreement and act with regard to elaborating help program economic so much urgent as on a long-term basis that they allow an economic reconstruction of the island. +By a part, the States members began to negotiate on the base of the ancient article 220 of the Treaty *CE an agreement #whose object was to regulate of horizontal mood the effects *intracomunitarios of failure, determining the judicial competition and the applicable law to declare the insolvency of a company. +Is the case of countries of the *sudeste #asian, #Asia central, of the ancient #soviet Republics and of the Republics *bálticas, to the that has added the increase without precedents of imports *provenientes of *Turquía owing to the closing of the #russian market and of the industrial capacity of this country, of *Turquía, that has *sobredimensionado in the course of the last five years. +*Yo believe that only it appreciates it that do not has and the fact that the #european institutions have endowed of a Parliament, with #all defects and with #all his problems, and that this Parliament convert in this term of office in a fundamental piece of the community mechanism, is *algo that the #european citizens #would have to begin to value. +The coincidence in the time of the resignation of the Commission, the beginning of the war of *Kosovo and the European Council of *Berlín subjected to a dramatic proof performance capacity of the European Union in an extremely critical moment. +#If *Europa had to pursue the goal that signalled the President *Prodi -offer to the *Balcanes a political and economic future clear- #would reach *algo great, but #would not exert fully his task that is the to contribute substantially to build a path of development democratic, certainly economic, but fundamentally social and cultural, conscious that reconciliation is so much stronger and stable what more is *tolerante and respectful with the diversities. +In this case -the experience of the *EEB- the Commission is amply innocent, and the States members have gone back to take his games under the mantle of the subsidiariness without having had prowess for, for example, have elaborated of a time directive mark relative to foods that constituted an advantage for *Europa and to the that *atuviesen the countries members. +More that #that *peroratas ideological of another period that ask the return of the ancient collusion *supranacional among the Parliament and the Commission against the Council, had preferred to listen, of the mouth of the Mr. *Prodi, the concrete way in that it thinks to repair, in a field of competition, the *estragos caused by the Commissions precedents and the negotiations of the Round *Uruguay. +Lady Speaker, as it has said the deputy *Sánchez, there are errors in the record, but no only because Mr. *Sánchez was included in the Group of the European Radical Alliance, that do not exists -case that *le has occurred also to the deputies #Bautista, *Hudghton and *MacCormick- but that *yo same, that belong to the Group of the Green\/Free Alliance European, appear in the Group of No Inscribed. +The reading of the second inform of the Committee of Experts puts of self-evident that had reason in asking to the five experts that continued his investigations and his reflection further of the case of #one or another commissioner, in particular, to take a more general diagnostic on the group of the institution. +In effect, quote the report: "For *incoar a penal procedure to the civil servants of the Commission, the national jurisdiction that it treat has to request the suspension of the official immunity treating of suspicious, of secret professional treating of witnesses and of the inviolability of the buildings of the Commission in case of registers and to be able to have access to the documents" . +Why, #if there #be *tanta worry in the States members, do not asks to these States members that the communities and the municipalities make a debate in Parliament, on the results and the destinations of the bottoms, so that in these countries take place a public debate that was in relation with our work and that these two questions are not separated among *ellas? +In the meantime, have to negotiate an agreement mark that it constitute a solid base to improve our institutional relations, with measures of transparency and information, as they are the have of the documents of work of the Council, of the records of the meetings of the School of Commissioners, except *cuando agree confidentiality, or a system of information on the works of the *OLAF with the owed discretion. +*Europa has taken to transmit a project, and in these times of globalisation in the that the citizens have the feeling of that #all the important decisions take in part, and especially in the world of the finances, is important to recover the idea of a project for *Europa that comprise the citizens and defend the institutions. +*Yo share fully the content of his program, devoted to the *glasnost, that do not proposes a small "*reformilla" of the institutions, but a reform of big *calado, that pursues the creation of places of sustainable work by means of a consistent liberalisation, that concedes a very important place to subsidiariness, that considers necessary to answer of suitable way to the demographic evolution in *Europa. +*Me has bumped -have to confess it- that it have been clear regarding the freedom of trade and to the requirements of competitiveness of the companies and have omitted -or have shown wander to the *respecto- the fight against unemployment, the poverty and the social exclusion, true *flagelos of the European Union. +Gentleman President designated, the members of the #french socialist delegation have the worry by the effective operation of the institutions, which means the instauration of a strong Commission, in the sense of respect by the Treaties, is to say, with the coincidence among his mandate and the #ours. +#If we do not want to lose in solidity it that win in extension, #if we want to give a soul to the *Europa of the market and of the only coin, #if we want to go back to win the confidence of the citizens and of the villages, have to work in common -Commission, Parliament and Council- in it only that it #can offer a solid base and a new impulse: citizenship #european, a letter of rights, a true constitution. +And as *me accused of *deslealtad, it only that I want to say in this moment is that, in accordance with these criteria and with the demonstrations of the President *Prodi in relation with the responsibility of the Commissioners, believe that, #if today it approves in this Assembly resolution of political content, *consensuada by #all the Groups, on the new Commission, the Mr. *Galeote goes to find in an Assembly of disloyal. +Already discern points of agreement. For example, regarding the importance that concedes to the access to justice, to the preparation of a coherent strategy in matter of immigration and asylum, to the protection of the feeblest groups and more exposed to the discriminations, or to the strengthening of the mechanisms used in the fight against the delinquency organised. +Also remains out of the democratic control the preparation of the document 19 of *Enfopol and also another type of offences, #such as the related with the performances of the police cooperation *Ilets, the collaboration in matter of espionage *Echelon and the bilateral treaties of the Security Services of States Joined and the European Union. +While it last this parliamentary gap will be impossible to create a space of security, freedom and justice on a truly democratic base, since the realisation of said space involves the presence of a structure integrated by the right to the individual protection and the possibility of taking part in the individual surroundings. +Recognise that it has engaged to fulfil five requests of the Group of the *EVP, among *ellas the that refer to the right of the *PE to present legislative proposals, to the behaviour of the Commissioners in case that it produce censorship vote and to the need to board a permanent dialogue on the reform of the Commission. +Subject: Help of the EU for the maritime services of *Irlanda since *Irlanda possesses #one of the greater maritime zones of patrol of the EU, responsibility so important for *Irlanda as for the EU in his group and that covers activities like the surveillance and interception of loads of drugs, protection of the industry *pesquera and security of navigation, #would want the Council expose how initiatives that #would have to take to scale of the EU in help to the efforts made by *Irlanda in this sector? +To facilitate his fulfillment, in the regulations and managerial of the Union specify the procedures of collaboration and exchange of information among the States members, with the end to avert simultaneous performances and to facilitate the identification of ships, achieving so they harmonise the moods to proceed of the distinct countries. +*Me seems a frankly problematic solution put that really no treats of the fusion of two structures but of a process of adhesion. And although I consider the possibility to establish transitory periods, as it took before, do not conceive that a country candidate #can go in to form part of the European Union without that it have assimilated the *acervo community in his whole. +In this frame, the perspective to create order social European" based in the practice of *Schengen #can not be more that the arsenal *antidemocrático that, in a determined moment, #can use against the political and #sindical action, against the reactions of the workers in front of the politics *antipopular of the European Union and of the States members. +Although they have produced #some changes in the political situation from then, regret to say that the requirements for the resumption of cooperation for the development and the full normalisation of the relations with *Togo - the respect of the democratic principles, the state of right and the human rights - still do not fulfil satisfactorily. +The Commission considers that the European Union, together with the rest of the international community, has to take conclusive measures to contain the repercussions of the crisis in the countries of the region of the Great Lakes that, as they have affirmed the deputies, loom of distinct forms the security and stability in #all *África. +Want still *recordarles to #all the colleagues that takes only a pair of weeks the Parliament, when accepting the Commission, approved a statement in the that underlined that it wishes to progress to work in the negotiations on the international treaties and even in the distinct stages of the negotiations, so that it #would be really regrettable, #if Parliament left this opportunity without taking advantage of. +am not sure of #if it is allowed to take an explanation of vote in this stage of the debate, but #if it is like this, wanted to say that, from the point of sight of the population of *Escocia, believe that it is a pity that tomorrow debate on security alimentary without including a case in the that a Been member is the *dictamen of the Community in this matter. +As they know #all *ustedes, *Señorías, sources of renewable energy, in the systems of support -except the energy of origin hydraulic, #where himself\/hisself achieve results very competitive with regard to another type of sources energetic-, #can not compete with the energies of type traditional. +Wanted to indicate to the Mr. *Prodi that economists believe that the most important factors for the competitiveness in the industry #would be, in the first place, a reduction of the taxes of societies and of the business contributions and, second, of the enormous and in intolerable truth charge of regulation that plants to *Europa in a situation very *desventajosa in relation with other parts of the world. +As a result of the approval of the Common Action, the Commission took part in a series of management of the troika, directed to present the Common Action to #all Governments and the important regional organisations and collect his political support for his goals. +Gentleman President, believe that this debate and the motion that today are put openly of self-evident the will of this Parliament to send a signal of opening clear, strong and amicable, a signal that takes note of the change of attitude of the #greek Government regarding the #turkish Government. +Receive with satisfaction the proposal of commitment relative to *Turquía, because it achieves a correct balance among the need to confirm to *Turquía his right to incorporate to the EU and the need that *Turquía undertake a series of economic and political reforms before his appeal take 'effective' . +To be able to establish the suitable commitments among the different and complex problems to that confronts at present the system of the international trade, seems fundamental that the conversations cover a wide diary that include from the reductions of the traditional tariffs until crucial subjects like the environment and norms of work, in addition to new looks like the competition and investment. +By this reason expects that the Council, during the #finnish Presidency, get to conclusions for realisation and by the that the Council gives the welcome to the intention of the Commission to present, so prompt as it was possible, a proposal for a new plan of action that boost the equality of opportunities among men and women and to ensure that #this will follow applying *cuando remain without vigour the current. +Also explain to these effects with article 13 of the Treaty on the European Union, but *cuando treats of concrete cases have to take into account that the Union do not has own police, but that the responsibility on the security of the citizens *recae in the governments and in the strengths of the order of each country. +According to the article 48 of the statutes of the #ECB, the States members that are not included in the zone of the euro will have to pay a lower percentage of the that *les #would correspond, #if like this it decides it Joint Managerial of the #ECB, in concept of participation in the costs of operation of the #ECB. +will Be an enormous quantity, already treat of *Dinamarca or of another country, and this maximum fixed, very understood, by means of decision by majority of the Council on the base of a proposal of the Council of Government, that likewise takes decisions by majority, since each country has the weight of vote, to the that *le authorises his contribution. +The question has like this a political solution - do not see possible solution bellicose- and in this way now have the opportunity to help to *Rusia, that in any case finds in a difficult political situation, loaning help to find a solution and achieve some relative negotiations to the question of *Chechenia. +The #russian army has gone in in the territory of the republic and has invaded, according to his own versions, a third of the territory of #the same *ocasionando deaths, destruction and the massive exodus of more of 100.000 refugees -women, boys and elderly- that are received in neighbour *Ingushetia, #whose President talks already of humanitarian catastrophe and asks an international help that do not finishes to get. +do not know #if, in addition to the results achieved by the #italian judicature lately, will have or will not have other stages like the that, lamentably, *nos have accustomed to see through the judicial avatars of *Ustica in these years; without embargo, today *nos find in front of a sentence that proposes the hypothesis of plane contest of varied countries in the accident of *Ustica of 27 June 1980. +#Few minutes after the disaster the military planes and the secret services of the countries involved in the military operation - the Italians in the first place - set up a gigantic and shameful operation to hide, by not saying, destroy proofs to end to prevent that the judicial authority discovered how was it that *sucedió really in the sky of *Ustica. +Therefore, wanted to direct finally a call to the Council so that it fix the common position on directive projects with the greater possible rapidity, with *tanta amplitude as it was possible, of course, on the base of the amendments of this Parliament in the first reading, to end to present the common position in *segunda reading to the Parliament. +The *derramamiento of fuel owed to that the cover of the deposits of fuel were not very installed, and the Directive that the Parliament has now in front of yes, with the amendments taken by Parliament in *segunda reading with regard to giving greater rigour to these disposals, occupies of this question demanding that the deposits of fuel of the vehicles of engine possess mechanisms of appropriate closing so that the covers was always very adjusted. +On the base of this orientation and of the knowledge of the that they will be #all parameters examined from a point of sight *exquisitamente technical, ask, #if it is possible, that the Parliament and, in particular, the commission, are informed and especially ask #if it is possible that the Commission *nos inform on #which goes to be the course that will give to the application of this directive from the point of sight *exquisitamente technical. +#This has to -suits to highlight it-to the following reason: the necessary outlays, particularly in the case of the structural politics, will increase the next year like result of the commitments subscribed in previous years and the Commission coincides fully with the Parliament in that it is not possible to consign totals inferior to the necessary to cover the already subscribed commitments. +*Yo entrust in that, on the base of the previous work made by #all the institutions and especially of the present reports of the Parliament, will achieve to reach, through a process of negotiation adapted and open, an agreement on Budget 2000 that take justice to our big political responsibility in the field of the #european politics. +In effect the politics is not a game among the Commission, the Council and the Parliament, that practise in own interest, but that our purpose is to create the best possible conditions for the development of the European Union and to offer conditions favourable to the persons for the that work. +In *tercer place, the maintenance of the stability of the prices serves to the interests of justice social and help to protect to the feeblest members of our society, like pensioners and unemployed, that depend of income fixed and #can not protect of the costs of the inflation with other sakes, for example properties or actions. +In this context, *yo wanted to *recordarle to the Mrs. *Randzio-*Plath that the Treaty expresses of way very clear that the *primer goal of the Central Bank European is the stability of the prices and that only will be able to try reach the other goals *cuando *ello do not put in danger said stability of prices, and also that the stability of the prices has in himself\/hisself same -#such as it has manifested the President- social and economic effects positive +Likewise, my Government promoted the approval of a new Penal Code Soldier that includes substantial advances regarding the competition of the civil courts to judge to the soldiers in crimes like genocide, the disappearance *forzosa and the torture, and sign the Statute of the International Penal Court. +The so proclaimed space of freedom, security and justice is not another thing that the affirmation of a bureaucratic concept and *represivo of politics in the *cual talks so much of security and little of freedom and of justice, as they show it the dense series of conferences *intergubernamentales, *Dublín, *Europol, *Eurodac, *Eurojust and the mutual assistance in judicial matter that exclude the democratic control of the Parliament, #as well as of the Commission and of the Court of Justice. +Against the idea that #ours Union has to be exclusive or mainly of economic character, the Council, in the line that the Parliament came already defending from took a lot, happened to occupy of the citizens, of his freedom of circulation, of his security and of the recognition of the right to justice, rights that have to recognise no only to the citizens of the Union, but also to #all those that by diverse circumstances find legally in our territory. +Like this and #everything, wanted to recommend to the Commission - do not know #if it is here the gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen but, anyway, already argue it in the general debate - some urgency in the case that it had to present a rule mark *concerniente to #all matters, to end to tackle, organic and thoroughly, a so delicate subject from the point of sight institutional. +The special Summit of *Tampere, to the time that has centred in the politics of immigration and asylum, also has treated seriously the subject of traffic of human beings that has not left to grow during the last years. +In January will have the final proposal on the observatory, on the that *me reserve the right to debate with the European Parliament to see #if it has to have an observatory for small and medium enterprises, that the report on it that goes to *suceder, and that also have felt of connection to national level of the local observatories so that the companies are all it prepared that they #can for the future changes. +#This is a principle that has to apply even in the case that the helps loan to a no community company, in #whose case considers that a cooperation agreement with the country of the company, there #where did not exist, no only #can define and integrate better the interventions of the Union in favour of this country, but that, in the new desirable contingency, #can facilitate the execution of said sanction. +And think that, really, have things that learn of the States Joined of *América in the subject of the monetary stability or in the subject of the utilisation of high technologies and of fast operations to this level; but of course, exists a big difference in *Europa: model cultural, social and historical of *Europa is based in the powerful social powers and in the balance among the society and the economy. +Gentleman President, in the first place wanted to say, in name of my Group, that are very disappointed by the fact that it have not included in the resolution a call to #all the States members of the European Union and to #all countries candidates so that they support the new proposal of coalition in the agenda that is on the table of the 55ª General Assembly of Nations Joined. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0038\/1999) in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [$^13175$/^1$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0022$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0197$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the program of community action "Youth" (Speaker: Mrs. *Gröner). +The Group of the Party of the European Socialists, in #all the process of preparation of the budget, has defended with energy the ideas of solidarity and of commitment of the Union regarding the most disadvantaged, to end to satisfy the goal of eradication of poverty. +#If the enormous resources allocated to the nuclear proofs and to the *armamentismo release and pipe to productive investments in the direction of the economic and social cohesion, to the education, culture and the protection of the environment, #can reinforce the factors of reconciliation and peaceful coexistence of the villages and contribute to the *reforzamiento of the bows of *reprocidad and of cooperation *paritaria. +Like this, as, have to signal the dangers that of *ello give off and here have also now new and unavoidable consequences, in particular the requirements that it have more #moroccan fishermen in the community crafts, the licence of fishing *restrictivamente related with new mixed companies, the obligation of the disembarkment of the fish in the #moroccan ports, in addition to #granting in the agricultural sphere, etc. +And the Commissioner do not finishes to get to the Commission, is a Commissioner that proceeds of the previous Commission and precisely with wallet and #the same file, by it that has a specific responsibility and own politics and very concrete no only in the resolution of this problem, but also in the of the problems posed until it concretise again the agreement. +My political Group wishes that it have a just agreement and balanced with the Realm of *Marruecos by part of the European Union, but also think that, to avert these periodic marketings that generate enormous anxieties and difficult situations for the fishermen, the future agreement #would have to remain consolidated in the frame of the Agreement of association. +But #all discussion evidence the need of an independent organism that occupy of the alimentary rule in the EU, that avert the undue influence of the national organs, very often conditioned by a personal interest, and that control the corresponding practices in #all the European Union. +In #Italia the *concertación among the social speakers and the Governments has converted in a pact among the representatives of the interests constituted - #sindical, *patronales, politicians - directed to defend the interests constituted and incomes in place of the possibility to achieve a space in the new economy of the unemployed and of #all #that that are not represented in the *concertación. +*Exigirles that work an average of 60 hours to the week during a period of four weeks is exploitation, by a part, of these young individuals that have to fulfil with his practices to obtain his professional title and, by #another, of #all *nosotros, of the public, that have to consult to these medical youngsters in practices in the services of assistance and of urgency. +In the Realm Joined, for example, the proposals are more advanced that this directive and have been received with *beneplácito by #Andrew *Hobart, president of the committee of auxiliary doctors, the one who says that it is loved with that have reached an agreement on a new agreement for the auxiliary doctors that will guarantee in advance a safe labour day in the Realm Joined. +By it that refers more fundamentally to the political question formulated on *Chechenia, is evident that share with His *Señorías #the same questions, anxieties, but the question posed is the following: until the present, the European Union has not suspended neither reduced his diplomatic relations with *Rusia, because we think that it always has to have courses of dialogue with *Rusia to transmit our messages, included the relative to our restlessness by it that is in *Chechenia. +Still today has the idea that the inner market is a subject of multinationals, of great companies, of *burócratas, of *Bruselas, of *tecnócratas that are far of the worries of the persons of on foot, of initiatives that *apilan #one on #others without order neither concert, without conductive idea that, in #a lot of cases, are perceived like #one *pesadumbre more in the already heavy charge to live in a community developed or to have a small or an average business. +And in this sense wanted to highlight that the Commission will have taste in listening every year in the appropriate dates the observations and the ideas of the European Parliament *cuando get the hour to examine thoroughly and follow developing the concrete goals in the frame of the annual cycle. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0040\/1999) on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the information on the consumption of fuel facilitated to the consumer when commercialising vehicles of new tourism (5617\/2\/1999 -*C5-0037\/1999 - 1998\/0272(*COD)) (Commission of Environment, Public and Political Health of the Consumers) (Speaker: Mr. *Sterckx) +But then, by coherence, our Parliament #would have to reconsider the decision that his majority judged that it had to adopt about a Group that had respected the independence of vote of his members and the had taken to appear in his internal regulation, it that do not excludes the existence of political affinities in the sense of the quoted article 29. +#If we decide to postpone this subject -as it thought the majority in the Conference of Presidents-, #one of the tasks to make from this time on until December, will be the to request to the President of the Court of Accounts that undertake a wide investigation, to know #if the leak produced in the Court of Accounts or in #any institution. +Lady Speaker, the legislative project subjected to debate results very significant from the point of sight of the environmental protection, since it affects directly to the quality of the breathable air, is to say, to dioxide content of nitrogen and to the resultant ozone, affects all *ello to the grade of acidity and to the level of *entropización. +Gentleman President, in moments in that it celebrates the *décimo anniversary of this Convention, in #whose text recognises to the boy like subject singular, and *le attribute own rights (right to the life, right to identity and to a family, right of expression, right to be fed and polite), know very well that in our continent, each thirty seconds abuses, violates or *descuartiza and indoctrinates to a boy, victim of some unsuitable politics, of familiar and economic changes, and victim also of the fact that we do not apply this international Convention. +Regarding the first, to the fundamental rights, in the breast of the Union, of compliance with the article 6 of the Treaty, are forced to respect the fundamental rights and, specifically, the freedoms and the fundamental rights of the man, #such as they result of the constitutional traditions common to our States members. +On the failures of security in *Bohunice do not need to debate, only *me allow to stand out the three more important points: follows without having any replacement for the concrete armed that lacking, do not exists any reduction of the pressure or other systems of security. The modernisation is not sufficient from sight point *sismológico. +*Señorías, in the year 1994 took a series of decisions -precisely to concede helps to distinct companies #european- so as to carry out a restructuring of #the same that allowed, on the one hand, his eventual privatisation but, in any case, finished of a time with the subventions and helps of State that, somehow, distorted the only market and the free competition among the distinct actors in the aerial market liberalised. +The European Commission has indicated by it other to the countries candidates in diverse occasions the so important paper that #can exert the social speakers in the process of adhesion and has remembered to time that have more in account the social problems presupposes that it develop the social dialogue in the countries candidates. +Lady Speaker, to finish, *les will say very in brief that in these four last weeks have had #many other profitable meetings: with the President of *Colombia, that was received also here in this Parliament in session *plenaria, with the President of *Letonia, with Subject minister External of *Chipre, to treat to see the mood to promote the meetings that go to begin surely on 3 December in New *York. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0062\/1999) of Mr. *Schwaiger, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the communication of the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament - The Approach of the EU on the Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC (*COM(1999)331 - *C5-0155\/1999 - 1999\/2149(*COS)). +To my seem, with *él has achieved to transmit three signals: a signal of the unit of the European Union, directed to our speakers all over the world; a signal of the human face of globalisation, directed to our population; and a signal of the parliamentary dimension of the process of the *OMC, directed to our citizens. +The lady *Barchawski, special representative of the president #Clinton for the trade, that has conducted with hit the battles of #Washington on the banana, the *OGM and the meat of *vacuno #american, has asked to business centres #american, that *le have provided a document of 31 pages detailing the wishes of his industries. +This project has like goals centre the attention in the violence to the woman, strengthen the contrary attitudes to the violence, diminish the cases of violence, #as well as develop and take more effective the services directed to attend so much to the victims, as to the authors of violent acts. +Initiate this new round of conversations with the advantage of the wisdom that gives the experience and with the knowledge that the States Joined, when getting to his position negotiator, to the equal that in the past, will have investigated the unseen agenda on how establish means to divert of said agreement and help to his producers, whereas to time demand to *Europa that fulfil faithfully with his commitments. +Gentleman President, believe that the Round of the #Millenium is an important occasion to boost the opening of the international markets to competition, to expand the guarantees against the practices directed to avert the competition and to tackle at last the subject of the investments. +Is important that the Report *Schwaiger and this Parliament recognise in the World-wide Organisation of the Trade the appropriate forum for a serious negotiation in matter of investments looking for the certainty and the transparency of the right for the protection of investments, #as well as, obviously, the *tutela of the state legislations in social matter, environmental and cultural. +#If *Europa and the States Joined argue now on the genetically modified organisms and the use of hormones and antibiotics in the industry grazier, the improvement of the access to the market of the countries in roads develop and his participation in the world-wide economy loom with happening to a flat second. +From 1950 until 1970 the world-wide economic growth was quite parallel to the expansion of the world-wide trade, but from then the economic growth has gone growing only to half of the rhythm of the world-wide exports: therefore, at all shows that a greater trade conduct automatically to a greater economic growth. +Is precise that #this establish clearly, to the equal that also has to remain clear that the *codecisión of the European Parliament in the field of the agricultural politics in reality no covers, rigorously talking, the group of the legislation in matter of agricultural politics, but only a small part of the 3.000 legislative acts -some 20 or 30 maybe-, without embargo has to award to the European Parliament power of *codecisión in said fields and also full competitions in relation with the agricultural budget. +This program splits of the commitment of the *PNUCD to fund activities of development in specific zones of crop of opium, and, as *contrapartida, the Talibans have accessed to not allowing the crop of opium in new zones, to that the *PNUCD supervise opium crops and to begin to take measures to struggle against the illegal traffic of drugs and to destroy the laboratories *clandestinos. +Wanted to express also my more sincere gratitude to the Parliament, and in particular to the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, of Justice and of Inner Subjects, #as well as to the speaker, Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, by the quality of his work and by the speed with the that have recommended the communication of the Commission on the fight against the drug in the period 2000 to 2004. +Report (To5-0059\/1999) of the Mr. *Pirker, in name of the Commission of Freedoms, of Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the proposal of Regulation (*CE) of the relative Council to the creation of the system "*Eurodac" for the comparison of the impressions *dactilares of asylum applicants and other foreigners (*COM(1999) 260 - *C5-0082\/1999 - 1999\/0116(*CNS)) +is not more that the representative of the industrial and of the financial groups more powerful of the European Union, rival of the *trusts North American or Japanese in the *imposición of onerous sacrifices to the planet, but #all are exclusively concerned for increasing gains, in detriment of the workers of his own countries and of the villages of the poor countries. +. (*NL) By the present the #dutch delegation of the *PSE declares not being able to support the Report *PIRKER, that has approved today, on the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the creation of the system "*Eurodac" for the comparison of the impressions *dactilares of asylum applicants and other foreigners. +In *Irlanda varied successive governments have manifested to varied governments of the Realm Joined his restlessness by the tax of accidents in the facilities *nucleoeléctricas of Big *Bretaña, particularly the tax of accidents in the plant of *Sellafield, situated in the western coast of the Realm Joined that it is the less populated, but only to some those that miles of coast oriental, that is the most populated. +Finally, suits to reaffirm that the relative decisions to the process of independence of *Timor Oriental *incumben to his village, with respect of his sovereignty, by it that the decisions on his present and future have to be adopted in narrow collaboration with the National Council of the Resistance *Timorense and no *incumbe to the international organisations *substituir to the village of *Timor Oriental, but -*eso yes- *darle #all the necessary support. +By it that refers to the judicial procedures of a sovereign State, the European Commission will follow watching to achieve that Mr. *Nikitin was object of an impartial trial and public based in the principles of the European Agreement for the Protection of the Human Rights and in the Russian Constitution. +The military hit in *Pakistán deserves an unambiguous and cutting conviction. Ask to leaders that restore the State of right and the constitutional order and that by means of the instauration of a civil government of transition and in accordance with a previously established calendar celebrate elections and reestablish the parliamentary legitimacy. +#There is proofs that delinquency organised has found an easy and yielding business with the illegal traffic of human beings, that often are had to pay it that had saved during #all his life to end to be able to go in in the rich western countries, with the hope to be able to initiate a new life. +And now the Mr. Newton *Dunn, with the pretext that the Parliament #can not influence so much in the third column as in his juridical base, has posed to change #this, and for *ello has limited group of corresponding reference to those affected by the politics of security of the first column of the European Union. +The special *empecinamiento of the *BEI in questions of public control and transparency *propició that the *ECOFIN manifested it following the 8.10.1999, and quote *textualmente: "taking into account the important financial task that the Treaty and a series of regulations community award to the European Bank of Investments #would owe this keep an exemplary position in the fight against fraud and allow to the *OLAF make the pertinent investigations #if it gave the case. +The speaker #Manuel *Medina has explained of rigorous form and with argument luxury juridical how Canarian has come defending from takes centuries, inside the #spanish context, with distinct mechanisms that allowed to those distant islands surpass the negative circumstances to the that before *me have referred, and with the wit, the *tesón and the effort of his men and women resist first and afterwards go constituting little by little in societies reasonably modern and prosperous. +Then fixed a transitory period of ten years so that the integration of the #canarian economy in the world community did not go traumatic for #some productive sectors venues and, of *facto, established, #among others looks, a *arbitrio on the production and on the imports, the *APIM, so as to protect the integration of the small basic industries Canarians in the territory *aduanero community. +will Be necessary to watch very attentively so that the next negotiations of the *OMC allow to put end to the unacceptable practices of *dumping that carry out #some countries, and that do not put in danger to a sector that is subjected to an intense world-wide competition, since it gives work to hand of drama hardly *automatizable and subjected, therefore, to strong pressures in favour of the trip to countries in the that the costs of the hand of drama are very inferior to the existent in the European Union. +And it that it wanted to ask to the Government of the #spanish State and to the political parties Spaniards from this forum is height of watch that they have had the British and Irish, so that we #can #all find a path of peace and a solution for the #basque conflict, that is so #european like the conflict of *Irlanda of the North. +And neither is necessary to forget, of course, the component *represivo and in this field the Commissioner commissioned of subjects relative to the *tercer *pilar, is to say, the of the politics of interior, goes to offer the plans and programs already existent to sensitise to the strengths of the order and the justice on this anti-doping fight. +Gentleman *Napolitano, wanted to *tranquilizarle also regarding the proposal to carry out some preparatory works of accompaniment, and insist in the word accompaniment, since with regard to the subject of the review of the Treaties exist technical looks very precise and specific, #can not be accused of not having posed a deep vision, a complete analysis of these looks. +(To5-0071\/1999) of the Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the actions directed to reach the economic and social development of *Turquía (*COM(1998) 600 - *C4-0670\/1998 - 1998\/0300(*COD)); +The *Viceprimer #turkish Minister *Bahceli, of the *MHP, declared on purpose of the ratification of the conviction of death of *Ocalan -perhaps #this only publishes in press #german- that did not have to encourage a still greater interference of *Europa in the #turkish subjects and the President *Ecevit manifested that it was not forced to accept a possible decision of the Court of *Estrasburgo. +Enough significantly, the calls of the speaker and other colleagues, that have presented amendments directed to *Turquía to end to look for finally the true path and hardly *transitable to a democratic State of Right, coincide with principle objections concerning the confirmation of the character of candidate to *Ankara Why did not plays clean now the European Union? +Outraged by the ratification of the conviction to pity of death of the president *Ocalan and joined to the hour to ask a gesture to the #turkish Government, the moratorium of conviction to pity of death, is #likely that suspend the sentence, in spite of the grave decision of the Government of not answering to the appeal of the Court of *Estrasburgo. +The *segunda managerial derivative in the frame of the improvement of the quality of the air acclimatise in *Europa also has to fulfil, obviously, the same that the previous directives, the following goals, to know: the definition and concretion to scale #european of goals in matter of quality of air acclimatise and the establishment of criteria of evaluation of the quality of the air based in uniform methods. +In relation with the already signed agreements, or that are, on decrease of dioxide broadcasts of carbon of the tourisms, the Commission has signalled in reiterated opportunities that goes to consider the possibility to dictate norms on maximum values for these broadcasts #if the car industry did not fulfils with his commitments. +. (IN) Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, to begin wanted to express my gratitude to the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development and, of course, to speaker, the Mr. *Pesälä, for having focused with a so positive disposition the proposal of the Commission, and the Commission appreciates the fine received that has had his proposal. +are not, therefore, in front of a debate #any one but in front of #one that affects to #one of the four *pilares of politics *pesquera community, and #would wish that said debate was so fruitful and responsible like the that have had in the Commission of Fishing, since the report, #whose approval request, has been the fruit of a very worked commitment among the political Groups and the distinct sectorial interests and national. +#One of the most remarkable things about the fishing is that, whereas the fishermen have seen in difficulties and the places of work have reduced, the consumer has found with that in *Europa the price of fish, almost only like alimentary product, has increased without ceasing through the years. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0085\/1999) of Subject Commission Juridical and Inner Market on the proposal of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Decision of 19 December 1996 by the that adopts a program of action for the customs in the Community "Customs 2000" ) and that revokes the Decision 91\/341\/*CEE (9601\/1\/1999 - *C5-0183\/1999-1998\/0314(*COD)) +True that follows posed the problem of the sinister become in third countries. Entrust in that it achieve to find a solution respecting the approach of the Parliament that wants to expand the field of application of the directive to these cases and, to time, leaving to except the worries of the Council with a view to the respect of the principles of the international Right deprived. +Wanted simply check #if there will be an opportunity to examine this question another day of this week, because #one of the things that have not examined in this Parliament is the paper that armament industries are in the process of peace of *Irlanda of the North. +The Presidency asks that the juridical departments of the Commission and of the Council inform in squad, still during the course of this week, on points of juridical sight of the question. The Commission has right of initiative in this subject and the Council adopts the definite decision. +To be able to fund these additional needs during the next years and no *rebasar, especially, the general frame agreed in *Berlín for the next years, maybe was necessary modification, a review of the financial perspectives; like this demands it precisely the incorporation of new priorities without leaving to keep the budgetary discipline. +Subject: Action of the EU against the traffic of material *ABQ In spite of the grave indications of traffic of appropriate materials for construction of atomic arms, bacteriological and chemical (*ABQ), do not undertake substantial initiatives to combat the problem, whereas the celebrated debates to the *respecto by the most diverse parts and the agreements of control of materials *ABQ reveal insufficient. +My Group supported his strategy, that pretended to situate to the Council in front of his responsibilities: or well achieved the financial means that allowed to respect our political commitments, or well resorted to the article 272 of the Treaty, that *nos authorises to determine *nosotros same -undoubtedly inside limits strict- the no compulsory costs. +In the frame of the program of action on the climatic change, that announced to this Assembly in October, the work of the Commission centres at present in the creation of a list of measures *prioritarias in the field of the climatic change that it will be presented to the Environment Council in March. +Now well, objectively talking -#can say from the perspective of the one who observes the battle from a flat second- is true that has progressed in the deliberation about the designation of the groups of work. But on the other hand, has not reached advance #any in the main field, that is the of the problem of the rights of broadcast and broadcasts in himself\/hisself. +In the resolution signal steps that #can conduct to take reality the protocol of *Kioto #if *Europa assumed the *lierazgo: reduction of the broadcasts in the national field, concrete plans for the reduction of the broadcasts in the main sectors, especially in the industrial, in the that the broadcasts increase more quickly, adoption of measures of economic character, fast ratification of the protocol of *Kioto and intensification of the dialogue among *Japón and the countries in roads of development. +The European Union considers very important that in *Macao apply entirely the Treaty of the UN on the economic rights, social and *educacionales and the Treaty on the civic rights and politicians, #as well as the basic labour norms ratified by the general treaties of the World-wide Organisation of Work. +And it same it is necessary to say also regarding the principle of autonomy and to the current economic systems and social of *Macao, #as well as, in a wider plane, to the relations of the European Union with that zone of Extreme Orient, since the experience encloses *virtualidades that they #can be of extraordinary importance in this part of the world. +For *eso, in particular in name of my Group of the Green\/Free Alliance European, and *sumándonos to the conjoint resolution, want to underline the need that *salvaguarde the autonomy of *Macao consolidating his civil society and democracy with freedom of political association, keeping opened the Union to the inhabitants of the territory and strengthening the commercial relations by means of *él. +In the durable signals that fits to underline in this moment of transition is the absolute singularity of *Macao, the open cultural tolerance among villages and cultures, the religious freedom, strokes of specific #symbiosis and culture juridical *moldeada with the principles and values of the State of right and the human rights. +The Council has accepted, equally, introduce a review clause tied to the financial consequences of the adhesion of new States members, that will allow to define the repercussions from the point of sight financial of the enlargement in the frame of the *codecisión, since the Parliament has voice and vote in a strict foot of equality with the Council. +*Europa had not had to begin for demanding a restructuring of the organisation and of his operation, #as well as a clearer delimitation of competition field -inside the respect of the other organisms and international conventions-, in particular in relation with the environment and the social rights? +The Council has offered his support to the Ambassador *Eagleton, that is the special representative in the *Sáhara Western of the Secretary General of the UN, and the Council is had to boost a peaceful solution that base in a deep examination of the next report of the UN. +Subject: Action of the EU against the traffic of material *ABQ In spite of the grave indications of traffic of appropriate materials for construction of atomic arms, bacteriological and chemical (*ABQ), do not undertake substantial initiatives to combat the problem, whereas the celebrated debates to the *respecto by the most diverse parts and the agreements of control of materials *ABQ reveal insufficient. +In this sense, *cuando the question includes also the look of how takes the European Union regarding the countries candidates to the adhesion *cuando in his territory *trafica with these materials, or conceal #such practices, it that poses precisely is how political commitment or how political commitments goes to impose to these countries so that they advance adhesion processes. +Wanted to know #if *usted approves this behaviour of the Council that *supedita the approval of the procedure simplified in the frame of the *codecisión to the condition that the Parliament do not take to cost right to modify the proposal that the Commission presents to the Council, all *ello to conclude that #if we decide to exert our right *nos exclude of the procedure of *codecisión. +Neither #can accept the argument adduced by the Commission that the delay in the presentation of his proposal has to to that the Court of Justice of the European Communities still has not pronounced on demand presented against the Council regarding the juridical foundation of the Regulation 820\/97. +In Indonesian #ours experience has shown that in the diet of the *Orde *Baru (New Order), headed by *Suharto and his generals, that occupied my homeland during more of two decades, the methodology of repression and suppression were applied by means of the *imposición of a doctrine, the *Pancasila, that *uniformizaba thought and, in consequence, the human action, in an attempt to destroy the capacity to think of individual form, collective and especially free. +Thus, the #christian democrats, that always have defended the road of the dialogue and the reconciliation, want to reiterate #ours more forceful conviction of the acts of violence and the attempts against the human rights that follow *perpetrándose and *deplorar the delay in the development of the peace process. +The European Parliament, always sensitive to the cause of the human rights, #can not remain *impasible in front of it that it is the greater of violations of these rights: the systematic discriminations and the violence that the woman is object today in *Afganistán and of the that the public execution of *Zaarmeena is not more that a tragic sample. +The #nicaraguan village, after having suffered *tantas natural catastrophes, needs help urgently, but a cooperation of the European Union with the Government of *Nicaragua only is possible #if they respect the basic norms of the democracy and the human rights and #if bottom administration is guaranteed in accordance with the laws. +The only logical sense of this article, thanks to the *addenda taken by the Council of *Amsterdam, is the to consider to #all the insular regions of the Union among the less favoured regions owing to his *handicap geographic, source of the increase of the costs, for example, in the sectors of transport or of energy. +Finally and already concluding, Gentleman President, have curiosity for knowing the posture of the Commission in front of the amendment 9ª relative to the professional secret of the juridical advisers, #as well as the posture that will adopt the Commission in front of the distribution sector of cars *cuando expire the regulation of exemption by category for this sector in the year 2002. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, is *loable, of course, that the Commission, and especially his competent Commissioner, the Mr. Go *Miert -that is not among *nosotros, but to the that want to say, anyway, that #can not manifestly *reprocharle that it have lost the control of his administration- watch by the ideal application of the Treaty to avert distortion of the competition in the Only Market. +Perhaps #would be timely that the Presidency sent a note to the different national Governments, #as well as to the different national parliaments to end to signal this possible difficulty, is to say, a disequilibrium among the decisions of the European Parliament and the eventual decisions on incompatibility that #can be distinct of the that *nosotros have taken. +Unfortunately, *me see forced to *dirigirme to determined sectors of this Parliament with a last question. How think to defend the rights of his constituents *cuando decide to remove leadership to the fundamental right of request, suppressing the corresponding commission, or *cuando pretend to modify the name of Subject Commission Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens substituting it by Commission of Juridical Subjects and of Rights of the Consumers? +The right of request is a very important conquest in the field of the political rights of the citizens and *me seems useful to remember once again, to the equal that the speaker, that right has found his full recognition in the Treaty of the European Union. +The own *condescendencia of the speaker, when proposing the extension of the term of application of the computerisation of the diet of traffic until 30 June of the year 2003, the system *TRANSIT, is *algo that reflects very negatively the assessment of results up to now obtained to #that *respecto. +The explosion of the commercial exchanges that goes to know the world in the next years do not pities with these delays under pity to prejudice gravely treasures of the Union, *expoliados in important measure of his own resources more important: the rights *aduaneros, the rights *niveladores agricultural. +The most important task of the EU in these moments is to formulate a political solution, detain the ethnic cleansing, help to the refugees, put end to the blood bath and undertake the necessary actions to allow the return of these refugees. +In effect, as they signal it, for example, consumer organisations, the valid #european legislation in this field *privilegia the offer, whereas the dimension of the demand to the service of the interests of the consumers and of the small companies occupies a little important place. +Gentleman President, after expressing my *condolencia by the victims of the accident and my emotion by the value of rescue squads, wanted to *detenerme in a point that complements it manifested by the Mr. *Florio and that wakes up the worries of the local entities and of the economic operators of the regions of *Saboya and of the Valley of *Aosta. +Gentleman President, #one of the most #sad things that have seen in these last times has been the image of the children of *Rosemary #Nelson that accompanied his coffin to the grave the past month, after the brutal murder that it was victim defender of the human rights in *Irlanda of the North. +In the current context, #would wish to take upsetting in the fact that the staff of the public administration #european, that very watched results relatively scarce -*me refer specifically to the Commission-, has not followed the exponential curve of the tasks that *le have been entrusted from the fall of the Wall of *Berlín. +In order of ideas, sustain the idea of the Defender of the Village in the sense to suggest that the Treaty *CE mention explicitly the roads that they have the particular to present resources, #as well as the possibilities to present claims to the Defenders of the national Village. +Have reason in highlighting that age persons have of a big *acervo of experience, wisdom, training and values to the that #can not renounce; that it is necessary a general reflection on determined expectations of role and traditional attitudes; that it has to produce a social change of mentality with the goal to struggle against the multiple discriminations and social exclusions that suffer the greater persons inside and out of the labour field. +In the report signals the significance of the continuous training: in accordance with the proposal of the Commission, is precise to loan more attention to the needs of the most greater workers in the frame of the training along #all life, that represents to his time an element of the strategy in matter of employment. +Wail, finally that the *autocensura that has chaired this report -has been by own will, perhaps #can not have taken of form- have carried to the speaker to limit his work to questions basically technical and, often, of *relumbrón, without tackling the true questions of bottom, of political nature, that pose to our economies and that it will be necessary to tackle a day in front of our villages. +The abuse of the money of the citizens of the Union damages the image of the Community, press headlines on the subject weaken the support of the population to the integration and plant the hits of the Union in the last plane. +#This is the suggestion that wanted to that this Parliament approved, although to time wanted to encourage the studies that are so that it was a concrete proposal and so that the new financial perspectives and the new budget contain a *PM, a precise reference to this complementary weapon for our common commercial politics. +The goal in this case is not the of *ultimar a project that always is, but contribute to clear for the citizens #all the sense of the complex of documents that have produced in form of Treaties, the priorities that have for the Union and the limits, because, of course, #some are concerned also by the excesses of the Union. +*Usted has referred to the euro and *le want to remember -although *usted is economist and #this #can not but *sonarle to *algo fed up known- that, #if before carrying out a common monetary politics had had the capacity to make a political economy or an economic politics, probably today euro #would not find in inferiority of conditions with regard to the dollar, conditions that register in the markets of #everyone. +Receive with particular *beneplácito the request of the speaker so that it concede priority to the #SME, reinforce the activities of investigation and innovation and boost the environmental protection, the participation of the tertiary sector, the improvements of the education and training and the disappearance of the social exclusion. +Expect with interest the debates in the Council of General Subjects, foreseen for the end of this month, with seen to add some elements of these great projects directed to take a substantial contribution to a more durable stability in the *Balcanes Western in the next century. +Have acted late and badly, and the question that, today, *nos poses -said it Mr. *Dupuis with other words- is that we have to *darnos explains that it has got the moment of an initiative of information massive, to bomb with information to the #serbian village, so that also the #serbian village #can say that *nosotros have the reason and the strength, *nosotros and no *Milosevic. +#If like this it was the case, the members of the Council #would have to receive wage, and also the members of the embassies of the community countries and even the experts without taking into account #if they represent to an agricultural organisation of a rich country or of a poor country. +Give to *ello importance because we treat the report on the application of *gravámenes for the utilisation of roads, because the European Court of Justice has declared invalid the first managerial by legal failures, or was by the fault of participation by part of the Parliament, and has kept his effects only until there #be a new decision. +But here has reached a consensus with Swiss that the open, that the adheres to the #european integration, also regarding the politics of transport, but to time leaves clear, that the principles of a politics of transport that protect to the environment takes viable with the introduction of the *viñeta #european, with the deviation of the transport by road to the transport by railway. +Under this point of sight *me cheers that the corresponding commission also have got to the conclusion to refuse the inclusion of reflection term, that in my opinion is a *disparate so much juridical like practical, and instead of *ello have introduced a general right of *revocación. +Is true that the globalisation of the markets and the diffusion of the new technologies of treatment of the communication and of the information have unchained economic and social changes that are revolutionising the way in that the markets serve to the consumers, to the time that these changes have transformed the expectations of #this. +To define a food like allocated to the special feeding, has to fulfil some specific nutritional needs for some categories of persons, that #can not *ingerir common foods, well because have digestive problems or of metabolism well because by state physiological *les results especially beneficial the consumption controlled of some substances that find in the foods. +Equally, the possibility to invite to *reflexionar to the European Parliament before refusing definitively proposal has left to be necessary given the possibility to begin the political debate among the political groups and the institutions in the first reading. +Third: the set up of the euro, in the that have taken part of active and constructive mood, taking care that the step to the new coin did not take to coast of the consumers, watching by that the new directors of the Central Bank European had the preparation and necessary independence, and obtaining for the Parliament of #all Europeans a suitable information in matter of monetary politics. +In any case, will observe very attentively the result of the summit and will see how makes the division of tasks among the national States and the #european level regarding the politics of employment, so that no arise an erroneous impression of #european responsibility in the erroneous place. +Here includes a solid financial frame until the 2006, substantial reforms of the Common Agricultural Politics and of politics structural #as well as modifications of the resolution on own resources that have more in account the financial capacity of the States members and contribute to a juster distribution of the charges. +Was decided to vote in favour of the investiture of the Mr. *Prodi like President of the Commission, satisfied so much of the rapidity as of the efficiency with the that the Council took the decision #as well as of the #european height of a man that had directed, with *brío and knowledges, government #italian of lefts in some difficult conditions conducting to #Italia to the *UEM. +Believe that it is forced in this moment take a brief reminder of the *emplazamiento and of the historical mission that supposes the enlargement, no only in the Diary 2000 but also for the European Union, in the measure in that the villages of the *Europa central and oriental and also of the Mediterranean, the greater part of the *cuales have *recobrado freedom do not takes a lot, want to associate to our collective historical adventure. +For example: *domeñar the until then *desaforado growth of the agricultural cost; consolidate and develop the politics of cohesion, fundamental for the economic convergence and for the political solidarity; integrate in the community budget events like reunification #german; open a *brecha in the competitions of the Council in the field of the compulsory costs. +This suspension in fact of the agreements on the free circulation of citizens *reviste a gravity that, definitely, no *le escapes, nevertheless, his prudence in matter of competitions among the Institutions -that #can comprise- no *le exempts to give a political answer: The European Union #can accept that 3.000 citizens are retained with police pretexts with the end of *impedirles exert plenaries right of #european citizens? +#If no #can show that these more rigorous norms are justified, will consider a technical commercial fetter and now says on purpose in the new environmental guarantee that #if it #can show that the most rigorous norm that a country want to adopt *redunda in fact in benefit of the consumers, the EU will have to assume the normative group. +Since it applies from finals of 1996 the program «oil by foods», the States members of the European Union have had the presidency in the commission of sanctions against *Iraq of Security Council and always have pronounced in favour of a flexible application and a continuous improvement of the program. +With his active participation in the debates in the previous stage to the elections, the #algerian citizens have shown the big importance that concede to a transparent electoral process and pluralist, #such as they have announced the #algerian authorities. Had promised elections like this. +In the last *comprobación relative to the conditions of 9 November 1998, the Council got to the conclusion that *Croacia has to follow perceiving autonomous commercial preferences but that still have not fulfilled the conditions for the help of the program *PHARE and that the negotiations on Trade Agreement and Cooperation #would be still too much precipitated. +First, in the agriculture, for keeping the community character of the agricultural politics, in spite of the intense pressure that exerted to approve measures of *cofinanciación.-Second, by the structural actions, is to say, by that keep a greater help *per *cápita of the structural Bottoms and of Cohesion Bottom for the countries of the cohesion. +Gentleman President, *yo #would say that the main merit of the Commission of Fishing consisted, takes a year, in presenting the proposals of the Diary 2000, diagnose quickly the grave failures that there was in the proposals on structural politics *pesquera and, immediately, elaborate a strategy that was defended seriously by #all opinion speakers, #as well as, of course, by the Mr. *Arias *Cañete, speaker for the bottom. +In the first place, no only have guaranteed that they go to tackle directly -for the first time- the poverty and the abandonment in the urban zones, but that also, and against of #all the expectations, have achieved to keep an urban initiative in the community plane oriented to the small and average cities that, in actuality, benefit of less of the 10 % of the bottoms. +The reduction of the intervention prices for the meat of *vacuno and of the cereals #can not avert but in spite of *ello it is necessary to give the graces, among #others to the influence of the European Parliament, by that the reduction have not reached the intensity that the Commission proposed initially. +The promise of a full compensation by price cuts of 1992 has not fulfilled in the relative decisions to the Diary 2000, with it that the agriculturalists suffer enormously the reduction of prices at the same time that continue increasing the costs of the Common Agricultural Politics. +Gentleman President, also to me *me #would enjoy to express my more cordial gratitude to the speaker -to the one who have seen to assume in numerous occasions the responsibility in matter of health and security-, to *usted, gentleman Commissioner, and to his services for speeding up a big part of the necessary legislation in this field, #as well as by assistance, so much official as officious, to the hour to help to the Parliament to comprise it that #can and it that #can not take. +To the be today our last day of work, invite to our President, Mr. #Gil-Oaks, #as well as to the president of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, to that they consider the opportunity to send immediately, in the next days, to a small delegation of the European Parliament so that it gather with Mr. *Rugova in Blunt, #where finds, because I do not know how *sucederá inside a month, month and half or two months. +How will be able to explain that this Parliament has not had in any moment the opportunity to exert his right to issue a *dictamen, that to date no *nos has got documentation detailed about this subject and that the Parliament sees forced to treat this subject without having of the necessary information? +As they have underlined it the majority of the orators of my Group, believe that it do not has to, to protect to the consumer -worry that do not leaves to be legitimate-, deprive it, to time, of #all the advantages and of #all the benefits that this development #can contribute so much in the plane of the employment as in the of the economy. +Is the case of the amendments directed to restrict the exceptions enumerated in Annex 2 of the proposal (amendments *núms. 21, 68 and 74) and of the amendment 61, relative to the demands in the courts, although on this last subject the Commission recognises that it is necessary to improve the possibilities of repair legal, especially in the agreements *transfronterizos. +graces, gentleman *Mendes Bounces, am sure that #all *nosotros wish also can celebrate in September it that *usted has signalled in the last part of his intervention and, as *usted has announced that #this goes to be the last in this hemicycle, *permítame that *le wish it better for the future and that wish also that we follow keeping a fine relation so that, are #where are, #can cooperate so much in the fight for culminating the process of the European Union as in the solidarity with #all the villages that the need. +In this sense, the Commission considers that the approval, by part of the President *Habibie of Indonesian, of the presence of observers of the Nations Joined, that go to supervise the query organised by the #indonesian authorities in *Timor Oriental, constitutes a step to forward, and entrusts in that presence guarantee the that this announcement celebrate in a peaceful climate, of impartiality, of freedom and of security. +And, therefore, *me seems that it #would be necessary to take an important call, in particular that the countries, and mainly the States members and the great countries, ratified the statute and renounced explicitly to exclusion clause concerning the crimes of war so that *instituya like this a true judicial instance, compulsory, thanks to the *cual #can legitimate a right of interference. +And regarding the ratification of the Statute of the International Penal Court create, of course, that *ustedes have signalled point of common sense: what before begin to work this Court, easier will be to tackle and begin to resolve problems like the of the *Balcanes -for quoting the case of more actuality, *Kosovo- and #others that there #be in the world. +Have reached this result because, in the conciliation, #can *esgrimir in front of the delegation of the Council the decisions of the Council *ECOFIN of 18 January 1999, the *cuales ascertain -irony of destination- that the current system *INTRASTAT contains more variable of the necessary, that had to simplify , that it #would be necessary to limit the costs and modify the regulations of 1991. +Our gratitude also to #some that do not see #all days, but of the that have a daily reflection: the that elaborate the *Info-Session , the document that informs in brief of the session, and that have the virtue that, in an inscrutable jungle as it is the quantity of things that treat in the Plenary, know to choose the species and the tree that corresponds to each moment. +The importance of the European Union like international actor has remained patent also in the numerous conferences *interregionales, in the Latin American Summit of River, in the Conference of the Mediterranean of *Stuttgart -platform that now #can purchase a very considerable significance in the context of a possible new dynamics of peace-, in the *ASEM celebrated in *Berlín and in #many other meetings. +In this context #would have to leave sideways a strictly juridical interpretation and understand rather under the term Constitution a compilation of the values and the fundamental principles, of the mechanisms of operation of coexistence #european, included the operation of the European Union like political construction *sui *generis . +Now know that #one of the persons proposed by the Federal Government German not even had the opportunity to gather with the Federal Chancellor before #this interviewed with Mr. *Prodi. Or was, that the Federal Chancellor had not kept any previous conversation with the person that proposed. +The *burdo blockade of the #european directive on the old cars in exclusive interest of a car consortium German resulted so outrageous like the designation by surprise of the #ex Minister of Chancellery *Hombach like Representative in the *Balcanes or the fault of understanding of the goals and the forms of the #french politics. +To the one who today celebrates like a big hit the Pact of stability for the *Sureste #european, more *le #would have cost no *despilfarrar money in bombs, missiles and soldiers, and present instead a pair of months before said pact, like part of a political project and wide civilian of the European Union for the region, and endow to the *OSCE of the necessary resources. +Varied subjects of actuality, #such as the #nordic dimension of the Union and the relations with *Rusia, will be treated then with security, but wanted to still take out to *relucir another question of actuality: the expectations to carry to good term the process of peace of Orient Next are the best of the last *añostras the rise to the power of the government of #Barak. +Yes, results *chocante that a #european Commissioner #can obtain *indebidamente personal advantages of his functions. But much more *chocante still is that great very rich companies #can obtain private benefit, of form totally legal, of subventions of the #european institutions, *cuando results that these same institutions in at all help -that *yo know- to the eighteen millions of workers reduced to the unemployment in the territory of the Union, as neither to #that other millions that have to live with wages that grieve *les allow to survive. +*Nos abstained in the vote of this point, since the statute proposal of the European Parliament is not #satisfactoria.3.el relative point to the next governmental conference, as we think that the conference only has to treat the enlargement and not seeing complicated by the question of the extensive reforms for taking. +In general, the opening of a credible #european perspective and realistic #whose final goal was the adhesion to the EU with responsibility and #ours help, is besides the only solution for the stabilisation *substantiva and for the creative development of the relations among #all countries #balkan, and among *ellos and the rest of *Europa and of the world. +The Commission of Subjects Constitutional requests that it integrate to the section 1 of the article 29 of our Regulation the following interpretation: "#can not admit with arrangement to this article the constitution of a group that denies openly all political character and affinity political among his components" . +Definitely, with a critical content, that shows, once again, it that always have checked whereas Commissioner and that I want to declare in front of this hemicycle: the human and professional quality and integrity of the women and of the men that are part of the #european public function and that no only loan to *ella his work, but also his personal delivery. +Our Group, after having listened the repeated statements taken in front of Parliament by the President designated, after having voted his investiture in May and after having taken part with seriousness and without prejudices in front of #any of the 19 candidates to Commissioners, considers that the long crisis that has affected to the Commission has to finalise with a clear and strong investiture of *usted, gentleman President, and of the Commission proposed by *usted, in virtue of the powers that *le awards the Treaty. +The Greens propose a series of measures relative to reduction active, global and massive of the time of work, and the support to durable economic activities, creators of employments, in sectors like the construction of houses, the collective transports, the renewable energies. +No thus it leaves to be dangerous, as pressure groups federalistic go to *apropiarse the conclusion of Colony to try start the defence of the rights of the citizens to the national constitutions and for *englobarlas in an upper text, a supposed #european constitution. +Lady Speaker, President of the Commission, the year 1999 has been difficult for the main institutions of the European Union because the problems that have arisen in relation with questions like the surrender of accounts about varied initiatives of the Union, have created tensions in relations among the European Parliament and the Commission. +The Roman Mr. *Prodi was proposed like President of the Commission by the current Government of the Italian Republic, of the *cual my party is active part and entrusted in that the strength of personality #can guarantee a valid leadership of the Commission and surpass the limits and the incongruences that exist in his program and in his composition. +But is fundamental to recognise that Indonesian did not fulfil with the commitments contracted in the Agreement of New *York, that demanded the intervention of the Security Council of the Nations Joined by means of the sending of a strength of peace, with precise mandate and length determined, to guarantee the security and the peace in the territory and avert a new genocide. +Gentleman President, is not with spirit of barren recrimination but by our interests and by our alarm in front of the form in that it is the situation by it that *nos feel forced to remember and *recalcar the direct and indirect responsibility of the States Joined of *América by slaughterings and the ethnic purification, that in these moments characterise to the situation in *Timor oriental. +Along the years the Realm Joined has achieved to have a high and effective military capacity and in spite of *ello the strengths armed of the Realm Joined are now excessively scattered and the greater part of the States members of the European Union consecrate to the defence a proportion of #GDP inferior to the of the Realm Joined. +The Humanitarian Office of the European Union (THROW) has taken part from the principle in the estimate of the thickness of the necessary help and in the coordination of the cast of the help of the Union to places more needed. +*Yo think that from the moment in that it exists the European Union, from the moment in that there #be freedom of circulation, from the moment in that it exists the agreement of *Schengen and exists a unit in the subject of the circulation of persons among the countries members, #can not a *tercer country, the States Joined, come to *quebrantar politics and discriminate to a country like #Grecia. +At present the priorities are to put in order the banking system, collaborate closely with #others *pilares and with the *KFOR to provide the basic supplies, accommodation and transport of face to the winter, prepare together with the World-wide Bank and the #FMI budget simplified and work in fiscal subjects, #as well as elaborate together with the World-wide Bank a frame for the investment to half term that will be presented in the next conference of future donors. +Likewise, believe that these 15 representatives of the States members work in this council of administration in accordance with a swearing of the charge that *les forces to back and boost, *cuando was possible, the interests of his country, and no on the base of swearing #european of the charge that #can demand that they respected to the maximum the ideas and #european interests and no only the national. +The European Union and in particular the European Parliament have not left to express his unconditional support to the attempts to promote the peace process in Orient Half and to provide help to this region. +In the resolution of the month of March of 1999, relative to the peace process and to the future help to Orient Half, the European Parliament has underlined precisely that, although they confirm the agreements of *Wye *Plantation, as like this it has been, the most important problems, especially the statute of the refugees, have to resolve . +A last question. Even highlighting the need to follow conceding humanitarian help to *través of the *OOPS, believe that the European Parliament is especially interested in finding a just political solution and objective to the problem of refugees #palestinian, a solution that was according to the resolution 194 of the Nations Joined. +The waves of refugees, in increase, do not solve reinforcing the measures *represivas, but exerting an international politics that reduce tensions and contribute to the political solution *pacificadora of any type of difference, and that do not resort, as in the case of *Kosovo, to the criminal measures of a military intervention. +Reinforce the activities of exchange of informations, of filed, and of preparation of these informations, well in the field of the *Europol, well directly among the States members, increases the dangers of an uncontrolled use of these archives and legalises surveillance activity and of police signing, with the excuse to warn the criminal acts. +Quote: "in so much in will Go prevail the opinion to define to the that think of another way like the that have another belief and that the right to decide on the life and death or to control the destination of the country derives of the religion, the political climate will remain poisoned and it will be necessary to have that it produce violence by political reasons" . +In consequence, the Union supports the forensic investigations on the presumptive crimes of war and, this same week, the Council of General Subjects has expressed in his conclusions his deep worry by the fact that it follow without resolving the question of the varied thousands of missing; in his big majority *albanokosovares. +The Commission receives with satisfaction the positive will of progress that showed the Government in opposition in the agreement mark, but is necessary to follow advancing substantially - as for example, with the celebration of some just legislative elections, foreseen for the next year - before being able to *plantearnos the possibility to restart a regular cooperation. +At any rate believe that it #would be necessary to follow working to treat to look for the possibility that there was an independence among the deputy and the assistant, since our work requires this independence, in conversations, in the subjects to treat and even in other factors that do not come to the case. +Lady Speaker, of compliance with the article 41 of the Regulation, formulated a question for the turn of questions and fulfilled the terms that in point 13 of the section To of the Annex *II, foresee that "the questions will have to present to the President a week before, like minimum, of the beginning of the turn of questions. +After the statements of the President *Prodi in front of the European Parliament, the Commission proceeds to an analysis in depth of the situation created by the multiplication of the cases of doping in sport and considers the possibility to set up concrete measures that it #would be possible to adopt in the community field. +Have suggested to use the commercial television in commercial time and, is more, have asked #if the Commission #would be had to choose the space of #time among the general #news and the sportive #news, because in case the wide popular coats #would not be taking zapping. +Gentleman Commissioner, there #be not worse attitude that try close ahead of time an investigation of the type of the investigation on the linen, on the implication of high charges of the #spanish Government in plot of illicit collection of subventions and the fraud in these helps for the transformation of the crop. +Finally, wanted to *recordarle once again that the *FEOGA is varied campaigns in these moments and #if verifications at random allow to ascertain irregularities in the management of the system of organisation of the markets, *España has to have present that will deduce a compensation to so much heaved, is to say, that the already disbursed subventions will reduce *retroactivamente in a global total that will depend of the gravity of the irregularities detected. +Goes to propose the Commission to the European Council more of it same or, by the contrary, the Commission, on the base of the requirement of the criteria of *Copenhague and of the own *convencimiento internal of Turkish, goes to offer to the Turkish the possibility of not losing the train of the future? +Without embargo, like deputy of #turkish origin support the help and economic cooperation and support also to *Turquía in his inclusion in the European Union #if well they have to fulfil the conditions of *Helsinki. For example, the question of *Chipre, the of the human rights and the question *kurda have to solve politically, abolish the pity of death and concede a general amnesty to #all prisoners. +Know that the European Parliament follows of wall the evolution of the peace process in Orient Next and that, in his breast, exists a deep knowledge of the subjects of the zone, as well it shows the report on the process of peace published by the Parliament in May of the present year. +Lady Speaker, in name of the radical deputies here present and no inscribed, *le confirm that we do not go to take part in the vote until they do not resolve the problems of the rights and of the prerogatives of #all the elect deputies in this Parliament and while it do not allow to #all the 626 deputies have #the same rights and duties. +Likewise, are known the difficulties that find these energies to penetrate the market, #as well as the reasons of this situation: the sources of energy traditional have a relatively low and stable price; absence of #tending measures to promote the *FER. +Without embargo, in my opinion, exist risks founded that *Europa, in this field of the international trade and in the Round of the #Millenium, adopt positions of *retaguardia and do not assume, instead, as it #would have to, civilisation leadership, a leadership that wants to direct the novelty of the 2000 of the international trades in a field of norms reliable for #all. +Is a pity that Mr. *Pasqua have left; said that in this Assembly there #be not debate, but wanted to *remitirle to the results of the economies of Big *Bretaña and the States Joined, countries integrated in the system of trade world-wide that have achieved high indexes of growth, the reduction of the taxes of unemployment and low types of interest. +By #this have to defend also the #european agriculture, the tradition of the typical products that *engloban the textile sector, of the footwear and of the industry, remembering that the elimination of some products comports the modification of habits or even of the surroundings: think in the oil, the *lúpulo and malt. +Believe that our deliberations of today have turned in fine measure around the key subjects of the environment and the agriculture and also to the subject of the social clause, but want to call attention on the specific needs of the industry of the culture and of the audiovisual sector. +By this reason the Council approved on 28 June 1999, in accordance with the procedure of *codecisión with the European Parliament, a common position to take the decision to create an instrument only for the finance and planning of programs oriented to the cultural collaboration. +Gentleman President, consider very significant that in the debate on the budget have approved, for now in the breast of the commission, some amendments that back and ask to the Commission that support the campaigns and actions in favour of the moratorium of the capital executions and, on a long-term basis, the suppression of the pity of death. +By a part, the great world-wide powers -#EE.UU and the *URSS - found near of the diplomatic split and, by #another, assisted to the progressive deterioration of the relations among the Atlantic Alliance and #some #islamic countries, in the first place Libyan, whereas in #Italia, in particular the extreme left did not leave to question the #italian participation in NATO. +Therefore, lady Speaker, consider that it is necessary to subject to the deputies to a system of internal control rigorous -am the first in say it-, but do not believe that the text that will govern the application of this control have to tread , simply, of the decision applicable type to the group of the personnel of the community administrations. +Now well, in this moment are #a lot of to scale #european decisions that do not appear reflected directly in the Budget of the European Union, but the Budget 2000 follow being, even so, a foundation determinant and that marks the guideline for the performance in fields of the #european politics during the next year. +Begin to *atisbar the amount of the needs for the *Kosovo, there #be had an earthquake in *Turquía and a political cataclysm in *Timor Oriental, without having the need to endow fishing Agreements with *Marruecos, that the Government of the main country interested had to to forget in the negotiation on the piano of *Berlín. +To time, *me surprises that *Finlandia, that at present occupies the Presidency, follow so strictly the mistaken opinion of the Council, according to the *cual the world-wide events will not have any influence in the evolution of the budgetary process neither in the total amount of the budget of the EU. +In fact, the transfer of a basic competition of the modern State, the monetary politics, to a truly #european and independent organisation like #ECB has to consider like a historical event that marks a grade without precedents of political and economic integration inside the European Union. +*Déjenme finalise insisting in it that it is the specific posture of the Liberal Group, that demands, happened the transitory period of two years, the publication of votes, of the diverse positions in the meetings of the Executive Committee and of the models *macroeconómicos, that understand that it #would allow to take some forecasts more *convincentes and correct precisely by part of #that that operate in relation with the Central Bank European. +Coincide, likewise, in the measures proposed for the increase of the transparency and in need of *clarificar how is it that understands in the Central Bank European by monetary politics, further of the stability of prices -obviously, his main function-, because *ello #would contribute, definitely, to a suitable and balanced *policy *mix that have like goal the promotion of the sustainable development and the durable employment. +But #would not owe *sorprendernos in front of the limitations of the powers that remain to disposal of the national governments of the zone of the euro put that it never has constituted a secret of the parents founders of coin only that it that had in mind was the creation of a political union and some states joined of *Europa. +Inside the #dutch tradition exist also #some forms structured of implication of the *Nederlandse *Bank in the economy of consensus, for example with the existence of a council of the bank, that advises to the bank, in the that take part also speakers social, #as well as because the *Nederlandse *Bank has a seat in the Social Economic Council, that is the *primer organ adviser in the economic and social field. +#If there are not #others that take part, will not work, so that it splits of the answer on it that we have to take now is to be more active in the discussion marry by case -in the frame of the groups of friends of #Sierra Lion, for putting example- trying organise a more coordinated answer for *alejarnos of the immediate demands of the crisis. +The Commission *subscribe the dynamic perspective of the consecration of a #european concept of access to justice, like instrument for the exercise of the right of free circulation of the persons without obstacles of legal type and official. Also is necessary that this right of free circulation go accompanied now of the necessary legislative measures so that it #can take reality in the shortest space of time. +agreed priorities and political orientations and the Commission will have to present a proposal of *scoreboard, group of evaluation of the advances reached and of the fulfillment of the terms established by the Treaty of *Amsterdam, action plan of *Viena and the own conclusions of this European Council, pragmatic initiative that *augura fine results and that had the obstinacy of the Commissioner *António *Vitorino, the one who also therefore it deserves our congratulation. +Of this mood, insisted in the convergence and in common norms in the process of asylum, in creation -although it wanders- of a financial instrument for situations of temporary protection of refugees, in the intensification of the judicial cooperation, in the recognition of the judicial decisions, etc. The principles are formulated and are as a whole positive. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0034\/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position (*C5-0026\/99 - 1998\/0191 - (*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to a community frame for the electronic signature (Speaker: Mr. *Lechner). +The concomitant announcements of the suppression of 7.500 places of work and of the enormous increase of his benefits, of the closing of the factory *Wolber-*Michelin in *Soissons -described of error of communication by the leaders of the company- show until how point the cynicism and disdain are the engines of the industrial strategy of this multinational. +#""*Le have taken the funeral" , said *pomposamente senator *Jesse #James, known by his extremism, not giving account - or maybe giving perfect account - that with the signature of this Treaty had begun to convert in reality the hope of not going back to repeat it that the States Joined took with the nuclear holocaust of *Hiroshima and *Nagasaki. +Gentleman President, the recent decision of the Senate of the States Joined on the rejection of the Treaty of Total Prohibition of Nuclear Proofs creates an unpleasant antecedent in the effort that take the villages of the world by a durable peace and by the stability. +Want to say with #all clarity that the European Union has to modify his politics to the *respecto, that has to pronounce clearly by the human rights of the village *checheno, for which, the *OSCE, the Agreement of armistice of 1996 and also the condition of member of *Rusia in the Council of *Europa offer an instrument to the equal that Cooperation Agreement with *Rusia. +treats of two different things: while the community organism is oriented to the compilation harmonised and organic of general statistics, pertinent of the distinct States, with the public and administrations like main customers that, therefore, provide work, the Observatory has objective more specific, more directed and oriented in function of the market and of the statistical needs of the companies and of the professionals. +Owe *circunscribirnos, as, to the current editorial of the article 191 of the Treaty, the ancient article 138 To, that mentions, of way enough wanders, the action of the political parties, quote: "to scale #european", which is very different -anyway, the Council and the Treaty like this wanted it- of party notion political European" *stricto *sensu. +Is also a problem of relation among two countries of a zone of the world that needs peace and tranquility and, therefore, this agreement is strategic no only from the point of sight of these communities *pesqueras, but also from the point of sight of balance, of the peace, that only #can reach by means of diverse modalities of cooperation, since it treats of an exemplary case. +It that the fishermen need to know, in relation with this concrete point, is not that the Commission go to adopt initiatives, is not that the Commission was available for *ayudarlos, it that the fishermen need to know, gentleman Commissioner, is how type of initiatives go to adopt and, especially, #which is the value of the community subvention that goes to concede for the help to fishermen and during how much time is had the Commission to apply it. +Because, as it has said my colleague *Miguélez, the problem of the fishermen is not the to be funded in inactivity, is the to be supported by the European Union so that they #can exert his professional mission, that is the to be able to work and with *ello contribute to the national wealth and to the community wealth. +Besides, the community presence contributes to the area the elements of a responsible fishing and #can be an important factor of balance in front of the presence of other fleets, mainly the Russian, by not talking of the helps for programs of scientific investigation that includes this Protocol. +Lady Speaker, wanted to that *nos gave an information, *cuando *usted judge it convenient on a possibility that, to be true, believe that it will be a disaster for the political information of the European Parliament, to know, on the supposition that leave to publish the bulletin of the Session *Plenaria in #all tongues of the European Union. +Believe that the debate of Friday, without the Commission and without the report of the committee of experts, went a positive step because *nosotros have the obligation to generate confidence and give answers to the problems that has the persons; do not have to *enzarzarnos always in debates among *nosotros that they #can be very interesting but as long as they indicate a line of group. +The combination of the complete realisation of the only market with the only coin, in a context of structural reforms and of strong international competition, will allow to reduce the risks of "neck of bottle" that #can appear in the case that the budgetary politics and *salariales are not suitable. +Of course, seems indisputable that require global and coherent strategies to promote the growth and employment, and *yo *me *congratulo that the own denomination, growth and employment, already dismiss a prejudice propagated often by the left, to know, the idea that it is possible *contraponer growth and employment, the value of the money and the stability of prices and the measures in favour of the employment. +Without embargo, know cases of national Governments that have comprised that exists an important *interdependencia among the effects of the monetary politics, financial and *salarial, and that, as in the cases of *Austria, the Low Countries, *Irlanda or *Dinamarca, for example, have extracted the owed consequences, with positive effects for the market of work and for the consolidation of the budgets. +The same that the demand of the Central Bank European in the frame of the dialogue, also have to ask transparency and the direct participation of the European Parliament to the Council of Ministers of Finances, to Councils "jumbo" , to the Council of Ministers of Social Subjects and to the European Council. +Has to satisfy , of time for ever, the claim of a labour week of five days, 35 hours, with 7 or 8 hours of work to the day without reduction; but with an increase of the wage, and the cancellation of the regulations that force to the worker of the sea to 12 hours of work to the day in normal conditions. +Recognise that the Mr. *MacCormick has aimed an important data when referring to the situation of the travelling artists in the #european frame, to the artists that work in different countries, as it #can be the case of the *pianistas or the companies of dance, when referring to these exponents and producers of culture. +Like this and #everything, interpretation of the Regulation #can not be neither of the Table - here quotes a meeting of the days 22 and 23 November 1979 - neither of the Table to proposal of the President, in accordance with the presidents of the political Groups, according to the decision of the day 19 November 1992. +Each #one of *nosotros has persons unemployed among his #Ours voters obligation #would have been to refuse the regrettable idea of the Commission that the unemployed #would have to receive by means of a greater deregulation of the market of work and by means of social impulses stimuluses to interest by the work or for taking part in the measures of politics of employment. +Like this, as, is necessary a modification of these politics to end to consider *prioritaria the fixation of goals clear and the materialisation of structures effective for employment creation durable and with rights and the consequent important reduction of the unemployment. +*Cuando affirm that the reduction of the fiscal pressure on the labour cost do not has to engage the *saneamiento of the public finances neither the financial balance of security systems, propose a quadrature of the circle that only #can resolve through a strong economic growth. +In effect, although *me cheer of the decrease of unemployment to scale #european (9,4% of the active population in 1999 in front of the 10,1% in 1998), the gross reality in figures do not has to in any case mask the difficult economic situation human and social of the most disadvantaged regions of the community territory. +This program, as I have said, will be an important instrument in the fight against the violence to the women, teenagers and the boys and will serve to sensitise to the society and to the media on the need to help and protect to the victims of the violence. +In the previous term of office, presented in name of the Parliament a report on the protection of the infancy and of the family, in the that requested an important budget for boys and that created in the Commission a specific unit, attendant of the protection of the infancy and of the family. +#If embargo, and lo and behold the reason of this oral question, still has not presented a proposal reviewed that it indicate clearly his position with regard to the amendments of the Parliament, neither neither - and have to say it with weighing, since, instead, *nos expected that the #finnish Presidency took in account problem - has shown the political will to transact this *dossier. +Regarding the possible legislative measures, in this report asks to the Commission that examine the possibility to modify the valid legislation or introduce new measures that strengthen these goals, but also *le asks that it check and study the effects of #all the legislative measures adopted up to now and report of cost and his total efficiency to the Parliament. +The recent nuclear accident had in the *Japón has revealed once again the criminal negligence of the nuclear industry and the recent fake of the verifications of security by part of *BNFL in *Sellafield are a proof more that there #be reason to feel worry by the nuclear industry and his operation. +Remains a lot for taking so that the right to energy was a reality in #all the places, in the poorest countries as in the countries industrialised, #where #all the categories of the population do not have access to the energy in equality of conditions: therefore, do not satisfy the needs and the energetic questions purchase crucial importance. +#All have confronted *algún day the dramas and the resultant paradoxes of the absence of freedom of circulation of the sentences that has reflected in absence of justice for the individuals and self-evident absence and omission of compulsory #european instruments and imperative that, to scale of the common space, *suplieran incongruences of the juridical fractionation that the national systems produce of course. +The previous orator, Mrs. *Echerer, already has said that there #be not any "*Containment" neither neither exists a security of service sufficient of the plant even in opinion of the competent #slovakian authority for the security of the nuclear head offices. +The Commission already has carried out a complete study of eutrophication and the relative problems to the subterranean waters and the States members have indicated the relative problems to the subterranean waters and the vulnerable zones. +Takes a week was convinced that #if it negotiated arduously existed some hope to reach an agreement that established a just balance among the reasonable protection to companies and to the agriculture of the EU, on the one hand, and the access to the market for the sakes of the countries in development, by #another. +Have supported #all efforts directed to reinforce the position of the countries in development in the system of the world-wide trade, without forgetting take upsetting in the indispensable need to continue with the reform of the Common Agricultural Politics of the EU. +Is important in the context of the next round of the structural Bottoms of the EU for 2000-2006 that measures that include in the distinct community programs are analysed with the end to guarantee that they adjust to the national and community legislation in the field of the equality of opportunities. +Now well, from the moment in that it is foreseen that the amounts reduced or suspended happen to charge of the community budget, as very late in the following exercise, intervention will translate *obligatoriamente in measures more severe in the course of the following years, with a risk of weakening of the principles of the common agricultural politics. +While it do not surpass the eagerness of *apropiarse of these sakes, of the resources of the zone -#this also is true in the case of *Europa and of #many States-, will not cease the conflicts in the region, and also #would owe *reflexionar on the need to find a wide solution of general character on a long-term basis. +A last thing: tries to include in the negotiations of the Round of the #Millenium *demasiados subjects, *demasiadas appeals of another type, perhaps to save the consciousness, *cuando afterwards -and think in death pity- *Europa in his own headquarters, in the UN, do not achieves to form a common front and have the strength to impose #some things. +#Many criticise today to the World-wide Organisation of Trade for having a too much unilateral vision of the trade, by consider it like a goal in himself\/hisself same without seeing the complex existent relations among the commercial exchange, the human rights and respect to the environment. +The field of action and the influence of the *OMC will grow of considerable form in the Ministerial Conference of *Seattle; therefore, the EU #would have to commission that the consequences of the liberalisation of trade and of the performance of the *OMC are continuously reviewed from the point of sight of the equality and of the environment. +Believe that also the Council -that among our institutions is, in some mood, the that more has *fragmentado with the multiplication of skilled Councils and a myriad of committees annexes- has to preach with the example, but no only thinking in the future but also thinking in the need to have a democratic and effective community. +#Everything *ello, and with #this finish, gentleman President, results even more necessary to the sight of #that #another big mandate, #whose launching will be the brooch of gold of the #finnish Presidency -the excellent #finnish Presidency, #whose *muchísimos tarpaulins have once again the honour to recognise in this hemicycle and that has supposed inflection point in the behaviour of the Council. +Subject: Suitability to fund the programs of the *PNUCD The *PNUCD (International Program of the Nations Joined for Drug Control) has taken publics the data of the annual poll on the production of opium according to the *cuales the total production estimated of gross opium in *Afganistán will have duplicated with grow this year, happening of the 2100 tonnes of 1998 to the 4600 foreseen of 1999. +Wanted to ask to the Council how form proposes to take take part to the Parliament, *cuando have traced these roads, in the formulation of this new financial instrument, as no fits doubt that it will take fault a new financial instrument, in the measure in that it that exists at present in mood #any is adapted for the current situation of the countries and the territories of *Ultramar and results unsuitable for the aspirations of said countries. +In the first place, #can say that colleague Baron *Crespo, to the one who do not consider an accomplice, but, even with #all the political differences, an estimated colleague, has exposed the situation of mood correct, in the measure in that *le communicated of word that *nosotros, the Group of the Popular Party European and the European Democrats want to that it proceed to vote on the Report *Napolitano. +On my part, consider - and, repeat, #this is it that *me has guided in my reflection, but go to ask to the Mr. *Napolitano #if it agrees *conmigo - that the object of the report of the Mr. *Napolitano is the application of a text of legislative character, since it treats of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, relative to the investigations effected by the *OLAF. +The mandate was and follow being only east, it that it is necessary to decide is only #this: include in our Regulation, or was, in our internal legislation, the Agreement *Interinstitucional so that it #can apply in the field of the Parliament, on the base of a *dictamen of Commission of Budgetary Control; modify the Regulation introducing the new article 9 *bis and not modifying the Agreement *Interinstitucional. +Gentleman President, the immense majority of my Group is *resueltamente adherent of this report, that consider like #one of the angular stones for the *restablecimiento of the credibility of the European Union concerning the question of the form in that it investigates complaints of fraud and occupies of *ellas; probably do not costs for nothing more, but perhaps help to show that #many of these complaints *carecen often of foundation, although alas it was not always like this. +Ascertain, second, inability of substantial coordination, and #this means that the #portuguese Presidency has at all costs that assume the initiative that conduct to the creation of a council *interinstitucional that gather at least a time to the year to coordinate #all the actions in the interior of the Union, so that *coadyuve to the international coordination. +#If in the #european Summit do not understands -because we think that the Summit has to occupy directly of the subject- that treats of the political problem number #one, with enormous consequences for the future; #if no understands that the inability of tackle it *multilateralmente, that is as it has to tackle , has begun has to take increasingly patent, with the subsequent disappointment of our villages, then will not be able to in a prudential time stabilise the situation. +Is true that, in this Parliament, the Court of Accounts do not has good sign, since the President *le has denied conference hall of press, *cuando do not exist problems for *acordársela to the most incredible associations, to the personalities of the most doubtful representativeness or to any dog guardian of the only thought, with #such that bark strong. +. (*SV) Want to *puntualizar that the establishment of a system to compare the impressions *dactilares do not constitutes in himself\/hisself a guarantee to reach a politics of asylum human and generous, that mean that the States members *solidariamente award to asylum applicants right to a shelter. +By it that refers to the international organisms, have to watch by that the program of repatriation of the *ACNUR continue his activities without that it trip with difficulty gender, since there #be had a series of incidents in the last times that seem to indicate that it exists the deliberate intention to procure *desorganizar the program of repatriation of the *ACNUR. +But the fight against the traffic of drug and capital bleaching demands also an action\/coordination in the level of the EU (and in the of the Nations Joined) in the fight that has to carry out against the powerful criminal organisations that, with activities and illicit money, *minan the economic and financial system and *entremezclan with *él. +In the Record of adhesion of *España and *Portugal to the European Communities -in the article 25 and in Protocol 2 *anejo to said Record- established for Canarians a special diet characterised by that Canarian was not integrated in the Common Agricultural Politics and, besides, by not being subjected to the Union *Aduanera community, to the diet *arancelario community, neither to the Tax on the Value Added. +#There is had besides another element: already in the Treaty of *Maastricht of 1992 incorporated a statement recognising the special situation of the regions *ultraperiféricas -Canarian, *Azores, *Madeira and the #french departments of *Ultramar- and the section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty *CE, after his modification by the Treaty of *Amsterdam of 1997, foresees a special diet for the regions *ultraperiféricas. +Therefore, *me #would seem timely that the Commission approved or manifested agreement with the proposals of the Parliament -of the Commission of Subjects Juridical-, that are very reasonable and agree with the philosophy of the Commission but *reforzándola with the reference to the new article 299.2, that goes to foresee and allow the development of a special diet. +*Yo do not go to gloss now his political path -*usted finishes it to take very well, lady Speaker-, but yes wanted to leave proof, publicly in front of this Assembly, of his human quality, of his personal value, of his dignity, of the integrity and of the value with that *ella has carried illness until the last moment. +The inform that in said resolution the President of the Court orders to postpone the execution of the act of the European Parliament of 14 September 1999 by the that Parliament adopted the interpretation of the article 29 of his Regulation, proposal by the Commission of Subjects Constitutional. +#One of the special subjects in questions of employment under the #finnish Presidency has been the position of the workers of more age, subject that treated in an unofficial meeting of the Council of Social and Labour Subjects; likewise, also celebrated a conference to ministerial level that treated precisely on the equality. +As we promised, in *Helsinki celebrated a meeting to ministerial level on the #nordic dimension, and although it was not very high the participation of the Ministers of Subjects External of the States members - *yo was the only there -, instead, were present Ministers and also #all the Ministers of the countries that belong to the field of the called #nordic dimension. +Second, the report do not drops in the cheat to present the human rights like a #european attainment, but that takes it from the universality and handles a world-wide optics, loaning attention to the performance of the EU in the frame of the Nations Joined. +Check with bitterness that from the year 1996, year in that the crisis of the sea *Egeo induced the European Community to block the Agreement of union *aduanera with *Turquía, has not given any step advance to get to the full respect of the civil rights and to the protection of minorities. +After the conversations that have kept in the last days with Prime minister #turkish and of the diverse meetings with the Minister of Subjects External Turkish, #can *comunicarles that the #turkish Government is fully conscious of the need of this fundamental change in the political field, economic, social and cultural. +The #finnish Presidency of the Council is making a serious effort to take use of the new legislative possibilities planned in the Treaty of *Amsterdam and begin to apply already the proposal after the first reading, a time incorporated the amendments of the European Parliament. +This material do not reflects this tendency to the increase of the index of substances harmful satisfied advances eastwards, but that the high indexes of harmful substances give in zones that accuse the influence of the local activities: agriculture, the industry and the houses of *veraneo. +For the European Parliament, #this are facts consummated by the vote of the Council and it only that *nos remains is *explicitar that this measure has caused enormous unrest in the rest of the producers of the States members, say that the *excepcionalidad of this measure is not foreseen in the regulation, and signal that also other States members had climatic conditions *desfavorables in moment and, without embargo, did not have it that now *le is to *Portugal. +In summary, the socialists want to ensure the defence of the producers, of the consumers and of the importing Europeans, and believe that with the report that has approved Fishing Commission, with the excellent work that has made the speaker Mrs. *Fraga, to the that I want to congratulate, and with the agreement to that has got in the Council of ministers #can, in big part, remain satisfied. +Besides, #this *OCM did not guarantees the income of the fishermen neither takes into account that in #some countries, as *Portugal -#where predominates the small coastal fishing that resupplies to the consumers of fish cool fish in his territorial waters-, producer organisations are very feeble, by it that no *les #can concede *tantas attributions without taking into account the necessary financial means. +Is necessary *escucharlos, commented with wisdom the Mr. *Somavia, the current General Director of the International Organisation of the Work, that four years ago was the soul of the International Conference of *Copenhague, in the that #all the Bosses of State of the world engaged to reduce the poverty to half of here to 2015. +The #european #SME, that find in command in alternative development, have shown that the fast elimination of the remaining substances that exhaust the coat of ozone promotes the development of companies sustainable, #as well as a greater protection of the coat of ozone. +*Nosotros, by this reason, will have to think it very thoroughly before voting the posture of the Commission and are that *ustedes *nos say that with the process of the *codecisión go to bring again the proposal of regulation, basing in the new scientific data, in the new methods of measurement, so that we #can regulate these subjects much better, particularly regarding the compound foods produced from *OGM or derivatives. +How plans has the Presidency to initiate a dialogue with the Parliament on the questions of security and defence and when will take the Minister of Defence of the Presidency a statement on the formulation of a common politics for the security and defence #european? +Equally has been necessary a big courage for the Government of #Grecia, for the Prime minister *Kostas *Simitis, bet by hit of this change, to entrust in the possibility of a favourable result, and tend his hand to *Turquía and accept that it goes to negotiate with *Turquía as with the other #european partners, with the members of the Union. +treats of an instrument that will have a length of five years and will allow, like this, in a frame of programming *plurianual, give an effective support to the measures allocated to improve the conditions of received, promote the integration and facilitate the voluntary repatriation and reintegration in the countries of origin of refugees and persons displaced. +Regarding the look of the juridical security, have to examine how #can contribute the Letter of the European Union to the improvement of the grade of protection of the fundamental rights inside the European Union and results difficult to see how #can text no *vinculante contribute to clear and *transcender the current system of protection. +The recommendation on the evaluation of the quality and the upper education approved in September of 1998 and recommendation proposal on evaluation of the quality of the school education constitute proofs of the importance of the examination of the quality of the education in the #european level. +*Me pleases that the Commissioner, together with State Secretary of Trade and Industry of my country, Mr. *Byers, has the impression of that the car industry European is the peel to the consumers of the Realm Joined, but have to say that I #can not suit with *usted in that it is a simple question of types of change, as *eso #would not explain that #some cars cost some four one thousand pounds more in the Realm Joined that in the Low Countries, for example. +*le has asked that it clear his solemn statement, made at the end of the debate this afternoon and that says, #if I have understood well the translation that *me have given, that the Council had opposite to a permanent review -do not go to say how is a permanent review, but since it says it *usted, has to know it that it wants to say- to a permanent review "by the moment" . +A fundamental appeal that the Union *Europa has to direct to the New Independent States is the respect of the civil rights to root increasingly the democratic principles and the cultural pluralism, religious, politician and ethnic, so as to improve the quality of life of persons. +Appreciate the references that have taken to the Governor of *Macao, to the that, by it other, had the honour of appointing for this place in the moment in that it was President of the Republic and #can say that the governor *Rocha Scallop has been really a man that has honoured to *Portugal and has taken that *Portugal withdraw of the territory of *Macao with the very high head and with fine consciousness. +*Señorías, taking advantage of this intervention and the occasion that *nos offers the presence among *nosotros of the president *Xanana *Gusmãor, want to manifest to His *Señorías my belief that, taking into account his peremptory needs and our common identity, the European Union has to establish immediately some special links with *Timor to guarantee his economic and social development and independence. +Promised to increase the participation of the women in the resolution of conflicts and protect to the women of the conflicts armed, but the women follow constituting the immense majority of the victims of the conflicts armed, follow absent in peace negotiations and in the initiatives of transition to the peace. +As it is very known, in 1995, simultaneously to the Conference of *Beijing, drafted and #make a document of the European Commission that adopts the principle to incorporate to #all development politics the relative politics to the treatment of the problems that *atañen to the question of the equality among the sexes. +The European Community has the delicate task of deciding #which is the better path to follow forward with the progress and think in the care, the health and the environment of the children of the children of the children of the children of our children. +Stand out this situation because *nosotras, the women of the rich countries, is to say, also of the EU, have to remember #all the time that the that decide and with *ello also decide on our sisters in the countries in roads of development, *Kosovo, in the *Balcanes, etc., follow being men and that with *ello runs the risk that the result of our work, the programs in general, do not answer fully to the wishes and needs of women. +See it like an important task for *ustedes, colleagues in the Parliament and colleagues in the Commission, assume responsibilities and occupy that these subjects have the highest rank, so that they also are a reality in the national parliaments and in the governments, in the European Parliament, in the Commission and in the Council. +In front of the evident samples that the #french Government has undertaken the *artero game of the mouse and the cat with the Commission and the Government #british and that, evidently, never has had intention to raise the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british from a beginning, has got the moment of *pedirle accounts. +In this context, and had account of the little time of the that have, *me interests to clear a thing. #If to conciliate these two postures pretends to introduce a compulsory proof, and the possibility or the obligation to label the meat of *vacuno, is indispensable that in the moment of the lifting of the embargo to import #can entrust in that this proof make and carry out the labeling. +But a time that has taken place query process and a time that the scientists of the States members and of the agency have got to a conclusion on #which is the suitable mood to proceed in a situation determined, especially in matter of alimentary security, will impose the *dictamen of the agency, will have to respect , will have to fulfil and nobody will be able to challenge it. +In similar circumstances the authority of an agency of these characteristics *calará in #all the European Union and no only will be a fine authority in the field of the security and of the public health, but that besides will provide a confidence among consumers that consider absolutely fundamental and that will constitute the foundations to follow advancing. +Reduce the length of 90 to 60 days, as it proposes in the amendment *nº 23, #would take that the Council went back to the ancient version of the proposal of the Commission and excluded the period that needs the debtor for his defence, it that in the majority of countries #would add 30 days and the result #would be similar to the version that now have. +The proof fault will force to the Commission to follow very of wall #all the scientific investigations on the possible hurtful effects in the human health of the exhibition by means of the diet to products derived of cows treated with *BST and, in necessary case, take recommendations with seen to the adoption of other supplementary preventive measures. +Besides, believe that it prejudices a characteristic and genuine look of the trade *intraeuropeo, looming reduce the circulation of the literature by *Europa to the level of pornography sent by post, as *me ensure reliable sources, in *sobres of paper of *manila brown without *remitente, and in the free world reducing the legitimate trade of books to the level of the import and export of smuggling to the *Europa of the East of the called subversive literature. +do not surprises, with this record of attainments reached by #kuwaiti women highly qualified, that on 16 May 1999 His *Alteza the Prince of the State of *Kuwait dictated an official decree by the that conceded to the best the right to vote and to present to the Parliament. But went the Parliament #who threw it down. +Gentleman President, estimated ladies and gentlemen deputies, my colleague #Michel *Barnier affirmed here on 16 November that the Commission follows with big attention the problems *ocasionados by the floods produced in the four departments of the south of *Francia, regrets deeply loss of human lives and will take all it possible for taking get to the zones affected the suitable help in the frame of his competitions and possibilities. +To carry this sentence to the practical will be necessary the unanimous consensus of the Council and the ratification by the States members to modify the current law in virtue of the *cual the residents in the Realm Joined have right to vote in elections #european, but no like this the residents in *Gibraltar. +Of face to the *quintas direct elections to the European Parliament of mediated of June and in the frame of information campaign projected by the #polish Government, has to take advantage of the occasion to explain more acutely to the population the sense and goals of the enlargement of the EU or of the adhesion to the EU. +In the first place it is necessary to mention the possible advantage that they enjoy, especially, in the agricultural sector, in the that the economic situation *les allows the possibility to develop the agricultural activity from a point of sight ecological distinct to the that have come applying in the Union. +And finally, but no therefore less important, *Chipre: will begin for saying that we value very positively and that in some sense *nos has reassured also -affirm it said by the Mr. *Bertens- the fact that the President *Klerides have shown his wisdom, averting tensions in the island with his decision to cancel the placing of defence missiles. +Besides, have sustained a fruitful dialogue through the reports of commissions parliamentary on the annual reports of the Defender of the European Village, beginning with the *primer report of Mrs. *Ahern and following with the reports of the Mr. *Papakyriazis, the Mr. *Newman and, this year, the Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín. +No in vain the institution of the Defender of Village constitutes #one of the most important elements of the #european citizenship and of the improvement of the democratic control on the community administration, democratic control that it #can attribute to this Assembly, like organ that represents directly to the community citizen. +Am convinced that the collaboration among the Commission of Requests, with #all the possibilities that offers, and the Defender of Village, with his very varied competitions, will finish occupying an increasingly important place by it that to the democracy of the European Union and the respect of the rights of the citizens refers. +The Commission no only understands fully the worry of Parliament by the delay in the application of the system computerised for the traffic, but that already had the opportunity to explain it that is in concrete to carry to term with rapidity the project. In this sense, want to give the thanks to the Gentlemen +Finally, the second separated of the amendment 20 do not respects the general principles adopted by the Commission, the Council and the Parliament in his Statement of 6 March 1995 on the registration of disposals financial in juridical acts and, by reason, said section #can not be accepted. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0111\/99) of the Mrs. *Schmidbauer, in name of Transport Commission and Tourism, on the White Book of the Commission titled: «just Rates by the use of infrastructures: gradual strategy for a common frame of *tarificación of infrastructures of transport in the EU» (*COM(98)0466 - *C4-0514\/98). +By it other, adds in his report that apart from including the tourisms in the new system of *tarificación suits to impose complementary taxes more elevated to the motorists of the sensitive regions -here go in the mountainous zones and also the great cities as you Bear, *Hamburgo, *Frankfurt, etc.-. concept #can not work and in case that it worked, #few States members #would know to resist to the temptation of *estafar to the motorists. +Meanwhile, the creation of a new order juridical international, that comport suitable means of «humanitarian interference» bumps with the irreducible opposition of great powers, like the States Joined of *América and #others, in relation with the reform of the Nations Joined, or the States Joined of *América, *Rusia, *Francia or Chinese, in relation with a compulsory jurisdiction of the International Penal Court. +do not go to vote in favour of a resolution proposal of conciliatory character and that consists, essentially, in a unilateral and inaccurate analysis, in *bastantes points, of the situation, whereas his postures and his proposals serve *mínimamente to a peaceful solution, political and viable of the crisis; neither so at least serve to the tragic problem, by excellence, of the refugees. +In effect, #if to the beginning of the #balkan crisis that initiated at the beginning of the years ninety, *Europa had acted of common agreement and with decision to the hour to take decisions univocal *cuando began the *desmembración #yugoslav and #if, even recently, *Europa had presented of unitary and compact form to the recent Summit of *Rambouillet, maybe #would not assist to the massacres and to the ethnic cleansings of these days. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0111\/99) of the Mrs. *Schmidbauer, in name of Transport Commission and Tourism, on the White Book of the Commission about just rates by the use of infrastructures: gradual Strategy for a common frame of *tarificación of infrastructures of transports in the EU (*COM(98)0466 - *C4-0514\/98) +The publication of the *primer inform of experts on the tragedy of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc has added *algo of farce to a tragedy that has cost the life to more of 40 persons -#this is the balance, still provisional, of victims- and has opened the debate on the responsibilities that the #italian authorities and French happen of #one to #others with absurd excuses and *injustificables. +Gentleman President, *permítame that, before it close word turn on human rights, express in high voice my satisfaction by the fact that today the Minister of Interior #british have decided that it continue the process of extradition of the General *Pinochet, in the line in that it expressed the European Parliament. +Too much can, control and an insufficient and deficient transparency, and the nonexistence of a register on the negotiations undertaken; lo and behold #some of the reasons to explain the deficiencies that present in the actuality the institutions of the EU, especially of face to his relations with the public opinion. +Exist still deep divergences on #some points among the European Parliament and the Commission, #among others: the repayment of the costs *ocasionados by the human victims and families so much from the point of sight financial as from the point of sight of the psychological support. +Without embargo, in spite of the favourable economic evolution and of the significant structural reforms (reform of the administration, of health, of the system of retirements), take fault still greater progresses in varied fields (inner market, absence of a system of control of state helps, privatisation of the great state companies). +treats in this case of #one *décima splits of the members of the Parliament, 66 deputies pertaining to #all the political groups: 5 of the Group *PSE, 8 of the Group *PPE, 4 of the Group *ELDR, 6 of the Group *UPE, 6 of the Group *GUE, 9 of the Group *V, 3 of the Group PLOUGH, 15 of the Group *I-*EDN and 10 no inscribed. +Already had approved takes a pair of years a program for the third age that, nevertheless, was blocked in the Council by the conservative governments German and British of then with the spent argument that there was not any juridical base that served of support, and that it was finally an exclusive responsibility of the States develop politics. +The Commission has begun to *reflexionar on the way to adapt the social security to the development of the demographic structure of societies #european. to this same *respecto, is also the level of income of the greater persons. +#Can take part other factors, extraneous to the agricultural look, as they are the costs in hand of drama, the cost of energy, the normative disposals on environment, the vicinity of the markets, etc. The economy of scale, like the that it #can appear, for example, in States Joined, that has of enormous units of production, sometimes integrated in the industry of manufacture of starch, #can give place likewise to comparative advantages. +This approval of the management did not involves *forzosamente censorship motion, although logically it induces to the Parliament to *reflexionar, and have suppressed the anomaly that appeared in the regulation, that pretended that the rejection of the motion of censorship approved by absolute majority of the members of the Parliament. +The decision to approve the management is an only act that #can not dissociate of the political decision of approval of the management, a decision of closing of accounts that has to adopt simultaneously; dissociation #would modify the institutional balance and #would demand a review of the Treaties. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0240\/99) of the Mr. *Bösch, in name of the Commission of Control Budgetary, on the proposal modified of the Regulation of the Council relative to the investigations effected by the Office of Fight against the Fraud. +To measure that advance to a new stage, a new situation in the that did not treats of the Commission or the States members, but of the Commission and the States members, wanted to ask to the President of the Council that study this question of activities among the Court of Accounts and the organisms *fiscalizadores national in the future. +Take advantage of also the document of the approval of the management of the year 1997 to remember that the Commission of Budgetary Control #would have to can have the necessary means to control the credits referents to the political groups and to the costs of secretariat of #the same. +Without embargo, #if *Yugoslavia represents the reality and besides the metaphor that describes it difficult that is to create, for the time being, conditions of coexistence among *etnias different, then is necessary to recognise -to the equal that *usted- that only in the #european field and no in the constitution of small States increasingly enclosed and monolithic from the point of sight ethnic, will be able to reach the conditions of a real coexistence. +Is equally contrary to the Letter of NATO, is to say, to the Treaty of the Atlantic North, a purely defensive alliance initially and that it is transformed, by the circumstances, in an offensive alliance that takes part out of his geographic sphere, since *Yugoslavia never has formed part of the perimeter of the NATO. +Want that it have a High strong Representative, a planning of politics strong and a unit of #alert fast, a strong structure of the Commission with a coherent squad of Commissioners that occupy of the external relations. +Gentleman President, in the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence have debated simultaneously two very important reports related among himself\/hisself as they are the report of the Mrs. *Piha on the northern dimension of the European Union and the report of Mr. #Spencer on the strategy of the Union regarding *Rusia. +In my quality of coordinator of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists *permítame *decirle that the group will support the report #such as it is with the amendment of the Commission of Budgets voted night previous relative to the extraordinary promotions *ad *personam . +Thus, believe that they #would have to can correct the irregularities that register in the promotions of the personnel, especially now that the Mr. *Priestley has ensured that it treats of rectification of only character and that in the future will apply a practice subjected to a big control, based in criteria and disposals related exclusively with the aptitudes of the civil servants and that will adapt to the principle of transparency. +The fundamental reason of #all these reforms was and is -and also #this suits that they know it the citizens- increase the efficiency and transparency of the Parliament, leaving in inheritance to the deputies of the next term of office an Assembly prepared to confront with hit his institutional paper and the challenge derived of a greater attention by part of our *conciudadanos. +*Señorías, have had the privilege of chairing the work of this Assembly from the firm conviction that *potenciarla, *hacerla each more present day in the life of the Europeans, is the best mood to reduce the democratic deficit of the Union. +Believe that with his help, especially *cuando have treated on #many of the delicate political controversies of the last months, and the Conference of Presidents, have been able to keep together a coherent parliamentary vision, in spite of the tensions, the pressures and the distinct emphasis that the Groups contribute to the debates. +has gone back to open the table on the institutional reforms and #this, it is necessary to say it, has been the big merit of the Presidency #german, from the statement made by the President in exercise of the Council in front of this Parliament in the month of January. +Certainly the that accustom to call in community language «triangle of *Amsterdam; without place to doubts, the qualified majority that, as #all know, is not at all a technical question, but deeply political, because it puts in discussion the sovereignties of the national States and certainly it that *atañe to the question of the composition of the Commission and the weighting of the votes. +Gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, have heard and read with attention the resolution of the Mr. Of #Giovanni, to the one who take advantage of to congratulate and appreciate the exemption, the rigour and the impartiality, also like #mine president that it is of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, in the that have worked in the last years. +Although the financial credits for the next period of helps remain *algo underneath of the proposal *originaria of the Commission, is an essential hit that continue the grade reached of community solidarity with the poorest regions and of structures feebler of the Union without removing at all and that cohesion Bottoms continue. +Have had the weakness to believe that, to go out of the institutional and political crisis that has caused the resignation of the Commission with the bottom of the war of *Kosovo, his future President, Mr. Roman *Prodi, *nos #would transmit an ambitious message. +To answer to these challenges world-wide, #would owe *forzosamente «reform the model of the *welfare» , «review the rules of the market of work and of the markets of the professions, to reduce the obstacles to the access of the market and [$^.$^.$^.$^]#\ create an employment that react more to the economic growth». +#If we join #this to the elections to the European Parliament of 13 June 1999, the European Union has to confirm his firm dedication to the principles of democracy, of the solidarity, of the justice, of the transparency, of the stability and of the peace. +Is like saying that the Council and the Commission consider that the insular regions of the Union have known development economic #such that questions the political will, expressed a year and half before by the Conference of *Amsterdam, to take in consideration of effective form the insular fact? +Since the Parliament has expanded the rights of the citizens and citizens with a wide principle of participation in the project of regulation -and only #this is the base so that the planning #can apply also of sustainable mood-, the Council leaves that subject of common interest decide it to his *arbitrio the States members. +The European Parliament has opened the possibility so that to the hour to choose the measures and projects #can use consultancy of a small group of experts in the terrain of the *acervo community and of the problematic of the economic development of the countries of the ancient communist block. +The additional costs for actions in the rural areas are a discretionary disposal so much regarding the endowment of credits as to his application and are not a substitute by the loss of capacity acquisitive caused by the reduction of prices. +In addition to the relative looks to the control of the vineyard and to the conditions of production of grape, form part the whole of the relative rule to the practices *enológicas, is to say, to the transformation of the wine, to the equal that rule relative to the labeling. +Like this as, is a political answer the that *le ask, gentleman, since I am in front of a minister, and wanted to know #if in the Councils of Ministers get *ustedes to talk no only, of course, of the immigrants, of problems of security, *algo that takes *usted very well -Presidencies #austrian and #german reveal it #all the days- but also of the right of the citizens, together with the right of the capitals, to circulate freely. +In the frame of the bilateral conversations, the Federal Government German, in his quality of Presidency of the Council, has urged -even very *insistentemente- in diverse occasions to the #ukrainian part so that it modified disposals by humanitarian reasons. Lamentably, these efforts have not had up to now any hit. +Subject: The dispute among the EU and the States Joined in relation with the diet of the banana #Can the Council make a statement on the last pertinent #news of Solution Organ of Differences of the *OMC that analyses the community diet of the banana and indicate how answer will give to his conclusions? +Include in my gratitude to #all civil servants that *nos helped to get to a commitment in the that appear three of the main basic aspirations that had in this Parliament: have of a juridical instrument of horizontal character; of an only financial instrument, the *IFOP; and reach, besides, that in the regulation base collected, at last, #all the financial structural measures. +For example, the continuity of actions #tending to keep fleet modern, safe and competitive; or #that that have shown to be instruments very effective of politics *pesquera, like the mixed companies with third countries, to the that the proposal of the empty Commission of content, *cuando #can be an excellent formula of cooperation with third countries, as surely it will show in the future in the case of *Marruecos. +In a field it is necessary to praise to the Commission -Mr. *Fischler has needed long until presenting a so good project, but *usted also has rejected during long withdraw the ancient project-, to the Presidency of the Council, to the Mr. *Funke, and also to the colleagues of the Parliament. +States members have urged to the social speakers to undertake negotiations with the goal to reach an agreement -to any level- that promote the adaptability, balancing the flexibility in the places of work and without forgetting the security of the workers. +Gentleman President, in the page 8 of the Record, with the title «Election of the President of the Commission», alludes to the vote of the Parliament referent to the approval of the designation of the Mr. *Prodi by the Bosses of State and of Government, and expresses that the President congratulated to President elect. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, like Speaker of the Freedom Commission Public and Inner Subjects, *me satisfies, of course, to the equal that to #all the colleagues that have taken part, that have achieved an agreement and that the Presidency *nos have been able to communicate that the Agreement of *Schengen has integrated, in effect, in the Treaty of the Union. +The *segunda area in the that agree with *ella is that, in the question of the «*opting-*in» or «*opting-*out», choose it that wants to receive or refuse it that do not wants to receive, have to give to the consumer the right to take #this last, but the fact to prescribe how #can or #can not put in the network supposes to restrict of mood the expansion of this traffic that #would produce a negative effect in the own only market. +Odd political is #this, that *nosotros ask to the Council a tendency that, apparently, *nosotros do not want to respect going against of the Treaties, against of our own Regulation, against of the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice and against of the same common sense, that says that, *jurídicamente, act is an act and has the value of this formal act. +Regarding the Cohesion Bottom, #this occupies a place aside, since his logic of finance is the of the finance by project and no by program; in spite of occupying a place aside, exerts a paper determinant in the sense to help to the economic and social cohesion, that is #one of the committed of the European Union. +Since we wish austerity in #everything it relative to the budget of the EU, #as well as a budgetary program marked by the rigour and some very founded priorities, *nos showed contrary to the increases proposed in the budget of the EU for the next exercises and have voted in favour of returning the proposal to the commission. +A person like #Simon *Peres, for example, and other collaborators of the Party *Laborista, represent an unambiguous politics to the *respecto. In front of this situation, #can not but express our hope that also part #israeli declare categorically that wishes to engage in depth with the peace and that will put end to the numerous measures *represivas that, unfortunately, have come *sucediendo from the taking of the power of *Netanyahu and his nomination like Prime minister. +Gentleman President, the Palestinians have adopted a very brave decision and expect that the #israeli Government - so much the current Government like the future - show determination. Need a #palestinian State sovereign, need that it respect fully the sovereignty of the *Líbano and of Syrian and, obviously, also need guarantees regarding the sovereignty and the security of #Israel. +The arrest, out of the borders of *Djibuti, of #some leaders of the opposition -specifically in *Etiopía and in the *Yemen-, his extradition to *Djibuti and his imprisonment, the conditions in the *cuales find arrested persons, the absence of trial, the absence of lawyers, the particularly difficult and painful conditions of arrest: *nosotros know all *eso and is evident that #can not admit it. +Now well, the resolution that present fixed the goal to obtain ratification of at least 60 countries until the end of the year 2000 so that in this year the International Penal Court #can go in in functions and asks to the Council that inscribe this goal in the agenda of the European Council of Colony. +By a part, takes a call to the sense of responsibility of those who employ this freedom. But on the other hand, corresponds to the public organs find suitable solutions to put *coto to the bad use of these hurtful freedoms for the society in general and especially for the taxes and the collection of taxes. +Is besides *algo favourable the fact that no tackle only the culture of the EU, which #would give foot to some type of nationalism of the Union, but that take upsetting also in the culture of other countries to the *margen of the EU and that extract favourable conclusions of the pertinent cultural looks of other parts of our planet. +It that is in the last months, especially -as it has mentioned the Mrs. Commissioner, Mrs. *Gradin- in zone #asian, *nos concerns enormously, because the effort that has taken the textile industry -very positive- to put to the day, to be competitive, to have an optimum position and quota in the international market, #can shatter in little time. +of the report of the European Council and of the statement of the Commission on the meeting of the European Council celebrated in Colony days 3 and 4 June, -the statement of the Council on the semester of activity of the #german Presidency. +To difference of it that occurred in 1991\/92, in this occasion the EU adopted a common position in the *Balcanes and took it because the #european States finally comprised that it that there was in game was not only a moral commitment or the future of a region #european peripheral, but his own security, the security of #all *nosotros. +The question of taxpayers #net or the new regulation of the financial frame has been *esgrimida to the principle by the Federal Chancellor German especially in front of the #german public opinion but afterwards has *fracasado *miserablemente to the hour to solve the problem. +To #that *respecto, *me #would enjoy to ask to the Mr. *Fischer #if it sees, further of the conclusions of Colony, a perspective to short or to half term so that they adhere the countries that still have not taken it to the article 5 of the Treaty of *Bruselas modified, is to say, to the clause of mutual assistance that links to the countries at present members of the Western European Union. +The second motivate is, it that has shown again clearly the war of *Kosovo, and perhaps exert here also a paper the different political experiences, very especially in the *Europa central, that only exists an only security in this continent: #can not allow in this continent the nationalism, racism or a primitive form in gross of the fascism. +Likewise have ratified the conjoint resolution of the Council of General Subjects and of the Bosses of State on the location of the Department of reconstruction and have decided to summon a summit for the agreement of stabilisation of the *Sudeste of *Europa in *Sarajevo. +Is important to insist, as it has cleared Subject Minister External in his intervention, in that the internal renewal of the Union and the consolidation of the national societies in #all *Europa will be the angular stone of the development of the EU in the future. +And want to finish, gentleman President, with a question directed to the Speaker in exercise of the Council of Ministers External: #if *Turquía no offers guarantees on the life of *Öcalan, #if *Turquía do not gives #some steps in the direction of the recognition of the political rights of the *kurdos, considers the #finnish Presidency that we have to advance in *Helsinki to the statute of country in process of adhesion? +Related with #this, the Council asked to the Commission that checked that the execution and operation of alarm systems of the EU are *homogéneos and effective, and in case to be necessary, presented propositions for *mejorarlos, and to his time considered the form to expand the systems of control current to fill up the possible lagoons. +In relation to the infringement procedure #can *comunicarles that the Commission has initiated a fast procedure on *Bélgica on the base of the *art. 226 *TCE because the #belgian State did not fulfil with his obligation to inform immediately to the Commission and to the States members on the intoxications by dioxin neither acted entirely according to the Resolution 1999\/389. +do not want to get to the extreme to affirm that in the last five years have produced #one *renacionalización, but with security, the Council, for example, to the hour to confront the consequences the crisis of the *EEB has not shown a greater prowess to mark true #european goals that they were susceptible of control and also of sanction. +Second, wanted to *indicarles that the annex 3 contains the composition of the tables of the delegations, by it that ask #if yesterday, *cuando vote this point -which took-, #if yesterday, as, were available also lists with the names and with the composition, or #if yesterday we have voted without knowing the composition, which *me #would seem *inaudito, to the not existing the corresponding documentation. +Later will integrate to the Regulation; but #if tomorrow, before the approval of the Record, a political group, or well 32 deputies like minimum, of compliance with the section 4 of article 180 of the Regulation, impugn this interpretation, the question will subject then immediately to our Assembly, that will pronounce, as it is established, by simple majority, in presence of the third part of his members like minimum. +Therefore the priority of my Group is *eliminarlos and subject to the Commission to the common right, before that look for other solutions, like the to create the figure of the #european public prosecutor, that #would satisfy the federalistic manias, but #would not contribute much more with regard to the powers of the *OLAF in the fight against fraud. +No *me force to remember here names, but do not have to watch very far to see in these same seats to #who now applauds the proposal to create a *fiscalía #european, but that did not have *empacho in voting against of *ella *cuando takes a pair of years the proposed the Mrs. *Theato and *yo same, anticipating certainly that #this #would require to advance in the creation of a judicial space European and modify the Treaties. +Twisting the arm to the politicians of the European Parliament, leaving the path *expedito to the ideas on common defence, common taxes, a common politics of social provision, on the that on recommends his reduction, leaving in end the path *expedito to politics, in spite of it that think to the *respecto the #european population. +Yesterday went back to remember it in the moment to proceed to the approval of the Record of the Friday of the session *plenaria previous and Record signals now, on the one hand, that required the content of my intervention, without collecting how said really, and by the #another side, to continuation adds a relation of #all the members of the tables of said mixed parliamentary commissions. +The only instrument to enhance this responsibility to progress in the control of the resources #as well as the improvement of the Administration is a delegation to be able to and responsibility more restricted. To time #can improve essentially a problem so *palpitante like the slow circulation of payments of the European Union. +Are in game the possibility and the need to issue a signal, to leave clear that *nos take very seriously the subject of security and of the justice, to underline that in the Summit of *Tampere treats to collect information in benefit of the security and the freedom of the #european citizens. +Lady Speaker, the candidate to Commissioner *Vitorino signalled in the round of questions that the goal of the preparation of a regulation of human rights #would not be only to find a common denominator among the States members but that the regulation #would be an independent statement of rights. +Create, to finish, lady Speaker, that the goals of the European Council of *Tampere are very ambitious, but think that only being ambitious in our obstinacy for taking reality space of freedom, of security and of justice will achieve that the citizens of the European Union see in our works an effective instrument to face up to his problems. +. Have given my positive vote to the Commission chaired by the Mr. *Prodi, in the first place, because President answers fully to the profile that sue the challenges to the that it has to face up the European Union when crossing the threshold of the *tercer #millenium, and because, in general, the Commissioners have given proofs of his capacity to answer to said challenges of effective way. +Gentleman President, this *burden *of *the *future of the that *usted talked takes years in the Commission of Budgets already is the ballast of the present, because I believe that we have taken case *omiso to his "warning" and have not been it sufficiently strong like Parliament not to yield to this deceptive saving by part of the Council, that presents a payment budget forgetting warily that the commitments have to fulfil . +Without embargo, also the Commission #would go out winning #if the proposals went adapted in the sense that suggests the Parliament, so much in it that to the financial responsibility as to the structure of the Agency for the reconstruction refers, since no suffices with assigning the resources. Is #this the only form to guarantee an effective procedure, transparent and justifiable. +Satisfies to our group that the Council have collected with this diligence, as already it said it the Mr. *Wynn, the idea of the Commission of Budgets and that it have studied the fault of cost of bottom of agricultural guarantee. +Is necessary that the Council and the Commission *prorroguen the suspension of support to the economic and military cooperation, because Indonesian, gentleman President, do not attends to the argument of the human rights, only attends to the argument of the economic sanctions and of the military interests. +#If strategy consists in discrediting to the Government of *España with falsities and, besides, in showing a *sectarismo *falsario, irrational and irresponsible, shows a self-evident inability to comprise #which is his mission in this Parliament -that is not precisely the to use the tragic death of a boy-, and then is really worrisome that his career begin of this way. +In view of that the Treaty of *Amsterdam concedes the maximum priority to the protection of the human health and in sight also that the European Parliament has now powers of *codecisión with arrangement to the Treaty, #can the Council ensure to the Parliament that proposal related with the lenses of contact of multiple use in experimental stage will happen by this Parliament so that the see and #can *aprobarla? +Subject: Situation in *Kosovo *Algo more of two months after the installation of the *KFOR in *Kosovo, no only has not achieved to appease the situation in the region, neither contributed to consolidate a climate of stability, security and peaceful coexistence of the distinct communities, but that, by the contrary, has exacerbated and gone back even more taut the unstable situation originated by the bombardments of NATO. +Share the objections concerning the election of the headquarters of the agency in question - in our opinion, *Pristina and no *Salónica.-, #as well as the objections about the apparent unilateral possibility - therefore, in opinion of the Council - to expand the activities of said Agency to other regions of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia without before at least consult to Parliament. +To the equal that in the case of #all the current community agencies, the Commission proposes that the States members are represented in the council of administration, so that his presence guarantee the full coordination of the activities of the European Union with #that developed on the terrain by States members. +The pending problems follow being #many: the 70% of the territory of *Cisjordania and *Gaza is occupied militarily; the statute of *Jerusalén without defining; the #israeli settlements and the expropriation of the earth and of the water; the more of 2.200 political prisoners in prison; the question of the #palestinian refugees of the *primer exodus of 1948 and of 1967 that rise to some 4 millions. +In the *primer and second script of the section 4, the Parliament asks that the number of representatives in the "enclosure" commissioned to draft the Letter was equal to the number of the representatives of the States members, is to say, fifteen like minimum; simultaneously, removes of in half to the national Parliaments, suggesting that it only proceed to "a query of his presidents" . +Expect that the graphic and even thrilling demonstrations that have witnessed this afternoon in the Assembly and gestures so human that have shown so much Greeks like Turkish in the last weeks, conduct to the strengthening of the relations among both neighbouring countries, #as well as among *Turquía and the European Union. +Also #would have to examine seriously the enlargement of the mandate of the *OSCE from point of financial and personal sight. Ask to the Mr. *Kinnock that commission to the Mr. *Patten that *nos inform in the Commission of Subjects External on the results of this analysis so that we #can adopt other resolutions. +The first -besides say it like historian of the medicine- refers to the fact that, in a continent that has been destroyed by colonisation, as it is *África, is not a chance that have arisen the epidemic of the AIDS but that it is the consequence of the impoverishment of this continent and, thus, are responsible, as ancient colonising metropoles, to help to *África. +#If well it is evident that the available technical potential for the production of energy aeolian and solar, from the biomass, hydroelectric and geothermal #would allow to cover quite more of the 12 % of the consumption of energy until the year 2010, without embargo increase taxes registered in the past *nos indicate that they will require great efforts to reach only this 12 %. +In the first place, regarding the proposal that today debate to fix in the 1,5% to the year the improvement of the energetic intensity of the final consumption - amendment to the considering 15 and to the article 1 - consider said goal undoubtedly ambitious, but little realistic, #as well as hurtful for users that already have achieved with hit, but no without great efforts, the clear-cut goals in the program *SAVE *I (1991-1995). +A time approved, this program will convert in an important component of the program mark *plurianual of the energy, contributing a greater grade of transparency and a better coordination of our programs in the sector of the energy, allowing that the Parliament #can exert supervision competitions in interest of the #european citizens. +And no only is using the support that are of bilateral way #some countries -as it also is a bilateral collaboration with countries of the *Europa central and oriental- but that also has to take into account the support that receive to *través of the program *SAVE and of other community programs, #where it that takes is to hire with companies -that are the that give this type of support, of education, of education, of diffusion of technicians of good use- and, obviously, among *ellas there are companies of the European Union. +But certainly no *me will join to the demonstrations of *autosatisfacción of institutions #european, that have even the pedantry to pretend that they have contributed of significant way to the disappearance of the diet of the apartheid in *Sudáfrica, *cuando the responsibility of the great powers, included the Europeans, is overwhelming in the maintenance of an infamous diet during so much time. +Precisely now, in the meeting of the Commission that finishes to celebrate , the gentleman Commissioner *Bolkenstein *me has *resumido of a mood that consider absolutely correct and require the reason by the *cual there are #some chapters of the fiscal politics that do not require any harmonisation and that live in the diversity as, for example, the taxes on the income of persons. +But will see *ustedes in the new organisation chart of my general direction that #there is a service to the citizen that, truly, pretends to be to the service of the citizen and that tries to answer to #all the questions of the citizens using, as it has asked the lady *Cederschiöld, the new technologies, but also using the support paper *cuando do not have of other means. +Like this, as, is important to understand the difference that exists in this moment among problems caused by the appeals that #can not attend by budgetary considerations and the processing of commitments, in the that, in spite of the difficulties had to beginnings of this year, the situation has improved, and costs the pity remember that #some of the problems had to beginnings of this year had little that see with the delay in the reception of commitments in December. +Is really incredible that this performance repeat and that every time that #there is a question of a deputy, especially socialist, the Popular Party use the turn of questions to cover the shames of his Government and that do not take any question to the corresponding Commissioner. +The debates of today take place in a moment in that relations among the European Union and *Turquía have the opportunity to leave in a new direction: precisely two months before the meeting of the European Council in *Helsinki, of the that expect important decisions related with the process of enlargement in his whole and especially also in relation with *Turquía. +Lady Speaker, exists a quite grave problem: this proposal of resolution prays in the section 15 of the #italian text it following: "Invites to the religious authorities to that they cooperate fully in the application of prevention programs and to that they take part *constructivamente in the action of prevention of the AIDS" . +Believe that so much the EU like the Governments of the States members have to follow toughening the control on the general operation of the field of the genetic investigation and, in particular, the application of programs that do not adjust of the all to the guidelines established regarding the ethical, the environment and consumers. +Gentleman President, am very satisfied that the European Parliament occupy acutely of *Macedonia, as we have to have clear that *Macedonia is the #european country that at present sees subjected to a greater danger by unsteadiness of his neighbours, but on the other hand has made enormous progresses in the peaceful reduction of the problems of the minorities and of the tensions with the neighbours. +Pretend *convencerlos through the negotiation that the half more effective to attract to countries external direct investments, road of privileged access to the technology and to the international markets, is first of all creating a safe and predictable frame for the foreign investors, already are *originarios of countries industrialised or of other emergent countries. +In the European Council stood out that the development of the capacity of *Europa to control the crises #would improve the possibilities to take part to international level in the promotion of the peace and security, following the criteria of the Fundamental Letter of the UN. +In the last legislative period have asked to the Council that occupy of consistent mood of the security of the employees and of the population of *Bruselas and do not want *desaprovechar this occasion to ask to the Council that adopt an initiative of security for *Bruselas and against of criminality in the cities. +As it already has *sucedido in the past *cuando this Parliament, the Council, varied bosses of state and the world-wide public opinion *movilizaron to obtain a suspension of the execution, have to take once again all it that we #can to save the life of this victim of the racial hate and of a clear perversion of justice. +*Nos likes that the Government of *Bielorrusia and the opposition are for boarding a constructive dialogue to end to suit in acceptable conditions for celebration of just and free elections, restoring of this way the State of right in the country. +Gentleman President, after almost twenty years and in spite of the efforts of the #italian judicature and of the association of the families of the victims, do not know still the truth on the tragedy of *Ustica, a tragedy that affected to the public opinion #italian, #as well as to #all the #european public opinion. +Finally, *permítanme that propose two corrections: in the first place, our amendment 6, in the that ask that it do not go back to put in operation the head office while it have not carried out an investigation, leaves very seated that are of the conversion plant and no of the plant of *reelaboración of *Tokaimura, that is a different plant situated in a *emplazamiento distinct of the that occupies a distinct company ... +Lady Speaker, our colleagues of the Commission of Fishing have warmed up always the wish that the relative questions to the fishing did not go argued only in the Fridays and have heard that in the afternoon of Thursday there #be still sufficient time to argue a subject. +The communications and the commercial transactions world-wide electronics in the sphere of the services of the technology of the information are products #whose importance increases without cease, and the services in the sphere of the technology of the information will increase in more of the 100% in the European Union of here to the year 2001. +Although the budgetary lines that they are responsibility of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Political of the Consumers are not great in monetary terms, exert an important paper in facilitating the development of the politics of the Union and, especially, in *acercar more to the Union and satisfy the needs and wishes of the citizens of on foot. +Now well, in percentage of the gross inner product of the Union, the volume of the project of budget of the Council is inferior to the of the preliminary draft of the Commission, that already was inferior to the agreement of *Berlín, the *cual was to time inferior to the ceiling fixed by the agreements of *Edimburgo. +Accept totally the need to perfect and introduce efficiency in the management of east and other plans and to improve the performance, but a more effective way of take it regarding modification of the budget #would be to describe the improvements and contribute execution plan for the future. +From the point of sight of the method, *me ask why Parliament, when debating the report of the Central Bank of 1998, feels the need to include the approval of a specific measure of the *cual the Central Bank European will give account in the next report, is to say, the of 1999. +The fact that it was imminent a new review to the heaves of types, as yesterday they gave to understand so much the economist boss of the Central Bank, Mr. *Issing, like the vice-president Mr. *Noyer, did not shows perhaps that the decision of the month of April was mistaken, had account that meanwhile we have not assisted to any unforeseen impact? +Said #this, owe *alzarme against the true statement of war against the workers and the unemployed of the European Union that constitutes the goal affirmed by the vice-president of the #ECB *cuando talks to "reduce rigidities of the market of the work" , or also "*emprenderla with the habits rooted and the purportedly purchased rights" . +In the first place, no are neither expect any change related with the distribution, as in the case of the *ONG and the organisations of Nations Joined and other organisations, carried out by our management or our politics. Answer to the calls and to the crises and resort to any organisation that #can make a good work in the specific circumstances. +Regarding the part of the question *concerniente to the paper of the members of parliament in it that take -and is another form of seeing the question-, want to say that in my opinion are decisive the own debate, the own dialogue among the Commission and the Parliament around the politics that have to carry out, and is of there of where take out the decisive inspiration. +is not a lot it that asks my country: only that each member of the world-wide community fulfil with part of the task, in development of the principle of responsibility shared. And that #all #can assume the costs of the durable solutions in the measure of the possibilities and of the available resources. +has stepped in relation with the *cuarta freedom of the Treaty of Blunt. The access to the justice further of the national borders, thanks to the mutual recognition of sentences, and the possibility to combat the delinquency organised and the bleaching of money above the national borders. +In the field of the access to justice, need that the mutual recognition go accompanied of some minimum common norms and #would have been well that had taken decisions on the rights of the persons to obtain the freedom under bail *cuando are accused in a State that is not the own. +This same year, the European Council of Colony decided to draft a chapter on the fundamental rights that gather in an integral document #all the fundamental rights applicable to level of the European Union with the end of *hacerlos more visible to the eyes of the citizens. +Is to say, goes to make the definition of acts punishable, a harmonisation of the penal right material, the reciprocal recognition of sentences, goes to create *EUROJUST and protection for the victims of offences, is to say, a fan of measures that mean that it is a hit. +Even observes a weakness of the Union in the outline of a strategy to end to combat the social causes of migration and to provide help to the countries of origin with seen to reduce the pressure to the European Union. +In the last seconds of this debate *me matters to highlight the judicial construction, the fact that the citizen, in addition to the security, in addition to the police, in addition to the fight against the crime, wants to know that the justice is #his, that is his justice, in any point of *Europa; that, in front of any judge, will have justice. +Finally, the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary of the European Parliament has withdrawn the corresponding part of the project of resolution not to have problems with Mr. *Duisenberg and the European Parliament finishes to back this *dejación. +In front of the current tendency to *desreglamentarlo #everything, the European Union #can, #if it wants to, endow of instruments that allow to promote a politics like this, from the *imposición of taxation by the speculative operations until the application of a selective credit that incite to the creation of places of work and deter to the companies to take the suppressions in mass of places of work. +For my Group, Union by *Europa of the Nations, the frame inside the *cual poses the question is quite delicate, because it exists a danger that consists, on the one hand, in configuring the suppositions of an imperfect competition and, by #another, in limiting the action of the States members in this matter, against of subsidiariness principle. +In a period of situations and *coyunturas critical in the international system, the negative option of the, only *superpotencia real poses a fundamental question. The of the reaffirmation of the political will of the world civilised to control with effectiveness production and expansion of the arms that cause massive disasters. +The general of four stars Reads *Butler, responsible of the strategic strengths Americans endowed of nuclear armament and that has had his finger on the #red button during years, is totally convinced that the mere existence of nuclear armament, that #can use in compliance with a political decision but also like result of a technical failure, is very grave. +Gentleman President, wail *verme forced to abandon the session with the Mrs. Speaker of the Parliament, and thus I want now signal, as it already said Commissioner, Mr. *Patten, in his intervention, that the Union do not accepts the terrorism, but neither accept, in any case, the use exaggerated of the strength, that #can not be tolerated in any circumstance. +#If besides I see it that says in the conjoint statement of the summit on *Chechenia, the most important subject by the moment in the cooperation with *Rusia: there says that the European Union and the Russian Federation exchange positions on the situation in the north of the *Cáucaso. +The #ours is not only a necessary homage to culture, but also a sober political trial that is born first of all of the *convencimiento to have like speaker to a State - in this case *Turquía - that is far still of the full recognition of the human rights and of the principles of freedom and democracy in the *cuales assent the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, fishing agreement with the Realm of *Marruecos is with a lot the most important of the that has celebrated the European Union, because of the number of fuselages community affected, to the possibilities of fishing that opens, to the employments that depend directly of the sector -more of 8.000 fishermen and of 20.000 workers-. +The Parliament, this same morning, has fulfilled with his have to when including in the budget of the year 2000 a game of 125 millions of euros, that had not been foreseen in the financial perspectives negotiated in *Berlín, in virtue of the Agreement *Interinstitucional among the Council and Parliament, but that it is fundamental so that it #can begin the negotiation. +No threw hand of the resources that have seen takes little, like the of the liberal democrat that drags a sack of meat #british by the airport with the hope that *algún *infortunado official *aduanero the arrest and, like this, #can take a timely photo, or the of the conservative that assaulted the *Bastilla two weeks ago in #París, also to take a timely photo. +The Mr. *Graefe *zu *Baringdorf, colleague of my Group, #one or two times in his intervention referred to meat "#english" , but already knows that in the Realm Joined there are four distinct countries, and in *Escocia, that is the #mine, the agriculturalists have #all the right to feel abused, because, in the first place, do not have a serious problem of *EEB. +From the point of sight juridical, remains of self-evident that the #french law of 1 July 1998, that creates Security Agency Sanitary Alimentary, *sobrentiende that *Francia has of a sovereign power for *salvaguardar the health of his inhabitants. +#Can have problems to the principle, but the imperative of #all the that take part in the formulation of the relative legislation to this agency will be the to watch by that the competitions of each #one of the diverse institutions -already correspond to the community level or to the of the States members- have suitable reciprocal effects and each part know exactly where begins and finishes competition. +That *usted declare now -the Mr. *Böge already has posed this question- that will not be able to impose until the year 2003 the compulsory labeling and the identification of the origin of the animal from the moment of birth is, to my seem, #one of the causes of the gangrene that supposes #all this crisis of the *EEB. +The Parliament has in front of himself\/hisself relative proposals to the labeling, as it says His *Señoría, with arrangement to the article 152, relative to the procedure of *codecisión, and His *Señoría is in it true when saying that these disposals on labeling establish the obligation to facilitate information on the animal from birth, by it that the disposals on a thorough labeling are a valuable instrument. +From the point of sight of the States members by separate, the risk do not finds in inflation, but in the disproportionate increases of the nominal wages, increases that *ocasionarían a drastic descent of the competitiveness and profitability of the companies and, in consequence, a loss of places of work. +#All the actors agreed in the need to keep the stability of prices and negotiate agreements *salariales compatible with the goal to continue with the process of *saneamiento budgetary -in accordance with stability programs of each country- and to complete the structural reforms in accordance with the processes of *Luxemburgo and *Cardiff. +The Commission published a White Book in 1997 to end to finish with these irresponsible exceptions; in 1998, presented a communication in the that appeared, among other things, a directive proposal to modify the relative directive to the ordination of the time of work. +Is a plan *quinquenal directed to reduce deaths in the road and the quantity of traffic in the roads and to watch by that the quality of the vehicles in the roads correspond to the highest levels possible to protect the environment. +It that we have to guarantee is that it #can give to the patients the ideal level of attention of health and of protection of health in the sanitary service and also that the auxiliary doctors receive the highest level of possible training with ideal norms for his conditions and labour day -it that will mean a reduction of the hours that work- and also the #others obligations that have to fulfil simply to loan his services. +And for *eso need a clear juridical order, a juridical order of the inner market, with principles, that *irradie to #all the #others political and through the *cuales the citizens have a clear idea of it that has been taking from 50 years ago and that now, through these initiatives, believe that will have a vocation of future absolutely ensured. +Also wanted to mention our feeling -like the of *usted- that the common citizens and currents have to see an increase in the rapidity and the efficiency of infringement procedures against the States members in the that the rights of the citizens of the European Union exerted inside the Inner Market result violated or *denegados. +To5-0045\/1999 of Mr. *Menrad, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the proposal of decision of the Council [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0440$ - ^*C$^5$-^0173$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0192$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ by the that creates the Committee of Employment and on the proposal of the Commission "Lines guidelines for the politics of employment of the States members in the year 2000" [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0441$ - ^*C$^5$-^0147$/^1999$ - ^1999$/^0816$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\; +Happen to it essential and *démonos explains that it is not possible to have a politics of employment better #if, happened stage of economic and monetary convergence, do not want to establish the full social convergence and fiscal, with some common norms for #all the countries of the Union. +Thanks to the constructive proposals for the politics of employment of the States members in the year 2000, proposals based in a hit analysis of the conjoint report on the employment, the report of Mr. *Menrad traces the path to follow so that *Europa take advantage of of optimum form his extraordinary human capital. +The analyses show that the States members have tackled initiatives very significant, that #this take with more seriousness and give more importance that in the past to the qualification and to the continuous training of the workers and that by means of this politics of employment have created also new places of work and, in concrete, gentleman *Brie, also want *decirle #this, in the sector services. +The European Commission has reason *cuando criticises in his report the fault of progress in matter of employment for these less favoured communities of the States members and takes a call in favour that it put a greater emphasis in the principle of "*mainstreaming" in employment programs regarding measures to struggle against the discrimination. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0041\/1999) on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive 93\/104\/*CE relative to determined looks of the ordination of the time of work to include the sectors and activities excluded of said managerial (8642\/1\/1999 - *C5-0036\/1999 - 1998\/0318(*COD) (Commission of Employment and Social Subjects) (Speaker: Mrs. *Smet) +Precisely because I agree, believe that this Parliament #would have to take advantage of the occasion to indicate to the Court of Accounts his big restlessness in front of the fact that a document of substance of the that has prepared the Court have filtered, in correct or wrong terms of content, to the newspaper *Der *Spiegel of 8 November. +*Me refer to the fact that in the common position takes reference to health in his physical looks, psychic and social, to the quality of life, to the violence in what rape of the human rights and, in particular, to the fact that this program includes also to the victims of abuse and sexual exploitation. +The program has like solid base the recognition of the need to sustain the human rights and the of the boy, according to the Convention of the Rights of the Boy *promulgada by the Nations Joined in 1989, as also the of the women, #such as they expressed in the Statement of *Beijing and in the Action Platform of 1995. +Consider that the sum of this initiative with the open perspectives by the meeting of *Tampere will end, in a near future, in common definitions, in common penal procedures and in common sanctions that States members will apply to the crimes of the traffic of persons and to the crimes against the boys. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, in the month of April of 1999 the European Parliament approved in first reading his legislative resolution on the proposal of the Commission by the that created a general frame in the field of information and the query of the workers of the European Union. +The problem of bottom to the that *nos confront #can *resumirse simply like this: or well the system of own resources *nos gives in copartnership, forms part of a package of measures that the Parliament will ask to examine in the Conference *Intergubernamental so that it was -as it #would say *yo- more democratic, more participatory, or well, only #can check, lamentably, on this point that touches to move piece to the Council, it that it #can last long #if our proposals do not take in account. +has taken reference to the Inner Market, that is the most important frame in the that now we act: in *él it is necessary to put end to the great subventions for coal and the nuclear energy and the support to the renewable energies, like important look that is of the environmental politics, has to be realistic. +Without embargo, in spite of the positive general evaluation of the directive, believe that they still remain problems for solving, like the full application of the new diet for the citizens of countries third that live in the European Union, and also for #that that coexist out of the narrow familiar frames traditional. +#If it was necessary to invoke an alone reason, #would be the interest of the children and doubt that #if Parliament approved these two amendments, *ello *redunde in the interest of the children, that expect a lot of the fast establishment of a regulation that *les recognise the mere right to not having to suffer the election of his parents to live in different #european countries. +Are in query stage of the committees, integrated especially by other States members, and therefore #can, before finals of this year, propose an informal definite decision for the approval of the map of the Goal 2 of his country, as probably of the #others three countries that went object of the first decision of the Commission, on 26 October. +Subject: Violence exerted against the women The majority of the actions allocated to solve the problem of the violence exerted against the women are of character *curativo and go directed to women and girls. Is the case of subventions to special centres in the that the women #can *refugiarse with his children, or the of the rehabilitation of the victims of the violence. +And the *segunda: How opinion *le deserve the actions of pressure that is in these moments the Administration of the States Joined against #some #european companies -*me refer to the #spanish chain Sun *Meliá and to other companies like the Club *Méditérranée and the German *LTU- and #which are measures that, to his trial, #would have to take the European Union? +The initial difficulties also indicate, nevertheless, and do not owe *hacernos illusions to the *respecto, that the ancient consensus that determined the combination of liberalisation of the world-wide trade and establishment of norms commercial compulsory, and that always took for granted that #this #would influence of way predominantly positive on the national tendencies, said consensus has begun to crack . +The citizens, the no governmental organisations and the companies of the European Union go to follow the negotiations of *Seattle with greater attention that in #any another previous occasion and will put the point of watches in the possibilities that the world-wide trade was as a whole juster, social and *equitativo and take in consideration #all interests. +Particularly in the field of agriculture, have to respect the conclusions of *Berlín like absolute minimum criterion in the frame of the negotiations, as it is not possible to leave to take into account the situation of the small agricultural exploitations familiar and of the agriculturalists with a difficult geographic location. +First direction, concretise the principle according to the #which these negotiations have to be useful to the countries and populations with difficulties, with the affirmation of the right for the Union and the States members to defend development politics and the specific agreements with the *ACP and the rejection to see the agreements of *Lomé put in *entredicho by the *OMC. +In contrary case, exists, with reason, the danger to finish in a *American *world that defends the trade with enthusiasm, but that forgets the remaining values of the *European *dream, is to say, solidarity in addition to the competitiveness, and the responsibility in addition to the economic growth #can not be that the goal consist in subordinating #everything to this only paradigm, in that it have to preach from *Seattle to the rest of the world? +As, alas, the other parts negotiators *nos follow to distance, the EU needs the additional help of the no governmental organisations- in his work for converting to the *OMC in an organisation *perdurable from the point of sight of the environment, of the health and of the welfare. +#All coincide in that before the enlargement of the Union and the incorporation of new States is necessary to make a fundamental reform that allow to keep the effective operation of the European Union and improve also, add *yo, transparency and the possibilities of control of the decisions in the field of the #european politics. +To time, there are not obstacles to argue the subject in the meetings of the Ministers of Health and like this treat to create no a collaboration, but yes contacts, and perhaps exchange information among the different countries to treat to develop these methods in the different countries of the Union. +Subject: Greater federalism in the adoption of decisions of the EU minister of External Subjects of *Finlandia took part in July in *Estrasburgo in name of the country that exerts the Presidency of the Council and indicated that, in accordance with the goals of *Finlandia, "the Union has to have an only will, a common politics and an alone voice". +Subject Commission Constitutional, in fact, has admitted three amendments of the Mr. *Méndez of *Vigo by means of the *cuales, as a result of the application of the Agreement *Interinstitucional reached in the Parliament, has awarded a special paper to the own President of the Parliament, to the *cual will transmit the informations on the deputies. +#Can accept likewise the principle of the amendment 6, that leaves very seated that two games of digital prints are equal *cuando are identical, and no *cuando are only similar. Also accept the principle of the amendment 12, that is directed to clear that the data #can not send never to the country of asylum applicant neither use inside a Been member for extraneous ends to the question. +requires a complete application and adapted of the resolutions of the Organisation of Nations Joined and of the Extraordinary Assembly, and requires, gentleman President and gentleman Commissioner, a special clause against the drugs, that include in #all the agreements with third countries, a clause of level and consideration that the clause on the human rights. +In the agreements on the intellectual property, *Europa has to deny to patent the life, has to guarantee the maintenance of the exceptions to the general norms of the trade concerning the medicines used in the fight against AIDS and the other grave illnesses established by the WHO. +Reproach to the conservative Group of this Parliament that have procured to suppress the relative considerations to development in the Permanent Forum with the *OIT that has proposed, and that have encouraged it *indecible by *desviarnos of our consistent goals in reaching a balance *equitativo in it social, #as well as a free trade. +2) centres the review in an agenda that only has to see with, essentially, the questions of the power of decision and corresponding to the new balance among States members, when reducing, in name of equity, the weight of the States economically less developed in favour of the economically more powerful, to the *cuales pretends to attribute the mechanisms of a reinforcement of influence; +To fault of thing better, will vote in favour of the resolution, by the that asks a moratorium on the pity of death; but consider that the fact of no *atreverse to adopt a position in favour of the immediate and unconditional abolition of the pity of death constitutes an abdication in front of the barbarism. +Second, in *Kosovo no longer is the #yugoslav army, but our armies. By a part, and from any point of seen, are a glorious work in the fields of reconstruction, the protection of the citizens and the reorganisation, but, of another side, are exasperated because they do not reach to protect to the persons to the that they have to and want to protect. +The current report speech with total clarity in a series of points and aims in any case with enough clarity that #if no *redoblamos our efforts against the instigators and the capitalists of the *narcodelincuencia and his wash of money, Right states, the populations and our youth will lose this war. +Have understood that *usted has directed today a writing to the Defender of the European Village, but #would wish to know when will have the deputies the opportunity to answer to the appeal of the Defender of the European Village to comment query of own initiative. +A substantive politics, of course, and provable by part of *Turquía, of advance by this path. By the path of the state of right, clear is, by the path of the fine *vecindad and of the peaceful coexistence, by the path of the abandonment in #all the fields of the military methods, especially in *Chipre, but also, how doubt fits, in question *kurda.. +The Mrs. *Halonen so only has achieved to insert a quotation of the society of the information - believe that in the last sentence of intervention - and without embargo, according to a document that received of the Commission the past week, in *Helsinki will present a relative initiative to "and-*Europa" , a document titled "Society of the Information for #All" . +In virtue of #the same, the persons and his fundamental rights also remain excluded of the right of sovereignty of the #another splits signatory, further that we always have kept that the requirement of the respect of the human rights do not constitutes interference in the internal subjects of a country. +*Turquía, nevertheless, keeps the pity of death. Now well, although it #can be difficult change the mentality of the policemen, change the situation of the prisons, suffices law, suffices a parliamentary vote to abolish the pity of death, as they have taken #all the countries of the European Union. +In this moment, *yo do not know how decision will adopt the next week in *Helsinki. Nevertheless, in any case, am firmly convinced that the decision that has to adopt the European Parliament on these two regulations will influence on the result of deliberations still in course and also on the decision that adopt the European Council the next week. +Taking in consideration the request of the European Parliament in the first reading, the Commission gives now the *primer step to incorporate to the legislation dioxide broadcasts of carbon and the consumption of fuels of the light industrial vehicles, is to say, of the vehicles of the category *M1. +And in this sense go the amendments that have presented to this proposal of modification of regulation: two in the *considerandos, in the that considers that help formula to the transformation is really important, that the quota is insufficient and that the Commission goes to present, before the start of the next campaign, a proposal to happen of quotas to thresholds. +With regard to the problem of the double fixation of prices, agree with the idea that we will have to define a moment from the *cual the double fixation of prices was absolutely compulsory and is the only form of beginning to make #any comparison, although #all are conscious that only in the last months of the year 2001 the public opinion, the citizen, will begin for real to take the comparisons. +The Parliament will ask the acceptance of the essence of the measures and resolutions of 25 October 1996, the Report *Gallagher, and of his opinion of 26 April 1998 on the application of technical measures in the politics *pesquera community. +#If they take into account, among #others, considerations and relative criticisms to the *parco presupposed that *le attributes the regulation and to the exclusion of the Common Organisation of Market of almost #all our aquaculture, #as well as his partial criticisms to the norms referents to the information of the consumers and to his defence of the contingents *arancelarios, *cuando exists community production, will improve definitely the regulation. +The first consists in saying that the European Union has not been *recompensada by the efforts made and that, beyond all doubt, at all has to expect of the #turkish Government, since after the application of the agreements on the Union *aduanera, has not effected, according to #some of our colleagues, progress sensitive. +Regret that in the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer have not treated to look for a reasonable point of #inspired commitment in the principle of realism. +The agenda includes the questions that remained without solution in *Amsterdam, that are the size and composition of the Commission, the weighting of the votes in the Council and the possible extension of the vote by qualified majority in the Council, #as well as other subjects related with the Institutions in the frame of the quoted questions. +The fault of transparency has hampered, especially, the taking of decisions in the Council; the #finnish Presidency has begun to put in practice new procedures to increase the transparency, and is to expect that #this root before elaborating an official rule. +The fulfillment of the austerity in the budgetary politics #can not, neither has to, remain under the responsibility of the Budget Commission, but that the main responsibility, regarding the Parliament, *recae logically in the Conference of Presidents and also in the Spokesmen of the political Groups. +The #finnish Presidency of the Council has achieved to fulfil a truly important program; the Summit was hit, a good final brooch for the year 1999 and a good point of game for the future, with the Statement of the #Millenium. +The proposal of the Commission has like goal the that the amount of 26 millions of euros was distributed by the States members with some criterion, in a table of distribution that take into account, above #everything, appeal number of asylum that each Been member have received in the three last years and the number of refugees that found in the territory of each #one of the States members in the three last years. +*Yo believe that the collection of tolls also #can contribute in the long run to a reduction of the costs of the mobility, #if they achieved the goals that pursue, or was, reduce the jams and accidents and, especially, improve the protection of the environment, no only in relation with the pollution of the air and the noise, but also in #many other looks. +Therefore, *yo owe *decirle with clarity to the Council that with his fault of initiative, to the not considering the proposals of the Parliament in the frame of this third alternative that have presented, this week *nos have put in a very difficult situation, next to the limit of it in accordance with the regulations admissible. +The increase -as they said mates- of two grades of the temperature, that foresees of here to the year 2010, #if they do not take measures, the increase of the level of the sea, the disappearance of small islands and #many of the catastrophes of the two last years that, according to the experts, have to see with the climatic change, are taken that they had to *obligarnos to adopt immediate and concrete measures already. +Promised to guarantee the equality of access of the women and his full participation in the structures to be able to and in the taking of decisions, although in any #another field is so great deal inequality among both sexes of swear and of *facto that in the field of the taking of decisions. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0077\/1999) of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, concerning the common position (5748\/1999 - *C5-0034\/1999 - 1998\/0228(*COD)) adopted by the Council with seen to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone (Speaker: Mrs. *Hulthén) +*Nosotros said that it no longer was possible follow to the *OMC without comprising the requirement to include as *primer point of the agenda the principle of caution, the cultural diversity, the social rights, the protection of the environment and the reduction of inequalities of development. +*Europa has to support in this movement, in this new public opinion world-wide, to promote another type of regulation of the international economy, based in the redistribution of the wealths and in a distinct balance among it that depends of the market and it that it has to follow *incumbiendo to democracy, among it that depends of the *librecambio and it that it has to depend of the cooperation. +. (*FR) Have voted against of the project of resolution on product labeling alimentary produced from organisms modified genetically, since has by only object give green light to the Commission with seen to propose a regulation by the that it establish that *cuando an alimentary product contains *OMG that are underneath of the limit of the 1%, the labeling that signals his presence #would not be compulsory. +Lady Speaker, lady Commissioner, do not fits the lower doubt that the *quinta conference of the UN on the woman, the Conference of *Beijing, constituted #all a milestone in the path to the equality among the sexes, since there surprisingly produced agreement of #all the countries of the UN around a common planetary platform of action. +Since they have suggested parallelisms with *Seattle, wanted to remember that the institutional frame is not #the same, neither neither is #the same the institutional paper that the Commission exerts in New *York and in the Conference of *Beijing that the that exerted in *Seattle, but swims *nos prevents -#if there #be political will- that collaborate the Presidency, the Commission and the Parliament, along these months, until June, that join his strengths. +The application of this rule will carry, among other things, to a more effective control of the borders and to the reduction of the illegal immigration of the citizens of the countries aspiring to the adhesion or that get to territory of the Union through these countries. +Fits to remember also that, although the Ministers designated by the States members for the Council of Governors of the *BEI #be to be #the same that take part in the sessions of the Council of *ECOFIN, the Council of *ECOFIN do not has competitions of any type to give instructions to the European Bank of Investments on credit politics or on his informative politics. +do not ask information on the reasons by the *cuales the European Bank of Investments awarded the credit, ask simply #which were the general criteria that justified it and on the base of how assessments considered the project -that, on the other hand, affects to #one of the richest regions of #Italia that, among other things, characterises by a delicate environmental balance- and conceded credit. +The Council kept a deep debate in the session of the days 9 and 10 December 1999 on the communication of the Commission on the new control of the aerial traffic titled " Communication to the Council and to the European Parliament on space aerial uniform European" . +Gentleman President, as I already have indicated before, the Council has begun to take part in this problem of delays in the aerial traffic and has demanded that the Commission act in question, and, as I said in my answer, also have taken progresses in the course of the autumn. +Subject: Referendum of self-determination in the *Sáhara Western The #moroccan minister of the Interior, *Driss *Basri, affirmed on 3 November 1999 in The *Aaiún that self-determination referendum of the *Sáhara Western, foreseen for 31 July of the year 2000, "will be postponed two or three years" because of the 71.420 resources presented against the provisional census of voters that elaborates the Mission of Nations Joined for the referendum of the *Sáhara Western. +In the meeting kept on 14 September with the #finnish Presidency, Ambassador *Eagleton urged to the EU to that it transmitted the message to *Marruecos and *Argelia that the international community aspires to achieve the balance in the region of the *Magreb and to that it left clear that, without this balance, is difficult to support the economic recovery of the region. +The interpretation recommended by the Mrs. deputy to the Parliament has his virtues and his defects, to the equal that occurs with the current practice to observe the valid rule in the procedures of Justice Court of the European Communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0099\/1999) in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establish measured of fight against the *morosidad in the commercial transactions (8790\/1999 - *C5-0125\/1999 - 1998\/0099(*COD)) (Speaker: Mr. *Murphy) +Gentleman President, today debate at last the definite prohibition of the put in the market and the circulation of the *BST in the European Union. Is to expect that with #this reach to put end to a process of ten years in the that the definite decision remained postponed #one and time with the argument that it did not have of definite scientific knowledges that legitimated said definite prohibition. +At the beginning of 1997, in full crisis of the crazy cows, the Council had decided to create a system of identification of the animals of the bovine species from the place of production, #as well as a labeling of meat, *facultativo in a first stage, but that it #would be compulsory from 1 January of the 2000. +Has to say that the evolution of the situation is particularly #baffling, had account that the Emir of *Kuwait, the Boss of State, in a brave decision that the Commission has received with satisfaction, has proposed to recognise to the women the right of active and passive suffrage. +But, in definite, it that here go to take in these last debates of the year and of the century is to recognise public and formally that #this is subject pending, with it that *ello has to suppose also of commitment of no *cejar in our efforts until seeing fulfilled the goal that *nos fix with the approval of the statute of the Court, *presionando also to the Council and to the Commission so that they act in this same sense. +#There is another look that wanted to signal to the Commission and to the Council with regard to amendment 5, that expect was taken into account, as the data in *ella requested, according to the Regulation (*CE) 1390\/99, that went in in vigour on 23 November 1999, in his article 2, establishes that "each Been member will keep to disposal of the Commission #all the data classified by budgetary games that *le will be transmitted to appeal of the Commission in a maximum term of 30 days" . +decided to put in practice two types of financial contests: by a part, loans, in that moment had reserved 245 millions of euros for loans to these three countries, and on the other hand, a donation of 130 millions of euros that had like essential goal the to reduce the charge of the debt and improve the capacity of repayment of these countries. +It that *nos proposes the Commission is finally reproduce it that took by #Georgia and *Armenia, is to say, foresee, a new loan that #would allow *reembolsar the previous, but in some much more favourable terms with the end to give a bit of oxygen to this country, and foresee a donation of 35 millions of euros for the period 2000-2004, with the end to relieve the charge of debt. +A modification of the law on the general and direct elections of deputies to the European Parliament #would presuppose that the Council, with the assent of the European Parliament, decreed unanimously the corresponding norms and the recommended to the States members for approval according to his constitutional norms. +And, especially, do not accept that it pretend to create two categories, to know, Commissioners and *subcomisarios of the European Union, the same that exist Ministers and Secretaries of State, *cuando to time says -and *me *congratulo that the speaker have accepted my proposal in this sense- that the distribution of competitions among the Commissioners do not has to be a form of *jerarquizar small and great States. +Another point that have to underline refers to the increase of the tax of unemployment in the Czech Republic, that, according to the Commission, has to mainly to the *ralentización of the economic activity and of the effect of the process of industrial and economic restructuring of the country. +A tendency, very favourable also, affects to the reinforcement of the administrative device of the #hungarian State by means of the enlargement of the staff -it that in the Commission of course has caused some envy- and the organisation of training programs to half term. +Seen the limited time available, #this has not allowed the formulation of a proposal on the paper. Yes is clear that the self-evident Commission a posture *complaciente, seems that it is prepared to satisfy the objections of the European Parliament and, for *ello, goes to admit modifications in the current proposal. +In the High Half Age, the introduction of silver penny endorsed by the prince was #one of the fundamental instruments to boost the economic development in #all *Europa. With this measure pretended to surpass the derivative difficulties of the private money. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0175\/99) of Mr. *Fayot, in name of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and Industrial Politics, on the communication of the Commission on the financial services: establishment of a frame of performance (*COM(98)0625 - *C4-0688\/98). +#One of the things that expect of the only coin is that #one the monetary market in *Europa and carry it to the dimension of the monetary market American, so that, of here, #can take out the necessary investments to increase the activity of the #european economy and absorb a part of unemployment. +The politics of the Union #would have to base in a pragmatic approach centred in three key sectors: first, is vital that to the buyers of services financial *les facilitate a clear and comprehensible information; second, claim procedures are fundamental of face to the confidence of the consumers. +Seat that Mrs. *Benassar *Tous #can not take part especially because we had wished -or at least *yo had wished-*agradecerle sincere and personally his work, since it has achieved that it approved this program keeping a difficult balance among the spirit and the political meaning of #the same and the limitation of a juridical foundation that, lamentably, consider very *restrictivo with regard to the goals of the own program. +Are #all in accordance with that it is necessary to ask to this country a provisional agreement to treat to solve the problem of the alpine ports; without embargo, have to remember the road characteristics of Swiss, an authentic cheese *gruyer with the tunnel of the Saint *Gotardo of 17 kilometres and 3 metres narrower that the of the *Mont *Blanc. +Without embargo, this important file #can not refer only to the good operation of the inner market or of the distribution of the resources among the States members and the Community, treats to struggle of the most effective way possible against the international fraud and delinquency organised. +Firstly, because it centres in the goal to strengthen the independence of the Commission, as it develops it reason exhibition, whereas the recent experience, after the resignation of this institution by reasons of irresponsible management, carries to the conclusion that, by the contrary, is necessary to reduce his independence and strengthen the controls that exert on #this. +The current environmental problems in the countries applicants are resulted of great broadcasts in the atmosphere *provenientes of industrial activities, of the production of energy and of the transport, #as well as of an insufficient finance and of the oversight by it that refers to the supply of water and waste management. +Gentleman President, *cuando have had to explain the opinion of the Commission of Freedoms Public and Inner subjects in replacement of my colleague, Mrs. *Zimmermann, have said that this Parliament is particularly satisfied with the initiative of the Commission and that appreciate it to the acting Commissioner *Liikanen, in name of my #others two colleagues. +Lady Speaker, the violence is a specific characteristic of the contemporary society and a *enigma of the open society, a society that has lost his values and that creates new idols and new symbols *trastrocando at the end these traditional values that, by the contrary, always have constituted the base of coexistence civilised. +Have to manifest explicitly our satisfaction by the fact that this intolerable demonstration of the maximum human contempt have left to be *tabú. Every time are more frequent the debates that treat this subject #as well as action programs that pretend to combat it. +#««Treating of a collective resignation of #all the members of the Commission owing to the loss of confidence of the Parliament, seems that case planned in the Treaty that presents greater analogy is the of the article 144, that contemplates the case of a motion of censorship decided by the Parliament. +The section 7 includes a series of ideas on how a more flexible perspective and updated of the labour market and of the greater persons #would allow to reach new modalities of transition of the labour life to retirement by means of new models, like the half labour day for the most greater. +Third proposal: authorise, in accordance with the #italian Government, exceptions to the article 92 of the Treaty that refers to the helps awarded by the States, so as to concede fiscal benefits and incentives to #all the employers that set up -and have the intention to set up in the future- and keep in active initiatives able to guarantee employment, #as well as and especially an autochthonous life to #Venecia. +Remember: in the procedure of approval of the management for 1996 took patent irregularities and contraventions of the Treaty because precisely the Annex *V had had for the denial of the approval of the management a greater majority that the that prescribes the own Treaty in article 141 of the Treaty *CE. +In the commission have argued also the question of #if it #would be necessary to put in practice and fund to #european level special programs of employment for specific groups, like the youngsters or the unemployed of long length and, in concrete, with additional character to programs of national action and to the measures of the structural Bottoms in the States members; #this #would be mistaken. +Now arises also by part *socialdemócrata a true support in the field of the set up of this type of structural measures, that precisely are of importance to procure that it guarantee the internal stability of the euro: a low inflation that comports costs lower, that also makes possible by means of these structural measures give employment to more persons. +From my point of sight, and say #this without exaggerating, #if the Commission had presented to beginnings of December a relative reasonable proposal to the improvement of the fight against fraud *nos #would have saved probably the denial of the approval of the management little before Christmas and with *ello *nos #would have saved all it that came to continuation. +Gentleman President, first of all want to add also my voice to the praise to the efforts for the creation of the *OLAF, and have to say that the session of today is *revestida of some solemnity, since those that work in the Commission of Budgetary Control see today materialise some attempts that have demanded efforts and that have known moments of proof in the that it decided #if the proposals #would prosper or #would not prosper. +#There is observations on it that has conducted to this situation that finishes to describe my colleague the Mr. *Elles, a new politics of personnel, relative questions to Assistance Offices Technical, the report of the Commission of Experts and also #some guidelines for the reform of the Commission. +Now well, in our statutory texts, without damage of the modification of the Regulation that go to vote tomorrow, the form in that it regulates the procedure of approval of the budget is written, is there, black on white. #can be in disagreement, but there #be not gone back of leaf, since #if text presents in the Plenary and refuses the proposal with the *cual has agreed said text, the proposal returns to commission. +Is to say, there #be not text of the Council, there #be negotiation draft taken before the entrance in vigour of the Treaty and, therefore, of course, there #be not any official text of the Council and has not sent any text to any part. +A work of boss of company that *le will carry definitely to coordinate better the responsibilities of the commissioners, to go back to define the tasks that have to make , to suppress #some of #the same and to develop other new, and that *le will carry also to reform the management methods, the methods of granting of agreements, to resort to the *consultores, etc. +Gentleman President proposed, value his determination to put ready quickly elements of an organic proposal for this region, so as to that establish a stable relation that give a perspective to the current conflicts and to the potentials that -and here agree with *usted- #can temper and resolve through a strong relation with the European Union. +Without embargo, *cuando observe how act Finance Ministers and, in particular, the paper that exerts the group «Euro 11», *me see forced to ascertain that the decisions glide progressively to the plane *intergubernamental and that #this offers a scarce *legitimación democratic for some decisions of politics economic and monetary important, that go couples to the independence of the Central Bank European. +For the first time, have written that *nos deny to concede said approval of the management, although the past 17 December refuse simply a proposal that *nos got, on the other hand, of the Socialist Group and that had been approved in extremis by a very scarce majority in the breast of Commission of Budgetary Control, proposal that *nos requested to concede the approval of the management. +do not combat against the legitimate interests of the #serbian village, but that it that wish is the return of Serbian to breast of *Europa and an evolution of Serbian to the incorporation to the *Europa of the integration, on the base of the democracy and of the legitimate rights of the #serbian village. +do not owe today increase the errors of trial initial that gave place to the premature interruption of the process of *Rambouillet, to jump the Security Council, to *marginar to *Rusia, to not appreciating in his just measure the effect of the bombardments on the #serbian village. +Gentleman President, is evident that in front of the terrible tragedy of #all the village of *Kosovo, literally *masacrado and expelled of his country by this horrible ethnic cleansing of the tyrant *Milosevic, and in front of the consequent and necessary intervention of the NATO -action necessary, but painful, that certainly nobody has wanted neither wished- no *nos #can *atrincherar in the formalisms of the international Right or in the evident questions of formal character. +In subjects so concrete and so clear as they are the prerogatives of this Parliament, that is not lower of age and to the that, therefore, the Statute has to give a *margen of manoeuvre -#that is the sense of the structuring in text base and annexes- so that it #can execute and establish disposals of execution of this statute with a distinct diet of the established by the article 190.5, so heavy, that demands unanimity in the Council. +#If we do not achieve it, #if it do not adopts a statute this week or in the short term, wish to #all my mates hit in the confrontation with a public opinion that will have #all the right to doubt that in the European Parliament remain somebody with a minimum of sense of the responsibility. +Believe that it is necessary *matizar the allusion that takes to the agreement of credit *hipotecario, because also in this point it is necessary to remember that eleven or twelve of the States members protect better credit *hipotecario by means of the notarial writing and the registration in a territorial register, and, therefore, it is necessary to understand that in the text alludes to a stage *precontractual. +Gentleman President, *me refer to a letter that the services of the Cabinet of the President of this Parliament *me directed on 20 April happened in reply to the appeal of information on the formality given to the request presented by the spokesman of the unitary platform of neighbours of *Areeta, province of *Álava -populate #where have been born and #where alive, by it that have big interest in subject-. +In matter of external politics and of politics regarding the Nations Joined, whereas European Union have progresses that make and things that say on the two essential questions that are the ratification of the statute of the permanent Penal Court and the moratorium of execution capital that has been asked by a vote of the Commission of the Nations Joined in Gin. +But first want to take advantage of this occasion to congratulate so much to the President of the Council as to the President of the Commission for having taken out continuously to collation the politics of employment and by *haberla followed with perseverance although, lamentably, the plan *Santer have not been followed sufficiently and have *fracasado in the Council. +#One *Europa that no only embrace the economic and monetary cooperation, but #one *Europa that also attend to the employment, to the fight against poverty, to the care of the handicapped persons and of the greater persons, is to say a *Europa that no only want to take out benefit but that also want to be profitable for a society in the that have big weight the human values. +The two first steps are as it that have said: first, the famous *leftovers of *Amsterdam, with the additional analysis of the question of #if our current situation in it *tocante to the relation among the organs forces to other modifications of the Treaty and Letter of Fundamental Rights, of the that have said that it has to be developed by the Parliaments. +In it *tocante to the execution and to the management, go to bet in the future of mood consistent by the decentralisation, a clear distribution of tasks and responsibilities, an enlargement of the cooperation to #all the levels and a substantial improvement of the monitor, control and the evaluation. +After #everything *eso hid a real attempt to recognise that Report *Rothley *simpliciter of the past December, evidently, #would not obtain the unanimous approval of the Council; that the text of the Council of the past week, evidently, #would not obtain the support of this Assembly. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #all the insular of the European Union cheered, night of 2 October 1997, when ascertaining that the Treaty of *Amsterdam signed by the Fifteen contained the first explicit quotations that recognise *institucionalmente the structural and permanent obstacles that suffer the insular regions and the need of *ponerles remedy. +On the other hand, in the measure in that *me seems also necessary to get to a commitment with the Council and the Commission, have suggested simply to the Commission of Agriculture of this Assembly, -that the has taken #his- commitment amendment that consists in boosting the network of security *llevándola of 1.560 to 2.000 euros by tonne. +In the moment in that *Europa is his soul and *cuando the President of this Commission, gentleman *Prodi, *nos says that the will find in the #american culture, *me ask #if no #can transmit a bit of enthusiasm to the #european villages *permitiéndoles exert *algo stimulating and that form part of his culture, is to say, the solidarity in the fight by the human rights through the borders. +But, from sight point of a member of parliament that, even representing to the whole of *España, represents particularly the interests of the regions *ultraperiféricas, of #any form #would be interesting that the Council took an initiative so that the new Commission #can consider the subject from the principle, since the special diet needs a back development. +Anyway, #if in accordance with the regulations they had assigned by writing this question to *usted or to another member of the Assembly, himself\/hisself had been able to proceed like this but, in this case, the Regulation limits answers by writing to those questions that have not been able to formulate in the course of the hour and average of the turn of questions. +#Can ensure besides that it goes to carry out a coherent approach of the rural development keeping groups of local action and contributing like this to avert the times of wait excessive that they #can constitute an important obstacle to the same rhythm of the development? +Wanted to give the thanks to the speaker, the Mr. *Colom *I Naval, since it has included the amendments of the Commission of Control Budgetary in his report on the financial forecasts and the agreement *interinstitucional, and to time wanted to comment the most important, and also the most logical, of these amendments. +Like speaker in the shadow will be able to *pronunciarme on the amendments that have arisen like a commitment of the negotiations of the Council, *cuando the Council and the Commission *nos ensure that the corresponding modifications go to be really adopted and of mood #can not arise the danger of a third reading. +It peculiar of the system of the European Union is that, during #all these years in that the Council has acted like the legislative authority, has shown also his will to delegate application measures in the Commission with the only condition that #this carried out his committed jointly with committees of national civil servants. +And take advantage of this occasion - since the quote, lady #Miranda- bear *agradecerle his big work, like the of the that the have preceded: Mr. *Newens, #others that have occupied also of this field and that have taken part, like the Mr. *Salafranca, the Mrs. *González *Álvarez, and, in general, even #that that always have shown critics or have opted by a much more critical approximation to our relations with *América Latin in his group. +To end to protect to the patient, is to say, to the consumer, and think especially in our youngsters, is indispensable that remain guaranteed the application of the Directive 92\/28\/*CEE of the Council, of 31 March 1992, relative to the advertising of medicines of human use in the field of the electronic trade of medicines. +Wanted to take advantage of the occasion to signal that the Commission of Subjects Juridical has characterised always by the big inner work, the big effort of coordination that take among *nosotros, and to *ello have contributed #many of the that in this moment are here taking part and, especially, #ours speaker, the Mrs. #Christine *Oddy, that, with his good take, has facilitated and facilitates always work inside our commission. +Therefore, taking into account #all these facts and not to incur in a defect that *nos #can carry to that there were resources in front of the Court of Justice and the lost -as it already has occurred in occasion-, do not have more remedy that keep the criterion of the Juridical Service that this vote is by simple majority, and by simple majority will decide. +Believe that #this are the lessons that have to remember, that it is necessary to expect that the release of the smallest villages in future produce following the #palestinian method, that #this convert in the normal method and that the #kosovar method was not more that a regrettable exception in the world-wide history. +After all, gentleman President, *Turquía and his village, was *cual was his ethnic and linguistic origin, belong to the #european aspiration and to *ellos also *atañen the humanitarian «and» liberal «statements» that the majority of the governments of the European Union, that are members of NATO, affirm to want to apply in our wider region. +By #everything *ello, consider fundamental that the European Union act with big firmness and declare that his States members will be of the first in backing the ratification of this International Penal Court. Have to put #all obstinacy in that the Court carry to the practice and #can not leave this committed in hands of #some other States that have deployed a #worthy enthusiasm of praise. +Results that this attitude, that #many of *ustedes *tildaron in his moment of *antiprogresista, has imposed with the time because of the impossibility of solving the problems related with the nuclear energy, the impossibility to solve the problems related with the security, the storage and the costs. +The Commission and the Parliament have to satisfy urgently lagoons of the #european social legislation regarding the protection of the atypical employees and have to tackle without more *tardanza the corresponding democratic deficit: through an Agreement *Interinstitucional that *allane the path for the next modification of the Treaty! +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0243\/99) of the Mr. *Schmid, in name of the Commission of Freedoms Public and Inner Subjects, on the project of Resolution of the Council on the legal interception of telecommunications in relation with the new technologies (10951\/2\/98 - *C4-0052\/99-99\/0906(*CNS)) +The proposal of the Commission to reduce now the quotas for the production and to increase the compensations of payment for potato starch *me seems a fine idea, especially because there #be determined advances inside the world-wide market that *nos #can surprise in the future. +The goal of the participation of the Union in the *Expo 2000 is to present the crucial paper that is the European Union through institutions, like a dynamic and progressive actor in the stage of the world in the primes of the century *XXI. +#can not go back to commit errors that committed in *Bosnia, with a bureaucratisation and delay of #all the process, but that the European Union has to act with celerity and without bureaucracy; the Council of Ministers, the Commission and the European Parliament have to assume jointly this challenge so that the suffered persons of *Kosovo, of the #ex-*Yugoslavia and of the *Balcanes have a perspective of future. +The opinions in this Assembly on #if the war was justified or #if it #can have prevented diverge considerably, but the #german Presidency has reached -and here want to mention especially to Minister of External Subjects- act from a clear position regarding the crimes of the diet of *Milosevic, but also looking for with *ahínco the peace in the *Balcanes. +The national Governments delegate with reason with the #european pact by the employment the responsibility by the politics of employment no to the level of the European Union, but know that in the era of globalisation it is necessary to find a common answer and #this is hit. +Then all it that say on *Salónica, *Pristina or *Sarajevo no longer will have sense, because today in the form to reconstruct with the Nations Joined, on the one hand, the European Union, by #another, and the *OSCE, by #another, created -and in *eso *estriba the danger- institutions of dependency in the that the reconstruction of the *Balcanes depends of our will, but do not finishes to reach the free determination of the #balkan villages to administer to himself\/hisself same. +#This is the core of the subject and #this is the criterion that have used during the debates and in the study made on the enlargement of the European Union, a state of democratic Right, #this is the centre of our movement, of our Union. +#If we talk of a Stability Pact, is not correct to cover the mouth to the persons that are the instauration of the right and, besides, is necessary that exist a just peace, it that demands that there #be action and no the most absolute silence of the serious criminal acts. +The resignation of the Commission puts of self-evident that do not need only institutions, but also mechanisms of control and will *comn to award to the Commission paper that deserves and surpass the democratic deficit, a deficit #whose causes, to my seem, it is necessary *buscarlas no in the paper of the European Parliament, but in the relations of the own Council with the Commission. +*Cuando #one, as profane in the matter, whole that they recycle waste type with destination to the *piensos for animals, that years after the illness of the crazy cows follows feeding to the herbivores with animal flours and that, besides, in the base of the *piensos for animals introduce products totally *descontrolados, pertinent of the darkest countries of origin, really begin to *preguntarte #if sure enough #all these decades of politics agricultural European #would not have to describe honestly of total failure. +It that are now is exactly approaches that perhaps in his day treated to avert: the panic of the consumers and the protection of the market (a market that now confronts really to a greater threat by the form in that it has developed the crisis). +Am, by the contrary, convinced that only *cuando open credible and realistic perspectives of reconstruction of the group of the country, and of incorporation from this time on to the #european project, only then will produce positive changes in the political scene of *Yugoslavia, included the weakening of the diet of *Milosevic and of #all what of unacceptable represents today regarding the paper of his country in the world. +His *Señorías will remember, definitely, that during his meeting of the 27 and 28 July past, Subject Commission Constitutional examined an appeal of interpretation of the section 1 of the article 29 of the Regulation, formulated by the Conference of Presidents in his meeting of 21 July. +Subject Commission Constitutional got to the following conclusion: "The statement of constitution of the Technical group of Independent Deputies-Mixed Group, is not admissible according to the section 1 of the article 29 of the Regulation of the European Parliament" . +#If we had explained although it only went with the type of inspection that proposes Mrs. #Jackson, protecting the earth and the half urban, #would have protected, even indirectly, to the majority of the dead persons, to the injured and to the thousands of persons that have lost his houses these days in our capital. +This assessment tempered little afterwards by Pascal *Lamy, but without that comprised very well how half #would use to control the globalisation without demanding a deep change of the rules of game, mainly by means of the introduction of the concept of social or environmental cost in the international negotiations. +An act that will make without reservation type so that the Union go back to have a strong Executive, renewed no only regarding the persons, but to the perspectives *programáticas and first of all to the way in that it will tackle the important internal politics and international that require democratic institutions, effective, transparent and respectful of the mutual autonomy and, nevertheless, *cooperantes. +A #european democracy requires a process of *constitucionalización, an order of peace demands the value to assume the responsibility by the own security, and to take reality the social and ecological space will be necessary that politics *emancipe of an ideology *neoliberal increasingly aggressive. +will Have new tensions and wars, as we have had in the *Balcanes, resulted of the politics of the two *varas to measure in the field of respect to the human rights and of the independence of the villages; will have increase of the unemployment, intensification of the privatisations, ruin of the small and average peasants, professional, and artisans, restriction of the social rights, constriction of the democratic freedoms. +Gentleman President, of course there are fields in the that it is necessary to issue trials on the Commission, but, to my trial, in the first place has to pose very simply the question of the confidence; with other words, #can as parliamentary, like representatives of our villages, presuppose reasonably that the new Commission will not take #the same path that conducted to the fall of the Commission *Santer? +Know and reaffirm the legitimate doubts in front of the criteria that chaired the individual designation of the members by the governments and see with worry that in the composition of the Commission have not taken into account the results of the last elections #european, neither the previous tradition of greater political pluralism. +Second, wanted *recordarle also that the Mr. *Fischler *nos announced the mandate written for the negotiation of the *importantísimo agree of fishing with *Marruecos, question of the maximum urgency so that this Parliament #can follow keeping the budgetary reservation of the game agreed by the Council and that was not his Commission, gentleman *Prodi, the responsible that no have finance for this agreement in the future. +has not celebrated any individual vote in any commission on any Commissioner, neither Commissioner has seen forced to withdraw like result of the questions on his suitability and any Commissioner has assumed any type of responsibility by it occurred in the past. +#If we reach to strengthen the paper of the European Union by means of the creation of a space of justice and of an effective fight against the delinquency, will be able to, to time, deleted the known distrust in the possibilities to tighten even more the cooperation in the breast of the Union. +Lady Speaker, the route of the Presidency of the Council by the #european capitals has allowed to identify three spheres to the that the Speaker in exercise has referred this morning: the asylum and immigration, the fight against the delinquency *transfronteriza, and the establishment of a juridical space European. +Lady Speaker, lady Speaker of the Council, is true that with questions pertaining to the juridical field and the reflections about the preparation of a Letter of rights fundamental have got to a decisive stage in the evolution of the European Union. +The European Council of *Tampere, fruit of the initiative -because all it is necessary to say it- and the obstinacy of the President of the #spanish Government, #José #María *Aznar, has to confront this subject with will political that manifested in the extraordinary summit of *Luxemburgo to confront the grave problem of the unemployment. +The gradual absorption and historical integration of the Basque Country by State #spanish, always consequence of bellicose defeats in the past, #as well as of the massive arrival of pertinent immigrants of other areas of the Iberian Peninsula, has supposed a *desdibujamiento and dilution of our personality, of our idiosyncrasy *originaria #basque. +step "examination" of the school executive future in front of the representatives chosen by the #european citizens represents an important stage of the democratisation of the #european institutions that constitutes the horse of battle of the socialists. +Second, also was a bridge regarding the political priorities that this Parliament wanted to establish to the future, to the new #millenium, especially in category 4 -the external actions-, #where the European Parliament took an effort to increase the credits of commitment. +At present has initiated an urgent program of immediate humanitarian help and generous by part of the Union, but a time conquered the independence requires a support to the economic development, and equally important will be our support to the constitution of democratic institutions. +Now want to add three requirements to the already presented: in the first place, it is necessary to demand that the military controls, that know that they have taken part in the terror, are expelled immediately; second, it is necessary to send humanitarian help it before possible to *través of program of the THROW and coordinate this performance in a program on a long-term basis; and finally, like the groups *paramilitares follow *aterrorizando to the population, is absolutely necessary to send international troops of pacification. +Nowadays, in front of the spiral of atrocities in the country and the evidence that these aircraft have used in attacks against the population of *Timor oriental, Mr. *Cook has effected an amazing twist of 360 grades: the past Saturday cancelled the agreement and introduced a temporary embargo of armaments. +Also #would have to ask to Mr. *Cook why the money of the #british taxpayers has used to fund this scandalous episode and, besides, why the Ministry of Defence of the Realm Joined took part specifically for *cerciorarse that it had invited to the exercise #indonesian to assist the next week to an important fair of armaments in Big *Bretaña. +Subject: Establishment of a universal moratorium for the execution of the capital penalties In numerous occasions, the *PE has asked that the EU promote an initiative in breast of the Nations Joined in favour of the establishment of a universal moratorium for the execution of the capital penalties. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, is important that the Union follow of wall the development and realisation of this type of projects and that try by #all the means contribute to that the head offices are it safer possible and to that use or his structures do not represent any danger for the security of the citizens of the Union, neither neither for the of the countries in question. +will allocate back games to condition the roads for the winter, to the twinning of municipalities, for it that is help of States members and, later, the public services, the public buildings, the reconstruction of the economy and the creation of institutions. +In other terms, in place, simply, of *centralizarnos in *Tesalónica or in *Pristina, #would have to take out the lessons of *Bosnia, and treat to create able autonomous structures to decide, in *Pristina, the way to proceed to the heavy reconstruction, is to say: bridges, houses, streets, #etcetera, and to time the way to reconstruct the tissue of the civil society. +Gentleman President, the situation in *Kosovo characterises by the *pertinaz effort of the *UÇK for exploding the presence of the strengths of NATO and of the *KFOR, with seen to impose the total ethnic cleansing to coast of the #serbian, of the #gipsy and of any #another nationality, except the Albanian, that live in *Kosovo, and to build his own state embezzling the region of the #serbian state. +In the section 2, the European Parliament thinks that the preparation of the Letter *incumbirá jointly to the Council and to the own Parliament, *cuando is evident that today the fundamental rights are protected by the national Constitutions and that exercise referent to these rights #would have to affect of way *prioritaria, #if no exclusive, to the national Parliaments. +Is an odd coincidence that a judicial procedure, of #whose cleansing and correction am not fully convinced and that a sentence, of the that am still less convinced by fundamental considerations, to know the death sentence against the Mr. *Ocalan, have taken that it exist a big opportunity to finish with a terrible internal war inside *Turquía. +The Group of the *PPE hails thus the serious efforts of almost #all the political strengths of *Togo so that it was irrevocable the course to the democracy and to prepare for the next months elections to the National Assembly that are democratic and free of pressures of the army and of the President of the State and of his surroundings. +In April of the present year, the common position of the European Union consolidated the political decision of October of 1998 with the inclusion of the visas of traffic and the prohibition of tourist visits to affine persons to the #burmese authorities. +Believe that the big interest that today is the building here gives samples that there #be had, to my trial, a fault of debate previous with the members of the parliament, a fault of debate previous with the users. +#can not be that the General Direction *III was competent for the foods transformed, the medicines and the genetically modified organisms, that the General Direction *XXIV in reality also was it a bit, and that, besides, Direction General SAW and the General Direction *XI have also #any competition in relation with the foods for the animals. +*Me pleases that in this examination go to tackle the main reasons of worry of the Parliament in July resolution, #such like sufficient controls in the chain of production of *piensos for animals, a register of #all the producers of *piensos for animals, *rastreabilidad of the ingredients of the *piensos for animals and the fixation of limits for the content in dioxin. +To the sight of this modification of the juridical foundation, immediately after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the European Commission modified and reviewed in depth proposal on 21 May 1999, on the base of the *dictamen of the Parliament of 11 March 1999. +Without embargo, is important that in the debate of today, in #day of the debate in Parliament on the Conference of follow-up of *Kioto that celebrated in *Bonn, but also #few days after the second nuclear accident graver of #all the times (this time in a country of advanced technology), also situate the program *ALTENER inside a wider context. +The energetic efficiency means lower consumption, conservation of energy sources no renewable and reduction of the dependency of the imports of energy, but especially means inferior levels of environmental pollution owed to hurtful substances, #such as the CO2, #one of the most important causes of the effect of *invernadero. +In function of the military operations, the situation of the refugees #can aggravate considerably in the case that an offensive of the Talibans launched among 180.000 and 200.000 refugees more to the Valley of the *Panshir. With the arrival of the winter, this region #can convert in the valley of death. +Subject: Purposes of the Commission in relation with the fight against the drug and the prevention of the doping in the sportive field The Championship of the World of Athletics of *Sevilla went back to put on the *tapete the question of the doping of elite sportsmen. +since in my opinion the sportive organisations have to assume his responsibility in the fight against the use of drugs in sport, *me ask #if there are plans to initiate *algún type of collaboration with the sportive organisations Europeans to end to resolve this problem that has arisen in the last years. +Takes some ten days celebrated in New *York an extraordinarily positive meeting, together with the Presidency and the Minister of Subjects External of *Portugal, with the Regional Association of the #Asia Meridional, headed by his splendid President, Subject Minister External of *Sri *Lanka, that was -gives the chance- #mine mate of faculty. +By it other, in February of this year ask to the #spanish authorities that watched with special attention the conditions of crop, crop and transformation, so as to avert premium "hunting" Today same have had news through the newspapers that a region of *España also has taken letters in the subject and has withdrawn the subvention to varied producers. +*Usted knows, gentleman Commissioner, that in *España today no only the newspapers of more thrown but practically #all the #spanish press brings in cover the grave irregularities found by the inspection of the Council of Agriculture of the Joint of Communities of *Castilla-Stain in the transformative companies of linen that were in *litigio and that have been heard and analysed by the commission to the that has taken quotation. +Second, in question *kurda have given some first steps -although under the miserable circumstances of the conviction to death of *Ocalan- to a political solution and in the field of the human rights no only has produced the release of *Akim *Birdal -although it only was by reasons of health- but that have produced also #some legal changes that expect carry likewise to the practice. +My Group believes that the discipline of the condition of candidate will comport a more serious preparation of *Turquía for adhesion, a firmer dialogue and a greater exhibition to the culture and the politics of the European Union. +The #turkish public opinion, the public opinion advanced, political, social and business *nos sues a clear message, but this message includes the approximation among the European Union and *Turquía and, to time, the impulse of the democratic values that, sure enough, today follow without fulfilling . +The international legality do not looms with using the violence, do not serves of the political blackmail to predominant states, of doubt on the borders and of the bonds that derive of the international treaties, and in general, of the posture *provocadora in the international life. +The appeal of *Turquía has to evaluate on the base of the following criteria: his geographic and economic situation of strategic importance and the repercussions for *Europa; the fundamental paper of *Turquía like member of NATO and how #can keep said association #if we follow continuously *dándole with the door in the noses; *Turquía, that as future responsible member of the EU #can convert in the *apaciguador of the dissatisfaction that arises in Orient Half and further. +The agreement of *Ankara is not sufficient reason as from this agreement with the *CEE, *Europa has shown his disposal and capacity by means of three modifications of the Treaty, the European Only Record, the Treaty of *Maastricht and the Treaty of *Amsterdam, to transfer more competitions of the national level to European and deepen in this way *Europa. +The goal #would be to deepen the questions that still pose problems: the questions related with the human rights and minorities, as it is natural, but also those questions that have to see with the economic relations, on purpose of the *cuales *Europa has to fulfil his commitments on the union *aduanera and accelerate the preparation of the corresponding financial protocol. +With reason of these technical votes on veterinary and phytosanitary questions, #would wish to remember the importance that has the fact that the countries members of the European Union conserve, *soberanamente, in the national plane, trial freedom and of decision on #all the relative questions to the alimentary security. +Also have the responsibility to choose among the fears *milenaristas, the resistance to the change, and the opportunity to make, in the frame of the globalisation for growth, the human development and the protection of the environment. +Gentleman President, agriculture will follow being, as, #one of the most important files of the next negotiations of the *OMC, and our #european institutions seem to put of agreement so that it recognise our agricultural model European, so that it protect to the consumer and to consider that the agreement of *Berlín is the frame of the mandate of the negotiation of the Commission. +Therefore, will comprise *usted, gentleman Commissioner, our worry with regard to the apparent absence of points of common sight, in the breast of the Union, before the beginning of the negotiation, *cuando the States Joined seem to have very clear opposition to the system of helps #european, *disculpándose elegantly of the payments of flexibility. +*Cuando celebrate our debate in the audition with the Commissioner takes roughly a month, commission, the Commission of Environment, was really quite divided with regard to the suitability to present relative measures to the trade of the broadcasts, but believe that it costs the pity explore this line. +Nevertheless, my question to the Council is the following: do not believes the Council that the own #european institutions have the duty to give example in the subject of equality, and is satisfied the Council with the current situation of the personnel of the institutions? +These facts are of a special gravity in a territory like the of the European Union, #where the protection of the human rights is a fundamental subject, more still in moments in that it works in the preparation of a European Letter of the Fundamental Rights. +With the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam on 1 May, according to the new article 13, the Council has the possibility to adopt measures for the fight against #everything of type of discrimination, included discrimination by reasons of sexual orientation, but always inside the frame that establishes the Treaty and without limiting the application of other regulations. +Subject: *Incumplimiento of the regulation 1239\/98 on reduction and disappearance of the networks of derives minister Council that took place in *Luxemburgo in June of 1998 decided the disappearance of the networks of derives in the fishing of the tuna for the 1.1.2002, and, by means of the regulation 1239\/98, the minimum reduction of the fleet in a 40% for the year 1998 and the annual preparation of lists. +Results even more surprising that the General Secretary of the European Parliament, violating perhaps unintentionally the duty of reservation, take a preface in the that *elogia yearbook, and in the that it #can read , in particular, that is an useful reference for the men of business and that even constitutes a true public service! +Am fully convinced that I #can support, together with my Group, the report of the president Mr. *Napolitano, because the modification of the Regulation and the proposal of decision answer seriously to the worry of no subject to the deputies to excessive and arbitrary controls, a worry that finishes to show also the Mr. *Dell' #Alba. +Gentleman *Bourlanges, *usted signals with #all the reason that no only takes part the question of a more suitable control and agreements more ideal -that also are important looks-, but that besides is precise to answer to a fundamental question, to know: of how subjects has to take charge the public administration and #which #can entrust to low private companies determined conditions? +The perspectives of *Edimburgo *nos fix a higher ceiling and the Council *nos gives a budget always more reduced, which takes that it was necessary *arañar of the actions in matter of development, for example, of human rights and #many actions, to fund the priorities that fix, and is not #ours fault #if *Europa is the big treasurer of the external politics. +#If there #be not possibility to access to services of reproductive health, #all the family suffers the consequences, especially the boys, that in the worst of the cases also die *cuando dies the mother or leave to assist to the school and are badly fed. +#This reflects the fundamental orientation of the #european institutions, attendants to facilitate the activity of the great capitalist groups, included it that *ella has of more *nefasto for society, like the plans of dismissals that are responsible of the gravity of the unemployment and of the extension of the misfortune. +Have the possibility to leave clear in front of the citizens and the citizens #which are our goals to *través of the program directed to the youngsters, of the program #Socrates, of the cultural program, of the relative looks to women and to the equality of opportunities. +In what they fulfil the relative conditions to the processing and the internal procedures *interbancarios, the banking sector #would have to can reduce substantially the price of the transfers of credit *transfronterizas and reduce the execution time to the necessary for the domestic payments more a day. +*Yo support, therefore, the request of the report of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary by the that urges to #ECB to that it adopt immediate measures to take fully effective at least the specific relations with the European Parliament that foresees the Treaty of the EU. +*Nosotros believe in the independence of the Central Bank, but this Central Bank is much more independent that the *Bundesbank or that the North American Federal Reservation, because no is born of an act of the Parliament neither #can be modified with an act of the Parliament, because it do not coexists with an economic Government. +Expect that, in base to the decisions of the Council to create on a long-term basis some common procedures of management of asylum and to concede a situation of equality in #all the Union for the legal refugees, have opened a path that convert to *Europa in a zone *homogénea in matter of asylum and shelter. +The second significant look is -by it that *Tampere has constituted a hit- that for the first time has produced a clear delimitation in the politics of asylum, the politics of migrations labour and in politics for the received of the displaced by wars, of temporary refugees, with some first concrete measures to the *respecto. +According to the record of this conference, the specificities of villages #european #would have to melt , in effect, as in a *melting *pot world-wide, in the that -quote- "the rights and the obligations of the *migrantes #would have to be similar to the of the citizens of the European Union, the statute of the citizens of third countries #would have to be similar to the of the citizens of the States members" and *ello in function of a supposed principle of no discrimination. +The invitation to the Commission to value the possibility of creating a budgetary reservation to the *respecto will be important, but follow being very little still. Is precise that the European Union in his group take charge of the extraordinary influx of immigrants no community with a strong action of solidarity to the most exposed States, in particular #Italia. +In effect, the *scoreboard is not so only instrument of legislative programming, is also an instrument of strengthening of the transparency and the responsibility of #all the #european institutions bear with the citizens, because the citizens are the owners of the Space of Freedom, Security and Justice. +*Señorías, do not talk of a definite reform of the #european institutions, but of a sufficiently strong reform to avert the blockade of the institutions or his asphyxia; of a sufficiently strong reform, as it said the #another day #one of His *Señorías, that allow in the future evolutions. +And in any case, from the European Parliament, #can not but encourage to that this text include a systematic approximation to #all the looks of the European Union so that the new conference *intergubernamental occupy, one by one, of #all subjects and the problems that *nos occupy in this moment; taking into account the #aristotelian logic, is to say, that political is the art of it feasible. +Now well, the same that the economists grouped in the Association by the Monetary Independence of *Francia, consider that this goal is not desirable and that onº 1 January 2002 it will be necessary to conserve simultaneously, by a part, the national coins and, by #another, the euro, that will exert coin paper common. +The release of capitals, the suppression of the economic borders, model change owing to the high technology and of the society of the information, the world-wide competition, are elements that many times comport changes and brusque restructurings in the industrial production. +#That is the spirit of the resolution that propose to His *Señorías and only with these conditions will keep *Europa his political paper when allowing an economic development for real durable of the companies and when protecting the rights of the employees that are -do not is necessary to forget it never- strength alive. +In particular, consider that the case that today are has to represent the occasion so that the Commission assume, today, in front of the European Parliament, the commitment to value and review the directive on the dismissals and the closing of companies, so as to *convertirla in more effective in terms of protection of the places of work. +It that the European Union has claimed with firmness has been: in the first place, that with independence of the worry by the terrorism *checheno - that it is comprehensible - is the argument of weight to cut across the problem of a proportional way; second, defended with *tesón a reduction of climbing and the political dialogue. +#All know that our cultural coordinates have to see with our mood to be in the world in what #european and that an action of bottom linked with the cultural life in his multiple expressions is a condition *sine *qua *non for the strengthening of consciousness of #european identity. +will Allow the valorisation of a common cultural space allocated to boost the creation, the cooperation, the exchanges, *salvaguardar and give to know better the heritage and history of the #european villages and boost the full development of the cultures. +Obviously, it is necessary to avert reopen the debate that already have made this morning so much on the agreement reached among the Groups on #if had or did not have to mention the company of the that so much has talked this morning as on the specific question of #if the signatories of a determined text of commitment knew or did not know that it had changed part of the text. +Have communicated to the Moroccans that are had to contribute to the solution of the existent problems in the frame of the program *MEDA, but as I already have said, part #moroccan still has not engaged to the definite implantation of the system proposed. +Lady Speaker, wanted to take a relative explanation to observance of the Regulation of the Monday happened on the distribution of a repertoire of the House of Trade American in *Bruselas that contained informations gravely erroneous on me, on the deputies of my Group, but also on numerous other deputies of this hemicycle. +In the bottom, sure enough, the crisis has to to the obstacles raised so much by the European Union as by the *OMC to the application of the principle of caution. way to apply adequately the principle of caution is to go back to a true subsidiariness, no *trastornarla as it has taken in name of the ideologies *librecambistas and federalistic +Gentleman *Fischler, and also *me direct to the gentleman *Byrne, the last events in the crisis of the *EEB, or the *beef *war, that no longer limits to *Francia and Big *Bretaña -in moment also the States *federados of *Alemania adopt a frankly negative posture-, leave clear that *nos find in front of an enormously difficult task and that before that at all we have to elaborate a politics of the responsible and transparent consumers. +In relation with the agency, it only that *puedoe take is to remit to His *Señoría to the answer that have given to the Mrs. #Jackson, in the sense that I am convinced that the creation of a security agency alimentary centralised in the level of the Commission will be a big step to delete this type of difficulties. +And #this *sucede because managers of the dramatic promotion of the unemployment are the own politics that is and the initiatives that are. A politics that gives absolute priority to the economic look in relation with the social, to the *sostenimiento monetary in front of the social security and that proclaims like maximum law stability pact, that has to apply without hesitating. +It that fear is that the dialogue *macroeconómico try to export to scale #european the method and the system of *concertación in #Italia, that is the method that has carried our country to the levels of growth lower, to unemployment taxes higher and to the levels of inflation higher. +Like this, the subjects now are the transitory disposals on doctors in training, the subject of the period of application of the total of the directive and the limits of the time of work for the crews of the fuselages *pesqueros. +By #this, in my quality of speaker, *yo recommend that this democratic look integrate in the scientific and technical cooperation, is to say, that Argentinian members of parliament and of the European Union, or was, the European Parliament, also keep a dialogue in scientific matter and of investigation, and possibly also establish new priorities. +That at present they transport to thousands of kilometres of distance through *Europa #some isolated components of a product, for afterwards return a part of #the same to the country of origin, no only indicates that the costs of transport are too much low, but also that *algo fails in the system, in the system of restitutions by the exports, for example, or in the of the regional denominations of origin. +Is *algo that it has to determine in each case, although it wanted to underline a look that also remains of self-evident in #one of paragraphs of the resolution proposed. With *eso *me refer to the big importance of the mutual recognition of norms, since this procedure guarantees a fast application, a big flexibility in a world that changes very quickly and a greater respect of the purpose of the subsidiariness. +Regarding the readers of universities #italian that do not possess the #italian nationality, #can communicate to Mr. *MacCormick that today same have signed a letter to the *respecto #whose addressee was a member of the European Parliament that had formulated a complaint in this same sense. +*Nos please the comments of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary that it #would have to take special upsetting in the need to reduce the administrative costs and the fiscal charges for the #SME and that #this represent #one of the greater obstacles for the growth of employment. +The three commissions to the that belong #can identify with his excellent work -made under a considerable pressure of time-, anyway the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects and the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and only with #any reserves the Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities to the *cual is applicable *aquello that less it #would have been better. +*Me *congratulo that the Treaty of *Amsterdam recognise to the European Parliament the possibility to add more closely to the application of the European Pact for the Employment and that, thus, our Assembly have been able to manifest about the guidelines of the States members for the year 2000 in matter of fight against unemployment. +In *tercer place, the Council showed #one some reservation in the introduction of vehicle especially compatible with the environment -in this point have proposed #some additions- and in the strict control of the avoidance of the *cycle *beating, as it has *sucedido also in the States Joined, is to say, that the manufacturers #can delete without more the values limits by means of electronic manipulations. +Likewise *me seems especially significant the recognition of the important paper that exert the no governmental organisations and the networks *multidisciplinarias, #as well as the public organisms that already make a valuable work, in particular in the field of prevention, the support and the protection of the victims. +In 1999, to celebrate the *décimo anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Boy, gave an active priority to the rights of the boys inside the #european initiative for democracy and the human rights, chapter *B. 7\/7 of the budget of the European Union. +Therefore, have to proceed jointly to be able to include the existent procedures and that for the Commission are formal procedures, to know, the intervention of the supervisory committee and on the other hand the right of Parliament to listen to the candidates and to know the position of the supervisory committee. +Gentleman President, gentlemen Commissioners, although the weight of the environmental values has grown along the years, the goal of the energetic politics of the Union has to follow being security in the supply of energy in the national economies, #as well as in the industry of *Europa, to competitive prices. +To the light of the statements of the Commissioner *Byrne, see it that says the Group of Work Permanent of Medical European Auxiliaries: "The investigations have shown that long periods in sail like the that confront the auxiliary doctors (that they work *demasiadas hours) reduce the performance to a level similar to the of the excessive consumption of alcohol". +. (*FR) In spite of his general title, a time withdrawn the paper of gift, early remains of self-evident that the resolution proposal presented by the Mr. *Chichester is allocated first of all to boost the nuclear industry with the pretext that it produces little CO2, at least in the relative stage to the head offices. +Consider very problematic to apply scales out of the Community, including the here mentioned cases and believe that #all #would take well #if we took of the closing a scale no only for the *Europa oriental but also for the energetic politics inside the European Union and did not put in danger the existent possibilities like consequence of an additional deregulation. +As I said in that occasion, #one of the goals of the establishment of similar system of proofs was the to watch by that there was a system of proofs equal in #all the European Union to end to determine the levels of contagion in #all the EU and, in particular, determine how measures #can be necessary. +Since it treats of community companies and that there are proofs of protection concealed by part of representatives of the European Union in said actions of *hostigamiento, how concrete actions have undertaken to ensure the interests of the companies mentioned? How goes to guarantee that they develop freely activities, with the end to prevent his illicit replacement by other companies and interests and illegal circuits organised? +To combat the violence requires a double strategy: by a part, is necessary to centre in the structural causes that the cause, is to say, in the attitudes and the masculine behaviours; by #another, is necessary to have of a legislation that forbid type of violence against the women, included the domestic violence. +My Group, the Group of the Party of the Liberal, Democrat and European Reformers, feels firmly engaged with the general concept of developing a capacity of action autonomous European that has been identified aptly like capacity of fast intervention with the necessary logistical support. +At all shows it with greater clarity that the case of the banana agriculturalists *caribeños, that find among the most vulnerable producers of the world, #whose access to the markets of the EU has been now declared contrary to the regulation of the *OMC, as a result of which confront to the devastation of his means of life. +In my country, *Finlandia, is already in course a project for the years 1998-2002 on the prevention of violence exerted on the woman, directed by the Ministry of Health and Social Subjects; also from this point of sight, the approval of the program *DAPHNE has had a big importance. +Considering the deficient confidence in the Union shown, among other things, in the low figures of participation in elections, and the importance that the EU keep the character of a Union so much of citizens as of States members, think that it is not correct to aspire to the financial autonomy or to the total independence of the contributions of the States members. +The Nordic Green Left (*NGL), composed by the #scandinavian members of the Group *GUE, has voted today in favour of the relative report to the recognition and execution of judicial resolutions in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility on the common children. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, finishes to produce an extremely important announcement: the peace process in *Irlanda of North, even with #all the difficulties that have gone presenting, has given today same a step advance with the decision of the IRE to board negotiations with the Commission for the Disarmament. +In the sector of the agricultural production, in addition to taking into account the principle of caution, it #would be necessary to talk to favour the vicinity of the production to consumption spots and to support the regional alimentary chains. +By #this *yo *le ask to the Mr. *Cunha, for example, that in his quality of speaker of the sector of the agriculture take into account also to the sector of the fishing, although the methods of exploitation are basically distinct, time that *él also is my coordinator in the Commission of Fishing. +In quality of general speaker of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer for the negotiations in the frame of the *OMC, *yo want to appreciate very especially the clarity with that has expressed the Mr. *Schwaiger on the subject of the trade and the environment. +First, our effort for putting in #few pages a series of points of sight shared by a big majority, no only of Parliament, but also of #european citizens; and, second, for showing *nítidamente that the European Parliament aspires always to be, and in fact is, present in the great decisions, in the great processes that orient to improve the European Union. +#would Be tragic to advance in the improvement of the European Union, in the improvement of the politics of the European Union, without taking in consideration look so important, that is directly tied to the daily life, to the life of the #european citizens. +In the session of October, said that the existent contradiction among the enlargement and the consolidation of the EU only #can resolve #if the Union configures inwardly a model to the mood of the onion or a system of concentric circles. +Thinks the Presidency adopt initiatives to coordinate the positions of the #french Governments and Spanish with the end to abandon definitively #all the projects of development of the road network, had account that this solution converts in useless of face to the future the *travesía rail, in particular for the transport of commodities? +Subject: nuclear Head offices in next territories to the European Union To the sight of the grave damages that generated in the European Union the nuclear accident of *Chernobyl, how political proposes to follow the Council to advise to neighbouring countries and cooperate with *ellos in the development of alternative sources of energy? +In how group of work of the Council goes to prepare the proposal, in a group *ad *hoc with representatives of the ministries of Justice, for example, or in the group of information already existent in breast of the Council, that in the actuality commissions to manage the demands of documents? +Subject: Requirements for the inclusion of *Turquía among the countries candidates to the adhesion to the European Union The European Union had denied to board negotiations of *preadhesión with *Eslovaquia and #some countries *bálticos because they did not fulfil the criteria of *Copenhague referents to the democratic freedoms or the respect of minorities. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, do not go to characterise of schizophrenic the answer, *me will limit simply to ascertain, as #any one of *nosotros #can ascertain, that the *reforzamiento of the bows among the European Union and *Turquía is a subject of the maximum priority for the Council. So much is so they leave to the *margen the budgets that the own Council had posed so that it advanced #that *reforzamiento of bows. +Therefore, according to the Regulation, have not passed the *veinticuatro necessary hours to proceed to the debate and to the vote. In consequence, wanted to *preguntarle to President #if also this time go to apply an urgency totally *extrarreglamentaria, because to be like this #can throw the Regulation and decide that #all the urgent subjects #can transact, suffices with agreeing that they are urgent. +Instead, by it that have not struggled and to it that *nos *oponemos of the most forceful form, and besides consider that it puts in grave danger the position of the Parliament and the free mandate, is to that they #can open investigations to deputies chosen freely no only #if they exist suspicions, but also in the case of mere presumptions; to that establish a system that forces to the delation; to that, in end, here do not treat of fraud or corruption, but of a general permission bear, quote "to act in case of grave facts tied to the exert of functions" . +#If it is necessary to create a register of impressions *dactilares, want that under any circumstance mix to asylum applicants neither with the legal immigrants neither with the illegal and will propose that in this diet only take the impressions *dactilares of those persons condemned for having committed an offence. +In this new proposal says that the digital prints of the illegal immigrants -because we are of the extension of the existent program *EURODAC to immigrants illegal- will be collected only to apply the Agreement of *Dublín, is to say, only to know #if these immigrants have asked asylum in another Been member of the European Union. +#If well the pretext to create said Office is to exert control on the civil servants and the deputies of the #european institutions, neither the mood of designation of this Office neither the absence of reference on the mood in that the own Office will be controlled *nos inspires the lower confidence. +Given the no democratic character of the organisms of decision of the European Union, the creation of the *OLAF supposes a totally insufficient measure, allocated to look that it exerts control, *cuando do not exists any real and democratic control. +#If well it has to boost and strengthen , in the frame of a system *multilateral, the organisation of a free world-wide trade and juster, also is necessary to procure guarantee to #all the nations, rich and poor -and *me refer, in particular, to countries #african-, the fact that they #can take out party of the advantages that supposes will contribute this cycle of negotiations. +The decision to leave the nuclear arms without possibility of immediate disposal and to separate the nuclear heads, is to say, the nuclear arms of the devices that the transport, #can, to time, be the beginning of a serious nuclear disarmament. +Therefore, have the duty to put end to expulsion, also to the of *Kosovo, and have the duty to struggle because the prohibition of the expulsions and the right to the homeland convert in foundations of the international juridical order to end to avert that this type of horrors repeat. +Entrust in that the #portuguese Presidency serve of his aptitudes and his renowned experience to expose the opinion of the European Union about the problems with that confronts *Pakistán, and *me #would like to know the opinion of the Mr. *Lamy on the current state of the Cooperation Agreement. +*Intransigencia absolute with the hard drugs, including the ecstasy, in combination with some effective measures that allow to withdraw to the victims of the criminal circuit in the frame of a sanitary program. And, besides, fortunately there are countries #european that begin to follow our example. +My predecessor of the Socialist Group, Mr. #Freddy *Blak, the Mrs. *Rühle that it is the author of the report, deputies of the Parliament and the Court of Accounts have expressed his opinion about the fault of transparency in the operations of the *BEI. +With the new systems, the Commission treats to support to the fleet naval #european more respectful of the environment and safer, on it that already adopted a decision in 1997 in relation with the relative guidelines to the state helps to the maritime traffic. +The Commissioner commissioned of the investigation goes to put the programs of investigation of the *quinto programs-frame and other means to the service of the anti-doping fight, already was the fundamental investigation or the investigation applied, to strengthen #all means of this fight. +In this look wanted to receive with *beneplácito the availability of the #portuguese Presidency to recognise to the representatives of the European Parliament in this *CIG or even the statute that goes to concede to the Commission regarding the personal representatives of the Ministers of External Subjects. +#If we observe the European Union and the ethnic conflicts that here exist, included in *algún marry terrorist attempts, *yo believe that #if *nos found in the reverse situation and the Czech Republic already formed part of the Union, surely *le #would say to a determined Been member: fellow #mine, #if they do not resolve *ustedes conflict, surely will have to expect other twenty years to get to be members. +A possible road to reach a greater balance in the future #would be to adopt a more thematic approach, centring, for example, attention in the groups that require a special protection, like the women and the boys, or in specific subjects, as for example the observation of elections. +By this reason, #would be recommended that, in the activities of the Union in matter of follow-up and information on the respect of the human rights, *le give greater weight to the respect of the freedom of expression and to the guarantees and improvement of the rights and possibilities of work of the journalists, for example, *dedicándole to look a chapter or own section. +do not go to *extenderme on the reasons of this blockade, in the that the crisis that *sobrevino in the sea *Egeo exerted a predominant paper, but in the that had also very in account the #european interests in the essential spheres of the respect of the human rights and the protection of minorities. +But, neither the constitution neither the penal code have democratised, not even has abolished the death pity, neither the question *kurda has resolved politically; regarding the problem of *Chipre, «has left to exist», according to some statements of the #turkish rulers. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0065\/1999) of Mrs. *Breyer, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the values limits of *benceno and monoxide of carbon in the air acclimatise (*COM(1998) 591 - *C4-0135\/1999 - 1998\/0333(*COD)). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0068\/1999) of Mrs. *Ayuso *González, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of regulation of the Council that modifies the Regulation (*CE) *nº 2201\/96 by the that it establishes the common organisation of markets in the sector of the products transformed to base of fruits and vegetables (*COM(1999) 376 - *C5-0140\/1999 - 1999\/0161(*CNS)). +In this point take part the direct advantages of use, that has not had a satisfactory development in the zone of the euro in it that refers, for example, to the service of change of currencies and to the realisation of payments above the normal limits. +Expect, as it had sued it also the Mrs. *Fraga, that *ello *nos have allowed to hit fully in the paper, reserved precisely to Fishing Commission, of thorough control of the activity of the European Commission and of the application of the corresponding scientific reports by part of the community institutions. +By it that refers to the report of Mrs. *Fraga, *nos find in front of a fundamental matter, *pilar of the politics *pesquera common: the common organisation of markets, #whose scope to #all the activity *pesquera is evident, reason by the that this glorious -report- has required time for his parliamentary processing and his final adoption in our commission the past day 22. +Further of the technical obstacles, the reduction of the transitory period #would put in danger #one of the most important elements of the attainment of the euro, *cual is confidence boarded with the economic and social actors (#whose preparation is still insufficient), with regard to a precise calendar and respected. +Now well, the week happened a group of delegates of pertinent class of a school of *Francia #can not visit, as it was foreseen, the European Parliament in *Bruselas, as #some of the students, citizens of a country of out of the European Union, #can not have to time of exit visa and entrance for the territory that it treated. +Is thus by it that the Group *ELDR expects that the Commission, the Council and this Parliament ship in attempt of own initiative of *relanzar the political cause in favour of a greater liberalisation of the trade in general and of a new integral round, instead of an intermediate round, in particular. +The past week, in the context of the report of #Carmen *Fraga *Estévez on the common organisation of the market of products *pesqueros and of the aquaculture, this Assembly voted for the first time in favour of the granting of subventions to the sector of aquaculture, once again, *mermando the limited budget for the fishing. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0084\/1999) of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, relative to the decision on the verification of the *credenciales after the *quinta direct election of the European Parliament, of the 10 to 13 June 1999. +Said substances have a capacity of destruction of the ozone very low -1200 lower times that the *halógenos- and are much more tolerated that the substances like the *HFC and the *PFC, lamentably authorised by this Parliament, although they are more harmful for the environment because have a big capacity of global warming and continue in the atmosphere during 6 or 7 one thousand years. +Lady Speaker, wanted to *pedirle, in a so special day as today, that know *disculpar in front of the President of the Republic #french the absence of #some deputies as, in the case of the that come from of countries more #move# away of the centre of the European Union, his absence do not has to to fault of will but to fault of means to exert adequately his parliamentary work. +*Turquía has to manifest clearly his will to abolish the death pity the next year or the following, #as well as his will to put in freedom to the political prisoners inside the same term and his will to tackle the question *kurda inside this term. +In this House already express very clearly two months ago and half #ours request that the Council suspended #some parts of the Commercial Agreement and of Cooperation and also the financial helps and that transferred the bottoms of the programs *TACIS to the humanitarian help, so as to take comprise of palpable way to *Rusia that #can not continue *perpetrando this genocide. +Have the rests of *Amsterdam, have consequences that for the Treaty have the questions of defence and, got the case, the Letter of the Fundamental Rights, but there #be an open door -*yo #would say an open window- so that the #portuguese Presidency #can take *algún miracle. +And from this point of sight the Commission has an essential paper so that the agenda of the *CIG do not govern by denominator common of the interests of each State, but that have a global vision of the project of the European Union. +The Commission of Budgetary Control celebrated auditions with the candidates and presented a list of three candidates and, as have understood, tonight goes to celebrate a meeting to try adopt a decision among the representatives of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission. +In the frame of the internal reform of the Commission and as a result of the affirmation of his commitment with seen to review the politics of *externalización of services, the Commission has approved also a communication in the that appear the orientations and the calendar for the application of politics of *externalización. +Regarding the management of said bottom, the Commission proposes that it was especially *cofinanciado by the States members and delegate in *ellos, with the specific goal to engage to #all the States in the application of the concrete actions that allow the improvement of the situation of the *asilados and refugees in the States of our Union. +To the light of the debates on the report, the Commission will propose the form to tackle the indicators and the criteria of quality of education in the frame of the renewable program and the annual Conference of European Ministers of Education. +Regarding the properly said budgets, *me ask, in the first place, how felt has have undertaken, takes already three years, the exercise of the budgets for agriculture included in the category 1 To. set up the called procedure *ad-*hoc, that consisted in basing in the last estimates for the next year and, according to *eso, fix the budget for the compulsory costs. +Lady Speaker of the Council, has to know *usted that this Parliament, that has been had to say that it was necessary to review the Conference *Intergubernamental and ask a pile of things, will hail probably tomorrow the fact that they have decided *ustedes in *Helsinki *darnos two observers, in place of two representatives, and that it wants to limit to the subjects that Parliament had considered totally impossible to argue. +Besides, agreed the creation of a plan of action that, in my opinion, will make possible the adoption of the necessary decisions to proceed to ratify the Protocol of *Kioto already the next autumn, with occasion of the *sexta Conference of the Parts of the Agreement on the Climatic Change of The Have (*COP-6). +The nuclear industry is the only bunch of the industry that has included in the price of product energetic #all the costs that originate during the vital cycle of #the same and assumes, therefore, #all the responsibility on the security of the final deposit of the waste. +In distinct circumstances, painful and very hard, *Timor is, in Orient, as *Macao: another promise of advance of the human rights, the freedom and the State of right in #Asia, hope light linked with the #european culture also by means of the culture and the #portuguese experience. +Report (To5-0097\/1999) of the Mrs. *Pack, in name of the delegation of the Parliament in the Committee of Conciliation, on the conjoint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the *segunda stage of the program of action community in matter of education #SOCRATES (*C5-0267\/1999 - 1998\/0195(*COD)) +The European Union has to put order in his house: do not exists any #tending regulation to limit gas broadcasts carbonaceous, to example of the relative regulations to the substances *contaminantes atmospheric local or to the products that destroy the coat of ozone. +This evolution of the events *ocasiona considerable problems of unemployment in the interior of the countries of the Union and increases the charge that bears the already problematic system of social security, especially in those countries (as, for example, #Grecia) that limit with States that recently have decided to establish the diet of free market and confront to a crisis *polifacética *causante of infinity of unemployed. +#Can the Speaker in exercise of the Council pose this subject to the Council of Ministers, talk it with colleagues #french, in particular, and *responderme, perhaps by writing later, unless it was in conditions of take it today, on the measures that #can adopt to guarantee the security of the places of work of these more veteran pilots. +Appreciate that the Speaker in exercise of the Council agree *conmigo in this subject. But, how importance #would be *usted had to *concederle to the foundations of the sentences and to the fact that at present, especially in the context of the cases that have given place to controversies, the particular opinions of the judges and the foundations of discretionary right remain buried for ever? +Had account of the importance that will have the actions of the European Union and our relation to States members, the companies and the workers in the future, think that the four reports have to debate and expose thoroughly in the Plenary and in front of the public opinion in a more timely moment. +Instead, yes appears #who took part in the question 9, but it is necessary to correct the that it do not happen of the question 8 to question 10 without mentioning the question 9, that *yo took yesterday to the Council, and, sure enough, it that explains here, that is the intervention of the deputy *Martínez *Martínez is not, of course, relative to the question 8, as here it appears, but to the question 9, that has not been quoted. +On our part, *nos cheer that the European Council kept and seem to want to keep the method *intergubernamental in the centre of the institutional system of the Union and *nos separate of the blindness that carries to #many to claim it #everything for the European Parliament, despising and cancelling the paper of the national parliaments of the process #european: unacceptable error. +The committed of the competition consists in combating the signs, abuses of dominant positions and the concentrations, #as well as in offering greater spaces of economic freedom, without embargo, know that with frequency the economic freedom goes joined to the civil freedom, as it shows it the past experience of the countries that *carecían of economic freedoms. +Show contempt by the wishes and the will of the international community regarding the right of the village to live in peace, the right of the village to not living in the tightness, the right of the villages to not being murdered with arms manufactured by western countries. +Have affirmed from this same grandstand that there #be not any sentence to just death, that there #be not any human being that #can condemn to death and execute to another human being, that there #be not appeal to law #any, any appeal to sovereignty #any, to independence #any of the States, that #can justify this attempt against the own life. +So that this collaboration #can develop #all his potentiality and #can reach his goals, the individuals have to suit in common values for the observance of the rules of the democratic game, and among values finds the respect to the independence of the institutions, #such as it was foreseen in the respective constitutional text. +The Commission shares the here defended criterion that Court Penal do not has to have a purely symbolic meaning, but that, sure enough, #can have a direct effect of preventive character and will contribute to that in a future do not commit the most appalling crimes. +#If we follow with attention the fluctuations of the market and the needs of the agriculturalists in this concrete product, there #be had, occasionally, interventions in the *primer regulation, and the last intervention has been the decision of the Council, that determined volume only of help to the producers by a period of five years +Neither the urgent call made by the #FMI and the World-wide Bank to the European Union to end to increase support to *Tayikistán, neither the argument of the moral obligation by the debts that has *Tayikistán with the Union are reasons, in himself\/hisself same, to concede the help. +Gentleman deputy, comprise disappointment, but the Presidency only #can *decirle so much like the countries members are had to take and in this case the situation is #such that a series of countries members has some objections very of bottom against this program for the promotion of the #european tourism and do not wish it at all. +The #german Minister of the Interior summoned Conference because of the incidents produced after the arrest of *Abdulah *Ocalan on 23 February 1999. In said conference took part the Ministers of the Interior of varied States members of the European Union and of Swiss #as well as representatives of the Commission and of the Secretariat of the Council. +In #all the countries members of the European Union and in #all the States of right the conversations kept by the managers of the inner security on sensitive subjects, as for example, on information #obtaining, #can not give to know to the public opinion. +Of this way is possible to guarantee two of the main points of my report, to know, that the questions of the environment have to represent an important priority in adhesion negotiations and that it is precise to incorporate these environmental questions in #all the process negotiator by means of the principle of permeability. +The environmental problems of the countries candidates have origin in some deficiencies that have *sucedido during long, in the oversight of the management of the waters and the waste, and in the derivative broadcasts of the industry and the energetic production and, more recently, of the increasing traffic of vehicles. +observation of general type on the economic criteria: has reached an important advance to the economy of the market in #all the countries with the that are in negotiations, but more specifically have reached great economic progresses in countries like *Estonia, *Hungría and *Polonia that, besides, since they published the recommendations have encouraged *ininterrumpidamente in *pro of the reforms. +Already have commented it thoroughly with his Government during a visit to *Liubliana. Want to express my confidence that it will carry out overtaking career, because I agree with the that have devoted some words of his intervention to *Eslovenia and that have said, like the Mr. *Tindemans #among others, that is a country that has of #all the capacities to make possible a prompt and fast integration. +Like this, have approved #some important laws, #among others in the terrains of VAT, of the tariffs, of the right of societies and of the banking Law, and has approved a program of government for 82 Laws *prioritarias relative to the *acervo, that before finals of the present year will happen by some parliamentary procedures abbreviated. +Although it has asked that it expand the mandate of the Defender of the European Village so that it occupy also of the claims against the national authorities, especially in cases referents to freedom of circulation, follow thinking that it is preferable to create an effective system of cooperation with the defenders of the national village and analogous organs. +By it other, the doctrine of right of humanitarian interference» -that advances, but has not been recognised by the Nations Joined- #can not impose by the strength of a powerful armament and complex that goes destroying no only the military whites, but also #all the economic infrastructures of a country. +For *eso is precise to say that the solution was not -as it already has shown- the enlargement of NATO to the East, but the enlargement of the EU and a politics of associations and economic support that favour the economic and political integration and struggle against the nationalisms *irredentistas. +In place to invent the *Europa of variable geometry, able to offer new perspectives of coexistence inside the cooperation to #all the States of the continent, managers #european *obstinaron in following the method *Monet, *erigido in dogma, without giving account that it no longer was pertinent to gather to the big diversity of countries of the new #european continent. +The method of calculation proposed has to conduct to a situation in the that the modalities of transport less hurtful for the environment reach a higher quota in #all the market of the transport. In this sense, has to be possible correct the principle «user pays». +treats of a field in the that it comprises well that it manifest #any doubts on the competition of the European Union taking into account, in particular, the distortions that arise *cuando follow different criteria of country to country, independently that it was near or far of the borders, *cuando there are countries in the that the infrastructures are paid by the users by means of the taxation of fuels and the tolls and #others in that they are it with charge to the public budgets. +Wish before that swims to give the thanks to the Mrs. *Thors, speaker of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of Citizens, and to Mrs. Towers Mark, speaker of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics, because his contribution to the examination of the proposals has been very valuable. +Without embargo, this situation shows that it is necessary to give a jump of quality in the politics adopted with the #african countries, so as to that the promotion of the human rights, the democratisation and the prevention of the conflicts -condition *sine *qua *non for a true development- convert in essential elements of cooperation. +By a part, in effect, is quite #likely that the disposals of the Diary 2000 carry to the agriculturalists to reduce production of *oleoproteaginosas in benefit of the cereals, save, of course, #if they take wise measures in favour of the crops of the no alimentary sector; on the other hand, in *Europa is the capacity of production of amino acids, especially of the *lisina of synthesis. +Now wanted to take a brief comment about the fixation of the prices of the corn in the world-wide market. #would Appreciate to the Commission that *me explained #if compensation granting by commercialisation, that is in the Stadiums Joined, is susceptible to reduce the price of this product. +Gentleman President, taking like base his answer of the Mr. *Eriksson, in the that *usted explained the reasons not to authorise the exhibition *Ecce *Homo here in the Parliament, ask: How is possible that authorised an exhibition of a group of pressure #italian that pleaded against abortion, against of the right of the woman to the abortion? +#If we are able to give stability to our financial position -and are the States members the that they have to take it, and in this sense am very satisfied with the example that has given the Commission and that Mr. *Fourçans subscribes also in his report- to procure that also in the future believes more employment and that we #can reinforce our competitiveness in relation with the States Joined #among others. +The Commissioner of *Silguy has proposed that the monetary politics was not an element of the combination of politics, whereas Commissioner *Monti has referred to the monetary politics like an important element of the combination of politics. +How has been of these elements: codes of behaviour that ask, the review of the statute, the nomination of places To1 and To2 to watch by that have the greater quality in the top of the Commission and the report on the previous control? +As last homage to his work, *me #would enjoy that now the Council, like recognition of the work that has carried out, agreed the changes in the statutes for the agencies of the *segunda generation: changes in the question of the own resources, in the financial control and in the approval of the management that allow to Parliament exert his committed adequately. +says, according to a conception that has origin in the culture of the Communist Party, in a reflection of the sociological left, that, although they exist texts written, #this #can modify #if like this it wants it the majority or a dominant group of the public opinion or of the political strengths. +Gentleman President, approval procedure of the management for 1997 and the procedure of approval of the management for 1997 have introduced movement in the cooperation among the institutions and also in the field of the budgetary control, up to now only had it in the field of the budget. +Regarding the reports on the approval of the corresponding management to 1997, the Commission takes note that the Commission of Budgetary Control has proposed the postponement of the approval of the management by institutional reasons related with the resignation of the Commission. +will Have to watch, especially, to resist to the pressures of the that it will be able to be object by part of the Council or of the European Parliament so that it expand action radio to fields no established on purpose in the Treaties and for the that, by *añadidura, as we have been able to observe in the recent past, *usted will not have of the administrative or financial means necessary to face up to #the same. +The goals of the negotiation have to require with total clarity in the negotiation mandate conceded by the Council, with the agreement of the European Parliament, to #whose representatives will have to keep closely informed on the development of said negotiations, to the equal that *sucede in the practice with the members of the Congress of the States Joined. +Already have enumerated #some points and have not mentioned transparency, the change of the organisational models, the change in the relations among the Commission and the Parliament, the change in the relations with the administrative structures. +The first observation is in answer to the words of the Mr. *Herman of takes a moment and relative to the fact that *usted have decide to subject to approval the modifications of the Annex *V to the Regulation by absolute majority of the deputies to the Parliament; *usted was in it true when proceeding of this way, because it adjusts to the Treaty. +Is the reason by the that I want to take upsetting, together with our speaker, in that the Court of Accounts is in moment in his right to control the compliance of the utilisation of the group of the credits assigned to the budget of the Parliament with the norms in vigour. +is not of receipt that in answer to the grave conclusions of the annual report of the Court of Accounts on the previous exercise, the Economic and Social Committee have considered inopportune that the *UCLAF have access to this *dossier and commission to define any possible implication and administrative responsibility, as it demands *insistentemente Parliament. +Is true that the most visible things are the tragic conditions of fields, without embargo, his *Señorías, have to know that the immense majority of the deported are received, as #all know, by #albanian families or *macedonias very poor and #one of the greater efforts that are is the help to the families precisely to avert that they arise social tensions and to avert that, after a month of generous received, are expelled and arise social problems. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0227\/99) of Mrs. *Müller in name of the Commission of budgets on the preliminary draft of state of forecasts of income and of costs of the Parliament and the state of forecasts of income and of costs of the Defender of the Village for the exercise 2000. +The Council did not agree and added the article 99 of the Treaty like juridical foundation as a result of the point of sight of the ministers, that consider that the relative disposals to the annual taxes by vehicle in Chapter 2 the take a fiscal measure extremely important. +The preparation of a Letter of this type #would be a typical task for the deputies -are the most indicated for *ello and, therefore, have to take it- and our proposal on how has to develop in practice the Letter of Rights Fundamental will have in any case fully in account this look. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, believe that, in addition to the enlargement, the European Union confronts today the need to give concrete political answers and perceivable by the citizens and -will say more favourable- «» for the citizens, the men and women of *Europa, concerning a group of problems of the that a lot it depends our future. +Has been missing political will to use in this sense the current Treaties and fear that, finished the «cold war», have the one who *aventure to lose the will of integration political that it is the base of our realisations and of the peace in *Europa. +Like instrument of the politics of market labour and of the development of the human resources, this Bottom goes to be to time a central element of the #european strategy of employment and of an active politics of labour market. +In this frame, have to say that the European Commission moved in the correct direction in his proposals on the Diary 2000 and wanted to, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European, congratulate by his posture, and also by the that kept during the negotiations, to the Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies, to Mr. *Fischler and to the Mr. *Flynn. +Our amendment 2 had by object force to the Commission to review the parameters of the bottom of guarantee in his annual reports, and now, after the political decision, the Commission will have to review the parameters of the guarantee bottom with each new adhesion. +This fundamental part of the package of the Diary 2000 has the double attribute to be the *primer juridical text arisen of Diary 2000 that reaches a common position in the Council and, without embargo, is the last in being approved by the Council and the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, also *yo go to talk of the Social Bottom European, but from the point of sight of the external economic relations, for having been *yo the author of the opinion of the Commission of External Economic Relations. +Besides, #if we go in in defence dynamics of territorial interests in the that has gone in the European Council in *Berlín, like deputy chosen by the citizens of a concrete zone of *Europa -a region called *Aragón-, neither #can vote in favour of the Diary 2000 because, with this agreement, the citizens to the that represent go out very prejudiced in regard to the current situation. +since, in reality, these resources #can not obtain by means of the creation of the tax on CO2 , as they think *Ripa gave *Meana or the Greens, because it never has seen that the carbonaceous gas produced imposed -of it contrary, the *Pinatubo #would launch probably euros-, only remains, as, a source of resources: the #european tax on the income. +The contradictions of the proposals of the Commission for the restructuring of the fleet that is object of norms, that demand a national programming by comparison to the regions of the Goal 2 that remain subjected to the regional programming, #would serve only to increase the confusion in other questions. +Is precise *oponerse and modify a clearly discriminatory redesign as it #would be a less favourable formulation of the coastal regions of the Goal 2 in relation with the dependent regions of the fishing of Goal 1, with it that #would suppress distant regions of the coast that demand structural finance to support activities of aquaculture and processing. +Gentleman President, do not fits any doubt that the Diary 2000 will bring achieve enormous changes in the European Union, already was for agriculture or for the regional politics. In this last field, have to admit that *me has produced a deep disappointment the fact that *Irlanda of the North do not appear already inside the Goal 1. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report (To4-0169\/99) of the *Sra *Aglietta, in name of the Commission of Subjects Institutional on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that establish the modalities of the exercise of execution competitions attributed to the Commission (*COM(98)0380 - *C4-0501\/98-98\/0219(*CNS)). +By a very simple reason: the *comitología is, as #all know, hell; is an apparently technical problem, without embargo, in reality, is a deeply political problem because, to end of accounts, treats of the problem of the control of the execution, of the responsibilities in the control of the execution. +In last place, but no thus less important, appears the procedure *reglamentador. To this *respecto, consider unlucky that after the discussions in the breast of the Council have *desestimado the proposal of the Commission regarding the return to the Parliament and, often, to the *colegisladores, *cuando a committee have not issued a favourable opinion. +Also want to express our satisfaction because the explanations and explanations that *nos has provided tonight Mr. *Marín satisfy fully the claim expressed by the Commission of Subjects External -in the opinion of the that *yo have been speaker- that the Parliament went informed of the evolution of the negotiations before his conclusion. +In this moment, the session of today has a character *nostálgico, because we are at the end of the term of office, and #some of colleagues will not go back, #others perhaps go back, but, in definite, the current Parliament dissolves, and in this moment there #be a true element *nostálgico, a #twilight environment in this session. +The politicians create the conditions and the suitable climate so that it produce growth. The electronic trade has an enormous potential for the #european industry, by it that we have to watch by that it do not adopt any political decision that force to the providers in Internet to establish out of the Union. +In consequence, has taken a technical assistance to the Palestinian Authority consistent in an international squad that goes to work during two years with the #palestinian authorities so as to that it was the Palestinian Authority the that take the responsibility of the management of the hospital. +Of this form, the countries mentioned by the Mr. *Cars perhaps drop in the account that the pity of death really is the worst instrument so that #one #can recover the human dignity. And is that person has to have the opportunity to amend his errors. +To the Commission follows *preocupándole the possibility that the persistence of the restrictions of the fundamental human rights #such as the right of meeting peaceful and the freedom of expression and opinion, have like result unsteadiness climate and social agitation in *Malasia. +Afterwards, in the current crisis it is necessary to underline -and neither is of style say it in enclosure- the responsibility of the Organisation of the African Unit, theoretically commissioned to reconcile to the populations of the Big *Comora and of *Anjouan, after the secession of this last island. +Gentleman President, in 1993, the entrance in vigour of the only market and the dismantlement of the border controls have involved the suppression, in the statements of the VAT, of the statistics of sake exchanges among States members, #whose reliability was guaranteed by the services of customs. +Have voted against of the #european textile market because the proposal is too much protectionist and do not loans sufficiently attention to the importance that the export of textile products and of the preparation *reviste in the poor countries that try to reach the development of his economies. +Possibly #can result difficult that get to the 626 members, it more logical #would be that #if, truly, exists a report #such, and #if *usted corroborates it, deliver, for example, to the President, to the Table of the Commission of Control Budgetary, and to the coordinators of #all the Political Groups that are represented in the Commission of Budgetary Control. +By it other, *me seems that the designation like representative of the External Politics and of Common Security of the General Secretary of the NATO crimps pretty much curl and remembers this sentence of a diplomatic French that said that so *ilusorio is to want to take a #european defence with the time like taking the Central Bank European in *Fort *Knox. +The Parliament will have to take use in his whole of his right of audit and of his right of control with regard to the institutions, also included the Commission, but in this difficult situation will have to assume responsibility in it that concerns to the need that the new Commission #can begin to work it before possible. +do not want to talk of the nomination of candidate #german that, in view of the elections, has been a slap, by it that to finalise want to expose a wish: while the dictator *Milosevic was to the control in Serbian do not has to flow neither a peseta neither any euro of the #european taxpayer to Serbian. +Without damage of the management of the Commissioner *Fischler, went almost a reform of the status *quo that did not guarantee the wished balance among agriculturalists, regions and cultures and in the that agriculture #mediterranean resulted once again abused by the *PAC, did not guarantee the put in practice of the #european model of agriculture, in #whose field did not take almost swims to help to the small agriculturalists, and, finally, went #few the advances in matter of rural development. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, in the month of January of this year, our Parliament approved the report of Mr. *Brok that asked that, preferential and mostly, the new Commissioners went members of the European Parliament and persons with experience in the #european Institutions, that guaranteed a suitable equality among men and women and a just balance of the political tendencies. +To finish, believe that it is indispensable in this occasion encircle no only to the that they will be the facts, taking it with a logic that was not the to move to this Plenary avatars of the national controversies, but especially take it through a narrower relation among the Institution that *usted chairs and the Parliament. +Some that the creation of an Agency did not resolves of by himself\/hisself the problem; without embargo, already will see how will structure and will convert in operative organism that #would wish that it guaranteed fast interventions, effective, useful, rational and balanced with the just participation in the reconstruction, especially of the that, as #Italia and *Apulia in particular, as a result of the war and of the migratory phenomenons, have seen prejudiced in economic terms of tourist flows and of global image. +The question is #if the group of the Council is decided, and #if #all *nosotros are decided in a hard period, characterised by the competition and by the challenge of a globalisation to #whose height pretend to be to give answer, by a part, to the problems of #all, is to say, to the development and to the *Tercer World, that has truly need of the support of *Europa, and, on the other hand, to accelerate the enlargement. +Without embargo, will result, definitely, more economic for the European Union install it in *Salónica and do not know #if the Commission has taken his duties and has comprised that will pay wages much higher, that there #be not infrastructure in *Pristina, that will see forced to pay a lot to guarantee the security of civil servants, that will run danger in an unsure territory. +Think that the Council of Ministers has had reason when subjecting this subject to the Court of Justice of compliance with article 213 of the Treaty, that forbids to the Commissioners accept, even after the cessation of his functions, put that the #would plant in a delicate situation concerning his obligations in matter of #probity and delicacy. +Finally, want to review the valid norms on the indications of the initial products, specifically, the norms on the signs that have to carry the labels of the pastures, *piensos or thread mixed, in the sense that, in future, indicate the quantity used of initial products used, although no his breakdown according to the different products. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, #if *me allow, wanted to concentrate my intervention in *usted, gentleman President of the Council, because I believe that the European Council has played a very small paper in the #european discussions of the last years and has kept a so much *distanciado *cuando treated to take out the chestnuts of fire. +Without embargo, *yo #would wish to insist to the *respecto, lady Speaker, because in spite of being a lower question, without great consequences for the life of our countries, exist other much graver questions, in #whose case the Commission guides by mentality extremist, it that it #can involve distortions very grave in the economy of our countries and in the situation of the employment. +#If Glass of the World resulted a hit also in this plane, #if the number of incidents was relatively limited, *ello obeys to that said control of the *taquilla allowed, for example, that the cooperation *anglo-#french in matter of security was effective with regard to the received, the follow-up and the control of the groups of followers and that averted #some phenomenons of vandalism, that do not wish that they go back to repeat in our continent. +My group do not ignores the light trip of the centre of gravity of the Commission to the Parliament that finishes to produce in the measure that #this confirms in front of the eyes of the public opinion that #can achieve that they move the centres of can, even those considered like *intocables, which is very important. +In particular, the relations among the European Parliament and the European Commission have to be based in the work and harmony, to guarantee the maximum possible efficiency in the approval of the key elements of our community legislative requirements. +has *rasgado the Letter of the Organisation of the Nations Joined, the international helps, the predominance of the States Joined was the only reason of this war -the affirmation of vision geopolitical- and has caused worry in the old friends of the States Joined of *América as *Helmut *Schmidt. +*Ustedes propose an ambiguous answer regarding the Organisation of the Nations Joined, subordinated to the States Joined in the military terrain, in a totally dogmatic condition with regard to the processes of globalisation of the economy world-wide that *merman strongly the #european autonomy. +*Me odd the fault of a strong speech and original of the Commission in the terrain of the culture, of mass communication, of the artistic and cultural production, in that it is a challenge and a simple and deaf resistance by part of *Europa to a North American penetration. +Without the realisation of this deepening in that it assent the new institutional order that will have to assign to *Europa a paper in the world, *nosotros will not be some effective promoters of peace and the justice neither will be able to conciliate the needs, sometimes found, of the northeast and #european southwest. +In matter of fiscal politics, in particular, *nos have seen especially disappointed by the feeble conviction expressed by the commissioner proposed in the subject of development of the coordination of the fiscal diets and of the need to happen to the rule of the qualified majority in the next *CIG. +Have received of the technical Group of independent deputies, of compliance with the paragraph 4º of the article 180 of the regulation, impugnation of the interpretation proposed by the Commission of Subjects Constitutional to the paragraph 1º of the article 29 of the regulation. +Took a statement that to me *me seemed very *convincente, specifically said: "Yes, go to respect the principle of subsidiariness, or was, that the first decision corresponds to the States members and to the regions, but in Commissioner quality *yo will be the manager that they fulfil the goals of the regional politics and *me propose to fulfil with my responsibility." +As well, together with our adherents will take all it possible so that our life was it shorter possible, but fear that #this was not sufficient, and therefore, expect that at last the European Parliament and the Commission take to hear his voice, so as to that the elderly of #all the fifteen States members obtain the respect that deserve and have first of all norms that *les allow to keep intact the money that pay monthly and *obligatoriamente to have a pension in the future. +But *yo had requested the word, in accordance with article 122 of the Regulation, to consume a turn of intervention by personal allusions, in relation with the indictments that yesterday took to my person the Mr. *Galeote during the debate of investiture of the President *Prodi. +The Constitutions of the States members, the *CPDH and other treaties already offer sufficient protection to the citizen. So it swims to bank diet type legal, as it proposed the week happened the Minister of the Interior of the Low Countries. +#Can *resumir like this the questions that have formulated the public opinions: ?in how contributes *Europa #one *plusvalía and improves our systems of adoption of decisions? ?*Nos has contributed *Europa an upper economic growth, a greater welfare in the daily life or hope to take part in a big adventure? +Said of another mood, the object of the next *CIG #would not have to be the to strengthen this institutional process, but, to the contrary, the of lighten it, is to say, limit the competitions of the Union going back to a Common Market respectful of the environment and of the public health. +Gentleman President, the #french delegation of my Group, as also delegation #danish, already have exposed in the main debate why fundamental reasons #can not support to a Commission that the gives to be the government of *Europa, without that, by it other, the citizens have approved never explicitly similar statute. +The crisis of confidence of citizens in the #european institutions that has revealed clearly the abstention in the last elections demands no only "a modern and effective administration", but also new politics that answer positively to the problems *económicosociales that live in the countries members of the European Union. +The disposal of the Council to modify his proposals concerning the council administration, #can show to the citizens #which is, in fact, the reason of the Council and *cúanto detests to squander, since the realisation of the reconstruction of *Kosovo will be in cases cheaper #if it takes from the region that #if it takes from the States members. +To finish, will say that until it have not found a just and global solution to the problem of refugees, the support of the Union to the *OOPS, like provider of state-owned services in *Cisjordania, *Gaza, the *Líbano, *Jordania and Syrian, is of vital importance to relieve the difficult situation of the 3,5 millions of Palestinians that live in the fields of refugees. +In effect, in a moment in that the international community and #all the world-wide press highlight the importance of the scandal that produces in *Rusia, have to adopt initiatives to comprise the gravity of said scandal, how explanations gives the #russian Government to these indictments and #which are, by the contrary, reports on the community finances with *Rusia. +A vision of the cost, the most tragic, is joined to the quantity of human lives that have lost, to families undone, to the psychological shock that have suffered #all the inhabitants of the regions affected by the fear to a possible back earthquake. +Precisely in the times of peace among #Grecia and *Turquía have an opportunity of *acercar jointly here in the European Parliament to the villages of both countries and to surpass at last it that *me has tried *inculcar and probably also to *ellos in history books in the school, to know, that the Greeks and the Turkish hate reciprocally. +In these moments, the Commission, jointly with other integral of the international community, takes a call to the #russian authorities so that the utilisation of strength was proportional to the fight in the territory of *Daguestán, #as well as to the operations of persecution through the border *chechena. +The first question is until how point has been funded this building entirely by *Francia and #if it has been really a gift of government #french because my constituents want to have the security that his taxes, is to say his #dutch taxes, have not come to stop here. +Recognise the importance of a debate in Parliament on the alimentary security, but the proposal presented was in favour to celebrate a debate with character of urgency on the question of #if a Been member has right to decide by himself\/hisself same of compliance no with the community politics, but with it that suits to his own political interests in a moment given. +But had account of the free market, of the open borders and of the practically boundless import, especially #if it proceeds of third countries, is indispensable that impose a series of norms community properly controlled in matter of security and environment, no only inside the European Union, but also in the countries of origin of foods. +The problem sharpens even more by the liberalisation of the market, #whose result is the circulation of products no subjected practically to control, #as well as by the competition without limits, that offers to the monopolies the *coartada for resource even to irregular methods of reduction of costs and increase of benefits, and by the nonexistence of an effective control of the quality, that remains at the expense of the own consumers. +In this context, of course calls the attention that, in relation with the subject of the identification, the States members, but also the Commission, consider the possibility of postponing the identification of the livestock *vacuno and the labeling of the meat until after 1 January of the 2000. +Therefore, *yo #would ask to his *Señorías that do not include this reference on the modification of the financial perspectives having, very understood, two things: first, that, obviously, anyway the Commission goes to pose a modification of the financial perspectives in the future in the that will take into account no only element but other elements linked to the subject of *Kosovo. +know also difficulties that hinder the penetration of these energies in a liberal market in the that the energetic resources more traditional are with frequency to a lower price, without forgetting the fault of measures oriented to promote of way *voluntarista the new energies. +The community program *SAVE for the efficiency and the energetic saving constitutes #one of the key elements of the strategy of the European Community in favour of an effective energetic consumption or, it that it is it same, a reduction of CO2 broadcasts. +It that is in *entredicho is the respect of a fundamental principle of our own survival in the future, that is the of the denominations of origin of our genuine products, protected, by it other, by the World-wide Organisation of the Trade to the protect of rights of intellectual property. +By means of the agreements of *Wye *River and of *Sharm the-*Sheik, the new political situation in #Israel, a direction of the *OLP decided and a deeper consciousness in the world #arab, has created a new situation that favours a real and sustainable solution of agreement to the interests of the region. +The new #israeli Prime minister, Mr. #Barak, has formed a Government with a majority it sufficiently wide as for *permitirle restart the negotiations in the peace process with the necessary parliamentary backrest to his declared intention to go back to promote the process of peace. +The #european contribution to peace in Orient Next do not manifests only through the economic and financial help, also consists in following being categorical with regard to the political principles of a just and durable arrangement, in #whose definite solution will finish for leaving a #european print. +On the other hand, results particularly grave that #can separate this agreement of the global negotiations of the general agreement, it that #would cause postponement, with the damages of *ello resultant, and #would seat bad precedents from the point of sight of the defence of the denominations of origin community in the *OMC, in particular regarding the denomination "Port". +Exists a point, without embargo, on the that wish to call the attention so much of our Parliament as of the Council and of the Commission: treats of the influence that #can exert this liberalisation of exchanges, even by a period of ten years, in the economic development of the regions *ultraperiféricas, and in particular of The Meeting, #european territory of full exercise situated near of *Sudáfrica. +This exception to the international regulation, inscribed of irresponsible way in agreement that links to the European Union, constitutes a dangerous precedent, able to generalise to other States, specifically to the new producing countries of wines (*América Latin, *Oceanía, #etcetera), #if like this they request it to the European Union. +To the deny to put end to the immigration in *Europa, when denying to *controlarla seriously, when denying to impose a systematic detection of the AIDS in the possible immigrants that proceed of these countries of *África, will expose to the Europeans no only to the *seropositividad, but also to illnesses opportunist, like the tuberculosis, that had been eradicated of our continent. +This Round of the #Millenium do not has to determine the defensive attitude in front of the North American position in imports to the European Union of agricultural products treaties with genetic engineering but that the European Union #would have to find partners for his global dynamic strategy. +*Segunda, #can confirm the Mr. *Sasi that the Presidency will present new proposals to facilitate the most complete provision possible to the European Parliament of the documents negotiated in the Committee 133 of the Council, accompanied, in his case, of the special procedures of face to protect confidentiality? +do not leaves to be odd that the Commission of *Bruselas, in the moment in that it asks to the States members that give green light to go back to initiate, leaving sideways all it other, a new cycle of commercial negotiations *multilaterales, do not seats the need to take a balance *mínimamente objective of the *OMC, and especially of solution device of *litigios. +Obviously, have to defend the values and principles that are fundamental for the countries of the Community, without embargo, have to take it of wise and flexible form having always in account that before that at all it is the need to carry forward this fundamental strategic interest for the liberalisation of the international trade to the that *me finish to refer. +Want to avert that they contemplate *diferenciadamente the classical services of the new -the mood of transfer do not changes at all the nature of a service- and a better access to the market of third States for commodities and services, included telecommunication services based in the electronic commercial traffic. +Subject: structural Bottoms sums corresponding to the structural Bottoms allocated to the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *n1 1 no the delivers the #spanish State in accordance with objective criteria of population and of income by inhabitant, with it that applies a politics that do not seems to respect the own goals of the #european Bottoms. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, want to say that, regarding the Autonomous Communities of Goal *nº 1, the #spanish State, in spite of the competitions of the Autonomous Communities, reserves for politics centralised, no applied in general in the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *nº 1, the 55% of the bottoms that get to the #spanish State. +Second, only wanted to that *usted confirm #if the Council, against of the will of #one of the States members, #can increase this quantity so that this country #would have to pay more, is to say, that *le #would force to deposit a greater part of currency reservation in the Central Bank and that there #be not a maximum limit. +The European Union reaffirms in disposal to support and boost the process of renewal in *Argelia, especially inside the frame the collaboration *euromediterránea, that involves, among other actions, the immediate resumption of the negotiations on the Treaty of Association of the Countries *Euromediterráneos. +According to the article 6 of the Treaty of the European Union, the Union assent in a series of principles common of the States members, principles on freedom, democracy, respect to the human rights and to the fundamental freedoms, in addition to the principle of legality. +Gentleman President, in the first place, have been able to observe personally that the majority of the most important airports follow having big activity in spite of the suppression of the free sales of taxes. And as I indicated in my previous answer, consider that it is function of each Been member take charge of the consequences and other problems, loss of employments in majority, that the suppression of these free sales of taxes #can involve. +Moratorium for the pity of death - *B5-0144\/1999 of Mr. *Thors, #among others, in name of the Group *ELDR, on the vote of a resolution by the General Assembly of the Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties; +Therefore, ask to the Council that do not block with philosophical debates, but that procure that this text contain the mechanisms that *nos allow to continue said battle and that #can, it before possible, conclude the editorial to begin, in the Council and in the Commission -Mr. *Patten *nos has ensured it-, the task to convince to the 180 States members of the Nations Joined. +As #all know, the European Parliament already showed his sensitivity in this subject *cuando, takes so only some months adopted a decision, collected by Mr. *Napolitano in the text of his report, that includes articles very concrete on how have to work and #which are the points that have to take in consideration so that the goal of the fight against the fraud convert in reality. +To time, #would be an omission on my part not mentioning in this moment the big worry and, #if they want to, the contribution of the Commission of Control Budgetary of the European Parliament, that through an opinion, included also in the report of the Mr. *Napolitano, established really bases very solid. +#Can *asegurarles that the Commission is fully conscious of #which is the paper that plays the fight against fraud in the assessment of the #european politics to the eyes of the citizens and of the citizens and thus I celebrate once again in name of the Commission the report and the work that has made. +Are conscious of the rapidity with that is this system and that the Internet world, is to say, the world of the users of the society of the information, is very advanced in it *concerniente to the validity of the agreements and the transactions to *través of the electronic system. +And #if, as I estimate, the erosion of the principle of the country of origin looms fundamentally to the only market of electronic services in *Europa -which, to his time, #would constitute an important example for the operation of the electronic trade in globe-, then the results #would be *tristísimos and *dañosísimos for the citizens of *Europa. +The project of proposal is linked directly to the technical requirements of the Norm 34 of the Economic Commission for *Europa of the Nations Joined, that treats of the prevention of fire risk and in particular of the applicable disposals to the deposits of fuel manufactured with plastic. +Have to leave that the States members and the Commission take his proposals and afterwards have to *ocuparnos of #some of the essential initiatives and expose the point of sight of the citizens, companies, the users of the road and the drivers in #all the European Union. +In the European Union have to *preocuparnos by #all the looks of security in #all the forms of transport, no only the vehicles of two tyres, or the vehicles of four tyres, or the railways, or the aircraft, or the fuselages or it that it was, but also in relation with the *telecabinas and the facilities of transport by wire. +*Yo add, besides, that will be precise to include in the Budget 2000 15 millions of euros corresponding to the contribution of the European Union to the initiative of condonation of the debt of the poorest countries that, as #such, has to fund directly with charge to the Budget, or was, no with pertinent resources of the Bottom of Development. +Our commission considers also that it has to constitute a priority for the Union information provision statistical of high quality, especially now that the Economic and Monetary Union has applied in the zone of the euro and have already the perspectives of the enlargement of the Union. +Even so, consider particularly important that have not accepted the linear reduction introduced by the Council and, especially, that foresee a moderate increase in the field of the veterinary and phytosanitary costs, to the equal that in the field of support to the commercialisation. +Gentleman President, the project of budget for the year 2000, 92 *millardos of euros, a *margen of flexibility for this Parliament of 1,5 *millardos of euros had account of it that they are the financial perspectives, linear reductions of #all credits, or, anyway, agricultural credits, #few ambitions, always the *espolvoreamiento and the *clientelismo budgetary: is to say, a project of budget without great novelties, and the gentleman *Bourlanges has the big merit to try encourage technically the debate. +The solution of the paradox *nos has been suggested and consists in not accepting that morning priorities are funded with the sacrifice and the priorities of today and of yesterday and, in consequence, in funding the new and *irrenunciables priorities of the external actions with a review to the heaves of the financial perspectives of the category 4. +Two final observations: the first is the difficulty to understand and, therefore, to explain, why has, as it has to be, of a juridical foundation to support to victims of natural catastrophes in any place of the world, as with justice go to take for *Turquía, and do not has of said foundation bear inside the Union. +The Treaty by the that it establishes the European Community contains varied disposals allocated to guarantee the democratic responsibility of #ECB, #one of #whose angular stones is definitely the presentation of the Annual Report to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union. +To this normality has contributed, definitely, the fine direction and management of the Central Bank European, and to *él and especially to President it is necessary *felicitarlos due to the fact that, in the first months of the establishment of the euro, *cuando fixed the first orientations, had to surpass -and took it with tarpaulin- #some adverse circumstances in some certainly delicate moments to level so much internal like international. +To my mood to see, #this contradicts the article 113 of the Treaty of the EU, that establishes the obligation of the #ECB to present an annual report to Parliament on his activity and on the economic and monetary politics. +These gentlemen of the Central Bank European comport like spokesmen of the big *patronal that is, in effect, "reducing the rigidities of the market of work" , destroying thousands of employments as in this moment in *Michelin, *Renault-*Nissan, *Alsthom, *Rhône-*Poulenc and *Hoest #Marion *Roussel and #a lot of #others, or generalising the precariousness with wages that sink to an increasing part of the population in the poverty while it increases the fortune of the great shareholders. +do not has power to fix types of interest, any power on the types of change, little can on the public cost, restricted by the Stability Pact, and #if it was in the hand of #many of the members of this Parliament, any power on the own fiscal types. +The union of the two wallets of development and humanitarian help increases the possibilities to reach this goal, especially #if we take into account the fact that so much the field of work of THROW like the field of competition of commissioner responsible of the politics of development are global. +Regarding the actions in matter of fight against the drug for the period 2000-2004, the Council now *nos urges to approve to haste this document whereas, as it admits the own Commission, has not taken any systematic and rigorous assessment of the presumptive results of the previous plan. +Has talked to "open" the Council to the public scrutiny and to study other reforms, and has expressed hope that the #finnish Presidency leave a durable print in the Union in this sense. +Nevertheless and said was of step, is true that the special situations demand a special effort -and was necessary bottom special to cover this special effort- so that they are not the projects already in course the that they go to pay the special situations, as it seems that it exists now the risk that it was *África the that go to pay the efforts that the *EU will take in *Kosovo. +To time, want to ask to the Presidency of the Council that, of compliance with the document of the Commission, in the *preparativos of the Conference *Intergubernamental open the possibility to present an own proposal to apply of a reasonable mood some methods of work. +#All actions and other more that affect to the security of the citizens of the European Union, have to be undertaken on the base of the full respect of the fundamental rights of #that that live in the territory of the Union, because the key of the future space of freedom and security are precisely the fundamental rights *irrenunciables. +Gentleman President, for the very cold and rational heads the year 2000 is of course a year like #another #any one, but no only the no romantic #can embezzle to the start of a new century to #one magic, to elevate the head above his own activities and adopt in front of his own future *algo #as well as an attitude of project. +This Council of Wise persons do not devotes neither a critical word to the second and *tercer *pilar of this democratic non-existent country of cooperation among the Governments neither neither makes any proposal for link it to a #european democratic reform. +In my opinion, when developing a frame of reference #european for utilisation of the digital signature, the European Union always has to act also to international level so that the legal guidelines of the system are ratified. +By #this a concrete principle to justify the intervention of the Union in this matter is the of the possible social insecurity that #can produce company restructurings inside the Community and, was as it was, inside the States members, a principle that, on the other hand, already was foreseen in the Treaty of Blunt of 1957. +Gentleman President, when refusing the Treaty of prohibition of nuclear proofs, the American Senate has taken an irresponsible gesture assuming to time the responsibility to put to the world in front of the serious danger of the nuclear holocaust. +These strengths are #the same that follow *perpetrando the pity of death and not paying the quotas owed to the Nations Joined contributing of this way to the loss of legitimacy and functionality of an organism that has like constitutive element the right of the villages to rid of wars. +This attitude of the Senate of the #EE.UU is in contradiction with the final statement of the *CTBT that, as *usted gentleman President of the Council has mentioned, has gathered in *Viena of the 6 to 8 October underlining the importance of a global and verifiable prohibition of essays nuclear and urging to #all the States to sign and ratify with rapidity said Treaty. +But perhaps #can go a bit more far and affirm that it really hurtful for the European Union #would be #if, after having reaffirmed the cause in favour of an external politics and of common security, after having defended the cause of an initiative by the security and defence, *nos remained short in it that take regarding our rhetoric. +Of Compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0026\/1999) of Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of Council (13328\/2\/1998 - *C5-0023\/1999 - 1998\/0169(*COD)) with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes an only instrument of finance and of programming of the cultural cooperation (Program "Culture 2000" ) (Speaker: Mr. *Graça *Moura). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0024\/1999) of Mr. *Gargani, in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999) 111 - *C5-0019\/1999 - 1999\/0066(*CNS)) relative to the community participation in the European Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector. +Was constituted in the month of October of 1989, under the auspice of the program *Eureka Audiovisual, acts in the frame of a partial agreement reached in the breast of the Council of *Europa and among members has 34 #european members and the Commission of the Union *Europa in his group. +To personal title, without embargo, want to say that the third amendment did not have my approval, in the sense that, in the text *originario, decision that #be to approve and that the Commission already has anticipated, had to expire the last day of the last month of the *quinto year, while the Commission has reduced this term to three years. +Without wanting to question the authority of the president of the commission that finishes to take part and to the sight of the appeal of the greater parliamentary Group, meeting wiser act with greater prudence because, as it has shown, did not fits doubt that the necessary absolute majority converts, at least, in difficult vote. +Expect of the capacity of the gentleman Commissioner, of the attitude of the Commission, of our Council and of our Governments, that conclude *felizmente an agreement that allow, on the one hand, continue with our activity *pesquera and, by the #another, why no, that *Marruecos and the #moroccan citizens benefit of this privilege that have when administering waters that have a bank *pesquero so important. +The European Parliament, in the amendments that presents Fishing Commission, asks to the Commission that follow the subject, that inform to the Parliament and to the Council, at least three months before the expiration of the agreement, so as to have the security of his continuation. +In this moment, since it has modified the juridical foundation -and east is the reason of the new regulation- and the procedure that has to apply no longer is the of the article 37, or was, the of query, but the of the article 152, or was, the of *codecisión, Parliament has the duty and the responsibility to reduce this term of the 2003. +A technical analysis allows to get to the conclusion that the *desaceleración of the tendency of growth in the European Union explains by a combination of crashes external, amplified by divergences of the national politics, in a context of structural rigidity. +The unification of coins has induced the unification of the financial politics; the of the financial politics, the unification of the economic politics; the of the economic politics, the unification of the social politics. +The #finnish Presidency also pleads by the transparency in this subject, although the point of game was confidentiality; #this, to his time, is owed in big part to that each *dialogante talks of his own subjects and of his specific field without pretending get to common agreements, but that it that looks for is the mutual understanding. +In the marine sector, with the amendment *nº 6 have examined the question by extensive and in depth to try give with a formulation that guarantee the achievement of a collective agreement that offer the maximum flexibility allowed by the directive, is to say, the annual computation of day labour. +The Parliament had asked that it take into account that the air conditioned or another additional squad #can increase the pollution. That the juridical responsibility of the manufacturer and of the distributors has to delimit of form more precise and that, therefore, included director cars and the vehicles with permission of circulation of a day. +The collateral effects and the adaptation of the actions will base in his greater part in the frame of the inner market that the Commission formulates two times to the year and in the report of *Cardiff on the operation of product markets and capitals. +As half against the unemployment the report mentions also the increase of the capacity of adaptation of the companies and to this *respecto is precise to ensure, for example, through minimum standards, the participation of the workers, the information and query of #the same in the timely time and, with #this, his possibility to adapt to change. +The project of the *UEM creates unemployment, and regarding the active labour politics is obvious that #this presupposes local and national initiatives by the reason that the labour markets of the countries community are organised of form so distinct among himself\/hisself that results of the all impossible put in practical any #another measure that are not the normal measures and no *vinculantes included in the existent proposals. +*Yo expect proposed like #this of the new Commission, knowing, gentleman President, that in this moment will find the social object of the Union, is to say, a greater social wealth and a no based employment in partial measures but in an economic development and in companies fully profitable and reliable. +The high taxes, the social redistribution of the income and politics *salarial *inflexible #be to conduct to the societies to a situation degraded, in the that the work no longer is for the individual a stimulating alternative from the point of sight economic. +Like this and #everything, in the *mundialización of the markets, *Europa runs the risk of suffering the competition of the great economies that invested and invest more in the diffusion of the technologies and in the investigation, #as well as in the professional training of the youngsters, #this is, in the future of the most advanced industries technologically. +Report (To5-0049\/1999) of the Mr. *Gahrton, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that celebrates the Agreement of scientific and technical cooperation among the European Community and the Popular Republic of Chinese (*COM(1999) 287 - *C5-0038\/1999 - 1999\/0123(*CNS)) +Report (To5-0047\/1999) of the Mr. *Linkohr, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that celebrates the Agreement of scientific and technological cooperation among the European Community and the Argentinian Republic (*COM(1999) 292 - *C5-0040\/1999 - 1999\/0125(*CNS)) +Lady Speaker, believe that the proposal that has taken Table is the best solution in this case, is to say, that the debate on *Chechenia celebrate of the 15.00 to the 16.00 hours because like this, in place to interrupt the debate on the conference *intergubernamental, will begin the session of the afternoon on said conference an hour later, believe that, of this way, will be able to debate the two subjects more correctly. +To continuation, have the proposal of Mr. Baron *Crespo to suppress the hour of questions to the Council, proposal varied by the Mr. *Leinen, that asks that this hour of questions celebrate during the nocturnal session, after the institutional debate, it that *me seems to coincide with the criterion of the Mr. Baron *Crespo. +Lady Speaker, Parliament already has voted a resolution to the *respecto, but today poses a problem: the World-wide Bank has to pronounce *próximamente on the relevance of the project, and think that, given the projection that has on the villages of #Chad and of *Camerún, #would be very received a message of the European Parliament. +The first proposed of the Commission is of May of 1998, and in the last 18 months the procedure survived no only to a change of legal base, but also to a change of the Treaty, to a change of *comitología, to a change of the Parliament and to a change of the Commission. +With that have seen the apparition of criminal organisations devoted to the sale of boys, mothers to the that *les steal the children, mothers to the that bribe so that they separate of his children, mothers to the that *engatusan *diciéndoles that the boy goes to enjoy of a good beginning in the life and afterwards return with his family, *cuando, of course, did not exists this intention. +The question that, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, want to take to the lady Commissioner that, on the other hand, has shown sensitivity to these subjects, is the following: *Nos #can say #which are the conflictive looks of the question and the reasons by the *cuales has not presented a proposal reviewed still? +Likewise, #if we decide to transfer the competition, put by case, of the cooperation for the development of the States members to the European Union, believe that we #can reach *muchísimo more in the world with quantity of money and #can increase our resources without thus increase the fiscal charge that *recae on the citizens of the European Union. +But it that still lacking and it that still has not reached the ancient Commission and that expect reach at last, is a #european directive in the that no only regulate technically the feeding of the current *proveniente of sources of renewable energy but also that, in accordance with competition right #european, specify the moods on how #can boost *contractualmente in the Community a current produced in this way. +Exists coincidence in considering that the conservation of energy, the rational planning and the renewable energies constitute the most important form, apart from the tax to CO2, on the that, as I already have said, has not got still to an agreement. +*Me go to refer now to the part *jocosa of the subject: the *UJD, authority #slovakian supervisor of the nuclear facilities, did not concedes already from 1995 the usual permission of service for varied years but only a provisional extension of a year with the purpose to force to the *explotadores to make the necessary modernisations. +High Gentleman Representative, did not fits doubt that the institution of charge and in particular his nomination has created great expectations in this sector of the public opinion - that create majority - that thinks that *Europa has to endow of an external politics and of common security #if it wants to, as *usted has said, be credible further of the commercial exchanges or of the economic gigantism. +Surely will coincide the Mr. #Solana *conmigo #if *le say that the dip that *nos have traced those who today have #any greater or lower responsibility in the process of integration #european #would take *palidecer the most optimistic ambitions of the #european leaders of *cuando, for example, *usted chaired the Council of General Subjects of the European Community. +The goal of the debate of today is *clarificar and evaluate, from the point of sight of the European Union, the global approach of negotiations to scale world-wide and situate it in the political context of a global strategy. +The increasing tendency to the fusion of companies that develop activities of transnational character and the impotence of the national States in front of the constitution of monopolies, oligopolies and cartels put in danger the goal of the world-wide trade to contribute to the welfare and peace all over the world. +Besides, also is particularly important that have clear that the *aminoración of the growth of the world-wide economy also saves relation with the unsteadiness of the international financial system, that characterises by enormous and swift financial transactions to scale world-wide and, although it has *desgajado of the world-wide economy, without embargo *repercute on the investments, the growth and employment. +Second, that fix rules of common game to #all with respect of the matters at present no treated or insufficiently treated by the Agreement of *Marraquech, examples of the *cuales are the sanitary hygienic-modalities, the environmental effects and of health of methods of intensive production or the respect of the sensitivity of the consumers. +#This is particularly important, since #many of the subjects, especially the new -colleagues have signalled it already- have a strong emotional charge, as, for example, the question of the links of the investments to a new regulation of the competition and to the social and labour norms, but also #many #others. +But is in the haste of the that gives proof and to the that the report *Schwaiger takes reference with obstinacy #where reside the reasons to raise legitimate suspicions, especially #if it wants to remember that these same principles finish to see ridiculed in the recent files of the banana, of the *OGM and other meats of *vacuno with hormones, in the *cuales the defeat of the European Union through the Commission is so discreet like fast. +*Rusia -and #this results particularly painful for the #european left- did not constitutes an exception in this sense, but that acts, to his mood to see, exactly the same that it took it the NATO in *Yugoslavia and *me seems an opportunism of the worst class that those who have applauded to Mr. #Solana to first hour, applaud now the intervention of the Mr. *Cohn-*Bendit. +there will be reached, in the final act, a quotation on the principle of caution, in the sanitary look, even in the phytosanitary, a forum *OIT-*OMC, a recognition of the environmental principles, in the measure that have been already recognised in *Kioto. +In decades, in these last *lustros, the international trade -*Europa is the homeland of #David #Ricardo- has allowed, thanks to a new international division of the work, generate wealth and inclusion, #as well as win a poverty that, with the increase of the population and without the international trade, #would be much graver that the current. +The education, the health, the public and social services, the public transports, the culture , are #others *tantos sectors that #can not put in the scales of a commercial negotiation and #can not depend of court of international trade. +But the next cycle of negotiations has to tackle also new subjects: the development, the environment, health and the sanitary security, the fundamental social norms, the competition and transparency of some minimum rules in matter of investments and the promotion of the cultural diversity. +Has got the hour, without embargo, to be able to send parliamentary representatives to #all the meetings and to take part in the *CIG, in quality of community institution, in equality of conditions that the Commission to defend our positions and our proposals and, in his case, *rebatir the proposals that present #others. +The Commission, with the power of orientation, the new authority, recognised to his President, #would have to preserve -will not be easy, *permítanme say it, now that am inside the Commission- his school character, his efficiency, form of decision by simple majority of the members that the compose. +Takes lacking to integrate, for example, the functions of the Western European Union in the Union to avert new *Kosovos, but also boost the coordination of the economic politics, the fiscal harmonisation and the creation of an authentic *Europa social and of employment that *nos allow to confront the worries of the citizens. +lack self-evident with special virulence in the point of intersection among the Economic Union and the Monetary Union, by a part, and in the point of intersection among the Political Union and the Economic and Monetary Union, by #another. +Like this *me allow *recordarle #one of the looks that with tarpaulin has stood out the Mr. *von *Boetticher, to know, the package of proposals also has to foresee that in the general and essential part of the Treaties establish a frame that define clearly the competitions of the European Union. +In this context, the Council wishes to remember the conclusions that issued on 25 May 1994 related with the nuclear security in the production of electricity of the countries of *Europa Central and of the East, #as well as in new independent states, in the *cuales the Council expressed posture in front of this question. +All citizen of the Union, #as well as person physical or juridical that reside or have his social domicile in a Been member, will have right to access to the documents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission, with arrangement to the principles and the conditions that will establish of compliance with the sections 2 and 3. +The Council, with arrangement to the planned procedure in the articulate 251, will determine the general principles and the limits, by reasons of public or private interest, that regulate the exercise of this right of access to documents, in the term of two years from the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, only want *indicarle and *asegurarle to Mr. deputy to the Parliament that the Council is perfectly conscious of the need to simplify and take more effective the mechanism of finance of the Countries and Territories of *Ultramar, but, as I already have said, by the moment *nos has sent only a communiqué, in the that they present three possible models of performance. +#If it is not possible to vote on the report today, it better #would be that we asked to the services of Parliament #if it is not possible to sustain this debate today in the afternoon and vote the Wednesday of the partial period of sessions of December, it that *nos #would allow to communicate the results to the Council before the Thursday; #can ask also to the Commissioner that took part about the Council in relation with this question? +Thus, in my opinion #would have been preferable to resort to the original proposal of the Commission of Budgetary Control contained in his opinion directed to the Commission for Constitutional Subjects, in the that excludes #all this group of questions and only regulate the rights and obligations of the deputies. +Also there #be a concrete reference in the preamble to the Protocol on privileges and immunities, and a reference to the fact that the pertinent article #can not go in detriment of confidentiality requirements that #can fix concerning the deputies of the European Parliament. +Now well, although it was necessary to expect to that it finalise the cycle of negotiations, to be able to express a trial on the bottom in relation with the results obtained, it true is that, regarding the frame, the global result #can not consider totally negative #if nations #european #can obtain a regulation more *vinculante of the international norms in matter of competition. +Regarding the point 27, think that it has been a big advance that the called tasks *Petersberg of Colony document (humanitarian actions and of rescue, actions for the maintenance of the peace and actions armed in relation with the handle of the crises, included the measures for the maintenance of the peace) incorporate to the own tasks of the EU. +The fact to demand today the immediate and unconditional abolition of the pity of death in the whole world, means no only promote the human dignity, but also give sense to the Universal Statement of the Human Rights. +By the contrary, the pity of death is the weapon preferred by the totalitarian diets because it constitutes a symbol of the power of the state and of the humiliation of the individual in front of the state power; and know, besides, that is used to annihilate to opponents. +Thus, think that #if the European Union did not condemns and puts remedy to this criminal behaviour, the conclusions #would be obvious: in the first place, the European Union #would convert in accomplice of slaughterings of #serbian and #gipsy organised by the criminal bands and *mafiosas of the *UCK; second, #would show that there #be two *varas to measure in Occident; and in *tercer place, #would say that the goal of the intervention was to destroy to the #serbian village. +Finally -besides, of course, to loan a very special attention to the *TPI bear *Rwanda-, so that it do not forget this conflict, that already seems very far, too much far for #some, paper of the European Union consists, in my opinion, in being present beside the #rwandan village in this occasion. +Although it was not very revolutionary and although the step forward was too much small, have the hope that it allow to compare *bad *practices splitting of some reliable data and that feels the bases for a politics of human and effective drugs in the frame of a European Union integrated. +Our problem in the actuality is the existence of youngsters #whose life in family is fine but that to time feel that his existence is so empty that need a tablet or a *tripi the Saturdays in the discotheque and like this reach *entonarse with the help of a drug on the that *les has induced to think that it is *inofensiva. +Wanted to congratulate to Mrs. *Giannakou by his valuable report, and by the importance that concedes to the international cooperation and to the consolidation of the annual systematic meetings of the council *interinstitucional, for a better follow-up and assessment of the actions, #whose main goal is to achieve the decrease of the offer of substances *estupefacientes. +will not be able to forget never that a time, *cuando was responsible minister of the fight against the drug, went to visit to a youngster that had lost the health, friendships, his relations, his family, his placing, his perspectives and even the respect of himself\/hisself same. +With his reduced expectations of the payment of the interests of the owners of capital and like this his possibly reduced *gearing *rate, #this is the relation among the volume of loans concerning the own capital around the 2,5 -*cuando the *ratios in the market usually surpass the 10- the bank enjoys of big confidence in the markets of capital. +The speaker and the Commission of Budgets stand out especially that the projects of the Bank have to support important goals, #among others, decisions of the European Parliament as, for example, in matters #such as the fight against poverty and the protection to the democracy, to the human rights and to the environment. +As I have said before, gentleman President, Subject Commission Juridical approved by unanimity the regulation, but proposes a series of amendments allocated to signal that the article 299.2, that already is in vigour, establishes an additional base for the proposal of regulation of the Commission. +The worry that this modification has caused in Canarians -and of the that *nosotros *nos take echo- has grown in measure in that it goes arising #one some distrust regarding the capacity of the own Government of my country to comprise the true entity and gravity of this problem and regarding his will to confront to #the same in the referred negotiation with the Commission. +The report suggests that the States Members and the forums #FMI World-wide Bank take measured to verify #if the conditions and the suppositions under the that it has conceded to *Corea rescue package directed by the #FMI have respected in his whole in the case of the dockyards. +In July of 1999, Transport Ministry and Communications of *Finlandia even notified to the Commission the program of bonuses of interest conceded to the naval acquisitions, #whose goal was *fomentarlas acquisitions and the repairs of fuselages of respectful charge with the environment and insurances, essential in the conditions of the north, #where have to displace among the ice. +The Union #can not hide the self-evident fact that together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and the Development will have to exert a paramount paper in terms of financial contributions and technical help to guarantee the security of #all these nuclear reactors what before better. +The effort for examining relative obvious questions to the human rights in the EU is very partial Why has the discrimination by reason of race or of ethnic origin a deal of favour and, for example, the discrimination of women and of the homosexuals do not mentions or hardly takes? +And #this is the background of these relative proposals to bottom assignment during a period of three years enciphered in 15 millions of euros for the set up of the adoption of the *acervo normative community and the consolidation of the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía and in 135 millions of euros for the development of the economically retarded regions of *Turquía, respectively. +Gentleman President, believe that it that proceeds in this case is to congratulate to Mr. *Morillon by the realisation of these reports, that has had to take in circumstances very difficult, with a big haste of time, and believe that it has taken creditor to the recognition of #all: like this has seen *recompensando with the vote that has produced in the Commission of Subjects External. +Like the planned quantities for the year 1999 were not *presupuestadas, #would be necessary to prolong -to *ello has referred today the speaker- the budgetary frame of the program in a year, until the year 2002, and it #would be necessary to include the credits of the year 1999 in the project *rectificativo and supplementary. +The Union has to ensure that #all the countries candidates -included, of course, *Turquía- will respect the international treaties and the international right, will cooperate with the neighbouring countries by the peace and will resolve his eventual differences respecting the international right and resorting to the international instances of justice, like the Court of The Have. +No has felt to affirm that only *cuando *Turquía have given determined steps, perhaps *le will give an affirmative answer. The usual reaction of *Turquía is to retort that, to the sight that *Europa do not fulfils his promises, do not have a clear #european perspective and, therefore, #can not undertake the risky path of the reforms. +The sustainable harmonisation, from the point of sight of the *Báltico, of the ecological needs, of a viable agriculture, of the industrial politics, of the use of zones *vacacionales and of enlargement supposes, obviously, a big challenge so much to administrative level, as to political level. +The incorporation of the #nordic and #mediterranean countries to the European Union has been the main reason that it pose update of this directive, at present in vigour, that regulates the commercialisation of seeds and forest plants and that from 1975 had not been modified substantially. +#If well in these last months the evolution of the value euro\/dollar has been *desfavorable for the euro, *ello no only obeys to the existent current difference among the North American and #european economies from the point of sight of the dynamism and of performance. +Like speaker, believe that it is just to recognise that the initial proposal of the Commission improved to a large extent the *OCM current, especially when reinforcing the fundamental paper that producer organisations have in the commercialisation of the products and to the *otorgarles more and better mechanisms for the correct operation and to exert a fishing and a more responsible commercialisation. +This proposal on the common organisation of the market in the sector of the products of fishing and of the aquaculture *reviste a central importance for the politics of fishing common in the European Union. +will Signal to the Assembly that, in said agreement on the Union *aduanera, the European Union is the that has resulted benefited -and *sobradamente- by commitments subscribed, since the balance of the commercial scales among the European Union and *Turquía has duplicated in favour of the European Union, from the application of these agreements. +In *tercer place, in the next agricultural negotiations #would have to occupy a central place the *multifuncionalidad of the #european model of agriculture, in concrete, a greater development of the rural space, the production of agricultural products of quality, environment even in relation with the article 20 of the agreements of the *OMC on the agriculture. +Therefore, #ours main mission follows being political and no technical, to know, reopen the public cause in favour of a greater liberalisation of trade, no only in benefit of the companies and the #european consumers, but especially because the open trade is the only viable solution on a long-term basis to struggle against the poverty in the world in development. +the first was an obsessive reference to the substantial reduction of the internal supports to agriculture, without that had *mínimamente in account the diversity of the productive structures of the different countries and neither an objective classification and *homogénea of the diverse types of subventions conceded to the agriculture; +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Court of Accounts, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the utilisation of the fiscal resources with arrangement to clear political priorities, according to the principles of saving and of the efficiency, are the goals that #would have to impose #all the that they have to see with a public budget. #Such is the goal that has imposed the new Commission. +For *nosotros, the European Parliament, the achievement of a #european consciousness, identity #european, the respect by the diversity of cultures, tongues, ideas and religions, is in his group *indivisiblemente tied to a politics of training #european aggressive. +Through soup and with the help of the program *SOCRATES, the result of this project was an increase of the motivation of students and personal, a greater sensitisation of his own surroundings, #as well as of other places and a greater knowledge of the technology of the communications. +Gentleman President, finishes to appear in the press and have checked it in the Commission of Fishing. treats of the fishing of cod in the Atlantic northeastern and, besides, of a bilateral agreement among *Rusia and Norwegian, two states that together with #others like the European Union, *Islandia and *Polonia are parts in equality of rights in the Commission for Fishing in the Atlantic Northeastern. +The present report on verification of *credenciales, therefore, refers to the results of the *quintas elections to Parliament celebrated of the 10 to 13 June past, and bases in the official communications of the distinct States members on the group of the electoral results, included the names of the possible substitutes and the order of *prelación resultant of the vote. +Thus, the #spanish delegation of the Popular Party European estimates necessary to keep in the Plenary the relative amendments to the *primer paragraph of the section 2 of the article 3 and to the last paragraph of the article 21, in the that concretise the exceptions and conditions for the use of methyl bromide after 2006. +The limit of the 1% in any ingredient -that as *nos has informed to me and to #others already is being surpassed by the supermarkets, #among others, like requirement for products alimentary- is besides a limit that, as I have been able to know, #can fulfil it easily #any one that wish to avert that in the label of the alimentary products appear the indication that they contain organisms genetically modified, owing to the adventitious pollution, that go *usted to know it that *eso means. +Expect that it recognise to the European Parliament the right of *dictamen satisfied on the modifications of the Treaties and follow supporting the proposals of *Dehaene, *Weizsäcker and *Simons, in the sense that it #would be hit to establish a fundamental Treaty and a Treaty expanded, so as to that citizens of *Europa #can know how field will be competent in each case and how will configure the European Union in the century *XXI. +Although *me seat satisfied, and with reason, by the fine qualities of direction of the Government of *Finlandia and because in the great groups of questions, or well have achieved great progresses, or well have resolved entirely subjects, is evident that the fine results of this period derive of the will of #all the Union to develop a #european common structure. +Go to take a review, a Conference *Intergubernamental time, without a community method, without a paper for the Commission, with an insignificant paper for the European Parliament, without contact with the national Parliaments and, finally, without transparency neither responsibility in front of the civil society. +Gentleman President, am particularly satisfied, of course, with the confirmation by the Council of the already proposed position by the relative Commission to that the enlargement of the European Union was a process in the that #all the countries of *Europa Central, that have presented like candidates, are involved, without distinction, in accordance with his own merits. +His *Señoría has to know definitely that the authorities of *Belgrado are *presionar to the international community so that they raise the sanctions against the *RFY and reconstruct the bridges destroyed when putting like condition for reopening to the navigation of the #serbian sections of the *Danubio the to receive assistance of the international community to reconstruct the bridges. +In first reading, my Group pronounced against any reduction of the credits assigned to ancient but always important priorities -and especially of the credits allocated to cooperation and to the development of the countries of the south- to fund these new costs: never has been a good sign of political creativity undress to #one to dress to #others. +Gentleman President, in the first reading of the budget, the European Parliament pronounced clearly in favour of a review of the Agreement *Interinstitucional, so as to be able to answer to the derivative obligations of the Agreement of fishing, of help to *Kosovo and to *Timor Oriental, and of the support to the victims of the earthquake. +Also are steps in the correct direction the initiatives of the Commission on the action plans of the Community and the proposal that is about the development of the system of the trade of waste and material *contaminantes inside the Community. +will Say simply that the conferences on the *recalentamiento of the planet are #all equal, because the question that #can *formularnos is: "how many natural designated catastrophes there will be still that expect to take really in consideration the effects *nefastos of the *recalentamiento of the planet and, especially, consequences in the economic and social development of our societies, here in *Europa, but also was, in the rest of the world?" +By it that *atañe to the participation of the European Parliament, have to recognise that from takes years the European Parliament has been no only the locomotive of the sensitisation, of the #european public opinion and international, but also the locomotive of decisions, is to say, has influenced in decisions of the Council and of the Commission. +Report (To5-0081\/1999) of the Mr. *Valdivielso of *Cué, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of regulation (*Euratom, *CE) of Council relative to the granting of assistance to the New Independent States to *Mongolia in his effort of reform and economic recovery (*COM(1998)753 - *C5-0038\/1999 - 1998\/0368(*CNS)) +The European Union, that had prepared very well for the discussions and #whose position has been very coherent, has not yielded regarding the agenda that wished that it approved, to know: a wide agenda, that no limited only to the agricultural questions and to the services, as they wanted the States Joined. +do not question the big capacity of the Mr. #Martin to chair with celerity works, but that -to the equal that other colleagues of this Parliament- report a practice that, to be general, consider, without embargo, totally contrary to the letter of our Regulation and to the spirit of the parliamentary institutions. +The #german Government has conformed with hiding after the skirts of the French during #all this controversy, throwing the fault to the complexities of system of federal government to postpone the lifting of the embargo in *Alemania. +Today, in spite of that asked to the Commission of Agriculture and to the Commission of Environment of this Parliament that examined the possibility of extension and to that the amendments proposed were practical and reasonable and #can have approved with arrangement to the *codecisión, the Council has decided to overlook this Assembly and change the juridical foundation for this decision. +The question of the identification of the products of meat of bovine and the certainty that they are reliable is so fundamental for the divergence among *Francia and the European Union like the worries by the *inocuidad that have warmed up in the two last years the Commission of Agriculture and Environment Commission. +In effect, have to say that seldom I have seen a budgetary procedure of this nature, in that up to now- and until this positive statement, that allows to close the agreement -*nos found still in front of two lists of possible votes: list taken in accordance with the Council and a list established on the base of a fault in accordance with the Council. +In this context, receive with satisfaction the new proposals presented by my colleagues of the Socialist Group for the creation of a #european court for small claims, with the end to help to the persons to face up to the damages caused owed by clashes in breast of the EU. +Gentleman President, every time that hear to talk in this Parliament of deprivation of basic human rights, like the right to vote and the right to present to some elections, #would have to serve for *fortalecernos in our determination in promoting and promote the democracy in #all the parts of the world. +The employment of the resources of the structural bottoms no spent in program period 1994-1999, by against, #can not take in consideration, since the available resources already have been assigned to determined measures, and besides, in this concrete case, in narrow collaboration with the competent #french authorities. +In this context, the Council believes that the task of the regional politics consists in developing #all potentials to compensate the disequilibriums and *atrasos structural and accelerate the economic and social transformation in the less favoured regions, included the islands. +Is evident that this report do not requires more comments by part of this Commission and even do not has to have more comments of *ella, but that it is rather a subject for the next President of a new Commission that definitely will take advantage of *gustosamente of so rich experience reflected in *él -the experience of Mr. *Herman the one who, as have understood, with this report and political will in fact sacks of the European Parliament-. +*Cuando examine the environmental consequences and the challenges of the enlargement no *nos will encourage for imposing to these States that want to add to *nosotros in the process of appeal type of disastrous environmental projects that often have adopted during the 40 last years by mere ignorance of our Union. +is not a chance that both institutions have like fundamental goal the defence of the rights of the citizens and, thus, collaboration has to continue guaranteeing, of conjoint way, these rights and the democratic work of the Union, *proporcionándole to our administration a greater credibility. +Takes little time, precisely the Mr. *Newman chaired a delegation of Request Commission -in the that were the mates #Laura of #Esteban and Barbaric *Schmidbauer- to *Doñana in a trip that wanted to attend precisely to the worry of the citizens, that had expressed in numerous requests to the Commission of Requests, by the natural space, that is reservation of the biosphere, of *Doñana. +The Commission is convinced that, with the institution of the Defender of the #european Village, the #european citizenship has enriched considerably and that the fine administration of the #european Institutions, the transparency and the equity of operation are right fundamental of #all the citizens of *Europa. +Therefore we agree with the excellent report of Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín *cuando invites to #all the #european Institutions to sensitise even more, #if it fits, to the citizens with #all the possible means on the possibilities that they have to take cost his rights and, in particular, obviously, on the possibility to direct to the Defender of the Village. +How #can struggle against the fiscal fraud and delinquency organised or protect the financial and budgetary interests of the Union, #if the different computer systems *aduaneros follow without being interconnected, in spite of the possibilities that offer the program Customs 2000 or the program GONE for the computerisation in the sphere *aduanera? +With security, the paramount paper in this attempt has to have it the European Union that, in collaboration with the General Secretary and with the Council of Security of the Nations Joined, will proceed to the necessary actions that carry to solve the problem. +But this intervention of NATO, decided to the *margen of the Nations Joined and with unsuitable means for the goals declared to neutralise the #serbian military capacity to continue the called «ethnic cleansing» no only has not resolved the question, but that, besides, has aggravated #all the problems. +Regret, nevertheless, that have not posed a terrestrial presence European to time that the aerial offensive and that simultaneously have not programmed a humanitarian action of big *envergadura to receive the wave of refugees *desprovistos of resources, that launch to the roads. +By the contrary, when proposing, in his considering *J, weaken and *marginar notion of national sovereignty, that, in spite of #all his imperfections, constitutes, with #everything, the fundamental regulatory principle of our international community, the resolution introduces a factor #whose consequences will not be able to be but extremely *desestabilizadoras and *perturbadoras in the international life. +broadcast of electronic money, want to underline it, is so only an element of the much wider frame of the electronic trade of the systems of payment and, in the field of these last, of the electronic payments. +From takes years, Parliament exerts a prominent paper in the fight against the violence by means of parliamentary reports, by means of the initiative to make a campaign against the violence in relation with the women. But especially, by means of special budgetary lines with the that we #can support on the terrain the very interesting initiatives of the numerous *ONG. +Gentleman President, believe that #all are fully of agreement on the analysis of the events that finish to take place in *Níger and the need of a return, it before possible, to the rules of right and to the operation of democracy in this country, after the coup d'état and the murder of the President #Ibrahim *Baré *Mainassura. +The Commission is satisfied with the recent statement of the Prime minister *Hun *Sen, in the that is in favour that the judges and public prosecutors foreign exert a central paper in *Camboya in the process of the leader prisoner of the *Jemeres #red, *Ta *Mok, to end to guarantee that the planned process adapt to the international norms in vigour. +Go to ask to the government that occupy that #all citizens #polish have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect that it fulfil his promise to celebrate a referendum on the belonging of the country to the EU. +The attempt to control by #all the means the increasing traffic #can not convert in pretext so that the citizens and transport companies that use the railway, the road, the aerial transport or the navigable roads are subjected each two by three to new taxes. And after all is #this it that occurs. +The fight against the violence, without embargo, has marked the limit of the regulation, of the juridical definition of resource systems, #this is, has found in the article 152 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam the juridical foundation of the program. +Or to this sector no *le remains more remedy that *resignarse to that always there will be a difference of price among the corn of the world-wide market and the corn of the EU by the simple reason that in the EU there #be corn deficit? +Lady Speaker, the Commission received to finals of January an exhibition of reasons of authorities #italian in the that collected the official position on the start of a procedure in relation with the subject *C-81\/97, published in the Official Diary of the European Communities of 18 February 1998. +*Eso was contradictory and Parliament saw forced to tackle this subject by means of a motion of censorship by separate of the Commission, with it that destroyed the direct links among the denial of the approval of the management and the consequence of the exit of the Commission. +From this situation the president of the Commission of Budgetary Control asked on 15 January 1999 in this Assembly by commission of the commission that the Commission of Regulation cleared how is it that the Treaty foresees exactly or that neutralised this accumulation of no approvals of the management and of possible votes of distrust. +*Permítaseme say that, in spite of the unavoidable difficulties owed to the rule of unanimity, results *innegable that now -to instances of the #german Presidency and with the support of this Parliament- are advances in the application of the strategy against the harmful fiscal competition and have fixed varied goals for the European Council of *Helsinki. +Of mood have to say that the group of the representation of the Popular Party European in the Commission of Control Budgetary has shown in #all moment his support to the speaker, has presented battle and has reached the goal proposed. +*Permítaseme examine also subject of bottom of the original report on the approval of the management in the exercise 1996: the program of reform, that the President in functions *Santer took #his on 11 January in his program of reform of the Commission. +Exactly by this reason have initiated an evaluation of the risks and already have of the provisional results of *ella, that, as have understood, derive in part of a new examination of the bibliography published with arrangement to criteria established by the appeal organ and in part of the provisional conclusions of #some of the seventeen new studies that have commissioned. +#If we had carried out an economic politics, #would have offered the references, the orientations, the guidelines, the future that #this *Europa had to follow economically and perhaps #would have been able to reduce in *algún point the unemployment and *reconquistar of form this confidence that the citizens are to lose. +In definite, has not advanced at all in the improvement of the conditions of the rural world, there are difficulties from the point of sight of the agricultural politics and there are difficulties, of course, by the fault of politics #european of economic and social cohesion. +The hegemony, in this case specifically the hegemony of the market, also *me concerns in my quality of economist and of defender of the economy of market. In effect, in #ours *Europa have developed a model of social economy of market, that concerns especially by the reduction and prevention of the unemployment. +The Report *Menrad proposes to restart the subject of the politics of employment #european -and in this sense results pertinent the recent intervention of Mr. *Berthu on the economic political situation-, anticipating to the adoption of the #european package in matter of employment that definitely will approve in Colony. +Said #this, create, to the equal that the speaker, that for now and from a point of sight technical, is important to take note of the accounts of the budget of the European Community corresponding to the exercise 1996. Is necessary that continue the examination of the accounts of the back exercises. +#All the neighbouring countries, #all the bordering states, except the of *Milosevic, wish three things: wish the internal democracy and wish *garantizarla by means of the external security in the frame of the NATO and to *través of the economic development in breast of the European Union. +will Accept then peace, based in a #russian mediation, that do not fulfil with the requirements proposed, that do not guarantee the limits and the territorial integrity of *Kosovo, that do not make possible a safe return of the refugees and expelled of *Kosovo and that give to *Milosevic the possibility to appear as victorious in front of the #serbian? +do not have to, without embargo, hide the every time greater unrest of our public opinions by the intensive and systematic bombardment of a #european country and of his capital, by the every time greater number of civil victims that cause daily bombardments. +Already is hour that the European Parliament take part to reestablish conditions of valid democracy in our western countries, because there #be still representatives and militants of the party of the opposition in the prison and #some deputies have been deprived of the parliamentary immunity. +By #this, in spite of #all the fine arguments that have listened, alternative only #can be a political solution, but on the base of the renunciation to the use of the strength, of the respect of the human rights and of the return of the refugees. +Had to have claimed the right of *darnos a statute -#this had to have been the strategy- a statute with the and capital that comprised the incompatibilities, the prerogatives of the deputy, #status of the deputy and no our financial diet that it is an internal subject. +By part, the Parliament approved this question already takes more of half year, by it that is justified in part the criticism that here has exposed in the sense that the Parliament has not had of the sufficient time to study the document of the Council. +But during the first six months invests the weight of the proof, *eso means, that believes that a defect existed already in the moment of the delivery, #if the seller #can not show a damage caused by the customer or #if the type of product do not allows this possibility. +Gentleman President, share fully the words of Mr. President and *me #would enjoy to take advantage of this occasion to appreciate to the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer and especially to the speaker, Mrs. *González *Álvarez, the work that has carried out and the interest that has shown along the processing of this proposal. +The modifications contributed to the ancient procedure are three: the suppression of the designated negative version of the third reading, thanks to the *cual, #if it had not got to an agreement in conciliation, the Council #can follow advance and approve his own text for afterwards present it to Parliament *confrontándolo to refuse it by absolute majority in the term of six weeks. +Want to congratulate also to Mr. *Manzella and to the Mr. *Corbett, #as well as to the negotiators of the three institutions by the excellent work made and for having known find a point of balance among a dynamic application of the disposals and the obligation to respect fully the Treaty. +#If the Union and the Presidency gave value to these two files in the European Council to indicate the road, to adopt a decision that was the of the Union in the coming months, #would have a firm commitment in two fields that, to trial, will be decisive of face to the *tercer #millenium. +The responsibility by this *asoladora violence, by the civil victims, by the destruction of the foundations of life and the civil infrastructures in Serbian and by the use of arms forbidden, the have #all #that that now no reestablish the empire of the right and do not finalise this war. +Wish to express my deep disappointment by it that *sucedió yesterday, *cuando my Group presented to other group Presidents the possibility to try find a reasonable mood to advance, and that taking into account that the Council gathers tonight and tomorrow, took a more definite decision, but #some colleagues resorted to procedures of this Assembly to block said possibility. +But, *cuando in the day of today refuses our amendment 18, that said that *nosotros *nos showed had to take it necessary so that this statute went in in vigour to the start of the next term of office, remove the masks and takes in #the same day. In week adopts a new mood of repayment of costs of trip, purportedly based in real costs, *cuando conserves a global character. +Whereas a solid base juridical #would allow the put in practice of a true politics integrated in favour of the insular regions by half, mainly, of the Structural Bottoms, the Council and the Commission have decided another thing, overlooking besides the recommendations of the European Parliament on this question. +With the firm position of the Parliament, that has allowed that the Commission retreat to a position less *intransigente thanks to the perseverance and to the tenacity of #some States members, the commitment is satisfactory in the short term regarding the abandonment of the *cofinanciación, to a descent of the agricultural prices guaranteed more moderated of it planned and to the «*statu *quo» of quotas. +To the separate of the politics of support to the agriculture by means of the prices, when compressing to a nationalisation, *fragilizándose by a new increase of the direct helps to income, *Europa moves away increasingly of his mission and of the principles founders of the agricultural common market. +On this point, am in big part satisfied of the commitment of *Berlín oriented to put in spot, #if it gets the case, the line agricultural guideline to the thread of the successive enlargements and on the consideration, in the financial perspectives, of an adjust automatic annual to take into account the inflation. +Said approval will consolidate effort months that this Parliament has devoted to guarantee the best possible agreement for the development balanced of our regions and the growth of the economic and social cohesion of the European Union. +The agreements *interinstitucionales and his financial perspectives have been an element of progress in the Community and have allowed a peaceful development and ordered of life budgetary #european #as well as the achievement of a big series of political goals. +Have defined on purpose the scope of bottom so that it #can answer to the evolution of the economy and of the labour market during the next seven years, always with seen to encourage and to take possible that a greater number of persons have an active participation in the labour market. +Among the #others important elements of the regulation modified include, first, a really new modality for the investment of the bottoms allocated to the *RTE in bottoms of capital of risk so as to have access to some resources, that #can be very great, of finance on a long-term basis that insurance companies and the bottoms of pensions put to disposal to fund public projects of infrastructure. +*Yo create, lady Commissioner, that has carried out a fine reform, positive, of the structural Bottoms, with concentration projects, of simplification and with a *partenariado effective by means of the contribution of the regional and local authorities, that #can reach an efficient development in the effective application of these structural Bottoms. +The Union supports besides #all the #tending initiatives to improve the operation of the program «oil by foods» and remits in this context especially to the proposals presented on 30 March 1999 by the signpost of the Security Council of the UN on the humanitarian situation in the *Iraq. +Neither is acceptable that, to the contrary, by it other, of it that the European Parliament approved here in November of 1998, keep the *condicionalidad of the Bottom of Cohesion concerning the Stability Pact and that now, for example, the Commission of Politics Regional propose a favourable opinion to the proposal of regulation that has exactly #that *condicionalidad. +The results are not perfect, but, in spite of the budgetary insufficiencies, of the timidity of the reform of the *PAC and of injustices and disequilibriums that keeps, has averted, anyway, a grave crisis in the European Union and #can say that in the next years the European Union goes to advance with confidence and stability. +Without embargo, #would wish *rendir homage to the Prime minister and to the *Viceprimer Minister of the Assembly of *Irlanda of North by the support that *me have loaned, and to the Council and to the Commission because I consider that we have reached a reasonable and positive agreement for *Irlanda of the North on a long-term basis, by it that am satisfied treats of a commitment, but of a commitment that is good for my region. +Nevertheless, have the impression of that it exists a real need to go back to orient, situate and consider the goals that have not been able to reach in the past, all *ello to guarantee no only a suitable cost of bottoms, but also to bequeath positive looks there #where has allocated #european money. +But yes wish to reiterate my request to the Commission so that now finally elaborate a directive on the social security, so that the Council #can not follow hiding behind excuses that has used up to now, so that at last really debate a directive on the social security to level of the Council. +Regarding the amendments on the creation of a *vademécum and on the criteria for the provision of information to the companies, especially to the #SME, agree in that a simple statement in the record of the Council is not a guarantee of sufficient follow-up. +Also want to appreciate to those who have cooperated in this obstinacy along these years and -how no!- to #all members of the secretariat of the Commission *REX, that also have put his obstinacy in these goals, and to #all #that that have believed that the cooperation with *América Latin was a very interesting cooperation for *nosotros. +am not of course follower of the politics *neoliberales, but the suppression of the commercial barriers is a reality and the entrance in vigour of the Agreement of Free Trade of the Atlantic North has increased the #mexican dependency of the trade with the States Joined. +*Me upset #news of *México in the sense that no *nos has offered #all the necessary information, that it has *marginado to the civil society, and that the interests of the multinationals and the private capital have happened to occupy a too much predominant position. +Wanted to ask here to the Presidency of the Council how the #european institutions, and especially the #european deputies freely chosen, #can explain to the citizens and the citizens of *Europa that adopted a decision of these characteristics without the participation of the Parliament, without that Parliament was properly informed, without that it was consulted. +The Report #Orlando, approved airily the past Tuesday, without that not even it have celebrated a vote, is a reflection of the investiture speech of the President *Prodi with the end to demand this #european politics with regard to the cities. +This result is especially important for cities, since it reinforces and converts in more credible the Plan of action for a sustainable city, presented by the Commission the past month of November in *Viena, and because it reinforces the instruments contained in the Goals 1 and 2 of the structural Bottoms in favour of the cities. +From takes varied years, the villages of the Union refuse every time with greater clarity the politics *ultraliberales and the damages that #this *ocasionan to the employment, to the income, to the diets of social protection and to the public services, to the environment and to the ordination of the territory. +Afterwards, the fact that the candidate President have to present his political orientations in front of the European Parliament -it that the Roman Mr. *Prodi has designated precisely government «program»-, forces it to reach a majority in the Parliament, on the that will support his action. +Gentleman President, have to say, to the equal that my colleagues, that to guarantee the peace process, the Palestinians have accepted - showing in this way his fine will- postpone the date of the statement of the #palestinian State, that the Agreements of *Oslo had fixed for 4 May. +Gentleman President, believe that #all will recognise that the approval by the Conference of Blunt, on 18 July 1998, of the Statute of the International Penal Court Permanent represented progress in the international institutions and in the international juridical order of the human rights. +Believe that the European Union #would have to help to the Czech Republic to endow of another system of production energetic, using soft «energies», but #would not have to release bottoms to build a head office of the #soviet type *VVER 1000, that, in my opinion, presents risks. +In December of 1998, *nosotros kept our amendments against the common position, and lo and behold that in January of 1999, the Council discovers that it is necessary to modify the Regulation 330\/91, *cuando the modification proposed by the Commission was on of the table from 2 June 1997 and *cuando in enclosure already had effected two readings. +Gentleman President, the Commission congratulates by the initiative of the Parliament to support the adoption, to community level, of a rule that allow to determine the juridical and economic effects derived of the failure of the companies that operate in breast of the inner market. +Proposal of regulation (*CECA, *CE, *EURATOM) of the Council by the that they insert the corresponding quantities to *Austria, *Finlandia and *Suecia in the article 13 of Annex *VII of the Statute of the civil servants of the European Communities, relative to the diets by mission inside the #european territory of the States members of the European Union (*COM(99)0133 - *C4-0226\/99-99\/0076(*CNS)) +agreed to fix greater compensations for the *cultivadores of industrial potatoes of the that the Commission had proposed, giving at the end prevail by the number of hectares, on condition that the number of hectares went reducing appropriately. In this way the decision in group #would have a neutral budget, in accordance with the original proposal of the Commission. +Believe that it has achieved to give a big step when inaugurating in front of the pavilion of the EU or of the exhibition of the EU a square devoted to #Robert *Schuman. Believe that it also has been a #ours common attainment explain how importance has had precisely #Robert *Schuman for the development of *Europa and how importance purchases square that will remain for back uses. +The result of confluence of negative elements is that to the textile employer European *le serves of little have proceeded -as it has proceeded- to important investments in high technology and ambitious restructurings for *modernizar his company, have specialised in the quality, in the style, in the design, in the #european mark. +In the first turn, in the *cual the election of the President of the Parliament did not have to the principle any possibility that it produced, *nosotros had decided to present the candidature of Mrs. #Laura *González, to strengthen our specific presence in the breast of the left. +Besides, the congratulate no only for being President, and a President of sex feminine, but also for being from takes varied years a big colleague, and *le wish a good work that *redunde in benefit of Parliament, of the internal reform, but especially of the Assembly and of *Europa, because I know his big personal adhesion to *Europa, to our common vision. +The second point is that to keep the capacity of negotiation of a *Europa expanded is indispensable that resolve to time and of exhaustive way before the enlargement the three institutional questions that remained slopes in *Amsterdam: the size and composition of the Commission, vote *ponderado in the Council and the enlargement of the procedure of vote by majority. +*Me seems very important -for Group, anyway- that in the reform of the institutions that goes to undertake concede a greater weight to the national democracies and to the national parliaments, in place to leave that *Europa follow sinking and moving away of the citizens, when creating a democracy that have called virtual. +Expect of the Commissioners that board the dialogue with the deputies to the European Parliament in the earliest moment possible of the process of adoption of decisions, but especially expect that they respect the principles of transparency and subsidiariness and also our democracies and traditions. +The last facts related with the pollution of #some foods with dioxin in *Bélgica have caused a particularly grave situation, no longer only by the risks that involves for the health of persons but also because it has weakened the confidence in the *piensos, in the chain of production of foods and in the control of the authorities. +Apart from the urgent measures already announced, the services of the Commission are now, and east is the most general frame, in proposals for improvement or, #if it is the case, the hardening of the valid disposals in the Community on alimentary products for animals and persons. +In relation with the meeting summit that *clausuró the works of the Council under the Presidency #german, want to insist from a principle in the good work effected by this Presidency, in a dangerous international context and in a period of «doubt» by part of the #european opinions. +In this case, as in *tantos #others, the facts are more *elocuentes that the words, and in it that to me concerns, and in it that concerns to the President and to the Commission designated #this is a maximum and a reality that goes to *modelar the task *reformadora of the Commission from the principle, #if #that is the result of the vote of this Assembly Wednesday. +Reinforces enormously the fine intention of the Commission but really #would produce recommendations frankly *insustanciales for inspection procedures that #would not guarantee the achievement of improvements and provides a program of action detailed to ensure that the existent laws are applied inside a realistic calendar but adjusted. +The preparation for the enlargement will not be an easy task and will not see facilitated #if the Parliament and the Commission do not collaborate closely to guarantee that they take firm decisions on these subjects or study in understanding surroundings and with a common purpose. +there #be not doubt that #if in the decade that finishes this year, had prevailed the sensitivity by the different realities of the villages in the #european position with regard to the ancient *Yugoslavia, in place of *obsesionarnos with the concept of State, things had been very distinct and, definitely, no so disastrous. +Gentleman President, gentleman President designated of the Commission, *yo go to vote tomorrow in favour of his Commission, but before *me will take an analgesic for the headache and surely will need a double dose, seen denouement and the results of the audiences, of the that has gone out *airosa a Commission announced like excellent, but that has not had a brilliant performance. +Without embargo, the #belgian government has designated in the person of the Mr. *Busquin a candidate to commissioner that during years has been president of #one *association give *malfaiteurs, malefactor association, of the Socialist Party *Valón, an association that is a true model of scandals of *sobornos, finance with traffic of arms, fraud, political nominations, *malversación of public bottoms and #european subventions. +On the great files that have in front - negotiations on the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, Conference *Intergubernamental, debates on the Mediterranean subject - the President of the Commission has communicated likewise will to associate like able actors to adopt decisions to the deputies of this Parliament. +Gentleman *Prodi, agreement with the gentleman *Poettering is signal of a new was, a possibility to achieve a totally new culture inside the Commission, precisely directed to recover the confidence and the interest of part of the citizens by #ours EU. +The Parliament has to consider very seriously his paper, especially after the scarce participation in the recent elections in States members - a clear sample of the *desinterés, and more probably of the cynicism and disdain of our citizens - our mission today is to answer to the audition of the Commissioners designated and to the question posed by the President designated, Mr. *Prodi. +Ask that the School of Commissioners and *usted same, in his quality of President of #the same, develop the ambition to promote the integration of the goals of equality among the men and women in the general politics, an ambition that translate in progresses and improvements *mensurables. +The new Commission only will go in in functions a time that have approved tomorrow his election in our quality of Parliament and after the Commissioners and Commissioners have sworn charges in front of the Court of Justice European the Thursday to the 12.00 hours, in *Luxemburgo. +do not mix this debate with the morning debate on the budgets *rectificativos and supplementary 1, 3 and 4 for 1999, because *cuando the President in exercise affirms that this spirit of cooperation is based in the mutual confidence (*eso is it that have written) among the institutions, do not have more that remember to the Council it that took with the budgets *rectificativos and supplementary 1 and 3 and #which was #ours reaction. +The principles of clarity, transparency and of *rectitud ethical have to chair the taking of decisions in breast of the Union, so much in the looks of culture administrative intern as in the referents to guarantee the security and the rights of the citizens. +The proposal no includes any reference to these central solutions and has like only object promote the federalistic development of the European Union, a development that the majority of the population of my country, *Dinamarca, refused in the referendum on the Treaty of *Amsterdam celebrated in 1993. +#If really they wish to create a democratic space of security, freedom and justice have to guarantee that the European Parliament convert in legislator with equality of rights in #all those fields in that they already have taken the decision -although of form certainly *titubeante- of *conferirle competition in a future no very far. Of it contrary, run the danger that the European Union *distancie even more of his citizens. +#There is a point of the resolution proposal by the that seat big charm and is the point *séptimo *b in the that it censors the fact that the texts of the decision in matter of the cooperation *Schengen still have not been given to know, although #this have happened to form part of the community right from May of this year. +But it more important of Colony proposal is the method. In place to leave these questions in hands of the national Governments pretends to create a species of assembly in the that have representation the national Parliaments, the European Parliament and the Governments. +More that of the Letter of the fundamental rights treats of the implantation of a new procedure of collaboration among the national Parliaments, the national Governments and the European Parliament that it #can award to the European Union the big *legitimación that *le allow to put final point to task. +Finally, #ours *Europa has to *proscribir form of discrimination in the employment, the house and the access to the leisure and remember to #all those that deny the existence of the houses of gas and that believe that the races are uneven that the racism is not an opinion, but an offence. +The means that #would have to use , in my opinion, lady Speaker, are three: the police cooperation -having very in account the progresses that have achieved through *Schengen-, the prevention of crime and the external relations, since the security in the Union #can not isolate of the of the rest of *Europa neither of the world. +Lady Speaker, gentlemen deputies of the European Parliament, the European Union has supported, already from the principle of the conflict, the attempts of *Portugal and Indonesian to get to a solution for *Timor Oriental that was accepted by the international community, endorsed by the UN and that was based in the self-determination of citizens. +The organisation armed ETA has established a #alto the fire and the majority of the political parties, unions and #basque civil organisations have signed an agreement in *Lizarra-*Estella (*Navarra) that pretends *reconducir the #basque conflict by the roads of the dialogue and negotiation. +In *ella appears a point *b) that tackles, in my opinion, a point of essential subjection of the #european institutional architecture: the right of initiative of the Commission, that has to act *colegialmente and be the only that have the right to propose #european legislation. +In my opinion, of it that treats especially is to recover a credible speaker, put end to a situation of transition interminable and allow to the #european executive restart his difficult task and advance at last, in narrow *concertación with the #european deputies, in relation with the questions determinants that affect to *Europa and to citizens. +*Eso do not removes so that the statements that Roman *Prodi has taken from his presentation in front of the European Parliament have to disappoint by strength and upset to those who expect of the European Union fast answers, audacious, to reorient *Europa to the service of the villages and of the men and no of finances and of the powerful cavalier Gift Money so that *Europa affirm like an option in front of the *mundialización liberal. +Have to warn to #all managers. #If of here to little do not produces a change in the politics of Indonesian, *nos will see forced -and now *me direct to the Council and to the Commission- to loom to this country with #all the economic means that have to our scope to end to achieve the cooperation of the #indonesian managers. +Considers the Presidency of the Council in exercise, like the *PE, that already give the conditions so that the majority of the members of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined pronounce this year in favour of the establishment of a universal moratorium for the execution of penalties capital? +Now well, there are borrowers, particularly in *Irlanda, that have hired mortgages of fixed interest, sometimes to a type of interest that is three more elevated times that the current type, and the institutions borrowers do not want to adjust the types of interest without imposing considerable financial sanctions. +The juvenile delinquency *nos seems a problem of big *embergadura and is taking it in account, as we will be able to influence in the evolution of the delinquency in the future, since the illicit guidelines of behaviour purchased in the youth are harmful on a long-term basis, so much for criminals, through the consequences of the offences, as also for the society in his group. +Regarding his headquarters share the wise point of meeting proposed by Mr. *Swoboda and, finally, *me has enjoyed the image of the ray of sun employed by the Mr. Go *der *Waal, although *yo #would be more realistic: opens a ray of hope important, yes, but remains without resolving the political knot. +As a result of the appeal of the European Council of Colony to create an agency, the proposal of the Commission bases mainly in the model of #all the other current #european agencies: a structure with own juridical personality and with powers to take decisions and in #whose council of administration are represented States members. +Among the maximalist positions, that demand the recognition of the right to return, *obviando the real problems that #would generate the massive return of refugees and the irreducible positions, that do not assume the existence of the problem, there are intermediate options that suits to explore, boost and set up. +Other innovations in this agreement are the Article 4 on payments, the Article 8 on visibility of the community contribution, the Article 9 on arbitration and Article 12 on the entrance in vigour, #all *ellos directed to increase the transparency and the surrender of accounts for his approval. +First, the goal of the proposal of decision of the Council is not the to regulate information appeal *interinstitucional, but the to approve the text of the Agreement *CE-*OOPS and authorise to the Commission the subscription of #the same in name of the Community. +Regarding the amendments approved in the Commission of Environment, *nosotros have voted against the group of amendments that ask to the next coastal countries to the European Union that use programs *PHARE, *TACIS and *MEDA, to contribute financially to create a community frame of cooperation. +For example, in the section 10 says that the European Parliament, quote: "considers urgent that, to facilitate the integration of citizens of third countries residents legally in the territory of the European Union, #this tackle the relative principles to the statute of these persons" . +In relation with the point 19, that treats to give to *Europol operative faculties, think that it has to interpret like that it is a development of the collaboration of *Europol #whose goal is to boost the fight against the international delinquency, but #this has to make in the frame of the right of the States members to have full control on the police activity inside territory. +In addition to the grave structural problems like the fault of investment, the public debt, in particular the external debt, has experienced a fast growth and in these moments is not clear how propose authorities pay the interests of this heavy debt. +The conflict in *Daguestán no only turns around the crash among the #russian army and the #islamic militants *chechenos. Also turns around questions like the weakness of *Rusia, the oil of the Sea *Caspio, and the poverty in the *Cáucaso northern, aggravated by the fault of economic support of *Moscú. +The European Union has to follow acting under the #finnish Presidency so that they reestablish what before the relations with *Birmania, but on the base of the respect to the human rights, to the result of the elections and with release of the #british prisoners arrested for defending democracy. +Appeal in any case to the President of the State and to his Government so that it put of agreement together with #all the political strengths of the country on an electoral procedure that concede opportunities to any political group that respect the democratic rules of the game. +Before they precipitate *ustedes to leave , the General Secretary has agreed that, as they still appear #many of *ustedes in the list of orators, will consider #all the letters that *nos get like an explanation of vote that will publish in the Record of today, always that they send letters before the end of the next week so that they #can take his proposals. +*Me #would enjoy to begin congratulating to my colleague #James *Provan by the excellent presidency of the debate that has been the first to the that have assisted being *él the president and that has resulted a very interesting and useful exercise in the goal to improve the conditions of work environment. +The Commissioner *Byrne is -have to add- #worthy of *encomio by his prompt acceptance of the preparation of a White Book on the legislation of the EU in matter of back date of this year and also give a more strict character to the system of #alert fast for emergencies in matter of foods. +And *cuando talk of the wide and modern concept of the human rights, also the recently born boy and infected with the *HIV in *Zimbabwe is our mate regarding the human rights and no circles that consciously close the eyes and do not share with the population it that know on the forms of treatment and especially of prevention. +*Permítanme that *les remember also that the implantation of the alternative energies includes two significant subjects: the hydroelectric energy and energy aeolian, that proportionally already represent a so important part that takes necessary to boost very acutely #all the remaining, as for example the solar energy, but also the *aprovechamiento of the biomass. +The insistence in the diffusion of information in *ALTERNER *II is very important in truth and am desirous to see, #if it still is available, the spot of the Centre *Agores in the Mesh *Multimedios World-wide, that is allocated clearly to gather information class on the renewable energy so that #everyone #can *consultarla and keep to the day. +An essential part of the Agreement is, besides, the commitment of the parts to defend the democratic principles, the human rights, Right State and the responsible administration of the State. +No *me allow to judge the subjects posed by his *Señorías, but wanted to say that maybe this moment of dialogue with the Commission #would have to circumscribe to the debate and to the decisions taken by the Commission, because, of it contrary, runs the risk to finish in another instrument, the that goes to begin inside instants, is to say, the turn of questions. +Personally, am favourable to the idea, that *yo consider important in front of the citizens and to the problems that arise, of strength #european of civil security to act better together, with more rapidity and of a more visible form in case of natural catastrophe, so much in the territory of the Union as in the outside and God knows that catastrophes do not are missing, as it shows the actuality. +To tenor of an agreement with the humanitarian agents more representative, help will go especially directed to consolidate the humanitarian structures already existent in the zone and to help to the local population to help to the displaced with medical help, alimentary help and hostel. +Subject: conjoint Service for the community help to countries no members (*SCR) there #be not time to give to the Commission with the litany of problems to that they have to face up the *ONG of the north and of the south by it that refers to the reception of credits for projects already agreed by the ancient *DG *VII. +These attempts have a fine base in the correspondence kept among the #turkish Prime minister, *Ecevit, and the previous Presidency of the European Union: the Prime minister confirmed in a letter that *Turquía splits of the criteria of *Copenhague to carry out integration in the Union. +To advance in this terrain need the support of the European Parliament in the granting of financial helps concrete and a general backrest to the approach and development of the relations among *Turquía and the European Union. +With regard to the amendment 1, the Commission always has been of the opinion that the politics on the renewable energy and politics on the energetic efficiency are closely related among himself\/hisself and have to be coordinated in common, but *nos ask #if it is not premature a letter on the renewable energy. +This resolution goes to encourage to diet #turkish to intensify the politics of repression against the villages *kurdo and Turkish; to continue with the occupation of *Chipre, to follow with #the same *intransigencia and contempt to the decisions of the UN and, finally, goes to exert a negative paper. +And second, in our own house, the Commission has to put things in order because in this moment the services of the Commission commissioned to attend the claims in front of the organism of solution of conflicts of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade are absolutely deficient. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, believe that to heights #all in this Parliament coincide in the need to tackle the problem of the climatic change of rigorous form, no only for fulfilling a commitment assumed by the European Union but also by the indisputable global importance of the problem. +Has knowledge the President in exercise of the Council that the suspension of the free sales of taxes, against of the majority opinion of the States members, has weakened the strategy of airports, aerial lines and companies of maritime transport of *pasajeros to keep the rates it more drops possible? +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the tragedy of *Ustica, with more of 80 dead persons, almost twenty years of investigations, in addition to the 15 victims that it is necessary to relate with this tragedy during and after the investigations, has to *obligarnos to *reflexionar on three crucial points: the transparency, the responsibility and the arrogance of type of military power and no only military. +Of mood that the tragedy of the mount *Cermis did not go only a #italian problem and tackled to scale international, also *Ustica deserves this forum, deserves an explanation and deserves our respect in front of it that is the magistrature that will have to get until the bottom to end to determine the responsibilities and *atribuirlas to the one who correspond. +Has to have a complete cooperation among #all the States members of the European Union #if we want to be in conditions to exert the part that *nos corresponds in the reduction of the level of gas broadcasts of effect *invernadero, that so destructive paper are at present in our own world-wide environment. +Now well, *nos have *percatado that the reason that the Commission wished to formulate the statement the Friday was that the Thursday there was a meeting of the veterinary scientific Committee that goes to occupy of this question, and therefore the Commission wanted to be in conditions to give more informations Friday. +Fight Office against the Fraud, created, as it is logical, to watch by the fine execution of the community budget, has *algo that see with the establishment of a control in #all the directions applied without discrimination #any no only to the agents, but also -like somebody already has signalled- to the members of the institutions? +Was a very important decision in *pro of the creation of this office, as the fight against fraud exerts a central paper in the assessment of the #european politics by part of the citizens and of the citizens of the States members. +Finally, the directive constitutes also a good example of a consistent performance of the European Union in the field of Subjects Inner, in the inner market, but, to time, constitutes an opening to the international cooperation. +Need the advantages for the security that indicate in the Directive of the Mr. *Ferri, but also need to focus with #a lot of greater amplitude the form of *ocuparnos of the world-wide technical norms in industry of capital importance for the European Union. +The European Union has assumed the commitment to fund the reconstruction of *Kosovo. At present, in *Kosovo no only is necessary to reconstruct the bridges, schools, the technical infrastructure, but also reestablish, of general way, a democratic civil society and peaceful in the region. +Without embargo, #this did not means that it #can opt for following the road of discounts and think that they will be able to release quietly resources to fund the politics in other fields by means of linear cuts in the agricultural sector, that did not includes only the costs allocated to the agriculturalists, but also for the group of the rural space. +Also #can create *algo of space, and maybe was an idea for the negotiations with the Council, to take out of bottom for the humanitarian helps the 89 millions allocated to the humanitarian actions in *Kosovo and *incluirlos in the integral package for the finance of the region. +This year, that is a key year with the war of *Kosovo, the events of *Timor, earthquakes of *Turquía, the commitments of a Union that pretends more responsible in the international scene, the Council *nos proposes a budget of 92 *millardos, is to say, 4 *millardos less that the budget of the previous year. +On the other hand, also is necessary to elaborate -in look do not agree with #some of the orators that *me have preceded- a statute of the political parties Europeans. In effect, *yo believe that it also is necessary a greater transparency and a greater efficiency in the field of the finance of the to scale #european parties. +In fact, do not have to forget that the true competitor are *ellos and that, therefore, only the budgetary politics directed to protect the investments and the economic growth, *nos will allow to seat the bases of a Union surely stronger from the point of structural and economic sight. +Without embargo, and assuming that the fishing is a community politics #whose finance gives off of the Treaties, has found among #all a formula that allows not refusing in first reading the amendments of the Council, included the referred to the fishing, but differ approval until the moment in that it achieve a financial agreement with the Council. +*Yo want to remember that the Parliament has supported to said federation of associations that groups to the organisations of women #european and *le has entrusted the transposition of the platform of action of *Pequín in the field of the no governmental organisations, and *me seems that it #would be disastrous that woman organisation #can benefit now of said budget. +Our communication politics awards a clear priority to keep and improve the credibility of the *SEBC and the confidence in the euro, being both things -the credibility and the confidence- crucial elements for the fine course of the monetary politics. +The commission also refused the point of sight of the Greens, expressed in his amendment of today, that it #would be necessary to modify the relative mandate to the stability of the prices to take into account the difficulties to the that #would confront only the manufacturers #if they dropped prices. +In effect, on the one hand, #all *nosotros have appreciated the increasing paper that said Institution - and to time, of reflection, #all the Union - has come exerting in the last times in terms of economic politics and, especially, labour; by #another, #this has not sufficed so that the euro did not suffer the effects of the speculations and weakened in front of our competitors - that do not have to exclude at all - that they are the States Joined and the *NAFTA. +Has been the first meeting of this type since the European Parliament ratified the new School of European Commissioners, and the new President, Roman *Prodi, has declared many times his sincere commitment to explain much more with Parliament in the taking of decisions in the future. +In *tercer place, this summit has been important because although until then we had reached to take reality the Economic and Monetary Union, without embargo, this special summit has given a *primer step to a Union of Security, to a space of freedom, security and of the right for the citizens of *Europa. +Before yielding the use of the word to my colleague #Michel *Barnier, that goes to present to His *Señorías the goals of the Conference *Intergubernamental, wish to appreciate again to Parliament the support that has loaned to the Commission in this project, project of *Tampere, spirit of *Tampere, letter of *Tampere, but especially project of the citizens of our common Union. +is not *superfluo work in *pro of reorganisation of the Treaty for go back it more readable and more accessible to the citizens and to imagine a day a more comfortable modification of the common politics, by opposition to the fundamental principles of the Union. +deletes the right to veto, diminishes the influence of the small nations, the President of the Commission transforms in Prime minister species in a European Commission increasingly powerful, and the EU #would be a military Union. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0028\/1999) of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market concerning the common position (14248\/3\/1998 - *C5-*COD 1994\/0011) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the facilities of transport of persons by wire (Speaker: Mr. *Miller) +A madness, the committed by the #american Senate, that, as it said Commissioner, Mr. *Patten, probably not even has committed by strategic calculations, but by internal fights, it that worsens the question and, especially, as it has *recalcado, incites to other countries that already are nuclear powers, to not ratifying the Treaty, and incites to other countries to purchase nuclear arms. +Gentleman President, do not need to go back to go in in the subjects that so *sucintamente has *resumido Mr. *Patten in particular - except that *me #would enjoy to go back to take upsetting in the danger that this action of the Senate send the mistaken message to the falcons of the *Duma #russian that up to now have not answered to the initiatives directed to the nuclear disarmament. +Gentleman President, am very satisfied that the speech of this Parliament was so unanimous, and is well that the Commission, the Parliament and the Council have *recalcado the importance of the support of the European Union to the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs. +In relation with *Rusia, always are in the agenda subjects, #any one that was the institution involved, so much #if it treats of questions of the fight against the criminality, of economic reforms, of a reasonable legislation in *Rusia, for example, on the bunch of the Banking or the taxes and in any point #can detect that they produce some effective progresses. +#can accept the amendment 11, relative to the paper of information of the points of contact, on condition that his regional actions, that #can complement paper national, base in the disposals in vigour in the different States members and do not comport increase #any of the financial contribution of the Community. +Have taken fine note -with joy, have to say it- of the enthusiasm that has expressed in this enclosure, of enthusiasm with the that young deputies and less youngsters have engaged so that the youngsters of our continent #can in the future -more still that in the past, because #everyone agreed also in underlining that the program "Youth" has contributed already a lot to millions of youngsters- build on it that already has taken well. +#This #would have to facilitate the payment of the community contribution to the budget of the European Observatory of *Estrasburgo for 1999, is to say, for the year in course, #whose delay hampered and hampers the operation of the institution, and *yo create - although #all the commission thinks it same - that operation is important and fundamental for the European Commission and the 34 States members that form part and that continue incorporating actively to the Observatory. +Without embargo, has been missing a juridical foundation *vinculante and #this is it that wants to create now on the base of the section 3 of the article 130 to of the Treaty of the *CE, taking into account that the centre of information has to contribute fundamentally to strengthen the competitiveness of the audiovisual industry improving information flow. +Finish to decide -have to remember it- that the common rule contained in the Agreement *interinstitucional and accompanied by the necessary measures allocated to facilitate the development flowed of the investigations of the service, of compliance with the decision of the Parliament that attaches to the Regulation like Annex, will apply inside Parliament. +. (THE) The *altanería of the *superpotencia #american, put already clearly to the discovered in the criminal bombardments against *Yugoslavia, adopts dimensions of own provocation of a conception of empire only in front of #all the villages of the earth, with the continuous decisions of the Senate on the investigation and the development of nuclear arms. +After the recent decision of the Senate to return to the actuality the known "war of stars" , voting in favour of *financiarla, in clear transgression of the Agreement *ABM, the refusal to ratify the Treaty of No Nuclear Proliferation supposes a *provocativo contempt to the world-wide demand of general and definite cessation of the nuclear proofs. +main Goal of this community legislation is the extension of the regulation mentioned, that regulate the international rail transport of dangerous commodities (*RID), to the field of the national transport, is to say, the transport that takes place in the national territory of each #one of States members. +Is therefore by it that this report, seen like an isolated initiative, #can cause the impression to encircle to a very concrete question, but to the situate it in the #european frame, remains clear that goes much more there of the specific subject of transport of dangerous commodities by railway. +On the other hand, these subsidies never go to get to a part of the population affected by east tie up: to the Mrs. #Manuela, that has a fishmonger; to the Mr. #Antonio, that has a shop of appliances; not even, to bank carpentry, that practises in a school-workshop of *Galicia, in *Rianxo, because they do not go to have ships that repair. +Gentleman President, take part in this debate to show my position and to show also support wish to #all the postures that contribute, so much in the Parliament as in the European Commission, to the attainment of a new agreement of the European Union with the Realm of *Marruecos. +This granting is, in our opinion, a good incentive for #all the women and #all the men that in the world, in our regions, struggle by the application of the peace, by the defence of the human rights, by the freedom and democracy. +The *segunda reason is that, in the past and also very recently, this subject has loaned to operations of image that #can have been amused in *algún case, like the image to take smuggling of meat among two countries of the Community, but do not think that it was necessary to go back to resurrect wars among our countries because *eso #can seem a parody concerning a subject that is very serious. +refer to five subjects: *rastreabilidad, supplementary proofs, relative questions to the derivative products, supplementary information on the controls, the inspection and controls of the Alimentary and Veterinary Office in the facilities of *Truro, in *Devon, in the that sacrifices and exports this product and, by *ultimo, on the question of the labeling. +Of course, still have not adopted official decisions and, as I have said to His *Señorías takes a moment, the constitutional structure of said agency is still for deciding and also effects reciprocal with the other institutions of the European Union and with the national agencies of alimentary security of the States members. +In effect, #if the Central Bank says things clear, takes, by like this say it, the *haraquiri; #if, when talking with #this other actors, do not says the clear things - neither will have to take it because the Central Bank has to take other things - then talks for talking and loses the time. +Also treats that it establish sure enough a dialogue with Parliament, since our participation is necessary in the practice so that the dialogue define also some very concrete guidelines in favour of the citizens and the citizens, that #can *confluir afterwards in the Forum on the employment, under the #portuguese Presidency. +Have to say to the President of the Council *ECOFIN and to the Commissioner *Solbes Watches that it that initiate in the dialogue *macroeconómico in the next days will not refer so only to it that is at present, but that will serve to create the ideal atmosphere so that, in case that it have a problem or difficult questions, #can *sentarnos, in reality, with the social speakers and contrive solutions for our problems. +#All *nosotros, a new Parliament and a new Commission, have to materialise a decision that was taken in the Council of Colony, before being here *nosotros, and believe that it is our political will develop, change, give a distinct form to this dialogue a time that have it tested, *cuando have the first experiences and *cuando see in how direction will have to make the changes. +These persons have more difficulties that his colleagues of other economic sectors to the hour to defend in front of the discriminations, especially, because they do not work with colleagues of permanent form and neither in a place that was fixed and easily accessible for the #sindical representatives. +Have to underline that it #there is a big distance among the proposal of the Council and the of the European Parliament; and the Commission comes with a conciliatory proposal, of a transitory period of 7 years for the application of a maximum level of 48 hours. +The EU goes to provide technical help to develop the energetic resources, to boost the effective use and the saving of energy, and to cater clean and renewable energy, in addition to the use of technicians that are respectful of the environment. +Finally, believe that it is of big importance the establishment of these regular contacts among the European Parliament and the Argentinian, and no only in this matter but also in the terrain economic, social and cultural, since it is an obligation of the European Union consolidate our presence in this country with the that the Europeans have *tantas things in common. +In our quality of organ legislative European, will not be able to avert have to establish in the future some maximum values and some clear terms with seen to achieve a perceivable reduction of gas broadcasts harmful. +Expect that the strategy on market inner *nos give the opportunity to expand this cooperation to the preliminary stage, in the that fix the priorities of action; and to the stage of execution, in the that it is necessary to occupy that the rules work of optimum form. +Have the greater opportunity never known to take that the Only Market was a reality for agents exclusive and #SME in our States members that before #can have not thought in selling out of his immediate place. +Each fixed country his own priorities in matter of politics of employment and to this *respecto, like members of the *ELDR, go to *permitirnos celebrate the fact that during these last years was in the majority of countries members politics of liberal employment that takes upsetting in guaranteeing the suitable incentives in matter of fiscal and social politics. +In the amendment 1 say that "we urge especially to the creation of a strategy of convergence social similar to the process of *Luxemburgo for the employment, with #whose help #can ensure the priority of the model of social cohesion in the economic politics and of employment" . +Calls attention and invites to the reflection the fact that the countries situated out of the zone euro have a tax of activity higher and #if we abandon the European Union, find even a tax of activity even more high, *me refer to our Norwegian neighbour. +Therefore, the Commission #can accept, in principle, the need to study the possible expansion of the scope of this concept, to include other characteristics of the vehicles, as they #can be the noise and the consumption of fuel and other propulsion technologies. +Gentleman President, as they signalled previous orators, the best way of celebrating this convention is that it have converted in a powerful and important tool for the European Union, so much for his inner politics as for the external. +Big part of #everything *eso has to to the cruelty or the negligence of the adults and it minimum that they #can take the adults is to watch by that, *cuando a boy *carece for real of family, *le apply the disposals of the Agreement of The Have to the hour to offer to this boy an opportunity in the life by means of the adoption. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0052\/1999) of the Mrs. *Haug, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999)333 - *C5-0092\/1999 - 1999\/0139(*CNS)) relative to the system of own resources of the European Union. +And do not forget how much time has happened since it began his application and how many positive changes there #be had during this time. #Can mention as main the creation of the *UEM from 1 January 1999, the aspired enlargement, with the countries of *Europa central and oriental, *Chipre and Malt and, finally, Diary 2000, that prescribes, among other things, the modifications that have to take in the agricultural sector. +Believe that in rare occasions has occurred that speaker had to occupy during a budgetary exercise of more of 60 transfers of credits and five supplementary budgets, a big number of modifications and *complementos to the budget *originario, it that in the last debate on the budget *rectificativo and supplementary *IV *le has moved to say that it no longer recognised to his own boy, is to say, the budget 1999. +And *le take the word so that in the year 2000, in work conjoint, much more intense and more open, from the principle #can avert that priorities like the regions *bálticas or the actions in favour of the boys are not the first affected, because #one has the suspicion that perhaps they are not *ustedes those who do not want to execute *eso, but other instances that are behind. +The report *nos remembers that to reach an important improvement of the measures of protection of the world-wide environment and the reduction of the broadcasts, need the dialogue and consensus with our commercial competitors and with the countries in development. +Another challenge, of capital importance, refers to the contradiction -that *me seems especially strong- among the liberalisation of the energetic networks, favourable certainly, to a drop of the prices, but also, to time, to the waste, and to the promotion of a rational and economic utilisation of the energy. +The directive on great facilities of combustion to reduce sulphide dioxide and the oxides of nitrogen and the program Car *Oil to face up to the problem of the quality of the air in the cities are some very stood out examples. +And to conclude, gentleman President, varied orators have taken reference to a wider debate in the that they contemplated #all the relative looks no only to the looks of demand and environmental but also to the look of sources energetic and of our energetic dependency according to the forecasts of future. +Gentleman President, have had knowledge that the services of the Parliament -do not know #if by instruction of the Speaker- have forbidden press conference of the President of the Court of Accounts of the European Union in the venues of the Parliament. +In this frame, our Parliament already had the occasion to approve the proposals of modification of varied directives allocated to improve from the point of sight technological the engines and the quality of fuels. +In effect, while it keeps very wanders in relation with the greater part of the relative environmental questions to the sector of the energy, resolution asks that, in the countries of the European Union, the production of electricity of nuclear origin conserve, in the future, at least the part that has at present. +Today have voted in this Assembly on the report of the colleague *Chichester and have said in this context of a very clear mood that refuse any *imposición or type of indirect recommendation to change to the nuclear security. +For the States of the that it treats is an important argument because they know that the European Parliament has to give his assent at the end of adhesion negotiations, is to say, that without the European Parliament #can not be and is by #this by it that the wishes of the European Parliament are of the greater importance in this question. +In relation with the deficiencies in the registers of the livestock and other, the application of the plan of export according to a calendar established, #such as *yo understand it, protects the public health and guarantees the alimentary security in relation with the export of meat of bovine of Realm Joined. +Gentleman President, the Commission presented recently to the Council, to the European Parliament and to the Economic and Social Committee a communication subordinated to the subject "The victims of delinquency in the European Union - reflection on the norms and the measures that have to adopt". +To reach the economic and social stability, increase the social welfare of the citizens of the countries candidates and avert the risk of *dumping social in the current States members, the enlargement will demand that the countries candidates *modernicen systems of social security. +The adoption of the Letter of the Security in *Europa, #if it signs in the next days, will be definitely an element that will enhance the authority of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in *Europa, and will be definitely a valuable complement of the development of the politics of security of the Union. +*Cuando *usted was General Secretary of the Western European Union and #this integrate in the European Union, #this will pose, of course, a new task of parliamentary control and the European Parliament will have to assume this function together with the national Parliaments, that will conserve likewise control function in this field. +Achieve, definitely, have a common coin, have advanced in the field of the economy and has got the moment to advance in the field of politics, and very specifically in the field of the external politics and of the politics of security. +The #french delegation of our Group *opone to modification of the juridical nature of the act, in the sense that the regulation allows to take better in consideration the impact of the budgetary discipline in the States members as in the community institutions. +Without embargo, also think that, time that the Russians *nos have asked that we act like observers in the elections to the *Duma, have to consider very seriously the suitability to answer to this request of the Parliament, since *ello #would constitute a new contribution to the dialogue and to the development of the democracy, and perhaps also of a political more suitable, in *Rusia. +It important is that *le take to know to *Rusia that this message is explicit, that it is necessary to finish with the use of violence against the civil population, that it is necessary to begin the negotiations with the representatives chosen legally in *Chechenia, that the humanitarian help is necessary and has to get to his destination and that the *OSCE #would have to have a paper determinant in the solution of this conflict. +But the peasants, that will have been deleted, the liberal professions *marginadas, the textile industry, the chemist, footwear, the heavy vehicles, the pieces of furniture, the fuselages, the toys, #everything *eso that will have delivered to the competition *extraeuropea, how will take with *ello? +Thus I expect can cover, comprise and recognise the aspirations of the world developed and of the world in roads of development, and recognise the enormous advantages of the free world-wide trade, to the time that recognise also the need *imperiosa to reach the transition that allow and confer powers to the world in development to convert in a speaker in equality of conditions of globalisation. +The *mundialización leaves to feel his effects in the social field in #all the countries, but is necessary to ascertain that, in a series of countries less advanced, norms of international work admitted in the frame of the International Organisation of the Work do not respect sufficiently. +From the point of sight of our interests *multilaterales #as well as of our own interests all depend of the content of the agreement that has signed; Congress #american has wanted to have the novelty of the content of the quoted agreement, procedure by the *cual this Assembly #would have to have more charm that antipathy, although *me complicate the life. +Ask that it apply the community method, by analogy with the article 48, expect that the Commission present a concrete proposal that serve of base for the negotiations and also expect can reach a consensus with the Council and with the Commission on the agenda and on the procedure of the next Conference *Intergubernamental. +To our opinion, the double legitimacy of the Union, like Union of States, on the one hand, but by the #another side also like Union of the villages, has to remain reflected in the recognition of the power of *codecisión of the Parliament in the relative looks to the content of the futures Treated in the future negotiations with seen to the review. +The political tensions that have characterised the start of this term of office are not preventing the necessary convergences among the distinct, important, the most important, parliamentary Groups in the terrain of the strengthening of the Union, of his Institutions and of politics. +Gentleman President, *le appreciate that *me concede the use of the word instants in this moment of the debate, in the that have been able to listen with attention to the speakers to the that it already had heard, but also to the representatives and to the orators of the different Groups that occupy the seats of this Parliament, is to say, to #many of His *Señorías. +*Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen the fact to having seated the bases of a new *foedus, of pact luck after the #european unit that organises around the differences, tries the mediations and, especially, treats to find some principles and some fundamental units. +The Commission presented afterwards to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions communication containing the plan of action to combat the drugs during the period 2000 - 2004. +My opinion is that in this meeting argued the subject of drug of correct way, more coherent, to design the future strategy, especially in it that *atañe to the trade with drug and affine terrains as, for example, the fight against the wash of money. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, as I have said, the intention of the Commission is to take out to *relucir this subject in the bilateral conversations related with the taking of a preferential agreement on the liberalisation of services and of the acquisitions of the public sector among the EU and *Turquía. +Report (To5-0066\/1999) of Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the European Office of Fight against the Fraud (*OLAF) +*Señorías, it that go to say *reviste importance, since they have contributed modifications to the text that did not obtain the necessary qualified majority in this Plenary in the partial period of sessions of the month of October, to instance of the greater political Group that then expressed reservations and posed requirements of greater explanations. +The commission likewise has accepted an amendment of the Gentlemen *Nassauer and *Brok, by means of the *cual -read literally the amendment that converts in the new article 4 of the project of decision- "have to follow without changes norms relative to the parliamentary immunity and to the right of the deputy to no *testificar" . +My Group has examined very painstakingly report and have got to the conclusion that it treats of the technical materialisation of the agreement that signed the Parliament in relation with the parliamentary immunity, and that they will not cancel the privileges without having followed the procedure prescribed. +Report (To5-0066\/1999) of Mr. *Napolitano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on the modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *Interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the European Office of Fight against the Fraud (*OLAF) +#can not refuse in advance the requirements of other countries members of the *OMC so that we reform our agricultural politics in the Round of the #Millenium, taking that this agreement really was an instrument of development that contribute to diminish the differences among poor and rich countries. +Now well, nobody doubts that during the negotiations, this text of commitment, given to light with pain, will be object of multiple pressures by North American part, *cuando the Union did not presents more that an apparent homogeneity and did not has of arsenal juridical comparable to the of the States Joined, able, #if it was necessary, to deter to the North American part. +The second principle #would have to be the "confinement" of the *OMC to represent a strictly delimited paper, and keep out of competition field sectors that only #can depend of the sovereignty of the States and of the institutions chosen by the citizens, since said sectors *atañen to the own identity of each society. +Thus, although the text of the resolution subjected this morning to vote was acceptable with regard to the general goals that *nos had fixed, graces especially to the numerous amendments presented by the members of my Group, have not voted in favour of said text, to respect the commitments that have assumed in front of the constituents of Departments #french of *ultramar (*D.Or.*M.). +Like this, is fundamental that the European Union, the States members and #all the international community keep a strong pressure on the #indonesian authorities so that, with the greater urgency, disarm and control to the designated "militias" and believe the security conditions necessary for the return of the refugees to *Timor Oriental, #whose territorial integrity has to be respected entirely. +Wanted to stand out also the proposal that has taken of sending of a new delegation of the European Parliament to *Timor Oriental, precisely to verify *in crazy how is and occurring this process of reconstruction and have of #all the necessary elements that allow to follow keeping the of *Timor Oriental like a subject that deserves the unanimous attention of #all deputies #european. +Have to cooperate without reservations with the Sent Special of the European Union, with the European Union, with the Nations Joined, with the Organisation of the African Unit and with #all agencies of humanitarian help to take all it that it was necessary to end to carry peace and stability to *Ruanda and to the region of the Great Lakes of *África in general. +Only wanted *decirles that in principle was adherent of this resolution, as it is logical, but to my mood to see has initiated a very dangerous game that consists in using systematically the resolutions to open an ideological debate on the letter of fundamental rights. +Nevertheless, wail deeply that our amendment, in the that express our wish to suspend temporarily in the frame of this war association agreement and cooperation in virtue of the clause on the human rights that carries included, have not deserved the support of this Assembly. +Is a vice that weakens the will, that complicates to the individual in a dependency that enslaves it and depersonalises it, that finishes with the bows and the social relations, that engenders delinquency, increases insecurity and feeds the criminal networks of world-wide field, that challenge to the law and to the power of the States. +The action in the field of the education, of the family, the economic cooperation with associations and *ONG, and very especially in the field of the leisure and of the sport, complement some performances that owe *desterrar of the life of our youngsters leakage valve that sometimes *les supposes to attend to forms of evasion that finish *destruyéndolos. +In spite of direct and indirect support of the European Union to the bank, the *BEI enjoys to present publicly like a totally normal bank and like this has justified in the happened his relative inaccessibility, in comparison with other public institutions like the Bank World-wide, in questions of cooperation and of control in front of the administration. +Have struggled *duramente from the Commission of Budgetary Control during six years to be able to throw a glimpse to the accounts of the bank and yesterday reach at last an agreement on the control of the bank by the office against the fraud, the *OLAF. +The subject is of special importance, given the urgency of the subject, in measure in that we no longer have excessive time to set up the new procedure, since the current system finishes to finals of the month of January and it is necessary to reach a bilateral agreement among the Bank and the Commission. +And has promised to present a recommendation in the that will collect #all the relative subjects to the public health, the health of the sporty youngsters, the health of the sportsmen in general, with seen to a big action *concertada of the States members in the fight against doping. +Today fulfil with our mandate, lady Speaker and *Señorías, because the Commission has decided to present a relative plan to a communication on the *salvaguardia of the current sportive structures and on the maintenance of the social function of sport in the community frame. +Lady Commissioner, the congratulate by it that has had to see in relation with the set up of the Anti-doping World-wide Agency, although I also ask, as sporty, that, the same that they go to impose to the athletes some strict norms in the subject of doping -sew that *me seems very well-, *les listen to *ellos and put his interests above the economic and commercial interests, thing that no always has taken up to now. +Gentlemen of the Council and of the Commission, today the Union is an institution that do not respects the minimum principles of democracy and of the State of right and by #this, to *nosotros, the radicals, federalistic Europeans, promoters of the States Joined of *Europa like the posed *Altiero *Spinelli, *nos results difficult to consider as true progresses the small, really small, reforms that appear in the diary. +Wail also that our proposal of resolution common do not mention the problems linked with *Eurodac, in the precise moment in the that the Council finishes to announce, in contradiction with the Treaties, that this organ #would have to follow being purely *intergubernamental, it that excludes to the Parliament and to the Court of Justice of control to the *respecto. +Is necessary to have care: #if in *Helsinki the Council and the Governments will not open the diary of the Conference to essential institutional subjects and already mature, will not be credible the speech on the enlargement and will put of self-evident that do not knows to pose a vision *previsora of the development of the Union in #all dimensions. +treats of a general problem and, therefore, go to include, no in the section of the enlargement, but in the agenda the general assembly of the summit, that so much the States members like the aspiring to the adhesion have to improve the fulfillment of the rights of minorities. +Also there #be a section devoted to the priorities and to particular subjects of the human rights, as, for example, the rights of the woman, of the boys and of the minorities, #as well as the rejection of the pity of death and of racism. +In opinion of the Commission, so as to offer a more complete panorama of the situation in matter of human rights in the field of the European Union, #would suit that report considered in the future of way more balanced the three *pilares of the European Union. +The challenge that have for the next #millenium is to leave that the needs of the boys guide the social work in #all forms, having like point of game the right of the boys to a father and to a mother and to grow in some safe familiar surroundings. +In the proposal of the Commission relative to the bottoms for the promotion of the economic and social development of *Turquía and the consolidation of the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía proposes that #this *englobe the period 2000-2002 because *nos have dipped so much in this year that it has taken too much late to establish new budgetary lines with this end in 1999. +The financial help to *Turquía #can not separate of the commitments in the fields of the social development and of the democracy, of the State of Right and of the respect to the human rights and the rights of minorities. +Gentleman President, feelings of solidarity and fraternity with the village of *Turquía *nos carry to be against of the entry of this country in the European Union, and *ello because, like the experience of the #greek village already has shown, the village of this country do not has at all positive that expect of entry. +Although I appreciate and appreciate the contents of the Report *Morillon, consider that a strong signal has to be the of postponing this decision until the #turkish Government do not confirm the suspension of the pity of death and open a negotiation to solve the question *kurda. +To the contrary, Environment Commission wishes to leave clear with his proposal, that is more concrete and also more rigorous regarding the norms of exception, that #can not admit a politics of environment of double road, but that the goal has to be achieve a high level of protection for #all the persons in the EU. +By this reason, there #be not at present plans to study the incorporation of other types of vehicles, for example the trucks, because it supposes that his efficiency of combustion is high, or the vehicles of two tyres, by his scarce contribution to dioxide broadcasts of carbon. +Those that more auditions celebrate and more reports read on these subjects, more *me convince am that the tendency generalised is, on the one hand, to a drastic shortening of the transition period of the double circulation of the national coin and of the euro and, by #another, to the materialisation of a period of *front-*loading advanced at least to 1 December 2001. +Rather, #would compete by the title of greater construction *fallida of the world, as it goes directed to endow to the greater commercial block of the world of coin only founded on a base that until his introduction only has been able to sustain during a period of five years of the #postwar period in *Alemania. +Create, therefore, that with these two great modifications that have incorporated in commission, beside #others, like a greater precision in the labeling and the information to the consumers, the Parliament contributes to avert that a text -that believe that has also parts fine, as I already have signalled- #can have converted, by unreal, in dead letter swims more be born, and ask thus sincerely to #all the approval of this report. +Report (To5-0071\/1999) of Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the actions directed to reach the economic and social development of *Turquía (*COM(1998) 600 - *C4-0670\/1998 - 1998\/0300(*COD)) +Have the taste to give the welcome, in name of the European Parliament, to the members of a delegation of Parliament #moroccan, headed by the President of the Council of the Moroccan Parliament, Mr. *Jalal *Essaïd, delegation that finishes to get to the grandstand of invited. +has to to that this law to amend the #italian Constitution has been presented to the Senate in three or four occasions and has bumped always with the opposition of the left, although #this has talked of filter on the possibility of changing the law to allow his return. +#would be It for the producers and the workers of the less favoured countries and no, as it has said, for the multinationals that, in spite of #everything, #would find, as they always have found, the channels to increase his industrial and commercial penetration in place of the world. +The Court of Accounts has the task of checking #if this goal reaches; has the task to check #if the financial performance adjusts to the disposals of the budgetary diet and gives to the Commission instructions about it that it is necessary to modify for an ordered budgetary execution. +An idea that in the countries of the north always has had rooting, in *Austria, in countries #scandinavian, in *Alemania, also in *Inglaterra has existed always the question of the training of adults, but in the countries of the south has not been so rooted. +The Community has to encourage to ensure the hit of this plan of control, that to continuation will be an example for other regional organisations, and the support given by the Parliament to this proposal shows that, in this field and also in #others, gentleman President, and *usted knows it very well, share sight point. +These statements -is not of more remember it- refer, by a part, to that the deputy do not exerts #any of charges enumerated in the article 6, incompatible with the mandate in the Parliament and, by #another, to that contain exact informations on the professional activities, rewards obtained or other functions exerted and any economic support, in personnel or in material. +Like permission system contains a mechanism to deliver among the countries the no used permissions, #can reassure to the Parliament that it do not exists any risk that *despilfarren or that they do not use the permissions that have been attributed like part of the basic contingent. +Second expect of *usted a clear demonstration about how much time more goes to last the dilatory manoeuvre of the Commission regarding the Novel Regulation *Feed, and #if it considers *usted timely, so that users have at last clarity, support this proposal, in concrete tackle this moratorium, that besides already went partially formulated by the Council of Ministers. +The decision to follow boosting #all the possibilities of the technologies of the information to improve the competitiveness of the Union and the aspiration to that *Europa occupy the *primer place to world-wide level like society of information are essential parts of the development of the economic security. +The politics of the European Union concerning the countries of this region is disintegrated Why do not takes advantage of the EU the existence of the *OSCE to reach a stability pact for the *Cáucaso jointly with these countries, with the #russian Federation, the States Joined and *Turquía? +#If we contrast said propositions with the promise to concede the statute of candidate to *Turquía and the simultaneous announcement of the celebration of a conference in the that will not take part *Turquía in the spring of the 2000, jumps to sight that the granting of said statute of candidate has been too much precipitated, that is a cheque in white in discovered. +No considers the Commission that the renewal of said public agreements contravenes the Directives on the procedures of adjudication of the public agreements of services (92\/50\/*CEE, 93\/37\/*CEE and 89\/440\/*CEE), in view of that it has not summoned any public bidding and that any #another company of the EU has remained excluded of this important market? +With the vote in the Plenary to the planned hour -or was, Thursday-, the Parliament will have fulfilled his obligation and issued punctually his *dictamen, with the end to guarantee in it that of *nosotros depends the relief without interruptions of the members of the Court and the necessary collaboration with #the same. +The new article 280 of the Treaty attributes also to the Court of Accounts new committed in the construction of a legal body that provide an equivalent effective protection against fraud or #any one other illegal activities in the States members. +The Court of Appeal has revoked the *dictamen of an inferior court and has condemned to two men by *injuriar flag in a peaceful demonstration, although the legislation of the territory includes the International Pact on the Civil Rights and Politicians. +To instance of the Commission already are in the *preparativos of the content of the conference, that will take place in February. Expect to receive a similar signal by part of the Council put that this institution still has not pronounced on the presence and the number of representatives of the European Parliament in New *York. +Proposal of regulation of the Council (*CE) on the distribution of the quantities of cereals foreseen in the title of Help Agreement Alimentary 1995 for the period of 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 (*COM(1999) 384 - *C5-0258\/1999 - 1999\/0162(*CNS)) (Commission of Development and Cooperation) +The European Union, shaken besides by the resignation of the Commission *Santer in the course of the preparatory works, has followed research politics of commitments with the #others great powers, moving away of the claims of the countries in development and of the interests of the civil society. +Second, to #the same time that in the field of the car take efforts to reduce the pollution of the new engines, #would have to elaborate a #european program very *voluntarista, to end to delete quickly the ancient car park, often very *contaminante (no *me refer to the cars of collection). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the oral questions to the Commission and to the Council, in name of the Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, and on the course given by the Union to the program of action *Beijing. +The Commission took the caution to entrust these fears to his Managerial Committee Scientist so that *le gave an opinion on #if #this questioned the decision to raise the embargo and the terms of the plan of export in base to date in particular. +Nevertheless, cross, and say it time, a stage in *Europa in the that, perhaps, the feeding never have been so safe and, without embargo, the confidence of the consumers in the foods diminishes each day, no only in *Francia and in *Alemania, but also in other countries, due to the fact that this discussion lengthens in absence of a political dynamism. +My opinion is that the additional negotiations and the protocol of agreement that reached among #all parts and experts involved offer new guarantees to the consumers of the European Union -and no #all are #french- that the meat of *vacuno exported according to the plan based in the date is so safe like any #another of the European Union. +In addition to the periodic contacts that keep in the frame of the enlargement, the Council takes a follow-up of the situation in the aspiring countries through evaluation group that was created by means of conjoint action of the Council on 29 June 1998. +With the end to conserve the confidence in #all the looks, the *BEI #can not take publics the documents or the information in his power, in the measure that concern to credit subscribers or to other parts involved in the preparation or realisation of projects, without the consent express of the interested. +The fact that the delays and the jams are more usual in regions #european that in #others is, of course, *algo very regrettable, and perhaps the fastest form to influence in this subject was that the national authorities examine it that #can take to improve the situation in each Been member. +With the end to take more effective the application of the international humanitarian Right, the EU issued a statement on the arms of hand, the light armament and infantry mines. +Regarding the smuggling in relation with the countries aspiring to the adhesion, treats of a problem that, as I already said in my answer, tries to combat by means of conjoint operations against the illegal traffic carried out annually by the General Direction of Customs of the EU, in the *cuales have been invited to take part third countries *cuando has been necessary. +*Me ask #if the Council of Ministers thinks that the greater opening that possibly will have in the EU also will have to comprise the documents that the Council of Ministers present in front of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0098\/1999) of Mrs. *Keppelhoff-*Wiechert, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of decision of the Council on the put in the market and the administration of *somatotropina bovine (*BST) and by the that derogates the Decision 90\/218\/*CEE of the Council (*COM(1999) 544 - *C5-0250\/1999 - 1999\/0219(*CNS)). +. (*SV) In relation with the presentation of the annual report of the Court of Accounts, signalled that his current President, Mr. #Jan Or. *Karlsson, had adopted measures against the person that had catered to the means of information data on the content of the report. +The most important point is, in my opinion, the cultural mission of the book and the obligation of the society in front of the literature and art; especially in a period of new media the book has to enjoy of a help and particular protection. +The European Parliament had then reacted vigorously adopting, almost by unanimity, on 20 November 1998, a resolution that defended the only price of the book, and asked to the Commission that adapted to the cultural requirements his community politics on the agreement in matter of price of books. +No only by the fact that stood out North American jurists signal that here it #can exist a judicial error, as it #be to occur, but also because it treats of a citizen of the EU, ask to the Commission and, of course, to this Parliament that take all it possible to convert death pity perhaps in a pity of chain perpetual or for *aplazarla in a *primer moment. +Meanwhile, continue working in concretise it supporting initiatives like the of the region of *Toscana allocated to collect bottoms to allow to #Rocco *Barnabei subject to DNA proof to show his innocence and *invitándole to *usted, gentleman President, to that it employ #all the roads that it has to take get the voice of the Parliament and of the #european Institutions to the American authorities. +*Rasha To the-*Sabah, from takes long *Subsecretaria of Upper Education, *le have joined the Dr. *Fayezah To the-*Khorafi, Rector of the University of *Kuwait; His Excellence *Nabila To the-*Mulla, that is ambassador of the State of *Kuwait in *Austria; *Siham *Ruzuqi, the *Subsecretaria Assistant of the Ministry of Oil; another *Subsecretaria Assistant: #Sarah *Duwaisan, in the Ministry of Planning; and in the civil society: *Shaikha *Hussah To the-*Salim To the-*Mubarek To the-*Sabah, the Speaker of the Give To the-*Athar To the-*Islamiya, the Islamic Museum of *Kuwait. +The resolution that today debate has to be a contribution more to put brake to the situation of the women of a country, *Afganistán, #where the diet of the Talibans is, with his authoritarianism, terror among the population and the international alarm. +For the #afghan women, the freedom of expression, the right to work, the right to assist to courses on the health and the familiar planning, the access to the education, #all these things, #such as the know, simply do not exist. +In the case of *Nicaragua in this case sustain a distinct opinion of the of #others that have taken part here treats unambiguously of Right State like #such and, therefore, that in a State of Right the individual has to be protected in front of the arbitrarinesses of the upper powers of the State. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, *Tayikistán no only is the poorest country of the resultant states of the ancient Soviet Union but also the that in the last five years has suffered more eddy of the ethnic fights until #this have expanded finally to a civil war. +Without embargo, the financial help in form of *empréstito #would have to award only #if it is possible in fact a suitable control of the financial help by part of the European Union, #if it continues the process of national reconciliation and #if they organise of free and democratic way in March of the 2000 the elections, especially, the elections to the parliament. +Then results obviously interesting to know #if the Council of Ministers of the EU is had to use his position and his can -although we give economic help for the development of *Marruecos- bear *presionar to the government of this country, so that no go back to call to a plebiscite that *postergue for the future, but that really #this make. +Of compliance with the article 6 of the Protocol for the inclusion of the *acervo of *Schengen in the frame of the European Union, for the execution and back development of said *acervo, the Republic of *Islandia and Norwegian Realm will be associated on the base of the agreement signed on 19 December 1996 in *Luxemburgo. +True is that speaker experience and the so remarkable contribution to the advances of the European Union take that this text go to be a base of reflection indispensable for the next Commission of Institutional Subjects. +The Parliament by his side has answered to Mr. *Herman with the approval of the modifications of the relative regulation to the votes and the amendments, #as well as with the reduction of the number of commissions on the that will decide still in this session of today. +The conclusion of said recommendation was, in *resumidos terms, that regarding the political criteria Malt do not presents problems, but that in the economic area sure enough need some complementary or structural reforms, while this interruption of two years in the *preparativos of Malt for adhesion has caused also some delay in his adoption of the *acervo community. +So that all #this #can regulate of form *jurídicamente coherent, also will have to adapt the field of application of the Regulation 17\/62, and like this proposes it the Commission; finally, the Commission wants to introduce the possibility to exempt with retroactive strength from the date of his subscription agreements that did not go presented individually, but yes have right to exemption. +In *tercer place, *me will refer to the idea of a code of fine administrative behaviour, that mentioned by first time in the Report #Perry on the own activities of Request Commission in 1996-1997 and that it was supported in the Report *Newman on the annual report of the Defender of the corresponding European Village to 1997. +Like this as, did not is necessary *extrañarse that the application of the group of these absurd community norms believes difficulty cumulus, that give place to the presentation of resources in front of the Commission of Requests and the Defender of the Village. +In consequence, the Commission attributes importance, at the end of this term of office, to the fact to put to the day in the processing of the requests, so as to be able to examine, with occasion of the two last meetings of his Commission of Requests, chaired by the Mr. *Fontana, the greater part of the *dossiers still pending. +*Me #unworthy the fact to ascertain that, *cuando #all the political parties, with exception of the extreme right, recognise in the arrest of *Pinochet the new virtues of an international justice, have followed having a conversation with *Milosevic, although has the most bloodstained hands and that they weigh more «crimes against the humanity» on consciousness. +In place to integrate in breast to the ancient *Yugoslavia and favour, in this way, his political democratisation and his economic and social progresses, the European Union -with the European Parliament in command- has boosted his *desmembramiento and created, at least indirectly, the conditions so that they produced, yesterday, the wars of *Croacia and of *Bosnia and, today, the of Serbian. +The utilisation of private vehicles poses big quantity of regional and local problems that, of compliance with the principle of the subsidiariness, require a type of approach lightly different, that have been elaborating mainly by pipe of the program of action for the network of citizens. +Little afterwards, the members of the Transport Commission and the representatives of the European Commission *deliberaron. After the consequent debate in the Commission of Transports, had to ascertain that the majority of his members did not has *retractado of the position adopted two months ago. +Nevertheless, create -and already has said here- that *nos find in front of the typical case in that a concept that in principle back and approve, to know the promotion of transport combined so as to reduce the transport by roads and take advantage of the possibilities offered by the railway and the navigable roads, goes out bad unemployed person by cause of a specific measure. +In place to allow that the consumers benefit of the competition, the current situation characterises by the existence of a big diversity of prices with regard to credit cards, the loans *hipotecarios and other services -the communication contains indications very important in this sense-. +The debate on the control of the country of origin regarding the control in the country of reception has prevented up to now an important evolution to systems of #european control or to the establishment of a supervisory authority #european. +#This was reason of anxiety, since no it is necessary to forget that, after three years of work, the program *DAPHNE needed, by a part, a solid juridical foundation and concrete before 1 January of the year 2000 and, by #another, the juridical foundation that *nos proposed #can not deny the political line that had originated it. +*B4-0391\/99 of the deputies *Banotti and #others, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European-*B4-0398\/99 of the deputy *Malone, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0421\/99 of the deputies *McKenna and #others, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre the murder of *Rosemary #Nelson. +are not *hipócritas *erigiéndonos in teachers of these countries that are a difficult fed up period. After all finish to go out of years of foreign occupation and dictatorship, *algo that always has gone accompanied of #one some disintegration of the moral structures. +Go to ask to the government that occupy that #all citizens #cypriot have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +Is truth, of course, that in spite of the *interrogantes specific that arouses in the relations among mandators and *mandantes in this end of century, the right of request is #one of the privileged means through the *cuales the Parliament exerts control on the Commission and the Council -#as well as on the States members-, in benefit of the #european citizens. +To conclude, #would wish, to the sight of the big quantity of work that represents the processing of requests received, support explicitly a review in depth of the methods of operation of the Commission of Requests, in #whose case is not difficult to comprise that #this interrogate on the best way to face up to the task that *le *incumbe. +No fits the lower doubt that the resultant experiences of the initiative *DAPHNE will be beneficial to the hour to structure the new program *quinquenal. By means of this program will be possible to support the cooperation among the no governmental organisations and the local authorities. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, «the violence against women is a problem of the men». The international day of the Woman, the Commissioner *Gradin invited precisely with these words to the men to take the word on the violence against the women. +Regarding this concrete look, believe that it runs the risk that it remain in a gesture of fine will, since they do not go to vary the current taxes of growth and that the already persistent unemployment goes to keep in the future, unemployment that, on the other hand, affects very especially to the youngest generations. +Gentleman President, the Commission continues his active politics with the end to reduce the dependency of the Community of the import of proteins vegetal and to increase the use of cereals in the *forrajes for livestock. +The reform of the Common Agricultural Politics that undertook in the year 1992 has given place to a considerable increase of the use of cereals in the *piensos, wall of twenty millions of tonnes to the year, #as well as an important fall of the import of *forraje and -especially- of vegetal proteins for livestock. +The Commission has assumed always his responsibilities to the hour to guarantee the competitiveness of the #european industry of the starch, of processing industry and, in particular of the sector *biotecnológico that uses the starch and his derivatives like matter prevails. +Therefore, gentleman President, have estimated *proponerle, following our jurisprudence, following our norms established that the parliamentary immunity do not protects to the same member, but to #all the Assembly and to this Parliament, that do not suspend the parliamentary immunity. #This say it in particular because we think, in the line of my illustrate precursors, #Georges *Donnez and #Jean *Defraignes, that treats here in mood of the «*fumus *persecutionis». +Think that there will be a *reforzamiento and a better follow-up of the relations among the Parliament and the Commission in matter of control of the budgetary management and expect that, with this regulation, Parliament #can take a still better work in matter of control of the budgetary management of the Commission. +Therefore, the European Bank of Investments and the Bottom have to release more bottoms and, on the other hand, the States members have to have the possibility of *oxigenar his economy through his own budgetary politics, not taking the stability pact even more strict but by means of a more flexible interpretation. +*Cuando #everything concludes, wanted to express on my part wish that this institution prosper, and so that it prosper *carecen of importance the old clashes among the Commission, the Parliament and the Council; #all joined have to take care this plant that now *brota, so that it #can *medrar and *fructificar, for well of the European Union and of his finances, and, especially, for well of the taxpayers, is to say, of the citizens of the European Union. +The reason of resignation was, as it is known, the report of the Committee of Experts independent on the responsibility of the Commission and of individual members of the Commission by cases of fraud, corruption and nepotism that have produced in the course of a series of years. +As it puts of relief the speaker for the procedure of approval of the management for 1997, our colleague, Mr. *Brinkhorst, the administrative cooperation among the Commission and the States members, #as well as the of the States members among yes, has to take more intense put that the budget executes to a large extent by the States members. +At the beginning of the month of December, following -it is necessary to remember- the position of the Socialist Group, the Commission of Budgetary Control decided without embargo recommend to the Plenary the granting of the approval of the management to the Commission. +On this approval of the management, on this report of our colleague, Mr. *Brinkhorst, have elaborated also #some specific documents. Owe *decirles that am a so much irritated by the fact that we have not received, at all, any reaction of the current Commission to documents that shortly go to have three months. +Second, the question of decentralisation and the transfer of competitions of the Commission, in particular in the sphere of the external programs, is extraordinarily important, but need norms very strict for the delegation of the management of the community politics and always have to pursue actively. +And said #this, gentleman President, *nosotros *nos confront today to a change that *resume very well the philosophy of the Parliament, a change that, in words of Commissioner Mr. Ear, endows, from the first of May, to the European Union «of an instrument more *performante, more opened to the dialogue with the citizens, more democratic and more projected to the external world». +Has to have a serious debate among the scientists of both sides of the Atlantic, because I do not believe that the States Joined are indifferent in relation with the health of citizens: are not still convinced that it exist a danger and, #if we have of proofs, is adapted *presentarlas to the States Joined and to the rest of the world. +Without embargo, *me see forced to call his attention on the fact that the permission to apply a type reduced is a disposal that *atañe to the harmonisation of legislations relative to the Tax on the Value Added, contemplated in the article 93 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, ancient article 99. +Roman *Prodi is a *europeísta convinced, a *reformador economic and politician of tested hit, a politician *avezado in administrative subjects, that contributes likewise the necessary vicinity to the citizens, and after listening his previous intervention *yo wanted to add also that it is a candidate that *aúna the vision of a project, the sense of the reality, pragmatism and a clear consciousness of the needs. +#If *ustedes, in his quality of deputies of the European Parliament, take #his the proposal of the Bosses of State and of Government and approve the day after tomorrow the nomination of the Mr. *Prodi, Governments will proceed to continuation, as following step, to designate of common agreement with the President nominated to the personalities that propose to appoint like members of the Commission. +Finally, is necessary that approve a reform directed to increase the transparency so that the Parliament, at least, have access to a document of the Commission so prompt like #this deliver it to a committee, to a company, to a country, to a journalist or to any #another person that do not form part of the institution. +adds likewise the important subject of the effort to convert in more dynamic the #european economy -in his speech appear indications to the *respecto- inside a balance that has to be new, but that it has to exist, is to say, the balance of character social of the #european economy. +In effect, in his statements prevails an idea of development understood like continuous growth without loaning attention to the natural limits of resources: an infinite growth is a dangerous utopia of the economists that #can not find an answer in the reality. +Has been missing an action in the past, but also in his intervention, with regard to how warn the conflicts and #can not forget that the #italian Government that *usted chaired, in #one of his last decisions, on 12 October 1998, put to disposal of the NATO bases #italian with seen to a possible war in *Kosovo. +Said amendments of commitment no *surtirán effect expected, is to say, limit the negative consequences for the consumers and the producers of honey #european of a regulation that do not protects sufficiently the quality of the fine #european honeys against the honeys mattered and, it that it is worse, that favours the fraud. +#can not by less that regret that the Commission and the Council have not followed the example of the Parliament, that approved by unanimity my two reports on the situation of apiculture #european and on the improvement of the production and of the commercialisation of the honey. +So much the States members like the Commission have coincided in underlining that any delay in the adoption of the strategy #can give place to false interpretations by #russian part and *yo believe that to #all *nos interests that they do not intensify tensions among the European Union and *Rusia in the complex international situation current. +The new institution, «gentleman or the external political lady», has to have a predominantly preventive function and collaborate with the *OSCE, the UN, etc. #All #can regret not to have it reached in the *Balcanes and that at the end was necessary the intervention, without embargo, also is necessary to signal that we have to be had to *ello *cuando produce rapes so grave and evident of the human rights. +But there #be an amendment of the liberal Group, that deputies think to support, in the *cual proposes -on the base of the text that the Council *nos has offered in the contrary sense- an alternative text that believe #can obtain the approval of the Council. +Gentleman President, #can not talk of the Statute of the deputy and of it that #this means today without taking an effort for containing a true dose of indignation, caused by climate in the *cual have developed the debates, under the pressure of the complaints formulated in #some media, that have caused a true distortion in the discussions. +Never have understood to the socialists, that in principle demand a big increase of the *gravámenes for the utilisation of roads, but that afterwards throw backwards in front of the requirement that the Parliament, in his big majority, believed correct in the year 1997 and that it was more elevated of it that the Council has proposed now. +Said writing was inscribed in the entrance register of the post of the European Parliament the past 12 April, and *me announce that they expect that the official announcement of the register #can formulate next Monday 3 May, the day before yesterday, in the opening of the Plenary of the European Parliament. +The creation of an identity of security and of #european defence is now the central element of the integration process #european after the creation of the inner market and of the Economic and Monetary Union. +The process of *Luxemburgo consolidates and begins to give his fruits in terms of national politics for employment more systematic, more integrated, more ambitious and, to initiative of the #german Presidency, will step supplementary in the road of this #european Pact by the employment, of the that *yo recommended his application already in January of 1996. +The only question that *nos poses is #if, taking into account the reduction that has taken of the financial perspectives of the 2000 to the 2006, the European Union goes to have in the next years of sufficient resources for an own politics of employment, since practically #all the community politics have had to be *recortadas. +But, even in the supposed that #all worries went object of examination with seen to the Summit of the bosses of State or of Government, will not suppose a sufficiently adapted answer to the gravity of the crisis of *Kosovo and no *suplirán the patent absence of *Europa in this specific flank of the continental actuality. +Colony has to give a signal also in this field to make this economic politics that establish the goals that have to reach as, for example, a different relation with the World-wide Organisation of Trade, the relaunching of the quality of the product #european, the no *imposición of the companies. +In the agricultural politics, thanks to a more intense orientation to the world-wide market and to the environment, agriculture in the countries candidates to the adhesion obtains already today some important foundations of planning for the orientation of his agricultural production. +After the resignation of the Commission, after the problems of fraud and of bad economic management, how #can justify the majority of this Parliament that this Assembly reveal unable to reform any thing that have relation with assignments and the financial management of this institution? +Urge to the Commission so that it take really seriously his function of control and carry out in his programs the marked goals in the new regulation -develop sustainable, promotion of employment, promotion of the equality of opportunities of women and men, improvement of the environment and of the small and medium enterprises-, and that do not retreat again in front of the States members. +Is bottom package to launch to our regions to the new #millenium, seven years of support for our communities and regions more *marginadas that need our commitment and our community solidarity, for the youngsters, for the unemployed of long length and for the women repatriated: persons that want to have active part in the regeneration of *Europa. +The work that have taken in representation of the Parliament in this report, in narrow contact with my colleagues -the Mr. #Walter and the Mr. *Sonneveld-, has treated precisely to coordinate #all help process and, besides, to include the criteria of the Parliament. +*Tercer point: here do not treats of the question of granting in the sense of justice or injustice or of the envy but that the pressure of prices that exert the exploitations that follow living with an excess of compensation by the high payment of premiums, will affect to the small *amenazándolas in his existence. +With the new introduction of measures for the rural areas and with the strengthening of accompaniment measures existent from the reform of 1992, has given another step to a global agricultural politics for the rural areas. +*Yo believe that this message encloses a double danger: first, because it puts of self-evident, in mouth of the author of the reform, that the current measures of reform will not be sufficiently effective, and #this even before applying ; and second, because it is not possible that the agriculturalist and the #european grazier develop his activity and schedule future without a frame of minimum stability. +A time that have implanted Regulation relative to the Social Bottom for the new period, the Social Bottom *recobrará new life thanks to that takes greater upsetting in the dimension of the employment in #all the community politics and in the structural Bottoms in particular. +Because it is crucial. Of it contrary, will not constitute the bananas a precedent so that other pertinent products of other less developed countries lose markets, and #would not give *ello place, on a long-term basis, to amendments to the world-wide system of the trade to protect to the poor against the multinationals? +#This illustrates the point contained in the question of the Mr. deputy that the diet of *Sadam *Husein uses need situation of the civil population to impose the suspension of the sanctions without fulfillment of the conditions of the Resolution 687 of 1991 on the armistice. +Gentleman President, according to article 7 of the Protocol, that integrates the *acervo of *Schengen in the Annex to the Treaty of *Amsterdam in the frame of the European Union, the Council agrees with majority qualified the details of the integration of the Secretariat of *Schengen in the General Secretariat of the Council. +Subject: The interpretation in the Council According to data of news agency *TT of 30 March 1999, in the meetings of the Council three of each four #swedish representatives see forced to use a foreign tongue in the negotiations. +Subject: Agreement with *Croacia Taking into account that, as a result of the clashes armed in the neighbouring countries, the economy and the tourism of *Croacia have resulted considerably damaged and that the country has seen militarily loomed, the celebration of an agreement of trade and cooperation with *Croacia #can contribute decisively to the stability of #all region. +These looks of the initial proposal have been modified after a negative vote of the Parliament takes some months and, of this way, the final proposal establishes a unitary instrument of intervention in the sector of fishing. +Likewise regret that in relation with the possibilities of cooperation national do not yield the election of the zones of the Goal 2 that remain out of the strict criteria to the States members, but that, as before, remains limited by the Commission through criteria and a reservation of consent. +Is fundamental to guarantee that #all regions with communities *pesqueras follow having an every time greater access to the structural bottoms for the sector of the fishing without that produce any attempt for reducing the levels of finance or for excluding said access increasing the complexity of the procedures. +As it already has signalled in the course of this debate, the system provides obviously bond important among the Commission and the representatives of the national authorities presents in the committees and that assist to the Commission in his executive function. +Of course, the Commission will follow contributing actively in this work with the hope of being able to get to an agreement, before it finalise the #german Presidency, that satisfy to the three institutions and that, therefore, *redunde in benefit of the citizens of the Union, to those who have to serve, and that will be undoubtedly by millions awaiting awake to these hours of the night the result of this debate. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report (To4-0261\/99) of the Mrs. *Jöns, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the proposal of directive of Council relative to the agreement mark on the work of length determined celebrated by the *UNICE, the *CEEP and the *CES (*COM(1999)0203 - *C4-0220\/1999). +The #german Presidency recognises fully that the integration of the *acervo of *Schengen in the frame of the EU *reviste a special importance of face to the future activities of the European Parliament and understands that the Parliament have interest in following of wall the previous steps to said integration. +The agreement establishes, besides, that a considerable part of the disposals of the *acquis of *Schengen, especially the disposals that have to see with the free circulation of persons, asylum, immigration and border controls, *comunitariza in his greater part and, therefore, the Parliament and the Court of Justice will see involved in the future in the development of politics. +*Señorías, #if we want to struggle against the increasing illegalities, is necessary that the that offer services through the network are able to facilitate #all the necessary information to look for and find to content providers illicit respecting, as it is obvious, it that has the community Right regarding the respect of the personal data. +In this moment debate a directive, that is the relative directive to determined juridical looks of the electronic trade in the inner market, that treats to harmonise determined looks of the Right of the States members through this procedure -directive- that, in reality, are looks of private Right. +As it occurs always that has a subject that interests to pressure groups, #one of the problems that arise is that the groups of pressure cancel #one to #others, which shows how the deputies of the European Parliament have to be able to face up to the that exert the pressures, to the equal that have to be able to face up to the journalists. +In matter of responsibility of network operators in line, the initial proposal of the European Commission, without denying the relative problems to the illegality of the content, distinguishes the responsibility of the different actors, in function of his real activity. +The limitation of responsibility affects to #all the on-line illegal activities of third, #such like disloyal competition, deceptive advertising, but also to the piracy in the field of author right, like this deduces of the explanation of the proposal of the Commission. +Is also the case of amendments that try to modify the field of application of the directive of a way that is not coherent with other directives on services of the society of the information (amendments *núms. 27 and 63) and of the amendment 31, that modifies the definition proposed of the commercial communications. +*Nos cheer that, together with the texts of the new Regulations, have seated the bases for an effective collaboration in the management of the bottoms, also thanks to the Code of behaviour among the Commission and Parliament with regard to the application of the structural politics. +The contingent of 600 representatives of the Nations Joined to organise and observe the process *referendario is constituted by civilians disarmed, to the that in his moment will add also 250 also disarmed policemen, without possibility #any to defend to nobody, neither to himself\/hisself same, in front of the activity *impune of the militias *prointegracionistas that seed terror in *Dili and in the rest of the territory. +*B-0462\/99 of the deputies #Harrison and #others, in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists-*B4-0491\/99 of the deputies *Pasty and go *Bladel, in name of the Group Union by *Europa-*B4-0506\/99 of the deputy *Telkämper, in name of the Group of the Greens in Parliament *Europeosobre the political manipulation of the trials in *Malasia; +And, second, the Council #be to agree a formula that will provide a juridical base for the remote access to a terrestrial season for satellites that #there is in #Italia by means of the introduction of a new clause in the project of agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal questions. +The present proposal basically takes case *omiso of the European Agreement for the Protection of the Human Rights and of the Fundamental Freedoms and of the disposal that appears in the article 8 on the protection of the private life of persons. +Finally, wanted to take #this like reason to appeal again to the Council so that we are proud no only by it that take in the cultural field, but also by *preocuparnos that these programs find a suitable finance, because no reaches at all #if we excite to the public with these wonderful programs of the European Union but afterwards *les assign a ridiculous financial endowment. +After the exhibition of the year 2005, for my big joy, have been already assigned to *Japón, specifically to *Nagoya, wanted to *recordarles that in the exhibition of *Osaka got to a series of errors bureaucratic scandalous, and *cuando had built already pavilion of *Europa, denied to plant the statue of *Coudenhove-*Kalergi. +To fault of a positive action of the Commission, #whose plan of #tending action to strengthen the competitiveness of the sector, that examine in 1998, has not had up to now result concrete, #some States members, as *Francia, *España, *Portugal, have taken measures to brake the escape of places of work to the third countries. +*Usted has been Vice-president under my Presidency and the that have followed, and has won in this house a big appreciate by his work, first like Vice-president, especially in the delicate votes, but also, of very ancient, by commitment #european, that *nos has carried to collaborate in other tasks and other claims. +His big energy after #one *Europa free and joined politically, his respect to the democratic institutions, creed in a Parliament that keep at last a strong relation, conscious and transparent with the Commission, no *nos leave more that expect some years in that at last the *asociacionismo of *antaño remain *relegado to the past and begin a true collaboration among #all the Groups of this Parliament. +Lady Speaker, in name of the Group of the Green\/ Free Alliance European, wanted to *sumarme to the term that *usted has fixed so that the second inform of the Wise persons was in hands of #all the members of the European Parliament before 30 August, is to say, before they give beginning audiences with the new Commission. +The Federal Government German #would have wished, of course, greater progresses in #some fields, as for example in the Agricultural Politics, field in the that it will be indispensable to tackle very prompt new reforms with reason of the round of the *OMC, but in spite of #all commitment in his group constitutes a very fine base, an extraordinary base for the entrance of the Union in the century *XXI. +Under the #german Presidency of the Council was foreseen the transposition of the Diary 2000, an ambitious project of reform, with the end to deepen the integration of *Europa and prepare to the EU for enlargement to the East by means of some substantial reforms. +Gentleman President, the Greens think that during the century *XXI the paper of the no violent methods for the solution of conflicts #would have to be more important that the of the military interventions and that strength, that *excepcionalmente #can be necessary, only exerted previous mandate of the UN. +The #european public has lost confidence in the national authorities and #european attendants of the control of the medicines and of the control of foods; no longer *fía neither of the Government neither of the Governments neither neither of the scientists. +This precise goal a strong synergy among the Commission and the Parliament, a Parliament that has the democratic representation of the #european citizens and that, therefore, has to offer a fundamental contribution to the reforms of the Institutions #european. +The increase of the sessions to open doors of the Council, the facilitation of access to the documents and the publication of the diary of meetings and of agendas of the different committees and commissions boost of concrete form the principle of transparency. +With regard to the process against *Öcalan: the Commission shares the opinion issued on 29 June by the #german Presidency of the Council after the Security Court of the State condemned to death to *Abdulah *Öcalan and expresses again his basic rejection to the pity of death. +So my question to the President in exercise of the Council and to the Commission is the following: until how point have *meditado in depth on the political measures and the economic and financial commitments that result necessary to build a Serbian free and democratic and *reintegrar the Serbian free and democratic to the economy and the political body Europeans? +In this look *me #one to postures here presented pleading by the security of the defenders of the freedom of expression and also to the reflections on the different means with the that we #can contribute to the materialisation of this freedom of expression in the country in question. +And no are only to a Commissioner that has had an unacceptable behaviour, are of an ancient member of this Assembly, a distinguished member of parliament that went even president of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament, of a #ex minister of Economy of *Alemania and of a Commissioner with a long leaf of services. +Believe that *cuando #this *perseverantes colleagues resolve in this case that has posed in front of the Court of Justice, and advance to the events failing without celebrating dress #any that are in front of a clear rape of the object of the article 213 and that withdraw to this man pension rights, *arrogarán a function that competes to the courts. +To the talk of the pollution of the dioxin it is necessary to say that the investigations of the #belgian authorities and the inspections of the Commission indicate that the pollution produced when adding substance no adapted in the process of manufacture. +Before happening to treat the approach agreed in the Council of Agriculture wanted to *recordarles the effective and timely performance set up by the Commission and supported by the Permanent Committee of Veterinary Medicine of the countries members, performance by the that established #all exception measures required by the principle of prevention. +Expect that it bear #this *Bélgica #can have the solidarity of the Union, because it is clear that no matters #if a crisis like #this have been caused by an illness, by an accident or even by a criminal act. To the consumer, to the agriculturalist or to the company that have been the victim *le will give the same. +Therefore, the States members have to give, or have to go back to give, to the Commission, a clear and firm mandate so that #this was the spur of #one *renegociación intelligent of rules of the *GATT, that today day constitute an obstacle to the application of the principle of caution in the sanitary and alimentary fields. +Have to be able to say, as it takes the motion of the Socialist Group, that has to *imperar the principle of legality, that are Right Community, and that unless we take a universal application of #this, it that never took with the derivative rule of the *EEB, the situation will not be able to improve. +To the hour to evaluate the situation, consider decisive to have of a more global vision of the question, #as well as treat to find solutions that, in the field of elasticity of the structure, #can *evidenciar #some looks related with the problems of these territories of the south of #Italia. +Without embargo, #if *usted reads the Regulation will check that in the paragraph 6 of the article 170 says that the constitution of the mixed commissions -that they are *algo distinct to the delegations *interparlamentarias-, is to say, that the constitution of the mixed commissions with the countries associated has to make under conditions that the constitution of the commissions. +In the taking of this decision, the Commission took into account the fact that it did not exist any previous decision of the Commission neither any precedent of the Court of Justice that served of reference in the case of the *CFO with regard to politics of sale of entrances. +Given the circumstances, therefore, is not #willing, gentleman Commissioner, to recognise that the fans to the football will think that the fine of 1.000 euros is absolutely ridiculous -that it is it that paid roughly in market #black by an entrance for the party *Inglaterra-Argentinian-, that the *revendedores of entrances will think that it is a fine news and that the true fans to the football will feel disappointed? +Believe that #if #this had produced in the sector of the telecommunications or in any #another, the idea that we went back with a symbolic fine in circumstances in that #some have increased benefits in 200 or 300 millions of pounds #would have been so ridiculous as *le seems to the fans to the football the symbolic fine. +In effect, continues the Commission of Subjects Constitutional: "constitution statement of this Group, in particular the annex 2 of the letter of constitution, directed to the President of the European Parliament, excludes #all political affinity. +will Correspond to the new Commission establish a deeper assessment of this second inform and, to this *respecto, the responsible Vice-president of the reform of the Commission, Mr. *Kinnock, will answer along the debate to the most concrete points that pose to the future. +For frustration of #that of the Commission and of this Assembly that have promoted reform, and finish to listen to the Mr. *Dell'#Alba, the advances that have made until the moment have been sporadic and no *preconcebidos and have not been put in practice like consequence of the management of a program of change. +do not want to anticipate the debate of the Thursday, but wanted to say already with clarity that, for example, the relative discussion to the creation of the Agency of Reconstruction in *Kosovo aims in this direction so much regarding the juridical situation as regarding the administrative structures that have foreseen. +Is necessary to remember, for example, that only four States have ratified the Agreement of the European Union on the cooperation in the fight against the fraud in the European Union and that in these moments, therefore, there #be not juridical foundation to struggle against fraud. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5­0003\/99) of Mrs. *McKenna, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that establishes a community frame of cooperation in matter of accidental marine pollution. +After having doubted a bit, *me have left to convince by the arguments of the Mrs. #Jackson to fix in a directive some minimum criteria for the environmental inspections and no limit to the proposal of the European Commission of a recommendation no *vinculante. +colleagues also have formulated questions on the suitability to separate the #ex competition in front of on the budgetary control of the #ex competition *post on the application or formulation of the budget in the breast of the Commission. +Think mainly in a statement that has taken the ambassador of States Joined takes #some days in front of the European Union in the that cheers that work group *biotecnológico of transatlantic economic association have got to a project of agreement on the processes of approval of new varieties *transgénicas. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the long path for the nomination #be to finish: finishes a period agitated from point of institutional sight of the life of the Union, a period that has allowed to the Parliament express his potentialities and reaffirm with conviction his democratic vocation. +Gentleman President designated of the Commission, have valued his statement regarding the enlargement of the European Union and the reform of the Institutions, #as well as consolidation and the economic growth of #all the Union, and the sustainable development to create new places of work. +#If we want to recover the confidence of the citizens and the citizens need transparency in relation with the execution of the budget of the EU in #all details, felt of the responsibility in the handle of the bottoms of the taxpayers and budgetary efficiency in the application of the community politics. +The Mrs. *Diamantopoulou, #whose wallet also includes the equality of opportunities, in addition to the employment and the social dimension, has given samples of a big commitment but, how will be able to act, gentleman *Prodi, #if *usted already the has gagged of entrance and has left in other hands the fight against violence and the discrimination? +Lady Speaker, like the previous orators, believe that the creation of a judicial space European, by a part, and the instauration of norms general for the control of immigration, by #another, in mood #any will solve the problems of the delinquency *transfronteriza neither of the immigration. +Has to conclude , as, that independently of the question that treat, already was the asylum, immigration, the migratory flows, *Europol or the Letter of the fundamental rights, exists a direct relation among each #one of the #european citizens and the subject of interest. +Lady Speaker, after the problem of the work, the most urgent demand that citizens #european formulate to the community Institutions is the to face up to the need of security that, by his characteristics, #can not be resolved *autónomamente by each #one of the States members. +It only that pretend to say with #this is that to the *traspasar the competitions to a level determined logically also have to move the legal obligations and the own competitions of the parliamentary cooperation #as well as decision rights corresponding to the level that it treats because, of it contrary, #would create a legal gap and member of parliament. +In *Tampere will give also political orientations on delicate questions, like the politics of immigration, that require a new approach of the relations North-South; like the free circulation, that requires a true harmonisation of the politics in matter of granting of visas in *Europa; like the right of asylum and the right to health for #all the refugees. +A time begun the process to achieve some minimum rules, #can combine with terms, creating like this strength that promote to the achievement of a reliable juridical field, which is a requirement so that the citizens #can circulate freely, with security and confidence, but also to create guarantees of security to the hour of the enlargement. +Finally, because it takes of the public relief of this new #european space stone of touch of the confidence of the citizens without reducing the problem to the traditional controversy "freedom against security", but that recognises the magnitude of the new imperative and worries #whose resolution expect of *Europa the #european citizens. +The Council expressed the day before yesterday his deeper indignation in front of this performance and also in front of the attempts that they have been object so much the citizens of *Timor Oriental, like workers of humanitarian organisations, the representatives of the Church and the defenders of the human rights. +Also is very stimulating the wish of the Mr. *Prodi to boost the enlargement of the Community, to give the maximum priority to the creation of places of work, and to work in narrow collaboration with Parliament in the Conference *Intergubernamental. +But in reality, am optimistic because I believe that #one #can familiarise quite well with this matter, in spite of the words of #some of our colleagues that compare the Commission of Budgets with livestock market, giving to understand that the resources move of a side for #another and that sometimes the documentation is worse prepared that the that presents in any municipal assembly. +Alas this government has had friends in this Parliament during years and years, and #a lot of governments of the European Union have given priority to the lucre of his industries of armaments concerning the fundamental human rights of the miserable village of *Timor oriental. +*Me gives the impression of that *él, to the equal that the spokesman of his delegation, Mr. *Galeote, has diverted the turn of questions to the Council to take a personal disqualification unacceptable to a colleague that has expressed political opinions entirely respectable. +Estimated gentleman *Korakas, *cuando get to the questions that has decided to answer in common, *yo *le will give an explanation, but have to follow an order, have to respect this order so that the session #can have a good end and *yo am not had to consent that it have more previous questions or of order that prevent the normal operation of the turn of questions. +since the ideas on the Union are so different and that the interpretations of Colony decisions are so contradictory in different places of the Union, #can not say then clearly that "yes, are to a common defence" or well "no, there will be a common defence" ? +In October of 1998, the Council requested to the Presidency that proposed common positions, according to the article *K.3 of the *TUE, in relation with the project of Convention of the Nations Joined and Protocols. Of this way, the Council pretended to contribute to the negotiation and avert contradictions among the future convention and the community instruments. +To be the case, has taken already the Presidency in exercise initiative to inscribe this point in the agenda of the General Assembly of the next autumn or has intention of take it in the next days with arrangement to other modalities of procedure? +The Council has decided recently continue his politics in this sense in forum type *multilaterales and present for the first time a project of resolution for the pity of death in the session *nº 54 of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined. +Gentleman President, the Council has taken postures in diverse occasions on the negotiations in matter of the world-wide trade and in reference to Round of the #Millenium" ; the last time, in the conclusions of the meeting of the Council of Subjects General, the 21 and 22 June 1999. +*Ello #would improve the paper of Parliament, that already receives a quarterly report on the activities of the agency and has the important mission to approve the management of the director of the agency in the application of the budget. +#can reinforce perfectly collaboration in the civil and penal subjects there #where was necessary, respecting fully the tradition of the International and Civil right, the democratic rights, ensuring the traditional principles of the material right and of the procedural right. +Thus, the Commission has made, and will follow making, profitable efforts to help to *Rusia in his arduous transition by means of actions as it is to centre the technical assistance in the fight against money bleaching and the crime organised, and support the efforts to advance in the state of right in general. +Lamentably, neither in the agreement *Kumanov concluded among the NATO and the #yugoslav Government neither neither in the resolution of the UN that has awarded the mandate for the international presence in *Kosovo, mentions with an alone word the situation of prisoners #albanian in *Belgrado and of the missing. +Is necessary to recognise, gentleman President, that this building has an important structural defect: in relation with the building of *Bruselas supposes for the deputies the decrease of his dispatches, no by the square metres that #can have of less dispatch but by the fact that they have to share it in #all his activities with the assistant. +Affected by a crisis of the *cual *ellos are not the cause and of the *cual neither control his consequences, the #belgian agriculturalists expect on the other hand that the #european solidarity concretise, that this crisis of the dioxins recognise like *epizootia, to level that the crisis of the "crazy cows" in Big *Bretaña. +On this subject have a Green Book, go to have a White Book and 800 directives, but the bottom of the question, the reality, is that #this is a consequence of the politics and the decisions *economicistas that have taken in *Europa, and of globalisation. +Besides, the inept form to tackle these questions by part of the respective governments and of the own EU has undermined gravely the public confidence in the capacity of the politicians to tackle crises in the alimentary chain. +Memory, afterwards that #others, that budget project of 2000 foresees a spectacular fall of our help, a reduction of two thirds of the credits of commitment that will happen of 16,5 to 5,5 millions of euros, in the same moment in that it that imposes is precisely a reinforcement of the international mobilisation. +Some better statistical and a better knowledge by part of the rest of the world of it bad that is the situation #can be #some of the factors that increased understanding of our populations about the need to make greater efforts in favour of *África, also in the general plane. As this problem is related with the grave situation of *África. +The review of the financial perspectives is in any case *algo significant also by other reasons and is related totally with *aquello in that it founds the question of the reasons of finance, is to say, that the war of *Kosovo has caused a situation that is surprising and new, for the that had not taken reservations in the financial forecasts. +Wanted to also, in my first appearance in front of this Assembly, insist once again in *algo that already took in the Commission, and is in the need to establish the best possible relations among my responsibilities in the Commission and managers of this Assembly in the corresponding subjects. +The amendment 3, especially time adopted the document of work of the services of the Commission on the campaign of takeoff, that has been transmitted to the Parliament and to the Council, no only accepts but that the Commission *les gives the graces and the receives with big satisfaction. +Gentleman President, #would wish to go back to congratulate to Mr. *Langen by his contribution to the continuation and consolidation of the program *ALTENER, since it did not is necessary to forget that this program is our main instrument, although no financial, to carry out the strategy of the European Union on the renewable energies. +This political isolation-intellectual, the economic sanctions and the material outlay every time greater that demanded the maintenance of the old order finished conducting to the economic stagnation and to the political recognition that this situation #can not continue. +Is of common sense that #if this agreement was ratified by the national parliaments #whose main function, and say it among parenthesis, is once again verified, country third #can use a denomination of origin controlled #european with the end to negotiate afterwards a financial transaction. +After meeting among the two parts, celebrated to the beginning of September, the European Union considers that the agreement has that the #south african do not have to follow using the denominations "Port" and "Sherry" after the period established of twelve years, by it that it is necessary, from this time on same, think in substitutive names for the #south african products that it treats. +Expect sincerely that this agreement, seen from the concrete angle of the cooperation for the development, contribute to the eradication of poverty and the promotion of the prosperity in *Sudáfrica with full respect of the democratic principles and the fundamental human rights. +But finish of *decirle, #if Government or #another -sure enough, no only affects to #Grecia: have produced catastrophes or shaken of diverse intensity in other countries, but of lower gravity- now well, #if #such or *cual Government requests it, *nosotros #can help and fund with charge to the Structural Bottoms the studies of prevention that #would allow to know the existent risk in places inhabited, as it mentioned *usted same in his question, but also for the factories, with the secondary risks of industrial catastrophe that *ello #would involve. +My question based in a visit that took three weeks ago to *Belgrado and in renewed contacts that took the past week with the democratic strengths, with #all the political parties in opposition, with humanitarian organisations, etc. that sent signals of help to counter the bad image of the rest of the world that propagates *Milosevic. +The Commission asked also to his Scientific Committee of Veterinary Measures related with the Public Health that issued a *dictamen on the possible negative effects for the human health of the administration of the six hormones with seen to intensify the growth of animals. +Before the case *Öcalan nobody put in cloth of trial the optimum relations with a State that always had declared will to keep an increasingly narrow cooperation with the Community until the point to ask his adhesion to #the same. +Precisely the military line invariably hard of *Ankara in front of the question *kurda, in spite of the call to the dialogue by part of the PKK that includes the renunciation to fight armed, underlines the utility and need to contrast the situation with the criteria of evaluation. +*Me pleases to inform, therefore, that the President *Arafat has backed the report #make recently on the strengthening of the #palestinian institutions, elaborated by an independent operative group sponsored by the Council of External Relations with an important help of the European Union. +The political benefit of the genetic investigation for humanity sees gravely eroded by the interests created, that take an use of the technology that is not compatible with the sustainable development, and that often goes in in conflict with the acceptable ethical norms. +To the hour to examine these fields, is especially important that analyse the problems that will have to surpass in these sectors: for example, the index of growth that at present is of the 13% in the EU, it that shows the capacity and the scope of the regulation negotiated; #as well as complexity. +Believe that #if we develop our own agricultural production, the States members of the Union will be competitive in the sector, perhaps no so much in the prices, but it is necessary to take into account the quality and also the fact that the importance of the autochthonous production grows increasingly among consumers. +For example: for #one of the main producers of tomatoes of Big *Bretaña that at present pays 363.000 pounds by gas consumption and 60.000 pounds by his consumption of electricity, the introduction of the tax proposed of the climatic change in Big *Bretaña #would increase his receipt of the light in 149.000 pounds. +Call the attention of our colleagues on the danger that supposes for the credibility of our Parliament the excessive utilisation of urgency procedure, especially *cuando treats, as in this case, to examine a text elaborated by an external organism. +In what it refers to the function of the Commission, wanted to *recalcar that up to now, basing in the Article 296, the States members have exempted to the trade of arms of the field of application of the norms of the Treaty, it that has prevented intervention of the Community. +To request of the Council, the Commission is a communication on the congestion and delays of the aerial traffic and there #be not doubt that it will occupy of this question again and will propose initiatives in the sphere of the management of the aerial space. +Without wanting to *adelantarme to the decision of the Assembly, call the attention on the fact that the Conference of Presidents has included this point in the agenda of the Friday because the Thursday is foreseen a meeting of experts on said subject. +Lady Speaker, to end to avert any misunderstanding and ambiguity regarding the functions and respective competitions of an Institution like the European Parliament and of an Office as it is the *OLAF, wish to underline that so much in the *quinto considering as in the separated second of the article 1 affirms without shadow of doubt that have *salvaguardado and respected fully the disposals of the Treaties in general and, in particular, of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities. +#would Have to *habernos surprised -since #this do not exists in democracies parliamentary- the fact that the deputies of the Assembly chosen #can be controlled by an organ that depends in greater or in lower measure of the executive, and although, in this case, the *OLAF is controlled by a committee of control independent, is directed by a manager designated by the Commission. +The #another subject very important in the project of budget is the strengthening of the resources of the Court of Justice of the EU, that results especially visible in the improvement of the conditions of utilisation of the translation services. +After these measures, is to expect that the Court #can execute much better his work, reduce the number of texts no translated and serve with greater efficiency to the States members, the citizens and the companies, in the interpretation and application of the community legislation. +The Commission proposes that the necessary bottoms fund, in the first place, by means of a redistribution inside #the same *rúbrica of measures of external politics, second, using a minimum part of the reservation of flexibility and, in *tercer place, by means of redistribution among the politics in the different fields, which will force to modify the financial perspectives. +The Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary (*ECON) considers that this effort follows being an absolute priority of the politics and that still is necessary to make a big work until they put in circulation the notes and coins in the European Union. +And it is necessary to remember also that the Council of *Berlín approved the financial perspectives after an extraordinarily complicated consensus, with some initial positions very distant among the Governments and, besides, with a European Commission resigned and a European Parliament at the end of his term of office. +By #this, the Group of the Popular Party European has commissioned a study that examine the possibilities to organise the promotion of the personnel and the assignment of tasks in services, for the ends of our own administration. +Therefore, is possible to continue the promotion of quality products without asking supplementary costs, and thus I ask to the Commission that do not detain the promotion of the products of quality, since after #this find difficult regions, products of the earth and the entry of our familiar exploitations. +Now well, manifest my total concordance with the speaker #Jean-#Louis *Bourlanges -to the that congratulate by the quality of his work- regarding the obligation that in the budget for the year 2000 attend important needs recently arisen in the field of category *IV, "external Actions", without putting in *entredicho #others previously formulated, as it pretends to take the Council. +In the Annual Report of the #ECB takes an exhibition detailed so much of the preparatory work end made by the *SEBC in #day of the introduction of the only coin as of the main events economic and monetary occurred in the European Union in 1998 and in the first weeks of 1999. +Is a reason of special satisfaction for me that President have gone back to highlight today that the Central Bank European also contemplates the protection of the consumer like an important task in the frame of the Monetary Union. +Now well, #if I know to read well the Treaty of the European Union, treats of an essential element of the balance looked for by #that that have set up the Economic and Monetary Union, with hit that know had account of the conditions of the step to the euro on 1 January of this year. +Knows *usted that this institution has shown with clarity the will to exert fully the competitions that *le awards the Treaty; has biased to hear to each #one of the members of his directory, gathers with *usted regularly and takes of this appointment, in the day of today, the point *culminante of performance. +Finally, want to take advantage of the presence of the Commission in this debate to remember *algo that also has been repeated many times by this Parliament and that, anyway, is very important for our Group: the economic politics do not finishes in the coin, no finishes in the monetary politics. +The other way around, has worked well in cases and agree in that it is necessary *presionar with the end that they establish the formal democratic structures external and is in this point #where the so prompt -members of parliament as it have produced- will be the fundamental agents, also in the civil society. +do not pretend the creation of a rigid system and the special character, the capacity to act and the identity of THROW like #such, are an all that consider important to avert that I THROW, in so much organisation of humanitarian aid, involve in the heavy machinery of taking of decisions of the Commission in general. +Expect with interest the creation of the organism that will have to elaborate the letter of fundamental rights and #would be suitable that was chaired by a representative of this Parliament and that present a document that confer direct rights to the citizens of the EU and *les allow, like individuals, exert his rights in the European Court. +Is necessary to take more *solidario the social model European, so that it was in conditions to warn the marginalisation and to boost the independent establishment of persons, #as well as to promote the equality of opportunities for #all the groups of citizens, also for the immigrants. +Without embargo, the Council do not has brave to get to an agreement on the development of a common system European of asylum and of bottom for the refugees, #such as they had proposed the European Parliament and the Commission and no *limitarnos simply to a convergence of norms and of procedures. +*Me concerns that, simultaneously to the common norms, have not posed effective measures of solidarity among the States members *cuando like this demand it need to answer to situations of urgency, as in the case of the massive flow of #albanian citizens and of the *Balcanes to #Italia as a result of the political crisis of these countries. +In the first place, concerning the calendar, this reform -*permítanme, *Señorías, *expresarles conviction- is the last occasion for a true reform before the big enlargement of the Union, before the meeting of the States and of the #european villages in a big political community and economic. +Proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relative to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on the leading protection against the *empotramiento of the vehicles of engine and by the that modifies the Directive 70\/156\/*CEE of the Council (*COM(1999) 32 - *C4-0094\/1999 - 1999\/0007(*COD)) (Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market) +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that amends the Directive 92\/61\/*CEE of Council relative to the reception of the vehicles of engine of two or three tyres (*COM(1999) 276 - *C5-0012\/1999 - 1999\/0117(*COD)) (Commission of Juridical Subjects and Inner Market) +The contradiction results frankly ridiculous in the case of the #french Government, that *subscribió in the Treaty of *Amsterdam the financial and physical distribution of refugees among the countries of the Union and now retreats in front of the consequences of his own signature. +Finally, taking loaned another time proposed and ideas of the report *Gillenhammer, have to say that I am had to send a letter to #all the companies with more of 1.000 persons, to #european level, *pidiéndoles that elaborate, voluntarily, a report titled "directing change" to take a form of *benchmarking among the own great companies on how #can foresee the restructurings without creating great social problems and grave. +Finally, the #european socialists insist so that it review the #european directive on the creation of a committee of company #european, so that it facilitate an authentic information to employees, in a normal and timely term, and celebrate queries for real, it that supposes that they concede half sufficient storms and means of *peritaje autonomous for the employees. +How felt has affirm that the benefits of *Michelin went up in a 17%, without saying #if they are greater or minors that the of *Bridgestone or of *Goodyear or of the other competitors, without saying that *Michelin is a company with a turnover of 106 dollars by worker, against the 141 of *Goodyear, without saying that *Renault that, #if no *me *equivoco is a company taken part mostly by Government #french, goes to *Japón, buys the company *Nissan and, for no *cerrarla, sees forced to sack to 21.000 workers that, without embargo, when being #japanese, *nos interest less. +Is to say, that the *margen was very reduced and, therefore, #can be useful -and without place to doubts will be useful- that our Parliament take to hear his voice after the of Government Bosses, that, in *Tampere, regretted the attitude of the #american Senate, when underlining that it constituted -quote- "an inopportune signal for those who seat the temptation to endow of the nuclear weapon". +And in the Union, in #where #all have ratified the Treaty of prohibition of the nuclear proofs, have political arguments and morals for *dirigirnos to our American partners and *recordarles that have the grave responsibility to treat to stabilise the world and that have help #if truly it #can collaborate with *ellos. +A look that have to argue with *ellos, and that remains reflected in the article that quoted his *Señoría, gentleman *Elles, is that the unilateral character that today defend #some Republican, although no #all, to take justice to Senator *Logan, corresponds to a politics of "only *nosotros" , for quoting the historical lemma Irish, and that #would result so disastrous for the world as it went it after the First World-wide War. +Need to boost there the values of tolerance and of the respect to the cultural diversity and to the freedom of the villages to decide democratically his future and promote the coexistence, the solidarity, the sense of the justice and the peace. +*Me take echo of the words of the Mr. *Gargani *cuando say that #all the subjects on the that have treated tonight in the Assembly try to guarantee that the culture was considered a priority; is to say, no only, for example, that the euro or the places of work and employment will guarantee the hit of the #european project. +The Commission is convinced that the participation of *Turquía in the programs allocated first of all to the youngsters, programs of exchange and meetings that strengthen the civil society, the democracy and the respect of the human rights, will favour the understanding and the understanding among the villages and cultures. +And like this suited, but here are treating of another question, #this is, that presented a proposal of resolution in the *cual appeared, in his last point, a question almost of courtesy, and is that it went to remit the resolution to the president of this company, and it that happens is that the transaction resolution that presented carried this name. +Like this as, #if it approves this commitment, will be necessary to vote the comment of the line *B1-4050, amends 507, with a favourable opinion of the Budget Commission and by means of vote by parts, requested by the Group of the Greens, #as well as the comment of the line *B1-406 on the amendment 69, this time by means of nominal vote. +In sense, *nosotros #can not accept the proposal of the Council to operate a reduction of the 10% of the credits assigned to the cooperation and to the development to fund the reconstruction of *Kosovo, #as well as the help to *Turquía, after the earthquake, or even the help to *Timor Oriental. +The worker is called, with the gun of unemployment in the temple, to show *solidario with the increase of benefits and accept agreements *humillantes regarding the terms, the conditions and the wages, as in the case of *MICHELIN, to finish losing definitively the place of work. +Lady Speaker, first of all, give the thanks to the Commissioner *Fischler by his intervention, and *le remember that the Wednesday of the next week expect that the President *Prodi or the Commissioner *Byrne avenge to Parliament to take a statement about the measures that the Commission thinks to adopt after the publication of the scientific conclusions known to last hour of today. +Ask to the Commissioner *Fischler that, *cuando the School gather next Wednesday, present immediately a proposal to create the European Alimentary Agency because, in my opinion, to have existed already this organism, the current discrepancy never #would have arisen. +Are #all of agreement in that the subjects of security alimentary and the public health have to be the maximum political priority in #all *Europa, but the meat of bovine #british, #such as it has declared it today the Commissioner *Fischler, respects the goals of the public health established by the European Union. +It that, by the contrary, seems timely and desirable is that they take advantage of these occasions to restart the work of organisation of the community Institutions, of the *cual this Parliament, in virtue of the mandate of #all Europeans that represents, has to take load integrating the paper exerted up to now by the national Governments in the community construction. +No only are determining and establishing competition level, but that, besides, *revestiría considerable importance determine clearly and signal the jurisdiction that the agency of security alimentary #would have in the community level and #which #would be his reciprocal effects with the agencies in the level of the States members. +Finally, #would suit *usted *conmigo in that, although it existed -repeat, existed, in subjunctive- the agency that wishes to create the Mr. *Prodi and that still has not examined thoroughly in this House, even in this case #can repeat #one and time this same situation, as obviously they #would follow existing the national Agencies, that in any moment #can affirm that they have of new scientific data, so that his hope that said agency allow to avert situations like #this is a mere illusion? +Of course, have taste in giving an explanation in relation with *eso, but have to remember to His *Señorías *algo that -am sure- know: do not take exports of meat of bovine elaborated with arrangement to the plan of export according to a calendar established from the Realm Joined, because in the first place it is necessary determine and approve some facilities for this end and the authorities of the Realm Joined no the have proposed. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of Council, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, in name of the Liberal Group, support this initiative that consider very timely to ensure the necessary consensus in the economic and social field, absolutely indispensable to achieve the climate of stability, growth and greater occupation in the European Union. +Is essential that look for new and -better forms- with seen to the achievement of the goal of a balanced and sustainable development of #such mood that satisfy our needs and the of the environment and that do not have negative repercussions in the levels of life of the poor regions of the world. +Is to say, on the one hand, bankers, Economy Ministers and the associations of industrial, and by #another the Ministers of Work and the social speakers in the field of the unions, debate, and situate in the centre of the common politics the subject of the employment. +In spite of #everything, the sector of the transport in his whole, the maritime activities and the activities of doctors in period of training remain excluded of the field of application of the relative directive to the ordination of the time of work of 1993. +Like speaker, have looked for a balance no only among the directive proposal of the Commission, the first reading of the Parliament and the common position of the Council, but, especially, among the security and the health so much of the workers as of the remaining parts involved. +treats, therefore, to limit the length of the time of work to protect the security and the health in the place of work, especially in the distinct sectors of transport, the maritime activities and the doctors in period of training. +Regarding it that today has posed with the amendment *nº 10, that is *algo that finishes to get to our hands, #would say that, by the first introduction that have of my collaborators, seems that article 17, section 2 the include; But to be able to be clearer and treating of a first approximation, believe that for morning will be able to have a final answer on the subject of this amendment. +The agreement will allow to the two parts explode #all potential linked with the capacities of investigation advanced of the countries in roads of durable development, as it has underlined, but also, as they #can appreciate His *Señorías, in the sphere of the concrete program "Energy-environment", in the sphere of the renewable energies, had account of the commitments of *Kyoto. +According to my experience, in the last five years, lamentably, the legislative norms on concrete looks of the only market always have debated in this Assembly of way *fragmentaria, by say it like this, without contemplating #all links and interrelationships with other legislative subjects. +Of course, in our Group want that the attainment of the Inner Market comport a balance -as it has said *usted same, gentleman Commissioner- among market freedom and the need to protect the environment, the health and the confidence of the consumers. +Finally, from the point of sight of the active politics in matter of market of work, training and *recualificación, lines guidelines #all *ellas important, *me seems insufficient the level of convergence in reliable indicators of the efficiency of politics inside the national plans of employment, in that the dimension of the community Institutions is anyway linked to controls of hit and of result. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, believe that it is intelligent and forced initiate this brief contribution to the debate on the guidelines of the employment *felicitándonos #all by the fine data that offers the #european reality and appreciating the work of #all the that have *empeñado it better of intelligence in taking possible the that, at last, #can have a process of coordination in matter of employment, as it signals the article 128 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Now well, in relation with the of the report *Dimitrakopoulos, *Leinen, so that at least it #can have an intervention by group in a so important report, *yo #would propose that in this case suppressed the turn of questions to the Council, with which #all the groups #can express , because it is a very important question for Parliament. +The end date of the 2002 #would allow to the Commission take a total assessment of the effects of the new cycles of proofs type of approval, that will introduce from the next year for the regulation of the broadcasts of particles *contaminantes of the new #european vehicles. +Want to manifest that the amendments numbers 3 and 5 go to be substituted by new amendments that modify the considering 18 and the articles 5, 6 and 7 to adapt the text that present to the editorial that has elaborated the Conciliation Committee #Socrates and that goes to suppose a horizontal solution for the committees in the majority of the programs. +Without embargo, my Group has approved it with great objections and only because the Council has recognised and has used like foundation the definition of Organisation World-wide. of the Health , according to the *cual the concept of health has to be considered like a state of full corporal welfare, spiritual and social, and no only like the absence of illness and of weakness. +The Commission will study attentively the reports of this debate, and will undertake the necessary action to satisfy the worries of Parliament, no only to celebrate the *décimo anniversary of the Convention but also to improve concrete politics, to end to fulfil with the goals established in this Convention. +Is of the opinion that the #finnish Presidency and, *eventualmente, the following, the #portuguese Presidency, have the worry that, for example, Big *Bretaña will happen to the field enemy in the dispute on copartnership rights of the workers in the #european anonymous society? +But since there #be a delay, that already has regretted, expect that the time of this delay use *constructivamente, and that the Council and the Commission, and also Parliament, *reflexionen on the form to put the things it better possible in it that definitely is a key sphere. +This mood to proceed of the Council with the income of the European Union is not as very serious -it that formulate of a very soft mood- and, in front of the next process of enlargement, #can convert in an authentic mortgage that *nos prevent development possibilities. +On a long-term basis, has to exist a direct relation among the finance of the costs of the Union and the citizens and to #that that now shout again gone up " of taxes ", *les say incidentally that the charge of taxes and similar #can not increase in total for the citizens and citizens and that #this is the position that already adopt in March. +Besides, are of the opinion, and *eso already had put it of self-evident with anteriority Commission of Budgetary Control same, that it is necessary that believe some reservations in the costs allocated to the European Bottom of Orientation and of Agricultural Guarantee, to be able to face up to the unforeseen costs. +Firstly, is essential that the current disequilibriums of the budgetary participations because of the discounts that perhaps explain historically dismantle of gradual way, progressive, but *pertinaz and that the contributions of each country adapt to his just measure from the point of objective and countable sight. +In the summit of the Council of *Berlín agreed modifications for the part of the income in it *tocante to the maximum proportion of taxes on the value added that it delivers to the Union, in it *tocante to the discount in the #british contribution and finance and in it *tocante to the proportion of the *gravámenes agricultural and *aduaneros that the States members #can retain. +Gentleman President, believe that the report that are, with his proposals, #such as #this took form in the Budget Commission, contributes to the creation of a half balanced, austere and effective to reinforce the budgetary discipline that it is subject of #all and #whose application guarantees only with the essential collaboration of the institutions and, of course, with the collaboration of the States members. +In it *tocante to the question of #if the costs that are foreseen in the frame of enlargement for the agricultural sector will be sufficient, definitely will be necessary to observe continuously how evolves the situation in the States candidates to the adhesion and of how supposed has split in *Berlín for the assessment of the necessary costs. +Without embargo, want to remember that the Parliament or the Union in general have developed during the years happened the procedure *Nootenbom until point that the transfers of credits to finals of year were almost impossible to see with clarity. Thus, have insisted in this budget *rectificativo and supplementary to reach like this a greater transparency. +In addition to the report of the Mrs. *Dührkop, have heard before how have debated the subjects of the own resources, of the budgetary discipline, and the truth is that it swims of #everything *ello *redundaría in benefit of the taxpayer #if we did not advance in the efficiency of the fight against fraud. +have exposed three goals: first, promote the energetic efficiency; second, increase the participation in the production of the energetic sources less *contaminantes -the dip is the 12% of renewable in the year 2010-; third, reduce the environmental repercussions of the production and utilisation of energetic products. +Have taken investments to increase the use of sources of renewable energy and have declared our firm purpose to take into account the requirements of a stable energetic economy inside a process of enlargement. +The Commissioner *Byrne, declared it following in his appearance: the future of politics in matter of public health do not have to circumscribe to the crisis of the moment, that has to have a high level of protection of the health in #all the community politics that we have to adopt a preventive attitude in matter of attention of public health. +Am safe that the Speaker will have to well write, in name of the European Union, to congratulate to #all the parts interested by his actions, his courage and determination to carry out the process of peace and the disarmament and am safe that His *Señorías will suit *conmigo in that the peace in *Irlanda of the North *infunde hopes to #everyone and everywhere. +will not mention the delivery *deshonrosa of an elderly of 90 years of part of Swiss to *Francia, since it treats of a country that is not member of the European Union, but will mention simply the legislations increasingly *represivas that pretend to dictate the political and historical speech and of the that do not wish that they #can find favourable terrain to extend of State #european to #another. +By it that refers to the directive proposal, when reducing the terms of transmission of the judicial acts and *extrajudiciales of a Been member to #another are an instrument that will allow that the judicial processes develop in the best conditions of celerity and juridical security preserving the rights of #all the interested in the causes. +do not aspires only to *subyugar to a proud village that insists in defining freely, *él only, the path of his country and the #his own, but that signals, of multiple ways, a self-evident intention of the imperialist Americans to impose his will, law in the relations and economic and commercial activities international. +On purpose of #this, see by the communiqués of news agencies of this afternoon that, after his mission, the World-wide Bank has reckoned that they will need among 260 millions and 300 millions of dollars of the #EE.UU. for the reconstruction to half term in #that *Timor Oriental in ruins and that will procure that the majority of these bottoms the contribute donors in the conference that will celebrate the next month in *Tokio. +The majority of the measures that appear in the annexes *II and *III are very effective to reduce the losses, for example, of resultant phosphorus of agriculture and the future managerial-frame on the water the will complete with an instrument of plans of management in the level of the hydrographic basins. +Left Lady Red, am totally of agreement and believe that the conclusions of the European Council of *Tampere underline the fact that it have a horizontal approach among *pilares that cover the politics of immigration and asylum and the #others political of the European Union, inside the *cuales have the politics of help to the development. +helps gave with the condition that the companies had a commercial management -and therefore there was not a presence of the authorities of the countries or of the administrations of said countries-, that it carried out the suitable process of restructuring and that, at the end, obtained some profitable companies and that they #can develop without need of new public helps. +In the frame of the chapter 24 of the negotiations of adhesion, that refers to the cooperation in the fields of justice and internal subjects, treated on the controls in the external borders and the politics of visas of the EU. +do not wish to repeat #all the points that so well has posed the High Representative, but had account that I have been invited to take part in this debate, it that *me full of satisfaction, wanted to say some words on the opinion of the Commission with regard to the creation of a politics of security and defence #european. +But the measures that #can adopt with the goal to warn the conflict and the human suffering include besides #many things, like watching by the fulfillment of the law, the creation of institutions and the politics of trade. +And #if it remains another evident in the dictionary, is the following: while it follow being manager of the current competitions, neither a paper to smoke, or perhaps after the announcement that took yesterday #David *Byrne on the tobacco #would have to say any tissue of paper, will separate to Commissioner of External Relations of the High Representative. +Understand that opinion is that yes and, in this case: How opinion *le deserves the decision of the Council of Ministers that, in the first reading of the budget of the year that comes, has reduced the amounts to an inferior level to the of the amounts of the year 1996? +*Usted has referred to the reallocation of resources and to the possibility to have appropriate means Agrees *conmigo in that, in this moment, the reallocation of the resources inside the European Union is much more important that pose the increase of the maximum limits of defence? +From 1990, since it came down the clash among blocks, has gone back to be possible to rid conventional regional wars in *Europa, that open again the doors to the ancient traditional clashes among ethnic groups, to the disputes by the outline of the borders, etc., and to the resumption of the ancient cycle of violence. +Along #all the Round of the #Millenium #would have to can formulate specific recommendations -of compliance with the section 5 of the article 97 of the Regulation of the European Parliament- that *nos allow to influence on the works before the conclusion of the new Agreement, follow development and leave feel properly the weight of our opinions. +The seven fundamental norms develop the four human rights basic in the work: the right to the freedom of organisation and of meeting without fetters, syndication right, the right to not making works *forzosos, the right to enjoy of the childhood. +Have enumerated only #some of the essential looks, #whose importance also have signalled in repeated occasions #others and other colleagues, because #any of *nosotros will tire to insist in the need that the subjects related with the environment and the protection of consumers debate in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Another element reinforces also the powers awarded to the Commission in the frame of the proposal in study: the possibility of reducing the amount of the direct helps or to suspend the payment of the monthly advances. +Have forced to the Department of State to trace a strategic map of the possible routes: the most important #would be the route among the sea *Caspio and port #turkish of *Ceyahn that affects to the axis among *Baku and the #russian port of *Novorossijsk. +Although we know that #this will hamper enormously for the European Union the conversations and negotiations on the *incumplimiento of the commercial agreement and of the agreement on the steel by part of the Russians. terrorism #can not and do not has to combat by means of the employment of the military strength against #all a village. +Finally, keep the principle of the cultural exception, that recognises the possibility for the Union and the States members to preserve his capacity to define with freedom his audiovisual cultural politics in name of the development of diversity alive and *enriquecedora. +Expect, finally, that the European Parliament #can exert an active paper in the Round of the #Millenium beginning by the previous knowledge of the study of the Commission on the hypothesis of impact of the effects of the new normative process. +And so that this free trade was a free just trade, is evident that have to conciliate the commercial norms with the norms that refer to the protection of the environment, the rights of the workers, the agricultural model European or the protection of consumers. +But believe that #if we work joined of an open way with the common goal to improve the quality of life of #everyone, will be able to really confuse to the critics of globalisation and show that the globalisation and the liberalisation #can be an authentic decisive strength for the sake. +In addition to strengthening in our own continent the legitimacy of the performance of the Union, the participation of the global group of organisations no-governmental #can help to our negotiators to achieve the goals of the Union. +#That to those who concern the human rights, the protection of animals and the environment have some a lot better perspectives to guarantee improvements in said fields inside a juridical frame and in a World-wide Organisation of the Trade, that in #one *gresca or law of the jungle. +Gentleman President, in any case and to #all effects, take to state that I have presented this appeal three hours ago, with my signature and the of the president of the Liberal Group and with the agreement of the President of the Group of the *PPE, although it have not signed. +And #this supposes, among other things, that the goal of the new Conference *Intergubernamental has to be improvement of the previous institutions to the reception of the new members, the improvement of the mood of operation of the institutions and of the #european politics. +Therefore, that first small reform, in the that only was necessary to talk of the Commission and of the weighting of votes in the Council and to the that the Statement of Colony had added also the possible extension to qualified majority, do not has too much sense, answers to a distinct political logic. +*Nosotros, the Group of the Popular Party European and the European Democrats, #can and want to collaborate in this direction #if problems of the Report *Napolitano resolve of a reasonable form, and the problems are in the limit of it that *nosotros #can support with our vote, #if well we are not in mood #any truly satisfied. +Expect that Parliament brake once again this frontal attack to the Convention of the Nations Joined on the refugees, to the Statement of Rights of the Boy and to the juridical security of the citizens of third countries that find inside the borders of the Union. +*Cuando convert the Agreement and the Protocol *EURODAC in a community Regulation, modify it so that it was in total consonance with the community legislation on data protection, included the new Article 286 of the Treaty, that fixes the disposals of protection of data for the community institutions. +The two questions that more seem to have concerned to the Parliament are the question of the minimum age for print taking digital and the norms for the destruction of the data saved in the central base of data. +#If we had to destroy #all the data on asylum applicants in what the interested #can benefit of any class of condition juridical, the Regulation *EURODAC #would not apply already to the situations in the that an applicant of asylum receives permission to remain in any #another quality during a brief space of time and, at the end of this period, goes to another Been member and requests asylum in *él. +The debate of today #can, nevertheless, contribute to a better knowledge by part of the House of the increasing threat that constitute drugs, on the real and no imaginary database, and *coadyuvar to the achievement of improvements to short and long term of the critical current situation. +Without more preambles, gentleman President, declare that we agree, that approve the plan of the Commission; have, without embargo, reservations that formulate; reservations, that shares the own Commission, owed to the non-existent evaluation of the programs and to the insufficient general approach in relation with the existent real threat. During the last fifteen years, gentleman President, drugs do not constitute simply a threat. +After the European Council of *Tampere it will be necessary to give priority to the prevention of the juvenile delinquency, urban and related with the drug, and to the gradual harmonisation of the legislation of the European Union on traffic of illicit drugs. +Second, the *ORD (Organ of Solution of Differences), created in the breast of the *OMC, has demanded of the European Union that renounced to his own norms in fields so fundamental like the sanitary and alimentary security or even to politics of cooperation in the question of the banana of the countries *ACP and of the regions *ultraperiféricas. +Is necessary to go back to examine the situation of disequilibrium that gives off of the fact that only the commercial agreements *multilaterales have ended in the creation of nature organism judicial, *cuando *ello has not been like this neither with regard to the agreements on the environment neither to the of the *OIT. +This doubt refers to capacity -and to our real will- to convert to the *OMC in an instrument of regulation, with the end to happen of a globalisation wished by #one #few and suffered by #all to a world-wide trade truly *reglamentado, that benefit to the group of the planet. +With the argument that it is necessary to simplify the application of the Agreement of *Dublín, the Council pretends to repeat previous attempts of *cercenar fundamental rights of the citizens of third countries by means of the creation of a mechanism of collected of digital prints controlled by a central unit, that cover no only to refugees and applicants of asylum, but also to #all the citizens of third countries that find in irregular situation. +*Nosotros support these efforts of *saneamiento, contributing in the activities of two scientific centres and international technicians, the of *Moscú and the of *Kiev, and, #if it was necessary, are had to provide help supplementary to these programs, very understood that, as *ustedes have said it during the debate, are now very near of the step to the year 2000 and that it essential has been to begin to concern thus opportunely. +#If they do not have future, or better said, do not have a #worthy future, since "they are enclosed among the #albanian terror in *Kosovo and repulsion and the discrimination of other countries, with the aggravating that the humanitarian help in the central part of the *Balcanes is to his end". +Equally, agree a plenary and total support to the efforts carried out by the *MINUK, to create an operational civil administration, in conditions to assume the functions of police that at present are in hands of *KFOR and to create a society *multiétnica peaceful, able to take charge of the reconstruction of *Kosovo and of the *restablecimiento of society. +In accordance with previous statements, the European Commission has left very seated that any new judicial formality related with the contribution taken by the Mr. *Nikitin to the Report *Bellona has to be in full compliance with the principles and norms of international acceptance in matter of justice and human rights. +The fact to say that it is intolerable that there are boys forced to work in place to go to school, that #can not eat it sufficient, that the boys are sold like commodities, that are victims of physical violence or morals by part of the adults, is already a big step that, of course, has to translate in our political acts and in our daily life! +By #everything it aforesaid, estimate that this initiative is a step in the fine direction, with the utilisation of the modern technology of digitalisation of images with computer to help to organisms commissioned to take fulfil the law and to the ministries of the interior to cooperate in #all the Union. +The debate *nos teaches that all it that collects in approach no *fructifica because the conjoint work of the governments do not suffices to take a new legislation in matter of structures of security on the base of the problems that poses the inner market and the speed of integration that #this involves. +*Yo #would wish that this principle of opening that has produced in the relations with the Bank follow advance and that at the end #can get to a result that was satisfactory for Parliament and for the European Bank of Investments, without forgetting, as it said previously, that the *BEI is a financial institution that it #can give information without any restriction of subjects of #any nature. +Without embargo, as *sucede in #many areas, the reasons that the agreements have been awarded to countries like *Corea are surely the conditions that in *ellos exist: for example, the workers of these countries receive wages very low, have labour conditions and measures of security very deficient and unsatisfactory due to the fact that the health and the security of the workers are not a priority. +Without embargo, seems that now the civil servants of the Direction General of Competition of the Commission have the firm purpose to interpret the program in question like help to the dockyards, although the program do not affects to the competitiveness of #the same, since the ship that benefit of the help will be able to commission in any country. +To finish, wish *preguntarle to the gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen, how #can be possible for a Been member trace a politics of navigation, #if no #can entrust in the instructions given by the Commission How the Commission in his recent correspondence with the governmental authorities has considered the Records of adhesion of *Finlandia with regard to the mentioned political?. +Lady *Doyle, *le appreciate his intervention and have to *decirle that *me have allowed *adelantarme to the wish of His *Señoría and, in name of the European Parliament, already have written to #all the bosses of the main parties *norirlandeses bear *comunicarles the admiration that feel by it that have reached and *enviarles our best wishes, the more *calurosos, for the continuation with hit of the peace process. +Without our recognition, #some of these countries #can demoralise and *volvernos the back: economies #would begin to diverge and the advances to the democracy and the respect of the human rights #would run the risk to detain and #would lose maybe for ever a big historical occasion. +Without embargo, declare with firmness that #if it exists the risk that the enlargement conduct to the dissolution or #one *desvirtuación of the European Union, in the sense that we finish being only an economic and financial administration, but no a political Union, #if the enlargement comported this risk, then #would have to *rechazarla. +Gentleman President, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, expect that the Speaker in exercise of the Council have time to read, before the summit, our resolution on #the same and also the report that approve on the Conference *Intergubernamental the month of November, because I have thrown in fault a bit reflection on #some of the arguments that bear *nosotros are absolutely keys. +The Council *apresta to exclude - like this believe it - of shameful way to the European Parliament of the Conference *Intergubernamental and, especially, has to ensure that Conference occupy only of three points of functional improvement of the Institutions and, therefore, to leave of the all *inalterado this incomprehensible castle of *naipes that they are the Treaties of the Union. +Finally, want *expresarle to Mrs. Speaker in exercise of the Council my sincerer congratulations because it has achieved, without need to modify the rule, thing that had not achieved still, increase clearly the transparency in the European Union and, in particular, in the process of taking of decisions of the Council. +Likewise, in front of the multiplication of signing systems (*Europol, *Eurodac), the European Parliament #would have to have reiterated his request that it saw the light an independent commission on computing and freedoms to end to preserve our individual freedoms, in addition to the democratic control and *jurisdiccional. +Of the subjects that *nos has exposed the Presidency in exercise of the Council, the subject of design in the new frame of the enlargement did not poses problems neither to this Parliament neither to the proposal of the Commission, neither neither to the Council of ministers. +Said communication, that the Commission foresees to adopt in the *primer semester of the 2000, will complete the report of the Council on the human rights, since it will occupy especially of the concrete actions that it #can undertake the Community to promote the respect of the human rights in third countries, so as to back statements and *darles consistency by means of serious and concrete initiatives. +(To5-0070\/1999) of Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the realisation of actions directed to deepen the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía (*COM(1998) 600 -*C4-0669\/1998 - 1998\/0299(*CNS)). +Without embargo, Environment Commission did not agrees with the intention of the Commission to concede in some mood a cheque in white that allows exceptions without limit. In effect, the proposal foresees that the countries that have it that designates like socioeconomic problems #can request a transitory period of five years, that to continuation #can *prorrogarse other five years more. +*Yo believe that #if we achieve it and the Commission, as I expect, also #can take #his the proposals of commission, will have marked truly a milestone in the improvement of the quality of the air acclimatise and also will have contributed a lot to leave clear that to the substances *carcinógenas no *les has lost at all in the environment. +The proposal taken by the European Commission, reinforced by the report of the Mrs. *Breyer, that goes more far, poses the principle of the evaluation and the management of the quality of the air acclimatise by it that refers to two sources *contaminantes important -the *benceno and carbon monoxide- produced the two by the circulation by road. +The Commission #can accept the amendment 15 in part and considers that this proposal #would have to adjust to the Directive 1999\/30 inserting the words "in cases in that it exist more of a season of measurement in the zone or in the urban core, at least #one has to be situated wall of the traffic and at least #another has to be oriented to the urban bottom" . +The proposal of the Commission contemplated a calendar of execution too much fast, and, by this reason, has *prorrogado the entrance in vigour of the directive until the year 2003, date in that the States members will have been able to adapt legislations to the requirements of this directive. +In any case, neither the Commission of Agriculture neither this Parliament pretend that no *le facilitate to *Portugal this supplementary quota so that it go adapting and taking increasingly competitive in tomato production, but yes #would be an important occasion to happen of the system of quotas to the of thresholds by countries. +Today wanted to accompany my intervention with a pair of considerations that, to my seem, do not refer to an exclusively technical question, but that also represent a fundamental approach, as I think that also in the field of politics agricultural #would have to reason in terms much more global, already from his approach. +Is well that in the monetary dialogue of the European Parliament with the Central Bank European take patent, take transparent #one and another time, *cuán important is the stability of prices for this independent monetary authority, and that, thus, #this concern that this goal impose keeping the vicinity to the citizen. +Therefore, the community preference constitutes for the socialists our commitment with the sector of the community fishing, with our persons, with the fishermen, the workers of the industry *pesquera and the *armadores, that expect can keep his activity and places of work. +Report (To5-0070\/1999) of Mr. *Morillon, in name of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, on the proposal of regulation of the relative Council to the realisation of actions directed to deepen the Union *Aduanera *CE-*Turquía (*COM(98) 600 - *C4-0669\/98 - 1998\/0299(*CNS)) +Far to identify with the *adalides of his own countries in the planetary economic war, #one and #others *fustigaban together the capitalism of the multinationals, the profitability to *ultranza, the *mercantilización of the nature until the patented of the living beings, the *nivelación of cultures, the *ahondamiento of the inequalities practically everywhere and, in particular, among the North and the South. +Gentleman Commissioner, *Seattle no has *fracasado neither by it unsuitable of the Common Organisation of Markets neither by the electoral campaign of the States Joined that it also has contributed to the failure: *Seattle has *fracasado because the political will of the most important countries was to brake the international trade, in place of accelerate it. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, believe that *Europa with his secular tradition of the market economy, of the free trade and of the economic freedom -that it is freedom without adjectives- has to affirm that the goal of the integration of the markets and of the freedom of trade is a goal of by himself\/hisself that it has to conquer for *nosotros and for #all the other countries. +Gentleman President, the negotiations of *Seattle allowed to put of relief some political opening to #some of the positions of the European Union on the agricultural file, as in the case of the environmental worries, the *inocuidad of foods or the development of the rural communities. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0092\/1999) of the Mr. *Busk, in name of Fishing Commission, on the proposal of Regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that they establish measured of applicable control in the zone of the Agreement on the future cooperation *multilateral in the *caladeros of the Atlantic northeastern (*COM(1999) 345 - *C5-0201\/1999 - 1999\/0138(*CNS)). +Is an important directive, in the first place, because -as it has said the speaker- is #one of tarpaulin cases full of set up of the possibilities that awarded the ancient article 138 *B of the Treaty of *Maastricht, is to say: that this Parliament launch an initiative that was restarted by the Commission and followed by the Council. +Besides, the calculations on the assessment of the needs of the permission of traffic, base in the current traffic by the *Alpes, mainly by *Austria, without taking into account that this traffic is regulated by the limiting system of *ecopuntos, in the that they have reckoned analogies quantitative for the States members. +#Many of the amendments go directed to shorten the terms for the elimination by stages of the *hidroclorofluorocarburos and methyl bromide, goal that certainly shares the Commission to the light of his important and increasing contribution to the fight against the exhaustion of the coat of ozone. +With #everything, *me is *grato *anunciarles that the efforts of the Commission to guarantee that the European Parliament #can exert the paper that *le corresponds in the Conference *Intergubernamental have been *recompensados: Parliament will have a statute of observer of right plenary in the group of the personal representatives. +In the Letter includes the proposal of the European Union on a model of cooperation among the international organisations, designated platform, that #would apply, especially, in the prevention and management of crisis, and that #would reinforce the capacity of the Organisation to act with rapidity in management no military of crisis. +Without embargo, *me had seemed more careful that, even treating of a Summit devoted to the enlargement, had situated in a *primer plane subject group relative to the Conference *Intergubernamental, highlighting in this way that neither the most modest enlargement will be able to work #if before they do not resolve the pending questions and the institutional subjects. +Already have achieved to open a bit the door, but, frankly, have to signal that the Summit of *Helsinki has not adopted the recommendations made by the Committee of Experts, chaired by Mr. *Dehaene and based in the excellent proposals that prepared the European Commission under the direction of the Commissioner *Barnier. +#There is #some progresses and the #can analyse with serenity: two representatives of the European Parliament will take part in #all sessions of negotiation and will be able to take part to the principle of each meeting of the Conference *Intergubernamental; likewise, in each meeting of this type will have conversations among the President of the Parliament and the bosses of State and of Government. +It that pretend is that, with this program, in the next five years the global quota of the audiovisual products of #european origin increase to a large extent by means of a politics of support to the creation, production and the diffusion of products audiovisual *auténticamente #european. +Subject: Letter of the fundamental rights of EU From the point of sight of the Commission, #would have to be *vinculante to juridical effects the Letter of the fundamental rights of the EU that is under the mandate of the Summit of *Tampere #would have to be *vinculante to juridical effects? +The Commission initiated a series of special actions to support to the national authorities participants in the fight against the illicit nuclear traffic pertinent so much of the States members of the EU as of the States candidates, included seminars, programs of training and technical assistance. +Understand arguments constitutional, the political arguments, but try *explicarlos to somebody that *carece of a ceiling on his head in *Kosovo, try *explicarlos to a pensioner that wants to receive the social subsidy in *Montenegro, try *explicarlos to somebody of the *ARYM that think that the difficult measures that have adopted in this country in the last years deserve quite more support of the European Union. +*Nosotros follow keeping the offer that already made the Parliament, with #symbiosis of budgetary discipline, on the one hand, and by the #another side, the will to consider cuts very concrete and no linear, as they pretended *ustedes, and to contemplate to #the same time the necessary political priorities and *financiarlas. +On the other hand, the President of the Court of Accounts has devoted yesterday, in this enclosure, «persistence of the culture of the costs in the breast of the Community, that is more concerned by the volume of the costs that by his quality». +Gentleman President, with the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam have increased considerably the attributions of the European Parliament, that has assumed new powers of *codecisión in the sphere of the prevention and fight against the harmful frauds for the financial interests of the Community. +Therefore, already is hour to finish with tight compartments among the Common Agricultural Politics, Bottoms structural, the own resources of the Community and his internal and external politics and ensure that it exists an alone weight and an alone measure for #all *ellos. +The decision to carry out visible actions satisfies the condition of *evidenciar the positive paper of the European Union regarding the demolitions that ten years ago left after himself\/hisself communism and puts to proof the goodness of the western democratic system in front of the *fracasado *dirigismo previous. +Second, also *me has concerned that, in reality, the Commissioner do not propose to give support to the *ONG, and #this is, exactly, it that says #a lot of persons that works in favourable projects to the democracy: that go to stop to the section of the budget that refers to the democracy and to the human rights, in place to achieve greater efficiency inside other projects. +Gentleman President, the present recommendation invites to the Parliament to issue his *dictamen satisfied on the proposal of the Council relative to the technical harmonisation in the sector of the car *considerándola an important factor for the development of the world-wide market. +do not know #if it treated of a diabolical attempt of my friend #italian Mr. *Dell' #Alba so that we abandon *Estrasburgo, #if they were my Conservative colleagues of the Realm Joined that *equivocaron the day of the visit of the President *Chirac or #if it treated of a gift *navideño of *chocolatinas #belgian that now will be hit to the walls of the playground. +Besides, create -and it *deploro- that there #be a big absent in this resolution: are the citizens, since we do not have to forget that further of the measures that #can take the States of the Union, are the citizens, consumers, those who, through his habits, of his behaviours, will induce the change and will impose it to the managers. +#would Wish that our Parliament expressed again his reservations express regarding the system of the rights of pollution, the flexibility mechanism, since, #if well we want to resolve the enormous problem of the effect *invernadero, #can not accept this process in that all #can buy or sell and in that they #can buy the rights of pollution. +The abandonment of the nuclear energy #can be the subject of conversation of the populist in the countries developed of *Europa and in this Parliament, of the populist to *ultranza. do not exists realistic alternative in place, not even in the countries to the that the Union will expand in the future. +Gentleman President, the Popular Party European has affirmed repeated times that considered fundamental adoption by part of the Council and of the Commission of a public position before the day 20 December, date in that it will produce the transmission of sovereignty of the territory of *Macao to the Popular Republic of Chinese. +The conjoint statement *luso-#chinese -to the that already has referred here the Commissioner *Patten- is a fine statement and in *ella appear, in group, the great lines that #can orient the territory of *Macao in the next 50 years like specific zone, with his own specificity inside the whole #chinese, is to say, respecting #all the legislation that applied the #portuguese in *Macao. +#- - Report (To5-0091\/1999) of Mr. *Chichester, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that modifies the Directive of the Council 80\/181\/*CEE relative to the approximation of the legislations of the States members on units of measure (*COM(1999) 40 - *C4-0076\/1999 - 1999\/0014(*COD)) +Report (To5-0075\/1999) of the Mr. #Aparicio *Sánchez, in name of Transport Commission, Regional Politics and Tourism, on the proposal of regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (*CE) by the that it establishes the distribution of permissions for the vehicles of transport heavy of commodities that circulate by Swiss (*COM(1999)35 - *C5-0054\/1999 - 1999\/0022(*COD)) +In other words, #if the enlargement works, #if the program of the Diary 2000 reaches to improve the economic situation of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental, *ello will reduce by himself\/hisself same flow of economic refugees pertinent of said countries to the current States members of the European Union. +Probably, #would fit to indicate still on this subject that #one of the important previous conditions to approve the finance of #all the projects reviewed and elaborated by the European Bank of Investments is that it take in account point of ecological sight, and like this took in the case of the project *Gardaland. +Is conscious the Council that this problem affects to the information that facilitates in the press on the results of the sessions *plenarias of the Parliament, since the journalists only #can be in a spot to time (and usually gives priority to the meetings of the Council in *Bruselas? +The #finnish Presidency demanded to the international community in the session of the 54 General Assembly of the UN that find solutions and the timely answers to confront the new and unpredictable challenges in the frame of the humanitarian Right. +Gentleman President, the prevention and the fight against the illegal traffic of appropriate materials for construction of atomic arms, bacteriological and chemical is the goal of the cooperation among the authorities *aduaneras, judicial and police in the frame of the cooperation of the Union in matter of delinquency, goal that tries to reach directly or well through *EUROPOL. +From this point of sight want to signal that it takes #some days, *cuando in *Helsinki adopted the political decision to expand the European Union, with correction fixed the political criteria of the *Europa of the fifteen, the criteria of *Copenhague, but it is necessary to consider that the new countries candidates to the adhesion have problems that up to now the fifteen did not have. +So that citizens have the possibility to control that the application of law by part of the Court of Justice fulfils the criteria of independence and objectivity, traditionally inherent to the judicial system, #would be necessary that the application of the law occurred with transparency. +#All the that was present in the different commissions during the previous deliberation of the reports *Von *Wogau, *Rapkay, *Jonckheer and *Langen knows until how point the politics of competition and the future of the politics of the inner market *inciden in the future development of the economy, the growth and employment of *Europa. +Gentleman President, receive with *beneplácito this opportunity to take a brief contribution to this debate and begin with the observation that a prompt and satisfactory solution of the controversy on the *inocuidad of the foods *reviste paramount importance for consumers, for our graziers and, in fact, for the alimentary industry. +The Commission #can not accept the amendment proposed to suppress the requirement of a real debate among the Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the main proposal based in article 152 of the Treaty. +Therefore, in the Record and in the Literal Record of the session, so much on purpose of the intervention on *Macao as in the Literal Record, on purpose of the interpellation to the Table with occasion of the resolution on *Chechenia, *yo appear identified like #Luís *Queiró, my colleague that seats in seat 571, and no with my own name, *Ribeiro and *Castro, that *me seat in the seat 662. +In my opinion the *primer point is that it underline the importance of the trade of the skilled book, that bet by the quality and no by the quantity, that need advice skilled and a special offer of the scientific and skilled bibliography, #as well as a service and attention *individualizados. +#If in the section 4º of the resolution includes that it will displace a delegation to *Kuwait, also will have to treat the problematic of the local Administration, #as well as the question of the procedure, because it results extraordinarily clumsy that law proposition of #this *envergadura #can not approve by a fault of procedure. +Bottom created to promote the urban and rural development, the development of the communities, to increase the qualities and to improve the quality of the environment; the justifications quoted in the amendments of the Greens are false. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0083\/1999) of Mr. *Xaver *Mayer, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of regulation (*CE) of the Council that modifies the Regulation (*CEE) 1696\/71 by the that it establishes the common organisation of markets in the sector of the *lúpulo (*COM(1999) 302 *C­0081\/1999 1999\/0128(*CNS)) +In my opinion this space constitutes the *Balcanes of the future, #one *Balcanes to scale world-wide. And by reason is of vital interest for *nosotros, so much more what that there has seat a series of powers nuclear, stabilise that space and prevent that the ethnic conflicts of there have effects especially the world. +Anyway wish to reassure to #all the honourable deputies, to the equal that have taken it with the countries candidates, with the certainty that on our part the, *llamémosla, institutional crisis to the that *nos confront in this moment and that of course *repercute also in some sense in the work of the Commission, did not has to carry and will not carry to delays in the process of enlargement. +Wanted to conclude saying, also to the own countries candidates to the integration, that has been and follow being, also today, our philosophy that has to value each country candidate by his own merits and by his own progresses, although #this #can conduct to differentiation, at the same time that it is especially important that leave clear that, while #some in a moment determined #can have advanced more that #others, #all the family of the enlargement will follow being an alone family. +Regarding the posture of Subject Commission Economic and Monetary and of Industrial Politics ascertain that in bold strokes it shares the opinion of the Commission *cuando #this affirms that the modifications proposed will allow that in the future the politics in matter of competition will adjust more to the economic reality. +As #this is probably my last speech in front of the European Parliament gathered in session *plenaria, wanted to give thanks to #all persons with the that have worked during the 15 years that have formed part of the European Parliament and, in particular, to the fine citizens of the *Greater *Manchester Central, to the that have had the honour to represent from 1984 in the frame of the system of *circunscripciones individual. +The Commission shares likewise the importance that his speaker and Defender of the Village attribute to the strengthening of the confidence of the citizens in the #european Institutions, in particular *cuando the citizens report situations that do not consider satisfied to the #european disposals. +*Cuando directs a claim to the European Parliament, the citizen no only reports *algo that to his trial constitutes a bad application of the community legislation, but that to time expresses his confidence in the Parliament and the other Institutions expecting that #this repair the injustice. +Regarding the first sentence of the text, taking into account the diversity of subjects to argue in the field of «Customs 2000», the Commission prefers to leave to the States members the possibility to take part with more of a representative, so as to be able to debate specific arguments. +treats of a complex question, especially *cuando treats of the question of the rates for the use of roads, but the deputies do not have to forget that States members possess already plans to fix a price to the utilisation of the roads and that other countries expect *introducirlos. +Step now to our second argue. Also refuse the concept of the Commission because it advocates consciously a preparation and an application in three stages, which comes to say that the distortions of the competition among transport moods and the companies of the different States members keep in foot. +The NATO #can not be at the same time leading in conflict and, according to the diary *Le *Monde , speaker of the *UCK, that *le provides information on the #serbian positions that they have to be destroyed; #can not be a new police strength international that fulfils with a duty of interference and at the same time a humanitarian organism... +And is *irrisorio that resolution proposal ask (in the section 3) the application of the decisions of the Nations Joined or that applaud (section 4) the «initiative» of the General Secretary of the UN, Mr. *Annan, without mentioning, although it was in two words, his content! +In this frame, results particularly *chocante that, by this reason, do not apply the tolls in the metropolitan zones, in the that live the persons with greater incomes and #where #would suit *desincentivar utilisation of private vehicles, and keep in zones more disadvantaged in the that, by not having popular demonstrations neither electoral costs, increase #all the years. +From a point of formal sight, #this is a correct attitude. After all, the Commission had not presented officially new proposals or proposals modified from the rejection of the proposal of the Commission by the European Parliament. +Wanted to also congratulate to the speaker, Mrs. *Thors, by his report and *congratularme that the Commission of Subjects Juridical have integrated practically #all our proposals, the proposals of the Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects, in his report. +To the *respecto, the speaker suggests to examine the favourable looks to the institution of a *Ombudsman , or Defender, of the European Union for the financial services; *yo #would propose to go even more far and examine more amply the measures of claim that they have at present users of financial services in #all the Union. +The rhythm of the changes in the markets and in the financial intermediations has put of self-evident the possible limits of a sectorial approach and this phenomenon increases with the process of global financial integration. +Want to underline that, among other things, in the text asks to the Commission that elaborate a #european rule, for the time being, lamentably non-existent, that guarantee elevated standard of security in road tunnels and rail, and to the Council that adopt without more delay the proposal of directive on the controls of the commercial vehicles. +The Commission has promoted a wide legislation relative to the norms for vehicles, of the that also form splits minimum norms on the *inflamabilidad of the vehicles of engine, like part of his legislative program for the homologation EU of the vehicles of engine. +Take really call to the European Commission so that *presione to Indonesian to end to achieve that it improve the situation, and *presionamos especially to the European Commission so that it also concern by that the elections develop well and by that, in these elections, concede rights to the minoritary groups of the smallest islands. +Gentleman President, the previous orators already have taken upsetting in the intolerable attitude of the Government of *Birmania, that denied to concede an entrance visa to the Dr. #Michael *Aris just before his demise. Also have referred painstakingly to the support that receives this frightful diet by part of Chinese. +Gentleman President, there #be not any difference of opinion among the Commission and this House on the continuous and grave rapes of human rights occurred in *Birmania. The next 26 April will appear this country again in the agenda of the Council of General Subjects. +On the other hand, to the speaker no *le #can deny the merit of having insisted in that the measures proposed #can not give place to a *encarecimiento of the transport. Adds that in case that the result was sure enough an increase of *losimpuestos, it #would be necessary to diminish in another place the charge for the users of the transport. +*Nosotros that we are the managers of education and that, like politicians, #would have to be the most faithful interpreters of the needs of the citizens, have the obligation to report the origins of this violence and define the methods of fight more effective. +(OF ) Gentleman President, *me direct to *ustedes from my special situation, as I am the only deputy of this Assembly that came to the world before the *I World-wide War, that besides was chosen for this Parliament *cuando already had surpassed amply retirement age and that afterwards has enjoyed of 20 years of life and parliamentary work. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the oral question (*B4-0155\/99) of Gentlemen *Colino *Salamanca and *Garot, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, to the Commission, on the supply in vegetal proteins and the situation in the industry of the starch. +In this sense, the European Commission has elaborated proposals of action extremely positive that pretend to boost the sustainable urban development in the European Union. Like this, foresee fiscal incentives for the restoration of houses and obviously contemplate special conditions for zones *extremamente sensitive, as it is the case of #Venecia. +Is the *noveno report of this term of office but no *le go to bore with #all the statistics; it regrettable is that it is not a very pleasant question really and here did not treats of a legislation or the promotion of the #european integration, but of a subject of parliamentary immunity. +Gentleman President, the problem that *nos takes to see the suspension of the immunities that today we treat is not neither more neither less that a part of a general problem. This general problem is that this Assembly did not explains still with an only statute for deputies. +Another problem that arose was the that in that moment probably did not have neither a majority in the Assembly to concede the approval of the management neither an absolute majority for *denegarla, by it that the Parliament was prisoner among these two requirements of different majorities of his Regulation. +Obviously, the pact for the stability was celebrated by *nosotros, but no *nos satisfies to #all *nosotros with a politics of stability that *estrangula the public budgets and that *les deprives of space political of manoeuvre and also of the need to create conditions mark in the education, in the investigation and in the professional training. +will Finish with the subject of the set up of the *GOPE saying that the Commission expects *encarecidamente that, to the contrary of it that occurred the past year, the States members #can, along this *primer year of the euro, put of agreement on content *prescriptivo precise, operative and no *edulcorado of the great orientations of the economic politics, especially regarding the recommendations by countries and to the politics of employment. +Maybe the fundamental characteristic went the deficiencies of the structure of management, that remains very clear in paragraph 19 of the document attach, in the that it says: «The deficiencies in the structure of management *propiciaron operative distortions in the application of the politics». #Who knows? +Second, as it already has said the Mr. *Elles, gives an indication to the new Parliament -#if well never have to pretend reign after dying and, of course, no speaker that goes to abandon the Parliament- on the type of questions that #can use to judge to the new Commission during the appearances. +Gentleman President, wanted colleagues, with the examination of the report of our colleague *Brinkhorst on the postponement of the approval of the management for the exercise of 1997, intention is not *hurgar in the grave wounds that have devastated to the Commission these last years *forzándola to resign. +Fear that interpretation in contrary sense had a *tufillo of electoral campaign in place of the exercise of the pure reason, because it that have said has been very simple: while it exist the prohibition, #can not have risk for the health, because the meat with hormones is not allowed in the European Union. +#This allows to the States members orient experiments to those sectors of the #can expect the maximum benefit, #if the experiment is wider, more data go to have with hindsight and greater goes to be the possibility to get to some definite measures very founded that they conduct to the creation of more stable employment and *eso was precisely of it that treated. +The recent experiences indicate that, in any case, #would suit to examine the possibility of the individual cessation, already was by initiative of the President of the Commission, of the Parliament or of the Council, with the participation in case of the other organs. +Although there #be not doubt that the Parliament will confirm tomorrow nomination -safe that by #one *holgada majority-, in September will have to face up to a much more difficult proof in front of the Parliament in big part renewed and in front of the *cual, will have to present to his School in plenary, #as well as a program of action that no *le will engage only to *usted, to personal title, but that will engage *colegialmente to the new Commission in his group. +#If no wants to trip in the successive obstacles that will have to *sortear, will have to have very present that his legitimacy, like President of the Commission, is a legitimacy delegated, that will be exerted under the permanent political control of the Council and of the European Parliament, that, political and directly, are the managers in front of the #european population. +This coincidence, that was not foreseen in the normal calendar, gives to this debate and to the back vote character *algo dramatic, because, in some mood, is the political will of the *primer European Parliament that it was able of *presionar to the salient Commission until the point of *obligarla to resign. +Have to remember that, #if we have to give hope to the *Tercer World, with regard to the *cual now have a big responsibility -#can not forget, in effect, that *Europa is the greater economic structure of the world, repeat, the greater economic structure of the world- then is undoubted that also have to guarantee a world-wide economic order. +The opening of the trade has allowed, in the last years, growth spaces to #some countries that were totally excluded of the world-wide game and has brought achieve -understand it and has gone back to remember in his interventions- *gravísimas consequences for #some #european sectors and #some #european countries. +In consequence, have to ask the *imputación of *Milosevic; an enormous pressure on the Mrs. *Harbour so that it explain finally how wants to take in the next hours; bombardment informative and the integration of country that, gentleman *Fischer, are from takes more of twenty years, #if we think that in 1981 Frame *Pannella asked in this Parliament the incorporation of the that then was *Yugoslavia in the #european Community. +*Yo also pray to the Commission and to the Council that take note that in our quality of members of parliament #can take *algo more that celebrate these debates, that no always result too much interesting neither stimulating, and that the Council and the Commission have to include more closely to the members of parliament in the formulation, but also in the execution of politics. +Given the calendar of the Parliament, the Council considers that said query is not possible #if it wants to adopt the common strategy in the Summit of June, time that the definite project of the document will not be available until 17 May. +*Yo wanted to highlight in particular my opposition to the efforts of the speaker so that it postpone the adoption of the common strategy relative to our relations with *Rusia, that is of the maximum importance in these moments, since said strategy *rebasa with grow the frame of the bilateral relations with this country. +#If we do not take advantage of now the opportunity to solve an illegal situation that is in conflict with the article 6 of the Treaty and, among other things, delete discrimination by reasons of nationality that have kept from takes years, no longer will go back to present the occasion; now #can take it in justice and in *concertación with the Council. +#Can be that reason exhibition technical-juridical have been fine, but have the impression of that #some of his adherents hide an unseen motivation and that it that really do not want to is that it touch to #some of his privileges. Because they serve of a series of arguments very odd. +About the buildings wanted to leave also *algo clear -#this goes directed to *usted, lady Speaker, and to the Presidency: Have declared our disposal to assume finally promotions *ad *personam , that presented in an amendment delivered to the Mrs. *Müller, under the condition that the Presidency fulfil it agreed and make the finance of the buildings in a term of 10 years. +take It essentially because we accept that Internet is a form surprisingly *excitante to make new transactions -expand the trade, the industry and the employment in breast of the Community- but never to coast of the individual consumers in any Been member of the Union and, in the measure of it possible, *protegiéndolos no only inside the borders of the Union, but also out of #this. +So that this directive proposal on the measures that have to adopt against of the pertinent pollution of the engines allocated to *propulsar the tractors follows the orientations of the directive of 1997 on the pertinent broadcasts of the engines installed in the mobile machines no of road. +The balance among the #european institutions, in effect, has changed to be the that the Treaties of *Maastricht and *Amsterdam pretended: is to say, have got to a Commission #whose nomination and political action do not base already only in the confidence of the Council but of decisive mood in the confidence of Parliament. +And the that we have reached this condition of Parliament mature and adult is very important for democracy, because the democracy do not works only with fine intentions or with personal contributions, as #all know, but with institutions that go further of the human beings, that take that the work of the deputies that do not go to go back have continuity in other deputies. +Of course, is a bit difficult that the Council congratulate to the President of the Parliament, as #if the praises are too much intense interprets as #if it had taken *algo badly. Thus, want to say that *usted is a speaker of the Council, an uncomfortable speaker, conciliatory but *inflexible *cuando treats of the defence of the rights of Parliament. +In Colony will treat the following questions: first, the European Pact by Employment; *segunda, the calendar for the institutional reform in *ciernes; third, the European Letter of Fundamental Rights; *cuarta, the common strategy for *Rusia and *quinta, the development of the European Politics of Security and of Defence. +Is clear that the collective defence in *Europa goes to follow being task of NATO, but the European Union has to develop the capacity also for an own military management of crisis *cuando from the perspective of the Union or of the *UEO exist need to act and *cuando the North American do not want to or #can not take part. +Ask, to the equal that in the text of the month of November of 1997, #this is, in the resolution *Méndez Of *Vigo and *Tsatsos, document of the Commission that #can constitute the base of #one *concertación *interinstitucional in the that are involved the representatives of the civil society, the national parliaments and the regions. +And *yo believe that, #if the Commission is in line, #if the European Parliament is in this line, #if the national Parliaments have been involved, the legitimacy that will have this document will be enormous, and any Presidency in exercise and the Governments will be able to accept a document of reflection. +Consider that it is on of the table the need of an effective coordination of the economic politics and of a pact for employment, it that demands the political will to use for this end the possibilities created by the euro. +The speeches pronounced in the Parliament have outlined little by little the outlines of a thought on *Europa with looks positive, in particular the wish to guarantee the autonomy of the Commission and carry out a deep reform of his administrative uses. +Of course, is also a big hit in the balance of our political group, as the amendment of the Group of the Greens has been the only that has obtained an absolute majority and that has taken that the Commission and also the Council move. +In the last years have assisted to successive positions of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade in relative subjects to trade of agricultural and alimentary sakes and to the odd coincidence of these positions with the interests and pressures of the States Joined of *América. +The case of the banana reveals that the interest of the signatures multinationals explains one thousand times more that the development of the villages, and the market wins the hand to the necessary solidarities that it is necessary to develop in breast of a political community. +Sure enough, regarding the relative conflict to the banana, in name of liberalism and of the globalisation of the exchanges, the States members of the European Union lose his capacity to operate a specific and privileged politics with #some countries in roads of development with the *cuales kept historical exchanges. +Precisely in the case of the social Bottom, that produces with grow some great services to *Europa, already was in the politics on handicapped persons, in the preventive politics of labour market or in the helps to the women, things have been very questioned until the last moment. +Want to express my congratulations especially to the speakers, the Mrs. *McCarthy, Mr. *Hatzidakis, the Mr. *Collins, the Mr. #Walter, the Mr. Baron *Crespo and the Mr. *Arias *Cañete, also in his quality of president of the Commission of Politics Regional. +Apart from the useful increase of bottoms, the new financial regulation supposes an important advance for being a suitable instrument to provide finance on a long-term basis for projects on a long-term basis, because it includes programming *plurianual, it that means that the promoters of the projects will be able to schedule with a security without precedents on finance that #can expect with charge to the budget for the networks *transeuropeas. +Like this has to be, #if we want the maintenance of the social model European -of the that #can *enorgullecernos-, but with the idea that it has to be a realistic model, in the that improvement of the conditions of work was a reflection of the improvement of the conditions of productivity. +are in cooperation with the pertinent international organisations and regional initiatives and, especially, with the States of the region, with the goal to make a Conference on the stability pact for the *Sureste of *Europa to level of high civil servants that will be summoned by the Presidency of the European Union in *Bonn the 27-5-1999. +The position of the Agriculture Commission neither has supposed an advance in this sense and go back to have to regret the statement of *inadmisibilidad of an amendment of my Group in relation to the subject of the modulations of the helps. +Believe that it has been #one of the greater hits of this Parliament, but do not is necessary to forget thus that, in it that to the regulation of application refers -and #this is the *segunda splits of the Report *Arias-, still have to ensure the continuity of actions; continuity without the *cual, in my opinion, the structural politics *pesquera loses big part of his sense. +Go to take use of this power, gentleman President, and wanted to warn to the Council that are decided to take it to guarantee, in the first place, the opening and the transparency -and here *me *congratulo by the efforts that has made to this *respecto work group of the Council- and, second, to guarantee that it exists #one *ecuanimidad among the Parliament and the Council. +In fact, consider that the common position of the Council represents a step advance to reach a better protection of the health and the security of the workers exposed to risks of explosive atmospheres, that cause fatal accidents each day. +This agreement, that includes the commercial goals of the interim agreement, incorporates a social philosophy, #one *panoplia of possibilities for cooperation in questions #such as the professional training, the regional development or the support to the cultural diversity. +And finally, gentleman President, by #all these reasons, wanted to say that my Group is adherent that the European Parliament approve this *dictamen satisfied, and with #the same decision and with #the same hardness with the that *nosotros condemn in his day the rapes of the human rights that had produced in this country, with firmness, repeat, ask that in this moment support this *dictamen satisfied. +In the previous stage to the decision of the Council #can check how part of the personnel of the Secretariat of the Council *opuso *frontalmente to the absorption of the employees of *Schengen *arguyendo that had not happened by selection procedure usual. +Formally, did not needs to consult to Parliament, but politically is not correct, since the integration of *Schengen in the Treaty, the election of the juridical base, determines how will develop the future *acquis and, therefore, #which will be the paper of the Commission, the Parliament and the Court of Justice. +do not forget, without embargo, that by #a lot of that the *SIS have incorporated to the *tercer *pilar in virtue of the mechanism contemplated in the Protocol of *Schengen, the supervisory instance that watched by the correct application of the Agreement of *Schengen will continue exerting his work and will guarantee that Information System of *Schengen respect the protection of the personal data. +In the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens go to miss his open attitude, his constructive and independent character, even #if *nosotras two have had discrepancies regarding my use of his maternal tongue, English. +Gentleman President, is a luck that *le have precisely to *usted in this moment of President of the Plenary of the Parliament because #this is #one of the last reports, #if no the last, of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and *usted has been during years member very effective of this commission. +Appreciate to the Commission the have fulfilled his commitment to elaborate in mandate the Green Book and the White Book of the trade, reaching that for the first time the Institutions tackled the sector of the trade in #all his looks. +His attitude -#if it allows that this law approve by simple majority- will suppose that, in the future, a Friday in the morning of day *nublado, with a majority of 48 votes against 47, a Parliament, by chance, will be able to abolish and destroy no only the financial perspectives, but the group of the building of cooperation *interinstitucional built during the twenty last months. +But, instead, believe that this amendment is not admissible: #can not approve, by means of an amendment, after having argued a report that carries a different title, the text of an agreement, that, on the other hand, modifies noticeably varied parts of the report, although it treat -in addition to reason exhibition- of #some sections. +The that today *nos have abstained in the vote of the report of the Mrs. #Miranda of *Lage relative to the decision of the Council by the that establishes an association agreement economic and of coordination and political collaboration among the European Community and his States members on the one hand and the States Joined Mexicans by the #another obeys to varied reasons. +#If in the next General Assembly of the Nations Joined took really decision of a moratorium, believe that we will have directed a positive message to #all the countries of the world and will have posed a problem also in those countries that refuse to confront with decision this subject. +The *quinto look perhaps was the most positive of #all process. Takes some days a president of the Constitutional Court has declared that #many of the legal disposals of *Turquía have to be modified because they attack against the human rights, because they attack against the rights of the democratic States. +has chosen a new President in *Djibuti. Is a good moment to remember that it has to put end to rapes of human rights, to the deal *humillante of the political prisoners, to the fault of rights of these prisoners, to the fact that *les enclose in prisons without *otorgarles cares. +Is with this wish, gentleman President, that *me allow to express, through person, my gratitude to the Table by the work developed in these five years, #as well as to the colleagues, especially the that take part in the meetings on the human rights and the problems of urgency, by the work made up to now and by #everything it that have learnt of *ellos. +Gentleman President, do not know how is it that it #would be necessary to take from the point of sight of the procedure, but *le ask, to *usted that it is an understood in #the same, that devise *algún mood that we #can take into account this event and show that sure enough we are to the so much of the real process in place of *aferrarnos to postures dogmatic that do not contribute at all new and do not contribute in at all to resolve this tragedy. +The Commission has engaged to continue with the initiative *SLIM\/*INTRASTAT and the actions *EDICOM in favour of companies, of compliance with the position of the Council on the needs of information in the frame of the Economic and Monetary Union. +On this question said, and then was to the Commissioner *Cristoffersen: #this #can not follow like this, since there are systems different of failure in the European Union; already is hour that we #can create a #european anonymous society, no only to regulate jointly his creation but also his dissolution. +*B4-0338\/99 of deputies *Ferrer, *Peijs and *Chanterie in name of the Group of the Popular Party European on massive imports to low price in the textile market European, and-*B4-0339\/99 of the deputy *Moniz in name of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists on massive imports to low price in the textile market European. +Think, in concrete, in instruments of commercial defence that it has the European Union to delete the obstacles to the trade of the community products and also in the measures of *salvaguardia foreseen in the agreements of the Round *Uruguay that, maybe, the Commission #would have to adopt. +On the other hand, in the resolution on the communication of the relative Commission to the textile sector and of the preparation, and in action plan that afterwards elaborated the Commission, figure already a series of proposals in this direction. +A massive import in unsuitable conditions from diverse zones, among #others the Asian, that of a clearer way *nos concerns (and celebrate the special comment of Mrs. *Gradin), #can give to the fret with the possibilities of this industry that -insist- has taken a big effort of adaptation. +#This considered that the reductions of charges social #can *falsear the competition among producers #european. Declared illegal the textile plan French, asked to the companies impossible repayments to satisfy and paralysed the enlargement to other sectors of this device allocated to save employments. +will Conclude mentioning the worry originated, in this sense, by the first statements of Mr. *Prodi, that translate a very ideological conception of the notion of competition, since *él assimilates any regulatory action or *correctiva that carry out a State to a distortion of competition. +Gentleman President, *usted knows that I #be to be present in the sessions of the Fridays, but seldom ask the word because almost always are with haste, have to take the planes, etc. Today, *excepcionalmente, being the last day of the present term of office and taking into account it early of the hour, *yo, in name of the Socialist Group, want *expresarle my recognition by his work like president of session. +Gentleman President, for the first time after ten years go to vote to choose to the President, or to the Speaker, of the European Parliament, without that it mediate #any of these previous agreements among the Groups *democratacristiano and socialist, that symbolised, in my opinion, condominium species that blocked the democratic debate. +In breast of the Liberal Group have decided to support his candidature no to form a political coalition, but like political expression with regard to the partial period of constitutive sessions, because from time to time they require political balances among the great political Groups Europeans. +With the decision of Colony relative to the celebration of a new Conference *Intergubernamental on the institutional subjects have opened, besides, the door to surpass very prompt the big second internal obstacle for enlargement. +The #news that *Belgrado had accepted the conditions of peace got during the Summit of Colony of the month of June; and the resignation of the Commission after ten weeks of Presidency neither has facilitated at all things. +Although our Group hailed explicitly the decision of the Summit of Colony to strengthen in the future the fundamental rights of the citizens and citizens and proposes *apoyarla of active way, also criticise with firmness the Pact in favour of the employment. +In the war of *Kosovo have seen how much weigh has to launch *Europa in cymbal of the scales also under the perspective of the possibilities of configuration political that exist, of the possibilities that exist so that it #can practise an external politics and of preventive peace, so that it #can promote a solution to a conflict *cuando #this sharpens. +is not soap pomp but that it is at last a concrete approach to get further of some guidelines by the employment to a coordination of the economic politics of the European Union, to organise a greater growth. +Without embargo, *me seems totally unsuitable not seeing devastations that has produced the war, besides that in the *Balcanes, in the international legislation, in the international laws crushed, in the UN discredited and in the significant reduction of the autonomy of *Europa with regard to the Atlantic Alliance and the States Joined of *América. +Taking into account that a #roman donkey follow being it out of the #italian capital, as on the other hand it shows it the emblem of the list that, for the elections to this Parliament, carries his name, by coherence #can not *otorgarle confidence for the Presidency of the Commission. +*Eso showed perfectly, from the principle, independence will and his will to take that the Commission was without place to doubts, independent of the countries, independent of the national mentalities and also of the #ours political options here, in the Parliament, as it establishes the Treaty. +The range of resources to use in the external relations has to be consolidated with the end of *hacerlas more efficient, it is necessary to improve our capacity to warn the crises and it is necessary to increase our availability to react after the crisis. +The commitment of *Europa #can not understand directed only to the reconciliation of the parts involved in the conflict, but that will measure by the global capacity that will know to show to the hour to conciliate the Stability Pact, the reconstruction and the unemployment always more increasing. +And here have to be conscious of the fact that #if the development has to be harmonic, have to take upsetting in the word «justice», have to promote the judicial network #european, have to be able to give effectiveness to the sentences, take that the sentences are executive, so much the penal like the no penal, and have to facilitate the direct relation among the judges. +The development of the Union to a centralist federal model like the American it is necessary to avert it, and it is necessary to pursue a more decentralised Union #whose paramount principle *acerque more to the model of #swiss confederation. +*Nos seems an extraordinary fault of sensitivity in this concrete moment, in the current climate, having an interim Commission, that somebody #can in this situation simply say two days later that it wants to go to work for a private company that it is #one of the main operators in the field of telecommunications of the that is responsible. +Although it treats of an observation that did not has at all that see with the debate in course, take advantage of this occasion to say that *me surprised very negatively the fact that usually, *cuando took part in the Committees of conciliation, the Commissioners were present and were mainstays less #one: the gentleman Commissioner *Bangemann, in spite of our complaints, did not take part never and sent to some civil servants. +With this end, the competent services of the Commission have gathered regularly with the third states and have taken advantage of the session *plenaria of the *OMC\/*SPS of days 7 and 8 July to inform on the state of the question and of the legal performances undertaken. +treats of it following: *dígale to Parliament how many veterinary and inspectors need, concern that the procedures to occupy the squares are faster and that the assignment of places inside the Commission was more dynamic, and then will be able to put in practice a better system of internal control in the Commission and also under his control. +Go to go back to open negotiations with the *OMC and, to the equal that this Parliament in his group, expect of *ustedes, the Commission, that finally there are norms of health, environmental norms and social norms that avenge to limit, frame this theory, that day to day takes more dangerous, of a free market #whose gain is the engine number #one. +Practically has not taken out any education, from the point of sight institutional, of crisis so important that the past month of March translated by the collective resignation of the Commission, because of an irresponsible management. +Was an open popular party and friendly, that gave a big image of the sport, an image of the diversity of our squads and of our nations, an image of the existent fraternity in breast of our continent. +In this moment see that there are some deputies in the Hemicycle that carry banners supporting a cause concerning the *cual the big majority, included *yo same, shares feeling favourable, but #can *usted *indicarnos #any norm, #any rule or contribute #any guideline to this Assembly concerning demonstrations of any form that are not the interventions that make according to the Regulation of the Parliament? +This Commission, the salient Commission, has celebrated it that probably went his last meeting the past Wednesday and, therefore, has not had occasion, in the brief lapse of time passed from the delivery of the document, to analyse in depth content and take definite positions on #the same. +On the background of #all these considerations and the statements of today of the political leaders in this Assembly, guarantee by part of the Commission designated that the report goes to be treated like a fundamental ingredient of reform proposals of the Commission. +Believe that #this is precisely the decisive point: have to learn to practise a successful management in the #european plane and #this only will reach -it is necessary to say it with clarity to the Commission- #if we get here to common solutions among the Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +say It because on 15 September - the Wednesday of this week, *cuando go to occur things - is the date limit that it has given the Commission of Poured Radioactive of the Convention of *Ottawa to the #british Government to contribute proposals about how #can proceed better to reduce the poured of radioactive substances in the half marine. +The *segunda #inspired -observation, clear is by anxiety and by my big pity after the earthquakes of *Atenas- is that our environmental legislation, that will have to review and apply, did not includes still, or did not includes sufficiently, #if they want to, disposals referred to the uses of the earth, to the half urban, to the aggressions to the environment in the urban space. +The President designated of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, has left perfectly clear that proposes to guarantee that the European Commission and the European Parliament will work in narrow collaboration in the application of program of global work in the Union during the next five years. +The impulse has given it the gentleman *Prodi, that has appointed a committee of experts to produce a *preinforme in name of the Commission *cuando Colony Council had refused explicitly this idea of the committee of wise persons. +In effect, in spite of the recommendations of the *primer inform of the committee of experts independent confirmed by the second inform that it finishes to publish , has not set up any initiative to modify the methods and moods of operation of the Commission. +And #this because, further of the political balances in the distinct Institutions, there will be anyway a paper of the Council like representative of the Governments and a paper of the Commission and of the European Parliament, some Institutions with community and federal vocation and in what #such, engines of integration. +In front of the Council that expresses the will of the national Governments and in front of a Parliament that is the expression of villages, is necessary a strong Commission, responsible, call to propose apt initiatives to guarantee the aspirations of the #european citizens. +Gentleman President designated, along intervention, *usted has insisted in a subject that *nos interests to a large extent, is to say, the need to undertake a fight by the #european identity, a fight without the *cual #can not reach the ambitious goals that #all the villages of *Europa, this Parliament and #all the Institutions want to reach. +Expect that it impose like priority the transparency in the operation of the European Commission, and that the main goals that pose are the politics of protection of the citizens, of employment, of cultural progress, #as well as of solidarity bear with the villages that suffer by the fault of democracy and by poverty. +Gentleman President designated of the Commission, #if today we had to choose among his *opositores and the reasons that have exposed and *usted, *nos #would find in difficulties perhaps until the point to have to *abstenernos or even vote to his favour, by it poor and unlucky that *nos seem the arguments that *esgrimen in this Plenary the last communist and the allies of *Milosevic against NATO and our States, the conservative British and other. +Insisting in the political repercussion that have had the results of the recent elections to the European Parliament in the breast of the European Commission, until where have to get regarding restricting and impose to the national governments election of the Commissioner? +#One third part of his candidates did not answer to the question of the Commission of Rights of the Woman and Equality of relative Opportunities to, the integration of the goals of equality among the men and women in the general politics (*gender *mainstreaming). +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Commission, do not go to repeat it that already have expressed my colleagues of the *PPE and, in my quality of member of the delegation #belgian, do not go to introduce the #belgian inner politics in the debate. +Mr. *Prodi *nos has said that it wants to that the Commission was an authentic #european Government and the Mr. *Poettering, president of the main political Group of this Parliament, has talked, even, also of this paper of the Parliament in relation with the European Commission. +So that the fight against the delinquency was effective, needs a narrower cooperation among the States members, thing that translates in an approach of legislations, in the improvement of the police collaboration and in the coordination of the investigation of the offences. +The political challenge constituted by the asylum and immigration requires a balance among the need of *salvaguardar the asylum like individual right and to offer the owed protection to the refugees, and the wish to offer resistance to the economic migration. +The extraordinary European Council of *Tampere has, beyond all doubt, a special importance, and *ello because it is called to configure political more complete for the freedom, the security and justice in the European Union. In the European Union under his current form. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, receive with satisfaction the celebration of a European Council devoted in part to the space of freedom, security and justice, that testifies the taking of consciousness by part of the #european institutions and States of the importance of the indispensable questions for the future of *Europa. +Observe with satisfaction that the Council and the Commission, with spirit *solidario, have adopted the necessary measures to guarantee to the #turkish authorities the help of the European Union and to cooperate with *ellas to end to relieve the sufferings of village. +Is by it that our Commission of Subjects Constitutional asks that the European Parliament do not occupy a merely secondary place in a so important process, but that it #can collaborate in foot of equality with the Council, enjoying of initiative capacity and of decision. +#would owe also establish, as it foresees it the own Treaty of *Amsterdam, an effort *equitativo among #all the States members to confront the consequences that derive of the received of refugees, persons displaced or the strong migratory pressures that have nature exclusively economic, like the that have origin in the #mediterranean third countries or the flank south of the Union. +Of course, lady Speaker of the Council, that the migratory politics is inseparable part of the external politics, but in occasions the external politics subjects to #others *designios, *designios that they #can finish going back against the humanitarian look related with the politics of asylum and with the migratory politics. +Although it have been engendered among the fifteen prime ministers, #this is now his own government, released of control of the countries members, *distanciado of the national parliaments, to years light of the constituents of on foot and of the fiscal taxpayers and without having been subjected still to the control of the European Parliament. +In these historical moments in that the Basques bet by the #european construction like democratic path of understanding, conciliation and peaceful coexistence with #all the Spaniards, #as well as with #all the villages of *Europa, it that less need, it that more #can affect to the peace that look for and long for is that it do not respect #ours residual fiscal sovereignty, our economic concert. +The maintenance of the criteria of *Maastricht and of the Stability Pact deprives of the lower credibility to the "European Pact for the Employment", it that, together with the insistence in the *flexibilización of the relations of work, reveals clearly that it bets by #one *desreglamentación every time greater of the labour relations. +On the other hand, the evaluation of the capacity of the Commissioners to answer to the enormous expectations that have aroused and to introduce a very different type of behaviour and of culture in the new Commission, *nos took to expect the demonstration of a capacity to effect reforms true, transcendental and radical. +President *Prodi, wish #a lot of luck and hit to the Vice-president Palace, that will commission of the relations with the European Parliament and of #whose qualities am more that convinced, #as well as to #all the active commissioners in my field of work -the Mr. *Patten, the Mr. *Verheugen and especially the Gentlemen *Reding and *Vitorino, that have been #ours colleagues during years-. +The assignment of these bottoms supposed an important challenge for the credibility of the European Union, and the fact of having approved without modifications in the Commission of Budgets is a proof of this big responsibility to the that *me referred. +The behaviour of the national authorities in subjects has to adapt to the valid legislation of each country under the control of his political and juridical organs, and has to respect the international norms of protection of the human rights. +But is that, besides, believe that the Council has answered correctly and #would be well that the socialist deputy, that besides is spokesman of his delegation, took the duties and studied a bit more how is *eso of construction #european and did not leave in ridiculous to his parliamentary group with questions on questions that are not community competitions and that they have to solve in the national field. +But the necessary coordination #can not give place never to that any Been member of the European Union evade his own responsibility: neither the State neither #any of administrations that compose the territorial political-division, as it has occurred in the case of reference in my country. +The States members, in the measure of it possible and to instances of the country President of the Union, will continue his work of *adecuación of the common positions with the Convention project and also will try to get to agreements in the questions that influence of important form in the interests of the Union. +In the Council of General Subjects of the past June took a decision, by the *cual the Commission will have to present during the month of September a proposal that ensure that the politics of the Union in the sector *platanero fulfil the norms of the *OMC. +As it will know the Assembly, the proposal of the Commission is relative fundamentally to the creation of an agency that commission to apply reconstruction programs community, initially in *Kosovo, but later, *cuando the circumstances allow it, also in other regions of the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia as Serbian and *Montenegro. +To take into account the evolution of the political situation in the region, the article 6 of the Agreement establishes that, at the end of the year 2000, will be reexamined advances in matter of refugees and will evaluate likewise the eventual programs of the *OOPS relative to the incorporation of the #palestinian authorities to his functions. +After it that have said before and also after it that has said the Mr. Commissioner *Kinnock this morning in name of the Commission and of it that *nos informed yesterday the #finnish Presidency of the Council in the sense that by the moment did not exists any *margen of performance to attend our amendments, pray to colleagues that give his favourable vote. +Practically, in section of his resolution, the European Parliament expands the interpretation of the decision of the Council of Colony, to end of *ensoberbecerse, of *marginar to the national Parliaments and to prepare the transformation of the future Letter in #european Constitution. +The workers have #all the interest in resisting to the projects that are, in putting to the discovered the hypocrisy of the European Union and of the States members and in changing, with fight, these changes that put in danger his public freedoms. +But #all repeat it same: are discouraged by the corruption; investment conditions are very *desfavorables, because it did not exists a viable fiscal system on a long-term basis, the laws change constantly, the infrastructure is scarce and, it that it is worse, the rights of property, included the rights of property intellectual, are deficient and garbled. +Gentleman President, seems that *Encélado is very angered with #Grecia and *Turquía and that, as it is a perfect ignorant of the dialogue and of the relations, has given loose rein to rage of a catastrophic form, seeding the death, the anxiety, the pain, the despair and the crying in the two countries. +Gentleman President, the fight by the power in the Islamic Republic of will Go among adherents of conservatism and adherents of the reformism continues without diminishing until today, with #all the consequences that #this comports for the State of Right, is to say, the no application of the general principles of the State of Right. +To the open session, *usted has announced that they have approved #some initiatives and that have given concrete answers to the parliamentary press, but, repeat, believe that it is necessary to take more to convert in easier the work of the journalists, so as to take to know to #all the European Union the important work that makes this Parliament. +Lady Speaker, *me cheer that Unit already have tackled the problem of the communication because apart from the failures - *yo #would say - human of this building, that on the other hand is very prestigious *arquitectónicamente, but inside the *cual there #be really #a lot of #stray space that #can not use, believe that there #be also transport problems. +The massive industrial pollution of foods by the use of additives, without respecting a reliable maximum limit, creates in the consumer the impression justified that the production of *forraje is terrain in front of the utilisation of *piensos. +Wanted to say that the list of possible functions at all is exhaustive and, #if it existed the obligation to prepare an annual report and #if civil servants appeared periodically in front of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer of the Parliament, #can guarantee also his surrender of accounts. +All *ello with the end to be able to warn always the problems, in place to run preys of the panic *cuando the problems already have produced and have *quebrantado the confidence of citizens #european, in addition to causing grave damages to the public health. +Like this, states more affected by the illness #would have to enjoy of the right to the compulsory licences that *les allow to produce, to the lower cost, generic treatments *anti effective HIV to avert the apparition of illnesses opportunist that conduct inevitably to the death. +This fact has a scope and gravity without precedents by the form in that this illness affects very especially to a continent with the *cual the European Union keeps some relations and some peculiar bonds that, to my understand, have *entibiado totally in these years and that have failed entirely his goal. +Thus the Budget Commission has proposed to the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy that demand a partial review of the financial perspectives and has achieved to include in this report a positive quotation on the subject. +*Yo appreciate a lot and *me *congratulo, lady Commissioner, that the responsibility in this so important field *le correspond to *usted, as in his quality of #ex-Minister of #spanish Agriculture *usted already knows well that, in the frame of the #european agricultural politics, surely results much more reasonable to reduce the #obtaining of *excedentes that devote useful surfaces to the *aprovechamiento energetic of biomass. +Gentleman President, *acaso it that more cheers of this agreement is that with *él happen of the rhetoric to the facts and the European Parliament, that has *propiciado and has followed of wall the process of negotiation giving impulse and acting like spur, #would owe today affirm that it will put energy in the follow-up of the application of the agreement and his results. +In conclusion, #if well I receive with satisfaction that *Sudáfrica have reached a participation in important #european markets, expect that we also take advantage of educations that give off of this agreement and watch by that in the future the rhythm, the *escalonamiento and the field of application of the agreements of free trade reflect more faithfully the different needs of the countries participants. +All it that the #european institutions offer to *Sudáfrica in matter of cooperation is a commercial agreement painstakingly negotiated so that the interests of the trade and of the #european industry are advantageous, an agreement that will not benefit to *Sudáfrica, only to this *ínfima minority of exporters of lovely stones and of agricultural products that have been the main *beneficiarios of apartheid. +On the other hand, do not imagine, gentleman Commissioner, that consider the possibility of increasing the current level of the imports of the European Union in #south african wines -*les remember that they are 320.000 *hectolitros- without preserving a minimum of rights *arancelarios, save to risk to disturb gravely #all the #european sector. +After the transfer of number of Directors General the past week, today have decided to take public the vacancies for the following places: general director of the General Directions of Companies, Agriculture, Education and Culture; *vicedirectores generals of the following Directions: Education and Culture, Competition and External Relations. +The difference among the parliament of a dictatorship and a democratic parliament is that the parliament of a dictatorship is always full and applauds, and a democratic parliament is not very full, because the persons is in spots. +Clear that it is a challenge, in addition to it that said before to the answer to the question of the Mr. *Cox: begin to conceive a type of bureaucracy suitable for the goals that want to achieve and afterwards select to the better persons, with some consequences that, in #some moments, *descompensan notably the balances among the States. +Confirm to the European Parliament that, in the frame of the regulation of the Structural Bottoms, with credits at present available #can contribute a substantial help to the #greek population that has seen affected, is to say, wall of 20.000 homes, without talking of varied *cientos of victims. +The help to the displaced loans through the International #Red Cross, whereas the Federal #Red Cross and the national societies of #Red Cross find immersed in the enlargement of a program of canteens public, to the that the THROW will follow loaning help. +Subject: Celebration of the first annual summit *UEIndia In his report To4-0066\/99 of the 12.3.1999, on the communication of the Commission on the increase of the association Indian-EU, the *PE asks "to the Council and to the Commission that propose to Government #indian celebrate annually a summit #indian-euro". +*Turquía has to work still a lot and is necessary that advance still of considerable mood so much in the political field as in the economic, but in front of the enormous strategic importance of *Turquía for the future of *Europa, for the security, stability and the peace in *Europa, #would be a grave error *negarle the inclusion with rights in the process of enlargement. +Nevertheless, to speed up this process believe that it is necessary *sopesar seriously the proposal of the president Mr. *Pöttering to fix diary of regular meetings among *Turquía and the European Union, so as to debate of democracy and human rights, of minorities, of economic and social development, of security and external politics. +The process is a complex process - has remembered it gentleman Commissioner *Patten - and, without embargo, today have even terms and steps in the *cuales will take place some facts that allow to discern the final solution, is to say, the recognition of two sovereign States and independent that #can coexist on the base of a reciprocal security. +And *ello in spite of it stipulated in the article *K.6 of the Treaty of *Maastricht, in the sense that the ministers of the EU will consult regularly to the Parliament on the main looks of the activity in the fields of justice and of the subjects of interior and will watch by that his opinions "take properly in account" . +Without embargo, contradiction among the #european decision to raise the embargo and the #french refusal of take it creates an unsustainable situation, that shows, *cuando still have not fulfilled six months from the ratification of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the *inconsecuencia of #the same that the have supported. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen Deputies, this debate that have wished to celebrate on the new cycle, poses, in my opinion, an important question: Union contributes, by his own action, to the governments and to the #european citizens supplementary means to adapt with hit and to dominate the globalisation? +*Finlandia has proposed that the Council declare his intention to continue in the future Presidencies developing indicators and *benchmarking for other critical fields determined in the plan of action of the Conference of *Pekín and to engage to study periodically advances in the matters that argue. +Is precise and urgent that from #all the institutions of the European Union take a serious call to the Governments of *Rusia and of *Chechenia to finish with the bellicose climbing, to take *callar the arms and restart the political dialogue, using for *ello #all springs -of the type that went- to be able to be listened. +*B5-0171\/1999 of Mr. *Salafranca *Sánchez-*Neyra and the Mrs. *Grossetête, in name of the Group of the *PPE, on the vote of a resolution of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties. +The urgency is owed to that a fiscal substitute of the #italian Republic has presented an order in that they appreciate grave responsibilities of high controls of the aeronautical for having concealed, have *silenciado and have not contributed to say it that knew so that it cleared case that *sucedió almost twenty years backwards. +Lady Speaker, wish to pose a statutory question put that the deputies finish to receive a yearbook, edited, when seeming, by the House of Trade American in *Bélgica, in the that it takes a repertoire of the deputies to the European Parliament, indicating references. +Already is hour that it believes juridical security by means of the approval of norms only for service providers of certification, on the one hand, and, also for the users, by #another, the *cuales -the same that in the utilisation of the cards of credit- will know with accuracy in how measured *les looms the danger of a responsibility. +Was the only speaker, together with Mr. *Bourlanges, that gathered with representatives of the agencies and have listened fine arguments so that they increase the bottoms of the that have for the work that take with the countries candidates of *Europa central and oriental and to introduce in the market medicines no commercial that are of vital importance for a relatively small number of persons with difficult illnesses to treat. +Gentleman President, lady Speaker of the Council, lady Commissioner *Schreyer, *Señorías, women are the half of the sky, as it already said an ancient #chinese proverb, and is very logical that the women of the European Union take part also in this proportion in the budget of the Union. +It true is that the Council in fact has declared in this context: want to fund an important task for the future and also in actuality, that surely will prolong varied years, specifically, the help for the population of *Kosovo, and for *financiarla go to apply a cut of the 10 % in #all the budgetary lines. +Like effect, the initiatives of the #european citizens precisely see braked, and therefore the reform of the Commission will have to contribute to an improvement of the service by means of cost more effective, transparent and in accordance with the political elections of the budgetary authorities. +Have treated to answer to the norm no written to avert an excessive number of games and notes in the budget. +This amendment foresees the *consignación of a credit of 50 millions of euros in the financial reservation for the finance of the actions of the producers or States members that establish quality control integral in the whole of the alimentary chain. +Likewise, the European Parliament has invited to members of the Executive Committee of the #ECB and of his personnel to take part in other audiences on varied specific subjects, among *ellos the external representation of the *SEBC, the preparation of euro notes and questions of statistics. +The #ECB will act like catalyst of change and, together with the national central banks of the *SEBC, will treat these subjects with the banking sector of the zone of the euro to end to exert a paper of support and coordination in this sense. +#This is the first occasion in the that the European Parliament has given sight point about the advances of the Central Bank European and, in this context, is my *grato owe the congratulate to the #ECB and to the Mr. *Duisenberg, like president, by his hit until the moment. +Thus, gentleman President of the Central Bank, believe that the meeting of this day, and mainly the *contrapoder ridiculous that tries to exert the Parliament in regard to the considerable can that *le has entrusted to *usted, #can not more that concern to #all the that believe in the national sovereignty, that for the villages only is a form of control his destination. +Also believe that the financial markets and the citizens of *Europa will not expect less of this new Central Bank, and that Parliament will have to be relentless when pursuing the goal of a Central Bank open and democratic European for the near future. +But in the Treaty of *Maastricht did not take out the institutional consequences that *dereivaban of this decision, and therefore we are today of the independence of the Central Bank, of lace of the Central Bank with other institutions and of the pending problems. +In any case, have got to the majority position of my Group, basing this decision in the fact that sight point mentioned #can diminish, instead of increasing, the confidence of the market in the activity of the Bank. +For example, exists document that publishes immediately after the meetings of the Council of Government that contains the considerations that have been important in the definite decision of the Council of Government in the case that they have changed or no the types of interest. +By the contrary the editorial "without damage" clears, and #that is his intention, that the system of the euro did not has any obligation to act of form mechanical #if it estimates that take it like this #would engage the stability of prices in the future. +And third question: #can deduce of it that today have argued that THROW will keep his full identity to pipe the humanitarian help of the European Union in situations of crisis, or, rather, that the performance of THROW and the own humanitarian help will dilute progressively inside the general politics of cooperation for development of the Union? +Are too much numerous the politicians and the politics, the journalists, the defenders of the human rights and the citizens that have paid with the life his fight by society more just and more human. +did not treats to create a new instance of review of catalogues of fundamental rights national, but yes a juridical right that affect to the performance of the #european institutions and to the legislation that takes for the citizens. +#If we consider it in his whole, the report of the Mr. *Dehaene pretends, on the one hand, the extension of the qualified majority and, to time, the *constitucionalización of the Treaties and his division in two parts, a subjected to a very strict procedure, that requires unanimity for the reform, and #another by majority. +This last initiative of the EU, that comes to complement #others to national level, will help to create the suitable regulatory frame that allow to the #european companies be to the avant-garde of the development of electronic commercial services. +Like this, when favouring the free circulation of the capitals in the world-wide level, when pretending liberalise even more investments, the #european governments transform the bottoms of pensions #anglo-saxon in authentic *regentes of the economic and financial markets. +Believe that, by the contrary, it is necessary to put in cloth of trial the social model European that is the social model of the *Europa of unemployment, of the taxes, of the *Europa with a union that has an enormous power that blocks the economic growth and forbids to millions of #italian unemployed, French and Germans, #as well as to millions of immigrants find work, to protect situations that, with frequency, are not more that situations of privilege. +*Eso wants to say that inside the Union it is necessary to get to a true coordination of the fiscal politics and to formulation of comparable social norms for #all so that they do not go back to produce the distortions of the competition that still result very sensitive today. +*Cuando a simple operation of communication allows to the *cotización of a company win the 12%, in spite of have not created value #any, have not produced neither sold tyre supplementary, taking believe that simply they #can appear spontaneously wealths by the simple mechanism of the financial markets, is a total contempt of the human work. +The European Union adopted in July of 1999 a common posture, #whose goal is to intensify the cooperation in the frame of the to scale international actions to achieve the entrance in vigour of Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs. +The Union supports the works *preparativos of the commission commissioned to create the Organisation of the Treaty of total prohibition of proofs and to elaborate to time and with efficiency the system of *comprobación of the planned form in the treaty. +Is necessary to guarantee to the less talked tongues the finance that deserve, of it contrary, excellent innovative projects - the theatre, the translation of literature after the end of the project *Ariane - and language education, among other things, will suffer the consequences. +Wanted to say simply that the amendment 4 on the *comitología is accepted in principle by a simple reference in the text to the management procedure established by the disposal of the Council, of 28 June 1999, by the that fix the modalities of the exercise of the competitions of execution conferred to the Commission. +The report of the Council of *Europa on Politics of coherent family and integrated says: "The families have a paramount paper in the socialisation, because they transmit the values, the norms, the habits and the behaviour of the social group to the that belong children. +Gentleman President, want to say in the first place that, of compliance with the article 157, by means of letter of 6 July 1999, the Council consulted to the Parliament on the proposal of decision of the Council relative to the participation of the Community in the European Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector. +Wanted to take upsetting in that the activities of the Observatory and of *Eurostat do not coincide in terms of the period that covers, the geographic scope or the result, and #can be coordinated of way useful to reach a clear vision of the complex reality of the audiovisual sector. +In this moment, the terrorists have been detained, the hostages have been released, but had account of the gravity of it occurred, and #if His *Señorías agree, will express, in name of the European Parliament, our solidarity and condolence to the village *armenio, in a letter directed to the President of the Republic of *Armenia. +Gentleman President, in name of the Socialist Group *me #would enjoy to say that we support the approval of the agreement *interinstitucional, a fundamental piece in the *restablecimiento of the credibility of the European Union by the form in the that tackles the problem of fraud and treats the indictments of fraud +The coincidence of the announcements has put to the nude, of flagrant way, the scandalous and unfair look of the current economic logic and of this financial capitalism, that has finished by dominate *Europa and the world. +The present proposal pretends an extension of the transitory period previously mentioned until 1 July of the 2001, or even more, for the case of the transport of squads to pressure, on the that they do not exist technical specifications detailed or sufficient quotations in the corresponding #european norms. +Am conscious, without embargo, of the need of *prorrogar periods of the directive 96\/49, with the end that the States members do not see in the need to modify his national legislations for a brief space of time, thing that #would involve additional costs for the states and for the industry. +Like this as, today is urgent to detain the privatisations, increase the personnel and occupy seriously of training, establish the necessary budgets allocated to the maintenance and to the control of #the same, create committees of control professional\/users on the traffic, impose a right of veto in front of the transfers *cuando the risks are real. +These negotiations will take place in a concrete context, marked by two new elements; by a part, the disappearance of His Majesty *Hassán *II, the last giant of the history of the century *XX and, on the other hand, the principle, accepted takes #some days, of adhesion candidature of *Turquía. +Without embargo, it is necessary to regret the *tardanza, that has created a social alarm and a state of nerves in the fleet that #can have averted, and speculations and pronouncements that #can take worse that well to some negotiations that, by the importance of the agreement, #would have to develop in a discreet frame, calm and cordial. +Think it that think of the agreement of fishing, regarding the consequences for the local population or for the fleet of fishing #european, there will be *poca persons that want to put to level the humanitarian disasters like the had in *Kosovo, *Timor Oriental and the earthquake of *Turquía with this agreement in matter of fishing. +The 30 November is next and seems that it goes to conclude a new agreement, therefore, with a scarce attention by part of the Commission to the economic level of the regions of the Goals 1 and 2 that, depending to a large extent of the exercise of the fishing, warm up serious worries of face to the maintenance of employment in the sector. +In the summit of #Florencia, celebrated in January of 1996, the Bosses of Government agreed that the decision to raise the embargo to the Realm Joined #would take "pure and exclusively on the base of the public health and of scientific criteria goals, in accordance with the existent procedures that satisfy to criteria" . +Want common sense and want to base our decisions in the science because, in the differences that produce in the future -and will produce #many about the *inocuidad of foods, because the consumers are very concerned now by the foods that buy-, the scientists, the objectivity and the independence of the scientists is absolutely crucial. +*Yo #would not say it same of #all the sectors of our #european relations; neither #would say it of our relations with the third countries, without embargo, in breast of the Union, exists beyond all doubt a common agricultural politics and a responsibility of #all with regard to this politics. +Although in the frame of politics #european the infringement of the Treaties was a fundamental criterion for #all *nosotros, like deputy of my electoral district #can not *mantenerme out of the political debate with this argument in the current circumstances. +Finishes to know that the Minister of Agriculture #british, that belongs to his party, not even has established the dialogue with his homologous French, *algo that results ridiculous, #if it considers the form in that they are *caldeando spirits in the process of this commercial war. +The Commission has taken well in agreeing a protocol of only a year, so much more what that during the last years the #angolan authorities have been victims of intense abuses, especially by part of the fleet #russian. This situation has caused a spectacular fall of the activities *pesqueras. +Although, sure enough, have to complete some data or statistical on the that the Commission *nos has promised that goes to be strict, and having also in account the delicate situation in that it finds that country -in state of war-, consider that the signature of this protocol of provisional application is very positive, #waiting for the renewal by a year or to that elaborate a new Agreement. +So that the euro receive the weight that deserves, no longer only in the international economy, but also in the political dialogue-economic in the area of the Union, it is necessary to deepen in the common visions, especially, in matter of economic politics in the zone of the euro. +Our own investigations reveal that the economic development in the traditional sense is limited in zones by fault of the fault of water drinkable and because the European Union produces already more toxic waste that the that it #can tackle like by-product of the economic growth. +According to this institution, the own drivers, the carriers that work out of the sector of the transport, #such as the transport of concrete in the sector of the wood and of the construction, belong to the category of mobile workers. +The Commission of Employment and Social Subjects of the Parliament refuses this interpretation, in part, because these workers remain, then, partially out of the field of application of the relative existent directive to the ordination of work time. +The time that the Council concedes to the States members and, therefore, to himself\/hisself same to adopt the directive that modifies the current relative directive to the ordination of work time, situates, according to the common position of the Council, in four years. +The effect of this amendment will be the to try limit to a year the reference period available for the annual computation of the calculation of the labour day or, said of another mood, watch by that it was possible said annual computation, but no more. +Gentleman President, in a free market with boundless competition, the company that produce to a better price has the best opportunities of survival, also *cuando the product only #can be cheap by the bad labour conditions, the low wages, the environmental pollution or cruelty with the animals. +Also exists another look of the agreement that is surrounded of secret. Take for granted that *cuando apply the point 5 of the annex on intellectual property do not take of a literary way, but that more in concordance with the general rules of opening that fortunately govern in the actuality in our Union. +In the first place, are agreements that approved quickly, by it that it wanted to appreciate to #all the speakers, #as well as to the members of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, of the Commission of Subjects External, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence and of the Budget Commission, that have examined the proposals in brief terms. +In the Realm Joined #there is a particular interest in the saving of fuels by the excessive levels of taxes fixed by our Government *laborista for the fuels, that pose particular problems to the residents in rural zones, like the #mine, in the that many times the public transport is non-existent. +*Yo believe that #this is in reality #one of the central points of the directive: sensitise to the consumer on the problem so that it begin to concern a bit by the reduction of CO2 broadcasts *cuando treats of his favourite mate, the car, and include also this look in his considerations. +In the first place, from the Parliament want to be intimately associated with #all and each #one of the steps of the cycle that poses in the inner market with the selection of strategies, with the selection of the goals of second level and with the selection of the concrete goals. +And here *yo wanted to signal to Mr. *Lehne that, definitely, has not read the strategy of the Commission when saying that the social considerations were out of #this, because the strategic goal number 1 that has fixed the Commission is to improve the quality of life of the citizens. +To the directive on the electronic signature *le will follow surely, among #others, the directives on the electronic trade and the rights of author in the society of the information, and on the protection of consumers in the sale to distance of financial products. +This sentence *nos carries to the question of the *conceptuación of the defence of the consumers like a requirement *inexcusable to prevent the free circulation of commodities, in the sense of the jurisprudence *Dassonville, *Cassis of *Dijon, etc. In definite, *nos conducts to the principle of the mutual recognition, that seems to be very wanted by Mr. *Bolkestein. +Is precise to conciliate the reforms directed to the promotion of the dynamic competition and of the flexibility with the requirement of the maintenance, and also of the modernisation, of the system of social security. Like this understand the #european model. +Gentleman President, *yo also appreciate to the speaker his excellent work and have to put of relief that the irrefutable data that has seen to drop the unemployment of the 10,1 to the 9,4 has to be valued positively, to the equal that the politics carried out by the European Union in matter of employment with the four *pilares fundamental, to the *cuales *me allow to add, anyway, the linguistic training and the problem of immigration. +Has remained patent that from Colony advance processes, the processes of the autumn and of the spring, but, how doubt fits, am always #waiting for proposals and practical procedures of materialisation of this narrower collaboration, that, anyway, gives in a first stage in the corresponding commission, is to say, in the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects. +Only a Parliament that treats of *desterrar the political statements and the political signatures to the basements, a Parliament that, in fact, is governed by bureaucratic logics #can allow that situation of discrimination of the no inscribed deputies that have less right that the other deputies, follow being #the same, from takes months. +Lady Speaker, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, although #all have supported the relative reports to the situation of employment, are of the opinion that the tax of unemployment in *Europa is dramatically high and that against #this *nos *nos occurs any effective recipe so much in the national states as in the #european plane. +The European Union and the States national members in moment have to work in narrow relation with the #european industries of the car and of the oil to guarantee that, of a time for ever, will disappear the pollution in a near future. +This program is important and answers to the commitment that *nosotros have to reach a high level of protection to the health in the European Union, as *nos follow tripping still with frequency with the effects of violence in the Community. the *cuales constitute a very grave threat for the health. +Gentleman President, of course that I do not have at all against of the fact that a part of the budget devote to the preventive measures against the violence exerted on the boys, teenagers and the women, always that it apply to a financial help awarded to the associations that occupy of these subjects. +The present proposal will guarantee minimum standards of information and query that it is necessary to apply in #all the territory of the Union harmonising these fundamental rights of the workers - that already are presents in States members - and contributing to the strengthening of the #european social dimension that it is the goal that #all have. +In fact, attribute special importance to #the same and besides forms part of a wider matter that it has to see with the preparation and accompaniment with a view to the changes in course in the labour market, so as to that #this do not produce negative results, especially in it that to the security of the workers and of his place of work refers. +Have proposed that *instituya a suspension of six months for restructuring plan, to allow an independent #sindical advice, and also have proposed that, #if the company receives public helps but do not respects the norms established, has to return the sums perceived. +Gentleman President, in quality of speaker of the Agreement *interinstitucional of the *cual derives this decision, wanted to know the position of the Commission, because it has not pronounced to the *respecto, on the proposal that take to exclude of the guideline the planned costs for the future adhesion. +Independently of it that think on this source of electricity, no fits doubt that it supplies an important part of our electricity in *Europa and takes it of a mood that do not produces broadcasts of CO2 neither of other gases that cause the effect of *invernadero and #that is the reason -the only reason- by the that has mentioned in this report. +The sustainable development is not only a noble goal, is an obligation imposed by the Treaties, by it that it has to constitute the fundamental principle of any future energetic politics #european and to time it is necessary to reach a balance. +Support the initiatives in the #european level that contribute to the measures adopted by the States members to fulfil commitments with arrangement to the Protocol of *Kyoto on the limitation of the broadcasts of gases that cause the effect of *invernadero by part of the energetic sector. +Is necessary to keep the quota of energy atomic for the electrical production at least to the current level and perhaps have even that *aumentarla lightly to be able to get to the ambitious goal of reduction of the broadcasts of dioxide of carbon, to the that *Ustedes, estimated friends, lady *Plooij- go *Gorsel and lady *Ahern, #as well as #all the other in this Hall, have engaged. +In practice, a similar proposal #would translate in the arrest of the development of the renewable energies in the 5% as in any country there #be a minister of Inland revenue that want to fund the development of projects in other countries. +Gentleman President, in the first place want to appreciate and congratulate to Mr. *Chichester by his positive and constructive report on the communication of the Commission to the Council and to the Parliament with regard to the consolidation of the environmental integration of the community energetic politics. +Without place to doubts this regulation supposes a remarkable step forward, by it that *le give the thanks to the Mrs. speaker, without embargo, will have to go back to tackle this subject regarding the nomadic boys, race boys #gipsy and, in consequence, to #all the internal problems of these families, among the that they explain the related with the mobility in *Europa. +Said installation is obsolete, according to the classification taken by the Executive in the Diary 2000, in the *cual the nuclear head offices divide in three categories: the of #soviet type or obsolete that they have to dismantle for being dangerous; the head offices that it is necessary to reform for *permitirles reach levels of acceptable security by part of the Union and the of western type, #whose number is lower, that #can follow working, with #such that the level of security follow being elevated on a long-term basis. +The abandonment of the use of the nuclear energy with civil ends do not appears in the agenda and is necessary to have present the implications of economic and social character of the decisions that the Union demands that they adopt the countries of *Europa central and oriental. +Remains of self-evident that it is in #one of these fields, to know the threat that represents the existence of *tantas nuclear head offices, but also of #all armaments accumulated in the territory of the ancient Soviet Union, #where #any of the States members #can not pretend, only, act in favour of the security of the group of the continent. +Concerning the situation in *Alemania on the that *me has asked His *Señoría my conversations with the competent minister of *Alemania *me have allowed, as I have said before, conclude that the Federal Government of *Alemania wishes to advance to the lifting of the prohibition and that the resultant conversations of the difference with *Francia will dissipate #all worries that #can *subsistir in *Alemania. +#This is my answer: directive relative to the nitrates covers no only the pertinent nitrogen of the animal muck, but also of the #fertiliser chemists regarding the quantities employed, see the article 5 and the annex *III, and to the methods and periods of dissemination, that appear in the annexes *II and *III. +The Commission believes that the majority of measures that have to adopt the States members -for example, the supervision of the transposition, the indication of the zones and the codes of fine behaviour, the programs of action and the presentation of reports- are simple. +The reality is that -as it signals the information supplied by the own authorities #greek- has produced an excessive presence of the Administration in the direction of the company, and the commitments of the year 1998 #would have to have put end, once and for all, to this situation. +Subject: legislative Harmonisation in the Czech Republic Has Commissioner knowledge of a study directed to the Commission elaborated by four #czech parties of the opposition in the that it examines the slowness of the transposition and the legislative harmonisation in the Czech Republic and how conclusions extracts of #the same? +Another party that has governed before, #one of the great parties of the opposition, has said that it #can have an adhesion to the letter; talks in addition to a #turkish status, of a political discount and wanted to *preguntarle #if it considers feasible models theoretical or #if it puts like previous condition the full application of the *acquis *communautaire. +Even *me *atrevería to say, in name of the Green\/Free Alliance European, that the majority of our Group seems to have taken to the idea that the European Union #can develop common performances for the management of the crisis. But want to establish conditions and guidelines very defined for this management. +*Me #would enjoy to know, gentleman #Solana, #which are the political means, the economic and budgetary means -had account of the principle of "the that pay commands" , that *usted knows very well of his period of Secretary General of NATO-, to achieve a strength that #can keep the peace and avert situations so dramatic like the that have lived recently in the *Balcanes. +*Yo also consider the Council of the historical Monday, but in negative sense and by #others reasons and here *me refer to the position adopted - incomprehensible - with regard to an initiative, promoted by a time by the European Union, #this is, the moratorium to the pity of death. +Gentleman Commissioner, is not very difficult to comprise that it that we had to have taken was to win supports through a serious negotiation, moderate countries that do not apply the pity of death, but that had positions and sensitivities with regard to the preamble - insist in the preamble - of reference to an article of the Letter of Nations Joined. +Have to say that the relative legitimate worry to the military capacity do not disappears with the "*europeización" of defence, that answers to a fundamental political plan and is a look of the process of integration political #european. +The round of negotiations on trade world-wide has, therefore, an extraordinary importance and is precise that *Europa express in said negotiations with an alone voice, so that the world-wide trade also contribute to promote the social and environmentally sustainable growth. +First, because we have taken two important reforms in the term of seven years -a big effort- and, second, because, to the contrary of the sacrifices imposed to agriculturalists #european, the States Joined of *América have increased his subventions in 15.000 millions of dollars, in the two last years, in self-evident contradiction with the arrogant attitude *propagandística that at present adopt against the *PAC. +Ask with *usted that deploy immediately the necessary humanitarian help to help to the *cientos of thousands of persons displaced by cause of fights, but ask, gentleman Commissioner *Patten, that consider, in a *primer moment, a suspension of the economic help to *Rusia #if #this do not finds the alternative of resource to the negotiation and #if it continues his attacks *indiscriminados against the civil population. +Although of course we have to support the agricultural sector of the EU, as it recognises in the report of Mr. *Schwaiger, also have to recognise the need that the economies in development, in addition to reaching the markets, have to have access to the alimentary security so that the population have sufficient to eat. +Thus, am very satisfied with the Report *Schwaiger because precisely it signals that, to time that showed an open attitude to the world, owe *aferrarnos to it that for *nosotros has an essential value; and because this report tends, besides, a bridge among the political reality and it that *nosotros, in so much parliamentary, #can defend in front of the citizens. +Have had two important conflicts -the of the banana and the of the hormones- that the European Union has lost, and there #be had a conflict that not even *nos have brave to pose in front of the system of solution: *me refer to laws #american *Helms-*Burton and *d' *Amato of application *extraterritorial to #european companies. +An activity *pesquera effective -#who #can argue it?- constitutes, in spite of his reduced budgetary weight, a part no *desdeñable of a commercial politics and budgetary dynamics of the EU and has to consider like an autonomous economic sector and a significant branch for food supply. +In this sense is in the that are against of sectorial negotiations and in favour of global negotiations and are in favour that they see the *OMC and negotiations like an instrument for the creation of a juster society, of a more sustained development, in the that the man was sure enough the centre of #all the decisions. +The greatest States of the EU as *Francia, *Alemania and the Realm Joined had a volume of trade equivalent to roughly the 30% of #GDP in the years sixty, in comparison with the current 60%, but then enjoyed of an economic growth much faster that now. +In *tercer place, why differ norm negotiation, that demands with reason our civil society and that expect the countries in roads of development to integrate the liberalisation of the exchanges and the development sustained, in fields like the health, the environment and the fundamental rights of the workers? +As they have underlined with relevance the two speakers, this next conference has to centre in the institutional subjects, in #all the institutional subjects, with the remarkable and politically essential exception of the debates in course on a #european politics of security and defence. +#Everything *ello #can guarantee it an amendment that have presented jointly some colleagues and *yo and in the that conclude and demand that the constitutional part of the Treaty include a catalogue of competitions that define and delimit clearly competitions of the Union and that impose the respect of the principle of subsidiariness. +As a result of different samples of opposition and of environmental considerations have blocked the dramas of road, and so much the national authorities like the Commission have initiated a reflection to review the strategies in relation with the different means of transport and consider the rail link like a future network *transeuropea *prioritaria. +Now well, the past 13 September restarted the dramas in the road of the valley, in spite of which, the European Union is a feasibility study of the *travesía rail and the Presidency in exercise affirms in his program that has to consider *prioritaria the reflation of the railway in *Europa. +My question, therefore, is #if they will follow forward by this disastrous path that no only affects to *Afganistán: the problem, in reality, is that the European Union continues funding the *PNUCD in the field, for example, of programs on the hardening of the penal codes in countries like Chinese and *Birmania, countries in that the simple consumers of drugs are condemned to death and *nosotros, indirectly to *través of the *PNUCD, collaborate and fund this type of projects. +By the contrary, the Republic of *Chipre, in spite of being victim of the #turkish aggression since a 37% of his territory is occupied of illegal form by the #turkish army, do not imposes any restriction to the access to ports of pertinent fuselages of ports situated in *Turquía. +The attacks of the police to the peaceful demonstrations, that repeated constantly during the month of October in *Belgrado, show clearly that the fundamental values of democracy, as they are the freedom of expression and of opinion, will not be respected in Serbian while *Milosevic and his Government remain in the power. +*Señorías, to finish want to remember that #if the experience of the application of this Agreement *Interinstitucional will suggest that #some of looks have to go back to debate with the other Institutions, is *algo that it will be able to take in the future Today, without embargo, consider that have the duty of no *restarle value to the signature with the that have recognised our commitment to apply this Agreement *Interinstitucional. +The application of the five main indicators harmonised -demand of treatment by the *drogadictos; number of demises of *drogadictos, mortality and causes of demise among *drogadictos; incidence of illnesses *transmisibles related with the drug; *comparabilidad of surveys on the utilisation of drugs, and behaviour and attitudes in front of the drug in the population in general, and, finally, the *comparabilidad of the estimates of the problem of the abusive use of drugs- exerts an important paper to this *respecto. +During decades, diverse governments, chosen but corrupt until the marrow -the last was the of Mr. *Nawaz *Sharif- have allowed that in *Pakistán the rape of the human rights, the work in conditions *infrahumanas, the social catastrophe and an external debt *incontrolable are to the agenda and have destroyed the country. +These same governments have loaned his support to the diet fundamentalist of murderers #taliban in *Afganistán and constitute a permanent and immense danger for the peace in the region, since they support and encourage the terrorist activities carried out against his #indian neighbours in the border region of *Kashmir. +Regarding the specific points that *ustedes have posed in the relative resolutions to the programs and to help projects to the development to *Pakistán presented by the Commission, suits to underline that #this affect almost exclusively to the poorest coats and more disadvantaged of the population. +The State, in his attempts for facilitating a juridical base for the protection and the deal of the boys, has to accept the preeminent right of the progenitors by it that refers to the protection, the breeding and the *salvaguardia of children. +Second, have to demand *insistentemente to the States members that work with methods and uniform data, so that it was possible to select the best models for the fight against drugs. Have to boost the cooperation among the police and the justice in the #european States to struggle against the traffic of drugs and protect to the youth. +Sure enough, the report of mate is important and has to be debated carefully, among other things because the discussion of the report has put of self-evident that the politics of drugs in the European Union is #one of the most controversial subjects on the that we never have had to *pronunciarnos. +Thus I want to mention the importance that in the work, that carries out under the auspices of the Union, include like central element campaign informative allocated to the youngsters, that today #can see induced to a large extent by mates of his same age and by other persons to test substances that *les are presented like *inofensivas, as *algo that is not more harmful that take a glass more of beer or a bit more of *güisqui. +Gentleman President, the report of the speaker, the Mrs. *Giannakou-*Koutsikou, on the plan of action of the European Union in matter of fight against the drug of the Commission is a categorical document in the that the European Parliament *opone clearly to drugs. +In effect, treats of a problem of today day and worrisome; know perfectly that the drug affects to #all the countries and #all the social groups; know also that the enlargement of *Europa to the East imposes, dramatically, the urgency of effective measures, since the control, that already results difficult, will find greater difficulties; know that it treats of a problem in increase. +Recently my country, Realm Joined, has experienced an enormous increase of the arrival of persons; in my previous place of work like doctor in the Central Hospital of *Londres, #can observe that there was an important grade of illegal immigration and of fraudulent abuse of our generous politics of asylum. +*Me said Mr. #Martí, #one of his vice-presidents, that the *BEI is property of the States members and that, therefore, according to the Treaty is not an institution of the European Union that have the obligation to answer to the European Parliament, to the Court of Accounts or to *OLAF. +Anyway, debate *me has seemed of big interest and expect that it that today have heard here was not an obstacle, without embargo, so that we #can follow forward in the approval of the distribution of resources, of the distribution of loans, from the next year and that do not delay the community procedures. +After examining the *APIM\/*Arbitrio on production and and imports of the Archipelago, the Commission concluded that although the majority of the economic sectors #can adapt to the requirements of the only market, the disappearance of the *APIM on 31 December of the year 2000 #can affect *irremediablemente to production sectors. +This situation and these proposals involve a worrisome aging of the fleet *pesquera #european, deter to youngsters to invest, cause an important loss of market for the sector of the skilled dockyards, weakening dangerously to #some of *ellos, and take to run an evident risk in matter of security to our sailors shipped. +The valid directive in matter of naval construction contains class of muddy regulations of help regarding the investigation and the development, the environment, the innovation and the politics of support regional, with the consequence that it punishes to the fine dockyards and rewards to the bad. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, is an absolutely extraordinary fact that in the meeting of the Council of Industry of the last week approved by unanimity the list of measures to delete the situation of disloyal competition created by the Republic of *Corea. +The Europeans were the that open the world through navigation: the Scandinavians in the north, the #portuguese and Spaniards to *América, *África and #Asia, the Dutches, the #danish, the English, the French have sailed #all the waters with ships taken in our earths and our dockyards. +By it other, is impossible *evitarlas, but are of a political question very delicate and in this sense is important that the Commission and the Council know that in this Parliament exists a big consensus in relation with this subject and a big worry on need that we find a solution for the problem. +*Permítame *pedirle that transmit to #all the political leaders of *Irlanda of the North and as we #be to say in *Irlanda "of the side of the puddle" , to the #british Prime minister and to #all his colleagues, and also to the *taoiseach #irish *Bertie *Ahern and to his predecessors, the predecessors of both parts, our sincere gratitude by it that *nos have helped to achieve. +Besides, this agency has to occupy , of course, to establish the list of the products forbidden, watch the laboratories, elaborate systems of control, establish controls out of the competitions, exert the repression, is to say, struggle against the mafias that devote to the trade of the products forbidden, but also of the prevention so that the youngsters *disocien psychological and actively of the *flagelo of doping. +My question is the following: understands the Commission that the politics that has to develop in relation with the sport, and especially with the concentration of can that it generates in relation with the audiovisual means, has to conduct to a conjoint action among his station and the that occupies of the defence of the competition? +*Yo *le #would ask to the Parliament that intensify his efforts for *presionar in this sense and procure to influence of cooperative way and *convincente on the Government, so as to that the sport obtain a foundation in the Treaty, specifically -which #would be very desirable, since it also #would go oriented in the sense of the subsidiariness- in terms that the culture. +Some that talk of dates of adhesion seems difficult, although it #would be useful, extraordinarily useful, to boost to the public opinion of the countries affected, since it is increasingly evident a risk: negotiations too much long #can cool the enthusiasm so much in the States members as in the countries candidates, as it remained patent in the recent polls made in *Polonia and as I #can check personally in this country, of the *cual returned yesterday. +Believe that we have to examine this question much more thoroughly for *presionar to the countries that have a shameful behaviour; have to call attention to the governments known like "*arrancadores of nails" , and the European Parliament has to be the institution that take the initiative to guarantee that the human rights appear among our main priorities. +But *déjenme say, to the thread of it that have said the two orators that *me have preceded in the use of the word -with those who do not agree-, that the fact that *Europa, and in particular the European Union, take of the human rights flag, really his only flag, has this greatness. +Gentleman President, this report of the Council deserves our respect and there #be type of reasons to congratulate to the #finnish Presidency by his stake. Although I have to say that I regret a lot that the delegation of the Presidency in exercise finish to abandon the hall. +With the right to life like central reason, the EU has to continue in his consistent line against of the pity of death and, through Nations Joined, has to challenge to the countries that consider ethical and morally *defendible the right of the state to remove the life to the persons. +This evaluation has to analyse the situation of the human rights, pronounce on the available measures to improve the situation, review the effect that exert measures in the situation and take estimates on the result of #the same, #as well as publish reports on the assessments made and the results obtained. +Is hour to make the idea of the European Parliament on the creation, in breast of the Commission, of an organ of control on the politics in matter of human rights that facilitated the execution of said political and informed on subjects related with the human rights. +In the *primer case, treats of the finance in the three next years of a total of 135 millions of euros in virtue of the article 130 of the Treaty of the European Community and that requires the application of a procedure of *codecisión, whereas in the second, that establishes for period the commitment of 15 millions of euros, will be able to be object of a simple procedure of query. +In his intervention in front of this Assembly on 13 October, the Mr. *Prodi suggested that an association for the similar adhesion to the associations established with the countries official candidates also #would contribute to that *Turquía advance with greater firmness to the fulfillment of adhesion criteria. +The majority of this Parliament yes has taken it after heavy debates, since the acceptance #would suppose a stimulus so that the Government #turkish reach an acceptable politics of human rights, a true democratisation and a political solution for the problem *kurdo. +*Yo believe that the report is very important because with *él the European Parliament adheres to the idea that the #european strategy constitutes a half adapted to expand relations among the European Union and *Turquía, and that the application of said strategy requires a financial support. +To my mood to see, the true political priority is that they respect the values limit in #all the zones, also in the of the called "hot points" and is precise to avert that exception norms wide open the door to that they do not move the values applicable limit to the *benceno. +No treats, *Señorías, of *infundir fear, but is necessary -create *yo- take consciousness and take that it take consciousness of the dangers that run, #if we do not adopt now realistic measures and necessarily severe that present the less possible exceptions to evaluate, control and limit to the minimum the broadcasts *contaminantes of these two harmful gases, so much more what that #this are more dangerous for the boys, the persons of age and #all those that suffer cardiac or pulmonary conditions. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0072\/1999) of the Mr. *Pesälä, in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal of directive of Council relative to the commercialisation of the forest materials of reproduction (*COM(1999) 188 - *C5-0128\/1999 - 1999\/0092(*CNS)). +*Yo wanted to remember today the enormous catastrophe of the avalanche of takes a year in *Galtür, since #this shows *cuán important is the care of the nature, that has to be a worry of #all, and also that the alpine territory is precisely a very vulnerable zone, as they see forced to ascertain repeatedly connoisseurs of the region. +No go to repeat it that already has mentioned the respectable speaker on the concrete form in that we have to tackle the transitory period of the national coins to the euro. Yes want to take two observations in the context of his report. +*Me pleases to signal that the scientific committees, technician and economic supported the proposal, after examining the report of the committee adviser of the management of the *pesquerías during November session of 1999, in addition to the specific provisions on the use of networks of siege of *jareta #danish in the bank of *platijas. +Lady Speaker, want to congratulate also to the Mr. *Gallagher by his excellent work and want to say here that carry two years arguing long and tended about the community market of the fishing and that, at last, today *le corresponds to the Plenary of this Parliament fix posture with this report that has been -and it is necessary to say it- approved by wide majority in the Commission of Fishing. +Have to know that from yesterday #all the ports *pesqueros of the #mediterranean seaboard are in strike, because the fishermen protest against the price of diesel and the collapse of the prices of the #blue fish, of the tuna, of the sardine and also of the eels, that no longer sell. +The own European Commission has seen forced to recognise that, from the application of Union *aduanera, "in *Turquía has not made any significant progress in the field of the human rights and of the democratic reform". +A village, a nation, #one *Europa that by a badly understood correction do not conserve his own culture runs the risk of disappearing, by it that ask to my colleagues that undo of the leaf with the text of the EU and use the beautiful cards *UNICEF #such as they are. +*Nosotros also had a real house #whose sins are much more hovers of the current period, and wanted to declare, at least like spokesman of the Socialist Party *Panhelénico, that bear *nosotros is of the all inadmissible debate this type of things, because #this is to take part in questions very delicate, that have to debate in our country before getting to the #european field. +And costs the pity reaffirm that, regarding the content, follow struggling by the questions of the environment, the protection of the consumers, the social rights, the human rights, the cultural diversity and the paper *multifuncional of agriculture. +The truth is that the agreement in perspective was very bad for agriculture, as *nos left in the point of game in a position weakened to negotiate in the future, but at the end are, more that never, in conditions to have an offensive posture in this new Round. +treats here of a juridical act that pursues it following: a coherent and durable system of measures of surveillance of #all parts *contratantes in the areas mentioned: the experiences of the commissions of fishing of the Atlantic northeastern and of the Atlantic *noroccidental have to be moved to the community right of the EU. +This report on the verification of *credenciales brings cause and has his juridical foundation in the article 11 of Record relative to the election of the representatives in the European Parliament *aneja to the decision of the Council of 20 September 1976. +The artistic style, in the attempt to reach a commitment, results the majority of the times in a defeat to the hour to legislate, with which of this principle discussion no longer #can centre in talking simple and clearly. +By #another, *carecemos of definite and complete statistics on the current flow of transport of commodities among Swiss and the European Union although this study is next to finalise, foreseeing in regulation that in the year 2000 #can modify the current figures of distribution in the case that the real data divert significantly of the that now they foresee. +And, without embargo, the only opportunity of employment that has offered in *Derry up to now with the process of peace in course has been the of *Raytheon, the third company in importance of manufacture of arms of the #EE.UU. So that I consider a contradiction in the terms talk of a process of peace and facilitate places of work in the industry of armaments for persons that have been decimated by violence. +Is precise to endow to the European Union of a politics *auténticamente democratic, oriented in favour of the human rights, that the convert in a factor of stability, in a factor in favour of peace, of the development, of the human rights and of the democracy in *Europa in the century *XXI. +Of course, #would be extraordinarily difficult and unfeasible request the support of the #european public to introduce unanimity for the changes in matter of fiscal harmonisation or for relative decisions to the questions of politics external and security in the level of the European Council. +Also has conceded to *Turquía the condition of candidate for the adhesion to the EU, although it will have to fulfil the political criteria established for the future adhesion, among *ellos the show, of course, that the respect of the human rights is intrinsic part of life #turkish. +The world is in roads to have a new *superestado at the side of the #EE.UU. Well is truth that has approved that the community army is not a community army because it do not has permanent existence; but in this case, neither exists a *Eurocuerpo or some strengths armed of NATO. +have achieved great progresses in the field of the external politics and of security, but *yo throw in fault #one, to know, some authentic links so much of the High Representative as of the Commission and the Commissioner of Subjects External to the structures *decisorias of the direction of organs. +As it finishes to expose the Mrs. *Siimes, exists an agreement among the Council and the Parliament on the possibility to devote the whole of the reservation of flexibility to the finance of the costs of help to *Kosovo. +achieved to reach an agreement to include in the Budget of the year 2000 other 300 millions, in addition to the 60 pertinent millions of the transfer of remainders of this year, and consider like part of the commitment for the year 2001 the 140 committed millions in the donor conference. +In the document of the Commission on strategic questions approved on 10 December concluded that they did not have to subcontract the fundamental tasks in matter of public services and that the Commission had to have to disposal a much more flexible group of relative disposals to tasks no fundamental in matter of public services. +Said literally that, in these moments, the Council did not considers necessary the permanent review of the bunches of the project of budgets for the exercise 2000, and have offered the application of the flexibility instrument for the category 4. +Although it corresponds to the Bosses of State or of Government decide the definite statute of the Letter, organ will have to examine in his proposal how combine the two pending questions: a text *jurídicamente *vinculante and smart to be included in the Treaty or a solemn political statement. +Like logical consequence of this circumstance, the masses of ice blocked #can elevate to a large extent the level of the waters of the *Danubio, it that it #can give place to floods truly dramatic. To his time, the floods #would elevate the costs of reconstruction, it that #would not correspond in mood #any with the interests of the Commission. +In his report on the application of the Regulation 1475\/95 relative to the distribution of cars, that is foreseen for the end of the year 2000, the Commission will evaluate the repercussions of the system of distribution *exento in the prices of cars. +The differences in the taxation of the different types of cars are, of course, a factor, but *eso *nos poses the question of the ease or the difficulty that *reviste for the European Union the adoption of decision relative to the fiscal subjects. +do not say it so much by me -*yo have time-, but by a consideration that to #a lot of and colleagues, especially to the recently got, *les escapes: in the development of a session *plenaria like #this do not take part only the that *nos find here in front and the and the interpreters that #can see in his cabins, but that behind have a gigantic device, that occupies, for example, that *ustedes #can have tomorrow early of the literal Record of the session. +In a modern economic system, #this are the vertebral column of the economy. By #this, *yo propose in an amendment that the investments do not limit to a maximum of the 25 % of the total volume, but that adapt to the absorption capacity of the country *beneficiario. +Without embargo, have to remember that the security in the European Parliament is object of debate from takes long. Therefore, maybe #would not be of more that created a group of work that likewise informed to the deputies of the existent possibilities in the European Parliament to guarantee the security of members. +In the SAW Conference will have to take a decision on the mood to guarantee the environmental correction like part of the global package of decisions, and the position of the Community relative to the subject of the maximum limits has not changed. +And *cuando say "to convince to partners", treats perhaps first of all to convince to the own countries of the European Union, because *Europa talks, but the fifteen States members of the European Union are had to make the necessary efforts and to respect, to apply, the numerous directives that vote here, in this hemicycle? +This question has, from sight point of the Union, two fundamental looks, and the first of *ellos is the performance of the European Union to reduce his own broadcasts, look that is key also for the international credibility of the European Union. +Agree with things that have said here on the value of the integration of the environmental looks in #all the sector of the transports and in the politics of transports In the Commission have given #some first important steps, but still remains a lot for taking. +As it has signalled the last orator, Mr. *Gollnisch, is true that *Macao represents a free society: a free city in Chinese extreme, in the extreme of #Asia, as it signalled the Mr. *Graça *Moura to the start of our debate; an extraordinary crossing go in Orient and Occident from the century *XVI. +*Hong *Kong and *Macao are two great international cities; #can exert a very important paper in the continuation of the development and in the opening with hit of Chinese to the rest of the world; and in the exert of this paper, *Macao will have our best wishes for the thrilling period of history that am safe *les offers the future. +(*FR) Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, as I informed to the with regard to the Commission *INDU on 6 December past, *cuando attended to present the conclusions of the Council "Investigation" of 2 December, ministers gave his agreement to a new complementary program 2003 regarding the reactor of high flow of *Petten, situated in the Low Countries. +(*FR) Have to express my satisfaction when seeing that, finally, have gone out of the stagnation in the that were the discussions among the European Parliament and Council relative to the program *Socrates *II, since the Parliament has known to show very firm in his position during this long procedure of conciliation. +The Group of the Greens and European Free Alliance have refused the proposal to diminish permission number to distribute among the States members, as it had posed by the Group of the Popular Party European. +The future enlargement of *Europa, confirmed by the conclusions of *Helsinki, poses the question of the respect, by the countries candidates, of the criteria of construction of sex equality, #as well as of the criteria of promotion of the freedom of the women. +Has to answer in front of the #european courts, and the procedure has to be by the fast road to guarantee that they pay compensations to the sector of the *vacuno #british, no only by the loss of the trade with *Francia, but also by the loss of our trade all over the world, like consequence of the damage *ocasionado to the reputation of products of high quality. +In principle, the four important debates on the politics of competition -four reports related among himself\/hisself- were foreseen for the morning of Wednesday, but have remained postponed until the afternoon and afterwards until the night. By #everything *ello, urge to the Presidency to that it consider the possibility to celebrate said debates the Tuesday of the partial period of sessions of January. +By a part, has insisted *metódicamente in that the States members have to adapt legislations to the rule of the EU in matter of asylum, immigration and control of borders, #as well as to the stipulations of *Schengen, that have happened to form part of the rule of the European Union through the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Like this as, the European Bank of Investments *atiene to this rule regarding the documents and to publication, #if well the goal has to be, in general, the extension of the principle of access to the information and of transparency in the measure that do not put in danger the commercial secret. +have not protested neither *nos have denied, have put hands to the drama and have worked. In this context wanted to give the thanks to the speaker, the Mr. *Papayannakis, to Mr. *Kindermann, speaker of the Commission of Agriculture, and also to the administration and to the juridical service. +The second point on the that wished to call attention, before beginning the year 2000, is the following: do not expect until November, as we have taken this year, to put on the table the definite regulation, that has to allow an immediate application, as it establishes it, on the other hand, the excellent report of the Mr. *Papayannakis. +The protocol on the protection and welfare of the animals, *anejo to the Treaty by the that it creates the European Community, asks to the Community and to the States members that, when formulating and apply his agricultural politics, have fully in account the requirements in matter of health and welfare of the animals. +Only want *asociarme to the words of the previous speakers and remember a political norm: that the prudence no *nos goes to take never treacherous, and therefore I appreciate enormously the solidarity and firmness of the Budget Commission, that *nos has allowed to save the interests of the Parliament like institution. +In the last term of office have voted repeated times against the budgets because, in spite of the reports on the worrisome situation of the apiculture in *Europa, approved by unanimity the Commission has denied to put to disposal the credits for conservation measures of the apiculture that had demanded. +In consequence, want that relations with this important partner do not base in the *ilusoria perspective to obtain the condition of member, but in the narrowest collaboration in an economic frame by means of the fulfillment of the derivative obligations of the Agreement of Union *Aduanera. +The most important result of the summit was the ratification by part of the EU of the ambitious plans on the enlargement of the EU, it that involves, among other things, the announcement now of a governmental conference that take possible admission of new States members. +Here includes the help to #Sierra Lion, to the refugees in the neighbouring countries of #Liberia and *Guinea and, as it already has commented here, help for the *ORN, the psychosocial help in the camps of displaced, that have initiated programs of help for the boys soldered *desmovilizados and that tackle the frightful problem of the boys mutilated for *ofrecerles #any perspective of life. +Gentleman President, in the twilight of the century *XX, of a century that has been positively signalled by the peaceful revolution of the women, is really regrettable that have still countries like *Kuwait and *Afganistán, in the that the half of the population, the women, is deprived even of the fundamental rights. +A resolution of this nature on a Been member of the European Union #would have more felt that on a *tercer country, but #would constitute, even in this case, an attack to the operation of the institutions of this State and to the capacity of citizens to resolve internally this problem. +#can not *comprometernos during decades to the support to the producers of the most favoured regions of *Europa by descents of the prices occurred sometimes in the happened solution #would consist in harmonising the helps by hectares of the most egalitarian form possible for #all the space of the EU. +His antecedent is the Decision 96\/411\/*CE of Council relative to the improvement of the community agricultural statistics, that has put to disposal of the Commission a flexible tool that *le allows to adapt the statistical applications to the distinct needs of information to measure that go producing changes. +Obviously, the *lúpulo is not the typical example to appreciate the importance that has the Common Agricultural Politics for the agriculturalists of the European Union, but shows his depth and extension in the assistance to our agriculturalists. +Now well, to time multiply the financial helps, exceptional calls, to the most diverse countries of the planet, without that *propicie any plan of group, so that our politics of cooperation only is #one wanders and immense dispersion, is to say, in sum, that no longer is a politics. +Believe that the proposals of Mr. *Herman go very oriented, always that our successors have the political will to finish with this *rotatividad *paralizadora among the two great Groups and are able to take place for the political debate, is to say, for the voice of the citizens of the European Union. +In spite of the improvements that have introduced in the legislation, especially the relative to the born boys from 1992, seems that the political class leader in *Estonia is to keep a notion -in my conservative- opinion regarding the question of citizenship. +Sometimes is not easy *explicarles that a juridical culture really applied in the practice of the justice and of the Courts is precisely previous condition for an inner market that work, of mood that a democracy is of course previous condition for the political Union. +Want to begin for underlining once again, and am by #all #that that inside the Commission are commissioned of the preparation for enlargement, that are deeply conscious of the historical and only opportunity that has the European Union to bring the peace and stability to a greater part of this continent. +In the next autumn, the Commission will elaborate more reports on the progresses, but also is our intention make in October of the present year, is to say still before the summit of *Helsinki, adaptation, or say better a readjustment, of the associations for the adhesion that *usted knows, in function of the progresses and developments ascertained in this moment. +#Some sectors that have his own specific rules that have shown his validity in practice, as, especially, the agreements of distribution of beer, are satisfactorily for the hospitality industry, for the great and small breweries, for the wholesalers and for the consumers. +With an assessment of the effects of the vertical agreements #can register better situation in the inner market that with strict formal criteria. #This is like this besides since then the small participants in the market #would benefit of the simplifications of the formal requests. +#can not fix thresholds in a small country like the #mine, in the that maybe it have #one *cervecera dominant, but in a very limited market, whereas #one *cervecera like the «*Bitburger», contiguous to *nosotros, that has a much stronger position and a volume of businesses much more important no this considered dominant, because *Alemania is enormous concerning the Big Duchy of *Luxemburgo. +Also give thanks to the President of the Commission of Requests, Mr. *Fontana, and to #all the members of the parliamentary commission by his positive attitude in contacts with the office of the Defender of the European Village. +Likewise, consider fundamental for the work of the Defender of Village -and like this signal it in the report- the modification of his statute to achieve that the access of the Defender to #all the notable documents in the procedures that *él follows produce it more effectively possible. +Regarding the performance of the office of the Defender of Village in matter of information and communication, believe that said performance is a good example for other #european institutions, especially regarding the utilisation of the new technologies of the communication, as, for example, the approach of the citizenship to this institution through Internet. +Is very important that examine in detail the Statute of the civil servants and that introduce the necessary modifications to establish directly the obligation to the civil servants to signal the irregularities that #can perceive in the exert of functions about the operation of the community organs. +The Commission, nevertheless, had the intention to convert said code in #one of the three axes of a more ambitious reform of the group of performances internal and external that, without embargo, has not been able to get still to good end by the reasons that the Parliament knows perfectly. +Regarding the modification of the Statute of the Defender of the Village, with regard to this point or to the of the testimonies of the civil servants, obviously *le corresponds to the Plenary take the initiative in accordance with article 138 And. Afterwards will be task of the Commission -of the next Commission, obviously- issue his *dictamen to the *respecto. +These relative problems to the computer system were very present in the report relative to the approval of the management of 1996, that finally conducted to the fall of the Commission. From then, the European Commission has taken table *rasa. +do not owe *sentarnos to expect the compatibility that have detailed in a document of work for Transport Commission, since before #this *suceda, will have happened ten years and *eso #can use like excuse to reckon the real costs by the use of the roads. +Gentleman President, like member of the Greens and fervent adherent of the resolution of commitment that have approved in this Parliament, wanted to express my respect to #all collaborators of the NATO that in this moment are in defence of the human rights in the neighbouring countries of *Kosovo. +As it knows the Parliament, the Commission adopted in the year 1997 a recommendation in this matter and is his application; #would be, therefore, premature that engaged from this time on to adopt a directive proposal, since it will not be able to value adequately the situation until it do not conclude the examination in course. +The Bosses of State and of Government gave a political impulse to said process in the Summits of *Cardiff and of *Viena, impulse that has to end, in the Summit of Colony, in a report on the necessary measures for the realisation of a financial market only. +Know that the authorities of the valley of *Chamonix have reported in occasions the step of thousands of trucks by this narrow valley and by this tunnel, that, obviously, had not built for a so important traffic. +Of this drama, that #would have been able to avert, have to take out the consequences and exert pressures no only in front of *usted, gentleman Commissioner, but also in front of the Council, so that at last it develop a true political «railway-road» in the sector of commodity transports, and *ello so much for the difficult zones as for the group of the national territory. +Said #this, gentleman President, wished to signal, in name of my Group, that will not vote in favour of the four amendments presented on this resolution, no because we refuse the bottom or because we do not share the worries that express, but because we consider that perhaps this Parliament will have the occasion, in moment, to go back to manifest, as a whole, his opinion on these problems. +Is regrettable that in places of the world, and also in *Irlanda of North, the lawyers and the judges have found in first line, #where the conflicts are more intense. The murder of *Rosemary #Nelson *nos shows once again the danger that #many of these professionals run *cuando defend the human rights more fundamental of his customers. +The call in favour of an independent inquiry has to to the fact that has the conviction that an inquiry of the #irish police on the death of Mrs. #Nelson #would not be all it rigorous that it #would have to be, as all indicates that the Mrs. #Nelson feared by his own life and that during long considered in situation of grave danger. +#can not deny the implication of the heavy vehicles in the mortal accidents, since, in addition to work conditions too much difficult, the weight is also an aggravating factor, by what often is associated to an excessive speed. +In this debate on the loyal competition have to be conscious that in the field of the railway wages are higher and the places of work occupy usually for life. It more #likely is that in the sector deprived these conditions do not get to give never. +#can not give credit to my hearings *cuando #one of the experts invited to the celebrated audience with reason of the White Book signalled that by environmental reasons it was necessary to tax fuel for the aviation with 4 *ecus the litre. Rates of *Concorde in the daily life, #who the goes to pay? +Lady Speaker, first of all, wanted to congratulate to Mrs. *Bennasar *Tous, although absent, and also to the Mrs. #Colombo *Svevo that so *dignamente *nos has presented the subject this morning; but especially, wanted to congratulate to the Mrs. speaker by his valuable contribution to the proposal of the Commission on the program *DAPHNE, #as well as by the form in that it has treated a so important question. +*Nosotros support the request that, in the Consultative Committee, have a representative of the European Parliament and a representative of the *ONG, #as well as the request that it present a report on the progresses made a time to the year, and no each three years. +Lady Speaker, the Commission wishes to give thanks to the Mrs. *Bennasar *Tous and to the Commission of Rights of Woman by the report prepared, that supports firmly the initiative of the Commission and underlines in admirable form the need and the urgency that it adopt the program *DAPHNE with sufficient *antelación at the end of the year. +In my report, that had been approved by the Commission of Transports and Tourism without that the point 1 suffered modification #any, asked that it introduced a system of uniform rates for #all the vehicles of transport «and that had in the social costs limit #one of his foundations». +Had account that the Council has approved the regulation that collects norms general relative to the structural Bottoms, each #one of the States members has to propose to the Commission #which are the regions that gather the conditions established in said regulation and that, in opinion of the States, find in a situation more *desfavorable. +#Many of the that here we are have been witnesses of his important action in the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects of Parliament, that was not but a demonstration more of his constant dedication to the social and #sindical subjects that *le brought to this Assembly. +Certainly, the regulation of the privileges and immunities -that dates of the year 1965- traces back to a moment in that this Parliament was a mere parliamentary assembly in #where, still, representativeness grade of a #european citizenship was in the realm of the utopia. +Today have the euro, today is indisputable that his proposals are hit and that the report of our colleague, Mr. *Menrad, that occupies of the dimension of the politics of employment is also a very good report that it #can be argued here with the Report *Fourçans. +The solutions for the elimination of the chronic unemployment in *Europa are not in a #european program of employment neither in an economic politics, *homogéneamente configured, of the States members of the European Union Economic and Monetary, but in the structural reforms. +Only there #be a point, the relative to the structural reforms, on the that it wanted to call the attention, for *precisarles that the Commission is had to value the liberalisation of the sectors of telecommunications, the transports and the energy. +Gentleman President, distinguished colleagues of the European Parliament. As *ustedes know, on 19 April had already the opportunity to expose to Commission of Budgetary Control the position of the Council in the procedure of approval of the management for 1997. +See that they already have applied adequately the diverse disposals relative to the staff and have understood that, of #all the staff of the Centre, only remain vacancies two places of the category To. do not hesitate it more minimum in recommending the approval of the management also for the *CEDEFOP. +Am surprised to see that the Socialist Group has presented an amendment so that it delete point 1 of the Report *Elles, that is the important, is to say, in the that remember our final decision of not approving the management of the Commission of the year 1996. +But there #be had a problem, #can recognise that, *cuando have adopted in the political level clear decisions and oriented in the correct direction, the capacity of the Commission to apply the decisions in #all his services of form has been mentally handicapped person. +From here, there #be another important principle that to *nosotros *nos links and that also has to see with this responsibility bear with the citizens of the that talked before: is the principle of conservation of the acts, the principle of being it more effective possible and give the fastest and better answer to the citizens. +Sure enough, have now precisely #this: any emotion, but the scientific demonstration -and precisely as it has demanded, the qualitative security, no the quantitative- that the utilisation of hormones is harmful, that represents a threat for the health, that is *cancerígena, that causes the early apparition of the puberty of girls. Translate it that is written here. +And of here also that *yo defend the creation of a bottom of compensation for the companies that see affected by sanctions, since, of it contrary, #many of *ellas #can see immersed in a deep crisis that #can *llevarlas to the disappearance, with the consequent loss of places of work precisely in some moments in that we are -want to promote from the Union- some politics in benefit of the occupation. +#If the Commission yields the evaluation and the capacity of initiative for new proposals as it occurs in this proposal, then is really his right of existence and is in fact it that it is a principle determinant in the Union, and east is the right of initiative. +Thanks to the community spirit have been possible in *Europa right State, the dialogue, the democratic institutions, the recognition of the minorities, and with this spirit #can put end also to a conflict that carries *martirizando to the villages of the *sudeste #european from takes more of ten years. +The Greens expect of *usted, gentleman *Prodi, regarding this Parliament, that engage in the Conference *Intergubernamental to bet firmly for strengthening this House until it was plenary Parliament right, with full powers of *codecisión legislative also in matter of agriculture and of compulsory costs, and with right plenaries of control of the application of the politics. +This cure of *adelgazamiento has to make before the nomination of the new Commission, by it that exist reasons general to postpone the approval of the Mr. *Prodi, without embargo, my group also has a political reason: The Mr. *Prodi wishes the States Joined of *Europa. +In #some moments, the problem of the balance among these two looks has found #any solution; for example, Mr. *Delors treated to *través of the White Book to take a synthesis and to find a point of balance, looked for the balance among these two looks. +*Europa has not set up still analysis cell for the active politics of prevention of the conflicts -like European Parliament approve a proposal of this type- has to recover the dignity, the ambition and the responsibility of an initiative. +Think that it is necessary to restore a true monetary flexibility and adapt the euro to the specific situations of the different countries leaving *subsistir, on 1 January 2002, the national coins in front of the euro, that #would convert like this in a simple common coin. +*Confrontados to the new challenges engendered, in particular, by the fall of the Wall of *Berlín and the *mundialización of economy, so much #one like #another never have doubted in increasing the charge of work of the Commission, although without taking out #all the logical consequences, especially in matter of contracting of personnel. +Fits to expect, therefore, that the Foundation will engage to answer of way so positive that seems to indicate our speaker to the pending questions or that finish to be posed with occasion of the examination of the procedure of approval of the management in the exercise 1997: costs of mission and agreements of study. +Gentleman President, have received of the office of the President of Parliament a letter that *me says that my question directed to the Council, that had to debate tomorrow, will not debate then because today it #would take place the debate on *Kosovo and in *él #would include also my question, that refers to the question of the environment in *Kosovo, that has been *auténticamente destroyed. +Loan, instead, attention to the #european voices day more numerous, stronger and more significant, of *Oskar *Lafontaine to the 180 #italian deputies of the democrat majority of left, #christian democrats, that, in name of #one some vision of *Europa, ask, to the equal that take *nosotros, the end of the bombardments. +Are practical in the short term: support the initiative of *Chernomirdin, *salvaguardar *Montenegro of the bombardments in the measure of it possible, keep the demographic balance in *Macedonia with the received of #kosovar refugees in the EU, so that it #can not produce climbing of the conflict in the region and, gentleman President, contain the transport of arms for the *UCK as it has taken #Italia. +Have to begin to explain to the Mrs. *Harbour -and is the Council the one who has to take it- that #if *Hitler had not been accused because no #can test #who were the bosses of the distinct fields of extermination, #would not have been able to show the chain of control existent among *Berlín and *Auschwitz. +It that it has to occur is that, *eventualmente with the peace agreement of the that talked right now the Mr. Minister, in the *Balcanes define the conditions to establish the State of right and the democracy, the eradication of #all the sources of aggression that in this instant exist, especially in the diet of *Milosevic. +The situation is extremely difficult and only the intervention armed -#if before *Milosevic did not yields with regard to the conditions imposed by the NATO and the European Union- #can give a break and create a cord of protection with seen to space of peace and security of the that have talked. +In the next days, will go back to go to the region, without embargo, *les pray that *nos help to transmit this message: for the time being, the fundamental element of the humanitarian help are elections *prioritarias, the discipline and the coordination, of it contrary fear that also the big generosity of #all finish in a big confusion. +Recommend to this Assembly and to the President in exercise the initiative of His Holiness the *Patriarca of *Constantinopla to organise the religious symposium, scientist and environmental that will celebrate in September and in the that representatives of the five great religions of the region -#orthodox and #catholic, #protestant, #jewish and #muslim- will sail from *Ratisbona until the #Black sea in *pro of the environment and of the reconciliation. +The position expressed this morning by Mr. *Prodi and what *nos has said now the President in exercise of the Council on the importance that for the hit of the great political of the Union, like the enlargement and the *PESC, will earn the Russian Federation in the immediate future *nos fill of hope. +This common strategy proposes democracy, the State of right of the public institutions, the integration of *Rusia in an economic and social space European and the imperative common that confronts the #european continent. +In this sense, is particularly important that leave clear in front of the Council that the approval procedure of a report with recommendations to the Council on a common strategy constitutes an exceptional solution, motivated by the particular circumstances of an electoral year. +The efforts of *Rusia to reach a solution of the conflict of the *Balcanes do not take more that highlight once again the importance of said country for the #european architecture of the security and, in consequence, *yo back explicitly the wishes of the President of the Council that it adopt it before possible strategy. +The text of the section 5 of the article 190 of the Treaty says that «the Parliament will establish the statute and the general conditions of exercise of the functions of members, previous *dictamen of the Commission and with the approval by unanimity of the Council». +*Yo believe that the Council -and the Governments- have shown his fine will regarding the Parliament, in the first place accessing to *algo that *nosotros believed that it was very difficult, that is the inclusion in the Treaty of *Amsterdam of this article precisely, that ask from the Parliament and that #all believed that the Council -or Governments- did not go to accept. +Expect that they #can increase of systematic way in the properly said budget the resources of the Defender of Village, since #this will be the best way to boost the confidence of the citizens in the general activities of the EU. +The Mrs. *González *Álvarez mentioned the question of the comments of the Commission of Budgets relative to the part of administrative costs inside the budget of exploitation global and made #some observations very wise to the *respecto. +In the meantime, the European Parliament, our Parliament, has gone developing until converting in a political institution inside the European Union that already is *ineludible and that has exerted faculty of political and budgetary control vigorously and with big independence. +With regard to the Parliament, wanted to say also that the characteristic note of this term of office is that we have left the short trousers -am from my masculine condition, and therefore I put this example of the short trousers, of course, without going in in example *sexista-. +But above #everything *eso, recognise that it is *usted a man of firm convictions, that has #a lot of natural human qualities; a person of big energy and determination and a person that always has shown positive and *ecuánime; person *alentadora and also a person that #can be very firm and authoritarian *cuando it is necessary to show this type of authority, as we have witnessed in #some occasions. +The pact has to be expression of an active politics of labour market that bet more that up to now by the avoidance of the unemployment, is to say, especially, by the reduction of the juvenile unemployment and of long length #as well as by the ending of the discrimination of women in the labour market. +The events occurred at the beginning of this year and that have conducted to the resignation of the Commission and to a debate on reform, are reason to examine in this context also the relation among the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission. +Any delay in the reinforcement of the institutions and of his operation only #can engage the effective enlargement of the Union; this new reform has to prepare to the institutions for enlargement, but has to allow also answer to #some failures of institutional operation that have appeared in the last months. +Of course, do not put in cloth of trial #some fundamental looks like the article *N, but that say that in the preparatory stage are necessary novelties because we have checked the deficiencies of the method *intergubernamental and, therefore, the need to prepare of another form the result of the Conference *Intergubernamental. +The quantity of States that in this moment request entry in the European Union #would suppose a change -in the case that they went admitted in the qualitative current-conditions in the structure of the European Union. +In his intervention of yesterday *le hear to talk of his political responsibility, of the capacity of direction political of the School, of function of political orientation, of the need that it adopt a big political initiative. +After the European Summit of Colony, opt once and for all by a *Europa #where #all the legislation and #all the budget situate definitively under the supervision of the European Parliament and in the that the European Commission was forced to offer a maximum transparency with a free management of fraud. +Among the central elements of the package of reform includes the enlargement of the politics for the development of the rural area, included a better impulse to the economic methods compatible with the environment. +Thus, has not been surprising that before the summit of Colony of #one or spot have come from critical to the strategy of the Presidency or to the mood to carry the negotiations, but after the summit of *Berlín the assessment is totally different. +Expect that it concretise the political will affirmed by *Prodi to recover the institutional balance to end to allow that the Commission go back to exert his indispensable paper of political impulse, like organ independent of the national governments and of the private interests. +Lady Speaker, in the plane of the procedure, wanted to signal to the Mr. *Cox and to the Mrs. *Green, although they have gone, that *yo presented, on 13 December, an amendment of type that the global amendments, that already have debated amply, and that this amendment in his moment - perhaps because it was #mine -, was declared inadmissible. +But, how occurs with the future?reform allows to answer to the tracks for a durable agriculture presented by the Commission, in contradiction with the proposal modified of the agricultural section of Diary 2000?&#*x017*C;has reinforced the cooperation among the European Union and the countries *ACP? +Second -and very linked to the ordination of territory-, #ours *segunda amends of transaction asks that the *FEDER contribute to establish the necessary links among the regions that geographically suffer permanent disadvantages by his *alejamiento, peripheral character or *insularidad, to boost the exchanges among the periphery of *Europa and the central regions of the Community. +In the reform of the structural Bottoms there #be not any reason for joy exaggerated but have found a viable commitment that guarantees that the #european solidarity do not derive in the future to a mere statement of lips outside. +Finally, and is the will of the members of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development, is indispensable to introduce a program of action and of information in front of the consumers with the end that they know essentially the effects of the products of the vineyard in health. +Freeze the third category; in the *cuarta only offers a statement by #if crisis of *Kosovo needed a review of the financial perspectives, and *nos announces that the Council #would be had to accept a review before the entrance in vigour of the financial perspectives that want that we adopt today. +*Me seems that also the *isleños coincide with the wide majority of the Parliament and of the Commission in that the principle of the economic and social cohesion shows especially in the deal that gives to the regions of structures feebler, by it that we want to assign to these regions the 70 % of #all credits, so much #if they live in firm earth as in islands. +#If we are sincere #one with #others, know that no has any sense take only of the *insularidad a look of the that derive the helps, as the point of game of the structural helps, like this appears also in the Treaty, is to compensate the disadvantages of regions and social groups and is to #this to it that *nos have to adhere in his own interest. +Here has to take part the Diary 2000 to provide the indispensable means for his *prosecución with the infrastructures *cofinanciadas by the *FEDER, by the *FEOGA-Orientation or by Cohesion Bottom, #as well as the training or reallocation of the hand of drama, for it that requires the support of the Social Bottom. +Of compliance with the Presidential Decree 738\/98 on the entrance of humanitarian help *proveniente of the foreigner, from then only recognises like addressees of humanitarian help that do not become tariffs to the juridical persons of public utility recognised in his statutes but no to the particular persons. +Whereas the initial administrative difficulties of the program «oil by foods» already have surpassed in his greater part, today day the main problem of the program represents it the scarce capacity of export of the *Iraq and the distribution of materials of medical help to the population. +The European Union underlines disposal to support the process of reforms in *Argelia, especially, in the frame of the European Cooperation for the Mediterranean, and to continue the political dialogue initiated with the #algerian authorities. +Gentleman President, in it *tocante to a possible *upgrading of the contractual relations among the European Union and *Croacia believe that the Mr. Deputy will have clear that #this makes in the frame of the regional strategy of the EU, #such as it determines in the conclusions of the Council of General Subjects of the 29-4-1997. +Believe that the Social Bottom European is a half to give support to the development of the employment in *Europa, to the equal that the bottom for the rural development is a half that it will be able to take possible the big toning that will have to take great parts of the agricultural sector. +In any case, appreciate also the efforts that has made the salient Commissioner, the one who carried out a very hard work, no only to the hour to visit the regions depressed of the Union, but -especially- in #everything it relative to *Irlanda of the North and to programs *transfronterizos. +Like speaker for the approval of the management of 1997 in relation to the bottoms, wanted to signal a problem that is the that country as, for example, *Holanda, continuously sees reflected negatively in the reports of the Court of Accounts, due to the fact that there they have a more precise form to inform that in any #another country. +To end to achieve this goal, the Commission is had to incorporate the most modern media so that the Parliament #can exert scrutiny of continuous way and using the technical means more recent. +have reached important progresses in the debate on the definition of content and his incorporation to the juridical foundations of the constitutive Treaty of the European Community and of the Treaty of the European Union and fault little so that we #can give it by finished. +Without embargo, in political questions so important like the incorporation of the Agreement of *Schengen and the Agreement of association with two countries of special significance, believe that the Council #would owe *haberlas subjected to query of the Parliament and #would have to have taken into account the sight points that had been able to expose this institution. +Arise doubts regarding the security, the operation, the payment, the treatment of the confidential information, abuse of personal data, the quality of the products and the fault of advice. +Support the amendments that improve the directive, without embargo, do not support the legislative text in his group and the June Movement neither supports the legislative text in his group because it follows splitting of the principle that takes reference to the country of the *remitente. +Is true that, in electronic matter, precisely by the big rape of privacy that #can suppose the fact that we introduce in our houses the computer and that, in the screen, our children, our friends, our familiar #can see exposed to a bombardment of information, probably no wished, takes that they appear principles of public order. +A possibility #would be the to approve the report now and retain the communication to the Council until the Committee of the Regions decide #if it pronounces or no to the *respecto, and possibility #would be to postpone the vote to morning, as it seems that the Committee of the Regions #can give a favourable report morning. +The ideal rural regions for the Goal 5*b will explain among the main victims of this situation: in *Francia, the third part of the ideal population in relation with this goal will leave to receive structural Bottoms after the transition period. +The final result, although no answers totally to the demands of the Parliament, went amply influenced by this last to *través of the work of the Commission of Politics Regional, of the speakers and of the group commissioned of the negotiations. +The Socialist Party #european member of parliament *opone to the amendment 7 of the report because it repeats unnecessarily existent legislation of the EU and #suffer of fault of specific clarity on the subject of the adaptation of the machinery or replacement of #all the machinery was or was not practical to take it. +Our external politics and of common security has worked correctly in this case as this statement was important to guarantee the peaceful and constructive continuation of the peace process in spite of the expiration of the *primer interim period fixed by the Agreements of *Oslo. +Consider, without embargo, that has got the moment of an extraordinary action: wanted to take advantage of this famous year 2000 -year that has a big symbolic value for #all the countries of the world and no only for the that have some tradition, history and religion- to carry out an extraordinary gesture. +As it finishes to remember the colleague *Imbeni, has got the hour to use also this year 2000 to give this qualitative jump and present to the General Assembly of the Nations Joined proposal of universal moratorium. +Have in the countries in development, in the countries *firmatarios of the Agreement of *Lomé examples *modélicos of countries that, graces precisely to the *restablecimiento of the democratic rules, follow a path of development economic, and #that's why we have to reiterate with greater strength to *Djibuti that respect this contractual agreement that has signed with his #european partners. +Gentleman President, the existent difficulties to punish to those who have incurred in offences #such like genocides, crimes of war and, in general, offences against humanity have shown *sobradamente the need of the instauration of an International Penal Court, that was active what before and in conditions to proceed effectively to the persecution of these offences so that they do not follow *impunes. +In the century *XIX to the *Comoras the designated «archipelago of the *sultanes *batalladores», because the Big *Comora and *Anjouan are dominated by #some familiar organisations purportedly noble that contest the power from takes centuries, that impose his privileges to the immense majority of the population, and keep great social inequalities, economic monopolies *injustificables and a truly mediaeval organisation of the society. +Quote of the report of the International Commission for *Temelin. In this moment, production capacity is upper to the needs and the electricity produced by the nuclear head office of *Temelin so only will serve to reduce the production in other fields. +*Me joins a personal bow to the subject that is. My *primer report, a modification of the Treaty of the European Community of the Coal and of the Steel, analysed the failure of *Ferrovie Saint'#Anna, *algo that then was *inusitado, steelworks that went to the failure. +The Commission agrees with Mr. *Hoppenstedt in that the pavilion of the Union has to present the best possible image of the European Union in the century *XXI: a European Union that it is democratic, transparent, respectful of the law, socially just, *tolerante and culturally diverse. +In my country, #where this sector represents the 25 % of the employment of the transformative industry and the 30 % of the exports, #where there are regions almost exclusively dependent of *él, by it that conditions the life of the generality of the familiar groups, thousands of workers and employers expect the future with expectancy and hope, but also with doubts and questions. +Our position, no only in relation with the textile industry but with the productive system European in general, adjusts to the need, first, that the sector has to accept the conditions of a global economy, and, second, that has to take an effort to increase productivity levels and of competitiveness. +In *tercer place, is a big misfortune that after having spent so much money of the taxpayer in this new building, #can not give true example for the century *XXI -for the new #millenium- of the type of open society that the European Parliament wants to see in the future. +treats no only of a *combatiente *encarnizado of the democracy in his country, of a big man that has helped in the process of decolonisation and to build a world more just and more open, but that also embodies admirably the dimension -say- sportive, that it is necessary *reconocerle to the democracy. +To #all *nos costs a lot understand #which was this message of the Commission, apart from that for the resales supposes fine #news, and bad #news for the fans to football, that give to understand that #one #can go out really with the #his and *infringir the law always that it was had to give some *monedillas to the European Commission in a back moment of the process. +#If we had accepted *pasivamente the existence of a nationalism *sanguinario, of an aggressive nationalism in our continent, the destination of the own #european integration, the greater attainment of history #european more recent, #would have been in game. +The European Union and States members supported actively under the #german Presidency of the Council the war of the NATO in the *Balcanes, that *quebrantó the international Right and ousted to the UN, at the same time that remained sealed the transformation of the Community in a called defensive Union. +In name of my political Group want to say very clearly that we do not go to *enjuiciar to the Commission and to the new Commissioners by his political membership but by his capacity, the clarity and accuracy of positions in the past and in the present. In our opinion, east has to be the only criterion of assessment. +In particular, will have to find an apt system to guarantee the continuous and exhaustive information of the Parliament on the course of the reform respecting, to time, the autonomy of the Commission in the management of his competitions. +do not share this analysis: for me the Conference *Intergubernamental is a crucial appointment for Institutions #european and is our opportunity, the last perhaps, for *prepararnos for the possible duplication of the number of members of the States of the Union. +*Le propose that *reflexione on the need to correct route, and the two banks of proofs *me seems that they have suggested in this debate: the first refers to the relation among *Europa and the world, the second refers to *Europa among the #european construction and the different realities of the distinct countries. +The enlargement presupposes an adaptation of the institutions of the Union: have begun already the *preparativos of the Conference *Intergubernamental of countries members with the goal to take a report on this subject, of #whose editorial will commission the President and that it will be exposed in the summit of *Helsinki. +In the summit of *Tampere, that will treat, among other things, the problems of shelter and of the political asylum, #as well as of the international delinquency organised, it will be necessary to take concrete propositions of the measures to take to improve the internal security. +Have to accelerate by #all means the preparation of said report and his owed discussion in the European Parliament, but #can not deliver the legitimate rights of the Parliament in hands of an organ of investigation unofficial neither *atenernos to his diary to elaborate the report. +The politics to follow for dimension #nordic», concept already ratified by the European Union, has to take into account, among other things, the collaboration with the countries *Bálticos, and also the materialisation of the strategy to follow with *Rusia, subject that also has been decided in principle. +This goal sees *desmoronado by the principle according to the *cual the EU has to have a will, a politics and voice only. This principle was refused by the 70 percent of the Finns that have not voted in the elections of the European Parliament. +Nobody has talked of *ello before me, but exists a problem that has not confronted or at least no with the determination wished by the European Union: is the of the three one thousand #kosovar prisoners, literally *raptados by Mr. *Milosevic and his *esbirros during the last days of the international intervention in *Kosovo and moved by the strength to the prisons of Serbian. +The External Politics and of Common Security will allow to reach, from the *Balcanes, with the urgency and the obstinacy that, for the time being, imposes the situation, the goals of peace, of the economic welfare, of the certainty of the respect of the human rights. +Entrust in that it was a reconstruction no only material, but also immaterial: reconstruct roads, schools, ports, aqueducts, but also the confidence of persons that during years have seen deprived of the right to live with his affections in earth, with his work and that today aspire to achieve carry this calm life that *les was denied during years. +As, *acaso #can admit a situation in that a Commission *demisionaria follow exerting functions from the past month of March and taking part to try weaken the application of an only price of the book and to formulate the mandate of the next negotiation in the *OMC, #whose importance for the coming years is known? +In fact, suspect that #many of our colleagues are not so *duchos in technology as they had to be, but this technology goes to have an enormous effect in the opening of the only market and before that at all we owe *asegurarnos that legislation do not limit the capacity of the persons for *innovar and introduce changes and new forms of electronic trade. +The 29 June 1999, to the President of the Commission, Mr. *Santer, *le communicated the decision of Mr. *Bangemann to leave the Commission to assume a place in the private sector two days later, on 1 July 1999. +Believe that now we have to have the value, that have to ask the value of the Council and of the Commission, in the first place to learn of the errors of the past, to cut with the agricultural politics carried out up to now, and take finally an election rope, wise and necessary by agriculture #european of quality. +How many times will be still require that have accidents repeated, in this type of utilisations, so that it put end to this absurd system according to the *cual the earths are in fallow, the agriculturalists need to work, take live the heritage and the landscape of #ours *Europa, but find in the inability of take it because *privilegia the utilisation of waste recycling and, in particular, of animal wastes. +His mandate has been expanded in relation with it that foresaw the article first of the Protocol on the institutions attach to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, since Colony Council has added, by own initiative, the possibility of extension of the votes with qualified majority. +Excellent the statement on the need of a *Kosovo *plurinacional; now well, the that the resolution advocate that this national plurality was guaranteed by the *UCK do not seems of receipt, unless it was necessary to interpret it in key of #black humour. More still *cuando in paragraph asks the disarmament of the soldiers and *paramilitares of the own *UCK, suppose that because it considers that it constitutes a threat for the progress (*plurinacional) of *Kosovo!!! +Ladies and Gentlemen, believe that for the European Union, in matter of sport, today is *prioritario avert that it sanction to a country member that reached to organise with hit this event, and initiate in particular, as it said it yesterday Roman *Prodi, a true #european fight against doping, for example; is to say, deny to that only the logic of the money finish with the beauty and the own spirit of the sport. +*Cuando in these last time, the European Parliament has treated to strengthen his control on the Commission, and the theory of the independence had to, as, as it is logical, retreat, see like #this *resurge and strengthens with a new strength; no already regarding the commissioners, but to the services. +With spirit, the Commission goes to answer to the report establishing a service of audit internal, as it recommends the Committee, and reiterate our commitment for reinforcing the financial cells in #all the general directions. +For me today is a reason of satisfaction -that want to take public- have listened in this Assembly to the still Commissioner #Manuel *Marín refer to the future of the Commission with #the same honesty of the that has taken #gala along his mandates and with dignity with the that has assumed the problems of the previous School of Commissioners. +Want to finalise my intervention appreciating to the Mr. *Marín his big work during #all these years in his responsibilities in the Commission and the last, especially, like President in functions of the Commission and *deseándole to the Mr. *Kinnock #a lot of luck, touch and good tempt in the difficult tasks that *le expect in the next months and years. +Expect to develop the program of action for the reform together with the Commissioner responsible and although we have not had time of study it in detail, believe that it #would be just *pedirle to the Commissioner a debate and a clear justification of why do not undertake some measures #if #some of the recommendations remain excluded. +. Gentleman President, in reality, in the report that has presented the Mrs. #Jackson #there is a point that do not refers so much to the content as to the juridical form that #can choose to try resolve the problem of the environmental minimum criteria in the States members. +Is just to affirm that in the past existed the opinion generalised that the European Parliament and the European Commission had to work almost in a state of permanent collusion to take charge of the rights purchased of the States members and boost like this the #european integration. +Is an ideal fight to give to Europeans the sense of a common destination, of a common mission, of a common identity, of a common civilisation and of a common homeland. +Wish to remember also that the competitiveness of agriculture do not measures only in the world-wide markets, but also to the light of the balance of the territories, of the maintenance of the rural tissue and of the conservation of the natural heritage. +Gentleman President, the great challenges that *nos expect - the enlargement, the deepening in a #european reality that respect the national identities by means of a new approach of the subsidiariness, the *salvaguarda of our agriculturalists, the construction of #one *Europa more human in matter of employment and more generous - are of importance that is precise that the confront together. +The group of the subjects that have debated *nos allow to express our vote of confidence with regard to it that Mr. *Prodi has defined "a new start" : a common expression that *atañe to the Commission, but that, to my trial, also concerns to this new Parliament. +will Vote in the frame of the Socialist Group of the European Parliament no on a base of politics *partidista, but on the objective base of auditions and the answers to the questions that have formulated during the last weeks. +Second, in the audience occupied an important space no only subjects pending regarding the enlargement of the Union, but also the inclusion of the agricultural model European in the future negotiations in the frame of the *OMC to scale international and especially his defence. +In my quality of deputy of a border region among *Bélgica, *Alemania, *Luxemburgo and the Low Countries, *yo #can *transmitirles the expectations of Europeans in the field of the daily life, but especially also his *incomprensión in front of the countless fetters that still exist among the States members. +#Some of His *Señorías will remember definitely that *Yannos *Kranidiotis was deputy to the European Parliament of January of 1995 to February of 1997, date in the that it was appointed Prime minister of the Government of #Grecia and will remember that in our Parliament was member of the Commission of Subjects External and of the Budget Commission, as also vice-president of the Delegation in the Mixed Parliamentary Commission European Union\/*Chipre. +Finally, need that *Tampere was a summit that *movilice to the public opinion, that adapt his ambitions to the human and financial resources that we have, but that *nos offer guidelines to show the importance of the freedom, security and the justice to the man of the street. +That they encourage for providing to the #european citizens protection against the injustice, so that the that they are detained far of his countries #can have assistance *letrada, services of interpretation and conditional arrest instead of treating to harmonise the juridical diets Europeans; that they begin for achieving that it have a justice *transfronteriza for the persons that suffocate with the *mordaza of an onerous bureaucracy. +The experience purchased like minister of Interior of #Italia *me takes to say that it is indispensable to accelerate the path to norms and common politics, exactly it contrary of the invocation of politics strictly national and that, regarding the immigration and asylum, the better base is the that appears in the text of the #austrian Presidency of autumn of the year 1998. +The #european judicial network is, undoubtedly, the less developed of the three areas that *nos occupy and, in this sense, believe that the creation of a stable unit, attendant to give continuity to the judicial cooperation and to be the speaker judicial of *Europol, #can be adapted. +Lady Speaker, our presence here in *Estrasburgo has origin in the extraordinary tradition of #Robert *Schuman, #whose Community of the Coal and of the Steel no only meant an important step to the economic integration, culminated recently with the arrival of the euro, but that also *redundó in benefit of the political integration. +As well, in the Summit of *Tampere the Council has the opportunity to create *algo #as well as a community of coal and of the steel of the justice, the freedom and the security in the breast of our European Union. +Therefore, *yo believe that it is indispensable that in *Tampere take decisions that *clarifiquen the situation, that are steps to forward on the decision, already positive, adopted in Colony; on the character, on the content, on the relation with the Conference *Intergubernamental, on the procedures of preparation and on the own approval of the Letter of fundamental rights. +As well, by part of the Commission of the European Union have subjected to criticism, have put in cloth of trial determined #tending fiscal measures to improve the economic activity and to reduce our high level of unemployment, measures that were adopted by the #basque institutions in exercise of sovereignty and *autogobierno in the matter. +Then backed with decision government work and no *escatimé efforts to avert that the Government of centre left that chaired *sumiera -precisely takes a year- in a crisis favoured by the initiative of the political Group led by the Mr. *Bertinotti. +The #european institutions, in particular the European Commission and the European Parliament, go out *engrandecidas of auditions of the Commissioners designated and the #european citizens, that the have followed (by the press), will be able to find in *ellas -expect- reasons to interest more by the #european construction. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0009\/99) of the Mrs. *Dührkop *Dührkop and of the Mr. *Fabra *Vallés, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on budget projects *rectificativos and supplementary *nº 1, 3 and 4 to the budget of the European Communities for the exercise 1999 (*C5-0021\/1999, *C5-0074\/1999 and *C5-0130\/1999). +Or, and *eso *me seems more #likely, is that the budgetary authority, to the hour to elaborate the budgets, do not takes into account in sufficient measure the needs of credit and absorption capacity real of the different programs? +In the greater part of these situations it is necessary to recognise that a timely action of the international community based in evaluations and early #alert of the situations #can have saved beyond all doubt lives and have reduced *muchísimo the misfortune and the human sufferings. +Subject: Convention of the Nations Joined against the delinquency organised In the article *K.1 of the *TUE, the States members engage to warn and combat #all the forms of delinquency international and contemplate the fight against the delinquency organised like a subject of common interest. +The elimination of mines terrestrial, the customs and the acquisition of basic supplies for the rehabilitation of the houses, the public buildings and, in particular, the Hospital of *Mitrovica are the main points of attention. +The initial results of this examination of the damages that have suffered the houses and the local infrastructure were published in the donor conference organised by the Commission and the World-wide Bank the past July. +The achievement of a just peace in Orient Half, by the that plead in the Socialist Group, only is possible #if, beside the negotiations on the subjects that compose peace diary of this complex conflict, solves the problem of the refugees. +Gentleman President, our Group withdraws the amendment 1, because it has agreed that on squad need permanent sent under the supervision of Nations Joined to zones of international crises debate with general character in the Committee of Subjects External, *cuando #this do not extends, obviously, to *Timor Oriental. +The Commission already has manifested to *Rusia with clarity that to invest the tendency of flight of capital is necessary an urgent improvement and integral of the surroundings of investment and a better protection of the rights of the investors in *Rusia. +The recent death of two #guinean youngsters in a plane with destination to *Bruselas, tragic luck that the Speaker remembered when opening, this Monday, the partial period of sessions, is a cry of alarm that has to *preocuparnos, to deputies #european, and that it has to *hacernos react. +In this context, the Union is important efforts of mediation and of promotion of the dialogue to the different levels of the conflict, and the Commission is had to work by the hit of #alto agreement the fire of *Lusaka in the following fields. +Lady Speaker, this Parliament, as we said along the debate on the investiture of the President of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, will exert an increasingly important paper, and believe that the works of this Parliament will have to be increasingly known in #all States members of the European Union. +Finally, *me upsets the design *chillón and colour combination of #some *alfombrados in the zones of bars, that remember, as it already has said another deputy, to a cheap nocturnal bar in place to evoke the atmosphere dignified wished for this Assembly. +Estimated colleague *Hautala, in it that concerns to the representatives of the Parliament in the Conference of the *OMC in *Seattle already have declared of common agreement that the European Parliament has to be represented in the number of 15 deputies to the equal that the #american Congress that takes like reference, is to say, this position remains invariable independently that finally we adopt or no resolution. +Like this as, to ensure security alimentary in front of it unknown, believe that further of the practice of the scientific committees as it takes too much in States Joined - and it *deploro, even among *nosotros, in the European Union - with decisions adopted to enclosed door, is precise first of all guarantee a true and complete information to the consumer already from the sources of production. +As it is obvious, share the premises of the decision *nº 640 of the Commission of date 23 September 1999, in the *cual *recalcó that, according to the WHO, the dioxin is #one of substances more *cancerígenas that exist, reason by the *cual the WHO has recommended to keep an admissible daily dose the same to 1-4 *picogramos by kilogram of corporal weight. +The difficulty *nos #can pose for the next year and, in fact, in the own decision of the Commission, #if his *Señorías see in the page 7, in section 4 the reference to this subject, says of form very clear that, given the existent budgetary restrictions, #can pose #any difficulty and an adjust in the category 4. +The upper increase to the average registered in *Dinamarca, in *Alemania and also in *España *nos shows the narrow relation that exists among the conditions of access to the networks and increase taxes of the corresponding part to the pertinent electricity of sources of renewable energy. +Receive with *beneplácito the amendment *n1 6 to the letters and) to) (new) of article 2 on the need to boost the export of technologies for the renewable energies of the European Union and boost to the European Council of Export of Renewable Energies. +In the first place, an energetic politics according to the environment, an energetic politics that bet by the future of our planet, is *algo that it has to be present no only in the energetic politics but in politics #worthy of this name *cuando are in the primes of the century *XXI. +By it that refers to amendment 6, wanted to remember here the favourable received of the Commission to the report presented by the Parliament on the new perspectives of the European Union in matter of export of technology and services for the utilisation of the renewable energies *cuando was presented in the Plenary of the past 15 January. +According to the valid economic principles, the offer of energy cheap is totally incompatible with the reduction of the consumption. In context the measures allocated to boost the energetic saving tend to *difuminarse. +Regarding the proposal of recommendation for the *segunda reading, wish to take two considerations and remember that the program *SAVE is oriented mainly to improve the investigation and knowledge exchange technical, #as well as to supervise and control the results reached in the sector (article 2), although with an endowment limited of financial resources. +Gentleman President, want to appreciate again to the Parliament, and very especially to the Mrs. *Ahern, work made and the support reiterated to the politics of the Commission, specifically regarding the improvement of the utilisation of the energy and to the increase of the energetic efficiency that contemplates the program *SAVE. +The past week make a series of significant changes in the maximum administrative levels of the Commission, on the base of a concrete cultural change of the systems of nomination. +Have to add that so much the gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen as *yo have the intention to act so that, in the future, the Commission centre in the most horizontal questions of the business politics, because the sectorial speeches the leave for decision organs. +Of this form will be able to establish #if the decision of the #french Government took on the base of new facts, in #whose case will have his value, or #if, by the contrary, took against of the general norms and then is clear that it will have to withdraw of a form or of #another in the next hours. +In February of 1998, as a result of the criticisms of the Organ of Appeal of the *OMC, the Commission launched 17 studies with the end to facilitate supplementary information concerning the risks in sectors #such as toxicology, the undue use and the environmental looks. +Am convinced that this Parliament goes to exert an essential paper in the debates that go to take place in a next future, especially *cuando after the decision of *Helsinki to concede to *Turquía candidate status, begin the wide process of approximation of the legislations, of the "*screening" . +Finally, #all, or the majority of *nosotros, know that the diet of the individual freedoms, of press freedom, the diet in the prisons and of the police interrogations of *Turquía do not have at all that see with the democracy in the #european civilisation. +is not sufficient the politics of the promises: it that serves is the politics of the concrete facts, the respect of the human rights, the abolition of the pity of death knowing, without embargo, that question *kurda is not a #one question that affects to *Turquía exclusively. +The question of security, without embargo, #can not hide the illegality of the military occupation or of the bombardments against the civil personnel like the that they produce in the south of the *Líbano, or the existence of prisons like the of *Qian, although it follows being *prioritaria the #palestinian question. +The help of the European Union to *Cisjordania and the Strip of *Gaza among 1994 and 1998 elevated to a total of 1.500 millions of euros and the help of the European Union to the Organism of dramas public and aid of Nations Joined during period rose to roughly 505 millions of euros. +Lady Speaker, the proposal of the Conference of Presidents for the calendar of sessions of the European Parliament for the year 2000 got to hands only after the closing of the term for the presentation of amendments. +In this moment *me gave account that there #be a *plenario in *Estrasburgo, specifically the of 12 June of the 2000, that coincides with the Monday of *Pentecostés, that is a day of party official, and therefore a no working day in varied of States members of the European Union, that are *Bélgica, *Dinamarca, *Alemania, *Francia, *Luxemburgo, Low Countries, *Austria and *Suecia. +Gentleman President, in the first place, want to say that I am very satisfied with this vote on the calendar, no owing to a governmental commitment, like the colleague *Berthu, but because I am convinced that only by means of the full use of the labour week will keep our capacity of work, is to say, #if of Thursday do not takes a Friday. +Make, simply, a distinct assessment of the principle of caution. As it occurs often, the Commission gives a high grade of priority to the free circulation of products, and is interesting to check that, by a time, *Francia situates the alimentary security of citizens to an even more high level. +Wanted to that it cooperate immediately of a much more intense mood with *Turquía of it that has taken up to now, that release the financial protocols and that take reality a narrow cooperation to level underneath of the full adhesion, whereas #that that have voted in favour of the resolution, propagate in part the goal *incumplible of a full adhesion so that they #can *utilizarla to humiliate and *vejar to *Turquía. +The President of the Commission left clear his orientation, *cuando, in investiture speech, affirmed that it was necessary to follow restructuring the Only Market and boosting the liberalisation and underlined on purpose the continuation of the process of liberalisation of the sectors of sakes and services. +Therefore, #would expect of the Commission and of the States members that, in the new editorial of the text of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, established an independent and impartial system of solution of controversies that no *nos put in front of the feet of horses as it has occurred in the past. +Thus, want to suggest two things: in the first place, #would owe *adherirnos to the requirement of the colleague *Lange to coordinate closely with Parliament the trade on the broadcasts, as a so gigantic interference in the commercial politics is hardly to carry out against the Parliament. +#Such as it stipulates in the article 6 of the Treaty on the European Union, the Union bases in the common principles to the States members of freedom and democracy, of respect of the fundamental rights and of the basic freedoms, #as well as in the of the Right State. +How measured thinks to adopt the Council to guarantee the rigorous fulfillment of the community legislation in this field? Has the Council intention to urge to the Commission so that it incorporate to the community legislation the recommendations of the *ICCAT? +Finally, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, want *preguntarle #if the fact that number -and *usted *me will say #which- of #european ships have substituted the networks of mesh to the derives by other *artes of high performance means greater protection for the *pesquerías of tuna or #if, by the contrary, is the contrary effect of the that wanted, is to say, an increase of the pressure on the populations of *túnidos. +To the approve the new rule of the structural Bottoms the past month of June, the Council determined in the basic regulation the main goals, the general principles and programming procedures for the period 2000-2006. +But like the Council *le commissioned to the Commission the application of this rule, the Council no has competitions to determine the strategies to follow in the different sectors of the peripheral regions of the Goals 1 and 2, that are under this rule. +In the moment in that a North American study reveals racial inequalities in the administration of the pity of death in *Filadelfia, Government North American #would honour in taking position against this flagrant rape of the International Agreement of Civil Rights and Politicians. +Therefore the Commission has *preconizado in the past in his White Book on the *descongestión of the aerial space European, that the aerial space European has to be object of a central management carried out by a strong international organisation that occupy of #all the looks of use. +Is necessary to devote more bottoms to the alternative energetic resources and when seeming has the impression of that in the future will happen of utilisation of solid fuels and oil to the natural gas and to the sources of energy renewable and of generation of electricity. +have not gone it sufficiently fast, because treating of civil servants think that it was useless to expect to finals of October to take a decision of application with regard to the agents of the Parliament; had sufficed a simple decision of the Table, adopted on the base of the section 5 of article 22. +My colleague, Mr. *Wuermeling, has cleared already with reason that the directive leaves in hands of the States members determine, when an electronic statement of will that goes. *Provista of a digital signature has to equate to a statement with handwritten signature or to a statement for the *cual the Law prescribes the form written. +In the field of security and of the technology, without embargo, *revisten a big importance the technical data, the parameters, the characteristics and the materials that use, #as well as the levels of maintenance and the terms of programming. +How presupposed is the that links until point to the budgetary authority with legislative acts, that #some figures, #some great reflected in the legislative acts and in the programs are so *vinculantes that tend to reduce the budgetary procedure to a group of arbitrations legislative already effected? +In the costs of the Parliament is inscribed a reservation of 7,4 millions of euros referent to leases of the building *Belliard, because lease agreement among the owner and the *arrendatarios, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, even is not concluded. +#If it concludes lease agreement before the end of the year, will deduce the sum quoted of the budget of the Parliament; in fact, the budget of the Parliament represents in this moment the 20,11% of the *rúbrica 5 and the maximum limit fixed by the own Parliament is of the 20%. +Seems that they also #would have to reassign the endowments allocated to humanitarian help for *Kosovo, specifically because big part of the refugees has gone back already to *Kosovo and because the humanitarian help #would constitute a *primer step in the path of the reconstruction of *Kosovo, providing, in the point of game, the protection to persons during the winter. +Second, by the contrary, in the three proposals, the forecasts for possible new commitments are in part very inferior to the amounts *homónimos for the present year. And #this although it foresees a big increase of games relative to the actions in the frame of the *preadhesión, or was, the credits for the candidates to the adhesion. +Appreciate the commitment that have shown in the fight against fraud in the European Union and, in particular, the supplementary commitment that have decided: the Commission of Budgets has voted in favour of a supplementary quantity of 9 millions of euros for the *OLAF. +*Nos occupy of energy programs, the relative to the industry, included the small and medium enterprises, the programs of investigation made inside the programs mark, which *equivale, of course, to pretty much the 60% of the cost in internal politics of the European Union, and the lines on trade and technical assistance. +Using the quantities decided the past year by means of the conciliation on the report *Whitehead, the budgetary lines devoted to questions of consumption will follow generating confidence in the public opinion, *dándoles tranquility that no only are #one *Europa opened to the businesses, but that also take campaign in favour of the rights of the citizens like consumers. +Step now in brief to transport, #if *me allow it, only to say to the deputies that expect that they #can support the initiatives of the Commission of Budgets for *restituir the cuts in the line devoted to the security in the transport and the cuts in the line on sustainable mobility. +Share the rejection of the speaker regarding the proposal of the European Commission to organise from now the cooperation for development through some geographic lines and to reduce the thematic budgetary lines. +Still there #be #one or two countries in the that the Commission and Parliament follow separated regarding the structure and have to be especially alerts in the cases in the that more of the 75% or the 80% of the credits devote to pay the wages and the buildings in place of to some suitable informative politics. +In the field of this strategy *nos pleases to take note that *Timor constitutes #one of the priorities of this budget and, in particular, *nos *congratulamos of acceptance by the speaker of the registration of a new line to confront the reconstruction of this territory, as, by it other, proposed and approve in the Commission of Development and Cooperation. +Simultaneously, without embargo, have to treat to modify the contents and the logic of the budget with the sight put in the challenges that the Union will have in front of yes in the next years and, especially, in the fact that the true enemy to beat in each #one of the States members is unemployment. +An active presence of the European Union in the world-wide stage and his convinced availability to progressive politics of enlargement also to the *Europa *suroriental, to the *Balcanes in perspective of virtual and parallel enlargement of the peace and of the security outlined by the Mr. President *Prodi, are #one of the #few and safe guarantees of stability and prosperity in *Europa that #can not be neglected. +Still is not concluded the work of evaluation of the costs of the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental, #as well as of the back financial plan international of support, by it that still is not possible a calculation *cabal of the #european participation in the costs of reconstruction. +So that the incorporation to the EU constitute a notorious and profitable change for the citizens, will be necessary to change the reality, that the companies and employees believe a labour market so dynamic like just for the workers. +The Agreement *Interinstitucional constitutes a good common legacy for the preparation of the Budget 2000 and for a fine collaboration, and in this sense, after the present debate, *yo have confidence that we will achieve to reach of common agree a solution shared and a responsible budget for the year 2000. +Some contradictory messages about the decisions adopted by the #ECB and of the underlying reasons #can cause market expectations *injustificadas and increase the uncertainty, going like this against of the same goal of transparency with regard to the development of the monetary politics. +Wanted to *recalcar that the information provided in the conferences of press celebrated after the meetings of the Council of Government, together with the analysis included so much in the Monthly Bulletin of the #ECB as in the #others channels of communication approximates a lot, in it essential, to the publication of records *resumidas" . +Guarantee the fine public management in the finances is a half to improve the conditions of stability of prices and to achieve a solid sustainable growth that give place to the generation of employment. +The #ECB has to be watchdog, but like the tax of inflation half of the euro-11 follows still far of the level of the 2 %, believe that I #can expect that the Council of Governors give an opportunity to the growth and, therefore, to a supplementary reduction of unemployment. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, before that at all we have to analyse the *primer period of activity of the Central Bank European that, as #all know, initiated career takes a year with the hope to convert , with the time, in a fundamental institution to take part in the economy of the States members of the Union. +Simultaneously, without embargo, will have to watch the stability of prices to be able to control this greater evil that #all know, or was, the inflation, #as well as keep low types of interest to boost the investments and reactivate the #european industrial sector converting it in competitive regarding other States. +And *eso has carried to #some to talk of species of platonic aristocracy of a series of experts independent to the that it entrusts the decision on the monetary politics thinking -probably with reason- that the money is too much serious so that *nos occupy of *ello the politicians. +Also the publication of the summaries of the meetings of the Council of Administration is a fundamental act, but summaries have to show with clarity the justifications of the decisions adopted so that the agents of the market #can adopt also his own decisions. +Concerning the coins - will know that *yo do not have responsibility on the coins, #this is a question for the ministers of economy - the big difference resides in that it is impossible to obtain guarantees in it that concerns to the coins, since the coins are put in circulation, generally, by the sector of sales and no by the banks. +*Colombia expects can fund jointly with the countries that of #one or form see connected to the chain of the business of the drug, the infrastructure of the project and wait, likewise, link the private capital, so much national like foreigner, to the economically productive companies so that they incorporate advanced technologies and new capitals. +(*PT) Lady Speaker, *Señorías, in the conclusions of *Tampere combine a firm political message on the priority conceded to the construction of a Space of Freedom, Security and Justice and worry for establishing priorities centred in the questions that affect directly to the daily life of the citizens. +The Commission proposes with taste act in the sense to apply the ambitious program of action of fight against the bleaching of capitals, that comports modifications so much in the external position of the Union as in the plane of the legislation of each #one of the States members. +*Yo believe that it is #one of the basic freedoms that we have to defend, and in this sense, an only system of asylum is very important, and say it coming of a country in the that the political asylum allowed to fighters by the freedom save his life and continue in other #european countries. +The Commission no only *atreve to affirm that the goal is far to be reached, but that ascertains besides that grow the traffic and the consumption of *estupefacientes, it that involves that a fine part of the money spent up to now has not resulted to be an investment against the drug, but to boost diffusion. +Splitting of my experience in the charge, now believe that the circulation without any control of the persons in world-wide terms during the next 20 or 30 years, so much #if it bases in economic subjects as in climatic subjects, represents a colossal challenge for the order established and democracy. +The limit that #everyone will comprise and will respect is the that in this same moment neither the Commission neither the European Parliament have formulated of precise form and detailed position and his proposals for the next institutional negotiation that will initiate to the beginning of the next year. +The Commission, *despechada by have not been able to block the debate, *apresuró to appoint by his account a group of work restricted, to the that in followed described of group of experts, *cuando results that his members are not more expert that the majority of persons here present. +The members of the delegation #european of the *PvdA have voted in favour of an amendment that consolidates *procedimentalmente the resolutions of the European Parliament of 3 December 1998 and of 5 May 1999 related with the statute of the deputies to the European Parliament. +Have voted against the resolution of the European Parliament relative to the annual report 1998 of the Central Bank European (#ECB), as it approves said report, that, to his time, situates in the perspective of the step to a monetary system European entirely unified. +In #day of the start of the negotiations of the *OMC, have to remember that company strategy -included the multinationals- has to take into account, in plan of equality with the economic and financial data, the human data so that millions of #european employees #can conserve his places of work and his dignity. +*Michelin has reduced -true is- the number of places of work in 25.000 in twenty years, but -have to remember it to #some- treats of 25.000 disappearances of places of work owed to the efforts of productivity comparable in #all the industrial sectors and, in particular, in the of the car and of the tyres: of these 25.000 only 186 have been dismissals. +The European Union considers the Treaty of no proliferation of nuclear arms like a key instrument in the system of international security, instrument that offers the global guidelines to promote the no proliferation of nuclear arms and the nuclear disarmament. +#would Wish that they took advantage of any opportunity to explain and highlight to his colleagues of the Senate why #would have to reconsider vote on the Treaty and how a commitment renewed with the no international proliferation and the control of arms will benefit to the American interests in matter of security, #as well as a greater security and international stability. +The *detractores Americans of treaties like the that today *nos occupies forget the fact, aims, that States Joined already have left to make proofs and that the Treaty helped to freeze the world-wide advance of nuclear arms *cuando States Joined enjoys of an enormous strategic advantage. +The majority of the orators have made the *importantísima distinction among the States Joined and the Administration of the States Joined, on the one hand, and the American Senate and the Republican majority in particular, by #another, as they have signalled the Mr. Baron, Mr. *Haarder and the Mr. *Elles #among others. +Gentleman President, now has remained perfectly clear that the majority of colleagues of this Assembly share my *convencimiento that the tragedy of *Chechenia #can have averted #if the European Union had shown a firm attitude with regard to the #russian aggression. +Although it is simpler to understand through the plots of agencies and institutions, a basic purpose of the program will be to break this barrier and favour culture of the bases of the society, since his function is not to create an official culture. +On the other hand, the just worry expressed by Mr. #Perry, signatory of said amendment, regarding that the Parliament had to control in these years the cost and the budget of the Observatory, follows valid from the moment in that we leave the five years, is to say, leave to the Observatory the possibility to program organic and amply the valuable functions that has. +The transparency to establish in this way is a previous condition *irrenunciable for the political performance in the road of *Europa to the society of the information, although perhaps #this no *les enjoy too much to #that that want that they open wide open without limitations the doors to power interests in the market. +In the future, the Commission foresees to expand the activities that makes the Observatory, in particular, in two concrete fields: the application of a statistical structure to treat the information in the frame of *Eurostat and preparation for the negotiations of the *GATT 2000. +Nevertheless these difficulties and the *recrudecimiento of the problems registered lately, said idea has carried to the Parliament to extend to *Turquía the proposal in the session of the past 25 February and, takes days, to the Commission to take a measure in this sense. +Create, simply, that the problems that have posed in this occasion will be examined by the Commission of Budgets, in the frame of work group created by the president *Wynn, on the group of the politics of subvention of our institution. +The articles 2 and 4 of the Annex of the Regulation collect #some disposals that contradict clearly the Protocol on the privileges and immunities in it that to the condition of the deputies refers and that, besides, regulate the question of the immunity of a form that moves away of it stipulated in the corresponding rule of the mentioned protocol. +Decide *impulsivamente and by majority a question of this type attributing to the subject of the *anejos meaning that do not takes into account that these agreements affect to fundamental questions, supposes, in some mood, be missing to the fundamental reason, to the purpose to be of the norm that are. +1) Wish that it underline the importance of the no resolved problems by the Round *Uruguay (and #whose harmful effects today begin to suffer) in the fields of the social costs that *yo mentioned before, but also in the of the environment, of the public health, of feeding, #etcetera. +With #everything, is necessary to remember that, solos against #all, or almost, *nos had denied to approve the Round *Uruguay, so much in the National Assembly #french as in the European Parliament, precisely by this reason: thought that it was very dangerous to accept important reductions of tariffs *aduaneros, without having resolved before the essential collateral problems. +Support, in this sense, and have said it on purpose ten deputies pertaining to the subgroup Free Alliance European of the Green Group\/European Free Alliance, the resolution presented by the Popular Party European, by the Socialist Party European and by the Group *UEN. +Affects to a form of life that populates our coasts, of form that with the agriculture populates our inner territory and -why not to say it- affects to a fundamental contribution of the feeding of #all the group of the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the #french study confirms that in the case of the *EEB do not exist reliable scientific criteria to determine the cause, the mood of transmission and the incubation period of the illness, not even regarding the human variant of the *EEB. +To continuation parts signed a new protocol that establishes the technical and financial conditions in the frame of the *cuales the crafts of the Community #can fish in the waters of *Angola for the period comprised among 3 May 1999 and on 2 May of the 2000. +This type of agreements -always that they conserve the biological resources, is to say, that do not produce #one *sobrexplotación- also benefits to the countries in the that it carries out activity, so much by the monetary contribution of the European Union as by the help that provides, for example, in matter of professional training and of scientific investigation. +The opacity that accompanies to the processes of dialogue *macroeconómico, the absence in east, even of the European Parliament, take more intense #ours worry by *encontrarnos, once again, in front of an attempt to revoke the fundamental rights of the workers and of *minar it that it #can remain in *Europa of the social model European. +As well, these four actors are an extraordinarily dangerous mix that, on the one hand, treats to delete the true problem for *Europa, is to say, the fault of a true economic politics and, by #another, treats to toughen the system with negotiations little clear, to spite of unemployment and of the market. +Have a dialogue among the that direct the monetary politics, is to say, the Central Bank European; the political strengths of *Europa, to those who represents the Council and the Presidency; and the social speakers, that represent to the strengths of production and of the work. +Still will take long in seeing the light and maybe is better that like this was, but anyway yes agree with Mr. *MacCormick in that the fiscal situation of the artists that work in different countries of the Union deserves our attention. Am had to confront this problem as long as *me get wise suggestions to the *respecto. +#If it results that in some countries the social norms are more demanding that in #others, #if it results that #some norms allocated to the conservation, the defence and protection of the environment are more demanding and more strict in some countries that in #others, will not be able to prevent that said countries go further of the generally accepted criteria. +Finally, do not accept that it was the EU the that establish prescriptive norms to the States members on the key subject of the unemployment and consider an evil presage the suggestions that have made deputies of the side of the Assembly this morning in the sense that they #would have to reinforce the guidelines or even *hacerlas *vinculantes. +Is necessary, nevertheless, that the guidelines and recommendations to scale #european translate in concrete and quantifiable goals, to the *cuales the States members have to tend with his respective national plans. Some concrete goals that establish dip *mensurables to half term, convergent in terms of tax of employment and of reduction of the *gap existent among masculine and feminine employment, even through investments in infrastructures and in the services, of promotion of the juvenile employment. +*Señorías, has formulated repeatedly proposal of a more systematic collaboration among the Commission and the European Parliament to the service of a more effective impulse of the strategy for the #european politics. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0042\/1999) on the common position approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the Council on the fulfillment of the labour schedule of sea persons on board of the fuselages that use community ports (8639\/1\/1999 - *C5-0035\/1999 - 1998\/0321(*COD)) (Commission of Employment and Social Subjects) (Speaker: Mr. *Hughes) +Lady Speaker, on the presentation of the report of the Court of Accounts, is true that, in this moment, the report of the Court of Accounts -that before happened almost unobserved- has converted in an important news and of actuality of face to the press. +By this reason, neither #would have to hesitate now in the last stone of the legislation and choose here the road of the Conciliation Committee, since, obviously, the Council do not has brave to give the last jump and has shown very *remiso in a pair of points. +Want to signal that the European Commission and the European Parliament have boarded wide queries about #all these subjects with the #european industry of the car, that, voluntarily, accepted a calendar for *recortar dioxide broadcasts of carbon in the new cars a 25% for the year 2008. +#If decisions mean that the simplest solution is the most used ,is to say, develop the technician to clean the gases of the combustion using catalysts that require great quantities of solution of *amoniaco, then the alone distribution of this solution of *amoniaco to #all the *gasolineras of *Europa will take that it lose a fine part of the environmental benefit. +The program *Daphne has like goal support and recognise the work made by the no governmental organisations, #as well as other organisations -included the public authorities that occupy of violence-, and procure that they collaborate among *ellas, the exchange of fine practices -included projects pilot to scale community on the prevention of the violence-, and the support and protection of boys, teenage and women. +has to measure the real impact of the distinct types of violence on the victims to determine the timely answers, evaluate the types and the efficiency of the measures and practical to warn and detect violence, support to the victims and warn a future exhibition to #the same. +The European Parliament and, in particular, the Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities have exerted a paper of paramount importance when including firmly in the #european agenda the question of the violence against the women and the boys. +This week the world celebrates the *décimo anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Boy, that is the treaty on human rights more ratified in the world and the legal statement wider of the rights of boys all over the world. +Have to *propiciar a collective reflection on the conditions of life of boys in #all the #european countries, especially in the urban zones, and engage a collaboration and the bottoms of help to the families needed, especially the *monoparentales or with handicapped parents. +By this reason, the European Parliament has to send an influential message to #all the institutions of the European Union, to the international organisms and to the no governmental organisations that say that we have to take disappear shame current. +Finally, will say that *cuando take the *segunda reading, #if *nos take seriously the creation of employment, #if *nos take seriously the need to keep the competitiveness of our industries, #if we are serious regarding support to the companies, #some of *nosotros perhaps think that we have gone too much far and that has got the moment to put a limit. +To end have achieved that it adopted an amendment that foresees the obligation of the Commission to present in the year 2003 an exhaustive report to show how is it that has improved thanks to the work of this Commission of investigation. +do not believe, without embargo, that was the moment neither the place to put dates of caducity to the #british cheque and to the discounts conceded to determined countries in the finance of said cheque, more still *cuando decision proposals have not been approved still in the different national Parliaments. +*Me cheers that the Parliament have occupied again so acutely of the question of the structure of finance and *me cheer personally even more to having been able to ascertain points common among the positions that have exposed today in the debate and my basic position. +The costs of agriculture constitute a very delicate question in breast of the EU, since the agricultural politics is the only sector in the that the EU *incide in the direct income of the citizens. +#If we matter more of the 50% of the total consumption of energy of the European Union, then owe *preguntarnos how #can guarantee security of supply in front of the climatic modifications that no only *nos #can and *nos go to reach in front of the broadcasts of CO2 that take place all over the world #if we do not react, but especially also #if they produce modifications in the political climate. +Goal of the European Union is to create a space of freedom, security and of the right in the that it guarantee the free circulation of the persons and in the that the citizens of the Union #can demand his rights with guarantees that have in front of the Courts of his own country. +The entrance in vigour of this regulation goes to close lagoon in the field of the international private right and represents an important step to take of the Union a space of freedom, security and of the right. +Gentleman President, treating of the report of Mrs. *Gebhardt, do not put in doubt the fine intentions of our speakers and share his worry for strengthening the juridical security of the persons in the frame of subjects matrimonial so delicate like painful for the interested. +In relation with the development of the procedures of execution -it that calls the *exequátur of the foreign trials- development is beyond all doubt useful in civil matter, as in matter of divorce or of parental right, as they are useful some looks of the judicial mutual help, but is precise to take care of not going too much far by this path. +#If #one about realistic mood to the things, it is necessary to concede of course to the countries time term for the adaptation to the corresponding standards of security and not proceeding according to the method of or *desconectar immediately or leave in operation to the reactors until the end of his useful life. +What before recognise our neighbours that the nuclear security is our common worry, so much before will be possible to keep the negotiations with our neighbouring countries of a constructive and open mood and conclude also the negotiations on enlargement. +To the listen it, when listening to my mates along the debate, remembered the recent electoral campaign and the answers that had to give, in this moment, to our constituents on needs to found and to finish the #european construction. +In this political solution, no only has to consider how is it that *nosotros wish -are perfectly that this subject has an enormous importance in #some States members and, #such as it has shown the debate, at present especially for *Austria-, but that in a political solution is necessary to see of course also that this subject has purchased meanwhile in the countries candidates almost a theological importance. +(IN) In relation with the scientific information and his evaluation and other, treats of a question that am no only by the events of the last weeks, *cuando security agency alimentary of the Been member that it treats adopted a different opinion of the of the Managerial Committee Scientist. +The goal is rather the to establish a frame in the that it have exhaustive information on the tobacco and his dangers, that will complement the community prohibition of advertising of the tobacco to counter the efforts of this industry with seen to attract to new smokers, in particular young. +But no *me fits the lower doubt that it will expect of *nosotros that take a considerable contribution to the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental, #if well *me imagine that His *Señoría will suit *conmigo in that #others have to take contributions also and *me imagine that His *Señoría #would consider also wise on our part that we took out the educations of reconstruction activities in other places, in particular in *Kosovo, to watch by that the bottoms that contribute in *Timor Oriental employ of the more effective and fast form possible. +Without embargo, *permítaseme answer to his question and say without vacillation that the resolution 1244 of the Security Council of the Nations Joined comports a complete authority, there #be not attempt #any of *diluirla: by it that to me *respecta, is the foundation of our activity in *Kosovo and do not wish *apartarme of said resolution and of his application neither a centimetre. +Subject: Agreement of 1983 relative to the compensation to victims of violent infringements Recently, the Commission has taken a call so that #all the States members ratified the Agreement of 1983 relative to the compensation to the victims of infringements violent. +And believe that the #greek taxpayers have to know with how difficulties finds the Commission in the file *Olympic, #which are the problems that has found and that *le take, from time to time, hesitate so much in front of the requests of the #greek authorities and that follow, by it that have understood in his answer, taking that the Commission doubt, even now, on the subject of the *tercer term of help to *Olympic *Airways. +Nevertheless, #everything *ello #would remain protected then by the credibility and the common interest, and in this way #would create a base to continue advancing to the designation of Mr. #Solana like General Secretary of the *UEO and the full integration of #the same, without need to continue keeping a capsule allocated to house the article 5. +is not necessary to say that I disagree of my colleague #irish the Mrs. *McKenna, because I believe that the establishment of a politics of defence of the EU is a requirement for the authentic #european integration so important like the only coin. +Wanted to that the European Parliament adopted a strong and clear position and that the right to dignity, to the health, to finish with the poverty, to the house, to the freedom was above the liberalism, above the benefits. +Like this, as, #there is a contradiction that have signalled to his attention, gentleman President; in front of this contradiction, from my point of sight, has to give faith it that has read the President, that is "gross national product", and no it that says the original version, that is another thing, is "gross inner product". +Gentleman President, *yo also have thought that perhaps *le interest to know that today it has produced an advance very *gratificante in peace process of *Irlanda of the North: the announcement of the IRE that has intention to appoint to a representative that commission to coordinate with the General #John of *Chastelain the *decomiso of arms of the *paramilitares. +Nevertheless, now is possible to negotiate rules that will govern the trade of products and services, and is possible to act so that the freedoms of the capital do not propagate to a so wide part of the planet like system of exploitation, to the equal that has occurred with the electronic capitalism. +In this sense, remember that the 174 countries members of the International Organisation of the Work that engaged to respect the four categories of fundamental rights in matter of work, even in the case of not ratifying the agreements, are in majority also members of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +Finally, want some exchanges that produce a durable development, creating a bond among trade agreements and the #others great international commitments on the fundamental rights of the work, on the alimentary security, on the protection of the environment. +*Cuando the fault of integration has to in the first place to a fault of resources or to insufficient capacities, is precise to provide to the countries in roads of development a technical and financial assistance to increase capacity of negotiation and to apply the measures decided in the *OMC. +The Parliament is had to collaborate in a wide reform of the Treaties and to watch by that the European Union follow being in conditions to adopt the necessary decisions after enlargement, without losing on the other hand his transparency for the citizens, so as to that #this #can *comprenderla and also *aceptarla. +*Yo believe that Parliament, in his quality of representative of the citizens and the citizens, will have to continue working acutely in the context of the next Conference *Intergubernamental to ensure that #this answer really to the great expectations of the inhabitants of the Union and also of the countries candidates to the adhesion. +*Amsterdam already was *algo better that #others *CIG previous in the sense that it was prepared by a reflection group in the that took part the Parliament and in the sense that it published a report detailed giving to know #all the proposals presented in the *CIG and *haciéndolas of the public command, and also because the Parliament #can send to two representatives to at least #some of the meetings. +The European Union has condemned in diverse occasions the rapes of the human rights occurred in *Afganistán, especially, the systematic discrimination and constant of women and young girls, shootings without previous trial and the own system, based in a severe discipline and in the tightness. +It that *ustedes perhaps consider worrisome, it that go to read, is not a decision of the Parliament, is decision project that is integral part of the Agreement *Interinstitucional, already published - with #the same identical words - in the Official Diary of the past 31 May. +#If the governments and the citizens #can have the security that we have effective means to decide how #Be is responsible of the examination of asylum appeal and to confront with the problem of the multiple appeals of asylum, *nos will facilitate the work to promote norms of asylum elevated and *equitativas. +Take advantage of this opportunity to give security to the Mrs. Clod *i *Cusí that the digital prints of the immigrants only use for the planned concrete purpose in the Agreement of *Dublín -is to say for his analysis- or was to see #if they have requested asylum in another Been member. +Now treats to know #if it #can accept that, little by little, decision after decision, resolving #all the problems with the pretext to fix *litigios commercial, the *ORD finish by *erigirse in species of world-wide Supreme Court, and impose his points of sight to the governments and to the parliaments chosen. +Is necessary to defend the principle of the community preference and, therefore, restitution system to the export, including the products designated "out of the annex 1", is to say, pertinent alimentary products of agricultural products Europeans that commercialise to an upper price to the international price. +Is that, as it says Subject Commission Juridical and of the Inner Market, in normal circumstances only will be able to be collected the impressions *dactilares of criminals and suspicious individuals to having committed penal infringements and no of applicants of right of asylum, refugees or citizens of third countries in irregular situation in the territory or in the border of a Been member. +Monday the Council decided to withdraw the motion that had presented, with the pretext that it collected a fundamental article of the Universal Statement of the Human Rights; the Tuesday approved texts that quoted again the fundamental articles of #the same. +The death pity is an extreme sanction, and this Parliament and the #european institutions have to take part with the maximum firmness in front of *Rusia so that it go back to reconsider the question, withdraw the indictment and respect our call in favour of the immediate release. +No it is necessary to see, as, in this decision neither the absence of an external politics neither the fact that we have yielded in front of #any pressure, but that treats of an assessment by the Union of the risk that existed - had account of the amendments proposed - of *encontrarnos, in name of this legitimate fight, and that *nosotros share, underneath of #that that had won before. +By #everything *ello, is urgent that reinforce in collaboration with the Nations Joined #all the contacts that have like European Commission to boost the development of stability pact. Have to promote the attention and the political energy of #all #that that are in the zone so that the pact of stability convert in reality. +This release is, in reality, enough *sintomática of the fault of will to effect the balance of genocide, and especially of the will of *silenciar the implication of the #european countries, in particular of *Francia, #whose complicity, at least passive, has put in evidence a recent parliamentary investigation. +This proposal of resolution *equivoca when mentioning the need that it go back to *instituir or implant democracy: rather #would have to take a call in favour of the progress to the democracy, and propose a practical program for the European Union that facilitate this progress. +Whereas the opening to the capitalist economy translates by the fall of the production and by a considerable impoverishment of the majority of the population, war swallows important sums, by not talking of the cost of the corruption that the accompanies. +Is true -and #some of *ustedes have posed it- that, regarding the relations with the Court of Accounts, there #be a problem of legislation primary that obviously will be necessary to modify, #if it wants to apply to the European Bank of Investments deal that to the community institutions. +Fits to remember the mandate of the European Council of Colony to the Commission; fits to remember that before finals of 1999 had to have a specific and special treatment that still has not got; fits to remember that, in these moments, are diary legislative of the Commission for the year 2000. +Without embargo, #can *asegurarles, Mr. President and Mr. speaker that, in the next negotiations on a proposal *concerniente to the Canarian Islands on the base of Article 299 (2) of the Treaty, the Commission will take in consideration his comments on the question #as well as the observations of the Parliament during the debate. +In the last years, because of #european politics and to politics of the successive governments, have lost 6.000 places of direct work in siderurgy, 6.000 places of direct work in the *minería, 10.000 small agricultural exploitations, have lost places of work in the manufacture of arms and have lost places of work in the naval sector. +The title says «Situation in the *Egeo», and the author of the text in a document #ours, of the European Parliament, presents to the islands of the *Egeo, integral part of the #greek territory, in accordance with the international treaties, like a region #whose sovereignty contested #Grecia and *Turquía. For show it more clearly to *usted, lady. +In view of that we do not have #all the possibilities wished to allow to this world-wide agency succeed -of course, will take all it possible for *ello, but the other have to *seguirnos-, have decided to elaborate simultaneously a plan of action #european against doping and this time will have #all the freedom to fulfil with our obligations. +Without embargo, *cuando #there is a clear conflict on purpose of the norms of the competition, but the federations engage to use the bottoms collected for *dedicarlos to the education and the social action in the sport, #some practical #can remain *exentas of the norms of the competition. +Believe that we have to be extremely accurate with this subject in the Summit of *Helsinki. And *ello because it #can take a *constatación related with the question: the *constatación that *Turquía with path political sample not comprising that a narrower relation with *Europa happens by the satisfaction of determined requirements, the requirements that have been fixed in texts and resolutions of the European Union. +Regarding the Letter of Rights Fundamental, is important also that it #can no only expand the rights that today already are established in letters and treaties, but also recognise rights of the social and economic spheres, and especially that it was innovative and creative in the sphere of the new rights related with environmental questions and with the protection of the rights of consumers. +Finally, gentleman President, also support it *cuando pretends that they approve the strategic lines established in the conclusions of the Council of *Tampere, in particular in the fight against the drug traffic and expect that the #portuguese Presidency was available to approve in the next semester his plan of action. +#Can take a list of countries to the that, in bottom, *les #would interest and #would wish to go in to form part of this *Europa *confiriéndole afterwards a distinct nature of it that is not: *Europa is not a treaty *aduanero, is not a zone of *librecambio; *Europa is a union of countries and by #this the have called European Union. +Like this, in my city of *Lyón, a young historian without resources and to the that *yo did not know, the Mr. *Plantin, has been condemned by the simple offence to having mentioned, like bibliography, in a scholarly review that edits, dramas that rectify historical errors to the that it no longer adheres any serious historian, was *cual went orientation. +has invoked against *él *ora the law on the publications that corrupt to youth, that #can find other fields of application, *ora the law of the communist French *Gayssot, that forces, for example, to follow attributing to the Germans the slaughtering of thousands of #polish officials in *Katyn, in spite of that the #soviet recognised *haberla committed. +Against, without embargo, of it that defend the Council and the Commission on the progresses of democracy in *Turquía -to judge by which seems that said progresses happen in the first place by the businesses of the multinationals-, the reality *nos shows of the most graphic mood that has registered an impairment of the situation. +#If it is like this, *yo *me ask how explains that somebody like *Akim *Birdal was in favour that we adopt a new strategy, how explains that other #turkish representatives are likewise in favour that we adopt a new strategy and how explains that #all opposition contrary to the Government and also the civil society are in favour that we adopt another strategy, #if #this only represents a measure of support to the Government. +#If the initial goal was the to reach that the public have easily access to information updated, the speaker goes more far when requiring no only the frequency of the facilitation of information, but also the diversity of media to the that resort to spread said information and is not *poca thing. +The strategy is definitely consistent, since it knows that around half of the total broadcasts of CO2 are associated to the traffic of vehicles, but also is precise to consider that roughly a 12% of the total of broadcasts of CO2 generate in the European Union, whereas the rest of the world issues a 88%. +Personally, believe that the commission of *Helsinki #can offer the guidelines, in addition to for his own main function, or was, the protection of the half marine, also for the execution of the program of the Diary 21 and, probably, for the coordination of rational regional plans. +Nevertheless, this agreement of the Council of ministers has produced an important unrest among the producers of the rest of the countries, specifically *España, #Italia and #Grecia, that really are very competitive in the transformation and in tomato production. +From the point of sight of the citizens, it essential is not it that last the possibility of the optional use of #one or coin, but during how much time the banks will accept the conversion of the old coin in the new euro of free form. +The fact to underline the importance that the decisions base in data and scientific studies and technicians is fundamental, did not concerns so only to the common organisation of the market of the products of the fishing but also to the general management of fishing. +Support the common organisation of the markets and the strengthening of producer organisations, but have problems, first of all, regarding the risk that the costs see unnecessarily increased, and also regarding the concrete form in that here it is fixed the age of intervention, although we recognise that it has to be greater. +. (GIVE) The *socialdemócratas #danish in the European Parliament have voted today in favour of the proposal of *codecisión relative to the *preparativos of the meeting of the European Council in *Helsinki days 10 and 11 December 1999, since in general we agree with the recommendations of the proposal regarding the important subjects in matter of employment, environment, enlargement, etc. that appear in the agenda. +Follow thinking that the Bosses of State and of Government have to fix in the first place a realistic agenda that take possible to close the governmental conference before the end of the year 2000, of form that do not arise relative obstacles to the Treaty for the next enlargement of the EU. +The text says like this: "take upsetting in that the development of the *PESC has to base mainly in the principle that the conflicts and crises have to be warned and handled with civil and peaceful means and that the military means only have to use like last resource, having to #this be sufficiently protected by a mandate of the UN or of the *OSCE, and without that it mean increase of the military costs." +since #this is a very sensitive question and place that finish to return of *Turquía of a brief trip of the parliamentary delegation, wanted to *pedirle an explanation, lady Speaker, and, in concrete, especially taking into account that already there #be had time agreements that the European Union is a #christian community. +Gentleman Commissioner, *Europa also has contributed to *ello overloading the agenda with subjects that swims had to see with the international trade and offering #one *coartada to the one who had special interest by *ralentizar the process of integration of the world-wide markets: interest that surely, repeat, was not neither the of the #european consumers neither neither of the #indian workers or *paquistaníes. +No only will favour the democratic transparency of the *OMC, but that will help to provide a continuous link with the no governmental organisations, and besides will favour the gradual evolution of the no commercial subjects of the agenda. +Gentleman President, lamentably, as it already has said, the balance of *Seattle has not been especially positive. The only true leading were demonstrators that, in spite of claiming #a lot of fine reasons that #can share perfectly, thought, *equivocándose, that the failure of the Summit #can represent of by himself\/hisself a victory, a solution to the grave problems posed. +In said elections #some candidates presented his candidature so much to the European Parliament as to the national Parliament and, besides, #some candidates were potential members of the future Government *luxemburgués, it that, in accordance with section 1 of the article 6 of the quoted Record of 20 September 1976, is incompatible with the quality of deputy to the European Parliament. +do not go to achieve that it leave to use methyl bromide for shortening the terms; rather run the risk to go in in an unwanted dynamics of *incumplimiento and fraud that goes to give a contrary result to the wished by #all. +The European Union, as it has said this afternoon, has to be to the avant-garde, without embargo, in matter of recovery of the coats of ozone in the stratosphere, #as well as of containment of the effect *invernadero, result do not measures by the step of *Europa but in the context of a global vision. +The decision to award to *Turquía the statute of country candidate to the adhesion is, definitely, a political gesture bear with the #turkish diet, although *Turquía has not taken it more minimum to fulfil the known requirements that EU has imposed. +This decision encourages to the #turkish diet to continue violating the human rights, to follow forward with the genocide of the village *kurdo, with the occupation of the 38% of the #cypriot territory, to follow projecting pretences territorial in the *Egeo. +The European Union do not has to commit errors that the Council of *Europa, that accepted to *Turquía, in his moment, although it was *flagrantemente against of the criteria of belonging to this relative organisation to the protection of the minorities and of the human rights. +#There is had advances, definitely, in relation with the previous Conference *Intergubernamental, but it more worrisome is that the Council had on the table a proposal that #would have given more leadership to the European Parliament, that *le #would have recognised place similar to the that goes to have the Commission in these negotiations, and no the approved. +But know that, alas, after the route of the silk, came the route of the oil, afterwards the of the cocaine, to continuation the of the heroine and now, alas, happen to the route of the traffic of materials, that are very dangerous for the peace and the security of the citizens. +Recently the #italian Government has refused the appeal of a city council with a clear tourist vocation, *Taormina, to open a casino and, to time, has authorised the casino of #Venecia to open a branch in *Mestre. +In the first place, the proposal of *exoneración by categories of agreements excepts the agreements of supply of beer that contemplate a clause that forbid the competition, celebrated among the manufacturers of beer that possess a quota of market inferior to the 30% and owners of bars or public venues. +Regarding the specific characteristics of the forest sector, takes #few date the Commission has taken public a communication on the competitiveness of the industries of forest products and of the industries *conexas of the European Union. +Have left clear that the consumer is it only that *nos concerns in *Europa. With this object, have reinforced the Security Service of the Foods, to end to transmit a signal in this sense, and have consigned in the presupposed resources in favour of the socially disadvantaged, that *nos allow to advance in the fight against the unemployment. +*Señorías, *les communicate that this morning it has found a suspicious package in the *alrededores of the building *Louise *Weiss and that the #french police, in collaboration with our security services, has forbidden the entrance to the building and has effected a control, #whose result, has been negative. +For example, the elimination of the broadcasts in the traffic and a reduction of the 10 percent in the sectors of the home, industry and the own production of energy. The measures of the EU to limit CO2 broadcasts of the trucks are necessary. +To stabilise the climate and reassure to the inhabitants, without using too much the notion of protection of the environment -that has wanted to leave for the environmentalists-, *esgrime the protocol of *Kioto, cow crazy", the dioxins and the debate on the *OMG. +To end to fulfil with the commitments collected in the Protocol of *Kioto, the EU has to help instead to promote the renewable energies and look for suitable solutions from the point of sight environmental of form that reduce the current level of broadcasts of CO2. +Recently, a private commercial conflict that affected to the financial interests of political leaders of Chinese gave place to the kidnapping in *Macao of a man of businesses #australian innocent of #chinese origin, Mr. #James *Pang, that was condemned to seven years of prison in Chinese by false charges. +Like speaker of the European Parliament had the opportunity to assist to the Forum of the *ONG in *Beijing #as well as to the Governmental Conference of the 189 States. Obviously, have followed very of wall events of the last five years, no only in the European Union but also in the countries in roads of development. +The Treaty *Euratom do not establishes the query of the Parliament, but, of compliance with the Agreement *interinstitucional that exists with the European Parliament, the Council has engaged to not formalising agreement but after having requested the *dictamen of the European Parliament. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0080\/1999), in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of Consumer, concerning the common position (9616\/1999 - *C5-0182\/1999 - 1998\/0240(*COD)) approved by the Council with seen to the adoption of the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the orphan medicines (Speaker: Mrs. *Grossetête) +Follow requiring the debate around the *equiparación and the reforms in the EU, without embargo, above #all has to take an active stake in front of the countries in roads of development and in relation with the help allocated to *Kosovo, the *Balcanes, etc. to end to guarantee also the incorporation and the participation of women in the development and in the reconstruction. +With seen to the meeting of the UN in New *York, needs that we accelerate preparation process, in what European Union, #if it is that really we wish to have a substantive participation and to the height of the prestige of the Union so much in the preparatory works as in the own meeting. +The Commissioner has stood out the situation of the Parliament and his important paper, has mentioned also the insufficiency of the action plan, the need of develop it and the importance to assume clear political positions. +Lady Speaker, when denying to raise the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british, the #french Government has preferred to face up to a punctual and momentary crisis with partners #european before that risk to that, inside some months or years, burst a scandal related with the illness of *Creutzfeld-#Jacob. +From the beginning of the crisis of the meat of *vacuno, deputies of the Scottish Nationalist Party of the Parliament have defended *insistentemente an evaluation by separate of the situation in *Escocia, with seen to the staggered resumption of the export. +With regard to the question of #if it produced a delay or #if procedures will carry in last instance in front of the courts later of it that #would have taken according to the procedure of notification official, have to say that the first letter that sends the Commission demands usually an answer in the term of two months. +In case of *litigio in front of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the processes no only celebrate among the immediate parts -in this case, the Commission and *Francia-, but that also the States members have #all the right to take part in #the same: Realm Joined or any #another Been member. +The Council remembers that, inside the frame of the association treaties that have signed with each #one of the aspiring countries, specified the particular needs of each #one of *ellos in relation with the legislation and procedures in this matter, #as well as the goals that each #one of the aspiring States has to reach. +*Permítame mention an example that know well, that is not #another that the of my country: in #Grecia, that has ten millions of inhabitants, already there #be in this moment million and half of immigrants, of economic refugees or of other categories of immigrants, it that means that the active population of the country has increased in a twenty percent. +Subject: Compliance with the community politics and access to the information of the European Bank of Investments (*BEI) In March of 1998 the European Bank of Investments conceded a credit of 60.000 millions, roughly, to the company *Gardaland *S.*p.To., for the enlargement of the park of attractions of name. +Gentleman President, as I indicated in my first answer on this subject, the Commission will deliver to the Council proposal to the *respecto in January of the 2000, and a time that the proposal of the Commission was in being able to of the Council, the Council will begin *considerarla and will determine his posture in front of this subject. +This problem went back to be treated in session of the Council of 6 October 1999 and decided that in the following session of the Council, in December, #would keep a wide debate on the subject, basing in the report that was the Commission. +Likewise, the Council urged especially to the Government of *Rusia to avert civil victims and to guarantee the arrival without obstacles to his destination of the humanitarian help, also of the help allocated to the increasing group of persons forced to displace to *Ingusetia from origin places.. +The first stipulates that the States members have to implant the compulsory identification of the meat of *vacuno from 1 January of the year 2001. The *segunda proposal establishes that it will apply a transitory rule, is to say, identification system *facultativo, until 31 December of the year 2000. +Lady Speaker, illustrated deputies, ladies and gentlemen, the exercise of our more basic right to choose our own future, like free and independent country, already left to foresee tragic consequences, but our village did not hesitate in showing, once again, that is firmly determined to defend freedoms. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0099\/1999) of Mr. *Murphy, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the common position of the Council with seen to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establish measured of fight against the *morosidad in the commercial operations (8790\/1999 - *C5-0125\/1999 - 1998\/0099(*COD)) +To finish, still wanted to express, of mood, my gratitude to #all the attendants of the Commission of budgets, that have had to act really during days followed, giving the thanks to the same time to #all the Parliament and especially to my own Group by his firm and *vigoroso support in #all the stages of this subject. +Finally, want to underline that in the modern conception of the study of the consequences of the penal trial, pity has to have a function *reeducadora and allow the rehabilitation of the citizen that has mistaken to reach that it go back to occupy his place in the civil society. +Seems that the members of the Legislative Assembly -in that #all, of course, are men- are not engaged in virtue of the Constitution of the country neither by laws, neither by his international commitments, neither by the political will of the leaders of the country that subjected to vote the decree in question. +Gentleman President, *yo had asked the word before proceeding to the vote to say that our Group had presented a project of specific resolution on the natural catastrophes in *Francia and that, of course, are *cofirmantes of the common resolution. +Also in the reform of the structural Bottoms and of cohesion in the frame of the Diary 2000, #one of the goals of reform more important is the concentration of the help in regions especially needed and poorer. +The authorities of Malt have introduced the VAT, but still is necessary *promulgar norms legislative new to achieve that the legislation of Malt was in accordance with the situation in the European Union. +Now have to respect also the committed contemplated in the Treaty of *Amsterdam, that *nos force to integrate the environmental politics in #all process *decisorio of the European Union. The put in practice of these obligations of the Treaty of *Amsterdam by part of the distinct countries will subject to examination in the next summits of the European Union. +Of general form, the diverse speakers of Subject Commission External underline the difficulties that it will be necessary to surpass and congratulate of the already reached advances and urge to that the reforms go accompanied of measures directed to attenuate the social consequences. +No fits to think in enlargement #any unless the States applicants are in conditions to add to the only coin without that *ello comport a threat for his integrity and his condition, and are had to adhere to avert that it worsen even more the Union with his present structure of two classes. +The obstacles that, alas, #some countries members have pretended to interpose, linking the negotiations to the solution of the question *politicomilitar that from 25 years ago tortures to the island, constitute, said was with indulgence, glide diplomatic that, without embargo, *oponen to the philosophy of the European Union and to the of enlargement, and that, in any case, take *peligrar his happy culmination. +The need of this strategy derives directly of the proposals of the Diary 2000 in the that recognises that the adoption of the *acervo environmental will require an enormous effort by part of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental, that only will be able to be possible on a long-term basis and only with some very high costs -in #that then talked of quantities of 100 to 120 one thousand millions of euros-. +Since the financial support of the Union only covers a very small part of the necessary means, is absolutely essential that get to approach very focused, effective and strategic of this process of approach. +In chamber place wish to obtain a public confirmation of the promise of the Commission to inform to Parliament and *darle the opportunity to elaborate a report on the proposed Regulation of exemption by categories and on the orientations, before the Commission take his definite decision. +Of comparable mood to the evolution in the States Joined from finals of the last century, the authority *anti *trust of the European Union has evolved in the last years until converting in spear tip of the European Union. +Yesterday, during the vote on my report and the report of Mr. *Chanterie, the Mr. *Collins announced to the Parliament that in the gallery there was a photographer that was photos of the papers of #some deputies and of the lists of vote. +This year have presented in total 1.372, 191 more that the previous year. This circumstance shows that the citizens consider necessary the activity of the Defender of Village to correct the presumptive irregularities that #can produce in the administration of the European Union. +The analysis of the infringement procedures from 1996 indicates that there #be had a minimum of 97 cases linked with requests of a total of 535 cases referents to direct complaints concerning the *cuales the Commission sent letters of official notification, initiating of this way the procedures of infringement. +Gentleman President, the facts have repaired the honour of this man, but the Commission considers still necessary that the disciplinary procedure continue and, besides, *le has relieved of his competitions in the control of finances, field in the that, without embargo, has made a work stood out. +Lady Of #Esteban #Martín, *permítame take a subsection and express my sincere gratitude to the Mr. *Newman by the help that *nos has provided to #all with his example; because in the fifteen years that has been to the service of the European Parliament, *nos has helped even more in the operation, and no only in *él, of commission. +Possibly #can find a solution, so that the committee of directors general yield the execution of the program to a committee delegated -therefore, really #would have two levels inside the committee-, but the general directors continue being managers. +Before the Summit of *Berlín, especially *Alemania and the Low Countries doubted concerning the quantity of the sum, without basing, by it other, doubts regarding the content. *Alemania and the Low Countries are really essential in the work of the #european administrations of customs. +Wanted to go back to appreciate to the commissions, the speakers and the Parliament in general the enormous and constructive work made in this so concrete terrain that *reviste, to time, a big symbolic importance, #as well as concrete, for the operation of the European Union. +To *ello adds that, by general rule, the collection of taxes do not coincides with the utilisation of the infrastructure and the majority of the times the taxes do not adjust to the ecological costs or the other external costs. +So much calendar, #whose last stage finishes in the year 2004, like the creation of committees of national experts seem to guarantee a realistic application of the concept proposed, so much more what that in this way do not impose to nobody an enclosed concept. It that pretend is that the 15 States collaborate in the preparation of the solutions. +The speaker no only has worked with *ahínco on this report but that also has recognised the complexity of the question, the sensitivity that arouses this subject, and has produced a report drafted with great care that deserves the support of #all Parliament. +Estimated lady *Schmidbauer, the recommendation of the majority *rojiverde of the Commission of Transports and Tourism that we urge to the Commission to that it include transport deprived no commercial in the new system, of the that for the moment remains excluded, by means of the community Right -no, as it is usual, to scale national- *nos seems too much *aventurada -not even the Commission *atreve to go so far-. +Gentleman President, the speaker of the Commission of Rights of the Woman, Mrs. *Hautala, has tried to present an oral amendment to the amendments 1 and 2 to end to delimit the discriminations in reason of the sex that *incumben to the commissions 1 and 8. +Regarding the amendment of the Liberal, that #would delete the payment of subsidies planned in these agreements to the fishermen, the Greens the support for estimating that the fleets that fish in waters very distant do not have to perceive subsidies so important, especially *cuando pose *tantos problems agreements to #whose protect operate. +To time, the offensive of the NATO -instead of isolating to the dictator *Milosevic and his diet- is the undesirable effect to reinforce the nationalist unit to his around against a foreign intervention. +As they see, have treated to elaborate a wide strategy, because #one *Europa that it is able to create market only and a common coin has to be able to find the moods and the forms to face up jointly to a problem of this *envergadura. +The *Relator special of the Nations Joined on the independence of the judicial power and of lawyers, the High *Comisionada of the Nations Joined for the Human Rights, the International Commission of Jurists and, last night, members of the Congress of the States Joined have expressed his weigh by it *sucedido. +My congratulation is *extensiva to #all the members of the Commission of Rights of Woman and to #all the deputies that have contributed to formulate the program and plan of action to combat the violence against the woman and the boys. +Respect a lot to #all the signatories, as to #all the deputies of this Assembly, but is responsibility of #this choose the suitable course, or well in front of the Court of Justice or well through the pertinent resolutions put that the Regulation allows ways to express this will. +The system adopted allows *clarificarlo so that they keep the competitions that treated to keep exactly in the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer, and to time that keep the logical competitions in the Commission of Subjects Juridical. +*Ella *me remembered that, in a preparatory conference that celebrated in *Viena in 1998, the Commission of the Woman of the Nations Joined had listened especially to Europeans that manifested his pain, suffering, the abuses, the *penalidades suffered during the dramatic nationalist confrontations in the territory of the ancient *Yugoslavia. +#would Want equally express my congratulation with reason of the conference that celebrated in *Bruselas the past month of October under the consigns «The citizens of the third age in the century *XXI: life by in front». to personal title, believe that it treats of #one of the most fruitful conferences to the that have assisted since I am deputy to the European Parliament. +chamber of the #european population is affected in these moments, and *nosotros pretend to put the self-esteem of this social group in the centre of attention so that they #can fulfil his task and his social role of the mood in that *nosotros now *nos imagine it. +Has foreseen the Commission boost the use of biofuel and *biolubricante now that the Summit of *Berlín has taken upsetting in the need to deploy an agricultural politics more forceful in the field of applications no alimentary? +Admit that products #can go out *algo more expensive that the conventional products, but the ecological benefits are so great that the European Commission really #would have to elaborate active proposals in this sense so that the products mentioned #can open path in the #european markets. +And, second, that the companies that have the value to follow living and producing in #Venecia with costs much higher that the other, have some fiscal helps, and that the Commission withdraw some sanctions that has begun to instruct because the #italian Government has conceded helps. +Believe that no *nos corresponds to *nosotros go in in the debate of the experts about the specific options that they #can solve the problem of the *acqua high, but consider that it is necessary to think in #Venecia as in a zone with specific problems, in that help and #all care, directed to keep a viable economic context, are necessary. +Is to the light of #this that it wanted to ask an explanation, a fine explanation -have said a very fine explanation- of the Table and of the School of *Cuestores on the reasons for not allowing the exhibition that *yo had invited and to the that previously had given permission. +Yes know that the Socialist Group has delivered a very short text with only some questions and maybe the #others texts offer the possibility of modify it a bit but, President, do not understand why suddenly postpones to Tuesday *algo that we #would have to have taken already the past week. +To #mine request has drafted a report in the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects on the taxes of productivity and the green taxes and of *él gives off that, #if it introduces this type of taxes to #european level, #can have great effects for employment. +Without some coordination of the economic politics more general, the monetary politics will not have neither the efficiency neither the vigour that want that have, of luck that the coin of the European Union exert his true paper. +In the report of the Court of Accounts there #be, certainly, a series of negative comments about the execution of the budget -on #some will talk immediately- but #would be a lightness #if they attributed only to the Commission the deficiencies that have produced. +*Me encourage, in consequence, the wish and the hope -certainty, #would say- that with the structural changes already in course in the organisation and operation of the Commission, will be easy for the next Parliament -that will have the support of the Commission and will not have to confront to it that *nos have confronted *nosotros the last three years- receive explanations and find solutions. +The Commission keeps the position that to the deficiencies of procedure criticised by the Court of Accounts #can put *coto establishing a minimum grade of competition, especially, in the procedures of the public contests and in adjudication procedures. +The Commission has understood that the to adopt clear decisions and strictly political that tie the hands of the new Commission in a moment in that the Commission has resigned is a question that has to consider attending to the particular circumstances of each case. +Finally, wanted to underline that, since the institutional calendar and the political circumstances take to coincide the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam with the renewal of the Parliament and of the Commission, will have to be institutions renewed the that take the dialogue on this matter with the Council. +*Sir *Brittan, in the field of drugs fits to accept a secondary effect, in the field of the alimentary products do not has to have these secondary effects, and here has to take the investment of the proof so that #that that produce and wish to apply these means have to show his *inocuidad. +do not have to fear by a negative budgetary reflection because fix in the reduction of the VAT in the crop of the ornamental plants. sales went up so much in my country that the arks of the state collected 340 millions more. +The Mrs. *Peijs *me has asked flexibility in the sense to achieve the result it more quickly possible and, therefore, interpret the paradoxical appeal and precisely in the sense of not admitting the amendments that #would not take another thing that *ralentizar process. +Have to remember that, for example, even the exceptions based in the article 27, that in the bottom are disposals of application and no a new legislation, require unanimity; have to remember the great difficulties that are regarding the Committee of the VAT that, by his nature, is merely *aplicativo, although the States members resist to that it happen a norm by qualified majority. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman candidate President of the European Commission, *Señorías, the resignation of the salient Commission has left very clear first of all that it is necessary a balance of powers more democratic among Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +#would Have appreciated that this availability had been clearer takes months, *cuando, for example, tackled the Statute of the deputies to the European Parliament or the technical and statutory terms in the *cuales had to vote to the President of the Commission. +#would Wish to signal that the small countries neither have any privilege regarding this question, by it that #would have to demand that the States members smaller, that have a member of the Commission, recognised that women also have experience and are qualified, #as well as that it is possible to find candidates to occupy a square in the Commission. +Finally, want to require that the improvement of the production and of the commercialisation of the honey, that went object of my report on the regulation *ad *hoc and in the frame of the *cual have obtained 15 millions of euros to the year, although *yo had requested 65, raisin by a high level of requirements in matter of quality, of control and of labeling of honey. +The debates that it has been surrounded the denial by Parliament of the approval of the management of the Commission in the budgetary exercise 1996 of the European Communities have had the political consequences that #all know. +Also receive with satisfaction #all steps that is the UN and urge to the President of the Council to that it begin at last to give steps, after the experiences of *Bosnia and of *Kosovo, so that it proceed to adapt at last the Letter of the Nations Joined of the year 1949 to the real circumstances. +*Me gathered with numerous political representatives of the Government and of the opposition: the president of the Parliament, Mr. *Ginuisynis, minister of European Integration, Mr. *Lakori that pleads by the association of *Albania to the European Union, and the boss of the opposition, Mr. *Berisha. +#This is the first time that a regional alliance of nations takes part in defence of the human rights, to reestablish some stable conditions in a zone of *Europa that is from eight years ago a reaction in chain of attempts of this type and always by reasons. +The world-wide organisation to the that before has taken reference has *fracasado, without embargo, completely, since it has not known *insuflar life to Letter and to the International Right, but that in big part have remained reduced to dead letter, and neither has prevented the conflicts, that is the end for the that in fact it was created. +And to finish, the last question, in the situation in that now *nos find, gentleman President, #can *decirnos #if the Council is conscious of the urgent need to develop, in the frame of the Alliance, of course, analysis capacity and a capacity of defence that are ideal for *Europa? +It that *le #can say is that the Commission, at least from sight point humanitarian, #as well as #all the humanitarian agencies, have not been informed by the States members, although in addition to seating in the Atlantic Council take it in the European Union. +since the President of the Council has initiated today the debate asking where find the political solutions, *yo wanted to add a complementary question: how has taken in the last years of the prevention of the crisis, of the preventive measures? +As well, the reservation is a typical pure instrument and hard of international Right public, and the juridical instrument chosen by the Council to dip of *rondón #that *descomunitarización, differentiation, this discrimination among the #european members of parliament is, precisely, the reservation. +#If we accepted the project of the Council and the amendment of the liberal, instead of the text elaborated in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens under the direction of Mr. *Rothley, *nos #would be *desautorizando again in relation with a decisive subject and that *nos affects directly. +In wait of a decision to the *respecto in the course of this year, Budget Commission has assigned appropriately a reservation of 60 millions of euros and has created a reservation of personnel for the increase of the administrative work that #this goes to suppose. +Now that the European Parliament aspires to debug the European Union and exert with responsibility function like budgetary authority, *me results personally problematic the fact that 490 civil servants of the European Parliament go to benefit of a promotion in the year 2000. +But, gentleman *Jarzembowsky, results cynical that *usted, that has tried #everything to avert that it got to a regulation and that has tried #everything to avert that they include external costs for example in the toll taxes or in the *gravámenes for the use of determined infrastructures, now take as #if this agreement went too much low and did not adapt to the situation of the environment. +For example, commitment credits do not contain an explicit disposal to include the external costs in the *gravámenes existent, although it allows, and in #some cases demands, the differentiation of the *gravámenes existent with the purpose to reflect the environmental look and other effects. +Finally, have to applaud the allusion that takes to credit cards, because truly there #be had in *ellas an enormous abuse, and believe that the amendment to the *respecto, that is the 25, has to carry with #all rigour, since without signature, simply with retaining a number of card, give abuses that #all know and, therefore, in this point it is necessary to be very rigorous. +But, besides, it is necessary to remember here that the norms of execution *hipotecaria subject to the competition of the courts of the place in that it situates the well, and have to remember to the *respecto article 16.1 of the Agreement of *Bruselas of 1968 that, obviously, the community Right has to respect, and has to respect, in definite, gentleman *Whitehead, for the good end of the interests of the consumers. +Therefore, will insist in that the #european building is a juridical construction, construction in Right, and or have the lawyers, in general with the persons of the Right, like belt of transmission among the rules and the social reality or badly will go the #european construction. +So that the amendment 61, that introduces a right to renounce to the right to obtain information before the celebration of the agreement means that the Commission has to refuse the article 11, had account that establishes that consumers #can not renounce to the rights that *les confers the directive. +Finally, expect that the Parliament contribute with his collaboration to guarantee a fast approval of the current proposal that ensure the continuity among program of community action at present in course and the program proposed that will go in in vigour on 1 January of the year 2000. +Have to admit that in the *segunda reading of the Managerial frame agreed with the Council in that the Directive mark was not the correct frame for disposals of the relative specific directive to the level of *pesticidas in the *potitos, although of course also was totally in accordance with the Mrs. *Breyer in the need that the *potitos were free of *pesticidas. +Am -and my Group also- very satisfied with the result of the procedure of conciliation, since in the course of the procedure of conciliation accepted this principle, of course no like integral part of the conciliation procedure, but politically like part of the negotiations. +Now only #can expect that the producers of the EU effect change fast in the production of foods for babies and small boys, because a thing is clear: the feeding of babies and small boys has to be free of any poisonous substance. +Now, in the frame of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, is possible the simple rejection by part of the Parliament *cuando *nos *oponemos to a text in place of a rejection in two stages -simpler, easier and plants to the Parliament in a stronger position. +Recognises the practical that the negotiations do not carry out among 15 and 15, but in a more reduced group: the president and speaker of the competent commission with the President of the Council and the Commission, informing later to the Conciliation Committee in plenary. +will say that the subject do not has depth, but these subjects are sensitive in communities that are a restructuring, as it treats of a village that carries four years trying that water debugger residual of the zone in the that *ellos live put 2 or 3 kilometres more down to avert the bad smells. +In this sense, will have to receive the supports and the necessary means. Second, the Union will have to occupy to define a true strategy, a strategy of group for stability in the *Balcanes, and Colony will be a key moment in this road. +The Council of Ministers of Finances will subject to the European Council a report on the international financial architecture, the #asian and #russian crisis have *evidenciado reform need in this field. +Has taken well the Council in proposing quickly Roman Presidency *Prodi, but #all know -and finishes it to say the Mr. President *Santer- that exists the problem of the need to reinforce and define the political paper of the Commission. +Create -and already am talking in name of my Group- that in front of the options that poses, for example, the self-evident of the Prime ministers of Big *Bretaña and *España, #Tony *Blair and #José *Mª *Aznar, that means more deregulation and more *flexibilización, *nosotros #would opt by proposal frank-#italian, with a relaunching of the active politics of employment and a relaunching also of the public investments. +Believe that, #if we achieve to give priority to the idea of a constitutional pact and of citizenship, has to mean before that swims a political will reinforced of political integration, of *superación of nationalism -and *permítanme remember it here in a moment in that it goes back to *prender the war in the *Balcanes-, our path has to be the of the integration, because, as it said here *Mitterrand, «the nationalism is the war». +The costs for the EU of 15 members until the 2006 will rise to 686.000 millions of euros, keeping to a real constant price, is to say, that for the first time it that have already reached in the States members, budgetary discipline and discipline of strict costs #as well as limitation of the growth of budgets in function of economic prescriptions, reach it now also to #european level. +Have voted against of the proposal of Mr. *Rothley because I regret that we have not collected the document of the Council. Have left to happen of long the big opportunity to have at last to finals of the legislative period a Statute of the deputy. +The European Parliament has lost an opportunity without pair to resolve a fundamental question for his prestige and dignity, in a moment, besides, in that debate and demands in *Europa the transparency and efficiency in the operation of #all the community institutions. +From takes long, a majority of this Parliament *parapeta after the fault of initiative of the Council in this subject for *excusar will fault to see how goes out forward an only statute of the #european deputy. +In effect, in accordance with #some national statutes, existed assignment discrimination among the #german deputies, #whose flourishing economy allows some noble parliamentary assignments and the #portuguese colleagues, #whose modesty of the economy comported some parliamentary assignments equally modest. +The Group of Independent by the *Europa of Nations exhorts to the #european managers to keep this embargo of the *STB, that is a hormone produced by bacteria genetically modified and alters of clear way the health of the livestock *vacuno and of way very #likely the health of the persons that the consume. +The result of 525 votes goes to impress to the Commission of mood that goes to keep the prohibition of the hormones and goes *reiniciar the conflict in the signpost of the *OMC to show clearly that we do not want to impose to our population this dangerous meat treated with hormones. +The reports of the Mr. #Spencer *nos show that the European Union begins to affirm like political power and express with clarity the idea that the European Parliament self-evident the will to contribute his contribution in this field. +Is precise to add the decision of the Congress of States Joined to develop, under conditions, a system of defence antimissile that, from the point of sight #russian, #would put in cloth of trial the Treaty *ABM». +Recommend, as, approval of the Regulation, and much more now, that the majority of the positions that has expressed the European Parliament, already from last November, have been approved and have reached, this last month, additional positive changes in the negotiations with the Council. +Wanted to invite to the Commission at the end of our mandate to accept the offer of the City council of *Manchester to go to see the changes that are possible bottoms #european on the local communities of the region. +Gentleman President, to begin *permítame that in speaker quality for the agricultural finances of the Diary 2000 express my appreciate by the German Presidency by the possibilities offered by the German Government for the celebration of a *triálogo on the agricultural politics. +Going back to my recommendation for the *segunda reading on help granting financial community in the field of the networks *transeuropeas, this work has carried out of compliance with the ancient Treaty and now recognises the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Only like this understands that the initial proposal of the Commission, that already of by himself\/hisself supposed a reduction of the structural Bottoms and of cohesion with regard to levels of the current period, have seen diminished with the final agreement reached in the European Council of *Berlín. +Gentleman President, *le ask pardon because I do not have the Regulation, but my question of order refers to #if we have abandoned the practice that used up to now in the turn of questions, according to the *cual, after a question formulated by a deputy, and after the answer of the Council, deputies have right for it that calls in groins a *follow *up . +underlines that the foods and the medicines depend officially of the diet of the sanctions imposed to the *Iraq after the invasion of *Kuwait, but the bureaucratic structure of the system of supplies and the limited income that obtains the country of the legal sales of oil restrict imports. +Is the President in #willing exercise to recognise that the program «oil by foods», although *loable, comports type deficiencies bureaucratic and collateral sanctions, and that follows without *suplir the needs of the boys, whereas his parents #can take very little to put end to the inhuman dictatorship of *Sadam *Husein? +Is intention of the Presidency adopt a definite decision on this proposal in the Council of Ministers of Fishing that will celebrate in June. The previous condition for *ello is that until then it have concluded in Parliament the training of an opinion to the *respecto. +All *resume to the fact that, apart from presenting a resolution proposal in the 55ª Meeting on the Human Rights in Gin, in the that declare #which was #ours position, have not gone back to take at all from then, because we follow without the lower information on the 598 men and the seven #kuwaiti women that were sent to prisons *iraquíes. +To the equal that the *Europa *librecambista, the *Europa of the big only market has *mentido, had not said that it treated of the *Europa of the 20 millions of unemployed, of the 50 millions of excluded; and the *Europa *ultraliberal is *mintiendo, did not says that in the perspective of the year 2006, will be the *Europa of the taxes and the *Europa of the #european tax on income. +This granting, gentleman Minister *Funke, the take today with satisfaction although the fishing is a relatively feeble branch of the #european economy and needs a specific treatment, time that the zones that depend of the fishing in his majority *carecen of places of alternative work. +In this order of things, have very clear, as it occurs in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice, that adaptation or update of the juridical acts will not be able to comport modifications of the essential elements of the juridical act original. +*Cuando write history on the evolution of the social politics and of employment, a time that have abandoned my charge in the Commission, the period 1993-1999 will stand out like an important period of changes, of approaches advanced and of support to the modifications of the Treaty. +The approval of the report that debate will reinforce our political position and *nos will allow to use this instrument to take the follow-up of the negotiations in political matters, social and economic that includes, and very especially, the relative section to democratisation and to the human rights. +Wanted to request, therefore, that present a proposal according to the article 286 that foresees the creation of a surveillance organism. Besides, ask a proposal in the frame of the *tercer *pilar for the protection of the personal data, since in #that *pilar still do not have a guarantee in this sense. +#can not *infravalorar the possible sanitary risks that #can derive of the possibility that opens the directive proposal regarding the acquisition of medicines through Internet without the corresponding professional advice, as it already has warned the Mrs. *Heinisch. +*Ello means that of compliance with the last paragraph of the section 9 of the article 203 apply the following majorities. Quote: «... by means of agreement among the Council, by qualified majority, and the European Parliament, by majority of members that compose it ...», taking into account that this appointment refers to the establishment of the maximum type. +Gentleman President, takes a moment, *cuando have requested, taking use of my right in application of the article 129, the return to commission of the Report *Colom *i Naval, the president *Samland *me has questioned *deplorando my absence of the meeting of the Budget Commission, the Monday at night. +Add, on the other hand, that *yo had assisted to the previous meeting, the that mentions the report, the meeting of 29 April, and that had voted against of the Report *Colom *i Naval, that has not modified too much in the meeting of the commission of Monday at night. +Cohesion Bottom has been created, specifically, to favour the adhesion of #some States members to the only coin: the community manna attributed to be able to bear the diet of reduction budgetary imposed by the criteria of *Maastricht. +This disastrous evolution, contrary to #all guarantees that *nos had given to the start of this war, and contrary to the humanitarian goals of the own war, #can not but increase the doubts that had expressed from the principle on the strategy used. +But, #if well it has remained clear in this agreement that for the first time -and it is necessary to congratulate to Indonesian thus- it recognises the right to the free determination and independence in *Timor, want to stand out -and it is necessary to stand out this look, because it is an important political change of the situation of *Timor Oriental that sincerely receive with *beneplácito- that has to take into account also #any hypocrisy of behaviour already tackled here. +Have to elevate our voice, expose our arguments with greater firmness and resolution without showing never -and it is necessary to take upsetting in this point- attitude of moral superiority, but that we have to share our points of sight in our condition of friends concerned and committed. +do not know #if #any time has served for *algo, but take to know to my successors and to his successor and to the successor of the Commissioner that #this is the only half so that the European Parliament leave *traslucir that also feel *algo by the persons that are out of this Parliament, out of *Europa and that *nos concern by *algo more that the wage and pension of #one same. +In the first place, follow keeping security law internal that, against of #all usual conception of the human rights, allows that they are detained the that express peacefully some so much religious opinions like politics that are argued with the of the Government and that *les *deniegue a representation *letrada suitable or even a just trial. +The ratification of the Statute of the Court, without exclusions to the operation of #this, #would show that the commitment with the fulfillment of the Right, with the defence of freedoms and of the human life, are objective of the Union so *prioritarios at least like the commercial. +The office of the Commission in the *Comoras follows of wall the evolution of the situation and, according to the last informations, #this is of calm and the army has boarded the first contacts for the establishment of transition Government according to the celebrated Agreement in *Madagascar. +The proposal of resolution of the Council on the legal interception of telecommunications no *incide in the national Right. Have to *conformarnos with this state of things, *nos enjoy or no, since it is #this the character that *revisten the resolutions adopted in the field of the *tercer *pilar. +Lady Speaker, on 15 March of this year, presented a question by writing to the President of Parliament on a statement that #this had taken on the place of work of *Luxemburgo and the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the European Parliament. +Lady Speaker, lady Commissioner, the textile sector and of the #european preparation is gravely affected in these moments by the massive imports to prices abnormally low pertinent of economic zones that cross a deep recession or that have seen closed the markets to the that directed usually production. +Our goal was to prepare the structures and procedures of the Union for transformation of a Western European Union in a Union of #all *Europa, endowed at the same time also of capacity of performance in the field of the External Politics and of Security, which has to suppose likewise that it was a more democratic Union. +Afterwards imposed simultaneously both names to the President of the Commission, to President designated. With this performance, the #german Chancellor did not loan any service neither to Roman *Prodi, neither to the #european institutions, neither to the Federal Republic. +*Yo *le wish, gentleman Minister of External Subjects, that in future know to answer to this confidence in the stability and in the reliability of the #german #european politics, because #this is important for the progress of the European Union and for the future of our #european continent. +Lamentably, the Council has not promoted of way equally consistent decisions institutional, #if well we have to express our special gratitude to the Minister of Subjects External *Fischer, precisely in this context, by his important initiatives and his important work. +Gentleman President, Presidency of the European Union finishes to happen of #german hands to #finnish hands, by it that goes being hour to take an analysis on the past semester and, besides, hour to issue a trial about the #german Presidency. +Therefore we regret that the Presidency #german have not taken in account the recommendation of the European Parliament to the Council to make a pilot study directed to the creation of a civil contingent of peace. +*Yo believe that, with the approval of the Diary 2000, reached to put of agreement to #that that had taken his currency of the unfair and selfish "*I *want *my *money *back' »and to #all #that, championed by the Government of my country, that believe that the European Union is a political project #where the cohesion and solidarity are fundamental pieces. +Gentleman *Fischer, #if in *algo have agreed #all orators that have taken part this morning has been in saying that the summit of Colony do not constitutes a base for a reform of the institutions of the Union. +In this context want to underline with clarity it following as continuously it talks of the politics of security: #this do not consists in a militarisation of the European Union but in taking into account #all the instruments of the politics of security and in taking it that #can take *preventivamente. +*Le ensure, without embargo, that will not be the change of the number of the General Directions, the fact that they identify by name and no by a number, the fact that the Commissioners are disseminated by #all *Bruselas or that reinforce to the spokesman, it that *acercará the Institutions to the public, to the that *usted referred. +To achieve a democratic structure will have to change along the years so that Parliament was not the servant of the Commission but that the Commission was the servant of the elect representatives of the #european electorate. +Support fully a strategy that splits of the *convencimiento that it is essential to respect the Stability Pact and share the idea that today the fundamental question is to convert to *Europa in a more competitive system to restart the path of the development with regard to struggling against the unemployment. +Is an indisputable reality that the confidence of the citizens in the system of taking of decisions will not be recovered without a reform of the procedures, and #this applies to #all institutions: to the Commission, to the Council and to the Parliament by equal. +In it that concerns to posture #finnish, has remained very clear that, regarding the process of enlargement, it is necessary to take very seriously the questions related with the environmental protection and with the security of the citizens in the frame of the development of *Europa. +The total budget of the humanitarian help for *Kosovo and the neighbouring countries rises to 378 millions of euros, constituting the central points food delivery of vital importance and other sakes #as well as medical help, sanitary facilities and accommodations. +The 13 July gathered the managerial group of high rank, the guild for the coordination of the help of the international donors in the frame of the crisis of *Kosovo, headed by the European Commission and the Bank World-wide. +On my part want *centrarme in two points: having present the future of the Union, the most important tasks of the Council are, on the one hand, enlargement and, by the #another, the development of the system of taking of decisions of the Union. These two goals articulate among himself\/hisself. +In this Parliament expect and wanted to act so that the reconstruction carry out in the respect and valorisation of the human resources and of the dignity of each #one of the parts involved in the conflict and no by means of the colonisation of *Europa, of the World-wide Bank of the States Joined. +Like this prays article 125 of the Penal Code Turkish that, as it manifested here in *Estrasburgo by the #turkish ambassador Mr. *Kaleli, is a calque of the article 241 of the Penal Code Italian, *promulgado in the fascist and still valid period. +A question that has not mentioned in the debate is that this same year has to take a big review of #all legislation on telecommunications and that the Commission already has initiated part of this low work to the mandate of the Mr. *Bangemann. +But, #if even then results necessary to be more specific on #which are the consequences of the honesty and the discretion -and am conscious of being *supeditado to the fact that this subject finds now in front of the Court-, *me cheer that the Assembly receive *favorablemente the changes that will produce like consequence of the initiative adopted by the President designated. +In addition to the already published legislative program, have to *agradecerle to the Commission the constant informative task that has carried out with third countries and in particular with the World-wide Organisation of Trade, #as well as the explanations on the performances of the Community to solve the crisis of dioxin. +Frankly do not know, because *carezco of technical knowledges, himself\/hisself #all oil range vegetal recyclable that now contemplate like source of risk #would have to subject to a total prohibition, or #if simply they #would have to catalog like *algún type of culinary residue without any links with the animal alimentary chain in first instance. +Estimate that the fact of having established a structure decentralised and flexible to improve his efficiency is a very important element, an element that, without embargo, has to situate in the perspective of a more global evaluation. +To difference of the Mr. *Ford, that represents to the Southwest, but supports to the *Manchester *City, *yo no support to football club, but yes support the right of the #european citizen to be protected against the discriminatory practices and the abuses of a dominant position. +That the Commission resorted to the Office of Technical Assistance to escape to the budgetary control. That in the costs of management conjoint, the Commission and the States members refuse reciprocally the responsibilities. +A complete review of the politics of personnel goes to take place and goes to concentrate particularly in the feeblest areas identified by the report and in other places #such as the rigorous report of the own Commission, especially in recruitment, discipline, professional promotion and training. +Confess that, when seeing the product that *nos rids Committee of Independent Experts, do not dissipate my initial doubts on #if his nomination did not mean in the bottom a true recognition of inability of our own functions of control and of political orientation. +In fact, the opinions of the Experts put of self-evident that in *Europa need a new culture of responsibility and wanted to add, gentleman *Kinnock, that precisely in relation with this point #would be stimulating to continue the audiences of the past week as in it that to definition and clarity refers need to follow being elaborated #some things of the audiences that have remained little clear and of the that *nos #would enjoy to know how go to be and how go to work in the future. +Is to say that, theoretically, #can occur that somebody carried #all the money of the European Community and that #if this person is carried in front of a court, a jurisdiction in the that is not *tipificado fraud against the institutions of the European Community, this person not even #can be processed by fault of juridical foundation for *ello. +Besides is necessary to expand the definition of accidental marine pollution to include the operational and radioactive pollution and other harmful substances, the accidental marine pollution and the operational. +The nature *transfronteriza of the half marine, that involves that the pollution of a zone #can have impact in a greater area, conducts to the need of a community frame for cooperation in the field of the accidental marine pollution. +Share information on hydrocarbons, radioactive substances and other harmful substances transported by sea and on poured to the sea that have made like part of diets of historical waste, is #one *precondición to prepare and coordinate answer necessary to mitigate the impact of incidents *contaminantes on the environment and the human health. +Gentleman President of the Commission, from nomination for the Presidency of the Commission and the designation of the nineteen commissioners, neither *usted same neither neither the members of the new School have *escatimado efforts to take get to the European Parliament a very clear message. +will Promise solemnly Mr. *Prodi in front of this Assembly that no longer there will be in the Commission more documents that #can be studied in the GLASS, in the national delegations, at the side of the *cabilderos of the companies, of the journalists, but no to our side, that are the only that have been chosen by the village? +Have to *recordarle also the statement of *Copenhague on the social development that treats of form very ambitious differences North-South and the differences in the interior of the North among poor and rich? The European Union has adopted commitments in this sense, but until the day of today #any of *ellos has kept. +The second inform of the committee of experts independent argued in the Plenary this Monday has not got, or takes very little time that has taken it, to the majority of deputies, which *nos has prevented to take a serious study. +After the disaster of the previous experience, produces, proposes an appreciable innovation of the that forms part the commitment to present an annual report on the state of the Union: innovation of the form to act that we appreciate. +This request has been blocked #one and time; *nos have seen unable to ask accounts to the distinct Commissioners, and the Conservative deputies to the European Parliament have not had more option that the of *oponerse by reasons of democratic principle to the squad *entrante of European Commissioners. +Mr. *Busquin enjoys of strong protection, #this has reported open and publicly in the press of my country, and in any case was personally responsible, and #this has recognised it and admitted *él same, to having presented an accounting of the party knowingly *falseada, that conducted to an illegal finance of his party. +Finally, regarding the codes of behaviour, need to know that the personal promotion will be based in the merit and that promotion until the highest levels of the Commission comports a competition in matter of management, it that no always has been the case up to now. +Take note of the commitment of *consultarnos on the reform of the Regulation of the personnel that correct #some of the worries of Mr. *Elles, the new responsibilities assigned to the persons that report corrupt practices inside the organisation and the need to develop new disciplinary procedures. +Wanted to take advantage of the occasion that *me offers this debate to say that, although we have kept exchanges very severe in occasions, always have appreciated his talent, seriousness and the open and nice character of the collaboration that have kept with the Mr. *Liikanen. +The Court of Accounts experienced a significant increase of resources in the year 1999 and the total number rose in 49 employees The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions increased staff with 10 employees in total. +The space of freedom, security and justice has to support in the solid guarantee of the respect of the rights corresponding to the realities of the contemporary societies, it that adjusts to the open and innovative approach that wishes the European Parliament. +Also #can take a lot in questions of mutual recognition, but *cuando treat of the #european judicial sphere from the point of sight of the penal subjects perhaps are in the possibility to operate as #if there were not juridical borders in *Europa. +The ignorance is not virtue, although sometimes it #can be a doubtful debatable blessing, but the ignorance based in the secret #can not be accepted in a mature political system, that is the that we have to build in the *Europa of the persons and of the citizens. +On these bases, entrust likewise in that, when treating to create a common space of freedom, security and justice, inspire in the principles of solidarity and of inclusion and do not think in making a *Europa community, peaceful and rich in interior and impenetrable for the that *presionan from the outside, pushed by the *hambre, the war and the social needs. +#Many of *ellos are not really concerned by the enlargement of the vote by majority described, by important that #can be, but instead expect anxiously that there are progresses regarding the rights of the citizens, progresses regarding the freedom of circulation, progresses regarding #one *Europa truly integrated in the that the persons know and comprise his rights and responsibilities. +Like this things, *le ask that it take advantage of this occasion to convert to *Tampere in an important milestone that contribute to *Europa a true political integration, beginning by the inner security and the judicial cooperation, since it treats of key elements of the State and, therefore, of the Community. +Without embargo, this proposition supposes a clear intervention in the fundamental competitions of the national states, in the right to conserve his juridical systems and to exert control on the *acatamiento of the laws in his territories. +The greater problem, without embargo, is the unseen side, the connection of the crime organised, of terrorism, of the traffic of drugs and of other activities that *nos force to follow to big distance the performance of these persons, and especially of the crime organised, without that we #can *hacerles front. +Gentleman Commissioner, #if really we wish to go in in a systematic and operative dynamics is indispensable that the Commission devote to put order in his subjects of here until December, until the *segunda reading. Of it contrary, the year that comes will go back to *encontrarnos in situation that this year, so much more what that the own Commission recognises that it #can not foresee how will be the question of the payments in the year 2000. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, visitors, like deputy of the Basque Country wanted to believe that raise our voice and ask the intervention and the help for *Timor will be a step more to finish, no only with the slaughtering to hands of persons protected by soldiers #indonesian, but, especially, to finish with the hypocrisy that chairs the international politics. +Gentleman President, want *sumarme to the convictions and to the words already *proferidas by the other colleagues, but want to affirm here that the death in *Timor Oriental did not get to this territory after the referendum: before *él, more of #two hundred one thousand *timorenses lost life in front of the passivity of the international community, that observed to the village of *Timor Oriental as #if it was a village *prescindible. +More still, #if the author of the rape, gentlemen of the Council, is a democratic Government, *Señorías, in defence of the human rights there #be not third roads neither there #be possibility to escape , not even giving an answer in this Parliament. +But #can not leave to take into account that no only in my country, in *España, but also in the rest of the European Union, in the next years go to follow having a migratory pressure of nomadic communities, as it is the case in *España of origin community *rumana and of *etnia #gipsy. +According to the conclusions of the Summit of Gin, the common mission is to reinforce the capacity of the Union to take part in the crises, and no the creation of a system of territorial defence. +The European Union took for the first time an initiative, in concordance with principles, on a project of resolution for the pity of death in the session *nº 55 of the European Commission of the rights of the man celebrated in Gin this year. +Without embargo, #can not *decirnos President in exercise of the Council #if, in those countries with the that keep political and economic relations, as with Chinese, #can influence, keeping a clear and concrete posture in favour of the disappearance of the pity of death that so well supports this European Parliament? +Subject: Acquisition of terrains in the States candidates to the adhesion #Which is the position of the Council regarding the efforts of the countries candidates of the *Europa Central and Oriental for can, after the adhesion, follow limiting or forbidding the free acquisition of terrains by part of the citizens of the Union, at least during a transitory period? +The Commission, in a principle, has tried to find a solution that contemplate a system with *algún type of contingents, but has been very difficult to get to an understanding with the producing countries and with States Joined, as these countries have interests very different and refuse contingent system. +Second, undertakes the open intimidation to the #yugoslav village, shattered by the criminal bombardments of NATO, to a village that now has to subject national, social and politically and has to purchase a leadership of the like of the Americans and of the NATO to have perspectives to be able to reconstruct his *asolado country. +Estimate that it treats of a true problem of face to treat to create a situation inside the *cual #can fulfil the possibility of introducing in the context of the Mediterranean a more complete assessment and that first of all offer a big perspective in this sense. +In it that concerns to rapidity, efficiency and transparency of the action of said Agency is important to treat to consider this appointment a fine occasion no only to be able to reconstruct *prioritaria and quickly in the existent situation in *Kosovo, but to try create a condition so that the problem of the migratory flows in the Mediterranean watch with special attention. +The proposal of the Commission reflects the need to create an instrument for the fast management, decentralised and effective of the help for reconstruction so that it take into account the urgency of the situation and the exceptional efforts that are necessary. +Before we proceed to the last vote, wanted to explain to the colleagues that have thought that perhaps I have been *algo severe regarding the votes by separate, the nominal votes, etc., that the reason that we follow the Regulation to *rajatabla is that there are Groups that prepare whips basing in the information of the Presidency. +Likewise, to finals of July celebrated an agreement with #FMI and other financial institutions on the resumption of the help with direct credits, and little afterwards reached an agreement in the Club of #París on the *renegociación of the payment of the #russian sovereign debt. +Like this as, no only #Grecia but also other seismic countries, have to take #all those measures of *blindaje *antisísmico necessary so that they do not repeat tragedies like #this; because it is a fact that, although of the earthquakes #can not take responsible to the governments and the persons, concerning the damages that #this *ocasionan, responsibility is *tremenda, and like this have shown it the earthquakes in #Grecia and in *Turquía. +#Can imagine that the conjoint mission of evaluation, similar to the that finishes to request , that at present carry out in the zones of the disaster THROW, the representation of the Commission in *Ankara, Nations Joined and Bank World-wide will present a more exact picture of the needs. +In the frame of the celebrated meetings with the Government *iraní the past December and in May of this year, the troika of Union put on the table the subject of the deal that receive the members of the religious minorities in will Go, in particular the of *Baha' *is. +Already is hour to go back to the fundamental principles, to win height and trace for our *conciudadanos perspective of the peaceful organisation of our continent, respectful of the human rights and based in a #european model of economic and social development. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Commission, the conventional agricultural production employs increasingly chemical substances, additives, *coadyuvantes, antibiotics, hormones -#can continue the list- and our alimentary industry has more the look of a chemical complex that of facilities allocated to the preparation of foods. +The modality of control final constitutes, in fact, an invitation to the criminal behaviours, since they take advantage of the possibilities of adulteration, which has conducted -fits to suppose- to the systematic addition of toxic substances in the field of the production of *piensos. +The damage caused by the *sobresalto caused by the dioxin is incommensurable, so much regarding the destruction of the confidence of the consumers as to the economic consequences to having blurred reputation of fundamental industrial sectors and creators of export. +Lady *Maij-*Weggen, *yo expect that his Group contribute to that the decisions of the Commission of Budgets of the that have had news #can be reconsidered and #can modify in the Plenary, with the withdrawal of the cuts in relation with the proposals of the Development Commission that now are on the table. +Believe that the European Commission, the European Parliament and the governments of the States members have to intensify measures in matter of campaigns of information on the public health; have to take it by means of the Departments of Health or by means of voluntary groups that so important paper exert to help to the affected by said illnesses. +And the answer, as they have affirmed the Mr. *Wurtz and other orators, has been the bureaucratic answer to reduce first of all the relative budgetary costs to the investments in the field of AIDS. +The Council has taken a decision on this finance, but has taken it without having had available the corresponding resources and this fact is the that has called the attention of the Budget Commission. +The Parliament #can ascertain now that so much the Commission like the Council have taken #his to a large extent our proposals and, therefore, in quality of speaker of the Commission of Industry, wanted to appreciate sincerely the collaboration and the spirit of cooperation that the has chaired. +The commission approved with the greater possible consensus, or was, by unanimity, the proposal to restart varied important aspirations of the amendments proposed in the first reading that were not attended by the Council, although we receive with big satisfaction -and *yo also want to manifest it here, gentleman *Langen- the wide coincidence with Parliament. +Even so, go to devote, for period annual, sixty millions of euros for the fission in front of fifteen millions for the renewable energies, and #two hundred millions of euros for the fusion; *ello *nos gives an idea of the real politics that follows the European Union. +And is undoubtedly through the possibility of having access to the network, to be sufficiently flexible in the proposals that take, that allow to give coverage to the distinct instruments that the distinct States members have used and that are not *homogéneos and that they are distinct, as we will be able to guarantee that the renewable energies no only keep but that duplicate, *Señorías, in the next years. +Said analysis are possible *cuando exist transparent markets, in the *cuales each subject, the final user - company or consumer - #can value in moment until how point the energy is effective, thanks to a process of maduration technological and economic backed by a valid investigation and by an information it more complete possible. +In spite of criticism on the attitude of the European Union, support fully the basic goal of the Agreement, to know, the economic development of *Sudáfrica and the integration of this country in the world-wide trade. +A "rich country" of #one of the poorest continents #where the social relations are still very uneven, until the point that the *PNUD classifies to this country in the place 93 by index of human development. +For *nosotros is indispensable to know #if *Sudáfrica has adopted or no the necessary measures so that a series of denominations essential, among *ellas the of Port and Sherry, do not use already in his exports to the European Community and, in a term of five years, see suppressed for market to the export. +Gentleman *Prodi, *me fear that in this subject *usted and his colleagues have not taken into account the point of sight of the European Parliament and of numerous constituents that think that this civil servant, that has given the voice of alarm, do not deserves reprimand, but all it contrary. +Finally, since I have talked of lessons that have to extract of this natural catastrophe, have to signal also the attention that concede - and have said it in breast of the school - to the idea, underlined in the European Parliament, to coordinate better the means of the different States in matter of civil protection. +*Yo want to highlight especially in this context the Commission introduced the agreements of purchase compulsory among the producers and the primary transformers and afterwards established also the requirement of a permission for #all transformation companies. +In this hypothesis, is evident that today #can not know, when voting the calendar for the year 2000, #if the agenda of the partial period of sessions of November of the year 2000, for example, will be overloaded and #if it is necessary, in case, add a *minisesión the days 29 and 30 November, is to say, inside fourteen months exactly (more of a year). +In May of 1997, the ministers of Justice reached an agreement on a protocol by the that it concedes the immunity against the *enjuiciamiento of the personnel of *Europol by word said or written or actions made in the exercise of his official functions" and by the treatment of data no authorised or wrong. +Although I receive with satisfaction the recent commitment of *Monsanto of not commercialising technology of termination of the seed" , this subject is too much serious for leave it in hands of the that are directly involved and that #would have acted of another mood of have not existed the surveillance of the consumer. +The utility of globalisation has to benefit proportionally by the same to the regions and nations of the world, #if well the interests of the European Union, of the remaining #european States, of the #EE.UU, of the other States industrialised and of the emergent countries and in roads of development have to be carried to a better balance. +And in this measure, the *OMC #can not limit to the commercial questions; has to also tackle fundamental questions, like the quality and *inocuidad of foods, the animal welfare, the environmental protection and the respect of the consumers and his sensitivity. +Gentleman President, yesterday have celebrated in this same hemicycle a debate on the reinforcement of the alimentary security in *Europa, whereas in breast of the Union have developed the conflicts on the principle of caution, and simultaneously the North American look for reprisals *injustificadas. +The EU has converted in an important actor of the world-wide economy by means of the integration of the #european economy, and will be only through negotiation round that contemplate different sectors as we will be able to guarantee the stability of the economic growth. +Have to know, with #all -said was among *nosotros-, that, in group, the balance of the application of the mechanisms that have created after *Marrakech is totally correct from the point of sight of the Union, treating of relation among the number of cases that have subjected and the cases won or #stray. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the next world-wide conference on the climatic changes of 25 October to 5 November 1999 in *Bonn: application of the Agreement of *Kioto. +The growth of the forests like factor *eliminador of carbon dioxide follows and has to follow being debated of open form, and in this debate will be able to include also the increase of the multipurpose of the forests to contribute to the protection of the half and brake the climatic changes. +Like this as, the Council supports #all initiatives directed to struggle against the poverty that help to facilitate information, that make possible the exchange of information and of experiences, that promote the adoption of new methods for the fight against the social marginalisation and that look for forms to evaluate the experiences had. +Now that the fight develops in the breast of the UN it is necessary to have care with *contrapropuestas *traicioneras, that although perhaps they have an innocent appearance, come from distinct spots to weaken position taking forceful by part of the General Assembly of the UN. +Along these 19 years, *nos have found with numerous hits of effect to the hour to discover the truth that, as it seems, do not achieves to open path by the complicity of the one who is interested in that no know despising the legitimate rights of the families of the victims and mortifying the fundamental principles of our democracies. +To be truth, the facts show that *Nietzche had reason *cuando said that the madness is *algo rare in the person, but, instead, is common in parties, the groups and the organisations, and precisely therefore we need an individual and independent surveillance of the daily work in the nuclear plants. +Wanted to insist in that the publication of the Green Book on sustainable energy in *Irlanda has to be considered like a positive contribution to the debate on the form of occupying of the threat that poses the climatic change, inside the energetic sector. +Lady Speaker, believe that in this concrete stage proceeds to say that they have been the conservative British, the *PPE, those who have asked that this point inscribed in the agenda of the Friday simply because, as it has said the Mr. *Watson, the Commission will not be able to formulate statement until the Friday in the morning. +treats of the personnel subjected to the statute of the civil servants and agents of the Communities, #as well as, quote, "the members, leaders or members of the personnel of the institutions, of the organs and of the organisms of the Communities no subjected to the statute" . +do not pretend that it except to the elect members of control or that are not object of any investigation referent to his activities, including the of #european deputy in the exercise of his mandate, but fear that this agreement give place to suspicions and to an assimilation airily, without perspective, as it has occurred during the last months of 1999. +treats of *algo so *grato for #all that in the European Union #would have to *esforzarnos for creating a suitable frame for this form of trade: frame suitable for the mutual confidence among citizens of different countries since, after all, #if there #be *algo that do not bear mention in the borders, #that *algo is Internet. +Gentleman President, there #be not in the budget base juridical, and believe that #this is a grave lack, because it #can reveal, as it has revealed in the case of #Grecia, but also in other cases, a fault of sensitivity in front of the unpredictable misfortunes that #can suffer #ours *prójimo, in the that we #would have to show some generosity. +To Fishing Commission *le concern very especially the budgetary line *B2-901, relative to the operations of control and of surveillance made by the States members, the line *B2-903 relative to the support to the Politics *Pesquera Common, and the line *B7-8000, relative to the international agreements of fishing. +Have to give the graces besides, in name of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, to time to the general speaker of the budget, gentleman *Bourlanges, and to the Commission of Budgets, #as well as to his president, gentleman *Wynn, by the position that have adopted in this question. +By #this propose that in the next period carry out an analysis of the programs, with the relative lines of credit, no longer by periods of four, five or six years, but by periods more reduced: of #one or two years at most, since market logics and of investment in an economy *globalizada no longer answer to the criterion with the *cual has structured the budget. +#If the Council has not found way to fund the reconstruction of *Kosovo that through a linear cut of the external actions of the Union, is logical that the European Parliament want to now defend these lines. +#If #all the parts interested respect the fundamental distribution of these competitions and act in consequence, the achievement of the goals of #all the areas of performance will be the natural result of decisions of individual performance. +Finally, the debate on combination of politics balanced and adapted" did not have to use to divert the attention of the structural reforms that so urgently need to face up to the grave structural problem of unemployment in the zone of the euro. +The irrational exuberance that characterises to #some bags, the excessive indebtedness of families #american and of some economic sectors in the important countries take that it weigh a true threat on the world-wide economic stability. +The workers concern because the Central Bank European considers a danger, for the famous monetary stability, rhythm of greater growth that the 2,5%, *algo that carries to the fight against the unemployment to an indeterminable future. +Are keeping a debate *algo wander and results interesting to read the words of the gentleman speaker in reason exhibition, is to say, that the European Parliament " ... is responsible so much to receive and debate the annual report of activities of the #ECB as to control the #ECB" . +Wanted to signal that the Realm Joined and the Conservative Party British -to the that belong- never have been hostile to the euro like coin for those States members that really wish to join , since #all are tied as a result of belonging to the only market, so that a sinking of the confidence in the euro #can *afectarnos to #all, are inside or out of the *UEM. +Also is essential, in my opinion, that encourage to the Bank to follow the example of other great central banks, like the Federal Reservation American, and to take of the transparency a fundamental look of #all activities. +The historical examples no are missing to this *respecto and the warning is not *ociosa in the current moments, in the *cuales the economic recovery in *Europa do not finds, neither *muchísimo less, confirmed, and in the that, to the own time, assist to speculations on the imminence of a monetary politics more strict. +Gentleman President, gentleman *Duisenberg, *nosotros deputies, as we have manifested varied times tonight, have a fundamental paper that exert in relation with the only coin put that this Assembly is the only place in the that the village of *Europa #can exert a democratic influence in the mood in that it manages his only coin. +The system of the Euro, to the principle, left clear during a short period of time that provision #would not constitute a problem taking into account that it #can ensure that the money guaranteed to the banks or to other organisations will not go in in circulation before 1 January of the 2000 - is to say, in general circulation. +The results of the application of this politics see reflected in the notorious decrease of the complaints by rape of the human rights produced by the public strength, #such as they recognise it reports of organisms *intergubernamentales and the *ONG that act in this field. +The Commission *congratula of the principle of *equiparación, so wide as it was possible, of the rights and duties of the pertinent citizens of third States that reside of durable form in the Union with the recognised to the national citizens of States members of the Union and consider that it has to advance with concrete proposals in this sense. +In *Tampere #can not still adopt the idea of a Public Ministry European, even limited to the protection of the financial interests of the Community. *Me allow to propose that the next debate on the Conference *Intergubernamental was a fine occasion so that it collect idea #ours. +#If decisions, when going back of the field of the high level to the grey *cotidianeidad of the councils of the Ministries of Interior and of Justice, go back also routine and do not happens at all in three or four years, *Tampere will happen to the history like the summit of the statements *irrealizadas. +*Me propose to consider like political and philosophical foundation of the Space of Freedom, Security and Justice #all questions relative no only to the fundamental rights of the citizens of the States members of the Union, but also to the of the citizens of third States that reside legal and *duraderamente in the territory of the Union. +The past week have kept a debate with #Jean-*Luc *Dehaene -gentleman Commissioner #Michel *Barnier was present- and want to *decirle, gentleman Commissioner, that have a full confidence in that *usted will make his contribution to guide the European Union to a positive future and will have #all our support in this task. +#This *CIG, without embargo, will not treat so much on expanding the field of responsibility or of competition of the European Union; will treat on the structural reform, the institutional reform, reform that give greater opening to the Union, that the take more efficient, more democratic and more transparent. +Is the question of coding and simplification of the Treaties, a subject that this Parliament was the first in putting of relief in the preliminary stage of the negotiations of *Amsterdam; a task initiated by *Amsterdam, but that is far to be completed and that it is #another of the arguments in the that takes upsetting the report *Dehaene. +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the Council relative to the approval, in name of the Community, of the Decision *OSPAR 98\/3 relative to the elimination of facilities maritime in disuse (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0015\/1999 - 1999\/0097(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer) +Receive with enormous satisfaction this intelligent step to cut across #one of the key problems that brake the potential of the electronic trade in *Europa, to know, the difficulty to verify the identity of the users and consumers. +Support the proposal of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary in the that asks that they facilitate to the *PE succinct records of meetings of the Council of Governors, in the that present of explicit form the arguments "in favour" or "against" of the decisions adopted and the reasons that motivate said decisions. +The European Union believes that the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs is an important step in the path to the no proliferation of nuclear arms and to the nuclear disarmament, and his entrance in vigour results beneficial for #all the states. +As a result of the nuclear proofs made by Indian and *Pakistán, the Commission has taken part in the international operative units for the development of measures of confidence and of guarantees and so that these countries undertake constructive negotiations on the no proliferation and the control of arms in the zone. +But anyway, is important that have a clear expression and *comprometedora of the political will of the international factors and of the that they #can guarantee the world-wide peace and the stability that the no expansion of the nuclear arsenals is elevated and constitutes a no negotiable priority. +*Permítanme add some words on the finance of the military campaign that, in my opinion - an opinion that do not seems to share the Russian Prime minister - believes that it has been able to *repercutir on the recovery of the economy #russian during these last months. +#If now, with the unanimous support of the commission contribute other 13 amendments, #this refer in first line to the endowment of credits, to the term of application and to the requirement directed to the States members so that they suppress the obstacles in access to the program. +Precisely *nosotros the radicals perhaps were the first in creating of autonomous form audience centre in the audiovisual sector attendant of the follow-up and control of the presences, for example, politics in the distinct spaces, the distinct newscasts and the media. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading(To5-0038\/1999) of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [$^13175$/^1$/^1999$ - ^*C$^5$-^0022$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0197$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes the program of community action "Youth" (Speaker: Mrs. *Gröner) +Is especially *inquietante the fact that, simultaneously to the reduction of the costs of support to the markets of agricultural products, assist, in the frame of the called second *pilar of the *OMC, to the systematic increase of the costs devoted to ruin to the small and average agriculturalists. +It same fits to say of the social costs, extraordinarily limited, and oriented no to reduce the unemployment and to improve the quality of life of the workers, but to facilitate measures for the destruction of the frame of labour relations. +But wish underline that, without embargo, are not #naïve: the fact that Parliament wish to substitute the terms "cultural cooperation" by the cultural "political terms" reveals the temptation *uniformizadora of a supposed cultural politics #european, that #would substitute the politics of the States members. +do not take fault already neither pretexts in this jungle in the that *impera the law of the most violent competition and of the immunity of the big capital; of here that *MICHELIN announce to time an increase of the benefits of the 17% and 7.500 new dismissals, that add to the 15.000 of the immediately previous years. +Equally, is necessary that adopt the necessary measures to increase the rights and the conditions of intervention of the committees of company #european established in Directive 94\/95, in particular regarding the right to the suspension of the licences. +In effect, as it has been signalled aptly by the Mr. *Hatzidakis, this Directive foresees some transitory disposals, valid until 1 January of the year in course, with the end to allow the ending of works of the European Committee of Normalisation. +The widest possible, that has to include also the cooperation *extractiva, as #if *Europa is the main market of export of fish #moroccan, circumscribe the cooperation to the commercialisation and transformation #would not be it desirable, since the market controls from the centres of consumption more that from the centres of production. +Gentleman President, the innumerable pressures that so much the Council and this Assembly like the sector *pesquero had to exert on the Commission have given like fruit that finally, grieve a month before finalising the Agreement of fishing with *Marruecos, have obtained a negotiation mandate. +Gentleman Commissioner *Fischler, three months ago that am here and already have seen it prejudice the interests of *Portugal three times: with the crazy cows, subject in the that his decision results inconceivable; in the *ganadería swine, in the that persecution will is unacceptable; and now in the fishing, in the that the inaction of his Commission neither has pardon. +Nobody pretends to put in cloth of trial effective instruments of cooperation with *Marruecos through negotiations that reinforce, inside it possible, the interests so much of the community operators as of the Moroccans underlining this sense of solidarity that, on the other hand, also in the distinct sectors of the *exquisitamente economic, has shown daily especially among the countries of the south of *Europa, in the #mediterranean zone. +On the other hand, the #european fleet so attentive to exert the fishing fulfilling the concrete norms of environmental compatibility - biological stops, fields of fishing, prohibition of fishing with *jábega and with networks of drag, #etcetera - needs socioeconomic measures of compensation after an agreement that limits even more, #if it fits, activity, included the industry of transformation. +do not know #if they are some, but *me have said that in the #french markets sells meat joined still to chips of medullary and cerebral tissue: the corresponding organism #can occupy to control the too much low norms of agricultural hygiene in *Francia; supermarkets #french do not demand the presentation of the reports on *pesticidas. +Gentleman President, comprise to our #british friends, as I comprise to our #portuguese friends, that also see affected, as I comprised to our #belgian friends in the subject of the dioxin and as I comprise still better to the French in the subject of debugger slimes. +But neither is necessary to lose of sight that the catastrophe of the illness of the crazy cows that has affected to our #british mates #would have been able to affect to #any one of our countries, since #all practise politics agricultural *productivista contrary to the nature, increasingly subjected to the *librecambismo world-wide. +will Adopt measured against *Francia after the meeting of the Commission on 10 November, #if, to heights, after having had varied days to digest the unanimous decision, the #french Government has not adopted measures to raise this prohibition? +Is a special consultative group that takes his contribution to the legally established committee, established to exert the function of advising to the Commission in relation with these subjects, is to say, to the Managerial Committee Scientist. +Remains clear in advance that the end of this dialogue in two times is not the to understand on common orientations or commitments *apremiantes; like this, as, this dialogue will not conclude with a coordination agreement #ex in front of of the different fiscal politics, budgetary, monetary or even contractual. +#If the community interests do not situate in the *primer flat, the Union will not be able to carry advance the necessary politics to complete the ordination of market #european in the sense of a social economy of market environmentally sustainable. +It that is in game is not a question of confidence or of confidentiality -that the members of parliament and members of parliament also know to respect-, but that it that in reality *dirime is how go to configure our future in the century *XXI and in this context #can not *escamotear any information, any analysis, prognosis, but that all has to #make of way really affordable. +#Can restructuring in the labour market, the restructuring and the reforms that have to take in the markets of products and of services, in accordance with the decisions of *Cardiff, #can #all these reforms, create the conditions so that the monetary politics move in another frame? +But believe that we have to see the positive side politically. That it that concerns so much to the villages of *Europa -because #all the deputies represent to the villages of *Europa, by *ellos have taken use of the word in this hemicycle- by this subject *candente and interesting that is the employment and unemployment, comes to the centre of the dialogue *macroeconómico. +The fact of not being physically seated in the table of the dialogue do not wants to say that no have a possibility of presence of the Parliament, a possibility to transmit his ideas. +The formulation of the common position #would have allowed simply to the *empleadores abandon the attempts to reach negotiation on the annual computation of the labour day and then the States members #can have allowed said annual computation. +In any case, gentleman President, *nosotros support the just claims of the workers of the sea, are to his side and, in spite of #everything it positive that have these directives, #can not vote approval because they are in a direction that, still with his possible improvements, goes to perpetuate the current inadmissible situation. +From the principle have to underline that today we are debating a modification of the relative directive to the bunch of the workers that had been excluded of the directive on the ordination of work time, that carries debating six years. +Although we do not have news of cases of persecution or imprisonment of scientists by his scientific work, *yo wanted to remember that a series of scientists have been pursued or imprisoned in the last years owing to his political ideas and, to our opinion, #would have to take advantage of also this occasion to express clearly that these persons owe *recobrar freedom. +*Me seems that all it that have witnessed during these last months shows it contrary: the multiplication of #dissident arrests, the persecution of the supposed sect *Fa-*Lung-*Dung, etc. Obviously, #can conceive a strategic relation with a no democratic country, with a dictatorial country. +The question that imposes is #if with the effective execution of this agreement, the #european interests will correspond of sufficient form with the of *Moscú Concedes the #russian Government, for example, to be concrete, importance that *nosotros to the situations of emergency ecological? +Have here data that *me encourages and that it #would be necessary to project to scale of the European Union. The chemical industry German devotes 12.300 millions of annual frames to investigation and development, to the *cuales it is necessary to add other 5.000 millions of frames allocated to the investigation abroad; generally in States Joined, is true, but the countries of *América Latin and #others also take part increasingly like investors in the sector of the investigation. +The European Union has to give a direct juridical frame to allow the free circulation and the free provision of services and avert the conflicts and obstacles to the free circulation owed to legislations too much #discordant in the distinct States of the Community. +In consequence, by reasons of procedure today has taken necessary to present two reports, #one relative to the guidelines on politics of employment for the year 2000 and the creation of a commission of employment, and another relative to the conjoint report on employment in 1999 that contains the conclusions approved in the commission. +#This states, to his time, of two parts: in the first place, of the proposal of decision of the Council by the that creates an Employment Committee and, second, of the relative proposal to the guidelines of the politics of employment for the year 2000. +This regulation will guarantee fundamentally that the States members support the programs that take into account the character *cambiante of the world of work, the need to boost the business spirit, #as well as the support to the local programs of creation of employment. +The Union #would have to be ambitious regarding the utilisation of money for employment, controlling the public helps delivered to the companies and applying a politics of credit that penalise the destructive practices and favour the creation of employment. +Create, besides, that the report, integrated by the contributions that Mr. *Menrad has had to well collect, is in fact the best possible report in the field of those limitations that the *márgenes of the subject, the competitions of the Parliament and the constructive modalities of *Europa allowed. +Also receive with satisfaction the general call in favour of a fiscal review with seen to reduce the fiscal charges and the *cotizaciones to the social security, #as well as the formalities, all which increases the unemployment and weighs on places of work. +The report inscribes perfectly in the frame of the process of *Luxemburgo that, on my part, *yo #would have preferred that it had presented goals in figures, and inscribes besides in our will to know the balance that proposes the Commission for the national plans of annual employment. +Is indispensable that the workers take part in the decisions that *les affect and #if, in his moment, Mr. *Schweitzer, president of *Renault, had consulted to the consultative committee European, created and proposed by our Assembly, definitely #would not have had the subject *Vilvorde, as perhaps we #would not have had the subject *Michelin. +Nevertheless, have to consider that from the moment in that we recognise that unemployment is not so only a quantitative magnitude, but also qualitative, has to expand the quantification of the qualitative parameters of the employment, that have to include references to the level *salarial, to the time, and to the special conditions of work. +The surveys that have made among the youngsters that finalise cycle school and among the students that initiate his professional life, have given, for example, like result that the 60% of our youngsters in place to initiate an active occupation, prefer to undertake a career *funcionarial. +*Austria has assumed an avant-garde paper with a law of protection against the violence that exists from 1997, the designated right of expulsion, in the that the men that have *perpetrado violent actions are expelled of the home and the women do not see forced already to have to escape with his children to houses for women and to similar centres. +In consequence, invite to the Mrs. Speaker to that it put greater attention - while it was in course a political debate in #one of the States of the Union - so much in not taking party by #one of the parts as in respecting or, at least, in taking into account the existence of the constitutions valid in the distinct States of the Union. +Is a countable system that allows a wider base of the resource *PNB and, consistently, some greater financial resources, without exceeding the relative index on purpose signalled in agreements of *Berlín and in the agreement *interinstitucional. +Finally, in relation with the increases of the powers of management of the Commission, by means of the *cuales #this #can reduce the amount of the direct helps or suspend the payment of the *anticipos monthly to the States, estimate that no associates to the Parliament it sufficient in the adoption of these measures. +The reason for *ello is that this proposal breaks with the freedom of election of the States members to the hour to regulate so much the labour day like rest time, as it remains established in the Agreement *núm. 180 of the *OIT on labour day of the *navegantes. +In this context has to have of course in account that the closing of head offices nuclear *ocasiona also economic problems in diverse countries. see affected the supply of energy, the prices of #the same and export possibilities and also #can arise environmental problems #if it changes to the old-fashioned and defective energetic plants. +The decision in relation with the hormones in the meat of bovine and import bases in scientific proofs -that facilitated to the Commission, before *yo occupied my place, the appropriate scientific committee-, in the sense that #one of the hormones in particular -17 beta-*estradiol- is a complete *carcinógeno. +Also wanted to signal to the attention of His *Señoría the statement that appears in the communiqué of the Scientific Managerial Committee that the meat of bovine exported with arrangement to export plan according to a calendar established is so innocuous like any #another meat of bovine of the European Union. +The Commission remembers that the decisions adopted and statements taken in the summit European Union-States Joined, of 18 May 1998, on the laws *Helms-*Burton and will Go-Libyan went directed to prepare the terrain for a definite solution of this important bilateral disagreement. +The *UNMIK, attendant of the provisional civil administration of *Kosovo, is energy and considerable resources to reactivate the economy of *Kosovo, it that comports, among other things, the *restablecimiento of frame juridical and institutional and the coordination of the considerable quantities of assistance of donors that are the economy. +Nevertheless, because of the supplementary terms fixed for the approval of the smart -terms, finish of say it, of the that the Commission is not responsible- the approval of programs will have to take place in the course of the second semester of the year 2000, for the greater part of these eight States members. +#That is the reason by the that are a lot in programs of judicial and police cooperation to sensitise more to the authorities -to the policemen that take charge of these cases #all the days- on how confront this class of incidents. +#If well I recognise that His *Señorías wish to use this communication and *debatirla in the Parliament like an instrument to increase the pressure on the States members, wanted to *instarlos to that they exert pressure now and do not limit to expect until this document happen by #all the necessary courses in the EU. +Gentleman President, only want to issue a brief personal statement. was not at all my intention suggest that the Commissioner has received *algo, being missing to the truth but that in the public means Czechs has said that *le had sent said study and that had not reacted up to now. +The three deputies of the Communist Party of #Grecia, in forceful protest by the presence today here of the Mr. #Solana -#one of the greater managers, in his quality of Secretary General of the NATO, of the crime *perpetrado against *Yugoslavia-, and by his nomination like "gentleman *PESC" , abandon symbolically Hall. +For the first time, the Council of General Subjects gathered with the additional participation of the ministers of Defence of the Union and kept a debate -to my trial, important- on the formulation of a #european politics in matter of security and of defence. +Believe that #that is a dimension that has to inspire his performance and, to time, like Secretary of the Council, expect that *le allow to help to reform and to give coherence to this institution, that, in this moment, is perhaps the most needed of an impulse of rationalisation in the group of our institutions. +In this context wanted to mention that the network of prevention of conflicts *CPN, been born of an initiative of #Michel *Rocard in the European Parliament, alerted on the explosion of a conflict a lot before the confrontation of *Kosovo, #such as also they took it delegations of the Parliament that visited the region. +For example, Subject minister External affirmed that it felt very happy with the decisions adopted: said that they had taken into account the interests of the neutral countries and that #this had respected in the opinion that presented the Political Committee of the EU. +Our approach of negotiation has to reflect our importance like the greater commercial region of the world and at the same time also our responsibility to promote a balance among the economic interests to scale world-wide, especially in relation with the countries in development. +The model of agriculture #european, based in agricultural exploitations environmentally sustainable, that together with the production of foods, also characterises by the preservation of the rural space, of the environment and of the quality of our products, has to keep. +*Nosotros want to link the liberalisation of the world-wide trade with the basic subjects of politics future, of our future, the subjects of the social harmony and the requirements of the environmental politics. +Gentleman President, *yo only want *rogarle that *le transmit to the Speaker of the Parliament our gratitude for having received to a Government chosen under the supervision of the *OSCE, that besides has headquarters inside the territory of the Council of *Europa and #whose election carried out of compliance with the #russian Constitution. +The absolute liberalisation of the market, the suppression of the subventions, control by the *OMC of the negotiations on the immunity of the investments, will convert to the small countries in hostages in hands of the powerful and to the villages in instruments of the monopolies. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman Minister, *Señorías, take use of the word to reaffirm #some of the points that already have signalled here mates #mine of the Party of the European Socialists, in the sense that we are adherents of a round of negotiations, but no a round #any one of negotiations. +Think that the development of the economy and of the competitiveness of the #european countries #can take in a favourable frame to the modernisation of the social systems without renouncing to the fundamental requirement of solidarity. +Gentleman President, estimated and estimated colleagues, *yo want to appreciate to the #finnish Presidency and to the Mr. *Sasi commitment with the that have assumed the difficult task to define the mandate and express also my gratitude to the speakers by the frankly excellent work that are. +Prefer the cohesion to the efficiency and *cuando the Commissioner *Barnier posed takes little the question that in *Europa there will be 27 countries, *yo *le say, gentleman Commissioner, that for me is more important that in the decisions of this *Europa of 27 #all countries seat *partícipes of the process of decision that debate #if, with 27, #can adopt decisions in an hour, in less of two hours or in three hours. +With the commitment of the common position of the month of January of 1998 the Council said that the Union #would back #all the efforts of the *PNUCD in *Afganistán and has taken it, with his finances The problem is the result of finances. +Ask: estimates *usted that the Commission has juridical foundations to sustain in his reports, among other things, that are conditions for the association dismantlement of the #slovakian nuclear head office with the difficult name that begins by "*B" , *Bohunice, and the dismantlement of the nuclear head office in *Bulgaria? +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the register of documents of the Council directed to the public, that was created through the decision of the Council adopted on 19 March 1998, was included in the Internet pages of the Council on 1 January 1999. +Our position, like deputies of the European Parliament, remains, therefore, protected, and the deputies that fear sincerely that we are a species of "Letter of the *fisgones" or *algún right again coin given to the civil servants so that they #can inform confidentially about any unfounded act of the deputies #can be calm, because it did not treats of *eso at all. +Report (To5-0062\/1999) of Mr. *Schwaiger, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the Communication of the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament: The approach of the EU on the Round of the #Millenium of the *OMC (*COM(1999) 331 - *C5-0155\/19 - 1999\/2149(*COS)) +Are fully in accordance with the control of the institution by part of the *OLAF, but no *nos identify at all with complaint "politics" proposed in the frame of the Institutional Agreement among the Commission, the Council and the Parliament that, besides, attentive against the free mandate of the deputies. +And the recent statements of the Commission are not directed to *aplacar said worry: "Is necessary, declares #this, detain war of the banana because it intoxicates the transatlantic relation and because the Union #would send a message *desfavorable to the world, to the beginning of the new commercial negotiations". +Gentleman President, in the first editorial of the Report *Dimitrakopoulos-*Leinen, on the future Conference *Intergubernamental, read the following considering: "Considering the index of abstention in the last elections #european, that shows an increasing loss of interest of the citizens with regard to the current operation of the Union...". +Besides, *me *opongo to the creation of a common military defence, especially in the points 26 and 27, that requires calendar compulsory" for the realisation of a politics of security and common defence that guarantee the external borders of the Union. +With the modifications introduced to the proposal of the Commission and that contain in the report, that involve that age minors #can not be registered and the strengthening of the right to the personal integrity, give our support to the report. +Our States members endowed of nuclear head offices work in this question from two years ago like minimum, and the informations that act in our power *nos indicate that the measures *correctivas today are practically finished, to the equal that #all works relative to the planning of urgency. +And, #if well it is positive the approval of the budgetary line for the next years, is essential that the dowry of assignments necessary for the economic and financial support to the reconstruction and the transition of *Timor Oriental to the independence. +is not of *extrañar that in a situation of absolute despair in the that *cientos of thousands of persons were displaced systematically by the political violence -and here is the enormous difference with the current acts of punctual revenge, although no therefore less condemnable-, *Rugova have lost the control of the strengths. +Gentleman President, as it has remembered the lady speaker, the European Commission sustains that, regarding the plan of action and of fight against the drug of the period 1995-1999, neither the normative instruments neither programs have been object of a sufficient assessment. +In the sector of the treatment, #would have to give support to programs of quality, directed to the community in general, to the school means, included the oriented to the imprisoned population, accompanied of initiatives allocated to promote the reduction of risks, an example of the *cuales is exchange program of syringes. +Also in this point there was in the past #some criticisms to the bank, went to investments in the sector of the health in my country of origin, that especially ensured structures aged, or went in the sectors of the traffic and the environment in *Europa oriental. +It that *sucede is that *ello #would involve a modification of the norms at present applicable, which, to his time, #would give place to a delay in the process of taking of decisions on the humanitarian help, #one of #whose main characteristic is the urgency, to be able to *paliar quickly the existent problems in *Turquía. +Go to read in Italian text for his *Señorías: "Considers that the work of rehabilitation of the *toxicómanos is, to the equal that #others, a *pilar fundamental for the fight against the drug, in what it takes part in the front of the demand. To said end, backs and encourages the important social work developed by the centres of detoxication, #whose capacity of intervention is precise to intensify" . +Have had knowledge or, more exactly, have had the confirmation that the European Commission had in his power the first part of the follow-up report of the world-wide market elaborated in application of the Regulation of the Council that *usted has remembered. +The type of conditions that have to bear to resist in the great ships is not acceptable, by it that #if they go to build new ships, owe *asegurarnos that they fulfil the best possible criteria and take measured to ensure that, *cuando transport to the animals in sea in great ships, take #all the measures to optimise conditions. +Want to take advantage of the opportunity and Ask to the Commissioners how thinks the Commission ensure a development of the maritime traffic that increase the security and the respect to the environment, #if no allows the follow-up in the development of his activities. +Lady Speaker, come from of *Donegal, a border county of the historical province of the *Ulster, and to the equal that my colleague #irish the Mrs. *Doyle seat a very special gratitude by the advances achieved in *Irlanda of the North lately and, in particular, by the events of these last days. +The 29 July of the present year, the Defender of the European Village directed writing to this Parliament in relation with a query by his own initiative in the that requested a code of fine administrative behaviour and asked an answer before 30 November. +Second, have to *explicarles to our political strengths, to our national parliaments and to our societies why take the Conference *Intergubernamental, why want Letter of fundamental rights, why want the enlargement and why have the responsibility to take that the Community work like #such. +And #this because the strength of the European Union is increasingly the of a bureaucratic power, of a penetrating bureaucracy that wants to occupy of #everything, with the ideological illusion that the Right and the parliamentary procedure are an obstacle that *ralentiza pointlessly reforms. +Want that in *Helsinki adopt the necessary decisions to begin to undertake concrete initiatives in looks no military and military of the common politics of defence, and that indicate the necessary operative capacities and the institutions that will have to adopt the decisions. +Regarding the participation of the European Parliament, am not in conditions of *aventurar #which will be the solution of the summit of *Helsinki, but already said a time before and go back to repeat that *nosotros have a positive experience of the participation of Parliament in the last occasion. +Gentleman President, the annual report in question is an important and valid novelty, and value sees highlighted by the fact that in the recently concluded Forum on Human Rights, organised by initiative of the #finnish Presidency, the organisations *nogubernamentales, the *ONG, have taken part in the debate in equality of conditions. +Gentleman President, there #be not doubt that with the presentation of this report, the awareness of the public opinion regarding the importance of the subject of the civil rights and of the human rights shows that it gives a new step forward. +In the resolution of the Parliament of 6 October decide to accelerate the procedure relative to the technical and financial assistance necessary for the realisation of the Union *Aduanera; and took a call to the Council so that it backed the necessary measures. +imposes, therefore, that the #european strategy with regard to *Turquía take to understand with clarity to the #turkish political class, and to society #turkish, that there will be a special statute for this country, that will have to fulfil #all the criteria of *Copenhague and of *Luxemburgo so that it advance his #european perspective. +In *tercer place, the voluntary commitment of the car industry -so much the European, as also the Korean and the Japanese- refers to technical measures of reduction of CO2 broadcasts, by means of the improvement of the engines, light bodyworks, etc. #This also has to control. +The Commission foresees in the first part of the letter *b) of the section 2 of article 5 that the procedures that guarantee the evaluation of the environmental risk and other notable elements #would have to be equivalent to the established in the Directive of the Council 90\/220. +And suits to observe that this supplementary quantity did not compensates at least the whole of the potential production in normal climatic conditions: so only serves to attenuate the losses quoted in the moment of the cast of contingents by the States members. +Is much better that the Central Bank European and the European Commission, in collaboration with the commercial banks, occupy that it exist suitable information and detailed to the public on the design and security characteristics of the coins and notes in euros, to begin on 1 November of the 2001, to more take. +Therefore, ask that these elements -the acceptance and the confidence, the *aproblematicidad and the previous distribution are regulated of way that in this stage reinforce the confidence of the citizens and #this includes the *front-*loading and a sufficient information in the campaign of the euro. +#If it loans attention to the common goals of the *considerandos of the proposal, fits *apoyarlos full and entirely the responsible exploitation of the banks, the improvement of the competitiveness of the sector, the liberalisation of the market, etc. #All affirmations have my total compliance. +The use of methods of *crierios wide for the adaptation of the offer and the demand by part of the producer organisations #would have to be a fundamental support for the competitiveness and the general efficiency of the sector *pesquero in group. +Want *congratularme here of *ella, because it is evident that the European Parliament has to give a very clear signal of defence of the values in that it believes, in particular in a country that is not a country #any one, is a country that has in course adhesion process to the European Union. +Go to approve the budget of the year that comes with important quantities allocated to the reconstruction plan of *Nicaragua after the damages caused by the hurricane *Mitch, and believe that our function is to support and sustain the democratic institutions, that watch by the healthy fulfillment of the rules of the game. +By the contrary, wanted to support to the that have said that no only headed a coherent delegation, but that order disposals practical for *nosotros -the greater parliamentary delegation that never has assisted to international conversations on the trade- was in mutual benefit. +Is very significant that have detected the greater percentage of material errors in the department of internal management because inside this department the same Commission has the exclusive responsibility of the financial management. +Wanted to underline it that has said the Mrs. go *der *Laan in relation with the fraud in the Union, and signal that, to judge by the #news of the press on the fraud in general and attacks to the public budgets, fits to think that the community budget is more vulnerable that any #another. +Wanted to hail of special form that the Council have approved that in the granting of helps of trip at last #can have in consideration the possibility that only they award to #that that really the need, so that #that that by financial reasons #can not take part yes #can take it because of this form the money #would put to disposal. +Second, although I do not have intention to recommend that we vote against of the report of Mr. *Busk, believe that it costs the pity call to the caution with regard to the appeal of the speaker of a greater financial participation community in the tasks of inspection and control of the *caladeros. +This participation involves more budgetary resources and, as my colleagues of the Budget Commission do not leave to repeat, the size of the cake is limited, by it that every time that cut a new chip, means that it will remain less bear *algún another equally important sector. +On the other hand, the section 2 of the article 7 of Regulation establishes that the mandate of a deputy only will be able to purchase validity after #this have formulated the statements by writing to that is forced in virtue of the article 6 of the Record of 20 September and of the Annex *I of the Regulation. +The Commission neither #can accept the amendment 19 that forbids the sales of squads that contain *hidroclorofluorocarburo in a term of five years from the prohibition of his use, since it #would increase the probability of illegal practices of poured and broadcasts to the atmosphere of *hidroclorofluorocarburos. +The Summit of *Estambul offered likewise the occasion for the signature of the version modified of the Treaty on the strengths armed and conventional in *Europa, for the adoption of the document of *Viena of 1999 and for the signature of the Letter of European Security. +#would not be good for the European Union that talked of a #european common defence but afterwards did not endow to the Union of the means to assume said defence and at the end finished causing, by *añadidura, a distance of our #american partners inside NATO. +The States members have engaged to renounce to the control of control on 50.000 soldiers in favour of the *euroejército and have yielded thickness equivalent to a body of army to the common service of the EU. +Gentleman President, has announced, aptly, the Summit of leaders of the EU celebrated in *Helsinki like the of the enlargement of the European Union and no fits doubt that this meeting of the European Council has been to the height of the hopes in *ella put. +Gentleman President, President in exercise of the Council and Prime minister, Mr. *Lipponen, and the President of the Commission, Roman Mr. *Prodi, have taken a good summary on the central decisions adopted under the #finnish Presidency and on the pending tasks in the future. +Also forces to the European Parliament to expand his own field to the sphere of defence, in particular *cuando *clausure the Assembly of the Western European Union, so that it #can have an appropriate democratic examination of this delicate and controversial sphere. +The fault of recognition by part of *Turquía of the rights of the *kurdos is the most important cause of rapes of the #european democratic norms and in matter of human rights and the pretext so that his State was dominated by the soldiers. +*Yo ask to the Council and to the Commission that adopt immediate measures to guarantee the effective reconversion of the help in the frame of *TACIS, as we #can not continue subsidising combination of bloody electoral campaign and colonial war *sanguinaria. +*Me cheer that Mrs. *Schreyer have referred before to the supplementary bottoms for the Veterinary Office, that are particularly important, #if we want that it tackle the problems that have arisen owing to the crisis of the *EEB, the crisis of the dioxin in *Bélgica and, of course, the continuous work in *Portugal. +The Commission has adopted, besides, three decisions of application of the Regulation *nº 4064\/89, relative to the control of the operations of concentration among companies, and of the Regulation 17\/62, of compliance with articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty, by the that they impose fines that go of 100.000 to 3.000 euros to each #one of the companies that communicated wrong informations in answers to requests of information that *les had formulated. +In reality, these programs have like fundamental goal the to support the training of professionals of the audiovisual industry #european and promote the artistic creation and the investigation of the Europeans in the audiovisual sphere. +Gentleman President, since *nos gives the opportunity to debate freely: have read today in the morning in the *Libération the statement of Mr. *Ecevit, the one who affirms that after the admission of *Turquía like country candidate to the adhesion to the European Union, has declared: "Inevitably, the borders of *Europa will advance more to Orient... goes to include #Asia central and finally #all the #asian continent. +Subject: Renewal of the public agreements of services to the companies commissioned of the management of the motorways in #Italia Government #italian has intention to renew the public agreements to the 20 companies that in these moments manage the #italian motorways. +#If the services of the competent Commission in matter of transport and of the competition work joined, #can advance an important step to a politics of transfer of the transport of heavy commodities of the road to the railway. +In other words, there #be interest in this subject, but still, by it that *yo know, has not got to a point in the that it #can adopt a decision, but his *Señoría knows that it is not #one of my competitions, talk, therefore, with *mesura and caution, although I #can *decirle that the European Commission is not elaborating still #such directive. +Second, have said specifically, no only now in this Assembly, but along years and also has shown it by means of the measures adopted in my twelve weeks of competent Commissioner to the *respecto, that are not at all satisfied with the number of women in upper places or, in fact, in the categories "To" in general in the Commission. +At present the Commission is in help for the persons displaced inside the country, among seven and eight millions of euros, by half term, to the year, and in the financial supports to diverse initiatives directed to promote the human rights in the country. +Consistently, the Commission will value, in the first place, the effective incidence of the agreements in matter of competition; #if the incidence was remarkable, the Commission will be able to take into account the economic benefits derived of said agreements of prohibition of competition in evaluation on the possible applicability of the agreements of *exoneración individual in virtue of the section 3 of the article 81. +Subject: Distribution of vehicles of tourism and political of competition Is conscious the Commission that the car market of Realm Joined has the most expensive prices for 62 of the 75 models of vehicles of tourism more sold and that the citizens of the Realm Joined have to face up to numerous problems to the hour to buy vehicles in other States members? +*Yo *les pray that they do not anticipate now a quantity, but that *atengan to the fact that the Commission goes to present an exact and concrete estimate for this period and for said region, that will be able to and will have to be examined afterwards by the Commission of Budgets, the budgetary authority and Parliament. +The merits of an organ, of an institution, depend *empero of persons that have the responsibility of #the same. By #this is particularly important the nomination like members of the Court of Accounts of professional persons and technically competent, but also with a strong and independent personality. +While it procured to interest to #all, from the local authorities of the transport in *Kishinev until the minister of energy in *Uzbekistán, had the following experience: as in *tantos other fields of the politics of the EU, in the projects *TACIS perhaps are to take too much, further of *demasiadas geographic borders, in *demasiados sectors. +Consider that the European Parliament has to debate and approve the new instrument that substitutes the program *TACIS, although at present *Rusia, the greatest of the New States, is object of a just initiative of the European Parliament that suspends cooperation agreement technological as a result of the war against *Chechenia. +To *nosotros *nos corresponds to create the conditions of peace, cooperation, support, help and association and to the New Independent States, to *Mongolia and first of all to *Rusia, responsibility to deserve our offer respecting the objective conditions of defence of the fundamental principles of the citizens and of the communities governed. +The Environment Ministers that took part in the Conference *COP 5 had solid opinions on this subject. But a task that presents especially difficult is the intervention of the Community in the tendency of his own broadcasts of gases of effect *invernadero, as this tendency is to the heaves in these moments, *cuando, by the contrary, #would have to be downward. +The #irish Government has published a Green Book on the sustainable energy, that will obtain a special category in the frame of plan of national development for the period 2000-2006. +In particular, the communication takes upsetting in the central importance that attribute to the faithful fulfillment of the conjoint statement, in the that ensures that, to the equal that in the case of *Hong *Kong, the Commission will follow of wall subject and -once again to the equal that in the case of *Hong *Kong- will publish an annual report on *Macao. +*Segunda coincidence: celebrates the meeting *interparlamentaria with the Popular Republic of Chinese, it that *nos offers the opportunity to transmit directly to our pairs of delegation #chinese the depth of our feelings and the liveliness of our hopes regarding *Macao and to the future. +Besides, the program has supported financially hundreds of transnational projects for the development of the #european dimension and the improvement of the quality of the upper and primary education, the education and learning of tongues... +Is necessary to extract the educations owed of the absence of results of the Ministerial Summit of *Seattle, allocated to fix the program for Round of the #Millenium", in the level of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +This decision bases in the scientific conclusions of the #french committee of sanitary security of foods, that, without leaving to recognise that they had made progresses, considers that they still exist serious potential risks, as it shows it the persistence of the illness. +The hierarchical system that exists in the judicial processes no *nos allows to imagine neither by a moment that a court of appeal of #any one of the States members request to the Court of Justice of *Luxemburgo that pronounce in virtue of the article 177 and afterwards, *cuando have pronounced and no *le enjoy opinion say "no the will apply" . +Subject: economic Refugees in the EU These last years, the countries of the EU are thousands of economic refugees pertinent of the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental. Said persons add to the thousands of refugees pertinent of *Turquía and other countries of Orient Half and #Asia that, during years, find shelter in the EU. +On the other hand, the aspiring States take part actively in the work of the *CIREFI. The *CIREFI is work group of the Council, in the that the States members exchange the most recent data on the illegal immigration and on the routes used by #the same, well of routine form, well *ad *hoc. +Fits to put in doubt the opportunity to concede a credit to a company that has of an active important and that is situated in a flourishing region from the point of sight economic and possessor of special value and big importance from the point of ecological sight. +*Yo do not know #if Mr. *Dupuis is a member of parliament or a false member of parliament, but it that yes want to say is that *yo have finished *haciéndole a very clear question, asking #if had the Council #any concrete initiative for the diffusion of the humanitarian international Right. +The cooperation and the capacity of performance conjoint in this field, that also goes in inside the competitions of the EU, have to be increased clearly by means of this type of operations and also to *través of the general process of enlargement. +In virtue of these reasons, is to say, owing to the problems related with the terms and the importance of these four reports on the politics of competition, request that they subject to debate during the first week of sessions of the next year, in January -preferably Tuesday-, in *Estrasburgo. In name of #all the speakers ask that this appeal proceed. +No only think in waste no disintegrated of *BST that store in the organism, but also in the possible modification of the composition of the milk, by not talking of the increase of the dose of antibiotics that administers to the ailing cows. +In spite of the so difficult conditions of imprisonment, *usted has found the value to take advantage of this time, to end to elaborate strategies of resistance, study languages and Right, #as well as to draft wonderful poems and to paint pictures that has had the big delicacy of *entregarme takes a moment. +Yes, the bureaucracy considers to the greater citizens that ask the pensions numbers -*les remember that I am the representative of the Party of the Pensioners and have seen it many times- by #this #would wish that in the files put the photos of these citizens and that our citizens went labelings and considered at least like the *bueyes. +#One of two: or knows the origin of the bovine animals and #can raise the embargo on the #british meat, or #can not label to these bovine animals, by not knowing the origin of the meat, but then, in case, #can raise the embargo? +The Council also knows that they do not fulfil the criteria for entry and that neither there are expectations that they go to fulfil, had account that *Turquía not even is had to modify fundamental disposals of his Constitution, as for example the relative to the influence of the Army. +And, in the external plane, regret in particular the fault of quotation #any to the *gravísima situation *angolana and of reservations to the agreement *concertado with *México, that #can favour as a whole to the countries of the *TLC, aggravate the inequality in the reciprocal access to the markets and prejudice gravely industry interests #european. +Also #can be the point of game so that the fixed price of the book call it, with arrangement to law #french, "European" suppose a clear signal of the national States that they assume the responsibility to this *respecto and that do not answer with the usual *muletilla: "*eso decides in *Bruselas" . +To impulses of the #french Governments and German, the Council supported in the position of the European Parliament to approve, on 8 February 1999, a resolution by the that asked specifically the continuity of the existent systems of price of book. +#Can *asegurarles that without fixed price of the book #would not have been able to *subsistir. Thus his arguments only *me cause disappointment, and exhibition has left very clear that the question of the fixed price *transfronterizo of the book looms with converting in an interminable history. +The fundamental purpose of the competition is to protect the interests of the consumer so much from the point of sight of the prices as of the quality, #as well as protect the small and medium enterprises against, in cases, the excesses of the great. +Gentleman President, today do not invoke an abstract principle, but that take part in favour of #Rocco *Derek *Barnabei, youngster *italoamericano of 33 years that from six years ago lives in the runner of the death of a prison of #Virginia, with the daily nightmare to die by an offence that, very possibly, did not commit. +Because, as it says it #one of these brave women that resist and heave his voice to say to the world *algo abominable, the quote: "the discriminations against the women have converted in a platitudinous problem in the current world, but it that women are in *Afganistán is only and without precedents". +Want to signal two of these minimum norms, to know, the case in that it imposes the pity of death to persons that in the moment of the facts did not have at least 18 years, or the case in that it imposes the pity of death to persons with disabilities psychic. +A time the #french authorities have finished to evaluate the damages, the Commission, in the frame of the new planning of programs for the years 2000 to 2006 will be able to loan specific helps for protection against natural risks by means of the *cofinanciación of investments. +In 1997 presented a modification of this same Decision that *prorrogaba by two years more the term so that the States members sent his reports and the term with that explains the Commission to elaborate progress report for the Parliament and for the Council. +Therefore, request a commitment express of the Commission that it will define every year, among the plans *prioritarios of technical action that *le are proposed by the Permanent Committee of Agricultural Statistics, it requested in our amendments 4 and 5, since in case contrary *nos #would take to lengthen the process of *codecisión and *ello #would hamper the preparation of his statistical reports by part of the States members. +From the point of political sight, the most important message is the content in the amendments 4 and 5, in the that advises the tabulation crossed of the helps offered, among other things, in function of the extension of the statistics. +This information is especially significant when considering the social look of agriculture, being important to support even a system of investigation that piped the greater part of the help to the latifundiums of the agricultural regions more favoured. +In consequence, and logically, the Commission of Budgets *nos has signalled, to *nosotros, Industry Commission competent regarding the bottom, that in any case #can endorse donations that are not today *presupuestadas, and that are not in the financial perspectives, mainly the category 4, of the that know *ustedes that is already under pressure to try fund *Kosovo. +Second, regarding the actuality of the subject of the tourism, has considered the Council the repercussions of the #yugoslav crisis in the tourism, that will affect to zones of the *Balcanes, among *ellos, probably the north of #Grecia, #if it did not resolves quickly the crisis? +Subject: *Interreg for islandsThinks to back the Council the demands of inclusion of a specific line of cooperation *interinsular in the program *Interreg, #such as it requested in diverse amendments of the Parliament in the first reading of the Report *Varela *Suanzes-*Carpegna on the European Bottom of Regional Development? +Gentleman President, the Council did not knows up to now accumulation case. The Commission neither has presented to the Council any proposal that have like goal a modification of the prohibition of accumulation determined in the statute. +Have finished the turn of questions, have sacked to Mr. *Verheugen and, now, as *usted has asked the word for a question of order, *usted has to direct to the presidency because it is the presidency the one who has to answer to the questions of order. +By it other, gentleman speaker, his conclusions coincide, by fortune -as it has remembered *usted-, with the intentions expressed yesterday by the Mr. *Prodi by it that refers to the Commission, *cuando talked of the strengthening of the paper of the President, of efficiency, of the transparency and of an individual and collective responsibility. +Expect that also the General Secretariat of the Commission and the managers of the administrations follow the recommendations. But am not very safe that like this it was, because his decision of not rehabilitating to Mr. Go *Buitenen in his previous charge takes to fear it worse. +#If on the one hand the vertiginous economic growth offers possibilities to improve the situation of the environment, by the #another, also accelerates increasingly pollution of the ecological surroundings. To avert this pollution will have to introduce simultaneously an environmental legislation more rigorous. +In any case, at present #can say that they have gone in in vigour each #one of the ten agreements for *Europa, and that help for the *preadhesión on the that the European Council of *Berlín has reached an agreement, will include a duplication of the financial support to the countries of the *Europa central and of the east. +In *Polonia, with the entrance in vigour of the new Penal Code and of the Law of *Enjuiciamiento Criminal, #as well as with instauration of a Commissioner for the protection of the civil rights, have obtained important results in the terrain of the political criteria. +Regarding the adoption of the *acervo have reached some acceptable advances, especially inside the context of the union *aduanera. But need still considerable back efforts in the terrain of the inner market; and here again am, especially, of the fiscal and financial field. +#I.la proposed of regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that it modifies the Regulation 19\/65\/*CEE, relative to the application of the section 3 of the article 85 of the Treaty to determined categories of agreements and practical *concertadas (*COM(98)0546 - *C4-0628\/98-98\/0287 (*CNS)); #Ii.la proposed of regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that it modifies the Regulation 17, *primer regulation of application of articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty (*COM(98)0546 - *C4-0628\/98-98\/0288 (*CNS)).Has in the first place the word, like speaker, the Mrs. *Thyssen. +Also is essential that the Statute of the Defender of the European Village contain a clear disposal in the sense that the Defender has right to inspect #all archives and necessary documents, to avert unnecessary controversies and prolonged with the institutions. +But this protection of the rights of the community citizens #would not be sufficient #if we did not promote a narrow collaboration and cooperation among this Parliament, and in concrete Request Commission, competent in this matter, and the Defender the Village. +The information brochure public of the European Parliament about the right of request declares that the requests reveal often in a Been practical member that they are contrary to the letter or to the spirit of the community legislation. +Like result of requests, the European Parliament has had positive effects in the daily life of the citizens and has been able to act to find a solution of the cases that include questions of the competition of the Community. +Is important that this commission #can continue his work, but expect that the Commission was had to offer commitments about an agile processing of the requests, to the equal that has taken with the article 169 of the Treaty *CE, around the claims. +In this sense, wanted to express my gratitude to the Parliament by the support that in moment has loaned to the Commission in the launching of this big operation of information that is «Citizen of *Europa» (*Citizens *First) that has allowed, for the first time, to the citizens be very informed on his rights. +Are in presence of a horizontal politics in front of a sectorial politics; more still, among competitions recently attributed to this commission appear: «The relations with the local and regional powers and with the Committee of the Regions». +Accepts likewise the amendment 23, to exception of point 2: technically #the same #can not suppress because, in the case of exceptions with regard to the application of the first and *segunda managerial banking, #would not state the corresponding definitions to the competent authorities neither to the own bottoms. +The Commission of Subjects Economic underlines in his report the importance that *reviste for the young companies and the innovative companies of the sector of the high technologies market #european of capital of risk *circulante and efficient. +Therefore, is indispensable to initiate the reflection on a new type of international cooperation, and for *ello, it is necessary to consider, for example, the definition of a norm of the European Union that serve of base to the new regulation and to the new prudential control in breast of the Union. +Gentleman President, the political task is clear: the Commission has to present to the Council *ECOFIN action plan on the financial services, and the aforementioned Council has to subject this plan to the approval of the European Council of Colony. +The fight against the violence is particularly complex. Supposes the collaboration of the police and justice, #as well as a possible modification of the legislation, and the information and sensitisation, no only of the public opinion, but also of the official services involved. +The Commission already had decided that it made a study on the security of the tunnels inside the *quinto programs frame of investigation and development. Specifically, in relation with the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, the Commission has foreseen to fund improvements of the tunnel in the frame of the networks *transeuropeas. +And from here send a message of solidarity to *Xanana *Gusmãor, the man that in 1992 was condemned to twenty years of prison and is at present in domiciliary prison, but loomed to go back to the prison, to the total prison, only because it took a call in *pro of self-defence of the village *timorense. +prefers rather bomb, despising the principle of sovereignty and running the danger to unchain a third world-wide war, to the #serbian village, that, in his province, *Kosovo, cradle of nation, tries to put to except his national and religious identity. +The Commission is satisfied with the new politics of the #indonesian Government that includes the recognition, by part of #this, of the need to celebrate direct elections in *Timor to end to determine in how measured are acceptable the criteria for the autonomy that now are in New *York. +Think that on it that it is necessary to interrogate taking into account that by a time the Union, together with the Commission and the Commissioner *Marín in particular, together with the Council (and #this is rather exceptional) and, obviously, together with Parliament, has had a very clear position in relation with *Birmania- is #if, as it asked the Mr. *Vecchi, *Birmania is really isolated. +Gentleman President, this Parliament, to the equal that the other democratic institutions, has to launch a signal and a warning to leave clear that the rape of the human rights is an intolerable offence that did not forgets with time. +These amendments have a political value in the sense that they express our priorities. #can not accept, for example, that the small breweries of my country see forced to abandon his activity simply because they no longer #can sign supply agreements of beer as the know now. +The report takes a call to the government so that it keep dialogue regulate with the opposition and the social speakers to end to create a favourable political environment for the integration of *Hungría in the EU. +The amendments of Mrs. *Bennasar, that have received the support of the Commission of Rights of the Woman, enhance more the participation of the no governmental organisations in the execution of the program *DAPHNE. +But, especially, create *yo, the right to life, the right to the dignity, the right to the freedom and integrity of each #one. Supposes a clear reference to the human rights by it that this program, perhaps, #can be *algo wider and his content *originario, the that there was before, #can recover . +The main goal of the program *quinquenal *DAPHNE proposed is to support and boost to the no governmental organisations and to the voluntary organisations so that *mancomunen his efforts and protect to the boys, to the youngsters and to the women against type of violence. +The discrimination follows being very high in #all the fields, and believe that #all these persons do not want to be treated like objects of the public assistance, but that demand with reason to society and to the political his right to a life without discriminations in some safe social surroundings. +Finally, *me seems regrettable, instead, the silence of the report regarding the demographic looks -although *les speakers talk of *ello in a *primer moment, from the beginning of his report- because anyway at all will be possible -although it was not more that in the financial plane- #if no corrects the demographic pyramid of *Europa, that is *reveladora of a true tragedy. +But also treats, since *nos find in a world-wide market, to impose in the next negotiations of the *OCM that will take place in *Seattle the 30 of November, that treats really to disassemble the rigidities of the market and that the European Union #can act here exactly with equality of rights that in other great sectors. +In the first place, treats of the competitiveness of industry #european of the starch; treats of the agreements of *Berlín on seeds *oleaginosas and on plants *albuminosas that, as #all know, are entirely insufficient and do not suffice to diminish the deficit that there #be in these markets, no *pudiéndonos, therefore, serve of any big help in the current form. +Have listened with satisfaction that the gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen, in mood, recognises to the Been member the possibility to say the last word regarding this politics, but fear the sanction that the General Direction *IV, responsible of the competition, reservation usually to the state helps. +In effect, *usted has taken the decision to declare inadmissible a motion of censorship presented by 66 pertaining deputies to #all the political groups. Of this form *usted has questioned an inherent right to deputy. +Lady Speaker, #if well an absolute hit of the euro #would improve the competitiveness of the European Union, #would wish to call the attention on the fact that the structural unemployment represents to time a threat for this same competitiveness. +Always *me has upset a lot hear these great statements *vanagloriándose of the reduction of the public helps to companies, without wanting to accept that, in the meantime, the majority of the companies, of the great companies privatised, no longer invest in basic investigation neither in *I+*D, taking that our technological level retreat. +At present have thirteen socialist governments. So much his voters like the #european villages expect that they put in practice politics no only to the service of the employment, but also to the service of a social model that do not base in the precariousness. +To me, in any case, no *me #would enjoy to finish -since it is a debate conjoint- without saying that, regarding the management of 1996, my delegation -my delegation and *yo same- fix already our position, and that, in these moments in that the Commission has resigned, believe that no thus they #would have to forget the commitments of the Mr. *Santer, that #would have to be assumed by the new President *Prodi. +In the resolution proposal that tomorrow will have *ustedes that vote, *Señorías, attaches a document of work that enumerates the points that need explanation by part of the Commission, so that the resultant Parliament of the elections #can proceed to the approval of the corresponding management to 1997. +In the case of the resources for the *cofinanciación the Commission criticises that the realisation of projects concrete hard too much time and that, especially, the flow of resources involves with great frequency problems for the no governmental organisations. +Changes, in end, and very important, of politics, of content, of ambition, of inspiration, of underlying political principles in those matters that happen of the *tercer to the *primer *pilar in the field of justice and of the subjects of interior and the big change that supposes the integration of the social Protocol in the same Treaty. +In this sense, gentleman President, the Parliament do not goes to admit that any institution *le impose interpretation on questions of procedure, questions that have to be seen -and *eso says it very well the report of the Commission- on the base that the act adopted will be it with arrangement to the Treaty of *Amsterdam and that #that is the procedure that has to respect . +The report of Mrs. Palace proposes a procedure that confirms the that it already chose the European Parliament after *Maastricht and that supposes the confirmation, by part of the Parliament, of the legislative procedures already initiated and #whose juridical foundation or procedure have seen modified in virtue of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +And in the case of the two agreements on the transmission of acts and on the recognition of decisions in matrimonial matter and of parental responsibility -proposed that the Commission will approve morning on the base of the Treaty- will transmit immediately to the Council and to Parliament. +The European Union and the States Joined, *Canadá, New *Zelanda, *Australia, have each #one a vote in the *OMC, but *cientos of countries in roads of development that expect in the *OMC with the hope that they also take in account interests do not have to be separated by the continuous *reyertas among the European Union and the States Joined, as it treats also of other essential problems. +The nominations that take for his office, the character or the tonality multinational or no of personnel, the balance among the sexes, #all these things will purchase a totally disproportionate importance concerning his real importance. +Regarding his intervention about the need that in the great countries have a commissioner of the majority party and a commissioner of the opposition, *le will say that in *Alemania abuses of this possibility to leave sideways to the Greens, partners of the coalition. +Likewise, in front of the war in *Kosovo and first of all it that this war reveals of fragilities of *Europa, wish ardently that the European Union cessation to tackle the future of our continent -the *Europa Central and Oriental, *Rusia, the Mediterranean- with a so careful vision that is too much narrow and finishes for being imprudent. +Exists an institutional and political lack that is to the sight of #all, that is the challenge of the next term of office and that it #can be a suggestion to take to the new generations: invitation to no *escatimar efforts in favour of the adventure of the culmination of the construction of *Europa. +The President of the Central Bank European, Mr. *Duisenberg, do not tires to repeat: «*Me have assigned the task of keeping the value of the euro and to keep the stability of prices. +Regarding the future, only has referred to a generic and, in this moment, *fumosa international conference on the *Balcanes that evades the imminent and more urgent problems, and has evoked the unhappy image of the «*Europa of sword», term that the President #Jacques *Delors abhorred. +During his mandate, will have to achieve *usted simultaneously two attainments, to know, the consolidation of the European Union, #whose tasks and dimensions have increased spectacularly in the last years and the last decades, putting order in looks in the that it was necessary, so that, although they do not introduce novelties, the Commission was truly able to work and work. +*Yo believe that the Council, the Commission and the Parliament still will have to take *algún institutional effort to avert that #everything *ello escape in the practice of the frame *auténticamente community and that the Finance Ministers convert by this path in the new masters of *Europa. +Regarding the vision of a project, *usted has mentioned the need of an external representation and the capacity to take *extensivo to #all *Europa through the enlargement, but also to the *Balcanes, for example, the order of peace that have created in breast. +Finally, although I have appreciated his proposal for the stability of *Europa of the South and Oriental and an international conference on the *Balcanes, have to say that the interventions armed never have carried the peace, #if *acaso have detained the clashes, but no deleted causes. +From my point of sight, the excessive *tecnicismo, the excessive *economicismo of the European Council of *Berlín has to be corrected by a community economic politics that take in consideration #all the interests of #all regions and #all the countries of the European Union. +This affirmation is not some, because the bilateral parities among the #european coins fixed on 1 May 1998 -takes precisely year- and the goal of the rigid fixation of the coins among yes prevails from takes varied years. +*Nos surprises to ascertain, in particular, that the growth is feebler in the countries that find in the centre of the system euro and that they are taxpayers to the system of the structural Bottoms, and stronger in the most peripheral countries or *beneficiarios of subventions #european. +Like this will be able to *escucharme, because, in part, agree with my friend *Hervé *Fabre-*Aubrespy *cuando say that *eso already have seen it before in this Parliament, but that the application with immediate character, to the following minute, of an act that has to still be consecrated by means of the Record is *algo entirely new and that, on the other hand, adjusts to the spirit in the that approve Report *Elles. +#If we had approved the amendment of the Socialist Group, *algo that lamentably have taken 212 colleagues, there #would be denial of the approval of the management and said comments #would not have value juridical, comments that, repeat, condemned to the Commission. +#would Be paradoxical that the Parliament pronounced before the end of his mandate on said approval of the management, without having of #all elements, *cuando the second inform of the Committee of Wise persons expects for the autumn and *cuando still do not give the conditions for *pronunciarnos with definite character. +The war of *Kosovo *nos shows also another thing and wanted to go back to remember the words of #François *Mitterand, although it also #can quote to *Helmut *Kohl, the one who said that in *Europa are in game the war and peace, and no only the economy, the ordinations of the market and the prices of intervention, by important that also was all #this. +Without this guarantee of security, the refugees, the deported, will not return and the consequence #would be that *Milosevic #would have reached his purpose and #would live in #one *Europa that no longer #would be #ours *Europa, the that in fact defends this Assembly, in his quality of Parliament of the *Europa of integration. +Also regret the involuntary civil victims of the aerial attacks, but *nos feel morally forced to follow supporting the goal of detaining the greater evil, is to say, the racist politics of *Milosevic and those who surround it. +With the *resurgir of the nationalism in *Rusia and the social deprivation in increase of the majority of the #russian village, have the duty and the interest that *Europa collaborate with *Rusia to intensify the democracy, security and the prosperity of #all our citizens. +Believe that for the Parliament and for the members of parliament is very important the stability and fixation of his juridical diet and that, therefore, the Council and the Parliament #would have to follow working by road without thinking in a clash without any solution of commitment. +Well, lady Speaker, *yo *me take #this very seriously and expect that the *servcios that review #this objectively, get tomorrow to the conclusion that the report -the report that was and with the number that have, *yo on my part *me refer to the report To-0245 that is in the agenda and that has a determined content, do not put in agenda. To me *me #would result very doubtful that the report was modified by the services and that afterwards was put in the agenda. +do not doubt in saying that the campaigns of promotion of the banks and credit agencies are in big way to the prices *inflacionarios of the house, putting with *ello the house out of the scope of the youngsters that wish to install his *primer home. +The common position *les gives to the States members the possibility of introducing an obligation of claim in the course of two months, or was that the consumer will have to discover and report the defect in the course of two months. +#Can say that these procedures always go very fast, but in this case have a model in the that #many of the reservations expressed in principle, #many of the fears with regard to the commercial interests, #many of the fears of the deputies, appeased thanks to the way in that said procedures carried out. +And *nos concerns that the normal foods that have special characteristics that the take especially ideal for the sportsmen, as they are the paste and drinks, happened to remain included inside the specific directive, it that *les #would create big confusion to the consumers and #would bump clearly with this simplification of the norms that the managerial #would have to promote. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0206\/99) of Mr. *Manzella, in name of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, on the relative common statement to the practical modalities for the new procedure of *codecisión (article 251 of the *TCE) +Think in principle of fiscal equality among #all the deputies, that #can admit transitory exceptions but never definite; in the respect to the rights purchased by the deputies in matter of pensions in years of work inside and out of this Parliament, or in other questions of detail that is not necessary to enumerate now. +Is necessary to begin already to prepare the peace and collaborate with the countries of the region to build a stable system of cooperation among *ellos and boost a development that *les allow to adhere what before to a Union that bases in respect to the one who is different and in the integration of his wealths and cultural and human diversities. +Of course, the lean point of the European Union follow being the external politics and of common security. The Presidency #german has insisted in the need to develop the article 17 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Regarding the institutional calendar, are totally of agreement in that it is already an imperative that take the institutional reform, that fix the stages that carry to a Conference *Intergubernamental, and #can *decirle to the Council that the Parliament has worked during years in establishing a true catalogue of fundamental rights. +Obviously, the European Parliament goes to boost evolution governmental and, to begin, will take it by means of the resolution that definitely goes to vote in some instants and that pretends to give to the Commission a paper engine in the institutional reform. +Without embargo, before adopting any decision #would be more careful to expect the second inform of experts of the that the European Parliament, with prudence, has postponed his publication until after the #european elections and that certainly *clarificará of interesting form the operation of the institutions. +Is clear that in spite of #all respect by the Presidents and Majesties that there was to the beginning of the unification of *Europa and of the common contractual drama, today day are the fundamental rights the that they have to constitute the central point. fundamental Rights in the that it declare that the citizens and citizens want to build *Europa in freedom, peace and solidarity. +The gradual approach of the prices of support, accompanied by direct payments, to the level of prices in the world-wide market prepares to our companies for the back liberalisation of the world-wide trade that already is. +With regard to the structural politics: the clear *disciplinamiento of the structural politics by means of the internal concentration, is to say, with less objective of help and less community initiatives and by means of a concentration of the stage of the helps, contributes an increase of efficiency. +Look central of #all the structural Bottoms will be thus the creation of places of work with future, it that means growth with intensive generation of employment, strengthening of the competitive and innovative capacity of the regions, sustainable development and promotion of the qualification and of the equality of opportunities. +Gentleman President, the representatives of the Council approved yesterday the prohibition in #all the European Union of *amianto white, in spite of which exists #one restlessness that they produce unnecessary delays in the signature of this document, in the that the Parliament has exerted a positive paper for promote it. +The question of the hormones in the meat shows that they do not take in account the requirements of health and protection of the consumers and the scarce importance of caution «principle» in front of the dominant economic interests. +The three conflicts that have at present among the European Union and States Joined regarding the World-wide Organisation of the Trade are relative to the sector of the banana, of meat with hormones and of the noise of the planes in the takeoff and in the landing. +The social consequences in #some of these countries are very important: the States members of the European Union lose progressively, after the *OMC, circle of influence regarding the #african continent especially, and *ello in benefit of the continent *sudamericano #whose agricultural resources are exploded or *valorizados in big part by companies dominated by #american capitals. +Is precise that #that that negotiate in name of the *OMC take out shine to his arms and *nos reassure: the alignment of the community regulations with the rules of the game of market world-wide never will be able to constitute an agricultural political goal for the European Union. +In effect, how #can be satisfied with a commitment that involves an important descent of the income of agriculturalists #european, consecutive to a descent of the partially compensated prices, expecting his total suppression to satisfy the requirements of the *OMC? +Perhaps in this context of austerity budgetary earn #all dimension the imperative established in the relative Treaty to that #all the community politics -and no only the structural- have to orient from the perspective of the economic and social cohesion. +Also think that it is important -and #this is in line with my report- that the conclusions of *Berlín indicate clearly that in *Europa will have to loan a greater attention to the quality of the feeding, security, the protection of the environment, the respectful deal with the animals, etc., to #european level. +Thus, with the end to avert this threat, vote in the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development an amendment that excludes any possibility of expanding the viticultural zone to any #another Been clear-cut member or required in this amendment. +Our will *nos carried in December to withdraw the called «strategic amendments» to the budget for the year 1999, and #few days before the European Council of *Berlín, president *Samland sent a letter to the fifteen ministers of Inland revenue *informándoles of the figures that the European Parliament considered absolute minima, the called «*minima *minimorum» . +Before have explained the basic principles of the reform of the structural Bottoms, by it that no *les go to bore now with concrete opinions on the different amendments as I have understood in #all interventions that go to follow the procedure #such as it has agreed. +Regret that in the European Council of *Berlín have agreed a significant reduction of the money that goes to allocate so much to the structural Bottoms as to the Cohesion Bottom, but understand also that his application will be positive in the next seven years. +And believe that we have to take into account that these structural Bottoms are practically the last that apply to the fifteen States members, since the perspective of the enlargement to the States of the centre and of the east of *Europa will modify the politics of regional action for the next years. +Gentleman deputy, in the last times has indicated with clarity to *Turquía that behaviour in the case *Ocalan, the guarantee of a process according to the norms of a State of right, goes to have repercussions on the relations among the European Union and *Turquía. +Of how mood thinks to take part the Council so that it guarantee the effective protection of the human rights in the *Iraq, in sight, besides, of the debates in the breast of the Security Council of the Nations Joined on the lifting of the economic sanctions? +And as we believe that we are in favour of the protection of the human rights -and are it, and take well in be it-, #would want *preguntarle #if population innocent, #if the innocent citizens of *Iraq are not included in the category of the population on the that is in vigour the defence of the human rights. +Thus, #can the Council confirm or deny these data? Go to take measured to ensure that the #swedish tongue receive treatment that the great community tongues, and that, from now on, the #swedish representatives #can use his tongue and have an interpreter? +Go back to the article 203 of the Treaty, as they defend #many of this Parliament, in my opinion is not the correct path, will carry to a greater increase of the costs of the Union. Especially States members that are #net taxpayers hardly will be able to accept it. +Gentleman President, before dissolving , this Parliament has achieved to pronounce on the set up of the reform of the structural Bottoms and has reached to affirm his positions in the that has run the risk of converting , once again, in a confrontation among the #european Institutions. +In any case, the *PAC follows being -of course- #one *PAC thrown off balance, in the measure in that, for being based in the concept of historical productivity, the richest countries result clearly much more favoured that the poorest, #if well no *me happens by the head take of the poor rich and of the rich poor. +Without damage of the cheques distributed by the diverse countries, the regulation of the structural Bottoms, in particular by means of intermediate evaluations of the reservation of efficiency and of levels generally inferior of *cofinanciación, goes to take that, in practice, the financial endowments happen to be of «limit of costs», whereas they were «objective of costs». +In this reform of the market of wine have imposed the requirements of the European Parliament, and #can not more that go back to highlight that it #would be desirable that the Parliament #can *codecidir in the future, because the trade *vacuno dominate it so well like the Council. +#If to #this #can not call by the *pelos'...!; are the eleven less chamber of the night and Parliament is to full performance, even with the presence of the Council, by which *me *congratulo, gentleman President of the Council, since I never have seen before to the Council here in this Parliament to the eleven less chamber of the night. appreciate it, is not other that say it. +Previous detailed examination and after keeping numerous informal contacts to #all levels, the Parliament #would have to be now in position to issue his opinion about the proposal, so that the Council #can continue his work with a crystalline knowledge of the wishes of the Assembly. +Have wanted to treat it in this last session and the Commission simply has followed guideline usual; #if #this had not been the last session, #would have included in the session of the next month. +#If the Council had wanted to exert *algún paper, #would have to have worked in reaching agreement *interinstitucional that put end to the anomalous situation signalled in the that the European Parliament, in formal terms, sees involved in insufficient measure in the results of the social dialogue. +Gentleman President, gentleman vice-president of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen deputies, with this debate that initiate on the known and already famous global agreement with *México, closes a cycle of five years in the that the Parliament has worked and collaborated actively with the European Commission to renew and deepen the relations with the group of countries of *América Latin and also with *México. +This decision is unlucky because it contributes to accelerate the deterioration, increasingly evident, of the commercial flows, affected, from five years ago, by the dynamism of the *NAFTA, and that, in this period, has reduced quota in the #mexican market of a 11 % to a modest 6 %. +Now well, said #this, and remaining clear that want an agreement with *México, *nosotros #can not *obviar the quantity of questions posed by the different organisations no governmental, that are not #one neither two, and that are not little important: International Amnesty, *Human *Rights *Watch , the League of Human Rights International, *Intermon. +treats rather to look for a #worthy exit for a group of persons that during years have put all his obstinacy in the cooperation of *Schengen and that #can not see prejudiced by the integration of *Schengen in the frame of the Union *Europa. +Nevertheless, #can not deny that the definite texts so only got the Monday to the Parliament, that so only the Monday #can argue the final result of the negotiations and that, besides, query to the Parliament really is pure theatre, since it already is all decided. +Without embargo, also is truth that the proposal of the Commission and the report of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens contribute numerous solutions. To mood to see, both have made an excellent work. +The Group of the Popular Party European and big part of the Commission of Subjects Juridical back the proposal of the Commission, but there are #some amendments that do not deserve our support, especially the that refer to the responsibility of intermediaries. +In summary, gentleman President, the Popular Party European backs, in a very important measure, the report of the Commission of Subjects Juridical, backs #any amends posed by the Liberal Group and, to exception of the that has mentioned so much Mr. *Hoppenstedt as *yo same, will vote in favour of *ellas in general terms. +treats of a historical moment in the that exists already the possibility to make a follow-up of persons to scale world-wide, in the that -for the first time- the civil rights #can not protect with help of the borders, as it has come occurring until the moment. +Remember moments in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and, among *ellos, the shared with the Mrs. *Oddy that, in subjects that began in the previous term of office about the new technologies concerning his incompatibility with the rights of author, always have got to similar positions. +In the world of communications in line, the consumer receives an avalanche of information and the States members #can not protect in the national legislation because the electronic trade *rebasa the borders of the countries. +Especially, #would wish to express to my colleagues of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens how much have appreciated the work that have made during these five last years, #as well as formulate to Subject Commission Juridical my best *augurios with regard to the next mandate. +*Cuando this morning *me have *enterado by chance that the debate on this report #would not take place until this afternoon to the 18.00 hours and #would proceed to the vote tomorrow in the morning, have got to the conclusion that it is a deeply unfair decision put that it that is in game is the future of persons, of the young persons. +#One of the amendments that go to vote, specifically the number 4, that forms part of the commitment that have agreed with the Council, involves a modification of the section first of article 3 of the Regulation, adding a new initiative, the community initiative *Urban. +#This is not the only reason by the that request that we split of the idea that this vote require a qualified majority. *Me base equally in need political that a decision of these characteristic review character highly *vinculante for the Council, the Commission and also for the Parliament. +In general lines are in favour of the reform, without embargo, have to formulate #some reservations in regard to #some looks that still have not deepened it sufficient as, for example, the impact in the regions that, in name of the principle of concentration, run the risk to suffer a stagnation in development process. +#This is the reality, while it seems that they discern #some hopes of negotiation after the trip to Blunt of #Ibrahim *Rugova and the release of the three #american soldiers, this Parliament, in his last hours of work, chooses with this vote on *Kosovo path *mortificador of the propaganda of the NATO and *fracasa in his political paper. +The Mrs. *Danze-*Serfaty is the wife of the Mr. #Abraham *Serfaty, the one who remained imprisoned during 17 years in the prison of *Tazmamart in quality of political prisoner, and that it was received with #all the honours in this Assembly, after his release, that produced, especially, thanks to the interventions and resolutions of our Parliament. Without embargo, #can not go in in *Marruecos, *cuando no longer *recae on *él indictment. +The Commission, as #all *ustedes, applauds the signature during the past morning of the agreement that establishes the frame of the autonomy of the territory, query modalities and the organisation of the referendum and, also, the disposals in matter of security. +On the other hand, during these two years, and from the common position of the Council of Ministers, elaborated program of humanitarian help and of rehabilitation of urgency that took on the base of *Cáritas, by the importance that had the Catholic Church in *Timor Oriental and, particularly, the Prize *Nobel Archbishop *Belo. +Regarding the question that presented the Mr. *Bertens and Mrs. Go *Bladel on purpose of the hospital, the hospital of *Gaza is a hospital of the *UNRAC, is not a hospital of the European Commission or fact by the European Commission, is a hospital of the *UNRAC. +Gentleman President, is very significant that this Parliament, that has concerned enormously by the question of the human rights, go back once again on the subject of the International Penal Court in the last session of urgency on the human rights of this term of office. +Invites to mayors, managers, engineers and architects to collaborate in a common project that pretends to take advantage of in the new constructions the energy facilitated by the sun instead of building of #such form that need electricity pertinent of the nuclear energy to heat the houses. +Generally, the small companies do not have neither of means neither of the professional capacity to make a follow-up of the monetary situation that *les allow to follow with a sufficient security the behaviour of the money. +So much before as after this resolution, the juridical conditions that regulate the supervision of the #telephone calls, the interception and the control of access to Internet belong exclusively to the field of application of the national Right. +Report (To4-0259\/99) of the Mr. *Jarzembowski in name of the Commission of Transports and Tourism on the proposal of directive of the #european Parliament and of the Council relative to the application of *gravámenes in the heavy vehicles of transport of commodities by the utilisation of determined infrastructures ((*COM)96\/0331 - *C4-0027\/97-96\/0182(*COD)) - before 96\/0182 (*SYN) +The first proposed of the Commission broke seriously the balance among the starch of potato and the grain. These proposals #would have had disastrous consequences for the income of the producers of potato starch. +Nevertheless, and in brief, believe that the Group of the Greens #would have to follow give advance and *ofrecerle support, but also consider that it #would have to carry out a suitable assessment of this type of events so that we #can take advantage of the experiences of face to the future and to the coming exhibitions. +The Commission expects to continue the cooperation with the European Parliament and his services to ensure that the participation of the Union in the *Expo 2000 was an important event that *acerque more the European Union and institutions to his citizens. +Of habit, the Fridays receive to groups of visitors and #can *asegurarle that for the citizens of my country that have had the privilege to visit the European Parliament, *usted is the President of session more popular. +Create deeply in the parliamentary institution and am deeply convinced that the *legitimación democratic of #all the process of integration #european assent on this Parliament, the full recognition of paper and his capacity of cooperation with the national Parliaments. +The pirouettes that finishes to execute *usted here, gentleman *Poettering, show nevertheless that the fall of the folds of his suit #can not be and never will be so attractive like the of the that adorn the face of our Minister of Subjects External. +Want to congratulate personally of special mood no only to the Federal Chancellor but also to the Minister of Subjects External, the President of the Council that is here present, gentleman *Fischer, by not having saved efforts to go out of this difficult bellicose situation. +Thus, it is necessary to put prompt to disposal the necessary money for *ello and create the corresponding organisation so that we do not devote the greater part of the work to that organisation coordinate with the #another but that the essential part of the work devote to help sure enough to the *Balcanes and that convert at last in a peaceful region of this *Europa. +Gentleman President, the serious and negative repercussions of the financial crisis, of the *desaceleración of the economic growth in the European Union, -also in the era of the Economic and Monetary Union- have shown clearly of dramatic mood it necessary that it was the pact #european by employment of Colony. +*Les want to ask on disposal, his personal disposal to accept that they have to *rendir accounts and answer in front of the citizens of *Europa by #everything it that take together with his president, #as well as in front of this Assembly, with a clear public understanding and absolute that #this is the public forum of the #european democracy in front of the that owe *rendir accounts and answer publicly. +Nevertheless, wanted to plead by that, when acting like this, do not launch to the boy with the water of the bath and comprise well that sometimes #one of the causes of failure of the previous Commission was the loss of the notion of public function. +Without a #european strategy in this sense, runs the risk that an economy like the #ours bend to concentrate resources in the strongest zones leaving to the *margen the feeblest, although #some have made remarkable progresses in the last times. +Gentleman President, gentlemen representatives of the Presidency of the Council, *Señorías, ladies and gentlemen, is not timely that the representative of the Commission in functions expose of extensive mood opinion here on the program of the #finnish Presidency of the Council as it treats of a program that will apply in first line with the new Commission. +Without embargo, believe that the President of his country *nos has contributed the formidable demonstration of the contribution that Europeans #can contribute to the peace in the continent and to the preparation of a #european solution to the #european problems. +Finally, concerning the pity of death, *me will allow that it signal to his attention and *le insist so that the Presidency take part with #all his weight in *Estambul and also in *Teherán, as in this last there #be thirteen #jewish that run the risk -know it-to be condemned to death pity simply for having been accused of espionage in favour of #Israel. +Am of the seem that #if we do not recognise the errors of the past, will not be able to advance in the future, and it is necessary to say that, in it fundamental, the question from now is #if we will be able, without resorting to the arms, to pipe subjects related with the democratic transformations. +The 9 July 1999, #such as the Assembly will have heard to say to Mr. *Sasi, the Council decided to remit the subject to the Court of Justice protecting in the article 213 of the Treaty; after said decision, now *le corresponds to the Court pronounce on the questions aroused. +Foresees besides a procedure of examination and of decision that include the specific capacity of the Commission to remit the question to a deontological committee *cuando the planned occupation of the commissioner was related with wallet. +Perhaps the Assembly wish to know besides that, during the conversations of this month, #some members of the current Commission that always have respected fully his solemn commitment to fulfil the obligations of honesty and discretion have reiterated of fine wins and voluntarily said commitment. +It that *nos remains to *nosotros is to take a reflection about the fault of consideration of #some members of the Commission salient on the need to adopt a rigorous approach regarding the high exigible criteria in the public life. +The *desenvoltura of Commissioner *Bangemann, that not even has had the decency to expect some months until the end of the agony of the Commission, *nos reveals until how point believe in this institution above the laws and of the public opinions. +Really is of it more *censurable that it have had no only an apparent *mofa of the official norms for the commissioners, but also a rape of the spirit of transparency and confidence that had to constitute the base of the work among this Parliament and the commissioners. +After a deep debate, the Council reaffirmed in his conclusions of the past June and remitted to the common political will, so much of the Commission as of the countries members, to carry out the measures that require said conclusions in #all amplitude and of immediate form. +The Council applauded in general lines program proposed by the Commission, related with the deep review of the legislation, on #whose details are *ustedes to the common, and that pretends to be adapted to the legislation on foods of animal origin and to the measures to take regarding the animal wastes. +But is clear that in the moment more *álgido of the crisis is absurd that the Commission and his technical services lose the time with discussions with the #belgian authorities and the technical services of #this, since there are not norms and since no knows how much dioxin #can have any product. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, the crisis of dioxin, after the crisis of the crazy cows, the American pressures directed to impose the meat with hormones, are examples of the fearsome threats that weigh today day on the alimentary security of our *conciudadanos. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, for me at least has been a comfort the that neither in this Assembly, neither in the European Commission, neither in the Council, nobody have considered the crisis of dioxins #belgian like a purely #belgian problem. +Sure enough, the problem of dioxins #belgian is also a #european problem, and the that it was a #european problem of course has to see with the only market, with the politics in matter of competition, with the failure of the agricultural politics. +Take into account that the necessary liberalisation of the markets and the opening to third countries are to the agriculture and to the *ganadería #european competitiveness heights hardly *superables and that #if they do not take effective preventive measures the career by *abaratar costs of production *nos will carry, before or afterwards, to a new similar case. +Lady Speaker, *nos says *usted that only treats of modifications or of changes, but *nos #would enjoy that the Group of the European Socialists *nos said, in relation with his amendment 1, #if it treats to add a nomination or of a change, and #would wish to have answer in relation with the amendment 4 of the Group of the European Socialists. +A look in the that want *centrarme of it that has said the Mr. *Ford, is that the Commission, as it alleges, is a message to the organisers of the European Union managers of the championships of *Europa 2000 and perhaps of the Glass of the World that they #can take case *omiso of norms. +Want to urge to the Commission to that it show more prowess in front of the governments and to inform to the Parliament *cuando the governments hinder attitudes and clear decisions of the Commission through his dilatory behaviour, of his absence of decision or of the utilisation *improcedente and unsuitable of influence. +treats, of course, as it #can read in the conclusions of the report of the experts, further of the own bad operation, of a problem of mentality, that, obviously, no puts in *entredicho to the civil servants of the Commission, but that reveals structural lacks of this institution, that are not of technical character, but of political order. +The control by the European Parliament, of course, and, for example, our Assembly #would have to, after this report of the experts, request new audits on concrete points, or even appoint an or varied commissions of investigation to launch light in #some fields still dark, like the evaluation of the real effects of subventions community. +Is much better, in place to pretend an environmental inspection *supranacional, with #all the difficulties related with the right of entrance, that #can ensure that the valid legislation guarantee that the environmental inspectors of #all the States members (to) exist and (*b) carry out his tasks pretty much according to guidelines. +And once again *nos find in front of a dilemma that is the authentic alternative of devil: *cuando the European Commission proposes a recommendation *ustedes want a directive, and *cuando the Commission proposes a directive, it is necessary to take recommendations because it is necessary to respect the principle of subsidiariness. +To know the personality and the suitability of the candidates to exert his charges believe that the public audiences have been a positive exercise of democracy and transparency, without that they have triumphed the that pretended *convertirlas in witch hunting. +*Ello only #would contribute to erode the confidence of society in the institutions of the Union, it that #would suppose a step backwards for #all the parts interested, in particular, to the light of the decisive challenges that await to the Union like political and economic entity. +Gentleman President, the statement of President designated of the Commission confirms his previous interventions, mainly in front of this Assembly, the days 13 April or 4 May last, and the #french deputies of my group will see therefore forced to vote against. +Therefore, priority more important #would have to be go back to achieve the participation of the constituent *desencantado: a European Commission reformed, a European Parliament reformed, that relate of a firm way, but mature, is the only path by the that have #any real hope of achieve it. +To appeal of the groups, and especially of the #ours, gentleman *Prodi has assumed clear commitments regarding the transparency of the actions of the Commission, to the *concertación with the Parliament, to the responsibility of the members of the Commission in front of this Assembly. +*Yo wanted to require it following: in the first place, *yo did not have any intervention to the beginning of the session and, second, the precision of yesterday did not seems to have served of at all, since again no appears in the Record it that really said and the following point contradicts the content of my words. +Conscious that #that is the main task of the Commission, manifest to professor *Prodi and to the members of the Commission the wish of a good work and declare that it will have the vote of the #portuguese deputies of the Popular Party European. +Have appreciated his introduction, expect that it give a positive answer to the sections of our resolution, and have confidence in the capacity of the Mr. *Prodi to direct way Commission responsible and expert. +The operation and the management of the Transport Direction have been exemplary and believe that with his experience in the modernisation of the Party *Laborista of the Realm Joined, has the necessary aptitudes to undertake this work. +Determined opinions that #can *resumir of the following mood: in the first place, know that *Europa has taken from two strengths *dialécticamente constructive: #that that, conscious of the weight of history, defend the *pervivencia and the force of the national State and #that #others that, with greater launch, think in a future of greater integration, #whose political definition still is not among *nosotros, and perhaps was #that #one of the advantages of this construction. +To win these resistances needs originality and energy, Mr. President, and wish that have *usted of unseen reservations of these genders, as to judge by the speeches that until today *le have listened, #many of *nosotros think that no *nos have provided sufficient indications of *ello, and especially do not warn indications that it exist the new mentality that precise for *encarar so much the deep crisis of confidence in that it has *sumido *Europa like the problems of unemployment and the security. +Although these cuts is *algo usual in this stage of the budgetary procedure, this year come to add to a substantial redistribution of 430 millions of euros in category 4 - external actions - to fund the reconstruction of *Kosovo by value of 500 millions of euros. +In the bottom, gentleman President, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, *señorías, have to say that no *nos had seduced budget preliminary draft of the Commission. No *nos had seduced the preliminary draft of the Commission and *nos disillusioned the project of budget of the Council. +Want to ask to the Council that *replantee his proposal and that guarantee that the representation of the European Parliament in this organ correspond to it that in reality is the European Parliament, is to say, that was reflection of #all the political strengths, #all currents, #all the opinions that give in this moment in *Europa. +Lady Speaker, the European Council of Colony had the unlucky idea -without that any national parliament *le have demanded, that *yo know, at all to the *respecto- to launch the preparation of a Letter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. +The Cut occupies of the question of the impunity and offers an impartial forum for the trials, with it that will help to facilitate the international tensions and to promote the peace and security in the national plane and in the international. +Lady Speaker, *yo expect that, after the statement that has taken the Speaker in exercise of the Council, this Summit of *Tampere #can suppose a firm commitment of political will by part of the Union, #where collect #all series of clear and precise orientations that *nos allow to follow advancing. +In the previous term of office, this Parliament said yes to the Monetary Union, said yes to the social integration taking of employment the centre and engine of the #european social politics, and now have to say also yes to a #european space of freedom, of security and justice. +Lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, Mrs. *Halonen, speech, with the concrete proposals that has included, *me has satisfied especially because it reinforces the conviction that *Tampere #can really suppose a moment summit, an authentic milestone, a new impulse to the process of construction #european. +To similarity of my mates of the Party of the European Socialists, particularly attentive and *asiduos with occasion of the auditions of the candidates to Commissioners, *me congratulate of this procedure that offers educations on the personality and the intentions of those who will be our privileged speakers. +Therefore, #if well I go to vote midday without a state of spirit particular the investiture of this Commission *deseándole spirit and luck, inside some weeks will be particularly attentive to the program that will announce for the year 2000 and the term of office. +In the agricultural sector has insisted in the great orientations of the *PAC -Political Agricultural Common- and a greater liberalisation of the markets, keeping the injustices in the distribution of the supports and subventions, with clear damage for agriculture familiar and of countries like *Portugal in the that predominate the small agricultural exploitations. +The silence of Mr. *Prodi on the need to defend the social model European, his *consternadora abstemiousness and even his frequent omissions concerning a #european politics in *pro of the employment, his careful generalities on the institutional modification inspire more reservations. +My argument is that the President of the Commission, Roman *Prodi, obtained in May of the year in course vote of an important majority of the European Parliament to carry out with a squad *intachable a wide program of reforms with seen to the necessary *saneamiento of the Commission. +Had account of the serious doubts on the professional aptitude of the #belgian #Philippe *Busquin and his consequent capacity to assume Investigation wallet, without forgetting the *sinfín of recriminations to the that have given place his muddy businesses, *Prodi #would have to have denied categorically to accept to this candidate! +It bad is that in this moment *yo am not able to estimate #if with the *quinto budget *rectificativo will get to final of year or #if to December already will be with the *nº 7, which do not has to *extrañar #if it takes into account that the same Commission has contributed in work document assessments very different to the hour to motivate the resources required. +Appreciate to the #finnish Presidency the action that carries out in the Nations Joined on the question of the abolition of the pity of death and *me cheer a lot to know that, thanks to the Presidency #finnish -and no only to *ella, of course-, this year will have a resolution in New *York. +#One of the roads of management of this problem, necessary although no only, is the help to the refugees, without damage that in the frame of peace negotiations reach a permanent solution further of the therapeutic of the help. +The Council has proposed an ineffective procedure, by it that pray that they comprise that we accept the headquarters in *Tesalónica like operative part, like a part of the Reconstruction Agency for the whole of the *Sudeste of *Europa with headquarters in *Tesalónica, but that it has to be linked very closely to the headquarters of the pact of stability in *Tesalónica. +The deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of Nations consider that in this field of the accidental marine pollution, the existence of a true common interest justifies the creation of a community frame. +In effect, these three programs at present do not establish any action in this sector and is not desirable to favour a dispersion of the means, in detriment of programs *prioritarios for the economic development of next countries to the European Union, candidates to the adhesion. +For *nosotros, the body of control #european has to follow being the current, is to say, a body that allow to check, to his time, #if control bodies of the States members apply the community regulation, to avert, of course, distortions of competition among the different States members. +The resolution that finishes to approve the European Parliament on the preparation of a Letter of the fundamental rights of Union illustrates perfectly the risk that they produce unfit, as I reported in my intervention of yesterday, during the main debate. +In the meantime, the decision on an answer to the speculations and allegations of bad utilisation of the bottoms of help is, mainly, responsibility of the #FMI, Bank World-wide and the countries of the *G7, since they are #this obviously the main providers of the direct financial help. +Gentleman President, do not want to interrupt the debate but like this debate and the explanation of the Commissioner *Kinnock have to to the urgent wish of #some political groups, wanted to *rogarle that transmit also to the Conference of Presidents the wish that said political groups have present at least a minimum of deputies. +#If we want to follow investing in economy #russian, have to find the means to support and develop the local economic activity - as it finishes to say our colleague - so that it attend to the needs of the population and provide a feeling of stability and of participation. +has to ask to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in *Europa that present a report to our Parliament, the Commission and the Council. The present conjoint appeal of diverse political groups pretends especially that it #can obtain it before possible and of reliable mood an information of this type. +In that occasion were reasonable and *nos put of agreement. Now our task is the to help to the persons that there live in his development, that perhaps #can pass of similar mood but that in any case *les open a future in the that it was ensured existence and in the that they #can take his destination in his own hands. +Still are cool in the memory the murders committed in autumn of the year happened on four independent minds and, of course, do not is necessary to forget the extraordinarily brutal performance of bully gang of the conservative faction of the *jurisconsulto supreme *Khamenei. +This apparent contempt by the international obligations is #one of the main obstacles so that they improve relations among the ancient Republic of *Yugoslavia and the European Union, and an obstacle also for the reintegration of the ancient Republic in the international community. +In terms of political support, the European Union proposes to continue and encourage the efforts that already has undertaken our special representative for the Great Lakes with seen to facilitate the necessary grade of dialogue among the different factions that take part in the conflict of the *RDC. +*Me #would enjoy that the space that surrounds to Plenary Living room considered part of *él, so that neither the houses, neither the assistants, neither the representatives of the groups of pressure or the members of the public *nos block the exit and *nos prevent to get to our offices. +To #all *nos concerns the good use of the money of the #european taxpayer and *yo regret sincerely the rage of the #dutch colleague that, against of solidarity idea #european, has considered timely to assume the defence of "his" taxpayers. +Understand, lady Speaker, that there #be had an orator in favour of the proposal and orator, that finishes to incorporate to his seat, that has presented the idea to celebrate a debate on this subject to final of month, in the second partial period of sessions of October. +The Council and the Commission wanted to take the measure of this restlessness, but in the actuality seem little able to provide solutions different to some regulations *puntillosas but pusillanimous, that the most cunning and the less *escrupulosos will follow evading in detriment of the alimentary security. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, every time results clearer that the problem of the public health and feeding healthy is a true #european problem, a world-wide problem, and that is not the problem of a solo Been member. +#If like this we take it, believe that we will be able to *decirles to our citizens and our citizens: at all #can guarantee with security in life, but *les are the maximum grade of security, welfare and health that at present *les #can offer from the point of sight of the human possibilities and the scientific recommendations. +Now well, *nos have *enterado with stupor that, against of the opinion of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, the budget for the AIDS #would have reduced to half, which #would be a scandal, in front of the urgency of the situation, and contradictory with the words of the gentleman *Nielson. +And -it that is not less important- is *usted had to procure the cooperation with the pharmaceutical companies, by a part, to accelerate the work with seen to #obtaining of a vaccine and, second, manufacture medicines more accessible for the poor of this world? +During the debate around the question of the employment of the condom also have taken fine note of the wide existent consensus on the decisive importance to put to disposal of population cheap condoms and *informarles of precise and honest form, as it has *sucedido in *Tanzania, *Uganda and *Senegal. +Believe that *eso *nos #would pose a difficulty of respect of the budgetary authority and to analyse the subjects of form *parcelada, of form that #can not have a global vision of the difficulties that *nos #can pose. +The evaluation showed also that actions with charge to *SAVE *propiciarán also indirectly the achievement of the goals of the program of investigation and innovation in matter of energy no nuclear by means of the creation of a half positive for the diffusion and the application of the new technologies in matter of renewable energies. +Since up to now it has reached an improvement of the energetic efficiency of the 1% annual, roughly, in the final consumption, the Commission advocates #one dip of reduction of the energetic intensity in the final demand of point *porcentual more to the year. +#If the European Union was not able to guarantee these principles, #would lose entirely face in the negotiations that in brief go to initiate in the field of the Round of the #Millenium of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +As it sees, the respect of the values and preferences cultural requires a strict application of the principle of subsidiariness, *conque have to respect also the cultural differences on the system of information of the different States members. +How measured has adopted the Commission and #which thinks to adopt in the future to apply the common Action and Resolution on light arms adopted by the Council and *subsiguientemente the Resolution of the Development Council of the EU on light arms? +Gentleman Commissioner, this question forms part of an electoral setting organised by the Socialist Party Working Spanish to the thread of the electoral campaign of the past #european elections to attack to the then head of list of the Popular Party, *Loyola of Palace. +Also pretended to accuse to the then Minister of Agriculture of a supposed fraud in the adjudication of the helps, but results that the competition of control and payment of the helps of the *PAC is of the regional governments, according to competition cast of the #spanish State. +Besides, also have tried to create the necessary conditions for the advance of the peace process, for the distention of the situation and so that satisfied an environment of opinion favourable to this process. +The help to the development and the technical assistance in subjects like the agreement of zones stable and the operation of the Administration have been the fields to the that it has allocated and will follow allocating help. +*Permítame likewise express my gratitude to the Committee of Development and Cooperation and to #all the Parliament by the thorough report and by his support, in the frame of query procedure, to the efforts of the Commission for *ultimar the agreement. +Gentleman President, #all celebrate the relaunching of the process of peace in Orient Next; without embargo, know that the history and circumstances of the conflict are dramatic and that, along the years, diverse initiatives, that seemed to open a future of hope, have finished blocked owing to the *intransigencia, fault of political will or *cortedad of watch of #one of the parts. +The agreements recognise the right of the Palestinians to self-determination, in the frame of a State, but also guarantee the right of #Israel to live in a frame of security inside some safe borders and recognised. +With this end, have elaborated two strategies in the frame of two programs *plurianuales complementary that form part of the program mark of actions in the sector of the energy: *SAVE *II (boost a more effective utilisation of energy) and *Altener *II (boost the renewable energies). +Of course, have taken note of the disposals contained in the section 2 of article 23 of the agreement, that allow to take measures of control or of *salvaguardia in case that the economic development of "the most #move# away regions of the European Union" suffered a grave deterioration. +Is necessary to take into account that the posture of the EU of a wide round has to be harmonised with the State posture Joined, favourable to an approach by sectors that contemplate the reduction of tariffs, and with the most reserved posture of the countries in roads of development. +The inclusion of competition in the agenda of the *OMC do not pretends to transform #this last in a world-wide authority of the competition, but fix, simply, a body of principles and of procedures allocated to promote the application of politics of internal competition, compatible among himself\/hisself. +Gentleman President, in name of the Group *ELDR, wanted to signal our firm support to the efforts of the European Commission and of the Council to persuade to our international speakers of the virtues of a new round of wide negotiations in breast of the *OMC that cover a big variety of subjects. +This wave of liberalisation justifies, obviously, in name of the general interest and of the employment, as *usted has affirmed it during his audition, gentleman *Lamy, indicating that to the Community *le interests the progressive opening of the markets, so much for the commodities as for services. +Perhaps, gentleman Commissioner, the Commission together with the American Administration #can present *algún type of green Book in the that *esboce where root differences and where the common interests among States Joined and *Europa, because as it knows of his previous function, unless States Joined and *Europa reach an agreement on the main guidelines in an international round like #this, will not finish never. +treats, especially, to take get in moment to the negotiator of the European Union the problems that this round poses to our citizens, as it has seen already by the that have taken part before, and the solutions that these citizens sue of the negotiators. +Gentleman President, wish first of all formulate a question to the Council and to the Presidency, referent to the transparency: when will transmit to the European Parliament the project of final statement that the #finnish Presidency has presented to the Council? +Gentleman President, #can not stand out sufficiently the economic importance and for the employment of the Round of #Millenium and of the world-wide trade for the #european economy, that is the commercial partner more important of the world. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, support the present conjoint resolution of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer and, to the contrary that #others of my political group, support also the passage on the tax on CO2 broadcasts. +The *CDU in *Alemania -have debated it takes little with our President, Mr. *Schäuble- do not believes that because the Government *roji-green commit #such *sinsentidos to national level on the subject of the ecological tax, have to to leave to follow working in finding a #european solution. +Are in front of an increasing importance of the structural Bottoms, fundamentally, but results that in #some countries this money that gets of the structural Bottoms is used by the Been member under pretext that it employs it in programs *plurianuales, of way that the money that gets to the autonomous communities, to the regions, is a money *minorizado. +In base to this article, the Central Banks of the no included countries in the zone of the euro paid in concept of costs of operation of the #ECB a five percent of the total of the part that *les corresponded in the subscription of capital. +In this line, the Council, that no the Commission, gentleman President, adopted in 1998, in this line of conservation of the resources, a relative decision to the progressive disappearance of mesh networks to the derive, also designated "*volantas" . +Gentleman President, after the referendum on the Law of National Concord, celebrated in *Argelia on 16 September 1999, the #finnish Presidency, in name of the European Union, issued a communiqué that answers by himself\/hisself same to the question formulated by the Mrs. deputy. +*Ustedes know that *Moscú has gone back to recognise and to activate the council *pseudoparlamentario that had signed and that had established before the #alto fire and in this way, by his part, has broken brutally the agreement that had concluded under the supervision of the *OSCE. +Have to explore forms different -perhaps unforeseen forms- to resolve the problems of logistics that poses the provision of assistance to the persons that the need, but is difficult to promise a concrete form to act in this case. +*B5-0155\/1999 of Mr. *Schori, in name of the Group of the *PSE, on the vote of a resolution by the General Assembly of the Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties; +*B5-0159\/1999 of Mr. *Manisco, #among others, in name of the Group *GUE\/*NGL, on the vote of a resolution by the General Assembly of the Nations Joined on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties; +As it occurs after the debates in the breast of the Council, run the danger to obtain a feeble text, a simple reproduction of the that have been approved during these three last years in Gin and that no *nos allow to continue this battle, that do not establish new terms, neither mechanisms that allow to check the steps and progresses made. +The #serbian, the #gipsy, the Egyptians, the Muslims are the victims of this attempt of ethnic cleansing that, from takes months, the strengths of the *UÇK are systematically, and for *ello serve of the presence of the strengths of the NATO and of the *KFOR. +As well, immediately afterwards, in the following days, in the following weeks, in the following years, there was an extraordinary criminal action oriented to hide proofs, to *silenciar and to achieve that it did not know the truth. +Besides, the Commission estimated that it was better to entrust this work to *Eurocontrol and no to a community organ, because the national governments perhaps trip with less difficulties to allow that organisation exert this function concerning the military utilisation of the aerial space. +Always regarding the session of Thursday, the Group of the Popular Party European requests to advance to the Thursday the oral question on the agreement *pesquero among the European Union and *Marruecos, foreseen in the agenda of the Friday. +In the last days Europeans have seen with big indignation and stupor, that in a country with the that *nos join bows of friendship and to the that the Europeans, and especially my country, have so much that appreciate, is to say, in the States Joined of *América, is possible still, to the protect of the Law, carry in front of the courts to boys -and no *me refer to youngsters of 17 or of 18 years, but to boys of 11 and of 10 years- and *sacarlos of his houses manacled and with *grilletes in the feet. +Now well, when reading references and the of varied deputies of my Group, do not see the name of my party or of my Group, *Europa of the Nations, but a totally subjective assessment: opposite nationalist to the European Union. +Lady Speaker, in relation with question of the reception of programs television that has posed my colleague the Mrs. *Plooij-go *Gorsel, wanted to express the hope that the technical problems that at present prevent the reception of BBC1 and BBC2 #can resolve. +Nowadays, talk of the community contributions is to talk the majority of the times that the poor of the rich countries see taxed with taxes that *redundan in benefit of the rich of the poor countries and thus #any of *nosotros wants to carry out cast politics, and fundamentally #this *sucede through the numerous diets of community help. +Therefore, celebrate to a large extent, and to *ello has referred already in brief the orator that *me has preceded, that the directive no only contemplate to the persons that find precisely in the interior of the cabin of installation of transport by wire, but also to those persons that descend in the seasons or that expect the game. +As it has said takes some moments, opens the path to the competition in this sector that, in the field of technology and of the security, purchases a fundamental look because the competition is it that it is: serves to improve the technician. +Now well, from my point of sight, how doubt fits that the technical disposals that will follow this directive and that will establish in other forums and after other meetings, will constitute the fundamental element to define the permission of this directive in #all States members. +For *nosotros is essential that the speaker and the speaker for the year 2001 study in *algún moment how parts exactly belong to the part To of the budget and how parts belong to the part *B. And am especially of the category To 30. When help organisation #can resort to the #european bottoms? +To #that *respecto, want to manifest no only a deep disagreement with the horizontal reductions and *indiscriminadas that proposes the Council for this category, but also affirm agreement in general with the strategy that *nos proposes the speaker and that, in it essential, goes directed to a review of the Financial Perspectives to end to give answer to new priorities, without that thus they result affected previous goals. +The Commission of Rights of Woman presented, the same that the past year, a comment and a budget for the line To-3037, corresponding to the *Lobby European of Women, but the comment says now that this line remains opened for #all the no governmental organisations. +By #this have to procure boost innovation in the schools, have to strengthen the initiative, the innovation in the centres of education -from the primary school until the university-, so as to generate a new impulse and open also new opportunities in this field. +since the information that contains the annual report is of nature *autoexplicativa, perhaps result more useful to centre my observations here and now in #some of the subjects that treat in the project of resolution elaborated by Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects. +In *tercer place, the #ECB had to debate of periodic form the evolution in each #one of the States members of the zone of the euro for like this have a positive influence on the evolution of the prices and the wages that, #such as it has signalled aptly Mr. *Duisenberg, have to vary of a Been member to #another. +In the first place, the no self-evident report, to my seem, so much by content as in his editorial, a sufficient will by part of the Central Bank European to subject to the democratic control of the European Parliament. +Exists suspicion, better said, more that the suspicion, that this decision took by political pressures - think, for example, to *Oskar *Lafontaine - and that, through the approval of today, the Parliament pretends to confirm the tendency to a Central Bank subordinated to the requirements of the politics or even of the electoral interests. +But, as I said takes #some days in front of the General Assembly of the Nations Joined, do not want a peace to any price, but a peace that strengthen really democracy, that preserve the territory and that allow to each #one of the citizens the full exercise of #all his rights and freedoms. +The central decision in the creation of the space of justice #european has been to establish like base of the cooperation the mutual recognition of decisions and judicial sentences, so much in subjects of civil right, as of penal right. +The decisions of the Council do not contain #any another appointment on the mood to deliver, inside the Union, the derivative economic charges of the refugees and of asylum applicants. +Regarding the relative measures to the right of asylum and to the immigration, result totally indeterminate and little *apremiantes; the only fine news is the respect of the Agreement of Gin and the reaffirmation of the fight against racism. +Subscribe fully the statement issued by the leaders of the EU *cuando expressed his deep to weigh in front of the decision of the Senate of the States Joined of not ratifying the Treaty of Complete Prohibition of the Nuclear Essays. +Under this look and taking into account the decision of the relative Council to the competitions of the Agency, #would have to get to agreements to reach of durable mood a reconciliation in the whole of the *Balcanes and establish some links with the stability pact. +The subject of the asylum, immigration and the delinquency *transfronteriza, #as well as the administration of justice *repercuten on the fundamental subjects of the human rights and the civil rights of the individual. +Gentleman President, the results of the summit of *Tampere *me seem a basically positive signal for the citizens of the European Union because they put on of the table question that *nos affect to #all, but, especially, because they open the door to the development of politics that demand the own citizens. +Gentleman President, do not fits doubt that the Council of *Tampere is a qualitative jump in the path to integration #european and that in this work, has been very important the contribution of the #finnish Presidency, to the *cual *le give my more cordial *enhorabuena. +By a part, measures *intergubernamentales, directly executable road plans of action, but essentially directed to brake the immigration. On the other hand, mandates directed to the European Commission, regarding the politics of asylum common and the protection of asylum applicants. +Wanted to, gentleman President, express our gratitude to the Prime minister #Jean-*Luc *Dehaene, to President *von *Weizsäcker and to *Lord #Simon by the quality of his contribution and give the graces also to His *Señorías, here, by his received and by the attention that loan to his report, in particular in the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, lively and chaired by the Mr. *Napolitano. +Although #if they stopped to think a moment, #would not take in giving account that his country, any country, probably lose more of the vetos issued by other countries that it that win taking use of the own in competition fields of the European Union. +In the questions related with the reform of the institutions, remits to a concept *tecnográfico of increase of the efficiency and of capacity of performance without throwing at least glimpse to the so necessary and urgent question of the construction of a #european democracy. +Am very appreciated by this opportunity that *me offers to comment the amendments of the Parliament and *permítanme take advantage of the opportunity to present my respects to his *Señoría and to his colleagues for having taken so much interest in this subject so important. +The *segunda question that has given place to a series of amendments is the wish to situate the Agency under the only and direct responsibility of the Commission, that #would be the manager to appoint to director. +The previous rule was abolished and, in consequence, is urgent to adopt a position regarding the procedures of modification of the distinct norms that go approving, especially in those important and delicate matters, #this is, #if it has to prevail opinion, the opinion of the Commission or of the Council. +In effect, believe that, #if well it is necessary to cheer that the advances of the computer facilitate the commercial exchanges, no thus it is necessary to leave to be watchdogs and watch by a just balance among the interests of the borrowers of services and the protection of consumers. +Until the day of today in the European Union there #be frame institutional that consists in two directives: the directive on the collective dismissals and the directive on the #european commission of the company. +The only possible politics for the full employment of workers #european is the of *reconquistar the inner market, protect it against the disloyal competition, renounce to #one *mundialización criminal and antisocial; is the to reestablish the necessary norm of the community preference. +*Permítanme, first of all, hail the fact that it have practically unanimity among the Council, the Commission, and expect that the Parliament, on a so crucial subject in a moment in the that we have to give decisive steps in the configuration of an external politics and of common security. +The value and the judicial independence of the judge *Gimblett - the value of #Angela *Zelter and of his mates contrast strongly with the *petulante rejection by part of the American Senate of the Treaty of total prohibition of the nuclear proofs. +The Russians, *comprensiblemente, are a big interest by the process of enlargement, and the European Union is had to undertake a serious dialogue with *ellos in the frame of the Association Agreement and Cooperation. +Especially, provides a human face to the far bureaucratic politics #european, plants to the citizens in the central point of the performances and of the debate, #such as it occurs in the program "Youth" and in training program "#Socrates" . +On the other hand, agree with the Council in the need that actions of Culture 2000 are visible for the public opinion, but the best way of achieve it are the small performances or the average, the disperse, the near to the citizens, and no the great events. +#would Consider especially unaware that the Parliament did not follow the recommendations of the speaker, since it #can not follow saying that it is regrettable that every time vote less persons in the #european elections or that it is *desconsolador that of survey result that *Europa is increasingly far of the Europeans and, go to save in those projects that, precisely, have like goal *acercar *Europa to the persons. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, estimated and estimated colleagues, on 28 August 1998 the Commission presented a proposal for a resolution of the European Parliament and of the Council with the goal of introducing the common program of action "Youth" for the period comprised among the 2000 and the 2004. +Regarding analysing the factors that have boosted or *entorpecido the social integration of the youngsters, consider fundamental to include an analysis of the influence of the family or of the fault of family in the development of youngsters. +As it has posed this question, wanted to signal concerning the relative information to the Young "programs" that the network *Eurodesk, that is a combination of spots in Internet and councils for the youngsters, is available in #all the countries and in #all tongues of the Union. +Said commitment no only has deserved the agreement of the Commission of Budgets, but also the of the competent commission for the bottom, especially with the support of the Mrs. *McNally, speaker, to the one who give the graces by his cooperation. +From the point of sight, no of my political Group, but of the previous Parliament, of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, that approved by unanimity report, really, there #be not any fault of clarity. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0026\/1999) of Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the common position of the Council [$^13328$/^2$/^1998$ - ^*C$^5$-^0023$/^1999$ - ^1998$/^0169$^($^*COD$^)$^]#\ with seen to the adoption of the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council by the that establishes an only instrument of finance and of programming in favour of the cultural cooperation (Program "Culture 2000" ) (Speaker: Mr. *Graça *Moura) +Alas the position of the Council no favours neither the democratic freedoms neither the human rights in *Turquía; neither neither the solution of the problem of *Chipre, neither the of the question *kurda; neither neither the support to the tragic victims of the earthquakes registered in *Turquía. +Therefore, in spite of having full consciousness that the progression of the community costs is sometimes difficult to bear by the public finances of States members, have voted in favour of the resolution proposed by the general speaker of the budget. +. (OF) The delegation of the Liberal Party Austrian will refuse in his whole the proposal of resolution of the Mr. *Bourlanges (Section *III - Commission) #as well as the of the Mr. *Virrankoski (sections), since the budget did not fulfils the basic criteria of transparency and efficiency. +As it has said Mr. #Gil-Oaks, and *yo had said previously, *nos find at present in a situation in the that the institutional agreement, regarding the *OLAF, applies to the Commission, to the Council and to the personnel of this Institution, but did not applies to the deputies of this Institution. +Is true that in the Agreement *interinstitucional talks explicitly of the members of the institutions, but *cuando reads this expression in context, *nos give account that it treats rather of salaried members, like the members of the Commission, and that the disposals adopted do not adapt to members chosen, like the deputies to the European Parliament. +The *insensibilidad and the cynicism no only are accepted by the EU and his organs, but that they are besides funded in the frame of reinforcement politics economic direct or indirect #whose goal is the competitiveness in the world-wide field. +Is to say, gentleman *Fischler, on 1 December will lose his employment 7.000 #european fishermen, 477 community fuselages will remain tied up in our ports, 10.000 places of work in the industries *conserveras and of transformation will be in danger, and #others employment thousands more, related with the commercialisation and with the port activities, also *peligrarán. +But also because, to these heights, the unemployment of the activities *pesqueras seems unavoidable, it that forces, as it occurred in the moment of the expiration of the previous agreement, to look for extraordinary community bottoms to fund stop time of the fleet. +But yes want to insist in that, by #all these so known reasons, the fleet is in *vilo, and as also *ella has to pay an every time greater part of fishing agreements, already has declared that it is not had to not receiving information of it that happen during these negotiations. +Conceded to *Marruecos a commercial agreement without limit of term and obtained a fishing agreement with limit of term: it that means that *Marruecos plants to will his products in the territory of the European Union, but *nosotros only #can fish in the #moroccan waters until 30 November 1999. +In this moment, are of the future of the neighbouring countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental by means of incorporation to the European Union, but also have to *preocuparnos by the future of the neighbouring countries of the bank south of the Mediterranean. +By it other, the Committee of Experts #british do not impugns figures that were repeated by the director of the public health in *Escocia, that declared: "have present the fact that in this country exists a risk for the human health". +Gentleman President, first of all wanted to affirm that I am in favour of the principle of caution in a field #where the health of consumers is directly loomed, but the debate that here takes place among the adherents and the opponents of the embargo is of a total hypocrisy. +On the other hand, this Protocol supposes a natural step until the signature of the new Agreement, that #can run risks given the political situation of the country and the presence of other fleets #if the European Union *ausentara of zone. +In the last seven years the taxpayers of the European Union have paid 1.400 millions of euros to Governments and to other institutions and, even with the neutral words of the Commission, is difficult to control the destination that gives to this money. +And disagree absolute and radically of the posture of the orator that *me has preceded in the use of the word, the one who has manifested politics very little *solidaria with the States members of the European Union, very little *solidaria with the fishermen, a posture that is, fortunately, minoritary in this Assembly. +To begin, wanted to inform to His *Señorías on the *dictamen adopted by unanimity by the Managerial Committee Scientist the past Friday and based in the scientific foundations of the *dictamen of the French Agency of Security of the Alimentary Health (*AFSSA) concerning measures applicable to the exports of meat of bovine #british. +The plan of export according to a calendar established conceived by the Commission with the advice of the scientists is, in my opinion and in the of other scientists that advise to the Commission in these subjects, the that will give security to the consumers. +Fits to stand out that the change of diet introduced from the set up of the Economic and Monetary Union has facilitated the task of the managers of the politics *macroeconómicas national and is to surpass these obstacles, so that growth #can be more durable. +With regard to the diagnostic on the *coyuntura, #all participants agreed in that the perspectives have improved of significant form, and in that the negative external crash of the year 1998 seems that it has absorbed already with the internal development of the own European Union. +Regarding the economic politics -the second document already gives answer to the challenge that constitutes to transform the circumstantial backstitch in a durable process of growth higher-, each #one of the participants exposed sight point of form very frank. +In the budgetary procedure have found means class to reach an agreement of work so that this institution, together with the Commission, keep the confidentiality and #can take the same in the case of this dialogue. +Is a social catastrophe even in the countries of *Europa that affirm to have less unemployed and, watches by where, the European Council of Colony and the European Commission content with *atiborrarse with words talking of #european pact in *pro of employment, but, had account of the amplitude of the problem, the planned measures are ridiculous. +Of mood, wanted to take part next Monday in the political debate on #which will be the effects of the rise of types of interest, that predictably will produce tomorrow, and no only of the effects on the types of *cotización of the day, but also the effects on the real economy. +Wanted to underline that the goal of the dialogue *macroeconómico, #such as it outlined also in Colony, has in his core the need to combine the development and employment. And debate and apply for the first time a #european politics for the employment is #one of the most important questions of the *Europa of today. +The two parts of the industry accepted to be included in the general directive, as long as they reached parallel advances in the sector of transport by road, because, as it is natural, fear to suffer a disadvantage in matter of competition, #if they establish disposals very wide on the labour day and the sector of the transport by road do not takes it own. +The labour day for more of a chamber of million of doctors in period of training in the European Union is a question of health and security for the own doctors, that have to have rights to *salvaguardar his health and his personal life that #that to the that treat. +Believe that #everyone in this Assembly #would receive with *beneplácito the opportunity to give a very positive and affirmative vote in favour of the proposals presented by Mrs. *Smith in his report concerning the reduction of the transitory period to four years. +*Cuando formulated the directive on the labour day of 1993, some sectors remained excluded of his field of application and the reason is very clear: the own specific characteristics of #some of the sectors interested required legislation that took into account said characteristic and particular needs. +. (*SV) Gentleman President, is obvious that it is an enormous event the that the EU celebrate Agreement of scientific and technical cooperation with the Popular Republic of Chinese, since #all know that Chinese is a big country that goes to decide a fine part of our common future. +Besides, His *Señoría has talked, with reason, of the question of the private companies and think also, as His *Señoría, that the presence of companies in the project of collaboration is an element stood out in #all program-mark and that results particularly important in this type of agreement. +The European Economic Community and the Argentinian Republic have interest in collaborating in the mutual help because, without damage that Argentinian is a young country, *yo believe that it is very important that #all this Latin American area associate fully to the *quinto programs frame of investigation and technological development. +And inside this strategic goal, treats to achieve, among the operative goals, the boost employment and ensure the coordination of the social protection and #all the field of the protection of the rights of the citizens. +The strategic document subjected to examination represents, without place to doubts, an important step in the only market and expands and consolidates the idea of an only market that it is #one of the fundamental cores in the #european construction. +To this *respecto, Mr. *Harbour and the other members of this Parliament #can be safe that the Commission seeks to be *responsive *and flexible, by say it with the words of the Mr. *Harbour, so that this flexibility *nos allow to confront the needs of the moment without losing of sight the interests of the consumer. +do not want *referirme now of way *particularizada to the conclusions, without embargo to the sight of the debate that took place yesterday in the Plenary about the dialogue *macroeconómico wanted to mention a point: the European Parliament #would have to be included also in the preparation and put in practice of the #european pact on employment. +The majority of the proposals that the Commission of Rights of Woman and *yo have presented already has approved by the commission, but a pair of subjects essential were refused, in particular the amendments 37, 38 and 39. +Instead, a committee, a committee *apolítico runs the risk of being a house of compensation in that it treats to subtract *dramatismo to the debate, to find political alternatives that exist in virtue of a precisely neutral consensus and *apolítico to the that believe that it is impossible to get in matter of employment. +The goal announced with the introduction of the only coin seem to be the to establish the confidence in the economic politics through the stability of the monetary politics, of prices and budgetary, #as well as by means of the moderation *salarial and flexibility. +Without embargo, today the dialogues *macroeconómicos national have moved to the regional field; the *concertación has involved the regions and the territory and programming capacity in the utilisation of the structural instruments and in conceiving models of local development. +Likewise, reserves a fundamental paper to the social speakers in employment strategies and of social integration and do not exists still a clear definition of the paper of #the same, especially in his facet of organisations no governmental. +Gentleman President, the figures of unemployment and of the poverty in *Europa follow being catastrophic: sixty millions of poor, a 9% of unemployed, a 25% of juvenile unemployment; is not precisely it that says a positive balance, especially taking into account that the calm of 1999 has to more that swims to an improvement of the *coyuntura in the that neither the governments, neither the European Union have had at all that see. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, as it #can check in the reports on the politics of employment of the States members, there #be a high *incumplimiento of the guidelines on employment and the levels of unemployment keep very elevated -in particular, in the of long length-, it that affects especially to the youngsters and to the women. +By this reason, consider important the two parts that now are *resumidas in the Report *Menrad as, by a part, the peace and the security and, by #another, the growth and employment constitute the supreme priority of the politics of the European Union. +In *tercer place, have to promote the innovation in the field of the training, as with his training youngsters and also #a lot of unemployed of long length do not find occupation in this market of work by *carecer still of the necessary qualification for the new technical developments. +To day of today the lines guidelines for employment have debated in the Commission of Employment and in the Commission of Subjects Economic, and keep intense conversations to get to the Council, #where believe that they will adopt without reservations and will debate officially on 29 November, in the mixed Council of Ministers of Economy and Ministers of Work. +#If it applies norm to the small Groups that to the great, or to the great Groups that to the small, do not believe that *ello carry to the conclusion that it #would suit to dissolve the Group *PPE by the fact that #such or *cual national faction have in this Parliament of independence of vote. +Take note of the indication of the European Parliament to link the fiscal incentives to the companies "so that they contribute really to the creation of places of work and no to restructurings and to the *deslocalizaciones that involve dismissals" , so as to not repeating the scandal of the company *Michelin. +To this *respecto, the new section 2 of article 299 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, when recognising the peculiarities of the #french departments of *Ultramar like regions *ultraperiféricas of the Union, *nos offers the possibility to adopt measures of exception to the community right in benefit of his development. +The political call "of employment" will remain in the best of the cases reduced to #some vain sentences, in the worst of the cases will follow serving of pretext to subsidise to companies in depth #stray, whereas they will not take authoritarian measures to forbid that the great #european companies suppress put of work while have benefits. +The fact that, precisely in this field, the #european States grouped in the Union refuse to adopt measures *vinculantes shows that his main worry is the to go clearing the obstacles, included the social, so that the great companies take out the maximum benefit, and in no way to put end to unemployment. +The Group of the Greens and the Group of the Party of the European Socialists request that it inscribe in the agenda, of the 9 to the 10 hours, the presentation of the annual report of the Court of Accounts. +Lady Speaker, believe that it is a question that explains by himself\/hisself alone in the measure in that we already debate in the previous Plenary the importance that Parliament adopted the norms of development and application of an agreement *interinstitucional, that has been already *concertado in the past term of office and ratified by the Parliament. +Perhaps, so that our colleagues have clear the subject, as it argued in the Conference of Presidents, #can require that, given the predictable absence of Mr. *Patten, have suggested the name of the Mr. *Verheugen no to personal title, but because it is #one of the Commissioners that devote to the international subjects. +In my opinion, the Speaker of the report, *Lange, is entirely in it true *cuando proposes to carry the question of the heavy vehicles to the sphere of a common strategy to reduce what before CO2 broadcast in the roads. +Now there are car industries that for the values limit of *NOx more strict take like point of reference the 2005, the first reading of the European Parliament. #Others take the reference of the 2008, the common position of the Council, and #others the of the 2006, review proposal for the *segunda reading. +The Council of Ministers of Environment adopted on 20 December of the year happened some valuable amendments of our colleague *Hautala, that consisted in #one value strict limit to combat the pollution and particle broadcast *cancerígenas of the heavy vehicles. +Finally, wanted to take advantage of the presence of the Commissioner *António *Vitorino, that was in the Summit of *Tampere, for *pedirle that *nos say how goes to concretise, in practice, the final decision of the Council, that applaud, of *tipificar like penal offence the violence against the human beings, in particular against the boys and the women. +As we have seen in the debate precedent, the Commission already is in varied relative fields to the boys, although the competition of the action in the majority of the important spheres of these fields follows in hands of the States members. +did not argue in the table of negotiations on the directive that are and wanted to answer also to the question of Mrs. *Ghilardotti on #which are the data on the that still there are doubts and the data in the that there #be disagreement among the national Parliaments. +In the *primer report of March has exposed #all a series of questions positive, an ecological tax, a tax on CO2 broadcasts, a tax on the *gravamen of speculative benefits in the short term and the benefits of the #ECB. +#If the European Union decides, by a democratic procedure, that the own resources are simply a direct percentage of #GDP collected by the States members and transferred in a global quantity, as very well: *eso will be the own resources and will be democratic. +These changes, #as well as the reinforcement of the budgetary discipline, that is visible so much in the conclusions of the Presidency of *Berlín, as in the new Agreement *Interinstitucional, provide stimuluses basic for the need to modify and complete the valid decision with new mechanisms. +say It because in the Agreement *interinstitucional appear as merely *indicativos and out of the financial perspectives, in the Annex *II; it only that they are financial perspectives is the Annex *I. Instead, the proposal of the Commission includes costs that do not form part of the financial perspectives inside the guideline. +In this context want to say also that in brief *deliberaremos in the commission with big detail together with the Commission on how additional regulations are necessary in the sector of the electrical current and of the gas, as against of #all the affirmations made follow without having still market #european but 15 different markets. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, the Mr. *Chichester has declared with tarpaulin in his report, that the environmental approach has to contain a better energetic politics that the of before, but assuming the States members a basic responsibility in accordance with this principle, fundamental in matter of energetic politics. +Like private lawyer that exerts the profession in the Realm Joined, with frequency have had to *lidiar with a battery of books to find the pertinent norms and the ideal form to proceed in name of customers in these circumstances. +The boy has to have the possibility to be listened in front of the Court to show like this clearly that it takes into account welfare and expect that the solution of commitment of my colleague *Watson do not believes here additional problems and that we #can regulate this important subject in favour of the boy. +The #european construction has ignored during too much time the right of persons, and the *Europa of the citizens, #whose expression are *nosotros, has to take into account from now on, said it yesterday in the afternoon with reason of the *X anniversary of the international Agreement, the concrete worries of the families and the welfare of the boys. +The amendment *nº 3, except better opinion, do not contributes at all new to the disposal, in the measure in that the States members that will designate authority only, is to say, a central authority, are precisely the that in his right do not admit the direct transmission of decisions. +*Señorías, the regulation foresees a term of four months for the presentation of the plans of economic development by part of the national authorities and another term of five months for the approval of these proposals. +As, in the first place, there are some measures that are in course and that there #be continue and promote, like the adhesion of the European Community to *Eurocontrol, process that will allow no only incorporate a greater political responsibility by part of the European Union but, besides, that set up the last convention and, therefore, that #can adopt measures in function of majority votes, by majorities, and not having to resort systematically to unanimities. +As they know, the Council of the past Monday, two days ago, has condemned the disproportionate use and *indiscriminado of strength in *Chechenia, that has caused great sufferings to the civil population and has forced alas to #a lot of *decenas of thousands of persons to displace to other zones of the country. +In this sense, the #finnish Presidency has made an extraordinary work, that will reflect in a report to the European Council of *Helsinki on the no military instruments for crisis management. +Expect that we #can have the continuous support of Parliament to the hour to develop procedures more flexible and faster and, as I am safe that the High Representative will be had to recognise, do not lose any opportunity to pose this same question to the Council. +Like this, the permanent research of effects in the short term in detriment of the long term, need of personal glorification of a #french president, a zero, #all these discussions and other protocols of *Nuremberg #can damage the subtle relations of geopolitical strength that existed from takes *lustros among States Joined, *Francia, Big *Bretaña and *Alemania. +In this line, had the opportunity of *preguntarle in his appearance in front of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence #which #would be the political means -and thought, fundamentally, in the Conference *Intergubernamental- to take advantage of the next Conference *Intergubernamental in benefit of the *PESC. +Gentleman President, backrest of the greater part of my Group to the construction of the #european identity of defence has a lot that see, although no #everything, with the lesson learnt in the war of *Kosovo and the idea that, in #some cases, alas, is necessary an intervention armed in front of the massive rapes of human rights. +In the field of the services -the market with a greater potential of expansion, especially for providers #european-, is precise to improve the access to the markets with the inclusion of new fields, #if well it is indispensable that consult explicitly to the European Parliament in this look. +Gentleman President, have presented a question of order relative to the Report *Haug, because the original version is #german and, by misfortune, do not talk #german and the #english version said *algo entirely distinct of version #portuguese regarding the amendment *nº 31. +Without embargo, services *me have informed -and confirm this information- that the original text, the #german version is the authentic and, therefore, the versions in the other tongues will adapt to the #german version, with the consequences that *usted has aimed. +The politics of the European Parliament with regard to *Chechenia sees *importunada by the fact that, by his part, the western countries have acted of mood that *les has taken to lose the moral authority to condemn *contundentemente the errors that *Rusia commits at present in *Chechenia. +All #this, while the call "*virtuosa" international community justifies the #russian intervention with the excuse of the fight against terrorism and the International Monetary Bottom subsidises in depth lost the power of *Yeltsin, in spite of the *millardos of dollars diverted by the #russian authorities. +Like this, in the year 1994, the #russian army took part to show that *Rusia controlled the operative oil pipelines that allowed to export the production of the sea *Caspio, not to run the risk of remaining excluded of the big #american game. +By #this ask a political dialogue, demand a political solution and plead also by the application of the means of pressure to scope, which means also the freezing of new projects in the frame of *TACIS or the denial of the alimentary help to *Rusia. +Support the idea that we attend to *Moscú in December with occasion of the elections, as I already have exposed, and that *presionemos to *Moscú and to #all the *Cáucaso to take part in a conference for peace, in the that resolved, in addition to this partial problem, also the other problems, since in the *Cáucaso carry out bellicose actions in half dozen of countries and the threat of extension of #the same is quite evident. +The representative of the Council has said this morning that the agreement of *Berlín is the point of game in these negotiations, but has said, to time, that the agriculture #can constitute a grave problem, and believe that *Europa has to be more offensive in this subject. +did not want to *yo that the century *XXI was also marked by a crisis of humanism because the trade, the money, #would prevail on the development of the man, on the fundamental values that constitute the life of the man. +The desirable entry of Chinese, in favour of the *cual also the European Union is actively, will convert definitely to the World-wide Organisation of the Trade in more representative and will expand his potential capacity to consolidate a free global trade but, to time, regulated. +#One of fields, on the that *yo will not say at all, since in the distribution of competitions among the two speakers has assumed it the colleague and fellow Mr. *Leinen, is the method and the procedure; the depth, #if they want to, the scope of the reform of the institutions. +And the signatories of the Treaty like this recognised it, since they incorporated a protocol, the Protocol on the institutions in the perspective of enlargement of the European Union, precisely to see how #would have to resolve these questions in the future. +To the contrary that the Round of #Millenium, still have not achieved that the public opinion, the no governmental organisations and the colleagues #be by this subject that is distant still a lot to occupy the thoughts of #all. +The European Parliament #can not - as often it takes the Commission - have Governments like only speakers and, therefore, has to treat to open and to pose a perspective of character, by like this say it, constitutional so that the instruments for an effective democracy are clear for #all and no only for #few specialists. +Gentleman President, in debate relative to the mandate of the next *CIG, wanted to say in the first place some words on a question that do not appears in the agenda of this conference, but of the that will get a day in that our Assembly will owe -*me seems to me- occupy and evaluate the results of #all the operation. +Have to work in a reform of these cooperations reinforced that it allow the establishment of an authentic avant-garde of the Union, opened inside the Union, to end to follow progressing by the road of the security, democracy and the stability of our continent. +#If we ascertain that the crime organised moves thousands of millions and that the introduction of these means in the legal economic circuit of our systems regulated prejudices to the society in his group, is clear that need to *Europol, is clear that need a #european cooperation in the field of justice. +Is #this the only way that the Union #can strengthen his capacity of action and limit activity of effective form to a series of politics determined without that *ello go accompanied of a weakening of the rights of the States members. +. (*SV) Basing in the strategy of the European Union for the period 1995 - 1999, in December of 1988 the Council of *Europa urged to the institutions to develop a strategy integrated and balanced against the drug for the period back to 1999, taking in consideration the new possibilities that awards the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +No considers the Council that the utilisation of the bottoms of the European Union by part of the *PNUCD for programs applied in accordance with diets that do not respect the human rights minima supposes a grave *incumplimiento of the principle of *condicionalidad that inspires the action of the European Union? +Gentleman President in exercise, *me pleases *oírle say that the nuclear energy is safe, because no fits to expect, in financial or economic terms, that countries that at present produce among the 30 and 40% of his energy in nuclear head offices the substitute by renewable energies or by means of the combustion of fuels fossils without causing terrible additional damages to the environment in said countries, that already present high indexes of pollution. +The Council has declared that will support with #all the means to the Sent Special of the Secretary General of the UN, Mr. *Alvaro of *Sotoa, in his future functions, and has decided to go back to review the conjoint posture in base to the results of his work. +Without embargo, like the Union considers very important questions humanitarian and place that neither accepts that the actions of the rulers *redunden in damage of the citizenship, has set up an experimental project, to *través of the *cual will supply oil to way of proof, first, to the populations of *Nis and *Pirot, but is possible that later supply also to other populations. +In consequence, with arrangement to the *Eurodac, all Been member is forced to collect the impressions *dactilares of #all asylum applicants, of #all the that they are arrested persons when crossing the borders, with the end to check #if they already have presented an appeal of asylum in another State. +Also go to present a proposal of instrument on procedures of asylum, a time that have received the opinion of the Parliament about our document of work on the establishment of common norms in matter of procedures of asylum. +By it that refers to the norms for the destruction of the data, the amendments approved by the Commission of Rights of the Citizens have that the data destroy in what the person to the that apply the Regulation have legalised situation. +The establishment of voluntary mechanisms of surveillance concerning the new chemical products that use for the illicit manufacture of synthetic drugs, #as well as a better cooperation in the commercial sector, will be the main priorities in this sphere. +In addition to that it always will be indispensable that this regulation inspire in principles of cooperation and development, even the respect of the social and environmental norms consecrated internationally, that respect wills, interests, peculiarities and different levels of development of the States interested, that observe and promote preferential agreements, like the of *Lomé, that refuse the treatment of some human activities, like the education and culture, as mere commodities. +Wail that have not taken advantage of this opportunity to look for a greater consensus on this subject frankly important, since it is necessary that #can take the necessary measures against those who cross the borders of the European Union with criminal intentions. +The safest solution #would be to detain the operation of these plants during the change of #millenium, but is not easy that a country like *Lituania #can detain the operation of the plant of *Ignalia, that provides the 75 percent of generation capacity. +Therefore we ask to the Council in the section 9 of this resolution that, in the negotiations with third countries, examine the possibility to incorporate the abolition of the pity of death to the clause of human rights. +Is evident that the problem resides, as, in the absence of political will, and #can imagine the reasons of *ello: pressures by great countries, like the Popular Republic of Chinese, the States Joined and the *Japón, the *cuales have procured that this politics that had decided the Union went literally betrayed to last moment. +In this sense are very significant the following words pronounced by #one of the negotiators of the delegation of *Rambouillet: "Ask to a #albanian politician by a date *anodina, by an insignificant event of the history and *le will inform with detail luxury. +In the context of the previous debate on the suppression of the pity of death, believe that really it proceeds that we demand of the #russian authorities that respect our opinion, that is the opinion of *Europa, about #if Mr. *Nikitin has to be object of an indictment and how sanction *le has to impose. +Today is necessary that the European Parliament reaffirm clearly that, to guarantee the stability of the region, is necessary to create the conditions of a peace based in the justice and in the persecution of violence managers ethnic. +Recognise the need to help to the *ONG and to the associations of the civil society, to strengthen the democratic institutions of the country, and as, definitely, will know, absorption capacity and the importance of numerous *ONG in this field, in *Pakistán, are, alas, limited. +The purpose of the Convention explains his international hit without precedents: treats of the adoption of measures of international right to protect the rights of the citizens of the world more innocent and more vulnerable. +Alas, there are proofs that big number of asylum applicants have displaced through *Europa continental following the suggestion that they direct to our ports of the Channel, knowingly that have a politics *permisiva that recognises instantly the right to the house and to the benefits of the social security. +In this point wanted to go back to give the graces on purpose by the previous works of Commission of Budgetary Control, that *me have allowed to finish this report in this short time, and especially to the Mr. *Blak and to the Mrs. *Theato. +On the other hand, from the point of sight practical, the change of the percentage #would not have a more appreciable meaning that the of an adjust global in the quantity of #all loans, since the guarantees -in what instruments *pagaderos- rare times leave to be effective. +Gentleman President, a question of procedure or an almost worrisome question, #some deputies of this side of the House have warned that maybe it has lost *usted jacket and in in a day of snow #can *ofrecerle #one of the #ours in case that have cold. +The Council of Ministers of Industry analysed the report of the Commission in meeting of 9 November 1999 and issued a conclusion of the Council on the world-wide situation of the dockyards. +After the meeting of the Council, have kept bilateral conversations with the #korean government, in particular with the *Viceministro Korean of Trade and the corresponding civil servants in the General Direction for the company and the General Direction for trade. +The irony of the situation resides especially in that the unseen subventions also have been possible thanks to the credits of the International Monetary Bottom allocated to surpass the financial crisis of Extreme Orient. +Regarding the fuselages of passage and to the fuselages *mercantes, segments characterised by an intense competition and by the utilisation of drama hand, also have to protect and develop in *ellos the considerable experience and the technical capacities that they have the States members and not leaving that they go out out of *Europa. +In this sense, it is necessary *reflexionar on the example of the dockyards of the Atlantic, #whose brilliant takeoff after a period of crisis has been especially spectacular, and the paper that has exerted in this evolution the #french State. +And also want to say that #Carmen *Díez of *Rivera, that was a woman with a personality *fascinante, went besides a big #european deputy and, #if *me allows to say it, went person that played an absolutely key paper for the history of my country and for his democratic transition. +Lady Speaker, regarding the historical occasion of the meeting of the Government of *Irlanda of the North, exists #one irony in the fact that *yo take the word with reason of the fine new, *cuando our colleague has to inform on the problems of the Basque Country. +The Commission has intention to employ in depth with the end to give concrete execution to the decisions that will take the bosses of State and of Government, in particular regarding the procedures of granting of help in the case of international crises. +Keep the unanimity involves to condemn to the most total paralysis and reduce any question to a minimum common denominator, a luxury that no *nos #can allow in the current world in that they take lacking immediate interventions in sectors of vital importance for the future of the European Union. +*Yo *les ask to the other Groups that #if the Group of the *PPE assumes, like Group, transaction text, to his time accept the inclusion of an amendment by the that asks that at last it open a debate on the geographic enlargement of the European Union. +#One *CIG that do not guarantee to the citizen a greater access to the European Court means that the Letter will be more exercise of public relations that a new solid definition of the #european citizenship. +*Yo have received with satisfaction the observation that has taken the President of the Commission relative to the presence of the European Parliament in the Conference *Intergubernamental, but *me #would enjoy that this pronouncement took it also the Presidency in exercise of the Council. +So that the criteria on human rights and minorities earn importance like requirements for the adhesion, is necessary that the obligations of the countries candidates in relation so much with the human rights, as with his minorities, have weight in the negotiations of adhesion that the other fundamental criteria.. +The union *aduanera with *Turquía had to go accompanied of a special budgetary help and of a series of special loans of the European Bank of Investments, to the *margen of the programs that found foreseen in the frame of the procedure and of the program *MEDA. +Also has been a risky step, motivated definitely also by the situation in *Chipre and by the attempt to promote a greater approximation of *Chipre to the European Union and open likewise the possibility of a political solution in the own *Chipre. +In the vicinities of the mouths of the rivers give indexes very high of harmful organic substances, like consequence of the massive transfer to the sea of compounds of nitrogen and phosphorus pertinent of the fields of crop and of the activities *agropecuarias. +Gentleman President, the replacement of the Treaty on protection of the marine zones of the *Báltico by Agreement of general character of 1992 is an important step in the improvement of the environmental situation of the region. +The agriculturalists contribute a lot to this cultural identity of a region of a country, as it that cultivates, or was, the autochthonous production, has marked during generations no only kitchen, but also the habits and the philosophy of the life of this population. +The traditional kitchen, that has developed from crop products regional -the *cuales of course had to adapt to the climate- no only constitutes, without embargo, a pleasure for the palate of the autochthonous population, but also for those who watch further of his own *calderos. +Like result, diminished visibly tomato production, which determined to his time a reduction of 83.468 tonnes in the #portuguese quota of tomato concentrated in the distribution of the quotas for the campaign 1999\/2000 and the corresponding increase of the quotas of other three States members. +The Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects, to #mine proposal, showed satisfied with the enlargement of his field, as meanwhile the subject proposed has been surpassed by varied contingencies, among *ellas the own electoral process of the European Parliament. +#This were necessary no only in the previous years to the beginning of the Monetary Union, but that also have to follow in course along the period of the Monetary Union and in point #can not entrust this task only to the Central Bank European. +To5-0025\/1999 of the Mr. *Gallagher, in name of Fishing Commission, on the proposal of regulation of the Council (*COM(1999)141 - *C4-0224\/1999 - 1999\/0081(*CNS)) by the that it modifies by third time the Regulation (*CE) *nº 850\/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of resources *pesqueros through technical measures of protection of the juvenile of marine organisms. +The Group of the Greens\/*ALE is favourable to a labeling detailed of the products, from the first commercialisation until the last, so that it know the place of fishing of the product, the form, and also #if it treats of a product fished or pertinent of aquaculture. +Recommendation for the *segunda reading (To5-0064\/1999) of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer on the proposal of decision of the Council by the that establishes a follow-up plan of the specific broadcasts averages of dioxide of carbon of the new tourisms (5621\/2\/1999*rev2 - *C5-0041\/1999 -1998\/0202(*COD)) (Speaker: Mrs. *González *Álvarez) +. (*FR) *Nosotros will not vote positively the resolution of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, since, in spite of the subtle formulation, the pretended worries on the human rights do not reach to dissemble the purely mercantile interests. +The sense of rejection to approve the resolution is to protest at the same time against the conditions of the workers of this country, against the tightness of the village *kurdo and against the no respect of the elementary freedoms by the #turkish State. +#That is the reason by the that plead, gentleman President, by an authentic work of critical evaluation of the past experience, followed of an offensive paper of the Union in *pro of an organisation democratised, opened to the civil societies, really universal and that surpass *resueltamente hiatus among commercial worries and requirements of development *solidario and durable. +#would Be misfortune for the consumers of the #european countries, in particular for the less favoured consumers that #would experience the frustration of not being able to choose among the numerous pertinent products of #everyone to prices lower that the that they #can find in the national markets. +*Nosotros are safe that the popular reactions all over the world have been a factor determinant in the failure of the conversations. No only because the demonstrators frustrated the official ceremony of inauguration, but also because they created a climate #such, that not even those who believe to control the planet, #can ignore it. +The report that has presented no only *nos goes to serve of base for the next works of the approval of management for 1998, but also *nos will serve like important document for the reform of the structures of the administration and will be used of constructive way to make the necessary improvements. +Am convinced that it treats of an opportunity for the #european youth and that it constitutes a proof that *Europa #can not be only the *Europa of the figures and of the economy, but that precisely the training and culture have to be the stones of touch so that *nos comprise, so that regions that are so different in his cultures complement and are *tolerantes in it that *atañe to the differences. +Of compliance with the section 5 of the article 7 of our Regulation, deputy occupies his seat in the Parliament and in his organs with *plenitud of rights although it have not verified his *credencial or have not resolved on a possible impugnation. +. (*FI) Lady Speaker, ladies and gentlemen deputies to the European Parliament, want to appreciate, first, this occasion to talk with the European Parliament on the most important events occurred under the #finnish Presidency, time already *clausurado the European Council of *Helsinki. +Because it is true that in the enlargement has manifested an open and political criterion expanding to #all countries the possibility to be able to integrate , to be able to *concurrir in a spirit of emulation and to be able to take part in our adventure. +After the Summit of *Helsinki, State Bosses Greater of the Defence of different countries will integrate the Military Committee of the EU, on the that there #be not any type of control democratic. +Are in the path of a federation of States to a federal State and #this only is still the penultimate treaty before the Constitution of a federal State, as nobody wants to renounce to the right to veto in matter of modifications of the treaty, collection of new taxes and sending of soldiers to war. +Have to say that the Commission do not remains at all out of the decision of the Conference *Intergubernamental and have to say likewise that paper of the Parliament has increased with regard to *Amsterdam, although with a lower progress with regard to it that so much the Commission like the President of the Parliament exposed in the debate of *Helsinki. +The decisions of *Helsinki *evidencian that, after the appearance of democracy, after the hollow speeches on the human rights, hides the fascism of the imperialist interests, hides the violence against the villages that resist to the new order. +As I create to have understood, also has offered a solution for the last point of discrepancy among the Council and the European Parliament in the context of the general procedure, specifically, that reduce in 2.000 millions of euros payment credits. +Has been a historical year in senses, as the Commission #would prefer -am sure- forget #some of the most dramatic moments of the past spring, as also #some of *nosotros #would prefer to forget #some of the most spectacular results of the elections of the summer! +Gentleman President, estimated and estimated colleagues, in quality of speaker of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, have to say that the budget that now presents is a social budget, as in this case, a time incorporated our rectifications, has clearly in account the measures in matter of politics of employment. +Subject: *Machismo administrative Taking into account that the problem of the *subrepresentación and exclusion of the women of the #alto put no resolves with the presence of men very intentional, how measured will propose the Commission to change the current situation, in the that the 90 % of the #alto put are not women? +In effect, in front of the fault of agreements of the industries *cerveceras, the operators with great quotas of market will leave to make investments in the bars in the that commercialise products, to happen to allocate said bottoms to great advertising campaigns allocated to strengthen his position in the market. +Consider that a transparency of prices every time greater and the introduction of the euro are increasingly to the consumers of the markets of prices high to purchase vehicles in other States members. +Although it is possible that helps in question are compatible with the #german systems and the Treaties, the Commission feels a strong worry by the distortion that #the same cause by the concentration of an increasing quantity of capacities in this specific industrial sector. +Have summoned a special meeting of the Commission of Budgets for morning to the 9.15 of the morning or to the hour in that it finish the vote, and then will vote the Report *Colom and, #if it is necessary, will vote the changes of the report of Mr. *Bourlanges. +But although we negotiated while it bombed *Kosovo, the Council denied to adapt category 4 to *algo so obvious like the fact that, to the cape of some months, the Union #would see involved in his reconstruction, #would have to contribute humanitarian help and, surely, #would have to compensate also to *Rumania and other countries by the losses suffered in the trade of the *Danubio. +goes to conclude an additional agreement motivated only by the specific interests of a country of the side of the Atlantic, which #can contribute to delay the process of definition of some common norms, since said Agreement demands, for example, the unanimity. +Without embargo, *yo *le pray that *nos say clearly of how mood #can take part the Parliament in the processes of decision, how #can guarantee that we #can take part to time, how #can guarantee the permanent transmission of information -for example, by means of permanent speakers or of small groups of experts-, how #can fulfil the goal of the conjoint control of the Agreement of 1958 by part of the Commission and of the Parliament. +Gentleman President, #if we want to guarantee #all the social benefits that has the pure air for humans and the environment, will have to fulfil rigorously the norms established by the recent managerial of the EU on the broadcasts of the vehicles and the quality of the fuel. +*Portugal was the *primer #european empire and goes to be the last #european empire and #can say that it closes the cycle with "key of gold", in the measure in that, on the one hand, takes the peaceful and amicable transmission of the territory of *Macao to the Popular Chinese and, by #another, *Timor gets of happy form to independence. +Expect that the Council and Commission *nos guarantee that they will not throw backwards to the hour to express the indignation of *Europa in front of the continuous attacks to the human rights and to the human freedoms, it that for *nosotros supposes an important challenge in the next century. +include the nine indicators proposed for the next evaluation of the plan of action of *Pekín and mention the commitments of the States members to reach an egalitarian participation of men and women in #all levels to be able to and decision, in compliance with the plan of action of *Pekín. +Wanted to likewise that it took into account the fact that also the attitude of the States depending of the sensitivity of each #one and, therefore, of culture, has shown that what more literate is a village, less external wars, less civil wars, less injustices there #be in the regions in the *cuales the culture has given steps forward. +Certainly, #would have been preferable that the group of the groups of left had treated to express of common agreement, inside the respect of his plurality, and am convinced that it was possible to join, around these questions, to left plural #european, #whose voice *Europa needs. +Today the Council asks #one *flexibilización to the Commission, with the pretext that, in some cases, the industries #can not avert an accidental minimum pollution of products by matters modified genetically, during the transport or the process of transformation. +These words appear in the following questions: meant the fall of the wall that the market assumed power and that like result of *ello in *Beijing accept seriously the word "*mainstreaming" , that the men have withdrawn -#if no a bit to the bottom- a bit at the side and that with *ello have yielded *algo to be able to and now want to experience *algo of the *sarampión? +The internal group of the European Parliament on reproductive health has called the attention in repeated occasions on the existent relation among the fight against poverty, the *equiparación of the woman and the reproductive health. +Gentleman President, the project *Gardaland, approved in December of 1997 by the Council of Governors of the European Bank of Investments, is a subject that already has arisen in the Parliament previously, in turn of oral questions to the Commission. +Gentleman President, as it already has indicated the Council in his answer, the European Bank of Investments is a bank and, therefore, #can not work \@atener to rule of publication of documents that the legislative organs of the European Union. +Subject: Coincidence of the sessions *plenarias of the *PE with the meetings of the Council of Ministers Of the 41 meetings of the Council of Ministers programmed among the months of September and December of 1999, 18 coincide with dates in the that the European Parliament celebrates periods partial of sessions in *Estrasburgo or *Bruselas. +Subject: Advertising of activity of the Court of Justice of the European Communities The recent events become in the European Union have shown the need that the process of taking of decisions of the Union was transparent. +Without embargo, the secret of the deliberations stipulated in the Treaties has the argument that it is a half effective of *salvaguardar the independence of the judges, the approval of the sentences and also the conjoint interpretation of the Right community. +Gentleman President, consider that the Council has answered already to the question of the mentioned journalist, and want to call the attention on the fact that the Council modified his posture in relation with the publication of the documents of form that so alone a document was not facilitated. +Have also that have clear that #can not admit of any way the illegitimate practices of free finance that follow #some companies -included the public sector, that is the worst delinquent that there #be in the European Union-, and condemn to death, to inaction, to the business castration, to thousands of companies, as I already have mentioned. +Are had to award an extension of eight months so that the States members #can recover the #stray time, but on 1 September of the year 2000 the compulsory system has to introduce definitively in #all the States members and for #all meat dealers of bovine. +As it already has signalled, the Commission, to avert a legal gap, #would see forced to present a third proposal, that #would be based in the article 19 of the valid Regulation (*CE) *nº 820\/97 and *prorrogaría disposals valid on the voluntary labeling. +The truth is that today we forbid the meat of bovine #american, because it contains these hormones, but also know that, #if we allowed to the Americans sell meat of bovine in our market, to an interesting price for our consumers, and #if we indicated in a label that contained these hormones, #would follow *comprándola. +At present, and *usted *me said it even takes a moment, #everything is for building, even for reconstructing, from the point of sight logistical and of the training, in the sectors of health, of the justice, of the public services. +#This is it that occurs with a rigorous budgetary discipline dictated to the States members, whereas the Union do not imposes to himself\/hisself same rigour; in effect, this budget 2000 will cost very expensive to the States, since the agricultural line, once again, pays the heaves of the external actions. +The directive proposal by the that establish measured of fight against the *morosidad of the commercial transactions constitutes, in this sense, a good instrument to finish with the excessive and many times abusive terms of payment that apply to determined basic sectors and that they are the main cause of failure and of the financial difficulties and of investment to the that they have to face up the #SME. +Expect that the voice of the Parliament was listened by the Council and that finally #can establish rules of contractual game harmonised in the #european field thanks to the *cuales finish with the *morosidad and the dominant positions of #some creditors in matter of terms of payment and improve like this the competitiveness of the #SME. +*Nosotros thought that it was not neither much less the suitable moment, to the sight that the question *kurda is very far of *acercarse to a solution regarding the right of self-determination of the village *kurdo and that no is at all with the rapes of the human rights. +The #european dimension of the cultural programs that deserve economic support finds beyond all doubt contained in the book in #all potentiality, and to the Union no *le supposes any extra cost, only to the consumer. *Permítanme that call to the dear "consumer reader" . +By means of this procedure, that supported in respect of the #european norms of competition, the Commission pretended, in reality, put in cloth of trial the system of the only price of the book, that allows especially support the literary creation and guarantee the survival of the small publishers and bookshops. +The States members of the European Union and the European Commission have accredited his attitude in favour of the international penal justice collaborating closely with the courts for war crimes in *Ruanda and in the ancient *Yugoslavia and *apoyándolos amply. +#The same *rebasa the 0,7 *millardos of euros and the compensations to the particular will reach the sum of 0,5 *millardos of euros. damages in the public command encipher in more of a *millardo of frank, since they have produced #a lot of *estragos in the roads and in the roads *férreas, in the electrical and #telephone lines, in the buildings and public facilities. +*Me seems just to signal that, taking into account the time of the that had, commission and the Parliament have worked of the more effective and fast way possible in it that resulted to be difficult circumstances, so that the money #can be allocated to this so important Bottom the next year. +Therefore, wanted to that so much the Commission like the Council *repensasen the subject and that the next proposal that subject to this Parliament establish the forcing of the application in #all States members, with an only juridical foundation in the statistical subject. +Is totally incoherent to postpone a year the application of the compulsory labeling of the meat of *vacuno and condemn to time the application by part of *Francia of the principle of caution, in base precisely to the fault of a compulsory labeling. +has produced an agreement of peace among the different parts, that has applied and respected as a whole, although the security in this country follow being little stable by the presence of gentlemen of the war and by a strong advance of fundamentalism *wahhabita present in *Afganistán. +Only in the last months has got to a true *tranquilización of the situation, after having suspended the hostilities the parts confronted in the civil war and have decided to constitute *próximamente coalition government. +Second, *me surprises the fact that *usted *desconozca the existence of a resolution back that forbids finally the participation of the party *ADEP in the elections and that, therefore, deprives to twenty millions of *kurdos of the right to express his political will in the elections. +Gentleman deputy, the Council takes use of #all his political and diplomatic possibilities to show clearly to the #turkish Government it that they are the #european standards of human rights and that expects of *Turquía the respect of said rights in #all the individual cases and in #all situations. +Is necessary to consider always to *Gibraltar under two juridical systems different as it knows that the current borders of *Gibraltar do not correspond to his historical borders, is to say, there #be a part of *Gibraltar that definitely is part of Big *Bretaña and #there is another part, the situated north that, #if like this it wants, is #spanish territory under #british administration. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0158\/99) of Mr. *Herman, in name of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, on the improvement of the operation of the institutions without modifying the Treaties. +Like east is the last report of the colleague *Herman, want *expresarle congratulations in name of the Group of the European Socialists of this Assembly by the work of twenty years, especially, by his dedication and commitment and by #everything it that has contributed to that it advance the institutional sector. +But yes is necessary to say that it is a work that has faced up to a problem: the grave problem to the that confronts the Commission in front of the *desfase existent among competitions, the tasks, the management of programs that *le entrust, by a part, and the means that it has, by #another. +Wanted to say to #all my colleagues how much *me have thrilled samples of esteem and his assessment of my report and *me *apresuro to add that #this is the result of a collective work, that is not the reflection exclusively of my worries. +But also there are sectors in the that reforms have already hit: the administrative reform, is to say, the reduction of the number of *voivodías, the sanitary reform, the introduction of boxes of illness or the reform of the pensions. +A community expanded without before have proceeded to the necessary reforms will suffer a greater vulnerability and permanent concerning the disagreements that #can prevent the progress to our last goal, that is the training of the States Joined of *Europa. +The transformations that have taken place in these countries to incorporate to market economy *nos have provided new markets and places of work, and this greater stability *les has helped to *sobrellevar better the #russian crisis, with it that *nos have rid to take part with programs of help. +The Commission proposes to introduce from now on an only general diet of exemption by category for #all the categories of agreements, in it that refers so much to the resale of commodities as to the services, the sakes of intermediaries and rights of industrial property. +The #SME of #all the sectors will be able to take out benefit of deregulation that derives of the reform of the politics, and the application of the thresholds of the parts of the market will avert that the dominant companies #can close the market. +To fulfil #all these goals that have enumerated is necessary that the office of the Defender of the European Village give reply to our citizens effectively and, thus, in the report congratulate to Mr. *Söderman by the worry shown in that his secretariat work of suitable way. +Expected also have the occasion to appreciate personally to the President #Gil-Oaks his continuous support of mediator work concerning the boys kidnapped, and to give graces also to the Mr. *Söderman by his excellent work like Defender of the European Village. +is not a trial to talk of the custody of the boys, is a legislative instrument that demands that the boys return to the country in the that reside usually, to argue the case and adopt a decision on custody. +Believe that the most significant function that has exerted, and that follows exerting, the institution of the Defender of Village resides, without place to doubts, in his efforts for reaching a greater transparency in the group of the EU, look #this that constitutes a look of big importance. +Lady Speaker, am totally in accordance with the Mr. *Söderman in that #if the EU had had a culture of transparency in the management #where the citizens #can examine the subjects of the civil servants, *cuando are finished, #can have averted cases of fraud and numerous irregularities. +Gentleman President, wish to appreciate to the speaker, Mrs. *Peijs, his contribution and his support to this proposal of the Commission that modifies the program «Customs 2000». scope and the importance of the proposal have been explained very clearly by the lady speaker, #as well as by the Gentlemen +Although the Commission comprises the reason of modification, the first part of the text that restarts a wider subject in matter of own resources, #would find better spot in the field of the legislation on own resources, more that in this proposal. +The specific disposals for the opening of the program will decide in the field of the councils of association competent and the participation of the countries candidates in the meetings will form part of decisions. +#If *le suits the absolute majority, *cuando suffices the simple majority: protest; #if Regulation establishes the absolute majority, as in the case of the approval of the management of the Commission: #would wish that it applied the simple majority. +Are forced to remember in this Assembly that, to take part, the NATO has dispensed of a mandate of the Security Council of the UN and that the #french Parliament has found in front of a fact consummated. +These procedures are perhaps complexes for #some, but definitely #would have allowed *ralentizar process, argue more, and give explains that in this case the bombardments constituted a simplistic method that went to cost very expensive, human, morals and financially, including the collateral damages of the that *nosotros same will be victims -is the satisfy!-, without that thus we contribute a viable solution. +So much in the deliberations with the representatives of the European Parliament, as during the meetings of the Transport Commission, has shown that was prepared for *replantearse the points in the that the European Parliament had effected insuperable objections. +Also *nos seems quite worrisome a situation in that each country have his system *interbancario own and, therefore, do not have Inner Market regarding the banking systems, #as well as that consider international, with the inherent costs, the payments that take inside the Inner Market. +Thanks to this report of the Parliament, and after the queries that the Commission has effected with the professionals, Mr. *Monti is in conditions to propose a catalogue of performances in the Summit of Colony. +In this sense, propose that it study the nomination of Mediator of the European Union for the financial services in the markets to the by minor, independent of any national or community institution, #as well as of any type of interests created. +#would Wish to add that it is indispensable legislation on the financial intermediaries in the field of the credit to the consumption and of the credit *hipotecario, #as well as in the of the insurances, with the end to protect to the consumers in the markets *transfronterizos. +Likewise, *nos seems too much premature to predict a chaos in the transport and the Commission insists, in it that to *eso *respecta, in keeping the cold head and follow the situation to end to determine #if the transport by road and transport by railway #can not resolve by himself\/hisself same the problems. +The Commission considers that the recent incidents take necessary the presence of the Nations Joined in this territory, and insists in that it allow the free entrance in *él to the International Committee of the Cross #Red and to other international humanitarian organisations. +The Commission repeats until the satiety that supports the current conversations on *Timor Oriental, the *cuales, in our opinion, constitute the only possibility that it reach a peaceful solution, just and durable that take into account the right to the self-determination of the inhabitants of *Timor Oriental and the interests of #all parties. +The #aggregated juridical of the FBI has said that, in his professional opinion, the best possibilities to discover to the managers *estriban in that police #irish take part in the investigation, because it knows the situation and the persons that #can *ayudarle. +*Cuando condemn this particular act do not have to forget that they are terrorist of #one or edict the that they encourage knowingly for undermining an agreement that has received the overwhelming support of the village of *Irlanda, so much of the north as of the south, and that #can not leave that they go out with the #his. +Finally, in *tercer place, the fact to authorise these vehicles, represents to increase the broadcasts *contaminantes, since it requires an additional power to drag trailers, it that contradicts the wishes manifested by our rulers and by the European Parliament in matter of environmental politics. +Are convinced that #all the #hungarian citizens have to have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +Are convinced that #all the #slovakian citizens have to have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +To this *respecto *nos seems fundamental that #all citizens #czech have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +This State, that is the greatest and the most populated of the candidates to adhesion, *nos has put in knowledge his legitimate wish to join to the European Union from 1994. Only four years later initiated the true negotiations. +Is probably in this *constatación #where it is necessary to look for the explanation of the excellent cooperation of the Commission with the works of Request Commission and of the persistent doubts of the Council in taking part to the common effort. +Now have a juridical base for the program, a budget and a plan to launch awareness campaign #european to combat the violence against the woman. +The modern technician #would allow to condition the territory so that the persons lived in quarters and places of human dimensions, #where #all know; #would take place then a spontaneous social control, more effective that the judicial repression or the administrative support to victims. +Likewise, want to take a special call to the Commission, and simultaneously to my colleagues, so that it insist firmly to the representatives of the Council so that it generalise a wider interpretation, a field of application wider of program *DAPHNE. +do not fits doubt that in the majority of cases the violence exerted against the women, the boys and the teenagers affects seriously to the physical and psychic health - an important data- of the victims. +#can not allow that subject so serious *trivialice until this point. Already has said: the violence exerted against women, boys and teenagers has to consider like a grave rape of the human rights and deserves the corresponding punishment, without conditions and restrictions of any class. +The article 13 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam *proscribe the discrimination by reasons of age, sex, gender, disability, sexual orientation, etc. Now offers to the Commission a juridical support to introduce measures in *pro of age persons advanced and of the persons of the third age. +Wanted to express my gratitude to #all my Group, especially to the colleagues *Ria *Oomen-*Ruijten and *Bartho *Pronk, to my collaborator Mrs. *Stein and to the collaborators of the Group in the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects #as well as to the secretariat of the Group. +treats of the *splitting of the rights to a pension purchased by women during the marriage that left his profession to devote to the family, the *cuales, after the separation after 20 years or more of marriage and without right to incomes are in the immense majority of cases strongly affected by the poverty. +In *Suecia, #if well the Parliament adopts decisions mark, the managers of the care and attention of the greater persons are the regional organs and the municipalities, the most next instances to the citizens. +Know that the task to fulfil in the negotiations of the *OCM is very extensive owed in part to the bad results of the Summit of *Berlín in the agricultural sector, but suppose that the Commission and the corresponding representatives of the European Union will defend with firmness interests. +These convergent tendencies translate the fault of appeal of space #european, #whose main factor is the cost of the matters prevail *amiláceas, that comes to add to the other disadvantages suffered by this industry that remembered takes a moment. +The diet of restitutions to export and to the production guarantees a compensation by the difference of prices of the matter prevails among the world-wide market and the market of the Union. +The #italian authorities requested by means of writing of the Permanent Representation of this country dated in December of the year happened a postponement of the term fixed for his answer until 15 January 1999. +Knew, first, develop to *través of the trade and, afterwards, convert the own city of #Venecia in a big cultural centre world-wide, centre that saw to be born, for example, the contemporary publishing industry and that always enjoyed of civil freedoms and politics a lot greater that the of the neighbouring countries. +To the take it, express our disappointment concerning the #belgian authorities, that, after formulating grave indictments on #one of our colleagues and the administration of his office and the payment to his assistant, has not contributed -in opinion, at least- suitable documentation. +Want to give the thanks to the Mr. *Fourçans by his excellent work and also by the fact that the Commission of Subjects Economic have assumed important points of the opinion of the Commission of Social Subjects. +In effect, the *GOPE are the indispensable central instrument for an effective coordination of the economic politics in *Europa, that situate employment, Mrs. *Lienemann, definitely, in the centre of the priorities of our governments, but also of the Commission and, of course of the Assembly. +To the reiterate the support of the Parliament to the process of *Luxemburgo and insist correctly in the support that the Social Bottom European has to give to the #european strategy in *pro of employment, the report and the resolution have sent timely messages. +At the beginning of 1998 the speaker of the Commission of Control Budgetary, the Mrs. *Theato, and *yo agree a procedure to inform to the commission *in *camera on the investigations in course of the *UCLAF and reports of internal audit of the *Interventor financial. +Regarding the statement of reliability the Council is deeply concerned by the fact that the Court of Accounts have not been able to issue similar statement, as they continue producing failures in the execution of the payments. +Second, expect that this document was to disposal of the new Parliament and of the Commission in functions and his new President designated, Mr. *Prodi, so that the deputies to the new Parliament have the information that need to end to watch by that the nomination of Commissioners take of effective form. +And now comes the Economic and Social Committee, that is the only point in that have a problem: as *ustedes well know, is slope still approval of the management of the Economic and Social Committee, since it is a report of the *UCLAF. +By against, it that we want to is a fully responsible Commission of his acts and of his decisions, transparent in the institutional dialogue and that assume control functions of the operative politics that the services commission to execute. +While the Commission follow despising the right of Parliament to access to the informations, there will be confidence #any among the institutions and will not grow the confidence of the citizens and of the citizens in the institutions. +Graces, gentleman President, with respect, *Sir *Brittan, have to celebrate now the discussion and #if *usted says that there #be not any reason for the panic as have already the prohibition, then have to say that we have been very near to renounce to this prohibition and treats here surely, as it says the Mrs. *Mann, of the question of the *way *of *life in *América and in *Europa. +*Sir *Brittan, in this point it is necessary to consider *prioritaria the protection of the consumer and #this is not a juridical question, but that the juridical question has to subordinate to the protection of the consumer and to prevention in favour of our citizens. +It that *me irritates also to a large extent is that precisely those States members that have mouth full of the word subsidiariness have put the greater hit for allow it to the States members that say: listens, is not the only half but do not leaves to be a half that we want to apply for the creation of more employment. +Although the European Commission is not convinced of the character or potential of this measure to create employment, the economic and social centre of small and medium enterprise #dutch got to the conclusion after a study, that with *ella #can create 66.000 places of work. +Lo and behold a case in that *Bruselas do not wants to more powers, but go back to award more powers to the States members so that they are *ellos the that they take the decisions; lo and behold a case in that the fiscal coordination will not involve imposed higher, but taxes lower; lo and behold a case that is totally directed to employment. +Entrust in that the States members cost of this subsidiariness that *les concede, without *escudarse -as it fears Mr. Go *Velzen- in the comfortable situation to have an obstacle posed by the European Union not to see exposed to the weight of the decisions taken under his responsibility. +No #can *quedarnos blind in front of the paper and the responsibility that has to assume the European Union to contribute to put end to the #european drama of *Kosovo, #where are the most elementary values. elementary Values, human values with the that *nos enjoys *identificarnos. +Create, gentleman President proposed, that *usted has tackled points important, without embargo, in name of National Alliance, *me allow to remember that perhaps it is precise loan greater attention to the politics of the Mediterranean, especially because *usted same has estimated timely to affirm that #this *Europa, projected to the East, is obviously #one *Europa that it #can -*sobrentiende- have left to be it sufficiently attentive to the grave problems of our Mediterranean. +Are against of any reduction of the political paper of the Commission and consider the political balance among the Commission, Parliament and the Council the fundamental axis of the #european democracy. +With #this step to my following observation: to measure that go rooting the Inner Market and the *UEM, is indispensable that the poor regions of the Union achieve bottoms regional, social, agricultural, of fishing and of appropriate cohesion for *garantizarles the possibility to compete in equality of conditions with #all the other States members of the Union. +#If in the context of this fundamental subject of values, of this debate, presents #one *Europa like the that claimed in an occasion *Václav *Havel in front of this Assembly, also will be able to go back to obtain the approval of our citizens, that do not wish only #one *Europa of the markets. +Considers the current institutional frame in that it assent Commission -the principle of parity, of equality of the States members- like principle *estructurador and historical of the Union or adheres to the most recent motivations that incite to a hasty and urgent review? +The interrogations of *les displaced made by representatives of the mission of verification of the *OSCE and by the Nations Joined, and also national interrogations, like the made by the federal Army German in refugee camps, reveal a picture *pavoroso of massive shootings, rapes, *saqueos and systematic destruction of the houses and properties of the *albanokosovares. +Taking *preparativos for the rehabilitation and reconstruction after it have reached a political and diplomatic situation, that #would comport also the participation of the EU in a temporary administration of *Kosovo, in wait of the final determination of his statute. +Gentleman President, by the friendship that *me joins to Mr. #Spencer, will say that the intervention of the Mr. *Fischer confirms that our Parliament has gone back shier that the Council in his proposals of reform of the External Politics and of Common Security. +By these reasons, and also because we have to follow improving our relations with *Rusia in the frame of the grave crisis of *Kosovo, support the decision adopted on 26 April by the Council, when approving a proposal of relative common strategy to *Rusia. +*Permítaseme say in this moment that the fundamental conclusion of the report of Mr. #Spencer on *Rusia, to know, that have to postpone the agreement on a common strategy until after the Summit of Colony of June is -and believe that #many suit in *ello here- a diplomatic madness. +#If the Liberal Group had not pleaded by a fast treatment in Subject Commission Juridical, had not had a report on 3 December. +#Such as it signalled it yesterday the president of the Budget Commission, in the Commission of Budgets there #be a problem with the calendar: how guarantee that both branches of the budgetary authority #can occupy correctly of the letter *rectificativa. +Also #would have to expand the list of the exceptions of retractation right, especially regarding the credits *hipotecarios and to the agreements, that have effected with a wide notarial advice, like the that it already has mentioned the Mrs. speaker. +In conclusion, also *me cheer that the Treaty of *Amsterdam have gone in in vigour three days ago and that the European Commission have of powers wider to take fulfil the legislation in the field of consumers taking special upsetting in the protection of the human health. +*Me seems well that it suppress the right of reflection *cuando have a sufficient information, and *me seems timely the allusion to the principle of honesty in the transactions, that *yo #would relate with the more *señero, older, of the fine faith in the civil Right. +A second point: the States members follow thinking that it is inadmissible to subject really the agricultural politics to a parliamentary decision, especially in the budgetary section and in the modification of the Treaty query right is still very little developed. +Gentleman President, going back on question relative to the possible utilisation of uranium impoverished in Serbian and *Kosovo, directed a specific question so that it was included in the Turn of questions, a specific question, no a general question, as on the that treated yesterday the President in exercise of the Council. +*Yo have to recognise that *me had forgotten completely that it went to celebrate this solemn session, and therefore it that am, to personal title, to the Assembly has not happened by any political sieve, and *le #can say that the evaluation that *yo #can take in these moments is that it #would go back to *votarles, so much to *usted as to Mr. *Hänsch. +Yesterday, in the debate that celebrate, neither #can put brake to the multiple crimes of war, crimes against humanity, and this Parliament transformed, with the resolutions, with the debate, with the interventions of the Council and of the Commission, in a washing machine of these crimes! +The Treaty of *Amsterdam has gone in in vigour only takes #one #few days and have to accumulate still experiences with *él as already now, in the wide debate on the future development and configuration of the European Union, sees every time with greater clarity that beside the European Parliament have to include also to the national Parliaments and spectrum it wider possible of social groups. +Is true that the European Union will have to exert a very important paper in this sense, and *ello already from reconstruction stage, in the that the Commission - beside the World-wide Bank - will have a function of coordination. +Why country of the *G7 has to present his own plan of reduction?Why leave to our partners - and mainly #american - organise by *nosotros the external representation of the Community in the field of the euro, without giving *salia to the decision of the European Council of *Viena? +The principle of the *colegialidad of the political decisions *me seems indispensable, today the same that yesterday, for the own legitimacy of the Commission and of the institutional system European, without that *ello have to without embargo conduct to fault of individual responsibility in #some situations in the that the decisions are not - and #can not - be collegiate. +The ambition manifested by the Mr. *Prodi regarding the political authority that wishes to exert with his colleagues and the European Parliament is an excellent *augurio and take votes so that this European convinced succeed, appreciating also to Mr. *Santer it that has taken in the course of his mandate. +In this moment, by it that *me seems to perceive, the citizens of the States of the Union are concerned by the war, the misfortune, the social exclusion, the unemployment, the drug traffic and the delinquency in general. +Is that there #be not in *Yugoslavia or in Serbian million of innocent, a million of just, that allow to stop the stage of the bombardments, of the shatter of infrastructures generalised and the collateral damages and happen to a political solution after the punishment that received, no only the diet of *Milosevic, but the population in general? +Go to give a small example to the *respecto: *cuando the week happened the Council urged to the Commission so that it presented a proposal for the start of negotiations of association with *Albania and *Macedonia, *nos advance among 10 and 20 years, as under circumstances normal #this #would be *algo on it that #would have thought at least in ten years. +In it that to prevention financial refers, already have indicated that *nos remain underneath of the upper limit of the own resources, is to say, that have a very considerable *margen of financial performance of the 0, 14 % of the gross social product of the Union for unforeseen costs. +With the postponement of reform in the dairy sector until finals of the period 2000-2006, only have displaced the costs of the reform to the following period of finance but do not surpass the disequilibriums of the market. +The President proposed, Mr. *Prodi, #can have taken -assuming like this an influential paper and balanced, and in consequence, decisive for the future work of the Commission- a call to the parts so that, in name of soul #european», cease immediately the ethnic massacres and the bombardments. +Of here that it result necessary to establish a new system of wages and repayments in the that the repayment of costs go accompanied of the presentation of the bill and the payment remain conditioned to the signature by the deputy of a statement in the that appear that the costs have made in the exert of his mandate. +Lady Speaker, the World-wide Organisation of the Trade has fixed for 13 May next date *tope so that the Europeans raise the embargo that *ellos have imposed to the imports of meat #american treated like hormones and mainly the *STB. +Besides, the speaker refuses the direct subventions to *través of the budget of the EU for the equipment and the exploitation of a supermarket and of catering services of the buildings of the Parliament. +In front of result so poor for the insular cause, is *innegable that remains #everything for taking in the perspective of an effective consideration, and no only theoretical, of the specificity of the insular regions of the Union. +For the economic and social cohesion and, in consequence, for the core of the social model European, is of importance existential that have reached to conclude to time the new regulation before finalising the electoral period to the European Parliament. +Said of mood, this Parliament, that represents to #european citizens, has pronounced by our agricultural model European, by a greater equity, by a rural development balanced, by a greater quality, by the protection of the environment, as it gave off of the report *Cunha. +Like this as, *permítame, gentleman President, *plantearme question: in this context, #which is the future of the rural world with the development of the Structural Bottoms for the urban world, with the new negotiations of the *OMC and with #one *PAC that goes against of the European Union? +Gentleman President, first of all, today have to be conscious of our responsibilities here in the last partial period of sessions of Parliament, no only of our legislative function, but also of our commitment to provide this new round of #european bottoms to our regions and local communities punctually. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, like speaker for the *ISPA, the instrument of *preadhesión for enlargement countries and like person that has followed continuously the general reform of the structural Bottoms, am really happy that the Parliament conclude with hit this week the negotiations on the Diary 2000. +Anyway, today get at the end of the agricultural reform contained in the Diary 2000 and *yo wanted to express my critical support to a reform that partially has gone losing his common #european approach and *desfigurándose before east pretences or that Been member. +Only that no #everything is perfect and a new advance of decisions of the Council *me concerns and *me seems inadmissible, mainly pretend introduce in the viticultural zone to new States members that have not been traditionally producers of wine: *Irlanda, *Dinamarca and *Suecia. decision, to be applied, #would put in doubt our commitment regarding the bottom, the spirit by the that have got to an agreement. +In front of a situation of this type, had in principle two possibilities. A rigid and increasing control of the offer to take of #the same the central element of the Common Agricultural Politics or well adapt our politics of mood that #can attend new markets of additional sales. +In *Berlín have given also an important step to the sustainability of the agriculture as we have reached to include more acutely the environmental looks in the politics of market and in politics for the development of the rural areas. +*Segunda: in opinion of the Commission, the shopping of intervention to some upper prices in the sector of the meat of *vacuno #would conduct to the training of new *excedentes no *vendibles and #would exert a considerable pressure on the budget #as well as on market prices. +The financial forecasts for the period 2000-2006 and the agreement *interinstitucional on the budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure constitute an essential part of the package of the Diary 2000. +Regarding the administrative cost, the agreement #would allow the finance of some 1.000 new places for the community institutions, and fund also the new Statute of Deputies to the European Parliament, although it still do not discerns a solution to this subject, as *ustedes know. +Nevertheless, of the article 7 of the Protocol of *Schengen, deduces only that the Council has to adopt concrete disposals relative to the integration of the secretariat of *Schengen in the General Secretariat of the Council, is to say, the functions of the secretariat of *Schengen and no necessarily his personnel. +By causes that come to case, publications of press also in the day of today, want to indicate that the General Secretariat of the Council is not responsible of the tensions that at present exist in #the same but that the only cause of said tensions is a political decision of the Council that is protected by the Treaty. +Of course, childbirth of the fact that the Commission will use the so evident data of a report of the Court of Accounts to defend with the maximum energy interests of the European Union. +In the 55ª meeting of the Commission of Human Rights celebrated of the 23-3 to the 30-4-1999 in Gin, the European Union presented a project of resolution by the that it demands to the *Iraq that cooperate with the pertinent international organisations and that communicate the #whereabouts or destination of the persons that follow disappeared. +Having #this in account, #would be interesting to know #which are the plans of the Council to achieve a participation balanced of men and women in the future Commission, and how opinion *le deserves to the Council the idea to appoint to a member of the Commission that commission exclusively of equality of opportunities among men and women. +Believe that the subject of the right of employees to call the attention on irregularities and to take criticise public is not an internal subject related with the determination of the charges #etcetera, but that it is a subject of principles, on transparency. +In general lines, are in favour of the reform, without embargo, have to express #some reservations with regard to the grey zones that present looks that have not deepened still as, for example, the impact in the regions that, in virtue of the principle of concentration, will suffer a paralysis in development process. +*Me ask #if *ustedes do not have a *tercer model, that *yo #would designate «agricultural model Austrian». Austrian, because in front of the North American #wagnerian productions, #would exist the agriculture of «operetta»: agriculturalists #would protect the landscape, the nature, the environment, so that *Sisí #can give a walk the weekends. +To allow the operation of the inner market and integration, #among others looks, of the free trade of the alimentary products like an element more of #the same, is fundamental that in the countries candidates respect the norms that has established the EU in matter of hygiene and health. +The results in the regulation of the intervention measures in the sector of the fishing #can be considered like satisfactory graces, precisely, to the attitude of the Commission of Fishing that, from the *primer moment, *opuso to the initial design of the Commission. +The fact that we are to spend more money in the *Europa rural, to the that joins the data that every time it is lower the number of persons related with agriculture, guarantees a level of life minimum for the agriculturalists during the next seven years. +#If well my region has reached to keep inside the Goal 1, #this is not more that a Goal 1 of transitory character, since the amount of money that has received with arrangement to this goal is minor that the quantity *per *cápita that perceived during the last program. +#would Wish also take state my gratitude to the salient Commission because, in the *fragor of the debates, nobody has stopped to think in the members of the Commission that have developed an arduous work in favour of citizens #european, these same citizens to the that represent. +As I already have said in reiterated occasions, the greater part of the projects of rural development #can not succeed without the fundamental business activity, the agricultural activity, since these projects do not advance by himself\/hisself alone. +Had account that the consumption has descended *vertiginosamente and that the other countries have increased confidence in the own production without resorting to the import, the collapse of the #russian economy has not taken more that weaken a market already of by himself\/hisself fragile. +Is by this reason that in #some moments the European Parliament has felt the need of *radicalizar position getting even to block the process of taking of decisions with regard to the finance of the Committees to *través of the community budget. +This guarantee *reviste a big importance, since it is the principle on the that will insist and, in case that it did not get to an agreement on this question, #can *comunicarle to the Council that, one after the other, #all the procedures of *codecisión will get to the stage of conciliation and that, #one and time, will pose difficulties to this problem. +The most important of *ellos is the enlargement of the field of the regulation to other modalities of atypical work, like the employment of rent or the work to distance, that have increased *vertiginosamente in the last times. +The opinions of the Commissions of Subjects External and of Development and of Cooperation insist in the need to deepen and improve the conditions for development, the same that the Commission *REX, that goes back to insist on *ello in a section of this report. +In the first place, gentleman President, is evident that #all the commissions involved of this Parliament, the Commission of External Economic Relations, the Commission of Development and Cooperation and the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, have asked it. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, Agreement of economic association, *concertación political and cooperation that today subjects to ratification of this Parliament constitutes an essential stage in the ambitious route that initiate takes already four years to establish a new relation with *México to the height of our ambitions. +Already in the Treaty of *Amsterdam, solutions offered with regard to the implantation of the Agreement of *Schengen, the institutional questions, the subdivision and the procedures were highly debatable and little clear. Not even form part of the Treaty, but that they are object of a protocol. +#All share pretty much with #all our heart the goal of establishing a politics of refugees human, without embargo, have the feeling of that the democracy «finds better protected in the pockets of the citizens», using a #danish expression. +To avert that the #european citizens remain excluded of these new technologies of the information no only is indispensable that the training in new technologies give from the first stages of the education, but that adopt suitable measures in the field of the training along #all life. +Gentleman President, when taking the word by last time in name of the Popular Party European giving answer to Mr. *Barzanti, the one who has taken previously the word in name of the Socialist Group European, #can not by less to say, in an alone sentence, it that believe that we are #many in feeling, and is that *le go to throw a lot of less. +To the Mr. *Samland, that has used a no juridical argument but politician, *yo *le #would remember that this Assembly has asked many times to the Council that abandon the unanimities and the qualified majorities to go to adopt agreements by majority. +The credits for commitments proposed for the structural actions are satisfied to the decision of the European Council; #this elevate to 32, 678 *millardos of euros, delivered among the structural Bottoms (30 *millardos) and Cohesion Bottom (2, 6 *millardos of euros), it that represents an effective decrease of the 7 % regarding 1999, is to say: a lot, and, in some measure, too much. +How #can say of the consistent budgetary initiative in fixing cost goal in place of a maximum limit of costs, in looking for at all costs projects to spend the credits approved in place to assign credits to the existent projects? +Besides, #can surprise the fact that during the negotiations have sacrificed the Goal 2, allocated to the industrial and rural regions in roads of economic restructuring, to the Goals 1 and 3: endowment, for the period 1999-2006, will be of 22, 5 *millardos of *ecus, figure pretty much similar to the of the period 1994-1999. +The fact that the committees work in a frame of opening and of transparency means progress, but *apartarlos of the national realities in the exercise of his function, for *situarlos under the authority of the Commission, constitutes a deviation that refuse. +So that it was accepted the result of the referendum on autonomy for *Timor Oriental, foreseen for 8 August with the backrest of the Nations Joined, the plebiscite will have to celebrate in some conditions of justice and freedom that #can not entrust in that it guarantee the #indonesian army. +This agreement is the culmination of fifteen years of diplomatic management and produces *veintitrés years after annexation by the strength of this ancient #portuguese colony in the that died hundreds of thousands of persons, victims of the civil war and of the brutal repression of the #indonesian army. +And take votes so that #all the that they continue have happiness to celebrate the next month of September a big victory of the village *timorense, by the expression of his free will to decide his own future in the referendum that will celebrate the next day 8 August. +Expect that after *tantos years of suffering, reestablish finally the legality, that finally the right of self-determination also was a fact and that the perspective of the referendum give a true opportunity to democracy, in place to increase the violence, #such as *sucede in this moment in varied zones of Indonesian. +Exists a majority of 101 countries of the 190 that form the international community -and no treats of a theoretical majority, since the Treaties approved and the constitutional modifications carried out by numerous countries like this show it-, that are favourable to the establishment of a universal moratorium. +#If today *les explain #this is for *decirles that my eyes will not go back to dampen , but that this emotion *perdurará until we have reached this moratorium, until we have reached to abandon the roads of the past, the roads of barbarism and advance by the path of the future and of the *humanización. +This weakness is not related only with *Ocalan, but with the *importantísima question of the human rights and of the citizens for #all the Turkish, and especially, for the big minority *kurda of *Turquía. did not recognises identity, his tongue, his education, his political expression. +In this context, is to regret that any Been member of the European Union have ratified the Statute of said Court, especially #if we take into account that the Union has pretended to characterise for being a space no only of pluralism and of diversity, but, especially, for being Right community. +In concrete, from 1 January 2001 will dispense to small and medium enterprise to present five variables, although the States members will conserve the faculty to request the variable «conditions of delivery», «modality of transport» and «statistical diet» to the companies that surpass a true threshold. +To the contrary, believe that the Parliament #would have to be the that it advanced for *esclarecer balance relation with the free society of the information without getting, nevertheless, to allow -as it has said the Mr. *Schulz- that Internet was a market for the commission of offences. +Lady Speaker, *me deserves #all the respect of the world that have turned off today the lights to sack of a cordial way of #all the colleagues that have been present here Fridays, and for the that today it will be the last day in this Assembly. +The proposal of Mr. *Malangré bases in the article 65 of the Treaty *CE, modified by the of *Amsterdam, and *yo the support; but, by a part, understand that it did not treats only of a question *procedimental and, on the other hand, with the article 65 #would be in front of a case in the that it demands the unanimity in the Council. +The organisation of the market of the starch of potato is closely related with the of the grain. With reason the producers of starch of potato operate, in big part, in market that the industry of the starch of grain. +It that occurs is that these proposals are not materialising and, #if they do not promote really of an urgent form, #can disappear an important part of a sector very rooted in the #european industrial reality and that, especially, offers a big number of places of work. +#Some countries in roads of development that are members of the *OMC #would be in fact interested in reforming the agreement of the textile industry and of preparation to accelerate the liberalisation of #all the quantitative restrictions that it will have to complete in date so next like 1 January of the year 2005. +treats to ask a positive action by part of the Commission to ensure that the practices of international trade in relation with the products derived of the textile industry have a suitable treatment. +Gentleman President, since #this is the last session of the term of office in the that *Finlandia has converted in member of right plenary of the European Union, #would wish, as faithful *contertulio that I am of this group of the Fridays, that also tongue *finesa took act of presence in the literal record of the last partial period of sessions. +Always has been a joy *cuando at the end -*yo was often, although no always-, after a long and difficult work, closed with a note of humour, and wish that this spirit that *usted always has had and that today also #many have manifested it in interventions, was also the that it chair the next Assembly. +Have received of the Group of the Popular Party European the appeals of nominations of deputies of the following commissions: Commission of Juridical Subjects and Rights of the Citizens, Mr. *Wieland; Commission of Regulation, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities, the Mr. *Gahler in replacement of the Mr. *Wieland. +Therefore, every time that #there is an election -*nos go well or *nos go badly individually- is a party, is a reason of joy, because have the security that at all it is upper to the popular will to the hour to choose to his representatives. +Know, because the know very well, that is *usted a demanding personality but also that has *usted a deep sense of balance, thing that surely *nos will help in the future, to establish a fundamental point, a new style in the relations among the European Parliament and the Commission. +The conflict of *Kosovo has gone back to situate in the centre of our consciousness the point of game of integration: the construction of an order of peace #european. +By #this, want to express gratitude to our political friends of the Christian Democrat Union (*CDU) and the Christian Social Union (*CSU) and also to the Liberal by the firm support *solidario that have offered to the Presidency of the Council. +The #european Commissioner German designated *Verheugen manifested after Colony Summit that the fast agreement to strengthen the External Politics and of Common Security of the Union hardly #would have been possible without the war of *Kosovo. +Is impossible, therefore, form a trial on the Presidency that finishes to conclude without taking into account the low profile of his predecessor and the hopes conceived as a result of the birth of the euro that afterwards have finished in the at all and have remained on paper. +By it that refers to this last, the war of *Kosovo *nos remembers it founded of the criteria of *Copenhague, that take of the respect of the human rights and of the minorities a previous condition for #all countries candidates to the adhesion to the European Union. +From my point of sight, defence politics of the Union will remain in a *atolladero regarding it essential while the Fifteen have not accepted the indivisible character of the security of the territory of the European Union. +The #finnish Presidency has requested an explanation to know #if Colony decision means that the EU only will be able to take part previous mandate of the UN or #if, #such as it has taken it the NATO, *ella also #can act of agreement to his own seem. +To measure that go happening days, have increasingly the worrisome feeling of that the capacity to take the war surpasses with a lot the capacity to coordinate the reconstruction of the devastation that has suffered the life of the populations. +Some that aggravated by the crisis of confidence caused by the *descrédito of the Commission, exists a democratic deficit that affects to Parliament, exists an abysmal distance among this Parliament and the daily problems of the #european populations. +Of course, #some have expressed -truth, gentleman *Cox?- some weigh when seeing to ancient present Commissioners in his Commission, but *eso shows that maybe the Mr. *Cox, leaving carry by a wish of controversy, had not read well the ancient report of the experts, that precisely absolved very clearly to Commissioners. +Go to back to his Commission and to those who doubt of his independence, gentleman President, alleging that has *demasiados socialist Commissioners *les will answer that, *cuando was designated *usted by a majority of socialist Governments and *socialdemócratas, the Group that felt more surprised by his first public statements was precisely the Socialist Group. +Is on *nosotros and collaboration that *reposará the possibility to go out of the current crisis that has been so deep that has reduced to minimum percentages in the political history European the number of #that that went to vote in the last elections. +No #can but *extrañarme of the attempt of the group of rights of the Parliament of *prorrogar the nomination of the Commission demanding a report on the case, report that will be drafted by a group of experts neutral. +Apart from these considerations, our candidate to the Presidency of the Commission, Mr. Roman *Prodi, has shown before the constructive and creative spirit with the that conceives the contribution of the Commission to the next Conference *Intergubernamental. +Lady Speaker, *Finlandia, with the big experience of having survived peacefully in difficult conditions, with difficult neighbours, is the ideal country to head our efforts, that today take urgent, for the reconstruction of the *Balcanes, and, in fact, the president *Aatisaari has contributed already to the process decisively. +It same #can say of the question of the code of behaviour for the high charges, because in the Commission, along the last years, management definitely has relaxed regarding internal organisation, #such as it underlined the report of the wise men. +Only #can *especular on until how point had engaged the Mr. *Bangemann with game norms just in this look of the inner market *cuando is to sell his knowledges to #Telephone, important operator in the European Union and further. +The Council highlighted especially the need to clear in brief question of deep and impartial form, #as well as the possibility to reform the current legislation in case to be necessary. +The Council took #all the ordinary procedures on taking of decisions to guarantee a fast explanation of the proposals of the Commission, with seen to finish work, always that it was possible, before finals of the present year, as it has proposed the Council. +#That that at present take pressure to follow in the road of the total integration in the world-wide market with the purpose to satisfy the American demands have to give account of responsibility so great that assume. +This week, the Commission has issued a formal statutory decision against the local organisers of the tournament of the Glass of football World celebrated the past year in *Francia. +Besides, is important to add that the *imposición of a more elevated fine to the organisers of the Glass of the World of 1998 in *Francia #would have forced to the Commission to pose undertake action against the organisers of previous important tournaments, that used exactly sale politics of entrances. +Already have begun to observe the norms, establishing precedent, and in #all the future occasions, #that will be the mood to manage the subjects in the European Union. +Lady Speaker, second inform elaborated by the independent experts that *nos finishes to remit is remarkable by the importance and the quality of the work made in so #few months and also by the will to describe with frankness the bad internal operation of the Commission. +#Can take #all directives #european, #all the recommendations, #all the laws that want: #if the inspections do not guarantee his application, believe that the deep doubt of our *conciudadanos on the #european efficiency, #as well as on the interest of these norms, #can increase . +Have proposed a pair and #one of the delights to make a *primer speech in this Assembly is that #one has the feeling that these words go to be studied according to merit and no simply judged by the background of the political party. +In the long process of gestation of the Commission of the #millenium, get to the decisive moment: investiture, with the democratic legitimacy that *nos have given the recent #european elections to the European Parliament. +Like conclusion of the process, have decided to support the investiture of the new Commission in spite of the reservations that keep in relation with the Palace Mrs., #whose innocence boast, but #whose conception of the political responsibility in a subject that concerns to the community budget do not share. +The appearances of the Commission in the Parliament have not been at all act useless or a vain representation, but absolutely essential and *usted same *nos has affirmed aptly the past week, that in any #another parliament the executive organ has to give explanation detailed #any. +But #if well no *le give neither bounced cheque neither a cheque in white, *le communicate our will to work in common to give to #all the villages of *Europa, in spite of the difficulties and of the conflicts, reasons to believe in his own destination and entrust in his common future. +As, for example, a clean atmosphere and drinkable water, safe foods, that do not poison to persons, or, for example, the protection of his economic interests workforces or also, for example, the definition of some basic norms in matter of health in the European Union. +Gentleman President, the right to give the approval to the Commission goes implicitly to the pair with the duty of Parliament to verify the aptitude of the future commissioners to exert his mandate. +Go to begin with a general observation: #if requirement level applied to evaluate the qualification of the Commissioners went the that showed the colleague *Ingo #Friedrich in the audiences and that also has manifested in the debate of today, #any *nos #would pose difficulties. +#Both kept a debate of *primer order in the commission and offered an authentic demonstration no only of qualification technical, but also -it that it is almost more important- of the new political culture to the that *usted same has referred, gentleman Commissioner, and of the dialogue among the European Parliament and the Commission. +Bear satisfy, that Mr. *Busquin have not shown the lower sensitivity, by not talking already of a commitment to defend the use of the Dutch in the #european institutions, supposes an insult for six millions of #flemish. +Want that these elements include in our agreement on the operation among the Commission and Parliament, because the number of abstentions or of votes against in the final vote of morning on the Commission will depend of the advances that produce of here to morning in it that to these elements refers. +Without embargo, in the citizens, in villages #european has remained an impression of fragility, by not saying of impotence; an impression of worrisome weakness precisely in front of a crucial question, in front of the question on the that arose *Europa: guarantee the peace in our continent. +*Usted has signalled precisely like *primer goal the enlargement of the Union to the countries that are prepared and afterwards has staggered the forms of cooperation drawing concentric circles of virtual participation with the nearest countries but no prepared still for entry. +And in case *Dessault-*Augusta has remained among so much very clear that *él was to the common of the existence of a box *B. *Yo *me ask: #who *nos guarantees that in the future there are not other boxes *B in the Commission, in the *DG *XII or where was, #if this subject do not resolves of way more suitable that up to now? +The *presupuestación based in the activity, the cast restricted of assignments, the responsibility in the bureaucratic device, the effective control of the economic traffic #as well as the emphasis in the economic responsibility demand without embargo work. +In my opinion in the so mentioned assignments pertaining to the Section 4 there #be without embargo an increase in comparison with the budget of the past year and on the other hand, under the Section 4, there #be besides some points in the that they have not made cuts at all. +Regarding the orientation on the new agreements *interinstitucionales and other different instruments for the references so much of *Wynn as of *Bourlanges, warn that the Council thinks that it is possible the finance of a reservation for *Kosovo with a new orientation or trip of bottoms, but with security also the Council will respect the agreement *interinstitucional and #all points. +Lady Speaker, the Mr. *Galeote took an intervention out of place because it did not treat of a motion of censorship to my person but of the debate of investiture of the Mr. *Prodi, and criticised it that *yo had said of Palace Mrs.. +Of compliance with the agenda, the Presidency of the Council -hail to the Speaker in exercise, lady. *Halonen- and of the Commission proceed to take *sendas statements on the preparatory works of the meeting of the European Council the next days 15 and 16 October in *Tampere. +As it is natural, expect that in the field of the judicial cooperation remain guaranteed security juridical of the citizens to the time that implants a fast and effective system of police persecution *transfronterizo. Is to say, agile procedures, immediate exchange of documents, harmonisation of the penal Right and help for the victims. +On the other hand, #can not lose of sight that the European Union has experienced an evolutionary process that has ended in the creation of a juridical order European and institutions #european endowed of a series of competitions. +Other important questions are the politics of integration that affect also to the cultural rights of the minorities, the right to live in family with dignity and the political rights for #all the citizens that reside in *Europa. +The *JSA, authority *fiscalizadora, has directed hard criticisms against of the bad use given to the data, to the deficient information to the refugees on his rights and to that the same authority has not had access to the register of suitable way. +*Conque leave to separate to the mothers of the children, to withdraw the permission of residence to worker that has lost his employment and to violate the right of asylum. +Swims more far of the truth. Only had the luck that thanks to the intervention of the NATO and to the return of the *albano-#Kosovar and eagerness to initiate what before the reconstruction of his country, the flow of refugees dissolved ahead of time. +The Council of Subjects General approved the day before yesterday the measures of the European Union directed to relieve the situation of the island and decided to forbid the export to #the same of arms, ammunitions and type of armament that #can be used in acts of terror and repression. +*Cuando results that the Commission hardly is going out of the gravest crisis of his history and the European Union in group has reasons for *meditar on alarm signal without precedents that finish of *dirigirle millions of constituents and constituents, the moment loaned so that they adopted #some measures that #can open new perspectives, to measure that took *renacer the hope. +Thus, the Basque Country keeps a political conflict with the #spanish State that has given place to demonstrations of violent type, violence that refuse the majority of *nosotros, but that has seeded and left a trail of deaths, wounds, pain, extortion, fear and victims innocent. +By #a lot of that the resolution approved have to consider like a list of commissions that entrusts to the Commission *Prodi -that did not has support- #can not *aprobarla, because in *ella the fundamental requests that formulates this Parliament to an administration in functions of the EU remain reflected for ever, as #if of eternal truths treated. +The Mr. *Prodi, so much by his fidelity to the principles that gave life to the current European Union as by management capacity tested, am safe that goes to conduct to the new Commission by the path and to the rhythm that the current circumstances require. +Thus, further of the individual questions that *atañen to #some Commissioners and that, anyway, belong to the past, have given my vote of confidence, to the new Commission, in the *convencimiento, besides, that Parliament has of the necessary mechanisms to revoke this confidence marry to be betrayed. +By reasons, and had account of the generally recognised competition to the Commissioners and of the will manifested by the majority of *ellos to work in narrow collaboration with the Parliament, have voted in favour of the investiture of the European Commission. +So much the reconstruction of *Kosovo like the humanitarian help for the northwest of *Turquía, after catastrophes that have produced there, do not admit more delay. Is the moral obligation of the European Union have the necessary financial means. +#If, in the case of *Kosovo, was not necessary to ask the permission to the Council of Security neither expect to the consent of *Milosevic, ?why in the case of *Timor Oriental is necessary to expect the permission of the Security Council and obtain the consent of the Mr. *Habibie? +Gentleman President, from the #dutch link with Indonesian, in the first place want to say that *me has amazed to a large extent that in the international juridical order and his maintenance by part of the Security Council, the world-wide order have shown, again, so extraordinarily #naïve. +In the west do not collect a resolution of the Nations Joined to bomb the #ex *Yugoslavia owing to *Kosovo, that still follows being part of *Yugoslavia, and without embargo up to now have not achieved *decidirnos, by reasons that are, to launch a military intervention in name of the inhabitants of *Timor. +In this perspective, to initiative of the Council or of the States members, the Commission of Human Rights of the Nations Joined has adopted during the three last varied years resolutions that *preconizan the universal abolition of the capital pity. +Subject: reciprocal Suppression of the compulsory visa among the European Union and other countries In determined States members of the European Union, has suppressed the compulsory visa for the American citizens that travel to countries members of the Union. +A time that the Commission have presented his proposal on regulations, the Council will consider, following the principle of reciprocity, the countries that will be *exentos of visa in the States members of the European Union. +Without embargo, want to indicate that the Ministry of Subjects External of States Joined has declared that the competent organ of the program *Attorney General yes has accepted to #Grecia as participant, but that it is necessary to expect the definite processing so that citizens #greek #can go to States Joined without visa. +The Union underlined to the principle of the negotiations, on 31 March 1998, that the transitory periods that concede do not have to affect to the norms of the Union neither to politics or to the normal operation of #the same. +The concrete question that take is #if the Council did not thinks that *le #can offer to *Marruecos the possibility of taking a more rational procedure, because build a nuclear head office to produce 600 *Mw of electricity is "to kill flies to *cañonazos" and believe that it #would be convenient that our neighbours did not take it. +The report of Mrs. *Pack that are today, with the amendment *nº 2, already takes quotation to the collaboration with the *albanokosovares that are desirous to reconstruct his state and *les has to help to take part in the projects of the European Union and loan his contribution to #the same. +Gentleman President, is very positive the fact that the Parliament involve for the first time in this subject, has competition *jurisdiccional and, especially by means of the delegation *interparlamentaria, #can take a follow-up of the operation of this service, that, of course, has to organise also the execution of accompaniment measures for *reinstalar to the refugees. +The Agreement proposed, #as well as the nine previous signed after the year 1972, establishes the contribution *CE to the budget of the normal programs of Organism for the next *trienio 1999-2001 and foresees likewise annual negotiations on the contribution of the *CE to the budget of the alimentary help. +The Mrs. *Morgantini has elaborated an excellent report that has my support and the of my Group, and the two amendments are very important, because they ask an annual report and the access to the places, #as well as information on the looks of finance. +In effect, the deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of Nations are favourable to #one *Europa able to boost the coordination among the different States members, more that to #one *Europa bureaucratic that *preconice a strict regulation and no adapted to the diversities of the geographic and cultural situations. +In the juridical plane, wish to remember that the paper of the European Parliament consists in adapting to the current juridical foundations and that no has to, in any case, create #one new, no according to the Treaties signed by the governments of the States members. +In the resolution proposal appear collected, #among others points, a wish of *traspasar the police collaboration of the *tercer to the *primer *pilar, a wish to award operative competitions to the *Europol and a call to the creation of a Fiscal Ministry common European (*Corpus *Juris). +Besides, is not casual that the already limited extension the competition of the Court of Justice in the questions that *atañen to the justice and to the internal subjects excepts on purpose the subjects related with the public order and security. +The Assembly will know perfectly the sophisticated aptitudes of the international criminals to take advantage of of the different legal disposals and statutory all over the world and infiltrate in the economic and financial systems without repair in the national borders. +Is incredible that the Central Bank have debugged the help conceded to #the same by the International Monetary Bottom through paper corporations that has in the fiscal paradise of the island of Jumper. +These foods are in the #russian shops, and of mood ruins the value of the agricultural production and of the #russian foods #as well as the possibilities of the agriculturalists, and engages his own production. +Have to take all it that was in our hand to turn off the there unchained fire, so that the persons of this part of the world have the possibility to develop autonomies peacefully and have a future as we have reached already in *Europa. +Without embargo, expect that the president #can take out strengths of the massive support that received in the urns and that act so that the revolutionary court cancel death penalties and like this will Go #can continue the path of reforms and of construction of the civil society. +Varied States members contribute in the mission of the 90 military observers of Nations Joined that are deployed in the capitals of the region and in the general barracks of groups rebellious with the end to supervise the fulfillment of the Agreement of *Lusaka. +Of course, also #would agree with the call that, #among others, has taken the Mrs. *Maes in favour of the strict suspension of the traffic of arms that follows feeding the conflict in the region and that often has origin here in the European Union. +The Group of the European Party of Liberal, Democrat and Reformers requests that it do not include a statement of Commission relative to the refusal of the #french Government to raise the embargo of the meat of *vacuno #british. +*Cuando takes months asked to the representatives of the Commission in the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer on the relative information to the illegal recycling of muds *cloacales in *piensos for animals in #some States members, nobody #can *decirme it that it was the mud *cloacal, where was or why. +Believe that *Europa has the obligation to transmit his knowledges and his experience in matter of the AIDS and to back economically to the #african countries that wish to loan his collaboration in his fight against AIDS and the consequences of #the same. +The loss of youngsters in the flower of the life is *devastadora for the economic development and the productivity, the education, the agriculture and a pile of socioeconomic spheres. +Believe that the question of our obligations to this *respecto and slope moral #can take that it progress the debate or also that it #can see this debate to the light of the concept of *condicionalidad, of the that do not refuse to take use in regard to these very poor countries that have need of our collaboration and help. +Therefore, exist or do not exist agreement with the International Monetary Bottom, there will be support to the *ARYM, although it is evident that with the general condition that it apply program of necessary reforms so that these bottoms at the end have a concrete effectiveness. +The Commission and the Parliament share the common goal to increase until the 12% part corresponding to the renewable energies in the gross consumption of energy inside the Community until the year 2010. +The energetic politics elaborates, in effect, with bottom curtain: want to protect the environment, want to reduce the CO2 and, therefore, have to consider, in particular, #if the liberalisation of the #european market of the electricity, #such as it is in these moments in #some States members, do not results *contraproducente. +The utilisation of sources of renewable energy constitutes a model of development and application of the most modern technologies, that at the same time also contribute to the protection of the environment, but also has #one *segunda facet. +treats of *algo that support clearly in the Socialist Group, but am not of the all safe that the commitment go accompanied of the political resources -that it is #one of the reasons by the that ask that the campaign encourage and boost energy renewable- or -it that it is more important- of the financial resources. +Of form in that *Pretoria #can receive to the preferences *arancelarias conceded by the European Union, #would have to offer some facilities to his neighbours, since the economic development is indispensable to guarantee the political stability and the peace in the region. +The #south african preference of game had relation with a near agreement to the disposals of the Agreement of *Lomé and the *CNUCED predicts an uneven impact on currents of bilateral exchanges in detriment of the #south african products. +Gentleman President, like representative of an agricultural country as *Francia, and more still a country that has linked his name and his politics to a true concept of the cooperation with *África, #can not go in sense that the Mrs. *Kinnock and approve the called agreement of trade and cooperation with the #South african Republic, by reasons of form and of bottom. +In our case, in the #italian case, #the same happen by commissions ascribed, for example, to the Ministry of Industry and to the *cuales, in spite of the work that make in the commissions, hardly #can have access, so as to reach that the bottoms assign to the States members in measure every time greater. +Only want to remember that the cultural revolution demands a time period longer: in this case, it only that have taken is to change #some places that was of vital importance change because it was necessary to give an example of mobility by countries and by persons; it was necessary to show that the charges are not *vitalicios for nobody. +Am fully in accordance with the points that has mentioned: the reduction of the taxes that tax the societies and harmonisation are very useful for the #european competition, to the equal that the tax on the performances of the work. +My question has relation with the humanitarian help in the valley of the *Panshir, is to say, in the zone controlled by the resistance to the totalitarian and criminal diet of *Kabul and of the Talibans, of the *cual knows too much the appalling destination that reserve to women. +The Commission is conscious of the scope and possibilities of the different media and carries out two annual surveys of the public opinion with two questions: on the information that have the citizens about the subjects of the EU and how prefer to be informed. +Regarding rehabilitation programs. The Commission is in narrow contact with the World-wide Bank and other main donors to formulate a coherent plan, with it that will avert the duplication of the contributions of donors. +Afterwards said that it existed a plot organised to earn helps, but the familiar of high charges of the Ministry of Agriculture that earned the helps already cultivated linen before being high charges, before the Mrs. of Palace was Minister of Agriculture and before even that Palace Mrs. *les knew. +The past year, more of the half of the total imports of *Turquía proceeded of the European Union, and almost the half of the total of the exports of *Turquía in year directed to the European Union. +First: had to especially to the initiative of the #greek minister of External Subjects, to the one who want to express here my recognition- has reached a relation much better -#if well still no optimum- among *Turquía and country member, #Grecia, having given also a step to the solution of the so important #cypriot question. +The Chancellor *Srenter has declared, also in *Atenas, after a meeting with the Prime minister, Mr. *Simitis, that #would consider an error refer in a public debate, in a press conference, the conditions that will have to fulfil *Turquía to be considered like country candidate to the adhesion, *algo that gives to understand, create, lady Speaker, that *Turquía has to assume determined conditions before *considerarla country candidate. +Without embargo, the internal development of these countries and, especially, his capacity to fulfil the requirements of the Union, to enjoy also of rights in #the same, do not adapt to a term of adhesion so fast like the that *ellos wish. +*Europa, for *nosotros, the liberal democrats, has to follow backing firmly the process of peace and of cooperation in Orient Next, although it has to engage , besides that from the point of sight economic, also in political and cultural terms purchasing size and a political weight recognised in the region and in the world. +In the #french text and in the #english text says that "it asks to the religious authorities that cooperate without reservations" - it that, already from the point of sight lexical, differs of text #italian - but especially "that they take part in the distribution of condoms" . +The approval of these two reports constitutes a guarantee for citizens #european of the will of the European Union to protect the environment and to reduce, at the same time, our energetic dependency. +Now well, #if well we believe necessary associate *Turquía to the Union to avert #one derives *islamita in this country, also believe that integration pure and simple to the current structures of the Union, like the European Parliament finishes to request, is impossible. +During decades the #turkish state has pursued to the village *kurdo and *le has denied the obvious right of minorities to his political rights, social and cultural #as well as the right to his own language, to his own schools and to his own culture. +An important part of the development of the principle of competition is the liberalisation of the international trade, that in our opinion will not be complete until the *OMC #can take part in the elimination of the obstacles and *tergiversaciones commercial created by private companies. +In our position -and the Presidency of the Council finishes, with reason, of remember it--, exists first of all the worry that the Union do not enclose in a sectorial negotiation, inscribed in the conclusions of the Cycle of *Uruguay, limited to the agriculture and services. +#This is especially an appeal to the Council so that it find a uniform #european position and concede to the Commission the full confidence *otorgándole to time a general mandate of negotiation, clearing to time the formal participation of the Parliament. +It less that #can say is that these statistics do not endorse totally idea according to the *cual the progressive dismantlement of the obstacles to the exchanges, after eight cycles of negotiations (from the beginning of the decade of the years 50 until 1994), favoured the economic growth. +The hormones in the beefs are not the most recommended recipe; the elimination of barriers #can not carry achieve the elimination of the security and of the quality of the products. +The situation in the agricultural fields and *agroalimentario has aggravated from takes #some years, *cuando theoretically were protected by the cycle of *Uruguay and the agreements of *Marrakech, that supposed guaranteed and organise the access to the markets, the helps to exports and the internal helps. +The result of #this is that, in this moment, the European Community is to an international organism the compulsory solution of his international controversies without having the guarantee that it have sufficient impartiality. +Believe that in the case of the economy is not necessary, still *cuando do not treat of an exact science, since the majority of economists consider, by the reasons that have indicated takes a moment, that the liberalisation of the exchanges goes by good path. +#This is not so evident with regard to the environment, until the point that the Commission has taken the initiative to initiate a study of the impacts in the environment in relation with the Round that go to launch. +did not take it because in this period had not thought in *ello, did not have the means for *ello, and the fact of take it today on the base of the cycle of *Uruguay #would not have felt from point of methodological sight. +#would Be interested in listening it that think the Commissioner and the President in exercise of the Council on the evolution of the common energetic tax, without the *cual the European Union will not be able to carry out goals in this matter. +According to a report of the *IPCC, for the year 2010 requires a reduction of the broadcasts of CO2 of a 35% regarding the year 1999 to be able to limit the promotion of the temperature and of the level of the water of the seas. +Regarding the ratification of the Protocol of *Kioto, #would indicate that as it has not got to agreements on the norms of control of the fulfillment of commitments, neither on the regulations of the mechanisms of performance, *nos find with that we #would not know for sure it that are. +The coordination of the structural Bottoms to the Autonomous Communities of Goal *nº1 is elaborated by the Commission and the Been member in question. Like this as, the cast of the structural Bottoms is not competition of the Council, but of the States members. +Obviously there #be *incumplimientos, there are delays of more of four months in list communications, there #be more ships that before -among a 57% and a 63%, more in *Irlanda and in *Inglaterra- *cuando had to have less, there are damages to the ecosystem, there are damages to the economy of the persons and are not incorporating the recommendations of the *ICCAT. +Gentleman President, like Mr. deputy knows, so much in the preferential deal in the commercial relations as in the granting of the bottoms *PHARE and in the subjects related with the agreements will apply the regional approaches foreseen by the European Union foreseen for the *Sudeste of *Europa. +Regarding the agreements, the Council signalled that the negotiations for the cooperation agreement and stabilisation, that is the new modality of bilateral agreement among the Union and the countries of the *Sudeste of *Europa, will be begun, *basándonos in the reports of the Commission, *cuando *Croacia fulfil the criteria established. +States members #can resort to the instruments that have created to community level for *paliar the possible effects of the suppression of the free sales of taxes, instruments that were exposed by the Commission in a communiqué directed to the Council on 17 February 1999. +Go to explain shortly with reports of varied governments, therefore, resolution project results extremely current. The resolution remembers once again to the governments, to *través of the Parliament and of the Council, that, like Parliament, - *me cheers a lot that #all the groups have put of agreement on this project of resolution -take really upsetting in that, in fact, present serious reports. +Think that we are wall to obtain a *primer big result in the General Assembly of the Nations Joined and that suits to concentrate to procure that the final text was a true text, a text that *nos allow to continue this battle, that -as they have said orators- this Parliament takes so seriously. +Indonesian will not survive #if it did not knows to find a solution for the violence that reproduces in islands, #if it did not reaches the respect of the minorities inside a democratic structure and #if there #be not place for the regional autonomy. +. (IN) In relation with the capital pity: during the three last years the Commission of Human Rights of the Nations Joined has approved a resolution on the pity of death with an every time greater number of *copatrocinadores. +The Commission, by pipe of assistance programs in the sphere of the democratisation and the human rights, follows supporting the measures allocated to boost the confidence and the dialogue among the different communities. +This Parliament has to force to #all the States involved and to #all the Institutions to close this chapter that represents #one of the #many #italian mysteries that do not find the path of the truth and that certainly has roots in the high spheres and the collusions. +Of course, *nos impresses the fact that in a country in the that already there are 51 reactors and the commitment to build other 20 but, do not have the suitable knowledges and experience sufficient to avert these events. +The questions posed in the proposals of resolution about the manufacture, transport and the utilisation of oxides mixed -the fuel *MOX- do not have at all that see with the accident of the head office of *Tokaimura. +Conclude, after giving the graces again to the Mr. President of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, #as well as to the Commission of Control Budgetary, with a pray to the House: that it approve the report of Mr. *Napolitano. +With this directive in the that treats of the first normative frame of this type all over the world, the European Union gives a *primer decisive step to the regulation and, to time, to the promotion of the electronic trade in the breast of the Community. +On the one hand, establish #few rules, but clearly clear-cut, on the requirements that have to fulfil the electronic signatures, but, on the other hand, the States members #can decide in how cases instrumented signatures to the traditional demonstrations of will, for example to the signature of fist and letter, to the form written or to other documentary proofs. +As I understand the situation, these versions #can pose a grave threat for the market due to the fact that #some of disposals seem to lessen the principle of the country of origin, that, as it knows the Parliament, is the base in that it founded the only market. +Of course the velocimeters are adapted to introduce automatically inhibition threshold during the driving, because of it contrary -#this is like this, lamentably- the very elevated speeds for the that these vehicles are not prepared, as have the centre of gravity very high, etc., will have effects *desfavorables. +Besides, the velocimeter already is #one of series accessories in the majority of the available vehicles in the market of the EU, without that #this influence of significant way in the final price of the vehicle. +Has got the moment that in the European Union opt by a *presupuestación based in activity, by an administration in the that *rindan explain by means of the results, by the delegation of powers and competitions to inferior levels and by the explanation of the personal competitions. +The first was to conciliate the budgetary nomenclature in relation with the clear-cut priorities in the Treaty of *Amsterdam and, especially, the fact that from now the creation of a space of freedom, of security and of justice is #one of the fundamental goals of the Union. +Finally, gentleman President, talking like member of representation #greek, wanted to express my weigh, because the #european institutions still have not found a correct juridical base to be able to loan help to a Been member that recently has suffered the consequences of the natural catastrophes. +Also seat that Budget Commission did not approve to move the training of the nuclear inspectors in the ancient Soviet Union of the line of politics external to the of energy, with the that said training #can make of form much more effective. +The supplementary bottoms conceded for the new places of the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Office of *Dublín will convince to our citizens that are measured to protect the quality and security of the food that put in the plate. +The Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities asks that it apply in this context a wide interpretation of the concept of health, that include so much the physical welfare as also the psychic and social welfare. +By reason want to underline that the backrest of the majority of the Group *ELDR to the strategy presented by the speaker, Mr. *Bourlanges and that has by object *rebatir the general cut of a 10% of the external costs is not sample of fault of will to find forms to save. +Is evident that the circumstances of the years happened -the resignation of the Commission and the reports of the Committee of Experts- *nos warn of the need that *nos procure a base that *nos take to entrust in a wise administration of bottoms. +And want to that the States members face up to the exceptional circumstances, and the reconstruction of *Kosovo is an exceptional circumstance, with exceptional solutions that do not have to look for through a simple linear cut tax to the Parliament in lines and in his programs. +#This do not has to suppose at all an increase of the public cost in *Europa, but demands that each State, #all the #european States are had to transfer to the Union the resources corresponding to the transfer in fact of the competitions. +During this long and intense month of transactions, Parliament encouraged in taking see to the Council that no only of *FEOGA and structural Bottoms lives the Union, and that the remaining 20% of the budget also served to the goals of the Union and that, often, affected to subjects very sensitive politically. +In consequence, the reasons to approve or refuse the Budget only #can base in the grade in that the definition of the central axes of the political answer to the own approaches and in #if endowment of financial resources for said political is sufficient. +In a world *cambiante, have to be in conditions to undertake adjust of budget much more quickly, so that without increasing the global budget #can answer to new needs, for example and very especially, to the development of the new countries members of *Europa Oriental, but also to the humanitarian help in cases of catastrophe and to the reconstruction of the *Balcanes, that do not have to be funded with reductions in the help to the *tercer world. +The new Commission proposes to apply the different criteria that *ustedes have gone back to expose for the adjudication and supervision of the works hired with offices of technical assistance, so as to determine clearly of how looks will have to commission the public administration and #which will be able to entrust to the offices of technical assistance. +Without embargo, since these visits to the #ECB are of character more informal, is not necessary to say that they have to consider like a supplementary instrument of communication among institutions and that #can not consider a substitute of the periodic public audiences in the European Parliament. +Try use the monetary politics to increase the real economic activity above level sustainable will not take but produce in the long run a still greater inflation, no an economic growth faster. +Although the contribution that takes when keeping the stability of prices do not has to overlook, the monetary politics clearly #can not resolve the grave structural problem of the unemployment in the zone of the euro. +Said coordination #would tend to diminish the democratic responsibility, to reduce the transparency of the political frame of face to the public opinion and to increase the uncertainty on the sectorial performances, looming potentially with *desestabilizar economy. +In the actuality, the results of the systems of payment to the by minor *transfronterizos carry a clear delay regarding the political goals of the Economic and Monetary Union and, even, to the expectations of citizens and small #european companies. +After the introduction of the notes and coins of euros on 1 January 2002, these differences regarding the service levels of the national payments and *transfronterizos inside the zone of the only coin will take even more evident. +#This shows that the #ECB takes seriously responsibility to support other common economic goals, in particular the of the employment, and *nosotros know that the circumstantial bonanza in the European Union, in spite of the evolution differentiated inside the zone "euro 11" , will follow requiring support. +*Unicamente a total transparency of the report among the goals fixed by the Treaty and the actions of the members of the Council will allow to the Europeans appreciate #if the members of the Council fulfil correctly with his mission, *algo that *nosotros no doubt. +Gentleman President, nine months after the launching of the euro and blurred the enthusiasm by his future paper like the main currency of international reservation owing to the weakness of the types of change, #can not announce to the four winds hit without *calificativos. +Also resulted garbled yesterday listen that Mr. *Issing, economist boss of the #ECB, when seeming had declared in *Londres that the Bank #would not publish his economic forecasts for the territory of the euro, perpetuating a culture of the secret. +Believe that it #would be well that thought in a new system and that #would owe *preguntarnos how #can guarantee a better parliamentary collaboration with a series of countries in roads of development and with the countries of *Europa Central and Oriental, to the that go to help, and do not say it because the *ONG do not go to follow being there, but because I believe that it is an image *algo mistaken the that give of the consolidation of democracy #if we say that only the *ONG #can take part actively. +Gentleman President, his visit to the European Parliament produces in a moment in the that #all the #colombian population in his group has manifested #alto and clear wish of civil peace, of democracy and of respect by the human rights. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate on the report of the European Council and the statement of Commission relative to the results of the European Council of the past days 15 and 16 October in *Tampere. +Like this takes in the conclusions of the necessary form to attend the legitimate worries of the citizens in matter of security and judicial guarantee of rights, as it is norm in a Union that pretends to base in the principle of *prevalencia of the right and of the law. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, Prime minister *Lipponen, *me #one to the vision that the European Council of *Tampere #can be considered historical, due to the fact that it is the first time that the Council has treated and has put in command of diary #european the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice. +Our Group adds to the idea of the Council that the Union and States members reinforce the opening of the Union to the rest of the world in the field of the personal relations, cultural, political and economic. +And in this sense, believe that here it opens a new important front and support also -as we have taken with the initiative of Parliament- the creation of the bottom of refugees, that believe that it #can be a very decisive element. +will Give only an example among the #many that #can give: the priority awarded to the cooperation against the juvenile delinquency in the cities *nos seems *algo odd and out of place, since for *reprimirla really the States #would take better in intensifying cooperation efforts to eradicate the delinquency organised that acts increasingly to scale international. +*Me seems also that the Commission, in the new spirit of *Tampere and like watchdog of the community juridical legislation, #would have to take fulfil the directives to pursue money bleaching, #whose *incumplimiento is an effective judicial cooperation, as, for example, in the case of *Gibraltar. +But in a more general plane, and in particular *cuando has treated of questions of immigration, the Council has sunk in two contradictions that, by it other, remit, the two, to value fault political or to the mutual paralysis of his members: do not know well. +Without embargo, restructuring #can be intelligent, is to say, #can take into account the social and economic cost; and #can be short of sight, is to say, #can take into account today the economic cost and pay the social cost a lot afterwards, because they are #many the factors that go to influence negatively in a company that do not takes into account the social dimension. +In front of the new technologies and to the revolution of the information, there #be place for a new conception of productivity, based no in the rationing of the social costs, but in the promotion of the human capacities. +Then have value to watch of front reality: the employees of *Michelin are not victims of the direction of *Michelin, but of His *Señorías, merchants of the *mundialismo, as also they are it the employees of the banking sector, of the insurances, of the car sector and #many #others, #whose companies merge, move or restructure to be able to survive. +Yesterday this Parliament asked to President *Duisenberg that subjected the monetary politics to the needs of growth of #one *Europa that do not knows to reform , that do not knows to reform the economies and that neither knows to liberalise the markets, especially the market of work. +In this frame, *nos find in front of the difficult problem of the transfers: difficult, as, obviously, destroy put of work in *Europa; difficult, as #the same that the *vilipendian today demand, simultaneously, that *Europa multiply the investments in the countries in roads of development and facilitate to the maximum entrance in the territory of the European Union of pertinent products of these countries. +But, said *eso, the that believe in the market and *militamos in this part of the Hemicycle, far of the autarchic temptations of a side and #another of the Assembly, believe that the principle of social compensation has to balance the principle of a market that work. +In this document refers, as, "the #european companies consider that they are an inseparable part of society; #this means that they act of a socially responsible way: consider the benefits his main goal, but no the only reason of his existence. +Perhaps owe to that fear difficulties in verification and to that the prohibition #can allow to countries like *Corea of the North and *Irak make proofs of low level, or perhaps fear that by means of the permanent cessation of the proofs, the States Joined #can see *mermados his nuclear arsenal and his strength of deterrence. +To finalise, wish to support again it that Parliament agreed on 18 November of the past year; supported the statements of the eight States of 9 June 1998, the *new diary *coalition, a definite elimination and total of the nuclear arms. +Gentleman President, want to have hopes in that the decision of the Senate of the States Joined is a form of *esquivar provisionally the ethical obligation that has the *superpotencia world-wide in front of the world-wide public opinion, like country that has to be *vanguardista in politics of reduction of the nuclear danger. +*Muchísimos states have abandoned of voluntary form the possession of this type of arms. The great states, that have of nuclear arms, have reduced considerably arsenals of nuclear arms, but #can not be really satisfied with *ello. +Wanted to ask to the Commissioner *Patten, #if still *me listens, #if it agrees *conmigo in that #this reinforces the need of an external politics and of effective #european defence, that *nos allow to undertake measures with independence - no already depend, but rather protect our security so that no see *vapuleada constantly by the winds of the national politics American and by the presidential elections of the States Joined. +Expect with interest the end of the discussion that has announced the speaker of the Commission of Budgets in relation with the form of assignment of means in the chapter To 30 of the budget for the year 2001. +Now that talk of the *Europa of the next century, the new and big *Europa, the *Europa of the enlargement, #would not result, perhaps, advantageous launch in this moment, once and for all, a brave cultural politics, since the culture is not *algo on it that have to treat of form that treat the purportedly important subjects. +*Permítaseme also an observation by it that refers to the amendment 12: this amendment is accepted keeping some flexibility to end to be able to approximate, on this concrete point, during the conciliation stage, the positions of the Council and of the Parliament. +The Commission accepts the amendment 13, that proposes criteria *indicativos of budgetary distribution among the great cultural spheres, to the time that increases of 9% to 11% the percentage in favour of the actions in the sector of the book and reading, #whose mount annual #would diminish noticeably in comparison with the program *Ariane. +The new line affects to the preparatory measures of the audiovisual sector and do not takes any reference to the section 3 of the ancient article 130, relative to the industrial development and to the decisions in #whose virtue of established program *Eureka Audiovisual. +Is to regret that, like result of the vote of the commission of culture, youth, education, communication and sport, go to present that the finance of the Audiovisual Observatory guarantee for only three years, against of posture, in #others, of the president of said parliamentary commission, Mr. *Gargani, that presented a report to the *respecto. +Now well, in the budget of the European Parliament, in the *rúbrica 3710, read with surprise the following formulation: "Contributions in favour of the political parties Europeans" , with the following explanation: "The Commission #would have to, it before possible, subject statute of political parties Europeans" . +The past year, the Court of Justice of the Communities condemned severely fact to engage budgetary costs without legal base by the Commission, with the complicity of the European Parliament. +The countries industrialised, in group, and the States members of the Union, in particular, do not owe *desentenderse of help to the development, since *ello #would have sanitary repercussions, social, economic and grave politics in the always fragile balance of the most disadvantaged countries. +*Me seems a grave political error that, #if the Council and the Commission have established a system by means of the *cual his own members, the Commissioners, Ministers and Bosses of Government of the States members, #can be investigated in case of irregularity, #can not be it the deputies. +The company *Michelin, that finishes to proceed, in *Francia, to a series of dismissals controversial, finds, precisely, in a situation of this gender, since his main competitor produces pneumatic in the countries of the East, to coast of wages five times less high. +The truth is that the Managerial frame went in in vigour in January of 1997 and the present proposal of the Commission treats to resolve the problems of application of the transitory disposals on containers for the transport of gases and on the *cisternas. +In another order of things, to the Mr. *Pohjamo *le #would answer that the Directive 96\/35 on security advisers, that will go in in vigour from 1 January 2000, has to contribute to the application of the legislation on transport of dangerous commodities, *hacerla more transparent and more in accordance with it that #all pretend. +In front of *usted, gentleman *Fischler, believe that it is not necessary to insist once again in the importance of this agreement with *Marruecos for some States members, as *España and *Portugal, and for determined autonomous communities, as *Galicia, *Andalucía and Canarian, #all *ellas, as it is known, inside the Goal 1, very dependent of the fishing and, for the time being, without *caladeros alternative for fleets and with a business structure that disables some forms of cooperation. +Was *usted a Commissioner in functions and *yo *me adhere to the simile of my mate *Varela *Suanzes-*Carpegna bear *decirle that here has *usted a good bull, a *miura bear *lidiar; undertake *usted a fine negotiation, *llévela to good port, defend *usted, gentleman Commissioner, the interests of fishermen #european like the #moroccan Government will defend the interests of the #his. +Therefore, to the equal that the sector, believe that this time -and in this case seat especially that it was not the Council, because to *él is to the one who mainly *me direct- have to *plantarnos and give the signal that, #if well we carry years asking and begging that *nos allow to take part, as simple observers, in the negotiations of the fishing agreements, now already, gentleman President, #can not postpone this participation. +#Can be insurances of thing: although to the principle of the present debate have not enumerated #all the factors that leave of self-evident the importance of this agreement, especially for the sector *pesquero #spanish and also for the economy *pesquera #portuguese, am very conscious of the transcendence that has. +Have understood that my colleague the Commissioner *Byrne and the president of the Scientific Committee Director have summoned a press conference in *Bruselas for this afternoon to the 18 hours, in the that will give to know the results of the meeting of the scientists. +Perhaps the Mr. *Parish #can send a copy of his speech to the boss of his party, because lamentably, in Big *Bretaña, the boss of his favourable party that forbid the import of products #french in Realm Joined. +With an embargo and export prohibition do not combats the illness *EEB. In this way, proceeds to the location of the problem and creates an instrument that allows to implant the rule of security #european stipulated by the Commission. +In *Francia, Security Agency Sanitary Alimentary established thanks to the pressure of the population, of the consumers and, clear is, of the environmentalists and of the Group of the Greens in the European Parliament. +Meanwhile, the authorities of the Realm Joined have prepared his own system of labeling relative to the plan of *inocuidad of the meat of bovine and have indicated that this system of labeling, with voluntary character, #would work in relation with the exports to *Francia and to other countries. +This Committee is the that celebrated the vote and issued a *dictamen unanimous, after having examined #all the information that appeared in the report of the Special Committee and #some documents facilitated by the Special Group and, obviously, applying his own scientific knowledges. +The Commission has of an unanimous report of the best scientists and veterinary of the European Union, that have expressed his opinion that the meat of bovine #british exported with arrangement to export plan according to a calendar established is so innocuous like any #another of *Europa. +Gentleman President, the #european pacts on employment, the processes of *Cardiff, of *Luxemburgo, of Colony and the combination among *ellos, the dialogues *macroeconómicos, the technical organs and politicians of these dialogues do not tend to boost the employment in *Europa positively for the workers. +*Me seems to understand that, further of #some statements of principle, there #be not at all effective, do not exists any proposal, there #be not any rigorous analysis, although the analysis of the state of health of economies #european, in particular continental, #would have to be it. +By #this *nosotros want *hacerles a very concrete question: When go to reach agreements in the that they establish concrete criteria that allow to evaluate in how measured #can contribute the public investments to the consolidation of the process of growth, with effects also clearly positive in work market? +How resulted #can have the structural unemployment, the unemployment of long length, the juvenile unemployment and the efforts made with the politics of employment and the 22 lines guidelines, with the plans of action of the countries members? +In fact, *yo go to go more far and ask the exclusion of the workers that take part in the preparation of fish cool -and underline: cool fish-, because in the case of the fish there #be not continuity of supply. +According to the study of the Commission, in the moment in that it approved the original directive on the labour day in *Irlanda hospital doctors no specialists worked more of the 65 hours allowed to the week and exerted tasks *indistinguibles of the of his upper colleagues. +The quoted study enumerates also the following questions: fixation of turns no realistic, prolonged periods of continuous service, distribution of the tasks among auxiliary and upper doctors, pressures no official to the doctors in period of training, vulnerability of rest periods and the rhythm of pressures and needs of the service. +The problem that *nos poses in the case of Chinese -already has signalled *justificadamente and also *nos poses with other countries- is the of the human rights, to the *cual it is necessary to add, in the case of Chinese, the problem of the *Tíbet, gestures *amenazadores to *Taiwan, etc. +By it that refers to the possible contribution of the network Internet, think that by means of this type of contacts and also, as it has said His *Señoría on purpose of the electronic trade, thanks to this type of scientific agreements there will be #any forms of possible dialogue in the future. +*Nos have seen forced to work quickly, but on the other hand, also *me *atrevo to say that I regret the that my Group have not reached the agreement of the commission on a series of points that consider *prioritarios. Is therefore, gentleman *Pronk, by it that have decided to go back to present amendments that *nos seem fundamental. +To our opinion, is recommended that also in this field States members guide by the behaviour of the three countries of the Union that obtain the best results, as it has come taking in the frame of the Economic and Monetary Union European and the own politics of employment. +Frankly hardly #can believe that this proposal to initiate a process of *Luxemburgo for the social security have been refused in commission by our colleagues of the *PPE, in spite of constitute the core of the Report *Pronk that vote in the previous Parliament. +Thus, think like members of the *ELDR that with the package on the employment has found a fine solution to the problem of how conciliate subsidiariness principle with the wish to guarantee a coordination of the politics of employment. +The reports of the countries members on the mood in that they fulfil the guidelines no only show how these countries the are by separate but that also open the path for a reciprocal inspiration, in the *cual countries #can learn of the fine results of #others. +The *UEM has succeeded in the measure that coordination of this nature has made possible to reach the common goals that the countries proposed for the inflation, for the types of interest and for the budgetary deficit. +*Cuando money #would have to be using to answer to the needs of women and men, to the needs of our societies, the subject *Michelin symbolises the dictatorship of the law of the money on the economy and the persons. +Investigations that finish to publish in *Gales, country that represent, show once again that the women follow having a very low representation in the places of direction of the companies and that do not rise in the professional career with the rapidity that #would fit to expect of aptitudes. +In this context, *me remit also to the experiment of reduction of the VAT in the sector services, the *cual was approved properly by the Council, but seem to be that the States members no are, except #some exceptions. At least regarding my country, *Finlandia, had wished a different solution to the *respecto. +Before we happen to the next batch of votes on the report *Smet, #can concede to the Mrs. *Smet the opportunity to clear, so that it state in Record, look that did not have the opportunity to clear at the end of the debate of yesterday in relation with the fishermen to the part that are autonomous. +Is necessary, especially, tackle a reform and modernisation of the education and in the training that benefit to #all, without any discrimination that base in the half social or in the person, and that incorporate the technological and computer changes, #as well as combat *encarnizadamente #all the forms of unemployment and of precarious work. +treats of a subject essentially politician in the that it sees to the conservative right flirt with the precariousness and to the strengths of the left try put in foot the social convergence, insisting in the relation among the employment, quality and the social protection. +The use of fiscal facilities like "carrot" for the renewal of the old and heavy *utilitarios, is entirely justified, #as well as the fiscal advantages directed to the respectful vehicles with the environment: all #this so that it accelerate the introduction of vehicles less *contaminantes. +Gentleman *Lange, perhaps #can *usted try once again reach with the Council a commitment in a nocturnal session, so that *nos see free of a decision in consciousness to vote against of his excellent report, in favour of the *cual *me #would enjoy to vote, or -almost is necessary to say it now- against of the environment, since all goes back again to wait tail. +The Commission believes that the state of development of the necessary technology to apply limitations so severe to nitrogen oxides hampers in these moments the acceptance of a previous date to October of the 2008. +Besides, *cuando in the 2001, in the Nations Joined, take a balance of the First World-wide Summit of Boys, suggest that in our Parliament believes a European Parliament of the Boys, prepared with *ellos, to celebrate this European World-wide Summit in the 2001. +But also want to believe that, under the responsibility of the Commission, #can think in promoting a comparative study of the incorporation of the Convention of the Rights of the Boy to the national legislations of States members. +The reason of this question is to ask to the Commission no only that it express of clear form respect to the proposals of the Parliament, but especially *preguntarle by the modalities and the terms of presentation of his version reviewed in relation with the position of Parliament. +Although after the elections outline in this Assembly a new and distinct majority and although there are amendments that members of the *ELDR appreciate more that #others, yes, although there are elements of the proposal that *nos had enjoyed that they had remained was, back this initiative on the query and the announcement of the action. +On the other hand, the *segunda big amendment said that #if the direction of a company retained information to the representatives of the workers, had to take possible of sanction, and no only in the case of the retentions of information that the directions of the companies judged important, that is a concept very little precise. +Like this, the worse salaried workers paid and even the unemployed or the that *carecen of domicile, when paying VAT on his foods, contribute to fund the #european institutions that, without embargo, have not taken an alone measure in his favour. +In the current system do not exists already the transparency because of the numerous individual regulations relative to the tax of collection of the VAT, to the #british discount and finance. +Besides, the Commission refers to this evolution, #as well as to the experience purchased of application until the actuality to get to his current proposal that aspires to modify and reinforce the valid directive the *cual *atañe, especially, to the sector of the agricultural costs. +But in the global transfer, that forms part of the three instruments, and that the Commission *nos had presented to increase the payment credits, part of this group do not happens by this procedure in the Plenary. +But, as I already have indicated, has not loaned attention to another big number of environmental looks. Of form #can not talk here at all of a more effective integration of the environmental dimension in the energetic politics. +Believe that the fishermen will be able to enjoy of a better protection regulating the labour day or the time of rest by days or by weeks, as it proposes the Council, before that by a fixed limit of 48 hours inside a reference period of 12 months. +No there #be, gentleman President, formal #european citizenships, there #be #european citizenship *cuando in the most next of #all the branches of the right, the civil right, *Europa also has legitimacy and strength to guarantee rights of the citizens and impose the justice. +But exists -and here the words of the Commissioner have been very clear- the absolute need to plant in *primer plane the nuclear security and expect that #this #such as it has said it *usted, gentleman Commissioner, was guideline and the base of the negotiations with our neighbours of the *Europa Oriental. +From then finds *algo *empolvado in a drawer of the Minister for the Protection of the Consumers, Mrs. *Prammer. But thanks to the positive cooperation with the *ONG occupied in environmental subjects, knew of the existence of said study and from the past Thursday *nos have been able to occupy in depth of his content. +To fault of official procedures to raise the prohibition inside the EU, the situation results even more difficult, as they testify it management #british to reach the lifting of the prohibition in third countries, included the States Joined, and in his partners of the *Commonwealth. +Wanted to *decirle to the gentleman Commissioner that here there #be had agreements that have established clearly two obligations by part of both sides: the States Joined engaged to modify the title *IV of the law and to not applying the law to #european companies. +Subject: *Timor Oriental In the session of the European Parliament of the past 5 October, Commissioner *Patten informed of the absolute priority that concedes the European Commission to the subject of the humanitarian help and to the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental. +The Commission is guidelines on the supervision and the presentation of reports together with the States members that will allow to take comparisons and add the results and maps from the year 2000, *cuando the States members inform on the repercussions of his first programs of action. +Know that it has to, of course, and the Commission knows the important economic measures and social that have to adopt the States members with a very intensive production to adapt the structures and methods *agropecuarios to the requirements of the directive. +In it that refers, gentleman *Pohjamo, *Señorías, to the list of regions admissible, wanted to remember that the Commission had directed to the States members a letter, on 1 July 1999, *pidiéndoles present his proposals before 31 August 1999. +Want to require, #if have the time, that requires a big flexibility, open, for each Been member, but have to find, in the map that will be finally approved in the frame of the Goal 2, at least half of the population that initially identified like inhabitant in the eligible zones of compliance with the community criteria. +Expect that at the end of this year receive the reactions of the States members and of this Parliament so that we #can begin immediately to the beginning of the year 2000 to present a specific #european legislation on this question and follow exerting pressures for ratification of the Agreement of 1993. +Second, in the field of *Eurocontrol, and no only in the of *Eurocontrol but in #all fields, have to guarantee the efficiency and transparency in the operation of the providers of services aerial and, besides, carry out the division among it that they are the statutory responsibilities and the provision of services. +#Can the Commission describe the general situation regarding the measures adopted by the countries candidates for *modernizar systems of social security and, on the other hand, inform of the measures adopted and foreseen to contribute to the effort of the countries candidates to this *respecto? +Is it that have taken in the past and will follow it taking in the future, #if well I want *indicarle that here the practical is very diverse, is to say, that is not true that the majority of the candidates to the adhesion was by behind the standards of the States members in question. +Subject: The enlargement of the Union and the agreement of *Schengen countries candidates will have to assume the legislation of the EU in matter of expedition of visas and controls of entrance in the borders of the EU. #This involves a considerable change in the practices of #some of these countries. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Secretary of the Council and High Representative for the External Politics and of Common Security, gentleman Commissioner, *Señorías, in the first place want to hail the appearance of Mr. #Solana in his triple condition of General Secretary of the Council, High Representative for the External Politics and of Common Security and General Secretary of the *UEO, for the moment *in *pectore. +In the exercise of his new responsibilities, will have *usted in my Group to speaker demanding, #if it gets the case, severely critical, but deeply convinced that the European Union has to be more present, be more active, more *voluntarista in the international scene. +And more *parabienes, but #this seriously, as simple suggestion, for the external politics and of common security. Probably follow the procedure of the Economic and Monetary Union with regard to union diplomatic and soldier #can be a fine suggestion to translate the statements of principle in steps more concrete. +The permanent dialogue with the previous Commissioner, *Sir *Leon *Brittan, along 1998 and in the first months of 1999 contributed, on the other hand, to that the Communication of the Commission of 14 July 1999 incorporated #many of the approaches of the European Parliament and all content. +Consider likewise fundamental principles of caution and alimentary security, because we do not want that *nos invade the foods *transgénicos, and by #this consider necessary to invest the charge of the proof and that the experts are really independent of the interests of the Governments and of the multinationals. +The point of game of the Report *Haug was that the position of March past, especially the relative point to the elimination of #all exception clauses, has to carry now to the practice. +Create, thus, *parafraseando it that Mr. *Patten said during his intervention, that is bad to trade with states that violate the human rights of massive form - *él referred then to Chinese in answer to a #ours question - and that, in fact, also is well not forgetting the financial and economic measures *cuando treats to issue a clear signal. +Our negotiators have to encourage by that these countries really take part to *través of the institutional support, the free entrance in our markets, the fulfillment of #granting agreed -for example, *cuando treat of the textile products- and the prevention of the called "green protectionism" . +The one who pleads by the demolition of the #european agricultural politics, pleads, simultaneously, by the destruction of #everything it that in *Europa has reached in the field of the rural politics, of the welfare of the animals and of the welfare of persons. +By the contrary, *cuando the deficit of integration results of the internal politics or of deficient development, the extension of the terms of application, the multiplication of preferential measures, do not constitute fine solutions. +Take the word, in this case in name of Budget Commission, to mention the main points that said commission considers important that treat in the Conference of reform of the Treaties, splitting of the base that the that lives out of the budget in politics lives in the error. +#This includes also the division of the Council of Ministers -#such as it proposed the Report *Dehaene- in a Council of Ministers executive, that #can celebrate sessions to enclosed door, and a Council of Ministers legislative, #whose meetings #would have to be public. +The positions expressed in the report of the Gentlemen *Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen were reinforced by the illustrated to the Parliament, with the communications of President *Prodi and of the Mr. *Barnier, in name of the European Commission the day after the vote in our commission. +In any case, the problem that poses the *legitimación of space or a market without State requires that we take an attempt, that has to go accompanied of the creation of a #european civil society and the training of a #european public opinion. +In October, in the special meeting of the Council of *Europa in *Tampere on the creation of a space of freedom, security and justice, took upsetting, among other things, in the importance to confront the problems derived of the drug in whole. +The complementary question that take to the Council is #if it #can consider the possibility to go in in contact with the #moroccan Government so as to avert that it undertake now this absolutely dangerous adventure for *Marruecos and, of course, for *nosotros, neighbours more next. +Gentleman President, do not take the word to take part on the content of bottom of the question of the Mr. *Alavanos, but to take a comment and direct afterwards a question to Mr. Minister on purpose of the answer that has given. +#would Be necessary to clear it before possible obstacles for the opening of the *Danubio, but has not been possible to begin to cooperate in this sense, and *Jugoslavia neither has adopted any measure to open the *Danubio, although yes it #would be #his responsibility in virtue of the international agreements. +Now well, #if we do not have time to examine the question this morning, #if there #be *demasiados orators inscribed to take the word in relation with the Report *Napolitano and with the Report *Giannakou, then will second the proposal of Mr. *Pirker that we do not vote tomorrow on the question. +Gentleman President, so only want to remember that article 115 of the Regulation, already applied regarding the Report *Napolitano, foresees that "except in the cases of urgency foreseen in the articles 50 and 112, only will be able to proceed to the debate and to the vote of a text #if #this has been distributed with *veinticuatro hours of *antelación like minimum" . +Takes five months that the Parliament #would have to have accepted this agreement, and *me seems that the public opinion simply will not appreciate a new refusal to follow advance and to establish a rigorous diet but *equitativo for Parliament, the same that for the other organs. +#This constitutes a general permission to an authority, that no only leaves to the deputies to favour of any complaint, but that creates delation system and of political agitation that supposes an insult to the free mandate and to a free Parliament. +Without embargo, estimate that the debates of this Parliament, of our parliamentary commission have been sufficient to be able to elaborate a good report like #this with the support of the greater part of the political Groups and congratulate to the speaker by work. +In my opinion, the communication of the Commission represents a good point of game for the development of a world-wide #european strategy, *multidisciplinaria and integrated of fight against the illicit drugs in accordance with the that approved the General Assembly of Nations Joined in 1998. +Believe that a Parliament that do not has the value to amend a situation of patent discrimination that reaches to #some of his members and to millions of #european citizens, is a Parliament that #can not teach, as it #would want to and as it #can, the democracy to countries that have condemned even this morning. +As *ustedes have underlined it, simultaneously to the promotion of the foundations of the economy, the emergency of a political power that was to the height of task and the development of the necessary institutions will be essential elements. +Against of it that finishes to say #ours colleague, think that in this occasion exist reasons more that sufficient so that *nos congratulate by the fact that the European Union, by unanimity, have presented a resolution in front of the Nations Joined so as to ask a moratorium for death pity. +Gentleman President, am totally in accordance with the Mrs. *Díez *González on the need to treat to convince to the Council, so that it introduce in the agreements with the third countries a clause on the pity of death and abolition. +And while all *eso occurs, the *LIV General Assembly of the UN did not approve the resolution proposal of the #finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union that advocated the suspension of the executions of penalties of death. +*Nosotros have taken part immediately, to title of the humanitarian help, with an amount of more of a euro million, in three successive operations, and are had to continue taking part to answer to the most urgent needs of the next year. +Are absolutely conscious of the deplorable situation in the that find boys, and especially the girls, in *Pakistán; but think that the most effective way to improve this situation is contributing to guarantee a universal primary education of quality and affordable. +The Convention on the Rights of the Boy recognises that the progenitors are responsible to provide the had to taken care and the owed attention to his children, #as well as the right of the children to receive this care, this orientation and love. +Thus it #can not have a politics of drugs #european *reglamentada, but frame #european inside the *cual #can help to the person affected, that has to be the centre, from the respective specific experiences of the local and regional instances competent. +Everywhere #where reach to prevent that the pertinent illegal money of the traffic of drugs transform in legal money, give a big step forward, because the fight against the traffic of drugs and money bleaching are two phenomenons related. +Finally, want to signal that, in this field, the European Observatory of *Lisboa exerts an important work, and am convinced that in the next years the data and the information that there collect will show the effectiveness of cooperation #european, and international, in this fight. +*Cuando this Parliament and the public opinion were surprised by informations transmitted by the press, according to the *cuales an institution, that, as we thought, devoted only to structural investments, had lost sums very elevated in speculative operations in the short term, resulted clear the need to examine of form *cabal investment politics of the *BEI. +Are convinced that, with the suitable means, the European Observatory of the Drug and the *Toxicomanías, situated in *Lisboa, #can take an important contribution to the deepening of the study and of the proposals of measures to struggle against this *flagelo of drug. +With #everything, is the fact that the debate and the vote have taken place in spite of the article 115 of the Regulation, had account that the last #french version was distributed to the 21.52 hours of Wednesday and have proceeded to the debate a lot before they fulfilled the 24 hours. +Nevertheless, #some of *nosotros, like pertinent deputies of the Canarian islands, in addition to considering reasonable that *prorrogue force of this tax in accordance with the proposal presented by the Commission, have requested through amendments that affect to the most sensitive products, to #all the sensitive products produced in Canarians. +Projects of transport like the *road *to was for the relief of the networks of roads traditional require crafts of type like the *just *in *time *feeder and the ships of transport of containers, fast ferries and yachts of high speed, multipurpose ships for the fishing and *guardacostas, ships of luxury for the so much great tourism like small, etc. +From *Viana *do *Castelo until *Margueira and *Mitrena, happening by the dockyards of Port districts, *Aveiro and *Figueira gives *Foz; the workers demand a politics of valorisation of the naval sector, of defence of the stable employment, of quality and with #worthy wages and that promote the *aprovechamiento of the existent capacities. +To comprise the current situation, is necessary to remember that it is not fulfilling the international agreement of 1994, relative to the elimination of helps to the naval construction in the frame of the liberalisation of the sector. +Is necessary also that the Commission give priority to this problem and to his resolution, recognise the need to review ancient positions and facilitate to the European Parliament #all informations on the damages caused to the #european naval industry. +Therefore, the Council has decided aptly that for the moment no goes to break the agreement to put end to the generic help of the industry of the naval construction from 1 January 2001. +Lady Speaker, gentlemen deputies, *yo also am #basque; am woman #basque; a socialist and #basque woman; #one more of the 92% of the citizens of the Basque Country that have voted in *Euskadi in favour of the Statute of Autonomy and that have voted by the democracy. +*Les put another concrete example: #if, with occasion of a big championship, sell tickets of access to the stadium only to the national citizens and *deniega the possibility of *comprarlos to the no national citizens, to the citizens #european, contravene the norms of the competition and, therefore, here is necessary to act with rigour. +My task #would have resulted much simpler #if it had had the possibility to elaborate an authentic politics in the field of sport on the base of an article of the Treaty. +#If we want to be represented like European Union in the field of economy world-wide *globalizada and in the increasing *intervinculación political of the world is precise that endow at last to the European Union of juridical capacity, so that the representatives of the European Union also #can act in name of the Union. +And *yo #would give also an enormous dimension to *algo that hardly has been mentioned: are a parallel exercise of *constitucionalización of the Treaties, with the preparation of a Letter of fundamental rights, to the time that poses the Conference *Intergubernamental. +#There is a fundamental point to the that want *ceñirme in intervention, *me refer to the comment of the Commission collected in his report for the summit that the conference *intergubernamental that is will be able to close with hit before the year 2000 #if the political will is it sufficiently strong. +So that it state in record, wanted to leave clear that, in accordance with our colleagues of the Green Group\/European Free Alliance, in the Scottish Nationalist Party are engaged with the idea of a collective security in *Europa and receive with satisfaction the performance of the Council in this sense. +And have to take advantage of this economic cycle and the statement that goes to take on the #finnish Presidency concerning the #millenium and the new society of the information so that we #can register, with creativity, growth sustained and so that the goal of the full employment was not rhetorical, but that materialise. +The proposal of resolution that have seen this morning did not contain any quotation of initiative relative to the inner market neither to the society of the information, in spite of the works made under his Presidency. +To begin, regarding the subject of employment, *nosotros consider it very important and have prepared it, as I already said in my intervention, with seen to that the first summit of the employment of the history, that will celebrate under the #portuguese Presidency, was #all a hit. +will Mention so alone #one in the that *me seems that the European Union has to dump in depth: the constitution of the International Penal Court, that #would finish, gentleman President, with the situation in that now *nos find, in the that the international social demand did not corresponds at all with the instruments *jurisdiccionales that are to disposal. +Know that it will be a long and difficult path. Proof of *ello is the fault of debate in the Organisation of Nations Joined of the resolution of the European Union on the moratorium to the capital executions. +The report in question, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, the first of this type, deserves praise type and constitutes a *primer step to a politics of rights human in the that the Council, the Commission and the Parliament have to work of conjoint form. +Besides, the Commission of Budgetary Control wishes that it take reference to the Agreement *interinstitucional of 6 May of this year and that indicate that the quantities *indicativas for the period 2000-2002 form part of the financial frame *plurianual of the Program *Meda so that it remain clear that did not treats of a new cost. +Have an only technical comment to the amendment 15 of the report relative to the economic cooperation in the that says that the Council with qualified majority or the European Parliament #can decide the suspension of the collaboration. +*Yo appreciate a lot the debate that has developed, as it has been an objective debate, a debate that has contributed observations very valuable and important, especially also for *Turquía, that will have to value also #which is the political climate in *Europa regarding aspirations of adhesion to the European Union. +#This is a very important step and *yo even #would affirm that the fact that for the first time it define a value limit for a substance *carcinógena, specifically for the *benceno, that #can cause leukaemia, marks a milestone in the field of legislation on the quality of the air acclimatise. +do not back this part of the amendment, since it has to have a reference to the community goal of 120*g\/*km. The European Parliament has left sideways in his amendment date in that it will have to fulfil with this goal, is to say, the year 2010. +The Commission proposes another alternative, with the following text: "The Commission studies the possibility to establish a frame of reference for the fiscal measures that boost the tourism use of low consumption of fuel." +More that modify regulation, it that takes the proposal is to assume an agreement of the Council of ministers; is really an exception to the regulation, because *Portugal did not achieve to reach the quota that had awarded in the campaign 1997-1998 by some bad meteorological conditions, as they affirm. +Like this, think that it is more correct to increase and improve the current system of calculation of the contingents, with parallel increases of the total sums of help to the production and no *orientarnos to a system of thresholds global that #can comport damages for #all the producers and no only for the that *rebasaron contingents. +To5-0067\/1999 of Mrs. *Fraga *Estévez, in name of the Commission of Fishing, on the proposal of regulation of the Council (*COM(1999) 055 - *C4-0141\/1999 - 1999\/0047(*CNS)) by the that it establishes the common organisation of markets in the sector of the products of the fishing and of the aquaculture. +In view of the fine current situation of the populations of herrings, the changes of the proposal admit a reduction of the area and of the temporary period of fishing restrictions. +Parliament, the Commission and the Council have to issue a clear message for the industry *pesquera: the correct behaviour will respect, and the fishermen that observe the technical measures of conservation, elaborated by #european scientists accredited and by the own fishermen, will benefit amply. +Lady Speaker, ladies, gentlemen, wanted colleagues, today *me congratulate to take use of the word for the first time in this Assembly, since I am new, and *me congratulate of take it on purpose of the fishing and of the excellent report of Mrs. *Fraga *Estévez, because I am mayor of *Mèze, in *Hérault, in the south of *Francia, that is a small municipality, #one of the first ports of coastal fishing of the Mediterranean, near to *Sète, that constitutes the main port *pesquero. +. (*FR) Gentleman President, *Señorías, have followed with #all attention that #can imagine the debates of yesterday, and the unanimity in the praises on the form and on the bottom of this report has not left of *preocuparme lightly, since it is impossible, further are *cuales are the qualities of commitment, content to #everyone at the same time. +Is a question of order, precisely to regret that President no *me have conceded the use of the word in the moment in that the have asked, since I was the only deputy that yesterday announced that it went to propose this suspension. +Concerned, also, for reaching a learning without setbacks of the utilisation of the euro, the commission *EMAC has presented a proposal, that support, #tending to that the consumer #can begin to change his national coin in coins and notes issued in euros, from principles of December month of 2001. +But to freshen the memory of colleagues, the proposal that has circulated in the Parliament treated on the *restablecimiento of the rights of the ancient real families of *Europa, in particular the of *Austria and #Italia, to the that *les follows denying his civil rights and politicians like citizens of the European Union. +The call of the President #Clinton in favour of the introduction of norms of work in the commercial agreements with the countries in development and other parts of the world was grace hit that sentenced these conversations. +#If we admit this fact -that now, to a week of distance, *me seems shown-, results precisely that, *cuando decides, orients and controls the commercial liberalisation, is *cuando the countries in roads of development comprise the interest that represents for *ellos and surely consider that it is better for *ellos that a *statu *quo or the development of the bilateral relations that do not play to favour. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Court of Accounts, ladies and gentlemen, have the intention of reviewing the report of the Court of Accounts, sector by sector with the administrations and, especially, also with the States members, and analyse the question of why have produced the errors. +*Permítame take upsetting in #which is the paper of the Court of Accounts in this context: offer to the Parliament #all material that estimate suitable and advisable present and leave to the Parliament the political decision to concede the approval of the management. +Also want to say that in the Group of the Popular Party European and European Democrats gratitude directs to the president of the commission of culture, the Mr. *Gargani, that contributed amply to the positive result of the conciliation. +. (*FR) Congratulate and give the thanks to the speaker, Mr. #Niels *Busk, by the excellent report that has presented on the proposal of the Commission relative to the adoption in the community legislation of the plan of control of the Commission of *Pesquerías of the Atlantic Northeastern. +This proposal states therefore of a regulation and of a series of permissions, the designated permissions to full charge, and will offer for the first time the possibility of making a number *preestablecido of distances in #swiss territory with trucks of the European Union with a maximum weight of 40 tonnes. +Exists the real fear that #some of the very intentional amendments presented by the speaker in reality #can aggravate the situation; in particular, that *nos result more difficult to delete gradually all over the world, and especially in the nations developed, the harmful chlorofluorocarbons that are much more hurtful for ozone coat that the substances mentioned in this report. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the resolution proposal (*B5-0313\/1999), in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, on the *dictamen of the Parliament, in regard to the labeling of products alimentary produced from organisms modified genetically. +The #net result of this regulation, *cuando go in in vigour, will be that the big majority of the alimentary products of the supermarket will follow exactly the same that now -without labeling-, because the big majority of products alimentary #can contain a small quantity of organisms genetically modified, underneath of the limit. +Want to help to *Turquía so that it undertake the path to the full respect of the criteria of *Copenhague and, now that the European Council *nos has given free road, will be able to establish the specific modalities of help in the frame of a strategy of *preadhesión for this country. +With the end to induce to *Rusia to a political solution, the European Council issued a particular statement on the situation of *Chechenia and consequences in the relations of the European Union with *Rusia. +The European Council underlined this look and considered necessary to follow loaning support to the human rights, to the State of Right and to the society of the citizens, #as well as continue with projects relative to the nuclear security. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, first of all *yo wanted to manifest in name of the Group of the Popular Party European (*Democratacristianos)\/Democrats European our sincere gratitude to the #finnish Presidency of the Council by the work made and by the fine disposal that has shown. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, in the first place, my Group wants to express his recognition to the representatives of the #finnish Presidency because they have improved *ustedes in fields the transparency and the expensive information to the European Parliament. +Now owe *ocuparnos that progress in the negotiations also was balanced and that it loan the sufficient attention in the countries candidates to the social security, to the equality among men and women, to the labour questions and to the protection of the environment. +With reason, Mr. *Poettering already has referred to the three loose capes of *Amsterdam, that is a minimum package and, especially, to the fact that the taking of decisions by qualified majority continue being an important point of discussion in the Council. +has reached likewise an almost general agreement regarding the problem of *Chechenia and in need of not using two weights and measures in our external politics, but to reaffirm the principles in the that it assent the European Union. +*Europa #can not be only #one *Europa of the oil companies, but that also has to be #one *Europa of the human rights. In this line, the Group of the Greens requests that it summon a Conference on the *Cáucaso in collaboration with the *OSCE, that allow to contribute at last to peace in the region. +The #Alto Curated for Minorities has taken a good work, the *OSCE has mediated in *Belarús among the Government and the opposition, the *OSCE helps to find an exit to the problems in *Moldavia and boosts a greater reduction of the conventional arms. +Finally, wanted to stand out, gentleman President, two points of the future #portuguese Presidency: the Summit on employment, that *me seems important and #would have to have been object of greater analysis in this Parliament, and the priority conceded to the defence of the public health and the alimentary security. +#All have consciousness that the percentage of audiovisual products of #european origin that consume in the #european space is very scarce, even considering jointly the values of the national production of each #one of the States members and of it that it is a #european production because it comport the collaboration of more of a Been member. +Wanted to ask to Mr. Commissioner, since the Commission has supported with enthusiasm the candidature of *Turquía, #if these statements are compatible with the spirit with that the Council and the Commission proposed to declare to *Turquía like member candidate and #if #this constitutes a sample of the future behaviour of this country in this sense. +But already right now wanted to *preguntarle: is program, in affirmative case, compatible with another position of the Commission according to the *cual have to protect of the competition the audiovisual products Europeans, in particular in the sphere of the television, it that the French call "the cultural exception"? +The Commission has initiated takes little a horizontal investigation on the existent situation in #all States members to observe the community problems and the that affect only to a determined Been member and, like this, tackle this problem of a more structural form. +Gentleman President, by it that have understood in the first part of the answer of Mr. Commissioner, the Commission is totally indifferent in front of the consequences that involve the bridges shattered of the *Danubio and, of it only of it that occupies is of how take use of this natural disaster -to the that *ella same has contributed- to overthrow to the leaders of *Yugoslavia, chosen legal and democratically. +#All licences conceded to date in #Italia have allowed only the opening of four casinos (in front of the 119 of the Realm Joined and to the roughly 102 of *Alemania), #all *ellos situated in the North of #Italia, it that originates an evident discrimination in detriment of the regions of the goal 1, that #can obtain important benefits in terms of income by tourism and of economic expansion with the opening of venues of game. +In the report that will be smart at the end of the year will not appear still proposed, but that will analyse in *él the repercussions of the distribution system *exenta, that will go in in vigour at the end of 2000, and will appear in *él a complete analysis of the repercussions of the exemption by categories, that will constitute the base for back decisions. +Want to remember, in particular, the subject of the costs of trip of the civil servants in active service -a problem that also is precise to resolve with urgency- and looks that to my mood to see already resolved neatly in the first reading and that now at last will be able to approve as it corresponds. +Gentleman President, suit with the strategy of the European Parliament in the first reading of the budget for the year 2000 and consider now that the European Parliament #can not, or do not has to, lose face, under pity to lose also the credit. +The gentleman *Wynn *le has asked, lady Speaker in exercise, #if "by moment" meant that the Council *oponía to a review of the financial perspectives for the exercise 2000, it that *nos seems perfectly coherent with the commitment that is in roads to go out forward, or #if, "by the moment" means *algo more wander. +The President of the Commission, Mr. *Prodi, exposed in the Summit of *Estambul of the *OSCE the political tasks for #all region of the *Balcanes western and announced that the Commission is a contribution of the order of the 5.500 millions of euros like necessary support, specifically for the period 2000-2006. +In these conditions, suggest that at least *nosotros say, about the partial suspension of the program *TACIS in the budget of the year 2000, *algo entirely compatible with it that decided in *Helsinki: first and mainly that, #if we want to save the *rúbrica of democracy in the budget, also #would have to save the *rúbrica that applies to the security of the nuclear projects. +The need of a constant follow-up and control of the execution of projects, foreseen in the text, puts to covered the European Union of the flagrant attempts of fraud registered in the past and aims to the realisation of initiatives evident and, therefore, *comprobables. +In consequence, is precise to carry out the interventions to create a frame of security among, on the one hand, the New Independent States and, by #another, the European Union and his States members, so as to create conditions of peace and of stability increasingly strong. +In his resolution, the European Parliament has #all reason when affirming that the existent commitments do not suffice to limit the increase of the temperature to half grade in a century, but that, in addition to the existent, it is necessary to contract new commitments. +Want to answer to the Mr. *Pottering that has formulated a request to the principle of the session. The European Councils of Colony and of *Tampere created an organ commissioned to elaborate a Letter of Fundamental Rights. +. (*SV) Gentleman President, comprise really the interruption to deliver the prize to *Xanana *Gusmãor, that support totally, and wanted to, in name of the Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, ask #if it is not a discrimination to the women not continuing with the debate directly to the three, thing that *me had seemed quite normal. +Had account that the *concertación seems unavoidable, the Commission will exert a full and constructive paper to the hour to facilitate a commitment to avert the failure of the directive, it that *nos #would affect to #all and #would go in considerable detriment of motorists that travel by the European Union. +From this point of sight, the deviations that have taken place regarding the biotechnologies, and that constituted a *cuestionamiento potential of the protocol on biodiversity, are not acceptable by what did not correspond at all to the #european mandate and to the position adopted by the Parliament. +Have to say that I share the opinion issued in this text and according to the *cual the legislation in vigour in breast of the European Union on this particularly controversial question is not to the height of the necessary protection and information of the consumers. +did not fits doubt that #this is because of the system chosen by the computer services of this Parliament, is to say, watch to the #european deputies and filter access to Internet, with the result that the connections are practically impossible from takes a pair of weeks. +#There is three previous appointments to the meeting of June: the Economic Committee European, that will gather in January; the European Conference on the subjects of *Beijing, that will celebrate in February; and the session of the Commission of Woman of the UN, that will take place in March. +#would Say, on purpose of the observation of Mrs. *Theorin, that do not have the possibility in this stage to prevail four or five fields, since have the mandate of *Beijing to consider equally *prioritarios the twelve fields; #can, clear is, even *cuando debate on the *quinto program of action concentrate there our attention *cuando fix priorities in the #european field. +The Commission has centred his efforts in the establishment that the original decision to raise the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british do not encloses danger for the public health. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the continuation of the debate of the statement of the Commission on the course that has to give to the decision of the #french Government to keep the embargo on meat of *vacuno #british. +has taken a part of the path, but still treats only of a part, as it shows it this rumour according to the *cual in schools #british communicates regularly to the parents that has not included meat of bovine in the menu of the canteen. +Likewise will be necessary that the Service Juridical and *yo determine #which is the suitable answer, in function of the answer of the #french authorities to the *dictamen motivated #whose sending approved yesterday, because, fundamentally, is the juridical document by the that it establishes the legal position and expect that the answer was in similar terms. +The instruments that the Council approved in the frame of the Section *IV of the Treaty on the European Union, before the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, integrate in the first stage of the harmonisation of legislations and procedures in matter of immigration. +Besides, wanted to remember that, nowadays, the application of the rule on the immigration of citizens of the countries aspiring or of third countries to the territory of the European Union is only competition of the authorities designated to national level by each #one of the States members. +*Me ask #if the Council #would be had to recognise that the best mood to contain the flow of economic refugees raisin by the improvement of the economic conditions of his country of origin. +The Council expressed his worry by the problems originated by the delay of flights, that are every time greater, and considered that there #be take measures to find solution to these problems and offer like this a better service in accordance with the requirements of the #european citizens. +The maximum sanction for a State that have signed the Agreement and deny to fulfil the sentences of the Court is the complaint or the suspension of participation in the organs of the Council of *Europa. +With the end to focus the control with more precision, the States members of the European Union are to take more effective methods of forecast of risks and the exchange of information in matter of prevention. +*Cuando the *dossier moved of Subject Commission Economic to the Commission of Industry, *me felt truly *aturdido. But the coordinator and the new speaker of the *EVP *me admitted in the Commission of Industry, compensating in a lot the previous embarrassment, by it that I want to express my gratitude to the two. +1) The Council agrees the following common orientation: the proposal of the Commission is acceptable without modification that the addition of the article 37 to the letter *b) of the section 4 of the article 152 like juridical foundation; +6) #If the Commission presented an official proposal of Regulation of the Council corresponding to the text of the document of work that received the support of the Council, #this will approve said regulation proposed before 31 December 1999; +In the commercial negotiations that still have not begun in *Seattle, in the that our competitors in the world-wide trade will have big interest in frustrating our efforts so that our sector *agropecuario and alimentary have a solid base and competitive, has to reflect this fact. +Apart from the material reconstruction, our obstinacy is the to promote the civil society, the education on human rights and on the democracy and the exact conception of justice. And need the support of His *Señorías. +Report (To5-0095\/1999) of the Gentlemen *Bourlanges and *Virrankoski, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on project of general budget of the European Union for the exercise 2000, modified by the Council (#all the sections) (*C5-0600\/1999) and on the notes *rectificativas *nº 1\/2000 (11568\/1999 - *C5-0313\/1999) and 2\/2000 (13482\/1999 - *C5-0311\/1999) +All #this is not very serious, and #would loan even to prank #if, to time, the budgetary politics of the Union and the danger of a review of the financial perspectives were not so contrary to the national interests. +Said of another way, this same week #can not at the same time force to *Francia to raise the embargo, basing in #one *trazabilidad safe of meat, and refuse the labeling, basing in the technical impossibility to follow the trace of the bovine animals. +Thus we have observed with satisfaction how the European Council has left clear that do not goes to create a #european army, but that the efforts go to centre in the prevention of conflicts and in crisis control. +Create also that #this also contributes to the promotion of #SME, #whose conservation supposes a very important look inside the European Union, and #this is it that is here with an exemplary tarpaulin with the trade of the skilled book. +To take into account the evolution of technologies, #would suit equally that the directive on the electronic trade included the requirements expressed by the different national legislations on the only price of the book, to prevent that it skew. +In the relation of the European Union and of States members with the Republic of Indonesian only has, for now, felt keep the decisions of the Council of 16 September and 11 October, in the that they established restrictions, among *ellas an embargo of the sale of arms. +Gentleman President, after eight years -as *nos has remembered- of #one *cruenta civil war, peace agreement, signed on 7 July of this year, supposed the opportunity to close this tragic period and resolve of peaceful and durable way a conflict that has caused immense sufferings to the population. +In the concrete case of citizen #spanish, *Nabil *Nanakli, gives the circumstance, besides, that there #be not sufficient information on the trial, on the arrest and on the current situation of the *reo, thing that, besides, has *movilizado to #all the #muslim community. +Equally pray to the spokesman of the National Assembly that take all it possible so that subject go back to examine and that take justice to the women so that, until the next elections of the year 2003, the women of *Kuwait enjoy of political rights plenaries: is to say of the right to vote and be voted. +Like member of parliament, therefore, take a call to my parliamentary colleagues to the of here and to the of our national parliaments also so that they invite to the #kuwaiti members of parliament to concede to the women the right of active and passive suffrage. +Therefore, the deputies of the Parliament have voted against, in #many of the cases, by fear to the own bases -do not exists there structure of political parties, but that the deputies are chosen of direct form- and by fear to lose the own position. +Want to demand of the international community, especially of Nations Joined but also of the European Union and of his States members, that take part with #all the means to his scope to finish with the situation of extreme discrimination that suffers the #afghan woman. +The constitution of courts penal international, the *imprescriptibilidad of crimes against the Humanity, and the absence of submission of the politics of human rights to commercial interests of the State are principles and goals that consider essential. +#can, obviously, question the means that Mr. *Jarquín has employed for an absolutely lawful end, as it is the to investigate the corruption *galopante in *Nicaragua, corruption that reaches to the highest magistratures and, for example, to multiply almost by 1.000 the heritage of the President of the Republic. +Gentleman President, will talk of the natural catastrophes that affected south of *Francia in the night of the 12 to 13 November 1999, and that *revistieron an absolutely exceptional character by violence and the abnormal proportions of the damages: 35 victims and among three and four *millardos of losses. +Is very regrettable that *nosotros, to scale #european, institutions that organise the common agricultural politics, of the that depend the agriculturalists of the Union for his *sustento, are not able to obtain some reliable data in the that base an effective politics. +This last decision changes the obligations of the Commission, the *cuales were the result of the previous diet, is to say, of the annual help; the States members no longer have need to concede helps to form groups of production. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0093\/1999) of Mr. *Savary, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council that modifies the Decision 97\/787\/*CE by the that concedes exceptional financial assistance to *Armenia and #Georgia so as to *hacerla *extensiva to *Tayikistán (*COM(1999) 391 *C­0171\/1999 1999\/0172(*CNS)) +To continuation some amendments that remit to the Council and to the Commission to his contradictions *diciéndoles that it #would be desirable to concede a direct help, but *financiándola in line, think in *TACIS. Finally, some amendments of *condicionalidad: control of the employment of the bottoms, political and democratic conditions and control of the Parliament. +But #if they reestablish the capacity *crediticia and the solvency of *Tayikistán #would be to celebrate also a proposal in the budget of the #2000.el speaker, Mr. *Bourlangues, *me finishes to confirm that it will foresee in #the same comment in the sense that in this case #can award again a determined form of financial help in the frame of the program *TACIS. +To the equal that has taken it Mr. *Blokland in his intervention, wanted to *decirle to the Commissioner Mrs. *Wallström -that removes the dream to the #italian pensioners, Greeks and Spaniards by the ancient vehicles that they have to be deleted quickly- that #would appreciate that it controlled the destination of the helps conceded to *Tayikistán and to other States. +The *DG *XII had commissioned with anteriority a study on the investigation and the technological development in the insular regions and the *DG *XI had elaborated a code of fine behaviour for the management of waste in the islands. +On the exact endowment of the regulation on the regional Bottoms Europeans, so important in this context, are still in course negotiations with the European Parliament in the frame of the *concertación informal and of the legislative procedure. +Want to indicate besides that the Commission has communicated takes little that it is necessary to devote a special attention also to the inclusion of the insular regions in the measures of the community initiative *INTERREG *C. #This *me seems also reasonable, without that with *ello want to establish a trial advanced on the back procedure. +The Council gives the maximum importance to the electoral right to the European Parliament and in this context to the realisation of the principle reflected in article 138 of the Treaty of the *CE of celebration of general and direct elections. +has dictated a sentence -and no by a small but by a wide majority, fifteen votes in favour and two against- in favour of the principle that, from the point of sight of the human rights, the citizens of *Gibraltar have to can vote in elections #european. +#This is -at least, like this create it- the central core and the base for *resanar institutions that #all without exception -#would be ridiculous that from the Parliament signalled with the finger exclusively to the Commission-, that #all without exception have won an image -*me fear that in fine part justified-to be some institutions *entrometidas, *despilfarradoras and *improductivas. +Have known only in these days through the newspapers that, for having criticised said decision in the mixed commission European Parliament\/Parliament *Esloveno, deputy in exercise was object of an anomalous procedure in the parliamentary and democratic traditions. +In the report of the Commission of November of 1998 on the advances reached, *Polonia is described like a country with a social situation and stable politics that advances in the development of a market economy effective. +The adaptation that requires the adhesion of these countries to the EU do not has to take place to coast of the most disadvantaged, in form of an increase of unemployment and of the inequalities among the citizens, or of the discrimination of determined ethnic groups. +The system of exemptions by category that carries using the Commission from takes more of thirty years, today day no longer has the necessary flexibility to follow the rhythm of the fast transformations of distribution structures. +The Law protects the confidentiality of the communications written among an independent jurist and a company, so that it prevents that the Commission #can use documents like proof for the application of the #european rules on the competition. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam -*nos has remembered it Mrs. *Hautala- has sanctioned this notion of transparency conceding to the citizens a true right of access to the documents of the Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission. +Regarding an analogous question, although distinct, the Commission shares the opinion of the lady speaker, according to the *cual Defender of the Village has to have, inside it that fits, a wide access to the files and documents, in power of the Institutions, necessary for his investigations. +The consideration with the that it wanted to finish and to the that, personally, attribute the maximum importance, is that in the base of a fine relation among the citizens and the Institutions is precisely the transparency: transparency in sense very wide that involves before that swims that the citizens are very informed about the rights that have. +In this context have adopted also the amendments of the Budget Commission directed to harmonise the work of the Committee of tariffs *aduaneros common, so that an alone committee of general field #can occupy of the rates *arancelarias common. +My Group accepts also with pleasure the principle billed by Mrs. *Schmidbauer that the users of the infrastructures have to pay the costs, included the environmental, #as well as the cost of other external factors taxes in the point of utilisation. +Besides, but is not less important, the decision to launch military attacks, with strengths determinants of the States Joined of *América, stresses the hegemony of #this and the *subalternidad political of the EU, that by this path never will have #one *PESC neither a common defence. +In these conditions, do not see how will be possible to avert the division of this province, which, after all, *nos will force to reconsider the most ancient solution of the world to reestablish peace: trace a border among the villages. +*Me have abstained to vote the common resolution on *Kosovo because from the principle have not shared decision of military intervention of the NATO that consider an error and, besides, avoidable. +In *Rambouillet, in effect, to tenor of the statements of #some participants authorised, existed some favourable political conditions to initiatives that, to my mood to see, were effective and that #would have been able to avert the death of *tantos innocent and the dramatic deportations of *cientos of thousands of #kosovar citizens, victims of the absurd nationalism of *Milosevic. +From this point of sight, any #european country is safe: will suffice that it blow the wind so that the very fine dust of uranium was dragged to #Italia, *Alemania, *Hungría and to #all *Europa, with death effects caused in *Arabia #Saudi by the bellicose pollution caused in *Iraq during the war of the Gulf. +The fact to \@atener to this ancient conception of *Europa has had like consequence discourage, weaken and *marginar, in the SIN, to the leaders and pertinent managers of the dissident sectors, to the *reformadores, that fixed look in *nosotros, and allow that the pertinent persons of totalitarian systems *recobraran prestige, of the that *Milosevic constitutes his archetype. +#If it was not because neither in the Council exists unanimity and with security, *me *atrevería to say, neither a big base of consensus, and even, do not exists at all understanding, the Council #can have coincided with the Commission and the decision #can have adopted, although Parliament had decided another thing. +Of this way, pretend to favour the trip of commodity traffic by road to other branches of the transport that are more sustainable, safer and save energy, whereas, besides, increases the possibility of election for the users of the transport. +As I have said, these matters tackle from a point of sight horizontal, in a wider frame, in the field of works that the Commission is and, in consequence, #can not accept said amendments. +*Cuando the commercial exchanges or even consumption *transfronterizo accelerate, see clearly that the financial services do not accompany this new reality or that even do not adapt to #this, but that or well continue enclosed in his national and sectorial logic, or well seem to consider that this sector *reviste scarce interest. +The third observation is that, with regard to the decision *originaria to take build tunnel to guarantee the traffic through the *Alpes, the enormous increase of the heavy traffic has converted it in a structure #whose dimensions have remained rigorously narrow. +In relation with *Timor Oriental, the Commission shares the worry of the deputies to the European Parliament regarding the recent increase of violence and, in this point, also *nos add to the statement effected by the Presidency the past 12 April. +Now, *Camboya. On this country want to say in brief that the troika of the EU has undertaken a diplomatic management with Prime minister, the one who personally has declared to agree with the basic principle that the leaders of the *Khmeres reds owe sure enough *rendir accounts by the crimes committed. +The disciplinary measures proposals by the commission of follow-up, the administrative actions against Realm Joined, is to say, in front of the #british Government, by the fault of appearance, up to now have not had effect. +Therefore I have hailed the value of the speaker, the *cual, in spite of the costs of infrastructure, underlines clearly the advantages of the rail alternative from the point of sight of security and of the environment. +Part of the report on the program *DAPHNE contains information about the #european campaign allocated to improve awareness about the question of the violence against the woman, that initiated the month happened in Colony under the #german presidency. +These organisations need help precisely to the hour to create the distinct networks, to reach an effective diffusion of information, to find associated and to boost a mutual exchange. +Believe that it is also very important expand gradually this program to the rest of the countries, especially to the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental, since the violence, in #all his modalities, has a dimension *transfronteriza, for example in trade variant sexual or of childish pornography through Internet. +Without embargo, the rights of consumers, as #such and the relative politics to the consumers, in the measure in that it affects, for example, to the security of the foods and other, will follow being competition of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer. +although the diets of pensions are of course distinct in each #one of the States members, believe that it #would be convenient to establish to scale of the European Union a level of subsidy minimum that each State #would have to guarantee to #that that #can not work or for the that no exists labour offer. +To the equal that the other #european citizens do not want to suffer fiscal damages *cuando decide to continue our professional activity after the entrance in vigour of pension, and *eso no only in our country of origin, but also in the other States members of the Union. +With #this do not want to say that the report was not useful, but yes believe that it has remained *atascado in the philosophy of the welfare. Besides, no answers at all to the title «The citizens of the third age in the Century *XXI: a life by in front». +Of entrance, it is necessary to know that, according to the estimates, the deficit *proteínico of the European Union *equivale to the 70 % of the inner consumption and represents, therefore, a big dependency of the European Union in front of the #american continent, of #where come from imports. +By means of the program of Diary 2000, the Commission will continue taking use of these instruments of management of market while they keep the considerable differences that exist among the prices of the world-wide market and the of the inner market of the Union. +But do not exists the risk that for the future of the sector of seeds *oleaginosas of the EU the remedy was worse that the illness? is not to fear that because of the reduced help by hectare the agriculturalists opt by crops? +*Nos give account immediately that the state helps allocated to #Venecia are not the state helps allocated to any #another zone of the European Union: serve to protect heritage that is #ours, that have not created *nosotros and that have inherited, but that, precisely by have it inherited, have to transmit to the future generations. +As well, here have to *hacerme spokesman of the resolution of the Commission of Regulation, that will incorporate to doctrine that, with proof and along the years, comes establishing, and is that this Parliament do not dissolves and that this Parliament has to regulate, has to resolve on the problems that *le pose from the *primer until the last day of his mandate. +Wanted to reassure it *diciéndole that the commission do not goes to remain absorbed in Subject Commission Institutional: goes to combine with this commission to create a new Commission of Constitutional Subjects, that will be very important in this Assembly. +Of here that it want to express my gratitude to my colleagues and especially to Mr. *Fayot by the very constructive cooperation that has kept as a result of the modification of the Regulation and especially want *agradecerles the understanding and the positive predisposition that have shown to the opinions that have posed. +Said of another way, it is necessary to continue in the direction of the *policy-*mix with an evolution of the equivalent wages to the increases of the productivity with the object to favour the growth and employment. +Finally, my wanted colleagues, it is necessary to continue with the liberalisation of the sectors of telecommunications, energy and transports, guarantee a better finance of #SME and set up a reform of the fiscal and social systems, #as well as of the educational systems and of professional training. +since the calls to the coordination of the fiscal systems -and alas in the paragraph 34 the speaker decants thus- they finish for embezzling this second mechanism of adjust to the States members, *nos remains then the unemployment like instrument of regulation, or also the pressure on wages. +But also is true that a situation with types of stable interest, with stable prices, with types of low interest opens to the States members of the European Union action space considerably wider that up to now to delete the chronic unemployment. +*Ay #if a bureaucratic mentality had to throw to hammer it that, by the contrary, has to be a novelty: treats of a novelty from sight point institutional and also has to be it from the point of sight of the results! +Also by #this has felt the idea of the *OLAF, as the office is called to act in the global strategy of fight against the fraud and also will put to disposal face experience to the preparation of approaches preventive. +The European Council has stood out once again in *Viena that awards a big importance to the effective fight against fraud, the corruption, and other activities that go in detriment of the financial interests of the European Union. +Lady Speaker, like relative question to the Regulation wanted to give to know #which is the sentence that said literally, owing to the attacks of Mrs. *Roth-*Behrendt: «#would Have to renounce to a war of religion, so much transatlantic like European, in front of *dictámenes concrete and expect with tranquility a global vision of the science, before acting.» +*Cuando the *OMC examined prohibition of the hormones -that, of course, existed a lot before it created the *OMC-, got to the conclusion that the process by the that we had considered necessary said prohibition was not an evaluation of the risks that fulfilled the reasonably exigible criteria before applying a prohibition. +#Can ensure to His *Señorías that the possibility that the States Joined apply sanctions in relation with this question is much graver, by it that say that it is logical that take public it before possible these conclusions is to act in *pro of the interests of consumers #european, the #european citizens and the #european employment. +#Can ensure that the Commission, in virtue of relations and on the base of the data that it has, will take a global assessment and will present, in his case, at the end of the period of experimentation, the corresponding proposals to give follow-up to the essay. +Like conclusion, for me, as *londinense, this weekend *nos has taken to see very graphic and tragically the importance of the support to a *Europa of impartiality and justice for #all our citizens, the need that *nos engage in the fight against the intolerance, racism and the hate, against these conceptions. +The resumption of the institutional dynamics, the establishment of these clear lines also is a need to give an opportunity to enlargement of the European Union. +That *ustedes take managers of it that today are saying in this Assembly in front of the public opinion European in favour of this #european Constitution, so that the citizens know his rights and duties above the fights and of the interests of the States members. +Now goes to produce the relief and the Parliament has to ensure that before no *prorroguen the agreements with his friends neither treat to rise to persons or to move to the employees of his own cabinets to the administration. +Perhaps #many of these things are surpassed at present. The problem of making a synthesis among these two elements will be #one of the greater political problems no only of the Commission, but of the Parliament and of the European Union in the next years. +The Group *Europa of Nations wants to reestablish the growth in *Europa, in the first place, by means of the decrease of the compulsory exactions allocated to the structural Bottoms, to continuation by means of the lifting of the rigidities that characterise the management of the euro. +#If there had not been five independent experts, appointed by the Parliament, so that they express with total clarity his opinion on the operation of the Commission, #would follow having Commission that #would not have resigned neither #would have been censored. +In this case in particular, seem to be that the conjoint attention of our speaker and of the Court of Accounts finds in breast of the Foundation a real will to answer to the observations issued. +Was in Tyrant days 21, 22 and 23 April and there warned the need that it felt the presence of the European Parliament that no *me seems that to date it have organised an official presence in this region, thing that probably #would be timely to take. +*Yo #would contribute two basic reflections: the first -that saves relation with the intervention of the President in exercise of the Council, the minister *Fischer- is that we are a new stage that goes to characterise by nomination, by part of the Council, of the High Representative for the *PESC. +#If Treaty establishes a mechanism, that is totally atypical in the sense that it is to the Parliament to the that *le corresponds the articulation of the text whereas the approval corresponds to the Council, do not change this balance also of *rondón and by the door of backwards. +Which results more unacceptable still #if it considers that, *cuando adopt a decision to the *respecto in December session, approve a text very *ponderado and balanced. Of compliance with #the same, the diets of the #european deputies will be inferior in the future to the of the three States members more populated of the European Union. +And talking of promotions, precisely of this section 2 in that it talks of *ellas, Mr. *Filippi and *yo same go to present an amendment in the that, in addition to accepting the revaluation of 490 places, go to support also the permanent places and the temporary places that have accepted already, #as well as the three promotions *ad *personam . +This midday, in a conversation with Mr. *Prodi, have signalled that with the current planning of dates, foreseen by the Parliament for the nomination of the new Commission, or was to *crearla it but prompt around the middle of September, only will remain 14 days to present this notification *rectificativa. +This morning, in the first reading have gone back to collect with reason the procedure and have gone back to repeat in the *primer reading this point of sight of the Parliament of the first previous reading. +*Me #would enjoy to take #some observations to this proposal. By part am not satisfied with the way in that it has voted the proposal in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and in the Commission of Protection of the Consumer. +Have to take upsetting especially the application of the principle of the information before the celebration of the agreement, so that information offered provide a value added to the delivery of information already foreseen in the vertical directives. +Gentleman President, wanted to express my gratitude to the Presidency of the Council and especially to the Mrs. *Bonino and to his collaborators for having got to form agreement *tripartita that it was agreed by the Council and by the delegation of the Parliament. +So that they do not produce problems of interpretation that *desfavorezcan to the consumer, in the result of the conciliation went back to reiterate clearly, that the free creation of the contractual state of commodity means, that the necessary costs, #such like costs of sending, of hand of drama and of material will run to charge of the seller. +The intention of the proposal was to create minimum harmonisation of the legal disposals inside each Been member in particular on the need of guarantees legal, that already mentioned with #all eloquence the Mr. *Whitehead. +Besides, when establishing value limit more strict, will have to consider the available technology and especially the principle that have proposed for #all the measures on the environment and that has been recognised also by the Parliament, the principle of cost relation and of benefits. +But *yo believe that it treats of important points, and -Mrs. *Sandbæ*k already has mentioned it- the *plaguicidas in the foods of the babies was a point of controversy very strong, and in these cases treats of the health of babies and small boys. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, Mr. *Corbett no only has the merit to substitute of excellent form to the speaker but that also has detailed very explicitly the practical development and the advances in the procedures of *codecisión in the that it bases this report. +Gentleman President, have received a letter of the services of the Cabinet of the President in the that *me said that like the debate on *Kosovo went to celebrate yesterday in the afternoon, did not go to argue the questions that gentlemen colleagues and *yo had presented for today in the afternoon to the Council. +Is to expect that the group presidents obtain the backrest of the majority of the new Parliament that form after 10 June to finish to clear and order the question of the *viáticos. As *nosotros still have not achieved it. +Like this, after forty-five years with a secret directory, inside a pair of months will be possible for persons normal and common put in contact with the person of the Commission, for example, attendant of the delivery of the #telephone directories. +The European Council of Colony will have to save these omissions and seat premises for the reform of the Commission, the enlargement of the vote by qualified majority and the *reponderación of the votes in the breast of the Council. +*Cuando argue of institutional reforms, think also that no treats only of figures but that the fault of strength of the Parliament regarding the cooperation with the Council and the Commission -*me refer here to the absence of procedure of *codecisión- plant really in the agenda in this Conference. +The central elements are: majority vote like norm, new weighting of votes in the Council, structural transformation of the Commission #as well as the right of the European Parliament to issue *dictámenes of compliance in #all the modifications of the Treaty. +Of compliance with the section 2 of the article 37 and of the section 5 of article 40 of the Regulation, have received eight proposals of resolution on the European Council of Colony and the oral questions on the institutional reform. +The services of the Plenary *nos have informed that this conjoint debate on the Diary 2000 will initiate with a statement of the Council and of the Commission and, to continuation, will take part the first orators of the Groups, no speakers. +By means of the almost anticipation -go it to describe like this- of *Amsterdam, the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament have shown going out #one to the meeting of the other that it is possible to reach in relation of tension positive resulted that they take to advance to the EU in his whole. +do not proposes any serious strategy in favour of the employment, conforming with suggesting that it continue, pure and simply, politics *macroeconómica monetarist that makes from takes years, and that has not given proof of efficiency for *asentar a growth sustained and durable and to take that it reduce the unemployment of form massive. +In the draft, the Council presents a series of proposals of statute, in the that appears reflected, for example, that the payment of compensations will carry out by means of the presentation of *justificantes, in addition to diverse proposals more directed to establish the labour conditions of the assistants. +The Conservative Group and the *Socialdemócrata have put in danger today with his attitude the credibility of the European Parliament when refusing the proposal of the Liberal Group for a Statute of deputies. +Regarding the commercialisation of meats with hormones, in addition to the consequences that #can know in terms of disequilibriums of production in an agricultural activity *estructuralmente *excedentaria and very *fragilizada after the crisis of the *EEB, the consequences for the human health of the consumption of meat with hormones are far to be *desdeñables although they are known partially. +The World-wide Organisation of the Trade, #such as it has been negotiated by the Commission and imposed to States members, tricks of the principle of caution and sanitary security that each State has to can keep to preserve the security of his national. +Gentleman President, is by conviction and no by taste by the contradictions by it that will not vote the whole of resolutions legislative relative to the Inform Diary 2000, with exception of the relative to the *OCM of wine, since we are against of the positions of the Commission and of the Council that result of the commitment of *Berlín. +Wanted to warn to any political Group that was in playing to the politics *partidista with this vote, that the blockade of proposals #would mean to have to expect until the new Parliament #can vote in autumn, and *ello #would take *peligrar more of 200.000 millions in resources and #would comport interminable delays for the communities and the local projects. +was not easy #exegesis of the approaches of the colleagues, but have found a formula that has allowed, with four amendments of transaction, achieve the majority withdrawal of other and, at the same time, keep the spirit of the proposal of our commission. +In the first place, the need to guarantee the existence of community budgetary resources sufficient to cover the needs of the sector in the frame of the structural politics *pesquera. +#One of *ellas -that saves relation with the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam- is that in opinion of the speaker -that did not triumph in the Plenary, but that now, with the Treaty of *Amsterdam in vigour, purchases full sense- have to consider #all this process like a process of conjoint strategy of the Union that has to conduct to conjoint actions. +But in my opinion, the European Parliament has put more in the place of countries candidates to comprise how is it that mean the conditions of the European Union in the practice of the political life of said countries. +#This is a central point from the perspective of Parliament. For *nosotros, also is important that the countries *beneficiarios use this instrument to know the rules and mechanisms of the structural politics and that, in this way, the back adhesion was easier. +The Council decided likewise separate of the original proposal of the Commission and increase the objective amount until the 9 %, instead of the 8 % proposed by the Commission, like coefficient of the bottom for group of pending commitments of the Community. +*Me allow to remember it that the Commissioner *Fischler said in an occasion: this political is so important because we always have to answer to the question of how #can take in the labour market the brother and sister of a young agriculturalist that inherits the exploitation? +*Sintéticamente, #this #would be the basic points that carried to the Commission of Budgets to change the Monday at night rejection position to the Agreement *interinstitucional and propose to the Plenary that accept it, together with the financial perspectives *anejas. +Have supported #Galileo, the #european proposal in matter of global system of navigation, and have supported to the Transport Commission in his wish to allocate the 55 % of the bottoms to the railways and a maximum of the 25 % to the roads. +Express gratitude -no only in name of the Commission, but in a much wider plane, in name of the public in general of the Community and of the sector- by the forecast and the commitment shown by the Parliament in this subject. +#If tomorrow the Parliament did not get to the agreement to give his approval to an Agreement *Interinstitucional, will not have then of the financial frame on the that have debated and on #whose base have agreed agreements: the *Quinto program mark of investigation and the networks *transeuropeas. +A last decision of the Council, to instances of Parliament, has included #one *cuarta community initiative, the *cual also believe that it will benefit in looks very concrete to some populations determined of the European Union, although it do not have the community dimension that have the #others three initiatives. +Subject: safe Foods During the months of winter and spring are, in #all the countries of the European Union, campaigns of national field around the subject of the security of the alimentary products and health. +The export capacity of the *Iraq is at present increased with a *subprograma of the program «oil by foods», but because of the terms of planning and supply will apply fully only from the spring of the 2000, #if well *ustedes know that the price of the oil supposes a factor of insecurity in both directions. +Also #would wish that *me gave his opinion on #if in the case of *Iraq no *infringe the treaty of *Viena, that forbids the starvation of citizens like form of war; Considers that no *infringe Proclamation of the Human Rights and the Agreement on the Rights of the boys? +Gentleman representative of the Council, perhaps will have observed *usted that, in his communication of 23 March, the European Parliament takes for granted that in the new Commission will have a considerably greater number of women that in the actuality. +By the contrary, fortunately, only in exceptional cases the administration of the Council has seen promoted to proceed strictly against civil servants that have not respected the norms of behaviour professional in the exercise of tasks. +Work exclusively in base to the experience that have accumulated in the Program of Peace and Reconciliation in *Irlanda of the North and also of #some programs of environment that have had hit there and in the that the *ONG have taken the initiative and have received help with charge to the bottoms of the European Union. +is not own of the Presidency take observations on the bottom of what has said; but believe that yes it is it the *darle the thanks to *usted and to Gentlemen colleagues of the #german Presidency because I believe that they always have shown respect and eagerness of collaboration and because they have had a presence really live in this Assembly. +Therefore, my political Group, the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left, will not give support to a reform of the *PAC that will suppose, in fact, the deepening of his main disequilibriums. +Without embargo, my main objection against the employment of article 203 is the following: will take that the finance of the enlargement depend of the uncertain results of the annual budgetary conflicts among the Council and the European Parliament. +The Council and the Commission have declared #willing, in relation with the calendar of ratification of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, to recognise amply to Parliament those rights that, especially in the capitulate of the structural reform, #can demand formally from 1 May of this year. +The villages of *Europa no *nos will concede any credibility #if on the one hand we say: want to control a series of problems and take it having for *ello a series of bottoms, but on the other hand take to disappear this money in the pockets of organisations and persons to those who do not corresponds. +Is evident that #if in *Europa there was some modulation among the richest zones and the poorest, the poorest #would not need, of course, this resource that calls «rural development», idea enough wanders and quite bad endowed of bottoms, that, as we know #all, #can serve for #everything, as in inn #spanish». +Is an unlucky fact and, besides, the regulation takes impossible that #can go back to present this amendment, which means that we will not be able to obtain a nominal vote on the fact that the members are not *ateniendo to the question of transparency. +Without embargo, in my opinion, has not taken reference to a circumstance, in concrete to that go to have to reinvent the market economy #if we want that the villages of *Europa central and oriental, the new democracies of *Europa central and oriental reach *algún day the #status to convert in members of the European Union. +Gentleman President, during five years have heard and learnt in the Commission of Budgets that the only possibility to prepare a good budget and take advantage of #all possibilities consists in reaching an agreement *interinstitucional that guarantee the financial perspectives during seven years. +#If #any time has existed a recipe to reach a dissemination and discrimination against the traditional local companies, able to increase the unemployment of way unnecessary, has been #this. +Now *nos find in a different stage: *nos find in front of a decision of the Commission and this report -lo and behold his importance- collects the *dictamen of the European Parliament that gets after months of negotiation with the Commission and the Council. +has to, as, congratulate to speakers social for adding this new agreement on the agreements with a length determined to his previous agreement on the temporary work, and expect that they reach quickly a new agreement on the workers employed by means of agencies of temporary employment. +Of course, in addition to the goal of the commercial liberalisation, asked also that the agreement included guarantees for the environmental protection and respect to the basic labour norms of the International Organisation of the Work. +And together with progresses, also have to be conscious and recognise the difficulties that represents the inclusion in the field of the European Union of the Agreement of *Schengen, that is an enclosed world and that, besides, builds to the *margen of the European Union to be able to work. +But of here to two or three years, the reality surely will surpass the forecasts, until point that, to be true the figures that stir at present, in the year 2001 *ciento ten millions of #PC will be allocated to the use of the electronic trade, that will move #two hundred one thousand millions of dollars. +The fact that especially the *Länder Germans insist in withdrawing the similar services to the broadcast - as they formulate here - of the field of application of the electronic trade, has origin in the #german internal situation. +Nevertheless, *Señorías, this Parliament adopted two months ago an amendment to article 5, section 1, that establishes that #that *cashing drops in the field of the directive on rights of author, is to say, in the judicial protection of the author, whereas the *cashing like #such do not involves an exploitation of the information transmitted. +This same morning also have requested that the President and the Table, that in this moment were not present, give green light so that in the next days a delegation of this Parliament displace to Blunt so as to interview with Mr. *Rugova. +This morning have had votes according to the new procedure of *Amsterdam, in the that have not been able to *quedarnos with #some isolated amendments like the amendment 28, that #would demand a review clause of this perspective that extends -as they already have said #some speakers this morning- along seven years without any review. +The birth of the only coin #can involve an aggravation of the disequilibriums among States because of the acceleration of the *deslocalizaciones, well to States or regions more competitive that #others, or well of regions that cross difficulties to the dominant economic axes that already outline (northwest of *Alemania, the *Benelux, Island of *Francia, the north of #Italia). +The debates on Diary 2000 have lasted more of a year and have constituted the most important part of the works of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Parliament. +#can not by less to say that the results of the Summit of *Berlín in the field of the reform of the common organisations of market in the sectors of the milk, meat of *vacuno and the cereals no *me excite too much. +The Commission, that already *detenta a monopoly of initiative, *apropiaría like this of the executive power European, to convert in the Government of the European Union, since the Council #would limit to exert a paper of *segunda parliamentary house, that pronounces by majority. +To the listen the interventions of the deputies during the debate that has taken place in this hemicycle, #as well as the interventions of the President of the French Republic, *me surprises to check that the analysis of the errors limits essentially to a *cuestionamiento personal of *Slobodan *Milosevic, of family and of his gathered. +Regarding the next institutional reform, is very desirable that the voice of the Parliament have greater weight and that, *contrariamente to the ancient method, that had disappointed seriously, the reform centre in a true dialogue *interinstitucional, which is perfectly expressed in points 8 and 12 of our resolution. +Is important that the two legislative institutions of the Union issue a same *dictamen and, therefore, that the centre of gravity for decision taking was situated in an equidistant point among the Council and the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, like our debate on the problems of actuality, urgency and special importance will treat amply questions relative to the human rights, *yo #would wish to inform of a relatively grave fact that produced in *Marruecos against a #french citizen, the Mrs. *Danze-*Serfaty. +Ask to the President of the European Parliament that direct to the #moroccan authorities to protest against expulsion of a #french citizen and to demand the right of #Abraham *Serfaty to return to his country. +#If it follows killing to the leaders, #if the populations have to escape to the mountains and have fear of going to vote, #if the thousands of persons that were moved in the last year to *Timor, *proindonesios, have right to vote, #if leaders like *Xanana *Gusmãor follow prisoners, believe that it will not be possible to celebrate a free and just referendum for *Timor Oriental. +Nations Joined, the European Union and the international community in general has to keep the pressure on Indonesian so that #this accept a military presence that guarantee the neutrality of the referendum and prevent that it convert in a farce of unpredictable bloody consequences. +Gentleman President, *Timor Oriental is #one of the symbolic files in the that are in game the human rights and in the that the absence of rights of villages and the absence of a true recognition of the right of self-determination conducts daily to a terrible drama. +On the other hand, gentleman President, this week have presented a question written in the that request the amnesty of 250 arrested persons in the #palestinian territory no *enjuiciados, but his service *me has communicated that the answer to this question will not have already place and neither publication. +In the short term -as it affirms also in the Statement of *Berlín-, the European Union follows concerned by the stagnation of the process of peace and to this *respecto is fundamental that after the elections in #Israel, parts go back urgently to a whole application of the respective commitments subscribed in the Memorandum of *Wye *River. +Am the first deputy in the history of the European Parliament that has penetrated in the runners of death, the past 21 April, fourteen days ago, for *reunirme with *Mumia *Abu #Jamal, political prisoner convict to death, in #whose favour often our Parliament has approved resolutions. +will Conclude this last speech, this last cry of the that they do not have voice, taking the signal of meeting of the blacks -are #many blacks that today struggle in the States Joined against the pity of death, together with whites, Indians, *amerindios, Hispanics- and pronouncing the words: "*On *the *move!» . +Like conclusion, have to urge to authorities *malasias to that they recognise that the development of a greater political cooperation and economic among the European Union and *Malasia will depend to a large extent that it initiate a serious dialogue that end in the that in *Malasia give steps for the observation of the fundamental human rights in said country. +graces, gentleman *Vecchi, by his words, by the obstinacy with that has followed to the countries *ACP and by the obstinacy put in the breast of the commission that has followed #all the looks of the cooperation and of the development. +#Can entrust in that it find, sure enough -and is indispensable that the Union contribute to *ello-, a solution that allow to stabilise the relations among the three islands -#if #this is possible, and anyway is it that wish- and that take into account the specific needs, particular, of the populations of each #one of these islands, that, although they do not find very moved away #one of #others, possess these specificities that finish to mention. +The military coup d'état that, obviously, condemn, produced as a result of the grave incidents caused in Big *Comora by pertinent persons of the Island of *Anjouan, #as well as by the objective inability of the civil authorities to guarantee the reunification process and of pacification of the State. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, this Assembly always has conceded special importance to the nuclear security, since #all know that in case that it produce an accident in a nuclear head office, #this no only affects to the persons that work in *ella and that live in the *inmediaciones, but that prejudices to #all the inhabitants of *Europa. Is therefore by it that we have to watch of wall security norms. +Had wished that #all the that today they have presented a resolution, *me refer especially to the Group of the Popular Party European, *nos had backed more firmly in the past and that #all the that have signed the resolution that have in front had put more obstinacy in convincing to his *correligionarios. +Lady Speaker, in the decision of the Council of Agriculture have adjusted the compensations by price discount of the grain with the compensations in the crop of the industrial potatoes. +The Euro, like element of the development of the last years, of so big importance especially for the future, will have place, and have achieved, by means of requests to the distinct commissions, can use the Euro like electronic money in the most different sectors. +To this disequilibrium it is necessary to add the multiplicity of preferential agreements, signed already or ready of be it, with third countries by part of the Union, just *cuando the announcement of a new cycle of negotiations *multilaterales puts in question the suitability of these bilateral agreements. +Is to say, that was considered a sector *marginal, condemned to disappear with an attitude *conformista and a fatalistic determinism that #would cause inevitably the unemployment of millions of workers, it that coincided with the moment chosen by the European Union for the fight *prioritaria against unemployment. +Like this as, lady Speaker -and according to the #french Academy is perfectly correct-, #would wish *felicitarla no only for having been chosen now Speaker of our Assembly, for the next years, but also for being the first woman that after twenty years, as *usted already has said it, has *sucedido like Speaker to my ancient colleague, Mrs. #Simone *Veil. +#would Wish also say to our colleague #portuguese, *Mário *Soares, that congratulate it for having taken part in this election, for having given to the Assembly the faculty to contest the place, because in *eso consists the true political, the true democracy. +Lady Speaker, am here present for *rendir honours to the powers with that the Europeans have *revestido to this Parliament and to offer my sincere wishes of collaboration to build a better future for our citizens, but having present to time that also are part of the world, the *cual is of #all. +This perception *relativizó the particular national interests and generated in #all *Europa the will to advance a decisive step in the historical task of completing the #european integration. +Finally, see an enormous paradox in the election of yesterday by the right of this hemicycle of a candidate totally *estimable, but #whose federalism is shown, *cuando, in reality, at all is #that -*me seems to me- the message directed by the constituents -and, in particular, by right constituents- in the #european countries. +Results very evident that said reform was and follow being a previous condition for the negotiations that go to initiate in the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, that is -well that we see it- instrument in hands of the dominant economy, is to say, of the #american economy. +Wish to the new Parliament it better and also to the next new Commission, a time happened the difficult audits -the Commissioners and Commissioners still for appointing in torture house of the European Parliament freely chosen-, it that say of course of an ironic mood and, of course, only *retóricamente. +Specifically, #would want *darle graces in name of the Commission of Politics Regional and, of course, of the socialist deputies, by the glorious work made during the period in the process of reform of the structural Bottoms. +#If in any moment *yo was not satisfied of how leave things, will not doubt in using the powers that *me confers the Treaty until changing the competitions and the wallets, or in asking to each #one of the Commissioners his resignation. +Am convinced that the best way to reach this goal is to *través of the method that the Community already used with hit in the past: in the first place ask to parts that cooperate among yes, that begin to work in common in questions of daily importance, that believe unions *aduaneras, that constitute common institutions and that affirm the peace through common interests. +Believe that #that's why the Commission refused, for example, take out of the budget, assigned by the reconstruction program *OBNOVA, some 45 millions of euros, to pay the wages of the 700 persons that work for the Office of the High Representative for *Bosnia, it that *equivale to an amount of around 17 millions of euros of the 45 totals. +And in relation with the process of reforms of the absolutely necessary -Union, no only for enlargement but to take a more democratic Union and more effective-, lady Speaker, think that, of course, it that #can not take is a new Conference *intergubernamental to enclosed door. +will reach *recobrar confidence #if there will be more transparency, but especially #if there will be a greater respect to the hour of *promulgar the directives, to the that they are the cultures and the national peculiarities, #as well as a greater and more frequent resource to the principle of subsidiariness. +*Les #can ensure that it will be very important to keep a balance among the need of freedom of the trade, that is #one the bases of *Europa, and the protection of the great rights, among the *cuales the right to health is a fundamental right. +The security of the persons do not resides only in that no have war, but also in the economic stability, in the fulfillment of the human rights and in the protection offered by the states of Right. +The Parliament begins work with a new squad and with new competitions conceded by the agreement of *Amsterdam, the previous Commission, that resigned in the middle of his term of office, has to be substituted and, finally, in the Council are for the renewal of the methods of work. +In consequence, while the European Parliament *focalice attention only in the execution or no of the president *Öcalan, without tackling in depth the question of the self-determination of the villages, will penetrate in the surface of the problem, but never will achieve to resolve it. +since we expect that *Turquía also #can be welcome in breast of the European Union inside #some years, no only *le ask that it suspend the execution of the pity of death of *Öcalan but also that it commission of the abolition of the pity of death in the country. +And *cuando #there is a neighbouring country and it same #would occur #if the problems, gentleman Commissioner, gave in *Hungría and it was necessary to create *algo in the neighbour *Austria for the corresponding intervention the question is #if the *vecindad #can and has to be useful, and #if there #where there are problems the neighbouring countries #can really offer his experience on it that occurs in the region. +#Such as it will have known the Assembly by reports of press, in said document specify some clear obligations for the future commissioners that propose to occupy *algún put during the year back to the termination of his mandate to inform with time to the Commission of his intentions. +Have been speaker in a considerable number of directives relative to the liberalisation of the sector of the telecommunications and so much *yo like my colleagues have acted of fine faith in this work and had taken for granted that the #ex Commissioner *Bangemann had taken it same. +Also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity for, in a context *algo wider, *darles to know a brief outline of #some plans and projects directed, firstly, to situate this case in a greater context, and, second, that this case *nos give reason for *reflexionar on it that we #would have to and have to improve in our legislation on edible for animals and foods. +#Ours *Europa will not work, the confidence in #ours *Europa will not work, #if we do not have the capacity to happen of this species of coordination of control to a true *comunitarización of, at least, a part of these alimentary controls. +Because the citizens and the agriculturalists have right to expect of the Administration a suitable reaction in front of a crisis of this type, that maybe was not a natural phenomenon, but yes that *acerca a lot to *ello #if we consider #which have been effects. +do not want to signal to nobody, but, with evidence, have jumped preventive measures and have not taken into account the exhaustive controls that there #be in a so delicate field like the of the human alimentary chain. +More precisely, regarding the decisions taken, hail the reference to employment and to the decision of a «#european pact in favour of the employment», *me see forced to express my dissatisfaction regarding the assignments released and to the concrete proposals presented. +The vote of this resolution is a signal *reveladora of the will of the European Parliament to clear #all the details of this subject and answer to the legitimate worries of consumers. +In effect, have to foresee solutions in the short term to resolve the problems engendered by the pollution of products alimentary in *Bélgica and, to longer term, has to initiate a debate on numerous questions already mentioned during the crisis of the crazy cows and that arise again because of this new alimentary crisis. +Was the *primer case in history community in that it resorted to the article 82 of the Treaty to penalise a discriminatory practice in damage of the interests of the consumers, but that did not have a significant effect on the market. +The fans to the football and the fans to other sports now will know, with reason, that have the protection of the law, and the organisers of the championships will know that *les will impose an authentic and strong sanction #if they break the rule at present in vigour. +Along the almost #three hundred pages the experts rush forward without compassion against the problems related with the management, control mechanisms, the fight against the fraud, the politics of contracting of personnel and the business culture. +In this document #can read , for example, bottom criticism of the propensity of the Commission -like the of other administrations- to, quote: "act in his field according to his own logical, listening to determined *lobbies and without having sufficiently in account the consequences out of his field of competition" . +But the alone control of the European Parliament on the Commission will be insufficient by two reasons: firstly, because the European Parliament shares the goals of the Commission and, besides because #this is not subjected to the pressure of the public opinion. +The values that sustain the institution #would have to centre in an ethical of the fine management, in the assessment of the money, in a clear communication, in the merit and service to the citizens and taxpayers of the European Union. +Without embargo, to the sight of responsibility, that has been refused of *facto, results also difficult to take seriously the statements of the commissioners to obey in the future a request of resignation of the President of the Commission. +Is very interesting that the Committee of Experts affirm in the final warning that the administration of the Community tends to *privilegiar the tasks of conception and of the negotiation in detriment of the tasks of management and of control. +And thus, the Socialist Group is had to contribute, from the institutional responsibility that has to have the Parliament, to a better operation of the community institutions, so much of Parliament as of the Commission, and demand it to the Council. +Rather by fortune that by a fine planning even there #be not had a big accident that have resulted in a radioactive spill produced by a ship that transported radioactive materials, although it takes #some years sank a ship that transported *hidrofluorido of uranium of *Francia to *Riga, although this registered that apparently they recovered the containers without that produced spill. +The world is to a large extent a world of poverty, a world of AIDS, inside the that the *Europa that *esboza *usted is an island of welfare and of peace, based in the knowledge, that still follows being a far dream for human beings. +Gentleman President, the vote of our Group, with the *cual deny the backrest to the Commission, is not fruit of a *animadversión to persons, the members of the Commission, and the President, but fruit of the political assessment of the programs. +The Commission will be strong #if it will be able to fulfil fully initiative function in accordance with the Parliament that sues a greater participation in the preparation of the legislative proposals and an institutional relation constant with the Commission. +The answer is "at all" , because there #be not at all that it justify program to control the political life of the nations of *Europa furtively, helped and induced by the Bosses of Government of the States members, without forgetting to the of the Realm Joined. +Regarding harmonisation measures that *le correspond, not even improve the situation in those countries in the that the legislation is more favourable for the hard-working classes and the disadvantaged categories or discriminated, mainly women and immigrant, since the harmonisation, *cuando the there #be, takes by down. +#If we watch to the past, has taken upsetting in the collective responsibility. But when reading the report of the wise persons, the last report that finishes to appear, sees that the practice has been very distinct. +On the auditions, agree with Mr. *Corbett that it has been a good beginning, but there are things that have to improve *cuando go back to arise this subject in 2004, for example, the possibility that we make individual votes on each Commissioner, after a vote in commission or at least *indicativa to know #if the commission was really in favour or no. +The Mr. *Barnier finds in an optimum position to comprise, apply and move the regional politics, given his political experience is quality of national minister, but also like president of a regional assembly. +#Can that it was #that the moment to introduce those measures that the Committee of Independent Experts proposes, and that in the majority of the cases are measured of common sense that do not know why have not been already made. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, Bosses of State and of Government took takes almost a year the initiative to summon an extraordinary meeting of the European Council that was devoted fundamentally to the realisation of a space of freedom, of security and justice. +By decision of the Secretary and of the Spokesman of the Parliament of *Finlandia *le has forbidden the entrance to the sessions of #the same, by indefinite time, to television reporter #finnish that took public some documents little *reveladores, provided by *algún deputy, on the *preparativos of the meeting of *Tampere. +The #finnish Presidency *nos has presented his proposals. Lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, to this *respecto wanted to call attention on a point that consider fundamental in the frame of the debate on the realisation of the space of security, freedom and justice. +In part, treats to build a *Europa strong, #whose need has been caused, #among others factors, by the own politics of the European Union; although mainly all turn around the fact that these parts of the judicial culture are the central nervous system of democracies. +Lady Speaker, consider that in the resolution presented appear #all the assessments and the proposals that is timely that Parliament approve to end to offer his immediate contribution so as to that the Council of *Tampere begin to fulfil specifically the solemn promises taken to the #european citizens by the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Is important to struggle against the illegal immigration and against the abuse of asylum laws, but the governments have to respect the obligations that have contracted in the frame of the Agreement of Gin and give asylum to the true refugees, and *tratarles with compassion and with dignity, instead of *temerlos as to demons. +Finally, wanted to express the wish that the debate that *ustedes go to celebrate today and morning with the Table of the Delegation of the European Parliament give fruit and that dialogue among our two parliaments continue prompt in the frame of the Mixed Parliamentary Delegation. +has not taken into account the paper of the European Parliament like representative of the #european villages, in virtue of the *cual catalogue of fundamental rights #would have to emanate of our institution. By #everything *eso, #can not accept the function that *nos attributes. +Those who conform with little will say that at least *algo changes, but is important that *nosotros, deputies to the European Parliament, are ambitious and keep opened the possibility to incorporate the Letter in the Treaties and in a #european common Constitution of the that even #can be the embryo. +In the Council of General Subjects of April of 1999 decide to ask to the Commission that prepare a program of performance economic and social to make possible the creation of the necessary institutions in *Timor Oriental. +The Union has demanded with firmness in moment that Indonesian take manager of the order and of the security, but alas, as we already have seen, the authorities of this country have not fulfilled his obligations in this look. +Like European Parliament is our obligation talk with an alone voice *cuando are in game fundamental decisions for the future of *Europa. resolution #would have collected even more support #if #one of the Groups had had to his disposal the translation in a language determined. +My conviction is the that *Europa will recover his letters of nobility in the opinion and the charm of villages of the world when affirming clearly, in front of the breaker *neoliberal, his own values and his project. +This trial will base in the measure in that this Commission approximate *Europa more to the village, confront with the frauds and inefficiency inside his own services, and, especially, arm to *Europa to face up to the offence, the unemployment and the social exclusion. +Gentleman President, a time that have seen that it foresaw to reassign #all the content of the *PRS 4 inside the category 4, in view of that Parliament and the Council have decided to fund these credits in the title *B-1 Agriculture, *me go to allow *desviarme a bit because my problem are not the *PRS. +Because here the Commission *nos says literally that, although we already have taken this effort of finance with reallocation, is necessary amount of 570,5 millions more, that the Commission proposes to reassign in the global transfer or in a complementary transfer in this exercise. +Any deputy of this Parliament that was not familiarised with the function of #Washington in the tragedies of Indonesian and of *Timor from 1966 until the last genocide *perpetrado by the soldiers on 30 August, #would have to read the analysis published today by the #Washington *Post and the *Herald *Tribune in first page: "Pentagon says that the military contacts with Indonesian are useful" . +Is evident that it is necessary to exert international pressure on Indonesian and #many of *nosotros have asked that it suspend already the financial assistance of the Bank World-wide and of the International Monetary Bottom and that suspend the exports of arms and the military cooperation. +do not believe that it was appropriate in #all the cases that the Europeans react in military plan in front of crisis that take place in zones very far of borders, but the crisis of *Timor oriental has put of relief the difficulties with that trip the Europeans to answer to a new task of maintenance of the peace. +While we talk here, the Security Council of the Nations Joined has approved a resolution with arrangement to the Chapter 7 of the Letter of the Nations Joined that allows that a strength of maintenance of the peace under #australian control go to *Timor oriental. +Perhaps #would have to reconsider now this definition and promote an international debate to determine #if democracies like the #ours have to give equality of recognition, deal and *respetabilidad to diets of #everyone that *deniegan democracy and the State of right, the human rights and the fine public management. +The main candidate of the Party *Socialdemócrata in elections #european, #Pierre *Schori, affirmed also that exists a fundamental difference among it that the EU designates an effective management of the crises and a common defence. +In the conclusions of the European Council of Colony *recalca that the creation of a #european politics of security and of defence presupposes the whole participation and in equal conditions of #all States members, included the neutral militarily, in the operations of the European Union. +Although there #be #any request of word, have to apply the rules of the game, and in the article 4 of the annex *II of the Regulation says that deputy will be able to formulate, in this turn of questions to the Council, only a complementary question. +Subject: Suppression of the use of lenses of contact of multiple use in experimental stage Determined reports of press appeared in June affirmed that, in Big *Bretaña, had recommended to the optical suppress the use of contact lenses of multiple use in experimental stage by fear to that they #can transmit a new variant of the illness *Creutzfeldt-#Jakob. +Gentleman President, believe that the medical specialists and the optical know perfectly #which are the risks that #can cause contact lenses, but, as well we know, the Commission is the attendant to study the evolution of the situation in the practice. +But in spite of *eso, runs the voice that it #can get to a deal; is to say, the transitory periods relative to the free market of work and other similar subjects of the EU #can link to transitory periods in the countries candidates to the adhesion. +Obviously, is a far country, but no thus it leaves to be true that the valid diet is literally criminal; the Union #would have to devote to demolish diet; of it contrary, *nos will see forced, as in the case of *Kosovo or of other regions, to use the great means. +But in the case of *Corea of the North the problem resides in that country is *herméticamente isolated of the rest of the societies of the world and, therefore, is *extremamente difficult take get the information to this country, #if well it #would be to wish that like this it occurred. +Gentleman President, as a result of the recent decision of the Council on the lifting of sanctions in relation with the crisis of *Kosovo, the Commission has presented the proposal to exonerate to *Kosovo and *Montenegro of the special sanctions of the *CE against the ancient Republic of *Yugoslavia. +Is comprehensible that today are the economic reconstruction of *Kosovo, that without embargo, is directly connected with political suitabilities of the States members, and also with the effort of these last for distributing the bottoms allocated to the reconstruction of *Kosovo among the companies of the States members. +And #this to say that no treats of a question of research of a previous control on the character of the global help proposal, in spite of that the amount of #the same, 1.900 millions of euros in the next 5 years, like this #would advise it. +The European Union, that beyond all doubt has a main paper in the solution of the problems, has acted correctly when deciding extend regulation, especially creating the service of reconstruction of the region. +Is clear that the mandate of the agency do not includes the assistance in the #others countries of the ancient *Yugoslavia neither in countries #balkan, because this structure is the specific instrument of the European Union for the reconstruction of *Kosovo. +The disputes that *ocasionan delays are obviously inadmissible, had account of the need to find a fast solution to the problem and, therefore, the Commission is opened to an agreement of commitment that respect rapidity goals and efficiency. +Therefore, wanted to ask: #can transmit our wish to the Conference of Presidents that in the future, #if it goes back to celebrate a debate in the that it exist a conflict with the Council, #this organise of form that the Council was present and #can give a direct clash? +To concede to #both the opportunity of *recapacitar and to get to a better understanding of the subject and reach to continuation together with *nosotros a greater efficiency, request the return of the final vote to the Commission of External Subjects. +It more surprising of this manipulation is the attitude of the Council: during #all the negotiation of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, had resisted *encarnizadamente to the *reagrupamientos, in a special title of the Treaty, of #all the rights of citizens, *dispersos in said text. +Likewise, the program of supply of foods to *Rusia, launched this same year, is subject to a narrow surveillance that, among other things, includes controls of the utilisation of the bottoms generated by the sale of products alimentary in the local markets. +The past November was in *Moscú with a group of the Parliament, that displaced to that country to evaluate the need of humanitarian help, and #can check that the country simply is not in conditions to put order in his subjects. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, perhaps there #be a reason to remember that in *Rusia have occurred things. More of 5000 nuclear heads have been taken out of circulation, In *Rusia have created democratic institutions and #this possesses media that are able to criticise to the Government and have the value for take it. +Without embargo, to finish, estimated colleagues, wanted to take out to collation a question that also have posed #some of our colleagues, to know, the need to create a centre of investigation for the study investigation and systematic application of new methods of prevention of earthquakes. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, estimated colleagues, the news of the Sunday happened about convictions to death for the four persons that took part in the student disorders of the summer in will Go created a wave of indignation and repudiate in the village *iraní and in the rest of the world. +To continuation, the preparation and application by a military commission joined that it has to be previous to the establishment of a strength of peace; and #this has to, to his time, occupy of the disarmament of #all militias armed and to prepare the national reconciliation. +At present the journalists follow working in conditions no totally optimum; therefore I consider timely, for example, the transfer of press hall perhaps under the hemicycle, since the current hall continues being too much far and often is not easy for the journalists come to talk with the deputies, especially with occasion of important sessions. +This morning *les take the promise -*sobreentendiéndose that no *les #can promise it impossible: #can not *prometerles that go to have of planes #all the days for *llevarles to capitals and vice versa- that I will take all it that it #can, with the cooperation of the mayor and of the competent authorities, to improve of appreciable form the situation also in this look. +Gentleman President, in my *primer speech in front of this House *me had enjoyed to talk of the adjust electronic of elevator row to increase like this his efficiency, of the ventilation in the services, of the air conditioned and of the carpets totally *insulsas that there #be in the bar. +Also regret the fault of monitors of TV in the zones of bars and restaurants that #would have to be to disposal of the deputies that take a pause to take coffee so that they #can follow the course of the debate and, #if they have to take part, so that they #can measure adequately entrance in the Hemicycle. +Gentleman *Prodi, go to *citarle an example that *usted definitely will comprise very well: this principle has to be so important for the Union and has to have a so high priority like the that has, for example, the criterion of price stability for the Central Bank European. +In spite of *ello, along the last diverse years States members have seen forced to face up to odd forms of alimentary intoxication and hardly have of mechanisms of susceptible control to prevent that the industry of the foods introduce type of *desperdicios and waste in the alimentary chain. +Believe that *Europa has to assume part of the responsibility that *le corresponds in this subject. #would Have to help economically to the small agriculturalists and to the other agricultural employers that have been victims of *algo that in some mood is not but a derailment of the #european agricultural politics. +Definitely, the debate celebrates today, and since we are here and have heard to the gentleman President *Prodi, have been able to sure enough take in consideration it that *nos announces, is to say, the creation of an independent #european agency, the research with character *prioritario of security alimentary, the reinforcement of the controls, etc. +These slimes contain heavy metals, #among others, considerable quantities of cadmium, and precisely thus in my country and in general in the #nordic countries residue #can not disseminate by the arable surfaces, because the cadmium goes in in the alimentary chain and through #this in the persons. +Gentleman President, since it debated two years ago the Green Book of foods, expect that it conclude the White Book, that will include, expect, the concrete initiatives and the responsibilities of the #european politics in the alimentary field. +In our opinion, the deep cause is that the social system puts the benefit by on even of the health of the persons. Especially *cuando treats of the benefits of the great companies and of the health of workers. +Lady Speaker, Commissioner *Prodi, Commissioner *Byrne, the crises of the *EEB and of the dioxin, together with the current controversy relative to the genetically modified foods, have combined to undermine gravely the confidence of the consumers in the *inocuidad of the foods. +Gentleman President, at the beginning of the years eighty, *cuando the first alarming #news on the AIDS seeded the panic in *Europa and States Joined, the prognoses about the scope and the social implications of this illness purchased dimensions catastrophic. +treats especially of young adults economically active that, in cases, have to his charge to #all a family. Said of another mood, the AIDS affects mainly to a generation that in the majority of the countries constitutes the vertebral column of the society. +In the frame of the principle of caution sanitary, the European Union will have to therefore defend the application of this right to the compulsory licences in the Round of #Millenium. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, with more of 2 millions of dead persons to the year and 4 millions of new infected in the #african continent, and with the certainty that the 70% of new *seropositivos registers in the #african continent, how doubt fits that *nos find in front of a pandemia that is the first cause of death for the citizens of a country #african. +*Irlanda of the North is in the periphery of this Union and is a peripheral part of the Union and, even so, are the beginning of a terrible propagation in our country, related to a large extent with the drug traffic. +No #can, especially because a series of States members have decided to break with the nuclear politics, with the politics of the fission, accept that the Union like #such continue funding the politics of the nuclear energy until four times more that #others. +Together with *ALTERNER and the investigation on renewable energy in the *Quinto Program Mark, that expect that it was very important, need the adoption of measures collateral urgent, #such as the directive on access to the network for the market of the electricity. +The White Book *infundió hopes and are desirous that it set up the exciting campaign with his million of facilities photovoltaic, his big farm with aeolian energy, biomass and -it more exciting of #all- his 100 communities in the that #all the electricity will proceed of renewable energy. +In the first place, *me seems that the available quantity is too much small and, second, #if we expect the duplication of the quantity of energy renewable, #would have to have a marked increase in the quantity of bottoms assigned for a period of time. +Has a very scarce budget and, therefore same, Group receives *favorablemente the proposal of the speaker to increase the resources of the program *SAVE in 4,4 millions of euros, until reaching a total of 68,4 millions of euros. +Regarding a last subject that *me had remained in the inkwell, that is the participation of #some countries of the centre and east of *Europa, wanted to say that, in actuality, there are ten countries that are of programs *SAVE to incite to an improvement in the energetic efficiency. +Here is the supplementary illustration of the collusion among the Commission and the Parliament for *desposeer to the #european Council of it that to trial is of his exclusive competition, is to say, the external politics. +Was the fight of the #black masses the that imposed the end of the segregation institutionalised, but #this have not been able to unfortunately put end to the social segregation that takes that the workers and the unemployed of this country follow living in misfortune. +Like this and #everything, the philosophy of bottom, *me seems the following: there are #some subjects that prejudice or go against of the competition and that, in consequence, have to be harmonised deeply; #others, instead, with regard to the *cuales the harmonisation, in my opinion, #would be hurtful, thing that do not occurs in the current States that even allow some diversity among regions. +This figure, that includes to 350.000 refugees of *Croacia and *Bosnia-*Herzegovina, 120.000 displaced #serbian and #gipsy interns of *Kosovo and 300.000 unprotected socially, has been reckoned by evaluation squad conjoint for the alimentary help of the *ACNUR and of the World-wide Program of Foods, that visited the Federal Republic of *Yugoslavia in July of this year. +The most unprotected groups of Serbian find in these institutions, and the THROW wants to loan the support that was necessary in form of additional alimentary help -fundamentally help alimentary will deliver to *través of the World-wide Bank of Foods- and besides wants to complete it with other articles that are not foods and heating. +In the frame of this analysis, take in consideration the resolution of this Parliament of December of 1998, #as well as the conclusions of the Presidency of the Council after the two informal meetings of the ministers commissioned of sport. +To me *me #would enjoy to ask to Mrs. Commissioner #if, to achieve our goal, #would not be better *aunar #all our strengths and, with the backrest of #all the States members, present an only #european candidature like headquarters for this International Agency against the Doping. +Create, and disagree a bit of *usted regarding the last part of his answer, that the important signals that gives the European Union in other regions of the world, but that are very near of Indian, thanks to the organisation of events like the summits, have to be countered. +The #european employers, the #european political class, the #european public opinion, to the equal that the of the Indian, need an important signal, that #can not be another that summit. +Further of #all #this, *yo wanted to add, without embargo, to finish that we follow considering necessary a deep reform in this field and the Commission has foreseen to present, therefore, before end of year a proposal to reform amply the system of subventions and of organisation of the markets in the sector of the linen and hemp. +Now are not in the #spanish Parliament, not even in the assembly of the region that has been mentioned, but in the European Parliament and #can not prejudge neither know in advance criterion and respect the right of expression of the ladies and gentlemen deputies. +The main obstacle for the entry of *Turquía is his inability to fulfil the political criteria established in *Copenhague, especially regarding the democracy, the human rights and the rights of minorities, in particular of the village *kurdo. +#If we advance in the proposal of the Commission and of the Council, #can *ustedes be safe that the diet of *Turquía do not goes to advance to the democratisation, will strengthen in continuing and worsen the inadmissible politics, inhuman current that is #as well as the provocations against #Grecia and against humanity. +Here includes for example the requirement to take seriously no only *verbalmente the financial commitments of the European Union in front of *Turquía on the base of the financial protocol, but also the to put to disposal the corresponding bottoms. +The vicinity of the term to fulfil an intermediate stage of the peace process, established for 4 May of the present year in the agreement of *Oslo, took that the situation went even more unsure. +The situation in Orient Next is still far of #this, but do not fits doubt that the election like prime minister of *Ehud #Barak in #Israel and the peaceful option of the Palestinians have offered an opportunity to peace: show it the recent progresses of the agreements of *Oslo in his version modified of *Sharm-the-*Sheikh. +The authentic difficulties will appear in the frame of the negotiations on the final situation, that includes the contentious subject of *Jerusalén, control on the rights of the water and the return of the refugees. +Without embargo, this agreement has a considerable political significance: marks the unblock of peace process, after the years of stagnation and even of deterioration during the government of *Netanyahu, that never had accepted the logic of *Oslo. +Lady Speaker, once again, with occasion of the vote on the calendar of partial periods of sessions for the year 2000, have had to face up to a round of amendments with seen to reduce the length of the partial periods of sessions in *Estrasburgo. +In effect, as it has remembered the Mr. *Dell' #Alba to the principle of the turn, with participation in the votes, do not think to endorse a situation that in fact discriminates to millions of #european citizens, to #whose representatives *les denies the full exercise of his parliamentary mandate. +In effect, had explains that the energetic saving on consumption has improved up to now around the 1% annual, the European Commission *preconiza a supplementary reduction of a point of the percentage of saving on the final demand. +Is true that *Turquía #would have to, in this look, satisfy the criteria fixed by the European Council of *Copenhague, among the *cuales appear the existence of stable institutions that guarantee the democracy, the human rights and the respect to the minorities. +do not go to vote in favour of the common resolution on the course of relations European Union - *Turquía because in *ella there are reasonings and political contradictions, #as well as a fine dose of hypocrisy, things that are not own of a serious institution like our Parliament. +debate the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the opening of the Round of #Millenium in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade of 30 November until 3 December in *Seattle. +These countries fear that the negotiation of the labour rights minima in breast of the *OMC was an attempt to take part in his low labour costs and, therefore, in his relative advantage in this look. +These progresses have to allow reconcile the demographic growth and the economic growth with an endowment limited of natural resources, since it is the technical progress it that moves away the border of the durable utilisation of resources. +Likewise, the hits obtained by the countries industrialised and the emergent economies of #Asia -because of liberalisation of the exchanges-, have taken *tambalear the confidence of the communist diets and have conducted to his radical transformation in *Europa and #Asia. +Finally, the globalisation reflects the perceptions of the coming generations, the of the next century, that, through the media and of his own *peregrinar, live the world like a *aldea #where the *interdependencia promotes solidarity and #where expresses the taste by the difference and the confluence. +These norms refer, firstly, to the investment and to the competition, two questions in front of the *cuales partners doubt, by very diverse reasons, and that, because of the precedent of the *AMI, arouse reservations and resistances by part of some countries in roads of development, *cuando no a radical hostility in #some of our no governmental organisations. +Is a very dangerous path, as they show it already the consequences of the application of the norms of the *OMC, with the aggravation of the social inequalities, of unemployment and of the poverty in the world. +For example, still have not seen the benefits for the textile sector and of the preparation, neither neither have seen any benefit of the liberalisation of trade of agricultural products. +By the contrary, in the majority of the countries of the European Union, the concentration of CO2 has not taken more that grow regarding the levels of 1990; therefore, will need drastic additional measures to fulfil with the agreements of *Kioto. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, it is necessary *agradecerles to *ustedes that they have coincided in the majority of points with the resolution of the European Parliament, that collects neither more neither less that the philosophy of the European Parliament regarding the climatic change. +The intervention in the control of the crisis is in accordance with the military neutrality of #some States members. In the conclusions of the meeting of Colony said explicitly that the Union will not take part in the solutions adopted by the States members in matter of defence. +Gentleman President, Presidency #finnish has prepared the enlargement of the qualified majority *enviándoles to the States members a questionnaire, in the that it asks in how fields are had still to enable the qualified majority in the taking of decisions. +In the *primer paragraph of article 29 of the statutes of the Central Bank European regulate the criteria of the cast of the subscriptions of the capital of #the same, according to the *cuales the Bank of *Dinamarca #would have to contribute with a 1,6709 percent of the own capital of the #ECB. +On the other hand, the Council neither has received still any proposal to apply the recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Tuna Atlantic (*ICCAT) against the overexploitation of this species. +. (*FI) Gentleman President, the Council has a positive attitude to the possibilities that offer in the field of the fight against the social marginalisation contemplated in paragraph 2 of the article 137 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, after the entrance in vigour of #the same. +Only wanted to ask, in view of the problems of supply, #if the Commission goes to urge to #Georgia to that it build the 700 *m of road that are missing until the border *chechena, that did not build owing to pressures #russian, so that in the future the humanitarian help #can reach the border *chechena. +The Code has improved the mutual understanding about the politics of the States members, has established an effective mechanism of query and has boosted the dialogue about the application of disposals. +Gentleman President, the fight against the pity of death in the world is first of all a fight of civilisation by right of humanitarian interference that is step in the world-wide consciousness. +Demand to Government #indonesian that put end to the violence and that believes the necessary conditions so that, also *nosotros, from the European Union, #can help of suitable form to repair the damages and to loan the necessary humanitarian help. +will Be especially important #if this Parliament achieves to exert an appropriate political paper and concrete, so as to contribute to launch new light on this dark event and to take justice to the 81 victims and to families that from takes more of 19 years are to know that it occurred, why and #who are the managers. +In the European Union, the national authorities of the States members have to demand of the companies that inform to the apprentices and workers that #can remain exposed to the radiations, of the dangers for the health that comports work and that *les qualify in the protection *radiológica. +In effect, right to contaminate" #can not buy , and a simple payment or an exchange #can not release to the richest to take #all the possible efforts to respect the common law. +Lady Speaker, for my Group this agreement *interinstitucional is another angular stone for the *restablecimiento of the credibility of the European Union regarding the form to occupy of frauds and of the bad financial management. +The agreement *interinstitucional *nos carries even more far in another direction as it #would impose to #all the deputies and to the personnel the obligation to use the appropriate procedures to inform to the future services of *OLAF, so that fraud complaint #can be investigated adequately. +Celebrate can contribute in my first oral intervention, like recent member of this High Assembly, to a fine part of legislation #european and wish that produce a wide compliance here and a fluent approval of the directive in the Council of Ministers. +Expect that in the vote that #be to make affirm with strength the will of the Parliament to open immediately the path to disposal that will allow immediately a greater visibility, a greater transparency and a greater access of the citizens to our democratic life. +In point urges to the Commission to that it go in in contact with third countries and with international organisations with a view to find suitable solutions To this *respecto it will be necessary to take into account of special way how proposed develop in this field the Commission of the Nations Joined for the International Mercantile Right (*CNUDMI), the *OCDE and the *OMC. +*Yo celebrate can signal also in my first oral intervention in the Plenary of this Assembly that in my own homeland; *Austria, transport facilities by wire constitute an angular stone of the tourism and, therefore, of the national economy. +Therefore, *yo *me *congratulo that among Parliament, the Council and the Commission exist an absolute consensus, an absolute coincidence, regarding the will to put to disposal the necessary credits for *Kosovo with charge to the Budget of the EU. +*Yo believe that the #european taxpayers #would not comprise that they demanded simply additional bottoms to fund the costs in *Kosovo, without visiting to time the difficult path of the definition of priorities, or was, precisely, of a redistribution of the credits. +The *multifuncionalidad of the agriculture in the fields of the feeding, the conservation of the landscape, the protection of nature and also of the tourism like sector of employment with perspectives of future, that surely will not contract but that will follow growing, constitutes an important worry for #all the Parliament. +manifested numerous discrepancies: in the first place, regarding the *IFOP; second, regarding the support of the Council and of the States members to Politics *Pesquera Common, especially regarding the international agreements of fishing, as in the recent case of the Agreement with *Marruecos; and, in *tercer place, on the relations of the EU with other international organisations. +Through measures of support directed specifically to women in the frame of the politics of population and of development will be able to contribute to create a more social base stable, to the transformation of the existent structures and to the development of other new. +With the statements of Mrs. *Schreyer in the sense that it will procure to redistribute the cost, resort in lower measure to the reservation of security and modify perhaps the Financial Perspectives, the Commission has given a *primer step of approximation to the positions of the Parliament. +The position of the Parliament is unanimous. Need a review limited of the Financial Perspectives so that no *nos see forced to go out of the step time with a series of budgets complementary and *rectificativos, as it has occurred this year. +Second, regarding the external politics, specifically regarding *Kosovo, the audience that organise takes some days with the Commission of Subjects External and Budget Commission to me *me resulted very *reveladora, especially the fact that #this was not a commitment in the short term. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0035\/1999) of the Mr. *Huhne, in name of Commission of Economic and Monetary Subjects, on the annual report 1998 of the Central Bank European (*C4-0211\/1999). +Like this, whereas the Treaty demands that the #ECB publish a quarterly report on his activities, #ECB has decided to publish said report *mensualmente with the Monthly Bulletin, in the that it takes an exhibition detailed of the economic and monetary evolution. +The publication by part of the report #ECB detailed of each country that takes part in the zone of the euro #would go against of the necessary creation of a perspective of #all the zone when developing, debate and think the monetary politics. +Therefore, an indispensable condition to achieve a substantial improvement in the processing of payments to the by minor *transfronterizos is definitely that the banking sector establish some common characteristics for the processing among the banks. +*Yo urge to the #ECB to that it contribute of constructive way to the hit of the Pact in favour of the growth and the employment, and that express with clarity how proposes to take part in the dialogue *macroeconómico to contribute to the definition of a combination of politics balanced. +#All the central or international banks of the great countries owe, in #one or form, to this democratic responsibility in front of the socioeconomic community, in the #anglo-saxon countries to *través of the Parliament, in *Alemania through the Banks *federados of the *Länder. +Gentleman President, Parliament receives in the day of today to the President of the Central Bank European, is to say, the president of the first institution to the *cual the #european nations - did not knows why disorder - have decided to entrust, give a sovereign power, at least eleven of *ellas. +Without any doubt, *usted will have after all more can or influence that *ellos, although it was less brilliant, since in #millenium end that seems *erigir to the money like last universal value, is *usted *detentando the temporary power and the spiritual power in the breast of the European Union. +What greater was equality in the level of the distribution of the information in the society, greater will be the efficiency with that individual options orient the development of the economy and the invisible hand of the market. +In the Low Countries made a study of the economic institute of the small and medium enterprise, the *EIM, of the that definitely will agree. Have ascertained that the retail trade will have to have available a 100% of volume of daily sales in coins of change, in front of the 7 % current. +Going back to the current situation, wanted to repeat that the strategy of politics monetary of the system of the Euro, that has presented very clearly in front of the Parliament, bases in two *pilares, both designed with future horizon on the half term. +Wish that know, gentleman President, that will give our support to #all efforts that go directed to finish with the terrorist actions, to control the strengths *paramilitares and to sign the supremacy of the civil power on the military power. +Need to build a new nation in #where the respect of the human rights, the application of justice and the reconstruction of our social tissue are the solid foundations that *nos allow to conform a society in the that the factors generators of violence eradicate once and for all. +The Commission supports the clear affirmation of the importance of prevention in the fight against the delinquency, already was financial, urban or juvenile, and sees recognised his management so that they stood out in particular the rights of the victims of the criminal activities. +#If well it is true that #can have finished worse, #a lot of worse, especially for the citizens of the third countries that find in *Europa or that aspire to come to *ella pushed by the need, #this no removes that it has lost a fine occasion to begin to build specifically a space of freedom, justice and security. +There #where the States members no longer #can go more far as they have got to the limit of possibilities goes in in action the Union -in the politics of asylum, in the of migration, in the fight against the crime organised and in the cooperation with the justice. +On the immigration, believe that *Tampere represents an important stage, when integrating it that we #can call a strategy of *codesarrollo, is to say, when recognising that, to resolve the question of immigration, it will be necessary to tackle fully the causes that originate the phenomenons of refugees. +Gentleman President, seat bases of the creation of a #european space of freedom, security and justice was the goal of the European Council of *Tampere, an important goal because it affects to the fundamental values of our western civilisation. +Wanted to insist, in name of my Group, in that they apply fully, in #all looks, the principles of the Convention of Gin in the two slopes of the politics of migration, and that the Commission and the Parliament are entirely involved in #all the looks. +In *Tampere has produced a mutation *cuasiconstitucional, because the Council has given a mandate to the Commission to establish, to #his proposal, common norms for the admission and stay, for the lawsuits of small quantity, and for #many other questions. +The advances reached will be no only acts of the Council, of the Commission and of the European Parliament, but also of the States members in the measure in that *les entrust tasks of the bookmark in virtue of the principle of subsidiariness. +This proposal, combined with the maintenance of the monopoly of initiative of the Commission, *propiciaría, as we know, a considerable strengthening of the powers of this last and reduction correlated of the right of the States. +Recognises -thing that *nosotros have said always- that the cooperations reinforced of the Treaty of *Amsterdam #can not serve at all to resolve the double program of the every time greater heterogeneity and the total impossibility of abandoning powers of sovereignty to procedures of decision by qualified majority and, more still, in a *Europa of thirty States or more. +The social dimension of the European Union, a previous condition for democracy #european, neither mentions with an alone word in this report of the Council of the Wise persons. +After which will have still work, among 10 November and the beginning of the negotiation, since the Commission will have to present a document of the that *yo same have said that it #would be a solid political document, global, structured so that it was useful to the negotiators and facilitate this negotiation. +Also is true that our goal is it that before have called intelligent restructuring and there are three characteristic elements that companies have taken into account; because in the past, in the European Union, have cases of the two forms of behaviour that have mentioned previously. +But #all know that, in this period, legislation alone or the legislation in #if same #can not solve the *tremendo problem of the restructuring of the industry, especially *cuando the #european industry did not has to only compete inside the borders, but that it has to take part and face up with hit to the world-wide competition. +Finally, in #day of the start of the negotiations of the *OMC, wish to underline the need that *Europa affirm his political wills, also in matter of industrial politics, and plant in the centre of *ellas "the employment, wealth creation, the development of the territories". +By his part, my Group goes to direct to the main #sindical organisations #european to exchange experiences and, got the case, launch a #european request that allow to our *conciudadanos influence in the future decisions. +*Me refer also to the thousands of workers of companies like *Michelin that have invested his time, his energies, his knowledges, his aptitudes, his hopes and aspirations, in addition to the of his families, in the company in the that have worked during *tantos years. +In any case, #would want *asegurarles that the continuous communication with the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, and with the commission of companies, will help continuously to the Commission to carry to good new term essential interventions and it more flexible possible in this sector. +Like this as, the European Union has regretted deeply that the Senate of States Joined, in his decision of 13 October, have refused the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs. +The Commission shares the disappointment that finishes to express the President of the Council in front of the rejection by part of the American Senate of the Treaty of total prohibition of the nuclear proofs. +Among the arguments adduced in the States Joined, #some considered that it had not got the moment to renounce the nuclear essays, *cuando results that *Corea of the North deploys efforts to endow of his own arms and Chinese follows developing arsenal. +It that *nosotros criticise deeply is this attitude of the republican majority in the Senate that answers more to it that it was *otrora the doctrine of destination self-evident" of the States Joined, much more that the of the moral leadership, in addition to the military, that have in this moment. +Hail the initiative of the President #Jacques *Chirac, of the Federal Chancellor #Gerhard *Schröder and of the Prime minister #Tony *Blair, those who have directed in an open letter to the North American public opinion in *pro of ratification of the Treaty *CTBT. +The European Union aptly is the opportunities of the #russian companies to export to the markets of the European Union to promote the #russian economy. +In this sense, took greater #granting and accepted a minimum number of three States participants in the *coorganización of concrete projects and of five States participants in the agreements of cultural cooperation and of big *envergadura and procured to find the road of a greater *flexibilización of the devices of organisation. +#There is infinity of agents and cultural operators that will remain *desprovistos of class of means for the action that carry out, and #whose value is invaluable, #if it did not concludes this file before the end of the common year to end to allow the entrance in vigour of the program already at the beginning of the next year. +The informal contacts with the Presidency of the Council and with the Commission allow to expect that it get here to a unification of criteria, as the youngsters and associations expect that the performance and relation among the institutions was not bureaucratic but pragmatic. +In the session of the day 23 July, the President of Parliament proposed to the commission that chair the examination of the bottom, and in the meeting of 27 July, the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media And Sport *me appointed speaker. +Nevertheless, since the bottom of this proposal " only" is to limit help period of 5 to 3 years, there #be time to examine #if *Eurostat and the national institutes of statistical #can satisfy our needs of data and statistical informations. +As *usted will comprise, gentleman President, do not have intention to go in in the details of the amendments presented by the Parliament, but *me pleases *comunicarle that the Commission shares the interest to guarantee the hit of small and medium enterprises, by it that accepts the relative amendment to #the same. +In the frame of the budgetary procedure, although we opt by a period of five years, Parliament has #all the years the possibility to take modifications, to interrupt the payments, is to say, to sanction, #if it results necessary. +Lady Speaker, during the conclusion of my intervention in the debate of yesterday on the restructuring of the companies, signalled to the Vice-president that chaired the session that had produced an anomaly in the resolution conjoint that go to vote later today. +Memory very well that in the Conference of Presidents -the colleagues that are here to my right definitely will agree, *Pat *Cox, Mrs. *Hautala, my colleague Baron *Crespo and #others more- argue on the question of #if we talked of *Michelin or of the globalisation and the restructuring of the companies in general. +And *yo, therefore, ask to the Speaker that have a rigorous control in the register in relation with the no authorised modifications of the proposals, which is a problem, in my opinion, of modification and of falsity in public document of the Parliament. +there #be not form of *reintroducir, from the point of sight of the procedure, the amendment of the Mrs. *Scallon, since no exists any base of commitment to present an oral amendment. +Besides, in place to pose the political conditions that invariably posed the European Parliament, limits to the quotation of Comments" to an institutional mechanism of control of doubtful effectiveness, as the experience with the program *Meda has come putting of self-evident. +Results particularly important that loan special attention to the granting of any type of supports to these companies, that always have to be conditioned to the maintenance of employment, and have to establish severe sanctions and force to the return of the assignments, *cuando was not like this. +Every time that the European Parliament tackles #this and other questions, *me give account that it treats of a field of action that requires measured to scale #european. Is the case of the railway and is the case of transport of dangerous commodities. +Gentleman President, want, in the first place, appreciate to Mr. *Hatzidakis, speaker and president of the Commission of Transports, Regional Politics and Tourism, the excellent report that has made on the proposal of modification of the Directive mark relative to the transport of commodities dangerous by railway. +Is true, as it says, that in #some zones of the network *nos find with a situation of overload, with infrastructures that are already very used and very taken advantage of fundamentally in the transport of persons, that is the that in these moments has the priority in the politics of the railway in #all the States members. +And, to #that *respecto, #can not leave to underline the error that constituted, takes four or five years, the *concertación of fishing agreement out of the widest frame of the agreement of cooperation *concertado among the European Union and *Marruecos. +Have happened years and neither the Commissioner *Bonino neither the Commissioner *Fischler neither the respective ministers have had the diligence neither the necessary agility so that no were here it that we have to take in front of a hurtful event, *cuando is missing a month so that it produce. +Far of *oponer among himself\/hisself the interests of the workers of the sector *pesquero of the #european countries and of the #african countries, is necessary to look for a convergence concerning claims and of his fight in front of the powerful capitalist interests. +But to time have to get it before possible to a reasonable agreement that take into account the interests in matter of environment and external politics and of security and that do not commit the error to introduce demagogic elements that *desestabilicen to our neighbours. Have to avert that *nos drop the bandage of the eyes *cuando was too much late, as *sucedió in the *Balcanes or in the *Cáucaso! +treats of: application of slaughtering plan selective; introduction of an identification of animal effective and of a system of register and of movements that already applies completely; legislation for the elimination of meat and meat with bone of the factories of *piensos and of the agricultural establishments. +This House, through Investigation Commission on the *EEB, and the European Commission were the that recommended the measures that now are applying to guarantee the security in #all the European Union of those who consume #british products and #british meat. +Is paramount that base our decisions in scientific proofs, and #if today the majority of the scientists thinks that it #can raise the prohibition to export meat of bovine #british, expect that the #french authorities act inside #few days, and expect that the Commission undertake the pertinent legal actions, #if no occurs it expected. +This endemic persistence poses a fearsome question, the to know #if they do not exist moods of transmission of the illness that the that detected up to now: the feeding with animal flours and the maternal transmission. +The charge of the sufficient scientific proof that weighs on the instance concerned for protecting the health of his population brakes or prevents in practice the application of the principle of caution. +Gentleman President, after the excellent interventions of the Gentlemen *Souchet and *Martinez in favour of the maintenance of the #french embargo on the #british bovine meat, only wanted to add three reflections from sight point juridical, morals and politician. +Going back to the specific case, consider that Parliament do not has to ask to the Commission that investigate the existence of recommendations formulated by the national Agencies managers of the alimentary security against of the community decisions. +Believe that the Commission is a good work, but our fundamental worry in this moment is the maintenance of the activity *pesquera and, in concrete, of an activity in the that do not have *sobrexplotación, but conservation of the natural resources. +From *Marruecos *nos get #news that the #moroccan fishermen, with big despair, see the immense damage that takes to fish banks, so only to resupply to the #european markets of sardines and other common species of the that depend the same lives of *ellos and his families. +Therefore, gentleman Commissioner, in this question and in the that refers to fishing agreements in general, as it put of self-evident yesterday in the important debate that kept in relation with the Agreement of fishing with *Marruecos, always will have the favourable opinion, in general majority, of the Commission of Fishing, and expect that the follow having of this Parliament. +In the first reading of this concrete proposal the Parliament did not take amendments, but the speaker, #Hugh *McMahon in that moment, formulated the observation that it was absolutely essential that these three instruments went in in vigour to time to avert any disadvantage in matter of competition. +Expect that the Transport Council loan attention to this message and there are #some advances to reach that the transport by road remain comprised; of it contrary, see a real danger for the rail sector to consequence of the review of the general directive. +#If the speaker believed timely to propose that it postpone said Agreement, Subject Commission External #would support fully a proposal in this sense that, to the sight of the war of *Chechenia, *nos seems that it #would be a reasonable measure to take upsetting in this question. +Since the Popular Republic of Chinese has a chamber of the world-wide population and has a big economic potential, is very important implication in the #european investigation and in the technological projects. +The technical backrest to favour the energy-efficiency, the saving of energy and sources of clean and renewable energies will allow that Chinese reduce the broadcasts of CO2. +By it that refers to the questions of biotechnology, have to answer to the Mr. *Gahrton that #all the proposals of investigation in the sphere of the biotechnologies have to satisfy *imperativamente the applicable ethical conditions to project of the program-mark. +Therefore, in line and sharing the worries of the Parliament on the gravity of the situation in *Chechenia, neither create -and comprise perfectly the position of His *Señorías to #that *respecto- that this agreement was the best half to manifest our interests and our questions in front of it that is *sucediendo. +Since this year it celebrates the centenarian second of the trip of #Alexander *von *Humboldt to *Venezuela, *yo wanted to remember that *Humboldt no only contributed *algo, specifically the eagerness to know, but that also returned with *algo to *Europa, specifically with knowledge on the tropical plants and on the geography of this interesting continent. +That, in spite of the practical more ecological that #can introduce #one or more States members, apply it that appears in the directive of the most uniform form possible, and that do not exist an excess of bureaucracy for the manufacturers or for sale points in this context. +Are adherents that there are actions no legislative, as many times it is not necessary legislation since, sometimes, suffices with the *soft *law, but these initiatives do not owe *hacernos lose of sight that it is necessary to avert a false idea of harmonisation, it is necessary to avert the juridical insecurity, #as well as the false expectations on the inner market. +The Parliament finds in a fine position to set up the discussion on this type of initiatives. Especially, maybe, for giving to know the worries of the half citizen, to the one who, perhaps, no always listens in form owed in *Bruselas. +To avert #one overloads of the Court of Justice, which is comprehensible, the Commission has foreseen to leave in hands of the national judges the decision on the granting of exemptions in the frame of the section 3 of article 85. +do not want *detenerme in the juridical subjects that already have been perfectly tackled by the Mr. *Lehne and the Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi; *me interests more *detenerme in #some political subjects that still do not tackle of the all in the document, although no fits doubt that they will be object of debate in this Parliament, since, thanks to #the same, grows the idea of *Europa. +As well, the *primer strategic goal of the document that have presented and that are here pretends precisely guarantee balance among the inner market, by a part, and the defence of the interests of the consumer and of the environment, by #another. +do not leave to escape this opportunity to reinforce the #european guidelines in matter of employment and to initiate to time a process directed to the creation of places of work of quality and to a fine social protection. +This measure also takes in consideration the fact that in the operation of an inner market follow existing problems social in the urban zones, #as well as in the rural zones of *Europa, and of course in my country, *Irlanda. +The local communities of the private sectors, public and of the volunteering #would have to can *aunar his collective talents in an effort for creating employment in the sector of small and medium enterprises in his respective zones. +Consider positive, for example, the guidelines directed to the strengthening of the regional initiatives and venues of employment and the greater insistence in the *equiparación of the women in the politics of employment and to this *respecto believe that here it follows being valid the criticism of our colleague, Mrs. *Theorin. +The correct reading, anyway, by part of the States members will have to be that the main part of the programs will not have to base in pertinent activities of the past, but in those #whose main goal was the acquisition of creative aptitudes. +The services develop of two contrary moods: by a part have the conversion in services of #all the productive sectors, included the agricultural -that is not mentioned-, it that conducts to the abolition of limits among *ellos, and, by #another, the industrialisation of the sector services. +In the field of the politics of employment and of the standards of the social model European, among the States members produces a competition that no favours the achievement of the goals that declare that we want to pursue and in the conditions that guarantee in theory. +Of the debate that here keeps from two hours ago believe that it derives an optimistic conclusion, since it results patent that the European Parliament no only follows the problem with attention and thinks to the *respecto, but that, especially, takes proposed in a subject so *excepcionalmente delicate as it is the #european strategy for employment. +Gentleman President, invoke our dignity of deputies because it is necessary to award to the signatures for the politics and the political statements, #the same dignity and space that reserves to the signatures for the assistances and the money. +Exist varied technologies to reduce simultaneously the broadcasts of particles and the broadcasts of oxides of nitrogen until the level demanded by *nosotros in the first reading well by means of the addition of *amoniaco, well by means of an intermediate refrigerator combined with a regeneration filter. +Have a possibility to conclude with a solution of first class the successful history of the relative legislation to gas broadcasts for the improvement of the quality of the air. +The report of Mrs. *Avilés on the common position has been approved also after a hard fight around the change of foundation juridical of the article 235 to the article 152 on the procedure of *codecisión. +Equally, in other reports on the world-wide conferences of the UN in cooperation with third states , on #all with the states *ACP, have conceded a political priority very high to the needs of the boys +In the last debate that celebrate in this assembly on the case of the *Michelin, said that it is impossible to have restructurings of velvet, *velvet *changes, and #this is like this because we live a period in that the restructurings are *grandísimas; have the entrance of the technology, changes of the labour diet, #there is also a big enlargement of the phenomenon of the *mundialización. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, in occasion of the debate of 27 October happened on the subject *Michelin, remembered that Parliament had amended the directive on the information and the query to the workers, and that expected that the Commission recovered these amendments. +Conducts to terms of interminable transition in the environmental field for other states candidates, because of another mood, and quote it of the official document: "#this #would carry to an increase of the financial effort". +Share sight point -#such as I already underlined in my audition in front of this Parliament in September- that a reform of the system of finance has to have like goal a greater financial responsibility own of the Community. +To the finish, gentleman President, wanted to *puntualizar the fault of participation in the procedure of this report, because, except the Commission of Agriculture and #some of my colleagues that have helped in the amendments, #can not say that it have had a big participation. +It correct, instead, is to proceed to reexamine the line guideline before the first enlargement on the base of the real needs not to block a series of credits orientative with total uncertainty on his *adecuación *respecto so much to total as to the calendar. +In the report asks to the Commission that boost the optimum methods, the exchange of opinions and experiences, to increase awareness of the population without thus leave to respect the principle of subsidiariness. +The imperative more decisive of the energetic and environmental politics, to the *acercarnos to the change of #millenium, is the to fulfil the commitments of *Kyoto and to #that *respecto, a tax on CO2, #would exert, of course, an important paper. +By this reason, believe that the Report *Smet means an important step for the improvement of the situation of *cientos of thousands of workers and to avert that the length of the labour day convert in a half illicit to increase competitiveness. +To5-0060\/1999 of the Mr. *Lechner, in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, on the proposal of directive of Council relative to the notification or transfer in the States members of judicial documents and *extrajudiciales in civil or mercantile matter [$^*COM$^($^99$^)$ ^219$ ^*C$­^0044$/^1999$ ^1999$/^0102$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\; +By means of the new proposal of the Council for a regulation on competition, recognition and execution of resolutions in familiar subjects and in the relative procedure to the parental responsibility, guarantees now to the citizens and citizens of *Europa a unitary civil state. +In this sense only #can express my joy in front of the fact that every time there #be more countries -also countries members of the EU- that recognise the marriage among two persons of sex and that comprise that #such couples #can wish have children and that #this is a wish that have right to see fulfilled. +#One of the conditions imposed to *Bulgaria for the opening of the negotiations of adhesion is specifically the fixation of a reasonable calendar for the closure of unit 1-4 of the nuclear head office of *Kozloduy that it has to elaborate before it finalise the year 1999. +Second, in how felt exactly poses problems *Francia? And #can the Commissioner confirm that to consequence of the problems posed by *Francia only there will be an explanation to the French and do not change #any in export plan #british according to a calendar established? +*Me fear that the request to exclude to the #european companies of the application of this criminal law, by very useful that was this exception for the #european companies, in essence, no solves the problem. +And have to say that I did not have doubt that #that was his intention, because this Assembly knows the *curriculum of the Commissioner, in particular step by *Hong *Kong, that *nos reveals an unambiguous commitment with the defence of the human rights and of a democratic system no limited so only to *Europa. +Afterwards see the dimensions of our program in #Asia, that rises to some 350 millions of euros to the year, and *me *rasco head thinking in how go to be able to loan the level of assistance necessary to the that it #can be #one of the greater and more important democracies of the world. +Subject: Protection of the interests of the community companies in *Kosovo Telecommunication Organism of #Grecia (*OTE) and the #italian company *STET *International, owners of the 49% of the *Srbija *Telekom, confront in *Kosovo threats and pressures of the *ELK and "#others", with the goal of *expulsarlas of the region, in violation of the international agreements of the two companies, only legal owners of rights of network in *Kosovo. +*Cuando Council examine, at the end of this year, the results of the Common Action of 1997 in the fight against the violence that suffer the women, #would be the occasion to take the balance of the situation that His *Señoría finishes to describe. +The granting of helps distinct of the authorised that it has produced along these years has allocated, especially, to fund the social field of restructuring plan, specifically complementary compensations to the employees sacked. +High Gentleman Representative, have to mention that, personally, have struggled against the Council that *usted chairs more of two years, no with military means, but in the courts, to access to document related with the fulfillment, by part of the States members, of the criteria that regulate the export of arms. +The European Union, with a common coin, a common market and a common legislation has a common interest in that #everything *ello translate also in politics of security and #worthy common defence of credit. +Before being able to express my satisfaction by this proposal, wish that delete the ambiguity arisen as a result of the observations made by the minister of Defence #british, #Geoffrey *Hoon, to know, treats of army *francobritánico or of an army of the EU? +Although, in the Low Countries, #some want to exert paper #british regarding the forced maintenance of the #atlantic relations, and *me refer to the previous #british paper, is not, without embargo, comparable with the questions concerning the *IESD that pose in the States members of the neutral EU and without commitment. +And *permítame say to the Mr. *Patten that receive with satisfaction it that has said on armaments, but proposes the Commission take a follow-up of his previous communications acting with determination in this field and agrees *conmigo in that the project meteoric Missile is of crucial importance for the future of the defence industry #european? +*Nos add to the demands of the #african countries of the south that ask not negotiating the fact that the vegetables and the animals or the human cells #can be patented subtracting wealth to the less favoured and taking greater multinationals. +Report of the Mr. *Lechner (To5-0060\/1999), in name of the Commission of Freedoms and Rights of the Citizens, Justice and Inner Subjects, on the directive proposal of the Council (*COM(1999) 219 - *C5-0044\/1999 - 1999\/0102(*CNS)) relative to the notification or transfer in the States members of judicial documents or *extrajudiciales in civil or mercantile matter +The European Commission, of course, analyses very thoroughly #all the plans of action in matter of employment that the States members of the EU present to the Parliament on an annual base, so as to guarantee that they support integral measures and more modern in favour of equality. +The Nordic Green Left (*NGL), composed by the #scandinavian members of the Group *GUE, has voted today in favour of the relative report to the notification of judicial documents in civil and mercantile matter. +Ask to #all the groups and members of parliament of this Assembly that involve in this effort so that the different groups and political strengths take a new effort by the dialogue so as to that peace processes inside the Union have a positive end, as it seems that it is *sucediendo, fortunately and at last, in *Irlanda. +Is especially worrisome that the Government of *Rusia -in spite of promises- have not begun to look for still a political solution to the crisis, but that follows *presionando only with military measures. +Were #many the that condemn in this Parliament the methods employed by the #russian army to crush under his fire resistance possible to his advance without taking in consideration the losses caused in the civil population. +Agree with that it informed to the Groups -and appreciate #a lot of have had the opportunity to talk of this subject with Mr. *Ajmádov-, but in this House never had celebrated up to now an official interview of this type. +Part of the motivation that hides behind Diary 2000 is the to fulfil, of credible way, with the regulation of the world-wide trade and of step, of course, convert to *Europa in a key speaker in the world-wide trade; *algo that will not want the Americans. +The members of the *OMC have to keep the possibility to concede priority in politics to the public health, to the welfare of the animals, to the environmental protection and to the solidarity with the countries in development. +Wanted to urge also to the Commission and to the States members to that they look for a commitment *vinculante of the *OMC that allow to #all the pertinent exports of the less developed countries the free access of tariffs to markets #european before the year 2003. +Also defend a #red protectionism, in the that it aspire to guarantee the rights of the workers and to prevent the use of unfair methods of work, as, for example, the utilisation of hand of childish drama. +To time, #can not be that the world enrich thanks to a new agreement of the *OMC, but that, simultaneously, impoverish in the field of the culture and of the environment, or in the field of the agriculture and horticulture, and that lose in these terrains that have an essential value for *Europa. +Only #can, then, take emphasis in that the negotiators of the European Union print his seal to the conversations, so that, to time, consolidate the current basic right of the International Organisation of Trade of face to the future. +The best guarantee for the security of the foods is the transparency of the alimentary chains and the existence of a clear assignment of the functions of control and of the *incumbencia of responsibilities. +#This, without embargo, do not supposes that we created that #many of the inherent problems to the fundamental rights in Chinese are resolved or in roads of solution, neither that *callemos that, in the past, States Joined adopted two weights and measures to the hour to demand the fulfillment of the social clause. +The defence of the traditions and specific shots of the own regions by means of restrictions to the politics of trade looms with undermining the bases of the exchange, of the development and of knowledge divulging, culture and welfare. +The Council of Ministers has to tackle simultaneously to the Conference *Intergubernamental an internal reform, #such as it requested in the document *Trumpf-*Pires, and core of #the same has to be the adoption of the vote by majority like norm and the *codecisión of this House, associated to #the same, in #all the legislative acts. +Without embargo, this enlargement of the number of actors in the #european stage will pose institutional problems and will generate appreciable operative weaknesses #if they do not adopt opportunely the suitable measures and reforms deeply the current system before enlargement. +The #german diary "*Die *Welt" described yesterday like this proposal: the classical defence of *Europa will follow being exclusive task of the NATO and the body of intervention of the EU will not compete with this last, but that it will be #one *baza more to his disposal. +Like this, consider that the adoption of new federal powers in the level of the Union do not takes another thing that stress disequilibrium and the moves away of the villages that the compose, as it is *sucediendo a bit in each #one of the reforms, as they show it the high taxes of abstention, in #all *Europa, in the #european elections. +The Governmental Conference will have to fulfil a very difficult calendar, since it is precise that complete his committed in the planned term for no *ocasionar any delay in the enlargement and, to time, his committed is to prepare to the European Union for said enlargement, is to say, that is subject to some adjusted *márgenes temporary and confronts with a big challenge. +Have to group, in interest of the transparency and efficiency, the constitutional parts of the Treaty, included the regulation of the competition, and gather the remaining parts in another Treaty of category inferior. +As in the continuation of the question has mentioned the *travesía rail of the *Pirineos among *Francia and *España, want to signal that, in fact, this rail link is not included, by the moment, in communication network to #european level, #such as #this understood when being approved in 1996 by the Council and by the Parliament. +In consequence, to the sight of the concrete failure, checked of said political, the question is: will Follow funding this type of projects that in reality reinforce some totalitarian diets, diets in fact criminal and *opresores of the human rights? +*Me ask #if in the assessments that, as *nos has said, is the Council, has included also an assessment costs\/benefits of it that cost to taxpayers #european #all these actions of fight against the drug and how benefits are in the practice. +Gentleman President, wanted to consider positive the fact that they have taken some management in front of *Turquía, but want to signal to time my disappointment *cuando the restrictions imposed by *Turquía to the freedom of navigation commercial of #everyone, included the fleets *mercantes of the European Union are described simply of performances. +In effect, the purpose of the agreement consisted equally in finding a solution to the problem of the called *whistle *blower, #as well as to the following question: how takes a civil servant *cuando has knowledge of the existence of a fraud or of indications of corruption, but by the reasons that was no wants to take it know to his upper? +And #if, besides, think that of compliance with this text the members of Parliament are forced to collaborate with the activities of the *OLAF and are forced to *delatar to his colleagues, get to the conclusion that this attentive rule against the essence of the free mandate. +To reach a politics of this nature require measures and efforts to reach unanimity among the States members with regard to the need to have a politics of asylum human and generous. +But even with the small modifications approved in the European Parliament, included the minimum limit of age of 18 years and the limitation of the number of comparisons of digital prints to avert more possibilities of error, is unacceptable proposal directed to create a *Europa fortress, closed to the #others citizen. +This organisation of Nations Joined is the most indicated organ to solve the nuclear problems that arise in any part of the world. +On the other hand, is precise to punish to the managers of the slaughterings and of the attempts against humanity no only so that it take justice in *Timor, but also so that, in fact, #that was an example that present in other parts of the world, #where, by misfortune, still exist and persist attacked against the dignity and, especially, against the life that, to our understand, is an inalienable right. +Gentleman President, although the situation in *Timor Oriental has taken another look thanks to the change of power in Indonesian and thanks to the arrival of the strength of peace, the conditions in the that find the citizens of on foot in *Timor Oriental and refugees in *Timor Western continue being very worrisome. +#All have seen the poignant images of the last *reo executed by the Court of *Florida and therefore no *les *extrañará to #any of the colleagues that the first person that appears in the text of the common resolution was citizen #spanish -and therefore of the European Union- #Joaquín #José *Martínez, #whose conviction ask that it review and #whose pity of death ask that it suspend. +Finally, is necessary, as they have defended colleagues, that the European Union and the Council impose the abolition of the pity of death by means of a special clause in the political and economic agreements with third countries. +The European Union, gentleman *Lamy, #would be had to represent a paper in this sense, to avert in the future this type of excesses, that are disastrous for the populations that wish the truth and justice? +In the breast of the family is #where the boys learn the values of peace, dignity, tolerance, freedom, equality and solidarity" (Preamble), #as well as the necessary aptitudes to carry to the practice these values in the society during #all his life. +*Me satisfies of joy can support the resolution proposal that have today in front of *nosotros, that tends to achieve that these rights recognise: the rights of the progenitors to raise his children, and the rights of the children to this protection and to this support. +Of his work expect a lot regarding a greater knowledge of the phenomenon, of the existence of data and comparable informations and especially of surveillance, the identification and the proposal of prohibition of dangerous substances planted in the market. +The own Commission of Juridical Subjects, that has occupied of this subject, has adopted unanimously, repeat, unanimously, this position with the vote of #all the groups and after an examination detailed. As I already have said, #would want that this measure cost for #all offences. +Believe that we have advanced of form very substantial in the measure in that the European Bank of Investments has accepted that the *OLAF have #all the information and have of #everything it necessary to analyse the loans *bonificados with community bottoms, it that beyond all doubt has to be the fundamental object of worry. +Gentleman President, after the approval of the amendment presented by the Mr. *Lisi, member of the Group of the Popular Party European, elect in Strength lists #Italia, express with greater satisfaction the explanation of my favourable vote to this measure. +The Mr. Newton *Dunn chose the *primer *pilar, *nosotros were of the opinion that we #would have to leave the procedure in the *tercer *pilar, because in #this criminal group that make fakes of passports is greater that in the first, #where the Mr. Newton *Dunn has included it, and #where concentrates the persecution of the fake of documents exclusively on the illegal immigrants. +With *ello adhesion Record treated to keep in the measure of it possible the special statute that Canarian had had inside the #spanish State from his incorporation to the Crown of *Castilla in the century *XV. +As it will know the Mr. Commissioner, the week that comes celebrates in *Bruselas a meeting of *partenariado in the that the Commission will argue with the Governments of *España, *Francia and *Portugal and with the Governments of the autonomous regions and members of parliament #european of these regions the proposals to the *respecto. +Gentleman Commissioner *Liikanen, from takes varied years come treating, first in the frame of the Commission of Subjects Economic and now in the of the Commission of Industry, the reports and questions relative to the industry and to the naval construction. +Is *algo of it that has to talk *cuando treat the question to have in *Europa a field of game equal for the sector; in fact, it that need is a field of game equal for workers to scale international. +This sector, that #can seem, from sight point global, enough *marginal, exerts without embargo an essential paper in the balance of the economic and social tissue of our maritime coastal zones. +Without embargo, two years ago the European Commission froze the community help, and the of the States members, to the construction of new ships while they had not reached the clear-cut goals in orientation plans *plurianuales of scrapping of fuselages. +Want to remember especially to the gentleman Commissioner that, in relation with the negotiations for adhesion, the Union promised to loan attention to the far situation and to the climatic conditions of *Finlandia when taking decisions on the goals of the politics of navigation continental. +Like this have affirmed it the civil servants of the General Direction *VII of the Commission, according to letter of #the same dated the 4.8.1999 when calling attention on the fact that the help did not saves relation with the dockyards of the EU. +Believe that it is fundamental that the European Union exert a strong pressure to get to an agreement of *autolimitación of the production by part of *Corea, in addition to #everything it that already has said concerning the norms allocated to avert this distortion of competition. +But to judge by the current panorama, only #can *decirles that the majority of the Governments are against of the incorporation of a relative article to sport in the Treaty. #There is #some Governments that wish to advance in this direction. +As sporty, like #european citizen and like member of this Parliament wanted to, on the one hand, manifest very vigorously my disagreement with this proposal of the Council and, on the other hand, *preguntarle how measured thinks to take the Commission so that sport have presupposed in the European Union and so that like this we #can work from here by the #european sport. +Obviously, adhesion negotiations will not be able to begin until *Turquía do not fulfil the political criteria of *Copenhague that put on purpose the accent in the human rights, the respect of the minorities and the religious freedom without limitations. +From sight point more general, wish to remember that the politics of security and defence requires the creation of a military industry to scale #european, able to compete with efficiency in the technological and financial plane. +These particular subjects form part of the important group of the agenda of the European Council of *Helsinki, and, as it already has indicated here, this group conforms a dynamic #such, that, to succeed, the summit of *Helsinki will happen to history. +Expect that the Speaker in exercise of Council regret, as I take *yo, the *intromisión of the General Secretary of the NATO in the politics of the party, #whose logical repercussion is an attack to the politics of defence of *Finlandia and of other States members. +Without embargo, in a historical moment like #this, in the *cual or has the value to give a big step advance or #if it do not runs the risk of being condemned to a long impotence, consider that the audacity and the value explain more that the realism. +*Me #would enjoy to underline that the editorial of the Letter of Rights Fundamental is a subject of the maximum importance. And will have to watch by that it do not remain in a simple statement and convert by the contrary in character text *vinculante. +Go to answer in order a bit distinct to the of the interventions, but as I see that the Mr. *Harbour is still present, also *le will say that the Commission will present to the European Council of *Helsinki a wide initiative on the society of the information. +Finally, want *comunicarles that the colleague #Chris *Patten, that regrets a lot not being able to be present today here because of a political commitment outside, has to present, jointly with *Poul *Nielson and *conmigo same, a communication on the requirement of the respect of the human rights and of democratisation in our external relations. +How is possible to keep the pity of death and ask *ingresar in the European Union is *algo that do not leaves of *asombrarme; without embargo, it that *me surprises even more is that it talk to concede candidate statute to the one who still has not abolished the pity of death. +Gentleman President, back the reports of Mr. *Morillon relative to the actions directed to reach the economic and social development of *Turquía, #as well as to deepen the union *aduanera among the EU and this country; especially now, after the two earthquakes that has suffered *Turquía this year. +In a report of this year, the WHO get, besides, to the conclusion that the pollution of the air caused by the traffic of vehicles causes even more died that circulation accidents. The costs *macroeconómicos are also high. +Suggest a light modification of the text so that it adjust to a standard terminology; is to say: "Considering that the *benceno is an agent *cancerígeno *genotóxico for humans and that do not exists an identifiable threshold underneath of the *cual do not comport any risk for the human health" +After having listened the interventions made in the course of the debate, the Commission thinks that the States members #would have to can request terms longer to fulfil the value limit of *benceno in cases in that the term of 2010 #can involve serious socioeconomic problems. +This look already is contemplated among the requirements of general notification of the Directive 96\/62 and the corresponding Decision of the Council 97\/101 on the reciprocal exchange of information on the quality of the air. +Coincide with *él in that the planned term for the entrance in vigour of the directive #can not be on 1 January of the year 2000, but that it has to have an enlargement of at least three years to give time to States members to adjust to the directive. +Goes in , for example, the sector of the tourism in the concept of trade, in the *front-*loading, in the *predistribución , #if we think that precisely in the period of Christmas and New Year citizens of our States members find in tourist zones, in zones of practice of the sport of the ski? +This false opinion, that still finds spread, due to the fact that the parity among the euro, the dollar and the yen, has followed, lamentably, a *derrotero different to the that seemed to show still the day 4 January, no has to conduct to that impose mistaken ideas on the value of the euro. +The conditions agreed in the international program of protection of dolphins for the use of networks of siege of *jareta, that will apply provisionally in group in the Community, determine that it incorporate in this regulation a review of the size of the tights for two species of *pintarroja. +On the other hand, the fact that *yo was the representative of the greatest island of the Mediterranean -*Sicilia- and the president of the province of *Catania, in the *cual is very elevated the number of persons that devote to fishing, *me #would allow to contribute examples of daily experiences. +Report (To5-0065\/1999) of Mrs. *Breyer, in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer on the proposal of directive of the European Parliament and the Council on the limits of *benceno and monoxide of carbon in the air acclimatise (*COM(1998)591 - *C4-0135\/1999 - 1998\/0333(*COD)) +The fact to favour "the #european implantation of *Turquía", as it expressed it #Jacques *Chirac in *Estambul, on 18 November, recognising the statute of candidate to *Turquía, will be perceived by the #turkish authorities like a stimulus to continue with politics. +Have the *sensatez of not changing situation, gentleman President, and entrust in the means of payment modern, like the banking cards or the electronic wallet, to facilitate the life of the travellers and of those who live in border zones. +#If we examine by a moment bottom reason, believe that we have to recognise that the *OMC do not has to be already the one who supervise a negotiation of liberalisation among countries industrialised and that this situation has been modified of two forms: in the first place, no longer #can *limitarnos to reduce the obstacles *arancelarios and no *arancelarios to the exchanges. +In truth, #if it do not appears this reference expresses, means that agriculture will be treated like a normal economic activity, with it that they will be every time greater the pressures of our competitors to finish with #all the types of supports achieved. Underline it of "#all the types". +The *segunda thing that have seen -and believe that here neither #would owe *hacernos illusions-: the interest of the civil society, #such as it has manifested in *Seattle, has not been merely an interest by the world-wide round, but also a demonstration against #everything it that do not likes to persons. +In the Country of *Gales, of #where come from, receive sums important with charge to the structural Bottoms, but the line that separates the creation of a place of work and the *salvaguarda of a place of work is badly clear-cut and, therefore, *nos results difficult to evaluate it effective that have been said structural Bottoms. +In the next years will have to exert a fundamental paper regarding the examination of the financial frame and of the frame with seen to the enlargement, because it will be then *cuando see until where gives of himself\/hisself *SOCRATES *II and capacity to attend to the new European Union expanded. +Definitely, a badly formed person is not able to insert in the society, in spite of #all aptitudes unseen or visible, and think that it is a loss no only for the market of the employment but also for the society in general. +The proposal has two fundamental goals: on the one hand, the creation of a system of control and obligation of the parts *contratantes and on the other hand, the set up of a program allocated to boost the fulfillment of the norms of the *CPANE by fuselages of third parts. +Gentleman President, this directive represents the *primer case in that the European Commission answers with a proposal to an appeal presented by the European Parliament in virtue of the power of indirect legislative initiative that *le awards the Treaty of *Maastricht. +Is an important and notable fact of face to the balance *interinstitucional because it shows that Parliament #can find to an attentive and available speaker *cuando, with arrangement to the planned procedures in the Treaty, asks to the Commission that give follow-up to an initiative founded. +Gentleman President, two years after the negative result of the referendum in Swiss on integration in the Economic Space European, the Council authorised to the Commission to negotiate bilateral agreements with that country in the fields that went necessary. +Declare my full compliance with the subject of bottom, is to say, with the method of calculation that proposes to distribute permission number among the different States members and that, in the circumstances mentioned, is the most objective, rigorous and *equitativo of the possible. +Gentleman President, the proposal of the Commission has by object deliver the 90% of the permissions to the States members that have the greater part of the circulation with Swiss and guarantee to time a basic contingent for #all the States members of 1500 permissions to the year. +Sometimes has the impression of that, according to a determined way to understand the protection of the environment, the affirmation of principle, by not saying concept, at the end is more important that the concrete result. +The Commission #can not accept amendment 30, #whose goal is to expand the possibilities to concede exceptions in the case of substances that already have left to use . +The greater problems find in the unsatisfactory internal situation, in the anomalies in the operation of the democratic system and in the rape of the human rights, included the rights of minorities. +Need to clear varied things, #such as the paper of the members of the EU that are not it of the NATO in strength and the paper of members of the NATO that are not it of the EU concerning this strength, #if they wish to take part. +*Me #one to the wish of the Prime minister, Mr. *Lipponen, that #if *Rusia exerted better in the future quality of member of the world-wide community, #would take possible to carry out a cooperation *transfronteriza among the Union and *Rusia in the border north, and *ello #would confer *substancialidad to the #nordic dimension. +Gentleman President, in the presentation of the conclusions of *Helsinki, the President has formulated two propositions: enlargement process effective and #worthy of credit has to have continuity, and the countries candidates take part in equality of conditions in the process of adhesion. +The Commission has approved also a communication in the that formulate the goals and the principles of politics audiovisual community to half term and formulates a strategy for the call "was of means digital". +The first proposal refers to the materialisation of a program of training for professionals of the #european industry of audiovisual programs, the called Half "program-Training", in the that appears a financial endowment of 50 millions of euros for the period 2001-2005. +Therefore, this bottom is simultaneously a bottom that has a component of emergency, but that, to time, has like goal the to guarantee the finance of measures of structural politics of support to the received, the integration and the voluntary repatriation of refugees and *asilados. +Now well, believe that the greater consumption of audiovisual products Europeans requires rather pedagogy directed to the own Europeans, the stimulus to the taste and to the assessment of the #european culture and the rejection of *tantos products of bad quality that *nos get of other parts of the world. +In this directive is foreseen that the boys that *reagrupan with a familiar that was permanent legal immigrant in the countries of the Union will have right to the total education in conditions that the children of the citizens of the States members. +#Can *garantizarle that so much the General Direction of Justice and Subjects of Interior like the General Direction of Employment and Social Subjects have very clear consciousness that it is of strategic importance guarantee access to the education of the boys of the legal immigrants in the countries of the Union. +Without embargo, in this context *yo *les #would pray that they take into account that perhaps it #would suit to procure establish links among the competent services in matter of transport and the competent services in the field of the competition, so as to advance in the adoption of decisions of general character in matter of politics of transports in *Europa. +*Permítanme that *recapitule a moment to remember that said granting goes to award, but still has not awarded, with the condition and commitment that the pertinent income of the motorway will invest in the tunnel of the base of the *Brénero, or was, in the railway. +In the committee of work on indicators of the quality and in the ministerial level examine explanatory factors, like study plan, the training of the professors, the resources, the evaluation and other. +To my trial the agenda of the Council of Ministers of Education of the past 26 November had been able to receive the proposal of a permanent committee on the quality of education. +No considers the Commission that all #this constitutes a clear discrimination inside a same Been member and, besides, forces to the inhabitants that #would want to play in the regions of the centre and of the south to resort to other States members -exist *cientos of casinos in *Europa- before remaining to play in the north of #Italia? +Subject: Price of the cars of tourism In front of the advertising of the subject, the Commission will have proof that car manufacturers of tourism are much more in the Realm Joined that in other countries of the EU by identical cars. +#If *yo organised a round table with the industry -with the sellers and the manufacturers-, #would be *usted had to assist and examine with *ellos how #can find a form to finish with this problem, without thus leave to resort to the instruments in matter of competition, #if no remains more remedy? +Regarding the category 1 *B, estimate very timely decision of the Council to accept the amendment of the Parliament to get to a politics of quality for the agricultural products Europeans. +My Group will support, besides, the rest of the amendments of the category 1 *B. Now that take place negotiations of the *OMC, and *cuando #everyone talks that it carry out a fine rural politics, is important that the European Union exert an active politics in this field. +#If the problem has to to the *inadecuación of income system of the European Union, it will be necessary to recognise the need to modify the system of finance of the European Union for solve it. +Specifically, proposes the nomination for the first time of the Mr. *Reynders of *Bélgica, Mrs. *Geoghegan-*Quinn of *Irlanda, the Mr. *Caldeira of *Portugal and the Mr. *Fabra *Vallés of *España, and the nomination for a new mandate of the Gentlemen *Mohr of *Dinamarca, *Salmi of *Finlandia, #Clemente of #Italia and *Karlsson of *Suecia, quoted following the alphabetic order of the countries that the have designated. +*Eso wants to say that it competes also to the Court of Accounts watch by that the protection of the financial interests of the Community take from a *corpus *juris only and leave to take , as up to now, from legislation disperses, unconnected and contradictory, that treats the diverse attempts against the financial interests of the Community in accordance with politics to the that refer and no in accordance with principles *equitativos. +The possibility of suspending the action in the *nefasta hypothesis of explosion of a crisis is, definitely, a strong *disuasivo that will force to the New Independent States and *Mongolia to find a solution negotiated to the clashes and to *reducirlos to a dialectic normal politics. +The purpose of reaching an agreement on some common norms is hit in the context of an economy *globalizada, but also from the point of sight of the global requirements in matter of protection of the environment. +In the debate on the adhesion to the Agreement of 1958, in the frame of the Report *Kittelmann elaborated in that moment, already kept a vehement discussion on until how point *ello put in *entredicho the political participation of the Parliament, specifically right of *codecisión. +And no treats only of questions so popular like the rise of the level of the sea and the disappearance of the small States *isleños or the flood of the lowest zones of *Bangladesh or of the Low Countries. +Is urgent, as, that now adopt important measures to associate to citizens to the takings of decision in the matter, to end of *responsabilizarlos in front of the phenomenon of the climatic change, by means of, for example, the instauration of wide advertising campaigns, that act on the behaviours of each #one. +Of here that *me *extrañe that nobody from then have taken quotation to this fact in the concrete proposals with sight put in the fulfillment of the commitments of *Kioto and *me #would enjoy to ask to the Commission #if #this specifically forms part of the reflections of the Commission. +The *segunda: that, at last, in the field of the car, further of the norms that have approved, have of a strategy of renewal of the ancient park, a park that contaminates considerably more, in comparison with vehicle park recent. +The argument, according to the *cual the nuclear energy is not a sustainable method of production of energy owing to his waste and, therefore, #can not be included in the field of development mechanisms no *contaminante, is not an argument *defendible in no way. +Have to allocate more bottoms to the sources of energy alternative and announces likewise that utilisation of solid fuels and oil will give step to a greater utilisation of natural gas and renewable energies and to the generation of electricity in the future. +The European Union underlines this special identity of *Macao and considers important that conserve the rights and the freedoms of citizens in compliance with the conjoint Statement of Chinese and *Portugal, issued in 1987, and with the Constitution of the special autonomous region. +In our opinion are created the conditions so that they develop the economic and cultural relations with a base of cooperation and mutual benefit among the Popular Republic of Chinese, in particular by means of *Macao, the European Union and States members. +Report (To5-0084\/1999) of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market, relative to the decision on the verification of the *credenciales after the *quinta direct election to the European Parliament, of the 10 to 13 June 1999 +. (IN) The Commission considers that the common position is a pragmatic and efficient solution that solves satisfactorily the problems of the majority of accidents in the that the two parts involved are #european, is to say, the that occur in the interior of the European Union. +Gentleman President, wanted to call the attention in the amendment 13 on an important difference among the #german text -that of course is the original text of the Mr. *Rothley- and the #english versions and believe that also French. +The true solution resides no in the tolerance of a fault of information of the consumers, but in the greater efforts that make to separate the products modified genetically of the conventional products, in #all production process. +A conference #european #can celebrate simultaneously to a meeting of the UN, only #if, by a part, endows of a political #european intern and #if, on the other hand, shows a common determination in the frame of the dynamics of the UN. +The Commission of the Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities of this Parliament has explicitly included in his goals the follow-up and the realisation of the international agreements, #such as the Platform of Action of *Beijing. +The unanimous opinion of the Scientific Managerial Committee that no #there is need to review the decision to raise the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british was enormously *tranquilizadora in this sense. +Support the call of Mr. *von *Wogau, but also wanted to *referirme to the appeal of the Mr. *Goepel, because it has taken a constitutional suggestion very interesting, to know, that the representative of the Council take part in connection with the Report *Papayannakis. +*Cuando the French Agency of Health and Security in Foods challenged this decision, *algo that was in his right to take, *me imagine that in terms of his own competition, the case was put in hands of the Scientific Committee, that backed by unanimity the security of the meat of *vacuno #british. +Regarding the referendum, the Council, instead, has taken note of the report of the General Secretary of the Nations Joined that it remits to the need of *reflexionar thoroughly on the possible consequences that #can have subject, also the related with the date of the referendum. +Gentleman President, the European Union has not taken part on purpose in the treatment of this subject, but, without embargo, studies the means to contribute of constructive form to the advance of the peace process in the region of the *Sáhara Western. +In this context, the Presidency #finnish confirmed that the European Union considers important the fulfillment of the four Agreements of Gin and of the two complementary Protocols, that constitute the fundamental treaties of the international humanitarian Right. +By a *desencuentro among the Groups of this Assembly -believe that more of formality that by disagreement on the bottom of the proposal-, did not include #this for debate, but will insist in next Plenaries in attention to the importance of the subject, very highlighted by the answer of the representative of the Council. +Has foreseen to influence the Council so that, when reforming the procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the own Court adopt the principle of advertising and give greater transparency to the process of taking of decisions? +Although -for example, in the Realm Joined- exists the legal right to impose interests to the payments delayed, there #be not practically forms to achieve materialisation and the judicial actions are not practical to recover small debts. +Propose a maximum term of eight months. And with amendments, of course, approved by the Commission of Environment, gentleman President, substantially coincide also *nosotros with the proposals to leave to a side the *codecisión, so that we do not lose time and forcing was a reality it before possible. +Without pretending minimise the gravity of the situation, the repercussions in the confidence of consumers have been a lot greater, in my opinion, that the real threat to the public health. +It that do not has explanation is that #all States members of the European Union matter dairy products with *BST -the pertinent majority of the *EEUU, the Czech Republic, *Eslovaquia or *Bulgaria- that get to the table of our consumers from takes long, for example the cheeses elaborated with milk obtained by means of this technician. +His compatriots, the international opinion, know that his conviction was solid, when declaring to exit of the prison: "Like free man, *me engage to take all it that was in my power to bring the peace to *Timor Oriental and to my village". +The community budgets for the year 2000 approved today in the European Parliament are an important step in the correct direction, is to say, so that the EU assume an every time greater responsibility by citizens. +(*FI) Consider reasonable that attend the next year to the relative financial needs to the crisis of *Kosovo by means of the use of the flexibility in general. Regarding Chapter 4, has not proceeded still to the review of the financial perspectives. +The book is a very cultural, the writing is the first form of fixation of the language, of identification of the language. And create, even being important fulfillment of the norms of the competition, that the cultural look of the subject has to consider of equal importance and rank. +Why the Commission #would not collect our proposal to extend the possibility to apply the system of the only price of the book to the group of States members? +Want likewise ensure to #all the participants in the debate that, to the equal that *ustedes, the Commission and *yo attribute importance to the culture, to the book, recognise the cultural importance of the book and are had to take into account these specificities. +By this reason, the EU #would have to *prorrogar embargo of sale of arms to Indonesian, that already hard four years, as #if we had to raise said embargo of armament, the message that #would send to the soldiers #would be, undoubtedly, that accepts his performance and the recognise, whereas, as I finish to signal, *eso is far to be the case. +Have to command a clear message to the #indonesian authorities in the sense that we do not go to accept by more time contempt by the wishes of respect of the human rights and of peace of the international community. +Gentleman President, sure enough, once again the European Parliament has to pronounce against of death pity, against of the greater rape of the human rights that follows committing in the world, many times and for our collective shame, to the protect of laws that have elaborated men that represent the popular sovereignty. +Therefore I want to call the attention on the point 5 of our Resolution, that says that we reiterate our appeal to the Council that it incorporate in the negotiations with third countries -with #all- "the abolition of the death pity like clause of respect of the human rights" . +Gentleman President, for a Christian moratorium request to the pity of death and his abolition is not only a duty or an obligation, but an ethical election of respect to a person that has mistaken and that it #can and has to redeem . +The public execution of *Zaarmeena, the obligation to carry the *burka, the negation of the right to health and to the education of the women are only #some examples of the flagrant rapes that against the human rights commit in said country. +Gentleman President, am outraged by the conditions of arrest of the political prisoners in *Djibouti, but am equally outraged by the hypocrisy of the leaders of the State #french, those who #can, #if they wanted to it, put end immediately to the authoritarianism and to the bad deals that it is responsible the diet of *Djibouti. +This circumstance do not prevents that #such electoral process contradict the agreements of the Nations Joined for the elimination of form of discrimination, and that likewise contradict the international pacts on civil rights and politicians. +The European Union fixed opinion on *Afganistán in a Common Position adopted on 25 January 1999, in the that affirmed clear and unambiguously that will demand the respect of the human rights in *Afganistán and, in particular, will defend the rights of the #afghan women. +Have to hear the calls of the International Federation of the #Red Cross and loan attention to the grave situation in that it finds these persons, that in the past remained decimated by things #such as agent orange, employed by the #EE.UU. Now, the natural catastrophes *les cause problems still greater. +To title of example, and among *tantos #others, the General Council of *Pirineos Oriental has approved a help of 42 millions of frank, the region *Languedoc-*Rosellón, help of 50 millions, the Senate, a help of 400.000 frank and, finally, the #french Government announced a help of 1,2 *millardo. +Gentleman President, only want to say that the liberal do not want to take part in votes on the natural catastrophes because we think that this subject do not competes to the European Parliament and believed to have understood that we no longer #would have to treat this type of decisions. +*Eso *me allows *decirles that the Speaker had wanted to be with *ustedes in these moments, but, lamentably, as *ustedes know, is delicate of health these days and, therefore, in his name, in the of the Table and in the #mine own, *les wanted to express to #all *ustedes his best wishes for Christmases, for this next year and went to say the next #millenium. +And without embargo, of product live *bastantes families of agriculturalists in the producing countries, and especially, in *Baviera, that do not have to be abandoned to his luck in a period in that the prices drop constantly, #as well as they neither have to remain empty determined agricultural zones by temporary difficulties caused by the irregularities in the operation of the market. +This change carries to cancel determined articles of the ancient regulation and #this is it that takes the new regulation, and takes well; *nosotros vote in favour of the new regulation together with the amendments of the Mr. *Mayer, signalling that this proposal of regulation do not has sequela on the budget. +The Commission backs #many of amendments that have proposed, especially #that that mention a budgetary control more severe, by #if it produced a political evolution refusal in the country, and also the proposal so that it deliver a final report the year 2004. +In the Council is not forming a consensus on this question, by it that regret *muchísimo *tenerle that say that I do not see the most minimum possibility that during the Presidency #german #can conclude this subject, in any case no of a positive mood. +Insisting in the question, do not believes *usted that it #would be better that the European Union took in his hands -no only supported- influence charitable on *Marruecos to demand that in these six months, that are very sensitive, achieved this just referendum that so much expect the *saharauis? +Subject: Measures of support to the insular regions of the *UniónSegún article 158 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, #one of the obligations of the Union is the adoption of measures to reduce the delay of the regions or islands less favoured. +Know that in the next days will begin in *Nairobi peace negotiations on the internal situation in *Sudán and, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, *me ask #if it #can not pose this same question in said negotiations, so as to that the Government of *Sudán perceive the strong pressure of the international community. +#Which are the modalities of participation that the Presidency in exercise of the Council has foreseen for the European Parliament in the next Summit of Bosses of State and of Government of the European Union and of countries of *América Latin and of the *Caribe, that will take place in River of *Janeiro the next month of June? +A possible participation of deputies of the European Parliament in the Conference of Bosses of State and of Government of the European Union, *Latinoamérica and the *Caribe that will celebrate to finals of June of 1999 in River of *Janeiro, regulates according to the procedure that the Council agreed on 30 October 1998. +By it that refers to the Commission, this institution has been already object of a particular report of Mr. *Bourlanges, that this Assembly approved do not takes a lot and that comports a series of proposals directed to improve his operation. +#If also in the future the Parliament will follow showing some prudence to the hour to entrust increasingly tasks to the Commission, will mean that it will have known *perseverar in the spirit of the resolution of the colleague *Herman, to the one who with taste go back to *rendir homage. +Finally and especially, transparency, democracy and rigour for the Council, #if it wants to be a day a true government, but with #this go out surely of the field of Report *Herman and even of the Report *Bourlanges to go in in the of the future conference *intergubernamental that this morning announced -*me has seemed to hear- the President in exercise, thing of the that *me congratulate #if *nos confirms. +Certainly, treats of a subject that will have to be resolved of a global way and, for *ello, is indispensable, before that at all, a new cultural approximation of the group of society #czech but corresponds to the Government of *Praga activate #all the legislative measures that favour this integration. +In this sense, create absolutely pertinent the initiative of the Presidency #german to extend the program *PHARE also to the support of the social dimension of the economy of the countries candidates. +Like this as, from sight point of the diversity of the nature, the situation of these countries #can consider even very fine or, at least, considerably better that in the greater part of the States current members. +As I already have had opportunity to say many times in these debates, in my opinion the greater deficiency of these countries is the administration and the judicial system, #as well as modernisation fault and of investments. +*Eslovenia, the penultimate in the row of the countries with the that are: especially in the report on November progresses remained clear that regarding the harmonisation in general *Eslovenia had not taken the sufficient progresses. +By error -*me has signalled it Mr. *Speciale, the one who was speaker for *Eslovenia-have signalled a series of delays suffered by *Eslovenia in the *preparativos for the adhesion, without that it have pronounced the following positive sentences that *me #would enjoy still went included in the record on the subject, #if it #can be. +#would Have to find a balance among the situation that gave in the past *cuando had to pray that *nos came to visit and the present situation in that visitors are so numerous because the European Parliament, graces also to our work, has converted in more important. +The civil servants of the Commission cooperate a lot in our work and *les remain appreciated thus, but, for minority of requests that the Commission has not been able to resolve, is evident that is not a fine practice the entrust so much in the personnel of the Commission. +Believe that the Defender of the Village has defended of sufficient form the transparency and the information, and finish, gentleman President, with a *alegato in favour of a change of style, so that *Europa do not represent the *hermetismo and the bureaucracy, but the democracy and transparency. +Keep disposals by the that the community institutions #can deny to facilitate to the Defender of the Populate documents receiving of form properly reasoned to his professional secret or because the civil servants and the rest of employees pronounce in name and following instructions of administrations, no only is not necessary, but especially improper. +In September of 1997, the Commission wanted to concede 35 millions more to the program. The European Parliament called to order to the Commission because in the case of a simple budgetary increase is not necessary the procedure of *codecisión. +These amendments procure to improve the fight against the fraud and the Mrs. *Peijs has *percatado of the most important of #all, that treats of the form to relate collection costs with the criteria of execution. +To time *emplazo to the Commission to that take very seriously the application of the White Book so that the concept that my Group and *yo back #can take reality. Am convinced that this White Book opens the path to a sustainable mobility on a long-term basis in *Europa. +Like Group of the Popular Party European *nos see forced to refuse the proposal of the Commission to introduce a uniform system of *tarificación for #all transport moods on the base of the called social costs *marginales. +And to me *me seems that it #would be important that this Parliament showed the priority that attributes to the relations with the regional and local authorities, that represent the intermediate levels of #all can, of structure political institutional; in definite, with *ellos share our elective character. +The Greens have voted against of the proposal of agreement of fishing with the *Seychelles as we also have voted against of fishing agreements, no because *nos *opongamos to the agreements of fishing in principle, but because we estimate that it is precise to modify the approach that follows the EU. +On the other hand, am fully in accordance with the unconditional backrest to the military intervention of NATO, for treating of a necessary operation, correct and positive, and the help to the neighbouring States. Without embargo, there #be a point that throw in fault. +Therefore, in this case, regarding Serbian and *Kosovo, after ten years of intermittent negotiations, of transgressions of the human rights, of rapes, of slaughterings, of destructions and of deportations, in the origin of the *cuales *nos find always with *Milosevic, did not exist, alas, solution, as it did not go the utilisation of the strength to detain these crimes! +Like this as, only have offered to the SIN wait hall, some terms of admission permanently differed, as #if it treated of a mirage, it that generates the exclusion, the discrimination, the frustrations and the humiliations. +In effect, #all States confront to the problems of destruction of the environment, of pollution or even of congestion of the urban centres. In this sense, the goal of *internalizar the external costs generated by the different moods of transport is perfectly justified. +By reason the package of measures relative to the railways foresees explicitly the granting of subsidies to the lines *férreas *cuando there are external costs *impagados in moods of competitive transport, as for example the road. +And finish, gentleman President, going back to appreciate sincerely report amply favourable presented and the opportunity that *me has offered to explain the position of the Commission regarding the amendments that consider inadmissible and that expect that they #can reexamine to the sight of it that have said. +In the first place and before that at all, wanted to appreciate to the acting speaker, the Mrs. #Colombo *Svevo, the hard work made and the disposal that has shown to collect the amendments and suggestions of Freedom Commission Public and Inner Subjects. +Constitutes the security a priority for the Commission, *cuando #this *presiona to countries like Swiss so that it dismantle his restrictions of the transport by road or *cuando imposes the competition and liberalisation in this sector, in detriment of the rail transport, although this last was safer and ecological? +Gentleman President, will have been necessary the death of forty persons in the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, in terrible circumstances, so that the #european authorities take consciousness of the consequences of the uncontrolled development of the transport by road in mountain zones. +Is evident that the results of the investigations *esclarecerán the circumstances of drama, and in this sense, have to congratulate to the #french Government for having acted with rapidity and for having public fact the first resulted of the investigations. +Gentleman President, in the past weeks, the #burmese diet has gone back to drop in the infamy: the Saint Mrs. *Suu *Kyi, Prize *Sájarov, that did not enjoys of freedom of movement, #can not at least go back to see to his husband before it died. +On the other hand, until they do not guarantee the human rights and do not restart this democratic process wished by the immense majority of village #burmese, will be impossible to establish normal relations and, add, board any type of relation with this country. +Is very #sad ascertain that, only a chamber of century later, begins to have a small possibility that it treat with justice to the victims. But even this small possibility looms with disappearing #if it hides the implication in the genocide of the current political leaders. +The solution, therefore, is only #one: an International Penal Court, a natural judge attendant to judge #all the crimes against humanity, committed by any person, in any place and in any time. +To my mood to see, the modifications proposed prejudice seriously to the small employers and to the economic sector that it treats, since to date #this have been the relations of supply usual and efficiency has remained shown. +Are convinced that #all citizens *estonios have to have freely of plural information so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion to the equal that expect the celebration of a referendum to decide the belonging of the country to the EU. +The congratulate thus, and also the congratulate for having left proof that the measures proposed by the Commission #would not have to aggravate the cost of the transport, but allow utilisation of the most efficient infrastructures and more respectful of the environment. +The transport companies #european, treat of the railway, of the transport by road, of the aerial traffic or of the maritime and inner navigation, are the most modern of the world. +By it other, #would wish that questions relative to the rights of the boy appeared in the agenda *prioritario of the European Union, since only in this way will be able to defend our future and our position among the community of States civilised. +Base in the article 235 of the Treaty in place of the 129, #can carry to exclude of program *DAPHNE #all the subjects related with the violence, the sexual exploitation and the treats of women and boys, with the excuse that these subjects no *atañen to the public health. +Support categorically the efforts of our two Commissions, so much the Commission of Rights of Woman like the Commission of Subjects Inner, that, as it wanted to say, have tried to expand of different ways the proposal modified of the European Commission. +Therefore, have said that this procedure #would conduct to the absurd, and the absurd has to be always refused in the interpretation of any article, and much more in the case of censorship motion, that is a highly political instrument. +The aging, like the greater part of the stages in the life of a person, affects of distinct way to men and to the women, by it that do not treats at all of a neutral phenomenon with arrangement to the distribution among sexes. +Numerous organisations no governmental have proposed that in the next reform of the Treaty of the EU include a relation of the fundamental rights of the citizens, among the that #would appear subsidy level minimum. +The Commission proposed in the Diary 2000 deepen and expand even more the reform of the year 1992, especially with seen to improve the competitiveness of agriculture #european so much in the inner market as in the external markets. +In the Union promotes the sale of the starch and of products derived by means of helps to the production *cuando said products use in industrial sectors without mechanisms of protection in front of the import, #such as the chemical or pharmaceutical industries or the industry of the paper. +Believe that also the investigation of the effects in the field that still today #can describe of product of niche, is very important, by it that #many thanks to Mr. *Garot for having put the finger in the sore and have forced to the Commission to take *algo with foundation and orientation. +In the bottom, the subject of the rich animal feeding in proteins already treated in the agreement of *Blair *House, that takes reference to the seeds *oleaginosas transformed *trituradas. But said agreement resulted so *restrictivo that finished hampering the development of seed crop *oleaginosas in the EU. +Ask to the Commission #if, of compliance with the current communicative courses transatlantic in matter of agriculture, #can communicate to the States Joined that these measures are similar to the that adopt the States Joined, and that, as a result of *ellas, has remained suppressed restriction relative to the million of tonnes of seeds *oleaginosas *trituradas. +The greater part of the enlargements of capacity, carried out to answer to the growth of the demand, make at present in his greater part out of the European Union, already was in States Joined or in emergent countries like Chinese, Indian or *Brasil. +But, after all, corresponds to the Parliament and to the Commission make the fine work, and, especially, take advantage of the opportunities that still exist in these markets and that no longer there #be for the massive products. In the first opportunities #be. +*Me seems that the President of this Parliament, that has taken all it possible to keep this colloquium out of the halls of the Parliament, has not acted like a President of the Parliament, but like a *correligionario of Mr. *Aznar and regret it. +As *eso is particularly important before an electoral campaign, in the that #some deputies *honorarios are knowingly title to give the impression of that they follow being deputies to this Assembly, wanted to *instarle to that it write it before possible to #all the that they still have this title for *informarles on the new article and the new situation. +Now *incoaré a process in the Court of First Instance of *Luxemburgo with the question of principles: #who determines the order of works of the deputies chosen, with type of economic sanctions, *nosotros same or the Table? +In order of ideas, gentleman President, #would fit to think #if has sense that, in the last weeks of the current term of office, this Assembly pronounce on the suspension of the parliamentary immunity of a colleague that *nos took to know that it did not go to present to the elections. +From now on, from the next term of office, the competitions of this commission, of this deceased Commission of Regulation, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities, will deliver among two great commissions: Subject Commission Juridical and Rights of the Citizens and the Commission of Subjects Institutional. +This strategy involves the suitability of an a lot greater efficiency in the control of the costs of the State, of improvement in the efficiency and quality of the public cost. +Is necessary to increase the percentage of participation in the markets of work, guaranteeing a greater flexibility of these markets, adapting systems of social protection and reducing the costs of work, especially the of low qualification. +With a view to reach a *aseguramiento sustainable of a high level of employment is precise to develop a strategy to longer term allocated to discover social potentials of creativity, innovation, spirit *renovador, disposal to investment and to the attainment in the sense of the guidelines of the politics of employment. +#If by means of the caution to the hour to elevate the liquid wages increase the gains and the investments in new places of work, did not suffices with dismissing to the collaborators with gratitude by the prudence shown. +will Say to conclude, gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, that the Commission subscribes with taste proposal to proceed of systematic mood to an annual evaluation of the set up by the States members of the great orientations, it that it #can carry out from the spring of the 2000, on the base of these recommendations by countries. +By it that refers to the politics *macroeconómica, has to have an exchange of opinions among the pertinent instances on each #one of the elements of the combination of political -fiscal politics, tendencies *salariales and monetary politics- so that each #one of *ellas #can contribute fully to growth and to the process of creation of employment. +In relation to the monetary politics, #can give the impression that exist differences concerning the previous year, because it takes into account the fact that now, to difference of the past year, exists a Central Bank independent European and no suits to interfere in this independence. +#If it continues the fine collaboration of the last weeks among the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, will be able to approve still before the #european elections #all the normative device for an independent office of fight against fraud. +No fits doubt that the Council, #as well as the Parliament and the Commission, are #all the possible efforts directed to struggle against the fraud and, especially, also out of the procedure of approval of the management. +Neither is of receipt that against of the budgetary rule -repeat, against of the budgetary rule- was usual, especially in the field of the investigation, pay *anticipos without that know the number of participants and of the participants or the costs that will follow of the measures in question. +But to the equal that the European Court of Accounts and probably also the European Parliament, the Council concedes also a big importance to that undertake a total modernisation and a complete reformulation of the budgetary regulation. +Happening to bottom subjects of the report that have presented and that now has to appear like annex of this resolution, there were three important subjects that put of relief, #all it *cuales have remained confirmed by the report of the Commission of Experts. +The decisions on the approval of the management do not have to represent a too much heavy charge and *gravosa for Parliament, #can not get to a situation in the that no *nos *atrevamos to approve the budgetary management. +Already then, in December, in the debate on the approval of the management for 1996, affirmed since really I am surprised of arrogance that reflects in the Treaties, that we have not foreseen the case of the denial of the approval of the management. +As *ustedes know, the Commission remitted on 1 May to the Parliament and to the Council a communication that indicates with precision the consequences of the entrance in vigour of the Treaty for #all proposals that have presented with anteriority and that still have not been adopted. +My *segunda worry resides in that *colisionan two models, precisely in the case of the hormones: the famous #american model, #if *me allow *ustedes designate it like this, with a different system of sanitary assistance, and the #european model that plants with more strength in *primer plane element of the assistance. +It that *me concerns is the question of how will be able to *tratarnos mutually in future and how will achieve *ponernos of agreement about a greater volume of common standards in the frame of the new commercial round world-wide and, on the other hand, how will be able to guarantee a greater grade of independence and of autonomy in the self-determination of regions and of states. +#One of the most surprising conclusions was that really we did not go by behind the States Joined in terrain, except an exception, in the terrain of the services, and in #all the services from the lowest until the highest. +But, *Señorías, *cuando treats to create employment, the States members have to occupy especially of the structural measures, the reduction of the labour costs, the *flexibilización of the work, the promotion of work part time and, sure enough, ascertain that it remains a lot for taking in this field. +#If #this is the council that *le have given services juridical, is also it that the civil servants of the Commission *nos explained in the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and Industrial Politics, and no *nos convinces of the all and perhaps #would not be bad idea go back to study it *jurídicamente. +Wanted to say to Mr. *Prodi that in our Group believe that, like part of his #european vocation for a new #millenium and for the new *Europa expanded, maybe #would owe *reflexionar on the suitability to introduce in the debate the idea of a constitution for *Europa. +Is necessary to open a true new stage in the transparent and effective operation of the Commission and in relation with the Parliament, so that the collegiate responsibility do not prevent the individual responsibility of the commissioners. +The Greens have listened with attention his intervention of today, that besides adjusts well to the letter that *nos sent and in the that loans a greater attention that in his first intervention to the development sustained, to the environment and to the protection of consumers. +It true is that, by it that to *nosotros *respecta, is fundamental that the President of the Commission have of a strong Commission, #such as it declared the Professor *Prodi this morning, a transparent and punctual Commission in his relation with the Parliament, a relation *jalonada by commitments that have to respect in moment and that *nos allow to work and progress jointly without *entorpecernos mutually. +Gentleman President *Prodi, *usted was proposed by the European Council in #the same hours in that the NATO attacked *Yugoslavia in virtue of the mandate of the President of the States Joined and of Government bosses of the European Union that *le have designated. +Has *usted now the opportunity of take it, since, in addition to explaining today with the presence of #all Parliament, also finds present the majority of the political Groups that already tackled this important point in the last partial period of sessions. +The stage that go to initiate now will have to be to the service of the consolidation, improvement and the strengthening of it already achieved, a period of reforms of the head until the extremities, like the described #Tony *Blair. +And the impression that *nos has left is the that it has not wanted to talk of this subject. And is a pity, because clarity in these subjects is a necessary condition for the acceptance of his remaining and *loables reformist purposes. +Mr. *Herman, it is necessary to distinguish among the planned disposals by the annex of the Regulation for the approval of management and the planned disposals by the annex of the Regulation for votes. +Lamentably has not been possible to modify said amendments of commitment, *algo that it had wanted to take, and place that #can not *resignarme to vote in favour of some texts that do not guarantee that the consumer #can distinguish easily the honey mattered of quality honey produced in the Community, *me have abstained. +The reforms of the market, that #would have to constitute the *tercer element, consist in combination still no very defined of proposals *desreguladoras and a frame of definitions necessary for a loyal competition in the field of the only market. +Of mood that the Parliament has to control the fine execution of the community budget, has to verify also the execution of his own budget by part of the General Secretary and by the whole of the civil servants, #whose honesty and qualities are not in question. +In terms more general, support to our speaker in #all conclusions, included the need to return the decision on the approval of the management in the exercise 1997 to the Economic and Social Committee. +*Permítanme that add it following, from the position of somebody that in the years 1991 and 1992 regretted, in the context of the #german inner politics, that had got to the disintegration of *Yugoslavia -in the that Mr. *Milosevic had an essential paper- and that considered a friend of Serbian. +In the Liberal Group accept the current formulation of the report about the relative strategy to *Rusia, but wish to suppress the point of the postponement of the decision taking in this field. +In definite, the fundamental principle here is a principle that has established the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice: the principle of loyal collaboration among the institutions. +Therefore, even sharing the criticisms, in the bottom and in the form, formulated by the speaker, am adherent of a fast collaboration and of negotiation among the Parliament and the Council that allow to conclude the works on the Statute and approve it. +Without valuing the position that finishes to keep on the subject that *nos occupies, yes have to say that -today like Commissioner and yesterday like member of parliament- have appreciated always, from the coincidence and from the discrepancy, the strength of his arguments and the vigour of convictions. +In this context also want to say that the term of payment for the new buildings has determined now definitively to 10 years instead of the 15 previously planned years. With *ello reduce the interests in some 60 millions of euros and averts loan unseen on future budgets. +The General Secretary *nos has ensured in the debate that have had with the in the *concertación and in the commission that #this is the start of a new politics of personnel that bases especially in that the quality and no the passport was the principle for promotion. +Without embargo, the *APG that today *nos occupies already gives the first indications that the Union will have of a new financial frame, that has found a balance among the rigour that prevails in #all *Europa and the financial requirements of the political key of the Union. +Tonight have in the Assembly three extremely demanding deputies, excellent and although the deputies know my political record, that diverges of the record of the Mr. *Jarzembowski, nobody #can deny the affection and respect that seat to *él and to his work. +. (OF) Gentleman President, distinguished lady Commissioner, estimated colleagues, also in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens the debate was marked by the question of #if we apply here the principle of the maximum harmonisation, proposed by the Commission or #if we remain provisionally with minimum harmonisation. +Therefore, *me seems that it corresponds to the that wish a maximum harmonisation put this case no only in terms of it that it is good for the market and the only market, but in terms of how #can elevate the levels of information and protection in stages back to the debate of this managerial proposal before it go back for his *segunda reading. +The idea that in any circumstance the fact to have a lawyer to service *le guarantees the minimum normal protection that corresponds to the consumer do not seems to be a point that deserve to mention . +The long procedure of conciliation that have happened has had a decisive influence to the hour to achieve that the maximum level of rests of *pesticidas in the *potitos have remained fixed in a 0, 1 *mg by *kg, it that in practice involves *potitos free of *pesticidas, as it is not possible to measure levels lower. +Certainly *usted took his contribution, following the excellent work of his predecessor, the Mr. *Hänsch, to guarantee that, in these concrete moments, were in conditions to face up to the electorate so that we #can bear the criticisms and cynicisms of the that went to be object. +The Council considers that in front of the threshold of the century *XXI, *Europa no has to allow that they steal collectively the rights to the group of population more numerous in *Kosovo and that exert against #the same grave systematic rapes of the human rights. +The text of commitment of the European Parliament insist as in that in Colony was designated the high representative for the *PESC, that was supported by the planning unit and of fast #alert and that was in conditions, by his personality, to exert an important paper. +Regarding the institutional reforms, have to give the thanks to Mr. *Biagio Of #Giovanni, President of the Commission of Subjects Institutional, by the proposals that puts on the table so that they take in consideration in the new term of office and by the current and future Presidency. +The how comport the Central bank European, the how configure type politics of interests and monetary, the how expand the infrastructure and #if it #would not be possible at last expand more the #european infrastructure, #all #this are things that influence essentially on the competitiveness, the unemployment and the situation of the employment in *Europa. +The agricultural costs go to remain limited really by half term in 40.500 millions of euros to the year for market actions more 13.000 millions of euros for the rural development in the period comprised among the year 2000 and the 2006. +But still have to take more, by it that it is correct and necessary that the Council have expressed his disposal to cover the need of additional credits for the *Balcanes, got the case, by means of a review of the financial forecasts. +The review clause in the sector of the cereals shows that the Bosses of State and of Government have not excluded the possibility or even the need to introduce back improvements. +Lady Speaker, do not award my confidence to the President proposed, Mr. *Prodi, because it has justified the war of the NATO *definiéndola as «necessary»: a #european war initiated and carried out *vulnerando Right principle International and despising to the Nations Joined. +For *ello, is precise to reactivate the left right-separation, take of the Parliament a true political instance and not looking for the consensus as they have taken the Governments when designating to Mr. Roman *Prodi. +As only #swedish in the commission have followed of wall and have contributed to the debate during half year presenting, among other things, amendments *acordes with the criteria of the Party of the Environment, is to say, *me have opposite to that *desligue to deputies of the constituents and of the countries members introducing wages, taxes and retirements of community character. +For the #european countries treats to refuse this logic, with the support and the reciprocal cooperation of the Russian Federation in the interest of peace and of the prosperity of #all. +Second: make a reform of the own politics, especially in the sector of the agriculture and of the structural Bottoms, by like this say it, reactivate our politics and third: the *aseguramiento of the finance of politics in the next seven years. +The master plan that had presented for *ello the Commission has not happened without changes the more of two years of debates in Parliament and in the Council and recognise that #this has not been advantageous for the subject in #all the points. +The political and social cohesion is #one of the basic principles of the Treaty of the European Union and believe that #all institutions of the Union have to keep firmly faithful to this basic principle. +Gentleman President, the commitment of *Berlín is not for celebrate it, like any commitment, and much less in my country -have to talk also like Greek- since the #greek Government has accepted regulations that *nos put to level that *España, *Irlanda and *Portugal, countries that are not so poor like the #mine and that already take part in the euro. +#There is other questions also in the that have taken important advances: by a part, in it that *atañe to the respect of the norms of *comitología that existed, treating that they did not modify under rope norms; by #another, in relation with the participation of the Parliament, with possibility to review annually the process. +*Séptimo: in the frame of the *reorientación of bottoms that, according to his ideas, wanted to carry of *FEOGA-Guarantee to the second *pilar, only has gone to stop to this second *pilar a small part of it that #would have been possible #if we had imposed the *degresión. +The Council, that has ranged with this logic of the Commission has retained without embargo idea of public intervention «*ad *hoc» in case of need and the to establish a network of security of 1.560 euros by tonne. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *cuando in March of 1998 the Commission presented proposals for the reform of the structural Bottoms, existed doubts on #if it went to reach an authentic reform and on #if the regulations went to be able to approve to time so that the new programs #can set up to beginnings of the year 2000, according to the plan traced. +Without embargo, #can *decirle it following: are had to go back to the previous formula, is to say, that the *review for the dairy market take in the year 2003 and, of course, the Commission is also had to include in his analysis question the *supertasa in the frame of this *review . +By #all #this the instrument of the Social Bottom European is fundamental, #as well as it is fundamental that the no governmental organisations and the *tercer sector, especially of face to integration politics concrete, go of the hand from the stage of programming. +Taking into account all #this, #can explain the Council the reason by the that follows thinking that it is legitimate to take case *omiso of the norms that establishes the Statute of the civil servants #as well as of the right of initiative of the Commission established in the article 24 of fusion «Treaty»? +The content of said report was debated in the Council during the deliberations on the proposal of the Commission to determine the exact rules for the structural help of the Community in the sector *pesquero. +improvement of the relations, included the possible future negotiations on an Agreement of Trade and Cooperation, will depend of the back progresses that *Croacia take in the fulfillment of the requirements established in the frame of the conditions. +*Cuando tomorrow present position concerning the decisions of the ministers of agriculture #as well as of the Bosses of State and of Government, will approve *ustedes a reform in the that also #can recognise the hand of the European Parliament. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, lady Commissioner, gentlemen Commissioners, east is the last big debate of the term of office, and treats of an excellent debate on a very emblematic question: the Diary 2000, besides in *Berlín. *Berlín, with the #german chancellor, the *Reichtag , that has been recovered, to the equal that eagle, and even the war. +Gentleman President, *permítame, to avert be subjected to the pressure of time, that take *algo that usually #be to take at the end of the interventions, in concrete wanted to give the thanks to the Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies by his constructive cooperation with the Commission of Politics Regional of our Parliament. +Like this as, in June of 1998, and of compliance with the Statement *aneja to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, the Commission presented a proposal to review the decision on *comitología of 1987 with the goal of simplifying and *esclarecer the procedure, #as well as of open it more to the control of the Parliament. +Assumes a full juridical value and allows a political dialogue with the Commission in those occasions in that the Parliament consider that a measure proposed #would provide excessive powers of application to coast of the Assembly, *algo that already has exposed of way very *convincente Mr. *Corbett. +Wanted to finalise leaving proof of the pleasure and satisfaction that *me produces all it that have reached together to the hour to improve the chapter of the politics of employment and the social politics in the European Union. +And in last place, gentleman President, because I believe that it is perfectly legitimate that #if it treats to defend the human rights -that, by true, leave enough that wish in *México-, defend much better with an agreement that include a democratic clause -as it occurs in this global agreement- that with the agreement in vigour that no contains this democratic clause. +Also *me #would enjoy to highlight the points that, to my understand, are newer inside this agreement. For example, the inclusion of the democratic clause like essential element of #the same, since it goes to promote the respect of the human rights in this Latin American country. +*Yo want to *asegurarles that the Commission engages formally to keep informed to the Parliament in moment -as it already is taking- of the advances in the negotiation in course, #as well as of the final result, before it subject the Agreement to the conjoint Council. +Are proud that at the end the #german Presidency, of common agreement with the States members, have reached to solve big part of the complex problems derived of confluence of political perspectives very varied that until the last moment have hampered the integration of *Schengen. +On the other hand, the protection of the personal data with Information System of *Schengen is a particularly important question. do not forget, *Señorías, that the Common Authority of Control has adopted a report *demoledor. +Of side, it is necessary *averiguar how the control effected by the provider, that probably is the only control truly effective, #can be perfected in the future from the point of sight technical and economic. +Gentleman President, do not agree with his interpretation of how take the vote on the program of the structural Bottoms, because the general regulation is in fact the regulation that regulates #all the looks of the regulations of application. +But, in this case, the Monday at night there was varied important meetings, among *ellas the of the Commission of Budgets, and *yo was absent of Budget Commission because it was gathered with the Commission of Subjects Juridical. +To informative title, the European Parliament has the intention, after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and the enlargement of the *codecisión, to change of position on 49 first readings inscribed in the frame of the cooperation and on 15 files approved in first reading to title of cooperation. +And not forgetting that, more that a happy end, the popular query will be only a step more, decisive, true is, in the already long trek that will allow that the village of *Timor Oriental, after centuries of #portuguese colonisation and of a chamber of century of brutal occupation #indonesian, was at last owner of his destination. +Believe that surely it is the wish of #all *nosotros take a call to the European Commission so that it take all it possible to pacify the situation in *Timor oriental, with end to allow the peaceful celebration of said referendum the next 8 August. +These three questions reflect also the fundamental values that chair our Union: the freedom of expression, the Right State, the power of the village and the humanitarian looks. +In #all contacts with the authorities of the country, the Commission has reiterated his posture regarding the respect of the fundamental human freedoms and the State of Right. +Has recognised that the risks of the nuclear energy in the *Europa central and oriental have purchased a totally new dimension, although to time has ensured that the negotiations with the countries candidates to the adhesion open new possibilities. +In the Czech Republic have conceded helps in the frame of Program *PHARE to the responsible authorities of the nuclear security and to improve the security of the nuclear head office of *Duckovani. +In the actuality, no exists a formal agreement with the #czech authorities in the frame of *PHARE so that the technical organisms of security of the European Union carry out a global evaluation in matter of security. +In relation with the economic looks of the project of *Temelin, the Commission supports the development of a strategy in matter of energy that take properly in consideration the energetic performance and the diversification of sources, and *PHARE has supported this orientation in distinct projects. +In June of 1997, the Commission *nos presented two proposals to simplify the regulation of 1999, and *ello so as to relieve the obligations of the companies -especially of #SME- in matter of statements and to reduce the costs that weigh on the persons forced to declare. +Also give the thanks to the Commission for having engaged to carry out a study in the field of the initiative *SLIM\/*INTRASTAT referring in particular to the quality and to the charges that *recaen on companies. +The High Authority, to the that delivered the social payments, appeared in last place in the list, whereas first the state, afterwards the social services, afterwards supplying, banks, #everything it that #can appoint, had priority to the hour to benefit of it that remained of the failure. +The Mr. *Malangré has signalled it mainly in the exhibition of reasons that, another time, from perspective results *inmejorable, with the following words: already is hour that it take *algo on the failure in the Community, in the #european context. +Is very *inquietante that a subject like #this was debated a Thursday in the afternoon *cuando there #be here so #few persons, the vote will be tomorrow in the morning and there #be not had in the breast of the national parliaments debate properly said on the subject. +As it has underlined so much the report of Mr. *Schmid like the opinion of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens, there #be a series of looks in the that it is necessary to deepen. +In the Commission of Culture *nos have put repeated times in favour that this exhibition do not show only hits economic Europeans, but also the cultural diversity and especially the successful programs of the European Union. +In front of the disloyal imports, the textile sector, in spite of having prepared to be able to be in conditions to confront with hit the challenge of the international competitiveness, no has of arms with the that defend . +Of here that *urja to the Commission to that it adopt those that measured are necessary to put end to the disloyal competition that it is victim this sector and guarantee like this the plenary fill of the commitments contracted by #all parts in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +Have repeated in different occasions that in this look of the prevention have left to happen of long things in the past years and any political Group neither any Presidency #can affirm here that it has taken it all well to avert this war. +Have lived the final stage, from *Rambouillet until the start of the military actions, and have not found to nobody in the western side, neither the #EE.UU, that have kept attitude actively *belicista but that tried to get literally until the last second to commitments. +Gentleman President, Agreement of *Berlín allowed to unblock the main *dossiers of the European Union, but not guaranteeing the future of the European Union to long and even to half term, because the Agreement of the Diary 2000 remained very short concerning the existent needs. +treats of a squad of big quality, of a very balanced squad. Is the result of the constructive queries that carried out with Bosses of State and of Government, the *cuales respected fully the new powers that the Treaty of *Amsterdam has conferred to the President commissioned. +Today am here to present to the new Commission and no to present his program, without embargo, #can *prometerles that the conductive thread of #all program will be to attribute to the European Union a greater importance of face to the #european citizens. +Therefore, is task *ineludible of this Assembly give off to *Europa of this institutional difficulty in the date it earlier possible, and the only mood of take it is to take to the available Commission -do not prejudge how #can happen in audiences- and take it impossible for *asegurarnos that it go in in functions in the first available date. +Without embargo, treats of a fundamental problem: in effect, expand the competitions of this institution, the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, *cuando results that it has not taken a serious and contradictory evaluation of operation, *nos seems unacceptable. +Results so much more imperative what that the subject of the dioxin in *Bélgica, that goes to be object of lively debates, affects, without place to doubts, directly to the problematic of security alimentary, linked, to his time, direct and obviously, with the operation of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade. +But, by it that to *nosotros *respecta, want *tomarnos the auditions as it that they are, is to say, for *permitirnos listen to the Commissioners, *interrogarlos, *formularles ask to end to know better goals and especially see until how point there #be a fine *adecuación among the charges that *usted *les has entrusted and his knowledges, his competitions and his will of work. +Is necessary that the Commission endow with the means to exert -with structures renewed, with his civil servants, #whose disposition surely will have changed- his missions and that do not hesitate in saying to the Parliament and to the Council: as *nos ask that we reach goals, want *pedirles means for *ello. +Believe that, in spite of the constitutional singularity of the relations among the Commission and the Parliament, are founded the worries manifested with a view to the political balance that exists in this Parliament and that do not remains reflected in breast of the Commission. +Regarding the result, *cuando say that it is «balanced», understand perfectly that they have #some States in the that there #be dissatisfied, but #this is politics: balanced means that the great present strengths in the European Parliament are strongly represented in the Commission so much by the personalities as by the importance of the wallets. +As well, attribute an extraordinary importance to this look, #as well as to the report of the Wise persons, but create likewise that these examinations have to take on the history of the Commissioners and programs and have to take with a big capacity of deepening and of political serenity, because, to my understand, #can not serve of instrument to fix problems that arose previously. +The report of the Wise persons is an instrument of big scope, have to read it and *meditar on *él, but the decision is a weight that have to bear *nosotros, and is in this sense that the dialogue among the Parliament and Commission purchases an extraordinary importance. +The great challenges of the future, #such as the changes involved by the only coin, the enlargement eastwards and the fight against the international delinquency, have to be confronted with institutions of the EU that have more capacity of action that in the present. +The renewal of the institutions of the Union is a central subject in the program of activity of the Presidency #finnish as it already signalled the Minister *Halonen in his intervention. +A time finalised the conflict it that has an immediate priority is to support the efforts of the *KFOR to reestablish the peace and order and reconstruct a civil administration that work under the direction of the Nations Joined. +Regarding the statute of the #european deputies, Presidency #finnish -and in *eso it is necessary *felicitarla- also has taken a respectful attitude with the fact that the initiative corresponds to this Assembly. +Gentleman President, listening to the #finnish Presidency ascertain the absence of substantive changes in the politics of the European Union, that do not ceases to increase and aggravate the problems of our villages. +Our common failure in the case *Öcalan *nos takes difficult to show clearly to persons in *Turquía, so much #if they are #turkish like *kurdas, reason are in principle against the pity of death and, #such as it has said the Mr. *Swoboda, do not plead against the pity of death no only of the Mr. *Öcalan but of #all. +Besides, in exercise frame of the right, owe *ocuparnos to loan #all type of collaboration to the International Penal Court of the there #be, to pursue to the criminal that have remained in *Kosovo and, also, in *Bosnia. +#That was the message that #some expected, restless in front of informations on the absence of bottoms specific and fearing that in these conditions #can drop in the temptation of *desvestir to a saint to dress to #another and sacrifice essential considered actions when establishing the budget. +Of #all the promises of the #finnish Government #any is more important that the to occupy of the problem of the persons -and families- that no only suffer an illness or disability but also a situation of disadvantage and stigmatisation. +The Council also asked to the Commission that take a report for finals of year on the progresses of the creation of the Food Office and Veterinary Medicine and on the capacity of #the same to fulfil his functions. +The Council demands to the Commission that take to progress the work already begun by the Committee of *Piensos and Foods of Animals, in the *cual goes back to examine the legislation on *piensos, and, in his case, presented additional norms and reforms for a more strict harmonisation of said legislation. +It that yes know is that the office of inspection by the that have struggled (had to *batirnos to achieve an effective budget, so that it created the veterinary office in *Bruselas and for *asegurarnos that #would apply the principle of the general inspections in Community) finds loomed and harassed. +And now given this situation, as we #can say that the proposal to watch to the European Agency of Drugs and Foods, by welcome that it was, #as well as #all these great gestures, #can work *cuando any individual inspector #can penetrate in the universe of crime and fraud that characterises to #some sectors of industry. +*Me #would enjoy to know to where wants to get the Commission, #which are the concrete steps effected, and #if the Commission will take into account the wishes expressed by the Parliament, so much in the reports on the *EEB as in the Green Book on feeding, the resolution that have formulated to the *respecto. +In the concrete case of dioxin, among the communication of the Permanent Veterinary Committee and of the network of #alert happened 15 days, whereas the Commissioner *Bonino declared simply that *ella did not take #belgian milk. +Have the duty Authorities responsible to delete these chemical agents of correct and safe form, following the valid rule, or are knowingly of *aplicarla and deleting these chemical agents of mistaken form? +No, gentleman Baron *Crespo, had proposal of common resolution that proceeded of two political Groups, the Group of the Popular Party European and European Democrats and the Group of the European Party of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformist. +#This puts of relief, on the one hand, the responsibility of the competent authorities for the control of these products. On the other hand sees clearly that the scandal of the dioxin is not a problem neither a failure of agriculture. +Think, for example, in the sanction applied, also to *Francia, for having allowed reductions of *cotizaciones social to #some textile companies by the fact of hiring personal, in the frame of an international situation, that like His *Señorías know, is very delicate, especially because of the international agreements negotiated, precisely, by the Commission. +In the first place, the proposal to put to the sale the whole of the *taquilla in market #european has not applied never in any spot regarding sportive demonstrations of #this *envergadura, as it finishes it to remember the Commissioner #Neil *Kinnock. +Of compliance with the agenda proceeds to the debate of the statement of the Commission on the course given to the second inform of the Committee of Independent Experts that *les has remitted, as His *Señorías had requested, it before possible. +#Can the Mr. *Kinnock engage to put end with the greater possible shortness to this disciplinary procedure, after takeover, with the whole Commission like school, so that the Mr. Go *Buitenen #can go back to the work of a form ordered and that it was rehabilitated at last? +But the true essence of #this the constitutes the Recommendation *nº 59 that requests *encarecidamente the nomination of a general public prosecutor European, that requests *encarecidamente ministry fiscal European with public prosecutors delegated in the States members to create a "area of freedom, security and justice as it states in the Treaty". +The efforts *acumulativos by *modernizar have not been, therefore, sufficiently forceful to substitute a *trasnochada and deficient culture by the practices and instincts of it that generally designates new public management as it has developed in the last 20 years in other diverse modern administrations. +The recommendation to establish a *fiscalía #european, as it proposes, #would mean the existence of a mechanism to interpose a *querella criminal related with fraud in the EU in #all the Union but #would not affect to the jurisdiction of the national courts. +In the report have detected a series of points feeble in breast of the institutions and the recommendations that here take the sound to correct the problems. +In spite of #this *puntualizaciones, am convinced that the contribution and the support of Parliament will make possible the fast adoption of the present proposal, so that it remain guaranteed the continuity among the present performance of the Community and the program #whose entrance in vigour proposes for 1 January of the 2000. +Go back on *ello now and remit to the majority of the Assembly the decision that *usted had taken so cautiously, only by the intervention of the Socialist Group, *me seems reason quite insufficient, in front of the principle that had applied *usted and with the that #all agreed. +Of face to this debate, *le advance that my Group will want to reach greater concretions in politics of employment, of economic and social cohesion, of modernisation of our economies that take into account to the persons, to enlargement, to the Mediterranean and to the defence of the human rights all over the world, like axes of our external politics. +Lady Speaker, to begin, *permítame say in name of my Group, that share fully the perspective of the Mr. *Prodi that from morning will be in the threshold of a new beginning, in particular, a new beginning among our two institutions, Parliament and the Commission, and a new beginning for the own *Europa. +The body of the Treaties of the European Union and, in particular, of the European Only Record, of Treaty of *Maastricht and of the Treaty of *Amsterdam have to be subjected #all *ellos to a new review in the context of the next Conference *Intergubernamental. +No *me refer to his professional performance, since his personal fortune is remarkable -has known to employ very well faculties -, but that go to examine it that took *cuando was president of the *IRI, the greater economic organism #italian public, and how many *millardos -better said, talking of lyres, how many thousands of *millardos- especially of the taxpayers *padanos, achieved *dilapidar carrying out a disastrous politics. +As I finish to say, by reasons apparently *contrapuestos, because #one of the subjects that have in front of *nosotros is, expect, only the apparent perplexity and no the distrust of citizens #european, as it remained shown by the scarce participation in the *comicios of the month of June, although, on the other hand, there #be not doubt that it exists an increasing demand of *Europa. +The appearance of the Mr. *Kinnock showed like this the fault of will by part of the Commission to assume #all the responsibility and #all the managerial competitions regarding Directors General and his employees. +The here present deputies, and that have made campaigns in the that the social urgency and the fight by the employment were in the centre of the debate, are *comisionados to advance of effective form to #one *Europa of employment. +The section 4 of article 29 of our regulation has that a statement of group has to indicate the denomination of the group, the name of his members and the composition of his table. +Gentleman President, the Socialist members of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects believe that Mrs. *Diamantopoulou has shown to have the aptitudes and the necessary attributes to convert in a fine Commissioner of Employment and Social Subjects. +In effect, a person that has to be the Commissioner responsible of the inner market and that in his appearance did not stop to pronounce the word subsidiariness denotes an excessive ignorance on the great common tasks of *Europa. +Wanted to know #if, like President of the Commission, has intention to engage personally with the resolution of the *gravísimos social problems that *subsisten in the interior of the European Union and that, for the Commission, to mood to see, #would have to constitute an absolute priority. +Two weeks after it alerted to the world of the most brutal genocide as a result of the elections in an attempt to establish essence of the democracy that *nosotros, like deputies, have to defend first of all, still are in deadlock and any commentator *nos considers important to find a solution. +Gentleman President, today has talked long and tended on the cynicism and hypocrisy of the past, but wanted to *decirle that at all is so cynical neither *hipócrita like the fact that they comment the process of auditions those who already have announced that will vote against of the Commission. +#This has to include a consistent application of the norms of competition, and also a consistent application of the Pact of Stability and Growth, some minimum common norms in matter of taxes, to the equal that #some fundamental principles. +Although the redistribution seems necessary to fund this new priority, it is necessary to take into account the fact that a redistribution too much great comports the risk of *desestabilizar the budgetary balance and politician in the external relations. +In this case, also have to recognise the offences related with the rape of the right to privacy, offences that comment the services of intelligence of States Joined and of the European Union the 24 hours of the day. +In the space of justice #european the prevention of this type of offences seems to remain only in hands of cooperation among the Police, without any parliamentary control or politician and without having elaborated at all to the *respecto. +The solution is not to employ without a purpose the resources in moving to the population of the poor countries to *Europa, but devote resources to move the #european development to the poor countries. +Without embargo, the European Parliament will run the risk of remaining to the *margen of the debate while it grasp desperately to his own utopia, #that in the that the citizen goes to see finally the light thanks to the advantages imposed with the #european citizenship. +Still no takes *tantos years that the Governments of the States members show had to collaborate with the European Parliament in subjects so important like the police cooperation, the migratory flows or the common politics in matter of asylum. +The peace and welfare internal are not allocated to last long, because it neither is allocated to last long the resignation of a world *circunstante that lives in the insecurity, the need and the chaos. +And in this eagerness of concretion, regarding the space of freedom, believe that there are two subjects that deserve a preferential attention: the harmonisation of asylum procedures and the immigration *clandestina. +Is necessary to guarantee the right of the citizens to receive an egalitarian deal -*access *to *justice- and to access to services of legal assistance *cuando see forced to manage subjects in front of the authorities of other States members. +In the draft of the answers of the Mr. *Kinnock, the civil servants on had written that the problem rooted in that the #dutch civil servant, Mr. Go *Buitenen, had delivered *demasiados documents to the group presidents. +Gentleman President, go to begin in French, in his very beautiful tongue, to say that have the duty of *expresarle from this time on same will of not going back to talk in this tongue, while *Francia have not recognised our #basque tongue. +Yesterday same, in his speech, Roman *Prodi went back clearer orientation *cuando affirmed that it was necessary "to follow restructuring the Only Market and promoting the liberalisation" and underlined on purpose the continuation of the process of liberalisation of the sectors of sakes and services. +My main consideration when judging to the Commission *Prodi is to decide #if squad of 20 persons *me has convinced that it is able to restore *tangiblemente the public confidence in the European Union and his institutions. +It that #would ask to the manager of the budget of the year 2000 is that it took into account the needs of the Committee of the Regions and that saw #if it fits place among the places thought in the budget 2000 for the Committee of the Regions. +In this moment have already a statement of the Security Council of the Nations Joined in the that condemns it that *sucedió in *Timor, recognise the rights of his village and orders the sending of a strength of maintenance of the peace. +Therefore, is necessary that #all the international community and, therefore, the European Parliament, take a call in these two senses: so that the body of peace go it more quickly possible to reestablish peace in *Timor Oriental and so that it #can get there the humanitarian help. +The permanent rapes of the human rights, terror against a peaceful village, miserable and disarmed have been common coin there, but existed from took 24 years: *yo saw it with my own eyes. +Want that it put term to the tyranny that has suffered the village of *Timor oriental during the 25 last years with the help of the countries of the European Union, of *América and of #all persons *hipócritas that do not deprive to sell armaments to the tyrants of Indonesian and of other countries of #everyone. +#would Have to *recordarle that a socialist minister is condemned by a kidnapping and that the socialist Government of his leader, #Felipe *González, was condemned by the Court of Human Rights by the expulsion of 103 emigrants in the border of *Melilla. +Demand, therefore, of the Council an answer to this problem that go to have with the migratory population nomad in #all the European Union, an answer coordinated with the States members, in the that, to time, each assume his own responsibility. +As *discierne of the statement of the Summit of Gin, the development of the #european capacity to resolve the crises do not alters the defence systems of the States members. +During the #german Presidency, on 29 March 1999, the Council ratified the article *K.3 of the Treaty of Union regarding a common position in front of the project of the Convention. +Regarding the political control of the squad that is in the subject, Presidency #finnish will study the subject, but in this occasion #can not say at all to the *respecto because I do not have the necessary information. +Gentleman President, believe that the Mr. Deputy will know that it is not competition of the Council manage in front of States Joined the suppression of the compulsory visa for the citizens of the Union, time that States Joined is not included in the list attaches to the Decree *CE\/574\/99. +In accordance with the estimates of the international organisations, in *Corea of the North have died among #one and three millions of persons from 1995 like consequence of the chronic famine owed to natural causes and, besides, to the character of the national system-communist in power in *Pyongyang. +*Nos will say, then, why, whereas the Mr. #Solana signs secret documents of the NATO that show that the *UÇK is involved in drug traffic, in the prostitution and in the delinquency organised, the International Strength follows *apoyándolos and the international community follows *armándolos, in place of *desarmarlos as it had agreed? +The *restablecimiento of a just democratic system is a previous condition for program of reconstruction and the political responsibility is so much in the hands of the EU like the social and the economic. +Think that #this is the occasion to centre attention only in the main questions, #this is, that this Agency #can act inspiring in the principles of transparency and of efficiency that, given the existent situation in the *Balcanes, are an essential element. +Takes fault, as, a politics integrated, a common strategy of development, of peace, of stability and of collaboration in the region, #such as it is to *delinearla the Stability Pact and the Agency of Reconstruction that, with headquarters in *Salónica, will be an effective agency *cuando have exactly this line integrated. +In answer to the that has been a debate of big quality, *me pleases enormously the company of my new colleague, the Budget Commissioner, *Michaele *Schreyer, #whose presence is a sample of his big interest in this subject and in his financial and budgetary repercussions. +Has been designed to keep the necessary control of the European Union on the program of reconstruction and for *salvaguardar his independence and right of initiative in the process. +Gentleman President, like the Vice-president of the Commission has renounced to say *algo on the questions of the coin and of the *UCK, #can split of the fact that no exists any opinion of the European Union on these questions? +The campaign of security *vial that is includes the following looks: more houses of control of speed, more proofs of *alcoholemia, a system of fines by points, a better fulfillment of the law that forces to lace security belt. +In conclusion, the deputies of the Group Union by the *Europa of Nations will watch, during #all this term of office, by that the *Europa bureaucratic and *tecnocrática do not develop, but by that *Europa evolve in a harmonious frame and assumed by the group of the citizens of the States members of the European Union. +Think that it is important for the future of the European Union the materialisation of a free field, sure and just and give the welcome to the initiative of the Council to stand out this matter in the Summit of *Tampere. +In the *tercer, chamber and *sexto script of the section 4, the Parliament asks that it was the future "enclosure" the that it determine the competitions of his Table, #as well as the organisation of work groups and of his Secretariat, it that #would suppose for #this a wide independence, for afterwards orient the process to his *antojo. +Is directly connected with an effort for strengthening it inaccessible and for reinforcing the mechanisms of control and of repression, of course no to corroborate the rights of the citizens, but for *manipularlos and like this exert a more effective control of activities. +Create, as, gentleman President, that #if we took *algo useful and durable - and #would want to listen also the opinion of the Mr. Commissioner on #this - #would be that this famous organisation on the that are, to investigate the earthquakes etc. had mainly a species of, #would say, code of behaviour on the composition, the publication, on when, where, how, to #who go informations on the earthquakes. +In addition to these measures, the Commission foresees the possibility of acting in coordination with the #FMI to concede to *Turquía helps *macrofinanciera directed to keep the process of reforms in some obviously difficult conditions. +A violent conflict in *Daguestán, attacked with bomb in *Moscú and, #everything *ello, surrounded of rumours on plots and prepared with #all type of theories on it that there #would be behind #this and type of relations that take with, for example, the next parliamentary elections and the attempts of distinct groups to undermine this process. +The Commission has taken part in the recent visit of the troika of the EU to *Rangún, undertaken with the goal of *allanar path so that it initiate a political dialogue with *Birmania in accordance with it established in the conclusions of the Council of 26 April. +Maybe #would be necessary to find a less formal form of constant dialogue with *usted, Mr. *Priestley and his services to argue the questions of the access and #others *concernientes to the internal organisation of this Parliament. +Like final point want to say *algo on the separation of rubbish. In spite of having in our dispatch of two cubes for the different types of rubbish, which already is a retard in comparison with the previous situation, yesterday in the morning was witness that these cubes *vaciaban in sack. +In any case, want to ask *encarecidamente that install urgently a *extractor in the service to avert the nuisance of it that it #can *suceder #if a visitor decides to go to service just after the deputy have taken use of #the same (this problem also occurs in the *servios of the office of *Bruselas). +*Yo expect that *cuando believes an agency of the foods the Commission specify the possibility to investigate *retroactivamente the *piensos employed to feed the livestock and formulate juridical disposals that punish the criminal practices and *recompensen to agriculturalists active. +Like this as, wanted to take advantage of this general debate to insist in front of my colleagues and the other institutions on the need to go back to #some principles of the common sense that have seen scannings by the great theories too much economic and no very human. +In other words, mechanisms of relentless control and norms very strict. proofs made on meat of *vacuno show that #some of the cases detected do not have his origin in the feeding, but that owe to the pollution, more in concrete to the pollution with dioxins through the industry or the ovens *incineradores. +Is timely that the public organs and the politicians, already was in the local organisms or in the governments, exert a paper in the regulation of the production and food preparation. +In this sense *África is the mirror of *Europa: life style selfish in the that the pure sexual pleasure of the individual converts in norm, without respect of the #another and social responsibility #any, has a very high price. +Is, in the first place, necessary because these countries try to adapt to a new surroundings of economic and commercial relations that *les create problems, of mood very special, precisely, in the scales of payments, it that to his time affects to the general operation of the market and to his economic development. +Even regarding the own project of the International Monetary Bottom, in the global project of Bottom on how go to define the budgets and the costs of said countries leaves already clearly established that it will have to engage a determined percentage of cost for the social costs. +Personally, the that more *me enjoys is model #danish: there offers a transparent access to the network, applies an energetic tax that acts like corrector of the prices, exist some clear goals in matter of renewable energies, exists almost a market protected. +Gentleman President, the percentage of resources energetic renewable employees in the energetic production of the European Union is underneath of the 6 %, and the greater part of percentage corresponds to the hydraulic energy. +Gentleman President, conclude congratulating again to the Mrs. *Ahern, giving the thanks to #all his *Señorías by the positive participation in this question, to the Parliament by the support loaned in this terrain to the Commission, and, simply, saying that we are of *algo very important that is to use intelligently the resources and energy. +For *Sudáfrica the audacious step with seen to an agreement of trade, development and cooperation with the EU is a symbol of commitment with the economic structuring and to recover fully the place that *le corresponds in the international community. +Have to take #ours the most valuable element of the plan of action previous, #this is, the called punctuation of the inner market, and *nos propose to guarantee the existence of effective systems of evaluation, of follow-up and control and of adaptation of the goals. +The Commission created to finals of October of 1998, immediately after the investiture of the Government of *Dzurinda, by initiative of my ancestor, group of bilateral work of high level so as to go back to give the necessary impulse to the *preparativos for the adhesion of *Eslovaquia. +The THROW loans help for the repair of private houses and for the delivery of products distinct to the alimentary to make possible the creation of accommodation sufficient for the displaced recently got of *Kosovo. +Subject: Sensitisation of citizen #european in relation with the EU The EU disburse great sums of money for the impression of thousands of informative brochures on his activities, it that carries achieve, among other things, the utilisation of great quantities of paper, *algo that results little favourable for the environment. +#If of the inspection of the Agriculture Council give off grave indications of irregularity in the companies of transformation of the linen have to pay the corresponding subventions or has to expect the pronouncement of his general Direction? +Lady Speaker, this obsolete diet has paid it also the own #turkish village with thousands of deaths in the earthquakes, deaths that #would not have to regret in a country in #where the laws, the control of democracy and of the free press work. +To avert any misunderstanding, have to underline that the approach of #Grecia and *Turquía, in spite of his historical rivalry and of differences, in fact constitutes #one of the main axes of our external politics and of the political security. +Am loved in this first opportunity, to the that has referred the Mr. President, to treat on this so important subject with *ustedes like deputies to Parliament that, to end of accounts, has shown a deep and ancient interest in the efforts for reaching the peace in Orient Next. +The Presidency and the Commission have restarted call in favour that it celebrate what before a meeting of the committee of follow-up of the group of work for the regional economic development. +The free trade needs also just prices so that the producer and the seller #can obtain the owed benefit, #as well as a truthful labeling of origin and the processes of the product to satisfy the requirements of the customers in matter of health and election. +The new #israeli Government persists in politics of colonisation in #palestinian territory and follows being kidnapped by the Party *Likhud that duplicated the number of settlements to hinder the return to the #palestinian territories. +have not been able to read the text in the tongues of the other countries that form part of the European Union, without embargo, wanted to know before that at all #if it exists a political background in virtue of the *cual text #italian is wrong or #if they are wrong the #french texts and English. +The disappointing participation in the European elections of this year provided the dramatic proof, #if to fault proof, that we have to improve the image and the importance of this Parliament to the eyes of the population of *Europa. +the European Union will delete the rights of customs with regard to the 86% of the total volume of exports of industrial products #south african to the European Union; +*Ustedes condemn in *ellas "selfishness" of an industry that do not takes another thing but respect the rules of the economic and commercial game that, in the best of the cases, *ustedes have accepted and, in the worst, contributed to establish. +The European Union has engaged seriously to promote democracy, the State of Right and the respect of the human rights, among the that they include the basic labour rights. +The practices *restrictivas in matter of access to the markets, to the credits and to the energy constitute #one of the main causes -generally badly known in our countries- of underdevelopment, of the *perpetuación of the social inequalities and of the corruption. +The essential principles of negotiation and approaches of solutions treated in the document of July Commission of 1999, have found fundamentally up to now a positive echo in our debates kept in the Commission of Subjects External and of Industry. +The problem, in my opinion, resides in knowing #if Organisation World-wide of the Trade works on the base of norms just so that the world, and no only *Europa, evolve to a sustainable development. +The opening of a new cycle of commercial negotiations *multilaterales is first of all a decision of the President of the States Joined of *América, the one who has fixed the tempo -translate: a negotiation accelerated, diary tightened-, the one who has fixed the goals... +#would Have to support this round from the start, #would have to show a positive attitude to guarantee that we prevent protectionism, boost the free trade and expand the prosperity of the world-wide system to other parts of the world. +Second, gentleman President, expect that Mr. *Lamy take charge that #everyone take full consciousness that #if the *OMC is important for *nosotros, #if the *OMC is important for *Europa, also will be it for the other commercial partners; and besides, that #that *OMC only will be able to exert his paper #if each Been member takes charge and follows conscious that it #can not win never an only national interest, but that always will have to be the #european interest, so that these negotiations *nos *pos #can serve of *algo. +Is an option, but is not the #ours, and do not wish that tomorrow, in *Europa, the entrance of the services in the field of the *OMC demand that the norms of competition and of opening to the market govern sectors #such as the health and education. +Many times have been mistaken the prognoses that the places of work disappear of the country because it has implanted a technical more ecological or a more effective or ecological use of energy, things that want to implant. +In the Council of Colony talked of the capacity of *Europa to avert crisis and to act with efficiency to the hour of *controlarlas. references to a military capacity with credibility took in the context of the control of the crises. +*Europa always has been in command of the protection of the human rights, of the coexistence and of tolerance, that have taken of this territory the most advanced in it social, and #can not *permitirnos retreat in these conquests, as *usted has said, of freedom, tolerance and coexistence. +The truth is that the formidable can of the that has the Central Bank European to the hour to take part in front of the national economic institutions and the national banks has been collected inside diagram quite *críptico. +Regarding the insular regions, it is necessary to signal that in the Union has treated the problematic of the zones retarded; for example, in conclusions of diverse summits and in other communiqués has loaned a special attention to the islands. +Subject: New community program of fight against the poverty As well it knows the Council, in the frame of the Treaty of *Maastricht, did not reach any progress regarding the adoption of a new community program of fight against poverty. +Exist from takes decades, centuries and thus it also is very important that in our resolution declare that the problematic has to be treated of general form, to the equal that has to look for a general solution, that was notable for the region, and of the *cual derive the stabilisation and development of the region in his group. +Likewise, the project signals on this point of the resolution that #if, as it has said from the Parliament, are conscious that from principles of century have died *tantos soldered in wars as nowadays citizens in conflicts, precisely by these light arms, and #if we are conscious of the numerous arms that export, *transitan or manufacture in States members, have, then, an enormous collective responsibility. +This Parliament has a long tradition in this sense, and wish *rendir homage to the work of Mrs. *Adelaide *Aglietta that it was the first speaker of the report on the pity of death in the world of this Parliament. +The Commission shares the worry of the deputies of this Parliament, and urges to the States members to that they collaborate with the #italian authorities to gather #all proofs available so that they #can elucidate the causes of the disaster. +Lady Speaker, my Group approves fully agreement *interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations that the European Office of Fight against the Fraud has to effect in the institutions, organs or organisms of the Communities, including the European Parliament. +But also is #likely that have gone too much fast in relation with the deputies, and in this sense *me declare guilty in front of the Mr. *Napolitano, president of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, since I am member of commission, although perhaps the debate in the Plenary #can *permitirnos warn #some *olvidos. +Second: the future of the electronic activity in juridical and commercial matter depends essentially of #if it reaches to improve confidence, especially the of the users, in the security and, in concrete, so much in the technical security, for example, regarding the fakes, as also in the juridical efficiency of similar procedures. +A decisive point of support are the electronic signatures By means of a signature #such in electronic format #can guarantee that, on the one hand, is *constatable the identity of the one who have issued a statement and the have signed, is to say, the identity of signatory. +Have the conviction that we have found so much a fast solution as also a correct solution to boost the electronic signature and, in consequence, the utility of the new means of information and of communication in the daily life. +Also is *importantísimo, as they have said other orators, that have a possibility of expansion in the international plane because the borders of the European Union are artificial borders regarding this question. +In the spheres of fast technological progress the European Union has to encourage particularly for averting #all future barrier of market inner like result of contradictory national norms, and has to establish a juridical frame European in an early stage. +In this context wanted to take advantage of word time to stand out the possible repercussions of the versions proposed "*Amsterdamizadas" -#if *me allows to use so horrible term- of the Treaties of *Bruselas and of Blunt in what they refer to the operation of this part of the only market. +#This is an important proposal and oriented to the future because the gaseous fuels use increasingly -and *me refer, for example, to fuels like the natural gas liquefied and oil gas- and exists also the possibility that the hydrogen use like fuel in the future. +will Say to finish, gentleman President, that the final element of this proposal is the resource to committee to keep and put of relief the technical character of this Directive, thing that already have mentioned in my intervention. +By this reason support precisely this directive and, of course, also #would celebrate a lot that in European Parliament took in general *algo more in *pro of the security in the transport so that #this homogenise in the states members, as the accident figures show clearly that in this field the youngsters see affected of special way. +How presupposed is #that that, among the costs, forces to distinguish among two very clear-cut categories, #one - the compulsory costs - arbitrated by an authority, the Council and #another - the no compulsory costs - arbitrated by Parliament? +In the project of budget has foreseen the creation of new places of work in the Parliament and in the Economic and Social Committee, with the goal of giving more efficiency to the administration of these buildings. +Mr. *Pittella also has presented an extremely important report for *nosotros; therefore, *yo want to manifest my gratitude to the three speakers by the really constructive collaboration that has accompanied the budgetary procedure of this year. +From this point of sight believe that there #be a special contradiction among the fact to push upwards the missions assigned to the European Union, throwing downwards the necessary resources for fulfillment. +A final note very concrete, but of big importance: is indispensable to guarantee -#if it is that it has not taken already- that in the comment of the line *B-7 6000, relative to the no governmental organisations, state a reference to link committee. +*Nosotros *nos guide by these same principles but, in this case, after it that has struggled the Parliament during years, this review of the agreement *interinstitucional, a review of the financial perspectives #such as it defined in the agreement *interinstitucional, is extremely important for Parliament. +Happening to the #others institutions, *cuando talk, for example, of the cooperation *interinstitucional, how rigour there was in the information day that our colleagues previously agreed that it had to take the Common Organisational Structure? or, #which is the reality nowadays *cuando decide that it is necessary to dissolve this common structure? +Is necessary to simplify a lot the juridical frame for these companies -in *Europa have 18 millions of #SME, a 50% of the *cuales do not have any employee-, so that they #can concentrate in the fundamental requirements, or was, in satisfying the needs of the customers and offer products and suitable services. +Nevertheless, on the other hand, *yo believe that we #would have to keep the amount that the Union already has announced in the political plane, specifically that they will put to disposal 500 millions of euros for the year 2000, so as to avert cause the impression of that Union *desdice of his political commitment. +In this context, it is necessary to have always present the fact that the Council of Government acts like collegiate organ, and that #all the decisions have to communicate to the public of clear and coherent way. +Finally, receive equally with big satisfaction that Mr. *Duisenberg have commented the point treated in the report about the need to reduce the costs of the payments *transfronterizos, especially in the smallest payments that affect to individual members. +By that, with the presence of craft of the Council of Ministers and of the European Commission, at present the national Governments anyway know #which are the votes, and #can exert pressures to his taste, only that of form totally *incontrolable and invisible. +Since the debate of today is fundamentally among the Parliament and the Central Bank and no *nos corresponds to *nosotros play any #another paper, wish to signal only, answering to worry of #some parliamentary, that will have occasion to debate here the problem of the coordination of the economic politics, that is competition of the Commission. +The rise of the types of interest, in determined occasions #can *asemejarse or be more related with raising the foot of the pedal that, by the contrary, with braking the impulse of the economy and of mood advance more slowly. +Certainly have planned, to begin, study the mood in that we #can create bookmark that *nos has requested like the half to keep the pressure on *nosotros, in the first place, but also on #others, #as well as to guarantee that all makes with the most complete transparency possible in the immediate future. +*Nos *congratulamos of the commitment assumed in the highest level to act in cooperation with the countries of origin and countries of traffic to the hour to tackle the questions of the immigration. +From a point of general sight, results very significant that the Council have announced a precise calendar for the relative measures to the space of security. +In the migratory politics has been important to say with clarity that exists a basic agreement on the control, on absorption capacity and of integration of a country and on the fight against the abuses in this field. +The statements of *Tampere on the space of freedom, security and justice, the best access to justice, the efforts by a more intense fight against the criminality, are definitely positive looks of the balance. +*Me seems a fine news for the fight against terrorism, although the resolution of the Parliament do not say it, the suppression of the formal procedure of extradition in the case of persons condemned with firm sentence. +Gentleman President, this High Assembly approved with big majority on 3 April of the last year my report on the enlargement eastwards and the inner security. In that occasion agreed to create a European Academy for Security Inner. +With intention of *soslayamiento of the States, the report *Dehaene proposes that in some cases #can modify the Treaty by simple decision of the Council or even by a decision adopted so only by qualified majority, thing that results absolutely unacceptable, as it is absolutely contrary to our conception of #one *Europa that respect to his nations. +The citizens of the Union need a democratic constitution, with a catalogue of competitions in the that responsibilities are clearly established and in the that the principle of the subsidiariness have a real content. +Gentleman President, there #be dog that still has not barked in this debate, and wanted to call the attention on the failure *garrafal of the report *Dehaene regarding treating properly - only mentions it of happened - the regional look of the government of *Europa. +#If it has produced a delay in the nomination of a speaker has been because the representative of the Radicals in the meeting of the coordinators to choose to speaker asked that it postponed the nomination. +The Commission thinks that the presence of the States members in the Council of Administration #would be in definite well for the Agency and #would facilitate the coordination of reconstruction activities of the Community and of the States members. +(The Parliament approves the proposal of the Commission)- Proposal of decision of the Council relative to the approval, in name of the Community, of the Decision *OSPAR 98\/2 relative to the poured of radioactive waste in the sea (*COM(1999) 190 - *C5-0014\/1999 - 1999\/0096(*CNS)) (Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer) +Considers that vote only constitutes a question of procedure, necessary to be able to continue the negotiations with the Council regarding the creation of the statute of the deputies to the European Parliament. +At present exist two problems that brake the advance of the electronic trade: the difficulty to verify the identity of the users and consumers, and the uncertainty with regard to #if the operations in line are legally *vinculantes. +. (*PT) The Central Bank European, in spite of exerting a fundamental paper in politics and in the #european economy, works with independence of the Council, of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments, it that results unacceptable. +Among other measures, the Governments approved also relative common norms to the granting of asylum political to the refugees needed and the editorial of Letter of fundamental rights. +The company has the responsibility to keep to the worker *empleable and the worker has the responsibility to take part in his continuous information and in the continuous development of capacities and of his skills. +Is necessary to have an increase of the power of the employees and of representatives to take cost his right to impugn the bottom of the economic reasons that motivate his dismissal, it that *nosotros call the amendment *Wolbert-*Michelin and that will propose so that tomorrow the vote His *Señorías. +Believe that it has remained clear that, motivated by the problem of the *Michelin, poses a subject that constitutes the centre of the reflections in the European Union in the actuality. Is to say, on the one hand, the subject of competition, and, by #another, the of the social cohesion. +Am convinced that the movements by the peace against the nuclear arms that so much took in the years seventy and eighty, #can restart activity in collaboration with *nosotros and our Parliament, so that we #can live for real in a world #where do not exist this type of arms. +Also have *presionado so that they adopt the necessary measures so that help agencies visit the zone to take an assessment on the terrain of the needs and expect that this mission #can carry out in the next days. +#would Have to bet so that events like the European Capital of Culture or the European Cultural Month #can take place in *Irlanda of the North or in the Basque Country, since in this new political frame that it is *Europa #can find valid solutions for these two conflicts. +In relation with the network of partners, of correspondents and of other organisms, mission #can not confuse - #this is an important and fundamental data, on the *cual the commission debated amply - with the mission and the functions that has *Eurostat in this sector. +The Audiovisual Observatory European elaborates statistics for the companies of the audiovisual industry, work of the that occupy also *Eurostat and the national institutes of statistics, and until some point his work and the work of the Observatory *solapan. +In this moment established -read *textualmente- that "the goal of the Observatory will be to improve the transfer of information inside the audiovisual industry and promote a clearer vision of the market, #as well as a greater transparency. +*Me explain: is a reality that structures and organisations finish remaining attached to his *financiador public, and this situation *les tends to move away of his goal, that in this case is the public service and the attention to the professionals of the audiovisual sector. +Report (To5-0024\/1999) of Mr. *Gargani, in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport, on the proposal of decision of the Council [$^*COM$^($^1999$^)$^0111$ - ^*C$^5$-^0019$/^1999$ - ^1996$/^0066$^($^*CNS$^)$^]#\ relative to the community participation in the European Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector +Is a question of principles that #all the women and the groups that take campaign in his favour enjoy of equal access to the community bottoms, especially *cuando purpose consists in allowing that the #european organisations are represented in the UN. +*Felizmente for the European Parliament the ridiculous no kills, since it #would have to have reported clearly the attitude of the direction of *Michelin, that finishes to announce a massive reduction of effective and dismissals, although the results and benefits of this company have increased considerably! +Regarding the *segunda splits of the proposal, that establishes the terms under the *cuales a transport #can be considered transport *ad *hoc, #as well as the procedure for the acceptance of derogations, by it that to me *respecta, approve and adopt the proposal of the Commission, more severe, definitely, that the today valid legislation. +The security in the transport always has been #one of the great worries of this Parliament, independently of the means used, although, obviously, commodity transport dangerous occupy to this *respecto a central place. +To my mood to see is precisely in these fields #where Parliament and the #european politics win in credibility, because of how serve the national rules -for example regarding the transport of commodities dangerous by road- *cuando need rules to #european level? +No takes fault that convince to the citizens of the need of a common politics of environment neither of the need of a politics of security #european in the terrain of the dangerous commodities. +And, in this moment, take a special call so that the #finnish Presidency carry out in the next Council Regulation *IFOP and the Commission, gentleman *Fischler, was flexible in this text for *acercarse to the positions of the European Parliament. +Want to, on the other hand, *Señorías, a fast negotiation and want to that, anyway, have a significant economic support and sufficient for #all the sector affected -*armadores and workers- in front of a hypothetical transitory period in that it was not in vigour the right to fish in those waters. +A verbal war about #which are the most innocuous foods in *Europa will have an only result: the destruction of the confidence of consumers in the foods *provenientes of *Europa, was *cual was the place of production. +In front of these *interrogantes fundamental, as in the case of the *OGM, #would have to impose , as, the greatest prudence, with greater reason put that very *próximamente go to have of an effective scientific instrument, the proofs *EEB, that *nos will allow to judge the sanitary state of the group of herds. +This type of contradiction among the national right and the community right exists also in the field of hunting and in #many other fields, as #if the governments signed abstract #european commitments #whose aberrant practical consequences discovered afterwards. +Nevertheless, the animals injured and patients that die in the stables get to the industrial facilities, and the tallow of animals gets to the pharmaceutical industry, to the industry of the cosmetics and, therefore, to the alimentary chain. +How doubt fits that the financial compensation is an important support, but, besides, the presence of fleet #european contributes to give a greater feeling of stability in the area, it that only #can be beneficial for the international relations with *Angola. +Have taken note with interest and already have received with satisfaction the statement taken by the #french Minister of Trade and Protection of the Consumer, Mrs. *Lebranchu, that, referring this weekend to the unanimous report of the Managerial Committee Scientist, said that it #would reassure to consumers. +From the year 2003 #all the meat of bovine will carry a labeling with the place of birth, place of fatten, the place of sacrifice, the race and the age of the animal. +#If to *ello join the availability of capacity installed, that #can increase given the high potential propensity to investment, consequence of his high profitability, will produce structural changes, that the managers of the economic politics have to take in consideration to adopt his respective decisions. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, first of all, *yo want to manifest that our Group receives with satisfaction the dialogue *macroeconómico like innovation #worthy of *encomio, since it involves for the first time to #all the main protagonists of the #european economic politics and *les engages to a direct exchange of opinions on the general frame of economic conditions. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, believe that #if the millions of unemployed #european had listened this first statement on the dialogue *macroeconómico to boost the growth and employment, #would have carried the hands in command. +Am #one of persons that, to the equal that #Stephen *Hughes, had wanted to take part the past Friday and, likewise, had wanted to follow the debate with the Central Bank on the increase of the types of interest. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the gentleman President of the Council has used the image of relief career to signal that the goal of the dialogue *macroeconómico is to happen the witness to the following runner. +#Any of the that take part in the dialogue, neither the Council, neither the Commission, neither the Central Bank European, will have to answer directly #if they do not take effective solutions #european; only to those who have been chosen and occupy these seats *nos will demand direct responsibilities the constituents and constituents that *nos have voted. +*Eso poses a danger, the truth, poses a danger for the review of the general directive, of the that also is the Mrs. *Smet, and is the following: the rail sector goes included in the directive. +Of course, the responsibility of this situation the have the politics of governments that protect the uncontrolled action of the capital shipowner that, of multiple ways, forces to the crew to work *duramente, in conditions *excepcionalmente dangerous, many times *rebasando the limits of the human resistance. +do not see, the truth, how #can supervise satisfactorily this measure, because the community ports and the countries of the European Community do not have real jurisdiction on pavilion fuselages or foreign property. +#If it goes out forward, #if, for example, had agreed that it was possible supervision, did not fits doubt that they did not go to have some labour day out of the waters and the ports of the European Community and afterwards *cambiarla *cuando found inside our geographic zone. +Of course, the relative questions to the health and security are an important reason to limit the labour day, but the fishing already is object of codes of practices and regulations supervised by the competent authorities. +The maximum labour day volunteer negotiated by the #irish medical organisation and our department of health is 35 hours to week by half term in turns of 46 hours and no more of 72 hours of continuous work. +No only takes already *algún time that exists in Big *Bretaña advertising plan of the data on the saving of fuel, but that, besides, the majority of the citizens take for granted that the valid plan is consequence of a #european directive. +Gentleman President, in the first place, wish to express my more alive satisfaction by initiative, that constitutes undoubtedly an important step to the informative transparency regarding the environmental characteristics of the car and that goes, in this sense, to facilitate the election of the consumer. +Have to appreciate to the Council -the truth is that this time do not say it only jokingly- that it have suppressed #some of requests formulated by the Parliament in the first reading, that surely incorporated because of the hastes and that neither had my approval. +Another type of measures no legislative that they #can base and reinforce the juridical frame is the *autorregulación, or better said, an approach in the that the regulation and the *autorregulación are integrated, is to say in the that they appear looks regulated in the legislation and, besides, distinct groups of sectors interested in reaching solutions by means of the mutual query. +Exists the fear that the electronic trade was *estrangulado when being born by regulations that subject in power to the dealers to 15 #european jurisdictions different, but do not offer to our citizens an easy and affordable access to justice. +#This is a clear indication that it still remains path for visiting in the field of the liberalisation of the postal services or at least shows that there #be determined companies of the sector that do not apply this liberalisation as it is had to. +Wish intelligent models of work, like the factory *desahogada, in the *cual configures work time according to the level of employment, in the majority of the times shortens, but no always, instead of shortening unilaterally the time of work with a full *nivelación *salarial. +And when hearing talk to the previous orator, Mrs. *Theorin, have to say that I am conscious that the speaker has encouraged for incorporating the greater number of possible amendments. Without embargo, no longer have to include in a report #all the amendments as they present, saying two or three times it same. +Is #this reason by the that pretend to establish in the same body of the guidelines in matter of employment a bond among the creation of new opportunities for the unemployed and new places of work, by a part, and the quality of these places and the social protection, by #another. +On the other hand, the hit of the politics of employment is fundamental of face to a healthy development of the public finances and is logical to see the package on employment and the cooperation *macroeconómica in the community context. +And in *ellas even reduces the active support to the local initiatives of employment and leaves to a side any attempt to examine the quality and sustainability of the places of work created. +To the not evaluating seriously the sustainability and the quality of growth, runs the risk of *subestimar the work that still remain for taking to confer a social character to the #european construction. +Never have understood very well how pretends to say *cuando takes reference to an employment with social content, but, on the other hand, know that it is not possible perspective of assessment of the employment based in the reduction of the protections and of the fundamental goals of social cohesion. +Nevertheless, do not accept a key conclusion on the only coin, that says that it is a fact that the realisation of the economic and monetary union creates a favourable climate for the apparition of new places of work. +Beside the evident fact that it is very important that the Union have already, as #one of his goals, a high level of employment and of social protection, see that the data show still a *gap enormous among the contributions made and the needs of the that suffer in his families and personally the *lacra of unemployment. +The qualitative elements of this type constitute the heart of our social model. In this sense will have to give form to the minimum requirements of protection and to grade of reduction of the sectors submerged. +Create, therefore, that the Mr. *Menrad has reason *cuando in the general conclusions takes upsetting in the need that the Commission harmonise the documents on the fundamental guidelines of the economic politics and on the guidelines for employment. +Believe that we #can be more optimistic and *plantearnos objective common Europeans in the field of the information, because we #can not talk of convergence of the States members #if no gives the convergence in a so delicate field like the of the society of the information. +In our country communists are after the fast approval of the law on the #sindical representation that also is an act of democracy in the centres of work. +Improve the professional insertion, develop the business initiative, boost the capacity of adaptation of the companies and of his workers, reinforce the equality of opportunities among women and men; #this are the main *pilares of politics. +To the 25 years, have, as it says, "#all the life by in front" , but without any possibility to conceive a project of life, without #any perspective that the unemployment and the minimum income of subsistence, is not worse that a conviction to death? +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, treats here of a project of directive in the frame of the program Car *Oil, that has by goal improve of here to the year 2010 the quality of the air by means of the reduction of gas broadcasts pertinent of the vehicles to engine. +These vehicles found in a neutral concept of fuel and technology, based in the best available technology, that will allow to States members or to the local authorities boost the use of the vehicles that answer to the idea *EEV by means of fiscal incentives. +The violence is a social problem of regrettable actuality that supposes a rape of the human rights and an attempt to the health in looks physical, mental and social, and to the quality of life. +In *Portugal, for example, the violence against the women is *estadísticamente greater in the municipalities with greater levels of life or greater cultural levels, it that do not means necessarily that in *ellos have more violence against the boys and the women; means -in my opinion- that there #be more women with financial independence, with more culture and more value to present complaints to the police. +To *través of the program *STOP and of the work in the fields of police and of the judicial cooperation, the Commission struggles actively against the sexual exploitation of the boys, included the childish pornography in Internet. +The predominant approach of the Treaty centres in the citizen like worker, it that means that the interests of the boys are not contemplated, as *ellos are not more that the group addressee of action program and some #few eventual budgetary lines. +With seen to the editorial of the Letter of the Fundamental Rights, and to the creation of the common space of freedom, security and justice have to include a special chapter on the protection of the rights of boys. +Believe that we are in front of a problem that #can analyse from two points of sight: by a part, the of the fundamental rights and, by #another, the of the influence of the relative politics to boys in the sectors of action of the Union. +Sure enough, is a secret to voices that the #british Government was convinced only by means of the promise to save caution in the directive on the information and query during a year regarding society anonymous European with some minimum rights of copartnership. +#If we accept immediately the amendments and go to the table of negotiations with the new proposal, go in in the process of unanimity, that already know from the principle, that as they go the things, do not goes to have the results that want. +The decision of own resources that today argue, that is the mere translation by part of the Commission of the political decision of the European Council, is the best proof of this shrinking. +#If we examine the cases of *Holanda and *Alemania, in #whose name there #be had *tantas complaints in this Parliament, see that the Only Market *les has contributed immense benefits and have had balances extraordinarily positive in trade with the rest of the Union along the years. +In *tercer place, the put in practice of the principle of flexibility inside limits for the agricultural costs, proposing the transfers to the following budgetary exercise of the costs or of the no used resources. +As I have said, in general consider a positive evolution that, because of the evolution of the market and of prices in the agricultural sector, have been necessary less credits and that have had to spend less bottoms that then #can devote to programs of external politics of big importance and urgency, #such as the that have proposed here. +The Union has fixed already #some dip clear in the energetic sphere to reduce the broadcasts of CO2 in a 8% around the middle of the next decade and, of course, duplicate the contribution of sources of renewable energy of the 6% current to the 12% in 2010. +As I #be to repeat often, have to begin giving example precisely from the public facilities, from the public buildings, from the public sector and of the institutions of the utilisation of energy of a more effective way and more rational. +Expect that the #nordic convention was able to continue advance and support goals, but then will need also the explanations that there was in the report of the Commission of Subjects Juridical about this proposal. +Regarding the amendment *nº 5, *nos seems that it takes *recaer charge excessively weighed on the central authorities in the frame of a system of the directive in the that said central authorities have a purely subsidiary function. +Believe that #all suit in that regarding the nuclear head offices and to the nuclear facilities is absolutely essential that concede the maximum priority to the security: the security of the operations, the security of the construction and of design. +Is precisely not to penalise to the States members that #can present proposals in a more precocious stage and in an acceptable form, of compliance with the disposals of the regulation, that the Commission decided to approve the list by group of country. +Nevertheless, wanted to reassure to the gentlemen deputies that #can be concerned, *precisándoles that the activity of the investments on the terrain will not see interrupted, since resources relative to the current period, that still do not finishes, have to be *integralmente delivered before 31 December 1999. +In the dramatic circumstances like the that affected, takes some years, to *Portugal and #Italia and, more recently, to #Grecia, #where have been in two occasions, especially with our colleague #Anna *Diamantopoulou, takes a month and afterwards takes hardly some days, *nos support on regulation general of the Structural Bottoms and are responsible. +Our main worry, in addition to continuing in this line, is the to give fulfillment to the decision of the European Council of *Tampere, to find definitions, *incriminaciones and common sanctions for traffic offences of human beings and abuse against the boys. +Believe that this new approach on the coordination of the inner politics and of the external politics, and of programs that commission of #one and of #others, #can be a step forward very positive in the action of the Union in these matters. +To his time, the efforts of the Union to this *respecto *incidirán significantly in the possibilities of countries candidates to reach said modernisation and, therefore, also in our common interest to reach an effective enlargement it before possible. +The past days 28 and 29 October *me displaced to *Kosovo together with Commissioner #Chris *Patten, it that *nos provided the opportunity of *reunirnos with #all the political leaders of both communities #as well as with the representatives of the mission of the Nations Joined in *Kosovo and also of the international strength of security for *Kosovo, the *KFOR. +*Señorías, in the middle of this spectrum, of this range, have to take an effort for improving protection instruments of the citizens and of fulfillment of the law, is to say, the police instruments, #whose need *imperiosa has put of self-evident in the last crises. +Have to be able to act of autonomous way and is necessary that believe the necessary conditions for *ello, in the field of the means of transport, of the communications, of information #obtaining, of the modern satellites. +The real challenge that unseen behind the *Europa of the defence is access to the nuclear weapon or, in his defect, the disappearance to fixed term of the #french nuclear deterrence that, as it knows #everyone, exists *cuando do not shares. +By #this, is necessary to procure that in the Conference *Intergubernamental incorporate the article 5 of the Treaty of the *UEO to the Treaty of the EU under the form of a protocol to the that #can adhere #all countries on the base of his own sovereign decision. +In the Treaty of *Amsterdam creates a cell of #alert early that has like goal be attentive to it that it #can occur to treat to avert that it occur and not having to act neither military neither collectively #if we are able to take all it possible by the diplomatic road, by the road of prevention. +On the other hand, is precise that in the negotiations of the *OMC put of self-evident and take in consideration likewise commitments subscribed by the Union in the frame of other international agreements, like the of the World-wide Organisation of the Health or of the International Organisation of the Work. +Also have to keep, besides, a permanent dialogue with the Government, the Congress and the village of the States Joined, that clear reasons and boost the mutual acceptance of a reasonable balance of interests with our partner. +. (IN) Gentleman President, wanted to express my gratitude to Mr. *Schwaiger for having elaborated an extremely complex report and, in particular, to *Erica *Mann also, for having coordinated big part of the work in the preparation of the amendments to the report. +Thus, our Group believes that before *nos hurl of head to new commercial rounds in *Seattle need to take an exhaustive evaluation of the social and environmental repercussions of the liberalisation that already has taken place as a result of the last commercial negotiations in the Round *Uruguay. +In this resolution, that no doubt will receive tomorrow a massive support of our colleagues, add our voices to the of the Council to condemn the action in course and ask that it initiate a negotiation without more delay with the representatives chosen of the population *chechena. +Already know *ustedes that the #european agriculturalists will have to take important efforts of adaptation to apply the commitment of *Berlín that has represented, the past month of March, point of acceptable balance for the fifteen States members of the European Union. +#This goes to be increasingly fundamental in our future, of mood that it is necessary to highlight the importance of the agriculture in the field of each economy protecting with suitable rules - and #this remains patent in the report, although it is necessary that each #one of *nosotros back it increasingly and with strength - the small and medium enterprise. +#If we achieve to respect these bonds and improve quality of life with a sustainable development so much in economic terms as in environmental terms, surely will have seated the bases of a better society in the new #millenium. +The unavoidable globalisation of the market #can not suppose a discount of security alimentary neither of the social rights of our workers, neither #can suppose neither the forget of our more disadvantaged regions. +The *mercantilización of the services, even of education, the health and the culture, pursues the goal to snatch to the working class and to the villages in general #many of his conquests of these last one hundred years. +Likewise, the recognised prerogative of the States in this political #would have to translate also in the possibility, for these last, of application differentiated in the internal territory, of it contrary -further of the simplification of the procedures- the only condition #would follow being the flexibility of the work. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0058\/1999) of the Gentlemen *Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen, in name of Subject Commission Constitutional, on the preparation of the reform of the Treaties and the next Conference *Intergubernamental (*C5-0143\/1999 - 1999\/2135(*COS)). +The common market European has generated a competition among systems in this look, that in the case of the tax on the value added, for example, has determined an approximation of the types *impositivos. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, share the conviction that, with the next enlargement to the *Europa of the East, the Union #can follow creating the conditions for a mutual enrichment of the States, instead of comporting the ruin of #one to favour better fortune of #others. +The current Treaties contain numerous cases - different protocols, parts of the Treaty of the European Community of the Coal and of the Steel, for example - that they are susceptible to be amended by means of the procedure simplified, and the *CIG #would have to analyse this look from a constructive optics. +In #this see a significant confirmation of these orientations *europeístas shared that historically they have characterised the European Parliament in relation with the other community Institutions, the national parliaments and the public opinion. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam established the legitimacy of forms of cooperation among the States members, inside the institutional frame of the Union, to surpass the level of integration already reached. +do not considers the Council that the European Union #would have to suspend his own financial help to project #taliban" and initiate a deep investigation on the efficiency and the correct management of the bottoms allocated to the *PNUCD? +Without embargo, repeat that the competent organs of the Council are mood to improve the possibilities of the public to know the documents, so that #all are accessible to the public in Internet, except the confidential. +Council. (*FI) Gentleman President, want to signal that it is a fact that *Turquía has adopted measures, also during the year in course, allocated to improve the human rights, but the truth is that, in look, still *le remains a long path that visit, and the changes do not produce quickly in any society. +The expression «Oil for the democracy» shows by himself\/hisself *sóla that to the #serbian village *le is a blackmail without precedents: #if it wants oil for heating, #if it wants to heat , this village has to accept the conceptions of the European Union on the democracy. +In Parliament obtained the unanimous support of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional the first time that examined, and the first time that examine it here each #one of the main political Groups took to know that it supported the proposal. +#If #this approves today here, and the *crispación diminishes, #would owe perhaps have the value to examine #if, in the achievement of a just end, to know, the inclusion of the members of parliament in control mechanisms, #can guarantee the free mandate and perhaps articulate it of distinct form. +Also will have the possibility to work together with other institutions #european in the organisation of a conference *interinstitucional that examine the application of the strategy of the European Union in matter of drugs, probably at the beginning of the year that comes. +Second, because the own regulation - and *me gives shame say it - excludes of scandalous way, to instance of the socialist "government-communist-environmentalist" of my country, the impression storage *dactilares of the illegal immigrants controlled in the territory of the Union. +And, without embargo, results that they are the main victims of the change of date because the rich countries of the North *les have left his old computer squads that are not prepared for #millenium change. +Consistently with wish, *cuando in first reading adopt a position regarding the budget for the year 2000, established a specific line of character *plurianual and endowed with 30 millions of euros allocated to the reconstruction of *Timor Oriental, amount that has to update to the light of the information provided by the conjoint mission of evaluation. +#There is had in this case #all a series of coincidences that have originated in our country a deep movement of solidarity to the that, of course, have adhered the Government, #all the political parties and the rest of society. +Gentleman President, by *enésima time Parliament expresses his rejection by the fact of keep to scale world-wide the use of methods of anachronistic punishment, *antidemocráticos and of doubtful effectiveness, and precisely in countries like the States Joined, that lately *enarbola as own the flag of the defence of the human rights. +Thus, with the foundation of our #european values, and in name of respect to the human rights, lick to the governments of #all the countries with pending executions to that the revoke immediately and to that they proceed to the abolition of the pity of death. +Have supported the peace process by means of the finance of the negotiations that take place in *Arusha, with a contribution of two millions of euros, that, of far, is the most important, and that it #would have to suffice, together with other external finances, so that the negotiations get to a result. +This model admits drug shops, that in our country know unfairly with the #english name of "*coffeeshops", and part of a difference among soft drugs, the marijuana, and hard drugs like the heroine or the ecstasy. +In accordance with this article, the Union #can complement the national politics with measures directed to the improvement of the public health, to the prevention, #as well as to reduce the damage caused by the drugs to health. +Agree with the amendments proposed by the Mrs. *Rühle, that express clear and real worries about the transparency, efficiency and the surrender of accounts of the *BEI and about his compliance with the goals and the politics of the Community. +By this reason the Commission always has *margen to pose this possibility of increase of reservation Bottom, although we do not have the feeling of that it was necessary to take it in the current moment. +. Gentleman President, the Commission has presented a proposal of regulation to modify regulation community, the Regulation (*CEE) *nº 1911\/91, that established the special juridical diet for the Canarian islands. +. (IN) The regulation of the Council of 29 June 1998 stipulates that: "The Commission will present to the Council a report regulate on the situation of the market and will evaluate #if dockyards #european see affected by practices *anticompetitivas. +Besides, the Commission proposes now forbid #all renewal in the segments that do not progress to rhythm that the other and force to find and to destroy a capacity a 30% upper to the of ships renewed in the segments that are to the day in the goals of the POP. +Like Basque, want, with humble and simple voice but firm, move to the European Parliament the feeling of failure of hope of peace that the #spanish society and especially the Basque have housed during #all this time. +Have also to a delegation of the parliament *estonio, headed by president, Mr. *Tunne *Kelam, and wanted to signal the paper that exerts the Mixed Parliamentary Commission in the negotiations in course that have to conclude, also in this case, with the adhesion to the European Union. +Have to say that the Table of the Parliament has adopted this morning, in his meeting, the necessary measures to watch by the ideal application of the disposals of resolution before mentioned. +But #if the money collected is distributed to the clubs that commission of education, of the training of the youngsters, the action of interest collective allows an exemption of the norm of the competition. +#If we do not fulfil with our duty to elaborate a #european directive for the protection of the sportsmen, included the professionals, will not struggle against the roots and the causes of doping. +At present, the fiscal package European crosses grave difficulties, without embargo, said package no only represents an important initiative to struggle against the hurtful competition in the fiscal field, but also an essential element for our strategy for employment. +But going back to the position of the Parliament -that believe that it is a very balanced position- in relation with the Conference *Intergubernamental, *yo *le #would say to the Council that do not take an approach of flight low in question. +Without embargo, did not ask to the citizens and #this is face council to this governmental conference before it set up the construction of the empire: ask to the #european citizens #if they wish that the evolution follow this path. +The #european competitiveness neither is now optimum, the community markets do not work of the form owed and has detained the *nivelación of prices of consumption sakes among the States members in the zone of the *UEM. +Follows being missing a public debate in these countries and a social dialogue, participation of the regional and local field. All #this, that among *nosotros takes for granted, #can not take place there because the instruments of the EU do not allow it. +Nevertheless, also know that the no military means and the diplomatic means often only have a real effect #if it exists a credible military threat in second flat. +*Yo wanted to signal that in the provisional report of the Commission on the Czech Republic quoted a #czech city of half size #where has built a fence in street, by means of the *cual the Czechs keep separated of the #gipsy. +Believe that in January will be able to and will have to begin because have in wallet subjects: *Amsterdam, the fringes of *Amsterdam, the cohesion, the *codecisión, the subject of the security and the defence, the Letter of rights fundamental, #as well as the reform of the Treaty. +Suppose that subject interests to the #finnish Government, but although I have posed this question in front of a member of the Ministry of Subjects External Finn, follow without obtaining any information and the man will be judged today and morning. +His trial is in *Rusia, and already a lot before undertaking the judicial process, the European Union took a call so that the person in question have a suitable trial that fulfil with rule. +Also have read with like that the Speaker #Nicole *Fontaine reacted *prontamente in front of the confirmation of this sentence and also that #would take part in front of the president of the Big National Assembly of *Turquía so that #this did not confirm the execution of death pity. +Deny helps financial proposals by the Commission for the next three years and for the *potenciación of the Union *Aduanera #would mean, especially in this dramatic moment that sees the #mediterranean country *postrado owing to a catastrophic earthquake, contribute to increase in *Turquía a perverse spiral, #whose consequences are *inimaginables. +The Commission coincides with the Environment Commission in that the conditions of the enclosed spaces *repercuten seriously on the health, but do not believe that this proposal was the vehicle to study how have to resolve this problem. +For *ello, will suit that we remember by a moment why have this directive on the table and of course is not by the taste to collect #some data -already collect sufficient-, but that the reason is that it reached a voluntary commitment with car manufacturers. +In the *segunda splits of the foundation mentions to the second and to the *tercer *pilar in the strategy for carbon dioxide and the tourisms, is to say, to the information to the consumers and to the use of measures fiscal. +Believe that it #would be positive, and also have posed it in the commission, even have sent a letter asking why #can not use #the same signal, warning signal, the *pictografía that uses in the world of the international transport. +Like speaker, #would agree with the amendment 23, #if to the introductory part, that is object of this amendment, *le add three words: Then the amendment #would remain as it follows: " special climatic conditions of zones alpine or of comparable zones to the #mediterranean and #nordic regions" . +The present proposal has like goal update the current legislation relative to the commercialisation of materials forest of reproduction to take into account the entry of new States members from 1975, the inner market and the scientific advances. +Proposes that *le assign to *Portugal, to effects of calculation, a supplementary quantity of 83.468 tonnes for the campaign 1999-2000 and, for the campaign 2001, the difference among the quota reckoned by the really transformed quantity in 1997-1998 and the reckoned when substituting quantity by 884 592 tonnes. +Gentleman President, the current common organisation of markets had given samples of exhaustion, since it was not able to answer to the new challenges of a market like the of the products *pesqueros, very *globalizado and competitive, in a European Union very dependent of imports. +Give the thanks to my colleagues, to the civil servants of the Commission of Fishing and to the of the Commission by his help in the preparation of this report and want to congratulate to Mrs. *Fraga *Estévez by the presentation of his very wide report. +And as they still are pending questions like the pity of death, and in concrete the of the leader *kurdo *Ocalan, #would wish to ask the return of reports to commission, with the end that the Government of *Turquía give a positive signal in front of the European Union. +Now well, the resolution, that, in the article 3, pretends to situate the security and the health of the workers by on "of considerations of character purely economic", contradicts to himself\/hisself same in article 2, when denying to "impose obligations... [$^that$^]#\ *opondrían to the creation and to the development of small and medium enterprises". +This explanation of vote do not alters the posture that have shown previously as a result of processing by the European Parliament of the report of the Gentlemen *Dimitrakopoulos and *Leinen on the *preparativos of the next governmental conference. +In effect, the transitory period of three years will have had, at least, the merit of *demostrarnos that #can live very well, on the one hand, with a euro with own life -that, besides, is rather chaotic in the international markets- and, on the other hand, with some national coins that follow in circulation, for greater satisfaction of consumers. +Gentleman President have voted against of the Inform Towers Mark relative to the introduction of the euro, because my party, the Socialist Party of the Low Countries, always has been contrary to the introduction of a coin community. +Therefore today, to the equal that the Council *Ecofin of the European Commission and that #ours speaker, think that the reduction of the transitory period of three years #can arouse technical difficulties very important, that #would put in danger the process of step without setbacks to the euro. +The dynamic performance of the Commission in narrow cooperation with the delegation of the European Parliament has put of self-evident that the Commission with his complete strategy of negotiation had tended rails that #would conduct to a possible hit. +Although it is fundamental to centre in the details of procedure, any improvement of the organisation will compensate the greater loss of *Seattle, loss of political conviction in the merits of a liberalisation of the trade opened and based in disposals *multilaterales. +Finally, the members of the *OMC owe at last listen to the 1.200 no governmental organisations of almost 100 countries that have signed a statement demanding that it do not follow advance with liberalisation until they examine the social and environmental repercussions of the current liberalisation and solve the problems. +As very well has explained the Mrs. *Pack in his intervention, have got to an agreement that, for #all *nosotros -and like this have said it clearly members of parliament-, is an angular stone in the construction of a *Europa of the citizens. +The next legislative initiative #can *atañer once again to the sector of the insurances, in particular to #any forms of harmonisation of the relative norms to the compensation of damage to the person that *tantas disparities and *tantas injustices is in the European Union. +*Cuando think that only the 30% of fuel transport passes *circunvalando Swiss, then have to take use of the contingents to go back to apply the shortest path possible in place to load in excess to the peripheral countries further of any statistics. +This substance, used like *desinfectante agricultural mainly in zones very delimited of crops of #mediterranean regions, has already a commercialisation and utilisation severely restricted in my country and has been already substituted in #all the cases in that it has tested the existence of suitable alternatives. +The amendment 27 #would introduce procedure accelerated to include in the new rule substances that exhaust the coat of ozone, it that it #would be of utility to postpone investments little careful, to the time that benefits to the coat of ozone. +In fact, members of the commission consider that in these moments the European Union is the subject of the genetically modified foods of a quite garbled way. +Because, ensure it, my opinion is that the heel of #Achilles of the regulation, that besides believe that it opens the doors to the legal adulteration, to the transgression and to distortion, is that it is not possible to define in compound foods how and how much contain of a product altered genetically. +Thus *me amazes that it say that the lady Commissioner *Wallström do not wishes to expect to the definite review and that in place has backed the offer of the industry to fulfil the review of the directive on *OGM, already before his approval. +With the proposal of amendment of the Regulation *nº 1139\/98, by the that it establishes some minimum limits of the adventitious content of material *GM authorised, answer to the mandate of the Council on labeling of the alimentary products produced from *OGM. +*Me cheer that the European Council have fixed the great lines of the new #european politics of security and defence developing, in particular, the military and no military capacities of fast intervention of the Union. +Collecting the wishes of Parliament, also will comment the opinions of the Presidency on the situation of *Chechenia and will review the most important results of the summit of the *OSCE celebrated in *Estambul in the month of November. +Among the challenges that have by in front find the demographic changes and the increase of the competition originated by globalisation, of the *cuales derives the need to boost the innovation and the structural reform. +How has escaped of the control of the Union the Anti-doping World-wide Agency, that acts like doctor and supervisor of the illnesses of sport, on the that presented a report the 1.12. the Commissioner, Mrs. *Viviane *Reding, and in the that the Union had to exert an important paper? +will not be able to prevent the every time greater inequality among the citizens and among the societies, #if we are not able to regulate the minimum taxes in #all zone of the internal market. +Seat a cultural community much stronger with the Turkish and the *kurdos progressive that struggle in favour of the justice, freedom and the democracy. And is for me reason of joy that a day *les #can give the welcome to a community of cooperation #european. +In this question reached to reach the goal that the #finnish Presidency had fixed, to know: already in the Conference celebrated previously in *Helsinki, States members and the countries associated agreed in that it is necessary to trace a plan of action. +The example of the *OMC has shown that the #european chains #can have had an a lot greater presence and that it is important that are in the first line of coverage informative #if we want to exert a paper leader in the world. +No considers the Commission that the companies in question use the offer to make new dramas of infrastructure to protect his monopoly and that said dramas #would contravene the political favourable European to a balance more *ponderado among the distinct means of transport? +But wanted to add it following: by #a lot of that it invest in infrastructures -and in the donor conference that will celebrate to beginnings of the new year will examine the concrete promises-, by #a lot of that it spend in infrastructures, it decisive is to boost a more wide and free trade among the countries of this region and even inside #one or two countries of this region. +To time, the Commission will follow accompanying the process of reforms political and economic in this country according to the valid agreement of cooperation and by means of the program *PHARE or the new financial instrument that *substituirá to *PHARE. +In conclusion, gentleman President, the Commission do not considers that the new politics in matter of vertical restrictions #can cause in the sector of the beer and in the sector of the hospitality industry in *Bélgica important structural changes that put in danger the culture of beer in this country. +treats of small and medium enterprises that, with a high level of efficiency, require so #few employees that fulfil the criteria of the EU for the granting of helps state to the #SME, but that, to time, #can compete in inequality of conditions and cause a distortion of the competition in the market. +Little satisfactory because -as it also has seen in the Summit of *Helsinki- have a Council that takes promises with a big joy and afterwards the budgetary authority, of the *cual in any case also forms part Council, has to look for the way that all go back to square. +The European Council of *Berlín obsessed with the budgetary cuts, no only initiated the decline of the endowment of the structural politics with regard to levels reached in 1999, but that forgot that there were other community politics. +The already poor countries of the region are even more poor, the conditions of life of population see aggravated and the bombs have not put end to the opposite chauvinisms. +Gentleman President, to measure that expand competitions of the European Union also grows the importance of the Court of Accounts European, that from the Treaty of *Maastricht is an autonomous organ of the Community. +The facts of the past year highlight the need that have a Court able to criticise in necessary case so much to the Commission as to the States members that, after all, are responsible of the management of the 85% of the resources, roughly. +Nevertheless, know that it is in some compulsory mood for the European Union, according to the Convention on the Rights of the Boy of Nations Joined, that the Commissioner was in conditions to inform about it that is in favour of the boys. +The process of harmonisation has the purpose of reaching the most elevated levels of security and of environmental protection and represents an important inducement of face to the quality, with advantages so much for the industry as for the consumers. +The norms established in the Parallel Agreement coincide with the of the Agreement *UNECE, without embargo foresees a procedure of taking of specific decisions *cuando regulation project do not examines in the frame of the agreement of 1958. +Takes two weeks celebrate here a symposium with varied #american congressmen in the that it debated of way detailed question, or was, the preparation of a common philosophy based in the economic and ecological requirements with seen to the harmonisation of the technical norms. +#This *me carries to a very important subject that Parliament also has posed in a resolution, to know, the question of the nuclear energy like option for the projects of mechanisms of development no *contaminantes. +Appreciate the commitment of Parliament to help to spread the importance of the fight against the climatic change in #all *Europa and among his homologous of other countries, in particular the Congress of the States Joined. +Therefore, in the Commission of Environment, follow proposing the renewable energies and that adopt clear measures in the transport; no only in the transport by road that is the that more broadcasts of CO2 produce, but also in the aerial transport that also generates broadcasts and, up to now, has not priced as it had to. +#Such as it signals in the resolution, believe that it has got the hour that the EU show the path to follow and that *atreva to be in the avant-garde, that leave after yes to #EE.UU., with will fault and with his *inflexibilidad, and that ratify the Agreement of *Kioto beside other countries. +#This affects, especially, to the contingents of the trade of waste and material *contaminantes, the *cual is a half effective to reduce the wastes *contaminantes, always that it regulate for this trade a clear rule based in the mechanisms of the market economy. +will Need the collaboration and help of the industry to go out advance and will require also the initiatives of the citizens, in #all countries members, to obtain the strength and the necessary support for the adoption of measures. +Therefore, wish to manifest #all the appreciate and the applause to the here adopted positions by the representatives of the Presidency of the Commission and *sumarme of heart to the homage *rendido by the Commissioner #Christopher *Patten to the Basque governor *Rocha Scallop. +*Macao offers opportunities for the trade, for the dialogue and for the commitment, that is the mood to carry the freedom and democracy to the communist dictatorship of the Chinese Popular Republic. +But yes has to *preocuparnos the maintenance of right State, the maintenance of the public freedoms, the maintenance of the human rights, as it signals the Mr. *Watson in his valuable rectification. +#This, without embargo, will not prevent a continuous and substantive collaboration along #all space of time that *nos allow to the fifteen States members *confluir in common positions; and this confluence will be decisive factor so much of the content of the positions that keep as of the strength with that will explain for *impulsarlas in June. +Gentleman President, the representatives of 189 countries adopted in 1995, during the *cuarta World-wide Conference on the Woman, organised by the UN in *Beijing, action platform and a statement by the that the Governments participants engaged to improve the situation of the women. +Owe *recordarles that under the #spanish Presidency of the Council the EU pronounced with an alone voice in favour of the woman and that, thanks to this firmness, #can tackle important points in the negotiations, that afterwards remained reflected in action platform. +By this reason, wanted to formulate a very concrete question to the Council, and expect that the answer review clarity. #Which will be the paper of the #european deputies in the next meeting of New *York, the Conference "*Beijing more 5"? +do not pretend to formulate new goals; it that we want to is to analyse and evaluate without *ambages the following looks. In how fields have progressed the States members, where have to put more of our part, where need more efforts so that the European Union #can achieve in New *York an improvement of the situation of women in *Europa and in the rest of the world? +The debate will restart -lady *Theorin, perhaps was #this question- after the statement of the Commission and alas also after the debates of the Report *Papayannakis and of the Report *Keppelhoff-*Wiechert, but anyway will restart before the turn of questions foreseen for the 17.30 hours. +Have proposed a mood to promote the program *TACIS that do not penalise to other countries, that allow to take a distinction among the advance of the democracy and the human rights, on the one hand, and programs, by #another. +Create, therefore, that before adopting any measure has to *averiguar loaning attention to the scientists and to the technicians that advance in the science continuously, #if it is correct to continue to forbid along the time determined substances and #if, on the base of the investigations made by the scientists, step that give is really important. +The studies are particularly illustrative: the level of ozone has dropped among a 6 and a 10% in twenty years; in 1996, the hole extended along 20 millions of *km2 during more of 40 days, and has observed decrease without precedents of the 46% of the coat of ozone on *Escandinavia, *Groenlandia and *Siberia. +is not natural, is not normal, had account of it that each #one represents, in this Assembly, from the point of sight of the convictions, of currents of ideas, that the left and the right #can not be entirely of agreement on these questions? +put in relation the reproductive health with the human rights, since it established that the human rights of the woman include his right to control and decide free and responsibly in subjects related with sexuality, is to say, also the sexual and reproductive health. +In effect, the Commission has adopted the approach of the stick and the carrot: the carrot have been the great efforts to gather to the parts and achieve that they approve a solution through negotiation. +It that has carried to *Francia to this decision is the insufficiency of guarantees regarding the definition and to the application of programs of medical proofs, and especially the absence of regulation in matter of labeling and of *trazabilidad in the #european plane. +On the other hand, *acaso the Commission and the Council do not continue *oponiéndose, with reason, to the lifting of the embargo on the meat of bovine treated with hormones, pertinent of the States Joined, in spite of the *exhortaciones of the *OMC, basing in a similar reasoning to the of the #french Government? +Believe that we have to hail the efforts of dialogue that have undertaken by #british part, from the beginning of the crisis of cow crazy", to improve the situation, to improve the alimentary security. +Asked by the nature of the planned investments by the company *Gardaland, the *BEI justified the impossibility of facilitating the pertinent documents invoking the confidential character of his relations with his customers. +Wanted to ask #if Council, that is, and with reason, very concerned by the situation of the centre of *Europa, warms up also #any worry by the situation of regions like the autonomous region of the *Azores, that in this moment suffers great problems, in particular after the aerial disaster of the past weekend. +Gentleman President, with reason of the celebration in August of 1999 of the 50 anniversary of the four Agreements of Gin, the European Union took advantage of to ratify his commitment to boost the international humanitarian Right in the stage of #all conflicts armed. +#This is the political question, independently of other questions that have to see, for example, with the human potential with the technological knowledge for affine questions, persons that have remained without work, in relation with the laboratories of the Soviet Union and #some questions. +The position of the Council, presented in *segunda reading, follow being feeble in this sense and, in particular, do not protects small and medium enterprises and the craftsmanship against the inefficiency of the public device and of the excessive power of the great companies. +The proposal of the Commission of a directive on the delay of payments comprises a group of measures to struggle against said delay in the commercial transactions in the European Community. +Seems to have agreed that #if *nosotros present amendments to the regulation proposal of the Commission the Council will not approve the procedure simplified, to know the approval of the procedure of postponement in the frame of the *codecisión. +#If they wish it *usted and the deputies to the Parliament, #can *referirme to the questions for the that have come; #if no, #can answer, in the measure of possibilities, to the questions that have formulated the two previous orators on the questions posed yesterday in the Council. +And gets the Commission on 15 November and *nos says: «have not been able to conclude, by favour, an extension of a year.» But, adds that *eso will take on a new legal base, as in fact it has to take after the Treaty of *Amsterdam, according to article 152 of the Treaty. +To end of accounts, #this were forced to create the conditions necessary for a reliable system of identification of the origin of the bovine and guarantee the correct operation of his electronic databases for 31 December of the year in course. +Thanks to this procedure, the compulsory system will be able to introduce before the planned date in the proposal of the Commission and #all parts involved will have sufficient time to reach a durable and satisfactory solution. +#If *Francia has to pay - will be the Court the that perhaps it say it - the politicians will assume responsibilities. But neither have to forget that #that that have not respected the norms on the treatment of the flours and that *nos have conducted to this situation also have to pay. +Any amendment of the Parliament to the proposal of the Commission that was contrary to the orientation agreed yesterday by the Council will block with security the advances to the achievement of an agreement before the end of this year. +This hormone do not uses never with therapeutic ends, only uses to produce more milk, and #this *nos #can complicate the life, since we are *excedentarios in dairy products and besides #can arise problems and negative reactions for agriculture, since they #can arouse contradictions in the new orientations of our community agricultural politics. +Wish to take advantage of this occasion to appreciate, in name of my village, the attention and solidarity manifested by the #european deputies when approving innumerable resolutions of support to the exercise of the right to the free determination of my village. +From the arrival of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Nations Joined are the mechanisms of query so that the *timorenses have a voice in this process of transition. +Want to learn to be managers bear with the international community in the development of our country, but, after a long period of political activism and of fight, feel today that carry a big charge on the shoulders, because we are responsible of the happiness and the freedom that promised to village. +Lady Speaker, had asked to the administration of the Parliament that guaranteed the communication in public form to the Parliament of the members of the assembly that go to take part in the Letter. By administrative road *me answered *afirmativamente to request. +Lady Speaker, taking advantage of the intervention of the Mr. *Poettering, wanted to signal to his attention that *yo yesterday, on purpose of the resolution on *Chechenia, posed a problem of nature exactly and signalled to the attention of His *Señorías the need of observation strict of the Regulation. +In this sense, owe *deplorar the fault of rigour of the commissioner commissioned of the budget, the one who, to appeal of Budget Commission, resulted unable to give an estimate in figures of the necessary amounts in euros, since it took it only in dollars. +Give to the companies of the Realm Joined the security to introduce in these markets will contribute to reach said goal, will promote the commercial relations, the growth and employment so much in the Northwest as in #all Big *Bretaña. +Have the impression to see an institutional system that goes to the derive, unable to imagine his future, unless the Council know it without *atreverse to say it, and that seems to be prisoner of the consequences of an enlargement decision that do not reaches to dominate. +In consequence, after a careful weighting of the situation, *me declare firmly in favour of the continuation of this embargo, as #this also supposes a signal to the army #indonesian, and expect that it was it also for the #indonesian democratic strengths, of those who suppose that they will see reinforced by this attitude. +Gentleman President, estimated ladies and cavalier deputies: the Commission receives with satisfaction this debate and congratulates equally by the interventions produced up to now in #the same, as they put of self-evident that the European Union is conscious of responsibility in the evolution of Indonesian and that will follow encouraging by the establishment of a stable political order and democratic in this country. +This right is established also in the Constitution of *Kuwait, as it says the resolution, and of course is *loable that the #kuwaiti Government and the Parliament have proceeded to implantation. Only that it has taken of an especially unlucky form. +The case of the #afghan women *nos serves to visualise the problem of the fault of respect of the human rights that produces each day in #all corners of the planet and also in #ours *Europa. +In a moment in that the Christmases are *acercando, this circumstance offers the opportunity, among the enormous quantity of rapes of rights *humanes all over the world, to the Muslims and to the Christians to join in front of the strengths of the sea. +Our intervention #can not base in popularity polls of the diverse presidential candidates and with reference to the main electoral subjects in debate in a sovereign State on the *cuales go to pronounce in brief the constituents of *Nicaragua and on the *cuales competes to *ellos, and only to *ellos, competes to pronounce . +A month afterwards, show revealed by the descent of the waters has confirmed the proportions of the disaster -further of the human lives-, it that demands that it go back to pose an effort of prevention. +Is necessary to achieve that the crops of reference reach what before some levels *acordes with the reality, or well begin to *reflexionar again on the foundation and the consideration of the crops of reference like compensation in front of the fall of the price of cereals. +In place of #this, has decided in the frame of the ancient Regulation 820\/97, in accordance with the article 19 of execution disposals, that the states have now until the 1.9.2000 the possibility to continue with the voluntary system Neither consider that #this was hit. +In consequence, the Commission has proposed to expand the validity of Decision 96\/411\/*CE during other three years, introducing #some small changes, with the that it pretends, especially, or simplify the application of this plan of action or reduce the delays in the payment of the community contributions. +How posture adopts the Presidency of the EU in front of the statement of the Prime minister of a country that continues keeping in vigour the exclusion of the Democratic Party *Kurdo of the elections and is responsible of crimes without precedents against the villages that inhabit in territory? +In the frame of the external politics and of common security, have treated in repeated occasions and regularly the initiatives of the General Secretary of the Nations Joined, especially in the group of pertinent work of the *PESC. +The 29 December 1998, the Presidency has issued a statement in name of the European Union that supports without fetters efforts of the Nations Joined for reaching a just and durable solution. +This decision goes to take possible a distribution ordered and to time of the necessary strengths for the execution of the plan and to time goes to facilitate the daily execution of the operations of *MINURSO. +And #if Treaties establish that, in this matter, it is necessary to progress on the base of a decision by unanimity, think that the Council will have to support the juridical norms that *nos have given *nosotros and that has given the Council in the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +*Eso explains surely that, in the case of some Commissioners -no say #all-, it that the experts affirmed, to know, the loss of control of the administration, have owed in part to the increasingly important paper of said cabinets. +Therefore, #if we want to improve the operation of the European Union and of #all the #european institutions, this improvement will depend entirely of a consistent and deep application of the principle of the subsidiariness in #all terrains. +The European Commission, without embargo, has expressed a critical trial with regard to this first stage considering that progresses, especially regarding the transposition of the community legislation, have been slower and more uncertain of it that it was necessary and possible take. +Is more, the tenacity and conviction with the that *Praga has pursued his adhesion to the Atlantic Alliance underlines, #if it fits, the political conviction of the country to integrate in the different continental structures, are #this *cuales are. +In this direction, *me seems necessary to go back to say that it is precise an institutional reform that prepare to this Union before the enlargement and, second, that is precise that the Union have the necessary means to face up to the challenge of enlargement. +But talk to the *respecto, by it that we have to take now it necessary so that vision that every time takes more reality was a palpable reality in a predictable time and in this way #can give the welcome to the villages of the *Europa central in the European Union and in the European Parliament. +The application of the environmental legislation constitutes an enormous challenge for the administrations of the countries candidates, by it that it is necessary to support from the EU activities also by means of the training and the exchange of information. +Expect that #all States current members have given account and are participants in the diet of coin only before the enlargement, so that the candidates do not have any possibility of election on the particular. +The current States members already have reached, previously to enlargement, great advantages thanks to the reforms and the efforts that have made the countries candidates with the end to fulfil the criteria that *les has imposed. +The communication analyses #some practical questions that they are notable for the constitution of some national strategies for the adoption of the *acervo by part of the countries of the *Europa central and oriental, without anticipating on the assignment of the pertinent bottoms of instruments of *preadhesión. +In sectors like the of beer, but also the of the hydrocarbons, in the that the current approach satisfies to the companies that act in the market, it is necessary to take an exception to the general regulation or opt by a specific approach by sector. +After the Council have adopted the Regulation of the Council, the Commission will present a proposal of Regulation by category for #all the vertical agreements underneath of part threshold of market. +Like conclusion, and to the equal that have taken #all the other, also *yo #would wish to express my gratitude to our previous president, the Mr. *Newman, the one who has carried out an exceptional work to the hour to leave of self-evident Commission importance of Requests. +Gentleman President, have the intention to talk about the annex of the report of Mr. *Newman that treats of my work like mediator of the President concerning the boys kidnapped and moved out of the country, but before that at all it wanted to *rendir homage to the Mr. *Newman. +Of course, the heart of the crisis and the reason that conducted to the resignation of the Commission are the bad economic management and the fact that it has lost in part the control of costs. +#would Wish to ask to the Commissioner *Monti how #this preparing the Commission regulation with arrangement to the Treaty of *Amsterdam, since his preparation represents also an essential element to solve this institutional crisis that has caused his resignation. +Of here that of course it have to modify the section 2 of article 3 of the Statute of the Defender of the European Village so that the Defender of the Village have full access and without barriers to #all the notable documents. +The control that, through Defender of the Village, #can exert the citizens on the operation of our administration #can not but *animarnos to work better, to correct errors and to increase the transparency of our work. +The #another point posed by the Parliament, by his Commission of Requests and by the own Defender of the Village, refers to the code of administrative behaviour allocated to the Institutions and to the #european organs. +In my opinion, this attitude gives samples of a big irresponsibility. statement type only take by ignorance or because the Mr. *Ferber has not read neither the White Book neither the report approved in commission! +Although this report is not a legislative text, represents, in terms of politics of transport, the culmination of an intense work that covers looks and that definitely will open the door to a legislative proposal in the future. +Among the improvements that is precise to introduce figure a regional approach of the management of the fishing, that #would cover to #all the coastal States and to #all the nations that fish in distant waters and that go to fish tuna to the Ocean *Índico. +The Agreement on the banks of fishes, of the Nations Joined, that applies to the tuna and to fish banks extremely migratory, stipulates other conditions, with inclusion of a description detailed of the approach *cautelar. +This circumstance demands modifications in the international laws -as for example in the breast of the Nations Joined-, a possibility that has not been taken advantage of by the permanent members of the Security Council. +Of course, supposes problems practical and, of course, will exist opposition, also have this experience in the Low Countries, especially #if it do not clears that the investments and the taxes are necessary to keep the densely populated territories, *habitables and accessible. +The Commission, as I have said, already is these important problems in a wider frame and has engaged to *afrontarlos adequately covering, among other things, the group of the expectations in matter of protection of the bearer. +On the other hand, the Commission already employed in depth to follow with coherence the group of the problems related with the protection of the bearer in matter of electronic money, some problems that, obviously, trascend the problem of the repayment in himself\/hisself. +Regret that the commission have not agreed with speaker in this point, the *cual constitutes, in my opinion, a very concrete claim and very important of the #european consumers. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, #would want to express first of all, in name of the Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left, pain in front of the amplitude of this catastrophe in the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc, that has caused the death of 41 persons. +Is necessary to effect an urgent diagnostic on security in #all the tunnels and, until so much do not know the conclusions of the investigation, it is necessary to take measures of security and of limitation of the rhythm of circulation of the heavy vehicles. +The local representatives, the associations of protection of the *emplazamiento and inhabitants, have not expected to that they occurred these dramas to promote the cooperation *transfronteriza and give the voice of alarm. +This village follows suffering the situation created by the military Government. This time has appeared in the #news because it did not allow the entrance in *Birmania to the husband of Mrs. *Aung Saint *Suu *Kyi, gravely ailing. +Prefer, in principle, that a same country have the responsibility to get to an arrangement regarding similar happened. Also my Group thinks that a court *ad *hoc for the genocide of *Camboya offers more guarantees of justice for the #cambodian, now that the proofs run the risk of disappearing. +Gentleman President, the coup d'état in *Níger, with the murder of President #Ibrahim *Baré *Maïnassara, has gone back to *sumir another #african country in the darkness of the military hits and of the blockade of a process, although partial, of institutional reconstruction. +The government has insisted *verbalmente, but also through the facts, intention to reach, for finals of the year 2002, the conditions of adhesion of the country for the adhesion to the EU». +*Yo also am adherent that it reduce the transport by road and boost the use of the railway and the navigable roads. Without embargo, *me deny to accept that the car, the trucks and buses convert in goat *expiratorio of #all the evils had and for having. +Is indispensable cooperation to guarantee the fundamental human rights and, therefore, also the rights of the boy; is equally necessary to reach the efficiency of this cooperation among the countries candidates and the current States members. +Likewise, in the legislations of the countries candidates will have to guarantee the fundamental rights so clearly that it was possible to act of a truly effective way in front of rape of the human rights that have his origin in the violence. +Already has celebrated a meeting on the subject. The *Bundesrat , the house of the *länder #german, regretted deeply that the year 1999 was not designated official year of the fight against the violence against women, since it had been #one *baza complementary important. +Gentleman President, in the page 9 of the Record takes quotation to three successive interventions, the #mine, the of Mr. *Fabre-*Aubrespy and the of the Mr. *Wijsenbeek, relative to the decision, important to my seem, that the modification of the competitions of the commissions vote by simple majority. +The effect of a motion of censorship *estriba, according to the paragraph second of the article 144 of the Treaty of the European Community, in that the members of the Commission will have to renounce collectively to charges. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0160\/99) of Gentlemen *McMahon and *Schiedermeier, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on «The citizens of the third age in the century *XXI: a life by in front». +The age persons advanced -persons of the third age or «grey panthers», as the flame in the States Joined; «grey power» in the Realm Joined- represent a very important part of the Community. +On the one hand is the report -page and average- on the informations, congresses, resolutions, requests and reports had up to now, and, by the #another, the fact that from the resolution to celebrate a conference to the that got the 16 of October of 1997 until the celebration of #the same the days 1 and 2 of October of 1998 happened almost a year. +Ceased activity #european of support and the existent informative associations among the organisations of the persons of age to #european level left to be funded, it that conducted to the lethargy in a big part. +Wanted to *referirme still to a point of the resolution *concerniente to the participation of age persons in processes of decision, included the politicians, as it exists the tendency of *vanagloriarse to have a list of candidates #whose average of age was it more possible drop. +regret It even more because #all have appreciated his work in Plenary, because it is truth that treats of a discrimination of persons greater that every time will be more numerous #if colleagues so active and *lozanos like #this do not go in already in the list of candidates. +To the contrary, are #many the that, a time *jubilados, have undertaken new tasks and projects, by not talking of #all #that that it first that have taken, a time got the hour of the retreat, has been to materialise dreams that had come feeding during his labour life. +In regions of *Europa and, very in particular, in the northern zone of the Low Countries, the crop of potatoes exerts a paramount paper. His disappearance #would prejudice seriously the economic situation of said regions. +But the application of this system, alas, only allows a partial compensation of disadvantage, weakening the position of the #european industry in the world-wide market, but, likewise, in our own market. +Regarding the possibility to apply in #Venecia exceptions contemplated in the letter *c) of the section 3 of the article 92, fits to signal that it corresponds to the States members notify the regions that each #one of the countries wishes to include in his regional map. +No contemplates the possibility to go back on the decisions that have adopted, especially on a decision that has not been subjected to vote, although it had obtained the backrest of the big majority of the Assembly. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0216\/99) of the Mr. *Fayot, in name of Regulation Commission, Verification of *Credenciales and Immunities, on the modification of the Annex *V of the Regulation of the European Parliament. +Finally, also there #be a third proposed -resolution proposal- and, in this proposal of resolution the Parliament takes his observations on the budgetary management of the Commission. +#If we want to assume responsibility derivative of this every time greater number of persons that see forced to resort to the atypical modalities of employment, have to reach that the work of half day and the other atypical labour activities award right to provision in matter of social security and pensions. +Therefore, are necessary structural reforms very considerable, that has to prevent that the excessive demands of the social product by part of the state, an excessive fiscal pressure and an excessive overloads by part of the social politics and of the politics of *subvencionamiento originate problems by equal. +Use to the EU to generate the necessary conditions for the creation of companies, of new places of work and for the growth and no to suffocate with bureaucracy to employments that need neither for *sentarnos here and believe that we #can deliver or «*palabrear» the new employments and the future possibilities in #ours *Europa. +Gentleman President, ladies and parliamentary gentlemen, before at all *permítanme *decirles that *vertebraré my intervention on the relative looks to the great orientations of the economic politics, or *GOPE; the Mr. #Mario *Monti will tackle the #another report, is to say the report *Menrad on the #european pact for employment. +On the other hand, in the context of a better integration of the employment in the politics *macroeconómica, his speaker suggests the suppression of the current splitting among the great orientations and the lines guidelines for employment. +refers to the modernisation of the social protection and of the systems *impositivos to improve the incentives and the labour opportunities for the entrance or return to the labour market. +The Commission of Budgetary Control has made his duties and in union with the #german Presidency of the Council has reached by unanimity a common position and approved recently the pertinent agreement *interinstitucional. +In December of the year happened the majority of this Assembly *denegó the approval of the management and returned to commission because there were problems of procedure that now have resolved, when modifying Regulation so that it was in accordance with the disposals of the Treaty. +Regarding the Court of Accounts, only want to say that the typical demonstration of budgetary insufficiency has been able to resolve *favorablemente, and almost without effort, in the year 1997 thanks to the favourable evolution of the euro -of the *ecu, in moment- concerning the coin *luxemburguesa. +By this reason, the Council and the Commission, but also Parliament, have to take into account it that have decided in the Report *Tatsos, for example, in relation with the finance of the parties, and have to proceed of equal way in the provision of squares and in the promotions. +Pose the presentation of a motion of censorship. *Ello carried out on 11 January by 70 pertaining deputies to #all the political groups, those who bore then convictions of type, especially by part of the President of the Socialist Group. +No the problem resides in that 1998 has discovered and *yo wanted to *pedirle, gentleman *Liikanen, that communicate to his colleagues that in his day, in the summer, had a breakfast up, in the floor 7 -then #this left really with confidence and friendship- and *les took the following offer: are *ustedes frank, *confiesennos errors, show his failures, are had to establish commitments. +since it is seated here the person of the Socialist Group that more *cooperativamente has carried with *nosotros, will avert the criticism to the Socialist Group. Of it contrary #would have said *yo it following: the Socialist Group is really #culprit of the dilemma in front of the that *nos find today. +Is extraordinarily important to try include #all these small reforms in a global financial regulation and clear in the that they formulate clearly the functions and the committed of each #one of the *copartícipes in the execution of the budget inside the Commission, to know, the computer, the *interventor financial and accountant. +*Ella, Mrs. Palace, has referred to his first intervention and to the last, but *yo want to say that, among #one and #another, the performance of the Mrs. Palace has been enormously active, competent and intelligent, and really *nos have enriched #all, #all the institutions, with the work that has come making along these five years. +The decision of the *OMC in the case of the bananas demands of *nosotros a clear regulation for the own producers and for producers *ACP in it that *atañe to the suitable access of third countries to the market. +Neither the Commission of Subjects Social neither Subject Commission Economic understand why the permission to the States members to begin an experiment no the #can give the Commission. +Finally, it that *me has surprised and disappointed a bit also, is the fact that the Commission have not remained with the control of the evaluation, that it yield the control to the States members and of form also the initiative for new proposals. +The opportunities to introduce radical reforms that offers this new beginning only will be able to take advantage of fully #if the three organs involved -the European Parliament, Council and the Commission- keep a narrow collaboration in a climate of full confidence. +#There is had five years of absolute lack, five years in that the Constitution #european has been *tabú, and now spokesmen of great groups *nos give like the fundamental element of the work of the Commission the preparation of a #european Constitution. +#This no always has been like this in the past, and the question of the commercial conflict on banana imports pertinent of the countries *ACP *nos leaves a bitter flavour. +Expect of *usted exercise firm of the prerogatives of the President of the Commission no only like guardian of the Treaties and guardian of the *acervo #european, but also a brave initiative of promotion of it that remains for completing of the institutional architecture, so as to confer really personality, identity and strength to the *Europa of after the euro. +The NATO in the first place and second countries, but also *Europa that in the past always distinguished in the plane of the humanitarian helps, are not to the height of the challenge that is as a result of this war. +Every year, to the hour to establish the budget and work program, will have to examine the state of progress of the realisation of the political program that will approve with the new School. +#would Fit to signal, in my opinion, that in the future Commission is necessary also the contribution of those current commissioners that have exerted well functions and have shown his commitment *renovador, since without his participation will not be possible to undertake said reforms with the sufficient rapidity. +Mr. *Verheugen, in name of Council, has underlined the need of a fast procedure of takeover and, on the other hand, the Mr. *Cox, has underlined the suitability of a parliamentary debate of high level on the approval of a new Commission. +The European Pact by the Employment by himself\/hisself same will not resolve this problem, but #can take a contribution and constitutes a #worthy recognition of *beneplácito by part of the States members that they #can reach more resulted by means of the cooperation that acting country by separate. +will Have to be norms internationally guaranteed, among the *cuales has to appear the inviolability of the borders in front of the use of the strength, the guarantee of the security, but also of the autonomy of the minorities, no on paper, but in the practice. +Already find in *Londres or in *Pristina, the minorities do not have to live with fear to lose the life or to suffer the consequences of a violence *azarosa directed to destroy his homes and life means. +Have to be able to use our vision and, then, the words that has pronounced in his intervention -»May #can be hope month»- #can be a message more *tranquilizador with regard to our future and, especially, to the future of peace and justice for the *Balcanes. +Has tried the Council of Ministers in this occasion put the means to elaborate a common strategic reflection and propose elements, of course, to the Council of the Alliance, but that have felt for *Europa? +This use of the strength against the women, of the torture and the rape by nationalist reasons *atiza the spiral of violence, the hate and the revenge with the that pretends to destroy any hope of a *Kosovo *multiétnico and in peace. +In these conditions, the Mr. #Spencer has elaborated a balanced report, a big reflection on this question in the that defends the cause of peace, the cooperation and the maintenance of the dialogue among the distinct parts. +Like this as, receive with satisfaction the report of Mr. #Spencer put that, in place to establish the previous political conditions that accustoms to fix the European Parliament, presents some balanced approaches to the hour to examine this question. +Since I proceed of a city situated to banks of the *Danubio, also want *agradecerle contribution that has taken today *cuando has highlighted the importance of this strip that crosses *Europa, that often has been stage of crisis and of wars, but that also #can be a strip of peace and cooperation, of links of the *Europa Western and Head office with the *Balcanes, but likewise with *Rusia, *Ucrania and in last term also with *Turquía, as *él has signalled. +Is precise to consider the northern dimension like a fundamental element, so much in the external relations of the Union, as in the taking of decisions for the inner development of the EU. +In last place, because it establishes in detail modalities of administration even of the costs of secretariat, so that it purchases the character of a thorough regulation and *fastidiosamente bureaucratic and invades like this the field of competition typical of the disposals that Plenary #would have to elaborate through his own organs of *autogobierno. +Thus, the liberal Group, on the base of the proposals of the Mr. *Rothley, has formulated a proposal, adapted in determined looks to the proposal of the Council, and expect that tomorrow we obtain a majority favourable to *ella. +For agriculture, #if the agreement *interinstitucional accepts, means that the new structure of the budget takes possible to distinguish clearly among, on the one hand, the traditional cost of market of support to the income that will be compulsory and, by #another, the new cost of rural development that will be a no compulsory cost. +The report that have received *yo now with a number #zero, not even with a statutory number, not even in my own language, *envie the report, the common position, to Transport Commission that do not gathers. +Lady Speaker, wish to begin for appreciating to the deputies of this Assembly his so kind comments and also say to the Mr. *Jarzembowski that will give account that respect totally the rigour and efficiency of his work even #if, in rare occasions, am not totally in accordance with his conclusions. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, in the #few minutes that hard my intervention perhaps was pertinent to give the thanks to the speaker and with *ella to Mrs. Commissioner that also *nos accompanies in this last debate on the consumer of this Assembly and, in reality, *rendir homage to the process of *codecisión, that have applied and that perhaps was more representative more in this field that almost any #another process. +These resources are the free repairs, replacement, the reduction of the price or the cancellation of the agreement in the case of objects defective. +Gentleman President, believe that nobody doubts to these heights of the need of a new program -in this occasion until the 2004- of community action in favour of the civil protection, although really there #be not enthusiasm in the hemicycle by this program. +In the amendments that the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer has approved by a fine majority -majority important- has deepened in #some points of the proposal presented by the Commission that *nos seem important: +But have, to finalise, a question for the Mr. competent Commissioner, since the Directive 77\/537 on the measures that have to adopt against the broadcasts of *contaminantes pertinent of engines *diesel allocated to the propulsion of the agricultural or forest tractors follows valid. +But as it knows, situations of crisis #can also release strengths and deploy a special dynamics. The #german Presidency has confidence in taking justice to his responsibility in the development of the European Union for *convertirla in a community *paneuropea and to time with capacity to act as a whole. +Is necessary to remember that, from the point of sight of the Parliament, #would have been preferable to leave #this in hands of the Commission and not following -as it said Mr. *Santer- converting to the Commission in a species of Secretariat of the Council. +Need a new Treaty, today, and it more important is to give the signal of exit and indicate with accuracy path to follow, mark the guidelines that have to come of Colony, especially because the public opinion, with the #sad experience of *Kosovo, shows that it is more sensitive that before to the paper that *Europa #can exert. +The external politics and of common security always has been *algo #as well as the stepson of cooperation #european, among other reasons because #some of the States members greater have wanted to preserve the own primacy. +The *preponderancia of the practical Europeans regarding the labour market has to remain patent in the fact that a true dialogue among the organisations of the market of work *nos will allow to keep the growth and employment creation. +Today #can not predict #if the Bosses of State and of Government go to contribute this strong political will, give the necessary step and open the new dimension of the integration that need urgently, but *les promise that we go to work with intensity in *ello. +With the conclusion of the Diary 2000 respected calendar marked in the European Council of *Cardiff and showed the capacity of performance of the European Union under some difficult conditions. +The upper limit of the costs of the EU follow being of the 1, 27 % of the gross social product of the European Union and this upper limit neither goes to follow being employed totally. +Here, the Commission coincides fully with the European Parliament and am safe that Parliament goes to follow being watchdog also in the future so that have sufficiently in account in the daily practice of the application of the reform of the structural Bottoms. +With the approval of the legislative proposals on Diary 2000, have the privilege to plant an important foundation no only for the fulfillment of the hopes of our citizens and citizens but also for the *Europa of the future. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, after the votes on the Report *Rothley relative to the Statute of the deputies, only #can underline that the opinion issued by the Commission of compliance with the section 5 of article 190 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, follows being in vigour. +Now well, his commitments do not have a lot that see with the hope and the expectation of the villages that, having chosen in the majority of our countries socialist governments or *socialdemócratas, have manifested change will. +It more worrisome of the intervention of the Mr. *Prodi have been sight points about the employment, the public sector and the regulation of the labour market. +The Mr. *Prodi considers that the public sector is too much wide and demands his rationalisation and a cut of costs, but, to time, do not exposes more that *cándidos wishes to improve the situation of the employment. +The #portuguese socialists support a strong Commission, that was able of *movilizar the will of the Europeans, that respect to the citizens and the legitimate interests of villages, in particular of the small countries like *Portugal. +Although *me #would result very difficult to accept the idea of a community fiscal system -is *algo that *yo #can not support- or #that of an increase of wages, have to study the mood to share the costs of this Parliament. +The only reason so that we support parts of the draft again statute is that *nos seems a previous condition to finish with the waste that during years has existed in the European Parliament to coast of the money of the taxpayers. +#This is so much graver in the measure that, *remunerados with charge to the #european budget and *abonándole a tax, the national deputies no longer #would have with his villages the bond of the finances neither of taxation. +#Such as it is, the directive treats on this problem only through the hope, expressed in the considering 13, that producers of sakes of consumption commercialised in varied States members include the directions of contact in said States; afterwards is also the perspective of a future review of the directive, contemplated in the considering 20. +Under the #british Presidency, for example, reach to introduce a very expected agreement on the guarantees for the consumer by the that they establish the rights of the consumer *cuando #this buys sakes of consumption in point of the only market. +Thus, this decision is very positive, as it #would have supposed step to backwards #if only we had made a labeling, as lamentably we have taken in the case of the novel *food , although the consumers have pronounced against of foods manipulated genetically. +Want to express here my gratitude to the Commissioner, the Mrs. *Wulf-*Mathies, for having supported the position of the European Parliament in these questions, to the equal that in a series of points. +graver still, #this undermines the foundations of culture, of his landscapes, of his gastronomy, and therefore of a big part of his identity. &#*x017*C;How, like this reformed, the *Europa agricultural, #such as *nos the present, will be able to defend his political project of agriculture and rural development in the future negotiations of the *OMC? +*Nos had enjoyed to get more far in matter of association, but expect that the States members have the vision to guarantee association wide and deeper in the preparation of programs and in the application of #the same. +Gentleman President, gentlemen Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen deputies, in the *primer report that, in name of Fishing Commission, presented to this Plenary on the regulation of the relative Council to the structural measures in the sector *pesquero, the Parliament supported three basic ideas. +As a result of return to commission, now are in conditions to invite to the Assembly to approve the proposal of the Commission in the form in that it has been object of a political agreement in the Council. +*Contrariamente to my recommendations, the European Parliament did not vote a substantial revaluation of the premiums to cow herds *lactantes, that without embargo exert a positive paper in our territories. +The upper limit of 4.300 millions of euros to the year has to consider on the one hand like a *aseguramiento of credits for the rural areas but, on the other hand, exists the danger that the States members, because of the demanded *cofinanciación of these measures, do not apply it or only of a mood reduced. +The speaker already took part in day in the invention of the method of the financial perspectives with occasion of the budgetary crisis of 1987-1988, the that carried to the called «package *Delors *I», and also was speaker of the Parliament for the agreement of 1993. +Therefore, in front of the challenges that meant the implantation of the euro, enlargement to the SIN, #as well as the necessary reforms of the *PAC and of the structural politics, the speaker recommended in his day that tried to sign a new agreement *interinstitucional, although it was in a context, #if it fits, of greater austerity that previously. +Regarding the transitory regulations on the that has talked here or to the fact that they have to exclude, no treats of a maliciousness but that it is reflection that the regions have made progresses and that we have to *ocuparnos first of the poorest and not following helping to the rich that get slowly to reach the average. +To time do not owe *escatimar efforts to reinforce the element of the prevention, to prevent, in the first place, that the persons lose his places of work; an argument very very defended by the speaker. +With regard to the external actions, exists the clear commitment of the Council to fund the additional needs that derive of the situation in the *Balcanes, in case necessary, through a review of the financial forecasts. +Expect that the negotiations on the finance of the European Union for innovative projects of the *RTE in the current European Council confirm the importance of #Galileo for the #european producers and users #european. +With the news of today of *COREPER that the Council is had to give approval to the commitment reflected in the amendments that today have in front of *nosotros, #can confirm likewise the full support of the Commission to the position of the Parliament. +*Yo #would want to finally appreciate to Mrs. Commissioner the efficient work that has taken so that the new regional politics, the of the period 2000-2007, go tied to his name, in the sense that the #his has been an important contribution. +Subject: Development of the section 2 of article 299 In front of the imminent entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, how measured prepares the Council for the development of the section 2 of the article 299 relative to the statute of the regions *ultraperiféricas? +Gentleman deputy, in his question has described of a very precise mood the problem that have and that have not been able to solve up to now; on the one hand, want to protect to banana producers that are especially linked to *nosotros but also have to respect the norms of the *OMC. +The Parliament has been an important voice to the hour to define the guidelines of this reform, but has to be it even more in his application during #all programming period. +Maybe was #this my last intervention, because #if well I will go back to be available, party do not goes excessively well, and therefore my last call to the Commission is the following: Are especially attentive to #all #this; expect that, in case of not going out reelected, *algún day #can read in the press that *me have taken case. +And are not positive looks like the maintenance of the community initiative *URBAN, by it other, against the opinion of *Berlín, the that they will be able to modify a position of deep doubt concerning the goodness and efficiency of the future regulation of the structural Bottoms. +Gentleman President, after the taken care style of Mr. *Martinez, *me fear that my posture goes to seem very spent, because *yo really believe that the agreement on the Diary 2000 reached in *Berlín, to weigh any complementary imperfection, remains registered in the active of the #german Presidency. +*Casandra has mistaken and have confirmed, so much the priority that has for the European Union the politics of social and economic cohesion, like the admirable and, especially, effective collaboration among the upper organs of the Community. +In the report on the northern dimension of the Union mentions that, of compliance with it adopted by the European Council in *Viena, dimension has to be also present in #all the decisions related with the inner development of the Union. +And for the group of *Europa, offer guarantees to tackle the needs of zones gravely affected by poverty and the abandonment, without forgetting the help to the great regions that suffer the industrial deterioration. +Concerning punctual details #can take trials differentiated, but #there is *algo that it has to remain clear: that we have kept the calendar is an enormous benefit, so that this review of the structural bottoms in comparison with the of 1994 #can establish to time and go to avert go back to drop in the dilemma of five years ago. +Always *nos have declared in favour to impose the strict application of the criterion of a regional #GDP *per *capita minor of the 75 % of the community average for the election of the future regions Objective 1. +*Me give account of it difficult that *les results to my colleagues of other States members comprise how much have dropped the wages of the agriculturalists of my country, *Irlanda, to cause mainly of the fact that this country depends enormously of export markets, so much in the EU as in third countries. +As any #another agreement in the frame of dialogue disposals social collected in the social chapter, #this illustrates also a new facet of the democratic deficit, #such as it already has explained the speaker. +Finally, the Commission entrusts in that the Parliament will consider timely to issue his *dictamen satisfied so that the Agreement #can go in in vigour, and appreciates once again the important backrest that has received in moment of this Parliament, no only for the strengthening of the relations with *México, but also for the establishment of a true alliance among *Europa and *América Latin that, little by little, goes forging. +*Schengen is, therefore, #one of our greater worries so much regarding the freedom of circulation of the citizens of the Union as to freedom -that is indivisible- of the citizens of the third countries that live in regular situation in #any one of the countries of the Union. +The only area in the that the Commission of Environment, #whose opinion represent, and *yo same dissent of our friends and colleagues of the Commission of Subjects Juridical is in the subject of #if we have gone by the good path regarding protection of consumers. +The directive do not treats -on the other hand, #can not take it- to question it that has achieved through the rule on the rights of author and rights *afínes, approved takes little, neither pretends -wanted to *recalcarlo in concrete to Mr. *Hoppenstedt-apply to it already regulated and harmonised with the Managerial «Television without borders», neither review definitions already consolidated in #the same. +Want to express my gratitude to #all #that that with his collaboration *me have offered a so fruitful experience, for me unforgettable, and expect that it continue attributing to these subjects the decisive space that *les corresponds, with determination and with the coherence that recognise unanimously to our Parliament. +treats of *incentivar the citizen participation in the #european plane and to guarantee the rights of persons to prevent that it #can prevail a negative evolution of these characteristics. +Believe that it is necessary to take in consideration the following element: the agreements *interinstitucionales modify -by means of the consent of institutions- the distribution of the annual budgets and form part of a vision of the budget, vision that have accepted of common agreement. +treated of #one of priorities of our Group of the Party of the European Socialists, #whose approval had reached in the Plenary of *Estrasburgo of 19 November 1998, and that we had to take accept by the Commission and the Council. +The Report *Aglietta, that claims for the European Parliament the right to interpose in execution measures, specifically to *través of the *otorgamiento of a power of *revocación, *nos seems, as, that contradicts the philosophy of the current institutions of the Union. +Is particularly lucky can take it *cuando lives a decisive moment of the process, with the signature of the agreement reached in the frame of the Nations Joined, in that it recognised the possibility that the village *timorense decided freely future. +By the wilful refusal of the #indonesian Government, the questions related with security and the creation of a climate of peace and without *coacción on the population are not properly guaranteed. +Gentleman President, do not know #if #this is my last mandate. do not know #if #this is my last speech, but in any case, are #where was, will remain at the side of #that that struggle by the right of self-determination of the villages and by the human rights, by the that *yo also will follow struggling, since *Timor Oriental finds in #one of situations. +Gentleman President, Commission, of course, congratulates by the historical progress that has made in the final round of conversations *tripartitas celebrated under the auspices of the Nations Joined in New *York by the #portuguese and #indonesian Governments to resolve the ancient, delicate and dramatic problem of *Timor Oriental. +Very probably had produced a climbing of the conflict and the decision of the Palestinians perhaps #can increase the mutual confidence necessary for a durable peace. +The Europeans that have lived the *Segunda World-wide War and the period of *Hitler always will experience a deep feeling to the #jewish victims of the persecution, especially those who, as *yo, had friends that lost the life in this catastrophe. +But in the bottom have taken the word to appreciate in name of my Group to two members of this Assembly that, in this sense, have delivered in body and soul to the defence of the rights of the Palestinians. +Gentleman President, the European Commission thinks also that the #palestinian managers have taken a decision hit in interest of village #palestinian when postponing the proclamation of the State announced for 4 May. +#If this year 2000 has a big symbolic value it is necessary to take advantage of it really to send this message of universal character: a moratorium for #all the cases in that it exists a sentence of conviction to death. +This *intergroup that occupies of the International Penal Court says explicitly that the justice -Mr. *Dell'#Alba is #one of the promoters of this *intergroup - has to protect in a juridical foundation. In the majority of the cases exists a juridical foundation to diverse levels, as *sucede at present in *Kosovo. +Believe that #this is the reason by the that #many of the conflicts that have produced in the last ten or fifteen years have been *dirimidos with arms and have not been resolved in the frame of a Court or a Penal Court. +The action of the transnational Radical Party «there #be not peace without justice» has contributed in part to take advance the that, in my opinion, is #one of the most important messages that #can direct at the end of a century that has been the more *sanguinario of history. +Takes #some days reached an agreement mark -graces also to the discreet but *importantísima work of President #Michel *Rocard, to the one who congratulate- that it constituted and constitutes a fine base to reestablish the necessary conditions for the coexistence among the varied islands and the same existence of a State in the *Comoras. +On the other hand, the Commission is, with States members, the possibility to initiate diplomatic management with seen to the application of the celebrated Agreement in *Madagascar on 29 April 1999 under the auspices of the *OUA. +Coincide with the speaker in that the result of the negotiations with the social speakers is so deficient that poses the problem of the democratic deficit regarding legislation based in the social dialogue. +The integrity of the persons has to constitute an increasingly important factor in the debate on measures against the delinquency, for example, by means of a more rigorous inspection of the data. +With reason the Council and the Commission asked a decision to the European Parliament about the compensations and the quota of potato starch. Was simply a requirement so that it exist a fine administration. +Lady Speaker, always *me have felt proud that in the common agricultural politics achieved to join, reasonably, the interests of the first producing with the of the industry *manufacturera, but to time giving a big balance to the interests of the consumer and of the taxpayer. +Of compliance with the Agenda, proceeds to the discussion of the report (To4-0195\/99) of Mr. *Hoppenstedt in name of the Commission of Culture, Youth, Education and Media, on the Communication of the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament «*Expo 2000 *Hannover» (*COM(99)0131 - *C4-0153\/99). +Has to carry out a renewal that *le allow that products or services are able to have, in the frame of a global economy, a sufficient acceptance as to reach a fine participation in the international markets. +Then, the Commission *recobró the enthusiasm, no against the States that refuse the introduction of social and environmental clauses in the rule of the international trade, but against the States members. +To the treat of the last session planned for the present term of office, propose to his *Señorías separate of the section 2 of the article 133 of the Regulation and approve, from this moment, the Record of the present session, that has gone drafting to measure that developed the debates. +The European Parliament has visited a long path from 1979 up to now, and in #Nicole *Fontaine have the suitable person to conduct to a good future competitions, the faculties and the dignity of this Parliament. +*Nos seems *importantísimo that now put order in the Parliament so that a trip that costs 300 euros was not *reembolsado with 1.000 euros and of form the wage go in by the main door and no hidden by means of benefits in species by the rear door. +The members of the EU no only kept his unit and performance capacity in this extraordinarily difficult stage, but that also showed a high constructive capacity. +The reason *estriba in that the war of *Kosovo went back to put of self-evident bottom goal of the #european integration, that is the construction of a durable peaceful order in our continent. +In *tercer place, with the end of the *cuarta and expect that last #yugoslav war in *Kosovo and the adoption of the Stability Pact, the *Sureste European has now, for the first time in his history, a true opportunity to leave definitively backwards the nationalism and the violence and add to the *Europa of the integration. +Therefore, in the future will be *ineludible enlargement of the rights of the European Parliament further of the new disposals of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, but also a more adapted participation of the national Parliaments. +... but #if Mr. *Poettering devotes to proclaim that the Federal Chancellor German did not interview with a commissioner designated before his nomination, *yo owe *recordarle that the previous Federal Chancellor *Kohl talked very often with the Mr. *Bangemann and already sees the results that obtained, or was, absolutely #any. +The decision to proceed to a military intervention to close the step to politics racist, nationalist and of ethnic deportation in the *Europa of the century *XXI was received, as *ustedes know, with diversity of trials in the Group of the Greens. +The disarmament, the prevention of crises and the civil resolution of the conflicts, particularly through an intensification of the paper of the *OSCE, run the risk to remain abandoned in the ditch. +*Me seems -and treats of #one *segunda education of elections #european- that in numerous countries, in particular in Big *Bretaña and in *Francia, the voters have manifested a *euroescepticismo in increase and believe that, when voting by the parties of the opposition in the great #european countries, to *Europa, in the that take part the Governments, is to the that the citizens have wanted to sanction. +#Can that yes, from sight point of the statements of intentions, without embargo, *nos seems that all follow being very *nebuloso before being able to affirm in how dates the Union will convert in a subject autonomous politician with his own external politics and of security. +Nevertheless, intervention of today *me has affected a lot, as it has said #a lot of more things that the fact that it represents to the greater political Group of this Assembly and that has got to a coalition with the Liberal for the election of the President of #the same. +In definite, it that *les interests is not #who resolves his problems, but the fact that at last somebody occupy of these problems, that the consumers #can *fiarse of the foods that buy, that the travellers take the plane with confidence, that the world of the sport was clean. +Now treats to concentrate #all our energies in the really important tasks: reconstruct the house of the one who has found without home, *recomponer communities destroyed and, it more important, have to offer to the *Balcanes a political and economic future clear that put end to *tantos centuries of continuous conflicts. +Have been so busy *reconstituyéndonos *nosotros same that still have not been able to take the duties and the owed investigation, so, #if audiences take out to the light question of importance and of public interest that still *desconocemos, this Assembly will have the have to bear with *Europa to act, and will act -of course, my group will take it. +This Parliament has matured in the last months and have learnt a basic lesson for the coming years: no longer are partner of less category of the #european political institutions. +The systematic rejection by part of the Commission of positions of the European Parliament -even adopted by majority overwhelming- is not a fine attitude and the ancient Commission is the manager of *ello, wish to signal it. +#This is the vision, the challenge and for *nosotros -*nosotros radicals- a criterion, a very clear approach, the federalistic approach of *Altiero *Spinelli that *nos will allow to know #if our Institutions leave or do not leave to the *reforzamiento of the Union, to more *Europa, to the *Europa political. +In the long run, am convinced that, while it put the car in front of the horse -with the Commission exerting a greater influence on the formulation of politics that the elect members of Parliament-, the citizens of #all *Europa will follow showing apathetic to this institution. +Know orientations that *usted treats to give to the Commission and that today has completed and required in it to the reform of the Institution refers, and *usted knows the orientation and the political worries of the European Parliament. +Without embargo, think that it is necessary to underline the suitability of *evidenciar the reasons by the *cuales recently has talked also of a Pact by the Employment, #as well as the need to loan attention to the regional disequilibriums that exist in *Europa. +The #finnish Presidency of the EU, together with the Commission, #would have to study how progresses are in this important subject in #all the European Union so that the worries of consumers on the new coin are fully attended. +Agree with #this, had as we are to take part in the process of solidarity among the States through an External Politics and of Common Security by the that my Group struggles from the principle of presence in the European Parliament. +By reason, on 29 June the Commission has demanded to the competent #turkish instances that take into account this rejection of the pity of death by part of the European Union. +Regarding the institutional subjects, the #finnish Presidency has an enormous responsibility: the to set up works that will carry to the conclusion of a statute on the fundamental rights. +Gentleman President, lady minister, coincide with *usted in that the sentence to death of the leader *kurdo Mr. *Öcalan puts to the international community in front of an important challenge, since it violates the minimum requirements of the justice #as well as of respect to the human rights. +By this reason, in spite of the rape of the human rights and of the ethnic cleansing against the *kurdos by the diet of *Turquía, our Group do not requests that the European Union neither NATO bomb *Turquía. +And to *ello it is necessary to add requirement, by part of the European Union, that the #turkish Government have a conversation with the *kurdos, by means of a dialogue that achieve a solution for the claims *kurdas of autonomy inside *Turquía, #as well as the respect of his democratic rights. +The gentleman Commissioner *Bangemann manifested in his letter dated on 29 June and directed to the then President #Gerhard *Schröder intention to go in to the service of a private company of communications, to know, the #Telephone #spanish company. +This crisis has influenced negatively in our exports, and #some measures taken by commercial partners of the Union have *desbordado the real proportions of the crisis in looks, so much by the gravity of said measures as by his practical applications. +Alas, the Commission was not informed on the problem by authorities #belgian until 27 May. Immediately, set up #all a series of measures with the end to protect the health so much of persons as of animals. +Have to establish a juridical base to use a protection clause in case of dangers that arise in the European Union related with edible products for animals and that they #can represent a serious risk for the health of persons or animal #as well as for the environment. +To *ello added the fact that the decision of the Community on the withdrawal of product markets potentially contaminated was executed by part of the #belgian authorities of an entirely insufficient mood. +These failures have caused a dramatic situation, in the first place, of course, for the public health and second have meant an economic disaster for agriculture and for #all the alimentary sector. +Our Parliament has to to citizens #european *algo more that the simple complaint of a criminal act, as in the case of *Bélgica, that, on purpose, Mr. Commissioner, has not taken publics still the names of the companies that used foods for animals contaminated by the dioxin. +Accepting rules contrary to our interests and disposals #such as the sufficiency of the scientific proof, that *nos forbid in practical apply the principle of caution, the previous Commissions have caused *estragos considerable to our society and to our economies. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *Europa knows, already from takes #some years, a succession of scandals alimentary: had cows crazy»; *nos interrogate on the *OGM and his labeling; at present experience the problem of the animal flours that contain dioxin; see that they withdraw of the sale drunk very common because they cause problems... +Of here that the Commission have to draft and formulate proposals to take a positive list of matters prevail authorised for the animal feeding, accompanied of a study on the incidence in the costs of production of feeding grazier to avert incompatibilities with the *PAC. +Have received six amendments and, once again, as I finish of say it, only reflect the distribution among political Groups, is to say the exchange of charges in the interior of a same group or well add a nomination in place that found vacant. +The European Parliament, #as well as numerous associations of consumers, has had the opportunity to give elements of answer that are #others *tantos indexes posed to carry out a reflection in favour of a new definition of the alimentary approach of the European Union. +treats give priority to the interest of the consumers, to take that it prevail the principle of caution on any #another principle and establish a control integrated of the whole of the chain alimentary, of the producer to the consumer. +Lady Speaker, in this Assembly has converted in tradition species that the deputies put in foot to say that his name do not appears in the list of assistance of the previous day. +The Commission considered that these factors -the application without precedents of the law, the conventions relative to previous sales of entrances for international tournaments and the constructive action of the *CFO- justified the *imposición of a symbolic sanction, more that of a punishment. +Wanted to signal that the coasts for deputy that took part in said legal action were of the order, oh surprise, of the 1.000 pounds, a quite greater sum that the fine imposed to the organisers of the Glass of the World. +Is a universal feeling in the Commission, reason by the that my colleague Mr. Go *Miert and his collaborators of the Commission tried specifically take *algo effective bear, once and for all, avert in the future and also in 1998 the application of practices discriminatory by part of the *CFO. +*Cuando listened #some of the interventions made in the course of this debate, #can not avert the feeling of that, sometimes, the first victim of football is the truth, because there #be had #one or two interventions loaded of passion, but that in general did not recognise the facts. +*Les remember that in his meeting of the Thursday 9 September, the Conference of Presidents had decided to subject the question to the Commission of Budgetary Control, so that it elaborated a report. +. Lady Speaker, *Señorías, the Commission received the past Friday the text of the second inform of the Committee of Independent Experts, that analyses the administrative management of the Commission and formulates proposed of face to his reform. +In my modest opinion, like Commissioner with a long experience, have curiosity to know #which goes to be, in this precise moment, in the moment of truth, the behaviour of #all *nosotros in front of a new model of organisation of the #european integration. +The dissemination of information on the scope of threats of marine pollution - hydrocarbons, radioactive substances and other harmful substances - will serve to ensure that they take the best measures of *mitigación possible and enjoy of the complete support and confidence of the public. +Gentleman President, appreciate to Environment Commission, and in particular to his speaker, the Mrs. *McKenna, #as well as to the members of the Commission of Budgets, the work made and the interest that have devoted to this proposal. +Besides, the valid international agreements on protection of the Mediterranean Sea, of the Sea *Báltico and of the Sea of the North, in the that the Community is part *contratante, follow #all *ellos approach of not mentioning any substance in concrete; +*Nosotros sustain, in the matter, the request of Mrs. #Jackson of not contenting with approving recommendations, but to happen to the stage of a true managerial, that fix some precise criteria that #all the States members will have to respect in his inspections. +*Cuando get the moment, my Group has intention to contribute, in breast of the Assembly and in the suitable forums, to a debate that expect that it initiate on the lessons that like Parliament have to learn of the process of auditions. +In the auditions, the commissioners have shown so conciliatory in front of the majority of deputies that even those groups that by reasons *extraeuropeas had promised to show aggressive have buried the axe of war with rapidity. +The next *CIG is the greater challenge to the that confronts the European Union like political and economic organism from the decisions taken during the negotiations of the Treaty of *Maastricht that set up the process of the Economic and Monetary Union. +*Le ask that it was very ambitious in this direction and that reach that relation among the Commission and the Parliament, as *usted had occasion to manifest in a meeting with the parliamentary spokesmen, do not add zero, but that it was a positive sum. +No *cuando overlook #all the warnings and proposes to commissioners on the that the *primer report of the committee of wise persons has launched serious doubts; without embargo, after the conversation, in the commission did not take any critical question to Mr. *Lamy during his oral appearance. +has talked of the political balance of the Commission, that is not a condition inscribed in the Treaties, but a requirement that demands the political prudence and also consideration to this House. +*Cuando the commissioners do not have #all the responsibility and #all the authority on #all the administration, #all the references to a responsible administration sound to hollow, and am safe that Mr. *Kinnock, to the equal that the majority of *nosotros, accustoms to carry better out of house. +Without embargo, is #likely that with frequency seat alone in the table of debates of the Commission, as *usted, gentleman *Prodi, no has the lower idea on the interests of the persons that live in the European Union, although it always talks of the #european soul and the has to flower of lips. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen deputies, no *les will surprise that the #belgian delegation of the *PPE #can not give his approval *unísona to this school of commissioners, but for the next years will keep a constructive position to work with #all commissioner school. +Mr. *Fischler expressed *verbalmente the political commitment to keep the current General Direction of Fishing, modifying the statement that had taken by writing in his questionnaire and accepting, therefore, keep the current General Direction of Fishing. +Therefore *le ask to *usted that take very fine note of *ello; and also ask it to Mr. *Kinnock, that is to his left, like Vice-president commissioned of the reform, since it is a condition *sine *qua *non for the maintenance of the parliamentary confidence that have awarded to the Mr. *Fischler in our commission. +The majority of the commission also declared satisfied with the answers of the Mrs. Palace to the indictment of the socialists in relation with the investigation of subventions to the crop of the linen in *España. +That the Commission take reflection -*nosotros the go to take also-, and afterwards go to try -the two institutions of the European Union- get to a preparatory document to facilitate the adoption of agreements. +In summary, gentleman *Prodi, still #can *convencerme with an active measure, but #this will have to constitute a signal very *convincente for Parliament and the public opinion or of it contrary *yo go to vote against tomorrow, to the equal that #many #others, and my negative vote will not be a "no" to *Europa, but a vote in favour of #one *Europa clean, democratic and transparent. +*Ello gave a quite unreal character to exercise since it #can not, and with reason, integrate the drama of *Kosovo and his financial consequences, and finally because, by reasons that no *nos seem very satisfactory, #this denied to answer to the worries expressed by the Parliament in matter of administrative reform. +is not especially careful that the Budget Commission and the Council of the Presidency talk on the foundation of an alone place- *C, while the European Parliament has 1776 places of this type. +In the first place, as I already said in my own intervention, my opinion is that the problem on the coverage of the financial needs of *Kosovo goes to be with certainty #one of the essential questions of the Autumn. +*Yo said that we have decided to support the investiture of the new Commission in spite of the reservations that keep in relation with the Palace Mrs., #whose innocence boast but #whose conception of the political responsibility in a subject that concerns to the community budget do not share. +Want to express my satisfaction regarding the urgency of the fulfillment of the article 13 of the Letter of fundamental rights, urgency that the Minister *Halonen underlined in his intervention and that *yo share, so *yo also expect that the Commission take initiatives to the *respecto. +The protection of the privacy is regulated in the Statement of the Human Rights, in the International Treaty on political rights and citizens, #as well as in the European Treaty on the rights of man. +By a part, treats of security and of fundamental rights, is to say, of inalienable individual rights. On the other hand, treats of the protection of security and of the protection of these individual rights by part of the public organisms, and more in particular, by part of the public organisms that they have to create in *Europa. +But *presentimos, after the speech that have heard here this morning, that #can be it, since it that in the Treaty of *Amsterdam was by strength allocated to be "dead letter" or mere music celestial, earns relief public, favourable greater consensora, imposes of course by the need, by it that goes back credible a common space of freedom, security and justice. +Besides, because it gives preference to the community method concerning cooperation *intergubernamental traditional, it that *propiciará a new juridical identity or institutional #european, more effective, modern and next to the problems that until today go rotting, without resolving, by the *empecinamiento in the *soberanismo and in the nationalist juridical-fetishism. +This sentence has at least the merit of showing that the European Parliament and the Commission go to support mutually to increase his respective powers and *pisotear the decisions of the Council. +#If it that pretended was to take *borrón and new account, is clear that our attempt has failed because with these two gentlemen is impossible to go back to begin from zero. And do not forget that the #european citizens have right to that *nosotros, deputies to the European Parliament, control that the members of the Commission are persons *intachables. +To the contrary of the #european right, that has tried manifestly disguise divisions by means of the virulence of his attacks, sometimes personal and *injuriosos, against some Commissioners, *yo *me propose to give preference to the road of the *concertación and the collaboration with the future Commission. +That citizens #european recover the illusion and the confidence in the process of construction #european depends now of the Commission that, under the direction of the President *Prodi, begins today his career. +By this reason, in the morning debate it #would be necessary to decide that the Office of Reconstruction install in *Pristina, and that of any way was attached to the Office of Control of the Treaty of Stabilisation in *Tesalónica. +(Green\/*ALE) -. (*FI) Gentleman President, want to appreciate to the Council of Ministers his firm performance in the organisation of the referendum for the independence of *Timor Oriental, among other things, sending Delegation of high level, of the that formed part #some of our colleagues in representation of the European Parliament. +During long the international community has allowed that they survived the called dictatorships of the development, of Indonesian to the *Chile of the *Chicago *Boys, happening by Chinese and *Corea, these countries in that, in name of the macroeconomy, have tolerated that market reasons prevailed on the reasons of the human rights. +The supply of this information will facilitate a lot the contribution of the Parliament to the development of an external politics of the European Union more effective and more coherent, politics that #would have to have from takes already long. +Alas have not been never in *Timor oriental but *me seat very next of the village of *Timor, that comes suffering since Indonesian carried out the annexation in 1975 and that has lost almost the third part of the population, murdered by the #indonesian, proportion of deaths still greater that in the #ex *Yugoslavia. +*Cuando was appointed Secretary of External Subjects, Mr. *Cook proposed an ethical external politics that, among other things, contained the obligation to impose a rigorous code of behaviour in matter of controls for the exports of armaments. +The Council backs the celebration of an extraordinary meeting of the Commission of Human Rights and the nomination of a delegation of investigation that was sent to the zone. +The nuclear head office that goes to build in *Marruecos is related with the desalinisation of the water and *desconozco #if *Marruecos has problem that *nosotros pose in our presumptive on the head office that goes to install in *Turquía, is to say, the problem of the seismicity, and precisely after the terrible earthquake of takes #few days in *Turquía. +#Can indicate the Council #which are States members of the Union #whose citizens do not require visa to travel to the #EE.UU. and how management thinks to make in front of said country with the end that the suppression of the compulsory visa affect to #all the citizens of the European Union? +Gentleman President, as it mentions the Mr. Deputy, #some of countries candidates to the EU have requested in the negotiations of adhesion transitory periods to follow limiting the free acquisition of real estates by part of the citizens and companies of the European Union. +Gentleman President, agree with Mr. Deputy in that it #would be convenient to include the minimum labour norms in the list of subjects of the next " Round of the #Millenium" of the *OMC, and already in the *preparativos has split of the base that it is necessary to take out to debate these subjects. +Wanted to know #if Council is had to study #some measures of this type with seen to demolish this literally criminal diet, it that *nos #would avert, as in the case of the Soviet Union, cry 30 or 40 years after the tragedy. +The Commission takes a call to #all the parts so that they respect the Resolution 1244 of the Security Council, #as well as the agreements and the military initiatives in his whole, and wait that the deployment of the *KFOR and the *UNMIK complete fully without great delays. +Then it is necessary to pose also another problem: #Which have been the damages *ocasionados by the actions and the events of *Kosovo in other States that, inside the context of the Union *Europa, lived the vicinity in his own meat? +Insist, nevertheless, in that the Commission and the Parliament share goal: improve to the maximum the rapidity and the efficiency of the efforts of the Commission on the terrain in *Kosovo for the population of the region. +Expect that the European Commission take the initiative, with the narrow cooperation of Parliament, to convert in a more active speaker in Orient Half and do not keep to the *margen and allow that they are the Americans the that take the initiative. +The report has been elaborated by the Mrs. *Morgantini, on the signature by the Commission of an agreement with the Organism of dramas public and aid of Nations Joined for Palestinian refugees. +This disposal has governed previous contributions of the European Union in the frame of successive agreements and has deserved reiterated praises of Nation Organism Joined, because it averts the erosion of the value of the community contribution. +The Assembly will be conscious that, in the context of the process of peace in Orient Half and of peace agreements of *Oslo, the subject of the refugees left for the conversations on the definite situation. +The budgetary plans presented to the European Parliament for consideration included initially the recommendation to reduce the bottoms allocated to the campaigns of security *vial in *Europa in 1,5 millions of pounds (1,9 millions of euros). +Gentleman President, the resolution that finishes to approve on the politics of police cooperation, judicial and circulation of persons for the preparation of the next European Council of *Tampere reveals #some changes, apparently favourable, in the position of the Parliament. +Said #this, Institutions community have to, in my opinion, ask to the competent #russian authorities explanations of the employment of the bottoms allocated to the development of the country and for his alimentary needs. +This cathartic effect *nos #would allow definitely to the European Union formulate a new approach of relations with *Turquía and develop a more positive collaboration in a spirit of authentic solidarity, and #Grecia has to show to himself\/hisself same that is had to take part in this project. +Like this as, believe that it has to take an immediate intervention, have of the resources demanded by the second and *tercer *MCA and can create the concrete mechanism, #such as the other speakers have requested also, for the *blindaje *antisísmico and the forecast of the pertinent damages of earthquakes. +The Council of General Subjects of this week has engaged to approve and apply what before the regulations and asks to the European Parliament - and talk by mouth of the Council - that #take in his considerations. +#can not justify of any way, but, *Señorías, do not situate this type of revenges to height that the ethnic cleansings and the systematic terror that have existed in the last ten years. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, fears manifested takes an instant by our colleague, the Mr. *Zimeray, are justified by the recent conviction to death of four persons, after some student demonstrations that took place in July; the *ahorcamiento, the past year, of a man of 60 years the confirms. +Consider unforgivable, that are a #millionaire program of roofs with solar energy and do not have invest at all in renewable energies, so much in *Bruselas as in *Estrasburgo, neither practise here any type of saving energetic: for example, the halls of dispatches find lit day and night and is not possible *apagarlos, and similar cases. +To this *respecto wanted to say that, when seeming, only by my intervention has been possible that, for example, today was opened this café, that some services are Wanted to ask that during the week of session this building #can be used in #all capacity of Monday to Friday. +*Me seem excellent these initiatives to solve the small problems but, to my trial -and is the of colleagues-, do not forget that they are small problems that will solve and are in front of *algo by it that it is necessary to congratulate to the institutions, to the #french State, to the architects and to the workers. +is not acceptable that elaborate to #all haste a report during the summer holidays to answer to the query of the Council and that afterwards #this not even give by *enterado of the amendments that propose and much less consider the possibility of *hacerlas #his. +*Nosotros wanted to that from the moment in that it believes the Agency remain absolutely clear that his administration will be rigorous, that the Agency of Reconstruction with headquarters in *Salónica will be closely linked to the Stability Pact, #whose general barracks will establish also in *Salónica, and that the agency of *Kosovo will establish there like operative component of #that. +And the 80% of the means allocated to the agriculture delivers among the 20% of the agricultural companies. *Ello means clearly that takes years that the agricultural politics European has put of part of the alimentary industry in place to bet by the small agriculturalist and quality. +In this context, without embargo, #can not ask to the producers that sacrifice by a problematic that with frequency *les sees *rendidos and won, defeated in front of the market by extraneous faults and having in front term perspective very long to go back to win a confidence conquered to base of efforts and with costs of production very often *subestimados or at least no valued fully. +Wanted to without embargo demand the attention of the Assembly and of the Commission on a look with frequency forgotten of #all this problematic as it is the resignation of managers #european, of the health and security of the especially national consumers. +To the sight of #all #this, estimate that in benefit of the citizens and of the consumers have to exist clear directives, because the levels of exhibition of the human being to the dioxin and the *BPC -that belong to category of the dioxins- are the lowest possible. +In general lines requires it following: in the first place, in the legislative field, it is necessary to examine the community legislation referred to the foods, to the *piensos, to the matters prevail, to additives, to the preservatives, to the substances *contaminantes, like the *biocidas, to the labeling. +Like this the things, do not comprise how the European Commission has been able to *recortar the initial budget of the programs of help to the fight against AIDS, especially in it that to the third countries refers. +*Me refer, as it is obvious, to the Agreement of *Lomé, to association agreement *algo exclusive and *algo special that always have announced that it was the answer of the European Union to the ancient colonies, #as well as to other realities, but that, in definite, directs to the #african continent. +To5-0018\/1999 of Mr. *H.-*P. #Martin, in name of the Commission of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy, on the proposal of decision of the Council ((*COM(99)0404 - *C5-0099\/1999 - 1999\/0166(*CNS)) relative to the attribution of helps *macrofinanciera to the ancient Yugoslav Republic of *Macedonia; +Which means that we need a change of structural orientation and that the political recover the primacy in this field and assume the responsibility to promote an economic development and socially balanced truly stable. +Without embargo, do not believe that it correspond to the Commission define internally in the national budgets how goes to establish the global budget since, as it said previously, these bottoms of the that are do not have in himself\/hisself same a concrete destination of #one or nature. +Regarding the report *Langen on the that take part more in concrete and sources of renewable energy, #everyone knows the importance of these energies in the reduction of the pollution and in the preservation of the natural resources. +Like conclusion, will say that the vote of these two reports constitutes a guarantee for the #european citizens of the will of the European Union to protect the environment reducing dependency energetic. +#One of the that know is the conversion of the thermal energy of the ocean, that uses the temperature difference among the cold waters of the depths of the tropics and the warm superficial waters. +But in the terrain of the energetic saving the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental #can obtain better resulted that the States members of the European Union, in spite of making efforts. In this look his performance is #a lot of greater. +Keep some special relations with *Sudáfrica is a way to support his economic development, at the same time that strengthen the potential of the country to give a positive impulse to #all region +To boost all #this, the European Parliament has to take advantage of #all possibilities that *le offer in the frame of the political dialogue structured agreed and offer to *Sudáfrica the maximum possible support in his efforts to reach the stability. +Gentleman President, before that at all it wanted to give the thanks to the speaker by his excellent report, that begins with the following sentence: "After five years of debate, doubts, evasive, queries and negotiations, has got the moment to apply Trade Agreement among the European Union and *Sudáfrica". +Confirms a clear determination by part of the EU to support the process of change and reform in *Sudáfrica and reflects the wish by part of both parts to expand contacts political, commercial and of cooperation in benefit of *Sudáfrica and, in fact, of #all the region of the *África meridional in group. +#This have been the subjects that today have debated, amen of, as in meeting of the Commission, an infinity of looks relative to the procedure that, without embargo, do not suits to mention in front of the Parliament. +#All the political and administrative realities of this world, always has found a new strength in administration; here, by the contrary, the administration has grown by stratifications and not watching to the future. +With #everything, in my opinion, have three levels: the President, the specific Commissioners on the subjects and the routine that has to treat in the more fast and transparent form possible -by Internet or through communications by writing- because no deserves a debate. +My answer is yes, of general form, without linking to #such or *cual marries, #can fund with the credits of the Structural Bottoms studies of prevention of the seismic risk so much in #Grecia as in other countries, with the condition that the Government #greek *nos ask it. +Said foundation will pipe bottoms through a hundred of organisations no governmental to fund activities in the fields of the human rights, the protection of the environment, the social assistance, etc., #among others. +#- - (GIVE) Assisted with big interest to the debate of this morning on the security of the foods and have thus a question for the Mr. Commissioner: is the principle of caution the that now it has to subject to proof in the Commission as a result of the war of hormones with the #EE.UU.? +The Official Diary of the European Communities (*DO), that precisely spreads the community legislation, have a thrown of 20.000 copies for a population of 380 millions of persons. is not of *extrañar that access to the information was difficult. +Simultaneously to the possible adhesion of the Union to the anti-doping world-wide agency, are convinced that we need a #european plan, a plan that involve our responsibility, with the Fifteen walking to rhythm to combat the *lacra of the doping. +After my long years of experience like euro-deputy, *yo neither conceive the informative politics exclusively in the field of the "high spheres" , but that believe that it also has to be directed to the youngest, to boys, that absorb like sponges the information that afterwards will use along #all his life. +Like the Commissioner, expect that this decision contribute to the development of an economic and social sector fundamental for the #european populations that live of fishing and, in general, for the feeding of the #european citizens. +Expect sincerely that the confidence arisen among these two countries like consequence of the distention *les give the possibility to attack with spirit that the shown in the last debates the difficult relative questions to the security of the region. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, deputies #french, #flemish and Italians of the coordination of rights #european are favourable to the establishment with *Turquía of relations based in the reciprocal respect, the reciprocal advantages, the no interference in the inner subjects. +The first, that the relations among the European Union and *Turquía are fundamental for both parts in the present and in the future, in #all the fields and to #all levels and, second, that has to be priority for the European Union boost of intelligent way the democratisation of *Turquía. +#If *Turquía accepts, together with the prerogatives, also the obligations that link, without exception, to #all the members that wish to annex to the European Union, and #if it fulfils consistently the criteria and the calendars that derive of the common decisions of *Copenhague and of *Luxemburgo, then will be able to reach goals #european. +The inclusion of *Turquía in the European Union #would be charge excessive for the European Union and #would impose to *Turquía a political change radical that #can not fulfil in a predictable term and that, as I know, neither wants to make. +Gentleman President, the passionate and exciting character of the debates celebrated the past week in *Bruselas in breast of our Group, #as well as the that they are in this hemicycle, show, #if it was necessary, the importance of the question that today *nos subjects. +Is truth that sight point is of big importance, but the economic and regional collaboration, that has to be considered in the group of #all the parts involved, is a paramount factor to increase the confidence and ensure the peace achieved. +The #finnish Presidency understands that there #be possibility to achieve deep changes in the zone and will follow working with our partners by the peace and by the common interest through #all the means to scope. +deputies will remember, as it has said the Presidency, that the European Union is the greater financial donor of the world-wide help to carry the reconciliation to the population of Orient Next. +In view of our important contribution to help to the Palestinians that surpasses the 50% of the total, the greater part of the future meetings of coordination of donors #would have to celebrate , in our opinion, inside the Union and be *copresididas by the Been member of the European Union that exert of host of the meeting. +Gentleman President, this proposal celebrates the fine news, hit of the negotiations of *Sharm The *Sheik and the agreement on the runner of security for the products, the vehicles and the #palestinian population. +In this context, receive with satisfaction the decision of the Palestinian National Union to reaffirm the cancellation of disposals of the Palestinian National Letter, that asks the destruction of #Israel. +In addition to the relative questions to the sovereignty and security among #Israel and the *Líbano, the return of the refugees will be of special interest for the *Líbano, country in the that the ethnic balance sees affected by the presence of 250.000 #palestinian refugees in his territory. +Gentleman President, in the Basque Country have examined with interest #all peace process #palestinian, because in *Euskal *Herria also support the need to surpass the current political conflict through democratic agreements. +Have said to the eleven countries candidates that the status of candidate to the adhesion is to #the same time a promise of adhesion and #if #this is like this devaluates said status to the concede it to *Turquía but saying to time that do not goes to negotiate. +To reach the goals of the Union is very important to convince to the countries in roads of development of the advantages of a wide round and of the fine intentions that #there is behind this posture of the EU. +For the #european opinion also is necessary to strengthen the capacity of artistic creation in the audiovisual field, key sector of our culture, and the Union has to answer to this expectation. +Have the will -taking out split of our dimension, of our weight in the world-wide economy and of the institutional progresses that have made- of *reconquistar sovereignty that the world-wide markets sometimes *nos contest and to contribute to #one *gobernabilidad global effective? +Defend the #european model of agriculture that covers by the same food production, the conservation of the familiar agricultural exploitations, of the rural areas and the protection of the environment. +As only a European Union with capacity to negotiate, will be able to reach that it get in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Trade in the process of globalisation to a better balance among the #european model and the North American *liberalizador. +First, the Commission already has declared that no has any objection to that in the conclusions that will approve in *Seattle include the text on the paper of the European Parliament in the organisation and realisation of the new round of the *OMC. +Wanted to believe it, but *nos prevents it the bitter experience purchased, for example, with the ancestor of Mr. *Lamy, *Sir *Leon *Brittan, #whose commitments in this Parliament of *oponerse to the American compacter resulted punctually broken: see the case of the law *Helms-*Burton and of the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Gentleman President, is not more that a X-ray of the moment. In base to this X-ray, believe that it proceeds to take an only call, and is the following: How thinks the European Commission keep joined to #all hedgehogs loving, afterwards, a time that feel around the table in *Seattle? +Pretend to expand the liberalisation every time to more sectors and to more countries, included the agriculture and the essential services for the development and the improvement of the quality of the life of the populations, like the education and health. +Am convinced that this Parliament do not goes to ratify a Treaty in the that they do not have a position elevated the principle of prevention, protection of the consumer and the sanitary politics. +Resort to the taxes like threat without *combinarlos with subventions to adapt the most ancient head offices so that they adjust to the requirements of broadcasts acceptable and generally without increasing investment in the surveillance of the broadcasts no *surtirá effect. +In name of Presidency #finnish #can say that we consider important that the Union take progresses in the establishment of a common tax to the energy, even have proposed the possibility that the countries that want to, #can advance more quickly in this direction. +#Which will be the criteria of cast territorial of Bottoms structural relative to the #spanish State and allocated legally to the Autonomous Communities of the Goal *n1 1 in the period 2000-2006? +But my question to the Council is the following: thinks the Council *presionar to the States members with taxes of execution of Bottoms structural inferior to the #european average so that they execute better the bottoms and prevent that it reproduce the effect "ball of snow" ? +How thinks to take the Council to promote the approval of a *quinto plan of action, with sufficient means and a precise calendar, and how measured goes to take to fix concrete goals and *mensurables in the field of equality of opportunities among men and women? +Subject: Method only in the statistics of *toxicomanía The European Observatory of the Drugs and the *Toxicomanías with headquarters in *Lisboa commissions to analyse the statistics on *toxicomanía pertinent of the States members. *Ello allows to study the development of the *toxicomanía to scale #european and compare the national statistics. +Like this as, is urgent that citizens #european #can understand that the increase of the resources assigned to the fight against the drugs corresponds, literally, to an increase of the consumption of drugs and, therefore, that the politics applied are a complete failure. +How measured goes to take the Presidency to combat this form of purification cultural and to consolidate the paper of libraries in plough of the democracy and the information? +Subject: peripheral insular Regions During the #finnish Presidency, goes to define the Council politics around the peripheral insular regions of the Goals 1 and 2, in relation with the politics of infrastructure, agriculture and employment? +Taking into account the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, thinks the Council now take all it possible to reach the adoption of a global community program of fight against poverty and #can indicate in how measured thinks to support actions of the EU in matter of accommodation and in favour of the persons without home? +Subject: Access of the public to the meetings of the Council #One of the goals of the #finnish Presidency is that the majority of meetings of the Council are public and accessible so much to the citizens as to the media. +Have, therefore, a big responsibility to impose our political weight and the commercial agreement and of cooperation to detain this war and procure that the dialogue restart with President *checheno and with the Parliament *Checheno chosen under the supervision of the *OSCE. +*B5-0169\/1999 of Gentlemen *Frassoni and *Wuori, in name of the Green Group\/*ALE, on the establishment of a universal moratorium of the execution of the capital penalties by the General Assembly of the Nations Joined; +Gentleman President, *me ask #if the Commission #can give support to the proposal that presented so that the EU summon a meeting with the representatives of the *OSCE with the object to argue the situation of the #gipsy with #all #that that act in the zone. +The greater part of the problems with that *nos confront will fit in place of the frame established for the organisation of the support and the restoration of the society in *Kosovo, or was that *me seems that it suffices with the current organisation, but anyway *les will transmit his wish. +Without embargo, the Commission knows very well that the conjoint utilisation of the aerial space by diverse users, civil and military, #can be the cause of problems of security, as it already is responsible in part of the congestion and delays of the aerial traffic. +#That is, of course, our position, but has been the accident of the day the rale of death of the nuclear industry, or have to follow suffering the nuclear terror before we achieve to put final point to this monstrous industry? +Gentleman President, *cuando in the last years have talked of the employment of the atomic energy for the generation of electrical energy always *nos have referred to the dangerous reactors of the East, that are of #russian manufacture. +Regarding the utilisation of fuel *MOX in head offices *nucleoeléctricas, the pertinent decision the adopts the company of public services that it treat, after having received the timely licence of the national authorities of security. +#If we want to conserve the general advantages, social, human and environmental of a clean atmosphere, then the norms fixed by the recent managerial of the European Union on the broadcasts of vehicles and the quality of the fuel have to respect rigorously. +*Señorías, the report and the proposal of decision that present and that go to explain in brief in name of Subject Commission Constitutional refers to the application of the Agreement *interinstitucional on the modalities of the investigations *antifraude. +#All know that this regulation gets in a very timely and important moment, a moment of demand generalised of fight against fraud, and against the circumstances that take it possible, with the last goal of his total eradication. +The proposal of Mr. *Napolitano, proposal that, as *él same has said, was approved without objection #any by the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, constitutes a clear step, a very concrete step in this direction. +A decisive question for the confidence of the participants in the reliability of the juridical businesses celebrated by electronic road is the question of the juridical efficiency of procedures. +In the field of the juridical harmonisation is precise to find always a difficult balance among the necessary harmonisation, by a part, and respect to the existent juridical traditions in the States members, by #another. +In his first reading, the Parliament encouraged a lot for adding an important additional goal, that consisted in tackling the problem of the *derramamiento of diesel in roads, that comes posing an every time greater risk for the users of #the same, and very particularly for the *motociclistas. +Therefore, *yo expect that, on the base of the agreements that adopt Parliament this week, the Council and the Commission consider the possibility to establish definitively the procedure of the consultative committee. +In the past #this was a rather ambiguous sphere, but is to expect that now, with the introduction of these four amendments, have cleared the situation by it that refers to #all persons that use this type of facilities. +Gentleman President, *señorías, wanted to *sumarme to it said by the two orators that *me have preceded in the use of the word to express my gratitude and also my approval by the work effected by the general speaker and by the Budget Commission. +*Tercer objective: a reinforcement of the means in matter of fight against the delinquency and, chamber, a budgetary line that allow to adopt measures in the frame of the plan of action of the Commission 2000-2004 of fight against the drug traffic. +#would not have to run the risk of restricting the juridical protection in the European Union, especially *cuando continuously proclaims the will to create a space of freedom, security and justice. +The fault of imagination that has manifested up to now the Council has to give step to a more realistic consideration, also regarding the future competitions of Parliament, included the competitions in the budgetary field. +Culture has not gone out in the budgetary process so very stopped as it had wished, but things *nos go now much better that with the proposal of the Council of Ministers and our figures *acercan now to the level of 1999. +*Yo wanted to direct the following observations to the Council and to the Presidency of the Council: do not takes fault that *nos remember our responsibility in front of the taxpayer #european, neither that also are forced to respect the budgetary discipline. +*Yo entrust in that the statements of today do not remain in an isolated gesture and that the Parliament assume also the next year this responsibility to examine *críticamente in #all commissions #if the resources consigned are properly. +In the *marasmo budgetary European there #be not place for two crocodiles: for the crocodile of the European Council and for the crocodile of the European Parliament, the *cual, after having eaten to Commission demolishing to *Santer, wants now eat to the Council. +Once again, the Council confused the budgetary frame *plurianual, is to say, the financial perspectives, with the own budget: myopia interested that prevented the suitable political decision and timely and that *nos forces to a processing *renqueante of the budget. +Reflects of reliable form the feel of deputies socialist and of other sectors of the Assembly that here attended to offer his testimony in the debate that in the past partial period of September celebrate on the situation in *Timor Oriental. +Finally, in a moment in that *Lusaka *nos remembers the human and economic disasters of AIDS in *África, are the bottoms that *le have assigned, *contrariamente to the affirmations of the Commissioner *Nielson, *mezclándolas with the politics of health and natality. +#If we got to helps that *equivalen to a 50% roughly of the gross national product #kosovar, and #if *nos guide by the highest forecasts, this phenomenon #can produce , *me fear that the consequences, *inflacionarias and #others, on the economy #can surpass to the advantages of the helps. +In frame, underline that the project of budget of the Council represents less of the 1,10% of the community #GDP, value already of by himself\/hisself low and, besides, very inferior to the maximum limit of 1,27% fixed in *Edimburgo and confirmed in *Berlín, it that justifies a deep reflection by part of the one who wishes much more of the European Union. +In the first place, *permítanme mention the extensive conferences of press that the vice-president and *yo same summon immediately after the first meeting of the Council of Government each month, #whose transcriptions, included the of the sessions of questions and answers, are also available in the page *web of #ECB. +The function of our internal forecasts inside the strategy of politics monetary of the *SEBC differs, therefore, of the function of inflation forecasts in a strategy directed directly to the inflation. +To send a clear signal to the banking sector and to the citizens, #ECB published in September a series of goals that expects fulfil the sector and that they had to contribute to some substantial improvements. +In the actuality, do not seems justified an operative intervention of #ECB, since already there are indications that it is the general recognition of the problem by part of the private sector. +do not want to say with #this that it was indispensable the publication of the literal records, but #would be important that #can have of records *resumidas with the arguments -in favour and against-, that allow to appreciate the reasoning that follows in practice the Central Bank European to determine the risk of inflation or of deflation. +To the Central Bank European *le will result much more difficult to adopt uncomfortable decisions, as for example not dropping the types of interest, but *aumentarlos, *cuando the economic situation go back more difficult and the stability of prices see really loomed. +In his first months of existence, the Central Bank European has won the confidence, but so that it #can keep firm in his decisions more advance, in circumstances like the described, is necessary that follow consolidating systematically said confidence in the next years, and have *usted security, gentleman President, that it will put to explain for *ello with the support of my Group. +Nevertheless, applaud the goals and the coherence of the Report *Huhne like base to define the democratic responsibility of the Central Bank, on the that it wanted to say #some words, in particular on the subject of transparency and the democratic responsibility. +The third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union puts on the *tapete, of way stronger that in the past, the need of a more robust coordination and more articulated of politics economic. +The editorial of the resolution #can be interpreted as #if it suggested that *cuando inflation tax situate underneath of the 2% then the system of the Euro #would be under the obligation to support the economic politics generals of the Communities. +Gentleman President, go to take three questions in name of my socialist mates of Development Commission, that are here present in spirit but that physically are in the own commission, voting the relative amendments to the World-wide Organisation of Trade. +Agree in that members of parliament are of course important elements, although #if we take countries like *Somalia, *Sudán and other similar places, are forced to accept the structures of the existent civil society and treat to help to that these structures convert in components of a society civilised. +In this moment, and from this hemicycle of the new facilities of the European Parliament, my country has the privilege of *hablarle to *Europa, in head of representatives chosen commonly by the fifteen countries that at present conform the European Union. +The international community is *clarividente and *nos watches with attention; *nosotros, from our own clairvoyance, observe equally it that occurs in the field of the nations and know that it is precise to act now, that there #be not time to lose; know that it is the moment of the cooperation, no of confrontation neither neither of the intervention. +Is suitable to award to the governmental authorities greater powers *transfronterizos to pursue to criminals, although the use of these powers will have to be supervised by the European Parliament and the #european courts, of face to consolidate and defend vigorously the civil rights. +Finally, #if well the Council has announced the increase of competitions and of the mandate of *Europol, necessary instrument to struggle against the delinquency organised, how say of the democratic control and *jurisdiccional, in particular regarding the constitution of files? +The extraordinary meeting of the Council of *Tampere presented even more difficult to confront because the justice and interior subjects took for the first time to be treated in the diary of the European Union. +His abnegation and his work in the terrain has allowed to re-create a social mesh and has taken to retreat in the daily life the racism, the hate and contempt. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, when closing the list of orators of the Parliament *me seems that there #be a thing that *me comes to mind: *ustedes have talked of the spirit of *Tampere and *yo believe that there #be besides a signal of *Tampere. +is not *superfluo expect that, at the end of the year 2000, #can take out in the new Treated the institutional consequences of the decisions that #can adopt of here to then, with the spirit of Colony, for the security and the defence of the continent #european. +The first reform will appease the fears of the citizens that they produce increasingly transfers of sovereignty, and the *segunda #would have to encourage to the citizens to take part of a more evident mood to hour to choose among the political options that *nos present in *Bruselas and *Estrasburgo. +#Some of *ellas the consider perfectly viable, for example, those directed to simplify the Treaties or the proposal that in the future the general norm has to be the qualified majority decisions in the Council and the *codecisión of Parliament. +His method: Colony Council, the past month of June, denied to appoint a group of work restricted to prepare the work of review of the Treaty. +Consider that it more indicated had been can vote this amendment because, especially in a so delicate matter like security *vial, is to say, the protection of the life of the citizens, #would have been able to be very useful. +With the adoption of this amendment open the door to the resumption of the discussion with the Council on the future statute of deputies to the European Parliament, with the hope that said statute adopt what before. +The Governments of the EU have agreed to create a common space of justice to combat the common problem of crime organised, especially the drug trafficking and the traffic of human beings. +Besides, the British that have to face up to judicial problems out of his country will have now an easier access to justice, included the access to legal help and services of translation, and to procedures simplified by the that they govern the compensation and the claim of debts. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, want to begin my intervention, like representative of the Group of the Party of the European Socialists, in the debate on the restructuring of companies with the message of the employees of *Michelin, that, to my understand, comports three *noes, although it dislike to my colleague Mr. *Pronk. +In the first place, some direct links among the public helps and agreements that collect a reduction of the labour day with financial sanctions for companies that do not respect his commitments, *cuando have received public bottoms. +Gentleman President, *yo celebrate that this debate develop today here because the Parliament has to be permanently attack to the needs of the citizens and be avant-garde in construction #european; and, to fulfil this double goal, the development of the social dimension of *Europa *me seems fundamental. +Already there are proposals of the European Parliament on the two directives to the that have referred, the directive on the commission of company #european and the directive on the collective dismissals. +Forbids essay type nuclear in any place, also the nuclear explosions peaceful calls, the *cuales were object of a warmed up theoretical discussion in the birth of the Treaty of no proliferation of nuclear arms in the years 60. +The wonderful newspaper *International *Herald *Tribune publishes today a summary of the intervention that made takes some days in Council of External Relations the adviser of the President for the national security, *Sandy *Berger. +This proposal that, casually, has obtained the support of the European Parliament and of my country, *Irlanda, presents a new mood of thinking on how adopt effective measures that defend the cause of a world without nuclear arms. +Never have believed that suppress the help to the persons affected by the war, that see affected by the political decisions that adopt rulers, went the suitable form to answer to the crisis. +Although #all the participants in the diverse stages of the process had present worries, observed that the points of sight of the Council and of the Commission, by a part, and, by #another, this Parliament were not entirely *sintonizados. +will Be a new point of game for our villages, that expect that, apart from the economic actions, put to man, the culture, the roots, the diversities that constitute the wealth of *Europa in the centre of our worries. +The program proposed remained blocked during seven months in the Council until under the #german Presidency, on 28 June got at last to a result by means of a common position, consistent in program proposal *quinquenal endowed of 350 millions of euros. +By means of the collaboration in the programs with participants of diverse States members, the youngsters discover the #european reality in his social and cultural diversity and open to new perspectives, it that increases enormously wishes to learn a foreign language. +Have to underline also attitude, very positive, of the #finnish Presidency, that also has taken all it possible so that they advance the works and believe that the cooperation established among the institutions to take advance the negotiation it before possible is in exemplary truth. +Here have to act the different speakers to the most diverse levels and *me cheers that the Commission have made a really fine proposal to #mine suggestion, consistent in planting Link clearly visible in his *Homepage. +Allow to *Turquía take part in the programs "#Socrates" and "Youth" , in consequence, do not involves to award legitimacy to a State that still has not given concrete samples of maturity regarding the respect of the rights of minorities, but contributes to help to these youngsters to stress his slow and difficult process. +The question is #if #this has to be treated here, or was after a discussion in the Commission of Budgetary Control, or #if it has to debate thoroughly in a discussion on the reform of the Commission in his whole in #all the notable commissions. +After the discussion in the Commission of Budgets and with the group of the competent commissions for opinion, have reached proposals as a whole satisfactory for #all, but to coast to brush the limit of the *margen. +do not have the necessary majority to accept the inclusion of a reference to the annex in the own Internal Regulation, but still have to decide #if we want to add to our Regulation agreement *interinstitucional in himself\/hisself. +Regarding point 11 of the report of *Virrankoski, believe that the Parliament, by his part, already engaged the past spring to renew his Regulation so that the diets by trips will be rewarded in function of the real costs. +The Council introduces the quantities allocated to the development of initiatives for the deepening of the Union *Aduanera EU-*Turquía and for the social and economic development of *Turquía, without posing the known political conditions, so that they approve later, and without *vincularlas to actions related with earthquakes. +Like member of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, have been particularly attack to the evolution of the *rúbrica 4, allocated to fund the external actions of the Union and to favour the help to development. +This new articulation of the cultural cooperation #european *reviste a very particular importance in #day of the negotiations of *Seattle, that *me fear will not leave to boost the North American cultural hegemony. +The national frames of regulation differ notably in occasions, by technical and climatological reasons, mainly, it that conducts to a fragmentation of the market in the breast of the European Union in grade incompatible with the only market. +Firstly, the privatisation of the rail networks, specifically regarding his maintenance, poses grave problems for security, it that involves an increase of the accidents, causing sometimes true human catastrophes, as we finish to see in the Realm Joined. +Gentleman President, so only some brief notes -since in name of my Group will take part to continuation colleague #Salvador *Jové *Peres- to say that #this is a subject that earns particular importance and a big actuality so much by it that means regarding the supply of fish as by the number of places of direct and indirect work affected. +The agreement has to, as, look for inside the respect of the common identities, of the sovereignties and of the respect of it that we are, #one and #others, recognising that history has taken of *Marruecos #if no a cultural exception, at least a #mediterranean exception for *Europa, in general, and for *Francia, in particular. +To this *respecto, #would suit to take into account three factors: first, the fruits and vegetables cultivate in the European Union in zones #where also employment is a need *acuciante; second, the fruits and vegetables use frequently like coin of change in the commercial agreements with third countries and, third, in the last reform of this sector dismantled important public instruments of management of markets. +The problem of *Marruecos is essentially with *España, #everyone knows it, the #spanish fleet is #a lot of greater, the Spaniards fish in competition with the Moroccans; the #portuguese fleet is smaller, by it that our fishing no competes with the of the Moroccans. +And, in name of the principle of subsidiariness, *eso is it that ask with seen to the reflection on the review of the Politics *Pesquera Common: country member of the Politics *Pesquera Common has to can *concertar bilateral agreements with third countries, always that there are not agreements among the European Union and #that third countries. +The sector explains roughly with 40.000 workers and, therefore same, an international agreement like the agreement with *Marruecos exerts a fundamental paper in the supply of the consumers and transformation industries with products *pesqueros to reasonable prices. +Finally, a note about the paper of the Parliament that will have to see to the deputies like observers associated to #all negotiation procedures, so as to watch by the interests of the fleet of fishing #european. +Is to say, the elimination of the called material of risk do not contributes an absolute security, although no leave to be a measure of security, since the open animals in channel are susceptible to transmit the infection. +Have got finally of a period of conditions very demanding established by the European Union for the industry of the bovine, conditions that fulfilled, and therefore the Commission has to apply *decididamente the lifting of the prohibition to exports of bovine. +Along the debate the President of the Commission, the Mr. *Prodi, put of self-evident that bear *él security alimentary constitutes #one of the goals *prioritarios, and the Commission wants to and has to open a new page in the politics of the consumers. +A specific debate of Parliament that carried to the formulation of a political trial on the behaviour of the one who was, #would be absurd and especially #would not favour the good global operation of the #european Institutions. +Gentleman President, have enjoyed for real with #some of the interventions of today, in particular with the initial speech of Mr. *Donnelly, that seemed to be a criticism of the inability, by part of the #french Governments and British, to give #any solution to this commercial war that goes in increase. +#Such as it has announced it the Commissioner *Fischler, the Commission will send to his *Señorías the pertinent documents this afternoon, before the press conference, to *través of the electronic post, and also will be able to consult in the intranet of the Parliament. +*Le have been allocated 10,3 millions of euros, that definitely is a considerable amount, and not even have the guarantee to be able to have of sufficient resources in case that *Angola decree a biological stop for shrimp capture. +(*Verts\/*ALE). (*FR) Lady Speaker, the truth is that it is not a question of order, but is true that the events *suceden and *me saw forced to adopt a decision Friday, *cuando no longer there was nobody to answer to my questions. +#""the Committee considers that the measures adopted by the Realm Joined take that the risk for the human health of export plan with calendar established result at least comparable with the existent in other States #european members". +Is or is not true, gentleman Commissioner, that takes a month presented to the Commission of Agriculture of the European Parliament directive project in the that it said that before the 2003 #can not indicate the origin of the bovine in the label? +For the first time, find around table, to level of the Union, #all the agents: the Council, the Commission, the Central Bank European and the representatives of the speakers of the market of work. +#This reflects clearly that the Central Bank, by his part, is had to take part in an open and direct dialogue, #as well as to argue his points of sight and performance methods. +In *tercer place, *me #would enjoy to stand out that the discussion showed clearly the utility of this type of direct exchange, that allows to each #one of the participants express, of direct form, his points of sight and receive the timely answers by part of the remaining participants. +The 500 millions of supplementary euros #whose unblock asks to the European Bank with the pretext to boost the creation of places of work and the one thousand millions for technology #SME advanced will go allocated officially to the investment. +In a society with a division of the very accused work is indispensable coordination of the activities of the economic agents, well to *través of the market, well through the political planning. +How *sucederá in the future *cuando have a problem in our economy and have a grave shaken external or intern and it was necessary to talk with the social speakers and the other economic agents on #some measures maybe unpleasant that have to adopt in the #european level? +treats of an element of a global plan of proposals presented by the Commission the past month of November to try satisfy lagoons of the sectors that remained excluded of the original directive on the labour day in 1993. +The difficulties that now confront in the Transport Council with the legislative proposal that the Commission presented owe directly to that they did not reach advances on the labour day in the sector of the transport by road. +The length of the time of work forms part, by it other, of the security and health in the place of work, #as well as of the conditions of competition; looks, competitions of the European Union. +Gentleman President, beyond all doubt, adapt the length of time of work of the workers of the ships with flag of third countries that use community ports to the length of the of the community ships, is a positive measure. +Have, by part of the capital shipowner, an intensification of the work and of the exploitation of the workers in the sea, with the corresponding *agudización of the problems related with the health and security in the sea. +Believe that, #if well #all the that form part of this Assembly #would receive with *beneplácito the opportunity to guarantee an environment of work safer, no only for the employees, but also for consumers and other users of the transport and other, have to watch by no *reglamentar excessively in any sector determined. +#One of looks that more *les concern is that, as in *Irlanda -and also in Big *Bretaña, for example- exists an archaic system and of feudal type by the that the auxiliary doctors in period of training are apprentices -employ this word in wide sense- of the upper specialists, have fear to pose *demasiadas worries, because *eso #can affect to his future careers. +The ratification of the instruments of the *OIT is, sure enough, condition necessary to proceed to the inspections on board of foreign ships that take scale in the ports of the States members, which *nos will allow, among other things, avert disloyal competitions inside our own ports precisely. +In this frame, #can not by less of *sumarme to the conclusions of the Commission of External Subjects, Human Rights, Common and Political Security of Defence, because *eso allows a greater freedom of expression for those who work in the scientific and technological sphere in Chinese and in general. +Of mood, wish that the scientific and technological cooperation undertaken cover practical projects of cooperation directed to timely goals and that improve the execution and the productivity of the projects funded, #among others, by the program of *cooperacion in matter of investigation, by the program *TACIS and by the program *INTERREG. +In the actions undertaken up to now, already had taken upsetting in the formulation of projects of collaboration with other countries of *Mercosur, association in the that Argentinian exerts an important paper, by it that constitutes like bridge head for *nosotros concerning other countries of *América Latin. +In our opinion, *ello is due to the fact that the systems of technological development that employ in the industry of the car hamper global improvements of the product owing to the high specialisation of the laboratories of *I + *D of the companies. +Have to recognise that, although I no longer am a member of parliament of the all *inexperta, the multiplicity of sections in the that is *subdividida: strategic goal, operative goal, goals that expects to achieve, concrete measures of legislative character and no legislative, in reality no *me has facilitated understanding of the text and of it that wishes *comunicarnos the Commission. +In this moment have a wide community regulation in fifteen States members, fifteen national regulations different and, in cases, for example in the federal or almost federal States, #a lot of greater. +Before happening to the last point of my speech wanted to *referirme to an observation of the Mr. *Berenguer *Fust. deputy has signalled that the defence of the consumer #can not go in detriment of the inner market. +Have tried -and expect that in some measure have achieved it- create balance to avert that the defence of the interests of the consumer and the protection of the consumer go in detriment of the inner market. +Without embargo, the #european strategy for employment, #such as it has elaborated, goes putting in practice little by little from the summit of *Luxemburgo and characterises by some debatable ideological foundations and by a little dynamic conception of the institutional procedures. +Thus *nos seems indispensable to evaluate the hit or the failure of the #european strategy for employment with help of indicators that measure simultaneously the number of unemployed inscribed and the levels of life and the quality of the places of work created. +Had account that to scale #european politics in matter of employment are political of suggestion, of indication, of impulse of coordination among the States members - therefore, did not exists a true effective power and *decisorio, which, after all, supposes *algo positive in name of the principle of subsidiariness, but a quite limited power - believe that the Parliament #would have to be involved fully. +do not go back to open now the debate of the day: the answer is the answer that have *resumido, that remembers the terms of the investigation that proposed and that #all accepted, and that it was made by the General Secretary and that has given this result. +In the first place, estimate that our intervention, the common intervention of the community Institutions of the States members, in the look of the politics of offer to increase employment, is important but no sufficient. +In definite, because we follow thinking in the bottom that market goes to resolve a problem that is not a problem that #can be resolved by the market because it is not a circumstantial problem, is a problem of model of society. +The main obstacle to the creation of employment of quality and with rights is the existence of a Stability Pact with criteria of nominal convergence that impose limitations to the public investments and condition the economic and social politics. +has accepted my amendment to keep an annual rhythm for the review of the guidelines so that the States members do not wane in the active promotion of employment. +Also consider *algo problematic the fact that the proposals for guidelines of the year 2000 begin to treat before they have carried out entirely, or not even have set up, the concrete measures of the previous guidelines. +Have of sufficient time to be able to treat also this so important report for the future of the European Union already speakers have taken creditors that his report was treated in a suitable time? +Believe that #this do not has felt from the point of sight of the national economy *cuando knows that the oxides of nitrogen and the broadcast of particles belong necessarily to curve and *cuando modifies #one of the two toxic elements follow automatically consequences for the #another. +The proof cycles for the register of values of broadcast of vehicles will have to be, logically, in the most brief term possible, a representative reflection of the real state of the circulation. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the report that is today for debate on gas broadcasts in the commercial vehicles weighed prolongs, in my opinion, our continued efforts in *pro of the improvement of the quality of the air in *Europa keeping the mobility of our citizens. +Have lost the moral or religious limits, and indignation capacity no awake as it was not in front of facts so visible like the #blue illness on a face, or take publics through the media. +The actions of the program *DAPHNE have to explain also with the support of the *ONG, as *nosotros same propose in our amendments, with the of the social communication, because the women, that explain among citizens #european more reluctant in relation with the European Union, have to know and comprise that programs like *DAPHNE exist and refer directly to *ellas. +And especially, how measured has intention to adopt to facilitate a political agreement to the *respecto, an agreement that is fundamental so that the Commission, the Council and Parliament take a definite decision in this matter? +Gentleman President, *me #would enjoy *unirme to the complaint in front of the fact that it still have not presented by part of the Commission review of the relative proposal to the information and the query of the workers. +In this context, has to put especially in the pillory the politics of the Council since in the international Conferences of the countries taxpayers makes continuously costs to charge of budget #european without concerning also of the corresponding income. +Already exist wide zones of consensus on the *cuales #can contribute to the improvement of the finance of the Union, but the result in the vote of the Commission of Budgets shows that they exist concepts on the *cuales the consensus is far to produce . +In #this it is necessary to study of special way the granting of the contributions, #as well as the possibility of creating a new system of own resources linked directly to the citizens without that *ello suppose an increase of the fiscal pressure. +#This means that tasks like the enlargement of the Union, the respect of the human rights all over the world and the creation of some general conditions to surpass the grave unemployment #can not make already with frame. +The 11 March vote especially in our resolution, a section that said: "Thinks that the system of income has to be fundamentally free of exceptions and special rules,", etc., etc. Know well it that the Council in *Berlín took of this resolution and on how based the Council agreement of *Berlín. +But before demanding more autonomy, have to take advantage of #all saving potentials in the budget of the EU and explain also to the citizens of the Union reason *nos allow costs for two Parliaments and do not find systems simpler that *desgraven to the citizens of the Union and no the tax even more. +Gentleman President, consider necessary a reform of the system of own resources with seen to a strengthening of the principles of transparency, equity, solidarity and cohesion, with his extension to the sphere of the community income. +But also say with #all clarity that, in *contrapartida, expect of the States members that increase of the corresponding mood the measures for the control of the own resources and that do not look for more excuses, is to say, that control measures apply really. +Also believe that the Commission has been more hit when averting the reference to the nuclear energy in his proposals and wanted to *aconsejarle that *atenga to approach, because it is the proposal that more #can cause divisions and, of course, *nosotros #would not agree with *ella. +An important part of this strategy is fixation of dip *jurídicamente *vinculantes for the renewable energies, but also is very clear that it has to have #one *externalización of the internal costs in relation with the traditional energetic production. +The pressure of the market also affects to the broadcasts of the public services: the focus of resistance more effective to a free competition *desenfrenada, the public companies are loomed. +Finally, the speaker surprises, with reason, that the Commission leave totally sideways the nuclear energy *cuando #this contributes to reduce the broadcasts of CO2, even #if this energy has to be safer and more respectful of the environment. +In conclusion, believe that it #can learn a lot of an exchange of opinions among the States members in matter of energetic politics and support the call of Mr. *Chichester so that the Commission put of relief examples of optimum methods of integration of the environmental goals in the energetic politics. +The proportion of sources of renewable energy in the European Union will increase inside ten years until a 62 percent. In fact, results decisive the development of plants combined for the common production of electricity and heat that use the coal and gas like fuel. +Expect thus that the Commission, *cuando present a new proposal, read his own communication on the *potenciación of the presence of the environment in politics energetic community and contribute actively to consolidate the employment of sources of renewable energy. +First of all, the of the security of supplies and the energetic dependency of the European Union, dependency that goes to increase and that runs the risk -*nos says- to reach the 70% in the year 2020, with #all the political risks that of *ello derive. +The European Union has fixed like goal increase the part of these last of the 6 to the 12% for the year 2010, but is precise to find the financial means and, today day, is far of reach it, to judge by the last discussions in conciliation commission. +Undoubtedly, *Señorías, east is a debate to the that it is necessary *dedicarle #all attention, and expect that, along the next months and, of course, before it finish the mandate of this Commission, #can develop it with *plenitud, with transparency, with intensity and with quality in the discussions, as it has been the case of the discussion of this report. +My husband -Dr. #Rhys *Jenkins, at present general doctor and that has a labour day limited- worked in the past more of 100 hours to the week in the period of training to get to be doctor. +With regard to this last subject, the initial proposal of the European Commission proposed that doctors in period of training went in in the field of application of the Directive by means of a transitory period of seven years. +In this way will take possible the creation of a juridical space European that transmit at last to citizens #european in #all the EU a common feeling of juridical security and guarantee a unitary civil state in #all *Europa. +Up to now have arisen problems in the marriages *binacionales in the European Union by the fact that documents that certify the civil state when contracting marriage have not been recognised of mood by #all the States members. +Is hit to entrust to the Court of Justice the task to define the notion of parental responsibility, *cuando the proposal of regulation foresaw that it took reference to the internal right of the Been member interested? +So that it was not a vain word, the circulation of persons in the European Union has to go accompanied of the necessary measures in the sphere of the right of family. +Now that the application of the directive on nitrates poses when seeming problems in *tantos States members, is had the Commission to proceed to a new *concertación on his improvement and progressive application with seen to reach the norm requested for the nitrates? +Gentleman *Dell' #Alba, signalled that four countries, of the twelve countries interested in Goal 2, had been object of a first decision of principle of the Commission, of the eight countries that remain, the situation of the Federal Republic of *Alemania almost is finalised in the discussions that have had. +From 1997 the Commission has the committed of the execution of the action *DAPHNE, allocated specifically to the fight against the violence that suffer the women, the teenagers and the boys, to the that *sucederá the program (today same approved) *DAPHNE - 2000-2003, that has goal. +The Commission expects the opinions of the Parliament and of the States members to elaborate action proposals back with seen to the achievement of the goals of the communication to the that finish of *referirme. +At the end of this year, no only will be able to evaluate the advances of the national legislation to protect to victims of violent offences, but also the concrete measures that each #one of the States members are had to apply. +In effect, the Commission has loaned, from takes varied years, a special attention to the development of the provinces of the north of *Marruecos, with occasion of the execution of the technical and financial cooperation with Realm of *Marruecos. +#If I achieve backrest by part of the Commission, it that pretends is to promote a group of high level #where #would take part the main civil managers, and even #would have also that have the soldiers, to help to the Commission to develop the suitable orientations. +As it will know the Assembly, the High Representative enjoys of a high and very deserved international reputation for having defended the values that inscribe among it better of the #european history of this century and #whose lack has been also the *causante of it worse of history. +The at the same time Minister of External Subjects and Boss of the Defence of the European Union, Mr. #Solana, said well to the clear that the meeting of the Monday in *Bruselas was decision so that the EU -as it said representative- occupy in the world-wide scene the place that *le corresponds. +keeps an attitude twisted and liar on the situation of *Kosovo in the political context and of the international Right and first of all action shows how the small countries have seen stuck to the car of the allies. +And, in this sense, *me #would enjoy to know #which is the opinion that *le deserve relations among the European and Chinese Union, especially to the light of the commercial agreement recently concluded among the States Joined and this country. +The decisions of Colony do not owe *conducirnos to that a day *nos find in situation that Swiss, my *segunda homeland, #where after studying the threats of the year 2000 got to the conclusion that they were very prepared to face up to dangers that no longer existed. +The *CPN exists still, but the problem was and follow being that there #be not neither in the Commission neither in the Council structure able to take advantage of of effective way the experiences and the knowledges of the *CPN and of other organisms. +*Nos have endowed, after Colony Summit, of new instruments -#one has to see with the common strategies- that have to mean, without any doubt, a change in depth in the mood to focus the external politics. +*Les #can say that, by part of the European Union, morning and the day after tomorrow will take all it possible so that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in *Europa exert an important paper, to the height of his obligations, in a moment in the that it goes to sign a new Letter of Security in *Europa. +Like this, for example, the fundamental labour norms and the social clauses #would have to contemplate in the frame of work forum mixed *OIT\/*OMC, and #this #would have to incorporate and take in consideration in the debates, without modifying nevertheless the rule of the *OMC. +In *tercer place, that respect the denominations of origin of the traditional community products, so that we do not see more this authentic piracy that practises with impunity with the community marks, as, by it other, *sucede at present in *Sudáfrica with Port wine, the sherry, the *uzo or the *grappa. +The Commission of Development wants some rules of the *OMC that do not hamper the plans of labeling ecological neither product shopping biological by part of the public. +The excellent report of *Konrad *Schwaiger -#worthy of consensus and of a majority support- leaves clear that it that *dirime is *algo more that the commercial politics, it that is in game is the participation in foot of equality of #all countries, the social progress and the respect of the human rights. +#This has to include, like minimum, the automatic parliamentary right to subject to approval agreement of the *OMC, #as well as an a lot greater access to the summaries of the negotiations in the breast of the Council. +To time, the Group *ELDR has resisted to #all the attempts to overload the present report with a list of the purchase of requests specific of the sectors. +Need access free of tariffs for the less developed countries, no only for practically #all the products - is a sentence that leaves opened a giant lagoon so that the EU follow protecting his own agriculture - but for #all the products of said countries. +Boosted by this recent precedent and #waiting for a true balance of the cycle precedent, *nos seemed urgent to expect before *lanzarnos to body discovered to a negotiation #whose advantages are entirely without testing and #whose rules of the game, with evidence, do not seem #the same for the European Union and for our main partner and competitor, States Joined. +Report (To5-0052\/1999) of the Mrs. *Haug, in name of the Commission of Budgets, on the proposal of decision of the Council (*COM(1999) 333 - *C5-0092\/1999 - 1999\/0139(*CNS)) relative to the system of own resources of the European Union +In *tercer place, wanted to that the Table *me cleared #if the reason by the that goes to proceed to the vote of the amendment *nº 31 before the amendment *nº 9 roots in the section 2 of article 130 of our Regulation, or was, that this amendment moves away more of the original. +Had been better to find a solution under the form of a correction mechanism generic, for example, by means of the introduction of a band for the national contributions to the EU. +The region is *asolada by war and in the meantime the commitment of the European Union increases by the humanitarian helps and by the finance of the project *TRASECA to join the #Black sea and the #Asia central. +Gentleman President, believe that, in so much Parliament, have to adopt a very clear posture and manifest our support to the population *chechena and, by this reason, believe that it is important that the President of the European Parliament receive to the Minister *checheno of External Subjects for *informarle of posture. +Is a very difficult question *cuando, as it has said the speaker to principle, of it that treats is not to bet by the free trade, but to bet by a free just trade. +In our conception, the respect by the fundamental rights of the workers has like reason to be a distribution more *equitativa of the benefits of growth that contributes the liberalisation of exchanges. +*Yo *le answered it same that go to say today here, that this is not the moment of the solutions neither of the proposals, but the moment to see of how goes to occupy the Conference *Intergubernamental and #which is the method that goes to follow in works. +Results *inquietante, alarming even, it that is in the field of the external political call and of security, the vehemence with that leaves sideways the up to now civil character of integration #european and pretends to create a military Union. +In the first place, is indispensable that the reform that wishes was democratic and *democratizadora, is to say, that subordinate the *burócratas to representatives chosen and #this to his national public opinions and that strengthen his democratic legitimacy by means of the participation of the national parliaments and do not remain *substituida by associations of doubtful representativeness or of expert suppositions. +By this reason, the #nordic left will vote against of the greater part of this resolution proposal that, among other things, involves more shots *supranacionales, that limits the influence in the diverse treaties and that increases the domination of the great states. +Believe that we #would have to learn the lesson of this error of the past and recognise that the importance of this enlargement in particular, the reunification of family #european, is *algo that the societies of our corresponding countries have to know during the celebration of the *CIG. +This report tries to continue the development of the Union like State Alliance centralised, and do not takes in account at all of how mood will influence a so intense enlargement in the institutional development of the Union. +As in this case *nos move in the constitutional sphere and like the Treaty follows being norm upper of our internal rights, in the future it will be necessary to attach to a greater juridical precision. +Is important that #can have an approach integrated that it tackle #all the looks of the reform, from the substantial questions related with the decision by majority until the reform of the institutions and the treatment of essential subjects. +Are in front of a substantial modification of the national sovereignty all over the world since the freedom of action of the countries is limited, so much to out as to inside, and capacity to elaborate political and solve problems sees restricted by the international relations and the *interdependencias and transnational interactions. +The European Union supports, in general, the work that the *PNUCD makes of constant and effective form in the field of drugs, and also are very satisfied with the collaboration of the European Union and the *PNUCD in other terrains. +*Nosotros, citizens and deputies of the European Parliament, are extremely concerned because we do not see concrete signals that the Commission go to present a proposal of this nature during the #finnish Presidency, since *nosotros of fine wins had begun processing. +#Which is the opinion of the Council on a federalism in that the different States members renounce to the right of veto and to the criteria of qualified majority to facilitate the adoption *supranacional of decisions? +The enlargement of the frame of decisions that are adopted by qualified majority in breast of the Council is #one of the subjects that will be debated by the representatives of the Governments in the Conference *Intergubernamental, that will summon at the beginning of the year 2000. +My parliamentary commission has encouraged a lot for preparing the answer of the Parliament to the proposal to time to fulfil the term fixed by the Council and to time so that the Council #can *examinarla on 2 December. +Therefore, gentleman President, believe that with the amendments that have introduced in Subject Commission Constitutional fulfil the goal to accommodate a decision of the three institutions to the own characteristics of the #ours. +Gentleman *Prodi, Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, will expose the point of sight of the Greens and the European Free Alliance on *Eurodac. Have to admit that after the introduction of the speaker *Pirker nuances introduced by the previous orators have been of my like. +So that any unilateral solution, or any solution of character administrative that did not contemplate in #all dimensions the authentic problem of public health and the medical looks of the subject #would constitute a *craso error. +*Nosotros are adherents no only of the total transparency with regard to the operation of #all institutions #european, but also to the election and to the *revocabilidad, in any moment, so much of #all #that that today are deputies, as of #all those that possess a responsibility, independently of the hierarchical level that it treat, including the Commission of *Bruselas. +Besides, had account of the course *desfavorable reserved to the amendments that have presented with my colleagues of the #french socialist delegation and the Groups *GUE\/*NGL and Green\/*ALE, *me have abstained, lady Speaker, in the vote of the report of Mr. *Schwaiger. +This absence of balance #can analyse like a will to hide, according to the assessment of the villages of countries *adherentes to the *OMC, the evidence of the effects of the *desreglamentación of the world-wide trade. +This dimension of a just trade based in the absence of a *dumping qualitative, environmental, social and fiscal, #if well it mentions in the plane of the principles, is not confirmed, with #all consequences, like a goal *prioritario of the #european negotiators. +*Yo have billed the principles for *ello in a dissident opinion, *aneja to the Report *Dimitrakopoulos-*Leinen, and the Group *Europa of the Nations has developed consequences presenting *veintiuna amendments, that have been refused, alas, by the majority of this Parliament. +Our conviction consists in that the future belongs to a *Europa without borders among villages unified of an extreme to #another of the continent and released of the can in fact of the industrial and financial groups, indispensable condition for a real control of the villages regarding institutions. +#- - (OF) In the frame of the reform of the main institutional fields of the Treaties the proposals contained in the Report *Dimitrakopoulos-*Leinen plead by enlargement of the decision by qualified majority in the Council. +Have observed with big satisfaction that the #danish government communicated in the meeting of the Council (Justice and Inner Subjects) celebrated on 29 October 1999 will to take part fully in the cooperation *Eurodac on a base *interestatal. +The repatriation of the persons displaced is in course: before yesterday, of the total of persons displaced, around 65.000 had returned, and the #indonesian Government *nos has ensured that the process of voluntary repatriation will finalise inside 100 days. +Therefore I understand, gentleman President, that *nosotros, like European Parliament, have to manifest, in this occasion and in #all #that in the that produce an alike fact, a firm and indeclinable commitment with the right to life, as we take it in the text of this common resolution. +*Nos seems an enormous cruelty, *aterradora, that think in executing to patients of this class and that have to persons 21 years in prison, as it is the case of a Canadian to the that was foreseen to execute and half hour before the execution accepted a #his resource in front of the court. +The *MINUK has directed to the Commission, with regard to funding protection body of *Kosovo, and the next week the States members will take a decision on the program that have suggested in answer to this request. +Were a bit proud to having contributed with our help -although it remains for seeing #if it has got to his destination- to the creation of this Court that owed *esclarecer the crimes against humanity and punish to his authors. +#Many of these projects apply through *ONG and tend to improve the scope and quality of the services of the social sector, particularly in the fields of the primary education and of the sanitary attention. +have presented 128 amendments, and *usted has drafted so only 17 or 18 amendments of transaction, that have to serve for *aunar quantity of amendments proposed so that at the end it go out of this Parliament a logical and conclusive report on this Plan of action. +To these two groups, the adherents of the #swedish model and the adherents of model #dutch, no *les interests a narrow #european collaboration in this terrain because they fear that it will go in detriment of his national politics. +*Ello means that countries like *Francia and *Alemania owe *redoblar his efforts in the field of the treatment of the *toxicómanos whereas a country like the Low Countries, for example, has to put more obstinacy in the fight against the excessive presence of drugs by cause of the "*coffeeshops" and against the tourism of the drug. +Have to confront the fact that the criminal strengths involved in the production and the drug traffic are connected among yes, have of resources, have strengths that exceed in a lot the possibilities of the states of right to detain this traffic. +Has got the moment that we consider the suitability to subtract resources to the fight against drug supply and to increase the resources allocated to the fight against the demand. +*Cuarta: boost the cooperation among the cities, *basándonos in the idea of the *European *Cities *Drug *Policy like model of a project, that recognises to drugs - legal and illegal - like pertaining to the society and pronounces in favour of a consumption of these autonomous and responsible drugs. +#If to *ello join the remarkable increase that has come observing in the consumption of drinks alcoholic by part of youngsters, that in cases joins to the consumption of drugs, especially of synthesis, puts of self-evident the need of an urgent adoption of measures that invest this tendency. +treats of the period that passes until the year 2003, according to my proposal just until 31 January of the 2003, then #would take place an intermediate evaluation and a new estimate and respectively a prolongation until 31 January of the 2007. +The effect *multiplicador of the banking guarantee takes that the resultant investments of the credits of the *BEI have a decisive importance in the frame of politics subsidised by the community budget. +Gentleman President, want to explain the favourable vote to the Inform Newton *Dunn underlining that #the same, with measures, places in the fight against the illegal immigration and against the numerous acts of delinquency that #many of the immigrated illegal, by *fas or by *nefas, commit in damage of #all the citizens of the European Union and in particular of the elderly citizens. +The Record of adhesion of 1985 contained an evolutionary clause -the section 4 of article 25- so as to avert that, like consequence of the development of the European Union, Canarian #can remain out of the #european construction. +The dismantlement of the #canarian fiscal specificities in matter *arancelaria #would put in danger the dismantlement of a series of small local industries -industries of feeding, tobacco, small industries of commercial type-, that #would disappear #if it suppressed entirely this small protection that *nos provided the *arbitrios special Canarians, specifically the *arbitrio on the production and the import. +#There is had public demonstrations in favour and against of the full incorporation of the islands, have produced crisis of Government and even the resignation of the president of Government autonomic, that had like cause, precisely, the conditions of negotiation of the adhesion. +The reason exhibition and the explanation that today *nos has given the speaker are clear and establish the long path that Canarian has followed in *Europa to get to the process of incorporation to the European Union. +In necessary case, the Commission will present a proposal to the Council based in Article 299 (2) on the necessary measures not to engage the existence of some local activities particularly fragile. +From three years ago, more specifically, have expressed in varied occasions to the Commission my worry by the distortions of competition to world-wide level, aggravated by the fact that *Europa has imposed always an unknown rigour for our opponents. +Up to now, in spite of the varied calls made in this sense because the subject is not new, the European Union and the Commission have not taken at all effective to put end to subvention indirect in *Corea. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the industry of the construction and repair naval of the European Union confronts grave problems, as it already has said here, it that shows that the formulas applied takes some years are not giving the results promised. +To the contrary of it that said the European Council in 1998, *cuando *reglamentó the new relative norms to the helps to the naval construction, at the end did not improve conditions of international competition. +The reality is the that it is and, regretting it a lot, gentleman Commissioner, #if they do not adopt urgent and forceful measures, this sector, like other industrial sectors of the European Union, goes to go to the derive, for keeping the owed composure in the way of talking. +*Yo wanted to also *sumarme to the conviction that is here, in this forum #european, with regard to the split of the truce by part of the organisation ETA, and want to express my total rejection to the utilisation of the violence to achieve political goals. +Of course, is very positive can listen now a big number of opinions on this important problem, but also #can observe that other colleagues begin to manifest likewise wish to take part and, therefore, *yo believe that we #would have to begin to work usually in the frame of the agenda. The Commission is present. +The Commissioner commissioned of the education and youth will put the programs *Socrates, #Leonardo and Youth to disposal of the training, of the collaboration among the youngsters, so that the anti-doping fight was *algo wished by the youths of *Europa. +Are yielding activities and, considered from this point of sight, believe that the Commission #can at least try regulate a bit the sector and conditions of work, since, as it has said very *atinadamente the Mr. *Cohn-*Bendit, #if the sportsmen dope is because the competitions demand it. +As *usted finishes to say, sport occupies an important place in the #european daily life and, therefore, has to occupy it also in the European Parliament, as it said the President *Prodi in his inaugural speech. +First of all exist subjects specifically mentioned in *Amsterdam, #this is, the future of the Commissioners, the representation of the States members in the Council and the extension of the vote by qualified majority. +*Yo wanted to remember likewise the importance that the Presidency summon a new #european Conference that *insufle new life to this forum and that the countries that in future will be members of the EU take part from this time on in the remodeling of the European Union. +The Conference *Intergubernamental, the *concretización of the external politics and of common security and the realisation controlled of enlargement are subjects that require a preparation in depth, so much by part of the aspiring countries to the adhesion, as by part of the European Union. +And the worry is still greater *cuando to defend the review that wants to take, is to say, the of the famous institutional triangle, resorts to the argument of efficiency and no to the global vision of the #european project. +With regard to the widest subject relative to the realisation of the inner market, *permítame say also that during the #finnish Presidency have received #some strategic documents very important, and the Community #would owe really *darles #a lot of more priority of the that *les gives in moments. +The contribution of this report for the future is that no only occupies of political decisions, but that also of the paper of society in the creation of a climate in the that the human rights have permanent and deep popular rooting. +Since the European Council confirmed in December of 1997 that *Turquía #can opt to entrance in the EU, has come working in creating the conditions to loan financial help of face to promote the economic collaboration and *acercar to *Turquía to the EU. +Although there was *algún shy attempt by part of the #turkish Government, the recent sentence to death pity dictated against the leader *kurdo *Ocalan has moved away all possible political approach of *Turquía to the European Union. +Also want to manifest, nevertheless, my special gratitude to the #greek Government and to the Minister of Subjects External *Papandreu, that have stepped brave, also from sight point of the political situation intern. +Believe that the European Parliament has to keep his posture; have to *propiciar that *ingrese in the European Union no only *Turquía, has to *ingresar also the #turkish village in the European Union, and have to take part so that in this path village access to the rights that it is deprived. +The electrical head offices, the facilities of incineration of waste, the ovens of cement and the cars offer possibilities to the hour to reduce monoxide broadcasts of carbon. +The subject goes much more there of the *benceno and carbon monoxide and, therefore, has to be analysed in a wider frame and from a technical perspective; the Directive 96\/62 defines the environmental air only like the "air acclimatise" . +And also want that it analyse, in the report that the Commission has to present to the Council and to the European Parliament, #if reduction that #can have to broadcasts of CO2 has to to the technical measures of the industrial or to the habits of the consumers. +Therefore, allow that we complete the directive these three points, so that we #can have of a truly effective instrument to control the fulfillment of the voluntary commitment, that in fact is an experiment for the European Union. +Gentleman President, has checked that the index of substances organic harmful in the seaboard and in high sea of the Gulf of *Finlandia increases, in general, eastwards, which reflects the influence of the poured *contaminantes pertinent of *Rusia in index of harmful substances in the *Báltico. +But there #be a very important point that have to take into account: in reason exhibition specified that it guaranteed the external quality of the materials; without embargo, the point *d) of the Annex *VII treats it of mood very generic. +The experience *nos has shown that, from determined sizes, the plant do not has any possibility to survive in a half, as it occurs in zones of the south of *Europa, in that the conditions of drought are very extreme. +The euro do not constitutes #one dip in himself\/hisself same, but an instrument to the service of the citizen, of a strong economy, of employment, of the international position of the European Union. +The considering *K, in the that it collects a complaint on nonexistence of immediate practical advantages of the banking euro, is a trace of the high hopes that had the majority of the Parliament and that, apparently, continues having. +With reason insists the speaker in need of an accurate preparation for the introduction of the euro and *nosotros go to see that the euro will obtain really the confidence of the citizens and of the citizens and no only the of the markets since , meanwhile, finds already *asentado in #this. +But is not less true -and also has put of relief along the debate- that the moment of the reality, the moment of truth, will be *cuando go in in vigour the coins and the notes: on 1 January of the 2002. +The situation of the market, no only regarding the negotiations of the *OMC, and the new understanding of the traditional habits by the new persons will modify also contents and the importance of the subjects in the commission. +Seen that -and already has remembered this morning- according to the data facilitated by the Commission, the 60% of the products *pesqueros that consume in the European Union are mattered, #would be necessary to back considerable and amply aquaculture that represents an important economic opportunity for the maritime communities. +Nevertheless, is extremely important that the proposal treat also requirements in matter of the information that on the quality of the air has to provide to the public opinion splitting of a very accurate follow-up of the level of *benceno and of monoxide of carbon. +The opinion surveys show, in effect, at least in *Francia, that the percentage of persons that propose to open an account in euros in a next future, diminishes regularly from 1 January 1999, and today only affects to a small minority. +But the European Parliament wishes *sacarlos of error and *preconiza once again a campaign of information that, quote the resolution approved, "answer to the practical questions and explain the basic meaning of the monetary union". +Regarding the period that initiates on 1 January 2002, in that they will circulate simultaneously two coins, period that, in the terms of the Treaty, #can extend until six months, share the opinion of the Mrs. Speaker and of the Council *Ecofin, according to the *cual period #would have to reduce to two months. +Change the *OMC affects, finally, to mood of current operation, that follows based in the diplomacy of the summits and of the secret in the moment of the citizen irruption in the subjects of the world. +A proof is the supremacy in the taking of decisions of some #few *decenas of rich countries. proof is the increase of the inequalities among rich and poor countries, and also in the interior of the own countries. +*Europa, finally, do not has to forget to defend our specificities no only economic, but also cultural and social, because globalisation of the uniformity, of the *achatamiento and of the exploitation do not has to form part at all of the model of development #european. +Now well, #all know that, without a special deal for the agriculture, will not be possible to guarantee a minimum of preference community, neither, therefore, the guarantee of the primary productive function of agriculture. +have put of self-evident two things.: the first is that in the future will follow contemplating this *mescolanza of interests in the frame of the international negotiations, and wanted to *sumarme to the posture of economists notable that affirm that #this has not been more that the beginning. +Now well, for *nosotros, do not treats to organise better the continuous release of exchanges, but to give primacy to the defence of the social and environmental rights and allow to #all the populations control by himself\/hisself same and decide his future. +The present report claims the resignation forced of a Commission neglected and #amateurish, and has revealed a catalogue of irresponsibilities of the States members that are had to criticise, but no to act against of fraud and of the irregularities. +To finalise want to underline that the Commission follows thinking -as it says the report that *usted *nos presents- to use as main indicator of the hit of his financial management grade of utilisation of the financial credits assigned in the annual budget. +Gentleman President, the report of 1998 of the Court of Accounts, that has been debated in #all *Europa except -until today- in this Assembly, shows the clear need that the Commission and the States members intensify his efforts in the fight against fraud. +In my opinion, is hit that it exist a temporary distance among the publication and the debate here in the Assembly so that #all deputies have of the possibility to know the whole of the report. +Has been an especially bad season for the Commission and a particularly difficult stage to advance by #all channels normal, since had elections, the difficulties of the Commission, #etcetera. +The subject of finance and of the cast of the financial charges has to be the subject of a debate in the widest frame of the regional organisations of fishing. +treats of a common work of the European Parliament, that took the initiative, and of the Commission, that with the place of compensation has improved considerably the original proposal of the Parliament. +are not had to happen of this philosophy of right imperative to #another absolutely uncertain and very little favourable for the #european citizen, to subscription diagram voluntary. +Wanted to give the thanks to *Willi *Rothley, the speaker, by the excellent preparation of this report and by the initiative that then also had arisen of Parliament. But also *le give the thanks to the Commission and to the Council by his substantial approval. +Believe that the report of Mr. *Rothley has to be approved in his group, since it is a commitment of high level and the synthesis of a series of stimuluses and innovative concepts, fruit of the collaboration among the distinct institutional instances. +According to this agreement, Swiss authorises a maximum number of community trucks of commodities of more of 28 tonnes that will be able to cross Swiss until the year 2005, date in that country, adapting his rule to the community, will not demand permission #any for the inferior trucks to 40 tonnes. +To the project of application of the transport agreement among the EU and Swiss that starts now knot the hope that in the future was easier the *superación of the alpine central space. +To the invite to *Turquía to an increasingly narrow cooperation, the Union acts of agreement to his fundamental mission to consolidate peace and to boost the fulfillment of the human rights. +Without embargo, in the relative conclusions to the fiscal subject ratified that #all citizens resident in the States of the Union will have to pay the applicable taxes to the performance of #all the savings. +The prevention of conflicts with military means is not always preferential, and by each euro invested in the military management of crisis it is necessary to invest at least another euro in the no military management of crisis. +The step that has given in direction to the opening of the negotiations with six new States candidates and the recognition of *Turquía as Been candidate form indispensable part of the #european politics to consolidate the stability and welfare in our continent. +After the unanimous decision on enlargement process #can not and do not has to *subsistir any doubt regarding the seriousness of our will and the will of *Turquía that they fulfil it prompter possible the criteria of *Copenhague. +treats of minimum progresses, but *les guarantee -and #this is the important message that want to give- that in this sense the Commission and the President of Parliament have kept a same line to expand the presence of the Parliament. +*Yo expect that the Commission loan an authentic support in this context, in the sense of the contribution to peace and to the prevention of conflicts in the region, which is, in effect, much more important that the troops decided in *Helsinki. +The reforms allocated to boost a dynamic competition and flexibility have to be compatible with the requirement of the maintenance, but at the same time also of a modernisation of the systems of security social. +The work has not finished with Summit of *Helsinki, that has developed of way very satisfactory regarding this subject and in the that #Grecia, especially, has kept a very remarkable attitude and *Turquía also has acted of reasonable way to end of accounts. +But suits that we say here that we do not accept that the European Parliament remain in a position *subalterna in debate process so important like a review of the Treaty of the European Union of this importance. +In the budgets that are, the European Parliament increases the number of new civil servants of way that is not in accordance with the financial austerity. is not it, at least, in comparison with the increases of the last five years. +#All *nosotros have to *adaptarnos to this new and -create *yo- hopeful methodology of work with the Commission, that is the free debate, but, as it knows His *Señoría, in accordance with the regulations this free debate, in occasion, has to see directly -and therefore it has created- with the statement that the Commission finishes to take and the subjects in *ella tackled. +Taking into account the important consequences that #can have subject, the Commission will take a follow-up of the process and the file will not close before this institution have the security that they fulfil the principles of transparency and of equality of deal. +Maybe His *Señoría wanted to pose this question to the diverse States members, boost the participation in the inferior grades of the category "To" to watch by that, with the step of the years, have more available women to end to assume places of direction. +#If *usted pretends to fund *Kosovo, #if it wants to respect the commitments *algo precipitated that the President of the Commission has purchased regarding this region, as well, *dénos the budgetary means to be serious and coherent and *dénos the possibility of reviewing the financial perspectives. +The career by the world-wide prices and the heaves of the performances have put in danger it more esteemed that have: the quality of feeding and the survival of our employments in the rural zones. +had not been much simpler to accept before these appeals of the Parliament and have averted #all precipitations of last hour, that do not benefit for nothing the image of seriousness and efficiency that supposes in the #european institutions? +is not very healthy, as it neither is it the fact to devote the 50 % of our debates from this afternoon to talk of a province of the #serbian State that is not member of the European Union. +The nurses and the doctors of hospitals #french, that are the summit of the competition, are today in strike because the budgetary austerity comes to *recortar the hospitable costs and the sanitary costs. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To5-0090\/1999) of the Mrs. *Theato, in name of Commission of Budgetary Control, on the nomination of eight members of the Court of Accounts (*C5-0231\/1999, *C5-0232\/1999, *C5-0233\/1999, *C5-0234\/1999, *C5-0235\/1999, *C5-0236\/1999, *C5-0237\/1999, *C5-0238\/1999 - 1999\/0820(*CNS)). +Regret that the #finnish Presidency of the Council withdraw now, since the Finns also aspire to the nomination for a new mandate of his already accredited member of Account Court. +The crisis of the Commission that finish to leave backwards has left *sobradamente patent, in effect, *cuán necessary is to have of an effective mechanism to demand responsibilities to civil servants of the EU that commit grave errors of management or even lacking graver. +Consistently, the editorial of the proposal of regulation by part of the Commission and of the Council has taken in getting, and even so it has been judged of little concrete and of incomplete, since no includes the procedures of execution. +#This will contribute decisively to improve the competitiveness of our car industry in a world-wide plane, at the same time that will ensure a greater security and respect to the requirements of the environment, for benefit of the consumers. +Gentleman President, wanted to signal that the measures of security deployed this week with reason of the visit of the #french President have been really exemplary. *Nos congratulate that the order and the security have been present in moment. +This Green Book *nos will offer the opportunity to celebrate a wide debate among #all the interested on the approach that have to adopt for *abaratar even more costs for our economies of the reduction of the gases of effect *invernadero. +Think that this environmental problem is of magnitude that is able to interest to the majority of the citizens and to the public opinion, since it exists a true restlessness by the climatic change that is. +Without being against of the principle of a *imposición on broadcasts *contaminantes, create, nevertheless, that these measures have to respect two principles: by a part, encourage for guaranteeing the fiscal neutrality and, on the other hand, involve to the group of the world industrialised or, at least, to the *OCDE, not to create distortions of competition or of *dumping ecological. +The publication of the Green Book on sustainable energy in *Irlanda has to be seen like a positive contribution of the sector of energy to the debate on possible solutions to the threat of the climatic change +But this need, as it expresses it the conjoint resolution presented, do not means that the European Union *desinterese of the future of a territory so linked to our history and even our culture. +This general attention of *Europa is the best practical guarantee supplementary that we #can give, the best form that have, on our part, to ensure that *Macao will see protected specificity, that we follow treating to *Macao of a specific mood, without *diluirla in a general magma. +Also #can accept in principle the amendment 26, on condition that the text specify that the reports will have to send to the Commission before 31 March of every year, and amendment 27, on condition that *le add a reference to the Scientific Committee of Evaluation of compliance with the Protocol of *Montreal. +. (*FR) With occasion of the debates that preceded to meeting of *Seattle, #many had thought, in this Assembly, that *Europa had to begin for asking a balance of the previous cycles and that had to effect a diagnostic together with the countries in roads of development, before launching to a new cycle of liberalisation. +*Seattle is a failure for #that that wished to continue blindly the career to the generalisation of the *librecambio and the *mercantilización of the world and is a victory of the citizen movement in his diversity, of type that the that had conducted to the rejection of the *AMI. +The *Cnuced is the frame with greater legitimacy to treat the question of the foreign direct investments, inside the respect of the democratic right of States to legislate in environmental and social matter. +Proposed even a moratorium for the start of the negotiations, with seen to allow the realisation of said balance and to concretise reflection back on the roads that follow the international commercial relations. +As it also results unavoidable, finally, outline a new commercial order -in the frame of a *mundialización based in progress and in the solidarity- that respect the fundamental political rights, of the social progress and of the environment. +is not, as, surprising that, as it signals the resolution that proposes, the States members of the European Union have not taken the necessary measures to respect his commitments of *Kioto, *cuando, to time, in *Europa is #one *desreglamentación systematic. +. (*FR) Wish to congratulate to the members of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer, and in particular to his presidency by resolution proposal relative to the labeling of products that contain *OMG. +Regarding the labeling of foods produced from *OMG, the Council has adopted the Regulation 1139\/98\/*CE applicable to the foods and ingredients alimentary allocated to the final consumer total or partially obtained from: beans of soya modified genetically, to that refers the Decision 96\/281\/*CE; corn modified genetically, to that refers the Decision 97\/28\/*CE. +Also in this case, our colleague vice-president has been missing, in my opinion, to the norms of function, so much for *conmigo as it bear with the colleague that had taken part before and bear with other colleagues that wished to take part, specifically the Mrs. *Muscardini, to the one who *denegó the word and loomed even with *expulsarla. +Like deputies are the direct democratic link with the population of the European Union, and the Commission of Rights of the Woman is a direct link with organisations and representations of women. +Expect thus that the Commission today #can *asegurarme that the reproductive health will have a paper stood out in the community conference and that the European Parliament of #one or form #can take part in New *York #such as *sucedió with the agreement with reason of the negotiations of the *OMC, #where himself\/hisself that were represented. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to debate of the statement of the Commission on the course that has to give to the decision of the #french Government to keep the embargo on the meat of *vacuno #british. +No has to also, further of this specific case, work to impose in the commercial exchanges the primacy of the principle of caution before that #all the other considerations, so much in the Union as in the third countries? +A time that have made his evaluation of risk factors will present his *dictamen to the Commission, in the moment in that the Commission initiate the process to elaborate the laws. +As *usted already will know, now will take place the turn of questions to the Council, that is the following point of the agenda, and to the 21.00 hours will restart the session and there will be an announcement on subjects that *ustedes ask. +Delegation of the *BEI approved on 26 March 1997 the rule on the publication of documents, that has been published in the page 13 of the Official Diary of the European Communities *C 243. +In relation with the compulsory examination of the 79.000 resources presented, the Secretary General of the UN #can not give exact data on the calendar or the utilisation of more personal to examine in his whole said resources. +Gentleman President, ask #if they go to assign the necessary games for the reconstruction of what was destroyed, #if it goes to be raised the embargo and #if the money will deliver to the #yugoslav government, to government #yugoslav legally chosen, with foreign observers, #etcetera. +Gentleman President, according to the section 2 of article 1 of the Regulation of the Council, is responsibility of the Presidency announce the dates of the meetings of the Council foreseen for his period seven months before the beginning of #the same. +Are convinced that to *través of the most effective use of the computer systems of fast transmission of information will facilitate the recognition of the sendings, of dealers and of the countries of origin and destination of these sendings. +Wanted to take state diverse gratitudes before tackling the substance of #ours *segunda reading: to the services of the Parliament for working with *tanta rapidity with this report, to the Commission by #all support and to the #finnish Presidency by the *cortés and thorough advice that has offered along #all the process. +Attended to an audition, organised in the Parliament, on the delays in payments and contributed a very valid advice of experts and recognised that in the Only Market there were problems with the delays in the payments. +*Yo already assisted to #all a previous debate on this subject and #can *preguntarnos #if Parliament is joined to the hour to accept the basic principle of the recommendations of the Scientific Committee. +The article 2 of the Decision 94\/936\/*CE of the Council had that the Commission entrusted to work group of independent scientists the task to evaluate the effects of the utilisation of the *BST. +Lady Speaker, in point 38 of the Record, that is the turn of questions to the Council, have checked that there #be an error in the #spanish and #german version, at least, and is that it is missing the question 9. +The question of Mr. *Papayannakis referred to another thing, to his report. treats of the system of register of the animals of the bovine species and of the labeling of the meat of *vacuno. +To informative title for deputies: with the vote that finishes to win , the total costs will rise to a 1,11% of the *PNB of *Europa, a percentage that finds underneath of the *tope maximum fixed for the year 2000 of the forecasts of finance and underneath of the maximum of own resources, fixed in the 1,27%. +Appreciate to the speaker of the Commission of Agriculture and Agricultural Development, the Mr. *Görlach, that in his letter directed to the president of the Commission of Budgets have censored equally cut. +*Nos satisfies the assignment of greater resources for the social dialogue, thinking in importance to begin in the countries candidates the construction of an efficient labour market, with strong #sindical organisations and in fine social conditions. +#- - (OF) regulation that has to modify , to proposal of the Commission, constituted two years ago, to the light of the crisis of the *EEB, a subject of big importance and an important decision in the frame of the protection to the consumer to #european level +The fact that the own winner of the prize *Sajarov, *Leyla *Zana, still find in prison indicates clearly that in *Turquía is an infamous deal to the right of freedom of expression and to the human rights. +do not changes in at all the sense of this affirmation the fact that there are products of printing that do not fulfil these requirements. exception #can not reach in this case the rank of norm. +In *tercer place, here do not treats simply, #if well it is #that game point, of the question of the trade *transfronterizo among *Austria and *Alemania, but of the question of the paper that exert the linguistic spaces, the cultural fields. +*Nosotros the Austrians have clear that the alone possibility to dictate rule of national field is not sufficient, but that require a relative clause to the import and #another to export, of compliance with the #french model, as linguistic and cultural space mean more. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen, the central question is #if the embargo of armament in the frame of restriction measures adopted against Indonesian, that was agreed by the Council in September of this year, has to extend further of the month of January of the year that comes. +In spite of our past failure in guaranteeing that no #would murder to the persons, have again the obligation to guarantee that in the future do not send any message of support to the current authorities. +Had clear that it #would be a very difficult task. Had clear that they have to create basically #ex *novo #all the conditions for the constitution of a State of effective and stable Right in #Sierra Lion and that the disposal to collaborate is limited. +This type of dictatorship, this type of terrorism against the population and the bad employment of resources in an unnecessary cost in armament for a country of this size, is *injustificable. +Am absolutely #willing, lady *Thors, to explain to the candidates to the adhesion need to sign and ratify this agreement. Nevertheless, believe that the gentleman *Posselt has affirmed with tarpaulin to this *respecto that my position in this subject will enjoy of credibility *cuando the Fifteen have ratified it. +Also know to appreciate the important contribution that in this field have loaned the no governmental organisations that devote his efforts to sensitisation of the States in favour of the statute of Blunt and his prompt ratification. +The sensitivities of *Irlanda of the North are too much important as to allow attempt bad informed to come close to the sun that more heats in the subject of the International Bottom for *Irlanda. +, by writing. (IN) The European Parliament facilitated the vote without debate on the Bottom, that afterwards was postponed by the Council, with the agreement of #all the Groups, included the Greens, that there #would be amendment. +Any attempt of *mancillar the reputation of this Bottom is absolutely unacceptable, no represents more that a case of *borreguismo bad politician informed in the subject of the sensitivities of *Irlanda of the North, and is not #worthy of this Parliament. +Never have comprised why the Commission has not accepted that from 1 January next, these two data, already compulsory frame community, use to allow an operative principle of *rastreabilidad. +Regarding the report of the Round Mrs. *Jiménez, the Commission #can accept the amendments 1, 2 and 3, but no amendment 4, not even in his new version modified, since it still #would involve to impose to the States members #some obligations on the that still has not argued in the Council. +#If *Tayikistán is today delivered to the economic difficulties that enumerates the report, as *tantos other countries of the world on the other hand, is because certainly it is victim of an opening *desconsiderada of the borders and of the immoderate game of empires. +Distinguished gentleman President, in spite of great objections, have voted in favour of the financial help, because I see a possibility to establish market economy democracy and the peace by means of financial stimuluses, as it has exposed the Mr. *Karas, and no through the violence. +Subject: Application of the program *Philoxenia The European Parliament, the Commission and the Economic and Social Committee have issued already his *dictamen positive on the instauration of a program *plurianual in favour of tourism #european designated *Philoxenia. +Likewise, in the Statement *nº 30 *aneja to the Treaty of *Amsterdam recognises that the insular regions suffer of structural disadvantages linked to his specific insular character, and asks that the Union take into account said disadvantages and that, always that it was necessary, take specific measures with regard to integrate better said regions in the inner market in conditions *equitativas. +Without embargo, *le want to indicate that a territory with an inferior level to the 75 % of the level of welfare half in *Europa is help territory even according to the Goal *I of the structural Bottoms. +To the sight of the importance of the events and of the possibility that it aggravate unsteadiness in the region, has foreseen the Council *redoblar his diplomatic efforts to reach an agreement in *Jammu and Cashmere? +The European Council underlined especially that it has to deepen the economic coordination to ensure the hit of the Economic and Monetary Union and support growth that *repercuta effectively on the employment of a mood sustained. +Gentleman President, are in front of a work taken with big rigour, with brilliance, with an enormous clarity and with courage: a report of the Mr. *Herman that answers to the goals that has proposed to improve the operation of the institutions. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, after the debate of this afternoon on the conflict in Serbian and the expulsions in *Kosovo, sees even more clearly reason the enlargement of the Union in countries of the *Europa central and oriental, beside #everything it other, is the most important instrument for the *aseguramiento of peace and goes to follow being it also in the future. +#If they watch the economic data and believe the prognoses, *Polonia is #one of the strongest economies among the countries of the *Europa central, with taxes of upper growth to the 5 %, unemployment and tax of inferior inflation to the 10 % and a growth of the income of the 4, 5 %. +From then there #be had a change of government in 1996 and took the decision to leave in suspense the appeal and to occupy in his place of *concertar association agreement reinforced. +In the last enlargement ran a risk when admitting to three new members before have made the necessary institutional reforms for *ocuparnos of the consequences of the increase of the number of members. +This risk aggravated because of the presence in two of these countries of minorities *anticomunitarias very important that, #if they were majorities, #can, owing to it unsuitable of our current institutional arrangements, have cancelled #all work made by the Communities. +Some lower advances obtained in the plane of adaptation to the *acervo, especially in the field of the environment, and requires an acceleration of the legislative work, #as well as of the efforts to attract investments in said sector of the environment. +Regarding the program of restructuring of the industry *siderúrgica #can *elogiar to *Polonia by the enormous quantity of work invested, #if well they will have to increase the efforts for clearing even more #all privatisation strategy of the two greater companies and introduce a clear calendar for the privatisation and restructuring. +In relation to the request of Mr. *Bertens about the presentation of a proposal for a financial mechanism, repeat it that already have said before regarding Malt, that are in the replacement of the financial protocol. +Am here. do not take part in the nominal votes in protest by the no adoption by part of the *cuestores of an appealable decision in front of *Luxemburgo, that requested by writing already in August of the past year, in relation with the illicit retention effected by the Mr. *Chamier on cost compensations. +#If the public civil servants #can not talk neither write about his daily work without the consent of his upper, #can not expect that it have an atmosphere motivated and fine in the place of work. +Is necessary to demand that have an independent budget that #can use of reasonable form, that have sufficient personnel, it same Request Commission that the Defender of the Village, that are two institutions that really preserve the rights of the #european citizenship. +Wanted to appreciate and congratulate to the speakers, to the Mrs. Of #Esteban #Martín and to the Mr. *Newman, by his reports that, as always *sucede in this commission, are the final product of the collective work and of the contribution of #all members. +Mr. *Newman has been a true «dog of #british prey» in this parliamentary commission, and never has left to happen the occasion to take part in name of the citizens of the Community. +Regarding the institution of the Defender of Village, is evident that exerts an increasingly important function and a truly positive paper for the group of the community system. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Defender of Village, *Señorías, in virtue of the Treaty of the European Union is the Parliament, and no the Commission, the addressee of the annual report of the Defender of the Village. +The Parliament has exerted an important function also in field: *me refer to the code of behaviour for the correct behaviour of the administration in his relations with the citizens. +The foundation of the amendment 8 #can not admit in the measure in that the committee in question fulfil functions of the Committee of politics *aduanera. will Go back on this point inside some moments. +In addition to *ello, in my report consider the possibility to complement the system of *tarificación based in the social costs *marginales with measures in the field of taxes related with the transport. More in concrete, propose that said taxes coordinate to scale #european and that, in his case, reduce. +Apart from *ello, is fundamental that launch informative campaigns in the that transport system proposed promote in front of the population like a respectful sustainable system with the environment, leaving clear that do not treats to happen once again invoices to the motorist without justification #any. +By a part, do not loans the owed attention to the costs of construction, capital and maintenance and, on the other hand, includes without differentiation #any the *imputación of the called external costs. Among these costs appear #among others the damages *ocasionados to the environment, the saturation of the traffic and accidents. +For me the solution is simple. Of the studies gives off that in the actuality the motorist deprived already pays the costs of the infrastructure of the transport that *le want to impute in concept of general taxes, imposed on the fuel and taxes on vehicles. +Of course, #can think that #this is an imperfect system, but -is a fact- has imposed in the history like the only able to avert a chaos and a still greater absolutism that the that they are imputable to #one or sovereignty in particular. +By have not known to create the permanent forum of the big *Europa, formed by cooperations open from the *primer moment to the SIN, on questions so vital like the security and the external politics, our continent goes back to divide . +Results obviously legitimate to aspire to achieve a harmonisation of the distinct disposals in the sector of transports, especially #if of this way guarantees a more flowed operation of the inner market. +As definitely they know his *Señorías, States members #can authorise a maximum weight of 44 tonnes for the vehicles of engine of three axes that form part of a vehicle combined of five or six axes to end to avert that similar vehicles deteriorate too much the roads. +The report that today presents is #one of these reports of the that the members of the Commission of Rights of Woman seat proud, because sure enough it bases in a wide consensus and in the collaboration of #all his members. +Although in the field of this juridical foundation that, go back to repeat, *nos seems rigid and too much *restrictivo, the violence is first of all, and reiterate it vigorously, rape of the human rights, reason by the *cual the action against the violence have to execute from an approach *multidisciplinario. +Nobody *nos has said #if it is truth that the truck that went in by the #french mouth already was in flames to the entrance of the tunnel, and *nos entertain in reckoning a small difference of minutes, #one or two, among the #french intervention and Italian. +Was the days 6 and 7 April *cuando perished 25 civil victims of the militia armed that answers to the name of «*Meraputi» with the active collusion of the mobile brigade of politics unit of *elite of Indonesian. +Gentleman President, *le ask that it send a note of protest to Dr. *Mahathir about the deficient political trial that it has been object *Anwar #Ibrahim, a note of protest in accordance with the numerous resolutions of criticism that has approved this Parliament in relation with *Malasia. +The creation of a court *ad *hoc is desirable, without embargo, never will rid of the suspicion that it treats of a special court that already has anticipated, by like this say it, his sentence and that has not offered to the imputed guarantees that, even an imputed like *Ta *Mok, deserves. +The Mr. *Port, that has to charge the investigation, has received a total and boundless mandate and the freedom to add resources or to use resources for other ends, as it wish it. +Also owe *preocuparnos by the possible consequences *nefastas of the fact that the Commission resort of form generalised to services of some pertinent temporary personnel of the national public administrations or of the industry. +It that, in general, deduces of the report of the Defender of the #european Village is that the confidence of citizens #european bases in the transparency, in the dialogue, in clear juridical norms that *les allow to defend his rights. +Gentleman President, the idea to approve a program allocated to warn the violence exerted against the boys, teenagers and the women is a generous and noble idea that #all, of course, #can subscribe. +Nevertheless, also have left clear that *nos concerns especially the modification of the juridical base. Said then that *eso *nos #would water considerably the party and has blurred *algo happiness, since the violence against boys and women, gentleman Commissioner, is not, of course, only a risk for the health. +Have received, in the day of yesterday, a motion of censorship against the Commission, the whole of #whose members resigned of charges of collective form on 16 May 1999. +The purpose of the motion of censorship, in the parliamentary Right, is to check that Executive has lost the confidence of the majority of the Assembly or, in case of rejection, that keeps this confidence. +The public information on the criminal nature of acts and the weight of the penal performance have to substitute to the silence and to the *mansedumbre that still *les accompany with *demasiada frequency in our nevertheless developed societies. +Are desirous to see how resulted will give the guidelines on employment that the Commission agreed in the conference of *Luxemburgo and #some of the debates on the Social Bottom European and the workers of age advanced. +Our speakers, Gentlemen *McMahon and *Schiedermeier have carried out an excellent work no only in the preparation of his report, but also to the hour to prepare the conference of the third age in #whose conclusions bases amply said document. +To illustrate my words, stand out the fact that the index of *autoabastecimiento of the American market has happened of the level #zero to roughly the 165 %, whereas the *autoabastecimiento of market #european of *lisina happened of the 84 % in 1991 to the 54 % in 1997, and his tendency is to the 38 % in the 2002 #if they do not produce changes. +As it is #likely that the corn using for the production of the industry of the starch follow selling in States Joined to price inferior to the of the community cereals, seems logical no only keep the current device of compensation of the American damage, but reinforce it considerably. +As it knows His *Señoría, for being #one of the authors of the new Regulation, the section 3 of the article 9 has that questions relative to the rights and privileges of the ancient deputies require a decision of the Table. +Gentleman President, finish to know that the Council of Ministers has taken the decision to incorporate to administration #european to the employees of the group of *Schengen that work for the Council. +In relation with the monetary politics, insist in the need of independence of the #ECB, so that it #can fulfil of the best possible way his committed in matter of stability of prices, and ensure the favourable conditions for the growth and employment. +Is necessary to congratulate then, that in #day of elections, so much the Parliament like the Commission have been able to face up to the requirements of the economy and resist of form relatively *honrosa the pressures of the public opinion, of the media and of pressure groups. +Lady Speaker, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, *cuando listens to the Mrs. Go *Lancker, that do not wants to have any book of recipes *neoliberal, #can not less that say that *nosotros neither want to take of the economic political-orientations tale book socialist. +pretends with #this guarantee that the great orientations are a test of big *envergadura to put of self-evident the will of the States members to coordinate in the practice, Mrs. *Lienemann, politics economic using the instruments created to this end. +Finally, Mr. *Blot, *usted manifests fear that *me allow the luxury of not sharing. *Usted fears that the coordination of the fiscal systems, after the monetary union, delete also #one of the two residual possibilities of strategy against the famous asymmetric crashes. +On this subject the Commission of Budgetary Control has accepted today, before the start of this debate, a report that will be smart to be voted next Thursday together with the report on the regulation. +Is to expect that the next electoral contention treat also other important political subjects, without embargo, is now *cuando has to rid the battle of the great reforms while it still have the political will for *ello. +In this moment results that the fraud and theft are a form of life, an engineering, and now the delinquency organised is an elegant delinquency, that proceeds of the best means, that studies, that works to steal. +But act with independence, is or is not an utopia *cuando States members have judicial systems in full crisis, *cuando many times the own judicial system, influenced by the executive power -because every time it respects less the separation of powers of *Montesquieu- leaves to prescribe cases absolutely flagrant of fraud in the that are thousands of millions in game? +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen colleagues, under my Presidency the Council of Ministers of Economy and Finances adopted on 15 March 1999 a clear position: any understanding, swims of tolerance for the fraud and corruption in the Community. +On the observation formulated by Mr. *Brinkhorst concerning the question of the agencies decentralised -to the that also has referred the Mr. *Kellett-*Bowman-, is essential that the Council tackle this question, on the that the Parliament and the Commission agree. +Expect that the new Commission was able to learn the lesson of the events that have lived so that it manage well his mandate and that the failure of today clear the path to hit of the morning. +Takes more of a year, on 31 March 1998, the European Parliament decided to elaborate report on the granting of the approval of the management to the Commission for the exercise of 1996. +do not approves the management for 1996, his accounts close, and only will be able to concede the approval for 1997 -and #this finishes it to say *usted, gentleman *Bösch, with reason- *cuando have corrected the deficiencies. have criticised It *nosotros and finish it to criticise also *ustedes. +By reason, neither #can close, without more, the accounts of the budgetary exercise of 1996 while, for example, have not formulated the claim in the case of nepotism that have ascertained. +Is true that the coincidence of this entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam with the last session *plenaria of the present Parliament do not facilitates things, but are convinced that the loyal cooperation among the institutions will allow to resolve the possible problems. +In our global assessment, #if we had followed this road of not foreseeing unanimity, #would have had difficulties of principle a lot greater that the that will have to the hour to take happen the proposal in the Council. +Roman *Prodi exposed to Bosses of State and of Government his first reflections to the *respecto in his informal meeting of 14 April in *Bruselas. Is foreseen that this exchange of opinions continue in the European Council of Colony of the 3 and 4 July. +The fact that we are here debating the ratification of a new President of the Commission, six months before *cuando corresponded according to the calendar is a reflection of the change of functions and perspectives of the European Union. +#This is #one *constatación important, gentleman President of the Commission: in *Europa, in the countries and regions #european #where do not exists the incarnation of the European Union, #where the European Union is not *solidaria, follows existing the possibility of war. +*Deseándole, nevertheless, that carry out a good work, expect that *usted #can resolve the challenges of the construction of *Europa having very present the problems of the environment, of health and of the peace that are integral part of the rights of citizenship. +Agree, gentleman *Prodi, in the need to strengthen the paper of the Commission in matter of cooperation inside the *OMC, without embargo, want to alert against the risk that for achieving #this throw by the embroiders the social dimension and take like hostages to the consumers and the environment. +Go to repeat it again clearly and in no uncertain terms: have to strengthen the strengths of the market, but also have to have clear that, in our model, the market only #can work #if they reduce to the minimum unemployment and the social fractures in our society. +In consequence, only want *decirles that *me seat responsible of the great tasks assigned to the Commission that have signalled. Share fully his wish that the Commission go back, better said, assume definitively the paper that the Treaties *le attribute -initiative paper and of political proposal- and that exert it with big transparency. +Believe that disposals approved have a circumstantial character, relative to find a solution to the problem of the exercise 1996, and never is well modify the general texts to solve a problem in particular. +The Group *Europa of Nations has affirmed in reiterated occasions the conviction that it exists a direct relation among the reduction of the type of the VAT and the improvement of the employment. +Have voted sure enough in favour of this report, in particular, by section 1 -#can remain , gentleman *Dell'#Alba, remain some instants-, in particular, as it said, because of his section 1, with regard to the that, sure enough, do not argue that it do not adjust faithfully to the reality, but that, in our opinion, has a political meaning very clear. +Likewise, this day, took #ours and attach to our report the reasons of the decision of 17 December 1998, reasons that condemned to the Commission and #would have to have conducted, from this stage, as *nosotros proposed, to censorship by part of the parliamentary majority. +*Yo wanted to highlight it once again with firmness and *me *congratulo that finally no only have achieved a hardening of the sanctions of the EU against *Yugoslavia, but also the ratification of the embargo of the EU against the oil. +*Nosotros also are adherents that it take all it possible in the region, but it true is that they exist pressures and, therefore, *yo urge to the President of the Council to that it watch, together with the Minister of Subjects Inner German, to achieve a greater cast and cast more *equitativo of the charges. +Gentleman President, in view of the last speech, costs the pity remember to this Assembly that ten years ago that practises the ethnic purification in *Kosovo and that the refugees were expelled of homes a lot before the NATO initiated the bombardments. +Needs a new fact because the bombardments no longer have effect: or continue bombing the things that already have been bombed until this moment or bomb the cities. path of the war is forbidden, do not exists. +Think that it has been a sample of inability of the Council have not been able to adopt decision, and think that in some sense has been to deny to accept the consequences of our acts. +The previous requirement is, without embargo, in the first place, that *Belgrado do not have any doubt on the determination of the international community and, second, that comprise that a military solution do not offers any perspective for Serbian neither neither, very personally, for Mr. *Milosevic. +Prepare it *apresuradamente without the help of the High Representative and without the reality neither the structure of queries with Parliament is, to my trial, a sample of pride immoderate. +The current war in *Kosovo has shown once again that the capacity of military intervention of the EU in case of crisis, that so much has defended in this House, is a peremptory need. +The international community has launched by the embroiders peace principle to the sight of the massive attempts against the human rights and the ethnic deportations committed in *Kosovo. +Even the research of solution political tried by *Kofi *Annan in his meeting with President *Yeltsin is condemned by those who fear that #if the logic finishes imposing , in front of the *despropósito and the absurd that *retroalimentan, will result damaged the military prestige of the NATO and will remain ridiculed the politics of #Clinton bear *Kosovo. +Is necessary to split of the northern dimension in the external relations to the hour to create a common specific strategy in the that relations with *Rusia exert a fundamental function. +Also it is necessary to take into account that we have to give the step to a politics of defence (in this sense am clearly adherent of the integration of the *UEO in the European Union) to be able to answer like this to the challenges to the that *nos confront in this moment. +To #all which adds, besides, another fact: how *les are, in fact, to the colleagues? Pretend that they vote project, that purportedly has to resolve existential problems, without having had opportunity of examine it in commission, without that the political Groups have had at least the opportunity of examine it. +Gentleman President, the report of our colleague *Rothley shows aptly lack series, insufficiencies and even errors of the project of statute for the deputies to the European Parliament that *nos has presented the Council. +Add, nevertheless, that am totally against of *europeizar function, because in this hemicycle represent to *Flandes and no to a species of *Eurosuperestado, because I am totally contrary to the fiscal advantages that comports the #european statute and because I follow being adherent of a national fiscal statute that *nos grave exactly it same that to our voters. +#can not accept on no account the point of game of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens since no involves another thing that the postponement without date of this question. +Ladies and gentlemen, first wanted to *transmitirles information: in the votes of this afternoon, the Parliament has confirmed his opinions about the proposals of the Commission in the that modifies the procedure, owing to the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +*Eso is a giant step and have said to the principle of the debate: #can not avert the impression, since we were in a deadlock, that always in the year, in the that change of Parliament *nos *sobreviene a wave of promotions. +By the moment, the *APG do not endows the initiative *URBAN of the Community, but the decisions in this matter will incorporate in the budget proposal in a back stage of the procedure. +Therefore, wanted to *concentrarme in the substance of this subject, that is, #such as they have affirmed it Mr. *Sindal and the Mr. *Swoboda, a subject of essential importance, in it that my *respecta, and in the measure in that it affects to the politics of the development of the public transport. +Through Internet provider #can offer to the customers his services without additional costs happening by #all the borders, and the consumer, without having to displace , #can compare the services among the different providers of his own country and of other countries. +This right #can exert only in two cases: #if agreement signed before the consumer had of the contractual conditions and #if *le has incited of disloyal way to celebrate the agreement during the term of reflection. +Regarding the #another amendment, that is the famous 22 to the article 4 on the right of retractation, *me add to the enlargement of the term of thirty days for some agreements. Put for example the that in said amendment mention -that *yo #would call of high risk-, as it is the of the insurance *vitalicio or the of retirement pensions. +Is true that, increasingly -and #would have to be even more frequent and the data that has given the Mr. *Whitehead are interesting-, #would have to use the open field by Internet for the contractings, even of the financial services, sector on the that consumers show more reluctant in the actuality; and is true, gentleman *Whitehead, that *never, *never, *never, *at *the *expense *of *the *consumer . +It last is only a recommendation, more did not want the Parliament by #a lot of that *yo regret it, but with the time perhaps producers perceive #this like a possibility to obtain better opportunities of commercialisation of his products in #all the parts of the inner market. +#If solution #can not be the repair or the change, the buyer has still the right to a suitable reduction of the price or to the cancellation of the agreement. +The only object of the proposal is to ensure that in place that the consumers take his shopping in the European Union, enjoy of a minimum level of guarantees and #can appeal in resource in his country of origin. +In front of the insistence of this Assembly, the free repairs or the replacement also will include the costs of sending, the hand of drama and materials. +With the difficulties that the population has to take out his agricultural products of there and the difficulties that had the euro-deputies to get to these populations, no *me explain, *cuando #there is a catastrophe, how is possible that #can *afrontarla without sufficient means. +Gentleman President, to be brief, because of the big volume of subjects that have to debate in the Plenary this afternoon and had account of the late hour, propose *limitarme to some #few pertinent observations on my report, that has been elaborated in name of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of Consumer. +Want to express time with clarity, that in the Parliament *nos have based always in the affirmations of scientists, as for example the affirmations of the *ESPEGAM, that has defended the clear position that while it did not have *ADI for babies, has to apply a strict value of *cuasi zero. +*Le say sincerely, and *eso knows it of the previous debates: had preferred that it had renounced to the directive on foods for sportsmen, since #this *nos carries to #one *desinformación, since it will be very difficult to reach clear disposals for the different sports, since feeding differs a lot according to the type of sport and will be difficult to propose determined foods for determined sports. +No want *referirme to *ellos, but yes wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to indicate it following: by #a lot of that *nos have taken to advance *Amsterdam in the practical parliamentarism, do not have to overlook that *nos is missing still enough to reach a real parliamentarism in the European Union. +The hit of the procedure of *codecisión, in the first years of operation, went definitely, for the last Conference *Intergubernamental, a clear signal to expand his field to almost #all the main legislative activities. +The decision did not have at all that see with the fact that they went pictures of a homosexual or no -question that do not know-, but simply with the fact that the content of the exhibition considered offensive for part of the Assembly and of the persons that *transitan by *ella. +*Quinto: the preparation of our institution for the next #european elections; elections in the that do not chooses to the *pariente poor of the community institutions, but to a Parliament that the citizens see for the first time endowed of big can and able of exert it. +No #there is alive democracy #where there #be not an alive parliament, neither alive parliament that do not arouse the distrust and the discomfort of the executive of turn. +On the one hand, because it exists the need of more *Europa, exists the need of a greater paper of *Europa in the world and the historical context-politician *nos shows it, and #if they will not exist institutions renewed and a strong political will, need of *Europa will not be able to fulfil specifically. +Lady Speaker, gentlemen Presidents, estimated colleagues, in this Assembly have seen that the operation of the Presidencies is not a question that depend so much of the corresponding country or of the aptitudes of leaders but of the dynamics of the Union. +Believe that this Parliament, in the resolution of November to the that has alluded president Of #Giovanni, proposed *algo original, and is *algo so original like simple: resort to the community method, to the method to the that are *habituados, to prepare the institutional reform. +Now is the moment to give body to the identity of the #european defence, at least #if the European Council comprise it that there #be in game and converts Colony Summit in a hit. +For example, the Federal Republic of *Alemania already has presented his plan and is in realisation, has put to disposal two one thousand millions of frames for a special program for the creation of 100.000 places of work and of training for youngsters stopped. +The Parliament has been informed to regulate and totally on the progress of the works with the Diary 2000 and the suggestions of Parliament has been included in the considerations of the Commission and of the Council. +Without embargo, go to call attention on the last example of disposal to the commitment of the Council in front of the Parliament, to know, the *prosecución of the community initiative *URBAN, that has reached to instances of the European Parliament. +In this way, no only strengthens the sustainable development of the rural areas but that besides takes possible the *codecisión of the European Parliament in agricultural questions, as costs go to reflect in the future like costs no compulsory. +The citizens of *Europa (the of the fifteen countries members and the of the countries candidates to adhesion, the of *Europa oriental and the of *Chipre) expect and demand that the European Union was a real Union, political and social, with prestige and strength, and that like this #can exert a leading paper worldwide in front of the year 2000. +The answer of the majority of this Assembly in the day of today is not to the height of commitments regarding his own constituents neither of the expectations of the public opinion. +Have voted in favour of the amendment presented by the Liberal Group about the question of the wages and compensations of the Parliament because it is the only possibility to reach a reform so *trabajosa and demanded as it is #this. +Expect with interest assist to the evolution of this subject, but #can not give my support to the directive in his current state and thus *me have abstained in the final vote in that it has approved text. +By the contrary, the proposal has to build on the base of minimum rules, that make possible to the countries members the maintenance of his more strict norms and *les give freedom for *hacerlas even more rigorous #if like this they wish it. +In my country *nos ensured #one and time that the European Union #would not be *militarizada, and without embargo, are #many the reports that have happened by this Parliament during the five years that have been here that indicate clearly that the EU advances in this direction. +Like proof, passage emblematic: «the examination of the common strategy regarding *Rusia inscribes in a political context that has modified with the intervention armed of the NATO against the Yugoslav Federation. +The big majority of my political group goes to give his affirmative vote to the Agreement *Interinstitucional on the financial planning to half term and, of course, go to give it also to parts of the Diary 2000 that require of our assent. +Expect that the commitment of the Mr. Go give *Broek to examine the possibility that it have a special line in the budget for the finance of *Chipre take reality, because we #can not have two weights and two measures. +The conclusion that extract to the *respecto is that #if it do not reaches definitively plant the #european interest above the national interests, will not reach to get to politics of economic and social cohesion really advanced. +This informal procedure is a continuous exchange of information, a fruitful dialogue that has taken possible inclusion of the priorities of the Parliament in the definite text of *Berlín, although they remain #some requirements that will be negotiated in back meetings to *Berlín. +Likewise, the Parliament receives with big satisfaction the approval of the appeal that the Union assume an active paper in the promotion of a durable peace and of prosperity in *Irlanda of the North. +The first priority was to guarantee the continuation of the Bottom, and the Council reached to approve the opinion of the Parliament that the basic goals of Cohesion Bottom follow being today so important as in 1992. +These projects will mark a real and tangible difference in the lives of millions of our citizens that live in the most remote regions and less developed of the Community. +A *desliz of the Parliament, or simply a no responsible exercise of our competitions, #can *llevarnos to approve #some amendments that prevented to close tomorrow this important regulation and that the #european regions #can not, in consequence, program performances for the first of January of the year 2000. +Although it do not exist any determination *porcentual for the assignment of credits, *nos have put of agreement on a strengthening of the positive politics of labour market and of the specific helps for women. +Thus, is even more important that -and east is also a hit of the Parliament- have of some generous transitory regulations that guarantee that they do not produce some painful and *contraproducentes interruptions of the helps and that the regions have six years of time to adapt to the changes. +For reach it intensify our contacts with the Commission and the Council, multiply our dialogues *tripartitos, and even celebrate an informal seminar with the Presidency and the Commission in *Viena to treat of flexibility. +Budget Commission has supported the proposal to include capital deprived in the finance of the projects of the networks and has posed the possibility to increase said participation of the 1 % until the 2 %. +Increasing the possibilities of persons to keep his place of work, to achieve a place of work or another better is *algo that we #can take with help of the Social Bottom European. +The Presidency goes to restart the subject after consulting with partners, especially with *Finlandia, in the frame of the second Committee of Cooperation EU-*Ucrania that will celebrate in July and will include it among the official subjects of the conversations among the EU and *Ucrania. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, with spirit constructive that, glimpse, *subyace in his answer, #can *concretarme exactly how will take the European Union to contribute to the cessation of the violence and how measured will adopt also to contribute to that combat the corruption in *Argelia? +Without embargo, do not treats of an isolated fact but of assessment of general character that the #swedish tongue seldom uses *cuando the #swedish representatives negotiate in the Council. +Subject: Member of the Commission, competent for the equality of opportunities among men and women In accordance with the articles 2, 3, 137.1 and 141 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, equality of opportunities among men and women has to be #one of the greater worries of the European Union. +Also have thought to ask #if it has argued how goes to take to boost actively the equality of opportunities among men and women after the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, *cuando #all the groups, also women, want to use the article 13 on discrimination. +After the shy proposal of the Commission, the agreements of *Berlín have supposed a course backwards in the limitation of the helps to the great exploitations and the increase of support to the small and average. +Is of receipt, in a moment in the that #all legitimately sue more *Europa in employment and in general in the structural reform, in the process of enlargement of the EU, in the help *solidaria by #one *Europa greater, celebrate like a hit of *Berlín that #all want to that in the future *Europa *nos cost less? +The truth is that the budget do not goes to give for development rural», that #would be, in fact, the form to balance the most disadvantaged regions in relation with the most favoured. +Some final words on the Common Agricultural Politics and the resultant reform of *Berlín, is to say, the absence of reform: *Berlín no *reequilibró neither promoted, in fact, an investment of discriminations existent among productions and agriculturalists. +And is truth that regarding the Diary 2000 pose important *interrogantes: the #european agricultural strategy, future alimentary, the structural politics, the finance of *Europa, by not mentioning the opening to the East. +Also is undoubted that the fact of *dedicarnos to introduce zones of free change in the international market represents a danger -for example, Mr. #Martin mentioned it takes a moment regarding the *viticultores, alluding to the case of *Suecia and *Irlanda, that have converted in viticultural zones, it that *les allows to obtain musts concentrated for perhaps manufacture industrial wines. +*Loyola of Palace has hidden that the 550.000 tonnes of increase of the quota *lechera do not have right to premium and, in the *vacuno, the increases will not compensate the reduction *pactada of the 20 % of the prices, producing a reduction of incomes in this sector of some 30.000 millions of pesetas. +The fact that the negotiations have translated in results in a moment that coincides with the resignation of the Commission constitutes a sample more of performance capacity of the European Union. +Gentleman President, go to use ten seconds of my lovely time to congratulate to the Commissioners and to President here present, especially by the stoicism to be here with *nosotros to this hour of the night. +In this renunciation have influenced convincingly the pressures exerted by the Commission of Fishing of Parliament, #whose unanimous posture has exerted a paper swims *desdeñable to the hour to revoke this decision. +Always has been a grave and serious problem that the European Parliament has watched often with distrust, also because no always resulted clear #who was the manager and of how way was possible control and information by part of the European Parliament. +Means that paper of the Commission remains *inalterado, but also takes *algo easier, because the Commission no longer sees situated in front of a uniform front of States members that say: Yes; only want to go back exactly to *aquello that already had agreed in our common position. +Wanted to *agradecerles to #all cooperation with our Group, #as well as to the Parliament and to the Mr. *Hughes, the one who has been an excellent president in #everything it relative to this question, very *perseverante, like the skaters that begin the career with a bit of slowness but that, to base of continuity, reaches an excellent result when getting to the dip. +Himself\/Hisself wanted to, gentleman President, take advantage of this debate to say two things that *me seem important: first, reiterate the observation that has taken Mrs. #Miranda that the #mexican Government has to assume the commitment to withdraw this unilateral rise of tariffs. +Without embargo, believe that the conclusion of the agreement will facilitate the continuity of dialogue around these questions, which will plant to *Europa in a much more favourable position that #if it had not gone out forward this agreement. +modalities of participation, as for example the statute of observer, did not respect the legitimate wishes of *Islandia and Norwegian to follow taking part in the process of taking of decisions in matter of *Schengen in the future. +Apart from the association agreement that finish to describe and #whose draft *les have remitted takes little, the Protocol of *Schengen foresees the approval of another agreement that determine the juridical relation among Norwegian and *Islandia, on the one hand, and among Big *Bretaña and *Irlanda, by #another, in the fields of the *acervo of *Schengen that apply to these States. +did not fits doubt that this control has to develop of an effective mood, and is necessary to demand to Norwegian and *Islandia criteria that demand to the States members of the Union in #everything it relative to the control of borders and to #some looks of the fight against the delinquency. +But to the contrary of it that occurred, for example, with the directive on the rights of author in the society of the information, in occasion have had the opportunity to keep a brief debate *esclarecedor to the *respecto. +My question to the Commissioner *Liikanen is #if, nevertheless, results acceptable the form in that the amendment 48 has been formulated by the Commission of Subjects Juridical do not convert like this to Internet servers in *censores? +And since, as it said a famous writer of my country, «morning is uncertain», take advantage of the occasion to hail and express my gratitude to #all the colleagues, civil servants and interpreters with the *cuales have shared these five fundamental years for the #european construction. +*Ello do not means, without embargo, that the institutions do not have of the sufficient autonomy to decide to increase the requirements contemplated in the Treaty in determined occasions, especially *cuando is in game character *vinculante of the maximum type of increase, #such as it stipulates the article 203. +Takes a year decide to approve an interim agreement so that, in the meantime, #can negotiate the global agreement. And in that moment said explicitly that no #would approve the global agreement until they had not stipulated #all the elements that compose it. +The Government *laborista did not lose time to the hour to establish some new strict criteria for the public life in the Realm Joined *cuando got to power two years ago. +On the other hand, subscribe the idea of a simplification of the financial management. Create likewise indispensable to hold responsible to the States members and control the utilisation of subventions agreed in virtue of these bottoms; of it contrary, the risks of fraud will multiply. +The future of the rural world presents more uncertain by what the Commission and the Parliament, permanently concerned by *apropiarse of new fields of competition, procure to make politics urban integrated, without taking into account the principle of subsidiariness. +Believe besides that the best way to reach a more efficient finance of politics #european raisin for concentrating said finance in the measures absolutely more important, in place to create *minipresupuestos that *engullen too much money of the States members. +treats of #that that expand to the infinite field of the community regulation, and that today, under the effect of the bureaucratic and administrative obstruction that have caused, demand a simplification of the existent procedures. +Later, has to summon an international conference on the *Balcanes under the auspices of the *NU and of the *OSCE with the goal of stabilising the situation in the region and to guarantee in *Kosovo the establishment of an advanced autonomy inside the current borders. +This violence, precisely, is the answer to your violence of State, as it is the pity of death and also the racist justice and class justice that has condemned to *Mumia. +The lawyers of the Mr. *Ocalan hardly have access to the process, Security Court of the State neither *me seems the suitable place and have not admitted international observers. +Nevertheless, #if, besides, analyse the union *aduanera with *Turquía, since the agree, this country has separated of *nosotros and the recent elections have put of self-evident that goes back the look to inside, goes back, therefore, more nationalist. With the experience of the *Balcanes #there is little space for the nationalist feelings and the rights of the *kurdos or, perhaps, precisely yes. +Gentleman President, lamentably, to the equal that in December of 1997, have to go back to *ocuparnos of the rapes of the human rights in *Djibuti, in particular of the situation of the political prisoners that no only find subjected to illegal arrest -for *nosotros unacceptable-, but also to vexation type that, in #some cases, has *ocasionado the death of #some of *ellos. +The Government of *Djibuti engaged to respect these principles also through participation in the Agreement of *Lomé, #whose article 5 foresees that each part signatory has to fulfil the principles of respect of the human rights and of democratisation of his country. +Gentleman President, lady speaker, *Señorías, wish first of all congratulate to the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens and, in particular, to our colleague *Gebhardt by the excellent work that have taken together and by the tenacity that have shown in the conciliation procedure. +Through a happy collaboration, #among others with the Speaker of the sessions of conciliation, the Mrs. *Fontaine, has reached this commitment thanks to his common sense, firmness and his tireless perseverance. +since the statistics of the exchanges of sakes *intracomunitarios always are necessary, has created *INTRASTAT, and the companies have been forced to provide the necessary variables to allow that organism make said statistical. +By it that refers to the first proposal, relative to the reduction of the number of variables collected, the conciliation procedure allowed to get to a satisfactory result in relation with the initial proposal of the Commission. +And do not deny that the content of the proposal of the Commission of principles of the years eighty deserves my support. Said of mood, subscribe the content, but do not approve the method *intergubernamental. +The costs derived of the installation of mechanisms of interception run to charge of the operator of the network of telecommunications. To avert distortions of competition is indispensable that these costs are similar in #all the inner market. +This project of agreement will constitute the juridical frame for the interception of #all forms of telecommunications in the EU that results necessary to put in practice the system of surveillance EU-FBI. +The Mr. *Schulz has said with clarity it that the Mr. *Schmid has exposed by writing: this recommendation of the Council do not modifies in it more minimum the juridical situation in the States members. +Lady Speaker, ladies and gentlemen, before at all wanted to congratulate to Mr. *Hoppenstedt for having known, in his last intervention, *llevarnos with precision to the essential point of the question: take compatible to the man, the nature and the modern technician. +These two bodies are the program detailed of activities and communication strategies in accordance with the lines of communication of the Commission and the report of the Commission of Culture. +*Señorías, our political activity is not *desenfrenada, but the #can compare to a train, no to a train of high speed, but to train of commodities, but the trains do not advance #if there are not rails, and these rails are the that avert that *nos divert. +By reason, #can say today, with independence of where *nos seat in this Assembly, it following: #if it exists a political justice, even in this European Parliament, this political justice has taken reality with the election of #Nicole *Fontaine for Speaker of the European Parliament. +*Cuando gave by closed the assembly to finals of May, there was an unanimous backrest and a strong ovation of #all plenary by the so glorious form in the that has conducted the sessions along the last term of office. +With his contribution to the peaceful conclusion of conflict of *Kosovo, the civil power that is the EU achieved to advance a fundamental step to a Common External Politics. +The preparation of a #european Letter of fundamental rights that decided in Colony has by object guarantee that the fundamental rights of the citizens receive in the #european field consideration that have in the national field. +Is evident that the last events that have observed in the *OMC and form as they go to develop the new negotiations and, in particular, the designation of the General Director wanted by the Americans for the *primer cycle of the *OMC are of very bad *augurio for the #european interests. +The last look, the subject of *Kosovo, has shown also, *me seems, the #european impotence and his total diplomatic dependency and military of the dominant military power and of NATO. +With regard to the criticisms to the institutional reforms: have tried *hacerlas advance and *cuando kept my first intervention here to the *hacerme load of the Presidency of the Council was not still at all clear #if we went to obtain really approval for a Conference *Intergubernamental. +The challenge that have in front of #all *nosotros is in reconstructing the credibility of the European Union in front of citizens and in ensuring that #this comprise the advantages that the European Union offers to his daily life. +#Any one that say today that we have to approve or refuse the Commission, the one who say #this here in the Parliament or out of this Parliament, is it as the «*hearings» are an important part of the whole of the process and, time passed, will be able to decide freely #if we give our assent to the Commission or no. +Go to take all it possible -at least my political Group- so that in the frame of audiences foresee also a sufficient time for each candidate and candidate as an hour and average, #such as it is foreseen up to now, is not sufficient but that need at least three hours so that we #can keep a fine conversation *decisoria. +The Commission is the defender of the Treaties and *usted has employed the concept of the Government, a concept that *me enjoys personally because it involves that this Government has a parliamentary responsibility and has to answer also in front of Parliament. +Lady Speaker, in September will have the audiences and, as I already have said, do not wish to anticipate how have to develop , but the big preference of my Group is that in subject -September always to the reservations that it will be necessary to see it that goes *sucediendo- will have to take a decision and *desembarazarnos of feeling of crisis. +The tragedy of *Kosovo, and in sense more general the tragedies of the type of the *sucedida in *Yugoslavia, are fine sample that the stability and the peace brought by the integration of *Europa still do not issue rays much more there of the external borders of the Union. +The launching of the new coin of the euro definitely will help to reduce the commercial costs of small and medium enterprises when converting the operations *cambiarias in eleven countries in *algo of the past. +To boost the competitive capacity, the growth and employment, the #finnish Government proposes, aptly, favour the coordination of the economic politics, of employment and structural and complete the inner market. +The EU has definitely gold opportunity to set up new politics in matter of rights of the consumers, alimentary security and help to the greater persons, #as well as in the areas of protection of the environment. +Already before the meeting of the European Council in Colony, the Commission proposed to the Bosses of State and of Government found a special Agency so that it occupied of the execution of reconstruction measures. +*Me have put in contact with the Minister of Subjects External of *Eslovaquia, country candidate to member of the Union, and have begun to consider the form to solve look in the negotiations with said country. +To this subject *me referred *cuando *me *dirgí today to the representatives of the #european youths with occasion of the delivery of the prizes of literature, in quality of representative of the European Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman President in exercise of the Council in the day of première, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, formulated the question on the case *Bangemann because I believe that it poses a question of enormous actuality, that is the ethical behaviour of the public charges. +In this context, *nosotros, also the deputies, have to struggle by some clear statutes, some rules of the clear game and *elaborarlas, as it do not serves of a lot throw stones to the roof of the other and not seeing that #one sometimes is under ceiling. +Are the that #would say, and have, create *yo, the reason of his part, that the disposals of the article 213 of the Treaty and references to the honesty and discretion mean for #any one that comprise the criteria required in the public life, little more #would need to say, or at all. +By discounted that it had wished that #ours *primer find during the period of the #finnish Presidency had occurred in other circumstances, which *me had allowed to expose #all the essential priorities of our work program. +Thus it do not fits the lower doubt that the legislation of the Community has to be reformed with the end to guarantee that the quality of products of animal origin was entirely reliable. +*Déjenme *decirle *algo to the President of the Council: in #some parts has said that the Council was concerned, as the crisis of the dioxin has put of self-evident that effects affect to #all the Union, and that the Council wants to act of transparent and responsible way. +Think that in an economic and ecological disaster of #this *envergadura has to have value to look for and signal the causes and in case also to the guilty, no by any inopportune form of grudge, but to avert that they repeat this type of problems in the future. +And here want to remember, for example, how the community institutions have not followed the recommendations and requirements of the Parliament, that asked the prohibition of flours of meat and bones in the animal feeding. +Therefore, propose it following: open of course an investigation, but first take a study in depth of the systems to face up to the sanitary and alimentary panics of #all States members, beginning with an evaluation of the #british system. +The possible reforms are *reexpedidas to level of the Unit of Fight *Antifraude and of the own Roman *Prodi, that yesterday *nos explained that it went to fix almost all modifying the internal operation of the Commission and proposing a code of behaviour of members. +#This #would have supposed, for example, apply disciplinary measures against the organisers of the European Championship of 1996, because in that occasion, followers benefited of plans of sale of entrances that favoured to the fans of the country with regard to the fans of the foreigner. +The organisers of the *Eurocopa 2000 that will celebrate in *Bélgica and in the Low Countries, for example, already have put in contact with the Commission and, in consequence, have adapted sale system to the requirements of the community legislation. +#If the Commissioner *Kinnock *me is #if *yo believe that the European Commission #can really help to base football better that the anonymous societies multinationals that only look for benefits, #would vote by the European Commission. +Lady Speaker, our ancient Socialist colleague #belgian Mr. Of *Coene and *yo head the group of 30 deputies to the European Parliament that carried case in front of the Upper Court of #París the past year. +#If the Commission had pursued this *incumplimiento of the article 82 with energy that pursues the *incumplimientos in other fields of the industry, this fine #would not have been of 600 pounds, but of 6 millions of pounds or more. +With occasion of this Glass of football World, *Señorías, have seen to thousands of *Zidane and of #Marcel *Dessailly in small, that displaced of the popular quarters of *Marsella, of *Tolosa and of *Estrasburgo to applaud the exploits of the big *Zidane, of the big *Dessailly, and also of the big #Owen, of the big *Beckam, of the big Say #Pietro. +Is wise, given the circumstances, demand to the great football quantities of money and deposit it in the arks of the European Commission, or it wise is to take measures that guarantee that in the future will not go back to produce discriminatory sales of entrances for football or any #another international tournament? +*Nosotros pay expensive, maybe, the have not been able to take it, but *le #would ask to Parliament an analysis *sosegado of the second inform of the Committee. And afterwards that, after the explanations of the Mr. *Kinnock, comprise that the Commission will need *algún time, and that they are *ustedes this time a bit more generous. +Forty-two years after the creation of this institution, it is necessary to remember to the ancient School, quote: need "to hold responsible to the commissioners, from the preparation of a proposal until his application" . +Because the financial Regulation never has elaborated it quite agreement right" . #One #can not leave to have the worrisome impression, *cuando reads a sentence like #this, that the reasoning is incomplete. +And, to end of accounts, the theory of the independence of the Commission, credited by the federalistic, but that conducts to weaken the controls, has not provided *acaso a favourable terrain for the irregularities and frauds *impunes? +Especially, the Commission promises to displace systematically of the traditional dependency of the financial control #ex-in front of to a system integrated of financial management in the that the responsibilities of civil servants individual are clearly clear-cut, evaluated and reinforced. +Consider urgently necessary that the recommendations taken to this *respecto by Report of the Experts, and with independence of the statements that have taken the commissioners designated, are collected in the program of the next conference *intergubernamental and impose by the road of the Treaties. +is not the moment to go in in details, as in the Commission of Budgetary Control, thanks to the proposal that have made, will have opportunity to follow of wall the task of the Commissioner *Kinnock. +Gentleman President, debate wall report of 200 pages that contains an exhaustive analysis of the structural operation of the services of the Commission, and only have been able to have 48 hours for read it and *reflexionar on #the same. +will Be *ustedes of agreement *conmigo in affirming the importance of this community frame of cooperation with the that it pretends to back and complete the work of States members in the field of the accidental marine pollution, precisely with the goal of *hacerla more effective. +Of it contrary, in front of the first crisis that *sobrevenga in front of the lack of the inspections of a Been member and of a #european logic of the inspections, will resort to an independent agency, that will be necessary to create to manage the question of feeding, for example, as we #can check it *cuando debate said question. +Create firmly that the Parliament #would have to give all support to this report and that #would have to issue a message so much to the Commission as to the Council that have the intention that these essential measures are not diluted or weakened in any form. +The consequence #would be that the production #would displace to the country #where governed the worst environmental norms; environment #would be then the big loser and #would punish to the States members that yes take seriously the environmental legislation. +do not go to occur it that *le has occurred to this spiritual leader of Occident that is the Mr. *Stoiber, President of the Government of *Baviera, that did not achieve that minister *Sauter was piacular goat and accepted to resign and has had to resort to the corresponding Parliament. +The offers that *nos formulates, substantially demanded by my Group, constitute a clear commitment with the #european integration and #all statement of intentions to the representation of the citizens that has this Parliament. +The euro is an instrument, an intermediate stage: is a condition, a half to be able to carry prosperity to #all, so that it #can happen to politics that are the fundamental chapter that have in front of *nosotros, and the final goal, #this is, more growth, more development and more employment. +Because it has mentioned *usted with #everything hit the word "responsibility" like key concept, no only in the *primer report of the wise persons, but also like need to solve the problems in the future. collegiate Responsibility, but also individual, of the members of his Commission and -think also- responsibility of civil servants. +Gentleman professor *Prodi, is *usted a man of big talent, is surrounded also of men and of women also of big talent: the professor *Monti, the gentleman *Barnier, the gentleman *Busquin, that survived #where the lady *Cresson dropped by a pot of jam, and Commission full of talent goes to have early the big appointment of *Seattle. +The vote of the Thursday is an important opportunity to send to the new Commission a warning that the principle by the that it guides *Bruselas #can not be attitude that here it has not happened at all. +The nomination of Mr. *Kinnock and of the Mr. *Patten underlines clearly the impression of that the nomination for the Commission is in effect a prize of *consolación to compensate the political rejection in his own country. +This morning, gentleman President, has affirmed that wishes a whole and effective administration, some competent and free commissioners of suspicion, a political program for the next five years in total communication with the Parliament. +Like person and like President of the Commission, explains *usted with the confidence even of those deputies of the Union that see with a big scepticism to squad, which means that *usted personally will be able to have the affirmative vote of our Group in both votes. +Gentlemen Presidents, the world, from *Kosovo until *Timor Oriental, needs to *Europa, the *Europa of the Institutions of the Union, and the European Union needs a fine relation among the Council, the Commission and Parliament to enjoy of #all the confidence of his *conciudadanos. +*Nosotros, the #greek deputies of the party *Nea *Dimocratía, further of reservation, *le will give the vote to his Commission, in the first place because we expect that they respect *ustedes the commitments contracted here the past week, and second because we agree with the content of his statement of today. +The Parliament has interest in defending the powers of the Commission and mainly right of initiative, without which the weight of the Governments and of the national bureaucracies #would be overwhelming. +Especially is a scandal that take to happen to a man like the right hand of the ancient President of the Commission, Mr. *Delors, the one who is responsible of training of the criticised services of security, in front of this Parliament without that it receive at least an alone critical question. +Never have to allow that a government use the Commission like house of retreat of politicians that - using an affine term to the consumers - have exceeded date of caducity" or as *recompensa political to ancient friends or even to export to *Europa a national embarrassment. +*Nosotras want to that *usted commission to reach significant improvements in the income, in the access to the power and to the money, and that #one to our fight against the daily discrimination of women and against the violence. +Due to the fact that we had to leave time to the delegations of commissions, neither the deputies of my Group neither our commission neither the members of the delegations had sufficient time to formulate #all the questions that wished to the candidates *Liikanen and *Lamy. +Also in this look, *yo #can affirm in name of my Group that the Commission seems to have the firm will to regulate in the round of #millenium, #among others subjects, questions like the norms *agrosociales and also the #european environmental disposals. +Gentleman President, *le appreciate that *me have mentioned, even unintentionally, because *yo have got to the European Parliament like leader of the Party of the Pensioners that has gone in for the first time in this Parliament to represent the needs of persons greater. +*Me remembered to a famous duet of humorists of the Realm Joined - *Morecombe and *Wise - in the that #Eric *Morecombe *aporreaba tail piano and took a frightful noise, and *André *Previn *le said "*te #this *equivocando in #all the notes" , to it that *él answered, "the notes are #all well, the problem is that no the touch in the correct order" . +With regard to Category 5, the #sad side is that we do not see that the Council propose solutions on the mood to resolve the problem of the pensions in the breast of the institutions. +In this context, is important that the European Parliament, #whose action this last year has been remarkable, take to hear his voice after the resolution adopted in session *plenaria of April that already established the political frame that now precise. +As it said before, the *concretización of a space of freedom, of security and justice is a fundamental goal for *acercar the Union to citizens, and this question forms part of the daily worries of the citizens of the Union. +On the other hand, *me cheer that the Popular Party European, with the support of the friends of the security of this House, have reached to impose his initiative in spite of the Group of the *socialdemócratas, that denied to examine the subject. +A lot has said about the suitability to take life more difficult for the criminals, but the harmonisation of offences and sanctions is an ambitious project. +This type of attempts against the free expression, leaving sideways to the citizens, *cuando prepares the space of security and of justice, awake the suspicion that this space will not be so free and transparent as they demand traditions. +The countries members of the EU, like previous condition to reach the peace and security in *Europa, have to work more actively by this peace, security, economic growth and democracy in the bordering poor countries to the EU. +Is evident that want that the prime ministers offer protection against threats like the delinquency organised, the traffic of drugs, the terrorism and the sexual offences, but also have to occupy of the threats of the discrimination and racism. +Ask applause for *ellos so much more what that the news of another grave tremor of earth, in the northwest of *Turquía, this Monday, so only some weeks after the tragic events that have affected to this same region, *nos has inspired a big affliction. +In name of the European Parliament, wanted to express charm deeper to the Big National Assembly and to the village of *Turquía by the grave losses that *les has supposed this natural catastrophe. +#If they establish social and economic rights #whose finance was too much dependent of the public sector, simultaneously with the improvement of the social level inside the Union go to grow also walls that *nos separate of the external world. +politics rather will have to relate *decididamente with the politics of development and cooperation, that, with the step of the time, lady Speaker of the Council, and had account of the economic means that have arbitrated, seems that it has not obtained results. +Estimate that the Commission has to recognise also that the content expanded of the procedure of *codecisión means that the Parliament has authority in the promulgation of directives and regulations of the European Union that correspond to 38 economic sectors and social different. +The procedure of *codecisión covers a wide range of activities, with inclusion of the activities of the sector of transport, regional subjects, social questions, initiatives in matter of employment, structural finance, protection of the consumer, public health and the environmental worries. +*Me am to the global autonomy, to the capacity and exclusive competition that keeps the Basque Country in fiscal matter, of collection of #all taxes, taxes and public exactions, #as well as in the budgetary looks and of public cost. +Neither have been able to give our seen well to this Commission for the period following since #some of the candidates have not engaged *unívocamente to assume the total and individual responsibility that corresponds to the charge that occupy. +The intervention of the President of the Commission puts end to #all work in the commissions, in the that has had the opportunity to appreciate the political positions of the diverse Commissioners. +Concerning the external politics and of defence, has underlined the insistence in the federalistic path and of strengthening of the militaristic positions of the *PESC, instead of the decisive stake by cooperation politics. +The strong pressure exerted on the deputies of the European Parliament so that they approve the new Commission, allowing of form that go back to the "normality" in our activities, it is necessary *contrastarla with the deep doubts and reservations that characterise to #some looks of the squad of *Prodi. +During the winter of 1998\/1999 the European Parliament reached the majority of age, caused the resignation of the Commission *Santer and of way established the place that *le corresponded in the political order European. +#This shows that Parliament and the Commission of Budgets act with total responsibility in the questions of economy of the European Union and in the development of different political, and also is proof of his capacity of adaptation to new situations. +Besides #this #would take that the intervention of an international strength of peace #can not consider an interference in sovereignty #indonesian, but a help of the international community to an independent State and sovereign. +The socialist Group demanded from the beginning the end of the economic help of the World-wide Bank and of the International Economic Bottom to diet of *Yakarta. +Now well, in the context of the catastrophe that is *sucediendo there, Indonesian has happened to convert in a symbol of it a lot that a diet without scruples, feeble and brutal is able to take to impose his can and control on #all the that, to his trial, challenge his authority. +How *sucede with the institutions of *Europa -the European Parliament, the European Union in his group- that *nos prevents that we answer to the crises of the world like our villages, our constituents, citizens wanted to that we answered? +The Security Council of the UN has adopted this morning the decision to send troops of pacification in an immediate future, and will allocate #some strengths of crash to the zone of mood urgent. +The deployment of the humanitarian help is urgent, and priorities are the protection of the deported to *Timor Western and the access of the *ACNUR to the zone, #as well as the start of the distribution of foods and utensils by aerial transport. +#would Be particularly interesting to listen the reactions of #París, *Berlín and *Madrid and of #many other places #where has interpreted the decision of Colony like step more directed to the implantation of a common defence. +How attitude has the #finnish Presidency concerning the preparation of laws secretly, because in the actuality the Council of Ministers do not has his the same more that in *Beijing and in *Corea of North by it that refers to the approval of laws on citizens secretly? +The international community has engaged to apply in his whole the resolution 1244 adopted by the Security Council of the UN, by means of the *cual tries to create a *Kosovo democratic and multinational inside the borders of the Republic of *Yugoslavia recognised internationally. +Gentleman president, believe that the answer of the President in exercise and the debate on the previous question have contributed data on the selective way with that the called international community tackles the existent problems all over the world, among *ellos situation that reigns in the *Balcanes. +Know that it is not necessary to convince to this Assembly, but like direct and main participant in the task of *paliar suffering and reconstruct the normality and like coordinator of the efforts of #others, the European Union has to assume the maximum possible responsibility. +The Mrs. *Pack has shown especially *valerosa when ordering the disaster organised by the Council and has proposed a totally logical solution, is to say, establish the agency in *Pristina and *vincularla to the stability pact in *Tesalónica. +For *ello will stand out three looks: In the first place, for an alone dispatch do not take fault two organs of government; second, the taking of decisions has to produce #where make the work or Agency of Reconstruction of *Kosovo; and in *tercer place, collaboration with the local population is important, and of form expresses the cooperation *pluriétnica as it has stood out. +Logically, therefore, the agency has to have operation base there, although to the hour to defend this option, am safe that nobody will forget the arguments so *persuasivos that the Mr. *Cohn-*Bendit has presented in the debate of today on previous experiences. +Therefore the commission approved the need of a continuous and rigorous support to refugees and has accepted the *décimo Agreement *CE-*OOPS for the period 1999-2001, that has subjected to the *dictamen of the European Parliament and that represents a big contribution. +Gentleman President, this report has been approved by unanimity in the Commission of Development and Cooperation, and with tarpaulin, with the two amendments presented by the Commission of Budgets so that all do not remain only in words, but that have a financial economic-plan. +For example, have taken fine note that #ours Assembly finishes to refuse the original editorial of the section 6 of the resolution, that considered impossible to make the space of freedom, of security and of justice keeping the rule of unanimity in the Council. +The *socialdemócratas #danish in the European Parliament *nos have abstained in the vote of the resolution proposal relative to the increase of the integration in the space of freedom, security and justice. +Besides, neither support the wish that the summit of *Tampere was the starting signal for the celebration of a new governmental conference on the increase of integration in the judicial field. +As it will know the Assembly, the financial situation general in *Rusia has reached a true stability from the spectacular fall of the rouble in the currency markets international in August of the past year. +Cover likewise, in opinion of the Commission, to the important exit of capital of *Rusia, that obviously has contributed to his time to drop the level of international investment and has braked the economic growth. +In front of similar panorama, a timely measure of the President *Yeltsin as it is his approval of the proposal of law #russian on money bleaching #would reassure to the international community. +Likewise, as a result of the visit of the #finnish Presidency and of Commissioner go give *Broek to *Turquía on 26 August, is at present a financial package of 30 millions of euros to contribute to the activities of help and reconstruction in course. +Entrust in that support initiatives to short, half and long term will suppose a continuous help to the population of *Turquía and are safe that persons of #all the European Union will join to *nosotros in the wish that the arduous tasks of *restablecimiento of the communities and of the morals succeed. +#The same reaffirm, finally, our wish that the dialogue continue only in the measure in that it allow an advance in the field of the human rights in that country, so that, in particular, suspend the execution of convictions to death that have been pronounced. +Meanwhile, the international situation continues deteriorating and the reiterated international calls to the #burmese authorities so that they take measured directed to boost the democracy, the human rights and reconciliation remain without a significant answer. +These activities #would owe likewise support the mixed military Commission attendant to organise the deployment of a strength of maintenance of the peace and a strength of *imposición of peace. +As well, in this dispatch no #there is neither a window neither a taking of air and do not know #if the photocopier, extremely noisy, produces hurtful broadcasts for the health of the person that commissions of #the same. +To take advantage of of an efficient way this building, have to procure celebrate here in his whole our session *plenaria, included the Friday, so that afterwards we have #all a week, in the that, #such as it has proposed #ours colleague, Mrs. *Ludford, #can *dedicarnos of way especially intense to #ours *circunscripciones electoral. +#Any one that know #which is the political activity of a deputy, and the reservation of #many of his conversations and of his performances, #can understand that #this is, possibly, defect deeper and more structural and that, as it said the Mrs. Speaker, possibly do not have solution. +My main request is that, as it needed a change of the treaty for *traernos here in the first place, with security #can *presionar in our political parties, governments, to achieve a change of the treaty that *nos move away to #all of here and spend the money in *algo useful that the persons #can appreciate. +#Any one that already have exposed to the use of new buildings, as it is my case, knows that it is necessary a time of shooting; inside six months, these details will have forgotten. +Equally, foresee that the beautiful carpets colour cream put in #some of stays of the commissions will be *irreversiblemente full of stains and dirty inside 3 months and will be unavailable, being an election of the poor and little practical colour and in last instance a waste of resources. +#If other States members begin to act of mood, #can get to a situation in the that determined articles #would be forbidden in each Been member of the Community in different moments, and will not exist any guarantee that it work properly the only market, by #whose creation and consolidation so much *nos have encouraged in this Parliament. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, #if the *PPE did not wish that this debate took place in the day of today was not by not to consider it important, but simply to be able to clear a series of things and *oir to a series of experts before pronouncing . +Has to follow contemplating the consumer that the withdrawal of earths agricultural in the EU, or was, the renunciation to cultivate cereals, while they incinerate animal corpses and feeds to the livestock with animal flours? +In the debate have to take into account -#this is important - #all the problems of the agriculture and prevail quality agriculture, #as well as assign a space to the question of the relation among technical control and democratic control, aroused by the Mrs. *Roth-*Behrendt. +The second is that, given the *prevalencia of the AIDS in *África and knowing that thousands of youngsters cross the Mediterranean to go in, through *España or of other countries, in *Europa, and taking into account also the incubation period of the illness, that goes of six or seven years until twelve years, #can reckon that #one third part of these youngsters is affected of AIDS and is in *Europa. +The third consideration in *pro of a favourable vote of this proposal is the relatively scarce quantity of help, that did not has to disturb the economic plans of the Commission. +Second, that, logically, will correspond to the budgetary authority, to *ustedes like Parliament, to the Commission in his proposals and to the Council in decisions, take the decisions that estimate timely for the year 2000 without that, without embargo, in this moment prejudge #which is the definite solution. +The Parliament aspires to that include in the article 5 of the program *ALTENER a reference to the new procedures for the exercise of competitions in matter of execution, so as to reinforce the participation of the European Parliament. +No suffices with seeing the figures, totally insufficient, that go to devote to the renewable energies, #would be necessary perhaps also devote a bit of time to examine the financial energies that devote to other forms of energy, in particular to the nuclear. +Together with the program *SAVE, have in *ALTERNER *II form to show to the public of *Europa that there are rational forms to confront the challenge of the climatic change: energetic efficiency and sources of renewable energy. +In contrast with it that occurs in the great energetic companies, #where are hard-working, this fact means that #if we launch this program and boost energy sources alternative, at the same time will contribute also, like Europeans, to that the politics of employment receive greater attention. +Gentleman President, lady speaker, lady Commissioner, wanted to manifest my gratitude to the speaker, the Mrs. *Ahern, by the dynamism with that has prepared the program *plurianual 1998-2000 of promotion of the energetic efficiency *SAVE *II for the *segunda reading, continuing the work of the ancient speaker, Mrs. *Bloch *von *Blottnitz. +A greater energetic efficiency will involve, in the short term, lower consumption, the protection of the renewable energetic sources, a lower dependency of energy imports, #as well as a lower environmental pollution. +The Commission goes to present in brief -is included in the diary of the next Council of 2 December- action plan on energetic efficiency, and then will have occasion to argue more in depth these questions. +Already have swept the institutional racism and the intolerance and prejudice legalised have been swept and now the relation of the European Union with *Sudáfrica goes determined by the recognition of this attainment *transcendental. +have produced substantial advances in the schooling of the boys, in the medical service of vicinity, in access to the drinkable water and in the service of electricity but remains still a lot, a lot for taking. +Gentleman President, although we recognise that the Agreement of Trade, Development and Cooperation among the European Community, by part, and the Republic of *Sudáfrica, by #another, contains certainly valuable elements, share the doubts of the speaker *Kinnock and have #some questions and suggestions for the Commission and the Council. +#Ours *cuarta observation is related with the *virulenta critical of Mrs. *Kinnock *cuando ensures that the European Union "tried to take of *Sudáfrica the hostage of the subventions of his own agriculturalists". Consider unacceptable that the Agreement take case *omiso of the sector of the wines and of the alcoholic drinks. +Is to expect that agreement involve that from *Sudáfrica perceive that they no longer are the EU and *Sudáfrica so far, neither physical neither *psíquicamente, and that no longer there #be *tanta distance among the facts and the words, as undoubtedly they have felt that *sucedía during the period comprised among the years 1994 and 1999. +Gentleman Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, cooperate with *Sudáfrica, *ayudarle to go out of the underdevelopment #would have to be an elementary duty for *Europa, #whose classes leaders have benefited amply in the past of the pillage of wealths mining and of the exploitation of his poor masses. +Gentleman President, did not fits doubt that, from the point of political sight, the agreement reached with *Sudáfrica constitutes in his group a step advance for the European Union, and in this sense it is necessary to consider it with special like and satisfaction. +Without going in in the *inadecuación in principle of this type of indications, wish to underline that the two parts are very *denodadamente with seen to find a fast and mutually acceptable solution for the problems pending in matter of wines and liquors. +The conference of *Lesotho goes to celebrate the days 13 and 14 October and are had to examine in *ella with representatives of the countries *BLNS form to restructure the plan of support for these countries. +will not answer, therefore, to this concrete question, as I am not in situation of take it, but take advantage of his invitation because *yo same, *cuando begin to examine the great percentages of costs, meeting that, more that the future needs, is history the that is our path. +The solutions for unemployment are exactly #the same that the corresponding to the competitiveness, is to say, the reduction of the business contributions and the levels of regulation. )How attitude will adopt the Commission concerning these looks? +Nevertheless, #if *usted *me asks #which is the *primer factor for *Europa and problems industrial, *le answer very frankly: the problem of the human resources like incentive of the *empresariado that there #be in our continent and, therefore, #all the problem of the conditioning of the financial structures for the new *empresariado. +The European Union did not wants that this agency have headquarters in *Lausanne, in the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, and, without embargo, wants that the have in #one of the States members of the European Union. +The Indian is the greater democracy of the world and has confronted #hideous problems precisely because it is a free society that lives in a State of right, with a civil society fully developed. +#If well I receive with *beneplácito the question and the answer that has given -suit with *él in that *demasiada insistence in the summits is not necessarily timely-, *me #would enjoy to know #if it will consider the possibility of expanding the dialogue #India\/EU so that pass to be a dialogue EU\/*subcontinente #indian. +treats of a paper that the EU #can exert usefully: the to reach that the Indians, the *paquistaníes or the *bangladeshíes, etc., gather in #that *subcontinente to examine his common problems and, in some sense, take of selfless external runner in deals among the countries of this *subregión. +Up to now the States members, to tenor of article 296 (ancient article 223), have excepted up to now the traffic of arms of the field of application of the disposals of the Treaties of the European Community. +This *primer step consists in conceding to *Turquía candidate status so that it set up the process and have an opportunity to be able to talk in a next future on the subject of the start of negotiations. +Lady Speaker, estimated and estimated colleagues, after the statements made by the representative of the Presidency of the Council and of the Commission, it is necessary to split of the fact that in the summit of *Helsinki goes to agree concede to *Turquía candidate status. +Lady Speaker, our Group declares in favour of the #european path of *Turquía, that #can get until adhesion, and also declares in favour of a political more generous in the finances, always that #this #can contribute to solve the problems to the that they confront, especially, the numerous victims of the earthquakes. +The #greek village has shown his cordial feelings to the #turkish village in the tragedy of the earthquakes. Believe that also village #turkish has feelings of affection to the #greek village. +#This #would be necessary to take it recognising that to *Turquía *le remains a long path for visiting, fundamentally regarding the situation of the human rights and of the rights of the villages and minorities, recognised or no, that integrate the population of that country and also in relation with the performance of *Turquía concerning *Chipre. +The election of a new Government more constructive in #Israel and the signature of the Memorandum of *Sharm The-*Sheikh the past month have *allanado the path for the resumption of the peace process. +The first withdrawn of troops, the release of prisoners and the agreement reached yesterday on the opening of the runner among *Gaza and *Cisjordania show that so much #israeli like Palestinians have restarted efforts for reaching a durable peace. +Support the right of the #palestinian village to constitute a State, but a State that was the fruit of negotiation and of the fine will of #all the parts interested and no a State that arise like result of the *coacción. +The president *Pasqua already has taken upsetting in the problem of translation fault; today our Group underlines that no only exists a fault of translation, but that there are inaccurate translations. +Today have a perfect example with the decision of the Commission to raise the embargo of the meat of bovine #british, and refusal of *Francia and of *Alemania to apply this decision. +Although the EU has engaged to follow of wall and legislate activity of the sector, in my opinion, the involved have the moral responsibility to approve a series of norms of forced fulfillment. +By reason, the Union considers important that the sustainable development was the point of game of the negotiations and that the environmental questions are taken in account in the agreements on the different sectors. +Like this, Parliament has approved an amendment of my Group, that requested a review of the mechanisms of the *OMC, of the procedure of solution of conflicts, to end to be able to take in account in greater grade the social questions, sanitary, cultural and environmental. +Gentleman President of the Council, gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the communication of the Commission to the national Parliaments is extremely *reveladora at the same time of machinery deeply *antidemocrática of the main #european institution and of the conditions in the *cuales will initiate the new chapter of commercial negotiations *multilaterales. +For the countries in roads of development, #this will mean free access for #all articles, compensation by the increase of prices in basic alimentary products, exemptions of the agreements *TRIPS and that the EU delete the subsidies that produce disloyal competition, especially in the agricultural products. +And this reality is the of an agriculture *multifuncional, that combines his economic function with the preservation of the environment and of the rural landscapes and guarantees the presence of man in #all the territory. +Like this, is necessary, *prorrogando the phenomenon and so as to create a relation of strengths favourable in breast of the *OMC, debate, transmit to #all *Europa the sense that has to give to the globalisation, to the liberalisation of these commercial exchanges. +In our political group, #many are of the opinion that the trade on the broadcasts, the rescue of the obligation to reduce CO2 broadcasts, is not *defendible politically. +*Me have referred to that prepare the publication of a Green Book that will contain a concrete proposal in this sense, system that obviously will describe the particular responsibility of each country. +Means #this that *Finlandia, country militarily neutral, is had to establish a common politics of defence inside the Union, with seen to that Union have a common will, a common politics and a common voice? +*Le #would ask to Mr. Minister on the form in that the #finnish Presidency is the habilitation of the qualified majority in the taking of decisions in matter of external politics, security and common defence. +This process is still in course, so that it is impossible to say #if it will affect to the external politics and of security, although #if *nos fix a bit in the history of preparation process, it is necessary to say that the taking of decisions *vinculantes by qualified majority, for example in matter of defence, is not very #likely, at least in the short term. +To *él it is necessary to add the article 30 that has that the deposit #can increase with the currencies until ten times more, is to say, 50.000 millions of euros; besides, exists a disposal in point 4 of the article 30 according to the *cual the #ECB #can *emplazar currencies, also above the maximum that is established in 50.000 millions of euros. +Always have had *algún point of the program that has treated publicly but the rest of the meeting, in case up to now, has been to enclosed doors and will continue being it in the future, at least during the #finnish Presidency. +Second, #if there are criteria so different according to the *cuales forbid precisely exports of arms to *Yugoslavia but, for example, yes are allowed to Indonesian, then is that there are other different criteria to the of the code that are decisive, in concrete, the economic and commercial interests. +Is urgent because we still have not defined the form to control the diffusion of short arms and light arms, neither have expanded the code so that it cover the conventional arms. +The last meaning of the granting of this prize is, from the altruistic optics of this lawyer, that *Bielorrusia #can not be "sheep #black" in the geographic map European. +The transparency is a value to the *cual Parliament has referred with decision in the first weeks of his works and the public opinion has right to entrust in the political institutions, #as well as in the military. +In consequence, consider just that the European Parliament ask to the States members that #can collaborate in discovering the truth, that facilitate to the #italian judicature #all documentation necessary to get to the definite determination of the responsibilities. +#This *recalca, in particular, the question of the general culture in matter of security in the plant and the grade of qualification of the personnel, #as well as the importance that it have a fast diffusion of the information. +The fuel transport *MOX effects under the control of the national authorities of the countries of origin and of destination, having properly in account the appropriate legislation of the Union and the norms of the *OIEA. +Without embargo, know perfectly -and our experience, so much in breast of the European Parliament as of the #european society in general, shows it- that the mere *constatación is not sufficient. is not sufficient, #if they want to, repeat the point of sight that "it is necessary to take *algo" . +In the case of the deputies is precise a specific decision, that #can foresee -for example, in relation with the parliamentary investigations- control council aside, chosen by our Assembly to the beginning of each term of office. +By this reason, the public opinion wait that this office possess a full capacity of work, and this full capacity of work refers, on the one hand, to the institutions in the that the *OLAF #can make investigations, reason by the *cual, celebrate the report of Mr. *Napolitano and the interventions that have made here. +Second, and with #this finish, wanted to insist in it important and urgent that is to possess, at last, regulations for service providers of certification regarding his access to the market, to the application of the principles that govern in the inner market, and to the relative regulations to the responsibility. +The second is the disposal according to the *cual the technical requirements will expand in the future by means of a committee procedure of regulation, to end to introduce new norms for the deposits of fuel that contain gaseous fuels. +pretends that the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions happen to have headquarters in the ancient facilities of the Parliament that have remained *desocupadas, is to say, in the buildings *Belliard *I and *II, in the that previously they will take dramas. +Is very natural that demand that this new obligation of cost, that to time #would mean the reduction of the costs of the States members, do not remain included in the maximum limit of the previously approved costs. +In the first place, in the three computations that have on the table, or was, the preliminary draft of the Commission and the proposals of the Council and of Parliament, the planned costs for the exercise 2000 surpass, in fact, the amounts of this year. +In the year 2000, the EU will spend less of 2 euros by citizen in education, in boosting that youngsters take part in programs of exchange or purchase knowledges on different tongues and cultures, or in informing to the citizens on the future evolution of the European Union at the same time that it supports to our audiovisual industry. +#can not *oponer the poor to the poor, the fine and the bad victims, and wail that the Council have posed in mood the problem in these terms, without contributing any solution. +By the side of these organisations is comprehensible, because the Commission is gravely in his duties, *cuando organisations have to expect during a year and half the assignment of subventions, or *cuando produce intermediate modifications of the criteria. +Regarding the Structural Bottoms, the regional politics European has converted in a true obstacle for *Francia, to the contrary of it that says a legend that keeps of form *complaciente, even by the commissioner commissioned in actuality of the regional politics. +The merit of the speaker is the of have it made by means of a budgetary procedure that developed besides with the greater tranquility, although Parliament is an important challenge to the Council, and believe that this challenge deserves to be stood out. +#can not leave to underline, without embargo, that the budget of this year will not be able to fulfil the goals fixed to the principle, is to say, the relaunching of the economy of the Union and, especially, the growth of employment. +*Nos has taken a beautiful study with a species of *popurrí of #everything it that has written from the month of March and with adviser behaviour of the Court of Accounts #french. +In consequence, the efforts made in *pro of the meat of *vacuno of quality, of the fruits and vegetables and of the dairy products ran the risk of seeing cancelled whereas this action forms part of the of the Community that will be able to include in the green box to level of the *OMC. +Means also that the military invasion is not an acceptable method to expand the borders, was the one who went the author of this act, are *cuales were conditionings and the geopolitical interests that take part. +Gentleman President, in the time that I have want to *referirme to an only line of the budget that is the of the plan of distribution of milk in schools, in the that the Commission has proposed to reduce the endowment of 96 millions of euros to 53 millions of euros. +Like the programs *plurianuales have to be, anyway, adapted to the *rúbrica budgetary corresponding and to the general perspective of the finance of the budget, consider indispensable that the Parliament improve coordination internal during the reading of the programs *plurianuales and of the budget. +The expectation of the contribution is in the strongest bond for communities, no only local, a contribution that consolidates more that other ideal bonds or of another type. +Concede a special importance - #as well as, as I create, Budget Commission - to that these commitments receive a *concretización written above the letter, very interesting, that the lady *Schreyer *nos has remitted, to the *cual the president *Wynn has answered and that, create, demands #some complementary precisions. +Another subject, that tackles commission, is the contribution of the #ECB to the financial stability, and in concrete the question of the supply of liquidity of emergency to the financial institutions in difficulties. +*Permítanme that add, finally, that the fulfillment of convergence criteria has translated in a stability of the prices and of the types of change, and in an improvement of the public finances. +Until the moment do not have clear how #can evaluate and how evaluates the evolution of the prices of commodities and of the services, also in the case of the real-estate markets or of the markets of values, for example. +A decision like this #would engage to time the backstitch of the employment in *Europa and the investments in matter of ecology, mainly the relative to the economies of energy and to the fight against the effect *invernadero. +The permanent promotion of consumption has caused observations of worry and of warning by part of the #dutch Government, but in political sense reacts with mistaken performances: with a reduction of charges in place of with the reduction of the debt. +To institutional level, the Central Bank plays a key paper; and also wanted to that paper had his *contrabalanza in the exigible transparency to the institutions that emanate of the votes of the citizens. +But #any of *nosotros doubts of the importance of his paper because a national government of the zone of the euro that confront to the reflation of an economy *vacilante do not has arms to his disposal. +The European Parliament, in quality of representative of the #european citizens, has to have right to demand that in the future, to similarity of it that *sucede with the other central banks, also the #ECB publish the arguments presented in favour or against of decisions in monetary matter. +Finally, want to affirm that I support warmly proposal relative to the publication of the reports on the economic situation and the different economic indicators of the countries of the zone of the euro. +The #ECB is in the entirely involved actuality in #all debates of #all the international forums on the future of it that now designates the "financial architecture" of the world. +Know that in practice, in the daily operations, go to have to *racionalizar the procedures so much as it was possible but, in general, #this has not identified, in the group of the process of evaluation, as #one of the main questions. +The way in that the *codecisión #can be *eventualmente put in practice in the relations among Parliament, the Council and the States members in the taking of decisions in the field of the humanitarian activities is *algo that it has to follow being #discussed and even negotiated. +Today the village of my country, as never before in history, finds joined to demand that it cease the rape to his human rights, in particular the kidnapping like inadmissible instrument of finance of the guerrilla and of other groups generators of violence. +By #this, want to take advantage of this exceptional opportunity to invite to #all the countries of the world-wide community to that *le give full development to the principle of it that have designated responsibility shared" , to struggle against the world-wide problem of the drug. +Of mood, regret the *renuencia of #some States members to the hour to support the idea of a #european bottom for the refugees, in spite of that, as it explained clearly the Commission, this bottom did not comport new or supplementary cost #any. +Prohibition Treaty Complete of the Nuclear Essays benefits to #all the States of the world, and the European Union acts correctly *cuando reiterates his deep commitment that the Treaty go in in vigour what before. +In the first place because the subject of the inner security has been carried to the level of Government Bosses separating of the looks rather *competenciales of the Ministers of Justice and of the Interior. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Council, *Señorías, *Tampere has been an important step to in front and believe that with the initiatives to create an authentic *Europa of the citizens in the field of politics juridical and of interior, has reached a big progress. +This politics "*interpilares" opens possibilities that #can *llevarnos to good port, but also *me poses questions on #who and how go to develop these plans of action and #if the Council *nos will give #any time information on the results of the that already set up, that is the plan of action relative to the *Iraq. +The goal has to be an open European Union and safe that establish associations with countries of origin of the migratory flows and put ready political of conjoint development with the countries of origin and of traffic. +Of mood as it did not takes the peace not resorting simply to the arms, a common juridical space European will not create only #if a bunch of Governments announces his fine will. +Like this, as, repeat it: the Commission and the European Parliament exert paper when elevating the goals of this conference and *cuando recommend that they take now #all the necessary reforms so that our Union #can receive to a big number of States. +These subjects -the number of Commissioners in a Union expanded, the new weighting of votes, the field of application of the qualified majority- are, the three, subjects extraordinarily difficult, but necessary. +Thus, like Group of the Popular Party European of the Christian Democrats and of the European Democrats say that we want to more of it that has posed like perspective in *Amsterdam, want a reform in depth of the European Union that it was able of enlargement, it that for *nosotros has a big priority. +For *ello, takes lacking to have also the value to modify the article 4 of the Treaty of the *CE that defines to the Union of a classical mood *neoliberal like a market economy with a free competition. +Third, the Commission #would commission to inform the next year on the possibility of extending the activities of the Agency to other #balkan countries with a new regulation. +A greater security of the electronic trade in the EU #would have to increase the confidence of consumers and help to the citizens of the EU to benefit of this field of activity with greater tranquility and security. +The records of the meetings of Politics Committee Monetary, included the registers of votes and the reasonings, now are published to the cape of some six weeks. +The confirmation of the Convention of Gin on the refugees "in his full and wider interpretation" is an important victory for the Greens and for organisations no governmental. +Believe that the proposals in the legislative field, and especially the proposals in the field of collaboration among the social speakers, constitute a base for *enfrentarnos to these great problems of our period. +A moment, *Señorías, it is necessary to see the benefits in Bag of #all the companies from takes a year, from two years ago, and have to remember to Mr. *Wurtz that takes part or his friends take part in a Government that at all takes so that they cease the benefits in Bag. +*Eso means to study where #can reduce charge of unnecessary rules that #put the costs for the companies and study how measured #can reduce the costs no *salariales of the companies that, to his time, *les carry to sack to workers like the best mood of *economizar great sums of money. +Have, to #european level, the #european strategy for employment, and applies for the first time, with 22 directives that have incorporated to the projects for the employment of the States members; and also there are important finances, to the that *me have referred previously. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the statements of the Council and of the Commission on the rejection by part of the American Senate of the Treaty of total prohibition of nuclear proofs. +Is an absolute irresponsibility use the ratification of the moratorium of proofs atomic like toy *arrojadizo in the open internal fight among the republican Congress and the democrat president. +Thus, expect that the Presidency and the Commission feel now together and develop a strategy in the frame of the External Politics and of Common Security that loom with these economic instruments and force to *Rusia to finalise this war. +This circumstance has to his time some positive effects in the fight by the respect of the human rights and against the racism, nationalism exaggerated and the antisemitism. +In #few words, have to purchase this capacity of adaptation and speed in the cultural exchange, the training and the professional experience that are the elements that will request increasingly in the society of the next #millenium. +#""Youth" is a program that #can reach these goals, since it will allow to the youngsters with less resources and more disadvantaged carry out some transnational experiences that will be determinants for incorporation more adapted to the labour world. +On the other hand, the sentence of the Court of Justice of 12 May 1998, relative to the juridical foundations, imposed endowment of a better frame defined in comparison with the past, precisely by the confusion that existed previously. +Likewise, wanted to stand out that #if it interrupted the community participation in the Observatory, the Commission #would see forced to collect this same information of other sources; in the majority of cases, on a commercial base. +To improve the global situation of the Parliament and of the Group of No inscribed, *me associate with the radicals. In consequence, do not go to take part in the approval of the Record neither in the votes, *declarándome in strike like *ellos. +Obviously, His *Señorías will vote freely, but have to know that from the moment in that they approve an amendment of costs that surpass it agreed "in lathe" , #would say *yo, of the Commission of Budgets and no "by" Budget Commission, run the risk of *ponernos in a very delicate situation regarding the *margen. +Report (To5-0036\/1999) of Mr. *Napoletano, in name of the Commission of Subjects Constitutional, on possible modifications of the Regulation as a result of the Agreement *interinstitucional of 25 May 1999 relative to the internal investigations effected by the European Office of Fight *Antifraude (*OLAF) +The Council of *Amsterdam, that has given his name to the Treaty, had studied this question and refused explicitly recognise the existence of political parties Europeans and, less still, *otorgarles a public finance. +Of face to the future, the greater challenge of the EU consists in defining common basic principles that contribute to the reflation of the economy #european. In this way, will be able to solve big part of the problems related with the market of work. +My colleagues that belong to this commission elaborated amendment project with the end to expand the finance of groups of women to a wider variety of *ellos. +To time that accept that it has allowed the subsistence of an agreement *monopolístico, celebrate the new permission of 600.000 euros and #would celebrate new increases in the future of this quantity, in the hope, clear is, that it contribute to that they #can listen the voices of #all the women. +#This *cotización #would constitute #one of elements -although, definitely, #would not be the only- of a system of readjustment of the social costs, able to regulate better the international trade among heterogeneous zones, without thus *privarnos of the advantages of the *librecambio. +Is convenient, in particular, that the employees #can put in *entredicho the own foundation of these dismissals and character of economic need, before his execution and in a very previous stage of the procedure. +The restructuring and company transfer -in particular, of multinationals- in #all *Europa has caused *decenas of thousands of dismissals, unacceptable and condemnable situation by the grave economic consequences and social for the workers, the region and the country affected. +Cases like the of *Michelin in *Francia and *Renault, *Grundig, *Siemens and *Texas *Instruments, #among others, in *Portugal have taken to see clearly that it is urgent to strengthen the #european legislation and of the States members to protect the rights of the workers, in particular his employment, and prevent that the multinationals follow acting of arbitrary form, only to achieve increase benefits. +The reason of the postponement is that, owing to the delay registered in the works of normalisation of the European Committee of Normalisation, prescriptions *RID of 1999 do not include norms for the manufacture and use of containers and *cisternas of transport of gases of the class *segunda. +Like this things, #can not but concede our full support to the report of the speaker, the president of our commission, to the time that *le give the graces by the efforts that has had to make. +Want to, finally, take a brief reflection to the thread of it that has said Mr. *Konrad with regard to the capacity of the transport by railway and to the stake that is by the railway in the Commission and in the States members. +This increase goes to be the result of an increase of the development and of the growth in our countries and, somehow, #if no produced, #would give bad indications with regard to other behaviours of our economy and, therefore, also of our society. +#Segundo point of reflection: the past day 26, the Mr. Commissioner *Fischler -according to #news of diverse media of my country- seems that it showed had to contemplate additional #granting in the import of fruits and vegetables pertinent of *Marruecos in the negotiation of the Agreement of fishing. +Again, as in September of 1998, the fight is directed to the #obtaining of freedom, of the elementary social rights, of holidays paid, of social security, of retirement to the 55 years and of the guarantee of a minimum income. +The Speaker and Vice-president #would have to take accurate note of #this and treat with the services of the House the need that it establish a reasonable lapse among the vote and the headcount of the votes. +*Me seems that the decision of the European Commission to raise the embargo is more political that scientific, #such as they manifest it divergences of analysis and of points of sight in the breast of the Scientific Committee European. +#This is an essential point that has to include of urgency in the agenda of the next Conference *Intergubernamental and, like corollary, a point that has to be *imperativamente renegotiated in the frame of the *OMC, of it contrary application of the subsidiariness to #european level will have the possibility to be deformed. +No leaves to be true that the conditions of the slaughtering with a special gun causes that the cerebral or lymphatic particles happen to the vein *yugular and of there to the muscular mass. +To this effect, the #french Government has created the French Agency of Sanitary Security Alimentary to make a better scientific evaluation of the alimentary risks. +Like this, is of an absolute hypocrisy invoke to the agriculturalists and his interests and *oponerlos, explicit or implicitly, to the interests of consumers, without reporting the responsibility of the great capitalist groups producers and providers of foods for the livestock. +The scientist of the region sustained that the subsoil was it sufficiently solid. scientist of the municipality that denied to approve the location of the dump *refutaba that the subsoil was equal of solid that a bath without cap. +The solution to this problem did not consists in the creation of an army of civil servants to the service of the EU to watch the activity of exploitations ranchers. +By #another, exists the need to protect to the consumers that is #one of the maximum priorities and #whose scope is #such that justifies the national decisions that contradict the community, on condition that they are motivated from the point of scientific and hygienic sight-sanitary. +Have taken out fundamentally the following conclusions. In the first place am fully convinced that the decisions that take from now on, also the of the Commission, have to base in the trial of independent scientists -is important that are independent- and in the scientific discoveries more recent. +In my career of *europarlamentario, brief but full of incidents, and especially after the day of yesterday, have warned in this Assembly -that *atreve to *autodenominarse "Parliament" - wish to act like a seal of rubber for the Commission, and once again today seat that #that is our paper. +And, therefore, consider important that #can consider this agreement, in addition to an economic benefit for an activity of our country, help to the development of an economic sector and to the consolidation of the peace in *Angola. +But wanted to remember, gentleman President, that among the word "exploitation" and the word "cooperation", in spite of that have desinence, there #be a difference and that the *segunda of *ellas corresponds to a situation in that the two parts agree, by it that *nosotros do not believe that *Angola see in east agree type #any of exploitation; of it contrary, #would not sign it the following day to the of his conclusion. +This bulletin is *excepcionalmente useful, gets to *emisoras regional, gives to know, in #all the tongues, the activity of the deputies that talk #such tongue or that proceed of nationality, therefore it is *algo that *nosotros, the ancient deputies and the previous European Parliament, know very well and are very sensitive to this *respecto. +Gentleman Commissioner, how explains *usted that here, during seven years, from September of 1989 to March of 1996, two deputies -socialist #belgian #José *Happart and *yo- said that there was risk of *zoonosis before the Minister of Agriculture #british recognised it on 24 March 1996 in front of the House of the Common? +The Mrs. #Jackson *le has asked, it first, #if the existence of another committee so that it examine our alimentary security in #all the European Union will be better, in reality, that the current permanent committee and #if citizens *le will loan, in reality, attention. +The European Council of *Helsinki will receive the report of the Council *ECOFIN on the development of the coordination of the economic politics. Said report will promote dialogue and the reflection on the subject. +The Pact by the Employment in *Europa, adopted the summer happened in Colony Council by initiative of *Alemania, is an initiative that will promote the mutual understanding and the renewal of the #european economies. +Is to say, what more facilitate the goal of stability of the monetary politics by means of budgetary measures and an evolution *salarial suitable, more favourable will be the monetary conditions to the growth and to employment. +During these two days go to debate the Report *Smet on the ordination of work time and the Reports *Menrad on the politics of employment of the States members in the years 1999 and 2000. +Gentleman President, the Council adopted the European Pact by the Employment in the Summit of Colony with the object to reach a substantial decrease and sustained of unemployment. +This world knows in the Low Countries like the economy of consensus, query circuit frequent and quite structured among the main socioeconomic actors. +Is necessary that tomorrow approve the position proposed by the speakers and by the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects and say to the Council that has to accept at last this question and watch by that nobody have to work with the inhuman labour days that assign to doctors in period of training. +In #some countries of the European Union, among *ellos the Low Countries, *Bélgica and *Finlandia, the employers of the transport by road have *independizadas, by like this say, tyres, #this is, the trucks and drivers, in the frame of a strategy of adjudication or *flexibilización. +#This see it on a large scale in the fight that keeps in the World-wide Organisation of Trade to reach new commitments and, in a small way, in the fight that exists in the States members of the European Union concerning the ordination of work time. +is not casual that the exceptions refer in his greater part to the mobile workers and to the persons that wins the bread in the sea, with the fishing or with oil extraction. +*Yo have my doubts that the publication of data on the consumption and the broadcasts fulfil a decisive orientative function regarding the decisions of purchase of the consumers. +Exists difference among the case of the person that goes to buy a medicine to the pharmacy and there *le inform in detail on the risks, and the acquisition of a common article in the market. +Neither considers the planned procedure for the participation of the European Parliament in the process so that rights remain fully guaranteed, neither mentions the narrow temporary corset that supposes the called annual cycle that foresees to apply. +The mutual recognition is a principle that had importance to avert fetters to the free circulation of commodities, but only is partially valid for the construction of the inner market in absence of harmonisation of the legislations. +Of this luck the preparation of the guidelines #can include also the results of a comparison of the best methods in each #one of the States members, to end to be able to apply like this in #all field #european successful strategies. +To mood to see, in addition to the professional training, exists another important possibility in the deliberate reduction of the fiscal charges in those fields that of provable way are put of work. +*Ello nevertheless, estimated colleagues, believe that in spite of #all have given another small step advance because, as it already has said the speaker, has been the first time that the Council has requested the *dictamen of Parliament of official form. +The increasing presence of the economy in our society and the introduction of the principle of market in practically #all the social fields are two factors that prejudice to the family and put under pressure to humanity. +In effect, never will insist it sufficient in that they are politics *ultraliberales in the interior and *ultramundialistas in the outside and his cult to the opening of the borders and to the market-king the that have carried to our economies to the point in the that they find nowadays. +As Conservative British share the worry that has expressed from #all parts of this Assembly that the high level of unemployment in the EU in his group is #one of the main problems and that the goal has to be an important descent of #the same. +Without embargo, neither the balance, neither the establishment of goals exempt to the States members and to the social speakers of his main responsibility on the politics of employment in countries, since #that are specific. +No treats, as #some fear, to give a to scale #european recipe, but to establish a series of instruments that sure enough allow to reach the result to create employment and social cohesion. +Although the main responsibility of the project *recae of course on the States members, #would be politically impossible to carry out a so wide reform in the only market without coordination to scale of the Union. +This European Parliament supports aptly in amendment 13 the integral approach, #as well as the development of goals comparable to the that *me will refer inside a moment and for the that ask the support of #all in this Parliament. +The European Union has 20 millions of unemployed and with 60 millions of poor and there #be not in the guidelines any measure *vinculante directed to prevent the dismissals and reduction plans of staff. +Consider that question turn constitutes an elementary parliamentary right that, in contrast with other points of the agenda is guaranteed also on purpose in the Treaties, and, in consequence, wanted to insist in that the turn of questions make in his whole. +Gentleman President, *cuando the European Parliament in the autumn of 1998 agreed the continuation of the Program Car-*Oil, calendar foresaw that the subject #would go back to the Parliament to time to make possible a decision of the Council in the spring of 1999. +Personally, believe that the Council foresees in his common position #all a series of disposals very important as, for example, the reduction of the values limit for carbon dioxide in a 30% in comparison with 1996 from October of the year 2000 or of the 2001. +Without embargo, #can accept the definition of the World-wide Organisation of Health, in the that says that the health is not only the absence of illnesses, but a state of welfare physical, mental and social. +In January adopted a conjoint decision in the that established a plan of action to promote the safest use of Internet and, therefore, to protect to the boys of the violence and of pornography. +The Commission, likewise, undertakes actions in the social and educational fields with the idea to improve the quality of life of the boys and the opportunities for development and education. +Are in an absurd situation in the that the States members have to promote it that it is better for the boys in the legislation and in politics, but in the Union do not exists a legal obligation to protect it that it was better for the boys. +And while all #this *sucede in the world in roads of development, in the Occident, purportedly civilised, violence, the abandonment and the sexual exploitation of the boys, by means of the international networks, are hair-raising dimensions. +In the period of sessions of the past month, *usted, lady Commissioner, *calurosa and convincingly affirmed that it is will of the Commission strengthen the rights of employees regarding the information and the query on his destination. +Finally, Gentleman President, the Commission of Control Budgetary thinks that *nosotros also to the half of term have to go back to study a new system of own resources, because #if it goes to have more countries the current system #can result too much complicated. +The agreements of *Berlín are a combination among the total level and the composition of the cost, the political reforms and the system of own resources. +In *Berlín, admit, in effect, the principle according to the *cual #some rich countries, the of the north of the Union, paid too much, of there a new weighting of the proportional parts of finance of the States members that will have like consequence a greater participation of *Francia by quantity of the order of varied thousands of millions of frank. +Only a new approach of the question of the own resources, that do not increase the fiscal charge borne by the taxpayers and that go back more transparent, simple and rational system #can give conditions of affirmation to the European Union. +The only real justification of aberration is to recess the #dutch bill, although the balance -to use the terminology of the Council- goes inflated in favour of the arks *bátavas by the effect *Rotterdam. +*Acaso thinks that we #can continue long with tax *conributiva so limited *cuando the European Union purchases every time a greater number of responsibilities related with the *prolongamiento of the monetary union, the enlargement of the Union, the take into account the foreign political responsibilities and of security? +In practice, this ceiling depends of the agreement among the organs, that results clearly inferior to the of the politics of costs of agriculture #This is another clear indication of the parliamentary responsibility in relation to the budgets. +With regard to the *PRS 5 *permítanme that *me direct also to the Commission for *decirle that of course knew that we were a new Parliament and in spite of *ello presented in the summer holidays a supplementary budget *cuando were not at all in situation to react because the new Parliament was not still operative. +In consequence, the committee of the Commission commissioned of nomination has made a selection and *les #can ensure that today *les will deliver in the course of the day the list of candidates that has been elaborated by this last committee. +*Me allow to observe that it is a budgetary political reality that in the course of an exercise, of execution of a budget, arise events that do not allow a total utilisation of #all the budgetary lines. +Want to retort to Mrs. *Dührkop *Dührkop that, of course, the priorities that this Parliament determine in the budgetary procedure and for the budget in #if, are scales that has to follow the Commission when acting in the frame of the execution of the budget. +My parliamentary Group takes a call to the Commission and to the States members so that they introduce said tax of form coordinated so that no have disloyal competition inside the Union; this tax, of course, do not has to *repercutir in our citizens. +#can not *hacernos charge of the nuclear waste, in spite of that have proposed diverse imaginative solutions, included the of *enviarlos to the Moon, and the truth is that, #if we suited with Mr. *Chichester in that the nuclear energy is a solution, #would be in another planet. +The communication of the Commission on the strengthening of the environmental integration in politics energetic community is very #worthy of *beneplácito, given his realistic approach of the question. +#This supposes -taking into account point of environmental sight in his owed form- that the States members prepare his own national strategies -since it is a question of decisions of national type- with sufficient time for the replacement and *recolocación of investments. +*Yo was not favourable to the approval of the amendments subjected to the vote of our Assembly, that had delayed the entrance in vigour of this text and, therefore, the set up of investments and the industrial strategies. +My Group will go back to present some amendments that presented in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market to try advance more still, so that the systems that go to establish result more accessible and opened for professionals. +The own speakers check the so marked differences in matter of right of persons among the States members, it that explains the strong reservations formulated in the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of the Citizens. +Another point: to me also *me has got this study of the Institute for Risk Analysis of the Senate of the university of *Viena that analyses the question of *Yaslovske *Bohunice under a different perspective. +Only *Europa and, gentleman Commissioner, *le appreciate that it have comprised it, only #one *Europa joined #can go to the meeting, no only of the countries that ask to go in in the European Community, but also of #all #that that have of nuclear facilities no satisfied with security norms for *ayudarles to resolve the problem taking into account his own imperative economic. +*Usted has indicated with reason that owe *tomarnos seriously the scientific considerations and childbirth of the fact that the #british graziers are interested in selling it more quickly possible meat safe and not expecting two years until they #can take it. +Believe that His *Señoría #would consider wise on our part have taken part in the mission of evaluation of the World-wide Bank and expect to that our civil servants, that have taken part in said mission of evaluation, present reports before resorting to the budgetary authorities for *pedirles concrete quantities of bottoms. +Of mood, the company "*Mitilinaios *S.To.", with upper investments to 52 millions of dollars in the mines "*RMHK *TREPCA", face up to objections and difficulties and suffer pressures, with the last purpose to cancel his contractual and real rights in the mines quoted. +The *KFOR is all it possible in circumstances extraordinarily difficult and deserves #all our support to try, for example, watch by that it do not have a repetition of the type of atrocity against both edicts that, by misfortune, has *desbaratado the life in *Kosovo in the past. +Exist diverse modalities of finance in the national levels and of the EU -#such as Bottoms structural and the *agromedioambientales- and #can use to help in the reconversion and in the management of his social repercussions during a transitory period. +The report of the EU will exert an important influence in the development of the sources of resources regional, and thus no #can arise a split among the old and the new programs. +Simply want to say that in these cases, will show pragmatism to be able to adapt, according to the demands of the national authorities, the programming of the Goal 1 or of Goal 2 to help to these countries to reconstruct . +How is had to take so that the countries that do not contemplate in his legislations the prohibition to exert violence against women in the breast of the home also have these norms? +#One of the essential elements of the communication of the Commission is precisely the ratification by #all States members of the Agreement of the Council of *Europa of 1983 and #can inform to His *Señoría that the quoted agreement was ratified by *Alemania, *Dinamarca, *Finlandia, *Francia, *Luxemburgo, the Low Countries, the Realm Joined and *Suecia. +But no only #this #would be necessary, but also promote a dialogue with the main actors, no only aerial companies and users, but also with the aerial controllers and #all airports, etc. Is to say, #all those actors that take part inside this complex world of the aerial traffic. +The Monday, in the Council of General Subjects, the ministers left very clear that had political will to decide in *Helsinki on #which has to be the collective military capacity of *Europa for the missions of *Petersberg. +Is evident that the Commission is not a school of fans to bosses of personnel and is evident that want to work by the hit with the High Representative and with Parliament to guarantee that *Europa has the politics of security and of defence that needs and that his citizens want. +Since it has referred at length to his responsibility like High Representative for the External Politics, #would want to mention a look that believe that it is important: our external politics and of common security will be, fundamentally, a projection and development of our inner strength. +Equally, do not extract like only lesson of this terrible experience the requirement to be able to range more troops, to be able to increase our military costs and to advance by forced marches to the *Europa of the defence, besides, in the frame of NATO. +Thus I request to the Commission that inform to the Parliament with character of urgency on the relative conversations to the adhesion of Chinese and, in particular, of how #this #can affect to our *preparativos bear *Seattle, so that the Parliament #can vote tomorrow the report of Mr. *Schwaiger with full knowledge of #all the notable data. +Therefore, repeat, #if the regulation of the world-wide trade is the means of life of the persons and damaging the environment or the protection of animals, have to modify the regulation. +. (*FR) regulation proposal of the Council of Ministers, on the that *nos pronounce in the day of today, pretends to contribute #some modifications that the decision of the European Council of Bosses of State and of Government of the month of March in *Berlín has taken necessary. +Gentleman President, gentleman Representative of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, so much my colleagues like *yo same have received with relief the day before yesterday the statement of the Council of Subjects External of the Union that condemns *vigorosamente the disproportionate use and *indiscriminado that takes of strength in *Chechenia. +Also were #many the that regret, with a majority of the public opinion #european, the contrast *sobrecogedor among the *estruendo of the bombardments and the prolonged silence of the governments of the European Union. +In spite of his own moral ballast, the European Union has to act with #all strengths so that it get to a solution of the crisis of *Chechenia following the guidelines that the Council and the Commission have exposed here. +The European Union asks a negotiated and -joyous exit #that that believes in the possibility of a negotiation- while in the *Cáucaso the Russians distinguish among the bandits -#that that ask the independence- *cargándoles perhaps of the #islamic colours, and the fine, or was, the that collaborate with *ellos. +In reality, neither has been free trade, since the International Monetary Bottom has endorsed the risks taken by the North American investors and *les has compensated losses that has originated the free trade of capitals. +The deputies to the European Parliament of the Communist Party of #Grecia will vote against of the Report *Schwaiger, because it ranges with aggression plans of the big capital against the workers and the villages of #everyone. +#There is other international treaties, like the celebrated in the frame of the World-wide Organisation of Work, of the World-wide Organisation of the Intellectual Property and of the agreements *multilaterales in matter of environment. +And, from this point of sight, gentleman President, and to finish, wanted to offer #all our support and our collaboration to the Commissioner *Lamy in the purpose and points of strategic sight that has very present for *defenderlos in *Seattle. +Without embargo, with the approval of the Report *Schwaiger, Parliament will decide and will declare tomorrow that the concept of the protection of the environment has to take in consideration in #all the fields of the world-wide trade, no with an ambiguous disposal, with a "#can" or a "#would have to" , but with "owe" imperative. +The sum of #all elements *nos carries to recommend a cycle of negotiations wider - and *me cheer of the enormous coincidence of points of sight in this sense among the Commission and the Parliament #such as it deduces, gentleman *Schwaiger, of his report. +In any case have the mandate to admit, in the frame of an international negotiation, the *cuestionamiento of power of the Governments of the Union to regulate or act in these fields. +. (OF) Gentleman President, Subject Commission Constitutional debated thoroughly this report during varied sessions and *yo believe that today we present to the Plenary a report with a substantial content with seen to the reform of the Treaties. +In the first place, request the reform of #all institutions and organs, included, therefore, the Court of Justice, the Court of Accounts, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. +In this sense, request that the President of the Commission #can interpose the question of confidence in front of the European Parliament and that incorporate to the next Treated the called "procedure *Prodi" , or was, the possibility that the President #can *destituir to commissioner. +Specifically, ask that it reinforce the paper of the Parliament and establish the principle of the vote by majority in the Council in #some fields in the that the Treaties already assign a key paper to *Europa, *salvaguardando fully subsidiariness principle. +#This will exert an important paper in the *preparativos of the Conference *Intergubernamental, and have to say that backrest with taste the general goals fixed in this report on the construction of a more effective Union, more transparent and more democratic. +But #everything *ello, gentleman President in exercise of the Council, taking into account an essential thing: not losing of sight it that have meant the European Communities in years neither it that it is more important in the Communities, that is the principle of integration. +Gentleman President, #this *CIG will have the support of two parallel processes: "world happy" of a new politics of #european defence and the definition of the #european citizenship in the preparation of the Letter. +Never will accept that the executive power in the EU was now for another governmental conference #whose core was the transfer of the power of the constituents and of representatives to enclosed offices in *Bruselas. +The *segunda amends analyses the subject that the Treaty state of two parts: the constitutional part, that analyses the fundamental principles and the institutional disposals, and the small letter that treats on politics. +To succeed, the institutional reforms have to situate , *me seems to me -and say it with the experience that conserve in memory of the previous negotiation- in a political perspective wider and try answer joints to this fundamental question: "How will have to *hablarnos? +In the first place, the institutional reforms #such as they planned in Colony: the composition of the Commission, a Commissioner by Been member in it that to *nosotros refers; the weighting of votes, that has to save proportion with the number of inhabitants; and the votes by qualified majority. +The third question is that we have to establish a fine legal base in the new Treaty for the adoption of a regulation #european relative to the opening of the administration and to the transparency. +Want to say here that reform treaty in name of the efficiency *me seems an operation of very *poca ambition in front of the #european project and fear that so only was a simple game of power to allow that a small group of countries #can constitute in directory and conduct and direct the #european project. +Besides, has presented this appeal with arrangement to the article 112 of our Regulation, that remits to the article 60, *cuando results that the report of Mr. *Napolitano, as it says very clearly in the *considerandos of said report, remits to the article 181, because *versa on the inner Regulation of our Parliament. +Besides, in consideration to the national penal right, the efforts for *uniformar the common definitions, the foundations to dictate cars of processing and penalties, have to limit in a first stage to #some sectors determined of special importance, #such as the illicit market of drugs. +Is to say, that do not treats to fix in concrete start of the negotiations, but to ratify the quality of candidate to the adhesion and to consider the measures to take in consequence. +#Can indicate the Council #if restrictions imposed by *Turquía are compatible with the principles of the European Union and #if it accepts that the interests of the fuselages with pavilion of the States members of the Union result prejudiced by a country that aspires to integrate in #the same? +*Me ask also why the European Union shows so *tolerante with the infringements committed by *Turquía, and accepts that the interests of the Marine *Mercante #european are *lesionados by a country that do not hesitates in looming even to the *superpotencia, States Joined, to defend the trade of the banana. +The *segunda observation, and question to time, that want to direct to the gentleman representative of the Council is the following: to the diet of *Milosevic do not recognises it the European Union; says, before even that the own political strengths of *Yugoslavia, of Serbian, pronounce to the *respecto, that just elections #can not celebrate . +The efforts deployed to reduce the bleaching of money have to intensify by means of the fast adoption and subsequent application of the recently proposed amendment for the directive on money bleaching. +By #everything it aforesaid entrust in that have the potential and #can have of the political will to face up to the new challenges in the perspective of the strategy of the European Union in matter of fight against drug for the years 2000 to 2004. +#If we vote on the original text of this section, #if we finish the vote on the amendment, in this moment will propose that it vote on the words "*and *socially-*balanced" of text #english by separate of the rest of the text. +From now on *me #would enjoy to ask to Group that took the favour to verify how many deputies #can present to individual title amendments in session *plenaria; 15 different deputies of the *PPE have presented amendments of this report, suppose that in name of the Group, before wasting our time in the session *plenaria. +In the current situation, have opted for voting in favour of the whole of the report in the final vote, since vote against #can interpret like that we do not want that it regulate the fight against fraud. +The fundamental human rights and the universal Statement of 1948, the agreements of the *OIT (International Organisation of the Work) or on the environment, are of upper nature to the norms that govern trade. +Ask to the negotiators of the European Union that respect our resolution in favour of the principle of the alimentary security and in favour that it do not have hurtful effects for countries in development in the agricultural negotiations. +And result particularly important -and earn particular gravity-, because they are equally evident the orientations that *les pretend to print: liberalisation and total command of the world-wide trade, systematic privatisation of the sectors and public services that still have nature and *desreglamentación and free access to the public markets. +Maybe the villages of *Europa that see day to day restrict his democratic and social rights, that see to degrade his social conquests under the lemma of competitiveness and the pressure, that bear an increasingly authoritarian system? +By the contrary, consider that the creation of *Eurodac has to study to the light of this possibility to reach politics of human and generous asylum in the European Union. +The measures that today propose, no only to *través of the Report *Pirker, but also through the reports on the drug or document fake of trip, are insignificant in front of the amplitude of the dangers to the *cuales *ustedes expose to the #european citizens. +#If only a part of this network of security leaves to work by digital defects, uranium core in the reactor, of roughly 100 tonnes, #would melt in two hours #if the two generators *diesel of reservation do not work. +States Joined and *Rusia have established recently #some #telephone lines of emergency to end to keep in contact about the problems of the year 2000, and the seven lines of emergency that have established, with an alone exception, have discovered that were affected by the effect of the year 2000. +Finally, gentleman President, intention is the that the Commission and the Council #can take correspond to the convictions and to the political speeches the suitable financial expression and technical of support to the process of independence and reconstruction of *Timor Oriental. +Therefore, *me seems that the proposal of the Council in front of the Nations Joined, by important and positive that it was the initiative, is truly shy because it appeals *textualmente to that the States that still keep death pity -quote *textualmente- "restrict progressively the number of crimes for the that it imposes" . +Another problem is that the #albanian leaders or the that believe to be it are not able to build jointly future for this country, for his homeland. Therefore, is important that also take a call to the supposed leaders. +Therefore, is indispensable that the mission of the EU in *Moscú at least examine this case. But also is important that take part in the dialogue from point of political sight, that recognise the character merely politician of the process and that #Alexander *Nikitin was put in freedom. +*Nosotros already are acting in this way, without hit, alas, from before the conflict - and share, from this point of sight it that #many of *ustedes have signalled on the fact that #all have to take an examination of consciousness quite deep in this question -. +The Commission is, with the bottom providers, the opportunity and the procedures to contribute to the instauration of this system, in the frame of our cooperation. +In a meeting kept in New *York at the beginning of this year, the bottom providers of *Burundi decided to contribute to the improvement of the conditions of life of the most vulnerable populations and orient his support to the *reasentamiento of the populations displaced. +In the frame of takings of position, the Commission has approved a program of rehabilitation of almost 50 millions of euros, that will be able to apply in function of the conditions of security of this country. +(IN) Convention on the Rights of the Boy is the convention of right international that more hit has had, and the have signed #all the countries of the world except *Somalia and the States Joined of *América. +Because the mood and way to help to this person affected to go back to the society, the mood and way to reduce his personal suffering will nourish always of experiences regional, local and national specific. +In definite, prevent a true scientific debate and secular on this subject and choose an ethical approach that self-evident *frustrante, powerless and disastrous: a disaster that treat to justify with the fault of financial resources. +The 26 October happened in this same Assembly the President of *Colombia, country alas very linked to the problem of drug, *nos said: "The drug trafficking has been a big generator of violence and has committed *magnicidios of very high human cost for our nation" . +This decision supposes in fact an enormous victory for the European Parliament and thus I want to say that for me has been reason of joy lead this fight, now my colleague goes to assume responsibility and am totally sure that *le go to adore in the bank. +For *ello, is necessary an authentic "political will strong and expressed without ambiguity", is necessary to happen of the words to the acts, *movilizando the community financial resources necessary to struggle against this dramatic situation that affects to thousands of *toxicodependientes and to families. +Precisely was the Protocol *nº 2, to the that before *me have referred, the that, adjusting to the new legislation the that had been traditional formulas, established the called "*APIM" , a modest tariff with the that they tax determined products to entrance in Canarians, #many of *ellos pertinent of the own peninsular territory Spanish and other got of other States. +This same week, the autonomic Parliament of Canarians, with occasion of a political debate on this question, has approved by unanimity an agreement in the that they include measured in fiscal matter and requests to *Europa that foresee the establishment of a tax similar to the *APIM. +Here is my *segunda asks: #if my information is correct, a part of the wage of workers commissioned of the construction of said fuselages will be paid by the Armed American, with the end to preserve the capacity of the naval constructions. +The consequence will be that the fine dockyards - that they are many times the most efficient - *sucumbirán along the period 2001-2002. With the less efficient dockyards that remain afterwards in the European Union will be much more difficult to struggle against *Japón, the *sureste of #Asia and States Joined. +As it left clear also in the meeting of Ministers of Industry and of Trade of *Finlandia, the EU do not has to, without embargo, answer with coin to the activity of *Corea of the South, is to say, follow posing once again the idea that it neither will put end to the helps to the dockyards. +Specifically, in my country, the past Wednesday had demonstrations of workers in #all the centres dockyards -*Bilbao, *Cádiz, Real Port, *Sevilla and *Asturias- besides with a level of violence important, because we are the life and security of millions of homes. +*Señorías, the inform that the Court of First Instance of the European Communities dictated on 25 November resolution that, in relation with the case that *oponía to the deputies Mr. *Martinez and Mr. Of *Gaulle to the European Parliament, puts end for the moment the procedure of resource that also *incoaron said colleagues. +By #this adhesion process has to be fast but careful and, on my part, expect that the Summit of *Helsinki approve the strategy for the adhesion that recommend in October and take the decision to initiate the next year, always that they fulfil the planned conditions, negotiations of adhesion with *Bulgaria, *Letonia, *Lituania, Malt, *Rumanía and *Eslovaquia. +#This show very concerned by the #russian performance in *Chechenia. By #this, is a suitable signal that do not begin to negotiate only with *Estonia, but also with *Letonia and *Lituania, so as to that the three States *bálticos know that have a place in Community and that early will be members of the European Union and, therefore, will be safe. +The European Union and the States members constitute together the main group of donors with that explains the zone and apart from the humanitarian help, region has received this year helps of the EU by value of 2.100 millions of euros. +Support the idea that *nos encourage for reaching an agreement before it finalise the next year, but of mood #can not, neither #would have to, accelerate the introduction of possible fundamental reforms to the current Treaties of the European Union without the owed consideration and evaluation. +My inaugural intervention in front of this Assembly was the past month of July, and in that occasion recommended to the #finnish Presidency that gave priority to the society of the information and to work program. +Regarding the question of the #gipsy that has posed here, wanted to say, on my part, that believe that it is pertinent to take in account the human rights in general and, especially, the rights of the minorities so much in the European Union as, especially, in countries aspiring to the adhesion. +The Commission engaged to take the next step, or was, to design a plan of action, so we have achieved our goal expensive to the period of the #portuguese Presidency. +#If we achieved that neither the governments neither individual companies #can put price to the solidarity of the community of democratic States to change of the conclusion of an agreement, said Governments neither #would have the opportunity of *contraponer a thing to the #another. +Said application #would have to cover three important looks: follow-up of the situation of the human rights, the fulfillment of the human rights and the structures of the politics in matter of human rights. +#If the European Council takes #his proposal, from the point of sight of *Turquía *ello #would seat the base for a dialogue again type with the European Union, as *Ankara #can explain then with the perspective of a future adhesion. +There signals in two occasions that, at least regarding the problem *kurdo, do not observe perceivable progresses and, quote, that to the sight of the strengthening of the party *ultranacionalista *MHP -is the terminology that employs Commission- also considers and evaluates like doubtful the possibilities of future progresses. +Gentleman Commissioner, in fact also want *felicitarle -precisely because they have listened #some critical comments against the Commission- and congratulate especially also to his collaborators and collaborators, that find here and that have worked with big dedication in this question and have kept in moment a fine communication and a dialogue with the Parliament. +#All know that the problem of the reduction of the presence of harmful substances in the air acclimatise is very urgent, also from the point of sight of the climatic change. +The Commission #can accept this part of amendment 7 that #would add to the list of means to the that they #can resort the States members to inform to the public opinion on the quality of the air. +The European Parliament approved on 4 November of this year, in *segunda reading, the directive on information to consumers, and therefore the #can consider as approved in accordance with the principles of the common position; there #be not, in sum, reasons to argue this subject again. +Precisely, because of the regrettable taken that the ministers were so joined, so anxious to keep narrow relations far of scrutiny to #european level, now have this process that comes to introduce transparency and clarity and that definitely *infundirá confidence to the #european society. +The wood is the home of the biological diversity, an important cheat for carbon dioxide and, maybe, the main regulatory of the climate and of the water in the earth. +In opinion of experts #german, from the point of sight of the #german sylviculture, this directive will have permanent repercussions very negative for the exploitation of the forest nurseries. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, the Regulation (*CE) *nº 2201\/96 foresees helps to the transformative industry of tomato with the end to compensate the difference of costs of the matter prevails community with regard to the world-wide market. +This Parliament supported without objections the process of peace of *Irlanda of the North, and *yo also give the *enhorabuena, of heart, to the #irish village and to #all the citizens of the Realm Joined by his hit. +Gentleman President, finish saying that the boys of my generation, during 40 years, hear *machaconamente a speech that said that the best destination of the urns was to be destroyed and that it was necessary to substitute the dialectics of the words by the of the fists and guns. +*me had informed that the Commissioner was already engaged with a meeting of the central banks and that, to the *enterarse that this debate went to celebrate to hour, has preferred to opt for being today here, in the Parliament. +*cuarta: campaigns of information of intensity in increase until 2002, in particular for the most vulnerable groups, by means of a systematic action in the education system, of the *ONG and of the means of information in general, especially the television in main schedule, newscasts and sportive programs of big audience; +In this sense -already have debated it in the Commission of Subjects Economic but go back to make the offer-, am had to that *nos set up to see how resolve of form more efficient communication problems among #one and #others. +there was in the proposal of the Commission varied products of the that there #be community production and important community production, as it seems to be showing the study that, to instances of the Council and place that the figures of the Commission *carecían of justification, is. +A new segment of market in the field of the breeding of animals, that with an effective management guarantees a greater stability of the offer and of the planning, that fishing do not reaches never. +In second term, regarding the relative questions to the withdrawal and to the destruction, fixes a reference price, a price of orientation, and award compensations in case that the products of the fishing do not sell. +Likewise, the procurement of banks in coins and notes has to begin a lot before the month of January of 2002, and the procurement of the retail dealers and of the public administrations has to initiate at the beginning of the month of December of 2001. +The last meeting of the Council in the present year will be the Thursday and, #if the Assembly wishes it and gives compliance, *me #would enjoy to propose formally that instead of a debate, celebrate a vote on the report the Wednesday. +Owe *preocuparnos by the repercussions of said liberalisation in the main parameters of our models of development: fundamental rights of the workers, protection of the environment and of the health, cultural diversity, *multifuncionalidad of agriculture, quality of the environment. +The bilateral summit in the that *nos gather this week *nos will allow to verify #if it is a signal of flexibility or #if it treats so only of the repetition of the #american positions known in *pro of a round limited to access to the market. +And the *segunda to say that it #would be very useful -as it has said Mr. #James *Elles- a conjoint work with the States Joined to clear the positions of both parts and can like this facilitate a future understanding. +#If we take the example of the #european agriculture, #can not follow saying that it goes well, that is *multifuncional, that works of positive form, that from now defends to his consumers and to time keeps a selfish posture bear with the countries of the South. +It that *nos poses clearly a more difficult problem is that the States Joined have -as have- an environmental program less ambitious that the #ours, as, #if neither the countries in roads of development neither the Americans support program, *nos will result very difficult to take it advance. +#Some have said that Parliament has to be the first in receiving the material that produces the Court of Accounts, already was our annual report or the special reports that elaborate during #all the year. +But it true in this case is that the Court of Accounts has discovered to the responsible of leaks of the annual report to the press and has taken the timely measures. +Agree with *él regarding the need of our work to guarantee to the taxpayers that takes a good use of his money, and underline likewise, as it has taken the Mrs. go *der *Laan, the need that also the States members struggle against fraud. +The pluralism in culture and in the mood to contemplate the favourable world increasingly the reciprocal understanding and, like this, a greater knowledge on the #another and the exchange of information. +Gentleman President, to begin, wanted to hail to the Mrs. *Pack and to the delegation of the Parliament in the Conciliation Committee by the efforts that have devoted to guarantee the best agreement on the *segunda stage of the program *SOCRATES. +*Permítanme, *Señorías, that *les ask help so that together achieve to build bridges among the systems of education of our nations and among the #ours and the systems of other nations so that, in greater number that in the past, the youngsters #can cross these bridges and engage with the *Europa of knowledge. +The Commission has presented a proposal by the that move the recommendations of the *NEAFC to the community legislation, that by means of the simplification and the coherence incorporates #all experiences accumulated of the *NAFO and adapts to the previous position of the Parliament. +In spite of the reservations and the previously mentioned criticisms regarding the moment of the presentation of the proposal of the Commission, this important legislative piece has to be approved immediately by Parliament. +Memory that the Commissioner *Fischler declared during his audition in front of Fishing Commission on 30 August that proposed to cooperate closely with the Parliament and with the permanent committees of the Parliament in an active collaboration. +In the case of the Big Duchy of *Luxemburgo produced a delay in the nomination of candidates elect due to the fact that the elections to the European Parliament took place simultaneously with the elections to the Parliament *luxemburgués. +Therefore, gentleman President, east is bottom curtain of the report that tomorrow will be voted in the Plenary of the Parliament and to the that, like speaker, have presented two amendments that justify with it that have explained on the elections in *Luxemburgo and with the words that have pronounced. +Wanted to *recordarles, so much to the Commission as to the Council, a beautiful sentence of a jurist #german of the past century. #This said that the legislator has to think like a philosopher and talk like a peasant, simple and clearly and comprehensible for the persons. +But without forgetting that these modifications constitute an explanation in mood *ociosa -and has reason the Mr. *Rothley-, because a directive in any case #can affect to the international Right deprived neither to the rules of procedure. +#If to #this add an international dimension in the that the victims find in a foreign country, the problems #can multiply : languages and different procedures, inability to identify or locate to third, by not talking of formalities with the insurance companies. +Have to remember that this number is very small, *equivale to two daily trips for each country, and that the sum of #all attribution permissions automatic along the five years do not reaches at least the 7% of the total. +To *través of #the same the European Union establishes the forms and the terms for the progressive elimination of the substances that exhaust the coat of ozone and *le ensure that no *subestimo at all dangerousness of the current situation. +*Ello nevertheless, the report of Mrs. *Hulthén goes back to propose the amendments that were not approved shortening indiscriminately the calendar for the prohibitions of the production, the commercialisation and the use of the distinct substances. +In the actuality is indispensable labeling by two reasons, first because they do not know exactly the dangers for the public health that proceed of alimentary products produced from *OGM or his derivatives and consistently is reasonable to follow of wall his path in the market. +Of mood, invites to the Commission to that it prepare a proposal on a long-term basis that it integrate closely the politics for the sustainable development from the point of sight economic, social and ecological, the *cual will have to present to the European Council in June of the 2002. +Has been première in style, because it has been able, in a historical moment, loaded of signs, of face to the new #millenium, to aim a creative perspective for the European Union in front of the challenges to the that it confronts. +My Group, by mediation of this Assembly, will work together with other deputies and together with the Commission to try convince to the next Presidency #portuguese so that it was more ambitious in the reform, without thus leave to respect the calendar. +Have to expect that it have a village that *atreva to say no to the penultimate treaty before the Constitution and believes the broth of crop so that the unification and the centralism are substituted by the *Europa of the democracies and of the diversity. +Among the disappointments find again some important questions from sight point of the development of the internal market and of the system of taking of decisions of the Union. +Regarding the question of #if they will attend here the Ministers of Defence, neither #can answer negatively, but it is necessary to take into account that the Council of General Subjects commissions of these questions and, #if it is necessary, will take part in #the same the Ministers of Defence. +And *nosotros know that #that is the essential problem, because it is a problem related with the nature of the European Parliament, because no treats of a Parliament that work with the normal constitutional systems of our countries. +To our opinion, the best alternative is a road differentiated: cooperation in matter of security, development of the Union *Aduanera, permanent political dialogue, instead of *promulgar a statute of candidate to the adhesion that in last instance *carece of value and that will contribute rather to create problems that to his solution. +The decisions of *Helsinki are of a big transcendence for the future of the Union, specifically, the decisions on the strategy for enlargement, on the Conference *Intergubernamental and on the External Politics and of Common Security. +will fund new programs: in the agricultural sector, of help for infrastructures and in the fields of transport and the protection of the environment. #This will allow to pipe to the States candidates by the path of the approximation to the Union in important looks. +Said #this, *yo want to manifest my gratitude to the speakers, Gentlemen *Bourlanges, *Virrankoski and *Colom -although report do not debate today-, and especially also to the president and to the members of the Commission of Budgets by the intense work that have developed during the last months. +The budgetary games for Environment Commission refer in general to quantities very small, but *nos have allowed to initiate the preparatory investigation that *nos will help to formulate the question of the competition in matter of health according to the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +President Roman *Prodi has expressed the position of the Commission on the interpretation of the decisions of *Helsinki today in the morning here, in front of the Plenary, and to this statement remit regarding the position of the Commission. +Gentleman President, in the audition of Commissioner Mr. *Vitorino, *le said that had the joy to see that it was the only Commissioner that had concerned to talk of the education like *algo important to incorporate to the *tercer *pilar. +In opinion of the Commission, the Letter that will present to Bosses of State and of Government has to contribute an authentic value added and the better form of reach it is to centre in the resultant fundamental rights of the own Union. +#This do not involves that the rail transport do not have advantages in the long distances, since, with #all security, - and *eso also concerns a lot to the Mr. *Messner - the surroundings, the environment, suffers less damage. +The current committee of work has shown to be an important forum for the debate and for the exchange of information and experiences on the politics of quality among the States members and countries candidates. +Create -after an investigation carried out during 18 months by a newspaper of the Realm Joined, as a result of the investigation of the Commission- that time constrains and the car industry want to now find a solution for this question. +By a part, kept attitude too much *vacilante in relation with the formal statement of the Agreement *Interinstitucional and contracted international commitments of character *plurianual, but instead in a *primer moment manifested the intention to resolve only, like a *primer step, the problem of finance for the year 2000. +Therefore, *nos have pronounced in favour of a reasonable review of the financial perspectives for varied years, and the proposal of our general speaker, gentleman *Bourlanges, that asked review like this for the chapter 4, went in the correct direction. +Therefore, #would have to initiate serious negotiations in the budgetary look and the Council #can congratulate that the European Parliament was to the height of his responsibilities in relation with these budgetary subjects and also have *politizado in this look. +The *margen financial necessary for *ello #can establish in the frame of the decisions of the European Union, specifically conceding greater importance to the exhaustion of the maximum limit of the own resources in function of the inner product gross. +The sense of our rejection to vote the Report *Bourlanges is to time the to report the character limited and *irrisorio of the help considered, but also and especially report the politics of the western powers in the *Balcanes. +The Commission values the efforts made by the Parliament and in particular by the speaker and by the Budget Commission, and also the efforts that has made the #finnish Presidency of the Council. +#All the future challenges -the enlargement, the competitiveness in the international transactions, the level *persistentemente high of unemployment- are related with the financial subject. The Court of Accounts #can modify, besides, his committed in look. +Therefore, keeps in foot the call to the States members so that they also designate women for this task, as sure that among so much even in *Europa will have run the voice that women know of accounts; the value to signal the deficiencies have had it always. +The paper of the Court of Accounts consists in examining #all income and the costs to see #if the costs have been legal and normal and #if the financial management has been serious. +Finally, *me #would enjoy to ask to the representative of the European Commission, so much with regard to this last point mentioned as to the report in general, #if it goes to have really in account the recommendations formulated in the frame of this query, time approved by our Parliament. +In previous years, *me have seen forced to ascertain, to the equal that #many colleagues active in *Europa Oriental, that the utilisation of the bottoms of the EU in the frame of *TACIS no always was the most effective. +Gentleman *Valdivielso -expect that it treat of a misunderstanding because of an error of the translation-, *yo believe that the continuity of the project *TACIS in favour of the democracy is very important precisely in *Rusia and that it is precise to select with care the fields in the that sure enough it #would have to suspend the program *TACIS. +In *tercer place, in my opinion, help #would have to direct , in greater measure that until today -and am now, for example, in the granting of money, that has *carecido of a clear direction and of control during long time-, instead of to *Moscú, to the common citizen, to the most disadvantaged Russians. +And finish underlining that the *dictamen satisfied on this recommendation will allow to the European Community adhere fully to the Parallel Agreement and confirm leader position in the harmonisation and in the politics of enlargement of the markets. +Also *nosotros coincide with the Council in the sense to tend bridges to the countries in development. But tend bridges to the countries in development means two things: not trying trade with *ellos purchase-sale of quotas and no *recortar neither the bottoms of development and of help so that they #can take measures in the direction that *nosotros pose. +The question of the climatic changes and the corresponding apocalyptic visions are a forceful way, world-wide, to call the attention on the dangers of pollution. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, lady Speaker in exercise of the Council, *Señorías; *Kioto, certainly, is #one of the great challenges of the century *XXI. But the way to solve the problem of the climatic change #can be also very significant of civilisation of the future. +*Yo do not want to take part, by means of the approval of tax proposal community on the energy, in the implantation of a principle that limit the sovereignty of the States members in fiscal matter. +The behaviour of each #one of *nosotros, the consumers, has consequences in the climate, and the energetic tax, a tax on carbon dioxide, is a method so that the price convert in ecological label. +*Nos concerns can express our opinion *cuando believe that they are measures that loom the continuity of the State of right; and #would not be faithful to the promises that have taken to the population of *Macao and *Hong *Kong, #would not be loyal to our values, #if no protest *cuando *nos seem that said values see loomed. +#Can accept in principle the *segunda splits of the amendment 12, on condition that the term fix in 30 June 2002, and the amendment 15, on condition that the date for prohibition of the use of *hidroclorofluorocarburos virgin fix in 2008 and that the prohibition of the use *hidroclorofluorocarburos recycled fix in 2010. +Report (To5-0092\/1999) of the Mr. *Busk, in name of Fishing Commission, on the proposal of Regulation (*CE) of the Council by the that they establish measured of applicable control in the zone of the Agreement on the future cooperation *multilateral in the *caladeros of the Atlantic northeastern (*COM(1999) 345 - *C5-0201\/1999 - 1999\/0138(*CNS)) +The European Union has to represent an engine paper in the future discussions. In effect, as it has seen very well, the European Union has known to impose like an indispensable intermediary among the States Joined and the *PVD. +The competent commission has to appoint a speaker, the speaker has to elaborate a report, and the modification, #if it accepts, has to be approved by a qualified majority of our Assembly, majority that comprises more of the half of members. +Even here in the European Parliament has said that exists the general goal of boosting the equality of opportunities for men and women in #all the political programs and in #all the political sectors. +#can make, besides, an exhaustive balance of the means that *Europa, as #such, endows from takes varied decades to build sex equality, especially in matter of compatibility among the familiar and professional life, #as well as to combat the maltreatments that suffer the women? +But, nevertheless, want to underline, as they already have taken it #some orators, that the fulfillment of the commitments of the platform of *Beijing forces mainly to the states members, forces mainly to the governments. The horizontal strategy of the European Union finds in flat second. +Last night, as I create, the Council of Agriculture no only adopted a position on the resolution of the Report *Papayannakis, that results *algo precipitated, but that besides, create, modified the juridical foundation of the text on the that Mr. *Papayannakis elaborated his report. +The effects of *Seatlle also have weighed in this decision, by the fact of *privilegiar the principle of caution and prevail the health of citizens before that the rules of the market. +The Council urged to the Commission to that it delivered a special report on the measures that have applied lately and on the that are to reduce delays and the jams in the aerial traffic European. +#All the parts #would have to collaborate in a #inspired environment in the confidence and abstain to undertake actions that #can put in danger a solution of the problem of the *Sáhara Western based in the respect of the human rights and of democracy. +Besides, the #finnish Presidency took a statement on 21 June 1999, in the *cual reiterated the support of the EU to peace plan of the UN and to the actions related with #the same. +Besides, the efficiency of the work of the Council #would see affected notably, #if meetings of the Council left to celebrate during a week to the month and, therefore, it was necessary *insertarlas even more tightly in the remaining weeks. +Eight hours, as aptly it has said the Speaker in exercise of Council, #would have to be the maximum limit allowed in #all the European Union for the transport of animals alive. +But go to create a frame of practices legitimate; try to fix rules for a healthy competition, of mood that each, in accordance with his possibilities and his faculties, #can advance to the future with the best perspective. +do not believe that the amendment *nº 18, relative to the obligation of debtors to deliver a letter of change in the case of long periods of contractual payment have possibility to be accepted by the Council. +But in name of the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development wanted to that *nos cleared -as it is not present the Council #would appreciate that it took it Commissioner *Byrne before initiating the debate- how have to interpret the statements and the conclusions of the Council that have in front. +5) The Council has examined a work document prepared by the services of the Commission to the *respecto -14015\/99- and has taken note of the existence of a big majority in favour of the bottom of the text; +*Les call attention, to be precise, on the fact that the optional diet of each country, or of some countries, do not converts like this without more in the compulsory general diet of #all the Union. +Is a state of things absolutely scandalous that are here seated in a parliamentary Assembly with the ninety percent of his empty seats, a week before Christmas, examining regulation that nobody knows how and when will go in in vigour, with a Council that *nos is with contempt. +Regrettable only has taken in #one #few countries, whereas in other countries is *muchísimo set up this decision. In these countries not even has begun to build labeling system. +Likewise are the behaviour of the Council and the behaviour and the posture of the Commission. For the labeling of the meat of *vacuno the Commission *nos has presented two proposals. +Is regrettable that the debates on these so complex and important questions have had to celebrate in the frame of an urgent decision with term almost impossible to fulfil. +Obviously, the use of *BST #can cause a change of habits of the consumers. In this way, the existent disequilibrium in the sectors of the milk and the dairy products and the meat of *vacuno #would finish aggravating even more. +In this sense follow entrusting in the support of *Europa, support that go directed to the preparation of the *timorenses, with the exact understanding of the universal values, not to betray, in last instance, the suffering of our village. +In this prize see the recognition of the European Parliament to the value of my village when struggling by a free homeland in the that the of thought was guaranteed like right inherent to the human condition. +#would Wish to give the thanks to Mrs. Speaker in exercise of the Council by this so clear statement, and also #would want to signal in this sense that, to the *hacerla in advance, east is the only moment, during #all the budgetary procedure, that the Council has reached no only get to time, but even before. +No to the Commission, undoubtedly, #such as it showed it in *Seattle, neither to the Council, that in *segunda reading takes a cut *funesto of 450 millions of euros in the compulsory costs, neither -alas- to this Parliament, that, by means of speaker, pretends to question the existence of the compulsory costs. +The simple fact, gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, that *me direct to *ustedes in #german tongue shows that the fixed price of the book no constitutes a problem of field exclusively national, but a subject of type *transfronteriza that affects also to diverse linguistic islands, in addition to to *Alemania and to *Austria. +In his proposal of resolution, my Group underlines that the books are first of all cultural sakes, and do not have to, as, subject to the norms of competition of form that the rest of the commodities. +Already indicated that, regarding the specific case *alemano-#austrian that it is object of procedure, alas, #can not go in in details; without embargo, *les #can guarantee that during the first three months of my mandate *me have employed in depth in *reunirme with the parts and in looking for possibilities of a positive solution. +Remain here equally comprised the elimination of the corruption, the solution of the social problems linked to the economic crisis #asian and the need of *relanzar the national economy, seriously *quebrantada. +In this moment, two citizens of the EU expect the execution of death pity: a Spanish in the *Yemen and an Italian in the #EE.UU. This last, the Mr. *Barnabei, will be executed in the year 2000. +has imposed a wild social code, based in the intimidation, humiliation and the *coacción of a feminine population that has been simply undressed of #all his fundamental human rights. +#can not *asociarnos to protest against the conditions of arrest of the political prisoners in *Djibouti but affirming clearly that, #if well the *carceleros are in that country, the true responsible find in #some of the official palaces of the French Republic. +In the last months, has carried out by part of the Government a systematic weakening of the *Contraloría General, weakening process culminated in a pact that celebrated the Government with an ancient party of the Government. +As we already have heard, in this moment do not have to *preocuparnos by the health of the gentleman *Jarquín, but will observe with attention that receives a suitable deal, and *nos concern especially the informations according to the *cual family in particular his daughter has been assaulted physically. +But it that it is absolutely unquestionable for any impartial observer is that here it that has wanted to take is to avert precisely the investigation of corruption with the collusion, besides, of the *sandinistas and to remove of in half to the one who went to be the boss of the opposition in the Republic of *Nicaragua. +*Permítanme that on the subject of the women in *Kuwait say in brief that the Commission, to the equal that deputies to the European Parliament, is very disappointed by the result of the votes of 30 November in said country. +The Commission has followed with big worry the course of events that have conducted to the arrest and imprisonment of the *Contralor General of *Nicaragua, the gentleman *Jarquín. *Nos have joined to the initiative to east concerning the *troica of the European Union, of 18 November. +Besides, the States members of the Union and the European Commission have adopted and supported a series of additional initiatives for the promotion of the ratification of the statute. +So much in the plane of the private sakes and of the public sakes in matter of dramas and heavy infrastructures as in the plane of the economic instrument, needs are enormous: of the order of six *millardos of frank French, as it has remembered. +Already know that from takes years no longer exists a budgetary line in the budgets of the European Community allocated to confront the natural catastrophes that produce in the countries of the Union. +Are in accordance with the procedure, although it is true that #would have been much better #if we had had the opportunity of *debatirlas in commission and, as it said at the beginning of the week, *ello #would have constituted an optimum opportunity to argue the subject. +Therefore, has to be *prioritario for the institutions put the means so that these data are increasingly complete, more reliable and faster, by it that the agricultural statistics have to be increasingly flexible, more harmonic, more merged with the #others statistical fields with possibility of incorporating new sources. +This file has a history and, in reality, today, it that *les propose is to conclude a file that opened in 1991 on loan of 1 *millardo 200 millions of euros to the new independent States, in the moment of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. +*Tayikistán is sure enough the poorest country of the new independent States, that has to stabilise totally, since a bit to the equal that *Chechenia and by other reasons, is a country that #can put in danger to #all region, mainly by his strategic position regarding *Kazajstán and to *Uzbekistán that they are countries very rich. +The reasons are the following: the financial contribution of the community will continue being high in a region #whose stability has worsened, so much by the financial crisis #russian as by the current situation in the north of the *Cáucaso. +Gentleman President, ignore #if it treats of a technical correction but finish to discover that I do not appear among the deputies *luxemburgueses in the Record of the Wednesday, relative to the report of Mrs. Palace *Vallelersundi on the verification of powers. +The article 158 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, that constitutes the base of the politics of cohesion, has suffered an erroneous translation in #any of tongues official of the Union. +The EU goes to pose also in the future to the #sudanese Government questions of human rights with the purpose of reaching of said Government a change of attitude also regarding the slavery. +The EU is of the opinion that the dialogue among the Indian and *Pakistán is the key for the solution of the conflict of Cashmere, that taxes especially the relations among countries. +do not go to tackle here, with #all depth that #would deserve the case, the problem of *Gibraltar, that is a colony of a Been member inside another Been member partner of the European Union, which is an anachronism in the threshold of the century *XXI. +Gentleman President, the resolution on the improvement of the institutions without modifying the Treaties constitutes #one of elements contributed by the Parliament to instrument the European Union for the future. +Like this things, the mental reservations, the distrusts and the tendency to enclose #can increase, in place to diminish, and *influenciar the conflicts among the parties and the political representatives creating some *disgregación and *algo of insecurity. +Have treated to work like speaker in this sense and, to said end, *me were very useful the works of the Commission of Subjects External, Security and Political of Defence, #as well as the amendments presented. +By it that refers to the particular case of Malt, *me *congratulo of the recommendation of the Commission according to the *cual the critical examination of the #maltese legislation #would have to begin immediately, so that negotiations with this country #can initiate before the end of this year. +Only #can reach some progresses limited in relation to the process of adaptation general and to the execution of priorities in the short term relative to the collaboration for the integration. +Regarding *Hungría #can be very brief: Important progresses in #some areas, especially thanks to the approval of a package of reforms general for the administration of justice, #as well as to the conclusion of the structural economic reforms. +Without embargo, in #some areas, like the of the protection of the environment, the process of legislative harmonisation is rather slowly, and also the planning of the regional development finds still in his initial stage. +Likewise, goes recognising increasingly the risk that the agreements, #if well companies fulfil with the juridical conditions to be able to receive to the exemption by category, in the practical finish *surtiendo effects of *falseamiento of the competition #if they sign among companies with a strong position in the market. +In *tercer place, have a question on the period of transition for the agreements in course; *me ask #if agreements signed under the current diet will be able to execute entirely under this current diet or #if *les will apply the new diet, in #whose case pray that it indicate from when. +. Gentleman President, *Señorías, in the first place, want to congratulate to Defender of the Village and to his services by the transparency and rapidity with that have *rendido explain on his activities, no only in front of this Parliament and the Commission of Requests, but directly to the citizens and associations of the States members. +The right of request #can exert it #all the residents of the European Union -and no only the citizens of the Union- #as well as organisations based in the European Union. +*Yo *me incorporated to Parliament in March of this same year and from then have not left to be member of said commission. *Ello *me has allowed to observe of wall until how point the Mr. *Newman has encouraged by the well of the citizens. +Is, without embargo, it that *sucede in this case. Of the annual report of the Defender of Village #european for 1998 gives off that his institution appears among the most operative and the most efficient of the European Union. +#There is a deep international ignorance about the right of family and about it that *sucede #if marriage undoes and the boys have to go to live to a country that is not the of his usual residence. +Wanted to propose to the Plenary that, given the hour, immediately after the report of Mr. *Valverde, advanced in the vote on *Kosovo, to express the position of the Parliament on this so important subject. +The deputies to the European Parliament of the *PASOK represent a country that suffers directly the consequences of the war and that, from the *primer moment, has loaned help in the drama of the *albanokosovares that have seen forced to abandon homes. +A safe public opinion that only there will be attacks of rockets and by aviation -but no participation of military strengths of fight that #can have drops in the terrain- #can support by *algún time the bombardments, in name of the conviction of the unfair and abominable diet of *Milosevic and of barbarism against the #Kosovar. +Have wanted that it reigned the right in the international society and today consent, of the way more *humillante, abuse of North American authority, without that it mediate any mandate of the UN. +has wanted to invent the principle of the selective humanitarian interference, because it punishes to *Milosevic by the ethnic cleansing, but ignores the problem *kurdo in *Turquía and opens *inquietantes stages for the hot zones of *Europa: *Córcega, *Irlanda and the Basque Country in *España. +The intervention in the war, under the control of NATO, do not translates, as, an absence of politics #european, but an erroneous #european politics. +This political error inscribes inside a logic that traces back to the option that the following day to the fall of the Wall of *Berlín effected #all generation of leaders and of #european managers. +For example, the amount of the *gravámenes on the vehicles #can vary in 3.000 euros to the year, exist nine distinct varieties of rates for the transports by railway and grade of coverage of the costs #can oscillate among a 0 and a 100 %. +Am convinced that in this community normative stage the approach differentiated will be more effective and besides will respect totally the legitimate papers of the normative sectors of transport in other political planes. +#All know that this sphere, the question of the rates by the use of roads, of lines *férreas, of aerial lines or of maritime lines, is *plagada of obstacles and that the progress, especially in the political plane, #can be of slowness *penosa. +Besides, the Council has not accessed to the request of the Parliament to foresee fiscal advantages with idea to boost moods of alternative transport. +Is known that credit entities traditional are, already of by yes, authorised to issue electronic money, in application of the group of the banking directives, and by this new service #can cost of the #european passport. +Also is possible that logic base, simply, in the easy #obtaining of benefits, in place to take into account the character of service of general interest that #would have to have the banks, for #all a series of consumers. +Create, as, that gather the conditions to continue the work, and #if *me allows to express a personal wish, #this consists in that the Mr. *Prodi integrate to Mr. *Monti in his new squad; *ello #would not take more that benefit so much to the Commission as to the Parliament. +Without embargo, is not possible to create by law area financial only to the by minor in that the basic banking transactions are economic and effective, #such as it occurs in the national systems, although the frame of performance shows how #can carry forward this process. +#This *nos forces to reiterate that, regarding the transport system, the election *prioritaria of the European Union has to be the to move big part of the heavy traffic of the road to the railway. +In particular, after the closing of the tunnel, are reservation cancellations *hoteleras in the Valley of *Aosta. Therefore, exists also an economic look, related with the tourism, extremely important for this region, that will have to be taken in account. +In it that to the consequences of the closing of the tunnel of the *Mont *Blanc refers, the Commission will employ #all means inside the field of his limited competitions to procure that the development of the traffic do not see seriously altered. +The truth is that *Birmania possesses supports very important, in particular -and regret the absence of our Commissioner *Brittan- *Birmania is firmly supported by Chinese, so much in the economic plane as in the soldier, and *eso is it that *le allows to follow repressing and preventing any type of democratic development. +Is true that the Mr. Go of *Broek, that do not has attributions in the field of Competition Politics, #can not but read *aquello that the services of the Commission, is to say, the services of the Mr. Go *Miert, *le had noted. +After debating a report of speaker on the politics of the European Union in May of 1998, approve a resolution on the improvement of the operation of the #european institutions. +The actuality *nos remembers each day lagoons political of the #european construction and the inability of the Union to face up by himself\/hisself same to the majority of the great challenges that *le present. +Expect that the government occupy that the campaign of information programmed was plural of form that inform so much on the advantages as on the problems of the adhesion and that this information was available freely for #all the citizens of Malt. +The cooperation is likewise #one of the master keys that characterise the relations among Request Commission of the European Parliament and the Defender of the #european Village. +Without embargo, the speaker goes too much far when demanding that it also include in the system of *tarificación transport deprived no commercial in car, in name of a just cast of the costs among #all the users of the infrastructure of the roads. +In this context #would have been interesting that the Commission *nos had specified how much collect the States of the EU in concept of taxes on vehicles, imposed of consumption on the petrol, the diesel, etc., and how proportion of the taxes collected invests afterwards in infrastructure and works of repair. +Equally agree with Mrs. speaker in asking to the Commission that define the priorities on the plans selected, to end to use with the greater possible efficiency the available resources. +The Commission appreciates also the important paper that the European Parliament exerts when including the fight against violence in the program of work of the European Union. +The competition in matter of juridical protection of consumers has to attribute , to end to guarantee the internal coherence of the text approved, to the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Inner Market. +Of here that it consider very grave decision that takes *usted, gentleman President, very grave in the current context -although this was not so grave- and very grave also for the future of this Parliament and for the future of the democracy in *Europa. +Was as it went, our Group has presented knowingly an amendment so as to embezzle the juridical protection of consumers to the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens. +Gentleman President, have two functions: in the first place, like original author of the document directed to change the structures of the commissions and, second, like president of the commission commissioned in this moment of politics relative to the consumers. +In this end of the century *XX, the violence in #all forms exerted against the boys, the teenagers and the women has gone taking an increasingly worrisome look. +Thus it is indispensable that action program community #can inscribe in a general context that at the same time keep a strong social security and allow an economic growth that generate put of durable work. +But the statistics do not reflect to #that that by the retirement anticipated or other measures do not appear in unemployment statistics, is to say, that the unemployment of the persons of age is, in reality, higher. +*Señorías, now, in name of the Confederal Group of the European Unitary Left\/Nordic Green Left, and, by the maximum time of six minutes, go to give the word to Mrs. *Ilivitzky. +#This has to so much to the lower level *salarial of women -that the women suffer, therefore, by double game- as to the fact that the professional careers of the women are shorter and discontinuous owing to the tasks of assistance. +*Me allow to remember that this situation is resulted of granting taken to States Joined, in the moment to sign the Treaty of Blunt, of a right to the import of soya to the Community with a type #zero. +The Commission always has protected in that the reduction of the prices *redunda in benefit of the competitiveness of the EU. Suppose, as, that #can conclude that this reasoning also applies to the sector of starch. +Equally wanted to express my gratitude to the Secretariat of commission, that has taken always an excellent work so that our regulation was to the height of the needs of the parliamentary work. +Lamentably, #this has not been always the case and to the concrete reason finish to allude on purpose now the President of the Commission of Regulation, #Ben *Fayot, #as well as our colleague, Mr. *Corbett. +Our colleague, Mr. *Corbett, has alluded to that in this Parliament existed an opinion to take of this contractual text, relatively clear, *algo different of it that appeared and figure in the text of the Treaty. +Regarding the positive looks, wanted to underline that we have not taken a modification *ad *hoc limited to frame of the exercise of 1996 but that have reached a valid reform for the coming years. +Is precise to vote institutional reforms oriented to the promotion of a dynamic competition and of the flexibility together with the requirement of maintenance, but also of the modernisation and of the systems of the social security. +In the last months have had from time to time strong debates on #if we #would have to choose among having an expansionary politics as it wanted the Group *Socialdemócrata following the example of Mr. *Lafontaine or #if by the contrary #would have to follow the rules that have agreed. +Consider urgently necessary that keep the three more important points, in concrete, the pact for stability and the employment, a politics *salarial oriented to the productivity and the need to make structural reforms. +In these conditions, as, have to avert #all potential division in the interior of the Union and *esforzarnos so that the adhesion to the Economic and Monetary Union of #all countries members was a reality it before possible. +Definitely, #this #would not be possible #if #all the participants in this project -the Council, the Parliament and also, after #some initial vacillations, Commission- had not collaborated with a very constructive spirit. +Wanted to stand out especially the constructive paper of the Commissioners #Anita *Gradin, *Karel go *Miert and #Mario *Monti, but wanted to *elogiar also on purpose to the Presidency of the Council, to speaker, the Mr. *Bösch, #as well as to the secretariats of the three institutions by the enormous work that have made. +In the analysis of the Annual Report of 1997 of the European Court of Accounts Council has had also in account #all the 25 specific reports that have presented in the course of the year 1998. +During the process of approval of management and to the light of the report of the Court of Accounts, formulate a series of questions very *inquisitivas to the Commission. +Expect that, *cuando the Commission attend again in front of the Parliament, accept and use like plan of work these questions formulated in the document of work, in particular on the politics in matter of staff, on Assistance Offices Technical and #Leonardo and the form as they manage *PHARE and *TACIS. +Of course, have worked a bit with an amicable pressure, especially, by part of the Presidency of the Council and of our Assembly, so that the Commission comprise of a time that #can not deny, without more, things that are on the table. +treats of a document of work excellent and, of course, *yo personally share the philosophy of the approach, that is a clear philosophy and that, to time, specifies the essential points. +*Nos seems important that citizens #european do not have the impression of that the Community is conditioned in his capacity of adoption of decisions like consequence of the entrance in vigour of the new Treaty or of the parliamentary election. +The attention to the elderly, the work for handicapped persons and projects of environment, #etcetera, to the equal that Mrs. *Thyssen neither want to take any election and leave freedom to the States members so that they choose among the possibilities that offers the proposal and so that they watch it that better *les avenges with his needs and possibilities. +Finally, have to underline that #if, as I boast, #all *nosotros wish the fast adoption of this proposal by the Council, so as to fulfil the terms signalled by Mrs. *Thyssen, is to say, the entrance in vigour on 1 January 2000, #can not admit the amendments. +Therefore, in some measure -appear #if it was not like this- #can share his aspirations that are the #mine, in assessment of political realism in a matter that affects to the employment and in that the urgency is maximum. +In the point 8, «Presentation of documents», in the *subpunto *ab) mentions the project of decision of the relative European Parliament to the Statute of Deputies to the European Parliament and to continuation appears a reference «*C». +Is truth that is a subject linked to the Diary 2000, but do not find any reason that endorse the urgency asked by the Council, since the disposal has to go in in vigour during the year 2000 and, in consequence, #there is sufficient time so that the new Parliament #can *examinarla. +The Treaty already has gone in in vigour and his first consequence is a greater participation of the future President of the Commission and of the European Parliament in the nomination of the Commission. +Wanted to underline also that expect that it have a political balance, is to say, a balance of conceptions and political opinions and also some balance that reflect the paper of the main political strengths in this Parliament. +Finally, expect truly that in case that it assume *usted power, in any case work urgently in favour of a #balkan initiative and also review the calendar of the politics of enlargement to the light of the current events. +Is interesting because it is socialist and because it is #french. Interesting because it is socialist and affirms that the problem of employment will be able to confront only #if it guarantees, especially, a goal of growth and establishes in a 3 %; interesting because it is #french and affirms the need to begin to consider to the Council of the euro integrated by 11 members as *primer test of economic government European. +In consequence, challenged by an international crisis that goes back to put in cloth of trial the certainty of the end of the *II World-wide War, #this is, that war was impossible in *Europa, have to *dotarnos of new political programs and necessarily ambitious, #if we want really go back to find this soul of *Europa that *usted so much mentions. +require new approaches, under the form of a participation reinforced of the States members; subsidiariness also in the execution of the #european tasks discharge of work to *Bruselas and reinforces the consciousness of the *corresponsabilidad of #all, a consciousness that up to now has not existed. +speech, nevertheless, #can not take it with *cerrazón, #can not it take with a continent that puts his own limits, although it has converted in greater: have to take it accepting the challenge that, in this case, is also a responsibility. +will Happen to form part of the history of his village like the destroyer of Serbian and is not taking more that repeat the experience that already lived before #others that placed in front the big «adjective» to the name of nation. +Also has seen that the idea that NATO #can constitute an alternative to the Nations Joined -although it only went for a region circumscribed, but that extends much more there of *Europa- has shown to be an erroneous conclusion; *yo always went of #that seem. +#Everything *eso means an enormous and costly effort, in addition to the military borne by our States members to contribute the thousands of millions of euros that will need to fund #all measures of the international community. +Therefore, take advantage of this opportunity, in name of the Commission, to ask to the Parliament and to the Council that facilitate to the Commission in moment the instruments and necessary bottoms to take our contribution to #that *tremendo imperative that we will have to confront together. +Have written #one and another time to the competent persons, is to say, to the President of the European Parliament, to the President of the Commission, to the NATO and to Mr. #Clinton. +In similar conditions, the only military victory possible runs the big risk to be a victory *pírrica, far of the conditions of a just and durable peace, that is it that ask in moments. +A war that scheduled to win in two days but that after five weeks has not waned. war initiated to save to persons of the ethnic cleansing and that has given like result a million of refugees. +The countries of the Union have to be had to support a Plan #Marshall for the region of the *Balcanes to reconstruct the cities destroyed and also to counter the hate that, of mood, goes to remain during generations like broth of crop for new conflicts. +Of mood, do not create absolutely neither by an instant, treating of a so gross character as *Milosevic, that was sensitive to a measure like the unilateral cessation of our attacks to begin to negotiate. +In the twelve last months there #be had the establishment of the euro and deserve an external politics that was to the height of perspectives created in the rest of the world by our monetary union. +Although it result painful, there #be not another explanation for a Union #willing to argue a war no by oil, no for achieving can, but for *oponerse to the perversion of the ethnic purification in the heart of *Europa. +Forget, by our account and risk, that *Constantinopla was, during centuries, the first capital #european of culture, *cuando our ancestors of the Council of Ministers current were in the ruins of a past glory. +Have sinned, in senses, by *complacencia: often say that the justification of the European Union is the to rid of the wars inside the borders of *Europa and forget it that is *sucediendo just in front of the borders of *Europa and our responsibility to the *respecto. +This circumstance demands a diversification in the interior of the Union, the *cual #would owe to his time centre around a union among States, confederation, in place of a union of States, a federation. +Gentleman President, in the meeting of the Conference of Presidents of this afternoon get to an agreement to treat to organise the vote so that it was a clear vote that show #who is in favour of putting order and #who no. +For example, the subject of the *inelegibilidad and of incompatibility, the limitation of the number of mandates, the reduction of the number of deputies, the *superación effective of the conflicts of interests. +Budget Commission thinks, and *yo share this opinion, that the goal of not using more of the 20 % of the total game of administrative costs for the Parliament, a goal that certainly are fulfilling from takes years, has to fulfil without fail. +Is to appreciate that the administration *nos have ensured that it will be able to fulfil #all the additional tasks that arise after going in in vigour the Treaty of *Amsterdam, #as well as the that originate to cause the preparation of enlargement, with the current personnel. +By this reason, budget Commission has supported fundamentally the new politics of personnel, #whose central point is the promotion according to the criterion of the merits achieved during years, it that will have like consequence that a promotion make after some five years respectively. +Believe that a Parliament that want to fulfil with the tasks to the that is exposed from the Treaty of *Amsterdam, has to have of a structure of personnel, also on a structure of collaborators personal, that *le make possible to make these tasks in whole. +Therefore it #would recommend to the new Parliament, to go back to occupy of this point, because *nos have detained two years for having fulfilled tasks, and also *nosotros will have to go back to treat this point, #if we want to make a good work. +With the approval of the preliminary draft of general budget for the exercise 2000, the Commission has initiated the budgetary procedure for the budgetary authority. +In my opinion the common position of the Council, independently of it defective that it was by the no participation of the Commission, finds in Transport Commission, as it has explained it the President, and #this do not gathers this week. +#If we want *encaminarnos to an inner market that work *óptimamente, #all consumers #would have to have the right to be able to enjoy of a big level of protection, the same in #all the States members #where buy, to *través of the extremely fast field of the new media, #such like Internet and email. +Certainly agree with #some of the amendments presented by the speaker, included the need to establish a term of seven days skillful so that the provider return the money received of the consumer. +The Commission #can accept the principle established in the amendment 21 to offer to consumers before the celebration of the hire additional information or *resumida like a protection of the complete contractual conditions. +#If consumer mounts a product *él same and produces a defect owing to a failure in the instruction of setting allocated to the customer, this failure drops under the right of guarantee. +Without embargo, the own speaker of opinion -that do not know #if it is here- recognises that these administrative costs #can have to to the paper that play the experts, to the connection with the network, to the analyses, to training. +Seen that there are not deputies that take part in the debate, the Presidency wanted to *felicitarla by his report and comment that the fault of interest probably have to more to the consensus that arouses that to discrepancy with the subject. +Was the Parliament the that, even before the Treaty went in in vigour, put on the table of the Council a very complete text in the that, with the maximum transparency, included #all the looks of situation, even #that in the that it always has been #ours competition decide. +In his quality of President of this Assembly, has loaned hearings of a new and innovative way to the novel deputies, *algo that has been received with big satisfaction and has been respected by deputies. +In the months that have had the privilege to direct to my Group, #can confirm the courtesy that *usted has shown with person -of it that today give faith here- and confirm also the extraordinary opening with the that makes his work. +The Council has agreed the past week begin with the preparation of a stability pact for the *sureste of *Europa, an initiative that meanwhile is hailed openly by the whole of the international community. +Already the Bosses of State and of Government have wanted to designate to a President of the Commission more political, commissioned to explode #all the federalistic possibilities that offers the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Gentleman President in exercise of the Council, believe that so much in the intervention of President *Santer -that has been a splendid intervention and want to *felicitarle thus- as in the of the rest of the colleagues of this Parliament goes to find *usted a rare unanimity. +Like help to the *preadhesión have put to disposal roughly 22.000 millions of euros for the approach #as well as other 58.000 millions of euros for costs conditioned by enlargement, is to say, that in the period of finance has of 80.000 millions of euros for the enlargement but that only #can spend #if really it carries out the enlargement. +#If *me allow that it make a personal observation - probably is my last intervention in front of the European Parliament- is interesting to see that a Diary like Diary 2000 is of course a conflict of distribution among the States members. +is not that the argue, is not that it deny to the Mr. *Prodi consciousness freedom, but, because I am linked to the laicism, *garante precisely of this fundamental freedom everywhere and for #all, expect of a President of the Commission that watch thus, and have #some doubts on the matter. +For the future, turns to «strength #american, in the wide sense of the term, [$^that$^]#\ expresses symbolically by means of the media; considers, sure enough, by #some able to constitute the unitary reference for *Europa in research of his soul. +Have to ascertain that the rules of the international trade that applies the *OMC and that *nos prevent to use on purpose the principle of caution, have seen ratified in the agreements of the Round *Uruguay by the own Europeans, *extraviados *ellos same by bad advisers, like the Commission, too much *influenciada definitely by foreign interests. +Is precise to break with the way as it is thought in the actuality the liberalisation of exchanges, without social and environmental rules, and is precise to counter the political hegemony, economic and monetary of States Joined, that finishes imposing the interest of the #american companies like a *pseudo general interest. +The hypocrisy of the European Council remains perfectly patent by the fact that it will be necessary to decide on at all less that 250 millions of euros for *Kosovo in the term of two weeks, it that supposes utilisation of more of the three *quintas split of the total base for seven years. +In the reading of the regulations that will approve tomorrow, seems that the cause of the insular regions will not have known significant advance with occasion of reform of the Structural Bottoms. +This financial frame of half term neither gives answer to questions so stood out like the realisation of the euro and, in particular, the possible asymmetric crashes or the predictable results of the next negotiations in the field of the *OMC. +Always has been entirely opened in moment to keep conversations and debates, always comprehensible, always kind with the members of the Commission of Politics Regional of the Parliament. +The Commission, in his report *trienal on the cohesion, has considered this situation like #one of the fundamental causes that mark the delay of these regions and condition takeoff definite. +The that for both parts exist feasible commitments owes alone and exclusively to *nosotros, as *nos have directed to *ustedes openly with proposals of commitment to prevent that his *terquedad *nos carried to the Committee of Conciliation, as #this #would have meant the *paralización of projects, since then the money #would not have come to time of *Bruselas. +Solidarity inside the European Union and with the States of *preadhesión, employment concentrated of credits, creation of places of work, reduction of bureaucracy and preparation for the enlargement eastwards, #this have been from the principle the goals of the reform of the structural Bottoms. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, the new Regulation for the politics of promotion and development of the rural areas is definitely a big step in the reform of the Common Agricultural Politics. +is not still an authentic tree, but #if the Commission and the Council occupy with intensity of this youngster *arbolito, will result a strong tree and with hit for the politics in the rural areas. +Gentleman President, goal of my report is the to endow to the European Union of the financial and budgetary frame adapted to confront the challenges of the next years. +Knowing these commitments, *nos will prepare of the corresponding mood for the new negotiations of the *OMC and the enlargement negotiations and will have it besides in account in the execution of the regulation of market during the next years. +In it *tocante to the date of payment of the 31-10, am had to examine this question, #if well with the limitation that no has to produce thus a postponement of the budgetary exercise for the compulsory costs. +Consider the work like economic opportunity, and to time like realisation of #one same means to study more and better along #all the life, means to struggle against the material and current inequalities that affect to the possibility that #all person has to plan freely his future. +But, on the other hand, neither #can accept a protectionist road like the strategy with the that were ruin and in the that were the responsibilities that have in front of the world, in particular with the less developed zones. +How measured thinks to adopt the Council to avert the repetition of this type of actions and to guarantee the freedom of circulation of citizens in the EU? +*Me #would enjoy *darle the graces by his answer, without embargo, do not understand why leave to a side the disposals of the regulation of personal as no exists at all that it prevent that in the integration respect the valid norms in the Council. +The concrete question of how goes to take to reduce of *algún mood damages *ocasionados and, possibly, to pose juridical claims by part of the European Union, is a question that has to direct to the Commission and no to the Council. +The Resolution 687 of the Security Council of the Nations Joined urged to *Iraq to cooperate with the International Committee of the #Red Cross with regard to the release of these prisoners. +In it *tocante to his wider question on the global stability of the region, the 26\/27-4-1999 the Council got to the conclusion to begin with the *preparativos for a stability pact for the *Sureste of *Europa. +But equally is true that, also jointly, #can not deny the fact that a big group of the society, persons in a position of disadvantage, among *ellas the women and minorities, need an additional attention. +The agricultural model European do not know exactly #which is neither nobody knows it, but, in any case, pretend to defend this model, a model that keep to agriculturalist in the earth and the less uninhabited earth. +Gentleman President, lady Commissioner, *Señorías, frame financial decided in *Berlín is totally unsuitable and insufficient to give answer to the needs and to the goals of the cohesion, that #would have to orient the #european construction and his current and future ambitions. +Expect that we leave clear to #everyone and in moment that have carried out the #granting that expected of *nosotros in the negotiations in the World-wide Organisation of Trade and that do not contemplates neither an alone granting more to the #european agriculturalists until they have passed these seven years. +This process has finished well, has had a happy epilogue for the countries of cohesion and for the poorest regions, #where concentrate, in fact, from now, the structural helps. +Has finished well, #can not by less of say it, for my country, that goes to receive with charge to the structural helps average annual lightly upper to the annual average of the period 1994 to 1999. +The nuclear security is a very important, but in the process of adhesion #can not force like this without more to the closing of head offices nuclear, neither *presionar of way to the countries. +My Group, the *PPE, #can not more that ascertain the result of the Summit of *Berlín that, #if well it represents a considerable improvement in relation with the original proposal of the Commission, remains short #if we take into account the needs of producers. +In *tercer place, #if it produced the blockade to a measure and, afterwards, remitted again to the legislative authority, this return affected only to the Council, no jointly to the Council and to Parliament, even #if these two institutions conform jointly the legislative authority. +Really there are reasons to begin to say that *México do not has the frame of reference, the *marchamo democratic, etc. But believe that it better that #can take by *México, by the democracy and by the agreement with the European Union is to say that yes . +The fact that of the total of the #mexican exports to the European Union only the 9 % are agricultural and that exist a big complementarity in the commercial flow, #would have to facilitate the fast negotiation and entrance in vigour of this agreement. +Gentleman President, only wanted to remember to #some colleagues, and in particular to Mr. *Elles, that the training of the will of the institutions, in accordance with a jurisprudence *consolidadísima of the Court of Justice of *Luxemburgo, is not matter *dispositiva: is question of public order and is in the Treaties. +Gentleman President, wanted to *rendir a *calurosísimo homage to my colleague, Mrs. *Oddy, by this report that, of characteristic mood, has carried out in the last days of the Parliament in a commission in the that there were other worries and #where existed immense juridical and technical complications. +And will vote against because we understand that they break this balance, because, in spite of it that has said the Mr. *Barzanti that, like philosophy share totally, believe that lean service takes to the providers of content, in general terms to the authors, in other fields and -answering to Mr. *Whitehead- to the consumers, #if we take juridical voluntarism. +In my opinion, the European Union #would have to show active with seen to establish a favourable and effective movement to protect the civil rights in the computer networks. +In the amendment 36 proposes that the providers that loan services of the information society will have to conserve #all the data that require to the hour to investigate and identify to the providers of material illegal. +The majority of the amendments that contains the report of Mrs. *Oddy clear and improve the initial proposal and *me cheers to indicate that the Commission will accept the amendments *núms. 1, 2, 4, 6 -this last only in the #english version-, 7, 12, 13, 16-20, 22, 24, 32-34, 37, 40, 41, 43, 55-57, 62 and 65-67. +#This a sensitive and very important area in the that took special efforts in the original proposal to get to a solution of commitment reasonable that took into account #all interests in game. +Have examined also the argument that *usted has exposed on #if this decision in yes comports budgetary decisions and also has examined it attentively Service Juridical, is to say, #if it comports budgetary decisions for the that the article 272 #would demand qualified majority. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, *yo also want to break a spear in favour of the argumentation of *Detlev *Samland, and *eso by the following reason. Gentleman President, the jurisprudence that *usted quotes stipulates that the institutions #can not review to drop the majorities established by the Treaty. +#If it is really necessary that the Treaty demand in each case, of precise way, the qualified majority, and limit the cases of enlargement of this qualified majority, said agreement *interinstitucional, as it finishes of suggest it Mr. *Colom *i Naval, is inadmissible. +The European Commission approved the past 28 April preliminary draft of budget of the European Union for the exercise 2000, *primer year of application of the new financial perspectives. +The tenacity and the perseverance of the members of the Commission of Politics Regional of the European Parliament and of our two speakers have given finally fruits. +#This obtains a complementary endowment of 15 millions of *ecus to compensate the loss of his suitability with regard to Goal 1, whereas the *Hainaut #french, that is bordering, do not obtains at all: discrimination that do not justifies neither the *PNB neither the tax of unemployment of the two regions. +To the term of my mandate, in May of 1999, my political positions on these social questions, as they are agriculture, the feeding, the rural development and the environment, follow being #the same. +The fact of wanting to fix a maximum limit to the helps and of *reducirlas regularly constitutes a total aberration regarding the level of income of these producers. +#If they achieve to approve common norms that elevate the level of protection of the consumers in #all countries, no longer will have *tanta importance that the valid norms are the of the country of the *remitente or the of the country of origin. +Vote against of resolution proposal on *Kosovo, because I consider that it do not helps at all to find a political solution, neither finally immediate of this war without sense - especially today, 45 days afterwards, in that they begin to discern hopes to escape of this tragic dead end. +treats definitely of a complex situation and expect, gentleman Commissioner and Vice-president, that in name of the Commission and in name of the European Union adopt the timely measures to reinforce tendencies, since in the actuality *Turquía is of *Europa instead of approximating to *ella. +Never have wanted to justify acts neither his intentions. Only expect that the #turkish Government allow that it celebrate an open and just process, but alas #ours *angustiosos presentiments do not see at all relieved. +is not #worthy of the democracy that *Malasia says to be the fact that the citizens that express peacefully points of political or religious sight are object of arrest and *encarcelación, and all *ello without that offer a suitable juridical security. +Is to say, in the international plane is consciousness of this situation, and do not is necessary to exasperate because this type of battles, like the that *usted signalled, finally, as it #be to occur always with #all the problems that affect to humanity, is to base of a daily fight and *tenaz as they finish achieving results. +By it that to me *respecta, gentleman President, wish to say that I regret that the considering *G of resolution proposal common allow to warm up doubts on the comments that #can effect this Parliament on purpose of the initiatives taken by the president of the Commission of Development and Cooperation, the Mr. #Michel *Rocard. +Finally -and will not insist too much in this point-, the responsibility of *Francia, illustrated until the caricature by coincidence among the *decimoctavo coup d'état in the *Comoras and the opening in #París of the trial to the mercenary #Bob *Denard, author, in 1975, 1978, 1989 and 1995, of four coups d'état in *Moroni and suspicious of the murder of two Bosses of State *comoranos. +The Islamic Republic of the *Comoras is a State that from takes years, practically from his independence, suffers an institutional and structural crisis very grave, as they have remembered the colleagues that have taken part before that *yo. +Perhaps know that there #be had a statement of the ministers of the *G8 offering some conditions for a solution in *Kosovo much less *intransigentes that the five conditions in the that has insisted up to now and that goes back to link of significant form to the Security Council. +Regarding the system, more general, of recognition of titles, am likewise in favour of an improvement and of a reinforcement of the recognition of qualifications, since #if well the recognition of titles is theoretically satisfactory, do not translates sufficiently in the facts. +The commitment that has accepted in the conciliation relieves the charge of #SME, which fits to expect that it encourage to these companies to orient his efforts to goals more favourable and that boost the creation of employment. +In the European Union and in the States members has awarded especially paper fundamental to the small companies with predominance of hand of drama to the hour to promote the creation of employment. +Passed a week from the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam, and had account of the every time greater importance that is the procedure of *codecisión, believe that have reasons for *felicitarnos by this victory of the Parliament and of democracy. +Likewise estimate fundamental that *nos have proposed to reduce the compulsory variables, no only regarding the charge, but also in it that to the number of variables refers. By it other, are adherents of information level acceptable, is to say, of a fine relation cost-efficiency. +Gentleman President, in the frame of the initiative *SLIM, the Commission presented on 30 May 1997 two proposals of regulation with the end of simplifying the basic rule of the system *INTRASTAT. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the report (To4-0234\/99) of the Mr. *Malangré, in name of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and of Rights of the Citizens, on insolvency procedures. +In the year 1995 agreed by means of a resolution of these characteristic it that it had to understand by interception in technical sense, #if it had to register only the content of the #telephone conversation or also the hour and telephone number of the speakers. +To consequence of these massive imports that hardly cover, on the other hand, the price of the matter prevails, big number of #european textile companies are at present losses and see loomed survival, it that puts in grave risk the maintenance of the places of work. +Of compliance with article 13 of the Regulation, the candidatures to the functions of President of the European Parliament will have to present , with the consent of the interested, by a political Group or by thirty-two deputies like minimum. +Lady #Heidi *Hautala, in the last days have already worked very together, and an expression of this fine collaboration is, certainly, that *usted like Speaker of the Group of the Greens finds seated in the first row, the same that the President of the Liberal, Mr. *Pat *Cox. +#This *Europa initiates the term of office in a moment of big difficulty by it that *sucede in our borders: of big difficulty because the process of unification political and the project of politics economic follow being far of scope. +A strong Presidency, attentive and able, balanced and just, like the that *usted already showed that it #can exert, *nos gives hope and confidence of face to work together, #all together, to end to satisfy the needs of citizens #european that follow expecting of *nosotros a clear answer about his future. +As *les manifested takes an instant, call the attention of His *Señorías, since to the not exceeding the number of candidates of the number of places for covering, *les propose that it choose by acclamation to these fourteen candidates for Vice-president places. +Lady Speaker, wish to take part in relation with the record because I understand that, in the day of yesterday, the Conference of Presidents and #all the political Groups subscribe jointly objection to the constitution of the called «technical Group of independent deputies» and *yo believe that said objection has to state explicitly in the record. +In spite of #all criticisms relative to particular cases, there #be *algo that #would not have to forget, to know, that without the work *tenaz and engaged of the Commission neither had been able to resolve the numerous and difficult problems precisely under the #german Presidency. +*Señorías, in the stage that now initiate will have to take advantage of the dynamics that has configured in the past semester, like result of the tension among the crisis and the needs of reform, to give new steps to integration. +But decisions that have adopted in the last six months, under the #german Presidency of the Council, will mark the future of the European Union until very gone in the next decade. +has gone back to admit in society to the war like half of politics and will continue advancing by this *funesto *derrotero with the integration of the military pact of the *UEO in the European Union and the creation of strengths of intervention. +*Me #would enjoy to ask #if these three States members, that took in *Amsterdam of the strengthening of the institutions an indispensable condition and, therefore, previous for the conclusion of the first negotiations of adhesion, corroborate reservations attach to the Treaty of *Amsterdam or #if they have attenuated his position meanwhile. +#This presupposes our firm decision of *oponernos in necessary case with military means *cuando no longer exist another possibility, to #that that think that they #can impose the politics of the nationalism with the violence, the murder, terror or the expulsions in mass. +In the first place, because it did not take a reform of the finance of the own resources to split exclusively of the gross national product, that is the only base contributory just, *equitativa and transparent. +Besides, need the integration of the guidelines on the politics of employment and economic and, it that it is very important, need a review of the institutional frame of the #european pact by employment. +Need as more democracy and no an increase of the democratic deficit like consequence of the #european pact by the employment and this Parliament has demanded it in the period of previous term of office. +This Assembly will know that we have gone back to go in in a critical stage in the peace process of *Irlanda of the North, a process that have backed the successive presidencies. +The challenge that have to confront consists in *replantear, adapt and improve the organisation for *convertirla in more efficient and effective, so as to struggle against the frauds to #all levels and to put to the Institution to the service of the #european citizens. +do not pretend that *Europa have #all the answers to these problems; it that I want to mean is that we have to show our obstinacy to contribute to resolve, to scale #european, questions, since, by his same nature, surpass the purely national borders. +In effect, some recent events, #such as the war of *Kosovo and the new crisis in the sphere of security alimentary that has produced in *Bélgica, but has, obviously, repercussions in #all *Europa, are events particularly significant and believe that the answers that have to give -and *usted has given #some interesting signals to #that *respecto- are answers that have to be ambitious. +The President Mr. *Prodi shows interest with regard to the Conference *Intergubernamental, but *me seems that no values it sufficient the fact that the critical state of the Institutions and of the relation of fault of confidence with the citizens is not indifferent neither political neither socially. +From this perspective, the question of the headquarters of the organisms that will occupy of reconstruction is very important, and want to believe that it will keep the election of *Salónica like point *nodal strategic from the that they will develop #all the necessary plans for this substantive reconstruction. +The Council of General Subjects of the European Union highlighted the past Monday that the Union will follow helping to the #serbian village, the *cual suffers the consequences of #one *nefasta political. +The deputies of the European Parliament have underlined in diverse occasions paper so important that the Union exerts like engine and like guarantee of the peaceful and harmonic development of our continent. +Split in my exhibition of the idea that the Union #can succeed in his functions only through a narrow and transparent collaboration among #all parts of #the same, #as well as by means of the active support of the citizens of *Europa. +Also need a *fortalecemiento of the credibility of the Union to take part with property in grave subjects of our competition; the establishment of concrete terms for the reconstruction of *Kosovo is the most acute. +But also has produced wounds in #some Governments *carentes of a clear external politics. Was as it was, has marked the failure of ten years of diplomacy and has put in evidence the *incurias, lacks and sometimes the wastes of the international cooperation. +The impression that has is that it did not think so much in the activities of immediate reconstruction and for the that it #would have to be competent this Agency but in the general needs of economic help in the whole of the region. +Have to learn to combine the iron hand of the NATO with the glove of silk economic of the EU and offer cooperation and help for the economic and democratic development. +#This is the fundamental point of the case *Öcalan, #this is, maintenance in *demasiadas legislations of norms that punish like offence the exercise of the right of self-determination of the villages in his extreme meaning of faculty of secession, even with means no violent and democratic. +Of form that there are autonomous Communities in *España, *Länder in *Alemania or Communities in *Bélgica, etc., also #would take fault an alike solution inside *Turquía for the *kurdos, so that they #can enjoy, it same that *usted signalled of *Finlandia, to be able to talk each #one his own tongue, have free press on his problems, have a regional Parliament. +Have to promote the fight against drug trafficking, against the crime organised, against the citizen insecurity; have to invest in the protection of the citizens and no *transigir with this unseen face that constitutes the relation among terrorism, traffic of arms, crime organised, traffic of nuclear material. +*Dinamarca was the *primer country that proposed the importance of the no military methods, but *Finlandia, in quality of President of the Council, is the country that has to carry to the practical it more *contudentemente possible, and with the collaboration of #all, this valid initiative. +Want to signal also that it is very important the mission of the international Court attendant to judge war crimes, and in particular the court commissioned of *Yugoslavia is in this moment an important *colobarador #ours in #all this question. +The process of reforms has begun in #all the institutions, among other things thanks to that the European Parliament in occasions has called the attention on these subjects. +The Assembly will be familiarised with the article 213 that, among other things, demands specifically that the members of the Commission respect «honesty duties and discretion, regarding the acceptance, a time finished his mandate, of determined functions or benefits». +A simple example that #can give to the Assembly of the internal games to the that they have devoted the bosses of cabinet -no commissioners- in a concrete subject of personnel serves like button of sample of how handled these things. +*Yo hail the decision -that believe that it has been very fast- of the Council in this case and also the explanations of the Commission in relation with performance in this case, that has been of an enormous rapidity. +Also is necessary to recognise that the pollution of the *piensos with dioxin shows that neither the current legislation neither the measures of protection valid are sufficient to prevent the pollution of the *piensos with harmful substances, like dioxin. +*Refiriéndome to the measures taken by the Council #would remember that the Agriculture ministers and of Health have followed very of wall the crisis of the dioxin and have debated on *ella in the first opportunity that had, to know, in the meetings summoned in June. +Before finishing exhibition want to observe that the crisis of the dioxin has shown clearly that the consequences of this type of events do not limit to the zones, not even to the countries, in that they produce. +Any country of the world is free of dioxin, and #can bring to collation #all a series of examples of pollution by dioxin that in the last years have appeared in the headlines of the most varied countries. +regret It a lot, and *me fear that the only that in this subject goes to *movilizar really to the Council goes to be agreement that have closed recently with the Americans, is to say, the agreement that the Americans will be able to control #if in *Europa fulfil the hygienic standards that also *nosotros expect of *ellos. +In consequence, gentleman President, insist especially in the proposal taken by our Group that the Parliament believes a provisional commission that occupy in group of #all subjects related with the security of the foods and with the public health, and no only of partial details. +Have to *decirles, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President, that *me cheered with measures that finish to announce *ustedes, but yes that it wanted to *recordarles that #some of these measures in fact were proposed by the European Parliament, takes already time, from the conclusion of the Commission of investigation on the crazy cows. +But, finally, gentleman Commissioner, gentleman President, *me #would enjoy to underline, to the equal that our colleagues, that never will be able to resolve the problem of the security of the feeding #if we do not begin to think in a drastic *replanteamiento of agriculture, of our alimentary production. +On the other hand, have to say that for my is totally inadmissible that in dioxin crisis the union of agriculturalists #belgian deny to collaborate in the agricultural restructuring and in the reduction of the census grazier in *Bélgica. +#Many of the ingredients are identical (practices *displicentes and even despicable in the preparation of #some alimentary products of animal origin in a world of intensive agriculture and panic and deception in #some of the States members affected *cuando discovers initially the origin of the pollution) +Thus, plead by the constitution of a commission of investigation parliamentary temporary, attendant to supervise that they put on the table #all the problems and study #all the group of educations that have to take out. +Want to stand out that to this grave crisis of health is with instruments that were conceived for goals tied to the Common Agricultural Politics, as it is the Permanent Veterinary Committee allocated to understand of the animal health in himself\/hisself same. +Lady Speaker, #would have *peido the this morning early word in the approval of the Record #if it had known that the annex 3 had not delivered by our seats. +Think, for example, in the fault of transparency of the part of the #belgian Government, that took in alerting to the European Commission, #as well as to the fault of information of consumers. +In consequence, *le pray that the Table elucidate and treat #this with the greater celerity, as of this luck go in in summer pause with a totally garbled situation regarding the delegations and #this did not has to *suceder in this Parliament. +Fine to the French Committee Organiser *equivale to deprive to base football and to the promotion of this sport of some bottoms for *ingresarlos in the arks of the European Commission. +With occasion of Glass of the World of 1998, of the two millions of entrances sold, the greater part of #the same was directly managed by the International Federation of Football, that sent contingents to the 203 national associations of football, reserving a greater percentage for the 24 countries classified, among the that it found the Realm Joined. +Finally, in chamber place, is normal that, regarding a popular sport and to a country organiser that invested nine *millardos of frank in this event, procure that the inhabitants of the country organiser approve and take part in the event, it that also constitutes a key element of hit. +Already said ten minutes before it took part Mr. *Ford that the #belgian organisers and Dutches of the championship of *Europa have put in contact with the Commission and that will not put to the sale neither an alone entrance of discriminatory mood. +#This is a debate to watch to forward, to the future of the European Union and to strengthen institutions and, in particular, the European Commission, #whose central paper in the #european construction nobody #can put in cloth of trial. +The modernisation and reform are, therefore, necessary and it is necessary *llevarlas to cape #if we want that the Commission #can, no only exercise his basic paper of guardian of the Treaties, but also of *impulsora of the process of taking of decisions and of correct agent of the programs and projects that *le attribute. +In reality has occurred *algo that consider very important -and in this sense create to have understood also very well to my predecessor in the use of word-: is precise to extract the consequences of the errors and of the bad performance of the Commission. +Says that neither the Institutions neither the budgetary authorities gave has rapidity of a series of irregularities neither acted in the most correct way and wiser to avert consequences that there was. +The Committee of Independent Experts advanced the arguments to establish a committee for the rules of the public life in the #european field. +President, the key words of the second inform here presented are subjects like the subsidiariness, the delegation of competitions and the importance of the independent fight against fraud. +The grade of care with that we treat this symbol #can determine to a large extent recover the confidence of the citizens. will Watch that the Commission, and especially the Mr. *Kinnock, make promises that took in the audiences regarding the Mr. Go *Buitenen. +The Commission, to end of accounts, has acted in points. But in the case of the *EEB only has acted by pressure, also has acted in these questions only by the pressure of the public opinion. +In the procedures made up to now, #many of the Commissioners designated have had the friendliness to promise in advance a statute of reforms for his own fields and have alluded to commitments with concrete politics. +The 350 millions of persons that constitute the association of the European Union will not feel appreciated to the European Parliament neither to the European Commission #if the public opinion considers that it exists *algún type of irritation in relations that keep. +And memory that *cuando was president of the #italian Council *le was withdrawn the confidence by the Parliament, even by those political strengths that changing of jacket -veto to know with how expensive and with how value- are had to vote to favour, after having voted in his against in Blunt. +In this context, gentleman President of the Commission, *permítame that signal that in audiences #some members of his Commission still did not seem to have given this step to access to the condition of Commissioners #european. +In it that concerns to the oral turn, has been work and a colossal effort so much for the members of the Parliament as for the commissioners proposed and workers so much of the Commission as of the Parliament. +*Permítame say of step that believe that these auditions, of this form, that push to the commissioners candidates to adopt commitments that his villages #would not approve, introduce to trial a real distortion in the loyalty of the procedures. +*Me allow to take this observation to mood of warning because the renewal of the confidence that *usted same has asked with reason, gentleman *Prodi, also depends of course that it head *usted a Commission that #can make his free work of objections and that has to differentiate of his ancestor precisely in this look. +Have listened with attention the repeated statements of the President and without prejudices auditions of the members of the Commission, and #this *nos has allowed to appreciate a commitment that poses a different relation among the Commission and the Parliament. +Today *nos find in the back stage to the euro and, as it says the President, in reflation stage, without embargo, the massive unemployment is the conviction of this #orthodox politics. +Thus, the Party *Independentista of the Realm Joined pleads by the withdrawal of our country of the European Union through the *revocación of the constitutive Record of the European Communities that so *equivocadamente subscribed Prime minister *Heath in 1972. +#This are, lady Speaker, *señorías, the reasons by the that appeal to the prudence of the Assembly, to moderation and especially to the respect by the rights of the minorities by the #which, it is necessary to say it, up to now #this had not honoured especially. +there was not reaction to his reiterated and clear answers to question, and repeated until the nausea subjects that affect to the #belgian inner politics and that at all have to see with the future charge of the Mr. *Busquin, had account that #this is a multilingual Assembly. +In the points 3 and 5 (to), (*b) of our resolution remains clear that #if the Parliament loses the confidence in a commissioner, has to be sufficient with that it have simple majority to ask to the president, Mr. *Prodi, the resignation of the commissioner in question. +*Yo have present that, in his quality of President designated of the Commission, already has accepted *usted #some fundamental political requirements that *le pose, with the end to take possible application of the individual responsibility. +In this region, without embargo, find the most extensive borders among the countries that have requested adhesion to the Union, #as well as the only border with the big #european state of *Rusia. +The report of the independent group of experts indicates that the structures of the European Union and the Commission have been garbled and *desorganizadas during years concerning relations to be able to and of the responsibility. +Have made a good beginning with audition, and after the vote of morning, allow that the progressive strengths of this Assembly collaborate with the Commission to provide to the population of *Europa it that wishes. +*Usted deserves the praise of this Parliament by the work that has made in the budgetary fields and especially in #some of the fields in the that has tried to change things in the breast of the Commission. +In the agreement *interinstitucional declares that before surpassing the frames of finance it is necessary to look for other forms of having the finance and like this the Council has acted according to his own point of sight. +Gentleman President, *yo only wanted to *preguntarle to the lady Minister #if it has considered the possibility of including to the International Monetary Bottom in the quoted conversations on the financial resources for *Timor oriental, *Turquía and *Kosovo, so that #all the weight do not have to *recaer exclusively on *nosotros. +In the first place, is precise to develop great strategies that allow to control the migratory flows without putting to proof the capacity of integration of the States members and the citizens and help to avert the apparition of social conflicts. +On the other hand, the increase of the cooperation among the States members *nos forces to examine the rights of the citizens from sight point wider that the of the national states. +And to follow applying these principles, is important that Parliament have an equal representation to the of the Council to the hour to decide on the fundamental rights of the citizens. +Well is that it have a temporary diet of protection, but only in exceptional circumstances and on condition that it was not a diet that deny the right to the individual examination of the appeals of asylum. +#If the Commission goes to adopt this type of doctrine in the sphere of the offence and of drugs, etc., #which goes to be the future of this European Union? +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, the goal of the European Council of *Tampere -as it remembered here in an extraordinary council- is the to determine the political orientations and priorities in matter of creation of the zones of freedom, security and justice. +And like the participation of the national Parliaments in the process limits to the presence of individual representatives neither is represented the plurality of the political tendencies. +Fits to remember here the important paper of the operation *UNAMET of the UN and give the thanks to personnel by this tireless work that took possible the organisation of a referendum in some very difficult circumstances. +The Mrs. #Emma *Bonino goes to explain why, in name of the political affinity of #that that believe in the parliaments, the democracy, in the Right and that abhor the *partitocracia, the bureaucracy and falsity, are not voting neither go to vote. +But wanted to take advantage of also this explanation of vote for *referirme to the parallel resolution that groups varied commitments contracted by the Commission *Prodi in spheres in cases technical, but important, related with the code of behaviour, the ethical and the transparency. +But, especially, there #be a thing that *usted #can take in favour of peace, and this thing is *propiciar the respect to the historical rights of the Basques, among the *cuales is the fiscal sovereignty, like the has any #another Been member of the EU. +Gentleman President, estimated colleagues, our negative vote to the nomination of the new Commission by the rest of the current mandate bases #among others arguments in the fact that it houses to four #ex commissioners that formed part of an organ school that saw forced to resign by bad management. +The provision with half inks of #some of the candidates, apparently still reluctant *cuando of it that treats is to mention the *Europa social or employment, or even the audition very little *convincente of the Mrs. Palace, do not have to hide an impression of group as a whole satisfactory. +To difference of his ancestor *Helmut *Kohl, that five years ago accepted the proposal of the opposition for the Commission -to me *me cost to vote by *Monika *Wulf-*Mathies in 1994-, *Schröder did not show had to take into account to the current opposition *CDU\/*CSU, by more that won the elections #european in *Alemania. +The Commission also recognises that the reallocation of this sum is not possible already in category 4, but that says that it is necessary to take an effort *extensivo to a reallocation in the group of the budget. +#All know that the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee had a common organisational structure, the *SOC, but that, as a result of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and his put in operation, decided that it suppressed this common organisational structure. +The proposal treats of the detour of commitment credits by value of 137 millions of euros. 30 millions of *ellos allocate to *Turquía, especially to the actions of help for the provisional accommodation of face to the winter, is to say, helps of emergency. +And even more: the European Union finishes to decree material embargo military during four months to the #indonesian. ?How are four months after *veinticuatro years of compulsive sale of armament to Indonesian, knowing as it knew the genocide that there was takes *veinticuatro years in *Timor? +But #if no modifies his politics, will leave to find partners in *Europa while the managers of the current situation continue in the power, already was in the Army, the Parliament or the Government. +#If they do not detain the slaughterings, also in other regions, and #if the #indonesian Government do not offers a protection, our opinion is that the Nations Joined will have to happen to the action also in #that regions of Indonesian. +To the debt that have from takes *veinticuatro years with *Timor Oriental, adds the fact that in these days take #any demonstration in favour of *Timor Oriental, without embargo, do not takes in account the political hypothesis that, with #everything, will have to happen once again by the fact of *implorar to States Joined the possibility of a military intervention. +Besides, this article also affirms that the politics of the Union in this look no influences in the special characteristics of the politics of security and defence of the States members. +Our main goal is the abolition of the capital pity, but as among the countries that the apply find states of weight, the freezing of the relations do not presents like a fine solution. +Gentleman President, the Council is conscious that the countries with extension coastal are responsible to a large extent of the security of the navigation and of the defence of the maritime environment, so they have to fulfil the norms that have regulated to the *respecto. +So much in his quality of President in exercise of the European Union, as to national level, *Finlandia do not supports the release of the politics in matter of drugs and neither the possibility to legalise substances. +Without embargo, it is necessary to take in account that in the conversations to the *respecto has taken evident that countries, especially the countries in roads of development, fear that the Union demand determined labour norms with the intention to take impossible the imports from these countries. +Mr. *Korakas already *nos has taken to know that it considers that they #would not have to have been *reagrupadas, but like this has decided and *yo entrust in the skill of the answers of the President in exercise of the Council so that the two have the appropriate answer. +For *nosotros the structure that *nos proposes -and the Court of Accounts shares our worries- presents a serious danger of *desmembramiento of the administrative authority of the Commission, in benefit of personnel managerial *intergubernamental, that #can not accept. +Like this as, #would wish simply that *reflexionáramos on the autonomous structures of decision in *Pristina, that #would give to the population the power to decide with *nosotros works that have to be undertaken, and that did not exist #one "*superburocratización" in *Bruselas, tied to the logic of operation of the European Union. +#All efforts for elevating the education and the medical assistance to an acceptable level, by very valuable that in himself\/hisself same are, have not been able to solve the problem of the refugees. +(IN) Gentleman President, is for me a pleasure comment the fact that in this brief debate have had three inaugural interventions, included the of Mrs. *Schröder that, to his 21 years, is the youngest deputy to this Parliament. +Costs to believe that in the fifteen countries of the European Union lose swim less that 7.500 lives simply because the persons do not use security belt in the leading seats and in the rear seats. +In the future, the European Parliament will not allow that other institutions of the EU recommend any type or form of reduction in the budgets available for the campaigns of security *vial. +#There is difficulties of type in the parliamentary control, #whose consequence is that it was increasingly *incontrolable the action of the police and of the secret services and the projects in the sector of the public security. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, in the moment in that we say with the new Commission that is precise to give a main paper to the European Parliament, is natural that to time have to think in the relaunching of the external politics of the own Parliament. +Thus *me #would enjoy that the new Commission - and ask it now to Commissioner *Kinnock - make a general evaluation of the efficiency of the program *TACIS and afterwards *nos report on how think to improve the program for the budget of the year 2000, so that we #can vote with greater confidence in favour of the program *TACIS. +*Georgios *Papandreou, minister of External Subjects of #Grecia and the Mr. *Tzem, the one who has charge in *Turquía, have decided that it include the subject of the collaboration *heleno - #turkish for the fight against the natural catastrophes in the diary of the dialogue of *Atenas and *Ankara. +The official statements of *Moscú in the sense that neither the crisis in *Daguestán neither the attempts of *Moscú will serve of pretext to declare the exception state and, therefore, postpone the next elections to the *Duma, have reassured to the Commission. +Comprise that we #would have to argue with the Council of *Europa to try negotiate an arrangement with *ellos, but has to *usted recognise that technically no longer have access to this building because we already have left to pay rent. +Then *me seems enough *penoso that legislation #french give apparently *tanta importance to the artistic property of some impossible corridors, lights and stairs but for example no to the energetic saving, whereas in my country at least #one third part of the new houses have of solar signposts. +Want to add my voice to the numerous comments that already have taken and signal that I find totally incomprehensible that are here in the first place, *cuando have offices, halls of meeting and houses very fine in *Bruselas, and that it is absurd that #all Euro-circus" have had to be *penosamente moved to *Estrasburgo for three or maybe four days to the month (pardon, five days this week). +*Me #would enjoy to say, although as #many of the deputies also regret the circus of trips among the diverse headquarters of the European Parliament, that am fully satisfied with the design of my office of *Estrasburgo, especially #if, as *me promised, installs cupboard with bolt. +Estimated colleagues, #that of *ustedes that they have assisted to Parliament during the last years know that in this Assembly are very #few the that, as *yo *cuando chaired the last commission for *EEB, have devoted so acutely and -almost #can say- with so much enthusiasm, to the question of the security of the meat, especially the of the meat of *vacuno #british. +The solutions *reconducen to three very concrete fronts: 1) the consumer; 2) a new agricultural and environmental revolutionenvironmental; 3) a precise political indication that it has to come precisely of the community organs. +The crisis of the crazy cows and the #news of the last months have put of self-evident that security alimentary deserves a deal *prioritario, although they also have shown that only *nos agree of *ello in difficult moments. +*Me cheer especially that today it find *usted here personally for *informarnos on a subject so important, although I believe that the time passed from the nomination of the new European Commission is too much little so that, so much *usted like the competent commissioners, have been able to *ultimar concrete proposals. +#If in the States Joined the *incumplimiento of laws on the environment #can sanction with the publication of the name of the company and of the director of #the same, do not see why *nosotros in the Low Countries #can not take *algo similar. +Without embargo, #can not but *mostrarme *perplejo and concerned so much in my quality of scientist as of politician in front of the conclusions to the that has got in this decision, #this is, fix a maximum ceiling tolerated of *BPC of 200 *nanogramos of fat so much in the *volatería as in the meats of pig and derivatives. +Lady Speaker, the recent successive crises in the field of security alimentary have put of self-evident of the mood more *convincente that the protection of the public health has to be *prioritaria in front of #all the other politics. +Results #worthy of *beneplácito and *tranquilizador that from the same beginning the new Commissioner, Mr. *Byrne, have shown an unambiguous commitment with the recovery of the confidence of consumers in the alimentary industry. +Expect that #this was the main priority of works of the next week in the context *ACP and that convert, gentleman Commissioner, in a proposal that the Commission and the European Union take #his, so as to that at last we #can *hacernos charge of this problem seriously. +In less of two decades, a very short period in the world of the illnesses *infecciosas, AIDS has been the main cause of death in the *África *subsahariana. +Given the different nature of these bottoms with regard to the normal projects in the *cuales contributes money to the budget, *me fear that in this case this idea of budgetary control, that #all accept and that #all defend, is not exactly applicable. +The formula that *yo *les #would propose now and to the that *me #can engage is that before it produce this type of payments inform, for example, to the presidents of the commissions involved in these subjects, of form that the Parliament have knowledge of #the same without that, by this duty of confidentiality that have to keep in #some subjects, *nos pose #any difficulty. +Have to introduce a specific solution consistent in modifying, by the road of a concrete decision of the Council, the financial perspectives for a concrete point? +Sure enough, in the measure in that *ello was possible have to exceed the stadium of intention statements so frequently heard in the course of the last decade to find forceful concrete applications #if we wish to reach this goal, to end of modest accounts, of a 12 %. +Gentleman President, wanted to congratulate to the Mr. *Langen, the speaker, by his report on the approval of the program *multianual for the promotion of sources of renewable energy in the Community, *Altener *II. +In reality, #can that not even it assign quantity, since the amendment *n1 5 to the section 3 (new) of the article 1 says, in reality, that #can reduce the quantity of bottoms, #if it is not compatible with the financial perspective for the period that it treats. +#Many will be small plans, to scale of the community, specific of the place, already use the wind, waves, the solar energy, the combination of heat and electricity or even the biomass. +Wanted to reiterate my gratitude and say that I expect that in the last review #can find the definite formula and, therefore, give a push to program *ALTENER, that is a clear impulse to the utilisation of the renewable energies in *Europa. +Regarding the amendment 4, exists a clear need of complementarity, as we said takes a moment when talking of program *ALTENER, regarding the actions in the field of the energetic efficiency and of the renewable energies. +But is not less true that there #be had moments in that we appreciate, by part of the negotiators #european #as well as by part of #such or *cual Been member, behaviours excessively bureaucratic, defensive and until *cicateros, as also *nos concerned to perceive sometimes in our #south african speakers a tendency to give course backwards and to reopen questions that seemed already enclosed, with it that the process *demoraba more and more. +The decision of the Economic Summit World-wide, celebrated in Colony this year, to cancel 100.000 millions of dollars of debt of the *tercer world was important to #that *respecto and has to *surtir an effect catalyst for the adoption of other measures by #all the countries of the EU and no only #one #few. +On the other hand, the signatories of the agreement do not hide it and say that "disposals relative to the cooperation pretend to facilitate the restructuring and the modernisation of the #south african industry and boost his competitiveness" . +By it other, have resulted divided the interpretations and the opinions of the European Parliament that wanted an agreement that *acercara more to the conditions of the Agreement of *Lomé, and of the Commission that has pronounced by adhesion, say, conditioned. +And, especially, that, in accordance with the conclusions of the Council of General Subjects of July of this year, *subscribe the specific agreement on wines before the provisional entrance in vigour of the commercial part of the agreement, foreseen for January. +While it do not apply the agreement on wines and liquors, will not go in in vigour neither the special financial assistance -15 millions of euros- to the sector *vinícola #south african neither wine contingent free of rights of 32 millions of litres. +Neither has agreed still that the EU liberalise imports of products car #south african in the term of three years, as it seems to announce the report in the page 9. +During the next weeks and months, will follow closely the preparatory process with seen to date to end to watch by that #all the important commercial #granting of the EU to *Sudáfrica initiate his career in this date agreed. +#Can indicate the Commission how actions #can undertake to find urgently bottoms (for example, *MCA remaining, other community programs), with the end that in #all territory #greek give an immediate preventive control of the *adecuación static of public buildings, schools, hospitals, etc., #as well as of places of work in mass, like factories, so that it verify the resistance of the *edificaciones in question in cases of seisms of big magnitude? +With the Mrs. *Diamantopoulou have communicated this same afternoon, to the Commission, the actions that are possible in the frame of the Structural Bottoms to support to #Grecia and help to the reconstruction, to repair. +The complicated access to the valley of the *Panshir, the extremely explosive situation and the accused political sensitivity, that characterise the situation in place, demand an intervention that has to be coordinated among the diverse humanitarian organisations to end to avert failures of estimate and bad decisions. +Believe that precisely the quantity of the community humanitarian help to Serbian underlines clearly wish to bet in favour of the population and up to now have been able to identify clear needs and justified of humanitarian character. +The greater part of the pupils goes to have or already has a direction of post electronic own, the majority of the that work already the have and there are courses on Internet for pensioners. +The index of abstention registered in the recent elections to the European Parliament has shown, without embargo, that the citizens are not sensitised in the measure that #would be convenient in relation with the EU and goals. +Second -and #this *reviste an immense importance and examined it in the Nations Joined with Secretary General and the General Secretary Attach-, the question of the finance of the civil administration to short and half term. +Also am convinced that no only are forced to support to the democratic circles and his modest hits by moral reasons but also because #one *Turquía democratic that #can solve problems in *Turquía will be of positive for the inner security of the European Union. +Thus -independently of #which was the calendar and the exact procedure to follow- in *Helsinki it is necessary to command a signal of hope to the persons of origin #turkish and *kurdo #as well as to democracy in *Turquía. +Had account of the importance *geoestratégica of *Turquía and of the paper that always has exerted in the defence of *Europa, believe, finally, that also #would suit to include in the agenda of the works questions of external politics and of security. +Gentleman President, the Roman Mr. *Prodi declared in his presentation speech to the European Parliament that have by in front a period of enlargement of twenty or even thirty years, during the *cual the number of members will rise to *veinticinco, or perhaps to more. +#If it accepted to *Turquía in quality of country candidate to the adhesion, the criteria of *Copenhague #would suppose path species or course for the future evolution of the country and #would contribute to orient the development of #the same to the values that here represent. +Believe that *cuando take perceivable that this approach to the western values *le offers to *Turquía better possibilities of economic development and more field of political action, is possible that the #islamic countries take to *Turquía like positive example and that consolidate of form the development of the neighbouring zones. +The cooperation among *Europa and *Turquía #can be an example *alentador and hopeful on how cultures that are neighbouring and that coexist #can find a conjoint road to reach the peace, democracy and the State of right to the equal that opportunities of welfare for his inhabitants. +In this sense, pray to the European Parliament that *nos concede the possibility to talk of a credible mood with *Turquía, to contribute *creíblemente to that produce changes in *Turquía and here includes that we fulfil also really commitments contracted in front of this country. +The #finnish Presidency has considered the peace process in Orient Next like #one of the most important subjects of the common politics of the Union in matter of external subjects and security. +Recognise the crucial paper of the States Joined that have struggled during so much time and with *tanta tenacity to carry the peace to this afflicted region; and *rindo a warm homage to said efforts - for example, to capacity negotiator and to the determination of the Secretary of State. +In this sense, the President *Arafat and Prime minister #Barak already have signed the memorandum for the application of the Agreement of *Wye *River and restart the negotiations on the final situation. +Receive with satisfaction the statement of the Palestinian Authority, in the sense that it will adopt measured to combat the terrorism, whereas the Prime minister #Barak has recognised with informal character that will try to limit the expansion of settlements. +#If embargo, to the hour to defend the right of self-determination, consider that #all parts have to be exhorted to employ in depth especially against the terrorism to end to guarantee the security of the villages. +Like this, serious obstacles to reach a just peace, like the constant establishment of #jewish colonies in #palestinian territories or the contempt of it that *Jerusalén #This means for Palestinians, #arab and Muslims in general, have filled of difficulties the path to peace, concept that do not has to be defined like the mere absence of war. +The European Parliament - the only institution of the EU that it is chosen directly by the citizens - neither was consulted in any moment during the two years that lasted negotiations on the content of the Agreement. +According to the French, is evident that #if they still register every year 3.000 cases of "crazy cows" in the Realm Joined, in spite of #all caution measures that have been taken, follows existing, in the transmission of this illness, *algún element that still has not been able to explain. +Thus, this precise country of a maximum support, as the new Government has shown how #can provide stability with spirit #european in #one of the most dangerous regions of the world. +After the celebration of this meeting, will inform immediately on the details of the there taken resolutions and will communicate posture of the Council to the Commissions of Industry, External Trade, Investigation and Energy. +In the agricultural plane, the orientations of the European Council of *Berlín on the Diary 2000 *nos offer a solid base to make, in matter of liberalisation, progresses compatible with the agricultural model European. +But there #be also #some questions open in the cooperation among the Council and the Commission, on the one hand, and the European Parliament, by #another, in the frame of the Round of the #Millenium. +Thus, it is necessary to create for the countries in roads of development some better conditions of access to the market suppressing to time #all the subventions to the export of the EU for the agricultural products. +*Me seems shameful that have had to accept that countries in roads of development and that take part *contractualmente in the frame of this debate and that see especially affected, #can not be seated not even to the table negotiator by financial reasons and that the participation of the public opinion was so small. +This model, based in the community preference, guarantees the quality of products, the alimentary security, the survival and the expansion of our agricultural sectors and *agroalimentario. +Regarding the sanitary and educational problems, do not think and do not wish to put in cloth of trial objective of public politics in these fields to title of it that proposes in the field of the liberalisation of services in the next Round. +East run over has to see like an attack against the freedom of expression and the boundless right of citizens to the culture, that do not has *parangón neither in the EU neither in the other democratic countries. +The Council considers that they are States members the that they have to commission to mitigate the social consequences of the suppression of the free sales of taxes and the problems that #can arise in the border zones. +In the cases in that the Presidency have had the intention to celebrate public meetings, but have not reached it, how States members are the that, with his opposition, have put fetters to transparency? +Gentleman President, are once again to a conflict of interests, #can call it like this, among the principle of territorial integrity of the States and the principle of self-determination of the villages. +And is precise and urgent that take #all the measures to our disposal so that they reestablish the human rights in the region, so that the refugees have #all the humanitarian help that require and so that, finally, #can return to homes because it has reestablished the peace. +Really is to sin by excess of credulity the imagine that the #british Government #can not have interrupted the delivery of fight planes that got to his destination #one those that hours before the #indonesian strengths killed at least to five demonstrators in *Yakarta. +And ask to the Commission that employ in depth to apply these goals, with the end to convert to *Europa in the world-wide homeland of the political action against death pity. +To time, this Parliament has to give his decided support to this action and watch so that in the future reach compulsory agreements in Gin in #all the situations that have relation with the human rights, in addition to fulfilling the resolution that expect that it approve in New *York in the autumn. +Like this as, is also a way to reaffirm, in this sense, the importance of legislating definitively, to the level of the Nations Joined, on the abolition of the pity of death. +Have listened the debate of today and consider it like a very wise contribution and very *sobria to the achievement of these hopes that, to my trial, #can make with it that *yo #would designate landing soft" for Indonesian and for #all the populations of Indonesian. +No *me remains more remedy that say today that we also have to leave to throw the fault to the workers, workers to those who radiation has sentenced to death like consequence of the illegal and criminal activities of the nuclear industry. +But in *Tokaimura, the own #japanese authorities have recognised that the procedures of security, so much in the conversion plant as in the facilities of production of fuel, have not respected. +The orientation to the soft energy and to sources of renewable energies gives to know increasingly like the only solution to the energetic problem of the society *postindustrial. +The questions referents to the inspection of the fuel in the plant *MOX of *Sellafield are of the *incumbencia of the national authorities and have been notified to the inspection services of nuclear facilities of the Realm Joined. +Government #irish has prepared a Green Book on the sustainable energy that will occupy a special place in our National Plan of Development for the period 2000-2006. +Understand that it is important for the House, is important for the institution of the European Parliament be once again to the height of the demands of citizens #european, demands that have expressed of mood very *nítido lately and, of course, during the last #european elections. +Gentleman President, always have been quite skeptical in front of the attitudes *moralistas or police that even boost the complaint, for the *cuales frauds avert only through the creation of instruments of control of the increasingly evident persons. +In the present case are in front of a new technological reality and social that #can configure *jurídicamente from the principle by means of a legislation *originariamente #european and with the that to time *nos #can accredit of a special way like #european juridical community. +An ancient applicable example here is that #if laws of the States members demand simultaneous presence, then will not be possible for a couple marry by means of this type of signatures through the network. +For #many of *nosotros, and *me surprises that the Mrs. *Thors have not mentioned it, #this is a stimulating phenomenon, *igualador and *liberador because the ancient world was dominated by the great centres and peripheries were in a situation *desventajosa in relation with the centres. +With the directive on the conditions mark for the electronic signature the European Union gives an important step to the elimination of obstacles to the electronic trade. +Regarding the term, seems reasonable, taking into account the delay that is with this directive, that expand for the mopeds of 1 January to 1 July 2002, so that it have a bit of time of adaptation of the industry. +Regarding the called question of offices of technical assistance, the big reform proposed by the Parliament maybe have not been still sufficiently *ponderada so that it #can make in the field of the budget for the exercise 2000. +Have noted that also the European Parliament has intention to propose assignments that surpass the maximum limit of the category 4 and thinks to take it so that it was possible to put assignments to disposal of the actions in *Timor Oriental and in *Turquía that need finance and also to concretise the fishing agreement with *Marruecos. +The Commission *me has entrusted that *les communicate that the Commission goes to propose another solution, that will take in consideration so much the need to establish political priorities like the principle of budgetary discipline. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, relations among the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Commission of Budgets during the works of preparation of the Budget have not developed never without tensions. +Are had to endow to the Commission of the necessary resources to fund the administrative tasks and of management of #all these projects #if it guarantees the owed participation of Parliament in the reflections on the reform. +*Permítanme that remember also it that has manifested the colleague #Perry: the programs *plurianuales, as #SOCRATES and *LIFE, answer in fact to the expectations of the citizens and have to guarantee quality and *dotarlos of the necessary resources like part of the processes of development and of #european integration. +Also wanted to give the thanks to #all the members of the different commissions that *nos have taken to get his aspirations and that in his greater part have manifested a big understanding in front of the fact that, *cuando *nos move in a frame limited, although things are desirable, no #all are possible. +The Budget of the European Union for the exercise 2000 has a special character, no only because it began to examine it the ancient Parliament and afterwards reached Agreement *interinstitucional, that is *vinculante bear *nosotros, in the that we also take part and that accepted to keep after the elections. +Of way that my Group do not defends an imprudent increase of the costs of the Union, more important *nos seems, #if it is necessary, which occurs clearly in this case, use the *margen of increase of costs authorised by the agreements signed among the own States members. +#If rigour budgetary prevails so much in the field of the States as of the Union, #this answers especially here to the claims of #some countries members and know that the first victim of this rigour will be the common agricultural politics. +Therefore, owe *asegurarnos no only that it have the owed coherence among the agencies that work on the terrain, but also, lady Speaker of the Council, that not adopting decisions that suppose to spend money pointlessly by a decision of the Council to move to some persons to another place to 100 miles of distance. +No *nos fits the lower doubt that it will be possible to consign new resources for the finance of *Kosovo, but instead consider that other measures -*Turquía, the Agreement of fishing with *Marruecos- have to fund in the frame of costs at present foreseen in the Budget. +In effect, the most stood out note of this budget *estriba in the self-evident insufficiency of assignments to confront determined goals, as in the category *IV, "external Politics and cooperation", is in the that this self-evident insufficiency of form more evident. +Is the *primer budget that goes to brush the 100 *millardos of euros #if they adopt the amendments *Bourlanges and, talking of the gentleman *Bourlanges - that it is the financial of "cabin of the uncle #Jean *Monnet" -, is his *primer inform after the general report, after the of the lady *Dührkop, of the gentleman *Tillich, of the gentleman *Lamassoure or #others. +Have set up an initiative -and want to highlight it very clearly- that it also proposes to look for a flawless solution for the management of the budgetary resources that we have to administer directly from the Parliament, among the *cuales want to stand out in particular the trip costs. +Gentleman President, the speaker and #some of the orators that *me have preceded already have alluded, obviously, to the that for me is #one of the crucial political elements -#if no the crucial element- of budget project. +Since it initiated the politics of creation of an economic space liberalised to scale world-wide is a massive transfer of resources of the poor to the rich, so much inside society as among the States. +Think in the importance to increase the popular base in the activities of the Union and that *nos concentrate in transcendental subjects as, for example, in combating unemployment and in the enlargement to the new countries candidates. +The humanitarian help for the victims of war or for the refugees in *Kosovo, for the victims of the earthquakes in *Turquía and for the innocent victims in *Timor Oriental, are obvious requirements that take to the European Union. +Gentleman President, with this debate the European Parliament has the opportunity to exert of consistent form the affirmation of will regarding the future of the European Union. +The links among the competent commission regarding the bottom and Budget Commission #would not have to interrupt with the first reading of the Parliament, after the *cual #can pass still *algún time until the subject remain finally resolved. +Without embargo, #would not have to forget the goals of the European Union. The most important is the efficiency of our budgetary lines from the point of sight of employment. +The Commission will propose, therefore, that use the three instruments, to know: the redistribution of the credits, the instrument of the flexibility clause and a review of the financial perspectives. +Therefore, *le will ask, lady Commissioner, that have to well, with his colleagues and in the terms that consider appropriate, concretise the commitments that finishes to assume, with the end that we #can vote the Thursday with total knowledge of cause and on the base of clear commitments that exclude any misunderstanding among *nosotros. +By the contrary, the *SEBC has to have a vision of #all the zone of the euro when taking his assessment of the economic situation in general and of the panorama of stability of prices in particular. +In the first place, in some surroundings of stability of prices, the mechanism of the market will assign the resources of form more effective to his more productive uses. +The clear division among the competitions of performance that finish to describe reinforces the credibility of the monetary and economic politics in *Europa, increases transparency and facilitates the democratic responsibility. +Besides, in operations that save relation with the politics of the only coin, the organs of taking of decisions of the *SEBC will occupy to value #if operations planned with compatible with the goal of the monetary stability. +#Can that it reach his goals of stability of prices, but without opening will not be clear #if said goal has reached by design and, therefore, will be able to repeat in the future, or by a lucky accident that it #can demand then the introduction of #any improves in his methods of work. +In a democratic juridical order, the institutional and political independence of an institution only is possible #if to time also is guaranteed his *legitimación democratic, and #this demands the transparency of the decisions, but also that #this are comprehensible. +*Yo have the *convencimiento that the collaboration in a climate of confidence among the #ECB and Parliament also #can contribute to boost the security and the confidence of the public opinion. +To avert #this our Group proposes an amendment that calls the attention of the Central Bank European on his mandate that is the to ensure the stability of prices in the two senses. +Gentleman *Duisenberg, *sucede *usted like this without embargo - although the scarce assistance that today have no seems to go in the sense of my words - to the emperors and to the popes that from #Charlemagne have dreamed with *reunificar our continent by means of the faith or of the strength. +Without place to doubts, Report *Huhne contains positive elements, especially regarding the appeal to the Central Bank European of greater information on the reasons of the decisions adopted by means of the publication of a succinct record that contain also the opinions *disconformes. +The Central Bank European has made a good work, has won the confidence of citizens thanks to the work made in the last months, and like this go to manifest it also in the resolution. +Gentleman President, this *primer annual report of the Central Bank *me gives occasion to take an as a whole positive evaluation of work made until here by the Central Bank European and of the operation of the zone euro. +Gentleman President, the European Central Bank continuous being an institution that takes decisions of crucial importance for the millions of citizens of the European Union, without being subject to any democratic control and politician. +A sinking of the credibility of the Bank or the belief that #this #would not be had to follow politics *antiinflacionista at all costs #can have grave economic repercussions in the group of the Union. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Central Bank European, the annual report of the #ECB shows that the activity of the bank initiated to good rhythm and that steps given until this moment go in the correct direction. +Is necessary to remember that, although in the zone of the euro practise an only monetary politics, follow having eleven economic politics different, #whose coordination *incumbe to the States members, inside the frame established in the Stability Pact and Growth. +On a long-term basis, the Commission will develop a coherent strategy for the grey zone, is to say, the zone comprised among the humanitarian help and cooperation to the development more on a long-term basis and directed to the future. +#Many have asked as a result of our work in this field -no only THROW and the humanitarian help- #if "we do not put the car in front of the horse" when insisting in celebrating quickly elections. +While the military capacity of the violent increases, in big part thanks to the moneys of drug trafficking, the civil population asks that *le apart from the conflict, as it has understood that *ella is now the big affected and are his fundamental rights the that they violate day after day. +Have said and want to repeat it in front of *ustedes: today the drug trafficking is the worst and the *primer enemy of peace, and #this will not reach totally without the dismantlement of the organisations that devote to the damned business of the drug and without that we reach alternative and economic sustainable solutions and socially. +*Ustedes represent to those who have opted by the life, by the peace and by the defence of the human rights; *ustedes are expression of those who believe in democracy, in the freedom and in a healthy environment for the next generations. +The lessons of *Bosnia and *Kosovo reinforce our conviction that it suits to persist in the explanation of intentions, as we expect that *suceda until the end of the common year, in particular in the frame of the preparation of the budget for the year 2000. +Wail that have not been so frequent the presence of the Council in the commissions of Parliament, because *ello *nos had helped to be able to debate and *conocernos better and to be able to advance jointly. +The Council of Colony entrusted to the #finnish Government, like title of the Presidency, establish the necessary conditions for the execution of this project to time for the Summit of *Tampere. +Like president of the Commission of Subjects Juridical and Rights of Citizens, wanted to suggest to the President in exercise that concede greater recognition to the paper of this Parliament to the hour to treat with the citizens. +A space of justice will give form and foundation to the *tercer *pilar and will allow a more intense fight against the delinquency organised in #all his tragic facets: traffic of women and of boys, pederasty, corruption of minors, production and traffic of drugs, exploitation of prostitution, boosted #all *ellos by the illegal immigration in these last times. +Wail that already have separated to the associations of defence of the human rights and antiracist, #as well as the social speakers, of the preparation of this letter. +In #all these fields, the Commission #would have to take the initiative to end to reach a more complete configuration of the diary, and Parliament has to prepare to exert the paper that *le suits. +Nevertheless, the change has to get no only for the three pending subjects of *Amsterdam, extension of the vote by qualified majority, the size of the Commission and the weighting of votes in the Council. +The *segunda reforms fundamental is the elimination of the national veto of the clauses of cooperation reinforced; and the third will be to concede to the citizenship right to access directly to the European Court. +It same is applicable to the article 105 of the Treaty of the *CE, so that the #ECB have the politically established mandate *contractualmente to boost with his monetary politics the growth and employment. +Of course, to the read it gives #one explains that no mention neither the dreams, neither the goals, neither the challenges with the that it finds the European Union of face to the century *XXI; but, at least, give #some lines general guidelines related with a series of questions of institutional character that have to be regulated. +The inner circle #would be formed by a federation #european, composed by the States members of the Union that are more advanced in the integration: #that that are members of the NATO and belong also to the zone of the euro. +Tomorrow will travel to *Kosovo with Gift #Javier Adret to evaluate personally performance, therefore will have of the opinions of the Parliament to support my clear *convencimiento of the need to set up the Agency it before possible. +Expect that the Parliament comprise that we do not have *escatimado efforts to find a solution of commitment to this subject so extremely important and expect that we #can work with the Council of mood that deserve the approval of the Parliament. +The #european delegation of the *PvdA in front of the European Parliament, and #some #others, have encouraged in the past for reaching this disposal of Parliament to the adoption of commitments and will continue it taking. +The *SP will continue struggling in the new European Parliament by a just statute, that have a transparent system of diets based in costs effected and, therefore, agrees with the proposals that the Council has made on this subject. +Is necessary to leave that protection systems develop it more effectively possible through the agents of market, and, simultaneously, it is necessary to procure that it keep the confidence of the citizens in the possibilities of the digital signature. +In view of this difference of situation, fears much more that the #others the exploitation of his internal conflicts by #such or *cual of the countries members and, to remedy this danger, sees forced to be two times less transparent. +Have talked with persons on the subject and believe that the society #would receive with satisfaction a greater capacity to act against the international delinquency and the crime organised that crosses our borders in proportions every time greater. +This space, that arises linked to the advance of the suppression of the called "inner borders" of the EU and to the strengthening of borders external", #can not transform to the EU in a fortress. +repeats with frequency, *Señorías: progress only costs #if it is shared and *eso comports for *nosotros that in a world in constant mutation leave to take that *recaigan the efforts and essential sacrifices on the employees for afterwards take that the richest and the most powerful benefit *prioritariamente of the positive effects of said efforts and sacrifices. +His *provocador announcement situates in the frame of an authentic gangrene that #can not leave that it develop without reacting, #if we do not want to renounce *nosotros same to control #any of the economic and social development and, therefore, to the ambition to promote, in full *mundialización, a social model European. +carries the #sad -palm palm- *Renault, that, when clearing without *miramientos the places of work in *Nissan, satisfies to shareholders, even to risk to export to the *Japón the image more *detestable of *Europa, no without suppressing, of *carambola, varied thousands of places of work in the own European Union. +Even in the cases in that they exist right in legislation #european, rights, for example, to be consulted with the owed *antelación on decisions of collective dismissals and other important changes that affect to the lives of the workers, the law do not fulfils or do not applies as it is had to. +This violent expression of the contempt of the employees and of his life contradicts fundamentally the goals announced in *pro of employment, of the social and territorial cohesion and of the social model European. +has mentioned the banking sector, that is #one of the problems that go to have in front of *nosotros but, clear, *Europa has a big history and experience in these restructurings, that begin from the textile industry and naval and get until the current industries. +No *escatimaremos efforts to convince to the Congress of the importance that has the Treaty of total prohibition of the nuclear proofs for *nosotros, for the States Joined and for the international efforts directed to the no proliferation. +This irresponsibility has supposed a hard hit for #all the international efforts directed to prevent the diffusion of arms and plants to the nuclear disarmament in front of a grave crisis. +But the entrance in vigour of this Treaty in the #EE.UU #would have subjected to pressure to regional nuclear powers to adhere to the Treaty. For example, Indian and *Pakistán, that are his regional balance of terror, or *Corea of the North or will Go, *Irak or #Israel. +The suspicion that have precisely the emergent or regional powers of the *Tercer World that Treaty of *Non *Proliferation serves in first line to the *aseguramiento of the nuclear reservations of the great and that discriminates to the small, obtains new wings like consequence of the failure of the Treaty on Nuclear Essays in the #EE.UU. +Wanted to say some words on #this and *centrarme later in brief in other two subjects that have dominated our conversations: the application of the Association Agreement and Cooperation and the enlargement of the European Union to the North. +These obstacles include a certification and proof requirements excessive, #as well as specific problems like the maintenance of the taxes that have to pay the international aerial companies by *sobrevolar *Siberia. +The posture of our Group is that they no longer are sufficient the wishes and cabinet conversations, but that the economic help directed to *Rusia has to limit to the humanitarian help and to the of protection of the environment. +*Me have gathered recently with the Minister of Subjects External *armenio to treat on his worries by the stability in the region *surcaucásica, and also to listen interests by *Chechenia and the *Cáucaso of the North. +The knowledge system, the human emotions that only the *Artes and the Letters #can produce, the culture in sum, find in it deeper of *aquello that the Europeans have in common and, therefore, are the base of the #european citizenship. +To finalise my list of examples, *me will refer to the connection among *Larkhall in *Lanarkshire and program #french, in the that the youngsters have collaborated in the construction of a lane bike in the south of *Escocia. +Therefore, the reference to the paper of the family believe that it #would have to include in the program Youth of the European Community, that aspires to analyse the factors that boost or hamper the social integration of youngsters. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, the one who wish to inform to know reason is well the Observatory of the Audiovisual Sector #would have to throw a glimpse on the index of any edition of #IRIS, the juridical observatory, for example in September edition of 1999. +Understand that query of the publications of the Observatory, in particular the yearbook and the juridical bulletin #Iris, is an usual practice of the services of the Commission that occupy of audiovisual subjects. +In the Conference of Presidents celebrated fourteen days ago, Mr. *Prodi took upsetting precisely in that the EU has to work so that *Turquía fulfil the requirements of *Copenhague and also said that the EU has to open a political dialogue narrower with *Turquía. +In the first reading, the Commission *subscribió the amendments proposed by the Commission of Culture, thing that appreciate to his speaker, directed to encourage the execution of preparatory actions. +Lady Speaker, following the demonstrations of the Mr. *Bourlanges, with the last amendment that have voted have gone further of the *márgenes of the Category 3, which means that amendment that do not adjust to the recommendations of the Commission of Budgets goes to *darnos serious problems. +Is necessary to be speaker to know until how point the rhythm *infernal of this procedure disturbs the general life of the group of the collaborators of the Secretariat of the Budget Commission, and believe that it is necessary to be conscious of *ello. +Lo and behold, in #few words, a triple irregularity: do not exist political parties Europeans; do not establishes any public contribution in favour and the Commission do not has any right to prepare said statute, contrary to the Treaty. +Inside reduction logic generalised of the credits awarded to the help to the development, the European Community is and has to continue being the main partner of the most disadvantaged countries. +(THE) So much the preliminary draft of the Commission as especially budget project of the EU for the exercise 2000 presented by the Council characterise by the strict austerity and by the drastic cuts, even in relation with it agreed in the Council of *Berlín. +Exists a clear need to trace a distinction among the subjects of the organs of direction, that are responsibility of the Table, and the subjects that *atañen to deputies, that are responsibility of the Plenary. +This fact causes intense restlessness on the profusion of nuclear arms, on the climbing *armamentística in determined regions of the world and on the update of the arms of destruction massive. +The last disclosures on the propagation of arms and nuclear heads to third countries that do not constitute nuclear powers, and, of course, with the ignorance of his villages, confer new and hair-raising dimensions to the danger of nuclear catastrophe. +Guarantee specifications of quality and security of the highest grade in commodity transport dangerous by railway has to be the main care of #all legislative initiative of the European Union in this sector. +To this *respecto wanted to manifest my gratitude to the President of the Commission, the Mr. *Prodi, by the obstinacy that puts in this subject, *confiriéndole place *prioritario in the program of government of the Commission. +To the remit the matter *substantiva of the regulation *IFOP to a regulation of application, the Commission took that fishing went the only sphere in the agricultural and structural sector that did not decide in the *primer semester of this year. +The opinion expressed on 30 September 1999 by *AFSSA, relative to the lifting of the prohibition of exports of bovine meat and bovine products *provenientes of the Realm Joined, is *desfavorable because it bases in arguments related with scientific questions and of control. +The Agreement of #Florencia, to the that got the Bosses of State and of Government of the EU on 21 June 1996, establishes six previous conditions that Realm Joined has to fulfil before it raise the prohibition to export meat of bovine. +The #british citizens expect that *Francia respect the #european legislation, and also expect that the European Commission act with decision to finish with the illegal prohibition of exports of meat of bovine #british. +By the future of the European Union, by the future of our unit in November conversations on the world-wide trade, that will celebrate in *Seattle, need that the two greater commercial partners Europeans resolve these differences. +The French did not pose objections in May, *cuando the International Veterinary Organisation put in practice some less rigorous conditions that the planned by export program of the database. +The subsidiariness imposes, as, the urgent need to recognise that the States have the right to go against of harmonisation measure *cuando propose to adopt norms more protective in matter of public health, as also of environment. +Afterwards, weeks later, the European Commission imposed the embargo and recognised that the #german States had had reason. Without embargo, the European Commission there was, obviously, yielded to a political biology. +Consider, instead, that has to ask to the Commission and to the other competent community Institutions that inform on it made regarding #the same, so as to allow to Parliament formulate critical assessments that they are *propedéuticas of face to the improvement of the valid community legislation in the matter. +Regarding the inspection, share the opinion of those who have expressed here his wish that the level of control was similar in #all *Europa, alleging that it did not suffices with implanting only a system of effective control in Big *Bretaña. +By #everything *ello, and expecting that, #such as it requests the report of Mr. *Cunha, the Commission inform to the Parliament of the result of the application of this Protocol, our Group, gentleman President, asks the approval of the Report *Cunha. +Gentleman President, the excellent report of Mr. *Cunha has deserved my full support, since it takes special upsetting in the principle of the sustainable performance that #can not be missing in a politics of fishing oriented to the future. +In his *dictamen, Committee Managerial Scientist confirmed that there was not need to examine the decision to raise the prohibition of the exports of meat of bovine of the Realm Joined. +No *le seems that, in principle, the suitable measure in front of a shoot of *EEB -and the path that #would have to have followed from the *primer moment, from the optics of a preventive protection of the consumers- #would have to be the separation and sacrifice of herds infected? +It that it wanted to that the Commissioner reiterated so only once again here and now, so that it remain totally clear, is his *convencimiento that this delay goes to be of only days and that foresees that this process will have concluded, to more take, the Tuesday of the period of sessions of *Estrasburgo and -to be possible- before. +A strength like the of the Popular Party Democrat-European #can not agree with #this, because it aims to the free operation of the market that carries to the free distribution of incomes, especially from the incomes of the workers. +Inland revenue Ministers appear in front of the Commission of Subjects Economic of the European Parliament and the social speakers appear also in front of the European Parliament. +Without embargo, *me see forced to signal that the European Council of Colony delimited very clearly the participants in the properly said dialogue, and the #finnish Presidency did not has more remedy that fulfil limitation. +These three proposals -the agreement, the directive on the labour day of the persons of the sea and the Agreement of the *OIT- go to go in in vigour to time, around the middle of the year 2002. +In the first place, concerning the workers, the exclusion of the independent workers of the definition will subject to this group to the rigours without palliative of the original directive on day labour. +His labour modalities depend of factors out of control, #such as the climatological conditions and the movements of the fishes, by it that results difficult to imagine how #can apply the limitations of the labour day in this sector. +Ladies and gentlemen deputies, believe that the most important subject and more difficult for the group of this conciliation, to get to *algún result, goes to be the problem of the directive on doctors, on the that have talked previously. +respects the article of the previous directive, according to the *cual the fishermen that work by own account are subject to the national legislations regarding permissions and to the election of the conditions of work. +#This will apply especially to the improvement of the environmental protection and to the limitation of the negative effects of the growth and of urbanisation in the welfare of the #chinese village. +By means of the scientific and technological cooperation also will be possible to promote the *aprovechamiento of the enormous natural resources of part *noroccidental of *Rusia, the *cuales will have a big importance in the future economic development, so much of *Rusia as of the Union. +The fault of clarity in the nuclear field and our restlessness in front of this subject #would be really sufficient to formulate a reservation and say, for example, that want that both agreements conclude to time. +With regard to other possible cooperations, have to follow a logical order of priorities, beginning, as it has proposed, by the countries members of the quoted area, is to say, *Paraguay, *Uruguay, *Brasil and Argentinian, and continuing by countries associated -*Chile, *Bolivia, etc.-, with the *cuales, as #all know, the European Union finds in a stage of conversations for an association *interregional. +Announcements in the hall of exhibition in the that they mention the data of #all car models that sell in #the same. Likewise, have to mention the consumption of fuel and the broadcasts of CO2 *cuando take advertising on the new cars, also. +A second point to the that has to loan attention in the review is that Parliament requested that the directive also out of application in the case of the cars of *segunda hand, of the cars of directors and of the vehicles with permission of circulation of a day. +While in *Bonn #others try to evade his responsibility and deny to reduce CO2 broadcasts, *nosotros adopt effective instruments, adopt legislative disposals and offer to the consumer the possibility to reduce personally the broadcasts of CO2 +The possibilities that involves approach so only finish to begin to appear in the field quickly *cambiante of the electronic trade, for example in relation with the procedures of resolution of the conflicts in line. +The national markets of the countries candidates will have to integrate in the community without shaken and, in consequence, will be necessary to foresee, in his case, transitory measures by #if said countries were not prepared; without embargo, our goal has to be the of *ayudarles to be prepared from the following day to the of adhesion. +Likewise, the term that finalises the Thursday of the previous week to the week in that it transacts the question, since the questions transact the Tuesday, supposes at all less that eight working days, which exceeds of interpretation. +The opinion of the Commission of Subjects Economic and Monetary and of the Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities find added to this Report *nº 2 of the agenda of today. +. (*SV) Gentleman President, the lines guidelines of the employment for the year 1999 take upsetting in that the ideas on equality of opportunities for men and women have to form part of #all the plans of action and measures that propose in the field of the four *pilares of employment strategy of the EU. +The fact that the conditions are complicated remains shown because with frequency our agreement and convergence in these goals #can finish by *desmoronarse to the hour to define the therapies, the strategies of performance. +No *me seems, without embargo, that the Committee of the Regions take part in the assessment of the performances of the States with a view to tackle politics of employment to scale local that entrust, frequent and exclusively, to the activism and to the will of the social speakers. +So that I believe that they have to be more diligent in the Commission so that, as it says in my country, "no *le give cat by hare" and to see #if, at last, in the year 2000 have some criteria and levels to measure *cualitativamente and no only *cuantitativamente our goals, our means and our results. +Of course, fits to criticise the politics followed until here, especially the actions *nos lacking tenacity, *nos is missing to struggle against the exclusion of the workers of more age, and are that in #all the States members, even in *Suecia, women do not take part the same that the men in the productive field. +Gentleman President, the proposal of the Commission relative to the lines guidelines for the politics of employment in the year 2000 do not introduces any novelty with regard to the previous documents. +The fact of recognise it do not supposes to delete the competitions of the States members, but sustain that, in a wider vision and coherent of the problematic occupational, #can act with greater efficiency to resolve #one of the greater problems of our time. +Besides, the approximation of the economic politics of countries of the zone of the euro, derived of the common monetary politics, makes possible the research of the best models, or was, the called *bench-*marking. +Gentleman President, the report of Mr. *Menrad *me seems very correct *cuando assigns to the modernisation of the work a fundamental paper to increase the productivity, the competitiveness and, therefore, the employment. +Lady Speaker, wanted to inform to his *Señorías that in fact has suppressed practically the article 51 of the Regulation that allows to deputies sign statements written that, in the case that they had been subscribed by the majority of the deputies, transmit to the Institutions mentioned in the own statements. +since *me *opongo by principle to the fixation of dip quantitative in employment strategy have not given my backrest to the goal to reduce the differences of remunerations in a determined percentage inside five years (amendment 22). +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to examine the definite project of agenda established, of compliance with the article 110 of the Regulation, by the Conference of Presidents (in the meeting of Thursday 11 November). +The environment ministries have taken very to chest the proposal of the parliament and now is #ours to have to demand to the industry an equal attitude of firm in relation to the broadcasts of nitrogen. +Have taken great progresses in the last years, regarding the solution of these problems, for example with the systems installed in cars that already have visited 80.000 kilometres and manufactured takes more of five years, to control the length of squad *anticontaminación. +Gentleman President, in my intervention wanted to underline the fundamental paper exerted by the European Parliament, in particular by the Commission of Rights of Woman and Equality of Opportunities, in plough to debate today, expect, the definite approval of this program. +there was a very deep debate with the executive Commission especially regarding modification of the juridical foundation and, therefore, to reduction that have discerned in the proposal in comparison with the proposal *originaria. +For example, is not violence force to the women, to the mothers of family, to fulfil nocturnal turns in production chains for *rentabilizar better the machines and increase the benefits of the shareholders? +Gentleman President, want to give the thanks to the Mrs. *Avilés by this report, as it has put in our hands a tool more to proceed against the violence exerted on women and the boys, but also, especially, to show how and where takes place the violence. +The Commission already is the initiative *Daphne to combat the violence against the teenagers and the boys, and to #this will follow, as we have seen in the previous debate, the program *Daphne 2000-2003. +States members, in the next review of the Treaties have to adopt a clear legal base on the Treaties of the EU to favour the interests of the boy. +And in place of the solutions *ortopédicas or *represivas, #would be the moment to prefer the preventive solutions, that believe a different familiar context, it that #would allow finally avert individual and social suffering useless and practise a true politics of insertion and of socialisation from birth. +Believe that the suitable forum for debate of the perspectives of the consecration of a fundamental right of the boys has to be #the same that for the Letter of the fundamental rights. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the oral question (*B5-0034\/1999) of Mr. *Rocard, in name of the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects, on the information and query of the workers of the European Union. +The European Parliament has approved a series of amendments oriented first of all to specify the modalities and the definition of information and query, especially regarding the moment in that information has to be transmitted. +With #everything, *me seems that the attempt of *instrumentalizar also in Plenary a political battle that the left is in #Italia against the parity of the educational system is absurd and incompatible with the works of this Parliament. +The speaker applies some questionable criteria, for example accuse to the Commission of having limited to apply the guidelines of the Council. +In his report, the Mrs. *Haug takes well in checking the arbitrary changes introduced *subrepticiamente by the Commission by means of a mathematical operation relative to the maximum limit of own resources. +Characteristic of reinforcement is the preventive character of the measures proposed, that expresses a new conception and materialises in a parallel increase of the powers of management of the European Commission. +Go to go in in some very difficult negotiations and in the frame of negotiations float again in the air some figures of the that #all are not so convinced that they are really a suitable base. +Now that the sustainable development is a goal of the treaty, also #would be logical that incorporated an articulate on energy in the Treaty that facilitate an integral approach of the energy and the environment. +The amendment 3 signals that with the application of the nuclear energy, apart from a possible reduction of CO2, go in in game other environmental effects, as they are the storage of the radioactive waste. +Until week past, the Commission was had to present a proposal of new community directive that #would establish drastic limitations to the diets of helps national to the renewable energies. +To face up to these challenges and win these contradictions, precise, as, very fast, #one *concertación to #all levels, in the States and with the countries candidates, adhere to the countries candidates to the European Union and work in the context of the *Quinto Programs Frame. +In the summit of *Helsinki, that will celebrate in December, the Government Bosses will tackle the subject of the integration of the environment and of the durable development in different sectorial politics, and of special way the energy. +*Me surprises even more the fact that transports by road remain excluded of the field of application of the Directive that limits the time of work and the reservations manifested on this subject regarding the workers "*off-*shore". +Share also the criterion of *Wallis, Group colleague, in the sense that we have to follow advancing, by a part, supporting his amendments and, by #another, expect that the Commissioner discover new possibilities of advance in this matter to the light of the Summit of *Tampere., Take like example the *litigios by foods. +#would Be easy, for the Court of Justice, contribute a definition to the notion of parental responsibility independently of the existence of a common matrimonial right, it that do not wishes, neither foresees at present? +do not fits doubt that *subsistirán important problems, especially the subject of the disparity of rights applicable to the divorce and to his consequences, but this regulation is only #one first stage and congratulate to the speaker by this initiative. +Also suit in that, in the case of countries that depend to a large extent of the nuclear head offices for his electricity and energy, is essential that *escalone the execution of closing programs to end to give time so that it have of substitutive capacity. +Signalled that, #if there #be a derogation that *nos allow to set up the fulfillment of commitments contracted in May of 1998, #would reach a global attack against the expropriation of property, no only in Tub, #where the agreement of May of 1998 received attacks very strong. +Is of interest for #all that there #be a derogation of the Title 4, is of interest for #all, included the possible investors, that do not have a commercial difference that no only frightens off the investment, but that, besides, poisons our global relations. +Have to say that *me inspires confidence that #Sergio Scallop of *Mello go to be the administrator of the Nations Joined in *Timor Oriental: is a person with the that worked closely in my previous charge, in *Hong *Kong, to tackle the problem of the refugees and of the illegal immigrants. +In the valid directive #can find #all the instruments for a correct management of nitrogen in the fields and in the hydrographic basins, in what it apply adequately in #all the zones of agriculture and *ganadería intensive of *Europa. +So that they are not necessary new provisional directives neither the review of the valid; it that takes fault is to increase pressures to reach his effective application in the vulnerable zones and in the level of the exploitations *agropecuarias. +For the #others seven countries, among the that it finds #Italia, *nos remains, from the proposals received in services, for verifying, country by country, that the map of zones proposed correspond sure enough to the group of the criteria of the Regulation of the Structural Bottoms. +As always, permission demanded determined commitments by part of the company, commitments allocated to guarantee the real recovery of the company and to reduce the repercussions in the competition and inside the only market. +Gentleman President, the Commission knows perfectly the importance that has the reform of the systems of social security of the countries candidates in the context of his adhesion to the EU. +. Lady Speaker, *Señorías, is a big pleasure for me and a big honour appear in front of the Plenary of Parliament in my new quality of General Secretary of the Council and High Representative of the Union for the External Politics and of Common Security. +Our request, regarding questions of human rights, has obtained an answer that *me *atrevería to describe of *alentadora, with confirmation that they have *cursado invitations to the no governmental organisations active in the field of the human rights so that they visit *Argelia. +Create, lady Speaker, *Señorías, that the debate of the Monday revealed likewise that ministers wish that the Union endow of the suitable means to evaluate the crises and have of procedures also suitable and clear for the taking of decisions in case that it was necessary to act. +But the Commission yes has the means and the necessary experience to make an important contribution to the no military dimension of security. +Want to appreciate likewise to the presidents of the other Groups agreement reached the Thursday of the past week so as to that the European Commission, represented in this occasion by #Chris *Patten, also #can take part in the session of today. +By #this affirm that the Assembly of the Western European Union, that has fulfilled an important paper in the past, has to transfer tasks to the European Parliament chosen by direct suffrage. +Said #this, want *recalcar again - and fortunately already have taken it other orators - that, in my opinion, the strength of the European Union resides or #would have to reside in the management of the crisis and in the prevention of conflicts. +This position is so surprising that *me ask #if *algún Minister has read the amendment and the data, because #this results totally incomprehensible. Unless it was not truth the that #some suspect, #this is, that this position *moralista and *rigorista serves to take out of difficulties to #some great powers no especially interested by moratorium proposal. +Of course, like the Europeans do not propose any additional army, capacity of autonomous action of the EU will limit mainly to the process of taking of political decisions. +#Can really *permitirnos strategic and financially endowment by duplicate of personnel and committees, the proliferation of strengths #european and the waste and the confusion to subject to our strengths armed to two operative doctrines and diets of distinct planning? +Unless we correct this look, #all the subject of the External Politics and of Common Security and of defence identity #european will not happen to be a fantasy. +*Cuando begin to *ocuparnos of the crisis of *Bosnia there was a development in the military planning, in the deployment of the strengths -remember that they deployed 60.000 soldiers in *Bosnia-, that was very by in front of the of the civil planning that #would be necessary to have made. +Among #this figure, for example, the principle of caution, the need that #this define clearly, to be able to have a definition in the line of the that adopted in the River Conference on the Environment and the Development. +Is necessary to improve the transparency of said procedure, with the *cual have had repeatedly difficulties in the past, and #many of the conflicts have been related with looks of the environmental politics, the protection of the consumer and the protection of animals. +It that, for example, #can not repeat is that the #european restrictions to the export are classified in the "green box" and, therefore, have to reduce in six years and the #american credits to the export, that have nature exactly, are not subjects to *imposición *restrictiva #any. +The opinion of the Commission of Subjects Social and Employment is unanimous: is necessary to support very especially integration in the world-wide economy of the States that fulfil the social and environmental norms fundamental. +. -. (*FR) The program *Daphne, #all *nosotros, the deputies, have wished it, but also #all the organisations, the no governmental and #others, and associations that work in the delicate field of the violence against the boys, the teenagers and women. +#If we created a #european tax, the Council will lose little by little resistance means and go to give a decisive advantage to the institutions that look for an increase of the budget. +have increased retentions until the 25 percent to end to compensate so much to *Bélgica as to the Low Countries by the charge by costs that proceeded of the progressive replacement of the contribution of the VAT by the contribution of the *PNB. +Second, the majority of the persons (and believe that it is also the case in #all the European Union) recognise that it #would be a historical error begin the next century blocking to *Rusia of subjects #european as we took to beginnings of this century. +Finally wanted to say that Mr. *Ivanov has suggested in his conversations *conmigo that it #can be of utility an intensification of the contacts among the European Parliament and the *Duma, included perhaps a visit to *Moscú of a group of representatives of his *Señorías. +Gentleman President, the last weeks have shown, #such as it finishes to expose orator that *me has preceded, that the dimensions of the conflict of the *Cáucaso are, in fact, considerable wider and #this extends also to the group of the zone of the sea *Caspio. +In this context, poses a debate and also a *interrogante of another totally distinct order. The European Parliament always has left clear in #all resolutions that *Chechenia forms part of the Russian Federation. +*Yo do not finish to comprise how is possible that a supposed Minister of External Subjects *autodesignado of *Chechenia, that of compliance with the international Right #can not exist, keep an official conversation with the Speaker of the European Parliament. +Lady Speaker, *Señorías, gentleman Commissioner, the Liberal Group adopts a positive posture concerning agreement relative to the reduction of the bilateral commercial barriers that reached the Chinese Sunday and States Joined. +#This do not involves that we are in presence of the perfect market and, precisely by #this, knowing his benefits and degenerations, have to treat, through agreements like the proposed by the World-wide Organisation of Trade, to create norms and rules with the end of *protegernos of this type of excesses. +Lady Speaker, gentleman Commissioner, in an increasingly interdependent world, in the that the problems that *nos affect #be to have his causes in #ours *antípodas, are forced to work together with the other countries to manage adequately the resources of the planet, respecting rules that are common to #all. +But, #can not occur instead that the diet strengthen by means of an economic growth that will benefit to the urban minorities but that will create *decenas of millions of new unemployed, without social security, *cuando dismantle brutally factories state and simultaneously millions of peasants go to the unemployment by the new competition in agricultural matter? +Second is precise to confine to the *OMC, limit of strict form his paper and keep out of competition field sectors that put in game the same identity of the societies and that they have to continue depending of the sovereignty of the citizens and of his institutions chosen. +And, from sight point, reaffirm here the need of respect of the environmental questions, respect of the consumer, respect of the human rights and the social rights. +Finally, the stake is not a trade without rules, but to the contrary, act of way that the formidable growth of the trade serve to the durable development of #all and no to the enrichment *predador of the strongest. +Owe *ocuparnos that it have spot for the social and ecological looks and for a gradual participation and directed of the countries of the *Tercer World in the world-wide economy in a world with a commercial traffic liberalised. +approval will be a clear signal regarding our partners, that confirms that the European Union will not conform with an approach *minimalista, oriented only to an improvement of the access to the market in #some sectors. +The risk of paralysis of the legislative organs -the Council and the Parliament- and of *inoperatividad of the Commission to apply the legislation is a fundamental problem. +An administration of justice fine and to time constitutes, after all, an essential part of #all Been of Right, and have to procure that in the European Union the essence of the procedure *prejudicial and protection juridical general continue being guaranteed. +Other proposals that have suggested, #such as the request that the European Parliament take part in the election of judges and that the competition of the Court of Justice has to extend to the called *tercer *pilar, are studied. +Finally, it is necessary to reach the introduction of a clear hierarchy of norms juridical that allow a precise separation among #all the different legislative decisions and the decisions of application. +Alas, neither the two speakers neither Subject Commission Institutional have wanted to accept the amendments of the Commission of Industry relative to the energetic politics and to the *Euratom. +#This is already a firm point that #all will have to take into account. The Parliament and the Commission move in direction and are equally convinced that the Conference *Intergubernamental do not has to mark a horizon limited, an approach *reductivo, a diary reduced. +Nobody #can neglect the problems of strengthening of the *Europa political and of institutional change that *nos have posed the birth of the euro and of the Central Bank European, the lesson of *Kosovo, the extended aspiration to space guaranteed of security and of justice, the disenchantment of *demasiados citizen constituents. +As it has remembered the president of our Commission, Mr. *Napolitano, no treats to resolve among maximalists and *minimalistas, it will be necessary to be perfectionist, without leaving to be progressive, regarding the future development of the European Union. +At the side of the hit of the Monetary Union -*innegable- is necessary to advance also in the Political Union and in fields that expand competitions of the European Union to avert the existent asymmetries; *yo #would say the *clamorosas existent asymmetries. +The current method is quite exhausted but, anyway, #would be indispensable that the Council engaged to take into account the proposals that take in his moment the Commission and Parliament of suitable way. +In this sense *me add to it that finishes to say . #would Have to include a review procedure less strict for the *segunda splits of the new configuration of the Treaties, in addition to incorporating a clause on the cooperation reinforced in a *Europa of 27 or 30 countries. +In 1999, the production grew with regard to the previous year more of the 100 by one hundred and has reached the greater volume of #all the times, that estimates in some 4600 tonnes, and, in part, #this is consequence of the remarkable increase of the surface devoted to the crop of opium. +As it already has said the author of the question, the activities in *Afganistán see hampered by the wide base of government of the country, and, therefore, by the fault of a suitable partner that deserve credibility. +Wanted to ask to the President in exercise of the Council that *me confirm #if the relative information to how country voted in how felt do not facilitates *cuando the Council issues press communiqués at the end of each meeting of the Council. +According to the general program of Regulation of the Council 793\/93 on assessment and control of the risks of substances existent, at present there are three #fireproof products with bromine that are. +Other specific questions that formulate in this matter also will be of competition of the Commission, that like manager of the community politics, has the tools and the necessary information to give answers reliable and updated. +Of compliance with the article 112 of the Regulation, the Group of the European Socialists and the Group of the Liberal, Democrat and Reformers *me have requested the application of the urgency procedure. +The article 112 of Regulation remits to the section 1 of the article 60: "the urgency of the debate of a proposal that was object of query to the Parliament, according to the section 1 of the article 60...". +Had explains that the report of Mr. *Napolitano refers to a text of character legislative, believe that *nos situate in the frame of the section 1 of the article 60, to the that remits the article 112 of the Regulation. +Step to the minimum norms. A politics of control like the that proposes here only is acceptable #if #all the countries apply some minimum norms in it that to the processing of asylum appeals refers. +No exists any elementary norm of juridical security regarding the procedure of register and to the access to the transmission of these data of the that have the States members and the Commission. +#Everything *ello *me carries to think that #some pretend to use the system *Eurodac maybe no exclusively but yes mainly to designate to a Been responsible member, that will have to load with the consequences of the fraud in matter of illegal immigration and asylum, and do not seem to have interest in preventing this type of fraud. +Is important that comprise that, to the time that promote a politics of prevention with goals on a long-term basis, will have to exert politics with goals more in the short term, as they are the politics directed to the repression of the drug trafficking and to the therapy and rehabilitation of the *drogodependientes, of luck that contribute to that the prevention finish succeeding, or, at least, to that the situation stabilise. +By it that refers to the reduction of demand, the programs and the preventive measures for boys and young, instead of centring exclusively in the illegal drugs, #would have to treat of the addiction in general, with inclusion of looks of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. +Finally, the *OLAF do not tackles the causes of corruption, that reside in the suppression of the national borders, it that allows that the money of the drug circulate freely, #as well as the fraud and the financial delinquency. +Second, has awarded to the Commission a mandate of global negotiations regarding #all a series of questions, #some of the *cuales are of community competition, but #others, like the services or the investments, are clearly of national competition. +In any case, will be attentive to the way in that the Commission negotiates, and although the tone of this report amended *nos seem still too much liberal, *nosotros, the Greens, *nos will convert in the more *encarnizados defenders of said text, #if Commissioner *Lamy descended underneath of the recommendations that here have taken. +But believe that #one of the most important facts in #day of this new round, and that the distinguishes of the previous, is irruption of the civil society, of the *ONG and of the international public opinion in the debate. +Is of this doubt, on the other hand, of #where arises worry: the fact that, by not ending in this point, are forced to not respecting commitments very ancient regarding the countries in roads of development, and especially in front of the countries *ACP, to the *cuales the agreements of *Lomé *nos link from twenty years ago. +But is evident that bear *eso there are other roads, very distinct of the current and of the that trace, it that introduces in the agenda the need of a moratorium relative to the negotiations on the international commercial relations. +On the other hand, nobody prevents to the countries in roads of development that carry out a suitable agricultural politics. Is to say, #can avert or reduce the import of these cheap products that prejudice his own agriculture by means of the fixation of exactions to import. +The #european agriculture has suffered, during the years of the Round *Uruguay, the greater decrease of active population that have known never, it that has caused a true *desorganización of the rural world. +For the neutral states and no ranged the tasks of *Petersberg involve the possibility to take part in conflicts and in the handle of crisis and, by reason, there #be not reason to integrate totally to the *UEO in the European Union. +Like this, the protection of the fundamental rights of the persons that it treat demands that no advance to the creation of a central system of control of personal data, as, by principle, #any of these persons #can be treated like an individual criminal or suspicious of be it. +The risk of a nuclear war *desatada by mistake was #one of reasons of the proposal of the Commission of *Camberra in the sense that the nuclear arms have to be prepared for his immediate use. +#Ours *segunda requirement to diminish the risk of nuclear war was that #all the nuclear arms #would have to disassemble of the devices that the transport, to give like this sufficient time to the serious political negotiations. +Although any element of the systems determinants for the security result affected, other systems, specifically #that that transmit information to the operator, #can see affected and failure #can put in danger indirectly the nuclear security, when overloading to the operators, as it has signalled. +In the first place, because they still exist *atropellos to the human dignity and to the human rights of the *timorenses that find refugees in zones of *Timor, in particular in *Timor western and that wish to return to *Timor Oriental and is necessary that the authorities of Indonesian facilitate urgently the humanitarian action, in particular of the no governmental organisations. +Already there #be an approximate calculation of the costs of reconstruction -250 millions of euros, in three years- and the day 17 December will celebrate a donor conference. +owes simple and *llanamente to that *nos concentrate in the economic help and *nos forget of the fundamental things like the exercise of tolerance, the exercise of the democracy and the support in the social field. +For *nosotros, the abolition of the pity of death is an intrinsic element of our politics in matter of human rights, whereas for countries said question - #this is, at least, his thesis - *incumbe exclusively to the criminal subjects. +Believe that the Commission and, with *ella, #all the European Union has taken to know, clearly, from the principle, that *nosotros condemned type of ethnic violence, without mattering the one who went his author and his victim. +Now well, in this resolution *nos refer to an independent investigation, which *nos allows to express our wish that the parts involved and, therefore, the Government of *Burundi no limit to explain his version of it occurred but that, apart from *eso, go out to the surface the facts. +Gentleman President, Mr. Commissioner, colleagues, have worked in *Ruanda and know the country from 1984, have been born in *Tanzanía and have lived in the country years, and talk the main #african language of the region of the Great Lakes of *África. Believe that I #can say, therefore, that talk of this question with experience and with knowledge of cause. +is not possible any national reconciliation without a true judicial treatment of this question, and #this *atañe so much to the national justice #rwandan as to the International Penal Court for *Rwanda. +*Nosotros consider that the complete resumption of the cooperation saves relation with the results of the process of peace, #as well as with the instauration of a political and constitutional frame that conduct, finally, to democratisation. +The attempt to show that the current prime minister, *Sharif, takes part in a criminal conspiracy and has created a system of nepotism #can not convert in simulation of process. +While *Pakistán do not gather #all the necessary conditions for the urgent and indispensable economic reforms, social and human will not be able to recover his quality of member of the *Commonwealth neither will be able to benefit of the cooperation agreement with the European Union. +First: #all *nosotros, progressive or conservative of this Plenary, have to have clear, and believe that we have it, that the approach of the politics of drugs has to split always of a budget: the *drogodependientes do not need by principle of the pity and persecution, but of the help and of the support. +The past week, the President of the Commission signalled that it has developed in the breast of the Union a "inner market for drug traffic". +The main problem of my report rooted in that to measure that passed the work went taking more evident that the European Bank of Investments in it that concerns to the modern management of companies, to transparency and to work publicly finds certainly delayed. +In May of 1999, my predecessor, the Mr. *Blak, Vice-president of the Commission of Budgetary Control, formulated 26 concrete questions about presumptive frauds, bad management, corruption and cover-up -have said "cover-up" -in the activities of the Bank, operations of box included, along the period 1993-1998. +#can not follow reducing the "social costs" to fulfil with the criteria imposed to the national budgets by the Stability Pact, while they repeat beautiful words of social support that afterwards do not materialise in the practice. +Precisely in this field the #european dockyards means have developed a very rich inventiveness, but the investigation and the development, and no only the production and the acquisition, require money, and here is #where take part subventions. +From 1997, *Corean-*Gaz restricts the biddings for the construction of fuselages *metaneros to dockyards #korean, it that constitutes equally, in my opinion, a rape of the international rules of liberalisation of the public agreements. +The European Union, gentleman Commissioner, with #all means political, economic, financial and commercial to his scope, has to take cost the international norms and put brake, once and for all, to the *dumping #korean, because the #european sector #can be viable in some loyal competitive surroundings. +The States Joined, that present with propaganda image like the champions of the *librecambismo, of the free market, only have this position for it that *les interests: for the audiovisual sector, for the sector *agroalimentario, for #everything it that *les interests. +Is a tragedy ascertain that still in the European Union there are defenceless citizens in front of the sectarian violence of #one #few, having to pay a very high price for keeping in convictions in front of the terrorist blackmail. +*Ojalá that enjoy during years and decades of a democratic politics in *Irlanda of the North and *le pray, lady Speaker and also through our here present colleague #Jim *Nicholson, to the one who include in the leadership of *Irlanda of the North, that transmit the best wishes of this Parliament to #all *ellos. +Today occupy knowingly the seat of #John *Hume, because like winner of the Prize *Nobel of this Parliament and because it has devoted #all his life to guarantee peace process, believe that it is important that *le honour since it finds *convaleciente in his house of *Irlanda of the North. +Want to, in the first place, congratulate to rulers, to the political parties, to the intermediaries and especially to the #british village and to the village of *Irlanda by this path of peace that have found, yielding #all in his postures *originarias. +is not possible to allow to representative of a big Group talk during three minutes and not conceding the use of the word to a representative of a small Group, although we do not agree with *él and although it hurt it that goes to say. +Lady Speaker, as *usted will comprise, in these two planes, the world-wide and the European, from the next year go to take of the anti-doping fight spear tip of our sportive politics. +Second, exist the questions that of *ello derive as, for example, the fact that the enlargement *repercutirá in the other Institutions and in #all organs #european like the Court of Justice and, definitely, also in this Plenary that, to measure that go *ingresando new members, will have to prepare to receive until 700 and no more of 700 representatives. +The majority of the Group says: #if *Turquía happens to be member of the European Union, the Union -and is *algo that we have to have clear- will experience a qualitative change from sight point political, economic and cultural. +#One *CIG that do not amend the mood of reviewing the Treaties in the future and allow that the political sectors the weaken #would loom with paralysing the Union *cuando #this try *modernizarse after the adhesion of the new States members. +And a Union that fears to reinforce his liberal character and member of parliament will be a little attractive Union for the States members that incorporate and a little reliable speaker in panorama world-wide. +To our trial, it #would be necessary to consider models of distinct grade of adhesion and #would be necessary to aspire to a concentric Union, in the that there was a core of State Federal and an external circle less integrated. +Remains for taking note that in the summit of *Helsinki will define with more precision the politics of the European Union in his #nordic dimension and, thanks to *ello, will be able to reinforce the instruments for the stability and security of *Europa of the North. +The defence of democracy and the fight against the extremist movements split of the base of the social justice, it that means, among other things, that it is necessary to finish with the unemployment. +Today are to a historical minimum inside the brief history of the euro, and believe that the European Council of *Helsinki #would have to consecrate *algún space to the subject of the external representation of the zone euro. +am not at all of agreement: treats of a Summit of extraordinary importance that have prepared -the Parliament, the Commission and the Presidency in exercise of the Council- with great care, with strength, and the challenge of enlargement is a historical challenge, #whose importance is crucial. +Split *ciñéndonos to the document presenting previously, with strong proposals and also with the spirit that, after enlargement, will pose for real the problem to define with care, with attention and with a very wide debate the that they are the limits and the nature of *Europa. +Exist agreements that #can conduct to a strategy of closing of these head offices that offer security and that to time leave to these countries the possibility to surpass his problems of way realistic and shared. +For example, #can take in have more detail in the future the questions related with the political asylum and with the refugees, since *ello encloses factor transcendental from the point of sight of the human rights. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam and disposals on the human rights that finish to go in in vigour improve the possibilities of performance of the EU to promote the human rights. +But the publication of this document *me incites to put the watches in the next future, the editorial of Letter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. +needs more concretion and development and some deeper analyses. The Parliament will go back on this subject with a report that will vote in March of the next year and that will have the honour to be speaker. +The Council has to have the political value of loan more attention to the internal situation of the human rights in the EU in the next annual report. +Likewise, are expression of values #christian that during two one thousand years have constituted an indispensable part of the *acervo cultural and spiritual European and that, in front of the new #millenium, are a glorious base to continue the fight in favour of the human rights. +In relation with the important process of enlargement eastwards, requirements on suspension and back abolition of the pity of death have influenced, so much in the ethical concepts as in the legislations, to improve the life, even in our own continent. +To #that *respecto, forum #whose creation asked our Parliament #would have to exert an important paper; will be able to support in the already existent structures, in particular in the Economic and Social Committee of the European Community. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, once again, #few weeks after the debate on the extension of the program #Socrates to youth #turkish, this Parliament goes back to occupy of the controversial question of the relations among the European Union and *Turquía. +Gentleman President, *Señorías, *yo want to manifest, in name of the Group of the Popular Party European (*Demócratacristianos)\/Democrats European, that the present proposal of directive constitutes a new contribution to the construction of the #european politics in favour of the quality of the air. +The development of the managerial frame on the quality of the air acclimatise foresees the adoption of directives derivative for a series of harmful substances. +The requirements established by the European Commission and the amendments of the Commission of Environment, Public Health and Politics of the Consumer that the expand are very demanding from sight point. +A *tercer goal of the Directive Mark on the Quality of the Air, #as well as of the present proposal is to guarantee that the States members evaluate the quality of the air of coherent and comparable way. +Therefore we propose the following new editorial: "In the reports of the years in that they will have to fulfil the partial goals and finals will mention #if decreases obey to technological measures adopted by the manufacturers or #if they exist other factors, #such like changes in the behaviour of the consumers." +Said #this, there are things that yes #can take to #european level, among the that includes a change of culture, the culture of the place of work and the culture of our mood of life. +#Such as the speaker signalled in his intervention and in the report, the amendments to Annexes 3 and 4 of the agreement on the half marine in the sea *Báltico already have been approved and will go in in vigour inside a month. +Therefore, the States members have to can define without bureaucratic fetters selection criteria of the material of reproduction, as at all it #would be so *nefasto like some consequences *ulteriores that prejudiced to the group of the forest reservations. +The external quality of the plant has a strong impact, no only in the percentage of the plants that survive, that #can happen of the 85% to the 20%, but also in the future development in the extremely hard conditions of transplantation in this climate. +The possibility to effect the change of form brusque *nos continues resulting attractive, but no #all the States members are convinced. Of here that we take a call so that periods of parallel circulation are, in any case, minima. +The introduction of the euro has to result simple for the citizens and the consumers, minimising the problems that affect to particular communities and taking all it possible so that the introduction of the euro produce without problems in the regions more moved away. +The present proposal for a Regulation of the Council contains changes regarding the area and to the calendar of restrictions designed to protect the spawn of herrings of the Bank #Douglas in the Sea of *Irlanda. +treats and treated of the procurement of the #european market with fish and of the production allocated to export with the end to conserve the direct and indirect places of work in the sea and in earth. +Regarding the information to the consumers, am fully in accordance with the Commission *cuando proposes the obligation of a labeling that indicate the denomination of the species, the capture and capture zone. +In frame, the regulation of the offer and the demand of the products *pesqueros has to answer to a double consideration: attend the needs of the consumers and preserve the development of the sector *pesquero own. +regulation has adapted to *ellas, and it is necessary to consider this report like a supplementary stage in the construction of an organisation balanced among the production and the management of the resources *pesqueros. +Thus I want to recommend postponement of the processing of this point until the #turkish Parliament have shown his will to respect the fundamental human rights in *Turquía. +This Assembly has pronounced in favour of more right humans, in *pro of the respect to the rights of minorities, in favour of the improvement in the relations among *Turquía and #Grecia, in *pro of a solution of the #cypriot question. +In *primer term, although it have effected a big campaign of promotion of the euro, especially in the moment of his launching, although now it was *jurídicamente in vigour and know even #some setbacks *candentes in the international markets, the citizens seem to have forgotten entirely existence. +Wanted to give the thanks to the #italian colleagues that have put this wonderful *belén in front of the entrance of Plenary Hall and want to ask to #all the colleagues that contemplate this piece of culture #european. +Thanks to the #arab world, thanks to the #arab culture, *Europa nowadays has all it that it is inheritance #greek; thanks to the #arab world, has all it that it is the recognition of the #greek culture. +Want that this Parliament take a call to the Commission so that it study this subject for the first time from the perspective of the European Union and reestablish the civil right plenaries and politicians of families. +*Me imagine that, #if Mr. *Swoboda and his mates had known that this relative subject to *Nicaragua #can appear in the agenda, #would have voted of different form on the relative proposal to the political prisoners in *Djibouti. +This positive experience reinforces my conviction that it has to follow having a narrower participation of the European Parliament in the formulation of the common commercial politics. +#One on bottom, trying build alliances and preserve the support in *pro of a wide approach of the round and #another on the form, the institutional plan and the procedures, to establish it that will need along the next negotiations. +Of course, have the agreements of *Marrakesh and are not forced to obtain a result, but is necessary that remain watchdogs so that the agreements by separate on the agriculture and services do not take to go in by the window it that we have expelled by the door. +Agree with Mr. *Staes in that the report is not the best reading bear before sleeping, and felt a big worry *cuando began to turn off the lights, although the brave intervention of the Mr. *Dell'#Alba put remedy to the situation. +By this reason goes directed my special gratitude to the speaker, the Mrs. *Pack and to the Mrs. Commissioner *Reding those who jointly with the Conciliation committee *le have started to the Council 300 millions of euros. +In deputy quality that represents to the greater part of the #irish region of *Gaeltacht of #irish speech, *me pleases to ascertain that the program includes the #irish tongue, that is #one of the tongues of the Treaty. +has achieved that a review clause allow that to more take in the year 2004 reconsider the derivative financial consequences of the future adhesion of countries candidates to the adhesion and that have to present a report by part of the Commission. +The quality of his work is known, especially for the that from takes some time occupy seats in this Parliament, and besides do not treats of his *primer inform on #Socrates that, in some mood, is a #his son, as it was speaker already in 1994 of program #Socrates *I, and also of the budgetary review in 1997. +All #this thanks to that there are men and women intelligent that, simply, have comprised that we will not build the *Europa of morning without the contribution of the youngsters that have had the occasion to know other cultures, other educational systems. +The only difference resides in that the victim of the accident, following this example the French, do not has to direct directly to the #italian insurer in #Italia, but to the representative of the insurer #italian in *Francia. +But also, and especially, link to the regulation foreseen the hope that with *ello, before or afterwards, go to achieve make an essential contribution to transport politics of the new Union, better, more efficient and also more human and ecologically viable. +In the European Union have to help to the *Tercer World and to the countries in development to implant quickly new technologies that do not damage the coat of ozone and to not using chemical products that exhaust ozone coat. +The gradual prohibition of the *HCFC, requested in the amendment, together with the deep reasons of scientific character, recognises likewise social reasons, because persons run the risk to lose his place of work. +The Commission #can not accept the amendments 2 and 10 because they #would bring achieve the first reductions of production and utilisation of bromide of methyl in dates too much early to be realistic - on 1 January 2000 and on 1 January 2001 respectively. +#If *eso is like this, are of quantities really very small and are varied the members of the commission the that believe that, fundamentally, this proposal that analyse tonight is not applicable and that it is a new case in that the European Commission has created *algo that seems good, but that in reality do not works in practice. +*Me had enjoyed to know tonight the time that even goes to last compass to fold to the pressure of the industry of the *forrajes, or #if they go to put in practical it promised here by the Mr. *Prodi, in concrete, greater transparency for the consumers. +The proposal has by object resolve the problem of product labeling alimentary *cuando the operators have tried to avert the utilisation of material *GM and #can show it, although the products contain small quantities of material *GM. +In name of the Commission, am had to assume the following commitment: "The Commission will review the directive proposal by the that amends the Directive 1139\/98 in the term of a year from his entrance in vigour. +The security need in *Europa and of a wider #european zone of peace is amply illustrated by the current situation in *Chechenia, with regard to the *cual the European Council approved a very concrete statement. +Concerning the defence, receive with the greater *beneplácito the creation of the strength of reaction fast and his important and necessary advances: it *sucedido in *Kosovo *nos has taken to comprise, to coast to pay a high price, need. +For real believe *ustedes, *Señorías, that with the incorporation of *Turquía, the most populated country of *Europa, with a big own history, only will add a *vigésimo *octavo Been to the European Union and #this will not purchase a new quality? +To trial, *nos find in front of questions so fundamental that, since they have to be ratified by the national Parliaments, have to have sufficient time to debate these subjects in the States members and to achieve that the national Parliaments support these reforms. +Gentleman President, gentleman Commissioner, estimated colleagues, the Council has stepped definite to the militarisation of the European Union with the decision to develop a military body for crisis management. +Of how understands the European Union crises *nos has given a sample when taking part in the disintegration of *Yugoslavia, and especially with the barbaric and murderous attack against the #yugoslav village. +Our task in the European Free Alliance is the to achieve that it recognise and remedy with the help of our colleagues of the Group of the Green\/Alliance Free European. +Is important that *Turquía show that, wanting to form part of the #european family, respects the human rights, democracy, the neighbouring countries and that really wishes the calm and peaceful solution of the problems to the that it confronts. +Equally, want *darles the thanks to the coordinators of the groups of work, in particular, to Mr. *Böge of the Group *PPE and to the Mr. #Walter of the Group *PSE by his stupendous collaboration, and to #all the members of the commission. +Wish simply manifest, in name of the Commission of Cooperation and Development, #all worry about this budget of the 2000 that, in absence of a review of the financial perspectives, takes *recaer entirely the sacrifices on the poorest countries. +The procedure in relation with *Autostrade *s.*p.to. #can have a positive result, since the #italian authorities have shown his unanimous disposal to cooperate with the Commission and have given steps to privatise the company. +Affects no only to the bilateral economic relations among Serbian and the neighbouring countries, but also to other countries along the course of the river, that traditionally have used it like route of navigation among the *Rhin and Sea #Black. +The States members and the Commission are at present a common action #whose approval is foreseen bear before the end of this year with seen to application of the looks of the common strategy on *Rusia relative to the security and the no proliferation. +Today have debated the budget for the next year and the difficulty of the European Union to achieve sufficient bottoms with seen to fund the operation in *Kosovo. +Am safe that it is very above a simple Commissioner of External Subjects, but expect that the next year no *me see forced to explain in terrain these complex constitutional questions to persons of the *Balcanes or of any #another part of the world that do not receive the support that deserve. +Is conscious the Commission that the leaders of the market no only devote to commercialise products, but that also commission of the financial support (interesting loans), material (supply of the installation to serve beer of barrel, furniture, glassware, etc.) and technical (*frigoristas)? +In fact, will constitute an essential base for the next debate on the future juridical frame with seen to car distribution after it expire the current regulation on 30 September 2002. +#Can, besides, the Commission indicate #if it follows considering sufficient norms valid relative to the granting of helps state to the #SME, for example, the norm that establishes the limitation of 250 employees? +In front of the option of the European Council, an option that pretends to be dynamic, to expand the circle of the candidates to adhesion, #would not be convenient to review also the financial perspectives? +*Nos interests to have a base of serious work that *nos allow to work jointly from a solid foundation, instead of *limitarnos to jump of a problem to #another, and that serve for varied years, as the problem of the *Balcanes is not a problem of a year. +The first observation that #can take to the budgetary procedure of this year is that so much the Commission like the Council have procured that it take public quantity of money available for a determined purpose, but without that know very very how has to carry out the finance. +The term of time and the possibilities to adapt the current budgets are crucial for the Group of the Greens and of the European Free Alliance. +In effect, the Council has to take fine note that they #can not transfer, on the one hand, increasingly tasks to the #european field, without initiating to time, by the #another side, a serious negotiation with the Parliament to determine how go to fund these additional costs. +In this context, *me direct tonight to Mr. *Liikanen bear *pedirle that take charge of the problem of the insecurity that affects to thousands of my voters employed in the factory *BMW-*Rover of *Longbridge, in *Birmingham, #where plans an investment of big importance to produce new small cars allocated to the world-wide market. +To the Mr. *Lange, owe *decirle that, as it knows His *Señoría, each new element of the community legislation that has to adopt to *través of Gin process has to be approved by the Parliament, already was by consent according to the Agreement of 1958 or by *codecisión, according to the Parallel Agreement. +Wanted to ask that it send a circulate to the deputies and to the personnel giving to know the normal procedures of evacuation, and wanted to ask #if in a case like #this #can use the screens situated by #all building to inform to the deputies on the situation. +Have to communicate of official form to the public opinion the names of the members of the European Parliament designated to form part of the commission, since #this will initiate his activities officially Friday. +To level of the Community, *Finlandia has proceeded to integrate the climatic politics in the politics through environmental strategies in the sectors of the energy, of the transport and of the agriculture, #among others. +Up to now, *Europa has effected statements wonderful, but #if they do not adopt extraordinary measures, the broadcasts of the gases of effect *invernadero in the European Union will have increased a 8 percent in the 2010 in place to diminish a 8 percent. +Gentleman President, alas delay the international solution to finish with the effect *invernadero and *me seems very *elocuente that so alone country, a small island of the Seas of the South, have ratified the Agreement of *Kioto. +The position of the Popular Party European finished accepted by other political strengths, by it that consider essential that debate celebrate here and in this moment, in the day in that, by lucky coincidence, *nos visits a delegation of the #chinese parliament. +subscription of the common resolution here presented, in spite of keeping still #some differences of opinion, testify #ours firm will to collaborate in the development of these friendly relations in this historical moment that receive with the greater *beneplácito. +In relation with the conference of New *York, it is necessary to signal that it treats of a governmental conference and by reason there #be not an official delegation of the European Union, but delegations of the States members. +Likewise, the Commission #can accept in principle the amendment 32, on condition that it go back to draft the text to specify that use necessary of a substance forbidden in the Protocol of *Montreal will need also the approval of the members of said Protocol. +Is necessary to promote by #all means the cooperation among the States members of the EU in important activities for the citizens that boost the active exercise of the civic qualities and also the employment. +The conditions of circulation of the heavy vehicles are strictly *reglamentadas, it that allows to take an election in favour of a true quality of life in the alpine valleys, positive measure for the environment and for the populations. +This social movement expressed by #many *ONG, civic associations, unions, has demanded type of *mundialización, that was not dominated only by the logic of the blind profitability, without taking into account to the persons and to the societies. +*Le ask, without embargo, #if it #would not be more correct that, #if these genetically modified products are harmful, the European Union, the Parliament decided to forbid production and commercialisation or, in the case of not to be it, allowed his commercialisation. +The defence of the consumer demands that it have a very precise and complete information on the foods, included the relative to the new foods for animals and to the labeling of products *exentos of *OGM. +(IN) Believe that consumers have right to know *cuando use *OGM in the preparation of products in any circumstance; #this concerns no only to the alimentary products that consume the humans, but also to the *piensos for animals, and requires a clear labeling in any circumstance. +Because they have preached in *Kosovo with the example of the contempt to the international organisms and to the peaceful methods of resolution of differences. And also by the restlessness that create with his aggressive enlargement eastwards, that causes reactions of nationalism and violence in the field of *Rusia. +Check that a true realisation of the plan will mean changes in the dynamic intern of institutions and organisations, included the values, the behaviours, the rules and the habits that affect to the situation of the woman. +Celebrate that the Commissioner and also the representative of the Presidency have expressed this morning will and commitment to organise the European Conference and take part in the preparatory works of the meeting "*Beijing + 5" of New *York. +*Yo, of course, *me engage absolutely, by part of the Commission, no only to a permanent collaboration, to a permanent information, but to infrastructure until the last day of the proposals and the works of the European Parliament. +Lady Speaker, wanted to so only say that this question of the labeling of the meat of bovine, from point of political sight, is #one of the most delicate questions of the agricultural politics and *agroalimentaria. +#If it treats of a problem of common sense, results that the #french consumers do not want this type of meat #british, and the discussion will not take that it change at all. +This White Book includes #many of the subjects on the that have treated here and in the Environment Commission in reiterated occasions. But includes besides a relative chapter to the agency of security alimentary. +Gentleman President, under the Presidency #finnish already has adopted the decision that the agendas of the sessions of the *COREPER are accessible to the public, and #this is a step in the direction wished by the *formulador of the question. +How position and how political initiatives thinks to adopt Council to contribute to the respect of the planned date by the UN for the celebration of the referendum, on 31 July of the year 2000? +The General Secretary of the UN added that it #would present in December to the Security Council of the UN a realistic estimate of the future measures in his next report. +Lady representative of the Council, have listened report of *Kofi *Annan on the last data regarding the referendum and have been in the 25ª Conference of #european support of the no governmental organisations to the village *saharaui takes #few weeks in Canarians. +Gentleman President, as I finish to say, the Council no wants to involve directly in the operation of other international organisations, but, of course, the Council is slope to the evolution of this subject in the measure that progresses, and later will be considered the possible consequences. +In this context, the EU received of positive form the recent report of the Secretary General of the UN on the protection of the civil population in the conflicts armed. +In effect, the basic principles of the humanitarian international Right, that contain Gin Agreements, are values that it is necessary to keep like foundation of the #european construction and promote from the institutional action. +Gentleman President, in the first place, the problem mentioned in the last part of the question resides in that there are #a lot of ancient unemployed soldiers so much in the aspiring countries to the adhesion, as in third countries near to the EU. +The importance of said managerial roots in that *nos will help to tackle the situation of the companies, to cause, in reality, a change of habits so that we happen of delays to the *prontitud in the payments like norm inside the Only Market European and no, as it occurs at present, it contrary. +Have to have present that 450.000 workers have lost his work in a social climate in the that the most important problem to the that the European Union has to confront is precisely the fight against unemployment. +According to the Commission, the delay is due to the fact that the reports of works in course of States members, that seat the bases for the general rule of a compulsory system, have presented too much late. +#can not approve without reservations a new postponement of a year, since nobody *nos guarantees that the next year by these same dates no *nos go back to force to concede postponement because determined States members have not taken his duties. +Maybe do not have of sufficient journalists with scientific training and that they #can express in figures question like the of the risk or maybe a headline *sensacional in cover that increase the sale of a newspaper was -as I suspect *yo- more important that give information to the consumers so that they #can adopt decisions to the hour to buy. +See that the Regulation *nº 820\/97 *nos escapes of the hands to drop in practice swamp voluntary observed half and without immediate perspectives for the compulsory plan, that, as they know #all the deputies to this Assembly, is necessary. +has agreed to accept the recommendation of the Scientific Committee like base for #all the decisions on the look of food production relative to the public health. +By misfortune, the atmospheric conditions in *Bruselas has forced to the cancellation of the flight of this morning and, by reason, have not been able to be present in person to inform to the Parliament on the relative controversy to the *EEB. +Finally, #would wish to repeat it that had said after the first reading, is to say, our deep consideration by the services loaned by the Commission of Budgets, #whose members have *desvivido -#that is word- during this double procedure, in first and *segunda reading, and to those who believe that our Assembly *les owes a deep gratitude. +From 1998 the budgets collect #one *minipartida of 15 millions of euros, a 50% of the quantity of the national program for the improvement of the production and the commercialisation of honey. And #this is like this in virtue of a regulation that have criticised by insufficient. +Thanks to the label, will reign the alimentary security, the consumers will be protected and our Green colleagues will be satisfied to have ensured the survival of humanity alimentary... +The original goal of the Commission, reestablish confidence in the protection to the consumer to #european level, #would convert in his contrary by means of the adoption of a measure of this type. +Expect that it find continuation approach that has produced up to now among the Commission and the European Parliament, the *cual already has tackled varied times this problematic in the previous terms of office, so much in the Commission of Culture as in Plenary. +Nevertheless, #some months later, after the creation of the new Commission, the general Direction of competition pushes time to the Commission to act against the agreements *transfronterizos and the only price of the book. +Is a truth of *Perogrullo say that the books are not commodities like the butter, praise eggs, cheese, but a very cultural, and therefore, from the point of sight of the Right of the competition, #can not be treated like butter, eggs, cheese. +As it already has said, #would be absolutely unacceptable that raised arm embargo, especially to the light of the fact that the #indonesian soldiers have not disarmed to the militia. +Of the arrival of the strengths of the *UNAMSL, the mission of the Nations Joined in #Sierra Lion, will depend in the first months #if it produces a new impulse of the process of disarmament and with *ello an improvement of security. +#This has not been consequence of the politics of the #taliban diet, to the style of apartheid, regarding the women, but of the protection offered by the Talibans to the Mr. *Bin *Laden. +Among these ailing prisoners finds #Mohamed *Kadamiousouf, representative in *Europa of the Front for the Restoration of the Unit and the Democracy, illegally extradited of *Etiopía in 1997, and that, by fault of medical assistance runs the danger to lose sight. +Like this as, throw the fault only to the Government of *Djibouti means, in the best of cases, dissemble the responsibilities of the #french Government, but, in reality, is to endorse a politics of support to an authoritarian diet and *represivo. +The Commission entrusts in that authorities #nicaraguan will take into account these arguments contributed by the European Union, #as well as by other members of the international community, and in that they will rectify the measures adopted against the office of the *Contralor General and against *él same. +#would Be irresponsible today not recognising publicly the disappointment that *nos produces the fact that to the year cape and half so only 91 States have signed it and hardly 5 or 6 have ratified it *cuando -as it has said the Mrs. *Schörling- are precise 60 ratifications so that the Court go in in exercise. +Thus *reviste a capital importance the that it exist an only penal court for #everyone to judge the genocide and the crimes against humanity, #as well as that exist only penal measures for #everyone, so that like this #all know that it do not matters with how pretext, ideology or nationality act: it illicit is always illicit and has to be pursued. +Gentleman President, estimated ladies and gentlemen deputies, the Commission shares fully the goal of appeal on the that is here, and considers that the initiative of the European Parliament is useful and profitable, as *nosotros also sustain that it is necessary to give more significant steps #if the International Penal Court converts finally in reality. +Already have taken quotation of the problems of constitutional order, and are had to share our experiences in processes of ratification and our skilled knowledges in this matter with the States interested. +Gentleman President, lady speaker, *señorías, #everyone puts of agreement here to signal the need to have in the community plane, of agricultural statistics so precise, reliable and coherent as it was possible, so that they #can measure of effective way the consequences of the decisions adopted in the frame of the *PAC, mainly in the half rural. +Gentleman President, simply want to appreciate and congratulate to the Mr. *Mayer by the report that has taken, that *atañe to #all those producing countries of *lúpulo in this Community and, in the case of *España, to my region, *Castilla-Lion, in Lion zone. +The year 1997 is marked also, *señorías, and go in in the central question of the subject, by a civil war in *Tayikistán, a horrible civil war among the power installed and opposition #islamic. +Yes agree with this relative concrete help to the part of the loan, by humanitarian reasons. Without embargo, the part of the donation has to delete by reasons already mentioned. +*Armenia and #Georgia go to have difficulties to understand that the community diminishes help in spite of the great efforts made by both countries, with backrest of the #FMI and of other organisms of help, to diminish his debt with *ella. +*Le pray ask to services that examine again the amendment 20. Am safe in a 99,9% that it is not the text that vote or, in any case, no the text that had to have presented, since it is not the result to the that got the Commission of Industry. +How measured has intention to adopt the Council, also in the frame of the reform of the structural Bottoms and of the community initiative *Interreg, to materialise all it foreseen to this *respecto in the Treaty of *Amsterdam? +there was a text of the Commission of the European Communities in the document Diary 2000 in virtue of the *cual regions *ultraperiféricas #would remain *exentas of the requirement of the 75 % of the community #GDP *per *cápita to remain like regions of Goal 1. +The Council will be to the common that the Indian made proof on 11 April with a ballistic missile of half scope, the *Agni *II, able to take target to 2 000 kilometres of distance and that it #can go endowed with a nuclear head. +In consequence, the Council will study the query that *le presented the President of the European Parliament on 11 March 1999, is to say, will examine #if it is possible participation individual of deputies of the European Parliament. +As I already have said, the question of the participation of the European Parliament in the River Conference goes to treat in base to the principles agreed by the Council. +Like this, as, there was true *inadecuación among the methodology of the Commission, his structure, tradition, and the tasks that *le entrusted afterwards and for the *cuales neither the Council and -*me *atrevo to say it-neither the Parliament *le conceded the convenient means. +Are delivered very correctly among the distinct States and, as it also says with reason speaker, do not exist States ancient Members that still do not have any agency and are convinced that for the States new Members already will find other new agencies. +The most important points are: first, in the Commission have to delimit clearly the fields of work of the Commissioners and acting, of mood analogous to the Ministers and secretaries of State in the national Governments. +Believe that it is well remember saying to #all #that that think that the democratic deficit, the fault of control, the negligence in the management and, in last place, but no therefore less important, the already notorious «*profitariado» to #european level #can reduce *traspasando even more competitions and more instruments and possibilities to this level. +Like this, has weeks, the Government presented a national program for the adoption of the *acervo community and a series of laws very important in matter of VAT and of special taxes, #as well as on the right to purchase sakes real estates. +It that no helps to solve at all are the demonstrations of #some States Members, included my own country, *Holanda, in the that pretty much follows refusing the adhesion of *Chipre while it have not put end to the partition of the island. +Is obvious that all #this do not depends only of the legislation that adopt, but that it is important likewise make efforts in favour of the local organisations, so much #that of voluntary character as, for example, *Urban Forum, that already exerts his activities in the Union, to end to allow his expansion and operation in the *Europa Central and Oriental. +*Confrontados with the need to determine positions in the negotiations, the countries candidates have introduced in a relatively short term considerable improvements in his organisation and internal coordination. +In countries, and said was of step that no only occurs in the countries candidates, but also in the States Members, produce long delays in the judicial procedures, frequently caused by the fault of staff of the judicial power. +Therefore, my first question to the Commission is the following: How reasons *convincentes have motivated to the Commission to substitute a system that works well, that do not prejudices to competition in the market and that results satisfactory for #everyone of the sector? +An acceptance of the amendments #would comport a modification of the object of the current legislative procedure and #would involve the taking of a decision without previous query of #all parts involved. +Regarding the question formulated also by Mrs. *Lulling, of #which are the reasons *convincentes to modify the norms for the sector *cervecero, the answer is that the current exemption by category exempts the closing of the market. +*Cuando the corresponding annual report to 1997 examined in Parliament, #some critical voices suggested that the Defender of the European Village only had succeeded in a small number of cases. +#All the members of our commission underline unanimously the need that it follow existing Request Commission independent so that the direct contact with the citizens keep in the future. +And the fact that #one of these fields in that they receive requests was environment shows *ejemplarmente how the citizens and the no governmental organisations, of the one who split complaints, have an extraordinary worry by the preservation of the half natural. +In front of this situation, invite to each #one of the members of this House to that they read with *detenimiento the annexes of the report of Mr. *Newman. Like this *percatarán that really it is absurd deliver the competitions of this commission among the other commissions. +Also has given off today #this of the report that has presented the Defender of the Village to Parliament. *Le appreciate that it have defended so firmly the need of a transparent administration. +Request Commission and the Defender of the Village will not suffice, in the future -further of his merits-, for *paliar the incoherences and the excesses of a machinery *tecnocrática. +The decision adopted by the #german court *nos has cheered *muchísimo, but too much often this type of causes judge in front of judges that, or ignore legislation relative to the kidnapping of boys, or are badly informed about *ella. +Besides, has presented an amendment in the that urges to the Commission to that it elaborate criteria allocated to control the efficiency of the States members in the administration of the collection of rights of customs. +This amendment also has to be contemplated in relation with the amendment 18, of the that the Commission estimates that it #can accept the *primer separated inserting it, without embargo, in the text of the article 3 of the initial proposal of «Customs 2000», #where finds reason to be. +Until the moment there #be had #one very fine communication and, therefore, think that the program will go out forward without a conciliation procedure, since I think that #some of these objections are so secondary that believe that my colleagues of the Parliament will not put objections. +Lady Speaker, estimated colleagues, in September of the year happened the Commission *nos presented the White Book titled «Rates just by the use of infrastructures: gradual Strategy for a common frame of *tarificación of infrastructures of transport in the EU». +*Yo think, nevertheless, that the only effective form to carry to the practice the principle that the user pays consists in involving to #all the users of transport infrastructure, without exception. +The Parliament has right to manifest his dissatisfaction by #some of the actions of NATO, in particular the bombardment of goals civil and the utilisation of arms that #many consider like arms of destruction in mass. +The deputies to the European Parliament of the *PASOK, vote against of the resolution of the European Parliament on *Kosovo because we consider that no offers positive services directed to find a solution of the problem. +In effect, do not forget never that the diplomacy consists in taking accept, to *través of the dialogue, to #one or another part in conflict, a partial cession of his initial claims, of requirements or even of his rights. +Wish, of course, a diplomatic exit European with the support of the States Joined and of *Rusia, but an exit that do not suppose renunciation of the democratic principles and of the human rights. +But limit only to this analysis, means to forget that the military commitment of NATO against *Yugoslavia is the result of an unanimous #european will, that manifested in the Summit of *Berlín and of the that the federalistic congratulated and *congratularon, *considerándola like the true game of birth of the *PESC. +Also is necessary to imagine a new conception of *Europa, valid for #all our continent: the of a family of nations allocated to coexist in confidence, the identity *recobrada and recognised and the reciprocal respect. +With the proposal that supports a majority of the Commission of Transport and Tourism runs the risk of increasing even more the derivative costs of the sector of the transports. +In the Group of the *PPE have elaborated a series of amendments to counter effects. Until the moment have not reached any support for these amendments. +Wanted to contribute firmly to improve the requirements according to the *cuales makes the route that corresponds to the road of the distance of transport combined. And no, in last term, by means of the decrease of the costs many times *desproporcionalmente elevated of parts limited of the distance by road of the transport combined. +The present communication of the Commission titles: «Establishment of performance frame». treats of a very useful document to examine #all the questions that pose regarding the financial services. +Gentleman President, #one of the very sensitive questions of the sector saves relation with the supervision and control prudential. This activity bases at present in the borders and the national market. +With *respecto, in *primer term, to the need for a Commission, even *dimisionaria, of not interrupting the task undertaken, believe that fact to continue it that already has begun form splits of the management of the common subjects. +Wanted to highlight that, regarding the possibility of a better supervision of the financial services in the field of the European Union, our attention #would have to centre in the financial groups complexes. +The report that have elaborated and the amendments that present are the reflection of the debate in #whose virtue this Plenary approved, the past month of March, a resolution on the violence against women. +treats of a zone *fulcral for stability in the world and create, therefore, that have to vote in favour of a resolution that once again transmit the word of the European Parliament of support to this village of *Timor Oriental, that so much has suffered of genocide. +Gentleman President, 48 political parties prepare for the elections. manifest political currents among the parties characterised by the *islamismo, nationalism, the liberalism, the support to the central planning and the maintenance of the *statu *quo . +Has to insist to the #indonesian Government so that it leave to support to the organisations *paramilitares, limit the military presence, reestablish right state and truly arrest to the guilty and the carry in front of the courts. +Alas, have to take again a call to the #burmese Government so that the fundamental rights of village respect with general character. Again, have to condemn firmly the trip *forzoso of villages and the utilisation of persons like compulsory workers. +To time, believe that, with regard to *Birmania, in addition to the necessary initiatives of isolation, is precise to fix a political strategy to favour a change in this country, a change that, as we have seen, also the #burmese village wishes firmly. +Is #ours to have to urge to the Commission to that it exert pressure on the neighbouring countries so that *Birmania finish isolating , Government find in the obligation to resign and leave to abuse to the inhabitants of the villages that are forced to make works forced or that they are deported in block. +To time have to encourage and *emplazar to the Council to that it interrupt #all the activities in the that was jointly with the countries of the *ASEAN and *Birmania, aside to *Birmania of said actions and procure that the #german Presidency leave to award visas of entrance, to the equal that the other community countries. +Still remains *algo of hope put that the opposition has manifested wish of *darle an opportunity to the Army so that *restituya the power to a civil Government in the term of nine months. +The Commission examines by the moment, #such as it has suggested from this House, how disposals #can adopt in view of the recent events and #one of the possibilities is that it propose to the Council paralyse partially cooperation to the development according to the known by #all *ustedes article 366 *bis of the Agreement of *Lomé. +Is precise to ascertain, once again, that the ambitious goal of Parliament has seen hindered by the opposition of those States members that *obstinan in refusing the logical consequences of the application of the only market. +Our agriculturalists do not understand the import, pertinent of third countries, of agricultural products modified genetically allocated to the animal feeding, since they exist suspicions regarding the effects on a long-term basis, with regard to the quality of meat, of the utilisation of *OMG. +His institutions are *sólidamente established and guarantee the existence of a State of right, the respect of the human rights, #as well as the respect and the protection of minorities. +Taking into account the principle of subsidiariness, consider clear and *decididamente that the EU has to establish only some minimum rates and that corresponds to the respective States members manage said rates, #among others reasons because the European Union no has to have on no account of rights in the fiscal field. +pleads aptly in this report by that they also support the projects directed to find to the victims, eventual victims of kidnappings that, for example, disappear in the prostitution and that maybe go back to appear in photos, that with commercial ends are offered in the network by determined criminal. +In consequence, has included in the title «public Health» a field to the that, to our understand, #would have to apply by greater coherence article 308 of said Treaty. Is to say, the that, in definite, attributes powers of action no on purpose planned, *cuando an action of the Community result necessary to reach #one of the goals of the Community. +Without embargo, the probability that authors are carried in front of the courts is considerably lower that in the case of the traffic of drugs or of arms. *Ello has to mainly to the fault of proofs valid. +His gradual enlargement to the countries that *ingresen in the EU, as they have mentioned varied deputies, and to the countries of the *AELC, *reviste vital importance, in view of the transnational dimension of #many of forms of violence. +Have of a report of the juridical adviser of the Parliament that *nos orients among other things about the subject of the common subjects. Said *dictamen collects disposals fundamental with regard to the question that are now. +In this sense, although the simple assimilation to the motion of censorship do not seems indicated, seems according to the spirit of the Treaty look for solutions that are compatible with the principle of parliamentary confidence. +So that, #if have 75 millions of persons that surpass the 60 years and a 42 % of the voters have more of 50 years age, is evident that the questions of the citizens of the third age and of age persons advanced go to be important in the campaign. +Expect that the present Commission action program on the health of the persons of age advanced and for #all the Community of compliance with the article 137. +(OF ) Gentleman President, the history of this conference, «age persons in the century *XXI: new perspectives of life», puts of self-evident the difference that there #be among the said and the fact *cuando treats of the persons of age advanced. +has to adapt the work to the capacities and the needs of the persons, in place to demand to the workers adaptation to the requirements of the labour activity. +#If it do not reaches to form to the most greater workers to exert new tasks, these persons will find exposed to a situation of discrimination in the places of work, to time that numerous sectors suffer shortage of hand of drama. +Besides, the report do not detains in the enormous potential of knowledges that possesses a person of 65 years and the current tendency of the labour market to follow having citizens of the third age. +Is a reason of satisfaction that in the report take upsetting in the enormous potential that offer the greater persons and in the need to act to end to explode potential. +In #one of the examples takes reference to the need to guarantee to the elderly a sufficient level of income. often, the situation of women more greater is considerably more *desfavorable that the of the men. +#would not be a fine idea that in zones ecologically sensitive, like the lakes *fineses, imposed in the measure of it possible the use of products elaborated from agricultural products, for example plastic matters to base of starch, *biolubricante in #all lakes *fineses, elaborated from products with #alto contained in proteins in the south of *Europa. +#If, #such as, as it seems, is forced to observe nowadays, take #some #granting to the Americans, especially in the subject of wheat #gluten, in the that they are these last the that *nos assault without that we have presented still any complaint in front of the World-wide Organisation of the Trade, certainly #can house legitimate worries. +Have developed the biological oils, that #can be introduced in aqueous zones protected, in the Lake #Constanza or #where was, #as well as also in the field of leisure #where the damage is each more greater #if they do not use these oils. +The of technological type, #this is, the measures for the that #there is available technology, are the that fundamentally have attracted the attention of the Commission of Investigation, Technological Development and Energy of the European Parliament. +The phenomenon of the *acqua high that, *cuando self-evident, covers around half metre the historical centre, produces some ten times to the year and creates increasing annoyances to citizens and, even more, to the economic activities of #Venecia Lagoon, the insular part of the city. +The Group of Independent by the *Europa of the Nations requests that it withdraw of the agenda the report of Mrs. #Miranda of *Lage on the agreement of collaboration among the European Community and the States Joined Mexicans. +fulfilled the requirements that, in this case, *nos take *remitirnos of Record of 1976, to the regulation on privileges and immunities in the primary Right, and of here to the #portuguese Constitution and even to the #portuguese procedural Right. +#can not be that in the past -and expect that only in the happened- the great Groups of this Assembly had a greater interest in protecting to the Commission that in *llamarla to responsibility and in strengthening to the own Parliament? +Of this luck, approval procedure of the management has voted by simple majority, but the denial of the approval of the management has voted by absolute majority. +Lady Speaker, as it finishes to say the president *Fayot, in this report there #be had an excellent collaboration among the Commission of Regulation and the Commission of Budgetary Control. +Lady Speaker, *originariamente the present report of the Employment Commission owed *versar, especially, about a communication of the Commission on the article 127 of the Treaty of *Amsterdam and, in concrete, in relation with the *mainstreaming of the politics of employment to community level. +Has to contain concrete measures and engage to #all the involved to fulfil clear agreements, so much to the Central Bank European, to the social speakers, as to the Council of the *ECOFIN and to the Council of Social Subjects. +Has been the Council in particular, that in #some questions very important, for example the trip of the taxes on employment to environmental and energetic taxes, do not wants to advance and probably now have remained again blocked. +Lady Speaker, the report of the Commission on the great orientations, that this year characterises by a qualitative improvement, loans to employment a special attention, and stresses the need of authentic structural changes. +Is as #if the governments and the social speakers by himself\/hisself alone #can influence the economic politics and as #if #ECB did not have also a paper in relation with the support of the economic politics. +Gentleman President, in name of my colleague Mr. *Flynn, wanted to begin congratulating to the Mr. *Menrad by his report and appreciating to the Commission of Employment and Social Subjects his fast work on the project of resolution. +In *Viena the European Council asked a greater synergy among the two processes and the Commission answered to this request with his great guidelines of economic politics more recent and communication on the article 127. +But *yo create to be able of *tranquilizarle. strategy of fiscal coordination proposal by the Commission and adopted by unanimity by the Council «*Ecofin», defended #among others by the speaker, Mr. *Fourçans, is not obviously a strategy of harmonisation attractive. +Second, the director is forced on purpose to contact and inform to the national judicial authorities competent, #if in the internal investigations his collaborators find states of things that #can be notable from point of penal sight. +Of luck the Commission renounced, fortunately, to the *estrafalaria contrives to entrust the competition in matter of irregularities and of frauds to an external agency with, *pásmense, 48 employees, is to say, with a civil servant to protect an average of 2.000 millions of euros. +By reason the creation of this new organ of fight against the fraud means a big opportunity for the Community and an important goal of our Presidency of the Council. +Gentleman President, the report of Mr. *Bösch and the decision of the Commission to create a #european office of prevention of the fraud indicates the end of a long process that initiated in 1995. +The paramount goals were the to underline the obligations of the personnel to cooperate in the investigations and to time protect the rights of the individual. +The amendments of November of 1998 to the budgetary regulation made possible a modernisation of the financial control, especially regarding the assignment of resources no used. +On the procedure, wanted to express my gratitude to the colleagues of the Commission of Budgetary Control that have taken contributions to this process of approval of the management. +Also corresponds to the political character of this report the coalition of the approval procedure of the management in a wider perspective. +do not have to consider requests to the Court of Accounts so that it take part in some studies like a cancellation of the responsibility of the Commission and of the Parliament concerning the measures that adopt. +But the Court of Accounts has exerted a very important paper and very useful in this process among Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +In speaker condition, have received a paper in the that in fact it reflects the loss of thousands of millions in erroneous investments and that this money finds unseen in the accounts or has been concealed. +Results quite funny, because, #if His *Señorías retreat a year or two, will see that the Court of Accounts criticised to the civil servants of *Dublín that used the weekends like part of his mission: obviously, *les enjoys to take a trip to his country to time. +Gentleman President, expect with interest the day -and do not believe that it was too much far- in that the Court of Accounts #can give to these two agencies a certificate of guarantee by «no dip in *líos», by say it like this, and for obtaining fine reports of the Court. +Gentleman President, gentleman President of the Council, gentleman Commissioner, the Commission of Development and Cooperation has to approve year to year the management of the European Bottom of Development but do not has *influjo #any on the way in that it uses Bottom, because up to now it has not been *presupuestado. +#If *algo positive has resulted of the corresponding report to 1996, has been the access that Commission of Budgetary Control has had to the persons and the documents. +The postponement constitutes as, the justest solution technically, solution that has a political value of gesture of *apaciguamiento to the new Commission without excluding in any case the most strict surveillance and #one firmness. +As I consider natural that transfer to the next term of office, *permítaseme, meanwhile, that take part, like speaker for the granting of the approval of the management to the Economic and Social Committee relative to the exercise of 1996, to affirm that no *le will be able to concede without that before it pronounce the *UCLAF on irregularities in *ella detected. +The defence of the liberal, of #that that always have recognised in the *rule *of *law the axis of his political action, always has based in the principle that no #can put objections to the texts. +Gentleman President, wanted to answer to the questions formulated by the Mr. *Elles on the preparation of the different documents based in the program that Mr. *Santer presented in January and to the that it has taken reference in #many of the reports on the approval of the management. +have initiated the technical negotiations in search of consensus with the organisations of the personnel and also have celebrated the first political sessions in search of the consensus. +Of compliance with the agenda, proceeds to the debate of the Statement of the Commission on the procedure *OMC for the arrangement of conflict among the European Union and the States Joined of *América. +Gentleman President, gentleman Vice-president of the Commission, in this commercial war -the bananas, hormones- there #be an appendix that, as #all know, affects to companies and economic sectors Europeans that do not have at all that see with the sectors object of the conflict. +This morning in *Bruselas, before coming here, have celebrated a meeting with representatives of the textile industry #european and understand perfectly the gravity of the situation for *ella and for other persons that find in the situation of victims. +Precisely because it treats of an experiment, the majority of Subject Commission Economic agreed with the general criteria and no with the delimitation of the field of application to determined sectors. +Parliament has proposed that the Commission, in *concertación with the European Parliament and, for example, on the base of the *dictámenes of high personalities and in *concertación with the national parliaments, give a new opportunity to this institutional dynamics. +Equality of opportunities for men and women, for whites and blacks, for #all colours, on the base of the human dignity of each individual. #This is the characteristic more remarkable of the European Union, his immense human face. +Without embargo, will not be necessary to tackle only the big structural reform of the Commission, for the *cual also the Parliament has presented already concrete proposals. Is precise to recognise that the European Parliament will have to reorganise in like manner to be able to fulfil properly tasks. +Suffice to think in the dispute among the States Joined and *Europa by the trade of skins of animals captured of cruel form, the banana trade and of meat with hormones and in concrete by the organisms manipulated genetically, especially after the failure, because of the *intransigencia American, of the Summit on *Bioseguridad of *Cartagena of Indians. +Is true that in the last years, like consequence of the fall of the wall of *Berlín, of the enlargement to new countries of the *Europa Central and of the North, in the perspective of enlargement to the countries of the *Europa Central and Oriental, *Europa has displaced to the north and eastwards. +The vote in favour of the Mr. *Prodi and vote in favour of the new School, in my opinion, will consecrate a pact of confidence among the Parliament and the Commission that has to last five years. +The *segunda thing that *me #would enjoy to mention today is work to the hour to reform the work and the methods of work of the Commission -the new business culture. +It true is that *Europa has not been able to advance with the speed owed by these great paths of the new growth that include especially the new sectors: #software , telecommunications and also, as it has remembered in regard to my previous speech, the that have called «sciences of the life». +do not lose the hope that in the course of the next term of office *nos loan more attention, because my fight in defence of honey producers and in defence of his products of high quality, in *Europa and in the Community, will continue here or out of this Parliament. +The fundamental lines of the economic politics are extraordinarily wander and imprecise in occasion and, therefore, come to say that for the moment it will follow acting simply as it has taken up to now, which results extremely problematic to the sight of the problems accumulated. +Think, therefore, that it is necessary to put end what before to the military climbing, to the simplifications of propaganda, and consecrate #all our energy to go back on the terrain of the research of a political solution. +To reach said pact of stability in the *Balcanes, #whose positive perspectives *nos has exposed, gentleman President of the Council, the Europeans have to have the value, #if really *les concerns and have felt of independence, to interrupt the logic of the bellicose climbing. +The human drama has transformed in disaster, the victims of the *hipócritas collateral accidents multiply, pretext of *Rambouillet has disappeared, the autonomy of *Kosovo and the ethnic rights have not reestablished. +Is *algo that #one no *le wishes to nobody, and much less to a #serbian village and to some #serbian boys that have been conducted to the disaster by the madness of his leader, of mood that has deported of hundreds of thousands of other persons. +temporary Protection of a substantial number of refugees in our States members and #all the possible support in material sense to the countries of the region, also *cuando have happened crisis: *eso is it that *nosotros advocate. +Of compliance with our Regulation, will invite to the candidate selected to that it take part in front of the Commission of External Subjects, Security and Political of Defence on 21 June so that we #can formulate a positive recommendation to the Plenary of July. +*Yo declare also that while there are not changes *interinstitucionales regarding the intervention of the right of democratic control of the European Parliament, the possibilities of influence in matter of external politics will be inferior to the that had up to now. +The Parliament takes a proposal that needs the permission of the Council, the Council fixed the conditions for the permission, and the Parliament has the possibility of *considerarlas and *discutirlas again. +Wanted to that it heard our voice and, instead, *nos find confronted to a Council that of course, in forty-eight hours, *nos presents his version, the form in that *él, the Council, wants to treat to the deputies and, therefore, also the diets, mission costs, #etcetera. +#If the intention had been that applied the procedure of *codecisión, #such as it establishes in article 189 *b, the editors of the Treaty of *Amsterdam #would have inscribed in the text: will apply the procedure of the article 189 *b. +Finally, want *agradecerle in spite of #all to Mr. *Rothley that referred to my proposal to allow to the countries with a tax on the high income add an additional tax to the community tax. +As it collects in the proposal of the Council, the deputies to the European Parliament have to be had also to subject to control on the appropriate utilisation of the bottoms in matter of administrative costs. +Expect that it get *próximamente to an acceptable solution for the Parliament and the Council, #if well we comprise that Parliament has to decide #if the current position of the Council is acceptable total or partially, and entrust in that it early #can get to an agreement. +In relation with the total figure of subjects that has to tackle this community institution, the number of personnel of the Defender of Village is considerably inferior to the of the #others equivalent institutions in the States members. +Is necessary to recognise that, until the moment, Parliament has shown a relatively favourable attitude to the proposals of the Mr. *Söderman to resolve the problems more *acuciantes of the Union in matter of personnel. +Want to base it of the following way: in the last week, in the Transport Commission have debated on these questions, but the situation has changed with the entrance in vigour of the Treaty of *Amsterdam. +Also #would be urgently necessary an agreement among the two directives relative to the commercialisation to distance with the directive on the electronic commercial transactions, *cuando know his definite form. +#If we want a real inner market in the field of the financial services, it is necessary to guarantee to the consumer and to the provider that will enjoy of rights inside #all the Union. +Therefore, lean service *le go to take to the consumer #if, through a sectorial directive, begin to *desequilibrar the very complex building of relations -has mentioned the principle of subsidiariness- among community Right and Right of the States members. +Without embargo, our proposal *nos seems charitable so much for the companies as for the consumers because both parts will know #which are regulations that have to apply and both parts #can entrust in that they apply commercialisation regulations, without mattering the origin of the services. +A defective product is defined like product that do not corresponds with it established *contractualmente and also include in this concept the public statements that the manufacturer or the dealer make in advertising or that find in the label. +To guarantee that no deceive to the consumer, the guarantees have to contain clear and transparent informations, among #others the statement that the guarantee do not affects to the legal rights of the consumer. +The directive ensures that the States members take the transposition of the international right for January of 2002, creating with *ello a minimum group of regulations that concede to consumer right to appeal a resource. +#If we see the calendar, *me cheers especially that am of the last looks of this directive in the last partial period of sessions of Parliament -that also for me is the last session, at least in it that *atañe to the subjects of the consumers. +Therefore, is indispensable to have a greater sensitivity in front of the problems that these regions have.*d)highlights the importance of the training of the population so that it contribute to his own *autoprotección. include also situations of environmental emergency. +The goal of this proposal, as it is very known and has mentioned also, is to guarantee the continuation of the current program of action in matter of civil protection, founded in the resolution of the Council of 1998 that expires on 31 December 1999. +Results that the amendment 19 and varied parts of amendment 23 go directed to increase the participation of the *ONG in the civil protection, *algo in it that agree of course and that, therefore, accept also in principle because it awards to the *ONG the possibility to take part in the exchange of experts. +The Commission of Environment, Public Health and Protection of the Consumer has taken to feel presence in the increasingly important field of the environmental legislation and know that we will follow taking it. +My mates in Parliament wanted this directive, without embargo, believe that in this case have to listen to the organisations of *diabéticos, the *cuales have manifested unanimously that the commercialisation and the easy access to the products for *diabéticos create a false need among the *diabéticos. +Is to expect that the commitment of the Council to collect now a *dictamen to the Scientific Committee of Foods have by result the abandonment of the idea of elaborating a directive to the *respecto. +Expect that the following step was that the EU improve also the possibilities of the ecological agriculturalists to produce the necessary products of competitive form, *algo that do not takes lamentably Diary 2000. +Thus it has to serve so that the European Parliament see how in the directives of character technical #there is a political content that #can not leave in hands of a committee of experts. +Expect that Parliament approve the Thursday the Report *Aglietta relative to the conditions for the exert of the executive competitions attributed to the Commission so that this history of hits in the case of the *potitos see confirmed by #a lot of #others more. +So in this point have abandoned position that keep always and that will follow keeping to base our legislative measures in scientific knowledges, with the exception that they exist really causes of weight that *nos say that we have to follow only to the principle of prevention without scientific knowledges. +The Treaty of *Amsterdam also modifies procedure properly said, and *eso knows less, providing an absolute equality among the Parliament and the Council in the course of the procedure. +In fact was not a committed simple by reasons, but, especially, also because the Council no always comprised in sufficient grade the transcendence and complexity of this reform and -create- neither had sufficient consciousness, and more specifically in recent period, that we #can not allow that *infringieran determined principles of a free Parliament. +From my Group ask the evaluation of politics and, with #all the criticisms that have been able to take from the Group, the work that *ustedes have taken in this term of office, going out of distinct political Groups, has been very *estimable. +The period of activity has had a big hit and #this is not the opinion only of my political group. Has made some great services to this Parliament. +Believe that, of compliance with the Regulation that *usted always has kept and respected *escrupulosamente, *permitiéndonos like this work *respetandolo, in the collective balance had to *usted have included that this Parliament finalises his term of office and has not been able to avert war in #european territory. +A big support has obtained here the idea of including in the future dialogue on the fiscal politics, *salarial and monetary also to the social speakers and to the Central Bank European. +Already was the employment, *Kosovo, enlargement or the operation of the institutions, the European Union has to learn to talk with an alone voice for the 15 States members but also for the institutions. +In brief, need that on the table of the Conference *Intergubernamental have a document it more authorised possible and #this because another type of preparation of the Conference *Intergubernamental #can guarantee a safer result in matter of reforms. +Lady Speaker, the Treaty of *Amsterdam that it #can define like the Treaty of the #stray occasions, has gone in in vigour only from takes #some days and already takes lacking to integrate it and complete it with chapters relative to the institutional questions no resolved in *Amsterdam. +An important element of this task constitute it approval and the practical application of the performances recommended in the northern dimension, that already has accepted. +The Council has declared besides had to negotiate in moment on the put to disposal of until 200 millions of euros of the reservation of flexibility of the budget like compensation for the innovative measures. +The Parliament also has reached to impose his criterion in the unification of #all the structural measures for fishing in the Category 2 and in the horizontal programming unified. +Now well, accept a Statute of the #european deputies #would be like happening of a juridical nature of international right to nature of internal constitutional right. +The reduction of the paper of the State, the blind belief in the rules of competition or of the liberalisation to create employment are recipes that already have known. +In this *coyuntura critical that are *Europa and the whole world, the election of Mr. *Prodi (to the one who vote *gustoso) like President of the European Commission, by part of this Parliament, gives beginning to a new period in the European Union. +Have *presionado in favour of a transparent system of payments of diets, of a same wage for the deputies to the European Parliament of #all countries and in favour of a suitable method of direct payments for the personnel. +The new statute characterised by the rigour and transparency regarding the rights and duties among #all the representatives chosen and allowed that it finished, once and for all, with the *indefiniciones and the *elucubraciones, that are the resource preferred of #all those that, by this road, procure to weaken the value of the political action. +But each #one of our colleagues that has pronounced in favour of the Report *Rothley will have to assume responsibilities in front of the public opinion and to the shrinking of the only Statute of the #european Deputies. +Are firmly convinced that deputies to the European Parliament have been chosen by the population of the countries members to represent the interests of the constituents in the EU. +Consider that the fundamental points of this reform are remuneration only, #one *imposición national public prosecutor and the repayment of the costs of trip with arrangement to the real costs. +It that regret a lot in the commitment is the fact that the States members to hour to apply the guidelines have the possibility to introduce a claim of two months. +Only #can wish that States members do not take use of this possibility of the claim in two months as like this the consumers #would have the possibility to prolong the guarantee to two years. +On the other hand, #if the *OMC forced to the EU to liberalise totally banana trade, #can warm up the absolute certainty that sooner or later it #would finish with the diet of support to the community producers of banana. +The social question, #if well it appears with less sharpness in conflicts commercial sees, unlucky and systematically prejudiced in the logic of the opening of the market #such as it prevails in these moments, is to say, without social and environmental norms. +Has got the moment to base the necessary international exchanges and the opening of the markets with other principles, with frame that the that dictate the *OMC, the *GATT or the new cooperation *trasatlántica. +From these two examples, only #can ascertain that the agreements of the *GATT that gave origin to the World-wide Organisation of the Trade are hurtful for the interests of the citizens of States members of the European Union. +Am fundamentally against of any type of army #european, of a police body European or of a defence identity #european in the breast of the EU. +In *tercer place, the need to have national programs, and no only regional, to guarantee the coherence of the structural politics with ordination plans *plurianuales of the fleets. +Thus, want to take advantage of the occasion and express to the Presidencies of the Council and, especially, to the German, congratulations for having reached create a viable base for the final sprint. +With the new goals of help 1, 2 and 3 and the community initiatives *INTERREG, *LEADER, *EQUAL and *URBAN have of some effective instruments with the that we #can make an important contribution to the strengthening of the competitiveness of the regions and to the creation of places of work. +Nevertheless, in a wider context, is important to say today that in spite of #all the doubts that exist about #some details of the agreement *interinstitucional and of the financial perspective, is better to have *algo that it is lightly unsuitable in opinion of #some, but that already has been approved, that follow looking for perfection and not achieving at all. +will comprise It #if it is possible that accompaniment measures, that the costs for the rural areas impute to the no compulsory costs, it that do not means that no *nos feel forced to that they have to spend , but elevates the *margen general of configuration of the Parliament for this increasing political. +Of this way #can remain in the logic of our parliamentary vote and to time guarantee a greater security to our graziers, with #such that the Council and the Commission have the wisdom of *seguirnos. +Even *yo #would say that the European Commission -*impulsora of the action of the European Union-in management of the proposals of the reform has given the impression of not knowing very well to where directs. +Have listened the answer of Mr. President in exercise of the Council, have heard the synthesis of the postures of the 15, is to say, that the European Union wait that *Turquía respect it that is in vigour in regard to grave subjects of this type. +Subject: humanitarian Help to the persons needed in *Ucrania According to #worthy sources of credit, in application of the Law for the defence of the local producers of *Ucrania packages of small size in the that they send to that country foods, clothes and even medicines mark like «agricultural products» to his arrival and return to the *remitente. +Subject: Increase of the mortality and *míseras conditions of life in the *Iraq by the *draconianas economic sanctions According to recent complaints of the speaker of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, Mrs. *Sue *Wareham, among 4.500 and 6.000 boys die *mensualmente in the *Iraq by the *hambre and the illnesses because of the tragic fault of foods and medicines. +The Council received the report of the Court of Accounts on training of common companies in the sector *pesquero on 9 December 1998. +In this proposal of the Commission contain determined measures directed to delete irregularities mentioned in the report of the Court of Accounts on the management of the common companies. +In principle, want to say on the interpretation of the #swedish tongue that exists a program of the Council for placing and training of interpreters in #swedish tongue that has been delivered also to the #swedish Government and that this program finds already in stage of application. +Lady Speaker, the Secretary of State *Verheugen has comported like the diplomatic more *avezado. has not mentioned at all that, of course, the President of the Council #can board negotiations with the States members so that #this present relation *equitativa of women and men like candidates to the Commission. +This possibility the has the President of the Commission confirmed today by his *Señorías. And President of the Commission, that has been chosen also because *le supposes that it goes to be able to take use of effective mood of the rights that *le compete, pursues the goal that *usted has mentioned. +On the other hand -and #this is it worse, in opinion of Group-, have not put the means to correct the existent disequilibriums among the continental productions and the #mediterranean and among the small and the great exploitations. +To end, is necessary to intensify to #all the levels the cooperation with the regional and local authorities and the socioeconomic operators, nearer to the reality *cambiante of the region. +In effect, #Italia, my country, #can see prejudiced to a large extent to the hour to establish the ceiling of Goal 2, since to the maximum reduction guaranteed of the 33 % #would add the caused by the inclusion of the regions that will go out of the Goal 1. +Am studying at present the repercussions that will have the package of the Diary 2000 for a region like #this that, in spite of suffering conditions climatological *desfavorables in relation with the agricultural regions of *Europa central, depends of the agricultural activity. +Another sector thinks that for the countries that take part in the monetary union Cohesion Bottom has reached his goal and has contributed to the nominal convergence. +Also to me *me #would enjoy *unirme to the gratitudes to the Commission, to the commissioners here present and to #all the that have carried out a hard work during the time that have occupied my seat in this Parliament. +Therefore we are satisfied with this reform and consider that it has been glorious hit of the Parliament that have had a so wide agreement in the organisation of the market of the wine. +Gentleman President, in November defended the continuation of the community initiative *Urban, since also the small and average cities that situate out of the areas of application, the areas of the feeble and patients, have problems. +Gentleman President, ladies and gentlemen Commissioners, gentleman President of the Council, wanted to in brief go back on the report of our colleague Mr. Baron *Crespo and declare that *nos are for an enlargement that characterises by that in front of our door finds a series of countries, it that ten years ago was practically *inimaginable. +Nevertheless, the current formulas contrived by negotiators #would result acceptable to effects of the Commission as long as it did not exist a double network of security that offered to the Council the means to refuse an executive measure proposal. +Have to express my recognition to Mr. *Hughes, President of the Commission of Subjects Social and Employment, the one who has been the promoter of this intense debate on the security and the work. +Therefore, the Commission estimates that the amendments proposed by the European Parliament are fundamental for the establishment of a solid and coherent strategy against the risks derived of the explosive atmospheres. +And is that, in the first place, the negotiations have not finished; second, that there #be had lacking of transparency, fault of participation and fault of information; and in last place, that there #be not follow-up mechanism of the environmental clauses, social neither of the democratic clause. +Gentleman President, since I got to this Parliament in 1994, this Assembly has had very clear that the future of the European Union plays here, in this border terrain of the *tercer *pilar, in this terrain of rights and freedoms. +To conclude *me #would enjoy to treat of two looks that the #german Presidency has recognised that go in in the field of the *primer *pilar: protection of personal data and the question of the visas. +The amendment 63 of Mr. *Glante introduces a very important element and at the same time very dangerous, since it goes back to put on the *tapete the subject of the exceptions to the definition of the broadcast. +#would Be very regrettable that the European Parliament went to result less liberal that the Commission, having present that are of an area with a very advanced technology and in fast transformation in the that *Europa finds in grave danger of remaining increasingly backwards regarding States Joined. +Believe that no *nos corresponds to *nosotros like legislators *legitimizar a practice that authorises to the *publicistas to invite *ellos same to use telephone bills of the other and to use the infrastructure of the providers of Internet to pay his marketing. +Gentleman President, in #few years goes to *rebasar the barrier of the 500 millions of persons connected to the network. As it finishes to expose very well Mr. *Hoppenstedt, has opened an entirely new market that seats the bases of a future source of growth in *Europa. +Gentleman President, the past Monday, the Commission of Budgets decided on the approval or the rejection of the Agreement *Interinstitucional in a meeting that was summoned in rule and had his permission. +The repeated *incomprensiones with the Commission and the Council *nos have exposed to the risk of cancelling the result of *tantos efforts, with the danger to reduce the negotiations to pulses among the Institutions. +With the end to relieve the charge of the four States *beneficiarios of Cohesion Bottom, took to pay for the second time to the other States -among the that it finds *Francia- the price of the criteria of convergence. +The group of the #french members of the Group *Europa of Nations have voted against of the legislative resolution, it that has allowed to validate, in this point, the commitment of *Berlín. +Gentleman President, like French and other citizens of the countries of *Europa, are horrified by the intensification of the exodus of the Albanians of *Kosovo and by the parallel intensification of the bombardments of the NATO. +The war in *Yugoslavia, the call ()»Humanitarian War»(!!!) in euphemism apotheosis *hipócrita, has caused great losses in the civil population and has sharpened the tragedy of the refugees. +By misfortune, seems that the violence goes in increase in #all the region and the #news of a new massacre *perpetrada this week by the #indonesian army confirm once again reputation of merciless violence. +The problem of *Timor has been tackled here many times during the term of office and maybe was of subjects of international politics and of defence of the human rights more tackled in this Parliament. +Is precise also reaffirm the complaint and the conviction of those countries that of form *hipócrita follow acclaiming the human rights, but do not hesitate in following selling arms to diet guilty of the genocide of a village. +#If no guarantees a neutral military strength in *Timor, the true option of the referendum will not be among the autonomy and the independence, but among the integration or the life. +This question, in principle, will have to be resolved by the Council of ministers, that will determine, in the frame of Nations Joined, respecting the terms of the agreement among Indonesian and *Portugal, the modalities that go to follow for participation. +Equally, gentleman *Mendes Bounces -*usted signalled it and other members of parliament also, particularly Mr. *Newens-, clear that share the worry by the presence continued of militias armed that, obviously, are an interference in this political process that it has to carry to the realisation of the referendum. +In the supposed that parts show the necessary political will to advance, the European Union will follow *ayudándoles to facilitate the application of #all the pending questions. +Therefore, gather #all conditions to happen to an offensive that definitely #would not be final, but that it #can constitute a decisive step oriented to the definite abolition of the pity of death in the world. +is not #worthy that a person confront to a pity of more of twenty years of prison for having kept a homosexual relation. treats of rape of the fundamental human rights. +Lamentably, #this is only a look of tightness strategy ethnic and political that deprives to the immense majority of the population of this country of the fundamental rights. +Wish to remember that #all the Horn of *África is devastated by conflicts of type. Now *les corresponds to the authorities of *Djibuti decide #if they sink to his country in the violence, the unsteadiness and the illegality or #if, by the contrary, reconstruct the conditions for a coexistence *asentada in new bases. +Estimate that said article 5 has to be taken into account, because #if no remedies the contingent situation of the political prisoners and, more in general, the situation of the human rights, the application of said article and of the measures that of *él derive will have to be an eventuality to take in consideration. +Think, sure enough, as it has said it Mrs. *Maes, that have to take advantage of the recent election of the new President *Guelleh, to signal very clear and vigorously the position of the Union and say that we will take all it that was in our hands, it before possible, so that it apply this famous article 5. +The personal actions, the actions to particular title of the politicians or of the countries are important, without embargo, only a conjoint effort of the European Union will be able to convert in *modélica experience, for the time being, loaded of vices and of difficulties. +The International Organism of the Nuclear Energy establishes in section of the technical norms of security for nuclear head offices minimum requirements that even are near at hand of the nuclear head offices of the *tercer world. +The states candidates are the feeblest part in relation with the Union, and expect not having to persuade to nobody that the difficult committed of the political is to concern by that take justice with the feeblest part. +In this optics, approve the common resolution that *nos occupies loaning special attention to the norms of environmental protection that, on the other hand, constitute the only guarantee of face to the *salvaguardia and the protection of the health of the citizens. +With conciliation, the Parliament has the possibility to send a political message to the Commission also regarding another question in stage of preparation, which shows equally the power that has this procedure of *codecisión. +In the first proposal, reduced the list of variables that it is necessary to provide in the statements and in the *segunda simplified the nomenclature of products used to classify products object of the exchanges. +Now well, in case of insolvency, the garbled juridical situation created by the 15 different regulations in matter of procedures of insolvency gives place to a wide *margen of manipulation, *ocasiona immense costs owed to the enormous complexity of the procedures and hampers considerably distribution *equitativa of the heritage of the debtor. +Is possible to control the communications of way that #can know where finds a person, in how moment finds there, how spots of Internet is, how electronic messages is, how electronic payments is; basically #can know #everything on the private life of a person. +The resolution that are today pretends to unify the technical norms, which is indispensable to have the possibility to proceed to the interception in the fight against crime organised. +With the help of a virtual banking account the blackmailers #can *ingresar his money without problem #any. Open a virtual banking account and earn the money extorted by road. +The development of Internet telecommunications #can not diminish the capacity of the States members to struggle against the delinquency and to keep the national security. +Lady Speaker, in January presented to the Council a question written *prioritaria on the five members of parliament captured in *Angola in December of the past year, and that, without having presented any *querella against *ellos, and without that they have been processed, continue imprisoned, although it has *rebasado the legal period of nine days that is valid in this country. +But #this is not at all easy, as *ustedes know. Thus already during the past year look for acutely finance in the budget of 1999, and the achieve thanks to #that and colleagues that recognised the importance of the participation of the European Union in the *Expo of *Hannover precisely in the year 2000. +Without embargo, did not result to be too much late, as the European Union will situate in pavilion of the General Direction of the *Expo and will occupy a place stood out in the upper part of the Avenue of *Europa, wall of the Square. +Is important, in the first place, by the exhibition of the European Union of face to the interior, for the citizens and citizen of the Union, but also by face exhibition to the outside, for the visitors of #everyone. +The organisers, under the direction of Commissioner General of the *Expo, have engaged to present current and future options on how reach a harmonious coexistence and balanced of the three elements of the subject. +The occasion, nevertheless, *me is very *grata to give to each #one of *ustedes #one *calurosa welcome in this Plenary, of the *cual already had the honour of forming part during #some years, to the equal that formed part in his day of the national Parliament of #Italia, my country. +Memory that, of compliance with the Regulation, under the presidency of age will not proceed debate #any #whose object was extraneous, from sight point of the procedure, to the election of the President or to the verification of *credenciales. +The Article 1, paragraph 2º of the *Anejo *I of our Regulation of Procedure establishes that before the takeover member of the Parliament has to have filled properly the Statement of interests economic. +To the be chosen today Speaker of our Assembly, *usted keeps also this necessary political balance among the institutions, with seen to a future piped, to a common work with regard to *Europa, to the internal reform and to #all Assembly. +Lady Speaker, *le ensure, and will go back to repeat it this afternoon in this same hall *cuando expose the program of activity of the #finnish Presidency, that also is objective #ours tighten even more collaboration among the Parliament, the Commission and the Council. +The have tested *yo same this morning, when taking #all the planned routes and indicated by means of #all signs usually used to give these informations. +The beginning of the Presidency #german coincided with a historical step for the European Union: the introduction of the common coin, the euro. +The imperative democratic took evident in the conflict around the resignation of the Commission, in the that they posed the fundamental subjects of transparency, the democratic control and the *legitimación of the #european performances. +*Yo also wanted to *decirle personally, gentleman Minister of External Subjects, in name of our political Group, words of gratitude and of recognition by his firm and *convincente defence of the human rights, exposing even to the physical aggressions that have brave to launch against *usted. +The absence of the #german President of the Council, of the Finance Minister, in the moment of the introduction of the euro is another case. +Mr. *Poettering has asked how #would have occurred #if the decisions adopted under the #german Presidency of the Council had taken under a Presidency of his political colour. +The circumstances were extraordinarily difficult and *nosotros think that it surpassed well proof. A European Commission touched, that finally sees forced to extract the consequences and resigns, but that with *ello also leaves to the discovered the great institutional deficits of *Europa. +The weight of the Union, in spite of the ambiguous tendency of #some Governments to take part by own initiative, resulted irrelevant of face to the goals of the military action and *Europa, even in respect of the alliances, was not perceived like autonomous will. +Of the answer to this question will depend, from sight point, the stages *ulteriores and indispensable, #if we want to give a concrete content to the disposals that appear in the chapter *J *IV of the Treaty of *Maastricht. +Appeal to #all the that are in favour here of a politics of peace preventive so that they work actively in favour of the hit on a long-term basis of the stability pact, as #this #would mean to extract the consequence hit of the war of *Kosovo, of the derivative wars of the *desmembramiento of *Yugoslavia. +Lady Speaker, gentleman President of the Commission, *Señorías, our Group has to value to the Commission on the base of the itinerary that have in front of *nosotros, of audiences and of the presentation in his group of the program announced for September. +In the fundamental orientations that has traced *usted, in particular -*permítame say it- in institutional matter, have found reasons to reassure, to be necessary, my confidence in the measures that proposes to adopt and in the orientations that indicates for Commission..